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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK.
VOL. VII.-NO. 70.
WAYCROSS, GA.. FRIDAY. JULY 11. 1902.
$1.00 A YEAR
Hortense One of
the Coming Towns.
V It is Situated in a Fpvoj;edvSection, Near the Centre
of the Prosperous County of Wayne.
Fifteen years ugo there came to
the beautiful old Middleton home
stead over in the center of Wayne
county a young man from North
Carolina.
It was Mr. Middleton's turpen
tine business that drew him thither
and he came out to Georgia to try
his fortune with the “crackers."
the pines in his native state hav
ing wasted away.
Frequent dainty letters from
the old North state soon apprised
his associates that he had left a
sweetheart behind.
About this time Mr. Middleton
was making an effort to secure a
post office for his place and one
day he received notice from the de
partment that the request had
been granted and he was asked to
send on a name. lie made the an
nouncement to the crowd stand
ing around and requested that
some one suggest a name. The
young Carolinian looked up from
the perfumed pages of a letter he
had just received, his eyes spark
ling with delight, his whole face
beaming with love and victory,
cried out “Hortense.”
No one knew what was in the
letter, but when a f6w weeks later
he hied himself back to his na
tive home and returned to Geor
gia with a blushing young bride,
it was easy to surmise that the
letter contained those magic words
that charm the world and that
her name was Hortense.
B32T. tC. O. SCXSS:
There was no opposition to
“Hortense.” If the nnmo had
been less beautiful, the irresista-
ble joy of that face was enough to
fix the name of that romantic old
homestead over in Wayne.
SO DKEA.M OF ItAILHOAIlS.
In those days there was no
dream of railroads and town lots,
hotels, depots and the like for
Hortense. Besides the turpentine
still out on the sand ridge, sur
rounded by scrub oaks, there was
only the Middleton homestead
nestled cosily under a canopy of
stately oaks that fringe a high
bluff a little way from where the
Satilla glides along under the
overhanging willows and tupelos.
This place was settled seventy-
live years ago when the Indians
were not yet all driven into the
Everglades of Florida. Mr. II. O.
Middleton's father camo into pos
session of it forty years ago and
reared his family there. Histhreo
sens, II. 0., W. D. and II. G. Mid
dleton inherited the property, tho
| old home falling into the hands of
| H. 0. Middleton. Mr. W. I). 6et
I tied hard by while the youngest.
Dr. B. G., was last year graduated
in medicine and has recent!
built a home near the intersection
of the railroads and is the prac
ticing physician of tho neighbor-
!hood.
j Hortense chanced to lie tin- spot.
I where the Jesup short line and the
| Brunswick and Birmingham rail
roads chose to cross each oilier—
that is, the crossing is within a
few hundred yards of'the old home
stead and here it is that tile Mid
dletons propose to build a town.
A few years ago when the tur
pentine was worked out Mr. It. O
Middleton moved to the B. it W.
railroad and started a town at At
kinson. Mr. W. I), moved to
Florida where lie has lived till re
cently, when the It. it It. engineers
located the crossing of that line
with the short line. Then I10 re
turned with his family, built him
a temporary home and lie with Mr.
It. 0. and Dr. B. G. Middleton
limit a store and opened up for
business. Mr. W. D. is manager
of the business.
1IOUTEXSE Is I.AIHOFF.
At tho sanin time they laid off
Hortense into town lots which
they havo placed on the markot.
They expect to sell off every other
block or a part of every other
block, at very low prices to parties
who will locate and build in the
FIGHTWLLED HER
Manor Woman Drops Dead
W. A. Rozier Stiootsa Negro Who Was
Waiting to Attack Him.
Manor (« a ., July 10. — Mrs.
IIigK**ulMtt«»n and Mrs - Jim Corbett
had a difficulty in front of Mrs.
Higgonbotten's homo which came
to blown Tuesday morning.
During the quarrel Mrs. Iliggcn-
botten backed Mrs. Corb»*lt in a
fence corner and proceeded to
give her a severe whipping. Mrs.
Corbett did not resent it and took
her chastisement without a word.
Sovoral neighbors were called in to
stop tin* fight and one asked Mrs.
