The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-29
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA,
The News Of The Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

missioner IoE inc EOttASAh AAS-
triot of Gsorgia-A Big Process
sion of Loaded Cotton WAGONS
on the Tapis at Macon Next
week-A Sheriff has a Narrow
Escape from Death.
GEORGIA.
s. r. Jaques will PROBABLY be candidate
for mayor OF Macon
There is a great deal OF Sickness in Dublin
attributed to imperfect sanitary conditions
The receipts az washington for the cotton
year Just closed. were u, 800 bales For the
year before Il, 1872 bales.
Policeman Ed as of Athens has an old
coin. II is l2H-cent piece, and was made IN
liza II Is one OF the Oldest out.
J. L. Yates OF Baldwin county will make
TWENTY-FIVE bales Of cotton with one bllnd
horse this year. He has already ginned ana
packed twelve.
John Moore a good citizen Of Mitchell
county committed suicide Tuesday by cut
til his throat with a knife. Dependency.
caused by ill health, was the probable cause
Jesse Davis shot and killed George Smith
at Stillweu Millen mill. IN Emanuel coun-
" Tuesday. because Smith refused TO give
Davis chew Of tobacco Davis was pursued
but at last accounts had not been caught
J. p. Baker, ex-representative in the Geor
gia legislature from Pike county, was taken
TO Macon tuesday by Deputy United states
Marshal w L. lson charged with the pro
prietorship Of an illicit dlstlDery. MT BAKER
declares the charge unfounded
John Pace, on last Monday, while arranging
the belt Of Geo. Pace gin, near Dawson. lost
his balance and fell against the bet Whlle m
motion, which tore the side OF his upper Up
to such an extent as to leave 1t hanging by
mere shred. The lip was sewed up by Dr.. q.
W. Farrar, and Mr.. Pace is getting along all
right.
George d. Cox, who with G. H. Miller, pur-
chased the Jones farm few miles north OF
Rome, has discovered valuable ledge OF
slate. Mr.. Samuel FunkhOuser was the first
to call Mr.. Cox attention to the matter, and
investigation showed ledge ten to fifteen
feet thick 1t drifts well, and is thought to be
OF good quality.
Jim Wilson. who was captured several
months ago for killing George Washing in the
lower part Of Terrell county, will be tried at
the approaching term of court. Wilson was
of unsound mind when caught, and was sent
TO the asylum. The asylum authorities have
pronounced him cured, ald he has been re
turned to Terrell county to be arraigned for
murder.
LAGRANGE Graphic: Last week one Of our
merchants forclosed a mortgage on a negro,
and among the things levied on by the Lalin
was an old hen, so aged as to be gray. 1 he
hen was put in a coop when hog came noslng
about and upset the coop. Frightened at
the hog or the prospect OF lawsuit over the
carcass, she few at fence, her head was
caught between the palings and she was NOT
long in choking to death.
On Oct. II and extending to and including
the 18th of that month Warren county Will
have her county fair 1t promises to eclipse
all former efforts, and the fact that 1t will be
the centennial year of the county will be a
special feature OF interest and will be espec-
tally celebrated by appropriate exercises.
Hon. ThOs. Il. Massengale will be the orator
of the occasion and viii give an interesting
and instructive historical address about Old
Warren and her distinguished sons
Under the old charter the city election OF
Macon is always held on the second Saturday
in December. An effort will lie made to get
the committee having in charge the framing
OF new charter TO change the time Of cleo
ton from Saturday to Tuesday, Wednesday
or Thursday. 1t is alleged that Saturday is
very tnopportune and inconvenlent day for
all classes of business for an election, and the
liquor men especially object to being forced
to close their places of business on Saturday.
Lawrenceville Herald: Last Friday An
drew Hammet, who lived in Goodwins dis.
trict, in the neighborhoOd of w. D. jerks,
was accidentally killed while cleaning out his
well He had gone into the well and had
another man drawing up the water and dirt
in bucket AS the bucket assembled filled
with water, the rope broke, letting the bucket
drop back. Hammet was standing up and
did not see the descending bucket in time to
dodge, and 1t struck him on the side Of the
head crushing in the skull and causing
almost instant death
LAGRANGE Graphic: Eesrly Tuesday
morning last Bailif Lyons went to arrest a
negro boy by the name OF Jerry Rivers, on a
warrant charging him with carrying concealed
weapons. he negro WI s at work at LRnette,
adjoining West Point on the Alabama side.
When the officer tried to make the arrest the
negro resisted and tried TO strike him with
a spade, and to defend himself the off16er shot
the negro, who died almost instantly The
officer Immediately surrendered to the local
authorities and sent for the sheriff of Cham
bers county, Alabama. confident that he was
not TO blame for the killing, and had acted
only in self defense.
There are several candidates in the field for
the office OF United States commissioner for
the Northern district of Georgia recently va
Gated by the death of Judge c. G. HALEY. The
appointment, however, will not be made for
several days Judge Castor is temporarily
IN charge, having come to Atlanta from
Gainesville, and consolidated the two ofnCes
until the successor OF Judge Haley is appoint
ed: Judge Newman Will recommend the APP
polntment OF a commissioner and the appoint
ment will be made by Judge Pardee The
latter, however, is a republican. and, the rec
ommendation of Judge Newman may be
overruled. This is hardly proDa le as the va
cancy is in Judge Newman's immediate suris-
dlctlon and the matter may, be left entirely to
his discretion. The candidates now in the
field are ]. l.. c. Kerr Of the Atlanta bar, and
George T. Osborne, who was formerly in the
office OF District Attorney Speer. E. A An.
gier is also mentioned.
novel sight will be seen on the streets OF
Macon next week. Arrangements are now
being made for the event On tuesday morn
ing a procession of country wa ons loaded with
cotton will enter the city, and, after IacaCing
the principal streets. will go to w. A DAVIS &
Co S warehouse and unload. There will he
over five hundred bales OF cotton on the
wagons. The wagons will be decorated with
nags and bunting and one or two men will he
on every wagon. The lead wagon will be
driven by Ira Jennings Of Warrior district
Bib county, who is the oldest living resbft nj
OF this district, staunch democrat and the
Oldest mail carrier IN the United States Be
sides the persons on the wagons, there will he
many representative farmers on horseback
and In buggies. The people and cotton will
come from Crawford. Monroe and Taylor
counties. The procession will be headed by a
brass band. On Tuesday evening a grand
complimentary banquet will be served to the
visiting farmers ana addresses win be deliv-
cred. The procession and entire affair will be
under the management and direction of Mr..
Bolivar Ray.
Forsyth Correspondent Macon Telegra phi:
Sheriff G, A. King had narrow ESCAPE from
an awful death at the hands Of six bury negro
prisoners this norma. Had it not Oeen for
hiram Winslett young white man confined
In the jail the plot arranged uy the prisoners
would doubtless have been SUE e sfully exc
cuted. Wi1slett was arOJse5 from mis- slum-
bers lnst ore the dawn OF dIy by the noise
That M me- tOes made in gaining access to the
corrluor. and soon learned the cause. He
quietly called a negro vi lives in the iail
yard and hurriCd him OF to inform the sheriff
OF what was going on. Sherin King accom-
panied by Might Waterman Wilder and 9th
erS hurried to the jail and made an investi-
cation. he c sroes had succeeded in li1erat-
ing themselves from their cells with tools OF
every description and were completely sur
prlsed when they were confronted hv the
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