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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNK 23, 1898.
' LOCAL HOTCH-POTCH.
WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS
FIND TO TALK ABOUT.
X'averaunt Paragraph* Picked IT|» and Pen
sively Penned—Atl*Pertainliifc to
Persons and TliftiK*.
Mrs. L. M. Williams ami children
are visiting relatives and friends at
Pel Imm.
The ordinance of baptism will be
administered at the Baptist church
next Sunday.
(Jrapes are ripening and soon the
growers will have to forward them to
market in a hurry.
Kev. W. C. Ilixon filled his regu
lar appointments at the Methodist
church last Sunday.
Miss Pearl Green went to Lake
City, Fla., last Saturday to spend a
week with relatives and friends.
Horn to Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Gray,
on the IOth iusl., a ten pound son.
The mother and boy are doing well.
Uev K. T. Snell will preach at
Pine Level school house in the af
ternoon on the first Sunday in July.
Several mechanics and laborers
left Tifton last Tuesday morning for
Lake Worth, Fla., to ply their voca
tions.
The Sparks base ball club declined
to cross bats Tuesday with the Tifton
club, much to the latter’s disappoint
ment.
Ilenry You mans has moved his
jewelry business into the Payne store
and will occupy the building jointly
with .Mrs. A. H. Graves.
Hon. S. K. Coleman is considering
the advisibility of moving his family
to Tifton so tlmt he can send his
children to a good school.
The Tifton canning factory put
up the first tomatoes of the season
last Monday. The tomatoes were iu-
ierior and consequently did not turn
out the average number of cans to
the bushel.
The baptismal pool for the Tifton
Baptist church is complete and the
Work lias been done ill elegant style.
The congregation is indebted to
Capts. Tift and Jolm A. Phillips for
its completion.
Uev. F. T. Snell did not fill his
regular appointments at Buconton
List Saturday and Sunday, agreeable
to previous arrangements. He will
fill his next regular appointments
and begin a series of meetingson Sat
urday before the fifth Sunday in
July.
The Masonic celebration to-mor
row will bring several bund red peo
ple to the city from surrounding
counties. A hearty welcome awaits
all who may coine with the hope
that they may enjoy a pleasant day.
Mrs B. T. Cole, assisted by her
"Little Sunbeams” missionary socie
ty, will serve ice cream at Windsor
Park every Tuesday afternoon until
further notice. Give them your pat
ronage; the proceeds are for the ben
efit of the Baptist church.
Cupt, II. II. Tift, wife and chil
dren, accompanied by Miss Belle
Williughamr left Tifton lust Wednes
day night for Mystic, Conti., where
they go to spend the summer. Capt.
'l’ift will return about the first of
July, but the others will not re
turn before the first of October.
The series of meetings at the Bap
tist clinch were closed lust Friday
night, when the interest in them
Were at its best. Though only a few
United with the church, the meetings
were profitable to all who attended
them, and we are persuaded that its
influence for good may he felt yet
’ many days.
Miss lamia Morgan, of Vienna, the
corresponding secretary of the Wo
men's Missionary Union, was in the
reports last week into saying Miss
Katie hud finished the course at the
Institute. Such is not the case, she
has only finished her sophomore
year. Her proficiency in elocution and
art, together with the fact that she
entered the elocutionary contest for
the medal against juniors, seniors and
post-graduates, and declared the win
ner, would naturally lead to the erroi
which the reporters committed.
A negro man, whose name is re
ported as John Turner und an em
ployee of Messrs. Gray 4 Gatchell at
Leliaton, was killed here Sunday
night by jumping from the west
bound passenger train on the Brun
swick and Western railroad before it
stopped at the depot. He was drunk
and when the porter called out
“Tifton” he deliberately walked oft
the train. It did not kill him out
right; so one of bis companions start
ed back to Leliaton with him on the
morning train, but lie died en route.
Tlie remains were shipped to Albany
for interment.
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
And Other Point* In the Oood Old County
of llerrivn—Crop Proaper.tn 1 to-
ported—Mhior Matter*.
A 8liglit change of the schedule
on the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad went into effect last Sunday.
