The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF TIE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

a Tree in Oconee County That Rivals
the Deadly Upss-A Father Kills
the Man Who Betrayed dis
Daughter-A Mans Eyesight Endsn-
gered by al Accidental Shot.
GEORGIA.
A terrible accident occurred Friday after
noon at Holton, fourteen miles below Ma
con. that will probably be followed with
fatal results r. W. Branum of Larkins-
vile, Ala, was at HoltOn experimenting
With dynamite, when q charge was prema-
turely exploded and he was seriously, If not
fatally. injured by the flying fragments Of
rock.
J. J. Sandlin was shot at his home about
six miles from Montezuma last week.
Frank Kimble, q young man living near
by. was at the home of Mr.. Sandlin's with
gun, and in some way it was accidentally
discharged, the load taking efec, in the
side OF Mr.. Sandlin's face. IL is feared that
one eye WIN be lost, but as It is 50 badly
swollen the result cOnnOt yet be ascer-
tanned.
Smithsonia was thrown into fever OF
excitement Saturday by shooting scrape
in which one man was killed by an infuri-
ated father, whose daughter it is said was
seduced by the man who was killed. NJ b.
Herring was the man who did the shooting
and Sydney J. Adkins was the man who
was killed. Herring is farmer. aud Ad-
kins was a guard at the Oglethorpe branch
peniteltiary. Herring will give himself
up to the authorities.
Controller General Wright is waiting on
thirty or forty counties for their tax rate
in order TO go ahead in making up the sums
due the counties by the railroads. The con-
troller general has the returns OF all the
railroads in his office and he makes out the
amounts which the roads owe the several
counties and forwards the same TO the COM
paoies and the treasurer, tax collector or
ordinaries. Chatham county has sent in
$1,000, and a few other small sums have
been received from other counties.
President c. f. King and Secretary and
Treasurer w. II. Withers of the East De-
catur Land Company negotiated a large
sale on Tuesday last They sold to Mr..
Phelan Of Atlanta their fine plantation at
Gree IsbOro, consisting Of ., l75 acres, for
S25, 900 cash. This plantation is said 10 be
the finest in Georgia. 1t is better known
as ''the Gen. Early plantation" and it was
one Of Georgia's noted seats Of aristocracy
before the war. Messrs. King and WIthers
have great faith in the future Of Georgia
and have ia vested money in several value-
ble tracts of land which they have i'm
proved and placed on the market.
Athens BdRaer: One of the numerous
Athens fishermen has just returned from
weeks fish up the Ooouee and tells a tale of a
tree that be saw only a few yards from the
banks of the Ocouee which nearly equals the
deadly upas tree of which we read In his
tory. This tree said the fisherman. sis
about thirty feet high and covered with a
beautiful white flower that has peculiar
smell. The tree is filed with birds Of nearly
every description who eat and suck the
flower. and after some minutes they fall t.
the ground and LOOK like they are dead.
After laying on the ground awhile they
come to and hop oil and are again able TO
fly, ana / noticed that after getting their
fill of the flowers and falling to the ground,
they leave tor other parts and don't try the
flowers any more. picked up some of the
birds from uuder the tree to bring home
but they soon came to life and got away. 1t
is certainly wonder and any one can see
the tree by going up the Oconee river six or
Ieyel miles,
Ed Womacks large oil warehouse, out on
the headwater Of ORlethorpe bay, Bruins
wick, was burned Sunday morning at 2 80
O'clock. When the fire department reached
the scene the warehouse was found almost
burned down. The roof had fallen In and
the barrels of oil were almost consumed.
Oil was running IN all directions on the
ground burning Nothing was saved ex-
cept few empty barrels. The oil, harness
aud wagons burned were worth 81, 300
Upon them Mr.. Womack has but $500 in-
suTance. This is on the house, wagons
and harness, aud part of oil.
This covered all of the oil cans
Mr.. Womack had just returned from
Savannah, where he purchased a lot of oils
They arrived Saturday, and it was dari
when the work Of storing them in this ware
house was completed About 800 worth
Of property burned, upon which Womack
had not u cent Of insurance. The vicinity
of the warehouse was a great place fol-
fishermen to loaf, and IL is thought the fir,
nFi ana ~ bai NiF.ao Ir.-v,
fire left by them along the wharf near th,
house
Several days ago A. J. King and som
other farmers from Dry Valley, in Gordon
county, went to Rome with several bales o
cotton. In the party was a tenant on Mr.
Kings place named Lum West. The part,
sold their cotton and spent Friday utter
noon in looking over the city and buyinl
some goods. Friday night they went to tn
wagon yard of w. II. Cocker g. Co. in tn
Fourth ward and put up for the night. Al
Of the party came back into the city afte
supper except West, who remained and wen
to bed. About midnight the others rt
turned, and West told them that he had bee
robbed and that the large quantity O
goods which had been left in his care wer
gone. They asked how it happened and h
said that somebody came into the wago
yard while be was asleep and took the good
and got his money out of his pockets. Tn
goods amounted in value to about $50 ant
the money West said he lost amounted t
to $79. Saturday Mr.. King and Mr.
Harkins, who had lost the goods, secured
search warrants and at once commences
vigorous search for their things
After considerable searching the good
were found in a sack down on the banl
OF the Oostanaula river, near the Contra
railroad bridge. The goods were all fount
together and carried back to the Wagon
yard. A snort time afterward West wht
had become intoxicated, was arrested b.
Officer Horny Wimpee, and when he wa
searched at the station house the money b.
claimed to have lost was found in his breas
pocket. Saturday afternoon he was triet
before Recorder Fouche for drunkenness
and fined s., which he paid. In regard 4
the other matter Mr.. King and the othe
gentlemen declined to prosecute him.
Some time ago the Westmoreland prop
erty on Marietta street at Atlanta was or
dered to be sold by United States Marsha
A. E. Buck on the legal sales day. Afte
the regular advertising and the usual cour
process OF marshal's sale, the Westmore
land estate was sold at public cutlery b
Col. Adair. The bidding was spirited unit
the property began to go up into the thou
sands when after some competition the estat