The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-15
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GEORGIA.

mr. @ NJ. Mcdonald of Leesburg died
,-o5,v afternoon. He had relatives in
...o+sr county and Atlanta The inter
rrsrt took place at Smithville.
rraa Perry. one of the cOnvicts, who,
.-,,b VIII Taylor, another convict, killed
,r,rd len Dennard, at camp near Wash
-, Ga. was convicted Saturday night
Ia sentenced to be hanged. Taylor, as
a1.ro5,peed in the Morning News, was
GIVEN life sentence.
Perry Home Journal: Judge John M.
pftts of near Heard beats the band" on
-,,a- cane. He brought to this office
Tnss57v a stalk that contained nineteen
-.a+,,red Joints and measured eight feet
Tbe thirteenth joint was much shorter
han the others, showing that the cane
togIz on new growth after the drought
and matured six more joints, nearly one
third Of the entire stalk.
saturday night at the house of Luna
uopuIev. colored at West Point. Chief
channel a negro man, was shot and
med with a pistol supposed to have been
IN the hands of Mary Lou Fears, colored.
The body was found by Mias Barlow, col
orad within about ten feet of the river,
wbera If had been dragged through the
weeds from the house. The cOroner's jury
rourned a verdict that Chapel was killed
nv pistol wound in the head al the hands
Of Mary Lou Fears.
Application has been made for a charter
tor the Athens Southern Railway which
Is the old Northeastern Railroad, running
from Lula. Ga, where it connects with
The Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line Rail
w9v. TO Athens Ga, running through the
counties of Hall, Jackson and Clarke, and
Is forty miles in length. Among the names
NJ the petitioners for the new company are
J. S. B. Thompson, of Atlanta; Albert
Howell Jr. of Atlanta; w. A. Vaughan,
of Atlanta; Hamilton McWhorter of Lex
Ington; Hugh NJ Dorsey, of Atlanta C.
D. williamson, of Atlanta, and others.
Albany Herald: A rather curious freak
Of nature came to the grocery establish
ment of Hilsman & Fleming recently in
a shipment of chickens. 1t was a chicken,
to be sure but It was a very unusual
chicken This particular fowl has four
well developed feet and legs, something
that is unusual in the chicken family. The
chicken has two ordinary feet and legs
like any other chicken, and Immediately
behind these two other legs have grown.
The two extra legs are not used by the
fowl in walking and merely hang down,
as though the chicken had no control of
them, whatsoever.
Representative EIasterlin of Macon coun-
ty is preparing for Introduction in the Leg
stature a bill seeking to revise the va
gancy laws of the state and making it the
duty Of every justice of the peace to arrest
all suspicious characters found lettering
In the neighbOrhood. The suggestion was
made tn tho Macon ~ af
Of his leading constituents, who holds
the idea that such law will have more
effect in lessening crime than anything
else that can be done. With such a revis-
Ion of the law, it is the opinion of the
Macon county citizen that lynching and
petty crimes like theft will be done away
with and hundreds of idle negroes will be
compelled to go to work. The idea comes
from a farmer who believes it will do the
farming clement more good than all the
laws passed in the last ten years.
About four weeks ago some one fired a
pen containing nearly 1000 pounds of lint
cotton on Mrs. Dawson's place. near Cash.
a town near Calhoun. The following day
an investigation was made of the remain
ing parts of the pen and 1t was the opin-
ION of the people present that the cotton
mad been removed prior to the burning
but as to who the guilty party was re-
NAMED a mystery until last Thursday.
when a warrant was taken out for FELTON,
Adcox young man living on the Ray
pace adjoining that of Mrs. Dawson. If
II had not been for the young man com
mltung a second crime 1t is probable that
ne would have escaped detection. 1t is
charged that after removing the cotton
from the pen he burned the pen so as to
create the impression that the cotton had
oeen consumed in the flames. He then
,ook the cotton to Ferguson's gin and had
it haled, after which he took 1t to Car
'ersyllle and sold 1t.
southeast of Calhoun, in the mountains,
some mischievous boys, a few DAYS ago
wound some cotton rags into a ball. sat
urdled the same with coal oil then tied
II 10 dogs tail, after setting it on fire.
VI course, the dog moved, with a stream
Vl nre' Everything is dry now, especial
~ inc woods, as we have had no rain in
4 s2ue Time. The dog pulled out through
ene woods like fiery meteor, dropping
IRE from the burning ball. He set the
woods IN blaze for two miles. There
was small party of mountain folks
sIucklng corn outside of the crib when
a. OIL sudden the dog plunged through
!le Pile of shucks, yelping as If he had
g'Sl started a fresh track. The shucks
e. soon ablaZe, with the amazed folks
TSluhg fire to save their crib. Poor
llo sun kept moving, burning the wind
A, woods as he went through them.
ni.er setting the shuck pile on fire the
- ~ was mountain top covered with
L,1sthut trees, underneath which was
VIZ Houhtaineer's crop of nuts that he
%aS 70 gather from the ground. The
LoNeS We're ablaze as the dog passed
,I.oush them and soon burned over, leav-
s me chestnuts good and sound. The
v"ued OF the trees said it saved him
many dollars, as he gathered his crop of
~, without any cost, and Will adopt this
T%lciple next year in gathering his crop.
I ,.g dog has never been heard of since
b..- the woods, as the bali of cotton
FLORIDA.