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Otllciiil Organ Irwin County.
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Paulk <fe Griuor have opened up
a fine stock of general merchandise,
next to the bank. Success to them.
Bruce Bros, have purchased Mr.
Carson’s interest in the City Meat
Market on Irwin avenue and will
conduct it iu the future. Success to
’jbeiov
One of the lowliest .places- in this
section for a fish fry is Fusuell’s
Mill, at Minnie. There, too, you
can catch fish, but you can’t catch
Seals—without them.
The town council is doing good
w.ork for the town six days in the
week. With the limited means at
hand, the work of the city dads is
highly commendable.
Messrs. John and “Coot” Turner,
of *Aiapaha, have leased the livery
stables of Henderson & Young and
have opened up a livery business
here. Success to them;
Rev. M. L. Lawson was in . town
Tuesday and returned home, Wednes-
day morning. I la will occupy
Ms handsome cottage on South
Cherry in about two weeks.
The Rochelle New Era says, “A
gild seldom objects to a young man
stealing something from under her
very nose.” We’d like to know
what kind of a nose a “very nose” is.
Miss Ella May Wooten, a charm¬
ing young lady, of Fitzgerald, vis¬
ited her cousin, Miss Carrie Sibley,
iai this placft, last Saturday and Sun¬
day, returning home Monday
ing-
Dr. E„ J. Dorminey,, of
ald*, was telegraphed for Thursday
morning,to-go to Elder Wm. Paulk’s
six iniles east of here, his wife hav¬
ing become slightly worse the pre¬
vious night.
No one has a word to say against
the face of the brute, Sam 1 lose, but
the lynching shbuld have stopped
there. The greatest danger of naob
law .is that it-will not stop at
right place.
The Brushy Creek Vocal Class
will meet at the church Sunday after
next at 1:30 o’clock, for practice.
President Tucker urgently requests
every member to be promptly on
hand at the hour named.
Mr. H. B. Sutton will open a
School at Brushy Creek academy,
one mile from the church, next
Monday morning. The Dispatch
wishes for the school and its hand¬
some and competent principal abund¬
ant success.
There are gome so-called Christ¬
ians who send money to the Hotten¬
tots of Africa with a great flourish
of trumpets while the worthy poor
at their own door step must be con-
tent with the charity of their long-
winded prayers.—Waycross Herald.
Maj. Geo. Butler, one of the best
local editors in the state, dropped
in to see us Wednesday. He is sell¬
ing a copying composition and other
things to remove some of the worries
and rasping places- in life, and, we
hope, is amassing wealth.
Henry D, Smith, our own Henry,
who made fun and fortune on the
Ash burn Advance, and then retired
to married life, passed through town
yesterday morning without pausing
to tell us howdy. If this should
occur again we will not answer for
the consequences.
Dr. Lake and the writer Went up
to Fussell’s Mill pond Tuesday even-
ing and in twenty minutes caught
about fifty fish—trout, bream, sped -
led pearch and warmouth. Joe G.
will please have a fan ready when
the editor of the Tilton Gazette
reads this paragraph.
The Hose Holocaust.
Week before last Sam Hose on-
tefed the home f Mr. ^ Oran ford
while ihc family wore catnip 8uj»pcn\
split Mr. t’ran ford's skull witli an
xi>, tore the in .'mil I' ••on M rs. Cram
ford s arum a I flashed it down in a
pool of blood of its dead father,
then dragged the moth or to an ad
joining room and outraged her.
This •occurred near Palmetto, ip
Georgia. The, fiend escaped, but
the whole country was soon aroused
and for a week hundreds of aveng¬
ers wore on his trail.
Last Saturday night he was cap¬
tured near Marshallvillc, put on
board a special train and hurried to
Ncwnan. It was intended to take
him to Palmetto, but ho did not
reach that place. lie was taken a
short distance out of town, his cars
and lingers and other parts of his
body cut off, then he was tied to a
stake, brush and fence rails piled
around him, kerosene poured on it,
and on him, the latter being done
by a northern man, a match applied,
and. soon this monster in human
shape was burned to a crisp.
It is said that fullv live thousand
people witnessed the horrible scene,
and that not the slightest attempt at
concealment was made by any of
the men who did the work.
