The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-05-12
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA, AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

from Lee County-A Tangle Over a
Piece of Land in Sumter County-A
Negro and His Savings-A Negro
With $4,000 Pursued by Men Who
Went to Murder Him.
GEORGIA
Superior court convenes at Louisville to-
day.
One thousand mortgages have been filed
In jefferson county since 1884,
A son of Andrew Coon of Troup county
was killed by falling tree last week.
J. NJ. Boardman of Macon has just cele-
brated the anniversary of bis 62d birthday.
The Light Horse Guards of Brunswick
will go to the state encampment at Brunss
wick.
Mrs. W. E. Zorn of Waynesboro has just
received IS, 900 from insurance on the life Of
her late husband.
Mai John Wright and David Colley
Montgomery, both of Putnam county, are
among last weeks dead.
The postoffice at Gibson has changed
hands, Mr.. @. c. Dixon took control OF
the office Monday morning.
The fund for the armory of the Southern
Cadets of Macon is steadily growing, and
has now reached the sum OF g., 80
The Macon Volunteers have decided to
provide themselves with new fatigue uni-
forms, and also full-dress uniforms.
Mrs Carrie q. Latimer, wife Of DR.. s. Fl.
Latimer, died at their home near Chapel
Hill, Stewart county, on Thursday.
r. M. Black, Georgia boy, son of the
late Senator Black, has lately won the high
est prize in an oratorical contest between
Tennessee colleges.
Tom Swint of Coweta county is now
nf Ga &c
never been forty miles from home or
crossed the Chattahoochee river.
Mail service'has been established on the
Columbus Southern railroad. On this
account the mail route from Lumpkin to
Columbus via Cusseta has been discon-
tinued.
The LAGRANGE Light Guards have decided
not to enter the contest at the Kansas City
drill in June, because some Of the best MEM
bers of the company will be unable to leave
their business.
In Twiggs county day or two ago q
beardless boy of III was married to lady 81
years old, having seven children. This
young man is the lady's third husband. She
is said to be still quite handsome.
The case of Tom Voolfolk is the first of
the Macon circuit cases to be heard by the
state supreme court. 1t will be reached to-
day. Hon ]. @. Rutherford represents
Voolfolk, and Hon. w. H. FELTON,, Jr., the
prosecution.
Andrew Smith, an aged negro, is under
police protection at Columbus. He claims
that he was willed Sl0,O 900 by resident of
Ann Harbor Mich, for whom he had
worked many years, and that men are now
pursuing him with the intention of murder
ing him and getting the money.
Providence church, in Troup scounty,
presented its pastor, Rev. V. A. Ham, with
free ticket TO Fort Worth, Tex, and re-
turn, to enable him to attend the Southern
Baptist convention, now In session in that
city. The Hogsnsville Baptist church was
equally generous TO its pastor, Rev. Elm
Culpepper.
All the horses employed in the fire depart-
ment OF Macon have been weighed. The
aggregate weight Of the fourteen horses is
10, 800 pounds. The heaviest weighs ] ,450,
and the highest, Chief Jones' horse, 1918
The two horses in the truck house are so
evenly matched that they weigh Just alike
1880 pounds
Americas Recorder: From the report of
the county school commissioners of Lee
county, the question of who educates the
negroes is plainly solved. Three hundred
and seven white children attended school
and $40 negroes were enrolled, ,007 more
negroes than whites. The whites pay almost
the entire taxes.
Mark Hairston of Troup county was
bitten by rabid dog on Dec. % last. The
wound healed promptly and he had no
symptom of any disturbance until Monday
of. last week, when he was greatly troubled
by a severe pain in his arm at the exact
locality of the dog bite. General nervous
disorder followed until he developed a case
of hydrophobia and died Tuesday.
Buena Vista Patriot: w. d. Benson
hQs brio hobu hnx %
old. He can tell the names of the President
and Vice President of the United States
the two senator's from Georgia, the county
and senatorial representatives aud the
place of residence of each. He can also
give the number of days in the week aud
name them, the number of months In the
year and their names, and many other in
telligent things.
Buena Vista Patriot: Marshal A. B.
jackson had the misfortune to break his
collar-bone last Tuesday morning. He went
out in his buggy to arrest and bring in a
negro, aud when near the residence of
Thomas l.. Rogers the negro made break
to get away. The negro jumped from the
buggy, pulling the marshal with him, and
in falling out he struck wheel, which broke
his collar-boDe ON the right side. The
scuffie frightened his mare and she ran
away. He was hurt too badly to prevent
the negro from making his escape
An educational carnival" is what Presi.
dent w. j. NorthSn, of the Georgia Agri-
cultural Society, has mapped out as one OF
the attractions of the state fair at Macon
in October next. While it partakes of the
nature Of chautauqua it is intended that
it shall exceed anything of the kind ever
attempted in Georgia. The recent Georgia
teachers convention at Columbus highly
Endorsed the scheme. and appointed a com.
mittee to cooperate with President Northeu
in bringing the schools and colleges Of the
state in sympathy with 1t. Drs. Lee
Stricken, Hawthorne, Boggs, Nunnally
Gambler and Bishop Beckwith will eacl
take night. and lecture upon the subject
of education.
Americas Recorder: Fiftsen years age
an old negro man of this county came t
G. M. Wheatley of this city and asked
him to keep small amount of money fol-
him. Mr.. Wheatley consented to do so o.
the terms that he was to pay no interest
and that the old negro could get the money
at any time he wanted it. Mr.. WheatleI
was an entire stranger to the negro, aad /
he should meet the old man in the road nov
he would not know, him. During the month
of December, for the past fifteen years
this old man has added little more to tn,
amount deposited, and Mr.. Wheatley nov
has in his possession belonging to hin
nearly $500. The negro has drawn small
sums during the summer months to pul