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TIPTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1S03.
VOL. 2 -NO. 40.
BERRIEN SUPERIOR COURT.
FULL REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF
THE SPRING TERM.
Judge llanMll Prculde* with Dignity »ud
DUputchn IluilnenR-Grand Jury*"
General JUrmteiitmenU, Etc.
Notwithstanding the. many
rurnois to the contrary the spring ses
sion of Berrien superior court was
convened promptly last Monday
morning at 10 o’clock, with Judge
Augustin II. Hansel) presiding.
Solicitor-General Henry B. Peeples
was in his place, ready to discharge
the d uties of his office with alacrity
and efficiency.
The grand jury was empanelled
with Hon. W. L. Ken non as foreman
and Prof. W. G. Avera ns secretary.
These gentlemen, in their official
capacities, served their county well
and faithfully. Asa whole a more
select, conscientious grand jury has
not served the county for many pre
vious terms of the court. It is said
its labors were entirely harmonious,
which aided greatly in faciliting the
business. Mr. H. W. McGranie
served us bailiff for the jury and,
from long experience, makes an ex
cellent officer ill that capacity. Be
fore closing its labors the jury made
and requested the publication of the
following general presentments:
We the Grand Jurors cliqsen and
sworn for the March term of Berrien
Superior court, beg leave to submit
the following general presentments:
We have examined the public
buildings and find them in very good
condition except the book vault
which leaks. We recommend that
the leaks be looked after.
We have examined the sanitary
condition of the Jail and find it in a
very filthy condition, which if not
remedied will result seriously to the
health of the inmates. We recom
mend that, immediate steps be taken
by the proper authorities to put it in
groil healthful condition.
We recommend the following gen
tlenien to (ill the following vacancies
of notaries public and ex-officio J. P.
in tile following districts viz. 1487
District, J. D. Patterson; 1157 Dis
trict, W. O. McRae; 1144 District;
W. E. Langford; 132!) District, J. T.
Webb.
We do not approve of the erection
of the fence around the court house
at the exorbitant price paid for tin-
same by the County Commissioners
We recommend that there be a
Solicitor General appointed for the
conuty court of Berrien county, and
we recommend Col. John A. Wilkes
to fill said position.
We endorse the workings -of the
County Board of Education in their
efforts to give us better text books,
better teachers, etc, and heartily
commend the county school commis
sioner in carrying out their actions.
Also in grading the salaries of teach
ers.
Wc recommend that John W
Futo.h be appointed to (ill the vacancy
on the Board of Education.
We have ap|winted James A
Mathis and W. G. Averaa committee
to examine the books of the various
offices and report to the next grand
jury and that they be paid two dol
lars per duy for their services.
We recommend that the County
Couimissioiieirs look after the necessi
ties of S. Kelly.
We have examined the Dockets of
the Justices of the Peace and the
Notaries Pubic and tiud them cor
rectly kept.
We recommend twenty three ceuts
on the one hundred dollars for gen
eral county purposes and five cents
three mills on the one hundred dol
lars for pauper purposes.
In taking leave of their Hons. A.
H. Hansel!, Judge, and II.B. Peeples,
Solicitor General, we tender our
thanks for courtesies shown this body
during its session.
V/. L. Kknnon, Foremat
The members of the legal frater
nity present were. lions. A. T.
McIntyre, Sr., and W. M. Hammond,
of Thnniasville; Senator Humphreys
and Col. C. M. Hitch, of Quitman;
Col. Nicholson, of Cordele; Cols.
Wliittingtion, Kingsbury, Griffin,
Ashley, Whitaker and Cranford,with
stenographer Ashley, of Valdosta;
and Cols. Lastinger, Fulwood and
Wilkes, of the county bar.
Business was dispatched rapidly,
so that the court was enabled to ad
journ on Wednesday evening, about
dark. A number of important civil
causes were tried on Monday and
Tuesday, in fact, all that were ready
for trial. On Wednesday morning
the criminal docket was taken up
and the jail cleared of its in
mates. A negro school teacher, by
the name of May, plead guilty to an
assault uml was fined $50 or six
months in the chain gang. A 17-
year old negro hoy, by the name of
Parnell, was convicted of shooting
into a passenger train on the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for
four years. Two negro men, who
gave their names as Edwin Williams
and .John Durr, were convicted of
the robbery of old mall Jordan Webb
lieur Lenox and each sentenced to
ten years in the penitentiary.
After dismissing the juries for the
term Judge Hansel! was engaged in
hearing various motions in equity
causes, granting orders and giving
direction to the same.
