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About The correspondent. (Roberta, Ga.) 1892-190? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1894)
VOL. 2. items of local news. GATHERED FOR THE COR RE¬ SPOND EN VS REA DEES. The Happenings of the Week Rut in Short,' Pointed Paragraphs - What Das Happened and Is Go¬ ing to Happen—Points Politico!, Personal and Social Men and, Th-inas. Slushy, this week. Schools on the increase. Some hog-killing going on this week. Mules yet offered for sale in town. Some cotton seed still being brought to town. Very little cotton now in the seed. Robert Champion is now clerk¬ ing for B. H. Ray. The tough weather this week is best for the 1894 fruit crop. At this wrffing Mrs. Lowe is very unwell.. Mr. W. B. Spain is now engag¬ ed in painting the drug store building. Ascertain your own caliber lie fore you undertake to size up oth¬ er people. J. W. Malpass has. ordered two mce new buggies for his livery buffi n tv s at this place. YV. 1. Powell has on hand a full and complete line of school sup¬ plies, stal ornery etc. First-class seats and desks have been ordered for the school here. Thomas Atwater is a Nancy Hanks talker, and the steam nev¬ er exhausts. W. P. Blasingame, Esq., has been up through several days Horn Fort Valley on business. It was reported to us two weeks ago that plum tress were begiu zfning; to put on a blooming dress. Attention is called to the “ad.” of the Union Sewing Machine. You can get one cheap by apply¬ ing at this office. Guano is being hauled out from the depot bv wholesale. Such will fail to make any kind lovely pan-out. On account of advertising mat¬ ter having been sent in very late last week for publication, the pa¬ per was a little delayed in the mails. Don’t say anything at all about not getting your paper this .week and afterward unless you have payed for it. The price is $1.00 per annum in advance. If yon don’t get this issue 0 the paper don’t plant too much blarne on this office. You fair notice iii our last issue. Mr. L. O. Futrell sells Geo. W. Scott & Go's, guanos. They are of the very highest grades and suited to all kinds of crops. Jim Dent and Will Seagler had a rat-killing time Tuesday. Sev¬ eral of tiie abominable rodents were extermina ted. Work will commence on church and school building as soon as the lumber gets here, it; has been ordered. John IIaye, 3S will su— perintend the work. This is the last of the season far a reckoning. If the hindmost man could pay up, . very other would be emn>v. > ..msome j kind of moy; tow; rd d 4b pa a ko U f e;L, THE CORRESPONDENT 9 ROBERTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, I8ST4’ ] A. E. Harris visited Fort Valley last Sunday. Miss M. A. Shannon, who has been visiting her sister. Mrs. Z, T. Harris, has returned to her home tu Thomaston. Wreck of freight train ar.d run off of passenger on the A. & F. R. R. this week. Mails all delayed, and this will delay the paper again. Things out of gear gener¬ ally. The Mayor and Marshall of the town were temporarily locked in one day this week. We do not mean that they were put in the lock-up at the town boose. Revs. Dr. Jones, of Macon, and Carter, of Fort, Valley, were in Roberta Saturday, Sunday and Monday last. Dr. Jones preached here at 11 o’clock Sunday. John W. Malpass is now in charge cf the livery business at this place. John is one of ‘the very best of fellows and we be¬ speak for him his deserved share of patronage. Thos. Atwater, manager in charge, Dick Lockhart and Henry Burnett engaged in a lively dig mission last Monday J II Irby was umpire, and Sam Long acted as short-stop, We are not pre¬ pared to tell where it stopped. Rev. Mr. Carter now has a reg uiar monffiiy appointment to preach at the church m this place, lire Sunday for preaching lias not been definitely decided tip ill When it shall have been, notice will be given to that effect. The ladies, as usual, are anx¬ ious to get into a big ra e on gar¬ dening. Each and everyone is doing their very utmost to get ahead. Weather and ground both cold at this time. Don’t hurry too much. More than one man is known to this paper that would be one hun¬ dred per cent belter off", provided such acquaintances would be as attentive to their own affairs as they seem to be in looking after the business of other people Dr J. W. Jones went to Macon Monday to attend the funeral of his sister. Miss Lizzie Jones. Mrs. Jones and Master l J aul accompa¬ nied the Doctor. Miss Lizzie was a most estimable Christian lady. She died after an illness of only a few hours. A few days'a 2:0 Lish Harris kill ed seven hogs that netted him 2015 pounds of fine pork. He is a meat raiser