Thousands of the lofty trees,
liioiiarchs of the pine forests of Ber
rien county, were blown down by the
terrific gale of a week ugo.
Dr. J. M. Gregory, of Cecil, and
Miss Nezza Williams, of Adel, were
united in marriage oil the IStli inst.
by the Uev. S. W. Brown. The
Ipippy couple have the congratula
tions of their many friends.
Tlie shipping of the mejon crop to
market from Lenox, Sparks and
other points, lias been seriously in-
terferred with by the heavy rains of
the past ten days. But they are gc
ing forward now with a rush.
A branch of the Woman’s Mission'
ary Union was organized at Sparks
last Saturday morning, witli Mrs. Dr.
1. J. Goodman as president. Miss
Loula Morgan, the corresponding
secretary of the Union, is pleased
witn her success in Berrien county.
All tlie Berrien county girls who
have been attending the boarding
schools at a distance are at home
now for tlie summer vacation. Among
them we mention Misses Griffin
McMillan, Baker and Baulk of A lap-
alia, I’eeplus, of Nashville, and Las-
tinger of Brookfield.
Tlie spring session of Sparks High
School closed last Friday night witn
a mugnilicicnl exhibition. It is re
sin- ported that there were not less than
one thousand people present to w it
ness tlie exhibition notwithstanding
the exercises were in the open air
and the entire audience had to stand
up.
The extraordinary heavy rains of
the past few days have played sad
havoc with the saw mills of tile
county. The earth is so boggy it is
almost impossible to haul logs to the
tram roads. We learn that several
of the mill tramways have been
washed budly und are in an unsafe
condition.
The trustees have re-elected Prof.
G. D. Godard principal of Bparks
High School for unotlier scholastic
year, lie Inis given general sat is tac
tion to his patrons both as to tlie ad
vancement of tlie pupils and the do-
cipline maintained. The session
just closed lias proven a profitable
one and that in the full is expected
to be even more so.
The union picnic of tlie Sparks
and surrounding Sunday hcIiooIs, to
have Imen at Poplar lleud last Satur
day, was postponed for two weeks on
account of the extraordinary heavy
rain of Thursday which rendered
roads und streams impassable. All
tlie Sunday schoolchildren are look
ing forward to tlie day with bright
anticipations of pleasure.
The scattered Alliunceinen of
Berrien county propose to have a
rally and basket dinner at tlie Cross
A Consummate Fraud.
A man of pleasing address, a
smooth talker and possessing a cul
tivated mind appeared in this city
'ast Thursday, lie gave his name
as A. P. Gorman, bore a letter of
commendation from Dr. Talbot, of
Valdosta, and inquired very know
ingly for the only resident pastor in
the city, Rev. F. T, Snell of tlie
Baptist, church. He was directed to
Mr. Snell’s residence; finding that
gentleman he delivered a very plausi
ble story about how a Mrs. Mary Ann
Salvey had died in Jacksonville, Fla.,
and in her will, of which lie was an
executor, had bequeathed to the new
Baptist church at Tifton $5(10.
There was an air of mystery
rounding the neatly spun story, but
(lie stranger’s familiarity with the
Tabernacle Baptist church of Jack
sonville, Dr. McGregor, the pastor,
and the membership of tlmt church
generally, hud a tendency to allay
tlie suspicious which Mr. Snell at
first entertained.
The stranger produced a check for
$500, dollars drawn oil the First
National Bank of Jacksonville in fa
vor of himself by a firm whom lie
said was doing business in Jackson
ville—but, of conisc, it was fictitious.
Mr. Snell informed the stranger that
the deacons were the financial agents
of the church and the check should
lie delivered to them. But tlie
stranger insisied (hat liis instructions
were to leave the check with the pas
tor und take his receipt for it. The
very inclemency of the weather
caused Mr. Snell to relax his propo
sition tlmt tlie stranger’s business
should be transacted with the dea
cons and, finally, gave his receipt for
the ciieck which was regularly en
dorsed to him.
Non comes tile “fishy” part of the
stranger's yarn. He stated tlmt there
was u certain I'.moiint of court costs
incurred under the will and that $3.
60 Imd been taxed up to this check
us its proportionate part. However,
he said, the amount could lie remit
ted to him at Jacksonville when the
check was collected.
