The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-28
GEORGIA.


Covington received over 5000 bales of
cotton on Saturday.
The Southern Railway has subscribed
$500 to the Macon Carnival and the Geor-
gia Southern and Florida has given $3.50.
The house occupied by D. p. Langley of
Whitesburg was destroyed by fire Satur-
dav morning. The house was a total loss,
with no insurance. All the effects OF Mr..
Langley were saved. The house was the
property of Prof. Andrews Of Columbus,
and was valued al 5000.
Scott Gooisby, a colored man almost 40
years old, was arrested at Triton Satur-
DAY on a warrant sworn out by his step
daughter, Sally, charging him with as
sault. lie was given a hearing before jus
tice 0. L. Chestnut, but the evidence did
not bear out the charge. He was bound
over TO the next term of County Court un-
Der bond Of $500.
Henry Barnes, a negro. who killed
white man named Holiday last May, died
in the county Jail at Dublin a day or two
ago In the fight with Holiday, Barnes
was shot in one of his knees, and from
this wound he never fully recovered. The
negro was terribly emaciated at the time
of his death, looking more like skeleton
than man with flesh and blood
Saturday afternoon while E. G. Gilmoce,
years old. was In Plunket's planning
mill at Jackson, in some way he was
caught in a belt and whirled rapidly over
a pulley, crushing his leg terribly. While
being whirled over the pulley by the bell
Miss Lucy Plunket heard the boys cry
and with rare presence of mind Jerked
him from the belt, thereby saving his life
Mrs. Sharpe. wife of T. B. Sharpe, who
lives near Randel postoffice, in Colqnitt
county, happened TO serious accident
She had accompanied her husband 10 Bay
boro. only a few miles distant from their
home, and when they were returning the
horse they were driving became frightened
and ran, throwing Mrs. Sharpe from the
buggy and breaking her right thigh. Inc
injury Is a very serious one. but Will PROP
ably not prove fatal
The 125th anniversary of BotsfOr1 Rap
tist Church took place Sunday. This
church IS situated in Burke county and
With the exception of Kiokee, in Columbia
county is the oldest Baptist Church ~
the state. Ii vas organized In the year
I77S by Edward Botsford, Oliver Hart of
Charleston and Francis Pelot of Eutaw,
S. c. It's first pastor was Edmund Bo's-
lord until the revolutionary war, w1en he
was forced 20 fly from the British and
Tories. He died soon after.
Patrick .McElroy. a factory operative at
Augusta. was found dead in the county
Jail there Monday morning. He had been
arrested by the city police for drunken
ness and sent to jail. He seemed all
right Sunday night but Monday morning
at O'Clock the prisoners heard his heavy
breathing and gave the alarm. He was
dead before medical assistance could
reach him. The coroner's jury gave
verdict of death from excessive drink
ing. He leaves a wife and baby child.
Pomp Fallon, a white man aged about
80 years, was lodged in jail at Thomaston
Saturday night for an assault committed
last Thursday afternoon on Mrs. Murphy,
a young married woman, Mrs.
Hush Murphy had only been married
about three months, and was keeping
house for Jack Fallon, a brother of Pomp.
The husband and brother of the prisoner
Was away at gin near by when the as
SAUL was made The prisoner has always
torne a good maine and has a family of
five or six children.
Macon News: Post D, of the Travellers
Protective Association of Macon held a
meeting on Saturday and decided to ask
ISOLATION to be held in Macon during the
carnival to take action on the position
of the president now being held by Mr..
Smith, who is not resident of the state
The decision of the Macon post was that
the place ought to be declared vacant
II also developed that the vice president
Mr. Max Robinson, is also a nonresident
and at the same meeting action will be
taken on his case.
1t was finally decided Monday that there
will be a white primary in the First ward
at Augusta to select a candidate Tor
councilman. r. o. Brown and Albert Mar
tin will go before the primary. There are
no other candidates In this ward In the
last city election the negroes held high
carnival at the polls there Negroes were
put up and their votes auctioned to the
highest bidder. Such scenes are at an end
in Augusta for ever The Third ward
has already held a white primary and
there will be a primary in each ward
where there is opDositiOn.