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THE DISPATCH. ECC-.- ~ HENDERSON<te HANLON, I'KollJttKTOJlS. T-‘ ■ :rr • r.T M. }\ - 4. W. IDudor*. - Kilihir. Publish*,! every Friday and entered at the i 'el I la iMistnffioe us seixxiri Hass iu.it 1 limiter, fiiM.-ehne, rending uud u hi*!' jtrM« 4 ;uhcrtlsinu: uu'diuui. szzx Swl>«ei i|.tten Hates : One copy, one your ..... 1 Oue I'epy, six months .. . ...... : >U One eoiiy, three mouths .. . at Advertising rates on nppHcatlun. Addivss all business letters to Tut: l)n TA’H. u. Lock ISux it, Oeillu. On. - Ottlciul Organ Irwin County. tf KianAV. Novumhi h ttg is-.iit Tbore are some folks who think they can play crokinole. That's all. It is talked around that Judge Wiley Whitley will be a candidate for the state senate. The Fitzgerald Enterprise of week announced Hon. T. 1J. Young as a candidate for the state senate, It is a genuine iusujt to a man to ask liitri to vaccinate to keep off “cow itch.”—Douglas Breeze. Only two more weeks until our draw ing comes to a close. Ou cember 1st wo will juty 55.00 in cash to customer holding the lucky ticket. it. B. Au .i n & Co. Mr. Hardwick’s bill 1K favorably • spoken r of from one end of the , state to the other, , and if it does not become a law in <iu<* time, a mens of immense magnitude will be raised. Davis Brothers, of Montgomery county, are conducting a class of about, thirty pupils at derson’s Chapel, aud there will be , an all-dav’s sing at that place day n«kt. All are invited. \ aidosta reports ft two headed rattlesnake. A town that 29 bar rooms , ought to give us a snake with throe heads at least. Valdosta is not doing her duty iu the suake business.—Way cross II er- aid. Rural mail delivery would save the the farmers) thousands of dol¬ lars iu the time they loso g r, ing af¬ ter rheir mails. The steps toward extending the free mail system are b«ing pushed Toward by the post- office department as it should be.— Valdosta Times. When the South gets seventy «rs for a bale of manufactured cot- ton, intsead of thirty-live dollars for the raw staple which site will to buy back at t he first named price, she will be just two hundred per cent better off.—Valdosta Time. T>r. Wurteubaker, the govern¬ ment small pox export, has been de¬ tailed to examine into the “small pox epidemic” now prevailing in southern and southwest Georgia, and started for this section Weclnes- j day. He will spend a month in this part of the state, and will give the “breaking out” a close iuvestiga j tion. “That people die with ! some may the mnlley grubs on account of the ; ‘nettle rash’ Jim Hanlon I sent over I here, but she expects to have some fnn if it hair lips every dog in this town.—Miss Tattler, in Douglas Breeze. Miss Tattler is in error. It was, to tho best of our belief, camp itch, and we didn’t send it. In view of the fatal malady that has been knocking at our door dur¬ ing the past lew' days we have been living on very light diet, a pint of water and a small slice of air three times a day. If the wind doesn’t blow too hard and w e can borrow Guthrie’s five pound weight to carry in our pants pocket vre may be able to stay here a few days longer, but you mustn't look for too much of a Breeze.—Douglas Breeze. Mrs. Dassu Folsom, of Dear Adel ’ was in town J uesday. She is a • wonderful little woman. Over two years ago her husband was killed by being caught tn tho gearing 'of a threshing machine. She took up the burden of life where he laid it down. She has two farms and nine children, the oldest not seven years ot age. Ins J c* m.c paid to have h.r crops planted only. She made the crop and sent, seven children to J * m> . ! AUNT SOFRONY SAYS That it is her belief that there ill 1 uimdi wedding cake in the northeastern part of the county many rnoons lienee. ■ ’Hi.a she secs no impropriety in . kissing—your mother, or father, or j brother, hut that should ho the 'liuiii till the altar is passed. 