The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, May 12, 1893, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Tifton Gazette. 81.00 PER ANNUM. ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY. NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH VILLE, ALAPAHA, And Other Point* in the fituxl Old County of Berrien—Crop l*ronpectit lie- ported—Minor Matter*. Hon. J. L. Mathews is doing a thrifty mercantile business at Lenox. Get ouc of the prizes Padrick Bros offer on May ‘20th. The citizens of Adel are discussing the propriety, as well as the necessity, of boring an artesian well. Bring your produce to Pudrick Bros, they buy everything. A large and commodious school building is being erected at Milltown. It will fill a long felt want. Jupiter l’luvius did his whole duty toward Berrien county last week, the water supply he furnished was abun dant. The quarterly conference at Alap- ahu last Sunday was a pleasant and harmonious meeting. The religious services have been continued during the week. May 20th will be a Gala day for Tifton, Padrick Bros Bargains will be the attraction. A cyclonette passed over the south eastern portion of the county last Thursday; all the buildings on .,lr. Have Liglitsey’s place were blown down, except his dwelling. It is very easy to spend money,but hard to make it. IJ can buy more for a $ at Padrick Bros, than else where The famous Banks’ mill, in the south-eastern portiou of the county, is being repaired preparatory to the fall and winter business. It is also stated that the property is for sale - The farmers of the eastern part of the county are busy plowing, plant ing and chopping out cotton; they teport very unfavorable weather, so far this season, for prolltable opera tions. <Japt Jj H. Kirby has again been installed as postmaster at Alapaha. He is the right man in the right ]dace, and the citizens of that thriv ing town are glad to see him back ill his old place. Mogal, Capt. Sim Harrell’s embryo city, oontiiiuos to grow. Several neat Hud comfortable cottage residences are being built there. Capt. Harrell ami the Fender Brothers make things hum around them. Elder W. R. Welborn, Primitive Baptist, will preach at Salem church. Adel, tomorrow and next day. He has tilled appointments during the week at Old Union, Empire, New Hope and Pleasant churches, in Berrien county. The preliminary trial of Hodge for the shooting of Bennett, which lias been reported, occurred at Nashville on Tuesday of last week before justice Turner. The evidence showed the shooting to have been justifiable and the prisoner was discharged from custody. It is reported that two young gentlemen started from' Vaudeville last Saturday afternoon to go to Alapaha. They were caught in the storm and it was so dark they couldn’t see their way, so that when within two miles of their destination had to stop slid put up for the night. Decllhea au Office. . __ Col, Jim Banks, of the city clerk’s office, enjoys the unique distinction of having declined an office from the government. Last week lie was in vited by the secretary of the interior to come to Waahingtion and take the office of chief of division ill the land office. But Col. Banks spent four years in Washington once. He savs lie drew about $10,000 in salaries and perquisites, and got home witli about $500 of it. Ho does not want any more of Washington service. He prefers to rrntaiu in the thriving way* of the cliiefest city of all the south.—Atlanta Constitution. Col. Banks is well known in Ber rien comity,where he resided for sev eral years. In declining the office ten dered him by Secretary Smith he dis plays a native modesty that is breath ed in the very air of this grand oid mnnnty and is. tile common heritage TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MAY 12. 1893. VOL. 3-NO. 4. of her people. Our .citizens are not an office-seeking people accoiding to the general acceptation of the term and Col. Bunks has caught the in spiration by association with them. Crops in Berrien. Cecil, May 8.—A fine rain fell here yesterday, and crops are grow ing. We have not needed ruin in this section so far this spring. The oat crop is as fine as I have ever seen, and, with a good corn crop last year, tile outlook is most cheering. Fine country bacon sold in our town last week for 10 cents per pound. Hogs are healthy, and we are not dependent on the Western market for provisions. The fruit, crop promises a nice yield, and gardens are fine. The Great Southern He nicety. People should not be deeeived into paying money for trashy mixtures gotten up to sell. Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) which has been made in Atlanta for the past fifteen years, never fails to give satisfaction as a superior building up tonic and blood purifier. It is made from the prescription of an eminent physician. Tile bottle is large and the dose small. See their advertisements and buy that which' is thoroughly en dorsed by thousands of grateful pa tients whom it has cured. A trial bottle will test its merits. Dentil of M rs. Carswell. Mrs. Minnie Franklin Carswell died yesterday afternoon at the resi dence of her father and mother, on Monk street, and was buried this afternoon. The deceased was a most lovable lady, the idol of her family, and held in tile highest estimation by all who knew her.