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THE ASHBURN H. I). SMITH. EDITOR. POULAN a ’::rj i «SJ>? xxvaxxxYcoc toacococr cm iccoocouunee*. Was thought to be a false report , but was found to be true. News broke out among the people of Worth county that McGirt & McPhaul Were selling Goods cheaper than any other merchants in the county , which was investigated and found correct. Now we ash the people of Worth and adjoining counties to come and examine our line of 1 A A: YYe Carry a Side Line of Wash Pots, Dinner Pots, Stoves, Stove Furniture, Plows, Plow Gear M All Farming; Utensils. FURNITURE! FURNITURE! FURNITURE! Crocltcry —AND ALL— Heavy Groceries. CLOTHING! We have a large lot of Clothing selected for the Fall Trade , and we want to sell them rapidly. We have pul them at very low prices. We can save you enough of money on one suit of Clothes to pay you for coming to Poulan. AVhen you want Hats, come tc see ns. AVhen you want Shoes, come tc see us. AVhen you want Suits, come tc see us. AVhen you want Harness, come tc see us. AVhen yon want Groceries, come tc see us. AA'heu you want Stoves, come to see ns. When you want Furniture, come to see us. AVe have good and polite salesmen, eo that when you come to see ns, goods will be thrown down to you for your examination. AVe carry everything in the HARD- MARE LINE from a handsome File to a Grind Rock. ■tobacco. Everything from a pinch of Snuff tc a box of Tobacco. Call and examine our Goods aud gel prices. AA T e will take pleasure in showing you. RICE AA'e have one of the best MILLS in the country. Bring your - ■ugh rice and let ns hull it, Have your corn grouud here. \A T e will gin your cotton for you and then buy it or ship it from our ware¬ house free of drayage. Turn your face this way and make 0 ur store headquarters for trade. McGirt & McPhaul. ASHBURN. WORTH CO.. GA.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 27, 1897. UNFAVORABLE CROP REPORTS CAUSE A FLURRY. ’HURTS ARE VERY MUCH EXCITED. Fleecy Staple Comes In ns a Kival for Wheat In Kapully Advancing Prices. The opening cull of the cotton mar¬ ket at New York Monday was attended with great excitement. The shorts were panic-stricken by a ! avge number of bull orders and a sharp advance in Liverpool, Crop news w as also decidedly bullish, too much rain in the Atlantic states and the Mississippi valley, according to reliable reports, having done exten¬ sive damage, while worms in other sections were said to ho infesting the staple greatly to its detriment. The market opened irregular, with trades in different parts of the ring showing a range of 2@3 points. Au¬ gust opened 13 points higher, Septem¬ ber 17, October 22, and November 27. The rest of the list showed au advance of 21 to 20 points, the opening range 13 to 17 points above Saturday’s clos¬ ing figure. The trading was the heaviest in near months. Over 25,000 bales changed hands on the call, and at 11:30 tran¬ sactions aggregated 55,000 hales. New Orleans and Liverpool sent sell¬ ing orders early, but became active buyers as the market advanced. Com¬ mission houses were heavy purchasers. Selling for profits by timid bulls caused a reaction of fi@9 points di¬ rectly folloNving the call, and at 11:30, after violent fluctuations, the market was very feverish at a net advance of 20 to 25 points. AVorld’s visible, September 1, 1895, was 2,500,000 bales, spinners’ reserves were estimated as extremely heavy, having been bought up at low prices. Cotton was worth bore ;;c more than it is now when we don’t expect the visi¬ ble to be over 800,000 aud knCw the invisible to be decidedly less than in 1895. The long expected speculative revival in cotton seems to have set in. PLANS SUBMITTED. Miners ami Operators Make Propositions For Settlement of Strike. At a meeting of operators and miners at Pittsburg, Pa., Monday, propositions looking to a settlement of tbe strike were presented by both sides. Three propositions were of¬ fered hy the operators as follows: Miners to resume work at the 54 cent rate pending a decision of aboard of arbitration. Miners to resume work at au inter¬ mediate rate between the rate demand¬ ed and the one paid prior to the sus¬ pension, pending a decision of a board of arbitration. Miners to resume operations with¬ out price named, pending a decision of a board of arbitration. The proposition submitted by the officers of the miners to tlio special committee was as follows; Miners to resume work at the 69 cent rate pending the decision of a board of arbitration. The propositions were talked over in an informal manner by both sides when an adjournment was taken until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning. NORTH CAROLINA MILLS. 