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DAYS OF CONFEDERACY.
Gen. Gordon Lectures in flain—
Contributes $50 to Ceme-
etery Fund.
Gen. John B. Gordon, of this
state, delivered a lecture, the
other day, in the city hall at Ban¬
gor, Maine, to an audience of
1000 persons, for the benefit of
the soldiers’ and sailors’ lot at
Mt. Hope cemetery. His subject
was “The First Days of the Con¬
federacy. ”
The platform was appropriately
and beautifully decorated by the
two posts of G. A. R, of Bangor.
Gen. Gordon said:
‘‘Ladies, comrades and beloved
countrymen of Maine—Let me
say to you that there stands be¬
fore you an ex-Confederate, whose
sons and grandsons, capable of
bearing arms, fought for the flag
in the war with Spain, (applause.)
My heart was loyal to the Con¬
federate flag, but when it went
down at Appomattox I saw in the
smoke of the battle the hand of
the Almighty holding together
this glorious Union. I told the
remnant of Lee’s defeated army
that Providence had decreed the
failure of their cause, but had
placed them not in the hands of a
foreign foe, but in the bands of
their own countrymen, who would
see that justice was done—and
that prophecy has since been veri¬
fied.
“A few years ago when I first
consented to deliver a few lectures,
they were given without money
and without price, but a preacher
suggested to me that it would be
a good idea to mix a little profit
with patriotism, and I acted on
his advice. I was rather struck
with the aliteration—“preocher,
patriotism, profit,” and since
then I have been stirring into a
barrel.ul of patriotism about a
spoonful of profit.
“I speak now as an American
who loves his country. What is
that country! It is wherever that
banner floats, (applause.) Every
acre, whether in contiguous lands
or in the far-off islands of the
sea, where the flag floats is our
country. It floats over the Phil-
ippines, and if is ever hauled
down there it must be by other
hands than these.”
Gen, Gordon then told of the
causes of the war, speaking to
some length upon -the opinions
which prevailed in the North and
South in regard to state rights.
After referring to slavery as one
the causes he said:
But all til at is past—goue for-
ever and by Heaven’s decree, aud
,
as a southerner, if by one stroke
of my pen I could restore slavery
I would not do it.
During his eloquent discourse
Gen. Gordon paid tributes to the
negro mammies, to the young
soldiers of both the north and the
south, and of the women who
cheered the warriors of both
sides when they went forth to
fight.
He held the entire attention of
hie hearers from the beginning to
the end, and frequently was in¬
terrupted by applause. His lec¬
ture, besides giving an excellent
historical treatment of his theme,
abounded in humor, incident and
pathos — a combination which
made the address one of the most
notable and at the same time
most entertaining ever heard
in this vicinity.
In closing, Gen. Gordon made
the following reference to the ob¬
ject for which the lecture was
held:
“I want you to build your mou¬
uments, and the higer you build
them the higher the tribute you
will pay to the barefooted and
ragged heroes who held you at bay
for four long years. I wish that
those monuments might hold their
heads among the stare. The de-
cendents of both armies will see
to it that wherever the flag of the
Ucion may wave, on land or sea,
it shall be more and more re-
apected by the nations of the earth
'and that it shall move onward and
upward in its beDign mission to
humanity.”
Gen. Gordon took his seat
amidst another outburst of ap¬
plause and cheers.
$1,500 FOR FUND. Gen.
At the close of the lecture,
Smith, after ipeaking briefly of
tbe death and presentiment of the
en d of Maj. Edwin Manassah
Smith during the battles at Chick-
ahominy, spoke of the work which
.
bad been already done upon the
veterans’ lot and announced th«
of the managers of tW
fund to provide a fund which
would insure having an American
flag fly over it for all time. He
then raid that as a result of a
cauvass made by the members of
the committee, 13 persons had
contributed $100 while others had
given cash enough to make another
sum of $200. He then called upon
Capt. Garnsey, the treasurer, to
read the roll of honor.
• Capt. Garnsey was about to be¬
gin when Gen. Gordon arose and
said : “Before the roll is called I
request the privilege and honor of
subscribing $50 for the fund.”
