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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1890)
fritter: " ’ AtatU-AU * * PUBLISH El) E V FRY THU US DA V. Subscription $1,00 A Darin ADVANCE. Ellaville, Ga. Thursday Jan. 16, R. DON. MeLEOI) Editor. titifaria! Spains baby king was better yesterday end it is hoped will live. Mr. W. F. Morgan has assumed edito rial coutrol of the Dooly \ indicator. Mr. Worsham of Cordele, had both his legs hi ok' n, last week, while unloading a lumber car. Judge William D. Kelly, of Pennsyl vania , who has been in Congress thirty years in succession, died last week of cancer. • ♦ --- Mrs. Dickerson, of Norcross, Ga.,gave birth, last week, to three bright, healthy little l»oys. She named them Cleveland, Grady and Gordon. ♦ • In the case of Hawes, the Birmingham w*ife murderer, the Supreme court con firmed the decision of the lower court, which convicted Hawes and sentenced him to be hanged next month. *•* The weather clerk has been exceeding ly partial this winter. The South lias enjoyed a season of sunshine and spring like weather, while big blizzards and icicles have been poured out on the North and Northwest in double doses. Judge Pilshury’s court has become a terror to the petit law-breakers of Sum ter county and the citizens of Americus, last Friday, in recognition of his services in ridding the city of bad characters pre sented him with a handsome solid silver cigar holder. Americus is putting on quite a metro politan air with electric cars speeding through her principal streets and her squares illuminated by the brilliant flare of the electric lights, in addition to all the other modern improvements. Wilbur F. Kelsey, the talented editor of the Pulaski Recorder and a member of the Cochran bar was found dead re cently,in the rear of a store. The ver dict of the coroners jury was that he died from exposure and alcoholic drink. He leaves a wife and two small children to mourn his sad and untimely demise. A joint stock company with a capital of ten thousand dollars has been gotten up and will soon organize in Americus to buy a news paper and job outfit and start another daily paper, entirely sepe rate and unconnected with either of the papers already published in that enter prising little city. Americus is well in the lineof progress, moving onward and upward. Many ot the most progressive citizens of the place are backing the new enterprise and there is no reason why another real good daily paper cannot be made to pay there. The case of the State of Georgia vs. Dr. Leo. (Mr. Huertas,) charged with practicing medicine unlawfully, came up for trial before the county court of Sumter last Friday. The counsel for the defence demurred to the bill of indict nient and moved that it be set aside on the ground that it was not sufficiently explicit, in that it did not set forth in what particular the law had lieen violat ed and upon whom the illegal practice had been made. RJudge Pilsbury after hearing arguments on both sides, sus tained the demurrer and the prisoner was set free. It seems that wild animals are loth to vacate the vicinity of Florida’s capital. A big fat bear brought in by old Cris Gray, the champion bear killer, or some other local hunter is a common thing in the Tallahassee market and the Tallahas sean of last week gives the following ac count of the capture of a panther, one of the most ferocious of wild beasts, near that city: '‘Last Wednesday a panther measuring seven feet from tip to tip was caught in a steel trap that had been set for otters near Mr. John Ch a ires' about ten or twelve miles from the city. The parties who discovered the game in the trap had no weapon except a B2 Smith – W esson pistol, but a few shots from it did the work, and his panthership lay fife less on the ground. It was then dis fovered that he was held by two toes that had lieen caught by the strong jaws <ji ihe trap. • BILLY BARLOW BEA S IT, The oldest man in the worid is proba bly living in a poor house at McDonough Ga. Councilman J. J. Meador has just returned from McDonough and he stated to a Journal reporter this morning that he Visited the McDonough poor house and while there he saw* Hiram Lester, who is thought to be the oldest man in the world. Hiram Lester was born in North Carolina in December 1709. This makes him one hundred and twenty years old. Col. Sioam, of McDonough, who is eighty years of age, says when he w*as a boy Lester w as an old man. Les ter’s teeth are perfectly sound and his eyesight and hearing are good. His skin is wrinkled and as hard as parch ment. He eats and sleeps well, and says he has given up all idea of ever dying. He remembers all about the revolution ary war and knew Geo. Washington.