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TIE NEWS. Thursday, Mch. 7, 1805. LOCAL. The county hoard of education was in session last Monday. Three new scholars in school this week. There is room for oth- es. II. J. Stewart is still doing val¬ iant work for Thb Nkws. He placed ten new names on our books one day this week. Quite a number of our county citixens passed through Gray last Monday on their way to Clinton— it being county court day. Those having land that they desire to sell during the year should list it with Barron tfc Greene. It costs you nothing. We call attention to the adver¬ tisement of Haddock’s High School. The enterprise of the people of that section is commen¬ dable. The people of this county are beginning to believe that Thb News his come to stay, we having secured about 30 subscribers since our last issue. Hid Dumas, with his two chil¬ dren, Coleman and Dalton, spent Saturday night at our domicile. Miss Dalton’s suit of beautiful hair captured the eyes of all who saw her. The new boiler of Greene & Souther has been put to its place and they are about ready to make meal for the public. The thing has a whistle, and Henry Souther has found it out. The News acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to be pres¬ ent at an entertainment given at the home of Mr. &. Mrs. G. W. Gordon, Round Oak, on Friday evening, March 8th, from 8 ’til 12. Several Grayites varied their menu by sending to Gainesville for a crate of cabbage, which were fine, fresh and delicious. They hoisted the denizens to the notch of inviting their neighbors to take dinner with them. Lands sold very cheap in Clin¬ ton last Tuesday. The Ritchey place—one hundred acres—was bid off for $7 The remaining in¬ terest, after expiration of dower, in the Middlebrooks place, con¬ taining about one hundred acres, was sold for $100. Last Friday some flying cinders from a freight engine set fire to the pine thickets fronting “Rock Handle. ” The scene was sublime, it being just at dark and the fire was where there did not seem to be much danger. The railroad hands soon had it extinguished. Large numbers of cattle have been driven by here en route to Macon, but the order of things has been reversed, a drove hav¬ ing been driven from Macon to Gray one day last week and sold to our enterprising beef man, Geo. McGhee. Mr. John Bradley, one of Jones county’s prosperous farmers and successful stock raisers, has placed us under obligations to him for three very large and fine turnips of the ruta baga variety. He has saved about 75 bushels through the winter. This is another de¬ monstration of the fact that there is a good living in Georgia soil for those who seek to make it. EXECUTOR’S SALE. By virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary will of Jones coun¬ ty, Ga. I sell ns Executor of estate of R. J. Turner, dec’d. on the first Tuesday in April next, at the oourt house door, in Clinton, said county, within legal hours of sale, fifty acres (50) of land, more or less, in Jones county, Ga., about two miles from Haddock, known as the Whidby place, ad¬ joining Mrs. Norris, Mrs. Cham¬ bers and L. T. Whidby; good di¬ land unimproved. Sold for vision. Terms cash. March 4, 1895. B. M. Greene, Exeentor. DKATII OK MR. HARRIS. Mr. Joshua Uteris died at liis home in the southern portion of this county on the 28th day Felt. 1895, at the ripe age of 85 years. The funeral services were conduc¬ ted l«y Rev. R. A. .Seals. There is an aged widow and ten children who are scattered in Georgia, Tex¬ as and Louisana to mourn his death. Mr. Harris moved to this county when a small child from North Carolina. Fifty-six years ago he married Miss Joanna Rob¬ erts, and their entire wedded life was spent at the place where he breathed his last. He had lived a modest., humble member of the Methodist church forty years. He had no political aspirations, nev¬ er having run for an office at any time in his life. His greatest am¬ bition was to provide for his household. His endeavor was to raise his supplies at home, an example which is indeed worthy of emulation. With hearts weighed down with grief his loving family laid his remains beneath the tomb which he had erected several years ago to the memory of himself and wife. Rody rest beneath the marble, He so kindly thought to plan, ‘Till his consort fights the battle And is called there to be lain. May they then both rest together, ‘Till the resurrection morn, When their souls will dwell forever Round the happy shining throne. CLINTON*!LOCALS. - Our few thoughts of last week got so badly mixed while in charge of the Editor that we think it might be best not to attempt a single thought this week, How- ever, our motto being “Nil Des- perandum” we will go on with the good work and trust to luck for the result. Your correspondent wishes ev¬ ery man, woman and child in Jones county, could have heard the two sermons preached on last Sunday by our Presiding Elder, Rev. Walker Lewis. They were forceful and thrilling, encoura¬ ging and soul-stirring. Misses Maude Hardeman and Sallie Lee Stewart s,xmt Saturday and Sunday with friends here. It would be right