'Hint w,editing cake soon to the ’‘watershed” section would notsur- . I prise her, and there may be more than one couple. That she sees no good reason why more marriage jKiuniU ahould not be Mold in Irwin county. Surely, female goodness ami attractiveness are not lacking. That sbe knows a real happy tmtr- ried couple the lesser half of which ' s he fell in love with his wife at u That's why she likes to at- tend sings. That marriage is a copartnership, 0 * as lbtw :a ' 8 bu « nC89 c0 P arl * “erships. The capital is L<fve, and if the supply be ample, there need be no fear of failure. That the has nothing to say against old widowers and old bach- dors, as Elder Sikes is fully able to make them walk a chalk line; but they are altogether too numerous. That the ability to cook a dinner well and preside at the table graee- fullv ; are more important accom- uiishmeuts .. than knowing bow to bang a piano and , scream operatic airs. That she has seeu girls let young men squeeze their hands. While is roa!lv uo hann in this, still it w «, ld be better to !et the young men squeeze their own hands. Then there would be less of it done, That young men use so much idle talk to young ladies these days iJ,at she never knows when they in earnest, and she’s actually afraid bite’ll Bay “yes” at the wrong time. That young ladies should be care¬ ful how they magnify common civ¬ ility on the part of the opposite sex iuto a warmer feeling. This is a failing that should not be cultivated. Men iu search of wives generally make themselves too well under- Blood to leave »uy doubt as to their intention*. The Belled Buzzard Killed. Mr. II. B. Martin, of Goodman, Ga., killed a belled buzzard Novern- ber 8th. The buzzard was wilh | buzzards. Mr. Martin and others heard the tinkling of the bell and finally located it, when Mr. Martin shot and killed the buzzard. 'There is considerable engraving on the hell, but so indistinct that it is difficult t0 make ori1 ar H of iL There seems to be a name and date au< * ol * u ' r engraving. 'The best; I coldd nlakc <m! °* l ‘‘ e aate " ;lN ' ■‘4th month, 7tb day,’77.” I think 1 wiU l ,rocure a magnifying glass and try to decipher . the inscription, The bell is in Mr. Martin’s pos- session. It is a small brass bell, such as is used on ships. It was fastened around the buzzard’s neck wilh a leather collar, with a wire “S’’ running through the stem or neck of the bell. Possibly you will hear more from it, when 1 have time to fully clean it and get a glass to read the inscription. No news of general interest. The nervous system of most of the peo¬ ple is relaxing from the swail pox scare. Youtf, with best wishes, J. G. Pate Bynum, who cooks for Mr. R. V. Paulk, had a pretty severe attack of the breaking out several months ago. Wednesday he had another attack of the disease, fully as bad as the first one, from which he had fully recovered. You can have , the ,, itch •, , any number , of r times, .■ ----— • — - T he special expert sent abroad by the agricultaral department in 9Mrch of new seeds aud edible plants has brought back au “ever hearing strawberry,” which it recommends highly. It comes from p r ince , where it has been recently bred. It is said to produce, fruit for mouths on the same plants and smai l patch will supply a family table a whole season. Hawkiuwilie Dispatch. ^ Sutton Search-Lights. A'c-ry dry in our part of Irwin. j Some have to haul water far their stock, ' Cane grinding is quite common • and I guess we’ll all got sweet, Last Wednesday, at the home of the bride’s mother, Airs. Eliza JStiL- ton, -Miss Annie I.ee Sutton and Mr. Ad Uaitbletu wore wedded, Rev. J. A. Cov .'dictating. Only the family of the bride and a few in¬ timate friends were present, It quite a surprise to the people of this |dace. The groont is a young man from Missouri. lie eatn.e to gia about five yeats ago and has made a number of friends here. The btide is one of .Sutton’s fairest maidens of thiiteen summers. A crowd gathered Friday night to serenade the bride and groom, but sernaded a vacant house instead. The writer joins with many lncnds in congratulating them. Rev. Tittles preached an idler- esting sermon to a large ebngrega- tion at Oaky Grove Sunday. Air. J. T. Sutton and Miss Ida Shirley attended preaching at Ml ' Zion Sunday. Perry Hutchinson and Clyde Chatman visited in Worth countv * Sunday afternoon. Boys, how was the Sunday