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)t VOI.-XXJI NO 47 ■■■' VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY, JULT 7 1904 II A YEAK IN ADVANCE THE REUNION f For several years it has been a 'custom with the people of Dooly ■county to meet with the'Confederate Veterans on the 4th of July every year for a celebration and barbecue with a. big dinner. A meeting plaod is selected each year for the follow ing year and the placo tnat gets it exerts itself to make the oooasion a success. This year the reunion ..waa-at Byromville, and . that place did honor to itself audio the county ' Id the entertainment of tho people and the ample; support' of the -gathering. The weather was fine and a recent rain had laid the dust and refreshed the flowers to the bight • of their glory. The shady grove was oleared of rubbish and scats arranged for tho comfort and pleasure of the visitors- Nature has given to' Byromville i most beautiful grove and it is kept in trim by the bands of man; All nature seemed smiling a'nd'the birds saug sweetly in -the j trees as the morning sun rose higher ana higher and peeped through the tops of the trees;upon the five thousand who had ' gathered there fox. a day - ot , sweet .rc^ stud sooial; enjoymetla. y^’ptyfomwitn surrounding seat!' received the veterans tor tho exerolli* of the day, and sweet music by the Byromville choir rang out The Bonny Blub Flag and other popular atidioul-Slirring pieccs on the soft air to reveberate among the leaves of the trees and die awav in the * distant pines; Spceohes were made by Cols, U F Hall of Vienna and DAK Crum and J d Jones of Cordele. Speakers from a distance who cbhlhi not have done better, were expeoted hut they failed to appear. Then a long recess and a long table. A better dinner with more abi. ndance has uever been / known. Nearly a thousand feet of table had been built for the occasion, and it Was loaded completely witn every thing uioo from a barbecued beef to ioe oream. The usual jam and rush Of tho crowd to get to the table was not in evidence on this occasion.; People took theih time and ate: deliberately. It was evident from} fell short of nothing. No happier oooasion has'ever been in the county, and all glory goes to Byromville for tho complete auooess of the oooasion. THEY SCARED HIM There is a good old darkoy in town known as Uncle . Joe. Me is polite and accommodating andoften hangs around tho stores at night to do odd j .bs aud piok up extra change in addition to ms salary for -drivtn the dump cart for the city. He was sent one night recently across the creek on an errand to be baokin a given time. It is known that he i% not afraid of anything ife the earth or on it except something that will scare him. And a thing that will soare him ig.uearly anything that makes its appearanoe unexpectedly after dark. On this partionlar occasion ho was returning from Mr. Burt Tur- tons when some of the hoys appeared near the road side in the hushes with * white robe. Undo Joe quietly informed the object th*t he knew- what it was and was uot afraid. It made an awful groan and advanced a few step? in the direction of Uncle Joe.r He paused another moment, .yet unwilling.; to make dhsh'toHhobity Out standing ready to leap for liberty if itbocamcmore exciting. Just at that time a light was turned on behind a red flag and Unde Joe oonld stand it ho longer. His mouth -flew opon and. the sound therefrom was heard, to the public square. He did not remain longer, hut with hat in hand ho started lyr the oity like he must be there at once. Tho plank footway is two feet wide at that place, but he failed to Make the curve that would be necessary to pass over the creek by that route, and he kept the straight road through the water. His anval up town was prompt but he was to much put of breath to tell how it looked. He does not yet know what it was, but is confident that he saw something. THE CAMPMEETING In another week the tenters will he packing up id move to the camp ground to-enjoy- the annual mooting and a revival of. religion. For nearly 30 years the tenters entertained the visitors and it was no small expense. There is now a hotel at the camp ground where visitors may get their meals without Doing of any expense to the .tenters, heric6 it is less expenso to tent now than it would he if the I.te). u^ndtrtWen: rjf ffl.TfC Until the railroad ran that Way, there Iras ho hotel there. So many go on the train how for a stay of only > day that the hotel is a neoes sity because lots of people rather pay for a dinner than take it from home. Outside of the tents there are tables for the aocomodation of those who carry dinner and go hoiqe at night. Lots of people dairy dinner with them ahd spend the day and return home at night. There is usually good behavior at the oampgroubd, and