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About The Ashburn advance. (Ashburn, Ga.) 18??-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1899)
m ltlnirn CUioancc ♦ Yol. VII. lam Bjlii 3 Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Railroad and Mill Supplies, Rubber Belting and Packing, Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, Rifles, .Ammunition, Rope, Tinware, Stoves, Crockery, Fishing Tackle etc. etc. Trie for Pricej 9-11-13 N. Jefferson St •} SAVANNAH, GA. Of Local Interest Things that Happen in and About the Town. Those who Gome and Go. i%- sonai Mention etc. etc. A Special offer for Thursday’s only: Yard wide fine sea Island 4/. Yard wide Bleeching- | yard wide Percale 6/ Calicos for 5/ Calicos for 4/. 12 Balls of thread for 5/. Mention the ad. Jeffrey & Roobin. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Shingler vis¬ ited Macon Tuesday. Mr. J. C. Durham is attending a pic nic at Snow to-day. Miss Para Johnson is the guest of her cousin, Miss Lela Tison. j A merry crowd of Tift-onites en¬ joyed themselves at Beech Haven Thursday. Mr. (i. S. Evans is in Macon at¬ tending the Southern Lumber¬ men’s Convention. R. D. Gentry, Esq., the Insur¬ ance man of Eastman, visited Ashburn last Wednesday. » Mr. Chas. Teagle will visit Valdosta next week in the inter¬ est of the Adel base ball team. Mr. J. II. Allen will attend the meeting of the Odd Pellows Grand Lodge in Rome on the 24th inst. The social meeting of the Ep- worth League at the home of Mr. R. L. Betts Monday evening was an enjoyable occasion. Betts & Co., are having a new artesien well dug near the mill, the demand for this water being greater than the supply. Ben Cantey left for Charleston Tuesday, where he will attend the Confederate Veteran Reunion OFFICIAL ORGAN OF WORTH COUNTY. Ga i3 1899 in session there now. While m the Palmetto State he will visit his parents at Greenville. If women could manage to have their husbands serve on a jury ev¬ ery time they leaves home they would feel safer about them. Mr. P. E. Dennis, of Macon, will submit plans to the Baptist church building committee next week, for their contemplated building. The second nine boys are re¬ joicing over their victory at Ara- «bi last Saturday. The game is said to have been very interest¬ ing throughout. Our readers will excuse the scarcity of local news this week. It was crowded out by the General Presentments, which will prove equally or more interesting. Mr. F. E, Hudson requests that those who subscribed for new song books to bring the money to Sun¬ day school next Sunday afternoon and make settlement for same. Notice. City tax returns should have been made before the 1st. inst. Make returns to the undersigned at once and save extra charges. 'N. McArthur, Clerk and Treasurer. Card of Thanks. Mr. Editor :—Allow me to ten¬ der through the columns of your paper the sincere gratitude of my heart to the people of Ashburn for the kindness shown my son during his last illness. Such treatment can eminate only in the hearts of Christians, and in heaven they will be rewarded. “In as much as ye have done it unto one of these my brethren ye have done it unto me.” Very respecfully, W. J. Mullins. THAT $5,000 SGHOOL BUILDING. Meeting Monday—Decided to Commence Wort on Same at Once. A meeting of the Board and pa¬ trons of the Ashburn school was held at the council room Manday afternoon, for the purpose of dis¬ cussing the erection of a school or College building. W, A.' Mur¬ ray was elected chairman, and in the absece of the Secretary of the Board, J. B. Horne was request¬ ed to act. in that capacity. After discussion it was decided to erect a $5,000 brick building, work to begin on same as soon as a plan has been adopted by the building committee, which will be done next week. The following Building and So¬ liciting committee was nominat¬ ed and elected : J. S. Shingler, T. H. Thrasher, W. A Murray, J. S. Betts atul G. B. Gorday. They then received subscriptions to the amount of $3,565.00 from those present. Architect P. E. Dennis, of Ma¬ con, was down Wednesday and will return next week with a num¬ ber of plafls, and ’tis expected that one will then be adopted, af¬ ter which bids .will be received for the erection of same. AN OPEN LETTER UPON ASHBURNS EDUCATIONAL IN¬ TEREST. Editor Advance :—I am glad to hear that Ashburn is going to build a school-house. The cause of education deserves the homage and support of everybody; it bears a wide-spread and momen¬ tous relation to every interest of man. Unless we foster and sup¬ port the cause of education, this country will be naught but a stag¬ nant pool, devoid of life and mo¬ tion and loaded with trouble and disaster. As a citizen who has “no axe to grind,” no friend to reward and no enemy to criticise, I will respect¬ fully suggest a few matters, which if remedied, will result in ines¬ timable benefit to all. All Ash¬ burn is proud of the efforts now being made to build a school- house. I do not know upon what plan the educational interest of Ashburn is in future to be con¬ ducted. I undestand that Ash* burn’s charter is without any pro¬ vision whatever for a Public School System. Would it not be wise for our honorable Mayor, Councilmen and progressive citi¬ zens to consider the advisability of procuring the passage of an act of the Legislature, jiroviding far u “System of Public Schools for the town of Ashburn, to provide fora board of education, to empower the Mayor and Council to levy and collect a tax for the support thereof, and to authorize the County School Commissioner of Worth County to pay over to said board of education such part of % daughters ) our § rea m fulfilled? . . % Have you purchased for her a Kings- . bury Piano? There are no better Pianos Made in the world than the celebrated Kingsbury and COnover. These Pianos can be bought on easy terms. We manufacture more pianos and organs than any other concern in the world. Instruments handled by us come from our own factories. Save Dealer’s Profits By buying from Manufacturers direct. We sell on easy payments. Write for our catalogues and prices ’before you are talked into buying inferior instruments. CsUfoie fPiano Co., Atlanta., ea Capital $2,000,000.00. 90-08 Whitehall St the State School fund as may be the pro-rata share of said town etc?” The educational interests of Ashburn will never succeed un¬ til this is done. It seems that at present con¬ siderable dissatisfaction among the patrons of the school exists and I suppose they will insist up¬ on the present trustees remedying it, if it is in their power to do so? The writer desires to say nothing whatever concerning the methods of the present head of the school, but I do know that there is much complaint by some of the patrons. If the complaints are just, true and well founded in support of the theory that the principal is incompetent as a teacher and dis¬ ciplinarian, why ofcourse some one who is competent beyond a doubt should be appointed; if the com¬ plaints are not true and just, why then the complaining patrons should hush and mend their own ways. Before investing money in a magnificent school-house, Ash¬ burn should acquire those legal rights, herein before mentioned, which are essential to success and the election of competent and ef¬ ficient teachers should be assured. Modern thought, earnest and free as it is, is a foe to prejudice. It investigates all things,—art, sci¬ ence, politics, ancient faiths, pre¬ cedents,—seeking to value each of them at the worth of each. It is as the hammer of Thor to strike down abuses and remove obsta- cles to needed reform. May a spirit of reform get abroad in Ashburn; may everybody pro¬ ceed to investigate in order to un¬ derstand and question in ord< »: to improve. B. B. Will; :. Mr. Luke’s business continues to increase. Don’t forget the picnic at Beech Haven on the 20th inst. No 39 Among the Students. High School Happenings, Written by the Pu¬ pils for the Advance. Per¬ sonal Mention etc. BY THE NONS. Our friends are cordially in¬ vited to attend the public exami¬ nation of the 5th gado in gram¬ mar, Friday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Will also have some recitations by little folks. To our regret Miss Mattie Bello Huggins has stopped school or. ae count of sickness. We will have our school picnic just as soon as the water dries off of the place selected for it. Miss Ilattie Hodge visited the school one afternoon this week. We have fine speakers among the little folks, and the large, ones must move up or they will get ahead of them. Prcf. W. H. Dixon, of Ocilla, was in town Sunday. We hope Professor will give us all a holiday the day of the picnic, at Beech Haven for it is so warm we need rest for one day at least. Mr. Claude Hicks has presented the school boys with a nice ball and bat and we have a delightful time playing ball. Mr. Clarence Gannon and Miss Mary Driver were united in mar¬ riage Sunday, the ceremony being performed by Rev. Mr. Abbott. The . ct was not expected by the relatives of the contracting p;v> es, it being a runaway mar- riage. After the ceremony the couple were the recipients of par¬ ental forgiveness atul the con- gratulation of their friends, The groom is a young carpenter and the bride is the youngest daught¬ er of Rev. C. H. Driver.—Times.
