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THE DISPATCH.
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OIBolal Organ Irwin County.
Friday, January, 5, 1901).
The best in Georgia — Irwin
County.
Tl.e last legislature cost the state
about $70,000.
Are 99 cents a dollar? Are 99
years a century? Oh, pshaw!
With a hog law and a dog law,
Georgia ought to prosper.
Mr. II. G. Scott died suddenly
near Lenox recently, aged 80.
If you are a tax defaulter you
may now be in daily expectation of
running against a tax fl. i’a.
Mr. E. G. Brown, one of the
largest naval stores operators in
Berrien also owns three turpentine
farms in Florida.
If Tobe Stevens wants to bold
bis present position another term,
he shall have it. That’s the long
and the short of it.
A West Virginian is having a
big run of luck. His cousin has
eloped with his wife and every one
of his six children.—Ex.
Mr. Irvin Parrish, of Berrien
county, was thrown from a wagon
and killed near Lois, December 21.
lie leaves a wife and ten children.
It is too early to venture political
forecasts, but it seems pretty safe to
say that Gov. Candler and Congress¬
man Brantley need not work nights
fixing up their fences.
Our acquaintance with the Boers
is too brief to warrant us in hurrah¬
ing for them. However, if they will
lick the socks off Johnny Bull, we
will throw no dishwater in their
back-yard.
It is rank folly to even talk about
putting a southern man on the pres¬
idential ticket. Sectional prejudice
is not nearly as dead as some
short-sighted politicians would have
us belie,ve.
The Mormon elders are preparing
to hold a convention in Macon. It
is evident they mean business; but
,the trouble, for them, is, the people
view them more as natural curiosi¬
ties than as proselyters from L T tah’s
polygamous pastures.
John W. Gillis and Frank Pow¬
ers quarreled at the home of the
latter six miles from Pearson, De¬
cember 20. Gillis struck Powers in
the mouth with his fist and then
choked him, from the effects of
which he died soon after.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday
were the coldest days of the winter
so far. Rain and sleet fell nearly
all day Sunday and a part of Sun¬
day night. Monday was cloudy
and freezing cold, with occasional
spits of snow. Tuesday was also
freezing cold and continued so up
to noon Wednesday, when the cold
wave began to diminish. Rev. Irl
li. Hicks predicted this “bad spell.”
Mr. J. L. Paulk reached his 3Ctk
birthday Tuesday and invited a
few' of his friends to a dining at his
home, in celebration of the event.
The fortunate ones were: Mayor J.
A. J. Henderson and family, Mr.
T. B. Puckett, Mr. R. V. Paulk
and wife, Dr. W. C. Ashley and
family, Mr. J. R. Paulk, Mr. Lucius
Paulk and a Dispatch orphan. The
dinner was the acme of culinary
skill, as we well knew it would be,
and the dishes were so numerous
we can’t name them all. Baked
turkey, with cranberry sauce, was
one of them, and among the delicious
deserts was ambrosia, the excellence
of which we may not hope to de¬
scribe. Each of the many other
dishes was proof of fine skill in
selection and preparation, and the
dinner was a complete success. May
Jim have scores of returns of this
happy event, and may we all be
present to assist in the celebration ■
AUNT SOFRONY SAYS
That she likes to see people act
naturally—likes to see them many.
That she finds herself this Mew
ar’s night wondering—wondering ... , .
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if the next one will find her as
bap r y and . care-free ,, as she . is now,
with no man person to fret and
worry about.
That she has as little use for a
fggt b M for a f a8t gir l and s } ie
bates false modesty worst of all.
That she knows there would ” be
more marriage permits sold if young
people were willing to start in life
like many of the grand old pioneer
couples of this county did, and
work their way up to solid inde-
pendence.
That she asked a lady not long
ago why the people in the water¬
shed section are so happy and pros¬
perous, and she replied, “Because
they are industrious and neighbors
in fact as well as in name.” Prov¬
idence smiles on such communities.
