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THE TIMES-J0URNAL
VOL. 27.
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Dr. I. N. Buchan, of Dexter,
was here this week.
Mr. W. N. Li etch went up to
Macon Tuesday on business.
Mr. Sol Herr man returned
Monday from a visit to Indian
Spiug.
Mr. D. IT. Holt, a prosperous
farmer of Pulaski <©oxmty, was in
the city Tuesday.
Mrs. John Vaughn, of Lumber
City, visited Mips. E. iR. Smith,
of our town, this week.
Mr. Claude Eubanks., of Frank¬
lin. Ky., is circulating among his
Eastman friends again.
Mrs. Cal frey Clark, of Moultrie.,
is visiting the family of her fa¬
ther-in-law, Mr. Matthew Clank,
of our town.
Mr E. T. Gentry and Sbwirff
J. C. Rogers went up to Atlanta
Monday night, and spent Tuesday
in that city.
Misses Mamie Lou and Uda
Tommie Barrett, <©f Lumber C*tv.
«■» g*IMU. visiting .parents .it
Mrs. E. H. Bacon returned •Sat
fiai'day from ;a '-visit of several days
to her daughter, Mrs. A. R. Col
■eord, of Aitilanta.
Mies Bessie diver, a pretty And
popular young lady of McRae,
spent the past, week with the fam
ilyofMr. J. T. .Johnson, of our
town.
Mr.. K_ ill . Bacon, jr.., and
Minnie Wilflingham, accompanied
by little Miss Nellie Edwards,Juft
Monday for Tiftou, where they
will visit friends and relatives.
Mr. A mm -John-soui rendered ms
valuable assistance this week in
getting up our paper., one of -osur
typos, Mr. John .Burch, being on
the sick list.
Master Dudley .-Smith left on
Saturday last for Washington
county, where he will -spend his
vacation with relatives. We wish
for him a most pleasant visit.
Mr. W, W„ Ash hum and son,
Howard, returned to their home
m Atlanta Tuesday. They were
accompanied foy Master Rani Rob¬
erts, who is visiting relatives at
Decatur.
Mr. Edgar Boh-an.naEi received a
fine new camera last week, with
which he can take .a picture 5xS
inches. If you want your beauty
struck according to the original
•design, secure hie services,.
Miss Annie Reiffi'ise, of Coeli
ran, E. is visiting the family of Mr.
M. Peacock, Sr. Miiss Renfiroe
has visited Eastman before, and
has many friends here who -are
always «W. glad to have her visit our
M e are informed that Mr, Zack
Dennis, who lives several miles be
low Hawkinsvilie, in this county,
kiited two bushels of grasshoppers
on h.is farm last week. Other
citizens are said to have ex term i
haied large numbers of them.
Mr, L. F, Wooten on Saturday
last purchased the mercantile bus
mess of Mr. S. T. Rogers, of our
towu. W. e understand that Mr.
Wooteu will sell out the entire!
stock of goods at retail, and close
up the business. It is said that I
Mr. Rogers will move to Macon I
and engage in business there. I
Mr. .J, C. Rawlins, of our town, I
presented us on ~ morning j
<T> ositv we |
melon. ever saw in the shape of a water
The rind of this melon
was known perfectly yellow all over, Jacket” and
i» as the “Yellow
variety. that The meat is exactly like
of any ordinary watermelon,
and no difference can be detected
i^i +he taste. Mr. Ra vlins secured
the seed in Florida, and this is the
first of the variety that he has
raised. They weigh from 25 to 30 1 I
pounds, and are more attractive
as a curiosity than m anv other!
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Eastman Times Established 1S72 I
Dodge County iournal, 1SS3 1
ELECTED PRINCIPAL.
Prof. N. W. Hurst, of Tliomastoa, <So.,
Secures the Position.
At a maetiwg of the city board
of education on Saturday last.
Prof. N. W. Hurst, who for the
past two years has been principal
of the R. E. Lee Institute at
Thomaston. Ga.. was elected
principal of the Eastman Insti
tuate for the 'ensuing year. Prof.
Hurst was highly recommended
for the place, and is said to
have stood-a most creditable ex
animation. He is an experienced
teacher, having spent several
years in this profession, during
which time he was principal at
Floviilla, Ga., for two years, and
we trust that our peop'e will be
greatly pleased with his services.
Miss Georgia Foster, the pre¬
vious music teacher,was re-elected
for the ensuing year,
A vocal dnpartment was also
created, and 'the position as
teacher of this department was
tendered Miss Margaret Oat man
Dew, whose splendid voice added
much to the interest of our recent
commencement .exercises.
