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TOWN TALK.
"NilAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAF¬
ERS FIND TO TALK ABOUT. '
■ Short Paragraphs of Interest Pertaining Ic
Persons and Things Pithed up on our Street
Corners and Pensively Penned.
.. Bees swarming.
.. Chopping cotton.
.. Corn looking well.
Needing another shower.
..Fry-size chickens ripening.
...Some not yet through - plantidg. -
...Flower yards simply
.. Ain’t these nights just too
ly.
. .Strawberries are the popular
sert now.
...Uncle Jerry Foddrill improves
"very slow.
.. Englislr peas and Irish potatoes
plentiful.
. .Summer seems to have set in
in earnest.
. .Dr. Billups now makes his daily
trips to Athens.
toai^tL 1 ” moki "S auo,h
..Our town is right lively
Saturday eveinnga
EeV J. V. M. Morris. “
.. Mr. Davis opened his school un¬
der flattering prospects.
...We now re.-ort to the usual
editor’s chronic begging.
...The picnic last Saturday was
•certainly a grand success(7).
. .Tax-Receiver Anderson has been
at home most of this week.
.. We are glad to see Dr. Billups
so much improved in health.
...See notice of executors sale
J. M. Veal in another.column.
..Our mail schedule has
changed back to evening again.
..Prof. Davis is promised
more scholars Monday morning.
.. The sound of the old school be 1
re-calls many a pleasant incident.
...No Ordinary’s one from the,country attend¬
ed court last Monday.
..We will give after our readers while. more
reading mattef a little *
. .Advertising is as essential dur¬
ing the summer as any other time.
..Mrs 0. F. Johnston has the
prettiest snap beans we have seen. -
. .Farmerssay they are needing a
little rain to make*cotton come up.
..Miss Laura Wilson reports an
iexcellent time on her visit to Macon,
.. Sonic pretty weather for fishing done.
■.this week but not miich of it
...We return thanks to our cor¬
respondents far their efficient help
. .That serious trouble we spoke of
: some time ago has not come to light
yet. ...Mr. S. 0. Hutcheson is having
an awning put to the front of his
Store.
..Those large water oaks on
square are the prettiest trees
town.
.. We manifested are glad to see so much m
terest in Yhc
school.
.-Wonder what the
done about Barnetts bridge .-last
Tuesday.
.. Our Sheriff and Ordinary
had easy days of it last Monday
Tuesday.
..We think the prospects for a
bridge at Barnetts right away are
very good.
...We are very glad to see Miss
Annie Lyle so much improved as to
be out again.
.. Try a package of Rush’s Horse
and Cattle Powders if you stock fat
and healthy.
..We hope 0 «r
11 not forget US during the
nmer days.
...Don’t bad^through forget that we will
monuy sw ,ho
as any other lime.
.. Several fishers spent last
.,o,d,,v without upon much .he luck. Oeone.
..Rev. Mr. Seay preached a right
interesting sermon at the Methodist
church last Sunday.
..Mi. nr \tr W. u B. Langford t ri- is
for one of the best combination
stocks we ever saw.
.. Dr. Jno. Crawford, of Athens,
visited ... little , last , ,
our town
Come again, Doctor. |
...Since our Tax-Receiver has!
Blossom” been on stands his rounds idle. the “Pansy! f
. .Ed Hands, after a lengthy stay
among the mountains, returned
home last Wednesday.
. .Mr. II. S. Anderson has secured
ius which quite a number of new names, for
we are thankful.
• .Miss Moilta Durham visited
Athens _ several days last week, re¬
turning home Saturday.
. .Since last Sunday night Mr. O.
C. Daniel has been as happy as a big
sun-flower. It’s a fine boy.
furni'ure ..Edge, Dorsey & Co., Athens,
makers and undertakers,
have , I„ll and congfa. ,«t.
•. lhe blight smiles of two of our
young ladies cheered ns in our
sanctum ast ^ uesday evening,
..We had a sweet serenade from
a < ^ staTICC hist Tuesday night, by
sweet warblers of eventide.
...Several more hands passed
day through their here last Sunday mid Tues¬
on way to the railroad.
..You can got your garden seed
,at Rush A Go's., drug store at
cen « a dozen. Call and see them.
...We are glad to say that Mrs. Ii
Jack sen has about entirely recov
ered -from her recent severe illness.
..We hope ,hat troabl.
«,H. A. CwJ* Son
o o7^L7of U1« list oi iS’poSn.'l'ht land posters this week
...lhe rpt reading v club , . propose , .
an entertainment next Monday
hut we can’t say whether they will
ot.
