The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-07

the Calhou county authorities The cot
ton belonged to ]. 7. P. Daniels, who lives
near Leary.
News was received in Augusta Thursday
from WAGNER, q village in Aiken county ,
across the river, Of bold attempt st muir
der. Marx Wilson, a young man IN the
employ of Jackson q Lybrand as collector
at Wagner, had a very narrow escape one
night last week. It was very cold, the
ground being covered with snow. Mr..
Wilson, who sleeps alone in a room on the
ground floor in Mr. Lybrand's house. bad
gone TO bed aud covered up head and all.
During the night some one opened the
door, and going within four o. five
feet Of the bed, shot at his
form as it lay slumbering in bed.
The weapon used was a shotgun
loaded with No. shot. The aim was too
high, ana the shot passed har mlsssly through
the covering over his body aud lodged in
the mattress, where they we're found next
mo mag. The would-be murderer or muir
deress immedia; ely fled and made good his
escape, leaving the door wide open. The
report OF Gbe gun did not wake up the sleep
ing man, and he did not know of the at
tempt on his life untll the next morning,
when be got up aud finding the door open
made the discovery. He says he remembers
H. his sleep hearing loud noise, but it was
not sufficient to arouse him.
State Treasurer Hardeman handed out a
check for 500, ga CA Thursday, which was
paid IN the name Of Joseph L. Brown and
+. b. StRhlman, receivers OF the old West
ern aud Atlantic railroad. The money " as
to pay the betterment award made by the
state legislature in 1891. IL will be remem-
bered that the Legislature bad quite a time
OF trying TO estimate Just what the state
ought TO pay the old Western and Atlantic
Company for betterments. A committee
was appointed for the purpose of having the
road looked over from end TO end, ami a
careful estimate on all the betterments that
had been placed on the road ia the way OF
improvements. The committee, after max =
ing such study of the road and its condi-
ton, reported that fair estimate of the
amount due on account of the betterments
was 500. ga o.. This amount was agreed to
and the debt was ordered paid, but the re-
ceivers declined TO draw their money at the
time, preferring to let it remain IN the state
treasury vaults 1t was left there until
Thursday, and will be used by the authors
ties of the old Western and Atlantic COM
psny to pay off the stockholders, just as the
money received on a sale of property would
be divided among those whol owned the
property.
Griffin Daily Netcs: The Griffin cotton
mills are now manufacturing practically
every fabric that is made out OF cotton.
bleaohings, they now make over 100 differ
ent Glasses of goods, with every conceivable
pattern that a customer may want. The
newest product is probably the cottonades
for the South American trade, and they are
certainly very handsome. The demand for
all of their products is good, and the man
agement is feeling in very cheerful humor
MIR. Randall, the cotton mill archi-
tecs, states that more mills are
now being built and contemplated
in the south than in any one year before
He has a mill to be completed in Alabama
soon and is now figuring on three new mills
OF $4,000 spindles each, one In New
Orleans, one in Texas and the third
In Tennessee, the aggregate cost OF which is
over 50 900, 900. A new mill is also being
quietly talked OF in Georgia that will have
$4,000 spindles and be devoted to the man
ufacture of print goods. Nearly every day
Mr. Randall receives letters Of inquiry in re-
gard to the erection of smaller mills than
the above. He has his hands full and is
thinking Of enlarging his office In Griffin
ana employing a draughtsmap. Most of
these mills are depending upon home capt.
tai, but large influx of northern capital is
also expected. The New England mills are
now making good money out of prints and
recompensing their losses of a few years
back. They do not compete with southern
mills In any line, dropping any class of
goods as fast as the south turns to manu-
featuring them successfully. The south
gains profit of nearly 81 a bale that the
New England mills lose In the process of
| handling before it reaches its destination.