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Official Organ
Irwin County.
VOL. IV.
FRED. J. CLARK, Furniture. Gram sm ntzoerau . Ga;
HOME NEWS.
.CAT. SCHK1MJMJ O. it A. R. It.
DAII.Y, EXCKPT SUNDAY.
rlvoatOellla.......11:25 a. ra. and H:25 p. m.
avn Ocilla..........11:55 a. ra. and <1:40 a. ra.
SUNDAY ONLY.
art) Ottilia...... .11.05 ft. m.
rivo fi t Ocilla... .. .4:50 p. in.
Hosu connection;* for north, oust, south or
JSt.
, Use lime freely.
Prepare for fall gardening.
Macon & Co. for fine perfumes.
‘■‘What is Beiders going to do
tout it?”
Yearly meeting commenc.os at
rushy Creek church to-day.
r Pure fruit juices—not extracts—
Fourth Street Drug Store.
’Watermelons now range from two
r a nickel up to ten cents a piece.
You can’t afford to let the picture
an get away without your picture.
What about Jake R. Faulk hiring
man to catch a mess of fish for
m?
Go and get your teeth inserted at
rs. HolUendorf for $16.50 for full
t.
The chaingang will soon be at
ork on the road from Sycamore to
winville.
R. B. Allen & Co.’s great dis-
>u*t sale will continue only ono
eok longer.
Mrs. Borry, mother of Mrs. W.
fcCall, who has been quite sick, is
nproving.
Mrs. H. S. Cummings and her
ttle niece, Eva, are visiting rela-
vps at Jesup.
t -"I W - J t *““ h
Tht Mass at Irwinville, beginning
Lou August 1 st.
Col. T. J. Luke, Irwinvillo’s
andsome young attorney, was in
.’cilia a short timo Monday.
1 Remember that T. Gottlieb, Ocil*
. ,, Ga., is still selling summer goods
first cost. 7-14-tf.
Deputy Sheriff Whitley was in
cilia Monday, but did not stay
mg. Maybe he was on a hot trail.
Moose will not fake you on pict-
ses. If the work is not good, you
eed not take it; it will cost you
pthing.
Mis* Emma Paulk and Cpl. C. H,
martin and Miss Dora Paulk and
[r. Joe H. Little visited Alapaha
unday.
Mrs. Jos. Elarbee, who has been
F iting her children in Ocilla, r«-
djvied to her home at Malden Branch
ho- ,
L 1
<* ’ rentfi ’ haTe 7° u P 10tnreB 0f
J iv- ' children? If not,, you better
hf h - ' Moose to make them before
)e
Ae is t 2nd.
.nti Kin, N. .Smith arrived Mon¬
•our C>
dna-'and is getting things in shape
'.ho school opening about the
first of September.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. D. Paulk, of
Irwinville, welcomed a charming
little Mi 68 to their family circle
Sunday night last.
If your friend or relative ask you
f;..- your picture, have you one to
grue them? See Moose, quick, and
C‘e them made.
“LYodnesday Mr. W. E. Coleman
k^led thirty-three his' moccasins not far
r- ni residence—mother and
inirty-two young ones.
Full line of Tube Faints and Ar¬
tists’ material.
Watt & Holmes,
lm. Fitzgerald, Ga.
The surveyors of the Waycross
Air Line were in Ocilla last Friday
and made a preliminary survey of a
road from this place to Douglas.
Now is your chance to buy a
pianTf or organ, with two carloads
to make a selection from.
Oartkr & Dobouou.
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OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1899.
Go to T. Gottlieb’s and get a box
of ball thread of 30 balls for 15
cents. 7-14-tf.
Miss Elbe Ilanlon will leave Mon¬
day for a two or three weeks’ visit
to relatives in Lee and Randolph
counties.
Miss Sallio W. Hilliard and Miss
Mattie Lee, of Irwinville, visited
Mrs. J. C. Luke part of Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Your chance to save money is
here and now. Everything in stock
will go at a sacrifice until August
lst.—ll. B. Allen & Co.
Mr. Seal). Arnold has bought the
lot next to Mr. W. N. Five-
ash’s saloon, on Cherry street, and
is building a livery stable thereon.
