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HE ASHBURN
Entered at the Ashburn
as second-class mail matter.
[Official Organ of Worth County.
[Ashburn, Ga., Sept. 24 , 1807.
Subscription £1 a year in advance
GEORGE BUTLER, LOCAL EBITOR.
We have a sewing machine for sale.
For ice and lemons go to
ir’s.
A brick block is going up at
oulan.
For cheap tobacco go to Walk-
er’s.
Highest price paid for pork.—
■Walker.
Ashburn shipped 459 bales of cotton
■Monday.
Call on us for goods at low pri-
I ces.—Jeffrey.
Beefsteak 8 cents a pound at
| Walker’s.
l John Garrett of Sumner was in
Ashburn Monday.
For beef, pork and sausage, go to
Walker’s. Plione 33
The doctors report all the sick in
this vicinity improving.
For all kinds of canned goods
go to Walker’s.
Alex Ross is re-setting a still for J-
S. Shingler & Co.
J. W. Walker’s little daughter Bes¬
sie is ycry sick.
The section bouses will be moved to
Sycamore next week.
For canned goods, crackers and
candy, go to Story Bros.
Mrs. F. E. Hudson has been
quite ill this week.
For meats, fruits, fish and veg¬
etables go to Walker’s.
0ol. Bas-wentto Fitzgerald on le¬
gal business Tuesday.
Meat, lard, sugar, coffee and
potash at Story Bros.
J. J. and Geo. T. Betts lefi for Ox¬
ford Monday night.
Fresh apples, onions and Irish
potatoes at Story Bros.
Tlios. Walsh of Ada favored
ns with a call yesterday.
Highest patent tiour and water
ground meal at Story Bros.
An infant daughter of Chavley Re¬
new of Live Oak died last week.
J, T. Redding is here on a visit to
his daughter. Mrs. J. F. Jenkins,
Davis & Barbre will keep fresh
bread from now on. Phone 19.
Cols. Powell and vVliile were in
Vienna on legal business this week.
The protracted meeting at Doles re¬
sulted in 17 additions to the church.
The Ashburn Advance grows
brighter every week—Poulan Herald
The highest price paid for cot¬
ton in this market yesterday was
5.82.
J. W. Evans returned from a trip
to Louisville, Ky., last Friday even¬
ing. -
Rev. E. Culpepper of Coidelo fav¬
ored this office with a short call Mon¬
day.
G. K. Rogers, the Racket Store
man, received a lot, of new goods this
week.
W. T- Overstreet of near Tifton
was here Monday and favored us with
a call,
The biggest rainfall of the season
occurred here Sunday afternoon and
night.
This paper is too small for the bu i-
ness. It will come out a seven-column
next week.
You can get choice western
steak for breakfast Mondays at
Davis & Barbre’s.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Stafford
was blessed with a little daughter Sat-
urduv lU'irniug.
Arthur Clemcu’g, of the Irwin
County X-w-, was on our streets
Wednesday.
Morris Mayers of Albany bought
about f -riy bales of cotton in this
market Mo-day.
Robert E iton, a n-phew of Mrs.
Co-, is to be m rried at Montiocllo,
Fla., on the 29th,
Poulan is this side up with
care, and about to start another
newspaper.
Betts & Co. are turning out an
immense amount of ties to be used
in extending their railroad.
J. P. C-jX, St O is now an
of tbe G o o
is homo oa
CoL J - B - Murrow of Tifton, and
Miss Tillou Bacon of EaBtman were
married last week.
Just received, fine lot of fancy
candy and crackers.— Davis &
Barbre, Plione 19.
Miss Gertrude Padriek, a charming
Tifton belle, is the guest of Miss
Evans this week.
Col. Tipton of Sylvester was here
on legal business Saturday, and reg¬
istered at the Clyde.
Remember tho head end collision at
Macon Oct. 12tn. Special rates on
the Georgia Southern.
Salt water fish at Davis & Bar-
bre’s Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays. Plione 19.
The public announcement is made
that Shingler & Lawrence will dis¬
solve partnership October Id.
A regular Klomlyke wave struck
Ashburn Tuesday morning, and even
oyerooats were not uncomfortable.
Jeffrey & Roobin are still re¬
ceiving new goods, and will soon
have two very full houses.
