The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF. THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Alleged Incendiaries of Emanuel
County-Cooper Smith to Be Hanged
at Columbus July %.
GEORGIA.
Eastman will soon have an fee factory in
operation.
A second attempt is being made to get
Rrtesian water in Eastman.
There will be mass meeting OF fruit
growers at Marshallville on Saturday,
June IS.
The veterans of the Thirty eighth Geor-
ria regiment will hold a reunion at Stone
Mountain on July 20.
The prospect for good crops of oil kinds IN
Pulaski and surrounding counties was never
better at this season OF the year.
Cooper Smith will be hanged at Columbus
on Friday, July %, between the hours OF 10
O'Clock a. m. aud O'Clock p. m.
A big blue crane, measuring 615 feet from
tip to Tip aud feet in hight, was killed on
the mill lakes by Cam jackson of Calhoun
last Friday.
Dick Bagby Of Hawkiusville while fishing
in the Ocmulgee few days ago found a bed
stead and mattress tied together and float
ing upon the water.
The saw-mills and property of the South
ern Lumber Company near Wadley did not
sell last Saturday. Some bids were made
but were all rejected.
J. A. Wade, while working in his field
near Cary the other day unearthed an an
cient Spanish coin about the size of a
United States silver dollar.
There are about 5000 acres Of bearing
fruit trees 10 Houston county, and several
thousand more that will be bearing within
two years-mostly peaches.
H. g. J. Galhouse OF Griffin made a ship
ment of peaches TO Atlanta on Monday
which Melted s. so per bushel. These were
the first from Spalding county.
The Houston Guano and Warehouse Com
pany OF Fort Valley has manufactured and
sold about 2, 600 tons of fertilizers and 1t is
confidently asserted that handsome divi-
dend will be declared at the end of the cur
rent year.
Atlanta is preparing for the Georgia
teachers convention, which meets there on
July and continues until July 6. The
Southern Teachers Association will
meet Cd July 6 and continue In session
until July 8.
The youngest son of Mrs. Taylor, the
postmaster at Dalton, was bitten on the foot
by spreading adder while playing in the
yard one day last week. The foot swelled
badly and the wound was very painful,
though not dangerous.
J. l. Tapp intends offering an elegant
gold medal set with diamonds and valued
at $50 to the pupil In Dalton Female Col
lege having the highest grade in the college
classes next session. The terms of the con-
test will be arranged so that oil the young
ladies will stand an equal chance
On Wednesday night, while at supper,
the infant child of ]. A. Edge of Douglas
vile was badly scalded by the upsetting of
the coffee pot at the supper table. The
child was so badly scalded that upon the
removal of its clothing the skin slipped
from its body in many places The child
fingered till o'clock Saturday morning
and died.
At Hawkinsville a real estate deal was
consummated on Tuesday last between
McC Pate and J. F. Mashburn, whereby
Mr.. Mashburn now owns Mr.. PAte's Pine
Level residence and the thirty acres of land
recently added to it from the Stetson place,
and Mr.. Pate will hold the title 70 the vacant
lot in front OF the Baptist church adjoining
the J. 8. Willis place.
The long discussed question of paving
Peachtree street OF Atlanta with sheet
asphalt has at last been settled The ordi-
nance providing for the first installment OF
work has been passed both by the council
and board Of aldermen and has been signed
by the mayer. The contract has been
awarded to the Warren-Scharf Asphalt
Company Of Chattanooga, the papers signed.
and in thirty days the work will have been
commenced.
A bunch OF bananas is developing In the
front yard Of DR.. B. r. Tharp In Perry.
The plant is about twelve feet high and ia
years old. 1t has been under the especial
care of Misses Matte and Valerie Tharp.
and each winter IL has been taken up and
buried to protect 1t from cold. The fr,t
appearance Of the fruit bud cauaed great
delight, and its developments 10 being
watched with much interest. Il appeared
In the shape Of large ear of oofn, the
shuck being dark purple. One by one the
shucks fall apart, and section OF bananas
appear.
Ed Strickland, q young man who lives
about seven miles from Athens on she Tai
lessee bridge road, and the wife of his uncle
who Is also bis partner in the saw-mill bust
ness, are missing. Saturday Strickland
took the handsome wife of bis uncle and
business partner and two out of the six
children In buggy and start 10 take them
to visit her parents, few miles away. The
day dawned bright and breezy, but no
daughter, grandchildren and nephew
turned up at grandpa's. Three days Of she
beautiful month Of roses dawned aad died.
and the visiting party had not been seen or
heard from. The last seen Of them they
were passing through Center Sunday. The
woman in the case Is said to be exceedingly
handsome and the young man only 81.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: It now ap-
pears that there was more than one person
concerned in burning Ebb Youmans'
mill. Bill Davis, brother of Dan
Davis. who was bound over under q bond
Of $1,000, has made statement in which
he says he and not Dan, burned the mill
Too thin; won't wash; Bills shoe tracks are
TOO long, they are not the shoes that went to
the mill house. Bill Davis is in jail, a self
accused felon, but he is not the guilty party.
Load up and come again, my friend, you
can't fool the public on such stuff as this.
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himself. First, be has no family to support
and Dan has. Secondly he Is already under
two indictments, which will send him to
the penitentiary, and besides he is dying
with consumption.
FLORIDA
Nearly 1000 cases of oysters were con-
demned by the board Of health at Fer
nandina Wednesday.
Mrs. s. J. Duck wall has lately purchased
the Tresca property adjoining the Duck
wall house at Braidentown.