The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-09-12
GEORGIA NEWS.
EVENTS OF n WEEK IN TIL EN-
PRE- STATE
Tersely Telling of Passing Events Calculated
to Catch the Eye and Interest the
Reader-Other Matters.


Hon. J. III. Lumpkin will be the new
fudge of the superior court of Fulton
county.
Cotton Damaged by Rain.
Albany. Ga, September 9.-(Special.l-
This section of the state has been experience
~, n's nerfect deluge of rain for the past five
Iays The cotton crop has been damaged
1rsstlv There are hundreds of bales of
cotton omen in the field and this is rottlng
and being stained so badly that it's value
will be reduced one-third.
sentenced to Death.
Madison, Ga, September 6.-(Speclal;)-
Ike Williams, colored, the murderer OF tar
,;at N;Ij;,ms. an account of whose crime
has appeared in The Constitution, was TO-
I,v tried convicted and sentenced TO pc
executed on Friday, October 2th. me
hanging will be private and Will occur De-
tween the hours of IL a. M. and p. IN;
This will be Morgan county Secohu iesai
hanging since the war
A Counterieiter Captured.
Savannah. Ga, September 7.-(spec1al -
Henry McColium was arrested near o'ntes-
boro today and placed 10 ]aiI S Sere on
sioner Beckett charging him with making ana
passing spurious coin. McCollum passed a
issue Of 1912 and 1898: He is one OF the
gang of counterfeiters who nave worhed eA-
ffensiyely in that section.
Cohen frightened Up.
convers Ga September 7.-(SpecaA)-
A maioritv of the best people Of this town,
white and black are gratified at the comniu-
tation of Henry Cohen's sentence. MANY DC
eye him innocent h od from Dacamr mis-
afternoon by Sheriff Austin. Neither knew
Of fine communication till their arrival mere;
claims # accidental. He did not seem to
he affected by the news though MS couh'eh-
ance grew little brighter
White Caps Got Him.
Dalton. Ga. September S.-(Special)-
White caps visited Spring Place. Murray
county. last night after a negro suspected
of oburning the barn Of Harvey Fms
who lives one mile from Spring Place:
They got the negro and the last seen OF
them they were leading HIM out or town
with a rope around his neck. Nothmg was
seen or heard of the negro today. Murray
county people in town oday say thev sup
posed he was lynched.
CYCLONE in Bullock.
Savannah, Ga, September "a sIl man
cyclone passed through Bulioch county thls
morning cutting a Swath through the forest,
scattering fences and destroying number
of outhouseS. 1t originated one mile from
Ashes branch and took a northeast course.
As far as heard from there are no lives
lost The roaring could be heard long dis
tance. 1t blew down the cotton houses and
barns of J. ~ Bowers, doing damage to the
place.
CordeIe, Ga, September 5.-(Special y
Two little sons Of Mr.. James Hayes, Sr..
a prosperous farmer living near Cordee,
have disappeared in q mysterious manner.
About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon they
went to field some distance from tho
house and did not put IN their appearance
at supper time. A search among the
neighbors was instituted They searched
n l. ;,,h+ ND oil tnJov with
The parents are quite uneasy, fearing foul
play.
No Pay, n" Preaching.
Gainesville, Ga, September 5.-(Special)
Tonight Rev Sam Jones preached. He
said in the pulpit this morning that If the
would not hold another under the tabcrna-
Gle. Cartersvile and this section could
not afford to give up the Sam Jones taber-
nacle meetings, and are not gong to do so.
This years meetings have done Il great
deal toward bringing about Il good feeling
between the mpmbers of al churches in
Gainesville and the people feel deeply IN
debted to Mir. Jones.
Drowned HI Conyers
Conyers, Ga. September 4.-tSpecial.)-Mr
Bill Nelms Il white workman at the Rock
dale Paper mills. was drowned i'll 1eltow river
This morning. He and another employe went
our in a boat To examine the gate to the race
when their boat filled with water and turned
over throwing them ont. NrlnlS'S companion
swan to the bank, hut he. after few futile
efforts went to the hnttoE. He had been
under the water forty-tlVe minutes When taks ,
out. and life was extinct. He was single
man and lived with is MOI Aer amt two SIS
tiers here in town. The Water was cillt feet
deep where he was foun /. .
Death OF Samuel Weisiger.
Augusta. Ga, September 9.-tSpecal)-
Mr. Samuel z. Weisiger died at half past
l. o'clock this afternoon, after 4 short and
sudden illness. from congestion OF the BRAIN.
Mr. Weisiger was a member OF nearly
every benevolent and social society in the
city. He was Il Mason. member or the
ROYAL Arcanum the knights of Honor
and various other organizations. He was
a past master of Social lodge of Masons.
He belonged to the Confederate Survivors
Association. Of which he was an active
member He was twice president of the
Travellers Protective Association of Geor-
gia.
Husband Charged with Murder.
Thomasville Ga, September 3.-(Spe
cial )-Dioa Beard, Il colored woman, living
about TWO miles east of Thomasville. was
shot and killed Friday night by unknown
parties. though circumstances point to her
husband as the murderer She was IN her
room when gun was hred through an
open window from the outside. The shot
took effect in her stomach and she fell eX-
claiming that her husband, Isaac Beard,
had shot her
The woman lived only 4 few hours. She
and her husband had been separated tor
some months and were not on good terms
He had threatened to kill her II she did
NOT give him the children The coroner s
Jury pronounced it murder and lad the
crime on Isaac Beard.
THE best thing yet" That is the way a
young man put it who made arrangements
TO work for Il. T. Johnson x Co, of Rlch-
mond Va. You can get further information
by dropping them card
TWO GIRL CAPTIVES.
Stolen from Home Tney Are Help Prisoners
in the Forest by II Negro.
Waycross. Ga. September 6.-(Speciai)
There is great excitement i'll Coffee coun-
ty on account of the brutal treatment of
two young white girls by Il negro man.
The story was told here today by Mitchell
Cobb, Aaron Bailey and W: e. Skinner.
Mr. Bailey is well-to-do citizen of Coffee
coutny, and lives near Stokes's still on Sey-
enteen-mile creek. He said that the great
est excitement known in the history of the
county prevails there.
All day Stokes's still was surrounded by
thirty armed men. They would not permit
any one to leave or enter the place. The