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the ashburn advance
Entered at the Asliburn postofliec
as second-class mail matter.
Official Organ of Worth County.
Ashburn, Ga., Oct. 8, 1897.
Subscription $1 a year in advance
GEORGE BCTLEE. LOCAL EDITOR.
Ten Cents.
Fifteen months for $1.
We are for Fitzgerald.
A year and a quarter for $1.
We have a sewing machine for
For cheap tobacco go to
er’s.
For ice and lemons go to
er’s.
Highest price paid for
Walker.
Ten cents till January and
stopped.
Beefsteak 8 cents a pound at
Walker’s.
American Business College,
Omaha, Neb.
Tobacco 20 cents per pound at
Walker’s.
For all kinds of canned goods
g° to Walker’s.
The Advance goes from now
until ’99 for $1.
Ocilla incorporation. will soon apply for arti¬
cles of
Fitzgerald really deserves Hie
courthouse of Irwin.
Sylvester is to have two more
brick buildings soon.
Sylvester’s high school now lias
forty pupils enrolled.
We got twenty-five new sub¬
scribers last Saturday.
Durham & Co. ginned 225 bales
of cotton up to Oct. 1st,
For meats, fruits, fish and veg¬
etables go to Walker’s.
J. B. Bozeman made a trip to
Hawkinsville this week.
J. S. Shingler made a business
trip to Savannah yesterday.
Mitchell D. Hall lias been ap¬
pointed postmaster atOordele.
G. F. Musselwhite of Enigma
was in town Monday on business.
Davis & Barbre are making
some fine pork sausage. Phone 19.
E. D. Patterson of Bayboro
came up Tuesday on a visit to his
parents.
Finest fruits, candies, extracts,
spices, etc., at Davis & Barbre’s,
Phone 19.
The highest price paid for cot¬
ton in this market yesterday was
5. cents.
The distinguished Rev. R. D.
Gentry of Eastman was in town
Monday.
W. K. Jenkins and wife went
to Dooly county Sunday on a visit
to his parents.
W. H. Harding has been ap¬
pointed Irwin postmaster at Harding,
county.
Airs. R. L. Betts returned Tues¬
day from a visit to her mother in
Fort Valley.
Mr. and Airs. J. S. Betts are
visiting relatives and friends in
Hawkinsville,
Henry Ray, the registered well-known
guano man, was at
the Clyde Tuesday.
Plenty of Arcadian Ginger Ale,
always cold, at Gardner &Thrasa-
er’s soda fountain.
We will send the Advance to
new subscribers from now till
January for Ten Cents.
Mrs. Wilcox has moved her
millinery of store to the store-room
the Dew Drop Inn.
Fine beefsteak and pork, hams,
shoulders and breakfast bacon.—
Davis & Barbre, Phone 19.
Bjb Law was the first man to
patronize our job department, by
having 500 tickets printed.
loaf Everything of delivered, from flour. a
bread to a barrel of
'—Davis & Barbre, Phone 19.
R- A. Luke will hereafter ad¬
dress his letters ou tastily printed
envelopes obtained at this office.
J- W. Murray of Dawson was
.
ui Ashburn a few days this week
visiting his brother. T. E. Murray.
Mrs. Jehu Fletcher of Irwin
county talking fell dead last week while
to members of the family.
tlie Mystic announces tliat she is in
H'win. light for the county keat of
follow. Ocilla will probably soon
.
When you go to make sausage
don t forget that Gardner &
Hirasher have plenty of sage and
pepper.
Miss Peggy Peterson of Syca-
taore was the guest of G. K. Rog-
ers ’ family days this
several
week.
Miss Essie Mitchell of Americas
. i’
hjture 1 Ashburn and will make her
home with Dr. Gardner’s
family.
T. M.Jelks bought, 72 bales
cotton from Messrs. Gorday and
Murray Tuesday, and shinned the
same.
The Holiness Union Association
will assemble in Cordele on the
2.1st, and remain in session four
days.
spending 0. A. Hickman, the who has been
Carolina, is' summer in North
week. expected home next
Gov. Atkinson will have to
name a successor to Solicitor Per¬
this fall, as his term of office
then.
