The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-02-16
GEORGIA NEWS.
EVENTS OF Il WEEK IN THE EN-
PRE- STATE.
Tersely Telling of Passing Events Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Reader-Other Matters.
Now, near the streams where willows swish,
He waits and never tires;
May heaven have mercy ON the fish,
And also on the liars!
The Sale of Long Cotton

The Sale of Lon; Cotton.
THoMAsvILLE, Ga, February 13.-[Special.]-
Il. j. Fields. a farmer living in COlQuitt county,
has received Sl0523 net returns from two bales or
756 pounds of long, better known as sea island cot
ton TINS IS II 81 cents per pound Tor one t Dae
more bales. Mr.. Fields says that he raised the
long staple just as easily as he could have the
short. Several farmers who planted the latter
staple are delighted with the returns.
He IL From ''PutnaT.'
NEW YORK, February 11.-John J. Delarch, a
typical farmer from Putnam county, Georgia, was
swidled out of $500 today by bunco men,, VINO
gave him u box which they said contained $1,000
in counterfeit money, but when who was fllied with
farmer and 4 green goods an together ana took
them both into custody. Th, hunco man gave the
name OF William Mackey, 4 salesman but re-
fused to give his address.
Cutting Down the Co ton Crop.
PERRY, Ga. February 1O.-yfSpecial.l The
farmers with whom we have y liked on tho
subject say that the cotton acreage IN Hous-
ton county will be much less thys year than 1T
was last. The estimates range Nom 10 to %
per cent decrease. The sames farmers say
there will be corresponding in crease III the
area devoted to food crops.
Cotton Little Bue yant.
SAvA&NAH, Ga, February 1Y.-tSpecial.l THE
cotton market rallied sonewhss this morning as a
result OF the publication q government re-
sh0w ae t Mt4 STap a t
The condition OF the liverpool market also eX-
cited eodsnGe & heinz notice day it had
be in a csndit,Gin to make settlements. This did
not prar be the case and that market continu-
ing ',.dy tended to strengthen the American
Qnarkpt. IS q result there little Hurry in
quotations, and that for middling went up fifteen
points.
A slanderer Run Out.
Fort VALLEY, Ga, February s. Especial ]
A small sensation unearthed here over the
report that one G.. $. Woodland, railroad tele-
graph operator, who was sent here q few days
ago from Smithville, had remarked down there
that lie did not believe there was vrtuoEs
woman in the whole south, for which the good
people of that town made hun leave without
ceremony.
A. j. Pinson Accidentally Killed.
NEWMAN, Ga, February o. Special. The
death of Mr.. A. j. PinSon, which occurred at
Moreiand, near this city, has cast gloom
over the entire community. Mr.. Pinson was
on his return from his Plantation, and stopped
his buggy in front of the drug store OF DR.. H..
S. Young, in More!and. He walked to the
rear Of his buggy and drew out Winchester
rife with the muzzlc pointing towards his
body. The hammer caught on something in
the foot Of the buggy which accidentally dis
charged the gun. The ball entered the left
breast about the third rib, and ranged up
ward, coming out Immediately below the lett
shoulder blade. The shooting purely
accidental, and Mr.. Pinson died within thirty
minutes afterwards
Widows of Nine Counties.
MACON, Ga, February 9.--lSpecial. i
Twenty-One thousand and three hundred dol
lars have been placed by the state at
the payment OF pensions to the conied-
crate widows of the following nine counties:
Bib, Jones, Twiggs Epson, Wilkinson,
Pulaski, Telfair, Houston and Talbot. The
widows receive from the ordinares of their
respective counties check for the amount of
the pensions, 500 each, and the checks ere
ti.e,, ooshod at tho Central Georgia bank, the
state depository for this section In Bibb
o,n6 fhnty
total of 5000 Out of the
twenty widows in Jones county, twelve
have drawn their pensions The widows OF
the OTHER seven counties have not yet drawn
their pensions, though the money is subject to
call No doubt when they read this they will
begin to present their checks at the bank. In
the seven counties of Twiggs, Epson, Wilkin-
son, Pulaski, Telfar. Houston and Talbot
there are 126 widows who will draw Sl2,6O0.
"A Boys Tale of Crime.
What is to be done with Glib South?
That is a question that is perplexing the de-
6ectives of Atlanta.
lie is boy of eleven, q nero child in ap-
pearance. For the past week he has been at
the police station, charged with the robbery of
the Wallace street school. Yesterday morn
ing lie was taken into Captain Crim's Office
and questioned about the matter.
As the child of eleven added each crime to
the long list il forced smile from the de-
Sonr of them, and his slick method of robbery
and his ability to escape detection would
have done credit to the most hardened and
experienced criminal.
The boys mother stood outside waiting to
hear what disposition would be made of the
case. She looked careworn and worried and
when Captain Grim opened the door the wo-
man burst into tears and cried bitterly.
The boy began to do the same thing and the
scene was a most pathetic one.
how hat III
sobbed 'I've punished him ond remonstra-
ted with him, but it's done no good. 1t isn't
my fault" and the mother wept all the more.
''No, it want your fault, mamma" came
from the youthful innocent, as he shrieked in
his fright.
The parents of Glib are willing and even
anxious for him to be sent to q reformatory.
They have not the means for that however,
and there is no to defray the expense.
The boy will either be sent to a training school
or released.
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