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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1899)
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS I DEVOTED TO GIVING THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND AIDING THE PROSPERITY OP SCHLEY COUNTY. E. E. ELLIOTT. Editor ai Business Manager. SCHLEY COUNTY. A Few Words About One of the Finest Counties In Georgia. Schloy county is composed of terri tory cut off from Sumter, Marion aud Macon counties. It was organized in 1859 aud named for one of the old colonial governors of Georgia—Gov ernor Schley. southwest-central. Its location is Area, 180 square miles. General fea tures, hilly, interspersed with level plateau. The soil is very fertile all over the county, but varies in color, some places being red clay, some dark brown, very sticky in wet weather, some pebbly and some sandy, under laid with clay subsoil. Cotton, corn, sugar-cane, oats, peas, potatoes, pumpkins, melons, rice, wheat, rye, barley, peanuts and chufas, peaches, pears, prunes, pomegranates, plums, apples, apricots, quinces, cher ries, grapes, mulberries, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, beets, cab bage, cucumbers, squashes, tomatoes, turnips and other field, orchard and garden products grow here to perfec tion. Fruit culture is claiming the atten tion of many of our most progressive farmers. Thousands of young trees have been put out and this is sure to bo one of the most^ important indus tries of Schley county. The waste places in old field and forest abound in wild fruit3. Besides the native crab, crowfoot and other grasses, many of the best varieties of imported grasses do well here, especially Bermuda, herds blue and orchard grass. The no fence law prevails in the county, yet stock raising is rapidly be coming one of the leading industries of the county; some of the finest horses in the south are raised here, and the rich golden butter and sweet country hams that are daily brought to market by the farmers of Schley, could not be beaten, anytvhere. Cotton is the money crop of the county, but happily the cl^y is past and forever gone when the people of Schley de pended on other sections for their meat and bread. Nearly every farmer in the county makes plenty of corn and bacon for home consumption and many of them make a surplus to sell. No particular attention is given to poultry raising, yet the people have all they want for home use aud help to supply other markets with chickens and eggs. The health of the county is excel lent, the average elevation being near two thousand feet above sea level and drainage is generally good. An epi demic of any diseases was nevei known here. The farming people of Schley are intelligent, cultivated and refined as any agricultural people in the world. The county is dotted with school houses and churches. tf City aid CooBty Directory. MUNICIPAL. Mayor—E. L. Bridges. Aldermen—Dr. J. N. Cheney, J. B. Williamson, R. M. Murphy, P. C. Livingston, J. F. Stewart. Treasurer—Claude Dixon. Recorder—J. H. Cheney. CHURCHES. Baptist—Rev. N. R. Sanborn, Pas tor. Services first Sunday in each mouth. Snuday-schoo! at 10 o’clock a. m. every Sabbath. Prayer meeting every Tuesday night. McMichael Methodist—Rev. T. R. pastor. Services every second and fourth Sunday. Sunday School at 10 o’clock a. m. Prayer meeting every Wednesday night. FRATERNAL ORDERS. Washington Lodge No. 359, F. – A. M.—Meets second Thursday in each month. COUNTY OFFICERS. Ordinary—P. E. Taylor. M. Mur Clerk Superior Court—J. ray. Sheriff—William Allen. Tax Collector—C. H. Wall. Tax Receiver—J. H. Holloway. Treasurer—P. F. Dixon. Surveyor—M. D. Herring. Corouer—F. B. Teel. Board of Education—E. L. Bridges, R. M. Rainey, R. A. Wiggins, L, W. Dixon, E. T. Lightner. M. Col School Commissioner—J. Ium. County Commissioners—W. D, Mur ray, A. M. Caskey, T. Y. Bridges, V. H. Tondee, G. T. Walker. ELLAVILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 16, 1899. THE STORIES OF TROUBLES OF NEGRO EX-SOLDIERS. ALGER DECIDES ON THAT COURSE. Many Complaint* of Alleged Mistreatment Are Lodged Against Southern Communities. A dispatch from Washington says: The war department was throngod Friday, with negroes and officers of the Eighth immune regiment and by officers of the Tenth lodging com plaints with the officials of their treat ment in the south. Secretary Alger will investigate the matter, as there has been nothing but complaints from every territory through which these regiments have passed. The officers deny misbehavior on the part of the men and lay all the blame od the community through which the trains have passed. Friday morning one of the majors of the Eighth immunes, colored, who visited the department, made a report to the adjutant