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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-16
A PAIR OF RAVISHERs.
One Sentenced to Hang and the Other
Gets OF with Ten Years.

One Sentenced to Hang and the Other
Gets OF with Ten Years.
WAYCRoss, GA, Nov. 15.-Gus Roberts,
the negro charged with committing an as
sault upon Mrs. Nancy Strickland in the
lower part OF Ware county last July, and
Berry Lucas, charged with a similar assault
upon a colored woman in October, are con-
fined in the Ware county Jail. Roberts was
convicted and sentenced to be hanged
Dec. IL.
Lucas was also found guilty, with a
recommendation to mercy. These persons
were seen at the Jail to-day by the NEWS
correspondent. Roberts is tall negro.
with long black mustache. He denies his
guilt. On being asked for his statement he
said: ~ am an innocent man. The way it
happened is this. On the Monday morning
that the lady was assaulted on my way to
my work stopped 20 get drink of water.
| asked the lady for piece of fire. She told
me to step in and get it. did so and came
right out and went on to my work. did
not have any words with her with the ex-
ception of short conversation about cut
ting crossties. This was about z or s
o'clock In the morning. At 3 o'clock, while
at my work, was arrested"
He was then asked: IF you are an In
nocent man what reason mas this woman
AOl bIlo hkdluSb JOug
He answered.: Il know of no reason in
the world"
Had you ever given the lady any Of
fense?"
''No sir; l have always been polite"
Have you asked your lawyer to appeal
for new triale"
Eyes, sir. Do you think l will be likely
to get Itn
He was told that the evidence against him
was very strong, and that it was not
probable.
LUCAS CASE.
Lucas is sls0 a tall negro, apparently
much excited and inclined to talk freely.
He denied knowing anything about the
woman. claiming that he was three miles
from the scene Of the assault on that night.
The negro woman testified that he came to
her house and finding her husband away,
dragged her out Of the house. The evidence
was very strong against him, but owing to
Misunderstanding the jury recommended
him to mercy, surprising this to mean life
imprisonment, whereas the penalty is linz
tied to twenty years. This, coupled with
the pleasant manner in which the woman
related her story. induced the court to sem
tence Lucas to ten years in the penitenti-
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AN ATTRACTIVE TOWN.
Where Large Deposits OF Phosphate
Have Been Found.

Where Large Deposits OF Phosphate
Have Been Found.
WHIGHAM. GA, Nov. 16.-Discoveries of
phosphate ic large and paying quantities
have been made within one mile from this
place. Twelve trains pass daily on the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railroad with
in one mile of the phosphate beds.
The phosphate deposits are well situated
for mining. The territory is healthy one
and the water is excellent.
Whigham has great many other at
fractions. In its vicinity as fine tobacco
can be grown on the OAK and hickory lands
as in North Carolina or Cuba. Grapes of
all kinds grow finely. Sugar cane, corn,
cotton, potatoes, rye, oats. barly, fruits and
vegetables are produced in abundance.
Thousands of acres of all kinds of hard
wood and yellow pine border on Whigham.
Whigham is situated on hills surrounded
with never-failiug streams flowing from
springs The famous Whigham spring is
in the center of the town. The water ia
clear. cold and pure. The Forest falls.
seven miles from Whigham, have a fall of
eighty-three feet. They present a pict-
uresque appearance and could be advan>
tageouslY utilized. They are situated in the
center of thousands Of acres of yellow pine.
For hunting ard fishing Whigham cannot
be excelled.
The phosphate that has been disco vered is
not rock. 1t is soft, and the percentage of
bone phosphate is very high.
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STARTLING PHYSICAL CHANGES.


