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Boiled Down and Dialled
Mr. 'Joseph.Mi. Peters is now posti-
niaster at Ruby.
The population of the eleventh
congressional, district is about 165,-
:M8.
The Dispatch is too. old to tackle
a railroad rumor.
There was a white frost in this
section Monday morning,, April io,
1899,
Db: Gr. A. Gaskins,, of Willaooo*
thee, and Miss Estelle- Moate were
wedded Sunday of lust week..
We chaw up $0,000,000 worth of
gjim. every year.—Augusta Herald.
And with yo«n one little-mouth?
All Che legakadvertising and most
of the important news of llig county
can he found in the Dispatch each
week.
i)-o>y»u like a bouquet of dog-wood
tybssome wkh the emblem? Adel
Sews.. If wc knew the emblem we’d
answer hietaivtlfy..
What handsome county official
was it that was in- such ai hurry to
get down: stairs out of the court
room one day last week?
Before the discovery of One Min¬
ute Cough Cure ministers were
greatly disturbed by coughing con¬
gregations. No excuse for it now.
Luke & Ashley.
Prof. Thos. TV. Wilson, of Mc¬
Donald's Mills, and Miss Enla,
daughter of Hon. Jeff Kirkland, of
Pearson, were married Sunday of
last week.
There are men in Blakely who-
are aiways ready to make charitable
contributions;, bat their contribu¬
tions. are confined to suggestions.—
Blakely Reporter.
Spring poetry is making Editor
Dan Sweat.—Ocilla Dispatch. Yes,
and if it keejrs ap a little longer
you’ll see a hot Journal one of these
days.—-Waycross- Journal. It may
be hot. but “dry”—-never 1
If you have a cough, throat irri¬
tation', weak lungs, pain in the
ehest,, difficult breathing, croup or
hoarseness, let us suggest One Min¬
ute Cough Care. Always reliable
and safe-. Lake Ss Ashley.
A lady asked the editor of the
Gazette, published at the junction,
if his mother raised much poultry
last year. After a few moments of
deep thought, he replied: “N o’in;
the chickens scratched it aLl up.”
Ton a quick remedy and one that
ia perfectly safe for children Jet us
lecomimiemi One Minute Cough
Cure, It is excellent for croup,
hoarseness, tickling in the throat
and eongbs. Luke & Ashley.
The Macron County Citizen never
spoke more truthfully than when it
said,' “The man who Wrote' one-half
the «* world
doesn’t know how the
other half lives, never could have
lived in a small town.”
Mr. E. T. Jaimes was joined at
Ocilla, Ga., Sunday by his wife'and
daughter, Miss Dona. Their many
friends in this community hope they
will find contentment and prosper¬
ity at their new home. Blakely
lieporter.-
“Give me a liver regulator and I
can regulate the world,” said a
genius. The druggist handed him
a bottle of DeWitt’s Little Early
RisSts, the famous liver pills. Luke
& Ashley.
Atiderson; the hiccoughing man 5
Who is being treated at the Grady
Hospital in Atlanta, is on the road
to rccoverr. The hiccoughs have
Ceased and the remedy used v. as an
injection of nitroglycerine, or what
might he called hypodermic appli¬
cation of dynamite
j. Sheet, Sedalia, Mo., Conductor
on electric street, car line, writes
that his little daughter was very-
low with croup and her life saved
after all physicians had failed, only
by using One Minute Cough Cure.
Luke cfe Ashley.
Miss Hattie Bush, who has been
Visiting relatives here for quite a
while, returned to her home at
Waterloo,last Sunday, to the sorrow
of one of our young men. Never
mind she will be back some day.—
K., in Eastman Times-Journal.
Not one child dies where ten for-
merly died from croup. People
have lea'raed the value of One Min-
mad lately stops coughing. It never
falls Luke & Ashley.
Cenor, faentmqnts.
We, the grand jurors, selected to
serve at the 'April term, 1899, Irwin
superior court, beg leave to submit
the following presentments:*
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
We find the court house and jail .
J
in fairly good condition,, . , out
J ‘ recom-
mend that the jail he disinfected,
the accumulated cobwebs , cleaned ott
and a now coat oi whitewash placed 1
the . inside. ,
on
The new jail J is in good ° condition
'and well toward hnssn- . .
iirogressing 1 ”
ling,sand when completed will add
■greatly to the comfort of prisoners.
