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We are Now Conveniently Located 1
Tn the new brick building next door to Paulk & Grinev’s, where we wil l be pleased closing- to serve our custom-
ers. Our stock is being increased, while the prices will be reduced. We are out a LOT OF
ODDS IN SHOES, Negligee and Silk-bosom Shirts at actual cost. Ask to see them. Call for cut-
price goods. We do not sell “cheap goods,” but “goods cheap.” Remember that Alien has it, the quality
is O. K., and he sells it for less. R. B. ALLEN & CO.
THE DISPATCH.
Irwin Countij Publisliincj Gompanii,
Thovhiktous.
.). W. HANLON, Editor ami-Manager.
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Friday, June, ir>, V.K)9.
Congress Isas adjourned.
The crops in the vicinity
Ocilla arc land-sellers.
Mr. Henry Mann died at his home
near Abbeville Tuesday night, aged
eighty-six years.
Hon. W. G. Brantly, our able
congressman, has no opposition. If
he had it would amount to nothing.
The Citizens Bank was organized
aft Abbeville Monday. S. 1’. Lasse-
ter is president and Geo. M. Taylor,
cashier.
The weather has been pretty bad¬
ly mixed this week, but there was
nothing in it that retarded the
growth of the crops or—grass.
“Savannah (Ga.)- Press: “Mr.
Herrington is humorous, pathetic,
eloquent and earnest. The Negro
and The South is certaiuly a treat.
When county court began Mon¬
day morning there were thirty eases
on the docket. When..the court ad¬
journed Wednesday afternoon there
were none.
We have no railroad news this
week, to scatter to the remotest
pgrts of the earth. But, all the
same, Ocilla is a hopefid candidate
for another railroad.
The crop outlook gets better as
the weeks roll by. Corn is, gener¬
ally speaking, extra fine, while cot¬
ton is moving up nicely. Side
crops, such as cane, peas, potatoes,
etc., are fine.
Last Monday the Luke House,
at Irwinville, was crowded almost
to its capacity, hut, as usual, the
management proved equal to the
demand and furnished - the throng
such a dinner as people like to re¬
member.
Judge Clemnents hit the nail on
the head in fine shape, last Monday,
when lie informed the lawyers and
Others that the court house was the
place for those who had business in
court, and that there would be no
more calling of witnesses and others,
by the sheriff, from the windows.
The ablest colored divines in the
South advocate the separation of the
white ami 'negro races, and if this
great question was submitted to a
vote of the people of the United
Stales, we. are satisfied that separ¬
ation- would he carried at by least
a two-thirds vote.
There is some- very strong pri¬
mary talk just now, and as the
unexpected usually happens, we
may yet have the primary for state
senator, representative and county
officers. However, if the executive
committee should deckle.not to have
it this time the people will abide by
their decision.
Next Monday President. William,
who is at the head of thirty-odd
banks in Georgia, his cashiers and a
few of liis friends will exenrt to
New York and .other -points. It is \
seriously hinted that, one of the |
cashiers, who is now single, will
make the trip as a Benedict. ' j
AUNT SOFRONY SAYS
That there are a great many things
said in jest which, when they gel
well abroad, are mistaken for truth.
That she feels much improved by
her vacation, and will try to occupy
her usual space hereafter in the Dis¬
patch with such matter as will bo of
interest to widows, widowers, old
maids, young maids and the rest of
suffering humanity.
That she learns, with pleasure, of
the recent departure of a handsome
widower east of town to the state of
connubial bliss, and she takes off
her bonnet to him and wishes for
him all that is good and pleasant
and profitable here "and hereafter.
That she bears lots about picnics
and invitations to a certain editor
to attend them, and at odd times
wonders why no invitation comes
her way. She may he old and some¬
what ill-favored, but she’s human
just tho same.
That it just tickles her all over to
see a girl trying to manage her first
beau. It is just too funny to talk
about, and is enough to make a cigar
dummy grin from ear to ear.