...Mr Sam Harris is buying n (
[sheep will to take <o the mountains.
go into the sheep raising busi
ess'
. .That safe of T. & R. Booth
, s is . a Herring . patent instead
a Mosler, bahman, as we had it
..Chicken thieves . have
ra ^ s ^ r * Boh Washburn
0 ^ sevea ^ ne hens one night
..One more month and the
house contract will be let. when
hope to see work commence upon 1
at once
. .We regret to note that Mrs.
A. Wilson has been quite sick for
era! weeks past and is but slowly im¬
proving.
..Prof. R. T. Durham, with
erai of his scholars from Flat
gave evening. us a pleasant call last
..We are very sorry that
trouble has been brewing
some of our citizens over a little
nancial affair.
.. J. W. Reaves felt so good
die birib of liis fine boy that be
extravagant and had his store
washed outside.
...There was a pleasant picnic
the old pulp mills, about three
from hove, last Saturday. But
went from here.
..Wouldn’t it be better for
to set a certain
the consideration-of the bids
he court house.
. .We see from the
that a project is on foot in
to-extend the N. E. li. It.
0 *^ e > Tenn.
. .Messis. Claunde Bishop
John Stovall, two excellent
111011 from near High Shoals,
0Ul ''t°wn last Sunday.
. .Pi of. Ii. I. Durham keeps
young walking men supplied w ltk dude
ory canes. He
some very pretty ones.
..Call on Edge, Dorsey &
Alliens, who have {lie largest
best wlecfed stock of furniture in
state at prices to suit all.
xr r c T„,l,rp Wikon A
spending Ws* this week with F-niniimtfoi her
j’ Tim Price y of 1
j , . v
...Mr. John Ivnott, wuli his
au ® 1 1 ‘®° 1 1,1,110 ') n<
^
®
..Miss Beatrice Booth, n , we are
, , . , . .
may cause lier to entirely
recover.
, ...Mr. Fielding Dillard and wife,
j Oglethorpe, spent . a day , or two
t le f;j. s p 0 f t j, c W eck with their
( i. UH?httr Mrg j. y. M. Morris, of
.
. .Rev. L. W. Dk’wns preached an
sormpn at the Me hodist
church Inst Sunday night. He is a
splendid preacher and we are glad to
know he will preach for us every first
Sunday night.
Successful Fishing.
We are told that fishing at -tskull
has been very profitable th's season.
traps and other modes they have
tfver a thousand pounds this season;
are still catching them.
* The FirstT
Mrs. Dr. Billups iB the first we hear of
having Irish potatoes from their garden this
year. She gathered a nice mess of them
from her garden on Thursday of last week.
of them were as large as guinea eggs.
She atoo has English peas plentifully.
Lookine- FWiv
Mr. H. E .».
that in his rounds over the county he finds
that wheat and oats were-never looking teet
ter. We for one am glad 'to hear this, and
do sincerely hope that no disaster will be¬
fall it and that we will have an abundant
harvest this year, for the first in several.
The First to Chop.
The first we have heard of, and we
about the first in the county to
chopping cotton was Mr. J. C. Matey,
who laves only a few miles from town.
has been chopping-more than a week,
we presume is nearly over by now. Mr.
Maxey is a hard working young man and a
model farmer.
A ~y- Prodiga l.
WS„„d w ..»ia g
f ' M
more than a week before. He
not . lus .. ...... but said hi» parents
g'^e liivnie,
Madison county and that he was .return
as did the Prodigal of old.
No PiGnic.
We guess our readers will begin to
alter awhile that we are a regular
if we don’t stop fooling them about
We can’t blame them much, but we will
the fault was.not ia us. The last
0 t, e a certainty up till a day or two
whec fromtome my8terious cause
to “be er b9.” Themext time we tey pic
may bet there will be some gum
it.
Commissioners Court.
^ e Mnmandi “S heaJs of oul '
m . la8t Tl
regU 5esslon
>ent . , , he regl,la , mi,,e ot
’ r r °
The usual amount oi t orders wert
passed and the petition for a new road
They took some action
an object of charity near Hodges
but we did not hear what
they made.
Our Authorized Agent.
Mr. H. S. Anderson has kindly
services as our agent on his rounds
Tax-Receiver, for which we return
and hereby give him authority to receip
,or a 1 subscri P tlons . faot| i new and old, and
we ^°P e Y° u wiI * see b * ul in our interest
when he is at your precinct or in your
neighborhood and let him give you a receipt
for the Enterprise at least one year.