— Atlanta Journal. We will go the Journal ten better on the longevity business. William Barlow of Suwanee county Florida, w*as born in Virginia on the 25th, of December 1759. He was living near Live Oak the last time we saw* him and if he has not died since he is now* one hundred and thrity years of age. In his 125th year he made the trip from Hawkinsville Ga. to Live Oak Fla. on foot. Soon after arriving at Live Oak he fell in love with Mrs. Omans, a sprightly widow* of eighty-nine summers who owns and lives on a nice little two-horse farm six miles South of Live Oak. The w idow received his at tention for a while, but finally rejected his offer of marriage. Thus disappoint ed in “loves young dream’’ Mr, Barlow grew very despondent and it was feared for a while that he would do something rash, but he finally decided that tlire were as good fish in the sea as w ere ever caught out, and soon recovered his usual jolly mood. He had been married sev eral times before. He lost his first wife during the revolutionary war. The Brit ish and American armies had formed a line of battle and the house to which lie had taken his young bride stood betw*een. While trying to get out of the way he and his wife were run over by the Brit ish cavalry in a charge, his wife was killed outright and he had his shoulder broken by the horses hoofs. By a second marriage he raised a number of sons and daughters s me of whom lived to ripe old ages, but all have passed away leav ing the old man still journeying on. CHARLES F. CRISP. Referring to our talented young repre sentative in Congress, lion. C. F. Crisp, of whom Schley county feels justly proud, a Washington correspondent to the New York Commercial Reporter writes: “Probably the ablest man in Con gress from the South, though not pecu liarly an orator, is Crisp of Georgia. He is a man of presence and of sympathetic and amiable manners. He has a fine voice and an excellent command of lan guage, and when he speaks he lias some thoughts to convey and information to impart. He makes no attempt at orator ical effect, but is more frequently elo quent in a few words than any man m Congress. He is a young man, free from old prejudices, liberal by nature, and possesing distinct qualities of a liberal He is a good deal more than a mere word painter and is never at a loss for something to say on a suitable occasion and he is always felicitous in what he says. He possesses too, the gift of a Statesman, and apparently has noambi tion to appear as an orator. 1 doubt, however, if there is a Southern man in Congress who could make a better im pression on an audience than could Crisp.” CALL IS CAPTURING CUBANS. Senator Call’s resolution looking to the purchase of Cuba by the United States has unnecesarily excited and incensed loyal Spaniards of all parties and classes while it has built up cruelly deceptive hojies in many Cubans. The people of Spain will not agree to the sale of the island and the people of the United States are not foul9 enou h'h to go to war to steal it. In the face of these two facts Senator Ca!1 nii S b t have been at better busine88 w hen he was getting up his ac A u * 8 ^* ve resolution. Sparta Uhmaelite. You llon,t know Senator Call as we do. Br<) * Lewisi He is a born politician and tbere is a lar K e naturalized Cuban vote in Florida that holds the balance of pow ***" ^ bt ^ Flowery State, and it is a oold ' n -^ u 8 us t when the doughty Sena tor lets an opportunity to catch votes P^ him by. The Macon Telegraph is of the opinion that there will be less demand for sup plies next year made by the farmers of Middle Georgia than in any since the war. The Alliance warehouses are mak ing arrangements to supply the members of that organization with all the aid they will require tomako the next crop. SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS. THE SUMTER