The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-22

GEORGIA.
The Baptists of Dawson will soon build q
new church.
At Wrightsville the firm of Under &
Price has dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.. Price sold to Mr. Linder.
Four of Bainbridge's leading citizens have
organized a private bank with a cash capt.
tai of $4,000, and will soon begin business.
At Cedartown, Wednesday, Lou Watts,
who murdered her husband on Jan. z. was
tried for murder. and a sentence of imprls-
onment for life imposed.
Hollev Eubanks. who is accused Of being
implicated in assisting Charles Blackman in
escaping, was taken to Americas from Al
bauy Tuesday and turned over to the au-
thorities by his bondsnen.
F. A. Hill arrived at Americas Tuesday
morning Dragging of having on pair of
gloves given - him by his father in 1855.
They were knit of wool and had been given
to his father several years before that.
A negro church located about four
miles southeast Of Columbus was blown
down on Monday last 1t is supposed that
a tail of the reported cyclone crossed the
section. The church was untenanted at the
time.
DR.. Mark Johnson of Milledgeville has
been at Brunswick for his health. Beng
greatly improved, he decided to visit Spain,
and left on the steamship Carnmarth for
Barcelona Wednesday, and will visit other
countries.
The passengers on the S. A. NJ. train from
Abbeville Wednesday, were treated to a
novel scene. About two miles below Sc
vile a couple Of deer, buck and doe,
jumped mp on one side of the rght-of-way
and gran along with the train for quite a
distance.
w. J. Phillips an Americus baker, owns
bedstead that bis great. great grandfather
gave TO bis grandmother when she was a
little girl, many years ago. He values it
very highly, not because of its great beauty
and value, but for its antiquity and family
associations.
Washington Chronicle: Mr.. Telfair Wet
ter of New York has been in the city for
few days, looking into the old county
records in search of date regarding the Tel
fair estate The contest over the will of
Miss Telfair of Savannah is well remem-
bered by many Of our citizens.
Wesley Carter, a negro who works at the
variety works at Dawson, got drunk Tues
day and went near Riordon's store and be-
gan shooting his pistol rather promiscuously
One ball struck a negro woman on the foot
Sheriff Thornton appeared on the scene and
put an end to Wesley's fun by carrying him
to jail, where he will await the action of
the court. The wounded negro is not badly
hurt.
J. B. Childs, a farmer in Ebert county,
has never bought a bushel of corn, a
pound of meat, lard, flour, or soap, except
for toilet purposes, since the war, and has
now years supply Of all these things on
hand. He makes plenty to do him and to
spare, and makes good cotton crops besides.
He commenced farming on poor land after
49, II bn e - A.
time.
The trustees have selected as the place
for the new school building at Elbsrton the
site on which the old male academy stands.
They get the lot for nothing, and have sold
the old school building for $780, The school
will have five or six acres of land. In ad-
dtion to the $1,000 raised on the bonds.
they have the building and lot of the
female school for sale, which will make
the amount nearly $4,000
Sixteen years ago A B. Culberson of At
lanta, defended T. J. Anderson for the
charge of ku-kluxing. The fee was $25, and
when Mr.. Anderson was acquitted he was
unable to nay his lawyer One night last
week Hubert Culberson was called up at
his West End home at 10 o'clock at night
and Mr.. Anderson paid him the fee due his
father. There had never been a scratch of
pen as az evidence of the debt.
Henry Gordy of Chattahoochee county.
while on his way to Columbus Tuesday
with three bales of cotton on his wagon.
discovered that one Of them was on fire
Fortunately the discovery WIS a timely one
as the cotton was just beginning to catch.
He at once descended and tore away the
burning part, thus extingUisning the threat
ened conlagration. Mr.. Gordy has no idea
as to the origin Of the FIRE. The damage was
slight.
L. F. Humber of Griffin is a model far
mer. His experience with his Stewart
county farm last year is proof of this. He
had 900 acres in cultivation, the net profit
OF which was $1,000, or an average clear
profit Of IS per acre for each acre in cult
walton. HIS success as a farmer is due to
several causes. In the first place he paws
cash for his supplies; then he manages his
farm well, and employs the most skilled
methods OF cultivating aud harvesting.
1t is a singular fact that the cyclone
which recently swept over Banks county
passed in the track Of one that devastated
that section in 1864. Only half mile in
the rear Of I. II. Meals house, near Burns
mill, is a large forest, and in 1916 a hurri-
cane, as they were then called, swept the
large forest and tore up nearly all Of the
trees. 1t has always been known as the hur.
ricane woods. The trees we're blown down
so thick that it was nearly impossible to
walk through them.
Dan Langley, a moonshiner, was tried
and convicted in Atlanta recently. At the
trial he told that he was TO be married in a
little over a month, and the Judge there.
fore sentenced him to imprisonment for one
month. He was thus able to quit jail on a
Monday and start for his home in Gordon
county, where he was to be married on the
following Wednesday. He was so thankful
for this light sentence that he promised to
send the judge gallon Of the best moon
shine whisky to be got.
Charley Beerman, Of the Kimball in
Atlanta, is raising hogs by the hundred at
his farm near Edgew0od and selling them
as fast as he can raise them. He has made
two large sales recently. About ten DAYS
ago he sold thirty hogs, the total weight Of
which was over 5000 pounds. and on Feb
Is he sold twenty more, they weighing 4.244
pounds The hogs were driven from the
farm to Beate's stock pen aud there sold
for shipment to South Georgia, whore thev
will likely be butchered aud sold as Pied
mont pork.
They have the laugh on Capt. "B IT,
O'Brien of Columbus 6ecause he bought
cow that was already his own Here is how
it happened. About two weeks ago a COW
was impounded and was adver-
tised by due course Of law ten DAYS No
owner came. The capt in who deals In
cattle, went and inspected the COW. ex
pressed himself pleased with the promise of
a bargain and instructed a friend To hid
her off for him when the sale should be
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