6tat« Labor Commis.m'onur I’cporls on Spindle* and Kmploycus. State Labor Commissioner Hamrick of North Carolina has completed his compilation of mill statistics and says there are 206 cotton, fifteen woolen and two silk mills, making a total of 223,with 1,030,000 spindles and 23,000 looms. Gaston leads in spindles, having 113,000, Mecklenburg lias 81,000 and Rutherford 80,000. There are mills in forty-seven of the ninety-six coun¬ ties, In the number of factories Gas¬ ton leads with twenty-three, Alamance having twenty, Randolph eighteen and Mecklenburg sixteen. Rutherford lias the largest mill with 74,000 spindles and 2,400 looms. Hurry county has one-third of all woolen mills. The mill employing the most opera¬ tives is Henrietta,in Rutherford, which has 530 men, 665 women and 345 chil¬ dren. ASK FOR LOWER RATES. N’.-w York’s Move To Secure Trade Arouses Southern Citien* All the trade centers in the south appear to have been aroused by New York’s blow about increased buying there by the merchants of this section. New Orleans, Montgomery, Chatta- nooga and Knoxville have all made application to the Southeastern Pa's- enger Association for excursion rates liVe those given to New York, aud a committee from the New Atlanta Mer¬ chants’and Manufacturers’ Association has been in conference with passenger officials, though the formal application to the Southeastern Pass¬ enger Association for low rates has not been made. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Industries lOstabllslied in the South Du¬ ring the Vast Week. Among the moat important n nv in¬ dustries reported for the past wed, are the following: The Deratin'Compress Co., capital §15,000, New Decatur, Ala.: ail o’eetrie power plant to he erected at Pensacola, Fla., by a $200,- 000 company; large flouring mills at Crisman and New Market, Va., and Sedan, AA r . Ya.; the Gulfport Land and Improvement Co., capital §200,000, at Gulfport, Miss.; the G. AV. McDon¬ ald Go., capital §1,000,000, at Clarks¬ burg, W. Ya., to mine coal, manufac¬ ture coke, etc., and the Columbia Gold Mining Co., capital §30,000, at Rirli- mond, Ya. The Golgiu Cigarette and Tobacco Co., capital §10,000, lias been chartered at Richmond, Ya., and woodworking plants will he established at Musgrovo, Ga.; Hartford, Ky,; Shreveport, La., and at Not Moore and Wilmington, N. C. All reports from southern manufac¬ turers and business men continue en¬ couraging and business prospects have not been so favorable for many years. A number of idle manufacturing plants have resumed work during the past week and Bessemer pig iron has been advanced. Prices for agricultu¬ ral products are also advancing and heavy exports of wheat and corn are reported. In the south the iron and steel trade is steadily improving and business among the textile and lumber mills is active. — Tradesman (Chattanooga, Ten n.) V LOSS TO THE BUSINESS WORLD. The Demise <>t* John 1*. Lovell Kliuits Ciei\ev*A\ Kxpyesaiona of Kegvet. Seldom lias there been such a general expression of sympathy over the loss of one whose life has been devoted to business pursuits, as has been called forth by the recent death at Cottage City, Mass., of that vener¬ able landmark of the business world, tlie late Jolin P. Lovell, founder and president of the John ]?. Lovell Arms Company, of Boston. Numerous mes¬ sages and letters of condolence on the death of the honored father have been received by Col. Benjamin S. Lovell, treasurer of the Lovell Anns Com¬ pany. The wide scope covered by these communications is in itself evi- deuce of the great regard in which lie was held by the leaders in business and public life. These expressions of sympathy were not confined to New England, but they wove received froin every prominent business centre of t’e North, East, West and South—in fact, from