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Official Organ Irwin County. VOL. V. TO THE FARMERS ■yMaMPa TiBEBKMBn AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF OCILLA AND VICINITY: m On January 1st we will sell out our business to the Empire Mercantile Co., moving 'across on op¬ posite corner of Grant and Central avenue, and as soon as possible add Groceries and Farmers’ Supplies to our already complete stock of dry goods, clothing and shoes. Mr. T. S. Price will be the Manager of the new firsthand will be in a position to sell all the farmers in surrounding country. *: H-.» Supplies on Long Time The largely increased capital will place us in a position to buy goods at Spot Cash, saving enormous discounts of which we will share with •: our customers. It will be a complete DCPSTtilflCFit* StOP6 Sll E>VGPiJ R6Sj}8Gt>, aiK ^ the largest in this section of Georgia. We will greatly increase stock in all lines, and sell reliable goods cheaper than ever before, buying everything in Car Load Lots, We wish to thank our many friends in Oci’k and vicinity for their so highly appreciated trade during the past five years, and we respectfully solicit f continuance of same. We trust our business relations in the future will be the same as they have in the past A SATISFIED CUSTOMER OR YOUR MOREY BACK 5 When we move across on Errant Street we will make an earnest endeavor to carry with us every Customer we had in the past. 1-4-tf Thanking everyone for past favors, we remain your friends, T. S. PRICE & CO. HOME NEWS. ISOCAIi SCHEDULE G. & A. K. R. DAI DY, EXCEPT SUNDAY. ArriT«a.tOclUa. ..11:00a. m. and 7:25 p. m. Leave Ocilla_____ ..11:80 a. m. and 6:40 a. m. SUNDAY ONLY. -Leave Ocilla... $f>:4 0 a. m. Arrive at Ocitta .7:25 p. m. Close connections for north, east, south or west. Church Directory. ^Baptist. —Preaching ovei*y*4St and 3rd Sun¬ days, morning and evening. Conference on Saturday before 3rd Sunday at lO o’clock a. m. Rev. M. L. Lawscw,. pastor. Sunday School at 10 o'clock a. m. W. I). Burke Superintendent. Methodist.— Rev. W. W. Stewart, pastor. Preaching 2nd and 5th Sundays, morning and evening. Sunday School every Sunday at 4 ,'p. m.. J. F. King, superintendent. OFFICIAL ORGAN IRWIN COUNTY, Howdy, Mayor Walker. The new town council is a safe •one. Bee list of grand and petit jurors da this issue. Senator Wilcox was in Ocilla part of Tuesday. The earth in this section is no longer thirsty. The new century came in weeping over the death of the old. Sometimes it stands a candidate in hand to vote for himself. The gins are still kept busy with long and short cotton. The president should be elected "by direct vote of the people. Ocilla-is now the horse-swapping ■center of wiregrass Georgia. The Ocilla postoffice seems to be 'the bone of contention .just new. The Dispatch is -trying to excel as a newspaper, not as a public ■ censor. Subscribe for the Dispatch, and ■keep posted on the Sews 'of the ■county. Mr. Warren Paulk led the alder mane ticket, and will therefore be mayor pro tern. Mr. Mas -Paulk’s little girl, who was reported dangerously ill last week, is playing about now. Eggs are plentiful at 20 cents -per dozen. Chickens, >20 and 25, : according to size. The Ensign-Oskamp mill at this (place is now One-of the-best equipped Bn the South. Mr. Jake Grantham, son of Mr. Wm. Grantham, was reported sick with fever Tuesday. O.eilla’s • merchants have been •Tbusy this week taking stock and 'figuring up/their wealth. •’ Mr . E. *J. Hogan has nothing to say-about his race for representative, but lie’s still ■ running. Irwin county can boast of as pure a set of politicians as any of her sis¬ ter counties. The county has more than value received every cent she owes, there¬ fore she is in mo hole. Ocilla enters the new century with clean hands and face and a clear conscience.. Till! OCILLA DISPATCH, OCILLA, I2JWIN COUNTY,»A., FRIDAY, JANUARY 4,1901. The railroad being built to Ir winville by the Ensign-Oskamp Co. ranks among the best in the state. The Dispatch would be glad to hear from Kbcnezer, Kissimmee, Lax and Berrien correspondents. Mr. G, M. McMillan and family are now residents of Ocilla. They occupy the Lott Harper cottage in East Ocilla. County Commissioner Tucker and Ex-Commissioner Henderson spent part of last Monday at Irwinville, on official business. The county property sold by Commissioner Tucker at Minnie, December 23rd, brought something over $700.00. Mr.S.J. Barnett has purchased the Morning Star Saloon from Messrs. Hail A Fiveash and took possession Tuesday. An immense stock 6’f winter cloth¬ ing, including best ready made suits for men and boys, are now going at astonishing figures opposite Paulk & Co.’s 12-7-4t. Mrs. Ferraby Henderson was re¬ ported quite sick Monday and Tues¬ day, at her residence on Irwin av¬ enue. Mr. J. H. King