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The Bulloch Herald.
OFFICIAL OFCAN OF TfiE COUNTY
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR.
PUBLISHED FRIDAYS.
DAVID B. TURNER,
Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at the postofflee at Statesboro, Ga., a'
second-class mail matter
Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 36, ipoo.
There is sometimes honor among
thieves. A couple of sharpers have
recently returned from the Klon¬
dike and paid to an Indiana far
mer $1,500 out of which they swin
dledpiim nearly thirty years ago,
adding another $1,000 for interest
on the forced loan.
A young woman in New York
has broken the 2,000 miles record
on a bicycle, and lias started on
another thousand miles. She is
shortly to be married. There is
no information as tc whether she
knows how to darn a hole in a
sock or to make a nice, light ome¬
lette.
One of the skyscrapers in New
York has a daily population of
3,100, and the mail sent out from
it averages 18,000 pieces a day.
Every forty-five minutes a mail
wagon from the postoffice carries
away from this building about 75
pounds of outgoing mail. Another
New York office building sends
out 35,000 pieces of mail every
week day.
The chairman of the Iowa re¬
publican state committee says that
“never before in tho history of the
state has there been so much
apathy on the part of the repub¬
licans.” There is a sullenless ’on
the part of the people that bodes
no good for the capitalistic rulers.
The people are getting ready men¬
tally for the great change. Trust
ism is doomed.
Now please note in the daily
press about this time cf bets in
large sums made on the election.
Betting is prohibited by law in
every state. But'perhaps the pub¬
lic officials in the cities where
these bets occur cannot read the
daily papers and therefore do not
know of the violators of the law!
But the rich can do no wrong.
The boys who shoot craps for pen¬
nies—they are arrested. They
violate the law!
An undertaker’s business is ad¬
vertised for sale in an English
newspaper in terms which are
hardly such as to encourage any
one to become a permanent resi¬
dent ot the locality. After stating
that he is retiring from business
altogether, the advertiser praises
the town thus: “Sanitary arrange¬
ments much neglected; mortality
from fevers excessively high ; total
deathrate 10.7 higher than any
town within a radius of fifty miles;
one trade competitor (carpenter)
only. Excellent opening for en¬
ergetic man willing to put his
heart into the business.”
That is a pretty romance the
republican committee gives us
about Hanna and the coal strike,
says the Columbia (S. C.) State.
It is designed^ to put wings on
Mark and a crown on McKiuley.
We have no doubt that Hanna
contributed to the ending of the
strike, influencing the opeiators
to make terms with their men.
But there need be no higher reason
for this than the approach of the
election, the republicanism of the
coal kings and the fear of all con¬
cerned that if the deadlock should
continue McKinley would lose
heavily of tha labor vote. Hanna
has been something of a strike
crusher himself.
There is “nothing doing” in pol¬
itics in South Carolina. Every¬
thing is dull, dead, fiat, stale and
unprofitable. The Greenville
News speaks of the situation as
one of “unparalleled apathy,” and
sighs tor a return of the old days
when the candidates got out and
made spread-eagle speeches, and
the “boys” in red shirts, loaded
the atmosphere with kerosene
fumes from torchlight processions
and then rent it with their shouts
What is the matter? The News
says that the leaders of the “domi¬
nant element,” having got their
own ambitions safely cared for in
the recent primary, are sitting
back unconcerned and letting
things rock along, careless of
whether Bryan gets a big vote or
a small one.
The Prosperity Issue.
Teddy Roosevelt and Mark Han¬
na have made much of what is
called “prosperity,” telling their
Western audiences that McKinley
brought it.
The panic did come to a close
during the last four years, but
when the trado revival came it
not confined to America.
France, Germany, Rus¬
enjoyed it; and it was
with them as with
All enjoyed it at the same
it came alike to all. The
trade revival was universal and
over the civilized
No one nation can claim
the Czar of Russia can
say he did it as truthfully as Mc¬
Kinley, If the trade boom wns
all over the world and came to all
simultaneously, then the cause
was iiot local. What was the
cause?
