The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-07
BIBLE AGENT BADLY HURT.

Moultrie Observer: Out near the factory
on Wednesday afternoon horse ran
away with a young man named L. w.
Howard and, throwing him against a
stump, inflicted injuries upon him from
which he will hardly recover. He was
taken up speeches. and brought in
town. room being secured at the Com
merctal Hotel for him. Medical attention
has also been given him, but up to this
writing he has not regained consciousness.
He was thrown from a buggy against d
sharp stump and the principal wounds
are about his head and face. Mr.. Howard
Is young man, and is a Bible agent. His
headquarters are said to be at Blakely.
He came to Moultrie last week on his
way to the State Baptist Convention at
Valdosta. His horse was taken sick
here and he went on to Valdosta by rail.
He returned Wednesday and, finding his
horse recovered, hitched him up and had
not gotten out of town when he ran
away. A number of letters were found
on his person, but none of them gave adj
dress of his relatives. In his pockets
were found three clippings from newspa-
pers giving accounts of his horse having
run away with him, but in none OF them
were he hurt.
PAID DEARLY FoR NEGLIGENCE.
1t is VIGOROUSLY true that little care
oftimes is taken of cotton held in store,
the bales being allowed to remain out in
the weather for months, and oftimes they
stand in puddles of water until rotten. A
lot bought by an Americas firm yester-
day was in such condition. The lot con-
sisted of 200 bales and was stored In a
little railroad village in South Georgia
where 1t had been held for six months. IL
a he
ing to hold it until the price reached fif-
teen. Recently he decided that ii might
be best to close out the lot at cents
rather than wait longer for the advance.
But the cotton was not as good as when
he stored it away out in the weather
last October. The winter rains had dam
aged it fearfully, and it was necessary
that each bale be picked over carefully.
This resulted in a total loss in weight II
$1,000 pounds of cotton. This was an aver
age of $50 pounds to the bale, total of
5000 pounds net loss. At 10 cents per
pound this would have meant a loss of
5000, but there was the difference of SO
per bale in the cost price, 10 cents, and
that at which 1t was sold. In the, aggre-
gate the owner lost some $4,000 or 5000
NEGROES HURT, MULES KILLED.
Quitman Free Press: cyclone of con-
siderable force passed through the planta-
tions of Messrs. John Lucas and Elisha
Gornto several miles below town Tuesday
afternoon. A negro man named Jerry
Kimbal and negro woman who were in
one of Whiddon & McCrary's wagons go
ing to the railroad camp were in the
path of the cyclone and were struck by a
falling tree Kimbal was seriously but
not fatally injured, while the woman was
badly bruised and otherwise injured The
two mules drawing the wagon were both
killed, one instantly and the other so
badly injured that 1t had to be killed. The
woman had miraculous escape from
death. she having been knocked out of
the wagon to the ground and one of the
animals fell upon her Owing to a dense
darkness which preceded the approach of
the wind, the negroes did not know until
afterwards what struck them. The path
Of the cyclone was about $50 feet wide and
was of such force MS TO demolish every
thing in its path. The gin house on MIR.
Lucas place was blown down and badly
demolished, the building and machinery
being a complete wreck. On Mr. Gornto s
place fences ana timber were blown down.