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i.’.v, April 4, ] HOo.
LOCAL.
A good crop of corn will be
planted in this section.
Gray was deserted again last
week.—The farmers w ere at work.
Last Monday was all-fools day.
Nobody at Gray filed any claim
to it.
Rev. R. A. Seals left last]Mon¬
day on a business trip to Oxford
ami Atlanta.
Little Lucile McDowol, Mach on,
is spending a while with her aunt,
Mrs. Austin.
Look out for the overseers to
summon you on the road in the
next ten days.
If you wisli to sell your land at
«uy time during the year, list it
now with Barron & Greene.
W. S. Griffin, one of Putnam’s
prosperous farmers and clever cit¬
izens, was at Gray this week.
Willie Austin spent several days
with his mother this week. He
has some idea of going to New
York in the near future.
It looks natural to see Dr. Purs-
ley ride by. Your numerous
friends over here nre glad to sec
you able to be out again, Dr.
“Aleck Smart” must be very
busy either watching the tramps
or nursing the baby. Give an ac¬
count of yourself, old fellow.
Solicitor Dumas pas-ed by one
day last week enroute to Blounts-
ville. He informed us in passing,
however, that it wasn’t his week
to teach school.
Miss Kate Morgan came home
from her school last Friday quite
sick, and has been confined to her
bed ever since. We are glad to
learn that she is improving.
We have two communications
this week from Robertsville. The
one from “Dixie” found its way
to his office too late for publica¬
tion. Send them one day earlier
‘Dixie. ”
There was a new arrival at ti e
home of B. M. Greene this week—
another girl. When asked by a
friend how many children lie had,
he began to count on his fingers
“one, two, three, four, five—six,
I believe. ”
Gene Morgan has a stockade
next, to this office in which lie has
about 50 chickens that can make
more noise over the eggs they lay
than any married folks’ chickens.
Great results depend upon their
year’s work.
Mr. &. Mrs. A. J. Middlebrooks
lost last Sunday night their baby
about two months old. It had
been sick sometime and death was
a relief to the little sutferes. May
the parents bow in submission to
the will of God who ever does all
things well.
The people are anticipating an
enjoyable day at Pitt’s Chapel
next Sunday at a singing. A band
of singers from Masseyville and
one of the finest organists in the
county are expected to make a
display of their musical talent.
The public invited to attend.
Mrs. Will and Mrs. Dr. Barron,
Clinton, visited at Gray last Sat¬
urday afternoon. The venerable
I)r’s. better half holds her own
well. She smilingly asked if we
did not think she was a “primpy”
widow? We appreciated the in¬
terest she seemed to take in The
News, and enjoyed her apprecia¬
tion of love stories. Come over
again, Mrs. B., and make us
laugh about your fear of cyclones.
When in Macon and want com-
fortalde quarters stop at the
Reeves House, 221, Fourth street.
A'ou will be furnished with a pleas¬
ant room, good bed and as good
fare as the market affords, at the
reasonable price of $ 1,00 per day.
Mrs. Reeves has long been in the
hotel business and ever looks to
the comfort of her guests. There
is something home-like about this
house that commends it to those
who are looking for a quiet place
to stop, 221 Fourth St. is the
place.
MOHT0X ITEMS.
Miss Fannie' Sh of Macon, is
tin; gin st of Mrs. H. Johnson
this week.
i Miss Hellc Morton, one ot Fine
Ridge’s most nmiablevoiing ladies
is visiting the family of Mr. E. T.
Morton, much to the pleasure ol
a certain young man hereabouts,
Wonder why “Sideway” did
” ‘
not stop to see “Duncan” on
her way to Clinton from Janies?
It would have pleased his vanity
immensely.
The two dudes did not accompa¬
ny each other to James last Sun¬
day. One was seen in an earnest
conversation with a young mar¬
ried man. Can it bo that ’this
dude is contemplating matrimo¬
ny and was getting “dots?” We
will see.
There was quite a little shew
passed through our village last
Saturday—a man with his wife
and seven children, riding in an
ox cart. They were from Red
River county, Ark., and traveling
for the health of his family. It
looks from their appearance that
ome soap and water would be
quite a benefit to them.
