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Local Items Condensed for The
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READ ’EM IF YOU CASE TO.
“ You See il Mere,
Chances an* ’Tisn’t True,
Tom Newton is able to be
again after a protracted spell of
fever.
Miss Daisy Martin left today
lor Savannah to sp'end several
days visiting relatives,
Misses Mabel le Oiliff and Maud
Brannon are spending several days
visiting relatives in Swainshore.
Revs. Cobb and Brown are en¬
gaged in a protracced meeting at
the Excelsior Baptist church this
week.
Mrs. D. B. Rigdon is spending a
couple of weeks out on the farm,
recuperating from a recent slight
illness.
Miss Mabel DeLoacli returned
Tuesday from a couple of weeks’
visit with friends in Savannah and
Pooler.
Col. A. M. Deal returned this
week from a weeks’ visit at his
father’s home in the Irie neigh¬
borhood.
Miss Ophelia Strange is spend¬
ing a few days with the family of
her father, Mr. David Strange, in
Swainsboro.
Mr. J, G. Biitch is about the
streets again after several
confinement to his room with
typhoid fever.
Mr. \V. C, Parker is spending
several days at his old home in
Liberty county, visiting with the
family of his father.
Miss Lula Mathews returned
yesterday from a very pleasant
visit of ten days with frienxjs iu
Savannah and Guyton.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grinerwere
up from Savannah last week and
spent several days visiting the
family of her uncle, Judge Martin.
Contractor Foss has been forced
to suspend work on the big brick
warehouse for a few days, pending
the arrival of several carloads of
brick.
Mr. R. Simmons left yesterday
for Bartow, Fla., to resume his
prospecting tour. He will proba¬
bly be gone until the middle of
August.
Among the nice things received
by The Herald family this week,
was a basket of tomatoes from the
garden of Charlie Lanier. It was
much appreciated.
Mrs. R. L. Sample returned this
week from a ten days’ visit to In¬
dian Springs, where she had been
enjoying the balmy climate for
the benefit of her health.
The district conference of the
colored Methodist church, for the
Waynesboro district, is in session
at this place this week, a large
number of ministers being present.
Col. Ed. Corey wishes it under¬
stood that he is now established
in his new office in the Oiliff build¬
ing where he will at all times
found ready to serve those in
of legal advice.
Cob J. E. Robinson and his
family returned to Atlanta today
after a three month’s residence in
Statesboro, during which they
made many warm friends who re¬
gret to see them leave.
The watermelon season is not so
nearly past as was thought some
days ago. Three or four carloads
have been shipped from Statesboro
this week via the D. & S., and the
g. & S. continues to handle them
extensively down in the Ivanhoe
section.
Sam Brc ady, col •) wa.-i arrested
and lodged in jail here vu-ti rdny
on the charge of assault and bat¬
tery committed upon one Bob
Floyd, also colored, in .4 he Briar
patch district sev^a! days ago.
Mr. S. C. Groover returned this
Week from a trip doWh to his
country place, and reports fine
crops in the section of Areola,
One cotton stalk in Ids field he
says contained fifty grown bolls,
Attention is invited to the ad¬
vertisement of \Y G. Baines,
hardware man, in this issue. He
lias just opened up •a uow slock.
and will mK ionbtedlv r.^wv, a
good patronage from Statesboro
and vicinity.
Mr. Charlie Hamilton and ids
wife arrival ill town last
and are spending several days vis
iting relatives in States! or >.
Charlie is now in the furniture
business in Savannah, and will
return to work about the first of
August.
j
Splendid summer rains continue
,o fall throughout the county, aim
general prospects are not
gloomy as they were some weeks
ago. Corn, which in some places
was thought to be almost ruined
by the dry weather, is slightly
proved, while the cotton crop was
never better.
Mr. Oliver Rountree, whose re¬
cent serious illness has been a
source 1 of apprehension to his
many friends, is now somewhat
improved. The physicians at one
time feared that an operation for
some internal troubles would be
necessary, but he seems now to be
improving without it.
Messrs. R. Simmons and B. T.
Outland returned last week from
ten day’s prospecting
through Florida, spent chiefly
the vicinity of Bartow.
were both highly elated at
they saw in the way of
and timber prospects, and
ma * invAsl so We money down
way.
The members of Bethlehem
church are just now arranging to
build a large new house of wor¬
ship, and for the next month a
committee will receive bids for its
construction, The names of the
committeemen and the specifica¬
tions of the new building will be
found posted on the old walnut
tree,
The largest melon that lias
reached town this] season was sent
to The Herald office yesterday
by Mr. Horace Hagin to be enter¬
ed in the subscription contest.
