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About Schley County news. (Ellaville, Ga.) 1889-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 23, 1899)
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS DEVOTED TO GIVING THE NEWS, ENCOURAGING THE PROGRESS AND AIDING THE FROSPERITV OF SCULET COUNTY. R. E. ELLIOTT. Editor and Business Manager. SCHLEY COUNTY. A Few Words About One of the Finest Counties In Georgia. Schley county is composed of terri tory cut off from Sumter, Marion and Macon counties. It was organized in 1859 and named for one of the old colonial governors of Georgia—Gov ernor Schley. Its location is southwest-central. 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, field, tomatoes, turnips aud other 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 be one of tlie most important indus tries of Schley county. The waste places in old field and forest abound in wild fruits. 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 anywhere. Cotton is the money crop of the county, but happily the day 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 and help to supply other markets with chickens aud eggs. The health of the couuty is excel lent, the average elevation being near two thousand feet above sea level aud 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 ivith school houses and churches. tf City and My 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 month. Suuday-schoo! at 10 o’clock a. in. every Sabbath. Prayer meeting every Tuesday night. McMichael Methodist—Rev. T. R. pastor. Services every second aud 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. W 7 all. Tax Receiver—J. H. Holloway. Treasurer—P. F. Dixon. Surveyor—M. D. Herring. Coroner—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. lum. County Commissioners—W. D. Mur ray, A. M. Caskey, T. V. Bridges, V. H. Tondee, G. T. Walker. ELLAVILLE, GA.. THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1899. PRESIDENT AND SPEAKER REED MEET AT THE DOCK. THEIR SALUTATIONS WERE CORDIAL Tlie Freshlenllal 1’arty Embarked at Brunswick—Greetings Accorded at Valdosta. For the first time in the history of Brunswick, Ga., a nation’s president arrived within her corporate borders and was seen by her citizens Monday. A special train bearing the presiden tial party arrived in the city over the Plant system from Thoraasville. Those on I he train were President and Mrs. William McKinley, Vice President and Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart, Senator Mark Hanna, Assistant Secre tary Cortelyou. The train stopped at the Southern freight depot, where an immense crowd had assembled. According to an expressed desire on the part of the chief executive there was no demonstration, but the surg ing mass of humanity who had assem bled to see the nation’s chieftain gave the police much trouble to keep them in check. Assistant Secrelary of the Interior Cornelius N. Bliss, whose guests they are to be, met the presi dent and introduced the mayor of Brunswick. * The run of the presidential train from Thomasville to Brunswick was rapid and without incident. The only stop was at 'S aldosta, where there was quite a crowd. The president went out on the platform aud bowed his acknowledgements. At Brunswick the shipping in th> inner harbor and all along the trip Jekvl was brilliant with bunting. Among the first vessels to fly their colors in honor of the nation’s chief executive were three Spanish barks The office of the Spanish vice consul was also decorated. This is the fust ® 1Dc e * ie je £ mmn £ ^ ie ' vai with .Spam . that there has been any practical resumption of friendly rela tions that existed before the wav be gan and the president expressed grat ideation when he saw the Spamsn flags flying in his honor. Off For Jekyl. Boarding the revenue cutter Colfax the party got under way headed for that palatial home of moneyed men, Jekyl Island. Here great prepara tions had been made for their recep tion and everybody was down to greet the new guests. The magnificent club home bad been tastily arranged for the occasion and never looked grander since its con struction. The costly home of Mr. Frederic Baker, with its luxurious apartments had been placed in excel lent order for the new-comers and they were taken there by Mr. Bliss and others. It is said by those composing the party that they are simply seeking rest and recreation aw'ay from the busy din of political life. But there is a.belief that the presence at the club of Speaker Thomas B. Reed, and other men promi nent in the republican party, has more than ordinary meaning attached to their meeting at this secluded resort. The apparently hearty greeting which Speaker Reed extended to Pres ident McKinley upon the arrival of the presidential party at Jekyl was one of the features of visit of the party. In advance of the coming party, there was much speculation among the club members and their guests as to whether the speaker would be on band to greet the president, but the big speaker did the one thing most proper under the circumstances, and was at the dock, as was everybody else, to greet the distinguished party. “How do you do, Mr. President,” was his cordial greeting as he met the party immediately after the debarka tion. “How do you do, Mr. Speaker,” was the president’s hearty response. char The big speaker’s attitude was acteristic, his bands behind his back and bis head thrown back and up ward. W T hen the president walked ashore Mr. Reed srniliugly raised his hat and he and the president noted. ex changed salutations as above The president aud Mrs. McKinley en tered a carriage aud drove away and the speaker strolled off with a pretty girl. WOMAN ELECTROCUTED. Mrs. Martha