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Mr. W. L- Hemphill visited
gelena last, Saturday.
Judge E. Herrmau attended
court at Abbeville Monday.
Mr. B. W. Burch, of Helena,
w iv s here ou business Friday.
Mr. S. T. Miller, of Chauncey,
wa s in Eastman Wednesday.
Col. Buchanan, of Frazier, was
here Tuesday and Wednesday.
Col B. M. Frizzelle. of McRae,
was here on business Monday.
Mr. W. S. Waite went down
toMcRre on business Monday.
Col. J. Bishop attended Superior
court m Appling county this
week.
Mr. C. G. Horn visited Chauncey
and other points on business chis
week.
Mr. Joseph Williams spent Sun¬
day with his parents at Temper¬
ance.
Mr. Nathan Cameron, of Cor
dele, spent Sunday with his par¬
ents here.
Cols. E. B. Milner and Charles
Wooten Griffin left 'this morning
for Rhine.
Mrs. E. W. Millikin, of Waldo,
Fla., is visiting relatives and
friends in our city.
Miss Lena Lewis left Wednes¬
day for an extended visit to her
sister in Savannah.
Sol.-Gen. J. F. DeLacy and Col.
\V. M. Clements attended court in
Abbeville this week.
Miss Mollie Hemphill, of near
town, is suffering with a bone fel
Jon on her right thumb.
Miss Nettie Burch returned
Wednesday from an extended visit
to Airs. Roebuck at Kichwood.
Mr. E. P. Cotter, of RcRae,
visited his brother, Mr. W. H.
Cotter at this place this week.
Mr. J. B. Bankston, proprietor variety
of the plaining mill and
works at McRae, was in our city
Sunday.
Mrs. Rebecca Clements left
Wednesday for Valdosta to spend
some time with her daughter, Mrs.
Holder.
Mr. Charlie Beacham, one of
Lumber City s most clewr young
aXerS
Hon. Jno. W Clementa, of Ala
mo, visited his daughters, Mrs. S.
•J. Stubbs and Miss Ada Clements,
liproiinc J
Messrs. Jno. Taylor, V t S ,
m. app
and Strickland attended
Superior court at Abbeville Mon
day and Tuesday.
Miss Eva Burch returned Satur
day from Tallulah Falls, where she
ha, h«„ spending the past month
for the benefit of her health.
Mrs. T. R. Bone returned to her
home at Helena Wednesday after
a visit, of two weeks to her da ugh
ter, Mrs. C. M. Methvin.
] ‘. D-.r. Bland k , toodav 5
ior a trip through
- orgiaiu . the interest of }
npevaporator.
We are glad to learn that Mrs.
IV. S. VanLandingham, who has
h..p n Buffering if some time with
rheumaUsm ’ much improved.
Col. C. W: Gnffin went . down , to .
McRae Monday to iook after the
recovery of the bale of cotton
which had been stolen by a negio
tenant from Mr. John Burch, of
Arthur.
Mr. S. J. Stubbs went up to At
lanta Saturday and returned with
his wife Sunday. We are glad much to
learn that 1 Mrs Stubbs is
■mproved j- m health. u hi,
Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Gentry and
little daughter, Gladys, went
down to Lumber City Saturday.
a t which place Mrs. Gentry and
httle daughter are spending sever
al days with relatives. Mr. Gen
■try returned to Eastman Monday.
THE TIMES- JOURNAL
Eastman Times Established 1872 )
Dodge County iournal, 1SS3 1
EASTMAN HAS A FIRE.
Thirteen Buildings Were Destroyed
Tuesday Afternoon.
Fire broke out Tuesday after¬
noon m the vacant wooden build¬
ing adjoining Dr. Teasley’s drug
store, and was making rapid head¬
way when discovered. The doors
of the building in which the fire
was located were locked, and al¬
though an entrance was attempt¬
ed it was never atfected on account
of the rapid increase of the flames.
From all appearances, however,
the fire originated near the center
of the building.
In the same block, and to the
right of this building, were four
frame buildings occupied by Char¬
lie Morris, Toogie Wright, Geo.
Bowen, Will Lott, and others,
while to the hack of these build¬
ings were two or three others oc¬
cupied by Cliff Clark, Edna Pines
and others, all negroes. These
were soon enveloped in flames, and
in a very short time nothing but
the chimneys were left stauding.
