The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-31
GEORGIA.

GEORGIA.
The regular monthly meeting Of Camp
Sumter, United Confederate Veterans.
will be held al Americas Tuesday, Sept
2. fun attendance OF members is re-
Quested-
The big shed being built at the upper
compress al Americas would rival one OF
the great exposition buildings In point OF
size. II will cover several acres and IS
now nearly completed.
A. J. Williams. living near Americas.
has a genuine maidstone. the efficacy OF
which has been frequently tested- At this
dog day season IL is well to know where
a maidstone can easily be found.
Recorder: Southwest Georgia win
rival the best section Of Ohio in hay pro-
duction this year. Great wagon loads OF
fine hay come into Americas daily, and
farmers report that big crop is being
harvested
of COvena, comes up with the news that he
was at the killing of a water mOccasin on
the Ohoopee. only feet and inches in
length and II inches in circumference, out
of which, upon cutting il open, crawled 4S
young ones, each Il inches in length.
Jasper County News: There will be a
colt show in Monticello at 10 o'clock on
Friday morning, Sept. 10, and races
at the track in the afternoon. There will
be no entrance fee charged for colts, and
ii Is thought all who own stock viii Jake
colts.
RockdaIe Banner: A thief broke into
the smokehouse of S. +. Cowan at Con-
yers one night last week and took about
nifty pounds of meat, leaving the lock on
the door just as Mr.. CoWan had locked il
the night before. 1t is evident that the
thief Is up TO his profession. since no sign
was left except the missing meat
Washington correspondent Morning
News: Aug. % was Redman's day in Wash
ingtOn. An elegant barbecue was served
in the morning in honor of David J. Bailey,
great sachem of the state. In the after
noon Mr.. Bailey gave a mastery address
upon the unWritten work Of the order.
Mr.. Bailey made fine impression here
and his work Will be productive OF great
good to the order.
Madison Advertiser: The members of
the Walton, Godfrey and Butler families
held a family reunion at the old Walton
homestead last Thursday. A barbecue
dinner was served, and despite the ex-
ceedingly Indictment weather these good
people enjoyed the day immensely. No
better people than the Waltons, Buffers
and Godfreys reside in Morgan county,
and Madison is proud Of them.
Times Recorder: The force of workmen
engaged at the artesan well at Americas
were employed Thursday in pulling out
the 200 feet of five-inch casing from the
etght-inch main casing for the purpose of
taking on the valve fixed at the lower end.
When this Is done the casing will be re-
placed and the air pipes attached. Super
intendent Eldridge expects to have the
well flowing again by Saturday.
Times Recorder: Three sweet-scented
die Black and Hattie Stevens, INDUCED in
a three-cornered melee at the Central de-
pot day or two ago, and succeeded in
filling the atmosphere with scraps of hide
and hair interspersed with heightened
''cussin" galore. The trio were hauled up
in police court yesterday and sentenced
TO terms Of thirty days each upon the
streets.
Jasper County News. At the recent reun-
ion of the Forty-fOurth Georgia regiment,
at Watldnsville, Mai. J. G. Key was elect
ed president of the association, for the in
coming year; Lieut. Joshua Hammond, of
Company Il. vice president, 5. M. Buch-
anon, of Company ID. secretary and Les
ter of Company d. assistant secretary.
The old veterans of the Dale, Cook and
Colquitt brigades propose to reorganize
with view of arranging for a train to
carry them to the United Confederate Vet
Grams reunion at Richmond next year.
DeKalb New Era. The committee of ar
engagements of the Thirty-eighth Georgia
regiment have received information that
Ensign Frank Guess will ride the same big
OK TO the reunion that he rode away from
Knoxville Tenn, when Longstreet was re-
pulsed in his charge on the forts at that
place. Lieut.. John Baxter and Newt Nash
VIII probably have another barrel like the
one rolled by them at Gettysburg which
was full of oil and had been issued to them
for whisky. ALLEN Brown will bring along
his gun sings to have them ready for any
purpose that may be desired.
Advertiser: Dirt was broken at Madison
for the new school building Monday morn
ing. Mr.. Ittner, the contractor with his
assistants, arrived Sunday. a squad of
hands went to work Monday morning ar
ranging the grounds for the foundations
The hands were called off Tuesday after
noon, and the board OF education decided
TO locate the building further back from
the street than was at first contem-
plated. This will cause the new builG-
ing to be within twelve feet of the old
one now standing there, and is a decided
Improvement on the location originally Sc
Correspondence Madison Advertiser:
There is an old colored woman in our
community who is so devoted to her kin
after them all Here is the name: Ma
tilda Ann Elizabeth Polly Dolly Adline
Amelia Agnes Salone Kate Fisher Valen-
tine Catherine Alemontine Martin Double
roe Kilpeperson Peacock Jimpather .Narilla
Jane Indiana Francis Betsy Meedom Free
dom Mary Middle brooks Williams. Her
nickname is Sis. There is another colored
woman in this county whose name is
''Noname" burden. She grew up to wo-
manhood without a name and now they
call her 'Noname."
Americas Times Recorder: The report
current Thursday morning to the effect
that one or two cases OF diphtheria had
developed here caused considerable uneas-
mess. DR.. Darby, one of the attending
physicians in one of the cases reported,
gave 1t as his opinion that the disease
was diphtheria without doubt. The at
tention of Mayor Cults and also of the
chairman of the board of health, DR..
lowers, was called to the matter, but
cient gravity to warrant the establishment
of quarantine regulations. There is little
likelihood of the disease spreading, even
should II prove to be diphtheria, and the
momentary alarm is already subsiding.
Macon Evening News: Receiver Conner
of the Central has just done the proper
thing in paying the widow of a brakeman
who was killed on that road the sum
of 50 e00 without forcing her into the courts
TO fight a doubtful case and divide the
amount that might be recovered with her
attorneys, Many in Macon knew w. c.
Starr, who was killed on June p, 1894 by
the wreeking of his train near Millen. Mrs
Starr, now a resident of Augusta, has
been paid the sum of $1,000. Considering
the hostility frequently existing between
corporations and individuals under such
circumstances, IL is gratifying to note
such a case as Mrs. Stars. Receiver
Conner payment to Mrs. Starr of 5000
was the worthy recognition OF long and
faithful service, of noble and heroic death
on the part of her lamented husband.
Macon News: The chances are that coal
will cost the consumer 81 Fer ton more
next week than IL is now selling for. There
is a coal combine and Ii comes straight
that prices win be raised, as stated. This
Is not the fault of the coal dealers OF Ma
con, but of the producers in Georgia. Ala
hama and Tennessee, who recently, pooled
their interests and decided to put up the
price OF coal at once Macon dealers have