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IDE NEWS,
Thursday, Fkb. J14, 18B6.
LOCAL.
To-day is St. Valentino’s day.
If these freezes we are
means a good fruit crop, we say
lot her freeze on a whilo longer.
Tliose who . subject . . .. to .
are income
tax can obtain blanks by applying
to Debt v. Col. H. S. Greaies,
Macon. Don’t all apply at onco.
The teacher who gets first class,
license will have to be better
equipped than of yore. Commis¬
sioner Glenn has raised the stan-
dard.
We gladly welsome our corres¬
pondent from Morton, and in this
instance violate our rule; she
failed to give us her real name.
She will of course do so hereafter.
The county board of education
was to hare been in session last
Saturday, but for some reason
Commissioner McKay failed to
ap'pear. Guess ’twos little too
cool for him.
J. J. Henderson, one of Gris-
woldville’s prosperous farmers,
ventured as far North as Gray
and Clinton last Friday. He can
refer to the trip in after years “as
the cold day I went to town. ”
Clerk of the court, W. W. Bar¬
ron, Solicitor E. T. Dumas and
Sheriff Boh Ethridgo went down
to Macon last Friday night, wo
^presume to hear Bob Ingersol.
For fun, and Jn heap of it, com-
‘i mend us to this clever trio.
John Henderson loft last Thurs¬
day night for Macon, where ho
hopes to find employment. John
/ >-ia a clever and unusually bright
young man, and we hope and be¬
lieve that lie will succeed in what-
", over enterprise he may engage in.
Tho farmers who had their oats
killed in January and who had
sowed again, will he forced, we
fear, to sow tho third time if they
. raise any oat# this year, as in all
’: probability tho recent freeze has
killed them all. Wo heard one
farmer say ho would try again.
There is but one thermometer
at Gray, and that belongs to our
clever depot agent, Davis Holwen-
beck. Wo are all dependent upon
him to tell us how cold it is; but
lie-couldn’t accommodate us du¬
ring tho recent cold spoil, for ho
says “tho thing went to the bot¬
tom and stayed thero.” Guess
n ’twas colder here than elsewhere.
Dr. R. B. Barron, an old Jones
county boy, but now a popular
and successful physician of Ma¬
con, together with hi# wife, were
up last Sunday. They came to
bo present at the birthday dinner
of the Dr’«. father, Dr. J. F. Bar¬
ron, of Clinton, who had reached
his 70th year. Dr. Ben and his
wife make a handsome couple.
Will Barbee and Will Freeman,
who live with John Clark, near
Haddock, ought to be familiar
with the pig paths from there to
Gray. They have beon trying for
two weeks to catch the Sunday
morning up train. They were
succe*sful IftEt Sunday. Wo don’t
know that they are practicing for
a walking match, but can vouch
for their being better pedestrians
than they were two weeks ago.
Mr. Van Buren, who was up
last Saturday, informs us that
he was down in Florida last Thurs¬
day, when tho advance guard of
the cold wave struck this portion
of the country. Being in the
land of fruit# and flowers he tried
to imagine that it wa# warm and
went fishing, having, notwith¬
standing the severe cold, excellent
luck, landing in less than an hour
twenty-two fine, beautiful speck¬
led trout. He said that when he
got into the boat togo to the fish-
ing ground he thought freeze he
would but when he began to pull
m the fish he forgot all about the
cold,'and didn’t know, for the
time being, but what it was a
bright and balmy Spring day.
BLOUNTSVIT.LE LOCALS.
W ell, Mr. -Editor, you request
me to write weekly I guess I
must, whether or not I- have any
thing worth relating. .
Weather is always a safe sub-
ject and truly this spell .s worthy
of notice. Wasn’t it cold? Fri-
day morning at 8 o’clock our
thermometer stood at 2 degrees
above zero. I don’t know bow
much lower the mercury went ear-
j ier i„ the morning ■hu£thnt was
cold enough. It was. almost im-
possible to keep warm. How
thankful wo felt for good warm
fires, and our sympathies went out
to tho freezing, starving unfortu¬
nate ones in tho West. We should
each add our mite to the contri¬
butions sent to keep the wolf from
their door. Surely Ex-Gov. Nor-
then lias been engaged in a noble
Christian work in collecting con¬
tributions ami soliciting help and
interest generally for this? cause.
He is to be commended.
We might well'imaginc that wo
were in the Frigid zone this morn¬
ing; every filing is draped in ice
and the ground white with enow.
Out door work of all kind impos¬
sible ; the school house is closed.;
tho children are having a gay time
at homo with snow, ice nnd birds.
