The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-07-04
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATE
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.


A Cotton Story That Throws the
Snake Yarns in the Shade-Census
Returns Given Publicity 80 Houses
Blown Down in a storm at Doug
lassvule-A Girl Missing from Quit
man.
GEORGIA.
A burglar stole $17 from the depot at
Ellijay Tuesday night.
The state horticultural society meets at
Fort Valley July 30 and 81.
Many OF the private wells in Fort Valley
are failing in their supply of water.
Americas is to have branch Of the
weather bureau, and Col. Cuts is 70 be In
charge Of IL
Mrs. J. w. Blount. wife of the clerk of
the court of ordinary OF Bib county, died
of fever at Macon Tuesday.
IL is believed that the census will show
that Marietta has population OF about
3,400. This is a gain Of 200 since the last
census
At Plains, ten miles from Americas,
negro child fell beneath the Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery train and was
mangled.
On Sunday Lum Ponder, negro, entered
James Smiths room, near Forsyth, and
burglarized it of all the available or COW
eted property and fled. He was captured
at Griffin Tuesday.
The Third Georgia regiment will hold
their annual reunion at 1rvinton July 30
and 81 Judge Claiborne Snead and Capt.
A. A. Winn have secured a rate of cents
mile over the Central railroad for all VINO
wish to attend.
The census returns are all in, and give
Fort Valley population In the incorporate
limits of 625 This is an increase of 90
since the las census The incorporate linn
its extend three-quarters of mile from the
business portion of the town.
Three sheriffs from three Georgia coun-
ties met at the depot in MilledgevIlle last
Thursday night, each having in charge
negro woman destined for the lunatic asy
lum. Didn't use to be SO in slavery times,
observes the Union and Recorder.
heavy storm and rain struck Douglas
vile Tuesday, blowing down two houses
being built for Col. James, and tearing
away the new wing of the Douglasyille coll
lege, which has just been completed. The
negro Methodist church was blown from its
foundations
Michael Eastwood of Quitman was in
Brunswick, Wednesday, looking for his
daughter, Ella, who disappeared from her
home about three weeks ago, She is
brunette, about % years of age, large
featured, quite reserved in her manner and
wore when last seen a blue dress and wide
brimmed straw hat.
Vienna Progress: Mr.. Walter Speight
started out on his farm on Monday of last
week and found a partridge's nest which
contained twenty eggs, On Tuesday he
found fine bee tree. On w ednesday he cut
his bee tree, hived his bees and saved a nice
lot Of honey. On Thursday Mrs. Speight
presented him with tine ten-pound baby
boy Mr.. Speight says that his crop pros
pect is good and that Providence is smiling
upon him now.
Augusta Chronicle: A new way Of rapid
transit was shown a few bystauders on the
corner of Broad and Mcintosh streets last
Tuesday night. When car No. Is on the
Dublin line arrived at the corner the horse
became frightened at No. 3 fire engine,
which was at the Mcintosh street fire, and
with a sudden jump pulled tho car off the
track and carried it around the corner on
the dirt in trot. When in front of Lexius
Henson's he pulled the car on the Broad
street track and started up town, but upon
reaching the monument the animal dlscov-
cred that he was on the wrong track to go
to the stables. With another sudden Jerk
he started across the street for the up track,
but was stopped by the driver and made to
pull the car back on the downtown track
, duu pEOCSeQ w inc bbapl5o.
Charley Glover, the negro who killed Rob-
ert Whatley on June %, was captured Mon
day and had his preliminary trial at Gov
ington Wednesday. The killing occurred
near Almond, in Newton county. A party
of eight or ten negroes had been engaged in
drinking and gambling during considera-
BILE portion of the night, Whatley having
furnished the whisky for the occasion.
Just before the killing Glover had been
gambling with another negro named Plum
Gwiun, and they had some alteration about
the stakes, and Wadley told Gwinn that if
he did not give up the money he would kill
him. Gwinn had really won the game, but
Glover denied this and insisted on having
the money that had been staked on it..
Whatley took the part of Gwinn in the
alteration, and Glover told him to shut
up" Whatley then cursed Glover and
Glover cursed him i'll return, slapped
him and drew his pistol and shot
Whatley through the head, killing him
almost instantly. Glover is held for trial.
Col. Anie Gatewood of Americas was
telling a number o farmers the other day
about his magnificent cotton crop, and
during the conversation told the following
startling story, which the Americas Times
gives its readers: His cotton is so thick and
tall that the suns rays cannot penetrate be-
tween the rows. and consequently it is very
udTk III lue ueluS even az midday. La 81
week a 12-year-old boy, a son of one of his
tenants, went to the field to carry his
fathers breakfast, and, missing his way in
the 6ense cotton, completely lost his way
The tenant, becoming alarmed at the non
appearance of his boy at the regular time
went to the house and secured help to insti
tute a search, as he well knew that the
boy would never find his way out of the
cotton field unaided. Men mounted OF
mules, in order that they could see about
them, rode for hours through the dense,
dark field of cotton, firing guns and calling
loudly to attract the attention of the LOST
boy, while skyrockets and Roman candles
were fired at intervals into the cotton il
the hope that he might see the light anC
make his presence known. Finally, after
many weary hours had been spent in the
big fields searching for the boy, he wal
found fast asleep in the forks of a cotton
stalk some five feet above the ground. The
hunters carried him home in triumph, and
to prevent recurrence of the affair MIR
Gatewood is having tall signal poles, with
red flags attached, put up at distant inter
walls in his cotton fields.