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THE ASHBURN ADVANCt
Entered at the Asliburn postuflloc
as second-class mail matter.
Official Organ of Worth County.
Ashburn, Ga., Sept. 3, 1897.
Subscription fit a year in advance
UKORGF. Bl7TliF.lt, LOCAL EDITOR
Basg weighs cotton.
Bring your cotton to Bass.
Bring your cotton to Ashburn.
We have a sewing machine for sale.
Best steak aud roast at Luke’s.
For ice and lemons go to Walk-
er’s.
R, A. Wliidby’8 residence is for
rent.
Try our Full Cream Cheese,—Davis
& Barbre.
Tobacco 20 cents per pound at
Walker’s.
Fresh groceries every day.—Davis
& Barbie.
For all kinds of cold drinks go
to Walker’s.
Messrs. Betts & Oo. have received
their fall goods.
* Davis & Barbre received a carload
of ice yesterday.
All the big grass on the farm should
oe cut for hay.
Walker delivers goods to his cus¬
tomers, Phone 33.
For beef, pork and sausage, go to
Walker’s. Phone 33.
R, B. Ayer returned home from Ool-
quit couuty yesterday.
For all kinds of turnip seed go to
Walker’s. Phone 33,
For ice. lemons, and cool drinks, go
to Walker’s. Pnoue 33.
Dr- King’s New Life Pills for sale
by Gardner & Thrasher.
Capt Bclvin was taking in the sights
of Fitzgeiald this week,
For canned goods or groceries, go
to Walker’s. Phono 33.
A little less backbiting among the
ntigbbors would do as well.
They don’t charge anything tor
drayage at Bass’ warehouse.
Africans, the wonderful blood puri¬
fier. at Gaifiner & Thrasher’s.
Dr. Story of Sycamore was in
Ashburn several times this week.
Choice Western and country beef,
3 to 121 2c on ice.—Davis & Barbi e.
Mrs. Mary Edmondston of Macon is
visiting her sister, Alis. T. W . White.
Miss Mary Clements of near Syca
more was here shopping Wednesday.
Try one of Davis & Barbre’s 12e
hams, Sweet as a peach. Guaranteed.
Col. W. S. Thompson of Cordele
wa 9 here on legal business Saturday.
Miss Ilallie Holmes of Milner, Ga.,
is the guest of Mis Maggie Hadawny.
A tire at Pema destroyed the large
saw and planing rn.ll there last Fri¬
day.
The worst enemy to a newspaper is
a credit subscriber. We don’t want
them,
Col. White went to Cordele and Ab¬
beville Monday on professional busi¬
ness.
Don’t fail to attend the school
meeting at the Methodist church to
night.
» If you don’t want your name in
this paper, you hadn’t better do any¬
thing.
Mrs. Ayers has moved to the new
icsideuce recently erected by G- B.
Gorday.
Miss Kathleen Thrasher chaperoned
Dr. Thrasher on a trip to Dakota
Monday.
Babe Vf rye got his baud in the saw
the other day, and tue saw went in
his band.
Come to Davis & Barbre’s lor
Breakfast Bacon, Juliette Meal. Royal
Owl Flour.
Ba-s Bros, are giving a potato with
every sample of cotton, Marshal Hall¬
mm sa.V'>
Story Bros, of Arabi have rented
the Timn store, and promise to fid
with goods.
Cotton brought 6 12 and 6.55 iu
this market yesterday, which were Al¬
bany pricer,
Banana-, cabbage, potatoes, onions
and lemons cheaper than anybody.—
Davis* Barbie.
Tin re will he a business meetipg < f
the Epworth League at the Methodist
cbnreb to-u ght.
Dr. J. F. Gardner, wife and child,
bave returned from Montezuma much
imi'T'Ae 1 in health.
Jno. G. MiThaul and Frans Park
of Poulan were registered at theClydo
Saturday.
■ Soveral parties from here will attend
the Hard Shell meeting at Pleasant
Hil! next Sunday.
Johnson’s dray horse ran away
Wednesday, ami scattered the load
for some distance.
Davis & Barbre have put some neat
stands in front of their store for ex¬
hibiting veg> tables.
Mrs. Turner and Mt-s Beecher went
to Cot dele Monday on a visit, and
will be gone a week.