Mr. Dave Jenkins and family
have moved here from South G».
We wclconjo them to the neigh¬
borhood, and hope^that'it will he
a healthful prosperous change for
them.
MORTON ITEMS.
I will endeavor to give yon the
news'from this little village, as
the population is not sufficient
to be called a town. Wo have
several dwellings, one store, post
office, .^freight depot, water tank
and blacksmith shop. The shop
is run by E. P. Morton, who is al¬
so a shoe repairer, brick mason,
carpenter and painter. Anyone
needing work in his line should
give him a trial, and satisfaction
wilUbo the result.
Mrs. Margaret! Julian, an aged
and beloved lady'of this commu¬
nity, has been very ill for the past
two weeks. May else soon bo res¬
tored to health.
Miss Mamie Sila#, of Slocumb,
hfts resumed school at'Eiem. She
has been teaching here for the
past "two years, and is beloved by
ail her pupil*. The prospects are
that this will be her last term, as
Joe Marsh, of James, has become
a regular visitor at the home of
Mr. Si 1 as. Wo offer congratula¬
tions in advance.
The cholera is playing havoc
with tho hogs of this community,
one farmer has lo*t 80, another 15
and several other* a smaller num¬
ber.
We have had some very cold
weather for the past few days;
when the thermometer registers
10 above zero it* time to call it
isn’t it?
Long live The News.
Rose Bud.
A PLEASANT OCCASION.
Dr. James F. Barron celebrated
his birthday last Sunday, Feb.
10th, at his home in Clinton. He
received many congratulations
that he has been spared to live
three score and ten years. The
J.nner wa. Iruy , , »_.um|> . u«u, r,.
p««t.n<| reflected Uiehighestcred-
it upon Mrs. Barron and her esti-
mable daughter, Miss Sallie. The
Dr’s, five sons and their families,
two „« . . or..Mr. Vf Mary A » P. n Mur- Ar
ns and Mis. J. E. Austin, Mr.
Willie Anchors, Mr. Sam Barron
and Mies Christopher were pres-
ent. Others were invited, but
owing to the inclemency of the
weather, failed to put in an ap-
pearance. the Hash of wit and
blaze of eloquence which the oc-
casion inspired enthusiasm raised the spirits
to the highest and
larious enjoyment. It was em-
ed to mar the hapjuness of the
6ave ^ ie lengthening shad-
owe of the sun, which so soon
dicated that the hour of
ure had arm..•(,. ...any wishes
were expressed that Dr. Barron
may live to celebrate many
birthdays. J. *E. A.
ROUND OAK PENCILING^.
On last Thursday morning an
okl fashioned “bow basket” filled
withdrycow riba wa8 f ouud sit-
t ing in front of the store of J. W.
Turk & Co . Tied to the handle of
tho baskt ; t W(lfl n pi „ c0 of paper
containing the following:
ComplimPntlJ of tll0 married
mon of Rulmd 0ak to our Round
Q ak Roys
Poor ugIy things you’ve tried all
ur life
Witk lovo and with money to got
you a wife*
But try as you may, you’ll try all
in vniii,
For they’ll all treat you with the
same disdain;
So rather than see you forever left
alone
We’ll present you Va rib” in the
shape of a bone.
'Cherish this, dear boys, for ’tin
tri'lV co 1(1
‘
That those who , are , heartless ,, cant
never wed;
We, dear boys, have wives our
homes to adorn,
But you, poor boys, must “buss”
tills and say no more.
The Round Oak boy. dedicate
the following lines to the married
men of Round Oak :
Through tricks and other devices
you have obtained wives,
We propose to be more generous
all our lives;
As there seems to bo hardly boys
enough to “go round, 1 1
To look after all the girls wo feel
in honor bound.
In your marriagcU you’ve turned
out a bust,
Why, your advice and sympathy
is useless to us ;
Your basket of cow ribs no gentle¬
man will “bust,”
But over such will neither parley
nor fuss.
Your homes your wives quite
nicely adorn,
But as sure as you live and we are
born,
If they will honestly and truly
acknowledge “the corn,”
Their comforts and pleasures can
be found, “in a horn.”
I’ll tell you folks, I am scared.
I feel right weak in my knees, and
my little calfies almost refuse to
hold me up. I have thought,
dreamed and talked of them old
ugly bones ever since the boys
showed urn to me. Talk shout
tho boys “takinga rib,” all that
sort of talk aint worth a cent to
me. Them old bonce mean alto¬
gether another thing in my opin¬ I
ion ; it means canibalism as sure
as I live, and I am in mortal
dread of a raid by these canibale.