There will be no danger of this
paper after going on to your but. address
your time is It will
not do it.
Messrs. Fullwood, Murray A
I aulk of Tifton have been ap¬
pointed stock claim agents for
the G.S.&F.
I! you get a sample copy of this
paper it is an invitation to sub¬
scribe. Twelve weeks for 10 cents
and stopped.
Pineapple glaces made with
grated Bahama pineapple is all
the go at Gardner & Thrasher’s
fountain.
Read the notice, “Free Course
by Mail.” It was sent in by the
American Business College of
Omaha, Nebraska.
It is said they extinguished the
fire at Sycamore the other night
with a barrel ot cider and several
jars of pickles.
Line up, ye registered voters of
Irwin, and put the courthouse in
the public square in Fitzgerald,
where she belongs.
Tifton Gazette: Mrs. Hill, an
aged lady living in Worth county
at the home of her son, J. J. Hill,
died Monday last.
Where will the new school
building be located? It ought to
be near the railroad, where it
will advertise itself.
Winter must surely be near at
band. Several hoboes bound for
Florida have passed through Ash¬
burn the past week.
Charley Teagle will cut a swell
in Atlanta. Before leaving he
had some handsome visiting cards
printed at this office.
Davis & Barbre will supply you
wite home-made bread and rolls,
Wednesdays, Fridays and Satur¬
days. Phone 19.
J. H. Allen and D. T. Page
went to Arabi Wednesday to at¬
tend the Baptist Association as
delegates from this place.
Davis & Barbre sell fine fresh
cabbage, rutabagas, sweet pota¬
toes and Irish potatoes cheaper
than anybody. Phone 19.
Miss Annie Bohannon, a hand¬
some and accomplished Hawkins-
ville belle, is here on a visit to
her sister, Mrs. 0. W. Evans.
The Irwin County News plant
was moved from (Sycamore to
Ocilla Tuesday. We wish Bro.
Grubbs success in his new field.
The Georgia annual conference
of the Wesleyan Methodist Con¬
nection will convene at Tifton
Nov. 4th, and continue to the 7th.
Moments are useless if irifled away;
and they are dangerously Wasted it
consumed by delay in cases where One
Minute Cough Gore Would bring irn-
mediate relief.—J• S. Betts & Co.
Mr, Blassingame, of near Knox¬
ville, Crawford county, was here
this week looking for a couple of
to purchase and locate
upon.
The third quarterly meeting
the Sumner ami Ty Ty circuit
will be held at the M. E. church
in Sylvester on Tuesday, October
19th.
Van Houton’s house caught lire
before any material damage NVas
done.
A musical was given by J. A.
Kendrick last Tuesday night
honor of the Messrs. Spradley,
which was enjoyed by all who at-
tended.
ored, went to Houston county
yesterday as witnesses in a blind
tiger case.
There is • , less pxoLuurj . .. of 7
more politeness to tne numoer
inhabitants in Fitzgerald than
any free-and-easy town we have
ever visited.
Jim Raney, J. D. Box, Vvijom .
Bunch and Charley 1 eagle vveie
hospitably entertained by Hi.
Ellis Tuesday night atlns home
near Chula.
Our Irwin county menus , . , „ vv r|li u
have somewhere to lay tiimr
heads when they go to Fitzgerald
to court. [This not writ en
for bashful lovers.]
We make a specialty ot instruc-
tion by mail, and are in a P« 81 '
tion to give better service than
be had anywhere else, lo
can fact -offer a thor-
prove This we *_
ough business com sc .’J 1- ‘ a !
of tuition for a lU nl Loll ’
Business .
The American e ,
Omaha, Neb.
Willis Johnson, col., was taken
before Acting Mayor Lawrence
Monday, charged with selling
nsh without a license, but the
case was dismissed.
