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All Over th£ State.
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Rome Tribune; Almost every
one of our Georgia weekly ex¬
changes has two columns of pol¬
itical announcements. We hope
they si) collected the cash in ad¬
vance.
Albany Herald: Yes, ths war
stamp tax should go, but it will
not, for some time to coine, at
leaBt. It is piling up money for
the Republican majority in con¬
gress to spend, and they will not
repeal it.
Augusta Chronicle: The
amendment to the constitution
providing for the election of
United States Senators by popu¬
lar vote passed the house over¬
whelmingly, but wait till it gets
to tile Senate.
Columbus Ledger: It is said
that President McKinley is con¬
sidering ex-Governor Walcott for
his running mate. Roger would
make the handsomest vice-presi¬
dential candidate ever seen, but
neither he nor Hamm’s man can
be elected.
Editor Jack Powell says: “A
movement has been started to
erect a very costly monument to
the memory of Governor Atkin¬
son, His widow is talking insur¬
ance to make a support. ” Aud
there’s a whole sermon in these
few lines.—Albany Herald.
Tifton Gazette: The Execu¬
tive Committee of the State
Couuty Scbcol Commissioners’
Association held a meeting in the
office of State State School Com¬
missioner Glenn last week. It
decided to hold the annual meet¬
ing this year at Barnesville, July
3, 4 and 5.
Americas Tinies-Recorder: Al¬
abama has spoken, and Governor
Johnson doss not seem to be in it.
Morgan will be returned to the
Senate with one voice of the peo¬
ple of his State. Governor John¬
son seems to have made a mistake
in reaching out for a high office
that was so far beyond him.
Savannah News: Possibly the
friends of Secretary Long think
that he would naturally fail heir
to the Roosevelt boom for the
vice presidency; for of course
the governor of New York could-
not do otherwise than throw the
weight of his influence to the sup¬
port of his former bureau chief.
Macon Newe: It is now re¬
ported that Senator Hanna will
not, owing to ill health, continue
as chairman of the Republican
national committee, and that he
will be succeeded by Assistant
Postmaster General Perry S.
Heath. Mr. Hanna,however, will
doubtless furnish most of the
brains and supplies just the same.
Fitzgerald Dispatch, 27th : For
three weeks past one of the most
remarkable religious revivals ever
held in Fitzgerald has been going
on at Central Methodist church.
The meeting has been conducted
by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Blitcb,
who has been assisted part of the
time by other ministers. At Eas¬
ter services Sunday 25 members
were received into the church.
Sale of Atlanta Journal.
Atlanta, April 16.—Hon. Hoke
Smith today sold his interest iu
the Atlanta Evening Journal to
H. M. Atkinson, Morris Brandon
and J. R. Gray, of Atlanta.
Complete control of the Jour¬
nal passes into the hands of Mr.
Atkinson and his associates, as
the minority stockholders also
disposed of their holdings.
Mr. Smith realized three for
one on his stock, and the money
turned over to him today for his
530 shares was $159,000.
The minority stockholders re¬
ceived two and a half for one, II.
II. Caba’niss, who is the largest
of the lesser holders, getting
$65,000.
The amount involve?! in the
entire transaction is $279,500.
Mr. George II. Dickinson, for¬
merly of the New York Herald,
will be publisher under the new
regime. Mr. H. H. Cabanisa lias
been asked to remain as business
manager, as has also E H. Rich-
ardson, editor, and Josiah Carter,
for several years the managing
editor, and it is believed they
will do so. ,
Mr. Garter is one of the most
active newspaper men of the
South, and has been largely in¬
strumental in making the Jour¬
nal one of the leading Southern
The Best Advertising.
Evidence that live,and popu¬
lar newspapers are, of all adver¬
tising mediums, bv far the best,
lias accumulated until it may be
fairly called a demonstration.
The most enterprising and sue-
cerstul merchants have learned
this truth by experience, and
tlieir testimony is practically
unanimous in favor of the mo-
dium of the newspaper as the
host means of reaching and at¬
tracting the trade.
Mr. John Wanamaker is the
most famous and perhaps the most
successlul American merchant,
and lie advertises almost exclu¬
sively in newspapers. He is said
to spend more than $500,000
year in this way, and he attri¬
butes his immense success mainly
to his newspaper advertising.
His two magnificent department
stores, one in Philadelphia and
the other in New York, are said
to have netted him nearly $4,000 r
000 last year, and he is advertis¬
ing more than ever this year, and
almost entirely in newspapers.
