The Schley County News Thursday, November 2, 1893 No. 43 A BOLD ROBERY AT LACROSSE Some one entered the residence of Mr. J.B. Mauk near La Cross last Friday night and stole from out of the wardrobe $60.25 and from a (unreadable) on top of it $18.00. Mr. Mauk was not at home during the the week and Mrs. Mauk thinks the thief entered the house through an open window while she was at supper, but as she had been away from home two or three times during the week, it is thought that the money may have been stolen then and not discovered until Saturday. DEATH OF MRS. TOM HARVEY. The news of the sudden death of Mrs. T.W. Harvey of Buena Vista was a great schock to her many Ellaville friends. She was in her usual health when she retired Saturday night, but her niece Miss Weaver, who occupied the same room, was alarmed about midnight by her heavy breathing. Other members of the family were hastily summoned, but when they reached the bedside she was dead. For months she has been in poor health, and death is supposed to have resulted from heart disease. The quarantine regulations of the city of Savannah require that all persons desiring to enter the city shall hold proper health certificates. Such certificates should be issued by a Board of Health, Mayor, Postmaster, Ordinary of county or Clerk of Court, and should state that holders thereof have not been in yellow fever infected districts. Persons not coming direct to Savannah, but stopping en route should have their health certificte stamped each day by railroad ticket agent wherever stop is made. This is necessary in order to show quarantine officer what points were visited after issue of healh certificate. NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS OF SCHLEY CO. I will be at the following places on the days specified below for the purpose of collecting the State and County Taxes for the present year: LACROSS Second Round, Wednesday, Nov. 8th Third Round, Wednesday, Nov. 29th LICKSKILLET Second Round, Thursday, Nov. 9th Third Round, Thursday, Nov. 30th NUBBIN HILL Second Round, Wednesday, Nov 15th Third Round, Wednesday, Dec. 6th ______ Murray's X Roads, Tuesday, Nov. 14th Isaac Hart's, Friday, Nov. 24th E.W. Johnson's, Tuesday, Nov. 28th Stewart's Mill, Tuesday, Dec. 5th I will be at Ellaville every Saturday until December 1st, then I will be there every Friday and Saturday until I close my books, which will positively be December 20th, 1893.---C.H. Wall, Tax Collector. Old man Ridgly Hogg was acquitted in Marion Superior Court, of the charge of murdering David Shippey. His two sons did the killing in the presence of the old man, and it was thought he was implicated. The boys have never been arrested. FOR THE SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS In a former communication the writer tried to show the difference between Pondtown as it once was and Ellaville as it now is and would have added somethings that he omitted, had he not found that he might trespass upon the patience of your readers as well as the printers. I received, with a copy of your paper a note from one of your editorial staff, speaking favorably of the article, saying that it was read by some of your patrons with interest and requesting me to send you other contributions. Thanking you for the kind expression contained in the note and with a disposition to comply with your request, I will now add what I would have written before, but for the reason given above. It is known to most of your readers, but may not be to all, that the beauttiful town in which the News is published, was named for one of the fairest and most popular ladies of the place, Miss Ella Burton now Mrs. John Scarbrough, of Americus, daughter of Capt.Robert Burton and sister of Mrs. Charles Crisp, whose distinguished husband represents this district in Congress and is now Speaker of the House of Representatives. This leads me to speak more particularly. I do not write as a partisan nor as a politician, for I am neither, but as a very humble private citizen. Of the Hon. C.F. Crisp, who settled in Ellaville in 1865, being then a very young man, I might say a youth, and commenced the study of law, and there laid the foundation of the high legal attainments he afterwards so successfully completed in Americus. He was admitted to the bar in Ellaville in 1866, and in 1871 was appointed Solicitor by Gov. Smith, which office he filled faithfully and well for several years. Before the expiration of his last term as Solicitor he removed to Americus. Here his friends soon became satisfied that his acknowledged legal abilities as well as his high sense of justice entitled him to promotion and in June 1877, presented his name to Gov. Colquitt who appointed him Judge of the Superior Court of this circuit to fill the unexpired term of Judge Clark. At the expiration of that term he was unanimously elected by the Legislature to (unreadable) with no opposition and it is (unreadable) ....... to your intelligent readers that he filled the office not only with (unreadable) ........ and circuit but with universal satisfaction to the legal profession as well as to their clients, no Judge having been more popular with the people generally than he was. But his constituants soon learned that he not only possessed all the qualifications of an eminent jurist, but that he was equally qualified to become a distinguished statesman, and seeing this, elected him to the 48th congress and to each succeeding one from then to present. How well he has discharged his duties as a congressman, an appreciative constituency both north and south have spoken with stronger emphasis than any thing your humble correspondent could write by electing him to the highest position in the councils of the nation, next to the highest within the gift of the people, an office that but one man the Hon. Howell Cobb, has ever filled before from Georgia although we have with a commendable pride, boasted of so many distinguished statesmen. The position he fills, not only one of honor, but he has proved himself, as he has done through all his public life, sufficient for the task. If he has made any mistakes, and who has not? they have been errors that scarcely could have been avoided, under the circumstances, by which he has been surrounded, for he has not only been brought in daily contact with the bitterest sectional strife, but has been forced to contend with dissentions that have threatened the disruption of the democratic party, and there is not another member of the House of Representatives who could have come nearer giving general stisfaction than he has done. The people of Ellaville, of Americus and of the whole district appreciate his worth and love to honor him and he does not fail to reflect credit upon his home, his district and his state and his country.--Visitor. PENCILING FROM POINDEXTER. Rain is much needed here, right now. Several of our farmers are having to build more cribs to hold their corn. Why not send it to the stricken city? While out horseback riding last Thursday evening, Miss Mollie Fulford was badly hurt by the heels of a loose animal running by her. Mr. William Hixon, who has in charge Souters gin this fall was so unfortunate one day last week as to get his hand cut to pieces in the gin, but we are glad to say that he is rapidly improving under the careful treatment of Dr. Hicks. Mr. E.L. Bridges visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. Miss Bessie Smith of Montezuma was a pleasant visitor at this place last week. Early Monday our quiet little school was distrubed by one of the older girls catching on fire, burning her dress and blistering her hands. The teacher Miss Myers was the first to find it and while trying to smother it was burnt very bad herself. School will probably suspend for a week or two. Preaching next Sunday at the M.F. church by Rev. M. Snider. Mr. Lawson Snider visited friends here last Sunday. LOCAL AND OTHERWISE. Someone entered the hotel Saturday night and stole an overcoat belonging to Mr. Peacock. A white man was arrested in Americus Saturday charged with stealing a horse and buggy from Mr. Eugene Willis of Oglethorpe. Carl Murphy worked hard all summer on a little farm near town to make money to defray his expenses at Emory college and he succeeded admirably. A sample of his potato crop brought to the office by little Dupont Murphy shows them to be unusually fine, six of them weighing 25 pounds. Mr. H.H. Mott one of the progressive young farmers of Schley County has made this year on a two horse farm, as much corn as he needs and some to sell, six thousand pounds of peas, plenty of sugar cane, ground peas & a big crop of cotton which he is holding for a better price. He has eighten fine hogs to kill and well fed cows yield about fiteen pounds of butter per week and quantities of the richest milk. He has every thing about him to make life pleasant and it is all the reward of honest toil and intelligent planning. Pessimists may howl as much as they please about hard times but those who know, say that the farmers of the country are more prosperous than they have been since the war. And we believe a trip though this favored section would convince the most skeptical. PERSONALS Mr. B.K. Scot visited Columbus this week. Mr. A.J. Walden of Marian county was in Ellaville this week. Miss Eva Ogburn was a pleasant visitor to Ellaville this week. Mr. Charlie Green of Shellman spent Sunday at the home of Mrs. Hornady. Miss Emmie Baldwin returned Sunday evening from a pleasant visit to Columbus. Mr. Olin Dixon with little Misses Louise and Lucille Dixon spent Sunday in town. Dr. C.H. Smith is in Macon attending the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Georgia Masons. Miss Mittie Myers is at home this week suffering from having her hands painfully burned though not so severe as was first feared. SHERIFF'S SALES. Georgia Schley