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THOUGHTS OF A RAMBLER.
horns Composed. Clipped and Ar¬
ranged for the Lovers of
Fun and Pathos.
“T-lie sveb of life is before me;
1 have woven for many a day,
'Sometimes with a joyful service,
Sometimes in a weary way.
“Sometimes 1 look at my pattern,
Ami then I forget to see
; Jf the web i am weaving follows
The rule that is given me.
“For the side on which 1 am working —
My work cannot be my guide-—
■Whether good or ill 1 shall never know
TUU-soe on the ether-side.
“An that not till it is ftt.lshed;
Till the worker’s rest is won;
Till the shuttle lies by the broken thread,
•Will-I’Eee h ow my work is done.”
—The Fitzgerald Enterprise said
'that our “Man About Town” had
-gone to the woods, but I am corifi-
'dent that the Knterpriseas mistaken,
■for I don’t think ’t. m. a. t. was
'bom in the woods to bo scared by
■The dhirp of crickets.
—Someone told me Saturday
“night that Dr. Luke vaccinated
everything in Irwin last week until
■ he struck -a brick pile, oomer of
TWrth street and Irwin avenue.
—Each one of tali the widowers
■fin and about Ocilla thought I meant
hnn iu this column last week, but
the one-I was-after docs not dye his
■hair.
-“John Kish says he knows a girl
in Ocilla who received a letter from
her beau last week with four cents
■postage on it and two cents due.
‘Great Scott! but don’t you know
•that fellow has a bad case.
—A capitalist struck town a few
'weeks ago, and figured on cvcrv-
'thing from the “Shodfly” to the
iBank of Ocilla, hut finally settled
•down on a pool and billiard parlor.
Certainly Ocilla is growing.
—Elder Sikes’ letter on swearing
and drinking was timely and to the
.point; after the reading of which I
•decided to cut expenses to one drink,
•ditto-oath, per day. Mrs. Fitz. says
our hens will lay ' faster if I will
"stick tO'it,
-—All right, J <b*h-n, I won’t say
'anything more about chewing gum,
hut what was the matter with that
■new suit Saturday night?
—One of the hoys told me the
■other day that a lady • friend said it
was her belief that I would some
■day join the ■ ministry. Would to
■God that she was right, for I had
•rather (if such thing was possible)
stand behind the cross of Christ a
poor man and work for the salva¬
tion of iny fellow men than to he a
Dewy, Schley, or any other highly
honored person on earth. But I am
afraid that such will never by my
happy lot. I have waited too late!
•How sad, but oh, how true.
—-“Preacher has a new position.
iJIe is now-valet to the two Johns
■ and a regular mail carrier.
-—Our editor has been at court—
mot courting—-most of the week, so
-if you see-anything amiss with this
-issue, charge it up to the antics of
-our-'little devil and his'big emissary.
—The person who-will sneak be¬
hind his nom de plume in a news¬
paper to throw slurs at people I con¬
sider too moan to enjoy a seat among
•the gallery gods in purgatory, go
; what -yon read in this column
.you can bet your hoots is only meant
in fun, with no intention to wound
-anybody’s feelings.
■Yours,
Fitzdoodle.
YV. II. Shipman, Beardsley, Minn.,
under oath, says he suffered from
-dyspepsia for twenty-five years.
Doctors and dieting gave but little
relief. Finally he used Kodol Dys¬
pepsia Cure and now he eats what
■he likes and as much as he wants,
and hs feels like a new man. It di¬
gests what you eat. R. B. Allen &
Co.
Chief Willis L. Moore, of the
"weather service, has issued an order
■that employes must give up oirgal¬
ette smoking. He says those who
smoke cigarettes gradually become
-careless and lax in the performance
■of their duties, hence the order.
II. Clark, Chauncy, Ga., says
Dewitt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured
him of piles that had afflicted
him for twenty years. It is also a
speedy cure for skin diseases, Be-
ware of dangerous counterfeits. It.
