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About Schley County enterprise. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1886-1??? | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1886)
Til cl ENTERPRISE. KLLAVTLLE. OA„ APRIL 28, U)H 6. A. J. Harp, Editor sad Proprietor. Editor Hancock of the Sumpter Jtopublican has retired from the ed¬ it' rial control of that paper. We regret parting with him. His last words were indeed very touching, having started the paper Den Americus was quite smith. ? The Supreme Court ha s granted Cl aries Blackman a new trial. This another tax on the citizens of Schley to pay for trying one who is not onlv guilty of murder but one of the most atrocious ever chronl- caled in the annals of crime we be- lieve. Our people would favor an extra term of the court to try him as they seo.m impatient at the laws The Buena Vista Patriot says that we got the cake for being the most popular Editor present. That is a mistake Bro. your name was in nomination, also hoth of the Ameri¬ cas Editors. The Andersonville people never put that coloring on it. It was the most popular Editor, whether presert or not. You know Bro. C. what the fox said about the grapes. Sleepers are very important in churches. We never saw a church without them. Wonder if Bro. C. knows that all churches has sleep¬ ers. We don’t know what sort of churches he has been used to nor very familiar with the country he came from but if he will ask some of his people up there they can tell him that there are very few- houses of any kind without sleepers guess Bro. C. is a pillar; and a sleeper you know is a little above the pillar. HON. T. J. SIMMONS. From the Sumpter Republk xji. The history of every prominent man is a matter of interest to the public and we take pleasure in pre¬ senting such facts as we have been able ‘o gather in one whom we con¬ fidently believe will he the next Governor of Georgia. Thomas J. Simmons was born in Crawford county, near Knoxville, in this State. His parents were noted for their piety ami patriotism, until he reached young manhood, he was reared upon a upon farm, and is said to have made a most excellent farm hand and a notably good plow boy, At 18 he realized the impor¬ tant of education afid not having sufficient money to acquire an edu- tion he borrowed the necessary sum. Quitting the school room, he read law and opened an offiee in Knox¬ ville the county seat of his native county. He stepped at once into a large and lucrative practice and soon ranked as a leading attorney of his section. He was engaged in this peaceful pursuit with glittering prospects before him, when the tocsin of war called him to arms. He quickly responded and joined the Crawford Grays the first com¬ pany that left his county in April 1861. His company was assigned to the 6th Ga., regiment, commanded by Col. A. H. Colquitt. He left home as an humble private, but Was soon promoted to a lieutenancy, and upon the organization of the 45th regiment in March 1862, he was elected Lieutenant Colonel. Hon. Thomas Hardeman being ptocted Colonel. After a few months Col. Hardeman ressigned and he was made Colonel, He was in the battle of Big Bethel Yorkfcown the first real battle of the war and he Bheathed his sword at appom&ttox. He illustrated his patriotism in more than a hundred battles and skirmishes and he beais several honorable wounds his person, re¬ ceived on many battle fields. He fought in all the campaigns of the Army of th# Potomac, in the tights around Richmond, at Fredericks- burg, ChanceBorsville, the memor- able battles of the Wilderqess, Petersburg and at unfortunate Ap- pomattox. He was with the army in Maryland and Pennsylvania, His gallantry was marked in many glorious battles and just before the surrender he was recommended by Gens. Thomas Wilcox, A. P. Hill and General Lee for promotion to Brigadier General, for distinguished gallantry upon the field. The pf Richmond soon afterwards pre- venting the issuance of his comniis- sion. Returning to his dessolate home, he did not despair, but bent every energy to retrieve this lost fortune. His pe >ple appreciating his worth elected him,without hissjolic- itation asamerabero. Con-dilution- al Convention of 1865. In the same year he vyns elected Senator from the 23d District without opposition, In that body he introduced and had passed the celebrated evidence act allowing parties to testify in in their own cases, a Jaw made ne¬ cessary by the new class of witness allowed in our courts, and the new and changed condition of public af- fairs. After reconstruction he serv¬ ed six years in the Senate. For four your tie was chairman of the joint finance committee. Ilein- tjfodqced and getfiipl the passage of the ever memorable Bond bill stopping the payment of interest on the Bullock bonds till they could be investigated. He was also chair¬ man of the famous Bond committee and made its able and exhaustive report, whose adoption saved the state ten millions of dollars. No answer was ever been made to that report and its vincible argument. He was subsequently in recognition of his. distinguished service chosen President of the Senate. He was a j lrio< j e | pre 3 ideut »ih! Is as one of the best presiding officers thflt ^ ha " ever ha,L In 1877 Bibb count >’ sent hlm a9 a delegate *° tbe Constitutional Convention. In that body he was chairman the finance committee and his re- P yrt wu af, »P^ without amend- ,nent - B .v its incoporation in the constitution