The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-12-02


Approaching - Narrow Escape From
Death in a Well.
GEORGIA.
The report that the Baptist congrega-
ton al Eden had dissolved proves untrue.
The interest Of the Richmond and Dan
willie railroad in the Athens Belt line. viii
be sold at Fuckers compress at Athens,
on Dec. IT, at ID O'Clock a. m.
The new house Of 5. N. McCard Of Pike
county. was burned Thursday. The fire
was evidently the work Of an incendisry.
The loss was about $1,000 with no insur-
ance.
D. B. Jackson Of Madison lost a good
horse on Monday night. The animal got
its head hung in a gate in some unknown
way and broke its neck before IL could be
released.
Miss Ida May Elder Of Blakely. while
at the cemetery on last Saturday, had the
misfortune TO step on wire man, winch
went almost through her foot. She has
suffered considerably from the wound, but
it is now getting better.
Brunswick's exports for 1894. from Jan.
to Nov. ]. We're S6,60i,j $685. The imports
for the same period have amounted 70
81, 797. $50. Last year. for the same period,
the exports and imports amounted to
little more than half these sums.
Inc STOCK OF merchandise OF James u
Mathews of Cuthbert, invoiced at over
1900. was sold by the sheriff under mort
cages in favor of creditors at 81, 200, to his
wife, Mrs. Jennie W. Mathews. The store
was Immediately opened and business viii
be run in her name in the future.
Lexington Echo: Farm hands are slow
in making contracts for next year owing
TO a cut in wages which farmers find il
necessary 10 be made to conform to the
low prices they receive for farm products.
This cut amounts to about 25 per cent, and
the ruling wages will be Sl5 instead Of 500
as heretofore.
The Georgia annual conference of the
Colored Methodist Episcopal church Of
America is in session at GAINESVILLE, in
Whites chapel. Bishop r. S. Williams,
presiding After comments upon scrip
ture lesson by the bishop. the body organ
lied. The various committees were ap-
pointed and the bishop delivered his an
nual address.
G. T. Fife of Gordon county. wears on
his vest six bright buttons made Of silver
dimes coined in 1885 These buttons were
originally worn by Mr.. Fite's grand
father in North Carolina, and then by
Peter Fife, G.. T. Fites father. Mr. Fife
will bequeath them TO his children and
they may remain in the family for gener-
atoms yet to come.
Jewtown. on st. Simon, is to be incor-
porated Jewtown is situated somewhere
in the wilds of central st. Simon. 1t con-
tains about thirty house and blind tiger.
White men are rarities. The negroes who
work at the mill have their lares and
penates and spend their evenings reveling
in the cooling island breezes, with blind
tiger whisky as incidentals.
There is a law in Georgia that the first
Friday in December In each year shall be
set apart and consecrated as Arbor day,
and that the state school commissioners
shall cause the public schools of the state
TO observe the day as the superintendent
and teachers may think best In obedi-
ence 10 this law next Friday, Dec. Z, is de-
clared a legal holiday in the public schools.
deed was filed and recorded in the
clerks Office of Washington county a few
days ago made from Reuben Whitfield 10
his daughter, Rebecca p. King, in the
year 1917. 1t had been recorded before.
but the records were destroyed when Gen.
Sherman was careless with fire during
the war. The deed conveyed 20O acres Of
land, some personal property, such as fur
niture, bedding, COWS, hogs and horses.
Alex. Martin, a negro 50 years old. died a
short while since on Mrs. Sims place,
about a mile from Lexington. The stay
ing qualities of this old man and his fam
lily was something remarkable. He was
born on the place on which he died never
having lived anywhere else. A7O-year-old
son died year or so since who had never
known any other home and a 60-year-old
son now lives and has always lived on the
place.
Lexington Echo: Two negroes, Bryant
Smith and Mark Taylor, had a narrow es-
cape from a tragic death Wednesday
morning last. They were working in a
well on Col. w. NJ Towards lot and when
they reached the bottom they found that
il contained gas. They signaled TO be
drawn out, but as but one man had been
left at the top he had to go for help to
draw them up. While he was gone Mark
had TIED Bryant to the rope and climbed
up the wall to the top just as the man at
the top returned, and was caught just as
he was about to fall back. Bryant was
then drawn out in an unconscious condi-
ton, and IL was several hours before he
could be resuscitated. 1t was a narrow es-
cape for both men.
A company Of Athens gentlemen, con-
sisting of Messrs. c. J. O'Farrell, l. II.
Goss, J. J. Strickland, George c. Thomas
J. r. Crawford and S. f. Woods. who own
several hundred acres of land just inside
the city limits, and some just outside
the city limits, who make the proposition
TO donate TO any manufacturing interest
that will establish a plant there, sufficient
land for all purposes required by their
mandatory. The land is partly on the
Georgia, Carolina and Northern road and
all within easy reach of that road The
advantages offered by Athens for man
ufacturing interests 10 be located there
are manifold. They are a very low tax
rate, no specific taxation, a fine climate,
q splendid agricultural country, and I'M
limited water power easily reached and
utilized. Several large cotton factories
are succeeding we'll and the field is not
at all crowded. These gentlemen make
this proposition in good faith and stand
ready to carry out their promises.
It is not at all probable that the
Mercer liquor bill will pass the
state legislature. Under the Mercer
scheme man may become g
vender of liquor provided a majority Of
the voters in his militia district sign q
favorable petition TO the mayor and city
council. After securing the license the
vender must give a 5000 bond to the ordi
nary to sell only liquor that has beer
passed upon by the state chemist. Their
he can begin business in place with only
one entrance, which shall be kept open tC
public view, but cannot dispose of a less
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