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- • - -V - -- L . , ' , <* 00000000-O >OOOOOOOOOOC OOOOOOOO&OOQOOOOOOOOOO<X>COOOOO Oo M LOC4t..i"i JooooooooooooooooaooooooooooooooooooooooooooflwrfbOooS I -———" j Short Paragraphs Gatliered Merc and There to ***.*• • ! Amuse and Entertain You.' 4 . ' '■ *'.*» .** M. Leader spent a day or two in Swainsboro this week. ! Rev. J. C. Brewton of Mcßae was among the visitors to our city Wednesday. i Miss Palmer and Mrs Arnold,. of near Higgston were shopping .ini the city a few days ago. S. A. Johnson, wife and! daughter, of Seward, visited! at the home of Capt. Jack Mathews Thursday. Miss Sylvauia *AVilliauison and Mrs. Gregor of Horace were shopping in the city Wed nesday. J. T. Dix, the popular Lyons livery man, was a visitor to out dty one day this week. A. J. WilHatosou and wife of the Kibh section- spent Sunday with relatives here. The onigi residence of J. C. «• Mosley are-’ moving along fajftcHy and when completed will add Con siderably to ip. appearance. of So perton’u popular and ep*rget k young tyktifcess pen, was among the vjtfMte to our city last Saturday. •. Express It TessWf^r v - 'fo&. White of was) here Wednesday to attend the j marriage of his brother H. C. j . White. Don’t ask Flint Flanders 1 about the Stillmore-Statesboro ball game unless you are proof j against a slug in the short! ribs. Marvin Odom, Henry Wim berly, Misses Kate Pollard and 1 Georgie Whitaker attended commencement exercise at Lyons Tuesday night. Vice president Jas. T. Wright of the M. D. & S. came down Thursday night I and went out to the Ohoopee today on a fishing expedition. H. J. Wright left this morn ing for a visit to his old home at New Bedford, Mass., where he will spend several weeks with his parents. Jno Sikes, who lias been a resident of our city for tli e past year, left Tuesday for I his old home at Terre Haute, Ind. His family “did not ac company him, but will follow in a short while. G. E. SHults is erecting a nice residence for M. M. Stew-) art on Second street, between J Jackson and Church. And yet the demand for houses in Yidalia is greater than the supply. The mother and sisters of Prof. J. R„ Carr have vemoved from JTrincock conntv and are ' domiciled on the Wilson place , near Higgston. We welcome 1 this estimable family $o our county. Miss Helen Sehumpert, who lias been attending the Georgia Normal and Indust- j rial College at Milledgeville, returned home last Saturday afternoon, and some of our boys are wearing a box-car smile as a consequence. We have no liesimjyw inroeonit | mi nding to our readers H. Wood • of Savannah, who w ill- *•]}-you stood whiskey at a reasonable price. A large crowd .attended the | closing exercises op Vidal ia High School 011 last Monday | night, and the students who j | took part in the exercises car i ried out the program with 1 I credit to themselves and their 1 teachers. . ' H. Wood, £4O West broad St. Savannah, doesn’t charge you fori tlio jug—only tln> contents, and a ! very Iniyiriw for that. Tax Receiver Racklev was in the city Tuesday receiving tax returns for this year. He j will be in Vidalia again 011 June 14th. Dont forget this date if you Hftve not made a I return of your property, as that will be his last round. Send a trial *rder to H . Wood. kWcai Hn•■id St. Savannah; fftul Iw jonvmewl that hi* hrands are ti.e hast and his - prices right. For Sale — 5-Toom house, 1 > acre lot, for cash or part cash; a bargain. Apply to Dr. W. F. Peacock, Vidalia, cr E. W. Pickett, Macon. A. A. Darby, of Tarry town is moving his family back to YtjjdaLa today.