The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-14
The NEWS IN RFFINQaAM.
A Lively Budget of Gossip from Guy
ton and Vicinity.


When the confederate veterans Of Efing-
ham county, organized last summer, they
named Jan. 10, Lees birthday, az a suita-
BILE time to hold their anniversary meeting.
Jan. 10 this year falls on Sunday, and the
president, Col Edward Bird, has issued a
call for a meeting on Friday. Jan. II, at
Springfield. At the same time and place
the farmers alliance of the county will hold
an important meeting, and from the indi-
cations, old Springfield will witness an i'm
mense crowd of the brOnzed yoemaury Of the
county, resembling the political gatherings
of ante bsllum days when Ward McAllister.
the leader the Four HUI dred, was proud to
claim old Efingham at his home.
Rev. H. s. Wingard, county school COM
missioner, has made the teachers of the pub
lie schools term happy by n cash settle
ment. Mr.. Vineyard reports the enrolment
of children for the year just closed, who
were entitled to participate in the public
school fund, about 100, and the average
attendance has been about $50, which is q
gratifying increase compared with former
years, and shows that the people Of EGing-
ham are waking up to the Importance of
educational matters. Mr.. Wiugard has
made a most efficient commissioner, aud
has contributed very largely to the organ
| ization of schools, and the increased inter
est now being manifested by the people of
Efingham In the cause of education.
At the Guyton Baptist church, last week,
most interesting service took place. &C
Conoway, an exemplary young man, was
| ordained to the ministry. Rev. j. A, Scar
boro, pastor, was assisted in the service by
Elder j. M. Cross. The examination was
| thorough and searching, but the young
| gentleman acquitted himself creditably anC
| received the congratulations of his friends
Prof Thomas G. Lang, late principal Of
the Savannah district high school, has gone
| to Gainesville, Fla, to attend the session Of
the Florida Methodist conference, he having
been transferred, SO as to receive pastoral
| charge. Prof. Lang, during his short stay
in Guyton, made many friends, who regret
his departure and his transfer to another
state.
Prof. W. V. Lanier of Allendale, s. c.
son of the Rev. I. w. Lanier of Guyton,
has been to his old home on sad mission
his only son died at AIlendale few days
ago and was buried in the family burying,
| ground at Oliver.
The new telegraph company, the posta
cable, has reached Effingham, and is push
ing ahead very rapidly en- route to Savan
nah. j. W. Lawton. superintendent Of
construction, was in Guyton Friday, and
reports the camp cars and the force a
| Egypt, and he said that within week thC
line will be built to Guyton, and by Feb.
he will reach Savannah. 1t is not known
| yet whether Guyton will be favored witt
an office, since the Western Union seems tx
have secured exclusive control of the rail-
| roads right of way and has forced the new
company to follow the public or dirt road
which takes it about one aud q half mile
from Guyton. Supt Lawton says that hi,
| company has had no trouble thus far ia
securing "a unobstructed passage from
| land owners along the road: on the contrary
every facility possible has been afforded
| The company is using the best material tc
be had, and is equipped with the latest i'm
proved copper wire. The poles are the cele
brated South Carolina juniper, which il
said to be superior to ali other kinds of wooC
| in durability.
| A. G. McAlpin, who has been connected
with the Central railroad for several years
has been forced to resign on account of i'll
health
| r. G. Ferguson, Jr., of the Central. ha.
moved his family from Savannah and will
make Guyton his future home 1t is under
stood there are others who design to locate
| in Guyton, but owing to scarcity of house
| room they have been compelled to defer
| coming.
E. j. Myers has been appointed town
marshal to fill the vacancy ocoasioned by
the resignation of j. II. Morgan.
| The Pooler goober train which so closely
follows the night passenger, and remains
over night in Guyton is now making
regular trips. While this may appear tc
outsiders as being q great accommodation
| to patrons along the line, it is not satisfac-
tory, as the former arrangement Of having
the through trains stop.
Miss Willie Swoll is visiting her sister
Mrs. VIM, at Guyton.
Among those who visited Guyton Sunday
were Miss Nellie Wakeman, Clinton p
Sawyer, Jewett Christian, and Lieut.. r
s. Nell, of Savannah.
Miss Bessie Lanier of GuYton accompanied
her brother, Prof. Walter Lanier, on hi.
return to Allendale, S. G..
At the annual meeting of the Guvtou
Fruit and Truck Farmers Society, held last
week, j. Ben Davis was elected president,
Hamilton Griner vice president, and DR..
| II. &. Archer secretary. Messrs. Grinel
| and Archer were appointed delegates to
attend the meeting of the state agricultural
convention, which meets in Hawkinsville,
Feb IL.
Miss Ella Crosby, the accomplished young
ward of Rev. 7. T. Christian, was married
Sunday morning by Rev. J. E. Wrav,
pastor of Guyton Methodist church, to r.
W. Kemp, telegraph operator at New Bran
ford, Fla. The happy couple have gone tc
THAR hOp1a