Ex-Gov. Atkinson, who lives in
Xewnan, tried to make a speech to
the lynchers, begging them to let
the law take its course, but he was
hooted down.
Hose made a full confession to
his captors, but said he was paid
*20 by a negro preacher named
Strickland to kill Cranford. Strick¬
land was taken from his home near
Palmetto Monday night, and after a
thorough investigation, his ears an.d
fingers were cut off and he was left
hanging to the limb of a tree.
It is reported that several other
negroes connected with the crime
have been lynched, and it is known
that at least one more has thus met
his death.
Only a short time ago four negroes
out of nine, who were awaiting trial
for an attempt to burn thci town of
Palmetto, were shot to death by an
infuriated mob. Out of this a re¬
vengeful spirit among the negroes
was engendered against the whites
and a conspiracy was formed among
a number of them to kill as many
white men as there had been negroes
killed by the mob. It is believed
that Mr. Cranford was the first vic¬
tim of the conspirators. Three ne¬
groes lay in ambush to kill another
white man as he went home after,
night, but he chanced to go another
route, and thus escaped.
The brutal double crime of Hose
and the unearthing of the horrible
conspiracy was enough to drive to
frenzy any community on earth, and
while we may deplore the occurren¬
ces narrated, yet we find no word of
blame for the avengers. The pro¬
tection of their homes and their
wives and daughters as well as their
own lives,'demanded swift and ter¬
rible retribution, and that it came
in shape most horrible, shows how
greatly in earnest the men were—
how true they were to the trust God
had placed in their hands.
The unwritten law of this land is,
that the rapist must die a swift and
horrible death at the hands of Judge
Lynch. This law is as immutable
as that of the Medes and Persians,
and all the maudling sentimentali;.ty
on earth cannot change it.
Mr. Lucius J. Tucker is now pro¬
prietor of the Oeilla N ovelty Worbs,
and a visit, to that important indus¬
try will show that it is receiving a
liberal patronage. The work turn¬
ed out is excellent, and this'accounts
for the flow of orders to it. The
Dispatch wishes for Mr. Tucker the
success his industry and enterprise
so richly merit.
Last Sunday was regular monthly
meeting day at Brushy Creek church.
At nine o’clock the Brushy Creek
Vocal Class met there, and for two
hours filled tho building with rich
melody. At eleven o’clock Elder
W. H.‘ Harden preached one of the
ablest- sermons to young people We
have heard in a long time, it
a masterpiece of sound, practical
sense and timely warning and ad-
vice, and fell upon attentive cars, j
That it will accomplish much good |
hardly admits of a doubt. 1
A Coot! Platform.
In an editorial headed, i i What
Shall Wo Ro to be Saved'/'’ Ue;u>
YV attoiridn lays down fonr prop os
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‘'lalio-paity. . ! lu>\ are ,s ioLou--- j
“i. The destruction of ebmhina-
tions of Capital designed to limit
production, to raise prices, and to
promote moropoly.
“2. The raising of public moneys
by taxes fairly divided bet ween pro¬
duction, beginning with a tariff for
revenue only and ending in a grad¬
uated income- tax oppressive to no
class or interest.
“3. The recovery of the people
of all franchises belonging to tho
people, but diverted from public to
private use by their purchase by
corporations and individuals, cor-
ruptly working through state and
municipal legislatures.
“4. Such a reorganization and re- j |
forra of our judicial system- as will
remove the court further from .the j
influence of the rich and make them
more acceptable to the poor, a re¬
sult not to be .reached by excited
appeals and revolutionary menace,
originated in benign and orderly
operations on an enlightened public
opinion.”
Gov. Candler on the Situation.
Speaking of the lynching of Hose
last Sunday, Gov. Candler in con¬
nection with other things said:
“I want to protect them in every
legal right and against mob violence,
and I stand ready to employ every
resource of the state in doing so;
but they must realize that in order
to merit and receive the protection
the community, they must s how a
willingness to at least aid in pro¬
tecting the community against the
lawless element of their own race.
The good and law abiding negroes
must separate themselves from the
lawless and criminal element. They
must denounce crime and aid
bringing criminals to justice, whether
they be black or white. In this way
they can do more to protect
selves than all the courts and juries
in the state can do for them. To
secure protection against lawless
whites, they must show a disposition
to protect the white people against
lawless blacks.”
