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The Fort Valley Leader.
Official Organ of
Houston County
Leader Publishing Co., Lessees.
R. M. Reynolds, Editor and Manager.
W. R. Branham, Associate Editor.
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TELEPHONE Ill
F«rt Valley, Ga., July 24, 1908.
A Narrow Escape.
Kindly pay that bill you owe
The Lender for advertisements
and job work. We need the mon¬
ey NOW.
lie Legislature has not pulled
off any groat stunts so far.
There lias been much talking and
little doing.
Prince Helie de .'agan says he
ean support his family on $1,000
a day. Now, wouldn’t his family
be in a helie of a fix if lie had to
depend on a country newspaper
to raise that amount daily!
One of the best laws recently
enacted was by the Louisiana
legislature making it a misde¬
meanor for anyone to take a
drink of whiskey while on a train
in that state. Such a law should
be passed by the Georgia legis¬
lature.
The Atlanta Georgian’s fi ,r ht
on the convict leasing business is
a noble one. The Georgian did
more than any other paper to
make prohibition possible, and
it is now lighting hard to knock
out the convict broker—the shy
lock who deals in human flesh and
blood to satisfy his own selfish
greed.
Romance of Sadie and Otis
There is something charmingly
primitive and romantic in the
methods of courtship and matri¬
mony pursued in North Carolina.
The Battleboro correspondent of
Rocky Mount, Record tells
and he sings in that journal of
the loves of Sadie Griffin and otis
Edwards in the [following elo¬
quently simple strain:
11 Mr O O Edwards, of this sec¬
tion, and Miss Sadie Griffin, of
Red Oak section, were happily
married Sunday near Red Oak.
May their voyage^through life be
bright and happy and all their
troubles little ones.
Yes, Edwards went out
To find him a lady,
And of course none suited
So well as Sadie
And she, without
Warning or notice,
Crawled right up on the buggy
And drove off with Otis.)—
Macon Telegraph.
Presbyterian Church
We want to remind our mem¬
bers and the public that next
Sabbath, July 26 is our regular
day for preaching services.
Our time for services is 11 a. m.
8 p, tm Prayermeetings Tues¬
day’s, 8 p. m, and Sabbath
School 4 p.m.
We take pleasure in again
announcing that Rev. J. W.
Stokes of Dublin Ga-, has
promised to assist us in a pro¬
tracted meeting beginning Sun¬
day night Aug, 18th. We are
hoping to have’tlie united support
of the Christian people of the
town. Our intention is not to
benefit a few, but all of the com¬
munity willing to be benefitted.
w. o. s.
GOVERNOR TREUTLEN
Chapter of the Daughters
of American Revolution.
An Interesting Paper.
At a recent meeting of the
“Governor Treutlen” Chapter of
the I). A. IL an able and
esting paper was read by the his
; t Ol’iai) Mrs Elizabeth Willisson
Stephen on the life and charuc
ter of the patriot for whom this
chapter is named—John Adam
Treutlen, the first and martyred
Governor of the State of Georgia,
Knowing this paper will he of
interest to all loyal Daughters
and patriotic women, we publish
it in full below:
The value and significance of
! noble ancestry, was never more
appreciated than it is today. The
impetus and inspiration of this
j wide spread interest is due to the
societies of the D. A. R. and
^ Colonial Dames and it
means
| much to be a loyal and appeciative
1 member of these organizations.
i Through their researches, for
i gotten and unknown records have
been brought to light, and the
names of many whose prtriotic
deeds laid the foundation of great¬
ness for this nation, have been
rescued from oblivion. This has
certainly been verified in the
illustrious subject of this sketch.
John Adams Trentlen, the first
Governor of the State of Georgia.
There seems to be some doubt
his being descended from the
Salzburgurs, but his great-grand
son, Colonel John F. Trentlen, of
Washington, asserts that he was.
Ibe Salzburgurs colonized St.
