SW Georgia Newspaper Clippings

THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday, June 25, 1897

They hung Tom Delk in Zebulon last Friday.  There are others.

Jack Powell has discovered that many women do fancy work who do not fancy work are not the fancy women.

In speaking of the divine healer who starved to death in Mexico, Jack Powell wants to know why he didn't do the bread act with the stone.  Probably some dear friends did the stone act with some cold boardinghouse biscuits.

ISABELLA SCRAPS
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Miss Alice Tipton paid home folkes a visit on last Saturday and Sunday.
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Worth Sheriff's Sales.

Will be sold, on the Bret (?) Tuesday in July, 1897, at the court house door in the county, within the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder for cash, the following property to wit:

Lots of land numbers twelve (12) and thirteen (13) in the 2nd district of Worth county, Ga., each of said lots containing four hundred ninety (490) acres more or less.  Said land levied on the property of Jehu Branch, to satisfy and execution issued from the county court of Irwin county, Ga., in favor of Albany Fertilizer and Farm Improvement Company against the said Jehu Branch.

    This June, 10th 1897.
      H. S. Story,
    Sheriff of Worth County, Ga.
 

Mr. Will campbell died at Worth last night. 

Mr. S. H. Hudson is suffering from rheumatism.

Mr. Lee Betts and lady are visiting in Cuthbert.

Durham and Wilson’s gin house is about completed.

Miss Pearl Wreen returned to Tifton Wednesday evening.

Mr. Charlie Hickman is off to Loris S. C. to spend the summer.

Mr. Ben Horne is keeping G. B. Gorday’s book for him while Mr. A. C. Forrester is away.

Mr. A. C. Forrester has been off to the bedside of his father in Thomas county who died a few days ago.

Mrs. Ella Woodard, of Perry, has been visiting the family of R. S. Woodard.

Mr. W.A. Ligon, of Cordele, was here Tuesday complimenting us on our telephone system.  He is about to put one in Unadilla.

In the list of visitors to the orphans home in last weeks Appeal is the name of Mrs. F. R. Stephens, of Ashburn.  Let others visit the home.

Mr. W. T. Perry, from the Houston high school, has spent part of this week with his uncle, the Advance.  He may teach summer school near here.

Who will report the first open cotton?  Mr. J. W. Chapman was first to report a square and Mr. J. S. Ship- (can’t read) the first to report a bloom.

Professor Thomas P. Tison was with his father (or could read mother) and sisters here Saturday.  He ordered his Advance to go to Whitttmgon during his vacation with the dental college.

Miss Birdie Baxler, of Decatur, will (can't read) this evening to visit her uncle (can't read) Thrasher.  She is a very popular (can't read) lady and is expected to remain here about two weeks.

Mrs. R. Huckabee telephoned her husband yesterday evening at 4 o'clock that their boy had a tooth.  Huckabee is interested to-day in the prospects of the high school.

Now that Rev. J. J. Williams has spoken and laid a falsehood at the door of Presiding Elder Stubbs, it is evident that these columns will be visited again by Bro. Stubbs,  he is thoroughly able to defend himself, and these columns are at his disposal to do so.  Don't miss the issue.

Revs. Williams and Sumlin are holding a tent meeting at Live Oak.  Why are they not using the house?  Because Rev. Williams once abused the privileges granted him by the church.  He was allowed to hold a meeting there once with the understanding that he would not organize a Weslyan church in the house.  He did organize and the doors of that church have been closed against him.  It is a Weslyan meeting they are holding near by.

The street leading south to Sycamore road came to an abrupt end yesterday morning.  That is the street had an end, and just beyond the road had an end, and there was some private property between that prevented the connection when it was fenced up.  A street had been opened as far south as Mr. Bryant’s house.  Then the people drove around over a vacant lot.  Eventually this lot was improved and they drove over the next vacant lot.  Then a fence was run across the second lot and the road was shut out.  That called out the street committee and a conference of councilmen and free holders (not sure of that word) was held down there in the woods and an order passed to open two streets.  In opening the street facing the railroad three houses will have to be moved.  Those of William Bryant,  H. H. Sumlin, and Wesley Bass are built facing the right of way and have been ordered back about 50 feet.  The street hands will get around to that part of town just as quick as they can.

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ASHBURN TELEPHONE SYSTEM
(call by numbers)

 J. S. Shingler, 1
 G. S. & F. Depot, 2
 J. S. Shingler’s Commissary, 3
 J. S. Betts,  4
 Shingler & Lawrence, 5
 J. S. Betts & Co.,  6 
 A. B. Piver,  7
 J. W. Evans, 8
 R. Huckabee,  9
 R. L. Betts,  10
 Garbner & Thrasher,  11
 J. B. Bozeman, 12
 W. A. Shingler, 13
 J. C. Hickman & Co., 14
 Jeffrey & Roodin, 15
 Edmonson’s Stables, 16
 R. S. Woodard, 17
 Dr. J. W.. Turner, 18
 Davis & Barbre, 19
 J. R. Patton, 20
 Dr. J. F. Gardner, 21
 Bass & Davis, 22
 J. T. McLendon, 23
 T. J. Shingler, 24
 Dr. W. L. Story, (Sycamore,) 25
 C. P. Wood, 26
 J. Lawrence, 27
 Dr. T. H. Thrasher, 28
 L. O. Futch, 29
 S. B. Hudson, 30 
 J. S. Shingler’s still, 31 
 Worth railroad office, call.

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