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Tiii’iisi.'AY, Fun. 21, 1896.
LOCAL.
Judge Loss made a hush,
trip to Macon last week.
Anyone having copies of Til”
News, of Jan.10 A 17 will
a favor by sending to us.
E. r. Hunt of Round Oak gave
us a ciill last Monday. Tun New
appreciates his words of praise.
Mr. Mel Morton and his son,
Jim, boarded the train at
last Sunday evening for Macon.
OnTvecoiint of the freezing of
machinery the people have been
put to inconvenience in getting
meal.
It is the duty of a strong man
to help the weak—whether his
power consists of brain, money or
muscle.
Dr. C. R. Goolsby, who, for a
short while, practiced medicine
at this place, but now of Juliette,
was at Gray last Monday.
B. M. Greene and Henry South
er went to Macon last Tuesday to
get a new boiler to take the place
of the old one at their ginnery.
After hearing the evidence and
arguments of council in tho Lloyd
will case, the Ordinary sustained
the will. We learn that it will
be carried to the Superior court.
Our clever neighbor, G. C.
Smith, has recently been to Mtv
con and purchased three line
young mules. As he always makes
plenty of corn this is no bad
sign.
There has been two arrivals
at Gray recently. One at the
home of A. J. Middlebrooks and
the other at- the home of R. L.
Bradley. The former being a boy
and the latter a girl.
At a recent meeting of tlie di
rectors of the Jones County Far
mers Mutual Insurance Co., Mr.
II. H. Jenkins was elected its
President, and the Secretary in
structed to notify him of their ac
tion. We have just read a letter
from Mr. Jenkins stating that
circumstances compel! him to de
cline tho honor. This i* to be re
gretted, for, from a personal knowl
edge of Mr. Jenkins from our
boyhood, wo know him to be o
gentleman in every way qualified,
not only to fill the position offer
ed, but any other that the citizens
of his county may call him.
The little girl mentioned below,
has several relatives in this coun
ty, who will be glad to learn of
her industrious habits. Her home
is in Fort Valley, and we find the
following in the paper of that
town— r ler:
It is a great pity that in Fort Georgia Val
ley and other towns
has’nt more young ladies like
Miss Leila Finney. Since she was
six years old she has made or
pieced up 598 quilts, has picked
up and saved in seven years, 15,
088 pine and 4648 needles which
other girls would not have no
ticed. Since Christmas she has
pieced up a quilt containing 4188
pieces. This and considerable
house work has all been done un
der sore afflictions, as Miss Leila
is not a healthy girl at all and
deserves great credit for what she
has accomplished. Many other
girls could be benefited by follow
lier industrious example.
Wo rt’ sympathize with Mr. and ,
AT Airs. Geo. McGhee ,r Cl • the ii death 1 <i
in
of t their ,, . two . months ., old ni infant. . . ,
which occured. at this place last
Monday morning. We think we
can offer true sympathy to those
who are thus bereaved, for once
the grim monster came twice to
our home, within one month, and
bore away the spirits of two of
our httel dailmgs. \\ ords o. sym
pathy from kind friends arc
S b ?ho"“f,nd« e iSh
grief lays open, Bow in bumble
submission to the will of God.
Leaven is nearer t to jou that .. . thy
?h%0 et At J “tbo° heaiRffur^atp”
a precious baby angd is
wate!iin|. .ndX.iti-,K,
^j, “Come”. Do not wish him
hack to earth, for his soul is free
this .
from ‘^ e ‘ ,l ..... ‘“‘y. (
hlppL^ttcr^nd
THE MM’ ; FROM HADDOCK.
j II. J. Finney’s wish has boon
i gratified; ho said about ten days
i ago lie wanted it to snow so the
air would he purified—well.
j thipk it has. Mr Bush says the
| Lord maue the world in six dai s
I hut it takes about in teen nays to
j purify the air for Mr. Finney.
Business in our town is very
• changeable of late, one day our
i prosperous merchants have brown
‘
, tu ., ( 1 froutfi and the next day they
are in the quail business. We
have a veiy enterprising firm now
in our little city. it is the Dan
non burg, Keller, Ray, Coleman,
Haddock, Finney Bros. Co. With
such enterprising men constitu
ting a merchantile iirm it is bound
to succeed. They will handle ev
ery tiling from a prayer meeting
down to a pegging awl.
Mr. J. C. Brinkley, our genial
R. R. agent, is supposed to lie vis
iting relatives in Warren county;
but now Joe, how about Harlem?
