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Y0L. XYI.—NO. lo.
COUNTY GOSSIP.
As it Comes to Us Over Our
Grapevine Telephone.
A PULL PAGE OF COUNTY NEWS
Upon Which is Recorded all the Hap
pennings of Local Interest as
They Transpire Weekly.
—Wintry blasts.
—Tnto overcoats.
—Spring time over.
—The boom groweth.
—The boom’s the talk.
—Clearing new grounds.
—Afore seasonable this week.
—Xo Florida goers this winter.
—A siege of backbones and spare
ribs.
-The first draught made upon coal
Inns.
—Lnmberisin big demand in this
pl acc>
mules. Every farmer buying one or more
—Lexington now sports a regular
barber.
winter. —Chitterling dinners came late this
—Small grain is looking tine in this
section.
—But one vacant house of any kind
here now.
—But very little cotton being brought
to market.
—The school bell livens Lexington
once more.
—An epidemic of measles threatens
this section.
—The chirp of the first robin was
heard Tuesday.
—Lexington’s fame as a mule mar¬
ket is spreading.
—Smith Bros, sold three handsome
buggies Monday.
—Work has not been begun on the
parsonage stable yet.
—New ground fires denote the begin¬
ning of another crop.
—The hammer and saw is heard on
every side in Lexington.
—Many a fatted porkeryieliled up the
ghost Tuesday evening.
—Bailiffs are abroad with tax execu¬
tions, and many of them.
deed —Lexington’s gun club has been in¬
inactive this season.
—John Knox speaks of opening a
beef market in Lexington.
—A good many farmers complain of
the scarcity of farm hands.
There —Alaking will arrangements of it sold. for guano.
be lots
and —Several others boarding arrive Jscholars Monday. are) in
are to
—A bank must follow iu the wake of
Lexington’s increased business.
—Half grown leaves are to bo found
on some southern exposed trees.
—The velocipede fever is raging
among the small boys of this place.
—Several day boarders can find ac¬
comodations by applying at this office.
—The average Lcxingtonian has even
caught on to a livelier gait in his walk.
—Many fruit trees are in full them. bud
and it is feared a freeze would kill
—Yesterday hog morning had been was just longing such a
one as owners to
see.
—Nothing hardly but building and
building lots are talked on the streets
now.
—The good effects of the railroad to
Lexington are to be seen on every
ban( i '
—Smith ... _ Bros, . ,
are receiving brands
car-loads of the most popular of
guanos.
—Several new buildings for business
purposes are being talked of for this
summer.
—Board for a number more of schol
ars can be had in this place at yery lib
eral rates.
—No town in the State boasts a more
temperate and moral set of boys than
does Lexin"ton
-There may be a few cases of the
grippe iu this section but thev are
ed like bad colds.
_Lexington’s "be advantages as a trade
center are in- morere-idilv ' °
nized than of vore
erm haS handl , n ? orc
. freight this week , than v, any week , since
it began operations.
—Lexington beef sends up another wail
for a regular market. The many
boarders must be fed.
—The last car of coal to complete
jLexingtons winter supply was received
Tuesday. Just in time.
—The capitalist who builds a number
of cottages in this place to rent
make a good investment.
- \ concert for the Grady monument
fund has been spoken of by some of the
vonn" ” people of Lexin"ton. u°
—The guano being i • shipped iu here ,i- this
season must he of better qualiU. It
contains more aroma an\ wa\.
We have had a ru>h of job work
this week. That’s why this Lnro would may
not be found so newsy as you
like it.
—Lexington has some magnificent
possibilities and some great ptobabili
ties and we hope to see them become
realities.
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LEXINGTON, OGLETHORPE COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1890.
Presents Mixed.
An error crepped into the list we
gave last week of the presents given
Mr. and Mrs. Dillard. Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Smith giving the silver card re
ceiver, and Air. and Mrs. J. T. Olive
giving a silver fruit stand. Both pres¬
ents were handsome ones.
Now We’ll Shave.
longingly Lexington has longed and longed
for a long time for a resident
barber. * She
i has one. He is a neat,
polite boy, a pretty fair barber, and has
: opened up in what has been Dr. 11. J.
him Willingham’s office. We bespeak for
a sustaining patronage.
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More Mules.
Alule dealer Alaxwell received Alon
; day last another large drove of line
; mules and has been dealing them out
; right and left to purchasers this.week,
| Ld says about all he asks of a buyer is
j to furnish the halter and he will almost
| give him a mule to put it on.
