The Ashburn Advance
Friday October 29, 1897

Miss Mary Warren of Inaha was here yesterday.

Judge Story of Warwick was in Ashburn Monday.

J. S. Betts and wife are down with chills and fever.

Ed. Smith of Sycamore was on our streets yesterday.

C. F. Foster of Cordele was in Ashburn Monday.

Miss Mattie Clark is visiting her sister, Mrs. Belvin.

W. A. Murray made a business trip to Cordele yesterday.

Geo. Evans went to Richwood Monday on a business trip.

W. R. Paulk of Irwin county was in Ashburn Wednesday.

Editor John Herring was a caller at our office yesterday.

Col. Z. Bass has been touring the county this past week.

D. W. Ketchum of Cordele was registered at the Clyde Tuesday.

Capt. A. C. Lawton of Sycamore was in town trading Monday.

Miss Lorena Ennis of Worth is the guest of Miss Willie McLendon.

J. P. Peacock of Irwin county was here selling cotton yesterday.

Lester Stewart and family spent Sunday here with J. H. Gilmore.

John Smith of Sycamore was perambulating our streets Wednesday.

A little son of Mrs. Fannie Everson of Oakfield is reported seriously ill.

Lester Stewart will move to Taylor county between now and Christmas.

The Ocilla high school opened last Monday with Prof. Grubbs as principal.

Paul Tinley of Sycamore is now one of the Irwin County News force.

Will Sims of Leslie was here on a visit with his cousin, Mrs. Hargraves, Monday.

Miss Sue Pittman of Cedartown is visiting her mother, who is sick at Worth.

Charley Kelley and his brother of Arabi were in town Wednesday on business.

Jesse Hickman is putting in fine show windows in the front of his store.

Rev. C. H. Hyde has resigned the pastorate of the Presbyterian church of Cordele.

Alex Story will soon move back here from Cordele and take charge of his farm.

J. W. Walker was on the sick list Monday, and unable to be at his place of business.

If Florida don't raise that quarantine soon, Georgia will be filled up with hoboes.

McLendon's gin had to be shut down again Monday on account of lack of water.

Mrs. Murray went to Worth on Tuesday to see her aunt, Mrs. Cowan who is very sick.

Z. J. Cowan and wife, and Mrs. Pittman, who is visiting them at Worth, are all down sick.

The bird law expires Monday, and you can go a hunting. Oh, where is Charley Teagle?

Walter Hall, a young Macon county farmer, was here seeking a location the past week.

Geo. Daniels went out to Jas. Clement's place in Irwin county to visit his sister.

W. R. Paulk has completed a new residence on his place ten miles east of here in Irwin.

Miss Annie Hall, daughter of Tax Collector W. A. Hall of Oakfield is reported seriously ill.

M. A. Poffard of Pearson has a Georgia raised hog that tips the beam upwards of 500 pounds.

Mrs. Julia N. Rutland and two daughters, of Oakfield, are sick with fever, the former dangerously so.

Mrs. W. A. Shingler returned from a visit to Whiteville, N. C., Tuesday, where she has been to see her parents.

The lecture at the Methodist church last Friday night by Miss Perry was well attended and highly spoken of.

Mesdames Hardin and Copeland of Conyers are at the bedside of their sick sister, Mrs. Z. J. Cowan, at Worth.

A little daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Word (could be Ward-- zg) last week Thursday.  Mother and child are doing well.

Jeffrey has put a street lamp in front of his store, and one in the rear.  His prices tell by day and his lamps by night.

W. A. Shingler complains that he is unable to procure lumber to finish his depot on the Hawkinsville & Isabella railroad.

Gen. Allen Thomas of Florida passed through here Saturday with a carload of chickens and ducks destined for Cuba.

The T. C. Parker News Co. has rented the Union Hotel and eating house at Cordele, and will soon have it in operation.

Sheriff Story registered at the Clyde Tuesday night.  He was on his way to Macon, Atlanta and the Nashville exposition.

The Holiness Baptist Association at Cordele closed last Sunday, but Rev. W. H. House is protracting the meeting for ten days.

C. W. Cashwell returned from Snow Wednesday, and will remain here a few days.  Her was formerly employed at Durham's ginnery.

We understand that Gus Wells has purchased from Benj. Pate the property on which stand the stores of  J. W. Walker and Davis & Barbre.

Z. T. Ennis is not in such deplorable circumstances as the public has been made to believe.  His household effects were insured for $666, all of which has been paid.

Miss Mattie Swearingen of Sycamore of Sycamore is visiting friends here, and is the guest of Miss White.

