The Ashburn Advance
Friday, September 24, 1897
J. A. Peacock has retired from the Telfair Yeoman, and is succeeded
by Wright and Camp.
Editor Tison leaves the Douglas Leader Oct. 1st to take charge of the
populist paper in Baxley.
The Boston Journal, published at Boston Ga., by S. R. Blanton, is before
us. The Journal is an up-to-date county paper, and we welcome it
to our exchange table.
We gladly place the Macon County Citizen on our exchange list, as requested.
It is a wide-awake sheet, and the editor is outspoken in everything he
writes. That's right. Bro. Greer.
Frank Reynolds, of the North Georgia Citizen, has said many good things,
but he struck the climax that "Nero fiddled while Rome was burning and
the tune he played was 'There Will be a Hot Time in this Old Town To-night.'"
J. W. Hanlon, for a long time connected with the Tifton Gazette, now
has the management of the Irwin County News. Mr. H. is an excellent
printer and editorial writer, and will force the News ahead to the front
rank of county journalisms in short order.
Just listen to the Gazette man: "Full many a drunk was born to die unseen,
and waste its fullness on the ambient air, but many more e'en darkness
cannot screen near where exist the 'tiger's' well-hid lair." Well,
gee whiz! If three fifty per would be an inducement, Bro. Herring,
come over and take charge of the prose-poetry department of the Advance.
Contrary to general opinion, there must be a moonshine still somewhere
in Berrien. Monday Ben Langley, from Col. Fulwood's place a few miles
out of the city, brought to town a dead rattler that had evidently been
mixing drinks. He was a rattler only by virtue of his rattles, being
of the dark color, with diamond shaped pides and striped body. But
the rattles were there, twelve in number, and whatever his color, they
gave his snakeship the right to be called a rattling good curiosity. --
Tifton Gazette
The Meigs correspondent of the South Georgia Home sends this item: Perhaps
it's the fault of the man sometimes in these hard times. Jim Williams,
colored, a cropper on one of J. N. Carter's places for three years,
will make this year eight bales of long cotton, six bales of short, 200
bushels of corn, fifteen barrels of sirup, with peas, potatoes and pinders
in abundance. He will kill 26 hogs and will have more meat, lard
and produce to sell than perhaps twelve other negroes will make.
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Mrs. J. J. Hall of Ruark visited relatives here last week.
Mr. Idus Deariso attended the M. court Sunday. Come again Idus,
it is not good for a man to be alone.
Miss Mattie Collins, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. M. B. West,
returned home to Flint last night.
Mrs. P. S. Ford, who has been visiting relatives here, returned to her
home in Griffin last week.
Rev. Sanders will fill his regular appointment here at the M. E. church
on the 4th Sunday in September.
Prof. J. W. Warren spent Saturday and Sunday with home folks; and he
was missed by the Missus.
There was a marriage in the Baptist church here Sunday. Mr. Keen
and Miss Permelia Ellis of Sylvester were the contracting parties.
Mrs. J. T. Cochran returned Monday from an extended visit to Baconton.
Miss Gussie McGill returned home Sunday, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. M. B. West.
John Garrett of Sumner was in Ashburn Monday.
Alex Ross is resetting a still for J. S. Shingler & Co.
J. W. Walker's little daughter Bessie is very sick.
Mrs. F. E. Hudson has been quite ill this week.
Col. Bass went to Fitzgerald on legal business Tuesday.
J. J. and Geo. T. Betts left for Oxford Monday night.
Thos. Walsh of Ada favored us with a call yesterday.
An infant daughter of Charley Renew of Live Oak died last week.
J. T. Redding is here on a visit to his daughter, Mrs. J. F. Jenkins.
Cols. Powell and White were in Vienna on legal business this week.
J. W. Evans returned from a trip to Louisville, Ky., last Friday evening.
Rev. E. Culpepper of Cordele favored this office with a short call Monday.
G. K. Rogers, the Racket Store man, received a lot of goods this week.
W. T. Overstreet of near Tifton was here Monday and favored us with
a call.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford was blessed with a little daughter
Saturday evening.