Just as soon us the weather would
permit, about dank, Mr. Snell hunted j Roads’ bcIiooI house, about three and
up Deacon Carswell, transferred the I a half miles east of Sparks July 4th.
check to him, and the two went to An effort will be made also to reor-
the hotel to find the representative gttliize the order upon its original
of the church’s benefactress, but he non-political platform. The Ga-
could not be found and has not been ZKTTK will support the organization
seen since. He had skipped, leaving so long us it adheres to its original
Sadie Hotel in the lurch for a board principles, but will not follow it into
was forced to shut down his saw mill
because of his inability to supply
logs. The earth was too boggy to
haul them to his tram road.
In other portions of tlie county
the damage was greater. At Alapa-
ha and in the vicinity fences were
blown down, large quantities of fruit,
was tli resiled from the trees and
tlie crops of corn and cotton were
considerably injured. At Sparks
and Adel a regular cloudburst is re
ported. The storm raged fearfully
also at M ill town, Nashville, Cecil
and all the southern portion of tlie
county. It seems tlie further soMtli
it extended the more furious and de
structive was tlie wind.
Nearly every milldum in the coun
ty was forced to give way before the
perfect Hood of water. We have
definite news to that effect from Par
rish’s, Hutchinson's and Giddens’s.
The latter, because of its great length,
was broken in seveial places.
Tlie Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad was overflowed and badly
washed between Lenox and Valdosta.
There was a washout at Bear Creek,
between Sparks und Adel which pre
vented the passage of trains for
nearly forty-eight hours, and inter-
ferred considerably with the moving
of the melon crop. Beckwith
& Rogers’ train road from Sparks to
Bayboro was badly washed andsevei-
nl carloads of ineloiiF, aliemly loaded
and standing on tlie track, Imd to
remain where they were until the
road could be put in a condition to
move them.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND
SCISSORS PROCESS.
Hatch of New* from NulKhborliif? Countie*
Defined of Special lutere*! to
(inxette Header*.
Alnpulm
bill.
The check was forwarded by the
treasurer of the church for collec
tion and, of course, not paid.
What the stranger ex|iected to
jsditics—especially of the third par
ty stripe.
Tlie Sturm King.
This city and county was visited
last Thursday by the most violent
accomplish by the transaction cannot i rain and wind storm within the mem-
be readily discerned. He cannot j ory of the oldest inhabitant,
hope to get the $3.50, and the nn- j It reached Tifton about Hi m.; the
s name j wind blew akilosl, a hurricane and
the rain came down in torrents for
city last. Thursday and Friday moru-
ing and-organized a branch of the j authorized use of Uev, Bn
l (lion witli Mrs. B. T. Cole as pres- j ge i-vc him no purpose as that
was organized gentleman i* practically unknown in
with'" 1 1
Mrs. Dr. I. J. Goodman as president.
ident; a branch
Bparks on Saturday morning . ,,,. ,
- - - - ■ i this section of country. J hose who
, , ! kunw of the transaction here are iru-
Mms Katie S. Tift is at home from ■ ...
I.UCV Cobb Institute, at Athens, t0 . Passed with the idea that the stvan-
speud her summer vacation. Tlie j ger is more of an iumecile than a
Gazkttk was misled by newspaper! knave.
about six hours almost without ces
sation. There was little or no dam
age done by the wind but it is feared
the unprecedented rainfall lias injur
ed all kinds of fruit, melons, vegeta
bles and farm products. Cupt. Tift
Closing KxcI'cIhok of
High School.
The staunch little city of Aiapaim
enjoyed a gala day Iasi Friday, I he
occasion being the closing exercises
of the spring term of the splendid
school taught there by Prof. J. Syd
ney Roberts.
Owing,to tlm furious rain and wind
storm tlmt prevailed nearly all the
day preceding, it was impossible to
get tilings in readiness for the recep
tion of visitors until late Friday
morning am), consequently, u part of
tlie program as arranged Imd to be
omitted. However, about 11 o’clock
the bell summoned a huge audience
to the school room, where short hut
practical and entertaining addresses
were delivered by Rev. W. C. Hixon,
and Prof. Huberts. That of Rev.
