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VOL. 2.
ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS.
GA THERE D FOR THE CORRE
, SPONDENTS READERS.
The Happenings of the Week Put
in Short , Pointed Paragraphs—
What Has Happened and Is Go¬
ing to Happen—Points Political ,
Personal and Social—Men and
. Thinas.
JMiss Ida Grubb visited relatives
in Upson county last Saturday
and Sunday.
E. S. Lee came u p from Fort
Valley Monday to attend Ordi¬
nary’s court.
W. E. Carnes came down from
Jonesboro Sunday and spent a
day or two on business.
Jno. L. Saunders came in from
Byron this week and gave us a
pleasant call.
Roberta means to, and is going
to, in the near future have a
masonic lodge.
John S. Sandefur has gathered
the biggest pile of peas in one
hundred and thirty-sgven coun¬
ties.
Emmett Elliott went to Macon
since our last issue. He reports
that he was not quarantined on
this trip.
Mr. A. T. Simerly and Miss J.
R. Underwood’ were united in
marriage on last Sunday. Judge
A. J. panielly officiated.
Fat hogs and fine potatoes along
with plenty of corn. Something
to eat in these parts and we ail
with one accord rejoice over this
fact.
Migrafcory birds going South
and cold weather comes along
with them. However, the weath¬
er stops here.
Dick Lockhart with the Corre¬
spondent to read and a team to
pull him says that he can stay in
the ring all the time.
W. H. Dent is a fine carpenter
and a good blacksmith. Oc¬
casionally he works at both
trades.
Gov. Troup Howard passed
through Roberta Monday. He
has been in the hotel business at
New Holland Springs during the
summer.
Mr, W. P. Carr’s corn crib, to
gether with four or five hundred
bushels of corn, was burned a few
nights ago. The fire was thought
to be of incendiary orgin.
Come in and pay your dues to
the paper. If your subscription
has expired, give us $1.50 and get
the Weekly Constitution and the
Correspondent one year.
Missionary agent, Col. C. B.
Howard went to Atlanta a few
days ago <m special business con¬
nected with his office. He is now
special missionary from this coun
ty to look after the Georgia legis¬
lature.
One of the impossibilities of
this life is for any man to under¬
take to live unto himself and
think that he can be successful in
the undertaking. He cant do
this and neither can he live to
much advantage with a gang of
cranks that go on cranksided
style.
The Dannenberg Co. is doing
a driving business in Macon this
Fall. Their stock of clothing
under the management of Geo.
W. Morgan, is the largest and
most complete ever brought to
Macon. Call on Mr Morgan when
you go to Macon.
THE CORRESPONDENT •
ROBERTA, G A., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 10, 1803.
We are still on hand running
the paper and it is standing high
up in popular favor.
It costs but a little to read and
keep posted in this world but
numbers of us fail to use as we
should our opportunities.
At this writing the Roberta
hotel is unoccupied, hence it pre¬
sents a rather deserted appear¬
ance.
Mr. J. H. Nolan was on the
sick list a few davs of the very
recent past.
The ten per cent tax now im¬
posed upon state banks should,
by all means be lifted. Our gov¬
ernment should not resolve itself
into any kind of machine to rob
the people.
The Correspondent was repre¬
sented in Macon last Saturday.
George Morgan remembers Craw
ford folks. He gave gifts to our
Junior.
Rob Smith had a big round
with some of his Taylor pets.
Others who went passed through
the different degrees of jolly and
enjoyable trip as good as the very
best.
Capt. Wms. Rutherford and
Bob Rutherford Col. R. D.
Smith, Sam Long and O. P.
Wright went over m Taylor
Thursday of last week on a big
fish. Joe Harvey was on hand as
chief cook and bottle washer.
The party went to Ficklen’s and
netted a few fish & shared in the
hospitality of those good
people at and around the mill
and store.
Wade Mathews was in Roberta
Thursday
Our popular citizen and pro¬
prietor formerly of the Roberta
Hotel has changed bases. As a
housewarming and opening in
general, he tendered to our young
people on his debut at his new
place the biggest reception our
part of the world ever knew, ever
saw or will ever hear of unless
they put money in travel. It was
not a starvation arrangement.
Oysters for a supper and a gen¬
eral spread met our kind people
and they met and greeted it and
possibly devoured it. Hundreds
of people and thousands of people
were at Ed Dent’s entertainment.
Mr. and Mrs. Dent, and no one
could conceive ot any other kind
of word or line to be put in print,
did their part and their good
friends extend thanks for same.
