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Wayne County News.
51. II. JOHNSON, Kditok,
m L* BENNETT, Manager.
Official Organ of Wayne County.
Subscription $1.00 A Year in Advance.
JESUP, GA. JULY, 18, 1902.
Can-we attribute ull tue sickness
.around town to the exces ive hot
yeather?
The statement of the Jesup
Banking Company is said to be the
roost flatteringoiiejever made by a
bank which has been in operation
*o short a time.
Tho mercury hqs been peeping
into the 103 point on the the
mometers of thi» section, and some
of the hottest weather ever known
jo this section has been our portion
this season. *
The finishing material for the
now school building has been
placed on treground and work will
be completed shortly. The build¬
ing will be one of the handsomest
id South Georgia, and {would be a
credit to a much larger city than
Jesup.
The city authorities are taking
great pains with the sanitary con¬
dition of the city these days. A
strict house to house iespeetion has
been inauguifeted and will be kept
upfuntil cooler weather sets in.—
Tennille News.
We do not mean fosayjthat the
sanitary condition of Jesup is so
bid, but we believe upon close in¬
spection it would be seen that it is
UOt what it should be. It is not a
usual thing for Jesup to have a cage
of typhoid fever once a y«»r but
there half lieen several oaken re¬
ported this year. The sanitary
condition of the jail is said to be
very bud and is thought to be tho
origin of the cases of fever in thut
vicinity. IVe pride ourselves in
believing Jesup is one of the
healthiest towns in the state, and
ws ask for t he good of the town thfft
avery close inspection of the san¬
itary condition be made.
F«tt«alB|c Cock«*r«U.
Separate ibrro early from the pullets
and give them the range of n larj*e yard
and clean, nlry quarters. Ground bar¬
ley oi eats, with ouo-thlrd cornmeal
mixed with sklmmllk, makes a
splendid jrowing and fattening food.
Two weeka before killing pen them up
and feed on corn and cornmeal. Give
pure, freah water and keep before them
p.box of sharp grit.
Rotation of I’otnto Crop*.
Once for all tbe continuous growing
of potatoes without crop rotation Is not
to he recommended, as a rule, but there
way be exceptions, says Alva Agee In
National Stockman. It may do In
awaoip lands and la new soil for a few
jears, but on old lands where soil fer¬
tility is the big question a good short
rotation ia decidedly the best for both
soil and crops.
The chaneeabte Gown.
A German professor who lived at the
court of the Duke of Brunswick was
fond or astounding his patron with
chemical tricks. One day he appeared
at dinner in a long white gown and sat
chatting as though that were his usual
dress. rrcaemly tt was noticed that,1.1s
odd costume was taking on color.
It turned to faint rose, then to a deeper
ehade, then to pink, until finally,
dinner was over, ihe-prafMaor walked
out In a robe of dark red. He did not
like to betray bis chemical secrets, but
abotUer chemist :at the court went into
along series of experiments on his own
account ami at length found out how
the trick could be done. When limewa
ter Is poured on theijuleo of the com
men t>ect, it tileaeh.es It, and* when
white cloth Is washed lu the compound
it leaves no more trace than water. But
In a few hours after the cloth has dried
it Trill become as red as the beet itself.
Onr'i Will.
pee 4 Uy * little w»vr—indeed, he wrsr't neu^htr.
Though the others tried to hush »I>d keep him
i*id, ‘ Voe mustn’t think, my comrades, thit I'm
quarrelsome or U«ujht>,
But 1 wint to l<€ a xauthow. and f will!*’
*> --hr «un ci me *iDin« ft, dir, »nJ the »iaj
Aad the little w*xo leepeS up to catch tha
!o»<l ulf • clorioui minute, with only fuiuhla#
ttt it.
Hr in seven co!*»rs on the
* -'Zg? Tm * ,Mk “• hlriU -
Vbild the stums ocly pesce &cd pletsure ertte,
JU*d w’er the humdrum w.-rk your be*ry b**d is
droopiag. watai. .