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A Brick Kiln Needed.
The building boom has created a
j demand for kiln brick and there town is talk of
| opening a near near on a
law scale. Several parties who con
template building will form a stock
company and burn for their own use
as well as to sell. It will be a paying
enterprise.
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Alliencemen Buy Mules
Alliancemen AVednesday from last quite a delegation of
Crawford buy over in bulk the county what met
at to a mules
Several they needed drovers for the coming crops.
were on hand to deal
with them, hut Air. Maxwell, of this
place, offered the best inducements and
made a majority of the sales.
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A Display of Horse Sense.
To-night and to-morrow evening and
night there will be a display at the
New Opera House, Athens, of the won¬
derful training that can be given horses
and mules. The worlds famous Bris¬
tol’s Equescurriclum will appear on
these dales, and lovers of the noblest
of animals should not fail to see it.
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Her Boarding House Opened.
Mrs. Carrie Jarrell moved to the Dr.
Ben AVillingham place Tuesday last,
and declares herself ready to accommo¬
date several boarders. That she will
keep an excellent house no one who
knows Airs. Jarrell can doubt. AVc
thrice welcome her and her boarders,
of whom she already has several, to
town.
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Loses a Mule.
A considerable loss befell Air. AA T .
Stewart, of this place AYcdnesday night
by the death of a mule Tor which lie
had only the day before paid a round
hundred dollars. He loaned it to a
negro to ride a few miles in the country
the evening before, the boy returning
after night and putting it in the stable,
where it was found dead yesterday
morning.
Preaching Every Sabbath.
A move is is on foot to provide relig¬
ious services in Lexington every Sat
bath in the month instead of on three : s
heretofore. An attempt is being made
to raise a sufficient sum to employ Rev.
AI. S. AVeaver to preach on each four h
Sundayand night, the one now vacant.
Mr. AA r eaver has^offered to do this ser¬
vice for one hundred dollars a year.
Surely this sum can be raised.
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The Winterville Band.
The young men of our thriving little
sister city, Winterville, have recently
organized a brass band, and now there
is always music in the air in and around
that place—and good music, too, so
those say who have heard it. There
are thirteen members of the band and
j though they have said had but a few months’
1 P met ice, a.l are to l>lay prolicient
i ly. A grand concert is being arranged
; for the night J 5 of the 25th inst.
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Wii i Remain Here,
j q'h ere has been some fears that Air.
w . N. Guill, owing to an inability to
g C ^ a blacksmith,would move from Lex
i ington, leaving the’town again without
j a wheelwright. will AYe arc lie glad to engaged lie able
to say he not. has
j the finished services smith of anil Air. machinist, James Haralson, and the a
!
I Gvo will enlarge the business formerly
! done by Guill & Mathews. AYe be
j 8 P eak for lhem a ^ ral P a ^ a S e -
Co1 - 0R , ve 111 Atlanta.
Tuesday’s Constitution contained this
paragraph relative to the above-named
citizen of Lexington: “‘Business,
! nothing but business, that is all that
brought me to Atlanta,’ said Col. Tom
olive, of Oglethorpe, who held a levee
in the corridors of the Kimball honse
lastlevening. ‘Will I comeback? You
may just say that I’m not a candidate
for any office. I'm a plain country law
j yer fall and am after such dollars as may
to my
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A Happy Marriage.
In the presence of the families of the
i contracting parties, at the home of the
' bale’s uncle, Mr. AY. D. Faust,
on
AVednesdav morning last at 9 o’clock,
Mr. Charlie AY. Bryant and Aliss George
Faust were married Rev J. F. Cheney
officiati f We since rcly and heartily
con;rratu ate both parties upon this hap"
py event. Oglethorpe never claimed a
m0 re amiable and lovable daughter
than the bride, nor a moreiiromisiii" or
deserving son than the "room. Imme
diately ed after their marriage they repair
to the home prepared by Air. Bry
ant. where they begin life under peon
j liarly est hopes bright he prospects. realized. May ’ their fond
,
THE BOOM GROWS.
And it is Solid and Will be Per
manent.
! SEVERAL REAL ESTATE DEALS.
Business Houses as Well as Resi¬
dences Will be Built. Work
Begun on Some Already.
