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THE DISPATCH.
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>1. lli'iidrisiin, lJusiness Mfmager.
,J. VV. Hanlon, Editor.
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S.9li.d Emjoymont.
Monday Judge Daniel Tucker and
the writer went down to Mr. Need
Parvis’,.in Berrien, on a visit and
to see how he and his various crops
were getting along, as well as to
offer the finny tribe some induce¬
ments to e, me out, on^land.
Mr. bi-T. G MY Y Doarly, 1,0,00
acres of Lin,d at'd the line crops of
eprn, cotton* etc., indicate wbfit
kind of a faring!' he is v lie,has fifty
acres in colleji* ani) an, alyuiida.ice
of food crops. (hie fact is worthy
of special mention* In the portion
of the crops we saw we failed to
discover a single blade of grass.
It is thought he will have to buy
grass seed another year.
The fisit responded moderately
w,ell to the inducements, offered, but
J Vpy sopmtfd partial to “-Need,”
bpiietp best acquithitcd with hini. per-
hjlps.
After «pcr„.h r ,g ]crt.)c£..tv, r .o ,dftys
there, during which ti,m.Q, we were
inade to ftfpl that it w,r„s,good to.,he,
there, we Juule adieu .to thjj» hospita¬
ble faii|ijy,a;;d soon , reached home.
'i’liqre is no use,trying to tell how
’Me enjoyed*)the visit. It, ’was. one,
outing we will hoth.retnffmber while
life lasts as, being a gonuiocly pleas¬
ant e;m,..aml for all this we are and
v 411 ”continue to be grateful.
May they all live long and pros*
per.
Monday Commissioner Henderson
received the new county jail from
Contractor Manly, and it is a piece
ot excellent work. Sheriff Fletcher
and family will occupy the lower
story. Thb two,upper stories will
bfe devoted to the entertainment of
those who fail to recognize the line
of demarkatJoir. between law and
its vioMtiom
The Brushy Creek Vocal Class
will meet with the Minnie Vocal
Class at the Methodist church, in
Geilla ere Abe first Sunday in July at
10 oclock, a? •avy-fOr .the purppse of
engaging in singing exercise*,- Ev¬
erybody invited to come out and
hfear some of their choice 1 -renditions
of sacred music.
The Brushy Creek Vocal Class
met at the church last Sunday morn¬
ing at 10 o’clock and sang until
about 12:30. The class was led al¬
ternately by Messrs. L. J. Tucker
and 11. B. Sutton, and the music
was of a high order. VVe doubt if
there is a better vocal class in the
State.
Editor J. IV. Hanlon, of the
Oeilla Dispatch, on whose head the
years are sitting lightly, was in Tif¬
ton Tuesday, seeking more gourds
to conquer.—’Tifton Gazette. No,
sir:,we-were looking for the flower
yard in which the chickens eat the
Ojcntkry.
Jim Freeman, down at Douglas,
&s his bristles no, find talks like a
man who would just as soon tackle
a.tbuzz-saw as not. - Jim is a warm
number when he is stirred up, and
that’s a fact.
Tho late cx-Governor U. P. Flow¬
er gave to charity last year $ 1,000,-
00b, hut lie never told to whom he
gave it. it was not necessary to
tell Him, hut lhe reward will be the
same.
A cyclone struck Herman, Neb.,
on the evening of the 13th and tore
it to pieces. The casualties, it is
said, will reach over one hundred.
Capt. Hamp Smith, of Valdosta,
died at the home of liis brother, in
Tattnall county, Sunday last.
Col. Osteen, of Dougins, has been
appointed solicitor of the county
court of Coffee.
They Hold Rocoipts.
There have been five citizens in
'onr office today asking .for a copy of
“The Official Organ” in order to
look up the advertisements of their
land.