has bought part of the J. M. Pafford place, adjoin¬ ing Judge Dan Tucker’s. Another ■good family anchored in Irwin. Mr. Beach, of Coffee county, was ©cilk Monday for the purpose of making a deal with '-Commission¬ er Tucker for the county convicts. The J. A. J. Henderson stock of goods is fresh and up-to-date. Gnly cash buyers wanted. They will se enre.great bargains. Paulk & Co. 12-7-4t. ■The bill giving Irwin three com¬ missioners instead of one has not yet received' the governor’s > signa¬ ture. Mr. E. T. James, a popular citi¬ zen of Fitzgerald, was shaking hands with his Ocilla friends Tues¬ day. Mr. J. L. Causey, the new sec¬ tion master, has rented the Sibley cottage on Beech street and will move bis family here next week. Regular monthly meeting at WillacoOchee r chufth'Saturday and Sunday. Preaching by the pastor, Elder 'Joseph Mixon. Mr. G. W. Hyman, Up at Irwin¬ ville, killed his pig the other day. His pi gab ip was 13 months old and •tipped the beam at 472 pounds. Mr. C. L. Sibley is now conduct¬ ing the Hotel Ocilla, the parties to whom he rented it for this year having so far failed to take hold. Miss Bessie Bruce, a charming young lady of Rochelle, who has been visiting her brother, Mr. Per¬ ry Bruce, dufing the holidays, re¬ turned home to-day. Try a pair of our celebrated Clover Brand shoes and enjoy comfort and service. “Lyte & Clint.” 2t Hunter, Pearce & Battey, SAVANNAH, GA '•9 Cotton Factors,. Manufacturers ot High-Grade , , ~ „ '' Fertilizers. Experienced [and pert handlers of both Sea Island 1 • and Upland A Cotton. aMoxey Loaned j to cotton shippers on satisfactory security. : 8-3-7m Ordinary’s court Monday. “Old Harrikane” is in town. Cotton—--Long, 15 to 49. short, 8j to 6. '“Pap” and “G. June” haveinteT esting letters in this issue. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Luke and baby attended theChristinas tree at Irwin¬ ville. Thin-skinned people have a hard : time ife’ this world avoiding the net ties. Mrs. J. Y. Paulk was very sick last Saturday and Sunday. We hope she has recovered ere this. The Dispatch will continue to print the news of the county, and do what it can toward fostering good neighborly feeling between all sections. Tuesday night of last week a pound party was given at the resi¬ dence of Mr. Seth Coleman, which was one of the most enjoyable so¬ cial events of the holidays. Mrs. J. S. Lott andtWo youngest children spent Christmas with Mrs. Lott’s mother, Mrs. Marcus Luke at IfwinVille. If it is all the same to the weath¬ er clerk, we’ll take a little'sunshine now. It has rained eVeify day since Friday, and— Mr. Joe If. Young and his grace* ful {fritter, Miss Mary, of Waterloo, among the attendants ht 1 the were Christmas tree at Irwinville. If you want bargains ift'-crvercoats, mens’ and boys clothing, see us be* fore buying. “Lyte & Clint.” 2 Saturday night befofe Christmas some one lifted Mr. R. B. Allen’s $15 overcoat from a Counter in his Stofe and forgot to return it. There will be preaching in the Baptist church in Ocilla Sunday morning arid evening at the usual hours, by the pastor, Rev. M. L. Lawson. The circulation of the Dispatch has steadily and solidly increased siuce its first issue. ■ There are at least five firms sell- > ing stock in Irwin county, I J- R - and J - L - paulk being the last to enter the business, If you need stock, come to Ocilla. ; Mrs. M. G. Hogan and her nephew Mr. David H. Hogan left for Coffee county Thursday of last Week, on a visit to relatives. They were ex pected home last Tuesday. Paulk & Co. will move the J. A. J. Henderson stock of goods into their store just across the street m a few days, thus concentrating their immense business under one roof. YV hen business is dull, you need : advertising to make it brisk; 1 when it is brisk, you need adver- : tising to make it brisker. Moral: j Advertise continuously. It pays. 1 There was no excitement over the municipal election Tuesday. , The main-trouble was finding men j to fill the places, our people being peculiar in that they do not care for office. Xmarf candies, Utits, raisins etc., at “Cracker Store.” -St By glancing over this paper a liotiCe will be 1 found conveying the intelligence that Ordinary Lee has also changed the advertising ema- ! hfiting from Ins office to thfe Fitz- | gerald Enterprise. j The people-of Intfin cdftnty ahh | in better shape, financially, than ! they have ever been. This is espe eially true of • the farmers—the men upon whose success the pros parity of the'Country depends. ! Dr. arid Mrs. J. E. Goethe aim ( l j | their two youngest children, George , arid Mamie, spent part of the holi- ^ days visisting relatives in South I Carolina. They will return next j week. The Brunswick and Birmingham Raikkoad Company has benn or ganized with Col. Maehen as presi dent. This means that the