The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-24
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

W LII IL 1S VI NbeAAO1s
GEORGIA.
Charles Pankmin had a foot crushed
between electric cars at Augusta, Sunday.
1t is estimated that between twenty and
thirty cars Of peaches will be shipped from
Griffin this season.
The cornerstone of the Equitable Life
Insurance Company's building at Atlanta
will be laid tomorrow afternoon.
The Kincaid Mills of Griffin has just re-
ceived an order for several carloads of goods
from firm in San Francisco, Cal.
There has been a change in the editorial
management Of the Sentinel. Augustus
able negro paper. Rev. DR.. E. h. Love
Of Savannah is now edttor-in-chief, s. Y.
Floyd, associate editor; r. r. Wright, COR
responding editor, and the Rev. DIR. G. T.
Walker, manager and city editor.
There is deep sorrow in the Yon family
OF Macon. The head of the household,
Frank Yon. was stricken by the hand of
death at o'clock on Saturday afternoon,
and his 1S-year-od daughter, Leila, died at
6 o'clock Sunday morning. The family
] we'd on Elm street, near the street car
about As years, his wife and three children.
Yon and his wife and eldest daughter
worked in Bibb cotton factory No. 2
Measles caused both deaths.
Monday morning the south bound train
on the Central road narrowly escaped q
serious accident. Just below Gordon the
train ran over three broken rails, causing
the engine to jump the track. But by
some miracle the engine, after running
some yards on the crossties, jumped back
on the track and went along as if nothing
had happened. There was no damage done
either to the engine or any of the cars.
Every one connected with il thinks that il
was the most miraculous escape on record.
Postmaster Locke of Macon is in Wash
ington to secure additional help for his
office. On Saturday the architect of the
treasury advised him that he would be
authorized soon to advertise for bids to con-
struct sewer from the Macon postoffloe
building to the river. The last congress
passed an appropriation of IS 900 for this
work. MIR. Locke says that the suoways of
the Macon postofice hold water. The build
ing is located on the site Of an old pond. At
one point the excavation for the proposed
drain will be thirty feet deep.
L. ]. Thomas of York writes to the
Macon Telegraph as follows: "The pres
emit outlook for full melon crop in this
section IS anything but favorable. The
vines are dying, and, upon close examina-
ton. find small insect around the roots
of the vines which bores into the roots aud
vines near the root and causes bleeding,
and soon the vine is dead. This l find very
general here, and there cannot probably be
much over half crop made. The early
melons will ripen very small, and, with this
new enemy, the second growth of the fruit
will be materially damaged. The insect re-
sembles the beetle. l would like melon
growers from other sections to examine
their farm and report If any such exist. A
few days will tell the tale Of success or fail
ure in this section"
Mr.. George Crouch of Atlanta has under
contract one of the finest statues for a
monument ever seen in the south. Il is
that of the late Sam Noble of Admission.
Ala. The monument, when completed, will
cost $4,000. The money has been raised
through popular subscription by the citizens
OF Admission, and it will be erected on one
OF the principal streets of that city in
memory of the founder of the town. The
work will be done in Atlanta, and the ma
terial used of an extra quality of dark
granite, which will be quarried in North
Carolina. The figure will be z feet 6 inches
in hight, with pedestal Is feet high, max
ing the monument 20 feet in hight. The
work on the figure has progressed far
enough for the model to be completed. when
the artist will transfer the likeness into
polished granite. The monument will be
erected in Admission this fall with impressive
ceremonies,
Fort Gaines Chronicle: A curiosity in
the shape Of an invoice to bill of goods
purchased in 1913 was picked up in one
OF the old buildings which were torn
down several days ago. The bill was datei
New York city, Aug. 9. 1S4s," and was
purchased by G. G. Greene from Barnes.
Stanton q Co., OF that city. The buyer was
among the first settlers of Fort Gaines and
did large mercantile business. This bill
OF goods were purchased forty-three years
ago. and it is interesting indeed to
look over the list of articles and compare
the prices of those days with the present.
Several other papers were found bearing
about the same date as the bill of goods.
and among them was a ledger containing
accounts which dated as far back as 1910.
The names of many old citizens who have
long since passed away are on the pages of
the book. Looking over some of the
itemized accoults 1t seems that "toddyn
was enjoyed to no little extent. Mr.. Greene,
the merchant who purchased the bill of
goods referred to above, Is also numbered
among the dead. He has son and daughter
living In this city now.
By internal revenue laws and regulations
1t is required of brewing companies that the
stamps on beer kegs shall be placed over the
bung hole, and that such stamps shall be
mptilated with the faucet when it Is driven
into the keg IN preparing the beer for
draught. Is is exacted of dealers-thet is.
retailers-that they shall see to it that
stamps are destroyed and defaced when
kegs are emptied of their contents. At
Augusta revenue agents have discovered
violations Of these regulations. They have
found empty beer kegs where the'statnp was
not defaced at all, not having been
placed over the bung hole, as is REQUIRED of
brewers, and not being defaced. as ia re-
quired Of retailers. It Is not stated that
cases for violation of the law will be made
against the parties concerned. Reporters
could not ascertain that prosecutions would
be insisted upon. 1t is learned, however.
that there is not the supposition on the part
OF the revenue officials that any intent to
violate the law or defraud the government
was had by the brewing company or retail
ers. The matter, il may be Inferred. will
be dropped with the admonition to be more
careful in the future.
DR. Clayton shot two negroes with dom
BILE berreled shotgun loaded with buckshot
Monday morning about seven miles from
Rome. at the home of 81. NJ. CLAYTON. q
brother of DR.. Clayton. DR.. CLAYTON comes
of very influential family of high stand.
ing. He is a commissioner and was prom
inently spoken Of as legislative candidate
at the last election. The negroes who were
shot lived on the place of H. NJ. Clayton.
One OF the negroes was married
the other young single man.
For some time DR.. Clayton has
been living at his brothers home. Monday
morning he got his shotgun and went into