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THE ASHBURN ADVANCE Published every Friday. 11. D. SMITH, weekly chop bulletin. for Week Emlim Monday July Ati.axta, G.v., Jui.v <27, 18i>7. (iKM-HAI, KKVIKW. Except in a few comities in the ; soiitbern portion of the State, the weather conditions have been most favorable to the farming ♦ crests. Good soaking rains have given additional life and vigor to corn, rotten, and other griming crops. Tl< pulling of fodder is now general and cotton is being UV I ' >f r> 1H ' l>W }‘ nn> ‘‘ lust on (otton m sotik o<a itics, blit as a rule tbo crop will, is growing imOy, I, fruiting mid I,, few counties in the southern nor- 1,1,10 ° 8 ,8M om me net , ‘ 1 to open. Sweet potatoes have done remarkably well; the fields are now covered by the rapidly spreading vines. A marked im¬ provement is reported in sugar cane and rice, although tho stands of neither are good- Late gar¬ dens are doing well. Pastures arc very good and stock is in good condition. On tho whole the out¬ look is very encouraging. The melon and fruit crops are poor. Peaches are almost a complete failure, and apples are good. Home pears are being shipped, hut the fruit is small and infe¬ rior. NORTH I'.KN DIVISION. Throughout Ibe northern conn* tics the week lias been most fa¬ vorable <0 all growing crops. There has been plenty of rain and sunshine, and the tempera¬ ture lias deen about normal, and, as a result, crops of all kinds are much improved and doing well. Most of the cotton crop lias been laid by in good condition, The soil is clean and free from foreign vegetation, so that the plant can now grow unhindered, With fa- voiublc weather cotton will soon bo up to its usual size at this season. It, is fruitful as a rule. There are no complaints of lice or rust in this division of the State this week and the general outlook is very bright. Corn is in excel¬ lent, condition; it is now of a healthy green color and growing rapidly; a good yield is almost assured. A decided improvement is noted in late gardens. A good ninny farmers have been sowing turnip seed during the week, and the acreage devoted to this crop is large. Pastures liavo improved very much and now afford lino grazing for stock. Sweet pota¬ toes have been much benefited by tho recent rains and the vines are spreading' and growing nice¬ ly. In some sections of Hull County lands were badly washed and crops damaged by heavy rains on the littji. Watermelons are still being- shipped, but are .lather rough and small. Pouches continue to rot, so that the crop is almost a total failure. Mllim.U DIVISION. About normal temperature, good soaking rains, and plenty of warm sunshine hare been the cliaracteristie featmes of the week in most of the counties of the middle division of the State. Corn is in very good condition as n general thing; tho early crop has I >0011 laid by mid fodder ing is now in progress. It is a little too wet for corn in bottom lands and weeds have grown idly. Cotton is growing nicely in _ most comities aud is taking on fruit. Many farmers are busy tiow laying by this crop. There are complaints of rust and “black root” in cotton in portions of Chattahoochee County. Sweet potatoes are doing us well as it is possible for them to do. The rains have been most favorable to them, aud the vines have grown and spread rapidly. As a watermelons are poor in quality uud the crop is considerably shor- ter than usual. Pastures are im- proving anil in excellent coudi- tion. Sugar cane has continued to improve during tho week, and is now looking very well, though the stand is not good. Farmers are busy sowing turnip seed and a large crop will be sown. The fruit crop is very poor; peaches are a complete failure iu many counties. Late vegetables are coming on nicely. Blackberries x bout gone. Apples are not at all gofil; tbo green fruit is rolling at flic core. HOf'THKRJt IIIVISION. Tlirougliont this section of State tIn* weather conditions dur- 1 i»ff the week have been varied. Some counties have had j good mins, others scattered and light showers, while in a few I counties crops me suffering moisture. Corn is laid by and farmers are now pulling fodder. Good showers on the ‘21st enabled farmers to plant late While reports as to the condition ^ *»j[ e , .l.vis.un , 1 ' , T tlm., fa , eitl.cr y'; ra "* "'*? T'T 1 ^ bee " "VT' , the general , con- ‘ ll ,H # 00<1 ' If ' l * fr, " t,n F and in some sections has begun to open. There are some com- p| a j n tg of rust in u few counties. «•"»*•»* ••».!