In the meantime the fire com¬
pany, which had responded very
promptly to the alarm, together
W1 th numbers of citizens, were ex
erting every energy to keep the
fire from crossing the street to
this side, as it was here that the
greatest danger lay. They were
almost completely handicapped
however on account of the fact
that the tank at the waterworks
was very near empty, and no wa¬
ter was obtainable except from
the nearby wells. The roof of
the colored Masonic hall proved
too inviting to the fire, and re¬
gardless of heroic work to prevent
the fire from crossing, it was soon
m flames. From this point the
fire spread to a shanty occu¬
pied by Sue Kellam and also Josh
Butler’s biacksmith shop, on one
side, while on the oth* r id tlm
building occupied by M il Ming
and Alex Bell r
stand and shoe shop J^an.a ic
tim to the fire * ravages'
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were Dnr S t ’“ ‘efforts
firemen and citizens were exerted
to save the two story frame build¬
ing ou the corner, known as the
8. T. Rogers building. If the fire
had reached this it would have
endangered the whole business
part of town, but by hard work
the fire was kept from reaching
it, and further spread of the
flames was prevented. building the
I he buck on coi
nor owned by Mr. L E. Wooten
rBr“v*t^ D ihefla .,1or y
me a
s
t0 1 wm
^°" ral ? 1 ‘‘ , t i pr wooden
work m . the ieai caugfit U „uf g tire ire ana
in a short time the whole interior
0 f the store was ablaze. This was
the last building to burn down,
^be wooden structures having
caught quicker and burned much
more rapidly. of other buildings
A number
caught from coals and ap.KS scat
Hy » ■ ,
' 8 held insurance to
f) * T ] ey Jf stock
. ouu t $500 on his
f G* ‘ d Wooten held
o“s,d“ • for $600 on the building,
0 11 of this none of the other
sa\Msl"mest re mBU red. The dar
kies of their goods and
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househoi 1 • ' • • did tho best
| ' uad W the circum
s a,lC 9 j J , rs members were al
j ’, . L the account S of no
water being 11 subject wind to
their demands, an , , t }ie
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been blowingthe bua ‘ PP - 1^ - of
t ion, the whole ^
town would doubt.es ..
destroyed. the iti _
Among young * * ti
f f ‘ u u9 h ^ c tork during the Hal fire Rob
r , w H dements, ^
erts, Henry Muiiin, r
p R. r " J Tudce “ d g e Henry * Herrman,
’ Ernest
Jewee Reid, I ark Harper, tl r '
Edwards, Jno. Burch, ana w.
Hargrove.
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r or< i ers for
oeuu j
Work .fal
EASTMAN, CiA., OCTOBER 5. 1899-
It * LOCAL MENTION. 1 1
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The ice season is about over
and coal and wood are in demand.
Hon. W. G. Brantley and chil¬
dren, of Brunswick,passed through
Eastman Monday enroute to At¬
lanta.
Little Auamaude and Jim. D.
Harrell, who have been quite sick
with fever, have about recovered
their normal health.
Mr. R. C. Littla, a cotton buy¬
er of Dublin, committed suicide
Monday. No cause is assigned
for the deed.
Rev. W. F. Strickland will
preachat the Amoskeag ballon
Sunday evening at 7 o’clock sharp.
All are invited to attend.
Mr. W. H. Paul is able to be
out again. He has been suffering
with a severe attack of rheuma¬
tism.
During the fire Tuesday Mr.
Sauls Peacock, of the fire com¬
pany, had his right hand painfully
cut by a broken window pane.
Mr. Walter Rawlins clerked for
W. R. Hall during a part of last
week, Mr. Waller Phillips being
slightly indisposed for a few
days.
Misses Cathriue and Vivian
Norris returned to their home in
Brunswick Friday after a visit
of several days to Miss Lula
Murrell.
A number of cit izens were heard
to ironically remark during the
fire Tuesday afternoon that there
was plenty < »f water—in the
bottom of the well.
Mr j ohn Hurc 0 f Arthur, was
here Monday looking after a
of cotton which was stolen from
him last week by a negro tenant,
He found the cotton at McRae,
but the negro had escaped for
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A singing convention will be'
held at Little Ocmulgee church
on the 5th Sunday in October,
This convention is called a Union
Quarterly Singing, and is partici
pat.ad in by the people of the sur
rounding section. Every body is
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cordially invited.