Corbett why she did not go home,
she replied that the aggressor
would not let her. The neighbor
came betweeu the women and es
corted Mrs. Corbett to her home
When they were leaving the place,
they saw Mrs “Tip” Smith, Mrs
lliggenbotten’s mother, who had
been watching the whipping, fall
oil' the porch. When they reached
Mrs. Smith she was dead and they
thought that the Jail broke her
nock. A doctor was called and
aft**r an examination pronounced
Mrs. Smith’s death due to heart
place. There are at present 001 failure. She was quite old and
blocks staked oil, each one *100x800 jj 1G excitement had overpowered
feet. These blocks may be rut
up into any si/e lots, but it is Mr
Middleton’s intention to cut them
into four lots 130 feet square,
thereby giving plenty of room for
a home or business house.
The streets are mostly fifty feet
wide. Those fronting tho rail
roads are much wider, while a
main avonue runs through the
town, to be called Middleton Ave
nue, which is ninety feet wide.
Tho Plant System has built
pretty cottages on one of the
streets and, to the great delight of
tho public, did not paint them the
official yellow, but a pretty ma
roon. All the Shoit Cut buildings
are maroon, and it is to by hoped
that the A. C. L. will abandon the
yellow which almost gives one the
jaundice to look nt it.
A side track hn« been put in
and a telegraph ofibe established
Continued on Fourth Pane.
her.
Lnst Friday M. A. Rozier pann
ed 41 negro ■ 1 aiiit-d Malenm Smith
mi the road on his way to town.
The negro would not.give him any
of 1 he road and was apparently
asleep When Rozier passed tho
negro lie hit the ties with his
whip and told him to wake up and
mind his liusiues. The negro had
his pistol and replied in a saucy
manner. Knzicr replied in kind
and drove on to town.
When he nrrived here he got his
gnu and soon met the negro who
was waiting for him. Tho quar
rel was renewed and Rozier bIioI.
the negro in the thigh shattering
the hone. Drs. I.ittle and izlar
of Waycross were called and found
necessary to amputate the
negro’s leg.
JUDGE DART
HOLDS COURT
Grants Charters to J. M. Cox and Com
pany and El Crucero Cigar Factory.
An adjourned session of the Su
perior court was held Tuesday.
This is the first time that Judge
Dart lias held court in this circuit
since his appointment to fill
Judge Dennett’s unexpired term.
Little business camo up and the
session was necessarily short.
John Taylor plead guilty to
stealing a hog. He was sentenced
to.serve twelve mouths on the chain
gang or pay a line of $150.
Charters were granted to J. M.
Cox A* Co. and tho K1 Crucero
Cigar Factory.
ROBBED POST OFFICE.
Negro Broke In at Huxford and Stole
a Dollar.
Tuesday morning about 0 o’clock
assistant postmaster, W. II. Hux-
ford closed tlie stop* in which the
post office is kept at Huxford to
look after some business outside.
When he returned he found
that, tho office had been opened
about a dollar carried away, noth
g else was missing.
lie notified Constable U. It.
Smith and they together arrested
a negro named Jonas Eider who
confessed the robbery and said
that another negro had helped,
him. The other party mode his es-|
capo.
Elder was brought, to Wuycross
placed in jail here and carried to
Yaldosta yesterday by Mr- J. 1*.
Cason for a commitment trial.
Prof. Guilliams in Charge
Some Interesting Topics Are Being
Discussed Program.
If ymi wish a man to think you
cli.vor got him to talk himself.
WERE REORGANIZED.
The Glenn Junior Epworth League
Meets Again And Elects Officers.
The Glenn Junior Epworth Lon
gue ivits reorganized Tuesday af
ternoon lit Trinity Methodist
Church.
Tho following worn elected offi
cers :—
President, William Mather, .Sec
retary, Bennett Strickland; Treas
urer, Yarnire Adams; organist,
Flossie Admits.
Wo appreciate your trade and
show it l.y saving you money.
Try us on noxt hill.
.1. M. A C. W. I’aiikkk.
The teachers are hard nt work
ut tho institntu and it is a succese
in evory way.
The institute was opened Mon -
day morning with a seripturo
leading and prayer by Rev. .1. II.
Mather,and after organization Iho
leaehers began the regular studios
Tuesday. The following is tho
program flint has been followed:
Tuesday morning Key. A. M.
Williams conducted devctionul
exercises, after which he gave u
brief but interesting address with
regard to the responsibility of
teachers in the rural schools.
