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^oca l Happen i;:gs.
Vaccinate!
' i'-nnu ’.us quarantined against
Cordele, the and very wisely, loo, as
by Morning Call culls the disease
its [ roper name in the follow-
ing article: “Across the alley
from the Cali office a negro with
the smallpox was pulled out and
sent tothepest house. From this
office cleat on 'around the street
nearly to the depot is a rotten
row of Jens that ought to be burnt
up if the city was able to pay for
them. They are perfect peat holes
of vice, immorality, filth and db-
ease. The city council should
condemn these buildings, as they
are in the lire limits and a menace
to tiie town on that account, to
say nothing of the matter of sail
itation. Cordele being a railroad
center is a perfect Mecca for tramp
negroes from all parts of the
state, and these are tho people
who are scattering these contagi¬
ous diseases all over the state.”
Let us take steps at once to pre¬
vent the spread of this disease
among our citizens. Everyone
should.be vaccinated.
Shingler Mercentde Co.
In noticing the immense busi¬
ness lacing done by those of our
merchants who advertise in the
Advance we woul-s call etpeciai
attention (o the mammoth stock
of merchandise carried lay the
Shingler Mercantile Co., which
embraces almost everything that
a person needs or wants.
sell dry goods, clothing, groceries,
farming implements, and in fact
anything and everything that you
can call for. The house is mak-
ing a great run now on ladies’ and
gents’ fine shoes. When in search
for these goods ask for Cun ley’s
special specialties—they’ll know
the rest—and you will not only
get specially good bargains, but
specially ’ good treatment. Ben.
Canny —the only and original
Ben—the pet of all the girls—will
take pleasure in serving the ladies.
Mr. M. S. Cantey, the business
manager, is a gentleman of large
experience in the mortantile lino,
and our word for it, what lie tells
you is just that, way.
Nothing is given away—and who
would expect it?—and nothing is
sold below cost—and who would
expect that? Surely no sane per¬
son ! But for prices that just sim¬
ply knocks tho bottom out, and
makes competition turn pale, we
respectfully cite you to the Shin¬
gler Mercantile Co., M. S. Cant.-y,
manager, assisted by that true
Christian gentleman, Mr. i). P.
Patterson, and Mr. B. 0. Cantey.
Mr. P. C. Everett,
Whose advertisement hat; ap¬
peared contiguously in these col-
unis from - the time of his en-
trance into business until the
present, deserves more than a
passing notice at our hands. Mr.
Everett came to Ashbui n 1c. s
than t»vo years ago, buying out
the drug business of Messrs.
Gardner & Thrasher, or at least
what goods were saved from the
big tire which occurred about, that
time, and lor a time continued
the business in the room now
copied by Drs. Gardner &
Thrasher. It was not long, liow-
ever. before Mr. G. B Gordav,
6ee in a- the demand for more and
Letter business houses, erected
the handsome and commodious
Di-ick building which now grace-
Railroad avenue, and into one of
those beautiful stores Mr. Everett
removed his stock, where in has
beeii doing an immense trade
ever since— wholesale and retail
_supplying: this whole section of
country with the pm G and
freshest of drugs, paints, oils,
dye stuffs, toilet anndcs, e<c -
Beside- conducting the drug bus-
Hies-, Mr. E. is engaged in t-h®
saw mill business with Mr. Dur-
ham. lie is an expansionist.
It May be Colonel Jackson Soon.
In a private letter from Merc-ei
we learn that our young
Zealv Jackson, who is in the law
depart''’- 1 nt, is progressing nicely
w j t h I • studies, and that with-
ou t- ,me unforeseen mi- i.-ap, he
hiss diploma in June, and
w pl then be a full-fledg--d limb of
t j ((1 : a w. This will be gratifiing
’
ne vf to his many friends in Irwin
and Worth counties, it will then
he C'-fH e l 'Lickson.
,1#** thijt sound Tuhnv :
At the Auditorium.
Last night a recital and musical
under the superb management of
Mr. H. T. Bohannon and Missos
Rosa Link and Lueile Burdick,
was given at tho Auditorium of
Ashburn’g now academy. The
follow log programme was render-
ad i:i a manner that displayed be-
jond a doubt that Asbburn has
her share of talented musicians,
and that they have cultivated tho
ail me:
Just, One Girl...... . Orohertra.
Recitation— Dick’s Watch. . Tom
Siting! r.
Duet—Qui Vive Misses Betts
ami Link.
Dialogue—Two Little Toadstools
.Oathline Thrasher and
Nona l’iver.
Love’s Treasure . .Brass Qartette.
Recitation—Whistling in Heaven
......Miss Eula River.
Song—Aethoro. . Mrs. A. B. Clark.
Recitation—Bannockburn . Mil-
ton Shingler.
Trumbone solo—Call me Back....
