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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1886)
THE ENTERPRISE. ELLAV1LLK.ua., JAN VARY, 28, lSKfl. ■ -* A. J. Habi*, Editor and Proprietor. A negro horse thief was found guilty, in Americus, this week, and sentenced to 10 years in the peni¬ tentiary. Hayes, the Webster county biga¬ mist, has been confronted by the man that married him to his first wife, who is still living, and she and her two children are on the charity of a county in North Carolina. He plead gui!*y and wanted to be sentenced immediately, but as he was married in Stewart, to Miss Beatty, he was sent to jail in Lumpkiiijto wait his trial. l*«nd Tow n. In 1840 Pond Town was in flourish- ing condition, The tavern was kept.'by Air. Starling Glover who also kept a store. The following al- so kept store Messrs. Pat and Martin Bready, Win. Daniels, Ned Montgomery. This , year .about twenty families left here.ainl near hear for; Mississippi. This almost depopulated the place. None of those that left .have ever returned. At this date there was no church building. Services was occasional¬ ly held in a grocery. Rev. Isaac Deavours organized a J £ Baptist church here in 1843 _in a vacant store room. Home of the ^charter members are still alive. At this date there was a small log methodist church at Hopewell. There was also a log church at Eel- ( lowship. Court wus held »car,the church at Hop well and atjMr. I -tun Glovers called Lickskillet. At both court grounds there was a race track and here on.court days large crowds would gather to swap horses and run races. Pure good w hisky was cheap and drinks were the usual wager, of course the usual number of tights occurred in the good old fashioned way of “fist and skull.” Pond Tow’ti was, divided by the line between Sumter and Marion counties. In 1848 | the Thompson Bro’s., opened^ store here atid soon amassed aTortunc. ^ When Schley county W’tis formed out of .Marion and Sumter,Ellaville was seleeted.as the county site one half mile north of Pond Town. Three or four houses v. ere moved by rolling to Ellaville. There is not a house standing in Pond Town that was there in 1840. If the roll was called of those living here in 1840 hut few’ iudeed would answer. Reader if you know of anything that ought to have been mentioned in connection with Pond Town in its palmy days write it,up. A man’s wealth was then reckoned by the number of negroes lie owned. Ellaville started off with a boom hut the war checked Us growth and since that time ,it has had a hard road to travel but our railroad has given it another boom and we hope nothing will again check it. But enough we will stop. “X.” Centerville, Florida. January 26th, 1886. Editor Enterprise.— On the 9tli inst. the frigid winds of the North swept down upon us with such severity that for several days following it was cold enough to freeze a cow,s horns off. Our lakes that were ten miles in length and two in width, were foszen over to such a depth that pedestrians could walk over them without the fear of breaking through the ice. Many of the wild ducks whose habit is to roost upon the water, were found frozen to death in the ice. Water in house vessels was frozen solid. Many orange tree3 were killed and the others badly damaged. All of tbe oats sowed previous to Christ- mas,are as dea l as Hector. Tbe cold wave did not coniine its chilling blasts to middle .Florida, but swept on over East and Soutli Florida, do¬ ing incalculable damage to the ungathered golden fruit as well as to the orange groves. The temper¬ ature registered at Tallahassee, a distance of eleven miles, as follows: Week Jan. 13th, 1886. Date 7 a m 2pm 9 p m Jan. 7, 56 60 58 ** 8, 78 58 33 9, 23 85 23 6 IQ, 22 36 23 “ 11 , 21 30 20 >< 12 , 19 29 21 “ 13, 20 36. This is above zero Fahn. Since the freeze the weather has been very delightful spring weather Planters are now quite busy preparing for another crop. Many disasters beft ! the cotton crop here last year and hence we are some what crippled financially but we are holding a stiff upper and Haling” a head. The more I see of your paper, the better I like it you are doing much better you prom- i-hed and getting out quite a jd>lc paper. Very Respectfully, W, T. Sniffs. Peach Trees. Seedling trees are the longest livers, most prolific and most profit¬ able. Secure a good variety of pits which produce the same kind of fruit—they are rare. Plant pits where you desire your trees to re¬ main, or if transplanted, they should be of the first year’s growth. After your trees have attained to a proper size, cut back, and prevent bearing, fids w ill cause the roots to spread in the soil, and will add to the longev¬ ity of the trees. Trees which send do\vn 'one large root and small fi¬ brous roots,will soon,become cover¬ ed with moss and die. Use ashes and soapsuds plentifully and if you wish to prevent the trees from blooming early, spread manure, ashes or saw¬ dust deeply on tin* roots when the ground is hardest frozen, and do not remove tilPlate in the spring. The largest roots will be found on tin* north and.west sides,Branches grow fastest towards tne south and east. F’armersCyclopkdia. r V+ om •a jr % W 1 ... A $200,0<X> failure in Boston. An $80,000 fire in Brenham, Tex. Augusta, Ga., has bad the coldest weather in 60 years. A $25,(KM) Presbyterian church burned at Covington, Ky. The Mexican volcano. Colima, pours out its lava a distance ot two miles. At Fulton, N. Y., there is an ice gorge two miles long, in Oswego river. Two men near Flora, III., froze to death while driving cattle from field. Bismark is the first Protestant received the badge of the of Christ from the Pope. The new English House of Com¬ elected a Liberal speaker oppostion. A young lady wakes with a clear but paralized limbs, from a sleep of 70 days. Judge K. H. Pottle, of Warrenton, Mrs. I*. W. Wilson, of Wilcox D. T. Rush, of Banks coun¬ ty, and