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VIENNA. GA. SATURDAY OCTOBER 25,1902.
TWICE-A-WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR
OPERTY CHANGES
HANDS IN UNADILLA
veral Families Will Mote There Now
Soon While Several New Firms Will
Engage In Business Next Year.
THIS MSN PLAYSIN HARD LOCK.
Unable to Meet His Obligations He
Writes a Letter and Tells Abopt a
Drought that Visited Him.
NEW STREET TALKED
OF FOR EAST VIENNA
Unadilla, Gil., Oct. 23rd.—There h(is
-n several real estate deals in and
~und Unadilla recently which plainly
dicates that property ie increasing in
alue and better times are ahead.
Mr. C. A. Horne purchased fifty acres
f the Borum estate south of town and
the east of the railroad, paying a
nndsome price for same. Mr. C. W.
mith has recently bought one hundred
res of the J. F. Smith estate lying
ust outside the incorporate limits
orth-west of town. J. A. H. Fokes has
ust purchased of J. K. Barfield the old
Tom llooks place containing two hun
dred acres, lying just south of town
Dr. L O Wooten has recently purchased
a hundred-acre farm three miles south
east of town, from L. A. Borum, and
also the wooden store building now oc
cupied by J. F. McArthur A Co., and
formerly the property of W. 0. Kinney
of Macon. ' T. H.' Gregory this week
bought forty acref of farm lands from
J. A. and D. I, King lying just west of
town, some of it being in town. L. R.
McArthur has recently purchased the
pretty Mahone house on Beacham’s
avenue.
There will soon be other changes in
real estate in our town. This shows
that our town is not dead by any means.
All this property was purchased by cit
izens of Unadilla who know its value,
and paid good prices for it. showing
thetr faith in the future of our town
and community by their works. In
addition.to this there will be some new
mercantile firms doing business here
-another year.
Vour scribe also learns that there
will be several families to move in from
the country another year; some for the
benefit of our good school, 'some to
-engage in business and others simply
to enjoy the conveniences of town life.
D. L. F. Peacock and family will
move to town in a few weeks.
Dr. L. O. Wooten visited Macon on
business Thursday.
3. H. Henderson went to Atlanta on
Mondny, returning Wednesday.
\V. L. Hooks was in Atlanta Wednes
day and purchased a fine horse.
Quite a number of our people left
Tuesday for the river nt the mouth of
Big Indian creek to shoot squirrels for
a few days.
L.-R. McArthur visited Valdosta last
Sunday.
A. W. Blankenship was married on
Sunday last to Miss Eva Johnson of
Garden Valley, Macon county, and ar
rived with liis bride Monday afternoon.
This is n popular couple and they hnve
numerous friends here who wish them
a long life of happiness.
■ M. E. Rushin was here on business
Thursday.
J. R. Horne of Pinehurst. took the
train here Wednesday night for Macon
Where he went to serve as a grand juror
In-the United States court.
Tom Shinholster of Elko, was here
Wednesday on business. /
D. L. F. Peacock accompanied his
-daughter Mrs. L. M. Doughtry to Jack
sonville, Fla., Thursday night, where
. they will befor a few days. Mrs. Dough
try will return and make her home
here with her father.
Dr. D. Lee Peacock returned Wednes
day to Athens. t
Mrs. S. J. Hill of Tallahassee, Fla., is
Visiting her sister Mrs. Dr. L. O. Woot-
ten. - :
Miss Irma Swearingen is visiting in
town. — >
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Joiner are rejoicing
■Over the arrival of a boy at their home.
For Rent-
A good one-horse farm, known
os the widow Hnll place; miles
South of Vienna. Apply to
G. B. Shell,
Vienna, Ga,
The following letter was sent in to
the News office for publication from
one of our subscribers and is certainly
a pathetic appeal from an unfortunate
human ‘ critter” who has played in
tough luck for the past year and whose
efforts have not been crowned with the
success that they “hag arned.”
Now Bill if you take our advice you
will just “cut out that drought” and
get you a good drought horse and try
the effect of a little planting:
“Dear Sir: Tour Telegram Rec’d
and will say thnt I can’t do anything nt
all. I made no orop it has been the
dryest year ever was in this country,
not one fourth of a crop cotton and no
corn. I haven’t anything except an old
bellowsed horse and he is mortgaged in
the first place. When I wrote you lost
spring I had a white man on halves to
run the c -op. We rented about thirty
acres of land together and rented a
mule together, he plowed about a week
or two and .went off to South Georgia
and then I kept thinking that I would
plant about 10 or 12 acres of cotton but
my health stayed so bad until I did not
and it was so dry too then. Never was
such a drought in this section so they
say, so if I had planted I would have
been less able than I am if I could be
any worse but I am still going to make
a big effort to pay it or a part of it this
winter. Can’t you all do nothing, this
is the trouble and if I was going to die
I could not do anything. .
1 DELIGHTFUL ’POSSUM HUNT.
Miss Leonard Entertains at Tea After
Which a ’Possum Hunt was
Indulged in by All.
