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GENERAL HEWS.
The ----
negro Baptist church building About
one-half mile west of Blakely, was burned
' by an incendiary-last Saturday.
The United ‘States'- government building
at Macon is rapidly nearing completion,
■ and the postoffice- will Soonhe 1 mSoved.
JudgS K-L; Caldonn ' of Gibson has a
sow that gave birth to fourteen pigs Tiies
day, all of which are living and doing well
Howell Cobb, son of Oapt. John A. Cobb
of Americus, is conductor on. a railroad in
' Central’America witli saiary 1 of $2.6
a' a
year.
Geerge West, who has been in jail at
Quitman for thepUst few mouths for "kill
ing a fitgro, was released Tlmrsday-crads a
' $25, bond.
Mrs. A, S. Bates of Marshallville owned
a feaifery bird that died lust Saturday at the
age of teiiydats- ,£fe was an -extra fine
singer.
■A destructive half rftid' windstorm visited
' the Plains Dura, inlhiMter
of county, last
• Thursday. The places of A. Dodsdn, 'John
'‘Statham and several others suffered
terribly.
E. B. Baldwin of ferkhailvlKd'h'&s 1 just
■ received account sales from New York of
•two aud two-fifth bushels of peaches, which
brought $24, making the peaches sell - for
ten-dollars, per bushel.
•; ■ The ,. , .
committee appointed , at the late cit
izen's meeting at Americus will begin thdlr
' work early Monday morning, canvassing
- for subscriptions-for the erection of a cot
* ton factory.
ItisrepiJrfced that-Rev. k J. H /-Cawood
* otle of tf»e leading -divines' bf 1 the 1 Baptist
' church of Lee county, was'eartied -to the
1 insane asylum Friday momingphaving been
• adjudged insane.
A genuine’ hehi- has behn keeping the
fpeople residing in the southern suburbs of
1 Bainbridgc, and for a distance of thiee
’ miles south; in a state of unrest, not to say
‘ of terror, during the past week.
■ Jeptha Bobo of Hart ctmnty has aJpeach
r iree|orr his place that-has been bearing fruit
since.July‘1. ' It has never blMled and
-now has' tbe fourth crop on it. While on.
‘ crop is ripening the-nest is-maturing.
Mrs. -B.'F. Market Iiad several hundred
chicketls At home near Sumter city, a few
miles from Americus, and they were just
; about frying size, when they began to dis¬
appear. Near ihe-'hen house was a pile of
lumber had’a'few days ago Mr. Market
wanted 1c Moved -for-somo purpose, arid in
doing it discovered a den of pole cats Ha
filled six of the varmints, and the|chickens
now ripen for the table, much to the pleas¬
ure of the family.
Thtfee hundred and -Sixty dollars
needed'for' churdi purposes at the Metho¬
dist church at covtngton. A call was
Sunday, and $403 raised in a few minutes,
It is probable that the taxable value o
property at Americus will ehow an
during the past year of $250,000. It al¬
ready reaches $208,000, and the
not complete.
Revenue Collector Gantt of Athens
not register a single fruit distillery
his Teccnt trip through the
counties. He says there is no fruit to
bandy out of.
There is great excitement at
Over the discovery of deposits Of fine
in tbe southwestern portion ofthe county.
A negro man named -David Huff
shoVpnfbably fatally, at MallorysviUe,
Wilkes county, on Sunday. Authur
a young white man about 16 j ears of
did the shooting. The trouble
from a difficulty among the cbildred
Huff and the 8-year-old brother of
Hufi was about to brain Wall with an
■when the latter fired.
' Tuesday afternoou a small but destruet
ive tornado ‘frOm the northeast swooped
down on the plantation of J. M. Hurst, a
mile from Belham, and swept everything
in its path in the way of trees and fences.
Fortunatel V no houses were'stsuck.
James Holrcea of Walden, Bibb county
has just received the sales for a special ca£
of his Melons, which had the luck to reach
the Boston market at a time when there
were none in the market. The car netted
$240.
Baker Haines, a farmer who resides near
Madisonj-was'seVcrciy gOrsd by a 'jersey
bull Tuesday. Sir, Haines weilt out to.
give tbe animal some food, when he oh’arg
ed upon him. Mr. Haines being without
anything to'defend himself, the bull forced
him in?o' a corner and 'gored him severely
in the breast before his family came to hi's
rescue.