The Institute’s prospects for the
year are exceedingly
!T* bt * 8nd , *»«••«*• . . y«n»ol»t best.and .
the }■«,.' ™»u oe the
most successful in the history oi
the school,
THE TELEGRAPH INCORRECT.
E. B. Milie r ami Sheriff J. C.
Rogers were Misrepresented.
jn last Sunday’s issue of the
Macon Telegraph appeared an ar
t j c le relative to the case of Will
Wilson, in which Col. E. B. Mil
of our town, and also Sheriff
J. C. Rogers were grossly misrep
iresent>ed.
This artiede stated that Col.
Milnerclaimed to have requested
Mrs. Ozburn and other relatives
of the murdered man to have 1)is
body taken up and the bullets
with which he was killed exam
lined to ■« •e if they were ot diff< r
ent caliber. tCol. Milner says lie
has never made any such sta’e
ment:; that he did suggest to Mr.
Hamilton Clark and others, that
this would be a good method of
ascertaining whether or not Mr.
Ozbiurn was shot with two differ¬
ent sized pistols, but that he has
never made any .overtures to Mrs.
Ozbnni or any of her relatives,
nor has he ever said that he did.
In this article it was also stated
that Sheriff Rogers had joined in
with (Col. Milner in signing an
fidavdt stating that they did not.
believe Wilson guiilty. Sheriff
Rogers says that he has
made any such affidavit, nor has
Col. Milner, that he knows of.
Sheriff Rogers arrested Wilson,
i was «®tav:icted a»d sentenced to
be hanged, and Mr. Rogers has
j made no attempt: to interfere with
I sentence oi thecouit, >ut oa -
been ready and willing at an} time
to carry «:ut it« orders.
Up to the hour of going <U> press
no i^ews has been received as to
what Wilson’s fate will be.
ease has been considered by the
pardon board, but as yet no d<eeis
ion has been announced. Euless
further orders are received, how
ever, Wilson will be hanged to
morrow between the hours of 10
and 11 o’clock on the same gal
lows recently used for the execu
t on ot Cain Stephen*.
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Til ° Eastman and Oemulgee Lailwa>. ....
The preliminary survey of the
Kastman and Ocmulgeh Railway
was completed last weea, and iff
permanent line will now soon he
located, Tiie distance of the sur
vey to p ea cock O ’J} still
wa9 ]4^ miles. w
0 f stock called for has been sub¬
gcribed( arK j a meeting of the
(stockholders will beheld on the
24 th of this month, at which time
an organization will he perfected
an( j 0 fhcers elected.
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A pleasant entertainment was
given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Johnston on \\ edne.-uai
evening complimentary to their
guest, Miss Bessie Oliver, oi
JlcRae. AIiss Oliver returned to
home today. i
EASTMAN, GA., JULY 13, 1899.
f LOCAL MENTION. I
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carnes re¬
turned Saturday from a visit of
several days to relatives in Flor
ida
The Eastman “nine 11 won an¬
other game of ball from the cross
road team on . Friday ifi afternoon
last. The score was to 21.
The town was without arteasian
water for two days this week on
account of repairs which had to
be done on the boiler and pump.
The East man Fire Company
will leave on Monday next for
Cumberland Island, where a week
will he spent in pleasure and
recreation.
Our watermelon contest is pro¬
gressing ttieedy.. Remember every
citizens who enters this contest
has five chances of winning, and
even a medium sized melon may
win a prize. /
Miss E. Ringer, of Macon, will
deliver a lecture at the Eastman
auditorium on the night of August
the 1st, at H;30 o’clock. Sub¬
ject, “The(Glories of the Mind.
All pupils of the Eastman Insti¬
tute admitted free General
mission, 25 cents.
On the night of Julv 27th., an
entertainment lasting about two
hours wifll be given at the East
mau Institute. The purpose of
this entertainment will be to (led
icate the new hell, which has re
cently been put in position by
the board of education, and it
will no doubt be interesting and
entertaining.
“It is an ill wind that blows no
one any good,” and the grass
hopper plague is not without its
benefits. We learn that one citi
zeu out <©n the river caught 100
p uuds of catfish with nothing
bit grasshoppers for bait,
another pulled out S5 pounds,
There is money in grasshoppers
when they can be disposed of in
this manner.
