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= VOL 2. NO!38. VIENNA. QA. SATURDAY OCTOBER. 25; 1902. TWICE-A-WEEK $1.00 PER YEAR =9 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,