REPUBLICAN. The veteran editor of the Sumter Re publican announces in his issue of last week that he is torced to yield to the in evitable and must suspend publication until he can secure a more liberal sup port. The Republican is an old; land marks that we would regret exceedingly to see obliterated. It sounded the praises of Americus when there was little in the embrio city to laud, it encouraged her citizens when adversity’s clouds hung most threatening, it arose Phoenix-like several times from ashes and ruin, with stood the storms of revolution and fell not before the devastating upheavals of reconstruction, now that the morning of prosperity has dawned upon the lovely little city of Americus and the star of her destiny is beaming forth with a brilliancy that eclipses many of her prosperous south ern sisters, we hope that the old Repub lican will be remembered for its service in the past and the old land mark per petuated. THE ALLIANCE BANK. The Alliance Bank has been definitely settled upon. It will have a capital stock of $50,000. Such is the intention of the Alliance of Sumter county as de termined upon at their meeting yester day. The bank will be located in Ainer icus, but the exact place has not been fixed. In fact, nothing has been perma nently settled upon, save the determina tion of the Alliancemen of this county to establish a bank here, from which the members of the order in Southwest Georgia, can borrow money without paying more than eight per cent, inter est. At the meeting held yesterday, it was decided to place in circulation next week subscription list to the capital stock of the bank* Fifty thousand dollars will be the sum which w ill be attempted to he raised. These lists will not alone be circulated in Sumter county, hut will he sent to the Alliances of all the surround ing counties tributary to Americus. When the sum requested has been sub scibed, a meeting of the stockholders will he called at which officers will be elected, and a definite plan of conduct ing the affairs of the company definite ly fixed upon.—Americus Recorder. BRAINS VS. BEAUTY. We have heard it hinted that Rev. J. B. McGehee, the P. E. of the Columbus District, was often embarassed in large crowds because he was so pretty as to attract everybody’s attention. Some seem to think that Bro. Wade was brought here to share this embarassinent with the P. E. They will be known ‘"The Beauties.”—Talbotlou New-Era. Of course the New-Era speaks ironically, for everybody know s that our worthy presiding elder is not pretty. If he had been, he probably would never been pre siding elder, nor anything, other than a concieted simpleton. Beauty and brains are rarely combined in one man. Our best and wisest men are, almost without exception, uglier than mud fences. The Lord knew what he was about when he was distributing his gifts to man. This remarkable and unprecedented hot weather for January has brought out many flowers that never bloom in this month. In the yard of Mrs. Cole man in this place can be seen many vio lets and white hyacinths with all the freshness of spring. Such a thing in the mountains of North Georgia was likely never seen before.—Ellijay Courier. Violets, pansies, hyacynths, and many other varieties of beautiful flowers are plentiful in the gardens about Ellaville, but as our contemporary suggests, one would not expect to find them in the mountains of North Geoigia at this sea son of the year. ♦---- The Marion Patriot is on the line of economy this year and humsthusly over the new year: “This is an an econimi cal year. There is one less syllable in eighteen ninety than there was in eigh teen eighty-nine, and 1890 is much easier to write than 1889. These fractions of time, ink and breath, when multiplied by the usage of the entire race, will make a tremenduous total of time and labor saved, An exchange Rays:—A few Sundays ago an Atlanta pseacher had selected ns his text for his morning discourse: “It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.". lie in tended to “scorch ern.” When he en tered the pulpit he found a note from the richest member of his congregation, and it read as follws.” When the collec tion for foreign missions is taked up this morning put me down for $500!” The sermon was preached on thejtext: “Take