The Ashburn Advance
Friday, October 1, 1897
For the fourth time is a little over a year old man Taylor Delk will
be placed on trial for the killing of Sheriff Gwin of Pike county, (can't
read)
Miss Lelia Jones of Brooks county has filed her application with Governor
Atkinson for the position of Assistant Librarian, and we are at a (can't
read) to know just what Georgia statesman and ex-soldier she has her eyes
on.
What? Only been running the News nine weeks and want to "soak" your
watch already, Bro. Godwin?
Editor Parham of Waycross has been studying human nature. Hear
him: "An editor can do a man a hundred favors. He can say pleasant
things about his family, praise his enterprise, puff him up when he is
a candidate and get cussed and abused on his account, but just let him
put a line in the paper that he don't like and he forgets everything but
his own self importance and his (can't read) vanity. The editor is
used to this sort of thing because he knows while he is afflicted with
these kinds of people in this world, he won't meet any of them in the next."
Moultrie Observer: On last Tuesday afternoon a negro man named Baxter
Reeves who has been employed for some time by Dukes & Co. as a porter
and a man-of-all-work, made some very insulting and scandalous remarks
about the white women of Moultrie to J. G. Finch. Mr. Finch instantly
resented it and they clinched. The marshal interfered and placed
the negro in the guard house. Later it was rumored that he was liable
to be taken out, and then the sheriff and marshal slipped him out of the
guard house and started to jail with him for safe keeping, when they were
quickly overpowered by a large number of unknown men, and the negro was
taken to the woods and given a whipping and warned to "depart these coasts."
No blame is attached to the sheriff or marshal, as they were so suddenly
overpowered by such numbers that resistance was useless.
J. M. Wilson of Penia was here Wednesday night.
Jim Raney is "courting" in Abbeville this week.
Y. C. Killebrew of Willacoochee was in town Wednesday.
T. J. and W. A. Shingler were guest at the Clyde Monday.
W. T. Bass moved back to his home in the country Tuesday.
J. P. Belvin went to Fitzgerald Monday to take a job of inspecting.
J. W. Walker's little daughter is improving, we are glad to note.
A ten-pound boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bailey last night.
Davis & Barbre have put in a new zinc lined fish-box at their store.
Abraham Gay and Miss Ella Hall of near Doles were married Sunday.
Mrs. B. F. Cawley is here on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Turner.
Beal Bros. are at work on the new addition to T. J. Shingler's residence.
Mrs. Oslin and little daughter returned from a trip to Fitzgerald Wednesday.
James Hillsman of Buena Vista is here on a visit to his nephew, C. C.
Barbre.
Mrs. Gleaton and Miss Ross of Oakfield are visiting the family of W.
J. Cobb.
Wilbur Smith and H. W. Bussey of Sycamore were on our streets yesterday.
Col. Davis and J. S. Shingler went to Abbeville Tuesday to attend superior
court.
T. M. Jelks bought 134 bales of cotton from W. A. Murray and G. B. Gorday
Wednesday.
Vas Swearingen is acting depot agent at Sycamore, Mr. Moore being on
the sick list.
Betts & Co. are re-shingling and otherwise improving the houses
in their negro quarter.
D. J. Rogers, wife and children, came up from Chula yesterday on a visit
to his brother, G. K. Rogers.
Rev. J. M. Champion has erected a fine storehouse at Doles, and is now
doing business in the same.
Capt. Alex Lawton of Irwin county will cultivate from three to five
acres of onions, says the News.
Mrs. Burke moved into the Holt house yesterday. We understand
she will keep a boarding house.
Charley Fowler procured a health certificate Wednesday and returned
to his home in Newberry Fla. (note: Florida would not let anyone into the
state without a health certificate; there was a yellow fever epidemic in
many states. zg)
J. C. Durham went to Snow Saturday to bring his family to Ashburn, and
they are expected to be here to-day.
Agent Huckabee being somewhat disposed this week, J. P. Cox is helping
him with his duties at the depot.
C. W. Evans Sr. went to Hawkinsville on business this morning, and was
accompanied by his son, C. W. Evans Jr.
Cordele has quarantined against the world, and no one can visit the
city without presenting a health certificate.
John F. Rish of Blakely arrived here Tuesday, and will make his future
home with his daughter, Mrs. T. J. Shingler.
Geo. M. Daniel attended the Holiness meeting at Cycloneta Sunday, and
says there was great interest manifested.