We cannot announce the weight
of it, but will say that the man
who gets first prize'overjjMr. good-sized Hagin
will have to bring a
melon.
Work was commence 1 yesterday
upon the construction of the tram
road from Lester & Ellison’s saw
mill, about eight miles west of
here, to this place. These gentle
men are doing an extensive busi
ness, shipping vast quantities of
lumber for export, and their road
to this place will save them much
in the way of freight rates.
Engineer John Opie, of Ogee
chce, pulled the throttle of the
D. & 8. engine last week during
tlie illness of Fireman Wilson and
Engineer Smith. While Mr.
Smith is up, he is not able to re¬
sume work on account of his lame
back, and this week Mr. Wilson is
being the throttle-pulling while
Angelo Smith chunks in the wood.
Mr. E. W. Nance, besides ship¬
ping melons in large quantities, is
supplying the local consumers at
greatly reduced prices. He has
sold several wagon loads at a cent
apiece delivered, and says he
wo uld be glad to sell four thou¬
sand oil the same terms within the
next two weeks. Those who
bought claim that they are
e,t kind of stock feed.
Sheriff Donaldson has been noti
(led of tin* arrest, at Panasofkee,
Fla., of Jim Love, formerly of
i his county, who killed Simon
Slater ut a negro festival in 1894.
Love disappeared imnn diately
after the killing, and his whew
abotils lias been a mystery until
1iie • sheriff was notified of bis
arrest h\ Florida this week. He
"'ill probably go after him in a
tbiv or two.
The supreme court has just
banded down its decision in the
appealed case of 8, 8. Sasser vs.
-LX. Akins, tax collector. The
levied upon Sasser’s per¬
sonal property, including a lot of
liquor and a gun, for license fee
for Ids barroom run here a couple
f a »°- s “* Mr on
the ground that he was not at
that time in the liquor business, ’
the supreme court found the
property subjest.
THE PRIZE WATERMELON.
Our watermelon cutest is open,
and the big melons are pouring i m.
The premium is a year’s subscrip¬
tion for the largest, six month’s
for the second and three month’s
tor the third largest melon receiv
ed. * Bring in your big melons and
get the best weekly newspaper in
this section of the state.
SOr»E “WONDERFUL” THINGS.
WONDERED BY THE WANDERER.
The “Wanderer” wonders why
all those weeds on the lot north
of the court house are not*cut
down.
Also why that little street near
the Simmons’ hotel, leading from
East Main to Vine, wasn’t thrown
up like a potato bed.
It, is wonderful, too, how* quiet
the electric light question has be
come all of a “suddint;” and we
volK j or ifj j l( .. py^u. are going to
bond the town this tall to put in
a plant.
We wonder who it is that pro¬
poses to kick up a row this fall
when our coui.cilmen begin to
draw their $80 salaries, as pro¬
vided by recent local legislation.
Some people wonder why States¬
boro capitalists do not make a
little effort to get a factory of
some kind established here. They
say that even a brick kiln would
be,a great help to the business in¬
terests of the town.
Another follow says he wonders
why a certain hog pen on
Main is not renovated, with
view'to improving the healthful
ness of that part of the town.
The Wanderer.
Ilnmnn Rye Raster Than tlie Pen.
“You read 1,000 miles." ia theealeu*
lation of a clever individual fond of de¬
tails. The eyes of the average busy
man, in reading alone, travel 1,000
miles, which is equivalent to an “ocu¬
lar trip” a third of the distance across
our continent. Even the busiest man
probably travels with his eyes 19 miles
of type yearly, and there are doubtless
many readers who travel six times the
distance. If you read a yellow backed
novel, your eyes have traversed from a
mile to a mile and a half of type. The
busiest pen cannot keep up with this
pace. With ordinary use, your pen
not traveled as far as from New York
to Albany. Philadelphia Inquirer.
A llu Id Statement.
“It’s hard to be happy once
got a reputation for saying
things,” remarked the sad eyed man.
“What’s the trouble?”
“I’ve lost another friend. I compli¬
mented him on being the most cool
headed person I ever saw. He took it
as an allusion to the fact that he is to¬
tally bald.”—Washington Star.
lie Wat Soured.
The doctor looked at him.
“You are a dyspeptic,” he said.
Then he put his ear to the
heart and gravely added:
“A high liver. ’ »
“Heavens 1 » > cried the startled pa
tient. il » Tain’fc as high as that, is it?”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
HIGH LIFE IN GOTHAM.
