About The Millen news. (Millen, Jenkins County, Ga.) 1903-current | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1903)
I Superintendent Gus Tarver spent ■ "PliF'Stlß.V liZT*6. | Miss Eloise Brinson entertained I some of her many friends with a lawn ft. party 7 -Megiday night. Although it rained, the young people spent the I evening most pleasantly playing flinch. M Bad weather 'can’t dampen Miss j Eloise’s bright, charming spirit, and ; I. the lingering and laughing company I will ever remember the happy mo ments that so swiftly passed. Among I tV«e there were Misses Mittie Perry, I Mamie Toney, Mary Palmer. Jessie, I Emma and Mamie and Mrs. H. P. Myers, Clifford Parker, Annie Neal I , O’Conner, Messrs. W. YL Taylor, I Jehn Johnson, W. E. Cheatham, J. I .G. Eller son, J. H. Daniel, Jr., Hoyt I Brinson, L. M. Davis. I Rev. H. P. Myers is at Blooming- I dale this week assisting in a pro- I .racted meeting being held there. .'Z' ' V- ’, Z Mr. Charlton Hicks, of Savannah, spent Sunday in town. ( Miss Ward Parker is visiting in Waynesboro this week. ,' Miss Mag Hicks, from Savannah, is visiting Miss Ada Belcher this week. Mrs. F. 8. Cates spent last week With relatives in the city. Z Dr H. L Bell spent Wednesday In Atlanta. Z Judge Josiah Holland spent Tuesday K*. Waynesboro. Miss Ward Parker is to visit friends and relatives in Sylvania and Rocky- Ford soon. ’ Miss Cosey Eaves, a charming young lady of Wadley, is visiting Miss Carrie Hargroves. Mrs. R. B. Brinson returned home Monday after a visit to Sylvania. The many friends of Dr. J. W. Pat ‘ terson will regret to learn that he is seriously ill at Indian Springs. Mrs. C. V. DeLoach and Mrs. Daisy Simpson, are visiting in Statesboro mis week. / Miss Abbie Blount, of Waynesboro, is spending some time in Millen as the guest of Miss Florrie Parker. Dr. T. J. Belt was called to the sick bedside of nephew, Mr. Inman Belt, near Herndon, last Tuesday. The,News must and will wave a cor respondent in her territory at every office. We expect to pay a geed cor-1 I respondent handsomely, for such ser- i Now is the time to subscribe for '' ? ' f be.News while it is new. A beautiful ' atery wMte will be run in thdsd col umns is atone worth the price of sub scription. After this issue The News will carry Millen’s cotton and produce market reports and tne correct time table of the arrival and departure of eveir train. Z" Mr. George W. C. Lane, of Emma lane, was in town Tuesday. , The people of Millen are clamoring t for free rural mail routes. They Bseem to want to get near their coun try friends, which is right. I^' Mr. I. W. Gay, of Scarboro was here Tuesday and directed The News sent to him every week. Mr. B. L. Johnson, of Thrift, visited I us Tuesday and did likewise. Mr. John L. Gay, of Thrift, heads r the list for subscribers to The News. He goes down in history as the first subscriber. Ask Uncfe “Dock” Godbee about that wonderful invention (?) It beats fishing in water “waist deep.” Mr. Ira O. Parker returned Sunday s from Kentucky where he purchased a fine thoroughbred trotter. This will add another to Millen’s team of fast trotters. Our chief has some nice things qf Millen in short write up this week, but | unless the property holders back him | up, by letting loose some of their sur ; plus dirt, what will happen to him I when the home-seekers arrive? 1 I AH the combined newspapers in the Lr*world can't build the city without [ v ground to build upon. Now’s the time ’ for the citizens of Millen to organize 1 a land company. ’ Let us have the news. All you know, I hear, learn, see or can send us to. I F Mrs. Jos. Lanier and son. Benja-! I- a* Miss Annie Neal O'Connor, of Au gusta, is spending a few days In the city, guest of Mrs,'J. H. Daniel. I type. What have you? Trade or t; anything. Pu; an advertisement in The Millen News. More people will -ead It in | j Swainsboro. By Pat. "'- ■ \ COUNTY AND CITY DIRECTORY. Superior Court. B. D. Evans, Judge. B. T. Rawlins, Solicitor General. J. F. Price. Clerk. • • G. F. Flanders, Sheriff.' • Algie Curl, Deputy Sheriff. City Court. Hon. Frank Mitchell, Judge. Ephraim Price, Clerk. W. W. Larsen, Solicitor. County. John E. Youmas. Ordinary. John C. Coleman, Chairman. County Commissioners. N„ L. Gillis, Wm. Connally, D. H. Smith and E. D. Rountree. J. L. Mc- Lenn. Clerk County Commissioners. John W. Gillis, Tax Collector. John Thompson, Tax Receiver. J. D. Smith, Treasurer. J. P. Pughiy, Surveyor. E. Warren, County School Commis sioner. L Hon. R. J. Williams. President Board. * N. R Youmas, Rowan DttWlen, Joe A. Durden and W. J .Aarons, Commis sioners. City. Geo. Rentz, Mayor. 