Gen. Gorden’s generous an¬
nouncement was greeted with
cheers and long hand-dapping.
Gen. Smith grasped Gen. Gordon’s
hand and said:
“Gen. Cordon, this is indeed,
very touching, and in behalf of
our old soldiers I accept your kind
and generous gift. We accept it
in the same spirit in which it is
given, and thank you from the
bottom of our hearts. General,
some of us, at least, have met you
before—then as a brave, courage¬
ous memorable foe, and we re¬
spected you. Now, we meet you
as a brave, courageous, memora¬
ble and generous friend, and we
love you. God bless you, Gen.
Gordon, and may He spare you
for many years that you may con¬
tinue the good work that you are
so nobly carrying on.”
A LIFE CONVICT.
He is a Goat That is Serving in a
Penitentiary Camp.
“The queerest thing I ever saw
was a goat,’’said a gentleman at
one of the depots yesterday. “I
recently spent a short time at the
Ensign Lumber Company’s peni¬
tentiary camp at Worth, Ga., and
while there met the goat, that is a
life convict. i learned from the
guards that he has a very interest¬
ing story in connection with his
penitentiary life. He would no
more think of crossing the guard
line than would one of the most
intelligent and obedient men who
are serving time. He knocks
about the camp all day, and as
soon as night comes he runs up
with the men to be chained, and
he is treated in every respect just
like a human being. A guard told
me that the goat was under sen¬
tence for having, several years ago
overturned a table laden with
dishes, and he broke somany. cups
and saucers and plates that he was
given a life term of imprisonment,
and he seems perfectly content to
pay the penalty. This is about
the way the goat came to be first
introduced to the camp:
“Several years ago, a life con¬
vict, a negro, got hold of .the goat
when it was a kid, and was allowed
to keep it about the camp. Every¬
body threw it a crust of bread at
meal time, and before a great
while he grew up to be one of the
biggist goats in that section of the
country. It shows what a goat
will do if you feed it, with all due
respect to Maj. Smith’s views.
After a time the negro escaped
from the camp. The goat, in the
meantime, had grown accustomed
to ths ways of the penitentiary
crowd, aud he did not seem to
pine very much for his master.
He went right ahead serving out
his sentence and he has never
shown any disposition to try to
run away, He sleeps quietly at
night, fastened to the big chain
which secures all of the mui.”—
Macon Telegraph.
Joe Wheeler’s Fighting.
lt has been asserted by General
Wheeler’s friends that General
Otis and his advisers were jealous
of Wheeler and cuntrived to keep
him away from fighting ground
while fighting was going on.
There seems to be some mistake
about this view, however. The
Memphis Appeal says:
“Nor is this the worst. There
is not wanting evidence to prove
that General Otis sought to have
General Wheeler captured by the
insurgents. He was given a hand¬
ful of men to defend a small town
called Santa Rita, and this place
was attacked eleven nights in suc-
cession by a vastly superior force
and no effort was made by Otis to
aid the beleagured city in driving
off the insurgents. Had General
Wheeler been taken prisoner there
would have been joy in the Otis
camp, where the gallant Confed-
federate cavalryman is. hated be-
ause of his known fighting qual-
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Local Happenings.
Judge McArthur is re-fencing
his plantation.
Mr. G. 8. Evani, is on a busi¬
ness trip to St. Louis.
Mr, John H. Allen goes to Ma¬
con on business to-day.
The new string band was out
serinading Wednesday night.
Mr. W. A. Murray has been
quite ill this week, but is im¬
proving.
Fourteen carrom boards were
received by Ashburn parties last
Monday.
Mr. W. E. Gannon, of Worth,
spent last Sunday with Mr. J. W.
Stafford.
Quite a number of Ashburnites
attended Sunday school at Worth
last Sunday.
Mr. J. C. Durham will spend
Sunday in Unadilla with relatives
and friend(s).
Mr. W. R. Dupriest and wife
attended services at Pleasant Hill
Church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. George Daniels
attended services at Pleasant Hill
Church Sunday.
ltev. J. J. Hyman, of Abbe¬
ville, was among his many Ash-
burn friends this week.