J. W. Zuber, an Atlanta lumber
buyer, was in Ashburn Tuesday,
the guest of Agent, Huckabee.
Janies Paulk of Moultrie and Hen¬
ry Paulk of Willacoochee were here
Tuesday, and registered at the Inn.
Madison Cox lost his commissaiy
near Adel by an incendiary fire Sun¬
day night. Loss, $3,000; insured for
$ 1 , 000 .
Davis & Barbre are headquar¬
ters for fresh meats, beef and
pork. Our sales are increasing
daily. Phone 19.
Key. E. Culpepper is holding a pro¬
tracted meeting at the Baptist church
this week, and much interest is being
manifested.
Miss Alice M. Browne of Au¬
gusta is canvassing Ashburn for a
dressmaker’s chart, and is regis¬
tered at, the Clyde.
P. E. Tinley, an attache of the
Irwin County News, was shaking
hands with his Ashburn friends
Wednesday.
Henry Holmes and family of
Grimes, Ala-, are visiting G. B. Gor-
day’s family, Mrs. Gorday and Mrs.
Holmes are sisters.
There is a colored eampmeeting now
going on at Arabi, lo continue until
the 27 1 ia. Fare from Ashburn to Ara¬
bi and return, 40 cents.
Fresh lot of apples, lemons,ruta¬
bagas, potatoes, onions, cabbage,
mackerel, hams and breakfast
bacon.—Davis & Barbre,Phone 19
Some persons have been stealing Dr.
Gardner’s syrup and corn of late, and
he wants the thieyes to stop wasting
so much in making their departure.
We still lead the procession in
something nice for the table, and
thank you for past favors. Yours
truly, Davis & Barbre, Phone 19.
S. T. Gorday and Miss Ida Ashley,
daughtex of S. H. Ashley of the Deep
Creek neighborhood, were married at
the home of the bride’s parents iast
Sunday,
The equinoctial struck us hard
Monday night, just at a time
when we hardly had clothes
enough in our trunii to flag a
hand car.
Rev. J. C. Flanders and Prof- Pass-
more attended the Epworth League
meeting at Cordele as delegates, and
delivesed addresses that were
well received.
The head-end collision to be exhib¬
ited in Central City Park in Macon on
the 12th of October will be something
entirely now. and wo may never see its
like again. Cheap rates.
W-N. Barfield and w.fe of War
wiek were iu Ashburn Monday on
their way to visit her father in Irwin
county. Mr. B made the Advanc; a
pleasant call while here.
The merchants of Tifton ha ye got
into a squabble over the warehouse
question, and are airing their views
in the Gazette. It’s a "pliat take”
for Editor Herring, anyhow.
The Worth correspondent of
Gazette says: Mrs. W, Y. Mid-
Blufftou who was popular in Worth
,
as Mis-i Dora Porter, is tbe happv
mother of a ten-pound boy.
Pink W. Williams of Wilcox
was in town Wednesday, having
just returned home from attend¬
ing the Primitive Baptist Associ¬
ation in Houston county.
The protracred meeting now be¬
ing conducted by Rev. Culpepper
at the Baptist church will close
Sunday night. Services Sunday
at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Ashburn is getting to be met-
ropolitan in its ways. A catch-
basin is being put in at the drug
sto 2.3 corner, and connecting sew-
"
er *
‘ Maid of Athens, ’ere we part,
Give, (), yive me back my heart. 1
—Athens Banner.
Maid of Ashburn, chew thy gum;
Thy lips are ruby—yum, yum, yum.
Dr. Thrasher has hatched lip an¬
other scheme to claim every’possum
brought to town by circulating the
that the one he hoo-dooed
Law and Hallman out of had escaped
Tifton and Albany are to have tele¬
phone connection over the Worth
Telephone company’s lino- This is a
new concern to be organized by Capt.
J. G. McPhaul of Poulan, and other
capitali-ts.
A colored convict named Wra.
Rucker, sentenced from Muscogee
county for two years, escaped
from Worth camp No. 2 Monday.
8upt. Tyson offers a reward of $25
for his recapture.
'Squire McArthur last week mar¬
ried Toney White and Rebecca
French, colored, As Rebecca has two
ex-husbands liying, it is getting time
to ring the chestnut bell on ceremo¬
nies of this kind performed for her.