when there is not, it is a consolation to know that tho fall termjof court soon,JqUasra. l the campmeeting. However, it has never 'been necessary, within our knowledge, for tno court to punish' any one for missbehaving at the campnieeting. Should auoh a thing be necessary’,'we hopd the fcourV will do iu,full duty. ’.There are four sarmona a day ‘at the esmpmeoting: at 8 and 11 in the morning "at 4. in, the evening and at night.; It is ago-oaayplace.nnd la very eujoyabl? IttMA tho «0?Tices. A ifiofd beautiful plaoe for a.campgcouud would be hat d to find. Its lovctineii.1 attracts atten tion from all lovers of landscape beauty. Large trees give a dense shade and a bold spring snpplieB cool water in abundahoo for man and beast. The first oarapmeeting was held there 32 yerrs ago. and only three or four soatleing vears during that time have been missed. In the 32 years there have been something like 28 eampmeetings held there. The first, in 1972, was held undor fi AN HONORED GEORGIA# Tho unammods rc-elcotion <Jf Hon. Oiark Howell as Georgia’s member of the national democratic cxcoutivc committee gives him the unique distinction of being one of the youngest members of the entire committee and at the same time the oldest memoer of the committee in point of continuous service. Mr. Howell has allready served twelve years on the national com- mitieoand the Georgia delegation to the St. Louis convention has, just elected him' for four more years, so that at the end of the new torm to which he has just been elected he will have served continuously on tho committee for sixteen years—a period of steady service longer than that of any other member of tho committee. Mr. Howell wps fast elected to the national committee in the mem orable oampaign of 1802, when the FOR NEW COUNTIES The movement for a few mora counties in Georgia is no longer a joko. The sentiment has beoome a reality and the governor recommen- • ded such a thing in his message to ths legislature, and that body ha* gone at the matter with a perfeot willingness to give tho state as many as eight new counties. The house passed a hill last week to make eight more counties, or 146 in tho stato. In the senate the hill was amended to read 13 new conntie* or 150 in all. Now the bill muat go back to the bouse and both house* must agree on tho number of new counties that may ho added. After this is passed and signed by tho governor, it must bo voted on by the people m the general Nov ember oleotion. Then i f tho amend ment receives n sufficient vote in th* stato election, a commission will b* appointed to lay out the new quuntios whore they are most Heeded by takiug parts of two or more eounhel. If all this goes through without .a hitch, tLo new counties may. b*. getting lb 'shape within two years. We have no objection to the new counties if they will not disturb Dooly. . FaMIL/ PICNIC , ... ....... There was a family picnic, at E. brush arbor.,Later ft iaWnaoUl ivfiS the beginning that there, would hoj g Bywens Monday that was lie *' uSU < no lack of room or provisions, and i g 00( j aocHding to/size as the'reunion there was no need of a rush by any j aMByromville.Saturdayj one.. As fast as the-victuals were Mr. Bo Wen entertains his jpoople taken from the table the space was promptly filled; from trunks and jiaakets from under the table. There ■was no.lack of hospitality; no -laok ,of anything hut enough of people to consume that abundance of good thing* to eat After all were satia ted and had left the table, there yet remained enough to feed a camp meeting. After dinner the veterans held a business meeting in the school house, and selected Yionna for the next ■jneeting placc. 7 The evening was given to the ' -pleasure of all, and the grove was inti of people with their social, chats, qtrolU, lovemaking and sweet juoUea. „ . , ? _ ... 2 iO a About a o’clock thexe wai' a ball game between Vienna and Cordele, ip whioh Cordele scored two lad Vienna one. ’ ‘ ■ l> - The behavior of the crowd jva» excellent, No disturhagC6*vrhatever Was reported,. JNojjrunkehriessj.flq ugly oonbuct'and nothing;-to ■'spoil tb.e happiness of anyone came within our knowledge. with a dinner every yea?, and expects to celebrate the next Fourth with a similiar one. ‘ This year he had 79 of his rela tives and friends to take dinner with hint. Besides a good dinner, ho had all the watermelons, lemonade and ice water the crowd could use. It was a very pleasant occasion and everybody present enjoyed it to the fullness of the heart aud apatite. They look forward with much interest to these meetings of the Bowen'fanuly,.arid‘well they may, fdr ith*y-;jiffi»rd much pleasure to those who attend. Yo ung housewives should remem berthat no matter.how. tiny the in* cohtti/a x»all^*ttm|>3ionl4 y be*pnt, aside regularly for the proverbial