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JOB WORK.
VOL. 24.
from our correspondents
y; ie Jimes Journal’s Corps of Hust
ling Quill Drivers
report interesting events
f or Times-Journai Readers—Incidents and
Happenings of the Past Week in
Their Various Sections
]5r our Regular Correspondent.
Pine Forest, August 10.—The
crops are still flourishing in our
community. Fodder pulling is
the chief order of the day in our
community and is being saved
very rapidly. Weather has been
very favorable up to thus time.
The writer attended the closing
exercises of Mr. Seab Jones’ school
last Friday—the crowd was large.
Lemonade was plentiful. After
dinner was served there was an
interesting game of ball between
the cross-road club and a “scrub”
crowd. Four innings were played,
the game standing 24 to 21 in fa
vor of the cross-road club.
Mr. Lewis Burch has taught a
very successful singing school at
Rock Branch. Great improvement
has been made in singing at this
place, and the praise is all due Mr
Burch. He’s an able instructor,
and is held in esteem here.
Mr. Luther Lavender and sister
visited relatives and friends near
Nameless Saturday and Sunday.
We are sorry to report the ill¬
ness of Mrs. Mattie Evans this
week, but hope for her recovery at
an early date.
Lucky Gibi.ets.
By our Tieguiar Correspondent.
Rawlins, Ga., Aug. 16.—Hav¬
ing been silent for quite a while I
will once more let your many read¬
ers hear from these parts.
Our farmers are now busily en¬
gaged pulling fodder.
Cotton is beginning to open and
some are picking the fleecy staple.
The cotton crop is not so good in
this vicinity as it was once consid¬
ered to be—the weed is fine but
bolls are scattering. From my
observation I estimate the weed to
be two-thirds fruited; I am certain
it will not exceed three-fourths of
a crop at best.
The corn crop is good. I esti¬
mate the yield to exceed that of
any for several years. The crop is
fine, as is also the sugar cane and
sweet notato crops.
Sore eyes is prevalent among us.
Messrs. A. G. Howell and S. M.
Rozar paid Twiggs county a flying
visit Friday last.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wynne made
a two or three days’ visit to
fives in Laurens county last week.
Mr. P. M. Saudi ford and Judge
Max, of Empire, paid thp writer
a visit Sunday.
Mrs. M. Bushart and two chil¬
dren, of Empire, are on a week's
visit among relatives of this place.
The writer had the pleasure of
attending a bee tree cutting some
time since. A good many were
present and a fine chance of honey
procured. When it comes to rob¬
bing bees Frank Rogers is sure one
in. and when it comes to eating
honey Boss Rozar and Jack Hall
are about a dozen in—if any one
will take the honey to a safe dis¬
tance from the bees for them.
Some time since, while at the
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Eastman Times Established IS73 )
Dodge County jouknal, iSSj i
lighted with electricity
’Miss Lizzie Lietch Touched the Button at
6:30 O’clock Yesterday Afternoon.
Moving Along Finely.
All of a sudden, at about dusk
on last Thursday evening, vhile
people were sauntering along our
streets and families were convers¬
ing upon their verandas, our city
was lighted up with electricity.
Miss Lizzie Lietch was accorded
the honor of putting on the lights,
and at 0:30 slie touched the but¬
ton .
At first two or three of fhe arc
lights did not work, but fhe evil
was quickly remedied and from
thence on the entire number
burned brilliantly throughout the
night.
Everything not being exactly
right, the commercial lights only
burned in a few of the stores; but
now everything is in fine working
order and we have a system of
electric lights not to be excelled
in the south and every citizen of
Eastman, old and young, white
and black, is filled with joy un¬
con fined.
From the commencement of
putting in the plant, everything
has gone along like clock work.
In the person of Mr. Thos.
O’Brien, the Savannah Electric
Light and Supply Company has
not only a valuable man, but a true
gentleman in every sense of the
word. His assistants, Messrs.
Radcliff and Crump, are also ex¬
cellent young gentlemen, We
would be much pleased to claim
the three as permanent citizens.
Hurrah for our electric lights!
THE VOTING CONTEST IS CLOSED.
Miss Alba Clements and Mr. L. M.
Peacock, Jr., Win the Prizes.
The voting contest at Herr
man’s Pharmacy for the most
popular young lady and young
man was closed last Monday even¬
ing and Miss Alba Clements and
Mr. L. M. Peacock, jr., were the
successful candidates.
The prize offered to the ladies,
and won by Miss Clements, was a
beautiful white silk gauze fan,
hand painted and decorated. The
gentleman’s prize, won by Mr.