Hat thiak too of that raishow aa< that
L * jtawtat' Prescott S; .>fford it 6t. Nicholas
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MR. HARPER’S REPLY
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To Uncle' Ben’s article in the
VVljefi S°^ Uly m \ -
Mr. Editor: l'niiWly replied
to Uncle Ben’s cowardly and un
called for attackr on fiie through
his paper, I thought he would take
the hint,and stop, hut instead pf
its having the desired . effect,
made him imitate Mount Pelee—
explode and .send . forth hot mud
and slime in every direction. I
have noticed for some time that
he has been growing larger and
larger around the place where the
waist ought to be, but didn’t
think he was-fixing for an explos¬
ion, yet, it is not to he wandered
at, if we consider hie disgrunted
position. When he moved to Way¬
ne County he imagined the people
would think him a very great man
and would soon tender him an of¬
fice, pretending to be Democrat,
he thus waited untfl Populism got
a little foothold in the county, he
then picks up one foot and places
it on the back of the Populist par¬
ty, leaving the other on the buck
of the Democratic party. Now he
thinks maybe, if one side don’t
give me an office, the other side
will. He thus rode until the two
parties got so wide apart that he
could not reach them both with his
short legs, so lie had to fall, and
in the fall he tumbled into the
Populist Party. He - got up, brush¬
ed his hat, looked around and sol¬
iloquized thus, “Now I see where
I am in" the fight, I um th§ smart¬
est man in this party, and I know
I can now get a fat office, Bovs
nominate me for Comptroller Gen¬
eral.” After the election was over
and the result announced, he had
so few votes that he didn’t Know
he was in the race. When the next
race came on, he says, Boys nom¬
inate me Congresartian, where the
eleventh congressional district can
only be allowed to' vote, and you
k’tfow there arb'lots Of niggers liv¬
ing in the district ntsd you Pops
and I will 'hitike «s inkny political,
bedfellows wlth them as possible.
Just tell them, that tile BopulUt
Party are contend jpg. for. their
.qqual jigbjtg wjth. ,t>, < h>*.
vite them t.n pur secret meetings
and do all you . oop to., disgust
them with . the Democrats/- We
must have a password for,.secret
meetings and no one allowed in
ihe meetings unless tl\ey caty, give
the counter sign which must be the
word, Papo, Republican. Now,
brother Pops you know we can
lead the nigger anywhere with
that word. You know they are a
good deal likens in one respect,
that is they like secret meetings,
and I will attend their secret meet¬
ings in other counties and pass the
countersign around, so we can all
know each other without letting
the durned Democrats know any¬
thing about it, and when the elect¬
ion comes we will beat ’em so bad
they will wonder how it happened.”
T In course of c .. time r- Uncle i r> Ben pu's . :
:
on his two in hand tie mid beaver
hat and goes to attend a colored
, brother ., , secret . meeting at ... Way
s
< r»s. . Now all that oeeured , ill
that meeting has not been record
, hut Uncle Ben evidently made !
fln'te a hit, as one , of the colored u .
brethern toward the close of the :
in€ , eting ” rose from hi -seat and said"
“Brethern dis her has bin one of ,
the beafcest niggar meetings I has
h l th d fortuue of tending in
“
mighty'long . , , time. , I th«t
a move
we vote ivresolution of thanks to
b * 0 ' k>r Reu f ” r . -being i ; wtd -i. «s ondis „ , ■
here easiori.” After which Uncle
p en ' jumps ' .' up and sa\s. '. “Now we
talk U° :u F»U«h with ,
nmst . nofc our
mouths or clWethem dinged Dem
0 crate will cateh'on-Won’r tricks.”