school ? Mrs. Jane MeCaine, of Brookfield, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. R. H. Hutchinson. She will leave Sparks this week to visit relatives tbere. Mrs. Jack Mc Daniel returned last Saturday, after an extended visit to Lake City. There is jireaching at Zion Hope I every first Sunday and Saturday before and third Sunday, Rev. J. A. i Cox pastor in charge. We are sorry to learn that Mr. Ero Conger is still very sick Hope ; he will soon recover. Mr. Ellington is making full tirn- with his mill, and we begin to feel like we are near town. | Nor. 14. Gypsie. | Mrs. R. B Allen and babv have returned, after about a month’s visit to relatives at Naylor. . ---— • —--- | Judge Dan I ticker sells all the potatoes he has for market at fifty cents per bushel, and they are of a kind that go readily at those figures. ' The night schedule ‘ present would suit (Villa much better if it. was shortened an hour or so, but the railroad authorities need not fall over each other to change it before breakfast! Mr. Ensign informs us that his company will connect (Villa, Mys¬ tic and Irwinville by telephone and will put in a first-class telephone svtem in (Villa. This will be a big j step forward for our town. “Whsn our boys were almost dead from ■ dneto, Core. They recovered rapidly.” writes F. B. Belies, ArgyV. Pa. It cures coughs, colds, grippe and a)] throat and lung troubles. R. B Alleu & Co., Ocilln. Ga. ^ Mrs M. Henderson is the sor of a beautiful slumber robe, the gift of her sister, Mrs. R. L. Hen- derson, and her mother-in-law. Mrs Phoebe Henderson. The cotton ™ rt*. “1 •»** <, -r , , h ? passed her 7Cth year, and was cro- cheted by Mrs. R. L. Henderson. There are four colors, and each al¬ ternates in the squares, which ill’C about 4x4 ineben. It is tUG plPttiest piece of work of the kind we ever saw and is highly prized by the owner r y T It . Will .11 not , , bo a surprise . to any - who arc at all familiar with the good , qualities .... of , Chamberlain’s , . . , n Cough u u Kernel j V a to i know that i . ewy where take pleasnre in relating thmr experience in he use of ,hnt 8p l en did medicine and in telling of he benefits they have received f«.m it, of bad colds it has cured, of threatened attacks of pneumonia it has averted and of the children it has saved from attacks of croup and whooping cough. It is a grand, good medicine. For sale by Dr. ». 11. Macon & Co., Druggists, Oeillu. Ga. A Challenge to Printers. Our Mia* Mattie, who is on the Breeze regularly, can set, from man¬ uscript, or reprint, on a straight l' u ll. l,Sno ems an hour. If there is another young lady in Georgia i who win heat that, we would like to arrange for a contest. Our Miss Agnes swept the board three years | ago, and now we believe we have two of the fastest in Georgia — I Douglas Breeze. niat is fast work -faster by H00 than you or I could ever reach, Jim.; ! we congratulate Miss Mattie on her deftness in arranging movable alphabets. Mrs. A. K. Hobbs continues to lead the town in beautiful flowers. Jonah Musgrove, the negro who had his brain knocked out bv a pas- spn R or ,r “'"> 8t Mow E ' st ’™ n ’ sonJ '’ timo ; l «°> is ilM " to vJV the streets again und will soon be as well as ever. Jonah had a miren- lous escape and is the only living man we know of who had his brains raked <rfl' the ground and placed buck in his bead.— Eastman Times* Journal. That was ;i grand sermon preached ^ eV W. W. Stewart in the Methodist church in Oeilla Sunday night. It was brimful of sound. practical sense and made a fine un¬ pression on the large and intelligent congregation. Bob Henderson and Robt. Wat- son went up to Irwinville 'Tuesday morning on a fishing trip. If they tan’t catch them in the lake, Judge Jim can pilot them to a private pond of his far away in the bosom of the swamp; but they’ll wish they had wings to fly back after they get there. Virgil Parker, a well known eiti- zen of Way cross, was declared iti- sane by a competent jury Monday, The unfortunate man will be taken t0 ,he a T' lum as soon as necessary arrangements can be made.