The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-07-31
TURPENTINE LABOR SCARCE.
Woodsman Arrested at Dupont for
Seducing Away Laborers of For
mer Employer.

n "ooushah Arrested at dupont Tor
Seducing Away Laborers of For
mer Employer.
Waycross, Ga. July 30.-Information
reaches here to-day of the death of
Mr.. Ward Poppwell of Screven. His
death was due to blood poison Mr..
Poppwell was p years OF age. and held
a responsible position with the ]. H.
Walker Company of Screven.
A pair of valuable mules, belonging
TO negro named Latimore, was killed
by lightning a day or two ago in
Clinch county. The mules had just been
turned into separate stables and the
negro had scarcely reached his house.
not more than hundred feet distance,
when a bolt of lightning struck the
foremost stable, ran down a post and
killed the mule within. 1t then passed
down the partition into the adjoining
stable and killed the second mule.
Tried to steal Laborers.
On Sunday morning Mr.. F. Cribb.
woodsman for Mr.. ]. F. Fender of
Lowndes countl was arrested at Du-
pont upon a warrant sworn out by
charges Crib with inducing laborers
to leave Mr.. Sirmans' still. nine miles
northeast of Dupont Sheriff S. A.
Sweat of bonneville made the arrest
and took Mr.. Crib to bonneville.
where he remained in custody until
yesterday, when he waived trial and
gave bond for his appearance at Clinch
Superior Court Mr.. Crib had until
recently been employed by the firm of
& af CT Of Cfr
mans. as woodsman. but on account of
some misunderstanding had severed
his connection with that firm and ac-
cepted a position with Mr.. Fender.
News has Just reached here of
shooting scrape at Thelma, small sta
ton on the A. V. and w. Railroad.
Sunday morning A white man by the
name of Wilson was shot through the
hand with a Winchester rifle. the shoot
ing being done by a Mr. Pittman No
facts are at hand now as to the origin
of the trouble.
Turpentine LabOrers Scarce.
Turpentine operators in Clinch coun-
~ and the southwest part of Coffee
county complain of the scarcity of
hands TO work on their turpentine
places. 1t is claimed that more wages
are being paid now than ever before,
and that other inducements are Of
fered to secure more reliable labor. but
for some reason IL does not seem to
give the desired relief Nearly all the
turpentine operators in the section
named are said TO be very short OF
hands. and some of them are losing
money because of the product going to
waste in the woods
The Gray Noble Lumber Company is
extending Its tram road several miles
in a southerly direction. In order TO
reach the magnificent belt OF timber
near "Old Magnolia" Magnolia IL one
of the historical places I'm Clinch coun-
~ II was a thriving little town thirty
or forty years ago. whore the people
came for many miles 20 do their trad
ing. IL was a commercial center for a
large territory IN this section OF the
country. II ranks along with ola Gem
ter village and Traders Hill In Charl-
ton county. Holmesviiie IN Appling
county Troupcvillc. IN Lowndcs coun-
~, and other places Of like note and
character The commercial glory Of
these old landmarks has LONG since de-
parted. and there b. nothing 20 remind
one ~ the former places. except per
hhps a large sycamore tree here and
sthere or n giant oak with low branches
~ some old ruins of business houses
nfd residences mat were occupied near
1902 quite r. century ago.
IHUal board 81 examiners Win
an examination for postonlce
ah aua mail carriers,