The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19

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Macon Cotton Congresses Hard al
work-AdjustinE the Patterson
Controversy.
GEORGIA.
Capt C. S. Virgin of Macon died Mon
day.
Five brick stores are now in process Of
erection at Cedartown.
Tire Reidsville cavalry company is now
known as the Tattnall Guards
The pay roll Of the Central railroad
amounts to $4,000 month at Macon.
Gov. Hill has announced that he will at
tend the Piedmont exposition at Atlanta
about the middle of October
John Vim Of Dorchester cut a square of
fourteen acres of rice is season from
which he realized 1000 bushels.
Col. Livingston will not resign the presi-
dency of the State Farmers Alliance on ac-
count Of his gubernatorial candidacy.
A committee of twenty-five citizens of
Macon has undertaken to effect satisf c.
tory adjustment of the Huf-Patterson duel
controversy.
At Danielsville. Monday, James o. Dan
lei, whose wife was buried on July 26. was
married to her sister, Miss Emma l. Moon,
Rev. ]. j. Shank officiating.
At Macon Tuesday night an incendiary
attempt was made to burn st. Paul's Meth
odis5 church (colored in East Macon. The
fire was put at the front step. Prompt dis
covery prevented the destruction of the
building.
Sanford Minter, Buena Vista negro, had
his foot cut off by train on the Savannah
and Western road Tuesday. The negro was
drunk and went to sleep lying along side of
the track. His foot was amputsted just
above the ankle.
Quitman superior court adjourned last
Friday. 1t was in session longer than usual
on account of the heavy business before the
grand jury. The negro woman Clara
Haynes charged with the killing of Maggie
Smith, was found guilty of murder, with
recommendation to life imprisonment
A well-posted Brunswick man says the
plans are now being matured for the organ
ization of a cold storage company there.
The object of the company will be to build
cold storage warehouses in which the ship
loads Of fruit brought to this port can be
safely kept until gradually distributed
throughout the country.
The large and comfortable dwelling on
). Is. Lewis plantation, six miles below
Albany, was burned on Saturday night.
1uo QWtllluk WIS OcCupleu Dy y. =. w III
chester, Mr.. Lewis agent. The dwelling
was a handsome country house of five
rooms and cost 81, 500 partially covered by
insurance. Mr.. Lewis will rebuild at once.
The cotton congresses of Macon are
pushed with increasing business. The Ma
con compress on the Central track, with
capacity of 1900 per day of ten hours, il
working full time, and Mr.. Garrison, the
manager, talks of commencing to run over
time soon. The l. B. English compress is
also kept busy, although its capacity is two
bales per minute.
An adjourned term of the superior court
will be held at Macon on next Monday.
Sept. %, TO try the case of the stockholders
VS.. the Cotton States life Insurance M
pany. Judge Gustin is disqualified from
trying this case and it will be tried Def re
Judge Jenkins of Eatonville. This is the
case which Judge John T. Clarke was going
to hear when he was run over and killed by
the cars at Smithville last summer.
Mai Foute has started substitution list
to raise money for marking the graves of
the 240 Georgia soldiers who are buried at
Fredericksburg, Va. These soldiers graves
have cen for twenty-six years taken care
of by the Ladies' Memorial Association of
Fredericksburg, but they are not marked
Maj. f ute asks that each member of the
legislature subscribe 81 or more to help
JH6S6 ldIleS III bnblE sacred WORK,
The cigarette bill by Senator johnson. of
the Twenty-fourth, which passed the SEN
ate unanimously July II, was taken up in
the House Tuesday, and passed without a
dissenting vote. 1t was called up In the
House by Mr.. Tigner of Muscogee. The
bill provides that no person shall SELL fur
nish, give or provide any minor or minors
with cigarettes. tobacco, cigarette paper. or
any substitute therefor. The penalty shall
be that provided for misdemeanors, which
is imprisonment for not more than a wear
or fine of not exceeding 81, 900, or both.
w. n. Horner and his brother. of Rail-
vile, ILL.,, have been in Dahlonega for a few
days, examining the rich gold fields, and il
Is probable that they have about concluded
to make investments and establish a plant
for extracting the metal Their attention
seemed to be directed toward the Victoria.
situated about one mile northwest of Dab
lonega. This mine has been worked very
successfully by the owners, Howard &
Worley, and from the discovery of the
many stratified shoots, in connection with
the main lode, bearing splendid paying ore
and is classed among the best in that
section.
At Woodbury. Sunday Knox Stanford
about years old, was playing with a ee,1n
not knowing it was loaded, and the weapon
was accidently discharged, the entire load
eHUetluS Cue Ilgub Sue OF uJtle Frank Stan
ford's mouth and blowing that side of his
face aud head Off and also the right shoulder
Death was Simultaneous. Little Frank was a
brother to Knox and 215 years old. Knox
was also injured. His lips were split omen
He couldn't tell how the accident happe ed
Banks Young had been out shooting bats a
day or two before, aud q shell became fas.
tened in the gun, and he carried the gun to
the house loaded, and it was this shell that
was fired and KILLED little Frank
Pennington is one Of the towns which ex-
poets TO be revived by the railroads. Abou
the year 1886 John Hendricks, who lived Mt
the crossing of the Hog Mountain road nv
the Athens and Madison road, In coniunc-
ton with other benevolent gentlemen who
contributed to him. divided Off a portion of
his place into town lots, thus founding the
village Pennington. Some of the nur-
chasers of these lots see ned to have forgot
ten their purchase The property reverted
and has subsequently been granted as wild
land, right in the middle of the village,
All sales of land in the immunity for fiftv
years contain condition that the sale of
whisky on the premises shall forfeit the
deed.
A bill, just introduced by Mr.. Gordon of
Chatham, is one of great Importance to
cotton men. 1t is in the nature of an
amendment to section 1899 OF the Code
The amendment provides that if the
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