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Official Organ
Irwin County.
VOL. V.
On January 1st we will sell out our business 1o 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 il complete stock of dry goods, clothing and shoes. Mr. T. S. Price will be-the Manager
of the new m » ’»i, a tern 1 1 will be in a )ositio i to sell all the f timers in -5- o* *
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Q 1* T . r PT_.p The largely increased capital will place us ; f') a position to buy good* at Spot Cask, saving enormous discounts 67 -which we will share with'
olippiitb Oil all LOllg and sell 1 reliable llllc goods . I cheaper our customers. than It before, will bte buying a complete everything D6P2JtlH6Ilt in Car St>0F6 Load In Lots. V 31*11 R6SP6Ct, We wish and to thc thank largest in this friends section in <4' Ocdla Georgia. and vicinity We will for their greatly
increase stoek in lines, ever our many 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 MONEY BACK S
When we move across on Grant 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
SLOCAIj SCHEDULE G. it A. It. It.
DAILY, EXCEPT SUNDAY.
Arrive at Oeiila. ...11:00 a. m. and 7:25 p. m.
Leave Oeiila----- .. .11:30 a. m. and 6:40 a.«m.
SUNDAY ONLY.
Leave Oeiila..... ...6:40 a. m.
Arrive at Oeiila. .. .7:25 p. m.
Close conneetions for north, east, south or
West.
Church Directory.
Baptist. — Preaching every 1st and 3rd Sun
days, morning and evening. Conference on
Sa-turday before 3rd Sunday at io o’clock a. m.
Methodist. JPKH.cl.inK every second and
•fourth Sundays at it a. m. and 6:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Tuesday evening at
win meanmuch!^ i'iteasecome. *
j. p. Dickioso*.
N,«t week or week after, all those
SlSl^«:rSbwork“
ecription, will receive a statement of in
debtedness and a request to “fork over.”
Cotton—Long, IT to 20; short, 9.
H. B. _ Sutton , address .
Mr. s is now
Cairo, Ga.
Turn out to the railroad meeting
tomorrow.
The Bank of Oeiila made fat divi
dends last year.
Oeiila enters the new century
-with bright prospects.
Superior court was expected to
•adjourn yesterday evening.
There are now'100 pupils attend¬
ing the Oeiila public school.
Superior court adjourned yester
'day to fourth Monday in April.
The Dispatch is the poppies’ pa¬
per—for one dollar a year each.
Paulk & Co. are moving the Hen¬
derson stock of goods this week.
Mr. Ma’cum Gaskins, of Will
-ocoochee, was in Oeiila Thursday.
Dr. Gardner, of Ashburn, was a
prominent visitor in Oeiila Tuesday.
Bril Arp’s letters alone are worth
t-he subscription price of the Dis¬
patch.
See change of time of communi¬
cations of Oeiila Lodge No 374, *F.
■& A. M.
Mr. and Mrs. -L. J. Tucker now
•occupy their neat cottage on Beech
•street.
Thc drummers come and the
drummers go, also the county ad¬
vertising.
Jimmy Willis carries quite a line
of groceries,-etc., and his trade is
'increasing.
Our young friend, Jim C., gave
us “straight goods” on the 'hog
q lestion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Harris now
occupy the Hotel Harris, on Fourth
street. ,
Capt. Nas Henderson’s head is
all l ight. How about the limb that
■struck it?
If people will not tell us of the
'•social gatherings, how can we write
about them?
Mr. Duff Bruce was reported as
quite sick Wednesday. We hope he
is better ere this.
t o f DISPATCH.
OCILLA, IRWIN COUNTY,OA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 18,1901.
TO THE FARMERS
AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF OCILLA AND V ICINITY :
The Dispatch will keep you pretty Well
posted on county affairs. Try it.
day * night and Tbu 1 hurray f ^“ S wI, vas etl also "lso
disagreeable.
Oeiila is already a railroad center, but she
would not object to a grand trunk line.
Mr. W. J. Luke, one of Worth’s
hustling young merchants, visited
in Oeiila Monday evening.
Mr. ., John T t Luke r i and , family - 1 now
occupy Dr. Luke’s cottage in the
northwestern part of town.
Mr. M.J. Paulk’s ginnery prepared *11
bales of cotton for market since last Octo
her.
j Ca l jt " Nas Henderson is prepaid
ing to add another cook and dining
room to his residence near town.
A rush of work prevented us from
attcn< lu b 00,1,1 1 “ s ' ,fce ’ LX ' L V i
about an hour Monday afternoon.
Oapt Nas Henderson killed three pigs
yesterday morning that weighed as for
lows; m aso and 24(1, makius a total of
pounds.
