The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-27
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of the Two States Told
in Paragraphs.


the Flames The North Georgia Bap-
tists-The Theft of So Bill-A Fatal
Fight on the Highway Near Ellijay.
GEORGIA.
A goober farm is an enterprise near Lexing-
ton.
Mrs. R. H. Barron. Of Macon, died Thurs
day.
The firm Of B. IT. Sinclair & Co., at Darien,
has been dissolved.
The firm Of r. X. Hopkins & Co., at Cres-
cent has been dissolved
4 case was tried at Greensboro before
Justices Durham and Wood last Monday, In
which The sum of 81 was involved Six at
torneys were employed in the case-three on
each side
Miss Hattie Bingham, one Of the pupils of
Miss Thompson's private school at Brunswick,
has made the splendid record Of attending
school for five years continuously without
missing day
county was found dead IN the field, where he
had been at work. His head gave evidence
of a severe beating. There is no clue to the
perpetrator OF the deed. The deceased was
considerably advanced in age.
The stockholders Of the West Point Oil
Mills held a meeting Monday, The mills have
had most successful run during the past
season. dividend OF per cent was de
cleared and 1t determined to invest
about SO 900 Of the earnings in new machinery.
William b. Jones, young white boy Of II
on the charge of burglary, He had been
living on Ben Smiths place, and after leaving
there broke into Mr.. Smith S store and resi-
dence. The boy is originally from Alabama.
The North Georgia Baptistconvention will
meet with the Lawrenceville Baptist church
on July 10. The convention is strictly
missionary body, and will be composed OF
many Of the most eminent Baptist div1nes in
Georgia 1t will remain in session about
three days.
DR.. T. o. Powell Superintendent Of the
state lunatic asylum at Miledgeyllle has re-
turned from visit to Philadelphia, where he
went to attend the annual meeting Of the
American Psychological Society There are
now $50 inmates Of the asylum 200 whites
and $50 colored, and the institution is very
much oVercrowded.
In the case OF the state vs. w. T. Almon,
found guilty at the last term OF the superior
court at Carrollton OF voluntary man
slaughter. Judge Harris, on last Monday, sen
fenced him to six years in the penltentiary.
His counsel withdrew their plea for new
trial ana no further EFFORT Will be made IN his
behalf in the courts.
In Oglethorpe county the locust plague be-
gins to assume more alarming proportions.
Especially in the fiatwoods section are they
growing more numerous and covering more
territory. They are also making their APP
pearance in some other portions Of the
county, and fears are arising that they will
become general ana in such numbers as to
prove damaging to crops.
The little S-year-old daughter OF George De-
board, who livesia few miles from Ellijay, was
nursing the baby while her mother was out
about the place. The baby's clothes caught
on fire, and in eXtinguishtng the flames the
little girls dress caught. Her screams
brought her mother TO the scene who by
heroic efforts put out the flames, huff before
she could do so, the little girl was horribly
burned and nearly all her clothes burned of.
She saved the baby, but was herself burned
so bad that she died.
Americas Times Recorder: j. r. Bragg,
a young bagman on the Savannah,
Americas and Montgomery railroad, met
with serious accident while on duty Thurs
. day The young man was tagging on west
bound freight No. 81. which was drilling cars
at Seville when the accident occurred shortly
before noon. In some manner the fiagman
was caught between the bumpers while
making coupling, and was severely crushed.
AS quickly as the accident was discovered he
was removed TO neighboring house and
physician summoned. He was painfully in
Iured internally, but to what extent could not
be ascertaiued. The wounded man was
placed aboard an extra and brought to this
city, arriving here Thursday night. He was
taken to his home on Elm avenue, where he
was resting very well at late hour.
Cherokee Advance; One day last week
Gapt. John b. Richards carefully folded and
put in his vest pocket q S. bill, but when he
went to get it a daY or so afterward IL was
gone. In the meantime he had changed vests
and left the one containing the 50 on a chair
IN his bedroom. lie at once set about to To-
cate the missing money, and with view OF
more certainly detecting the one who got it,
or rather the one spending IL, he notified the
merchants and described the way in which
the bill was creased and folded. His sus-
plcions however, rested upon a Mrs. Aber-
nathy, middle-aged and crippled white
woman who was cooking for him, and sure
enough the bill was shortly presented to Mr..
Crlsler In payment Of certain goods and
traced to Mrs Abernathy A warrant was
sworn out by Capt. Richards and a prelimi-
nary trial had before Esquire Mullins who
committed her to Jail in default OF a 50-bond
After few days Incarceration in the county
jail Mrs. Alternately was released by Capt.
Richards signing a reduced bond for her ap-
pearance at September court.
Valdosta Times: On Thursday the first
building Of the aldosta Guano Company was
begun. 1t is two story wooden structure. 40
feet BY 100 feet IN size, and is for the accom-
mediation OF the costly acid chamber. This
building will go up rapidly and be finished
within three weeks The next building to be
started is the oil mill 1t will be 40x60 feet.
The lumber is now coming for it, and the con-
tract for machinery, boiler and engine to go
In II nave been given. Plans now are being
received for the detailed erection of tins
building. The cotton gin is the third building
of the group ana it will be fitted for both long
ing is the monster of the col
lection 1t is the guano factory proper. 1t
viii be 50 feet wide by 225 feet in length and
mostly four stories in hight In it is the
large machinery for grinding sack, mixing
guanO, etc. An elevated car trestle runs
through it and carries the manufactured fer
tilizer to the large dumping pit where the
stuff is left for drying. All this is within the
walls. Bids are now being considered for the
EudAO All equipments are con
tracted for to be in Valdosta by Aug. l.
Every effort will be put forth to have the fac
tory ready for running in September
Elliay Courier: On last Sunday evening
between shutdown and dark Jim LaTman was
killed in fight with Charley Holt. 1t ap.
pears that Charley Holt Jim Reese and Jim
Iawman were riding along the road going TO
John AndersOn'S when Lawman and Holt
quarreled, resulting as above. Jim Reese,
who was the only eyewitness. came in Mon
day and surrendered to the sheriff. He tells
the following story: He and Holt and Law
man had started to John Anderson's. Law
man was drinking, and accused them OF go
ing back on him. and told Holt he would
make IL right with him. Lawman was in
front Of them, when he suddenly turned his
mule sideways in the road and used
offensive language to Holt telling him
TO light. He then slapped Holt with
his left hand which caused him to fall of his
mule. Lawman got OF also and ran al Holt
with knife and told him he would make II
right with him. Holt hacked from him
and they finally closed with each other At
this juncture Reese says that his mule be-
came frightened, and he rode on and left
them, gong to a Mr. Beardens. soon Holt
came to Bearden's and he asked him how he
got away from Lawman and Holt said that
he had cut he nself away from him. and that
he lad left LaWman in the road. He saws
Holt was cut on the thumb and
had his clothes cut in twenty places