Rev W. F. Roberts, father-in-law
of Rev. J. C. Flanders, has sold his
place at Crisp, Ga., and purchased a
farm of I. L. Murray, two miles south¬
east of Ashurn. Such citizens are al¬
ways welcomed to this community.
Work on the new telephone ex¬
change building commenced to¬
day, and it will be ready for oc¬
cupancy by Oct. 1st. It will be
a two-story structure, and located
on the lot just north of the drug
store.
Davis & Barbre invite you to
call on them when you want some-
thing good to eat. We take pleas¬
ure in filling your orders, and
will deliver everything, from a
loaf of bread to a barrel of flour,
free. Phone 19.
Sheriff Stnry was litre Saturday on
Ins way to a singing convention at
Zion Hope church in Dooly county,
lie was joined hero by Dr, Story of
Sycamore, and Col. Davis. Win Roy¬
al. who is reputed to bo one of the
best singers in this section of the
State, led the singing.
’Squire McArthur hold his regular
court last Saturday, and disposed of
the celebrated cow esse by not allow¬
ing the claim of the plaintiff, and
leaying Willis Johnson (ooh) in pos¬
session. In the ease of Cowan vs Ad-
dehard, appeal, the jury reversed the
previous deci-im of the Justice and
found for defendant.
It might be well for Floridians now
in this section, and others contemplat¬
ing a trip to Florida, that passengers
trom all points in Georgia and Ala¬
bama to points in Florida, are re¬
quired to procure certificates of
health, absence from infected point-
and non-exposure to yellow fever
within ten days.
Says the Arabi Journal: The cham¬
pion cotton picker of this section is
C. C. Story, who lives near here. He
picked 1375 lbs. of the fleecy staple
from Tuesday morning until Friday
night: au average of 343 3-4 lbs. per
day. Tins is hard to beat, and there
are few men who can average this in
Dooly county.
The council held a meeting
Tuesday night to discuss the ad¬
visability of taking action to pre¬
vent Davis & Barbre from erect¬
ing a warehouse on the right-of-
way opposite their place of busi¬
ness, but did not reach a conclu¬
sion. Another meeting will be
held soon.
Ladies who want to learn dress-
cutting and fitting will please
call at Mrs. Wilcox’ store and see
Perry’s new French method, mod*
els. and testimonials from all over
the State whom Miss Browne has
taught. If pleased, join class
this week. Five dollars for chart
and lessons complete. Patterns
cut to order
We spent Wednesday night
with our friend J, 8. Mathis out
in the country, where air is free
and sugar cane sweet. He makes
corn and cotton, and has peace
and contentment children throughout his
home His are
and his good wife have is religion, always and
mg; they all
we are reminded that heaven is
not far from that home.
What W. A. Shingler calls the
Hawkinsville & Isabella Railroad
was completed to ids place last,
week, and he is now engaged in
building a depot there, and load-
iug naval stores. PhiB will pat a
step to moonlight rides on the
tram road, lor the young people
can now reach Mr. Shingler s
honse about dinner time. Mr. 8.
informs us that tbe road is in ex-
ceilent condition, being well bal-
lasted and graded. Messrs. Betts
& Co never do work in a slipshod
manner, and it can be depended
upon that when the road reaches
its terminus it will be ready
fast running passenger trains.
J. 8. Shingler & Co. are en¬
gaged in widening the Ashburn
and Isabella road. Tuesday while
fellitig trees several fell across \V.
A. Slmvgler’s telephone line, and
Wednesday hands wero at work
putting up a new wire in a man¬
ner that W.A. says lie don’t know
whether the darkies along the
route will utilize it to hang out
their washing, or a swing for tho
kids.
Two of the most noted engin¬
eers in the State will run the two
engines which are to take part in
the collision at Central Park, Ma¬
con, October 12t,li. Tuo Central’s
engine, "Nancy Hanks,” will bo
run by Wallace Scoville, of the
Southwestern road. The Georgia
Southern’s engine, tho "Dixie
Flyer,” will be run by Henry
Speir, another well-known en¬
gineer.
