Georgia Historic Newspapers

    SCHLEY COUNTY NOTES.
Fredlttlon-A Married Bachelor-
Wiggtnavllle—A Sad Death-Heway
Itetna.
PuTJtAM, Dec. 81.—To-morrow
the flint day of the new year, the
county alHam-e <>f alinoet every
county In the State meet to trane
act bualnesi for the flrit quarter of
the year, and if Immediately in
itt wake the Alliance Farmer fall*
to publleh numerous resolutions
with an anti-Gordon smack, then
we will be willing to be put down
ai very poor authority In making
astronomical calculations on such
events.
A shooting affair between two
negroes, below Ellavllle last Satur
day. has been reported, but we
have failed tb learn anything an
thentlo.
There has beeu much anxiety
among the farmers lately, aa to
whether they would be able to hire
the labor net-emery to ruu their
. farms the ensuing year; but while
- this may not be general, many
farmers have all the laborers they
need, while not a few have a sur
plus.
The following nominations for
nounty officers will be ratified at
next Tuesday's election: C. S.—J.
M. Murray; Sheriff—J. F. Wood; T,
C.—Chae. Wornao; T. R—G. L.
Massey; Surveyor—E. Jr Baldwin;
and G. W. Marshal for Coroner.
NQoue will doubt the efflolenov of
these men, and we Venture the aa-
airtlon, that as a whole Schley
county never before had a better
set of officers.
The ne w academy at Wiggins-
-villa has juat been completed. It
ii a neat and roomy building,
sealed, well located, and furnished
with convenient seat and desk at
tachments. An educational revo
lution seems to have set in among
the people up there, and their
school building is a fit monument
of their first effort!, and a recom
mendation to their growing little
town. J. ■ M. Collurn will be In
charge of the school the ensuing
J*V.
All the excentrioltles of an old
bachelor are not laid down lnlhe cat
alogue. They actually get mar'led
sometime. Newell Brown, after
enjoylug single blessedness for no
telling how long, deciding It was
blessedness no longer, was about
two weeks ago married to.Mist Dil
lard, a charming young lady of
Marlon. Several other fellows up
here are looking hopeful, and are
asking to advlae with their old
time friend, privately.
E. A. MoMlohael has been em<
ployed to teach the school at Brant
ley. Ed is energetic, entbusiaatlo
and competent,'and hla patrons are
to be congratulated In scouring hla
tervioes.
The sob-treasury, or "something
better.’’ We do not wish to appear
presumptions or to back our little
judgment against snoh a pyramid
o1 powerful minds, but we think
we havo It. No dry good*, grocery
or any other kind of an account,
' taxes paid, the pretent needs of the
family supplied, and money in band
enough to meet all demands that
may be made about the farm, and
one-half, three-fonrtha or all of the
last cotton orop on hand and the
crib and smoke bouse well supplied
Here le a sub-treasury more numer
ous than the one proposed. There
la a warehouse for every Individ,
asl. No storage, no reweighing, no
insurance, no lota necessarily In
weights, nor even the one per cent,
proposed as Interest. This Is the
sub-treasury bill that haa been en
acted by many, and will be ratified
by many more as the years roll by
and whether the bill ever material
ises as a national Institution or not,
Individuals will put It In operation
on a more extensive plan. This
will certainly be “something bet
ter" for those In this condition, and
Schley county can boast of not
few. Aa to the bill aa proposed we
are offering nothing against It.
News has Just reached ns of the
death of Mrs. Della, wife of Mr. Z.
T. Molt. She was a daughter of
the late O. B. Strange. She was
an excellent and most estimable
lady In every particular, and will
be sadly missed by a husband and
three small children, the youngest
only an infant. A home and little
orphan children without such
mother mnst be gloomy Indeed.
Not a ray of light for the time can
reach the sonl of the husband, over
whom such darkness and despair
has settled. Human sympathy Is
no boon for snob sorrow aa this,
the many sorrowing friends and
relatives wonld drive the deep
shadow from this heretofore happy
home. The scene la too sad, let ns
shut Its darkest Imprints out as
best we can, and lit human efforts
be directed to making these little
children monuments to her eher-
ished memory.