No man or woman can enjov life or
accomplish much in tlii- world while
Uom a lori'id liver. Do-
* kittle Early Risers, the pills
8 ?3cu "(j 5 tliat ov « im > quickly, J
1 he Home Missionary Socle tv
''ill meet at the M. E. olniroh ev-
erv afternoon next week at 8
All o clock,, ladies if being invited. a week of prayer.
are
For low rates wesi, Texas, Mexico
California, Alaska,or any oilier point,
will: free maps, write to Fred I> Bush,
District Passenger Agent Louisville &
Nashvillo liR, Atlanta, (fa. ly
G. W. Henderson, one of Syc¬
amore’s staunch business men
was a caller at our office Tuesday,
and left an order for 300 letter
heads and 500 envelopes.
Thinning sores indolent ulcers
Minilar troubles, even though of
years DeWitt’s standing,may be cured bv
Witch Hazel Salve. It
soothes, strengthens and heals, it is
the great pile cure.---]. S. Betts & Co.
An Isabella
claims that the matrimonial wave
hasn’t struck that town yet. Just
comedown to Tifton, then, pard,
and bathe in the surf,—Gazette,
If you have ever seen a lit tie child
iu a paroxi-m of whooping cough, or
if you have been annoyed bv a con¬
stant tickling in the. throat, you can
appreciate Cough Ihe value of One Minnie
Cure, which giyes quick relii f.
J. S. Betts & Co.
The College News, a pamphlet
issued by the American Business
contained College, Omaha, Neb., recently
of students over 2,000 testimonials
and graduates of the
A. B. C.
Up to October 1st last year,
when he had no opposition here,
McLendon ginned 240 bales. This
year, up to the same date, and
with competition, lie lias ginned
276 bales.
Sheriff Story went to Starke,
Fla., Monday,and recaptured Gar¬
ter, the white man who recently
escaped from jail, and now has
him safe behind the bars at Isa¬
bella,
Dr. H. A. Wall, one of Bron-
wood’s clever citizens, will move
to PouL-ui this fall. The doctor’s
many friends will regret to lose
him and his family.—Dawson
News.
Mies Maud Domer of Worth re¬
turned from a visit to her old
home in Ohio. This week she
came to Ashburn to attend school.
She will make her home with Ur.
Turner’s family.
The Penny Press says that it
takes very near two pounds of
cotton to pay for a drink of vv
key, hence there is only about
one up-to-date jag in a bale of
11 ic fleecy staple.
Tom Harris and Benj. McDon¬
ald, col., got into a rucus Satur¬
day night, them and Marshal Hallman
arrested Monday morning.
Acting Mayor Lawrence assessed
each of them $1.50.
The beautifully engraved di¬
issued by the American
Business College, of Omaha,
Neb., for graduates are the finest
ever seen. They are steel en¬
gravings, 22x28 in size.
Small precautions De-vitt’s of Uni Little preveni Early
great mischief-.
Ki-ers are very eii'ceiivo small piils in size,
but are most in proventina
the most serious forms of liver aud
siomaeli troubles. They cure con-ti
pauou and headache, and regulate the
bowels. J. S. Bdts & G -.
The pond at McLendon’s gin
went dry this week, and the gin
was compelled to cease opera¬
tions. Mr. Me has begun work
on a well which will supply him
with all the water needed.
The Albany Penny Dress says:
est paper in the State, T it .|, is
about one-half the size of the
Denny Dress, and is edited by 0.
N. Wilson, a boy of 15 years.
^] )0 Odum of Worth county
|, r jngs forward a sample beet
^-ejefijng 164 pounds. 11 he can
market them and “beet" the
Dtev. P. G. McDonald ami fam-
0 f Vienna, were registered at
the Clyde Saturday. They were
on their way to a Primitive Bap-
ti 6 t Association, which was held
near Sylvester,
The Southern Georgia Baptist
composed of dele-
ji-ates from all the Baptist asaoci-
at j 0 „a in the southern half of the
) je held in Abbeville
; ((iUe time iu November. The ex-
, K q t j a t e has not been fixed,
Wm. and John Rogers of Irwin.
^ f orm tr county court bailiff,
^ toWfl Tuesday and Wed-
, declare that Irwin
county ought to have contributed
toward re-building the Lutterfob
bridge,
The business course we
" clv ' “ 'j fi ...ri,-iml
course, and l.. - 4t ,r i,iac-
tic.il in every ~r' 4 1 *
Vniericitn Business t.'tG !• v-,
lia, Neb.