That she believes more than half
the ills of life are the direct result
of selfishness, and that the happiest
people are those who are freest from
that self-abasing trait. Little chil¬
dren arc happy because they have
not learned to be selfish.
That if she thought giving wo¬
men the right to vote would purify
the ballot box, she would favor the
change, at least long enough to get
the political filth out of that box
which holds within its small com¬
pass the destiny of this great nation;
but as they could never hope to do
anything of the kind, she feels sat¬
isfied their safest course is to con¬
tinue to rock the cradle and the
neighbors’ chickens.
Married.
At the residence of the bride’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Dicks, in Wilcox county, on
Thursday, December 28, 1899, Rev.
W. M. Blitch officiating, Mr. L. G.
Whitley and Miss May Ella Dicks
were united in wedlock.
Miss Dicks (that was) is a charm¬
ing young lady, possessed of those
womanly graces of head and heart
that are recognized and prized by
all, and fortunate indeed is the
young gentleman who has won her
for a life companion.
“Ludy” Whitley is the eldest
son of Judge Wiley Whitley and is
a worthy member of one of the lead¬
ing families of the county. He is
straightforward, honest and indus¬
trious, and has a bright future be¬
fore him, made brighter still by the
companionship of a good, true wo¬
man.
May unclouded bliss be theirs
throughout long and useful lives.
Col. A. T. McIntyre Dead.
Thomasville, Ga., Jan. 2.—Died
at Thomasville, Ga., at 2 a. m,,
January 2nd, Archibald Thomas
McIntyre, aged 77 years. lie was
born in Twiggs county, Ga., reared
in Brooks, came to Thomas in the
50’s, married Miss America Y'oung,
January 20, 1845. lie was a mem¬
ber of the 47th congress, a member
of the legislature in 1849, of the
constitutional convention in I860,
colonel of the Georgia militia on
the governor’s staff in 1861 to 1865.
lie was once trustee of the lunatic
asylum, trustee of the University of
Georgia since 1876; tvas president
of the board of trustees of \ r oung
Female college, elder in the Presby¬
terian church for thirty years. lie
complained of pain in the heart for
three or four nights, lie passed
away quietly.
The Pennsylvania railroad’s plan
of pensioning employes over seventy
years of age went into effect last
Monday. They will get about 40
per cent of their regular wages, and
will not he debarred from accepting
other employment.
One of Mr. Ashley Morris’ daugh¬
ters, aged fourteen, was killed Dec.
23rd, by a gun accidentally dis¬
charging in the hands of Mr. Lace
Nelson, near Pearson.
Mr. J, J. Garrett, of Sumner,and
Miss Laura Douglas, were married
at the residence of the bride’s
brother, Wcndesday last.—Douglas
Breeze. j
Attention, Pensioners.
lllanks to be filled out and for¬
warded to the commissioner of pen¬
sions of Georgia for payment of
]tensions due indigent and invalid
Confederate soldiers, and the wid¬
ows of Confederate soldiers who
died during the war, and whose
names are now enrolled in the pen¬
sion office, have been received by me
and are now ready for distribution.
All parties interest will please call
at my office as early as possible and
fill out their blanks, that I may re¬
turn them, when check will be re¬
turned to me for them.
-I. J. Lee,
Ordinary I. C.
One night during the recent holi¬
days a witty, good-natured and mu-
sieally-talented young man in a cer¬
tain county, went visiting, in com¬
pany with other young men. Tho
evening was cold, very cold, and
our young friend took a little flask
of cold remover with him. When
he drew near his destination, he de-
posited the flask of anti-prohibition
mixture near a pine tree, after all
hands had “touched” it, .and went
into the house. There was only one
good “bracer” left in the bottle,
and, after an hour or so spent pleas¬
antly in the house, our y. f. decided
he’d go out in the gloom and take a
squint at the stars through said
flask, “and for other purposes.”
