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VOL 2. NO!38.
VIENNA. QA. SATURDAY OCTOBER. 25; 1902.
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PROPERTY CHANGES
| HANDS IN UNADILLA
Several Families mill Hove There Nov
Soon While Several Nev Firms Will
Engage in. Business Next Tear.
THIS KAN Pim IN HARD LUCK.
Unable to Meet His Obligations He
Writes a Letter and Tells About a
Drought that Visited Him.
Unndilla, Ga., Oet. 23rd.—There h(is
been several real estate deals in and
around Unadilla recently which plainly
indicates that property is increasing in
Value and better times are ahead.
Mr. C. A. Horne purchased fifty acres
of the fiorum estate south of-town and
to the east of the railrond, paying a
handsome price for same. Mr. C. W
Smith has recently bought one hundred
' acres of the J. F. Smith estate lying
just outside .the incorporate limits
north-west of town. 'J. A.- H.Fokeshas
just purchased of J. K. Barfield the old
Tom Hooks 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 & 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. B.
McArthur has recently purchased the
pretty Mahone house on Bencham’s
avenue. t
There will soon be other changes in
real estate in our town. ThiB 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
their faith in the future , of our town
and community by their works. In
addition.to this there will bo some new
mercantile Arms doing business here
another year.
Your 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 fnmiiy will
move to town in a few weeks.
Dr. L. O. Wooten visited Macon on
business Thursday.
J. H. Hendenoq went to Atlanta on
Monday .returning Wednesday.
W. L. Hooks was in Atlanta Wednes
day and purchased a fine horse.
Quite a number of our people left
Tuesday for the river at 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 op
Sunday last to Miss Eva Johnson of
•Garden Valley, Macon county, and ar
rived with his bride Monday afternoon,
This is a popular couple and they have
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 lie went to serve as a grand juror
in-the United States court.
Tom Shinholster of Elko, was here
Wednesday onbusiness. •
D. L. F. Peacock accompanied his
daughter Mrs. L. M. Doughtry to Jack
sonville, Fla., Thursday night, where
; they will be for 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.
Mrs. S. J. Hill of Tallahassee, Fin., 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,
The following letter was sent in to
the-News office for publication from
one of our subscribers and is certainly
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 ‘‘has 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; v
Dear Sir: Your Telegram Reo’d
and will say that I can't do anything nt
all. I made no orop it lias been the
dryest year ever was in this country,
not one fourth of a crop cotton and no
corn. I haven’t anythingexceptan old
bellow8ed horse and he is mortgaged in
the first place. When I wrote you last
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 acresof cotton but
my health stayed so bad until I did not
and it was so dry too then. Never was
such n drought in this section so they
say, so if I had planted I would lmve
been less able than lam 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 nil do nothing, this
is the trouble and if I was going to die
I could not do anything. — .”
For Rent-
A good one-horse farm, known
as the widow Hall place; miles
South of Vienna. Apply to
G. B. Shell,
. Vienna, Ga.
NEW STREET TALKED
OF FOR EAST VIENNA
Will Be Fifty Feet Wide and AM Two
Miles Long, Greatly Increasing Value
of Property Bordering on It.
A 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, after which a
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 a enne mill and
where fruits hud been previously
carried, and horses were hitched to
the mill and a supply of cune juice
secured, which udded to the fruits
made quite delightful refreshments
nfler which a possum hunt begun,
having brought six or seven dogs
along it diA not'take long to start
one and the merry shouting and
laughing of the young ladies added
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 Bensot
Lilia May McDonald. Berthu Leon
ard; Messrs L. L. Woodward
Willie H. Proctor, W. T. McDon
aid. Col. and Mrs. M. P. Hall
chaperoning the party.
DeWItt’s C Salve
For PUm, Burns, Sore*
See our Reefers for children; they
are up-to-date.\ J. P. Heard 6c Sons
Cotton Market.
SQUARE BALE MARKET.
Good Middling
7 3-4
Folly Middling
7 0-8
Middling.
7 1-2
* ROITSD BALE MARKET.
Good Middling
8 14
Strict Middling
8
Middling
7 7-8
CONGRESSMAN LEWIS VISITS ATLANTA
Constitution Speaks Compimentary of
the Popular Representative
From this District.
Editor News: 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
lands of R. L. Simmons, G. W. Busbee,
Sumpter Brown, col., D. B. Leonard,
A. W. Calhoun, D. B. Thompson, J. D.
Norris, ''Jas. R. Kelly, 0. T. Stovall,
Miss R. Rodgers; J. D. Hargrove and
G. W. Wooten, to the Hawkinsville
road. This will connect the Hawkins-
ville and Abbeville road, t and also the
road leading from this city to the
Shiloh church. It will be perfectly
straight and is to be fifty ft-et wide and
two miles in length.
