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.. THE DISPATCH. HJSNpKKHON A HANLON, I’lfm-niKTOlts. M iiemltM'Nou, business Manager. J, \V. Hiuilnn, Kill tor. I’liblUluHt (#very Friday :nul entered ut the Ocilla postoliiue iw sccoiul-elass mail Iiiattur, liiKl-oln-ss road lag and a high grade advertising medium. Subscription Kilt on : t^n« copy, one year........... 8 tjhie copy, six months......... 2 t|l^e copy, ■ jjireo niftldhs..,. . .. ‘j Aj!div»s Advertising all business rates oq letjeig application. Tub Dts- U» r/;roii, Lock Hox s, Ocilla, Oa. OMci*J Oi»«.i frxyin CiiHjt.t.V.. S=—--- Kjiii.Ay, - j isyy. Thu Dispatch, with thj$s ijssuq, enters its fifth year. Hands off, brethren, Le.t,pc>ljtics alone till the grand, opening of. spring. Hon. Walter li<Hill, of Macon, Inis 1 yen elected- chan cellar .of ti^p State University. It is reported that tlrgro are, a number of cases of, small pox in Montgomery county. Heretofore Tifton has been.agqqd rai’j'gad soenter. Now she is ajiqiit tp 0 l^.cpme a l^^pg.rpilro^.c.^tgr. 'i^wciity-seveii, bu ^i(i,ess,ho 1^08 aqd e^itjt other fillings wfeqp, up in smoke in Bainbridgo SaL^-jlay night. How about that,write-up ofjOcilla t^at ^icp^^ele^raph,spnte vv&s to ^l>ear«;<j weeks ip, ago? the r iym Banjc o4, Tjiftop, recpi^ly leaned Berrien cougty $6 t QQ.Q;,tp fin¬ ish paying for her now, court hcqt$g ( . In a wreck on the Stublsj lium'jqr Company’s tram near Cox, last week, Wash Wilcox negro, tp^stpr, was kiUfi- artic^.elsqwlfpre We v i^y^3^8ftiil in.tj^s ! r4t*^t»oj, issue, iq to,„an re¬ gard ;to banks ajylcA$tP!&. factories. There is muelyfp^; %, thought ip,, tl^e article. Cashier dyaj^ipearanect l W m oivppnined, The, Exchange Ban£ o^A^bjeas is short, nearly 49,000, and' tn^,. further in,-,, yestigation ipay increase the short¬ age. The Dispatch bid against o&q, of t\ie largest book and job offices in the west for. a 4,500 lot of legal blanks for a. popular .county officer, this week, and sepured it. The Dis¬ patch is always pleased to , compete wtjthtjexpepiapced printers. On last Thursday mgrr ing at the home of Mr, Jesse Clements’, in Arabi, Mr. Daniel Paramore, • of Dakota, and Miss Mil'pr,- .of Worth county, were,- united!', in the holy bonds of, matrimony by Justice , 1 , 9 1,$ R. Smith.—Vienna Progress. “■Love thy neighbor as thyself” spouts to be practiced by some peo¬ ple to the extent that if they are in trouble they like to see than- neigh¬ bor in trouble also. It’s a funny way to serve the Lord, but there are many funny things in this world. —Rochelle New Era. A country editor over iir- Arkan¬ san publishes this: “-The latest sfeyl<j»—It,, is-said that a..ruffle of new-spupers sewed in the lifting of a petticoat wilt produce that rustling sound when walking.as if the gar¬ ment was made of silk. We sell,a big bundle of old papers for 5 cents.!’’ Mr. Leonard C. Dickey, of Abbe, ville, anil Miss Minnie Turner, sis¬ ter, oh. Mr, E. L. Turner,, of, the Valdosta Times, and a most estima¬ ble youtig. lmly, .were wedded-at the residence of- the bride’s brother in Valdosta July 17, Rev. Carl Mine? officiating. The groom is a promi¬ nent business man of Abbeville and iat also in business in Fitzgerald. The happy couple will make Fitz¬ gerald their home in a short time. Mr. Oren Qatchel, of Leliaton, was in Nashville Wednesday and arranged with the property holders to locate his depot in-.the-eastern part of town, near the new colored Baptist church. The-proposed line of road from Eldridge-Crossing, near Mr, W. M. 1 Griners, -to Nash¬ ville, has been surveyed and work will be commenced at ohee pushing the rotid ill the direction ol' Nash¬ ville, Thus Nashville in a very short while will have connection with the outside world by rail from two ways.