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THE NEWS
Thursday, Feb. 1, 1005.
LOCAL.
Dr. II. W. Walker,
Dentist.
568 Cherry St. Macon, Ga.
J A HENDERSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CLINTON................. GA.
Ordinary’* court next Monday.
Commissioner's court next
Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Sid Jones visited
at Gray Sunday.
LaGrippe is holding many of
our citizens in its cruel grasp.
T R Turner witnessed “G! Utter¬
ing Gloria” in Macon last night.
We are sorry to hear of the in ¬
disposition of our “weighty ”Sher-
ilT.
Waara sorry to hear that. Mrs.
T S Bush is on the sick list, and
hope to soon hear that she is well
Moring A Mortou have built a
a stable in the rear of their store.
It may he for livery purposes but
are not authorized to say.
^Mr and Mrs John Souther are
now domiciled in their residence
enjoying all the pleasures of
housekeeping.
We cordially invite all the pas¬
tors of the county to use our col-
unis in making their appointments
and other church meetings public.
Our faithful teacher, and her
very pleasant assistant, aro get¬
ting along admirably well with
their school of fifty-two pupils.
It has been several days since
Mrs Earley lias been aide to call
around to see her friends. She
has been battling with a case of
grip.
Haddock’s new lodge of K of P
is growing out of its ewadling
clothes, and will soon rank with
some of its neighbors in point of
numbers.
“Chief’ ha* developed a fond¬
ness for something besides booze.
A warrant has been issued charg¬
ing him with disturbing Ins
neighbors chickens.
Jl Kitchens is untiring in
hiflsfforts to put things in order
around bis home and we opine
that by time spring begins every¬
thing thereabout will be just to
his notion.
Our teacher, Miss Mary Mn-
hone, went to Macon Friday
night happy with the expectation
of meeting her brother whom she
had not seen in seven years. He
failed to come. H is home is in
Mississippi,
The first quarterly meeting of
the new year will be held with
Clinton church next Saturday,
The Pr*# ding Elder is expected
to preach both .Saturday and Sun¬
day. A cordial welcome awaits all
who attend.
Mr J S Duma* spent last Sun¬
day night with us. Sid was raised
m the oounty and has never lost
his love for home. He is doing
well in hie comfortable home just
over the line in Jasper.
Miss Lizzie Smith, cf Griswold-
ville, pleased Mr Clark Smith’s
family with h*r presence last week.
If si 4 could hear all the nice
thi P said of her she would per-
1 haps put in au appearance at
i oftspef.
, Gray
A Gray lady ia responsible for
saying that Clinton has the best
1 women in the world, and that if
' moving the court house will bring
t them over she is willing to knit
j socks tor sale with which to buy
. brick to build.
1 A young negro boy by the name
f of Mose Glover shot and killed a
negro Ly the name of Gordon last
Monday night near Five Points in
the upper portion of the county.
■ Macr.n whiskey was the direct
i trouble. Glover is yet at large,
I ! When in need Of Dry
Goods, Notions, Boots,
Shoe8, Rea-dY made Cloth.-
ing.Hats ana FarmingIm-
SLdTSrrn» J J Smith..
ey.
We make this request of all; If
at any time an item of interest
should come under your observa-
certlWy tion ^ase report to us Jand we
will appreciaU it. There
being no town hen it ia a task to
net up a local column. We will -----
esteem it quit* * favor if all will
lend us a helping bend.
Mrs A C Roby, of Albany, lias
roturned home. She was accom¬
panied by her sister, Miss Julia
Greene, who will remain with lur
several months.
We hope our correspondents
will bear in mind that we are al-
most entirely dependent upon
them in giving the news of the
county. Wo will endeavor to
give the news of the entire c.,im-
ty, and to that end the help of
our correspondents is essential.
In the rush incident to a change
things are not always as we would
have them, hut with pntience and
time all things can be righted and
improvements made. If the time
is given us we will cultivate pa¬
tience and bend every energy to¬
ward the end desired.
My prices on general
merchandise are cheaper
than the cheapest.
