The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-18
GEORGIA.

the OkeennOkee.
GEORGIA.
Large crowds are visiting the Eastman
Times-Iournal office daily. gazing upon
that educated pet king snake
Advertiser: II is the opinion Of "a num-
Der of leading citizens that ThOmasviile
should have a city recorder 10 preside
over the police court
A daughter Of A. C.. Rhodes, while re-
turning TO her home at Blakely from the
union meeting at Enterprise church last
week, was bitten BY a ground-rattlesnake.
Early County News: Tom Jones. the
'onliest' man in Georgia who can play
tune on a steam gin whistle, wakes
the people in his neighbOrhoOd every MORN
ing playing Dixie.
Petitions are being circulated in and
around Eastman for the establishment
OF the dispensary system in Georgia.
profting by the experience Of South Caro-
lima, the Iimes-Journal begs TO De ex-
cused.
Tuesday night at Blakely Miss Ida May
Elder blew out the light and In trying
10 jump in the bed struck her mouth
against the bed post and stuck one of
her upper front teeth entirely through
her lower lip.
william Hunter, the negro rapist who
was convicted at a special term Of Mitch
ell county superior court, passed through
Townsville Friday, in charge Of a
guard en- route to a convict camp near
the Okeefeenokee swamp. He was given
twenty years.
John D. Walker Of Sparta Thursday
morning heard a disturbance among his
fowls. Taking his pistol. he went out to
make an investigation. He found that the
disturber OF the peace was large owl,
which he shot and killed. From tip to tip
IL measured four feet.
A movement is on foot to get the
Postal Telegraph Company TO establish
an office in Townsville. The company
is going TO cambridge and Albany, says
the Advertiser, and ThomasVille should
leave no stone unturned TO get a line
here TO compete with the Western Union
Being urged by large number of our
farmers to do so, ]. l.. Stephens of Dodge
county has decided 20 put In a rice mill In
connection with his grist and cotton mill
IN Eastman, as many farmers whereabouts
are interested in rice growing Mr.. Ste
phens has probably made a wise decision
he will also put in feed-chopping ma
chine.
Early County News, On sunday night
the misfortune TO have house, in which
were stored about seventy-five bales of
cotton, struck by lightning, which set
fire to the house, destroying II complete
ly The entire lot OF cotton was more
or less damaged, though only two or three
bales were entirely consumed by the
flames
Cartersville's new bank is now a GER
tainty, an organization of the banking
stock having been already secured. The
new bank viii be called the bank Of Car
tersville, and Will do business at the old
stand of the Howard bank. II Will have
ample capital and being established on
the cooperative plan, Individual subscrip-
tions to the stock being limited 70 $780, dis
tributes the shares so as TO interest many
persons right at the beginning.
Adairsville Banner: A sad and fatal ac-
cident occurred near Blue Springs last
Saturday. AS Mrs. NJ. A. Roberts and her
daughter, Mrs. Bessie Clemmons, and chill
dren were on their way TO church going
down steep hill about half a mile from
town something broke about the harness
and the mule became frightened and ran
away, throwing all that were in the buggy
out Mrs. Roberts who was killed, was an
aged lady, something over 90 years. She
leaves a number of relatives and friends
10 mourn her loss. The funeral services
took place at Blue Springs Sunday.
Albany Herald: Sheriff Green Nelson of
Worth county, arrived in the city yester-
day morning, having in his charge Will
lam Williams, alias Henry Borem, a ne
gro murderer. for whom there has been a
standing reward for two years. For about
eight months Williams has been in Worth
county, living quietly at PowelPs turpen-
tine still near Oakac.d. Last Friday. Sher-
III Nelson had occasion to go TO Oakfield
and make raid on gang of negro gam
blers. He got eight of them and among the
number was Williams, They were all TAX
en- to Isabella and placed in jail
Townsville Times-Advertiser The sub
ecription committee of the business league
VINO are raising money for the publication
OF the Thomasville pamphlet, are at work
yet, though we must say they haven't
met with the amount of encouragement
at the hands of our business men and cit
izens that they should have received. There
are enough people in Townsville who are
interested in the tourist business to sub
scribe the requisite amount to publish the
pamphlets without having the committee
seour the town for contributions. They
evidently don't appreciate the Importance
of this work.
Deputy United States Marshal w. L.
Poore of Mitchell county is in trouble. He
is charged with some irregularities in the
discharge Official al
legged Irregularities occurred some months
ago and Deputy Poore has been in hiding
for some time. but finally went to Balm
bridge and gave himself up TO Marshal
Harrell. He was brought to Townsville
Thursday afternoon by Marshal Harrell
Mr.. Blood, who was at Thomasville
about a month ago getting bids on the
handsome winter residence Mr.. Bailey
proposes building here, has returned and
will build at once.
The South Brunswick Terminal Railroad
Company has been reorganized under the
name of the South Brunswick Railway
Company, and a charter has been granted
the new company by Secretary Gambler.
The road was sold at receivers sale by or
der OF the court and was bought in by Mr..
Hiram H. Steele and Mr.. John b. Keer Of
New York They have reorganized ii and
capitalized il for $4,000. The road runs
from Colonels Island in tilynn county to
Waynesville in Wayne county. 1t is said
that several of the short roads in that vi
entity will combine with the new road,
which viii be extended so that it will con-
meet with the Southern.
The hearing of the Western and At
lantic right of way case before the spe-
cial commission appointed by the state
came to temporary stop at Atlanta Sat
urday afternoon by the completion of the
evidence. The testimony is now all in as
10 the question of whether the right of
way used by the Central railroad between
Forsyth and Lloyd streets in the city of At
lanta does not belong to the state road.
Arguments will not be heard until the 18th
of September, because ii has been deter
mined TO have all the evidence typewrit-
ten before the speeches commence. The
commission adjourned until that time.
Deputy United States Marshals Baggs
and Hurst brought in Hugh Hathcock, Of
Worth county, and Steve Smith, of Col
quit county, to Townsville Friday,
both charged with Illicit distilling. 1t
seems that the deputies have found a
regular nest of these mOOnshiners up
in the corner of Worth and Colquitt coun-
ties. During the past two weeks they
have brought In eighteen white men from
up there and only one of that number
has been turned loose, the others being
all bound over TO the fail term of the
United States court The deputies will
go out again at once after another lot
of revenue viOlatOrs. They are keeping
Commissioner Roddenberry busy hearing
the numerous cases now.
Cherokee Advance: on Thursday even
Ing OF last week perhaps the oldest fight