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THE NEWS
Thursday, Ficb. 7, 1895.
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Midi'SalHe Barron mode a fly¬
ing vi%it to the Central City last
ve ik/ »;*. : " ' • v
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B. JL- Bradley » improving his
premises fey. building a yard and
garden fenco* - •
Mia* Kate Morgan camo up last
Frid|jfievening and spent Satur¬
day and Sunday with her parents.
The widows of Confederate sol-
diergwfio are entitled to pensions
can get their money by calling on
Ordinary Ross.
Wc»re certainly under obliga¬
tion* to Mrs. Pope and her sister,
Worsham, in their ef¬
fort* to assist The News.
Wounded soldiers who draw a
pension _fr°m the State are reques-
ted4»>e»li oj» th^Ordinary and
J’jigtjeg passing through Gray
wi!N»ii£er a favor by calling and
giviagjisthe hews in their reapec-
tiv^loealities.
Wfe understand that the school
, atd&lihton opened last Monday.
W#tmpe to have a correspondent
frtun tiiat place by our next issue.
some of the best men
offtfse'Souaty Who havn’t as yet
for Tax News. How
2Er this state pf things ex-
ie y. •*, * - , _ Christmas
•.The,weather *ince
hjgrbeen of that character as to
keep the farmers in doors. They
44ve-practically done nothing to-
ward preparing for another crop.
--jW# 'see that some of
•^I' fkritters killed who preparing had their to fajl
<«£« are bow
Zgif&i 1 • When the farmers fill
-jripi meat, corn, oats,
peiiP&&, the cry of hard
fev-k ttMta’vrfU ^ be$* thing of the past.
.
who , . . elected 3
was A
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khfsplaq** Juitb And. ^t, ii
6 P en
iett Monday. .JtVe.are greatly in
Let
wrk ’tiU we getone. ',
?oiither, who having
the rabbits hereabout,
the piney woods this week
-ia.qgest of raore rabbits. He got
and re *
turned C.W-V home, apparently several
pomMs v
gamer.
"* Wiogiadly give this week
space
Mrs. E. G. Harde-
was so long identified
fosrkh .this people, and in whose
love for the county
will last as long as life itself.
from the8e Bcene,s
a vacancy that will be
fill. Our columns are
aver ©pen to this gifted^writer and
c '«!i$stian worker.
"There were exactly 198 tons of
delivered to the farmers
from this point last season. For
the present season up to date
'there has been only two delivered,
and from the best information
can get, none ordered. We
take it as a good sign that the
farmers of this section are not
to raise 5 cents cotton very
intensively.
i We ate reliably informed that
Mf. E. T. Morton, who is one of
. the largest and most successful
farmers of the county, has lost
nearly, if not all, of his large
hogs from cholera. This
is a heavy loss at any time, but
'coming as it does in these times
«rf cheap cotton, when hog-raising
so essential, it is doubly so.
There is a young man at Gray
-who has been enquiring as to our
. facilities for printing wedding
• cards. Another who is not quite
«n young, and who having once
been marrid, is contemplating, so
his friends say, of trying the vir-
*ue of printer’s ink in qnest of
another. To both of these gen¬
tlemen we would say come on and
let your wants be known, we are
always glad to serve those in your
condi Don.
On last Friday, Feb. 1st, in the
United States court, Judge
issued an order directing the
cfliver of the Macon it Northern
railroad to pay to this county
♦784, 48. This is tax money due
the county by the road for the
year 1894. The intervention was
brought by our wide-awake Ordi¬
nary, Judge Ross.
That was n small but apprecia¬
tive audience that greeted I’rof.
Stonebraker at the court house
last Monday night, where he had
on exhibition one of Edison’s
wonderful inventions, the phono¬
graph. Before introducing his
machine the Prof, entertains his
audience with a kind of lecture,
Edison and his inventions being
the theme from which his remarks
were drawn. He is a man above
the average in point of intelli¬
gence, and his remarks were in¬
structive and entertaining, but
we think rather lor^ to suit the
younger portion of his audience.
The phonograph was well loaded
too, but was charged with more of
a variety, its reproductions being
from one extreme to the other,
from the beautiful chime bells,
sweetly tolling “Nearer My God
to Thee,” it would give us at a
lively rate, “Johnny Get’er Gun,”
with Bob Ethridge and Gene Mor¬
gan putting in the bass. To those
who have never seen one, an eve¬
ning with Prof. Stonebraker and
his phonograph will be profitably
and pleasantly spent.
