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* FRIDAY FEBUARY 2b, ISO'S.
Discoveries and Improvements.
Discoveries and improvements
nre frequently being made, and ns
time rolls on, new inventions and
improvements keep springing up,
and sometimes wo are almost at a
loss to even imagine wbat will pre
sent itself next.
Since the day that Columbus
landed with his little crew upon
the shore of America, this part of
ihe globe has undergone many
changes. Occasionally, the clouds
seemed to darken, and to abuttst
hide every spark of hope, which
the people of our continent enter
tained, but in spite of adversities,
time has revealed many things,
and such things as contribute to
ihe happiness of American people.
■ Previous to the year ISR9 we
knew nothing of the use of the en
velope, which was, when invented
of so much convenience to those
who were accustomed to writing
letters, x^nd since the year of
1590 we have been enabled by the
u-e of the telescope to know some*
thing of things too far away to have
been discovered by the natural eye,
Besidee the telescope may be
mentioned a few other things al
ii.o-t as wonderful. Among which,
is the steel writing pen, first in
Jru-.luced in the year 1730. This
while it seems to be a very small
invention lends no little conven
ience to the writer. Tap watch,
one of the most wonderful inven
Jiuns known, was constructed in
1476. The first iron steam ship
was built-in 1830. Kerosine oil was
first used for lighting purposes in
and until the year
1776, cotton spinning was per
Jbrmed by the hand-spinning
wheel. But in 2846 came the saw
ing machine, which, perhaps,
lightens the burden of the labor
ing woman more than any other
invention known tothe world.
1 But in the year of 15S8, England
was honored by having the first
newspaper published in its limits,
and though the people of that day,
cared but little for the news of
iheir country, yet, they aided their
sditor so much as make his efforts
a success, and the invention has
grown and developed until the
world is filled with a!! sorts o r pub
lications. Everyoue Tis trying to
improve their sheet, and editors
have asked for aid so often, that a
great number of our people have
about decided that it is their na
ture to ask for help, and for that
reason turn a deaf ear to the ear'
nest entreaties of the man who is
laloring so diligently to furnish
them with the news of their coun
try. Can we not look back to tbe
time when we had no publication,
and we might say no news?
-• While We patronize.so many in
dustries of not half so groat im
portance, can we not invest one
dollar each y ?ar in the news of our
own county?
A Few Hints on Truck Farming.
C in anything be produced on
these lands of the wiregrass re
gions of South Georgia as a raon*
eyed crop, sxCopt cotton? In
other words are we to plod along
ja the old rut and raise y-eents
qjotton "for all time to come.
I say 5 -cents cotton because its.
been there and will get’there again.
! But some Will say we have tried
watermelons for the market and
made nothing. Ye-, that is true,
bit', its like the cotton, you have
overdone-the thing. You glutted
the market last season so that they
did not sell for enough to pay the
Itfeight.
(Now I bJievs if we will try raiSp,
m
! i^n a lew of the leading vegetables
| far’enrlv and late shipments that we
| cun make it nay. L<*t a low of us
try raising Irish potatoes, toma
I toes, egg-plants, onions and Jersey
| sweeti potatoes. With proper
! *™«t«nont and proper time for
planting any of the above men
tioned varieties can be grown sue
I cessfnily hero, and could be
placed in the northern market iust
alter the Florida shipments and
before their local gardens came in.
j This would give us very satisfac
j j t°ry egg plants prices. and Such tomatoes vegetables bring good as
prices late is» the tall—say October
and November. I havo received
$2 net per crate for egg plants
shinped in October and November,
and these were the three peck
crstPB.
Now, I knew that would beat
raising cotton, even at 10 cents per
pound. Now let us give this a lit
tle consideration and also an ex
pertinent. Try it on a small scale
at first, and if we do not, our
brothers at the colony certainly
will in the near future, and if thebe
is anything in it, who ever starts it
first will gather most of the cream.
For this, like all other things That
there is any money in, will soon
’■e overdone.
Any of our tip-lands here are
well adaped to the raising of egg
plants and should we happen to
have a late fall (similar to tbe last
one) an acre in egg plants coming
n at that time, wouldj pa better
than ten acres in cotton.
Of course, if we expect to make
a success of these things, we must
use our practical judgement and
give it our attention, flow are we
ever to know what we can do if we
never try? Respectfully,
A. C. Lawton.
E igar W. Nye, better known as
Bill Nye, the great American hu
morist, died at his home in North
Carolina last Saturday.
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Th 8 Standard oil company is
having & branch house built at
Tifton and will make that place
one of their distributing points.
Tifton is coming mthe front, ns
a manufacturing town. A new
barrel factory has just, been built
there, and recently a company has
been organized that will manu
facture fruit refrigerators, evapora
tors, etc.
Judge Hill on the Wing.
Messrs. Editors : I am just back
from Coffee and East Irwin. Ev
erything seems to be on a boom.