—B. C. News. An Empty Cache. A ease labeled “sodawater,” a hamper of provisions, a jug said to contain “bait” and a bundle of bed. ding left Tifton by the 3 p. m. train on the T. & N. E., not many moons ago, for a ]>oint on the Alapaha river. With it went two men. One was of the tribe of Ben Franklin, and much ink, like unto tar, was visible in bis hair and on his raiment. His face was clean shaven, except the mustache, arid the prongs of this were tied behind each ear in a how- knot. The other was a thoughtful looking man, fujl of wise sayings and other things. Arrived at a eer- Uin pojgt, t’qe rojuy.enatqy.s and qjlie-v t!)tygp w.qrc, disembarked, cachyd, and the fishermen, wended their way up tlje stream to angle for ipudcats. After tlie stars had twink¬ led s.evpi-fil-hours, tlje men returned to the cache, to find that everything was gone, Then a loud wail went up from hp of the tribe of Ben Franklin, and he stompt the ground and said many words with sulphur linings. There they were, in a river swamp, miles from the habital of man, dry, hungry, muddy, red-hot with a rage born of despair, no “sodawater,” no “bait,” no bedding -—nothing but darkness and tho night hawks around them. “Dam the river!” said lie of the tribe of Ben Franklin. “No use,” said his comrade in misery; “we have no tools and less inclination.” “I wish the fellow who stole our bee—soda- water, I mean,-—had a freight car, loaded with cayenne pepper, cross¬ wise in his stomach,” said he of the tpibe of Ben Franklin. “Better wish he hadn’t stolen our bee—-bait, I mean,” answered his sage vis-a-vis. A reselling party found them next morning, spitting cotton and talk¬ ing hoarsely of the cache with noth¬ ing in it. Meeting qf School Boarct. The County Board of Education held a meeting in the County School Commissioner’s office in Irwinville, Op the 17th iust., for the purpose of examining and passing upon the pa¬ pers of those who stood the annual examination for teacher’s license on the 22nd of last month, at Fitzger¬ ald. There were 64 who registered ® as applicants 1 ‘ for teachers license, 55 white and 9 colored. Our board granted ° license to 50 of the white teachors, 16 . . receiving ® 1st. grade & license, 22. 2nd. - grade, and 12 3rd. grade. ” One paper sent up for , state license. 1 wo failed to re- . i ceive any / license, and two withdrew j from the . . did ... examination, or hand in their pavers 1 to be passed 1 - Of the , colored, , 4 were granted , w 2nd. grade, and 5 granted 3rd. , ° .were ° gi.,fle. iceiise. We»ako had at our meeting ,® seme applicants for a special examination, for teacher.s. license, which were not " ran ted,, ’ as. t be Board ueciaea that their . excuses were not le^al * for not attending the annual . examination, » it ha<l been a.lve,li«<l in tb, t „. pers of , the , county, and , regulations . . 1 of , the , Board „ , governing . the , exanuna- . ® Uons, schools, etc., had . thor- , been oughly furnished throughout , the , ° John Oj.kmkntk, „ county. ,,, dim. Co. Board , T Education. ,, , ■ Powdered Borax. A few days ago the writer was shown, in the smokehouse of Mrs. Una Clements, at Irwinville, a large quantity of home-cured middlings, shoulders, hams and jowls, all as. nice and bright looking as it usually is a month or so after being cured, and entirely free from skippers. In answer to an inquiry as to how the meat had been so well kept, slie said: “When the meat is ready to hang up, I have it thoroughly washed ill warm water, then placed On tables' to dry. When dry, give it a good sprinkling -of powdered borax, h<*' a g it up, and you see the result.’ 