The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-28

10 OtAAA l. AG41 = y " II INC " AAANS ~-efs
a Negro Fatally Injured by Two
Colored Women Who Fell on Him.
GEORGIA.
Randolph county elects congressional dele
gates tomorrow.
The state prohibition convention meets at
GAINESVILLE Wednesday.
Mrs Matte Burger. wife OF W. Il. Burger,
and Mrs Matilda Hood. the wife Of Wiley b.
Hood, both died at Athens Friday.
There will he considerable speech aking
In EatontOn this week Mr. Atkinson viii
speak tomorrow and II is expected that Mr..
Fielder will speak for Gen. Evans the same
day Gen. Evans Will speak Thursday.
A negro. whose name could not be learned
killed his wife near McDonough on Tuesday
night and after walking abOut three miles
and half attempted suicide by cutting his
own throat with the razor that had done the
deadly work for his wife.
Roswell Banner. The cotton crop in this
section was unusually promising up to last
Friday evening when the weather suddenly
changed and the thermometer fell to -
reaching as low as - on saturday. Since
then it has remained too cool for crops TO
grow and the cotton and other tender plants
appear to have been scalded or frozen.
The Coweta Fertilizer Company, Of New
nan, Is building an immense dumping shed at
its factory, l6lx2JJ feet which viii greatly IN
crease its facilities In the manipulating DC
partment. A lot OF new machinery VIII be
added during the summer, also by means OF
which the capacity OK the plant will be in.
creased to l5.Op0 tons per aunum. The pres
ent capacity Is 1000 tons
EFT. Goodman. one mile from Warwick,
Worth county. lost .8st week TWO tine COWS.
II IS q mystery lLa; n one can explain.
They were f0Erd with piece out OF their side
and the food tlev ale coming oLt or H. Ir-
hall peek e pure white sand IN their small
pannChes- Herbs o. COWS followed them inst AS
soon as they smeled the odor from The hole.
There IS no way 10 patch the place, Wnlcn Is
about the size o. cup.
Dr. r E.To9mbs. a prominent physician and
citizen Of CUthoert died suddenly saturday
from some heart affection. Dr. IOOmbs was
nephew OF the late Gex Robert Ioomos,
and was greatly esteemed ny those who knew
him for his sterling integrity as well as for his
splendid requirements as a medical man. All
Cuthbert is in mourning to-day, for his like
Will not be seen again soon II was real
privilege to know Dr. IOombs socially. He
was a striking type Of the oldtime southern
gentleman.
Waynes boro True Citizen: We learn that
bold attempt was made to rob the down
night freight ana passenger train between
Augusta and Allen about two weeks ago. our
information is that the train stopped al Allen
to put on passengers ana In starting off
found several brakes put on the freight cars,
and upon investigation it was discovered
that one or two cars had been broken into
from the top. The matter has been kept very
quiet We could not learn if any Of the con-
tents Of the cars were missing.
The corner stone of the new court house at
Oglethorpe was laid and also the corner stone
to the new OglethOrpe Methodist church. A
big barbecue was prepared and large crowd,
estimated at $40 people, attended. The corner
stone is block Of granite weighing about
1850 pounds and about two feet square and
one foot thick. In the top Of the stone is cut
g small vault, into which were put a record of
the acts OF the county commissioners in ref
erence to the building of the new court house
and other valuable records and Information.
Under the new rules governing the state
militia, the non-cOmmissioned officers Of the
companies are appointed by each captain.
Last night the following non commissioned
ofncers of the Oglethorpe Infantry of OGle-
thorpe we're appointed by Capt. Newton A.
league: First sergeant, A. Il. DeNaughn;
second sergeant, A. f. Bryan: fourth ser
geant, d. p. Durham; hfth sergeant, NJ.
Ridgey; first corporal, w. E. Andrews. sec
ond corporal, c. d. Martin; third corporal,
a. W. Goodyear; fourth corporal, 4. NJ
Lockhart.
Griffin Call: We feel assured that no officer
in camp wolld for an instant tolerate such
conduct upon the part OF any of his command
aS-that which is reported by r. A. Malone
who lives on the street that is generally used
to 90 to Camp NOrthen. Mr. MaOue's bust
ness keeps him up at night and his wife and
family have been often worried and badly
frightened by men IN Uniform, and evidently
under the influence of whisky, coming TO the
door and demanding admittanCe. while on
other occasions they pull of palngs and are
otherwise very disordery A true soldier is
gentleman under all circumstances.
Hon. Robert Hodges has returned TO Macon
from SylYania with his nephew, Samuel !.
Edmondson, the young man who was arrested
IN OllVer, ScreYeu county, for the Jackson
murder. The young man had been placed in
the Sylvanla Jail to await the action of the
grand jury. Mr.. Hodges reached there on
Monday, and found that the young man had
been discharged by the Justice of the peace
upon his Commitment trial IN the murder
case, but for his own safety the Justice
thought II best to bind him over for CARRYING
Concealed weapons to the superior court as
some few of the citizens of Oliver had lost
their heads and wanted to avenRe the murder
Of Mr.. jackson. The evidence in the murder
case disclosed that at the time Of the murder
young Edmondson was several miles away
from the scene OF the murder, and upon in
yestigat1ng the case the solicitor general
Beverly d. Evans, refused to present the case
70 the grand jury. Upon the charge of carry
ing concealed weapons Judge Roger L. Gamble
lined the young man Is and costs.
Rome Tribune: The twelfth annual con
vention of the Woman's Christian Temper
Hnce Union met in the lecture room OF the
First Methodist church, Friday morning
Abort forty delegates were present, ana
others arrived during the day Mrs w. C.
Sl0ley, OF Augusta, president Of the state or
ganiZation, was in the chair, and called the
meeting to order. Impressive devotional ex-
erclSes were conducted by Mrs. E. G. Wltter,
Of Atlanta, and Mrs. Sibley made a short. but
very touching speech regarding the purposes
and aims OF the meeting. Extracts OF the last
minutes were read by the secreLar Mrs.
Geo. THOMAS, of Macon, and adopted by the
convention. An invitation from DR..
A. ). Battle, OF shorter college. ask
ing the ladies to visit the grounds
and college and also containing
words OF praise and good wishes for the w.
e. Il. u. was read, and accepted. Reports Of
the work accomplished by district presidents
and superintendents were read and received
the commentator Of the convention Names
of delegates were enrolled and more than
thirty were present The session adjourned
until o clock in the evening. The evening
meeting opened with excellent devotional
exercises. Reports OF the work done by local
unions were read. Many interesting papers
were read by different members during the
afternoon, and the afternoon session did
much work. Fred q. Govan delivered a splen.
didtemperanCe lecture. Mrs. John II Reynolds
welcome the visitors in a speech that Won
the hearts Of her listeners. Mrs r. c. Wit
ter, Of Atlanta, replied to Mrs Reynolds ad
dress Of welcome Mrs. W. c. SiDley, presi
dent, OF Augusta delivered her annual adj
dress and received the undivided attention OF
the congregation. Her remarks were TO The
point and evidenced the devotion with which
she has COnseCrated her life to this work
FLORIDA.