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Official Organ
Irwin County.
VOL. V.
THE EMPIRE STORE, Ftarald Oa ■
.PRESS GOODS DEPARTMENT:
Double Face Mohair Shirting, Fancy Flannels for Shirt,
Waists; Crepons; Cashmers, all shades; Biilliaatines, all
shades; Silk Waiat Patterns, new designs.
Remember, we are agents for Butterick
SEND US YOUR MAIL ORDERS.
HOME NEWS.
IiOCAIi SCHEDULE G. & A. R. K.
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Arrive at OclUa. ..11:00 a. m. and 7:25 p. m.
Leave Ooilla----- ..11:30a. m. and6:40 a. m.
SUNDAY ONLY.
Leave Ooilla..........................6:40 -^7 £5 a. ro,
i^rrive at Ooilla................ v .... ; p.jB.
""’Close connections for north, east, south or
•west.
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Church Directory.
Baptist.—P reaching every 1st and Srd hWii
daysT morning., and evening. Conference o’clock on
.Saturday before 3rd Sunday at 10 a. m.
Ear. M. L. Lawson, pastor. Sunday School at
16 o’clock a. m. W. I). Burke Superjrjtending,
Mr.THODiST.-Kev. W. W. Stewart, pastor.
Preaching 2nd and r,th Sunday!, morning and
evening. Sunday School every Sunday at 4
p. ru., J. li'.Kbiju superintendent.
OFFICIAL ORGAN IRWIN COUNTY.
Say, Dan, how’s salt? 1
Only four days till Christmas.
Is the curfew law being enforced?
Time seems to sit lightly on
Tifton’s pa.
See J. A. J. Henderson’s notice
to debtors.
Miss Bertha Paulk will xeturn
from college to-morrow.
For dolls, all sizes and prices,
sec R. B. Allen & Co.
Leon Hanlon, of Ocala, Fla., is
expected, to reach Ocilla Sunday.
Mr. D. J. Henderson returned
from Florida last Saturday.
Buy your candy at Irwin County
Drug Co.
And these be the gladdest days
of all this grand old year.
Co to McNatt & McBride’s for
all kinds of Christmas goods.
Iiig John Clements and Bailiff
Rogers were in Ocilla Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Howell, of
Lax, were shopping in Ocilla Tues¬
day.
Buy your Christmas goods in
Ocilla. Immense stocks to select
from.
Remember to attend the Christ¬
mas tree at Irwinville next Monday
night.
The Irwin County Drug Co. is
offering special inducements in
Christmas goods.
Yes, we hear of hog-killings,
hack-bone, spare-ribs and souse, but
that’s all.
Buy your salt from Potvell, Bul¬
lard & Co., a»d save money. Other
goods at correspondingly low prices.
Messrs. Wilmot and Walter Wat
son are visiting relatives in llous
ton county.
One million and a half of brick
were used in building r l ifton’s
cotton factory.
Mr. Fisher W. Gaskins has re¬
signed from the board of education
of Berrien county.
Mr. John B. Paulk is slowly im
improving from a long spell of
something like lagrippe.
Fine china lamps and tableware
at Irw in County Drug Co.
THE OCILLA DISPATCH.
OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTSGA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21,1900.
The finest soaps at Irwin Coan.ty
Drug Co.
Wednesday night a fine rain fell
in this section. *
Xmas candies, nuts, raisins etc.,
at “Cracker Store.” 2t
Christmas traders find what they
want in Ooilla.
The show windows of the Qeilla
merchants are beautiful.
Apples, oranges, raisins and nuts
all kinds. , . li. ,, B. ,, Allen . <& „ Co. „
There should be no such ward as
fa jj in the maUer of the Ooilla
Christmas tree.
If you want bargains in overcoats,
mens’ and boys clothing, see us be¬
fore buying. “Lytk & Clint.” 2
Mrs. Lutlier Powell, and three
children are the guests of Mrs. J.
IJ. Powell, on Irwin avenue.
The Ocilla public school closed
yesterday, to be opened again on
first Monday in January.
The Irwin County Drug Co. has
the nicest lot of perfumery and
stationery in Ocilla.
If you have pains or aches, see
the Quaker Doctor. Hie is selling
a Balm that seems to never miss its
mark.
Owing to a wreck on the railroad
the auction sale of Texas horses
and mules did not take place
Wednesday.
Apples and oranges at McNatt &
McBride’s.
Capt. Henry Tift, the father of
Tifton, ought to feel very proud of
his namesake.
Try a pair of our celebrated Clover
Brand shoes and enjoy comfort and
service. “Lytk. * Clint.” 2t
Miss Sarah Clements returned
Wednesday from a visit of several
weeks to relatives in the western
part of the county.
Have you seen the beautiful dolls
at McNatt <fc McBride’s? All sizes.
Wednesday was a lively day in
Ooilla. The town was full of peo¬
ple, many of whom came long dis¬
tances to get Christmas goods.
A twentieth of-Scotland’s area is
forest land, seven-tenths is moun¬
tains, heath and lake, and only one
quarter cultivated land.
The J. A. J. Henderson stock of
goods is fresh and up-to-date. Only
cash buyers wanted. They will se
cure great bargains. Paulk & Co.
12-7-4-t.
Mr. H. B. Sutton came down
from Abbeville Thursday to attend
the school closing.
Oella’s municipal election occurs
on the first Tuesday in January.
The voting will be at the court¬
house, on Third street.
Miss Nannie Hardeman, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Me
Nauiara, left for her home in
ville Wednesday.
We wish to thank oiir Ocilla customers for their patronage
during the -past season, and respectfully solicit a continuance of
same, as we are in better position to handle our out of town
trade than ever before. Your mail order filled the received,
SHOE DEPARTMENT.
