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Official Organ Irwin Oounty. VOL. IV. f c/D CT 5 CD 2 —13 V ™ ■■ in 4 0 0 r r > <D tT) 0 71 0 > ! HOME NEWS, CiOVAJj SCHEDULE G. 4fc A. It. It. DAILY, KXCF.PT SUKIl.W. 'laiavu Arrive atOi'illa.......11 :«Ra.'*n. «*d 8:35 h). m. Ocilla..........11:3d si. m. and 6:40 n. ni. SUNDAY 1 CTNI./Y. tuenv<} OcUla..... .. .11:0T* a. Bn. Arrive ut’&UlHu.. .......4 :50 p. Hi. ’Close connections for-north, east, south or •west. Church dlrnotory. ‘TVaptist.—P reach i n$r every 1st <t-»d 3rd Sun* 'days, morning and evening. Conference on Sat urday before 3rd Sunday it4/iOJo*elock a. in. Rev. M. 1 a. Ljuvsou, pastor, Sunday School at ■39 o’clock a. in. \\\ D. Hurke Superintendent. Methodist. Rev. \\\ W. Stewart, pastor. (Preaching 2nd and 5th Sundays, morning an-d * e arning. Sunday School overy Sunday at 4 .p. in., .1. T. King, superintendent. Wright is all right. Wool If to lOjlcts. Tuesday was hot and'tTfy. Air. G. says'beds a can. for ’mat. fKead tfconew'lcgdl advertisements. Wednesday amfl Thursday were scorchers. The steeple cm .the Methodist ■church is aA>owtcompleted. Good chewing tobacco 30cts. pec pound. 11. B. Allen & Co. Peaches are selling in Ocilla for '•25 cents a peck. They are fine. Mr. Mims is making some nice ‘■improvements to his residence. Mr. L. G. Whitley is perparing do build a residence‘for himself. Fine stationery from JO to 5© “cents per box-at The Drug Store. Fruit jars and (fruit jar rubbers 'for sale. Lyte ifc Clint. Mr. T. 15. Puckett returned from the bankers’ excursion Monday 'night. Read ohange in R. B. -Allen •Co.’s advertisement, “He sells it for less.” The latest from Jesse Grantham ‘{this morning) isthatheis muoh 'improved. Contractor J. L. Dupree is paint¬ ing Mr. Warren Paulk’s Cottage on Irwin avenue. The street lights are excellent, -some say they are better than elee- 'tric lights. •As .a -maker and dispenser of lem¬ onade at a picnic, ’Gene -Barnett is •afifig success. Mr. J- Bussell 'has the largest ■-cotton we have yet seen. His crops are all good. A certain young and 'handsome widower bluShes every time he hears you say'“Nein.” Mr. Ben Drew’s field of corn gust east of his residence is worth going many miles to see. If you want bargains read the ad¬ vertisements in the Dispatch, then :soe fihe advertisers. It is >rep@rbed that there was a •case of love at first sight” at ©©well’s pond Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Barnett, Miss Car- ctie Sibley and Miss Pearl Barnett •spent the 4t'h in Fitzgerald. Don’t forget that we will dtipli- ■cdte job printing done anywhere, in ■qualiy srf material and prices. There are a few crops m this sec¬ tion suffering from grassland these few are being rapidly relieved. 10c.‘box snuff for 5c. 5c. JJ “ 2^c. Tt. fff. Allen -& Co. The three great-est olii'tl and fever itemies of the age, Grove’s Johnson’s .and Lippiaam’s, can be found at The Drug Store, Quart Fruit Jars <7ec. do*. .Half gal “ “ *1.0® “ R. B. Allen Jb Co. Mr. Wright T. Paulk, one of Fitzgerald’s hustling hardware uner- ■chants, was shaking hands with bis Ocilla friends Thursday. Ladies’ Oxfords and Strap San¬ dals at your own price while they Ii. B. Allen dfc Cf>, THE OCILLA DISPATCH. OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1900. 