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Official Organ i; irwin County. *.r*ot -<u-«xn»mauRi VOL. III. /--- e? ' .............. t^z-’SP A P es HOME NEWS. DUCAT. SCIIIiltUhH a. X A. II. B. DAILY. EXCEPT SUNDAY. .Arrivp silOi'iMsi . ..II ::35 si. m. :md R:25 p. in. IfCiive op.il I si...... ..11 :f>5 a. in. si lid G: 10 a. m. SUNDAY ONLY. Leave Oeilla... ....II :05 si. m. Arrive at Oeilla .....4:T 0 *). in. Close connections for north, east, south or west. Read the new advertisements. “Versatile” too late for this issue. County court convenes Monday week. I *o y.-.-t want sbipping taga? (kill IV i- ii ::t*p J L. Paulk has a fine cron iiiiilouk. 1 ' 1 -e blackberry season is here— the berries are not. ■Judge David Hogan was in town -Monday, so we learn. An egg famine existed in town several days this week. The Baptist, protracted meeting Ibegan Thursday night. Spark 1 hag ioe-oold ginger ale at Dr. G. H. Maoon & Go's. 'Clever Ed Howell attended to business,hi Oeilla Monday. M. S., of Berrien, lias an impor- -lant invitation in this issue. The town council acted wise in i ^establishing the fire limits. Mrs. Zara Harper is getting better acquainted with a pretty little baby boy. All kinds of crops are looking- fine and the farmers are well up with their work. Judge M. Luke and Col. T. J. Luke, of Irwmville, were in town Wednesday. Mrs. John T. Carter, of Naylor, . is visiting- her daughter, Mrs. R. B. Allen, in Oeilla. Don’t forget the meeting at the -court house in Oeilla at three o’clock ■Sat u inlay afternoon. Bkrdr. and Mrs. \V. J. Weaver arc ^^Boiring 'Bildrcn over a fifth. Their are all boys. H,)im McMillan’s sevcn-fcot-four- oats are ahead to stay, and Jim Henderson is miserable. Dr. Ilerschel Thompson, of Gfove- bind, Ga., was in Oeilla a few days this week, visiting relatives. Miss Emma Paulk, Oeilla’s popu- lar assistant ,p. m., was a victim to roseola a few days this week. We have added a nice selection of drugs to our stock, and the prices are low.—It, B. Allen & Go. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McMillan are entertaining a bright little boy, | who arrived at their home "Friday, 1 20 th. fc What young man, of uncertain Bjlge, was seen in Oeilla the other day ■with Buspend&rs made out of set Klines? Does-he limp? P Alderman Holt, of Minnie, was kin town Monday. He reported ■ Mayor Handley’s little cob oats f about ready for digging. L The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. B. Allen, who has been ill with (ever for about five weeks, is, we are glad to Mate, improving. F L The county chain-gang is steadily (advancing on Oeilla, and by to- | anorrow night will be at or near I Minnie. It is doing excellent work. K ( The six-year-old child of Mr. I k tjatBffly Mixon has had intermittent fever about ten days. Under Dr. k Luke’s skillful treatment it is im- Hjiroving. R The many friends of Miss Martha Rjlogan B and will will regret join to with learn the of Dis- her illness 1>ATCH in wishing for her a speedy [ recovery. [isited Dr, L. L. Robinson, of Naylor, his partner, Mr. R. B. Allen, few days ago. He was very fav- , Ociila and 'rably impressed with be Brushy Greek country generally. r J : L l p L_ v ( * - J OCILLA, IE,WIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JX7NS 2, 1S99. AUNT SOFRONY SAYS Tlmt ni.no times out of ten the husband is responsible for quarrels in the household. That prudence i« as necessary in •affairs of the heart as in affairs of; the pocket, but it can bo overdone j in both. That marrying for money and hoping for love to follow, is like j hoping .for thi#vyeaT’s.flOW stalk to | makegood eom last year. That weak-minded men can gen¬ erally be spotted by the location of ■ the part in their liair, though she , does not care to say where it is lo¬ cated. That she thanks Elder S. *for Hie i implied compliment, hut begs to say i she is not on the carpet—that E, : she is not making any new matri- monially inclined acquaintances. . i That love in a cot may bo divine, | but the pot must be kept bubbling : to make it continuous. Love is a , mighty thin diet. That she hears of guilt* a number of weddings to tako.placS within the next month or so, and she hopes -they will. There are too many peo- pie ekeing out a living by them- selves. That if all she hears be true, there will be one widower less in Ooilla before fodder-pulling time. Amen! May their numbers decrease! That she hears that a girl who understands cooking and house¬ keeping generally, is sure of plenty of matrimonial offers, and she’s proud to say she learned to keep house we'll before she was fifteen. Ahem! Burned Gut. Last Friday night, between eleven and twelve o’clock, the store of Mr. Jacob Davis, at Irwinvillo, together with all its contents, was consumed by fire. Nothing was saved and the loss is a heavy one, as there was no insurance. There was about -$ 120.00 in the money drawer