Frank Daniels, manager of
Wallack’s theatre in New York,
took “a hand primary,” so to
speak,the other night on an im¬
portant question, in which the
business public throughout this
country and the world is directly
interested. The story is told as
foilaws:
“Botween acts ushers distrib¬
uted among the audience slips
with a brief printed statement,
politely asking the recipient to
indicate by a check-mark in tlife
list of various advertising forms
employed which one had attract¬
ed him to tiie performance—news¬
papers, billboards, window litho¬
graphs or something else. The
people seemed to take kindly to
the idea, and the response was
most liberal. Eleven hundred
slips were handed to the ushers,
and of that number 991 had been
attached to the newspaper solely.”
As the Richmond Ledger says,
in commenting upon this inci¬
dent: “The newspaper is the
thing.” There is no other me¬
dium of advertising that com¬
pares with it in advantage to the
business man.
This incident indicates that the
general public as w-ell as shrewd
business men, understand that
newspapers furnish incomparably
the best means of advertising.—
Atlanta Journal.
In the course of an after din¬
ner speech made bv Cape. Sigsbee
in St. Paul the other evening, lie
indulged in one of his rare refer¬
ences to the great tragedy iu
which he played such a prominent
part. “If the Maine was blown
up intentionally,” he said, ‘T can
only say that it was the blackest
crime of the century. But we
never knew whether there was any
culpability. If I did know I
should tell it. From a technical
standpoint there is nothing more
certain than that the Maine was
blown up from the outside. But
I never had any idea that the
Spanish government as a govern¬
ment blew up the Maine. How¬
ever, w f e were in harbor, and as¬
suming that the ship was blown
up from the outside, the Spanish
government was morally respon¬
sible—to a certain degree. ” Re¬
ferring to these utterances by the
commander of the ill-fated Maine,
the New r York Times approvingly
comments as follows: “That
stating the case accurately and
moderately—with too much em¬
phasis on the
Captain Sigsbee is a very judi¬
cious officer, with a fine control
over his eloquence and a timely
knowledge of the way the things
will look after they get into print.
Such officers are valuable posses¬
sions.”—Albany Herald.
Columbia’s idol has fallen.
We did hope that this one man
would let his heart be satisfied
with the love of his countrymen;
that he would allow his old age
to be brightened by the knowl¬
edge that his heroic achievement
in Manila Bay would live in
aud story; that he would let this
republic remember that as a
and commander he had done as
best he could that whereunto he
was sent, and that the plaudits
an admiring world were deserved,
and would ever be deserved, by
him. But not so. The
consciousness of duty
and orders strictly obeyed
been overshadowed by selfish am¬
bition—and Dewey is a
for president.—Exchange.
LOCAL AFFAIRS,
Thingj' r hat Happen About Town.
. .isonal rientiou Etc.
Mr. L. 11. Jenkins is in Way-
cross .
Mr. C. W. Graves, of Tyty, was
here Thursday.
Mr. G. B. Williams, of Isabella
was in the city Tuesday.
Mr. W. A. Murray made a busi¬
ness trip to Macon Monday.
Messrs. II. T. Bohannon & Co.,
visited Tifton frien ’s Tuesday.
Mr. P. II. Davis attended coun¬
ty court at Isabella Wednesday.
Attention is called to the new
announcements appearing in this
issue.
Judge J. W. Price spent several
days in tlie city this week with
friends.
President W. S. Witham, of the
Bank of Ashburn, was in the city
Wednesday.
Rev. J. F. Culpepper returned
home Thursday afternoon from
Adel aud Moultrie.
Dr. and Mrs. E. C. Walker and
Miss Katie Whiddon, of Syca¬
more, were in tho city Thursday,
shopping.
Rev. Will Massey occupied the
pulpit at the methodist church
Sunday and was .heard by a large
congregation.
Rev. J. 0. Flanders was not in
the city Sunday, being in Sylves¬
ter where he has been assisting in
a revival for sometime.
Dr. T. H. Thrasher is all full
of smiles, and as he is just back
from an electioneering tour, he
must have been having good luck.
Mrs, A. B. Clark has accepted a
position in the millinery depart¬
ment of W. A. Murray’s establish¬
ment. This department is ably
conducted by Miss Minda Hardin
and Mrs. Clarke.
Col. Z. Bass attended county
court at Irwmville Wednesday
and distinguished himself by
clearing two parties indicted by
the late grand jury for gambling.
Col. B. is alright.
To our certain knowledge sev¬
eral windows and blinds have
been left open in the school build¬
ing at night recently, and we are
confident the building was injured,
if but slightly, thereby.
The candidates for the various
offices are beginning to realize the
shortness of time between now
and the 15th, and are throwing
their feet out as never before.
Where all are good men it takes
hustling to win, and no mistake.
Mr. Edd Bohannon, of East¬
man, arrived in the city Wednes¬
day and is stopping with his
brothers, Messrs. J. F. and H. T.
Bohannon. Edd is a photograph¬
er of considerable note and will in
future be connected with Mr. J.
