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GENERAL NEWS .
John Pittman of Cedartojvn has sold
■^$100 worth "bf/ melona off an acre and a
'.quarter patch.
•The farmers of Dodge county : have de-
1 cided ’to-hold a eounty - fair - at - Eastman,
1 commencing Oct.8.
The negroes of Washington ebunty held
a mass meeting last week and discussed
agriciilttire, education -and the elevation of
the race.
'Someone in Southwest Georgia sent to
George Wallace a vest made of rattlesnake
skins. In Maeou It is considered a great
curiosity.
In Hahersham county the shingle indus¬
try is rapidly indreasmg. There are <41
shingle machine “within TO miles of Tocoa
rnakiug'250,000 shingles .per day.
Dan Lott was killed at the saw mill at
Broxron last week' by afccidentriily falling
against, the saw, VrhiOk was runmiig. He
was a respectable citfeen and left &
and four diildrcn.
Two years ago Burke county had her
1 first contest over --the wet -and dr-y
'resulting' in a majority of T7 dry, and the
-recent vote was iu favor of the dry, with a
majority of 1/280.
Dr.'Hetrnntn Of Th'OittasvRie has -a pe
culiarcase tunfler ‘.treatment ! 3t : is a
child whose skin is peeling Off, and the
-disease is spreading over its body. The
■diseaseresembles leprosy more than
Thing else.
John L. Gordon, rtf Shvdrasr, coufijy,
while returning from Church with-his little'
daughter, got out Of the -buggy 1 to-pick up:
her hat, when Hie horse took fright and
’fan away, throwing the Chrldout end so
-badly fejm ; ing-iier-'that---shefi.s b«I expected
To live.
•A farmer near'Perry received
• oral days «go feat a -carloadof melons
-ped by him oa which the freight charges
“were about $83, had been sold for $30.,
rShese’melous -were ssrafl and the commis¬
sion n.erchant advised against the ship
'tneut of such melons.
H. H. Gardserof'the lower edge of-Gor¬
don has enveuted a hay press which is said
To bo a very superior, though a cheap press.
Tie is ou!y a boy, but has formed a copart¬
nership with J. E. Sanders of iUuion City,
Term., for the manufactureOfthe press,and
■intends to put them on the market.
Last^Friday -Hector Edmundson went to
aa old mill in Murray county where be
intended to leave -his buggy while he went
-out hunting with his father. In getting
out of the buggy the hammer of fee gun
caught on something and caused the gun
To be discharged. Young Edmuudson was
Shot in the shoulder, (from fee effects of
•which-he died-next day.
At Atlanta Thursday,Patrolmen Loon¬
ey and Walton arrested Rob Cole (colored!
-who is wanted iu Chattanooga, where he
will have to answer the charge of murder.
About two weeks ago-Cole struck a aegre
'woman on the head with a Stick of wood.
He was arrested on the chargo of assault
and battery, gave bond, and was reloaseu.
-Since then the woman 'has died of her in¬
juries. 1
-One day test week Airs. Alice Kinney,
of Washington, saw a sight, the thoughts
of which are enongh to cause one to shud¬
der. She saw her little children romping
about in the yard, while right in their
midst lay a huge rattle snake coiled and
Toady to strike any little fellow that might
get close enough. With the courage of a
true southern merman Mrs. McKinney took
a -shot guu and‘killed the snake.
M. M. Folsom has been engaged as editor
of the Atlanta Commonwealth. He will
■run The it first as issure a temperance under -his and literary paper, j *
management will
appear on Aug. 30. Charles 1 Lang worthy
will'probably succeed trim aSeditor of
CedaVtown : iS<<iw<f«tr<I. G. M. Holler will
start 'a ’ new 'paper Jin Cedartdwn, to be
known as the Guardian. It will be run
in the interest of the AHitate 1 men and the
working mbn.
Mentionf h&s been made of aJlasiSrdiy at¬
tempt, on Monday night, wreck the two
passenger trains on the -East Tcnnessnn,
and'Oeorgia^raftroad,' near Holton.;
Officer Skelton of the Atlanta poliece force
went to Holton for the purpose of working
up the casej and Thursday Went to Madori
and arrested a negro netned Will Smith;
who had gone there, he says, for the pur¬
pose of meeting iheepay train. Smith Was
taken to Holton.
DO YOU WANT A FARM?
'If so you can be suited with ivhat is
offer©! here.
A Well Imputed 'Farm
Of 70 Acres. Good Dwelling,
7 Tenant Houses, Large Barn,
all .new. Nice Orchard and..
Tineyflrd. Spl&idift Water and
Plenty of it.
Also Plantation'of 1^0 Acres
Fifty’acres bhistraftt, of wet! drained 'Bottom Lend J
in and Fifty acres-covered
Original Timber. Good Barn on the place.
ALSO A FARM of 287 ACHES.
tKsplaoe arc a gtti house and a tenant
house. -Lands are - pPsduciBg-good -crops.
Fences Tfatra'Good.
First Class Buyers Will 'Find
f EIi2&S EASY.
Apply .
to B.H.RA Y.
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& VAN ATLANTA, WINKLE & CO.
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SAW MILLS, WIND MILLS, TANKS, SHAFTING ETC / *
ALL KINDS OP FOUNDRY WORK. §mmw Xi iwgfc
Write to ns foi prices. We can save yon money by. purchasing direct.
“Coat to Headquarters r what You Want,~
E. Van Winkle & CO.,- - Atlanta, 6a. . [50
Post Office Box 8<L
The DeLoach Variable Friction Feed.
A New aatl ’Valtflfle Device, Simple and Effective
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Popular asHvell the most Saleable mill in now the most
as the market
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I>eLoacli 3Si! 1 Mfg Co., Atlanta,Oa
bOME ‘(:.1:,.".!)'T\ STBOM lOlM‘S.
The strdng be goints {of .tthNIoN CEN
.lowing TRAL may’ oiled (tgwn into the fol,
to pas’w dozen in sentences” xvhiclylthll pay
you your hat. ‘
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LOW EST DEATH gflngE.
It realizes the
IlLfiEIIEST INTEREST RAEI‘E
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LARGEST DIVIDENDS
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git {ppkes its policies jncontestable
Jt coqtinucs ;N()N FORFEI'J.‘A;B nll policicyliu LE. force, ‘wiqh.
‘qut surrender, hy the nlmlication of gixe
.entire resqrve thoreth. 1ft does 1'th own
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ELUZG'IEUATING ;It.i;1:p£)oses STGCKS ,{a BONDS.
genes or' raw), and no rostrighons qn IQ?"
PAYS LOSSES Prqmptly.
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