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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE '24, 1892, 81.00 PER ANNUM Horry, officiated priate $500 ouch as a pt-nsiii Jefferson Davie, which is » injustice . to the overburdti payers of the south.’’ Ant the face of the infamous plank in their platform. newly married couple the greatest success in life. The display of art specimens liy the art class at the date commenco- nstitute, Ath- in high terms tie S. Tift, of A FIERCE WAR. IS BEING WAGED BETWEEN THEM. llirth PnillcH aronftormlHrd an«l tlie Fight Will lie to a FliilHlt— President Tift’# Keply to the Savannah News. From the very inception of the organization of the Georgia Lumber Exchange the commission men and brokers have viewed it with a critic’s eye. It required no special knowl edge or foresight to discover that the success of the Exchange means the disaopearancc of “Othello’s job” and it is no surprise to the mill men that “Othello”'should engage in a relent less war to defeat and exterminate the Exchange. Self-preservation is the. battle cry on both sides, and the fight promises to be a bitter one and to the finish. Early in the present month the' management of the Exchange Issued, its first official price list, and sent it out to the lumber manufacturers of Georgia for their approval and adop tion. The justice of this price list has been discussed in public and private, on the train and in the of fice, and the universal verdict is that it is an equitable one and operators should adopt and main bun at all hazards the prices and suggestions named therein. » The issuing of this price list seems to have been the signal for the first broadside from the batteries of the commission men, being a lengthy and sensational article, purporting to be an interview which Appeared in the Savannah News, June flth, under mi exceedingly sensational heading ‘•A Combine That Failed!" The object of this article was very appa rent on its face -to hoodwink the skeptical smaller manufacturers, im press’ them with the idea that the price list is iniquitous and imprac ticable, and it is the veriest folly for mill, men to join the Exchange ex- ’ru'Cting to enforce them. It was a GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND SCISSORS PROCESS. gestive, especially as a price list is for the purpose of educating mill men on values and raising prices. A price list, which truly represents the market, well supported will greatly increase the price of our product, anil if he belongs to one of the large firms and is financially strong and expects to make his money out of his own mill cut, then a raise in prices cannot but be beneficial to him. Tills is so plain that I think every one will concede its correct ness. Then, if true, how can he ob ject to a list for Ibe general control of mills? The truth is there is no opposition to our scheme except from tliose who expect to make money out of other people’s lumber by prevent ing its accomplishment of the pur poses for which the exchange was or ganized. There is absolutely noth ing in his claim—under his concep tion the plan of the association— that the financially strong mills would have to carry them, the weak mills. The weak mills are not ask ing to be carried. All they ask is that those who enter the market and take the business sh:i) 1 do so at prices justified by the demand, and then pay them fair prices for the lumber. At present this is not being done. On the contruiy, there are tliose who claim to lie all right financially who go into the mantels and cut and 3hish prices, relying on being -able to apply the screws to the small mill men and compel them to take the business at from $3 to $30 less per thousand than the stock should bring. The true, inwardness of his oppo sition to our effort, to raise the price of lumber is revealed in his state ment, that n scheme is being formu lated to take shape in an organiza tion comprising only those of good financial standing, mid then secure (to themselves) the benefits sought by taking up and handling the pro duct of the smaller mills under ,i special agreement with them. Tins schema cropped out at the second Macon meeting, at which some of the financially strong tried to prevent mi organization except on certain conditions. (1 quote one of tho speakers.) Now to conclude. The purpose of tho Georgia Lumber Exchange is to educate the less informed, correct abuses in the trade, raise prices' and benefit all who expect profits from producing lumber, and we know it can and will do these, and more, for ihe "small fry,” as lie calls the small operator, us well ns help all legiti mate manufacturers of lumber, and unless wa are milch mistaken, and have put a false estimate o:i tlio- small fry, they will rally to tl/'sup-, port of the exchange and /ee to it that it does not prove an n/er fail ure. We have just miiiled/out to the mills of tho state an/Jfllcml price list, which is a fuiyexpression of what i« justified hy/the markets of the country, and liqjpe and expect it In he maintained bg all