3- the L. R. TUCKER S COMPANY. OCILLA, GEORGIA. ‘W'E BEG TO ANNOUNCE to the trading public that we have " ' General Merchandise. opened up a nic9 and varied line of We beg to announce further that we are here for the purpose of selling our goods and invite yeu to come to see us and examine our goods and prices, for wo have some cracking good cash bargains and promising you as nice treatment as can be accorded by two Country Crackers, endeavoring at all times to make our business perfectly satisfactory with you. We are here for business and can’t stay without it, hence we must and will sell our goods at a very small profit. We do nut propose to sell you one article at cost and double on another, but only want a legitimate profit all round on our goods, without which no man can succeed in business. Yours, to serve, LYTE & CLINT, S-16-bf Proprietors. Messrs. Lucius and Lyte Tucker attended the school closing near Mr J. R. Paulk’s to-day. Yearly meeting at Sturgeon Creek church begins to-day. We regret our inability to be there Sunday. : 2 ©c. Pique reduced to tic. ic5. - ii “ 12 |c. 12 ^c. 7 “ 9c. ■R. B. Allen & Co. Yearly meeting at Brushy Creek will be held on 20 tb, 2 ’lst and 22 nd, and big preparations are being made for the occasion. Mr. ar.d Mrs. tT. I>. Jones at¬ tended tlie big picnic at Bone’s pond last Saturday and report hav¬ ing had a fine time. Miss Mattie Paulk, the graceful daughter of Mr. J. B. Paulk, at¬ tended the picnic at Bowen’s Mill Wednesday. Mr. S. E. Coleman and family will move to-their country home August ■ 1 st. Their many friends in Ocilla will regret to see them move. Miss. Goodman, a charming young lady of -Fitzgerald, came ■down to attend the school closing near Mr. J. R. Paulk’s yesterday. Mr. John D. Paulk is putting a new flooring in the bridge across •Brushy Creek between Mr. Ed. Dor-, iminey’s and Mr. J. J. Harper’s, and making other repairs. Cupid was very busy at Bowen’s Mill Wednesday. ’One charming young lady, who resides some dis¬ tance in the country., calls every¬ body “Mr. Paulk” now. Captain Bowen said to the writer Wednesday night: “The big crowd at the picnic to-day was one of the soberest and best behaved that has ever picniced at tlie swimming pool.” A few frying-size chickens come an occasionally, but the hotel keep¬ ers usually get to them first. We would like to swap fifty ceuts for a pair of half grown chickens, just to see how they taste. Those who spent the 4th it Fitz¬ gerald-report having enjoyed the festi'vites hugely. On that day Fitz beat the Valdosta and Ocilla baseball teams by long scores. See announcement of Mr. Wright T. Paulk for treasurer. Mr. Paulk is -one of Fitzgerald’s leading busi¬ ness mien and is well and favorably known throughout the county. Mr. Melvin J. Paulk, son of Mr. J. W. Paulk, of Ocilla, will be an applicant for county commissioner. Mr. Paulk is well qualified for office, and it elected will, we do ■doubt, give ..general satisfaction. j It is whispered around that Capt. Bowen asked Mayor.Iim not to shoot the chute Wednesday, as he did not have time to fill the pool again that day. We regret t© learn of the illness of Mr. Jesse Grantham, who was suffering the first of the week wish lung trouble. There will be a big picnic near Luke on Friday, 20 tli instant. This is in the Lewis Hancock settlement, and is going to be one of the best of the year. One pretty little Miss says she learhed to swim two licks at Bowen’s Mill Wednesday. She'did not say a word about the pint of water she ■drank unintentionally. B2P"Straykd. —One iron-gray horse mule strayed from Kissimmee Sunday night, 17th inst. Informa¬ tion of said mule will be thankfully received by me at Kissimmee, Ga. The mule had a halter on, without rein, and has scar on point of left shoulder. Th.it Sutton. «-27-4t. It was a notable fact, at Bowen’s Mill Wednesday, that when Mayor .Jim got squarely on his feet in the pool it was impossible to unbalance him. Nothing like having a firm foundation. AIiss