B. Alien & Co.
Ono Coat of Militarism.
The war with Spain cost us $251),-
841,298. Tlio war with the Fili-
pinos has cost already $105,900,000,
and it is estimated that it will cost
$125,000,000 til is year.
The permanent increase of tlio an-
mud cost of the army and navy for
many years to come will be a\ least
$100,000,000. The public debt has
been increased $200,000,930, and a
treasury deficit . has been created
since we entered upon a career of
iinperialism. This, taken in con-
section with the sacrifice of thous-
andsol , valuable lives, a far . more
serious consideration, shows that
militarism is an expensive luxury
and gives great gravity to the query:
“What is it all worth? Atlanta
Journal.
Do not leave home on a journey
without a bottle of Chamberlain’s
Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhea
Remedy. It is almost certain to bo
needed and cannot bo procured
while you are on board the cars or
steamship. It is pleasant, safe and
reliable. For sale by Dr. G. H. Ma¬
con & Co., druggists.
The grand jury of Echols county
lias recommended the creation of a
county court, and Governor Candler
has been asked to appoint a judge
and solicitor, when there is not a
lawyer in the whole of Echols conn-
ty, and according to tradition never
bas been one. Following the re¬
commendation of the Echols county
grand jury, Governor Candler has
received an application from one of
the most prominent Lowndes • county
attorneys requesting that _ he , bo ap-
pointed solicitor of the Echols
county court. The grand jury has
requested the Governor to appoint
citizen judge . , of r the court, who ,
a as •’ °
is not and never has been a lawyer.
Such an appointment, however, is
legal in every way, and from every
indication the present candidate for
judge, despite the fact that he is un¬
acquainted with the practices and
principles of law, will get the ap-
pointmsnt.
Otto Ivorb, Grand Chancellor, K.
P., BoonvSlle, Ind., says, DeWitt’s
Witch Ilazel Salve soothes the
most delicate skin and heals the
most stubborn ulcer with a certain
and good results.” Cures piles and
skin diseases. Don’t bny an imita-
tion. R. B. Allen & Co.
A negro by the name of Crowder
has been having fun with some of
the people and newspapers of Chi-
cago, and indirectly with . , some
papers of Other cities also. lie ar-
rived in Chicago several days ago in
a box car, and told a pitiful talo of
how he had run away from his mas-
ter in Mississippi, and of the hard-
ships he endured in trying to get
■away to a free state. Slavery still
existed in Mississippi, he said, and
there were still , ,, many slaves , in • the .
J
neighborhood of Grenada. lie
showed scars which he said had re-
suited from floggings give him by
the man to whom he supposed he
belonged. In Mississippi, accord-
ing to Crowder, there-are many per-
sons who never heard of the emanci-
pation proclamation. And the S im-
Pie Chicagoans swallowed the story
at one gu 1 !.’ and telegraphed it to
the -Philadelphia Press and other
Northern papers,and they printed it
under sensational headlines. Is it
any wonder that 520 per cent syndi-
cates are able to flourish and that
gold bnck men grow rich m the
Savannah News.
J. I. Carson, Prothonotary, Wash¬
ington, Fa., says, “I have found
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure an excellent
remedy in ease of stomach trouble,
and have deprived great benefit
from its use,” It digests what you
eat and cannot fail to cure. E. B-
Allen & Co.
General Wheeler is credited with
having learned to speak several of
the Philippine dialects while he was
in the islands. lie is a very wonder¬
ful little old gentleman. lie was in
the islands only a few months.
“No family can afford to be with-;
out Ono Minute Cough Cure. It
will stop a cough and cure a cold
quicker than any other medicine, ”
writes C. W- Williams, Sterling
Run, Pa. It curas croup, bronchitis
and all throat aud lung diseases and
prevenis consumption. Pleasant and
harmless. It. B. Allen <& Co.
EDUCATE THE FARMER
__
a logical ADDRESS GY STATE
SCHOOL C0M.tII9S10.NElt
GLENN.
