The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-06-01

lar at Work in Jonesboro.
GEORGIA
Rain fell at Albany Sunday after a
drought of sixty~four days.
The Randolph, Cuthbert's new and ele-
giant hotel, threw open its doors formally to
the public last week with a business mems
dining.
report was circulated on the streets of
Smithville last week to the effect that
several prominent citizens had signifled
their willingness to sign petition 70 be
presented 70 the next representative OF Lee
county asking that the line of Sumter
county be extended far enough down that
Smithville would be in said county, but
after inquiry it has been discovered that the
report was utterly without foundation
The people of SmithviIle are perfectly
satisfied with the county which they are in.
The Atlanta police are looking for
Michael Aiken, an lrishmen, who is wanted
for embezzlement in Philadelphia. IL is
thought that Aiken is somewhere near
Atlanta, working on contract work, and
the police are Keeping a shark lookout for
him. Aiken was employed as foreman by
one OF the largest firms of contractors ia
the Quaker city, and about week ago was
given the usual sum of money TO pay Off the
hands by the firm. but skipped, coming
south, it is thought. He Is an Irishman, IS
lOotS OA03 huA LAtAb pAb Obo eye
Burglars paid Jonesboro visit Friday
night and succeeded in breaking into the
store of Stewart q Ward. At Mountain
View, a small station ten miles north of
Jonesboro, the officers overlook a negro
with large bundle containing articles corre-
spending to those missing from the store.
He was taken back and placed In the county
Jail In the bundle was also case knife
with particles OF putty on it, which makes
convincing proof OF the guilt of this negro
The prisoner was found to be young negro
of Jonesboro by the name Of Tom Higgins
Bill Hames of Marietta is lucky man
when 1t comes to finding curious and valu-
able relics. Besides being the owner Of
Kennesaw mountain. itself a pretty good
sized curiosity, he has a perfect store Of can
non balls, bombs, confederate belt buckles,
old soldiers uniforms and the like The
other day while out fishing on the banks Of
the Chattahoochee he found some very
peculiar stones in the sands. One Of them
is a rock plow, probably used for blowing
corn in the sandy bottoms by Indians as it
is well ground at the point. Others are i'm
plements Of war, but almost too heavy to
be called tomahawks. But the most pecu-
liar is a stone pipestem or cigar holder
which was certainly cut and modelled by the
hand and ingenuity Of man. 1t has several
carvings on the outside which are very
peculiar.
A. @. McGahee. a prominent citizen of
bearing, was shot and killed by negro
Saturday afternoon. After the tragedy
the negro fled and has not been caught,
Gus Cumming, the negro who did the kills
ing, was swearing at the depot at bearing,
aud Mr.. McGahee ordered him to stop.
Gus hourished a knife aud said he "wouldn't
do any such - thing Mr.. McGa-
hee picked up a piece of iron which
was on the ground near by and
started for him, and at the same time
Tom Pharr made for him. The negro.
seeing he would be overpowered, ran
short distance, and drawing a pistol began
shooting at them. -Four shots were fired.
but only one took effect. This entered Mr..
McGahee's left breast, penetrating 70 the
region of the heart aud causing death within
an hour. Mr.. Pharr escaped unhurt. One
OF the bullets, however, grazed his left leg
and another went through his coat. Messrs.
McGahee and Pharr owned a large saw-miu
near bearing.
A wound received thirty years ago In the
battle OF Chickamauga may yet cause Hon.
J. f. Nunnally to lose his right leg. MIR.
Nunnally lives at Social Circle in Walton
county and represented the Twenty-seventh
senatorial district in the last Senate. He
was leader of the alliance hosts in that
body aud presided at all their caucuses.
He has frequently been honored with official
trusts by this constituency and is regarded
as one or the ablest men in his section OF the
state. In the battle Of Chickamauga Senator
Nunnally received a bad wound on his leg
just below the knee. 1t was a gunshot wound
and at the time gave him very little trouble.
1t healed up and for five wears after the
war Senator Nunnally experienced no evil
effects from it. Twenty years ago the
wound became infamed and for a time the
serious nature OF 1t threatened the loss of
the leg. treatment of the very best kind
was given the old wound and again ID
healed up. But since that time it has given
Mr.. Nunnally much trouble Periodically it
would int1ame and assume the appearance
OF a cancer. At such times Senator Nun
naliy was totally unable to walk upon the
wounded limb. About month ago the old
trouble came back and the wound became
terribly infamed. II was worse than 1t bad
ever been before and, becoming alarmed.
Senator Nunnally went to Atlanta to have
tne wound treated. A day or two will de-
eide whether amputation can be avoided.
William M Davenport of Franklin
county, Massachusetts, seems Co be very
much the same kind of a man as George w.
stone OF Newton county, Georgia. Both
are prosperous farmers and both are blind
MIR. Stone graduated at the state academy
for the blind at Macon, some wears ago.
de was quite poor, but very intelligent and
energetic. He returned 10 his home in
va SOuhtl duu commenced TO raise q
little broom corn with which to make
brooms. He sold them by degrees, made
some money and commenced to farm
on a small scale. Success was his
and he gradually extended his plant
ing operations Last year he made
seventy-six bales of cotton with
four horses. He made twenty-four bags OF
an improved cotton, which he sold at liz
cents per pound. He superintends all of his
farming operations. To-day he is worth
$4,000, and is one Of Newton county's most
highly esteemed citizens. The Springfield
Repu6ttcdn has sketch of William NJ
davenport, the Franklin county farmer
alluded to in the preceding article. He has
been handicapped from his youth by total
blindness, but who, Notwithstanding this
misfortune, is one Of the most prosperous
farmers In Western Massachusetts.
his farm is in Leyden. covering
zoo acres. It's owners property has
come not because he inherited a
dollar, or because he has been aided by
others, but solely through his native ability
and untirlng efforts. He earned his first
dollar b. threshing and saving wood, and
now he is estimated to be worth from $780,
COO to $4,000. He knows the geography of
his farm, and is good judge of the nature
and character Of the soil. For years he has
been looked upon as one Of the best Judges
OF live stock IN the county, and he is fire.
quently employed as Judge to guide buy
ers IN the market. He attended school but
little, and what be did learn was by sitting