J J Smith.
It has been said that the color-
people could not purchase land
for homes at Gray. This is not
true. The land company lias re¬
cently given the colored people an
acre of laud for church purposes
free of charge, and they ar i pre¬
paring to build thereon. By ap¬
plying to the executive commit¬
tee—J II C Ethridge, B M Green,
or M C Greene—any prospective
colored purchaser will receive at¬
tention.
Ordinary Bonner has made the
hearts of all (lie old veterans of
tho county glad by distributing
among them their annual pen
sions. While the amount receiv¬
ed by each is small it is in many
instances a God-seud, and goes a
long ways in brightening the de¬
clining days of tlieso old and
decrepid heroes. Their ranks are
fast being trimmed and in a few
more years tho entire command
will he hivouaced on the other
side. May their last days be
made their brightest by a glimpse
of the golden shore.
We are requested to ask Prof.
Frank Green how many widows
have answered his matrim mini
advertisement, which it is alledg-
ed read as follows: “A nice young
man, v«-ry good looking, would
like to correspond with a pretty
young widow who has a few thou¬
sand dollars. My object—1 want
a pretty wife and money to invest
in sweet potatoes and chewing
gum. Yours trulv, > J
Mrs Matthews, of Senatobia,
Miss., is visiting relatives in t-i.e
county. It has been thirty years
since she was here last. She is a
sister of S L, J R and Joe Chiles.
Quite a number of relatives and
neighbors mat Lor last Sunday at
a dinner given her by Mrs J R
Chiles. While the family nnd 60 -
cial ties of more than thirty years
bind her to Mississippi (he early
recollections of old ties cannot be
effaced. She is accompanied by
her bright little grand daughrer
Mary.
We want to offer our heartfelt
thanks to the good ladies of Clin¬
ton for the money acts of kind¬
ness shown us by them while we
stayed in our twin sister city dur¬
ing the recent illness of our
daughter there. It is worth be¬
ing sick to enjoy the pleasure
which true gratitude affords one.
I7e are all good to our friends
and neighbors when tluy aro in
trouble, if wo only know when
and where to place our goodness.
Those dear women over there go
to the back doots and side win¬
dows and find out, Recently n
convict who had been in chains
fifteen years was liberated, and his
first thoughts were to visit a lady
in that town and thank her for
deeds of kindness shown him
when he was in the dismal cel Is of
of Clinton jail. Bless that wo¬
man ! The whole aim cf her life is
to do something to make others
happy, and she is not alone for
that old town is filled with just
such characters.
Mr and Mrs W II Mulligan, of
Clinton had to dine with them
Sunday, his father’s family,
brother Jim and wife, Mr and Mrs
M c Greene, Mrs Dr Pursley nnd
Mrs Will Barron. The big fat
Turkey saved over from Christ-
ma8 constituted the most impor-
P«t.fore,,™
there were other things along
with it, and we would judge from
the time the first table sat at
meat that all was muchly enjoyed.
Will was complimented on the
manner in which he played the
part of host. We hope this young
couple will he prosperous, and
that they may never Cease to drs-
pense true hospitality.
J J Smith carries a
line of Dry Goods,
Shoes, Hats, Groceries and
Farming Implements
Gray, Ga.
County solicitor, J A Hender-
SO n, lias established headquarters
in Clinton. H is recent contact
with printer’s ink will not pre¬
sent him from making a success
it law, it fact it should prove ben¬
eficial, for it is said that a man
who makes a success of a county
weekly, is equipped for most any
position. His law card car be
found in another column,
News From »Limes
Jumes is calm and serene now,
no burglars, no sick folks, plenty
of mud and cold weather. There
was a light bad wreck last \v»ek
of one of the freight trams no
one hurt, but the patienco of the
people on the passengers I guess
were thoroughly G'sted, as they
had to wait all day at Janies for
the wreck to be repaired.
Mis Mamie Griswold made a
short visit to the homefulks nt
Milledgevillo last Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr Itaddolph Malone, of Mon-
ticelto, spent several days last
week with the family of It H King
man.
