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T1FTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, (JEOROIA, FRIDAY MAY 5, ISD3.
VOL. 3-NO. 3
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
And Other Point* In the flood Old County
of Berrien—Crop Prospect* lie-
ported—Minor Matter*.
Mr. J. B. Lewis, of Sparks, is
basking in the sunshine of a sweet
little baby daughter.
l)rs. R. J. Goodman and J. T(.
Rogers have hung out their shingle
at Adel as partners in the practice of
medicine and surgery.
Mr. J. T. Cole, of Sparks, is build
ing a handsome two-story residence
in that place-northeast corner of
Goodman nnd Bryant streets.
A 12-pound baby boy is a new ar
rival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .).
'A, Elliott, of Sparks, and the fond
father is proud of his new son.
It is said that Mr. \V. K. Roberts,
of Adel has added a new word to his
vocabulary—“daughter.” The young
lady arrived only a few days since
Messrs. H. .1. Parrish and J. S.
Liud8 o y have about completed trails
planting their crops of tobacco, and
it is looking healthy and vigorous.
The next session of the Berrien
county teacher’s institute will be held
at Sparks on the third Saturday in
May, 1893. Visitors are cordially
invited to atteud.
If any of our readeis wish to buy
some desirable Adel property, they
cun get information which rimy lead
to such purchase by applying to the
editor of the Gazette.
The watermelon crop is reported
us grdwing off vigorously, though the
recent cold nights have done some
injury. A large acreage have been
planted atjJ a tine yield is expected.
Mr. J. B. Hester, postmaster at
Adel, has leased the brick cotton
warehouse for a term of live years
uml fitted up the postoflice in the
Store room attached to that building.
The junior baseball club of Adel
Went up to Sparks lust Saturday and
played a match game with the junior
club of that place. The game re
sulted in a victory for the home club.
The farmers of Berrien county are
rejoicing over the prospects of an ex
celleut oat crop. Oats are heading
nicely now and without some unfore
seen disaster will produce an abuud-
. uni harvest.
Berrieu county needs more farmers
to put in cultivation her vacant
lunds as fast as the mill men remove
the timber available for lumber. The
(liter-county fair will do much to
ward filling the desideratum.
Joseph, the 11-year old son of Rev.
W. H. Outlaw, of the Lois neighbor
hood, was kicked on the cheek by
mule one day last week and the jaw
bone broken. The injury is serious
and the lad is not expected to live,
A report comes from the lower
part of the county that there will be
u large pear crop made, and the peo
pie are talking about sending them
to the Tifton oamiing factory to
have them canned. Send them on.
J. Wesley Griffin, on the Nashville
and Adel road, has a field of the
prettiest corn we have seen this
season. However, the young corn
crop generally gives promise of a
plenteous liarvest next fall. So mote
it be!
Prof. W. E. Christie, of Dawson,
who is well known and highly es
teemed at Alapaha, where he taught
school several years ago, is recovering
from his long and serious illness,
mention of whtoh was made In these
columns when he was first stricken
down.
The dwelling and kitchen of Mr.
Malcolm Luke, who lives near Alap
aha, were blown down and totally
demolished by the storm of April
20th. No doubt this destruction
was done by a wing of the cyclone
which did so much damage in south
east Worth county on the same date.
nected therewith. The victim of the
affray leceived a flesh wound which
is not considered very serious. The
assailant was arrested and placed in
jail t* await results and a prelimi
nary hearing before R. K. Turner,
J. P.
Citizens of Adel will ship their
surplus crop of pears to Tifton to be
canned. They say the crop is abund
ant.
Mrs. E. J. Lamb is having a com
fortable'cottage residence built near
her own home, in Nashville, for the
use of her uged mother—Mrs. W. I).
Griffin.
Several new residences have been
built in Nashville recently, und two
or three others are under construc
tion. The county site of Berrien
serins to he going forward steadily.
Only one sale was made by Sheriff
Tison at Nashville last Tuesday, and
that was a tract of land which prom
ises the purchasers a stiff lawsuit be
fore they secure possession of their
bargain.
Prof. K. L. McNabb, principal of
the Adel High School, says the exer
cises of that institution will close
May 20th until September. lie will
be engaged in institute work, during
his vacation, in various parts of the
stale.
