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THE ASHBURN ADVANCt
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Entered ftt tlie Ashbtmi postofuoc
as second-class mail matter.
Official Organ of Worth County.
Ashburn, Ga., Nov. 5, 1897.
Subscription fl a year in advance
We do job printing.
Beware of trasliy’sliows.
Buy your goods at home.
R. V. Ayers is acting bailif,
Cotton-picking is about over.
We have a sewing machine for sale.
New syrup is coming to market.
For cheap tobacco go to Walk-
er’s.
Superior court convenes on the
29th.
Repairs are to be made on the
depot.
Col. A. J. Davis is a good col-
lector.
A flathead in a dead tree is
more honerable than a tattler.
Geo. Evans visited Valdosta
yesterday.
Gabe Davis is having his houses
painted.
Walker has enlarged his meat
market.
Missing shade trees should be
replaced.
They do drop in at the Dew
Drop Inn.
his turnips for l
Luke raises own
liis market.
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Dr. G. W. Cooper visited Alba¬
ny Saturday.
Ira Teagle here resting his eyes
from college.
Rev. J. C. Flanders went to Da¬
kota yesterday.
Col. Mark Tison of Isabella was
here yesterday.
Mrs. Burke lias opened her
boarding house.
Dr. Thrasher drives with a $5
pair of bridles.
Don’t forget Killian when you
start to build.
Sweet potatoes are plentiful at
BO cents a bushel.
Col. W. A. Hawkins of Cordele
was here Monday.
Sweet suimm-’s gone away and
winter is upon us.
Send us 10 cents for Hie Ad¬
vance three months.
Col. Z. Bass says he has the
•finest horse in town. •
Our job press is in running or¬
der. Need any work?
The price of eggs is a sure sign
.that Christmas is near.
Miss Annie Bohannon returns
to Hawkinsville today.
One of the councilmen lias a
dog tax bill to introduce.
Dr. Cooper’s mother, from
Outhbert was here Friday.
Airs. J. E. Edmondson left yes¬
terday for a visit toPalatka.
Miss Lila Napier of Ilawkins-
ville is visiting Miss Vic Evans.
The state prohibition bill was,
killed in tlie Senate yesterday.
Plenlv of grand e’ovp«. Rl'ic •? and
cinnamon at Gardner & Thrasher’s.
Some of the vacant lots ought
to be housed before cold weather.
A man who will expose a letter
of a friend is lacking in politeness.
Little Eula l'iver presided
gracefully at the organ Tuesday
night.
C. M.Cook and Miss MaryMin-
chew were married near Luke- rc-
cently.
You are expected to “have an
opinion,” but not always to ex¬
press it.
Tlie dime must come first, then
.
we will send the Advance three
months.
Now that the nights are longer,
•church service might begin a lit¬
tle earlier.
Miss Vic Evans and her friend,
Miss Napier, are vi-iting in Tif¬
ton today.
Capt. W. P. Gary of Worth at¬
tended church service here Tues¬
day night.
If you don’t think it takes hus¬
tling, report 200 or 300 news items
to a paper.
J. W. Henderson of Sycamore
was driving a fine horse around
li re Monday.
It mak ?s a fellow nervous to
two of his sweethearts in do-;,
conversation.
Miss Lillian Oauley of Cordele
is visiting Miss Mark Beecher at
T Dr. . rl 1 , timer 8.
Don’t forget that Gardner &
Thrasher have the largest tablets for
5 aents.
Edmondson's 15 horses were not
eflough for the livery business
here Tuesday.
Farmers and mill men say this
is the dryest fall we have had in
several years.
W. J. Taylor was here yester¬
day with cotton, but refuses to
sell at 41 cents.
G. K. Rodgers lias one lone ice
cream freezer that can be bought
it less than cost.
Rev. I. Hobby has a daughter
relapesd from measles who is not
expected to live.
The finest silk plush capes ever
brought to Ashburn cheap, at
Jeffrey & Roobin’s.
TilmanFillyaw of Doles spent
Tuesday night with his sister,
Mrs. Babe Wrye.