road will be built as fast as men and money can do the work. Judge Lee, Irwin’s popular Or dinary, was to have been down Tuesday to try a negro on Mr. Ed. Howell’s place for lunacy, but was too sick to come. Hope he is bet¬ ter ere this. The church hells 'rang out the old and rang m the new century Monday night, some who did n 0t not‘Understand the purpose of the tho ^ ht itwtea fire ataa. ; FAe ^ wto ^ officer8wCTeswom in Wednesday morning. Mr. T. B - ra ' k,,u *nd treasurer and Mr. Jake Young was “ mcd “Ocilla is a nice, clean town,” remarked a lately arrived citizen to a Dispatch man Tuesday. “The streets are not the common dump ing ground for all kinds of trash, and most of the residen ces are real P rett > T - At the residence of Mr. Jas. Rob¬ erts, last Sunday, Mr. Wren Rob erts, of Irwin, and Miss Mattie Yur ner, of Berrien, were united in mar ria S e > Jud S e Wm ' Henderson offi eiating. May they live long and lives. There Was a delightful 'social-fen tertainment at Mr. J. E. O. 'Guy’s, oh Irwin avenue Monday evening. Quite a number of ©cilia’s eharrn ing lassies and handsome young men attended, and the evening was spent very pleasantly. Wo will be at big court next *001; prepared to receive every cent due the Dispatch. We are now closing up the first year’s work of The Ir Win County Publishing Company, and hope those indebted to the company will respond promptly. Mrs. Ina Clements, Mn Tan brough, Miss Bettie Luke,Col. Slater, Judge and Mrs. J. B. Clements,Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hyman, Judge Lee, Mr. J. B. D, Paulk and several others attended the Davis-Pletoher Wedding Dec. 23rd. Mr. Leon Vickers-, sOn Of the late Elder John Vickers, and Miss g 0 phvony McMillan-, wefe tharXied ftt t ^ e h ome 0 f th« bride’s parents j n t hi s county last Wednesday. Their host of friends wish for them, long* happy 1 'and prosperous lives. Y. S. Price & Co., the leading merchants of FitzgCrald, hiive great ly enlarged their business recently ahd are now ‘better prepared than ever to supply the wJnts of P atrc *hs. When you are in Fitzgerald call and see them. Ihey are safe men to deal with. Yes, we got ’em, old papers 20c a hundred. Commercial JOB PRINTING ■A Specialty. NO. 25. 4W“Our subscribers will not j lose anything by the change of the legal advertising from the Dispatch to the Fitzgerald Enterprise, We will publish, each month a synop sis of all the legal advertising eroan ating from the ordinary’s and sher¬ iff’s offices, except the tax sales, which will be given in still more condensed form. Mr. Clark Gaffney, who owns sev¬ eral 10-aore tracks in the colony,and Who has been in Irwin-about four years, killed two hogs recently that weighed respectively 832'aikl >827 pounds. They wetd'nineteen months old. Mr. Gaffney came south from Illinois. Warren Fletcher, so fir "as we hatJ'been able to leate, 'has made an exclient sheriff, arid ’ therefore deserved the compliment of re-elec¬ tion. When an officer serves his first term faithfully and well, it is a sort of unwritten democratic law that he j have a second term. Mr. Oscar Purvis, of Irwin, son of Mr. Jake Purvis, of Coffee county, died Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock, afterra brief illness. He leaves a wife and two small children and many relatives and friends to mourn his death. ffaek Powell, the Blakely -Repor¬ ter man, must expect to keep things moving his way, as witness the fol j j°™ng: lhe “T wo'or SchefRe three individuals « a “ “*?. '™ k > ut the y never-get their snouts _ the ublic cnb m P a S aln - The Re ' P 0ltel rejoices to know this fact.” An exchange says; “In State Or | in church, it is rule 6r be ruled; in courtship Or marriage it is fool be fooled; in gambling or trade it is trick or be tricked; in peace 6r in war -it is beat or be beaten; in politics it is crow or eat 'brow; in newspaper it is hoe your own how. Mr. Walter II. Harper, of‘This county, and Miss Fannie Gaskfcs, of Coffee county, were united in wedlock Wednesday. Mr. Harper is the junior member of the Irwin County Drug Co., of this place, and his numerous friends here arid elsewhere wish for him and his fair bride long years of wedded bliss. Wo tried to get a write-up of the Irwinville Christmas tree, but failed. We 1 leafn 1 'that the " douft room whs filled ’with a godcM'U mordd tirchvd from varidus pSSWbf the eoiinty, and that the occasion was Ohe of rare enjoyment. Ir winVille never does anything by halves. Mr. Dave Clements killed foVty hogs Tuesday that averaged 236 pounds. He has twenty-seven more to kill. This reminds us that Uncle Dave has been constable "of his district thirty-two yearir arid - is still in the sama harncjs. He has perhaps setved more papers than any man in Georgia. -His clever ’son, Abe, is now justice of the peace of his district. . -V : . itvlyi; 7