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THE DISPATCH.
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Khiiiay, .1 r\]•: 28, 1800.
The Bee Tree at Jim’s.
Saturday afternoon last, Mr. L.
R. Tucker, a Dispatch man, Mr.
Lucius Tucker and Mr. Jim"Wilcox
started for a bee tree cutting at Mr.
J. O. Sutton’s, about seven miles
southeast of town. At Judge Dan
Tucker’s the party was joined by
Aliases Lila and Lizzie Tucker and
Master John Tucker.
Arriving near Mr. J. O. Sutton’s,
a monster pine tree, newly felled,
with other suspicious evidences, afar was
passed near the road. From
we discovered a group on Mr. Hut¬
ton’s piazza, with their right hands
working up to their mouths and
down at regular intervals, and the
speed of the teams was at once
peartened. To shorten a long story,
clever Jim Sutton, thinking the rain
would prevent our crowd from com¬
ing, had cut the tree and found it
worthless. He then robbed a bee
gum and it was the result of this
we saw the attack made upon as we
approached the house. Those we
found there were: Mrs. W. F.
Paulk, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Dorrniney,
Miss Lizzie Paulk, Mr. Hard Paulk,
Master Elbert Paulk, Mr. Bob Mc¬
Donald and a few others whom we
did not know.
There was plent . of honey for
all, and it was thoroughly enjoyed.
After the honey was devoured, a
spelling bee was organized, xvith
Prof. II. B. Sutton as teacher.
This furnished an immense lot of
fun. The pupil from the Dispatch
office grinned at the teacher, was
caught in the act and received a
merciless chastisement in the “pam”
of his right hand. Pupil Lite Tuck¬
er was similarly punished for leav¬
ing the recitation room without per¬
mission. (He had gone out on the
front piazza to laugh.) Miss Lizzie
Tucker was the best speller. Pupil
Bob McDonald would “soil” when
lie couldn’t spell a word, and came
near getting several lickings. Pu¬
pil Jim Hutton had a bad spell on
him most of the time, but lie was
as good as the average. The spell¬
ing bee was a success.
It was followed by a moot court,
which tried Prof. Sutton for cruelty
to the pupil from the Dispatch of¬
fice. Mr. L. K. Tucker presided as
judge, with Mr. Jim Wilcox as so¬
licitor and Air. Bob McDonald as
sheriff. There was only one lawyer
present, Mr. Lucius Tucker, and he
was retained for the defense, lie
put up a vigorous defense for his
client, hut under the damaging evi¬
dence of Master Elbert Paulk guilt
was too plain to be doubted, and
the judge imposed a fine of 35 cents
or twelve years in the chaingang,
and the defendant decided to go to
the gang, being somewhat short of
funds. Lawyer Tucker moved for
a new trial just in time to save him.
Court adjourned sine die, and was
soon followed by an excellent sup¬
per, which was greatly enjoyed by
all.
About nine o’clock the visitors
departed, carrying with them none
-hut pleasant memories of the occa¬
sion .
Mr. Sutton owns one of the best
farms in the county, and the fine
crops around him show that ■ he
knows hoxv to cultivate it.
Berrien Chronicles.
Mr. John Connell, of Cross Roads,
visited this section Sunday.
The Greenville singing class met
Sunday and had some uice music
and enrolled two new members.
Mrs. Bettie Chambless was on the
sick list last xveek.
Quite a croxvd of young folks
went to John J. Paulk’s Sunday
evening and were royally entertained.
Ice cream and watermelons were
served; and strange to say, one
young man left dissatisfied, because
onq little piece of melon was left
that he couldn’t eat.
A nice rain fell Saturday in this
section, and now the farmers are
busy planting peas aud setting out
potato vines.
Mr. G. G. McMillan visited his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McMil¬
lan, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Price were
pleisint visitors at John Paulk’s
Sunday. M. S.
Don’t forget to plant half a doz¬
en wateroaks in front of Brushy
Greek church at the proper time.
At Mr. James Paulk’s.
Last Sunday, after a lapse of
twenty years, it was our good for¬
tune, in company with Mr. M. Hen¬
derson, to agaip visit the home of
Mr. James Paulk, about, four miles
northeast of town. Mr. Paulk and
his good lady are now well advanced
in years, but active and cheerful,
and it is a pleasure to visit them.
They are peacefully gliding down
the western slope of life, blessed in
the love of their children and grand¬
children and a host of other rela¬
tives and friends, and cheered by the
consciousness of some day leaving
to their descendants the richest of
all legacies, that of well spent lives.
