The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-03

The News Of The Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Head ana Kills Him Prominent Cit
izens of Houston County to be Tried
for White Cap Work Which Resulted
in the Death of a Negro.
GEORGIA.
A canning factory with a capacity Of
1900 cans per day is "a probability at La
Grange.
Jesse G.. Joiner, Of Sandersville, has
been adjudTcd insane and will be sent to
the asylum near Miiledgeville
The new Masonic lodge recently organ
lied at Adel, was named Daisy Price in
honor of Mayor Price, Of Macon.
Mrs. Lizzie DoOlittle of Atlanta. who
was caught with stolen iewelry in her
possession is said to be a kleptomaniac
Hon. Mark Johnston has purchased the
Tom Brown residence on Hancock street
ut Alilledgeville, and win build or repair
it.
The Atlanta Manufacturing Company
has closed down for about week. The
intention of the managers of the factory
is to start to work again on Aug. Z.
Thomas Booth died at Watkinsville
Monday after a long illness. He was
county treasurer Of Oconee county and
one of the most highly honored and re-
spected men in that section of the coun-
try.
Shipments of watermelons from Wash
ington county have been Improbable this
summer A car load containing 400 was
recently shipped from Harrison, for which
the shippers received check for s., less
than half a cent apiece.
r. S. Webb, mail carrier between Ros-
well and Orange, attempted sui ide Tues
day by shooting himself through the
breast with a 3S-caliber pistol. Webb
viii probably die He is conscious, but
refuses to tell the cause for the act.
About seventy car loads Of peaches
were shipped from Tennille last year,
but this year not single car load has
gone forward, though a number of crates
and baskets have been shipped. The crop
has been light this year and the fruit is
inferior.
William A. Pledgcr, the negro politi-
clan, is going to apply for admission to
the bar. He is studying hard and viii
stand his examination at the next session
of Clarke superior court He viii, if adj
mitted. practice in Atlanta. He will be
one of fifteen negro lawyers in Georgia.
There is going to be quite an interest
ing contest up in Whitfield over the seat
in the legislature made vacant by the
resignation of Mr. 1rammell to take the
place OF internal revenue collector The
candidates viii be George Glenn, Warren
Davis, j. w Longley and George w.
Head
The shippers Of a carof Elberta peaches
from the liberia fruit farm on the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida railroad fifteen
miles south Of Macon, aro happy. They
shipped a car to Boston, Mass. early in
the season, and got net return of 1880
from the car, or between $500 and $500
per bushel.
Al Augusta Tuesday night Mary, a
littlenegro girl, II years old, who works
for Mrs. =. T.. McI4emorc, at No 915
Broad street, received a severe shock by
handling a live electric wire The unfOr-
tunate child was horribly burned about
the hands, one of them being roasted TO
the bone, ana the other almost as severely
injured.
Mack Jordan, young negro man, was
found in an insensible condition near a
tenant house on A. j. Holmes plan
tation in Washington county Sun
day afternoon with a bullet in his
left eye. 1t is supposed he had been
gambling in the woods near by and his
opponent inflicted the wound. IL is i'm
possible for the negro to live.
The cyclorama painting, "The
Battle of Atlanta was sold at auction in
front Of the courthouse at Atlanta Monday
by Deputy Sheriff Wellborn Hill 1t was
bid in by MIR. Ernest Woodruff. of Column
bus for the East Atlanta Land Company
for 81, no The company win in all prob
ability, put the painting up at Grant park
or at Ponce de Leon. most probably the
latter, and keep it as one of Atlanta's
permanent attractions.
A canning factory has Just been COM
pleted at Flovilla, which the Flovilla En-
terprise says is a complete success in
every respect, the only drawback being
that there is not enough vegetables and
fruits in that section for the factory TO
work up. The canned goods have been
submitted to the large dealers, and they
pronounce them tirst-Class The Enter
prise says the people of that section are
delighted with the factory.
Lutte Williams, a 9-year-old negro
boy, living at 1914 Orme street, Atlanta,
ran away from home Tuesday morning
and stole lot of peaches from an orchard
on the vacant lot at the corner of Pine
and Williams streets They were green
He staggered home after his feast, very
sick and penitent. I'm Blind he told
his mother. At 1915 o'clock he died.
The boy was a son of Harry Williams, an
employe of John j. Woodside
One day early last week a party of
gentlemen were fishing in Flint river,
where SWeetwater, a small creek, emp
ties into the river Soon an object at
tracted their attention, which proved TO
be dead negro, when pulled ashore
he mad been shot, as five bullet holes
were found in his head. Two or three
days later another negro body was found
near Flint river bridge, which also showed
signs of being murdered Who they
were or where they came from no one
knows.
The arbitrators on the value of the
Macon Gaslight and Water Company are
hard at work and hope to complete their
labors in a few days They are going
carefully over the entire system, inspect
ing the companY's property at every
point. The arbitrators are men of mature
Judgment and experience and can be re-
lied on to do what is right between the
city and the company. The company
asked the city S550,00O for the water
works. The city was willing to give
$22S 600
r. w. Jemison, of Macon, has received a
letter from j. Van Scooter. of Akron.
Mich, saying that he desired to have a
racing meeting at Central City park.
commencing Nov. l and ending Nov {, to
follow right after the meeting at Nash
vile, Tenn Mr. Van Scooter says he is
prepared TO offer $4,000 in purses and
says he can have the finest races ever
held IN Georgia. Van Scooter would only
wish the city to put the race track in
good condition ana repair the stables at
the park for the horses.
OF late Macon seems To he infested