The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-09
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
Matters and Things That Male Up
The Daily HumdTum.

GEORGIA.
Dr.. James Allen Etheridge Of Eatonton died
few days ago.
The I'm Of Badger & Burke OF Quitman
has been Dissolved by mutual consent. q. NJ
Badger retiring.
Five years ago Worth countys rice crop
would not have bought a Texas pony. Now
It is worth not less than 5000 annually.
Nenable Bros OF Augusta have signed a
contract to pave Washington and Walker
streets at Augusta with Belgian blocks.
Ex-Treasurer r. NJ. Butler Of CarrolltOn
dropped dead early Monday morning while
eating his breakfast and surrounded by his
family. The cause Of his death was apo
plexy.
Rev A A. Marshall of Crystal Springs, who
was called to the pastorate OF the First Bap-
fist church Of Gainesville. has declined TO &C
cept. His health has been greatly impaired,
and for this reason he declined.
Monday morning after being idle a month
the sp.niles o. the Porter mills at ClarkeS
vile began to turn ard the place took on its
accustomed busy appearance. Hundreds OF
idle employees resumed their labors with much
enthusiasm.
ed. Thompson. foreman for the Globe
mills at Augusta, was struck in the head
Saturday morning with a roller in the hands
OF employe LeSROrn Of the mill It was the
result OF dispute about wages. HowsertOus
Thompson s injuries were was not known at
last accounts.
A prominent farmer informed reporter OF
the Albany Herald Saturday that
he would gather this year over 1909 bushels
OF sweet potatoes. and that he would get 90
cents for every bushel. or $500 for his crop.
he further said that it did not cost as much
to raise a 6Gcent bushel Of potatoes as It did
a 7-Cent pound Of cotton.
The North Georgia Citizen Of Dalton win
be started up in ten days. Mr.. Williams, the
owner. could not move TO Dalton, being an
agent Of the Western and Atlantic railroad.
A new plant has been purchased by Ten
nessee journalist, backed b. an Albanian,
-l,, - "A 7r
governor. Frank I. Reynolds viii be editor.
TOccoa News; A very small inhabitant OF
TOCCoa has been attracting the attention Of
number OF our citizens lately. This is the
infant child Of M ana Mrs. Fitzgerald-com-
monty called GILES The Caby in question is
not quite three weeks old, but It has in its
mouth two teeth, which we're visible when 1t
was lorn. One OF these is longer than the
other and looks as II it had come through the
gum al least month ago.
At Atlanta Saturday VIII Morse, of Madi-
son county, was sent to JUL in default Of a
$1,000 bond by nited States Commissioner
Fuller. The post1thce in the store of Mr.
Bullock, at DOwuy, was ROBBED the other
day, and number OF stamps were stolen. as
well as lot Of merchandise from the store.
Ten dollars worth Of stamps and two watches
stolen from the store were found on the per-
son Of Morse. whi>h caused his arrest
Bud Worthy and George Lee were on trial
at Buchanan Friday afternoon tor raDe.
They were arrested by sheriff Johnson under
warrant sworn out by Jane Dennard Lee
is one OF the boys convicted of the murder of
Wyatt Williams at FELTON, q few years ago
and he was not long since pardOned out OF
the chain-gang, his mother having secured
long list Of names asking for his pardon.
Worthy is the son Of a respectable farmer.
Joseph Stovan, colored, accidently killed
himself Wednesday about five miles north Of
Gainesville He was playing on pile Of cot
ton. He had scratched out a hole two or
three feet deep and fell into it and broke his
neck. Coroner w. o. Randall empaneled
jury, heard the evidence and a verdict was
rendered in accordance with the above facts.
No one was present at the time he fell but an
idiotic negro girl. who did not have ntelli-
gence enough TO give particulars OF the acct
dent but there is no doubt but that the lind
ing OF the jury is the proper solution Of the
death of the boy.
Thursday night an old gentleman from
Southwestern Georgia arrived in Macon
hunting Tor his pretty l7-year-old daughter,
who ran away about two weeks ago from
home. and her heart br oxen father heard that
she had come to Macon He engaged City
Detective Patterson to search the town for
her and from the description given the
ofhcer he soon located her. She consented TO
go and meet her IA her at the place where he
was awaiting his daughters arrival. The
meeting between father and daughter was
very aie ting and when he told her that her
mother had died since she ran away from
home she broke down and wept long and bit
terly. She consented to return home with
her father provided he promised to treat her
kindly. 4 his the grief stricken parent readily
consented to do
Whieham Grit: The following is q correct
analysis OF specimens Of phosphate rock
showing what our surrounding county cen
tains and also showing that Uy developing the
same we may have as fine phosphate mines
IN Decatur county as any Of the celebrated
phosphate beds of South Florida These su.
perior grades were sent from the beds of rock
found in large quantities on the lands OF our
esteemed friend, Hon. r. A. Connell who sent
them to Dr. George r. Payne, the state chem
49, OF Atlanta for true ANALYSIS, which re
suited as, follows; Phosphate rock Sl.s3
per cent. phosphoric acid, equivalent to 6S,bi
phosphoric bone phosphate rocks 1921 per
cent. phosphorlc acid. equal to 6S.l5 bone phos-
phate, phos phate rock 32.69 per cent phos-
phorlc acid equal to 7l.39 hone phosphate:
phosphate rock 314 per cent. phosphoric
acid, equal to 1916 bone phosphate.
Frank Richardson, a young white man who
halls from Florida. was duped at Macon Fri
day robbed while on his way to the death
bed OF his brother In Midwife. He came into
the city on the Georgia Southern and Florida
at o'clock in the morning, and by chance
struck up an acquaintance with sharper
who proposed to show him Macon while wait
Ing for the savannah train. The sharper got
him out on the suburbs, and at the point of
pistol made MIN give up all the money in his
pockets, which in oil amounted to SIP. Rich
ardson went back TO the carshed in a-piuful
condition, and between his sobs and tears re-
peatCd his story TO several men. who immedf-
ately made up a purse and gave him a ticket
home. Friday afternoon Deputy sheriff Phil
stephens arrested at Holton. few miles
d
Sims, suspected of being the one who robbed
Richardson. There was found on his person
pistol and $40 that was suspected to have
been taken from Richardson. Sims was taken
70 Macon and placed in jail The officers
think sims is convict who escaped from
Dade coal mines about two weeks ago.
Two half lrothers, negroes have for q long
time, lived in the vicinity Of Richmond hin
Richmond county They were Paris Beau
about lS years Of age, and Richard Beall who
is close on to 80. The latter has been the
bully Of the neighborhood-- always in row
with some one. Not year ago he attacked
another negro, named Rudolph and was
seriously shot by him. Beall was brought 10
the city and placed in the hospital and after
ward recovered. Richard Beall the bully
and his young half brother did not get along
well together. Friday afternoon. late these
two men, with other men and women
left their work and started out for a
baseball field This was the last seen Of them
by the white people OF the neighborhood
Saturday morning the dead body Of Paris
Bean was found in the road in front OF Mrs
Cheney e. pistol bullet had penetrated the
man s brain Richard Beall was taken to
task on the subject and said he had killed his
brother. but that IL was an accident lie
claimed that they were zyRrkirg ana that
the pistol without warning went of The
coroner jury returned a verdict OF accident
al homicide.
FLORIDA
The Iitusyille public school now has con.
slaera 3ly over 100 pupils enrolled.
J. A. Arnold. an old and highly respecte1