Tho boss field of oats is at Bud
Whit-lev’s, and corn half leg high.
Editor Tom Loyless came down
from Macon Monday to attend the
Jeakins-Loyless marriage.—Dawson
News. The Dispatch forwards a
carload of congratulations.
Wanted—A man. to represent an
old line life insurance company, as
district agent, A No. 1 contract to
a good business producer. An ex¬
perienced life insurance agent, or
Confederate Veteran preferred. Ad¬
dress E. A. Fox & Co., Lowndes
Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. 4-28-lt
Minnie is now one of the dead
towns in Georgia. The two stores
that once flourished there closed
long ago, and tho trade- they once
received has drifted to Fitzgerald
and ©cilia. But It is a pretty place
anyway, and the silvery sheen of
Russell’s Mill pond adds much to
its beauty.
Mr, John E. Gibson, representing
the old reliable Macon Telegraph,
is in Oeilla in the interest of that
sterling publication. Mr. Gibson
is a Brooks county your g man and
is one of the best writers on the
Georgia press. With proper en¬
couragement, he will let the world
know, through the columns of the
Telegraph, what Oeilla is and what
she may be, with proper effort.
Tiie following party went snipe
hunting Wednesday night: C. H.
Martin and Miss Emma Paulk,
E.W. Fisher and Miss Carrie Sibley,
M. J. Paulk and Miss Mittie Berry,
and Reasonable Henderson and Miss
Mao Croup. Mr. Martin and Miss
Ui Jk helu the .nag tor the snipe,
W!W !l hea-atiiui moonlit logiF.
hut the snipe were evidently off on
a visit. Thc^nipo hunters also took
a boat ride on magnificent
Henderson.
Abbn Items-
Strawberries are a delicacy many
hero a ro n o enjoying, including
t h UK'* king birds.
W. A. Parker had tlx; misfortune
to cut. his hand severely one day last
w pi t .}j .for awhile caused him
1
ill non suffering.
Jim Sogrest, it scorns, is no or¬
dinary fisherman. He tried his luck
for an hour or so a few days ago and
caught seventy-four, but perhaps it
would be well to state that all were
not trout.
Mr. Lemuel Taylor, one of Irwin’s
best citizens and prominent farmers
died last Friday morning, 21st inst.,
after a brief ilineas of l>»cumonia.
The remains were interred Saturday
afternoon in a neighboring ground,
tbc ceremonies being conducted un-
^ or tbo auspices of the Masonic Ol¬
der, of which he was a-worthy mem-
bor * Tho entire community sym-
phtbize deeply with the bereaved
family in .their sad afflioLoKi.
Eddie Robitzsch while riding
through.the woods in company with
a friend not many days since, was
attacked by a liugli biacksiiako or
coach whip in such a vigorous and
determined manner, as to cause no
little astonishment and amusement.
The animal charged the enemy with
head erected nearly three feet from
the ground, and although he was
forced at last to retire from the field,
his snakeship’s military tactics, it is
said, were indeed wonderful.
The Sunday School Union recent¬
ly organized at Arbor Place, will
hold its first meeting at New Mt.
Zion church on the 4th day (Thurs-
oi May. The union iscom-
posed of the following Sunday
Schools: Arbor Place, Shiny Grove,
New Prospect, Harmony Union and
New Mt. Zion. Our Sunday school
New Prospect, will be represented
at the union by L. C. Fussell in an
address as to the best method for
conducting Sunday schools; also by
Bennie Robitzsch ana Miss Annie
j Lapold whose names are on the pro-
| grata f°r recitations. T no greater
part of the day will be consumed in
th© rendition of an elaborate pro-
gram wlueh has been arranged for
the occasion. All are cordially in-
cited to attend and help with their
presence and well-filled baskets to
make the affair a grand success.
James Sogrest is conceded by all
in these parts aa being an expert
snake exterminator. Last Thursday,
while crossing Willacoochee creek,
in his wagon on iris return home
fioia Fitzgerald, Hr. Segrest dis-
coy ered in the edge of the road a
s'* range object, which on closer in-
s| ectioa, proved to be a wriggling
mass of snakes. After pondering
for a few moments as to the best
, v of dealing with tlmm, bethought
'
p. axe;Which be bad with him in
1
the wagon. This weapon he threw
at the unsuspecting reptiles with
such force and accuracy that, on as¬
certaining tho result, found he had
killed seven moccasins, averaging
fully two feet long, only one of the
whole lot escaping to tell the tale.