Before the final adjournment of
the court for the term the fallowing
persons were drawn to serve as grand
and petit juries at the fall term of
the com toil the second Monday in
October next:
iiHA.Ni> .intv.
THE GAZETTE LETTER-BOX.
A RECEPTICLE FOR THE THOUGHTS
OF CORRESPONDENTS.
New* ami Kvenlu of Intercut Transplrhii?
Chronicled l».v a Faithful ami Klti-
dent Corps of IteportcrM,
SHjir Tyisart,
J. .1. Sincath.
J. T. Wilke*,
M. .1. McMillian,
Muni a Croahey,
Jno. A. Rountree,
.1. (i. Kniftlit,
•I. M. Wright,
W. \V. ll.'iinicouk, Sr.
Kllairi Matthi»,
F. (i. Julian,
<». It. Ciuluev,
W. T. niilscll.Sr.
\V. C. Wcokd,
JaiuiM Fatten,
Jim. A. I ‘1111111 in,
Jlllllt'M i ■ (iidlk'IIH,
S. A Julian,
L. L. AlLriitun,
M I.. .McMillan,
Jim. II. Kluit,
Jcmsc T. WilkoMon,
Jim. \V. Raker,
it. .1. t.riitin,
W. Rent,
J. /.. Elliott.
\V. Il.uritr.n Sr.
J. N. \omitf.
Tl-TIT JURY.
Jhiihm* M. Ronnnll,
William R. Allen,
it. W. Robinson,
K. M. Shan,
W. I.. retem.
W. T. Ilnrurntt,
M. K. Fatten,
Henry I,. Well*.
Itaudnl .McMillan,
Oscar R. Luke,
Dan’I M. Rontiek,
John Rrown,
J. S. .Morris,
>V. J. lannb,
William X. |iani|iier.
•Ino. IJiuIecv,
Janiv's A. McMillan,
O. L. ItasN.
L. J. OveMtrnet.
Henry L. Alexander,
Jasper N. Sapp,
.M. S. ratten,
James H. Klliott,
I. W. Rest,
William Wlihhlrn,
F. R. Harris.
James -M. Uriltin.
William F. OriMltly,
\V. A. .Met ulloiicli,
Jim. Hamleta'K,
1». l>. Uormlny,
W. II. r. Crumb,
l. A. J. l'urrisb,
Saunders ftibbs,
\\ flltuiM II. Howell,
I). F. Hidden*.
PARAGRAPH 10 MENTION.
Judge Mansell's charge to the
grand jury was short but fully cover
ed all matters which it. was his duty
to call attention.
The newspapers represented were
the Adel News, Valdosta Times and
Tipton oazette. All did fairly well
collecting past due subscriptions.
The attendance of people was not
as large as is customary at Berrien
superior court, still there was a good
nuinlier present.
The Gazette man divided his
time among his friends as best lie
could, finding rest and refreshment,
at the hospitable homes of Judge
Paterson, Air. K. K. Turner and Mrs.
Wilkerson—the latter the widowed
daughter of the late Hon. Wm. Las
tinger. They have our thanks for
courtesies shown us.
Clerk Smith, for a new man, filled
his position admirably. Sheriff Ti-
6on, also, |ierfonncd his duties well.
Tile smiling fucr of Col. Quarter-
man was missed.He dissolved partner
ship with Solicitor General Peeples
I about a month ago in order to form
more lucrative business relations at
.Jug Tavern, Oh.
The county commissioners have
bad the eou-t house enclosed with a
splendid iron fence. It evoked con
siderable criticism, favorable and hii-
favorublo. A majority of those wc
Rolietiiinu's ltiMlget.
C'kcii,, March 20.
Re mioli, and only such, my friends—
Once mine, and mino forever,
And hero’* a lmnd to clasp in theirs
That shall desert them never.
Yes, he such and only such, the
true and tried.
Friendship is. indeed, a more holy
passion than love; is refined love,
and like pure gold will not corrode ;
more valuable than love, in that it is
unalloyed with jealousy, hatred and
malice.
1 am led to these thoughts by a
hearty handshake today with the
venerable and honorable Archibald
Thomas MacIntyre, of Thomasville,
than whom the proud old State of
Georgia has produced uo more noble
statesman and lawyer. True to good
morals, true to his country, true to
his God.
1 believe in blue Georgia blood
anyway and “of sicli” are Col. Mac
Intyre, Judge Augustin II. Hunsell
and a number of others whom 1
know and uni proud to number of
those who call me fi iend.