general in regard to the soldiers and their conduct, and told some very startling stories in re gard to their reception at Nashville. The officer told General Corbin that at Nashville the police entered the cars where the immunes were and at tacked and beat them in a horrible manner, and not only did this but robbed the soldiers; in one instance $15 being taken from one of the col ored soldiers. The adjutant general told the major to make a written report of the affair and to include a statement in regard to other incidents of the trip. An officer of the Teilth immunes also stated to General Corbin that the report that the state militia at Griffin, Ga., had fired into the car con taining the soldiers, and where there were women, was true, aud that he was surprised that a number of women as well as soldiers were not killed. This officer was also asked to make a written report, and when these are made the department intends to make them public. reliable The department wishes re ports from cities and towns in both Tennessee and Georgia in order that the blame may be properly placed. PURCHASED BY SOUTHERN. The Louisville Air-Line Reported to Have Changed Hand*. It is published in Birmingham, Ala., that the Southern railway has pur chased the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis Consolidated railroad, known as the Louisville Air-Line, and will hereafter be in the competi tion for the great western grain and other traffic for the south with the Louisville and Nashville and Illinois Central railroads. The deal is said to have been con summated in New York and will raise the amount of track of the Southern railway to comfortably near the six thousand-mile mark. The new line acquired is over 374 miles long and gives the much desired entry to the west. MUST WATCH WIRES. Unique Decision of Judge Norwood In a Damage Suit at Savannah. Judge J. M. Norwood, in the Savan nah, Ga., city court, rendered a decis ion Friday morning, the final result of which will be awaited with much in terest by lawyers. The effect of Judge Norwood’s decision is that people driv ing on the streets and pedestrians must be on the lookout for electric wires, and if they see them when it is possible for them to do so and then run into them, the company owning the wires is not responsible in dam ages to the party injured. BRYAN TO TENNESSEEANS. Nebraskan Will Address tlio State Legis lature on Blarcli 23d. A Nashville dispatch says: Hon. G. W. Wade, secretary of the committee appointed to invite Hon. W. J. Bryan to address the Tennessee legislature on the issues of the day, has received a letter from Mr. Brjan accepting the invitation and naming Wednesday, March 22tl, as the date for the speech. GOME/ ISSUES STATEMENT. Accept* Di*ini**al From the Cuban Army AVtt h a Sense of Relief. A special from Havana says: Gen eral Maximo Gomez has issued the following statement to the Cuban peo ple and army: “By the use of the supreme facili ties with which it is endowed, the as sembly, representing the army only, has deposed me as commander-in-chief of the Cuban army, which grade it con ferred on me during the last war. As commander-iu-chief I always followed the dictates of my best conscience and the call of great national needs. I en deavored in all circumstances to fulfill my duty. considers the fact “The assembly raise that I do not aid it in efforts to loans, which latter would compromise the greatest financial and political in terests of Cuba, to be an act of insub bordination and want of respect. The primary cause for the action taken against me is my conviction that Cuba should begin the exercise of its own sovereignty, as a republic of union and concord, proclaimed at Monte Cristo and sustained unimpaired on the field of battle, free from all compromise, keeping the nation’s honor spotless. “As for the rest, as a sincere man, I confess I thank them because they relieve me of great political obliga tions aud also leave me free to return to my abandoned home, which, during thirty years of continual strife for the good Qf this country that I love so much, has been my one aspiration. Foreigner as I am, I did not come to serve this country by helping it to defend its just cause as a mercenary soldier, and consequently, since the oppressive pow r er of Spain has with drawn from this land and left Cuba in freedom, I liave sheathed my sword, thinking I had finished" my mission which I bad voluntarially imposed upon myself. I am owed nothing. I retire contented and satisfied at hav ing done all I could for the benefit of my brothers. Wherever destiny rules that I make my home, there can the Cubans depend upon a friend.” ELLERBE TAKES A HAND. Issues Froclamatlon Guaranteeing Pro tection to “Refugees” Who Return. A