The American Business Col¬
lege, Omaha, Neb., has a notice
in the local columns of this pa¬
per offering a complete business
course by mail free of tuition for
advertising purposes. Did you
read it?
Certainly you don’t want to sutler
with dyspepsia, constipation, *iok
headache, sallow skin and loss of ;i|>-
petne. You have never tried Do-
Wilt’- Little Early Risers for these
complaints or you would have boon
eared They are small pidu but great
regulators -I. S. Betts & Cm
Charley Teagie isn’t, inucli on
the sing, but, lie’s a rattling good
fisherman. Tuesday ho made a
sneak on McLendon’s pond and
caught a fine string of the finny
tribe, and Ye Local was the re¬
cipient of a mess, for which we
return thanks.
T' e “Bicyclist’s Bc-t friend” i- a
familiar name for JieWitt’s IVitch
Hazel Salve, always read' for emer¬
gencies. While a spocif.c for piles, it
also instantly relieves and earns tuts,
bruises, salt rheum, eczema and all
aff. ctio s of the skin It novel- falls.—
«f. S. Betts & Co.
The Ashburn Advance is get¬
ting ready to do a land office
business this fall, AVith new
type, new machinery, increased
energy and more room, it, can
hardly fail to rake in the shekels.
—Irwin County News.
Our method of instruction by
mail is the best. Our patrons
say so. Send tor testimonials
and list of names and addresses
of students. It is five.—The
American Business College, < turn
ha, Neb.
H. D. Smith, of the Asliburn
Advance, was in Fitzgerald his!
week. The Advance has recently
taken on an improved appear¬
ance, and is one of the cleanest
and newsiest papers in this sec¬
tion of Georgia.—Irwinville Dis¬
patch.
No with use- losing sloop n.ud walking Out
floor batiy at iiittht boonuso it
has colic. A dose of Dr. Tiohonor’s
Ait--plic (diluted and sweetened)
wi:l relieve it m a few minutes. Very
pleasant taste and odor, tree Irom
opiates ai d perfectly bottle bnrroiess. for 50 Betts
& Co. will sell you a ct-.
The Advance wants to hire our
poetry editor. Too late, as usual,
Brother. Another man was just
before yon. and our poetry editor
has already gone up hire.—Ga¬
zette. Gone to “Beek-a-more ’
congenial clime, probably.
If you wish to be enrolled as a
free student in the Mail Depart¬
ment of the American Business
College, Omaha, Neb., send in
your application at once. Their
offer of free course by mail will
be open for a limited time only.
Ashburn has a negro woman
with three jiving husbands. The
air around Henry Smith is d< »_
moralizing, as vve said before.
Next thing, George Butler will
be married three or four times.—
Tifton Gazette. Oh, get out { Do
you take us for a Mormon elder?
When Worth had her removal
campaign, Poulan promised ns a
girl for our work. She failed.
Now vve have entered into a sim¬
ilar contract with Fitzgerald. the If
she fails also we will yield up
ghost so far as courthouse remov¬
als are concerned.
The Sikesboro correspondent
of the Local says: We have, been
informed that trains are running
on the Hawkinsville and Isabella
railroad to W. A. Shingler’s, and
the road has been graded as The far
as Rev. 1. Hobby’s place. is wait¬
road reaching this place
ed with pleasant anticipations.
A couple of fake doctors ap¬
peared on the streets Tuesday
night to sell an instantaneous cure
for chills. One of them was tak¬
en with a chill immediately would after
opening ceremonies, but
not take any of his own medicine
and the pa r hook t he dust of t he
town from their feet.
