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VOL 2. NO 20. VIENNA. GA. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 20.1902. TWICE-A WEEK $1.00 PER YEAft THE SECOND LETTER FROM MR J. P. HEARD. This Time He Writes Interestingly of Kansas City, the Wheat Fields thai Surround this City, and Tells us About Cattle Raising in Western Kansas and Middle Colorado. Leaving St. Louis for Kansai City over the Chicago and Alton railroad via Marshall, Glasgow, Mexico, and other points, our travel of about 840 miles was almost entirely in Missouri, though a portion of same was through Illinois. As I have before given you a partial description of this fertile coun try, I can but reiterate my former sayings: The crpps are simply immense and in the Missouri bottoms my eyes never before saw such an enormous yield of wheat; the recent floods of which we read so much about was not serious neither on the Mississippi or Missouri rivers, however, somedamage was done, but on the Illinois river quite n-lot of damage was done and the Tiver and bottoms were still high in water. Some places houses were up to the eaves lu water, some were washed away and in tnnny instaneescropsnnd houses were entirely destroyed, but the loss Is i so slight In comparison with tho im mense products of this region that it is scarcely a drop in the bucket. AVe arrived at Kansas City after about a twelve hours ride, lying over about •me one-lmlf hours for breakfast. Here we replenished unr purse at the Nation al Bntikof Commerce, having letters of identification with me. ' •' Some of the Indian reservations are not far from hero and I" saw several Indians here. The government has V also a camp at or near here, as was , evidenced by the number of soldiers we ' snw in »l;.e city. About 20 milesfrom here is where the celebrated British mule camp was during the Boer wor. 10,000 mules and over were on feed here for some time, iind the St.-.Louis and Kansas City mule dealers made fabulous sums or money on this enter prise. Kansas City is divided, the river running through the town and it is Kansas City, Mo. and Kansas City, Kan.,—it is prohibition in Kansas ami whiskey in Missouri. . After breakfast and a cor ride we left Kansas City for Denver. Col., a distance of about 040 miles, and nothing but growing fields of com and shocks of wheat already cut, could be seen on either side, and an occasional ravine or meadow bot tom with great crops of hay and millet, some growing and some already har vested. The separators were in many fields separating the grain and great piles of sacked wheat were everywhere to be seen where the separators had been. The wagons were carrying this sacked grain to the elevators for stor age and for sale. The elevators store wheat the same as our warehouses do cotton; the prevailing price for wheat in that region was 46 to 66 cents per bushel. AVe saw few hogs and sheep In comparison with cattle, males and horses. Cattle is claiming more atten tion at present than any other class Of stock. The Eastern part of Kansas is very much like Missouri and III., but the extreme Western part of the state, though fertile enough, does not produce anything at all; the people do not pre tend to crop at all, not even garden, L I never saw a field or garden from Western Kansas to Middle Colorado; nothing but Buffalo grass grows and people raise cattle. This region is one vast prairie, with prarie dogs plentiful, and in some sections very numerous, so much so that the government has mode liberal appropriations to extinguish them. You see occasionally a Jack j Babbit, a striding dove, and now and * then a few black birds. This, unlike the region I have been describing, is a very dry and dreary country, it scarcely ever rains in this region, although we were laid out for 13 hours« Winona, a small station cn the Union Pacific It. K., in consequence of a rash-out from a rain thn proceed,'nr night. The piso- ple arc Indolent, larsv- sad not verjr . tasty or veil informed, though appar ently well contented and in most in stances happy. The country is very thinly populated and in many instances houses are 10 and 12 miles apart. The rain of which I spoke was the second rain they have hod this year, and last year it never rained at all until the 2nd day of July. The grass is apparently dead, though the cattle do well on this brown grass. The most of this country was claimed some fifteen years ago by settlers dur ing the Kansas boom, and many little houses were built on sections, and homesteads were issued to a great deal of these lands, but I learned that most of the settlers got in debt and gave them up to loan companies, and most of them are abandoned entirely. Eas tern capitalists now own most of the country, and section after section is laid off. The entire prairie would be worthless to us as it seldom reins. There are a number of wells and wind mills all about over the prairies, but some time it is three days travel to water for the cattle. The houses and villages show a lack of care and in most instances are neglected, and are