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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 189
IP-POTCB.
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BS MEN AND LOAFERS
ITALIC ABOUT.
near future to stay three weeks or a
month.
Oapt 0. II. Miller, of Fort Val
ley, father of Miss Miller (Tifton’s
accoinplislied milliuer), was in the
city last week visiting his daughter.
He was much pleased with the little
city, although his stay was very
brief.
■Viss Miller will be pleased to have
tlfo~“ public Mnspect her stock of
Chiistmus novelties.
The G.vzi:m:
promising as men of honor to sup
port the nominees. ►
The primary election in Irwin
county to nominate democratic can
didates for the various comity offices
passed off very quietly last Satur
day. lion. 11. W. Clements was
nominated for clerk superior court
without opposition. Hon." Daniel
Tucker received the nomination for
ordinary and lion. William l’anlk
for Treasurer. lion. Elijah llogan
received the majority of the votes for
sheriff, hut Ilia right to the nomina
tion will probably be contested by
Hon. Jesso l’aulk. The G.vzbtte
failed to learn who was nominated
for the other offices.
Presents suitable for every one, at
Padriok Brothers.
Miss Oarric Molnnis, daughter of
D. A. Mclnms, 1 eloped from her
father’s homo near Minnie, Irwin
county, a few nights ago with John
Lisonby, and the two were made one
by marriage at the residence of
James T. Walker.
Tlie Fruit Industry. v ;
Extensive additions are being made
this winter to the fruit industry in
the vicinity of T’iflon.
Everything lias been astir at the
Tift ami Snow fruit farm. Ill addi
tion to the hundred acres planted
last season the company is bonding
every effort to plant out. another
hundred acres this winter, ami we
are informed by the superintendent,
-Mr. Wblfzburker, that the work is
progressing very Satisfactorily.
When this wink is completed the
Tift and Snow Co. will have some
thing more than fortv thousand fruit
trees planted -the great majority of
which will he peach trees.
Messrs. W. 6.Tift, C. II. Good
man, \V. IT; Military, Silas O'Quin
and otiiers are putting out a great
many peach trees this winter aggre
gating not less than an hundred,
acres more.
We submit, that this is not a bad
allowing for Tiftotfe second season
in the matter of fruit growing. It.
is way ahead of the showing made at
Fort Valley and Marshallville the
second season of the industry in that
section. It shows Unit the people of
MAKING UP THE RECORD OF A FIF
TY DAYS’ SESSION.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND
SCISSORS PROCESS.
U|Uitlirutlon ( Cnlvin'M llnnk
•tV Hume Ulllr (iutie
Hutcli of Newn from Neighboring Cuiiiitic*
* Deemed of N|iet‘lnl Interest to
fiiizette It ruder**.
iphs Picked Up and Pen
t-All Pertaining to
, and Things.
Both branches of the legislature
put in a lively day’s work last. Satur
day killing measures - -good, bad and
iiidiffcreu I,
'The fust, measure to pass under
Hie legislative guillotine was the
Board of Tax Equalization law. A
bill to repeal it was passed by the
house with scarcely a dissenting
Voice. There is no doubt the senate
will concur.
’As the Uaz.ktti: intimated last
week the senate did not hesitate to
adopt the house bill providing for a
Slimmer session next July. There
was the merest protest by three or
four senators, whose minds were in
doubt whether or net it would be
constitutional. Atlanta artesian and
iisa Miller’s new felt
The farmers of Colquitt county
are tiow busy seeding their out crops.
Tlie city council of Valdosta lias
received two applications for street
railway charters.
The Moultrie Banner has gone
back into the hands of Tison & Cul
pepper. The Banner can be made a
paying paper.
The outlook is that the mercantile
business of Moultrie is to bo over
done. Three or four good stores
there might do well, but no more.
Jersey Cream chewing tobacco, the
best on the market, can be had only,
at J. W. Paulk & Co.’s,
The demooratio executive commit
tee of Coffee county has been reor
ganized to serve the ensuing two
years. John Vickers was made
qhairmau and N. M. Pafford secre
tary.