Mr. Peter Harper and Miss Areola
Matthis, the lovely daughter of our
esteemed subscriber, Mr. Ansel
Matthis, were married at the resi
dence of the bride’s parents near
Kou n tain Head school house, April
23d. Isaiah l’artin, J. P., officiated.
Capt. S. R. Weston’s saw mill, lo
cated on the Brunswic k and Western
railroad between Enigma and Alapa-
ha, was destroyed hv lire early last
.Sunday morning; supposed to be the
work of an incendiary. The dry kith
and planing mill were saved. No
insurance.
Messrs. J. T. Wilkes it Bro., of
Adel, have moved into their new
brick store adjoining the railroad.
Friend Jim says he feels like lie is
settled for “good und a’ ”—at horn
II is a comfortable home; the build
ing would do credit to a much larger
place than Adel.
Solicitor-General Peeples, of Nash
ville, and Uol. Jos. A. Alexundei, of
Tifton, have formed a partnership in
the practice of law and the latter
gentleman will move to Nashville
within the next two weeks. Col.
Alexander will visit Tifton frequent
ly and will be pleased to retain the
confidence and business of his
friends.
Messrs. Weston & Gunn, the en
terprising mill men of Enigma, have
a barn full of firstrule tobacco and
are considering tiie question of em
ploying a practical cigar maker- and
have him make the entire lot into
cigars. They have had some cigars
made from it which they declare
were us good as the best 6c. cigar on
the market.
The citizens of the Nashville dis
trict, those with whom we have talked
on the subject, are an unit in favor
of an extra tax preparatory to build
ing a court douse for the county that
will rettect credit upon her progress
ive citizens. Berrien county needs a
new court house in place of the one
that has served her people in that
eupucity for the past thirty-five years.
The county has outgrown the present
building; it is ton small were it ever
so well preserved.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL
SCISSORS PROCESS.
AND
Hatch of Now* from Neighboring Count If**
Deemed of Special Interest to
Gnr.ette Header*.
Capt. AV. E. Sessions, late of Ter
rell county, died at his home in Sum
ner last Sunday night of Bright’s
disease. He was an ex-Confederate
soldier.
The Clinch county Sunday-schools
held their annual convention at
DuPont last Saturday and Sunday;
it was filled with enthusiasm from
first to last and will accomplish
much good. The next convention
will be held at llotnerville.
Coffee is one of the best agricul
tural counties in south Georgia and,
no doubt, her progressive farmers
will join heartily in the inter-county
fair project. Her exhibits of long
staple cotton, corn, sweet potatoes,
sugar cane, etc., would he astonish
ing.
Adel had her first fire last Monday
night—-the residence of Mrs. J. K.
Peters, near the Institute building.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
tint, thought to be the work of a tire-
hug. It was insured by Geo. C. Oliver
in the Hartford Insurance Company
for $500, so it is reported.
Irwin county court will he in ses
sion next Monday, and just how many
days it. will continue in session
depends upon circumstances. It is
reported that there are between seven
ty-live ami an hundred criminal cuses
on the docket—transferred from the
superior court to it for trial.
Warwick, Worth county, on the line
of the Albany, Florida and Northern
railroad, was the Beene of a heavy
wind storm last Tuesday. No par
ticular damage is reported; two box
cars were blown from the railroad
siding some six hundred yards on the
main line; the switch was broken and
just how the cars remained on the
track is unaccountable.
The good old county of Wortli is
now borrowing money to pay her
current expenses, the Gazette is in
formed, and that, too, with a tax
rah* higher than any of her sister
counties. Surely, ,1 must be, some
body has not been dealing fairly wit h
her! Is it not time for the thorough
investigation of her affairs which her
grand jury is reported to have under
taken last week?
The editor regrets lo learn of the
death of Ids good friend Hon. J. T.
Corbett, an old and highly respected
citizen of Lowndes county, living
near Lake-Park. He was a straight
forward, honest man; gentle and kind
not only to his immediate family—
wife and children—hut to all with
whom he came in contact. lie was
a good man in the broadest sense of
the term. He died April 23d.
