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VOL XXIII NO a
VIENNA, GA. THURSDAY., SEPTEMBER
YEAH IN ADVANCE
J. A. BISHOP dead;
Also the Negro Who Shot Him.
One flight last week J, A. Bish
op, a respectable white farmer with
a family, living near Irwinuille,
was on the A. <fc B. train coming
from Fitzgerald to Cordelq. He
made some remarks about a -obbcry
that hud been committed in Fitzger-
aid, and said there was a negro on
the train who resembled the one ac
cused. The negro overheard some of
the remarks while passing through
the oar, and^supposihg Mr. Bishop
'to be the sheriff of Irwin county,
he walked back to Bishop and shot
him in the body. The negro leaped
.from the train and the whito man
was carried to Cordele and cared for
at the Suwancc house until he died
Friday morning. From tho hour
of the shooting a crowd pursued t^o
negro until they captured him Sat
urday mdrniug in an out house nea r
Rebecca within a few hundred yawls
of,,where he did the shooting and
leaped fyom tho train. lie’ refusod
to come out when called upon, and
the house was fired to smoke him
out. He soon came out with a full
head of steam and made a dash for
the woods. A score of guns fired on
him at once, and a dozen Bhots
struck him belew the belt, no one
wishing to kill him outright. He
wa9 carried to Fitzgerald, where a
crowa gathered around and fright'
ened the governor of Georgia into
calling out a military company to
protoot, the negro until he could die
from the wounds he had already
received, which le did Monday
evening. The negro said his name
was John Napper, and that two
others, whose names he gave, and
they have been arrested, wore
oonneted in the robbery for whioh
ho shot Bishop to keep from being
captured. What a wholesale lynch'
ing there would have been if this
crime Bad been committed in one of
the republican states! i
MRS. CULLIK INGRAM DEAD.
She Was John II. Forehand’s
, Daughter.
Mrs. Belle Ingram died Thurs
day morning, leaving aliusband and
three children.
Mrs. Ingram had been sick about
three weeks, and was thought to/bo
better until death struck her sud
denly and she was gone before her
stop mother, Mrs. John li. Fore-
u Wt II. KIMSEY DEAD.
Died Suddenly in the Field.
Mr. W. H. Kimsey, a good oiti-
xen about 70 years old, died, Friday
evening alone, and ho was not found
until 10 o’clock that night, lie
wont with his so.i to Hie field foj- a
load of cotton. The son'"drove tho
wagon out of the field while tho
father went in another direction to
look after some hogs. Not arriving
hand, could call any one'in. (She at home at night, if search was made
was tho only living sister, or half rfor him, and oontuiuod until after
sister, of Kenz, Everett, Jack and
Joe Smith, and full sister ‘to W. M.
Forehand. Sho was about 30 years
old, and as good a woman as tho
county affords..
WONDERFUL IIORSEMAN-
MANSHIP.
Tho news has been received from
Washington that the Wonderful
Seventh United States Cavalry, that
displayed siuoh lino exhibition of
horsemanship at the last State fair,
has boon ordered to Macon during
the coming State fair. The order
comes from Gei). Barry, of the \Var
department. Those who have wit
nessed the marvelous performances
of tho members of this troop, will
remember that some of the feats
performed were remarkable, and
displayed a most wonderful mas
tery over, the horse. Those per
formances will form one of the
great attractions- of the fair, and
will be well worth a 'journey to
Macon to witness..
The piemium list, containing not
only a list of premiums but all in'
formation concerning the fair, is
now ready for distribution, and will
be forwarded to auy address on re
ceipt'd a postal card. •
The fire proof buildings at Cen
tral City Park are almost ready,
and will prove a pleasant sight to
visitors to the ,fair.
midnight, when ho was found dead
under a. scuppernong vino on tho
fenoo some distance from the house.
An inquest was held Saturday and
the jury found that, ho had died
from heart failure. He was buried
at Mt* Olive.
TO SPEAK MONDAY.
Hoke Smith is Expected Hero.
