The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-02-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS


Made to Burn the Compress of the
Howell Cotton Company.
GEORGIA.
In Walker county hogs are being bought up
by the carload to be shipped north.
1t is reported that the murderers Of Pink
Ryan of Macon will soon be behind iron bars.
Messrs Willis. Cole and Cordray contemplate
putting in planning mills and other machinery
at Biakely.
J. T. CAN'T, son Of Editor Larry CAN'T, has
assumed, in connection with W. o. Iowues, the
editorship and management Of the Aiken -. c }
Times.
Guauo is being hauled from Elberton in large
quantities If tine amount Of fertilizers sod Is
az index to the cotton acreage a large crop VIII
be planted.
Fred Sarlinz, the 1s-year-old son OF Phil Sarl-
ing of Augusta. and Miss AngeS Baxter Of
Rldgeville, S. C., ran away 10 Charleston day
or two ago and we're married
J Z Chism of Lowndes county has sold his
cabbage crop at 81 80 a crate for future delv-
cry. IL is thought his crop will turn out be
tween ? 700 and 1900 crates. He is beginning
70 ship.
sid Gay and J. n. Wech became involved in
8 difficulty st Cruger & Pace S lumber yard at
Albany Friday, and both we're pretty badly
bruised about the face and head by a vigorous
dsticuff.
Col Henry R. Goetchins of Columbus has been
engaged to write an article on Georgia Fruit
Culture" for the Georgia edition Of the Balti-
more Manufacturer Record which will appear
IN February.
The recent sale of the Macon Telegraph, sub
1ect to confirmation by the court, will prob
ably not receive the necessary confirmation, as
the property is worth three or four times the
price bid for it.
John Jackson and Albert Foster both
negroes, are under arrest at Greensboro on sus-
picion Of being the murderers Of DR.. r J.
Youngblood, who was killed in his store near
that town on Dec. %
The bauxite furnace in North Rome has com
menced operations. It was put into blast
Wednesday afternoon and one run Of metal was
made The result was all that could be ex-
pected and the metal showed up well.
J.W. Meadows Of Tattnal county, living near
the edge of Montgomery county was assaulted
by brother-in-law last week, and came very
near being cut 70 death. The attending physi-
clans thinks that with careful nursing he may
recover.
The Hon. M. R. Russell school commissioner
of Carroll county, was under the necessity Of
having one OF his teachers arrested on last Aion-
day for making false report. Z. s. Richardson
Is the name of tue teacher. He Is negro and
teaches at Roopville.
Franklin Padgett of Orchard Hill, spalding
county, has entered suit In superior court
against II. c. Cumming for SANDER, in charging
hun with tearing down fences, stealing water
melons, and being low down scoundrel' in
general, and estimates the damages to his char
acter Rt $4,000.
A jury at Atlanta Friday gave J. X Beau
champs 81, 900 on account of personal injuries
which he sustained at the hands Of the Con
solidated Street Railway Company. He was
forced on the track OF the street railroad by a
baking horse and knocked down by careless
motorman and seriously injured.
AT Macon Thursday the grand jury presented
q true bill against Eugene Taylor for murder
The two Taylor brothers shot and killed young
John Burnett several weeks ago, and FRANK
Taylor when closely pressed by the officers,
committed suicide in a tragic manner in an
Eugana ma
his escape and has not yet been captured.
COroner-elect May Of Augusta has applied to
Gov. Northen for his commission, which was
withheld for thirty days on account of the no
tice of a protest that his opponent, A. Picquet,
intended TO file. The time for serving the pa
pers alleging frauds, ETC.. has passed and Mr..
Picquet has taken no steps, therefore Mr.. May
sees no reason why he should be kept from his
office any longer.
The big rise in the price Of cotton in Novem-
Der did not cause any more excitement or a
greater rush TO market than has the big rise in
the price of cotton seed within the past ten
days The jump was from 1s TO 9S cents
bushel, and II brought wagonload after wagon
load TO Lexington. One farmer near there has
sold in the neighborhood of $1,000 worth he
was saving to put into compost.
The large mercantile establishment Of II. G.
Baum & Co. at Dublin was closed by the
sheriff last Friday night. The business at
Dublin was in some way responsible for the
Indebtedness of the business at Toomsboro and
the stock Of goods at that place having been
destroyed by fire last week, the secured credi-
tors decided TO resort to the shortest method of
collecting the money due them.
at Conyers Thursday mule ran away with
little Charley Mcdaniel, son OF J. p Mcdaniel,
and dragged HIM for some distance on the road
and through the woods, but he was only slightly
hurt 1t is miracle that he was not killed. He
was riding the mule to water and fell off and
his foot became entangled in the bride reins
A slight cut on one leg and good shaking up
was about the extent of his injuries.
j. M. Card, collector for Nashville publish
ing house, was arrested at Americus Thursday
upon the charge of carrying concealed weapons,
and was required TO give bond in the sum Of 800
for his appearance at the regular term of court
Card called at the house of a Mr.. Walters for
the purpose of collecting the money due on A
set OF books sold Walters by Cards house.
disagreement arose between them over the
settlement, in winch it is alleged that a pistol
was brought 60 the front.
II is not settled yet where the base ball park
at Augusta will be located. Col. Dyer has
made proposition to Manager Stallings Of the
Augusta club to have the park remain at the
present site, but the offer is not satisfactory
and will be declined. Col Dyer agreed 10 give
the club $40 for each exhibition game and as
for each scheduled league game played Mr.
Stallings wants Col. Dyer to give a cash sub
scrption o. at least $500 in advance and a Der.
centage OF the car receipts
John f. Culpepper farmer living near
Whitesburg, Carroll county, is a model farmer
In the true sense of the word. He was in Car
folton fllday negotiating the sale OF 600 BUSH
els OF seed oats which he raised on his farm
last year. The price sold at was IS cents per
bushel. Mr. Culpepper says he can make much
more money raising oats, wheat and corn
than raising cotton Although Mr.. Culpepper
works as a daily leborer and lives two miles
from the postoffice, he reads the daily news
papers.
United States Marshal Buck and Chief Clerk
o. < Mitchell are pleased over the recent de-
cislon Of Justice Blatchford of the United States
supreme court IN the case of Herman VS. the
United states a decision concurred in bv the
court. They regard it as a complete vindica~
ton of their Office from the charge made two
years ago by Washington correspondents that
they had made fraudulent charges on writs
issued from that Office. The wriUs in question
were those issued in the Chickamauga mark
commission cases. Affirming that the cents Der
mile charged on each and every writ was il
legal.
Jailer VIM of Lexington being called ont of
town Wednesday last had his son, RAYMOND
carry dinner to the prisoners in jail Only the
day before convict from Smitns camp had
been placed in the prison awaiting a resentenca
for having escaped from the pententiary and
when young VIM opea the door TO the hail the
despei ate negro mace a break for liberty run
nlng over the young man and out of the door
The alarm was quickly given and several par-
ties went in hot pursuit, and with dogs trasked
tue fugitive into the swamps GU Town creek
where he succeeded in eyading both his pur-
suers and the dogs and he was soon lost
Athens Banner: Thursday as the wood boat
was coming down the OcOnee river with a load
OF wood on the boat the two negroes in charge
saw little canoe floating ahead of them and