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LOCAL AFFAIRS.
Thifcg S Yhat Happen About Town.
■ Personal Mention Etc.
■Register.
■Phil. Everett 4: Co. now sport
a Slew wheel.
fcenrv Greene went up to Worth
Thmursday.
W>id Dewey pass Ashburn ? Ask
Wilfll Hargrove.
mfegister.
fl)r. J. F. Gardner was reported
on Btlie sick list on Thursday last.
^ffir. E. F. Mullins is on a visit
to «h:s old home, Baconton, this
frieind, My, It. Ernest S. Woodard Gannon, visited at Worth, his
Thtijrsday. JL
m|r. „ P. _ Royal, . the well-known ,, ,
bailMff of the Sycamore district,
died* Wednesday night.
M rs - rn T ; \ , J“dge, _ , ot _ Cecil, _ is .
gues t of her daughter, Mrs. J. T.
Boll! ' linou>
R< gister.
E oliday was much enjoyed by
the vestlerday i Ashburn Academy pupils
] t* o ^ „ a r e we are sorry
r ’ >
to lomelsic announce, is confined to his
.
Thcwe is quite a difference in
giving! a check for $5 and giving
$5 Sheriff fory, check.
H. S. Story was in the
city with hist Wednesday, friends. shaking hands
many
Hon.\W. T , \_ _ N. T Spence, _ Judge , , of .
Albany was m thfe ^Circuit city Wedfcgday, Superior Courts,
_
EvangeRist Massey-
vester Tuesday, mil attended
vices at/the M. E. Church.—Lo-
cal.
Mr.r'W. E. Gannon, wife and
baby, now of Worth, were down
Sunda y afternoon visiting rela¬
tives ind friends.
Doi Ft take our word, but come
in an d see our fine samples of
photo graphs. All the latest nov¬
elties. Bcbke & Bohannon.
Henry Bohannon wears a
“don’t touch” badge on his left
arm,iabove the elbow. Scores of
others wear slings.
Mr. Holmes, who has been
iting his daughter, Mrs. G.
GoTday, returned to his
Wednesday.
We understand Ira Tcagle will,
in the near future, go into
jewelry business, and will
found at the 0. K. Drug Store.
Thd cornet band sennaded Dr.
J. F. Gardner and bride Tuesday
night.! The boys have been high¬
ly complimented by all who heard
the music.
Wi h every dozen of $5.00 Cab-
inetsffthe finest in tbe South)
we will give free of charge one
nice 10x12 photo, with glass fame.
Burke & Bohannon.
Mr, N. McArthur and several
menders of his family are on the
sick st. Mr. Me. has been un¬
well Ur several again days. Hopq^Jiey
may 11 be up soon.
Thf music class that has been
in sesion four weeks, conducted
by Prff. E. J. Cheek, of Valdosta,
closet last night with a concert
at th* Auditorium, an account of
whici we’ll give next week.
Mfc,or George Butler, well
knowt here, is on a fishing expe-
clitioi near Morrieton, Fla., and
is, foipass time, editing the Hust¬
ler, ajnewsy newspaper at that
town.
Quia a crowd of young people
of tlj| city enjoved a most dj-
lightlil picnic at Ross Lake yes-
teeda 1 , a full account of which
will ppear in next week’s Ad-
vanc<
Suiday sch »o: teacher: “When
tlw lad chilu caffed the old
man jbald-head’ the bears came
out 4 the woods and ate them
up. Vhat does that teach us?
Smilboy: “To always climb
a tre<before calling names.”
MLCMWes D. Clifton, who for
nae ime past has been in em-
(T Betts & Co., being
: >loy of J. S.
mgaVd at tho planing mill de¬
partment, has accepted a position
withHfe Steele Lumber Co., of
TorTof which Capt. Doraer is
supeMtendOnt, and left a few
days ago to enter upon the dis-
charavof bis duties at his new
Post® labor. Mr. Clifton has
majiKpends in Ashburn, whose
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The 81st anniversary of Odd-
follo\vship in the State of Geor¬
gia was celebrated on Thursday
night lust by the Ashburn lodge.
