The Schley County News Thursday, October 20, 1892 No. 4 Mrs. Eugene Dixon is visiting her parents in Americus. Miss Emmie Baldwin is visiting relatives in Columbus. Texas Rust Proof Seed Oats for sale at Dr. J.N. Cheney & Co.'s. Dr. and Mrs. T.G. Cheney spent Sunday with their daughter in Oglethorpe. Col. J.R. Williams has moved his ofice into the building occupied by the News. Mr. W.E. Cheney left Monday to work several of the southern counties for a new patent soap. There is a rumor current to the effect that the third party people are going to set up a mercantile house of their own here. Be sure and secure two or three shares of stock in the Garden Valley Fruit company. It will be a profitable investment. Tomorrow, the 21st, has been set apart as a national holiday, it being the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America. Editor R. Don McLeod, of the Macon County Citizen, was shaking hands with his many friends on our streets, Friday and Saturday. Mr. J.T. Collins has sold his handsome town residence to Mr. T.A. Collins, and will move back to his plantation sometime in the near future. >From recent depredations there is reason to believe that there is an organized band of thieves in this community. The sooner the last one of them is run down and landed behind prison bars, the better off the town will be. The trial of Mr. Zack Anglin last Friday for peddling without a license resulted in a disagreement among the jurors. They remained out all night and until ten o'clock Saturday morning, when they were brought before Judge Fish and, after stating that they could not agree, (were) discharged. The Ellaville post office was, last Monday, made a money order office. This will be a great convenience to our businessmen and others who desire to send small amounts through the mail and do not care to apply heavy fees for registering same. Among the many pleasant callers at our office Friday was Editor Cristopher, of the Marion County Patriot. He is jubliant over the success of the democracy in his county in the recent election and thinks that old Marion will be kept in the solid column. A shadow of gloom was cast over the entire community Tuesday by a telegram from Forsyth, announcing the death there of the aged mother of our fellow townsman, Mr. H.J. Williams. Immediately upon receipt of the sad intelligence, Mr. Williams left for Forsyth to attend the funeral, which took place yesterday. Prof. B.K. Scott, principal of the Ellaville High School, passed a successful and very creditable examination in law Friday evening and was admitted to practice in the superior court of this state. He expects to move back to his old home and settle down to the practice of his new profession sometime in the near future. Col. W.H. McCrory expects to move to Columbus the latter part of this or the first of next week. He went there Tuesday to rent a house and prepare it for moving in. Mr. McCrory is an attorney of more than ordinary ability and makes the change to secure a larger field for practice. We regret to lose him as a citizen, but wish him unbounded success in the new field. While the family was at church last Sunday night, Mr. P.F. Dixon's residence was broken into and several articles of wearing apparel stolen. It was one of the most remarkable burglaries ever known in this section from the fact that nothing except underwear was taken, notwithstanding the miscreant had free access to everything else in the house. This fact is looked upon as, positive evidence that the guilty party resides in town or near here. Mr. J.A. Goodson, of Dawson, was in town Saturday and made a very pleasant call at our office. While here he showed us a relic which he has in his possession that bears a very interesting history. Its a Mexican silver dollar, bearing the date of 1836, and was the first sum, that large, paid his father for his own labor when he was quite a small lad. His father kept it during his life and at his death, it was given to the present owner, who prizes it very highly. As per announcement in our last issue, another elocutionary contest for the Demorest Silver Medal came off at the Methodist church Tuesday night. Several young girls and boys participated in the exercises and the honors were closely contested. The medal was awarded to Master Carl Murphy, he being declared the successful contestant. He was closely persued, however, by Miss Kitty Tison, who only lacked one point of making it a tie. All the others showed marked ability and (with) very little improvement will take medals. We are told that a third party conference meeting was held at Hopewell church Monday. Of course the meeting was secret, as most of their's are, but it has leaked out that it's object was to come to some understanding about submitting to the republicans a proposition offering to vote for Harrison, if they, the Republicans, will support Wimberly for congress. A republican meeting will be held here next Saturday, when, our informant says, the proposition will be submitted to them for their acceptance or refusal. Frequent complaints have been made to the ordinary about one Susan Passmore, colored, who it is alleged is insane. Monday, the sheriff went after her but she and her husband got wind of his coming and she took to the woods. Tuesday, old man Simon, her husband, was arrested by the sheriff and brought to town, but after repenting and promising to bring Susan in and turn her over to the officers next morning, he was released. He did not show up yesterday as he promised, however, and now a warrant has been issued charging him with a very grave offense. Charlie Jones, colored, who was found guilty of burglary last week and sentenced to a term in the penitentiary for ten years, has made application for a new trial and is out on bond. A rather laughable thing occured during this trial. It seems that during the time Charlie was in jail, his relatives tried, through him, to conjure Cebe Swanson, the principal witness for the state, who was also in jail. The conjure bag which was hid in Charlie's newly washed pants was intercepted by Jailor Hagler as was a letter directing how to use it and was kept a profound secret until presented in evidence. The bag contained some rotten wood which was supposed to possess the conjure qualities. end # 4.