The 13-veur old son of a Motho-
churge against him is a violation of
the law which forbids a county official
trading with or for county funds and
papers. The affair has created consid
erable excitement 1 throughout the
county.
Nnn, one of Kearce negroes indict
ed for murder in Worth superior court
some years ago, was tried last week
and convicted—the jury recommen
ding him to the mercy of the court.
The case, it is reported,will be carried
to the supreme court and in the mean
time, Nim and Cliff Kearce und the
witness, Rich Singleton, will be con
fined in jail at Macon and Tbomns-
ville, at great, expense to the already
financially distressed county, until
there cun be a final disposition of the
case-
THE GAZETTE LETTER-BOX. sale lynching is not checked, and law
' | und order restored, there is no telling
A RECEPTICLE FOR THE THOUGHTS !
OF CORRESPONDENTS.
Npwi him) KvtuiU of Jntf*n**t Trikn*pirlng
Chrmiiclmt by * Faithful uml F in
dent Corp* of Reporters,
Bohemian's Budget.
Cecil, May 3.—Justice court to
day iu Cecil.
lion. A. D. Patterson, of Moultrie,
is here, and brings us cheering news
from Moultrie. Colquitt is reaping
a small part of the recognition to
Dentil of Itlclmrd Whitley.
A friend of the deceased writes ns:
“In the death of Mr. Ricluud W'liii-
ley, which sad event occurred at his
to what it may lead. It may possibly
lead—with the different elements of
races and society with which we have
to contend—to a perfect reign of
terror. 1 am surprised at any think
ing man advocating mob law. Think
of the reign of terror that existed
during the French revolution? Fel
low-citizens of Georgia, of the South
—yea, of the United States—let us
reason well ovei these things and not
act rashly, but let each one do his
utmost to support the law, leaving
which she has long been entitled by K , f aul SL . lf)8 ,, considerations out of
her many advantages. The Gazette i t , )e wav a|ul j think tlme8 wiu sooo
long since called the attention of the bettfr
outside world to the varied charms I ,, , ,, ,,
, . Mrs. J. B. Gunn visited Alapaha
of tins eonntv. ... . 1
,, . Monday and 1 tiesdav.
Dysentery is prevailing now ex-i n
tensively in our bailiwick and some Iheie is still much sickness in
Roseola. this community.
Tiie heavy rain of two weeks ago | Cur townsman, Mr. J. R. Peters,
injured crops somewhat, hut the "‘ceived a telegram from Adel yes-
home near Ocala postollieo last plowmen have stirred the soil and j
j | terilay informing hint of the burning
Wednesday. April 2(>th, Irwin county
has lost one of her purest and heat
citizens. He was sick about fourteen
days with typhoid fever, und died in
his .tilth year. He leaves a wife, ten
children, and a host of other rela
tives and friends to mourn his de
cease. He was a kind and affection
ate husband and father. To know
him was to love him, for lie was mi
honest mid true man to everybody,
and be will he greatly missed in his
neighborhood. All his neighbors
and friends extend to the bereaved
family their teudernst sympathy. His
remains were interred in the ,1 antes
Paulk burying ground, on the 27th
instant, and wen-followed to their
last resting place by a large eon-
course of his relatives and friends.”
— - - •
The l,nymen’s Union Meeting.
Sella Us,Colquitt county,April 27.
— I wish space to say something rela
tive to the Laymen's Union Meeting,
held with Mt. Zion church last Fri
day and Saturday:
It was an enjoyable meeting not
withstanding but. few churches were
represented. Those laymen who fail
ed to attend missed a rare treat. The
gentlemen ill the vicinity of Mt. Zion
church, Colquitt county, know just
how to conduct u good meeting anil
the ladies znow just how to provide
something good to eat for all who at
tend their meetings: the fat of the
land.
All the queries on the program
were discussed by the brethren in uu
admirable and satisfactory manner.
All (lie brethren, to whom were as
signed places as leading speakers,
were present except Bro. C. M.
Willis.