The Odd Fellows and their friends
spent quite an enjoyab’ .youing,
refreshments being served and
speeches made.
We hear that Sylvester has
about half a dozen cases of geu-
iue scarlet fever. And it is
dreaded more by the average citi-
zen tliau what 13 prevalent
throughout this section of the
State, known as small pox. We
trust it is all a mistake.
“Now is Your Time.”
From now until May 25th we
will make you six nice photo¬
graphs for 25 cents.
Burkk & Bohannon.
Sunday-school Picnic.
ba ^ Sunday committees were
appointed by the two Sunday-
schools to confer with each other
relative to having a Union Sunday
sohool picnic in the near futnr J #
Messrs. A. C. Forester and C.
R. Bridgers, and Mrs. W. K. Jen-
kins composed the committee from
lbe Eaptist school,
Messrs. It. L. Betts and J. G
and Miss Willie McLen-
composed the committee from
tbe Methodist 8chool .
The two committees decided to
the picnic at Beach Haven,
provided a convenient date and an
rate could bo secured,
and a committee wq^appointed to
see Agent Huckabee and report at
next meeting.
The following committee was
lted to solicit contributions
fo , refreshments etc .. M5s8Ml ,g-
gie Hadaway , Aurena Evans, Li-
■’a Green, Esnm Cox, Willie Mc-
nciou a,ld Ilanlin, and
Geo. I. Betts, A. 0. hor-
ester, C K. Bridgers and J. B.
Horne.
We have been informed that it
will be impossible for us to secure
tho grounds on Thursday or
Friday during the month of May.
Wednesday, the 9th, can be se¬
cured, however, and we believe
will be the date selected, though
we can not say positively until
next issue.
We are positive of one thing,
though, Sunday-schools) and that is that we
burn’s are
to have a picnic—a good old fash
oned picnic!
Republicans Send Secret Letters.
The New York Journal prints a
sensationai story that a secret let¬
ter is being sent from tho Repub¬
lican headquarters to ail the trusts
in the country demanding imme¬
diate campaign funds as a price
of protection. According to the
story the letter was prepared at a
conference betweeu Senator Hen¬
na, First Assistant Postmaster
General Heath and the monied
members of tbe Republican Na-
Committee, and has been
Bcnt out b y tbat organization,
This letter calls attention to the
profits the trust manufacturers
have been able to secure under
Republican rule in the past, and
points out that to enjoy them in
tbe future the re-election of Pres-
ident McKinley is absolutely nec-
essary. It is claimed that it is
proposed to raise $6,000,000 in
this way.
A Strange Case.
A white woman was arrested in
Atlanta the other day for living
in a house where negroes lived.
Upon being taken to the police
barracks sho told the following
remarkable story: “I never like
to tell the story of my unfortu¬
nate life, but I reckon I will have
to. This is the first time 1 was
ever arrested. I was born before
the war, near Augusta, Ga., and
m,y mother and my father were
both pure Caucasians, hut they
were not married. I have been
told that my mother belonged to
a most respectable family. I had
to he got out of the way. I was
a wa f aud they gave me away to
a mulatto man and woman named
Mitchell. The woman, Liza
Mitchell, died in Atlanta, on Fort
street. I was raised believing
myself her clild, and, of course,
I was raised as a negro slave.
And that was not all. I was
married to a black negro, and
with him sold as a slave. Years
after the war I learned the true
story of my birth, hut I was
uegress, and I had to remain so.”
As she' had always been consid-
emd a imvro she told the police
not to hesitate to put her in the
negro r<
Ruff-Farren.
Last Sunday night "the atf) o’clock,
the home of bride’s pa-
m Macon, the ceremony
performed which made Mr.
E. Ruff and Miss Minnio Far-
husband and wife.
The bride is a charming young
with many lovable traits of
which made her the fa-
of hosts of friends
Mr. Huff, the groom, is a hand-
young man; one of the
Southern’s most efficient
trusted employes, and his
friends are legion.
They arrived in tho citv Mon-
and are at homo at the resi-
douco of Mr. R. Huckabee.