producers in terested in bclteajirioes for sawing. This will be rJFised and increased as occasion wijf justify until better prices arc obt/jned. In a few days the secretary/wili start out oti a mis sionary (on/ of the mills and will fully explain our plans, aims and purposes tVi operators. In jmmeo to the mill men of the state pli/ise publish this letter, giv ing it/as much prominence ns you gave Uric article of June 0, and re- questfall papets which copied that arttfle to publish this. / IL II. Tift, President Georgia Lumber Exchange. / Notice, 1 pay the highest prices for Con federate money and Confederate post age stamps. Price list sent free. Address Gluts. D. Barker, 90 S. For syth street, Atlanta, Ga. Piney Woods Lodge, No. fit), Knights of Pythias. The above is one of Tifton’s pet mystic institutions. The order is in a prosperous condition and growing rapidly in numbers and iiilluencp. At the regular meeting held luft night officers were elected for/the ensuing term, with the following re sult: 1/ C. A. Williams, Chancellor Com mander. C. \V. Fnlwond, Vice-Chancellor. J. A. Alexander, i’re I ate. C. II. Goodman, M. at A. W. O. Fail rick. K. of K. and S. J. W. Paulk, M. of F. , J. Hawkins Goodman, Past Chin ee! lor, ex-officio. " V Try Indian Cholera Cordis! tor all boweltroubly*. At Pt J- C. Goodman’,) WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS FIND TO TALK ABOUT. Hatch of Notvh from Neighboring Fmmth'ft Doeiiiffd of Mpppint lntcri**t to Chuottp Homin'*. , Pavement Paraprahhi* Ph ko 1 P|t »ml Pen- Mvoly Pmuod—All I’ci'titinliig t‘» PorMonx und Thing*. southern white tneii voting 9 of back pay to the federal M and tiieir families and nnwilfl give pittance to tho widow # great confederate clneftairuj are mistaken if they think this* will win tho respect and comtfl tion of the true soldiers of the n west; it will only excite tmfl and disgust. Away with sutffcJ ing 1 'I mentof Lucy Cobb ens, Ga., is spoken o of praise. Miss 11 Tif toil, furnished some elegant speci mens in oil paintings ami pastel. M iss Till was to have taken part in the elocutionary exercises lint was prevented by going north earlier limn she expected. The democratic club of Nashville bus decided to have a grand barbecue and political speakinjt on Thursday, the l ttli day of July, and invites democrats from every section ot the comity to unite with them and help make it a grand success. Some of the best speakers in the second Another big bargain day at l’ud- rick Bro.’s, July 'id, Hev. E. Ogden is on the sick list. He has been quite sick for several days. Several train loads of watermelons have passed Tifton this week going northward. Contractor J. C. Hind lias for sale a large supply of first-class lime, shingles and laths. The tobacco planters will commence caring the weed next week. The barns arc about ready. CupL II. H. Tift went up to Ma con Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Georgia Lumber Exchange. The Tifton market is being sup plied, from orchards in the vicinity, with as (lac peaches as can he grown ■n any country. Mr. E. E. I’asclml will leave next week for a visit, to his family in North Carolina, lie will return to Tifton after ashort visit. ' Dr. N. Peterson left Tifton last. Sunday night for a week’s visit to a friend in Mobile, Ala. The Gazkttk wishes him a pleasant trip. Go to Dr. J. C. Goodman’s for summer drinks—coca-cola, milk shakes, lemonades and the best of soda watci always on draught. Mr. Charles L. Dees, of Brook- field, was a visitor to the Gazkttk sanctum Tuesday afternoon. lie deposited a “wheel" in our strong box. There were quite a number of ap plicants for teachers’ license before the Board of Education of Berrien county last Saturday for examina tion. The Gazkttk forco tenders thanks to Mr. Geo. W. Guest for a large, luscious watermelon, of (lie Jones variety, which he brought ns lust. Friday morning. Hon. J. G. Graydon went to Nash ville last, Friday to take part with the Board of Equalization of Tax Returns in finishing up their work ■for the present yeiit. Contractor Slack took a force of hands down to Valdosta Tuesday afternoon to commence work on the Corbett building, the building of which he contracted for some time since. Quite a Hotter was created at Adel last Sunday night by the sudden and unexpected disappearance of one of her fair damsels. The young lady’s parents, when last heard from, had not discovered iter whereabouts, A protracted meeting was com menced in the Tifton JVfelhodist church last Friday night. Pastor Grumpier is being: assisted by Revs, Brown, of Adel; O’Connor, of Syca more; Boothe, of Asliburn, and Ber ry, of South Carolina. The services at the Tifton Bap tist church next Sunday will com mence promptly at 10 o’clock. Tho ordination of deacons, which will oc cur just after the sermon, makes it, necessary that the services should commence much earlier than usual. A gentleman of Abbott, Fla., writes us a letter and, after inquiring about some Tifton relatives, he says: “I am well pleased with the Gazkttk especially its manly