The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-04
GEORGIA.

-,.,,5s If cotton in one day last week and
IN lead when they were weighing the
me She had palpitation of the heart
and oyer-exertion killed her.
THE sudden rise in the price of cotton
has rroduced quite an excitement in the
commercial. agricultural and manufactur~
irq circles of ToccOa. Many think the
iaCs1 cotton mills have produced this adj
,arca in price and openly advocate the
erection Of more mills.
Fitzsera,d Leader: The friends of Capt.
II w. Russey of Sycamore are urging him
10 make the race for senator next year.
can't. Bussey is a No. 1 man and If ne
s+6it'd decide to make the race he would
r7ata some of the would-be politicians
hurt their holes before he was through
with them.
Mr.. T L. Teal a prosperous farmer of
Heard county, died quite suddenly at
rankin Friday about p O'Clock of heart
f;se2se. with which he had suffered for
onita Il while Just twelve months ago
Mr. Teal had the misfortune to get his
Lee broken within a few feet of the spot
u1on which he died.
The Old saying that murder will out
has been brought forcibly to the mind of
Frank Lawrence. a brawny mountaineer
living near the line of Chattooga and
Walker counties. He was arrested in sum-
rlervlle the past week charged with the
murder of Mack johnson in 1894. He is
now in Jail at Lafayette to await trial
Mrs. William II. Hearn a highly re-
specYd Christian woman, the wife of one
OF V-aHon's good farmers, died at her
home three miles east of Monroe last We'd
nesfav at noon The immediate cause of
her death was heart trouble. Mr.. VII
liam NJ. Boyce died last Thursday morn
ing at his home near Monroe. Mr.. Boyce
v as a good citizen and highly respected.
Mr. John w. Clarke, an aged citizen
of Dublin, died last Tuesday at Tennille,
on his way home from Maine, where he
had been visiting relatives. He was a
hrother-in-law of Mr.. G. w. Brooks and
grandfather of Mrs. j. M. Reinhart and
Mrs W. J. Hightower of Dublin. His
remains were taken to Dublin and inter
red in the city cemetery. He was buried
with Masonic honors.
Mr. j. e. Robinson of Covington has
been granted patent on his improvement
in railway frogs. Mr.. Robinson is a prac-
teal railroad man, and has been connect
ed with the Georgia Railroad, in various
responsible positions, for the past twenty
five years The improvements in railway
frogs just made by him, and just patented,
are quite valuable, and viii soon bring
them into general use.
Maggie Mitchell, a colored woman of
Augusta is now in a precarious condition,
having been stabbed with a hat pin by an
other woman named Daisy Reed. The
women had a row on Saturday night and
Daisy plunged a long hat pin into Mag
gle The pin went into the womans body
half way its length. A small wound was
made, but a serious one. Maggie has been
arrested and will be tried as soon as the
other woman RECEIVERS, if recover she
does.
Excitement was created at Montezuma
on last Friday in the cotton market by one
OF the buyers receiving orders to buy ev-
erything in sight. as Liverpool had gone
up cents a pound. So he nearly went
Wild, and rapidly went from one ware
house to another, and all the warehouse
men had to do was 10 price the cotton and
Il was Immediately bought. In a very
short time he had bought 300 bales. When
the news came that it was a fake the re-
acton was so great that the buyer had
to take his bed
Dock Wommaok was shot twice and in
stantly killed al Tallapoosa Saturday
men were drinking, and the tragedy oc-
Cured on the main street. Dock Wom-
mack was about 35 years old and was
considered very peaceable farmer, liv-
ing about three miles from Tallapoosa
ne leaves wife and two children. John
Liner Is considered bad character and
fuihan, living rear Tallapoosa on the
river, and is about 25 years of age Liner
mas escaped, and it is likely Il will be
sonne time before he will be caught.
Dooley County News: Last Monday aft
eiHooh during the heavy wind storm that
"as blowing, fire broke out near Rutland's
%" -iHIIl' which is located about five miles
op2t Oh town, and spread over consider
Il 'e area OF country. The wind was
D""1hg at such a high rate that every
rLoIl TO stop it seemed in vain. The
P-'uclpai damage done besides burning
e. go zeal Of timber. was to the fencing
" me farmers that the fire touched. Mr.
80 Harvard was the principal loser
ABOUT $50 panels of his fence was burn
tl w. rus neighbors came in. however, and
-''ped nm 10 rebuild it at once.
saturday night Mrs. Fanny Scott. a
"'uo"' left her home near Tallulah Falls
$50 f. so 70 dance in the neighborhood. Be
IN b '5aIins her home she carefully locked
~ yer lhree children, fastening also the
s9ooeu window shutters About o'clock
drl persons IN the vicinity heard chill
~ voices calling, Mother, notherl
~, motherF and in a moment they no
So me dwelling to be on fire. With all
H. tney approached the house. but too
TN Inc Little wooden structure had
lien IN blazing mass of timbers. The
A. children We're burned to death in the
be,.,l me bodies being charred and burned
bg ggona recognition Only a lamp was
ana '"!S When The mother left her home.
CO.. IS presumed that an explosion
voa the fire The ages of the children
ts 'e D. and ~ years. II is reported that
son. OieI mas iost her rea-
me Will of the late Col. George w. Adair
proven In common form in the ordl-
e naIy Court in Atlanta Monday. Mr. For
iNualr qualifying as executor. Col
two .. .slt ms real estate business to his
Adair 0"s' Messrs. Forest and George w.
M /, who will continue to copduct n
With orfest Adair has been associated
tsr nus father since 1879 and for Inc past