The Advance joins in with
of friends' in extending
them a most hearty welcome, and
wishing for them a iong life of
unalloyed happiness.
Georgia’s Increase in Wealth.
The Picayune, of New Orleans,
is publishing articles from tax as-
sessors and others residii g in va-
rious parts of Louisia showing
the growth in wealth and
tion there has been in ’ho last
few veers in that. State. Tho
showing is very gratifying.
There has been a great
in the material condition of the
Southern States within tho
five years. Unless we are greatly
mistaken the census that will be
taken this year will show that
Georgia has made great strides in
wealth and population since the
last census was taken. There
are many new towns, and the old
ones have greatly improved,
Hundreds of thousands of acres
of land, which a comparatively
short time ago were covered with
forests, have been brought under
cultivation. This is especially
the case in tho southwestern part
of the State. Tliero must lie a
half dozen cotton mills now to
every one there was a decade ago.
The fruit orchards have increas-
ed greatly in size aud number.
The citios will show a very great
increase in population, and the
farmers are better oil than they
have been since the close of the
war of secession.
It. would be imposible, of course
to give even an approximately
correct estimate of the increase
in the State's wealth, but. we are
confident that the showing that
will lie made by the census re¬
turns will not be disappointing.
At the rate at which the State
is now growing, it will not be
very many years beforo all of
available lands will be under cul¬
tivation. Its villages will be
numerous that no one of them
will be out of sight of
and in every village or town
will be one or more factories.
Georgia is maintaining its
sition as the Empire State of
South. Great as tho growth
some of its sister States is, it is
doubtful if tho growth of anv
one of them equals that of Geor-
gift. This is because of the pro-
gressive and persevering charac-
ter of Georgians, who, if given a
half a chance, either in their own
State or in some one of the other
States, are sure to make their
way in the world. There are
many Georgians in the big cities
the east, and in the States
that have been carved out of the
plains of the Wet, and
they display the qualities
which are keeping Georgia among
most prosperous States of the
News.
She Visited the Widower.
A special from Bearson dated
the 17th says: A most ludicrous
and amusing incident leaked out
here to-day when Miss Beatrice
A1 verson came to Pearson from
the country place of Hon. Klijnli
Tanner to take the train for her
home in Atlanta.
ITon. Elijah Tanner,representa-
tive of Coffee comity in the State
Legislature during the last ses¬
sion of that body, boarded at the
Cannon hotel While there ho
met Miss Alverson and her broth¬
er, a young man who clerks at
the hotel.
Between young Alverson and
the legislator there sprang up
quite an intimate friendship and,
it is said, the legislator impressed
young Alverson that lie was a man
of more than ordinary wealth,
As the sequel will show the leg-
islator also became very much at*
tached, if not enamored, to Miss
Beatrice. He invited her to come
down to Cqffsa»courty and spend
the spring and summer with his
family, but leaving her in blissful
H’ ,|loru,u ' 0 of whom his family
Cl,,,si8to ' 1 -
Miss Aiverson, it, seems received
the invitation very favorably at
tlietiinenndnodoubt-tliouglit.it
wouM h " n vor >' I’ 1ea,Bnt occasion
a,ul ” li,! ' opportunity for her to
K et !lwa T fro,u tho d,n » Lont aiul
d "' t ° r tho '‘ ity 11,1,1 bav ° ft
0,1 r<9f d aud recreation amid the
*t uiet of 11 coun,r .v village and tho
P upp ba,8an,ic atmosphere of
South Georgia.
Sinp ” the adjournment of the
legislature, sometime in Decom-
ber ’ Mra ' Tann6r died ’ k ' av in * th ®
legislator a widower.' Asa very
lone 'y "’idower he has been forced
to kt ’ ft P “ batch ” at bis country
and have his meals prepared
tbe be,st W:, ' r bl ‘ coubb
In his lonliness the legislator
‘ouceived the idea some week
or more ago. it i« s,,i<l, f
ing his invitation (o Mi- A Ivor-
son with the ultimate view of
wooing and winning her for his
wife, but kept it a profound secret
even from his children,
Accordingly he wrote and post
ed a letter to young A Iverson mo¬
taining the invitation aud propos-
ing to pay all expenses of the
trip. The invitation was accept-
od and the necessary expense
money was forwarded.