every portion of the Union; because the name of John P. Lovell, and the, cor¬ poration created by him, have been for more than a half century the synonym of honest dealing and busi¬ ness integrity. Even from English firms with whom Mr, Lovell had en¬ joyed tlio pleasantest business rela¬ tions for more tlmn fifty year* Colonel Lovell lias received messages of con¬ dolence on the death of his father. DENIAL FROM YVEYLEK. Says Kvangalina C’iHii<*i*og Has Not S»n»t<*n«;e<l or Tried. Captain General Weyler, in a cable dispatch from Havana to tbe New Yorlv World, denies the report that, Evangclina Cisneros, a Cuban girl of eighteen, of sensational beauty, gentle breeding and pure life, had been tried or sentenced to imprisonment, for twenty years in the Spanish penal col¬ ony at Ceuta, The girl is the niece of the presi¬ dent of the Cuban republic. General Weyler’s dispatch to the World reads as follows; “For judicial reasons there Is ori trial in the preliminary stages a person named Evangclina Gossio Cisneros, who deceitfully lured to Imr house the military commander of the Isle of Pines, had men posted secret¬ ly, who tied him and attempted to assassin¬ ate Dim. This case is in its preliminary stages, and has not as yet been on trial hy a competent tribunal, and consequently no sentence has as yet been passed nor ap¬ proved by me. I answer The World with the frankness and truth that characterize all my acts. WKVr.KK.” USE OF TOBACCO FORBIDDEN. Central Kailroart Say* Kinployes Must Ab- jlire t be Weed. Among the now ™l„ —nlg.tri by the Central Railroad o 1 Georgia for tbe government of its employes, is one which forbids the use of tobacco around any passenger station and the use of it by trainmen on passenger trains. MODE MILLS RESUME. New England Factories Start I p After Idleness—Outlook Enouraging;. Dispatches from different New Eng- land manufacturing centers announce that many cotton mills which have been , idle resumed i operation . ,, M \r, m „,i„_ lay. During a part of July and August thousands of spindles were not operat- «•< <» »cti„„ owl« K (»«»»,(,(,». tory conditions winch prevailed, either iu the finished goods or new cotton market, or to the need of repairs. In addition to this several other mills closed for two weeks in accord- anee with tlieir annual midsummer custom. Many of the Fall River mills resumed operation last week. TUB S.tIJItATIl INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR AUGUST 29. Lc-sou Tc\(; “I'nul Oppose,! to MphcsuK.*' Arts vix., -Jl-ttl—finhlcu Text*. I.vikv xii., l.» — ('omiui'iitur.v on the Day's Lesson by tin* IJov. l>. U, Strums, 21 . "After tliese tiling", ........ailed, Paul purposed in the spirit to go to Jerusalem, saying,‘After i Have Ueeu tiicr.' I must also see Koine.’’’ Our last lesson in tile Acts left Paul nt Corinth, where lie couttuued a year ami six months tenehing flic word of • old. lie Mien retnrued to Antioch in Syria, taking his Ephesus, (’lesarea anil Jerusalem on way. After some lime spout nt Antioch Inal started mi his third missionary tour, going through (inlntin and Phrygia till lie cumo to Ephesus, where lie had left Ai|uiln and 1’rlsrilln, and to wlilcli city lie had promised to return. Mod willing Ephesus (chapter xviii., 21). lie, tarried at over two years (xix., 10; xx., 31), and all the province of Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, so that many believed, the nmne of the Lord Jesus was magnified, the word of thousands Mod grew mightily dollars’ and worth prevailed, of bad books and of Were burned. Here begins our lesson. Macedonia 22. “His purpose was to go through and Actinia, where lie had been on his previous tour, but he still tarries in Asia a season white he sends TimotUeus and Erastus ahead of him into Macedonia. In a future lesssou we shall lmvo Ids testimony as to his labors in Asia. Whether sojourn¬ ing or journeying his one ambition was I hat Christ should he magnified in hint and that ho might better know Him (Phil. i„ 20; ill., 10). 