Dr. Gardner is holding such a
high head of late that, it gives a
man a crick in the neck to look
up to him. We asked him ilie
news Wednesday, and he sternly
responded: "Sir, 1 hesitate to ar¬
ticulate, lest perchance I might
prevaricate’—but we stopped him
right there. He could have called
us anything else and it would
have been all right, but we al¬
ways did say that we’d never take
that off of any man, so we brained
him on the spot and had him
buried at our own expense.
Miss Ilallie Holmes of Milner, who
has been visiting Miss Maggie Had-
away,and Miss Mary Redding of Ma¬
con, who 1ms been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Jenkins, for some time
post, returned to iheir respective
homes Tuesday. We felt real sorry
for those young men atG.irday’.- Mur¬
ray’s and Gardner & Thrasher’s, who
wiped away the silent tsars trickling
down their cheeks as the train pulled
out from the depot.
Dave Pasterel and Emma Dennis
(col.) were married Tuesday in Jes-e
Hickman’s store by ’Squire McAr¬
thur. Jesse Hickman and Marshal
Holman were ca’led in ostensibly as
witnesses, but in reality to give them
a bint that they ought to go and do
likewise. They declare that ’Squire
McArthur reyived the ancient custom
of saluting the bride on this ocea-
sieu, and the ’Squire avors that tho
witnesses nudged him a time or two
and exclaimed,‘it's a good thing;
push it along.”
M. T. Nipper kiked a beef for Davis
& Barbre that had tivo .ivers: each
one had a gall, and hung sep ira’e
from each other. There wore two
witnefscs besides Mr. N pp r, but wo
will take his word for it Wo hasten
to withdraw our offer to John Jenkins
to buy every aJI-gizzird chicken he
could raiso. Our binkers urge us
lo this, as siaht drafts oil our depos¬
its might, cripple their institutions.
Had we been bettor informed on the
possibilities of Wiregrass Georgia we
would never have made suoh a reck¬
less offer, •*jfe
C. P. Wood telephoned to this office
yesterday’tiiat he was the sickest man
in seventeen States, tint he couldn’t
have been very bad off, for any per¬
son possessing lung power sufficient
to be heard over an Ashburn telephone
wire in the past few days could slop
a frieght train running sixty miles an
hour by whispering to the engine' r
a mile off. We judge from the sten¬
torian voice required and exercised
by the hello kids in the central office
in the Advance building
The Epwiirtli Leaguers of the Val¬
dosta Distuct, M. E. Church South,
have just closed a very in tore-ling
league conference at Cordele. Roy.
J. M, Glenn of Fitzgerald is dis'ricl
secretary, and is thoroughly conse¬
crated, and fully realizes the ncces-i-
ty of liarnes-ing the energies and life
of the young, aud making them con¬
serve to the best interest of the church
and to the gb>ry of God There are
seven leagues , m „ the district, ..... with a
membership of 25«i The wxt Lp-
worth League district conference will
be held in Ashburn some time next
year.
T|i(j Tiftotl corlvgpoild „ lt of U ,e
y ’ UM<1 f dale of S ep-. 1
1Stl 0l , ’> A ’ * , ,,f „ hro „ W>1 *
soumled about * o clock tin-, morning,
and it was found by tho-e who re-
spouded to the call that Hie fire wos
in the branch store of Padriek B ug.
0I , >?ain street.. The fire seemed to
bave heon burning .some time, on I ail
between the ceiling and ro if, m iking
Jtj 4sibIo to fi bl it suec-ssfuliv
wilh 3hemioal eilgiaejj b or il(iy other
api ^ ' Tins hmldinr,
was lost, , will, part of its contents;
a 80 a, luck Bros, wagou and boggy
repository, but its contents were
f*™'!- Two or three other buildings
had cl-.se calls, but were saved by the
untiring efforts of citizens. There
was so n • insurance on buildings and
stock, but uo-. suffidciit it cv,e tbe
loss.