Miss Bertha Leonard entertained
n few of lief friends at ten in honor
of her guest, Miss Grace Benson,
Thursday evening, nfter which n
possum hunt was enjoyed by the
guest,
A two-horse wagon was secured
and the young people drove out a
couple of miles towards the camp
ground to Luke Hicks’ place,
where there is n cane mill and
where fruits had been previously
carried, und horses were hitched to
the mill and a supply of cune Juice
secured, which added to the fruits
made quite delightful refreshments
after which a possum hunt begun,
having brought six or seven dogs
along it did not take long to start
one and the merry shouting and
laughing of the young ladieB ndded
zest to the hunt. After consider
uhle tramping the ’possum was
secured and will be served at the
home of Miss Bertha Leonard.
Among those who joined in the
hunt were; Mi«ses Grace Benson,
Lilia May McDonald. Bertha Leon
urd; Messrs. L. L. Woodward
Willie H. Proctor, W. T. McDon
aid. Col. and Mrs. M. P. Hall
chaperoning the party.
DeWItt’s Salve
For PHm* Burns* Sores*
8ee our Reefers
are up-to-date.
for children; they
J. P. Heard A Sons.
Cotton
Market.
SQUARE RALE MARKET.
Good Middling
7 8-4
Fully Middling
7 6-8
Middling.
7 1-2
* ROtTSD BALE MARKET.
Good Middling
8 1-8
Strict Middling
8
Middling
7 7-8
Will Be Fifty Feet Wide and About Tvo
Miles Long, Greatly Increasing Valne
of Property Bordering on It.
Editor Nkivs: An effort is being
made to open up and establish a street
from Rober( L. Simmons’ home in the
south-east corner of the city, running
due north on a land line between the
lnnds of R. I.. 8immons, G. W. Busbee,
Sumpter Brown, col., D. B. Leonard,
A. W. Calhoun, D. B. Thompson, J. D.
Norris, 'Jas. R. Kelly, C. T. Stovall,
Miss R. Rodgers, J. D. Hargrove and
G. W. Wooten, to the Huwkinsville
road. This will connect the Hawkins-
ville and Abbeville road, and also the
road leading from this city to the
Shiloh church. It will be perfectly
straight and is to be fifty fret wide and
two miles in length.
Such a streit is greatlyneeded by the
parties owningland bordering on it and
near it, as well as to the city and the
public generally. This would have a
great deal to do with the map and
permanent development of this part of
the city. In making this street the
drainage of the city would be greatly
improved as it would cross five branches
and three low ponds and niarslies. It
would also mak.e a delightful drive and
there would be over a hundred nice
building lots on both sides of the street.
The city limits extends beyond this
street and the lands along same would
be greatly increased in value as well as
the taxes and the people and the city
would be greatly benefltted. The peo
ple that own property in this part of
the city pay their taxes and it is just
that the city should open this street.
It can be opened for nboutone hundred
dollars and two hundred dollars would
grade it well.
Suppose some one objects on the
ground that the street would benefit a
few individuals who have land border
ing on it, etc. ThU is not a valid ob
jection at all for all new streets will
have to pass through and by some one’s
land, and if we heed such objections
there would never be any more new
streets opened. Some people in Vienna
lyere practically opposed to the new
railroad but as soon as it came they
were ready to raise the price of their
real estnte on account of it. Some will
object to helping open new streets near
their land, but if it is done against
their protest then they nre ready to
increase the price of their property on
account of the new street.
It is a fact that the city of Vienna
has never opened up a street east of
the Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road, and yet a large portion of the
territory of the city lies east of the
railroad. About all the city does for
this part of Vienna is to cut a few rag
weeds in the summer along the Abbe
ville and Hawkinsville roads, and throw
a few spades of sand on the side walks
in the winter. Mr. I). B. Thompson
opened up Pine and a part 'of Eighth
street at his own expense.
It is to be iioped thnt no one will
object to the proposed new street as
the time has come for Vienna to quit
doing little things and go to doing big
and great things. J. D. Norris.
CONGSSSSijtNLBWIS VISITS ATLANTA
Constitution Speaks Compimentary of
the Popular Representative
From this District.
The following clippings were
taken from the Atlanta Constitution
and are complimentary to Hon. E.
B. Lewis, of the third congressional
district, and Mrs. Mynck. of the
Americus Tinies-Recorder:
“When you run across a number
of third district men gnthered to
gether it is safe to bet that Con
gressman Lewis is in the vicinity,
liis neighbors and constituents are
all wurm admiiers of the represen
tative from the Third arid never
lose a chance to sing his praises.
Congressman Lewis has been de
voting this summer to his varied
business interests, but could not
resist coming to Atanta to mix
with liis friends who served in the
legislature with him and meet the
new men. Hon . W. A. Dodson,
former representative from Sumter,
and former president of the senate,
who is Mr. Lewis’ closest friend
and most enthusiastic political
lieutenant, is also here mingling
with his many friends.
“While Mrs, Myrick was hold
ing her friends in line for George,
to whose candidacy she has given
enthuiastic support her son, Shelby
Myrick, was working hard for
Mitchell. Mrs, Myrick has un
doubtedly been a tower of strength
in the George camp, A number
of the votes he received were put
in his column through her efforts,
and they stuck there as long as
there seemed a chance of victory.