The directors of the Georgia
Southern and Florida road have
declared an annual dividend of
$5 per share on first preferred
'lock ; " -vs As soon soon as we \\ cun snare I
three or four days tune we will
count umi t me the mimber miiimei of oi these vm st shares na,
we hold and collect ^ each on
R’ 0111,
Ii is ymv own fault if jou u-c. oM-
your oJfac’ories when you can gei
, hli very p'e'satit and -bin c-8 h
q iid, I>r iic l i'*ncr’^ A u-c. ii -, n
li als cuts, bm-ns, tie., quTio-r and
vvi'h less suffering Ilian an thing,
50 ce '' t ' ,J ' Uf ’ t,, dal '
Bro. ib-ri jngbi .iv • m one coi-
umn of his paper that he ha ; uot
worked off a single ovsb-v jok<i
this season, and alleges as a rea-
son that he ha- too sinc-re iu
faction for the bivalve. But in
the very next column I '■ gel a
tap following : “The let; d i>
meet an old friend’ m.d ask:
Whut sort of a rioim- a’laoys an
ov-t<r /; If he gives if .up, til
him “a noisy rod - annoy/
, ■ « wimt i tint o 1 •• n
« con 8i» ten cy?”
“It’s no nor’s joke” when vve is say
Dr Tich- A.ilBopttc superior
M nvtiung • ff--* e*t tiro ‘'dear
hncss, pi as mt odor, and us wo»
• fuiu quick cures makes it a
j y .,, e ty iknown- r r fur-
I i-cr -G OUG s i *ii ap»;y to S.
&
•‘Four negroes and one
man made their escape from the
Worth county jail last Friday
rounds night” is the an item going the
of State press, hut is
a mistake. Only one while man
ami one negro escaped, as slated
i' 1 the Advance last week, and
t>lii'iil( Btoij of!ois a reward of
$25 each forllndr recapture.
C. T. Teagle left yesterday for
the Atlanta, where lie will attend
Atlanta Medical College.
Charley Ashburn has hosts of friends in
that who hope and believe
lie will come forth from the
college crowned with honors, and
make his mark in his chosen pro¬
fession.
Airs. I>. '!'. Allen, wife of thi'
propi iolor of the Allen Printing
Florida, house, Tifton, has returned from
whore she went seven
months ago on a visit to her
parents, and sickness prevented
her from returning until now.
Mrs. Allen is u noble woman, and
her many friends will rejoice to
know that her health is improv¬
ing.
J. JM. Barker and T. II. McMur-
rain of Syemnoro got into a diffi¬
culty over n division of tin* crop
made on shares, w hen Mr. Barker
caught McMnrraiu by the coat
collar and kicked him. Barker
was arrested and tried for assail It
and battery Tuesday, ami hound
over to the superior court, He
gave bond and was released from
custody.
Maj. White has boon adding a
a stove Hue to bis shop this week,
and making- other improvements
to add to the comfort, of winter
loungers and tale swappers who
drop in occasionally ami watch
tlio Major work. That may be
all right for a harness shop, hut
we are going to put a cold storage
battery in this office, and scatter
tacks on chair seats as soon as
winter sets In.
''there was an arrival at the
Olydo House Tuesday, who failed
to register. However, we are in-
formed that his surname is Bar-
bre, and that mother and child
are doing nicely. (J.. G. Barbie
that, is doing boy, some but he tall bad Dragging better about
con-
line bin remarks to people on the
streets, for if lie tries it, at home
tliat youngster is liable to cuff
him one.
The Irwin Bounty News says:
A. colored man on 'Squire Hay's
place near town planted twelve
acres in cotton this year, besides
ample provision crops, lie and
his wife have done all the work.
He lias already ginned and sold
Bix bales, and will get three more,
They pick out, a bale every three
days, which makes an average of
250 pounds each per day. This
kind of farming pays.
At the business meeting of the
Epworth League last, Friday
night,, the following officers wero
elected: Prof. L, I). Passmore,
president; R, Leo Betts, 1st vice-
president; Miss Vic Evans, 2nd
vice-president; Miss Kate Jenkins
third vice-president,; F. 10. llud-
son, secretary; W. K. Jenkins,
treasurer.
