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THE TIMES-JOURNAL.
VOL. 27.
PERSONAL MENTION.
rite Coming and Going 1 of Aotir llela
tives. Fiiemls and Vequ&iutaitves.
Mr. W. A. Morgan is spending a
few days in Fitzgerald,
Mr. L. M. Curry visited Chaun
c ey one day this week.
Mr. Wash Harrell Las been on
the sick list several days.
Another good rain has acceler¬
ated the growth of gardens.
Mr. W. B. Daniels went down
to McRae Monday on business.
Miss Annie Shannon Wyley, of
Salisbury, o"f K-. C-., is visiting the
family Mr. 'L. M. Curry.
Mrs. MeGoodwm, of Franklin,
Iv. Y., is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. J. B. Caldwell.
Mr. aud Airs. J. M. Finn, of
Dublin, came'to the city Sunday.
They are on a visit to Mr. and
.Mrs. J. B. Caldwell.
Mr.-John Clark, of Chauncey,
was in-the city a few hours Mon¬
day.
Mr. E. D. Gentry spent a day or
two of'this week in Savannah on
biiisuess.
Mr. Perry Moore, ot Hazlehurst,
Ga.,-spent Tuesday in the city
with friends.
Rev. Abb Harris, of Reidsville,
is on a visit to his sister, Mrs. B.
L.‘Harrell, at Amoskeag.
Cel. Harlow Burch, editor of
The Poulan Xe\vs and Immigrant,
was in the city this week.
Mrs. C. M, Methviu visited rel¬
atives, and friends in McRae and
Helena during t he past week.
Mr. W.W. Ashburn and wife,
of Atlanta, are visiting their
daughter, Mrs. Park Harper, of
our town.
Mrs. D. M. Roberts and
soa, Paul, are on a visit to
fives and friends at Walthourville,
Liberty county.
Mr. B. O. Rogers, a polished
voong gentleman from Dublin,,
paid our otlice a very pleasant
call yesterday. 4
Mr. Arthur Leitch made a trip
to McRae Monday. Arthur says
jiis horse traveled there aud back
in feve hours.
Mrs. W. M. Morrison, of Atlao-
1a.*>same to the city Wednesday,
She .is visiting her parents, Dr.
Afro ..... Foster
fV>f. J. R. Bennett, county
scttffifcl commissioner of Wayne
couaaty, was in the city again <041
SuD'day and Monday.
Mtw Mabel Rogers returned
liou3€ 'Thursday last after a pleas
ant tm-eit of two weeks to relatives
andfriends at Empire.
Sheouff Rogers has a jai3 full of
criminals awaiting triaL
sheriff m alert in the
sion of criminals and is making
an exeelfi-ent officer.
Mr. J.. J v . Anderson, of Hawk
insvilJe, v<as here yesterday
mg up the ehatauqua. Mr. An¬
derson is .-a-clever gentleman and
a good ta'i’Cer, and is doing fine
work for hit town.
Mr. Jauiefc JLatimer left on Tues¬
day last for Savannah, at which
place he has accepted a position
iu the prinfieg business. We
wish Jim mucin .-success in the for¬
est city.
Dc\ J. D. Herm.au and Dr. J.
B. Ci!ark went up i&o Macon Tues¬
day to attend the meeting of the
Georgia. Medical Association,
which i«i now in »66fc&on at that
place.
Mr. Fountain, county school
eommissioaer of Pulaski county,
was in our city on Friday last in
the interest of the Hawkinsville
Ehatauqua.. Ife paid this extended office a
very pleasant visit and
ns a cordial invitation to attend,
School Motley.
Teachers are hereby notified
that the school* fund for the first
■uidseeoud months is nowon hand,
J, Bishop, C, S. C.
Eastman Times Ertabiished 1S72 j
DobGE County journal, 15,85 j
Missionary I u > I it 1111 ‘ of MrKac
at Eastman, April 25-27.
Tuesday, 25th, 2:80. P. M._Do
votional exercises.
8, P. M.—The Holy Ghost as
the Leader of Missionary Work,
by E. A. Sanders, H. ('. Fentress!
and others. Our Foreign Fields,;
by James T. Ryder. j
. S, P. M.—Sermon, subject, The
Ground of, and our Obligation to
Missions, by W. W. Stewart.
Wednesday, 2Gth, 8:80, A. M.—
Discussion: The Sunday school as
a missionary Society; How to Or
ganize and How to Work It, by
W. C. Jones, II. Morris and oth
ers. The Epworth League and
Missions, by E. E. Clements,
Hampton Kelly and others.
11. A. M., Sermon, The why of
Missions, by J. M. Lovett.