We suggest that a closet lie con¬
structed for public use, and built so
That the excrement can be removed
and either bailed or cremated.
BOOKS CVF JUSTICES OF TUB PEACE.
The hooks examined 'have been
found correct, with one or two ex¬
ceptions, where the entries Mere, not
properly made.
The following justice of peace re¬
cords were not handed in: 690th,
1388th and 432d.
There being a vacancy in the
1421st district, we recommend that
II. T. Fletcher be appointed N. F.
& Ex-off. J. P. to fill said vacancy.
BOOKS OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
There being a vacancy on the ex¬
amining committee, we have select¬
ed F.' S. Bander to till said vacancy,
and that said committee be paid
82.50 for each day of actual service.
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER.
We find the books of the county
school commissioner in excellent
condition. A copy of his full report
for the year 1898 is herewith ap¬
pended as part of this presentment,
and has our hearty approval:
N umber of teachers—Whites,
male, 37, female, 20. Total, 47.
Colored, male, 5, female, 12. Total,
17.
Number of white schools, 6>0;
colored, 17. Total; , 7.
Number oi pupils-White, J,379;
colored, 042. total, .,021.
Average daily attendance-Whites,
'834; colored, 369. Total, 1,203.
Average monthly cost per pupil,
81.25. Amourt of average monthly
■ cost paid by the state, ,» cents.
Average monthly salary paid teach-
ers—First grade—whites, |35; col-
ored, fgO. Second grade, white, S25;
colored, $20. Third grade, white,
$20; colored, $15.
Number of visits made by com¬
missioner during the year, 71.
Whole number of days schools
were kept in operation during the
year, 100.
N umber of schoolhouses in county
belonging to the county board of
education—White, h 4; colored, 0.
Total value, $365.
Estimated value of all other school
property, §200.
N umber of schoolhouses in county
not belonging to county board, 73.
Estimated Value, §3,820,
N umber of school houses in cities
and towns not belonging to county
board. Value, $8,000.
Financial statement. Balance on
land from 1897* $1,022.
Amount treasurer’s quarterly
checks, $5,513.48.
Total receipts, $0,535.48.
Expenditures-—Salary of school
commissioner, $500; salary of mem¬
bers of board of education. $60;
postage,printing, etc., $125; amount
expended for school supplies, etc.,
$170; amount paid teachers, $4,665 -
19. Total, $5,526.59. Balance on
hand, $1,008.89.
County chain ganc.
After consultation with Commls-
sioncf Hcliderson, relative to the
chain gang, we recommend the con¬
tinuance of same, subject to approv¬
al "or disapproval of next grand j dry-,
as to employing said conv icts on the
public roads of the county. Judging
from the progress made so far, we
feel that the work will be of great
va ^ ue t0 t ^ e traveling public when
the roads are completed'; and we re¬
commend that bridges fee coftstrnct-
e d at once over our large streams-.
We find the public roads o’f the
county in fairly good Condition.
pauper list.
\Ve have examined the pauperTisft
aiu pbnd all persons thereon entitled;
V.
^commend that be
to the list at $4 per month, j
and that I). A. Roberts’ allowance
bo increased to $4 per month.
• TAX collector.
Tax ^ olleoter R. tv. Matcher has
submitted his report for the first
quarter ending March 31, 1890,.
showing » a collection of $1,710 ’ of
specific taxes, which we approve.
On demand, the county clerk , . .
is
instructed . . , to . furnish . . the .,
newspapers
ot ... the county . with ... copy of . ... these
a
general , presentments.
It having • come to , our , knowledge , ,
flhat our county solicitor pleads
guilty ...... to the charge , of r gambling,we ...
regret the act , and , severally „ condemn ,
^ s wtl( >
We earnestly recommend that
proper legislation be instituted by
the representative of this county
tending toward reducing the salaries
of the county officers on an average
of 40 per cent.
In closing our labors we desire to
express our sincere acknowledge¬
ments to his honor, Judge C. C‘.
Smith, for the able manner in which
he has dispatched the business of the
court, to Solicitor General DeLacy
for courtesies and assistance render-
, e d our body, and to our bailiff R. B.
Watson, for appreciated services
rendered.