THE NEWS FROM JAMES.
The weather has been so bad
down here for the past week that
your correspondent has been una¬
ble to gather any news.
Mr. A. Mrs. L. P. James and
Miss Rosa, spent Monday in Ma¬
con.
Eugene and Ira’ Bragg and Lu¬
ther Morton come down every
Sunday afternoon to attend Sun¬
day school, and sometimes they
stay so late that their horses won’t
wait for them, and Ira has to bor¬
row Mr. K’s horse and leave all
the gates open so his horse can
come on.
Ira Bragg came down to Sun¬
day school last Sunday and left
his big coat with Joe Marsh. Job
had to go up near Robert’s Sta¬
tion to see Mr. Silas about a lit¬
tle school matter and forgot to
leave the key. Ira was forced to
go homo without his overcoat or
go back and stay until Joe re¬
turned ; we think he stayed.
Your Haddocks correspondent
sat down on me last week about
trying to be funny, and takes me
to task about my claim that
James was the best place in this
good old county. He Rays that
even the ignoramuses will admit
that the beautiful (with a big B)
city of Haddock is entitled to
that claim. I don’t doubt it, I
expect they will; that is one ob¬
jection I have to the ignoramus,
he will do most any thing to disa¬
gree with intelligent people. He
also says they are not bothered
with two legged hogs, chicken
coons or tramps. This is agreea¬
ble news* but all we see are either
coming from or going to II. and
they may have been friends of
your correspondent going home,
but wo thought they were tramps
and hope our friend will pardon
us as we did not intend any reflec¬
tion on these people; we honestly
thought they were tramps.
Alleck Smart.
VEST- POCKET MAPS.
The best Map of Georgia pub¬
lished is one just issued by The
Matthews- Northrup Co. It is a
new departure in the Map line,
being put up in Vest-Pocket form
and INDEXED, giving at a glance
the location and population of
Counties, Cities, Villages, Post-
offices and Stations, and showing
all Railroads. It is printed in
seven colors, in strong covers, and
is correct to date. Mailed on re-
ceipt of 13 tw'o-cent stamps. Ad-
dress The Matthews-Northrup Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Fast seller. Agents
wanted.
ROI NDOAK PENC1LINGS.
lawk here, Mr. newspaper man,
have a straw in my lingers
which I hold between Mr. Some¬
body at Haddock and “Alleck
Smart.” of James.' Help me rub
off the war paint and persuade
them not, tonight. He must in-
deed be a Cole—man at heart to
go at “Alleck” in the style he
does, simply because lie puffs his,
town. Let Mr. Somebody inflate
Haddock to the eh tiro satisfaction
of his innate nature, and crown
her with automatic leaves and
purple berries if he likes, but why
not. allow “Alleck” to lie tho halo-
scope through which the rare ex¬
cellence of James may be exhibi¬
ted according to bis own desires?
He should remember, too, that
there is a little speck on the face
of the earth called Round Oak,
which is certainly entitled to his
magnanimous consideration. Look
at the halo of plum bushes which
encircle her. We also boast with
exultant pride of a big red gully,
an old oak etiimp, a dry well, an
empty restaurant, a collapsed
warehouse and an ebonieed gam¬
bling club, with corn liquor at¬
tachment. We are soon to have
a man to toy with our scalps and
mustache, another to fight red hot
iron, and one to tackle a circular
saw. When the bulb bursts a full
fledged city of fifty thousand in¬
habitants may be the result.
Miss Waif Bivins left last Sat¬
urday night for Dublin to visit
her sick sister. Mr. Sossoms, for¬
merly agent and telegraph opera¬
tor at Hillsboro, attends to the
railroad office here during her ab¬
sence.
Mr. Willis Nelson, who has
been “section boss” here for sev¬
eral years, gave up his job lust
week and moved to Monticello.
He says he will work on the big
wheel of time for a while,, before
going to railroading again. A man
by the name of Melton takes tho
place vacated by Mr. Nelson. He
brings a wife and young lady
daughter with .him, we are glad
to say. Round Oak is sadly in,
need of more girls. Wish some
one would import several more,
then we wouldn’t hove to “block”
the boys to keep them here on
Sunday.
