The morning news., 1889-05-31

J factory 10 be situated III Butter are bel nc
| drawn up. 4 prominent gentleman ha
| agreed 10 give three acres Of land in a con
| venient and valuable location. $35, 900 o
| the capital stock is ready to BE- subscribeC
aud a majority Of the town council havt
agreed to release the SO kholdsrs from
taxation on the factory for at least tar
years. AT least 1000 spiudles viii be put
in operation and large fOrce of hands viii
be daily employed to operate the ma
chinery A bank with a capital of $50 00C
is also in contemplation.
One day last week W. \. Newton, who
lives one mile south Of Jackson. went tC
mis- blacksmith shop ald started a fire in
the furnacs fO- the purpose Of sharpening
some plows. After beating one plow, aed
while standing at the anvil haTmerilg
away on II, the bellows burst witt the noise
OF large gun. Lying on tie bellows were
several heavy plONs and o-her CID irons,
aud they were dashed again { the roof Of
the house with such force IS to loose the
shingles. The leather covering was torn
into shreds 1t is supposed that the bellows
had become filed with gas from the stone
coal that had been used in the furnace,
which, becoming igaited, caused the explo-
sion.
The dwelling on the a. r. jackson &
Co 5 Tallahassee plantation. about thirteen
miles from Albany, in the western portion
Of Dougherty county, caught fire from
sparks from the chimney and burned down
Saturday evening. The building was one
OF the many old-fashicnei comfortable
southern plantation mansions of which
Doug gherty county could boast Ole by one
they are yielding 70 decay a-d the flames,
ami IN a few more years these monuments
OF southern prosperity will have crumbied
away. The origin OF the fire was evil
dainty nrnFriau-ut 4 rfo al
ironing in one OF t3e rooms, and everything
being as dry as a tlnder b9x, spark firsG
the building, which was quickly consumed.
There was Insurance on the building 70 the
amount Of 5000. It would cJst s., 90 10
replace II.
COney correspondent Americas Republi-
can: In yolr paper OF to-day | saw an
article OF tue best shot il Americus. one
that s the equal Of Carver Or Bozardus;
now / wisa to dispute with you, for we
have one in Sumter that is far the superior
of either. His name is Howard. He never
allows his hands to mark either his cattle or
nogs. He has trained dog for the occasion.
who starts the hogs or cattle from the pen,
after they have gotten from 80 TO 100
yards the start, he puts his horse at full
speed. draws his Smith & Wesso9 and fires
two shots n quick succession, aud thus pro-
ceeds to cut an uGderbit in one ear and q
swallow fork in the other, leaving a hole in
each ear, with swallow FORK ia the right
aud en- underbit in the left OF each ca. His
employer has been satisfied with MS manlp-
ulati0n for several years, and tells hin 10
90 ahead, as all is o. X.
The supposed trade Of the s. S. S.
Company with a western syndicate did not
take place, nor IS one anticipated at the
lrics offered by the syn nlica,e. Here is what
H. J. Lamar, Jr., says ab1u, the notice in
the Telegraph, in which reference was
made 70 the value Of . we'll known ram
ely: "N ha. I said was no. intended for
publication, but inasmuch as II was men
toned viii state tQat the Swift Specific
Company wera offered 100000 IN cash
for our entire interest in the =. :. 5, wlich
"e refused, I0r the reason that, IN our juig-
ment, we could not i4vest the amount 0f-
fe.ed IN any enterprise that whuld declare
larger dividends than the 5. 5. s. | think
lm safe in saying that a 81 .OOO, 900 offer
Il wv, nor one IN the near future, would in
tucs US q par with franchises which we
value at s., ,0J), 900, in fact it has q much
higher valuation than the last nam d zig
ures.n
Meriwether indicator: Our rea lers
Will remember that some time agl N.
Massey married a daughter Of Mr. Up
clurch, n1ar Rocky Mount. Mr.. UDehu-cl
was reported as greatly incanset &c the
ani was said to have treated Nr.
Massey pretty rJugliy-aud % have for.
bldden his presence in the ue.ghbOrhood
Ar. Upchurch charged kidnapping upon
the partof Massey, while Massey chargei
uRprovOked assault upon the part Of UD-
church. Last Monday the parties apparel
a- Luthervllle 70 try the issues involved.
Large numbers Of people assembled before
court met. Upper Ninth district, the
Tenth. Eleventh, Eighth, Lone Oak,
Lltherviils aud Midway districts were
in the aSsemblage. Wagon
loads Of people came in bringing truu5S
Of provisions, buggies had their well-dllsi
baskets, SO a. TIE gathering resemblel
picnic occasion. Ar. Massey got a chance
to talk t. his bride, andsbe, ike the lbiue
women Of old, when they saw the Romans
and Sabines, their husbands on one side and
fathers and brothers on the other, about to
cut each others throats in battle, pleaded
tnat strife might stop. For
awhile Mr.. Massey remembered the wrongs
done him aud was inclined to stand out
bnt loyalty 10 father aid devotion to hus-
band llally prevailed, the parties got to-
gether, talked their trouble over ID ad-
iusted their difficulties. aad peace spread
her soft wings over the divided household.
love resu mel her sway and all was Do
nouncei well that ends we'll
Last fall the alliance men of Coweta
county agreed to operate q cotton ware
aouss Of their own TO handle their crop at
Newman. They rented a warehouse Of
Pow Il & Russell for the year end ng Sept.
], 1850. There are three warehouses in
Newman controlled by Powell q Resell.
Arnold & Burdett and the other by Brown
a. Powell. The alliance m3l haYs iust
learned that these warehouses have VII b3el
rented for the next year. ther bv leaving
them without any warehouse % han lie tlell.
years crop. Therefore, they are now con-
sIltiug rs u the b=st plan t. beildsiende
OF the warehousensu who are not alliance
men. They propose rs one plan t5 build
warehouse OF thei. own by assessing each
meu1er - cents bale OF cotton ha raises
is year . put up the necessary building.
employ "eiEhers, markers and dvaymel,
all Of whom are to be members OF the a,li-
ance, thereby ruln.ng tie warehousson .le
most economic d basis. Newman ga orally
handles frnr- a. 900 q X. .OOO bales annually.
aud q majority Of the farmers belong D. the
alliance. They think they ca pu5 10 a
and hh llls their Cruo this
season FOR about 5000, and by assessing
e2ch man cordlng to the number of bales
raised, they would eqla "a the expenses
upon fair ant eluis .ble basis BY this
arrangement taey say t1ey cal save money,
give emJlOyment only t0 their members,
and hire their own watc.mel. book
and other Jflicers. They propose 20 rus in
several scales so as q weigh their co ton
with dispatch anl have tleir own sworn
weighers Ius plan is m ct ng witl general
approval among al tG' wI7als IN be cluuty.
At Atlanta Tuesday night Ca.ef Jovler.