AGRICULTURE IS DIGNIFIED,
Country Boys Must IJn Tauglit nt
Home tlie Beauty and l*uwer
of tho Holds.
In its last report to the governor the
Agricultural Department invited the
attention of his exoelleuoy to tho im-
portance of introducing in our schools
nature studies, agricultural industrial
i education, to the end that young men
who illtend t0 bBCOme farmera mlgUt
enjoy to fiome extent thfl praotioM ,
gpecial traininf? tor thelr work whlch
u afforded thos6 ge9kinR the professions.
A short time after this School Corn-
missioner G. It. Glenn delivered an
address .. before , , the Ootton „ States . Asso- ,...
elation of the Commissioners of Agri¬
culture in Atlanta. Believing this ad¬
dress should have the widest possible
oirculation, it is furnished to the press
•f the State for publication
COMMISSIONER GLENN’S ADDHES&
The country boy leaves the farm
beoause he has learned &6 school that
other fields of human activity offer
higher rewards. The country boy is
ftbitions to rise and to move up aud on
in the world. Hls teacher has fired his
heart with stories of what, men in the
learned professions have accomplished.
He is attracted by the laurels that men
hayn won ln the pnlpiti at the bar> on
the hustings, on the battlefield, and on
the deck of a fighting ship. The coarse
of study that the sohools have prescribed
for the boy tell blm that to be great in
the eyes of the world he must preach a
s: zszss n r E n
charge, or command a fleet of warships
from a brid « 0 of a fla « ahl ' ) in • naval
battle. How to win conquest* from tne
BoU of mothor earth _ how t0 make (he
fields blossom and ripen into a fruitage
of golden harvests, has been np to this
tln * 0 - no P art of of tl19 training of the
laoys in our schools. Tho book learning
the academies . ha3 ... led away from . _ the
hard aud exaoting manual toll on tho
farm. Iu case where the toy has had
no learning at all, we have had the
stolid picture of the man with the hoe,
“the emptiness of ages in his face,”
"A thing that grieves not and that
never hopes. the
Stolid and stunned, a brother to
ox."
Millet's picture and Markham’s poem
arraign with terrific emphasis the
wrong education, or the lack of all edu¬
cation, that for ages past have bean the
lot of the children on the farm. Not
until recent years has the world coma
to recognize that agricultural pursuits
roquire as high form of development,
and as large a degree of intellectual
power, as may be required in any other
department of human endeavor.
The country boy will never stay on
! the farm until be has been taught at
j homo and at school how to find the
beauty aad the profU and 6he power
that reside In the fields as they are to
^ (otmd nowhere else We uro late in
learning, but aro nevertheless learning
at last, that It la the business of the
school to train the children for the life
*^- T are to lead a,wr they ha7a laft tha
“
TKI al sch00 ls are xumeroua
x n recent years every State in the
Union has established, somewhere wlth-
* n tbe continos of the commonwealth, a
technical school of agriculture and
mechanic . , arts. This . is . well; ,, . but , it
fiogg no t go far enough. We must put
into the public schools, the primary
schools for the masses, such elementary
branches of study as will be immedi-
^tety and directly helpful in the train¬
iug of our children for agr.cn tural
parsu lts ' f, least T
-chool , population m the South must of
“TtS
the elemeuts of ch0ml8try , how plant8
grow> * how BoiIa are enrichad lm .
^ overl9bedi how lands may terraC9d>
nd a thousand forma o£ e i enlental
lnstrQctlon oaa * tanght in tha Bohools
^ lth infinitely greater results so far as
latelleotual development goes, than by
the continued use of many branches of
study that have come down to ns by
tradhiou from the monks and the mo¬
nasteries of ages past.