John and C. W. Evans left Wednes¬
day night for Nashville, to see the
Bights of the Centennial.
A colored woman named Jane Gore,
who lived on W. A. Sbingler’s place,
died suddenly yesterday.
Betts & Co. have just received a ear
load of lime, and also a earload of
white seamless sack salt.
Cotton goes up when it gels to ttie
Raney warehouse, and so do people,
if they keep the sidewalk.
Choapest ice in town. Why! We
buy in car lots. A word to the wi-e is
sufficient.—Davis & Barbre.
The doctors complain so much of
the good health of the people that one
turned in aud got sick himself.
The bridge gang which has been
working here for ttie past week “went
to Sycamore Wednesday night.
The Ashburn school will open next
Monday, and it is expected that lutly
65 pupils will be in attendance.
We sell the best T. If you aretroub
led with that tired feeling, drink
our T with ice—Dayis & Barbre.
Mrs. Hayes of Sycamore, who ic-
cently returned from Virginia, was
the guest of Mrs. White Tuesday.
The next thing in order in the way
improvements is a street ear line
between Ashburn and Sycamore.
W. T. Logan, of the Deep Creek
was in town Wednes¬
day selling liis cotton tind trading.
Arabi needu’t think she’s the only
in the oven. Ashburn is go¬
ing to haye a high gritded school, too.
Editor Oslin returned to his home
Melbourne, Fla-. Monday. His fam-
will leiuain here some time y et
The car inspectors of the G S & F
passed through here Monday en route
to Macon to receive special instruc-
lion-.
Best steak, 8 cents per pound;
fruits aud vegetables at
Beef 5 to 8 cents per
Col. J. F. Powell and wife, of Vten-
were here l.iis week on a visit to
son. Col. J. W. Powell, and his
Davis & Barbre want 100 young fat
200 dozen fresh eggs. 25 lbs.
country butter, highest market
J. H. Bryan has sold six bales o l
from a one-horse farm, and has
bales out. Tins is whai we call
& pretty good showing.
The Gazette says: Keep your eye
oa Poulan. She is forging ahead as a
manufacturing town, and that means
succe-s.
Remember that the protracted , meet- ,
ing at the Baptist church begins .don-
day night after the third Sunday in
this month.
Miss Redding, .. highly . ,
Maty a ac-
comp-ished young lady, ot Macon, is
here on a visit to her sister, Mrs. ‘
F. Jenkins.
B. O. Cantey of Forreston, B. C.,
arrived here this week, and has se¬
cured a position as clerk for Shingler
& Lawrence.
Cotton was brought into this mar¬
ket exceedingly lively yesterday. A
few gins in the locality arc running
night and day.
Mrs. L. O. Fateh and her two
daughters. Mrs. Mary and Annie,
left for Pen 1 a Baturdav, and leturned
Wednesdaj’.
Joseph Newton, son ol ,1. P. New¬
ton, wiio lias been ill for some time
past, died last Saturday, aud was
burteu Sunday.
Miss Cora Woodard, who has been
vi8iting tbe f am iiy ot tier uncle, R. 8.
NV r oodard) r turned to her home at
Kathleen Monday.
rs. Dr. Pinnix returned home
Wednesday morning from Atlanta,
where she has been visiting for the
past two months,
The Marshal went out Sunday even-
ing to the old cemetery to see if he
could catch another couple marrying,
but all was serene,
Ga’ c
on Saturday, but after
a hearing bcfoic Acting Mayor Law-
rence was discharged.
The people have found out that
yis & Barbie sob good groeei
cheaper than anybody. Because they
buy and sell for cash,
ltev. J. O, Lawrence ha-* purchased
from the stockholders the Holiness
Advocate, and is now the sole owner
of the office ami paper,
We want ttie farmers of this and ad-
joining counties to get our prices.
Special inducements tor the next 10
days. —Davis Si Barbre.
Don’t be worried with chills anil
fever when you can get a bottle of
Johnson’s chill and fever tonic at
Gardner & Thrasher’s for 50c.
litre is a sentence we would like
for some men to read fifteen times:
Don’t call on a business man during
business hours except on business.
Why allow yourseit to be run out of
a house and home by rats when you
can get a b >x cf Rough on Bats tor
15c at Gardner & ThrasherM
Fresh lot fine Gandies and Crackers
just received. Remember, your girl
has not received a box of candy from
you in a long time.—Davis & Barbre.