Lexington’s building boom has grown
to be an epidemic and every citizen of
the town who is possibly susceptible
j I' as a Dili fledged case of it. The sole
topic of conversation on the streets is
building lots, building materials and
bailings, and almost everyone is a buil
der, an architect or mighty lull of ex
perience which is freely given to those
j contemplating building. During the
t week therc has been more buvin , T
i - nd , planning , . and , talking thanhas , been ,
a .
j in old Lexington in a halt century, and
;
one to hear it all could but imagine
j 1 } msc ]£ j n some newly settled western
place only a few months old yet a town
and destined to be a city in a few more
mouths. Alaby there is more talk than
there will he action, yet ihere is evi
deuces that it is not all talk. Below
we give a partial list of the purchasers j
and building in course of erection and |
being comtemplated.
Friday trade last W. AI. Howard, Esq.,
closed a with the Epson estate
for the handsome pronerty now occu
pied by the family the of Col. desirable It. S. Tay
lor, one of most resi
donee sites in town. Air. II. will not
take possession in a year yet or until
Col. has Taylor’s decided family whether move he out, will and im¬ he
not
prove the residence now standing or
build him a new one in ttie grove front¬
ing Mr. Arthur Hatre’s place. Should
he decide on the latter step he will sell
the house now Otherwise standing with a lot
around it. he will sell off
one or more lots in the grove where he
now has Reynolds some idea of begun building. work
Dr. has on the
old female academy building, recently
bought by Mr. G. AA r . Smith with a lot
surrounding. lie the is adding an “L” and to
the back pari of structure by
rearranging the interior will make of it
a commodious and a handsome home.
Dr. Faust has in his order for the lum¬
ber for his cottage on the lot adjacent
that of Dr. Reynolds. will Ilis location thereon is a
beautiful one and he erect
a handsome live-room structure of mod¬
ern design. He hopes to have it ready
for occupancy by April.
Air. AI. II. Young is ready making his lot
in the same vicinity right ahead for with a resi
donee, and will go the
work. He has not fully decided yet |
what size house he will build, but it 1 j
will be a commodious cottage.
Mr. .J. J. Smith has fully caught the j
fever and will build him a home as soon i
as he can get a lot to suit him. Ilis good
lady already owns the lot opposite the ;
Presbyterian church, known prefers as the
burnt lot. but Air. S. rather a
location in the upper part of town. lie
is now figuring on a part of his brother
George’s lot. At any rate he has fully
determined to build and is only waiting j
to settle upon the location when he will i
commence Wc also learn the work. that Air. Frank Smith j
is looking around for a lot; that he I
wants it right away that ho may build ;
him a cage upon it and have it ready and in j
time. This, however, is a secret,
wc are it. pledged not to say anything
about
Besides the above there are a num¬
ber of other enterprises and buildings
being mentioned. There is a handsome
hotel often spoken of and which may
develop this summer, an oil mill and
guano factory, a planing possibilities mill, etc., than etc.,
but these are more
probabilities, nothing definite being
done towards their erection.
Nevertheless Lexington’s boom is
fully on. A year hence will see many
changes in the old town, and all for its
improvement. Surely the railroad is
accomplish ing great things fort he place.
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A Regretful Split.
We regret verv much to learn that
the citizens of Winterville, our border
city, have become divided as to school
matters. It seems to be rather a de
nominational split between the Baptists
and Alethodists. The consequence is
there will be two schools in the place
this year, one taught bv Prof. Atkinson
and the other bv' Rev. W. AI. Code,
We sincerelv hope their differences
will be bridged over, for a town divided
amoti" itself cannot prosper and grow
. n0 more than a house can stand under
like circumstances. <4 In union there is
strength” ° and should be harmony.
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j V/ill Contest a Will.
We find the following in a dispatch
from Athens to the Augusta Chronicle
,
! referring to a case in our Superior
court: “Messrs. T. AY. Rucker and
Frank Upson, of tins city, have been
employed by the caveators in the ease
of the relatives of Airs. Susan AI. AA'ray
against Judge Samuel Lumpkin, of Lex
ington. It Will be remembered that
Mrs. Wrav, who had lost her mind,
willed Judge Lumpkin immediate her property
disinheriting her relatives
who were iu very needy circumstances, tried
The case will probably and be rich in Ogle
tliorpe county expected.” some
ments are
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j Try black^DRAUGHT tea for Dyspepsia.
SOME R. R. TALK.
i Prospective Lines to Traverse
Oglethorpe County.
WHAT THE PROSPECTS ARE NOW.
Col. Smith Reaching Out Towards
Augusta. The A. & C. Again
Being Talked. Other Chat.