Don’t fail to see him.
.An Industrious Old Lady.
Mrs. L. W. Branch, who lives in our town
now eighty-seven years old and is quite
industrious yet. She came to
,own t0 live with Mrs. 0. F. Johnson on the
Stb day of December last, and up to thi
, - late sbe lias knit seven pairs of gloves,
of socks, and eleven pairs of
8he ,eaT0S f or Atlanta in a few days to visit
lier daughter, Mrs. Dr. Richardson,
Quite a Compliment.
While in Athens last Saturday we heard
man saying, who had traveled front
to Athens through the country and
in „ way t0 notice c i 0St .j y . t ] )at Oconee coun
was the garden spot of Middle Georgia.
into consideration that Georgia is-the
:4nnel . sta t e 0 f the South, and Middle Georg a
most choice portion of the State.we take
as quite a compliment. Nevertheless it
s true.
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f . ^ llght Breakdown.
1
r St , ues ay as i!essrs K K
- - -
and J - R ’ Crane wereou thei *'way to
k ‘ USTi lle they lmppene ' i ,0 the accident 0,
l,reakin . b' one of the sprmgs to their
was taken to the shop of W. J». Lang
aud mended and they started on iheir
lrip all whol0j but before th
town the same spriug **Mte in three
«v « «
wait to have it mended but went on as it
wa . B the y got home all «fc.
Off to the Railroad.
Mr. T. C . Hampton, of the firm of
k Crawford, Athene, hss eold
interest iu this firm and is now en
upon the A. & M. railroad. Mr
Wehb, dbrmorly of this firm, bouglit his
Both Messrs. Crawford and
Webb ate excellent gcutlomon and we ask
our readers to always sec them when they
any can dies of any kind. They
it themselves and always have it
Forty of Mr. Hampton's hands
passed through here on their way to the
one day last reak.
GRAIN CRADLES,
BLOOD'S GRAffi and GRASS BLADES
CRADLE FINGERS,
FLEMING & Sens, » m *■ * Athens, Ga,
COR RESPOI'fiDENTS,
COUNTY LOCALIZED BY
TIONS.
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Neusvnd Happenings cf‘Interest.from
ent Parts ofthe'Countg as Taker. Down
Sent in by'Our Special Correspondents
OAK GROVE
DIXIE.
—r-l-,*,
,,, Mr. J. , ,, M. Stovall ,, paid ., Greenwood _ , a „
visit last Sunday.
A few B1 °™ warm days aad farmers
Mrs. W. P. Fulliiove was badly hooked
a no-horned cow one day last week,
Miss Minnie Eider and Claude Fuliilove
a few days last week at this place.
Mr. W. Y. Elder has one of the grandest
P lo * s " e lia,re seen in the shape of a culti
Talor '
Mrs. M. A. Elder has returned home from
an extended visit to friends and relatives
in Athens.
Our handsome little friend Tommie Ful
i ’° ve received a severe kick from a horse
D.^EUer says be'wilUoonte
enough to go to see the girls again.
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FLAT ROC*:.
STRAGGLER.
Farmers plowing this week.
The wind blew down lots of
^
Iiow ceuld anybody sow cotton seed last ,
Thursday and Friday.
,, Mrs. t>. B. Wray „ . visiting .... , her . ,
is
Krs - B - P - Gregory, this week.
Mr. Editor, is it not curious why some
people will try to have their way ?
Our f urme.'s arc complaining very
about their wheat being no acouut.
Mr. Charlie Willoughby pe ; d this neigh
borhood a f-ying visit last Saturday.
Rev. ,T. V. M. Morris preached two very
interesting sermons at Johnson’s last Satur¬
day and Sunday
We hear of some girls who ore fixing
the picnic at Barnett’s bridge on the 14th
May. This is very soon.
We would be glad if some one would
up a^ame of base ball. OH Big Springs
can play three times and beat any nine
the comity.
We bear of some boys who have got
brave. They took a man's daughters
s, a rteJ t0 a Certaia place, but to iheir
51 ise ' le °P eue ^ t “ t Gate.
Mr. WillMaxey gave an entertainment
his residence last tSatnrday night. 'Hie
enjoyed *
oasion was much by all present
If you want to hear some good music go
WKl’s.
We stated in onr dots some weeks
that the girls of Flat Rock had more
every Sunday than they couid manage,
the most of them were scrubs. Seme
taken exceptions at it It is like so a Jones
says, if you halloa somebody's dog is hit.
