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‘ ';rv ■ ; ' ' , . V\ Gazette. ,151.00 PER ANNUM. TIPTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, JS93. VOL. 2-NO. 40. LOCAL HOTCH-POTCH. WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS FIND TO TALK ABOUT. Pavement Paragraph!* Pickrtl Pp au*l Pen al valy lVnnetl—All Pertaining to Persona and Thliigt*. Ladies’ hate for 20 cents oil March 4th at Patrick Bros. The Misses Rhodes, of Brookfield, are visiting friends in Tiftou. Men’s black derby hats OS cents, At arch 4 th, at Pad rick Bros. Mayor W. H. Love wag in Thom- asville several days lost week on business. occupied by Mr. B. P. Stubbs. The i child’s mother said it was in the 110 pairs ladies’ dongola shoes at $1.25 worth $2.<)0, March 4th, at Padrick Bros. Miss O’Kelly, of Ashburn, is visit ing in Tiftou und the guest of Mrs. Eugene Hacketu Mrs. 1). A. Fulwood, of Alapaha, is in the city visiting her son—Col. C. W. Fulwood—and family. Dr. James 11. Rogers, of Sparks, was in the city last Monday—ugliest of Mr. AL A. Sexton. Col. J. A. Alexander has been on the sick list this week; nothing se rious, however. No one can complain of the insuffi cient rainfall in the face of that of Monday and Tuesday. Ilodges, the hustling jeweler, has 8ki)H>ed—leaving behind him several unpaid accounts. CapL A. B. Clayton and daughter, Miss Anna, is at home again after a protracted visit to Florida. Rev. E. L. Padrick, of Sunnier, was in the city the first of the week to see iiis father. Why pa §3.76 forshoes when U can get same ones for $2.75. A $ saved is made. Padrick Bros, can help t save if. The recent heavy ruins have played ead havoc with the new street work on Sixth street; washed it and ren dered it boggy. Rev. Newell preached in the Tiftou Baptist church last Sunday night. Owing to sickness the editor could Hot attend. Recently planted gardens will have to be replanted, for we suspect that the seeds have bceu washed from the gardens into the ditcl.es. Did U throw away the old pipe on New years? That was right, but C need a new one by this time. U can be suited at Padrick Bros. Mrs. C. W. Fulwood returned from her visit to Savannah Inst Tuesday, and was accompanied by ber eister, Mrs. Clark, and three children. Cleveland will be inaugurated on March 4th, and Padrick Bros, will liavo a big bargain day. Co early in the day to avoid the rush. Berrien county will be represented at the World’s Fair, Chicago. The Messrs. Tift have sent some elegant samples of Berrien county ruised to bucco’there for exhibition. Mr. Padrick, of Bainbridge, father of our fellow townsman, Mr. W. 0. Padrick, is in the city for the pur pose of superintending the work on Padrick Bros, new store building. The farmers of this section have commenced planting corn in earnest. Hope they will be wise and plant a full crop—enough for home con sumption, and some to spare. Mr. 0. F. Goodwin, who has been in charge of the Metropolitan hotel at Spurks sisce it opened, Ims given it up to assume the responsibilities of caterer at the Stuart hotel ut Val dosta. Several bido have been made for fencing the embryo Tiftou Park. It is current that Mayor Love will figure ou a wire fence before letting the contrucc which contemplated a wooll en one. The editor visited Enigma last Friday afternoon and spent several hours very pleasantly with his friends there. Among other things he re ceived a splendid order for his job office. Mr. S. G. Slack has sold to .Mr. George Robbins one of lit3 cottages on Central avenue, the one recently new owner will move to his purchase at once. William West, recently of Bruns wick, have just opened it new and first-class barber shop in the Hu wa nes Restaurant building and invites the people of Tiftou to cull and give him a trial. liev. .1. L. Underwood preached one of bis l*est sermons at the Tiftou Baptist church last Sunday morning, taking for his text “The error of Lot’s choice,” as related-in the 13th chapter of Genesis. Mr. I. W. Bowen is having a hvo- story, eight rooms, dwelling built ou his farm about six miles northeast of the city. Contractor S. N. Adams is superintending the work and is a guarantee that it will lie well done. Yardinaster Hamilton, of the Georgia Southern and Florida mi