and this, too, was lost. Mr. Davis slept in the store and barely escaped being cremated. Ilis pants and shoes were burned. Nearly every one in wiregrass Georgia knows Jake Davis, the bravo old Confederate soldier, and they all sympathize deeply with him in his loss. The Minnie Vocal Class has made a new departure, which is also a Very important one, as regards vocal music. At the suggestion of Mr. i Geo. T. Young, the leader of the class, all the children, large enough I j to sing, have been added to the class, and last Sunday afternoon tliey met at Willacoochee church and spent a very pleasant as well as a very pro- the rudi- ' meats- of vocal music. We heartily commend the action of the Minnie class to the other classes in the conn- tv. It is the correct way to advance and perpetuate vocal music. Elder Sikes’ opposition to -wheat- growing in wi regrass Georgia is in thc main well-founded. It was not contended, at the outset, that 4 he “now departure” would he a money¬ maker, but a money-saver, if the farmers could grow their own bis¬ cuits, uo to speak! It has been, we believe, pretty clearly demonstrated that this can the be done, though many of will forego test on account the trouble involved, mostly made. in sav¬ ing the grain after it is The Ensign-Oskanyi Go. .are push¬ ing their road from Oeilla to Mystic. They have a force of twenty-live convicts at work on it, and a man with only a small piece of.an eye could see that the work being done is indicative of permanency—in other words, it is not of the tram- road kind, •o O C, O <> O' O O 0 <> O O o. < 0 O 0 o o o o <vj O 0 % £ LOCAL and GENERAL, e c —....... o< Georgia melons are 1101 Remember ! ' K the’cue meeting it ] ft 0 dock Saturday afternoon. Hogs are dying ■with choicrp in some sections of the county. To render house flies less troi^Jc- left some, clip about half off the wings. Fitzgerald and 1 rwinviUc can now visit each other over one of the best roads in the State. Elder W. 11. Harden preached a strong doctrinal sermon at lirti-Iiy Creek church Sunday, There will be regular monfilv meeting at Flat Creek clnirch,* in Berrien, county r next Sunday *jui Saturday before. .! j£ r< j, p r i co and our own del. T. J. Luke will soon, so it is savi, a partnership for the practice 0 f law, in IrwinviBfc Mrs. Martha Merritt, wife of Mr. Jacob Merritt, of‘Coffee county, waB adjudged insane last Saturday and scut to the asylum, The many friends of Miss Bettk Luke will be pleased to know that she is fast regaining health and strength at White Springs, Fla. For bill-heads, letter-heads, note heads, envelopes, or any other kxld of job printing, call at .the I)i»- CA• ■ !! office. Work and prices r.^v . An advertisement in the Bt- i'atcii reaches readers to the extent of its subscription list. Cali over the list. That's The “Henderson-IIaudley boule- vard” from Fitzgerald to Gciila Is now well under way, Superintendent Handley’s gang being not far fro. old Minnie. We are closing out our stock of farming implements at about half value. Our farmer friends sho'jld take advantage of this' cut.—-R. B. Allen & Co. The Brushy Creek Vocal (’lass met at the church Sunday morning about 9 o’clock and rendered some inspiring music. This class aimsVit perfection in singing and will con¬ tinue to practice. Elder 1. E. bikes preached at W illacooehee church \\ eunesu.*} •<>, last week, at Oeilla Wednesday night and at Brushy Greek church Thursday following. His sermons are highly spoken of. Mr. J. M. Lott is president of a *™S™8 cla * s n ^ cd thc “ tl;,ltcm Claekers.” Mr. Glint. Harper is the only member so far, but John Luke and Jim Henderson have sent in application for membership. Mrs. Jos. Elarbee, whose recent serious illness, in Florida, was re- ported in these columns, is visiting her children in Oeilla, and is now, we regret to say, ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. It. V. Paulk. A Fitzgerald physician, who has been visiting, professionally, the Willie Weaver section of. the coun¬ ty recently, prescribed for some; of the crops as well as people. He says the former should be “worked by binds,” whatever that means. J Mrs. John S. J. B. Luke, Young, died daughter Wednesday jof Mr. of last week and was bu'ied Elmirs day in the family eemeteijr ne.u aL. thf-Ac/ TlS'to-JvS ones u “ J “p - * Mr. Jacob McMillan, son of the late Archie McMillan, and Miss Ava Paulk, daughter of Mr. Lucips Paulk, were married Thursday even¬ ing, Elder W. II. Harden officiating, May all that is good in life be theirs, and the years of their existence be many and full of genuine happiness, Wheat WotOB. possession of it, and he did not nar •.»•:•». it. Elder W. It. Harden reports a ; fairly good yield, and will feast on pure wheat flour. , Judge Dan Ttrcker’s wheat was i so badly storm-tossed that he u . not cut it. j Mr, John L. Mixon says his wheat ’ is not the best, but that he make plenty for home use. j A little later we will give a report ! of wheat growing in the county, and te this end would be glad to hear from all who planted wheat. 