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VOL. 2.
ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS.
GATHERED 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,
Thi.nas.
Sow oats.
Keeps the lots and stables lit¬
tered.
Fine rains and excellent time
to sow oats.
Uucle Tom Atwater talks fruit
trees whether he is on the road
or off of it.
Mr. Johnathan Wilder went to
Fort Valley Friday on business.
Jim Bond killed some fine hogs
during the recent cold weather.
Oats sowed last fall are grow¬
ing at a rapid rate.
Buck Murchison wears the in¬
signia of his office with imposing
grace.
Homer Wright spoits a nice
horse and a pretty buggy.
Moving has about reached an
end.
Entertainments about over the
country have run out to a feather
end.
Jordan Bros, have opened their
liefuor business for ’94.
It is now said that the banks
can not lend money this year.
Plenty of fun, if not much
money, in town this week.
Quite a number of our townfe
people attended preaching at Sa¬
lem last ‘Sunday.
Much ot the guano used in this
county last year, is said to have
, Keen utterly worthless. Our best
fanners say it.
A big crowd attended justices
cotet in the sixth last Saturday.
Guano was the principle bone of
•Contention.
Crawford people have plenty of
meat and corn of their own rais¬
ing.
The West will not furnish
Crawford’s farmers this year. We
hope to see them in even better
shape for 1895.
Patronize your home paper. It
lias, and will continue, to stick
close to you, if you will let it. It
needs what you owe it.
The Correspondent was repre¬
sented in the good old sixth last
Friday and Saturday by theEdit
or. The good people in that ban¬
ner district are in fine shape ana
high spirits.
Home made manure is 500 per
cent better than nine-tenths of
the guano on the market.
Farmers have commenced busi¬
ness opperations m earnest.
Crawford county will yield all
her people need and much more,
provided it is given a half show¬
ing.
Several farmers avow their in¬
tention to plant no cotton this
year.
School opened in Roberta on
last Monday morning with excel¬
lent attendance, although it was
a very unfavorable day.
The Knoxville High School now
numbers about seventy pupils
and is on the up grade by a big
majority.
Price of cotton kinder inclines
semi-occasionally towards a de¬
cline.
Knoxville is now with out a
millinery store.
THE CORRESPONDENT.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1894-
Vaults in the court house have
been finished. Put in your poika
chips.
Mr. A. II. Clark is on the way
to town. Nearly here.
Telephone going up between
Knoxville and Roberta. Privi¬
leges on bids not yet priced.
Take this advice, young man;
Disolve your co-partnership with
slang. It is disgusting in the
furthermost part of the extreme.
It is often said, that the least
said the better. That is true in
this immediate neighborhood and
will be, as long as the saving is
composed of such material as it
has been for a number of years.
The burial of the remains of
our esteemed friend, John C. Cul
verhouse^ took place in Knoxville
•Wednesday. The funeral sermon
was preached by Rev. T. R. Mc
Michael to a large congregation
who had come to pay their trib
ute of respect on that sad occa¬
sion.
Cliff Weil was in town this
week. He is a genuinely good
fellow and represents the excel¬
lent firm of Wilson .& Seals.
Mrs. W. H. Dent and Jas. L.
Dent went to Macon Sunday to
attend the funeral of Eddie Van
Valkenburg. Ed was a very
promising young man, and had,
from the time he was old enough
to the time of his death, been of
inestimable aid to his widowed
step-mother and his orphan sis¬
ters. He died last Friday after a
protracted illness at the age of
twenty years.
Read our offer this week of the
Detroit Free Press and Corres¬
pondent one year for the small
sum $1.50.
Married :—At the residence of
Mr. J. J. Barnes, Monroe county,
Ga., on the 14th insf., Mr. Hiram
ITarbuc^&nd Miss Ninna Barnes.
Rev. J ; JWJackson officiating.
.
Owing to lack of space several
important communications were
crowded out this week.
Mr. Edward Van Valkenburg,
son of the late Dr. C. W. Van
Valkenburg, of the Warrior dis¬
trict, died at the home of his aunt
Mrs. Fort W. McAfee, on Oak St.,
yesterday afternoon after a long
illness.
Mr. Van Valkenburg was about
20 years of age and a young man
of exceptional character. He had
a large circle of friends and was
a general favorite with all who
knew him.
