The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-10-12
OCTOGENARlAN'S SYSTEM.
Mr.. Davis Tells How He Lived Long
and Raised Many Children with
out the Aid of Physicians.


Waycross. Ga, Oct. 11.-Mr. r. J.
Davis, of Pierce county is a very in
teresting character. He passed the
eightieth mile stone along the path
way of life last July, and is still hale
and hearty. and does not appear to be
more than 65. He attributes his good
health and splendid physique to his
regular habits. He has always been
farmer and says it has always been
his rule to eat supper at twilight, re-
tire at 8 o'clock, sleep eight or nine
hours and rise early in the morning.
Mr.. Davis lives in Blackshear and
within ten miles of the place of his
birth. He has reared ten children, and
has about one hundred and fifty grand
children and great grand children. He
says in all of his life he never called
| a physician but on two occasions, when
one of his children had been thrown
while riding horse. Mr.. Davis was in
the Indian war, and draws a pension
| of So a month for service during that
struggle with the Red men. He was
also a soldier in the Confederate army
and went all through the Civil War.
| Will Jacobs, a negro, who had been
serving a term on the changing for
| larceny from the house, made bold
dash for liberty, but was recaptured af-
| ter a lively five-mile chase.
| The negro was tracked to the Satilla
river below the railroad bridge, where
he was found standing in water UP to
| his neck. He had run about five miles.
Mr.. j. n. Heron of Charlotte, N. c.,
has taken charge of the Jones Pants
! Manufacturing Company as superin-
! tendent vice Phons Spanolia who has
been the superintendent of the factory
since it first began operation. Mr..
| Spanolia was compelled to give up the
| position on account of bad health, and
has returned to his home in Charlotte.
Short Line Damaged.
News comes to the effect that the re-
| cent heavy rains have greatly damaged
both the farmers and the railroad
on the Plant System short line between
Jesup and Folkston. 1t has been found
necessary to sand bag the embankment
at the river to prevent it from being
| washed away. They have crossed the
Brunswick and Western Railroad and
are laying track between Nahunta and
Folkston. The surveyor is to lay off the
town of Nahunta into building lots
| right away.
The A. P. Brantley Company have
purchased a lot of land about four
miles west of Nahunta and will at once
begin eXcavating phosphate rock for
making guano.
Machinery has been placed in position
| by the Plant System people for the
purpose of boring an artesian well
near their pumping station. The water
| tanks now in use near the Union pas
| senger station, are to be torn down
and replaced by larger ones. The new
tanks will be built in the old baseball
park.
Next Institute at Savannah.
The first annual Sunday-scho in
stitute gotten up by the Conference
| Sunday school Board. closed its SEES.
| SIGN yesterday at Ashburn It was a
| decided success from start to finish,
| Rev. G. M. Ledbetter of Blackshear
and Rev. !. M. Glenn of WaYcross,
as president and secretary, respective
| ly, conducted the institute Some oe
the best informed Sunday school work
| ers of the state were present, and gave
interesting practical talk on Sunday.
school work. Savannah was selected
as the place for holding the next in
| stitute.
Big Yield of Flour Corn.
A. b Courson. a successful farmer,
living about four miles west of Way-
| cross, bought q pint of flour corn last
spring and planted it. He has gathered
eight barrels of corn. He says that a
part of this corn produced as much
as zen mature1 ears to the stalk. TIE
cars average ten inches in length, and
from what he produced this year, Mr..
| Courson is of the opinion that the corn
| will yield easily fifty barrels per acre.
| Mr.. ] G.. Clough exhibits a sweet
potato raised on his farm at Sunny
Side, north of Waycross, that measures
21X26 inches in circumference, Z inches
in diameter and tips the scales at az
pounds.
The Bell telephone people are unload
ing several cars of poles in the western
part of Waycross. 1t is said that the
Bell Company's line are already several
miles this side of Thomasville, and that
the work of constructing the long dis
tance line between ThomasVille and
Savannah. will commence in short
time.