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About The Advocate-Democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 1897)
E Advocat e-Democrat. $1.00 Per Year. VOL, XXII. Tlia Alliance Store -—Is Giving an-— Extr 10 Per Cent Discount —On All No.— 37 COATS. We are overstocked on this size Suits. SIDE-WALK NOTES. Pure Home Matters Picked Up by Local Reporters, What Our People Are liolng and Things Our Friends Tell Us. —Go to C. Bergstrom for caudles. —Mr. S. I. Anderson is report¬ ed sick this week. —Good many report cotton dy¬ ing considerably. Nice black alpaca coats 90c at Racket Store. -—One of Mr. S. V. Cha pman's children is repoP^^igTff sfeic. .1 s i^d^Rwent nesda.j^fci up Atlail business. Tli^Slliauce Store can you good on pants. —Mr. Frank Rhodes has here this week with his horse./ —Mrs. R. E. L. Harris (f/iid sick last and first of this .keek. —Look out for our new “Rock on Elmwood Hill." It a good one. Anotherbeautisul lino ladies shirt waist sets at Racket Store. —Dr. Adams of was here Wednesday on profes¬ sional business. * —Col. H. M. Holden spent sev- At¬ eral days first of the week in lanta on business. —Mrs. Al. Beazley*came Wednesday to visit her Mrs. B. F. Moore. Three packages Dixie chew¬ ing gum, live stieds each, at Al¬ liance Store for 5c. —Col. Horace Holden has the roof and chimneys of his house painted red. —Miv and Mrs. W. O. vent up to Atlanta to spend a couple of days. —There is a reported sched in the Georgia Railroad ules to take place Sunday. M r C. E. Knox, of son, was up here Sunday to tend the burial of Dr. Kent. —Miss Beulah Kent, down from Greenesboro, last, to visit her grand father, —Fast train failed to go on time Tuesday on account of wreck down towards Augusta. Bob and Miss r (iimift And* 1 son will attend closing of the Woodville school to-day. —Have your house and it will be worth more double the cost of the paint —Photographer Stephens' lie will take pictures at ens. in Oglethorpe county, week. —Mr. W. E. Arnett, who shot bv Harvev Jones, was Sunday. The ball is still in Mr. Arnett’s thigh. —Go lo ('. B-r'-troia* for cops saucers at ail kinds. ”)N THE HMTEREST OF PEOPLE.” CRAWFORDVILLE, GA DAY, MAY 28, L897. ■—Dr. R. J. Reid is having the pailiugs on his lot painted and will soon have his residence re painted, Just received another beauti¬ ful line of those siik umbrellas, ladies and gents, for 50c at Rack¬ et Store. -—Mrs. Irby, of Greenesboro, sister of Mrs. Dr. Kent, came down Saturday, to attend the Doctor's burial. —We want a correspondent at White Plains, Lyneville and Ray - town. Will some one at each place send us the news? The Alliance Store has just received a blA- .of t urpentine and can saVW' n 5 6 'Special pHce ny The gallon. —Mrs. W. A. Leg wen went down to Harlem Saturday to spend several days with her daughter, Mrs. Dr. Phillips. Another big lot of Mason fruit jars just received at Al¬ liance Store. —We extend our thanks to Mr, W. Y. Edwards for an invitation to the first barbecue of the sea¬ son to be had at Malayer’s bridge to-day. —Mr. James (Jack) Downing, of Union Point, and Miss Clem Gunn were married at the home of the bride in Augusta on the 25th, inst. -—If you want to be in style at a mederate cost get a pretty neck tie at Paul Lucas’. —Mb Hilliard H. Mapp, One of White Plains’ most estimable citizens, died Saturday night and was buried Sunday.—Union Point Review. —Mrs. L. P. Winter haB snap beans last week of her own rais ing. This is the first report of beans from a Crawfordville gar den this season. —Prettiest lot of late styles of scarfs and neck ties at Paul G. Lucas'. —One of bur successful farmers says this dry weather is the of the crop—farmers can get all the grass out and the crop will be ready for the June rain, -—The telephone camps hav« road ‘ been moved back up the near Robinson where they are moving about 100 poles they put U P on liie railroad right-of Aay Lemons still 10c. defe. at Al McLaughlin and family ay ill gcJ down in