Shelton Dumpier, who killed
Sam Parker of Cecil at llaliirn
lasf month has been captured,
and , is • iu . jail • at .iri- Valdosta, * n Dane
pu-r was found secreted in an
old house near Cecil. When lie
was surrounded by a sheriff’s
posse a regular baffle occurred,
lasting several hours, and not on-
til he was badly wounded in one
shoulder did he surrender. None
of tiie posse were injured. ;
We „ f have received . a copy of the
Ashburn Advance, and gladly
place it.on our list of exchanges,
\Ve see that the name ot George
Butler appears as its local editor.
George Butler is the kind and
courteous printer who came to us
like a god-send last winter and
run the Monitor for two or three
weeks when wo were too sick to
hold our head up. We shall
er forget hi in ; and may lie ever
pi’DHper.— Montgomery Monitor,
Moultrie lV L' mu k, lias has bad na another u i, - liorri- n ri
hie murder. Yesterday afternoon
11 ,r ^ Harris and his son Robert
x Henry Nemmitli and his • son
Nfttl)an tho road three miles
from town, when the Harrises
shot the Neisruiths, the elder one
e dy J other than about one year
a Roberfc Harris was married to
daughter . of « Henry lf Ne«mith, at • m uL
a
and she is suing her husband
dlvorcc aI ; d a h ;? 0I ^; J ‘" a -I
, i 1 t a
1 S!lif ’ aIM i if caught 45 they
J j
Alt' Davis met with a terrible
accident ut ids gin seven miles
from town Tuesday. The gin
became dogg ;d and fm aDenijdod
to reniov.- :no obstruction when
right arm w • cau>,i. i. Vim
saw-, and horribly mangle l. The
fle.-.h h -tween Hm wrist ml el-
was torn in si, h 1 a .4 ,1m
b w law ba:v. 1 T . » iwi wu
ii- MDnvi
brought to town 1 S troa';omit,
' • Gardner and i hi t
dres-. _ a um , vvo , and tin
srxir'sriMvi. 5; 41 as could
„
- -J of a v. o ulerl ul am mili
. u> . j... to0 ) ; U o color,-
mi /.Tie ti; vv >o:T \v a being
The Asiibui’u Ashworth Bicav, ('}»« , nld
The buggies'Tu I’mniv is one
the finest our
today; |\ built of the finest
^. ovvi hickory, but thoroughly up by
| )( ,st workmen and a
.loliablo (iom. A horse cannot
|,ceat thu shafts ov scarcely any
other par! of the bug'gv, When
you buy an Aslnvorlh you will
hovr a boggy to he sold by your
ml nimbi rat or.
Mrs. Geo. K. Wilcox desires to
inform her friends through
columns of the Advance that in-
has moved from her former place
of business to the l’innix House.
She has a nice line of millinery
goods, and will he pleased
have them call and examine her
stock, and she will do all she can
to please her customers. Thank-
ing all who have favored her with
their patronage, she cordially in¬
vites all to give her a call be'we
buying tliei’- fall andw inter mil¬
linery.
A few hundred feather-bed sol¬
diers from Fort. McPherson aro on
a march of 125 miles, to bo com¬
pleted in ten days, and the daily
papers of Atlanta are making a
ado about, it. It can only
he compared to Bill Nye chasing
Jersey bull calf around a barn¬
yard and calling it a Imll'alo
This so called soldiering
would give an old votoran a pain
in the abdominal regions, just to
the accounts given by the
war correspondents” who accom¬
the expedition by rail.
Asliburn, Ga., Ocl. I, 1897.™
1 )ear \Y ilii -: Sim • writing you
lasf Mr. G. M. Killian lias opened
up a builders’ supply businesn at
Oordolo, and is selling about ev-
erylhing that is needed in Imild-
ing a house. I had fully intended
going to Macon next week to buy
lime, sasli, doors, blinds, paints,
etc., for our new home, and while,
there run up to Fafonton and jive
you all, blit-since Mr. Killian has
opened up his supply house in
Oordelo 1 will stop there and buy
of him. He seems to be selling
as cheap :l - s Macon, and tlm
freights are much less from Go)
dele to Ashburn than from Mu-
con. However, ! am going to I ry
to pay you all a. visit about Xmas,
Hope (his finds you all well.
