The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-03

Near Columbus "A Clergyman
Strings a Nuptial Surpris "A Fight
on Between the Who'll sale and Re-
tail Grocery Dealers of Columbus.
GEORGIA.
Edward Blount, of Qui:man, has invented a
IsI or saving iron seuttle for handling crude
turpentlne.
last week Col. C. j. Shipp purchased a lot
m Eleventh avtn e, at orde e. and has com
rneaced building cottage thai viii cost Tnen
completed, 6l,OJO-
Newton CO lnty vii meet in Coy.ngton next
Tuesdav and fix the time for ele ting dele
rates to the gu5ernatorial convention.
Or. Charles Brown, the pioneer Of the bot
tied soda water business in Alta lta died sud
denly from stroke of paralysis Friday
morning at the o nee of the Consolidated
Bottliny Works on Decatur street.
Miss Georgia lavlor. he act omplished and
hilhly es e med eloOutionlst of the college at
Cochran. who has cen confined 10 her bed
several days with something like catarrhal
fever, is pronounced by her physician as being
10 dying condltlon.
An organization TO ne known as the Young
Mems COOPERATIVE Club was ore ami ed
wednesday night at the Methodist church at
Ouitman with J. DeLoach chairman, and
Cspers Wade, secretary. he Or anila ion is
no6sectarian. Its OBJECT being TO ring TO-
ge,her the young men in order to develop and
exercise their spiritual talent.
The site upon which the Cordele machine
sboD used to stand. and also the engine
boiler and other sUndres that were not de
sfro,ed by fir, were sold ednesday, S j.
Hill GU hit the land aad Col, w. =. Thomson
Fought the engine etc Messrs. Tomlln and
Harris afterwards Cought from the above
named entlemen. and viii begin at once to
erect handsome machine shop
Katie the little 6year-old daughter OF A. A.
PAR. OF augusta had in her mouth while
play ing with he, companions Friday. a la'g
pln out two in hes long, and while laughing
drew the pin down into her throat The
mother OF the little girl az once sent for
nd, 81 ian and Dr. W. H Doughty, dr.. now
has the case in hand. So far the little girl
does not seem to be suffering from her IN
usual experience though her parents and
their friends are quite uneasy a ont her.
there is but very little timber coming into
the pu1 ii; loom at Darien, Just now but sawn
continues to come down to the private booms.
During the past month there was shipped
from Darien. Aoastwise anu foreign 76i3 900
feet Of hewn and sawn tim er and ! rnher
During the month ending on June 81 there
was meas ured at the public boom in , arien
100000 ct OF square sea and sawn tim er
This does not include the sawn tin. er and
lum ler which came in d ring the month and
was carried direct to the private booms.
Louis Barclay, a negro. living on Joseph B.
Bells place near Patillo, was shot while
stealing fodder from ID. NJ. Bell on Wcdnes-
dav morning. Mr.. BeIlhas been missing fodder
and corn tor some time ana while ne sus
pee ed this negro he hal nothing but drcum
his attention was attracted by a noise at h
tarn, and. gettln his gun. he caught the
nero in the act of filling sack with fodder
so he fired, the entire 4oad taking effect in the
deshy part Just owe the thigh. he is not
serlo Injured.
Thursday morning out o'clock the large
barn on the Ennis place, about three miles
nor Of COum bus, with its contents. was
DESTROYED by fire The barn and contents
were Insured for $780, The loss VIII reach
a out 1000. there was stored in the barn,
corn oats, etc, sufficient for the season
supply. he stock stabbed in the lower por-
ton of the arm, were got en- out without in
jury. The arm was large story frame oa
a "A foot , e lar, which was sed as stable
and was one OF the best in MusCogee county
The hre roke out on the upper floor but
how it originated is unknown.