The phenomenal gold discov¬
eries did it-TTheee discoveries put
the world on a boom. More gold
was discovered in three years, after
1896, than had been discovered in
three centuries prior to that time.
Here is the true explanation of
the world’s boom. No one man,
no one country did it—and none
claim it but Hanna aud McKinley.
When understood, the vastness
and suddenness of the gold dis¬
coveries, blessing all nations, the
claim of McKinley falls to the
ground, making ridiculous to all
sensible people his pretentious
claim.
An Experienced Man Needed.
No better evidence than is con¬
tained in th* Washington dispatch
which we published Saturday rel¬
ative to river and harbor improve¬
ments is needed to convince voters
of the section of country tributary
to Savannah that Savannah’s har¬
bor interests require the presence
in the House of an experienced
man from the First Congressional
District, says the Morning News.
According to the statement of
Col. Mackenzie, who has charge of
the river aud harbor division of
tho engineer ccrps, the Savannah
harbor improvement is going to
be given special attention at the
next session of Congress.
Col. Mackenzie is of the opinion
that provision will be made in the
river and harbor bill, which it
is hoped will be passed before the
Christmas holidays, f jr a channel
of twenty-eight feet from Savan¬
nah’s wharves to the sea. But it
will require the best efforts of an
experienced and influential man
to get an appropriation for Savan¬
nah’s harbor sufficient to give her
a twenty-eight-foot channel. And
it is by no means certain that the
river and harbor bill can be got
through as soon as Col. Mackenzie
thinks it can. If an appropria¬
tion should be obtained from this
Congress for Savannah’s harbor,
other appropriations would doubt¬
less be needed until the work was
completed. Therefore an expe¬
rienced man will be urgently
needed for several years to repre¬
sent this district in Congress.
There are few, if any, men in
Congress who have as much expe¬
rience in river and harbor matters
as Col. Lester. He has served on
the river and harbor committee
for years, and he now holds the
highest position on the committee
that a democrat, i:i a republican
Congress, can hold. As pointed
out by our correspondent, if the
next House should be democratic
Col. Lester would be the chairman
of the committee, and the chances
that the next House will be demo¬
cratic are excellent.
What this city and this district
should do is this: They should
give Col. Lester a majority that
would make him feel that his
work at Washington is appreci¬
ated. And there is no way in
winch this appreciation can be
shown so well as by a big majority.
A word of praise or a letter of ap¬
proval is highly prized, but it does
not have the same effect ou a
congressman who is seeking a re
election as a big majority.
That Col. Lester has rendered
excellent service for this district
there is no doubt. He has a
record of which he has reason to
be proud. He has done his
toward his constituents. They
should now do theirs by
him back to Washington by a
ger majority than they have
him.
The Dr»p In Cotton.
The Valdosta Times “was
surprised at the drop in the price
of Sea Island cotton last
As soon ns we learned that the
ceipts at the port last week
greater than they were for the
corresponding week last year,
were prepared for a decline in
price of the Btaple. The
was the natural result of the large
port receipts. Cut off the receipts
at the port and the price should
advance again.
“The rush to market last week
gave buyers the idea that the crop
was much greater than reports
from the interior would indicate
and the decline in price followed.
If the crop is as short as the farm¬
ers say it is, there is no reason for
hurrying the staple upon the mar¬
kets and thus forcing the price
still lower.
“Well posted cottou men say
that 23 cents is a low price for
cottou on the present outlook aud
if the staple can be kept out of the
market for a few days there will
be a reaction in the price. In
gathering information about crop
conditions, it is to the interest of
the growers to make their reports
accurate and trustworthy. False
reports may bull the price for
awhile, but it will not pay in the
long run.
