The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1889-04-25
AS IN A LOOKING GLASS.
Holding Up the Mirror to Geor
gia's Face.
Some of the Interesting Events that are
Transpiring all Around us-The Compass
of the State Boxed" for the Latest Infor-
matiOn-The Result Briefly Told.

Some farmers are chopping cotton.
The Central railroad is to open large
quarry near Griffin.
The first melon will be carefully nursed
from now on.
Over $50 tons of ore are shipped from
Cedartown every day.
Naval stores producers see good sea
son ahead, and expect big profits
Mrs. w. II. Bone, of Macon, is dead
Her remains were carried to Sparta, fol
burial.
Judge John T. Roar. ordinary o.
Dodge county, died at his home in East
man yesterday.
From an interview with DR. Rushen,
the Telegraph thinks Macon's chances
good for the experimental station.
The negro newspaper men of Georgia
are pitching into the President because
of his lack of recognition Of their race in
dishing out spoils.
A verdict for $1,000 has been given
against the Chattanooga, Rome and
Columbus road in favor of Ann Smith,
whose husband was killed on the road in
October, 1887.
The body of Charlie Hinde, who was
drowned in the Chattahoochee last Fri
day, has been recovered. The remains
of the other drowned lad, Steve Jackson,
are still in the river.
Sam Reynolds, who took pistol from
and fired it at a drunken man at Able
vile, was arrested by Marshal Roberts,
but subsequently escaped, leaving por-
ton of his shirt in the officers keeping.
The Farmers Alliance is doing great
work for the country in paking solid the
foundation on which rest all other bust
ness interest in this part of the State
Washington Gazettee.
There is some talk among the monied
men of Glascock county of erecting q
cotton bagging factory in Gibson, to
manufacture bagging for the use of
formers in that nicinity.
John Chastian, on trial at Thomas
vile for the murder of Cain Lenton, has
been acquitted. The jury justified his
killing the negro, upon whom the
evidence placed the burden of the
blame for the row that resulted in
the killing.
The Georgia State Baptist convention
day. the Goth inst, represents lis asso-
Citations, 2,037 ordained ministers, Lilo
churches, COZ, 826 members 1918 Sun
day schools, and 77,075 pupils
in Sunday schools.
Professor William Brewer, professor
of agriculture in Yale college, who is en-
ployed by the government to look after
the Hatch experimental station, says the
Georgia station should by all means re-
main at Athens. Athens is jubilant ,svel
his expressed opinion.
Ex-senator Joe James, one of the. esSn-
efs of the Piedmont Chautauaa IA, &C AAlt
Springs, and Col. W. U. Post, mayoT oil
Douglasville, passed through Atlanta
this morning, en- route to New York, tc
meet representatives of English mining
syndicates with the view of inducing
them to visit Georgia and examine the
mines around Douglasville and Salt
Springs. 1t is confidently believed that
q careful examination will lead to the
thorough development Of the mineral
property of magnesia, iron, gold and
corundum there. Messrs James and
few days.-Atlanta Journal.
The pension list is nearly through
with. Captain Harrison has only about
400 more to pay OF. and the MANNED
veterans will get all that the State has
for them this year. On April 18th the
treasurer got warrants on vouchers fol-
manned soldiers from one to fifteen
hundred inclusive, amounting to $685.
$50, and on to-day he received warrants
on vouchers for 500 more pensions.
amounting to $25,915. Twenty-nine
others have been paid, amounting to
1880, and there are something over
400 more to be paid, their pensions
amounting to about $1G,50O The total
number of MANNED soldiers entitled to
pensions will be about $500, and the
total amount Of pensions will be about
1850.
The report comes from Macon that
sufficient evidence has been brought to
light to transfer the suspicion of having
murdered the Voolfolk family from Tom
Voolfolk to Green Lockett, q negro
The story may be purely sensational
but the clues on which it Is founded are
being worked for all they are worth by
the defense in Voolfolk murder trial.
1t is alleged that evidence will be pro-
duced at the Perry trial to show that q
trunk full of clothes, belonging to Miss
Pearl Voolfolk, one of the victims in the
wholesale slaughter, has recently been
discovered at the house of Green Lock
EFT. A basket of missing picnic goodies
which has figured in the Voolfolk trials,
it is alleged, is also known to have been
seen at Lockett's house. Solicitor Gen
eral FELTON, has no faith in the stories
and attaches no significance to them.