Flare Pays Penalty For the Murder of Her .Stepdaughter. Mrs. Martha Place, of Brooklyn, N, Y., was electrocuted at Sing Sing prison Monday for the murder of her stepdaughter, Ida Place. She made no scene. The first shock lasted four seconds. The voltage was 1,760. It was then reduced to 200 five or six seconds. A second shock was then given. Mrs. Place went calmly to the chair. She leaned on Warden Sage’s arm. Her eyes were closed and she seemed neither to see nor hear. She murmur ed a prayer. Mrs. Place was calm beyond expec tation. No one has walked into the death chamber as serenely as Death came with less struggle thau was ever witnessed before. Death was instantaneous. Just as she sat down in the chair she said: “God help me.” The electrode was fastened in a mo ment; another was placed over her thick light hair, turning gray, a small circle of which had been cut away. The straps were adjusted over her face and a pad over the forehead. Only her mouth was visible. In her hand Mrs. Place carried a prayer book, and when the shock came she gripped it tightly. The other held fast to the chair handle. The woman’s mouth merely closed; the face was a trifle livid. Her pulse ceased to beat within a minute. The crime for which Mrs. Place suf f ered the death penalty was an atroci oug one g bo killed her stepdaugh ter> Ida P i ace , at thtir h ome , 598 Hancock street, Brooklyn, on Febru ar y 7 ( 1897. The girl was but twenty - two years old. A double murder had been pi amie d by the woman. She billed her stepdaughter when the girl was faking an afternoon nap, splitting ber s k lx n open with an ax, and pour j n g v itriol on her face aud into her game evening the woman lay in wait f or her hiMand, William W. pi £™“ndwhen : da #:ened Imllwav Zl of the he entered strucx him in the face with the ax and inflict . e d a severe wound. He managed to get outside tho front door and alarm the neighbors before he became un conscious> when the police and neigh borB entered the house they found Mra PJace in a bed . room in w h ich gas wag escaping, and she was shamming unconscioUfme ss. Mr. Place recovered consciousness and said his wife had tried to murder him, aud the woman was arrested after they both had been taken to a hospital. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. The New Industries Ileported in the South During the Fast Week, Among the more important of the new industries reported for the past week are brick works in Kentucky and North Carolina; canning factories in Mississippi and North Carolina; coal mines in Kentucky and West Virginia; cooperage works in Georgia; cotton compresses in Georgia (round bale), Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas; two cotton compress manufacturing companies in Texas; a $100,000 cot ton mill in Georgia aud one of 5,000 spindles in Louisiana; cotton seed oil mills in Georgia; an elec trical supply factory in Vir ginia; flouring mills in Alabama aud North Carolina; a 1,000,000-bushel graiu elevator in Texas; a hardware factory in North Carolina; a harness factory in Georgia; ice factories in Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi; a $100,000 improvement company in North Carolina; a $00,000 irrigation company in Louisiana; a $15,000 knit ting mill in East Tennessee; lumber mills in Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee; a $250,000 marble company in Tennessee; two novelty works iu Virginia; a rubber tire factory, a silk mill and a spoke and handle factory in North Carolina; a stave mill in Kentucky; a tobacco factory and a general woodworking factory in West Virginia.—Tradesman (Chattanooga, Tenn.) MINISTERS CONDEMN CRIME. Slrong llesolntions Adopted Itegardlng tho Falmetto, Ga., Horror. At a meeting of the Methodist min isters of Atlauta, Ga., Monday morn ing resolutions relating to the Pal metto tragedy were introduced and unanimously adopted. The resolutions expressed strong sympathy with the good citizens of Palmetto, commended Governor Candler and condemned the crime of the mob in the strongest terms. THE WINDSOR, NEW YORK, A YER ITARLE DEATH TRAP. ELEVEN DEAD BODIES RECOVERED Half a Hundred Guests Were Injured While a Fargo Number Are Missing. A new York special says: Flames which originated from the igniting of a lace curtain burst forth from tho second floor of the Windsor hotel, at Forty-seventh street and Fifth avenue, shortly after 3 o’clock Friday after noon, just as the St. Patrick’s day pa rade was pas^iug the building, and in a few moments they had leaped up to tho roof and enveloped the entire Fifth avenue and Forty-seventh street fronts of the hotel. Ten minutes later the flames were roaring through the interior of the ho tel, and all escape by means of stair ways and elevators was cut off. There was the w ildest scene of excitement within and without the building. Hun dreds of guests and employees were in the hotel when the fire broke out, and for many of them escape with safety was impossible. Probably from ten to fifteen lives were lost within half au hour, and thirty or forty persons were injured in jumping from windows aud in rushing through the roaring flames in the cor ridors aud on the stairways, Many who were injured died later at nearby residences and at hospitals, and others who made wild leaps to the stone sidewalk w ere so badly injured that they are still hovering between life and death. J^jiomplete 1.1st of The list oi ueau so fftr kliawn im mediately after the holocaust is as fol lows: Mrs. Elizabeth Lelnnd, wife of Warren Leland, proprietor of hotel. Helen Leland, daughter of Warren Leland, jumped from window. Mrs. Amelia Paddock, Irwington, N. Y., jumped from window. Nancy Ann Kirk, (Mrs. James S. Kirk), Chicago, died