I - road, lias purchased the lot on the corner of Second street and Central iiu-mie, south of and adjoining the Speight place, and will build a hand some cottage residence on it. Jt is getting time now for the business men and patrons of the Tiftou postoflico to settle upon a suitable candidate for postmaster—or shall it he a race to the finish be tween Messrs. Greene and Goodman? We are satisfied any way. Capt. J. W. Brimi, who recently went prospecting to Dawson, Sylvys ter, and several other booming towns in scare I i of a location, has returned to Tiftou satisfied the “Gate City’s” pospect for development and growth is superior to any of them. Iie v . Frederick T. Snell is expected to reach Tiftou with his family from Norfolk. Yu., the first of next week m assume the pastorate of Tiftou Baptist church. lie comes with the highest recommendations from Drs. Eaton, of Louisville, Ky., and Al. B. Wharton, of Norfolk, Yu. The editor is in receipt of samples of tobacco manufactured at I lie Cy- ulonotu factory, with the injunction from Superintendent Irby to “chew and he merry.” We have to decline to “chew,” hut we gave the samples to expert “chewers,” who have “chewed” from their youth up, and they pronounce it first-class. The second Sunday in this month the Young Men’s Union Prayer Meeting will he held in the Employes' reading room at the Georgia Sou them and Florida railroad. The meeting will be led by .Mr. Wallace N. Cole, and will begin promptly at three o’clock p. ni. All the young men are cordially invited to attend. Contractors who desire to hid on the bridge to he built across Little river, on the Ty-Ty and Tiftou road, will not forget that the plans and specifications can he seen at this office. This bridge is to he let on March 27th, und the letting will oc cur on or near the place where (la- bridge is to built. * Engiiiner AleCreary is again in Tiftou, plying his vocation, lie went out last Saturday and located the bridge to he built across Little river, on the Tiftou and Ty-Ty road. While here he will also locate the ex tension of Second street and plat the ground where the canning factory will tie located, as well as to do some work for Cupt. Tift looking to the extension of Ins tram road, which has | become a very convenient and useful institution to ntuiiy of the farmers of Irwin comity. house only a few minutes before the, train came along. The entire com munity deeply sympathize with the parents it. their trouble. Rev. W. C. Hickson will fill his regular appointments at the Metho dist church next Sunday. - The City Council of i’ifton meet next Monday night for the transac tion of regular routine business. Ordinary’s and County Commis sioner’s courts will be in session at Nashville next Monday. The Board of Education will meet the next day to select enumerators and arrange for the taking of the school census; it is, also legal sale day. A belated train on the Brunswick and Western railroad debarred us of the pleasure of attending the “’lackey Party” at Tiftou Institute bust Friday evening. However, we learn that there was a rousing crowd present and each individual was bent on utilizing every possible opportu nity for pleasure-getting. That all present enjoyed themselves goes with out saying among those who are acquainted with our people. There is no friction in the social life of Tiftou, as are too often found hi towns and cities just springing into existence. THE GAZETTE LETTER-BOX. A RECEPTICLE FOR THE THOUGHTS OF CORRESPONDENTS. Vi'WH und KventM «f Intpmt Tnui*|>lrlnjj ('liruniclitel Uy n Faithful mill Kill- rli*i»t C«rj»H »»f A patron of the school says; “Miss Minnie G. Toomer, of Perry, Ou., will have charge of the primary class of the colored school of Tiftou, Ga. She is a ri|H- student of the Atlanta University. Don’t think Prof. Cobh could have made a better selection HON. HOKE SMITH. Soim> ltit«M'<‘Ntluu; Fiu'Im About tin* Depart- meiit of the Interior. The four-year old child of Rev. II. T. Dowling, who lives on the Tift and Snow fruit farm about two miles south of Tiftou, and only a short distance from the track of the Georgia Southern and Florida rail road. was struck by the south bound passenger train Saturday afternoon and seriously, ff not fatally, injured. Dr. J. C. Goodman, the