Col. J. C. Bass of Atlanta, a prominent educator of the State, will
teach the Adel school, says the news.
R. A. Whidby's residence is for rent.
R. B. Ayer returned home from Colquitt county yesterday.
Capt. Belvin was taking in the sights of Fitzgerald this week.
Dr. Story of Sycamore was in Ashburn several times this week.
Mrs. Mary Edmondston of Macon is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. W. White.
Miss Mary Clement of near Sycamore was here shopping Wednesday.
Col. W. S. Thompson of Cordele was here on legal business Saturday.
Miss Hallie Holmes of Milner, Ga., is the guest of Miss Maggie Hadaway.
Col. White went to Cordele and Abbeville Monday on professional business.
Mrs. Ayers has moved to the new residence recently erected by G. B.
Gorday.
Miss Kathleen Thrasher chaperoned Dr. Thrasher on a trip to Dakota Monday.
Babe Wrye got his hand in the saw the other day, and the saw went in
his hand.
Dr. J. F. Gardner, wife and child have returned from Montezuma much
improved in health.
Jno. G. McPhaul and Frank Park of Poulan were registered at the Clyde
Saturday.
Johnson's dray horse ran away Wednesday, and scattered the load for
some distance.
Mrs. Turner and Miss Beecher went to Cordele Monday on a visit, and
will be gone a week.
John and C. W. Evans left Wednesday night for Nashville, to see the
sights of the Centennial.
A colored woman name Jane Gore, who lived on W. A. Shingler's place
died suddenly yesterday.
Mrs. Hayes of Sycamore, who recently returned from Virginia, was a guest
of Mrs. White Tuesday.
W. T. Logan of the Deep Creek neighborhood, was in town Wednesday
selling his cotton and trading.
Editor Oslin returned to his home in Melbourne Fla., Monday. His
family will remain here some time yet.
Col. J. F. Powell and his wife, of Vienna, were here this week on a
visit to their son, Col. J. W. Powell, and his family.
J. H. Byan has sold six bales of cotton from a one-horse farm, and has
two bales out. This is what we call a pretty good showing.
Miss Mary Redding, a highly accomplished young lady, of Macon,
is here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. J. F. Jenkins.
B. O. Cantey of Forreston, S. C., arrived here this week, and has secured
a position as clerk for Shingler and Lawrence.
Mrs. L. O. Futch and her two daughters, Mrs. Mary and Annie, left for
Penia Saturday, and returned Wednesday.
Joseph Newton, son of J. P. Newton, who has been ill for some time past,
died last Saturday, and was buried Sunday.
Miss Cora Woodard, who has been visiting the family of her uncle, R.
S. Woodard, returned to her home at Kathleen Monday.
Mrs. Dr. Pinnix returned home Wednesday morning from Atlanta, where
she has been visiting for the past two months.
Gale Davis was arrested for driving on the sidewalk Saturday, but after
a hearing before Acting Mayor Lawrence was discharged.
Rev. J.O. Lawrence has purchased from the stockholders the Holiness
Advocate, and is now the sole owner of the office and paper.
Mrs. Teagle of Lutherville, arrived in Ashburn Wednesday morning on
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Thrasher, and will remain here until Christmas.
Among the prominent citizens of Sycamore who attended the meeting Wednesday
night were W. B. Dasher, E. R. Smith, and J. W. Rountree.
L. K. Beal put down fifteen squares and seventy-five feet of flooring
Wednesday, and ate four watermelons; and it wasn't a good day for flooring
either.
Rev. E. Culpepper was a guest of W. A. Murray Wednesday. He was
on his way back to Tifton to officiate at the Roebuck - Jessup marriage
yesterday morning.
Jeffrey is expected home Saturday. The new storehouse will be
completed this week, and filled with the largest stock of goods the firm
ever handled in Ashburn.
Mrs. J. C. Smith of Donaldsonville came to Ashburn Saturday on a visit
to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Royals. She is accompanied by her little
daughter Lennie.
During the rain storm Sunday lightening struck a tree near Mr. Hudson's
residence. No damage was done further than to badly frighten several
ladies in the locality.
C. I. Betts returned from Oxford Saturday, at which place he is attending
Emory College. He will remain here until about the 15th of September,
and then go back to school.