, Imagine how , l/ncleBen _ went . home ■
all smiles, his mouth spread from
ear to ear, his heart and head over
flowing with joy at the thought of
having the Democrats blindpdUand
the Popo Republicans athis 'eoin
maud, how sure he. was landing in
tO that high office..To tpokc Un
cle Ben’s histaiy of this memor¬
able campaign as brief as possible
for want of spaee. We shall have
omit the .biggest, part^ of f his
bricks. ~ ^
Finally : When a, the election'came: t *■
Ban looted in.thftbag for his game,
Anflto his-gteat roFprise
He saw wheue he had actfid so tui
' NoTju*fe 'after the election-, if I
am nofc mistaken he comes out
j,£ s paper in the substance if .not
i„ these words, that it mattered;
not how many Popo Democrats
T btes were cast the. ou^
wouk valways count them
thev oa . r j ed the election by
and unfair means etc.
, _ , .
__ hmalywien ,, , nee en^s reas
’ T
on leturued, e ciscotere t at ie
had estimated himsr veiy m “ c *
higher than others estunatimaced
him. He examined his calibre and
found instead of its being a forty
four it was less than a twenty-two.
So he decided he would not
far ...
aspirations run so a \ on >' s
calibre. He says to muse J
the holy mothers, 1 have got to
have an office. I’ll run for Mayor
of Jesup, 1 know my Popo Re¬
publican brethern will stick to me
in my owe town.” When the elect
ion came, Uncle Ben defeated
again. “.Well, well, well!” he
thought to himself, I have one
more chance, I am going to run
for Constable of my district. I be
leive there are enough Populists in
the district to elect me, I don’t
like the office much, but by golly
I want to show the people I can
get one office.” At length the elect¬
ion came off and the result was as
us'Jal, Uncle Ben defeated. I cun’t
vouch for the truth of the two
last campaigns of Uncle Ben s as
both were out of my voting terri¬
tory, but such a report was in cir¬
culation in this neck of the woods.
Now ig-it any wonder that th ; s
poor old disgrunted and disap¬
pointed politician should have
feathers all turned the wrong way,
or that he should be puffing upall
this time t or an explosion I t He
speaks something about Told
blooded repttlos/siir-h as terrapin,
coolers and gators. He evidently
has never studied the nature
habits of the. snapping turtle which
he is YfiyiW like than
com story pale me told with. by Ihe D'i.acmtf 16p| *'!’;(? arhl
was a
therefore must be trim.
liftin' went out ivn<f
ping ttv|^! e . brought itvhopis, cut
otf> itsi hewd and: threw ft
back yard, dresged*the turtle
next day while it was being served
for;dinrier a chicked was,heard to
squall in the'back yartl, th* family
supposing ft hawk had taught it.
ran to its aid and to theiif surprise
found the chicken had walked too
near that snapping turtle’s head
anditbftd jumped at the chicken
and ca ught it by tjie l^g, and it
was with great difficulty they could
force that head to let go the chick
en. Now the strange rfeobrd of the
strong will power that turtle’e head
had clinging to life, throws all his
r <D
But th o will ^^’Bdt^ing power of & e politic C
bead 0 to life
beats even the reco«sP|#the snap
l ,u tu rt , .
’b < . n< , >u.
!’° iUe ‘ l ,u at ol ‘ ' ,n ‘*
thrown into ttv^pairA . yard
. 9 J
fourvearsago.lt 'f W# been lying
thore U10ie n , speecbBsseverstui ^ essevers'nce
waltlu g for ah bppofttinity to fast- 1
fangs into gomwne. I hap
, ,, .. . ,
‘ L w<> aMSB fjL 00 ned ' a
xt j um P l ‘ d “ £ m G lnit Uliss ” d its
hold and hajtfSSw&iaTmino 1 at me
. ^Bn w BP >b> , ioUow. ,, T 1
eve; 8 * ace _ ^ :
aa hue ‘ sorr >' JM «'>U'i C aliyhe
i-.-i j-.- ... u
u las beeom^$$|j^^«ted with . the
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word “del* 1 i (jlie reason he sp
! ' 1
of h ' 8 Illlu L s nging article. He
hug • m mi so Died my .motives in
11 ' n » r '* Hi w piece of treacb
.Democratic party
tothesnl 1 1 ” u ' Pe tri£u to ma
:
dverybt^ 8t «beiu^j f l he hKd tried gune to ““ d
5
it appet m HE* i was-mad at rov >
honoral t *'^° , j h a v ' ; e
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not sai against si,n<.t . th.