hard to find two more lovable young ladies; con- sequently they have many friends who are always glad to see them. R. H. Kingman (who was once a Clinton boy) and Mrs. Pitts, of James, attended preaching here Sunday. miss Annie Barron, a student of the G. N. & I. College, came over from ’Milledgeville last Friday to visit the home-folks. As her guest, she brought with her, her cousin, Miss Sallie Slocumb. Mrs. S. L. Chiles is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Johnson, at Sibley. Miss Marietta Anderson, of Hillsboro, is attending school here. Akas. When Mr. Wilburn, of Round Oak, rolled in town this morning with two 2-horsc wagons loaded to the brim with the yellow fruit called the yam, we readily found in our pockets, or in our reach, seventy-five cents to pay per bush¬ el for the fine, sound potatoes. We went for the welcome strang¬ ers with such rapidity that his heavy load was soon made light, and Mr. Wilburn journeyed on his way to the Central City, where he will find ready market for the remnant. Then followed in quick succes¬ sion, Mr. John Bradley with a two wheeled vibicle pulled by two horned beast in fine steak order, five bids, of some more of mother earth’s production—as turnips fine yel¬ low ruta baga as I have seen in any market, and he had sold eight bbls. before reaching Clinton. Any farmer with such fruit as that broughtinto our town to-day deserves the highest com¬ mendation. Why can’t all far¬ mers raise such tilings and other home supplies, make let foreign mar¬ kets alone, home happy and our country prosperous? There is no place like home, With plenty of yams and turnips sweet; man 25 beast 5= as cr ROUND OAK PENCIL!NGS. 1 am so sorry the weather de- pertinent turned on more juicy weather and another blizzard, During the pretty weather the farmers were scooting around about right, giving their horses and mules lessons in gee and haw, with git up and back here flung in. The roads had been lmm- me red on with hoofs and wheels until the places torn in two had been sorter welded together, so that by picking the best pieces they’could be used pretty well. There were a few fresh cuts that adhesive plaster would have made nil right. Some old sore places that “Buckler’s Arnica Salve” would have cured. There were a lot of big red inflamed looking bumps that needed polticing. Those old white, chronic burn looking spots needed burnt alum and “Mrs. Rush’s Specific.” A few splinters should have been picked out; some stone brused looking places ought-to have been opened. The bridges had been made sway-back from excessive wet weather and weight of mud, but the few days of warm sun was fast warping them back to their proper level, and it went and rained. I have always been a lover of cool weather, hut it lias been so cold of late that I have been too well pleased and have been wish¬ ing I had a well filled coal bin; but as yet have been disappointed, for the nearest approach to a bin is where my pile of coal has been, which has been exhausted and I have been forced to hope that at the next binning season my bin will have been well binned. One day last week Mr. R. L. McCullough, who clerks for J. W. Turk & Co., was off nearly all day on a cold financial trail, leaving Mr. Turk alone in charge of store. When the mail train was in hear- ing he closed the hack door and said to six or eight persons in the store, “look out, I’ll have to close up a minute or two to carry the mail to the train,” when all seem¬ ingly walked out. Post master Turk P ut off P ost 1,ilste for unc, « Hiun ' rf P oafcttl c,erk to e * ch »“* e l ,,mtul bu9iue9a ’ aml on roturnm S " nlocked the P° 9t offico do ‘ ,r t(> d,ld a *^ r ’ ^ ofd standing like a monument, h » vi »S b,!011 b * k « d m through mistake. Mr Post look¬ ed as if he had just heard of the death of his great grand ma, and Mr. Turk as if he had dropped his biscuit at the table. Mr. Mrs. Tom Hunt, of Mon¬ roe county, are spending several days visiting friends and relatives in and around Round Oak. Mrs. Fannie Peurifoy, of Mou- ticello, spent a few days of last week with her parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hascall, near here. Mrs. Ilascall has been quite sick for several months. Mr. Frank Peurifoy, formerly of Monticello, but lately of Texas, is making his home for the pres¬ ent with his grand parents, Mr. & Mrs. Hascall. The bridge gang landed here last Saturday night, to be ready Monday morning to push the wa¬ ter tank further from the railroad track. This must be a sort of Baptist railroad as it doesn’t like close communion and won’t of¬ ficiate with other roads. The R. & I), tried it, also the Central and now the Seaboard Airline is much- ing it up. Miss, Mrs. orMr. “Blountsville Locals” just be right easy, don’t say a word about it, but I per¬ suade, toll and bait the two Bobs off to your section, while I dish out my verbal confectioneries in another. One of the young ladies in question has been offered a sit¬ uation as assistant Miller and the other has been Machen up things for some time, but the Bobs don’t seem to know it. “Let ergo, Gal- ligher,” but never give m» away, nor