H. T. Bohannon.
Dialogue—Love Scrape.....Alda
Ratten, Tom Shingler and
Claude Matthews.
Piano Solo—La Fontaine Miss
Ella May Evans.
Recitation—The Frenchman and
the Flea Powder. . . Annie
Futcii.
Flower Song..........Ocliestra.
Recitation—Little Mag and I
Arthur Shingler.
PiannoDuet—Vaillance Polka .
Misses Evans and Piver.
Dialogue. . Milton and Clyde
Shingler.
Thoughts of Home.. Brass Quar-
tette.
Recitatiou—Angels of Buena.vista
Miss Mary Futcii.
Piano Solo—6th Rhapsodic. Miss
Annie G. Betts.
Recitation—If I were Only a Kit-
ten Oathlme Thrasher.
Vocal Solo—Good Night, Sweet
Dreams . Mrs. A. B. Clarke.
Mr. Johnson Turn Mo Loose. .Or¬
chestra.
Recitation Miss Lueile Burdick.
Tableau.
Naught can bring happiness to
us in the midst of care as the
sweet strains of music. Canfident
are we that Pope had just such
a musical as rendered last night,
when from his brilliant intellect
and facile pen emanated the
words:
“Music the fiercest grief can charm
And fate’s severest rage disarm.
Music can soften pain to ease;
And make despair and madness please.
Our joys bo?ow it can improve .
And antedate the bliss above,”
L- t all Asliburn encourage, fos¬
ter and support such recitals as
was had last night. Remember¬
ings that the attendance upon
such an - ntertaining musical gives
to one a feeling of joy and com¬
fort, suppassing the sound of
flutes on the water, and leaps
from the heart as though it were
bathed in the cool oxhilerating
springs. Oh, that man could
have this feeling come to him in
the midst of care or sorrow, or
irksome business 1 Oil that we
might always turn away and listen
and hear it ringing throughout
our journey 'like, a silver bell,
with power to scare away the ill
spirits of the mind! How much
wo owe to music! It turns the
p,. 08Q 0 f onr ] j f e into poetry;
j t qj n g 8 ghowers of sunshine over
^ darksome wood in which we
traveling; it touches with
light even onr sleep, which is no
more the imago of death, but
gemmed with dreams that are tho
shadows of imm rlnlity.
It is an imperfect sympathy
that grants only sympathetic
tears. We must join in the mirth
as well as the melancholy of our
neighbors.
»f our country indulged in and
encouraged music and refined re¬
citals more they would not only
be happier, but better, and if
philanthropists would provide-
; , !nU g ; ments for the people they
v . |jn](1 favw j tin- trouble and
xpense of their war against the
public theatres.
Si-,-iiit li. 8. Sb ry was in the
city yesterday .-linking hands with
his m. ny friends.
‘
Mrg . < k) ,, ncil nnrl daughter Miss
, jf Amcrif;il s, are gu-.-sts of
A ‘ u ' lllUril ® .-..iatives.
of Vienna, _ . tie
Mr. Everett, i -
g«esfc of bis brother, Mr. P. C. -v-
9ratfc -
Air John H. Allen’s Sunday
Lool class were delightfully en-
by Mis Jv-ma a;^
Thursday evetr’ng.
Sycamore Siftings.
Misses Daisy Dvoss and Minor
Bates spent Saturday with their
friend, Miss Whidden, near here.
Mr. E. R. Smith, Dr. Warren
E. Story and wife, and Mrs. Dr.
Worker wont up to Macon on
business on Tuesday.
Mrs. Cross left for her home in
Virginia Wednesday, after spend¬
ing quite a while with her father,
Mr. E. R. Smith. Her departure
was regretted by her many
friends.
Mrs. John Evans, of Ashburii,
spent several days in Sycamore
this week. We are always glad
to welcome Miss Flory in our
midst.
Mr. E. R. Smith, Jr., is with us
this week.
We are gla 1 to learn that Mr.
T. S. Butler, of Ty Ty, will make
Sycamore Ins home for the future.
We always welcome a man who
has a charming daughter.
Our little city is still flourish¬
ing, and enjoying good health.
Leo.
Bishop YViison.
Bishop A. W. Wilson, a distin¬
guished divine of Baltimore,
preached in our Methodist church
on Thursday night last to an ap¬
preciative congregation.
Bishop Wilson is on a tour of
South Georgia, lie tilled the pul¬
pit at the Methodist church in
Tifton on Friday night.
He also visited Quitman this
week, at which place lie dedicat¬
ed the new Methodist church.
Tomorrow, March 4, he will
dedicate the handsome brick
church at Fitzgerald.
The Bishop is one of our most
distinguished divines, and it is
not, often that our people have an
opportunity to hear such a man.
Remember the J. P. election to¬
day.
Note tho change in G. S & F.
schedule.
Judge N. McArthur made a
business trip to Albany Monday.