“Assuming that the reports of a
short crop are true, we see no
reason why the growers should
not hold a stiff upper lip and hold
the staple back until the price
takes another upward turn.”
Southern Industrial Convention
In commenting on the approach¬
ing meeting of the Southern In¬
dustrial Convention at New Or¬
leans, the Philadelphia Times
says: “The South is today the
most inviting field of the world
for legitimate employment of both
capital aud labor.” Further along
in the same article attention is
called to the fact that there is a
vast amount of surplus capital in
the North, particularly in Phila¬
delphia, seeking opportunities for
profitable investment.
Within the last or two a great
deal of Northern capital has been
invested in the South. In North
Carolina many hundreds of thou¬
sands of dollars have beeu put in
silk, cotton and tobacco
And there are evidences that the
amount of Northern capital
will be invested in Southern en¬
terprises in the next few years
will be very much greater than
that which has already been in¬
vested.
But the South must not depend
upon Northern capital to open
her mines and build factories for
her. She is just beginning to
accumulate the surplus £ wealth
that is necessary for the proper
development of her resources.
Last year her cotton crop brought
$81,000,000 more than the crop of
the previous year, and there is no
doubt that the crop of this year
will bring many millions of dol¬
lars more than the crop of last
year. And the cotton seed crop is
becoming more valuable every
year. The South is fast getting
in a position where she will be
able to do a vast amount of fac¬
tory building without any assist¬
ance from the North. Indeed, tho
greater part of the money that is
now being put into factories in
the South is furnished by South¬
ern men.
What the South needs at this
time is a little more agitation in
the direction of industrial devel¬
opment. Her people must be
made to realize that there is a
great deal more money in the long
run in cotton factories than in
cottou futures. It is a safe state¬
ment that since the Civil War the
South has lost ou cotton futures
money enough to build a number
of factories sufficient to turn the
whole of the cottou crop into
fabrics.
The industrial conventions
which are being held in various
parts of the South are productive
of a great deal of good. They are
turning the attention of the peo¬
ple to industrial enterprises and
are inspiring them to make great¬
er efforts along the line of indus¬
trial progress.
The third annual meeting of the
Southern Industrial Convention
will he held in New Orleans, be¬
ginning ou Dec. 4 and ending on
Dec. 9. Extraordinary efforts
being made to attract a large
tendance. It is expected
prominent men from all parts
To The Voters of Bulloch !
The election for President and Representative in
Congress occurs on Tuesday, November 6th.
The Republicans are organizing and will endeavor
to get a big vote in the county, and it is the duty of
those who favor Democratic government and desire the
election of Bryan and Lester, to go to the polls that day
and vote the national Democratic ticket.
Bulloch is now happily united, and all that is nec¬
essary is for us to vote.
Georgia should give a big vote on that day, and
the voters of Bulloch should turn out and roll up a big
majority for our ticket.
The polls will be open in all the precincts, and any
person registered can vote.
Don’t forget the day—Tuesday, Nov. 6th, 1900.
JOHN F. BRANNEN,
Chairman Democratic Executive Com.
the South will bo present. In
deed, the invitations will not be
confined to the South. Subjects
in which the South is profoundly
interested will be considered. If
the attendance is what it is hoped
it will be, the effect of the con¬
vention will be to give the South
a great boost in the direction of
industrial enterprises.
A Bill of Divorcement.
In the olden times there were
circumstances under which a hus¬
band was authorized to give his
wife a bill of divorcement. Wheth¬
er that document was required
to go through a rigamarole of
court proceedings, or was a simple
off-hand instrument of writing, is
not fully understood. Many of
the colored population appear to
think it was of the latter class.
An example is reported by the
Waycross Journal:
“Monday afternoon a young col¬
ored man as black as Erebus, and
a woman upon whose face char¬
coal would make a light mark,
stepped into this office.