Mrs. J. S. Shingler and Mrs. J.
B. Bozeman were shopping in
Macon yesterday.
Maj. Geo. Butler is the best lo¬
cal reporter that ever sticked a
type in this office.
Mr. John Fountain and son, of
Findley, visited Mr. Darien Bar-
field’s family yesterday.
VI ilbui’s Peed Meal, horse and c’.t
tie foml. $1 per package, at Gmd er
& Thrasher's.
The town council is going to
have a meeting sometime and
publish the minutes.
A young Stevens from Emery is
boarding at Mrs. Burke’s study¬
ing for the ministry.
When we have a hatred for
eachotlier it does u$ good to get
something to talk about.
If yon want to be pleased and got
value received for your money, always
call on Gardner & Thrasher.
Mrs. T. W. Ellis of Chula and
Miss Mary Warren of Inaha were
shopping here yesterday.
There is no need of going bare-
mouthed while Dr. Cone is put¬
ting up full sets of teeth at $5.
When you want a good blood puri¬ old
fier or tcnic always call on the
sutnd-bys. Gardner & Thrasher.
Gus Wells’ turnip patch is
enough to make all vegetable
buyers ashamed of themselves.
Joe Shingler writes us from
Mercer that he is doing well, but
sometimes misses the Advance.
Ye pe'pie that suffer with cons'ipa-
lion. have von forgot that Gardner &
Thra-lipr sells Dr. It. Mozley’s Lem¬
on Elixir and Lamar’s Lemon L«xa
lives?
After conference this week,
Rev. Perdue expects to visit Ma-
con and do some preaching up
there.
Mr. and Mrs. Fed Story passed
through Ashburn yesterday re¬
turning from a visit to friends
near TyTy.
Alabama raised the quarantine
yesterday, and you can now get
into that state without a health
certificate.
Dentist:—I will put up a full
set of teeth on a rubber plate lor
$5. Call at my office in Sycamore,
—W. B. Cone.
A. Barbee lias returned to
Worth county and settled near
Stunner, after a stay of four years
in Florida.
To betray a secret gotten in a
dishonest way is about as low
down as to betray goods gotten
(lie same way.
A. IL Ross sat a new syrup pan
for W. A. Story and. one for A. Ii.
Wells ... ,, preparatory to gi intling i-
cane.
TyTy got, wrote up in tlie N. T Y.
Sun and now it has a soap named
after it. What, is to befall
burn?
Onr reporter, Maj. Butler, is at
the Waycross fair, but has
reported since he left, Imre
day.
Do you want llm bos' U'o d and
nerve r< me? a k for*>ur compound f<T- ex¬
tract • f celd'v witli the Sold pilule,I onb' by
mula on the botile.
Gardner & Thra-licr.
Somebody ought to put in a hot
bath and scrub the conscience of
some of those who are doing so
much talking.
Billie Skipper left last week
for St. Augustine. Barton will
go next week. They will spend
the winter there.
jack Sumner went to Irwinville
with four how to trad" and
trade 1 them for on ■. He
the horse at $5*0.
0. 0. andL. K. Rogers, from
up on Swift creek were hero
Monday visiting their brother in
the racket business.
Bros. Lawrence, Suinlin and
Strozier are in Tifton attending
the Annual conference of the
Wesleyan church.
For chapped hands and face one
cake of Gardner & Thrasher’s pure
Glycerine soap applied night and
morning by bathing the hands and
fa<’o well.
POSTED ;—All parties are
warned under penalty of law not
to hunt or shoot birds inside of
my premises. —A. B. W ells.
The Anniversary and Fair edi¬
of the WayX Journal covered
14 pages under flags and colors.
It. takes “Sweat” to do a thing
like that.
Rev. E. E. Sliellhammer had a
good following at the Methodist
church Tuesday night, and he
preached a good serman.
TyTy has six wide-awake mer¬
cantile firms. They are I. L.
Ford, M. B. Pitt, J. IL Ford, W.
W. Williams, S. T. Bigdon and
C. W. Graves.
The saw mill of J. S. Betts &
Co. is shut down for want of wa¬
ter. The pond went dry and t he
machinery in the artesian well
got under repair.