* He wtfl-oc -1 cuiii.fSi)* hw Mr**—inly vara- - jted by M. L. ; Purcell, until lie : cah build. We are glad to 'welcome this estimable family 'back to our town, j At this season if the year wo all iced a. ionic. Nothing belter | than some good, pure whiskey. Get it from H. Wood. £4O West | Broad St. Savannah. More essential to a successful I photographer than a fine know ledge of the camera is a certain I skill in retouching. No woman was over heard to complain of a 1 *. j had likeness when the pictureflat- | tered. Prof, and Mrs. W. C. Carl j ton will leave in a few days •for ail extended trip. They will attend the Mercer com mencement, then a stay at Elberton till June 20, five weeks at the Chicago Normal school, and ten days at the St. Louis exposition. As I expect to move away from Vidalia, I will sell at j public outcry, my household and kitchen furniture 011 Sat , urday afternoon at one o’clock at the old Sikes place. Jas. Clark. •Vidalia’s New School Building. We have heard little talk here of late concerning the bond issue and a new school . building, but it is a long way ' from being a dead issue. Os course we would have prefered .seeing a fine new building • ready for occupancy by the ( open time of the fall term but 1 1 then it must be remembered that it takes time to accomplish 1 an undertaking of this kind. Wc still have faith in the future of Vidalia, both in an educational and financial way, and would point to the fact , that the population of Vidalia lis three times greater than it was three years ago, that ■dozens of new residences and T - - v 'White-Schumpfert.. : ’ puri/jf Ihw*jSrnttit'St koine w£d ditigs tvituesged in a. long tiuift wasting of Mivllonuun C. Whitt* ftW IWUkUipert oft i WEilnes^y- aftermxtn; the 2oflig Inst'., a#4tW\ip'>lf»el{. ' rtdaUves a ntW'agtjhuitkt :y* cV >i btsifklj) l ♦pijeewt;; THkparlOr tfie.beyf-" tiful homo of tly tilv and tnstiiy decorat** f .oeeastiyii. Kuv.*7. : Harrison.’ in a V.i.nrt but ndkivs- Live jcorentouv, Bjioketlie Sjtfds• .tli&t made hVshnntVand - !wife till diittfi does tboth part. The bride is the eldest (laugh-; ter ol Mr. J. E. Selmmpert, a I young Indy of rar ■ beauty and re- ' finomont, kind and considerate,' and one of the most popular in ! our city. The groom is express messenger on the M. 1). dr S. Ry., handsome, gentlemanly, Indus- 1 t rious and honorable, enjoying I Ahe full confidence pf all who know him. Amid a shower of rice and good 1 wishes they txiarded tlie fir»io Seafa hoard train for a vjsit to points! in North’Carolina nml elsewhere .1 i And may they sail smoothly over the sea of life.niul every (Th,\ be filled with as much happiness as their wedding day, is the wish I of all. | j-" 1 V business houses have been erected here during the past two vears and qttfle a nmiber “of public enterprises have >becn established, a\l ofvwhicli j goes to show that \Tdalia isi among tire front npiks of South-Georgia towns. -True we need a new school building and need it bad, but we should not become fretful at a few unavoidable delays* 1 Vidalia Jfrly-ntnd to prosper in an ed.u- Vational way and may ] just put that down in your i little book as a dead sure thing. Georgia Industrial Home Day. The founder and manage-1 ment of the Georgia Industri- ’ al Home for unfortunate child ren, requests the people of the State to remember the home On Tuesday May 31st. and give one day’s income or sal- < ary to this great work. The home lias now about 150 child- 1 reu from all sections of the state and in five years