The dead languages ars good In their
way and no intelligent man will speak
lightly of their educational value, but
there are living languages in plants and
blades of grass, and soils and stones,
and streams, and birds, and flowers,
that appeal with infinite delight and
foster unmeasured growth in the heart
of a child. The great minds who have
done the most and the best for this
world, even in literature, in art and in
scienoe have come from the very heart
of nature, and “nature never yet be¬
trayed the heart that loved her. ” The
Bard of Avon even, who tuned our
English tongue to higher and sweeter
notes than e’er before were heard, put
his ear close to the meadow land and
his heart to the hills of life, and hls eye
upon the silent stars, while birds and
fliowers and blades of grass spoke to
him as he toiled and tilled the land of
his native shire.
PRACTICAL MEN NEEDED.
The world will perhaps never see
another Shakespeare, nor 1 another Mil-
ton, nor another Burns; it may be that
the world does not need another Ham¬
let, or another Paradise Lost, or another
Cotter’s Saturday Night, but it does
need men and it will always need men,
■who can make two hades o£ grass grow
this year where ouly one grew last year.
In agriculture as iu every other
science we aro coming to the reign of
law. Law Is derived from intelligently
conducted experiments, aud experi¬
ments are questions put to nature that
she will answer, ten thousand times
over, with unerring precision aud reg¬
ularity. Traditional farm lore and
primitive methods iu vogue, when men
had virgin soil, will not do for today.
When a seed is put into the ground
now, we must know the food supplies
for the soil about the seed. The bull
tongue plow has become obsolete, aud
the cultivator has token Its place. The
simple scythe is long since forgotton,
and the McCormick reaper Is garnering
onr grain. The man going to mill with
I a bushel of corn in one end of a bag and
stones to ... balance it , , in the other , end, , it ..
he is not altogether apocryphal, has
gone never to return. Intelligence is
establishing her right to reign every¬
where. Men plant no more by tho
moon but by the suu.
The question is then, what can our
schools do for agriculture? How can
I the publio schools be so related to this
| great industry of the South, that the
1 ohildreu who leave our schools may
desire to enter this noble and enterpris¬
ing field. In tho first place the children
must be taught at school that agricul-
! tore ie not only the earliest pursuit of
! , mankind but it 1 b today one of the
| noblest professions that men can fol-
j i low. They most be taught that an in¬
telligent farmer, equipped with ail that
j science and art may today bring to his
aid, oan win as high honor and oodupy
I ~ 1
AGRICULTURE 13 dignified.
Wo must teaflii the children, indeed,
that the man of brains on. the farm. Is
one of the most potential forcesfor good
that oan be found anywhere in the
world. We must show them that, work
in the field is no longer a drudgery but
that it ia as noble and intelligent form
of labor as man can pnraue. The
machine has come to the farm and it
has come to stay, A man with a
machine on the farm can do as much
work as ten men conld do twenty years
ago. As teachers we mast show the
childron the peaoe and plenty, the quiet
joy, the purity of life, the contentment
of independence, the nobility of soul,
all of which may come in unhindered
fullness from the noble pursuit of scion-
tifio agriculture.
In the second place to accomplish
this our course of study in the public
schools must be radically changed. The
ideal of the sohool must be changed.
The subject matter in the text books
must be revised. While the child is
learning to read, to write and to cipher ’
iff conld jast as well learn thaBe elemen¬
tary branohes in the terms of nature
studios, elements of biology, elements
of chemistry, elements of free hand
drawing aud modeling of all kinds.
Intelligent testimony from tho entire
educational world is to the effect that
children will not only lose nothing, but
they will gain tremendously in their
natural and normal development, by
making these changes.
If a boy in Holland has learned at
school to support a family of ten. by
intelligent cultivation of an aero of
ground, a boy ln Georgia should learn
at school how to support a family of ten
upon ten acres of ground. This is the
problem that we must solve, not only
ln Georgia but in every other Southern
State.
AGRrCULTUTRE AMD EDUCATION COEQUAL.
The time has come to wed the Depart¬
ment of Agriculture iuto a closer mari¬
tal union with the Department of Edn-
cation in every Southern State. Intel¬
ligent agriculture methods must come
as a result of intelligent school methods.