The Luke corresponednt to the
Rochelle New Era says Col. A. J.
Davis was out there last week
prospecting. He should have
said collecting.
Don’l be troubled with that annoy¬
ing cough amt cold when you can
get Bromo Quinia, that will cure a
cold iu one day, at Gardner & Thrash¬
er's.
The coldest wave of tlie season
was Wednesday morning when
the thermometer went down to
47 degrees. It repeated tlie dose
yesterday morning and a little
frost was seen.
Jim Raney says he wasn’t sent
for and couldn’t go, that if a girl
sends for him anywhere he. will
quit selling buggies any minute
and go.
The towns along this road have
been converted into sign boards
by foreign advertisers. It is time
for municipal authorities to say,
Post no Bills.
J. M. Thii'swond of Gro-beck, Tex
says Unit when In- let- a spall of in¬
digestion, aud IbeN bad and sluggish,
lio mkes i wo of DoWiit’s Little Early
Risers at night, and ho is nil right
ttic next mori i ig. .Man" ilmn-and
of others do (he same thing. Do '"ii?
—J. 8. ltd is & Co.
The railroad to Poulan or Syl¬
vester is almost lost to sight, hut
its current is flowing and one of
the towns will spring a surprise
when the other is least expecting
it.
Rev. Perdue and family return¬
ed last week from Florida where
they have been for several weeks
running meetings at different
places. The parson looks a little
thin from a spell of fever lie had
down there.
To advertise our College we of¬
fer a thorough course of instruc¬
tion in Bookkeeping and Com¬
mercial Arithmetic by mail free
of tuition. The American Busi¬
ness College, Omaha, Neb.
Africanmi—The wonderful blood
purifier, cres chronic sores, scrofula,
eczema, constipation, and all
arising from impure b’ood. Sold by
Gardner & Thrasher.
The Baptist church floor was
spit upon in the amen corner Sun¬
day, and the Methodist church
floor abourjialf way back Tuesday
night, and both by old men whom
anyone would think had more re¬
spect for tli(> house of worship.
It it- yunvown fault if you u-o o!<l-
fashioned inoiifiy salves aud
{j,^| F 0 j| w,ur c'otliing and offend
V uv olfactories when you can go I
that veiy plansant and st.ijn!e-s !i-
Dr. Tmlcnnr’s A. tisepti*’. It
h a cuts, burns, f;• c.. quicker and
liwil less suffering than anything,
f ,q eort- bv up to dan druggist-
Marfield & Carrico of Elisabeth-
town, Ky., buying cows to be
shipped to Kentucky and fatten-
cd for market.. They bought 3b
from M. T. Nipper and 05 from
other parties this wick. They
ay they will ship HHX) head from
t his place.
Oqr method of instruction by
mail is the best. Our patrons
^ ^
may write to them for informa¬
tion. It is free. The American
Businc College, Omaha, Neb,
Small pili, safe pill, b st pill, Do
Will’s Lillie Early KLers curobiiiou--
nns<. constipation, -ick lie^d ice .—J
Bets .Co,
Mrs. G. A. Jackson of
brightened tlie Advance
this morning with a
bonquet of pinks, geraneurns and
other choice flowers, This may
make our little Yankee at Fitz-
gerld a little blue, but we can't
help it; the flowers are apprecia-
ted, and they adorn the dining
table at our boarding place.
No use losing sleep and walking the
floor with baby at night because it
has colic. A dose of Ur. Tiehenor’s
Antiseptic (diluted and sweetened)
will relievo ii in a few minute- 1 . Very
pleasant taste and odor, free Horn
opiates and perfectly harmless. Betts
Co. will sell you a bottle for 50 ots,
W. J. Hallman has just return¬ Texas,
ed from a trip to Alabama, other
Tennessee, Mississippi and
yellow fever states, lie says he
had a high and low time, some of
it bitter and some sweet, lie said
he was glad to plant his fool hack
on Georgia soil.
Don’t be annoyed with chills ami
lover when yon cun got Johnson’s
Chill uud Fever Tome u; Gardner &
Thrasher’ .