has touched the lives of more than 200 and at present is in abso- j lute need of special, assistance by reason of an epidemic of measles and its growing and 1 increasing necessities. Many friends in Georgia of j in-.ocent and suffering child-' hood will remember this ap-1 , peal and give at least one days , salary or income to the noble | cause. All remittances should, be forwarded by check or Post; Office order to Rev. W. E. j Mumford, President Georgia home, Macon Ga. T<‘a»«*li«»r» ,tr«* C oming;. The teachers of Montgomery county will meet inn week’s i«- stituii' here beginning Monday, June fith. A committee composed , ; i>f M. h. Purcell, chairman, W.CIJ Carlton, P. A. McQueen Breedlove has been trying An sei.; Nnirc homes. It is e“ri‘ed bythej (iiti/ens to '_!.onnfTw**«taei»ra nt ; WV* a day. There will fie ah'iuT' fifty tiaclieri to bo cared for and it is hoped Vidalia will not he wanting in hospitality. Prof, j 'Hendricks of the South-Georgia j Normal Institute has been secur ed as conductor, and several teach | (>rs will probably comedown from Telfair county. The Institute ; will meet in the Presbyterian church and will probably hold j two sessions each dav. i l THE, GEUT l ag-jb.4- -. .•8y... » ■O \ Zjc'uLinsend Hrady , H E" -Tourhrrnerj." *‘/n the A*jr." Ere. | X> Co»yr(fht. moo* t>y c:; aules scuiTtj/E-n-s ss/:s I fWyytAAAAA/WWAVWVV\AA^VV\- A /WVVv‘Ui^ to .. * i v i i 'Tinra i'F’” iilin'e'r.. iVvy - In:, txleiy tfi ami tm-ir tl>e' l-oaf of 1 , tliL>..r>.ij*lo slarHeitwt 'aiiil finally iljgil i ! away. 'lVlion tQe se-oUi’ ririfted eiT ! tins t\vo»«lii|is were b'iug side by sHli> ! Rarllicdbf ff. alumst bull ilow.a. wo rt the Scniyorieigli ffrrl tbo"ltalia-*, Uael'veatpd tboir IlgUtSb&c tlufo before. ■ TUo bHIBe was over. Wlm liml.wnn? « j itnl'.i.was late,-nud tbe Ms wgfcefl for now sjiftins uji mine j more, »Sib tlie little tioat uatliorett ■iiul» tic-';ei to slip tlironrli V,ri»\-....itb’r i lguiu. Tke sky bail beromo overcifat. It jxrewg'fi'iy dark. Tbo wind fresb : ?IHxl stAldiJy amt fill:' My bl w so tbaf It J&ir.ir ti all the skill : : il ail dross of »vbk-h O’Xelll was pos.iosscd lo keep Ma unsteady little cruU from BKiiially be was forced to ■:i and take to I: e ears to • jit all. About g o'clock i:i * la a so.uiill of rai l came they lost slffiit * f the skips, j Kninjj {'!?* tvi:ul nr.domtril • they wore cnn'.led to set 1 noro. Hut the cron a wa s Ji a dense mist, 'l ire wore 1 i of it find coal 1 s;p not Ii- 1 :irly as lie could Jests • vrltli of a campass O’Xciil bead- I ed tbylboat toward the pl.tce where ■ (hoy iigklast made out the two stdps. “We Mffbt to pick them up In a few fugwetSp now.” lie said to the power- J •tilgi frightened, exhausted ciri crouch ing *iu4%■ la Hie stern facets in Iter . ifurnicnts, which duns to ' llgme. Ti*e ntglit bad I . be-fr nifu-li for her. Ilcr physical ! | had' athmst ptven way. fhivijrh i nothlui ;y|iate the nfiVetlon he i smv Minins'.still la her tired eyes. I “Therct.ro fey moments we.shnlt 1 know <gir fate.” j ••noijfls thiitr* site said, roSsins her- ; self a frtlc. “it Cysaamdorc .Tories has been cap- 1 tured.'fbe aus \ye red. 'I have but to ! give uSyelf rip and rcdeer.i Coventry, and— y*[ Xjiow the re-'t.” '-'Vi-kj she ic;aird . wearily rpd list , lessly. 4/T,ct it come. JVe have ■ '*» you and I. Wc ian in ' i more. Aiul the other alternative ’t" \ •'\V! J, in that ease." ho said, “we • shall lie there under our own t!ag. He, too, win he saved, and this rest of our | i trouble* arc over.” "Whit think you of the prospect V | ' she asl;cd. briKhtei’ing n little. "It i* dUHcult to say. Tbo Serapis ; ! anil Id' Vi .a-surli sl.oald easily be : more tliau n match for cur \i iiole , \ sijuadron. Tbo Uirhard is almost 1 worthless as a tiahtiiu; si.lp. as I said. 1 ■ Lanitals, v.lio command; the Alliance, \ \ is insane. 