Mathews Parish, and were
among the earliest settlers of
Georgia. Ihe religion of the
Salzburgurs was similar to that
°* the ancient Waldenses and
Vandois of the Alps, who trace
their church back to the time of
the Apostles. It was similar
also to chat of the Huguenots of
France, and like them, the
Salzburgurs fled from religious
persecution to America where
they could worship God accord¬
ing to the dictates of conscience
and many pf their descendants
are among the most honored and
illustrious of its citizens. History
tells the part they took in the
establishment of this government
and none were more active than
Virginians, Georgians, North and
South Carolinians. The object
of these patriotic societies is to
cherish the memory of the
glorious 'deeds of these noble
ancestors of ours, who suffered
so much to give us the precious
boon of civil and religious liberty.
The South has as much cause to
be proud of Revolutionary sires
as the North: for the Commander
of the American army, the
, i Father of his Country”. George
Washington was a Virginian; and
the glorious deeds of Marion,
Sumter, and Georgia’s adopted
son, Nathaniel Green, should
forever be cherished by their
descendants. John Adams Treut¬
len, another southern man, was a
brave soldier and an ardent
patriot, whose noble life was
sacrificed in the cause of Ameri¬
can independence. He not only
gallantly defended his country,
but his adopted state, Georgia,
when the ambition of the little
Palmetto state led her to attempt
the absorption of Georgia and,
hit for his great courage and
firmness, there might have been
no “Empire State”, which has
added so much lustre to the
history of the United States.
Frederick Trihtlen, Sr., father
of Frederick and John Adams,
was a native of the Hague, Hol¬
land, where his sons were born.
| He was a wealthy and influential
man in his native city, but
political reasons incurred
displeasure of the Dutch govern
ment. With his wife and
sons he went to London, where
lived for many years, and
I his sons were educated. The
! mother died there, and the father
an( I sons decided to remove
America. They sailed from Lon
don with the expectation of sett
ling in Virginia. England and
France were at war at the time,
an(1 th e vessel was captured by
the French. They, with other
passengers, were suspected of
being connected with the British
service, and were carried to
France and cast into prison.
While there, Frederick Treutlen
Sr., died and when several
months later the sons were re¬
leased, the again sailed for
i America. Destiny decreed that
i they should not settle in Virginia,
| for after a long and stormy voy
j j age, they landed on St. Simon
| Island, on the coast of Georgia,
and made their way to Savannah,
where they arrived two years
after Oglethorpe first settled in
Georgia, Frederick was then
twenty two years old, and John
Adam twenty- When the Salz
burgurs came, they assimilated
with them. Owing to the natural
attraction of Teutonic blood, a
kindred mother tongue and
religion. The brothers were
planters, and Frederick married
Miss Margaret Shad a Salz
burgus, and settled on Wilming¬
ton Island. John Adams was
destined to occupy a higher
position, and he became the
President of the Council of Safety
of the Colony of Georgia, long
before the war begun. This fact,
gives to his female descendants,
eligibility to the Colonial Dames,
which is conceded to be the most
exclusive Woman’s organization
in the world.
An election for delegates to a
Convention for the purpose of
formulating a State constitution
was ordered by the Committee
of Safety, and these delegates
met in Savannah on the first
Tuesday in October, 1776, when
a constitution was adopted. When
the first legislature convened in
Savannah, in May, 1777, the first
duty was to elect a Governor and,
on that day, John Adams Truet
len, was elected by a handsome
majority over his only competitor,
Button Guinett, who had been
acting Governor, and was one of
the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. This was strong
evidence of the high regard in
which his conduct, as a member
of the Provincial Congress was
held by the public. Many of the
members of the First Assemby
had been members of the
Provincial Congress, and they
knew the man of their choice,
nor were they disappointed in
him. At the time of his election
to the Provincial Congress, he
was one of the influential leaders
of the Colony, being not only
prominent in the church, but
among the leading merchants
and most public spirited men.
Governor Truetlen was regai’ded
as a man of great courage, a
statesman of ability and un¬
bounded integrity, and a devoted
patriot. He quelled the hostile
Indians on the western border,
and prevented invasions from
Florida. He was in Savannah
with his wife and only daughter
when the British attacked the
town October 17th, 1777, and as
the place surrendered to the
enemy, he, with others who
could escape, (especially as a
reward was offered for his cap¬
ture) fled to South Carolina,
making his way to Orangeburg,
j where there was a.lagre colony
Dutch, among whom he
to find refuge. He was betrayed,
overtaken by his pursuers
brutally murdered in the
en^e of his wife and daughther.