There is nothing better than
a practical business education,
and there is no better way to ac¬
quire it than by taking a course
of instruction in the Mail Depart¬
ment of the American Business
College, Omaha, Neb. Read their
offer of free course by mail in this
issue.
Disfigurement for lilo by burns Do or
scalds may bo avoided by using
Witt’s Witch Hazel Salvo, the ac at
remedy for piles and for all kinds of
sores and-kin troubles.—J, S. Bolts &
Co.
Two young men of the Ifit.hdis¬
trict—Jim Hobby and Will Kil-
crease—say they will move out
oil the farm and bach next year.
That will <lo where there are no
women, but this country is too
well blest for such proceedings.
Prepare for active business life.
Secure enrolment as a student in
the mail department.of tho Amer-
Business College, Omaha, Neb.
Read their notice of free business
course by mail iu this issue and
profit by it.
If more of us knew ourselves
fewer of us would get lost. Clare
McLendon, Wesley Barfield, Wil¬
ley Ashley, Willie Watson, Wal¬
ter Wliidby and Rollin Smith
went possum limiting the other
night and didn’t get back until
after breakfast the next morning.
They don’t positively deny about get¬
ting lost, but will not talk
why they were gone all night.
J. C. Berrv, onfi of the bust kn iwii
citizens of Spencer, Mo.,‘lesliftc* kind that
he cured himself of the worst of
piles by using a few box' s of lie Wilt’s
Witch Hazel Salve. lie had been
troubled with piles for over thirty
years and had used many iliffei'eni
kind- ofso-callt d cures;but D,*W itt’s
was the one lhnt .lid Hie work, ami he
will verify this slat, went il apyon«-
wishes I. ' wr'te (dm —J 4 Bet's & Co,
Somebody got a ‘kiss in the
boys’ room at Mrs. Cox’s board¬
ing house one night, recently.
Williams and Vinson room togeth¬
er and Jolin Douglas called on
them. One of them gave Mr.
Douglas a nice silk tie to kiss the
other. Each says he is out a tie
and the other is in a kiss, but up
to tlie hour of going to press they
have been successful in shifting and
the kiss off on each other, the
public may never know tlie differ¬
ence.
When you wan! a tooth pasts call
at Gardner & Thrasher's and ask for
Enihynol Tooth Pa-t", which ior-
furnes the breath and destroys all of¬
fensive odor. Only 25 cents.
Mr. J. Z. Cowan, of Worth, died
of pneumonia Friday night. Af¬
fliction is falling heavy on the
Cowan family. D. M. Alinari, of
Conyers, died on the 23d, C. M.
Bewail, of Oedartown, died on
the 24tli, both closely related to
the Cowan family. Sunday morn¬
ing, the 30th, Mrs. Pittman, Mr.
Cowan’s mother-in-law died in
the Cowan home. At the same
time Mrs. Z. J. Cowan w.ih very
low with nervous prostration and
not expected to live. (She is im¬
proving now, however, and the
doctors think she will recover.
“It’s no joke’’ when we say that
Dr. Tiehenor’s Aiiil-opde is people”
lo anyllung > flVrc ! the “dear
as a dressing for wounds,burns,
of inserts, pojson oak, etc. Its clean
liness, pleasant odor, and its wonder¬
fully quick cures makes it a universal
favorite wherever known. For fur-
ltier information apply to J. 8 Belts
& <'o.
We call your attention to the
advertisement of the American
Business College, Omaha, Neb.,
which appears in this issue. They
oiler to give a thorough course of
instruction in Bookkeeping and
Commercial Arithmelie This shows by mail that
free of tuition.
they have faith in their ability.
Young people wishing without to obtain
a business education leav¬
ing borne will do well to investi¬
gate the matter and profit by it.
Hello! Where did y.-u g t Ibai
pair of K'-ilarn & Moore’- crystal
iense cyo-gla^oH? At Gardner &
Thrasher's drug store.
