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| j LOCAL. | j & 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 O O O 0000 0000 0000 O-COO’ocoo o Short Paragraphs Gathered Here and There to Amuse and Entertain Von. Mayor S. B. Meadows made! a business trip to Savannah T uesday. Gearge Priteliett of I ,ollie i was a visitor to oar city last [Saturday. | Dr. E. H. Rawls of Soperton ;was among the visitors liere [Saturday. Mr. Henry Odom and son, Dr. D. P., of LafT were visiting j relatives in the city "Wednes day. - Judge Lewis of Mt. Vernon ! was among tire visitors to our i fcity Wednesday. pW. H. Forest of Seville ■Was circulating among ac quaintances here Wednesday. t - t Cara MeColskey left last* Sat a relay for Wrighttville, 'where he will spend the sir.n-j t mer. W. W. Webb of Hahira was! a visitor to our city Monday! and paid the Advance a call while here. A. S.Odom, B. IT. Callionu, Misses Nellie Butler ajid Trixie MeColskey visited! ‘-friends at the county seat last 1 Sunday. i Anyone wishing to pure liar" 1 a piano or organ would do i well to call at the Advance office as we can save you sev i eral dollars on same. Owing to the fact that a| shipment of blank newspapers ( ; was slow in * showing up, we ■> are late thii week with the Advance, and ask the indul gence of our readers in a mat ter which could not be avoided. Dr - E. Morgan arrived in; the city Friday afternoon, after having spent a few weeks lat White Springs, Fla. lie returned byway of Valdosta and attended the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, which con vened at that city last week, j If you want a gallon of f good whiskey send $3.5010; ( the Old Reliable Liquor House : and receive express paid four quarts of the famous Mt. Ver-| non rye. Sec acl in another J t column.. Miss Pearl who has been attending Monroe; ; Female College at Forsyth, - returned home Wednesday, to 'the delight of her numerous! friends. Miss Shellie ICvans’ of Longpond accompanied her| home, and will spend a few. days in ou’rcity. Mark Mathews and Henry, McQueen, who have been at- 1 tending the Presbyterian Insti tute at Blacksliear, arrived in j Vidalia Wednesday night, to ! spend their summer vacation v with home folks. The first cotton bloom of the season was gathered fr.an the field of S. Royal at Aral>i on: Wednesday. The earliest’ ever known in Georgia was June 6tli. B. E. Meeks was in the city Thursday and informs us that the station of Penhoopee ■on the Milieu & Southwestern has bee 1 laid out, an 1 that 1 lots in that city . K•: :»<.• of fered 011 very rea • ■ name * cvm;.: I \Y ■ hive 110 liositanev in roc itii t!i«*iidiiig t< > our reader* If. Wood! <>f Savtui'iali, who will soil you j o* *< >d whiskey ut a reasonable price, i . a'lokl Aleaiajws, tlie pop-, ulnr salesman in the store of jS. B. Meadows & Co., has j been confined to his room from | an attack of fever during the past week, and we learn today he is not improving. • I .11. \\o<ul, 240 West Broad St. .Savannah, doesn't charge you for I I lie jug—only the contents, ami a ; very lew price for that. protracted services will lie he hi in our Methodist church beginning next Wednesday, ’ JuneStli. The pastor, Rev. J. T. Lowe, will be assisted in meeting by Rev. J. S.! I Cowan of Atlanta. All are 1 in vited to attend these services. At this season :>f the year we j all 11 oil a ionic. ..-dliing; litter jtlian bo 1 lie good, pure whiskey. Grt ittr-ra 11. Wood,. 210 West. I Broad St. Savannah. ! 