We wish some of our middle and
upper Georgia friends could visit
Air. Paulk’s farm and see the crops
growing thereon. It would be a
revelation to them. Just think of
a field of corn, a dark rich green in
color, five feet apart in the rows,
and about two feet in the drill, al¬
most every stalk w ith two good ears
on it, and some of them three, and
the stalks averaging about ten feet
in height, with a row of groundpeas
between each corn row, and a row
of field peas on each side of each
row of groundpeas, idea and the maybe you
can form some of crops on
this exceptionally tine farm, While
the average height of the corn is
about ten feet, it is easy to find stalks
that will measure fifteen. AVe hope
Mr. Mull, of Fitzgerald, will exhi¬ get
some samples of this corn for
bition at the state fair.
There are several fields of corn,
and all are excellent, though one or
two are not quite as near the sky as
the one first mentioned. However,
when the corn is being housed, at
least three of them will be very
close together in yield, and that, in
our opinion, will be somewhere
about forty bushels to the acre.
The smallest of the fields may go
considerably above that.
All the other crops on the place
show skillful cultivation, except the
crabgrass crop, and that is a total
failure.
Mr. F. G. E. Paulk and his esti¬
mable family, live with liis parents,
and he cultivates the farm. What
we have said of the crops shows that
he lias been an apt pupil of his hon¬
ored teacher; and ihe varied and
bountiful dinner enjoyed by the
guests Sunday is evidence that his
good wife’s education as a house¬
keeper “Aunt was not neglected.
Betsy,” as Frank’s amiable
mother is called by her friends, is a
great lover of flowers, and has a
large collection of pot plants, some
of them very rare, and all of them
beautiful, besides a collection of
magnificent roses and other flowers
and shrubbery. All of these she
tends with her own hands, and they
show the excellent care bestowed
upon them.
About three o’clock the good-byes
were said and were soon where the
zephyrs were laden with richest
melody. But that will do for an¬
other article.
“Music Hath Charni3,” etc.
Sunday afternoon it was our pleas¬
ure, in company xvith Nas, to attend
a singing by a portion of the Min¬
nie Vocal Class at the pretty home
of Mrs. M. "V . S. Whitley. I he
singing was led alternately by that
grand veteran teacher of vocal mu-
sic, Prof. \\. J. Royal, and his
handsome son, Jimmie, and among
the singers were: Miss Royal, the
Misses Whitley, Miss Annie Hen-
derson, R. L. Henderson, Ludy
Y\ liitley and Capt. M. Henderson.
The music was rich and sweet and
its entrancing strains lulled the
senses into momentary forgetfulness
of life and its manifold sorrows and
cares. Wouldn’t it be grand if
people had nothing to do but sit in
the shade of beautiful trees and lis¬
ten forever and forever to just such
music! Then eaith would be heav¬
en, indeed!
The charming young ladies and
gallant young*men who compose the
Minnie Class are ardent students of
music, and it is a rare treat to at¬
tend one of their class sings.
Mrs. Whitley superintends her
farm, so we have heard, and she is
to be congratulated on her success.
The corn, cotton and other crops
are above the average, xvhich is say¬
ing a great deal this year, when the
average is so high.
While out there xve had the pleas¬
ure of meeting our young friend,
“Bnster,” and found him to he both
healthy and handsome.
After a pleasant stay of two hours :
the two “blondes” departed for theit
respective homes.
There is considerable talk of a
friendly contest between the Nash¬
ville vocal class and the Brushy
Creek vocal class, at Alapaha, some
time in August or September. If
this contest should be a be, our
Alapaha friends xvill hear some of
the grandest vocal music ever car¬
ried on the wings of zephyrs in that
vicinity.
Com© and Get it.
I hiive six oi* seven tons of high earliest grade guano
on hand. Gome and get it at the pos-
sible moment. Wm. IIendehson.
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School Closing at Whitloy.
Prof. G. B. Parrott’s school closed
at Whitley Wednesday, with recita¬
tions, speeches and songs by the
children. The pujtils acquitted them¬
selves admirably, and reflected high
credit on their teacher.
At noon dinner was served on the
grounds, and it was first-class, Mrs.
E. J. Hogan, Judge * Whitley's
daughters, Mrs. Win. Fletcher, Mrs.
J. T. Paulk, Mrs. Dicks, and a few
others we did not know furnished
the dinner. It would be useless to
try to name all the dishes, but each
of them showed fine culinary ski!!.
The chicken pies were the central
dishes and better were never cooked.
Ice-cold lemonade was there in
abundance, and it was made after a
formula learned by Lige in the Mex¬
ican war, or the revolutionary war,
we have forgotten which.