Eliol) of these gentlemen hold a
receipt for his taxes, and none of
them are subscribers to the Guilin
paper, is.btpl that the ndvorlis-
It county
ing has to be placed in a paper with
so sinall a circulation among the
property owners. proportion of the legal
A largo for
advertisements in this county are
parties who live in this city and col¬
ony or in tho North, and they are
all readers and subscribers to t-lie
Fitzgerald papers, yet the official
printing is given to a paper published
in another section of the county. i
In this ease the interests, of the
l‘ eo l ile who are mosl-lv interested m e
as usual not considered. 1 Hzgcrald
Leader.
if Use “five property owners” de¬
sire to keep posted, theyt have only
to send a dollar to this office and .the
Dispatch will he seat to.them, oge
year.
The “official organ” isns & good
'.•ireulatioi^in Fitzgerald and outside
of it,, is, Ivyvineounty, nttmliors per¬
haps three to,,one of the Leader,
The Leader is heart-hungry for
public pap.
Boys and tho Farm.
Editor Dispatch: As Modesty
has consented to give me his space
in your valuable paper, fpr this issue,
I thought I would give you a thought
on boys and the farm.
It is a sad fact that few boys that,
are reared on the farm remain there.
Their whole theme is in going to
town for a job, and if, a girl has a
beau from town,she is—well, regular
in, according to her idea, while there
are more honest, industrious, enter-
prising, persevering, energetic and
self-reliant the farm than in '
men .on,
any othav-. occupation. The girls
should take an interest in the farm
and use their influence to keep the
young men there. However trivial
the influence is it may be 'a help.
Girls, use your influence over the
young men; keep them from town
and its evil vices. There is more
evil to he found in one town of five
thousand inhabitants than on every
farm in old Irwin and its six adjoin¬
ing counties.
Young men, have you ever con¬
sidered long and.earnestly what you
are host, capable of ■ doing? If not,
think of it! You expect to do
something and you wish, to achieve
success. Won’t you try the farm-
and see.if you don’t succeed? Suc¬
cess docs not consist in making a
fortune. You can make >living on
the farm, easier than anywhere else.
You cart live a pure, straightforward
life on-the farm, while there are not
many young men in town but what
must go to the barroom for a drink
almost every day and sometimes
oftener.
Girls, stick to the farmer boy;
help him along, encourage him daily,
make the farm house pleasant and
entertaining for them, have amuse¬
ments that they will enjoy and keep
them from the towns. Every young,
man, as a general rule, has some
purpose laid down for the grand ob¬
ject of his life and it is to he re¬
gretted no more take farming. I
think if tiio girls would encourage'
the young men more on fanning
that fewer would leave it. Young
ladies in general are very little aware
how far ahead the farmer boy is of
the town dude.
The woman’s lot on the farm is
very much easier and comfortable
than in town and the majority of
I hem, if they had their say about it,
would be on the farm to-day instead
of being cramped up in town.
Young men that are contemplat¬
ing leaving the farm right here is
the chance to make or mar your life
of happiness. Why not recognize
the fact and look at tho matter
plainly and decide to stay on the
farm and enjoy life? You will al¬
ways have some cause to regret leav¬
ing the farm. Some tire disappoint¬
ed in farming because they expect
too much from it. Many move be¬
cause they do not use a fair share of
common sense, I 11 the light of
presence it is easy to discover the
mistakes of the past.
Boys, remain on the farm, live
honest and honorable lives, and you
will never regret it.
Yours respectfully,
Faumki: Gist..
Cross Roads.
Quile n large number from Kash-
ville and Adel enjoyed n picnic at
Beach Haven last Wednesday.
Messrs, Walter Lindsey, N. T.
Lindsey and J. S. Sirmnns attended
the annual institute at Tifton last
week and reported a very nice time
indeed.
Mr. and Mrs.' J. S. Sir mans wore
the happy guests of Air. and Mrs.
D. 11. MoCranio last Sunday.
Miss Missouri Lindsey is conva¬
lescing at tho present writing, wa
are giad to stale.
Mr. W. F. Patten, of Milltown,
and Miss Lillie Parrish, of this sec¬
tion, were welcome guests of Miss
Ada Lindsey last Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. ML A. Lindsey vis¬
ited the fanyily of Rev. John S. Lind,
sey.last,Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Patterson,: of
Nashville, visited the homo of Mrs.
