The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-11
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.
Elbert County's Mass MeetinE-Ru-
mors of LynohinR in Irwin County.
A Desperate Fight With Convict
at Camp in Dolly County Followed
by the Death of the Convict.

Carrolls s, popullStS have nominated j. X.
Spence and Jesse Murrah for the legislature.
Jack Morris colored. OF Douglasville com
mitted suicide sunday by drowning himself
IN the Chattachoochee river.
Quitman county at a mass meeting on Sat
urday. declared Tor ]. H. Guerry for congress
and Capt, j, Z. Harris for state senator.
1t is reported that Charles Roundtree a
negro was lyuched IN Irwin county for as
saulting 16-yearold daughter OF Micajah
Foulk.
Hon. W. Y. Atkinson spent part Of Satur-
day in Atlanta, leaving tor his home on the
afternoon Central train. He Is looking OK
ceedingly we'll Indeed he seems TO have fat
tened on the hard work of his campaign. His
next appointment Will he at Fayetteville
where he will speak on July IL.
The democrats of Columbia county met at
Appling court house Friday, After transact
ing other business they indorsed the follow
ing candidates Walsh for the long term,
Calvin for agricultural commissioner A. ID.
Gambler for secretary Of state, Black for con
gress, Mcdaniel for state senator, Roney for
judge
JIG. Gains, the section foreman Of the
Macon. Dublin and Savannah road, who was
shot on an excursion train on July by a ne
gro named All Roar, Will recover from his
wound. TWAS at first thought that he would
die, but the wOun has not proven as serious
as was apprehended. Roar is still at large.
He is thought TO be hiding in a large tract OF
woodland near Dry Branch few miles from
Macon. The Macon, Dublin and savannah
road has offered reward of SO for the arrest
Of Roar.
The mass meeting called to meet at Elber-
ton Saturday for the purpose OF attending to
congressional and other matters failed to do
anything but elect chairman and adjourn.
Col thomas M. Swift was nominated for
chairman by the McWhOrter faction and
Capt Willis b. Adams by the Lawsonites.
Such Confusion followed as was never before
witnessed here. 1t was so great that IL was
two and half OF three hours before chair
man could be selected. Col. Swift, as chair
man of the executive committee, was finally,
made chairman, and motion was made and
carried TO adjourn subject to the call OF the
executive committee.
The convict camp at Redwood. on the
Georgia Southern road, in Dooly county, was
the scene of fierce fight Saturday night be-
tween the guards and desperate negro con-
Wet named Turner Hardin AS a result OF
the fight, which was aggressive on the part OF
the negro, Harden is dead three men are
painfully wounded and several slightly in
1ured Saturday night Capt. Fraser, who has
charge OF the camp, learned that Harden had
made knife out of a file and that he had it
secreted about him. When Capt Fraser at
tempted to take the knife from him, Hardin
reiterated TO his bunk, where he had hid lot
OF brick bats. When Capt. Frazer and
several men with him, approached the
bunk Hardin commenced throwing the
bats at them. For few moments a per
feet fusilade OF bricks we're hurled by the
desperate convict at the officers Several of
the party were hit by the flying bricks, DR..
Ward, the camp physician, being very pain
fully injured When it became evident that
Hardin was not going to allow the knife taken
away from him, the guards were summoned.
When the guards arrived Hardin became more
desperate than ever and made a fierce night,
using the knife that he had made and the
bricks which he had hidden in his bunk. with
terrible effect. Every effort was made to sub
due the negro without resordng to desperate
means, but 1t finally became necessary to order
the guards to nre on him. The crowd had by
that time increa-ed in numbers and
were closely packed in that part
OF the building where the trouble
occurred. When the guards fired
the crowd fell back, but not until two of the
spectators were hit with stray bnllets. The
negro was shot In the leg, Capt Fraser was
shot in the left side though not seriously
wounded, the ball glancing and infiicting
onlya painful flesh wound and l. X Cheyes
secretary OF the Parrot Lumber Company,
was hit in the arm by a stray shot. Mr..
Cheves' wounds are very painful but not dan
jured, and it was found necessary to anpu-
tate his leg. He died shortly after the opera
ton was performed on Monday. Turner
Hardin, the convict who caused all the
trouble, was one of the most desperate char
acters IN the penitentiary. He was
years for DEMONSTRATING in 1891
DR.. E. T. Sabal OF Jacksonville is going to
build IS 100 residence
Mack 0yerstreet, a progressive fruit
grower Of kissimmee, was thrown from his
horse and badly hurt, but is now on the road
to recovery.
c. s. Wilcox purchased j. c. Fields lot
on Franklin and Tyler streets at Tampa
for $1,000, Saturday 1t has a sixty foot front
age on Franklin and a cottage which cost ST.
OOO on the rear end of the lot
a representative of the Southeastern Tarif
Association has visited Kissimmee, leaving
in his wake a wall at the increase in insur-
Ance rates. kissimmee has always been one
OF the most fortunate towns In the state re-.
garding loss by fire.
Hamilton Dsston was at Kissimmee Mon.
day TO meet party of capitalists from Chi
cago; fine body of land, between 10000 and
$1,000 acres, has been selected east of Kissim-
NEE on which the Chicago gentlemen will To-
cate strong colony.
Raymond Lewis of Campbell station. was
badly cut across the face day or two ago
by BEDFORD Yates in fit OF jealously, com.
blned with too much liquor. The cut is an
ugly one, severing the nose and extending
across the cheek. The wounded man will re-
cover.
Monday Jessie Johns and William Wilson.
two young man working at a log landing on
Blackereek in CLAY county had falling out,
when johns cut WI son with pocket knife
ave OF six times in the body. he wounds
are thought to be fatal A physician went to
Wilson and a sheriff went for Johns
There is colony OF Seventh day Adventists
now located about ten miles south OF kissim-
NEE. Already about ten families are at work
and fifty more are expected They are loca-
ted on good quality OF pine land. and are
going INTO Irult ana vegetable raising. They
Will build canning factory TO use up the
surplus
Tampa Times: J. NJ. Long of the Tampa
Ice Company has purchased OF w. I3. Hend9r-
son LOG feet on the water front on the river
being, the remainder OF the block between his
Ice factory and Washington street. 1T MIR
Longs intention to ill 1t all In, as he has, I'M
der his present factory and extend his build
ing 100 feet south, making a factory the en-.
tire length OF the block. Into this addition
he Will move his old fifteen ton ice plant next
winter, when he viii have plant that will
manufacture forty-tve tons OF ice daily.
A row.took place at Palatxa Sunday about
III O'Clock. John Brown. in paying too marked
attention 10 LuVenia Harris. excited the
1ealOuSly OF Wllkie Valentine, who armed
himself with an ak and proceeded TO break
the skull OF Brovl. The parties are colOred
and were drinking at the time. DIR. Steep
dressed Blown S wounds, extracting several
pieces OF skull bone from the size of a silver
dollar down to that Of a pea. Some OF the
fractured pieces of bone were imbedded into
the brain and mad TO be brought out with
probe and forceps. The man never lost con.
seriousness when struck or under the opera.
tion. he is stih alive. Valentine was cap
tured
Lafayette Smallwood a colored man and
convict, from Camps phosphate mine, was
adludged insane and placed IN jail at Cams.
vile few days ago. His mania is that he Is a
modern Sampson and Croesus. Sunday
while the sheriff was making q change OF
quarters for him, he escaped. The sheriff
city marshal and posse started in pursuit
overtaklng him short distance out OF town
The fellow was kind of walking arsenal
having picked up railroad spikes, nghtwood