“Character,” a sketch, by Miss
Martha Hogan, was read before the
school by the Dispatch representa¬
tive, and was highly complimented.
It will be printed in next issue.
At the close of the exorcises, the
trustees unanimously re-elected Prof.
Parrott for another year, a high
compliment to an excellent teacher.
The writer is under special obli¬
gations to Mr. E. J. Hogan and
others for courtesies.
Space is filled.
Scat’s Scratches.
Messrs. W. F. Paulk, Ed. Dor-
miney, Masters Albert and Edwin
Paulk attended divine services at
Mt. Paron Sunday.
Miss Lizzie Tucker is visiting
friends and relatives in the Whitley
section this week. She expects to
visit Fitzgerald before she returns.
“Farmer Girl,” write again. We
enjoy reading such good pieces.
Scat’s glad she wasn’t ak the pic¬
nic at the 2 bridges, if the dinner
was scattered, on the dirt. We
want our bread and butter on a plate.
We don't like to eat dirt.
“M. S.” need not cloud up about
wliat we said about how many wid¬
owers was a few- AVe don't care
how many.
We will give you something about
the wheat crop of this section.
Mr. W. F. Paulk planted about
two acres, good land, and the yield
was somewhere about one and a
half bushels per acre.
Judge Daniel Tucker’s was so
badlv damaged by rust—well he did
not save it—be says there was noth¬
ing to save.
Mr. J. -T. Harper don’t think be
got enough off his patch to pay ex¬
penses. Don’t know what the yield
was per acre.
Lust Sunday Mr. C. M. Tucker
and wife had the pleasure of enter¬
taining twenty-three of their friends,
3 r e writer included. The day was
one of those full of events, that
make for a family lasting friends
and pleasant memories. TheZo-Bo
brass band of H. B. Sutton's school
was “present and rendered somo sur¬
prisingly fine music, considering- the
short time they ha^e been practicing.
Al 12 o’clock we wore invited into
the spacious dining room and en¬
joyed a dinner which his good and
estimable wife had prepared that is
seldom if ever surpassed; and later
on in the afternoon fifteen fine and
we ll ripe watermelons were intro-
Sliced and everybody ate to satisfac-
tion and some to hurt, it being nec-
essary to walk Bates around to alle-
viate pa j n . Lyte was not able to be
wa ]ked. He ate one fifteen-pound
meloa thp rest had only a half
ground. When he was through
w jth ;t he had to crawl off and rest
HW hile. Mr. Tucker has a beauti-
fnl farm and stands as one of Ir-
xvin’s best farmers and citizens.
Vic, June 20. S-c-a-t !
A Thousand Tongues
Could not express the rapture of
Annie, E. Springer, of 1125 Howard
st., Philadelphia, Pa., when she
found that Dr. King’s New Discov¬
ery for Consumption had completely
cured her of a hacking cough that
for many years had made life a bur¬
den. All other remedies and doc¬
tors could give her no help, but she
says of this ltoyal Cure—“it soon
removed the pain in toy chest and I
can now sleep soundly, something I
can scarcely remember doing before.
I feel like sounding its praises
throughout, the Universe.” So will
every one xvbo tries Dr. King’s New
Discovery for any trouble of the
Throat, Chest or Lungs. Price 50c.
and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Dr.
G. 11. Macon & Co’s. Drug Store;
every bottle guaranteed.
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The artesian well at the Ensign-
Oskamp mill has failed, and in tak¬
ing up the piping it broke, leaving
a section at the bottom of the well!
So far all efforts to get it out have
failed. The company has contract¬
ed for an 8-inch well, but the stop¬
ping of this great mill for even a
fexv days means heavy loss.
Judge Perham has a farm he calls
“Saints Rest,” and from this farm
he is supplying Waycross xvith xva-
termelons. and cantaloupes. We’d
like to rest on that farm a xveek or
txvo.
ELDER 1 MATTHEW SIKES,
Children, Oboy Your Parents.
Editor Dispatch: I have come little,
all,the way along up from a
child to an old gray-headed great-
grandpa, and when 1 die out, I lie
experience of seventy -years will die
with me. If we could transmit our
experience to young people, what a
boon it would be to them! But
they will not accept it until they
have learned by their own expe¬
rience. And when age and expe¬
rience seeks to correct the errors of
young people, the answer is, “Didn’t
you do this when you were young?”
and this is thought to be a sufficient
reason, for them to do the same
thing. You need not tell them that
you have learned better. They will
only have it from their own expe¬
rience, and then it is often too late
to profit by knowing it.
