The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-03
GEORGIA And FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told in
Paragraphs.

The Story of the Killing OF Ssaborn
Sheffield at Arlington as Told in
Confessional Little Story Of the
War Showing the Characteristic
Pluck of the Women of the South.
GEORGIA.
1t is estimated that about 800 residents Of
Augusta went to the world fair.
The officials Of Floyd county are moving
into the new court house at Rome.
There was a small fire in the savannah and
Western machine shops, at Columbus, Tues
day. The damage was slight.
Ur. Poole operated on a mule at Americas
Wednesday removing a 6l4 pound tumOr
from the animals throat. The JOB was done
in thirty minutes and the mule celebrated
the event by eating hearty dinner
Harper H. Black. father OF Major 7. J.
Black, OF Dawson and Miss Emily Butler, OF
Mon. ezuma were united in marriage Wednes-
day morning at the residence of the bride
brother, near Montezuma. The bridegroom
is "a. while he bride is 40 years of age
Washington Chronicle: Mr.. Ed Newsome
informs as that he has picked fortyfour tales
OF cotton, and Will get SIX or seven more, ana
has gathered 500 bushels OF corn, besides
other accompaniments all from ourhorse
farm. He informs us that this Is the hrSt
time since he was u that he could call d dol
lar his own. He IS only p now.
Col John n. Gilmore. of Sandersyille, and
lanta, appeared before Hon. Philip Cook, sec
rotary Of state, asking for charter for a rail
road from Tennile 10 Sandersville, three
miles in length. Leonard Phinizy.of Augusta.
opposed the granting OF the charter. The
charter was granted The road viii be the
Sandersville Railroad Company, and will be
built, because the Augusta and savannah
railroad leased the present road from Ten
mile TO Sandersville and will not run sched-
ules TO suit.
Washington Chronicle: We have in our Of
Goo in ha uralvv ~ ghi nasln
II has been used on top Of a house for more
than hundred years. The house which 1t
helped to cover was built in $780, in 1870 the
Shing les were taken up and turned over. Ihey
were first put on with pegs. The Single was
brought in by Rev. F. T. Simpson, on whose
place the house stands. Though considerably
worn on the lower end, the single is still
sound 1t was never painted nor projected
in any way.
Americas Times Recorder: An important
question involving large and valuable tract
of land in Dooly county, was decided by
Judge w, II. Fish in Macon on Saturday,
Judge Bartlett being disqualified. The case
involved several thousand acres OF land
which had been in litigation for long while,
The defendant in execution enGe favored to get
an Injunction against the plaintiff from the
collection of the execution and sale OF the
land, on the ground that defendant was insane
at the time of the execution of the notes and
mortgage upon which Il. IA, was based. Col.
d. A X. Crum who appeared as counsel for
plaintiff in the execution, and succeeded in
dtverting the injunction Of the other side at
the same time securing an order from the
court restraining theDdefendant from many
manner interfering with the collection of the
Il. ia,
Rome Tribune: when the union army
took Selma" said II. NJ Tanner to sew
eral interested listeners yesterday, My
grand mother. mother. myself and a negro
were the only ones at home. Our house was
situated in principal part OF the city, and
right IN the way OF the soldiers. An ofht er
was the first to get into our house, and
m inn--xUtfb ~
lection at all. He told us to unlock the doors,
put out all the lights except one and put that
IN a closet, unlock all trunks and drawers,
and not to make much noise. The darkness
would keep many of the marauders from
coming to the house at all When they did
come We could produce the light and let
them look without breaking up anything.
1t proved to be good advice. Only
twenty-five or thirty came inside, while
about 200 pillaged the house opposite. They
brought Ia two or three fellows who had been
shot. l was not i've years old, but L remem-
Der the scene perfectly NV mother had
buried the silver without telling us where it
was. big fellow came in and pointing pis-
tol at her SAID he would blow her head of If
she didn I tell him where the valuabes were
hidden. She didn't finch, and told him she
would not tell. You're a nice soldier, aren't
you she said, threatening to murder de
fenseless women she shamed the fellow so
that he stuck his pistol III his belt and walked
on"
Jim Foster negro now in Jail at Column
bus, taken there from Early county for safe
keeping, has confessed murder, The En-
quirer sun says: About four weeks ago the
readers of the Enquirer sun may remember
having read an Associated Press dispatch
giving an account OF the arrest of Ben and
Charlie TaltferrO, charged with the killing OF
Seaborn Sheffield at Arlington, over seven
years ago. he murder until then had been
mystery, but now, with the negros confes-
sion made Wednesday, the conviction of all
the parties under arrest would seem to be an
easy matter. The story OF the crime AMI the
causes which led to its commission
are now printed correctly. The old
man Shefield was a prosperous farmer
and had two daughters. One was
married to Mr.. Ben Taliherro and the other
to Rufus Lawrence. The old man also had an
Legitimate son whom it was said would re-
celye all OF the old mans property. Shelf
field had made known his intention of will
Ing all of his effects to his son. The sOns-in-
law, according to the negro's affdavit
decided to make way with She1ield
before the viii was perfected. Ac-
cordingly they employed Foster to do the
killing for the sum of SlO0, Foster, after he
had agreed to the murderous undertaking,
attempted to back out, but the
brothers-in-law and Charlie Taliferro,
brother of Ben TaHnerro, interposed
and through threats and persuasion com
PEELED him to adhere to his first promise
Old man Sheffield lived alone, with u male
servant. II was about o'clock that Foster,
armed with shot gun, and accompanied by
Lewis Conner. another negro, went to the
mouse. The old man was sitting by the fire
reading, and the servant was lying on the
floor asleep Foster stole softly into the hall
pushed the barrel of the gun through the half
open door and'tred, the entire load entering
Shemeld's body. killing him instantly. Eos
ter and his murderouS companion fled to the
home of Rufus Lawrence where they spent
the night