Mr. Ben Bussey and mother, of
Chauncey, were in our city Mon
j d ? Mr. Bussey while here had
Dl j no B Clark to cut out, an
^ Him. The
operation was a very painful one,
j the doctor performed it very
quickly and also skillfully.
; We visited, , the , farms , of , Messrs. , r
| j and Robt. L. Pruitt, about
H irf?e miles above town, on Satur
all( j were treated to an abund
ance G t flue sugar cane. There
aTe no men " m the country more
clever than the Messrs. Pruitt,
and besides, they are hustling
farmers.
The Timc-Jonrnai teamed the
citizens and authorities of East
; man sometime ago against just
such a circumstance as occurred
here Tuesdav afternoon. So far as
stopping (ir,-is concerned, the
town has no water works, and part
j of 1 he time ii is not possible to
' ^et enough water for home use.
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Protracted ., began , at the ,
sea vices
Met.iooist eburen Suu< a w <*" .
’~L' prohab.v continue . iiroug
two weeks. A large attendance is ■
earnest red at these meet
;, . r _ < .... held at 10a. m.,
j an requests d 7:30, p. to m. announce Rev. J. that T. Ryder, the
us
, above meetings have been suspend -1
P( i until further notice, on account i
c f the inclemency of the weather
We learn that after the smoke
f thp fir o? e had cleared away the
remains r m a blind tiger were dis
covered among the rums. rn?na I >
hole, had be,n dn* m th. ground
under one of the budding, m
which two large jugs were placed
for the purpose of storing away
the spirituos fluids. The fire did
a good deed m this instance, i no
other.
Consoli.Uteil iSSS.
DODGE VS. WILLIAMS.
Testimony in This Famous Ease Now
Hemp Heard in Eastman.
The taking of testimony in the
case of the Dodge Company vs.
Williams, et. al., began in Kast¬
man at the court house yesterday
under the supervision of Mr. Tal¬
ley, who was appointed for this
purpose by Judge Emory Spee.,
of Macon. While this case was
brought against L. L. Williams,
et. al. a great many of t he defend¬
ants did not know Williams and
had never heard of him until they
were served with the papers in the
case. The defendants in this fa¬
mous case, owing to the enormous
expense which they had already
incurred, requested Judge Speer
to visit tins section and hear the
testimony, as they were, most of
them, people of very moderate
means and not able to pay expen¬
ses of themselves and witnesses to
Macon and return at each trial.
Judge. Speet could not do this,
buthe appointed Mr. Talley to
come in his stead and take all
testimony in the case at the most
convenient point in the counties
where the land lies. This was an
act of great kindness upon the
part of J udge Speer, and has saved
many dollars to the people of
this section. They h.’ghly appre¬
ciate this favor and request us to
express their thanks to him
through this medium.
Something over three hundred
defendants, outside of witnesses,
had been summoned to appear in
this ease, and had they all been
required to visit Macon, with
their witnesses, a terrible expense
would have been necessary, which
would have required a largo part
of the value of the land to pay.
Most of the land involved in
this suit lies in the counties of
Do(lf , e) Laurens, Telfair and Mont
ff , mif , ry< ttfir1 was granted by the
stat e of Georgia to UeterJ. Wil
ii am s in 1834, and conveyed from
him by title through ouo <>r two
rtther pities to the Georgia Lum
Her Company, .him. .ttempto.1 to
operate a big saw mill business at
Lumber City, Ga. ms firm,
which was composed altogether of
Northern people, soon failed, and
its members gathered up what
movable property they could and
skipped for parts unknown with
‘"it even their nearest neighbors
knowing when they left or where
they were going. ThevJeft all their
hands unpaid, from their highest
salaried nu n down to their wood
choppers, as well as all other in¬
debtedness which they had incurr¬
ed, even to the taxes on land held
by them. Daniel McMillan, a
large planter of near Lumber City,
had furnished them large amounts
of supplies, for which he secured
a judgment against the firm. A
man by the name of Steele, who
was a blacksmith at the mill, and
Cornelius Ashley, another em¬
ployee of the company, also se¬
cured judgments for the amount
due them. 'Fax executions were
also issued against the concern.
