The morning news., 1889-05-09

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Earlier With His Cotton This Yea1
Than Ever.
GEORGIA.
In all, Passenger Agent Shaw says, Ma
con has sent 800 delegates to the Savannah
festival
Capt. T. M. Butnor has received the cor
tract for the delivery of the United States
mail to and from the trains and the post
office at Macon.
1t is estimated that the Houston end Ma
con county fruit growers who ship from
Marshallvlle will realize 100000 from a
full peach crop.
There has been more freight received in
LaGrange, and more freight cars side
tracked there during the past winter sea-
son, than ever before in the history of the
city.
J. w. Mlze Of Americus.s has recovered
his horse that was stolen aGd rode off bv
some unknown person on Monday nj ighb of
last week. Dan Lewis, living near Flint
river, took her up near his residence late
Tuesday afternoon.
At Ty Ty the Brunswick and Western
railroad is making final cleaning up of
their night of way now, a I'd is causing a
good deal of fencing about town to be
moved, exposing a good many fine pear
trees and other fruits
On April 26, 1869, w. w. Taylor of Craw-
ford county left home, saying tlat he would
return in twenty'years. On April 26. 1899
true to bis word, Mr.. Taylor passed through
Macon, and reached Crawford ounty that
afternoon in time to keep his appointment.
Miss Mary Croxton, living near Bolts
ford in Sumter county, died Sunday after
noon at 6 o'clock of pneumonia, aged 6S
years. She ate a very hearty dinner on
f1oxv zg.A xrr1e 4nIr 49, -I- 4 -
noon, and grew worse, with the above re-
suit
The farmers of the Warrior district of
Bibb county are comulaining Of the cut
worm plague. Several days ago n farmer
living on the Forsyth road found 500 worms
in one row of cotton, an acre in length.
All kinds of crops are being ruined by the
worms.
Aaron Kitchens, brother Of Terrell
Kitchens, who died at Gibson few days
previous. was buried at liill Creek church
Monday. He attended the funeral cere-
mony of his brother Terrell three davs ago,
and returned home com laining OF feeling
very badly, and only lived a short while
Mrs. Ben Almond of Elb arton has grow
ing in her yard lemon tree that is eleven
years old and an orange tree that is thirteen
years old. BOta were planted from the
seed and they have borne fruit several
seasons. Though rather dwarfed they are
very hardy and have matured some fruit
At Brunswick Tuesday Laavy q Co.
auctioneers, sold the L'Arioso hall property
at public outcry for $5,O75. The Crotwell
property, two lots, were to be sold at the
same time, but Alr. Crotwell being in the
city made the sale privately for 1000 for
the two lots. Both are located on the Bay.
JEFF Avera and John Carter, two Bron-
wood young men, got into a difficulty Sat
urday night, in which they used their knives
freely. Each received four cuts from which
the blood flowed profusely. Both are doing
well at this time. No doubt Judge Clarke
willinterview them at the approaching
superior court.
The election for town commissioners of
Sparta was held Monday, resulting in the
election OF the old board, with one excep-
tion. X. A. Graves wa elected in place of
J. G. Simmons, who has moved to Atlanta.
The board will stand as follows: Mayor, r.
4. Lewis; aldermen, James Fl. Rogers, A.
F. Durham, Victor Fruse, r. A. Graves
Sunday afternoon, while sprinkling her
flowers, Mrs. g. W. Glover of Americus
noticed that the nozzle of the sprinkler
seemed to be choked, aud allowed only a
small quantity of water TO pass. She de-
tached the nozzle and found small spring
lizard tightly wedged in it, that had made
springs to that point.
At Cordele the capital stock has been
subscribed, and the charter applied for. to
establish the "Cordele Manufacturing Com
pany.p The stockholders are S. ii. Haw-
kins, NJ. A. Sweeney, II. c. Bagley. JED
Shlpp, L. H. Carter, Joseph E. Bivins. The
company begins business with $4,000 The
charter grants the privilege of increasing
the stock to 100000.
The Hon. Primus Jones of Baker county
was in Albany Saturday with a broad
gauge smile, and a busy air. He dropped
into the NeiCS and Advertiser sauctum
with two stalks of cotton six inches In
hight, having squares already developed.
He says that he has 300 acres Of this same
stand, and that the squares on his cotto
are two weeks earlier than he ever had
them.
1t Is said that once in every twenty wears
the common swamp cane of Georgia blooms
w. ID. Carpenter of Ebert county savs
that in 1869 all the brakes were abloom in
that county, and that now, in 1889, they arc
again IN flower. The bloom is as blue as
indigo. He also says it is a sure sign Of a
good crop year, for in 1869 it bloomed and
IT was the best crop year ever known in
that section.
Amelia Battle, a negro woman living in
Milledgeville, is remarkable for her great
age. She says that she remembers distiactly
the war OF 1872, and at that time had sew
eral children running about. Notwith-
standing her great age she is as active and
spry as some Of her sisters half q century
younger, and seems good for several wears
ye6--sShe does not know her exact age. but
1T is soAnewhere between 80 and 100.
d. g. Fitch Of Hawdnsville ana w A
Roush of the Palmer panel factory will
start work on the Machen compress at
Macon at an early day. The compress
will have a capacity of SO bales
per hour. and attached to it will be
a warehouse 128 feet square. Tbe
firm anticipates handling 5000 bales during
the coming season. The company will
locate congresses at other points not vet
selected
AT Milledgeville, Tuesday, the sale Of the
per cent. bods ( the DUNN line dem
onstrated beyond question the strong hold
the road has on the confidence Of the people.
Thirty bonds OF $500 each brought % per
cent. above par. Whe it is remembered
that the road has been operating about
seven months only, the above tribute 70 its
prospects is quite remarkable. A prominent
member OF the board of directors said Tues
day that the road would pay a dividend
before the year was out
At Waynesboro, last Saturday night. DIR
George Paterson came down from Augusta
on the II o'clock train, ard concluded that
ne would save walk by jumping off tie
cars at the junction Of his residence street.
AS he got there he jumped and by some
means became tangled mn in tho or re a,d