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THE DISPATCH.
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Superior court convenes week
after next.
The Hardwick bill is dead. It re¬
ceived three votes.
“When shall we three meet
again?”—Hardwick, Bell and Ellis.
You’ve got that polecat sugges¬
tion by the wrong ear, Bro. Dave.
“Gipstc” thinks Aunt Sofrorty’s
bean is over about Sutton, and asks
if he is a widower. We can’t say.
Some call them the “convict
roads.” But it matters not, so long
as they are the best in wiregrass
Georgia.
Consideration, of the Willingham
bill has bee:, postponed till Decem¬
ber Oth.
Fulton county’s grand jury wants
county officers put on salaries, and
asks the legislature to help them.,,
Mrs. Bailie Fussell, daughter of
Mrs. Letvtia Paulk, of Coffee coun¬
ty, died of heart failure on Tuesday
of last week.
The post office p.t HogansviHe was
destroyed by fire Wednesday morn¬
ing. Lofton, a negro, was post¬
master. Loss $400.
Mr. Elisha Vickers, son of Mr.
Eli Vickers, of Coffee county, died
cm Tuesday of last week, after a
thru 2 weeks’ spell of fever.
Mr. Jas, S. Canlding showed us
a magnetic egg yesterday. It would
lie only in one position, differing
from many people in that respect.
The graded road is completed to
tlie Coffee coiinty line. It reaches
the line at the residence of the late
J. R. Smith, and is a first-class road
all the way to Ocilla.
Judge Dave Ewing and Gapt. D-.
V. Mull are loud in their praise of
the treatment received at Savannah
during the recent reunion. To all
intents and purposes the money of
the old Yets were worthless while
there, as they could not spend it.
Savannah is a grand old city, any
way you take her.
Kansas is a prohibition state.
Ex-Senator Ingalls was asked not
long ago what he thought of the
workings of the law. His reply was:
“The temperance people have the
law, and the drinkers have the
whiskey, so both ought to be satis¬
fied.”
The United States justly owes peo¬
ple of the South $11,006,000 for
cotton siezed by troops during the
war. The supreme court has decided
that the United States has no right
or title to these funds, and an effort
is to be made to have congress pass
a law returning, the money to its
rightful owners. We did not lose
any cotton.
It is said by Competent authority
that the local spinners in the terri¬
tory embracing Cedartown, Dalton,
Ti ion, Raacoon Mills, Rome, Kin-
Hale, Aragon and Piedmont, Ala.,
will consume all the high grade cot¬
ton produced in that section—225,-
600 bales. Cotton, factories have
roused the local cotton market to
bid from \ to 4 cent per pound more
than New York and LiverpooLp-rices.
—Cedartown Standard.
A negro man from Boston, Ga.
was in town last Saturday with two.
freak chickens. He came to put
them on exhibition at the exposition,
but was misled as to the date aiul
■ reached here too late for that. In¬
stead of feathers, the-chickens wore
hair and looked like rabbits instead
of fowls, except for their shape. He
says that he had a pet rabbit in the
yard with his chickens and supposes
•tite association caused the freak.
Valdosta. Times..
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
“I’ll tell you what 1 once saw in
church,”' said a gentleman out on
the streets the other day .Everybody
looked up to hear this, observation.
“Now, yyu mustn’t say anything
about it,” ho began, “for it may get
me into trouble.” We all promised
not to use his name if we did happen
to hint U to some one else, at the
same time drew a little nearer the
“Well,” lie went on, “the
minister was preaching a very tine
sermon and I was deeply interested
in this portion of th.e discussion, for
he was paying h.i.s respects to our
present liquor trade, I looked
around over the congregation, at the
end of one of his periods, and what
d,o you suppose I saw?” No one
seemed desirous of venturing a guess,
so he said that he saw a young lady
—beautiful young lady—sitting a
few benches from the front, busily
— “Eyeing lfer neighbor’s bat,”
some one suggested. “No, sir,” he
said, with emphasis, “she was chew¬
ing a slug of gum just as fast as her
little jaws could work. I lost the
thread of the argument just then,
and began to count the movements
of bar lower jaw. I took out my
watch and timed said jaw for five
minutes, and how many times do
you suppose that piece of gain was
hit in the five minutes?” Guesses
and estimates were given,, ranging
from 100 to 1,000, “Well, I’ll tell
you exactly. It was even 481 times,
and she stopped and swallowed six
times.” Now, is chewing tobacco
in the church house any worse, pro¬
vided you spit out the window? N ot
much. A young lady should never
so forget herself as. to chew gum in
company.