We have the agency for the celebrated W. S. Douglas Shoes.
Black, Tan, Russet and Patent Leather, Button and Lace.
Latest style toes for men. G. W. Herrick & Co.’s Shoes
{or Ladies.
yours lor business, T, S. PRICE & CO.
Hunter, Pearce. &
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Cotton Factors,
r
Manufacturers of High-Grade
Fertilizers. Experienced and ex¬
pert handlers of both Sea Island
and Upland Cotton. Money Loaned
to cotton shippers on satisfactory
security. 8-3-7m
Sunday morning Miss Tassie
Overby was called home by tele
gram announcing; the serious ill
ness of her brother at Richland.
Buyers for the Christmas tree
will find what they want at li. B,
Allen & Co.’s.
Judge Dan Tucker is selling his
selected long cotton seed at Cole
man & Mixon’s ginnery, and they
are going rapidly.
An immense stock of winter oloth
ii>g, including best ready made suits
for men and boys, are now going at
astonishing figures opposite Paulk
& Co.’s 12-7-41.
lion. \V. G. Brantly, the popular
congressman, will wed Miss Mary
George Lenn, of Birmingham, Ala.,
January 8th. Another widower
gone right.
Having purchased the J. A. J.
Henderson stock of general merchan¬
dise, the same must be sold. Large
stock to select from. Cash gets
great bargains. ‘ Paulk & Co.
12-7-4t.
The lads and lassies of Ocilla
have patronized Mr. Welcome Cole
man’s cane mill liberally this week.
Nearly every night a crowd has
gone cut, to meet a hearty W el
come.
Don’t use any of the counterfeits of
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Most
of them are worthless or liable to
cause injury. 1 he origins 1 s
Witch Hazel Salve is a certain cure
for piles,eczema, cats, scalds, burns
sores and skiu diseases.R. B. Allen
& Go.
Mr. R. L. Henderson left for
Oxford, Fla., Friday last, to en
gage in the turpentine business,
having bought, out Mr T. W. Elar
bee at Oxford, Fla. Success to
him.
Mrs. T; S. Williams 1 leaves to
morrow to spend the holidays with*
her mother, *t Adel,
The approaching municipal elee
tion is not creating, much interest,
yet it is an important election.
Jack Quince, colored, was arrest
ed Thursday afternoon for the mur¬
der of Jim Wilcox,and jailed. Com¬
^ mitment trial tomorrow.
The Quaker Doctor has opened
up in Ocilla, and i* selling^his med¬
icine at a lively rate. The Quaker
medkineB are alveady doing g00 d
work in many homes in this sec¬
tion.
i The open air concerts, daily and
nightly, by the Quaker medicine
j ro an, are greatly enjoyed by our
i people, and are well attended. He
w ill be here till the last of next
week.
Miss Annie Berry and Miss
Mabel Rogers, two charming
young ladies of Dawson, are visit¬
ing Mrs. D. II. Paulk on Beech
street and will be her guests (lur¬
ing the holidays.
’Squire J. Q. Hammond, of Pine
Bloom) was a p l ea8an t caller at the
■ Dispatett office Thursday, You
needn’t ask him how far the centre
of Irwinville is from the court¬
house.
Ocilla must have no halfhanded
Christinas tree. The ladies* will do
their ^ ag ^ always dp JjCt
the men (j 0 theirs, and we will
have the best Christmas tree ever
seen in Ocilla.
Who -was it that put a buggy
whip under Paulk & Co.’s lime
house Wednesday, thinking they
knew the owner, when the real
.
owner ft stranger) was looking at
them ?
Now Is the time to subscribe.
CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.
A new and complete line of up-to-date Clothing always in
stock.
l_ FOR
EVERYBODY!
I want everybody to call and see me before they buy their
Christmas goods. 1 have the biggest assortment of Fireworks,
Toys and Santa Glause goods generally, ever brought to
Ocilla. .It is impossible to name each kind.
Come and See Them, Price Them and Take Them Away.
I| also [have a tine assortment of goods suitable for Christ¬
mas presents. Of course you
WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT.
My stock of staple and fancy groceries is complete, and my
store is headquarters for Oranges, Bananas, Lemons and other
tropical fruits.
I am prepared to supply the hunters of several counties with
best shells. In fact, 1 have specially prepared to
SUPPLY ALU DEMANDS »
Whether from Santa Claus, the good housewife or any bod "
else.
Remember that I sell tlie finest kinds ol Fresli Flsli tiiat
eomelromtlie ocean.
FINE ASSORTMENT WARRANTED JEWELRY,
The people of Ocilla, Irwin and adjoining counties are in¬
vited to call and let me help them to have the merriest Christ¬
mas of their lives.
JOHN W. NASWORTNY,
4TH STREET, OCILLA, Gi.
OGlIla Novelty Works!
L. J. TUCKER, PROP’R,
Ocilla, Georgia.
.
I am prepared to manufacture , on short notice,
Mantles,
Columns,
gable Ornaments,
Brackets,
Newel Posts,
And all otiior 1 ritcrior and exterior linisbiims ,for resiliences, line churches excellent, and and all kind
of buildings. My facilities for turning out work in above are made prices
will be found reasonable for lirst-class work.« Furniture repaired and respectfully as good as
new. Orders trom Irwin roomy and SouthwestjUemgui generally Jarr 7-7-2iu os~
licited, and satisfaction assured.
Commercial
JOB PRINTINC
•A Specialty.
NO. 23.
Balusters,
Head Blocks,
Corner Blocks,
;
Base Blocks,
Mouldings.