We understand that the public school at Sycamore will opened Monday
with Prof. Bates of North Georgia as principal.
Mrs. E. J. Spiller presented her husband with a fine daughter Tuesday,
and as a consequence he is spilling over with joy.
Henry Calhoun and wife of Willingham came up Saturday. Mrs. J.
M. Strickland returned with them Sunday night to spend a week.
R. J. Mahoney went to Pitts yesterday, where he will run an engine for
the Enterprise Lumber Company, his family will remain in Ashburn.
One of the largest congregations that has been seen at night in the
Methodist church in six months assembled there Sunday night last to listen
to Rev. J. C. Flanders.
Up to last night 714 bales of cotton had been weighed at the two warehouses
here. Of this number Bass Bros. weighed 364 lbs. and Raney 350.
Capt. Belvin sneaked out of town and went to Milledgeville in order
to get a scoop on Ye Local and succeeded. We shall keep him under
surveillance hereafter.
J. W. Evans started for Atlanta Monday, but upon reaching Macon learned
that a case of yellow fever had developed in the former place and immediately
returned home.
Betts & Co. on last Friday received eleven yoke of cattle from Pinia,
which they had purchased from Mr. Neal, whose mill was recently destroyed
by fire at that place.
Editor Smith passed through the city on Wednesday morning enroute to
Poulan. Did he mean to say Isabella? -- News. 'Ssh! Speak
low about that; don't give us away.
Depot Agent Moore of Sycamore was arrested Monday on complaint of W.
D. Fountain, charged with breach of trust. He gave bond and was released
from custody.
Editor Hanlon, of the Irwin County News, came up to Ashburn Friday,
and favored the Advance with a call. He is giving Sycamore one of
the best papers the town ever had.
W. K. Jenkins has sold $50 worth of vegetables from his garden this
year, besides supplying the wants of the family. Can any other person
in town make a good showing?
The Luke correspondent of the Rochelle New Era says that Ben Raney is
smiling 4-acre smiles. We thought that was a feat married men only
could perform, and then only on certain occasions.
M. L. Tinley of Sycamore, formerly editor of the News, was in Ashburn
Wednesday, and favored our office with a call. He recently returned
from Macon where he attended a business college.
Mrs. W. A. Shingler left Monday for Whiteville, N. C., where she will
remain for a month on a visit to her parents. Her husband accompanied
her as far as Waycross, and then returned home.
Sheriff Hanley of Irwin county, has provided himself with a brace of
bloodhounds. If Sheriff Story had been provided with a pair he might
have caught the prisoners who escaped Friday night.
The Herald says the Hon. J. L. Sumner and J. G. McPhaul have sold over
6,000 acres in the 16th district. All of this was sold in small tracts
to farmers who have gone to live on their purchases.
Isaac Hobby, one of the good, substantial citizens of Doles, was in
town yesterday. He reports everything flourishing in that neighborhood,
and the people contented, in spite of a short cotton crop.
Master Clinton Shingler, owner of a pretty little bicycle, and occasionally
takes a spin to the post office in the early morn for his father's mail.
He is a perfect little gentleman, and as a rider can outdo many a grown
man.
Monday was the first day of the year 5658 in Jewish calendar.
Mr. Jeffrey celebrated the "New Year's Day" in Cordele. As he is
the only Israelite in Ashburn, to have celebrated here would have been
a lonesome job.
The Sycamore News congratulates Ashburn upon securing the services of
such an accomplished lady as Mrs. O. E. Walker, and adds; "Her skill
as a teacher of music is widely known, and her patrons are sure to be pleased."
Jim Baker, the colored porter of the Clyde, is an expert penman, and
is said to be the best writer among his race in the State. But few
white people can equal him. Jim is a good negro, and well liked by
the white people.
Constable W. J. Perry of near Arabi, and G. C. Lairsey of Wenona came
to Ashburn and arrested Tom Chancey (col.) who is charged with wife beating,
and took him back with them to Dooly county for trial. Tom is an
ex-convict.
The Houston Baptist Association meets in Arabi next Wednesday, and will
remain in session three days. W. A. Murray and D. T. Page are delegates
from here. An effort will be made to bring the association to Ashburn
next year.
W. M. Massey, who lives about two miles west of Ashburn, was in town
Wednesday with a fine specimen of the Kalsey Japan persimmon, which he
had plucked from one of two trees he has on his place, this being the first
year they have borne fruit. The specimen, although not fully matured,
weighed 11 ounces.