Mrs. S. M. Lester and her little
daughter, Vida, is spending sumo
time in the land of flowers with
her daughter, Mrs. Win. Budd.
cou i d not have found n. more
suitable time to visit a warmer
climate than this and wo wish for
her a pleasant stay, an enjoyrble
visit and much benefited on her
return.
The inhabitants of our little
village were entertained at the
residence of Mr. W. T. Morris in
shape cf a Valentine party on the
night of the 14. One of Clinton’s
intelligent and refined young la
dies, Miss Sallio Barron, added
greatly to the happiness of the
assembly.
Miss Belle Morton, of Pino
Ridge, has .been spending some
time with friends in the village,
much to the happiness of a certain
Col. hereabouts.
Mrs. It. C. Lester was called to
tlie bed side of her dying father
at Isabella Ga. a few days since.
We extend to her and family our
sincere sympathy.
Mr. Albert Ivey, of Augusta, is
our acting agent and we extend to
him a hearty welcome among us.
Mrs. Barbee, of Fortville, has
been spending sometime with
friends at this place.
Guano men have been very
plentiful in our village of late,but
the fertilizer has been very scarce
—another eign of prosperity.
Mr. W. F. Clark, one of our
prosperous farmers, says he is
tired of doing his own tailoring,
and from his movements we be
lieve it. As Frank is “one of the
boys, ” we wish for him success in
his undertaking.
Mr. Binkley has been running
the Bon-air hotel at this place
during the cold spell, or as some
call it Hotel de Pumpa. It is sit
uated on Boulevard de Canine.
MORTON ITEMS.
How glad was I ’this morning
to see the Sun come peeping
the Easton hills; his genial rays,
were indeed pleasant to behold af
ter his long absence from our land.
The cold weather has killed the
< at cron outrhdit this time ' and
uom wnat we can icain uio lai
mers are going to plant the land
in 111 8 " cents cents cotton. c »«on. The me house- iiouse
, Wives . have lost much of their
canned fruit and , eggs and , all ,, of -
their . Iitto chickens, . but , yet , we are
not m Nebraska.
Mrs. Annie . •„ Schaefer, , , of , v East .
,
Macon, spent this week with her
parents, Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Bur
nett
\ vil
Mr. E. T. Morton, of this
"V 1 0 L"r is tri1 '
i Ce,ltral Clt , V Wednesday. ,
j There is a certain lady of this
,
v ; c } nitv Vt h, 0 has been married 25
^years and is thc mother of a host
boys, wflo says that
| „„ v ,r bought a pair of root*
them. She knits them
having knit more than a dozen
' this winter. How is this for
ifeonomv? pa i r
D-x-v s.
■ BLOUNT;-Yi Lb H LOCAL*.
qjj g 0 j g. m > us one beautiful
(kl , aud niK } er tin.' influence of
geu tlc rnys tin' -snow vanished.
*• ’Twas bright, 'twas beautiful,
but » tii4 j )£l8t » Truly it gavo to
( ,ypiy(hijig a lovely, pic,(uresque
appoai-anee, but after its contami
nation wiili mother earth it lost
its immaculate whiteness and pu
ritv, and wo
We trust that the severe cold
may insure the fruit crop.
Messrs. Dumas, Little, Miller,
Smith and Woodall engaged in a
big rabbit hunt last Friday and
caught forty.
School has opened again and
the children seem glad to be to
gather and compare experiences
with snow bird traps, dead-falls
Ac.
We are sorry to learn that Mrs.
Ada Lawrence lost her buggy
horse last week.
ROUND OAK PENCILING*.
I wish every body and their
par’s, mar’s, uncles, aunts and
cousins could have seen Editor
Greene, of 1 he Jones County
News, for a few minutes on last
Monday night. 1 sent him word
Monday morning to meet the down
passenger train at Gray, that J
would ! e'on board and hand him
.
the “scads” Iliad collected from
subscribers to his paper. When
the train slowed up at that point
I went out on the bottom step
and was on tiie ground before the
train hardly stopped, looking for
the editor. Understand, 1 had
never seen him nor he me. I saw
no one except Mr. Greaves and
Gus Stewart, but before I could
say scat a man, as if shot from a
cannon wearing an unusual
amount of wardrobe in the shape
of an overcoat, passed me and
scrambled up the ice covered car
steps on his all-fours about like a
Laplander climbing a mountain
on a bear hunt, yelling for. dear
life, Ike Goins, e-r-Ike, e-r-J-k-o.