When you go to the postoflicc
just step into the tent and have 0
pictures made for 50 cents. These
prices will last only until August 2 .
Among our curiosities is an ear
of corn from Mr. Lucius Paulk’s
place, every grain of which is bligkt-
cd and looks like a “devil’s snuff¬
box.”
Mr. B. B. Griffin brought us live
and three-quarter inches of apple
limb, Wednesday, that bad thirteen
ripe apples on it. Can you beat
that?
Mr, N. E. Ory visited his sister,
Mrs. B. S. Ilaisfield, and some one
else (mostly some one else), in Abbe¬
ville Sunday, and returned to Ocilla
Monday.
Mr. John Gillis, of Montgomery
county-, father of Mrs. R. I). Gow-
an, came up Sunday and remained
till Tueecluy, J »i„i,i„ g hi, d.ught,,-
and family.
Col. C. H. Martin, Ocilla’s pop¬
ular young attorney, will leave
Monday for Randolph county, to
visit his parents. He will be absent
about a week.
Mr. W. McCall moved into his
own store building, on Cherry street,
next to Mr. E. T. James’, last Tues¬
day. Continued success to him in
his new quarters.
Mr. T. W. Coleman’s school near
Mr. J. R. Paulk’s, closes to-day.
Mr. Coleman is a popular young
teacher and has a bright future star¬
ing him in the face.
Judge Dan Tucker, J. M. Pafford,
M. L. Paulk and J. J. Harper are
seriously hurt by the drouth, and
there are many more in different
sections of the county.
Contractor McGowen began work
on the Baptist church Tuesday
morning, and it will be hurried to
com p| et j on a3 rapidly as skilled
hands can do the work.
Messrs. E. C. Berry and John
Miller, two prominent farmers of
Terrell county, aro on a prospecting
tour in this section. Hope they
will find farms to suit them.
Mr. W. R. Teal, and Mr. L. M.
Welborn and wife, are stopping at
Mr. Geo. K. Wilcox’s. The gentle-
men are boring the artesian well at
the Ensign-Oskatnp Co.’s mill.
Mr. Marcus Luke came down from
Irwinville Wednesday with a
drove of large mules. He sold
Commissioner Henderson a pair of
them, to be used iti road building.
Sunday night a 12 ^- pound boy
arrived at Mr. Mat Feltes’ residence.
Mr. Feltes is preparing te erect a
fine residence for kirn, having al¬
ready taken a great liking to him.
Ladies’ fine skirt buttons, belt
buckles, cellars, fine organdies, rib-
bons, etc., sometimes cannot be
fouml elsewhere in town. Go to T.
Gottlieb’s; you will always find them
in stock and they can be had at your
own price. 7-14-tf.
Mr. U, O. Pournello, one of Ocil-
la’s clever young merchants, is pre¬
paring to put in a full stock of
goods. In the meantime, call and
Nee what bargains he, has to offer
now.
While in Irwinville Saturday
Judge J. B. Clements showed us,
near his residence, a variegated
China (ree. The leaves aro white
and green and present a curious
sight.
Cast your eye at the new show
windows at the big brick store, then
thrust your good right hand in your
pocket, jerk out a pile of wealth
and go inside and secure a hank of
bargains.
Mr. John W. Totnherlin surely
cannot complain about his crops
this year. It is a pleasure to see
how nice everything is on his farm
and what fine prospect he has for
bounteous crops of all kinds.
Misses Maude and Belle Saxon,
two accomplished young ladies of
Shellman, Ga., who arc visiting rel¬
atives in Ocilla, will leave for Tifton
Monday, where they will visit other
relatives before returning home.
Mr. W. J. Mixon is now eating
biscuits made from wheat grown on
his farm, and he says it is far better
than bought flour. He is also eat¬
ing now sweet potatoes. Billy is
one of Irwin’s progressive young
farmers.
Mr. John F. Luke and wife, of
Luke, were in Irwinville Saturday.
This is the first time Mrs. Luke has
ever been in Irwinville. She is a
sister of Mrs. Marcus Luke and
John F. is a brother of ’Squire Mar¬
cus Luke.
