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■ Bulloch V Herald Vol. I. news of a local nature. What The Reporters Have Seen and Heard During The Week. Some of our eaHy gardeners are planting their spring crop now. Charley Cumming is painting things bright at Register the past few days. Mr. D.C. McDougald left Sat urday for a visit to his old home in Fayetteville, N, C, Our esteemed friend W. P. Don clll aldsou, of Blitch, was a pleasant at our office this week. $ Mrs. W. H. DeLoach has re¬ turned from a visit to her old l|lme old home near Nellwood. Prof. John DeLoach has recent¬ ly purchased a fine shotgun, and is rapidly developing into a crack shot. I Henry Alderman and Steve Blackburn are building a new church at Middle Ground this week. Get your garden seeds from E. D. Holland & Co, The family of Mr. James Hogan, of Clito, moved last week to Mel drim, where they will reside in the future. Nellie, the young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jones, has been quite low with pneumonia, but is now improving. ! Little Carrol, the young son of \>4. &* L. Moore, haa been quite jbw this week, fever. being threatened typhoid Contractor A. J. Franklin has about finished the new depot at Preetoria, and is building a guano warehouse for the S. & S. railway. Mias Ollie Tarver, after spend several days with friends in Statesboro, left Tuesday for Reg ister, where she will visit relatives, Rev. A. M. Johnson is now city manager of the New Home Com pany for the city of Savannah, which* position he accepted last week. ^ Full line fresh garden seeds at D. Holland & Co.’s. Cd. D. R. Groover has gone on week’s outing in the southern part of the state with his friend, A. Denmark, of Savannah, this eek. Work of constructing the tele Ithone line of the S. & S. railroad • progressing rapidly, the wire ovv having been raised as far as iNellwood.,, The Masonic funeral service of Mr. E. A. McCroan at Blitch last Sunday was attended by a very large crowd, many attending from a distance. Fritz Brown, who has been em¬ ploye! with B. P. Maull for some months past, left last Saturday for Savannah, where he will re main in future. Court day for the 1575th dis tr ict is Thursday after third Sun <jay in each month. Lawyers and those interested will govern them selves accordingly. Among the well-to-do farmers wh0 sold their cotton this week at fancy prices were Mess, Jas. Riggs and D. E. Bird. The farmer had 18 bales and the latter 18. Boarders. —Three or four per sous con get board in private fam ily at reasonable rates. Apply at this office. Statesboro, Ga., Friday, Jan. 19,1900. - W. S. Preetorius bids for a share of the guano trade in another col umn. Those who buy guano from him will find that his goods will do all that he claims for them, The marriage of Prof, J, W. Franklin and Miss Bertha aldsou is announced to occur at the residence of the bride’s father, W. P. Donaldson, at Blitch, next Sunday, Savannah newspapers contain the notice of the petition in bank ruptcy of JessH Newman, of Pern broke. His liabilities are placed at $3,569.81, of which $523.32 is unsecured. Mrs. Eliza Johnson and her lit tie grand-daughter, Miss Ethsl Hudson, will leave in a few days for Sandersville, where they will reside in the future with Mr. Jas. E. Johnson. Mrs. Ball, of Boston, Mass., is v,sltin S th « family of Mr. W. D. Davis. It lias been thirty-three years since her last visit to States¬ boro, and many chauges have taken place during that period. J. I. Brannen is headquarters for the finest stall-fed beef and other fresh meats. Green salted cow hides wanted at highest mar market price. Have you noticed the big guano advertisement of W. H. Blitch on the fifth page? His brands of gu¬ ano are well known to the farmers of this county, and many declare them to be the best on the market. The cotton market reached itB highest point yesterday when 16/ was paid. Parties who have been holding their cotton for 15/ seized the opportunity to turn it loose, and Statesboro maiket has been lively all the week. At the last regular meeting of Statesboro Lodge K. of P., No. 97, the recently elected officers were installed. The officers are all young and energetic men, and the Lodge enters the new year with very flattering prospects. Rev. A. R. Richardson, of Gardi, Wayne county, will not fill the pulpit at the Baptist church next Sunday, as previously announced. Rev. Richardson is in a smallpox infected territory, and thought it advisable to postpone his visit. The Central R. R. Co. makes the announcement that the mag¬ nificent steamship “Nacoochee” has resumed its place on the line, after being thoroughly overhauled and refitted with new machinery and uew furnishings throughout. Miss Azalia Strickland* of Stil son, is now at the Prather Home School in Atlanta. Miss Azalia is an eclective graduate *f the Lucy Cobb Institute of 1899, and is taking a special course in music, literature and history at the Home School. The marriage of • Mr. T. M. Waters and Miss Sallie Hagins occurred at the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. S. F, Legett, at Emit, last Wednesday night. The youll S jW 1 ® ^ spendinga few days Wlth the family of W * H * DeLoach. Mrs, A, Moore wishes it under stood that she pays highest prices } * or countr y produce— chickens, egg8 hide9 ’ wax > lard > tallow in exchange for best goods at The stereopticon exhibition at the hall Wednesday night was quite largely attended, and was a very pleasant little entertainment. The battle of San Juan, the entry °f Manilla and the capture of a Spanish fort, were new pictures here, and were especially iuter esting. Mrs. Ellen