McLendon's gin whistle blew for noon the other day, and a couple
of children locked themselves in a room under the impression that an old
she bear in the woods was calling her cubs.
Last year W. T. Bass and Willie Renew got in a race and picked 710 pounds
of cotton -- Mr. Bass 408, and Willie 302. One day last week Mr.
Jim Payne's 75 pound got in a hurry and picked four times his weight.
Dr. Thrasher says Dr. Gardner returned home as pretty as a peach.
Dr. Thrasher never showed any ability as a judge of beauty except when
he selected his wife; but that was several years ago, and he is no criterion
to go by now.
A meeting will be held at Col. Davis' office Saturday afternoon for
the purpose of devising ways and means to erect a telephone line to Tifton.
If this is done Cordele will give Ashburn and independent line.
Col. Z. Bass made a trip to Wenona on legal business Tuesday.
He tells us the children of H. D. Royal are suing H. C. Bass for
the Rhodes land, which Bass bought of H. D. Royal and paid for.
A negro would not get out of the way of Mrs. Chapman's wheel Saturday,
although she rang the bell violently, and as a result he was knocked "galley
west and crooked" without injury to the lady or the wheel. Perhaps
he will pay some attention to bicycle bells hereafter.
Jim Rainey has now completed his new warehouse, together with a substantial
awning out front. It is a roomy structure and a valuable addition
to the town. We can only find one fault with it, and that is the
elevated sidewalk out front. " Shoot that sidewalk," Jeems.
Engineer Holloway, an old-time G. S. & F. engineer, was in Ashburn
several hours Monday. He remembers Ashburn as a wide place in the
road, with only a log house on its present site and the stopping point
for trains was Shingler's turpentine still.
Prof. Grubbs will teach school in Ocilla, the patrons of the school
in Sycamore offering him only $1.50 a month per pupil, while he wanted
$2. We are also informed that he will also move his paper, the Irwin
County News, to Ocilla. This will leave Sycamore without a newspaper
or school.
Edmondson's livery stable is one of the best arranged institution of
the kind in this section of the State. It has ample stall room, the
carriage shed is a commodious one, and the paint shop is convenient, well
lighted and free from dust. Mr. Edmondson certainly has a livery
stable right.
Raney's new warehouse would make an elegant roller skating rink, a bicycle
track for beginners, a convention hall, an admirable place in which to
have festivals, and could be easily converted into a tabernacle for Sam
Jones or other eminent divines to preach in.
Evidently the secrecy of the marriage in the woods noticed in last week's
issue, has been declared off. Mr. and Mrs. Ward left here Tuesday
for Dakota where they will make their future home. He will engage
in the drug business, while it is understood she will teach. The
Advance wishes them bon voyage on life's tempestuous sea.
The railroad company has hands at work this week putting up a new cotton
platform, and making improvements on the depot. They started to repair
the section houses, but James Shingler went to Macon Saturday and represented
to the officials that the houses were on a street, and work was stopped.
They will now be moved further down the track to a point near the Advocate
office.
J. R. Lockett and Sylvester Tharp both colored, got into a row over
a five cent watermelon at the commissary Saturday, when Lockett struck
Tharp on the back with a nail gra? Inflicting painful injuries, and Tharp
tried to make a dinner out of Lockett by chewing his neck. Marshall
Hall arrested the pugilists before the knock-out blow was given or the
dinner finished, and Acting Mayor Lawrence knocked them both out with fines
aggregating $13, which were paid.
The directors of the telephone system held a meeting this morning and
did the Advance force the honor of relieving them of all responsibility
of service in the central office. The management was turned over
to S. B. Hudson, and he has put a small boy in charge. No kicks will
be received at this office.
Andrew Jackson Wells sent a note to a young lady requesting the pleasure
of her company, but she could not decipher the chirography, and returned
the note by the boy with the statement that her Chinese education had been
sadly neglected, and that he would have to either employ an amanuensis
or make his request orally to receive consideration. He got another
man to rewrite the note, and "blew in" another nickel for delivery.
When the young lady got the second note she pronounced it a forgery, and
Andy got left, being out ten cents and the girl's company. As he
always gives the same song and dance to the girls it would be cheaper and
a great deal more satisfactory to him to have his notes printed at the
Advance office, as we only charge $2 per thousand in 5,000 lots.