Mr. J. B. Barrineau, of the popu
,
lar firm of Barrineau & Bro., of
Kissimmee, was in Oeiila Monday,
One of the best remedies for la
grippe is to try to remember that it
is P 18t a bad cold—Atlanta Jour
Mr. J. L. Dupree has rented Mr.
G. L. Stone’s house opposite the
Baptist church, and moved to it
Monday.
Mr. W. H. Taylor and family
now occupy the cottage on Third
street, recently vacated by Mr. J.
L. Dupree.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, of Wilcox
county, visited Mrs. Johnson’s
brother, 'Mr.. W. H. Redock, last
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Little will
move to their elegant cottage,
ner Irwin avenue and Fifth street
next Monday.
There was a great mortality among
the hogs this week. Hundreds of
them were smokehoused for safe
keeping. *
The second artesian well at the
Eusign-Oskamp mill at this place
had reached a depth of 140 feet yes¬
terday forenoon.
It is sad to think of the large
number of first-class ’phone rings
that are wasted on the circumam¬
bient atmosphere hereabouts.
The man who is continually
scheming for some other maids
downfall is unfit to live in a civil¬
ized community. ,
Mr. Henry Hickman was out last
Sunday for the first time in sixty
six days. • We hope bis health will
improve steadily and rapidly.
A pretty young lady in Oeiila
says she will marry the first chance
she gets, That should mean that
she will be married soon.
Business is not as brisk as it was
during the holidays, bat Oeiila
merchants get a good sptinkli'ng of
trade every day in the week.
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Mr. Love Young and Mr. Jehu Whiddon
visited OciJia since the last issue of the Dis¬
patch.
Urof. 1 Royal’s shifting class at Brnshy
Creek acadetuy will close tomorrow with
appropriateexfercises and a dinner.
Yesterday (Thursday) afternoon Mrs.
Ferraby Henderson's condition was much
the same as■ it Jras been for the past two
weeks.
Miss Mabel Rogers, who has been
the charming guest of Mrs. D, H.
Paulk since Christmas, returned to
her home in Dawson Wednesday.
Mr. Me. Easters, of Enigma, was
taken to the state sanitarium at
Milledgeville last Tuesdy. We hope
his mind will soon bo restored.
Mr. J. II. Powell went down to
Florida this week to look after his
!arge turpenline interC8t8 in that
State. Heis ex pec tad to return to¬
day or tomorrow.
The big saw mill at Mystic is
shut down. The log teams belong¬
ing to it passed through Oeiila. one
day this week en route to Coffee
county.
Hon. J. A. J. Handersbn tmd hiq
assistant, Miss Aural Hobbs, have
given the patrons of the Ooillq
post office profnpt an'd satisfactory
service.
The people of Brunswick are mak¬
ing preparations to entertain thq
delegates to the railroad convention
which meets in that city on Y-Uli
inst.
Prof. Clifton aud’his popular as¬
sistants are giving the patrons of
the Oeiila public school satisfactory
service, and the schobl is "growing
at a gratifying rate.
Yours truly is not troubling him¬
self much about the war m ,Africa,
or the Philippine Islands, or about
the Russian attitude in the east..
What we want to know is, where
Jim Henderson got the pattern for
the socks be sent us Christma% if
they were not cut by his feet?
Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Goethe and
children were expected to return
f 1,01,1 m 0,1 1 Carolina v last nigh*, , .
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where they have been visiting rela
tives the last three weeks
Ml- , r J. T t, D. t, Paulk n now occupies •
.
the C. ITummings residence, about
a mile southeast of town. This prop
erty was recently bought by Mr.
j. A. ,T. Henderson.
Tbere > s a lot of mM poX over
Beaufort, S. C. It is confined al
most exclusively to the black race
most of whom do 'not have to go to
bed with it.
Orir popular bank cashier bought
a guitar the other day. Now, if he
and Russel had a gondola in 'Lake
Ensign, Venice wouldn’t be ace
high.
Cotton came in several days this
week with a rush. Tuesday after¬
noon, within an hottr, Paulk & Co.
bought twelve bales. Most that is
coming in now is long cotton.
Mrs. Jane Branch, of the western
part of the county, accompanied
by her nephew, Master Walter
Sumner, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
b nmaby Henderson.
Mr. Z. A. Barnes, Jr., of At
lanta, representing the Penli Mu¬
tual Life Insurance Co., of Phila¬
delphia, 'dropped in to see us yes¬
terday. He talks and looks well.
To Cure a Co hi in One Day
Take Laxative BromoQuinine Tab
lets.‘All druggists refund the money
if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove’s
signature is on eaChAidx. 23c.