at best very common buildings. At Cheyenne Wells the time changes, you take Pacific time, one hour earlier than Standard, but east of Cheyenne Wells you have Eastern or Standard time. This place is about the dividing line between Kansas and Colorado. In eastern Colorado, it's about the same as western Kansas, though I learned some portions of Colorado produced good crops. I saw* some crops at or near Denver City that was Irrigated, they were good but the acreage to these irrigated crops seemed small. AVe arrived at Denver City at about 7 or 8 o’clock. I’ll stop for my next and last letter. J. P. H, Runaway Marriage. On last Sunday morning Miss Mary Bessie Vurnadoc, daughter of Mr. T. R. Varnadoe, a prominent farmer of the Pleasant Valley com munity, left home accompanied by a young man to go to Byromville to attend preaching. She was met on the way by Mr. Charles J. Fitzgerald, son of Mr. Miles Fttz gerald of near Byromville, and according to previous agreement they drove to the home of Mr. J T Coleman’s, where they were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. J. M, Kelley. The marriage waa quite n surprise to the parents of the couple as well as to their many friends. FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE. Will cure Bright’s Diseases. Will cure Diabetes, Will cure stone tu in bladder, Will cure kidney and bladder diseases. Card of Thanks. Wc take this method of expressing our gratitude to our many friends who so kindly and untiringly rendered us assistance in the last illness of our kind wife and dear mother. May tho Lord ever bless them on earth and take them, at death, to a peaceful home in Heaven Respectfully, J A. Kn.a asm Childrun. Fo-fr ; : *xt?v:ey aac Tai cvr?t prz -catspac'j-uoatc NEWSY LETTER FROM ARAB!, GA. Her People are Looting Forward to the Opening of Their School. Ababi, Ua., August 19th—Professor Lawson E. Brown, who has been spend ing a while at AVhito Springs, Fla., hois returned home. He will now get the dormitories and school building in readiness for the ensuing term, Sep tember the 1st. Prof. Brown says that his work in the interest of the school, has been very successful and the prospects for the coming year are very good. Miss Ottye Lee has been the guest of Mrs. C. B. Gleaton this week. Mrs. Lawson E. Brown and little daughter, Mattie, have returned home from Sandersville Miss Annie Branan has just,returned home from an extended visit to Macon, Tybee and Indian Springs. Misses Lizzie and Annie Branan en tertained informally Wednesday even ing in honor of Misa Ottye Lee, the guest of Mrs. C. B. Gleaton. Misses Fannie Bedgood and AVillie Dudley visited Miss Pearl Bidley last week at AVarwick. Little George Etheredge of Macon, is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. A. J. Branan. Miss Pearl Bodgers of Sparks, spent last week with Mrs. V. O. Harvard. Dr. V. O. Harvard made a profes sional visit to Unadilla Sunday. Miss Lizzie Branan spent a few days of this week in Sibley, the guest of Mrs.H. B. Erminger. Mrs. T. A. Royal and children have returned from AVhite Springs Fin. After several weeks of faithful ser vice and glorious results, Rev. J. J. Hyman is taking a week’s rest in White Springs, Fla. Miss Pearl Ridley, an accomplished and very attractive young lady of War wick, will be the guest of Misses Willie Dudley and Fannie Bedgood this .week. Dittle Miss Myrtle Bedgood is spend' ing the week with her sister Mrs. Pitts of Cordele. Miss Mamie Hyman of Macon, who hns been spending some time with rel atives in Arebi, returned home Friday A Large crowd of Arabi people at tended the Hard Shell meeting at Cedar Creek Sunday. Rev. J. J. Hyman will begin a pro tracted meeting here next Sunday which will continue through the week He will have some able ministers to assist him. Mrs. Chas. E. Brown returned home Sunday from an extended visit through Alabama and Mississippi. Lightning Does Damage. Last Friday night during the severe rain and thunder storm the steeple on the court house was struck by lightning, tearing off several feet of slate roofing on the north side. The steeple is about 120 feet high and it will be quite a difficult and dangerous undertaking for the one that lias the job of repairing the same. News has been received from different parts of the county that the lightning and wind was pretty severe over the county generally. Down near Seville a large number of trees were blown down across the road and other damage done. A few head of cattle have also been reported killed by lightning The thunder was the loudest and lasted the longest of any ever heard in this city. If we did not have the right kind of buggies and wagon and th<- right kind of prices, it would bo hnpo.' .ibln tor us to soil as many as wt do. Tn» kind we show soil themselves. J. I' Heard & Bor.', the Buggy and War jr i‘ -o;-: . Pinehurst News Notes. Pinehurst, Aug. 19, 1902.