Mieses Daisy and Annie King-
man. with Mr Malone, went to
Clinton Sunday to see their
friends, Mr and Mrs Gus Stewart.
Miss Not a Morton spent a few
of last week with friends at
James.
Miss May Stewart has not been
well recently, b it we are glad to
know she is improving. She was
well enough to be out walking
with the young people Sunday af¬
ternoon.
Miss Daisy Kingman enjoyed
her visit to Miss Lilalr Roberts,
she and Miss Lilalr deserve the
blue ribbon, they went out with
the gentlemen dove hunting and
kiPed several birds.
Will Wheeler from South Ga.
is visiting friends near James.
Tom Pitts spent Monday in
Macon.
Bradley Local i.
Can anything good for (he far¬
mers come from the meeting held
in New Orleans only a few dais
ago? The fanners must answer
liiis question for themselves. That
a reduction of the acreage and of
commercial fertilizers is of para¬
mount importance is evidenced by
the fact that the convention unan¬
imously adopt resolutions to cut
cotton acreage and the fertilizer
25 percent. The farmers cannot
raise cotton for six cents per
^Vve'ryfanner t'Zn'u
| iy the resolutions adopted. If
they do cotton will surely be a
better price the next season and
t * lfi farmers will have Jiuppiei
fac ^
jraprjg js bufjiIy e , w d in
trimming and planting his peach
trees. He is at spare times found
working on a -ie\v fence. It will
be on exhibition behind the store
occupied by W I) Winters. All
who are interested in modern
fencing are at liberty to inspect
his before ordering elsewhere.
Mr. T F Bradley has a saw mill
on his plantation not far from
hero. Mr Bradley will have a
large bill of lumber cut as he has
some very fine timber, both pine
and oak.
MrsJM Mercer visited Mr
Hugh Gordon Saturday and Sun¬
day. returned
Miss Mary Lowe has
home after a visit to Miss Hattie
Hammock.
Mr and Mrs S B ITungerford
were the guests of Dr. and Mrs B
I O’Kellev Sunday.
The weather is almost constant
in its inconstancy. It hi ftUs the
most expert weather prophet.
A young lady stepped into the
store of \V I) Winters and said,
‘“Mr. Willie have you any peas?”
“No, thank you, cheese is the on¬
ly vegentble we have on hand
now. ”
Co! Jesse M Hunt was with his
friends at Bradley Tuesday. We
are glad to have Mr Hunt with us
for he has done a great deal for
Bradley as well as the entire
conntv.
I J T Ml^R
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T. It. TURNER.
Winter Tourist Rates Via
Central of Ga- Ry.
Account the following occasions
the Central of Georgia Railway
8e) | !ow rate tickets on conditions
named below.
Excursion tickets on sale
until April CO, 1905, to resorts in
Florida, Cuba, Nassau, Texas,etc.
Final limit of tickets May 31st
J905.
Bound Oak Locals.
The advice given us is never to
talk about the weather if we wish
to be good entertainers,hut, how
can we resist from this subject
when it plays so important a part
in our lives? Really I do not be¬
lieve wo could drop it out of our
talks.
Mrs H J Marshall, who spent
some time with friends here, re¬
turned to her home in Macon not
long ago. We enjoy having ^un¬
friend with us and hope sho will
make us another visit.soon.
Mr Nolan Sammons, who lias
been at home on account of sick-
ness, returned to Locust Grove
last Friday.
The matrons hero liavo organ¬
ized a Matron’s Social Club. They
met first at.the home of Mrs S5
Baldwin and had a most pleasant
time. The next meeting will be
with Mr W II Barron.
Miss Bessie White returned to
Wesleyan Monday night.
Mrs Thompson’s mother and
grandfather are living with her
now.
The friends of Mrs Sailio Lou
Smith will be glad to learn that
she is greatly improved in health.
We are sorry fo say that Mi-
Dan Redding is still on the sick
list.
Miss Berta Chiles came to see
Mrs C C Childs oneduy this week.
