The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-21

Of the road at Jesup, is having every atten-
ton given him.
Augusta NelCs: Madam Rumorn Is posi-
tive that cotton tie factory is about to be
established. The price of ties at the coast
now is $50 per ton, and they can be made,
so says knowing one. at $50 ton in Au-
gusta with good profit. In addition TO
the above, Augusta as a distributing point
viii have an advantage over the coast Of 81
per ton freight. 1t is fact Of note that
| notwithstanding the fact that all of the
cotton ties are used in the south, Pittsburg,
Pa, Is the nearest point to the south, where
they are made. By all means let the work
on the factory begin.
| Hartwell Sun: Once upon time a young
gentleman, who lives not thousand miles
from Hartwell, began to fatter himself that
he had arrived at mans estate, and deter
| mined 10 call on a certain weli-to-do farm
ers buxom daughter with matrimonial
intent. The old gentleman was a strict
disclpliDarian, and very systematic in his
way of dieting his boys and girls. At sup
per, after lengthy grace, the old man arose,
took up the syrup jug, and, passing around
TO each Of his children's plate, poured out
what he considered liberal allowance of
syrup, including the visiting young mans
plate. The young man left soon after sup
per, and although now nearly 40 years old,
remains single. The syrup jug knocked
out his aspirations in that direction.
| Camilla Clarion: On last Sunday morn
ing, while Jailer DeGraffenreid was feeding
| the prisoners confined in the county jail,
| Jeph Keaton (colored), who is awaiting trial
at the next term of Mitchell superior court
for the murder of Henry Thomas (colored) T.,
last April, attempted to escape. When the
| jailer unlocked the door Of the prisoners
| cell TO carry in fresh water he discovered a
very unusual expression depicted on the
i prisoners countenance, which led him TO sus-
| pect that the prisoner contemplated making
his escape for liberty. As he entered. the
| cell with bucket Of water, Jeph, with an
elastic spring, dashed through the cell door
into what IS known as the ''ante-cage;n
| from the cage he rushed TO the front door,
which was open, and at which point the
jailer succeeded in stopping him with a
| lock, which he planted on the prisoners
forehead, knocking him down ana stun
ming him so that he was compelled TO sur/
| render to the jailer, who soon had him b.
hind the bars.
| At Griffin Tuesday afternoon at 6 o'clock
Judge j. s. Boynton heard the argument in
the writ of habeas corpus case against
| George Mooney and Marion Bridge, who
are under arrest for attempting to wreck a
train. No evidence in the case was given
in, as the judge decided he had no
1
the ground that the law gave him no au-
thority to investigate the facts, and the
warrant being regular on its face the officer
had right to hold them. They were car
ried to Carrollten yesterday where they
will have accomplishment trial. In an inter
view they disciaim any intention to wreck
the train. Being out of money they con-
cocted the scheme of placing the obstruction
| on the track, and then reporting it to Con-
| l,
them home for reporting the obstruction
This they had ample time to do, as the
| Chattanooga train was not due for some
time They are both lads of l6 years. A
deep interest is shown in the case on account
of the families of the accused.
There was conflict between Atlanta and
| Uncle Sam, at Atlanta, Tuesday Uncle
| Sam bore of the honors. Jimmie Dough-
erty, a. young fellow of II years, is en-
| ployed as special delivery message carrier
at the Atlanta postoffice. Ia the discharge
| of bis duty he went down Decatur street in
search of No. ID. Not finding the number
| readily he walked into Cummings bar
Sergt Thompson arrested him for entering
a barroom, III accordance with the city
| ordinance prohibiting minors from en-
tering saloons. He was notified to
appear at the afternoon session of the re-
corders court, and he%was on hand
promptly. Sergt Thompson wanted to
| make test case of it, and he did. When
the court met, on advice of City Attorney
| Goodwin, the case was dismissed as there
| was considerable doubt as to whether the
ordinances of the city were of sufficient
force to detain an employee of the United
| States government in the discharge of his
duty. The case is one of considerable inter-
est to the police force, as the officers are
| required to arrest any minors that NAV
enter a saloon, and there was no discrimi-
nation made in favor Of the employees of
the government, or of any one else, in the
| framing of the ordinance
Commissioners Henderson has sample of
cotton bagging made forty-five years ago
| at the old Thomaston factory. A J. Will
| Jams Of Tabley, Epson county, writes the
commissioner that this piece of bagging
was found few days ago by T. G. w. An
| drews, son of w. q. Andrews, longtime
stockholder of the Thomaston factory. The
cloth is a heavy fabric made of large,
loosely-twisted cotton yarn with a single
warp and a filling made of two threads put
| in together between the intersections of
the warp. 1t makes a very stout, heavy
cotton hagging, which, Mr.. Williams
says, was long5hised by his father
on the old-fashfoned round bales,
| and for awhile on the fat bales. The
round bales weighed 800 to $50 pounds, and
were made like a sack. into which the loose
cotton was packed with a crowbar. To
keep it from springing back, the packer
| stood in the sack, tramping the cotton
| down with his feet and packing 1T with the
crowbar. The sides of the bag were wet,
to make the cotton stick in it, and every
now and then the packer had to stop to
| apply the water. In this tedious way it
| was a good days work to pack two bags of
| cotton. Very few of the present genera
| ton ever heard of that way of packing cot
ton. Bagging that would stand it would
| easily stand a compress.
In cell No. at the station house, at At
lanta, is brawnY, stoop-shouldered white
| man. he is suspected of being George
| Moughon, the escaped convict. He says
that he is Robert Quinn, an ex-convict.
| Thereby hangs tale. Quite number of
| people from Gwinnett county, the old home
of George Moughon, have taken a look al
the prisoner; and most of them avow that
he is Moughon. The story of George
Moughon is a very peculiar one II
created a great sensation in Gwinnett
county about seven years ago. His
crime was one of the most diabolical in
the criminal annals of Georgia. He had
wife and one little child, and was a hard.
working young man, employed around &
distillery. Leaving his work he went to the
house of an aunt, Mrs. Mary L. Hill, who
was So years old, and committed an out
rageous assault He was arrested anC
brought before the courts for trial. Nobody
| would take the case. Old lawyers declined
and the solicitor general of the circuit
| Albert L. Mitchell, was so confident thai
Moughon would be hanged that he insisted