011 Monday afternoon Will Curtis, colored, who has been j iemployed at the oil niil, was ■ walking down the railrotd with 1 ia companion wliev. he was ; struck by- lightning, being killed almost instantly. His i companion was severely shock ed but has recovered. Semi a t rial order to H . Wood. 210 West Broad St. rhivaimali, jiuid he eon vi need that his brands 'of whiskey are lie la t and liis : prices right. A tent meeting untfar the; ! auspices of the Ladies Mission ary Society will be held in I Vidalia, - beginning Sunday, J vine 12, and lasting about two j | weeks. Revs. R. E. Neigh- j jbor of Americas and R. V. Miller of Atlanta will conduct tlic meeting. The public has a cordial invitation to attend. For Sale — 5-room house, 1 acre lot, for cash or part cash; a bargain. Apply to Dr. W. F. Peacock, Vidalia, or E. W. Pickett, Macon. Card of Thanks. i Since it is impossible for me to 1 the many go >d- people ot \ i- j idjilin, persounlly, who were so; j kind to myself ami family durinsr t-he rec'-nt sorrow which came to I us in the illness and death of my i 1 husband, I wish to use this method ; of exti'iidiiig 111 v heartfelt thank-. | to each 0:1 - I'm- sympathy and > favors bestowed upni us. May jGoil bless eu-di on • for so doing. Sincerely. M rs. Josephine Brantley., Itefiiinieiit is more a spirit than 1111 hccoinplislimi-nt. All the! j hooks of et iquelte that have h.tm ; ; written can not make a person; ! refined. True refill incuts springs from a gentle, uns-HUh heart. : Without a line spirit- a refined , lit*-- is ini] aissible.—Selected. Tlteteachers of Montgomery : ail cl Telfair counties, will as enible in Ins tit ate. here next week. Our people welcome them, unci trust they will feel at home with us. A very in teresting program has been ar ranged by the committee and; we trust many of our people will turn out to hear and see. Beside the regular printed program we will have Dr. E. Morgan t- > ad ~ us Monday; night. C 11.13. Lr.i Tues lav 2“ J ♦ t b CC «O S .-* i ♦ 'I.THE G'RI'P Ij - ■ - Ur... " i Cyrus Zjctxmsend "Brady, <| Author of ” &he ”In the TXJasp's Jiet t,” Etc. f I Copyright. 1000. by C H A.HLES SC* TV JV F.VS SOJfS ▼TV V VfVVV night, Expert Hendrick Wed- uesday night and M. A. Jen kins Thursday night. Bro. 1 j Dickens has been invited to; address us during the dayj Come out and get abreast with ! the pedagogues. Benj. Brantley Dead. On Wednesday afternoon the sad intelligence was p is- j ; sed from one to another that i Benj. Brantley was dead. Mr. Brantley had been a great sufferer for years, though he; was 011 lv confined to his bed 'before his death about a week.! He moved to our town about 1 two years ago from Washing ton comity, and, though a com parative stranger, lie enjoyed the full confidence and respect of Ilia fellowtowiTsnren. His ag> was.about forty years. lie leaves a wife, several children and a host of relatives to j mourn his sudden taking off. May the God of all pour a healing balm 011 the wounded hearts of. his loved one; and 1 ' help them to bear bravely ! their deep affliction. A writer mi advert bin:; says ir is t!m aim ul nearly every bus-lies* concern tn have a special and original feat ure. ‘’But. when .sie-li a specialty shall he found it 1 must he advertised. Nu nrimV can sell itself without the aid of 1 advertising.” Km-|iTtii Hi'iu-1 Willi Olligcnce. “As a man thinketh in his ; heart, so is lie.’’ Thoughts are ■ i the origins and 1 lie despot s of I ife. ; If a man in 1 1 is heart thinks high ! and holy thoughts, his feet will j hover he carrying him into sinful places: Ins hand, his lips will fie unih-r the promptings of good.! But if a man in his heart eher- 1 isiu’K low nr unkind or impure im aginations. like the cuttle-fish, tliny will*discolor his life with the ; blackness of the secret mil. l'nt 1! ; a man learns tn k-.i-p his heart I with all diligence, until he chus : tens his secret imaginations. lie will not. he can not permanently lead a righteous, a Christian life. For the angel, or the cuttle-fish, will make his indwelling known. , —Central Christ ian Advocate. . The Sheltered D»rc. Tn the I’itti Palace, at Florence, are two pictures hanging side by j side. One represents a stormy i . sea, with its wild waves, and black : clouds, and lierc-c lightning llasli-- ing across the sky. In the waters] .-t human fa -e is seen, wearing an 1 ; expression of tin- utmost agony; and despair. The ot her picture ’ also represents a sea tossed by as, fierce a storm, with ns dark clouds ; but out of the midst of the waves a rock rises, against, which the; waters dash ill vain. In a cleft j j of the rock arc some tufts of grass' and green herbage, with sweet, j ' flowers, and in a sheltered place ! in tli* midst of th se, a dove is • se- n sitting calmly on her nest, | quiet and undisturbed hv the wild: fury of the storm. The first pic ture represents "Distress,” and; lit ly shows forth the sorrow of I lie world, v. litre all is helpless and! despairing. The other is a beau- j ti ft: 1 representation o; “Peace.” | fitly showing forth tile so:rows of ; 1 the Christian, no less server,>, but ;in v. 1 ii•• 1 1 he is I: -pfc in perfect iv ' pcs— li-.. a use he nestles in the; bosom ..j God' cl anging 1-• v• . ; »»»»»»»»»»»»» IMSTTTTTttW ! "Tpim one side, ifiuitlsiiTes, dead men, j half naked, cohered witti coil until ted liksid, were ttter.illy piled n;> in a rreat lieap. The deck itself was covered j with grime anil blond, and a handful of men. most ®f them wounded In some way. were distributed about the ship | endeavoring to effect some to order, (tuns here and there were ! dismounted; ropes cut tn every direc tion were lying entangled In wild eon fusion about the life rails and masts. The broken inninmi'.ft thrust its Jagged | end a few feet into the Hit- shove the ! deck. The rest, of it was gone. | Spars everywhere »• r.> shattered! ami' ' gr--:rt rifts appeared th the flapping I I canvas. The mil and butv.aiks w* iv i broken and smashed oa efery side. trUeivwas not-a single hoah left swlng ! big at the davits. Sptiniered wood work Si.owed where mi mb', l-lc-»s st.ols had taken effect, and charred pieces j of limber on every kan.l added heart- ; breaking evi l -nee of eontlsghit ion's di V.Lst.ll ing loucli. l'roni t:.e depths : i beneath the ih-ek came low groans and j ■ murmc.'.s of j a!n. actentaaleil by tlic j sharp, shriek of some deeper sufferer or the elellrtous ra|ing of some fevered ■ pati -at. l.lixabeti: shrunk back ap- i palled. "llow horrible*,' stie murmnred. "Take iuo n vay. t tirnuol stand Iti” ; lie enrglit lt-r t;i his arin.C. A Utile raoi-e and sU*‘ would have fainted. , "Good heavensf* he said. "In all i my battles 1 never saw such a ship! What a frightful scene! They didn't got off without a tight." ho added ; ; slowly. An ofth-er.. with hoad hound ! tip In a fi imlkevi litoT and tils arm in a sling, was jipprooettiuß it.em., "Sir.'’ said <>'s<'i!l. saluting tlie White, "t am tlie ottieer who escaped last night. 1 deliver myse’f up to why, it’s Bti'n-y:” tie cried in great smpr'.sc, rscig lUttitig a biottier ollicer of tlie Uichlttid "What i'.