Columbia, S. C., dispatch says: In response to letters received by him from various persons, who, as a result of warnings received are afraid to re turn to their homes in Abbeville and Greenwood counties, the neighbor hood of the Phoenix trouble*, Gover nor Ellerbe has issued a proclamation calling upon the sheriffs, deputy sher iffs, magistrates, constables and all other peace officers in Greenwood and Abbeville counties, under the pains and penalties of law, to protect such wronged and persecuted persons in their lives, property and liberties and in their performance of their duties. He extends to all citizens driven from their homes, as aforesaid, who desire to return to their homes, such full protection as all the power of the state can give as long as they pursue their lawful business, and the good people in the said counties are earnestly urged to assist in upholding the law and in saving the good names of the respective counties. PRESIDENT LEAVES WASHINGTON For Vacation of Ten Day* or Two Weeks at Tlioina*ville, Ga. President and Mrs. McKinley and a party of friends left Washington at 6:10 o’clock Monday night for a vaca tion of ten days or two weeks atThom asville, Ga. The trip was made via the Atlantic Coast Line and the Plant system, aboard a splendid train of Pullman cars, perfect in equipment with every provision for the comfort aud safety of the party. Ten minutes before train time the president and Mrs. McKinley reached the station, where a number of people had assembled, and went on board the train aud greeted those who accompa nied them on the trip. These iucluded the vice president and Mrs. Hobart aud Master Hobart, Senator and Mrs. Hanna, Miss Hanna and Miss Phelps, Dr. J. N. Rixey and Mr. George B. Cortelyou, assistant secretary to the president, and B. S. Barnes, one of the executive clerks. Secretary Alger, Postmaster General Emory Smith, Secretary to the Presi dent Porter, General Corbin and oth ers were at the station to bid the party farewell. LOADED ON TRANSPORT AT NEW YORK FOR CUBANS. STRONGLY GUARDED BY SOLDIERS Safes and CAflk* Will lie Delivered to Gen eral Brooke, Who Will Superin tend Distribution. A New York special says: The United States transport Meade sailed Saturday for Havana, passing quaran tine at’5:15 p. m. She has on board the $3,000,000 provided by the United States government to pay Cuban troops. Of the total amount half is in gold and half in silver. The weight of metal is forty-eight tons. Much interest centered in the re moval of the treasure from the sub treasury. A large crowd gathered and watched the proceedings. Captain Littell, of the quartermas ter’s department, had charge of the detachment of soldiers from the forts in the neighborhood of New York City. There were about fifty men, each with a Ivrag-Jorgenson aud a full belt of cartridges. They formed in line at the treasury building and the boxes and safes of coin were passed out be tween them. Half a dozen ordinary trucks were in readiness in the street and men dragged out the money on small hand trucks to the Pine street entrance of the buildings. Half the money was in iron safes about a foot and a half high and weigh ing about 100 pounds each. All the money was got on the trucks and eight men boarded each one. They stood on the safes or casks holdiug their rifles, and the trucks were then driven through Broad street. The treasure was then taken to pier 3, East river, where the General Meigs, of the government service, "was in wait ing to receive it. The soldiers again formed in line and a dozen policemen stood at the gang plank while the money was being placed aboard the Meigs. There were over a hundred casks and safes in all. The Meigs steamed over to Brook lyn, where, at pier 22, the coin was placed on the Meade. Paymaster General Garey, accom panied by Major Rogers, of the pay master’s office, will have charge of the money aud will turn the coin over to General Brooke, who will supervise its payment to the Cuban soldiers. Roll* Incomplete. A dispatch from Havana says: The only obstacle now in the way of paying off the Cuban troops is the completion of the rolls, a work which is being hastened by Inspector General Roloff. He says that in some cases the rosters are missing or too defective to be use ful. He points out that the insurgents often have no paper, pens or ink. General Gomez explains that 6,000 commissioned and 1,000 non-commis sioned officers are relatively large numbers in an army of 32,000 privates, but that these officers in many cases received their appointments because the Cubans have had no other way of recognizing bravery and stimulating enthusiasm. “It may seem,” he says, “a cheap sort of promotion, but it meant a good deal to the Cubans.” ON SAME GALLOWS. A Man and