2:80, P. M. Woman’s Foreign
Mission Work, by Mrs. A. I
Grimsley. The Woman’s Home
Mission Work, by Mrs. James
Bishop, Jr. The pastor’s relation
to Women’s Work, by John T.
Lowe, W. T. Clark and others.
8. IN M.—Sermon, The Spirits
of Missions Essential to Spiritual
Development, by W. C. Jones. M.—
Thursday, 27th, 8:80 A.
The pastnUs Obligation and rela¬
tion to the Missionary, by C. C.
Hines, D. P. Miles, and others.
Money and Missions, by G. W.
Childress., E. L. Tucker, and oth¬
ers, Methods of Taking Collec¬
tion's, by W. J. Flanders, T. Wil¬
liams, and others.
T/ocal preachers and other lay¬
men invited to take part in the
j work of the institute. Visitors
will receive a warm welcome,
Send names to Rev. James T.
Ryder,
H. Stubbs, P. E.
Telfair Superior Court.
‘Court convened in McRae Mon¬
day morning for the spring term.
The following gentlemen of the
EasDruVn bar were m attendance.
Solicitor-General, John F.
Judge I-). M. Roberts, James
Bishop. Jr.. Walter M. Clements,
.J. E. Wooten and official steno
•g rap her; Harlow Burch.
rani of Thanks.
T desire to return my thanks to
(friends who assisted me so nobly
j,j n |} ]e saving of my property on
gp,. njgiq of the 11th mst., when
my barn, crib and stables were
‘-destroyed by fire. Also those who
raided me in re-building stables
and lot to keep my st©ck in. Re
specif ally yours, James R, Giddkns.
Oar Subscribers its Telfair.
Our senior editor, Mr. Burch,
.spent the first part of this week
hat L Telfair court in the interest of
lhe TlME8 _ JoURNAL .
j The Times- Telfairites, Journal is read by a
g r(>a { many who attes
their satisfaction with the pa
j per by renewing theaT subscrip
on.
There are no peojaCe in Geor-
1 g r sft more hospitable Gum the good
people df Telfair county and it is
! j a great pleasure to fee with aud
j kiaow them.
A Wonderful Invert ion.
Mr. Charlie Winkler, Eastman’s
popular barber, has added quite a
im>W and ingenious improvement
to his barber shop. It is a new
SS^hould iv wuternower andiehowff andeverv
^ call you^t with
works. Why whGn
in one found red yards of IBs shop,
voti are impressed with the opinion
that a cedd wave is coming, and
immediately wonder whetber or
-.or ‘ all the vegetables will be kill-
7'Vimn^h j t once inside you feel ! i
vou Vnnrq were beiiW fanned '
Irrnng! ra hnttprflv “imply on Hoa" an Anril
You
into beautiful athwial dreams and
when you are awakened your face
\ s shaved smoothly, clothes brushed your hair and | j
combed, your shined, all the
your shoes tor
sum of 15 cents. Try the exper¬
[ment,
Wanted —Everybody to call and
see our rubber Shoe soles, 75 per
cent cheaper than leather, wears
twice as long. Williams
W J. & Son.
EASTMAN, GA., APRIL 20, i8gg.
A COM i’E i'l 1*1 > K EXAT1XA 1 ION.
—
To Select a i ;ui;U<lato tor AppoTitment
to the Naval Academy at An
napoiis.
\ com pot i vo examination will
held at Waycrpss, Ga., on Sat
urday, May 20th, for the purpose
of selecting a candidate for ap
pointment to the Naval Academy
n t Annapolis from the eleventh
Congressional District. The can
didate selected will report for ex
animation at the Academy on
September first, next. The course
is six years. The candidate elec
ted shall have been for, at least,
two years precedin' his appoint
ment-an actual aud bouafide resi
dent of the district. He must be
between the ages of fifteen and
twenty sound", years, and physically
well formed and of robust
constitution. Lpon reporting to
the Academy for admission, he
will.be examined mentally by the
academic board, m reading, wri
ting, spelling, Arithmetic, Geog
raphv, English Grammar. United
States History, • World’s History,
Algebra, through quadratic
sions, and plane Geometry, (five
books of Chauvedet’s Geometry,
or equivalent). Pound, Way
Professors E. A. ot
cross, E. J. Orr, of Brunswick, E.
J. Robeson, of Quitman, W. T.
Gaulden, of Eastman, and J. H.
O’Qunui, or Baxley, have kindly
consented to conduct the compet¬
itive examination at Waycross,
1 will be glad to furnish any ad¬
ditional information desired by
any one. W, Brantley,
G.
Brunswick Ga.
Special Train to Hawkinsville.