-j you ben*. mauV *• Tmv ge.dt. fnr O'Xolil!" cried tt.e oilier. ‘dMihfi'al» vve to see you. man. . llut Ibis ladji—this is no place for lier.” •'Mho goes wglii me." said. U'Xeill brieliy. “Hut jton'/”' “Tills Is wl!ei-? , .!t b»Hmgi”' “And ttioyi Jmve cr.pttinoili you;, r •op pose’/” '< ■"Xo'.dbe rllfpus ours.” ~ ~ “And the old ltieliai-dr erlbtHO’Xem. “Abatidoned and sunk after the sur render.'' answered the young officer. “Stic was out to pieces by the Serapts’ Gre. lent wo have this ship" “Tluiilk O’.al! ' answeredO'Xcill fer vently. "And t’aptain JonesV” ■ “Aft there on ttie ipiarter <lee!:." j “Come. Ktixabeth!" he crh‘d. seising , her-by Ur- arm. and. lie assisting her. I they made tlielr wry- with difficulty in j the confusion to the ipiarter deck. “All. (VXoMI, l hank God I see you alive again!" raid Jones, springing for ward. Ids face beaming. "We got ' there in time. then. I see.” ; “Yes. sir. thanks to this lady.” an | sworrd O'Neill: pointing to Elizabeth. "Jitulaui. you are lit for a sailor's ! bride." «nhl tlic tittle captain. “’Tis ldgh praise, sir. l’roni Captain Jones. 1 protest." she answered, rally ing herself in tlie relief of assured safety. “Would God that I had been with yon in this t/nttlN" <<.cd U Neill gloom ily. “Wo missed you. I wished often for yon.” answered tlie eaptatn. “Tlie poor j I \z> V : .‘ic mis kuctliuij by liht hide. | old Rickard was torn to pieces under i out- f ot. Wo Could not -nSny ou, her lotlgci*, go we bad to come here" “And l not. there! .1 suppose that 1 i have forfeited everything forever for j going up to the castle. Shall you break : me, sir?” “Nothing, nothing shall be done, my poor boy,” answered the captain kindly. "You have been punished enough by not having been with us in tlie greatest battle ever fought on the sea. Hut it j seems to me you have not entirely lost ; tlie game. You, too, have a prize in tow. How go your love affairs'/” he : whispered. "Well, indeed, sir. The I.tidy Kite nli-tii is here, ns you see. We are to i lie married tit once, sir" "Yen may have the chaplain of the ) j Kcr.ipis tor that purpose" J “Vos, sir. When lie lust odi«i;it«d for ' mi* ho was reading my funeral s» rv h o,’* replied U N. ill, smiling. “Some people would say it’s much the sfliu*' tiling/’ laughed tin* t upturn; “hut we know bet let*. Ah, well, that’s over now, (trunk (!od, ;;:id this lady Madam." ho said, tummir to hot*. “I hade* % iou welcome to a .«■•! ip once be fore. U is a din*.wont ship now, but 1 the welcome Is just the SJIIUO.” “Know you aught of Mujo. Hdward Coventry. Captain .Inins’'** oried KHz. ! abrth. This time it was she who re ! mcmbered. ,J Wliy. ho lies on tho dock yonder, dying. lie wouldirt let mo take him below. Do you know—but I forgot; he i was your friend.” j “Take me to him.” she era d hastily, and in a moment she was kneeling i.y his side. They had made him us uoiu- . fortabk* as possible w ith cushions and boat clonks, but his hours were nuiii liennl. His head was thrown back, ids face ghautly pale. Blood stained tho i linen shirt about his breast. His eyes were closed. Tho end was ut hand. | “Poor follow!” said O’Neill in groat sorrow. .