primary/, teJNs S, talked altog-th- -
nirisli •
erioo A JKutraaranh nis mouth. In .
his cppPldi he savs '
he voted for .4 e t e eiuocrat
ic nomineest Hrthe first election,'
after thry-ia wE irned him out of
the, Dumber: »‘Sl partv, H.e was
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■not turned,oi Hr* K | H .
,
what be. thought was going to be
.the big aide, Be thought if he
oout'd get into the Populist party
at that.time, his chances were good
j States, *> becorae president of the United
A§p*~'hto*W politics makes
sri-angfe-badfeBows, the time might
Vote for me >‘ but li<J hoped not ter
‘ f he should be for it, as
« ar sorry
Soa,c ' hftd bcen 60rr -V- I suppose
lle refers to onr Democratic chair
!roan , who said he voted for me
and , . He could not
was sorry tor it.
: p 0 siblr be more sorrv th n I am
wkeu j as Qne ^ ^be
committee voted to make him
chairman of the committee, but I
did so thinking be was a staunch
Democrat; didn’t know the Popn—
list could plow him. Its not like
ly that Uncle Ben |will have an op
portunity to vole for me, but if he
should he has the satisfaction of
knowing he is voting for one who
has never roomed with strange
political bedfellows for the sake
of getting an office. Uncb Ben
seems to be trying to get on
stool of repentance. That’s
Uncle Ben, the doors of the
eratie party are always open tore
ceive all who come in good faith,
but it will be necessary to divest
yourself of aJ. Populism before you
can be received in full fellowship,
as we are taught “Ye cannot serve
two masters,” and experience
has taught the most of us “a false
friend is worse than an
enemy.” You and Mr* Littlefield
can flaunt and wave the Hardwick
hlll ^ utit onlygive8 the people a
better opportunity to judge how
the undercurrent of your politics
run. Now Capt. Ben would have
tin- public believe my own district
repudiated me, when the fact is
Capt. Ben with his best lieutenants
and the best campaign falsehoods
thdr f „ rtile jlDaf , inali( nBConld d e
vise, done everything possible to
arfy my district against me, and
!he ^ 81X(> _ lhre „ for
- alJfi j j against
ine on y n neleen me,
An< , th(J nu)gt of th( . n i lu . t; , eH Wft8
whfft mjghfc ti»dw€«Hr b@ temwl tbe flyuling .'
\ . .
fhaiiking-.von, ; M'r'. Editor, for
^u r t#«|^; 8 itnw'n.me, I am' .
y« ry Respectfully,
jr HARPER,
f ()f ■
QEN. WA j [
T. Collier. if Vienna Ga
who was the Orderly of tbe
Famous Georgia General w*s
with him *t the time of his
Death and describes the
ner of it in a letter to Julius
L. Brown.
The roonument is be,n
M ™, ' ” l tiUieral ,
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' r, t *t diMsmn
“ u<ier of the Crmfederate
troops, c was killed in the great
‘ a te around Atlanta 5
. deal of interest
“ a gr_ l I
all over the south.
Gen. Walker was the only Georgia
general who was killed in action
during the civil war, and he was
one of the most distinguished gen
erals in the Confederate service.
Julius L. Brown, of Atlanta,
son of Georgia’s war governor,
who has taken such on active in
tercet in erection of the monu
inent l0 General Walker " u "■ has “ re¬
ceived the following letter from J '
T. oliier, of Vienna, Ga., who
servpi, neral Walker as orderly
from January. 1864, until the
death of the general:
Vienna, Ga., Ju3j ; 8, 1902.
,, H(>n j uliug L Brown ^ At ] antil
G a.