T. B. Young, Foreman.
T. M. Hunter,
J. B. Paulk,
E. R. Smith,
W. J. Clements,
J. A. ,T. Nobles,
L. F. Thompson,
D. A. Mclnnis,
F. S. Bander,
1). T. Paulk,
D. Purvis, II. G. Taylor.
L). Whiddon,
For frost bites, burns, indolent
sores, eczema, skin disease, and es-
pecially Piles, De\V it t’s \\ itch Ha¬
zel Salve stands first and best,
Look out for dishonest people
try to imitate and counterfeit it. It’s
their endorsement of a good article.
Worthless goods are not imitated.
Get DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve.
Luke & Ashley.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McNamara,
of Seville, spent last Sabbath in the
city, guests of the family of Mr.
\V r . G. Brown. Mr. McNamara,who
i 8 depot agent at Seville, we learn,
h as been transferred to Ocila. He
is very popular, a good agent and
the New Era wishes him much sue-
cess.—Rochelle New Era.
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Mfss IJettie Ashlc >'’ llle ]8 >' oar -
oW da,l S hter ’ of Mr ' J ' L A " M b' •
of Luke, died on last Sunday after-
noon of pneumonia. Ifer remains
were’brought to Rochelle and
red in the family burial ground, sur¬
rounded by a concourse of relatives
and friends.—Rochelle New Era,7th,
In almost every neighborhood
there is some one whose life has been
saved by Chamberlain’s Colic, Chol¬
era and Diarrhoea Remedy, or who
has been cured of chronic diarrhoea
by the ese of that medicine. Such
persons make a point of telling of
it whenever opportunity offers,
hoping that it may be the means of
saving G. oilier lives. For sale by Dr.
H. Macon & Co. druggists.
All papers should be paid for in
advance.*—15. C. News. That is the
only safe plan upon which to conduct
a newspaper, and it is best for both
patron and publisher, for then a
subscriber gets the paper only so
long as he has paid for it, and the
publisher if saved the expense of
trying to collect.
A popular game up in Ocilla is
called if the “Fishing is for love.” played Wonder in j
game ever the
Dispatch office -B; C. News. We |
do not feel that we are under the
least obligation to bring your “won- j
der” to a stop, so just go ahead, J
young man, and wear your wonder¬ |
ful wondering faculty into doll rags!
.
It is noticed at Waycross that
millions of minnows are going down
the canal which runs through a por*
tion of the town toward the Satilla !
of river. any kind As a rule at stream, this season and it fish is j
run up ■
suggested that this migration of the |
minnows indicate a long dry spell,
Speaking of work, we have a jug
of syi'Up that is hard to beat.......Way-
cross journal. Take the “b” off
that 1'ftst word, and let her roll. ;
‘Ocilla Dispatch. No sir; you are
thifiki'fig of Irwin county sorghum. :
This isfirst-clatsWareeounty syrup,
.....f,, *; :
this couMj, neigbboi,, it is all
piaeghuin, iml first-olass. ,
J. J. Dorminey,
J. M. Hanes,
Ed Mahan,
Fred J. Clark,
R. F. Robitsssch,
A. S. Dorminey,
I). Ewing,
A. E. Clements,
As the season of the year when
pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat,
coughg) co)ds . catarrh> bronchitis
and lung troubles are to be guarded
against, nothing “is a tine substi-
lute,” will “answer the purpose” or
“i ust as 8*^” as °, luug^throat ne Mlnutu
fa mble remedy for all
or bronchial troubles. Insist vig-
orously upon having it if “somo-
thing else” is offered you. Luke &
Ashley.
The Savannah Press sounds this
warning: “Because Editor Medill,
late proprietor of the Chicago Tri-
bune, left $4,500,000 made in the
newspaper business it is not advisa¬
ble that every man who thinks he
knows how to run a newspaper
Should go into the business.- There
are many millions lost as well as
made in the newspaper business, a
fact that ambitious would-be jour¬
nalists should bear in mind.”
Pneumonia is one of the most dan¬
gerous and fatal diseases. It, always
results from a cold. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy will quickly cure a
cold and perhaps prevent an attack
of Pneumonia. It is in fact made
especially for that ailment and has
become famous for its cures over a
large part of the civilized world. It
counteracts and tendency of a cold
toward Pneumonia. Can you afford
to neglect your cold when so reliabla
a remedy can bo had for a trifle;
For sale by Dr. G. H. Macon & Co.
druggists.