This house -will and must pros¬
per. Reason and right demand
it.
CHAPMAN'S ENGLISH KITCHEN.
MACON, GA.
At 500 Mulberry St., next door
to Cheatham’s Drug Store, is the
very best place in the city to get
a first-class meal at low figures.
Ladies are accomodated at my
place and this is the only restau¬
rant of this kind in Macon. Call
and see me.
WALTER CHAPMAN.
VIGNAUX'S
—IS—
THE RESTAURANT
And the one to go to for a good meal
and best of accomodations when you
are in Atlanta any day in the week
and any tune of the day. It is run
on the European plan and comes
square up to the notch, tip-top on
the scale. Plenty to eat, polite,
prompt ana attentive waiters; every
reasonably expected service that
cen be tendered. When you come to
the city call on me at 10 Whitehall
St. Bring your friends with you.
B. VIGNAUX,
IE WHITEHALL ST. ATLAHTA, GA.
Considerable business came be¬
fore Ordinary’s court Monday.
Judge Danielly and Mart
Walker went to 1V1 aeon recently
in attendance upon a Masonic
meeting. They agree a lodge is
needed at this place.
Mrs. 0. H. Marshall died last
Saturday. She was one of the
very best of good women. Tip
has the most extreme condolence
from our source. A good woman
has parted title to this life. We
put in trust the eternal hope that
her inheritance surpaseth that of
the pure among the purest.
B. Chapman’s stock is increas¬
ing every day. He says Cirist
mas is near at hand and he is
standing ready, willing and wait¬
ing to furnish all customers with
an elegant Christmas present. Go
to his New York store and he will
verify this statement.
We give the best advertising
rates in the best advertising me¬
dium in this section. All com¬
bined make a go.
Chickens come home to roost.
Forest Goodin is here. He is a
good boy. has a good place at the
store of B. Chapman. Both pro¬
prietor and clerk are our friends.
We are willing and ready to do
more for them than to make this
little statement.
Mr. E. F. Harris has the thanks
of the junior editor of The Cor¬
respondent for several stalks of
delicious sugar ea^ie.
Cicero Blasingame is now at
home. He went to Butler Mon
day night.
New goods coming in every
day. Call at The New York
Store. B. Chapman.
The prettiest line of Dry Goods
ever offered in Roberta. At the
New York Store.
Our county commissioners
sent in bills to the county treas¬
urer Tuesday. Uncle Frank was
able to pay off in left money.
Jno. Gurr was up Tuesday and
subscribed for the lucky Corre¬
spondent.
My offices, numbers one and
two, are now in the double bar¬
relled town of Roberta, in the
county of Georgia and state of
Crawford.
O. P. Wright,
FROM THE SIXTH.
A good friend in the good old
Sixth gives us the following items
of news:
Jim Russian died on the 4th
and was buried at Union
Church cemetery on the 6th, the
following Monday.
Mr. Wayne Russian is very un¬
well at this writing.
Mrs. Giles was married to Mr.
Wright of South Georgia Sunday
before last. We congratulate
these good people and believe
each has entered into a first rate
bargain.
Crops and good crops gathered
and put in the garner and these
O. Iv. receptacles are all over the
district that floats the blue rib’
bon.
Plenty of hogs in the Sixth for
meat the balance of this and
next year.
W. E. Champion has ten hogs
that will now weigh four thous
pounds. Eight thousand pounds
to kill.
Jno. R. Burnett will teach
at Wesley Schoolhouse next year*
He will have a fine sceool.
Mrs. W. E. Champion has been
sick^a gmonth. or more but her
health is now improving.
TEXAS LETTER.
Tyler, Smith Co., Texas.
Oct. 2nd ’93.
Special for the Correspondent.
It feels good to be at home a
gain, in Tyler, after two months
touring in Georgia, That is a
grand old state and the old red
hills looked very natural and the
good people made me feel like I
was at home, but the plains of
Texas look doubly charming to
my eyes. Texas has not felt the
money panic so seriously as most
of the other states of the south.
