The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
THE NEWS OF THE TWO STATES
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Colored Society OF Americas Fleeced
by One of Its Of1cers-Asbury Gem
try Slaves of Hanging by Fighting
Companion
GEORGIA
A bank is to be established at Lexington.
Early county has twenty-eight paupers
70 whom is paid S63 per month out of toe
county treasury.
A number of men, white and black living
at Carr, Merritt & SWANS turpentine dis
tillery, in Tsttnal county, went TO the
Ohoopee river to take bath last Sunday,
and negro uamsd John Ferry was drowned.
At Albany Friday twenty-shrse Of the
ditchers employed on the water works OF
the city struck. They were receiving Is
cents day, and demanded 81 and fewer
hours. Some Of them returned TO work
later in the day.
The Tslbotton Neu Era offers a motion
20 make June 2l-the longest day of the
year-a national holiday and have 10 set
apart exclusively and solely for the pur>
poses of listening TO political harangues-
prohibiting anything Of the kim on either
OF the other 364 days.
A Sorosis club has been organized by
some of the ladies Of Elberton and Ebert
county. The aim of the Sorosis il to develop
facts and developments. The club is one
of the numerous branches of the famous
Sorosis Club OF New York, which was or
gained In 1868
Last week bolt OF lightning struck the
rod on athe residence OF y. K Bush who
lives eight miles north Of B!akel7. Mr.. and
Mrs Bush were in the house at the time
Mrs. Bush was momentarily paralyzed and
Mr.. Bush felt perceptibly tingling sensa-
yion in one OF his arms. No permanent
damage was done.
At Qulkmsn, a few days ago, an 49,
months'-old child of Kiah Lovett was bitten
on the hand by snake and died the next
day. The child was playing in the house
when the snake rolled into hole just out
side. Reaching its little hand in after the
snake IL wGs bitten. The snake was what
is known as a ground moccason.
The Quitman Canning Company COM
menoed work Thursday and Is in the mar
ket for all the tomatoes, pears, berries, ETC.,
brought in. The company mas purchased
the entire crops Of several large pear
orchards and wants mora. Their outfit has
a capacity of 10, 900 cans per day and they
would like to keep it running on full time.
A Fulton county farmer made this year
sixty-iour bushels Of wheat per acre on his
trial patch. The same gentleman sold,
last year, 50 900 worth OF vegetables and
fruit from twenty-five acres of land. He
has been offered $500 by a scotsman for a
tomato weighing three pounds. He is
working for this and thinks he will succeed
Last wednesday Jack and Jared Johnson
sold carload of melons on the track at
Quitman for $50 cash. There we're 1000
melons in the car. Three disnterested men
picked out what they considered an aver
age melon, aud it weighed thirty-fvs
pounds. The car was bought by s. NJ.
Griffin and was shipped 70 G. 3. Durling,
New York.
Rev. J. L. Dyer and Joseph Wise Of Rome
went fishing Friday. While upon the banks
1t seems that Joseph Wise was rather abus-
i've to the old minister. and after while
thought he would throw him into the water
Mr.. Dyer endured the treatment as long as
be could, aud then, In defense Of himself
used his pocket knife The breast of Wise
received severe cash and his condition ia
serious. The old minister acted in self
defense, Is the general report.
The Americas Jewelry Company has lust
finished fixing up an unique walking cane
for Thad Glover. When in Port Tampa
Fla, several weeks ago Mr.. Glover sue
ceeded in catching a big shark and with the
assistance of nearly dozen men succeeded
in landing IL. The fish weighed 500 pounds
and measured 9 feet 2 inches from tip
TO tip. He took out the backbone and the
Americus Jewelry Company has just fin
ished making IL into a walking cane for
him.
Pleasant McCathern was shot in In the
abdomen at Augusta Thursday night, and
1t Is very mysterious affair. He was
walking along the upper end OF Jones street
about midnight, when all Of q sudden he
was fired upon by some one who was hid
behind the trees. The bullet did not enter
Mr.. mcCathern's flesh, but struck him in
the abdomen and formed a blood blister
He does not know who the midnight assas-
sin was, but is of the opinion that IL was a
muiarto who fred upon him. He is at a
loss to know why he was assaulted
United States Deputy Marshal Murray
into Walker county, where he went to ar
rest Strouder Floyd for illicit distilling.
He rode one Of Galloway 81 Longest's finest
saddle animals, and while stopping in the
heighborhood of bis prisoner some one
entered the stable and shaved his horses
name and tail close TO the hide. Murray
attempted to get into town without being
observed, but the small boys being attracted
by the comical appearance of his steed
gathered quite mob TO guy him, much to
the amusement OF his prisoner, but Gallo
way 81 Longest were mad about IL, the
horse having been damaged some $50 or 500
Floyd's trial was continued, and before
leaving for home he ironically invited MUIR
ray 20 'call again when in our neighbour
hood, If you can stand our treatment"
Asbury Gentry, who was convicted OF the
murder Of old foot peddler, Richard Byrne,
ut the recent term of HARRISON superior
court and sentenced to hang July 49, will
not hang at that time. A motion for a new
trial was to have been argued yesterday at
Cedartown before Judge G. e. James. but
for same legal cause the time of hearing the
case was put off TO Aug. 10, and an order
granted suspending sentence OF death for
the time being. 1t Is likely that Gentry will
not hang before next winter, II then. II
Judge James refuses a new trial Aug. 10 the
case will go to the supreme court and will
be heard probably at the fall term of court,
and If the supreme court agrees with Judge
james, Gentry will be resentenced at the
January term OF HARRISON superior court
Col. J. NJ. Mcbride leading attorney for
Gentry, says he Is confident thaE he will get
new trial for his client
A colored Society has come to financial
grief az Americus, and its president is in
mourning behind the bars of the Sumter
county jail, while the feeced members be-
wall their fate and cry Justify for ven-
geance Ii is no unusual ocourrence-rhis APP
propriating of funds of such societies, but
this time il seems TO have been accomplished
in en- exceedingly novel aud ingenious man