That if she could have her way a
short while she’d see that the quanti¬
ty of kerosene used up by courting
couples in this vicinity was greatly
lessened. Parents have much to
lose by these long, weary courtships,
and, to make matters worse, many
of them resulta flash in the pan.
That she has always recognized
the wisdom of keeping a shut mouth,
especially as regards one’s private
business or the private business of
others. There are too many people
who are eager to tell all they know
about themselves and their acquaint¬
ances, and such people as these she
always tries to avoid.
That she does wish there was some
way to force old bachelors to emi¬
grate to the state of matrimony. To
her mind an old baeehlor is a mere
nubbin on the corn-stalk of life—a
being without a fixed purpose—a—a
well, a man wallowing in the mire
of single cussedness, who might just
as well, and better, be the head and
front of a large family of tow-headed
children and an angel of a wife; and
the same applies to widows, widow¬
ers, and old and young maids.
That she likes music awfully well
and never tires of hearing good
singing. And this reminds her that
the Royal Singing Convention meets
at Dorminey’s Mill to-morrow and
will be in session two days. But,
alas, it is fifteen miles away, and is
too far to walk.
That she hears Ocilla will soon
biVe telephone connection with
Nashville. Won’t that be nice!
Then she can talk with Nat and sev¬
eral other handscSme chaps down
there, and who knows what may
happen!
That she hopes no one will accuse
her of selfishness when she says that
' she hopes tho city fathers of Ocilla
will some day awake to the import¬
ance of passing a 9 o’clock curfew
law-, which shall embrace courting
couples. Aunt Sofeony.
News reached Ocilla on Friday
last of the death of Elder John
Vickers, which occurred at his home
j in Coffee county on Thursday of
last week, A week or so before it
wns reported here that he had a j
stroke of paralysis, hut news came
afterwards that it was neuralgia,
and Wednesday of last week he
wrote a postal card to Elder Win.
Paulk, informing him that he was
much better and expected to be up
soon. But the summons came Thurs-
day about one o’clock,and this truly
good servant of tho Master passed
peacefully away. We have no pai-
ticulars of his death, but hope to
publish them later on, as well as a
sketch of his useful and honorable
life. •
Wants a Primary.
Editor Dispatch.—-As our people
arc so badly factionatod, and many
very good men in all tho factions,
would it not be better for us all to
have a primary nomination?
A fair, equitable primary will give
us more strength than we can pos¬
sibly have in our divided condition.
It is certain that our native strength
is greatly reduced by our divisions.
This loss of power is detrimental to
our best interest. We should, there¬
fore, look for a remedy which will
nulify or concentrate our strength.
From these and other considerations
we shauld nominate so fairly that
no one will have any just cause to
bolt. In this way we would be
likely to bring out the best material
to make officers of. This would be
a long stride in the direction of let¬
ting the office seek tho man. These
factions or divisions are born of
personal ambition and selfishness
among individual aspirants, We
have much in the future to contend
for . therefore all the good meivshould
lmit(J on the best plall f or t i 10 most
good to the greatest number.
Fellow-citizens, think on these
things calmly and dispassionately,
and try to act accordingly.
June 13. W. H. Harden.
P. S.—My teeth raised a row, and
took so much of my time and atten¬
tion that I did not write last week.
II.
Election of Executive Committee.
The Democrats of the 142ist dis¬
trict met Juno 2, 1900, for the pur¬
pose of electing an executive com
mittee.
Mr. II. T. Fletcher called the
meeting to order. J. P. Fletcher
was elected chairman and II. Ip.Wil¬
liams secretary.
An executive committee for the
district was elected, as follows:
John Gibbs, D. J. Ilogan, J. W.
Henderson, II. T. Fletcher and J.
C. Fletcher. The committee then
elected II. T. Fletcher as its chair¬
man.
On motion the Dispatch was re¬
quested to publish the proceedings
of the meeting.