“‘Say, boss; 1 wants to git
somethin’ printed,’ remarked the
man, while the woman blushed
like sweet sixteen!,
“After fumbling in his pockets
a few minutes, the man produced
a piece of paper upon which was
written the following:
“ ‘This is to satisfy that Mary
Glover, who was once Mary Hut¬
son and married R. G. Glover,
don’t live with him no more. I is
now known as Mary James, mar¬
ried to George James, and this is
to satisfy that R. G. Glover are
free to marry who he pleases.
This are writ with my free will
an’ consent, thank the Lord, Mary
Jamgs, once known; as Mary
Glover.’
“Glover was asked if he or Mary
had ever Lem granted a divorce.
<< ( No, sail;’ he replied, ‘we don’t
live together no mo’. She went
off an’ married George James, an’
give me that paper so I could
marry agiu when I gits ready.
Low Kales to Savannah.
The Central of Georgia Railway
will sell low rate excursion tickets
to Savannah, on account of Elks
grand fair and carnival, Nov. 5-17.
Tickets will be on sale from all
points within the state of Georgia
and from Birmingham and Mont¬
gomery, Ala., and intermediate
points, Nov. 5, 7, 9, 12, 14 and 16,
with final return limit Nov. 18,
inclusive. Tickets iuolude ad¬
mission to the fair grounds. The
Floral parades and grand night
spectacular pageants and wonder¬
ful coronation and court scenes
given free upon the streets are
well worth the trip to Savannah
to see.
The Bostock animals, in a $10,
000 gilded palace, $50,000 gondo¬
las, a marvelous mechanical won¬
der; the wonderful Midway at.
trtetions and others too numerous
to mention. The grandest collec¬
tion of monster shows on earth.
For full particulars see any
agent of the Central of Georgia
Railway.
Estray —A black Shepherd dog
with white breast and brown legs,
named Balsy. Liberal paid for
his return to
Abram Scoxt, Eual, Ga.
Ogeechee Lodge No. 213 F. & A. M.
Meet* in regular session 1st Friday at 10 a. m.
and 3rd Tuesday at 8 p. m. All members and visit¬
ing brethren are Invited to attend.
J. W. WILSON, W. M.
W, H. ELLIS, Secty.
Jersey Cows. —The undersigned
have just received a carload of
fine Jersey Cows for sale, and in¬
vite the public to call around aud
inspect them.
Smith & Oi.i.ifv.
Southern Inter-State Fair.
For this occasion the Central of
Georgia Railway will sell very
low rate excursion tickets: One
rate for the round trip, plus 50
cents admission to the fair
grounds, for civilians. One cent
per mile distance traveled for
military companies and brass
bands in uuiform, twenty or more
on one ticket. One-half rate for
children between five and twelve
years of age. Tickets on sale from
all points in the state of Georgia
Oct. 9-27 inclusive, and from all
points within the states of Ala¬
bama and Florida Oct . 12, 16, 18,
23 and 25—final limit of all tick¬
ets Oct. 30, 1900.
■-- M - * -OT -
DO NOT TRESPASS.
All parties are hereby iorewarn
ed not to hunt or otherwise tres¬
pass upon my lands, under pen¬
alty of the law.
Cage Groover.
Application fop Discharge.
In the District Court of tbs United States for the
Eastern Division of the Southern District of Ga.
NOTICE OK APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE.
In the matter of
JESSE NEWMAN, -In Bankinptcy.
County of Bulloch. I
To the Creditor of the above-named Bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that the above-named
bankrupt has filed his application for a discharge
from allot the debts provable In bankruptcy against
said Jesse Newman, of Pembroke, Ga. The said
application will be heard hy the Hon. Emory Speer,
Judge of the United States District Court, for said
District aud Division, at the United States Court
House, In Macon, Ga„ on the 5th day of Novem¬
ber, 1900, at ten o’clock, a. m.
A11 creditors of said bankrupt are nettled to a;
pear at the time and place stated, and show cause,
if any they can, why the prayer contained In the
said petition should not be granted.
