The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-09
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

IN PARAGRAPHS.
An Interesting War Story Tod by g
Member of the julius Caesar Com
pauv-A Young Man of Cor ella
shot by His Friend While Hunting.
Fuller Details of the Fire at Lump
kin,
GEORGIA.
Tax Receiver Joshua Hammond of Spald-
ing county has retired from the race for re-
election on account Of his inability to can
vsss the county properly because Of the
lameness Of some of his stock de pro
poses to gather a certain crop If he has TO
hire mules, but does not propose TO throw
away anything on an uncertainty. de had
strong support in both county and city,
which will now have to choose between
Messrs. Hardee aud Elder.
Fuller details of Sunday mornings fire at
Lumpkin have been received. Fourteen
business houses were burned and the loss Is
about 100000. They were all In block,
and wooden houses, so closely connected thas
they could not be insured. Ii IS supposed
it was started by drunken fellow IN the
back room OF one of the houses. The losers
are. J. P. Trammel, dry goods, badly dam
aged; Thomas @. Shelton, groceries, dam
aged; Z. S. Daniel, groceries, damaged;
Everette q Richardson, general mer-
chandise, badly damaged; Zuber 81 Solo
mon, fancy groceries, nearly an entire loss,
next door, a barber shop and Or. Carriers
Office. everything loss J. K. Humber, gen
eral merchandise and supply dealer. lost
everything <. P. Pearson, store vacant;
Mrs. and Miss Lowery, millinery, lost every
thing: the Independent Office, an entire
loss; Lewis & Thompsons livery stable,
buggy repository and coffin shop, about
one-half loss. The stores Will be rebuilt
with brick, as the council will not allow
any wooden structures built.
Camp Cornelia, a few miles beyond Folks
ton, on the Savannah Florida and Western
railway, was shocked Sunday at the news
that Camp Cheek, a most promising young
man, had accidentally been shot and killed
with a bullet from 3S-caliber Winchester
rife while he and a friend were out shoot
ing In the adjacent woods. The particulars,
as far as could be learned, are as follows:
Young Cheek and his friend we're returning
home when young Cheek asked his friend
20 hand him the rifle to shoot bird
which no saw. His friend handed the
rifle over toward him, muzzle first, and just
as young Cheek was about to take hold of
it It discharged, the bullet entering the left
shoulder and passed through his body. He
fell and gasped once or twice and cried,
my God My God" and expired.
Young Cheek was very prominent young
man in the community, and came from
Charlotte, n. c., few years ago with his
father, his mother being dead. He was
about 20 years Of age His young friend is
Frustrated with grief and the whole com
munity regrets the accident.
Bennett MatIock, the "Brutus" of the
Charles Hanford Julius Cesarn company,
was a southerner by birth, though he was
taken to the north when about months
old. When the war broke out young Mat
lock Unlisted in the federal army. Mr.. Mat
lock was one Of the genuine drummer boys
at Shiloh-though there are some 900 men
now living who claim to have been at the
memorable contest in that capacity, and
some Of them are drawing pensions Not so
with Mr.. Matlock. He is opposed TO pens
sions. "Do you see that gentleman sitting
at the farther end of that long seatm said
Mr.. Matlock to a reporter at Atlanta
Monday. HE and myself met face
to face before the fall of Vicks~
burg. We were two ragged bows
then. was in an apple tree, he was under
1t. was hungry and had trespassed too
far upon the confederate lines that might
get some fruit from the tree. 1t was for
hidden fruit from our side and l suppose
that is why had so great a desire to get it
He was armed and was not. He ordered me
down from the tree, and attached to the
order was the earnest command that should
of me. AS | touched the ground he laughed
heartily and said that he did not mean ca
hurt me, but if had not obeYed he would
have been compelled to shoot. We sal
down at the foot of the tree and became
we'll acquainted, though he would not allow
me privilege of single apple, because, a
he said, the tree was upon the plantation o.
the father of his sweetheart, and that ht
had promised her that no northernel
should taste any of the fruit A
that period 1 was learning to chew to
bacco and so was he. l had some Of Thu
weed but he didn't. l tried to trade to
bacco for his sweetheart's apples, but it wa
no go. He kept his promise to her. w
continued our acquaintance for year O
so after the close OF hostilitie
by correspondence, and this is tn
first day we have met since the day unde
the apple tree. lie saw my name on tn
programme at the play last night, and TO
day called on me, and how we embraces
one another was pleasure assure you
His name is Frank Warren and he is
prominent business man in st. Louis. A
the close of the season he has invited me 9
spend a month with him which | hav
promised to do. Yes, he married the gir
TO whom he had given his word that b
would guard, with his life. the apples frou
the northern soldiers OF course he woul
have killed me had not come down fror
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