The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

Innocent Man Arrested as a Biga'
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GEORGIA
w. w. Goodman died quite suddenly at his
home at Carrolltun Tuesday.
Mr.. Lawrence OF Valdosta sold car Of mel
ons last week for $3.50 on the track. soon after
he closed ont he was offered $40 Tor It.
The wool market seems TO have collapsed
and the price in the Stateshoro market has
dropped from 30 cents cash, ten days ago, "a
only 1871 cents per pound at this time
Horace Owens, n private detective Of At
lanta claims To have discovered where SiO-
900 of the money lost by the Gate CITY Bank
through RedwInc' S defalcatlOn Is located
Brown q Richardson OF Darien have manu-
featured at their new still in the last two
months l55 casks Of spirits and 425 barrels Of
rosin which has been shipped to savannah.
Warrenton has been a remarkable healthy
town for the last eighteen months. During that
time with a population OF over 200 there has
not been a death among the white population.
A drove Of cattle, some Of which have been
bftten by a mad dog. are supposed to be for
sale in Atlanta. The matter has been reported
to the police department and the patrolmen
have been instructed to keep close watch
for them.
A white man paid a nickel at Buchanan
store at Columbus Thursday for as many Gu
cumbers as he could eat After storing away a
half dozen he was offered p cents to stop, but
not until he had devoured eight, each Of which
weighed nearly a pound, did he give up and
go his way,
r. w. stone. secretary Of the South Georgia
Pear Growers Association. has lately gotten
new estimate of the pear crop in South
Georgia. He says the yield will be over
10000 barrels. MIR Stone has also made ar
rangements for procuring barrels and crates.
The salary of the professors OF Mercer Uni
versity next year will he 81 500 per annum.
This is "a slight increase over what the pay
has been. The salary Of the president will be
s. 600 per annum and house furnished free.
The average age Of the faculty chosen for next
year will be "a years.
F. w Miller and J. C. Bryan have filed ap
plication for a charter for the National Rail
road and Equipment Company Of Atlanta
The company proposes to manufacture all
sorts of railway equipment. The capital
stock will be II 900, with the privilege of in
creasing it to IS 100000
The lot on the Ridge at Darien belonging
to the estate of the late Mrs. 5. T. Clark, was
sold in Darien on Tuesday last. TWAS bought
in by the Methodists, who will soon commence
the erection thereon OF new church. IT IS
one of the most desirable lots on the Ridge
and the price paid was $3.50
GRAY Bros Of Fort Valley sold 200 bales of
cotton Wednesday for their customers ut
cents pound. Nearly every bale Of this cot
ton could have been sold at "a cents Jan.
last If the parties owning 1t had 50 desired
The difference amounts to about a2,5OO to say
nothing of storage, insurance and interest.
Miss Della Martin met with an accident at
the iIctory at GAINESVILLE last Monday. She
was working around the spools when gust Of
wind blew her hair into the winding machinery
which caught 1t up and came very near tear
ing the scalp of workman who was near
by had the presence OF mind to throw of the
band, and thus saved her life
The reports from all sections of Warren
county are to the effect that the grain crop is
good. and the yield will be much better than
IL was once expected. The wheat is lower
than usual but where it was sOwn on good
soil there will be no difficulty in saving it,
The heads well UI He'd ont with Dllmn ain
Rain came in time TO make the spring oats
stretch up high enough to cut.
Sherman Burgess the negro shot by J. w.
Afford. near Big Springs in Oconee county
will recover. Since Affords release no one
has sworn out warrant for his arrest, and
he is quietly at work on his farm near the
scene OF the shooting. The neRrO's Jaw is
broken, his cheek Is torn away, and his back,
shoulders, legs and arms are filled with shot,
bat he still walks around a living breathing
lead mine.
A little over a year ago mountain girl in
Habersham county became the mother of
twins. Both died soon afterward. A few
days since she again gave birth to twins, and
one of them, boy, is still living. A few
weeks ago the house in which this girl lived
was burned-by incendiares, IL is supposed
and having nowhere else to go, the unfortun-
ate female took up her abode in barn and
remained there until after the birth of her
children.
The Masonic fraternity of Greenville in
consideration of 500, have relinquished all
. claims upon the academy properly and at
tempts are being made to erect a lodge build
ing upon the square. The Simonton corner
now the property of Is. +. Mclaughlin, is the
location most frequently mentioned as the
most sultaDle. Mr, Mct-augl nun proposes 10
give the ground and 800 TO the Masons, they
to build two store rooms below, the lodge room
being above stairs.
On last wednesday, at Courson & Virgins
mill, near Boiling Springs church, difficulty
occurred between Mr. stewart and Sandy
ellis (colOredl, in which the latter was killed
Baiiin John 5. Kemp, on .cOroner's warrant
arrested Mr.. Stewart and he was carried be-
fore Archie Odom, justice of the peace of the
395th district. for a hearing. The cOrOner's
jury brought in a verdict of ''manslaughtor in
cold blood At the hearing before Justice
Odom he was acquitted.
Thursday evening an old man carrying
valise passed Vance Humans in Dawson
county and bought some bread and onions
telling them his name was Ballew, and that
he lived in Murray county. He passed on and
next his valise, containing some old clothes,
some onions and an empty pocket book were
found in Antioch church, near the Gilmer and
Dawson line. The man has never been seen
or heard from since. His effects are still at
the church. Foul play is suspected.
C. H., Stewart L, c. Mendeville c. b.
Simonton, Il. c. Stewart and Arthur Harmon,
who own the old Stallings place or that part
OF II on the east side OF the Bowdon road near
est TO CarrOllton. about seventy acres, have
opened up streets on the same and propose to
sell of lots and build up village out there.
The new town win be called Oakland and the
company who own IL have applied for charter
from the superior court and will be known as
the Oakland Improvement and Manufactur-
ing Company
Warrenton Clipper; During the last few
years the culture OF pecanS for market in this
state has increased wonderfully. Jep M.
Cody has planted on hls farm near town six
acres Of those nuts which are about six inches
high and growing nicely. Men who have eX-
perimented in growing pecans claim that if
the trees when about year old are grated TO
with scions from bearing trees you will have
fruit in three or four years. If the pecan
trees are allowed TO grow without being
grated it will be from ten to twelve years be
fore the owner of the farm will realize any
benefit for his labor s
The Naylor district of Lowndes county has
been visited by mad dogs recently, but in two
instances they were killed before doing any
harm. Three weeks ago a dog, evidently Suf-
fering withs hydrophobia, was seen about
several farms north OF the village The signs
OF damage done by it have been few, but one
OF the strangest was hog of Nelson Fender
going mad. The animal had a frightful cuse
of rabies. rushing about wildly and fighting
fences. throwing with the mouth rails and
tackled the hog with pole, and as it rushed
at him laid it low with "a crushed skull by a
welIdirected blow
Oliver Sanders is a well-known colored man
OF Macon. lie has teen in the United States
railway postal service tWenty-One years | E
ran Tor years between Macon and Mont.
gomery, and later between Macon and Pa
latka In consequence OF his long faithful
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