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$1.00 PER ANNUM. 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. + . * 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.