Bettie Luke, of Irwinville, passed through Ocilla Monday en route to Shepherd, Ga., where she was called on account of the sickness of her sister, Mrs. J. S. Lott. We hojHi Mrs. Lott has recovered ere this. Mrs. Heavy and baby, Ethel, ac¬ companied by Mrs. Peavy’s mother, Mrs. T. P. Green, left for her home in Randolph county this morning. Fitz. is now and will he a grass- widower for a few weeks. The ©cilia Drug Company has put a beautiful frame around their soda fountain. We can’t discribe it. Mark Anderson is the maker and the Ocilla Variety Works did the turning. It is the handsom¬ est piece of work of the kind m town and flreects credit upon the skill of the maker and the Drug Company. Go and see it. Mr. and Mrs. M. Henderson, Dr, and Mrs. J. E. Goethe, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Henderson, Dr. and Mrs. Ball, Mrs. Teiitha Dorminey, Mr. and Mrs. Feltes, Misses .Delila Tucker, Annie and Maggie Henderson, Ma¬ mie Arnold, Effie Hanlon, Nenie, Sarah and Edna Goethe, ( Bertha M. Beatram, Bertha Panlk, Jessie and Hattie Coleman, and Cora Rogers were among those who picniced at "Bowen’s 'mill 'Wednesday. On July 1st the Seaboard Air- Line railway assumed c®ntr<){ of the Georgia and Alabama. Mr. Cecil Gabbett is supemtendent of the fourth division,, wit'll : headquarters at Savannah. As might have been expected, the recent wet spell has had a very dam¬ aging effect 'upon melons and jteach¬ es. The latter are rotting rapidly and melon vinos are dying with an ailment called scald. Miss Mhry Brown, a charming daughter of Mr. Sam Brown, of Bede, Ga., visited relatives in Coin a a part 6f last week and up to Wednes¬ day of this week, returning home We'dnesday, taking in the picnic at Bowon’c Mill ea-roete. The Dispatch man polled liis first “Triumph watermelon Thursday. It was weighed by L. It. Tucker A 7 ; Co., and tipped the beam at 52 pounds. Let the other “ 1 riumph ’ growers send in their reports as fast as their melons mature. Mr. M Thomas ,,, Purvis, p . of . Hr Mr. sor. and Mrs. Needham Purvis, was ,re- ■ported seriously ill with something like paralysis, having lost the use of nearly his whole body. Dr. Ashley was called to see him Tburs- day. The Dispatch hopes to hear 0 f jj 18 early ercovery. There will he a 1 large attendance at 'the school closing near Mr. J. R. 4’ al ,lk’s to-day. Some of the best | singers of the Brushy ©reek' class, i ea ,i by their popular chorister, Mr. •L. J. Tucker, wili be there, and it is said that Dick Luke, the clown, will also be present. • I 2 Jc. Figured Lawn for 10 c. 30c. a u “ Uc. R. B. Allkn & Co. The colored people of Ocilla will give a grand free dinner on July 14th, and will have a special table for their white friends. The meats will be barbecued and served up in fine style. Altogether, the dinner promises to be a very interesting erne. John Lfccius Falkner, aged about fourteen, son of (Mr. Jim Faulkner, was drowned in Alapaha river at the old Fort bridge last Wednesday. There was a picnic at the bridge that day, and it is supposed that young Faulkner and others were in bathing when he lost his life. Miss Betli-e Luke, who passed through Ocilla last Monday morning en route to Sheppard, to be with her sister, Airs. J. S. Lott, who was threatened with malarial fever, 'w as to telegraph her brother, Dr. J. C. Luke,if she needed him, but had not done so up to noon today (Friday), and it-is safe te say that Mrs. Lott is better. We ‘have been informed thht the Chairman of the county democratic executive committte. Judge J. B. Clements, is and has* beeh ready for some time t© call the executive com- rnittee together for