The Southern Railway will on
May 2nd or 8rd run a special elm
tauqua train from McRae to
Hawkinsville, which will arrive
in Hawkinsville about 10 o’clock,
A. M„ mid return after mglvt ex
: erases. t he rate will be one tare
for the round Did, and no doubt
large crowds of people will lake
advantage of this accommodating
schedule. An effort is being made
to get the schools of McRae and
Eastman to set aside that day as
picnic day, and go to Hawkins
vilie to enjoy themselves, carry
ing their lunch baskets with them.
They haw been extended the use
i of Hawkinsvillo’s parks, and every
body who visits the ehatauqua Oil
that day will be given a reduction
of half the admission fee to all
exercises. This idea is a delight
fal one and we cannot imagine a
more delightful trip for a picnic
excursion.
Re<ln<*e<l Iiates Over the Southern.
Account International Sunday
School Convention, Southern Rail
way will sell round-trip tickets
to Atlanta and return at one fare
for round-trip. Tickets on stile
April 25, 20 and 27th., good for
return until May 8rd.
On account Souther Baptist Con
xention, Louisville, Ky., Southern
Railway will sell rouud trip tick
ets from all stations to Louisville,
Ev., and return at one fare for
round trip. J’ickets on sale May
8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, good fifteen
days from date of sale.
(On-account Ocmulgee Chatau
qua the Southern Railway will
sell round-trip tickets from all
stations . to Hawkinsville, Tr Ca., at ,
(>*>e fare for round trip. Tickets
on sale April 28. 24, 25, 26. 27, 28.
2i K »it, May 1, 2, 8, 4, good for re
turn until May Hit.
On account Ninth Annual Re
union, Enited Convederate Vete
f ans, at Charleston, S. C., May
10-13, 18©8, the Southern Railway
se ^ round-trip tickets from
all points at one cent per mile,
oo May 8th, 9th and
1(, th, good for i«4urn until May
- s ^
For Kent.
Good house, with one acre of
ground, in good repair. Place
supplied with artesian water.
C< fner lot m good neighborhood.
Will rent cheap. Apply to
W. S. Waite, Eastman, Ga.
Send us your orders for Job
Work cf all kinds.
Consolidated ''Sli,
SHOT A BROTHER-iN I.VO.
A Terrible frixljrotlj Result- Near Ttf*
ton Frit in an Old Family F*mi.
Tif ton, Ga., April
morning at 8 o’clock Ben and
Henry Sinclair shot and mortally
wounded their brother-in-law, T.
L. Willis, at his lmiue seven miles
from Tifton. Willis m a farmer.
married, and has three children.
The shooting is the result of an
old l’etuT. Prom the reports which
havy just reached this point it
seems that the two Sinclair broth
ers, neither of whom is of itge,
came to Willis’ home at an early
hour today and entered t he house,
when one of them held Willis,
while the other shot him. Willis
is barely alive, and is shot inf he
face, bowels and arm. After the
shooting the two brothers left
parts unknown, They have not
yet been apprehended. Dr. Hun
ter has gone to see the wounded
man, but there is little hope
his recovery,
i
1 We publish ‘m anot her column
of the Missionru . 'o
program >
j sti futo of the Me Ran District,
which will lie held m Eastman
next week. This promises to he
quite an interesting occasion, and
| everybody is requested to attend
its exercises. A goodly
of ministers and delegates will be
in attendance from other towns
in the distrLet.
Eastman Institute News.
MISS DORA BURCH, EDITOR.
Miss Jessie Lowe, the kindergar¬
ten teacher, is quite sick this
week. We hope for her a speedy
recovery.
• The pupils and teachers of the
institute received an invitation on
ir ru i UY to attend the Hawkinsville
Chatu’uqua. We are all
| () Lyt the railroad lates
’
j,j " v en us
The j pup|ls l lh tho 'idiyov
^ al fir |Mfln to t HlIwt
Il)at runs | )( . t ween Dr. Key’s and
^ Jf E dwa"ds’ residences
l aljle cond ; (j{)n during wet
u< ‘' fi .
| ' V1 !1 "av<; ft lecture on next
n lDidn\ fiom . Lol. • ane^ **s ">i>.
y* 1 - lim puohc is < oidiu y m\i
Wo.
Prof. Gaulden offered a puze to
each of the grades for the best
written copy of the song “Dixie. ! 7
Those who wen the prizes second were:
First grade, Julia Peacock;
grade, Walter Rose; third grade,
Earl Calhoun; fourth grade. Ea
ton Page; fifth grade, Lillie May
Fielder; sixth grade, Charlie
Xoles; seventh grade, Minnie liar
ns; eighth grade, Louise Fisher,
In the ninth grade thorG was a tie
between Misses Bessie Peacock
and \ iomia Burch. Several oth
f, rs received honorable mention,
j
Notice Confederate V<*rera»s of
Dodge County.