Mr. A Roobin, of Cordele, has
been spending this week with his
friend and ex-partner, Mr. H.
Jeffrey.
Miss Minda Hardin has been
absent from W. A. Murray’s store
this week as a result of her sis¬
ter’s illness.
Mr. C. E. Holmes and sou Jim,
of Moultrie, departed for their
home Monday, after visiting Mr.
and Mrs. G. B, Gorday.
The Baptist choir practiced at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Clarke last evening. It was a
very pleasant occasion.
Miss Ella Holmes, of Moultrie,
left Ashburn Monday for Athens,
where she re-enters college. Miss
Holmes will graduate in June.
Our merchants are daily receiv¬
ing large consignments of spring
and summer goods and will soon
have beautiful lines opened up.
Misses Louise Herndon and Ly¬
dia Clements, of Arabi, returned
to their home Monday after a vis¬
it to Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Jenkins.
Miss Vic Evans, who has for
several weeks been the popular
guest of Hawkinsville relatives,
returned home Thursday, to the
delight of her mauy Ashburn
friends.
A special musical program will
be rendered at the Baptist church
Sunday. Subject of morning dis¬
course will he “A Future State.”
Public invited to hear this dis¬
cussion.
Your attention is called to the
card of Dr. J. H. Powell, Fitzger-
gerald, Ga. He is a specialist of
much renown aud has made won¬
derful cures of diseases of the eve,
ear, nose and throat.
Miss Johnnie Bohannon, after
an extended stay with Ashburn
relatives, departed for her home
in Hawkinsville Thursday, much
to the regret of many friends
whom she made while here.
Attention is called to the ad-
vertisemen of Mrs. J. A. Shirah
which appears elsewhere in this
issue. She is receiving a beauti¬
ful line of Bpring and summer
goods and will take pleasure in
having you inspect the same.
Bands and disbands are the or¬
der of the day—and the night
too—in Ashburn. The very latest
is a string band composed of the
following members: Messrs.C. T.
Hadaway, Rollie Smith, P. W.
Bolden, Walter Whidbv, Frank
Tison, Lee Whidby, Jule Patter¬
son, Guy Venable, George Hall¬
man and Langdon Clark. The
boys promise us some real, first-
class music in the near future.
Revival Services.
The revival services begins at
the Methodist church next Sun¬
day morning. Rev. J. L. Murrell
of Cartersvilie, Ga., will assist in
the preaching, and Prof. E. J.
Cheek will conduct the music.
The hours of service aftei Sunday
will beo’^30 and 7 :80 p. m. We
extensor pobJ> iSrdial invitation to the
\ JT ^.ytewl ‘1 J. tbe C. Fl.A5DF.R8 meeting.
Devotional League Meeting.
Subject: “Rejecting Christ.”—
Mark 12:1-9.
Reading and comments: i’unish-
ment of an unfruitful vine¬
yard—Isa. 5:1-10. Miss Es¬
sie Mitchell.
Cursing the barren fig tree—Matt.
21:18-22. J. L. Evans.
Personal responsibility—Luke 12:
18-25. J. W. Evans.
Broken off throgli unbelief—Rom.
11:1(5-24. £. C. Harrell.
Unbelief loses all—Heb. 8:6-19.
Miss Sadie Roberts.
Faith Gains all—1st. Cor. 3:7-28.
Miss May Jenkins.
F. E. Hudson, Leader.
Mr. H. Jeffrey having disposed
of Ins entire stock of goods, and
who is now so soon to leave us,
begs us to say to his many friends
former customers that it is
no little feeling of regret
he will soon have to say
Mr. J. says that as the
for his leave-taking draws
the harder his heart knocks
the buttons on liis coat,
which leads one to believe that
has been playing in a game in
hearts were trumps. You
be much missed at this end
the line, you may rest assured
that, Jeff, and though lost to
sight, to her memory you’ll be
The Advance extends to
Mr. J. all kind of good wishes for
in his new home—Balti-
timore, Md.