When the city fathers get out of
a job, they can find one by looking
out on north Cherry street.
The business men of Ocilla have
experienced the truth of the state¬
ment that too much talk, like “a lit¬
tle learning,” is a dangerous, thing.
There is hardly a town in this sec¬
tion of thp state (with the exception
of Fitzgerald), but what has bad
more or less trouble with-this smallo-
ehicken pox,, but. we have had to
bear the burden of the fight. Great
town Ocilla is! An enterprising
citizenship within her borders!
If these comities which are hold¬
ing conventions for the purpose of
discussing the road problem will
come down and interview Commis-
sioner Henderson,, he can both tell
arll l show them how to get good
roads. lie is doing a-work for which
rising generations will be thankful,
Have you noticed the crowd of
urchins playing on the streets? Y es,
I know you have if you’ve chanced
to stroll up Fourth street about sun¬
down and happen to the inconven¬
ience of being knocked down by a
rotten apple, or run over by some
peculiarly shaped street car in the
hands of some careless boys. Be
careful how you “turn the corner”
at Fourth and Cherry streets.
Max About. Town.
Just as Written.
The following letter is painted
j ust as written, except names, which
w.e leave out.:
- Kissimek, Ga., Nov. 20, 1899.
Editor Dispatch: here is alittle
Piece at eye would like for you to
put in the Dispatch Eye went up in
irwin to mr Saturday night 18.
And he killed aa, old rustoor and
kooked him just about an hour, and
taken him up and called us in to
supper. And be was as yellow as
apunkin and the skin on that rustoor
was as tough as aeow hide. Eye
think at he have had him 2 or 3
years and eye think at he must have
pulled a timber cart for 25 years,
and the soup where that chicked was
cooked was so tough till you couldn’t
stick afork in it and bis head was as
hard as a iron wedge.
The Winning Ticket.,
Ticket No.. 261 draws the $&.0O
cash prize to be given away by R.
B. Alien & Co. The party holding
this number can get tho prise by
presenting the ticket at their store
pn Irwin avenue. Parties bolding
tickets 200 and 262 are also requested
to hand in tlie same, as the prize
will be equally divided between them
slittuld number 261 fail to come up.
Sutton Search-Lights.
We are glad to say that our sick
ones arc better now, and we hope to
see them out again soon.
Mr, R, II, Hutchinson, who 1ms
been sick this week with shingles,
is slowly improving. Uncle Bob
says people can call them shingles,
but be feels like ho’s bad a pretty
good ease of ten feet boards. He
has iu time past had the small pox,
and he gives the shingles the worst
name.
Mr. James Shirley returned home
Saturday front Atnoi ions, where be
had, been attending eo.urt and with¬
out small pox.
Mr. B. C. Hutchinson made a
flying visit to Valdosta last week
on business, and reports things lively
there, as it was court week.
We had a nice rain Saturday,
which was badly needed.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Smith and
little daughter, Katie, visited Sut¬
ton Sunday; also Mr. and Mrs. J.
II. Hutchinson, of near River Side,
with their two bright little boys,
Henry and Winson.
Aunt Sofroney, it may be that
your beau is over here without
girl. Is he a widower?
Mr. Joe Baker, one of Worth’s
hustljng farmers, passed Sutton
Monday en route to Tifton
w.agon load of thanksgiving
Xmas is nearly here, j wish I
knew what old Santa is going to
bring me. Papa says if I’ll be real
smart maybe he’ll bring me a goat
and wagon and a big fiddle. Won’t
I be glad. Gifsik.
Runaway Wtarriage.
Wii.i.acooChee, Ga., Nov. 27—
Our town was treated to quite a sen¬
sation this afternoon. Miss Annie
Belle Gaskins, one of the leading
young ladies of the community,
went to Sunday school as though
nothing unusual was to happen.
From Sunday sehool she went to the
home of Mr. Ford, where she was
met by Mr. Marcus Shaw of Adel,
Ga., who drove to Pine Bloom with
her. There- he called on a justice
to perform the marriage ceremony.
A special friend of the would-be
bride’s father put a runner on horse
back to the father’s home. On learn¬
ing of his daughter’s escapade the
enraged father started on horseback
but arrived just in time to be too
late, lie gave the young couple a
sound tongue lashing and then pro¬
ceeded to treat the minister in like
manner.
The groom is 23 and the bride 14.
They left at once for Adel.
Mr. Dennis Paulk’s. Death.
Willaooochee, Ga., Nov. 26.—
Mr. Dennis Faulk, aged 00, died at
his home five miles east of this place
this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Mr.
