THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday, May 21, 1897
Douglas Cooker, of Lagrange, will go to the, “gang”, twelve years for
the murder of Charlie Munson.
George Brooker, an ex-convict, has sued penitentiary camp No. 1, for
$181. He alleges he was forced to work 181 Sundays, and is entitled
to pay for his services.
Miller, the divine healer who has been playing on the sick at Lithia
Springs, got drunk Saturday and lost his influence, and religion if he
had any.
Lyons, the negro who was about to get the post-office at Augusta, is
about to not get it, the President seems more inclined to give Lyons a
foreign mission than a Southern office.
Mr. J. B. Horne is now a Cordele insurance agent. He runs them
down on a bicycle, and a good runner he is. A little spin from Cordele
to Tifton and back by Fitzgerald is only a pleasure ride for him.
ISABELLA SCRAPS
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Mrs. A. E. Cochran, of Ashburn is visiting her mother, Mrs. J. J. Ross.
Mr. John Wooten visited his best girl Sunday.
Miss Alice Tipton returned Saturday from a visit to Sumner.
Judge Price is spending his leisure moments in keeping time with a cold.
Mrs. John Altman and children, of Sumner, were the guests of Mrs. C.
G. Tipton a few days recently.
Judge Price has the best corn, and Mrs. D. S. Holaman the best cotton,
the writer has inspected this season.
Miss Katie Warren returned home Friday, to the regret of her many friends.
She was accompanied by her brother, the clerk, and as he was not here Sunday,
there was not much business transaction in the M. (Matrimonial) court.
I would suggest that he get a substitute when he has to attend court somewhere
else. But Oh, the Judge, (My! give us a rest.)
Miss Annie G. Betts has a new bicycle.
W. K. Jenkins has cabbage on the marker from his garden.
Leonard M. Sumner has been appointed postmaster of Sumner.
Miss Hattie Winn is spending the time here while Vienna has a scarlet
fever spree.
Mrs. L. O. Futch is a good woman. She sends us a special invitation
to dine at her tab’e at the picnic today. Other young men have doubtless
received similar invitations.
Miss Lorene Ennis, of Ashburn, will have charge of the telegraph office
at this place in Miss Fannie Thomas’ place while she visits relatives in
Florida. – Vienna Progress
The Herald is reliably informed that Capt. J. G. McPhant will soon commence
the erection of a brick block on the corner of Broad street and Cotton
avenue. The building will be two stories high. The first floor
will contain three stores, while the second will doubtless be used for
offices. – Poulan Herald
A fine heifer, eighteen months old, raised by Mr. Lee Betts, has been
brought to milk, by the young calves sucking her. She was milched Monday
evening for the first time. and gave three quarts of good rich milk.
She was recently sold to Mr. C. E. Harrell, for $25.
NEW INDUSTRY
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LARGE COTTON MILL GINNERY AND GRIST MILL FOR ASHBURN
Ashburn will have a new ginnery and grist mill. Ground has already
been broken for the building, on the corner of east Baptist church, on
the street leading to the old cemetery. The firm name will be; J.
C. Durham & Co., the company being J. A. Wilson and A. J. Cribb, all
of Dooley county. They expect to have cotton gins in operation by the first
of August, the grist mill by December. They will bring their families
here as soon as house room can be obtained.
Mr. J. E. Edmonson came Monday and took charge of the Wadsworth livery
stables. He brought Messrs. A. B. Skipper, A. E. Skipper and G. W.
Newton, to help him run the business. They are boarding at the Dew
Drop Inn. Mr. Edmonson’s family will come in a few weeks, and they
will occupy the Windby house.
THE NEW COURT HOUSE
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The contract for building the court house was let on the first Tuesday
in May to Messrs. W. H. Taylor and A. J. Gannon, at $3,490.
That is mighty cheap for a two story brick house 40X60 feet, three miles
from the railroad. They say they will build the house all right.
They may build it at that price, but we can't see how they can.
We have never built any brick houses, and don't know the cost of things,
but one thing we do know, they are heavy. tis estimated it will take
150,000 brick, 150 barrels of lime and 150 loads of sand. These three
articles will weigh about 400 tons, and it will take a man with two big
mules, and a strong wagon eight months to haul them up. Then the
money is for spent, and the house is not started. The next bid was
$1500 more, which was low enough indeed.
The work was commenced Wednesday, we hope they will complete the house
without any trouble.
THE MEETING CLOSED
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The spring meeting of the Methodist church closed Sunday night.
Three joined by profession of faith, and three by letter. The meeting
was full of interest all the way through, despite the late hour of night
service.