the credit of every city :iru * county in the state was im- P rovc d, and the state’s credit pre- served. General Toombs in a public speech said of it: “It was the ablest report made to the convention. By its adoption, the safe was locked and the key thrown away.” He has been twice elected by the Legislature Judge of the Ma eon Cir¬ cuit, and in that position has given satisfaction to the bai and people, winning for himself the highest en¬ comiums of distinguished lawyers as to his eminent abilty and learn¬ ing as a jurist and strict impartiali¬ ty as a judge. In every position that he has occupied he has honored the place whether between the plow handles, in the court rooms, in the midstof battle,in convention or senate, in the Presidents chair, or on the the bench he has shown himself, equal to the position and in every one has reflected honor upon him¬ self and his station. He possesses all the exalted qualities of a great statesman and will make ^Georgia one of the best Governors she has t-vt-r had. Coming up frem humble lift- he is in sympathy w’th the peo¬ ple. Hi* is not the representative a great corporation but is one of the people and will zealously guard their every interest whenever en¬ dangered. HOME. There is no word in the English language of so thrilling and intense meaning as the word “home.” Pro¬ nounce the word “home” and you thrill the tendereot chords that are twined around the heart. It is the retnemberance of life. Home is the oasis in the desert, the loveliest spot in the meadow, the purest of the sparkling springlets, and the dearest place on earth. Home! How inadequate are words to express its full meaning! However gay and brilliant other places may be, however humble our home, it is preferable to and more inviting than the gorgious palaces of kings. It matters not where home may be,it is cherished and kept sacred by its inmates. It may be in the valley, in the deep tangled woods, on lhe mountain or hill tops,or in the most splendid cities, yet it is hallowed by great and small. When we have been absent, and return to its sacred precinct, the very breeze seems to fan us with wiugs ot love. Even the trees seem to extend an arm of “Come into my embrace,” and birds, sheltered In their leafy boughs, warble sweet songs of “Welcome, thrice welcome, back to thy home.” Home flowers are most beautiful, home sunshine is the most balmy, and communications from home the dearest, Some have no place to call home, ah t how sad the thought! Deprived of the grandest and most welcome reffuge on earth, John Howard Payne was prompted to write these beautiful lines “Home, Sweet Home, There is no place like home” etc. When we have left borne and gone out into this cold and rugged world, and misfortune has overtaken us where do we turn ? Homew ard. If we meet with sad fate and are dis¬ appointed in life, deserted by friends and scorned by foes, where do we turn ? Homeward. Are wo puzzled as where to go, and in doubt as to being welcome when we have a place we can call home ? Indeed we arc not. We enjoy that ease and comfort which we could not otherwise led. Though the whole world forsake us, we are received by father and mother under that par- ental roof, there to linger till the morn and eve of life shall have passed away. How oft around that family altar have we been fondled and caressed by a loving mother, Ah! how we sympathize with you orphans, who have no gentle mother to lead you, and no place that you can call home. There is a home for you and all that seek it, and if we trust in Jesus,He’ll carry us through and lead us at last to that Celesti- Home to return no more. Chil- dren, let us love, respect, and obey our parents; parents adorn, heautb fy and make home attractive. Teach them to love and stay at home, and thus keep them oqt of many vices. Jf home is such a pleasant and lovely place here earth, how attractive, how lovely, how grand must be that Beyond, J. J, Krv, J. N. Iludk*n. Rev. John N. Hudson, the young¬ est of thirteen children, of John and Elisabeth Hudson was born in Laurens county, Ga., April 11th, 1832, died March 26th, 1886, in the fifty-fourth year of his age. His father died when he was seven years old. His mother during hU eleventh year. Thus it is seen at this early period he was left an orphan. But not until his parents were made to rejoice with dying comfort, that he was assured that the cleansing pow- er of the Wood of the Lamb, had washed his sins away. For he had then consecrated himself to God, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was follow ing the same pillow of fire by night, and cloud by- day, which had lead them to the banks of the Jordan, and was pass¬ ing them over into that brighter, better, and happier land. His oldest brother L. M. Hudson, became his guardian. At the age of seventeen, he entered him at Emory College, in this state. Here he soon by his deportment, made many lile long friends among his fellow students, and won the respect and esteem of his professors. He graduated in the class of 1852, carrying home as a re¬ ward to his brothers and sister, for their efforts in his behalf, the high- est honors of his graduating class. He then went to Yale College and studied law, but declined to he a lawyer. His marriage took place January the 21st, 1857,with Amanda M. Stew- art, youngest child of Thomas and Nancy Stewart, of Monroe county Georgia. The fruit of this marriage is eight children, six surviving, and four grandchildren. After