All Confederate Veterans of our
1 county are requested to meet at
the court house in Eastman, Ga.,
on the 29th, for the purpose of
perfecting plans to.attend the re
| union at Charleston, S. C., com¬
mencing on the tenth of May,1899.
I>. M. Roberts.
Commander,
Dodge county Camp C. V.
A little twelve-months-old baby ,
| of Mr. Ed Beck, on Bine street, time!
| has been suffering for some
and the parents were unable to as
certain the cause. On Friday the
mother was rubbing the baby’s
side and found the point of some
sharp instrument. On making an
examination she pulled a darning
needle three inches in length from
the side of the little one. The
baby is improving now and will
recover.—Fitzgerald leader.
Montgomery Monitor: Coroner
Morrison was called to Lvons last
Monday to hold an inquest over
the body of Jim .Sullivan, who
was found dead at the slabpit at
Donovan’s mills. The coroner or
ganized a court of inquest and
began an investigation. In accor
dance with the evidence, the jury
decided that death was caused by i
a falling slab striking Sullivan on j
the head ■
NO. 14.
LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Interesting Items ( hronieled in lire
and Spicy I’armripahs.
Head the new ads of W. IL Hall
and G. O. Lurch in this issue.
KlJ 7,wn , ht or ton drummers were in
(1I11 . | Tuesday, and every one
j, us (ii„ s f or orders.
crowd ol Eastman s voting
people enjoyed a picnic at limns
mil 1 Sat urday.
Ten or twelve of our citizens are
attend ig the government horse
j ssalo in Macon to-day.
!
; We are glad to state that Miss
i Jessie Lowe has recovered from
[ a 11 uu mposi ton o f s < v a , ( , a W
Clerk, J. 0. Rawlins, will soon
have completed one of t ho most,
j commodious dwellings in theei
ty.
The Epworth Leaguers, returned
Tuesday morning from Columbus,
j They report a most delightful
I trip.
Quito a number of our citizens
t went up t o Macon to attend the
auction sale of army stock, which
takes place to-day.
j j There ; s an () | d wo \[ on ||, (l , : j to
of , ho l)unied Vft ,.j ( , (y works that
'should bo tilled iij> before sonic
person or animal falls into il.
Rev. W. L Harrell, of Mattie,
(la., will preach at Amoskeag hall
j on o'clock Sunday Every morning body is next cordially at II
i
I invited to at tend.
The New Barber Shop, Harrell
& Lmvery, proprietors; Will
Fayne, barber. Ever thing Lp
to-date. Give it a tri I. (forner
Railroad and Third Avenue.
Mr. John A. Hargrove hnppen
, id to the misfortune of cutting
] !ls foot with an adz on Saturday.
I The cut was very painful, hut w
(are glad to state it is iutproving.
, | Gum Swamp and Hugar creek
are becoming quite favorite resorts
with a goodly number of our cit¬
izens, . and a’few of the finery tribe
are being snatched irorn tiler wa¬
tery habitat.
We call special attention to the
advertisement of Lion coffee con¬
tained in this issue. This brand
of coffee has become quite popu¬
lar with ft large per cent., of I he
I public, and its sales are daily in¬
creasing. < i i ve i I a t ri a 1.
It is said that the Sonthers
Price , Company will give I he East
man opera house an engagement
for several days m the near fu
Dire. This company lias played
j 111 Ea-l man before, and is quite
popular with our people.
To t he person of leisure conns
the keenest appreciation of the
alternate coming and going of the
seasons. He hunts in the winter
and fishes in the summer and is
forever content. Fie is in evi
dence every where m this balmy
*
j clime.
The social and business meeting
of the Epworth League will be
held next Friday evening in <h“
parlors of the hotel DeLeitch.
The League will be the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Jf. Barrett, of
! this popular hostelry, and all are
anticipating a most pleasant eve¬
ning.
MARBiKn.-On the 4th of April,
Mr. Francs Harrell and
Mr3 - haIIl( ‘ Ir " ,,dnx - 11,0 ^ r(t -
tnony occurred at t he home of the
'M ,,0!a and "; IS I ,, * rforra ? d l,v
• 1 • ? iirk, ’ r " ,,n - ' 1 \\ ch '
r * ank as he is familliarly called
las *“ an y 1 n,; ‘ids whocongratii
httehim upon lus second nmtri
mon * a l alliance.
We heard a prominent citizen
of our town remark a day or two
ago that he would give $25 toward
building ^ larger tank for the wa
ter works-.here. It is only a ques
tiou ot a littlo<ime when this step
will b*e actually demanded by m
ce-Uty, and already the matter
has been somewhat agitated
among our citizens. The old tank
is not now in very good condition
and we are glad to see that the
que-tion i> looked upon so. favor
ably.