J. P. Fletcher,
II. L. Williams, Chairman.
Secretary.
Blakely, Ga., June 11—(special)
—Judge - Thomas Williams, one of
the oldest and most highly respected
citizens of Blakely, died at the
home of his son-in-law, Mr. J. J.
Jones, yesterday afternoon at 4:45
o’clock, in the 8t>th j'ear of his age.
His remains will he interred with
Masonic honors at 4 o’clock this
afternoon by the side of his wife,
who preceded him to the grave
several years.
Moorville (Ind.) Chronicle:
“Y r ou laugh, von cry, you think,
you laugh again; you wait with
bated breath to catch what he will
say next. There is no prettier
word painter on the platform than
the Georgia orator. The large
Yankee audience at the Opera
House last night was highly
tained and edified, Indeed, more
was learned about the negro and
the South from one short speech
Hon. Alfred Herrington than ail
the histories have ever told us.”
Mr. B. L. Hall, the feather reno¬
vator man, has finished up his work
in Ocilla and will go to Fitzgerald
Monday. Mr. Hall is a clever little
gentleman and does liis work well,
as the testimonials from the leading
ladies of this community will testify,
Our sister city should welcome him,
as he certainly returns ai.l of your
feathers to you . in a much better
condition than he found them,which
you would say if you could see the
“stuff” he extracts from the stem
of the feather. He handled over
400 beds for the people of Ocilla
vicinity.
Fitzdoodle’s Foolishness
“When a poor man takes a notion
And against his fate rebels,
lie can go down to the ocean
And just get in with the swells.”
—Many a man in the Republican
ranks will need an extra supply of
iron-trust tacks this fall with which
to tack his faith to McKinley’s
foreign and other policies.
—I think Uncle Jim Henderson
ought to buy him a little postoffice
that he could carry around in his
vest pocket, and quit moving ours
so often.
—That handsome young widower,
C. L. S., “shot the shoot” at Bow¬
en’s Mill Tuesday, and now he’ll
want to shoot me, I expect.
—I know a pretty fiower yard in
which grows fiowers as dangerous
as they are pretty. The fair owner
gave her beau a bouquet of those
flowers the other day to wear to a
picnic, and now it is sad to think
that they “don’t speak as they pass
by.’
—Fred Bruce says Savannah is
too big for him—just a huckleberry
above his persimmon.
—Talk about your public schools,
civilization and education, but every
once in a while something pops up
to cause me to repeat that old adage,
“where ignorance is bliss ’tis folly to
be wise.” Sunday morning I noticed
a “hard-working” individual of the
suburbs strolling into town to attend
church, holding over himself a huge
umbrella, while his wife and daugh¬
ter followed behind uncovered, vig¬
orously wiping the perspiration from
their faces with two-for-a-nickle
bandana handkerchiefs.
—Clarence Bruce, as everyone
knows, works hard and attends to
his own business. And sometimes
the poor fellow works so hard that
his mind becomes preoccupied—reg¬
ular absent-minded, you know. One
day last week a stranger stepped into
the market, while Clarence was busi¬
ly “sawing” some of his choice ten-
derloin, and asked: “Mr., how far
is it to Cummings’ mill?”
Only ten cents a pound!” said Clar-
ence.
■—Some people glory In telling
their friends what a delightful time
they had at the picnic, while others
are as mum as oysters. Why is it
thus thusly, Mr. Me.?
—While standing in a store door
Saturday morning a gentleman, on
his way to the depot, stopped and
asked the price of peaches, potatoes,
etc. Potatoes were priced to him
at 35ots a peck. “Well,” he said,
“you people have fine truck in
Ocilla and sell it cheap, too. Give
me a peck of those potatoes: pick
them, and here is forty cents. The
price is little enough anyway, and I
wish I could do all my grub buying
in Ocilla.” And then he boarded the
train fq,f his home in a neighboring
town. '
—That’s all right about Marshal
! Pollock and the owl. Yes,, he used
| j ljis ( Jlicial authority and a crooked
s tFI£ and “pulled” the owl, and il
son ^ e °f y ou fellows about town
do&’l quit looking and acting so
1 owlish he’’ll pull you, too; he’s no
respecter of persons.
| headedness —A sure sign of coming bald-
is the tickling sensation
felt from the crawl of a fly an the
top of your cranium. Respectfully
referred to Old Uncle Lije Ilogan.
