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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1890)
- SOUTHERN NOTES. Joints yEWS FROM ALL av the south. AT, PROGRESS AND OCCURRENCES I.YKR HAPPENING BELOW MA WHICH ARE SON'S AND DIXON’S LINE. The business portion ot I lora, Miss., was burned on Tuesday night. ■n Timex-Democrat pronounces the ie New Orleans success travel roads of a iiud far preferable to the shell roads which were first tried. Richmond, _ _ \a., The Lee monument in will be unveiled on May 15th. ’1 he pro gramme will embrace a parade oi mihtary f ro >» various parts of the south. \ slight, but pronounced, earthquake, Keck was felt generally throughout Col umbia, S. C„ Wednesday night. No alarm was caused by the disturbance. George Penley, bookkeeper of the Kentucky Lumber company, which has a heavy business, with large capital, head quarters at Burnside, Ivy., is a defaulter mid fugitive. The amount of defalcation is not yet known. Craven Bros., on Thursday, started fires in three furnaces in their glassworks at .Salem, N. C. Propositions have been made to the locked-out union men, but if thev do not accept the terms offered, the works will be run by non-union labor. While four boys, between the ages of six and eight years, were playing under the edge of a sand bank in Jackson, Tenn., on Tuesday, the bank caved in, burring them under about ten feet of sand. They were dead when extricated. Conductor Frank Layton, o£ the Ala bama Great Southern railroad, was knocked from his train by a water tank and killed Friday night. He was leaning ont of the door of the caboose too far as the train passed the water tank, and was onlhe head. The Zazoo and Tallahatchie Transpor tation company’s steamboat, Katie Bob bins, collided Sunday night with a barge towed by the Jessie Harkins, from Sun flower river, for Vicksburg, Miss. The barge sunk with her load of three thou sand sacks of seed and thirty bales of cotton. The hull of the Robbins was crushed, and she sank to her hurricane deck. Four of her erue were drowned. The one hundred and third annual com munication of the grand lodge of Masons of North Carolina began at Raleigh, Wed nesday evening. There are two hundred and thirty-five working lodges with an active membership of eight in hundred. The total number of Masons tlm state, including active and non-affiliated, is es timated at 15,000. One hundred and fifty lodges were represented. Fourteen new lodges were created during the year. An alliance jubilee was held at Valdos ta, Ga., on Wednesday, and was the grandest success ever seen in south Geor gia. There were from 7.000 to 10,000 in town, coming from eight to ten coun ties in Georgia and several in Florida. Among them were the Lowndes County alliance, the Brooks County alliance, the Berrien County alliance, the Clinch Coun ty alliance, and alliancemen from other points. The day was spent in speaking and feasting. If ►Savannah, Ga., does not get a million hales of cotton this year, she is going to get pretty close to the seven figures. On the Saturday the receipts were 12,000 short of total for last year. This month’s ex port, too, are now just about equal to those of all last January, and there are live large British steamships to clear. Upland They will carry away about 00,000 bales. the month cotton the is still advancing. has During market gone up nearly S of a cent, and January 2d middling cotton was quoted 9 9-16. On Saturday it was quoted 10|, Sales are said to have been made at 10J-. HUMBUGGING IMMIGRANTS. a SWINDLING SCHEME TO INDUCE DUTCH IMMIGRATION TO FLORIDA. I l>e United States consul at Amsterdam recently reported that an effort was made L. induce citizens of that country to emmi £uu<; to Florida, by representing that each emigrant depositing one hundred fifid titty pounds would be given ten acres *! rich Florida land, together with imple ments for cultivativation and would be Ki'eu board and lodging free for one : .'ear. The matter was reported to the * 1 '-usury department, and Secretary Win ' 01,1 written the state department, "iggesting "oulii that while such immigrants not be prohibited from landing, it Mould be well for the consul to advise the i" opie to move cautiously in the matter, “id to correspond with the governor of lu nda bciore taking any decisive action A FATAL INITIATION. RILLED RY ACCIDENT