Chapter Second. Some up-to-snuff
little boys had, in the meantime,
discovered the “coffin varnish,” and
substituted water, strongly “season¬
ed” with red pepper, for it. Chapter
Third. But there is no need for
another chapter. You know' how
red pepper tastes when mixed with
water, and you also know that plain,
every-day water will not “put
out” your mouth under such cir¬
cumstances. So does he.
Men may cry, “Peace!” but there
is no peace. In the Philippines our
soldiers are killing and being killed,
In the Transvaal the bloodiest war
since the sixties is being fought, and
there are mutterings of war in sev¬
eral European capitals. There is a
lesson in all this for the farmers and
others, but more especially the farm-
ers. War times means flush times
with those who have anything' to
sell that can be utilized by an army.
It also means high prices for
kinds of provisions. ' Should there
be a great European war within the
year, everything that sustains hu¬
man and animal life would command
high prices. In view of the wars
now going on, and the probability
of more to follow, it seems to us
that farmers would be acting wise
in planting heavy food crops this
year, We throw out the hint for
what it is worth.
Hon. Wm. Henderson went up to
middle Georgia last week to procure
a train load of turpentine hands,
and succeeded in shipping forty or
fifty from Forsyth aud vicinity to
Florida. While up there he decided
to bring home with him a drove of
farm hands, and again succeeded.
It is whispered by knowing ones
that he brought back with him only
two colored farm hands, and they
were attached to the same little
crippled darkey. How about that,
William?
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The Helena correspondent of the
Savannah News under date of De¬
cember 25th sends that paper the
following item: “Mr. James P.
Rogers of Scriven, Wayne county,
and Miss Annie Clements of Telfair
county were quietly married at the
residence of J. 1). Smith, in Helena.
The young couple immediately left
to take the train for their home in
Scriven.
The coming of State School Com¬
missioner Glenn to Oeilla on Jan¬
uary 17th will he one of the most
interesting visits we will experience
during the year. As a lecturer Mr.
Glenn has few equals and no supe¬
riors, and we predict for him a large
audience. Remember the date, Jan¬
uary 17th.
The public schools of Oeilla will
open next Monday morning, and the
patrons are earnestly requested to
see that their children are ready to
begin the first day. It is very im¬
portant that this should be looked i
after right now, so that all may be-
gin at the proper time. This is
best for both pupils and teachers.
SMALL COTTON MILLS
THKIR ESTABLISHMENT URGED
liY COMMISSIONER O.
IS. STEVENS.
A FURTHER RISE PREDICTED
II* Now Estimate* That the Total
Crop of the Country Will lie
About 9,000,000 Rales.
In our August talk we estimateAthat bal^rop.
we would make a 10,000,000
lis was based upon the conditions of
the crop at that time. Since then
condition of the weather has been
such as to make a material change in
the prospectus. We believe now under
the existing state of affairs that the
crop of the United States will not ex-
ceed 9,000,000 or 9,500,000 bales.
We find from comparison with the
years 1890 and 1899, according to sta-
tistios furnished by the United States
Department, that in 1890 there were
22,841,000 acres planted and in 1899
, of a
only 20,918,000 acres, a Qecrease
1,428,000 acres. reported
In 1890 the conditions were
an average of 60.7 in October, while we
i have 62.6 per cent for October, 1899,
making only 1.80 per cent more favor¬
able for this season.
This shows but little advantage as to
the conditions, but we have a decrease
in acreage of 1,423,000 acres and we can
readily estimate that the crop will
barely exceed the crop of 1896, which
was 8,714,000 bales.
Under these conditions cotton should
bring between 8 and 9 oents per pound
by Jan. 1, This opinion is based on the
price cotton brought in 1896 under like
conditions.
We do not advise the farmers to hold
their cotton to the hurt of the mer¬
chants and banks who accommodated
them, nor do we advise them to hold at
all, but the indications are all favorable
to better prices.
