THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday, June 11, 1897
Mr. J. W.. Walker is seriously ill.
Mrs. J. R. Patton was so ill (can't read) of the week that she was not
expected to live, but she is improving now.
Miss Ella Bacon departed for Baconton Monday to spend vacation.
J. K. Williams, the (can't read) man, says the railroad from Sylvester
to Ashburn is bound to come.
Prof. Passmore and family left on the “Shoo fly” this morning to spend
vacation in Macon county.
One of the brightest young men of Worth county is John Fillyaw.
He is at home from Mercer during vacation.
Worth county actually had a superior court this week. Judge Gober
was in charge and ran the court in good style. We left to early to
get a report on the cases tried. The Ford case was continued.
Mr. J. F. Edmondson is a livery man worthy of the confidence and patronage
of any town. He is kind, courteous and accommodating. If he
fails to treat you right report it at (can't read).
The spring term of Ashburn High School closed Friday, with all-day exercises.
A large crowd attended. We saw them from our window as they gathered
around a table in the grove, and supposed they had dinner, but all we got
of it was “cold shoulder,” we had an invitation to the exercises,
however, highly entertaining. The awards of honor were as follows,
First honors in Prof. Passamore’s room was awarded to Clifford Hay.
Second honor to Miss Ella May Evan’s. A tie was the result for the
$5 in gold for perfect lesson, Clifford May and Miss Ida Judge making same.
In Mrs. Passamore’s room first honor was won by little Pauling Whiddon,
second honor by Miss Josie Wood and one whose name we failed to get.
In the smaller class Ida Hodge received first honor and Miller Hudson second.
Walter Bolden was winner of the silver dollar.
The Holiness Association
The holiness association will come here next Sunday and last about 8
days. The intention of the meeting is identically the same
as all
similar previous meetings, but will be run on a more conservative line.
Rev. R. P. Faln (can’t read) n president of the association, and Rev. J.
C. Flanders is in charge of the church. They desire it understood
that the association will be held under auspices of the Valdosta District
Holiness Association of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. This
means the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church South will be taught,
and that extreme views peculiar to the Wesleyans will not be taught.
They believe in divine healing, but are willing to take a few remedies
along. Neither will they hold divine healing services and demand
a score of things of the Lord to get one thing accomplished.
They believe in prayer for the penitent, but realize the fact that if
you keep a sinner at the altar till he takes rheumatism in the joints he
will curse you in his mind and not go there again.
They realize it takes some (can't read) along through life, and will
dismiss the congregation in the early part of the night.
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Miss Pearl Green, of Tifton, is visiting Miss Willie McLendon.
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Gone To The Wesleyan
When the pastor of the Methodist church extended the invitation to ministers
to gather around the altar on the sacramental service Sunday, Rev. H. H.
Sumlin failed to respond. He has withdrawn his membership and was
not a member of any church at that time. The withdrawal revoked his
license and he was not a minister of the gospel.
He left the Methodist church under peculiar circumstances. Last
week he attend the district conference at Tifton, stood the examination
of charter and succeeded in getting his license renewed. Then he
applied for recommendation to the annual conference for deacons orders
and was examined on that line. In the examination the question of
loyalty to church law and discipline was of course considered and satisfactory
answers given to all questions. His license was renewed Thursday,
the recommendation granted Friday, he demanded his church letter Saturday,
and joined the Wesleyan church at Liveoak Sunday night. He failed
to get his church letter, however, as he did not expect to join another
church of the same faith and order.
Mrs. D. P. Patterson has also withdrawn from the Methodist church to
join the Wesleyans.
Others are expected to go. At a conference on Tuesday night, the
preacher invited all who intended to leave his church to do so at
once. He does not invite their leaving, nor invite them to stay,
if they want to go.
Those that expect to go are holding on for church political reasons
and the sooner they go the better it will be for the church.
ISABELLA SCRAPS
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Sheriff Story was in Albany one day last week.
Prof. Gardener’s school was out on Thursday.
Our Judge gained the pounds and lost his heart at the picnic.
Miss Mary Williams visited relatives in Alt. Saturday last.
Miss Sallie Barber, of Jonesboro, is spending a few days with relatives
here.
Sheriff Story and Judge Price went fishing last week to the wayside
well and caught three buckets.
Dr. L. C. McDowell will leave today, Wednesday, to Suwanee Town to finish
up his studies.
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A Good Settlement
Editor Advance, -- I have just returned from a visit to the Raney neighborhood,
where I found the people kind and sociable, and ready to make a stranger
feel at home. I found the crops of cotton all about chopped out and
the last few days of sunshine has put new life into that plant, and soon
there can be seen squares all along the rows: with a good crop of this,
(the staple that brings the money -outh) and the good price we expect to
get for it, the South Georgia planter can bid farewell to an old debt,
and have enough left to buy the good madam and children that long promised
sewing machine and organ.
The crops of the staff of life, are growing fast, and many farms are
very fine. Dan Raney has the best corn crop that I saw, which would
measure two and a half feet in height, and the melon vines which I saw
(can't read) plowing, with that thirty two year old mule, are just beginning
to run. Mr. Raney hopes to have some ripe melons by the 15th of July,
and a matter of course such clever fellows as you and myself, will get
an invitation, to the first cutting.
I found Mr. Hank Hayman, as well as others, pushing forward with their
work, and will be sure to get their E (can’t read). I found those
people to thoroughly (can't read) for good schools, and they have just
completed a very (can't read) school building, and has made up for Bro.
E. B. Walker, a school that will pay him about 40,00 per month.
I hope soon to repeat my visit to that part of the mortal vineyard,
and enjoy again the company of those sociable people.
On my return, I went by and went fishing with my old friends Messrs.
Branch and Walker. Well, you may suppose, we had some fun pulling
out the redeyes and the wamouths. We caught. Oh well quite
a long string, and would have caught still more, but the flat-head gave
out.
Friend Walker had a slip off the log, in the water, about three
feet deep, did not ruffle his serenity in the least, therefore Brother
Branch decided that he was truly a holiness man, as he did not break the
quietude of that lovely morning with high sounding cuss words.
We're going fishing again soon. Don't you want to go?
ALPHA
Mr. Alphabet (G. M. D.) Hunt's residence of Arabi was burned Friday
night.
C. W. Murray, of Birmingham, robbed the Cordele post office yesterday
of that beautiful girl, Miss Irene Davis.
Jno. L. Herring, the best editor in Georgia, bless his o’d heart, is
back on the Tifton Gazette, where he belongs. Shake, old boy, shake!
Jno. F. Howell, for nine years editor of the Vienna Progress, has retired
to a peaceful life where he can enjoy his wealth.
Col. D. A. R. Crum shoulders the burden of the Progress.
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