Dr White continues to blow his
well. That is all we hear up here,
the explosion of tire dynamite.
He will get pretty thirsty if lie
waits for that well to supply him
with water.
A Birthday Party.
Last Saturday afternoon the
lads and lasses of the ville were
invited to the elegant home of Mr
and Mrs F Holmes Johnson to as¬
sist her bright little son, Morton,
in celebrating his ninth birthday.
After supplying themselves
with such presents that suited
their childish fancy seme two
dozen donned their best appear¬
ance and h'.e 1 away to the place
where se much pleasure awaited
ihem. Morton received his guests
in a manly way. The first task of
amusement was each child tried
to bite a suspended apple without
touching it with huuds. Little
Miss Annie Greene won the pr,zu
which was a large red apph .
Next IIi 11 uio Souther won in find¬
ing the greutest number of hidden
animal crackers. After then
Misses Nettie Turner and Kate
Moor,- led in some games they
learned when they were girls un¬
til “get partners for dining
room” was announced, The chiI-
dreu say it was so beautiful in
there; so many good things to
eat 1 Mrs Johnson always opens
her purse when she entertains
the young people’ and we believe
that nothing makes her happier.
The huge cake which contained a
ring, collar button, dime and
thimble was sliced up and the
winners were, Kittio Anchors,
Dick Blow, Tliad Greene and
Frances Stewart, tho last pre-
senting the thimble to Annie
Greene, she being the young lady
of h is choice.
It makes children happy to en¬
tertain them thus and besides it
fills them with pride ami gives
them ease of manners as they
grow to larger boy hood and girl¬
hood.
Bigficld Items
Miss Delia Burnette was called
to the bedside of her sister, Mrs
Annie Shaefer, who was very sick
Mr nnd Mrs G S Willis spent
Sunday with the family of Lewis
Winters.
Mr Will Bonner, Misses Bessie
Bonner nnd Fannie Souther were
guests of Miss Mamie Burnette
Sunday.
Mrs L W Stewart and daughter,
Miss Jessie, visited at James re¬
cently.
J W Burnette made a business
trip to Macon Monday.
Misses Nellie and Elbina Eth¬
ridge spent Sunday with Miss
Mamie iJurnette.
MONEY.
Loans negotiated on improved
farms at lowest market rates, nnd
on most liberal terms.
Business of nineteen years’
More than three mil¬
lion dollars in loans negotiated.
Facilities unsurpassed_•
HOWARD M SMITH,
8H Second St., Macon, Ga.
That Disputed Line.
Editor News: —For the satis-
faction of the citizens of Jones in
reference to the line in dispute
between Jones and Baldwin, 1
make the following statement:
We agreed to liuve the line rui
by a legal surveyor, and Governo,
Terrell sent Mr. Royal K. Smitl
to establish the line in dispute,
lie came and run the lino, com¬ i
mencing at the corner of Jones
unit Putnam, and that lino is a
straight line to the corner to
where line corners Jones, Baldwin
and Twiggs, or the corner they,
1 ie Baldwin people, admit .s the
ci rner. We agreed to stand by
tho survey run by Smith, and still
we are satisfied, The county
commissioners of Baldwin were
not satisfied with the survey, and
yet toey do not know where the
line is, but supposed that it run
somewhere else, ami on that sup¬
position they entered their pi in
against J ones county without any
legal grounds whatever. The lino
was run legally by a |egal otlicer.
We were notified by Secretary
Philip Cook that we could not get
a hearing before Jan. 25th, and
that he would let us know the date
of the trial, and that we could
govern ourselves accordingly. He
failed to give us notice when we
could get a hearing, and went fur-
wnrd and rot aside the survey and
the plat ho had before him. The
oilicials of Jones county had no
notification of the trial whatever.
What were their objections? Are
they legal? No; nothing but sup¬
position. Smith was a legal offi¬
cer whose duty it was to run this
line, and we are contending for
the line lie established. The plat
will show that it is a strnight linp,
no blunder on the part ot the
county commissioners—no justice
in the trial. All we want is jus¬
tice. We want what is ours and
expect to contend for it. We do
not want any of Baldwin county’s
luud. County Official.
