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Official Organ
Irwin County,
VOL. IV.
FRED. J. CLARK, Fiinutur 3 Grant street, Fitzgerald, 6a;
you’ve Heard no Dotii
v a « a * « » .* & «
Of the foolish former who '
carried while ridinghlsmule bag of wheat to tow n
the on
his shoulders so as to make it
lighter for his mule. Well he
was not one bit more foolish
than the farmer who pays
from 10 to 30 per cent, more
for his goods than he now pays
us. Our simple, straight for-
ward business proposition is
this: Givens atrial, ai l if
the goods do not come up to
your expectations, as to the
price,you may return them to
i s. You risk nothing by trad- all.
iiur » with us. We stand it
me New York Bargain Store,
T. GOTTLIEB, PROP’R.
4th St., Ocilla, Ga. NATHAN E. ORY, Manager,
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL SCHKDUIjR G. « A. R. R.
DAII.V, KXCHPT MWDAr.
A rrtr* at (Villa........ll:».i. m. snd X:3> p. m.
JjHiive Ocilla..........ItaS a. (l.'-W a. m.
8V3»ri>AT ONLY.
vp Ocilla.... 11:1Y> a. m.
Arrive fit. Ocilla .4:50 p. m.
Close cxinnwtions for north, east, south or
W©5t,
If you want to keep down eome,
keep “up” vagrants.
Sammy Mixon owns an excellent
. farm and knows exactly how to
K work it.
Lite Tucker owns one of the best
* farms in the county and knows how
jf to tickle it to make it produce fine
K crops.
Pure fruit juices-—not extracts—
at Fourth Street Drug Store.
We hereby agree to close our
barber shops at 9 a. m. Sundays.
W. S. Cahsox,
8-!o-4t. Amos Bkowx.
Ed Dorniiney, son of Mr. Jack
Dorminey, of Alapaha, 1» boss of a
fine farm about two miles east of
Judge Dan Tucker’s, and is making
fine crops on it.
Fresh turnip and cabbage seed
juNt received at the Fourth Street
Drug Store.
Judge Dan Tucker’s brag field of
long cotton seems to be as full of
bolls as short cotton of the same
™ would be. He selects the seed
ize
each year, and each year it becomes
more prolific.
The sardine factory at Irwinville
*, i s not yet in good working order.
The top minnow crop is light, on
account of the drougth. The pro¬
prietors are thinking of canning tad¬
poles and labeling it “Choice Mock
Turtle Soup”. For further infor¬
mation, ask Jiman’jon.
How could 7,000 people find
standing room in Tifton, and lie in
the shade? And how could we
know it was pouring down rain
there when it was as, dry as a pow¬
der house here? And v.hy should
we be green with envy, when
know that the best the world has ter
offer is none too good for Tifton?
Go, way, Jon!
this ociixa dispatch.
OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1899.
Don’t ask “Speed” Paulk about
that “baulky” horse Sunday.
“No man ever turns a deaf ear to
advice that coincides with his
views. ”
Arcadia Ginger Ale, on ice, at G.
H. Macon .fe Co’s.
We met many oUl-tirno friends at
Mt. Paran Sunday, and we were as
I glad to sec them as if they were
our double first cousins.
You can get a full upper and
lower set of teeth at Dr. lloltzen-
dorf’s for *16.50.
No home is complete without
music, See the mammoth adver¬
tisement of Carter & Dorough in this
issue, and see or write them at
Ocilla. They can fix you up with a
nice piano or organ.
Mr. Googe, of Abbeville, is in
town with a view to opening up a
cotton warehouse hero. This is an
enterprise that Ocilla needs.
Yearly meeting begins at Flat
Creek, Berrien county, next Friday
and closes Sunday afternoon.
Ocilla will doubtless have several
representatives in attendance.
Go and get your teeth inserted at
Dr. Iloltzf’s for Dr. Holtzendorf’s
for 110.50 for full set.
He eats heartily in the hottest
weather who uses Prickly Ash Bit¬
ters. It keeps his stomach, liver
and bowels in perfect order. Sold
by Mashburn & Denmark, Fitz¬
gerald, Ga.
Judge David Hogan has as fine a
quality and as great a variety of
scuppernongs as you will find in
Irwin county. If you are in any
doubt about this assertion, ask Mr.
W. J. P.
Mr. S. E. Coleman and family
are residents of Ocilla and occupy
the elegant cottage on Beech street,
recently vacated by Mr. T. W.
Elarbee. As before stated, Mr.
Coleman has purchased Elder Sat-
ton’s gristmill and steam gin, and
enlarging and improving the
same. The Dispatch welcomes Mr.
Coleman and his estimable family to
Ocilla.
Bring your cotton to Ucilla.
Ask Mr. K. B. Allen if atlvertin-
1 ing in the Dispatch payv
Lime and lemon.-: :,1 important
adjuncts to good health
Parties writing us for'Y;forination
of any kind should encUfc a stamp
if they Jesse expect Grantham a respons^
wsjpi
with sore eyes Sunday/m-Iis crops
are not suffering with g”
Billy Paulk has one of the coziest
looking homes in this county, ami
his crops show up well, as usual.
Mr. Babe Stone is building
residence for himself the^^pp-tist oj^Irwin
Avenue, north of
Church.
One of Coffee county’s
pent lawyers will locate in Ocilla
early in September.
The middle of September is
enough to plant fail gardens—unless
you just want t.o plant twice.,' ;
Mr. J. A.J. Henderson is
ing a large new ground between his
residence and Cummings mill.
Miss Emma Paulk of Ocilla has i
been spending several days hers, j i
the guest of Mrs. S. T. Tygart.— i
South Georgian, 17tli.