Volcanoes Made and Unmade, and a
Tiny Lake Grown to Sea.
YUMA, ARIz.. Nov. 15.-The party which
has been engaged part OF two months sur
veying lands in Lower California returned
yesterday. The party surveyed the Colo
RADIO from its source to its present mouth.
and made several interesting discoveries.
They report that the volcano region showed
the severity of the recent earthquake
troubles. Fifteen of the most active vol
canoes in the west group are almost entirely
obltterated, the only sign of the former
location being the lava-like holes almost
filled with sulphur water. The east group
OF the 800 volcanoes at Lake Jululu have
daily eruptions, and to the south Rroup
have been added at least 100 large volcanoes
during the period Of the earthquake in july
last
On the South Hill, where year ago no
evidence OF volcanoes existed, the graudest
one in Lower California now appears. The
chief one is in active operation. Its crater
opening is 100x40 Lake Jululu, formerly
five miles long by half mile wide, is now
25 miles long and from 10 to 25 miles in
width, and with an average depth of from
IL to % feet. Its waters, formerly salt. are
now fresh, owing to the overflow of the
Colorado. On the homeward Journey the
party discovered new waterways parallel to
the Colorado, leading into an unexplored
country between Colorado and Mesa Di.
vide, which separates Carter river from
New river.
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did for Ephesus, luxury unguarded may do
for all Opulsnce and spleDdor God grsns
70 all the people, 70 all the cities, 90 all the
lands, but at the same time, may he grant
the righteous use of them.
Gymnasiumsl Yes. but see that the vigor
gained in them be consecrated 20 God.
Magnificent temples OF worshipl Yes, but
see that in them instead Of conVentionalities
and cold pomp OF service. there be warmth
of devotion and the pure gospel preached.
Imposing court housesl Yes, but In them
let justice and mercy rule. Palaces of
journalism Yes, but let all Of the print
ing presses be marshaled for happiness and
truth. Great postOfflce buildingsi Yes, but
through them day by day, may corre-
spo1dence helpful. elevating and moral
pass. Ornate dwelling housesi Yes, but
in them let there be affairs Of devotion, and
cOnjugal, flial, paternal and Christian
fidelity rule London for magnitude. Ber-
lin for universities, Paris for fashions, Rome
for cathedrals. Athens for classics, Thebes
for hieroglyphics. Memphis for tombs. Baby
lon for gardens, Ephesus for idoiatry; but
what shall be the characteristics Of our
American cities when they shall have
attained their full staturea Would that
Holmes to the Lord" might be inscribed
upon all our municipalities One thing is
certain, and that is that all idolatry must
come down. When the greatest goddess Of
tue eartn, Dlana, enSnrlned In the greatest
temple that ever stood. was Frustrated at
Ephesus, it was a prophecy of the over
throw of all the idolatries that have cursed
the earth, and anything we love more than
God is an idol, and there is as much idolaTry
in the nineteenth century as in the first,
and in America as in Asia.
As our train pulled out from the station
at Ephesus, the cars surrounded by the
worst looking group of villains | ever gazed
on, all Of them seeming in q wrangle with
each other and trying TO get into a wrangle
with US, and we moved along the columns
Of ancient aqueducts, each column crowned
with storks, having built their nests there,
and we rolled on down toward Smyrna, and
that night in Sailors Bethel we spoke of
the Christ whom the world must know or
perish, we felt that between cradle and
grave there could not be anything much
more enthrallinR for body, mind and soul
than our visit to Ephesus
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THOMASVlLLs TOPICS.
The Talk OF a Railroad to Tallahassee
Revived.

A6N4N60.
THoMAsvILLE, GA, Nov. I5.-Tt begins
TO look once more as If ThomasvilIe and
Tallahassee would be connected by rail. A
Y. Sailor, Cincinnati millionaire. is the
owner of nearly 10000 acres of timber
lands south Of Tallahassee, through which
the road TO Carrabelle passes. He has inter-
ested himself In the completion of line to
this city. o. n. T. Clark, the great
thread man, is also greatly inter
ested in this road and is amply able to
build 1t alone. He has already $3.50, 600
invested in the Carrebelle road a part of
this system, and will scarcely stop until the
enterprise is sufficiently extended TO pay.
MS Will necessltate continuation to Thorn
asville II not further. They have other men
OF means connected with them. They ask
no bonus of Townsville but only moral
support and encouragement, which are
readily given by our people.
There is an engineer corps under J. NJ.
COOK now surveying the line between Tai
lahassee and Townsville. They are at
present twelve miles from this city, and
crossed the state line yesterday near Sunny
Alll postoffice. They are following the old
Bradford survey quite closely.
There was a mad dog sensation in Och
lockonee yesterday. J. NJ Al dsrson was
caught hold of by the rabid animal, but the
dog luckily happened to bite his pocket and
pocket~knife, aud Anderson escaped. A
negro girl was very badly bitten
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P. Z. Gregory Dead.