rainy day. Mrs. Charles King, of Corpus Christi, Ter., owns more land.than any dther woman in the world. Her husband was a famous cattle-breed er and he left her 1,300,000 acres in Nueces, Hidalgo, Starr and Cameron built and covered With'shingles and has since been re-covered. Several thousand people could shelter under it in time.of storm. Let the praying people plead for a presence of the Spirit and a soul- stirring meeting filled with the holy ghost. Let sinners go there expeotiag « blessing and they will be apt to reocive it. Let none go for evil pnrposea and we will have a meeting that will oarry its message of love throughout eternity; counties, and there are now about ByronmUe.did her full share and 05,000 cattle on her ranges. COZZIE CASQNcDE/lD - Sixteen years old, as. good a boy as ever lived, Gozzie Cason was out, down in his youth and has passed into tho great beyond.. He was the oldest son of Mr. Bennett Cason and lived With his father on the farm tWo-miles east of-town. There was a rising on Cozzie’s face which took erysipelas and he passed out Wednesday morning, His death was awfnl and he sufiered mueb pain. The swelling in his nepk and face was sufficient evidence of his suffering. He was buried id the Christmas graveyard in front of Mr. Cason’s .house; • --- . CLARK; Editor of the Atfanln, Constitut'ort, Georgia democracy had a battle royal as to whether or , not Hill or Cleveland should got the slate’« vote in the national convention of that year; After a bitter contest Cleveland oarried the state oouven tion by a narrow margin, tho con vention instructing the state’s dole gaiion lor him. Mr. IIowoll had opposed Cleveland and supported Hill, and naturally some of the Cleveland leaders m the state, m tho fiush of Victory! wished to have one of their own number on the national committee. An tnterosling contest followed, resulting in Mr. Howell's Overwhelming election as Georgia's roeaiJ^ Pi tho OQnpUteej which position ho baS held CV(J1' since. Mr. Howell's reelection this week is the end of a Very inieiesting contest of whioh hut little has been said for the past month because the fight praotieally ended in his' favor shortly after it was begun. It was sharp and quick and at one tine or another the names of a half dozen prominent Georgians were mention ed for the position, but the opposi tion failed to make a stand.,and Mr. Howell goes back on the committee with the ■ unanimous vote of th* state’s delegation, Clark Howell-is now serving his fiftn year as president of the Georgia senate, after having also served fourteen years ago as speaker of the house of representatives—the youngest. fpgi&f^Georgia evd* had. He is the only mhmber of the present senate who was also a member of the .last body, the thirty-fifth,senatorial district having yielded the rotation system in his behalf in order that he might twice represent thedistriot and might thus be re-elected to the presidency of the senate, to whioh TO-HANG JULVT 28 Judge Z A Littlcjolyi came to Vionna.Saturday and passed sentonoe On Elton Gray to hang on Tuoaday, July 36. Gray is. an able bodied negro mar that could do good, serviw to .th* state for A long- time, hut the su premo court refused him a new trial and-tho state will got rid of him in short order. Gray ie> to hang for tho murder of bis wife in Cordele laBt winter; They bod not lived peacefully to gether for a while and the husband dcoided to sottle the matter with a shot gun. She was at her mother's house when ho ’ wont to settle the matter. She refusod to go with him as ho requested, and ho shot bor down from the door. He ran away and was captured during Feb ruary term of court and tried im mediately.- His lawyers carried his case to the supreme court, as they always do, but he was refused a hew trial p§ must- bang. The' rope Jfl ready; tho sumo ropo tinSJ waa , bought for him last spring* It is not likely that there will hd any delay, and Dooly county will have a hanging the next .week after the oampmeeting. Thousands of young girls, without talent, ncgleot their natural oppor tunities in life because of a desire to go on the stage, to become ^great concert singers, or in some other impossible way to attraot attention for themselves, ontside of the nsaal conditions. A frail mother is given super- tinman strength when the life of her child is in danger. And so are we all given strength*. Strength to live and to work,41*nr faith i* deep enough, ahd our oraving for health and strength is strong enotigh. Women don’t need medioinea and sanitariums. They want rest and work, fresh air and sunlight and cheerfulness. Staying in the house alb the time would kill a camel or an ostrich, and how should a woman position he was elected five -years j expect to endure such an unnatural ago without opposition. | existence?