Prof. C. C. Childs and his at¬
tractive little wife have rented
the .Osbon house and will make
Round Oak their future home.
Let others come; it takes a heap
of people to make a city. Prof.
Childs opened school here last
Monday, and we hope lie will find
it only Chil(d)s play to build up
a fine school here. Miss Minnie
Childs, sister to the Prof., spent
several days here last week.
Mr. George Gordon, of “Sassa¬
fras Merchant” fame, lias shoved
his canoe out upon the rough wa¬
ters of the mercantile seas at
Round Oak, and will sail under
the firm name of Gordon A Small.
They say tho name of the Jr. mem
her of the firm doesn’t spell the
amount of business they expect to
do.
I havo just finished a forty mile
buggy ride with my girl, and if
we didn t have a time dragging
through the mud, I II give it up.
Then too, we had to cross the Oc-
mulgss river twice. It toot six
men each time to pall tho Hat
across, the river was on such a
tear, which frightened my girl nl-
most into ‘‘kerniptions, ” and
taxed her lachrymal glands to
their m^ost capacity. Getting
m and out of the flat ^ was ah >
hke driving npon and off a rai, -
road cotton platform, ^ehad t
land any where we eiiuJd, and
be saDshed to land at all.
eouldtheipbutwishliiasaBort
of Colossus of Rhodes, that I
might step across the little ml
stream. My girl declares she wilt
if I tell what .
murder me was m
the buggy, but I’ll tell this much
or die, ‘twas taters instead of tur-
nips . tins , . time. ,. The contents , of c
1
looked like ... diminu-
the buggy a
tive “ Hul| g in t? 8 ar<len °- Cah
ion,” with
a"k. Ike Goins.
BRADLEY ITEMS. -
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One of the funniest little things
happened at a store near Bradley
last week. There were two young
ladies who went into the store
aild pretended they wanted to
trade. They looked around and
then began to hint for candy, but
the clerk of course paid no at ten-
tioli to them. Then an old mar¬
ried man walked up to them and
said: “Look here girls if you all
will kiss me I’ll buy you a quart
of molasses to make you some
candy.” He being of the econom¬
ical kind they walked up and
kissed him. It was like pulling
his eye teeth out to pay for a qt.
of mol asses.
Say, Mr. Editor, your Round
Oak correspondent wants to know
if our “Sassafras Merchant ” wan¬
ted a partner. Ho says he don’t
want one from the. Oak but would
like very much to havo one from
near Hillsboro; I think, if nil re¬
ports are true, be will have one to
join him the last of the week.
Miss Lily Smith is at present
the guest of Miss Mattie Mulligan.
Mrs. W. M. Bradley spent last
week in the Central City.
Mr. M. H. Mulligan made a fiy-
iug business trip to Macon this
week.
Mr. Glenn Stewart, a proepe-
roue young man of James, visited
relatives and friends at Bradley
this week. Come again, Glenn,
we ate always charmed to have
your Pansy Blossom.
BLOUNTSVILLE LOCALS.
.
A? Bill Arp would say, every
thing is calm and serene in this
s< ction.
The farmers are busy fencing
and preparing their fields for the
plough. I suppose that they w ill
plant cotton for the fun that is in
it, for it can’t be for the money,
and then they want to keep the
job that they have had for ninny
years.
; Miss Julia Smith opened her
school Monday and will
to make it a nourishing oqg.
The friends of Miss Mamie Lee
Smith gladly welcome her home.
Messrs. Mercer anil Sammons,
of Jasper, and Miller, of Houston,
have been visiting friends in the
neighborhood.
The popular insurance man,
Mr. M. H. Bland, of Mllledge-
ville, was here recently.
LETTER FROM MRS. HARDE-
-“STAN,
Editor Jones County News :—
Feeling honored by a request from
you to contribute to your columns,
I begin with the sincere assertion
that no reader of your bright lit¬
tle paper wishes more for its suc¬
cess, and your efforts to furnish
a good county weekly, than does
the humble ex-Editress of the first
the only, and the last paper ever
edited in the staunch old county
of Jones. No county ever con-
tained a people of more refine¬
ment, intelligence and honesty—
^ “ we j cnow whereof we speak.”)