Mr, Sogrest says lie saw, besides (and
he can prove the truth of this snake
sto iv by a reliable eve-witness},
eight other reptiles of the same kind
and size before he got across the
creek, making in all sixteen repre-
sen ■jLtives of satan and it was not,
he claims, a very favorable day for
snukw; either. A. R.
RuUy Rumblings.
Mrs. W. R. Glover is on the sick
list lids week.
Mi-is Milly Branch was able to at¬
tend qhufeh today.
We are glad to learn that Miss
Samantha Luke is improving.
Miss Maybelle Mullin is at the
bedside of her sick brother in Ash-
burn.
Mies Emma Fletcher is visiting
Mrs. F G. E. Paulk, near Minnie,
this week.
Mr, John Fool has the finest corn
I have seen in this neighborhood,
also fine oats.
There was, an- old bachelor who
went to church today and returned
through Hie woods, Did his girl go
j, ;to k on t imV
A jj Roiiy.
Go out to the academy to-night
and see tho hypnotic performance-
Dots From Ebonezer-
The farmers of (his section arc
very busy planting corn and cotton.
We regret to learn that Mr. Ed j
demon Is'm suffering with la grippe.
Tl.e rain whfch came last Tuesday j
was badly needed in this settle-
moni.
Tbo mumps are stili visiting this
community. Vo hear of several
now cases.
Mr. V/n. Wood and family, of
Isaac, moved in this settlement the
present week.
Miss Ellen Taylor-, tho accom¬
plished daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L. D. Taylor, has taken charge of
the Shiny Grove district school at
L. M. Gunn’s.
Miss Rocksv Gibbs and Mr. B.
Powell were married at, the home of
tho bride’s parents, on 11th inst.,
Rev. John A, Tomberiin officiating.
We wish for them a long and happy
lives.
Apr. 18. COJ1 nEHVO S »KNT.
Rev, E. F. Register, of Mystic,
filled his regular appointment at this
place Sunday.
Mr. T. T. Mauldin, of Abbeville,
is spending a few days in this set¬
tlement, looking after his farm.
Miss Jane Clements was compelled
to vacate her literary school at this
place two weeks, on account of
mumps, but she is again at her post
witli a flourishing school, having an
enrollment of thirty-six pupils.
We have been running a good
Sunday sdhool at this place, but
have not met regular for the last
few Sundays on account of sickness,
which consisted mainly of mumps.
We hope for the school to revive
soon.
Messrs. John and C. Clements
were notified early Friday morning
of the death of their brother-in-law,
Mr. Lemuel Taylor, of Wilcox coun¬
ty, who had been sick a few days
with pneumonia. Mr Taylor was
about fifty-four years of age, and
lcave3 a large host of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss. Ilis re¬
mains were interred at the Gibbs
burying ground Saturday evening,
with Masonic honors.
Apr. 25, CoXHE.SXONOMNT.
Hat Happenings.
The school here is in a flourishing
condition, since the scare of mumps
has subsided.
Miss Lula Overstreet, of Worth
county, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
G. W. Fletcher, near this place.
Mr. J, II. Butler, who has been
in Florida since last fall, has re¬
turned and entered school here.
The farmers of this section have
taken advantage of- the: last few
beautiful spring, days and are well
up with their work.
Mr. J. W. Whiddon is attaching
a bolting apparatus to his mill,which
will be a great convenience to wheat-
of this section.
Mr. Jas. Royal’ of Minnie, at¬
tended preaching at Hickory Springs
last Sunday. Jim seems to be very
much attached to this side of the
river.
The farmers of this community
are experimenting, on a small scale,
with wheat this year. So far, the ex¬
periment bids fair to he a success,
as all we have seen is looking well.
Elder Jas. Gibbs, of Ty Ty, who
has been confined to his bed with
pneumonia, for several weeks, was
able to meet Lis regular appointment
at Hickory Springs last Sunday, but
was too feeble to preach. We sin¬
cerely hope that he may soon enjoy
bis usual health.