Wegl'iuitbe following from tho
Douglas Breeze; Lightning struck
and instantly killed Edward, tho 14-
ycur-ohl son of John \ inkers. Sunday
afternoon. He was returning from
New Hope church riding a mule and
the clash came just as ho reached the
bridge about !HK) yards from Hebron
church It was raining and he was
ho ding an umbrella. The umbrella
steel is supposed to have attracted the
lightning and the handle conveyed it
to his body. Si ralign to say, the mule
lie was riding was unhurt, and went
homo alone,
Editor E. I). Odin when he re¬
turned to hi- home in Melbourne, Fla.,
joined the "Grass Widowers’ Flub”
in that town. It is said that as soon
as a member’s wife learns that her
spouse has joined this club she bun¬
dles up her traps, wherever she may
b'*, and returns to Melbourne for tho
purpose of teaching her liege lord a
lesson or two. Bro. Oslin is a "slick
mi,’and no doubt resorted to this
ruse to get his wife and “the haud-
snmest young lady in America” to re¬
turn home, but it won’t work. Both
ladies are enjoying their visit to Ash-
bum. and vnll remain here sumo time
yet. In fact, they will be obliged to,
for Florida lias quarantined against
them.
Tli 'Clearfield Republican gives the
following information and adyico
which Ashburn mothers might well
hoed; The young mother whose first
born started to school for the first
tune last Monday need not worry her
brains trying to induce her hopeful to
look nice ami refrain from bringing
half the iuk in his bottle home on bis
taco and hands each day. The lad’s
father came and did likewise, ana so
will bis brothers, cousins, sons and
nephews in the future. A boy and a
bottle of ink are as hard to keep
apart during the first days of school
as are his brother and a green apple
in Juno. Nature draws them together,
and it is always a waste of time to
battle with nature’s laws.
Our young friend W. M. Bunch has
been in a stew this week trying to gel
news from Arlington and Pelham,
places where he formerly lived. Tne
former was almost totally destroyed
by fire Monday night, and tho latter
was the scene of a regular battle be¬
tween blacks and whites, an account
of which follows; Mar-hal West dis¬
covered a number of negroes engaged
in a gambling c irousal in a hou-eon
the outskirts of the town. He organ¬
ized a posse and surrounded the
house, then made a demand on the
inmates to come out and surrender.
By way of reply, the gamblers sudden¬
ly put out the lights in the building
and fired a yalley at tho posse. The
latter returned the compliment, and
five of the gainb'ers were more or less
seriously wounded, but not danger¬
ously. All made their escape except
the five injured ones, who are now in
jail. The marshal received four bu’.-
!ct holes in his clot lung, and one dep
-nty had his hat bind cut in two. Any
rnan who tries to resist. Marshal West
is monkejiug with a buzz-saw m full
motion.
The question of locating the
new academy in Ash 1 urn is a
live question indeed, and one of
vast importance. The committee
consisting of Messrs. J. S. Shing¬
ler, T. II. Thrasher, W. A. Mur¬
ray, E. R. Smith and W. B. Dash¬
er met yesterday to locate the
school building. Several places
were visited, but only about two
seem to be considered very much
by the committee. The lot in the
northern part of town just in front
of Mr. Hudson’s is a most beautin
fill location, and one of the most
eligible. Another lot west of J.
W. Evans’ residence lias some¬
thing about it, that gives it the
advantage over others in town.
Being located there the building
would advertise the school, as it
could be easily seen from the busi¬
ness portion of town, and by t.he
passengers j“ on every passing train,
ThiH ter08t i8 in the hands of
competent men who will do the
very best they can. Another
meeting will be held next week.
The building will be a wooden
structure, and will cost $3,000 or
$4,000.
The revival services at the Bap-
tist church winch are now being
conducted by the pastor,Rev. Mr.
Culpepper, seem to increase in in-
terest,. The preaching is plain,
pointed, convincing and eneour-
aging to both saint, and sinner,
The sermon Monday night was a
8 em of heauty, logically grand
powerful in thought. The
“‘inject was "The New Birth.”
On Wednesday igli7y nivht the congre-
gatio „ waB h entertained
an( j |,i 8 t ruc f e ,] \ ty , t sermon on
.< The H e lat ion Between Christ
His Children,” as illustrated
l>y [ {(VC) co „ r tship and marriage
The minister said the first thing
j „ order to marriage was love;
toe qud next thing was engagement,
the ring— and then the con-
summation of tbe vows ni mar¬
riage. This sermon delighted
the young men nud young ladies,
but made sad tbe hearts of those
who probably had crossed the
"dead line,” of which the minis¬
ter spoke, beyond which nearly
all hope of love and marriage
was impossible. In order for a
marriage to be bappy there must
lie a union of hearts, oneness of
purpose, congeniality of thought,
and love without dissimulation.
