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Official Organ Irwin County. VOL. V. HOME NEWS. ItSOCATj SCHKDUIjK 'O. •& A. It. It. I1AII.V, KXCKPT SONIVAY. Arrive n,<« Ocilla . . I t no a. re. ami 8:35 p. m. Leave Ocilla..... ..It:3lta. m. and 8:40 a. m. SUNDAY OKDY. Leave OciJln....... ..11:05 a. m. Arrive at ©cilia.. . .. .4:50 p. m. (Hose connections f ir nortlvwwt, south or west. tTiurr li Directory. Baptist. Preachlwtf ov<>py’igt Tin ct tad Sun- -days, morning and evening. (-onlerettco on ■Saturday Kefor* ;i?d Sunday a t‘V>o’clock a. m. Kev. M. K. Lgwskih, pastor. Sunday School at " Uir ' l *' * u i* n,,u '" ,l, ' ut - ■Methodist. Iter. W, W. Stewart, pastor. Breadline k’ml and 5th Sundays, morning and '•evening. Sunday School every Sunday at 4 .p. m., ,1. T. King, superintendent. Rev. J. A. Perdue visiteil Ocilla T uesday. No railroad news *©f 'im,pertauce this week. Chickens aiwd hen fruit aa>e scarce Ac this town. Does not injure ffimest fabrics— Anti-Grease. 2t. Postage imfi revenue stamps at The Drag Store. Candidate E. J. Young was here awhile Wednesday. Mr. 11. B. Young spent a part of Tuesday in town. Mr. Tom Howevi a:xl wife visited Ocilla Wcndnesday. Peaches are bringing 50 cents to $1 a bushel in Ocilla, Yearly meeting at Willacoochee and Valley Grove Sunday. Mr. J. F. Rogers is out, after a severe spell of typhoid fever. Col. C. II. Martin left Wednesday for a week’s visit to relatives in Cuthbert. ■Candidate Wiley Whitley spent a few hours in Ocilla Saturday af- ternoon. It rained the first dog day, which j means rain for forty days, say the ,veathei--wise ; The Alapaha road from Ocilla to -the Alapaha river is said to be in very bad condition. Correspondents will please leave indorsements of candidates out of their communications. The difference between accept and except is, you except to accepting a promise’for a fulfillment. Go to The Drug Store, buy a nickle’s worth of chewing gum and ■get a campaign -button free. The cheapest and best way to buy garden*seed is by the ounce. You will find them at The Drug Store. Eight commercial evangelists visi¬ ted Irwinville Wednesday. They know a goed thing when they see it. Mr. John L. Mixon treated us to a dozen peaches Tuesday that just -could not be excelled in exoellent flavor. We Hearn that Mr. J. R . Harper has some of the largest peaches in the county. They are the White Wine peach. A number Of t)he wealthiest citi¬ zens of the coronty have taken stock in the cotton factory, to be built near Fitzgerald. Mr. and Mrs. James Hill are now comfortably domiciled at the home of Mrs. S. J. Barnett, corner-Beach and Ffth streets. The Dispatdh orphange is under obligations to Mr. Geo. Mixon for an immense Triumph melon brought in last -Saturday. Miss Rosa Knight, of Adel, a •charming sister of Mrs. T. S. Wil¬ liams, has been visiting the latter tfor several weeks past. Miss Emma Knight, of Adel, and Miss' Lois Allen, of Sylvester, are charming visitors at Mrs. S. T, Wil¬ liams’, on Irwin avenue. Miss Vickey Braudnaux, of Co¬ lumbus, Ga., after spending two weeks with her sister, Mrs. A. W. Drew, returned to her home Satur¬ day. We regret to chronicle the death of Mv. John Mobley’s baby girl, aged three years, which occurred Monday last.. May the Master comfort the bereaved parents. THE OCTLLA DISPATCH # OCXIiIiA, IK WIN COUNTY, G A.,TRIDAY, A*FCKMKT-3, ODOOi 3' •"T H E * k R. TUCKER & COMPANY, OCILLA, GEORGIA. ^TE