1 Resolution of Thanks. - Resolved, That the thaaks of the j Brushy Creek Vocal Class are due niu1 - :u 'e hereby tendered to Messrs, Carter & Dorongh for one of their ! <amoub A atmvoo oigans, so kindly furnished the class by their genial agent, Mr., A. J. Thompson, of Oeilla, Ga., for use in practice be¬ fore the recent, session of the Royal Singing Convention. Adopted. This May 28th, 1891). R. L. IIexokkson*, Sec’y. MINUTES OF THE INSTITUTE ! if oid at Fitzgerald, Ga., on fitay 13, !>-39. i The house was called to order by the Chairman at 11:20 a. m. On account of the absence of the organist and chaplain, the Institute did not have the song and prayer. Moved and carried, that the un- finished business be taken up first. j The committee on By-Laws and i Constitution presented their report, j w hich was accepted as read. ! dhe Chairman appointed Misses Rosa Chauncey and Dcna Hood to act as critics for the next meeting. , The Institute then adjourned to meet at 1:30 p! iu. The Institute was called to order by the Chairman at 1:80 p. m. There was only a few that re¬ sponded to the roll call. The minutes were adopted as read. Geography was omitted on ac¬ count of the absence of Prof. Jas. T. Saunders. Grammar was introduced by Prof. j j£. Frey, which showed some B ^ u< jy, £t wa8 discussed by Profs, g> Royal and G . B. Parrott, They did not altoget b e r agree with Ffey> but Bhowod 80me very good points. Arithmetic was omitted on ae- count of the absence of Prof. J. lb Thrasher, History was introduced by II. W. (L-ay, w hich showed some good points. It was discussed by Profs. G. B. Parrott- and I. H. Frey. School Management was intro- duced by.J. S. Royal, but was not discussed to any length, and he re- quested the Institute to place that tfipic on the next program for him to discuss at the next meeting. His request was granted and you fnay look for a warm article next time as he gave us a small taste this time, M. Dickson, G.-&. G,, (Inn. E. Jkkx’egan, Sec’y. Mr. Dan J. Henderson came near losing his residence, out near the river, on Thursday of last week, The roof caught fire from a spark *- rom Gie chimney, and when discov- CTOI) lisil l>"nio<l quite a W hole s.'X succeeded T, &S, in extinguish- Henderson ; n g the tlames before much damage . wu8 d pne. »It was a close call. Como and Get It. I have, six or seven tons of high grade guano ! ou hand. Come and get it at the earliest pos- i slide moment. Win. IMKNDEU60N. ! 5-5-tf ■—*> & holmes hardwareiego. =a * FITZGERALD, GA, A--**'4 Ul'AIMy. ‘.r.lTiTA v it 3 3 Hardware, Flows, 3 —* Wagons and Buggies W Sash, e Mia,tie Boors a Specialty of I and Blinds. 3 A Full Line of a Faints. Oils, Colorings, 3 Hard Oils, Varnishes. Wood Fillers and White Lead. 3 with Belting 3 \\ o can supply you I he best ami I/aln-leating 'tils maun- '3 3 factored, trend to us for j ;mr mill and steam fittings. V,'e can furnish them. 3 WITT & HOLIES HARDWIRE GO BOYD'S OBI) STAND. PVT^OEir.-UJv 8A. Harley Hard ware Co. Stoves, Tinware, Greenery, M011S6 Furnislilno Goods. Harley Hardware Co. U A GflSfl BUYER? IF NOT. WHY NOT? TO ■+'%' XK’ s#,-"- *»,'■ >rt).- 3L- 4T THE DAILY INCREASE in our business is proof enough. that our customers approve of, and are profiting by, our meth¬ od of doing business. They have long since learned that the cash buying system is the only safe read 1 ‘c success. We frequently hear the complaint of toe much price at the credit houses. This old world is getting*full of-'sharks and dead beats, the credit man losing more atid 'tnofe eVery year. This means higher prices for goods, Lue and the debt-paving consumers are the ones that suffer. dollar buys more goods for cash than one dollar and twenty-five cents will buy at the credit prices. You shOuld'stfiH the cash buying eystem now. We have a bfia'utiful line 'of nicely selected goods, and carry everything usually kept iit'a general mer¬ chandise store. The public is invited to call at, our store, examine onr slock, and compare prices with those heretofore paid the credit bouses. 'Yotirs for Lower Prices, R. B. ALLEN & CO. 4-7-tf imm AVENUE, QGiiLA, GA. CANS BY THE Gar Goad. We have just received a solid car load of 32 FAMOUS WATERLOO ORGANS No such shipment of line instruments was ever received in South Georgia. This cat of Organs stmif t go in the next - SIXTY DAYS. K is the time to bny either fof Gash or on Note, Carter & Dorough, * .. 4-28-lm OCILLA, XI GEORGIA. t Official Cr;.,tn (rvtin County. >We carry ! *a cour-Jite’ Lir e M Shelf and Heavy Hard¬ ware, Plows, Plow Gear, Harness, etc. We call particular attention to Chattanooga Chilled Plows and Planet, Jr., Cultivators. Close prices, fail- dealing. NO. 46 %.w Mill Turpentine Still Supplies. 1 WclQOUS. Heavy Harness.