1 can’t prophesy what Cot- ! tlneau will do \yith tint I’ullas. We luive but one aiTvantaa’--John Paul Jones himself! He aitne is wortli a thousand.” Tbe Halit from the risiiro; sun. assist ed by the fitful wind, began to dispel tbe mists of the morning. "See!” cried the girl, pointing, i “There, light ahead of us! Are not [ tbos; the sails of a skip / What ship’/” Wraithlike, as she pointed at a rift ; in the mist, and wreathed In clouds of vapor, there appeared for a second the . light ijnnvas of a great skip, follow ing her outstretched finger ho caught 1 a fleeting glimpse of it. hut saw noth- ] 1 ing t<j reassure him ns to the result i of tint bsttle. The sight struck terror ! to ids heart. Such canvas as that was I never set above the decks of the lileli nrd. As lie locked the mist closed round them again. The ship had van , i3hcd. | “Ah. ’tis gone, but I am certain 1 saw If. Which was It?” she continued. ; hastily reusing herself at the prospect ] ofc decision. "’Tis a ship, is It not? ! But which one?” i "The mist Is thinning again. ’Twill ‘ ! clear away in a'-moment.” he answered ; evasively. "Wo shall see more dls , tlnetly then. 'She was making toward us. 1 think.” He could not boar to j dash her hopes with the assurance that | it was not tlie Uieliurd. though lie laid , resigned himself lo death ill conse- j iiucii6a of his glimpse at o\co. It was I useless to try to tt.v. The mist was i j rising in every direction, and b in they coaUL have gone a hundred yards 1 they would he visible to« tlie ship .in front of them. mow shoving her liujfe ! hulk throngli the thinning clouds of vapor which enshrouded her. The next moment it boiled away. Tlie sunlight fiooilpd the heavoip; in Ujnusforfuatbyp : Tier lirec'c toss sb*>i:e's'*t iuin ’a ’tliotnu L wiy <as..u PjpfefifhiH one nn-tlie ship'saw | J tHe TirtV itoaf with its two occupants | ’*at once. An officer leaped to the rail. "float alloy!" rang out over the wa ! ter The great white frigate, deep : cunkcri. us if deeply laden, was mov ' twe air..yy!' l -' Uri'pagti I’m water and was atmStf npou thou. , "The sh ; p!'' scicamcif tlie girl wild ly. > "It is the Serapis," answered O'Xeill ! in a hollow voice. ‘‘ All.” she said, sinking back ex- j liausted. “After all, it is over. 1 shall ; never survive you.” “liont ahoy, tlicrc!'' again cried the officer, standing on the rail, pistol in hand. “Answer my hail or I tire! Who are you?" "I am your prisoner, escaped last | n!ght from Jliat ship!" cried o’.N'eili. j i "I v, jsh to deliver inysclf up!” j. -jiosi; po;u.iKo.i(l 0110.1 s (ujinStijj - y \>i|( tirtdu p.xUlois J.HK puir 1 -JST>SI! H4l.>v oql (Til p.U.iq I -mu|.i uTliqSztEfc -.fnAvSnua »:p opis j -.Sj'liplM jvoq mjj kjiiio.i,;s j'Aiaj 11 »i mo* pup p.ii«v>ni Dip jo U3!S cm SlUVyl.ftlll.r, -irioqi qs|n3 1-ms|p O' r 1 •uovq.ioq oi|) no jjtfc JO .i.iisiq.i .>|)(l| « .isito -tu.ioff~.ityj»i j:o .flp-VV ’uouoii siiopu.mi Sni.uiq jo o.mop W.w> cuoii pm: d:i in> .C||r.jiq3l.ij gitAv | oqs iiup putt ,-mofl si!.v\ }si:imqi;m joq ' inn amir oq inoy.o ausoddo aun.us ! A'fAUqs .qqspao.iq .uq si: pm: ‘pujAV oqi ojni (1:1 UA\o.iqi sw.w oqs Ipoqwq., sii.u I'.iqs oqi jo a i:.A jqj, •pnm:ui:o.> (1.1 m[R c Siq.tja pun pjuoqtq 3iqu.uu. 'Josy I -jo oqi pics ~'noqi •ap|sSno|B l 'ainoD„ | TO HE CONTINUED. | | Entertainment. 