The negro desperado, John Urooms,
who killed Bailiff Hamlin, at Ty-Ty,
several years ago is soon to receive
The court has sen-
J ns, of Baltimore,
PBBHoaTthe wiiiCt-T'. *
dy, S'.cent^’per pound—Xmas
'adrick Brothers.
I n of tho firm of
imler gives Tifton
tead of one. ,
r has gone hack to
county, and will
his future home.
ic ladies,
the babies;
on Mrs. Graves,
irrtfli, of Cecil, lias
tper; read it. You
ur advertising col-
1ms heard of -no
;ment for religious services at
either church of the city for next
Sunday. It is tho regular time for
.Methodist services, but tho paBtor,
Rev. P. II. Crumpler, is in attendance
upon tho annual South Georgia
Conference.
Tho Young Men 1
union prayer
meeting services will be held during
the remainder of tlie winter every
Sunduy afternoon, promptly at 3
o’clock, at the Institute. Every
young man in the oity, resident or
visitor, is cordially invited to at
tend.
Give your wife an elegant oak
suite—Onest German mirrors. Spe
cial Xmas prices for everybody, at
After two or
three days the baide's parents sent
for the couple to come home. The
bride wont, but the groom concluded
lie had better stay away until tho
storm of anger hud passed over. The
sequel is—the bride is at homo with
her parents and they will not per
mit her to return to her husband;
they say they will carry her to
Florida. .
Bring your rice if yon want it
denned nicely. Bring your long
cotton if you want good samples;
and your corn if you want good
meal. S. IIaubki.1., Mogul, Go,
Colquitt’s Primary.
The primary elcotion in Colquitt
county, to nominate candidates for
county officers, passed off very qniotly
with tho following result:
OltMNABY.
S. G. Gregory . 498
Ol.KUK.
G. W. Newton . .828
BHKBlW,
T. B. Sharp A .i.260
W.J. Hhodes...., : 127
R. 8, Ilarviu 88
THEA6UBKB.
J. A. Tillman, Sr.'. .880
M. M. Blanton 98
G. W. Hooker......... 71
N. L. Uarnto..89
T.H. Murphy.... 87
TAX CoLLKC.Tim.
J.G. Tiruluck . ....208
J, 0. May 10D
E. W. McUranie. 7184!
TAX HKOBIVKB.
G. J?. Clark .. 317
W. a Hunt... 94
suuvitYoa.
f the Tifton Baptist
:ing preparation for a
and praise service on
Pad rick Brothers. ’
Berrien county’s efficient tax-
gatherer, Hon. H. C. Baker, was in
the city last Monduy to All his lost
appointment at Tifton precinct for
1892 and, indeed, the hist before
closing his books. Those of our
citizens ,who have not paid their
taxes will now have executions against
f neck scarfs, fancy
fct received at Miss-
Bis just reward.
fenced him to bo' lisugod on Friday,
January 6tlv.
Why pay other dealers 75o. and $1
will publish a brief
if the proceedings of
M Conference next
for a chill cure when yon oan get
Plantation Chill Cure, a better ouo,
for 50o. ? Dr. J. 0. Uoodmun.
The first session of Irwin county
court was held last Monday, with
Judge J antes B, Clements presiding.
A number of legal lights wore pres
ent and the machinery of the new
tribunal wasBtarted off in fairly good
shape.
Mr. 8. H. Peters and Miss Fannie
Allen' were married’ on Tuesday
evening of lust week at the home of
hor father, Mr. H. D. Allen, near
Naylor, Lowndes county. Only tho
relatives and intimate friends of tho
contracting parties were present
I sell more Plantation Chill Cure
than any other obill and fever roedi-
oine, and do you know why ? Be
cause it never fails to cure. ’ Dr. J.
pier left Tifton
iference Tuesday
. Brown, of tho
l Tuesday Sidba*
""'Oqr exchanges do not speak in
very complimentary terms of the
circus that is billed to exhibit here
on tho ,24th inst. The Valdosta
It buy any goods
Ik Brothers 1)4
in’s advertise-
ods on fourth
bu wore to buy
I other holiday
My headquarter* are ut I’adrick
Brotliers, Will oomo to see U as
usual. Bast a Ci.al-s.
i , - :
Dentl.
