The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-20
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

A White Girl of Houston County Ac-
quilted of Libel Debts Contracted
in 1870 Just Paid-A Lively Shoot
ing Scrape on a Central Railroad
Cara Fatal Shooting ARRAY at
Bamberg.
GEORGIA.
J. s. Brunson and II. Lawson have vacated
the wooden stores they occupied on Carol
street at Perry. and the buildings will be torn
down In their stead three brick stores Will
be erected.
Eighteen ex-confederate soldiers of Hous-
ton county have received from the state of
Georgia this year 81 040 in pensions. OF these
five received 500 each, ten 500 each, one S25,
one $40 and one s..
Messrs. Matthews s. Lewis, proprietors of
the East End variety works at Americas
have added to their already thrifty business a
new enterprise, which will be known as the
Americas fence factory.
In the Houston county court last Monday
white girl was tried on an indictment for libel
the specific charge being that she wrote an
indecent letter to another girl. The jury rem
dered a verdict of not guilty.
There is no blight among the pear trees in
and around HaWkinsville. The soil and eli
mate of Pulaski county seem specially adapted
to the successful and rapid growth of the
IeCCnte and kief1er varieties of pears, and
some of the finest ana largest orchards in the
state are located in that county.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: The price of cotton
is not very encouraging to the farmers just at
this time, and the prospect for an increase in
the quotations for the tieecy staple is not very
promising. lot of over 100 bales was sold
here last week at 634 and cents. At one
time during the past fall season the greater
bulk OF this lot OF cotton could have been sold
at cents.
The new road law required to be put into
operation in Houston county by action of the
last grand jury does not provide that the
communication tax shall be IS upon each person
subject TO road duty. The law provides that
this tax shall not be more than s., and it is
clear that the county commissioners may fix
the tax at any smaller sum they deem
advisable
On April "A General Manager Beardsley of
the Brunswick Oyster Cultivation and Can
ming Company offered so prize for the per-
son who worked the most hours from that
date until May 10. Thursday the prize was
awarded to Bran Blue (colored). who worked
207 hours out of twenty-five days in that time
Blue was q very happy man, and made an
eloquent speech, thanking Mr., Beardsley.
During the year 1870 Prof. N. f. Ware
superintendent of the public schools of Haw-
kinsville, conducted a school at Clayhill Lin
coin county He left that section of country
IN 1873, leaving several accounts for tuition in
the hands of a friend for collection. Last
week he received check for $50, being the
full amount of o tuition bill run up by pat
ron Of his school at Clayhill in the year 1870
A Roman comes to the front with an impor-
tant invention. 1t is an automatic switch
lock and was invented by John w Tew, who
is an engineer on the East Tennessee road.
Mr. Tew recently completed model of his
invention and placed 1t on the main line Just
beyond the switch yard. where he has been
experimenting and perfecting his invention
in quiet manner before he made his remark
able discovery.
Lily Bernard, an inmate of Nine. Gault's
house Of fll-fame at Atlanta, may die from
wounds inflicted with a penknife by Mabel
Thornton. Lily Bernard, they say, was at
the telephone when the Thornton woman
int flaa and al
vicious stab at her, cutting her nose severely.
This cut was followed by several others, and
the woman sank to the floor dangerously
wounded. In a few minutes the Thornton
woman had left the house, and has not been
seen since.
Sunday night w E. Graham, McRae. lost all
of his buildings by fire. The fire originated
in the barn and extended from building to
building until every house on his place was
consumed. He had just completed nice
residence some distance from the old one, but
near enough that each was burned. In ad-
dition to loss of dwellings he had all of his
corn. fodder oats syrup and wine destroyed.
From the dwelling and kitchen only very
little furniture was saved. The total loss will
approximate 5000.
A shooting ARRAY, which may result fatally,
occurred at Bamberg Thursday morning.
The trouble originated in dispute between
A. V. Ewes, the station agent and a Mr..
Johns concerning the delivery of a consign-
ment OF freight. Mr. Johns slapped Mr..
Ewes face when the quarrel was taken up by
the latterS son. BOln parties drew pistols
and a lively fusilade ensued, in which bullets
few hot and fast, and not until both pistols
were emptied were the men parted. Mr..
Johns was wounded in the thigh, while Mr..
Ewes escaped unhurt. A bullet from Mr..
Johns pistol, however, struck a Mr.. An
drews, bystander, hitting him in the eye.
The wound is a serious one and his recovery
is doubtful Both parties have been arrested.
Swainsboro Pine Forest: On last Wednes-
day shooting ARRAY occurred on the Central
railroad car as the visitors were returning
from the May week festivities which were
held at Savannah. 1t seems that there was
darby aboard and that several white gentle
men were in the same coach who were lit
tie the worse from liquor. In some way they
began 'guying' the negro, who replied by
saying that he was white man in principle,
If he did have a black skin; and that
his wife was likewise" etc. The men
continued to joke the man and thought moth
ing of it. When near Millen. and the car was
II full tilt, he left his seat and moved toward
the DOOR When few PAGES from it he cried
look out, y leveled his pistol and fired into
the gentlemen.The shot went wide Of its mark
and plowed through the window just above
the head of Lem Sherrod. The men jumped
Tor the would be assassin and caught him. 1t
Is said that he was badly cut by some of them.
Whether this report is so or not we cannot
state. He broke from his captors ana jumped
headlong from the train. Nothing further
has been learned of the affair