road's sur geon at this place, is attending tlie child and reports one leg and one lion. Hoke Smith left Atlanta yes terday, by the Richmond and Dan ville railroad, for Washington to attend the Cleveland inaugural and assume tin- duties of tlu- position ten dered him in Cleveland’s cabinet. lie was not accompanied by his family blit will, for the present, live at the Arlington Hotel where apart ments were engaged for him some time ago. It will probably he as late as Tues day before Secretary Siiiilh takes charge of the department of the in terior. The till of March falling on Sat urday, the cabinet appointments will likely go to the senate Monday. As soon as they are approved and the old cabinet resigns, the new officials will take charge. The administration of the affairs of the interior probably concerns the people at lurge more directly titan that of any other department. Little is to he found in print about it, and most of its business is transacted quietly and does not challenge much attention. The pension bureau, as conducted by the republicans, Ims been a nota ble exception to this rule, and even the routine census work under Por ter’s remarkable manipulation lias been productive of sensational devel- nieute. But the public lands office, the In dian office, the railroads office, etc., grind out their grist from day today with little noise that reaches the out side world, hut their importance is recognized by all. The depart incut building is a great marble structure fronting on Seventh street and occupying two entire blocks. In it are quartered a small army of clerks and minor officials be sides the s-cretury, his assistants and heads of departments. The office hours have from time immemorial been from ti to 4 o’clock, but there lias been an effort of late, on the part of some of the congress men, to make them longer m all branches of the government service at Washington. In the interior building an enor mous amount of routine business is transacted. The secretary himself is kept tn his office closely during office hours when not attending the meetings of the cabinet William l.astiuger. The subject of this sketch died at his home in Nashville, Berrien coun ty Georgia, February 17th 1803, in the 8'Jlli year of his age. Mr. Lastitiger’s death deserves more than a passing notice, lie was born in Bulloch county, Georgia, while yet the Altumiilm river was the boundary line between two nations— the white man and the Indian. His education was like a,II Geor gians of tliul period, limited to liter ary attainments; hut he grew up in a school of integrity and morals which at once prepared him to fill his place as a f/ootl ritizcii. In 1S2H, when lie was in his 22d year, he moved with his father to Savannah, hut ho soon detet mined not to remain there ami began pre paration to emigrate with an uncle and a party of other young men to the southwestern frontier of the then young state of Georgia to seek his fortune. Tins was about the time Gen. Jackson secured, hv treaty with llie Indians, to the state the vast territory embraced by the original counties of Appling,Irwin and Early. lie first located near where the young city of Quitman, Brooks coun ty—then included in the territory of Lowndes county—is located. Two years later, in 1828, ho married Alisa Louisa English and settled down to real lefe. lie moved to the county site, Franklinvillt, and engaged in mer chandising. lie was not contented, however, being naturally of n roving disposition and a lover of changing scenes, and soon sold out his mctcati- tilc interests and moved to Ware county, lie remained there until 1848 and moved to the Grooverville neighborhood of the present Brooks county. When the territory of Berrien county was cut off from Irwin and Lowndes he moved to the new comi ty, purchasing the properly now known us “Bunks’ mill” nt Mill town— near the eastern bmintury- -and spent several years hiving the foundation for and developing this splendid wa ter power. He raised eleven children to man hood und womanhood, and all are now living except one. They were educated und prepared for the stern duties of 1 ife(1 uring the time he lived ou Ins mill place. In 18fi4 he sold his mill property to Henry Banks, the present