Go to see the people you owe and con¬
sult with them, as their interests are
yours. Make such arrangements as
will help you and not embarrass them.
We raise 75 per cent of the crop of
the world and we manufacture only
one-sixth of this staple. We ask if this
is a wise policy ? Shall we continue to
pay freight both troys, on our raw and
manufactured material when we have
ene / gy aud the meaas we have t0 be .
come mdepentent ?
I believe it to be a wise policy for a
factory to be established in each county
that raises cotton, where the amount is
sufficient to run the factory.
It has been proven by experiments in
several counties of this state that small
mills that manufacture twine, rope,
burlaps and checks have proved suc¬
cessful aud profitable and there is no
reason why we should not manufacture
a finer goods, unless it be that the
capital required for these mills will cost
more than we are able at present to in-
vest.
The small mills once established can
use their surplus as a sinking fund, and
yet pay a reasonable interest, to add
such machinery and appliances as will
allow us to build such manufactories as
will produce the finer fabrics.
This necessity has long been recog-
n j Z ed by the farmers, as well as the bus-
iness men of the south, but the cry of
hard times and lack of capital has pre¬
vented the building of such factories.
Now, we propose a plan by which
the farmers of each county becomes
a joint owner as well as a pro¬
ducer. Let eaoh farmer take stock
in a factory. If he has hot the
ready cash, let him subscribe one bale
of cotton this year, and another for the
next year, and thus pay in 3 or 4 years
his subscription. It is easy to procure
advances from capitalists when there is
a basis to make them secure, at such
rates as will be easy for the borrower to
pay back the money borrowed. When
this is done, then the farmer beoomes a
buyer as well as a producer. If raw
ootton goeo up he wins, and if raw cot-
ton brings a low price and manuiaotured
goods bring a fair price, he is still a
winner.
If the stock of the faotory pays a div¬
idend this stock becomes a nucleus and
collateral, upon which he can borrow
money at a lower.rate than he can ob¬
tain it by mortgaging his crop or lands.
Why then, should we not establish a
syBtem that will prove beneficial to the
men who produce the supplies of all
the necessities of life?
Think over these matters and let us
get together and organize such methods
as will prove beneficial to the interests
of the producers of our section.
O. B. Stevens,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
Turpentinn anrl Kerosene.
Turpentine and kerosene will kill
every inseot and worm it touches. If a
louse survives these oils, it is safe to
say that it has never touohed him. By
making a warm mash or bran and add¬
ing a teaspoonful of turpentine to a
mess for 25 fowls, it will give the
gape worm plenty of grief, if pres¬
ent. These substances should be oon-
stantly kept on hand and used quite
freely the whole year through and
without stint in the season of aotivity
of all poultry vermin. It can be given
internally in consistent doses, externally
applied, or used as an insectide on
roosts, nestboxes and anywhero where
lice or mites are liable t0 be ’- The
Poultry Farmer.
An Alabama farmer has just killed
a two year and eleven months old
hog that netted 1,117 pounds.
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Mr. Waldo T). Burke and family
are now residents of Oeilla, and the
Dispatch extends to them a cordial
welcome.
It is rumored that .the venerable
Elder Matthew Sikes and his good
wife will soon become residents of
Oclla. 1 he Dispatch sincerely .
i holies the rumor will prove true.
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Wfj hereb extend a cor( Jial („ 0 t
Godfrey Irwin s)_ invitation . and to elsewhere, every per-
son in county
who can raise, and part with, a dol- j
without a pang, to subscribe
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W io * Dls T . P atch , «“« Y™-
Come early and you won’t be crushed. ; !
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There were two items left Out of i
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our account of the Christmas tree t
at Mr. K. J. Hogau’s: 1» km lot- j
ters, extending across one end of j
the parlor, were the words “WEL- i
COME CHRISTMAS !” The other
was, the absence of any kind of in¬
toxicant.