Mr. W. If. Tygart made a abort;
visit to Alapaha on Monday and :
had delightful company on the trip,
—South Georgian, 17th.
r l he soothing and healing pro-
perties of Chamberlain's Cough 1
Remedy, its pleasant taste and
prompt and permanent cures, have ,
made it a great favorite with the| j
people IT. everywhere. Macon A Co., For Drhggilfi.. sale • by
Dr. Gr.
Hunter, Pearce fc Mm.
SAVANNAH. GA.
COTTON FACTORS.
of High
Fertilizer.
Experienced and Expert
handlers of both Sea Island
and Upland Cotton.
Money loaned to Cotton
Shippers on satisfactory se-
enrity.
Mrs. Elbert Wilkinson and her
three youngest children are visiting
relatives in Alapaha.
Go to Henderson, Paulk & Go’s
and bay you a nice W hite Hickory
Wagon. 8-2 5-1 til.
Mr. O. P- Wilcox, the popular
representative of M. Forst’s Sons &
Co., Savannah, was in town \\ <;d-
nesday.
Sunday this section was visited
by a heavy rain, which did im¬
mense benefit to fall crops and late
cotton.
Mr. Billy Paulk has a seupper-
nong arbor we would like to inspect
for about thirty minutes. It. is an
immense vine.
T. W. Clark, principal of the
Ocilla colored school, gives his race
some wholesome advice in an ar-
tide which will appear in next issue,
of the Dispatch.
Rochelle bad a *12,000 fire ThuVs-
day night of last week. The New!
Era office Vas burned to the ground,
?l’ 0 °b, insutanee, $600.
^ l jj l " \ n ^hemeantimo^he
New Era will be issued from Cor-
dele.
Mr. W. M. Harris is having his
1 i'otel painted.
Co!. Stone, of the Savannah
News, paid Ocilla a visit. Wednes-
da 7-
Macon A Co for toilet soaps.
Mrs. S. B. Paulk and haby,
Jasper Fla,, are visiting relatives in
Ocilla this week.
Mrs. If. H. Gordon was called to
McGregor, Ga., Monday, on ac-
count of the illness of her mother,
Fine Summer dress goods at »<•-
tual cost, at Henderson, Paulk <fc
8-20-1 ni.
Mr. W. D. Burke, the popular j
mail agent between this pi ace an d ;
Abbevill is off on a month’s vaca-1
Owing to the crowded condition 1
of on; advertising columns this
week, several communications and :
other reading had to he left out.
The Knights of Pythias, of Ocilla, |
ha( j a „ r . ui ,i picnic at Bowen’s mill
' went!
We(lno sd / A largo crowd
up and the day was
spent,.
Mrs J. S. Lott and children and j
Miss Bertie Luke, who visited rc-
h-.uvs in Ocilla several tluyi^ this
week, returned to Jrwinville 1’uee-
day afternoon.
Mrs. T. \Y Elarbee and baby
Saturday to join Mr. Elarbee at
Stark, Fla. Their many friends
here regret the removal of this
estimable family Honda, . and
to
hope for their return after so long,
Mr, Elarbee is engaged in the naval
.'-tores, business near Stacks.
Paper For Farmers.
A paper for farmers is what the
Twice-a-Week Macon Telegraph
proposes to be. The daily Tele¬
graph has proven itself an earnest
friend of agriculture, and its special
issue will be more direct on that
]jn0 The Twiee-a-Week Telegraph
p e sen t, to any address one year
for $1.00.
Carter & Dorough.
We would like to call attention to
the advertisement of the above
named gentlemen in this issue of
the Dispatch. They have established
a business in Ocilla, and expect, so
we understand, to make it perma¬
nent. They undertake to treat all
their customers fairly. Their .
mam
line is musical instruments, some
thing every home should have.
Fortify the body to resist malarial
germs by putting the system in
perfect order. Prickly Bitters is a
wonderful system regulator. Sold
by Mashburn & Denmark, Fitz¬
gerald, Ga.
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Wf\TT & HOLMES HARDWARE 60.1 —■
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Hardware, Plows, i jj
Wagons and Buggies.
We Make a Specialty of a
Basil, Doors and Blinds. SB
A Full Line of 3*
Paints, Oils, Colei inga, 1
Hard Oils, Varnishes,
Wood Fillers and White Lead. S3
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We can supply you with the Dost Belting and Lubricating Oil. nmim-
furtured. Bend to us tor your mill and steam fittings. We can furnish
them.
WATT & HOLMES HARDWARE 08.
BOYD'S 01.1) STAND. 1'ITZCKRAI.i), GA.
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,aaujnaiif< ,x»uvi«wm'uimi
Harley Hardware Co.
Stoves,
Tinware,
Crockery,
House
FurnisHiufl
Goods.
Harley Hardware Co.
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Ocilla Novelty Works!
L. J. TUCKER. PROF'R,
Ocilla, Georgia.
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I am prepared to manufacture, on short notice, ______ Z
Mantles,
Columns,
Gable Ornaments,
Brackets.
Newel Posts,
And all other interior and exterior finishings for residences, churches,
etc. My facilities fur turning out work in above line are excellent, and
prices will be found reasonable for first-class work. Orders from Irwin
county aud southwest Georgia generally are respectfully solicited, and
satisfaction is assured, 7-7-2«a.
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We carry
a complete line of
Shelf and Heavy Hard-
ware, Plows, Plow Gear, Harness,
etc. We call particular attention
to Chattanooga Chilled Plows and
Planet, Ji., Cultivators.
Close prices, fair
dealing.
Balusters.
Head Blocks,
Corner Blocks,
Ease Blocks.
Mouldinjs.
NO. 2.
Saw Mill,
Turpentine
Supplies.
Wagons.
Heavy
Harness.