Mr. J. M. Jackson requests us
to annominee to his customers
that his small supply of ice Sun¬
day was due to the fact that his
order failed to reach its destina¬
tion at the proper time, causing
considerable m the
meet. Tbe circumstances were
unavoidable, but he will keep a
sharp lookout tor . such t lungs in
future, and the same thing
j baldly occur again.
A telephone message to this
[place Monday Stuckey, announced of that
Mr. H. T.
Ga., suffered a stroke of paraly
sis some time Monday morning
| and was m a critical condition
Mr. Stuckey has a number of
1,01)1 ■ • lll< r .‘.. a ! Vf s I' 1 n>
.
omn \ , w io \u > - i».un< < °
to hear of hisaflhetion.
The National board of tire mi
derwriters has offered a reward of
for the detectioii, conviction
a nd punishment of the party or
parties who on trial may be found
guilty by the court of the crime
0 f incendiarism or arson in tiring
the barn owned by Mr. Jas. R.
Giddens, 4 miles North of East
man,on the 11th of Aprii last. It
will he remembered that some
time ago a man by t he name of
Solomon and an oldi woman by
tl) „ name 0 f Snipes, both white,
placed in jail here charged
with this crime.
In appreciation of his splendid
services, Messrs. II. J. Lamar &
Son, of Macon, Ga., have pre
sented Mr. Hector Cameron with
a free trip to Richmond, Ya.,
Washington, D. C., and other
points of interest. Mr. Cam
eron is one of Eastman’s
most popular youug men, and ha ! -
heen in the employ of Lamar &
Son only a few months, but as the
above will show he lias duriue
that time risen rapidly in
their estimation and esteem.
His many friends here will be
delighted to know ...a he is
taming such spread,c, -ucc ss in
the Central city.
Consolidated iSSS.
DROWNED IN THE OEMI I,(iEE.
Two Neproes Meet Death while Selu
ilia llelow Rhine.
On Saturday afternoon last,
about five miles below Rhine, Co¬
lumbus Parker, a darkey well
known in Eastman, and another
negro whose name we were unable
to learn, were drow ned while sem
ing in the Ocmulgee river.
A party of about 15 men had
gone down the river on a fishing
expedition, and was seining at
what is known as the old boat
yard. While the seine was being
drawn in Columbus Parker became
entangled in it, and when an at¬
tempt was made to draw him out
the seine was so rotten that it tore
loose and left the helpless darkey
to fight the water alone. At this
juncture, another darkey hastened
to the assistanceof Columbus, w ho
at this time seemed tobedrown
mg. When Columbus was reach
ed he grasped the darkey and held
to him with all his might and both
were drowned together. It, is sup¬
posed that they drifted m a whirl¬
pool, or quick sand, as the water
was only about breast deep at the
place where Columbus became
tangled with t he peine.
Eater advices state that Co
lumbusdid not become entangled
in the seine at all, but, his death
resulted solelv from the fact that
he became frightened, and the
water where he was drowned is
said to have been six tret,
Three other men experienced
row escapes.
The bodies of both darkies were
found Monday afternoon at 5
o’clock, the body of one being
about^thr. e quarters of a
mile below the place where they
were drowned and the the other a
quarter of a mile further down.
Their bodies were terribly deconi
posed and had to he handled with
the greatest of care to keep the
flesh from falling from the bones,
Both were buried near the river.
“Clurn” Barker, as he was gen
erally known, formerly lived in
Eastman and was an indust rious,
hard-working darkey, having lived
for about five years upon the farm
°f Mr. M. E. Burch, near town,
A Few Words More from Dr. J. II. Clark
In regard to the attack and ac¬
cusation made upon me in the
last week’s issue of the Timbb
Journal by the Mayor of East
man, I have only this to say, that
if lam not. superior t o such accu¬
sations emanating from such a
source, I have lived in vain.
Mv position has been fully vin
dicated by tests resulting in pos
tive proof that my diagnosis is in
accordance with all medical
science and teacliing. Therefore,
1 most respectfully leave this
question to the fair and unbiased
thinking public.
I am still in Eastman ton main,
and with the same diagnosis that
there has been no smallpox {|„ in our
or llnythillg ‘ t evoll
j 00 j <0( j j,
Joii.v B. Clark, M. D.
