Newton County GaArchives News.....SOMEWHAT PERSONAL, TOWN AND COUNTY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY, WISE AND OTHERWISE, NEWBORN LOCALS May 21, 1891 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Phyllis Thompson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00011.html#0002524 November 17, 2006, 5:50 am The Georgia Enterprise May 21, 1891 SOMEWHAT PERSONAL ~Miss MAGGIE ALLEN has returned from a visit to relatives in Louisiana. ~Mr. P.W. WARREN is up and about again, after a long spell of sickness. ~Miss NELLIE SUMMERS has returned from a month’s stay in Athens and is looking as charming as ever. ~Mrs. B. F. REED has been dangerous sick for some time past, but is reported to be some better at this time. ~Dr. J. C. CLARK has a telephone between Brooks & Ivy’s drug store and his residence. ~Mrs. R. J. BIGHAM has been quite sick for several days, but is slowly regaining her health again. ~Mr. WM. C. THOMPSON is suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. Hope he will soon be well. ~Dr. J. A. WRIGHT has supplied himself with fishing tackle and will soon make an effort to get up a flirtation with a mud cat or a terrapin. ~Conductor BERRY, on the Oxford line of the street railroad, is giving general satisfaction to patrons of the road. ~Mrs. S. M. SULLIVAN, Manager of the Alliance Warehouse, has been dangerously sick, but is now slowly recovering, to the gratification of his many friends in the county and state. ~We had a pleasant call from Prof. FRANK L. FLORENCE, of the Greensboro Herald Journal, the other day. He was looking well, being in the best of health. ~Mr. FRANK C. DAVIS has one of the finest 9 month old colts in the state. It is an “Enoch Arden” raised by Mr. M. W. HEARD and cost friend FRANK $150.00. ~Dr. FRANK B. WRIGHT has a telephone line from Dr. J. J. Dearing’s store to his residence, and will be ready by day or night to answer any calls. If you need the Doctor, telephone the fact to his residence, and he will be at your service. ~An ice cream festival was given at the residence of Judge and Mrs. E. F. EDWARDS, one evening last week, by their charming daughter, Miss MAMIE, in honor of Miss IDA PARKS, of Texas. Music and recitations followed the festival and all had a delightful time. ~“Children’s Day” was appropriately observed by the Methodists here last Sunday. At night an interesting and beautiful recitation was delivered by Miss NOLLIE WOMACK. Songs by the congregation, responsive readings, talks by the Pastor and Superintendent of the Sunday School, were the leading features of the evening, closing with a collection and the benediction. ~Col. LIVINGSTON, who attended the Scott-Irish Society, in Louisville, Ky., last week, happened in the state Democratic Convention, then in session, and was immediately called on for a speech. He gave a rattling good Democratic talk, advocated the free coinage of silver and was cheered to the echo. At the night session the Convention reported in favor of free coinage and will go before the country on this and other live issues. TOWN AND COUNTY, EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY ~The street from town to the depot is being put in fine order, while the side walk at the foot of Monticello Street is being widened. ~For Sale- New 5 room residence, on Floyd Street, ½ acre lot. Very desirable place and cheap at $1000. Will sell for $850.00. Easy terms. S. W. HAWKINS ~The temperance people of the town district are requested to meet in the courthouse next Friday afternoon, at 5 o’clock, for the purpose of organizing, so as to encourage temperance sentiment here and elsewhere. Let everybody who favors sobriety be present. ~Saturday, June 6, is the day set for the examination of teachers who wish licenses to teach in the public schools of the county of state. All interested should meet Commissioner J. S. STEWART, in Oxford at that time. Separate apartments will be used in the examination of white and colored applicants, but only one day will be given. ~The university baseball team, of Athens, played a match game of ball with the Emory College nine in Oxford, Saturday. The visitors numbered about 200, while the crowd present to witness the game was seven or eight hundred. Neither nine did themselves justice. Athens came off victorious by a sore of 12 to 11 runs. ~Messrs. SCOTT, STEVER and AVANT, who have been in Covington with their Steam Riding Gallery, made many friends during their sojourn here, besides furnishing innocent amusement for young and old. Many of the best people in the town and county patronized the Gallery, and on all occasions the best of order was maintained. ~Mr. EVANS LUNSFORD has a smart dog at the livery stable. Besides carrying packages for his master he goes foraging for useful articles. Thursday he trotted in the store of Messrs. LEE & PEEK, picked up a fine curry comb, and hurried around to the stable with it. EVANS should treat this canine to a new leather collar and a big soup bone. WISE AND OTHERWISE ~Rev. Mr. BUDD, of Oxford, preached an impressive sermon at Liberty Church, near Porterdale, last Sunday. ~Rev. Mr. MCMEEN is now able to resume full work and will preach in the Presbyterian Church next Sabbath morning. Subject, “A Death Scene” Night Subject, First “Lecture on the Life and Times of Joseph,” “Joseph as a Boy, or the Divided Home.” ~We are told that President CANDLER is opposed to the Emory College baseball club playing a game of ball with the University team in the city of Athens, on the 5th and 6th of June. It is to be hoped that the boys will call off the games and not have any unpleasantness with their faithful and honored President. ~The Covington delegation to the Georgia Railroad Convention, in Augusta, last week, report a very pleasant time, but say it was dull as compared with the convictions of the long ago, before the ____ system was adopted. The old board of directors were all re-elected, with the exception of Hon. Boykin Wright, who resigned. Mr. Jacob Phinizy taking his place. The road is in a most prosperous and almost perfect condition. ~Quite a number of people from Butts and Henry County came to Covington last Friday expecting to see SEAB SMITH hung. More will doubtless come for the same purpose tomorrow, but will be disappointed, as the supreme court has not yet passed upon his case. If a new trial is denied the Judge will have to resentenced SMITH, and at present no one can tell when he will be hung. However, we presume it is only a question of time about his swinging, for the evidence seems clear as to his guilt. It will be October before the supreme court will dispose of his case, and if hung at all, the execution can not well take place until May 1892. NEWBORN LOCALS ~Dr. Porter is erecting a nice store house. ~Mrs. R. H. Bush and daughter, of Thompson, are visiting relatives here. ~A pleasant sociable came off at the home of Mr. Wm. Gay one night last week. ~Miss Mary Hargrove, of Newton Factory, has been on a visit to friends here. ~The Misses Lyons, of Texas, are visiting our town as the guest of their uncle, Dr. Wilson. ~Miss Mattie Hester, one of Monroe’s fairest daughters, is visiting Miss Florence Childs. 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