Hixon was specially timely and ap
propriate. Bolli speakers emphasized
the duty the jieople of this section
owe themselves of educating their
children and fitting them hi assume
any station in life to which they may
lie called, they should be educated
for every calling in life. There is no
vocation in the pursuit of which
cannot lie dignified by education and
refinement
After the speaking a magnificent
basket dinner was served on the
ground. There are some excellent
cooks among tlie good housewives of
Aiapaim; we can attest that fact, ns
“Proof of tlie pudding is chewing
tlie bug.” We are indebted to Mr.
W. S. Walker and Mn. F. B. Harris
for special favors.
The musicals commenced at 3 p.
m., under tlie direction of Miss (Jus-
ley, of Poulan. We were called away
on business just as the exercises were
about to commence and consequently
did not hear it. Those* who did,
however, speak of it in very compli
mentary terms.
The exhibition took place at night,
and w« regret we could not reman:
and witness it—sickness called us
home on the afternoon train. Those
who witnessed it say it was very en
tertaining und every part was jior*
fectly rendered, speaking volumes to
the praise of teacher and pupils.
We failed to learn what the pros
pects are for a school at Aiapaim in
the fall, but of course, tlie people
will see that a thriving one is main
tained.
Mr. II. ljce, of Adel, lost his resi
dence and a large partof it* contents,
including $00 in money, by fire a
few days since. The loss is covered
by a $1,200 policy of insurance.
The storm of last week did consid
erable damage to property at Val
dosta.
The Douglas Breeze lias discontin
ued its visit to iliis oflice. Why is
this, Bro. Sweat?
Buyboro, Colquitt county, fur
nished the finest watermelon we have
tasted this year.
Tomatoes, weighing one and a
quarter pounds are reported as I lie
latest Worth county products.
Marshal F.verette had no trouble
in assuming the receivership of tlie
Boston ami Albany railroad as was
at first anticipated.
Editor Wilson, of tlie Moultrie
Banner, is to be condoled witli in
the death of liis youngest son, which
sad event occurred on the Till inst.
Prof. W. T. Gan Men, of Quitman,
has been elected first assistant of the
Alban) Academy, lie is a superior
teacher und will prove himself equal
to all the requirements of liis now
position.
B. H. Gray, the mill mail of Pine
Bloom, Coffee county, is straighten
ing and extending liis tram road.
That portion of it which lay in Ber
rien county 1ms been removed. There
is some talk of liis connecting with
the Abbeville railroad.
A letter received from (’lincli says
tlmt tlie storm of last Thursday did
great damage to all growing crops in
the Western purl of the county. In
some instances they are almost com
pletely ruined. Beulah church, near
Stockton, was blown down.
Our neighbor, Hie Quitman Frej
Press, gives this sage piece of advice:
"Don’t crowd any debtor during this
money stringency. Help him to
tide over all embarrassments until
the congested money in centers of
trade begins to flow out for tlie crops
yet to bo made.”
It is uuutsuig to see tlie wistful
look in the eyes of the average dar
key around the depot when lie sees a
ear loud of Kolb Gems going
through. There is nothing so pleas
ing to tlie sight of a darkey us a well
grown watermelon.- Tliumasville
Times-Kiiterprise.
The board of commissioners for
Colquitt county, of winch our friend
(i. G. Henderson is a member and
clerk, is making a commendable ef
fort to give their fellowoitizens and
the traveling public generally a full
supply of new and substantial public
bridges in llieir county.
A muii that belongs to the demo
cratic party, a man tlmt loves the
democratic party, will not stand off
and make exacting propositions, but
will be only loo glad to return into
its ranks, after Inning strayed off,
when an op|M>rtunity is offered him
to do so.— Boston World.
The company tliut bought tlie
Okeefenoke swamp say they have a
canal nearly finished tlmt will drain
thousands of acres of this swamp und
tlie water in tin* canal is sufficient to
raft logs out of the swamp to the
mills. They will bismi have a fine
property. — Vienna Progress.