The Abbeville Chronicle has a
marvelous stalk of sugar cane on
exhibition in it8 sanctllln< Jt says
^ 8talk cont;lin8 twenty-seven
joint8i and has four distinct limbs.
The first two limbs turn out from
the stalk about two feet above the
rootj and the next tw0 about six
feet above-the root. Each of these
limbs hss from four to eight well
developed joints, J he cane was
,a '- ae ^ ■^■ r ' 1 • ^ ooten, of
Wilcox county,
Remarkable Care of Rheumatism.
Kkmn a, Jackson Co., W. Va.
About three years ago my wife
bad an attack of rheumatism which
confined her to her bed for over a
month and rendered her unable to
walk a step without assistance, her
limbs being swollen to double their j
normal size. Mr. S. Maddox insist- ;
ed on my using Chamberlain’s Pain
Balm. I purchased a fifty-cent bot-
tie and used it according to the di-
rections and the next morning she
walked to breakfast without assis.-
ST » STS“.T
Parsons. For sate by G*. H. Macon
& Co- druggists.
fL, BACKACHES
WHY?
Because your
Liver
and
Kidneys are
^4 out of order.
OR. J. H. McLEAfS i
4 8 t
LIVER
AND
KIDNEY
BALM
is the “PEERLESS REMEDY” for
coring ailments of the Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder, Diabetes, Rheumatism
and Bright’s Disease. ►
,
1 SI.OO PER BOTTLE.
FOII BALE BT
Luke & Ashley, Ocilla, Ga.
Quite a romantic marriage occur¬
red in this city Friday. Mr. G. Iv.
Varnadoe and Miss Myrtie Merritt
were the contracting parties. They
drove into tow n, secured a marriage
license and were happily married
while sitting in the buggy in front
of the residence of Rev. J. M. Kel¬
ley, who performed the ceremony.—
Vienna Progress.
Mrs. PurvrS, an aged lady living
with her son, Mr. Needham Purvis,
after an illness of about five weeks,
died Monday morning. She was in-
terred in the Wilkes cemetery.—
A(lel Xcws. Mrs. Purvis was the
mother of Mr. J. Y. Purvis, who
^ lves near Ty ly, and was in her
83d year when called home. She
was truly a good woman, and her
death will bring sadness to many
hearts.
R. B. ALLEN i
— — Dealers In —*—*
General Mereh fee-
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OCILLA, A.
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We beg to announce to the people of this and adjoining counties
that we have opened a stock of general that merchandise room'for in Ocillb, all of whijeh
is fresh and will lie sold at prices and leave prices no will do complaint. the
All we ask is a trial. Our goods rest.
We have come to cast our lot with the good pep]tie of this section,
and it will be our steady purpose to convince the clusest buyers that we,
can please them. goods, whether wishjto buy .j No
Call and examine our you or not.
trouble to show goods and name prices. which
Country produce wanted at all times, for we 1 will pay the
highest market price.
Remember our location: Irwin avenue, opposite Dr, jSall’s new
residence.
R. B. ALLEN & CO. 1
J. J. HARPER. L. R. TUCKER.
HARPER & TUCKER,
HEADERS IN
General Merchandise,,
©CXX.X.A, GEORGIA.
w E in beg this to and announce adjoining to counties our friends that and we are the prepare^ public to genera supl ’< •<
their wants in all the lines-mentioned below:
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
LADIES’, GENTS’ AND
CHILDREN’S SHOES,
NOTIONS, ETC.,
FAMILY GROCE
Of all kinds, fresh and good. Tobacco, Cigars and Snuff, big utocM
select from. Farming and Gardening Implements. In fact, wo h;H
large and varied stock of goods suited to the wants of the people ofH
section and we are selling them at live and let live prices. *
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General Offices : Tifton, Georgia.
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Trains Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 4 run daily, except Sunday.
Trains Nos. 7 and 8 run on Sunday only.
(t) Flag Station. Trains stop only on signal.
All trains make connection witli the Plant System and Georgia Southern &
at Tifton, and Use Georgia & Alabama at Fitzgerald.
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