She has had but‘few failures and
take the state over, it has many
advantages that other states have
not. It has more different mines
and a rich fertile soil that will
grow" most anything that is pro¬
duced in the world. Texas can
boast of as clever and nobleheart
ed, hlghminded and talented peo¬
ple as any country and in the
near future is destined to be one
of the grandest states in the Un¬
ion. The scenery trom Tyler via
Texarkana, Mimphis, Nashville
and Chattanooga to Atlanta is
beautiful. Texarkanna is namad
in honor of Texas, Arkansas and
and Louisianna. The first three
letters cf lexas, the first three of
Arkansas and the last three of
Louisiana the name, and
Texarkana is situated in the
corner of those three states- Mem¬
phis is situated on the east bank
of the Mississippi River and has
an elevated iron R. R. bridge that
spans the river and in passing
over it on the cars is worth look¬
ing at. It is a large town with
paved streets and is noted for its
rail road center. Nashville is the
capital of Tennessee and is a
large town and is situated near
the center of the state. In pass
ing from this town to Chatta¬
nooga comes the prettiest and
most interesting senes of all.
Passing along sometimes in a val¬
ley between two high mountains
and then again the Tennessee
River 200 feet below on one side
and Lookout mountain on the oth¬
er. The train glides aro-nd the
mountain on the high banks of
the river makes a fellow feel like
he wanted his life insured. Next
comes a tunnel through the
mountain just big enough for the
train to pass through. All of a
sudden it seems as though the
sun moon and stars had gone
down and left you in the dark.
Last but not least, Chattanooga
and Atlanta are both good busi-.
ness and enterprising towns.
If any Crawfordites want to
come to Texas this is about the
cheapest route for you as they
run fast trains and make close
connections and do all they can
to make you comfortable and
happy.
I would be glad to see more
correspondents from some of the
readers of your valuable paper.
Write friends and help build up
your paper and it will help build
up your town.
J. F. Parker.
Bond and Blasingame's gin¬
nery is the biggest thing that
turns wheels in this section.
They gin cotton cheap as anybody
can—have all modern appliances
and fixtures. They will give you
more for Cotton Seed than any
buyer, no matter what his offer
is. Try them.
Bond & Blasingame.
NO. 67.
The Third.
Attributed to the recent frost
the trees and herbage of every
kind are being divested of th°ir
foliage and the leaves scattering
everywhere is giving the earth a
hue of perfect brown. Everything
seems almost desolate as if the
dead of winter had settled down
upon us, and in consequence of
the bareness of the woods, the
squirrels and rabbits and the
doves and partridges are destitute
of a hiding place and the hunts¬
men can be heard all day long
shooting and killing the defense¬
less little birds and animals
which in due time are served
around the dinner table in great
revelry. Could Daniel Boone the
great hunter, hear the incessant
shooting by the hunters in the
Third, he would indubitably be¬
lieve hunting in Ga. in its incip
iency. Is it for sheer want of
meat, that drives them to this in¬
humanity, or is it merely for a
rest from the arduous farm work?
To exonerate our Dist. from pub¬
lic criticism will say that pork is
more plentiful than it has been
for many years and as most of
fleecy staple has been ginned and
sold, the long ears of corn and the
mos t abundant yield of potatoes
housed, there remains nothing to
do but hunt.
If there are any of the young
folks meditating a conjugal un¬
ion this fall, we verily believe
there will be plenty of hog, homi¬
ny and Hasses” to give them an
unevcelled dinner table—a table
that would cause the most fas
tideous epicure to enjoy.
From the mines of Ga. in the
north to the resinous region of
the south, we believe there is no
p i aee better than the Third Dist.
its lands and its people. It is a
model of a country, but it is no
less than amazing to see our pco-.
pie manifest so little interest in
their schools. It is evident and
clear to all, that our school fund
does not authorize the best teach¬
ers, though we have a corpse fully
competent to take charge of them.
Now let the patrons, not only in
this district, but in every other
in the county, contribute some¬
thing more to what has already
been appropriated by the state
and county and have an eight
months school. The lower schools
of our state are not favored with
philanthropic donations and be¬
quests as the high schools winch
are excluded to the towns and
cities, and in consequence of the
fact, we can only look to the pat¬
rons for the promotion and mam
tainance of the common school.
We would not devise any artifice
to build them up, but we do sin¬
cerely believe the patrons should
sacrafice no meager sum for the
education of their children. For
the children here in the 3rd will
all have to compete in futurity
with the graduate allumni of the
various high schools and college^
of the state. The Legislature
will no doubt arrange to pay off
teachers quarterly. Now patrons
contract with your teacher for an
eight months school and what the
school fund does not pay, pay it
yourself.
Oscar Kennedy.
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Bond & Blasingame make a
new offer this week. They offer
the best bagging and ties suffici¬
ent. for packing a bale of cotton
for fifty five cents. Guaranteed.