It is strange, and deeply to
regretted that the grace of
great and good man is unknown.
Among his descendants are
late Col. John F. Treutlen,
j Eufaula, Ala; the late Dr. W. S.
Dudley of Cuthbart, Ga; Mrs.
Martha A. Provost; Dr.
Cleckley of Alabama; Dr. W. P.
Copeland of Eufaula, Ala; Mrs.
E. C. Corbett of Macon; Mrs
Judge Mallette of Effingham
county; Mrs- Edward P.
bers of Gainesville Ga; Mrs
Harriet M. Gregory of
Ga; The late Dr. Wade
Marshallville, Ga; the " ilkins .
j Bros of Burke; the sons and
j daughters of Albert G. Porter of
I Effingham; the Hon. Charles R.
j Pendleton of Macon. In the
beautiful little city of Fort Valley,
Ga., Governor Treutlen lineal
descendants are most honorably
repvsesented by the families of
Judge A. C. Riley, and Mrs.
Geo. T. Harris, the able and
charming Regent of the “Gover¬
nor Treutlen" Chapter of D. A. R.
in this place.
It is eminently fitting that a
county of Georgia should be
named after its first, and
martyred Governor; but the
noblest, most beautiful and
immortal 'monument which can
be reared to any man, is that
because his brave and noble
deeds, his memory lives in the
hearts of men and his qualities
of mind and character be i'e*
produced in his descendants.
This is the right cause for pride
in noble sires,and makes ancestry
a country’s history.
The Shillalah.
The shillalah, accounted Ireland’s na¬
tion:: 1 weapon of defense*" was original*
ly a common blackthorn stick, buj In
modern times it has been replaced by
the more Wiry ash sapling. The real
shillalah is a young shoot of the sloe
shrub or blackthorn pulled by the root
from the crevice of some rock. After
being trimmed it is placed in the smoke
of turf neat, which softens the hard
fiber, and when it has reached a con
dition as pliant as rubber it is straight
Words Passed.
Judge—You say that words passed
between the accused and his wife. Did
jrou hear what they were? Witness^
No; I didn’t hear them, but I saw item.
Judge — Saw them 7 Witness — Yea.
They were in the dictionary that he
threw at her.
Experiment.
ir l have been married twice, once for
love and once for money.”
“Are you satisfied?”
“Not quite. I should like to try mats
rylng for a little of both, if I may.**—>
Puck.
tm the RestanranL
“He seems to be an experienced
waiter.”
“Oh, yea. Note the calm Indifference
with which t* treats people wbo are fa>
a hurry.*’
Not et All Easy.
“Oh, it’s easy! Easy as taking candy
from a baby.”
"Easy, eh? Ever try to take candy
from a baby?”—Pittsburg Post
He that Is proud eats up himself.—
Shakespeare.
AT THE MOON.
Dtnf !#«♦« tt*a«nt Its
>»t Attitat* Towwrd TkMi.
Tbo meom appears to be the center of
erery untaught deaf mute’s cosmogo¬
ny. With only one exception that 1
have been able to fled, untaught deaf
mutm ail reeent the moon’s apparent
supervisory attitude toward them.
“When I went to my bedroom the
meea shined In and laughed at me. I
didn’t like tt. I shank my fist at the
--- i
“When l went to walk the mooa
chased me. I hated the moon. I made
at the bmd.”
A* a stimulant to undesirable emo
feteaa, the meen meet exert considera¬
ble 4taf mac# apoe the moral life of the
umdifKait& deaf. One little boy obey¬
ed the impulse it ia human to fee!
when peaaUtently nagged. He tried to
kill tile nagger.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
jpCoo^' having made'applica
t on to me £or permanent letters
of administration on the estate
of Robert Nelson, deceased, tills
is to cite all persons concerned
bo \h kindred and creditors, to be
l i j y the
AuKnj s term 19( 8 of the courtof
Ordinary of said county and show
! eauss if any they have, why per
manent letters should nob be
th«
8th day of July 1908.