—Brunswick Advertiser. The deceased was a sister-ill-law of Mr. J. K. Carswell of this city. « Card of Thanks. Mn. Editor: Please allow us space in your columns to thank the friends who were so kind to our fam ily in their continued illness. Also to Dr. Peterson who served us so faithfully, 51H. and Mrs. W. II. Oliver. For .Sale! About 100 bushels each of Spanish Peanuts and Field Peas, suitable for seed. I. L. Ford, Ty-Ty ( Ga. THE MELON CROP. A DlffiTfiit'fl *»f Opinion mm to tin* Number of Cum. Commenting upon the published statement of the watermelon acreage •is compiled by the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad, Mr. T. Skelton Jones said yesterday that he thought tlie number of car loads of melons expected was greatly overrated. Mr. Jones says that lie does not think that more than 7,001) or 8,000 car loads will be shipped from the territory in the report. He further thinks that the railroads in so exag gerating 'he report are doing a very great damage to the melon growers, as the price will be very much re duced when the middlemen are lead to believe that the supply will exceed the possible demand. In this Mr. Jones is indorsed by Mr. W. 11. Phillips, who is an exten sive melon grower of East Macon. Mr. Phillips says judging from his experiences iu the pust the number of car loads to be shipped are far above the actual figures. The railroad men, who have made a study of the matter for several months past, stand by their figures, however, saying if there is a mistake it is the mistake of the growers who have made their returns of melon crops. They say that the price will be controlled by the demand in any event, and that this year the demand will be much greater than that of last year. Wool Market, There is some talk, among those who desire to parade themselves as wiseacres in regard to the price of wool this season, that it will not command the figures farmers are ex- |>ectitig. They intimate that,'with out a change iu the turiff laws, do mestic wool will have a slim show on tin market. ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST. GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND SCISSORS PROCESS. Batch of New* from Nulghhorlni; CmiutlcM Defined of Special lutercKt to Uarette IteudcrH. Cotton chopping is the order of tlie day in the excellent agricultural county of Colquitt. A $ saved is a $ made. l T can save good money if U trade with Padrick Bros. The funnels’ alliance warehouse at Ashbnrn will he sold to the highest bidder for cosh on tlie first Monday in June, Mr. John Mc5tieh»el, of Randolph county, has purchased property at and near Sylvester, Worth county, and will make it his home. The Banner says: “New jail, two- story houses, street lamps, lock boxes, and the like will soon be common things in Moultrie.” The union meeting of Mercer asso ciation hold at Moultrie the hist fifth Sunday is reported as having been a most pleasant and profitable one. There has been an increase this year in tlie acreage planted to tobac co at Cycloneta experimental farm this year—the increase is from twenty to thirty acres. The farmers iu northwestern Worth county are selling meat, lard and sweet potatoes at good prices; they are offering corn at 50 cents a bushel but find no buyers. Three negro hoys aged respectively 10. 12 and Hi years were sent to the chain gang from Worth county by the lute superior court for one, two and three years for stealing. It is reported that Deputy Sheriff Parham, of Worth county, become displeased at something during the late session of the superior court and threw up his commission. Col. Juca Walker, of Moultrie, tried to eat all the pickles in that city a few days ago with the usual result—sick, and won’t want uny more for a long while, if ever. There is u gentleman in Irwin county, says the Sycamore News,who lias raised a house full of children to be grown and just tlie other day sub scribed for his county paper—the first newspaper he Inis ever taken. Von cun save 50 ).er emt, by pur chasing your sewing machines of Padrick Bros. The second session of the Irwin county teachers’institute will be held at Irwiuville, in the court house, on tile fourth Saturday in May. The programs of the first and second ses sions will be merged into one at this institute. Mr. J. N. Blitch, a turpentine operator at or near Willacoochee, was murdered last Friday by one of his negro employes, His remains was interred at Odum, in Wayne county, where he wus ruised. The murderer escaped. The Ashburn Advance enters the following plea ill behalf of tlie go-j pliers of his section: "it seems a lit tle outrugous oil tlie Georgia gopher that lie bus to suffer the penally of death for the high price of meat. W. H. Styles, the colored repre sentative in the Georgia legislature from Liberty county, has taken to the lecture platform, llis theme is, "How to keep out of prison S'” He lectured at Ashburn two Sundays ago and invited while and black to hear him. The residence of 51tb. W. II. 51oKey, Valdosta, was struck by lightning during the storm of last Saturday and considerably disfigured. It also did great damage at the Georgia Southern and Florida rail road depot Irwin county court has been in session this week dispensing justice to wrung doers. It is said Judge Cielnents has been disposing of that big butch of criminal cases trans ferred from the superior court at the rate of fifteen or twenty a day. Iti other words, he dispatches business. ('tops prospects at Warwick,Worth county, are reported as being very flattering. Oat crop is about ready for harvesting; corn, cotton and mel ons ure in prime condition. The acreage planted