Mrs. Teagle, of Lutherville, arrived
in Ashburn Wednesday morning Oil
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Thrasher,
and will regain here until Christmas.
Among the prominent citizens of
Sycamore who attended the meeting
Wednesday night were W. B. Dash¬
er, E. R. Smith and J. W. Rountree.
L. K. Beal put down fifteen squares
am j seV enty-flve feot of flooring Wc d-
uesday. and ate four watermelons)
and it was.,’t a good day for flooring,
either,
AH good- delivered free to any part
0 f town, at same prices to white and
co l or etl. Yours truly, Davis & Bar-
bre, up-to-date grocers, Ashburn, Ga.
Phone 19.
There must be an improvement Oil
the hurry of young ladies. Ye Editor
called to take one to church the other
Sunday., and she was ready when ho
got there.
Rev E. Culpepper was a guest of
W. A. Murray Wednesday. Ho was
on his way to Tiftou to officiate at
the Roebuck-Jessup marriage jester
cUy m0 rning.
Jeffrey is expected home. Saturday
n cw store house will be complet-
C( i this week, and filled with the larg-
eat 8 | 0c k 0 f goods the fim ever ban
d | ed ; n A-hburn.
Mrs. J- C. Smith of Donald onville
ca „ le to Ashburn Saturday on a visit
(0 per paren s, Mr.and Mis. Royals.
g^ e j s accompanied by her little
daughter Lennie.
During the rainstorm Sunday light
nine struck a tree near Mr. Hudson’s
residence. No damage was done fur¬
ther than to badly frighten several
] a( ]i e « iu that locality,
(J. 1 . Betts returned from Oxford
Saturday, at which place he i- attend¬
ing Emory College. He will remain
here until about tho I5tb of Septeni-
ber t and then go back to school.
For low rates west, Texas, Mexico.
California, Alaska,or any other point,
with free maps, write to Fred I» Bush,
District Passenger Agent Louisville &
Nashville UR, Atlanta, Ga. ly
Burning, itching skin diseases in-
stantiv cured by Bucklen’s arnica
unequalled for cuts, bruises,
burns, It heals without leaving a
-car . For sale by Gardner* Thrasher-
McLendon’s gm whistle blew for
ooll thn 0 ther day, and a couple of
childrei , locked themselves in a room
u , lder the impression that an old she
bear in the woods was calling her
cu bs.
If Ashburn has a graded school,
Sycamore and other surrounding
towns will be certain to patronize it
liberally, for aside from Arabi thi re is
not anotoer such school within 18
miles of here in any direction
Small mischief-,. precautions DeWitt’s often Little prevent Early
ftb reat
... ers are very small pills in size,
but are most effective in preventing
the most serious forms of liver and
stomach troubles. The)' cure con-ti
paiion and headache, and regulate the
bowels. J- 8. Beits & Co.
Last year W. T. Ba-s and Wil ie
Renew got on a race and picked 71c
pounds of cotton—Mr. Ba-s 408, f'd
Willie 302. One day list week
Jim Payne’s 75 pound got in a hurry
and picked four times bis weight.
Dr. Thrasher says Dr. Gardner re-
turned home as pretty us a peach,
Dr. Tlirawlwr never showed any abil-
ity as a judge of beauty exempt when
he selected bis wife; but that was sev¬
eral yeais ago, and he is no criterion
to go by now.
A meeting will be held at Col. Da
vis’ office Saturday afternoon for ’-he
put {rose of devising ways and means
to e. ed a ItFphone I r <- • Tifton I f
this is done Cor e w a; ve Ashbuin
an
Col. Z. Baas made a trip to W’ciio-
na on legal buMues- Tuesday. Ho
tells us that the children of II. D. Kov¬
al are suing II. C. Bass for I lie
Khodes land, which Ba-s bought of
II. I». Royal and paid for
with Certainly you don’t constipation, want to sutler sick
headache, dyspepsia, lo.-s of
sallow skin and ap¬
petite. You have n ver tried De-
Witt’s Little Early Risers for these
complaints or you, would have been
cured. They are small pills but great
regulators —J. S. Betts & Co.
