The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.


The Man Held at Albany for q Murder
Committed ct Arlington Claims to
Be Able to Prove an Alibi-An Old
Time Hostelry-A Man freed by q
Cow Suffering From Hydrophobis.
GEORGIA.
The firm of Perry & BediDGield Bros.
of Monroe has been dissolved by mutual
consent
DR.. r. B. Headden, pastor OF the First
Baptist church. will not leave Rome despite
three calls 10 go elsewhere.
The tobacco industry is languishing in
Brooks county. This is mostly due to the
fact that those who planted last year have
not found as ready market as they expected.
Stanford Turner coloredJ has entered
suit against r. g. Hackney Of Rome for
1892 80, which he claims 10 due him for
services rendered as an election heller in
working for MIR. Hackney III his race for
sheriff.
There is a very considerable demand for
seed oats IN the Americas market. Nearly
the entire crop planted 10 October has been
killed by the late freeze, but many farmers
are going to plant again and take the
chances.
As soon as the winter Is over John d.
FLOYD intends to tear out all Of his wooden
buildings at Washington and erect hand
some brick building on the site. There will
be two stores on the first floor and an opera
house above.
Worth county citizens have become
aroused to the benefits that will accrue to
their children by local tax for public
schools and the next grand jury, il is said,
will take the initiative toward securing
these benefits.
The water In many wells about Washing
ton is very low. aud it is a serious question
with some families to get sufficient supply.
The rainfall during the past six months has
been very slight, but many look out for nat
ure 70 make up this deficiency little
later on.
Moultrie Hall resigned the postmastership
at Alapahs two weeks ago and returned to
his Lowndes county farm, which he will not
leave again soon Tor the emoluments and
cussing incident to a fourth-olass postoffice.
The vacancy at Alapaha is being filed by
Mr.. Fuller Of Waycross.
Washington Chronicle: Capt. John T.
Erwin arrived here Saturday after a long
absence. We are all glad to see him again.
The captain informs US that his mother will
be SO years old April, and that she is in as
good health as she was forty years ago. She
visited Wilkes county in 1920, seventy three
years ago.
Washington Chronicle: James Gilbert
10 man who admires a fine cow, and feels
especially kindly toward one that Is sick
and in distress. On Wednesday last in 60
Ing through q pasture near his home he
found COW lying on the ground and APP
perently in great pain. He stopped to see
what be could do to relieve her, when up
she jumped and made at him Then there
was lively chase across the field to a
small sapling, which Mr.. Gilbert climbed
as quick as Ia cat can wink her eye.n The
cow had him freed, and she kept him there
for some time shiverinR in the cold. while
she horned him about the legs, as the sap
ling was small one. Fortunately she only
tore his pants. Finally the COW had a
spasm and fell over dead. she had been
suffering from hydrophQbia.
Washington Chronicle: The Washington
hotel, late Foreman house, came very near
being burned up at o'clock on Saturday
morning, though the damage actually done
was very small. The fire was between the
parlor floor and the ceiling of the dining
room. This hosiery, which is one of the
Oldest in Georgia, was built in 1927 on the
site of one burned in 1926. 1t was the
property of George Dyson's father, Mai
Sneed, who lived in it. Roddy Sneed who
was then boy, said, when here last year
that TO the best of his belief that the pres
ent house is en- exact reproduction Of the
house burned in 1926. which ives built some
time about the beginning Of the century, by
Col. Willis, the grandfather of DIR, +. I.
Willis. The old house has many associa-
tons with the great lawyers of the olden
time, who used to come to court and hold
"high-1inks" in its dig rooms.
Athens Banner: A gentleman in the
city IN speaking of cold weather, said it re-
minded him OF an incident that happened
on the Hudson river The river had frozen
over and the ice had commenced to thaw Ia
air holes. A man was skating down the
river ct very lively rate of speed when be
struck one Of tn .se holes end went through.
His neck striking the ice, his head was sew
cred from his body and went sliding on
down the river. It seems that the hody
went on, too, and as the next air hole was
struck, the body bodied up and struck the
head as 1t rushed past. The two portions Of
the man were frozen together, and the man
was rescued and revived. He went home
and told his family about 1t, and they didn't
believe him He was sitting by the fire ana
was thawing out He became exasperAted
because his folks would not believe him, and
taking his nose between his fingers he pulled
his head off and threw il in the
fire, exclaiming, "Now, d-n it,
reckon you believe it.n The next day after
telling this the author skated on the ice, fell
through and nearly froze to death.
Albany Herald: Hearing several express
sions of doubt on the part OF Those who
know Davis Hook. the young white man
arrested yesterday on the charge OF murder
Ing old man Wilkinson at Arlington, In re-
gard to his completely In the affair. a
Herald reporter saw Hook at the jail this
morning and asked him his version of the
affair. He told a pretty straight story, and
from his manner 1t was evident that he
tried to evade no point in the history Of the
affair. II don't know why they suspect
me- be said, "unless 1t 10 beoouse l was a
stranger In Arlington and happened TO be
the first who found old man Sam
after he had been murdered. went
20 Arlington about the middle of
November and worked with him UP
co the time of the killing l
had no money and he stood for my board.
On Satui day night, the night the crime was
committed, he and went home to supper
together, after which we came downtown,
aud / asked him TO let me have a quarter,
az was out of money. He gave me the
quarter in the bar and we parted, he telling
me to meet him at the shop on Sunday
morning. | spent part of that night in
talking TO Mr.. Nance at his grocery store,
and &C 10 o'clock went home and went TO
bed. all Of which can prove. In the morn
ing went to the shop as Mr. Wilson had