the young ladies. Ike Goins. Subscribe for your county pa- per. HADDOCK PERSONAL^. Miss Lizzie Malie.ne is visiting her uncle, Capt. \V. 15. Young, j in Augusta. before returning sho will also visit friends in Co- lumlnis. We wish for her a pleas¬ ant visit. Mrs. R. C. Lester has returned home from Southwest Ga., where she went some time ago to attend the funeral of her father. Rev. Mr. Patterson preached in our little village last Thursday night to a large congregation and they were greatly benefited by his discourse. Mrs. Sam Haddock has been spending some time with her pa¬ rents at this place. She returned home last Sunday, much to the regret of all. Mr. T. J. Stewart was badly hurt a few days past. We hope soon to see him his genial self again. Prof. E. L. Ray’s pupils will have an exhibition at the academy Friday night. The public invi¬ ted to attend. The days of lynching will never cease. A few days ago the inliab- itants of Wallace’s district were horrified by the report that there was a lynching about to be per¬ petrated in their vicinity. The Hor. James Richard Andrews, J.R. was at once notified of these facts and he speedily summoned togeth¬ er some of the bravest knights of the shire and marched silently and bravely to victory or death. When they were in the neighbor¬ hood of the supposed lynchers they dismounted from their blooded steeds, (of the mule kind) with weapons all primed and cartridge boxes in order, the Hon. J. P. gave the command “forward march.” As they marched the winds of memory, like a cohart of ants in an old oyster cracker, seemed to pierce their brain, thinking of the wives and sleep¬ ing babes left at home, and won¬ dering which one of those devo¬ ted wives would soon be a widow. The Hon. James Richard An¬ drews being an old- Confederate veteran, and his brother knights knowing him to he a man that such a thing as fear never entered his brain, could do nothing but follow such a leader. As they were moving slowly on such a wail broke the stillness of that memorial evening that would make the bravest sire’s heart beat quickly. Some of his knights were about to retreat from these sounds to calm their nerves,but he gallantly mounted a stump and his little speech was this: “Fel¬ low countrymen—we are gathered together as men, to defend our women and our country; we as law abiding citizens should exert every means to put a stop to such lawlessness. We have laws enac¬ ted to bring every man before the bar of justice to have an impar¬ tial trial, and then if he is doom¬ ed to be hung let the high sheriff, Bob Ethridge, take that life that the law directs to be taken, and we, fellow c< u itrymen, should not let an assembly of lawless citizens take that life, be it ever so polluted with sin and crime.” So his knights, having been en¬ thused by the eloquent little speech of their leader, rushed wildly on the scene—to witness what? Well, 1 promised the Hon. J. P. not to mention it, but it is too good to keep—’twas a nigger hanging a dog. This, Mr. Editor, is a fact. The Hon. J. J*. was very sick a few days after, so the boys say, and I notice he lias not been to our little village since. I understand, however, that Rich¬ ard is himself again. J. C. Barron. M. C. Greene. BARRON & GREENE, Agents for Buying and Selling Land. Cooperating with ex-Gov. W. J. Northen, of Alania, manager of the Emigration and Investment Bureau. Parties having land for sale are requested to confer with us, either in person or by letter. Barron & Greene, Clinton Gray, Ga. MORTON ITEMS. Mrs F. U. Johnson had as her 1 guest last week beautiful brn- a uette whose amiable disposition and lovely character wins for her a warm welcome on all occasions. Who was she? Why Miss Nora Morton, of course. We find that the farmers in this community will not use more than half of the fertilizers that was used last year, but more home lertilizers. 'Phis mentis more hog and hominy. Any one will do well to call on E. P. Morton for stray cattle and hogs, as he keeps a lot on hand all the time. He says that he would he glad if The News would place a notice in its colums that the no fense law is in force in this coun¬ ty, and for the people to take up their cattle, as he is worried very much by them. I see gardens being planted around now and then. You had better save those seed, you will need them about April 1st. Bkvkiu.y. March has come in on full time; the blustery winds means many logs to roll. The farmers have gone to work with a vim, and say they are go¬ ing to raise more corn and hogs and less cotton. May they suc¬ ceed. It looks as if guano was not go¬ ing to be used very extensively this year. There were over one hundred tons delivered at this point last year, and only twenty five have been shipped here this season. Mrs. Margerette Julian, our esteemed neighbor who died last Monday night, was buried at the family graveyard. Mrs. Julian’s maiden’s name was Stallworth. She had been married for more than two score years. She died on the eve of her 77th birth day. Mr. & Mrs. R. L. Smith and Mrs, Jolinie Shepherd and child¬ ren spent a few days last week with our neighbors, Mr. & Mrs. J. II. Wright. Mrs. Annie Morton is on the sick list this week. Hope she will soon be restored to health. We are sorry to learn of the ill¬ ness of the little babe of Mrs. Car¬ rie Silas. Mrs. Silas is oil a visit to her father, Mr. M. J. Wheeler, of this community. Duncan. 