Pro. Willis, living near the scene
of the cyclone in southeast Worth
county the day before the meeting,
Imd to turn his labors to the calls
of charily among his neighbors who
were sufferers. This was very much re
gretted as the meeting needed his
I skill as chan mail. However, the
dial preacher by the name of Kt inp, brethr(1|1 wm H0 nilod with the Spirit
living a few miles south of Homer- l f (!hrj(|t (|m , , hp )hirv dmir .
ville, Clinch county, chums to lmve| lmi , „„ „| tv hl paving
received a call to preach. It is re- j ord( . r , lod ( | ( . (:0 n,m.
ported of him that he is unusually in-1 , Jro j Norllmll( j,, f diBS(!U . w . ( l
tellige.,t and well posted in <-!>« j ,| 1P (|lll . 8tioll 0 f p^u.ral support and
mission work thoroughly and intelli
gently, clinching every argument
-owing off ®f I” 8 residence and contents. He
I went to Adel last'night to see about
. , .. I, the mutter ami look after his family.
1 lie egg market is onlv partially
hotli corn and cotton are
tinelv. Oats will he guot
supplied, although our me
paying 15c per dozen for them.
Meat has got so high our folks
cun’t reach to cut it.
11
' . , J 11 have no particulars, hut learn
ercliuntsare 1 ...
the house was insured for $500.
that
Mr. O. L. Bass is again
enough to walk the sheets.
The Bohemians have all been
but are better.
Keep the name of (
going for governor. I
for him cheerfully from now to elec
tion. Buiikmi i x.
Sheep shearing is still progressing
land will continue a week or two
1 longer.
ICnlgrma Helloes.
Knkiua. Miiv 3. We had
Uncle Reuben Smith says he has
corn tassels.
IC *’j Mrs. Regular has been feeding me
Ion Irish potatoes and English peas
. Mitchell I for the past two weeks. Oh, what
mid work I eating! This Anglo-Irish combina
tion is /id i exivlli'iiir.
('apt. J. B. Gunn made a/flying
trip last Friday to Tv-Tv.
The hoys continue to tisli a little
de
lightful rain in this section yesterday j a ( intervals, but have become more
afternoon am! vegetation looks lovely | eart . ful about the stories they tell,
this morning. Prospects alt- good for
u heavy rainfall to-day. Transplant
ing potato draws is now in order and
Private letters from Terrell state
| that, that county was visited last F’ri-
tlieru will he many acres planted out
to-day.
Several F.niginaites attended
church just above Brookfield last
Sunday. Dn the return trip a runa
way road-curl, with a horse attached
to it, spread consternation amid the
caravan. There was no damage done
beyond a few broken wheels and a
pair or two of shafts, and no one
hurt except .dr. J. T. Austin; lie lost
about $5.mi worlli of his hide.
latst. Sunday morning, about 3
o’clock, Wi-Hlon's new mill, about two
ami a half miles east of this place,
was destroved by lire. Through the
I day by a terrific hail storm. They
| stale that the crops, in some places,
arc totally ruined; and, that cotton
iBood are or object and eagerly sought
after.
i Rev. W. G. liixon preached here
on Sunday night last. He informed
the writer that his wife, who was so
severely injured some time ago, is
steadily improving. Hope she limy
soon recover. Rkiili ail
•
l-T-oiii Oontluiun.
Goodman, April 21).—The Ga
zette is irregular in its arrival at
this postoffice and is causing sonic
complaint. The people here don't
, , .ike to he disappointed in getting
heroic efforts of the iintdoyes the drv ,,
, ' - • : their favonte paper,
planing and shingle mills ..., f
1 I |) ' I he farmers of tins section are not
time;
came 1
kiln an
were saved, t'aptaiii and Mr.
Weston were in Albany at tin
t iu v were telegraphed and
afternoon. The loss is about #5,00(1
or #(1,000. The mill will he rebuilt
immediately. The lire is thought to
he the work of an incendiary. While!
working at the lire Mr. Sam Firder-i
ink became overheated, and was un-
up with their work hut are pushing
ahead in good spirits. The recent
i heavy rainfall damaged crops in this
.settlement very much, causing some
Card ol ThuiiUs.
The undersigned, sufferers from the
cyclone which passed through the
Scriptures for one of his age, and
withal a devoted und conscientious
Christian. He ts determined to com
plete his education as early us prac
ticable so he can enter fully into his
chosen work.