The farmers are in good hopes of
a good crop and a better price for
cotton. Land has gone up beyond
the expectations of everybody,
I was at Fine Level church on
the 7th, and heard a good sermotf
from Bro. Connors to a large con
gregation, considering the high wa
ter and very bad roads. After
preaching, several of ug young peo
ple, including Editor Wilcox, of the
Star, who is one of ti 3 boy?, went
to Judge Ewens, where we certainly
found one of those good dinners
and a pleasant time. If you
should visit that part of the
Brushy Creek country; you will
find the people like all the rest of
the Brushy Creek country, a noble
people.
Politics are still warming tip.
There is a new man out,, for sher
iff. I will not mention his name,
for the reason that Editor DeLoach
showed me the papers published in
other counties vyith two or three
colume of announcements while
he did not have one forth of a col
umn, on account ot my communi
cations. I olso see that tbe Tiiton
Gazette did not publish my com
munication. I suppose it was be
cause I said that Hon. Will S.
Walker would be tbe next repre
sentative from Berrien, if he was
inclined for diguatorial honors.
The new man for sheriff has as
many brothers-in-law as any man
in the country, and they have
never let him get beat. He will
announce his name in yonr [taper
during court.
I will reply to the correspondent
from IJat after fodder-pulling time.
We will see by that time what be
come of Lige Young.
I am for tbe silver money coin- . I
ai<(l tor Judge , Orien lor , senator [
age
fir,;, last and all along the line.
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OCALA
Measles are still all the go in our
community, and they will certainly
not .have much material to prey
upon after this, for they'have tack
led almost every family that hasn’t
had them and some few individuals
that have.
We had some very cold weather
last week, but it has again mod
erated and bespeaks to us
that it is about time to put in
the seeds for another crop.
The grading on the Tiiton and
Northeastern railroad is about
complete to Mr. John W. Fletcher's
mill.
Messrs.Editors, permit me to eay
a few words more through the col"
umus of Tile News in regard to the
school matters of our county. I
teel that 1 wili voice the sentiments
of every teacher that has taught
iu the liomnsruuity lor the last two
years, when I say that we have
been treated very unjustly tor ser
vices rendered the county in a pub
lic school capacity, by receiving
part payments only of what was
promised us, and some teachers
were so unfortunate as not to get
a dollar of the public funds lor
1894, while a big per cent, was
short on the final payment ot 1895
claims. How all this trouble catne
abuut we ure not prepared to say ;
but this much we can say, the
teachers of Irwm county have
been deprived of their rights and a
gross injustice heaptd upon them.
Commissioner Glenn told us last
summer at the institute to talk up
for our rights, and I think if there
ever was a time when we should
talk, it is now. YVnat say ye
heavily teachers? Many last year’s teachers schools, will lose |
upon as
they have Jong ago made settle
ment with their patrons on the ba«
sis ol getting two dollars per
scholar per term of five months
or two cents per day from
the county as was contracted
for. This they did not
get in lull anu consequently they
win nave it to lose, is there any
lentduy tor this shortage, if so,
let us have it.
Ye writer visited the little city
of iiiton last week. xYiuch busi
ness is being done is this little city
anu it bins lair to become the me
tropolis oi south west Georgia.
Prof. Lott Whiddon, a very ac
complished young u.au, opened a
school as vVhat is inown as the
Ocala school nouse last Monday
morniur. Success to Prof. Wmd
don, is the wish oi your corres
pondent.
Some unknown party helped
himself to a good supply ol corn
lrom the crib ol Mr. Joseph
Fletcher one night last week.
Such parties should be dealt with,
and no doubt will be if Jbund out.
Thomas a. Bussell.
IRWIN VILLE.
Editors News : Not seeing any
news items from this town in some
time, I will give you a small batch.
Measles have been and continue
to be raging in our town and com
munity. Our county judge, lion.
James B. Clemente, has been
suffering from a severe at
tack, but we are .3 pleased
to note that be is again able to dis
charge his official duties
The recent change in the mail
route from Tifton to Irwinville cre
ates quite a dissatisfaction on the
part of some of Irwlnville’s citi
izens.
The political campaign of this
campaign for the present year is
shaping up hurriedly, and from all
that can be gathered, it Is almost
a certainty that the two candidates
for the house on this side o,f the
river, B. J. Young and J. J. Luke
will compromise upon Hon! R. W.’
Clerpents, who will make the race
against Mr. Lott Warren,’and in
that event a hot contest mav be
predicted.
It is very probable that Mr, Jag.
J. Lee wiil enter the race for ordi
nary and D A, Mclnie for sheriff.
Mr. R. W. Clemeuts & Son have
added several crops of new boxes
to their turpentine farm.
“Amos.”
Many Persons are t>rotten
aovTn ^ from overwork or household cares.
’Brown’s fe^SS^r Iron Bitters Rebuilds the
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P'AJHTA.