And yet I frequently sit and look
at the imprudence of young people
and wonder why they don’t atit with
the judgment and forethought of
seventy When years!
1 was a child it never oc¬
curred to me how much 1 was cost¬
ing my parents, nor until 1 became
to be a parent myself, did I nearly
conceive of the life-long obligation
children are under to their parents.
To feed, clothe and educate them is
a small matter compared with other
troubles. Watching over their help¬
less infancy, anxious solicitude
around their sick bed as they pass
through all the diseases incident to
children. By day and by night the
mind of the parent is never free
from care and anxiety about the lit¬
tle children; an yet this fails to tell
it all. When they get old enough
to begin to form' character is when
the big trouble comes. When the
boys begin to break off into bad
habits, keep bad company and use
bad language. This always has its
start in disobedience to parents and
disregard for their counsel.
The first step to ruin is when a*
child is too wise to be advised by its
parents. All the cases of moral
shipwreck started in that way. In¬
solence to mother and a disrespect
for her feelings is a sure pointer to
an ingrate, and the woman that mar¬
ries such a man or the man that
marries such a woman had better go
up in a cyclone, for then their
troubles would be at an end. And
yet some youngsters seem to think
that the first step of a gentleman or
a lady is to show insolence to their
parent's—disregard their advice—do
as they please; but if they knew how
small that made them look to sensi¬
ble people they would be ashamed
of it.
To see a young girl of fifteen or
sixteen summers, “rampant” to mar¬
ry—her “feller” mixed in every
thing she talks about, and laughing
at every thing, especially when her
“feller” is present—I say, such as
this in a young girl is only excelled
in obnoxion by an old gray-bearded
widower—his ’kerchief fragrant
with perfumery—he behind the
counter in a dry goods store, smell¬
ing of every piece of calico and
some other goods, and talking
his girl. See him a little later with
a young- baby playing with papa’s
old, gray xvhiskersj Good gracious!
But I am going to venture a few
remarks on premature marriage. In
the order of our nature it requires,
as a rule, twenty-one years for hoys
to develop into manhood. And to
assume the hardships and responsi¬
bilities of married life sooner is an
injustice to the physical organism,
imposing duties for which it is not
sufficient. Nor is the mind any
sooner equal to those duties than the
body. Girls are supposed to reach
maturity at eighteen. This means
solidity of hone, sinew and muscle,
which is actually necessary for du¬
ties of married life.
But another important point seems
to be entirely children disregarded, and that
capable is that are not mentally
of contracting matrimony.-
They are actuated by momentary
impulse and not by judgment. The
little child is fond of his new toy
to-day, bnt to-morrow it is under his
feet. The-school children have their
sweet-hearts, but it only lasts during
the school, and so on until maturity
of mind is reached. Hence, it is
unsafe to trust so sacred a thing as
contracting matrimony to mere
childish impulse. If the mind on
maturity should settle oh another
object, it would he sad.
I write this concerning marriage
because of the growing tendency
among children to “Get married,”
and they. “won’t” thank me for i,t,
hut their mothers xvill.
M. Silks.
Mull cfc Son have opened up a hay
and grain business hi the Mark An¬
derson store on Irwin avenue, and
invite the patronage of those in
need of supplies in their line. The
senior is Coroner of Irxvin county
and is an old Confederate veteran,
and the junior saw considerable
active service in the Philippine
islands. Give them a trial.
Don’t forget that stamps—one or
two cents—will pay for subscription
duo the Dispatch.
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FITZGERALD. GJ
5-5-tf
Modesty’s Menu.
Wrangle Table, Ga., 6-19-99.
As 1 surrendered my space last
week to rhy friend, “Farmer Girl,”
I will give you a few dots for, the
preseDlf week. I must acknowledge
that, I was agreeably surprised when
I read what Farmer Girl had to say
in regard to Boys and the Farm.
Whon she asked for my space 1 re¬
luctantly gave it up, not expecting
her to write anything worth reading,
bnt I must say that I am not the
only one qualified to write some¬
thing for the public to read.
I learn it is very dry in the Wa¬
tershed section of the county, and
that Billie J letcher is grieving about
bis cane. I heard he said it would
die to-day unless it got rain at onee,
though I think Billie could very
well afford to lose his cane crop, as
it is a small item compared with his
and Crum,s cockle-burr and fern
crops. I think if .they can save
them they will have plenty of prov¬
ender for a cohple of years.