The Department of Agriculture in the
State of New York through Prof. L. H.
Bailey of Cornell University is doing a
magnificent work. Not only is ha im-
proving the systems of farming but ha
is magnifying and Iteneifying the sys¬
tem of education in the State. Prof.
Bailey’s leaflets are now used as text
books in all tho sohools of the great
State of New York. We have agricul-
tural possibilities and agricultural
resources in every Southern State that
are not to be found even in the great
State of New York.
From Virginia to Taras we have un¬
bounded agricultural wealth that is yet
to be developed. The masses of out
ovm people mast do this work of devel¬
opment. The profit of this development
must go to the pockets of our own peo¬
ple. In order that we may accomplish
this great result the masses must be
educated through oar public schools.
We need oapital and wa Invite alldesir-
able immigrants into our midst.
But more than we 1 need capital and
more than we need immigration, we
need a high'and practical intelligence
among the masses of onr people who
are engaged in agriculture. Our great
manufacturing interests and our min¬
ing industries are enlarging rapidly and
almost as rapidly they are passing into
the hands of aliens and strangers. Onr
fields of agriculture must remain our
own, and in order that we may enjoy
the best fruits of onr own labor, those
who toil on the farm mast be intelli¬
gently trained fpr this noble pursuit.
D. II. Paulk. ,T. L. Paulk. It. V. Paulk.
PAULK & CO.,
Dealers in General Merchandise
OCILLA, GEORGIA.
Such ns ! Dry Goods, Dress Goods,
lleady-made Clothing, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Family Groceries,
Crockery, etc., Wagons, Buggies, Harness
And Saddles. FURNITURE of All Kinds.
Codins mid Osisdtets 9( ••
Stoves, Cooking Utensils, etc., Farming Imple¬
ments of all kinds. In fact, we have a full
stock of ‘ General Merchandise, which we are
selling at prices to suit the times. 7-9-tf.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. J. WALKED,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ocilla, Georgia.
Booms No. 1 and Z, Henderson Paulk & C'o’s.
Brick building.
10-5-ly.
EMMETT V. BALL, M. D.„
OCILLA. GEORGIA.
OFFICE at dwelling on Irwin Avenue.
G-euaral practice solicited, .
I MAKE A SPECIALTY OF DROPSY.
8-18-ly.
DR. W. 0 . FORD,
PKNTIST,
OCILLA, GA.
Office over Henderson, Pau?k & Co.’s Store.
3-17-3m
J. E. GOETIIE,
Physician and Surgeon,
Ocilla, Georgia.
Office: Cherry street, south of Fouri
street, near Powell’s store. Residence: Ir¬
win avenue, north of Methodist church.
Calls promptly attended, night or day. All
medicine furnished from my office. 7-30-’98
J. C. LUKE,
Physician aud Surgeon,
Ocilla, Ga.
Office in Dr. G. H. Macon & Co.’s drug store
3-31-tf
t®— Leave calls at Drug Store.
C. II. Martin. H.- ' ' F 1 ! ENllFl'SI X.
MARTIN & HENDERSON,
Lawyer,
Ocilla and Fitzujskald, Ga.
Prompt attention to all legal business.
Agent for fire insurance. Office in Powell,
Bullard & Co.’s old building. 5-14-tf.
L. KENNEDY,
Attorney at Law,
Fitzgerald, - Ga.
Offices in Phillips’ Block. 2-19-iyr
E. W. KYMAN,
Lawyer,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
Rooms 2 and 4, Phillips Block,
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D. B. JAY,
Attorney-at-L aw,
Gil ANT STREET,
Fitzgerald, Georgia.
C. \V. FULWOOD. II. S. MURRAY.
FULWOOD & MURRAY
Attokneys-at-Law,
Tifton, Ga.
Office in Tift Building. n2698
_
EiD. WILLIAMS, \V. A. SHIPMAN.
mimm & shipman,
L 4 WYJEJB 8
6 and 8 Bowen Slock.