Values in Cotton.
“Values in Cotton” is a very iu-
struceive book, lately published by
Mr. D. A. Tompkins and issued
from the Observer’s book bindery.
Page 1 shows a sample of coarse 4-
pard sheeting. Three fifths of the
North Carolinr crop is now put in
this. It commands 5 cents a yard,
300 cents a pound. The value of
North Carolina cotton crop of 500,-
000 bales as raw cotton at 0 cents
is $15,000,000. As sheeting at 20
cents a pound its value is $50,000-
000 .
Page 2 shows a sample of Etoile
du Nord gingham, which brings 10
cents a pard, 60 cents a pound.
The North Carolina crop of 500,-
000 bales in this goods would
bring $100,000,000.
Page 8 shows a sample of Mer¬
cerized cotton or Taffeta silk or
Taffetene. 80 cents a yard, 00 cents
a yound, and the North Carolina
crop manufactured into this would
be wortli again $160,000,000.
Page 4 shows a Bamplo of French
mull, 18 cents a pard, $1.20 a
pound. The whole North Caroli¬
na crop in this goods would be
worth $800,000,000, the value of
all the raw cotton raised in the
South.
Page 6 shows a sample of deli¬
cate French nainsook, 60 cents a
$6 a pound. Tho value of
the North Carolina crop of cotton
this goods would be $1,500,-
.
Pago 6 Bhows a sample of ex¬
Swiss embroidery, 26 cents
a yard, $25 r pound. The value
of the North Carolina crop of raw
of SOO’OOg bales at 6 cents
being $15,000,000, manufactured
into this beautiful fabric would be
worth $6,850,000,000.
Of course the point of making
the entire North Carolinr crop in¬
to Swiss embroidery of French
nainsook would never be reached,
but so much of it as could be
made into these goods would be
valuable in proportion.
Let us take the children from
the mills and teach them how.—
Charlotte N. C. Observer.
The Clark case, which is being
investigated by the Senate com¬
mittee, is likely to plague some of
the senators who are candidates
for re-election, thinks the Savan¬
nah News. It is said thhere are
several of them who would like to
vote for Clark, but they are afraid
to do so lest they should have dif¬
ficulty in explaining the matter
to their constituents. Mr. Clark
has acknowledged that he lias
spent $140,000 in the campaign
aud it would be rather hard to
convince the average citizen that
so enormous a sum could have
been expended legitimately. To
Senator Clark, whose income
amounts to millions of dollars a
year,.$140,000 is a trifle, but to
the farmer, the mechanic, the
clerk aDd others it appears a pro¬
digious sum; altogether too much
to be spent in an effort to reach a
seat which vp only $5,000 a
year. rx
All Over the State.
Augusta Herald: The Dewey
presidential boom, which was so
promising only a few months ago,
lias slipped into inocuous desue¬
tude.
Atlanta Constitution: Tho bi¬
metallic argument attached to the
gold standard measure will make
a good handle for Democratic
campaign orators.
Darien Gazette: Quay will
soon get that seat in the senate.
Several Democrats will vote for
him because they prefer him to
any other Pennsylvania Radical.
Dawson News: Evidence seems
to he accumulating that too much
American whiskey is being used
to educate the natives of the Phil¬
ippines up to our standard.
Columbus Ledger: The final
agreement of the Kentucky bellig¬
erents to submit to law is another
illustration of tbe strength of our
governmental structure, Tbe
state courts will now settle the
contention.
Savannah Press: It is cheaper
to buy real estate than to fight
font. Jefferson purchased Louis¬
iana for $15,000,000, but we paid
$20,000,000 for the Philipines and
shed a vast amount of blood in
addition thereto.
Augusta Chronicle : Tho south
furnishes enough cotton to run
75,000,000 spindles, but has, in¬
cluding the mills now building,
less than 6,000,000 spindles. And
yet some people talk about over¬
production of cotton mills in the
south.
The Macon Telegraph is agitat¬
ing the question of agricultural
training for the farmers and is
doing good work on that line.