Such a street isgreatlyneeded by the
parties owning land bordering on it and
near it, as well as to the etty 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 th6 city would be greatly
improved as it would cross live branches
nnd throe low ponds and marshes. 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 Banie 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 tho city should open : this street.
It can be opened for about one 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. ThM is not a valid ob
jection at nil 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
\vere practically opposed to the now
railroad but as .soon as it came they
were ready to raise the price of their
real estate on account of it. Some will
object to helping cipen new streets near
their land, but if it is done against
thefr protest then they nre ready to
increase the prico 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 snnimer along the Abbe
ville and Hawkinsville roads, and throw
a few spades of sand on the side walks
in the winter. Mr. D. B. Thompson
opened np Pine and a part 'of Eighth
dtreet at his own expense.
It is to be hoped 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.
Freed Through Sympathy.
Sheriff G. \V. 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 stage of
consumption and the governor
pardoned him through sympathy.
Deputy-Sheriff liee Sheppard
went to Richwood yesterday and
carried the order.
Dr. H. A. Youmans has added
to Ins already well equipped shop,
a beautiful fioo engraving machine
nnd can do any kind of work on
short notice.
MR. POPE BROWN
CHARTERS TRAIN,
The following clippings were
taken from the Atlanta Constitution
and are complimentary to Hon. E.
B. Lewis, of the third congressional
district, nnd Mrs. Myrick. of the
Americus Times-Recorder:
“When you run across a number
of third district men gathered to
gether it is safe to bet that Con
gressman Lewis is in the vicinity.
His neighbors and constituents ure
all wurm admiiers of the represen
tative from the Third arid never
lose a chance to sing hjs praises.
Congressman Lewis has been de
voting this 6umtner to his varied
business interests, but could not
resist coming to Atnnta to mix
with his 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
und 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, wus working hard for
Mitchell. Mrs, Myrick has un
doubtedly been n 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
heaidquurtcrs at the Kimball, Mrs.
Mrytck 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 pructicui evidences of the
strength of her influence which the
balloting showed, and she deserved
them.” *
THIS IS NO JOKE.
To Carr; His Plantation Hands to Stats
Fair at Valdosta—Wants to Give
Them a Day of Pleasure. ,
Hon. J. Popte Brown came up
from his Pulaski plantation yester
day on business. In reply to a query
as to the conditions down in bit
neck of the woods, he said: >
“Conditions are very fair. I am
up here to sell some meat. I have a-
lot of fat hogs to dispose ofr 1 £'.
“You belisve it'is b good policy
for the furmerrto huve something
to sell all of the time?”
' ‘‘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.
H-- then called upon Mr. William
Checkley Shaw, vice-president of
the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad, and arranged to charter a
train to take all of the negroes on
his pluntction and about it to the
Stute Fair at Valdosta.
“I think Icau gather up between
four nnd five hundred, and I pro
pose to help them to a good time,
One old auntie suid: “I done been
down to de .fuirat Hawkinsville,
but I dunno ’bout dis yerone. Dey
sny it’s a powertul big one; an’ I
dunno ‘bout ridtn’ on dem kyurs,”
She has never ridden in a rail
road car in her life,” observed Mr.
Brown, as he told of the aunty’s
doubt.—Macon Telegraph.
INTERESTING NEWS FROM FINDLAY.
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 wjio gathers pumpkin is
the mun who plows all day, and
the mun 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 blumes the editor bec.iuse it
didn’t work. The mun 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 wuy, and forever
at it until be makes it pay.
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 Boifenillet for clerk of
the coming legislature. The com
bination of Mark and Mark will
miss the mark on this occasion,says
the Athens Banner. Mark John
son and Murk Hardin certainly did
miss the “murk” on this occasion
The Carmack Sawmill Is Doing a Lam
Business—Several Land Deals
Have Occurred There.
Findlay, Ga., Oct. 23.—Some of our
fm-mers are plowing in oats.
Mr. W. H. Carmack is operating a
sawmill near here He has several cars
of lumber ready for shipment ns soon
os oars can be secured.
K. A Penvy 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. Vnrnndne and family have
moved to our little village and will
live here in future much to tho dolight
of our people.
Miss Victoria Lock is visiting rel
atives and will bo here some time.
Mrs. M. A. Walton, has swapped for
a fine horse from J. O. Ilamiltcn, of
Vienna.
J J Taylor and Raymond Calhoun
have purchased a hundred acrosof 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 8unday.
Frank Bullington anticipates going
to the Veterans’ reunion at Columbus.
Our farmers don’t Jook so cheerful
since the recent rains on their cotton
and the decrease in the price.
W. F. McCormick and Mr. Harris
made a land deal, having bought of 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 the
latest styles, consisting of Hats, Silks,
Feathers, Tips and Ribbons.
Mu. R. P. Mitchell,