“Dear Sir: I notice frem read
ing the Journal that you are tsk
ing an active part in erecting a
monument to the memorv of Gen.
W. H. T. Walker, who tell on the
batti "^ 0O 22d , ° f f Jui T , ’ lhG4 '
‘
Thinking vou wonld like t<> have
a few facts connected with his
death on that fateful morning, I
inn^e bold , to , write ,. vou what , , x I saw ,
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“I will first go back to the time
w jj en p w - as ordertd to report to
h1m ag . bie orderU at Dalton, in
. J
11 „ a „
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up to the moment <d his , dea'h, I
was with him night and day, and ,
day, and when he moved I moved ;!
and when he rested, I dui the same.
I never lost sight of him save when
he slept. Old George, his negro
servant looked after his wants
when in bis tent, but when lie
mounted “Pet,” his grav mare, 1
was ready to go whenever he willed
to go
“I had heard a good deal abot
the general’s quick temper and
stern ways, and I was a little hit
afraid of him when I first began
him. , . his , . orderiv, , . . but . i .
i to serve as
soon found th a all I had 10 do
was to obey orders promptly and
be on hand when wanted,
( 4 The first dispatch I carried
j from to General Baidee (two
mile from our quarters) and Walk
jer complimented me ior Then the
promptness ofits del’very.
j I saw the soft place in his heart,
and I cultivated it up to his death,
H could tell many anecdotes about
the general, but as they may* n<>t
inti rest you, i forbear. On the
18th at the battle of Peachtree
be had a narrow escape
from death. Walker was giving
mi ordpr tn » carrier (George
Price), w h p n a shell plunged into
the ground under the horse, Had
it exploded, a) 1 three of us would
have been blown to pieces,
“Vr e now come to the morning
of the 22d of July.
“I suppose it was about mid
night when we were ordered logo
out towards Decatur, Aon are
doubtless aware of the thick woods
thatj-abounded here, through which
we had to march to get to the point
where M alker was killed. Just
before we struck the enemy,
Walker wished to stop and get the
division in shape as Bates’ division
was a good ways off on the right,
and t leburne’s away to the left.
General Mercer’s brigade was to
be in reserve behind Walker’s, bin
when our division stopped to get
battle urray Mercer’s brigade was
at right aiighs to the divisions,
some of his men being in front and
the balance incite rear,
We got out of that though jus
Ilardee peremftor*
>-rdir „o „t ..nee*
Walker was v«r.v angry at the
wording of the order, and turning
in his saddle, asked me to pour
hint > ut a drink of whisky, lie
then ordered the division forward.
happened before we entered
an cld broomsadge field. As soon
as v.-e got, into the field Walker
rode to the left front of the divis
* on > !U,,i w ’ tb hat, in his hand,
was eheertng > n his men when ihe
fatal bullet struck hjm through
the* heart. Only three of us were
ri(li Qu that purt of tbe bat , le .
,,,,,, lieutenant, Joe
Bass, acting aide that day, and
myself. Lying down in the broom
sedge field on the left of us and
# j. a ]i e ] to c-ur division was e reg>
Ineut of tbe ennmVi not more lhnn
g 0 yords fr( , m Ub>
“When we were well into the
field they stood up and fired a
volly into us, and that was when
Walker fell. 'Pet,’ his mare, was
killed. Bass’ horse was shot down
mineAvaa shot through the
hip. Whew! it whs a hot place
for a few minutes for a poor old
reb riding alone through that lane
of fire. Myself and my horse
have been bought
then. 1 was within a few
feet and looking intently at Gen
eral Talker, and actually saw the
dust fly from his coat when the
two bullets struck him. He fell
from his saddle, turned over on
his buck and died without a st-rug
gie. Had be only been wounded I
would have brought him out of
tiiat ‘hell’ or died in the attempt.
Perhaps some one will say, ‘You
to have brought out his dead
To nich a one I will reply, -Bud,
you wasn’t there; therefore, ; ou
c?*n t say w hat you would have
done-may berm,.’
