The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-24

Stewart. stood ahead for the most popula
baby. For the smartest ha"y tne little :
months-old daughter Of Or. ana Mrs. T. +
johnson Twas declared the victor, AS IN
OF Mr.. and Mrs L. P Newton had the lead
Ii was the Calls snow. and one OF tb'
prizes, the Call for one year, was for IN
largest baby un3 Ter 2 years OF age. I'M
prize went TO Mrs. J. L. Patrick.
barlow Courant-Americdn Barlow
county can certainly hold her own in pos
session of rslics. Few large gatherings
occur but something Of the nature turns
ND. We have had on exhibition curiosity
in the shape OF 800 OH OF tne Ohlteo
States continental currency. 1t IS the prop
erty OF All Lyon. and is a small piece OF
white Daper 2x3 inches in size. One half of
the bill is covered with the superscription
This bill entities the bearer to thirty
Spanish nilled dollars, or the value thereof
in gold or silver, according TO the resolu-
ton passed by Congress at Philadelphia
/ Sept. &C. I77S.' The other half is covered
| BY a SEAL on the outer ring of which fs the
| motto, "Si recte facies," whilst in the inner
circle is the emblem, which is a tombstone
sustaining a wreath.
In accordance with a resolution offered
by Col T. T. Lyon Of Barlow county at
the recent agricultural convention held in
Athens, that a committee consisting of one
member from each congressional district be
appointed from the society," who, in con-
nection with a similar committee from the
state farmers alliance, shall take such
action as may be deemed best to secure
united effort TO reduce the acreage in cot
ton another year, in all the cotton-growinR
states, President J. o. Waddell has APP
pointed the following committee: T.
J. Lyon Seventh district, chairman,
w. r. Kemp Swaiusboro, NJ. c. Edward;
Cuthbert, J. G. Clements Towns, E. d.
Pittman LaGrange, George W. Harrison
Atlanta, +. ID. Wimberly Billiards, j. Nc
Bryan Philomath, j. H. Nichols NacoocheC
and Wherefore Daniel Augusta.
At Bainbridge Thursday, Sheriff L. F.
Patterson shot a negro through both thighs
with Winchester rife. The negro calls
himself Aaron Hardy. One day last week
he stole al OK from another negro in the
country. and sold him to a butcher there.
Ever since then the owner Of the stolen OK
and the sheriff have been in search of the
thief without finding him. The butcher sent
a messenger to the sheriff that the negro had
| brought another OK to sell to him, and. IL
the meantime, managed to daily with him
in the trade until the sheriff could arrive.
| 1t was not long before the sheriff suddenly
appeared on the scene and had his handouts
| on him. By some means the negro slipped
one OF the cuffs off aud darted away like a
fox. The sheriff ordered him to halt, at the
same time pursuing him, until finding that
| further pursuit would only widen the dis
tauce between them, no sent a ball at his
legs, which went through the tieshy part of
one of his thigha This did not, in the
slightest degree, retard the fugitive's pace,
but seemed 10 only give renewed impetus to
the energy of his movements. The sheriff
then essayed to toss another Winchester
pill, which went through the other thigh
and broke the bone, the thief falling pros
trats to the ground. After being captured
he proved to be from Fort Gaines, and his
right name to be Collins, and fugitive
from justice in that county.
Macon Telegraph: Cotton is beginning to
come into Macon at lively rate, over sixty
new bales having arrived at all the ware
houses in the city up to Saturday. The new
cotton Is nearly all of the middling class
and sells at 2 = cents per pound, or just 3
cents cheaper than last year. Ii Is neither
better nor worse than last years first
samples, although some are inclined to con-
slider it O shade better. From now on the
receipts are expected to very rapidly in
crease, and it is generally believed that
prices will hold up aud even improve as the
season advances. 1t is noticeable that the
bulk Of the new cotton was shipped
from towns along the Georgia South
ern road. This indicates that that
road will soon do rs big business in cot
ton freights as it did in watermelons. There
Is much discussion as to the effect that the
new crop will have on local business. A
prominent buyer who has just returned
from the north, west and east is not en-
thusiastic over the prospect. He says the
eastern manufacturers have also stopped
buying cotton because of the immense stock
of goods already on hand In the north and
west the demand } not much better. He
thinks that our enormous quantity of the
manufactured stuff must be disposed OF be-
fore the raw product will rise in value.
The bankers and capitalists OF this city
take very hopeful view of the situation.
They say there is no reason for feeling ap-
prehensions for the future; that Georgia,
II fenced in from the rest of the
world, would still be able to support
its population this year on its farm
produce. r. "A. Brown, president of the
Central Georgia Bank, believes that the
people are In a more solid financial condi-
ton than most of them realize. One grand
advantage which the people enjoy this year
Is that they owe so few debts. Money was
tight last year ana the farmers wisely de-
terhined not to borrow any more than was
aotoally necessary. They went ahead and
made their crops, and now with their cot
ton selling at even ~ cents a pound they
are making clean profits. So nearly free
from debt are the farmers this year that q
bale of their cotton selling at S35 leaves
them, after squaring their accounts, with
as much or more money than remained tC
them last year, when 1T was S45 TO $50 per
bale.