Jos. Shipp, charged with stealing
money from Mr. Coot Turner, in
this place, last fall, was tried before
Judge Clements, at Irwinville, Mon¬
day, found guilty and sentenced to
pay a tine of forty dollars or work
in the chaingang six months. The
fine was paid.
Col. T. J. Luke leads a singing
class at Irwinville each Sunday.
One hour is devoted to singing, and
especial care is taken in learning the
children the rudiments of music.
The older members of the class join
the beginners in singing and excel¬
lent music is rendered.
It is now a settled fact that Judge
Clements, at Irwinville, will be rea¬
dy, in a few weeks, to turn the crop
of new wheat into flour. This will
be a great convenience to the wheat
growers, most-of whom now have'to
travel long distances to have their
grain changed into flour.
Hon. T. B. Young now has the
Regent under his personal supervis¬
ion, and under his management, as¬
sisted by his talented daughter, Miss
Mary, this popular house continues
to grow in public favor.-—Tifton
Gazette. It can’t grow any other
way under such excellent manage¬
ment.
At a called meeting Tuesday after¬
noon Hon. J. A. J. Henderson was
unanimously elected Director Gen-
eral 0 f t h e Courting Club. Dan
p au ii£ an( i Clinton Harper opposed
eac ]j other for secretary, and the
former won by half a vote. For
further particulars, see tho director
general.
A handsome widower, who lives
on tho west side of town, is just
now experiencing the pleasures that
come of being “picked at.” There’s
another equally handsome one up
Irwin avenue who is just beginning
to come in for a share of “picking.”
Gnl ^ t8 > Misery loves
company.
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| Arcadia Ginger Ale, on ice, at G.
! H. Macon & Go’s.
AUNT SQFNONY SAYS
That some young ladies think they
arc fickle, when, in fact, they are
only floundering as to which one
they like best.
That she often wonders how some
house-keepers can be so high-headed
and yet fail to see the cobwebs in
the corners near the ceiling and else¬
where.
That “idleness being'the devil’s
workshop,” she thinks parents
should arrange so as to prevent their
children serving an apprenticeship
in said shop.
That she has no earthly use for a
person that ■ spits on the floor at
home and walks out to the front
yard gate at a neighbor’s to expecto¬
rate. To expectorate means to spit.
That she fails to understand why
girls are'so silent about the one they j
love, and yet are ready to go into
raptures over some, other fellow they
don’t care a snap for Maybe they
do.
That she stood at the postoffice in
Ocilla, the Other day, and counted
six widowers, old and yottng, and j
three old bachelors, and she won- j
dered if they were half as miserable :
as they looked. I
That she has nothing to say against'
eld ladies marrying young men, or
young ladies marrying old men, as
she knows that nothing she might 1
say would have the slightest effect
on any of them.
That she expects to see lots of
courting going on at Brushy Creek,
before and after services, next Sun¬
day, and she knows of two or three
chronic cases that ought to terminate
about that time.
That she gets it pretty straight
that the widowers and old bachelors
of Ocilla are preparing to take the
widows and old maids of Ocilla to a
picnic at Bowen’s Mill some time
soon, and she thanks her stars she
does not come under either heading.
Tho Bachelor's Complaint.
Returning home at close of day.
Who guntiy chides my long (to I ay,
And by ray side delights to stay .'*
Nobody!
Who sets for mo tho easy chair.
Spreads out the papers with such care.
Aral lays ray slippers ready there;'
- Nobody!
When plunged hi deep and dire distress
When anxious cares ray heart, oppress.
Who whispers hopes of happiness;*
Nobody!
When sickness comes and sorrow t wain
And grief distracts my fevered brain,
Who.sympathizes wit h ray palin'
Nobody!
But I’m resolved, so help me fate.
To change at once my single state.
At Hymen’s altar I will mate
Somebody!
The above was picked np near the.
big brick store, and while we cannot
undertake to name, the author, yet
believe he is not far from one. of the
corners near where it was found.
Last Friday Judge J. B. Clem¬
ents, his better half, and the writer
spent the greater part of the day
fishing in some of the lakes in ’Lop-
haw river, below the long bridge,
about two miles from Irwinville.