“He died for ine. v And then lie briefly recounted the circumstances of their escape to the astonished cap tuin. “Do you know bow lie was wound ed, sir*?” he nskc«l. I “it was my own hand that struck* the blow,” answevod Joins. ••WmiM; It had beeu otherwise! There was a. moment In the action when, they sprung to board, lie leap»*d upon the rtiii. cutlass in hand, lie \Vas a fair* and easy mark. I met them with a j pike, which l buried in ids bosom. lie i fell back smiling. I lememlu r that i ! thought it strange to see him smiling j at that time, even In the beat of the buttle. Too bad—too bail!” Ist? said I “Oh. Edward.” cried the girl, tears j streaming down- Iter face. "1 tiovcv I thought to see you tints! I nev; r ■ meant to bring you to this! If you could bin speak to nil* to say tl it you forgave me for i; . ::: li I • •id have ! your blessing before” The man stlr j red a little and opened Ids eyes. lie looked about him vacantly, luit con- HclotiMi ■began to dawn again, and with {he dawn earn.* recognition. If ■ was tho face of Eiimibeth hemling over Him. Shi* tvr.s the woman whom he loved. There, hack of her. was O’Neill, lie began to comprehend. ; “Kli/.nbcth.” he murmured, “my J death—not in vain then.” , “Forgive uie—forgive me!” she cried \ i brokenly. “Oh, forgive m ! I did love j you!” j “Yes.” bo said, faintly smiling, “hut * —not like”— | TO RK CONTINUED. | B. F. ECKLES, Furniture,. CoFijis, Cas! ets, Burial Supplies, Bed Lounges, Couches, Spring Cots, Co-carts, Cradles, Grips, Trunks, Rugs, Matting, Lamps, Window Shacks, Curtain Poles, Pictures and Picture Frames. VIDALIA, fiA. : ____________________ tfki'y »IBHEEtaimisEPTIC I B a f/'/'M ,s i ust is '"'‘S’** lo l' eal V.’OU* OS, UF.L : iSES, BURKS, ii if j .j SPPAIfsS. a-d injuries received in the construction ol this * l-J I j M Csnal. Enito-Scit by all who use il. It jU H tCc DOc arid SI.OO a fcottio - I * uj-wive] For COUGII3, COLDS and SOME THROAT, take M BRCrI-CHO-DA 25c a bottisT , il" '/yMligj SHERROUSE MEDICINE CO., Mfrs. and Props. * NEV/ l StEr ‘ ii tii-kKeTaaEJgflif ‘flWii WIISfIMMBMBitfBBE&fe FiE FULL QUART OF * IISKEY FREE We know the mranir.g of wrmln end will do as we my. We elatm ta bribe Inwcat-prlrcd W hlake) ll«u«»- cod the ?.arfc.*- e*t Mml! Order Whl-U;. < imrcm tn t)»S*Mtb. Al'Uic,\orib Carolina WM«k«-v we nc tl I* ctrnl- there'll no bed. People here woulriO’t MdntU-ntto if tb«y knew Jk-w— they ore u»o hau e*t! Mn*i whh’tey sellers are noted for mlxiciu, I.k-iiduift and wete-rlnr. We ><*ll mor** genuine ok! whbkej' uui levs «au i tluen any knowncuuiuetilfer. **€u*i**i*V 11 Yc nr Old" W M-U > Is m Mcjuid l:»yl It siuude by bonc-t, “Toriieeh*” in the mountain* r.f North Cujoilnu.ln dd-0> le copper utiiL-, jrst it was made by oiirgrandfatlu rs. Pint-rate whiskey is sold at 05.011 t©d«.oO per seal lon, hut it’s nnlany U tter than “Casper’s 11 Year f »Ul." Ik most please ortro will buy We baveaeapltHloltlCv.ouO.OO. - t and ti<u Piedmont Ha*in. > Ennfc of th>* cit . - wldt» II ye n ourHoiu -j it, Ti- Introduce tnisout.lmoert wliiflcry, offer four Fall - of v ».t tevUli An r-e. lot fil Jk• ! .ecoik-scicws, drink in* ulasMK ami . ..... . l!.i« wlihki y (SOtft tca» than 99 V* js*r ifaM.-n il*lu. «*re - ' NVe > hi), in vitb no narks loindiciltti .oiiUrtiti. nu.l l*rcp«> K.II i.Xpress. Ord« > * Arixoi.a, «*m pnp~e CASP£& CO. (Inc.) ' IBK.WHTT& _ a I Tint <)£»tm ! thet's. 1 \’ u!;i! i;i, < | “ we YArcs fr,o.v ccirj juzr. Two ci oers f ROM DIIV j . THE MAT I IIS HOUSE, Jnchson S 1 . l-.USI, Ml HM\. < ; \ . ! M:;s. .1. 11. I)aah:i.i.. I (iOPkiUTi;;:. ••( Kiiuip|.tii Dollniii Dny Hulls- in ti? • I'iiy. Spicinl Ital* s by lh<* \Y. ik. (.‘. Id « r lint Baths Free. !| DR.fl. tV. fIEAL | l>EN r J'IST, ?:■ VIDALIA, : : GKOROIA . !i . «*««»»* is hi R BuAVKWS, Lireirv lauiadi sStaiblos* (•uhblhiru nhitty. —VIDAtUV,. I'ittitH.. lAV? — MEADOWS & MEADOWS, Physicians and Surgeons, VIDAI.IA, - - - GeOISHIA. W. M LEWIS, Attorney, Mr. Vernon, Georgia. ! iGeneral.: - : Practitioner. Subscribe.