Col. B. B. White visited Vienna
Wednesday on professional bnsi-'
ness.
Mr. K. B. Judge, cf Palatka,
visited Ashburu relatives last
week.
Cols. .T. A. Comer and B. B.
White went to Macon Tuesday on
legal business.
Dr. T. H. Thrasher is having a
commodious’barn erected, and is
otherwise improving his place.
Mr. A. B. Fiver is having con¬
siderable repairing done about his
new homo on West Railroad street.
The pinnix House has two pairs
of new steps on the outside, and
on t he inside Mrs. Cook can ac¬
commodate a few more boarders.
Mrs. R. S. Woodard and chil¬
dren are visiting relatives in Cor¬
dele. R S-, and Clarence are
batching, and wishing they could
cook.
Mr. E. T. Clarke and family of
Smithville, have again become
residents of Asliburn, to the de¬
light of many friends and rela¬
tives.
Attention is called loan adver¬
tisement elsewhere in these col¬
umns, offering for sale seed sweet
potatoes, multiplying onion sets
and Spanish ground peas, by Mr.
Lawrence.
Ira Teagle, who had a paralytic
stroke several rnonthb since, while
doing du y in lie Philippines and
who is yet unable to walk, is ex¬
pected here Saturday. He has
many friends in Ashburu who re¬
gret his misfartune and who will
be delighted to welcome him
home.
Mr. J. F. Kish, of near Ashbnrn
spent a couple of days this week
in Ocilla, the guest ofhis son, Mr.
John Kish. Mr. Rish was until
two years ago a leading citizen of
Early county, having stood by
the county in all of her dark
<j{ tr, ’ ubl « durili 8 thc recon ‘
Btrwct,6n He is an old ex-
Confederate soldier, having faced
ShennanaroundAtlanta.follow-
j„g ],j, n to GriswoldviJle, just be-
)ovv yj acor)j where he was shot
through and through during that
hot little mi ah. Mr. Rish has
always jt /*«» ."jul planter
and u prevaf cil,a L>iE "
prevent?
All Over the State.
Savannah Press: “The man
with the lioe” in a few weeks will
be the most popular man on t lie
farm.
Atlanta Constitution: “Plow
for me while I vote” should be the
motto of tho Georgia farmer this
political year.
Albany Herald: Senator De¬
pew spoke on the Philippine
question; and the dome of the
capitol didn’t fall.
Frank Stanton: “It is cloudy
weather in South Africa every
time old man Kruger knocks the
ashes out of Ins pipe.”
Waycross Journal: Jeff Davis
lives in Quitman and George
Washington died in the Ware
county poor farm a few weeks
ago.
Hawkinsville Dispat,cn: Ad¬
miral Dewey has presented his
wife with a brooch of diamonds
set in steel from a Spanish vessel
sunk at Manila.
Thomasville Times: Whether
defeated or victorous, Oronje has
won the admiration of the world
by his heroic struggle and splen¬
did lighting qualities.
Hawkinsville Dispatch: Con¬
gressman Lewis has been inform¬
ed that his bill for the repeal of
tho war tax will not, come up at
this session of congress.
Waycross Herald : The demo¬
crat who kicks out, of harness
simply because all tho buckles
are not arranged exactly to suit
him, is a poor democrat. In fact,
lie is no democrat at. all.
Quitman Free Press: The ex¬
perience of Roberts in Congress,
the Kentucky governorship, and
the case of Harry St 111 well Ed¬
wards and the Macon postoffice
show that a political position
should be well fortified.
Blakeley Reporter: The coun¬
try press is sitting down on can¬
didates for State offices with a
dull thud and they will have to
“come across’’ if they get much
notice by the country hoys. And
why shouldn’t they do sop
Augusta Chronicle: Senator
Bacon’s suggestion for a primary
in each county at which the peo¬
ple can vote for the man of their
choice for United States senator is
meeting with popular endorse¬
ment throughout the State.
Dalton Argns: “Rev.” H. D.
Smith lias bought the Vienna
Progress, and is even beating his
former briliaut efforts on the Ash-
burn Advance and Cordele Senti¬
nel. Brother Smith is a whole
team—liamestrings and all.
Thomasville Times-Enterprise:
They are making a light for a
“Greater Macon,” in the Central
City. Macon has'too long delay¬
ed the movement. With her su¬
burbs taken in—and they are
practically a part of the city—
Macon would have a population
of perhaps 50,000.
Enquirer Sun: Andrew Car¬
negie’s income for two-thirds of a
day from his steel plant alone
would enable him to give fifty
thousand dollars to a free library.
When Andy begins to get poorer
instead of richer, tho public will
begin to believe that he js really
getting to bo a generous man.
Albany Herald: It is a fact
worthy of note that the British
War Office lias not, published the
list of killed at Paardeberg Drift.
