The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-07-23
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Negro shot ct Elberton.
GEORGIA.
Mrs. Fannie Bayne, wife of E. A. Bayn
Of Milledgeville, died Saturday.
The Griffin canning factory has openet
up, and Is canning apples this week.
Over 4, 500 packages of fruit have alread
passed through the express office at Griih
this season.
AT Cedartown Tuesday, during the ab-
sence OF the jailer. the prisoners priced tn
door Off its hinges and six escaped-twC
white aud fonr colored.
Plans are being drawn for number 0
new residences to be built on the Boulevard
property at Athens. Work will commence
on them as soon as the plans are ready auC
contracts can be made.
At Smithvllle watermelon men are com-
planning of poor prices for their melons.
Several shipments were made from that
place last week that did not realize more
than enough TO pay the freight.
Virgil Steed has sold $l30 worth of water
melons for the cash in TalbOtton since the
opening of the season off Of two acres OF
land, on which he made less than ,UOO
pounds of seed cotton last year.
A party Of citizens from the lower portion
of the county were at Sandsrsvlle Sunday,
searching for negro who had committed a
nameless crime. The negro had been seen
there Saturday night, bat had left for paTts
unknown.
The New Orleans artillery company,
seventy strong, stopped over several hours
in Atlanta Tuesday. They were banqueted
by the Atlanta artillery. They had been in
camp at Lookout Mountain for q week and
were on the way home.
The nickel-in-the-slot machines have
almosi been run out of Atlanta, but the
council believes in cheap music and will
allow the musical slot machines 20 remain.
A petition from the Georgia Photograph
Company, asking that the license for run
ming these machines be lowered from $3.50
TO S25. in order to ALLOW the machines to
pay expenses, has been granted.
The board Of police commissioners Of At
lants ask the passage by the council OF an
ordinance requiring pawnbrokers and the
proprietors Of secondhand clothing stores
to make statement to the chief of police
daily, giving a description OF articles pur-
chased or received during the day, with the
number Of tickets on them. 1t was re-
ferred TO hhe police committee.
Controller General Wright has fixed the
assessment Of the Millen Southern railroad
at $3.50, 900. This road returned its prop
erty at $13, 600, which the controller though
was too low. He began an investigation,
and learned that the road was sold last year
for sl20, 900, so Capt. Wright fixed the as
sessment at that figure instead of at the
figure Of so, 900, which was fixed by the
officials of the road.
Near Butord Tuesday George White, son
Of G. B. White, had his arm cut into shreds
by bis fathers threshing machine, which
was gradually taking mis- body in, and
would nave done SO but for the timely as
sistance Of friends near by, who caught him
and pulled him ont before the machine
could be stopped. The arm was amputated
just below the shoulder by Drs. w ". and
Jessie Power, and at last accounts White
was resting well.
The first of the three Peabody institutes
for white teachers began Tuesday at Lithia
Springs. The corps Of instruct rs are Mai.
w. NJ. Slaton, superintendent of public
schools Of Atlanta; Prof. Harper of Dalton,
Prof. Harris of Cedartown, Prof. Glenn of
Elberton, Prof Lane of Atlanta, Prof.
Noyes of Atlanta, Miss Bacon of Atlanta,
Miss johnson Of Lithia Springs and Prof.
Banson Of Athens. The institute at Mill
edgeville begins Aug. 4, and at Wsycross.
Aug. is.
Sunday night, at Bethany, small village
near Wedley, a negro man entered the
house of one Jasper Wilcher lcolored) and
attempted an assault upon bis two daugh-
tiers, aged Is ana 10. They cried out. and a
negro living near went to their rescue The
would-be rapist, seeing that his surround
lngs were anything but happy, made his
escape, but in doing 80 was fired upon and
probably wounded. The neighboring
negroes who had by that time been a
reused, Joined the pursuers, who followed
the negro in the direction Of Barlow.
One year ago Culver, the 3-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. James Palmer of Column
bus, accidentally got a large butter bean in
one of his nostrils. A few days passed and
the parents thought the bear had passed
away. Several weeks ago the little fellow
began complaining Of a weakness III his
eyes, and Monday, to the surprise of his
parents, when he happened TO fall from the
steps, the bean shot out of his nose. 1t did
not show any sign of decomposition, and an
examination showed that it had been lodged
under the child's right eye, of which he
complained most.
The tax digests that arc coming into the
office Of Controller General Wright tell
very cherry story to the people Of tue state.
Eighteen OF these counties have been heard
from so far, They are located in all parts
Of the state, and each one reports a large
increase of property over last year. The
eighteen counties show an increase of
81, 765, 497 over last year Dooly county
shows the largest increase, reporting S47S'-
4s7 worth of property more than she had
last year Randolph shows an increase of
S409,527, Baldwin runs her properly up
S2O, 45s, Bryan SIG, 5S4 Clinch $37, 1913. For
syth SSl, 62S, Gordon $40. 400. Greene
$34, l6S, Houston $156. 463. Joaes $50 524
Lincoln $15,5SS, Madison Sl6,669. Mont.
gomery $40 Al, Oglethorpe sri 149
Pickens Sl2,S27 Rockdele 1859. Sohlev
Sl24, 62S and Wilkinson S2S,9l1.
A difficulty occurred in Elberton Sunday
between F. A. Campbell and negro named
Ben Williams Campbell has negro
woman cooking :or him, and when he went
to his diDner Sunday he found the negro
Ben in a partially intoxicated condition
chasing the cook around the house with a
large stick il his hand. The COOK called on
Campbell for assistance, but when Camp-
bell began e. demonstrate the negro turned
and attacked blm He aimed a blow at
CampDsils head, which, IL the end OF the
stick had not struck the house, would have
been fatAI. Campbell got out of the way,
but the Negro followed and aimed another
blow at him, when Campbell drew a pistol
and fired twice. Oae of the balls took eff
feet in the Negroes breast but the wound is
not necessarily fatal. The negro has been
sent to jail to wait an investigation.
At Macon Saturday morning DR.. O'Dan-
lei issued q certificate of death for the in
FAINT of Sallie Brown, q negro woman who
claimed that the child was still born. After
receiving the certificate the mother gave q
negro named Jesse Bivens SO so as UNDER
dertaker's fee for the burial Of the child
Bivens purchased coffin from Undertak er
Ford and took the body TO the
cemetery at Fort Hill, but ar
irving here the sexton refused to
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