FARM SALE BY MR HINSON
One of the largest real estate deals in Clinch in some time was that recently when Mr. W. H. Hinson and his sons sold their large farm at Travisville. The property was bought by Mr. J. E. Fountain of Alabama, who has already moved in and taken possession. The property consists of about six hundred acres of land, about two hundred being in cultivation. It is understood the consideration the sale was around $19.000.00, Mr.. Hinson has removed to another place of his a few miles below Argyle. The News is glad to welcome Mr. Fountain and his family to Clinch county, and hopes his stay here will be both profitable and pleasant. Like all good men should, he has already added his name to the News' subscription
[Homerville, Clinch County News February 13 1925 - transcribed by Barb Z.]


A woman seeking admittance at the Coffee county jail the other night to see an imprisoned relative, was denied admittance by the sheriff's wife, the sheriff being up town. The woman and her daughter attacked the sheriff's wife and tried to take the keys away, but the screams of the attacked woman brought help, and now the woman and her daughter are in jail also. They gave their names as Mrs. M. O. Meyers and Hazel Meyers.
Homerville Clinch County, Georgia January 4th 1929

Over in Berrien county last week occurred a near-homicide originating from a broken romance. Randall Metts, 21, was shot from ambush by his rejected sweetheart, Miss Delia M. Rayfield, age 19. She went on home and her mother twice took guns away from her as she was about to kill herself. The sheriff placed her in jail, and doctors say that Metts has even chance to recover. The two bullets lodged in his back. Miss Rayfield declared in jail that "I would be the happiest woman in the world if I could be Randall's wife," while Metts lying dangerously wounded has indicated a willingness to forgive.
Homerville Clinch County, Georgia January 4th 1929

Fruitland News
The Sheriff and his deputies Homerville paid Fruitland a visit Sunday night and captured Brack Deloach and an escaped convict that has been at large for several months.
Homerville Clinch County, Georgia January 4th 1929

COURT  HOUSE FIRES
The destruction of the court house at Jasper last Tuesday night, bring a little nearer home to us the seriousness of court-house fires and what they mean. Hamilton county has lost a perfectly good, comfortable and attractive court-house and countless records which as a rule in court houses are more or less counted to unimportant to place in the vault every night. Generally, officers will stick the most important records if the vaults and let others stay outside.
We often think what it would mean to Clinch county if our court-house should burn. From a monetary standpoint the loss would not be great because it is a small building costing less than $10,000 when built, but the loss in records and equipment would be great. The Editor who is now clerk of the court, is pained to think that every day at the close of the day's work he must leave innumerable papers and records outside the vault. We haven't any room inside the vault to put them. A little vault barely eight feet square will not hold the records of sixty-two years. The Ordinary has the same kind of a vault and the same crowded condition in it The other officers or offices have no vaults.
It is running a big risk to have things kept like they must be kept in our court-house. The building could easily be burned and defective wiring, a careless cigarette or some thing like that, would reduce it all to ashes and nobody would ever know what caused it. The building is no at all fire proof and it is extremely doubtful in our opinion whether the vaults which are over thirty years old, could withstand the terrific heal of the fire if the building were to burn.
At the present time in the clerk's office, the most of the court record; and original papers have to be left outside the vault every night on account of no room inside.
The wiring in the building is old and we would not be surprised to learn that it is defective if it were to be examined.
In our opinion, the county authorities should take immediate steps to protect record and office paper in the court-house by providing adequate, fireproof vaults to the offices of the school superintendent, county commissioners, tax collector, and extend or make larger and more modern and fire-proof the vaults of the ordinary and clerk.
We have a $35,000 modern, fire-proof jail all fixed up nice and clean and new, built within five or six feet of an old, dilapidated court-house subject to fire anytime. What kind of a jail would we have left if the old court-house were to burn?
Within the past three years nearly a dozen court-houses in Georgia have been destroyed by fire, and in many cases the records destroyed in vaults that were thought to have been fire-proof. It is well to think of these things before they happen.
Homerville Clinch County, Georgia January 4th 1929

104 MARRIAGES LAST YEAR
Mrs. Pafford, the Ordinary, reports that during 1928 there were 67 colored marriages and 37 white marriages performed in this county according to her records.
She also says that she had married sixty white couples and sixty-six colored couples during her first term in office.
Homerville Clinch County, Georgia January 4th 1929

 J. O. Mattox who retired from the sheriff's office in Wayne county on January 1st., was arrested this week charged with the embezzelment of $5000 in county funds. The daily press dispatches do not give any details than the above. He was defeated last year for re-election by L.W. Rodgers who had previously served as sheriff for several terms.
Homersville, Clinch County Georgia The Clinch County News Feb. 1, 1929

Retiring from the office of Mayor at Broxton after a twelve-year service A. R. Lewis was presented with a beautiful loving cup by the people of the town as a token of their appreciation of his faithful service and long tenture in office. Mr. Lewis was taken unaware with the presentation, and was said to have been much affected by It The NEWS congratulates the people of Broxton on manifesting their appreciation of faithful service in such a job as Mayor. The only appreciation usually expressed is "being cussed" more or less.
Homersville, Clinch County Georgia The Clinch County News Feb. 1, 1929

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