The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-20


Augustine.
GEORGIA.
new electric power plant Is Deihs
built IN Athens.
on Monday Milton superior court con-
Vened at Alpharretta-
The Elberton Star has changed hands,
DR.. n g. Long having sold the paper 10
Col. Tut
The last issue Of the Hartwen Sun was
a ''woman's midsummer edition" edited
by the ladies OF Hartwell
There has been falling off of ST.
90 in the tax values of Dougherty county
Tor 1855. as compared with 1871
The question OF issuing bonds to pay
for the new court house will be again
submitted to the people of Pike county
-Lawrenceville News: When fellows
wife and mOnther-in-law both begin 10
wear breeches what in the deuce Is 10
become Of him2
quite a large party Of Macon people
will take advantage Of the cheap rates
TO Boston, Mass, and return, account
of the Knights Templar conclaVe.
The machinery for the Elberton electric
light works has arrived and Is being placed
in position. The post and wires are az
up and ready for the current TO De turned
on.
w. ]. w. Shelton showed TO the Hart
well Sun man two apples Monday that
weighed 1872 ounces. They are the IIuil
of tree of the Aberdeen variety on ADJ
ram Walters place.
The father of Col L. F. Livingston,
who is 80 years of age, attended the Sa-
lem camp meeting in Rockdale county
this year. He has attended every camp
meeting held at that place for the last
.sixty-seven years.
Jim Kendrick OF Hope, Pike county, was
thrown from buggy on Thursday Inc
fall produced conclusion Of the brain ana
DR.. Head, under whose sk1llful treatment
the young man is slowly recovering, says
that the brain was pretty badly injured.
Hartwell Sun: On a recent visit to Capt.
John S. Herndon, he showed US elght
pigs, four and half months old, each Of
which would weigh more than 100 pounds.
The mother is only IL months old. The
captain calls them his walking crop OF
cotton. He has nineteen fine porkers to
slaughter this fall.
Pike County Jurnal: One of the largest
crowds that ever assembled an ZeDulOn
on any occasion was that which came to-
gether here last Friday to witness the
laying of the corner stone of the new
court house. There were perhaps $500
people present, and they were here from
all'the adjoining counties.
brownsville Times Enterprise; Deputy
Marshal Hurst brought in two more NOON
sinners from Mitchell county Saturday
afternoon. They were Burton Smith, who
was arrested by Deputy Baggs, and Green
Champion, whom Mr.. Hurst arrested.
They waived examination before Commits
sioner Roddenberry and were put under
bond
Subscriber who has not paid for his paper
IN six years writes us to know how we
stand on the financial question. We have
teiegraphed the sheriff to arrest him and
hold hun until we can get our shotgun
repaired. We can stand some things,
but such brazen effrontery as this is
unbearable.
Journal: Pike county hasn't a thriftier
citizen within her borders than Mathew
Bernard of Flat Shoals. He made eleven
bales of cotton and lots of corn and other
44aaf lu-f xur4F - nd h IL
this years crop is equally as good. If not
better than that of last year. He traded
scores of cows between meals just to have
something TO keep him busy.
At Elberton the Swift cotton mill COM
pany is preparing 10 greatly Increase the
capacity Of the mills. In fact, II will be
increased three times the present size. 1t
is paying very fine dividends and cannot
begin to supply the demand for its goods.
Swift Bros. will also soon have cotton
mill in operation at the old Heardmont
mill site on Beaverdam creek.
The bicycle is popular in Macon and
thirty-tive ladies' wheels have been sold
there within a short time. A professional
training school will soon be inaugurated
so the women folks can ride without
bruises and embarrassment. No rumors
of boomers are heard from any quarter
1t Is generally understood that this style
of dressing viii be strictly tabooed by
Macon women.
Macon Telegraph: At the next session
of the legislature Hon. Hope Polhill OF
Bibb will introduce and champion a very
important bill. 1t will be to increase the
powers Of jury in criminal matters. Thai
is TO say, in cases where the penal cod,
grades the punishment for an offense tn,
jury, ana not the judge, shall have thu
power to say which degree of punishment
shall be imposed.
Alpharetta Free Press: Ewen Tread
Well doesn't belong to the peripathetI,
school OF philosophy, but he walks from
Sheltonville to Alpharetta every Frida,
afternoon and gets here ere the settinl
OF the sun. No wonder EwelI is not al
iAristotehan! Walking thus far under thu
would disgust the common specimen o
the genus homo with any system of phil
-OSophy.
The case of the six white men from
Monroe and Pike counties, charged witt
conspiracy against the United State.
court was continued by COMMISSIONS
Martin at Macon Saturday. to allow tn,
government TO get two important wit
nesses-the negros wife and brother
who he claims, heard the men threaten
Ito fix him so he couldn't testify agains
anybody else in the United States court
All the parties are out under a contin
uance bond.
Telegraph: Judging by the way Eas
Macon people are clamoring for stree
car facilities. rich harvest is in store TO
the man who will build such a line. Til
people on the east side say they want
street car line in the residence portion @
the suburb and that they are going t
other viii. They have recently petitione
the Macon Consolidated Street Car Com
pany, whose line extends already Jus
beyond the bridge, asking that an exten
sion be built, and that transfers be allow
ed from the East Macon line to the Vine
vile cars.
Free Press: Sherod BULGE came 1
Alpharetta last Monday with his taN
in his pocket, and said he intended 1
clean up the town at marbles before h
Went home. Clerk BroadweH offered
cents If he would beat him (Broadwell
by shutdown. 1t was then a. m The
played without dinner, until $50 d. m
when they were tied in sevens Broad
well gave BULGE a quart of parche
COOLERS to withdraw the contest an
BULGE accepted the offer. So, after al
it is not known which of the two is tn
better marble player. The game will b
repeated one day next week-about Sat
ufday, perhaps.
Macon Telegraph: Editor Telegram
Enter string Of ]. ]. McCafferty and ser
eral other stables secured for Maco
races. Particulars by letter L. N
Boone" The above telegram dated We.
terday at 1880 p. m. in New York wa
received at the Telegraph Office Satul
day night and should carry Joy 10 III
hearts of lovers of good racing in tn
city and at the same time should .sery