Write soon. With love to Mattie
and the children, your affect ion-
ate brother—Mike.
The Moultrie Observer gives
the following account of the ar-
''est ol U. 15. Hardin, mention ol
which was made in our last issue :
U R. R- Hardin, who lias resided
in thin county for something like
siz years, was carried to Dooly
county Monday by iShorifl Rob-
erts, where lie will have to an-
svver to a, charge ol murder. It
seems that lie escaped, alter corn-
milling murder flu-re six years
ago, peaceably and has been this rest ing quietly
and in county u i-
til recently, when Sheri If Fisher
was called upon to arrest him on
a warrant livvoru out against him
for the cruel treatment of
step-son. Mr. Fisher placed liar-
din in jail, and then if leaked on!
I,hat lie was wanted in Dooly
county,whereupon Ji< lelo.vraphc'd
Sheriff Roberts. The reply soon
came to hold him, and Monday
'Sheriff Hob -rts cam" down for
Hardin.”
We excorp . ,, ho following r ,, from
the Crop \ liulkuh for the week
/ tlu! m , l|j]iem
lv f . ,n 1,1 11,0 , ( ? tate the w ett * ll, , ’ f
,aK ,,0 ° n 8OU,0W 1,, ‘ t van0( , ? a,lri 1 !'^
the past seven days. 1 In the south-
f u " ,,es Bt, ,rn !>' weaU .\ c r
cd several . days. ,
I>'°rai on
ncrtuMja.-d wm-ls and some rain.
I hnsc winds caused very ugh
tides which damaged rice m some
sections. 11ns division of the
State bus been more favored, so
far as vain it- concerned than
either the middle or northern.
Cotton picking continues, and a
large portion of t,lie crop has been
saved. The entire crop is open
Corn is being g&theicd, il J l<
nearly an average crop is 1Hl1
Cane is fair in roost sections. Pin-
dors ate good, but the crop of
sweet potatoes is short. Jurmps
are doing fairly well, but in
SOme lo<!illi1 ' ios noetl rttir1, Pas "
titres are not vory good, but the are
m,10h , , bettor t t, han nan m in cithpr eiiner of oi in.
upper 1 divisions of the State,
^of farm-rs are savinc a cood
,c v ’
; 10 ^he'county r ... antlforities .,
^ .
..... t £*
when tlioy undeitook to remove
^enty-seyen misdemeanor con-
victB Irom the two private camps
of Tat , |m aml 0re -r Bros. Sheri IT
went to the ramps
armed with an order from Oomity
-TidgeJ.J. McDowell,
mg the removal of the convicts to
the county jail, but tie went
without, the prisoners. Greeit Bros.
refused to lease the men, and s >
did Tatum when the sheriff went
to that. camp. The reason given
was that they had paid tho fine-
of the men, thus complying with
the sentences, and tliat. this end-
ed the relations of the prisoner
with the court and the sheriff.
The county authorities have made
no further efforts to take the
victs to jail. Lawyers express
the opinion that the judge cannot,
order the men to jail after their
films have been paid, but' they
j every, W . *.■.,«........ one of the uijii defamed at
th.;,,; camps, it. teems that no
on ; can act in ti e matter but a
prisoner, or someone working iu
his henalf. lr, is possible that l he
convicts do not know that they
ar0 illegally lie In. Greer Bros,
arid Tatum wo.k 173 convicts all
told,
Epworth League Monthly.
The Charity mi 1 ' ' depart¬
ment of the Epworth League will
hold a very important, ami iuter-
eating service at the Methodist
church in Asliburn Oct. 15 at 7
p. m.
I’liOUUAM.MIC.
1. Song voluntary.
2. 'oug.
8. Heading scripture, Tarn
22-27, and prayer,
4. Song.
5. Talk on Visiting, by JW.
j>
ti. Selection, by Miss Vie Evans.
7. The Necessity of Advertis¬
ing— Miss May Jenkins.
8. Song. Flower
0. and Welcome Com.—
Miss Kate Jenkins,
10. Our Duty to Sunday-school
and I’rayer-ineeting.—Prof. Pass-
more.
