The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Ohio Prospectors Looking Over Hous-
ton County Lands-A Chair in a
Thomasville Family for Three. quar-
ters of Century-Division of the
Pittman Estate-An Aged Farmer
Killed by a Train.
GEORGIA.
The Methodist church at Abbeville lie
nearing completion.
Bowen & Sons turpentine still near Lula
vile was accidentally burned the latter
part Of last week.
1t was C. Coffee, not J. W. Coffee. who
was killed by w. d. Hughes at Empire,
Dodge county, few days ago.
The Athens Manufacturing Company
keeps it's mills going day and night and it s
unable even to ill all its orders.
The Foster place, near McDonough, con-
tanning eighty acres. sold last Tuesday for
$2,00l- George Ali was the purchaser.
The following were elected aldermen at
Athens Wednesday: First ward, MoKin-
non; Second ward, Lucas; Third ward,
WEIGH; Fourth ward, Vincent.
In the vicinity OF Sardis church, eight
miles north o. Jackson. within an area of
few miles. one very old person has died dur
ing each month Of the present year.
The oil mill at Athens is paying out a
kTehG u6al OF money lot COJLOu soeu WHICH
Is a great help to the farmer. The buyer
buys 20, 900 and 80, 900 pounds a day.
The contract for building the new court
house at Carrollton was closed last Tuesday
with L. L. Num- of Atlanta. the bond filed
and approved. The contract price is $25. 7SS.
The citizens of Harmony Grove are
making an effort to divide the county OF
jackson, making two counties. with
Harmony Grove as the county seat OF the
new county.
Kngore & Son Of Blakely shipped to
live stock, which had three apartments.
One of them contained 46 hogs, one 80 geese
one 81 head OF cattle and shotes.
c. H. Peacock, receiver of the Laurens
Lumber Company, sold thirteen mules, two
oxen, four carts and harness complete to
the A. B. Steele Lumber Company OF East
man on Tuesday last. The amount paid
was 80 200.
The Bonner will case, which was to have
been tried at an adjourned term OF she
superior court at Carrollton last week, was
postponed to Dec. q. on account OF the
absence Of P. II. Brewster, one of the attor-
neys for g. A. Bonner.
Joe Claridy, while attempting TO make
coupling In the East Tennessee. Virginia
and Georgia railroad yard at Dalton few
days ago had mis- hand badly crushed be
tween Tue bumpers. 10
had to be amputsted above the wrist.
Tom Dooly, the street scavengsr, says
that during the days OF barrooms In Athens
he found money lying around on The streets
nearly every day, but since bArrooms have
gone out Of fashion he has never picked up
a nickel lying around loose on the streets.
The estate OF the late Mrs. Fannie Pitt
man Of ThomasvIlle, having been divided
by commissioners in six equal parts, was
drawn for the heirs Of the estate Friday.
At close cash valuation the estate footed
up about $4,000. There are only six heirs
The election for mayor and aldermen of
the town of Rhine, Dodge county, was held
last Monday, and resulted as follows: J. d.
Fender, mayor; /. II. Hall. William
Robitzsch, J. c. Ryals and DR.. W. C..
Maloy, aldermen, and @. W. Ryals, clerk
and treasurer.
Rev. Dr. B. L. Ross of Fort Valley wssthe
recipient Monday of a very handsome gold
headed case from W. K. Quaies Of Ander-
son, s. c. DR.. Ross performed the marriage
ceremony for Mr.. and Mrs. Quailes twenty
one years ago at Fort Valley, when the
doctor was pastor of the Baptist church
there. This occurred Dec. Is. 1871, and to
prove his gratitude Mr.. QIailes expressed
the doctor the fine cane, which arrived
Monday.
Fl. V. Harvey and Miss Julia Shuman
a
few miles from Pembroke. The marriage
took place at the home of the brides father,
John n. Shumen. The attendants were
Morris Wright and Miss Lizzie Shuman,
and B. W. Harvey and Miss Florence Burn
sides. The charming bride was beautifully
costumed and the decorations and refresh
ments were fine. The groom is a son OF
Robert A. Harvey OF this county. Both
families are well known and popular.
Miss Beulah Tolbert, who was knocked
fn the head with a speeder bobbin at the
lower factory at Athens Tuesday morning
aud who was thought for a while TO be in a
very critical condition, improved rapidly
Wednesday, and Is nearly well again. And
it also turns out that probably there was no
malice in theeact of throwing the bobbin
on the part Of the boy Ned Smith. There
are several persons who state that Smith
did not intend to strike Miss Tolbert with
the bobbiD, but only threw the bobbin at
her in fun.
The ball given at Pembroke Monday
night in honor of w. j. O'Neal. agent and
operator there who recently married Miss
Gertrude Helmey of Meldrim. was a mos
pleasant one. Twenty-Five gentle
men and thirty young ladies were present
Among Mr.. and Mrs O'NeaPs special ant
personal friends were j. J. Shearouse, Mis-
Minnie Dasher. Clinton Helmey, Miss Lent
Helmey, and MIR and Mrs. George T Dick
vert VINO recently married In Soutn caro-
lima, all of Meldrim, aud Miss Laura Nc
Elvin Of Ssyannah.
Joseph Smith was killed by a passenger
train at Locust Grove last Friday morning
Mr.. Smith had started out to feed som,
hogs he had in a lot across the railroad, anC
Ii being rather cool at that hour in tn
morning, had his head covered with a wrap
Not thinking of the train, and the wrap ex
Guiding all sounds of its approach, h
stopped on the track just long enough to b
struck by the pilot Of the approaching en-
CINE and hurled into the air considerable
distance, breaking his neck in the fall. Mr.
Smith was one of Henry's Oldest and bes
citizen, being in his 74th year at the tim
of his death.
Thomasville Times-Enterprise: One O
the historic and interesting old relics il
Thomas county is owned by SOUR
Reagan. 1t is an old rocking chair. Il ha
been in the Reagan family for more thai
three-quarters Of century. Sixty>fou
years ago the now venerable 'Squir
Reagan was rocked as an infant in thi
same old rocking chair. 1t is made o
maple and is as good as new, not n join
out of repair nor flaw in the hard seasone'
wood. History, as handed down orally
traces the chair back to the original owner