Ah me! how lovely is the spring
time; all the world seems happy
and every bud is opening into a
broad smile of welcome. This af¬
ternoon as I wended my way
homeward from my work, just as
old Sol was slowly sinking behind
the western horizon, my mind
wandered to “Ike Goins, ” and I
sincerely wished that instead of
the “unearthly sounds” to which
he was compelled to listen,
he could have shared the sweet
harmonious ones that reached my
ears. There were the songs of
many birds, the gentle ripples of
a stream near by, the wind sigh¬
ing through the pines, the tink¬
ling of the cow bells in the dis¬
tance; while the plowman near at
hand whistled over the furrowed
land. As I drew near the house
and heard the cooings of the pig-
< ons as they fondled nil 1 caress id
their young, togetlu r with the
other sounds that come only from
a farm-yard, I decided that nature
was far grander than art,’and that
no life was so sweet as a farm
life. Duncan.
DR. POLAND CHARGED WITH
A SERIOUS CRIME.
Mr. Editor —On the 28th inst.
Dr. S. I?. Pi land, of this comity,
living near Griswoldville, was ar¬
rested on a warrant charging him
with attempt to rape upon the 11
year old child of Franklin Moore.
The best information reveals that
on Tuesday before the arrest Mrs.
Moore sent two of her children to
Dr. Poland’s on an errand. When
the children arrived, Willie, the
girl, and Bennie, the boy, they
found Dr. Poland at home. Po-
land insisted upon the children
taking a drink with him, and they
knowing no better, did it. Poland
under some excuse persuaded the
girl to go up stairs with him, but
refused any of his offers which lie
made to her if she would succumb
to his wishes. The girl went
down stairs and Poland seeing
that tne first “toddy” did not
make her drunk, mixed another
drink, and the little boy, who is
14 years old, saw Poland reacli to
the mantle among a lot of bottles
and put something in the liquor.
The girl, after drinking this, went
back with him, and then Poland
attempted to commit his fiendish
desire, and was caught in the act
by the girl’s brother. The boy
heard his sister scream and went
up stairs; this is why he saw Po¬
land. Bennie started home but
Poland would not let him go for a
time, but lie kept up such a noise
that Poland turned him loose.
Bennie then ran for his mother
who lives near by and she return¬
ed with him. Poland would not
open the door for her until she
knocked four or five times. She
found her child in bed under the
influence of the drug, and Poland
in the room with the child.
It was several hours before the
child recovered from the drug,
The heart-broken father is
mendable for his actions in
curing a warrant instead of
ting to that speedy remedy which
most of men would have done.
r Poland demanded indictment
an
and was put under a $2,(XX> bond
by Judge Barron. F. II. Johnson,
Rol NI> OAK UFA C: L. NGS.
HV IKE COINS.
at !..t department aoem-
ed to i t burning brush or smoking
] cross vine all of last week. If the
I ; former 1 hope it is the financial
new ground that is being cleared.
£ don't know whether the big man
in the moon winked at the situa-
tibn or not, couldn't see his face
. plain enough to tell. He only
j showed a part of his face and that
had to he looked at through the
smoke. She sun was smoked mi-
til it looked pretty rial in the face,
still it might have blushed from
shere timidity from having been
kept out of sight so long by the
late cloudy weather, and then
have t he sudden gaze of the world
turned on it, as of last week. Most
any of us would blush and feel
kinder seldom like, if so sudden¬
ly thrust before the gaze *of “all
mankind after living in obscurity
as long as the sun did up to last
week. While all this has been
going on the farmers have had a
good time playing in the dirt,
which was the first good chance
The they have had since Christmas.
ladies actually went out in
their gardens and flower yards to
play in the dirt. Some had box¬
es filled with it and put on the
piazza to play in. Little old mid¬
get, Ben White and I played in
the sand together, pulled off our
shoes, filling them with sand, ty¬
ing long strings to them, calling
them our wagons and hauling
sand. Then we found a place
where it hadn’t dried good and
made frog houses, which was such
a relief after making mud cakes
so loug.
Abe Gordon, col., walked into
the store of Gordan & Small on
last Saturday night and called for
some candy. “How much,Abe?”
asked Mr. Gordon. “Jes gim me
a little,” said Abe, “we are all
Gordons, you know.”
