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THE DISPATCH. HKNJJKUMOS «, HANLON, I'hoimiikthH*. >1. lli'iidrisiin, lJusiness Mfmager. ,J. VV. Hanlon, Editor. published every Friday and entered at the thiUla postutlico as second Gass emit lnntter, Jii'sl. e’ass midiu& ai.u.t a high KretKs%t , r$l4vR,JUia&im. '..... z—~ . -........- -........-■ - HjbKpr i P . 17 «4. <>W cq>,v. o'jgjm-, ........ • ■ ■ On#, cgiiy, T,i:o;vn>GtT si i.mmjfUs........ Artvaj-tkiiiig cmapphiciiliuu. Arklrqts all imsiiajjis letters to 'rut l>is rA'rvji, book lkjx S, Oeillei. (Hi. Ottlci.fJ Ofpan Ifwip County. ‘ Kum .1 ut. tsvjy. ay. v.xr ■' - 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. — <■ -<>■ 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- 4 I I {WHISKIES. « * « O (• j « <i <t 9 '• 0 O' O 0 4} o O'- We self only the best g*00<| Don’t drink menu whiskey] Call on us or send your order I 9/ 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 * *• Y « * » « »sK K * « » « 3 Pm JOSES’. FOBB SOSES $3.00 QtiUT, S- s*« & » »:<r a a a A ' : « » » « «:« Ollier Bran® From 506 to $i.00 Quail * « $ & * * * X « * * » »;«,«•A Fine Bottled and Draught Bee » a % * >:: e: ^ « &.,« <■ « ^ o « Fore corn WiiiisKey, Cigars and Tobacco. £ « » « * m « * « « * * «:« » » * ax RESEBBEP THE HEBE, SWIFT, FITZGERALD. GJ 5 - 5 -tf 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, ] ::t. 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 5-&-if J