The Barnesville news-gazette. (Barnesville, Ga.) 189?-1941, July 17, 1902, Image 1

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B ARNES YILLE NEWS-GAZETTE. VOLUME 35. -GREAT- Remnant Sale! HEGINNING today I will inaugurate a Rem i nant Sale. These various lengths of goods consisting of everything in the realm of Summer Wear will be sold at 50 cents on the dollar. You will find great bargains in this sweeping sale. I must have room for the heavy winter stock being bought and will not carry over goods if prices will move them. This is the place and time to length en out your summer apparel for a mere song. AH light colored, light weight Summer Clothing go at COST to make room. In this line I can show the best fitting goods ever displayed in Barnesville. I am still selling Slippers at cost and will add Staw Hats. With all the inducements offered above I will not cease to enlarge photographs and give cou pons for Pannels and Trays as a premium on cash purchases. Kindness, courtesy and honesty of purpose are prime features in my business. Come to see us and get bargains. V. O. Marshburn, Wana * CT - Visit Our Fount And Quench Your Thirst with its delicious and refreshing drinks and freezes. Our Stock of Cigars is unsurpassed, and-we keep nothing but the most choice selections. Our Prescription Dept. is open to your demands and needs, both day and night, with fresh and pure drugs. W. C. Jordan & Bro., Druggists and Stationers. J. H .BATE & Cos., Bate’s Specials! If you should need a Watch, Clock —or for that matter, a Diamong ring— we have a nice line. Come to see us for Cut Glass, Sterling Silver or Pictures. JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY COUNTRY WEEKLY. J. D. GBOVE IS BADLY WANTED He Claimed to Travel for an At lanta Paper Company. G. W. Lyons, the propritor of the City hotel in this city, is anxious to find J. D. Grove. Grove is wanted on the charge of partaking of the hospitality of the city hotel and leaving without settling his bill. Proprietor Lyons states that Grove arrived in Barnesville on July 1, and regis tered from Charlotte, N. C. The guest is said to have told Clerk William R. McConnell, Jr., that he was traveling for a large paper company in Atlanta. Grove tried to slip away early on the morning of July 9, but was caught by the proprietor and mode to remain longer in the town. Later, however, he made a second attempt to skip which was suc cessful. Proprietor Lyons and Clerk McConnell are both exceedingly anxious to have Grove arrested, and they will pay all expenses to get him back to Barnesville. Grove is described as a man twenty-eight years old, 5 feet and 11 inches high and weighs about 175 pounds. He has a heavy, coarse voice when he talks. Picnic at Pine Mountain Springs. It was a light-hearted crowd that left here Thursday morning for a days outing at the famous Pine Mountain Springs. It was a small but thoroughly congenial party and they were in a mood for enjoying themselves. They reach ed their destination at about nine o’clock. They then dispersed to the various places of amusement and to seethe sights. The baths were the main attrac tions of the day and were greatly enjoyed by all. Another feature of the occasion especially worthy of mention was the delightful repast spread at noon. It was a good one and soon despatch**! by the fine appetites which a thing of this kind gives. On the return trip the party was overtaken by a severe rain and windstorm and some of them were thoroughly drenched. Despite this fact, however, it was one of the most enjoyable picnics of the season. Those who composed the party were: Misses Priscilla Stroud, Annie Lambdin, Olive Williams, Lucile Blackburn, Hattie Jordan, Kath leen Wiliis, and Emmie Wood ward. Messrs. Pierce Hammond, George Mitchell, Jackson Bush and Broughton Hardy. They were pleasantly chaperon ed by Mrs. Cook Taylor and Miss Laura Summers. Miss Mitchell Entertains. Miss Lucille Mitchell entertain ed her friends at a delightful party last Wednesday evening at the beautiful home of her parents on Greenwood street. The spa cious parlors and the bread veranda were thrown open to the guests and were the scene of en joyable time during the evening. Miss Mitchell was assisted in re ceiving the guest by her sister, Miss Lily Mitchell. At a late hour refreshments were served and after playing several games the guest departed to their homes after having spent a most enjoy able evening. Those invited were: Misses Salome Redding, of Cuth bert, Marie Wilhoit, of Grayson, Kv., Myrtice Nelson, Nettie Lee Grace, Grace Porch, Mattie Nel son, Grace Woodward, Carrie Elder, Rosa Hammond. Messrs. Warren Woodward, Chas Lane, George Elder, Walter Marsh burn, Ed Howard, Heidt Shearouse, Walter Middlebrooks, Claud Anderson, Julian Arnold, Kendall Ross, Gilbert Rossignol. BARNESVILLE, GA., THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1902. S. B. BURR, SR. DIES. ANOTHER ONE OF