opened BEG TO ANNOUNCE a nice and varied to the line trading of General pdt.Ua that Merchandise. w« have up We beg to announce further that we are here for the purpose of selling our goods and invite jou to come to see us and examine our goods and prices, for we have some clacking 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 not propose to seH you one article at cost aBd d<mble ' cm anotUer > >tmfc ou *y want a legitimate profit all round on -our goods, wi thout which no man can succeed in business. Yours, to'serve, LYTE & CLINT, 3-16-tf Proprietors. Gel. T. ■•!. Luke and -his sister, Miss Bessie, after spending a week at St. Simons, continued their trip into l 1 lorida, reaching home l as t W edneeday. Mr. O. \ . Purvis, at the last mo- ment, decided to attend a business college in Columbus, Ga„ instead of Senoia, and left Sunday for that place. One of Billy Fletcher’s neighbors says he will make S5 bushels of corn per acre on the ten acres near his residence. We believe he will got forty. Rumors should not be given much (•credence at any time. During a po- litical year they should be allowed to go in at one ear and out at the other. Messrs, Coleman & Mixon have about completed their commodious gin house on West Fifth street, and will be ready for the fleecy when it comes in. Mr.Jas. *W. Huggins has taken Mr. W. D. Burke’s place as mail agent between Ocilla and Abbeville. Mr. Burke has been transferred to Hawkinsville. Miss Ola Paulk, daughter of Mr. Thomas I’aulk, of Coffee county, who has been visiting Miss Bertha Paulk since yearly meeting.returned home Monday. Judge J. B. Clements, ’Squire Marcus Luke and Mr. J. B. D.Paulk, of the county capital, were in Ocilla Tuesday, to the gratification ot their many friends here. The -turpentine still -df Taylor, Floyd & Co., three -miles south of Lax, in Coffee ooimty, was destroyed by fire on Friday of last week, .Less. $1,500. No insurance. Now is the time to lay in your supply of salt for hog-killing time. We can save you 25 cents on the sack. Large lot on hand. Hyman <fc Co., Iwinville, Ga. 7-27-tf. Mr. John D. Paulk has taken charge of Mr. M. J. Patflk’s grist mill and gin, formerly owned by •Elder -J. A. Sutton, and will be ready to-gin when called on. Two of Mr. Dan Griffin’s Children were reported dangerously ill the first of the week. Mr. Griffin lives a ’few miles from Mt. Par on. We hope the little ones are bettor ere this. To make room for an immense stock of fallgoeds, arriving, we must close out all summer goods. Come, price and take them. They must go at some price. Hyman & Co., Irwinville, Ga. 7-27-tf. The St. Simons party returned to Irwinville Saturday, and all report a delightful trip. One pleasant fea¬ ture was a trip to Fernandina, Fla. ’Squire Luke ..gained twelve pounds on the trip, and that was more than he expected or wanted. I Once tried, will be always used— Anti-Grease, 2t. Mr. Richard Purvis had a mule to die under peculiar circumstances I Saturday. About seven days pre- yious the mule stuck a six-penny ' j naii-in it* foot. This pulled w re was ol , t . Saturday the mule took lock- j aw a!U j t iied. fluNTfR, Pearce & Battey. ss.tA r ^vr^rv-Vii, ga •5 * .Cotton Factors,. Maimfacturers of HighrtSrafle Experienced and ex- T Dert handlers of both Sea Maud • l . and Upland Cotton. Money Loaned to cotton shippers on satisfactory security. YfIII Mr. Sam Burns says he has the best crops he has grown in