< " ,T rhe8u gentlemen took their slipper
degree from the hand of intelligent
mothers in their early youth and
while they were yet impressible/* I
can imagine the Colonel a mother's
'pet, and while yet a small boy she in-
cnlcutcd into his youthful mind two
rules—you may, and you must.
The first of these rules is easily
learned and gladly practiced; the
second is more difficult. Many hoys,
bright mentally, have found life a
sad failure simply because they failed
to learn this all-important rule well
in boyhood. I cannot conceive of a
mother who would willully teach her
hoy to do wrong; she would be a
monster not a mother.
Blit do mothers enforce the rule
to do right with that desire for the
future welfare of their children Unit
they should, or do they learn them
that curse of the present race, “you
urc as good us other boys'."
Nor are fathers less to be blamed
for the evils of bad society and
worthless young men. Nav, they
are more so, for their lax government
coupled with bud example generally
do the work of getting up material lit
for the most dilapidated building of
human character.
Moral suasion is well enough when
moral tendencies indicate t hat line of
treatment, but a few doses of peach-
tree juice applied emlermically great
ly facilitates tlie cure.
If all mothers would join the soci
ety, not of the Golden Circle but the
l/cuthcr Slipper, and the fathers aid
and ala-t them, « should “in the
near future,” as Belote Bays, “have
more Hansells and MacIntyres and
less Jameses and Burtowscs.
Would Nome kind find the gifth* j'k* iih.
To how ounwiI’k kb IMien hcc iih.
Nor are our school teachers blame
less in this matter. Too many of them
alas have left the old landmarks for
mercenary motives.
When these typical gentlemen wort-
schoolboys, obedience was expected
of every boy. If bis father took him
from school because the teacher pun
ished him for disobedience lie went
forth with the mark of Cain fastened
on him. lx- he a rich or poor man’s
son. Now, it is a feather in his cap
light of home as wife and mother.
When tholil&ck lettered list to tho goda wan pre
sented—
The list of what Fate fur each mortal intondu;
At a '.on-; list of ilia a kind comics* relented,
And slipped in three blessing*—wife, children
and frictnts.
In vain surely l'luto declared l*o was cheated
That Justice Divine could not compass her
ends;
The scheme of man's i»enancc he swore was
defeated,
For earth Itecomes heaven with Wife, Children
and Friends.
As 1 have given two typical men
for the benefit of the boys, 1 may be
pardoned for giving one woman as a
copy for the flowers of the human
race.
Miss Anna Yarn, of this neighbor
hood, is a model woman. She lias
spent a long and useful life in min
istering to the wants of others. A
devout Christian, she lias obeyed the
golden rule all her days and now has
ilie pleasure of well spent days.
+
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And now the wild honeysuckles
are in full (lower and soon the glori
ous magnolias will emit the sweetest
perfumed breath from out their
snowy, w.ixlike petals. Tlrs fair land
wiM yield such lovely (lowers mid lus
cious fruits until pale December
shall lock Natures storehouse for a
very brief period.
M’itli a mild, healthy climate, a
generous soil, and a wise people, w hy
should our land not he called Beulah ?
Nashville was full of people on
the occasion of the semi-annual ses
sion of the superior court. An evi
dence of the civilization of our peo
ple was displayed today, and Pipe-
slem should have been there to see
the Adel News, Valdosta Times and
our Gazeite roll the silver wheels
into their pockets by men who desire
a pure, chaste weekly newspaper.
Our people read and arc furnished
with healthy mental food, Georgia
raised.
I heard a gentleman say to lay that
Valdosta most needs a hotel; I pre
sume lie meant a hotel for invalids.
That is town building.
Berrien county needs a thousand
farmers who can make a good living
on forty aeres. We need these farm
ers to live in villages and cultivate
small, self-sustaining farms, after the
English fashion. This would build
up schools, churches and refined so
ciety. Bohemian.
Knigitin Delines.
Eniuma, March 22.—Several gen
tlemen from this section are in at
tendance ul superior court in Nash
ville this week.
Mrs. J. R. (Smith, of Enigma, is
visiting friends and relatives ill
Shellinan Ibis week.
Mrs. Waller MeCa'I and her little
daughter, Mabel, of I’emson, visited
Enigma the first of the week, and
were the guests of Capl. and Mrs. J.
it.Gunn.
Editor Allen, of the Gazette, was
among liis friends at Enigma again
on Saturday last.
There iK no school here this week.
Judge Hunsell invited J’rof.Chcsmitt
to appear ill Nashville oil Monday to
be sworn in ns a juror for this week.
Miss Lula Davis relumed to her
home at Cordele on Sunday last.