There wille-be a public speech
at the courthouse next Monday at
the noon hour, and it is supposed
that- the honorable Hoke Smith of
Atlanta will be the spoukkr. State
School Commissioner W B Merrctt
wrote a letter to County School
Commissioner E G 'Green, in which
he says, “l’oi^r letter requesting Mr
Hoke Smith a speaker on Monday,
tho fifth of September, has been sect
to him. I hope he will favor you,
I shall come also., I am very 1 much
pleased to have dhis opportunity. ”
Wo are prpmised a good speaker,
whether it be Hoke Stnifli or some
ono else. The subject is Education.
Now comes a public speaker, and
a woman at that, who declares that
fino clothes are spoiling young girls
in the public schools. It makes
them vaiu and
foolish
and the
speakor says: “They /think more
of thoir clothes than of their slu
dies and spend their timein trying
to attract attention." There is a diS'
tressing amount of trurth in that
but little girls arc no worsothan
big girls, and boysf and young men
are not muoh better. But I cannot
agree with the speaker that pretty'
olothos should bo abolished. If to
do pretty were wrong God would
not have clothed flowers and birds
so gloriously, or little girls' with
beautiful hair, and cjiamond eyes,
and roseleaf cheokB, and cherry
,lips', and pearly ufeth. Let parents
and teachers help children to rise
above vanity in these things. And
that is by no means impossible.
The average woman pities all
men; the fianhelors because they
aren’t married and the married men
because they have the kind of wives
they have. ^ ■
THE SCUPPERNONG GRAPE, j
The United States department of j
agriculture is investigating the!
Scuppernong grape with a view to j
determining the best varieties,!
methods of culture, pruning, train- j
ing, etc., as well as the uses to
which the fruit can be put. One of
the features of this investigation
which is considered of particular
importance is the looating of vines
of this type, either wild or in culti
vation, that are known, to excel in
productiveness, size, color or.quali
ty of fruit, or in some other impor
tant particular.
In this connection, the Viticul
turist of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry, wlio has the work in charge,
will be glad to receive reports on
such vines from persons who know
of their existence, stating the facts
regarding, them and the points of
special merit that have been observ
ed in them.
Correspondence in regard to vines
should be addreesed to Geo. C.
Husmann, Viticulturist, Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. S. Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
The Department will, upon ap
plication, furnish special mailing
boxes and franks with which speci
mens of choice varieties can be for
warded to the Viticulturist for ex
amination, without cost to the sen
der.
!
There has been lots of kicking past seasons
about the price of cotton in Vienna, but no
fair minded man can say Vienna has not
had a very fine market up to the present
season. She is ahead of
ANYTHING ON THE PIKE.
’if you want a good price for cotton bring it
to Vienna: You can gin it round or square.
Patronize the packing that pays you best.
We are in the market for cotton seed, and
will pay for them either in cash or barter.
If you are opposed to seliing your seed for
money, you can ezchange for meal and
hulls. There is nothing better as a feed
for your cattle than meal and hulls, and
meal is one of the best fertilizers that is
being sold.
Bring your cotton in the seed, and have
it ginned your way, and sell your seed to
the Vienna Cotton Oil Company. They
will treat you right., Yours very truly,
ED. HOWELL, Mgr
August 29th.
Success or failure of tho poultry
season depends upon tho days and
nights now passing.
The mail who fails to boat a cor
poration when lio has a chance has a
golden crown waiting to drop upon
his angelio brow.
Divorce statistics for the wholo
country show that there are fifteen
marriages to one divorce.
Boys may not like patches, but a
patob is bettor than a hole, and
manv a boy that wore patohos be
came a great man.
There are twenty million peoplo
in the United States who' attend
school and twenty thousand teaoh-
ers who train and direct their youth'
ful mind.;
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow has announced that tho
salaries of ’ tho rural frOo delivery
mail carriers will bo adjusted cm the
basisof the number of miles traveled.
Many housekeepers dp not know
that the tiny black speos seen on al
most every lemon are the.eggs of
an. mseot. If the grated rind is
used these eggs become an un whole'
some element of the dish.