Arthur Clements of Irwin County News was on our streets Wednesday.
Morris Mayers of Albany bought about forty bales of cotton in this market
Monday.
Robert Eaton, a nephew of Mrs. Cox, is to be married at Monticello,
Fla. on the 29th.
Betts & Co. are turning out and immense amount of ties to be used
in extending their railroad.
J. P. Cox, who is now an employee of the Georgia Southern at Lake City
is home on a visit for 15 days.
Col. J. B. Murrow of Tifton, and Miss Tillou Bacon of Eastman were married
last week.
Miss Gertrude Padrick, a charming Tifton belle, is the guest of Miss
Vic Evans this week.
Col. Tipton of Sylvester was here on legal business on Saturday, and
registered at the Clyde.
This public announcement is made that Shingler & Lawrence will dissolve
partnership on Oct. 1st.
J. W. Zuber, an Atlanta lumber buyer, was in Ashburn Tuesday, the guest
of Agent Huckabee.
James Paulk of Moultrie and Henry Paulk of Willacoochee, were here Tuesday
and registered at the inn.
Madison Cox lost his commissary near Adel by an incendiary fire Sunday
night. Loss, $3000; insured for a $1000.
Rev. E. Culpepper is holding a protracted meeting at the Baptist church
this week, and much interest is being manifested.
Miss Alice M. Browne of Augusta is canvassing Ashburn for a dressmaker's
chart, and is registered at the Clyde.
P. E. Tinley, an attache of the Irwin County News, was shaking hands
with his Ashburn friends Wednesday.
Henry Holmes and family of Grimes, Ala. are visiting G. B. Gorday's
family. Mrs. Gorday and Mrs. Holmes are sisters.
S. T. Gorday and Miss Ida Ashley, daughter of S. H. Ashley of
the Deep Creek neighborhood, were married at the home of the bride's parents
last Sunday.
Rev. J. C. Flanders and Prof. Passmore attended the Epworth League meeting
at Cordele as delegates, and both delivered addresses that were well received.
W. N. Barfield and wife of Warwick were in Ashburn Monday on their way
to visit her father in Irwin county. Mr. B. made the Advance a pleasant
call while here.
The Worth correspondent of the Gazette says Mrs. W. Y. Mills of Bluffton,
who was popular in Worth as Miss Dora Porter, is the mother of a ten-pound
boy.
Pick W. Williams of Wilcox was in town Wednesday, having just returned
home from attending the Primitive Baptist Association in Houston county.
The protracted meeting now being conducted by Rev. Culpepper at the
Baptist church will close Sunday night. Services Sunday at 11 a.m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Dr. Thrasher has hatched up another scheme to claim every 'possum brought
to town by circulating the report the one he hoo-dooed Law and Hallman
out of had escaped.
Tifton and Albany are to have telephone connection over the Worth Telephone
company's line. This is a new concern to be organized by Capt. J.
G. McPhaul of Poulan, and other capitalists.
A colored convict, named Wm. Rucker, sentenced from Muscogee county
for two years, has escaped from Worth Camp No. 2 Monday. Supt. Tyson
offers a reward of $25 for his recapture.
'Squire McArthur last week married Toney White and Rebecca French, colored.
As Rebecca has two ex-husbands living, it is getting time to ring the chestnut
bell on ceremonies of this kind performed for her.
Rev. W. F. Roberts, father-in-law of Rev. J. C. Flanders, has sold his
place at Crisp, Ga. and purchased a farm of I. L. Murray, two miles southeast
of Ashburn. Such citizens are always welcome in this community.
Sheriff Story was here on Saturday on his way to a singing convention
at Zion Hope church in Dooly county. He was joined here by Dr. Story
of Sycamore, and Col. Davis. Wm. Royal who is reputed to be one of
the best singers in this section of the State, led the singing.
'Squire McArthur held his regular court last Saturday, and disposed
of the celebrated cow case by not allowing the claim of the plaintiff,
and leaving Willis Johnson (col.) in possession. In the case
of Cowan vs. Addehard, appeal, the jury reversed the previous decision
of the Justice and found for the defendant.