Patterson’s mother last Sunday,
Guess what certain young man of
this community became very much
smitten on a certain young, school
mistress at the Tifton Institute?
The young lady is teaching at what
is known as tho Vickers School
House. His only regret is.h,o has
never ‘‘met her.”
Guess what certain youBg gentle¬
man of Adel was making inquiries
as to when the convention at Brushy
Greek was to be, after it had passed?
■Suppose he wished to take “Y. ” and
“M. S.” AVoli, of course we aro all
given to mistakes, Sonnie.
V. AND T.
Berrien county, .Time 12.
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Scat’s, Ccrnor.
Miss Mr.ry J. Harper entered
school bore Monday morning.
Mrs. J. A. Sutton, wo are sorry to
say, is on tho sick list this week,
Misses Euna and Mary J. Harper
visited Miss Fannie Faulk Sunday,
Oh! for a rain, a regular stove
strangler.
The pupils ox the Brushy Greek
school enjoyed their first debate
Friday afternooa.
Mr. Jesse Coleman, accompanied
by his beautiful and accomplished
sisler, , Miss Sudie, spent Sunday
afternoon with the Misses Tucker.
The boys of the Brushy Creek
school are overjoyed at the arrival
of their Zoboo Band.
Don’t forget tho bee-tree cutting
Saturday afternoon at J. O. Sutton’s.
Mrs- Win. Paulk is still improv¬
ing, we are glad to sav-
Messrs. T. M. Paulk and H. B.
Sutton attended the commencement
exorcises at Oeilla Tuesday and
Thursday night. S-c-a-t ! !
Dots from Ebenorer.
Rain 'S badly needed in this sec¬
tion.
Eev. T. B. Fuller failed to fill his
regular appointment at Big Creek
last Sunday. Old brother William¬
son, of Wilcox, was present and de¬
livered an able sermon to a large
and attentive congregation.
The Ebenezer Vocal Class met at
Ebenezer Sunday evening and ren¬
dered some fine music.
Miss Alary J. Turner, the accom¬
plished daughter of Air. and Airs.
J. A, Turner, left for Abbeville Sun¬
day evening, where she will spend
about two weeks with Airs. T. T.
Mauldin.
The people of this vicinity, after
having long and serious, trouble with
mumps,are now experiencing roseola.
A good many of the farmers of
this section planted wheat. They
claim the yield not very extra. We
do not blame Lige for plowing hi3
up. We are all willing to agree with
Bro. Sikes on the wheat question.
June 12th. CoHliEoPOHDENT.
Glorious News
Comes from Dr. D. B. Cargile, of
Washita, I. T. Ho writes: “four
bottles of Electric Bitters has cured
Airs. Brewer of scrofula, which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would • break out on
her head and feice, and the best doc¬
tors could give no help; but her cure
is complete and her health is excel¬
lent.” This shows what thousands
have proved,—that Electric Bitters
is the best blood purifier known.: It’s
the supreme remedy for eczema, tet¬
ter, salt rheum, ulcers, boils and
running sores. It stimulates liver,
kidneys and bowels, expels
helps digestion, builds up
strength. Only 50 cents. Sold by
Dr. G. H. Alacon Jo Co., Druggists,
Uu;-:r:mUm!.
ELDER MATTHEW SIKES.
Brushy Creek Church Continued.
Editor Dispatch: I was speaking
about the yearly mooting at Brushy
Creek twenty years ago.
