The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE Two STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A handsome new Office building is among
the probabilities at Augusta.
Rev. DIR. Jesse NJ. Wood, one Of the Oldest
Baptist preachers in the state, died at his
home in Jonesboro Tuesday.
Nearly all OF the farmers OF Sumter
county have planted their cotton. On some
Of the plantations it is already up.
A warrant was issued at Americus Tues
day for the arrest of J. w. Russell, a colored
merchant. He Is charged with selling
cigarettes to minors.
Capt. J. Rice Smith Of Augusta has re-
cuperated far enough TO be moved from the
Arlington hotel out TO the hill, and his
friends hope that he will soon he restored to
health.
Pat Calhoun has arrived at Atlanta from
New York to attend the Scotch-lrish con-
vention. Mr.. Calhoun refused to discuss
the railroad situation, declaring that
the newspapers knew more about it than
he did.
Some time ago the members Of the two
literary societies at Macon invited Hon.
Robert L. Berner Of Forsyth to deliver an
address before the societies on May Is. The
boys have received a very polite note of
acceptance from Mr.. Berner.
The stockholders Of the Macon Fair and
Exposition Company met at the Office OF
Secretary Jemison at Macon Monday.
The result of the meeting was that the
stockholders decided to keep the company
in existence and the surplus fund intact
One thousand and sixty shares were repre-
scented in person and by proxy.
Walter Beckwith, a fireman on the Sam
road, was arrested at Americus Monday
night in a house Of i'll fame. The warrant
under which the arrest was made was is
sued at the instance OF the prisoners wife.
He had diamond ring Of hers. She learned
that he intended to leave to-day for Kansas
and took this method Of securing her ring.
Senoia Gazette, Rev. w. A. Sears,
while on his way to keep one of his APP
pointments last Sunday, was stopped by
couple with the request that he marry
them then and there. Mr.. Sears is nothing
If not accommodating, SO the knot was
tied, while the bride and groom sat In one
buggy and the preacher in auothar, The
groom was Mr. Hammond, and the bride
a Miss Cook.
A horse was killed by bees at Leslie, Sum
ter county, Saturday. A colored woman
was driving by J. w. Bailey's, where the
pestiferous little insects were being hived.
A swarm lighted on the horse and began
singing him. The woman ran Off to secure
help. When she came back it is said that
there were three colonies of bees on the I'M
fortunate animal. They were finally driven
off, but the horse died shortly afterward.
A shrewd gang of sharpers are swindling
the white people and negroes on the out-
skirts of Augusta They pretend to repre-
sent o. 2. Doolittle, a local photographer,
and bleed them on the promise of work TO
be done by him. They get picture aud
promise to enlarge it for so cents, which, of
course, they require in advance. Then the
canvasSers disappear aud are seen no more
by the credulous patrons, who call on Mr..
Doolittle to find that he knows nothing of
them.
Augusta Herald: There has been a slight
difficulty between Rutherford q Co. and
the brick combination, which resulted in a
separation. The trouble was caused about
the contract for supplying brick for the
Silver building to the amount of about
100000 Rutherford & Co. took the order,
shaving the price Of parties outside the
trust and then refused to turn the order to
the trust as formerly. This action resulted
In meeting Of the passage OF resolutions
condemnlng the act of Rutherford &
Co. The result was a separation. The
people who are still in the combine
say that the operations of the association
will in no way be curtailed and that bust
ness will be just as brisk as formerly and
will be continued to be done by them.
Rutherford & Co. think Ehat the new order
of things will be greatly to their benefit, for
during the year that they remained In the
combine their sales were only one-half of
the amount Of business done by them be-
fore organization. The fight of undersell-
Ing will be hard one. and any one who, in
the near future. contemplates building,
should consult both parties before purchas-
ing their material.
Americas Times Recorder: The popular
solicitor general of the Southwestern circuit,
Hon. Q. b. Hudson, has been guyed con-
slderably by his brethren Of the bar about a
queer mistake he made at the superior
court IN Stewart county last week. In the
hurry OF the closing hours OF the court he
was filling out an indictment against a
party for using obscene and vulgar lam
guage in the presence of a female, and
absentmindedly, filed all the blanks in the
indictment with his own name. He passed
the document up to Judge Fish who,
without noticing the solicitors
mistake, signed the warrant at
tached to the indictment and handed 1t
backed, state of Georgia VS.. G.. b. Hud-
son." ETC., and turned over to the sheriff
with instructions to require a good aud
sufficient bond in the sum of 500" for the
defendants appearance in court. The So
HECTOR took his depar ture from the court
room, but when the sheriff had digested the
contents of that bill of indictment he
straightway went in search Of him, and
brought him into court aud required him to
give 300 bond. 1t will probably be some
time before the solicitor hears the last of
that tdpsuS peHn9.
Frank Middleton, a very black and very
angular negro, wearing a rakish-looking
stoyeplpe hat is under arrest at Americas
on charge Of forgery. He came to the
city few days ago, and claimed to be
representing long loan association, which
he asserted had $4,000 it was anxious TO
loan out on easy terms. That he has worked
successfully upon the credulity of quite a
number Of negroes an account book found
In his pocket shows. Entries had been
made Of about $50 paid to him ia 81 in
stallments. 1t is said he made his
dupes the most fabulous kind of promises
Soon after Middleton's arrival in
Americas he began to make inquiries about
the colored people who have bank accounts
Nothing was thought of this at the time
but that be had a criminal motive in so do
ing is now apparent. He started Off by
forging two orders which he presented to q
colored woman named Hopkins for paw
ment- One purported TO be signed by John
Hopkins, the latter's son, and was for 81.
The other, which was for the Same amount
and quart Of whisky, bore Bob Towards
signature. Both of the orders we're honored,
but 1t was not long before they were dis
covered to be forgeries. The police we're
notified and Middleton WAS soon under ar.
rest