The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-08
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
PARAGRAPHS.

Knocked From a Train and Prob
ably Fatally Iniured-A Negro Mis-
taken for a Criminal shot and
Probably Fatally wounded by the
Marshal of JoneSboro.
GEORGIA
The annual session Of the Georgia state
HORTICULTURAL Society viii be held at Cuth-
bert Ire August
Sparta's municipal election resulted in
The choice Of l.. Baker for mayor and r.
a. Chapman as alderman from the Fourth
ward.
Rev. Or. r. r. White. Of Bedford. New
York. mas ac cepted the call TO the pas
torate Of the 5irst Presbyterian church at
Macon.
Today the corner stone OF the home for
she orphans OF Georgia RCl Men viii be
laid AT Austell- The building viii cost
about SD.00.
Tomorrow nj rht Samuel Gompers. eX-
president of the. American Federation Of
Labor. will deliver an address az Macon
on Organized Labor. the Republic Saw
The members Of the Gate City Guard OF
Atlanta are disc ussinE proposed trip
OF that company to Chicago on May 3D.
which is decoration day 10 witness the I'M
yelling Of the conf ederate monument
Charlie Borders. a little 12-year-old boy
who lives in Hamilton. has been blowing
for four years. He has issued challenge
10 nybody, man or boy 10 pillow a row of
corn or cotton. He is the son of /. c.
Borders
Calvin Lee, a negro employe of Column
bus was run over stnd instantly killed
Monday while crossing the track of the
Mobile and Girard road in "a cart Two
cars propelled by a switch engine passed
over his body
Judge VI. Gormiey. ordinary of Randolph
county. has suffered a partial stroke OF
paralysis Of the throa- at his home at
Cuthberta Judge GOrml " SIS IS years old,
and has been ordinary OF randolph county
for nearly thirty years.
Messrs. Davidson and Miller Of Angus
Ia and Johnson and Scales Of Waynes-
boro were at Sparta Mo nday and appear
ed before Judge Seaborn Reese in an ap-
plication for Injunction and receiver II,
the case Of Reeves ct. al. VS.. Bowels The
case was from Burke county and in
volved nine thousand acres Of land lying
IN that county.
Monday night. as the 1915 express went
down the Georgia railroad, Adolphus Da-
Wis a negro boy. about J 5 years old. got
on at Decatur. He stood 'on the steps and
was swinging and frishiIlg around when
in passing a stock gap '0n Judge Brice's
farm. a post struck him and knocked him
off He was found later nd received prop
er attention, but it is net thought that he
will live.
Mary Sallie AIofet the 5-year old daugh-
ter of Capt. and Mrs. NJ. C. Monet of Gov
iugtOn, had narrow escape from chOk-
ing 10 death on Monday. Sometime during
the afternoon, while playing, she found
"A medium size die, and while playing
with il put IL in her mouth, when IL he
came lodged in her Throat. The parents
finally succeeded in removing IL by caus-
ing her 10 swallow it,
A little negro boy I'm Tennillo had a queer
experience a few days ago, He took a COW
belonging TO Rev. r. J. Pipltin out TO Craze
and tied ono end OF q rope around his
waist and the other end TO the cows
horns. The cow became frightened and
ran away. The boy was dragged two nun
tlred yards and would have been killed
IL the COW in her mad race. had not run
into a locomotive and killed. herself.
During the thunder Storm Thursday az
ternoon tightening struck the two-story
residence OF James Grier, situated on Lee
street at Dawson. and did "a great deal
of damage. The walls We're completely
torn down and the glass windows We're
broken and the furnitare in the house
very badly torn to pieces. The house
was occupied by Mrs. n. c. Baldwin but
fortunately there was no one at home
when the terrible occurrence rock place.
Americas Herald: a promi nent Sumter
county farmer is giving his Fri ends pointers
on planting beans. His married sister
planted fine patch. of beans in her garden,
The other day the young farmer was walk
ing through the patch ami noticed that
the beans had come out Of the ground on
top of the plant. To the farmer this was
new wrinkle, and calling all the hands
on the place proceeded to reverse the
plant. When the housewife discovered
what had been done there was an inter
esting scene, and the prominent young
farmer is reading up on bean culture.
John Ingram. a negro, who has been
several years. was visiting his parents in
JonesboTo Saturday night when he was
mistaken by Marshal JOHN Bright, of that
town, for another negro, and was shot
and dangerously wounded. Ingram was
walking down street in Jonesboro when
Marshal Bright saw him. The marshal
mistoOk the negro for criminal whom he
wanted. He started quickly towards In
gram, and the negro not knowing what
the matter was took to his heels. Mar
shall Bright then fired and the bullet
struck the negro in the left side of the
back. The wounded man was taken TO
his fathers home as soon as 1t was found
a mistake had been made. and Sunday
night he was sent to the Grady hospital
He is dangerously wounded and may not
recover.
FLORIDA.
The postofIice at Lemon City is named
Motto.
Mrs Betty Davis has been appointed
postmistress at Wekiya, vice ]. NJ. Dav
idge. resigned.
The indications are that not less than
600 settlers will make their homes near