Our venerable George Butler,
the local fiend of newspaperdorn,
is off on a vacation to tlie
ment, of the Advance. He has a
patent on a copying machine and
is traveling South Georgia and
Florida selling rights. He
us his word that he woul 1 cpine
back in four weeks and take
old position,* Being left
with every department of the pa-
per 1ms thrown us a little late,
Wo have a printer now—Master
Zealy Jackson of Sycamore—and
will continue bttsinoss at the old
stand.
• They are still trying to reduce
the acreage of cotton. The only
way to do it is to make every
planter believe every other will
plant his whole dominion in cot¬
ton.
The New York Sun has an ar¬
ticle on the poison of bites from
blue-gum negroes. Many negroes
have blue gums, and it is believed
by many that they areas poison
us a rattle snake.
Wilcox county will vole next
Wednesday on moving the court
house from Abbeville to Rochelle.
She will doubtless follow in
footsteps of her twin sisters over
here and let her do business at
the old stand.
The Daton Argus announces
that after Jan. 1st no man can gel
ihat paper without, paying the
in advance. A fair luiowl-
of newspaper work will
bring all of the papers
to that point.
the Tho courthouse Fitzgerald fight, population don’t lost
but
their obligations to give us
Yankee girl. She is a sweet
Jeffrey & Roobin, the.live mer¬
of Ashburn, are doing a
business. They areolover,
men, and do not mind
their profits with (heir
It always pays to
with them, and this accounts
for their constantly increasing
News.
You can’t alibi'd to ri-k your life by
a cold lo develop into pneu¬
monia or consumption, lus'aoi afforded re¬
lief and a certain core are
by Or e M mile (lough Cure. I >S
Hells & Co.
Smith, Thomas & Co. own one
of tlie finest sawmills in the
State. It is located a few hun¬
dred yards north of the depot,
has a capacity of 40,000 feet of
lumber a day, and is conducted
by as clever a set of states.—Irwin men as you
will find in six
County News.
Ashburn has been written up
by what the N. good Y. Sun, and, Oh My
a town it is. Prayer
meeting at the mills, stores and
hotels three times a day, with
Bro. Smit Ii as ring lender.—Some¬
body hold us.—Irwinvillc Dis-
patch,
Better be getting religeon your¬
self; you’ll need it when they
start to move Hie court house a-
gain.
The Ashburn Advance seems to
lio aching fora fuss with this im¬
pel - , but the No.ck is too wary to
tackle such an intellectual giant.
The New York Sun was so foolish
us to stand off and make faces at
it, and now it is bleeding from
every pore!—Ocilla News,
Hanlon wrote that for a gigan¬
tic, side-splitting joke, thinking
that it would tickle somebody.
So it does. Il tickles (he N. Y.
Sun to know that il Inis a( leas!
one sy in pa I liizer in the cold South.
'III re i- no need of lilllo children
beim/ tnilured bv scald head, eczema,
and skin emotions. DoWitt’s Wifcli
lintel Salvo nives insiinit relief and
cures i" rraiinoiiily — J S Betts & Co.
There is no telling how large a
man will feel when lie finds out
I hat lie is f he fat her of a bounc¬
bright ing boy. Yesterday early morning Gardner
and Dr.
whispered something jumped to Willie Ills
Hargroves and lie on
wheel to come down town and
tell it. Jle sat heavy and on his wheel
as he bent forward worked
(he pedals like piston rods on an
engine. His cup of joy was run¬
ning over and lie got faster and
faster till people wanted to know
vvliat was the mailer. But the
highest, bird must, come to the
earth by and by. In trying to
make a quick turn bis bike col¬
lapsed, the front wheel was a to¬
tal wreck and Hargroves was a
bundle of bruises. His swift ride
was at an abrupt end. He re¬
turned home, spanked 1 lie baby
and told bis wife that he bad
broke his bicycle. Willie and the
hike have gone in for‘repairs.
Mrs. 11. and the baby are doing
well.
ISABELLA,
Possums will soom do to pull.
(Sylvester will cut, the high land
fling now, she lias the old
house. Old Shell Bark was sold
to Col. J. 11. Tipton Tuasday I'or
$21. The Ordinary aud Clerk’s
office brought $25, and the grand
jury rerun $15. Tlie new court.
house is to lie completed by court.
