The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-21


From a Horse and Painfully Hurt.
An Attempt to Lynch a Colored
Preacher of Zebulon by Negroes
Supposed to Be Members of His
Church.
GEORGIA
The reunion OF the Thirty eighth Georgia
regiment will be held in Lithonia on July IS.
Bishop & Phillips have leased a portion OF
their quarry TO the Llthonia Cooperative
Granite Company who are now working 1t.
There are between 800 and 400 acres planted
10 melons within mile or two OF Americas
and shipping will begin on or about July |.
Some Of the young men Of WaycrOss have
started a movement toward organizing
cavalry company. About twenty men have
enlisted so far.
Amass meeting Of the democrats OF Bib
county will be held on July 7, to name the
county's choice for congressman from the
Sixth district.
The dwelling house Of }. E. Saxon. at Har-
rison was burned Friday night with all the
furniture. his family barely escaping. The
house was comparatively new, and was in
sured.
Dr. J. D. Chapman will soon sever his con
nection with the church in Milledgeville and
cease to be resident OF Milledgeville. lie has
accepted the state agency OF Mercer Univer-
sity and will reside IN Macon
The little son Of Mrs Wright. who resides
near the cotton factory at Rome met with
painful accident Monday afternoon. He was
riding a horse, which became frightened and
ran away, throwing him, dislOcating his left
shoulder, and breaking two Of his fingers on
the left hand.
Monday morning at Floyd Springs, near
Rome while working with a horse Andrew
White was the victim of very painful acct
dent. In his right hand he held very sharp
pocket knife, and by some means struck his
left hand against the open blade, almost
severinp the muscles of the palm of his left
hand.
A cigarette caused the loss Of c. G. Jerni-
gan's barn together with its contents, day
or two ago. Mr.. Jernigan, who farms ten
miles west of Americas, had just threshed his
wheat crop and stored it in his barn, when
lighted cigarette thrown carelessly in the
straw outside set it on fire, and the barn and
contents were alike destroyed.
team chosen from among the Athens
town boys and the university played the Har-
mony Grove team at Athens Monday. The
game resulted in victory for the latter, the
score tejng Il to 2 Fred Norris of Marietta,
who pitched for Emory against the university
recently, was in the box for Athens, and in the
seventh inning had his left leg broken at the
ankle In sliding.
Sunday morning, while near the Everett
Springs Methodist church at Rome, John
Everett received a very painful wound
from a pistol shot Lee Floyd and John
Everett were examining small 22caliber
pistol, and as Floyd started to hand the PTS
charged the ball entering the palm OF Ev-
erett's hand-lodglng in his wrist.
John Long, a well known farmer, met with
q horrible death in Crawford county on Mon
day. He was at work at his Jug factory
grinding mud He lost his balance and fall
ing under the wheel his head was ground to
a mass of flesh. One leg and an arm were
also ground to pieces, ana one arm had to be
cut of before the body could be eXtricated
from under the wheel He leaves a wife ana
seven children.
State Treasurer Hardeman had in his DOS
session Tuesday morning two bags OF gold
coin, containing respectively $4,000 and $40
600 He no longer has the yellow gold, how
ever, for he sent II by express to New York to
be used in paying part of the semi annual in
terest on the state bonds, which falls due on
July /. The total amount of interest Is 1854,
900, the balance necessary to pay the interest
is already In New York.
On account of some structures in the city
court in the Atlanta Journal of Monday, So
licitor Lewis Thomas called Elex Bealer, the
Journal reporter. into his othce. The lie was
passed. when Bealer knocked him down and
only let him up when he had called for the
police and apologiZed for his remarks. The
trouble grew out of two negroes being caught
gambling, and Solicitor Thomas having sig
nified his willingness to mol pros the case on
he pay ment Of the costs. Afterward one of
the police who caught them presented them
TO the grand jury.
Jacksonville, Paulding county. Is going to
have free school this year and for term of
ten months Funds are being raised by
private subscription for the employment of
teachers, and everything points TO the sue
cess OF the enterprise. The citizens over
there calculate on an average of 1850 pupils for
each scholastic month, and it win require
about 500 per month for the teachers pay,
aside from the public school money paid In
by the state and county. Half of this amount
has already been raised, and il is probable
that the other necessary amount will be sub
scribed in short while.
An attempt was made to lynch Rev Jones.
the pastor of the colored Baptist church at
Zebulon. on Saturday night DIV a crowd of I'M
known negroes. 1t seems that Jones had
been the cause of several of his members be-
ing removed from hts church. and they were
indignant and on Saturday night crowd
went to his his house, informed him that
they were from Talbot county and the sheriff
was with them and wanted him. He got up
and went with them and was carried to Elkins
creek and there they commenced to beat him
He broke and run, but was recaptured and
beaten so severely that he was found in a
pitiable condition. His assailants are un-
known.
Americus Times. Recorder: What might
have been a horrible accident, perhaps re-
sulting in the death of q lady OF this city was
narrowly averted at the Central depot Mon
day by the prompt action of a gentleman
standing near, who literally dragged her from
beneath the wheels Of a moving train. AS it
is she is severely injured by fall from the
platform, though serious results are hardly
man had accompanied her sister-in law Mrs
Bagley, TO the depot and with her had
boarded the Columbus train. Bidding her
adieu. Mrs. Chapman was in the act of step
ping from the platform when sudden
jar Of the train threw her violently to the
ground. In falling her skirt caught on
the lower step and her face struck the
rail beneath. The train was moving, and the
terrified spectators expected to see the life
crushed out Of the PROSTATE form, almost be-
meath the wheels. gentleman whose name
could not be learned dashed forward Just at
that moment, and Selling Mrs Chapm an s
dress dragged her from the track. In another
second horrible tragedy might have been
enacted, and happy home darkened forever
Mrs. Chapman was unconscious for a while
carriage where DR.. Darby attended her in
juries. Her face elbow and hand were
badly lacerated and perhaps one rib is broken.
FLORIDA
Nearly all the political clubs Of Manatee
county, have passed resolutions favoring a
railroad commission.
A greater number Of dog taxes have been
paid in Orlando this year than in any pre-
vious year OF the city history.
Heavy shipments OF coal are being made
from Fernandina by the Southern Fuel and
Supply Company from the storage sheds each
day.
A petition to the governor of the state for
military company at Fernandina, has been
numerously signed by the young men and
citizens Of Fernandina.
Charles Davis picked and shipped $50 crates
OF tomatoes from two-thirds of an acre on bis
place, inside the corporation of Tavares. dur
ing the past season, netting handsome profit
This is about 200 crates per acre
The revenue cutter Boutwell, came of the
ways OF Drew bazeltine's South Jackson
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