Rev. W. E. Mumford of Macon, Ga., agent of the Orphan's Home, will be
in Ashburn next Sunday morning and night. Mr. Mumford is a minister
of recognized ability, and we bespeak for him a cordial greeting, and for
the congregation a mental and spiritual feast.
W. A. Shingler is on the warpath; he has donned his warpaint, and there
is blood in his eye and on the moon. He has also armed himself with
a Winchester, and declares if another man fells another tree across his
telephone wire, down goes his apple cart.
Mrs. Sallie Chapman has purchased the Dew Drop Inn property, formerly
known as the Pinnix House, from Mrs. Pinnix, and the latter departed for
Atlanta Wednesday night, where she will make her future home. Mrs.
Chapman will continue to conduct the Inn as a boarding home.
Here's a genuine case of "sour grapes" from the pen of Editor Hanlon
of the Sycamore News: "Our Ashburn neighbors are putting on airs, they
now want seedless tomatoes. They'll next want biscuits on week days
as well as Sundays. Henry Smith is to blame."
Considerable excitement was cause here Sunday morning by the loud report
of a gun and screams emanating from one of the houses owned by Jeff Pope
(col.) opposite the Advance office. Several ran to the scene to find
that a loaded gun standing in a corner fell to the floor and was discharged.
Mrs. Pope and child in the house had a narrow escape.
A serious accident happened to Laurence, the ten-year old son of
J. G. McPhaul, Monday. A dead tree had been cut down and had been
left lying in the street. Laurence was running after a ball when
he ran into a branch of the tree and a snag about two inches long penetrated
his side. The wound, while painful, is not dangerous. --- Poulan
Herald.
The Luke correspondent of the New Rochelle Era says: "Sure enough
we had two weddings Sunday, the contracting parties being Moses Haralson
and Miss Francis Ashley, and Silas Gorday and Miss Ida Ashley. Now,
that's pretty good for one day, isn't it, boys! There is plenty more
material on this side and we fear here long we will have to (can't read)
once more.
"Bro." Smith, of the Ashburn Advance, is surely in the swim. He
is in town again today. Line up, ye Yankee girls, and go for him.
He evidently would much prefer "press"ing his own suit rather than
to depend on any Tailor. ---Fitzgerald Daily Citizen. Just listen
at the Citizen! Marston will tell it if all the earth go 'round.
Just as well let everybody know it now.
Stephen King, better known as "Buckshot" the colored porter for Davis
& Barbre, came very near "passing in his checks" Sunday.
He accompanied the colored excursion to Cordele, and while the train was
moving out he attempted to go from one car to another. The platform
was crowded, and someone tripped him and he was thrown violently to the
ground, barely missing the tracks. The affair occurred in Cordele.
Claude and Clare McLendon, Jim Cox, Oscar Futch, Wilbur Bunch, Charley
Cassell Charley Bolden and Charley Teagle went a coon and 'possum hunting
Wednesday night and caught a polecat and treed a gopher. A man would
starve to death if he never got anything to eat until that crowd caught
a 'possum or coon. Bunch started to out-walk the rest of the crowd,
but by 11 o'clock was offering $2.50 to be toted home.
The Fountainville correspondent of the Macon County Citizen must have
had in mind our young friend Charley Teagle when he wrote the following:
We know a young man who is cultivating his voice. He wants to be
a singer, but the writer thinks he is making very poor speed. He
sings so much like a bumblebee in a barrel we wouldn't be surprised if
he does not become frightened of his own voice.
S. B. Hudson's Sunday school has been without a teacher for three months,
and they decided to surprise Mr. Hudson Monday night by calling to see
about the matter, so five of the class were there before he knew anything
about it, and made him promise to be on hand next Sunday. They think
lots of their teacher, and say they could not get along without him.
Those of the class present Monday night were Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Jenkins,
Mrs. F. E. Hudson, and Misses Callie Killebrew and Ola Smith.
Sheriff Roberts of Dooly county passed through here Tuesday having under
arrest Robert Harding of this county. He is charged, we learn, with
being implicated in the killing of a peddler near Seville last year.
When the body of the peddler was found it was thought he had died a natural
death, but suspicion was aroused and the body exhumed, when evidence of
death by violence was found. The grand jury indicted Harding on the
charge of being implicated in the killing, but the officers could not find
him until now, although he has been living in Colquitt county, and married
since the alleged murder was committed . He is a brother of Joe Harding,
who married Bob Law's sister.
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