to cotton is probably greater this season than last. The late grand jury of Worth county, in their general presentments, makes a very unpleasant expose of the official misconduct of some of tlie lute officers of the coun ty. They recommended the removal of the county School Commissioner for malfeasance and corruption in office, also the removal of three mem- bombers of the Board of Education for failure to discharge their sworn duties. They also recommended the sale of tlie puuper farm for the reason that it has not been properly kept.. They found a depleted treasury and the county in debt $2,500, and re commended tlie borrowing of money to linisli paying tlie court expenses. TWENTY SEVENTH DISTRICT 8tin'lay-Seiii»»l Convention, Held h! Blnek- Nlieur, May tlth and '.tit. The annual convention of the Twenty-seventh District Sunday- School Association was held in the 1’resbyteriuii church at lilacksliear last Saturday and Sunday. The attendance was very good; the church was not near large enough to seat the people—especially on Sun day. The speakers were Messrs, li. li. Reppard, of Savannah; K. A. Smith, of Valdosta; V. L. Stanton, I), li. Sweat, C. C. Buchanan, W. T. Lott and others, of Waycross, The spirit of enthiisiasiH was not very perceptible. Tlie twenty-seventh district is composed of tlie counties of Ware, Bierce, Coffee, Charlton, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes ami Berrien, and all were represented hv delegates. The counties of the district, except t perhaps, Lowndes and Koliols, are thoroughly organized, in so much that the district is mentioqed as one of the banner districts of the state. However, the district is too large— having three counties more than any other district in the state. A much more convenient arrangement could be made: for instance, put Berrien county in the district which now comprises Irwin, Worth, Dougherty and Lee counties. The hospitality of Blacksheur is proverbial. The editor of the Ga zette was elegantly entertained by Mr. John Strickland and his estima ble family. Twenty years ago we re sided in Blacksheur ut.d while wi noticed some of the old landmarks these twenty years have wrought many improvement* for tlie gallant little city. The next convention will be held at Valdosta in 1804. Money in Irlsli Potatoes. Mr. Jos. S. Norton, the well known truck farmer of Boston, Ga., is re- |iorted as having “forty actesin Irish potatoes, from which he ex|ieetH to gather 1,200 barrels of potatoes, or, say that lie allows three bushels to the barrel, making 3,600 bushels. It is safe to say he will realize $2.00 per barrel, thus making the total reach $2,400 from 40 acres of land, and that in potatoes.” Mr. Norton’s success iu growing cabbage, beans, and other early vege tables for the Northen markets has been phenomenal; hut it shows what energy and intelligent culture cuu iiccornp’ish. His experience proven beyond cavil that, there :s much more money to be made, by the farmer who is eligibly locuted to transportation facilities, in growing small fruits and vegetables. But. 51 r. Norton is not the only ex emplar of this fact; there are num bers of men in Berrien county who can testify to its truth, und everyone of these men plant little or no cot ton. Cliim li Notice. Services of the Episcopal church will be held in the Methodist church, Tifton, on the Friday and Saturday before the 4th Sunday in each month. Friday evening 7:30, and Holy Com munion on Saturday morning 10:30. F. B. Tick nor, Archdeacon of Albany. THE GAZETTE LETTER-BOX. A RECEPTICLE FOR THE THOUGHTS OF CORRESPONDENTS. N>wh ami EvpiiU of Intenutt Trantiplrlnjc Chronicled by a Faithful und K IR- cItwt Cor pm of Reporter*. BoliemInn’s llmiget. Cecil, .May 7.—This is the eve of the anniversary of the beginning of that wnr which rendered Zachary Taylor immortal in American his tory, unit caused the acquisition of territory which lias added so much wealth and grandeur to our nation. What changes a half centure has wrought in our land. A galaxy of statesmen 1ms been gathered by Father Time which would have been particular stars .n any age or coun try. Benton, Clay, Webster, Cal houn, Everettc, Stephens, Groely, and others. Nor are our dead heroes any leos deserving of praise. Taylor, Scott, Twiggs, Lee, Grant and others were greater captains than Alexander or Charlemagne. The world has pro duced no superiors to Roger B. Taney and Salmon 1’. Chase as legal doctors. Nor has the pulpit and tlie medi cal profession suffered. Science has taken strides of a giant, und the mechanic arts has kept puce with tier. But, alas! crime bus in creased at a swifter pace. There are more murders committed in Georgia per annum than were committed in 1850 m the whole I'nion. Rape 1ms become as com mon us burglary was then. Cn'int is on tin’ iorrmse, and it is not so much dm to our foreign born citi zens as a recent authority states, hut to a beastly race, American born. Eighty-five per cent, of tlie rapists ure negroes or negro blooded. This is justly regarded the highest crime known to civilization; and when coupled witli the murder of an innocent female, as it frequently is, is just too horrible to contemplate. And yet we have men who hold up their hands in sanctimonious horror because the brutes are swiftly des troyed. God pity the white mail wlio cun alter one plea fertile rapist. Next in rank Cannes the lazy,shift less devil who murders ami robs honest men for their money, us was John F. Wisenlinker, of