Peacock, was a handsome black
silk, gold-handled umbrella.
The race was close and exciting
up to the last night of the contest,
when the two successful ones got
in the lead and staid there till the
poll was closed.
Below is the standing of the
two highest contestants in each
class:
LADIES.
Miss Alba Clements...............2130
“ Norris.' ” ] ”! 993
..... 947
OF NT I EM EX
Mr. L. M. Peacock, Jr..... .....2198
“ J. Massey.. .....1778
About Baseball.
On Thursday afternoon last
Eastman’s second nine went up to
Cochran and were defeated by the
second nine of that place m a
score of fifteen to sixteen. Our
boys report nice treatment at the
hands of the Cochran boys.
Tuesday afternoon Cochran’s
second nine came down to try our
boys again, but as it rained all
the afternoon there was no game,
To-day (Friday) our first nine
goes to Cochran to tackle the
first nine of that place.
No more ball news at present.
EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20. lSOT.
big barbecue is suggested
On the Occasion of the Laying of
the Corner Stone
OF THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
Make it a Grand Fete Day and an Occa¬
sion Long to be Remembered by
the People of Dodge.
It has been years since Eastman
has had a genuine, old-time bar¬
becue, therefore we have a scheme
to suggest:—
In about a month’s time the
corner stone of our school build¬
ing will be laid. What is the
matter with celebrating that oc¬
casion with one of the grandest
barbecues that wiregrass Georgia
has ever seen?
Let the people of Dodge county
generally unite with the citizens
of Eastman and make it an occa¬
sion that our gieat-grand-children
to come will talk of.
Talk it, work for it, aid the
Times-Journai. to advertise it;
have special trains run, secure the
services of noted speakers; barbe¬
cue hogs, cows, sheep, goats and
have such a pile of good rut ions as
was never before seen at one time
by the oldest citizen of Dodge.
Oh yes, it can be done; it ought
to be done and it must be done.
There is just no way out of it.
This school is going to be the
grandest thing that could possibly
happen for Dodge county. It
furnishes us an easy, cheap way in
which to educate our children,
and will prove a great blessing to
the poor fellow who is striving for
that end. It will belong as much
to the poorest us to the wealthiest
of our citizens. It. will lie ours—
something to which we can point
with great pride. Then ought we
not to rejoice? Is it, not natural
that we should desire to show the
outside world what we are doing?
In addition to the exercises of
laying the corner stone and the
barbecue, we should have other
attractions—for instance a game
of baseball. While we fully real¬
ize that it will be a very hard mat¬
ter for Captain Wynne to get a
club to come here that, will inter¬
est his boys, still we feel satisfied
that he will strive to do so.
The time is short and we must
hustle. Commence talking the
matter at once ; appoint a place
for a general meeting and let’s get
down to business.
Yes, we are going to have a
barbecue!
All Aboard for Cochran.
On account of the match game |
of baseball at Cochran this (Fri
day) afternoon, the Southern
Railway will sell round-trip tickets
from Eastman to Cochran for the
small amount of seventy-five
cents.
We leave on the three o clock!
afternoon passenger, see the fu,,
game and return at midnight.
Let as many of our citizens who J
can do so, go up and cheer the
Eastman boys to victory.
AY hat They are Like.
Among our correspondents’ let
this week we give a fair sam
pic of some that arc sent us a!
most weekly. Read “Purdy’s”
letter and get an idea of with
what we have to contend.
Consolidated iSSS.
negro boys in the toils
They Fired Into a Crowd “Just to
See Fun," and Now The, are
Sorry That They Did it.
In answer to it telegram SheritT
Rogers went to Rhine on Sunday
last, and as fruit of the visit re
turned with Ike Anderson and Ran
Altman, colored, charged with
murder.
Tuesday morning the accused
were arraigned before His Honor,
Judge Murrell, for oomirntmenl
trial. Ike Anderson was lirs ,
placed on the stand, l>ut Ids
deuce being objected to bv 15. 11.
Milner, counsel for defendants.....
the grounds that ncensed would
implicate himself, the only other
aceossihle evidence of Sh. ritV l{.>
gers and Clerk Rawlins was intro
( j
The testimony of these
nesses, which corroborated, was in
effect that the accused had con¬
fessed their guilt, claiming that
tin' shot (which proved fatal to
Robt. Smith, also colored,) was
tired into a crowd “only for fun to
see ’em jump,” and on this evi¬
dence Judge Murrell remanded
the prisoners to jail to await tin 1
fall session of superior court.