There has been a deal of railroad
news afloat in this section recently, and
one to listen to all of it would feel as¬
sured that Oglethorpe county was des¬
tined to be a network of iron and cross
ties at no distant day. Some of the
many proposed lines may end in talk,
but as talk is the beginning of almost
all enterprises of this class it is not im¬
probable that it [may bring about the
building of at least three roads through
the county within the next few years.
We had a talk with a gentleman the
other day who is on the inside of inat
tors, and he tells us that Col. Jas. M.
Smith has changed his notion of ex
tending his Danielsvillo Winterville & Pleasant Hill
road to for the present,
and will build towards Dnnburg, in
Wilkes county; that a survey of the
line is to be made right away and that
in all probability much of the grading
on the line will be done during the suni
mer. The natural route for this pro
posed road will be by way of Sandy
Cross and Anon in this county. When
built it will develop one of the best por
tions of the county, a section which
only needs railroad facilities to make it
the garden spot of the State. Col.
Smith has a charter from Pleasant Ilill
to Augusta, and will ultimately extend
his road on to that city.
The Augusta & Chattanooga, the
proposed route of which runs through
the county, is again being talked. Pos¬
sibly this has been talked to death al¬
ready; at condition. least it remains in quite a
comatose Col. Smith’s pro¬
posed road, above mentioned, takes in
the same territory as does the A. & C.,
and unless it wakes up early and wakes
itself wide awake it will open its eyes
to find that its chances have been taken
from it. Between the two the needy
scope of country which they propose to
traverse may place high hopes for rail¬
road facilities in the near future.
Air. We Hart are and not his hearing proposed as much road from
from
Union Point to Elberton as we had
hopes of hearing with We the beginning of
the new year. know, however,
that Air. II. and is thoroughly doubt alive the to the
enterprise we notat prop
or time he will lie heard from. This is
another route which will do much to
wards which developing stands sadly a section of this coun
ty in need of better
railroad facilities. Crossing, as it will,
the other proposed roads, it will have
good will be connections important in all link directions, connecting and
an
several important systems of railroads.
Wc see that another survey of the
Georgia, Carolina & Northern railroad
is being made, and we have some hopes
that this line will be brought through
the county. It is pretty certain that it
will come closer to the line at any rate
than does the present survey, and will
run up Broad river just over in Madi
son county. If it docs this it will fur
nish facilities for a large and populous
section of Oglethorpe, the railroad possibilities
At any rate
of the county are good, be the proba¬
bilities as they may. It may be years
before any of them are built or they
may be built within the next few
months. AYhenevcr they are construct¬
ed they will traverse a country which
will flow with milk and honey, when
facilities are furnished to haul these
commodities to market.
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Flowers.
There are never too many /lowers in
this world, and not one kind word too
many lias been spoken to Skiff, the Jew
eller uor one puff too many given to the
diamond spectacles which are actually
the best "jeweller, "lasses used. Sold only by
Skiff, the. dealer in clocks,
watches, jewelry and silverware of all
kinds.
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ti&F black-draught tea cures Constipation,
T 1 „ Hog tf* Killing t- Time
was
The „. thermometer took a slight turn
hie Tuesday evening last and the nume
pus squeals sounded ol dying pigs in the neigh
borhood more like the first
CQo1 s P el! 1,1 90 ober - Many which
had and been in there waiting have were been slaughtered sparenbs
since
an<1 backbones and such like flying
f ir * cvcial messes have
alighted ^ at the editor »• s home for which
V ‘T returned thanks to thoughtful j j
friends.
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A Baby in Jail.
There is a veritable baby,'so to speak,
confined in our county jail. It is the
little negro who during December burn
ed a negro house on Mr..L F. Dillard’s
place, near Cherokee Corner, and is
suspected of burning another on the
same place during the spring. He is
only eleven years old and small to his
age, and is not confined so much for
safe keeping as for the safety of prop
erty outside. Though so young he
shows meanness in every feature and
house burning seems to be a
with him.
PURELY PERSONAL.
—A broken finger is giving Lee Cal
laway no little pain and annoyance,
—Handsome Fred Morton, of Ath¬
ens, visited in Lexington Sunday last.
—Will Hayes, of Winterville, spent
Sunday last with relatives in Lexington •
—Hon. J. T. Olive went up to Atlan¬
ta Monday morning on legal business.
—Drummer Tom Witcher, from Ath
ens, hit Lexington broadside Tuesday
last.
days —Mr. last and Mrs. with Hensley relatives spent a few
week in Win¬
terville.