the purpose of ascertaining if a primary (shall lie called, when one or more of the com¬ mittee sends to him, in writing, a request to that effect. Mr. Jesse Luke, above Irwinville, is highly pleased with his velvet bean crop, lie says they now cover the ground to a depth of over two ‘feet,and they are now just in a'good way of growing. While in Imvin- vilie Tuesday be gave us about a peck of the finest tomatoes we have seen this year. -Oho weighed a pound. Fitzgerald is'"¥naking a strong ef¬ fort to raise -ffinds to build a cotton factory. We know of no enter¬ prise better calculated to increase her pr'osperity,tihan a cotton factory. Every dollar put i’n such factory is well invested, and we hope to see Ocilla liuak'e a Uidve in that direc¬ tion before hiatry.-years, pnss. ON HARDWARE, Crockery, HoiiscftiriHsliin.^ Goods, ¥ armers 1 Supplies, 31 i 1! Supplies, Turpentine Supplies, Rig* line ot fishing Tadvie and Sporting Goods. Send us your orders and V we will please you. Ml-Harley-iiolmes 60 * t PIT2GERA1B, GEORGIA ■ . W. HYMAN. ;T. •B.-fT.KMV.'NTS. VV\ 1!RKX PlETOUVR. HYMrtN & GOMFflNY. 'DEALERS'IN General X : Merchandise IRWIN'VILLE, GEORGIA. W ’ E we Al our legant of the fievretbrti people in building all kinds and of. ^ are ■ arm applies," ' an Cu Kitchen npplies, x X X Dry Goods, DressGoods. Motions, Groceries. Etc. ----—•»- « —•--- Our stock was carefully selected, is ALL NEW AND FRESH, and ©ur prices will MOVE THEM. No suck stock of goods has ever been seen in Irwinville, in quality, quantity add ‘.variety, and it will .pay you to get our prices before going elsewhere. A trial purchase is all we ask, sr ae Jr sr The goods -and prices will do the rest. HYMAN & CO., 4-13-tt High Price Destroyers t , ■■ ■ TIFTON & NORTHEASTERN R. R= ■‘'•'SOIjDIEE-S’ CCZL.OZLTIT K.OTJ'X’E.” -tiOCAL TIME TABLE Mci A HI‘I. TIFT, President . W. 0. tilt’ Vice-President. Gen'erai. Offices: Tifton, Georgia . _ No. 7. No. 3, No. 1. Miles February Effective 27, 1900. Miles! No. 2. No. 4. No. S. ^ ?. M. y ■LEAVE. AUKIVE. B. M i P-,M. 3,, o : 30 3 : 30 GC 0 .....Tilton, Ga....... 25 13 15 7 '00 C o; 36 '3; JO GO 3 Tram Switch.... 22 12 Ot; « 51 Oi ..... I cc 42 S 45 CC 5 f.-. .Jlrighton, Ga...... i 20 12 00 0 45 Ci ... 36 cc 51 3 52 s 1 f.... f .. .‘.Harding; .Pinetta; Ga...... Ga...... | 11 1.7 | 11 u 51 31 6 6 09 3S Or 10 4 12 14 .».. „ ‘ rfx 15 4 IS 10 .... ..Mystic, Ga....... 9 11 25 ' ’ 0 03 Vr 4a. 23 4 30 20 f. ....Fletcher, Ga...... 5 11 14 5 50 Vr 4. 4 45 36 .......Fitzgerald, Ga........ . 0 11 00 , 5 30 CA ^ I*. M. ARRIVE. LEAVE. A, M. P. M. . - ! iTains Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 run daily, except Sunday. Trains Nos. 7 and 8 run on Sunday only. signal. (1) Flag Station. Trains stop only the on Plant System alld Georgia Southern & Florida 'All trains make Connection With at Tiftcn, find tire Georgia & 'Alabama at D itzfcerald. F. Boatright, Traffic Manager, G. Ocilla Novelty Works! L. J. TUCKER, FROP'R. Oeilla, Georgia o jceeeweeee6aoeee60«8eoefej60«GK#QflaBe80^ . ...... 1 dm prepared to'manufacture, on Short notice, ............ Mantles, Columns, Gable ornaments, Brackets, Newel Posts, And all tithei* Interior and exterior finishings Jor residences, churches and all lcfiid of buildings, Ry facilities for turning out work in above line are excellent, and prices will be found reasonable for first-class work. Furniture repaired and made as good as new. Ordersfroiu Irwfn County and Southwest Georgia generally ArC recpeetfully so- satisfaction ftsiHired. ■ 7-7-2m ■ ireited, and Official Organ Irwin County. NO. 51 -Balusters, Head Blocks, Corner Blocks, Base Blocks, Mouldings,