The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-05
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

A Boy Fatally Injured ct HIS Father
Gin in DeKalb County - a Snak'
Fortv-eishr Feet Long - Another
Snake Killed Whils squeezing the
Life Out of Ch;ckeos - a Walker
County Man Badly Fleeced ct Chat
tanoogs.
GEORGIA
Athenians complain that the mail servicC
is bad.
DIR. HI. Carlton will not be In the race
for mayor Of Athens.
There is talk of establishing laundry IN
Ouitman. Mr.. Sorrel is at the bottom OF It,
The Valdosta Times is out with hand
some trade issue. ne tunes Is AWAY
enterprising and newsy
DR.. Il. B. McMaster was elected =, captain
Of the Burke Light Infantry OF ""yueS-
boro Wednesday night.
A. b Bailey of Burke county has gath
cred and marketed this season twenty-five
bales Of cotton from 2315 acres
Squire Jones was the heaviest loser in
Ouitman by the Golden Grail. his loss Is
$3.50. He hopes to get some OF 1t back.
The directors Of the augusta exposition
have decided to offer $3.50 in prizes for a
tournament of the colored tiIemeu OF the
state.
1t is said that Col John Temple Graves is
no longer general manager OF the Colleton
Land Company, and that he will re-enter
journalism. He is now in New York.
Elmer Fincher, the little 7-yesr-old SIN
Lon Fincher, one Of DeKalb county's best
citizens, had his arm cut off by his fathers
gin Saturday and died in thirty minutes
afterward.
The Savings Bank building at Athens has
been progressing nicely, and the workmen
are now engaged on the second floor of the
building. Tho granite front will be very
handsome one.
The gin house. gin, press, one bale of cot
ton aud the seed from ten bales on DIR. A.
N. Torbett's "Tabb place, y in Burke county
were burned Wednesday. 1t caught in tht
gin. Loss $500.
Some time during Thursday night SOM
one entered Henry G. Burr g. Bros.'s hard
ware store at Griffin and carried off -four
fine pistols, several hundred cartridges anC
five fine pocket knives.
T. W. Whitney of Michigan, the owne
of the stallion Rockhridge. refused an offe
of $50, 600 for him. He has a record o
2:28L. Rockbridge was at one time ownet
by Maj Wilkins Of Waynesboro.
Col. II. j. Hatcher of Macon has re
ceived a letter from Col John o. Waddel
appointing him to represent the Sixt
district in the cotton states convention
which will be he'd in Atlanta Oct. &c
Col. Hatcher has accepted.
The oil mill at Waynesboro has starte
for the season, and has been running dal
and night. The mill has been much i'm
proved by the additional of several thou
sand dollars worth of new machinery, AM
has been completely overhauled.
A gentlemen recently moved to Athen
from neighboring town and brought will
him lot of chickens. They had never seer
any electric lights, and when they gazeG
upon the brilliant arcs they were daz2ed
The result has been that they sit up in thu
trees and crow and cackle all night.
At Augusta, Friday, Barney Benefited, G
6-year negro boy, was out with some boy
playing with hand car in Perkins lumber
yard, rolling the car along, when Barney
stumbled and fell in front of the car. The
but did not pass entirely over him. Th,
boy bled profusely, and died few hour
later.
Washington Gazette: DIR. Bradley, VIII
has had somewhat varied experience oil
success, was once city editor of the Gaines
vile Eagle. He was also superintendent
of schools in Hall county. He has been {
druggist. physician, and a surgeon in
the army, and during the latter exper-
fence, he had another, that OF prisoner OF
war at old Capitol prison.
James w. Story, who is in jail at Macon
charged with counterfeiting at Arab, re.
ceived news Saturday of the death Of hi:
wife in Marion county. His babe is also
very i'll. Story is very low spirited, and
unless he is carefully watched he may Dc
something desperate. Story is of one of the
best families in Georgia and stoutly denies
his guilt OF counterfeiting. He is nov
broken-hearted.
Zebulon Journal: While out bird hunt
ing few days ago John Reeves shot and
killed one of the longest snakes that have
been seen in Pike county for long time
It was Of the coachwhip breed and he say
that he shot it into twelve pieces, aud tina
each piece measured four feet, making tht
total length of the snake forty-eight feet
Mr.. Reeves is a young man who has beer
brought up from infancy never to speal
falsely, and whose liability for truthfulnes
is as "broad as Jacobs hat band" A grea
many men would never wage war on sue
q huge reptile as this, but through tn
lntrepidity and courageousness Of Mr.
Reeves it was put to death and only it
bones now remain to tell the story.
Lafayette Messenger: Not 30 many week
ago Walker county man was in Chatta
nooga, and he had a load of apples. A
negro came to him and said lady down th
street wanted peck. The owner delivered
them at the gate. where they were receive,
by the negro, who promised to bring tn
pay. The gentleman from Walker returne
TO his wagon. In few moments the negr'
came up and said the lady would take an
other peck. and asked the seller TO sen,
change for five, as the buyer had N
change. OF course this vas DONE "A th
gate he was again met by the negro, VIII
took the change and disappeared from vie1
around the house. This is the last the ma
from Walker saw Of the negro and hi
change. Now he is on the lookout for him
Washington Gazette: The first two cot
ton factories in Georgia were built In 1911
and one was in this county. 1t was Gale
Bottoms factory, though that was not tn
charter name. It was on Rocky creek
within few yards of what is now Smp
sons mills. It was Of stone, and Mr.. Siml
son hes under bis mill-house part of th
stone arch over the door. A part of the nam
Bolton is easily read, and the figures ISL
plainly remain. This stone ought to b
brought to the library for preservation. MI
Bolton was a chief stockholder, Savanna
man Of that noted rich and arisEocrati
family, who used to spend his summer here
The financial trouble caused by the war c
1872 caused the failure OF this factory. Il
the old file of this paper of 1916 Ia relic itsel
of much value the factory property is ad
vertised for sale.
Lafayette Messenger: About two
months ago Squire Pogue, who lived abcu
four miles west of Gaylesville in Cherokee
county, Alabama. was called to the doc
one night. As he opened it, the blade of Al
ak was buried in his brain. The murdere