Sam T, Hurst, Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Houston County.
To whom it may concern;
Nannie J Thompson, as credi¬
tor, having made application to
me for permanent letters of ad¬
ministrations on the estate of
Willie J Thompson, late of said
county, this is to cite creditors
j and heirs of said Willie J Thomp-
1 son to be and appear at my office
j at the August term 1908 of the
j court of Ordinary of said county
and show cause, if any they have
why permanent letters should
4 not be gaanted said applicant as
j prayed for. Witness my official
signature. This 8th day of July,
1908 .
Sam T. Hurst, Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Houston County
Wifi be sold before the court
house door in the town of Perry,
said State and county, within the
usual hours of sale, to the high¬
est bidder for cash, the following
property to-wit : One brown mare
mule named Jule; one brown
mare mule named Gip; one blue
mare mule; one 1 horse trap bug¬
gy and harness; one Talbot & Son
10 horse power engine and boil¬
er: one 40 saw Smith Gin, Feed¬
er and Condenser. Levied and
being sold as the property of J.
M Frederick, Sr. to satisfy a fifa
from Houston Superior Court,
returnable to April Term 1908,
f avor of Napier Bros, vs J. M.
| Frederick Sr. and W. L. Lewis,
! Secty. This 8th day of July 1908.
M. L. Cooper, Sheriff.
Public Sale of Land.
GEORGIA— Houston County.
Under and by virtue of the power
0 f sa ie contained in a deed to secure
debt given by H. O. Johnson to W. A.
1 Woodall on March first;, 1907, and re
| corded in Clerk s Office: of Houston
’ 5nd |by°virtue of a
of sale contained in a deed to
secU re debt given by H. O. Johnson to
a. D. Olds on March first, 1907 and
recorded in Book No. 10. Folio 21-23,
said A. D. Olds deed being given as
second lien to W. A. Woodall’s on said
property, the said W. A. Woodall and
A. D. Olds will sell on the first Tuesday
in August next, before the Couri
House door in Houston County, to the
highest bidder for cash, ’the following
property to-wit: “One town lot of land
with all improvements thereon situated
in the town of Byron, Ga. in Sixth Dis¬
trict of said County bounded as
follows: On North by Street leading
from Southwestern Railroad to school
house and Baptist Church; on East by
Street leading from school house to
Methodist Church; on South by lot
belonging to Mrs. M. E. Richardson: •
on West by right of way of South
weston Railroad, said lot containing in
all two acres more or less, and being
generally known as the A. D. Old’s
residence lot.
Thedeed to secure debt, given as a
first lien on said property to W. A.
Woodall was giv-n to secure the pay¬
ment of one certain promissory Thousand note
for the principal Dollars, sum bearing of One 8 cent
($1,000.00) date, with four per interest
interest from
coupons attached for $ 80.00 each, and
default having occurred in the pay¬
ment of the first interest coupons, the
entire indebtedness secured thereby, deed,
under the terms of said note and
is hereby declared due and payable. gi
The said second lien deed ven to
A. D. Olds was made to secure the
payment of seven promissory notes for
the the principal sum of Five Hundred
( 500 . 00 ) Dollars each, all of said notes
being now due and unpaid, and all
bearing 8 per cent interest from
date of execution, March first, 1907 -
The undesigned, W. A. Woodall and
A. D. Olds, as authorized by their
respective deeds to secure debts, will
execute J to the purchaser good and
sufficient fee simple titles to said tract
of land, and the proceeds of said sale
will be applied first to the payment of
said debt and interest and attorney’s all
fees due [said W. A. Woodall,
assessments and taxes, if any, with
interest! and all and any expenses of
this sale; then to the payment of said
debt and interest and attorney’s fees
due said A. D. Olds on his second lien,
and the remainder, if any, will be paid
to the said H O. Johnson, his heirs or
legal representatives, or to the pay¬
ment of any further liens, if any,
w thich [might- be entitled under the
law to receive said money.
W. A. Woodall.
A. D. Olds.
Robert B. Brown, Atty. at Law.
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