WHILE TAKING A LODGE DEGREE. While taking the Royal Arch degree at Hcv. Huntington, J. W. Ya., Tuesday night. circles ty, Johnson lost his life. Masonic ^ug accident, are greatlyagitatcdover the the shock- in It is first stance on record where any accident of q serious nature has occurred in the ceromo J files of that degree. In fact, the ritual Raich initiates the candidate into thq loyal less arch mysteries is considered much| degree. dangerous than that of any othef . times cut of t n a woman’s word doubted if she says she is an old find from choice, but that unpleasant V ‘.c-ron ^ upan her veracity can now bo ' T iTttshurg, joining the Economite So , r doomed every member of e .1 is to a life of single ;c«6e lne_F. ^ ident “Matrimony, ” mi vs Jacob ‘diou eh of the Bcciety, “is a k of our religious principles." SGHLHY COUNTY NEWS. THE NEGROS PARADISE. OKLAHOMA BEING RAPIDLY COI.OX17.ED BT THE COLORED PEOPIJE. Letters received by W. L. Eagle son, business manager of the Oklahoma Immi gration society, in Kansas, from points in North Carolina, say that a large number of negroes in that state are going through in wagons this winter to the new territory. Eagleson says there are now about 22,000 negroes in Oklahoma, and that by spring there will be at least 50.000. lie claims they ought to have that country, and says presi dent Lincoln and the republican party promised to give it to them, lie adds: “We are determined to take it any Ijpw and we will make it one of the grandest in the union. I favor Colonel Morgan’s scheme to purchase the Cherokee strip and other lands in the Indian territory, ex clusively for negro settlement. Give us the Blair bill, the Indian territory, and Senator Butler’s $5,000,000, and we will be content. Oklahoma, in my judgment, is the land of promise for the, race, and migration the panacea for every ill now effecting the negroes of the south.” DEATH FROM COLD. SNOW FOUR TEEN INCHES DEEP IN WYOMING — HUNDREDS OF CATTLE DYING. A Cheyenne, Wvo., dispatch of Monday jays: Twelve to fourteen inches of snow has fallen in the west end of the territory. The snow has crusted, and with the fieezing of perishing the water, cattle, sheep the and horses are all over range. An owner received word from his ranche, in that section, that scarcely an animal that could not be fed would survive. Horses have worn their hoofs to the quick trying to beat through crusted snow. Cattle and sheep are helpless Game has been driven from the mountains, and antelope have been killed within the city limits of Evanston, while stock has drifted to the railway. Satur day and Sunday were intensely cold, aucl two men were frozen to death. ENGLAND APPREHENSIVE. THAT AN INCREASE OF DUTIES WILL STOP IMPORTATIONS. A cablegram from London says: The testimony before the congressional com mittee of ways and means at ’Washington is followed with great interest by Euro pean manufacturers. A slight increase on the tariff ou many lines of goods means the cessation of exportation; and the al most unanimous recommendation of wit nesses that the duties should be made higher, fills continental jobbers and man ufacturers with consternation. 'They say that owing to the strict interpretation of the laws by the United States consuls in Europe, invoices, and endless squabbles about damaged, their business has been greatly and any additional ’ burden placed upon it would prove ruinous to them. AN ALLIANCE CONVENTION HELD IN AUGUSTA, GA.—RESULT OF-THK DELIBERATIONS. A convention held on Tuesday, iu Au gusta, Ga., ol the Alliances in the terri lory contiguous to that their city, has adopted a resolution to throw trade with cot ton factors who do not charge more than seventy-five cents commission per bale when no advance is made, or a dollai when an advance is made. A.resold!ion was also adopted favoring those commis sion merchants who do not charge full commissions during years w hen a full crop of the staple is not made. A committee of one from eaph county was appointed to consider the practicability of establish ing an Alliance warehouse in Meantime Augusta. They will report August 15th. the sub-Alliances will consider the ques tion. A BUILUINti PAULS CRUSHING TO DEATH THREE MEN—CRIMI NAL CARELESSNESS. The north wall of the machine shopi in the yard of the Long Island railroad depot, in Long Island City, fell with a loud crash Tuesday morning, burying three men under several tons of brick, E _ ’he ne men iu their were bodies dead when having taken been out,every broken. The building had been sold for removal. The accident was due to carelessces iu undermining the building, and bis and the havt con tractor for removal foreman been arrested on the coroner’s verdict, charging them with manslaughter. TROUBLE EXPECTED. 