11. A collection for missions
and church extension. Each
League member is expected to
bring one cent for every year of
their age. All visitors are re¬
quested to do likewise, and t.lura
help in the good work, if any
desire not to tell their age, just,
put 50 cents into the collection
box; that, will do..
The music will be conducted by
Mrs. Annie L. Walker of Hyca-
more. Let everybody come, and
if you can’t help to tho amount, of
a cent, for every year you have
lived, come anyhow.
J. O. Flanukhs, P. 0.
SVGA MORE SPECIALS.
Wo are glad to note Hurt Miss
Otho Clements is able to be out
again after her recent illness.
Misses Cora, Mary and Mattie
Williams return home after a
pleasant visit to t he country Sat¬
urday.
Mr. Eddie Magelteand family
were visiting their um !e, Mr. E.
II. Smith, a few days last week.
Editor II. I). Smith of the Ash-
bum Advance was at the opening
of our school Monday. Come
lignin, editor.
Mrs. J. 1!. Warren of Rochelle,
Ga., is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Rountree.
Messrs. Arthur Clements, Paul
Tin ley and Willie Sloan visited
Willingham Monday.
Mrs. J. W. Smith, Master John,
and little daughter, are visiting
Arabi this week.
Capt. Henderson presented
Prof. Bates a gopher; but the
professor is puzzled to know what
t, > do with him. | Send it over
here, Professor, it there is any¬
thing we like better than a go¬
pher, it’s two gophers.— Local
Eo. J
The Irwin County News left.
Sycamore for Ocilla this morning,
and almost everyone regretted to
see it g<i—< pecially the young
poop! ■ of our town. They en¬
joyed reading it vary much. 1
guess it was very interesting to
note the happenings of the sur¬
rounding eouniry. It will not be
moved on! of the county, but v/e
will not. appreciate it as we did.
when it was publish d in our , ii
luge.
has l’r,f. move,d Bates of Kingston, Ga.,'
down to mr town for
, j)(! purposH nf Dmcldug school.
School opened Morday with sev-
pupils. Wo think in a
W eek or such a matter we will
j mvo twenty-live or t-iiirty pupils,
|»,. t , ( y l; : ,i ,»h is about, fifty years
()|(| , mH tm.gl.f school for
him! ' . ,j I.Tlren
-G] love lb s- -m ; i-ist like
' j'mher to us all so'willing H-. • • so
kimliv . lll(! seems to do
V( . r y;],iup imjihT. in !»is }>ewc^r to help
School is opened with
prayer every morning, and no
doubt ||'f God is present. We invite
a ' () (!() u 1( .. ’ , V( . ' w ’ j]| | K} gi a( ] t 0
haV(! VOil> Sohmmstiodb.
TAX NOTICE.
FIRST ROUND.
I will be at Hie following pla¬
ce.;; for the purpose of collecting
State and county taxes for the
year 1807, to-wit: Monday,
Asliburn, Oct 11.
Ty Ty, Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Clement’s Still. Wednesday,
Oct. 18.
Sumner, Thursday, Oct. 14.
liarrill Court House, Friday,
< let. 15.
Tanner’, Pond, Saturday, Oct
10.
Wai vv irk, Monday, (let. 18.
Doles, Tuesday, Oct. 19.
Vine’s Mill, Wednesday,Oct. 2b.
W. A. 11 All, Tax Col.
FREE COURSE BY MAIL.
To advertise our College vve
' A llt fD . ve » thorough ., . course of nr-
•••riicaon in d<m me and single eu-
t, J Book-keeping aud Coramer-
<'ial an 1, roe tic by mail free of
charge to a limited number ot
persons. 1 his co me will be com-
plete l in forty lessons. No char ;e
tor diplomas. Address the Amor.-
can Business College, Omaha, Ne-
hraska.
To heat tbo b ob n and ui-> ase l tis-
P to so uh- 'h i titat .1 surfaces,
t - in-fautly ri-l c-ve and to perraa-
"Tjtlycu e s tie ,f DeWitt’s
. A".Icli Haz -I air — -V S. B "s do