Lowndes. The villiuli who committed that crime secured money enough to save his neck from tlie rope;—he is simply gambling with a farce called justice. My highly esteemed confrere, Key- ular, in the last Gazette, takes the pains to take sides with our excellent governor on this question, and to cite men who think as 1 do to the me morable French Revolution. Dear HnjuUir and cquully as dear Gover nor Sort hen, tlo you not know that the very same causes which led to that horrible reign of terror aie among us, and just us surely leading us to the same unhappy termination? Read the cutises that led to that period of wholesale murder mid then calmly (if you can) survey the pres ent field almost ready for ecugram* tlie reaper. History repeat* itself as surely as the return of the seasons. Crime will be punished by some means sooner or later. 1 wiiulil like to see the white niuti who, bo lo6t to shuttle, would have his wife or daughter testify m open court and iie questioned by the law yers in a rape cuse where u beastly negro »us the defendant. I would much rather carry any |decent white woman to her grave where liorJilusliM would be hidden by the friendly day than to witness the trial. The jieople are becoming uroused to the injustice of judicial trials and delays, and the escape of criminals from punishment ami hence 5lob Law. I, too am opposed to mob violence, but am just as strongly opposed to turn ing villiaus loose unpunished. Last week a mulatto who had been twice in the chain gang, with au open knife in llis hand ravished an inno- ccut white wife of u white man. And he is in jail and this poor woman must Ik* further humiliated by being forced to relate the horrible circum stance in its particulars to the grand jury, and then be questioned by a lawyer appointed to defend the brute, iu open court. I, without question ing the motives of others, frankly say that before I would expose one of my family that way would set fire to the jail and with my gun take chalices to defend the honor of an innocent wife. There is one remedy only better than lynching. I/et onr legislature assemble and provide for the immediate trial of these grave offences. If need be let a conrt be established which shall be em ready to summon a jury and go into the trial at once. I heard of a judge to my liking. One after another the lawyers had succeeded in clearing each offender, nutil the judge got hungry. A lawyer was pleading and quoted the phrase) “It is better to let ninety and nine guilty ones escape than to punish one innocent man." “I liuve already let ninety-nine escape,” said the judge, “this one must be punished.” I confess I have nsne of the policy sentimentality that is so frequently printed in onr papers in my make up. If a man b»comes a brute punish him as such. I yield to no man the claim of higher respect for Gov. Northen than 1 hold, and yet, lie may lie in error. 1 know he lias to dicharge his duties us governor Ht grave periods in onr history, and give him due credit for a proper regard for his oath of office, hut will the policy iie proposes set the mutter right? No! A radical change in our legal proceedings may, but to punish good citizens for lynching robbers, murderers and rapist never will. I am in full 'sympathy with him on the white cap question. White cups are lawless themselves und rarely good citizens. I have voted for him twice, and am ready to do so ugain, well knowing that all he can do will not stop meteing out jus tice to fiends, and that the people will continue on in the good old way. Bohemian. Gone, But not Lost. ,Srares, May 8.—Little Eddie, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. S, Y. Wil son, of tins place, was born Septem ber 1st, 1 Sit 1, und departed this life Wednesday morning, the 3rd iust., after giving one year, seven months und two days of unalloyed pleasure to his kind nmt affectionate parents, whose hearts were bubbling overwitli love for him. lie has gone into the presence of a more affectionate Fath er to develop in the beauty of holi ness, free from earth’s scars und stains. His remains were taken to Gleiituore, Ga., to be buried. Also, tlie infant son of Mr. and 51rs. J. Z. Elliott, only about twelve dnys old, was taken to the heavenly mansions this afternoon. Our heart felt sympathy readies out for the be reaved parents. May lie who said, “Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not,” give them gruce to bear the separation in a way that shall add to the joy of their re union when they, too, shall be called into the rapture of His presence. Jai*. From Nashville. Some of the good ladies of Nash ville, who udmire the beautiful sceneiy of nature, and furthermore love to pick the natural fruit of this season ^huckleberries,) went to the river to-day. They enjoyed the day and met with all their expectations. Among those who went, were Mes- dames Gus Albritton, Ella Patterson, Sally McCrauie and Misses Emma Turner, Fannie Sutton, Scrap Las- tinger, Emma Albritton, Belle Peters, .Mattie Peeples, Julia , and Mr. Gus Albritton. Of course we had some fun, being caught in bam- boo vines, slipping off of logs. And we emild tell who they were if we wanted to, but you see we don’t want to. Rev. L. IT. Peeples took to himself his better half Thursday night, at 7.30. We wish Bro. Peeples a long and happy life, with his sweet little wife. Friend.

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The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, May 12, 1893, Image 1