Mrs. Clements more than doubled
the others in the number of fish
caught. The day was pleasantly
spent, and the dinner, served off the
bank of the river, at high noon,
was greatly enjoyed. A forty-pound
rattlesnake melon was part of the
feast. We might tell some real
funny incidents of the day—such
as the sudden coming together the of
Judge Clements and a wasp, and
backing out of the former, etc., but
w'e forbear. The river had stopped
running and there was little water,
outside of the deep lakes, but there
was no scarcity of mud. When the
party adjourned it was not sine die,
and that means another trial of skill
in the art piscatorial sometime in
the not remote future.
With the Deputy's Pistol.
Wednesday Deputy Sheriff Geo.
J)’. Paulk started to Irwinville with
two negr0 prisoners, Alex Gill and
—-— Mason, who had been previous¬
ly convicted of assault with intent
to murder and gambling, respective¬
ly, and escaped before being jailed.
Tbe negroes were in a buggy with
tho deputy and their legs were
chained together and locked with
padlocks. The deputy had a pistol
in his hip poc ket. Mr. Geo. J. Paulk
was employed to help guard the
prisoners and rode, on horseback,
just behind the buggy. When they
reached the creek swamp just be-
w RiwinnpRE
I WATT & HOLMES HARDWARE GO. 1
FITZGERALD, GA. 3
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IIKAI>Q UARTEHS FOR
Hardware, Flows, 3
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Wagons and Buggies.
We Make a Specialty of a
Sa,sh, Doors and Blinds.
A Full Line of
Paints, Oils, Colorings, 3
Hard Oils, Varnishes, -3j
Wood Fillers and White Lead.
We r;u: supply you with the best Belting and Lubricating Oils nmira- 3
pictured. Head to us for your mill and steam fittings. We can furnish xS
them.
mil & KQLiES HARDWARE GO.
FITZGFKALIt, GA. a
BOYD'S ODD STAND. r-j
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Harley Hardware Co.
Stoves,
Tinware,
GrocKery,
House
Furnistiino
Goods.
Harley Hardware Co.
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to IS THAT Of fRIGEI w
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$ TILE SHARP POINTS, in our argument, are over low prices. A little $ ^jjf
... figurinsr will convince you that these are i>oints worth considering. There to
\s/ is nothin;? we offer von that we do not sell for less than others ask for “■ a
■y same goods. Sometimes the difference may not he large; very often n to
W difference is startling. In the aggregate, your figuring will convince P &
that you are losing money, if you fail to
to Advantage of These Savings !. to
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m As we have previously stated, we run a strictly cash business. We
fV* ■ ■■ mean cash on delivery ; not 30 days nor 12 months’ time. Consequently, add wt
have no book-keepers and collectors to pay, nor any had accounts to to
« prices. Our customers have the assurance that they pay nothing but their
own bills here, and that they get the m
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(§) LOWEST PRICES POSSIBLE. ®
We carry a complete and line of before General purchasing Merchandise, elsewhere. and invite We the exchange public fft «£
Ff* ttA visit our store get prices ail kinds, fours
goods at casli prices for country produce of to serve,
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|R. B. ALLEN & GA. CO.»
t-ruttw ISWIif A a T/'TTiTTTT v Xtx4 Uli, OCILLA,
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Irwin County.
yond Bussell's mill creek bridge,
(Jill suddenly sprang from tbe bug¬
gy, threw a pistol in Mr. Geo. J.
Paulk's face and, with an oath,
swore he would kill him if oe . • -bed
for his pistol, and forced b ; m to
back bis horse twenty or thirty yards
from the buggy, lie then entered
the swamp, fired at Mr. Paulk and
disappeared. Mason also leaped
from the buggy and disappeared.
The negroes had slipped the keys
from Deputy Paulk’s pocket and
unlocked the shackles, took the pis¬
tol from the deputy’s hip-pocket and
were prepared to kill if necessary
to effect their escape.
The prisoners ate still at large.
We carry
a complete line of
Shelf and Heavy Hard¬
1 ware, Plows, Plow Gear, Harness,
etc. We call particular attention
| to Chattanooga Chilled Plows and
Planet, Jr., Cultivators.
Close prices, fair
dealing.
NO. 1.
Saw Mill.
Turpentine
Still Supplies.
Wagons.
heavy
Harness.