The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-22


let Into His Brain-SIRter Adams,
While Drinking, Terribly Disiig-
ures His Dnughter-BntteryC First
Artillery Finally sails For Fort
MouItrie-Gen. Hollis Kills Ills
wife and Himself at Green Cove
Springs.
GEORGIA.
Booker T Washington, Alabama's ne
gro orator is to speak at the Townsville
fair.
Thad Horton, Of the Atlanta Journal,
has accepted a position on the New York
Times.
The Fourth district of Terrell county will
vote on the fence question on Monday,
Nov. S.
Capt. sheldon and E. H. Crawley are
the authorized quarantine inspectors for
Waycross.
Bethel Baptist Association will meet at
Rehoboth church. two miles from Shell
man, next week.
The ladies' of Athens are hard at work
upon the sixth annual chrysanthemum
show, which win occur Nov. 4, 5 and 6,
Thomas county's tax rate is 800 With the
exception of ten of the 1877 counties it is
the lowest tax rate in the state. Wayne
county has the lowest rate, $50.
The telephone line being erected from
Albany to brownsville, has reached point
near Ochlockonee, in Thomas county, and
is being rapidly pushed to completion.
Washington Chronicle: Miss Loretta
Corbett of Savannah is the name of the
young lady at st. Josephs Academy who
has what DR.. John J. Hill pronounces
scarletina,
1t required almost as many columns for
Atlanta to get Gyp South, the boy con-
Wet, started to the Nashville reformatory,
as it did for Savannah to get the crazy
sailor off to Germany.
The Oglethorpe Echo says that ''Dr. e.
b. Reese, a prominent member of the
North Georgia Methodist conference may
locate at Lexington, and begin the prac-
tice of medicine there"
Hub is the name of a newly established
post0ffice in Thomas county. 1t is located
in the Bald spring neighborhood, about
half way between Ochlockonee and Cairo
Miss Eva Dixon is postmaster.
Rev. ]. A. Thompson of Townsville has
been preaching thirty-three years and has
just had his first vacation of ten days
away from his duties. preachers lot
is either a very soft snap or Rev. Thomp-
son is extraordinarily industrious.
The Cordele cotton factory is working
day and night, which doubles the pay roll
and pays out about 81 200 per week, which
money is spent among the small business
men of the town. Connected with smaller
manufacturing enterprises, the cotton fac
tory and other pay rolls weekly mean
large amount Of cash money for Cordele.
William H. White was awarded q YER
dict in the superior court Tuesday after
noon in his suit against his aunt Miss
L. A. White. White claimed he bought an
acre of land from his relative for $3.50, and
that she declined to deliver him more
than half an acre. The case was sub
mitted to a jury. which. after some delib-
alton, decided the nephews version of the
trade was correct.
Sunday while Bailiff w. ]. Shepherd of
the Third district of Terrell county, was
riding along the public road near Herod,
he met Asbury Mills, a negro who was
wanted in Dolly county for numbering a
woman three months ago. Mills was cap
tured after a short race, and was taken
TO Dawson and lodged in jail. Sheriff Rob-
erts of Dooly county was notified of the
murderers capture. Mills once lived in
Terrell county, and has relatives in the
southern portion of 1t.
Coffee county is red-hot for a new court
house. The present framed structure
would do for ten or fifteen years ago but
with Coffee's growth in population, pros
perity, and legal business, 1t is now wholly
unfit and inadequate. The majority of
county commissioners, backed by all who
have the county's best interest at stake,
are in favor of a new brick court house
TO cost not less than $4,000 with fire proof
vaults and up to date in every particular,
that will not only be safe and durable, but
an ornament to the county as we'll
Protracted meetings are going on at the
Baptist church at Stillmore this week.
Rev. H. ]. Arnett of Sylvania, the pastor.
is being ably assisted by Rev. Carl w.
Minor of Valdosta. Mr.. Minor is an able
divine and is doing some very effectual
work here He was born in Hancock
county, Georgia was educated at the Mil
itary and Agricultural College at Mfledge-
Vile, and afterwards graduated at Mercer.
He then graduated at the Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary at Louisville, Ky. He
was first pastor of a church in Richmond
KY, and for the last two years has been
serving the Baptist church at Valdosta
Judge John p. Ross of Macons city
court has prepared an important amend
ment to the bill creating his court. The
measure will be introduced at the next
session of the legislature. 1t provides for
increasing the judges salary to 5000 per
annum instead of the g, 200 now paid; for
taking away the right to demand indct-
ments in misdemeanor cases, and also a
provision to make more certain and ample
the right to move for new trial where Grim
inal cases are tried at special sessions of
court, and to prevent writs of certlorari
until the judge of the city court shall have
had an opportunity to review his own
decision upon proper motion made.
tragedy occurred on the streets Of
Newman Wednesday night under unusual
circumstances. About O'Clock Carr Pm
son was found lying on the sidewalk with
a bullet In his right temple. Luther Full
er was vhe only witness to the affair. He
stated that he and Pinson were together
when the latter drew a pistol and told
Fuller he intended to kill him Fuller
says he attempted TO prevent Pinson from
using the weapon, but that Pinson 6naliv
twisted the We9pOn around and 6rod 4.