Miss Mattie Perry, the missionary evangelist, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Cantey Wednesday night, and left for Macon yesterday morning.

Mrs. Grover Cleveland presented her husband with a boy yesterday, and the ex-president is probably as puffed up as is Bro. Flanders.

Dr. Thrasher now drives a spanking good team purchased from J. E. Edmondson Tuesday.  He needed two horses to haul him around anyhow.

A Mr. Carrica of Springfield, Ky., is in this section for the purpose of buying 1,000 head of cattle to be shipped to the bluegrass region and fatten for market.

Dan Davis has swapped a place near Arabi for George Sheppard's farm two miles west of Ashburn.  Mr. Sheppard will move to his new place shortly.

Cordele Sentinel:  J. Lee Ensign left last night for Jacksonville, Florida to get a convict who escaped from the convict camp at Worth two years ago.

John Knight and Rosa Hill, col., were married last night by 'Squire McArthur at Jeff Pope's house.  Several white people witnessed the ceremony.

A small house belonging to T. A. Royal and occupied by Mrs. Hatcher was burned to the ground Sunday night at Arabi.  But little of the furniture was saved.

It is now said that the residence of  T. Z. Ennis, recently destroyed by fire, was insured for $666.  This will not leave the family in such destitute circumstances after all.

Rev. E. E. Shellhammer of Atlanta will preach at the Methodist church here next Tuesday.  He is reputed to be an excellent talker, possessed of great spiritual power, and all should hear him.

Hamp Stevens of Shellman, Ga., who is studying for the ministry, is in Ashburn, and will remain here until the annual conference, when he will undergo an examination.

S. G. Long of Oakfield was a welcome caller at our office Monday.  He was collecting taxes for Tax Collector W. A. Hall, who was detained at his home on account of sickness in his family.

The Widow Lawson of Oakfield did recently, after an illness of only one week.  Her husband died about two months ago.  Now an infant daughter is sick and not expected to live.

R. D. Smith, a farmer, was shot by a convict guard at Richwood Sunday, but not seriously wounded.  The difficulty occurred at a church where Mr. Smith was conducting a Sunday school.

G. W. Newton, the carriage painter at Edmondson livery stable, has been doing some fine work of late.  He is an artist in his line, and his work will compare favorably with any done in the State.

While in Macon Tuesday we fell into the hands of T. S. McKinney, who left Ashburn a few weeks ago to try his hand at railroading. Mc is boarding at 720 Plum street, and took us up for a square meal.

J. S. Betts & Co.'s tram engine No. 3 blew out a cylinder head Tuesday, and has gone into the "hospital" for treatment.  The same engine got rantankerous Saturday morning and damaged five cars for the G. S. & F.

Commodore Willie B. Murray stepped on the scales Tuesday wearing his jaunty sailor suit and tipped the beam 39 3-4 pounds.  He thinks he is plenty big enough to be an admiral now, and we think so too.

Some miscreant shot a horse belonging to Lee Betts last week.  An effort was made to save the animal's life but to no avail.  If the party who did the shooting is ever caught up with he will apt to go pretty hard on him.

Mrs. J. Lawrence went to Clyattville near Valdosta Monday to assist in a Holiness meeting now in progress there.  Mrs. Lawrence is an earnest and enthusiastic religious worker, and is no doubt doing much good.

The Irwin County News is a newspaper right, now, since Bro. Hanlon has got it under control.  The issue of last week, both from an editorial and mechanical standpoint would be a credit to any Georgia town.

The Holiness people held a big meeting at Liberty last Sunday, which was largely attended by Ashburnites.  Rev. Strozier was to have preached, but the meeting was turned into a regular experience meeting.

Dr. Thrasher recently ordered a pair of pants from Columbus through J. S. Betts & Co., and when he called for them a few days after found C. E. Harrell completely hidden in one leg of the unmentionables, playing peek-a-boo with the other clerks.

Mrs. Slaughter and Mrs. Karce of near Isabella were in town shopping Wednesday.  They brought to this market a large number of chickens and turkeys, which they sold to our merchants and received good prices for.

It is said that it doesn't take long for 'Squire McArthur to marry a couple.  They join hands and the following colloquy ensues: "Have him?" "Yep."  "Have her?"  "You bet."  "All right. Spliced.  Two dollars and a half please.

Misses Lillie Bloodworth of Milner and Annie Green of The Rock, two charming and bewitching belles, were the guest of Miss Maggie Hadaway during the past week, and departed to their respective homes Monday.

