The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-14

The management has de -idsd TO erect the
church OF brick.
Macon Netos: Here is a coincidence:
/ Primus W Jones, the first bale man, died on
last Saturday in Atlanta On that day at
Sparks warehouse in Macon, the wind 1ut-
tered an old cotton receipt out OF box that
was stored away in room upstairs. The
little piece of psper fell upon the head Of o.
G.. Sparks, ST., ESQ. He picked it up and
on reading il found it to be a receipt from
Hardeman & Sparks, bearing date Macon,
Oct. S, 1866. 70 PrImus w. Jones for sixteen
bsles Of cotton weighing S,605 pounds,
averaging 537 1916 pou ds per bale The
cotton was sold at 80 cents per pound,
making a total Of S2,753 60. The cotton
was sent from Albany 70 Macon t. be sold.
| Thus it will be seen that far back in the
sixties, nearly twenty-three years ago,
| Primus W. Jones was a highly successful
cotton planter.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: Wesley Thomp
son having lived in the bachelors rank
until he became tired of it, picked up
courage and went over into johnson county
and persuaded Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, a
charming young widow, TO become his bet
ter nalf. He was married on Jan. 80,
| Rev. c. A. Moore officiating. Mr.. Ihomp-
| sons marriage was quite a surprise to his
| friends and acquaintance, and has created
| quite a sensation. Wesley had reached two
score years. He has attempted to court
several ladies since he reached mis- majority,
but before meeting Mrs. Smith, never had
the courage to face any OF them squarely
with the question. Mr. Thompson feigned
| to court certain young lady few years
| ago, but on learning that she used paint to
add to her beauty, said that he could not
stand that, so he Immediately broke off his
cJurtship with her.
Col. J. o. Waddell, one of the late execu-
tive board of the State Agricultural So
| ciety, is a believer in the rotation plan for
the state fair. He says: Nov, there is no
reason in the world why Macon should not
| have the fair one year, Augusta the next,
then Savannah and Atlanta. Possibly Co
| lumbus could be brought into the route;
but without that city, there would be
| plenty of places to hold the fair. Let con-
tracts be made so that every city will be
| guaranteed the fair e certain year, and have
10 bidding for the location. have never
said one word about Macon not backing up
the state fair as she should. Holding the
fair every year here has tired not only the
| agricultural society, but it has also worried
| others. People get to that belief that they
| will see the same thing every tins they
| come. This is true to a certain extent, for
| the same buildings are there every year;
| oftimes the same cattle, and, as a general
rule, the same farm products and fancy
| work.n
Owners of river lands along the Ocmul-
gee for several miles south of Macon, met
| in Macon Wednesday. Addresses on sew
eral plans for the opening up of the river
lands and utilizing them for agricultural
purposes, as well as cutting the hard wood
timber for the manufactures, which are
| now coming into Macon 80 rapidly, were
made by Messrs. Butts, Henry Stubs,
Lucas, Chapman, and Woodall The
| ,N1., 81, ..ssl.
was to organize a joint stock company
among the land owners, each land owner to
have his land assessed by experts and to
| put it in as a basis for stock Phe company
would then sell off shares to capitalists, and
| if necessary the land owners themselves
would put money besides their land into
| the company until sufficient was raised to
| put in several saw mills and cut the hard
wood timber Of the valley. Another plan
was to organize a company among the land
owners, and after getting the lands listed
dispose of them TO some lumber company
which handles hard woods
At Atlanta, Monday, veteran railway
employe was describing an accident that
| occurred about month ago on the East
Tennessee road, between McRae and Scot
| land. II never heard of another like It,n
said he 1.-Two trains were approaching
each other, and about five miles apart as
engine, between the two trains, was trying
to make switch ahead of the north-bound
train, but met it on single track about
mile from Scotland. There was collision
The men on the engine had barely time to
reverse the lever and jump off before the
| engine struck the train. The shock started
the wild engine back, and the lever was
already reversed. The engine then met the
| other train-another collision. The shock
of the second collision reversed the lever
again, and the wild engine started back
| toward the train it had first met. 1t was
| only saved from another collision by few
crossties thrown across the track by section
hands, who had heard the engine coming
| So the wild engine was ditched after wreck
| ing two engines. The wrecking engine.
strange to say, was but little damaged"
Richard w. Grub, better known as Dick
Grub, editor and proprietor of the Darien
Timber Gazette, one of the brightest of
the Georgia weekly press, is one of the
stanchest democrats in Georgia. Under
Collector Dart he held the position of
| deputy collector of the port of Darien.
which paid him about 81 200 year, with
out interfering at all with his newspaper
work. When Deveaux, the colored poll
tician from Savannah, succeeded Dart,
Grub sent in his resignation as deputy.
Deveaux urged him TO retain his position,
saying that he wished to make no change in
the Darien Office. Grubb's fellow citizens
also urged him not to resign, but to accept
the offer of continuance Friends in Bruins
wick and Savannah did likewise, but Grubb
insisted on his resignation, which Deveaux
had to accept. 81 took my own advice. y
said he, land handed over my office and
salary. The Lord knows it was a splendid
adjunct to the newspaper business | could
have held it and not ing would have been
said, but my conscience would not let me
keep it. Deveaux acted very nicely toward
me, and l could have held the place and run
my paper as democratic sheet, for he did
not object to that Deveaux's office was in
Brunswick and mine IN Darien, and nv
only contact with him would have been in
my reports, but from the beginning / posi-
lively refused to stay, and now l am out |
do not think it would have been right to
have held office under the republican ad-
mlnistration and at the same time run a
democratic newspaper; do you"
1t appears that nearly all old confederates
in Georgia who lost leg or an arm in the
service of the state avails himself of her
generosity. They feel that they have well
earned the stipend to which the Crowder
act entities them, and they draw it ire
spective of their private financial condition.
Perhaps the most notable name on the pen
sion list is that Of Gen. Longstreet. He gets
$50 yearly for disabled arm. the result of