1 And it is certainly a mo r ’ t g ra gfy- ing one. Every fsrjr j8r o ht to know this simple ye' effective meth . od of protecting u dovastotion meat agiliri8t the and tlj Jb- r t j &ngs and skippers, e ltct( takes p ] easnre j„ !a y ,D a ’ before them. - i ou c jYi g L u a, full ujijier-and set of t iethjd Dm. ilubw-nrio-H' (or ELDER MATTHEW SIKES, Are You a Hypocrite? Editor Dispatch : Nothing is more generally condemned in the script- uros than hypocrisy, and nothing more universally indulged. It is seen everywhere, in everybody and enters into overy branch of business. The doctor deceives his pstiout, the lawyer his client, tho merchant bis customer, tho parent his child, the editor his—well, it is no use to enu¬ merate; it ip everywhere. The best old citizen in the country puts the best pickets on tho front yard, the best lumber on the front side of the house, tho host fonco along the road, lie plows, plants and cultivates first on tho road side, and generally fertilizes a little bet¬ tor next to tho road. Well, it is all right; no one can accuse him, be cause they all do the same thing. A young lady who was not a hypo¬ crite could hardly move in society, and would probably die and old maid. They must put on falso pre¬ tentions and seem to be what they are not, else they are left. An honest article can hardly be sold in our markets. A contractor cannot live and do honest work. Humbuggery has beat honest labor out of the market. But thore is a diversity of kinds of hypocrisy. One is the deceptive manner of some ladies in receiving unwelcome company. The lady visitor is met at the front door or at the yard gate, and with a broad smile, receives the unholy kiss; then follows the usual routino of apiolo- gies for the uncomely appearance of things, and tho visitor is led to be lieve that her visit is quite a treat, when, in fact, tho landlady will grumble for a week about being beat out of that day’s work and the worry of the children. But of all tho deceptions known to the human family, the one most bitterly condemned by the Divine Majesty is religious hypocrisy. Ev¬ ery religious pretention not fervent in spirit, is hypocrisy—“Drawing nigh unto mo with their lips while their hearts are far from me.” Are you a hypocrite? Don’t say no, and thus add falsehood to your hypocrisy. How often in the midst of tho brustle of the morning have you dropped into . seat , at , the ,, , breakfast , , , table . . , your and , rushed . , throngh ,, , a little ..... term , of , while the mind was the ,, prayer on , business of , the ., day. , Family „ ., pray- ‘ ers are generally ,, of , the ,, same sort; , and , parents . think they , are setting ... religious .. . examples . for , their ., . children,, , ., , when, , - fact, , , ,, they teaching , . . les- , in are of . , hypocrisy- . It Ti • the ,, life is the parent , lives . before , the ., children .... that ., sets the ., example, . and ,,, their . ciead , , religious formalities only serve to destroy , , their confidence and , respect for all rohgious . pretentions. ... T It , was an empty form of words without the spirit . of prayor that , Jesus T rebuked , , as « Dtawiag nigh lmto Him with ^ whi , e their bearts were far from . Inm, TT , this * empty , ana yet very form „ of , words is taught all over our t , " c0 ’’“ * J An ungodly fatner, of , my ac- qnamtancp, . , stood by tho bed of his dying ; . and told him , ho must son anil . when , the ,, , boy told , him he pray, didn t know how , to , pray, , his . father , ,, told him what to say. and he said it, ... \\ as it. prayer? Mark . this ,, . one thing • Tho spirit of prayer always furnishes its own form of words, and needs no borrowed form. The preacher utters a long prayer