Mr. Van Valkenburg’s home
was in the Warrior district, but
he had been visiting his sister on
Oak street for some time. The
funeral will take place from the
residence of Mrs. McAfee, on Oak
street, Sunday morning. The
hour has not been decided upon.
—Macon Telegraph.
Notice.
Homer N. Wright has purchas¬
ed an interest in the mercantile
business of Wright & Allen, And
the firm name from this time on
will be Wright, Allen & Wright
Wright & Allen will close up »11
business of the former firm
Jan. 10th 1894,
Warrior News.
Miss Ora Hamlin, of Crawford,
and Win, Jackson were joined in
matrimony at the residence of
the brides father, on last Thurs¬
day evening, B.F. Kennedy,Esq.,
officiati ng. On the next day they
went to Mr. Jackson’s home in
Houston.
Jim Gregory, of Crawford kill¬
ed eight hogs that weighed one
hundred and sixty pounds.
(Light hogs. Ed.)
Jim Eubanks has built a court
house at the Warrior station.
Mrs. C. D. Yarbrough and Jo¬
nas Arnold, of Crawford county
were united in marriage on Sun
day morning, Judge B. F. Kenne¬
dy performing the marriage cer¬
emony.
Messrs. James Parker, Hamlin
and Yarbrough are all improving
Miss Retfca Drawhorn and Mr.
Ed Bartlett were married last
Wed aesday evening. An u O. K.”
entertainment in behalf of the
newly married couple was given
at Mr. Bartlett’s residence that
evening.
Ed Van Valkenburg died last
Friday evening at 4:00 o’clock
and was. on the followi ng Sunday
moring, buried in Macon by his
father’s side. He was one of the
Warrior’s best and brightest
young men, and will certainly be
missed throughout this entire
community. He leaves* three sis¬
ters and a step-mother to mourn
the loss and affliction inflicted by
his departure.
“My name and my place and my
tomb, all forgotten,
The brief race of time well and
patiently run;
Bo let me pass away peacefully
and quietly
Remembered only hove by what I
done,”
Ira.
I lentil
Once more the grim monster
has visited our community and
claimed for its victim John C.
Culverhouse.
“Death rides on everv passing
breeze,
And lurks in every flower. - ’
“Death loves a shining mark.”
In the vigor of manhood, only
thirty years of age, the incumbent
of a responsible position; sur¬
rounded by a happy family, on
the morning of the 16th inst-, at
3 :00 o’clock our noble and admi
rable and beloved friend was call¬
ed by his loving Master to the
great beyond. The Good One
who gave his spirit took it to him¬
self to abide forever in the realms
of the blessed beyond the skies.
lie is gone. We deplore the
loss. Most of us, who knew him
knew him intimately and well
and loved him to the same extent
If he had a fault it consisted in
kindness and indulgence at his
own expense, and oftentimes to
his own hurt.
He made us a faithful sheriff,
having been first elected for the
place on the first Wednesday in
January, 1891, and re-elected on
the first Wednesday in January
1893.
He was a loving, devoted bus
band, a kind and most affection¬
ate father and a true friend. His
generosity k 'ew no bounds. He
was a member of the Methodist,
church and did his duty toward
supporting the cause of christian
ity.
He leaves a wife and seven
children and his mother-in law,
Mrs. Ogletree, in the immediate
household to mourn his death.
In their bereft condition, in this
time of affliction, heavy and se¬
vere upon them, may the balm of
all consolation th«t can be given
come in healing power. Other
relatives and friends have* the
lasting sympathy of the writer in
this dark hour of pain and inex¬
pressible grief. Just before his
death he told those around his
bedside, “With me, all is well/’
our loss therefore, is his eternal,
incomparable gain.
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ORDINANCES
For the Regulation and Gov
eminent of the Town of
ROBERTA, CRAWFORD CO.,
CEORGIA.