23. ‘‘And about that time there arose no small stir concerning the way" (II. Vd. In the margin of chapter ix\, 2, tills way is called “The Way." gee also in the It. V. chapters xix., 9; xxii., 4; xxiV., H, 22. Jesus Himself said, “1 am the. Way” "Blessed (Jas. xiv.,0). In Ps. cxix., 1, we read, are the uudeflled in the way who walk in the law of the Lord. It is a heavenly way, hut very It Is narrow, and few (here be that Mud it. in Him, and with Him and excludes all that is not of Him. 24,25. “Sirs, ye know that hy this craft we have our wealth.” This is the begin¬ ning of the address of Demetrius, a silver¬ smith, to his fellow workmen, whom ho had called together. Ills theme was tlioircraft or trade or manner of making money, a subject which will get au interested avail- ence almost any time. Witness the labor organizations and tlio strikes often as¬ sociated therewith in our own day. What¬ ever will seem to turn more money into people’s pockets is apt to be an Interesting subject. Ephesus, but almost 2/k “Not alone at throughout all Asia, this Paul hath per- snaded and testimony turned away much people.” What a good to Paul, or rather to the Spirit’s work through Paul, in the name of the Lord Jesus! The Lord, through him, had turned many from idols unto Hod (I Iliess. i., if), so many that the idol busi¬ ness was suffering severely, and those in¬ terested were greatly stirred. 27. “Not only this our craft is in danger to be sot at nought, but also that the tem¬ ple, of the great goddess Diana should be despised.” It would never do to lmve sueli magnificence, that nil the world worshiped, despised, for what would all the world ever do without Diana? Vet three men dared to despise Nebuchadnezzar's image, which all the world worshiped, will and dare the time despise will come when many to anotiier image, which all the world will worship (Itev. xlif., 3, 15), choosing dentil rather than sueli favor. 2H. “And when they heard they were full of wrath and cried out, si ‘living, ‘Great is Diana of the Eplieslnns. somebody; . Th Hlmon Midas boasted himself to bo the sorcerer gave out that, himself was some great one; the coming antichrist will proclaim that ho himself is Hod, and many will believe it, and great will lie his wrath against all who oppose him. The devil will gather the armies of earth against Mod both at the beginning and end of the next thou¬ sand years, but all will he overcome by tint Lamb, for lie is King of kings and Lord of lords (itev. xix., 13; xx., H; xvil., 14; 1J These, ii., 4, 8). 23. “And the whole city was filled with confusion.” Confusion and chaos are not the work of Mod, but of tlm devil, whether in an individual or in a household or in the world, and therefore some think that the work of the devil may lie seen as far hack in the Bible story as Men. t,, 2; that in tiio beginning Mod must have created ail sponsthTo things good and that an enemy was re- for the ediaos of verse 2. 30,31, Paul would willingly have stood by his friends, who for his sake and for Christ’s sake were in danger, but already Ills friends been would not suffer him. lie had stoned and left for dead, and be was ready any time to die for Christ (xiv., 19; xxi., 13), It was never with him a thought or personal comfort, but only of how lie could magnify Christ. circumstances Sometimes we forward are when com¬ pelled by to go we would fain keep back and sometimes to keep back when we would fain go forward. The way of rest is to do what you can go forward if the way opens, and, if not, stay. “Do as occasion serve thee, for Mod Is with thee” ft Sam. x„ 7>. Trust Him to manage <*vc he <juiet rything, and and confident. believe that lie does, and 32. “Home therefore cried one tiling, and some another, for the assembly was con- fused, and the more part know not where¬ fore they were come together.” This was notan assembly of believers, but Mod, of the world’s pooplc, the enemies of and yet it is a fair description of th« so called church of to-day, and for the preaehersareery- and It might he fng one tiling another, said that the most of those who go to church once a week know not why they go or what they really do believe. of 33. “And they drew Alexander out the B'S’Sj IK Tim., iv., 14, Alexander the coppersmith, then the smiths were rigiit in their squab- bio, silversmiths and coppersmiths (verse 24), or in other words, jt was business and Idolatry versus Christ, It certainly should not be so that, business should be against Christ, but it Is too much the ease, and will be very decidedly so at the time of Ills coming In power and glory (Itev. xili., 17; Xviii., il-18). 