/ .....* 11 F 00 ' 1 yield. .Sugar cane, while the stand is poor, lias made considerable growth during the week. Sweet potatoes ‘ are doing , • , well .. except, . . in a few local- . , itie» where rain is needed. Home slips set during Hie past Cotton on pine lands shows some signs of rust. Pears are being shipped, but the fruit is not all good and is usually small. Tbo peach crop is a failure as a general thing. Field and ground peas are doing well. J. B. Marbbhy, Section Director, Atlanta, Ga. AN OLD PAPER OF INTEREST. OlironiclcH Interesting Events in Nash ville’s Early History. T. (L McDowell, of Lockhart. Tex., sends the Tennessee Cen- tcuniul an old and interesting paper which will be framed and displayed in the Press Building at the Exposition. It is a copy of the Clarion and Tennessee State Gazette for July 22, 1817. This paper was then printed weekly at. Nashville by T.G.Bradford, It is a live-column four-natre pn,»« r , ».,.l , ......fan,, . ...... . esling advertisements than it, does news. Particularly interesting is a notice headed “Theatre,” which evidently precedes the coming of the first theatrical company to Nashville. It, “respectfully rJ ol JNasliville that a part of the thealrical company front the 'tato of Kentucky have a’dved.” and that they propose in as *’T*• nu , nits tan "7 bo ............ nmtle to jtiosont them with a regular series of dra- matic entertainments. A ing is being prepared, they and pledges are made of their utmost, exertions to merit the respect and patronage of the lie. c. Stump advertises that the barge Dolphin has in, de the shortest voyage ever made from Now Orleans to Nashville, sixty- one days, bringing him etc., wines, rum and hardware, Robert Whyte, Felix Grundy, John P. Irwin, James Trimble Robert Searcy, trustees, insert a half-column advertisement of’fhi Nashville Female Academy, an- Honoring that the building's (on Church street between McLemnre and Walnut) are at la.-t coinpiet- Dr. Berry and his wife, of Salem, Mass., have been engaged and are now iu the city; that the terms will he §12.50 to §25 per session, and giving the scope the curriculum, Thomas Yeatman advertises new spring and summer goods jest received from Philadelphia. There are a number of humor ous paragtaps, including the fol- lowing: “A gentleman having a pad that started and broke his wife'sneck, a neighboring 'Squire told him lie wished to purchase it for his wife to ride upon. ‘No. no,' says the other; 'I will not sell the little fellow, because I intend to marry again myself.’ t » President Jam-s Monroe ii>es the sale of lands sii the bantu district of Mississipi Terri- lory, in conformity with the act of Congress of Marili 3, 1815, providing for fixing tins bouinla- rv line under the treaty with the Creek Indians, and for selling the land so acquired, The sale was to take place at villo, Ga. An editorial paragraph is wor- thy of reproduction: “The filthy, dirty, polluted note to Col. Cannon in yesterday’s Whig, signed ‘I Thomas,' wmild hr* a aeandal to any person except a contemptible ecmb of a County Court, lawyer reared in tl»e tain Rooting. Tlie character the Clarion is too well established to be injured by such a critic, w j IOf having politically sunk for ],}„ misdeeds, is desirions (./ pulling down , others , to Ins .. . lev- el; but he will fail in his wishes, and will have the people's per- mission to study decent language in his mountain haunts, or wuat is patriotism in a camp. A word to tlie wi(lfi ... stumn A' * <Y>\ *>ox advertise advertise a a large large assort ment of drygoods, grocries hardware, queensware, salt, and *>"’ which they will sell at * *»«*•«*• ^ ‘ e ”*” cotton, tobacco, wool, beef, hides, beeswax, fur, saltpetre, or cash. The only piece of local news in tl,e naner is in tlie editorial col- llIlln8 being - g mention of the first «t.