W. Burke in that business.
What is it that has but one
horn? Answer—The Ashburn
Advance. The above is from the
Worth County News. True, broth¬
er, very true, the Advance has
only one Horne, but so well root¬
ed is that one, that when she
tackles wrong-doers, it appears
as though a whole cow-pen full
of horns were goring them.
Mr. John F. Jenkins and fami¬
ly left for their future home,
cross, Thursday afternoon.
with sincere regret Ashburn
this family of good people.
J. was for years book-keeper
the mercantile department
Betts <fc Co’s., establishment
position lie filled most
He has now accepted a
position with that well-known
the Grace-Brantley Co., of
cross, and we bespeak for
and family a hearty welcome
the hands of the good people
that town.
W. S. Witliara, the bank
was in the city during the
pait of the week, and at a
ing held for the purpose, the fol¬
lowing officers were elected: V/.
S. Witham, President; W. A.
Shingler, Vice-President; Mr.
Jackson, Cashier. Directors: J.
S. Betts, J. W. Evans, W. A.
Shingler, ,W> A. Murray, G. B.
Gorday, D. H. Davis and W. S.
Witham. The site for the build-
ing has been secured, being in the
rear of J. S. Betts & Co.’s store,
and the worka/if construction will
begin at oMi!
mow
a-
Only Father.
Nobody To keep knows the money it
the house together;
Nobody knows of the debts it
Nobody makes, knows —but father.
Nobody knows that tho boys need
shoes,
And the girls lints with a feather
Nobodv else old clothes must
choose,
Nobody—only father.
Nobody hears that tho coni and
wood
And Hour’s out together;
Nobody else must make them good
Nobody—only father.
Nobody thinks whence the money
will come
To pay tho bills that gather;
Nobody feels so blue and glum,
Nobody—only father.
Nobody tries so hard to lay
l T p something for bad weather,
And Nobody—only runs behind, do what he may;
father.
Nobody comes from th? world’s
cold storm
To meet dear ones who gather
Around with loving welcome warm
Nobody does—but father.
Nobody loves the homo-life pure.
Watched over by a mother,
Where rest bliss is all secure,
Nobody—only father.
—New Crusao,
Sick Folks.
Mr. M. S. Cantey is on the sick
list.
Mr. M. L. Britton is confined to
home this week from sickness.
Mr. A. IL Fiver has been off
duty this week with the grippe.
Hope he will soon be all right
again.
Mr. N. McArthur is on the
grunting list—not sick in bed,
too sick to be up. Bad feeling,
this. Hope you will soon le bet¬
ter, Mr. Me.
Mr. J. S. Shingler, the Advance
regrets to state, has been on tho
sick list for past several days.
Mr. Shingler is, however, up, but
not at all well. Hope he will
soon be fully restored to health.
Gardner-Dey Marriage.
The marriage of Dr. J. F. Gard¬
ner, of this town, to Miss Lula
Dey, of Pelham, Ga., was solemn¬
ized on Wednesday night, 18th,
at 7 o’clock p. in., at the residence
of the bride’s parents, Pelham,
Ga., the officiating clergyman be¬
ing Rev. Mr. Norman, pastor of
the Methodist church. Mr. C. It.
Bridges acted as best man.
Miss Dey is pronounced one of
the loveliest young ladies of Pel¬
ham, and tho doctor is receiving
the warm congratulations of many
friends.
The Advance wishes for them
much happiness in tlieir married
life.
A Woman’s Nine Reasons.
A Chicago woman who has
been a teacher for twenty years,
gave the other day nine reasons
why she had remained a spinster,
as follows:
Because he might not be an or¬
phan.
He might like tidies.
He might be fond of using pet
names.
He might part his hair in the
middle.
He might demand an itemized
account of household exj
t u res.
Dinner would have to be taken
with the same person each day.
Marriage would necessitate dai¬
ly letter writing when either he
or she might he uvvay.
All the good men seemed to be
married already.
He has not proposed.
Why didn’t she give the last
reason first ?
A F.itzgerald dispatch to the
Atlanta Journal, dated Ap il 17,
says : For three weeks past one
of the most remarkable religious
revivals ever held in Fitzgerald
has been going on at Central
Methodist church. The meeting
lias been conducted by tiie paBtor,
Roy. W. M. Blitch, who has been
assisted part of tho time by other
minist r rs.
At Easter services Sunday 25
members wore received into the
church.
The Baptists of Fitzgerald are
moving their church, which has
been standing on Longstreet street
to Main street. The building,
which is a large one, is being
moved without being torn down
a distance of a quarter of a mile.
The now site for the church is a
beautiful one, near the business
center oa the nicest resident
etreet.
Gen. Gordon As An Evangelist.
A special to the Houston Post
from Waco, Texas, says: “Gen¬
eral John B. Gordon, command-
er-in-ehief of tho United Confed¬
erate Veterans, who is on a lec¬
ture tour in Texas, attended the
revivnl meeting in Gatoaville,
Coryell county, conducted by Abo
Mulkey and at the conclusion of
the sermon the evangelist called
on him for remarks.