Paulk was one of Coffee county’s
welthiest and most influential citi¬
zens. He ably represented his county
in the legislature of 1886, winning
the race over one of the county’s
strongest men by a large majority.
The county has lost one of her
best citizens, the family a devoted
husband and father, and the com¬
munity one of its strongest men.
Fitzgerald is one of the best towns
for collections in wiregrass Geor¬
gia. A few clays ago a man took a
bill up there for collection. He
knew there was an error in it, but
depended on former bills in the
merchant’s hands to correct it. The
merchant heard the complaint
against the account, then took down
two or three great bundles of bills
and receipts, as requested. At the
sight of them the collector told him
to desist, as it would require too
much of his time, and that he would
return the bill, corrected, later.
“No, sir,” said the clever merchant,,
“we are always glad to pay our bills
when presented, and we’ll soon have
this one corrected and paid.” And
so he did, for the bill last settled
was soon found, the error in the new
bill corrected and a check cheerfully
given in liquidation. Who was the
merchant? Why, Mr. Harley, of
the Harley Hardware G’o. There are
a number of others in Fitzgerald
just like him.
j
Mr. E. J. Ilogan made and gath-
ered his crops this year inside of
ton months, and made plenty, in-
eluding 1,200 bushels of «om.
Additional Locals.
rhere is a demand for brick stores
in Ocilla.
Judge Jim Lee, the popular Ordi¬
nary, cooked his cane juice this
week.
The Dispatch hopes to meet nine-
tenths of its subscribers at Irwin
villc. week after next.
You need not send afar for your
holiday goods. Watch the Dis¬
patch for such information.
The cork tree at Judge Hogan’s
that was supposed to kave been
killed by the freeze last winter,, is
now as green as ever.
Mr. O. J. Luke is now a resident
of Fitzgerald, having moved there
recently. The Dispatch wishes for
him abundant success.
Speed Paulk feeds the carpenters
who are building his house, on tur¬
key and chicken pie, with an occa¬
sional trout as a change.
Mr. Jas S. Gauldiug is at home
today celebrating his 55th birthday.
May there be many happy recur¬
rences of his natal day.
Miss Mamie Garett, one of Tif-
ton’s fairest and most, winsome
arrived in Ocilla W^dnes-
day afternoon on a visit to relatives.
The chaingang are now at Irwin-
v ^ e > ail( ^ *^ e liext wol 'k. after a few
work on roads around the
court house, will be on roads in the
Sixth district.
The Mystic and: Oeilia railroad is
nearly completed, and we expect to
soon be traveling by rail to our lit¬
tle sister town. The roadbed is ex¬
cellent.
Judge D. M Ilogan has some¬
thing over one hundred bushels of
excellent sweet potatos that he wants
to swap.for a reasonable amount of
specie.
Mr. II. R. Sutton, one of Irwin’s
best young teachers, who is non’
taking the teacher’s course in the
college at Abbeville, spent Saturday
and Sunday with relatives and
friends in this vicinity.
While in the Soldiers’ Colony Do¬
main Monday we saw a neat little
house the walls of which were built
ot slabs from the saw mill with the
bark on them. It i-s a curiosity,
and excites much comment.
It was all a misunderstanding
about an attempt having been made
to assassinate Marshal Hayes last
Friday night. The actions and
words of the supposed assassins were
sufficient to create suspicion, but
they were entirely innocent of any
such intention,
Our town and county authorities
are working vigorously to stamp out
the small pox, and are succeeding
well. It seems that there is an epi¬
demic of the disease in the South,
Georgia, Florida and Kentucky seem¬
ing to lead in the number of cases.
It seems to be the same mild form
everywhere. In Georgia but few
white people have taken it, but the
negroes catch and scatter it easily.
BRING us Your
JOB WOKE
Satisfaction, in
work and prices.
MEVJ MARKET.
EDWARDS & FLETCHER. Prop’s.
Cobkkk Fourth and Ciihuky Sts.
c H01SKST, BEEF—Konst, Steak and
Stew, fork. Pork Steak, i’ork (Jliops
and the best of PORK SAUSAGE always
on hand. Orders promptly delivered in
any part of tlie city. Give us a trial order.
EDWARDS & FLETCHER.
12-1-tf.
MORTGAGE SALE.
GjifiuviJA—Irwin County,
Under and by virtue of the power of sale
contained iu a certain mortpa-'.: Kivuu to J. S.
