The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-01
EFORClA AND FLORIDA,
10 News Of the Two States Told In
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camp for Brunswick Refugees-rhe
T.+est story of the Braswel murder.
GEORGIA.
,,...sr Baptist Association convenes in
LISA on oct. 10
psr en- sims a colored man born in 1889,
Mn clarke county Friday.
B [so new lodge Of knights of Pythias, re-
II1 Iarganized in Cutnoert, is fast growing
rnmDers and popularity.
-. Iumpkin has appointed Alex. w
+. -7ifn permanent receiver Ior lhS SIOUX Oh "
Il lanes & Co., OF Atlanta.
.rrer5id new church Will be built in place
" t,be aid one at Popes Chapel in Wilkes
Pr Ample subscriptions are already in
or the purpose
- Narston s. Bro, is the name of new
TIM that has recently bought out the bust
~ ofNIai. n. Epps boot and shoe manufact-
n hrer in hogahsV4lo'
/. rbe Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
g-,nnanv has decided to is ne no more free
\ fss-es over its lines The directors will even
Saye 10 pay fare after this or walk.
Il NJ n NcAfee has struck good gold bear
,r vein on the Sutton property within
.J7yae miles OF Cleveland, which is paying
Aandsome profits on labor performed.
The residence OF Joheph Parker, near the
Northern limits Of Americas. was entered by
kkbteves Friday afternoon during the absence
n m family from home, and $50 in cash and
( tpveral articles Of value stolen.
4 di1fcultv occurred few days ago in the
hover part Of Early county between RATE
iiouston and Ashley Robe Is, In which il is
80 Mr. Houston broke one of the bones of
Sfr Roberts left forearm with piece of
board.
NTase Lewis former citizen OF Early county
fut of late a tenant on one of Andrew Full
more plantations Just across the Chattahoo
cbpe river went to Gordon Saturday and on
his return home at night was thrown from his
Ewagon by his horse running away and in
stantly killed.
Quite a mum Der of handsome new buildings
are going up in Thomson. Or. Neal Is build
En- on the lot near the railroad upon which
MJ0bnston' mill formerly stood, and the fol-
Nlowing named persons are building in differ
lent sections Of the town: Mrs. Belle Adkins
Mrs Martin Miss Belle Hanson, and Messrs.
f u L. Burnley and A. j. LazenDy.
At the home of w. l.. Thomas, at Valdosta,
EFriday afternoon, his son Wiley, aged Z, was
fplaying with his smaller sister Blanche. He
"A HAD secured % Flobert rifle, which he
Thought unlOaded. In the play the weapon
was discharged and the bullet entered the
side Of the little girl passing through the
region of the heart. Dr. Lang was hastily
summoned but life had fed.
Several Jones county citizens are complain
ing about the fund Of S2l 00) left by Mr.. Gray
Of thav county, the interest of which was to be
applied to assisting poor young men Of Jones
county in obtaining an ed lcation. They say
the son of a Baptist minister has been recelv-
ing the benefit OF the fund and that he never
was a resident of Jones county. The matter
will be Investigated by the board OF education
Of Jones county.
VaIdosta Times: Charlie Harrell son Of
Sheriff A. j. Harrell, won, at rattle in Texas,
Jesse James pistol. and he now has it in his
possession 1t is pearl handled silver
mounted 45caliber Colt S. ard, while it is d
ugly looking customer when you face the
muZzle. Charlie saw the raffie advertised and
he sent on 40 cents for a chance and won. The
winning throw was 4S.
Mrs Virgins, who died at Athens on
Wednesday, lived at Waynesville, about
twenty miles from Brunswick. Mrs. Virgins
has large body of land IN the vicinity of that
place, and the government seized ABOUT forty
acres Of it short time ago to be used as a
camp while the fever RACES in Brunswick. A
few days previous to her death Mrs. Virgins
had been notified of the fact and the govern
ment would pay her SIS per acre, or 5000 for
the land.
Valdosta Times: Mrs. Duggan has been
heard from. She arrived in Denver, and was
met by the man whom she went to marry, but
after viewing her awhile he mournfully told
her that the officers refused to issue him a
license because they had heard unfayorable
her dinner, So and a farewell. She is washing
for living now, and says the lying thieves
In ValdoSta have ruined her again, by destroy
ing her marriage prospects. Poor old
creature.
Eastman Times Journal: DR.. Kimberly at
Empire came near losing his 18.months-old
baby one day last week in a peculiar man
ner The child was sitting on the doorstep
eating piece of bread when large SOW APP
prOaUned and caught IL by the hand dragging
1t some distant in the yard and badly lacera-
ting the riesh on the babys hand The doc
tor thinks that had he not been near, the hog
would have devoured the child. He thinks
the hog S first intention was to get the bread
and after tasting the blood he thinks she
would lave eaten the child, The hog was
killed.
Lexington Echo: The first gin casualty of
the season for this county occurred a. H. Il.
Thornton gin in GooSepond district saturday
last Robert smith, 1l-year old son of Mr..
AOner Smith, was in some way caught by a
rapidly revolving shaft and when the ma
chlnery was stopped and he eXtricated it was
found that his right arm hat been broken in
two places and nearly torn from his body, his
left leg broken in two places. his face terribly
Ia Grated and that he had received internal
injuries. Notwithstanding all these injuries
the boy was living al last accounts, but it is
not thought he can survive.
McDOnough Weekly: Mr.. Jim Carmichael,
one Of the finest potato raiserS in the state, in
forms us Of an experience he had with this
tuoerOus growth, during the recent exceeding
ly hot weather, which but for this gentle
credible. Mr., CarmlU hGel had occasion to dig
a lew OF his potatoes for selling purposes, but
IeIt them on the ground to sun awhile. When
ne went to take them up, after about two
Gays, he was amazed to find them baked half
through from the piercing rays of old Sol. He
attributed the phen omenon to excessive sap
plness and the fact that the potatoes were ex-
posed to the most direct rays of the sun, upon
sandy ground.
John ,utherford, colored convict in the
lDaue elal mines has been sentenced by Judge
IhomaS W, Miner to behanged on Nov. II.
niu,HHerford was one of the convicts in the
InuLlny on June % 1891 in which Pat Row
ana and Jessie Ranl in, two guards lost
IIhtlT ives. He was tried for the killing OF
al rowland and the jury saw proper to rec
VtnuenQ him to mercy, thus making his SEN
,SSA-e HE one. This time he was tried for
~. ~ murder of Jesse la lkin the, other guard
,H'I was Killed. and the jury found him gull
- without any recommendation, after
LING Out and celebrating over it eigh-
IlH HoulS. Rutherford original sentence
was Ior eight years for burglary in Fulton
Sotuly and his time would be out about now.
out sentences he has received since his
TCunuhement for escapes and fighting
atst.oIS TO his life sentence amounted to
Ppule man who was in the mItiny with
+HrIig4ierlord and the others, Will likely ne
6 StIeu al the next term of court for the muir
yer Oh Jesse Rankin.
Nreenyille Vindicator: c. A. Davis. who
Cu recently at Greensboro. in This state,
20 III some respects, q very remarkable
'" lie was LrO ably by far the most sue
o,a.ul country mery hant in the south, his
Gt,ate ENG estimated at about 2lOUO,OOO. Mr..
'ia me was devoted almost exclusively TO
ra, udnlSlng. He owned no plantations.
bn.u no outside enterprises Dut con n5d
car 3fyuehuon strictly to his immense mer-
ie establishment. lie practically mouop-
i-ltu lle trade of greensboro and surround
o. o. terrltory for miles around. The methods
baIpa ca by Mr.; Davis were such as must