«m gM mill, of wl.i.'l, Messrs. Whiteside, Hall, Ualch a ,„i Kingsly were proprietors, i<Hhe moved off with great ease d luininm fnlfiUml ine the highest nigiiesi expeua „f t ,he engineer. No remains of our being soon supplied with meal j fl our ■■ The succe-s of the is hailed as the begin of a new era that “will ren- j (;ruH) a8 we should be, rich and “They don’t make much fugs ; boni We are speaking <*• UelVitt’s Little for Early coiiKtipaiition, Risers, ti e famous billi- hole IU usners. till Ktoniucliiid liver ironb'es. never gripe.—J. H. Ilett- A co. I pity the man who lives in a hurry. The Governor has offered a re- ward for the Ryder lynchers, Repeating the conversation of another is a mighty poor conver¬ sation. None of the good things being said about (hitlibert by the press boys are too good for that beauti- fill city. Ho many prominent men have 1X1 v y „ 1 the editor of , the Cordele Herald lui fe' ht lmve a horror for the end of a rope. A Florida court, lias decided that the summer fish law does not to mullet, but that ...... *, ^ summer and protected from Nov. 15 to Dec. 31. public j 1 , 01- *'® spt ai.tr ^ in ^‘'hulv’voiee'- a btiskv . voice , ami anu uueqU'iilcd . | , ory< Onr Minute ( >Curo is for ilir«*at aud lung tnuib- les — J. H. licit- & Go. STOP, READ THIS!! Did you know that Tuesday of week was bargain dav at. th0 „ liable ftna of j effrfty &*R 00 . bin’s? They have the best and most complete stock of Dry Goods Notions, Etc., in the city, and are offering greatly reduced pri¬ ces on Tuesday of each week. Read 8ome of tl , eip offera for bar . gain day below: You can get 10 yards of t> et Ginghams for 35 ets. 0 yards of 5 ct light calico for 20 ets, 10 yards of 0 i ts Dress calico 42, 10 yards of 0 ct Lawn for 37 ets, 10 yards of 5 ct Shallie for 32 i ts. T11 U R S 1) A Y . Has been added to their BARGAIN DAY. ALL GOODS AT LOW PRICES EVERY DAY. REMEMBER; Tuesdays and Thursdays only. S 7 > : 1 ;• 'V J . !. ,.a i : -1 K '-'x\ /- y , # Wk 7 i> v j3j- i p / -> }' .y, r 7 ;> r ! i f' IS 1 forget me when it comes to Dry Goods and Groceries. — llll K.MAN. For keg pickles, go io WstkeiV Lemons at Luke’s. Lot of Cheap Soap at Walker's. UAftf ■BJEJ ■ |j JBM>| j§ S| S*® ^ vUKC ^ ^gg sickly. That Is what it was made for. Prompt, safe, sure, quick tase. relief, quick cure. Pleasant to Children like Jt and adults like it. Mother# wftr* buy^Wott^eu’^clilMren.^^ the fainoas th> Liiwu Eurl? Uu-ix -lopm*- -*-■ — PlTHOLE’S RISE AND FALL, Vmrm tM>in Now \vh«„ so** tn. Third city of rmn«yiv»ni». who haH n()t h(ar(] of pithole? Every f oil man of the country pricks h 8 etm4 at „,o sound. At an in- ataJ)t ]#tftr a shatl e of rcol,action of blighted hopes, fearful strainings for wealth, imrntm* fortunes ac- cumulated, grantT possessions sud- dcnly swept away, sweeps over hia face. Every oil man Las beard of Fithole. Pithole’s rise, birth or origin A™-, was go county some enterprising “wil l- cotters" struck oil. ’Twas the fa- n,OUH well No. 4, U. 8., and it was a puwher - Within two months Pithole H a tiovovigli of G,000 souls, and by the middle of tho summer it was a city of fully 20,000, When the trees commenced to abed their gulden and yellow leaves, U,e gr0at City ’ thW1 th ° tbird ^ population probably in Pennsyl- vania, had reached the zenith of its growth. There were a dozen good iiotols, three churches and even two theaters. Each one of these institu- tions was thriving too. Two rail- raids were built to tho city and sev- nal others had been