Anderson, an aged lady of the 44th district, widow of the late Jasper Anderson, died last Sunday after long confinement to her bed with cancer. The interr meat took place at the Anderson cemetery, near her residence. De¬ ceased was mother of Col. J. J. E. Anderson of this place. Mr. R. T. Cook, who has recent¬ ly been engaged in the mercantile business at Columbia, S. C., is in Statesboro this week prospecting with a view to engaging m busi¬ ness in or near the town. He was through this county a couple of months ago, and his present visit is • a result of impressious formed at that time. For Sale or Exchange. —A 10 months old, liver colored pointer pup; female; uutrained. Apply at this office for information. A crowd of Statesboro sports¬ men will leave next week for a few days outing at Sunberry, on the Atlantic coast of Libery county. Among them will be Messrs. H. I. Olliff, C. W. Enueis and W. H. Waters. Game is said to be quite plentiful down there, bat the chief object of the sportsmen is to fill up on oysters. Mr. “Shug” Mikell, who lives a couple of miles east of town, lias two hunting trophies that he prizes very highly. One is the hide of the deer he killed an Ossa baw island a few weeks ago, and the other is a turkey beard about seven inches long that he cut from a 27-pound gobbler he killed dur¬ ing the season. Mr. W. W. Ward, who for the past five months has made his home at Lumberton, N, C., has returned to Statesboro and will resume his trade of shoe-making and repairing at Lanier’s store. His many friends are glad to have him among them again. Mrs! Ward is at present visiting her mother at Ash Pole. N. C., but will arrive in a few weeks.. A call meeting of the county board of education was held last Tuesday for the purpose of corn pleting the arrangements for the public schools for the preset year, The length of the term has been fixed the same as last year—ninety days. Under the uew ruling of the board, no school will be rec¬ ognized whose enrollment is less than twenty-five scholars. Mules eor Sale. —Having sold one ot my farms, I offer two splen¬ did farm mules for sale cheap for cash. Apply to M. M. Holland. Messrs. J. W. Olliff & Co. and R. Simmons, the principal cotton buyers of this section, disposed part of their holdings Saturday in Savannah, and the railroads been busy this week hauling it off. There were near a thousand j a the warehouse at this place, h ea i(j es twice that number i n Savannah. The price wag a handsome profit to the c h a nts, and their friends are gratu j a ting them on their this season. MONEY TO LOAN. I bare arranged to lend money in Bulloch, Ifflng ham and Screven Counties on improved farm lands on flve (5) years' Ume at eight (8) per cent interest. Can pay back any amount of principal at any Ume. No loans made on less than 100 acres; no amounts loss than $300. Address H. T. Mathews, Sylvan in, Qa. Farm Lands For Sale Cheap. 185 acres in the 46th Dis¬ trict of Bulloch County, Ga, eight miles from Statesboro, on Banks Creek, being part of what is commonly known as the Walker lands. For further particulars address: Howard M. Smith, Macon, Georgia. Notice to Farmers: I am prepared to furnish my patrons and the public generally with guano again this season. I handle only first-class goods, at reasonable prices, and respectfully request you to call on me before making your pur¬ chases in this line. Messrs. S. C. Allen and L. H. Kingery are associated with mo, and will take pleasure in serving you. W. S. PREETORIUS, Statesboro, Ga. 1 Sermon on Shoes A Few Very Appropriate Remarks as to Where You Can Buy Shoes Right. DO YOU WANTSHOES ? 'WE HAVE ’EM. GROCERIES! GROCERIES!! This is the season of the year when a little Grocery talk ought to be engaged in, interested for every in well-regulated family is more have or Groceries less for sale also. something good to eat—we wedded and will buy Some people become to a grocer, inferior goods from him rather than trade elsewhere; but that is an the imposition cheapest upon Groceries, one’s palate. and The best is in The best Is what we self, always at right prices. Try us once I Highest Prices Paid for all Kinds of Country Produce—HIdet, Tallow, Wax, Syrup, Eggs, Chickens—100 Bushels Shelled Corn Wanted, for which highest Market Price will be Paid. MRS. A. MOORE. No. FARM LOANS. Brannen & Moore, States¬ boro, Ga., negotiate loans at the lowest rates. The Johnson House. Permanent and transient Boarders can get good ac¬ commodations at reasona¬ ble rates at the Johnson House, on the Court House square. By the Month, $10 and $18. Single Meals, 25 Cents. A share of the public pat¬ ronage is solicited. ♦ ♦ ♦ Mrs. A. M. JOHNSON*..* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Proprietress. Nothing is more essential to the real happi ness of young and old than a comfortable and stylish pair of SHOES, and no question is of more importance to the buyer than where to get such an article at the right price. It is for the benefit of such that these lines are intended. We do not claim to be the only people who sell SHOES—not “the only pebble on the beach,”— but we do sell the kind of SHOE you are look ing for at a price that seller will suit any reasonable buyer. If the other says he “can give you a better shoe for the same money,” or “as good shoe for less money,” remind him of the fate of Annanias, and pass him by; he is a de ceiver; nobody can would do business like on demonstrate less margin than we can. We to this to yon in the next pair of SHOES you need. We guarantee satisfaction both as to price and quality in Ladies’ and Gentlemen’s Footwear. '00 you WANT SHOES ? WE HAVE 'EM.