The Sschley County News Thursday, April 13, 1893 No. 14 Mrs. Wallace died at her home in the country this morning. Miss Mittie Myers has resumed her school at Mt. Zion. Miss Katie Mott is spending the week at Mr. Kleckly. Mrs. H.S. Davis is spending the week with Mrs. Eugene Dixon. Mrs. Jerry Bolton, of Americus, spent Tuesday with Mrs. H.T. Arrington. Mrs. John Dozier who has been seriously ill at her home near Ellaville is convalescing. Mr. Ed Bridges, who has been at home several weeks returned to Emory College Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Hudson, of Preston, are visiting the family of Mr. T.J. Myers this week. Mr. and Mrs. Armestead Dodson, of Americus, are spending the week at the home of Mr. R.C.Wells. Eva and Lula Strange, two sweet little Misses from Andrew Chapel have been visiting Mamie Lee Perry this week. Misses Eva Cheney and Minnie Lou Williamson spent a few days this week at the pleasant country home of Mr. B. F. Green. Mr. Dexter was exhibiting a Wyandotte chicken this morning had been hatched out just 24 hours and weighed two ozs. Mr. Ed Hornady took a hack full of school girls out to Dozier mill fishing Monday. All had lots of fun and caught good many fish. Prof. Scott, who is council in several cases in court, suspended school this week and the little folks are enjoying the short vacation immensely. We would esteem it a great favor if those who have items of news that would be of general interest would hand them in to the paper. It is impossible for us to know everything that is going on. Ellaville doesn't look as neat and clean as is usual at this season. There has been a great deal of work done on the streets since the sleet but it should be kept up until all the trash is burned. The health of our town is the most important thing to consider at present. It is very noticeable of late that the gentlemen in the Methodist congregation hardly ever assist in the singing, but leaave that part of the worship for the ladies consequently the music is very poor and it is very trying to the organist, this should not occur again. Mr. Loomis who is a large stockholder in the Fruit Co. will at an early date move his family from Ohio to our town. We are sure after they have lived here a while they will unite with everyone else in saying this is the finest country on earth. Mr. W.H. McCrory, of Columbus, who is interested in several important cases is attending court here this week. His ____ wife accompanies him and their many friends are delighted to welcome them to their old home. Mr. Charter Wilkinson is having erected a beautiful cottage out near Andrew Chapel and soon he and his charming wife will begin house keeping under their own vine and fig tree. So many chickens and eggs are shipped from Ellaville, it makes the supply for home consumption rather meager some times. Mr. Homer Threlkeld this week killed a calf fifteen months old that weighed 350 lbs. This seems almost incredible, but anyone doubting the truth of the statement can call on Mr. Peacock at the Hotel who purchased the whole beef to delight the palates of his guests during court. Will Ellaville observe Memorial Day? Or has the feeling of patriotism all died out. The grass in our cemetery covers hearts of gold who gave their life for the cause we loved and no orator is invited to repeat the story of their valor, we should at least go to their graves and cover them over with beautiful flowers. One of the negroes who was induced to go to Oklahoma by Pegleg Williams was so thoroughly disgusted with that country that he seized the first opportunity to skip out and actually walked the greater part of the distance back to Montezuma. He says that Georgia is the best place for negroes and that he will never leave on such a fool errand again. It is crying ashame to Buena Vista that not one of her merchants is running an add in the county weekly. We don't understand how Bro. Christopher has the heart to keep his paper up to such a high standard when he receives no encouragement from those who should esteem it a privelege to support an institution that is doing so much for the town and public good is that ably editor sheet the Marion County Patriot. The Columbus merchants understand the value of printers ink and are giving this paper a liberal patronage and as a consequence the trade that should come to Buena Vista will be turned in another direction. A COMPLIMENT TO OUR EDITOR Mr. John C. Trice, editor of the Schley County News, rolled into Tallahassee Monday morning and in less than ten minutes we had him in harness with coat and vest off, writing editorials, reading proof and otherwise pushing things in the Tallahassean office. Mr. Trice is one of the brightest newspaper men Florida ever had and although he has deserted us and gone to Georgia, he promises to remain during the whole, or at least part of the session, and help us out. He feels perfectly at home in the Tallahassean office and will add largely to the effectiveness of our work.--Tallahassean. COURT IN SESSION The following lawyers are in attendance on court: Messrs. Ansley, Hawkins, Hollis, Hinton, Wheatley, Wallis, Lumpkin, Blalock, Hixon, Dodson, Watson, Hudson, Hawks, Americus; Peabody and McCrory, Columbus; and J.Q(?) Hudson, Preston. His honor Judge Fish runs the machinery of court without laxity or loose methods but requires good order and prompt dispatch of business. Court will hardly adjourn before Saturday. The papers all over the state are holding forth the advantages of canning factories and fruit farms and urging the people to put their money in such enterprise. Ellaville has done her self proud in putting up sufficient capitol to induce the Garden Valley Fruit Co. to locate here. It is impossible for us to fully realize the great benefit this industry will be to our town and county. We are perfectly willing for Americus to indulge in the belief that she covers the greater part of the earth but when she lays claim to the new industry that has sprung up in our midst without so much as recognizing the fact that we occupy a small place on this terrestial ball our people are naturally indignant. Ellaville has always rejoiced in acknowledging her to be the Queen City of Southwest Ga., but our town is reaching out and assuring such proportion that unless our neighbor bestires herself it will not be many years before Americus will be one of the suburbs of Ellaville. GEORGIA DEPARTMENT Agriculture selection, Published in the Monthly Reports The census office has issued a bulletin entitled "Statistics of Farms, Homes and Mortgages" In it is a chapter on ownership and debt. The leading results in Georgia are given as follows: As to farms the conclusion is that 58 percent of the farm families in our state hire their lands, and 42 per cent own the farms they cultivate. In other words, among 100 families, 58 hire their farms with an incumberance, and 42 own without an incumberance. On the farms occupied by the tillers who are owners, there are liens amounting to $1,697,500, with an annual interest charge of $57 to each family. Each incumbered farm is presumed to be worth $1,657, and is subject to a debt of $681. There are seven cities in the state having a population of 8,000 and less than 100,000 and in these 80 percent of the families hire their homes and the rest rent. It is gratifying to know that 94 percent of the city population who do own homes titles free of incumberance. Figures in this remarkable paper show that the yearly interest charge on each incumbered city home in the state is about $97. There are 352,059 families in the state. There are 175,688 farm families. There is an apparent increase in farm tenancy from 45 per cent in 1881 to 51 per cent in 1890. A curious feature of this paper is a statement that city homes are hired and incumbered in a greater degree than is found outside of cities. In the seven cities of Georgia having a population of 8,000 and less than 100,000, there are 41,282 families, of which 33,131 hire and only 8,151 own their own roofs. HE WAS HIS OWN GRANDFATHER Of all the genealogiacl curiosities, the one set forth below is probably the oddest--a singular piece of reasoning to prove that a man may be his own grandfather! Here it is: There was a widow (Anne) and her daughter (Jane) and a man (George) and his son (Henry). This widow married the son, and the daughter married the father. The widow was therefore mother (in law) to he husband's father and grandmother to her own husband. By this husband she had a son (David), to whom she was of course great-grandmother. Now, the son of a great-grandmother must be grandfather or granduncle to the person to whom his mother was or is great-grandmother , but in this instance, Anne was great-grandmother to him (David), therefore David could not be other than his own grandfather.--St.Louis Republican. end # 14