Dated in Savannah, Ga., this 23d day of Oct., 1900.
H. H. KING. Clerk.
finance report
Town of Statesboro for Quarter End¬
ing October ist, 1900.
July RECEIPTS:
1. To balance Gen. Fund....$125.57
“ “ “ “ Street “ 353.86
....
“ Street tax collected.... 1.50
“ Pound fees.................. 14.55
Stock sold................... 17.10
“ Fines collected............ 60.00
“ Oil barrels soid........... 3.00
“ Note and int. collected 107.17
“ Cemetery lots sold...... 15.00
$737.75
EXPENDITURES.
order Street work.......... $ 66.50
“ Marshal’s salary.. 105.00
“ “ Chas. Blocker’s salary,. 64.75
“ “ Stand. Oil Co. lor oil.... 29.99
“ “ Mule board........ 12.00
“ “ For lime............. 10.00
“ “ For merchandise 10.96
“ “ For boarding prisoners 4.75
" “ For lumber and posts.. 55.21
“ “ S. L. Moore for work in
Cemetery Marshal . ...................... 8.00
hire elcc’ii day 6.00
Carpenter Haulinglumber.... work............ 14.25
.50
(’leaning Digging well......... 4.50
out wells 3.00
Advertising Mule and pr’ting 50.16
hire...................... 9.75
Mower hire................... 2.26
Pound rent................... 4 50
For repairs................... 3.10
For seal........................ 3.90
For recording papers... 5.85
$474.92
By balance Street Fund.., .$288.86
To balance Fen’l Fund.... . 27.03
Total amount on hand #261.83
FARM LOANS.
Brannen & Moore, States
boro, Ga., negotiate loans at
the lowest rates.
tjtjjel FALL SEASON ★ * *
Is now upon us, and we are opening at Register a
full line of the latest styles and designs in
Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, Shoes. Etc.
Prices on these goods will compare favorably with
those of all competitors.
Our stock of Groceries and Hardware is complete.
We handle all goods in large quantities, and give
our customers the advantage of our facilities for buying.
You are invited to call and inspect our goods and
prices.
J. W. OLLIFF & lO. - Ga
Administrator’s Sale.
Apreeabiy to an order of the court of Ordinary of
Bulloch county, (minted at the October term of
court, will be sold before the court house
of said county on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER,
1900, within the legal hours ol sale, the following
property, to-wit:
A11 that lot of land In the Town of Statesboro,
and particularly described as follows, to-wlt: The
America A. Olltff house and lot fronting on the
side of North Main street, and bounded as
follows: North by lands of D. R. Groover, erst by
Main street, south by'J.’E. Bruuuen’s Aead
west by Town ditch or lands of J. A.
Brannon.
Sold as the..property of America A. OllilT, late of
county, deceased.
TERMS OF sale.—O ne-third Cash; one-third In
months; one-third in two years; the deferred
payments to draw seven f per cent interest and to
he secured by mortgage“on land. The Adminis¬
trator also to retain insurance policy on the house.
This Oct, 2nd, 1900.
J. W. OLLIFF, Administrator.
Guardian’s Sale.
Agreeably to an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Bulloch couniy, will be sold on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER,
1990, at pubic outcry at the court house In said
county, between the legal hours of sale, the follow¬
ing described property, to-wlt:
All that certain'traet Or parcel or land lying and
being in the state and county aforesaid, aud in the
45tli District, G M, thereof, containing Fifty acres,
more or less, and bounded as follows: By lands of
John T Brannrn, Willaim Uundeewood, Wash
Nesmith et al, being the land deeded to children of
W F Proctor, deceased, by Seaborn M Proctor in
1887.
Sold as the property of the heirs of IV F Proctor,
late of said countv, deceased.
Terms of Sale—Cash, l his Oct. 10.1900.
