The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-11
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other dav and suspicion points to foul
play BY her aged husband, as he had be n
heard to say he would Kill her. very
little has been done about it as no one
seems TO care.
Tatinal Journal: The farmers who visit
Reidsville say that while the late cod
weather has set garden work back, and
inbred the oats pretty severely, 1t mas
done little or no damage to the trult
trees Prospects are particularly good LOT
big fruit crop in rattnall this year
II is understood that q movement IS on
foot 10 establish a cotton factory at
Fcheconuee. twelve miles from Macon, on
the SouthwesAr division Of the Contra!
Railroad Ii is understood that No,v~ OIL
The stock has already been sold and that
there viii be no trouble in disposng CT
as much stock as is desired for the pur-
pose.
AT Morven the farmers are constantly
hauling guano from the depot and buy
ing some goods on credit Some few are
stiil paying the cash for what they get.
The oat crop will be much more of fail
ure than was first thought on account oil
the freeze. Some are planting early oats
over and some are blowing up and put
ting the land in corn.
Warren county, whose prohibition law
OF twenty-three years standing was set
aside by a recent decision of the Supreme
Court of Georgia voted on the question
Thursday under the state local option law,
resulting in an overwhelming victory Tor
the prohibhonsts, or against the sale.
The colored voters Of the county rallied
to the cause of prohibition and played
prominent part in helping 20 snow under
the 'wets." The majority over fhe vets
was $50. Less than 200 wet votes were
polled in The county.
Oglethorpe Echo: An industry that bids
fair to grow into an enterprise Of no small
magnitude has recently sprung up mere.
1t is the manufacture and shipment of
handmade ak handles. A Mr.. Cuiberson
Is making them at his home in fiatwoods,
where there is an abundance of the very
finest Of timber and Smith Bros are
handing them for him. They class strict
Nv No !. and the workmanship upon them
as well as the exceptionally pretty
timber of which they are made excite
much admiration. From this beginning
may grow factory for making handles,
spokes, rims etc.
A carload of blue clay is being shipped
from Cochran to Virginia by Mr.. Joel =.
Deese from his plantation on Shellstone
creek 1t is to be used by crockery fac
tory in the manufacture of fine china
ware A sample of the clay was sent to
the factory by Mr.. Deese some time ago
and the manufacturers were so impressed
with its qualities that two expert chem>
lists came down and made an examination
of the deposits. The result was an order
for the present shipment. Some of this
quality of dirt brings as high as A5 a
ton Enough of the article abounds on
Mr. Deese's lands 90 make a mountain.
He may make large shipments of 1t in
the future. 1t has been known for some
time that valuable earth lay along the Oc-
mugee river between Cochran and Macon,
but Mr.. Deese is the first man to turn
any Of it to account.
Details of a shocking murder in Pauld-
ing county. twelve miles from Cartersvillc.
are printed in the News of that place.
The victim was a young woman, Miss
Nell Mcdowell. The girl had been reared
by Sam Jones. an old man, and his wife.
The wife Il is stated. charged her hus-
band with giving too much attention to
the girl and left him. neighbor of the
old man says that threats have been made
10 report the two to the grand jury. Sun
day night. as the girl was sitting by the
fire, some one stuck shotgun through
the window and blew her head off. Willie
Jones, a son of the Old man. has been
arrested charged with the crime. The ev-
idence against him is circumstantial. but
very strong. The wadding from the
charge that Killed the girl was picked up.
1t was a piece of newspaper on which
appeared part of the cut of a chicken.
The tracks of the man who fired the shot
were just the size of the shoe worn by
young Jones.
Another mammoth fraud in the shape of
land grant in Montgomery county for
fal 900 acres of land has been brought 10
light. The innocent purchaser of proper
~ In this instance is evidently citizen of
Nnxz OH -,r. 1f,- 4
ney 10 investigate his title TO the Mont
gomery county estate and prepare II for
the coming of the owner. The purchased
grants of land are those made to James
Shower on Jan. g. 1895, two years after
Montgomery county was created. There
is a record of the grant which was fraud
ulentfy made in connection with hun
dfeds of others. The attorney for the
New York purchaser has written to Sec
rotary Cook for certified copy of the
grants made 90 James Shorter, but the
only copy forwarded WAS a certified like
ness of the act Of the Legislature declar-
ing grants of that character in violation
of the law. As a matter of fact, there
are only about 100000 acres of land In
Mont gomery, or rather there was that
much in 1896 while warrants calling for
more than 100000 acres in the county
were issued fraudulently and without re-
gard to law.
Members Of the Grand Army of the Re
public Department of Georgia, held their
annual encampment in Atlanta Thursday.
Two sessions were held during the day
and I'm the evening the members were en-
tertained at the Nonesuch by Woman s
Auxiliary OF the o. NJ. Mitchell post. AT
the afternoon session officers for the en-
suing year were elected. The result of this
election was as follows: Department COM
mander. Col. s. A. Darnell, Jasper Ga.
senior vice commander, r. A. Jones, Tai
lapoosa, Ga; Junior vice commander, Ed
ward Wallace. Buford, s. c.; medical di-
rector, DR.. G. W. Patterson, Atlanta, Ga.
chaplain Rev. Or. Shinn, Atlanta Ga.
assistant ad5utant general, James P. Az
erilI, Atlanta, Ga. assistant quartermas-
ter general, Alex Mattison, Atlanta, Ga
During the afternoon session resolutions
were passed regarding the death OF Gen
J. r. Lewis and a tine tribute was paid
his memory in the resolutions proposed
The newly elected officers were installed