A man in tlie car—‘‘What’s .the
matter with that follow -out
there?” By this time Mr. Greaves
and Gus Stuart both hollowed—
“here he is, Greene;” after-which
the proverbially dignified editor
backed down the steps, still on
bis all-fours. Finally he lit on
the ground, asking “where, where
is he? ? ? ii there,’’said Gus, poin
ting right at me. Then the oxi
ted editor struck up a regular In
dian corn dance around me, still
in search of Ike, treating me as if
1 was no more than a Lilliputian,
or a common justice of the peace.
1 stood as firmly as the “boy on
Hip hnrnimr deck ” until o" n mnn
dance seemed about completed,
when the man after the promised
“scads” could find no one else,
rubbed up to me and asked, “who
arc you?” “Ike,” I meekly re
plied. Staggering back lie said,
“Why, I’ve been looking all this
t ; 'for „ (Treat hW fat iollv \a«
,igMng not
tluui foiu . l um( l re d pounds, that
] Jftt l j n ni y m j n( j ” “j Bu .
a t a hundred and one,” said
j He looked at me in a tone of
vo i co which said “can I assist you
in any way? shall it be a bottle
of soothing syrup, vermifuge or
Simmon’s f Just
then the conductor asked if the
corn dance was over. “I suppose
so, Gapt., „ sain id j i, „ ami nt ibaiulinff i.mitunj,
tholiiHe the luue upekave package to to the utc editor uiuu ,
inmned on on the tho train train ji iust s as it
‘
mg 1 liomas who discr.;.. ts n ti -
a fl OV e, let him ask conductor
Lawton, Mr. Greaves or Gus Stew
art i “ s Jio” had to come homo
mul ivritc what I expected to say
to the a.oresaul ;dit »r.
T1'« «' u ’ ,tr y "
stand still as far as work and bus-
5res and sit ^ by V i H tnun c o ,,c m j*r.«*«l Lra -rat '
forc '''- 1 upon l!S ’ Uli w ‘ !at ar ' ; w ' :
i f Binder am dean ,
nU P pJ y ha9 betil a
Two negroes came to mill here
last Saturday with a wheel-bar
raw i- v! f with corn. One
! lit*' liniiHlcs and pushed while
id'her puWtnl by ft lope lied to
trout part of the one wl'.eel
ole. Would'nt you cal! that a
“ ’• *.
A negro hoy by the name
Collingor Bland, while rabbit
hunting ncai hole Monday
ing accidently shot himself, t
v.hole load entering his right
about half way be!ween his kno.
and ankle, breaking both bones
and tearing away the flesh, The
n- gvo was sent home and Dr. Gar
land telegraphed for. line Goins.
THOUGHTS FROM CLINTON.
Wo are at last thawing out
from the recent freeze, and fm
this we are truly thankful, But
my, my, the thawing is very little
improvement on the freeze lien
in Clinton, for there is nothing
but mud, mud, mud, as far as the
eye cun see. One feels very much
inclined to sing from the heart,
“1 wish I had wings like Noah’s
dove.” Thus equipped he might
flit from place to place without
coming in contact with the spoil
;y, sloppyjnass one was wont to
ca ]j g, rra jj nna . As we can’t
have wings for the wishing, we
j,p. k our way through the mud
the best we can and quote the ex
pression, “It’s a long lano that
, )evor turns; ” hoping'to find con
tentment therein for the present,
And of course, expecting a“turn”
in the nold'aFdistaiit future.
Hon. Richard Johnson spent
several days with his family in
our town last week. He returned
to his post in Atlanta last Sun
day.
Miss Dedie Holland, an attrac
tive young lady of Cardsville, af
ter a visit to her sister Mrs. Dr.
Anderson, returned homo lust
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. J. C. Barron and her lit
tle daughter Mary Joe, wore on
the sick list last week. They are
both improving and we hope will
soon be well.
Master-Reuben Stewart and lit
tle Mattie[Hue*Pursley have been
sick but they are both about well
again.
Col. R. V.Hardeman,of Macon,
spent Monday in our town. He
came over on legal business.
A RAH.
THE NEWS FROM JAMES.
Mrs. Harry A. Gibson and ha
by made a pleasant visit of two or
three days to Mrs. Pitts and Mrs.
Kingman last week.
Mr Bm Ro , M . r { H) Sr., who was
serioufi]y ni ]ast wee k, has, under
thc „ killfuJ treatment of our
' • , . ‘ ‘ ’ r )p ' () n ’ (L|, Pon ’
'
^d /‘ ^ ]Lid marks of old Jones, theJoun- and
fl fri()n(ls all ovor
ty ^ }lop(! \ u mt he will soon be res
d hig usua i g0 o ( l health.