Rev. W. I. Patrick visited Enigma
lust Sunday and fulfilled bis regular
appointments at the Baptist church,
lie was accompanied by Mrs. Patrick.
Mr. R. M. Easters, of Albany, was
in Enigma last Sunday.
Little Gill Willis Tucker, the K-
ycur old son of Mr. and Mrs. K.
Tucker, of this place, dial of rnetiin-
geiis on Thursday of last week, lie
cept it be the number of rabbits in
old nmn Plunkett’s community.
Plunkett and Brown seemingly al
ways have more or less trouble, but
the “two old fools” are having an
unusually bad time trying to protect
their peas from the depredations of
Brer Rabbit,
Regulator Ns. 8 returns thanks to
liis Coffee county friend for a birth
day present in the shape of a new
dress.
Wonder if that fellow who bor
rowed Dr. Hammond's hook, Moore’s
Poems, last fall has finished reading
it? If so. the Doctor would be
thankful for its return.
Mrs. Lovic Easters, who was so
very sick at the time of my Iasi writ
ing, died oil Friday of last week,
March 17th. In her death Berrien
county loses another landmark. One
by one tho old ones are passing away.
She leaves two sons, M. T. and P. G.
Easters, together with a host of rela
tives and friends, to mourn her loss.
She was a faithful member of the
Primitive Baptist church and her re
mains were interred, oil Sunday last,
by the side of her late husband at the
Turner church, four miles north of
Enigma.
"\Yh\ should we mourn depart ed !rirmla,
< »i <dmke at •li'atliV alarm*.
‘Tia Imt tin* \o|ee that JeMi* semis
To call Humi to hi* arms.”
George Weston’s little soil, George,
fell out at the door last Tuesday eve
ning and broke his arm. Dr. Iluin-
moiul was called in amt set the bro
ken bone. The little fellow was rest
ing quietly when last seen. Hope he
will recover speedily. Reui i.ak.
♦
Tile Itesl I Keineity.
August A. Kluges, sin Charles
street. Bald.nore, Mil., writes: “From
my youth I suffered from a poisonous
taint in my blood. My fiieeandbodv
was continually afi’eeled with erup
tion and sores. I am now 42 years
of age ami had been treated both in
Germany and America, but. no rem
edy overcame flic trouble until I used
Botanic Blued Balm. I have used
about twenty bottles, and now my
skin is clear, smooth and healthy,and
I consider the poison permanently
driven from my blood. I indorse il
us the best blood remedy."
♦
I o Meinoriiiiii.
Whereas our beloved brother James
I. Clements lias departed this life.
Resolved, Thai this lodge tender
our heartfelt sympathies uml con
dolence unto the widow and family
of our deceased brother in thnr be
reavement and sorrow ami pray that
God in his mercy may he a husband
to the widow and a father to the
fatherless.
Resolved, That the lodge shall lie
draped in mourning thirty days and
a blank page shall be inscribed to
the memory of our deceased brother
James I. Clemeiits and a copy of
these resolutions be furnished the
widow.
W. II. Love, )
C. A. \\ il i.i \ms, • Com.
B. (i. Lassh kii, J
Church Notice.
Services of the Episcopal church
will be held in I lie Methodist church
LOCAL HOTCH-POTCH,
WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS
FIND TO TALK ABOUT.
Pnvrtnent Panuraplm I’lrkfd l T j» and Pen
sively Penned—All Pertaining to
PeTNoim :»ml Thing*.
Read the new legal advertisements
in to-day’s paper.
Mr. Jake W. Paulk planted his
garden this week.
The merchants of Nashville are all
doing very well selling goods.
The young men of the city are
talking of organizing a base-ball
team.
Mrs. W. 0. Tift and brother, Mr.
W. II. Mallory, have gone to Florida
for a short visit.
TIip cold mornings for the past
two weeks makes young corn look
yellow and feeble.
Mr. C. ('. Guest, reported last week
as sick with pneumonia, we are glad
to note is fast recovering his wanted
health.
Col. Jos. A.Alexander was prevent
ed by sickness from attending the
spring session of Berrien superior
court. However, he is now coitva-
IFscei.t.
The hell for the Baptist church
is enronte from Cincinnati and will
probably reach Tifton the first of
next week. Its weight is tint) pounds,
and cost $130 delivered ill Tifton.
Messrs. 1. S. &. R. L. Bowen have
opened a mercantile business at
Brookfield, and will make times live
ly by giving (lie greatest quantity of
t lie best goods for the least money.
Did you ever see a cow nurse a
pig? Well, if yon never have, you
can see this unusual and strange
sight almost any afternoon at
Rev. E. Ogdon’s} the pig is between
four and six months old.