for a hundred things, and if one-half of them were granted, it would scare him out of the pulpit. Aro you a hypocrite? M. Sikes. ---—_ Two More Solid Cere of Organs. We have just closed a trade fori 72 organs, to be shipped to Ocilla | and Valdosta. We got low prices and ft-ill give our Irwin county Customers the benefit of them. See or write us at Ocilla. CakTEB & DoltOtlGH. Do you know whether you will ever have another opportunity Certainly to got your picture made? not at such prices as Moose makes them. -IV* - ■ — " Ice-cold sodawater with pure fru'it juices, at F-durth Street Drug Store. i-- ... Dr. Luke 'is -expected home on the -28th. I 3ow080f<06uMW»A.ft#. WfcP »►#*■«.*«•* LOCAL and GENERAL, | !• C'J’W Mr. Bob Handley, tho efficient su|»erinte.ndent of the chaingang, who was reported to have been over¬ powered and almost killed by con- victs last Friday, requests us to say that there was not the slightest foun¬ dation for the report, as there has been no disturbance of any kind in the gang and that the best of order prevails at all times. There will be yearly meeting at Hopewell church, Irwinville, On the first Sunday in August and Friday and Saturday before. Prof. Royal will bg present Sunday morning and desires as many of the singers of the vocal classes in tho county as can do so to meet him on that occa¬ sion, for singing exercises. “Our” class will doubtless be well repre¬ sented. Mr- Geo. Tucker has treated him¬ self to a nice new organ and reports are that lie is progressing rapidly in instrumental music under his amia¬ ble instructor, Mr. Nas Paulk. It is said that he is so full of the music, already imparted by Prof. Paulk, that even when he is not at tho in¬ strument, his feet and hands are continually moving upward and downward. At a meeting of the board of trus¬ tees of Ocilla High School last week, Pvof. W. N. Smith, of Rcidsville, was elected principal and Rev. M. I,. Lawson assistant for the next scholastic year. Prof. Smith and Rev. Lawson are both well known as fine educators and we bespeak for the peoplo of Ocilla a flourishing and profitable school year.—Abbe¬ ville Chronicle. Mr. J. B, Swiiley and Miss Mary Jane Brogilen, daughter of Mr. James Brogdon, -were married at the residence of the bride’s parents last Sunday, Elder Archie McMillan of¬ ficiating. The attendants were: Mr. Julian Brogden and Miss Mary Jane Swiiley, Mr. Jas. Spivey and Miss Rebecca Brogden. The Dis¬ patch wishes the young coyplo hap¬ piness and prosperity. Those who have subscribed to the fund for building a Baptist church in Ocilla arc respectfully requested to come forward and pay the amounts, as the building is now in progress and the money is needed. If subscribers cannot pay all, they are requested to pay part now, and the balance at the earliest possible moment. Money should be paid to Mr. Warren Paulk, church treasurer. Judge J, B. Clements, who pre¬ sides over the county court with so much honor to himself and profit to the county, is one of the most ex¬ tensive as as among the best fanners in the county. He has about three hundred acres in culti¬ vation this year, and the various crops are very fine, lie has perhaps the largest field of cotton in the county; and the cotton is doubtless the largest in the county, age con¬ sidered . m 3 ‘ .. --vv-v.q-a v. n ^*§1 *, . “v iSf* L&olt in Your Mirror Do you see sparkling eyes, and a healthy, tinted skin, ft sweet attractions expression the a grace¬ result ful form ? These absent, are of good health. If they are there is nearly always some disorder of the dis¬ tinctly tetninine organs present. health and Healthy beauty menBtrual organs niean everywhere, MeEjM£l?8 : Wind'of Cardtsi makes women beautifullind healthy.» It strikes at the root of all their trouble. There is no menstrual dis¬ order, ache or pain which it will not cure. It is for the budding approaching girl, the I busy wife and the matron the change of fife. At fife every it trying brings i crisis in a woman’s health, strength medicine and. happiness, costs p.oo of dealers. For ad rice incases grri.