The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-07

an escaping convict, but the gun failed TO
I fire. Mr. Alexander walked up TO
/ examine the frearm, which MIR. Crabb
still held in his hands. and in at
/ tempting TO remove the cartridge, which
( had become firmly fastened in the barrel,
/ the gun was discharged, the contents strik-
l ing Mr.. Alexander in the leg, about half
/ way between the knee and ankle. and
/ passing through buried deeply in the other
/ leg near the hip. The ball being a very
/ large one, the bones of his legs were fright
fully shattered. and he died in about five
hours after the accident occurred.
! Many Of the negroes Of Macon indcrse
the plan Of c. ii. J. Taylor Of Atlanta, the
negro lawyer, to hold a convention of
southern negroes. Taylor is quite enthusi-
astic over his work. He wants every state
IN the union having negro residents to be
| represented in the convention, with dele
gate from every congressional district and
two from the state at large, unless the state
be a southern one. In that event. he wants
the delegation at large to be ten strong.
This, he says, must be done in order to give
the south, where most Of the negroes live, u
control Taylor's idea is TO have, for dele
gates, negroes who are respected at their
homes by both races. He wants every
member TO be a property owner if possible
and all TO be able to read and write. The
convention is to discuss the condition OF the
race and benefit it if possible.
Macon Telegraph: Electric Conductor
Adams had novel experience Thursday
aight. He spent the day at Indian Springs,
needing a day Of recuperation, and left that
place for home on the train which reached
Macon about 10 O'Clock. Being sleepy he
asked the conductor TO wake him up at
Macon. On this promise young Adams
went 10 sleep. When he woke up he found
it 30 late that he knew Macon had been
passed. On inquiry he found himself at
at Callahan, not very far from Jackson
vile, having been overlooked by the con-
ductor. He wanted to pull the bell cord
and back the train, but he was too far for
that purpose, and the only thing left for
him to do was to return ou the north bound
train which reached here early yesterday
morning. 1t cost him the price of a ticket
from Indian Springs TO Macon to ride over
40 miles.
Atlanta Constitution. A famous war
time duel is recalled by the candidacy of
Capt. Asbury for congress in the ninth. 1t
was fought at Vicksburg in 1862. The story
was told by DeKalb county man here
Friday. The adjutant, X. A. Quillain, now
a Judge out west, had formed the regiment,
and was ready to turn it over to the senior
captain for drill. Capt. Asbury and Capt.
Woodward, now editor of the Dahlonega
Signal, stepped out about the same time.
1t was an embarrassing position for both
Both were fighters, and both were quick
tempered. The lie was passed and they
were fighting in front Of the regiment
and not "a man in the line moved. Nobody
expected either of them TO come out alive.
1t was war to the knife aud knife TO the hilt
They fought stubbornly until both men fell
exhausted from the loss Of blood. They
were both terribly wounded, but fortu-
nately no vital point had been touched and
both recovered. They are living now in ad-
joining counties, the best Of friends.
Judge j. Gadsden King Of Atlanta has
the cherry stem of a pipe used by Prince
Bismarck The judges brother, Mitchell
e. King, according TO the Atlanta Journal
went TO school with Bismarck when he was
a student at DR.. Becker's famous school at
Frankfort-on-the-M Main. They were class
mates and room mates-altogether very
intimate friends. Now, when they were
about to leave college they exchanged pipes,
for you know every German student has
his pipe Well, Mitchell brought the pipe
which the future chancellor gave him IN
exchange for his own to America with him,
and it fell into the judges hands.
1.-THE pipe" Judge King continued
twas quite a pretty one. The bowl was
made of fine china, and had cameo like
ness of Bismarck on the front Of it. The
stem was about twice as long as it is now,
for it has been trimmed very often. | have
smoked it thousand times and never en-
joyed pipe more. Mitchell and Bismarck
were very warm friends and corresponded
with each other for years--in fact, they do
now, think. Some time ago somebody in
America wrote Bismarck a letter, asking
him if he knew anybody on his side of the
water. He replied that he knew and CORE
sponded with two men in the United
States-one was Mitchell O. King and the
other DIR. Emery Coffin, OF Aiken, S. G.
Mitchell, my brother. is now &c years old,
and is living at Flat Rock, N. c."
The Thomasville district conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South was
held at Blakely from June q to 80 in
elusive. The weather was intensely warm,
the Thermometer ranging from 90o to 1925,
the attendance being consequently much
less than was expected. The reports of the
different committees show an increased
number of churches in the district, with a
decided increase of Sunday school scholars.
More interest in a desire for education is
manifest throughout the district Strong
appeals in behalf of education were made
by Rev. DR.. Bass Of Wesleyan Female Col
lege and Rev. p. 8. Twitty of Andrew Fe-
male College. The importance of the com
mon schools of the state was urged by DR..
are on the decrease in the country, but il
seems these evils are increasing in the larger
towns and cities The condition of the
church is prosperous and encouraging
nearly every charge within the district re-
porting the collections for the various
causes of the church work good Good SER
mons were preached during the session OF
the conference by Revs. q &. N. Mcdonald
DR.. J. w. Hinton, presiding elder, DR.. G.
W. Bass, P. S. Twitty, W. W. Stewart and
other ministers. The conference elected the
following delegates to the annual con-
ference: H. G. Fryer of Blakely, John B
Everett Of Boston, Casper Walker Of Cairo
and H. H. Herring of Sumner The visi-
tors to the town were treated with that cor.
dial courtesy aud hospitality so character.
istic of che good people of Blakely, who lief
nothing undone to render the stay of theil
visitors pleasant
FLORIDA.
The colored people of Enterprise ar
| building a new school house.
Work has begun on the addition to thu
| Ocean house at New Smyrna.
The Dunnellon Phosphate company pa,
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