The time will come when training
of tips sort will have to ho em¬
bodied in the curriculum of the
common schools, and then it will
be taught along with other
branches while the minds of tha
pupils are plastic and retentive,
says the Valdosta Times.
Albany Herald: It is the be¬
lief in military circles that when
General Ludlow returns from Cu¬
ba he will be succeeded as military
governor of Havannah by General
Fitzhugh Lee. If General Lee
receives such an honor at the hands
of the Washington government
the fact will occasion great sur¬
prise, for the former consul gen¬
eral has not been treated with
very great consideration by the
administration since he accepted
a commission in the provisional
army, despite the fact that his
services in cuba just prior to tho
breaking out of the war with Spam
were of inestimable value to the
country.
The Jones Pension Bill.
Some of the private pension
bi I Is that are introduced in con¬
gress indicate to what an extent
tho raids have gone on the treasu¬
ry in the name of recognition of
patriotic service, says the Atlanta
Journal. Representative Bower-
sock, of Kansas, has succeeded in
attracting attention to the abuses
of our pension system by introdu¬
cing a bill to place one Charles E.
Jones on the pension roll at tbe
rate of $30 a month. The claim
of .lories to the gratitude of his
country and to remuneration from
its cash b'»x is based upon the al¬
leged fact that he wont to Cuba
during the Spanish war in the ca¬
pacity of photographer.
Jones avers that he attached
himself to a regiment as its offi¬
cial picture-taker and that he
fired many a brave snap-shot on
the field of battle.
An examination of this remark¬
able case reveals one defect winch
has caused Jones and the liberal
statesman who is trying to pack
him on the pension roll some
trouble. It turns out that there
was no such man as Charles E.
Jones with the regiment named in
the Jones bill, either as a fighting
man or a kodak artist.
It is possiblo, however, that
Jones may have forgotten what
regiment he was with. I 11 look¬
ing over his war pictures he may
have gotten things mixed, and
should not be made to suffer for a
iittle error like that.
The Jones bill seems to bo in
Bowersock together, m*y
to pull it out. /
OUR STOCK OF
New Spring; Goods
are:
Arriving: Daily.
We have made a careful
Study of the Mar¬
kets and our
DRESS GOODS
Include the Newest and Latest goods
Our Silks for waists and trim-
are beauties. Our dress goods
all cut in short lengths™no two
patterns alike.
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OUR CLOTHING
Will reach us in a few days. We bought
Mice Line andean fit you. Our suits
Double-breasted vests are attractive
and up-to-date. Suits to fit the Large,
Medium size and Slim Man—let us show
to you before buying.
OUR SHOES.
Shoes for the Ladies, Shoes for the Ba¬
bies. Shoes for men, girls and Boys, in¬
all the toes, colors and shapes.
We want the ladies to inspect our famous
Zeigler Bros, line of Shoes, Oxford ties
and Slippers. We are carrying the Hess’
shoes for men.
HAT5, HATS
Of every description, Dress Hats, work¬
ing* man’s hats, Durbies and straw, felt
cork hats. Let us show you through.
GROCERIES,
New and fresh. You will find no old
on our shelves—we buy them, open
up, sellout and replace with new goods.
You should try Heinze’s Pickles, Jellies.
Tomato Catsup and India Relish—we
know of nothing better.
FURNITURE.
Room Sets, Chifoneers, Dressers, Hat
Racks, Book cases, lounges, willow rock¬
ers, golden-oak rockers, willow and reed
Bahy carriages. In fact a full line of furn¬
iture of all kinds. Carpets and rngs of all
descriptions. Try us before buying—we’ll
do our best to please you.
Hardware-Crockery.
Stoves, plows, wagon and plow gear,
hardwareofall kinds.
Dinner sets, water sets, toilet sets; most
anything you can call for in Crockery and
Class ware. Call and inspect.
Highest market price paid for Country Produce
You cannot over stock us with chickens and eggs
Our trade demands more than we can possibty
so try us when you come to town. We want
all you can spare and will pay Top of market.
YOURS TRULY,
J. S. BETTS SCO.
Ashbvirn, Ga.