V. e anticipate a pleaant time at
the second annual Whiddon family
reunion and picnic combined, at
this place, on the first Saturday in
May.’ This picnic was a very en¬
joyable one last year, and promises
to be even more so this. 1 am un¬
able to say who will he the orators
of the day, but will venture the as¬
sertion that there will be some very
interesting addresses by some one.
Dinner, too, will be another very
pleasant feature of the occasion.
Come over to the picnic, Mr. Ed¬
itor, and bring your best girl:
Witty best wishes for the Dispatch,
II Mill's.
Whitloy Chronicles. -j>
Everything is quiet in this t
Wo are having lino showed
crops. including grass,. are
tiling.
M J B Samantht'l'uke" whoLaff J
gk . k for (]nit( , a whiJCj is llo
Tax Receiver Paulk was in
place Monday, on his first r<j
.No one met lilm, but he was
just, the same.
Miss Ida Whitley has been
sick with roseola, but is now
Miss S„ her younger sister, t
she will put of having it till
Saturday, as she must go to tin
nic.
The cracking of whips and hi
of lambs reminds us that the
old sheep-shearing time is
Judge J. B. Clements, Mr.
Drew and Messrs. Billy and
Fletcher passed here Moudaj
their search way for to sheep. Mr. S. P. Troupj
Hurrah for Fit/.! Scarcely has
noise of the carnival died out m
the hand-bills are out for anc
big gathering. And we hear
the teachers’ institute is to be j
there in May. That’s right.. !•
tlic ball rolling. Let us have a
down among, the pines.
April 23. Lki
Waterloo Wavelets.
Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Clements.,
ited relatives near Sycamore Sun
last.
Mrs. Osear Oliiver, after a pi
ant visit among relatives near S,
ner, returned home Sunday.
Mr. T. 13. Young and Miss M
Young have been suffering duij
the past week with roseola, but
now convalescent.
Mr. J. H. Young is preparing
plant about fifty acres of cotton-1 ■
week. Joe is getting to- be a vi
business man. There is a new sti
in Waterloo and he is proprietor,
April 24. Pax-
The Best In tho World.
Wo believe Chamberlain’s C'ou
Remedy is f-ho best- in the world,
few weeks ago we suffered wiihl
severe cold and a troublesome cou<;
and having read their advertisemei
in our own and other papers we pf
chased a bottle to see if it woii
effect us. It cured us before t.
bottle was more than half used..
is tho best medicine out for col
and coughs.—The Herald, Ande 1
sonville, Ind. For sale by l)r. G.l
Macon & Co. druggists.
Mayor Henderson has bad a fori
of hands at work for more than
week past clearing the trees an
stumps out of the cemetery and ope
ing a street to the same. T,hreJ n ® m '
four have been cleared by
acres i
plank fence is to be put around <•
silent city of the dead. The
is to he laid off into lots, with street
and alleys through it, and lots wi:
then be offered for sale, we presume
All this is much-needed work, am
Mayor Henderson deserves thank 1
for the interest he has manifested
in it.
The Mutual Life, of New Yank,
oldest, largest and best company ir
the United States. Cash, asset,
$2U,517,22-5.37. Have paid which policy
holders *487,748,910.00, is
nearly as much as paid by any two
other companies combined. For fur-
ther particulars call on or Abbeville, write II,
O. Snow, Special Agent, M. F.,Oeilla,
Ga. Dr. J. C. Luke,
Ga.
The meeting of the WithlacooL
dice Singing Association at
Creek church, in Berrien county,
next Saturday and Sunday promises
to he a notable event. The best ;
vocalists of several counties will ho
there, and the good people of that
section will see that visitors are
h ospitably entertained. Berrien,
like Invin, has many sweet singers,
and they, with the able vocalists
from other counties, will make this
meeting of the association a memor¬
able one. Wo hope to see a good
delegation from Irwin there.
Exposure to rough weather,
dampness, extreme cold, etc., is apt
to bring on an attack of rheumatism
or neuralgia; chapped hands and
face, cracked lips and violent itch-
ing of the skin also owe their origin
to cold weather. Dr- J- H. Mc¬
Lean’s Volcanic Oil Liniment should
be kept on band at all times for iin-
mediate application when troubles
of tiffs nature appear. It is a sov¬
ereign remedy. Price 25c, 50c and-
$1 a bottle. For sale by Luke &
.
Ashley.