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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. THE 1 J « 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. . _ | 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 •*> C ^ ^ IIKAI>Q UARTEHS FOR Hardware, Flows, 3 =a 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 1 Jiirl V Harley Hardware Co. Stoves, Tinware, GrocKery, House Furnistiino Goods. Harley Hardware Co. Mf It POINTED ARGUMENT to ti/ * to w to IS THAT Of fRIGEI w to Wf M/ $ 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 . \ Take \ >L 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 m g (§) 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, m |R. B. ALLEN & GA. CO.» t-ruttw ISWIif A a T/'TTiTTTT v Xtx4 Uli, OCILLA, W- 7 _ _ Official Organ 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.