—Way- cross Journal. A Virginia paper announces that smallpox and small politicians have broken out iu Rome parts of that state. Georgia is also infested with a “breaking out” similar to stnall- p 0 x, but it is not so detestable as t h e small politician—McRae En- terprise Engines are probably called “she” because they wear jackets, aprons, shoes, hose and drag a train behind them; they have a lap, need a guide, ride wheels, will not turn out for pedestrians and sometimes refuse to work; they attract men, are sometimes very contrary and it al¬ ways takes a man to manage them— Waycross Journal. 'This is from the pen of a married man, of course. i TAX PAYERS !i The town tax JiaaL <U *ViVA V p/ttr /aivza rj ( 'JUillG fnp WRTCl <111(1 ])<\y y OU] . ( aX ^ •> , <1(1(1 , i- 4111(1 aVOHl ^ j 'A,! 1300kS close Nov. 20th. ft. V . 1 AXILK j Clerk of (’ouncil. twelve. Months' si: murr. 0 eorg I A—1 r\v; n Coun tv. (larricDunniston having made aDplteaiion Oral rcquiivd to of show cause before the (’ourt of navy said county, on the first Monday in 1 lecfcinber. 1899, why sftid auplicai ion shoulb not )m granted. This Giit day of November, W j.j. dee. 11-10—It Ordinary. for leave to sell. GEORGIA--Irwin (v.uatv Notice Is hereby given mat the understened EMX&SE 1I-I0-U Administrators. f . Vo^'JomV'ZT . . . .. ^ rTAT,0N ' ’concern: Wright T, “‘JSS ^E.^VnunM^t.oi f I!f 5ohf»^„ the n 1 i r s aiu couri- &!'^ Thbst&ul^St 1 “wShi? VJA. f \ >0 " r Mill'* SC*-'* nwny. liny your guu at I Vi^ Jp A |\l ™ I Watt it Hulmci'. Every v, hi* xiire shut, “ Don’t, burn up llu* HIltiAM or M’oruti tba TL'KKKY wIumi you cun set a perfect bilker nl. a low figure. Dop'i slf in the «lmk and ilreum of ('.HOSTS nr BUftOLA l!S whan we ulutusi nive away tlieao liatitUoiue lumps. They are SHIXL’.UN, Don’t tftti' excited and pay i\ III* N*DUKl) dollara fur it HUIH* V \n luui vfo can .st’i! you STYLE, FINISH ami QUALITY at n much less figure. DniH miss the attractive bargains found m WATT * IIOUUW in HARDWARE of every kind. Fine China and Dish Ware of all kinds, SILVER itrifl STEEL table cutlery in desirable designs, Paints, Oils and varnishes that will suit your taste and pocket book. ball on us at an early date and see for yourselves the variety and quality of our goods. WITT & HOUSES HARDWARE CO. FITJBGEItAM), CA. Beuer <=> QjO FOR * Less Money * Is the basis upon which we solicit your patronage. and earnestly re¬ quest yon, to ex¬ amine our stock and compare our Prices before chases. makiiigyoiirpiir- Our new meth¬ ods, ind low Prices, seem to be just what the people were waiting’ for. Our aim is to sell at prices that leave no doubt in the minds of intelligent buy¬ ers as to where they should buy. We are still conduct ing* a cash business on the small profit plan, and invite an inspection of our stock. One ticket with i each X Ol 7 *■*•■*■ | g | I clu of dol¬ | one lar, which entitles the customer to a draw at $5.00 * cash, to be n given December away by us on Yours to serve j R. B. ALLEN & Go «» IRWIN AVENUE, OCILLA GEORGIA. sriF.uirrs sale. j.OKonmji Irnifi Comity. I will h. selil, lx* foie tti*! court bouse door. «tv Irvilnvillt., tin., on ibu tirst TuositHy tu L)e- i remher, Isliii, within the h-eral hours of sale, the. following property,, lo-wtl: t!*i A1}of kci'CS, Ini more ut or liiori less; number also tliu tot). mutli couLaiuliift half of lot of bind miuibor bit, montitlulni; IMi ucrus, more Intul district or loss; of a 11 said of snid lands bcina in tiiobth sold tUt* comity. Levied on and to I to us i>roj)ony of William (truul- ham to satisfv Wm fo llowinft executions, to- wit: Om> ju.«*tu**? court ti. fa. issuod from the H'kT.th tiisi ri<*t (». M. of (’offco county, On., iu f.tvor of Macon Steam Candy Works against. II. Furvis vS; Oo M a ttnn composed of U. Purvis and William tirantliam. One ti. fa. issued from the city court of Douglas, (ia*, FurvU iu furor of K. A. Weil & Co. against, li. A Co., K. Purvis aud Wil¬ liam (irantham. One li. fa. Issued from tho city court of Douglas. On., tu favor of M. Korst’s Sons A: Co. ».gainst K. Purvis & Co., It. Purvis and Wll- liarn (irantham. Ono ti. 1’a. issued from the Coffee city court. July Co. against term, 15*97, Richard iu favor* of Head Fertilizer Purvis aud William (i raniham. Two li. fas. issued from CotTee county city court in favor of R. li. Levy X Bro. aguiust R. Pur vis A Co. Two justice court tl. fam. Issued from tb« KCTah district G. M. of CotTeo county, Ga., In favor of Albany Drue Company agaiu.stWil¬ liam Grantham and K. Pur vis. unci Pr'opcrty the defendant pointed out in ti. by fa. plaintiffs' i 'inm attorney (.iraat- nam, served personally with uoticu or levies. 