The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-13
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


Worth of Cotton for Better Prices.
a Barn Burned at Bonnsbroke.
GEORGIA
There is some talk of reviviug the Order
Of Knights of Pythias In HawkinsviIle
Four people have died il Hall county
recently aged respectively, lis, So, S., Is.
Wilcox superior court was adjourned on
Tuesday last TO the first Monday in January
next.
A farmer near Lexington has SIS go
worth Of cotton piled about his house await
ing rise in prices.
The cotton crop of Pulaski and surround
ing counties is not more than 90 per cent. Of
kbs crop of last year.
Application has been made to the legis-
lature to Incorporate the town Of Nidalia,
ia Montgomery county.
Nearly all the cotton from the eastern
portion of Oglethorpe county is being
marketed in Carlton this fall.
The premium for the best portrait in
pastel was awarded Mrs. z. q. Awtrey OF
La1range at the Georgia state fair.
The South Georgia Baptist convention
will. meet in the Baptist church at McRae
next Thursday evening, and remain in sue
Ceeding sessions until the Tuesday following.
r. F. Greslin q Co. have on exhibition,
in their store at Lee Pope, a sweet potato
that weighs Il pounds It was raised on
the farm of L. T. Lee and is said to be the
largest ever raised in Crawford county.
Four prisoners, all colored, escaped from
Jail at Darien on Thursday afternoon last
by knocking down the acting jailer, officer
Frank Pnrnell. After knocking him down
they tried to secure his pistol, but he man
aged to hold onto it. Nothing has been
heard from the men since.
Joe Bennett, Atty Durham and William
Wilson, Jr., all colored, were drowned on
Friday, Nov. 4, while crossing from Champ
ney's to Buffers Island near Darien. They
we're in small boat with:three others, and,
the boat being overloaded, was capsized.
Three Of the passengers escaped from a
watery grave.
Athens Banner: Pink Price Of Oconee
has eclipsed all on a torchlight procession.
He heard the news Of Cleveland's election
and hitched up eight horses to a wagon,
filed it full Of lightwood and negroes and
went down through Watkinsviile at II
o'clock in the day time, each negro carry
ing torchlight
T. Rufus g. Lester of Lexington having.
after much tedious negotiation, gotten
possession of the Crawford place on the out
skirts Of Lexington contemplates convert
ing it into vineyard. There are about
thirty acres Of land on the place peculiarly
adapted TO grape culture. Mr.. Lester will
begin this fall to set out vines.
The Carroll county commissioners met
Monday to see about the court house bids.
The bid OF L. L. Num- was accepted with
the understanding that he was to strengthen
his bond $4,000 additional by bondsmen
who are citizens of Georgia. The bonds
men OF Mr.. Num-, il seems are citizens of
Tennessee. The bid of Mum was S25, 1855
Harvey Thornton of Sandy Cross, in
Oglethorpe county has raised and placed
upon the market this season sixty bushels OF
ground pease He will ship them toAtlanta
where he expects 10 realize about 81 80 a
bushel, or 800 for the crop. which was
raised on less than an acre Of ground, with
less cost for cultivation than an acre Of cot
ton.
AT the present session Of the general as
sembly bill will be introduced exempting
from jury duty the active members OF the
Eastman Volunteers and also allowing the
company to place upon the special pay roll
twenty five of their honorary members
who, upon the payment into tho company's
treasury $40 annually, shall be exempt IL, IN
jury and street or road duty
Saturday evening last w. T. Farmer and
three sons. w. H, J. G. and Berry, all
white, were brought to the Jail at Licking
ton by BalliR George J. Cunningham u
Pleasant Hill district. There are eight war
rants In all against the parties, the gravest
of which are one for assault with intent to
murder against one Of the boys and ore for
receiving stolen goods against all of the
quartet. Being unable to give bond they
Will rest in durance vile until court com
Venes, and they can have their trial.
On Sunday night, about l o'clock, the
barn on Mrs. Wadleys place, at Boiling.
broke, was discovered to be on fire, and,
owing TO the general Roadway the fire had
gained when discovered, 1t could not be ex-
tinguished before the barn aud contents had
been entirely consumed. In the barn were
Mrs. Wadley's pair of carriage horses, to-
gether with 200 bushels of corn and 9 800
bushels of oats, one horse and fifty tons OF
hay, belonging to w. o. Wadley. Capt
Racul also had a horse in the barn. The
entire loss on the barn andsits contents will
amount to about $4,000. The origin of the
fire is not known.
Chattie Carmichael of Atlanta, through
her attorneys, Westmoreland g. Austin,
has entered suit for $4,000 damages
against Thomas J. Donaldson, superinten-
dent OF the county chain-gang, and Atlanta
Lodge No. IA, independent Order of Odd
Fellows. She claims that the lodge was
erecting building just outside the city
hmits and that Mr.. Donaldson with the
county chain-gang was digging out the cell
lar. She was on her way home from PRAYER
meeting one night in May last when she
walked into the cellar as there was no lights
about it. She claims to have been seriously
injured and to have lost the use of her right
leg, for which she sues.
The case Of the state VS.. John jackson
lcolored) charged with the murder Of Bee
Brown at Rochelle, two years ago, was dis
posed OF in Wilcox superior court on Tues
day morning last. A consent verdict was
taken, the prisoner pleading guilty, with
the understanding that he would be sem
fenced to serve a life term in the peniten-
tiary. The first trial Of this case resulted in
verdict of guilty and jackson was SEN
fenced to be hanged, but his counsel carried
the case TO the supreme court on motion
for new trial, which was granted, and on
Tuesday last, as stated above, he pleaded
guilty to the charge of murder and Yves SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life.
Athens Banner: Ten years ago Allen
Ialmadge was staying in Indianapolis. lie
got into an argument about some point with
man and they made a bet of s. on tue
point In dispute. Mr.. Talmadge proved to
be wrong and paid the s.. Afterward they
got to arguing on which was the longest
river in the world, and Mr.. Talmadge found
out that his river was the longest aud went
TO the man for his money, but he refused to
pay 1t. Nj. Talmadge abused him for TAX
ing his money and refusing to pay when he
had honestly lost it. MIR. Talmadge moved