Mr. Sam Barron informs me
that he and Mr. Jess Hunt
have, after so long, compromised
the dispute between them as to
which is the smarter of their t\Vc
respective it grand kids, by letting
go that Master Sam is the lar¬
ger and stronger, and little Miss
Jessie is the prettier and smarter.
Sam, not Simon, says “wig wag,”
bends up, not hands up. That,
“do” settle it, as Charlie Liuits-
ford would say.
G. Monday morning last when Mr.
W. Gordon walked down to his
store to open up for business, was
astonished to see on his piazza
two road carts, one filled with
empty sodv water cases, and the
other with rolls of barbed wire.
A large card was in full view, on
which was written “Bargain piaz¬
za. All for one dollar.’’ “Good
Lord,” said Mr. Gordon, ‘ I nevei
saw anything like this before.’■
I hear that Misses Dodie and
Sal lie Holland and Maggie Childs
were here Sunday. They flitted
themselves here so quietly and
spirited themselves away so mis-
teriously. What’s the matter
ails you girls? Come again and
show yourselves.
Miss Sallie Barron, of Clinton,
is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Capt.
Smith, of Round Oak. She and
Miss Waif Bivins spent Sunday
with the family of Mr. J. W. Bar¬
ron. I’ll bet an empty match
box that the aforesaid young la¬
dies can make more aprons and
tidies as well, and do more chain
and hem stitching than any other
two this side of Mason and Dix¬
on’s line, while they are “beau-
lessing around. ”
Prof. Childs and wife, Boh Mc¬
Cullough and Miss Tallulah Mel¬
ton, Jim Turk and Will Childs
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
John Green, out on Walnut creek.
Miss Minnie Green came home
with the gang, and will spend
some time with her sister, Mrs.
Prof. Childs, to the special delight
of Ed Culpepper, Jim Turk, and
the two Bobs.
Your correspondent at Way-
side seemed to have gotten up sor¬
ter “Sideway” last week and got
down before telling of the bovine
kind of Rasnant L. B. Mercer
rides while playing Sancho Panza
for Squire Hascall’s court. His
Rasnant is not so renowned ns
Bill Arp’s Big John’s steer, nor
Montgomery Folsom’s little Dar¬
by, but is all right Scollup. Then the
too, I do not “Sideway” precisely catch how
point of as to
Bro. Seals could dispell coolness
in the church with bottler! cold
weather. 1 would suggest that he
pour red hot gospel oil on the
beads of all the old “mud sill sin-
ners” and apply hot rocks of war-
j | ning to them their feet, to the in order to
warm up proper requ-
I isite. The bottled cold weather
j of Turk & Seals is to cool things
when they get too hot.
HADDOCK HAPNING*.
Your correspond. 1 . t Mas sick
Iasi wi ck.
Dr. 0. A. Lawrence spout last
Friday in Macon.
Harvey Anchors spent Sunday
" !lil Master in the Central City,
Friends of Mr. P. J. Stewart
will be pained to learn Cunt be is
still confined to his bed and very
feeble.
Col. Bob Hardeman, of Macon,
spent a few days in our city last
week. We always welcome the
Col. among us.
Mr. Henry Bonner has been
rending on some certain subjects
of late, trying to learn what is al¬
ways before him.
A certain young gent of this
place left for Macon last Friday
a. m., wearing one of the happiot
faces that it has been our good
fortune to behold in many months,
and to use his own language—
“am going over to get my stand¬
ing. ” The young lady it seems,
in that sweet, amiable manner,
peculiar only to her sex, must
have said—“I can only' be a sister
to you.” Well of course this
was a paralizer, and wo think we
can hear the ambitious young
gent remark, “things are not al¬
ways]! what they seem. ’’That night
lie came back a sadder but wiser
man, and the only remark that
we could draw from him was:
“There is a good deal of trouble
in the old man’s mind;” there¬
fore wo infer that instead of get¬
ting his standing, he got his walk¬
ing.
