The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-21
GEORGIA.

fuNAedEed mOOnShiue Still has been
found within the limits of the city of Au-
gusta There is no clue to The owners.
statesboro star: The sad intelligence
that Hon. Hlrman Franklin. representa-
tive of this Buuoch county. was tempo
rarly unbalanced has reached his many
friends in Statesboro. He seems 20 worry
over the absence of some Of his children
who have married and moved away. II
is hoped that he vii. soon be restored to
his mind.
The remains Of Maj. w. II. Renfroe. who
died at his home in Gainesville. Ga, last
Sunday, were brought to Sandersyille and
inferred in the cemetery there. Rev. A.
NJ VIM. pastor of the Methodist Church,
conducted the funeral service at the
grave Maj. .Renfr0e was born in Sanders
vile, and lived there until he removed his
family to Cartersyiile several years ago.
The mystery surrounding the murder Of
VIII Vinson, whose body was discovered
near Oglethorpe, Friday. is still unsolved.
The coroner's jury held an inquest ana
found that the body of the murdered
man was shot twice in the head and once
in the back The verdict of the jury was
that the deceased came 10 his death from
a pistol wound at the hands of unknown
parties.
Within a very short time Guyton win
have another enterprise added 10 her list
This new enterprise win be a tram rail-
road extending from Guyton TO the neigh
borhood of Bethel Church and will be
constructed by the Georgia Manufacturing
and Trading Company. Mr.. Samuel II.
Morgan, manager of this corporation. Is
now negotiating for the material rolling
stock, etc. for the enterprise, and work
will commence at once in this direction.
Logan Fouche, an old negro, was placed
in the station house al Athens a few
days ago on a warrant sworn out against
him alleging insanity. As soon as posi-
BILE the old negro was tried before the
Commission Of Lunacy and declared in
sane. He was sent TO the county jail for
few days until arrangements could be
made TO transfer him to Milledgeville.
When the old negro was taken from the
Jail one of his fingers was partially eaten
off by rats. The old man was very weak,
and died at the county poor house soon
after, before he could be taken to the asy-
lum.
Griffin will be a dry town for the next
six months at any rate. The prohibition
lists won the second round of the fight
Thursday after considerable sparriug by
tf attorneys engaged on each side when
Judge Reagan decided that the case could
not. under the law, be made returnable
TO this term of the Superior Court. but
must wait until the August term TO be
heard. Judge Reagan was willing to hear
the case at a special term, but the con-
testants would not consent. This action
will carry the case over nearly one year,
and in the event of taking il to the Su-
preme Court, which will undoubtedly be
done. it viii be prolonged beyond that
time.
The negroes in the northern and west
ern part of Hancock county are wild with
the migration fever, and the few who re-
fuse to go to South Georgia with the
crowd that left for the turpentine regions
several weeks ago, are disconnected and
kicking like steers because the white far
mers have been advising them TO stay at
home and let that Williams emigration
scheme alone. The negroes claim that the
whites are trying to keep them from the
promised land" and are highly indig-
nant at Williams arrest. Williams letter
addressed to the negroes, pacihed them
TO some extent, but they are still sullen
and disappointed over the failure of Will
Hams to send them to Mississippi
Last Thursday Jan. Il, Mrs. Anna Camp
of Wnder boarded the southern bound
vestibule train for Atlanta intending from
there TO buy ticket to Lumberton Miss,
where her two sons and other relatives
live. She accordingly bought a through
ticket to Lumberton, Miss. and took the
sleeper. About or O'Clock Friday morn
ing, when the train on which was Mrs.
Camp, got within about four miles of Nos-
burg, Miss, which is seventy-fve miles
this side of Lumberton, Mrs. Camp fell
off the moving train, rolled down a very
steep and high embankment and lay there
from or O'Clock in the morning until
up in the day. Mrs. Camp is now at the
point of death. No hopes are entertained
of her recovery. She was found uncon-
ecious and has been so ever since.
The exhibit to be given by the Middle
Georgia Pet stock and Poultry Association
will take place in Macon, commencing next
Tuesday, Jan. %, and continuing for an
entire week. Much interest is being man
ifested in this exhibit by people in every
section of the state, and a large attend
ance is expected. Nearly a thousand
chickens have been entered up to date
and ii is thought that there will be at
least two or three hundred dogs. The en-
tries are not only being made by resi-
dents of the state, but from every state
adjoining, and the exhibit is expected TO
he one of the finest ever bend in the
South. Mr.. Loring Brown of Macon viii
act judge of the chickens, while Mr..
Henry Jarrett of the Chestnut Hill Ken
nels, at Philadelphia, win act as judge
of the dogs.
The streets of Hamilton and the road
that leads TO Hon. b. H. Williams farm
about three miles distant, was a continu-
Gus scene of business activity, suggestive
of prosperity Wednesday, Hon. b. II.
Williams a few days ago sold his entire
crop of cotton, about 500 bales, and about
thirty-fiye wagons were busy from early
morning hauling the cotton to the. depot
for shipment TO market. 1t is und erst God
that J. B. Hoist 81 Co., of Columbus
bought the entire lot at cents. which
melted the round sum of $iS000.S0. 1t took
about two days 10 haul the cotton, and
the hauling makes a scene never before
witnessed at Hamilton. This cotton is not
sold for debt but represents part of the
earnings of an energetic and intelligent
farmer, who bought a blind mule on
orejft after the war and went to work
The second election held by the city au-
fhnrifine II decide tho nnestinn Nc 10