FITZGERALD, - GA.
jrgrwill practice in all the Courts,
J0-22-3m.
T. J, LUKE,
Attobney at Law,
Irwinville, Ga.
Offioe in Court House.
4-21-'«9.
OCILLA LODGE NO. 374 F. & A. M.
Regular monthly communications second
Wednesdays days at 10 a. in.; fourth Wednes¬
standing at 7 p.m.' Visiting Invited members in good
are cordially •T. E. to attend.
J. W. Hanlon, Secretary. Goethe, IV. M.
OCILLA LODGE NO. 106 K. OF P.
Ocilla Lodge No. 106 Knights of Pythias
holds regular weekly meetings every Mon-
da y night at 8 o’clock. Visiting members
in good standing cordially invited
L. K. Tuckek, C. C.
C. H. Martin, K. ol li. & S.
FOR SALE,
One DeLoach Grist Mill. Well worth $130, can
be bought for less. Must go. Write or apply
to M. .J. PAULK,
3-16-Jm Ocilla, Ga.
Directory Irwin County.
Judge Superior Court-C. 0. Smith.
Solicitor-General—.1 no. F. Del.acey.
Comity Judge •J. i!. Clements.
County Solicitor- -D B. Jay.
Ordinary—J, .1. Lee.
Clerk Superior Court—J. 15.1). Paulk.
Sheriff—Warren Fletcher.
Tax Receiver—d. ,J. I’aulk.
Tax Collector—E.G . Fletcher.
Treasurer—.1 as. Walker.
Surveyor—E. J. Hogan.
Com’r K’ds and Revenue—51. Henderson
School Commissioner—Marion Dixon.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
John Clements, Chairman: R. L. Heli-
•derson, Lucius Paulk, eorge W. Fletcher-
mid G. 0. Bail.
.JUSTICES AND NOTARIES.
433» District.
(1. W. Prescots...............Notary I’ridgeou.......Justice of tlio I’ublis Peace
G. J.
’518*1-ii ’District.
T. P. Kdge..... J ustice of the Peace
J. A. J. Nobles ......Notary Public
690th District.
T. E, Fletcher. Justice of the Peace
G. W. Conger.. ......'.Notary Public
'JOIST illSTKlt’T.
Marcus Luke...... .......Notary Public
982n District.
I). J. Parker..... J ustice of the Peace
11. W.'Cockrell... .......Notary Public
1288th District.
A. Mclnnis... J ustice of the Peace
Jacob Fussell .. ..Notary Public
1421st District.
J. II. JIcNeese........ Justice of the Peace
1529t-h District.
Will. Henderson Justice of the Peace
-Sweat...... ......Notary Public
15<57th District.
D. W. Baulk .. Justice of the Peace
W. B. Moore .. .......Notary Public
ISSOtii District.
J. Z. Sutton J ustice of the Peace
J. J. Whiddon.. ......Notary Public
THE COLONY DRUG STORE,
J. II. Goodman & Co.,
PkoVuiPioks,
FlTSGKltALD, GEORGIA.
Pure drugs and medicines. Latest im¬
proved trasses. Tobacco and cigars. Per¬
fumery ami soaps. Lamps and fixtures.
Optical goods. All kinds of cold drinks.
Prescriptions a specialty.
Live and Let
@ w
Prices at
WETTSTEIN’S
JEWELRY
■STORE.
It will be to your interest’to
consult our Brices for Goods
and work before gbing
elsewhere.
H. WETTSTEIN,
5 HE PlONEKR JKWELEK,
FITZGERALD, - GA.
HOTEL, WILtCOX,
OCILLA, GEORGIA.
GEO. K. WILCOX, Proprietor.
First-class in every respect. Rates
$2.0'0 per day. Porter meets all
trains. ' 2-23-tf
MAT FELTES 1
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
OCILLA, GA.
1LSO agent Paints, Sash. Doors, Blinds, etc.
A £2T’Iioiu*e Call aud see me. 1 can specialty. save you money.
lieiuoving a