ten years. Sam has the reputation of being a good farmer. New York Dr. J. II. Powoll is in taking a hospital course-on the ear, eye, nose, throat and chronic dis- eases. IIe will return to Fitzgerald September 1st, The musical eutertaimemt •which was to’bave been given Taesday night, for the benefit of the Metho¬ dist church, has been postponed till some time yet'to be named. Mr. J. ff. Harper lass some fodder in his barn ^hidh, he says bus been there for twenty years This « the oldest fodder we ever heard of, and if it, like wine, improves with age, <it must be very valuable. Mr. J. L. Sutton, Mr. Geo. W. Handley and Mr. Ranse McClelland have excellent crops, and the same is true of Mr. Welcome Coleman’s Mr. Damp Wood’s, Mr. H. T. Fletcher’s and Mr. J. N. Gibbs.’ Monday afternoon., during the heavy rain storm,lightning -struck a tree within thirty feet ef the school house near Brushy Creek church, a*id it is reported the children were considerably shocked, though none were hurt. When you see two old poBtrcans ‘"squatted” in anont-of-the-wa-y place engaged in earnest but low conver- sation, you may reasonably look for an increased boil in the .political pot. Candidate Willie Weaver was i» town a short while Wednesday. Week's -w-a&uing 'for 8 cents— Ati^Graane. 2t. Powell, 'Bullard Ik <.'«». are saeri- (icitig all their summer-geods. Mr. R. P>. Watson and his sort, Colton, returned fnoni Middle (Jeor- -£--ia iWednesday. Low-pwartew riio<w at greatly me- dtreed prices. 'They ■wusUgo.. Pow- I'ili'BuliartbW Co. Fitzgerald,’ Mrs. J -E. Mereer, «f [accompanied' by her iittle daughter, | Blossom,. anW her nieces, the Misses i 1 Wooten, of'Calhoun county, ‘Visited jj{ r c.L. Sibley and familvin Ocilla Wst ^ " v , ri[ ^ otc &eT «n enterprising (>r Mf . BiUyyKtet(lier> 4 as been hnBbing .* hBep th ^ w(MS k>fc>r the -Sa- marfcct It «s ^ ^ fet „, u(lttoo in Ocilla. That er.teipt'Aing atod reliable 'Sn- var.nah'fiw®, Hunter,^*Pearce-*fc Bat- [ tey, make their auBHil announce ment to the readers of the Despatch. | Read what’ they have't’c say aw&give | thein. yo«r patron^e. 'Thej wT treat yomright. PrGtracted'rswCtfeg'began fei the Baptist church Wednesdayn-ight and will conthiee perhaps till sometime j next week.. Tike paster-,‘Rev.’M. B. Lawson, will be assisted by other able preachers. Meetings will be held j only at night, till Sunday, cowimCn- ! cing at 8 o’clock. Quarterly conference was held here Monday, Elder Morgan presid¬ ing. Elder Morgan preached -Dwirscr- ♦uoiis Sunday. Another‘fcandsowre ’Widcwer has recently ■crossoci over 'to the Leue- dicts. Who willbe -noxG’ Anti-Grease'is the-greateAt -Istbor- «aver mr’earth. 'For sale 1 by'S'. V W. -Nasworthy. Ocilla Ga. Every botrie guaranteed. -2t. Mrs. W. M.-Bui-kc lefft Tfrursday morning for Mt. '■VeRioa, where she will visit’her-daughter. R w ^ W 4kky came dowa Fitjtgefald Wednesday, , ^ ^ ^ John had ^ tre£8 OR Mh f6Eoe the day before. See J. W. Mas worthy for Anti- Grease. ■St. Misses Mollie Wbeelof and Bessie -Sullivan, of Houston county-, are visiting their uncle, Mr. R. B. Wat¬ son, near Ocilla. The housc-kecpol’s friend^—Anti- Grease. St. Mrs. D. J. Henderson, np to last Friday, had pnt-up over 10b quarts of peaches, sweet pickles and chow- chow. She was ably assisted by a handsome •yo-Ung lady-, who was working -on shares. When young ladies can peadhes on shares, it is an indication that-^-well, well just sqy it’s ail indication. Abbeville, Ga , .July, no,- The large fawdd'vv'ood m U di W AV ,' Deni ming, at tiiia,«>Uoeto'ok*M«t«(!04R: yesterday and '■ burned to the .