projected. Al. of tho accessories to a big, rich city were provided in PitlmJe. There was nothing lacking which men of money demanded. Laud I W by, tho laud around Pit- holo at that time could only ho bought by heaping gold upon it and offt ring tho yellow dirt for tho more ordinary and humble looking stuff which was supposed to cover the precious petroleum, which then hov- ered around $5 per barrel in price. Farming, of course, was given up. Tho tiller of tho soil gave place to the driller into the rock. Farmers sold their farms for fabulous prices and were made rich beyond their wildest dreamy. Yet some of them, as is the caso with all men, held back. One old man owned a farm of cver 200 Gopeland was bis n uIll, ‘- Ho refused an offer of $700,- Motor 1,1. ............Warning that if he sold out he would have no- where to go. Another agricultur- j s t of that neighborhood refused to dispose of 250 acres for $i50,000. Ho demanded <1,000,000 and would not take a cent less. He never got a cent for his land, as it afterward out - f ^ bia la .“ d - beil, « i alK l for the jioor living he could get from his scanty crops. Pithole was a great business place Wl an f? d banks, "'.j 1 * aud tbo 11 postoftice hxl Jf S,orPS was ............. .... country. A tremendous amount of trade was done there, The demand for supplies upon the rest at the country gave it great commercial importance. IMiilo it had all the places of amusement that could he desired, it wasawork- aday place. Tho whole country for niiles around was literally honey- combed by the indefatigable drill- ers. Millions of dollars were rnado in anil around Pithole and millions of dollars sunk into the earth or squandered in the town itself. The life of hut too many was of that “come easy, go easy” sort. But l’itliole is Pithole no more. it reached its top notch iu ono short year and came down almost as quickly as it sprang up. Tlio great lire there hastened its downfall. There was nothing of the phoenix about this place. To get into the city now you must either climb a fence or let down tho bars. Tho whole site of the place, public buildings and all, was hut three or four years since sold for taxes anil bought iu by u farmer for only <1,200. Since then lie has fanned there, aud most of the placets used to grow grain or ns a pasture for cattle. Tho postuiiice, where tho third largest business in tbo state was done, is now the home of barn swal- lows and other birds, while in its elinde the peaceful cattle love to re- pose cu a hut August afternoon, Grass and diit cover tho ruins of the great Murphy theater, the Mo- rcy hotel, the Ft. Cloud, the St. the Tat tnton and tho Hubbs. Only ruined foundation stones, scattered around in confused heaps, tell where the famous $70,- 000 Danforth House once stood. Traces of the old time railroads have not been effaced by the farm er’s plow as yet. The old Presbyterian church still stands as another monument to the dead city. There is a churchyard, too, but it has but a few graves, foi the city did not live long enough for many people to die and be buried there. So Pithole rose in a day, lived for but a few days and soon “the place thereof will know it uo more.” —Pittsburg Dispatch. A Quick Wit. Husband—Did you notice how ill tempered my colleague was this evening.’ He was annoyed because I have brought you a new set of jewelry. Now ho will nave to get a new set for his wife too. Wife- A disagreeable fellow that man is! if I were you, I would an- noy him of ten. —Fliegende Blatter, Vim. vigor an 1 victory: these me ibe characteristic* of DeWitt’s Ltttle Early Risers, tlm famous little ami pills ad for c'lnstipadon. billiousn's ■ stomach and liver troubles—J. S. Betts & Co. BILLING THE TOWN. --- „„,, opm ,n» of u.