Both Glenn Holly and Hopewell,
at this writing, are without teach
ers. Both schools pay fair salaries,
and by all means should, before
many days have teachers. We
learn there is qu number of ap
plications for the Glenn Holly
rcbool, 'and that a; teacher
will lie selroieil next Saturday
J. E. Pbelpa and Newell Brown
have moved to IVIggiusviile. J.
Rodgers haa just completed his
$4,000 residence there and left
Thursday to lay In a heavy stock
of goods for his store.
W. J. Wiggins hte moved Into
his new store with new goods.
ABBEVILLE ANNALS.
The Times Cbangsa Hands—The Sew
Building*-Houaea Are Scarce.
Abbeville, Deo. 29,—Christmas
day pasted off very quietly. Ev.
erybody seemed to be sober and
having a nice time.
On Christmas Eve night one n«
gro got a little too much spirits and
raised a row with another negro
named Frank Carlthers, ■ and got
hla bead nearly .severed from bis
body, bat he may recover.
The Abbeville Times has changed
hands. The paper will be run In
the future by Mr. A.* K. Jennlng
who haa the reputation of being
flue newspaper man. Mr. Jen.
nlngs proposes to publish as good
country paper as Is published In
the South.
The three brick stores that are
nearly completed will add lots to
the business prospects of the court
bouse square. They are handsome
structures, and will beooenpied by
very good busineaa men.
We bear more complaint for
houses than anything else. People
actually move their famillea here
aud can’t get house* to put them in
for several days. Let the good peo
ple of our town get a humpon them
and provide some way.
FRIENDSHIP DOTS.
Friendship, Doc. 80.—Christ
mas come and gone but has been
very dull In this part of the coun
try. The Baptist and Presbyterian
Sunday schools united and gave a
festival last Friday night, in plaee
of a Christmas tree. Beth schools
were there'by a large majority and
all seemed to enjoy themselves
very much. We also had some.vis
itors to htlp.^os enjoy the grand
affair. Miss Marie Dean and Miss
Maud Jennings were two that
helped to make the occasion so
grand, as they can’t be excelled In
beauty and mirth.
Mr. D. B. Dorn, of Preston, spent
a part of the Christmas with his
brother, W. B. Dorn, of this place.
Mr. Dorn is a young man full of
fun, and we are always glad to
see him come.
Miss Maggie Davis left yesterday
evening for Buena Vista. She went
Jor the purpose of attending a festi
val last night.
Miss Blanch Carter, of Richland,
Is visiting friends and relatives at
this place.
Miss Mamie Plnokard will re-
turn home next Saturday from
Foraylb, where she has been visit
ing relatives. She has been absent
two months, and all her friends
will be mode glad on her arrival.
Mr. John Harris, a prominent
youngjman ofjhls place, will go np
to Buena Vista on important busi
ness.
Mr. SIrus Carter and wife spent
Christmas at their mother’s, Mrs.
St. A. McGarrah.
JOHN TEMPLE CRAVES.
Thk UKConuKR has always had a
high opinion of Mr. John Temple
Graves, editor and orator. Some of
his speeches are worthy of being
banded down to the rising genera
tion. By many he is spoken of as
the successor of tbs lamented Gra-
day, bat in the twelve months that
have passed it ie seen that no one
can fill hie place, either In the
hearts of Georgians or In his work.
Mr. Graves was Invited to the an
nual banquet of the New England
Club, where Mr. Grady mag? the
speech that made him famous
throughout the United States. Mr.
Graves’ speech was reported In the
Philadelphia papers, and this re
port plages Mr. Grave* aa au apolo
gist for the Soutt), in which be so-
knowledges the supremacy of the
New England blood. To those
who know him this sounded rather
strange, coming from Mr. Graves.
Ou the strength of this repott
few papprs proceeded to make
warm for the young orator, dis
claiming ble utterances, as report-
ed, as representing the feeling of
the South.
In Sunday’s Constitution ap
peared the fall speech of Mr.
Graves, which entirely changes the
tone of the speech In respect to the
orltlelaed portion. Mr. Graves also
writes a card for Tuesday’s Consti
tution, asking hla critic* to read
his speech as reported In the Con
stitution, which he says Is correct.
This will place this brilliant
young maarlght before the people
of the South; for while the South
acknowledges Itself defeated and is
willing to aoespt the result, it has
no apologies to offer - for Its action.