When after the morning session,
the George supporters met at their
headquarters at the Kimball, Mrs,
Mryick advised that there was no
use keeping up the flight any long
er. The brilliant woman-editor of
the Americus Times-Recorder—-
received many .congratulations on
the practical evidences of the
strength of her influence which the
bnlloting showed, and she deserved
them.” 1
Freed Through Sympathy.
Sheriff G. W. Sheppard received
an order Friday to have Gus Reid,
a negro boy, released that was sen
tenced to serve twelve months for
stealing a ride on the train, , The
negro is now in the last stttge of
consumption and the governor
pardoned him through sympathy.
Deputy-Sheriff Lee Sheppard
went to Richwood yesterday and
curried the order.
THIS IS NO JOKE.
If you toot your little tooter and
then lay aside your little horn,
there’s not a soul in ten short days
will know that you were born.
The man w|io gathers pumpkin is
the man who plows all day, and
the man who keeps it humping is
the one who makes the hay.
The mun who advertises with a
short and sudden jerk Is the, man
who blames the editor because it
didn’t work. The man who- gets
the business takes a long and
steady pull, and keeps the local
papers from year to year quite full.
He plans his advertising in a care
ful, thoughtful way, and forever
nt it until he makes it pay.
Dr. H. A. Youmans has added
to lits already well equipped shop,
a beautiful f too engraving machine
and can Jo any kind of work on I son and Mark Hardin certainly did
short notice. |miss the “mark” on this occasion.
Mark Johnson, one of the de
feated candidates tor state school
commissioner, has joined Mark
Hardin, defeated candidate for
clerk of the house, -in an effort to
defeat John Boilenillet for clerk of
the coming legislature. The com
bination ot Mark and Mark will
miss the mark on this occasion,says
the Athens Banner. Mark John-
MR. POPE BROWN
CHARTERS TRAIN.
To Carry His Plantation Hands to State
Fair at Valdosta—Wants to (Uya
Them a Day of Pleasme. ,
Hon. J. Pope Brown came up
from his Pulaski plantation yester
day on business. In reply to a query
as to the conditions down in his
neck of the woods, he said:
“Conditions are very fair. I am
up here to sell some meat. I have a*
lot of fat hoes to
“You beUf^ffiSiiff^iood poHty 1 .
for the furmeraio have something
to sell all of the time?”
J ‘‘Yes sir; a one crop policy will
not answer if we desire to improve
conditions in Georgia. ”
It did not take Mr. Brown but a
short time to dispose of his hogs,
Hr theu called upon Mr. William
Checkley Shaw, vice-president of
the Georgia Southers arid Florida
railroad, and arranged to charter a
train to take all of the negroes on
his plantation and abput it to the
State Fair at Vuldosta.
“I think I cau gather up between
four and five hundred, and I pro*
pose to help them to a good time,
One old auntie said: “I done been
down to de fair at Hawkinsville*
but I dunno ’bout dis ycr one. Dey
say it’s a powerful big one; an’ I
dunno ’bout ridtn’ on dem kyars,”
“She has never ridden in a rail
road car in' her life,” observed Mr.
Brown, as he tdld of the aunty’s
doubt.—Macon Telegraph.
INTERESTING NEWiTfROU FINDLAY,
The Carmack Sawmill Is Doing a Large
Business—Several Land Deals
Have Occurred There.
Findlay, Ga., Oct. 23.—Some of our
farmers are plowing in oats.
Mr. W. H. Carmack is operating a
sawmill near here He has several out
of lumber ready for shipment ns soon
os ears can be secured.
F. A Peavy bought 40 acres of land
from J. P. Parker and then bought J.
J. Parker’s place and 80 acres from R.
A. Murray.
Mrs. Varnndoe and family have
moved to our little village and Will
live here in future much to the delight
of our people.
Miss Victorin Lock is visiting rel*
atives and will be here sonic time.
Mrs. M. A. Walton, has swapped for
a fine home from J. O. Hamiltcn, of
Vienna.
J J Taylor and Raymond Calhoun
have purchased a hundred acres of land
from J C Peavy, and Mr. Peavy has in
turn bought a place from Mr. Shaw.
There will be an all day singing at
Pleasant Valley next Sunday.
Frank Bullington anticipate* going
to the Veterans’ reunion at Columbus.
Our farmers don’t Jook so cheerful
since the recent rains on their cotton
and tiie decrease in the price.
W. F. McCormick and Mr. Harrla
made a land deal, having bought ot D.
W. Jordan. Mr. McCormick has sold
his land to H. T. Even.
E. B. and Wesley Lupo went hunt*
ing Saturday night and caught three
fine ’possums.
NOTICE.
For the next thirty days I will sell
all my goods at Cost. Give me a call
before buying if you want a Bargain.
I have a nice line of new Goods of (ha
latest styles, consisting of Hats, Silks*
Feathers, Tips and Ribbons.
Mrs. R. P. Mitchell,