—Dan Lumpkin was down from Ath
ens friends. last Sunday with his many Lexing
ton
—John Knox was the lirst one in
this place to have the grippe. Only a
slight case.
—Genial Tobe Clark, fricnds|in of Madison,
was among his numerous this
place yesterday.
—President McWhorter went to At
lanta Tuesday morning on important
railroad business.
—T. B. Mosely, Esq., of Daniels
ville, was in Lexington on legal busi¬
ness Saturday last.
—Air. and Airs. J. T. M. Ilaire
reached home from their Tcunesse vis¬
it Wednesday night.
—Mrs. T. I’. Callaway is visiting her
daughters, Wells, Mesdaines Hawkins and
in Covington.
— Vince Arnold is, wc arc glad to say
able to be up and about. He was on
the streets yesterday.
—AHsses Emily and Serena Upson, of
Athens, visited their aunt in this place
several days this week.
—AVill Deadwyler and wife moved
to their country home Tuesday last.
Wc regret to lose them as citizens.
—Winsome Miss Berta Daniel, from
below Crawford, delighted her friends
in this place with a visit Sunday last.
—Air. and Airs. Howard Hayes are
Kroner, visiting their daughter, Mrs. E. II.
in Winterville, for a few days.
—Prof. Weaver has an interesting
family of wife, four daughters and one
son. society. They arc quite an acquisition to
our
—Master Henry Arnold, our junior
“devel” lias bought him a bicycle, and
the Echo office lias added a court plas¬
ter department.
—Aliss Mamie Bacon lias had a se¬
vere attack of the grippe in her Chica¬
go she home, has but we are glad to learn that
recovered.
—Postmaster Ilaire spent Wednesday
in Athens attending a meeting of the
stewards of the different Methodist
chinches in this ilistnct.
—Mr. Thos. L. Grimes and Miss Zora
Hammond were married at the home of
the bride,in Goosponil district, Weilnes
day by W. M. Settles, Esq.
—Contractor J. M. Norton, of Win
terville. was in Lexington Tuesday bid
ding and estimating on some of the
many comtemplated buildings.
—Mr. Alickleberry, a prominent citi
zen of Atlanta, fcspent .Sunday last in
Lexitigton. highly lie inspected and was
pleased witli our granite.
Air. C. I. Boggs ol Atlanta,
reached the bedside of his father only
a few hours before his death. Here
turned to his home Monday morning.
-Ben Gilliam went to Bowling Green
before breakfast Suuday morning and
returned late at night, and has since
been growling about the days being ex
tremely short.
—Fred Young, a native horn Lexing
Ionian, now a citizen of Atlanta, was
renewing old acquaintances. He is
drumming for a New Orleans house.
—Mrs. It. S. Taylor was called to (lie
bedside of her daughter, Mrs. Bessie
Hill, who is visiting in Gainesvlille, on
Tuesday Mrs. II. last by a telegram be dying. stating that
1 was thought to the ladv La
ter a ‘ 'f* c cs ’ however, say She had is
much better 1 and recovering.
an at ' ac *' 01 la grippe.
A _~ T . „***. 7°, I
News reaches , us of what came near
being a serious accident to Mr. Will
Arnold at his gin on Big creek one day
last week. As he was raising the breast
of the gin it slipped from his grasp and
as ^°° hcyittempted ^ to £‘d catch by it ^" his hand went
ar ’ was cau e sau H an( *
was painfully, , peculiarity though not of seriously, the .
lacerated. A acci
dent is that m some way one of Mr. A.’s
jaw teeth was knocked entirely out
though there is no bruise whatever on
his face. He is curious to knowhow
this could he done.
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Make, a Good Opening
At nine o’clock \V eunesday morning
the ringing of the school bell announced
the opening of Meaon academy for the
present year under its new management,
and thirty-four scholars were found to
he m attendance ready to be enrolled,
Monday attendance, next there there will be at least fifty
in as are several to
f-»rne in front the country yet. I rof.
U’° ^ caver ,n the v, first on the and praises will, we of predict, his pupils con
tinue to elicit them from both pupils
an d patrons. Put it down that we will
^ iavc a f ,n c school this year.
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“Dashaway” all opium preparations and
h'jye ^ only e on Dr'I’. y reme< uII’h y Itahy w ie Syrup contains tiie no babes. opi
at(
tf you have been overeating yourself, take
a dose of Lasador before you have something
worse. It is the best remedy in such cases.