Yours truly,
E’itzloodlu.
Snow School and Other items.
Our school is progressing finely
under the able management of Prof.
Enon Jernegan.
Crops in this section are fine,
j [Our correspondent will have to
j send a diagram and printed instrue-
tions before we cun make heads or
tails of his last paragraph, which we
were forced,, for- this reason, to
omit.—Ed. |
Ebenezor Inklings.
Mr. Sam Pate and tson, Jim, of
Aaabi, visited relatives here Satur¬
day and Sunday.
Mr. L. D. Taylor spent several
days last week in Dodge county.
Misses Jane, Annie and Emily
Clements, the handsome daughters
of Big John, spent last week in Ab¬
beville, attending the commence¬
ment exercises of the college at that
place.
Ed. Clements was visiting among
the fair sex across “Lophaw” Sun¬
day.
Several of our teachers are attend¬
ing the Institute at Fitzgerald, this
week.
Miss Ellen Taylor, one of out¬
most accomplished young ladies,
takes,charge of the school at the
Walker Academy next, Monday.
Much success to her.
, A ‘grand S. S. picnic was given
at Cold Springs, a few miles above
here, last Saturday. Everybody
reports a big time.
Miss Rachel Mauklen, one of Ab¬
beville’s fairest little maidens, is
visiting the Misses Clements this
week.
The long talked of.Bone Pond pic¬
nic comes off the 30th of this month!*
Free invitations for everybody.
The Dispatch editor included.
Don’t forget the date, June 30th,
also bring well filled baskets.
June 8th. Correspondent.
That was a very supe rior county
court last Monday and Tuesday.
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^ this community. If you consult have
* difficulty with your ads
us. Perhaps we can aid you.
We are willing to.
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0. E, BRUCE & BRO.,
—DEALERS IN—
BEST BEEF, PORK and SATJ-
SAUSAGES. FISH axd OYSTERS 1
IN SEASON. ICE CONSTANTLY j
rxx-r ON <r~-.jp® Market n» i . on , Irwin j • avenue, j
between Fourth and Fifth streets, j
Ocilla, Ga. 6-8-tf
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1:1. iggli Ppiucw Out into Iviblets
AS THE TIME FOIL SPRING FIGHTS has arrived I have decide
to enter the arena in the interest of the people,- and from now. i
may be found at my store, corner Fourth and Cherry streets, slaughte
ing prices right and left. Below you will find the progress I have mat
eo far, and you are flSPeCialllJ invited to call and learn, by actual exp
rience, how much money you can save by making your purchases here
Soda, the very best, 5c per lb.
Starch, the very best, 5c per lb.
Lard,the very best, 3) lbs. for
Sterling Potash, 5c per ball.
Axel Grease, 4c per box.
Best Snuff, 3i per. box.
Pearline, 4c.
Giant Soap Powder, 4c per box.
Grandpa Soap, 4c per-box.
Cigarette Tobacco, 8c per sack.
24-inch Iland-saws, 98e each.
kverytliiiia Ms Motion line at prices tHat compare tavi
ably with abate. sr xr xr Give me a call 1 can i
will save you money.
5-18-tf] JOHN W. NflS WORTHY; OGilld, Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
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HOR STATE SENATOR.,
1 iiccuby announce myself a candidate for
State Senator to represent t,lio fifteenth Sen¬
atorial district, and earnestly ask Lite support
ot the voters of said district, if. elected, I
promise to faithfully discharge the duties of
said ofllco. B. E. W n,cox.