When Irwin county people move
to other states they are sure, in
nearly every case, to order the Dis-
patch sent to them, “It is like a
letter from home,” they say, and
that’s what we try to make it.
A^len Fuller, who was sentenced
to hang to-day for the murder of
Mrs. Pottle near Macon, has asked
for a new trial, and whether he gets
it or not he will get sixty days more
life. Such delays arc not pleasing
to Judge Lynch.
Dr. E. H. Bacon owns a cow which
we think should have the blue ribon
so far as prolific stock is concerned.
Thife cow has given birth to four
calves within eleven months, twins
being born in January and again in
December, She is thoroughbred
registered Jersey.—Eastman Times-
Journal.
Some kind of effort should be
made to induce farmers from middle
and upper Georgia to come down
here and open up farms in the
Brushy J Creek section. There is no
better farming section in the state,
and if this fact was properly adver-
tised, we feel satisfied the result
would be gratifying.
The farmers who trade in Oeilla
and other towns reached over Com¬
mission Henderson’s good roads are
beginning to realize how beneficial
they are, and it must be gratifying
to him to hear some of the deserved
praise that is being bestowed upon
his work. It is impossible for him
to hear all of it.
John A. Minchew, originally of
Coffee county, now of Florida, was
arrested at Abbeville Saturday last
by Deputy Sheriffs R. L. Hender¬
son and D. W. M. Whitley for so¬
liciting and procuring emigrants.
He was arrested under a warrant
sworn out by Dickson & Dorminey,
naval stores operators of this county,
taken before Judge D. W. Paulk
and committed to jail in default of
a $200 bond.
m CHEAPEST ■ ■ ■
... ft STORE IN TO)
Is the reputation our store
throughout the country.
OUR GOODS ARE NOT CHEAP because the the cj
inferior. We never sacrifice the quality in
low the price. We are always glad to compare quality as well
with any competitor.
OUR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR of GASH Bl
ia backed by experience, and not heresay, for cash places U3
tion to serve our customers at a smaller per cent, than the credit
who have a number of bad accounts to add to their prices. I
built on the economical plan, and wish to cut expenses, tfet
PUSH WITH A LITTLE CASH, and we will assist;
! We invite iuspectii
I ducing your store account another year. an
stosk, and a comparison of our prices, whether yon buy or not.
Yours, for business,
R. B. ALLEN & C<
Irwin avenue, OOILL.
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Georgia—I rwin County.
Wliereae, Madison H. Flapper, adminlst
m estate or a..!. bane, represents totho (
in lus petition, duly 0loti ami entered on
record, that lie has fully administered)
S&2d“kfnd5S 8 ?!S credited' tH
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J. J. Lei?
Ordinal
DEPUTY SHERIFF SALE.
Gjtonmi—Irwin ('ounty.
vnks Gife, within the legal hours of sale,
be sola file following property, to wit: At.
divided fine-fifth interest in the city lot h
her 4 or Mock number 15of the town of Oc
in sald cihjuty, said lot being situated on
side of Irwin avenue in said town. Lovj
on and to lA sold as the property of Georj
Goethe to satisfy two justice court execu
against said Goethe, one being in fav
Brown Manufacturing Company, of G)
vi lie. 1 cm,. Written notice of Jevy give/
fondant. This January 2, 1900. 1
1-5-41,. ). W. M. Whitt a
Deputy Slit
FOR. SALE.
One set, 16 vols., of the Encyclopaedia
anica, witlqsllkbindings. Alsooneset.il
Chambers’. Encyclopaedia, cloth bindii
will sell clleap for cash or on easy terms,
are tho Infest out.. Address or call on
1-5-tf .1. J. WALKER, Oeilla
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OciilajLodge No. 106 Knights of P
holds regular weekly meetings overy
day night at 8 o’clock. Visiting me
in good standing cordially invited
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C. H. Mawi'in, K. of R. & 8.
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