One commissioner is still holding
the fort in Irwin, arid is perform¬
ing the duties of That responsible
position to the satisfaction of the
people. It is and has been our con¬
tention that one good business man
can conduct the business of the
county better than three, and those
who know Mr. Tucker best Credit
him with being that kind of a man.
Sutton & Paulk returned
6ay with a drove of the best rallied
y«t brought to this market, farm afe
well ag turpenirne and grave mill
mules. Also some tine horses. And
they are going to sell them,
Stops the Cough ami Works off the
Cold.'
Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets
cure a cold in one day. No cure,
no 1 1 it V. Price 25c.
Mr. R. JL. Henderson is having
hteen acrea of new ^ountUaken
In just east ef town. Lob himself
is now In Florida, in tfee naval stores
business, Wearing a linen duster and
a broad smile, and fighting sand
flies.
Mr. Wm. R,Bowen,Secretary and
treasurer of the Irwin County Cot
ton Mills Co., advertises for bids
for building the said mills. All bids
must be in bv January J 25, 1901.
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Right to reject any or all bids is re
served.
Cupid is not making tench head
way in Oeiila just now, notwith
standill S there is considerable m«
ua1 ’ incladl "g_ a «bmbei of o
bachelors and widowers, eld maids
w j dowg f Confidentially " ’ we
don , t believe there are aiiy old ,
maids.)
When threatened ’ by pneumonia
'or any other lung trouble prompt re
lief is necessary, as it is dangerous to
delay. We would suggest that One
Minute Cough Cure be taken as soon
as indications of having cold are no
ticed. It cures quickly aud its early
us9 prevents consumption. Oeiila
Drug Co.
’■ bo S rollings have not yet been
discarded in this section, though
some ° L tbe people hire help to loll
lo S s - The old custom should be kept
as long as there are logs to roll.
It shows a neighborly feeling, and
is evidence that the growing selfish¬
ness of mankind is not supreme.
us have log rollings and quilt¬
ings ar.d com-shuckings, and we
will all be the better for them.
ft Girdles the Globe.
The fame of Bucklen’s Arnica
Salve, as the best in the world, ex¬
tends rouhd the earth. It’s the one
perfect healer of cuts, corns, buns,
bruises,sores,scalds, boils,ulcers,fel¬
ons, a'ehes, pains and all skin erup¬
tions. Only infallible pile cflre. 25c
a box at'The Oc'illa Drug Co.
Rev. 'J. P. Dickinson, the Yiew
of the Methodist Churn'll in
Oeiila, preached here last Sunday
mornirig find evening, arid notwith¬
standing 1 the 'weatheF'was frosty and
no beater in the Church, a very good
congregation greeted hint. He im¬
pressed his hearGrs as being an ear¬
nest, consecrated worker in the MaS
\
ter’s cause, and we hope much good
will result from bis labors while
pastor of this church.
Yes, we got ’em, old papers SOetf,
hundred.
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F. B. SHUMAN’S
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I $3 00 Pants, now $1 98
1 1 50 Pants, now. . 90
' Good Jeans Pants
47
; Better Grade............ G2
Double Front Blue Overalls 45
• $10 00 Meri > SuitS) 6 00
s now _
^ ^ Men’s Suits, now.... 3 25 •
2 25 Boys’ Suits, now.... 1 65
o ka a u >0 i s , bui « •, s, now. 2 50
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4 00 Genuine Hand Sewed
Shoes, now 3 25
46 Satin Calf Shoe, now 1 05
j .150 Grain Creole Shoe,
now............... I 13
j 2 25 Woman’s Fine Don
I gola Button Skoe r
now............... 1 50
1 25 Pebble Grain, all
Leather Shoe, now. . 95
35c yd wide Black Cash
mere,, uow......... 22c
$100 All Wool, yd wide
dcape, now......... O CJI
•20c Near Silk, now....... y-i 4^
6c Best Calico, now....... 51 o
5j;o Calico, now.......... 5c
5c Calico, now........... 4 io
‘Best Checks, now......... 5fc
Good Checks, now........ 4§c
$2 50 Dress Skirts, now. . . 1 65
1 25 Dress Skirts, now. . . 1 20
4 Balls Sterling Potash.. .. 25a
3 Balls Cooking Soda .... 10c
26 Pounds Rice.......... 1 00
Nice Line Lamps and Giiisia^
ware at Gost.
'And other articles too ntHjSbrdrig .a
to 'mention, all of which will be •
sold at correspondingly low prices.
This great sacrifice sale will hast
TWO WEEKS.
Call early and get the pick of
the bargains.
F. fe. SHUMAN, m
OflLLAs ga, ‘ 0m
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JOB PRINTINC
•A Specialty.
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