N. Howard, of Columbus, are dead. A house burned near Union City, Tenn., Sunday night; two of the in- mates roasted alive, and all the rest likely to die from the effects of the tire and cold. The Episcopal minister, Jardine, of Kansas City, Mo., recently con- visited by an ecclesiastical court of various improprieties, committed suicide with chloriform in St. Louis, Sunday morning. A steamer wrecked off _Sandy Hook, and 12 men drowned Last year there were.212 failures in Ga., for $2,566,235. A “Professor of Beauty” in N. Y. hits been arrested at the instance of some femaledupes whose complex¬ ion lie injured. J. B. Lippineot, the Philadelphia publisher, is dead. Loss by fire of $40,000 at Boston, Mass., of $55,000 at San Antonio, Texas, of $70,000 and $250,000 at Chicago, Ill. A former saloon-keeper in Lancas¬ ter, Pa., attempted to shoot the judge who, s uite month ago closed his house as disorderly. A Romish church and parsonage at Fort Wayne, Ind., was greatly damaged and two persons killed, by the explosion of a basement boiler. Two men, with their ears coverd because of the cold, walking on a railroad |track near Mauch Chunk, Pa., were run over and killed. Two painters at Cleveland, Ohio, were killed by the falling of a scaf¬ fold with them. Edmund Richardson, the largest cotton planter in the world, died suddenly of appoplexy, at Jackson, Mississippi, lit was worth $15,000,- 000 . Four murderers were hanged a few days ago—at St. Louis, Belle¬ ville, Mo., Lake Providence, La., ai d Beaumont, Texas. Cotopaxi volcano in eruption, and slight shocks of earthquake. A Paris paper tells of an Italian mother, near Naples, who lias 52 children—triplets 15 times. Loss by fire of $10,000 at Hayne- ville, Ala., of $20,000 at Alderson, West Y T a., of $37,000 at Lexington, Ky., of $50,000 at Pulaski, N. Y., $150,000 at Pulaski, N. Y., and of $175,000 at Beaver Falls, Pa. A house burned at King’s Moun¬ tain, 8. C. and 4 Negroes in it. A man starved to death, at Lima, Ohio, rather than ask for help. Five inches of snow in Persido county, Tex., on the 14th. Greenville and Opelika Ala., 1 have gone dry, issuing qo liquor |i- I censes. Ice in the Chesapeake bay was ns far down as CO miles from Baltimore. Hudson river was frozen over at New York. A Negro woman and her two chil¬ dren were frozen to death in their home, near Belton, 8. C. A jf•">(Kl,<H(0 fire at Montreal, and a 170,000 tire at Macon, (ia. E. W. Grace, of Macon, Gu., Miss ijizzie E. llilhurn, of Adairsville, M. Turner, of Milton county, Dr. It. F. Bosser, of Eatonton, and i). M. McClesky, of Clarke county, are dead. Judge Noah 1 )avis, N. Y., asscribes eight-tenths of the crime in this country to strong drink. Gov. Lowrey, of Miss., was inaug¬ urated for Ids second term last week. A small Central American city almost destroyed by earthquake: 131 shocks the first day—the people prostrate before an image of the Virgin in the public square. Eleven officers and 19 private s killed by a railroad accident, in Peru. The cold in Florida destroyed 500, OOo boxes of oranges, worth $1,000- 000 . Cleveland, Oliio, has a water fam¬ ine from frozen pipes. The king of Bavaria lives in strict seclusion, and it is feared he is insane. Hon. D. T. Bush, of Homer, Ga., Mrs. E. Griffin, near Drainesville, and Mrs. Mollie Habgood, of Fair- burn, are dead. A girl in West Va., killed herself because her parents would not allow her to be a Mormon and go to Utah. A bridegroom from Covington, Ky., went crazy at Paiatka, Fla., and wandering about at night, died from exposure. Three men killed by a collision of railroad engines near Harper’s Ferry. liivcMtignSion anil Agita¬ tion Slave done in the Arts. •Sciences ant! in .lleeliaales, they are doing in Life Insit ranee. THE NEW IS TAKING THE Place of the Old. A SAVING ol FIFTY percent, and an INCPEASE in security of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY per oent.’s effected by tak¬ ing a policy in the Fidelity Mutual Life Association, OF 1*111 LA DELPHI A, in place of a policy on the old level premium system. Twelve millions of insurance; Five thousand members; Eight years’ experience; Guaranteed and incontestable policies; Cash assets and indemnity reserve of $250,000; Expenses limited by contract; Mor¬ tality funds handled exclusively by Trust Co.; Four fixed payments a year—one for expenses and three for mortality; The lowest death rate of any Life Company in America; Cash surrender values or policies rendered self-sustaining at end life expectation; Saving of 50 cent in cost of insurance and lute security, are points to we call special attention. The business of the Fidelty is twice as much as it was in 1884, and the death rate is not any larger now, in proportion to the amount at risk,than it was live years ago. Ex-Governor Hartrant, of Pennsyvania, is organ¬ izing a Mutual Company in IMiila- delaphia, and is consulting L. G. Fouse, President of the Fidelty, as to the best practicable methods, in order to conform to the advanced ideas of assessment insurance, as expounded by him to the National Convention. ftofu bone: If the recent expulsion of the At¬ lanta Home Fire Insurance Com¬ pany by the foreign companies from the Association of Eire Under-writ¬ ers, remits in a cutting of rates and saving to Atlanta of $125,000. I can demonstrate that I can save even more per annum to the overburden¬ ed policy holders in the Fidelity, and give them better security. Send your age and address for estimate to F. W. DOUGLAS, Manager, 21 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. or S. M. McCRORY, Agent. Ogh-thorpe, Ga. Mandat'd Weights and ITIeas- 11 its. Wheat per bushel....... .....60 Shelled corn per Corn in ear per bushel...... Meal per bushel............ .....48 Peas per bushel............ .....60 Rye per bushel............. 56 Oats per bushel........... Barley per bushel.......... 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