1Sheriff WARKKM : LKTCHER. 1. ( . SUKKIKK'H SALK. Georgia —Irv- * Fuuiity. M ill be sold, on the Qrst Tuesday In De¬ cember, 1899, next, before tlie court bouse door, at public outcry, to the highest bidder, for cash, within the legal hours of sale, the following described less, property, lo-wii: Fifteen acres, more or or lot of land number SG, ind thy.ord land district said county, as re¬ corded in the plat ot the American Tribune Soldiers' Colony Company. Levied on and to be sold as the property of Joseph Buck to sat- Uty K.vh.TUge u. sufivtir court it. fa. in favor of Labor Branch No. 189 against said Joseph Buck. Defendant uotitie d in writing. This November 9, 1899. YVaurbn Fletcher, 11-10-4t Sheriff. MORTGAGE SALE. Georgia—I rwin County. Cndor aud by vli-tuo of a pOjw©f of attorney contained in & curtain mort*a«o executed to W. A. Murray on the 4th uay of February, 1*99, by 11. C. Calhoun, to secure a certain promissory said note which for 840.00, of the samo date of iiiort"U£t\ which sum is now duo, except. $5.00, was paid on the 15th day of Octo¬ ber. 1899. I will sell to the highest bidder, for cash, before the court bouse door in Irwlu- viile, on the first Tuesday in December, 1899, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to-wit: Thirty acres, more or less, of laud lying, situated and being- in the north¬ east corner of lot of laud number HI. in the Ihid dist of Irvriu county. Ga,. bounded as fol¬ lows: Beginning at northwest corner of said lot, running east to the Rock House Branch, tlmnce down said branch to a certain tree agreed upon, thence west to original line, thence north to the starting poi lliU ut. tbe same. day being of deeded January, to me by Said C. F. on the 8th 1894. mortgage is record¬ ed in t he clerk’s offine ett irwln county, Uib, in Look E, pages 5.73-4. and .recorded on the 7th day of February, 1899. This Nov. 3, 1899. Z. liASF, VV. A. Murray. 11-10-41. All y for Mortgagee. Mortgagee. KOK LEAVE TO NULL. Georgia—T rwin County. Notice l« hereby given that the undersign** oh has applied to tlit* Ordina ry of said county for leave to sell lands lieloti#z»g*tothc estate of Nellie C. Sibley, for the purpose of tho pay¬ ment distribution of debts and for tlie the heirs purpose of said of making amoiiK estate. Said upiilli.'alion wl 11 be heard at Tim regular term of the court of ordinary of said county, to l)© held on the first Monday In December, 1899. This 3rd day of November, 1899. ll-UMt O. L. Sibley. Jr„ Ailm’r estate Nellie C. SiWiey ■DISMISSION 4*'RUM ADMINISTRATION. ' ygqhgia—I rwln County. Joseph WhoTcas. J. O. Funsell, administrator ot his petition, Waldron, represents to tho court in duly filed and entered on record, that he lias fully adiniuistesed said estate: This is therefore tocWa all persons concerned-, kindred aval creditors, to snow cause, if any they he discharged can why said from administrator his administration, should and not receive letters of dismission on the first Mon* day in February, IU(K). This 0th day ot No veuiber, 1899. J. .r. LEE. Ordinary. FOR LEAVE TO BELL. GBORGIA—Irwin County. has Notice spirited is hereby the given Ordinary th At the said undersigned to of count,'" for leave to sell laud belonging fo tho estatt of Willis Dorminey, for the payment of debts. Hiitd application will tie heard at the next reg- ular term of the Court of Ordinary for said county, to tie held on the Hrst Monday in I)e~ comber, I«i». This 6th day of November, ixflftl 22*10*44 J, J. Administrator. Dohmikkt, 1 Pianos Organs, AND Sewing Machines We are still selling Pianos, Or¬ gans and Sowing Machine* at Ocilla. Orders left with Pournell* cfe Dixon will receive prempt *t= teutiou. Resptfulljr, CARTER 1 BOROUGH, TiftOn and Ocilla. 10-13 tf.