The swell affair of the sens >n
was an entertainment at tho resi¬
dence of Mr. II. J. Finney last
Friday night, given by the ladies
to the gentlemen of this- place
The early part of the evening was
spent in various ways, much to
the enjoyment of the fashionable
assembly. At 9:30 we were es¬
corted into the elegant dining
halls to partake of a sumptuous
repast prepared by the dainty
hands of our fair maidens. One
young fellow of great avoirdupois
had Leon preparing for the feast
for quite a while, in fact I am
informed that for the past week
he had only partaken just enough
of the necessities to sustain life.
But on this occasion ho placed
himself in a position to do justice
to the occasion, and to view him
as he viewed the tempting viands
ipread out before him, you could
al nost hear him exclaim, in the
language of Rip Van Winkel—
“the world is mine;” but about
half an hour later we could have
exclaimed in tho language of the
hostess—“the supper was his.”
Mr. D. T. Mercer says this is
certainly an age of advancement
and inventions. His hogs for the
last week have been committing
depredations upon bis garden and
he could not locate the space
through which they entered. He
had about given up in despair
of ever finding where they got in,
but finally bringing all bis men¬
tal capacity to his assistance he
struck upon a plan. So calling
the hogs in his lot lie poured
about a quart of kerosene oil up¬
on their hacks, and by this moans
found where they entered. He
has a very large dog that made an
attack upon the hogs, and tiny
became very swift through fear,
and in passing through that space
so rapidly friction caused the oil
to ignite, and in a few minutes he
quit fighting hogs and turned his
attention to fire. Ho said he
would have lost a good many
pounds of meat but his hogs were
of the Essexkind and did not have
much hair. Now our noted Coro¬
ner, It. B. Trapp, notified me of
these facts, and we all know he is
authority.
A very remarkable and amusing
incident happened to one of our
young men a few nights ago. He
is in the habit of reading in a
certain room until the.late hours
of the night; but on this occasion
he was otherwise engaged, and
did not turn in until very late.
You know the last few beautiful
days have revived have been every in reptile dor-
I and insect that a
mant state during the winter
nielli lih \ * Im wn* si lent lv t'p
i proachhig his room such
|.str.aius.wvn:\\. iI’iikI on (lie l•:{]i III
j breezes t> his oar Unit caused him
j to halt and wonder from what
I source they came. lie wom'ei
j if it could be imagination?—You
know at certain limes a man’s
aginative powers are very gnat,
He pulled ofllijs lint* kicked him-
I S( ‘ l f and bit his tongue,’and reali-
zed that it was certainly music.
Now I am only relating this as In
told it. He said he patiently
watched and waited, trying to lo-
cate the musicians of the mid¬
night lumr. Finally giving up in
despair be those went to musical his room t<
dream of fairies
that had thus favored him. One
more thought struck him the and lie
placed bis good car to key
hole—and what horrors passed
through that space. He then re¬
alized that the pests of last sum¬
mer bad once more returned. The
songs that were sung were “Where
is my wandering boy to-night,”
and “We will miss him when lie's
gone.” He lias moved his sleep¬
ing quarters, and 1 suppose he w ill
be sadly missed.
FROM ROBERTSVILLE.
One pretty week and t he farm¬
ers have been hustling planting
corn and preparing their lands for
melons. There will be fruit fifty ov
sixty acres of the juicy plan¬
ted in this section this year. Cot¬
ton and corn about the same as
last year. Fivo-cents cotton don’t
seem to discourage the farmers
much as there will be about the
same acreage planted this year as
last.
Miss Mamie Roberts, of tin’s
place spent Saturday and Sunday
in Macon with relatives.
We are glad to see Uncle Bill
Roberts out and looking like him¬
self again, as he has been very
feeble for the past three months.
There is a certain young'mamat
tliis place that will not attend our
Sunday-school but lias business
up near Clinton every Sunday.
There must bo a pair of bright
eyes up that way that, attracts bis
attention more than Sunday
school.
There was a young man who
came into the office last Sunday
and asked for a pen and ink to
back a letter to a certain young
young lady in Jasper county. Af¬
ter doing bis writing he left
home. When he had gone
a mile he discovered he had
ed his letter to the wrong girl.
He started back on his mule
correct his mistake, but his mule
didn’t get along fast enough, so
he gets down and hitches his mule
and takes on foot, rushes in the
office, calls for his let ter, re-backs
it and starts back to his mule. Be
more care ful next time, young
man.
