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VQL. 2. NO 26.
VIENNA. GA. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10. 1902.
TWICE-A WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR
HAPPY,‘‘USONA’V’- -
, W&tfeS'AQAIN.
S»ys Soith-west.Georgia ,1s Truly tbe
;• Lead of
Drayton, Oja..- Sept. Oth, 1902.
We regret to learn of the illness of
, Rro, Snow. „ : Hlj ihany friends unite
with the writer in wishing him a speedy
convalescence. /
Quite.* Targe dumber of visitorseame
toonr ,"buyg”' Sunday—the "basket!
campnieetlng" being the .d&fderatum.
In fact‘ft tins .been many moons since
so lsrge a crowd and numerous places
were represented at this place.
Among Drayton’s visitors Sunday was
Miss Birdell Morgan of Atpericns. Miss
Bitdell is a peach. Her beauty and
•i&etneza of disposition wins for her
entre into the Hearts all who know her.
■Mr. Will Morgan'and mother came
'' over from Amerieua and spent Sunday
■ with the family of J. S. Morgan.
Mr. Edgar Morgan of near Atnericus
came over Sunday. . It "May B" the
campmeeting Edgar came for—Effie (if
W) only knew ? blit-—*
RohGojlins now handles the 86-inch
stick and tnenns the sugar scoop behind
the counter af file uncles store, Mr.
Bob Colllnsof Montezuma.'
Chess Collina who recently "took a
lull out” of a case of measles, relapsed
Mid has been below par for some days.
W. J. Bowen and family have moved
to the A. G. Morgan plantation, Mr.
Bowen having assumed charge of the
management there.
W. G. Redding of Macon is down
looking nfter the A«G. Morgan estate
as administrator.
This is the season when the "Bob
White” has come down off his lonely
pedestal and joined "Mrs. Bob White"
with her new brood of little "Bobs.”
When th» cunning little squirrel cuts
first his incisorr on the hickory nuts,"
while Mrs. Squirrel skips from bough
to bush; when greedy little raccoon
hulleth the late routing-ear, while
mama coon makes tracks around about
to delude "old Towser; and the hoarse
wdw-wow of old Jule is heard in. the
early mom in the dewey meadows be*
low; while Mollie Cotton tail is not on
the bulletin board at this season. The
mullets are being sent broad-cast to
every little town and few are the huts
of the "Sons of Ham" wharde mullis is
not smelt on Saturday night, covered in
hot cotton seed oil or "blended" lard.
Tills is truly the happy season in
south Georgia. The coon plekethhta
2001bs. per. day and that means 80 et«.;
the farmer he seileth his bale and that
means $40.00or more; the landlord be
getteth his rent bale, and the merchant
colleeteth on the draft; the mullis and
thirty*eight maketh work for the bailiff
and J. P., And the doctor Cometh and
taketh two stitches and chargeth a
couple or so. Then the "2 by 3” lawyer
getteth a V from cuff—and even the
editor catches a new subscriber. Who
said there’s hard-times in south-west
Georgia. Truly this is the land of milk
and honey, and itonly needs the peach-
brandy to make 1 it a very garden of
eating and drinking. Usova.
Our new horses and mules are selling.
Come while we can suit yon. •
J.P. Heard A Sons.
FOR BKUTALCRIME
NEGRO IS LYNCHED
Assaulted a White Gbl Dear
Venous Last Frida;.
lot Setirdiy Afternoon He Was Taken
Hu Not Been Heard of Since.
The most heinous crime ever com
mitted in this county was attempted
by a negro boy named Mobley, about
eighteen years of Age, who assaulted
the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr..
Ansley, who lives down in the lower
edge of the county nesr Wenona.
On Friday afternoon Mrs.;Ansley,the
girl’s mother,. was at a spring some
distance from the house and tbe negro
was concealed behind a log in sight of
the spring. Directly the mother left
her little daughter at the spring and
returned to'th’e house. The negro seeing
his opportunity sprang from ambush
and caught the little girl, r The child
began to scream and fortunately Mr.
J. R. Freeman, the mall carrier, was
in hemring distance and he went to the
girl’s rescue. Strange to say the negro
was naked when making the. assault,
and on seeing Mr. Freeman, he gath
ered np his clothes and fled.
