THE ASHBURN ADVANCE
Friday, July 23, 1897
Col. Z. Bass attended county court Wednesday.
Editor Grubbs, of Sycamore, was here yesterday.
Editor John L. Herring was up here Wednesday.
The framing of the new Raney building is up.
Mr. E. D. Patterson returned to Offerman Saturday.
Girl No. 7 was born to Mr. Wesley Bass Friday evening.
Mr. Daniel McMillan left yesterday for a visit to Tifton.
Mr. L. H. Jenkins has resigned his position with the Advance.
Miss Many Jenkins is in the State Normal School at Athens.
Mrs. Austin, of Waycross, is here to help the meeting of the Liberty
church.
Mrs. Stanley Williams, nee Miss Tillie Wood, is visiting her parents
here.
The cotton warehouse will be run by Col. Z. and Wesley Bass.
Mr. Willie Fountain, of Vienna, is visiting his cousin, Mr. Wesley Barfield.
Mrs. Barnhill, of Worth, came yesterday to visit Mrs. Berry Thompson.
Rev. J. C. Flanders has just returned from a campmeeting near Valdosta.
Mr. B. F. Raney came in yesterday and said he wanted a telephone line
to his neighborhood.
Mrs. Cowan and Mrs. Peacock, of Worth, are here this evening at the
Missionary meeting.
Mr. D. H. Davis will join us with a telephone from his country home
three miles away. His number will be 32.
We missed Editor Allen on the excursion last week and regret to learn
that his absence was due to sickness in his family.
Misses Maggie and Katie Burke, of Jeffersonville, Ind., are here with
their relative, Mr. Welch.
Mr. E. B. Judge is home after a stay in Jasper Fla. He has a position
at Daisy, on the Sam Road, where he expects to go in a few weeks.
Mr. D. H. Davis is fencing a large farm near Lake Ross, in which there
will be fully 500 acres. Part of the lake will be under the fence,
and there will not be as much fishing as heretofore.
One excuse for having no paper this week is a sick printer. "Boogus
Boy" got lame in health, and went to Fla. for repairs. Clifford Hay,
a bright young man, is doing the work, but he got at it too late to fill
up the columns and get out in time.
Mrs. Thrasher has a new piano.
Joe Shingler says he is not going off to school, but will stay at home
and see if he can keep us boys single again.
Miss Flora Baldwin left last week for her home in Whiteville, N. C.
after spending a pleasant sojourn in our midst.
The republicans in Washington have agreed on J. M. Scovill for postmaster
of Worth.
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Walker at Work
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Mr. J. W. Walker has been shut in with fever six long weeks, and a tough
time he has had. It is indeed fortunate that he is again able to
be at his post, for his customers have missed him very much, and many of
them have drifted away. Let them now return with their trade and
receive the same courtesies as of yore.
Mr. Walker desires us to thank those of his customers that remained
with him, and to invite all others to call him at his old stand.
Ashburn has never had a better groceryman than Walker.
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DEATHS
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Mrs. Barfield, living between here and Isabella, died on Friday evening,
July 9th, leaving a husband and seven children. She was buried Saturday
at the Free Will Baptist church, near the home she left.
Mr. Enos Newton died of typhoid fever on Friday, the 6th inst.
He leaves a wife and one or two small children.
Mrs. Ed Whidby, living a few miles northeast of town, died Monday evening,
leaving a husband and several children, one only a few hours old.
Mrs. Whidby was carried to burying ground near her home in Dooly County.
Miss Ella, the beautiful daughter of Mr. Charlie Davis, living in the
16th district, died Monday of typhoid fever. Time spares not the
young and beautiful.
The little 3 year old daughter of Mr. J. T. Pelham drank potash yesterday
and died this morning.
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INAHA INKLINGS
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Dr. C. E. Walker passed through the city enroute to Cycloneta.
Miss Lula Clements, of Middletown, has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Dan Sutton.
Rev. B. E. Gordy filled his regular appointment at Inaha Sunday.
Mr. Will Fountain, of Vienna, was in town for a short while on Sunday
evening.
Mr. Lott Warren has been quite sick, but is better at this writing.
Mr. J. F. Cobb has returned from New York, where he has been disposing
of his fruits, etc.
Little Billie Harvey had the misfortune of getting his arm broken by
jumping from a moving wagon, but he is improving under the skillful management
of B. W. Ellis of Ruby.
Mrs. Jane Sumner has been visiting her mother in Ty Ty this week.
Mr. G. M. Daniels and sister, Miss Eva, of Ashburn visited Inaha Sunday.
(Look out Editor.)
Mr. C. W. Smith spent a few hours in the city on Sunday.
Miss Cora Royal has returned from Sumner, where she has been spending
a while with her grandmother, Mrs. Z. Bass.
BILLIE
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News From Oakfield
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Mr. J. J. Lavender is teaching a flourishing singing school at New Hope
church in Reynold's Town. Success to him and his scholars.
Singing is a good thing, and every settlement ought to have one school
taught every year.
The writer visited the closing exercises of a singing school taught
by Prof. John L. Royal at Acorn Pond church, on the 13th inst. The
citizens of the vicinity had made the school a success; and John had made
the singing a success. The singing that was done there that day was
evidence enough to prove the fact. John is an all-around good fellow,
any way, and when you get him ringleader in a singing school, he is the
right man in the right place. By the way, he gave it out publicly
that he was going to give an all day singing, free gratis, at Thundering
Spring church in Lee County, on the 5th Sunday, the 29th of August.
He invited all that would go with him; so I am invited and I am going.
There was at 11 o'clock about 200 people assembled there to witness the
scene and at 12:30 (can't read) for one and a half hours; during which
time dinner and watermelon was served by the good citizens, which was very
fine. This is in the Hon. W. H. Story settlement. Much improvements
have been made there in the last few years. A few years back it was
it was only a barren waste place of pine woods; now a large school house
and a good framed 40 X 50 Baptist Church, with a good membership.
Good order prevails in times of services, showing the people are cultured;
they will be rewarded for their good works.
SUN FLOWER
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