Be it hereby ordained and enacted
bv the Council of said town, now in
,-ession. for the good government of
said town and the regulation thereof
for the year 1894, that the following
ordinances be adopted:
First. All the meetings of the coun¬
cil of said town of Roberta, shall be
presided over by the Mayor thereof,
unless unavoidably absent; then
sucR meetings shall be presided over
by a Mayor pro tern, elected by the
board of Aldermen—one of this body
— three of the members of the Coun¬
cil shall constitute a quorum, and
their acts shall be as valid and bind¬
ing as if ail members were present,
Second. The Marshal, Secretary
and Treasurer shall be elected by
the board of Aldermen atf their first
meeting of each year, and their term
of office to continue for one yeai
from date of their respective elec¬
tion. Majority of votes shall be
necessary to elect. In case of a va¬
cancy of either office, by resignation
death or from any other cause what¬
soever, said vacancy to be supplied
by election as aforesaid, at tbs first
meeting of the Council after such
vacancy occurs. When ever it be¬
comes necessary to supply such offi¬
ces, then the Mayor shall have the
power to fill such vacancy until
elected as herein described.
Third. Regular meetings of Coun¬
cil shall be on the night of the first
Monday of each month. Provided
further, that the Mayor be impow
ered to call Council together when-
NO. 77.
ever emmergencj' demands.
Fourth. It shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to Peddle
goods or merchandise of any kind
without first procuring a license of
the Mayor of said town. The amount
of said license shall be as follows:
$20.00 for license for one calender
year. For Peddling without license
$2.C0 for first offense and for the 2nd
offense $5.00.
Be it further enacted, that, each
traveling circus that shall exhibit
inside the incorporate limits shall
pay a tax of $25.00. To exhibit ani¬
mals, beasts and the like, shall pay
a tax of $1.00; to exhibit and picture
or figure $1.00; to exhibit any other
show $1.00.
Fifth. To keep a Pool or Billiard
table for public play shall pay a tax
ol $10.00; to keep a Tenpin alley oi
like kind for public play, $10.00; to
keep auj r other table, stand or place
for any oilier game or play with or
without a name unless for exercise
or amusement only and not prohib¬
ited by law shall pay $10.00.
Any person or persons violating
the above ordinances of Peddling,
Gaming, ate., shall be fined for such
offense not less than $2.00 or over
$ 10 . 00 .
Sixth. It shall be unlawful for any
person to use vulgar or profane lan¬
guage on the streets or in the public
houses or near the residences of ^aid
town in a ioud aud boisterous man¬
ner or where the same is likely to be
heaui by ai)y persons of either color
.Seventh. It shall te unlawful for, *
any person to become intoxicated, *
and behave in an unbecoming mau
ner, either by talking loud in a vui
gar manner or reeling and falling on
the streets, alleys or sidewalks.or i:.
rear of any of the business houses or
shops of any kind.
Ninth. It shall be unlawful for any
person to approach trains coming in
or going out of said town of Roberta
so near as to endanger themselves
while *
same is in motion.
Tenth. It Shall be unlawful for any
person to approach passengers of
said trains, soliciting their patron¬
age, nearer than five feet of the main
line and the side track on east side
of satd A. & F. R. R.
Eieveutti. It shall be unlawful for
any minor to go inside of any bar¬
room or house where whiskey is sold
in said town without the written per
mission of the parents or guardian
of said minor child.
Twelfth. It shall be unlawful for
any person to shoot off fire-arms in¬
side the incorporate limits of said
town except in defense of person or
property.
Thirteenth. It is unlawful for any
person to drive a horse or horses,
mules or any other animal at such a
speed, in said town, as to endanger
the life or limb of any other person
or themselves.
Fourteenth. It is unlawful for any
person to fire-crackers, roman can
dies or any other instrument or ma
chine that is likely toeudauger him¬
self or any other person or property.
Fifteenth. It is unlawful for any
person to take his drink or to treat
his friends ou the streets in the alleys
or behind the stores, shops, etc.
H. D. McCrary,
Clerk City Council.
By Order of the Mayor.
Several persons in Way cross
report having seen a brilliant
star of great size in the heavens
about? oclock last Tuesday night.
It was oblong in shape, having a
tail at each end. It was encir¬
cled by a halo. Across the star
was a dark belt shaped like a cof¬
fin which formed a cross. The
cross was distinctly seen. The
phenomenon disappeared about
8 o’clock. A few negroes heard
of the strange sight. They show¬
ed great excitment and firmly be¬
lieve that it is a sing that the
world will come to an end soon
—Macon County Citizen.
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