county Will be sold on the first Tuesday in December next, between the lawful hours of sale, before the court house door, in Ellaville, lot of land No. 72, twenty-five acres, more or less, in the northeast corner of lot No. 88, south half of lot No. 56; all ot lot No. 57, one hundred and fifty-one and one-half acres of lot No. 58; all of said lot except fifty acres, in southeast corner one hundred and seventy-seven and one-half acres, more or less, of lot No. 40; all of said lot except twenty-five acres on the south line, all of lot No. 39; east half of lot No. 25; all of lot No. 26, and thirty acres, more or less, in northwest corner of lot No. 27, all in 3d district of said county and state, said half lots containing 101 1/4 acres, more or less, and said whole lots containing 202 1/2 acres, more or less; all of said body of land containing 12?6 acres, more or less, and known as the J.M. Gay (Respass) place. Levied on as the property of J.M. Gay to satisfy two fi fas. One fi fa,! that issued from the Superior Court of Macon County, Georgia, in favor of W.H. Willis and A.C. Green, transferees, vs. J.M. Gay, and one fi fa that issued from the County Court of Sumter County, Georgia, in favor of Greer & Shealey vs. W.T. Simpson and J.M. Gay. Tenants in possession notified in terms of the law. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold two acres of land in Pond Town, known as the May place; also, one and one-half acres of lot No. 125, all in the 30th district said county; also one acre known as the Swanson lot, No. 13?, known as the C.W. Smith place, bounded on the south and east by lands of A.C. Murray, on west by S.J. McCrory , north by Robert Barton. Levied on as the property of C.W. Smith by virtue of a mortgage fi fa that issued from the Superior Court of said county in favor of C.L. Battle vs. C.W. Smith. Property pointed out in said mortgage fi fa. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold south half of lot of land No. 103, in the 3d district of Schley county, Georgia, and known as the J.L. Souter place. Levied on as the property of J.L. Souter by virtue of a mortgage fi fa, in favor of J.T. Taylor, successor to E(?) Taylor & Son vs. J.L. Souter. Property pointed out in said mortgage fi fa. Also, at the same time and place will be sold one-half acre of land with dwelling house on it(?) in the corprate limits of Ellaville, bounded on the west by public road leading from Ellaville out by Robert Eason, on the south by A.W. Hawkins, on east by lands of Cheney and Murray, and on north by lands of Alice Black, et.al. Levied on as the property of L(?)S. Hawkins to satisfy a fi fa that issued from the Justice Court, (9 ?) 61st district, G.N., said county, in favor of E.F. Willis and E.A. Greer for the use of S.M. McCrory vs. I.S. Hawkins. Levy made and returned to me by L.E. Tondee, constable. Also, at the same time and place, will be sold south half of lot No. 127, containing 100(?) acres; fifty acres in the northwest corner of lot No. 9?; 25 acres in northeast corner of lot No. ?? and fifty acres in the southeast corner of lot No. 126(?) in the 3d district of said county and state, containing 225 acres of land. Levied on as the property of Theophilis Davis by virtue of a fi fa that issued from the Superior Court of said county, in favor of Frank W. Stanley, sole tenant under the will of Edward N. Stanley vs. Theophilis Davis. Tenant notified in terms of the law. Also, at the same time and place will be sold north half of lot No. 127; all of lot No. 130 except 75 acres off the north side thereof; all o lot No. 131 except 50 acres in northwest corner thereof, and 25 acres in the north east corner of lot No. 126, all in the third district of Schley County, Georgia; containing 425 acres more or less. Levied on as the property of Charles A. Davis, by virtue of a Fi Fa that issued rom the Superior Court of said countyin favor of Jane F. Wells vs Charles A. Davis. Also, at the same time and place will be sold one sorrel horse (unreadable) about three years old levied on and to be sold as the property of L.H. Killebrew under and by virtue of a Mortgage Fi Fa issued from the Superior Court said county in favor of W.H. Childers vs. L.H. Killibrew. William Allen, Sheriff October 30th, 1893. _______________ Georgia Schley County Notice is hereby given that an act will be introduced during the present session of the General Assembly repealing the act of the Legislature for Schley County. Said act approved Oct. 11th 1891, and being for the better protection of game animals and birds, and preventing the hunting, killing, trapping and snaring them during certain seasons of the year and proscribing a penalty therefor. Oct. 31st, 1893. Georgia Schley County W.B. Jordan has applied for exemption of and setting apart and valuation of Homestead and I will pass upon the same at 10 o'clock on the 23d day of November 1893 at my office.--T.B. Myers, Ord'ny. end # 43.