A St'orplCiiK CrJtidmi of tlie Wal
tlorUAiki itt utti »ls Ualittueii.
The Waldorf-Astoria hotel is a great
temple ot Mammon. You go there at
any time and the only things you hear
a ’ 1Jont are millions. You see million
a ires of all sorts, fat and 'lean, young
and old. You hear them, at the bar or
gathered around tables, talking “mar¬
gins” ami of trusts and of millions.
Everybody tiaras, around the Waldorf
at least, to be money mad. The bellboys
won't leek at a tip less than $1. In the
cafe ah egg costs'as much ns a square
local. Cig&ite at £1 apiece are quite the
ordinary thing. You can spend a
mouth's salary oh u dinner for four,
and wine at $15 per bottle is not at all
exorbitant.
The place is crowded all the time by
tbe wealthiest visitors to Manhattan
from all over the world. You are told
in awe inspiring whispers that there
are suits of rooms costing $250 per day.
Yon a re sho wn the safe which at this
very minute holds $7, 000,000 worth of
valuables belonging to guests. And
you’ll see milAmakes eating with their
knives, and you'll hear dowagers tcll
ing their friends “I done it” and “I
seen her.” Money, money, money! The
continual elevation of it is nauseating.
There is something sordid in all the
Waldo! f-Astoria splendor.
The atmosphere of the Waldorf-As¬
toria is reeking with vulgarity and all
unheal thin ess. Ail these millionaires
are nothing, after all, but a horde of
gamblers. And the women, so far as
one sc.es them, seem to be oppressed by
their wealth. If there is anything more
horrible than the high Gotham life in
which every man and woman every day
is sentenced to evening dress after 0
o’clock, where is itV
A distinguished man of letters said
to me, after a view of the Waldorf-As¬
toria cafe in the evening, where yon
have to reserve your table in the early
afternoon, “The trouble with these
people is that they have no souls. ” And
most of them haven’t. They live solely
for the senses. They are to bo pitied
rather than envied. — Exchange.
THE HEADSMAN.
He U«ed tlie Stvoril nn.l Not the As
Prior to 14SB.
I am inclined to think that prior to
1483 the sword and not tlie ax was
usually employed as the weapon for
judicial decapitation and that a block
was dispensed with, the victim# receiv¬
ing their doom “meekly kneeling upon
their knees,” and in this opinion I am
fortified by the concurrence of an emi¬
nent clerical historian. This learned
writer agreed with mo that the ax did
not become the “regulation” lethal im
pleimmlppLJ. “heading of after Lord the.rough Hastings .wwlr the
’ on
Tower green, when he was summarily
dispatched by order of the protector,
Gloucester,
In this inxance, according to the
chroniclers, the victim’s neck was
stretched upon a piece of timber then
in use for tbe repair of the adjacent
church of St. Peter ad Vincula, prob¬
ably a “putlog,” part of the scaffold¬
ing which, we read, “conveniently lay
in the way.” Contemporary accounts
seem to indicate that the executioner
straddled over tlie prone body, and from
this position I infer that the decapita¬
tion was effected by the tool known as
an adz, the cutting edge of which ia
at a right angle to and not in a plane
with the haft.
I may add that the only contempo¬
rary reference I have come across of the
use, or proposed use, of an ax and
block for inflicting capital punishment
prior to this tragedy is in one of the
Past on series of letters describing the
peril of an unfortunate captive of Jack
Cade’s rebels (A. D. 1450), a generation
before Lord Hastings was so clumsily
hacked to death.—Notes and Queries.
American Speech.
The faults of American speech, ac¬
cording to an authority on the subject,
originate in the primary school. The
child is not taught the melodic value of
his phrase. He is allowed to use the
throat instead of the tongue, and the
flow of speech becomes, therefore, halt¬
ing and guttural.
.“Educate your alphabet and you will
find your language as mellow as any of
the family of Latium,” is the advice
given. “Your i’s are throaty, your in’s
are too labial, your s’s are too hissing,
your c’s are not soft enough. When you
can train your scholars to emit these and
other consonants within the pitch,
using the tongue instead of the throat
for their emission, then you will see that
for rhythm and sonority your English
language may be compared with the
Tuscan, the Roman, the Spanish aud
the Provencal. ”
Ram ed the Reward.
“Ma, Mrs. Smith gave me a big
piece of cake. ”
“Jimmie, I’ve often told you not to
ask for anything to eat when you are
over there. ”
“But, ma, she gave me tbe cake be¬
cause I told her who was here to dinner
last night.”—Chicago Record.