In the late war, and will always
stand by those who fonghtand died
for tbs “lost cause."
It
THE COLORED FIREMEN
Of the State Het In Albany Tuesday.
The State Colored Firemen’s As
sociation met at the Court Houae,
In Albany, at 10 o’cloek Tuesday.
The Convention was called to
order by President B. M. Hart, of
Msoon, end in the absence of E. M
Brldey, the Secretary, Fireman E.
F. Simmons, of Amerions, was re
quested to fill that position. Prayer
yraa then ofibred by Rav. W. 8
Beall, of Albany, who also deliv
ered the welcoming address, whloh
was replied to In behalf of the vis
itors by Fireman D. A. Dudley, of
Amerlcus. The convention was
then announced ready for bail-
The new board of officer* were
elected aa one of the last atita of the
convention, and ere a* follow*:
D. A. Dudley, Amerlous, Presi
dent; A. F. Hawkins, Athens, Se
nior Vloe-Presldent; C. B. Barnes,
Cuthbert, Junior Vloe-Prealdent
A. I* Outlaw, Albany, Depart
ment Chief; Ed Leater, Athena,
Assistant Chief; A. M. Bruce, Ma-
Treasurer; M. B. Morton,
Athena, Recording Secretary, and
, Oor-
A. F. Slmmona, Amerlcus,
responding Secretary
The visiting firemen were given
bouquet at the Colored Odd Fel
lows’Hall shortly after adjourn
ment, which was enjoyed without
exception.
They ware load In their praise of
the treatment whloh they bad re
ceived at the hands of their Alba
ny brethren.
THE PROSPEROUS PECAN".
Southwest Georgia 1s especially
adapted to raising peoans,. as the
trees grow teadlly, and large crops
of note are gathered every year. It
is a profitable orop, too, while tbs
tree requires little care. A writer
In the Constitution gives some In
teresting points about these nuts,
as follows:
“Permit nte to suggest to yon
some, to my mind, good points for
the real good of the old state of
Georgia. I wonld be gratified that
you take them and give them to
the publle at large. %*;-
“Pecans can be raised alipnst in
every county In Georgia. Suppose
every farmer in Fulton county
should plant 100 pecans and also
200 black walnuts. Of the latter,
In my own yard In this city, we
have a tree that we have been eat
ing walnuts from for three year*
past. It was planted, that is the
seed, in 1874. Over two bushels
were gathered this year."
What osu be done with one tree
oan be done with 1,000, besides the
timber In time .will be of great
value. (if, .
“I recently had a talk with Hon.
•W. A. Harris, of Worth-county,
who told me that hla mother had
peoans growing on her place,
such a fin* quality that she could
sdl them at 20 cents per pound
He tells me that the way to plant
the peoans Is to plant the sharp
end up- Prior to planting they are
put In warm water for about two
hours. They should be planted
about fifteen feet apart. The blaok
walnut oan be done the same way,
but the distance should be not lest
then twenty to twenty-five fast,
“Now, if you can only get the
alllanoemsn to take It up end com
mence at once to plant pecans end
walnuts In every oonnty In the
State it will take bat little time
and almost no ooet, and the amount
that will be realised in the next
quarter of • century will, in my es
timation, run into the millions.”
OVER THE STATE.
Prof. Charles Straban returned
to Athena Saturday, from an ex
tended tour abroad.
Mr*. W. P. Price, of High Shoals,
will probably have a finger ampu
tated as the result of a bone felon.
At Athens, Saturday, Jos Tate
sheathed a knlf* in the left side of
Joe Eads. Both are colored. The
wound will not prove fatal.
At W*yne»bor\ Friday night,
Babbitt Gotler, a negro boy 12
years old, shot and killed bis play
mate. It la s-l-t that tile killlaiK
was unintenliuuul.
In Albany Monday a dry goode
clerk waa cowhided by a member
of the demi-monde. The olerk
knocked the woman down. Both
were arreited aud fined $45 each by
the mayor.
A proposition Is being considered
by the city council of Columbus to
friaco all saloons on the same foot
ing, by compelling the proprietors
to do away with screens and keep
their plaoes exposed to the street.
