The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-21

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extra accommodations IL possible for the
next year. The school year ends in De-
eember and the new session begins next
February.
ed club of which George T. Hodgson IS
president and G. A. Rowland is secre-
tary The members are 6. 7. Hodson. c.
A. Rowlands, Howell Cobb, w. w. Thorn
as, l. j. Wilkins, J. II. T. Mcpherson. ,.
{. Bloomfield, G. NJ. Smelling, s. II Harde-
man and John Morris. A regular chess
tournament Will be arranged at an early
date and games with players from neigh
boring cities will also be arranged.
Vidalia star: A party of our citizens
dubbed together last Wednesday and fish
ca Ihompson.s mill pond. The catch ag-
gregated 1000 pounds, exclusive of the
suckers and cats that were discarded The
largest of the lot were two trout weigh
ing twelve pounds each There were tweu-
ty-three shares in the club, the members
very llherally sharing their good luck with
friends. As result fish suppers were
numerous in town Wednesday night.
Eatonton has lost two gins bv fire
within the past week on Wednesday the
gin of c. y. Leonard was burned to the
ground ana with II eight or ten bales
OF cotton, 1000 bushels of seed and H.
O0 feet Of lumber. The depot of the
Middle Georgia and Atlantic railroad
caught, but was saved. Friday the gin OF
Albert Walton in the upper edge Of town,
rolled out and thirteen bales were partly
damaged and seventeen bales were badly
burned, Mr. Walton took out 81 go m
surance two weeks ago. The building ana
machinery are complete loss.
charlotte b. Carson is a citizen of Au-
burn, Ala. Some time previous to Septern-
ppef, 1850 she was a resident of Cordele in
Dooly county. William Roberts Sr is and
was Tor number of years a resident of
Naldosta, in Lowndes county During
those days Miss Carson. alleges Mr.. Rob
hgf an 4 a.
TO marry him. Before the time finally fixed
upon Tor the ma3riage Mr.. Roberts, with
OUT Notifying Miss Carson of the fact mar
RED another woman Now Miss Carson
wants $4,000 TO soothe her wounded feel
lngs and has entered suit in the United
states court at Macon for that amount
- deal has been made at Sparks by Capt.
ID. c. Bacon, president of The Atlan+a
Lumber Company, in which the Atlanta
LUMBER Company purchases of Capt c.
H. Beckwith nine miles Of tram road 4
ttGIc oylt0n saWmiil and .appurtenances
lanta Lumber Company proposes to put
new rails on the road and extend the
road TO MOultrie. Colquitt county where
~ mas recently made an enormous land
deal 1t is thought that this road will at
no distant day be extended eastward to
Nashville, twelve miles distant. This pro-
gect VIII open up scope of country which
heretofore has grown wild.
John Jackson and George Rawson both
neSfoes, working on the farm of Arthur
Z. e.
FRIDAY over some trivial matter the re-
suit of which ended in the killing OF Raw
son. There were but two eye-witnessey
to the affair. They say that when Lack
son became angered in the quarrel he too,
up hoe to use upon Rawson, where
upon Rawson began running. with Jack
reached wire fence, which he could
neither go through nor over Seeing his
predlcament and that Jackson was upon
him with a hoe, he turned threw i'm his
begged m
jackson, however, dealt him a heavy bloyy
WITH the hoe fracturing his skull, from
son made his escape.
Charles Evans of Windsor. S. G went IN
the Wild West show at Augusta Friday
AFTERNOON. In returning he leaned far out
from the wrong side of the car to talk
with friend. The conductor and nassenN
gers pulled him in, at the same time warn
ing him that unless he remained inside
the protective belt he would be killed Nv
the posts. The young man. however. eth
er disregarded or forgot the warning. and
when the car had gotten under full head
way leaned out again. A post struck him
squafeiy on the head and he was thrown
10 the ground. When picked UP the Young
man was unconscious and blood was e1lsh-
ing from his mouth and ears. 1t was a ter
flble dow ana those who witnessed the
accident thought he had been killed out
right He recovered sufficiently later on to
leave for home but his head was badly
bruised '
The details of a horrible and pbas,lv
murder committed in Clayton county FIVE
miles from Jonesboro have come to light
IN the arrest of two women Hattie Tav-
Tor ana Lena Andrews and a man NV
the name OF lvey Brooks. A few DAYS ago
she leaoleSs trunk of a negro man was
found IN the woods near Riverdale. IN
clayton county. but no one could recog
ME the body, as the head could nor lie
round; AFTER few days some one identi-
ned the body as that of a well-known
negro farmer and suspicion was directed
asalhst man who was known to he
on intimate terms with his Wife This
man was lVey Brooks and he was ar
rested After being placed in Jail he con-
fessed to the murder and implicated fho
wife of the murdered man and anotber
woman. These women, Hattie TAYLOR an
Lena Andrews, were arrested and locked
IN Jail to await trial. The negro folj
now the man had been murdered and
Jhen ne described how his body had hee0
dragged up TO log as il IL had been a
chicken and the head chopped off with
an ak. he said this was done to prevent
the body from being recognized. fIe toIS
where the ak and the severed head couid
De round. An investigation was made
ana Just where Brooks said the CHASTITY
tTophles or the murder could be found
theg We're uncovered. The ak was COW
cred with the blood of the murdered man
ana the head showed where it had bean
struck before 1t was severed from tba
body. The negroes now in Jail will nro5-
ABLY be given preliminary trial to-
FLORIDA.
Rev. John ]. Latham Of Fssop,h,,
county died Wednesday. "a
Hon. w. NJ. Bitch viii soon establisb
q canning factory at Lacrosse