People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1897-11-05
HERE TN OLD GEORGIA.
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Doings of a. .'ool 9red in
Brief Parae<2te6c ).
SOLID NEWS FOR A SOLID PEOPLE.
Happenings of General Interest From
Many Counties-Crimes and Crimi-
naIs-What the Other Fellow
Saw And Tells You About.

Inc confederate SOldlerS hOHe is 10
be sold on November 10th.
Madison wants cotton factory and
society for prevention of cruelty to
animals.
Electric lights and water works are
possibilities in the near future for
Waynesboro.
Gen. James Lougstreet has been ap-
pointed commissioner of railroads to
succeed Gen. Wade Hampton.
The legislature has passed a bill to
prevent the hunting or catching OF
opossums in this state between March
and Oct 1 of each year.
J. w. Sykes, colored man, exhibited
at the Townsville fair 8 msntel piece
made with saw, pen knife and chisel
out of curly pine. 1t is rare and fin
ished piece of work.
After being out twenty-four hours
a mistrial was declared in the case of
James Williams, the negro indicted for
numbering policem n Albert in Atlanta
some months ago. The jury stood SIX
for acquittal and six for conviction.
Miss Susie Jewett, of Columbus, has
been appointed to succeed Mrs. Gen.
Longstreet as assistant state librarian.
Miss Jewett was formerly stenographer
in the Office of the state school commits
sioner.
Wash Blocker aud Alfred Benton,
colored, living on j. A, McGrogor's
place. near Newton, got into row
Thursday night and Wash knocked
Alfred in the head with an ax-helve
The blow will prove fatal.
There was disastrous collision be-
tween two trolley cars on the Atlanta
Railway Company line, Saturday after
noon, in which one man was killed
outright, one probably fatally hurt
and several severely injured.
The main buildings of the Ebert
county pauper farm, together with the
sto~ Groom and several outhouses, have
been totally destroyed by fire, The
origin of the fire is unknown. The
county had no insurance on the build
ings.
In Augusta, while several children
were playing on pile of cord wood,
several of the logs on top of the pile
were dislodged and rolled down, crush
ing one of the children to the ground,
breaking her neck, killing her instant
ly.
Al Macon last Thursday, while sit
ting over the body of dead friend
two negroes, Nose Goode and Jerry
Lewis quarrelled, and Lewis fred
point blank at Goode with double
barreled shotgun. The load of shot
tore away nearly one half of Goodies
face. He was taken to the hospital,
where he died. Lewis was arrested.
At meeting of the Grand Lodge of
Masons at Macon, committee was sp-
pointed to go before the Georgia legis-
lature and if necessary have bill pas
sed exempting the property of Masonic
lodges from taxation on the ground
that they are charitable institutions
and should be classed with churches
and others of like nature.
Mr.. Cornelius Burns, eighty-six years
old, one of the pioneers of Floyd coun
ty and one of the most highly respect
ed men in that section, was found dead
in his cotton patch last Saturday, his
head having the appearance of having
ing BEEN struck with some blunt in
strument probably an ak handle.
A negro workman, while attempting
to fit piece of iron casting in the dome
of the elevator shaft of Atlanta's new
jail, lost his balance and fell eighty
five feet, several bones were broken
and his whole body was shattered by
the conclusion. He lived only short
while.
A negro named David Carter was ar
rested by Mr. Fripp at the Sstilla Man
ufacturing Companys works at Way
cross Monday night and put in jail fol
forgery. Carter forged orders on the
Office signing the names of the employ
es. The proof against Carter is posi-
tiyl'
In Augusta, Saturday morning
while number of hands were 1T worl
on big ditch dug for the laying o
water pipes, the banks caved in with
out moments warning, buryipg five
men, their fellow workmen hastily
dug them out but three of the mel
were dead while the other two wer,
fesrfully and perhaps fatally crushed
Ed Pearson, white tramp from
Pennsylvania, fell between the cars 0
Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road freight train Thursday at mid
night and was killed. Pearson anC
another tramp were on top the car
stes1fng~s ride when from some caus
both fell between the cars, The othe
man, whose name was not learned
was not seriously injured, but Pearson
was instantly killed.
A four-year-old negro boy was burn
Gu W OC6GA 4csSb WCCh LII o 1OuS
in East Macon The dwelling
was occupied by Leroy Thornton
Thornton's wife and child were tn
only inmates. The house caught Of
fire and the woman, becoming fright
ened, forgot about her child until tn
house was consumed. NegI oes ar
excited and suspect foul play. Thu
charred remains are still in the burning
embers.
William Jones, a negro of Macon
drank a quart of whisky and die
shortly afterwards, Jones was il
Mitchells alley with two or tire
other negroes The crowd had quar-
of whisky and one of those presen
made wager with Jones that he coult
not drink the whole quart Jones soo1