The prop-Tty was levied upon and
land was sold at sheriff’s sale un
der these from execul( 1 Gz to lons be at and various it is
times ,
under a sheriff s t it b- taut nearly
all part.*, are holding the .and at
present. lane
in the mean .
hers of the firm ot Lie Georgia
Lumber Co. were speculating toland in
the nurth upon the titles
they had owned m him section,
a nd in the course ot t runsactioiis
they came iuto th possession of
the atate of Indian . i y were
fi aa iiy pur.-iM.--d by ir. Wm.
Pitt Eastman for a very small
um# Heat once cam- here to!
i GO j. a fter the property and sent
hiH agents all over the country to |
buy up all other titles for the land I
which could be secured but a
great many positively refused to
sell their claims and have retained
possession up to this tune. Mr. ]
o“lT • 60 id his titles to Mr.
‘-.age, „f New York, and five
years ago, about fifty-five y^
attf . r the sheriff’s sale, Dodge in
g^tuted suit m the federal court
recovery of the lauds in
NO. 46.
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From Guillens.
Mr. G. E. Pruett left yesterday
for a few days visit, to relatives
and friends in Wilkinson countv.
Messrs. R. L. Pruett and D. M.
Giddens visited friends at Gross
ton on Sunday last.
Mr. It. A. Evans, of near Chaun
cey, visited relatives here on Sat¬
urday last.
Mrs. Julia Conkle is teaching a
music school at this place.
Among the boys who went from
this place to play with the B. B.
team at Beehive against the But¬
ter Milk Conventiou boys were:
Messrs T. W. and J. A. Giddens,
John Harrell and Wm Brauom.
The hoys report a very interesting
game. When t he game was called
'ey Umpire Dykes the score was
announced 0 to 7 in favor of the
Giddens-Beehive boys. Last game
for this season.
Mr. T. W. Giddens is suffering
very much with a sprained arm
at this writing. We hope *ere
long lie will be himself again.
The little five months old child
of Mr. and Mrs. I). T. Dvkes that
has been quite sick for the past H
weeks, is some what better at
< Ins writing.
The farmers of this section are
generally their about done gathering
cotton crop. Though short
as crops are, they are far better
than was formerly anticipated.
Pimm v.
A chord Items.
Mr. John Paul is visiting rela¬
tives in Dubois 1 his week.
Mr. Clifford Aehordgave Macon
a flying visit this week.
Mr. J. L. Medlin, of this place,
is visiting relatives in Dempsey.
Miss Alice Yauucey returned on
Friday last from an extended vis¬
it to her sister, Mrs. Wash Slater,
at Baxley.
Mr. J. II. Harper, of < )chwalkee,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
J. L. Medlin, this week.
Mr. Henry Herrman, of East¬
man was in our city Wednesday
last, for a short while, Will be
glad to see him Gignilliafte, again soon. of this
Mrs. N. P.
place, is spending this week with
, er mother, Mrs. S. F, Sanders, at
Spring Hill.
Rev. C. C. Hines conducted ser
vices here Sunday, ll- lias a regu¬
lar appointment here every fourth
Sunday. All are cordially invited
to attend.
Mr. Sam Blow, of Abbeville,
has been visiting his brother, Mr.
T. P. Blow, this week.
Mr. W. II. Powell is visiting
relatives and friends at Wenona.
We wish him a pleasant time.
Mrs. Berta WLully, of near Hel¬
ena, Spent Sunday with Misses
Alice and Gusie Doughtry.
Mr. N. P. Gignillialte visited
Brunswick Saturday and Sunday
last.
Miss Mai fie Yauncey is visiting
friends at Cox this week.
Mr. Clinton Fletche;,of Helena,
was here Tuesday last. We are
always glad to see him.
It is with extreme sadness that
chronicle the death of .Mrs.
Weaver, which >eeurred at her
home at Achord on Wednesday
Ja , t at H o'clock. Mrs. Weaver
h a » been paralyzed for four years.
^ s at the home of her daugh- tvo
Mm . L . .„
r jed to'zio.m Hoo‘ church grave
J rd for illtorrraellt .
Daisy Beixk.
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question.
This is the condition in which
the case now stands, and every
available b,t of evident ,« beo.g
produced by both sides. Judge
Speer has ordered t rmt all testi
mony bo rendered to him by the
firm of December, utter win.dl he
vVlll r( , vi(;W the evidence and ren
,j e r a decision.
Itisestimatedthatovftr$2,000.
worth of propertv'ie at steak,