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GENERAL NEWS. Newton county h«s a colored registered voter who is 106 years old. Tenuille’s aew paper, the Enterprise, has made its appearance. The first issue is a good one, indeed. A tremor of the earth was felt about 1 b’clock yesterday morning by several citi atuis of Brunswick. At Athens, Friday, the cotton seed oil mills, owned by Hunuicutt & McGinty, started in full blast. Singleton Ky tie, an old citiaenef Jack son county, was killed on Saturday last by falling from a load of fodder which he was liauliug. At Athens Tuesday Alderman Murray while in attendance on the mayor’s court, had his pockets picked, and was deprived of a flue gold watch, T. L. Gantt’s sons will begin the publi¬ cation of the Elberton Star in October. A, splendid new outfit has been bought. The paper will be a six-column quarto, all home .print. ! ’Charles Willoughby df Elder neighbor¬ hood, Oconee-coMiity, has a squash growing in his garden that now tips the beam at 55 gounds, and lias not yet reached matu¬ rity and is still growing. Two bales of cotion put rp in burlap sacks have been sold in Marietta at a loss to the producer of ijM on each bale, as the bales had to be rebaled in jut* bagging to, make them merchantable. The republicans of Upson held -a polit¬ ical meeting last Saturday in the court house, and nominated James Bell, colored,) if->r representative. He will not be elected, •for ■the white .people arc reunited. Jobs Mercer of brooks county .planted ttwentjMfive acres ru cotton this year. On orvexcre he made two 500-ponnd bales of •cotton and on twelve acres ho gathered ’twelve 500-pcwmd bales. The balance,, •owing to the disastrous rains, did not turn ■oat quite so well. Hon. W. B. Hill of Macon, who recently announced his severance from the demo¬ cratic party on account of his prohibition FAIR PLAY!! M C GEE BROS. Are iu the ring and must have a showing Fresh. Groce t ies. Plow, Sugar, Coffee, Drugs and Canned Goods. All grades corn an J Rye liquors Lager Home-made Peach Brandy. Beer, Imported Imported Gin. Ruin and Tobacco, Snuff and Cigars. DO YOU WANT A FARM? If so you can be suited with what is offered here. A Well Improved Farm Of 70 Acres, Good Dwelling, 7 Tenant Houses, Large Barn, all new. Nice Orchard and Vineyard, Splendid Water and Plenty of it. Also Plantation of 320 Acres Fifty neves of “Well drained Bottom Lands in this tract, and Fifty acres covered with Original Timber. -looJ Barn on the place. ALSO A FARAlof 287 ACRES. On this place are a gin house and a tenant house. Lands are producing good crops. Fences Extra Good. First Class Buyers will Find TERMS EASY Apply to B.H.RAY. Macon, Gfcu proclivities, has been invited to deliver an, address before the American Bar Associa¬ tion at the annual meeting at Chicago next year Mr. Hill will accept. At Athens Tuesday, a son of Mr. Naber while with otter boys attempting to tease a Chinaman in a laundry, was ducked in a tub of dirty water by the enraged celestial The father of the boy attempted to cow¬ hide the Cninatnan when inform'd of the difficulty, but was prevented by police¬ men near by. At Sharon, Monday, Pat Anderson {col¬ ored) was killed at a negro party Saturday night. A boy named Henderson was drunk, and a number tried to put him out, when he drew a pisto[ and began firing at random. A ball lodged in Anderson, kill¬ ing him almost instantly. Henderson made his escape. Charles Blackman, the thrice convicted murderer of Stonewall J. Tondiee, will pay the penalty of his heinous crime upon the gallows Oct. IS. Such was the sentence imposed by Judge Fortin Ellanville.Schley county Wednesday morning. Three years ago, under covt-T of darkness, lie brurally shot down end killed an inoffensive white man while engaged at his duties in his store. While R. T. Durham of Watkiusville was talking to a crowd of boys in Dr. Hutcheson’s drug store on Friday evening last apparently the very picture of health, hefell to the floor and was immediately picked up and placed on the counter and Dr Hutcherson summoned to his side. The doctor pronounced it nervous prostration. Mr. Durham was unconcious for six min¬ utes, but lias been improving rapidly. E. VAN WINKLE & CO. ATLANTA, GA„ M A N TIFACT UEE s J f @otton mi}: Rafiiils and 03133. Machinery SAW MILLS, WIND MILLS, TANKS, SHAFTING KTC ALL KIKDS OF FOUNDRY WORK. Write to ns foi prices. We can save you money by purchasing direct. “Cone to Headquarters r.what You Want,“ <& CO.,- Atlanta, Ga. VoTn E. Van Winkle [MU ju22-3 Post Office Box 83. NEW MILLINERY GOODS. MRS. M. B. FIERCE -HAS Quite a Choice Lot of Hats, Ribbons, Laces and other Novelties Also new line of Hosiery and Fall Dress Goods. Babies' Hoods, cheap and pretty 1 have a lot of good and neat CLOAKS aud JACKETS. Brices very low. DRESSMAKING In the Latest Styles, cut by measure- My ladv friends are cordially invited to come to see me. to oc5 The DeLoach Variable Friction Feed. A New and Yaluble Device, Simple and Effective. -Capacity fbom ,5000 to 50,000 Feet ter Day__ iii 0 a m alp mmt k: SB tBUfk : i lias only been on the market one year, but has become so popular that shipments li'riho' With this mill the P° a J feed P al Can ' ts °f bounder 'he Ulnted Eash States and Perfect and inquiries Control- coming it is from the abroad Popular as well as tile most Saleable mill in the market now most s aw oMi l, Portable Corn Mills and DeLoacli Water Wheels Etc. DeLoach 31111 3F.i°“«i* Co., Atlanta,Ga fr::: - : : A wm 8 | A : ■ 1** Oet‘fiom Prfiflfieg, .fianE. @eed Uieaners