The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-23
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

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Grifan's Chair Factory Suspendi
Operations-A Disastrous FIRE Near
High shoals-Destitution Among the
Negroes of Sumter Servers
Grand Jury Going for Cisaretts
Sellers.
GEORGIA.
CIilmer's new Jail is completed.
Eight hundred and sixty-seven voters
have registered for the coming election at
Athens.
A negro woman. over 100 years old. has
lust died in Macon. She was Phyllis VIII
Jams. and for sixty years worked In the
family Of Mrs. L. A, Conner.
W. J. McCaslan, formerly Of Griffin, has
had his Alliance sewing machine indorssd
by the Indianapolis convention, which is
said to insure a sale of $4,000 at once.
The Glee Club Of the State University at
Athens will give a concert at Atlanta Dec.
10. Subsequently they will attend a ball
given in their honor by the alumni OF
Atlanta.
One day last week Berry Parker, Pike
county farmer, living near Zebulon, went
TO Griffin on business. and son his way home
accidently fell from his wagon and received
such injuries as to result in death on Friday
last
Capt. Carter Of the United States en-
gineer's corp, who has charge of the work
of clearing the Ocmulgee river for naviga-
tion, will meet officials OF the Richmond
and Danville road in Macon tomorrow in
reference to converting the bridge Of the
Macon and Northern into draw.
A horse belonging to Willie Wlnbsrly Of
the Sixty-sixth district of Burke county
Sunday Tho haa
always been the gentlest of animals, but on
Sunday, from some unknown cause, would
allow no one to approach him. Several at
tempts were made to subdue him, but to
no purpose. He finally broke out of the
lot and was not heard of for several days,
after which time be returned home and is
now as gentle as q kitten.
Alapaha had 81 200 FIRE a few nights
ago. The property destroyed was an old
wooden storehouse, across the street and
opposite the Masonic hall, occupied by q. l.
Jones as a warehouse for the storage of fur
niture, hardware, -four and heavy gro
ceries. The estimated valuation Of che
stock in the building is 81 900, aud the
building itself $500 There was no insur-
ance. The general opinion is the fire origi-
mated from the careless handling of matches
In the building.
Americas Times Recorder: r. H. Slap.
pey, who resides about eight miles from
Americas, tells pathetic story of the utter
destitution Of the negroes residing in that
vicinity. He says: They are in such re =
duced circumstances that they are forced to
hunt RABBITS to keep the wolf from the door.
This state Of affairs is the result of the low
price OF cotton and farm products, aud the
fact that everything was swallowed up to
pay their debts. They have a dreary vim
ter ahead unless they find relief"
At Macon, Friday night, Bud Horne was
riding down College street when his horse
became frightened at little child who rose
from the sidewalk near by. At the same
time an electric car went rushing by, and
this added TO the animals fright. The horse
reared and plunged at a terrible rate. Then
In one sudden lunge he want headforemost
to the ground, breaking his neck in an in
slant. The rider was thrown off and
severely injured. He was taken I'D and
carried home, where medical attention was
given him. The horse was a fine animal
and highly valued.
Several of Vienna's business houses keep
open doors on Sunday. Two years ago this
was quite common. but since that time there
has been very little of this done until
within the past few months. 1t grows
worse and worse every Sunday, until some
OF the business houses enjoy about as good
trade on Sunday as they do on any other
day except, perhaps, Saturday. On last
Sunday 1t was noticed that a certain pro-
prIetor, one clerk and the other help were
kept busy for some time waiting on Gus
TONERS, and it is estimated that this house
sold at least S75 worth Of goods on that day.
The grand jury of Scriven at the pres
emit session of the superior court is after the
merchants who sell cigarettes to the boys.
Several OF the school boys at the Sylvania
IN So "a a l.f1 "a
and made to tell the names of the Sylvania
merchants who have been in the habit of
letting them have cigarettes. 1t Is not
known what will be the outcome of the
investigation, but it is probable the mer-
chants who have violated the law will be in
dicted. The cigarette law has been looked
upon as a kind OF dead letter, but IL seems
that the grand jury is going TO making it a
living issue.
Miss Agnes Menard, one of the members
OF the MacLean and Prescott company, had
a narrow escape from death at Macon
Thursday night. She has been feeling un-
well for several days and had bottle of
laudanum and q bottle of some other kind
OF medicine In her room at the Stubbleield
house. A few minutes before time for
going to the Academy of Music to take her
part in "SparCacus," she took two tea-
spoonfuls of laudanum by mistake for the
otner medlclne. she discovered her error
In moment after swallowing the lauda-
mum. A physician was summoned aud he
administered the proper remedies TO keep
her from going to sleep. Though her life
was saved she was too unwell to play.
Griffin Call: The immense chair factory
Ia now being run on half time. The cause
or this reduction in time is the general stag
nation OF business throughout the south
there being no demand for chairs, and they
not being willing to store away for future
trade and take the chances Of another fire.
as was the case last summer, when they had
burned about %, 900 chairs in a single build
Ing. Their mills are running on full time
getting out timber, which will be worked
up as soon as business revives. About 100
hands are employed in the factory in this
city, and instead of discharging half and
operating the balance on full time they give
three days work TO each until business re-
wives or their force can secure better Jobs.
Watkinsville Enterprise: Mr.. ]. w.
Lea, a well-known and prosperous farmer
living near High Shoals, lost his large barn
and stables by fire last Saturday evening
All Of his fodder, shucks, hay etc., were
consumed by the flames. Mr. LEAFS buggy
horse was driven out through the fire by
his cook and saved. Robert Jacks, a negro
boy about IA years old, confessed that be
burned the barn, implioating an older ne
gro named Alexander Floyd, who
lived on Mr.. LEAFS place. Jacks
says that Floyd gave him 10 cents and
the matches to burn the barn. They were
both bound over by Judge jackson aud
placed in jail. By heroic efforts and the