On Sunday the crowd was im¬
mense. I wondered where they all
came from,, in a country so thinly
settled. But they were there from
fifty, miles away in every direction
and all, classes of people, Cnndi
d at os .travelling agents, ho rse s w a j > -
pars, fun Hunters, wife binders:mid
religionists. (Elder Voting assent-
ldcd tin? largest crowds of people of
any man I over knew). About, 12.
o’clock that day two young men-set
out for a horse race down the long
straight from the church to. the
“wolf pit.” Just at the end o!'the
straight the road forked and “Mike”
Tucker took one road and Hr, horse
topk the other, plunging them both
against a tree, and when the news
came dashing back to the church
that “Mike” Tucker was killed it
caused such confusion in the church
that Elder Young (who was -preach¬
ing) dismissed the people for half
an hour, and a thousand people
ganged down the x-o-ad to the scene
of death. “Mike” was lying un¬
conscious and seemed to be in a
dying condition. The horse was
nearby writhing in horrible agony
but he got well and so did “Mike,”
and a year later a, man stole that i
same horse.
But those brethren in their plain,
honest, humble manner of worship,
the Christian spirit in which they
dealt with offenders and the kind¬
ness extended to visitors, brought
them very close to me. I havo ever
felt them to be my superiors in ev¬
ery respect and that I was not wor¬
thy of the confidence they seemed
to have in me. Since then I have
been with them frequently and
talked a great deal about doctrine
and the cause of their being dropped
by the association. Neither Brushy
Creek church nor the association
were much to blame. This seems
strange that a division cotdd occur
and no one to blame. Tradition
had taught, and the association then
believed, that it had the right to
dictate to the churches and to regu¬
late their correspondence. Elder
Young and his church thought the
association had no right to meddle
with church correspondence. Each
were sincere in their opinions, but
now the Baptists generally take po¬
sition held by Elder Young. This
was in 1875, and since then Brushy
Creek church has made no effort to
return to the association; holding
that the association was infringing
upon the rights of the churches.
Elder Young took a strong stand
“Fatalism,” viz: That God pre¬
destinated all the evil works of men.
And the zeal with which he pressed
his opposition to this doctrine caused
“those of the contrary part” to call
him “Soft.” In those days I had
never heard this question agitated,
nor did I know that any Baptist be¬
lieved that God predestinated the
wickedness of men. Since then
this question has been extensively
discussed—nine-tenths of the Bap¬
tists taking the same position as
Elder Young and are also called
“Soft” by their opponents. Soon
after Elder Young’s churches were
dropped by the association they held
a council non-fel-lowsbiping the ac¬
tion of the association in meddling
with the affairs of churches. This
position is now taken by tine churches
everywhere. But in a lit of irrita¬
tion they went further and touched
the legality of official work in the
churches. They soon saw the error
of this and set aside the whole ac¬
tion of their previous council. And
now so far as I know they stand, in
doctrine, faith and practice identical
with all the Baptists except the ex¬
treme element referred to above.
M. Si KIN.
On last Saturday, (June 10tli),
quite a number of families met at
tho ’Coooheo bridge, near Air AI.
Faulk’s, for the purpose of having
an old-fashion fish fry. Owing to
the necessity of better means of
catching fish, it was not a complete
! success. However, the fry being
over, Mr. Lucius Faulk invited the
crowd to attend a social entertain-
ment at his house, which afforded
the young people a very pleasant
time. *
SWIFT-
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We self only the best g*00<|
Don’t drink menu
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Call on us or send your order I
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Prices and treatment always rii> h
«$ m « •« * :■»: v a * o * & o .<> m :*
OUR SI.50 PER QUART BRANDS.
Harm Bassett,
Jerry Lyncih-Malt--
Old Forrester.
Garrett’s Private Stock,,
Paul Jones’ “Four Sta
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3 Pm JOSES’. FOBB SOSES $3.00 QtiUT, S-
s*« & » »:<r a a a A ' : « » » « «:«
Ollier Bran® From 506 to $i.00 Quail
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Fine Bottled and Draught Bee
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Fore corn WiiiisKey,
Cigars and Tobacco.
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RESEBBEP THE HEBE,
SWIFT,
FITZGERALD. GJ
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Notes from Berrien.
Miss Sarah McMillan returned
home last Friday, after a week’s
visit to relatives and friends near
Tyty.
Miss Annie Sutton is the guest of
the Misses SuttoD, near Allapaha.