% requiring special directions, address, symptoms, * ‘ The Ladies’ Advisory Department, Co., Chat- ’’ The Chattanooga Medicine tanooga, Term, MRS. BOZENA :—‘?I v^hS. I.IXVI8, troubled of OoniwUle, monthly Texas, says at intervals with terr-ifye. pains in my head and back, but have bech’entirely relieved by Wine of Cardui.” Ruby Items. Messrs, , r G. ,, M- ,, T rlotchcr, A. I). litOSSs „ L, . W. ... W uidclon Fintl . Joru, T , Jmtler r ■. attemung .. the , school , . are board meeting in Irwinville to-day, Mrs B. F Ellington . has chased a hamlsoine now organ. l’rot, Sweat will akc charge of a music school near Hat, Ga., to-day. Success to him. Mrs. Paulk, of Fitzgerald, is vis¬ iting her daughters, Mesdames J. B. Whiddon ami Wiley Branch, rear here, this week. Mr. J. M. Whiddon, who has been in Moultrie for some tune, lias lu_ turned homo, to tho delight -of many triends here. Miss Millie Branch is entertain- ing Miss Rosa Ola this week. Guess she’s having a huge time. A large crowd attended the, funer¬ al of Mrs. Elliott at Hickory Springs last Sunday. Mrs. Martha Rountree, who has been visiting her brother, Mr. Wiley Fletcher, returned home Sunday. Mrs. J-. M. Peters, with her little son and daughter, returned home Friday from a visit to her parents -FINE WHISKIES.- »»«*«»»»**«***»«*» We sell only the best goods "Don’t drink mean wtiiskiey. i Cali on 11s or send your orders Prices and treatment always rigid OUR $1.50 PFR QUfIRT BRANDS. Harry Bassett, Jerry Ujnoli--Ma!t rt ev Old Forrester. Garrett’s Private StocK, Paul Jones’ "Four Stars *»K*>S3K*a)KB#a»SK»#Wa 3 pun. JOSES’ FOUR ROSES $3.00 OWHT-ft Other Brands From §0 g to $1.00 Quart Fine -Bottled and Draught Beers n w ass »: u Pure corn WhlsKeu t Clears and T 0 DaG 60 . fTEKE^BER THE NAME, =SWIFT,= FITZGERALD. GA 5-5-t.f OGILLfl NOVELTY WORKS L. J, TUCKER. PROrR. ; Ocilla-, u» m Georgii ^ / am prepared U manufacture, on short notice,. Mantles. Columns, Gable Ornaments, Brackets, Howel Posts, And all other interior and exterior finishings for residences, churl etc. My facilities for turning out work in above lino nre excellent, rie.es will be found reasonable for first-lass work. Orders from 1 ; solicited, county and southwest Georgia generally are respectfully 7 1 satisfaction is assured. - - , in Florida. Little Miss (Jleola I^sener is n>w suffering , T . with ..., malarial ... fever, , Vo- , r hope , to . her . see up again soon. 0ulv onc nl01,th tiU J o: * rl 7 mg at Hickory Springs. Come over, J ^ j» IIItI>I [Thanks for the invitation, VWll . ,_ 0 ^ the ,. 0 El) .. ; ._ Croat Snakes. One day this week, while Messrs. Robert Burns and J. W. Walker wore going through a pond, they* camo upon a couple large inoconsimn whioh thfty killed . 0ne of thg snakes seemed to bo uuusually Inrge, so they decided to cut the reptils which they did, and found sixty young serpents, ten inches long. They seemed to be as spite¬ ful as the old one. This footed up sixty-two. The sauie day they killed another moccasin wfth thirty-twc young ones, making a total of nine ty-live snakes in one day. Who can beat it? Alapaha, July 13. XXX. Gome and Cet it. I have six or seven tons «f high grade giiaii on hand. Come and get it at the earliest potf si bio moment. Wm. 11 kndehsom. 5-5-tf Balusters, 1 Head Block*. Corner Blocks, Base Blocks, Mouldin