owner from whence it derives it name, and after moving about the county con siderably settled down at Nashville, where he died. Mr. Lastinger was a limn of great vitality and of Btrong intellect He realized the importance of educating his children and made many and great sacrifices of property to give them the best the country afforded. In politics he was a Whig and conservative. Ever alive to the best interests of Ids country and people he took pan in politics on all occa sions, and was a life-long and strong ally of the late Gun. lani. J. Knight. Jn religion hv was a Primitive Baptist and adhered strongly to the doctrines of his church to his latest breath. lie was of a calm, even tempera ment, leading a quiet life, and his Enigma Felloes. Evigm.v March 1.—Rev. W. C. Hickson, of the Methodist church, filled Iiis regular appointments here last Sunday—morning und night. Tlie people here are very much pleased with him us a preacher. Editor Allen, of the Gazette, was circulating among his many friends at Enigma last Friday evening. He made a very pleasant call at my sanctum-sanctorum. Air. and Mrs. Cohen Jones, of Alapaha, attended divine services at Enigma last Sunday. Col. llargrrtt, of Tiftou, was among us last week. Haiti fell in torrents at this place last Alonday night and Tuesday morning. The springing up of young veget- ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND SCISSORS PROCESS. Hiitrlt of New* from XulglthorliiK Counties Deemetl of Special Interest to (ia/ette Header*, Go to Higgs’ gallery and examine his new specimens. The Ashburn Advance calls upon its contemporaries to help it “de press” such evils as Teets’ peregrina ting show. Irwinville will soon hare another physician—Dr. Joint Luke, who will graduate from the Louisville fKy.) Medical College. Ex-Sheriff Cox, of Worth county, is reported us having taken to farm ing just as natural as if he had aides, putting forth their fresh and | nover done anything else for a liveli- teMider bmls, remind us that spring is j | 10 od. Star is a brick, anyway I neufuml we may look forward at no The citizen8 of Pot.lan, Worth distant day to the time for fried C0IIIlty> celebrated Washington’s chickens and spring poets. | birthday by giving “their church a Mayor W. II. Love, of Tiftou, was thoroil( , h c | Palling uirill g'- lim l in l-.iiigiua last week. Judge .1. A. Ball and Constable Austin are proceeding quietly in the administration of justice in these parts. l’rof. 0. L. Clicsnutt went to Nashville last Saturday, to attend the teacher's institute. How's t Iiis for a poor iiiuii ? Yes terday morning Regulator No. 7 came into my room and claimed a birthday present; I accommodated him to a nicklo to keep him quiet. This morning Regulator No. 8, came in and demanded a hirt Inlay present and, of course, 1 had to ueeoininodale him. This birthday business lias got the start al my house and it makes me tremble. Rkuii.au. , — -- ♦ SimiUllugs irom Sparks. Si-auks, February 27. — 1 take the privilege of writing from this point such lliings as should he known, We are having great preparations made for tlu; farming class. Every body seem in good spirits and doing well. Our town is growing. Some addi tions to our citizenship; Air. W. F. Harrell, of the lower part of the county, Ims recently cast Iiis lot with us. Mr. Dunn lias also lately moved here for tlie purpose of merchand ising. The new brick store of S. White hurst & Co., is about completed and a fine stock of goods is being put in it. Our school iH nourishing; about 85 pupils in regular attendance. I feel sure that at some near fu ture time a pnpe r will he published here, for we are growing. Scaiikkii. In addition there is the task of re ceiving callers without number and lluit lim,rs wro P*'" 1 ™ 1111,1 llttin S tiie labor of entertaining everlasting- 10 h 11,u * ll8 ‘^ 11 * *'^ e ly. The expense of the latter item arm broken. The train was going j is another one of the burdens of the round a sharp curve and the engineer | position. The salary is only eight did not see the child in time to stop thousand and nobody expects u cab- bel'ure the child \\ue struck. The 1 inet official to live within his income Thus are the strong old pillars of good morale passing to tlie.r reward. RoIIKMIA.N. Several tax sales appear In the G a zktte to-day. Read them. The Moultrie Banner observes: “Tiftou is to have a large Gunning factory. The stock Ims been sub scribed, the site selected, and plans j for its o|ierutioii arranged. Thus adds another industry to southwest Georgia. Shull our surplus crops of luscious fruits he u'lowed to lie and rot upon the earth, w hich I’.