] iag famished business men of
^he highest integrity, prfessional
men Q f p Ur(!S t intellect, and who
[ ias ll0 t heard of its noted house-
wiv( ,, an ,i homo maker,? Clinton,
nolv drap0 , the g „m„„,. of
lvil l„who«I around her bowed old
m „,„ rna ]| y f un ,i,„,,|
with con,mo,....... ho-
tola, handsome and well storked
dry g(KJ(lg and grocery stores,
pre tty homes and fine schools,
alK , now with streets deserted nl-
most, she seems to have “folded
her tent” and exists in the sweet
memories of by-gone days,
gratulating herself that she ha*
done eo much towards furnish mg
Macon with many substantial citi
’
Macon seems rather dull now,
the terrible tire which paralyzed
^ or ^ a )’ s business in every branch,
and which was by J far the largest h
the city lias ever sustained, the
. <Yaw concert » t j, e “Trilby”
craze, the departure o^twopromi-
nent ministers (Dr. Monk of
j Muiburry Methodist, ‘ and Dr.
! Munis <>f Tutiinll Pi\ siitierinn
church) for Palestine ami (lie
ly lands, have been talked over
enough, the numerous bargains in
the diy goods store do not “draw
the crowds” as they should, were
the times a little brighter, gloomy
weather and continued stringency
of the day put a kind of luthargiu
quietus on every tiling. Some ex¬
citement rippled around the street
Tuesday when a panic in Wall
street was announced—that you
know causes a heart, flutter when
•’ll else fails.—Probably when the
balmy days of spring time, with
their freshness and sunshine
comes, wo will have ihore of in¬
terest and brightness to furnish
your readers. Till then—anon.
As it is the popular though rather
embarrassing “fad of the day”
to write under no nom de plume
hut always sign your own name.
E. G. Hardeman.
Mr. Rickly is spending some
time with D. E. Norris.
Mrs. W. G. Mahone, who has
been on a visit to relatives in Co¬
lumbus, has returned home.
The Haddock Literary Society
is proving a great success,both for
its social and literary benefits.
The last meeting held at the spa¬
cious home of Mr. J. I). Anchors
was largely attended, and the pro¬
gram rendered was excellent.
Miss Ilaude Hardeman, of Ma¬
con, is spending some days pleas¬
antly with the family of 1>E Har¬
deman. Her affable maimers and
enchanting smiles win for her
a warm welcome wherever she
goes. May her stay’ among ns be
protracted.
Miss Hattie Monghon spoilt
several days with friends in Ma¬
con last week.
Dr. Lawrence, of Blountsville,
passed through the city a few
days ago, on route, to Macon. On
his return home he stopped, over
and took in the literary meeting.
Doc. Says there are. some benign
countanancea in 4 the vicinity of
Haddock that he Can ’fcEeSist.
Mr. Tullie Tliarpe, of Macon,
who is attending college in Mil-
ledgeville, spent Huturelay and
Sunday with friends in the Ville.
One of our well known society
young men has come to the con¬
clusion that a retired life suits
him best, accordingly ho has ta¬
ken a back scat, and says he is
willing to content himself with
the sweet thoughts of the past—
, t. what might have been, Ac.,’
Cheer up young man, perhaps
there is yet hope for you, if not
in this case, there are other tisli
that will bile, but look out for
sharks.
Ike Goins’ two Bobs seem, to
to play in hard luek with their
girls. Come South young men,
Haddocks lias a lot of the finest
the world has ever produced. Af¬
ter you make about two trips, if
you are not as crazy as a mashed
potato bug I’ll treat.
Any local news sent to the cor¬
respondent at this place from the
neighborhood will lie gladly re¬
ceived and chronicled.
»'ole w ,., out , m a littl. ,-. fl oil t g
, t °1 » Ur '’“ "’Vn'T* r ' ' “," “1 S li ' ' '
1 ..... I ’*' ™"* ^
’
*
, ,
from the con8tant need ofnour-
ighmwit> becamo we ak in tin
knees ()J) ,, i8roturn | )ome and fell
Jieadl()llg 8ome ten foet . The ri-
der ^ more active distanced
^ by going Hevem , f(?et
furtJier> with the combined aid
>f frieJldg Iiear by the mu j e and
id 1 , d foot aguin h ’
they arrived , , safely . , home .
and , at
w . it ] )(n|l f ur t) 1( , r accident. With
th(j exc(jption of a general shake
and a coating of mud the
gentleman was unhurt. He says
he hasn’t had such a fall since
iser.
