The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-26
ITEMS In THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.

-'OAROLINA PUT IN TYPE.
Lincolnton's Voters Fail to Cast SIN
gle Ballot at the Municipal Election.
A Negro Shot Dead in Lincoln Coun-
ty--A Man Horribly Msngled at a
Sew-min.
GEORGIA.
The EIks of Columbus celebrated Christ
mas eve with a big oyster roast.
Mrs. Gatchell, the postmaster at WASH
tngton, has sent In her resignation
Hon. t. J Brinson of Burke county is
seriously i'll with congestion Of the brain.
The editors of Georgia's weekly papers
are taking their annual holiday by suspend
ing publication for a week.
The postoffice at Drone, in Burke county,
was discontinued on Dec. Is on account OF
the resignation of Henry White, the post
master.
Another s-story building will go up in
Atlanta next spring. 1t will be built for
John SilveY and will be devoted entirely to
the wholesale dry goods business.
The Postal Telegraph Company reached
OgleEhorpe Monday with their line. They
have established an office at MoutezumA,
will put one at Marshallville as soon as the
fruit season opens, and say that Ogethorpe
can get ansefice il she tries for it.
Luella now enjoys Geographic communi-
cation, an Office having been put in there
the first OF the month with an experienced
operator in, charge. Ii is to be permanenoy,
and of course gives this station equal adj
vantages with any along the Georgia Mid
land.
At the recent cotton exhibition in Gov.
tngton the following prizes were awarded:
A. &. bearing, whose stalk contained 48l
open bolls; the second prize was awarded to
hF II awin aFn IL a
AS open bolls the third prize was awarded
20 Thomas E. Hardeman, whose stalk con-
tanned 424 open bolls.
Henry Is favored with about the lowest
ak rate OF any county in the state this
year, her assessments being So IS on 81, 900.
Tax Collector Mays closed his books Tues
day, and finds there will not be as many as
800 defaulters on the list-numher IN
precedentedly small for 50 large a county.
little over $1,000 will cover the entire
arnounp collected.
Tax Collector johnson OF Coweta county
closed his books on Tuesday last and has
been busy since issuing Fl. fas. There are
200 defaulters this year, representing a
total delinquency of about 5000. Last
delinquency did not exceed $1,000. The
digest for 1892 calls for $35 900 In taxes,
$4,000 OF which has been collected
few nights ago some one on mischief
bent fred several shots from q pistol into
the house Of q negro In East Macon, and
one OF the bullets lodged in the mattress of
the bed in which the occupants of the house
were sleeping. The negroes over there are
considerably exercised over the matter, as
the man living IN the house is said to be
very peaceable aud inoffensive negro.
Three hundred and eighty families of
Atlanta, averaging five persons each, who
are too poor to buy Christmas present and
whose scanty earnings are consumed in
supplying the bare necessities of life, asked
the Christmas. Present Club to help them
Saturday. The club distributed among
them 81 200 worth of goods, which had
been, donated and bought with money given
by generous hearted citizens.
The charter Of the town of Lincolnton
provides that the mayor and councilmen
shall be elected annually. Accordingly
notices were posted around town some ten
or fifteen days ago announcing that the
election for these officers would take place
on Dec. IL, last Saturday. The day ar
rived, but no election was held. Nobody
seemed TO take any interest in thu matter,
and not single ballot was cast during the
day.
Harry Parrish (colored) was caught in
she shaIting at Maynes mill near Farming
ton last Saturday and badly mangled Par
rlsh went to the mill TO have some corn
ground and was questioning the miller
about how another man had got caught at
the same place, when, as If by magic, the
shafting caught his coat and both feet were
beaten off before he could be extricated. He
was badly mangled and it is feared that ne
will not recover
Last Friday night the negroes had a hot
supper on l.. G. Coleman's place, near Gus
Wrights saw-mill in Lincoln county. After
the supper was over Charles freeman
started home with Charles Bussey's best
girl. Bussey caught up with them on the
way home and asked Freeman WHY he had
taken his girl away from him. Without
saying word Freeman drew his pistol and
fired, the ball striking Bussey in the breast
and killing him almost instantly. Free
man escaped.
r. w. Thurman and Miss Nellie Cole.
both OF Trenton, we're married there Thurs
Gay night. Mi. Thurman is son of s. II.
thurman, clerk OF the superior court and
candidate for the same office. Miss Cole is
daughter OF L. II. B. Cole, who is also
candidate for clerk. The marriage brings
about much confusion, happening as it does
10 the midst OF heated campaign. The
question now is. what course will the groom
pursue, with his father candidate against
his newly acquired father-in-law.
Last Monday morning John H. Webb was
horribly mangled at his saw-mill few
miles below Elberton. He was in the act
OF stepping on the carriage when it started
back toward the saw, and he lost his footing
and was thrown on the saw, which tore
nearly all of the flesh from one OF his legs,
while the carriage crushed the bones of The
other. Drs. Stovall, Deadwyler and Binum
Bell were sent for, and their efforts were
directed to reviving him from the shock,
but without avail, and at 8 o'clock Monday
afternoon he died.
day or two ago at Chickamauga there
was death from an unusual cause There
were two squads of eolored convicts near
the train, one at the head of the engine, the
other farther down. The steam from the
engine was escaping and making a dense
cloud, The two convicts started to dash
through tt in opposite directions, with their
heads lowered. When half way through
nead-end collision took place. One of them
died from It from conclusion OF the brain.
The iong-term convict proved to have a
harder head than his short-t term mate.
FLORIDA.
Monticello has received nearly 1000 bales
of cotton up to date
The phosphate mills are all at work again
on the Alfalfa river, but very little pnos-
phste is shipped, owing to the low price Of
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