A I’lcasant Evening,
q u vinlandinghrtin Monday night last Miss
Eyie entertained
num i )er j 1( . r friends at her
| K)tm . ,,, thisc'tv
The attractions of ihe evening
W( ^j” , r< , pleasant conversation crok
jn j dehcioiw watermelon and
the )est of () f , ,.j ce creiuil
meJoii fp . lS< wa0 h ( ] out of doors.
under the silvery glimmer of the
stars, which rendered it more en
jovable. sociable
This was given in honor
of Miss Bessie Ol ver, a beautiful
and accomplished young lady f
McRae, Ga., and a friend of Miss
Evie. The guests remained until
late hour, and before
thanked Mi .-3 YanEand
ingharn for her royal hospitality.
There were present, Misses
Bessie Oliver. Etna Peacock, Liz
Matthews, Bailie Mashburu and
Evie Yar Landingham;and Messers
Arthur Eietch, John Matthews,
Peacock, W. O. Lumpkin,
Kafford YanLandingham and R
H. Rellv. I m s.
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i COUNTY NEWS.
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Maureen Mention.
We had a splendid rain Satur¬
day night which was much needed.
The Maureen Minstrel
lias had several invitations to give
entertainments at other places.
Mr. M. we * ,f '£ vour pardon,
please allow us to say t liat all w ho
acted a part in the entainmont at
Ragan’s schoolhmise were Mau
reenites except, one, who only act¬
ed as stage manager for that night.
A few of our young people at¬
tended the ice cream supper at
Nameless last Friday night. They
report a most pleasant time.
We had the pleasure on last.
Thursday of attending a picnic
and fish try on Gum Swamp. A
magnificent dinner was spread and
all present spent a most pleasant
day.
The Maureen and Beehive hall
clulis crossed bats here last Satur¬
day afternoon. When nine in¬
nings had been played the score
was found to he even. Another
inning, however, gave the victory
to Maureen by a score of 21 to 20,
After •spending a wee with
the family of their uncle, lr. S.
\r |SM s 11 ' 1111 all< !*' Vv'h' ' " ' l m ”
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returned . their home . ,
to at Ste
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med by tlunr cousin Miss Bess.o
1 1 '. s ' " !' !1 1,1 ’ lu li " 11
^'v,.ek vyitl. \nes«‘attractive . her uncle, Mr. . young N.ch- la¬
*.J* s 'J* 11 'El • l " < a-ting
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ho P fl wlU V18!t th,i9e .
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u'jain soon.
Decidedly tin* most enjoyable
affair of the season was the enter¬
tainment given at the hospitable
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Nieh
olson, near here, on Tuesday even
. week, complimentary
t»g ot last
to their nieces, _ Misses Horten so
and Nellie \\ ynne, ot htephens
V'lle, and M'ss Bessie Rogers, of
^ idnlia. he charming hostess.
Maud Nicholson, did every¬
thing in her power to make the
eyening puss pleasantly, and all
who were* present will attest that
in this she was rem'arkahly suc¬
cessful. A very amusing and m
tere.slmg feature ot the evening
was the recital ion. “ Kissing,” ” by
Miss Bessie Morris, which was ex
eeedmgly well delivered, Among
th <»se present were; Miss Hoi
tense U ynne and John I’eacock,
M ies Nellie \\ ynne and .John Rog
( ' ls ’ Miss Minnie Rawlins and Jim
I eucock. Miss Bessie Morris and
J. Ivey Jesup, N Miss Laura Harrell
and (Purge io hoi sou, M iss Met t io
Phillips and Jim Rogers, Miss
Phillips and Idus Johsiij ».
Cora Bond and Joe Smith,
Miss Eilljn Rowell and Euther
Rawlins, Miss Nellie Ragan and
Oscar Griffon, Miss Mary Ei/zio
Williams and John Colson, Miss
Frances Tripp and Eawrence
Wright. 1. and u.
From I’crdar S|iing .
The road commissioner of this
section is thoroughly aroused, and
tl,,J Eoys may look out for
Eirther orders- A footway lias
ulrt ' ;i<J y heen pEmted, and Mr.
-Martin declar< is empliat ically,
th at t he road must be cut to
01 ‘der. Ihis may mean that a
1)( ‘" bridge will be built, and ij so,
Mr. Lark Hargrove will get some
r,loH} t he short staple cotton t
1 he public ford between East¬
man and Parkerson is in a very
bad condition, and unlesi the
needed is done, it will be al¬
most impassable during the fall
and winter. One day has already
been spent on the road and spe¬
invitations issued to the bo vs
to be readv on Thursday
morning to take the stumps 011 *.
Mrs. June Smith, daughter of
Mr. Joe Graham, died on Milli¬
the 3rd inst. She leaves 1
husband, four children und a la rue
number of friends and relative- to
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