and corn grower af¬ ter the right sort, and is not afraid of “hard limes.” Ve v y few people came to town this week to tarry here any time consequence. Those who were in town were generally on busi ue 8 {uul Iookc(1 af ter that and then went home Hon. J. J. McOants, of Taylor, Co., was in town this week. Uncle Jack is one of the cleverest men in anybody’s county, and always reVeives a warm welcome to our little city. Mr. J. II. Grant, who has been assisting Mr. Hollingsworth m the depot for some time, has left for his home in Americas. Mr. Grant made a good many friends while here. A few days since Henry Hardi¬ son killed a hog that netted 610 pounds of pork, turned out for Mrs. Hardison about a barrel of and for the family, back p 0iieSi( p^re- r, bs and chi Be rime, CO a-tx- long tif; Boliver Ray has the finest in this section. He says that she will give seven gallons of milk a 'lay, butter accordingly, and once a week a big bowl of ice cream.as art extra. He prices her at $250. John Spillers ban been taken in : o co-partnership with Mr. Ray to thoroughly advertise her. We await results. There was a big fun frolic t-erelay over a rabit that chanced to run into the streets. The little fellow finally made its escape af¬ ter being chased for some time by about twenty men and four or five clogs. B. Chapman thought it was a big rat that bad lost its tail. Instead of so much uncalled for jouring, so much unparalelled stuff on the idiosyncrasy line, so much gab so prolific in feeling, and so many other things utterly worthless, in any view taken of them, wouldn’t it be better to turn our attention to something that would be of benefit to the county. How would it do to de¬ vote such time as is thus lost to building a bridge over Flint river at the Agency ferry crossing? That would be worth something. Warrior News. The Bibb chain-gang is still at work in the Warrior. Fifty con viots are on the gang, among them two white persons, one man and one woman. Miss Minnie Meadows, Twiggs county, is visiting rein fives in the Warrior. Gus and Mrs, Tidwell are • from Macon on a visit to her pa rents, Mr. and Mrs. Garde). Roads between Macon and Knoxville are muddy and in bad condition for travel over them. Mr. H. D. Marshall now lias charge of the Van Yalkenburg mill and is engaged at present in sawing some excellent lumber. A valentine par'v at Mr. C. C. Hamlin’s on the 14th prox. George Tidwell will set up to an entertainment in the near future in tile shape of -< “party,” log-roll ir.g and quilling. Thu Warrior fine court has pee a completed and is now ready for use The chain-gang has left the Go lumbus road ml gone to work on the old Federal road. Ira. Nod tee. We have placed our notes and accounts in the i amis of Mr. R. 11. Culverhouse, who is our an tnorized agent, with instructions to close them out at once. We are obliged to have money to pay oar own debts and to pay for the necessities of life. We must set-' tie up our books. J ONES & KlXX EY January 24th 1804. NOTICE! NOTICE! j jp, T!m IiUKl upon which my fa mi j„ Crawford county is I mine and business transactedjfor the family is through and bv me. All contracts made by me are binding and i am responsible for same. Jan. 25 1894. Mrs. Laura Marshall. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral is known by its works. The experience ot half a century proves that no oth ei ' reparation of the l and dope coughing and a 1 hus x F.- vj the throat and or ■ FOSSE’S PRICE, By special arrangement with the ^iilo.-Hid B JllFcCiol~U jponsbib uvioi Vve are enabled to offer it. our own, for ONE YEAR $1.50, clubbing subscription to sent to this office and by cash. Liberal Prize Offers. Every subscriber to this remark¬ able, clubbing proposition is entitled to enter TWO PRIZE CONTESTS sending bis guesses for.the ©1,000 Cotton Crop Contest, In which there are Four Prizes of¬ fered for ‘ he nearest estimates of the size of the cotton crop of 1898-4. n u w being marketed, and award to be made as soon pis the New Orleans Cottar tieiareVop Exchange figures. announces $400 Gold tire of in for nearest: guess to the crop, $200 prize for second, $200 prize for third, $100 for fourt h, $100 for fifth. Crops for recent years have been as follows : Jkjpar___| B ales i Year j Bales 1877. .... j4,485,423" j 1SS5 j" I PCS 1879S ... S 4,811,265 i I8E5 6,550,215 5.078,581 i 1867 I 6,518,024 5,757,307 188S 17,017,707 6,580.829 1880 5.485,845 j 1890 ! i 84. 5.7if>,052 8.992,234 j j 1891 j .. 1892 ' '*-700,865 In add it ten to the above every clubbing sm'.-writer can cuter our combination IjN/'tx P3gs n T*i p> lau orcl Oori-teat. 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