tin* lower Q f g^ate to spend their vacation. Their friends here gret to see them leave ville. —Mrs. John Thompson, . of . lYUgusai. camo up 1 u(*.M e\ en friLnits ha g s been TiS S ind her m-A obd *n see hoc * ho- ' -irnvi Mi ‘ 'A T ‘ Chapman W. of P1 i to’visit mo , ln ,p ne d av his old home and manv friends around here He ■ brtfaght Mr. W. J. Norton d fine watermelon xfjt r\ fc ■/i Pi. ■ P’ ®:il : 1 : ‘ m w Fifty Years Ago? President While in howell Polk in the White Houtofj i(l\ was Doctor Ayer r Both were busy for human weal One to govern and one to heal. *j And, as a president’s power of will; Sometimes depends on a liver-pilljjy Mr. Polk took Ayer’s Pills I trofes For his liver, 50 years ago. > Ayer’s Cathartic PMls model •were designed purgative to to pe®/lc afm. fly Who a with had so griping long injured medicinem tiii|ji&elves ieing carefully prepared and t/ILpxact Imgr in¬ gredients adjusted to bo4^jp^md necessities of the liver, their popularity tbil ia larity stantaneous. has been That maim }U well marked in the (al jis awarded these pills' (he World's Fair 1893. 50 Years of SCHOOL CLOSE! Stephens High Schu is place closed ’Fruiay^W FTidu\Ha|| he usual ercises. The school wa? .as flourishing this term as I tpmuld have been, and we hope .16 see all efforts put to bear on building up the school for the next (term. HOW’S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Prows., Toledo, O, We the undersigned, the have known F. J. Cheney for last (5 years, and believe him per¬ fectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by West their firm & Thu Wholesale j ax. Druggists, Toledo, O. Wadding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toleilo, O. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot ! tie. Sold by all Druggists. Tes¬ timonials free. Hall's Family Pills are. the best. | —Go to C. Bergstrom with youfi Bea¬ vers. Miuk and Otler skins. WHERE IS OCR REPORTER? 0 ur T J vnevillecorresnondent \ in - back We depended , . going on us. on him to report important events in his section, but very j recently he failed to send us word of the marriage of Mr. F. p jj a jj an d Miss Lula Wallace which occurred over a week ago. However, we extend congratula tions to the happy couple and wish, for tliom nil tho blossings j of this life, Honesty and Virtue. There is more honesty and virtue containe d in a brittle of Salvation Oil, ^ j n any other liniment known, “Mrs. A. Fiedler, 28G4 Falethorp St., Philailciphia, l’a., confirms this truth: i She found Salvation Oil to be an ex -W joints, bruises, etc., and tlutaks it *>I,o«ld bvays be kept in the I ouae’* Don’t listen to the dealer’s arguments , in favor of a substitute. Insist on get ting Salvation Oil, it costs only 25 cts, HANGED FOR THE < KIME. Linton Finney Dies With the Name Old Tale of Goins to Ginn. Linton Finney was hanged at Lexington Friday last. The gallows was made inside the jail and only a few officers, doctors and newspaper reporters wit¬ nessed the execution. No one seemed to take much interest in him except the curious. Ho made a statement last yveek, saying that what he had haid before about Taylor and (Pascal killing Mr. Hardy was all /a lie and that he did not know anything' about the affair at all. h Am At •y.v ftsISL /& mm :. r /l VJs : 'J iF'' /sp 3 " FINNY AS HE WAS WHEN CAP¬ TURED. His last statement on the gal |^ws be^iriji as follows ’ au^ wound lipuke ' a prayer: “I don't want to say anything more than I am prepared to meet lfiy God. I don't know anything about this crime. I am going before God with (lie (ruth in my mouth, and I am certain that God knows I have told the truth, and I feel good about it. “Well, brothers, 1 am going away to leave you, I am soon to face the jaws of death, What for? For the swearing of lies, but, oh, bless God I am so glad that I feel as good as I do; 1 am so*£1 ad that my face looks as pleasant as it does; I am so glad that I feel so pleasant and can talk with as much freedom, be cause Jesus is in me and I am in Jesus. I am going away, but l I aint going to die, I am just go¬ ing to sleep in the body, but my spirit will rise again in glory, where peace will be forever and forevermore, where there will be no more sorrow, no more weeping. Everybody Bay* Bo. Cfiscuretn Candy Cutlnirf ie. the most won der/ul jn<’<j idi.l discovery of the ugc. anfc and rofreHliinij to the* tawlc, act Rontly and positively on kidneys, liver and bowels, cleansing tho entire ?