-grown?. ^?fee inaohinery'Irewever isniwt dam¬ aged beyond repair. ”1 lie origin’, bf tboriireis unknown. Some thfeik'-fo >waB' wretmWisty. Tlw wtt.Vi* ioss'is es¬ timated at’<T),^WK). There-wcs no ia- <&uva*ce. TOE “liJJSG of HARVESTERS” ---1^—- micCORMICK. m WVe-eelfteese Machlnes^.nd all'Mepairs. Big K Stoek •od- 'band. Citi: and‘lefc'KS ; Bhi>w yan. Big‘-line Hardware, Mill Sup¬ plies, Tinware, Crockery, etc. Mail orders giv<en prompt attai- tioTi. Bi<^ &oelvalways on kawd. , iMfli-.ttO!D16S O) • i ‘ dJf riTOGEKALB, GEORGIA. (' v w * x. j. li. <n fjtivSvrs, %v.mars W^tei'-’r. M« ,4 GOMPflNu ‘DEALERS IN General * Merchandise . IRWINVILX.E. GEORGIA. 'WE ARE < -• our elegant Dew- & are s 0 Fann Snpplk, taekoM and Kitchen Supplies, r JDfy%dis, .lmsG 80 ds. Miens, Groceries, iEte. 4M- Our stock ’wac'caiefully selected, is ALL NEW AMi FRESHpancl otlr prices will MOVE THEM. No such stock of goods - has ever- been seen in Irwinville, in iquali ty, .quantityand .variety, end it ’-will pey veu to gbi our prices before going elsewhere. A ^i**&** ^ ^ & ^ ^ Tins Recife -eti^ prices w ik ^dc the'.reW» HYMAN St GO., 4-13-tf High Price Destroyers- TIFT0N & NORTHEASTERN R. R. -~«QauDsas;Eas’ cos okt-st aaom-E.- £OCfcL YtKlE‘T‘ABLE*NOJ>"«S, ABE .’At.' TIFTi 'Presittent. , W. «. r IT FT} V1te-Pr«rii dent. Gknkkai. Ouwc-irs: T.ktOn, Georgia. • -- — - — ~sr No. 3. No. 1. Miles Febmary Effective 27, 1900. Miles No. 2. No. 4. No. 8. l>. ‘•3 I^'IS -3 ; -4 3*50 4 4 : '40 M. 30 51 10 15 28 T.-M. • -*4'l5 13 *4 '■418 ( 3 3-52 3’<15 4 : -«o 30 12 30 'A. 'sm *8*5 'ri-45 ’8 ’9 l 8 e 9 00 01 Is 30 15 M. o«w 1 4.EAVIC. f. t ...........Fletcher, ..........Fitzgerald, -Brighton,<:?*.. .’Harding, .•Ticetta.'Ga. ..Tilton, . .M-ystie, Tram Switch 'Ga,.. Ga....... Ga.. Ga.. Ga. . . .. AKRIV®, s . . ■;■.• li -515 Y- e 0 — P. •12 T1 'll 12 m 12*06 11 11 M. *14 00 *L »i 25 00 15 Si & -1 a os cn at WW9l»®«®S5F' V. M. I*. M. A. M. ARRIVE. I.EAVK. A. M. Trains Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 4 run daily, only. except Sunday. Trains Nos.V and 8 run on Sunday (f) Flag Station. Trains stop only on signal. Southern & Florida All trainsa-iake Comwstion with the Plant System and Georgia Rt Tiftoii, and the Georgia & AlaOaW.a at FiKtgerald. F.'G. BoATRiuifr, TnfflBs Manager, Ocilla Novelty ioAsl L, J, TUCKER, 'PROF'S, Ocilla, Gt e oi^ia. ............ £ mm .prepared to*tmaimfactmre, On- ihoH notice,.. Mantles, Gelimxns, .gable OJmtWttftfetB, '■ Brackets, New©?. Fatfts, And -ftTl other Interior &T.d extertfcr Itnishtngs .tor residences, churches and all kind ef buildings. My facilities for turning out work in above line are excellent, and prices Will be folind reasonable for tirstr-eiass work. Furniture repaired and made as good as new. Orders from Irwin county and Southwest Georgia generally are respectfully- os- Ifcited, arid 'Satisfaction assured, - 7-7-Wn Official Organ Irwin County. 1 NO. 3 ' Monday mowrieg.as E-lis-bal Paulk, j ^ OE , c f Jacob J. Faulk, was oom- ^^wn^-his w 0 ’ g . girth be- oafi.e mnfavtoue.l. While buckling it tlmhorse kickddif.t & f 'y atid struck “Klibha fin tbd lower Hip, splitting *it artier. «De. ILuke -eewe'd: it>.u.p, aid tKlibha's j'eiid looks -vdi'I •nct’vbe ini- lpa*r<Jd. BaUisters, ’Head Biofcfe, Corner Blocks, Base Blocks, Mouldings.