Yes, I just know they aro coming
and I don't want them to be toy¬
ing with my ribs, for I am con¬
founded ticklish any how. Then
tho idea of my ribs laying out in
John Williams’ orchard 1
bleaching for all they are worth.
If I was leaning against the points
of a barrel of meat knives, with a
snake crawling up and down my
spinal column, my feet on a hot
stbve and my head screwed up in
a vice, I couldn’t feel much worse.
Should I talk out loud a little in
my sleep , I T hope . every body , , will
excuse the disturbance under the
dreadful circumstances. If I had
time I ’de go to China; had rath-
erjine J a rat-eating ° army than to
.
bo canibalised.
What do you all think is tho
tf j (] X (lf fad ’ <Io
7 °“ "«PP<*e that , . the department ,
18 gtnng to be faad y en ^ h
give he ft periodical zero blizzard
t|w rounlJf These l itt ,„
f*ncy , ... blizzards , thirty ... ,
every nays
worth hut little to the conn-
try, except to freeze the buckles
off of harness, nuts off Jgie^r
hoes and axes off of handles, nails
out , of ,, hou * fiS ’ kmven , . <mt , of , P ock , *
ets and strings out of shoes. I sup-
pose too, it keeps away flies, gnats,
mosquitoes, hugs, fleas, peaches,
1 -’ P] um8 ’ pears, cherries,
hemes and the like, that may
he of some benefit to mankind.
Bro. Seals was on hand again
afJ uf;ual) j a , fc Sunday, it l.r ing his
a , appoanyiieji..., ■ , , «-.-i , ]>*• _
■ ~
d another of 1 is characteri.
vm
weather. “Dominion'’ over this,.
that and the other, was the foun¬
tain from which ho dipped mental
food for us. He says,half dollars
have dominion over us. That
seems to bo putting us at half
price, as it use to bo the almighty
dollar.
Mr. O. \\ . Ilqrpo.,. dispatcher
for the Macon it Dublin railroad,
spent Sunday at Round Oak.
“Birds of-a feather will Hock to-
geth.er,” so any one can guess
what “ailed him.” Ho deals in
dots and dashes you iirnh rstapd,
Somebody took dots, and a long,
tall Walker, with a big U. I be-
fore his name, got tho dashes, as
his expectations were dashed into
hard Horne(y) disappointment-.
“Try, try again,” B.
Miss Julia Green, of Walnut
Creek, this county, slipped from
tho North hound train at this
place, Monday morning, nnd tipp-
ed along " tho snow-covered ground
to lilt) home of „ her , sister, . Mrs. ..
Prof. Childs. A certain fellow is
so sillily over her coming that he
wants his face to freeze with the
sacred smile on it. Iki: Gotns.
THE NFWS FROM HADDOCK.
Mr. W. H. Bland, tho popular
New York Life insurance agent,
and his excellent wife, of Mil-
ledgeville, spent last Tuesday eve¬
ning and Wednesday with H. J.
Finney's family.
Prof. E. L. Ray went over to
Macon last Friday on a business
trip, but owing to some little
scenes enacted in Hunt’s shoe
store, that monopolized his whole
time, was unable to get through,
consequently ho will have to make
another trip soon to wind up his
business.
Mr. W. S. Moughon and bride,
Leroy Holt and bride, of Birming¬
ham, arrived at Haddocks Thurs¬
day afternoon, and will spend a
few days with their friends. Both
the grooms aro old Jones county
boys, but moved to Hie Magic
City a few years ago. During
this short time they succeeded in
gaining somewhere near tho top
round in tho commercial world,
bothbeingprosperous merchandise
brokers. Jones county can well
feel proud of these young Tuesday men. of
They were married on
fast week. Billie Moughon wed
Miss Moilie Coleman, and Leroy
Holt Miss Dai,soy Ken nan, both
being popular belles of Birming¬
ham. The young men can indeed
feel proud of the prizes they have
wqn. Their numerous friends
will join me in wishing them a
life of endless happiness.
If anyone has any doubts as to
the extent of the extreme cold
weather we have been having, let
him hear wlmt one of our worthy
citizens, Mr. B. Burk has to say,
and wo, think all doubts will bo
instantly quieted. He says that
while in conversation with Capt.
Beall last Friday their remarks
froze as they came from their lips,
fell to the ground like ho had so
many snow balls, and that
to gather them up and carry them
home to the lire to thaw out be¬
fore ho could get at the gist of the
conversation.