■wsfyiri. dispel colds. cure headache, fever, habitual constipation and bilfoiisncf- Pleas*! buy and try a box of C. to-day; 10 , f »0 cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure l/> all druggists. PREFERRED to serve. Robert Cannon had the option of going to the chain gang one year or to pay a fine of five dred dollars. He chose the for mer and is now with Col. It. I>. Callaway serving his sentence. Washington, Ga. Reporter. • A Flag of Warning. Beware of the dry, tickling, backing, morning cough, for it warns you that consumption lurks near. The famous Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup will cure it. j “I had ft very bad cough. One doctor prommneed it consumption. I used 1*. n«ll-,C«ah Sfr,I... .an, j pletely cured : tb. cough left me and | hu 3/5 never 31st Street, cbmc^hack• (lucago, ^ Ill*. Di. j Bull's Cough Syrup costs but 2d cents. Ask for Bull's, take only Bull's. In Advanco NO. 14. llllli xm iJt m POWDER Absolutely Pure. Celebrated for its great leavciiingstrenulli and healthfullness. Assures Hip food against alum and all forms of adult* ra¬ tion common to the cheap bran Is. ROY A L BAKING POWDER CO., New York. DR.KENT DEAD. Dr. J. J. Kent, one of Craw fordville’s old citizens, died at his home Friday night about It! o'clock of kidney trouble, which had locum troubling him a long time. He was out in town on Monday and was taken worse Tuesday. He was given all mod ical aid possible but (ho <1 muled disease took him away • at the above named hour. Ho was in his 70(li year, and has long been a member of (lie Baptist church here. He was one of the highly honored members of the Masonic lodge at this place and his re mains wore laid to reJjL Sunday * u 1 %i'* < ' 1 ul * ' **** crowd of Masons from the lodges at Sharon, Thomson, and Green esboro were in attendance. FIRST WEEK IN JUNE. Dr. D. L. Farmer will he in Crawfordville again on Monday. May a 1st, and will spend will one more week here. His office be at the Crawfordville Hotel. w h e re he will <l<> your dental work Hu up-to-date order both in price and workmanship. A BAD MAI) DOG. There was considerable excite mo „ t created down about Barnet ) a fow days ago by a mad dog. The dog bit several geese, pigs, puppies, etc, and went on to Mr. Ross Gunn’s place and got after some chickens. It is said Mr. Gunn went out to seo what was the trouble and upon finding was a mad dog, ran back intc the house for his gun and failed to shut the door, if was exc.it ij m( . s when lie returned and found the dog ready to enter his door, Mr. Gunn fired on the dog, but missed his mark and the dog left. BucLt*«n'« Arnica fifllv®, I > The Beit Salve iu the world for Cute, ; Bruise*, Soros, Ulcer*, Suit Rheum, Kt-v. cr. Totter. Ch ipped Hands, Chilblains, Coras, aud all Skin Erupt ous, mid p ri¬ lively cures I'.-les, or no prv rcfjuiw-1. li 1* guar.'iiitKcd *d pive ^utisfnetion or I money refuiuletl. Brice 25 cent* per box. j Forg ;, la by p,. « j. r, i,|. j Two of the five cars broken [up Tuesday in tho wreck loaded at Grovetown with bulk were wheat and it was scattered to the I winds. AGENTS WANTED, male or f.uml. ! in '-very comU'- I'usincHH rcsiicciablc. (/Ompcnsatiori good. No trouble tfj iiBik* Home money. A'blr*'KHChronic/-, Aujru^ u, On,, for p.u t »ihn TAKE NOTR E j i„ connection win* w«teh, do- TOO je-.-dry rei.mrinK.. dc-.iig il. • • mci •ach/M t lin* ij-o. ,-,•„( siitcl. p' rf(-< i rh >, , - con nl of w * » man/ ni> ( if i.doi.:»tgive wn-ir u,i, *. ant no R. 15. sTRu/ It. ; J< welcr, Cruwfo