The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEws OF TIE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

teriug the Lists for the $1,000
Beauty Prize-A Murder in Rich
mond County-Old Relics Owned By
a Resident Of Americas.
GEORGIA
Atlanta's elephant weighs 5000 pounds
President II. T. Powell OF the MacoI
Public Library has resigned
The murder Of the Voolfolk family II
Bib county was committed three years agC
Wednesday.
J.H. Henseu of Lumber City has beer
arrested at Macon. Thomas Ellison Of
Lumber City suspected him Of stealing {
watch and 300.
Walter Clark, who is fireman on the
Georgia Central road, and Charles /. Wood
who is a nephew Of Police Lieut. Wood Of
Macon had lively fight in a saloon in that
city Tuesday. A gun was flashed, but
bystanders prevented its use
The Rome rolling mill was sold at re-
ceiver's sale Tuesday. Col. r T. Arm
strong, as agent Tor syndicate, bought tue
mill for $3S, 500. A syndicate has been
formed &c take the mill in charge, and TO
increase the stock capital Of the organization
to 100000.
John Green, a colored employe at the
saw-mill Of B. b Gray & Bro, Of Pine
Bloom, while riding on the coupling pole
behind the engine lost bis balance, and was
run over, the trucks breaking his left thigh
Just below his hip joint, severely cutting his
right leg and MASKING the fingers OF mis-
right hand.
Albany Netos and Advertiser: 1t is
strange. but nevertheless true, that not a
bale Of cotton has been brought in from
Hon. Primus Jones place in Baker county
since the first bale came from there July 4.
II there was enough cotton open at that
time to make bale, why is it that no more
has been brought int
Rev. Henry C. Howren has recovered
from the attack Of malarial fever with
which he has been suffering in Decatur for
some time past He was at CoviDgton on
Sunday and preached for Rev. W. IL.
LaPrade last night at the Methodist church.
His text was Galatians vi, Z: Nv hatsoever
a man soweth, that shall he reap
News has reached Augusta of the killing
of an aged white man at Vancluse by re-
pair train Of the Charlotte, Columbia and
Augusta railroad The man had been walk
ing along the track when he was killed
Information was scant regarding the acci-
dent, but report says the man was an uncle
of Murrell. the Edgefeld, S. c.. murderer.
On Saturday evening last. the dwelling
house of William Googe, son of Rev. w.
j. Googe, residing in the northwest portion
Of Appling county, was struck by lightning
and badly damaged There was no one in
the house at the time A boy who was in a
tree near the house was stunned by the
shock, but after q short time revived, and
when last heard from was able to walk.
William Wheeler and Horace Moses. both
colored, engaged in quarrel in Richmond
Monday. Moses bore a bad reputation in
that section. In the row Wheeler hit Moses
with a plank while the latter was trying to
get at him with a knife. The men closed
and Wheeler cut Moses in the arm, where
the main artery was severed and the
injured man pled to death in a few hours.
The verdict of the coroner's inquest was
justifable homicide.
Rome Tribune: News comes to the T1-ib-
une that 16-year-old daughter of Harry
Stewart, who lives near the Georgia line,
in Cherokee county, Alabama, WIS as
saulted and raped on Saturday last, by one
JEFF Swan. the facts, as related by our in
formant, are about as follows: Swan
worked for Stewart and knew the girl, was in
fact boarding in the house with her father.
On Saturday all Of the family except the
girl were absent from home and Swan
went to the house, and, by choking the
girl, accomplished his wicked purpose News
of the assault began to spread and Swan
lis SAll over bi4o bIdl6 llo INTO Gndb-
tooga county. A posse headed by J. F.
Busbin pursued and captured him, and car
ried him back to the scene of his crime,
where crowd had gathered who were
anxious for revenge. Swan was taken
posse sion Of, however, and spirited away in
order to keep the girls father and his
friends from numbering him. Excitement
was high in the community, but wisdom
prevailed and an impartial trial was prom
ised the accused.
A special from Dalton says: "Are you de-
scended from one Of the twenty-threer is
the first question asked when you introduce
Mr.. Camp TO Mr.. Camp, which is explained
as follows: Thomas Camp of Rutherford
county, North Carolina, had ten sons and
one daughter by his first wife. He married
again, as his second wife, Miss Margaret
Carney of North Carolina, and had by her
ten sons and two daughters. Then he died
The twenty-three children of Thomas
Camp were, as might have been expected. a
prolific and stalwart race. Only one Of
them, a daughter, approached the fathers
record, however. She had twenty-five
children. At reunion a few years ago in
Douglass county, Georgia, fully 5000 de-
scendants were present. Yesterday, at the
residence of the late Maj William A.
Camp, near Dalton, Ga, assembled all Of
his seven sons and their descendants in a
family reunion, the occasion being their
mothers 10th birthday. W. A. Camp OF
Augusta, Ga, Is compiling record of the
descendants of his great grandfather
Thomas Camp of North Carolina, and
wishes all the Camps to write him history
of their branch Of the tree
Americas Recorder. Mr. Thomas Gresh-
am has left at this Office couple of relics
that have been handed down for 200 years
One is a small Ratchet, resembling the one
George Washington used, that was given
him by his mother, who died sixteen year,
ago at the age Of sc. 1t was given her by
her grandmother when she was quite
young. The other is a pint flask that il
known to be 1875 years old, as it has been il
his fathers family that long. 1t is queer
looking, short round flask, with the face OF
George Washington blown in the sides. He
will now give these relics TO his children.
Since the offer of an Atlanta merchant tc
give prize of 900 to the handsomest
woman IN Georgia to parade through the
streets on top of mis- advertising van on the
occasion OF the approaching festival, ev-
cry days mail has been bringing one OF
more photographs of some lady who think.
she is the handsomest in Georgia, up tc
date the photographs of seventy-two who
are anxious to spend that 81, 600, have beer
received by the firm. Some of the women
are really beautiful, that is one or two, and
it will be difficult 10 decide between them
if the originals compare witt
the photographs. Others arr
but they explain this away by saying they
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