34. “When they knew that lie was a Jew, all with one voice, about the space of two hours, cried out, Groat 1 is Diana of the Ephesians.” How few er ■y out, “Great is Jesus of Nazareth!” yet “1 lira hath Mod ex- alted" (Acts v., 31), and Hfs’inune Ifim alone, giving Him a name, and at every knee xhouhl how (1‘hil ii„ U10), The time will come when all who exalt themselves against Him shall be brought down, and the Lord alone exalted in that. Therefore It is wise to cease from men whose breath is in his It has been shown that out of 1,000* 0< 0 | • year" >pIN 225 women reached the age of ln<) while only 82 men com- pitted the kentury. Just why the women managd to get most out of ex¬ istence is still an Oi.sn ouestiou. I (1 nil i VJi ■J • it DEALERS IX • M fellow Pie Lumber Ashburn, Ga. INI JSSIX 411 Orta lor i Laths , Shingles , Slaves, Car Sills , Bridge Stuff, Flooring , Moulding , Brack¬ ets,, Ceiling, Etc., Will Receive Prompt Atfsntioo. 0 ii e carry a well selected ami assorted stock of Dry Goods, Hardware, Groceries, Etc. If in need of anything in CLOTHING, Such as MEN’S AND BOYS’ SUITS, We Can Fit You. WE HAVE A NICE STOCK OF LADIES’ DRESS GOODS AND TRIMMINGS would be pleased to show the ladies of Asliburn and am- rounding country. i OUR CANDIES... Are Fresh and Fine. Flour, Meat, Grits, Itice, Sugar >X< Meal, — ^5 And fact , any and , eveij .n thing :„„(i,«t that is in kept in a ii rat-class Grocery House can be had at our Large Brick Store as olmap ... as the ,.i, -up- . We Larry rllll Lilia . H Ol FUHNITUH.B: UP STAIRS Our Stuck of SHOES Is Complete, with a Specialty of Ladies’ aud Chil¬ dren’s Flue Sunday Wear, We also handle the best brands of Cigars, Tobacco , Snuff, Etc. Full line of the best makes of STOVES NOW ON HAND. All kinds of STOCK FEED at REASONABLE PRICES. The citizens of Ashburn and sur¬ rounding country are cordially invited to call and inspect our stock. We have a Wagon Yard and Stalls, Feed Troughs, etc., for the conveni¬ ence of our customers especially. Respectfully, J. S. BETTS & CO. VOL. VI. NO. Dr. J. F. Gardner, I'liygicinn and Surgeon. Calls Answered Promptly DAY AND NIGHT. Special attention given to disease* of women and children. Residence at the Hicks place. ASH BURN, GEORGIA. DR. J. F. GREGORY A CO., SPECIALISTS. Rupture, Catarrh, Rectal Diseases, Hemorrhoids (Riles), Fistulas Cured. NO KN IKK, NO PAIN. Room No. 1, Heard Building, Oordele, Ga. 1(57 Cotton Ave., Macon, Ga. WARREN L. STORY, Physician and Surgeon, SYCAHOBH, OA. Diseases of Nose aud Throat, im. wTjTturner, Physician and Surgeon, AsHiirns, oa. Special Attention Given to Diseases of Women and Children. Office in Room No. 2, Betts Build- ing. Residence: W. A. Shingler’s. Calls Answered Day or Night. Telephone No. 1H. DR. T. H. THRASHER, Physician and Surgeon, Ashburn, Georgia. General Practice Solicited. Office iu the Christian Building. C. E. WALKER, Physician and Surgeon, Sycamobb, -;- Georgia. GKO. W. COOPER, DENTIST, Ashburn, Gkoboia. Office, Boom No. 4, Betts Building. W. B. CONE, D. D. S. I Make a Specialty of Crown, Bridges and Replantations. Teeth Extracted Without Pftiu. Ashburn, . \ Gkoboia. AV. T. WILLIAMS, Attorney nt Law. Land and Collections, Sycamore, -:- Gkoboia. A. J. DAVIS, Attorney nt Law, Ashburn, -;- Gkoboia. Real Estate and Collections. Prompt attention to all business placed in our hands. B. H. WHITE, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Ahhiickv, Gkoboia. Will practice in all the Courts, State and Federal, J. G. IMLHILL, Attorney at Law, Sylvester, - - Gkoboia. Practice in all the Courts. Patronage Solicited. W. A. HAAVKINS, Attorney at Law, e Building, Rooms 4 aud 5, Cokokle, Gkoboia. Prompt attention given to all business intrusted to my care. John F. Powell, J. W. Powalx, Vienna, Ga. Asliburn, Ga. JNO. F. POWELL A HON, Attorneys at Law. AVe practice in all the courts. Im¬ mediate and careful attention given to business placed in our hands. Em¬ ploying one secures services of both. Business solicited and inquiries promptly answered. FRANK PARK, Attorney - at - Law, Pollan, Geobgia. B. AV. ADKINS, Attorney at Law, Collections a Specialty, Poulan, Georgia.