Will Hollle shot Bartow Row
land with a shotgun on the planta
tion of N. S. Beokwith, near Ella-
villa, Saturday. Both parties- are
colored. Dr. Hays attended the
wounded man and pronounced the
wound probably fatal. Hollle
caped.
At Griffin Saturday Henry
Rivers, a negro bartender at May.
berry Scott’s bar, and another ne
gro bad an alteroatton in which
Rivera knocked one of his antago
nist’s eyes out of his head. The
wound was painful and ugly, bnt
the negro walked around until ar
rested for en Indecent sot on the
streets.
R. Rogers out Joe Anchors’ tliroet
at Godfrey, a quiet little village of
Bibb county. . Anchors ls-e track-
raiser on the Covington and Macon
railroad, and Rogers has been In his
employ. They quarreled over some
matter, when Rogers drew his
knife and cut Anchors’ throat, In
flicting a dreadful but not fatal
wound.’
From a flook of wild geese whloh
was flying Tocos over to the re
gions of the south, one fell to the
ground apparently tired out In Its
long journey. It was caught by a
Mr. Coker and brought to this city.
Mr. E. Schaefer bought it and gave
to his son Edward, who has It
safe In a coop. He intends to make
it tame If possible, and sc* whether
It will be contented to remain as a
companion and mate with our do
mestic geese.
THE STATE'S ROAD.
A Railroad Man Olveaa Private Opin
ion of it, and the Qold Mine It la To
the
SUPPOSED PATRIOTS
The Constitution, In a donle lead
ad editorial yesterday, expresses
surprise at the action of some of the
Republican eenators In trying to
pass an election bill whloh la aimed
directly at the South, and intend
ed to destroy, In a measure, the ca
reer of upbuilding and developing
the South has entered upon. Onr
esteemed contemporary seems to
forget that the men It re^rs to are
Republicans, and the creed of
atalwart Republican la “party be
fore patriotism," and, consequent
ly It is the dnty of Republicans to
see that the South, being a Demo
cratic section, should be halted In
Its onward march.
In fighting this partisan measure,
The Rkcobdxb does not believe In
resorting to bayonets, or flying in
a rage over It, for this would only
please the Republicans too well,
and wonld be what they are trying
to make the Democratic Senators
do. No. give granny Hoar and his
crowd all the rope they want; op
pose and defeat their bill, If posst
ble, and It they pass a gag rule to
accomplish their ends, acquiesce In
that. The late election showed
what the people will do.
Should Hoar and the rabid class
of the Republican party succeed In
Call and tee onr large and hand
some ’assortment of Christmas
goods.
their designs, ths people will sweop
the Republican party from the face
of the earth in 1892.
The policy or the Demooratlo
party justVow should be a waiting
policy—to take advantage of the
-*
Jambs Fbickeh A Bro. mistakes of their opponents.
LITERARY NOTES.
“Lost in Sorrow," a Reverie, is a
new piece of muslo transcribed for
piano by J. E. Ecker. Full of
beautiful harmony, and by
means a trifling composition. This
reverie may be played by those
who aie not yet master of the un-
wieldly olasslca. This beautiful
reverie le published by Ign.
Fischer, Toledo, Ibto, and inay be
obtained at any muslo store. Prloe
only 40 oonta.
Radyard Kipling contributes ths
complete novel, “The' Light that
Failed," to the January number of
Llpplnoott’e Magazine. Kipling la
attracting more attention at pres
ent than any other- living writer.
HU force and originality ‘have
taken the world by storm. “Ths
Light that Failed” Is this brilliant
author’s first novel and tolly justi
fies the expectations he haa raised
by ble remarkable short stories. It
Is the etory of an artlet’e lire and
love, and Kipling shows fiat he
folly understands an artist's out
look upon life, and bU hopes, ex
pectations and fears. It U his
eomprahenaion of the lnn--r and
outer life of men, and hla ability to
portray both, that Is the secret of
Kipling’s power. In him v uat U
called realism and Idealism are
blended. The love story running
through this powerful novel Is
striking and original one, aud alto
gether the story is one that nqbody
should fall to read.
Attorney-General Lester is re
covering from his late stroke of
paralysis, and it la hoped he will
soon be able to rename hla duties
as Attorney-General. Ex-Attor
ney-General Anderson has kindly
consented to represent the State in
all Important matters until Col.