BLAcKsHEAR, GA. Nov. 15-Blackshear
was startled last night by the news of the
death OF T. L. Gregory, one of her best
known citizens, which occurred at O'Clock.
de had been sick only few days with pneu-
monia, but grew worse, and T. Fl. Gregory
OF McRae. his Oldest son, was photographed
Tor and arrived this morning. His wife
aud eldest daughter. Mrs. w. G. Mcmillan,
and his two younger children we're all at
his side when he died. Mr.. Gregory was
born In Jefferson county, and was about 81
years old. He was buried here to-day.
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CHERRY RIPE" Is MISSING.


A Beautiful London Model Has Mys-
teriously Disappeared.
LONDON, Nov. 15.-The police of this city
and of the continent have, since Sept. %
last, been investigating the mysterious dis
appearance of a beautiful young girl, gem
orally known in her own circle as CHERRY
Ripe" from the fact that she was the 'orig-
inar of, that is to say, she set for Millas'
celebrated picture, CHERRY Ripe" The
real name Of the beautiful girl is Blanche
Barrett, and for some time previous 10 her
disappearance she had been sitting for the
great painter and other artists. Miss Bar
rett, however, WAS always accompanied by
her mother, and is not known to have
formed the acquaintance of any person un-
known to her mother.
On Sept. % CHERRY Ripe's' mother ap-
piled to Magistrate Denman at the Wads-
worth police court for assistance in finding
her daughter. Mrs. Barrett said that dur
ing the aftern DON of the day previous to the
young girls disappearance aneighbor heard
screams in the house and saw CHERRY
Ripe" rush out of doors, pursued by a man.
Since that time the beautiful model has not
been heard Of A story is in circulation to
the effect that the girl has Teen abducted
and taken to the United States 1t is even
added that the New York police have been
asked to investigate some clews which
recently came into the possession Of the
police.
The murder theory has also been ad-
vanced, but Is now abandoned. These facts
are given for what they are worth. namely.
that Cherry Ripe" disappeared on Sept %
last, and that she has not been found in
spite of the efforts Of the police.
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DIR. ULMER's LIVER CoRRECToR,
THE CHINESE RESTAURANT.
ON DRAYToN STREET,

Formerly owned by Wing Sing Lee, has been
bought by KWONG wAH, who will open the
Restaurant on TUESDAY, and will be pleased
to welcome his friends and customers, guaran-
tesing them prompt and good service.
All persons indebted to Wing Sing Lee will
please call at the Restaurant Monday Morning,
10 O'Clock.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting Of the stockholders of
the Savannah Real Estate, Loan and Building
Company. will be held at the office of Messrs.
Charlton & Mackal, corner Bull and Bay streets.
on Monday 10TH INSTANT at 8 O'Clock Pm
j. S. COLLINS, President.
Attest: w. X. WILKINSON Secretary.
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NOTICE"

Neither the Master nor Consignees OF the
German steamship SOPHIE RICKMERs, Wash
Smith master, will be responsible for any debts
contracted by crew of said vessel.
A. MINIS SONS. Consignees
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FOR SALE,
PRICE 81,

A desirable three-story brick building. old
established business stand, nets 8 per cent.
Address HALF CASH,
This Office
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MEETINGS.
CITIZENS SANITARY AssOCIGTIOS

OFFICE CITIZENS SANITARY ASSOCIATION.
SAVANNAH, GA, Nov. IS, 1881.
The quarterly meeting of the Citizens SAM.
tary Association and the Executive Council will
held on MONDAY, the 10Th inst, at sPM
DENIS j. MURPHY.
Secretary
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

On ond drfer FEB. 1. 1896, the basss Of ueeo.-
svesscat Of az advertising IN to MoaETss
News t0t1 Dc o0ote, or at tAs rute AZ 81 10 an
tNcA for the FIRST INSERTION. No Spacioi Nofsoa
Inserted for less th0a 81 90.
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FUNERAL INVTTATIoNs=

BRYAN.-The relatives and friends Of MICE
AEL BRYAN and family are respectfully invited
TO attend his funeral from his late residence
AFTERNOON.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-09-10
Iir j Okcd and Laughed.