Missis Lillie Davis and Maggie
Massey, two charming young la-
I dies of the Cent ml City, who lias
visiting friends here, return-
ed home last Monday. There in
acortuitiM. J). here who needs
the sympathy of the entire com-. £,
munity. His is a bad
if there are no signs of improve*
mont lie will have to engage the
professional services of Dr. Ike. _
Goins.
JONES SHERIFF SALES,
By virtue of a li fa issued from
Jonhs Superior court favor at AlH’ii $
term 1889, in of ,\Y'. Py,
Glover, admr. N. S. .Glovor, for '
use Ac., vs. J. W. W. Barron, admr.
of esta te A . Middlobrooks, deed.
1 will sell at Court house door in,.v
Clinton, Jones Co., Ga,, tn the v
legal hours of sale, on first Tues-
day in March next, the fee simple' J ;
remainder interest, after expira-
tion of dower in ohe hundred one -v * 1
and a quarter acres of land:, moftSit.v:,*
or less, situated in White’s G.- M.
List., said county,'on thpM. & N, ( ^
R. It., near Bound Oak, adjoins' oth-’“^
Mrs. White, J. P. Green and
era. Levied and sold as property -v
of estate of A. J. Middlobrooks,
deed., to satisfy said fi fa. Prop¬ and',
erty'pointed out in said li fa
written notice given tenant in
possession and the admr. ToridiT *
cash. Feb. 4th, 1895. flw
R. N. Ethridge,
ShtT. Jones Co., Gj^
4 - - . 't.
JONES SHKFF. TAX HAL&S
By virtue of certain (ax fi 1 las ■■■•■.
issued by the Tax Collector of 't
Jones Co., Ga., for taxes due in
the year 1894, I will sell at, the
Court house door, in Clinton, said*’/ 1
county, on the first Tuesday in &
March next, in legal hours of sale,•’A
tho following said property,devied up* 4
on under fi fas respectful!y,,^
viz: one hundred.acres in of land^ Ga., ^
more or less, Jones county,
adjoining II. IT. Smith, Wi P’.ol
Glover and others. Sold to satigcU
fy a tax fi fa vs, Jessee Ritghgy,,..
and as the property pf said Jessee
ALSO at same time land, and irford” place Rf '
forty-five acres of ^
loss, as the property of Dr. Sj-
Poland, in Burdens 1 G. M. Dist.-kt
Whereon ;fy he fi fa ifo\y vil^y •resides,.. Ui.^atjs^.
a tax,
ALSO at same time gnil niiicir leafi*
fifty acres of land, moTo, of
as the property of W. 1L AS G. GJ
Sparks, knmtn' As thA Di«kNG4t|*
don place, in Finney’s G.M. Dusty
Sold to satisfy a tax -ft, fa.
B. AO. G. ,Spark?, i. J~«<! t»-«
ALSO at'same time and pJaey
oile hubdrdd acres of -land, < oiprn J{.
or less, as Die property of B.
Ray, in tho,,TrauquilJa.G. : M-:
Dist., to satisfy a tax fi Adjoins fa’ V?.‘
said Ray. Said ’land''
BaiTon Stuart and othots.VJfotlj-
ces served On tenants-m posses¬
sion. Terms cash. Feb. 4tji, J^95.
R. N. Ethridge.
Sliff. Jones Go. Ga.
M. C. Gkeic.vk. I
I. C. Barron.
• r.
BARRON A GREENE,
Agents for Buying and Selling
Lund. i
''j
Cooperating with ex-Gov. W. .J.
Northen, of Alanta, manager
the Emigration and Investment
Bureau.
Parties having land for sale are
requested to confer with us, either
in person or by letter.
Barron A Greene, Clinton or
■ *■
Gray, Gn.
NOTICE.
e:..
As 1 am the duly elected jQoro¬
ner of this county, I hereby noti¬
fy all Justices of the Peace hot to
bold inquest over any dead' body.
My office is at the store of II. J.
A J. T. Finney, Hmldocks, Gg.
R. B. Trapp.
A SOUTHERN 4 t I
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•titutlon.
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eKt iciootlHc authority. M well »« with the
keen perception of long oxperlenoa In »U
farm work.
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Illustrate to your cultivation. the advantage Thlt
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