Lester U able to resume work.
‘The primary la over and done
with," said a friend to a defeated
candidate yesterday. “Yes, it’*
Dunn,” he alghed.
Business ohanges promise to be
very few in Amerlcus. All those
who have a store lease want to hold
on to a good thing.
Acoordlng to J. G., it U only fif
teen days now until money will be
■drug" on the market. Get yonr
wallets ready.
This it supposed to be the day of
dividends.
From tbs Atlanta Conatltutlon
Now that tbs offlolaU have bad
their say in the transfer of the
State road to the new lessee*, there
cen be nothing wrong In letting
the men who worked for the old
lessees talk tome.
And they are talking, too. Some
are talking a great deal, some very
little and some not at all. Still the
talk Is Interesting.
“That old road," said a man who
has been on the rood for years. “Is
a regular bonansa to the Stale.
Why your children and mine will
be rich by being Georgians. Thir
ty-five thousand dollars * month
for it Is nothing, and the new lea
sees know It. In Chattanooga
alone they will get back a great big
slice of that rental, to say nothing
of what they will make by some
changes right hero In Atlanta. In
thrsechanges they will receive an
income the rood has never had be
fore."
“In Chattanooga the State’! real
estate Is assessed at $1,000,000. It
fronts about 500 feet ou Ninth
street, and adjoins the anion depot.
Ninth Is one of Chattanooga’s lead
ing streets. Then It fronts on Mar
ket street, Chattanooga’s biggest
street,800 feet. On this are tb* road’s
freight houses aud other buildings.
The buildings are not fine ones by
any means, and if torn away Chat
tanooga’s appearance wonld be Im
proved. Now the new lessees have
no use for thoee buildings, because
they have good building* of their
own in Chattanooga. I have heard,
and it comes pretty straight too,
that the new lessees have been of
fered a big rental for the gronnde,
and that the offer I* being consid
ered. Chattanooga need* a big,
fine hotel about as bad as any town,
and It la said that a company haa
offered a big bonus for the twenty-
nine year lease, and will, pntnpa
big alx-story hotel faoing both
Ninth and Market streets. The
hotel would pay, and the only
block I oan see In the tohtmc Is the
brevity of the lease."
“But where would the Atlanta
benefit to the road come in?" I
asked.
“Down there by the Western and
Atlantio depot," answered the
railroad man. “You eee, those
buildings are about used up, and
the new lessees won’t build any
more, ’cause they won’t need ’em.
Why won’t they need them? Be
cause they are sure to take the
shops to Nashville. They have the
finest shops In the- 8outh there.
Atlanta wants a new union depot,
and where i* a better place than
where those old shops are. I know
what I am .talking about when I
tell you the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St, Louis people and ths Rich
mond and Danville people are now
hand In hand working for a new
passenger depot on that ground
that the Nashville, Chattanooga
and St. Loulr - ill control for the
next thirty! .a. Don’tyouknow
they won’t give up the use of that
ground for nothing. Oh, no."
“You doubt the removal of the
shops from Atlanta, do you?" con
tinued the railroad man. “Well I
don’t. Inside of sixty days they’ll
have a blacksmith’s kit of tools, an
anvil, a bellows and two or three
men here to do repair work. They’ll
have the same In Chattanooga, and
the big work will be done in Nash
ville In them fine shops. I tall you
again, the State has got • bonansa
In that property, bnt the Nashville,
Chattanooga and St. Louie will en
joy It for the next thirty years.
Wonder It I’ll be here when the
next lease take* place?"
“ Yee, the boys along tb* line are
somewhat shaky," said the railroad
man.. “Some of the throttle-grip
per* ain't going to bay any new
overalls until thing* settle like.
Then eome of the tloket puncher*
'ecu liar
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LOST DOG.
A black Better with tan tip,. A liberal
are looking atthelr eapa to »ee how reward given for 111. return to Judge Pert'.
long they’ll hold ‘oat. The run "•M«ce.
from Atlanta to Naehville i* going
to make the boy* tired."
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The hose reel, of Wide-Awake,
Wheatley’s and Vigilance fire com
panies, have moved Into the ne
quarter* recently oompleted foi
them, near the new oourt house.
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I cry