The Tiftou Gazette says: Briggs
Carson has bought the entire stock in
the Tifton Telephone Exchange, and
is now sole owner and manage. It is
in good hands. He is progressive aud
enterprising, and will give our people
a good service.
It heals everything but a broken
heart, may be said of Tettoriue. Piles
and rectal diseases, cu(s, burns,
bruises, tetter, eczema, and all skin
troubles may be cured by it quickly
aud permanently. For -ale by Gard¬
ner & Thrasher.
A negro would not get out of the
way of Mrs. Chapman’s wheel Satur-
day, although she rang the bell vio-
lently, and as a result he was knocked
“galley west aud crooked” without iu-
jury to the lady or the wheel- Per¬
haps he will pay some attention to bi¬
cycle bells hereafter.
Jim Raney lias completed his now
warehouse, together with a substau- %
tial aWiintg in front. It is a roomy
structure, and a valuable addition to
the lowui. We can find only oue fault
wiin it, and that is tho elevated siile-
walK iu front. ‘‘Slioot that sidewalk,”
Jcems
Engineer Holloway, an old-time
G- S. & F. engineer, was in Ashburn
several hours Monday. He remem¬
bers Askburnjas a wide place iu the
road, with only a log house on its
present site, and tlio stopping point
for trains was oiiinglcr’s turpentine
still.
Prof. Grubbs will teach a school in
Ocdla, the patrons of the school at
Sycamore offering him only $1.50 a
mouth per pupil, whi.ohe wanted $2.
We are informed that he will also
move his paper, tlio Irwin County
News, toOcilla. This will leave Syc¬
amore without a uewspap r or school-
Edmondson’s livery stable is one of
the best arranged institutions of the
kind m this s jetion of the State. It
lias ample stall room, the carriage
shed is a commodious one, aud the
paint shop i-convenient, well lighted
and tree from dust. Mr. Edmondson
certainly has a livery stable rigid.
Raney’s new warehouse would make
an elegant roller skating rink, a bi¬
cycle track for beginners, a conven¬
tion hall, an admirable place in which
to have festivals, ami could easily be
converted into a tabernacle for Sam
Jones or other eminent divines to
preach 111 .
Evidently the secrecy of ttie mar¬
riage in the woods, noticed in la-1
week’s issue, has been declared off.
Mr. and Mrs. (Yard left here Tuesday
for Dakota, where they will make
their future home. He will engage in
the drug business, while it is under¬
stood that she will teach. The Ad
vance wi-hes them bon voyage on
life’s tempe-tuous sea.
The railroad company has hands at
work this week putting up a new cot¬
ton platform, and making improve¬
ments on the depot. They started to
repair the section houses, but James
Sltingier went to Ma< on Saturday and
represented to the officials that the
liou-es were on a street, aud work
was stopped- They will now be moved
furiher down the track to a point near
the Advocate office.
The opening of the Arabi school
Monday was a grand affair. State
School 0immissionea Glenn aud other
persons prominent in educational
matters were present and delivered
addresses. Business houses close !,
and the town put on a holiday
Ovcronc hundred pupils were en-
rolled, thirty of whom were boarders.
VVc congratulate Arabi upon haying
-uch a popular and well conducted
school,
A certain veiy popular negro
here, mourns :he loisof an excursion
ticket to St. Augustine, llo bought
i W o, but his ‘‘partner” from Worth
|„i 8 -ed die train an«i he got on board
Oil ly to find out that only one ticket
was needed Iu a tew minutes his
‘‘partner”arrived on the mail train
but lie w- non «... L-.ch pa-M
thinks the other is to blam--, and give
the marble heart as thev p i-s by. 1
fun will redly begin when his
wile gets the par;i u!ar-.
J. R. Lockett aud Sylvester Tharp
both coluicd, got into a row over a
five eeut watermelon at the column*
►ary Saturday, when Lockett stru'd
Tnarpoti thffcbaek with a nail grid,
ii ti c ing panful injuries, and I hti't
• med to make a dinner out of L eke.
by chewing his neck. Marshall Ilall-
tnan arrested the pugilists before (ho
knock-out blow was given or the diu-
ner finished, and Acting Mayor Law
ronce knocked them both out with
fines aggregating $13, which were
paid.