Erwin recorded by W. L. Carter, of on Dccembm- 12th, ISM. 1K95,
in Book V mortgages, pages
in Clerk’s office of Irwin county, Georgia,
there will be sold before the court house door
in Irwlnvlliti, said county, on the first Tues¬
day in January. 1900, between the legal hours
of sale, described to tlie highest bidder for cash, the fol-
lowi ng property, to wit: Lot of land
number 105. in the Fifth district of Irwin
county, containing 400 acres of land more or
less. Said described land to he sold as tin-
property of W. L. Carter, in satisfaction wf
the above described mortgage, mortgage, costs and at¬
torney fees as provided in said belong¬ to¬
gether in with all improvements said land. upon ThisNovem- or
ing any ISiiO. manner to ,1. S. Erwin,
her 28,
Attorney in fact for W. L. Carter.
R . .\. llEsmtiCKH,
Attorney at law for J. *. Erwin, 12-l-Hl
DON’T Let all your birds getaway. Buy your gun a
Watt & Holmes’. Every one sure shot.
Don’t burn up the BREAD or seorch tb
TV KKEY when you eunget a perfect baker at a lo.w figure.
Don’t sit in the dark and dream of GHOSTS ot BLRGt.AKS wUe’.J
we almost give awuy those handsome lamps. They are SHINERS. j
Don’t get excited anil pay a, HUNDRED dollars for a BUGGY when wl
can sell you STYLE, FI VIS li and QUALITY at a much less figure.
Don’t miss tlie attractive bargains found at WATT # HOLMES In
HARDWARE of every kind.
* i j
Fine China and Dish Ware of all kinds
1
SILVER and STEEL table cutlery in desirable designs. Raiuts, Oil J
and varnishes that will suit your taste and pocket book.
Call on us at an early date and see for yoursslves the variety and
quality of our goods.
WATT & HQLMES HARDWARE CO,
FiTZGERALD, GA j
FOR LEAVE TO SELL.
GEORGIA—Irwin County.
Notice is horoby given tnatthc undersigned
have applied to the Ordinary of said county
for leave to seli land belonging to the estate
of .lehu Fletcher, for the purpose of distribu¬
tion. Said application will be heard at the
next regular term of the court of Ordinary Monday for
said county, to be held on the first in
December, 1,899. This 6th day of Nov.. 18119.
G. W. and T. E. Fletcher,
XI — 10-4t Administrators.
TWELVE MONTHS' SUPPORT.
Georgia—I rwin County.
Oarrie Denniston having made application
for twelve months* support out, of the estate
of .1. M. Denniston, and appraisers haying duly ap¬
their pointed return, to set. all apart tlie concerned same hereby tiled
persons tlie are Court
required Ordinary to of said show county, cause before the first Monday of
on
in December, granted. 1899. This why said application day of November, should
not be 6fh
1899. ,1. ,1. Lee,
11-10-4t Ordinary.
SHERIFF'S SALE..
Georgia—-I rwin County.
Will be sold, before the court house door, at
Irwiuville. 1899, Ga., within on the first Tuesday hours of iu De¬
cember, the legal sale,
tlie Allot billowing of property, land to-wit: containing
lot number 100,
490 acres, more or less; also the north half of
lot of land number 131, containing 245 acres,
more district or less; ail of said lands being Levied in the5th
land of said county. on and
to be sold as the the property of William Grant¬
ham One to satisfy justice following issued executions, to-
wit: court fi. fa. from the
1026th districtGf. M. of t offee county, Ga.. in
favor of Macon Steam Gandy Works against
R. Purvis & Co., a firm composed of R. Purvis
and William Grantham.
One ti. fa. issued from the city court of
Douglas, Ga., in favor of E. A. Weil 6c Co.
against K. Purvis & Co., R. Purvis and Wil¬
liam Grantham. *
One fi. fa. issued from the city court of
Douglas. R. Ga.. Purvis in favor of M. Ferst’sSons Purvis and* & Wil¬ Go.
against liam Grant! 6c Co., It.
lain.
One fi. fa. issued from the Coffee city court.
July term, 1897* in favor of Road Fertilizer
Co. against Richard Purvis and William
Grantham.
Twoii. fas. issued from Coffee county city
court in favor of JB. H. Levy & Bro. against
K. Purvis & Co.
1026th Two district justice court M. of fi. fas. issued from the
G. Coffee county, Ga.. in
favor of Albany Drug Company against' wn-
liam Grantham and K. Purvis.
and Property the defendant- pointed out by plaintiffs’ attorney
in fi. fa. William Granfc-
liam. served personally with notice of levies.
WARREN FLETCHER.
11-10-4L Sheriff l. O.
SHERIFF’S SALE.
G eorg i A—Irwi» County.