The matter was made known at once
and the news spread .rapidly over that
Section and it was but a Abort time
before a large posse was in pursuit, and
the negro .was captured that night
abont 11 o’clock.
On Saturday morning the negro way 1
carried in&K^peesenee of hi* victim
And she identified him as the right oiie.
He waa then 4 carried before John R.
Smith, Justice of the peace, and a pre
liminary hearing was given him and he
was bound over to the Superior court.
The negro was placed in chargeof W.J
Perry, constable, and he started for the
jail In this city. On the way here Mr.
Perry was met by a crowd of determined
men who took the negro from him and
eonaitoled him until dark; wimp he wik
rushed off to the swamp of Cedar creek
and lynched.
'Sheriff 8heppard was notified and he
and his deputies made every effort in
their power to prevent a lynching, but
before they arrived on the scene the
negro had paid the penalty for bis
crime.
It waa learned that the negro made
a fall confession of his crime, stating
that he aimed to Assault the girl and
then kill her, and the reason he stripped
off his clothing was to prevent blood
stains from getting oP them.
Up to the time of our going to press
the negroe’s body had not been found,
and it is not known what method, was
need in the.lynching, whether shooting
or hanging. y
Jim. the 8 year oldson o&)fr. aad
Mrs. B. O. Franklin of Guest, formerly
Richwood, died Friday night and., was
brought up to Biebwood and carried
out to Shiloh for burial Saturday
morning.
A Sad Death.
John Sheffield Jennings, son of Rev.
G. T. Jennings of Mingo, died last Fri
day nlght.ajter an illness of only one
day with congestion. He was seven
years .and ten months old,' and was a
very bright and lovable child. He had
lived with his' grand-mother Jennings
in Sumter county, since the death of
his mother which occurred when he ssas
only a few months old, until a short
while ago when he came to live with
father. His remains were brought to
Vienna and placed in the city cemetery
Saturday afternoon by the side of his
mother. Rev. J, D. Norris of thls city,
officiated at the grave. . .
“Grieve not with hopeless sorrow,
Jesus has felt your
He did thy lamb but .
He’ll give him bock i
"Rest for the little sleeper,
Joy for the ransomed sod;
Peaee for the lonely weeper,
Dark though the waters roll.
"Hath the dear Savior found him,
Laid him upon his breast,
Folded his arms around him.
Hushed him to endless iyst.”
Arm Amputated.
George Carroll, the negro that
happened to the misfortune to get
right arm nearly cut off m a gin on
the plantation of Mr Charlie Cle wis
near Unadilla Friday tnprning bad
to have his arm amputated near
the ahoulder soon after toe accident.
The. operation was , performed by
Dr*. Wooten and McArthur of
Unadilla, and the negro was get
ting along as well or cottld be ex
pected at last accounts, gj
The board of education of the city
have purchased four vacant lots
across Pine St., opposite the colored
churches and will in the near future
erect a colored school building. Es
timates have been asked for by the
hoard on a building 38x50. There
will be thirteen openings ineluding
the windows and doors, and good
material wi|l be used. Heretofore
the board has been renting one of
the colored churches for tbe school.
Festival at Snow.
There will be a festival at Snow on
Friday night Sept. 19th, for the purpose
of nisingenough. money to purchase
lamps, carpets, etc., for thenewehurch
which Is soon to be erected there. The
ladies have the matter in charge and
everybody, is in vited to attend and help
ibis good cause.
We want to buy your cotton seed-
higbest cash price paid.
Vienna Cotton Oil Co.
Dewitt’s D Salve
N.Wm.1
Aid the Jail is Being Cleared
at a Rapid Rate.
Court liH Probably Adjourn on Friday,
IfcEV. J. E. POWELL : >; .
DIES AT ELKO, GA.
Its 1 Prominent Educator and Minister
!i Dooly for Many, Years.
The second week of Dooly Su
perior court convened Monday
morning and the criminal business
was taken up the first thing. So
licitor Hooper who ee one of the
best in the state is doing his full
duty towards making the violators
of tbe law suffer for their crimes.
Judge Littlejohn continues to grow
in popularity with the people by
his fair and impartial rulings and
every sentence is made according
to law and the evidence. ‘ In these
two officers tbe people of Dooly
county have a right to feel proud.
This term of the court as predict,
ed by the News last week will be
one oi the shortest in several years.