BARNESVILLE’S PROMINENT CITIZENS PASS ED AWAY FRIDAY. Mr. Seneca B. Burr, Sr., a wide ly known and highly esteemed citizen of Barnesville, died Fri day evening last at 9:lso’clock. The immediate cause of his death was paralysis, although he had been in declining health for sev eral years past. For two or three years Mr. Burr has been hardly able to get around town and a serious throat affection in terfered greatly with his pleasure, making it very very hard to con verse with his friends and loved ones. Mr. Burr was born in Macon, Ga,. July 28, 1842 and he lived a very useful life. He devoted the first portion of his life to news paper work, in which a person usually does so much for the pub lic good without compensation and without appreciation. He edited the Macon Journal and Messenger, Griffin Sun, Fort Val ley Mirror, Thomasville Times and Barnesville Home Journal. He was well known as one of the influential editors of the state. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church and was a Knight Tertffttar. The Knight Templars conducted the funeral services in Fort Valley Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock, where the remains were carried for burial. Mr. Burr leaves two children, Mr. S. B. Burr, Jr., and Miss Clifford Burr, to whom the warm est symyatliv of the people is ex tended. Mr. Burr had a large circle of friends and relatives throughout the state who mourn his death. Fruit Will be Canned. Mr. George W. Lowden, of Savannah, has arrived in the city and is getting his cannery here in readiness to can peaches and tomatoes. A car load of cans arrived Mon day containing 100,000 cans and Mr. Lowden expects two more cars containing the same amount of cans. Mr. Lowden is an excellent busi ness man and we are glad to state that he has made a success of the canning business in our city. Barnesville vs. Zebulon. The Barnesville Baseball Team went up to Zebulon Thursday to play the Zebulon team but after reaching the city, they soon found out that they were up against Pike county. This did not back the boys out and they met the team collected and came very near defeating the nine, notwithstand ing that Blount, the catcher of the local team was not in the game. The Bartlesville team played fine ball and showed at times fine team work. The line-up of the teams were as follows: Bakkesvit.i.e Zebui.on Catcher Mitchell Curry Pitcher Hair Thurman lnt. bane Banka Elder ‘Aid. liatu; Harp Howard lird baec .Buchanan McMahon Short atop McLendon Matthowa L Add Ballad Middlebrooka . K field ...Dunbar Manry C. field Hale The final score was 11 and 12 in favor of Zebulon. liecturK* at Milner'* Academy. Mr. J. Dan Woodall delivered his lecture on “the cow” Friday evening at the Milner cross road academy, which is about three miles from the city, to an appre ciative audience. Mr. Woodall expressed himself freely for the cow and received much applauseduring the evening. At an early date Mr. Woodall will deliver the lecture here and no doubt a large crowd will be present to hear him. 1902 New Crop |wo2 Turnip Seed! from the Grower at^ Blackburn’s Drug Store Studebaker WAGONS! h We have just received a car load of the celebrat ed Studebaker Wagons and are prepared to sell them on easy terms. They are the best wagons on earth and are fully guaranteed. Don’t buy a wagon until you see our stock. We are also agents for White Hickory Wagons, the best medium price wagon on the market. We have both one horse and two-horse wagons, high wheels and low wheels, regular tires and wide tires. Call and see them. J, W. Stafford & Sons. L. O. BENTON President. W B. SMITH. Vice-President. J. A. McCRARY, Cashier. The First National DIRECTORS’ g m DIRECTORS'' of J.b. Smith* Ho ns. K /] (1 1/ |"|T W. H MITCHELL, F M. STAFFORD, lllllllV UJi with Bobt. jhtcbelL of J. W. Stafford A Son*. L. O. BENTON, A P. KKMI', Merchant and Banker. -a™- Barnesville. J A ™ COPY OF CERTIFICATE: TREASURY I) KI*ART ME NT. OFFICE of Comptroller of the Currency. Washington, D. C., May 7, 1902 Whereas, by sat isfactory evidence presented to the undersigned, it has been made to appear that “The First National Bank of Barnes-, ville,” in the city of Barnesville, in the County of Pike, and State of Georgia, has complied with all the provisions of the Statutes of the United States, required to be complied with before an association shall be authorized to commence the business of Banking. Now therefore I, William B. Ridgely, Comptroller of the Curren cy, do hereby certify that “The First National Bank of Barnesville,” in the City of Barnesville, in the County of Pike and State of Geor gia, is authorized to commence the business of Banking as provided in section 5109 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. In testimony whereof, witness my hand and seal of office, this 7th day of May, 1902. Wm. B. RIDGELY, Comptroller of the Currenojr. s Seai. or the Compthoi.i.er > l Or THE CUKKESI'y ( NUMBER 25