Uditors News : Everybody is too
busy this beautiful weather to vent
ure out to give us the news—even
Mr. Lott Warren says ho has gone
to work. The farmers in this sec
tion are rushing things while the
weather is favorable. If they get
ready to plant corn by the 10 th o!
March they will be soon enouhh,
as the land is cold yet. It is said
the early bird catches the worm
but that is owing altogether to cir
cumstances. This is fine weather
for gardening it the wind didn’t
blow quite so hard.
Tell the boys, “the big boy” es
pecially, that they had better
let her simmer slowly until the
watermelon season is oyer, and
remember the familiar couplet:
“A peble in’ the streamlet has
changed the course of many a
river.”
Hurrah for Fitzgerald and Ir
win county—one female barber !
I toldlj the old ’oman as how I was
“gwiue” over and 'get shaved and
she “lowed” as how she was
gwine along with me^to see it was
done right.
Standing Round iu the Hall.'
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Announcements.
FOR TAX COLLCTOR.
The friends ol Ii. L. Henderson an -
nouree his name as a candidate fur tax
collector of Irwin County.
F0:t OJRDI> AKY.
At the canih.-T solicitation ot my
friends I announce myself a candidate
for re-election* to the office of Ordinary
of Jrwin eaii ity
DANIEL TUCKER.
FOB TAX RECEIVER.
Through tl e urgent demands of my
friends, I hereby announce myself a
candidate for the office of tax receiver of
It win county. 1 respectfully solicit
the support ot the people, promising it
elected, to serve them to the best of hiy
ability. Respectfully, ‘
C. L. ROYAL.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
In respouse to the urgent solicitations
af my freinds, I hereby announce rriy
seifa candidate for representative of Jr
win county in the Sower house of the
genera] assembly; subject to the demo
cratic nomination. If elected, 1 pledge
myself to serve the people tothe oes of
my ability. Yours to serve,
LOTT WARREN.
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Sycamore, G-a,
Oilers fine school advantages,
Gdop building well furnished and
beautifully located.
Systematic instruction; Careful discip
ne; Thorough work - .
Patronage Solicited.
R.RFAJ.N,
Principal.
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THE NT WS will receive coun
try produce as follows, on sub
scription:
Syrup, 4 gallons..... $1.09
Hums, 8 pounds..... 1.00
Shoulders, 14 pounds 1.00
Lard, 10 pounds...... 1.00
Hens, 3, and 1 dozen eggs.... 1.00
Potatoes, 21 bushels . 1.00
Will pay highest market price for
hogs, spring chickens or anything else
in the produoe line, except Eutter and
Cotto*»
Why net he your
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Pay but one profit between maker and
user and that a small Just one.
Our Big 700 Page Catalogue and Buyers
Guide proves that It’s possible. Weighs
S'A pounds, I2,000111ustratlons, describes
and tellstheone-proflt price of over 40,000
artlclos, everything you use. Wo Bend It
for 15 cents; that’s not for the book, but
to pay part of the postage or expressage.
and keep off idlers. You can't get It too
quick.;
MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.,
The Store of A!> the People Chicago*
Michigan Ave.,
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As have suits of heavy clothes •* A
we many and
hand we w v ?l] sell them at
YEMY LOW P
as wo do not want to carry them overt for
will offer‘all of our Heavy Clothing ^
Now it you want a good suit of clothes
pants, and all other goods at very low prices,
buy before they are all gone. Como and loo
whether yon buy or not.
J®- JEFFREY, >I«
Ashburn, - -
We have located him at last. Jle is at the Post office,
THAT CHEAP STOBE
Still t
underselling everybody in town. Go and see him and be
convinced. He carries a first-class lot of Men and Boy’s hat g>
Dry goods, Shoes, Undershirts, Overshirts and Dress Shirts as
cheap as the cheapest, according to quality. Also a cheap lot #f.
Stationary.
WE CAN SEIm GROCERIES CHEAP
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as they can be bought. Pepper and spice, 10c. per pound to
bacco from 23c Water white kerosine oil, best that ?
up. can be
Nought, 20e per gallon, sugar, IS pounds for $1.00, 780 mutches
for 5c. Flour, Rice, Coffee, and all kinds of canned goods too
numerous to mention.
We pay highest market prices in merchandiee for all kines of
country produce. The above prices are for spot cash, This is
why we can sell cheap. Yours for business,
J. W.SSIITH, Agent,
COLO I* Y DIMJO {^TORE
FI TZ GERALD, GE OR GJA,
% of all hin ds,
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Toilet Articles, Fine Stationery,
Lamp goods af dgarden seed.
ITT 1STEC CICrARS and T0BAC0O9
err?
GrENEBAL MERCHAN
On Grant Street, Half Square South o’
Come to Bee i
And if we can’t convince you that it is to your interest to
with u8, we will quit the business.
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C ENEEAL MERCHANDISE,
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itxggo i»ald, Oeorgia.
I propose to meet the closest
prices on all goods in rny line,
and will apprecifte the patron
age of my friends and the pub- %
lic generally. ,
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produce choicer I
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food and