The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-06
GEORGIA.


Douglas Breeze: Benajah Peterson is
shipping his syrup to North Georgia, and
gets thirty-five cents a gallon for il. Ben
has quite a reputation as a syrup maker,
and that is why ne gels more for his
syrup than other people.
There were several casualties at Thomas
ton Friday by lightning. The residence of
Mr.. A. A. Davis was struck and somewhat
damaged. At Pickard, a small village
about eight miles from Thomaston the l6-
year-old son OF Mr. Watt Gordy was killed
by lightning. while travelling In a buggy.
His horse was also killed.
Americas Times Recorder: While the
Central Railroad has not as yet taken
steps looking to the building of that long
promised and muchlv needed passenger de-
pot in Americas, il is very probable that
the structure viii be completed within the
next six months. II will certainly be an
occasion for rejoicing upon the part of
our citizens. as well as the travelling pub
lie.
Commissioner of Agriculture Stevens
saws that the recent bad weather has
greatly retarded farm operations. 1t is
the worst January he has ever seen, and
so far as planting or preparing for IL is
concerned. A day or two of good weather
is of little use, as the ground Is so COM
pletely saturated that il takes two or three
days for it to dry out sufficiently to make
blowing practicable.
Wednesday night, at a negro house on
the C. e. Morse place, half a mile north
west of Blakely a cross-tie negro shot,
s1s.Ae bro Lax
Ridley, boy who has been in the employ
of Mr.. ]. c. CLANCY for some time. There
were no eyewitness to the shooting,
but Bradley, who lived until about 10
o'clock Thursday morning, told Mr.. Chan
cy, a short while before he died, that his
assailaut. Win Avery, shot him without
provocation.
In the case of the state against Burren
Phillips and Coot Phillips, charged with
killing Farmer Rustin in Miller county,
the jury brought in a verdict of guilty
with a recommendation to mercy. Judge
Sheffield sentenced each of the men TO
a term of ninety-nine years in the peui-
tertiary. The jury Is now out in the case
of Drew and Florence Bailey. The men
on trial are alleged to have been in the
mob which shot old man Rustin and his
son to death two weeks ago
W. II. Harrison, a farmer who has re-
sided near East Point for more than TWEEN
" years, was killed and his body horribly
mangled Friday night a short distance
from East Point depot 1t Is not known
whether he was killed by the incoming pas
senger of the Atlanta and West Point, or
the incoming freight of the Central rail-
road. The engineer of the latter train saw
the body of Harrison lying on the track,
and stopped his train as soon as possible,
but not before several cars had passed over
the body.
There was held in Butts county on We'd
nesday one of the most holly contested
elections known in years, for three county
commissioners places. The following
leading citizens were In the race: Messrs.
j. M. T. Mayo. John O'Rear, w. M. NAL
lett, b. +. Watkins, j. c. Jones, J. w.
Fletcher Abe Hendrick, w. A. Aiken,
r. A. Thaxton, c. F. Etheridge, w H.
Huddleston and S. c. Thompson. After
a consolidation of the returns to-day
Messrs. c. f. Etheridge, w. NJ. Mallett
and j. w. Fletcher were found TO be elect
ed.
Mr.. M. G. Smith, prominent farmer of
Wilkinson county, Georgia, proposes a
novel remedy for the over-production of
cotton. II is that the supply merchant
who advances money to the farmers should
insist not so much on the planting of cot
ton as a basis of credit to farmers, but
that each farmer should plant certain
amount of grain and raise a certain
amount of meat to sustain him and make
cotton a surplus crop. The merchant win
then insist upon his customer from the
country signing a food obligation instead
of a cotton obligation"
Abel News: Sheriff Swindle is certainly
distinguishing himself as a gambler catcn-
err. With him. however, tits no game of
chance. Sunday night he succeeded in
surprising and capturing nine thus I'M
lawfully engaged. During the month Of
January he placed eighteen behind the
bars in Nashville Jail, all of which. ex-
cept two who are out on bond, were dealt
with according to the crime. This Is an
evil that ensnares the young pollutes the
old and sucks the life blood of honor from
individuals, and we trust that this fruit
of satan's planting win be entirely up
rooted.