The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-27


n C. sheely of Sylvania had his left
arm so badly injured in a gin a day or
two ago that it had to be amputated.
The annual convention of the state
cbapter Of the Daughters of the Conted-
eracy will be held at Macon on Oct. 10
and t.
John B. Gresham, of Dahlonega, who is
So protested religion and Joined the church
one day last week, and will be baptized
next Sunday.
At last cambridge bids fair to have
military company. Thirty-five young men
have associated themselves together for
the purpose of organizing a company.
Polk county's commissioners have fixed
the county tax rate at $5.44 on the $1,000.
the same as last year, making with the
state rate of 1856 a total of $40 on the
$1,000
J. T. Garner Of Greenway, Polk county,
has leased his slate property to the Geor-
gia Slate Company for term of thirty
years and the company will develop it
extensively in the near future.
There is a man residing in Nimblewin
district of Lumpkin county, who is 80
years of age and never has been in Dab
ionega or any other town in his life. He
follows the profession of farming.
L. P Majors, of Terrell county, has in
his possession two silver dollars of the old
style of 1898 and 1893. He also owns an old
flint rifle used one hundred years ago in
the early settlement of this country.
The South River Baptist Association con-
vened with the Baptist church at Con-
yers Thursday. A number of prominent di-
vines from a distance and many delegates
from other churches are in attendance.
Miss Florence ALL, the 19-year-old daugh-
ter of G. A Ali, of Appling county, died
of erysipelas Sunday night. She weighed
Az pounds just before her death and was
in perfect health prior to the disease that
was fatal.
Col. T. NJ. Swift, nominee for the legis-
lature from Ebert county, and DR.. B. F.
Smith, engaged in a personal difficulty
at Elberton Thursday night. Blows were
passed and pistols drawn but no blood
was shed.
A bill is to be introduced during the
next session of the legislature to enlarge
and define the powers of the mayor and
council of Monroe. Ex-Gov Mcdaniel
and Messrs. Napier and Cox are engaged
in drawing up the bill. Their work is al
most completed.
H. NJ. Atkinson, banker, and the pres
ident of the Georgia Electric Light Com
pany of Atlanta, was indicted by the grand
jury Friday for a misdemeanor, the charge
against him being that he has violated the
Sabbath by allowing work to be done on
pa fn tle 1ax1y nf f1,n
state.
The special car of the United States fish
commission arrived in Rome Thursday
with a tank consigned to Capt John J.
Seay, filled with several thousand young
black bass for the rivers about Rome,
Principally the Oostanaula, which the ex-
perts think viii prove suitable for the pro-
pagation of the fish
On Oct. u, Notwithstanding the short
crop and consequent financial depression,
the Cobb county fair will open at Marietta,
and 1t promises TO be, if not the best one
OF the best fairs ever held in the coun-
~. Several agricultural clubs will try for
me 800 prize offered to the agricultural
club making the best exhibit
The large ginnery belonging TO Col.
coleman R. Pringle and run in connection
with his Eureka mills at sandersville was
completely destroyed by fire Friday morn
ing Several thousand pounds of seed cot
ION were destroyed in the building, but all
oaied were rolled away Col. Pringle's
loss Is about $1,000 without insurance.
j. H. Lanham, of Rome, has quite a Gu
riosity in the shape of stalk of Persian
tobacco. 1t is the sole product of a pack
age OF tobacco seed received from the de-
partment of agriculture at Washington,
ana Is now eleven feet high and still green
ana growing. Mr.. Lanham thinks that it
WIZ prove a profitable variety for this soil
and climate.
This has been one of the dryest falls
ever known in Bulloch county. The top
cotton crop was a total failure and cane,
peas and potatoes are very much injured
ana IN some sections entirely dried up. This
WIN necessarily make bacon and next
year supplies very short. Sea island cot
toH Is selling much lower than last year
@nu merchants claim that collections and
BUSINESS generally are much duller than
thursday was the busiest day of the
season among the cotton men of Rome.
more than thousand bales were sold, the
ldrger share Of It having been brought in
rom the country by wagon. About 500
w was paid to farmers during the day and
[ade was exceedingly lively. One factor
lone paid out between $1,000 and 5000.
me Massachusetts, cotton mills agents
nave become lively competitors in the local
cotton trade.
o. l.. Binion Of Sparta suffered a dis
tressing accident Monday. He was out at
ms farm experimenting the packing Of
ms cotton. The follow block of his screw
Hdu been removed TO make way for new
Cle' While working about the box got
ing ready for the Substitution, the screw
F'. Weighing several hundred pounds.
Len ana caught his left hand under IT, Dr.
urt was called In and has the case in
"dnd. II is hoped that the bones are not
rushed and that the hand can be saved
Deputy Sheriff Ford arrived at Monroe
from Indian Territory Friday with Bon
i-afrison, who killed Charley Darby I'm
- uhhen quarrel about eleven months ago
lew miles above Monroe. The killing
occurred ON the night Of oct r. last
harrison and Darby had been postum