KITT1E L. I’ROCTOR,
Guardian children of W F Proctor, deed.
Administrator's Sale.
Agreeably io an order of the court of Ordinary of
Bulloch county, will be sold at auction at the court
house door of said county on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER,
1900, within the legal hours of sale, the following
described property to-wit:
About 35 bead of stock cattle located ou the
W W Olliff home place, near Excelsior, Ga., and
about 20 head of stock hogs at the same place.
Also, by virtue of the same order, will be sold at
the same time, at the residence of the late America
A. Olliff, In the Town of Statesboro, the following
property to-wit:
One One milch cow and calf, one piano, house¬
hold and kitchen furniture, consisting of chairs,
tables, bedsteads, table crockery and cutlery,
stove aud Bxtures.
‘ Sold the property of America A. Olltff, late of
as
said county, deceased.
Terms—Cash. This Oct. 10th, 1900.
J. W. OLLIFF, Administrator.
J. F. WILLIAMS. T. J. GRICE.
WILLIAMS & GRICE,
DEALERS IN
FANCY GROCERIES AND LIQUORS.
JUG TRADE A SPECIALTY. ‘
Consignments of Country produce Solicited.
340-2 West Broad Street, - M M SAVANNAH, GA.
China, glass,
rockeryuiars.
Another lot of China,
Glass and Crockeryware
has just been opened up.
We can supply your
wants in this line, and at
prices tliat will please yon.
PARKER & SMITH.
ORDINARY’S NOTICES.
For Leave to Sell Land.
I A—Bulloch Cocnty,
all whom It may concern:
John W. 011111. administrator de bonis non of
W. W. 01 lilt, deceased, ha* In due form
applied to the undersigned for leave to sell tbs
lands belonging to the estate of said deceased, and
said application will be passed upon at my office tn
Statesboro on the first Monday In NoTember neit.
This Oct. 2nd, 1900.
C. S. MARTIN. Ordinary. *. C.
Fop Leave to Sell Lands.
GEORGIA—Bulloch County.
To all whom it may concern:
B. F. Laniet, administrator of the estate of
C. Lanier, sr., deceased, has In due form
applied to the undersigned for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the estate of said deceased, and
said applicatien will be heard on the Drat Monday
in November next at my office In Statesboro.
This Oct. 2nd, 1900.
C. 8. MARTIN. Ordinary.
Application’,for Guardianship.
GEORGIA—Bulloch County.
To all whom It may concern:
W. R. Akins Ravine applied for guardianship of
the persons aud property of Annie Davis, Janie
Davis, Elina Mauldon and Jesse Maulden, mlnoi
of America Maulden. late of said county,
deceased, notice is hereby given that said applica¬
tion will be heard at my office at'loo’clock, a. m..
on the flrst Monday In November next. This
Oct. 1st. 1900.
C. S. MARTIN, Ordinary B. C.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA— Bulloch county.
Whereas, Elleanor Kennedy and D. L. Kennedy.
Administrators or A. J. Kennedy, deceased, repre¬
to the court In their petition duly Bled and
on record, that they have fully administer¬
A. J. Kennedy’s estate. This Is therefore to elte <
persons concerned, kindred and credltore, to
cause, if any they can, why amid adminlatrators
discharged from their administration,
and receive letters of dismission on the Brst Men
day in November next. This August 7. 1900.
C. 8. MARTIN, Ordinary B. C.
Letters of Dismission.
GEORGIA—Bulloch county.
Whereas, Mis. Kate Bland. Administratrix of Ai
bury Rland, represents to the court to her petition
duly tiled and entered on record, that the has fall'
administered Asbury Bland’s estate, This It
therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred ait
creditors, to show cause, if any they can. why tall
administratrix should not ho discharged from he
administration, and receive letters of distillation oi
the Brst Monday In November, 1900. This August i,
1900.
C. S. MARTIN, Ordinary B.C.