defense of tlio democratic party against that great est evil of the present age—the third party.” Severul changes have been made recently in tho force at the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad’s Tif ton depot and yards. Mr. Hancock has been sent to Yatesvilie and Mr. Moore has succeeded him as day clerk. Tommie Green now iilis the IKisitinn of yard clerk. Last Sunday, June* llHJm at. the home of the bride's papenla its Tif ton. Mr. W. B. Berry itfiil MissjPhte- be DcLoach wore united in maapage- The grooui’#i$rother, ifcv. m. O, Coffee county cast her primary vote last Saturday for Hon. II. G. Turner for congress. Warrior Lodge, Knights of Honor, of Stunner, will celebrate next Thurs day as the anniversary of the Broth erhood. There were sixteen applicants for teachers’ license examined by the Board of Education of Irwin county last Saturday. Reports say that the crops in the neighborhood of Ocala, Irwin coun ty, are fine. Both corn and cotton nre doing well. (’apt, J. M. Rouse, u prominent citizen of War wick, Worth county, is dead. He had represented his county in both branches,of the leg islature. The Quitman Lumber Company is on the list to build a railroad from Boston, Ga., by the way of McDon ald mid Moultrie to Tifton. Let ‘or collie the more the merrier! Mlgrutlnc Is quick to give relief in severe eases of headache or neuralgia, al l>r J.C. GomhnuiiV The Masonic fraternity of Syca more will celebrate St, John’s Day (to-day) with a melon and fruit pic nic, and have invited some of the neighboring lodges to participate with them. Willucoochee Masons will also have a celebration. Marly Risers, Marly Risers, Early Risers, the famous Utile pills for eonsd* pallon, sink headache, dyspepsia and nervousness. ,1. C. Goodman. lion. W. W. Webb, of Hnhira, Lowndes county, has done Go to Dr. ,! sporting goods. (’. Goodman! Jell' Hrliiaon in Luck. - JjL When the party of nnrserynjcTf®^ wore on a visit to Tifton, Mr. Frank," K. Good, of the Good & Roesfe Co., - ; proprietors of the Champion' City . green houses at Springfield,'Ohio, ., noted with delight the effort whioh Mr. 11. J. Brinson, of the Hotel Sa*- die, is making to beautify the prem ises with Honors. , After partaking of a suirfptuous real toothsome repast, the clever nurseryman promised to send him, on his return homo, a splendid col lection of roses, plants, bulbs and seeds. ~ Mr. Brinson thanked him politely but. in reality thought of tho prom ise very lightly—he had not the re motest idea that, it. would ever be ful filled. But Air. Good’s promises uro not made, like pie crust, to be brok en, and in due time the plants, etc., wore,shipped and received by Mr, Brinson, in a neatly packed box were are informed that the proposition has been accepted and steps will be taken at once to comply with the citizens' part of the. contract. Don't B bunk ward in coining for ward. Pud rick Bros, can suit you in goods, Hie price is all right. Mr. J. Horace McFarland, secre tary of the Rural Publishing Com puny, of New York, was in the city yesterday and called al the Gazkttk sanctum. We regret wo were out and did not see him. He is exam ining, leisurely, the orchards and vineyards of this section with a view of reporting to his company Ids im pressions of the adaptability of this soil and climate to horticulture. We understand he was delighted with what, he saw in and around Tifton. Cleveland or Harrison may he Ha- next President, l’udrick Bros, will continue to sell l! goods at sum!) profits. Baker’s turpentine distillery, lo- outed on the Brunswick and Western railway about three miles east of En igma, together with -100 barrels of rosin and between 50 anyhlOH casks of spirits, were destroy*! by fire ear ly Monday morning! The heat was so intense that the. passage tif the trains was interrupted. Tim distil lery was the property of Mr. Jos. H. Baker, of Ahtpulm, hat the rosin and spirits was sold to Michelsou, Pitta A. Co., Brunswick, last Satur day and laid been placed close be side the railroad for the purpose of shipment. some good missionary work in Coffee coun ty. He advocates the original declar ation of principles adopted by the alliance and is endeavoring to revive the order on the clear cut lines of first principles. We truly bi-llovo On Will’s t.lltle. Ear ly Risers are llio most natural, mast ef fective, most prompt ami ueommiival pill Tor hliimnoicHK, (mlfgcslfim ami fnaetlve liver. .1. CJ. Goodman. The Albany, Boston and Gulf rail road enterprise, which contemplates the building of a railroad from Al bany by the way of -Moultrie and Exchange, on the 1-Uh ttlsL, pub lishes a terse reply, giving the histo ry and purpose of the. organization, and his logical reasoning will go a long way toward spiking the guns of the opposition. The manufacture and sale of yel low pine lumber is a question fraught with great importance to the material progress of this section of Georgia; consequently, not only mill nun but every chess of citizens are vitally interested in the result of Hie fight between the Exchange and brokers. That