The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-04
ITEMS IN THREE STATES.
GEORGIA. FLORIDA AND South
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRApHED.


GEORGIA.
The Barnesyllle underwear mills are
running day and night.
During the past month there was shipped
from DarIeu. Coa@tWise and foreign b.
$3.50 feet Of hewn and sawn timber ane
lumber
The American silver cornet band VIII
make application for charter shortly. The
capital stock is placed at 500, about 500
OF which has been paid in.
Dr. J. T.. Roberts. eX-postma ster OF san
dersville, now in jail az Macon, attempted
suicide Saturday by taking strEchniue AZ
last accounts his recovery was very doupl-
fuL
There are now In process Of construc-
tion in Naldosta nearly twenty handsome
residences. while work VIII Doe com
menced on five or six others In a few
days.
week for S. doctor bin OF s. was paid
on it the same day while negro was
given 81 to drag il to the city commons
the day afterwards
Georgia has two cabinet ladies' now
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Wilson. The latter
lady was born in Virginia, but having
been reared I'm Augusta, she Is pracu-
cally a Georgia lady.
A one-horse wagon, with plain pine
coffin, drawn by little mule and followed
by two weeping women in buggy made
up a funeral procession that passed
through Naldosta Saturday
Friday morning Carlton Bryant Of Ath-
ems was kicked by colt he was breaking
in. An examination Of the injury showed
that deep cash had been cut over the
left eye. and that the frontal bone had
been driven in. Mr.. Bryant VIII get well
During the month ending on the 30th
ulumo. there was measured at the pubic
boom in Darien. 100000 feet OF square
scab and sawn timber. This does not m
clude the sawn timber and lumber when
came in during the month ana was carried
direct 10 the private boOms.
Alex Wells negro preacher was con
victed at Forsyth Saturday on a charge
of arson. Wells was charged with bufn-
ing down his own church. He pleaded not
guilty. The jury brought i'm verdict
Of guilty and the judge sentenced MN
TO serve sixteen years I'm the pemtenuary
saxon Anderson started his new paper
mill at Marietta Friday, and gave a bar
becue to celebrate the event The new
mill is equipped with a fine plant which
has a capacity of 1000 pounds OF news
paper per day Pine wood pulp and rags
will be used in the manufacture OF the
paper.
Charles Grey, one Of Macon's Oldest citi-
zens died at l54 Pine street al " clock
Saturday night OF Brights disease. He
was n years Of age, leaves Wlte ana
six children, as follows. Mrs. >. NJ. III
lard. Mrs. n. !. Drummer, Mrs. James boat-
wright, Rosa and Maud Grey and William
Grey.
GAINESVILLE can boast of plenty Of pluck
during the dull times and has IN her
push and vim added number OF the best
paying manufactures In the south to her
list. The newest of these is the hosiery
mills, manufacturing mems, ladies' ana
misses hose, with present capacity or
200 dozen per day.
News has been received at Rome that
two more big textile mills are look
ing over the ground with a view 10 To-
eating at Rome. one OF them, especially,
is almost certain TO locate there as its
interests are closely allied to the big
Massachusetts mill company which has
already decided to locate at Rome.
Thursday night some unknown person
set fire TO the store house of Townsend H.
Gentles at Tilton. In a few hours that
building with the store of w. c. StOval
and James Townsends dwelling, were In
ashes II was hard work to save the hotel
and other buildings near by. There was
very little insurance on the buildings
burned.
About two dozen farmers met at the
court house at Lumpkln in response to
President Boyetts call for a meeting of
the planters OF Stewart county to reduce
the cotton acreage for Stewart this year.
All those present favored a reduction, in
accordance with the rules Of the associa-
tion. Blanks for signatures were distri-
buted at the meeting. Stuart has about
1900 farmers.
The officers of Fort Mcpherson at At
lanta are holding an examination for adj
mission TO the military academy at West
Point. The examination will be conclud-
ed to-day. There are thirteen candidates
for admission, representing the six
states Of Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee, North Carolina and South
Carolina. There are twelve white and one
colored candidate.
The company that is on the develop
ment of electrical power at Tallahassee
Shoals intend to push the work steadily
forward. The shoals have been thorough
ly surveyed. The next step in order was
the submission Of the plan to an cleo
trical supply works for an estimate of
machinery, wire, and other necessary APP
#lTnas amnHs HHa..N
nounce the fact that the shoals viii de-
Velop. without a dam, 1900 horse power,
and with dam, over $500 horse power
can be developed.
The will of Paul Jones. who was once
a resident of Atlanta, and whose death oc-
CURED at Louisville a few days ago, was
probated in Louisville Saturday. Two At
lanta people come in for shares of the big
estate to the extent of 100000. Mrs Jose
phine Ballard receives $4,000. and Alex
B. Ballard has been willed $4,000 The
greater portion OF the estate goes to San
ders Paul Jones and Lawrence LaNaUe
Jones, sons of the testator, who are also
appointed executors. 1t is estimated that
the estate will reach nearly million dol
lars.
A fire broke out in the fancy grocery
store of Smith & Harris at West Point
Saturday morning about 2;S0 o'clock. The
stock is a total loss. The smoke and
water did as much or more damage than
the fire. The wall between Crawford
drug store and the grocery was burned
InfOuBns ana the neat ana smoke mas TO-
tally ruined the stock of drugs. W. p.
Whites furniture store was slightly dam
aged by smoke. The loss to the buildings
and stock will probably be about $60O0
partly insured
Thursday morning four boys two white
and two colored, neither being over Is
years of age, left Griffin on foot for
Tampa, Fla. The mother of one of the
white boys learned of the escapade of
her son about noon, and at once tele-
phoned the police of GAINESVILLE to arrest
her boy. The young tourists had but
short while before the message was re-
ceved passed through that place, but the
police pursued and soon overlook the
boys and brought back the one asked
for, and Saturday morning he was re-
turned to his mother
Thursday morning when Jailer Payne
went down to the jail at Cleveland to give
his prisoners their breakfast he found
only empty walls awaiting him. Albert
Cross and Frank Hunter had been chain
ed, but they, in company with Henry
Robertson and his son, who had the free
dom of the room where then We're con
fined, were gone. The shackles had been
deftly broken from the limbs of Cross
and Hunter, and the combined efforts OF
the four men broke the lock to the dun
geon trap door.
f. j. Prather, one of Oldest citizens Of
Jasper and a well known merchant died
at his home at s O'Clock Thursday night
He has been suffering from a sCa Ia re-