Says the Arabi Journal: The champion cotton picker of this section
is C. C. Story, who lives near here. He picked 1375 lbs. of the fleecy
staple from Tuesday morning until Friday night: an average of 343 3-4 lbs.
per day. This is hard to beat, and there are few men who can average
this is Dooly county.
The council held a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the advisability
of taking action to prevent Davis & Barbre from erecting a warehouse
on the right-of-way opposite their place of business, but did not reach
a conclusion. Another meeting will be held soon.
Ladies who want to learn dress-cutting and fitting will please call
on Mrs. Wilcox' store and see Perry's new French method, models, and testimonials
from all over the State whom Miss Browne has taught. If pleased,
join class this week. Five dollars for chart and lessons complete.
Patterns cut to order.
We spent Wednesday night with our friend J. S. Mathis out in the country,
where the air is free and sugar cane sweet. He makes corn and cotton,
and has peace and contentment throughout his home. His children are
bright and his good wife is always smiling; they all have religion, and
we are reminded that heaven is not far from that home.
What W. A. Shingler calls the Hawkinsville & Isabella Railroad was
completed to his place last week, and he is now engaged in building a depot
there, and loading naval stores. This will put a stop to moonlight
rides on the tram road, for the young people can now reach Mr. Shingler's
house about dinner time. Mr. S. informs us that the road is in excellent
condition , being well ballasted and graded. Messrs. Betts &
Co. never do work in a slipshod manner, and it can be depended upon that
when the road reaches its terminus it will be ready for fast running passenger
trains.
J. S. Shingler & Co. are engaged in widening the Ashburn and Isabella
road. Tuesday while felling trees several fell across W. A. Shingler's
telephone line, and Wednesday hands were at work putting up a new wire
in a manner that W. A. says he don't know whether the darkies along the
route will utilize it to hang out their washing, or the swing for the kids.
Two of the most noted engineers in the State will run the two engines
which are to take part in the collision at Central Park, Macon, October
12th. The Central's engine, "Nancy Hanks," will be run by Wallace
Scoville, of the Southwestern road. The Georgia Southern's engine,
the "Dixie Flyer," will be run by Henry Speirs, another well-known engineer.
Dr. Gardner is holding such a high head of late that it gives a man
a crick in the neck to look up to him. He asked him the news Wednesday,
and he sternly responded: "Sir, I hesitate to articulate, lest perchance
I might prevaricate' -- but we stopped him right there. He could
have called us anything else and it would have been all right, but we always
did say that we'd not take that off any man, so we brained him on the spot
and had him buried at our own expense.
Miss Hallie Holmes of Milner, who has been visiting Miss Maggie Hadaway,
and Miss Mary Redding of Macon, who has been a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Jenkins, for some time post, returned to there respective homes Tuesday.
We felt real sorry for those young men at Gorday's Murray's and Gardner
& Thrasher's, who wiped away the silent tears trickling down their
cheeks as the train pulled out from the depot.
Dave Pasterel and Emma Dennis (col.) were married Tuesday in Jesse Hickman's
store by 'Squire McArthur. Jesse Hickman and Marshall Hallman were
called in ostensibly as witnesses, but in reality to give them a hint that
they ought to go and do likewise. They declare that 'Squire McArthur
revived the ancient custom of saluting the bride on this occasion, and
the 'Squire avers that the witnesses nudged him a time or two and exclaimed,
" it's a good thing; push it along."
M. T. Nipper killed a beef for Davis & Barbre that had two livers
and each had a gall, and hung separate from each other. There were
two witnesses besides Mr. Nipper, but we will take his word for it.
We hasten to withdraw our offer to John Jenkins to buy every all-gizzard
chicken he could raise. Our bankers urge us to do this, as sight
drafts on our deposits might cripple their institutions. Had we been
better informed on the possibilities of Wiregrass Georgia we would never
have never made such a reckless offer.
