The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-01-08
fearful eyes i. was read BY the loving heart

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News comes 70 the Cherokee Adrdnce OF
terrible tragedy on the Marietta and
| North Georgia railroad 4 crowd gathered
at Taylor Presley's grOgshOp, near Iate's,
IN Pickens county, and, after freely I'M
billing Of the fiery liquid, began 70 grow
abusive MIR. Bowden, the recently ap-
pointed storekeeper and gauger at Presley 3
dstillery, and Mr. Ray got into sharp
words. Rays frie IDS took him outside the
house Soon afterward Bowden began to
flourish bis pistol about, and ordered every
man to leave tbs house, or he would shoot
them His manner seemed to have fright
eled the iOungers around, as they all ihn-
mediately left, except Mr. Reynolds, who,
being stupefei from the effects of tina
whisky, remained leaning against the
counter. Seeing Reynolds had not obeyed
his orders, Bowden Put his threat into ex-
ecution, and pulled the trigger Of his pistol
When the smoke had cleared away
it was found that Reynolds was shot
IN toe bowels. He died on the night of
the following day. BOwden was arrested
Gov. Campbell, of Ohio, has accepted the
| invitation Of the Atlanta Chamber of Com
merce to attend its banquet In Gov
| Campbelfs party there will be Hon. James
Z. Neal. of Hamilton. o., who was chair
man Of the democ attic executive commit
tee in the last campaign; Hon. Joseph B.
Hughes, ex-consul to birmingham, Eng
| land, and Mr. Claud Meeker, a wel!-lEnown
Ohio journalist, who is now Gov. Camp
BELLS private secretary. The Ohio delega-
ton, outside of the governors party, will
probably be large one. L. II. Brooks,
president OF the Cincinnati Chamber of
Commerce. will be accompanied by g. II.
Burrows, H. h. Meyer, c. w. Van
Clauncey Depew, of New York, win
be one of the big attractions at the ban
| quet. Jonathan A. Lane, president Of the
| Merchants Association of Boston, whose
| guest Mr. Grady was during his visit TO
| that city, will come with a delegation of
| directors. Among the other Bostonians
viii be Hon. W. f. Russell, ex-member of
| congress Charles c. Smith, president of
| the chamber of commerce Of New York,
will have in his party John A. Stewart,
! president of the United States Trust Com
| pany, John Sloane and Francis b. Thurber
prominent merchants. and A. Foster Hig-
/ ginSon, prominent in marine insurance.
| Hon. w. l.. Wilson, member of congress
| from Virginia, viii be another of the nota-
bic guests.
The largest sale of cotton plantations
made in Georgia in many years has re-
! Gently been oonsummated. Col. Thomas p.
Stoyall has just closed the purchase of about
| 1900 acres of land in Twiggs county,
! twenty-five miles south of Macon. The
| East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rail-
road runs nearly ten miles through this
| princely estste, aud there is ne rly as many
miles frontage on the Ocmugee river. The
| purchase is for the Union Real Estate Trust
| Company, organized lately on a charter
granted by the state Of Georgia. This Or
| ganization Is composed of such capitalists as
Gen. Charles G. Dodge Col. Hiram d.
Faulkner, and others, of New York
| city. The officers are: Col Faulkner,
president; Col. Thomas p. Stovall, vice
president and general manager. An
| office will soon be est iblished in At.
lanta, and branch office in New York,
with connections in Europe and the west.
lie is the purpose Of this company to i'm
prove the property and to place upon it a
thrifty and reliable class of people. 1t is
prepared TO offer liberal inducements to
parties seeking permanent homes in a
healthy and productive region. The Union
Real Estate Trust Company possesses un-
limited resources, and one of its chief
| objects is to people the waste places of
| Georgia with an industrious and intelligent
| class OF white immigrants, and to bring to
high state of cultivation many of the
| largest cotton plantations in the state. The
transaction just closed by Col Stovall is re-
| garded as very significant, and it means a
great deal for Twiggs county.
A negro preacher named Aleck Philips
was the pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist
church, about four miles from Stockton,
aud, like most negro preachers, was much
admired by the sisters in the church.
| While in the neighborhood Philips made his
| headquarters at Ranse Robiuson's house.
Ranse works In the railroad, and, conse-
| Quently, spends very little time at home.
This gave the darkies pretext to suspect
that Philips was little too intimate with
Robinson's wife. and, pretty soon,
| the most outrageous scandals were
| carried to Robinson by the tat
| Ting sisters who seemed to grow
Jealous of Robinson's wife. Finally Robin
son went to Philips and told him
that he must never visit his home
| again. Philips consented TO take
up his abode at another place, and the mat
ter seemed to be definitely settled. But il
only seemed so, for Us soon as Robinson re-
turned to the railroad Philips disreg lrded
his promises and went back to Roblnso as
house. This was the state Of affairs Thurs.
day night when Robinson arrived on the
scene, to the surprise Of Mrs. Robinson, and
her pastor. When Robinson entered the house
his wife and Philips were at supper
Stealthily creeping up TO the door, and
taking in the situation within, Robinson
whipped out large knife, aud rushing into
the room, plunged the blade into Philips
breast, exclaiming at the time: e. you
| guess you won't trouble me any more. "
Philips gasped twice and fell out of his
chair dead. Robinson then slapped his wife
once or twice, and, warning her not tc
disclose his terrible deed, made tor the
woods.
"Ihave just returned, )" said Col. Shubrick
assistant keeper of the penitentiary at Al
lanta Monday, from inspecting the convict
camps. and during my trip / met with an
Incident which has impressed itself deeply
on my mind. l was travelling along the
line of the Columbus Southern railroad in
Terrell county, which is being constructed
by the conYicts, when my attention was
attracted to little grave. There is nothine
but pine woods )wn there, and the great
trees stood like sentinels about the LITTLE
sleeper. A marble slab at the head of the
grave bore no name and only the inscrip-
ton, Mark the grave Of your loved one
This one small grave left there by the road
side in the stiffness of the great forest
seemed strange to me, especially a,
1t appeared well kept, and l knew that
no one lived within fifteen miles OF tn,
spot. When l reached the next iowa made
inquiries about the childis grave. and
learned that years and years ago a white
family who were making their way tc
Florida camped on that spot, and durinp
the night their little baby died. They
buried 1t there, and left only little mound
TO mark the spot where a mothers hear
had been broken. Year after year, wher
the men came to mend the road, the ittl,