Woman Are Executed For a Foul Murder. . At St. Scholastique, Quebec, Mrs. Cordelia Poirier and Samuel Parslow were hanged on the same gallows for the murder of Mrs. Poirier’s husband. Life was declared extinct in eight min utes, the necks of both having been broken. Mrs, Poirier w as firm and collected throughout. The crowd inside the jail jeered at her, but her composure did not desert her, and at the sugges tion of the executioner she turned and faced the jeerers and stood erect and prayed to the last. Parslow exhibited much less cour age, and was more dead than alive when the drop fell. The condemned were taken to the scaffold separately, and were prevented from seeing each other by a screen placed ‘ > between them. ' VOL. IX. NO. 11. PORTO RICANS DISSATISFIED. Correspondent of Chlrngo Paper Says They Aro Iteady to Revolt. The Chicago Tribune prints the following special correspondence from Porto llico from a Tribune correspon dent: San Juan dk Porto Rico, March 4.—The real situation in Porto Rico is not understood. People in the states generally regard Porto Rico as a sort of haven of peace. The war depart ment has just requested of General Henry that he immediately report how many regular troops he could spare from the island. “I need twice the troops I have,” said the general at his residence in San Juan. “Because of the easy vic tory of our troops here in the war and the apparent friendliness of the natives to the American soldiers when they invaded the island, a notion prevails in the states that there is little neces sity for a strong force to maintain or der in the island. The idea is erro neous. “The conditions here are alarming. These people, have been given every opportunity, but they have thrown them aside. They are clamoring now for local self-government. They are no more fit for local self-government than I am to run a locomotive. More troops are needed in the island. The seeds of discontent planted by profes sionat agitators are rapidly growing, aud can be kept down only by a strong military force. “The ill feeling between the natives and the American troops seems to grow stronger every day. The Amer ican officers have to maintain tlpe greatest vigilance to prevent their men from wreaking vengeance on the natives, aud especially on the native police, for acts of violence that are continually committed against the troops.” “BADLY TREATED” WITNESS. Malion Say* ITo Will Not Again Testify Against Mr*. Moore. Martin Mahon, the New York hotel man, who is now in Atlantic City, N. J., says that he will not return to New York to testify against Fayne Moore. Mahon figured prominently a3 pros ecuting witness in the badger trial which resulted in sending William Moore to prison for nineteen years, but he saj,s he was so badly treated while on the witness stand in that trial that he will not present himself to tes tify in the trial of Mrs. Moore. Mr. Mahon’s statement made to a reporter is as follows: “It may be as well for me to make an authoritative statement and put a stop to this continual newspaper hounding. You may state, positively, that I shall remain here, or at least without the jurisdiction of New York courts, for at least a year; that I will not, under any circumstances, appear against Mrs. Moore, and that I do not fear the pro ceedings in contempt which I have been threatened with. My business in New York has been so adjusted that I can remain away indefinitely, and, if necessary, I will go abroad to escape annoyance. I believe every man is master of his own action. “I did what I thought was right in instituting the case against Fayiie Moore and her alleged husband, but I was badgered and ill-treated worse upon the witness stand than I had been by them, and I will not undergo such an ordeal and uncalled for hound ing again. been bribed “All rumors that I have or begged into not appearing in the retrial of Favne Moore are absolutely and unqualifiedly false. last and only “This is the first, statement I shall make regarding my position.” GOVERNMENT IS ANNOYED Over Report* of Trouble Caused Ily Blus tered Out Soldier*. A Washington dispatch says: Re garding the report from Atlanta of rioting by the Tenth colored immune regiment after its muster out at Macon, Ga., it was said at the w^ar department had Thursday that no official report been received and that as the troops in question had been mustered out of the service they w r ould have to be dealt with by the local authorities for any breach of law they might have co unfitted. The faet is, however, that the re peated occurrences of this sort are be coming a sore question with the war department, and it is highly mustered probable that hereafter troops to be out will be sent to their own state and given their discharges there.
