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K ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j PERSONAL ITEMS.! ♦ ♦ *♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ 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' '"ItZ .. . 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 ' 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 .. . 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. _____. Job r or< i ers for oeuu j Work .fal EASTMAN, CiA., OCTOBER 5. 1899- It * LOCAL MENTION. 1 1 ♦ X X 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 *“* »■— . 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 ' 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. ' ^ " 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. <► ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦❖♦♦♦♦♦♦♦/ A < > Si COUNTY NEWS. S: o < > e 41 ♦*♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦<. ♦ 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. — 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,