The directors Of tho telephone sys¬
tem held a meeting this morning and
did the Ad cunco force I ho honor of
ri-lieving them of all responsibility of
service iu the central office. Tho 1 un. 11 -
agi-mcnt was tinned over to S B
Hudson, ami h ■ has put a small hoy
in charge, N > kink-will be received
at this office.
Andrew Jackson Wells sent a note
to a young lady ttie oilier day requeu¬
ing Hie pleasure of her company, but
she could not decipher the chi¬
rograph)’, and returned ttie note by
the boy with tho statement that tier
Chinese education had been sadly no-
glected, and that lie would have to
either employ an amanuensis or make
his requests orally to receive consid¬
eration. lie got another man to re¬
write the unto, and ’‘blew in” another
nickel for its delivery. When the
j 0U ng lady got the second note she
pronounced it a forgery, and Audv
got left, being out ton rents and (lie
girl’s company. As ho always gives
tho same song and dance to the girls
it would bo cheaper aud a great ileal
more satisfactory to him to have his
notes printed at tho $2 Advance otlieo,
as wo only charge per thousand iu
lots.
Under the influence of plenty
of sunshine and seasonable tem-
perature, coming as it has after
good rains, all crops have done
well in this division of the State,
Fodder pulling is about over, and
cotton picking has been pushed
and is progressing vapidly. The
conditions of the weather during
the past week have been most fa-
vocable for this branch of farm
work. There are ft good many
complaints of rust, but it is plain
ly thown that a good crop is still
assured. It is thought there will
be a short top crop this year on
old uplands. Hweet, potatoes are
excellent, and the yield will be
large; some farmers are beginning
to dig their potatoes, and they
are said to ho turning out re¬
markably well. Late corn is above
the average, and with a favora¬
ble season a large crop will bo
made. Rice is very good, and tlio
harvest of this crop is now in
progress. Cane is doing very well.
Pastures are excellent, and grasses
were never better, but gardens
as a rule are poor. Some late
gardens are improving. In the
south-eastern counties senpper-
nong grapes are plentiful, and
are Bulletin. now ripening rapidly.—Crop
Wednesday night after prayer
meeting quite a number of ladies
and gentlemen gathered at the
Methodist church on a short, no¬
tice given, to discuss the question
of a graded high school in Ash¬
burn. The object of the meeting
was announced by Rev. J. C.
Flanders, after which J. W. Ev¬
ans read a selection pertinent to
the question, which was well re-
ceived. Mr. E. is a remarkably
fine reader and kept the attention
of his auditors. The reading was
followed by an address by Rev.
R. p Fain, who clearly defined a
graded school, and tho advantag¬
es to be derived from having one
in Asliburn. In the absence of
W. A. Murray, who was down on
the program for a speech, Prof.
Passmore was announced to tell
how to secure surprised a graded school
here, and his hearers by
saying that it was only necessary
to employ a teacher in the Pri¬
mary department to start it next
Monday morning; that his wife
could teach the Intermediate, and
he the High School. The profes¬
sor’s address opened the eyes of
many, and was the moans of in¬
creasing the interest already tak-
en. Voluntcer speeches were
culled for and made by .1.8. Betts,
J. W. Evans, J. 8. Slangier aud
Col. B. B. White, all ot whom as-
8ured tlie au( jj enc0 of their sym-
pa,tliy with the movement, and
themselves to give it
hearty support. K. R. 8mitli of
Sycamore was then called upon,
and in a neat five minutes speech
told the audience that Ashburn
was just the place to have such a
school; the community was a high¬
ly moral one, the citizens well-to-
do, and the town’s reputation
abroad would be certain to secure
a large number of boarding pupils,
rhe matter of a suitable I nilding
was referred to, but not discussed.
ft was plainly evident to the writ¬
er that, our people are aroused on
this subject, and will not let this
golden morning opportunity will pass, the Mon-
day graded see e.om-
inencetuent of a school
here if the people will do their dtt-
ty to-night, when another meet-
. ing at . the ,1 same place 1 will .,;,i be 1 - bel ,
and the school board will be there.
Let every person who is interested
in educational matters attend
meeting to-night.