his|iuarri- age he settled in Schley county, the place on w hich hedied,and devoted his whole attention to agriculture, until the breaking out of the war between the Confederate States and the Union. He obeyed his country’s call for help, shouldered arms as a private in the Schley County Volun¬ teers, Co. B. 17th Georgia Regiment, and went to the army of Virginia. That he did his duty as a soldier, that the inside of his platter, was cleaner than the outside—is answer- by (he fact that his comrades in arms and officers, who had means of knowing, and knew him, elected him Chaplain of his regiment, pre¬ sented his application for license to preach to the quarterly Conference of the Bethel circuit and upon this petition, he received his license and served as Chaplain of the 17th Geor¬ gia Regiment until the close of the war. He then returned home re¬ sumed farming and in connection taught school. He was admitted to the bar to practice law in 1875. He held many positions of public trust, was elected State Senator for 13th district in 1878 in this, and in every instance he left a clear, and an un¬ blemished record. The absence of his smiling face, his polite recognition of everybody, his warm and hearty grip of the hand, his cheerful word of encour¬ agement to all, his fine conversa¬ tional powers, will cause all who knew “Uncle Newt,” to know, to feel and to acknowledge what his social chufacter was. The writer knew him socially and confidentially. He had one fault, a hasty temper. Had man ever less ? But his condolence for wrong done, by this was ten times quicker than his temper. He wore on his face what he carried in his heart. Where ere his eyes beheld suffering hu¬ manity,or his ears heard the appeals for charity, or friends asked favors, or the oppressed needed help, in him was found a friend to whom the word “no” was a stranger. Thus ended the life of a generous, useful, noble and Christian man, who early in life, began his Christian ca¬ reer, and retained an abiding faith in the promises and providence of God. His lamp was full, trimmed and burning when the messenger came. His death was a victory. His last request was that tune “Sweet By and By”sung for him and Stonewall Jackson’s dying words be reau in his hearing. He was ready, willing and waiting to “Pass over the River and rest under the Trees,” in thut holy land where the shining face of J< sus disperses the mist, and ratifies the hope of meet¬ ing friends, brothers and sisters, and of receiving the loving embrace from the angel arms of that father and mother, of whom he was bereft when so young. When the mists shall rise above him As his Father knows his own Face to face with those that loved him He shall know as he is known Lojbeyend the orient meadows Floats the golden fringe of day Heart to heart he bids the shadows Till the mists have cleared away He shall know as he is known Never more to walk alone «-•......-‘TfSJstt --- APRISE. age? „ ancT received* free^a WI«TED-UDY*?,£„M£®iS an old Arm R4*fer*nc*««r*Milred. Permanent portion BRICK WOIIK AND ) have had an experience of six Work Kuarnnteil, Address. J. and on terms. Etlaville, A. Langley, Georgia. tv hit I Inmilfditloii an«l tion have done in tlie Arts. Science*and in Mccliimle*, they lire doing in Life Insurance. THE NEW IS TAKING Place of the Old. A SAVING 01 FIFTY par cent, and an inu.-kank la security of ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY per cent.** effected by tak¬ ing a policy in the Fidelity Mutual Life Association, OF PHILADELPHIA, 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 of life expectation; Saving of 50 per cent in cost of insurance and abso¬ lute security, are points to which 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 five years ago. Ex-Governor llartrant, „ , , of , Penney „ vania, . is . organ- izinga Mutual Companv in Phila- delaphia, . . , , and . is . consulting ... L. t G Fouse, President of the Fidelty, as to the . t . best , practicable ,• methods, A1 m order to conform to the advanced ideas . , of assessment insurance, as expounded * by •* him to the National Convention. Moiu Im'iic: If the recent expulsion of the At¬ lanta Home Fire Insurance Com¬ pany by the foreign companies from the Association of Fire 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 P. W. DOUGLAS, Manager, 21 Marietta Street, Atlanta, Ga. or S. M. McCRORY, Agent. Oglethorpe, Ga. Americus Fire Department, AMERICUS, GA. 5 on Thursday, May 13, 1886. FIRST TEST. First Prize $200 in Gold. Second Prize, $75 in Gold. SECOND TEST. First Prize, $75.00 in Gold. Second Prize, $35.00 in Gold. PRIZE— Best Time to Engine on First Test, $25.00 in Gold. H. D. Watts, Chief A. F. 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The Spring Term will open on the 2nd Monday in January and continue 24 weeks. The Fall Term will continue 16. RATES OF TUITION PER MONTH. c, 91 . 00 . 2nd zna. -- vjreograpny, _ Branches, Latin and Greek, $3.00. ,----- 3rd. All ■ higher English Instruction in music $3.00 per month. INCIDENTAL FEE PER TERM 25 CENTS. All students will be charged from the time thay enter (School the end ofth« Term, except cases of pjotacted sickness. to Board in good families at $8.00 per month. For five days in the week, $5.00. lAtff end „T«he" c “ y t0 ““ «“ W. M. HOWELL, Principal. December 15th, 1885. lilliMfilY „ LlilllvlUl I ' D jk D O fl |kl MAKE i.j^teson Dif] |\| - ( > With food. J|| ■ m I ■ IIII I I M ■! [ 11 UtlNu WH I W LAY MSI I 91 B 1,1 1M ^