« Art of s P r«.mnf Around the Footer. "At the time I began billing the t OWJ1| ” Ba i(l the circus advance agent, “it meant something like this: First, several papers of tacks wer • procured and little pieces of jeutl.cr vnt into half inch squares were of the pushed tacks. over 1 c\ the < topjouij 1 . were then put up in the hotel bar and hallways and about 20 or 36 three sheet posters were aS orquaTr ^rckeepera. the The day and date the Bhow wa8 t o exhibit had tube Ramped by hand on every bill or marked on them with a crayon. By the time tho agent had finished his day’s work you can well believe he “Sometimes an energetio agent would go out on the country roads around the town and, coming to a church, would tack a handful of nrogiammes L on the fence nearby, that tho churchgoers could help themselves when they came to meeting the next Sunday. "I recollect a 12 sheet poster that was designed, printed and copy- r jghted about the y> ar 1B70 by Dr. James Reilly, then at 10 Spruce 0 treet. It represented a largo num- | jer a f birds, all of them perched on tj J6 spreading branches of a tree, TliiH poster was in many respects remarkable. Tho finest artists and engravers were employed, the best 0 f juatorials used and only the most expensive inks. Unusual care was exercised iu the printing, "£o much was thought of the poster that it firmly established the printer as the best in America in the eyes of all showmen. A copy of the poster was framed and hung on wa n Q f the printer’s office, where it remained for many years, xiy tho way, when this printer died, a t, 0 ut the year 1880, there remained on pjy Looks over <250,000 in uncol- lectible accounts, a slight token of the esteem iu which many of tho showmen held him. “In the old days, when the rivalry between the circuses was very sharp, it often happened tbut two shows WO uld be billed for tho same town xithiu a few days of one another. Then you ought SamMl, to have seen tho a«,l that were scattered broadcast. “The bill wagon,” continued the agent| “was succeeded by the ad- vertising cars when circuses took to railroads and gave up wagons. On t he advertising cars steam boilers were placed for tho purpose of mak- mg paste. sheets, the latter known us combina- tion bills—that is, they can be di- viileil into several of ten sheets each, ®« ch I' art making a poster by itself, itoTiJSS or they can he used all together, the *.mi a, fast as attractions are secured for the circus descriptions or iihoto- graphs are furnished the artists, and when the sketches are approved they are turned over to the printer ro b> put upon the stone. Eleven hundi 1 tons of stone were used last y e;i r by one printing house in get- ( nl g up the posters for one show alone.’’—New York Sun. Treatment of Appendicitis. Since appendicitis became what may be called a fashionable disease thero has been a very large amount of talk and literature on the sub- ject. An eminent foreign authority ex¬ presses the opinion that a very large proportion of cases of appendicitis are directly and almost immediately curable by the use of enomata either of olive oil or of water as warm as can he comfortably borne, with a little glycerin or castile soap. He says in almost every instance tho operation has disclosed the fact that there was au accumulation of refuse matter in intestines. This, if cleared out by any process, gives immedi- ate relief, and in many instances a permanent cure. Persons who are in the habit of using means of this sort are said to be singularly free from intestinal troubles of all kiuda When one reflects on the disastrous consequences of permitting waste matter to accumulate in the system, especially iu warm weather, when the body is iu a more or less heated aud feverish condition, tho womler is that there are uo more fatal cases of internal disorders.