The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-09

Years Old The Georgia Teachers
Association After a Permanent Looa-
ton on The Coast lightning Kills a
Contractor And Carpenter at OK
ford.
GEORGIA.
r. NJ. Garner of spring Vale contem-
plates the erection of "a tannery at that
place
There are now about fifty hands at work
on the cotton factory at Harmony Grove,
and the building is going up rapidly.
A movement is being discussed 10 set
out 500 acres of peach trees around Nc
Donough and make that fruit shipping
center.
The Bellevue canning factory at Macon
Is now running on fun time with one hun
dred operatives, canning Acme tomatoes
for the wholesale trade.
A meeting of all the literary societies
of Cobb county will be called at the court
house IN Marietta to organize a county
convention Of literary clubs.
AT Macon Friday the jury in the case
OF the state VS.. John Famhro, colored,
returned a verdict Of not guilty. Fam
bro was charged with setting fire TO the
dwelling of Capt. Duse.
The Coving,on Enterprise says there
are about a dozen worthy democrats in
Newton county who are anxious to secure
place in the revenue department under
Collector Paul Trammeu
Another new postoftice has been estab-
lishcd in Oglethorpe county near Mill
stone church in GoosepOnd district II
has the euphOniOus name of SNCOraN aud
will serve "a large section Of country. II
gets mail once u week from Point Peter
A little colored boy. son of John Wright,
died at WarrontOn Monday of blood poi
son. He stuck a thorn in his foot, and 1T
broke off, leaving the point. 1t was so
painful he would not let the physicians
extract it and his whole body became
swollen and purple and he died Monday.
Thomas Womacl1 Of Statesbor died at
Augusta Friday. The patient was suffer
ing with Inflammation of the stomach,
pus having formed there The disease
had reached "a stage where an operation
was deemed necessary AT first it was
thought to be successful, but bad symp-
toms developed and death resulted
Isaac Lucas, of Talbot county, is the
Oldest man in the county He was born
January, 1896, and is still in fairly good
health He is a regular reader of the
newspapers ana keeps well posted on
Giles in thirty years. He gets in and out
of his buggy without difficulty and is as
active as the average man of seventy.
Nathan White who lives near Coosa,
in FLOYD county, attended the Sardis
Presbyterian church last Sunday morn
ing. three miles from his home, walking
all the way to church and back TO his
home after the services He is Is years
old. He not uufrCqucntly handles the
pillow during the week days. His hearing
is good, but his eyesight is beginning to
fail.
AT Watkinsville some time ago a young
lady went to the home of neighbor to
wait on his sick wife. During the night
the husband of the sick woman went to
the room of this young lady and seized
her in his arms He was frightened away
from her bedside by the girls screams,
but not satisfied he returned second
time during the night. The affair was
kept secret for q week on two, but it has
leaked out and the man has fed, leaving
his wife and children
During the storm which prevailed Fri
day lightning struck the home of Prof
Peed now in course of construction at
Oxford The contractor, Seymour Nc
Williams, of Newman. was instantly
killed. He leaves a wife and child who
reside at Wadley. The same bolt also
struck a colored carpenter, who fell from
the second story and struck his head up
on an adj, which cut is pronounced prob
ably fatal Two other cOlOrCd carpenters
were slightly shocked The damage to
the building was very slight.
At Watkiusville last Saturday morning
Rainy Williams, negro who has been in
the employ of DR.. d. NJ. White for about
twenty years was filled with bird shot
while standing in the street between Dr.
Whites residence and f. r. Booths
The shot came from MIR. Booths home,
breaking out a window glass before strik-
ing the negro. What caused the gun to
fire is a mystery 1t is thought that a
cat knocked the gun off the rack, and in
falling ii fired and shot the negro, Rainy
received about 80 shot In his back and
legs. He was about twenty-five yards
from where the gun fired, just far enough
for the shot to scatter well
The Brunswick Times-Advertiserm makes
the following comment on part
of the recommendations made by the
grand jury of Fulton county:
'The Fulton county grand jury has just
adjourned, and the presentments would
indicate a composition of first class mate
rial In the list of its recommendations
is one that is worthy of special consider
alton at the hands of the next legislatu
1t says that only proper fees should be
paid to receivers and attorneys in re-
ceivership cases, and cites a case in point
where a special master, the creature. was
paid for a weeks work as much as the
Judiciary, the creator receives for three
years services"
AT Madison Thursday night as Antoine
Poullain was walking homeward from
the city he had a novel experience. He
had just crossed the branch beyond the
old Gleeson lot, when two men sprang
out in front of him and told him to throw
up his hands, at the same time leveling
their pistols at him. But Mr.. Poullain
didn't obey worth "a cent. With quick
spring he grasped one of the men
by the wrist and wrenched the
pistol from his grasp. But before
MIR, Poullain could use the weapon
his assailants had leaped into the bushes
and disappeared. MIR. Poullain returned
to the city and gave the alarm, ana in.
stantly a search was instituted for the
would-be robbers. One OF them was fin
ally run down near the depot and arrest.
ed by Oscar jackson and JEFF Burney He
gave his name as George Lane and claims
Walton county his home He is now in
Jail. The other robber escaped. Both OF
them are white
Rev c. M Wilkinson. who lives about
five miles from Augusta on the South
Bound railroad, reports an accident which
occurred at his home, that came very
near causing the death Of large number
of persons. Mr. Wilkinson S mother, Mrs
l. ). Wilkinson, visited her son a few
days ago, and in honor of her arrival, a
number Of the neightors were invited tC
attend q sociable at his home. The cook