THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday, July 30, 1897
Don't fail to hear Stubbs Monday night.
A new boiler is being put in at J. T. McLendon & Sons' gin.
Pres. McKinley has appointed J. M. Scovill postmaster of Worth.
Jim Raney could put an elegant roof garden on his new building
if he only would.
Mr. W. A. Murray has concluded that he will wait till next spring to
build his brick store.
Death is not the only thing that loves a shining Mark; George Evans
has gone anywhere yet.
The old and reliable Rev. I. Hobby, of Worth county, has some old and
reliable watermelons over two feet long.
Mr. J. W. Chapman is furnishing the Dew Drop Inn with large, fine, sweet,
sweet potatoes of this year's growth.
A good meeting is going on at Liberty church, two miles west., Mrs.
Austin, of Waycross is one of the preachers.
The third quarterly conference of the Ashburn Circuit will be held here
Monday evening, and presiding Elder Stubbs will preach Monday night.
Mr. J. B. Pye came in this morning with a sample stalk of his Texas
Oak cotton, bearing 67 grown bowls and a number of forms. This is
an extra cotton grown by an extra man.
Exchange is the name of the new postoffice established near Ross Lake
in Irwin county, with Mr. J. L. Bass postmaster. A mail rout from
Ashburn to Luke via Exchange will soon be established.
The Masonic fraternity did not perform the ceremonies at the grave of
Uncle Zack Bass on the first Sunday in July as expected. It was prevented
by act of the last meeting of the Grand Lodge of Georgia.
Who says they can't sing in the Red Oak settlement? R. B. Hobby
is teaching two schools, one at Red Oak and one at Bethlehem. The
one at Red Oak has forty-five voices in train to do the singing for the
next generation.
A big meeting has just closed at Harmony church, in the 16th district,
in which Rev. I. Hobby secured seven members, four of whom are to be baptized
on the second Sunday in August in the branch near Alex Hobby, where we
had a picnic once.
A young man, Fred, whose surname is Davis, comes over here from Poulan
sometimes -- in fact he come quite often -- to see a dear creature near
town, and it is safe to say that his love is returned. Orange blossoms,
congratulations is in (the) Advance.
A new road has been opened from a point on the Ashburn and Doles road
a mile beyond Bob Whiddons, running by Alex Hobby's and W. H. Burkam's
and intersecting with Albany road a mile south of Providence church.
This puts the settlement above Sikes' nearer Ashburn and the cotton market.
Mr. J. F. Hubbell has completed the brick work of the Aberdeen Mill
at Poulan, and has commenced work on the court house in Isabella.
He has the contract for putting cells in the new jail, and will soon have
them completed. He is about to finish the jail with fire-proof ceiling
and flooring, with steel beams and arches. Mr. Hubbell was over here
this week figuring with W. A. Murray on building a brick store house.
A lively race between the colors gave amusement to the town Tuesday
morning. Three darkies violated the city ordinance by jumping off
a moving train. They landed near the slab pit and went across into
the quarter. Three of the small boys followed Marshall Hallman over
there after them, and they jumped three negroes, but not the ones they
wanted. A lively chase a hot race, and they were captured in Mr.
J. T. McLendon's field after a mile heat. They were brought back
and turned loose.
George Davis has been looked upon as a good boy since he has been driving
for Willis Johnson, but it has been proven that he is "a bad nigger" when
you get him started. He was hauling for Mr. J. M. Raney on Tuesday
when a misunderstanding arose between them and he took up a board to slay
the white man. It was a busy time of the year with them when
Marshall Hallman got there, and then the negro made it hot for the marshal.
George was soon overpowered and carried to the caliboose, hand and foot
by four men. He went before Mayor pro-tem Lawrence Wednesday morning
and got some sound advice, together with $15 and cost or 30 days.
Gambling is a mere pastime for some of the boys and they enjoy it.,
very much. Some of them gain and some of them lose. Four of
them lost their liberty for the watermelon season yesterday. Seven
or eight of them huddled themselves near the slab pit in a patch of weeds,
at a good place for holding a prayer meeting, and went to playing for each
others nickels. The game was not through when Hallman, Law, McArthur,
Cox & Co. surrounded them and picked up Earnest Zelner,, Lawrence Graham,
John Duncan, and Perry Tucker. Three or four got away. The captured
ones spent last night with George Davis in the caliboose. They were
tried before justice McArthur this morning and bound over to county court.
