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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. ———— —---- 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- --IRWIN AVENUE -4— OCILLA, A. V * <too. <j <3tfe A v 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. * 7-2-tf HARPER & TUCKEJl TIFT©N & NORTHEASTERN “aOLXDIE^S’ CCLOI-Tir 330-CfTE." LOCAL TIME TABLE NO. e- 11.11. TIFT, President, W. O. TIFT, Vice-President. General Offices : Tifton, Georgia. No. 7. No. 8. No. 1, w ; . ^3 ; a! A. M. LEAVE. AKJU VE. r. m. cs m 03. O0 8 00 0 .....Tifton, Ga....... 12 15 Ct 4^4^C0tCO-C0 02 8 15 5 f.... ... .Brighton, Ga...... 12 00 Oi C& 8 35 8 f..........Hauling. Ga........ 11 5V O* 05 8 45 14 f...........l’inetta, Ga........ 11 31 ai a. it 0 01 US ............Mystic, Ga......... CT- II 25 in 4 IS 20 f..........Fletcher, Ga........ vC 11 14 Ox rL- 9 80 25 ..........Fitzgerald, Ga....... O 11 00 Or AliKTVE. LEAVE. A. M. 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. F.. IJoATKiGiiT, Traffic Mana. ■■■■BaMawMMBBaaMaBMBwaiiBaaMiMmMaEaaBCTwmnninwBirinTiiiiiMBMMBWiMMMwi Bide a looarch and Keep in Fron atBmarnwnmmisua&cQuu^ A .... ' ' m ml ■■ ir i ! ■ II w&mm&m \ 1 rnmmm as m ’M MONARim •■> DEFIMiCE BICYCLES are recognized the world over as representing the highest type of excellence in bicycle construction. » 1899 Models $50.00 and $35.00. Send f©F 1399 Catalogue. Agents wanted in open territory. MONARCH cycle MFG. CO., Lake, Halsted & Fulton Streets, Chicago. Branches-NEW YORK, LONDON, HAMBURG. Sami 20 cents in stamps for a dock of Monarch Playing Cards, illustrating Jessie Bartlett Davis, Lillian Russell, Tom Cooper, Lee Richardson and Walter Jonoa. |5> All ROADS ARE ALIKE TO A WOMFCH.” j! Miles} Effective December 19, 1897. Miles No. 3. No. J