The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-25
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Dead Baby Unearthed at Marietta.
Prosperous Industries at Rome-Ef-
feet of the Cold on the Watermelon
Crop-A Negro Abducts a Girl and
Holds Her Prisoner.
GEORGIA.
The Marietta Electric Company plant VIII
be sold to the hlghesb bidder. June j.
Capt Charles B. Newton. of Gridin, once
captain OF the Spalding Grays- IS dead.
The returns from the seventeen districts
are all in and show that cen. EVans-has car
ned Hall county by l33 majority.
E. H. Galloway, Of Burke county is a can
didate TO succeed Judge Roney ON the SD
peror court bench in the Augusta circuit
The public school building. for white chill
dren, al Marietta, viii he built on the seize
lot, in rear Of DIT. SetEe res dence, fronting
Waterman street. The board OF education
closed the trade last Friday morning. pdyluS
Sl.700 for the lot The lot is 350X2.o feet
L. P. Hillyer. cashier Of the American Ma
tional Bank Of Macon. Is the secretary OF the
Georgia Bankers Association. 2 he secretary
is now busy sending out the programme OF
the third annual convention OF the asS0ca
ton, to be held at Atlanta, Jane and :, next
A young girl about IS years Of age and o
young man who looked TO he about - years
old were married at Atlanta Tuesday 10y Jus
tioe Of the Peace Landrum 1t was run
away match The young couple were waiter
Z. Streater and Miss Susie +. Adair, who is
pupil at the Agnes scott institute.
The Piedmont Marble Company, at Marble
Hill. Pickens county, has been placed in the
hands of receiver. The papers were lied
before Judge Gober who appointed Col. w.
r. Power OF Marietta, temporary receiver
The order gives direction for preSentcon-
tracts to be carried out, and the hands are
still at work.
Col. L. NJ FELTON, died at his home in Mar
EhallVllle Tuesday night. he deceased was
the father Of Solicitor General W. II. FELTON,
Jr Of Macon, and Of Mrs r.. j. N1lllnghaln,
also of Macon. Besides these two children
wife and another son, l.. M. FELTON,, Jr. OF
Marshallville. survive the deceased. He was
also the brother of William II. FELTON,,
prominent citizen OF Marshalvllle, and
member Of the present Legislature
A colored infant was found buried in J.
Gid Morris oat field at Marietta one day last
week The hole in which il was buried looked
rs II IL had been scooped out with a-hoe.
There was not more than i've or six inches Of
dirt piled upon II and dogs had scratched the
dirt OF until the body was partly exposed to
view. A coroner S jury held an inquest and
for several days tried to lind ont as to its ma
ternity, but the evidence was not positive. 1t
is believed that its mother has left the city
Charley Roberts, negro boy about Is years
old, had his left leg cut off by the Marietta
accommodation train at Marietta few days
ago Roberts stays around the depot and
does odd jobs. There were some freight
boxes standing on the Slde-track, alongside
the depot and Roberts attempted to pass be-
tween two Of them which were standing
apart The engine was backing in with car
erts' coat caught on the break beam and
threw him down on the track. The wheels
passed over his left leg below the knee
crushing II fearfully DR.. Fl. Y. Reynolds,
assisted by Dr. Tennent and Dr. Nolan, am
putated the leg.
Marietta Journal: Samuel r. Burton S
wife was away from home saturday, visiting
at Smyrna Mr.. Burton rode home. hitched
his horse, went in the house and concluded
he would move some fire from. one fire place
in one room to another AS he passed through
the bed room with the fire, gust OF wind
blew some sparks on he'd. Mr.. Burton iidn t
discover this, but closed his door, went out,
got his horse. and carried him down 10 the
pasture some distance from the house. While
he was away his neighbOrs discovered his
house to be on fire, flames and smoke we're
issuing therefrOm to an alarming extent.
They rushed over and went into the house,
ana saw the DeQ, bedding ana clothing about
consumed. and the Notwithstanding burning
rapidly. They went to work ana soon had
the ire extlnguished.
VaIdosta Times: Reports as to the condi-
ton OF the watermelon crop show that In
spite Of the freeze: which killed out all. the
wateTmelons in Georgia, the crop is nearly as
large this year as last, and with the prospects
that the yield VIII be slightly less. The aver
age number of acres to the car is estimated
at go this year. The average OF acres to
The car in 1901 was 25s in 1892 2.4s, in 1898 254
making general average OF 253. The crOD
would have been in excess OF last year had it
not been for the late freeze. as many of the
farmers we're unable to procure seed and
OtnerS abandoned the IDEA OF planting melons
TINS season. The crop this year viii be about
one week late. Authorities do not look for
the nrst shipment of melons from Georgia
before June 10 some few cars may come in
from florlea before that time
Some excitement was created in the con.
gregauon OF the Mulberry street Me hodist
church at Macon Tuesday in attendance on
the funeral of Gen. Cook As the mourners
were leaving the church an old gray haired
gentleman, sitting among the confederate
veterans near the altar, was noticed leauipe
over his head dropped to one side. He ap
peared l1felesS Instantly many minds painted
pathetic picture Here was a veteran who
had come to pay the last respect to the mem
DRY OF the brave and gallant Phil Cook and
death had come to HIM while mourning the
departure OF the battle Scared general. The
party thus eHciting sympathetic remarb
was Mr.. Ayant, formerly a Justice of the
peace. DR.. Meltaner was hastily summoned
and he soon found that Mr.. Avant had onIy
tainted, or become physically exhausted and
would soon be himself again.
Rome Tribune: The Rome Chemical Works
will largely increase their capacity this vea5,
they made about 5000 tons or fertilizer last
year, ana propose to make about 10000 this
year. In order to accommodate this immense
product, it viii be necessary to greatly in
crease the storage capacity of the works
Preparations are now being made to Beg1f
work on June i. and run till Decent er
Hoskins Williams superintendent-e4 the
Rome Iron Company furnace, at New Rome
says the Round Mountain furnace, IS nov
making twenty tons a day of fine charcOa
iron. ,Ine ROme iron Company shipped
carload OF iron clear across the continent tn
other day. 1t was billed to Butte Mont an,
the freight was SIS co per ton. The Rome cot
ton factory has shipped a carload Of good
each day for four days in succession. Thes
goods all go to st. Louis. The product is cot
ton duck.
A letter to the Brunswick Times-Adyertise
from Steering Station says: "Crune has Fe
come rampant in this section reeently.. A cas-
wherein the law should not fail TO &C
promptly. has just come to light here. Beal
Woodruff, mean negro. went 10 the house O
Davis Cook, a welto-do Colored man, Wit
lives at "Honeygan' and while the latte
was away from home, forced his daughter +
prepare fine dinner. and then at the threa
OF shooting her, MADE the girl go to Waynes
vile with HIM treating her with much erU
city while walking the distance. After tW
weeks Of fruitess search for the girl Coo
learned where she had teel carried and had
warrant swnOrn out over in Judge Lowe dis
trict for abduction. After they arrived q
Waynesvilie. the negro Woodruff kept tn
girl seCreted in the woods half mile distant
while he loafed around the railroad station
Constable George BloLnt had the man al
rested. but before he could he gotten befor
the Justice OF the peace, Woodruff got ava
from the Officers This brute was sent u
nom Glynn superior court ABOUT three year
ago Tor COW stealing. His term Of sGrRtc
was i've years, but soon after he entered tn
penitentiary, The officials made him a trust
and he soon escaped. A reward. tits Learned
has been offered for Woodruns aupreher
sion. lie Is closely related TO the negro VIII
@as lynehed near Jamaica two weeks ago"