The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-07-15

A clerk I'm one OF HaW .insville's dry
goods stores took iu "a So Confederate bill
for goods sold last saturday night,
Hon. Joseph B. Cumming of Augusta
is Suggested as "a r0od man TO fill the
vacancy on the bench of the United states
supreme court.
A plan of reorganization. so as TO con
tinue the business of the Sioux City Stove
COMPANY. at Rome has been formulated
among creditors.
Coody is the name of a new postotlice
lust established at =. Is. Coody S, IN lhe
western portion of Dodge county, with
MIR. Coody as postmaster.
Lawson Kelley. one of Washington
countys farmers. has Just harvested on a
two horse farm 500 bushels oats, ~ bush
els rye and 30 bushels wheat. 3of IN all.
Thursday Sheriff Miller, Of Waycross,
received from Gov, NOrthen pardon Tor
Henry Sharpe, the negro who assisted
Guard Cason in the dificultyat the GENE
terry.
"The Devil on Stills and Loose for ,0OJ
Years. " is the startling title OF pamph-
let Just published and now on sale IN At
lanta 1t deals with certain recent sensa-
tional events in that city.
Robert ID. Brown. on his farm near
Hawllinsvile. gathered 1000 pounds of
sweet, nicely cured German millet hay
from three-fOurths of an acre. This hay
is worth in the market 81 per hundred.
On Tuesday night, a little before -
O'Clock. Hinton G. Silvev, an old and es-
teemed citizen of east Athens, was
stricken with what is supposed to have
been appoploXy or heart disease, and IN a
few minutes thereafter was dead.
Thirteen applicants for church member
ship were baptized in Hunger and Hard
ship creek, in Laurens county, last Sun
day by the pastor, Rev. Carl w. Minor.
The services were witnessed by the larg-
est crowd ever seen there on a similar oc-
casiOn.
The pretty suburban home of j. Henry
Freeman near Americas was burned to
the ground shortly before O'Clock We'd
nesday afternoon. There was $1,000 in
surance upon the dwelling and $500 on
furniture, the most Of which was saved.
Hundreds of fine chickens, ducks and
geese took refuge under the house and
persisted in the flames.
1t is rumored that j. B. White, of Au-
gusta will retire from business. This de-
duction is drawn because Mr. White will
give upall the stores he rents for his
mammoth business, and again because it
is reported that he will sell all his real eS-
tate on the ten-year plan at per cent in
terest. Mr. White is reticent upon the
subject and neither confirms nor denies
the report.
The work of rebuilding the burnt dis
trict at Sandersville is now proceeding
rapidly B. E. Rroughton is placing a
large brick building 30 feet wide by IS
feet, to be divided into two store rooms
He also has bought the Salter lot and is
erecting brick store there Capt. J.
Hermann is also rebuilding with brick on
his old site. This viii make four brick
stores to be completed by Sept, /.
The Washington county alliance met
on Wednesday. About Is sub-allianceS
were represented The following officer.
were elected: ]. G. .Duggan, president
A l.. Roughtou, vice president; w. 7
Askew, secretary; 3. S. Boatright, treas
urer; r. A. Kelley, lecturer; G. Fl. Shep-
pard, assistant lecturer; B. Il. Sessions
door keeper: T. I, Cheeley, assistant dOOi
keeper. w. T. Askew was elected a dele
gate to the state convention that meets il
Griffin in August.
An attempt was made to blow up the
Polar ice works at Athens Tuesday The
machinery had been shut down for repairs
and Manager Johnson was fixing to. starr
up again. He had hardly started when
it appeared that something was wrong
near the top of the building, and he rar
to that part of the place to see what was
the matter. Every one of the pipe:
known as the escape pipes had beer
plugged up and there was imminent dan
ger of the works being blown up. The ma
cinerywas stopped and the plugs removed
Rev r.. Munson, pastor of Bethel Bap
fist church, coIored, at Americas, invited
all the cOlored painters IN town to dine
with him at the church Tuesday, and
furthermore, to bring their paint brushes
along. Twenty painters responded to the
invitation, and, while the parson spread
the feast, they whirlod in and painted tn,
church from top to bottom, inside anC
out, after which, the parsons lunch wa,
enjoyed to the fullest extent. The paint
ers took pleasure in their work, tn,
preacher was prayerful and thankful, anC
the old church was painted over withou
cost.
Columbus Perry, a colo1ed man twenty
one years Of age, residing on Sim Allen
place six miles north of Americus, me
with a horrible accident Wednesday
which may cost him his life. With
cOlored youth named Cato, Perry was eX
aiming a shotgun which, as usual. wa
not supposed to be loaded. But the empt
gun, while in the hands of Cato, was aC
cidentally discharged, the entire load o
shot taking effect in Perry's face, tearin
away the entire lower jaw. AS quickl
as possible medical aid was summoned an
the mans injuries attended to- but it
hardly possible that he can live.
Pursuant to an order of the court. tn
plant, machinery, real estate, stock an
other property of the AmerIcus Furni
ture Company was sold at receivers sal
in front of the court house Wednesday
Only two bids We're offered, one of SIC, 90
and another of $4,000, the latter bein
the bid of Messrs. Il. M Stewart s, Co
the purchasers. Considering the valu
of the property-aboutS $50, 000-the pric
paid is a very low one. The plant is we
equipped with new and improved ms
chinery, and as soon as possible Messr,
Stewart Il Co., win begin operating
again. The sale of the property wipe
out the stock of the original company
S25,000.
At Macon Thursday morning at
O'Clock well-kn0wn young man arose an
in his night shirt slipped down and Opene
the front door, looked up and down tn
street without seeing anyone He fOun
the paper lying a little further from th
door than usual, but feeling certain tina
no one would see him, he ventwed on
1t only took a second to secure the pape
but just as he picked it up he heard III
door slam ana AneW that he was shut GU
with the key on the inside As the doc
was boltcd with a spring lock he was in
predicament, the windows and back doc
all being securely fastened from the il
side. He bOlted into The back yard. an
at o'clock neighbOrs found a key tn,
enabled him to re-enter his house.