I was satisfied, too, that his
body would be recovered, for we
were not more than 25or 30 yards
from ihe woods. It was soon re
covered, and Captain 1«»1 n-rt, my
self and ‘old-George’ ® carried his
bo<iv to the J rout 4 house in Atlanta
ai)d P^pared it for tbe trip to
Augusta, Captain
“General Uooi*', when
Tolbert told him how oevoted 1
had been to Walxer, kindly gave
him pernnssion to accompany
b,.dy* t« bis house, and io the‘sand
bills,’ his resting-place. * Haa I *
.
&uy sJpll*in dwnng . I cjuld^gne
VVaJkfcr fe]1 f( , r lt y e photographed
>>n my lueou)r y j anr | I » e e it now as
c | ear j, a8 upon that day. I will,
however, give vou the best rough
sketch of it I can, and if 'here is*
^member thing
was before the fight, or soon after,
they can identify ihe plaee. Had
there been'no change in topography
of the field, woods, etc., I could, I
believe, go to the very spot where
he fell.
“I would like so much to bp ou
hand on the 22a of July, but I am
not well. 1 served with the first
volunteer regiment that left
Georgia. Evan Howell, Joe
Thompson, Harr/ Krouse and
others 1 remember of the Gate
City Guam, where in the regiment.
“My company "as the Southern
Righ e Guards, from Pery, Hous¬
ton county, \fter onr term (12
months) of service was out I
served in the ‘Critter’ company
under little Joe M heeler, and sur¬
rendered near Greensboro, N C.
“General Walker had a single
daughter 16 or 18 years of age,
visited him a» Dolton, and his lit¬
tle boy, Bercv, ] think his name
was. Are they living? And are
Captain Troup, Captain Lamar
and Captain Tolbert living? I
know Major Camming is. They
were all on Walker’s staff when
he was killed, hut not near him
that day, as they were on , other
duty, no doubt.*
“Well, colonel, I ly*ve no doubt
taxed Your patience, but hope you
will forgive me, an old rebt)6- years
of age, for being a little reminis¬
cent and g trrulous. You know it
is incident to old age to dwell ou
such events as will come off'on the
22d. i’ll be with you in ilmught,,
if not in person. Yours truly,
“JOE T. COLLIER.”
—PROFESSIONAL CARDS—
LAWYERS.
JAMES R. THOMAS,
Attorney anu OouiFielok at Law,
Jesup, Gfokoia.
Does a general Raw Practice
throughout the state and else¬
where by Express contract.
J. W. PPIT’KLL
Attoiinxy-at-Law.
Scksjekn. (J*.
E. P.PADGETT &. SON.
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Attorneys at Law.
Baxley, Georgia
Practice throughout the
Brunswick circuit and elsewhere
by special contract..
JOHN W BKNNL: .,
Attorney at Law,
Wayorosb, Georgia.
Will practice in all Courts t
the Brunswick Circuit an. else
where by special contract.
ROBERT L. BENNETT,
—LAWYER,—
Office Tuten Building,
Jesup, Georgia
PHYSICIANS.
J. G TUTEN, M D.;
— PHYSICIAN & BURGEON,—
Office Tuten Block,
JESUP, GEORGIA
G. W. DRAWDY M. D.,
. Physician and Surgeon.
Jesup, Georgia.
ABNER L. WILKINS,
—Physician& Surgeon,—
JF.SUP, GEORGINA.
Office at Palmetto Pharmacy.
Culls Promptly answered night
or day.
A. C. COLSON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon.
j Screven Georgia
Diseases of VA omen a Speciality
DENTISl'S.
ELLIS & WILKINS,
Dentists,
Office Tuten Building.
Jescr, Ga.
MISCELLANEOUS.
J, W. MASON, M D. G W DKAW3JY, M 1>
Atlanta, Ga. Jesup, Ga.
MASON & DRAWDT,
Dealers In Real Estate.
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Public. Pf“ ce your property m oar hand*
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