“General Gordon responded
from bis place on tiie platform
near the preacher in one of the
most powerful exhortations, it is
said, that has ever been heard
in lliis State. His remarks were
addressed principally to the (Ion-
federate veterans present. In
most eloquent periods he depicted
their grand and glorious achieve¬
ments as soldiers in the service of
their country, moving his hearers
to the highest pitch of patriotism;
then in tenderest tones he made
an appeal to them to take up the
armor of t’hrist that was sublime
and absolutely resistless, Af the
close of the appeal about forty
Confederate veterans came for¬
ward. No such scene was ever
enacted before. Tno old gray¬
haired veterans crowded around
their chieftain, one after another,
embracing him, and thou they
would fall upon one another’s
necks shouting, tho tears stream¬
ing down their (aces. It was some
time before the ebullition of reli¬
gious fervor became sufficiently
controlled for others to reach the
platform, but about one hundred
others finally came forward for
prayers.”
Erroneous.
Ono of our prominent citizens
received the following letter from
Col. Bush :
Camilla, Ga., April 1(5, 1900.
Dear Sir: I understand that
some parties are reporting it
around that the race for tho
Judgship lies between Spence and
Donalson—that I am n ally not
in the race. This iH an effort to
discourage my friends, and the
statement made is untrue. No
ono knows this better than tho
parties w r ho are circulating the re¬
port. I have had some little ex¬
perience in politics, have made a
thorough canvass of tho circuit,
and find everything in good
shape. With the active help of
my friends my nomination is as¬
sured. My race is in good shape.
I write you that you may not be
discouraged or lose your interest
on account of this political trick.
I hope yvm will see my friends
and post them as to the same.
Very truly yours,
Isaac A. Bush.
To Reduce Hill Output.
The regular monthly meeting
of the Georgia Saw Mill Associa¬
tion, was held at Hotel Sadie,
Tifton, Friday afternoon, at 8:30
o’clock. President H. 11. ’l ift, pre¬
siding. This association now em¬
braces about 150 members, repre¬
senting nearly twice as many
mills. A good attendance was
present.
Several matters of minor im¬
portance were discussed, and some
slight changes made in price lists.
One action of great importance
was the decision, by practically
unanimous vote, that on and af¬
ter May 15, all mills belonging
to the members of the association
would be run on two-thirds time.
Tliis decision is subject to ratifi-
cation at next meeting. This will
effect thousands of operatives,
and decrease the output of yellow
P‘ ,,e section nearly oue-
third. It is understood that the
limited supply of yellow pine
timber in sight is largely the
cause of this action, as the asso-
ciation doubtless thinks prices
should rule higlier in view of the
small supply.
It is by no means a secret that
many of the larger mills
have euougli timber in sight
last three or four years,
even the most fortunate only
port sufficient in sight to
j seven and eight years. The
low pine in Georgia is
and it is a matter of deep
that so much of it should
been cut during the period of
nancial depression at prices
did not pay the cost of manufac¬
turing. The next meeting will
be held at Valdosta, Friday, May
4th.—Tifton Gazette.
Registration books close on the
night of May 4th. So regester at
once and be ready to vote.
OlJIt STOCK OF
New Spring Goods
ARE
Arriving Daily.
■m
We have made a careful
Study of the Mar¬
kets and our
DRESS GOODS
Include the Newest and Latest goods
out. Our Silks for waists and trim-
ming are beauties. Our dress goods
are all cut in short lengths 3X3 no two
waist patterns alike.
OUR CLOTHING
Has arrived-Come and see. We bought
a Nice Line and can fit you. Our suits
with Double-breasted vests are attractive
and up-to-date. Suits to fit the Large*
Medium size and Slim Man—let us show
them to you before buying.
OUR SHOES.
Shoes for the Ladies, Shoes for the Ba¬
bies, Shoes for men, girls and Boys, in¬
cluding all the toes, colors and shapes.
We wantthe ladies to inspect our famous
Zeigler Bros, line of Shoes, Oxford ties
and Slippers. We"are carrying the Hess’
fine shoes for men.
HATS, HATS
Of every description, Dress Hats, work¬
ing man’s hats, Darbies and straw, felt
and cork hats. Let us show you through.
GROCERIES,
New and fresh. You will find no old
goods on our shelves—we buy them, open
up, sell out 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
Baby 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
Glassware. Call and inspect.
Highest market price paid for Country 'Produce
You cannot ovor stock us with chickens and eggs
Our trade demands more than we can possibly
get, so try us when you come to town. We want
all you can spare and will pay ( i op of market.
YOURS TRULY,
J .S. BETTS SCO
Ashburn, Ga.