Newton County GaArchives News.....WISE AND OTHERWISE September 7, 1883
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The Georgia Enterprise September 7, 1883
~Dr. R. WEBB WILLIS returned from a two weeks visit to Baker County, on 
Saturday. He gained 8 lbs. during his absence. He reports that the people in 
that part of the State are in prosperous circumstances.

~Mr. HUTCHINGS sprained his arm Sunday rocking dogs that were running his cows. 
He was unable to work on Monday and spent most of the day in convincing us that 
this country was badly in need of a dog law.

~The 44th annual session of the Stone Mountain Baptist Association convention 
in Atlanta, Friday last. After the preaching service, the Association organized 
for business by re-electing Rev. J. M. BRITTAIN, of Covington, Moderator, and 
THOMAS A GIBBS, of Social Circle, Clerk. During the session, Mr. BRITTAIN 
presented the body with a  gavel made of Stone Mountain Cedar. It was a little 
beauty, and received with warm thanks. Stone Mountain was then selected as the 
next place of meeting, and the first Sunday in September, 1884, fixed as the 
time.

~A correspondent of the Solid South is responsible for the following item:
Mrs. WM. WHITNEY, who now lives just across the road, in Henry County, has a 
history that deserves a passing notice from us. She is somewhere between 
seventy-five and eight years of age, never saw a railroad, never rode in a 
buggy, was never to a town, never was in but one store, and that was when she 
was a very small girl, never saw but one cooking stove, has not been to 
preaching since the war, has not been a mile form home in fifteen years, has 
been married sixty-two years and her husband has never bought her but two 
dresses since they were married, and they were cotton dresses.

~Monday morning found several changes among some of our clerks, ROBERT WOOD, 
who has been with W. J. GREEN, goes to Atlanta, and GEORGE WOODRUFF, of the 
post office, takes his place. FRANK HUTCHINS, who has been with W. S. STALLINGS 
so long goes into the market business. ROBERT FOWLER and LUTHER BRITTAIN, who 
have been with LEE & BRO., discontinued clerking, ROBERT will assist his father 
in milling, while LUTHER will go to school. ROBERT PEEK will be in town again 
and clerk for W. H. EVANS. We hope all of them will do well in their new places.

~The following from the Atlanta correspondent of the August Evening News, will 
no doubt be of interest to some of our readers: “There is considerable 
excitement here under the current in political circles over the announcement 
that Hon. JAMES S. BOYNTON will be a candidate for Congress against Hon. N. J. 
HAMMOND. It is discovered that the district is made up in such a manner that 
Gov. BOYNTON is very strong in it. In his race for Governor he carried 
overwhelmingly Monroe, Henry , Spalding and Clayton, to which are now added 
Campbell and Douglass, which he also carried. on the other side is added Newton 
and Rockdale, both of which supported him in the Gubernatorial race, and 
Walton, in which he was very strong and in which he has since married. It is 
believed a better district could not have been made for BOYNTON if he had made 
it himself. In the meantime Col. HAMMOND is strong in the strength of his 
intellect and integrity. I have it from a perfectly reliable source that 
Senator BROWN will be in the race at the election for the United States 
Senatorship. In other words he will be a candidate to succeed himself. Gov. 
SMITH is named as the only certain candidate against him.


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