The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-11

carried the woman north with him as his
wifo. lynrcnl o. "a white man who conducts
farm near Augusta.
WatknsviIIe Enterprise. Prof b. W. Hay
ME. "a Young man from jackson county, VINO
married Miss Lula Parrish. daughter of ii
e. Parrish. and who has been teaching a
school 40 Omer academy. ia the upper part or
our county had his license revoked 10y
County school Commissioner Carter some
time ago under the charge OF cruelty brought
against him by his pgtfOns 10 is reported
that he whipped the blood out Of one of James
T. Collins boys. After this whipping MT
Collins took his boy around TO the patrons
and showed them how cruelty be had been
whipped, and rumor says he also laiu Tor
/ Haynle 10 give him the same kind OF dose ne
gave the boy, but the opportunity never pre-
scented itself. This trouble gave birth to the
petition that caused Commissioner carter 10
revoke his license. This case was before the
/ board of education last Tuesday and Prof..
Haynie' s license was restored with the un-
derstandiuE that he would not claim the
/ school at Omer any more.
Toccoa News There were lively times in
! Strange district Franklin county, last WeeH
, The revenue men made "a raid upon an Illicit
/ distillery there and destroyed the moon
shine machinery, but those who we're operat-
| ing the mountain dew mandatory escaped.
! The officers determined to arrest these men,
/ and swore ont warrants against nine or ten
| persons. They arrested Ellie Thomson ana
| placed him in jail In Atlanta, and were pro
ceeding to nab several others when Albert
| Mcfarland sent them message. Mcfarland
1dLu llt Wtin liit N Cl anu oli lpl VI tC etltf
and that no one else was Ia
! BILE to the law except him
! self. He proposed TO surrender II the officer
/ would agree to treat him right and allow him
| 10 make his crop before bringing him to trial.
/ His proposition was accepted and he was car
| ried to Atlanta and imprisoned few days
| afterward Albert McF'arland's father sue
| ceeded in making his son bond, and Albert
! has returned to finish his crop. In the fall he
will likely return to Atlanta and be sentenced
| 10 Imprisonment for violating the revenue
| laws. Ellie Thomson has been released
| from custody, and the warrants against the
| Others have been withdrawn.
Statesboro Times: Dr. and Mrs. Dusen-
| bury drove out to Dover last Saturday after
noon for the purpose OF meeting and bringing
| the doctors brother out to StateSbOro. Upon
| the arrival Of the north bound train from Sa-
| vannah the trio started on foot across the
| Ogeechee river to where the horse and car
| riage had been left on the other side, cross
| ing upon the railroad trestle. They knew
| there was no train running at that hour OF
| night on the Dover and StatesbOrO road, and
| felt perfectly safe In doing 80. But when
only few yards from the bank of the river,
| and still on the high trestle this side they
were startled to hear a rumbling noise as that
| of an approaching engine, which they soon dis
covered 10 be a nand car, meeting them. Inc
gentlemen seized the lady and crowded her
dnwn through the cross-tieS upon a capstll
and swung themselves down by their hands TO
escape the car, which was then not more than
100 feet distant. The doctor was pleased to
| find that the ground was not very far away,
his feet touching large timber of some sort
that happened to rest under the track The
car having passed over the party got together
and pursued their way home with some
what broader experience than they cared to
possess.
Lexington Echo: At O'Clock yesterday
morning cries from one of the prisoners con
fined in the jail aroused Wilson BauRhn (cOl-
Oredl, who lives near by, When he went to
see what was the matter he was told that a
fellow prisoner had made his escape. Wilson
the alarm and Tailor WinO bOinU
from home, Edgar Maxwell secured the keys
and proceeded to investigate. He found q
hole burned through the wall Of one Of the
cells in which was confined three prisoners
John Thomas, Peter Drake and Dan Johnson
through which the first named had squeezed
himself ana made his escape. The other two
had tried to do likewise, but they
being larger could not get through the
hole. When the negro got through the
hole he was in the outside hall, and, climbing
to the top OF the grating on one of the win
dows he knocked of some plastering, tore of
some laths and pulled himself up into the
attic. From there he crawled through that
same bull-eye over the front door of the jail
through which so many have made their way
to liberty, and, letting himself TO the ground
with blankets, made tracks for parts un-
known. The negro who escaped Is the one
who was jailed some weeks since charged
with several burglaries in Pleasant Hill dis
trict
Rome Tribune: Bob Hill. the man arrested
in Gordon county and brought TO Rome by Of
ticer Pink Shropshire under charge OF
hlgamY, returned TO his home yesterday morn
ing very happy man. He insisted all the
time that he was not the Bob Hill wanted and
was very anxious to meet Miss Dora Davis,
or Mrs. Hill, who has sworn ont the warrant.
He said he knew the moment she saw him she
would say for him TO so free, Deputy Sheriff
j. p, LCCOnnel carried Hill in a buggy to
Miss Davis home in the country, and she
was called out and asked to identity Hill.
Look at him closely, said the officer, and
see if you can recognize him. She looked at
him lntently. II was getting dark and she
needed lamp, She went into the house
and brought out a light and looked Hill over
very closely from head to foot and then said
20, no he amt the man married in Chulio.'
This announcement filed the heart Of Hill
with gladneSs, and he returned to the city
very happy man Yesterday he returned to
his home saying he hoped it would be a long
time before he was arrested for bLgamy again.
Hill is quiet and industrious farmer in the
upper elton of Gordon county and is held in
high esteem by his neigh borS. All the evil
dence the woman had was that she had heard
her husband had been living In Gordon, whore
he had a wife and several children There
are about a dozen Bob Hills In Gordon and her
recreant husband may be one of them.
Rome Tribune: Wednesday night shortly
before II o'clock Q. G. Nichols who lives in
church. He was going along the street alone
and as he approached the corner near the
| residence OF George Buford he noticed man
| standing in the shade OF a tree with large
| club In his hand Mr.. Nichols thought moth
| ing OF it, however and continued his walk
| The man stood perfectly still until Mr.. Mich
| OILS was alongside of him, when the stranger
| suddenly raised his club and Kissed through
| his teeth. I'm going TO kill you - and with
! that he struck powerful blow at Mr.. Nichols
| head Mr. Nichols has a sprained arm which
| he was carrying in u sling. He i'm
| mediately threw up this arm and received
| a blow from the club which almost
! broke the arm. He cried out in pain, and Mr.
! Buford, aroused by the cries, rushed out
! with a shotgun, and as he did so the would-be
| assassin made a break for the woods and dis
appeared in the darkness. Mr.. Buford as
sisted Mr. Nichols home, and when he reached
| the door he tainted from pain and fell. Dir.
| +. c. Wright was summoned, but before he
arrived Mr.. Nichols tainted several times.
! The doctor relieved his suffering, and Mr..
| Nichols rested fairly well during the re-
! mainder of the night.an was doing very well
! yesterday. He has no idea who his assailAnt
! was, He could see that he was white man
| but seemed to be "a stranger to him, lie is
/ greatly puzzled about the whole matter
| FLORIDA.
! Orange trees are putting on a fine color,
| and new growth since the recent rains.
| Lucian Canova has corn growing in his gar
! den at st. Augustine over ten feet high
! Live Oak Banner: One who has tried in
forms us that 1t costs ST4 90 to foreclose a real
+ estate mortgage for 800.
! Work on another jetty on Anastasia Island
/ Will be commenced as soon as the rock can be