Trespass Notice.
Notice is hereby given that nil cows,
horse , mules, goats and sheepcauglit
on my place will he impounded and
damage fees collected before owner
can get them. Save trouble and ex¬
pense bv ist, heeding this notice.
Feb, 1905. G C Smith.
South Georgia
and
Florida
IS BEST REACHED VIA THE
G.’S. & F. Ry,
Excursion tickets now on sale
to White Springs, Fla., tho great¬
est health resort in the south.
Through trains to Jacksonville
anil l’alatka, Fla. Ifileguntsleep-
ing cars on night trains.
Those who contemplate taking
a trip to South Georgia or to Flor¬
ida points should address
Cltas. B. Rhodes,
General Passenger Agent,
Macon, Ga.
Live At Home.
Just so sure us the farmer
plants wheat, corn, oats, pota¬
toes, raises hogs, chickens, etc.,
to the extent that lie can live nt
home, just so sure will that far¬
mer come out at tho end of tho
year, no mutter what cotton
brings.
Wo are glad to note that the
farmers are fast teaming this It s-
son. They not only raise more
stock, but they pay more atten¬
tion to breed. They are fust
learning that it cost us much or
mere to to keep a sorry breed the! ns
it does n fine one, and that
fine breed is much more sutisfuc-
tory in results'
With ull these things in mind
we cannot «ee how the farmer cun
rush into raising more cotton to
the detriment of other crops,
when he knows he is \ laying a
losing game.
Again we say, plant less cotton,
raise more corn, meat, etc., and
cotton will again mount its
throne and be king, but if this is
not done, debt and the sheriff’*
hammer play au important part
in your affairs.
FOR SALE.
bhinglcs and Blitk for mle.
MORING A MORTON
Clothing for Everybody.
'Prices to Suit A.
OUR STOCK OF
Fall and Winter Clothing n
is up-to-dato in every particular, and we ure prepared to’meet all
the requirements in
Furnishing Goods.
We can suit the boys, the youths, the young men, the middle aged
and the old. Come sec and you’ll buy
YOURS FOR BUSINESS,
R. L. CHEEK cfe CO.
410 THIRD STREET MACON, GEORGIA.
Benson & Moorevs
Sack Suits
The success of tho season. Some New
Nobby Browns in Cheviots and Worsteads
at $12 50 to $25
Everybody who has seen these stiles
the verdict is identical, These are the
most artistic clothes of the century. You
should see them, Prices not low but
moderate.
Benson & Moore
THE UP TO DATE CLOTHIERS,
420 Third St.
A. S. J. TAYLOR BEN T. RAY WALTER F. CLARK
TAYLOR SHOE
COMPANY
We have just re¬ j i
ceived a complete as¬
sortment of Ladies’,
Men’s, Children’s and
Misses’ winter shoes. n
All goods, all sizes, (
f
all styles, which will
give you a a Ire rec eiv
ed for your money, or
your money will he refunded
519 CHERRY ST., MACON, GA.
Phone ()(>.
BUY YOUR FURNITURE
FROM US.
We have lots of nice th'ngs suit¬
able for Christinas presents end
would be pleased to sh tw you
through our store. We carry a
big line of
ODD BEDS AND DRESSERS
AT BRICES TO FIT YOUR BURSE.
What would make a belter
present than a nice clock? or an
elegant rug? We have them at
all prices.
Get oar prices. We will save you money.
Brown 4 lames Fumitui: Co,
1508 Third St., (Balkcom’s Old Stand) Macon, G
M.CBALKCOM g r
I carry one of the most complete lines of
Hardware and Crockery in the South.^lMy
prices are right. Goods first-class
♦ 362 Third St., Macon, Ga.
Don’t fail to see our getmii a
oak bedroom ruits with Frenoli
plate mirrors in the, dressers for
#15.00 per suit. ^We have them
up to #75.00, too.