Price 25 cents.
$1.00 A YEAR.
CRAWFORD ITEMS.
The News of Our Railroad City
Told in Paragraphs
BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
Things that Transpire in and Around
the City Likely to Interest the
Curious Public In Ceneral.
—Horses are plentiful now. A drove
or a remnant passes through nearly ev¬
cr y ( ' a v -
.
—Misses Ora Moore and Myrt Jarrell
rGurno.d home a few days since, after a
week or two’s absence.
—The Crawford hotel, with J. P. Arm
istead proprietor, is doing line business
wlllca 1S ^ueouragmg to our town,
—Our big merchants have received
a cai-load of meat each sent here in a
refrigerator, which makes it almost as
safe as if it was freezing weather.
—We have had several 1 parties to
come to us and say “your local has
helped me.” Now let this be a lesson
to all of us, and give the Editor a lit¬
tle ad.
—AVc had a customer to try to “jew”
us on an article, hut we "refused to
change our first price, and he remark¬
ed: ••All right, then, I’ll take it. I
won’t have the ‘dysentery’ about it.”
—Aliss Lou McMahan returned home
last Saturday from Alabama, where she
has been for three months visiting rela¬
tives. She reports a nice time and a
good country. Someone may soon car¬
ry her back.
—The Sans Sonci ('ircle met Monday
night for at Martin’s hall and elected ofii
cers the year, with AI. G. Little as
president. lie ’Recitations by Misses Lil •
Gaulding and Florence Shackelford
were splendid. They told the boys if
they would chew tobacco to swallow
all the juice.
—Prof. A. S. Bbodes has opened his
school with flattering prospects, many
young school. men This hoarding is here and going to
what we told you last
fall it we would only talk up our school.
The Prof, appreciates all outside help
he can get. bet us all continue to work
for Crawford’s interest.
—Thousands and thousands of bushes
of cotton seed have been shipped from
here this season. The advanced price
in seed will lose the farmer many dol¬
lars, because the seed should be put
back on the land. Let nil concerned
think of this mat ter by next season, at d
see where the most profit lies,
_ The col( , wavo is all lmt come .
Alany have, taken the chances and kill
ed their meat, Mr. G. G. Hall coming
to the front with the largest we have
heard of in the county, weighing 510
gross, 405 pounds not, only 45 pounds
difference in net and gross. Just think
that he killed three hogs in one that
will weigh nearly 200 pounds each only
17 months old. There is no doubt that
tbe county lias killed the finest and
mo “;. 0 , J iea *' 111 *' c,i years, many re -
,0 H S 30 wei 8 b between
“ an( * 100 pounds.
his HI tboijrtfs K0 UBLES o'S'r 0 EB "
iicmii Relieve* Mr. J. it. liovasorhis Lome
isniicrina*.
Mr JaH . K . Rcg^onc of our oldest
al " T "lost highly esteemed , citizens,
yielded to the great destroyer at his
home in tins place at 5 o’clock Saturday
morning last and went to his reward.
Though to him it wasaremoval irom
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a promised brighter and happier bc
yond, his death casts a gloom over the
entire community, for no citizen held
more universally the respect and cs
teem of his fcliowrnen than lie.
He was a native of New Jersey, hut
in his after boyhood days lie came South,
soon settling in this place, where
the greater part of his long life was
spent. lie married a Miss Brooks soon
after lie came to this section and to
them three sons and two daughters
were, born, one son and his beloved
wife having preceded him to that other
shore.
lie was in his seventy-fifth year and
had spent more than half of them among
the people of this community, ever en
joying of the his highest confidence and re
spect every acquaintance. Some
years ago he became a member lof the
Bresbyterian walk lived church, to the faith and by his hadpro- daily
up he
fessed.
Old age and ili health had sad effects
upon him and a year or more ago he
showed signs of a failing nnnd. He
grew entirely worsej demented, until| he became almost
somewhat and then he improved
up to a month ago he
was able to he on the streets among
his friends. Then there was a change
for the worse and he gradually sank
until the end came. He had served
his allotted years and served them well.
His promise ot reward was rich. Sun
day morning at 10 o clock 1 his resbytenan lemains
were laid to rest m the
churchyard, the Masonic fraternity, of
which he was a bright member, bury
ing them with their honors. abundant The Large
attendance at his funeral gave
evidence oi how lie was esteemed in
life. Peace to his ashes,
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