—Mr. Dave Rogers of near this place, died at Lithia Springs Sunday of Bright’s disease, where he has been for his health for some time. He was buried in this city Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the pres ence of a large crowd. He was a good man and one of the oldest citizens in the county. Lightning struck the home of Mr. Joe Folds in this city on last Friday night during a severe rain and thunder storm, tearing it up cousiderably. Mr. M E Rushin of Vienna came up Saturdny and ad justed the loss. Our town has been considerably stirred up of late from the fact that several of our citizens have been pulled for carrying on different businesses without paying the town license. Mr. F M Barfield was arraigned before the mayor for running a boarding house without license. He was fined $10 for contempt of court and the case has not been settled as yet. The council met Monday night and set the case for a hearing at 10 o’clock Thursday rooming. Two Deaths at Unadilla. Unadilla, Ga., Aug 17—Mrs. J. A. King of this city died on the night of the 15th and was buried in the cemetery here this evening at 4 o’clock. She leaves a husband and three children. Dr. Wade J. Barlow also died very suddenly here this evening. He hud been in feeble health for some time, but continued to look after his business interests. He was about seventy-eight years old, and leaves one son and four daugh ters, viz., Mr. W. W. Barlow of Unadilla, Mrs. G. B. Netherton, of Macon, Mrs. D, M. Borum ot of Americus, Mrs. R, E. Jordan of Pinehurst, and Mrs. D. L. Ivey of Unadilla. He was buried nt Snow Monday by side of his wife who died February 5th, 1888. Notice to Non-Subscribers LIVELY ENCOUNTER WITH DRUNK NEGRO About Shoolly Time. Sam Felder, col., of Unadilla^ was arrested down at the depot Sunday afternoon just before the Shoofly train arrived by Marshal , Morgan and a few assistants, upon a charge of disorderly conduct. It seems that Sam had been drinking too much “corn juice,'* and thought he was a priviiedged character. He tried to make hint- self a little too conspicious on thd platform reserved for white people and after being told several times to keep off Mr. Morgan decided to arrest him. Sum didn’t like the . idea of being locked up, and at once showed fight. He was given u few light taps with the club and by the assistance of one or two be was overpowered and carried to jail; During the scuffle a pistol was taken away from him, that he would have doubtless used if he had been given un opportunity to do so; On account of his conduct he will now have to face the courts of justice on a charge of assault and buttery and carrying a concealed weapon. Advertised Letters. Letters remaining uncalled for at Vienna, Ga., August 18th, 1902. A—Margret Askew. B—Willis Barnes. Liza Brown, Rich Bobbs, Miner Brazentont, AV H Bugor. C—Katie Cobb. E—Leagola English.' G— 0 O Grant. J—Sallie Jackson, Annie Jones and Mete James. L—Loobies Lurse, Robert Lealeh. R—Wash Redden. AV—Antney West. Y—A E Youngblood. Please call for advertised- letters; R 8. Middleton,. P. M. I have had several complaints recently from my subscribers about uon-subscribcrs using their ’phones and some have gone so far as to threaten taking their ’phones out unless the same is prohibited by the company. Tt:s notice is given in order to avoid any personul feelings and all non-subscribers are hereby forbidden to use the same. Very respectfully, L. R. Hobbs, Manager. LOOK PLASANT PLEASE. Photographer C C Harlan, ot Eaton, O., can <loso now, though tor year* he couldn’t because lie suffered untold agony (rom the wont of indigestion. All phy sicainsand medicines failed to help him till lie tried Electric Bitters, which work ed such wonders tor him, till lie declares they area godsend to sufferers from dis pepsia and stomach trouble. Unrivaled for diseases of the stomach, liver and kid neys, they build up and xivt new life to the whole system, Try them, Only 50c Guaranteed at Forbes & Cox, Druggists. Notice. Rev. J. L. Morrill will preach in the Methodist church, Vienna, next Thursday night. Everybody cordially invited. il. I*. SI visits. JUST LOOK AT HER. Whence comes that sprightly step, faultless skin, rich rosejr complexion, smiling face. She looks good, feels good Here ishersecret* She used Dr King’s New Life Pills, Result—*U orgrns act ive. digestion good, no headache, no chance for blues. Try them. Only 35c. Forbes & Coxe Drug Co To the Farmers. A Double Box Steam Paeking, Stoarrt Tramping squnre bale press will be put up in the East Vienna Ginnery as soon us it arrives. AVe are making room for it now. This will make this one of the most complete ginnerys in Georgia. AVe want your ginning to do and to buy your seed. Yours truly, VIENNA COTTON OIL CO. Don't fail to take advantage of our SPECIAL PRICES on BUGGIES and WAGONS this week. In fact everythlne in OUR PLACE has values. Jm P. Hoard & Sons. QUICK RELIEF FOR ASTHMA. Floev* Honey and Tsr affords imme diate reliei to asthma sufferers ln.the worst stages, and it taken in time will effect 4 cure. For sale by all dealers. AVe have five hundred satisfied custo mers in Dooly county that will recom mend our Buggies and AVapon. J. P. Heanl xS ss, The Buggy and Wugou PopU