Mrs. Alien Gibbs, living near Ty-
Ty, died lost Friday night of pneu
monia. She was very sick but her
death was unexpected. Her husband
is almost inconsolable over her death.
southeast corner of Worth county on [ Two of the children are also very
the 20th ultimo, desire to expressour, sick and not expected to live; they
warmest thunks to our neighbors for | were taken with la grippe which de
labor, about two hundred days, ren-j rrloped into phneumonia. The dis-
dered us gratuitously; also, to the J tressed husband and family have the
citizens of Tilton for the purse of I sincere sympathy of the entire com-
$03.30, which the committee distrib- munity.
uted as follows: Lawrence Duffy,!
$23.75; W r . Willis, $23.75; E. Liml-
the
with the “Thus sayctli the Lord.”
We met Sunday morning, 10
o'clock; the church held a called
conference to elect officers for its
Sunday-school. Conference then ud-
jonined, and a Sunday-school was
organized with about forty pupils
— principally of the noble and intel
ligent sous and (laughters of those
beloved brethren and sisters. I pre
dict a flourishing Sunday-school at
that place.
The Laymen's meeting adjourned
to Friday before the fourth Sunday
in Ja'y at New River church, 2j
miles east of Tifton. Don’t- forget
c nscioiiH and very sick for several
hours.
I believe in law and older and
think the dignity and grandeur of
the state should he preserved. I
think Gov. N'ortlieu is right :n his
effort to slop this wholesale lynching
ot criminals in the state. I admit
that the'aw — the way it is managed —
is slow ami in some msiunces justice
of our farmers to plow up and plant
j their crops again.
Hog cholera is getting in its work
again this spring, and the Western
folks may tie on their price uuotlur
year.
It is reported that Dr. J. B. Pickett, the time and place brethren; wo will
school commissioner of Worth county, i expect a full representation from all
I 1
The wild turkeys stay on the other
side of ilie Alapaha river this spring.
I guess il has kept up so they couldu.t
cross over.
We are all getting fish hungry hut
the river stays up. J. Gunter.
Church Notice.
Services of the Episcopal church
will la- held in the Methodist church,
Tifton. on the Friday and Saturday
is not meted out to offenders; hut the| before the 4th Sunday in each mouth,
spirit of the law is right and will en- j Friday evening 7:30, and Holy C'oin-
force justice to every criminal unless: munion on Saturday morning 10:30.
as is too often the case, the selfish I , Vj 1 *' "
, , , ., .. Archdeacon of Albany,
greed for money among men, lolls its, _ „
purposes, la-l en-ry man put his! Hicks Outlie AY eat her.
shoulder to the wheel uml push in j Hicks, the weather prophet, pre-
the right direction; let judges, sclici-
tors-geuernl, lawyers, jurors, wit
nesses and all concerned, help to fur
ther the ends of justice. In cuses
that demand it Judges would do well
to call special sessions of court to try
them so speedy justice would he
dicta that May will open with cool,
fair weather in most parts, with
frosts iu northern directions. After
a few days of cooler, clear ‘ weather,
about the 7th it will grow warmer tn
the west, and during the Sth to 11th
the warmth will increase as it ad-
meted out. I,et no man think
L . i vances eastward over the continent,
resulting in many storms about
! 8th, and 10th.
Sth;
A shooting affray occurred last Judj ^ j w Overstreet
Sunday about four miles south of Lawrence
Nashville, but the editor disretnem-
bers the names ol the parties con- E. Lindsey.
soy, $15.80. We acknowledge the ; |M le f t for parts unknown.! the churches in and adjacent to Mell
receipt of tiles: amounts through The g r m S d jury returned t.-vo indict ! association. Remember that the Iaiy-
nient* against him for embezzlement,; men’s meeting will be just what you
and this is assigned uu the cause of i make it. It is with you tn roll away
)i KEY,
William W illis,
| his sudden disappearance. The, the stone.
La ym vn.
of his own personal interests than he
does of the welfare, peace and digni
ty of Ilia state. When a man is j The Douglas Breeze, Sycamore
lynched, no matter how heinous the News anil Moultrie Banner reach
crime he him committed, ii is murder. this office semi-occasionally, and the
and “no murderer shall enter thej Willncoochce -Ncws don’t comeat uR.
I kingdom of heaven.” If this whole-j Why is this brethren?
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