15 LOU NTS V1 l7l j E*LOC AI „S. The farmers are as busy as bees trying to make up some lost time. I hear of some that planted corn last week. 1 guess it is not too soon as we can boast of some of Jones’ best farmers. Our Sumjay-school has conic out of its winter quarters. There was a fuller attendance on yester¬ day than we have had this year. The friends of Mrs. Lee Smith are glad to learn that she is im¬ proving. Mr. Dick Sammons visited friends here last week, Col. E. T. Dumas gladdened the “old folks at home” by a visil last week. Wonder if Edmond did not have an object in view in leaving homo for Clinton so early Friday morning. Mr. M. C. Greene passed here Saturday en route to Ramoth, his church. 1 know that his visit was a mutual pleasure to himself and many friends. They will sadly miss him at Ramoth, where for several years he has devoted much of his time and talent to the ad¬ vancement of the church and the good of the Sunday school. BRADLEY ITEMS. Well, Mr. Editor, I’ve failed to give you news from our little vil¬ lage for the past two weeks, so if you will allow me I’ll come in and give you a few items, J. M. Mercer is the happy fa- tlier of a fine boy. J. W. Jolly, an old Jones coun- is on a visit to relatives and friends at Bradley. We hope him a long -day and pleasant visit before returning ’> hi, home in Americas. W. W. Barron and wife, of (Minton, spent a very pleasant day last week at the home of Mrs 15\s. father, Mr. John Bradley. M. II. Mulligan and wife spent a few days last week in the Cen¬ tral City. Joe Bradley has been very sick for the past two weeks blit we are glad to say is rapidly improving. “Ike Goins” visited “Pa isy Blossom” last Sunday, Come again, Ike, we enjoy having you so much. Miss wittie Mulligan will have for her guest tho last of March the charming and accomplished Miss Clyde Gurley, of Putluuu. Mrs Win, Bradley is on a visit to her mother, Mrs Odom, of Stan- fordville. Gene and Ira Bragg, of Pine Ridge, visited on the corner last Sunday afternoon ; but from the way Gene talked it will be a long time before he goes again. His girl would persist in changing the name in the song she sang. Pansy Bi.ossum. FROM PUTNAM. Stankordvilee, Ga., March 2 1895. Edit, k News: —Having seen two or three copies of your newsy little paper have fallen in love with it. Enclosed find one dollar for which send it to me one year. May success crown your efforts to give the grand old county of Jones a good county paper. While we regret very much to give you up from our county, we are glad that our near neighbor, Jones, is the gainer. You left good neighbors and kind friends over here, but be not discouraged, you will find the same over there. The writer knows whereof he speaks, having spent four years of his life in that coun¬ ty* Some of the best people I ev¬ er knew lived around Blountsville, Haddock and Clinton, and I be¬ lieve they live there yet, and will stand by and aid you in endeav¬ oring to give them a clean county paper. Our school has opened with u very fair attendance—about 25, The patrons have engaged the ser¬ vices of Prof- Gardner, of Mil¬ ledgeville, as teacher. Mrs. C. W. Moran, of Hancock, is visiting her parents, Mr. & Mrs. B. II. Pound. mrs. Will Bradley, of Bradley, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Odom, From the way J. B, Pound is buying cat I le he is not going to let the peoplesround Milledgeville and the Asylum suffer for beef. He drove something over a hun¬ dred by here a few days ogo, and some of them were very fine. Farmer. JONES SHERIFF SALES. By virtue of a levy made under a tax ti fa issued by the tax col¬ lector of Jones county, Ga., vs. Sarah M. Lester, for taxes for year 1891, state and county tax, ) will sell at court house door, in Clinton. Jones county Ga., on the first Tuesday in April next, with¬ in the legal hours of sale, that certain lot of land in Jones coun¬ ty, Ga., whereon the mansion is situated, containing 2(>4 acres, more or less, and known as the old David Lester homestead, to satisfy said fi fa. Terms cash. It. N. Ethridge, March 0, 1895. Sheriff. 1 A SOUTHERN.... ---- FARMER CAN T AFFORD To rto without Th# Atlanta Week!/ Co»- •tltution. The Farm Question Box An wera thousand# of questions through¬ blith¬ out tli# your acoorijlng to the boat anil est nclentlflr: authority, a# well an with the kieii perception ut long experience In all farm work. The Constitution’# Prize Acre Crops For 1805 are attracting wide attention. Are yon in tbn content ‘l Have you not entered y t ? Blank* for crop yourself repo-furnished ami help free to on Illiterate application. to Help neighbor* the advent * enlightened your method in cultivation. This of U mutnd field is not book farming subscrilicrs. ; it an No entry contest open t * all fees required. Send for sample copy, fceiul for particulars. THB CONSTITUTION Ails ta, On.