'J. A. Bell. Marshal. S. G. Williams, W. W. Larsen and J. F.' Sutton, Aidermen. Societies. F. &A. M.—H. L. Tolbert, W. M. K. of P.—J. E. Meadors, C. C. Churches. ''Rev. Bascomb Sentell, pastor M. E. Church. Services every Sunday. Rev. Barnes, pastor Baptist Church. Captain E. H. Thompson's Swains boro Guards are now encamped on the sand hills of Augusta. The army of Swainsboro may do some sort of service before seeing home again. One of the local paper’s force has gone off on an outing. He’s camp-ed out. New Law Firm.—Judge Alf Herring ton and Colonel Gus Lee, from Statesboro, have formed a partner ship for the practice of Jlaw In Swainsboro. Office in the court house, same room occupied by Judge Herrington ever since the building of the new courthouse. Colonel Lee will attend strictly to the office work. How ever he is none the less a brilliant courthouse attorney. He is strong be fore the jury and has already won many victories as an advocate. Mrs. Georgia Marsh md Mrs. Emma Thomas, of Waynesboro, are visiting Mrs. R. Ella Rountree, of Swainsboro. • Messrs. Larsen and Bell, of the For est and Blade, will begin the publi cation of a paper in Stillmore. News papers ategeiiing to be as common as railroad wrecks and lynchings. Mrs. George Rountree, of Oakfield, is visiting her mother in law. Mrs. H. M. Rountree, of tms city. Mrs. Judge H. R. Daniel is spend ing some time at the Capital City, while the judge himself is already there engaged in law making. , Senator R. J. Williams was down from Atlanta last Monday attending ordinary’s court. Bob is determined that politics shall not break up his professional d Hies. > Mrs. T P. -affold and little Ruth will visit, relatives in Savannah this week Sylvania Locals. By Lonesome Tony. Mrs. Aaron Silon, of Augusta, and Miss' Brilant. of Charleston, are visit ing Mrs. Wolf Silon. Mr. Benj. Waters and Miss Lena Heath were married here last Sunday. This wedding of these popular young people was- something of a surprise to their many friends. Quite, a number of cases are docket ed in city court for Monday. Miss Etta Lovett, of Hillis. Ga.. Is visiting Mrs. T. W. Oliver, this week. There is considerable talk nere of Judge E. K. Overstreet for solicitor general to succeed Hon. B. T. Rawl ings. Nothing definite can be said as yet, but should he consent to run, his host of friends and admirers will see that he lands in the office. HOLM EB-GH EESLING. 1 On the favored day of Wednesday, 3:30, in the evening July Ist. -at the residence of the bride's father, near Sparta, Ga., Dr. G. E, Holmes was married to Mrs. Annie Mae Gheesling. The ceremony was a Very quiet but beautiful one, having been performed by the groom’s father. Rev. T. J. Holmes. Only a few close friends and relatives were present and some of Spri- wns- best 'hile emy iual auty won many friends and admirers. She comes not unknown to Millen people I . ~ - J. . . - . « I ** . ** - .■ - m£ t LIKE VENICE ON STILTS IS NEW YORK SETTLEMENT I ..... | of Jamaica Bay; Jbd Tli . FeUcwship* — — ——l- — — . — —— Down by Jamaica bay. on the road to Rockaway, New York, there is a curious settlement of about three hun dred houses which stand high and dry on stilts on either side of the batjks of Haw Tree creek. The creek serves as a highway, speedway and boulevard to the aquatic population, who each year leave tne noisy city and join the col ony. Known as Ramblersville and with a summer population of about one thousand, which is augmented on Sundays by another thousand, this lit tle colony is without government, poli tics, police, churches or regulations of any sort Sav’s good will to each other. And it Is probably one of the happiest, and most harmonious communities in the" greater city. This novel community has been I yHj II “The Bridge of Sighs.” fourteen years in building and getting together. Gscar Rust was the pio neer. He planted a small fishing sta tion on the -creek, and now the name of the station appears on the railroad time table and trains stop at the little platform station on their way to and from Long Island City. Years ago the community grew up to the railroad track, where it was halted. Now the place can only grow one way and that is down the creek toward the bay, and the tail end of the village Is now be ing lengthened by the erection of a dozen or more new houses. Building regulations are unknown along the creek and no regular style of architecture was attempted. In stead, the conglomeration of boat houses, fishing clubs and summer homes are thrown together in happy confusion. Viewed from a distance it seems