To telephone subscribers: add Mr. D. H. Davis, no. 32.
Miss Willie McLendon returned from Tifton on Saturday.
Durham & Co.'s new gin has been put into position.
Col. J. J. Forehand represented Isabella here yesterday.
Miss Sarah Taylor, of Adel, is visiting the family of Mr. J. E. Edmonson.
Messrs. Hubbell, F. Davis, and J. B. Oliver dropped in the Inn Monday.
Mr. Walter Hambrick left Monday for a visit to his old home in Macon
county.
Mr. M. S. Cantey and family returned from a visit to South Carolina
on Tuesday.
Mr. Joshua Barfield and sister, Miss Carrie Lee, visited Miss Lorena
Ennis Sunday.
Mr. A. B. Chapman and lady of Bronwood, are visitors at the Dew Drop
Inn.
Uncle Jim Fountain always has something from his farm to sell.
His peaches were fine.
Rev. W. A. Boyd of Macon filled Rev. E. Culpepper's regular appointment
here Sunday.
Miss Addie Floyd, of Sycamore, is here to spend a week with Miss Sadie
Roberts at the parsonage.
Miss Ada Hambrick, of Cat Creek, Berrien county, came Tuesday to spend
a little while with relatives.
Miss Mattie Clark has resigned her position at the State Asylum, and
is expected home within a week.
Bro. Flanders desires the presence of all of the members at the Methodist
Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
Miss Cora Woodard, a very interesting young lady of Kathleen, is visiting
our friend -- her brother -- H. S. Woodard.
Rev. E. Culpepper presided last night at the Baptist Church. Those
who attended were allowed to get back by 9 o'clock. God will bless
the church.
Mr. Charles Keuck, of the Ross Lake settlement, was here this morning,
and report good crops in his community.
Prof. W. L. McNell has closed his school at Poulan and has gone back
to South Carolina to take charge of a school at his old home.
Editor Grubbs is grubbing, lively for his paper. Our people should
support his paper, for it circulates among a large number of Ashburn patrons.
Editor W. A. Allen, of the Local, was here Saturday and spent several
hours at D. H. Davis's office next door to us and didn't come by us.
We would not treat any editor in the state that way.
Miss Lee Woodard, after a pleasant visit of several weeks to friends
in Valdosta, returned to her home in Poulan Ga. last Tuesday. She
was accompanied by her friend, Miss Lena Passmore, who will spend some
time with her. -- Valdosta Times
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From Deep Creek
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In company with a good Baptist Brother I attended the camp meeting near
Vienna, which closed on Wednesday. Well, to say we had a good time,
don't at all express it; the preaching and music were very good and the
good ladies vied with each other in spreading the most bountiful supply
of toothsome delicacies. There was a marriage on the grounds on Sunday.
The contracting parties being the popular and handsome young man, Ed Forehand;
and that very attractive and clever school ma'am, Miss Claud Swearingen.
The school that is being taught by Mr. Walker is progressing smoothly
now: there is, you know, always a calm after the storm: yes, as Mr. Walker
says, " Perfect order is quite requisite in the school room, and every
teacher should require it."
The little afflicted girl of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Raney, on the 12th inst.
Their loss is heaven's gain; that dear little girl is doubtless safe at
home.
The children of Mr. Butler who have been sick are improving.
Mr. P. W. Williams is the proud father of a bouncing baby boy of some
two weeks old.
ALPHA
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ISABELLA SCRAPS
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ISABELLA, GA.
Our clever contractor C. R. Collins, has completed the residence of
Mrs. Holaman, and has begun work on Mr. Lon Lundy's gin house, which will
be ready for ginning this years crop of the fleecy staple.
Mr. M. C. Milliken, a life insurance man, was in town yesterday.
Mr. Wooten, of Ruark, paid his best girl a visit Sunday.
Miss Josie Jernigan paid home folk a visit Sunday last.
JON
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