CROSS ROADS.
fox.
ijKmtnei-has J „ eedlng f““ . set. T'“- m at ,, last. ,
Ask A’die Bishop what his motion is.
Allie Winn is -chopping cotton this week
Didn't (he wind blow, though, last
Mr. J. \Y- Davenport has a two-story
bl *gSY
If no disaster befalls the wheat we can
eit cake bread next year.
^ hat has become of ‘’nrohe, “hrank
‘^ost.’> Would like to hear
... .. . . ..
,
Suudav.
Mr. and Sunday Mrs. B. S. Thompson wturned
home last from a visit to relatives
in Walton county.
We were glad to see our friend John
Middlebrooks out at Buys Sunday walking
under a white derby.
Some farmers are complaining of
of cotton while others say they
for two stands.
The Hide corn that was cheeked by
lias shaken the dust from its blades
has at. last taken a start to grow.
John Biggs gays if you want to keep fat
mules and horses amt net plenty of milk
butter, raise plenty ot rye to feed. He
it is corn, foddsr, oats and rye, too.
We learn that ottr young friend,
was so high that his girl couldn't
ln it Without the aid of a ladder, has swap¬
ped it for a lower one to save the trouble
of carr y> n g a ladder.
VYe accepted the invitation of a friend to
preaching last at Rays, near High
Sunday, and was rewarded
MaVch'mam^SK Marchman Is awaadml'
a good preacher,
FARMINGTON.
hope.
Mrs. Tom Middlebrook, who has been
quite ill, is better.
Mr. Sanford 'Williamson has returned
from Washington.
Mrs. J. H. Middlebrooks, we are glad to
say, is convalescent.
Mrs. G George Anderson . . is . again . troubled
bleeding at the no«e
Mrs. J. V. Price has teen seriously ill.
to say thjt she i- much bette
Our successful .physician, Dr. Hester,
been in our midst for some time minis
to the sick.
Miss Minnie Middlebrook left for Atlanta
Monday to visit her aunt. Mrs. Winship,
and other friends. Hope she will have a
pleasatt visit and safe return.
We think this about the s*xth or seventh
this month that John Middlebrook baa
to see (so he says) Jack Jackson, but
we must think some young iady is the
attraction.
things wanted.
A goed rain to bring tbe cotton
up.
We want everybod to be friends and not
enemies.
The next generation to help build the
[court house.
four do! , ars extra added to the poll tax
pay the interest on the county bonds. #
’
we > l ve ., to . . * cce U^ »
r , fa..n r and know tnat , we have had n
or intention to wound anybody.
Want it said of our little paper that it k
four pages of solid truth. We want it to
contend for truth, honesty and wholesale
Our coi respondents to write farts and
mortify tbe subscribers by paying
trulb oil' in falsehoods when they nay'fo;
ie -
Schemes Started.
There have been schemes started which
were to illuminate the world, but not a spark
remains. How is it about Athens’Citv
Clock with its illuminated Dili* Goto
S! . iff . jewelw , for the best spectacles *
made, , anything want in the jewel*
ana you
ry line.
Lemonade at Barnett’s.
I hereby notify the public that I will fur-.
Difh 5 «nonade at Barnett’s bridge on the
I4tii. cool and nice. Remember the time
be on band with vour nickles.
Yery respec.-fully,
David Oseokn.
The First Quarter.
With th's issue expires the first quarter
the publication of the Enterprise ar, l
we have been lenient with our sttbscrib*
in the beginning we hope those who
not already done so will show their
of the favor by coming prompi
up and paving all tviok dues and also re
turn onr confidence by renewing in advance
fur the y -,r. T’ae dull -season of summer
wiU S0P!1 «P°“ «« wh 'n « e will need el
the f * sb we can K® 1 to o*rry on our business.
' Vc vou th!s "eck. all wi.ose time*
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expire this month, with a cross mark eppo
site tout name, which we hope you will
note and consivie^ favorabhv. We thank vo”
such libera! patronage in the past a..d
only ask for a continuance of the same in
CRAWFORDS tCZEMA 7 riyu uiacl. WA SH
Will CURE
Eczema, M, Scaldhead, Tetter,
And all Eruptive. Scaly and Itchy Humors
of ^ Gte ssin. Young children often, in
so
weather, livable with the afflictions
relieved by one application. Free from
and Grease, and wilt not stain the skin
nr clothing.
Jno. Crawford & Co.,
Droprietors and manufacturers.
Athens, Ga.
For sale by all Dealers,
sale at S. O. Hutcheson's Watkinsvilte.