The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-07

Baglcv has been rendered the cAptaincy.
and Cliff c. Clay tbs position OF first lieu
tenant, and both have signiisd thsir will
iagness 20 accept the proferod aonors
Macon is to have a mammoth car works.
the biggest in the south. The capital stock
will be $4,000 and more than half OF il
Will be held in Macon The Macon Con-
structiOn came in at $4,000, with prob
able increase TO 500. 900; then came numer-
Gus subscriptions in various amounts, until
] almost half the capital has been raised.
The balance will be taken in the north. At
first only freight cars-box, flats, and coal
cars will be manufactured. Afterward will
come the making Of passenger coaches.
| 1t is rumored that there are several negro
preachers in Madison and OglethOrpe coun-
ties wh no are serving as agents 20 the emf
grafton scheme that has lately been stirred
! uD among the negroes Of the south by rail-
| road mon and others, 10 whose pecuniary
gain such an exodus would result. 1t is
! said that these negroes are acting On the
/ quiet, and rarely make known their pur-
poses TO the whites of their vicinities 1t is
also stated that they have met but little
success among the negroes Of those coun-
ties.
There are in Americas three whole
/ sale and retail furniture houses, each doing
an immense business in that line. In order
to supply the demand of these for a cheap
| grade Of furniture. a stock company, with a
| capital stock of $4,000. has Just been or
ganiz d, and will at once begin the building
Of large factory. The young men of the
town are backing the movement, and show
their faith in the project by subscribing
| $4,000 thereto. This amount was raised
In three hours. Other enterprises, includ-
ing large cotton factory, are also assured
Every member of the Atlanta fire de-
| partment is sured against accident. The
| policies are taken out by the board of fire.
| masters, and the premiums are paid out OF
the appropriations for the fire department.
| There are fifty-six members OF the depart
ment and each one is insured from the chief
down. The fifty-six policies amount to
$4,000, and the annual premium on that
amount is 81, 400. In case of accident of
any kind, whether the firemen is on or of
| duty, he receives SO week unit! he is able
to be at work again. In case of death his
| family receives 81, 500.
A special train of eighteen cars arrived
in Atlanta, Tuesday, via the East Tennes-
| see, Virginia and Georgia railway. loaded
with bananas and cocoanuts from Port
Tampa, Fla. Two cars of bananas were
| consigned to j. J. Falvey of Atlanta, and
the remaining sixteen were consigned to
Chicago via the MOnon and Queen and CreS-
cent routes C. McCandless, representing the
West India, Central America and Tampa
Fruit Company, who was in charge Of the
train, said that this company would run a
special train every two weeks from Port
Tampa, Fla, to Chicago, loaded with
bananas The time on this fruit will be
about five days from Tampa to Chicago.
Perry Home Journal: Another gigantic
fruit farm is being established in Houston
county this week. On the old Smith plan
tation, in the upper Fifth district, 40 acres
of lend have been devoted 70 this purpose,
under the name Of the liberia fruit farm.
About $4,000 peach trees will be set out, of
which number $4,000 will be ElbertaS, the
| famous peach originated by s. H. Rumph
of the Willow LAKE nursery. The owner
ship of this farm is vested in company of
Macon capitalists, of which w. B. Sparks
of the Georgia Southern and Florida rail-
road is president The farm is situated
alongside the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida railroad, just above York, and its
appointments will be first-class in every
particular. Every row of trees, house,
roadway, and fence will be located by the
compass. For the convenience of the bust
ness of this farm a slde-track will be put
down, and a shippi z station established,
which will be named liberia.
Dawson NelCs: Wednesday night Sylves-
| ter Wilson, a negro barber, was shot by a
white man who, with a companion, was in
| the house of a negro woman. 1t seems that
| these white men, who are guards at the
convict camps on the Columbus Southern,
were discovered in the woman's house by
| Wilson, who began cursiag them and
threatened 20 kill them. He called to
his assistance three or four other negroes,
and they surrounded the house to
keep the white men from escaping. Will
son then pushed the door open, and as he
| entered was fired upon by one Of the white
men, the ball entering his left arm. Wilson
retreated from the door, but he and his
friends still held the fort by keeping the
house surrounded and the two white men
| hemmed in until officers appeared on the
scene and pulled the whole gang. At
mayors court next morning the white men
were fined IS each and Wilson is paying a
fine of $40 by working on the streets