Tlio illegality of the county
convict lease system has been
proven in a case where a Worth
county man was the lessee, At
the May term of the Terrell conn*
ty superior court James Miller
was convicted of carrying con-
ceuled weapons and sentenced to
serve twelvemonths in the chain
gang or to pay a fine of $50. Mil¬
ler could not pay the line, and
was sold or hired to J. W. Tatum,
who operates a turpentine farm
in Wortn county, for $<> per
mouth, or $72 a year, and the
the money was paid in advance to
sheriff'. Miller was thereup¬
on turned over to latum. In
June Miller escaped from Tatum’s
caiup and came back to Terrell
county where he enlisted a firm
of lawyers to get him out of his
trouble. They at once instituted
habeas corpus proceedings before
Judge Spence of the Albany cir¬
cuit. and alleged that J. W. Ta¬
tum held Miller in his custody
under pretense of having hired or
bought Terrell him from the sheriff' oi
county for twelve months
for $72, and that Tatum had no
county convict camp authorized
by law for the purpose of work¬
ing misdemeanor convicts upon
the public roads or other public
works under the supervision of
the county officials as contem¬
plated by the statute. On the
hearing before Judge Spence Ta¬
tum made no light, but admitted
that he had no legal convict camp
and it was also proved that the
sheriff had received $72 for Mil-
ler, $22 more than his fine, Judge
Spence passed an order declaring
the detention of Miller hy said
Tatum to be illegal, but held that,
the sentence pronounced against
him liiul not been executed, and
remanded him back to jail, and
ordered the sheriff’ to execute the
sentence against him. He was
brought hack to Terrell county
and placed in jail. His attorneys
then brought habeas corpus pro¬
ceedings before Judge Sheffield,
and the Judge turned him loose
on the ground that his detention
was a clear violation of the con¬
stitution. On the same grounds
evory misdemeanor convict hired
by private individuals is ille¬
gally restrained of his liberty.
Did j’ou over hear ot tho Ashworth
buggy, manufactured at Macon, Ga.!
Call and examine them, They aro
gold by the Ashburn Buggy Co.
Strict.)' first class, high grade work,
ind the manufacturer p aces tho
strongest guarantee on them that is
placed on any buggy pul up '•«
Georgia.
Isabella Hardtacks.
Sheriff Story, the genial land¬
lord of the Hotel do Story, is off
to Macon this week.
The Judge has recently filed
two new cases in the M court. I
presume they are bis.
Col. Forehand was steering his
boat in the direction of the north
pole Tuesday last,.
Miss Lelia Tison of Ashburn is
spending a while with her sister,
Mrs. J. J. Forehand.
Tho bucket fell in the wayside
well Sunday, but it didn’t kick
t.be cud out.
Miss Willie Belle Hall is visit¬
ing her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Ross, this
week.
Miss Gussio Lancaster and her
little sister Mabel, after a short
but pleasant visit in Isabella re¬
turned to their home in Brunswick
Friday last.
Mesdames W. T. Sikes and J.
11 McPhaul of Sylvester visited
in the city last, week.
Miss Mary Jernigan and her
brother Clarence spent Sunday at
J. J. McDowell’s.
Protracted meeting begins at
Red Oak church near Doles Fri¬
day, Hopt. 3rd.
Miss Kiila Cochran is expected
home this week from Bacontor,.
Miss Lizzie Williams is at home
again to her many friends.
It. G. Tison passed through Is¬
abella Tuesday en route to his
home in Mayhaw, Ga.
The cotton crop is cut off at
both ends; also the pairs.
Hurrah for those two sweet
kids, Joe and Bill, riding upon
the tidal waves of the Local.
W. C. Hardy joined his family
on a short visit to relatives in Is¬
abella and Sylvester Sunday.
Hotel de Story will be complet¬
ed this week, the Judge informed
us.
What, lias become of our hi Ren¬
ters:' and the dudelets, where, O
where are they? Hugo-Fly.
If your i b’cycle Lc Oittc.s IrigUtuucd
,ii,t cii-vosit-elf of your av, rdnooi-,
at ply Dr. i’tcUenor’s Antiseptic du¬
mediatory— not to 1 lie bicycle, but 10
but on. t "f your anatomy most feel¬
j * | nfli-c'e I by the law of grayita-
U u Y ou’ii be delight d will il.o
lx . d uii 0 t the application. Keep a bob?
in your) kc” for_personal r pairs,
1 A-k Betts k 1 'o lor u