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VOL. XXXIX. No. 2. Historical Sketches Of Towns Located In Warren County From Warrenton Clipper r (By Mrs. W. F. Wilhoit, County Historian.) (The last installment of the , history of , „ Warren r county, , , being . . , „ prepared by Mrs. W. K Wilhoit, county historian, appearing in these columns, was the second of a series about various towns located in the county. Follow ing is a continuation of this se ries with Warrenton as the sub jeet of the chapter.—Ed.) Warrenton Soon after the county was created the town of Warrenton was laid out and in 1798 was made the county seat. On page 175 of Marhury and C rawfords Digest of Lands in Georgia publislied in 1802 is “An Act to make permanent the seat for public buildings for Warren County.” The permanent seat for court house and jail declared to be on a lot or parcel of land whereon Sterling Gardner now resides, which was pointed out and agreed upon by the late Commis sioners appointed for that pur pose. Provided Sterling Card ner will, within three months af ter the passing of this act, exe cute and deliver 1 deed in fee simple for seven acres to be con veyed to the Commissioners so as to carry* into full effect a con tract heretofore made between missioners to he bidder after giving thirty days „o,,„ i„ three or more pul,tic places. (Signed) Jared Irwin, Gov. Concurred, Feb. 27, 1797. Following is a copy of the deed: of our Lord one thousand hundred and ninetty-seven and twentv-first year of American Independence, between Sterling (iardner of the t.ounty of War ren and the State afoesaid of the one part and the Honorable the Inferior Court of the Conn «.v state of the other part, witnesseth that the said Sterling Gardner and Polly, his wife, have given, granted, conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth fully, freely, absolutely and entirely give, grant, convey and confirm unto tne above said Judge of c ,, the In— y ,? L p„. ferior Court rr „, and , their . success ors in office, all that tract andV or par cel of land situate, lying ing in .the county and state aforesaid and near Goldwins Creek, on the road leading to Augusta, to-wit: Beginning at from r Zrto?ir d running sr–Kr - l ax , 4 *«£ b s zt b L p m hou„ C d h'° iJSSS lhe°begta- 1 ” U ,7 West, from then» to .he san.e bei„ e county purposes to-wit: The purpose of laying off into lots tor erecting public buildings and other purposes. Reserving nev G Gardner r aiSi? # »ft after nC rtf^Kr the public 4 i lots t0 * ^ are designated and as for me the said Sterling Gardner and Polly, his wife, our heirs, executors, administrators will, well and truly warran, and forever defend wun an ngnts, profits and ad vantages thereunto belonging, or the in anywise claim appertaining, against or claims of any per the son or persons whatsoever, unto above said Judge of the In ferior court and their success ors in office. In tes.timony whereof we have hereunto set our hand and seals this day and year above written. Sterling Gardner (Seal) Polly Gardner (Seal) J. Tucker, C. S. C., Warren Co. Together with free privilege to GIBSON RECORD) Published to Furnish the People ot Glascock County a Weekly Newspaper dad os a Medium for the Advancement of the Public Good of the County. timber to complete the public buildings and also free and en "f a „£ seven acres. Recorded the 10th day of April, 1797. J. Tucker, C.S.C. Lot No. 4 was selected by SteHing Gardner, afterward sold to Col. Win. Stith, of Mayfield, and after his death was sold for taxes at which sale Chappel Heath bought it for $225. ’Tis the Old Eagle Tavern at present, A. I). 1858. The contract for a court house and jail was let and while the court house was in course of construction the courts were j held in the home of Sterling Gardner, for the early records reveal the fact that on June 6 th, j 790 , court was held in the home 0 f Sterling Gardner, On July 20th, 1796. March 8 th, and j u i y 18{h 1797 , r was held at Warrington. On July 19th. 1797, it was held !lt Sterling Gardner’s house and on August 21st, 1798 it was held at the court house. The first law suit in the coun ty came in 180,8 and was Caswell Hopson vs. George Smith and Mountain Hill. Another suit of the same year was James French vs. Henry Cox. The first w ill was filed in 1794 i )y Benjamin Hubert, a copy of which will !