The Ordinary is putting a plunk
fence around the new courthouse.
Col. Mark Tison lias bought tlie
Dr. Hull place at Doles and will
move there next year.
Sheriff Story returned homo
Sunday night, brimfqU of oxposi-
tioii matter.
Miss Lucy Little has a large
music class in Isahoilr.
iSevora I of Worth’s solid farmers
attended the sale here Tuesday,
Miss Ina Williams is visiting her
sister, Mrs. W. II. Gregory. near
AH.
Miss Martha Williams of T V Ty
visited Isabella Tuesday.
Guess ,, some ol , tho close-fisted ,
moneyed class will cut ti e high-
land fling while i7,000 is being
raised to meet the expenses of
tins year.
Some peolo’s conscience is very
is very much like the price of this
year's cotton crop.
You can't cure consumption, hut
you can avoid it and < urn every oilier
form of ihroiii or lung to nble by Hie
me of One Minute Congo Cure.- -J >S
Betts & C<>.
This la Worth Reading'
To advert i,so our College we will
give 1 a thorough course of instruc¬
tion in double and single entry
Arithmetic, Bookkeeping and Commercial
by mail free of charge
to limited number of persons.
This course will be completed in
forty lessons. No charge for di-
plomas. Text books furnished at
less than one-half the usual pri ce.
Class will be organized in a few
days. Full particulars free.
Address:
Tub A mi; me. an Bus. Com.kuk,
( )malia, Nebraska.
We are informed that the 1898
Almanac of I’rof. I rl R. Hicks is
now ren.lv, and judging from its
past .... history, it .. will ... not , , be many ,
weeks in finding its way into A-
merican homes and offices. It is
much larger and liner than any
previous issue. It contains I Hi
pages, ...... splendidly primed ... and ,
is
illustrated on line book paper,
having the (most portrait ever
given of JTof. Hicks. It can no
longer be denied Unit the pnbli-
catums ol 1 tol. Licks . have, . ho-
come a necessity to I lie family
and commercial life of this conn-
try. His journal, “Word and
Works , aside • i r ifont its * i storm, ,
weather and astronomical . . lea-
l ures, lias taken rank with the
best literary, scientific and fa mi-
ly magazines of the age. Do not
believe , hearsay , and j reports. , See y
the Hicks Almanac and paper for
yourself. You will then know
why they are so popular. They
are educators of t he millions, and
unrivaled safeguards lo property
mid human life. It. is a matter
of simple record that Prof. Hicks
lias foretold for many years all
great storms, floods, drouths and
tornadoes, even (lie recent terri¬
ble droul Ii over all I lie country.
Tlie Almanac alone is 25 cents u
copy. The paper is $1.00 a year
with I lie Almanac as a pre: mm.
Send lo
Word and Works Bub. Co.,
1220 Locust St., St. Louis. Mo.
Sycamore Scraps.
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OccMHiorml,
Business continues lively.
Mr. .1. W. Rountree is visiting
lli<* cily of Fitzgerald.
<lordnto is a line town, so some
of our fairer sex I liinlc.
Co! Hawkins of Cordele is vis-
il ing his uncle, Dr. W. L. Story,
Several of Ashburn’s young peo-
:! ( »‘ltd**'! services here Sunday
night.
Rev. J. G. FI.nidi rs pre iclied
t wo able sermons for us Sunday
and Sunday nigld.
Editor II. D. Smith of the An-
vanuk was a pleasant culler in
our town a few days ago.
Mr. Alex Story of Cordele is in
our town for a few days visiting
his brother Dr. W. L. Story.
Brof. Sulton of Montezuma is
here for a few days. We tire al¬
ways glad lo see our old professor.
Dr. W. L. Story has returned
mm a visit to the Nashville Cen¬
tennial, reports a pleasant time.
Miss Monde Smith lias return¬
ed from a pleasant, visit to her
sinter, Mrs. Cross of Willeyt Oil
N. C.
Mr. John Evan;; was in his a<!-
cii ioinod place hisl Sunday night
since the return of a certainyoimg
lady of our town.