PARIS, Aug. 2S.--A dispatch from
DOuai Says that IL youth named Ballet,
convicl,d q o! d number Of murders un-
der circumstances Of exceptional atroc-
lty, was guillotined there this morning.
lie refused the spiritual offices OF the
priests, and shouted: "Vive la Repub-
liqne." He was seized and flung be-
meath the knife, and two seconds later
the murderer's head toppled into the
basket.
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OF our life we must have Il ChriSt to
call upon. If jacobs sons had gone to.
ward Egypt, and had gone with the
very finest eQuipage, and had not taken
Benjamin along with them, and to the
question they should have been Obliged
to~anSwer: Sir, we didn't bring him,
as father could not let him go; we didn't
want co be bothered with him." Il voice
from within would have said: 500
away from us. Iou shall not have any
OF this supply. Iou shall not see my
face because your brother is not with
yOu.'
MANS EXTREMITY, GODS TINE.
And ii we come up toward the door
OF heaven at last, though we come from
all luXurianCe and brilliancy of sur
roundings, and knock for admittance
and it is found that Christ is not with
us, the police Of heaven will beat us
back from the breadhonse, saying:
"Depart, never knew you" If Jacobs
SONS, coming toward Egypt, had lost
everything on the way; If they had en-
pended tnelr last Shekel; ii they had
come up utterly exhausted to the corn
That benjamin Was with them, AL the
S'OrchOuSrS 81 would have swung open
before them.
And SO. though by fatal casually We
may be ushered into the eternal void
though we may be weak and exhausted
by prOtracted SickneSS-if, in that last
moment, we can only just Stagrrr and
lainL and fall into the gate Of heaven
1t seems that all The cOrnclibS of heqv-
Ell Will open for our need and all the
palaces will open Tor our reception; and
the Lord of that place, seated at his ia
bic, and the angels of God seated at their
table, and the martyrs seated at their
table, aid all our gioriiied kindred seat.
ed at our table, the king shall pass d
portion from his table 20 ours, and then,
while we think Of the fact that it was
Jesus who started us on the road, and
Jesus who kept us Oh the way, and
Jesus who last gained admittHnce for
Of the travail of his soul and been salts
fled, and not be at all jealous if it be
found that our divine Brnjamin'S mtSs
is live times larger than all the rest.
Hail. ahOlntcd OF the Lord, thou art
worthy.
My friends, you see it is either Christ
or famine. If there We're two banquetS
spread, and to one Of them only YOU
might go, YOU might stand and think
Tor Il guOh while as to which Invitation
you had better accept; hut here IT, is
teaStlng or starvation. If it were {,
choice between OratorioS, You might say,
Il prefer the 'Crealion.' or < prefer the
'MeSsiah." But here it is Il choice be-
tween harmony and everlasting disculd
Oh, will you live or die? Will You
start for the Egyptian corucrib, or will
you perish amid tie empty barns of the
| CanaanltiSh famine? "Ne shall not see
my race except your brother lie with
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The Shin Wont DOWN.

MELBOURNE, Aug. %. The steam
crs Gambler and Easily collided at
O'Clock this morning, inside Fort Philip
head. The Gambler was coming III
from Sydney and the Easily was bound
out. rhe Gambirr's side was crushed
in, and a panic ensucd among the pas
ScnS"rS, most Of whom had been asleep
in their berths and who bow rushed on
deck. The Easby rescued many Of the
Gamblers passengers and crew, but be-
fore she could reach them all the Gam.
bier sank, carrying down five saloon
passengers, fifteen Stccragr passengers
and six OF the crew. The Easby's boats
were unable to find amy survivors in
the water
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l'endlctOn, August %.
IttstitutI0n by Il Bandit.

KANSAS CITY, Aug. 2G-TravelIng
Passt niger Agent Baxter, OF the Chicago,
burlington and Quincy Railroad, yes
terday received in his mail $50, stolen
from him at the time Il Burlington
train was held up and robbed by iron
tier bandits fifteen years ago. y poor
~ dress' man walked into the Burling
ton office at st. Joseph Yesterday and
Inquired for Mr. Baxter. Being told
that Baxter s headquarters Wer0 in Kan
saS City, the man explained that he was
)ne OF the bandits " he robbed the train
fife en- years ago, and handed the check
for $50 in an envelope, asking that it be
fOI warded TO Baxter. He then d,sap-
peared and has not been seen since.
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IF IT DON'T PAY, QUIT IT!