Your correspondent from this
P ftrt ; of tbo vineyard is now per-
iectly willing to run up the white
flag ftnd exc ] uim i Burren der, and
8 } )a ke hands with “Alleck Smart”
over what might have been the
bloody chasm. I meant no harm
] c * n assure the able correspon-
dent of James, I merely meant to
bring out some few points abc nt
our village that otherwise might
h » TO boan urn.., tic,,1. But .im:.,
tho gentleman ha. come back at
me so forcibly, and has gone so
fftr H8 to gct “Ike Goins” to fire
a few stray shots in tins direction,
I think iIh time that one bo poor-
l r equipped for defeoce «, n.yeelf
should take a back seat, and now
jn the future, my dear friends, let
assure you that you cun boast,
of your towns and small specks on
the face .of the i artb just as much
as you please, and re t assured
that the Cob—man will remain
<. 00 l and dormant.
**’* _ ^
b ^ *'
A Wnrk hr dark ,, rown
sourly two was ol<',
j missing Wednesday the sixth of
|this month. c,,lt vii Any i ,K: information rin !
! fro f ' f, ;IT r ' ""
, (‘
i\n<: ,
/ will \)C. rovwud
A FEW THOUGHTS FROM
CLINTON. -
I notice, Mr. Editor, that since
the first issue of your paper you
have had a correspondent from
every town in the comity,
Clinton, and from several country
neighborhoods. Does this speak
R j 0) . W( ,j] for our old town? Is
slid lacking in the spirit and en¬
ergy to lend herJJ’nid to a good
work? Or is it the wisdom of age
and experience that, in this ago of
shams nnd frauds, prompts her to
know a tiling is good, clean and
honest ere she gives it. the right
hand, of fellowship and her co-op-
oration? As , ol 1 1 her citizens . I
one
claim for her a “nay” to the for¬
mer query and an “ave” to the
hitter. Our people are very much
pleased with your neat, newsy
sheet, and I tliink 1 can safely
promise yon their hearty good¬
will and support for the future.
News is rather a scarce com¬
modity with us at present. Every
one seems to have been very much
attached to “homo, sweet homo”
for several days past, Not even
tho untold pleasure of a “down
town mooting” or “corner chat ) 1
a
has proved sufficient to keep the
men away from their hearth¬
stones. And as for our women—
well, they scarcely dare venture
out to attend to their household
duties. They'seem verily afraid
that some < I the wrinkles of care
and perplexity will freeze on their
countenances, and tell to their
neighbors, when next they meet,
that life is not all sunshine and
roses with them. Ah, these wo¬
men! How they do try to keep
others from knowing that behind
a smiling countenance there often
beats an aching heart. Well, well,
let them smilo and endure; by so
doing they may cheer and encour¬
age another who is about to fall
by the way side.
Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, one of
our oldest and most beloved citi¬
zens, was vciy sick last week. 1
am glad to say she is better now.
Dr. .James F. Barron celebrated
his seventieth birthday last Sun¬
day. Thero was a goodly number
of children, grand-children nnd
relatives present to wish him hap¬
piness ivitli each return of tho day
—and to help him eat tho birth¬
day dinner.
Our school opened last week,
with a good attendance. Miss
Christopher is a graduate of the
G. N. & L College, and comes to
us wt-ii recoin mended by tho Froi-
ident of that institution. May.
our people join with her heart ami
hand in building upagoodschool.
Dr. and Mrs. Anderson, with
their lit Ho daughter, Lora, spent
several days in Macon last week.
All AS.
THE ADVANTAGES OFFERED
IN JONES COUNTY FOR
THE EDUCATION OF
HER CHILDREN.
I will give an outline of the
above subject. The State of
Georgia is doing as much toward
the education of the children of
Jones county, as toward any oth¬
er county in the State. Jones
ebunty receives from tho school
fund $7500 to $0000 annually,
and yet many of tho citizens are
absolutely unwilling to aid the
State in the education of their
own children. I have heard sev¬
eral men say that they were un¬
willing to pay a teacher anythinjL
and they thought tho amount^-
ccived from school fund wm? am¬
ply enough for any toimner. In
consequence of the abSve state¬
ment, by citizens of the county,
we aro unable to have many good
teachers in the county, You can
readily see that a teacher, who
'makes teaching a profession can-
,,oL acce P fc . for . hlH 8ervice8 the
small amount of $80 or $115 per
month, this paid every three
monlb-q and his- o';.- v co. itinues
1 hero flv was ‘’ at a time nuring f ttu> the P™- fall
j of 18b 1, only one school in opera-
(Hon in Jones county. This school
' !' pupil and the
i
1
r 1 had to g’.mr-tr
salary.
dren
; school ago in h ' \ county, and
only thirty in sc! a e!,, rout one <
tho thirty from another county.