Mr. J. W. Slocumb organized
the Sunday-school at this place
last Sunday. Only a few present,
owing to the showery evening.
There was some inquiry Smart. made
last week about “Aieek ) 1
It is rumored down here that he
was ^captured by an army ol
trumps and spirited awav, but we
can’t vouch for the truthfulness
of the rumor.
If you think Ilenry Souther
has caught all the rabbits just
send down and get Luke Brun-
duge and old Blue. When Blue
opens and Luke begins to shout
you may know for certain there
are rabbits about. Feint.
CLINTON LOCALS.
April 2, Our quiet town wui
visited to-day with a'Jlieavy rail,
and considerable hail. Rain was
needed to soften the hard crust
caused by the March winds.
The County court was in session
yesterday, but very little business
before it, and it adjourned about
2 p.m. In the Ordinary’s t our!
Dan Card, col., was tried on a
writ of lunacy, and adjudged a
lit subject for the Asylum. This
is Dan’s second sentence to the
Asylum in two years.
W. H. Holsenbeck’s faithful
mouser, old Mol, departed this
life last week. For fear that site
would spend another of her nine
lives with him ho buried her fif¬
teen feet under the*ground,
Miss Jessie and her school are
talking memorial day and making
preparations for same.
Miss Sallie Barron will return
I home soon from friends and rela-
tives at Round Oak and Hillsboro.
Tell,
Macon aii<t Northern
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Daily
All. I'.M
^ Macon 7 00
Ocmulgee St (5 6 >
s M. I). it S. .Innc. it 50
8 IS Chalk Cut. (1 4!
g Van Huron (5 R7
< ( Morton (5 IS
9 17 Grays (*> IK
9 -27 Brad ley ti on
‘.1 K4 Wayside 0)1 55
9 12 Round Oak iu 47
9 r»t> 11 i llsboro No 82
10 IS M innetii r' 10
10 25 Mbnticello Y' 02
10 45 Maelien -- 42
10 48 Shady Dale — 80
11 0(1 Godfrey 4 17
11 85 Madison 8 58
12 00 Florence 8 87
12 I!) Farmington 8 10
12 27 Hisliop 8 08
12 80 Watkinsvillo 2 54
12 42 Sidney 2 47
12 50 Whitehall 2 40
1 00 Athens 2 80
I 10 pm G.O. it N. Depot 2 20 pm
Ar. Lv.
7 (XI a.m Portsmouth ]’li 45 p.m
10 45 a'.m Washington 8 80 p.m
4 58 a.m New York 8 20 p.m
Connection with Gn. R. R. at
Madison, with South Western and
main stem divisions of C. of Ga.,
also with G. S. A. F. and E. T. V.
A Ga. for all Florida points.
H. Bohns,
A. Shaw, T. I*, it Fit. Agt.
Traffic Mgr.
HADDOCK
High School
HADDOCK ST A., GA.
Prepares hoys and girls for any
of the college classes. Book-keep¬
ing and penmanship a specially.
A practical education given ut the
lowest rates. Largo and commo¬
dious building, with latest im¬
proved appliances.
KATES Ol TUITION AND BOA HI)!
Tuition each department $2,(X)
per month.
Board per month from $0,00 to
$10,(XL
Music per month $2,50.
For further information, Prim, apply
t JO. L. Ray,
i it. H. Bonner.
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PULLS
A positive cure for billiousness,
constipation, sour stomach, dizzi¬
ness, indijestion, pain in back,
side, or headache, and all diseases
caused from a torpid condition of
the liver and bowels.
TATUMS
R IIU M A T I C L I N I M E N T
Cures rhuinfttisni, sprains, Imises,
lame back, pain in limbs, pain in
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Ordinary ? Ofkkt,
Jones eonnly. (
Marc!) ! iIli, i8l;5.
Whereas H. J. iiiirnes applies
to me fur adinini ilia! i :i e.e n mis
nm upon tlio osLato of Parsons
Crutchfield, late of Jones county*
deed. These are to cii.e uli persons
ceneornod to show cuueo at this
office on or by tho Sllidayof
Ap i next, if any they have, wny
the same shall not VO grn-'ife.l.
Witness my hand officially.
R. T. Ross, Ordinary.
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