It is reported that Walter Bell, who
married Miss’Ella Butler of Douglas’ coun¬
ty, rf'few months ago, has gone’ to parts
unkno '- vn - Wiss Ella w'as one of the most
fasciuatir) g anf ! highly respected young
of the county an Mj. Bell was con
sid ‘ erod one of the purest young men of the
town.
?• ^L*Swtft ofblfeerion Is- a citizen
wor ^ a fortune to any* town. Within a
wee ^ s he has t° rn atvay old buildings,
manufactured over 4 pressed brick
erected six large >
store rooms aud has the
walls Of a-fire-proof warehouse 191x15
f eet ) in pfefeess of ravid construction Be
sides this he Cod fern oh,tes Mi additional
for the bank building, with the equip!
phig of a commodias hall for eutertain
merits and theatrical performances.
Dennis Smith, a negro train ' hand,
badiymhckcd by cars at Roekmart a day
or two ago, but will recover.
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a:ad. .311 Maphinery
SAW MILLS, WIND MILLS, TANKS, SHAFTING ETC
ALL KINDS OF FOUNDRY WORK.
W rite to us for prices. We can save you money by purchasing direct
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LzCems is Headijuaitejs r;«?hat You Waair: mm
-E. Vaa Winkle & GO.,- 1*3 Atlanta, Ga. (HK!
,.ju2?-3 Post Office-Box 83.
Lowndes coanty clears this year pn the
water tae'lon'crop-$4 , .J. O. Wisen
baker cleared $5 ' oh five car Ibads/ J.4
Campbell netted $2,018 on twenty-nine
car loads.
Cobb county has eighteen sub-alliansao,
aggregating 8to members. The order'Is
growing in the county, and a canvassed
has been appointed by the county assembly
to secure subscriptions to stock to establish
a rtate exchange.
It is understood that the antis have given
up the contest over the prohibition election
in Mitdhell county on'July 14.
F. A. Morse of Milton couuty dug his
Irish potato crop last week, and gathered
200,bushels off one acre. He shipped them
to Atlanta, where he realised one dCSiar-per
bushel for them.
Caterpillars have made their appearance
on the river bottoms below Georgetown.
It is rather early'for them, and as the cot
ton is from a week to ten days late, it is
feared they will do much damage,
In Liberty county a man is attending
Brooks county will ship tfifs season 1,000
car loads of 1 ,OOo melons each, making a
grand total of l,000jQ00,' which 'nepfesetits
$ 2 - 00 , 000 .
Darien is sinking another six-inch arte¬
sian well. A system of pipes will be run
through the city, and all citizens will derive
benefit from the pure water.
AVhen the engine first passed Greenwood
in Oconee county, there was a little black
steer standing The in front of Elder & Hodg¬
son's store. steer saw the engine, and
after curling his .tail over his back made
for Ihe'Voods, and his owner has beed look¬
ing Tor him since, but he has failed to
“appear.
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Miss Blanche* Durant rode sixteen mites
on last Sabbath on a tricicle in two h< urs,
The trip Was ;«ade near'Atlanta in cow
^h her two.-brothers.
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you to paste in your hat;
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It realizes the .
HIGHEST INTEREST RATE
’ its'inVestments.
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If pays the ,
largest dividends
to policy MOST'KAPID holders, and has made the
PROGRESS
of any company id the United States
^ '- ssucfi endowment insurance at
• . ■ , LIFE, RATIOS.
*** rn0Ees policies incontestable
sumeX/by T NONFORFEITABLE, the’ h^licSn
buff ofthe
la80rv0 taeroth. Tt does not own
dance or travel, and
PAYS LOSSES Promptly.
Knoxville, . • W/ P. BLAS1NGAME,
Ga. Agent.
DR. MOFFETT'S
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FEMALE MEDiCINE
corrects all lrregnlarlllesand annoying troubles
from which so many ladles suffer. It gives the
makes weafe.geblHtated cheerful the woman dcsj)qp«cnt> health and strength, dejltesscd and
aphtfti In change of 1 lady shoutd la
WEED. iro no tie w 1 th
outlNDIAN Itis Sqfeand Unfailing*
Ask your Druggist.
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