1 Tho Baptist Young peoples I linen will give an entertainment 'in our Presbyterian church next I Sturdily night. An interesting : program lias Ix en arrang' d for 11 lie occasion, ltov. E. C. .1. I)ick i e::s will deliver nn aMase. Noj | iidmjs.ion will lie charged Imt nn | | oppWtnnity .will e given those j . who desire to make a free-will ■ offering. i 1 Twenty Years. 1 Will Daniels, for the trial of j j whose case ji special term of our j , superii r ‘" urt •• ■ ■ e-Her). entered ' a plea of guilty to the charge m . assault with intent to rape and | was sentenced to twenty years in j j the penitentia.y. i Subscribe. ____________________ i B.F.ECKLES, t . Furniture, Coffins, Caskets, Burial Supplies, Bed Lounges, Couches, Spring- Cols, Go-carts, Cradles, Grips, Trunks, Rugs, Matting, Lamps, Window Shades, Curtain roles, Pictures and Picture Frames, VIDALIA, GA. For Ei ei-y Wound Use I Dr. Ticnenor’s Antiseptic, Prevents Inflammation and Suppuration, Not a liniment nor a salve; A pleasant, stainless licfunl for Won juls Bruises Sprains Burns Colic (Lamps, Diarrhoea. 1 < an<l *»< ►<• pel 1 botl le. BRONCHODA ' FOR THROAT and DENGS. Ex ] lectoi*ai it Aiit i septi eLa xati ye. 35c VI AIX imV'GttINTN. SHERROUSE MEDICIf/E CO., New Orleans, - - . - - Louisiana, t, gaffing t J^ON^UL^UAR^Ff 51 WHISKEY FREE! ctde We know the mcnnlng of » n rta Ipd will do ajt we uoy. Wc j t, Jfrini —ra w&fcx 1 FaroHaa Whlakey we Ml] Ue»o<l Ihtrc’. ao bud, l’eoplo 2 h*r* wouldn’t adatteratc IT they kr*ew how—tkey ure too hou> S ■•' -‘ki 1! i ftp .'ld:' •/ cut! Moat whisky B®ller< aio noted for mixing. blending .-vnd B >'' mg Wc- M lfinore gwiuint- old wljb-kt-y nn«t l> ihitri I SkLI —=r~i Jij> known If c TOSOGVs? V/ our FlrsUn.te w hiskey Is sold at #6.00 toI II YFAFf ! 1 per gallon,but If* not anv better than II Yr-ftr Old. n It M 1L 1 will bu.v Jtlim-lc. Wc h'» : r ■ lortl-o.igio .co, *. ‘M iw\>Aand the PiedmontSuvingu Bank of thi.«cii» t*in t« 11 yonourwoni \lf ll I*" X isl go-xi. To Introduce tnisool. honest whickey.’.vcolfcr lour i nII L KL- " g ” Qujirti. ofl’aaper’- II Ycur Old”-tw.. ajinipk-bottl.s.om 10, :I] on** U ycuj- old a corkscrew and a dilukitig' gl: - all for f . r ».9« is wnt %e will double the dhovo and put in tree One Ks< i9HBF ''jfelfr&wrTl Full Quart Kxtra. We have Borneo f thin whiskey only 7year» old. w > ll s,, nd (ivc-galloD kotr for $lO or will furnish twenty lull HV Wlav-ee and samples, making this whiskey cost 1. than $2 •'0 per Gy.-.. I; gallon delivered. We shi| Inplaln boxes witkho ks ui ludica'fc ~w-> LA ' eontente, and Prepay all Express. Ojd«-i-s fi n Aiizmia, Bk I* J!§~ ■.r’.-T/ 'ttlifornla.ColorHdo.ldiiho.Moiii.iiiH.s>raila.N*'w Mexico.Or*f-'-n. 1 jJ'f ~~ Utah. Wyoming *>i Washington must rail lor r2l)00 woith bv W a*Made Dy '■*'*»< P*-r.W- TH g CASPER CO.flnC.) An i: 1f: 1; ill ion is a novelty, nm!. like all novelties, is short lived. BENNETT& I(EVERETT, Piiotograuhei s. Viflalia, (in., i ” tOO YAFDS ft\oM CGURTh'OUSE. JWO BLOCKS FRO]* OEPOJ. THE MATHIS HOUSE, Jackson St. Last, Di im.in, (*a. Mhs. J, 1L DaXISLL, rROPHIETI F.Sfi H’st K(|uipj)rd I>oll:ir-a-Day House in the C*ity. Special Hates l»> llu'.AVcck. l olil or llot Mr.tlis i rets ! DR.fi. W.f/EAL ft M VIDALIA, : : GEORGIA. «|' Oflice at Robinson's Drug Store. B. B. WIGGB Livery anil Ifetid StaLl es* 1 . - (Uild.bm IlnKßlcH n N|., < i:fll ~ —VIDAI.IA, GkoUUIA.--- | W. M. LEWIS, Attorney, Mr. Vernon, Georgia. General : - : Practitioner. ■MEADOWS & MEADOWS. Physicians and Surgeons, VIDALIA, - - - GkokUIA. I •