all may understand thgaiHiatioh and its true inwardness the Gazkttk appends Capt. Tift’s reply to the article in the Morning Nows of June flth, with the addi tional remark thnt^tluit Journal has apparently espoused the cause of the brokers: In the first place your informant starts out wrong. The association is not dead nor is it on the verge of dissolution. Neither was it organ/ ized for the purpose claimed by Iwn, i. e., to take orders al a central j/iinl to be distributed. among theAnills. Buell a plan was proposed utAme first meeting in Macon,,March Lf, but. no action was taken on the proposal, ex cept to appoint commit tcqfi to agitate the subject of orgitnizati/n. By ref erence to the enclosed mrcular letter which was sent mi too fne mills April 30, you will sec that'jfche association Wtts'formed for the p dr pose of edu cating those not in a 'position to get market reports and keep posted on prices and lumber values, and show them that, the mark'd would justify a raise in prices, .'and correct- other abuses now hampering the lumber Gild us try, and suppress the class of Maere.tivea v;b>?-' methods have, re- ajMk^d tkf\W:ill mill men to that JB8gWescriwj<i by him, i. e., nearly ^^^RtergVj.of bankruptcy. VSiMBtif f jo inannfactmv rsan net £jgjgHHwk' ) get market reports and flBHjfiBjjflf ..t>- "f lie- trade, hence. KgfSjflPy on th ■ chan."• |>nri'li.i- r «g3f|M r ••••>■•, man for information ijUBr"" :1 "’* r ’ffbt here is where ffiflflWhis class fie. Is an objection to being agitated. At u meeting of in terested parties at Boston a few days since $50,000 were subscribed to the stock in a stiort time. Officers will be elected and the company organ ized June 27th. If dull, spiritless anil stupid; If ynur blood is thick amt sluggish; if your appe tite Is enprieious and uncurtain, you need a sarsaparilla. Mnr best results take lie Will’s I. C. Goodman A dispatch from Homcrville, of the 17th inst., says: “For some, time past one George F. Tomlinson has been selling whisky in the town of Dupont, in this county, under uli- “I.ale lo tied and and early to rise will "shorten the road lo your home iu the skies " Rut early lo lied and a "LUtlo Marly Riser," the pill that makes life longer and hatter ami wiser. ,1. C. Good man Nows from Chicago. The eye of the country has truly centered ibis week oil Chicago, and every ear lias listened attentively to catch the news from the great dem ocratic convention. The question on every tongue has been, “Who will the convention give the democratic . party as standard bearers to lean it yn to victory and reform?" (t was unsiveiYd late on Wednesday night and that answer is —Grover Cleveland, for President. This morning a telegram brought the news that Stevenson, of Illinois, lmd been selected for the second place on tho tioket Cleveland, bis defense. AT U-r a hearing, Tom linson was bound over under $2,000 bond to appear before the sujscrior court. Judge .Sweat gave him to understand that if the sale did not stop the next bond would he much heavier than this one. Tomlinson says he wijl sell no more and claims that lie was misinstructod us to the law before selling any. The license of Clinch county is $10,000 for the sale of spirituous liquors,” D is it fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health one must have pare, rich ami abundant blood. There Stevenson and tariff reform! Let the people rally around this unfurled banner, and do huttte for a constitutional government and liberties of the people! Tile platform adopted is a lengthy but conservative document, hat speaks in no uncertain terms agumst the misrule of republicanism. It treats on every subject that is of vital interest to the people and emphatic) in its denunciation of the McKinley protective tariff legislation and other' abusive legislation by Hie party now in power. It denounced the Force- bill and all kindred legislation, tend' ing toward centralisation and w-iou- archicul form of government. jKhjr convention declares in favor ofAuE&, equal coinage of gold,tod toe year that will almost take their breath away. Th“ season for the sweet girl grad uate is now at hand und her admir ers lire legion. God bless them in their sweet purity, and give ’em all manly and devoted husbands. The turpentine men say that they are losing money at the present prices of tho spirits and rosin. They me ! holding meetings trying to devise, sonic plan to stop speculation in this commodity and ruim ihe prices. “By the sweat of thy fane ahull thou eat bread all the days of thy life,” euys holy writ) bUt some men think the face referred to»is the oth er fellow’* and not UieiffiXP' At any rati tiw swq.* rich ami abundant blood. There i» uo shorter nor surer route ilian by a course of Oe Will's S»rsap»ilSU. «T. C. Goodman. At a recent meeting of the third jv,myites at Mr- dtrie, Colquitt coun ty, the following resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote: “Resolved, That we condemn the res olution introduced by Gen. John B. Gordon at the Ooo federal a Veterans’ Association. hUd at Mew