—New York Ledger, He Was a Widower. “You see, it was liko this,” he said in explaining liis courtship. “I didn't let her think for minute that I wanted to get her.” “No?" taii.” “Oh. dear, nor that wouldn’t do a “Then what dill you do?” "Why, I succeeded in making her think that there was a very large chance that she couldn’t get me, an ,\ of course, no one else would suit her.” “Ah! You had had oxperijnee with women before.” — Chicago Post. Tacre is a time J-o ever) ihiug • and the time to abend lo a i-nid is when itstaris. Don’t wail till yoti have ociisumption bn* prevent it by i.mh : 0ne Minute ough eure, - ho uSitis S 5 £ croup. u‘nd'a’i throat a«d luug troubles.—J. s. Rett- A- co. in -5 r iH DEALEffS IN YELLOW PINE LUBE ASHBURN, GA. All orders for Laths Shingles, St.av' s Car Si! Is, Bridge Stuff Flooring, Moulding, Brackets Ceiling, Etc., will receive prompt ultention GAN DRESS ANYTHING TO 18X30. Wre cary a well selected and assorted stock of D.y Goods, ^Hardware Groceries, Etc. ii' in need of anything in Clothing, SUCH AS HEN’S AND BOYS’ SUITS, We can fit you we Have a Nice Stock of l.A!D IES‘ dress goods AND TRIMMINGS, we would ne pleased to slm,. tlie ladies of Ashburn and si.r founding country. Timka, Valises, aud 'Satchel Our CANDIES are FRESH AND FINE «T FLOUR, «r meat, «r GRITS, er rice, «r SUGAR, mr COFFEE, ©* MEAL, And in fact any and everything tnat is kept in a first-class grocery house can be had at, otir Large, Brick Store as cheap as the chea P- est. \y e carry a full line of Furniture, ur STAIRS Oor stock of Shoes is Complete, with a specialty of Ladies’ and Children’s Fine Sunday Wear. We also handle the best brands of 0 ’ Snuff, 111111 Ima of the best, makes OF ST0YES NOW ON HAND. All kinds of Stock Food at Reasonable Prices. The citizens of Ashburn and surrounding country are cordially invited to call and inspect our stock. We have a Wagon Yard and stalls, Feed Troughs, Etc., for the convenience of our customers es pecially. Respectfully, JS BETTS & Co Dr. J. F. GARDNER, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Calls answered promptly day and night. Special attention given to dig eases of women and children. Residerce at the Hicks place. Ash burn, - - Georgia. Dr. J. F. GREGORY, &C(i„ —(Sfeci aubts .)— Ruplure. Catarrh, Rectal Dis.i S9j Hemorrhoids, (Piles) Fistulas Cured NO KNIFE, NO PAIN, Room No 1. Hkahu I’rn.mxfi L'obdele, Or , 107, Cotton Aye, Macon, (; a . WARREN L. STORY, Physician and Surgeon, Sycamore, Ga. Diseases of Noso and Throal. DR. W. J. TURNER, Physician and Surgeon, Ashburn, Georoia. Special Attention Given to his eases of Women and Children. Office in Room No. 2, Betts Building, Residence; W, A. Shinglcr’s. Calls Answered Bay or, Niglit. Telephone No, 18. DR. T. H. THRASHER, Physician and Surgeon, Ashbdbn, Georgia, General Practice SoMc ted. Office in the Christian Building 1 , C. E. WALKER, Physician and Surgeon. Sycamore, -:- Georbia. GEO. W. COOPER, DENTIST, Ashburn, Georgia. Office* fioom No, 4 , Betts Building, W. B. GONE, D. D. H. I Make a Specialty of Oro,via Bridges aud Replantations. Teeth Extracted Without. Pain. Ashburn, . • . Georgia. W. T. WILLIAMS, Attorney at Law. Land and Collections Sycamore Gkoi.uja ’/•. Bass, A. J • Da vis BASS & DAVIS. Attorneys at. Law Ashburn, Georgia R- al Estate and Collections. Pco n.'t itr.a iti >T i all business placed in our hands. B. B. WHITE, Attorney and Ceuncellor at Law. Ashburn, Georgia. Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal. J. G POLIIILL, Attorney at Law. Sylvestfr, - Georgia. Practice in all the courts. Patronage Solicited. hawkins & McKenzie, Attorneys at Law e BuiMing, Rooms 4 and 5. Cordele, - Georgia^ Prompt attention given to all business- intrusted to my care. JNO, F. POWELL, J. w, POWELL. Vienna, Ga, Ashburn. Ga JNO. F. POWELL & SON Attorneys-at-Law. We practice in all the courts. Immediate and careful attention given to business placed in our hands. Employing one secures f ervic es of both. Business solic¬ ited and inquiries promptly an?- wered. i he city barber shop. HAirt-DllESSIXG—a SI!AVI audla-y. * RAZORS-pm NO—quick hi flx 0|| )l0r notice. You will always receive cordial U'tirome, a R- I). LAW Proprietor. > as'ului.’n - Georgia. mrnr T to manufacture. ' Smith, Ashburn. G<u