-ovidonce Ims blessed with the adaptability to their production, oi'sIihII we preserve them during the “seven year of plenty’’ that they may he obtainable when mother earth is a hit less lib eral? This is the question which the people should ask themselves.” The photographs made al Higgs’ tent are first-class m every respect. The supreme court Ims a 111 nned the judgment of the superior court in the caseof the State against I). F. A5c,- Dnffie fur the killing of Kirkland at Huissy, in Clinch county, several years ago. For the past year or so he Ims been in the employ of Messrs. Beckwith it Rogers, at Spurxi. As soon as he heard of the decision of the court Mr. McDuffie proceeded to Atlanta to see Gov. Northen to cm- plore executive clemency. The re sult of hia visit to the governor the Gazette ims not learned, but it is inclined to believe the extenuating circumstances connected with the killing was such that his sentence of five vests Ims been materially short ened. He left Atlanta for the Cress camp, in Wilcox county, where lie will serve out his sentence. cleaning “ilieir cemetery of all weeds, grass ami rubbish.” It is announced that the Cordele District Holiness Association will hold its spring session with the Ty-Ty Methodist church, beginning Monday night, the 20th inst., and continuing a week. Get your photographs at Higgs’. Satisfaction guaranteed. The Hitwkinsville Dispatch and News says Dr. K. J. Dorminy, of Minnie, Irwin county, and Miss Alice Campbell, of Jacksonville, Telfair county, were united in mar riage on the 21st inst. Judge lliiiisell has dissolved the injunction filed against the city council of Yaldosla by Cupt. J. W. Harrell to prevent the boring of the artesian well on the lot he sold them to build a city hull on, and now the well will he bored without delay. When A. J. l’aulk, the jailor of Worth county, opened the prison door last Friday to carry in the in mates' dinner they threw a bucketful of slops into Iiis face, ran over him aed knocked him down, cut Iiis coat in several places, and made good their oscujie. For ingenuity the counterfeiter, Riddick, arrested in Colquitt county for making silver dollars, “takes the cake.” He got the thick hide from an ox’s head, wet it thoroughly in limcwuter, dried it, then took a dollar, placed it between the skins, placed it in a vice and allowed it to remain for several days. He then had a perfect impression, and used the tinner’s solder for making his money. Rid dick has been ill active operation about five years. When airested lie implicated some of the best men in Colquitt comity. So far nothing 1ms been dope with him.—Cor. Atlanta Journal. Four Brooks county hovs,—Walter and Dave Rogers, Buck Pace und Will Gornto—living in the Alorven district, are in serious trouble; they were arrested Iasi Friday by United States’ officers charged with illicit distilling. Officers and prisoners took the Georgia Southern and Flor ida train at lluhiru for Macon. It is the general opinion in the neighbor hood where the hovs live that they lmve been led into a trap by older and designing persons, as they are all of highly respected families and were, themselves, well behaved and respected. It is said of the still that it was a very rude affair, being made of a kerosene barrel ami a piece of iron piping twisted for a worm. The first Hlootl Remedy. August A. Kluges, 810 Charles street, Baltimore, Mil., writes: “From my youth I suffered front a poisonous taint in my blood. My face and body was continually affected with erup tion and sores. 1 am now 42 years of age and had been treated both in Germany ami America, hut no rem edy overcume the trouble until 1 used Botanic Blood Balm. I have user! about twenty bottles, and now tuv skin is clear, smooth and healthy,mid I consider the jkiisou permanently driven from uiy blood. I indorse it as the best blood remedy.” *•- J§