6AI.OON KEEFERS OF DENVER SAY THEY WILL DISREGARD THE SUNDAY LAW. Sheriff Barton, of Denver, Colorado, on Friday, created a sensation by effect mak ing his first order, which is to the that hereafter all saloons must close ou Sunday. Heretofore the law lias practi cally been a dead letter. A. number of special deputies have been their sworn orders. in for this purpose and given Sov.eral saloon men declare they will pay no attention to the sheriff’s orders, and some pated. sensational developments are antici HONORING AN OARSMAN. A GRAND FUNERAL PROCESSION IN SYDNEY IN HONOR OF HENRY S. EARLE. Advices from Australia, says the funeral of Henry S. Earle, the deceased champion oarsman, took place ut Sydney December 14. The ceremony was witnessed by fully 70,000 people. The mayor and aldermen of parliament formed jiart of the proces sion. which w as one of the longest of its kind ever seen in Sydney. There is 1 . movement on foot to erect a monument to hi: memory. SCHLEY COUNTY. Schley County is composed of 1 sri‘ory mil •ff from Sumter, Marlon and Mat on counties. It was organise.! in 1{£0, and ntum d t r sue of the old Colonial Gove, nors of Gi srg 1 ; Gov - . ernor Schley. Its location is Southwest-Central. Area 180 square miles. General features, hilly, inter spersed with level plateax. The soil is very fertile all over the county, but varies in color, some place* being red clay, some dark brown, very sticky In wet weather, 6cme pebbly and some sandy, under-laid with clay subsoil. Cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, pota toes, pumkiuS: melons, rice, wheat, rye, bar Jy, peanuts anil chufas; peaches, pears,prunes, pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, quin ces, cherries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries, raspberries, goose berries, beets, cabbage, cu cumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and oth er field, orchard and garden products, grow here to perfection. The fence corners, waste places in old field aud forest, abound in all kinds of wild fruit, such as blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries whortleberries, May haws, black haws, plums, cherries, crab apples,persimmons, fox grapes, Winter grapes, muscadines, chlnquepius, | hickory nuts and chestnuts. : Besides the native crab, crowfoot and other : grasses, many of the best varieties of tmport- 1 ed grasses do well here, especial)y Barmuda, ! herds, blue and orchard grass. The no fence law prevails in the county, yet stock raising is rapidly becoming one of the leading industries of the county some of the finest horses In the South are raised here, and the rich aplden butter and sweet country hams that are daily brought to market by the far mers of Schley, could not be beaten anywhere. Cotton Is the money crop of the county, but happily the day has past and forevevr gone when the people of Schley depended on other sections for their meat and bread. Nearly ev ery fanner in the county makes plenty of corn j and bacon for home consumptions and many ! of them make a surplus to sell. No particular attention is given to poultry raising, yet the people have all they want lor home use and onemanwithahor.se and wagon keeps busy j the year round hauling chickens and eggs from j Schley county to Americus. The health of the oounly is excellent, theav i erage elevation being near two thousand feet ! above sea level and drainage is generally good an epidemic of any diseases, was never known here. The farm in c people of Schley are inteligent cultivated and refined as any agricultural peo ple iu the world. The county is dotted with school houses and churches, and a half growu person who cannot read and write is seldom, if ever met with, ami of the negro race most of them since freedom can read and write. CESTRU-:-HOTEL. 1 Under New Management. j The Central Hotel, at Columbus Ga., is , fast becoming a great resort for the traveling public. 