Our Flanders did excellently in the management of the meeting, and Bros.
Glenn and Stubbs worked very zealously. Whether or not any good was
accomplished is recorded beyond the conception of man.
The highest point of interest was on the closing day. Presiding
elder Stubbs took for his text Sunday morning, “Let not your good be evil
spoken of” ( Romans XIV, 16.) and preached on the subject of the evil of
condemning others for things indifferent. He proceeded to handle
without gloves the mode of church worship here during the last two years.
He condemned some of the teachings of the holiness leaders, by saying that
Dr. Pierce, according to their doctrine was lost, because ‘he used a little
tobacco as long as he lived.”
Referring to an article in last weeks Holiness Advocate condemning Free
Masonry, that according to that, Bishop Pierce was burning today, for being
a Mason when he lived.
The sermon has caused so much comment, that we have made an effort to
get a synopsis for our next issue.
We are very sorry the meeting couldn't run another week.
We are glad to know that Dr. Geo. W. Cooper, of Albany, Ga., will open
a dental office in Ashburn the first week in June. Dr. Cooper is
thoroughly equipped the work, has a fine outfit, and will guarantee to
do first class work. He has had several years of experience, and
having recently graduated from the Atlanta Dental College, is up to the
very latest improvements is dentistry.
PETITION FOR CHARTER
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GEORGIA WORTH COUNTY.
TO the HON. ALLEN D. }
CANDLER, sec'y of the
STATE of GEORGIA
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The petition of the undersigned to wit:
E. M. Tansey, Muncie, Indiana
J. A. Heinsohn, Muncie, Indiana
P. I. Miller, Cleveland, Ohio
R. C. Miller, Chicago, Illinois
J. K. Williams, Sylvester, Georgia
W. H. McPhaul, Sylvester, Georgia
J. S. Westberry, Sylvester, Georgia
P. S. B. Ford, Sylvester, Georgia
W. L. Sikes, Sylvester, Georgia
T. R. Perry, Sylvester, Georgia
J. T. Cochran, Isabella, Georgia
T. Tipton, Isabella, Georgia
J. J. McDowell, Isabella, Georgia
J. J. Forehand, Isabella, Georgia
Respectfully show the following:
First.
That they have associated themselves together for the purpose hereinafter
shown in the name and style of the Sylvester, Northern and Gulf Railway
Company --- under which they desire to be incorporated.
Second.
The purpose of the association is to construct, equip and operate a
railroad from the town of Sylvester via Isabella and Ashburn, to the town
of Worth, in said county, the length of same to be about twenty miles,
the general direction Northeast and Southwest; the said road running through
the county of Worth, Georgia from Sylvester, Worth county, Georgia,
by way of the towns of Isabella and Ashburn as afore said.
Third.
That the capital stock of said company is one hundred thousand dollars.
($100,000) divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which will
be common stock.
Fourth.
That the said company desires to be incorporated for the term of one
hundred years, with privilege of renewal.
Fifth.
That the principal office of the said company will be in the town of
Sylvester, Worth county, Georgia.
Sixth.
That the said company intends in good faith to go forward without delay
to secure subscriptions to the capital stock, construct, equip,
maintain and operate said railroad.
Seventh.
Petitioners pray that a charter be granted them and request they be
incorporated under the name and style fore said, after they have given
four weeks notice of their intention to apply for charter, by the publication
of this petition in the ASHBURN ADVANCE, the newspaper in which the sheriffs
advertisements are published in said county of Worth through which the
said road will run, once a week for four weeks, under and by virtue of
the laws of Georgia granting them, their associates and successors all
the rights, powers and privileges authorized by — and not inconsistent
with the laws of said state, to fully execute their purposes herein before
set out, and do all such acts as may be necessary to carry on the said
railroad business.
And petitioners will ever pray. This day 20 h. 1897
E. M. Tansey, Muncie, Indiana
J. A. Heinsohn, Muncie, Indiana
P. I. Miller, Cleveland, Ohio
R. C. Miller, Chicago, Illinois
J. K. Williams, Sylvester, Georgia
W. H. McPhaul, Sylvester, Georgia
J. S. Westberry, Sylvester, Georgia
P. S. B. Ford, Sylvester, Georgia
W. L. Sikes, Sylvester, Georgia
T. R. Perry, Sylvester, Georgia
J. T. Cochran, Isabella, Georgia
T. Tipton, Isabella, Georgia
J. J. McDowell, Isabella, Georgia
J. J. Forehand, Isabella, Georgia
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