heed that ve do not your alms before men to be seen of them." M m mm h Kj (m vr–’i •/ ? ii j m2 vi m . Drs. CHENEY AND 5=^ JfI Oglethorpe Street Ellaville Ga. You can find all the lead ing Patent Medicines, Full stock of Drugs, Chem cals, Paints Oil, Varnish, –C, Lamps and Lamp fixtures Kerosene Oil, Potash, Soaps, Soda, Starch, Best Brands of Chewing and Smoking Tobaccos Ci garetts and Macaboy Snuff, ra v .4 anonery Vv r riting paper, Blank books, Inks-Black, Violet and Indelible, Pens, Pen holders, Pencils, School Crayons, Blacking, Combs, Hair, and Whist brushes, Black ing and shoe Polish, –c. Perfumery and Toilet ar ticles, Mellier’s Quadruple Extracts, Hoyt’s and Tar rant’s Extracts, Tooth pow ders, and brushes –c. DIAMOND DIES 30 colors and 92 shades GARDEN SEEP Full assortment 2 packa ges for 5cts In fact everything to be found in a first class Drug Store. All calls attended to promptly. CHENEY – HUP (• t Quarterly meeting w 11 begin before! at J drew Chapel on Saturday third Sunday in next month. For Billioueness use W, W. C. Garrett – Sons No- 11 cigars the i tn the market at Caskey – Greefts IV. W. C., the great liver tonic. Try it Kerosine at Caskey – Green’s W. W. C. is an extractor roots grown South. m A WINCHESTER FOR SALE. A bran new Winchester Riile, 38 cal bre, for sale. Apply at this office. Nothing like W. W.C. for old people. Tt i t REAL ESTATE AGENCY If you want to buy or sell Farm prop> n , Ii Sumter or surrounding counties Address MERRELL CALLOWAY 3,no, Am mucus On, IjStop using so much Mercury, Potash aail; saparilla, and use W. W. C„ the old reliat It is purely vegetable. REGGS’ CHERRY COUGH SYRUP Is giving splendid satisfaction to the tn and the sales are positively marvelous, win can be accounted for in no other way that it is without doubt the best on the aj ket. Ask for and be sure you get the genuii We keep it. Dr C, H. Smith Drugs If you suffer from Constipation use W. \Y. It will cure you. WILLIAM BEACH Hardware, Alabastine, Paints, Portland and Kentucky Cemem Columbus Ga. 7 "! C /to, AfoA gms, snwai and ILZCusical Instrument Depository of the America) Bible Society. Columbus GaJ Insure “'5T" ( >ur Cr D1 Wc are prepared to furnish reliable insi ance on Gin Houses and contents at equita rates, as wc have done for many years, needed information promptly given. D. F. Willcox – Son, 1140 Broad St.,.....Columbus, Geohoi CHEAPEST MONEY YET. Money to loan on improved farms 6 per cent, interest. J. J. IIa.sesley, Americus, Ga. Barlow* Block, Room No. 5. Scm.EY Georgia county, f /To S. whom Montgomery it may Admfl coneej trator on tlie Estate of Henry Spivey decew has in due form applied to the undersiCT for leave to sell the lands belonging application to tlw] 1 tate of said deceased, and said beheard on the first Monday in February a This Dee. 31st. 18*9. T. B. Myers N i Ordinary CITATION FOR LETTERS OF DiSMISSllJ Georgia. (.Whereas, A. J. Autry 1 ] Scm.EY County. ) minis trator the on courttM the est.wj Mrs. S. E. Autry, represents.to has fully administered Mrs. S, E. Autry j tate. This is therefore to cite all persons cemcd to show cause, if any they cun. 1 said administrator should not be discM from bis administration and recievo letU'M dismission on the 1st. Monday in March 1^1 T. II. Myers, OrM APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. Schi.kv Georgia, County. ) , Whereas,C.H. mini tiatoroi. thecsta Smith. j J t\ lexandi la Goodson, deceased reprcscn' and cii'T l the court in his petition duly tiled on record that he has fully ndminlstereoj deceased J estate of Alexandria Goodson || c is to cite nil persons concerned, heir aii j administrator itors, to show cause, should if not any hr they nlschurgciyj can, wWJJ] his missiun administration the tlrst and Monday recieve in March letters 18 of ■ H on ■ Nov, 26th. 18811. T. B. Myers ADVICE TO MOTHERS. always Mrs. be Winslow's used when Soothing children arc Svih'P cutting ^ It relieves the tittle sufferer nt once: it I"" es natural, quiet sleep by relieving |lu ' . from pain, and the little cherub lens#®* bright as a button." It Is very P taste. It soothes the child, softens t' ,r - allays all pain, relieves wind, regulate# * ' via, and is the best known remedy for ‘ u whether arising from teething or other ( Twenty live oents a bottle.