GAINESVILLE Advertiser: Last Wednesday
evening very unexpe ted marriage occurred
at the Mount lew hotel the Contracting
parties were Miss Bessie Reed and Rev
lthard Goodrum. I he marriage took the
town quite by surprise occurring as it did
near midnight and eng totally unexpected
Miss Reed has cen visiting Mrs, r l.. heard
lot some months and since coming to Clarks
vile she has attracted much attention. Mr..
GOOdrum Is a Baptist minister serving
chur,h3 IS at Lumpkin and Buena Vista. he
came to Clarksville few days ago to visit
Miss Reed, and persuaded her to lie married
and return home with him. and IN thus ne was
successful. Obtaining the services of uev. g.
W. arr, at L 20 o clock the ceremony was
performed in the parlor at the Mount View.
Americas Times Recorder; The melon
growers about Americas are looking
dollars this summer. Notwithstanding
the unfavoraDle weather early in the season,
the vines are vigoro Is ami healthy,and while
the acreage is small, the yield VIII ne very
good. there are between 5OO and goo acres
IN melons near the city, while the acreage in
the county Is even larger. Along the cavan
nah, Amerieus and Montgomery road are
many 1ne helds of melons. ), X. Smith and
:. 3. Jones two former Americas toys. have
Jos acre melon farm near Cordele, that Is
ahead OF anything in the locality ) he
melons are growing rapidly, aid
vi favorable seasons the 70 NJ
mea hope to make Shipment wi hin thr e
weeks. Already hey have de~l lined a fancy
price for their entire crop at their siding.
Mr.. Smith was in Americas recently. and
IN reply to question, said they expected to
gather at least fifty or sixty carloads from
the 100 acres Even at $50 a carload, which
is very low estimate, the crop will net the
producers $1,000, which is more than twenty
times that acreage in cotton would have
netted
Columbus Enquirer Sun: A little fight is
on Uetween the wholesale and retail grocery
merchants OF Columbus. that will have its de-
houement In the organization of an asso,ia
vluh 10 e styled the "GroCe yuen AsSocia-
Iion- The association viii be composed of
lne retail grocery merchants OF this ty the
oo.e-t designed Icing their mutual protec-
non About eighteen months ago there was
organized In Columbus q VII jlesa4e Gro
Gerry Merchants Association" the OBJECT of
lIlS association OF course. being the mutual
pFoteCtlo OF the who a c groeerymen of
tolumbus. About two weeks GO the assocl-
dllon with watch upon its own interest. iu-
~ ucted the brokers of Columbus to sell the
Uaue on in 10 lots. That IS meat and sugar
only IN carlo DIS. This, of course the who
SdlG men had a perfect right to do. The
pIokers who do the largest portion Of their
BUSINESS with the wholesale men, could not
uul act IN ~edlence to the order of the a,so-
Sldtlon ana as the retail men >annot with any
ploHt 70 themselves GUY In such large quantl-
1es' they were forced to seek a remedy
OF allow the wholesalers Of the city n
koo1 profit on their purchases. The
Ielallers are forced to sell very close
1uu ABOUT their only profit comes in their
nc dCeS. AS purchases from the looal whole
edIers would necessarily kill their reuates, it
vas necessary for them to seek o relief
through an association Of their own. Harry
ndllel and other prominent retailers went to
MoFA TO organize the association, and while
lug organlzati IN is not yet complete and can
wv Le until a charter is obtained, yet num-
W OF the retail men, who will be members
VI tle association, Yesterday morning placed
gu oEuer with the American Trust for 100
narIels OF sugar, and yeste,d afternoon. on
oeGount OF the cut. decided to double the
VIqer. The order Will be shipped to Crimson
~ luE ram, and on the arrival Of the 20J Jar
rs OF gar which is two car loads, 1t will
W. distributed among the several merchants
IL CiuOi ed together for Its purchase. Ap
PliodIlon Tor charter for the asso -iation Will
~ made al this term of the superior court.
aus association will model its constitution
p ~ laws aft the zig retail asso- iation of
4 na @faler