Wednesday night after prayer meeting quite a number of ladies and gentlemen
gathered at the Methodist church on a short notice given, to discuss the
question of a graded high school in Ashburn. The object of the meeting
was announced by Rev. J. C. Flanders, after which J. W. Evans read a selection
pertinent to the question, which was well received. Mr. E. is a remarkable
fine reader and kept the attention of his auditors. The reading was
followed by an address by Rev. R. P. Fain, who clearly defined a graded
school, and the advantages to be derived from having one in Ashburn.
In the absence of W. A. Murray, who was down on the program for a speech,
Prof. Passmore was announced to tell how to secure a graded school here,
and surprised his hearers by saying that it was only necessary to employ
a teacher in the Primary department to start it next Monday morning; that
his wife could teach Intermediate, and he the High School. The professor's
address opened the eyes of many, and was the moans of increasing the interest
already taken. Volunteer speeches were called for and made by J.
S. Betts, J. W. Evans, J. S. Shingler and Col. B. B. White, all of
whom insured the audience of their sympathy with the movement, and pledged
themselves to give it hearty support. E. R. Smith of Sycamore
was then called upon, and in a neat five minutes speech told the audience
that Ashburn was just the place to have such a school; the community was
a highly moral one, the citizens well-to-do, and the town's reputation
abroad would be certain to secure a large number of boarding pupils.
The matter of a suitable building was referred to, but not discussed.
It was plainly evident to the writer that our people are aroused on this
subject, and will not let this golden opportunity pass. Monday morning
will see the commencement of a graded scull here if the people will do
their duty to-night, when another meeting at the same place will be held,
and the school board will be there. Let every person who is interested
in educational matters attend the meeting to-night.
The illegality of the county convict lease system has been proven in
a case where a Worth county man was the lessee. At the May term of
the Terrell county superior court James Miller was convicted of carrying
concealed weapons and sentenced to serve twelve months in the chain gang
or pay the fine of $50. Miller could not pay the fine, and was sold
or hired to J. W. Tatum, who operates a turpentine farm in Worth county
for $6 per month, or $72 per year, and the money was paid in advance to
the sheriff. Miller was thereupon turned over to Tatum. In
June Miller escaped from Tatum's camp and came back to Terrell county where
he enlisted a firm of lawyers to get him out of his trouble. They
at once instituted habeus corpus proceedings before Judge Spence of the
Albany circuit, and alleged that J. W. Tatum held Miller in his custody
under pretense of having hired or bought him from the sheriff of Terrell
county for twelve months for $72, and that Tatum had no county convict
camp authorized by law for the purpose of working misdemeanor convicts
upon the public roads or other public works under the supervision of the
county officials as contemplated by the statute. On the hearing before
Judge Spence Tatum made no fight, but admitted that he had no legal convict
camp, and it was also proved that the sheriff had received $72 for Miller,
$22 more than his fine, Judge Spence passed an order declaring the detention
of Miller by said Tatum to be illegal, but held that the sentence pronounced
against him had not been executed, and remanded him back to jail and ordered
the sheriff to execute the sentence against him. He was brought back
to Terrell county and placed in jail. His attorneys then brought
habeus corpus proceedings before Judge Sheffield, and the judge turned
him loose on the ground that his detention was a clear violation of the
constitution. On the same grounds every misdemeanor convict hired
by private individuals is illegally restrained by his liberty.
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Sheriff Story, the genial landlord of the Hotel de Story, is off to
Macon this week.
Col. Forehand was steering his boat in the direction of the north pole
Tuesday last.
Miss Leila Tison of Ashburn is spending a while with her sister
Mrs. J. J. Forehand.
Miss Willie Bell Hall is visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Ross, this week.
Miss Gussie Lancaster and her little sister Mabel, after a short but
pleasant visit in Isabella returned to their home in Brunswick Friday last.
Mesdames W. T. Sikes and J. H. McPhaul of Sylvester visited the city
last week.
Miss Mary Jernigan and her brother Clarence spent Sunday at J. J. McDowell's.
Miss Eula Cochran is expected home this week from Baconton.
Miss Lizzie Williams is at home again to her many friends.
R. G. Tison passed through Isabella Tuesday en route to his home in
Mayhaw, Ga.
W. C. Hardy joined his family on a short visit to relatives in Isabella
and Sylvester Sunday.
Hotel de Story will be completed this week, the Judge informed us.