There was a splendid party at Charley Royal below Sycamore last night, given in honor of Miss Herrington of Sumner.  A large number of guests were present, and delightfully entertained.  Those who attended from here were Harry Jeffrey and Wilbur Bunch.

When A. Roobin of Cordele visited Mr. Jeffrey here last week while at Worth he threw a bundle of papers from the train, and with the papers went a valuable gold ring, a gift from his deceased wife, hence highly treasured by him.  The initials "L. R." are engraved on the inside of the ring.  Mr. Roobin will liberally reward anyone who will return the lost ring to him or to Mr. Jeffrey.

Jim Baker, the colored porter at the Clyde House, has got it up his sleeve for the New York Sun's correspondent.  He says that he wants it understood that the language he uses is patterned after cultured Boston, and that he don't resort to negro dialect.

On Tuesday, little Ruby, aged two and one half years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bass passed away.  This is the second child they have lost within a week, and the community certainly sympathizes with them in their dire affliction.

J. L. Jessup, of Cordele, representing the Province Savings Life, was in town yesterday, and favored our office with a call.  Mr. Jessup won the diamond studded medal for writing more policies than any other man in Georgia last year.  The medal is valued at $75 and he wears it proudly.

There was a watermelon cutting party at Darien Barfield's Saturday night which was a very enjoyable affair.  Among those present were Messrs. Clare and Claude McLendon, and Misses Mattie Horne, Laura Green, Callie Killebrew, Maggie Burke and Willie McLendon.

Houston High School Journal: W. M. Dale of this place has purchased an interest in the mercantile business of Story Bros. at Ashburn, and moved his family to that place Thursday last.  He will manage the business at that place for the firm.  Hope he will be a good boy and keep his face and hands clean.

There was another watermelon cutting a Mr. Barfield's Tuesday night.  Quite a few of Ashburn's young people congregated at the residence of Mr. McLendon and went over to Mr. Barfield's house in a body, where they enjoyed themselves as only Ashburn young people can.

Col. Tipton of Sylvester was here on legal business here yesterday.  He reports substantial building improvements going on in that town.  T. K. Hensohn is erecting a two-story brick storehouse 50 x 100 feet, and the brickwork on the same is completed.  C. W. Hillhouse is also erecting a two-story brick.

Rev. Culpepper preached to a large congregation at the Baptist church last Sunday morning, and the sermon was a very interesting one.  The rumor that was circulated to the effect that he was to preach his farewell sermon then was wholly unfounded, and probably arose from Cordele's efforts to secure his exclusive services.  He will preach here the balance of the year, and perhaps next year.

W. T. Christopher, editor of the Georgia Planter, and who lives in Montezuma, has rented the John Ward place, and will move his family here by Jan. 1st.  Bro. Christopher will make a good citizen, and will be heartily welcomed to our community.  We trust that others of Macon county will follow in his footsteps and make Worth county their future home.

The venerable Wm. Hogan, who lives12 miles east of here in Irwin county, was in town one day this past week.  Mr. Hogan is 84 years of age, and has been married twice.  His first wife had 13 children and his second 10, and he can trace 300 lineal descendants.  We doubt there is another man in Georgia who can do the same thing.  Mr. Hogan is one of Irwin's best citizens, and although somewhat feeble, promises to be with us many years yet.

The Clinch County News is a new candidate for favors in the journalistic field.  It is published at Homerville by M. E. Tison, and takes the place of the defunct Chronicle.  The first number is before us, and presents a very creditable appearance.  Editor Tyson has dropped Populism, and announces that the new paper will strictly be Democratic.  We wish it success.

There is something going to happen sure.  A young lady stopped in Mr. Murray's store and sent word to Jim Raney that she wanted to see him, and to come up there right away.  He sent back word that he hadn't time.  Now you know when Jim Raney has time to go to see a pretty young lady there must be an appalling catastrophe near at hand.  We had thought that nothing short of the millennium would bring about such a state of affairs.

R. B. Smith, a meandering manipulator of adjustable alphabets who stopped over with Ye Local three weeks ago while enroute to Florida, writes from Homerville, Ga., that he reached Jasper Florida, where he was met by a body of armed men and forced to returned to Georgia.  He now wants us to take a day off and go to Homerville and kick him for trying to run a Florida quarantine.

J. U. Bond of Drayton, Dooly county, was killed by a train near Montezuma Friday night.  He was under the influence of liquor, sat down on the track, and presumably went to sleep, when a train came along and killed him.  He was a faithful soldier during the war, and it is said by his comrades in battle that no braver soldier ever fought under the confederate flag.