To the Editor of the News and Cuu
rier: There is another phase of The
oVcr-pl OductlOn of cotton that has not
been touched upon, although it may
have been in the thoughts of many of
your farmer readers. The cultivation
of cotton in the South Atlantic States
is doomed. Handicapped at the very
outset by the necessity Of purchasing
commercial manures We enter the race
with the Gulf States at Il disadvantage.
There is a saying among farmers that
"SiX cents cotton and one hundred dol
lars Il year negroes cannot grow in the
same field
Texas. with her four feet OF black
Soil, made about - per cent Of the cot
ton crop this past year, and | venture
to say N five years time VIII double
her present yield. Is it fair to call il
halt Oh Texas or any other Gull State
because we cannot keep up with the
procession? Labor in the South At
lantic States is getting Scarccr and
higher each year, our lands are wasting
away under cotton cultivation, whith II
requires about thirteen months in the
year, and this deSpot which has 20 long
held us in leecy chains is now trans
ferring his seat Of empire across the
Mississippi. Let him go, and instead
Of bemoaning our fate let rs turn our
thoughts and efforts to other produce
tiOnS.
Surely the men who stood amidst
the ruins Of 1863 and worked out drliV
erance with none to help save God, need
not be diSmayed at This present out.
look. Is there Il man east Of the Mis-
siSSigpi who can say truly that cotton
as his chief crop Will pay him ut six
cents, or even seven cents. It Will be
a gigantic and iron bound combination
that could reduce the production of
cotton. We have no right to cramp
the largest efforts Of Texas and Ark;n-
saS because our few bales are made at
Il loss. We must go to grain and grass
and cow peas and stock, and reduce our
cotton lieldS down into cotton patches,
and small ones AT that. Does it seem
too mid TO say that before the dawn of
the next century th" South Atlanj iC
States will not make enough cotton TO
supply the mills within their limits,
and that financially they Will he far
ahead OF tnelr prcstIJ status, over and
above the regular Increase.
CHEER rp.
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Lost To the Democracy.

FAHEENsBUHG, Mo, August y.
Missouri will have Il Third Party. That
was settled yesterday when the Farm
rrs' Alliance State Convention deposel
/. ). Hall from the presidency and
elected LGvcrctL Leonard his successor
President Hall repre- SenLed the c0nser-
VatlVe element of the Alliance, which
opposed the Third Party and the Ocala
platform, the sub"treasury scheme in.
cluded. Leonard repreSrntS the radical
element Of the Alliance which favor;
the Third Party movement and tn,
sub-treasury scheme.
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Robbed u Church.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. Ii In tie
city court yesterday the Rev. George
Moore. pastor of the col0rrd Baptist
church on Seventh street, had a preIini-
mary trial, charged with stealing "a b.
ble,a clock and 4 chandelier from tie
church. The parSOn admitted taking
the articles, but he said the Bible be-
loEged to him. AZ an excuse for taking
the clock and chandelier, he said the
congregation had only given him forty
seven cents amonth, and he had to live.
lie was held over on charge Of grand
lhrCcnCY
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KNTTKON1 TNNFFIN STOHrID.
1t Is thought here that railroad com
munlcallon TO points north VIII not be
resumed for several weeks, as the facIl-
itleS lor repairing the damage prompt.
ly are not at hand. The trains between
here and Chatham VIII soon be run
ming. Th" Little llo psick River at Pc
tcrSDulrg rose TO about ten feet above
its normal level. The railroad here and
at Petersburg are badly undermined
and narrowly escaped being carried
away.
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CLAKNSBrKG, W. Va, Aug. %. Will
liam +. Cook, VINO was cOniind at the
Western lumatic asylum, committed
suicide in Il horrible manner last Satur-
day. During the absence OF the;nursc
ne got into bath tub, turned on the
DO ling water, and lay there until his
body was entirely cooked. When the
attendants attempted to remove the
body, the flesh dropped from the bones,
in large pieces, leaving only the skel.
etOn.
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PnlyGnny In Onto.
Hurled Into Il Creyasso,

BEENE. Aug. 26.-Particulars have
been received Of terrible catastrophe
on Mont Blanc. y party ascending the
peak was compelled by bad weather to
return before arriving at the summit.
" hen the party reached the Petit PA
teau fierce gusts Of wind released an
avalanche, which hurled Brunswicker
named Roth and his guide, Michael,
into creva,Se. The Two men were
dashed to pieces. Rcscuers from Cha
mouniX found the bodies Oh the follow
ing day. The other guide and another
party consisting Of Count Payernay
and guides had narrow escape. The
accident has caused Il painful sensation.