Mr. L. P. James lias been , forced
by the extreme odd weather dknvn
in Dooly county to spend the.
<» I’"'” 1 "’ 1 h "r
whft re he could enjoy the
comforts of a happy fireside, sur
sounded by a most estimable wife
and happy children.
Miss Mary Duffy, who has been
attendingwinterschoolatMt.de
Sales, has returned and will, to
ft, of many of ft. little
folks, resume her . studies . ,• at , tho
James Academy.
The band of Gypsies, who , have ,
camped , , here • the.
fleen , near since
beginning , • of , the ., cold , , spell, ,, and
d’spensmg fortunes m the neigh
fl or h 00 d j,, exchange for flour,
m ,.j t fodder &e., in lieu of cash,
‘ u Htakos on ]ast j?n ( !ay
11 j(rtV , ‘ r(1 ‘ i fl „„ ' „ ‘
Air. R. H. Kingman, of James,
aml Jj Rok . rtH> „f
.ill", tw.< «WWM .i» iiv, i„
t)]ig county an ,i do business in
Macon, went into Macon last
d ay morning, a week ago, and
; ported that the Central pond
Ma con was frozen over with
' " f \ h '’ ........
understand they claim now
| it thawed Friday night while
murcury was down about 12.
if you expect to bo county
j m i„ s i ( „„ TH ir m this end of the
emnivyou mint see beltertlum
y m<
^ ^ ^ v ; Hj(f>(1 (hp
home folks in Milledgeville last
W eek while school was suspended
|„, ro on account of the severe cold.
^he had arranged an interesting
|>r t puf rri m for the children in hon
„r of Washington’s birthday, hut
we fear that she will hardly have
t ime [now to sutHcicntly prepare
the little folks.
Bro, Seals failed to fill his ap
pointment at this place last Sun
day. A good crowd turned out to
meet him, but the weather was so!
had that they were not much dis-|
appintod at his not coming.
All the grist mills in this sec
tion have been stopped for ten
days on account of damages done
to tlie boilers and machinery by
the freeze, and the people caught
without a good supply of meal
have been considerably inconve
nienced.
Mr. W. 0. Bryant, who recent
ly moved from Iluddock Station,
now living with Mr. L. I’. Janies,
fell in the road while on his way
home from [work last, 1 .Thursday
night, a w< ek ago, about two hun
dred yards from the depot, and
when found by Cuivin Jones (col)
about 15 or 20 minutes later, was
frozen as stiff as a plank.”*JoneB
came on to the store and notified
Joe Marsh and Levi Kinslow, who
summoned I)r. Gibson and noti
fied other friends who immediate
ly conveyed Bryant toHiis home,
where ovorything that seemed pos
sible was done to restore him.
When found he was frozen so stiff
that it was almost impossible to
bend any of his limbs, and his
friends feared if not dead, ruined
for life, but next morning’dio was
alright except his hands, which
were badly frozen ; ho is still con
fined at homo with his handsjmd
the Doctor thinks that one or two
of his fingers will bavo to be am
pu tatod. Aleck Smart.
CLINTON’S BIG STRIKE AND
BUMPS.
Well, Mr. Editor, I want
through your paper to toll the
people of Jones of the big strike
in Clinton. They have strikes in
the North, in the East and in the
West, but who ever thought of
such a thing as a strike in Middle
Da., in the county of Jones, at
Clinton? Our people here have
struck right and left, some bnck
wards, some forwards, so mo with
,,otl1 i,a " <,H ’.™‘ '
up ’ " l U H,U " >,wlk ’
Ul< n stnke . right o\ei leic.
hen some would not decu.o to
strike they would strike for har
“ ~ k v «•«
l,ml ‘‘‘‘I’. to ° "j’ 111 ' 1
™ a
lll! <K>kin ^<s.nd f ‘‘ lini onvn ’ to ’ hu ™ win f h as U
tie, get mad ■ and ’, then stnkoagain .
to g( ^ in a good humor. Our
Sheri =3 Bob, nu we call him,
about six feet, and weighs about
225, .UrU,<l f. th, .
few days ago and Ins feet got in a
flurry, all at once, and went to
the mansion of justice and left
Bob repenting over his strike,
Every boy’s and man’s mouth
opened, and tlnee cheers went up
for Bob’s activity. He then struck
hr home »„<1 tno.l ........ on Urn
ubole ' str k ntr > business, but we
.