> e found in the office 0 f the Ordinary in the court house, hi 1810 it was incorporated as [he town of Warrenton. It is !situated on the Macon branch and one-half f hours r " ride from hours ride from Augusta. It is !? £** etamj. lu te (hundred J inhabitants. , In 1808 Thaddeus Phelps John and mcrcanSe Rhes-t Howard sT were in the l i i At the same time Joseph Lan ‘drum was a merchant in \V 7 ar rer rfon other firms were Chapman, Moore and Chapman, Asa Chap man, Michel Moore and Abner Chapman being partners in the fj n „ Boa,, „„„ ,Bo one of the merchants in the early days of the county. hi 1854 Hubert anil Culver conducted a drug store in the building in which Dr. J. C. Jar r.agin had a drug store for so many 1 vears \Ir ,■ Doll 111 Shivprs ^ Imers . had , “ da , a “ ilrv ur . y goods store where Tanenbauni "hu.L now operates and Jones also sold drygoods in Whitdey’s ’ present stand. Smith and Shields handled dry goods and groceries where the Citizens Bank now stands and ;l rs^n,^ ™ pany'nSr'w^'Sie /......„' ,en r nln 8 ’ “ » »*ore S decked L^shT Welborn’s dry goods store was where “31” now is and Swinney’s Hotel was above it where now the Mason’s meet. Al Mayes conducted » grocery store where F. R. Lowe now sells groceries. It will he interesting to con trast records of the business hmies of u^o. Warrenton ^Cred of forty by tbe of today. It had six general stores,'two millinery stores, sev end dress dakers rooms, one drug store, two hotels, one res taurant, one carriage shop, two public gins, blacksmith shop, one grist mill, one livery stable, one meat and fish market, sever a! grocery and provision stores, one furniture store and a mer chant tailor. Sixty years ago there were four saloons in War renton, where whiskey was One stood where the GIBSON, GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1932. We’re Thankful 7 m. 1 h: \ v V. \ / A1»D * \ •j. I ! w l « 0 * V N. » m ^S| 5 M 'V. I ihJ 2 ir-rStglj ft 1 4 ■v-a Jfe#\ 1 v..: m ijs. essssss 1 S/ ft m S»OIW,E>. ! ItOXM > . . , ,, run h >’ Mr - Bl U Hundley, anoth i„„ ! ,lin n "> Mr Mr n,„. ,)oc lv ey, and ,,,,,1 the Ihr. - one was operated by Mr. A1 Mayes and stood where F. R. Lowe’s store now stands. These **ore sokl whiskey and a cer lain amount of liquor was bought with the family supplies ofjood. However, on July 1st, 1 ihnan N. Pool, represen Ld' ve Horn Warren county to die legislature offered a bill pro viding for local qption for War rc» county, which pu.s.tl and became a law and no rnoic wins key was legally sold in the county. Warren county was the b ,st county in Georgia to pass a prohibition measure. When it went into effect a grave was dug on the court house square anf ] violin r„t, n n.„| Harley ov t^orn was biiriuwi buried. A , large crowd assembled „„ , lo , to wit ness the obsequies which were elaborate and impressive. On April 23rd, 1854, a destructive fire swept over War r e»ton, destroying the court bouse with many valuable pa PJ™ and documents a so most n «*'» * «" court house of brick for years a mule car was op c ™ 1 ®' 1 ta transport passengers to Lamak to catch the Georgia R ailroad train and to bring hack arrivals and \\ arrenton was of Ifnjiumorou.sly J,1L ls,u,e town. referred A to Mr. as BIa(, k was the conductor on this ™ ad and he lived in Warrenton. This was before the Macon branch was biffit. l l " te™ta.W.t„ War- 1 «nere tneivieinoaist enuren now ^ an .d ^’8 Q s : u Ib,s (•) when was dls the j 4 :onti Macon r ,ued ! J b n ™nch of the Georgia Railroad vvas completed. When this road came up to the station it came JrecUjr Methodist m church front of stood, where at that the une the church stood just m fr « nt «/‘he old cemetery located about !, 00 yar ‘ ls beyond th e pres en .t rai l roa( t tracks. When the radroad was ^uilt it came so dose to the front ot the church that it was torn down and re-' rjrs nsrw now \ n{ j an ,j destrnvpil hv fw in g an A<J . qJ . ,, U,,’#,™ , . , . «» Jear , W of Warrenton was changed to the Uty ™ f W t u g ? y a Im ,nicin’,l 1 ' lty . ^’ . . ch . sts , ot Mayo ^ .™ ns } a . r . , o ^ n ‘‘ a ’’ j a ,s 01 f thj lh,s j )od °. f 1 men - AM ,,, ^ aie elected . *y nrescnt incumbents are’ p J j ' \y are . Councilmen F* ^ “• g j? ^ UKe u ^, n ne e Enclish ‘ sa ’ ^ ^ U tfcrtW j *'£ ,s . assistant clerk The ™ ma and counc n wns , nade k v ^ amendment amendment to to the the charter charter in in , fh 1 » er e are six . d dry goods , stores stores ll, e proprietors of which are: J. . ... W. Whileley, >. . Empire ,, Mercan- .. “J®' ... „ L0 L . Bonn Bo Klt Kitchens hens of^e* ” , v r !T* ^ £rv ZnZ ady *.. d ™M* ,ner y j^foe’ .. Cason,’Enipfre^rcam r . ( c ’ Roberts Bros p.’ R I Burke a nd B H and H . De s .fs s aM st " r f ’ tw “ ; r "n lch "H , h r J-J ^ Slipplies are sohl ’u a barber shon - 0Der£ded j, Howefi s v ’ |, as a par ] or each for „ en _ t j emen and j adies and on , h window of the ladies depart m€n Vr " t 1 j s the clever mever le.tenng, loderinii “Boh Bob ^ ’ a a telegraphese « ,e 8 ra Pn °m ce ami antl exp re * s 0 ^cc. A third-c ass . Q - | i » ,ih s m , a r s lor) wo n lie ginneries, two meat markets j ™ railroad kriESad stations the Geor and the AUanta anf j 8avanna h trunk line one B t j j h severa o7 ] boarding homes tak C are the floating p 0 p U ] aBon A j arf , hrick build ^ h th Warwn Countv ‘s S( k)r High f Schoo, ■' which “ * both a sfa e an(J credBed sc bool Bring us your Job Printing. SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR Heard Senators And Governors At Rally F’ditor dinner-_As to Senator c.) Stui.h;, plau of handling the cotton situation, l wish to , . , . . c pnqtor - s Smith and 1 birrs and Cmvernor V’ Bbck ™ od , ' °, , Soulh c Carob "f’ f ♦ tb ° Sen dor Smith snoke iust after the d distinguished i s ti nfiu i s hed senator senator from Horn ^ listenina to the South Carolina senator I believe he has held his I s nost P )St for '. or twenty U ' ent y y vears ears - and a »« , f All L of us know there afaantic must be 0 soRinfl oFthe and momentous problems that face th^woil.lModay the world today' trains bdains kMWS knows that that to to build build a a structure to stand, the tounda ,. tion must , be made . secure. Gov- ,, ernor ernor Roosevelt Roosevelt put nnt thirty thirty of ot his ins la°£ lanto, on on Te the int^sU interests o'! of fhe the ne ■ can ^ive® cxpSiT’and ^rosJe? and th e world will he safe for Democracy, Jesus Christ and His sssr- '' u>ve ,hy “ ^ ^ r . ^ '' CrC in .f""" c ' ,u "! y ’ Evcry Ihe’^iTof insfance? farmers and in many taking awav their land and homes, the same is a thief and a robber Suppose we don’t wait till Year’s rears Dav JJay to to make make our our ) ever'have"to resfore time " yau you’ll' " cve r nav e rest °re tc.the poor and , needy . the goods ^ *“* ° b,a '" ed by the sun of righteousness shed abroad in our land thine is now about to he Pray let us have a fair and deal' Sincere’v Mrs. A RShivers Warrant on Clipper To Prosorvo Health A mail'd own observation, what ha Ends good of, and what he finds hurt of, Is the best phjsle to preserve health.--Ilaoca. War Vetrans Honored On Arm$ice Day The Auxiliary of the Reese Hyman Post of the American Legion entertained one of the largest gatherings of Warren and Glascock veterans of the World War on record on Armistice night at the Community House in Warrenton. The occasion was made more enjoyable by the presence of several visitors from other sections. Memories of w’ar days were revived in relating ex periences and singing the never to he forgotten war songs. A magnificent oyster supper was served after which talks were made by Dr. A. W. Davis, Com mander of the Post, Rev. C. M. Haynes, Chaplain, and Mr. B. C. Kitchens. Dr. Davis, in outlin ing the benefits to the veteran, urged every eligible man to join. A rising vote of thanks was given the ladies for the supper and for the loyal support which they have always given the Reese-Hyman Post. MH. Miath ews, president of the Auxiliary, responded, stating that now, as in the days of the war, the la dies consider it a privilege to do whatever they can for the “boys.’* This annual event is deeply appreciated by the boys and eagerly looked forward to each year. TWO DAYS FROM PINE TREE TO PRINTED PAPER Atlanta, November—Incidental to an address of Dr. Charles H. Herty before civic clubs of Au gusta November 2, various spe cies of pines were cut from the state forest near Augusta, shipped to Savannah where the research paper plant immediately con verted them into paper and shipped the paper to Augusta where it was printed for distri bution at the meeting—all with in 48 hours’ time. This was intended to demonstrate how readily the pines of Georgia can be made available for the man ufacture of white news print, a product which the research plant at Savannah is chiefly in lerested in promoting. Leading citizens of Augusta heard Dr. Herty assert that southern pines and other woods are to become the main source of white news print and book paper in the future. He told of the progress of his research work under the Department of Forestry and Geological Devel opment of the State, and was re ceived enthusiastically by his audience. Now Wishes He Had i Heard About Sargon Twenty Years Ago FT “Right from the start I Imew that Sargon waa different from any oth v a effect! er taken. medicine throughout 1 could I had feel erer lta mr whole system, and now I years for the I flret am time enjoying In M the beet of health. My stomach had gotten to such bad condition I was afraid nothing 3- would ever correct 1L I suffered for hours After every meal I had severs backaches and was so nervous I could hardly keep ffoftif .Sargon Soft Mass Pills art tht finest i ever used and regulated me per fectly . I wish I had heard of Sargon twenty years ago (t would have saved me much s itterlng and a »ot ot money.*’—OrJe L. Arnold. San Diego, Calif. This remarkable medicine may be obtained from Ev ans Pharmacies, Warrenton, Ga., exclusive agents for Warren and Glascock coun ties. *. 01 I No Good for Him A soft answer may turn away wrath, but never an Insurance agent.—Chi cago Evening Post.