Last Saturday the young lady
left. Atlanta with, doubtless, the
most pleasurable anticipations of
a splendid summer outing. She
reached I’earson at 0:45 p. in. Mr.
Tanner was here, dressed in his
nobbiest, suit, and with his best
team, to meet her and drive her
out to his home.
Miss A Iverson was carried that
evening to the home of Mi-. Tan-
ner’s son, Mr. Babe Tanner,
man of atiiuence and good living,
where sho remained until this
morning.
Yesterday [Monday] afternoon
the ludicrous predicament she wus
in dawned upon her and she burst
into a Hood of tours. She was told
that the legislatorwau living alone
and was in need of a house-keep¬
er and she had been selected as
the house-keeper. Site at once in
digmintly demanded to be return¬
ed to I’earson and furnished
transportation back to Atlanta.
Mr. Tanner brought her to I’ear¬
son this morning and sin- took the
11:10 o’clock train for home.
Crop Report for Southern Geor¬
gia.
Berrien: A very good stand of
cotton; fair stand of corn; gar¬
dens doing well.
Brooks: Corn being plowed;
sumo cotton being chopped out;
poor stand of watermelons; gar¬
dens improving.
Bryan: Prolonged and heavy
rainfall; marked tendency to in¬
creased cotton acreage; farm
work fairly well up.
Chatham: Boil soak id; too
wet for all farm work.
' a ^‘ 1 laiil ,J 1,1 " r
ed W1 tl * farm work; second plnnt-
H1 0 i corn l ’!b ,U1 > H *' aM
” >
c °; ton P ,anl,n « l>ro~r^m, com ■
M< na , ' e n J \ '*
’ ‘
‘ ’
" l '] a *', ftna ( ’_' lb ' ‘ r, ‘
loten.g up, ir-
»' ianhn « oi corn necossy.
I f ca l u r: Cotto " I'lautin-gem-
era early , corn Sided out; sugar
»
'' ”‘ lUn ” u f' k
k > a
-taml chopping wHl soon begin;
>n ' ‘ ^ ^ " ' ' H ’
Early: Good stands of corn
and cotton; oats looking well.
Irwin: C’orn mostly up, some
ready to cultivate; cotton corning
up well; peach and plum trees
loaded with fruit.
Laurens: Some cotton and wa¬
termelons up; stand of corn
rather poor; peach crop looks
large; gardens late.
Corn, cano and sweet potatoes
planted: cotton and rice
planted: pear crop short
to blight.
Lowndes: Gats poor and thin ;
grapes blooming; pears short;
pinders planted; fairly good
stand of corn and cotton.
Marion: Corn ready to plow:
cotton nearly all planted.
Mitchell: Stand of melons
fairly good; gardens improving;
cotton coining up; stand of corn
good: oats heading out.
Randolph: Peach crop a
tainty: cotton not. ail planted;
some v "a being plowed; rains
benefit. all cr >p3.
htewart. ;otton planting push¬
ed; fruit promising; poor Stand
of corn; gardens backward;
wheat and doing well.
Sumter: Sorghum
going on: rains beneflfted
crops; oats rather poor, but ini*
proving; gardens revived,
Tatnall: Com being replant-
od; fruit abundant; Sea Island
cotton planted.
Ware : Great improvement in
crops; corn growing rapidly,
Wor,h: °ata are looking well;
corn and cotton up, some corn be-
ing sided; melons doing well;
fruit unusually good.
.1 . B, Marbcry, Section Director,
Aunt 5ofrony’s Chat.
From thoOolUa Dispatch 1
1 don’t think I will ever change
my opinion of young men. They
are not. half as conceited as most
girls suppose them to be, but. all
of them have some to spare.
No, 1 don’t think if is a crime
1,1 drblk whisky, but it. is ft very
foolish and often a very danger-
ons habit, and should be avoided
by those who are in danger of
drinking to excess.