C. P. Wood telephoned this office yesterday that he was the sickest
man in seventeen States, but he couldn't have been very bad off, for any
person possessing lung power sufficient to be heard over an Ashburn telephone
wire in the past few days could stop a freight train running sixty miles
an hour by whispering to the engineer a mile off. We judge fro the
stentorian voice required and exercised by the hello kids in the central
office in the Advance building.
The Epworth Leaguers of the Valdosta District, M. E. Church South, have
just closed an interesting league conference at Cordele. Rev. J.
M. Glenn of Fitzgerald is district secretary, and is fully consecrated,
and fully realizes the necessity of harnessing the energies and life of
the young, and making them conserve to the best interest of the church,
and to the glory of God. There are seven leagues in the district,
with a membership of 253. The next Epworth district conference will
be held in Ashburn some time next year.
We glean this from the Douglas Breeze: Lightning struck and instantly
killed Edward, the 14 year old son of John Vickers, Sunday afternoon.
He was returning from New Hope church riding a mule and the clash came
just as he reached the bridge about 300 yards from Hebron church.
It was raining and he was holding an umbrella. The umbrella steel
is supposed to have attracted the lightning and the handle conveyed it
to his body. Strange to say, the mule he was riding was unhurt, and
went home alone.
Editor E. D. Oslin when he returned to his home in Melbourne, Fla.,
joined the "Grass Widowers' Club," in that town. It is said that
as soon as a member's wife has learned that her spouse has joined this
club she bundles up her traps, wherever she may be, and returns to Melbourne
for the purpose of teaching her liege lord a lesson or two. Bro.
Oslin is a "slick un,' and no doubt resorted to this ruse to get his wife
and " the handsomest young lady in America" to return home, but it won't
work. Both ladies are enjoying their visit to Ashburn, and remain
here some time yet. In fact, they will be obliged to, for Florida
has quarantined against them.
Our friend W. M. Bunch has been in a stew this week trying to get news
from Arlington and Pelham, places where he formerly lived. The former
was almost totally destroyed by fire Monday night, and the latter was the
scene of a regular battle between blacks and whites, an account of which
follows: Marshal West discovered a number of negroes engaged in a
gambling carousal in a house on the out skirts of town. He organized
a posse and surrounded the house, then made a demand on the inmates to
come out and surrender. By way of reply, the gamblers suddenly put
out the lights in the building and fired a volley at the posse. The
latter returned the compliment, and five of the gamb'ers were more or less
seriously wounded, but not dangerously. All made their escape except
the five injured ones, who are now in jail. The marshal received
five bullet holes in his clothing, and one deputy had his hat band cut
in two. Any man who tries to resist Marshal West is monkeying with
the buzz-saw in full motion.
The question of locating the new academy in Ashburn is a live question
indeed, and one of vast importance. The committee consisting of Messrs.
J. S. Shingler, T. H. Thrasher, W. A. Murray, E. R. Smith and W. B. Dasher
met yesterday to locate the school building. Several places were
visited, but only about two seem to be considered very much by the committee.
The lot in northern part of town just in front of Mr. Hudson's is a most
beautiful location, and one of the most eligible. Another lot west
of J. W. Evans' residence has something about it that gives it advantage
over others in town. Being located there the building would advertise
the school, as it could be easily seen from the business portion of town,
and by the passengers on every passing train. This interest is in
the hands of competent men who will do the very best they can. Another
meeting will be held next week. The building will be a wooden structure,
and will cost $3000 or $4000.
The Fitzgerald Citizen could keep a secret if it were to be lynched.
Now if her dear little Yankeeship breaks off the engagement we will sue
the Citizen for an immense sum and a year's support, Listen here: " The
good women of our city are displaying a praiseworthy interest in the county
site removal question, and are doing everything in their power to carry
it through to a successful termination. One of our most talented
and respected citizens of the female persuasion has entered into a compact
with Bro. Smith of the Ashburn Advance, who is a widower, without incumbrances.
She is to provide him with a wife and he, in return for her kindly offices,
is to use his personal as well as the influence of his paper in favor of
the removal of the courthouse to Fitzgerald; after which he is to have
the freedom of her home as the 'court' house for his own benefit.
Let the good work go on.
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