1 This hotel has been thoroughly renovated j Inside and out and put in first-class order, and the tare, as well as the accommodations, is all j that could be desired. This hotel is centrally located, large rooms, well ventilated and fur nished in modern style. Polfte and attentive servants. The table supplied with all the del leaciesof the season, making it a most popu lar resort for drummers and the traveling j public generally. _ 1 GEORGE W. DAVIS j BARBER Shop east side court honse square. Hair cut 20cents. Shave lOoents. Shampoo25cents. Sat j iafaction guaranteed. "VsTILL FAHRIS Wl AND SHOE-MAKER Repairing done with neatness and dis patch. Prompt attention given to all orders. Shop Southeast corner of public square. Ellaville Ga. A GENTS W ANTED TO SELL AN EN I TIRELY NEW BOOK 'The most wonderful collection of practiea i real value ar.«l ercry-day um lor the people ev er publLber. on the glode. A marvel of money aaring and money earning for every one owing It, Thousands of beautiful, helpful engravings showing Just how to do everything. Nocompe tition; nothing like It in the universe. When you select that which is of true value sales ure sure. All sincerely desiring paying employment and looking for something thoroughly llrst-rlasi at an extriordinary low price, should write for description and terms on the most remarkable achievement In book making since the world gat1 ' SCA JIMELL – CO., Box 5005, ST. LOUIS or fiJILADEPHIA. PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat ent business conducted for Moderate Fees. and Oub Office is Opposite patent U. less 8. Patent time than OfpicI these we can seoare in remote Send from model, Washington. drawing photo., with descrip or tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of charge. Our fee not due till patent Is secured. A Pamphlet, “How to Obtain Patents,” with names of actual clients In your State, county, or town, sent free. Address, C. A.SNOW – CO. WPP. PATENT OFF!*r, WumMTON, D. C. If railing ^vnincas || joust.'. of <foln«|lm^. ■ It is a Rood rule to patronise tbosewho solicit your patronage throngh your local paper. It' is reasonable to presume that they will deal more liberally with you than a business houe* that does not consider your patronage worth soliciting. H.F. EVERETT, The Stove Man. 4 1 nnirroiir sr; crrrrynnr^ oeorcttv. ■ 1 am now offering to the people of Schley County the largest Stock of Stoves, Tin-xvare, Ac., ever brought to Columbus. I am sole agent for the celebrated IRON WITCH STOVE I sell the best Baker in the w orld: the Othello Stove, 160,000 now in use. Agent for the Southern Cane Mills and Copper Evaporators. II. F. Everett 3111 Broad st. Columbus, Ga. H. A. Gibson BOX MODE F IK XI TUI it; STOKE. 1145 Broad Street COLUMBUS, GA. Buys his FTJRITITXrRB by the_____ ) Ml ana mautaetures his Mattresses and Springs Right at home in Columbus; consequently be can and will sell the best quality of goods on easier terms, to suit the buyer, or cheaper for cash than any Furnitur House in the city The people of Schley and adjoining counties are invited to r, alll at the three sto ry building next to the Bee Hive and examine bis stock and prices before purchase - ing. SCHLEY 1 Li 13 u ) Attention!! ■When you visit Columbus, drop in to see me, just like every body else, its na tural and easy. I sell the best grades of Flour, Tobacco, Fish, and all plantation supplies I sell the purest and mellowest grades of liquors in the world. Drop in, shake grid get acquainted.—Your bills will be filled at Bottom Prices. Dinners will find it largely to their interest, to see my cotton cleaner; Takes all the dirt, sand, and nearly all the trash from the cotton, after it is sinned, addins: from 1 to 2 cents oer pound to the value of the cottton. Guaranteed to please and pay. ROLIN JEFFERSON 6jan. 1 90. 1041 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga, S.A. CARTER. W. C. BRADLEY. CARTER <fe BRADLEY. i AND WHOLESALE GROCERS. Fontaine Warehouse, Columbus, Gerogia, Mr. Chae. H. Allen, will again represent us on the streets as buyer, and will sustain his old reputation for < •4 y n otton i A Specialty as we propose to aid the Farmers in their fight |against “Trust# and Combines.” Special attention given to the Storage and Sale] of cotton, and Liberal ad vances made on all consignments. A Share of your business solicited. Faithfully YourB, Carter – Bradley.