This the preacher said was th^t-
relation that existed between
Christ and his espoused. In the
course.of the sermon the minister
said it vvus not difficult for a wid¬
ower to love, court and marry
again, because be bad kept the
fiaine of love alive in bis heart by
his first marriage; and it is re¬
ported that at this juncture a
hearty "amen” came from the di¬
rection where a certain widower
sat. Of course Ye Editor was de¬
lighted with that part ot the ser¬
mon, but, oli! how slow some of
the fair ones are to believel The
service closed with an earnest ex¬
hortation to the congregation not
to spurn the love of Christ nor re¬
ject llis salvation. The meeting
will continue until Sunday night.
The Fitzgerald Citizen couldn't
keep a secret if it was going dear lit¬ to
be lynched. Now if her
tle Yaukeeship breaks off the en¬
gagement we will sue the Citizen
for an immense sum aiul a year’s
support, Listen here: "The good
women of our city are displaying
a praiseworthy interest in the
county site removal question, and
are doing everything in their
power to carry it through to a
successful termination. One of
our most talented and respected
citizens of the female persuasion
has entered into a compact with
Bro. Smith of the Ashburn Ad¬
vance, who is a widower, without
incumbrances. She is to provide
him with a wife and he, in re¬
turn for her kindly offices, is to
use liis personal as well as the in¬
fluence of his paper in favor of
the removal of the courthouse to
Fitzgerald; after which ho is to
have the freedom of her home as
a ‘court’ house for his own bene¬
fit. Lot tbe good work go on.”
A certain young man w.io appears
to have bad a shocking amount ot ex¬
perience, relates to a Penny Pre»n re¬
porter how the girls of various toons
act when the '’question is popped” to
them: It has been discovered that
when tho question is popped to a
Worth county girl she b'u-hes and
trembles a little and sayssh • wiligivo
tho matter careful consideration.
The Leesburg girl looks surprised
and sits with lips parted tor five or
six minutes, and then says it came
sooner than site expected, "but 1 as-
suro you it’s all right.” Tho Blakely
girl drops her eyes r< signedly, pats
the carpel wit It :t neat linlo foot and
responds, "The Lord’s will be done.”
The Camilla girl gi in- very sweetly
and sny«, "ivouhl not that kill me?”
ar.d then lays her head on his shoul¬
der to think it oyer. Tim Albany girl
b’oks It in sqitiiiely in the eye and
Bay s: ‘MVby, cert. Do you re<kou
I’ve b<e i h fling you hug mo around
here for two mouth- ju-t for recrea¬
tion?”— I*.’liny Presr. WIh ii an Ash-
bum young man read the foregoing he
said that when a man pops the
question to a Tifton eligible -he as«
sinncs an attitude likened unto Ajax
defying tho lightning withj a Homan
candle, and giving him a Klondyke
stare shrieks: "G-i-r!!!”
A Cartersville man has discov¬
ered an invention in chicken
houses that is more valuable, than
perpetual motion, and our fanci¬
ers of fowls who are pestered with
midnight marauders should pat¬
tern after him. He secured the
gallows upon which a man had
been hung recently, and built a
poultry house with the timbers.
Now you can’tgot a darkey with¬
in two blocks of bis poultry run,
even in tbe daytime. They won’t
even buy eggs laid by his hens.
As lumber can be bought cheap at
Betts & Co.’s mill here, and car¬
penter’s don’t charge high for
their labor, every owner of hens
can have a gallows of his own,
and there will be no trouble in
finding a subject to experiment
upon. It, is certainly a splendid
senerne, solving a very vexing
problem to poultry raisers, and
will no doubt take like wildfire.
As soon as we can raise money
enough to Buy a rooster and three
or four hens, and can induce
Night Watchman Wood to absent
himself from the mill for an hour
some dark night, we shall go in¬
to the poultry raising business
ourself, and be a bloated milUon-
aire by tbe year nineteen and
two aughts. Thanks to the gen¬
tleman from Cartersville.
To h jai the bcok n and diseased ti»-
>-U3-, to soothe the irritated su faces,
to iireantly relievo and to perma-
oe ;tl, cu e :s the mission of De Witt’s
W loll llaz 1 Salve —J S. Batts & Co