Daniel, the young son of Randall
McMillan, lies very low with some
kind of throat disease, and is not
expected to live.
Tho little son of Berry Mathes is
still very low with fever, and Satur¬
day three others were stricken down
with tho same favor. His family
havo the deepest sympathy of the
community. *
Mr. Charley Guldens visited his
parents at Allapaha Saturday and
Sunday.
Guess who the young man was
that took another’s umbrella Sunday
when he started to see his best girl?
Well, Leonard, is that tho way to
do?
Saturday morning, about 9 o’clock,
the people began to arrive at the
Double Bridges for tho, annual pic¬
nic, and by 11 o’clock quite a crowd
was there, and all seemed to enjoy
it beyond their expectations. Danc¬
ing was too order of the day. Cool
drinks wore served on the grounds,
and thdre was plenty of dinner and
to spare. (I am glad Seat wasn’t
there, though.) About four o’clock
tho crowd began to leave for their
homes,- with pleasant memories of
one of the happiest days they ever
spent.
beat, never mind about the wid¬
owers. How many or how few, I
mean.
Rev. Jack Vickers will preach at
Flat Greek tho fourth Sunday in
this month.
John Faulk is feasting on ripe
watermelons. AI. S.
New Richmond, Indiana, was
nearly swept out of existence by a
cyclone on the night of the 12th,
Over 100 were killed and over 3.00.
houses wrecked.
OLOSliVG DAYS.
t will bo tit InvirfviUu on Monday, Tuesday
and Wothit sday, lDth, ~0th and 2lst of .Juno,
ly'J'K for tJin purpose of closing the tax books
for i ho present- mt yeav. year. This!: is positively the
la.-it opportunity to escape a vi-.upie clou bio tax tax.
J. J. Paulk.
G-B-L’L ]:. T. C. frule Co,
Goodman Inklings.
We are having some very )l
dry weather, though crops I
seem to be suffering great*
This scribe has traveled preiB
all over the county and crop.-B
ally are in fine condition. • ,
Shearing sheep and oat gaH
seem, to be the order of the dfl
Mr. M. G% Hogan has asl
not the best cotton I have tH
W. E. Goodman, on I
Fletcher’s place, says hel
good crop, take it all atounf*
one in the county, ho don’t <■
it is, and Eaneo’s crop do*
well to its age. nearOcJ j
Mr. Billie Mixon,
as fine a melon patch as V
seen. Bev. E. F. KegisteiB
few brag vine and a large ml
brag of. Very fow peaches ■
eral apples.
Prof. H. W. Gray’s sshool
the 9th inst., and the patron,I I
him a send off in the way of
and bountiful dinner. Large! J
ering and a good time genera
Long live the Dispatch.
Yonrs respectfully,
^ Uncle Je]
Would Xot Suffer So Again foil
limes Its I’rtue, I
I awoke last night with I
pains in my stomach. I ned
so badly in all my life. \1
came down to work this hardly! mo J
felt so weak I coukl
I went and to they Miller recommended & McOnndv’J I
store and'
berlain’s Colic, Cholera
rhoea Earned/, It worked likii
ic and one dose fixed me all
It certainly is tho finest thing!
used for stomach trouble. 1
after, yot be for without i should it in not uiy hoinoj to <|
care
the sufferings of last price.—1 uiglv*!
for fifty ti liios its
\Vn,S on, Liveryman, Butgetti
Washington Co., Pa- This n
is for sale by Dr. G. if. Mai
Co., Druggists.
Notice to Teachers,
teacher’s Tlieammal license examination will he held,in of applici the-th
school tiuiiflth'ir, in Fitzgerald, Oil.,
Levinn[fie at H a. m., and ctosin- ,
All persons expectItv to teach in th
schools i.tds examination. of Ii-.wm county it. arojeojtin*)j illCKSON, ]
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Com© and 0©t It.
Oi\ I Wand; have six Como or seven and goV tons H of at high tie ear gvn i
;i.i bje momi,' 11 V. W m V r E £' 1 1
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