6-8-tde-
FOR ORDINARY.
To till! voters or Trwln county: r am a can¬
didate for re-election to the office ot Ordinary
of Invlii county, and respectfully solicit your
support. [li-l-tde] J. Lb*.
Foil THE LEGISLATURE.
I hereby announce myself a candidata for.
representative in the lower liouso of the legis¬
lature and respectfully ask tho support of tho
voters of Irwin county. If elected [ promise
to use my best efforts tosubserve the county’*
best interest. K. .I.YOUKU.,
4-2.j-t.de.
FOR TREASURER.,
I hereby announce myself n candidate fo»
the office of Treasurer of Irwin county, and
respectfully ask the support of. Uw voters
thereof; If elected I promise to fiU the office
faithfully and to the best of my ability.
5-lK-tde. O- ( ’liEMKNTfl..
FOR SHERIFF.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of Sheriff of Irwin,
county, promising a faithful performance of
the duties of the office, if elected. 1 respect¬
fully solicit the support of the voters of the
county. Wabhkn Fi,etcher.
5-11-tdOi
FOR RECEIVER.
I hereby announce myself, a candidate for
the office of Tax Receiver of Irwin county,
and respectfully ask the support of my fee-
low Citizens throughout the county, promising:
a faithful port: train net: ot the duties of the
office if I am elected.
' 5-11-tde. J.
L. Bass.
FOR CLERK OF SUPERIOR; COURT.'. J
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
the office of Clerk of the Superior Court of Ir¬
win county, and earnestly solicit tho support
of tho people of saAdcounty, promising a faith-
ful discharge of the duties of the office if
elected. 11. W. M. Whitlzt.
4-CT-tde.
FOR CLERIC SUPERIOR COURT.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
re-election to the office of Clerk of the Supe¬
rior Court of Irwin county, and respectfully
ask the support of the voters of tho county.
If elected, I promise to do my duty, as I have
sincerely endeavored to do since my. incura*
hancy. J. B.-.I). PAH**..
4-27-tde
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
Tax Collector of Irwin County,.earnestly so*
liciting the votes of the people and promising:,
a faithful discharge of the duties of said
office to*the best of my ability if elected.
4-27-tde, George Tuckeri
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself a candidate fbr
Treasurer of Irwin. County, and respectfully
ask the support ot the voters , thereof.
4-13-tele W. J, Royal..
FOR TREASURER.
I hereby announce myself a candidate for
the office of treasurer of Irwin county, and
respectfully ask the support of the voters
thereof. [4-12-tde.] J. A. Branch.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR,
I hereby announce myself a candidate foir
the office of Tax Collector of Irwin county,
and respectfully solicit the support of the;
voters of said county. If elected.!, promise a.
faithful discharge of the duties at said office;.
2-16-tde,. IV. .LWeavkii.
FOR STATE SENATE.
Through.the solicitation of my friendfe..!
hereby announce myself a candidate for the
office of Senator of the Fifteenth district, and
respectfully ask the support of the voters of
said district, promising, if elected, to serve
the people to the best of my ability.
Very respectfully^
I-2(S-tcle Wtusx W.HTBHSY, 8a.
FOR TREASURER.
f< hereby announce mysolf a candidate- toi
the office of Treasurer of Irwin county, .an
n-speetfully solict the aid of the voters there
of. i Delected, i promise a faithful diseharg
of tlie duties of said office.
l-l‘)-tde. David Whiodojs.
Shoe Brashes, 5c up.
Carpet Tacks, 2.4 c per box.
Baking Powder, 4c per can.
Stick Candy, 7e per pound.
Fancy Candies equally‘cheap.
Hummers, 10c up.
Spring balances, 10c,
Grockerywrrs at uour own. Pri
Four Balls Thread, lc..
Two Spools Cotton Thread,-5c.-
Three Lead Pencils,, lc.