THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday May 7, 1897
Rev. Sam Jones will preach in Cordele Sunday.
Mr. J. T. Hadaway has moved from (can't read) ilner to Ashburn.
He occupies his new residence on Jenkins street.
The mule stolen from C. W. Johns in Vienna was found loose near Sumner
a few days ago. It is supposed that someone only wanted a free ride.
Mr. O. E. Wadworth has sold his (can't read) rery business to Mr. J.
E. Edmonson, of St. Augustine, Fla. The new man will be here in about
a week.
Messrs. Jesse and James Clements, of Arabi, were here Wednesday, to
place an order with J. S. Betts & Co for fancy house moulding.
Some ungenerated boys who ought to be placed in a reformatory have been
doing some mischief about town. One Sunday they cut the plastering
cloth a did a few other odd at the Mr. J. W. Evans unfinished house.
Another day they abused the garden and other premises on the H. S. Story
place. Another such caper and their names will be given to the authorities.
The Meeting
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“Meeting increasing in interest and spiritual power. Services
at 10 a. m. and 8 p.m. Everybody is invited. Will not the merchants
close their stores during next week the hours of service? Let everyone
pray earnest to God for the success of the meeting. Love feast at
10 o'clock preaching at 11 and 8 as usual. J. C. Flanders
The best meeting we have had in a long time is going on now at the M.
E. church. Rev. J. M. Glenn is doing excellent work. He keeps
us there a little late at night, but his sermons are powerful.
The young have learned the way of the church again, and good crowds
attend each service. Some have confessed conversion. Many are
interested.
Presiding Elder Stubbs will be here next week. Let everybody go.
Prof. E. W. Fain is leading the singing and is furnishing excellent
music.
ISABELLA SCRAPS
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No news this week; those early birds (Jack and Gill) (will-o-the-wisp)
gobbled up the worm while the dew drops were still sparkling in the rising
sun of the new-born day.
Mr. R. G. Tison is sojourning at the haven of Isabella.
Miss Lizzie Bateman of Ruark, is spending the week with her sister,
Mrs. J. B. Hall.
Mr. J. W. Herring, Jr. has a lot of extra smiles on exhibition, due
to the arrival of a new girl at his house Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Houston visited relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. Gussie Harris is spending this week with her sister in Sylvester.
Mrs. Will Gregory is spending a few days with her mother.
Mr. Geo. Price and better half spent Sunday here.
Convicts at Large
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Ty Ty, May 1 – This settlement was thrown into a fever of excitement
by a series of daring holdups committed by four escaped convicts from the
Tatum turpentine farm situated 25 miles south of Ty Ty.
About day-break the men held up J. J. Bullard who works at Hay's mill
two miles from here, and after giving certain information demanded by the
highwaymen, was allowed to go his way. The men then went to a house
of a man named Lamp, were they secured clothing and food. They went
from house to house plundering at will and taking everything that came
to hand.
They finally went to a house of a tenant of W. C. Thompson’s plantation,
were they secured more food and clothing. Mr. Thompson learned of
the desperation and started in pursuit. Single-handed he came upon
the highwaymen and captured all four. One of the convicts had a Winchester
rifle, and showed fight, but Mr. Thompson got the drop on him and effected
his capture.
Ex Sheriff Nelson, who was in pursuit of them at the time, took the
convicts in charge. They were wearing shackles when captured.
THE TELEPHONE
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Within a month Ashburn will have a telephone system or more that 30
or more displeased and disappointed citizens.
A vote of the subscribers was taken Saturday and the following officers
elected:
S. B. Hudson, President and General Manager.
Dr. T H. Thrasher
J. B. Bozeman
H. D. Smith
} Directors
At a meeting of the officers Wednesday morning the manager was instructed
to order material and let contract for poles, and to contact with a skilled
workman to put up the lines and put in the ‘phones.
Six miles of wire, with brackets, insulators, etc. have been ordered.
An order for 20 ‘phones had been prepared when Mr. Hudson had received
a telegram from a telephone company to hold up the order till they could
send a man here with samples. He is expected to come without delay.
There is already a call line here with 10 ‘phones and 18 miles of wire,
and they will join the exchange. Dr. Warren L. Story has subscribed
to join us from his office in Sycamore. This makes 31 stations and
about 27 miles of wire, a pretty good start.
SCHOOL ITEMS
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Guy Venable returned to school Friday.
Miss Mittie Horne visited our school Tuesday.
Miss Ninna Baily was absent from school Monday.
Miss Maxie Gilmore visited our school Monday.
LeGrande Gardner’s father visited Ashburn Monday.
Miss Nancy Fitzgerald was absent from school Monday and Tuesday.
Miss Maud Yancey carried a beautiful bunch of flowers to church Wednesday.
Miss Callie Killebrew and Miss Dora Legett gave us a short call Tuesday
evening.
Clare McLendon will make a business trip to Montezuma Friday and returning
home Monday.
Owing to sickness Mrs. Passmore was unable to teach Monday and Tuesday.
Her place was filled by Clifford Hay.
Prof. Passmore has appointed two monitors to take down ungrammatical
expressions of the pupils. On Friday afternoon the mistakes will
be read by the monitor, and corrected by those who made them.
A number of matches were ignited in LeGrande Gardner’s pocket one day
this week. However, no damage was done, except fright which almost
straightened the hair of LeGrande’s head.
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
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WHITE BOY KILLED NEGRO BOY
Clinton Patterson killed John Brown at Wadworth’s stables about 4 o'clock
yesterday evening.
Clinton is 17 years old, has worked at the stables several months, is
the son of Mr. D. P. Patterson, and is an industrious boy. John Brown
is a negro about the same age, and was dining room servant at the Pinnix
House.
It seems that a difficulty arose between the two boys over a very frivolous
affair. Eye-witnesses say that the negro was meddling with a horse
which Clinton was handling, and when asked to desist rough words were passed.
One witness says John struck at Clinton with an open knife, but was not
close enough to strike him, and that he advanced with uplifted blade, as
if to plunge it in the body of the white boy, when Clinton drew a pistol
from a pocket and fired a ball through the negro’s heart. Another
witness says John’s hands were in his pockets at the time the fatal shot
was fired, and in lifting him after he fell, his hands, with an open knife,
fell out of his pockets. The knife, is a spring-back dirk eight inches
long, is now in possession of a citizen.
The ball was a 32 calibre, fired from a hammerless pistol, and entered
the body nearly in the center of the breast, a little to the left side,
two and a half inches from the nipple. Dr. R. R. Stephens looked
at the hole in the dead boys breast and said the ball went through the
side of the heart. The negro fell when he was shot, and died in about
ten minutes.
Young Patterson walked up the street and surrendered to Marshall Hallman,
saying he did the deed in self-defense.
The dead body was taken in charge by the negroes, about dark last night,
and buried today. No inquest was held.
A warrant was sworn out for young Patterson last night which was dismissed
after preliminary examination this morning, the verdict of the court being,
justifiable homicide.
Sheriff Sale
Will be sold before the court house door in Isabella, Worth county,
Ga., within the legal hours of sale on the first Tuesday in June, 1897.
the following property to wit:
Fifty (50) acres of lot of land No. 523 in the 7th district of Worth,
county, Ga. Levied on and to be sold as the property of E. J. Brooks
to satisfy a county court fi fa issued in favor of O. W. Hillhouse.
Said land being known as the land on which E. J. Brooks now resides,
Defendant notified. May 6th, 1897.
H. S. Story, Sheriff
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