The tragedy is said to have cre¬
ated considerable excitement in:
Rhine and immediate vicinity, 1
pecially among the negroes, ami
that the timely arrival of the sher¬
iff on the scene doubtless prevent¬
ed a lynching; and it is little won¬
der that there was much indigna¬
tion, if the report be true that t he
accused fired into an innocent, par
ty without a semblance of provo¬
cation.
KASTMAN’S NEW COTTON YARD
Ih Completed and Ready for Business.
Driiii; Your Cotton There.
Mr. B. L. Harrell requests the
Times-Journai. to announce that
his cotton yard, located on the
Armstrong lot, immediately oppo¬
site the depot, is now
and that lie is ready to handle
fleecy staple.
Fully appreciating the situation
of all parties at interest in the
handling ot cotton, and being will¬
ing to <!o business on the “live and
let live” basis, Mr. Harrell will
charge only 2o cents per bale for
weighing and handling cotton.
In addition to weighing and stor
ing, which will be under Ins own
immediate supervision, Mr. Har¬
rell promises to exert his very best;
efforts to securing for his farmer
friends the top of the market for
all cotton consigned to his yard.
This is, in substance, what Mr.
Harrell said to the Times-Journai.
to be said to the public, and to
those who know Mr. Harrell best
it is unnecessary for us to say that
whatever lie in matter of f
says a
business always g< >es.
Complimentary to Mr. Robertson.
An unusually large congregation
wafJ present at the Methodist
church yesterday morning to hear!
p if;v \y j Robertson, of East
man, deliver one of his character-1
istic, able sermons. Mr. Robert-j
son held the close attention of his
large congregation throughout his
discourse, which was replete with
biblical truths and excellent in
itruction, and which fell a silent
benediction upon the souls of ull
present.—Albany Penny Press,
-^ug. 46.
JOB WORK.
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NO. m
our field correspondent
And Some of the Things He Finds
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NEWS OF OUK RURAL FRIENDS
Sayings and Doings Chronicled as They
I Are Heard, From All Corners of the
j County—Interesting Items
Li \. L. G. I. McKinnon has
'"‘™ conducting a revival meeting
Ocm.dgce church, out m, (lum
S "' a,n >’’ S " h,ril '>>' and
V l{, ‘ v - . ..... . T -
and Tuesday ly Rev, J. (\ lir.nv
l0M - T, ' , > “ c< '" a,,0 "“
"" n ' ''v-nty
members, as there were ten
nu ' ,,| ' n g. As an evidence of
their appreciation, that church
h ,,s nnnnimonsly .-ailed Mr. Me
Kinnon . to servo them as pastor
another year.
In mentioning heavyweights, T
would refer the readers t<> the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Peacock, of Bee Hive. M iss.
Carrie, aged fifteen, weighs 208.
Miss Essie, aged twelve, weighs
120 .
1 visited several homes across
the swamp this week and found
1 *"' 111 " 1,t| I*L■ nty to eat and good
prosportH for the future. If any
nm ' " 1S * 1,>H (u 1,11,1 the
country at. this season—while peas
and chicken are plentiful and the
planters are in good heart with
farm prospects.
1 hear peoplecontinually grumb
fing about things that other pe«>
pie can’t help. For instance, the
school teachers don’t exactly
ph' 118 ' 1 them and they will lmve
nothing to do with him; or the
preacher was too pointed in his re¬
marks or reproved someone for
misconduct, so they will have
nothing to do with him. On the
other hand, it might bean attack
on your county newspaper, but
still you read your neighbors’.
We have other kickers too mi
merous to mention. There are
enough kickers m this county, if
they should all kick at the same
object it tin* same tune, to make
things come their way; but still
there would be kicking.
Now lien—before you speak
evil or bear testimony, think
would you have one say this of
you A. B. Moore.
A Bicycle Wreck.
While riding side by side on
the bicycle track last Monday af
ternoon their wheels became
tangled up and for a while you
could not tell Mr. Ernest Edwards
from Mr. William Marshall.
It was feared at first that Mr.
Edwards was seriously injured,but
such fortunately proved to not bo
the rase. His wheel was badly
wrecked.
Mr. Marshall was only shaken
U P a little and his wheel but
slightly crippled.
Dropped Dead.
Andrew Fulwood, colored,
suddenly dropped dead at his
home in this city on last Monday
with heart trouble,
For the past eighteen or twenty
vars Andrew has been carpenter
ing in ami around Eastman and
was well thought of by our people.
H<- had just married the day be—
his death.