The announcement is made that
the wounded during the fighting'
of Sunday Feb. IS, numbered
about, 800, but no statement of the
fatalities on that or anv subse¬
quent, date lias been made. It
may be expected that when the
carnality list is finally published
England will conclude that she
paid very dearly for her victory.
Mr. Eli Clarke informs us that
among the last lot of hogs killed
by him, which killing took place
la-t, Saturday, was one two years
old weighing 405 pounds net. The
bog was of the Poland China
breed, but was unusually large for
its age.—Moultrie Observer.
That’s a good sized shoal, but is
a mere suckler compared to two
recently killed by lion, T. B.
Young, of this county, which
netted 1,280 pounds..-Oeilia Dis¬
patch. Wortli county 'till holds
the blue ribbon, having recently
killed a snoat that tipped the
beam at something /over 900
pounds. ♦
.ftgg
Going Like Hot Cakes.
Since our iimiouncomont in last
week’s Advance that it was our
intention to sell out regard ness
of cost, tho goods liavo been go¬
ing like hot cakes, and in order
that all may have a chance to
supply themselves with dry goods,
clothing, lints, caps, boots, shoes,
and the thousand of other things
in stock, at New York cost, we
take this method of telling thorn
to come at once, before the goods
are all gone.
Wo bought our goods before the
great rise in goods took place, and
consequently Now York cost at
my store means a great deal—it
means less than the samo goods
could now be purchased for by
wlmlesalo in New York today.
A word to the wise is sufficient.
Respectfully yours,
II. Jkffkey.
For Safe.
SEED SWEET POTATOES,
MULTIPLYING ONION SETS
AND SPANISH GROUND PEAS.
Apply to ;L LAWRENCE.
A dispatch from Vienna to the
Macon News says: The city au¬
thorities of Vienna Saturday in¬
stituted a strict quavatine against
Cordelo on account ol the pre\a-
lenco of smallpox at that place.
A disease suspiciously like small¬
pox has prevailed in Cordelo for
tome months, but if was mild,
and the medical fraternity thero
were divided in opinion as to
what it was. But its contagious
nature and increasing virulency
of late seems to have established
its identity as genuine smallpox,
and the city authorities of Cor-
dele have recognized as such, and
taken measures accordingly.
This quarantine on the part, of
Vienna will operate to prevent
the spring term of Dooly superior
court, which was to have con¬
vened here next Monday, There¬
fore Judge Littlejohn has signi¬
fied his intention of organizing
tho court here on Monday morn-
ing, and immediately ordering a
recess for two weeks, which will
postpone the sitting of the court
until Monday, March 12th.
H0GANSV1LLE HARRY.
Over the Appointment of Miss
Jones as Successor to laiftin
Ilogansville, Feb. 2(5.—The long
boycott of the people of llogans-
vi 11c against the local postoffioe
lias been ended by tho appoint¬
ment of Miss Flora Jones to suc¬
ceed Isaiah (1. Loft in, a negro,
wiio was fonnerly postmaster at
this place.
boffin’s appointment was made-
over the protest of tho people and
the Georgia congressional dolega-
tion, From the moment of his
undertaking the duties of office a
strict boycott was maitained
against him and instead of $1,000
a year which the position should
pay, it is improbable that Loft,in
made one-tenth of thgtsum out of
it,
the department tried every
method of making the inhabitants
pair nize tin office, but the peo¬
ple each time found some way
out of flic dilemma, and up to the
time of his departure a few weeks
ago hardly more than a dozen let
1>rs from one or two white people
had passed through i,oft in’s hands.
He was shot from ambush one
evening a; lie was leaving his
residence and now holds a position
in one of the departments at
Washington.
The incoming of Miss .tone.",
who is highly respected, will
doubtl'- -s put affairs on tho same
plane they were before Loft in’s
appointment-
Rev. J. C. Flanders was in Val
dosta several days this week,
at'ondant upon the Twentieth
Century Thank-Offering Rally < f
the Valdosta district.
Misses Lydia Clements and
Louise Fieri don, of Arabi, at-
temb'd tji i Recital wt the Audito¬
rium last cvenim.'. They were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Jenkins.
In* our next we will write up
those of o^ir advertisers wjio have
not already been written. We
have been terribly run this week,
and hope none will
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ONCE IN A CENTURY!
i AM <JOIN* J OPT OK BUSINESS.
AND OFFER MY ENTIRE STOCK OF
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes,
Hats, and Gents’ Furnishing’
Gooods at First Cost, that is,
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MY GOODS WERE BOUGHT AWAY BEFORE THE
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CAME ON
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You Would Have to Pay Elsewhere for Same Goods.
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DO HOT DELAY, IT IS FOR YOUR OWN BENEFIT
Respect iiiiiy,
own . JEFFREY,
Asf t fou rn, Georgia.
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