Will bo sold, on the first Tuesday in De¬
cember, 1899, next, before tlie court house
door, cash, at public within outcry, the legal to the highest of bidder, the
for hours sale,
following described property, land to-wit: Fifteeu.
acres, more or less, of lot of number 92.
hid the 3rd land district said county, as re¬
corded in the plat of the American Tribune
Soldiers’ Colony Company. Levied on and to
isfy be sold stiperir as the property li. fa. of Joseph favor Buck of to Labor sat¬
a court in
Exchange Branch No. 189 against said Joseph
Buck. Defendant notified in writing. This
November 9,1899. Warren Fletcheh,
11-10-4 L Shuritf.
MORTGAGE SALE.
Geo ito i a—T rwill County.
Under and ascertain by virtue of a power of attorney
contained in mortgage executed to
1899, W. A. by Murray 11. G. Calhoun, on the 4th day of February,
to secure a certain
promissory saidmortgage, note which for 840.00, of the same due, date of
sum is now except
$f>.00, which was paid'on the Oth day of Octo¬
ber. 1899, 1 will sell to the highest bidder, for
casli, before the court house door in Irwin-
ville. on the first Tuesday in December, 1899,
within the legal hours of sale, the following,
property, land Lying, to-wit: situated Thirty and acres, being in more the or north¬ less,
of
east corner of lot of laud number 111. in the
2ud dist of Irwin county, Ga,. bounded as fol¬
lows: Beginning at northwest corner of said
lot. running east to the Rock House Branch,
thence down said branch to a certain tree
agreed north upon, thence- the west to point, original the line,
thence to starting same
rWwWi to me by C. F. Hill on the 8th
ry. 1891. Said mortgage is record-
in the clerk’s office of, Irwin county, Ga.,
Book K. pages 573-4. and recorded on the
i day of February. 1899. This Murray, nov. 3, 1899.
Z. Bass, W. A.
Att’y far Mortgagee. Mortgagee.
U-10-4t,
FOR LEAVE TO SBLL.
Georgia—I rwin County.
Notice is hereby given Ordinary that the said undersign¬
ed has applied sell to lands tlie belonging of the county
for leave to to estate
of Nellie (-’. Sibley, for the purpose of tho pay¬
ment of debts and for the purpose said of making
distribution ajnong the heirs of estate.
Said application will be heard at the regular
term of the court of ordinary of said county,
to he held on the first Monday in December,
1899. Tins 3rd day of November. 1809.
O. L. Sibley, Jr.,
ll-10-4t AdmT estate Nellie C. Sibley
DISMISSION FROM ADMINISTRATION,
Georgia—I rwin County.
Whereas, J. C. Fussell, administrator of
Joseph \\ akiron, represents to tlie court in
his petition, duly filed and entered on record,
that he has fully administered said estate:
This is therefore tp cite all nersons concerhed,
kindred and creditors, to snow cause, if any
they can, why said administrator should not
be discharged from his administration, and
receive letters of dismission on the first Mon¬
day in February,. 1899. 1900. This 6th day of No¬
vember,
J. J. I.EK.
J t-lS-Hni. Ordinary.
FOR LEAVE TO SELL.
Georgia— hnvin County.
Notice applied is hereby tho gi Ordinary ven that the of undersigned said
has to county
for Willis leave Dorminey, to sell land for belonging tlie 1 to the of estate debts.
of payment
Said application will bo heard at the imxt reg¬
ular term of the Court of Ordinary for said
county, to be held on tlie first Monday in De¬
cember, 1899. This fith day of November. 1899.
J. J. DokMinkt.
22-10-4P Administrator.
CITATION.
Georgia— Irwin County.
To Jill whom it may concern: Wright T.
Paulk sand having applied for of guardianship John Edwin of Vaun, the
person Bee Vaun and property Lora Della Vaun,. minor chil¬
dren of aMps. Mary E. Va.un. lata of said coun¬
ty, deceased, notice is hereby given that said
application wil l bo heard at my office, at ton
ovJock a. w.. on. the first Monday in Decem-
bea next. This Ct:h day of Novetal er, 1899.
< J. .1. Lfb.
1 li-fb-ll. Ordinary..
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Is the basis upol
which we solid
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and earnestly rfl
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and compare ol
Prices befol
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in the minds J
intelligent hum
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they should bu 1
conducting We are stLj j
cash business o I
the small invitj| prof *
plan, and
an inspection o
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the draw customer at $5.0(1 t<|
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given Decemlfl away
us on
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Yours to ser
R. B. f\LL0.1H & 6
IRWIN AVENUE, 1
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