I guess my friend, Geo. T. Young,
made a success in renting out his
middles, for they are as clean and
clear of grass as any patch of woods
I have seen lately. Lige H. says
ho supposes that George is goiug
into the fish business, as he is cov¬
ering up his potato vines when they
get about one foot long on each side
of the row. He said he supposed
he was going to raise strings for his
oxvn netting. George’s corn and
cotton are as fine as 1 have seen this
year.
My friend,. Judge Whitley, seems
to have lost all interest in his farm
and everything else, and is spending
bis time on the road .leading from
Oeilla to Fitzgerald. Guess there
is some jealousy, as that North Car¬
olina damsel has been passing aldug
said road recently, and you know
Bachelor Dan’S store is right on the
road.
1 learn there is a new firm in
Whitley. My friend, Dan, has as-
sociated with him in the repair bus-
iness one J. Franklin Hogan, of the
Watershed section, who is a skilled
machinist and silversmith. They
have recently supplied themselves
with a new outfit of machinery and
tools, consisting of one monkey
xvrench and two bicycle pumps.
I saxv an item in your paper some
time ago irorn “Scat,” wanting to
know if Lige had raised that wheat
he buried last spring. I knew Lige
was a poxver with pistols and guns,
and had a large graveyard, but,
Great Scott! I did not know he had
the jxower to resurrect the
raise I started out enough to say in that his Lige \^| I
grass earn
to seed the United States, but, 1
1 say we just heard it, and will ]
any mail in it.
Oeilla 1 saw the my other friend, day Joe with Paffordj burn]
a
little Paffords following him, I
numerous packages of harps, I
is dies all and through sweet life, meats. and he Joe lovel sa;j
make the little fellows happy. Modest! |
Ruby Notes.
the On bride’s Wednesday of Mr. last M. week, I*. Young ;rt tfce and hen
mother,
Arrel Fletcher were happily married. bride’? Ji
Geo. Warren olHeiating. The 1
»nd groomsmen were as follows: Mr. .1
Warren with Miss Emma Fletcher. Mr.
Young with Miss Katie Warren, Mr.
Fletcher with Miss Mnhala Gibbs and >
I). Jiranch with Miss Gussie Fletcher,
bride is one of Irwin’s fairest yo uni? I
while the groom is one of Worth’s most
porous'young farmers. Soon after the
their tunny handsome was performed home, the accompanied happy couple by le ;il
of served relatives uaid elegant friends, where May they tlic.Kj ■
with an supper.
Ion#, happy and prosperous lives. ■
Mrs. I), ii. Hutchinson is the guest ofl I
T. E. Fletcher this week. I
Mr. 111. E. Fletcher has purchased J., a •) 1
some new buggy. Look out, or Nas I
get ahead of you. sel
Guess what old bachelor has been to J
best girl three Sundays and she has been
each time? Think Mr. H. had better go tin
week next time.
Mrs. W. It. Glover, who has been quite >|
for several days, we are glad to state, is ml
improved. !
;
Misses Mabel Mubins and Jessie Hollii
wort.li visited Masses Emma and Guss4e l*let
or Saturday what afternoon. fell out of rfj
Guess young man an
tree a few days ago and disfigured him
very badly? lie careful next time. Mr.
and don’t go so high.
Prof. .Jernigan took charge of the school
the Fletcher' school house Monday morni
Success to him. Piti nia.
Attention, Tax-Payers-
For the purpose of making corrections
the advertised list of unreturned lands of
win county for state and county taxes !
IMS, most of which ar e located in the Ooh
Lands, i will be at Colony Headquarters
Fitzgerald, and Both hist. on Thursday and Friday, the :i|
All persons owning lands Upon said list. \\
have paid the taxes due on same for said yt.
their will please receipts. meet me there M. on Henderson, above dates w
Jttne 20, ItRfc). * f'ounty i’ommissione
Would Not SulTor So Again Tor
Tini/s Its Price. 1
I awoke Ja-st night xvith seven
pains in my stomach. I never fell
so badly in all my life. When 1
came down lb work this morning J,
f®lt so weiM I could hardly work,!
I went to Siller & McCurdy’s drug!
store andtbey recommended ( ham-
berlain’JGolic^Cholera Jytnedy. It worked and like Diari mag-]
rhuea
ic and/one dose fixed me alright,
It eerfdniy is the finest thing I ever
used/or stomach trouble. I shall
not C without it in my home here-
aftf. for I should not care to endure
fd th j sufferings fifty times of its last price.— night G. again H.
V r lson-, Liveryman, BurgettstowD,
f ashington ^ or sa ^ G /T Co., ^ r Pa. 1 his Macon remedy &
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