How does it speak !'■ r education?
What an veto receive for such
uegligeno««n tin: pari 'of the ed¬
j ucation of our children?- Are \VO
to sit. in idleness am hoo our own
| children suffer Bran education?
hi r. a trial saving: “Wl> r<> igno-
ran ~ i is Idiss 'tin folly to be'
wise,” and tbo hist on of all na-
tarns tells us that into! igi-nco mns!.
leign. There is another people in
Ithe '" borders T our State, yea in
nir com:tv, who mv'ct Gvintr for
‘ ! 1 " ' 11K .' 1 '' and are t.radiially
1 . then* . of hnowl-
increasing ' store
edge. , May our go'id citizens
awake to the interest of their eb.il-
I dron. Now besides 11:•» amount
appropriated by tlio school fund,
there is another great, advantage
sadfully neglected in our countv.
The Gray fund at Mercer Univor-
sitv, olfcred to the young men"of
Jon’s county. In paragraph
third of the regulations n garding
this fund, you v. ii! find that the
applicant may enter at thy early
ago of fourteen, but lie must be
prepared ! tn_Vn I or the l*Toshmnn
class. Now, there is not a High
School in Jones county, except in
a local community, nor is there a
school where our hoys can
pare to enter flu* Freshman class
in the above college. Why? Be¬
cause thero’ia no established or
graded school. Why not have a
high school to prepare the boys to
receive that, which justly belongs
to them? Everp year hoys from
other counties receive benefit of
this fund,\\ la h was intendeb to po
to the boys of Jones county. The
fund is $2(5125, an 1 boys of Jones
bounty should, by all means, re¬
ceive tho interest on this money.
Now friends and citizen » come to¬
gether on this great emeu* of edu¬
cation, and do your part; then,
and not till then, v. ill you roc-die
tin 1 benefit of the advantages of¬
fered to your children.
Ei) L. Ray.
J ON E 0 HI I ERIE FhSALEU
By virtue <>f a fi fa issued from
Jones Superior court at April
term 18S‘J, in favor of W. B,
Glover, admr. N. S. 01 over, for
use &c., vs. W. W. Barron, admr.
of estate A, ,J. M iddlebrooks, deed.
1 will sell at Court house door in
Clinton, Jones Co., On,, in the
legal hours of sale, on first Tues¬
day in March next, the fee simple
remainder interest, alter expira¬
tion of dower in one hundred one
and a quarter acres of land, more
or less,-situub'd in While's G-. M.
ids*., said e.o mty, on (ho M. ft N.
it. R., near Round Oak, adjoins
.Mrs. White, ,J. P. Green and oth¬
ers. Levied and sold as properly
'if estate of A. J M iddh-bn inks,
deed., to satisfy s £ id fi r I’rop-
erty pointed out in said l’a and
written notice given tenant in
possession am! t!;n admr. Terms
cash. F' b. 4>h, I sofa
it. N. JkmonxiE,
Shfi'. Jones Go.. On.
JONES SUE BE. TAX SALEH
By virtue of certain Po, (j f, l8
issued by the d'ux Collector of
Jones Co., On., lor taxes due i.i
tho year IS'dJ. 1 will sell at, |j
Court house door, in Clinton, f;aid
county, March on the in legal fir-t Tuesday in
next, hours of sale,
the following property, levied up¬
on under said fi fas respectfully,
viz: one hundred acres of land,
more or less, in Jones county, Ga.,
adjoining JL others. If. Smith, Sold W. P.
Glover and to satis¬
fy a tax fi fa vs. Jo?--see Ritchey,
and as the property of said Jo,-see
Ritchey.
ALSO at same tin-'- and phno
forty-five acres of land, more or
Jess, as the property of Dr. S. B.
Poland, in Burdens G. M. List.,
whereon he now resides, to satis¬
fy a tax fi fa vs. S. B. Boland.
ALSO at same time and place
fifty acres of land, more or less,
as the property of W. B. <fc O.
Spark*, known as the Dick Co ■-
don place, in Finney’s G. M. l)ist.
Sold to satisfy a tax fi fa v*. W.
B. & (). G. Sparks.
'AfLSQ at same time nnd place
one hundred acres of land, more
or less, as the property of B. !(.
Ray, in the TranquiJhi C. M.
{fist., to satisfy :i tax fi fa vs.
said lie. Saiii
Barron Stnurtand others. Noti¬
ces served on tenants in po
sion. forms on h. ■ 1 >. 1th
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