It U the painful duty of tin- Ga-
jiuttk to chronicle the death, on last
Tuesday, of Mr. 11. M. Knight, of
Sparks, after a painful illness of
maity mbhths from paralysis Re
was a brother of Messrs. J. H. and
J. E. Knight, both of whom are well
end favorably known at Tifton and
throughout this section of country.
Ho ielvcsiiwifr ami six children to
mourn his death—three of ids chil
dren, it hoy and two girls, are minors.
He was n good citizen, kind hus
band und a most indulgent father.
His remains were burled on Wed
nesday with masonic honors.
r has opened
[ulk building
Petition to all
ts care. He
lup-staiis.
■lay goods in
■ the young,
fir baskets,
dies, friiits, etc. Go aucl see them.
Hon. Clarence M. Stark, of Stork
Bros., Louisiana, Mo., the most ex
tensive nurserymen in tho world,
have engaged rooms at tho Sadie for
the winter for himself and family.
The Gazkttk has it from a very au
thentic source that this firm will es
tablish a southern branoh of- their
extensive nursery business in this
vcinity, in order: to furnish fruit
trees and other nursery stock especi
ally adapted to this section. If they
do, they will meet with a generous
welcome front our people.
The opinion was freely expressed
ycsleiday. thafJanx---llor!i
veto the summer t- asiou bill. He w
looking UP law on the constitution
al ily'of tlie measure.
of tho Uobcr ir.vestigifting committee
a “sort of dug-fail.” Suppose it
mean* by the expression that the
committee neither censures or ex
onerates Judge Uobcr.
lion. A. 0. Bacon loses two of his
pet railroad bills—the two ho though t
most important, viz: Placing rail-
road schedules-under tho charge of
tho railroad (-‘oiiud-H^aassflMHttl
Lbrother of
phased the
111 lay the
la splendid
[tv of the
Lay from
Imiuin in
lars to ho
■ Mow.
■ bill in-
fiiKhvilU-,
■ are go-
BTst. otii"
jjL.Xuf.knx.
00 amount to bo determin
45 road OomffiiiBioner. I
70 howcveiynmktoi|i^|
W. It. Key...
J. R. Fields ..
Eugene Dyke.
It J. Norman.
T. H.McOaU.
Jl^filflfl^ieiu^Tiftoii,
bride’s parents, Mr. und M
McClelland, to wlttiess the <
which joined in the holy
matrimony Mr. E. II. High
Lowndes county, and JjU
McClelland. Judge W. W.
ford officiated.
'J'lie happy couple left onl
noon train for their foti
near Cat Creek, Lowndes
carrying with thorn many
lutiohs and wishes for the
get a 60c. bottle of PlutiiiitintoJLj|jH
Cure and stop them. If it fiiTi^W
will give you your money back. Dr.
J. 0. Goodman.
The marriage’of Mr. Joseph E.
Johnson, of New Orleans, La., and
Miss Hattie Parker,of Worth couuty,
was celebrated on the 8d inst., at the
home of tho bride’s father, Hon. 8.
D. Parker, near I’arketsville. Rev,
II. L.Rachels officiated. Tht pair,
uftera sumptnons wedding dtoper,
loft future iiomc in New
Orlerm s, carrying with them the c-on-
G. G. Henderson..
A. J. Strickland...
J. J. Giles . ..
David Murphy, Sr
J. T. Norman
Eli Clark........
Sam Gay-........
J.A, Johnsoni...
. OOCMTY
A. I).Patterson...
E. A. Milligan; ,..
Church-, NbTiz.u-.
Services of tin- Kpiseopal ri
Jet other merchi
preparations on >-
they-bave not l’hmi
in stock. Apply tr
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remembered that it
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