Do you listen to the ohindren
when they talk, or do you treat
them with cold indifference? There
are some characters being build up
around you, and it is well, to rocog
nize that fact.
Some good women are.like hens
in this that they will make just as
much fuss over pno child as they
wiU ovcr half a dozen.
The hay supply will be held by
somebody until consumption needs
it. Who will hold it, the farmer
who owns it, or the capitalists who
buys it unremunerafive prices? The
farmers have the first say at it.
/ See that little bee that goes laden
with honey to his hive; does he not
reproaoh you? See that- little ant
oarryiug its burden to its hiding
piao6, does not even it reproaoh you?
Go to work and do something, and
be> in harmony with oreation about
you.
Lift up your eyes, brethren, and
see the sunshine everywhere. '• It is
all right to stiok te # ohe’s work
faithfully; /the man with thp hoe is
a real king. But always looking at
the earth makes a man short-sight
erf; he never sees the beauties in
earth,*sky and nature. Litt'them up
Are you keeping aooounts with
the poultry? Gan you tell how
many eggs you have sold, how many
you have set, and how many ohioks
have hatohed? And later, how
many chicks you raise,’and how
many you sell and what you get for
i them? . All this will be interesting
this winter.
J. B. FOLDS COMMENDED.
By a Singing Glass- iu Macon Co.
Prof. Joe Brown Folds closed a
singing school near Montezuma
Friday and wak given tho following
endorsement:
Beulah Church, Macon County,
August 27th, 1904. ?
Resolved, That Mr. J. B. Folds
has taught a school of ton days for
us, aud that wo havo boon greaily
beuctit by his teaching.
2 f When iio oarne not ono our
members know anything about
musio, but wo liavo liot only learn
ed the rudiments, but can sing fair
ly well.
Wc know that Mr. Folds ha 8
dono his whole duly, giving to each
one personal instructions and giving
td each one all the aid they asked.
4. That any community will be
benefitted by his work.
That we' appreciate liis efforts
in our behalf and. wish him muoh
success iu future, work.
i
Look out' for tho cheap wisp guy
who is always boasting of never
ohanging his mind, for tho chances
are tnat’ho has no mind to change.
Minors may bo arrested and finod
for smoking oigarottes on tbo streets
of Chicago or in any public places
if the proposed ordinance is aaopted.
Tho danoing masters wisn to have
jig and clog danoiug taught in tho
public sohools. Thoy say it will
make the pupils quick on their feet.
Next! ,
Don’t bo SO' modest that you will
shut yoursolf clear out, but don’t be
so fresh that you will havo to put
yoursolf in a cooler to keep from
spoiling. •
In the battle of life, when you
meet your antagonist, do everything
in a mild and agreeable manner.
Let your courage be as keen, but at
fhe same time as polished, as your
sword'.
\
ZION’HILL.
After a long absence I will try to
give some of the latest neVs. Wo
are having plenty of rain;, in fact,
too muoh for cotton It has thrown
off about one-fourth of the crop,
and damaged the open cotton, but
other crops arc benefitted, father
than damaged by tho late rams.
Mrs. Frances Dorough died very
suddenly last Friday evening about
o’clock. Sho seemed as well as
usual until the very last momont.
She was at home aione with her
three small girls, and was standing
near the fire place, and fell. Her
ohildreu ran to her, and seeing she
was dead, one of ' them ran to Mr:
Clint Bush's for help. Mrs.
Dorough leaves nine children and a
host of friends to mourn her loss.
Wo extend our sympathy,to the be
reaved. Cotton Plant.
Rev. E. S. Atkinson leaves today
for his new home in Camilla. For
three and a half years he has been
the true and good shepherd to the
Vienna and Pinehurst Baptist flock,
and has led them through green
pastures of prosperity and by the
still waters of peace without tiring
or seeming to worry. The people
heard his voice, they followed him
through the space of time and many
have found the peaee as he pointed
it out to them. May he be crown
ed with peace and success in hie
new work aH abundantly as he ha*
betn at tnis place.