’ ' ' ’
was not over. Now the strike is
and , times are not ( quite •.
over so
hard, and we call ,, it . soft f . oi stick, ,
j ftnd Jf ft fei|ow rolI )lis
w ) iw i s r |«ht he will stick unto the
, l! , • p f f t ___ ‘ .
f, .. . l oiU> - .. -k .
y ,,u ca “ "‘ us ' 1 m 10 |'
up to the hubs on our shoos. But
you can come to town now, we
liavfi a new road for you to travel.
As t |,e strike was on top, the new
«^, r , „„,i i.„i, «„
, (;Vy the strike now if be can
pul, it out of the mud. Haven’t
had some of the coldest, hard
CH t, slickest and most striking
weather you* ever saw? I forgot to
f" 11 S™> “ lk
| „,g a mile and a half from Gray
Clinton to get on the strike
with us; !v made a few passes to
get in, and finally d-cidcd not
strike, hut Ids feet got mad with
his head and swapped position",
That made a change in business
all around, for it was bumpy to
hump and humpy to hump and
Gone got ft hump on him and
struck for Gray and told his
neighbors that times was very hard
at Clinton.
In the last issue of Tub News
“Amu” said that every one seem
ed attached to homo for several
days, and they have kept up the
regimen until now, but wo are
venturing out a little through the
mud and mire. We live glad to
see this bright, sunny Monday;
several ladies and gentlemen from
the country in town to-day, in
t rested in the Lloyd will case
set for probate day in tlmOrdinu
nnry's court.
Our school went to business this
morning after taking a part in the
big strike. Ah Miss Jessie called
the little ones to order she re
minded them that the big strike
was over, but that the little strike
had just begun.
Wit.t., Hall, Hull.
THE SNOW.
How beautifully while is all oartli
this week!
All covered with snow pure, mod
est and meek—
Of love emblematic, all ugliness
cov ’ring;
Yes, emblem of love,
From heaven above,
Smoothing rough places, o’or good
and bad hov’ring.
For the artist a scene, for tho poet
- a theme,
For the school girl and boy, just
a howl of
Some sugar and essence, such fun
comes but rarely;
So lot the snow fall
A treat to them all
Save tho “prims” who deal out
such enjoyment sparely.
Oh, what a great pity to spoil tho
smooth sheet I
Poet and artist raise gently your
feet,
And you merry folks fill your bowl
with stray flakes
Or beauty you’ll spoil
The whiteness you’ll soil,
And ruin tlie placo of tho great
beauty takes.
Jones Co. Girl.
• ♦
VEST- POCKET MAPS.
Tho best Map of Georgia pub
lished is ono just issued by Tho
Mat thews- Northrup Co. It is a
now departure in tho Map line,
being jifit 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 18 two-cent stamps. Ad
dress The Matthews-North rup Co.
Buffalo, N. Y. Fast seller. Agents
wanted.
JONES SIIEFF. TAX SALES
By virtue of certain fax fi fas
issued by the Tux Collector of
Jones Co., Ga., for faxes due in
flic year 1894, I will sell at tho
Court house door, in Clinton, said
county, on the first Tuesday in
March next, in legal hours of sale,
the following property, levied up
on under said li fas respectfully, of
m . one hundred acres land,
more or less, in Jones county, Ga * J
.........in,. 11.11. Smith W. P.
Glover au<l others, boldtosain-;
f y ft tax fi fa vs. Jessee Ritchey,
and aa the property 1 1 J of said Jessee
Kllc,l, , 'b
AunniiHimv AT .SO at same time turn and aim nlaco pmc*.
forty-five fl.^as acres of land, more or
the property of Dr. H. B.
Boland, in Burdens G. M. Disk,
whereon he now resides, to satis
fy a tax fi fa vs. S. B. Boland,
ALSO at same time and placo
( ift y „f land, more or less,
us the property of W. B. <fc O. G.
Sparks, known as tho Dick Gor
don place, in Finney’s G. M. Dist.
f “ "* w -
v,\ l ;.
^ , T i . .
on bnncSed^ras "ff more
or less, as tlie property of B. II.
Ray, in the Tran J- uillu G. M.
j Diet., to satisfy a S3 fi fa vs.
Jhiou'Siuart «,<1 o?hnr».‘ Noti
()I1 p IlUU , H 1>UKH( .s
j s j ori) Terms cash. Feb. tth,l81K>.
J Shff. R. N. Jones Ethhiixie. Co. Ga.