as if the entlrfe three hundred houses were thrown out along either side of the creek in hit or miss fash ion. But all the houses are built for comfort. They are watertight, will weather the showers of summer and btoak Rtornw of winter. Every, place is equipped with a camping out fit of beds, cooking utensils and othe nbcessary articles, so that when the season opens hundreds of women and children take up their abodes in the apparently rickety buildings, content-, ed and happy, and settle down to spend the summer. Many of the houses are owned by two or more fam ilies and they either take turns week about of staying at Ramblersville or they‘all find accommodations within the narrow limits. It speaks Well for the community that the families thus bunking together are just as good friends at the closing as they were at the opening pf the season. In the fall they leave their summer homes with regret and eagerly look forward to a reunion in the coming year. Just now Ramblersville is undergo ing the usual spring overhauling. Most of this work is done on Sundays by the owners, who are occupied with i /l \ 11 \ ’ * Uh Typical Architecture. ' ' their business or work during the ! week. Families are already beginning ■ to take up their abode in the deserted 1 houses and the creek is resounding ■ with the soft voices of women and - shouts of childish laughter. High tide from the bay sweeps the salt meadows on which this quaint cluster of houses stands. Waters i surge back and forth under the floors, • lapping the piles. When the tide re . cedes it leaves a field of wet meadow , grass and soft ooze, so that at low , tide all eommunicaUon from one house ; narrow, raised footwalks that zigzag •| th^pS^ 0 Instep of lockin?Xir ; | a^StXoTneighbor™^ ts^^ are free iom intrusion, at least by land. ’ On the *-ater it is different. Worn en and e^en children go calling in ' . boats, at, -which there are several , ' fleets of Hg and little crowding both banks of the creek. What is more, the w®nm handle the boats them i 1 selves. * Pushing off from the banks 1 of the cieek, they bend to the oars 1 like professionals. Even little chil-, dren pec.ime experts in handling a boat, an< as everybody at Ramblers vllle ein swim, at high tide the nar- ‘ row creel is alive with a happy’ crowd of women ahd children. They roll : •out Os thsir homes right Into the fresh ’ salt ' rater and splash about until the . • tide begins to fall. A drowning acci dent along the creek has yet to be ! recorded Spanning the creek at a nar- j row point Is a home-made drawbridge, which Is swung to and fro’ in opening something like a door. This bridge, which is built of driftwood, is about four feet wide and will just admit of the passage of two persons, not over stout, going in opposite directions. Ernest Gertlinger, an aged German ( and a veteran of several wars, is the 1 bridge-tender. He is kr-own as the “Mayot m Ramblersville,” and bls . word or4matters pertaining to naviga-' tion of creek and bridge etiquette 1 is law. . • Mayor ’ fiertlinger is one of the at tractions and fixtures of Ramblers- - ville. Byway of collecting toll he has ; a cash box posted on the bridge and j passengers going to and fro make ; whatever contribution they jleslre. On s opening Jiis box following a busy Sun day last Rummer the mayor found that . somebody had perpetrated a joke by ’ placing several Brooklyn bridge tickets , 1 in the box The mayor considered this j . a Slight on his bridge and gave the i colony fan warning the next Sunday : that if any attempt Was made to re- I peat the slight he would maroon the . crowd on the opposite shore at train 1 _ 1 I I 1 11^- -11 1 wIIF I wll II - ’ Just a Sunday Outing Party. ’ time by keeping his bridge open. Since ' then no further tricks have been at ’ tempted on his honor. ‘ Fanciful names are painted on dis . ferent houses. The Alhambra Is a modest one-story structure. Then J there is the Silver King,. Fairmount, Ramblersville, Frolics and the home of the Ikey Boat Builders. “Pop’s Home” is where the mayor resides, 1 and He is surrounded by the Trilby 1 Boat club, the Meadow View, the Ten ny Bqat chib, Live Oak, Richmipd, Fuchs^pau, Jack’s House, lolanthe, the ' Lone Star Boat club, Jolly Boys, Live s Oak, Viola, Savoy, Atlas, Uncle Sam 1 and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The principal families which make up the e^my are residents of Brook lyn, although not a few come from Manhattan. Recently, through a decision of the courts, the greater city came into pos session of the entire section of Jamal ca Hay formerly owned by the old town of Jamaica. This section has an fmmdiise water front, fine waterways and small islands. By proper dredg ing irithin a few years tne greater ci^igUthprities can build in the bay | a Venice which will prove ope of the wotMiers Os New York. At present there are many fishing colonies scat tered in and along the bay, but for quaintness and real outdoor enjoy ment Ramblersville leads them all.