The midsummer fruit and melon
picnic of the Worth County Agri-
iJ|cultural Society will be held at Pon-
1 an on the 18th of July. It will af
ford an opportunity of swing what
Southwell Georgia can and is doing
in the line of fruit and melon cul
ture. The exhibit is being collected
and will be preserved until the dale
of the exhibit hy cold storage.
If a farmer buys hulk meat ut 15
cents and raises cotton at 7 cents to
pay for it, lie will eat up a good crop
of cotton three months before it is
gathered. The cotton crop this fall,
witli every advantage, will hardly
more thuti pay the farmer’s meat bill,
tlie wage* of the hireling and the
guano used in making it.—Worth
County Local.
VOL. 3-NO. 10
The Banner says Hon. S. A. Walk
er, state alliance, lecturer, has been
to Moultrie and delivered a lecture
before the Colquitt County Alliance,
und “seemed inclined to give tariff
taxes, transportation lines, editors,
lawyers and curbstone politicians a
black eye.” The Gazkttk, imagines
these themes were peculiarly appro
priate (?) to a Colquitt county uu-
diencc, especially tlie latter.
The Worth county school muddle
lms Imppily ended. Two of the
newlv apiKiintcd members of tlie
board of education have qualified
and entered upon the discharge of
their duties as such; the old commis
sioner, realizing tlmt he would lie
misted, tendered Ins resignation to
the governor; it lms been accepted
and an election ordered to fill tlie
vacancy. The election will occur
next Monday. The G \zizm: con
gratulates the pood jieople of that
county upon tin* happy termination
of what promised to Ik* a serious
drawback to their educational inter
ests.
♦
Sail Death of A. II. Turner.
Tlie Gazkttk noted last week tin*
terrible accident that had is*fallen
Mr. A. 11. Turner, at Puts, Ga. He
was in the employ of the Knterprise
Lumber Comjiany and was assisting
in building a large shed; was stand
ing directly under where a 3x1*3 gir
der, Id feet long, belonged and when
it. was being hoisted to its proper
place hy some means it slijqicd and
fell, first glancing over liis right eye
making an ugly gash, thou struck
liis shoulder and bruising it, then
breaking mu* or two ribs, ami finally*
landing on liis legs—breaking one ut
the knee ami tlie other 'list above
the ankle. From these injuries he
died on Wednesday morning of Iusl
week, June 14th, notwithstanding
the very best of medical attention
was at his command.
The deceased was a man of line in
tellect, about sixty years of age, and
was well known in Berrien und con
tiguous counties. He lived for many
years in Berrien where lie has a
brother, Mr. R. K. Turner, of Nash
ville a sister, Mrs. Dr. Kendrick,of
Alajmlm—und a number of other
relatives living now.
He wm u carpenter by trade, but
engaged in tlie newspaper business in
Berrien county in 1874. Hi* first
|)U|irr was issued at Nashville from a
press of his own construction. Ii
was made on the plan of a proof
press; an imjiosing stone was used
for a lied and a huge wood mi cylin
der, which worked on bearers like
tlie cylinder of a proof press, made
tin impression. It was a rude print
ing press, but tlie paper issued from
it. presented a very neat and credita
ble apjienrmioe. Nashville was then,
us now, not in condition to supjiort a
newHjmpcr and Ins maiden effort in
tli is line was not long lived. Ills
next venture was as publisher of the
Berrien County News-Judges W. K.
Connell and Jas. F. Goodman were
the proprietors. He continued with
the jmpor until it changed hands,
latter lie published the Coffee County
Gazette, ut Pearson. Since then he
has contributed articles to various
jmjiers, which were always bright
and interesting.
He leaves a wife and live children,
three sons and two daughters, be
sides a host of relatives and friends,
to mourn liis death.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hutchinson,
of Adel, are basking in the sunshine
of a ld-pound bov, that urrived a
few davs since.
J. V. Norton, a merchant in Wav-
cross, has made an assignment.
Paul Trammell lias captured the
Georgia internal revenue collector-
ship.
Rev. W. II. Scruggs lias resigned
the jmstoratc of tlie WaycrossBaptist
church.
The citizens of Macon have voted
in favor o! issuing bonds for sewer
age,
As a fruit growing state Georgia
is classed high at the national, dc-
partmerit of agricultural.