It is thought by some of the offi
cials that it will adjourn Friday for
the term. The grand jury will
likely adjourn some time today.
The following is a lint of the
cases tried up to 5 o’clock yester
day afternoon 1.,
State vs Luciu,* Smith, burglary,
Plea of guilty oflarceny from the
bouse and sentenced to five months
in the chaingang.
State vs Dock Jones, simple lar
ceny; Plea of guilty, six months or
•50.
State vs Simon Vann und Steph
en Dickson, indictment for burg
lary; case nolle prossed, on the
ground of former jeopardy.
State vs Rich Collins, Bigamy;
verdict not guilty.
State vs Will Gross, larceny
from the house; Verdict ot guilty,
is months or* $75.
State vs Will liutcher, murder;
Verdict of guilty of voluntary
manslaughter, not sentenced.
State vs Andrew Fenn, assault
with intent to murder; Verdict of
guilty of shooting at another, not
sentenced.
State vs Joe Wilson, violating
local option; Verdict not guilty.
Will Appear Saturday.
The last and best letterfrom Mr. J P
Heard on bis recent trip to the West
will appear Saturday. It is quite in
teresting and will be well worth the
time spent in reading it. It is erowded
out of this issue on aoeount ot the rush
of legals and other advertisements.
News was received here Satur
day of last week announcing the
death of Rev. J. E. Powell, the
pastor of the Baptist church of
Elko, in Houston county. Mr Pow
ell bad been ill for a week dr more,
but it was not thought that he wat
in a critical condition,
Mr. Powell was a Mason and be-
longed to the chapter at Elko.■ He
was buried with Masonic honors
Saturday.
Rev. Powell was well known in
Dooly county. He was'/principal
of the Houston High School at
Arabi a few years ago and bad
many warm friends in Dooly coun
ty who will regret very much to-
learn of his death.
Mr. George Hickman Dead
Mr. George Hickman, u farroei
about 50 years Old, living hear
Unadilla, died Saturday night after
an illness of three weeks with fever
He was takenr a few days before
his death with the hicoughs, which
is thought to have been the inum > -
dtate cause of bis death. He leaves
a wife and five children to mourn
bis death.
V His remains were enterred at
Harmony church Sunday aftemOdri
This News extends condolence to
bereaved ones.
Trunk Stolen.
Monday night about 7o’elook a negro
man entered the house pf a negro wom
an in Pinehurst, during her absence-
and stole her trunk which the negro-
thought contained some. money. But
fortunately the negro woman bad car
ried her money amounting to about
$80. with her. The negro was' seen by
several parties with a trqnk going to
wards a pond. Nothing further baa
been heard from the negro since.
A PARSON’S NOBLE ACT.
"I want all tbs world to know/’ writes
Rev C J Budlong of Asliwar, R I, "whit
s thoughtful good snd rellabls medicine
I fonnd in Electric Bitters. They cured
me of jaundice and liver troubles that bad
caused me greet sufferings for many
jeers. Fora genuine all-around cate
they excell any thine I. ever .saw." Elec
tric Bitters ere tbe surprise of all foe
their wonperfulwork in liver, kidney end;
stomach troubles. Don’t fail to uy
them. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaran
teed by Forbes ft Coze Drug Co.
William, eon of Mr. C. C. Greer of
Oordele, happened to the misfortune
Monday afternoon to get his right band
ent op very badly in a gin out on bin
father's plantation about three mllen
from Cordele. Tbe wound was dressed
by Dr*. Roberto and Edge ot Cordele.
| WALTON BROTHERS, H
vnnrtnme
IS THE NAME OF A NEW FIRM WHO ARE SUCCESSORS TO KELLY & WALTON AND DOING BUSINESS
gT AT THE SAME OLD STAND IN THE WAL1 ON BUILDING. THEY WILL BE PLEASED TO HAVE THEIR FRIENDS AND
^gT PA1RONS CALL AND EXAMINE THEIR IMMENSE STOCK OF—
^ 0 DRY GOODS, SHOES, HATS, CLOTHING. GROCERIES, and FARM SUPPLIES,
^ WHICH THEY ARE SELLING A T Greatly Reduced Prices. HAVING ASSUMED ALL DEBTS AGAINST THE OLD FIRM THEY ^
^ REQUES1 ALL PARTIES OWING THEM TO COME FORWARD AND SETTLE UP AT ONCE. ^
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