Another killing has taken place in Allapaha over in Berrien county.  Saturday about noon Jesse Gay, white, and Jim head, colored, had a difficulty at the depot.  A friend finally led Head off toward the postoffice, some 200 yards distant.  Gay followed and the fight renewed.  The negro grabbed Gay and held a knife in one hand.  Gay cried, "Turn me loose, or I'll shoot."  The negro not loosing his hold.  Gay with some difficulty got his hand in his hip pocket, drew his pistol and fired into the abdomen of Head.  The negro at once loosened his hold, and started up the street to his boarding house.  He fainted on the way there and had to be carried home, where he died Saturday night.  Gay may no attempt to make his escape and had not been arrested up to Monday evening.

Once upon a time there was a great preacher, who was greatly loved by his congregation, and they arranged a surprise for him and his family, and calling at his house one night left a big lot of provisions, clothing, etc., for which he was exceedingly grateful.  A few day after his wife presented him with a bouncing baby boy.  At church the next Sunday he prayed fervently, and among other things said, "We desire to thank thee, O, Lord for the little succor sent us the past week."  And the congregation was forever after divided in opinion as to whether their pastor referred to the donations he has received, or the baby.  We don't know how Rev. J. Flanders will pray next Sunday, but he has a bouncing ten-pound boy at his house, born, last Sunday, the ninth wedding anniversary of the parents.  The mother is doing nicely, and if you could hear the father talk, the child only likes whiskers to be a full grown man, and a candidate for bishop.

It seems that Homer Reed did not catch onto all the religious traits of Ashburn.  J. F. Jenkins our efficient assistant postmaster, has a fine open-faced gold watch that is an admirable time-keeper during the week, but when Sunday comes it positively refuses to run, and can't be started again until Monday morning.  Another strange thing was reported to us yesterday.  Our informant states that J. S. Geoghagan owns chickens that will not lay eggs on Sunday, or holidays, such as Christmas, Fourth of July, Washington's Birthday, New Year and Memorial Day.  When not broody she lays and egg every day except Sundays and holidays, when she stops, but the following day, as if to make up for the lost time, she deposits a double yolked egg  in her nest.  When she gets broody eggs are place under her and she sets all right until Saturday night, when she goes to roost with the other fowls, and won't back to her nest until Monday morning, when of course the eggs are spoiled, and Mr. G. has to break up her setting.  We call this getting Sunday observance down to a pretty fine point.

'Squire McArthur's court was engaged all Monday in trying the case of  State vs. Fletcher Wright for alleged cheating and swindling in a guano transaction.  Col. Powell represented the State and Cols. White and Bass the defense.  There was a hot old time in the court, and figuratively speaking guano sacks and Rowal Owl flour sacks flew about the courtroom from dawn till dark.  The usual amount of badgering witnesses was done, and some of them got fighting mad, but were restrained from engaging in actual hostilities.  The lawyers on both sides got rip roaring mad at each other, to the amusement of the spectators, but kissed and made up after court adjourned.  The court no doubt felt like sending the whole shooting match to the hotel de Sheriff, but managed to preserve his equilibrium and compromised by holding the defendant to court in the sum of $100.  The prisoner was place in charge of the court bailiff, Tom Mitchell, and went forth to hunt bondsmen.  Wright probably thought Mitchell a drawback to him seeking sureties, and during the night gave him the cruel shake, and is now in perhaps in South Carolina or Tennessee looking for a bondsman, where a Georgia bailiff won't be tagging at his heels all the time.  Ta-ta Fletcher.  Au "reservoir."

Sycamore specials:  We regret to note that Prof. Bates is on the sick list this week, but his daughter, Miss Ida Bates will fill his place. -- Zealy Jackson has left for Ocilla, where he will take his old position in the Irwin County News office. -- H. D. Smith of Ashburn visited our little town Sunday last. -- Mrs. A. D. Roberts is visiting Ashburn this week. -- Dr. W. L. Story and Capt. G. A. Jackson are in Macon this week attending the Masonic lodge.  Dr. Story will go to Nashville before returning home. -- John Clements moved to Ocilla last Monday to the regret of many friends and relatives. He will make that his home the coming year. -- We are very glad to note that Mrs. (can't read, but last part of name looks like -erman) has returned home from a long visit to her father in Nashville, Tenn. -- Misses Lizzie and Carrie and Mr. Louis Jackson were at their home Sunday.  -- (can't read initial) E. Walker visited Ocilla last week. -- We are glad to note that Mrs. W. T. Williams is able to be out again.

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