— New York Bun. — Temper Sign Boards. In a Japanese temple there is fixed a wooden frame filled in with nails. When a man is vexed with anyone, in j stead of going to harm the person he pays the priest e certain sum at money for a nail and drives it into the frame. In this way he relieves his tdmS®r without doing much harm. It ? would be* a good idea to have similar I 5 'fames fixed up in places here, ec 1 that when little boys and girls were in » dined to be a trifle naughty they 1 could tike nome nails and hammer I them into these frames till all the bad 11 totoper disappeared. I Must U»e Home Products. ’ | Recently issued instructions pre , i-scribe that, in the garrison kitchens , and canteens of the German army, , । bom? produce only shall be, so far a? . possible, used. American lard and fat r | ti. X L." U<3c VJ- LVJ '[ ! ’ 1 ! - - •«> • ' 1 British Antarctic Expedition Now Holds Crte Honor. The furthest point south ever rosated by man is latitude 82.17. longitude 163 west, only 250 miles fur-, ther from the South Pole than Nan sen’s furthest point was from the Jorth Pole. This point was reached last winter by the exploring party on the British Antarctic ship Discovery. News of this Important achieve ment has reached England through the relief ship Morning, which found the Discovery in McMurdo Bay, Vic toria Land, on January 23. The Morning returned to Lyttelton, New Zealand, whence the news was sent out. The Discovery left Littelton about Christmas, 1901. She made Cape Adair on January 9, and thence skirt ed along the edge of the great ice barrier which runs eastward from Cape Crozier as far as longitude 152.30, where an extensive glaciated lend 'with lofty peaks was discovered. Returning westward, good winter quarters were found near Mounts Ere bus and Terror, and the ship was frozen in on March 24. When winter had passed sledging began on Sep tember 2, 1902, and a number of sledge journeys were undertaken in various directions, the most import ant being made by Commander Scott, Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Shackleton, who traveled south until they reached latitude 82.17 and longitude 163 west, and established a world’s record for the furthest point south. The trip was made under very try ing conditions, and the party had to drag the sledges back to the ship, all the dogs having died on the out- \ W W J i vv \ / I i Jr/ | ^***^*^l*^ ’ } lU-4TTU H-u. WnSW i ward journey. Lieut. Shackleton burst a blood-vessel in one of his lungs, and almost died from exposure. He re turned on board the Morning. SHE MAILED HER TEETH. 4 Embarrassing Position In Which El derly Lady was Placed. A lady advanced in years stood patiently though nervously for more than tjj hour at the corner of Seven teenth itueet and Monumental ave nue the other' ta,';. It was apparent that she was In very much of a di -lemmn, and ,was waiting Ser someone to relieve her embarrassment. Her patience was Anally rewarded. It was the postman whose arrival she had ; been anticipating, but neither to give nor receive mail was the object of he? wait Instead she embarrassing ly explained to him that she had hur ried to the box' to mail a letter, and just as the deposit was about to be made she sneezed violently, dislocat ing her false teeth, which, catching in the same hand that held the letter, in her agitated absent-mindedness she placed in the postbox by mistake. The postman returned her lost molars and told her it was not unusual to find I many odd things deposited in this way, which somewhat relieved the mind of the old lady, who, replacing her teeth in position and thanking the carrier, hurried to her nearby home.