Prof. Hendrix discussed tho val
ue of Bible reading mid vocal mu-
for opening exercise! in tho ru
ral schools.
8: Ifi, arithmetic, primary num
ber work; 11:110, grammar, lan
guage work ; III;lf>, recess; 10:30,
geography, primary; ll:lf>, His
tory; 12, adjourned until after
noon; 2 p m., physiology, the os-
ms system ; 2:45, reading and
spelling, primary grades; 3:30,
recess; 3:45, theory and practice,
principles of teaching; -1:30, pen
manship, the advantages and dis
advantages of different systems of
penmanship. Willi no further
business, after roll-call tho meet
ing adjourned nt 5 o’clock to meet
again Wednesday morning.
On Wednesday morning the in
stitute came to order ut the usual
hour. The devotional exercises
wore conducted by Rev. W. H.
Scruggs ufler which he gave a very-
able address on the Teachers' Re
ward and Responsibility. Tho
other exercises of tho day were an
extension of program of the pre
ceding day, until the arrival of
Prof. Guilliams who took part in
the afternoon exercises.
Yesterday the regular routine
work was carried out. There were
a number of interesting discus
sions through the day.
The institute will close this af
ternoon. This session is one of
tho Imst held in the county mid it
has accomplished much good.
Prof. Guilliams is one of Flori
da’s foremost educators and lias
done much for (lie schools in that
slate by his institute work.
Prof. Hondrix is principal of
the Southern Normal Institute at
Douglas and will continue to run
tho school on tho same high plane
his predecessor, Prof, (luilliams,
had it.
Keep Cool in Comfortable Clothes.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS HERE,
AT TEMPTING PRICES.
Our out-of-town trade is constantly growing because mail orders get careful
HERE. Then, too, our prices are lower than any other store
attention
72 inch White Organdy
Only 49 cents
English Long Cloth
SI 25 piece
Soft finish Nainsook . . ..
15 cents
Good Yiil. Laces
25 cents dozen yards
Special Torchion Laces
5, 7 and 10c yard
Linen Hemstitched Handkerchiefs S cents
Men's Cambric Han’tllerchiefs 8 cents
Men's 4-ply Linen Collars
12j cents
Ladies’ Liuen Skirts $1 SO to S4 SO each
Ladies’ Walking Skirts
$2 OO to 6 OO each
Dress Skirts
$3 SO to 7 SO each
Lndt***' Sailer HrIp, . . .
35 to 50 cents
Mennen's Talcum Powder.
...... 13 cents
White mid Colored Pique stock for ladies’ wear
26 mid SO cents
Ladies' Lace Hosiery. . . 2F ■ and 75 cents
Ladies' Lisle Hose 36<'., three pairs for $1 00
Folding I'niis, dainty crea’ures, at
10c to $2 50 each
Newest styles Ladies’ Belts 25c to $1 60 each
Large size Turkish Towels 12 jc each
Cotton Dia|ier “antiseptic" at cut prices
Ladies’ Shirt Waist, white Lawn, emb. trim.,
$i 00, 1 60 and 2 00 each
Linen Effect Waist $1 50
Boys’ Percale Waist 60 cents
Boys’ White “Cambric'’ Waist . 90 cents
Ruffled Swiss Curtains 76c to $198 pair
Cool Summer Corsets only 60 Cflltl
Taped Neck Gauze Vest 10 cents
23 cent Vests for .... 10 cents
Mercerized Underskirts, special $1 50
Roller Window Shades, all colors,
25, 50 nod 76 cents
We put them up, complete, free.
Indies’ "Cbcffon” Hats $1 60 to 4 00 esch
New stock Peurl Buttons 5 to 150 dozen
Toilet Soup, special vulue, 5, 10 and 26c
Men’s Nainsook Undershirts 49 cent*
Elastic Seam Drawers 49 cent*
Balhriggau Underwear. 49 cents
Lisle Underwear 76 cents
Men’s Belts 25, 35, 50 and 75 cents
Newest styles.
Men's White “puff” front Shirts only 49 cents
Colored Madras Shirts 50 cents
Men’s Fancy Hosiery 15, 25 and 60 cents
Ladies' “Comfortable” Slippers
Special $1 50 pair
Ladies’ “Grover” Soft Shoes
Special $2 50 pair
This store is at your service all the time. Give us a trial. +
THE BRAD WATSON CO., The Leading Dry Goods and Shoe House.