The Savannah morning news., 1902-08-10
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA

GEORGIA ANDFLURIUA
Augusta Herald: If the Georgia con-
vict system is not reformed there will
have been a whole lot OF newspaper
space wasted. The reformers, profess
sional and amateur. are warm on the
trial of the system.
The Twenty-third Georgia Regi-
ment will hold its annual reunion at
Rome, Ga, Aug. 20 All survivors of
the regiment particularly, and all the
friends of the regiment are invited to
be present The Twenty third Geor-
gia was a member of Gen. A. Z.
Wright's famous brigade.
Fitzgerald Enterprise: Irwin county
has never been considered a wheat
country, but an occasional test shows
that the crop can be raised success
fully. This year Hon. NJ. Dickson
planted seven acres on his farm about
eight miles east of the city from
which he harvested seVenty-five bush
els. He shipped fifty bushels to mill
last Saturday and viii enjoy the lux
ury of hOme-raised biscuit for a sea-
son.
The City Council Of Augusta has
passed resolutions upon the death of
Dennis Cahill, the canal bridge tender,
who lost his life recently while at
tempting to save a little girl from
drowning. Cahill was only an humble
employe of the city. but his brave
death aroused the sympathy and adj
Iniration of its entire people. He had
previously to this rescued two people
from drowning. AS he was a splendid
swimmer he is supposed to have been
taken with cramps the moment he
jumped into the water to rescue the
little girl Dallas Kitchens, who was
also drowned.
WANT POSTMASTER REMOVED.
The citizens of Toccoa are making
a determined fight to have Postmaster
George L. Walker removed from Of
flee. A petition for Walkers removal
has been circulated and generally sign
ed. The petition alleges that Post
master Walker is totally untitled,
physically and morally, for the posi-
ton, and is not capable of filing the
office. 1t also alleges that Postmaster
Walker is drunk much of the time in
the postoffice and on the public
streets of the town, that he is dis
grace to the administration and an
eyesore to the public.
CHILD TRAGEDY At FORT VALLEY
Marguerite Flournoy. the little s.
year-old daughter of Capt. Robert
Flournoy, a passenger conductor on
the Georgia Southern and Florida Rail-
road, was accidentally killed at her
home at Fort Valley Monday at noon.
Her brother, Robert Flournoy, 10 years
of age, was cleaning up his shotgun
preparatory to going dove hunting
when it was suddenly discharged, the
load tearing off one side of the head
and face OF his little sister, who fell
TO the floor with her brains oozing out.
Her head was only two feet from the
muzzle of the gun at the time OF the
discharge.
AN ENTERPRIsING FARMER.
Marietta Journal: Mr. j. C. Reed, a
young farmer. VINO lives three miles
south of Marietta had 100 liberia
peach trees. which he set out at differ
ent times. 900 hundred of them bore
fruit this year and he sold 700 era tes
at 81 per crate, delivered, and has
the money in his pocket lifting a debt
on his farm with one yield of fruit
He has budded so, 600 peach trees,
which he has already sold, to be de-
hvered next season. He is hard
working. honest young farmer and is
doing well. He has a good crop grow
ing on his farm of cotton, corn, etc,
and will make plenty TO do him.
AN AMERICUS REMINISCENCE.
Times Recorder: Times Recorder
readers who saw the item in yester-
days dispatches to the effect that Gov
Aycock of North Carolina has just
pardoned a gold brick swindler from
prison, probably recalled the occur
renee here several years ago wherein
a citizen was heeced of $4,000 by gold
brick artists" The gold brick seller
had an Indian" partner who worked
the game with him, and as the fellow
just let out of the pen by Gov. Ay-
cock played the Indian" stunt there,
he is probably the same artist who OPP
Grated near Americas so SUCCESSFULLY
The sharper and his Indian" partner
who unloaded the gold brick here and
secured $4,000 of the long green were
never heard of afterwards.
TRIED TO WRECK TRAIN TO KILL.
Dawson News: Chess Spear, a ne
gro, has been arrested and is in Jail
at Cuthbert charged with an attempt
at train wrecking, it being alleged that
he tried to wreck the east bound Cen
trail train near Graves on Saturday
night. July u. Spear and his wife
had had a falling out, and the wo-
man had left him. Determined on re-
venge, Spear decided to wreck the
train on that particular night, his wife
being one of the passengers on board
and to this end he placed crossties on
the trestle track between Graves and
Shellman. The engineer discovered the
distractions, but not before running
against several of them The train
kept the track but several of the
crosstles, standing at right angles,
were snapped like toothpicks. Detec-
tlVes were Immediately put to work on
the case, with the result that Spear
was committed to the Randolph county
Jail, the crime occurring in that coun-
ty. 1t is known that Spear expressed
the wish that the train would run off
the track and kill his wife, and it is
believed he took this method of trying
to wreak vengeance. 1t is thought
that the negro had one or two accom-
plices, but no additional arrests have
been made
MENACE TO SAVING GRACE.
Albany Herald: 1t matters not
whether the mosquito is guilty of dis
seminating fever and malaria or not.
there is a species of him here in AL
bany that should be exterminated On