The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-14
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

A Boiler ENpIOdes Seriously Inturtng
Negro Girl and Causing Loss
of Many Thousands of Dollars.
The National Pythian Press Assoc
citation Elects Omcers-The Craft
flying Results From Three Acres
of Cucumbers.
GEORGIA.
The Americus district Epworth League
conference is in session at Cuthbert.
The annual conference Of the Macon
African Methodist church is in session at
Americas, Bishop Turner presiding.
sam Dresser. ii-year old deaf and
dumb boy, in attempting to fix a belt at
Harrison's gin, had his arm torn COM
pletely off Thursday
Lester Echols had his commitment trial
at Rome yesterday. He is the man ar
rested last week charged with the murder
OF Marshal Tidwell, of Seney.
Hon. B. S. Miller Of Columbus and Miss
Bessie Wooten of Buena Vista were mar
ried Thursday. Mr.. Miller is a law part
ner of Senator Charlton Battle and Hon.
T. T. Miller.
John Davis charged with the murder
of ]. w. Summer, was acquitted at Way
cross Wednesday night. Sumner was shot
and killed a few months ago at Fishers
turpentine still in Ware county.
F. NJ. Cocker swore out an attachment
against Forepaugh & Sells Brothers for
$40, the value of twenty complimentary
tickets which he didn't get, before Judge
Bloodworth a Atlanta Thursday, and
Constable J. w. Harper levied on one
of the circus horses. The manager then
paid the $40 and the costs Of the attach
ment.
c. W. Brantey of Forsyth and Mrs.
Susie F. Fraser of Savannah were mar
ried Wednesday afternoon by Justice John
NJ. Maddox at the Justices home, five
miles in the country. The contracting
parties went out for a drive and none of
their friends save a few intimate ac-
quaintances had any intimation as to
their objective point, and when they re-
turned to the city and announced them
selves man and wife, the statement came
as great surprise to their many friends.
Mr.. Brantley is the editor of the Monroe
Advertiser.
The session of the National Pythian
Press Association closed at Atlanta last
night. The following are the officers
elected for the ensuing year: President
w. H. St. John, Rochester n. Y; vice
president, H. Cronheim, Atlanta; secre-
tary, W. L. Scism, Omaha, Neb; treas
urer, A. NJ. Allen, Boston, Mass. chair
man executive committee, Hon. Burt W.
Lyon, st. Louis Mo-. chairman finance
committee, c. c. Womack, Waco, Tex;
chairman membership committee, w. c.
Hoar, Altoona, Pa. Nashville was chosen
as the next meeting place of the asso-
citation.
The cotton fields of Gwinnett county
look as bare as they usually do the mid
die of December The people are CLEAN
ing out the last locks from the dry stalks
One of the best posted cotton men of the
county estimates that Gwinnett has made
more cotton than for vars. He calculates
1t this way: First, there was more plant
ed, and then it was all gathered-none
wasted, as usual by storms-and the last
boil viii open. While the price has been
low, everybody has got the TOP of the
market. And Lawrenceville has held her
own as one of the best markets IN north
Georgia.
Augusta Chronicle: DIR. o. c. Pope has
just returned from a trip to McDuffle
county, where he has been to superintend
the gathering of three acres of cucumbers.
From three acres he has gathered nearly
$500 gallons, and is now busily engaged
which he will market at some time soon.
Several years ago DR.. Pope bought his
farm FOR 81 an acre, and tried on It all the
crops known to the average farmer. In
the course of his experiments he tried
the production of cucumbers, with excel
lent results. The three acres cost him for
compost and cultivation $l25. When the
product is picked and marketed, his net
profit will be about $500 per acre. In or
der to pickle this big lot of cucumbers il
was necessary to obtain about 800 kegs.
These were ordered from Chicago. on
this the doctor advanced a thought. He
SAID; Its no use to order kegs from Chi
cago, when Georgia has such an abund-
ance of good material for their manu-
1acture. Any one with a small capital
and some management could make such
an enterprise pay handsomely here"
Thursday morning at O'Clock the 80
horse power boiler at the McDuhie mills,
at Thomson, owned and operated by I.
w. Shields, exploded with terrific force.
completely demolishing the engine house
and scattering fragments of iron and
brick a quarter of a mile in all directions.
Gordon f. Wall, the engineer, and a col
ored fireman were in the house at the
time and both mlraculously escaped with
their lives. Mr.. Wall was blown through
the door of the engine room into the mid
NAS VI NtAG Slittl anu the fireman WAS
completely covered with the ruins of the
building small negro girl standing
near. was blown forty feet against a
church, and received injuries from which
she will die. The African Methodist
church, a large building recently erected
was completely demolished by the explo-
sion, and it Is now a mass of ruins. A
school house for colored people. 100 feet
away, was likewise completely destroyed
The wrecked boiler shot about $50 feet
in the air and fell near the residence of
Prof Gibson. The explosion was heard
for miles around, and the wonder is that
no more lives were lost. The cause Of
the explosion is not known, but the pre-
sumption is that the blow-off valve re-
fused to work The loss and damage to
property of Mr.. Shields will run up into
the thousands. The doctors now say that
Mr.. Wall and the fireman win recover.
but the negro child is now in a dying con-
diuon.
FLORIDA.