—Philadelphia Press. TURNIP HAS HUMAN SHAPE. Peculiar Formation of Plant Grown Many Centuries Ago, This turnip, bearing a rude re semblance to a human face and form, grew as far back as 1628, In a garden in the village of Weidan, near Bonn, in Germany, and for the illustration we are indebted to a curious old book. The leaves simulate hair standing up, or the head feathers of ladies in court costume. On the round part of the root were fantastic imitations •of I nose, eyes, and month; and by a very ’ slight stretch of the imagination the entwined tap roots might bo taken as the queerly shaped and disposed limbs of a seated female specimen of some stunted and mummified variety of the genus homo. He Punished Her. Brown went to Scotland for his hol idays last summer, and, wishing to let a friend know of his safe arrival, he entered a sub-postoffice and in quired if .he could send a telegram di rect to London, and how long it would take. The young lady, who was in clined to be snubbtsh, cut short his in quiries with: “I am not paid to an- I swer silly questions.” Imagine his feelings, however, when she found herself compelled to wire the follow ing: “Arrived safe. Girls here ugly and bad 9f I in Soa4 “ ■ | rq’| I "V—Sir «I «•»*. «a b ~ ■ ^mbiSon a » circle toea nm. ' ■ *“ Fecb baprne to tto leeding piece asr fisd. ■ Sect beCkirard gtana «Siow« bio tto wiaaiag one: ■ Each forward ksk.teße him to k behind ■ He qnefia betiaace the red wise tA r.cceee, ■ And then aside he casts the empty ogh- B Another TOond. end in his eagerness That which h^flang away to woold kto apt ^mbitioo is a circle where Etch fancying MmeeH inav bold the fmrt" A nee with prised guerdon new wm; I Where no me is contented with hie meed: K Where men go, suieing ceuelessiy, tto round. K And think al lest their effort! arc oomptete. B When, following, they bear the warning aomd— B Tto failing o< a nearing rival’a feet ■ W'S BARABBAS A PUBLISHER?! x ■ Incident That Recalls Jest of George ■ Augustus Sala. ■ The recent news of the arrest at ■ , Budapest cf a notorious gang ofß thieves, whose chief turned Out to beH a publisher, recalls the story of George B Augustus Sala’s presenting a Bibleß to a certain London publisher whoH bad handled some of his books. saysH Harper’s Weekly. The publisher was® at a loss to understand*just why heH should have been singled out for this® peculiar gift, until some t|me after he® discovered a slight change in the® wording cf John jtviii.. 40, where the® phrase, “Now, Barabbas was a. rob ® her,” was made to read "Barabbas® was r pubdsher.” When Miss Cor-H Uli's Barabbas” appeared with the® text.g|^he title page a fevitwer.® words in his review, evi-® ^®9PKBKMi’'rily written, received® R'ith the amazing state-® ■ was a ratter.” Cor-® >t wise t<, the reWW throucn to a finish in printfl and asked tor another proof. Eithefl the prcctreader was not. given ufl ’searching the Scriptures, or his zeal® for truth led him to overconscientious- B news, for the writer his cor- B rectfon gar!led to r ^^^tHßarcbL as V was a rott< r ' 3HFI CURIOUS FREAK OF NATURE. J Ootible Catfish Captured on N^rt- I Carolina Shore. °| The -acc&toP&BytiiK cut iota I tion represents a I many yea-aXto tojflk SilA-esffi. an ,1 captured alive in a shrimp net at the mouth of Cape Fear river, North. Car oline. It took the form of two com plete bodies, joining at the breast, Siamese twins fashion, the point ot i union being marked with a dark streak. Between the viscera of the fishes there was no connection at all, but the joining integument was hol low and flexible, and the two could swim easily together. The bigger of the oddly united couple seems to have had the start of the other in the battle of life, and to have annexed the lion’s share of the good things which tell to their joint lot. An Ominoua Phrase. “I hope you will excuse what may seem to you to be a liberty,” said the young man. “Certainly,” replied the merchant, “I am sure that you will not presume on your position as a trusted em ploye ” "It is just that that I desire to men tion.’ 1 heard you speaking of me to one of your friends the other day as a ‘trusted employe,’ and I wanted to Ask you as a sp'ecial favor to call me something else. After all that has been happening I can’t help feeling that it causes me to be regarded with < suspicion which I do not deserve.”— New York Times. What the White House Is. To the American people the white house represents the personality of the president of the United States. To the politician the magic words may stand for the goal of an ambition too « often associated with the deepest and most poignant disappointment, while to the historian the name may typify decisions that have marked epochs in the affairs of nations. In the mind ol the people, however, the- official ctaFA Meter of the building has always been Bubsidlnate to its domestic uses. Pop. ularly speaking, the white-house is the place not where the president wwks, but where he entertains.—Charles Moore in Century. To Warm Railroad Cars. A new system of warming the p**?- enger compartments en an English railway is being tried. It consists & oyus argea wita eaemlcals.