Guess what young gentleman
Iniy;; liis ticket on Sunday qftor-
noon to < Mulch hut goes no far-
Iher than Ashburn.
,Mr. I!. F. Sheppard, one of t'or-
delle’s mo i I < n< jactn- young hus-
im-<-: men, wit-, i*i our city a few
Sundays on import inr business.
Sycamore is quite a busy little
town since the giimingseason has
opened. You never fail'to hear
tin; gin running mice it has been
under tho management of Mr.
John Maugham. Mr. Maugham
' H vt ’ r y much liked by the people
of Sycamore; he has proven liini-
-.ell to be one of I he most nicr-
geti,• business men of the county
The Eock House.
—J. a F. In Macon Morcorlnn. /
The inland portion of South
Georgia natural is devoid of attractive
scenery. True there are
f °T‘ st8 » a « d the
spring-time when Nature spreads
beneath <j- the stately pines hei ear-
| )e j 0 ji, ree , 1? these presentno un-
^pinly picture; but the topogra-
hv of tll0 country affords no
striking however contrasts. In scenery
Nature seldom ever con-
lines herself to strict uniformity
but delights in freaks and whims,
which are usually grand or pict-
uroscpie according to the magni¬
tude of their proportions or the
st riking contrasts which they pre¬
sent. It is one of these whims,
not bold or picturesque but suffi¬
ciently striking to excite a mod¬
erate degree of interest in one
accustomed to the sameness of
this section, which I wish to de¬
scribe.
In the western part of Invin
county, Worth, near the lino of Irwin and
and about two miles east
of the little village of Ashburn,
in the midst of a large stretch of
pine f irests the regularity of the
smooth, level surface is broken
by an abrupt depression, of circu¬
lar shape, about eighty feet in di¬
ameter and fifty feet in depth.
This depression is filled with a
dense growth of underbrush,
thickly interspersed with gigantic
tower sweet-gums and poplars which
a few feet above the sur¬
rounding surface, presenting the
appearance to one a hundred
yards away of a small low clump
°. f On the western side
ot t he depression the declivity is
., Imost perpendicular; and far
down through the overhanging
foliage—it was late in the spring
" lien I visited the place and the
joi'age ledge about was dense-can fifteen feet be m seen width, a
extends n I( . edge of which the is straight and
chord of across circle, depression like
a a
T,,e cuntern declivity is less
brush and be by aid of the under-
niiimtes can descended. It ter-
of the ledge directly under the edge
at the mouth of a
cavern formed solid rock, from
take " the name
of the “Rock House.” This . cav-
• nearly , twenty , feet
ern is , .. wide,
w ni, perpendicular walls eight
feet high on cither side of the en-
trance. The roof is inclined and
“W™ ^dually downward to a
distance of some feet, meeting
tlie floor at a sharp angle. Near
the entrance a sort, of shallow
erevisextends transversely across
t he floor. This crevice has a bed
of soil, and forms the channel of
a which tiny stream bubbles of clear, cold water
up from a small
perpetual spring just within, and
on the right of the entrance, and
disappears under the wall at the
opposite side. The walls and the
section of the roof which can be
reached by one standing on the
floor are frescoed with thousands
of names and inscriptions, bear¬
ing different, dates—many of
theiii written generations ago by
neighboring hunters, and curly settlers in the
section.
The place is of mnch interest
to school children in the villag e,
who often picnic and spend their
holidays there.
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SALEM.
PERCHERON-NOBMAN
•K3S83B.
Is a large dapple t
Gray horse, 18 hands
high, weighs about 16-
oo pounds, and is noted
his good qualities .
Why raise inferior
stock mhen the services
of a first-class animal
can be secured at the
Same f Price?
1 invite an ex¬
amination sf m c-<
Horse.
. A. J. SUMNER.
Residence 2 miles North-east
of Ashburn.
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS.
Tho H i valorem tax hooka for the town of
.isliourn fi,c ihw; ere now open, and will h«
fount] ftl Hi-; stoie of J, 0* Hickman A Co.
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