On Sunday last Rev. \V. 0. Hick
son fulfilled his appointment at the
Methodist, church in the morning.
Being somewhat indisposed in the
evening, the pastor of the Baptist
church preached in liis stead.
The marriage of Mr. H. C. Jones,
son of Hon. L. B. Jones, who lives
near Ava, and Mrs. Daniel J. Mc
Kinney, of Sparks, is announced.
These young people have a host of
friends who wish them ninth joy ill
their new relation.
Mrs. Lula Newman has returned
from her visit to Mrs. Dave Brown,
of Albany, and will remain ill Tifton
the guest of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. It. T. Cole, several days before
returning to her home in Sunders-
villc. Her visit to Tifton will be
pleasantly remembered by all who
made her acquaintance.
On Wednesday evening last, at the
residence of the bride’s parents, in
the Upper Tenth district of Berrien
county, Mr. Jay Simians and Miss
Rachel Smith wire joined in holy
matrimony. Robert K. Turner.J.P.,
officiated. The young couple have
the best wishes of their many friends,
^ e ^ ri,, i u '; !‘ ml the editor among the number, for
| long life and much happiness.
The Rev. F. T. Snell, pastor of
before the 4th Siindnv ill each month.
Friday evening 7:30, uml Holy Com
munion on Saturday morning 10:30.
F. it. Tickn'oh,
Archdeacon of Albany.
if he resents such an indignity; the! was stric<en Thursday morning with
Ordered that these general present
ments be published in the official
jwjierof the county.
A uo. II. Haxseli.,
J udge S. C. S. C.
teacher is teaching for the stickles,
and the boys know it, and—there is
no school government.
Are the teachers to lie blamed?
No. The little dears, or bears, are
not accountable either, but overfond
parents. Where children are prop-
heard speak of it expressed the opin-jorly governed at home, teachers can
ion that the county needed a new i devote their time and energies to
court house worse than the fence.. mental training; but, if they under-jetablcs and the gardener contiinic'.li
However, it is too late to undo the I take to christianize Arabs, their name to live without “greens.” Hope the
weather will change soon as my wood
people stop criticising and determine j ; \ n ,| the girls? Well, if a boy | is ticurlv all burned and mv overcoat
to give the county ill the near future . , . , , . . .
,, 1 needn strict moral training to lit him bad y worn.
a court house in keeping with tie i ° I J
fence; she is sadly needing a new f° r Iht duties of manhood, how much I There is nothing to equal the size
1 court house anyway. I more the girl to lit her to be the|of Steve Weston’s chicken stew ex
it severe attack of meniugelis and
died in about four and a half hours.
Gill was a bright little fellow and the
sympathy of the entire community
go out u> the bereaved family in this
sad hour of their affliction.
This is undoubtedly a case of win
ter lingering in the lap of spring.
The late frost cutchcth tho early veg-
Adinltlcit to tin- liar.
Only a very few of the intimate
friends of Mr. M. A. Sexton knew lie
was a student-at-law and that during
liis leisure the past two years, he had
prepared himself for admission to the
I legal fraternity. However, such is
the case.
Last Monday he made application
to the superior court of Berrien
county for license to plead and prac
tice in the several courts of law and
equity in this state and Judge Dan-
sell appointed a committee of the
most learned lawyers in attendance
upon the court to conduct the exam-
ination Wednesday afternoon.
By request of the Grand Jury, action of thecommissioiiers.so let the! is usually Dennis Mud.
the Tifton Baptist church, will
preach next Sunday, morning and
evening. The subject for the morn
ing sermon will be “The Kings Ad
vice," and n: substance will be a
continuation of tile sermon preached
by the reverend gentleman in tho
Methodist church Sunday evening.
In the evening the sermon will be to
young men, and the young people of
the city are especially invited to at
tend.
Dr. R. \V. Fuller, postmaster at
Alapuha, committed suicide last Sat
urday morning. Before committing
the deed he telegraphed his father,
T. J. Fuller, at Waycross, to come;
also, left a note in the postoffice,
... . , . , j whero bis father could get it, telling
I he RXHiiunaiion, bltlHHigh \>ri«*fj
covered ’every point necessary to de
termine his knowledge of law and fit
ness to enter upon the practice. He
passed a very creditable examination
and win granted a license.
The Gazette, predicts for Mr. Sex
ton a bright and useful career in his
chosen profession.
of liis determination and saying that
his office was all right and he wanted
what the government was due him
collected and given to his wife. De
clining health is assigned as the
cause of the rash act. He left a wife
and two children.