Certainly, there are many days
of anxiety an 1 doubt during
courtship—more, 1 believe, than
after tbe knot is tied; but there
is much happiness before and
much more alter marriage, if tho
contracting parties U\ o up to t heir
contract.
I’d as soon have the “breaking
out” as a slow, poky beau, who is
too bashful even to try to enter¬
tain a female doll with moving
eyes. And I’m the same way by
mock-modest girls. What I like
is for both sex to be natural and
stay safely within the lines of
propriety.
J( is the simplest thing in the
world to live right. If you treat
everybody as you would have
them treat you, yon will lmvo en¬
tered squarely on the path of
right living.
I admit that Eider M. Sikes is
a philosopher aud a tine judge of
human nature; but oven lie can
not mark the pace for widows and
widowers, as regards second mar¬
riage, because lie lacks one essen¬
tial—experience, if I was a vvid
ow 1 am sure my lafost. counsellor
would be my heart,, ami I suppose
ir would be the same to widow¬
ers.
Last Sunday as 1 listened to the
golden words that, fell, like a ben¬
ediction, from the lips of Elder
Sikes, I could not, help wondering
if there would be Faster bonnets
in heaven, and if mine was as
pretty as those tlmt loomed up
before me, shutting out nil but
tho preacher’s voice. Ah, me!
I’w afraid we’re all loo vain to
hope for much in tho next world.
If 1 was a widow and desired to
marry again (an 1 I’m told most
all of them do), I’d be mighty
sure to make inquiries about how
a man treated his mother and sin¬
ters before I’d even let, him hold
my hand. If a man treats his
mother aud sisters right, ho will
treat a wife right, if sho is tho
right kiml of a wife.
1 hear of no matrimonial prog¬
ress on tbe part of the widowers
ci iiii- section. With one excep¬
tion they seem to bo content with
their lot, Tbe exception lias tra¬
versed several counties within the
[last few months, but whether in
search of a wife or not 1 can’t
nay. A UN I SoTItONY.
Reflections of a Bachelor.
When a woman wears a man’s
bat she ought to be made to take
it off whenever a man Inis to.
The easiest way to convince a
woman that she won’t always bo
unhappy without you i.s to agree
with her when she'says sho will.
If the average married man
held any other woman’s band as
long as his wife lets other men
hold hers, she would go home to
J)( . r mothej ,
The atheists you meet are prob¬
ably the hoys who used to be so
good that their parents never
gave them anything but Jiiblcs
and Pilgrim's Progresses for
presents.
If a woman loses a nice lace
handkerchief around where there
, any other women it is harder
find than a box of combings in
a photograph of a girl’s room
taken by herself,
Most women can change their
minds faster than they can make
it up.
You can usually get a woman
to talk just about as decollete as
she wears her dresses.
OUll STOCK OF
New Spring Goods
ARE
Arriving’ Dally.
We have made a careful
Study of the Mar¬
kets and our
DRESS GOODS
include the Newest and Latest goods
out. Our Silks tor waists and trim¬
ming are beauties. Our dress goods
are all cut in short lengths™no two
waist patterns alike.
OUR CLOTHING
Has arrived-Come and see. We bought
a Splice Line and can tit you. Our suits
with Double-breasted vests are attractive
and up-to-date. Suits to fit the Large,
fried?um size and Slim K/ian--Jet us show
them to you before buying. 4
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 want the ladies to inspect our famous
Zeigler Bros. Sine 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 bats, Derbies 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 SKieinze’s Pickles, Jellies,
Tomato Catsup and India Relish—we
know of nothing better.
FURNITURE.
Room Sets, CfoiLmeers, Dressers, Hat
aeks, 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, wage# and plow gear,
hardware©!all 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 r rroduce
You cannot over stock us with chickens and eggs
Our trade demands more than wc can possibly
so try us when you come to town. We want -
all you can spare and will pay Top of market.
' YOURS.TRULY,
J .5. BETTS SCO >•-
Ashbdrn. Ga.
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