in Bellevue. Mrs. M. Pierce, Macon, Ga. Miss LazelleB Grandy, Elizabeth City, N. C. Mrs. Addie Gibson, shock. Eleanor Louise Goodman, fractured skull. John Connolly, hotel employe; burns and internal injuries. Unknown woman, jumped from win dow. Unknown woman, body at East Fifty-first street station. Unknown man, seen to jump from roof of hotel; body not recovered. Unknown child, thrown from win dow by mother; body not recovered. Unknown woman, mother of the child, jumped from window; body not recovered. The list of missing was a long one, containing forty-one names. Among the wounded are Kate Roache, burns of face, leg fractured; Polly Noonan, Patrick McNichols, James McGuire, Dr. Neil McPhatter, Kate Flannigan, Nicholas Mailon, Mehitable Henry, Mrs. Frank R. Waldo, Mrs. Catherine Bailey, Miss Helen Brewer, Mrs. Von Speigle,Mrs. Catherine Misch, Mrs. G. P. Wheeler, Miss Dorothy Wheeler, Mrs. William S. Boyce, Edward Skeleton, John Duke, Warren F. Leland, proprietor of the hotel; Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins, Mrs. Alice W. Price, sister-in-law of Governor Candler, of Georgia, shock, severely injured; Nellie Thomas, John Clifford, Ellen Curran, "William F. Love, Arthur James, Mrs. Caro H. Calhoun, Mrs. C. C. Simmons, Mrs. Rosina Rosenthal, unknown woman, unknown man, Thomas McPherson, Mrs. E. D. Waterman, Helen Wester field, Margaret Lawne, Mrs. Beden berg, Miss Winters, William Butler, Thomas McCluskey, Mrs. G. H. Striener and Miss Roseheim. Several occupants of tho hotel ap peared at the windows of the sixth and seventh stories, and even on the roof, and leaped to the streets from those points. Very few of them escaped either instant death or injuries which resulted iu their death a short time later. VOL. IX. NO. 12. LIST OF FATALITIES GROWS. Sl*tecn Dead anil Slxty-Slx Missing a* Kesult of Windsor Hotel Fire. Later reports regarding the Windsor hotel fire in New York state that no more bodies were taken from the seeth ing mass of ruins Saturday, The latest estimate is sixteen dead, sixty six missing and fifty-seven injured. It is learned that El bridge T. Gerry, owner, had the building and the furni ture that belonged to tho hotel fully insured; and even the annual rental, for which he indemnified himself with policies aggregating $75,000. Mr, Gerry carried policies aggre- and gating $595,000 on the building, had insurance for $120,000 on the fur nishings. In addition to this, Mr. Lelaud had policies aggregation $100, 000 on his own furniture in the hotel. Most of the policies that covered the hotel were written with corporations that have their main offices in other states than New York. No estimate can be made of the various metal and gems which have withstood the flames and lie hidden in the embers and wreckage of the great hotel. One family lost jewelry valued at $200,000, and the total will run up somewhere near a million. How much has been picked up and carried away can never be known, nor can all ever be recovered. Mrs. Nancy Kirk, who lost her life, and her daughter, Mrs. Mary Kirk Haskins, lost family jewels valued at more than $200,000. There were scores of other families who lived in the ho tel, and who lost jewels worth thou sands of dollars. Warren F. Lelaud, the proprietor of the Windsor, has somewhat recovered, but is still in a feeble condition. He .is as yet unable to account for the origin of the fire. point The homo of Helen Gould is a of interest to sightseers. Hundreds who managed to get inside the linj waited around in hope of catching a glimpse of the woman whose ebavit abie acts were so spontaneous. The police threw a guard around the house. It had been slightly damaged by fire. Miss Gould and her brother Frank Occupied rue bouse Friday night, al though they had permitted it to be turned into a hospital and morgue dur ing the fire. There were about 350 persons em ployed in the hotel. The list of the help is locked up in the office safe, which is somewhere in the ruins, and probably it will be several days before it can be got at. It is thought that most of the help would be on the lower floors at that hour of the day and that all of those who were down stairs got out safely. NO SEN ATOR ELECTED. Callfornla Legislature Holds Session on Sabbath liny. The legislature of California ad journed sine die at Sacramento Sun day morning without a United States senator to succeed Stephen White hav ing been elected. When the hour for adjournment was extended from midnight Saturday night until 11:45 o’clock Sunday morning, it was expressly understood that the senatorial matter was settled, aud that the question of the election of a sena tor was not to be broached. Never theless, just before 11 o’clock Gover nor Gage tout a message to both houses, in Avhich he charged the leg islature with having left its duty un performed. The message was ignored. PRESIDENT HEARS SERMON. Attends Church In Thomasville and Draw* Hie Congregation. President McKinley attended ser vice Sunday at the Methodist church of Thomasville. The service was tho event of the day to the village and country folks, and the large, weather stained church was filled to the door. The people of south Georgia are a pious community and mostly Meth odists. The prospect that the presi dent would attend their church brought forth the regular attendants and all the backsliders of the congre gation as well. UTAH WITHOUT SENATOR. Governor Well# Will Not Appoint a Suc cessor To Mr. Cannon. A special from Salt Lake, "Utah, '•ays: Governor Wells has decided not to appoint a United States sena tor to succeed Senator Cannon, whose^ successor failed of election in the Utah joint assembly which closed its sessioa in a deadlock March 9th last.