Tho Englishman, it is calculated, ex¬
pends on the average $250 a year for
sustenance; the German $215, the
Frenchman $210, the Italian $110, the
Russian $95.
W. G. Raines,
at the old World's Fair Store,
has just opened up a com¬
plete line of Hardware, in¬
cluding a fine assortment of
Stoves, Cutlery* Pistols *
Mesh Wire Fencing (three
heights), Barbwire; Saddles,
Tinware, full assortment of
Crockery ware, etc., etc.
I'rirrs to M«et s»!l Omiprtiliosi,
New Store—New Goods—
Courtei>us treatment.
FARM LOANS.
Brannon & Moore, States¬
boro, Ga., negotiate loans at
the lowest rates*
WANTED!
While Dak Tiiei!
D. F. RILEY *
fill A L ESTATE A CENT, :
Statesboro, Ca
Will sell your white oak timber at;
the following: prices:
For all trees measuring 28 inches
and up at the stump $ 1.50 each.
For all trees measuring 24 Inches
ami up at t he stump 80 cents each.
Don’t give options on your timber
Tor 3 5 ? and a tree, when you can
get $1.50 and 80A I don’t want all as
agent and give the owners of the trees
nothing. If you want fair treatment
and full value for timber, write or call
to see me at the county school commis¬
sioner’s office.
City lots and farm lands also handled.
Now is the time to sell your property;
the new railroad will bring buyers!
' iff ’3 Adver tisvimenIs.
GEORGIA BULLOCH COUNTY.
Will be sold Delore the court house door of sal©
county ou the
FlilST TUESDAY IN AUGUST,
1809, within the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder foreash. the following described property
to-wlt:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being In
the state and county aforesaid and in the 47tli
District, G. M., thereof, containing One Hundred
and Thirty-one aud one -half (18114) acres, more or
less, and bounded as follows: On the north by lands
known as the K. A, Smith lands, on the south by
lands of J. J. Elarbee, on the east by lands of A.
Lewis, aud ou the west by lands of J. L. Purvis,
and known as the Futch place.
Said land levied on to satisfy a tax execution
issued by J. N. Akins, tax collector of Bulloch
county against H. H. Elarbee for state and county
taxes for the year 189s. Legal notice given the
defendant. This July 5th, 1899.
J. El. DONALDSON. Sheriff.
GEORGIA— Bulloch County.
Will be sold before the court house door of said
county ou the
FIRST TUESDAY IN AUGUST,
7899. within the legal hours of sale, to the highest
bidder for cash, the following described property
to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land lying and being In
the state and county aforesaid, and in the 1209th
District, G; M.. thereof (beiug in the Town of
Statesboro) and bounded as follows; On the north
by lands of J. T. Mikell, on the south by Elm street,
on the east bv lands of B. E. Turner, and on fhe
west by lands of Maggie Teal and Lenn Teal. Said
lot fronting ou Elm street Forty (40) feet and
running back One Hundred and Fifty (150) feet.
Said loud levied on os the property of Jame«
Mason to satisfy a justice court U. fa. issneing from
the justice court of the 1209th District in favor o l
B. E. Turner against the said James Mason. Levy
made by W. J. Wilson, constable of said justice
court, aud turned over to me for advertisement and
sale. This July 3rd, 1899.
J. H. DONALD80N, Sheriff.
Georgia—Bulloch County.
Will be sold on the First Tuesday in August, 3899,
for cash, before the court house door in said county,
the following described property:
A certain tract or parcel of land lying aad being
in the Thirteen Hundred and Twentieth (1820th)
District, G. M., and described in a plat made July
3rd, 1833. by G. 8. Lanier, Surveyor, as follows:
Begin at a point on Big Bianch, thenee South 75
degrees East 54 chajns; thence North 88 degress
East 32 ehains; thence North 38 degrees West 70
chains; thence South 70 degrees West 50 chains to
Big Branch; thence along said Branch to beginning
point, containing Three Hundred and Fifty-eight
(358) acres; now bounded north by lands of S. a.
Crumpton, east by lands of David Bell, south by
lands of J. L» Smith and G. W. Nichols, aud west
by lands of J. M. Nichols, iu the county of Bn!a 1>
state of Georgia.
Said land levied on to satisfy a 11. fa. issued f
the Superior Court of said county in av. i ,
Barringer agaiust D. N. Nichols. Device o»* a u
property of said D. N. Nichols. Deed ret
title for the purpose of levy and sale flicu in .
office. This 3rd of July, 1899.
). U. DONALDSON, Sheriff.