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L.00 PER ANNUM.
. WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS
FIND. TO.TALK ABOUT.
Paveinint Pnrftjpuphs PickVrt U|» mul l*eti-
lively IVnped-All I*«rf»lnfng to
* Persons and things.
Imported sardines 12ic tit I'udrick
Bros.
Mre. Duff and children are Blind
ing the week ut Adel with relatives
and friends.
Capt. H. II, Tift returned the first
of the week from liis trip to Cou-
nesticut and New York.
The canning factory is busy can
ning pears and tomatoes. They will
begin on peaches in u few Jays.
A strike in bargains cun always be
found at PuJrick Bros.
Uapt. D. McDonald, of Sparks-,and
Capt. S. T. Kingsbury, of Valdosta,
were in the city last Monday after
noon.
Mr. Meachatn and wife, of Orange
Spring, Flu., are visiting in the city
and guests of his sister—Mrs. j. N.
Brown.
Advice for these days of uhlrm—
Keep cool. B prudent. Deal with
Pad rick Bros. Thus you will escape
disaster.
Rev. L. A. Snow, of the Tift &
Snow Company, is in the city this
week looking after the company’s
business.
Col. J. A. Alexander, of Nashville,
was in tiie city on business lust week.
He reported things very quiet around
the capital city.
Mr. William Sneed and wife, net
Miss Tollmans, of near Nashville,
were present at the Spires-Youimm-
marriage lust Sunday.
The heavy rains of lust Sunday,
afternoon prevented Rev. F, T. Seel
filling his appointment to preuch u!
the Pine Level school Louse.
Quite u number of Tiftoo people
attended the picnic near tile Over-
street bridge last Tuesday, and re
port having spent an enjoyable*day.
Pad rick Bros, sell the finest grad*
of groceries. Their flour, Teas uml
Colfee’6 H excellent. Try them if U
wish the best, at less than price o
inferior grades.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Boatright an
to be congratulated upon the arrival
. of a fine son at their home, which
oume us a Fourth of July present.
Boy and mother are doing well.
The handsome cottage residence of
€apt John A. Phillips is nearly
-completed, and will first be occupied
bv Mr. B. G. Lussptur. Capt Phil
lips and wife speak of occupying it in
the fall.
The regular services at the Tifton
Methodist church last Sunday wus
hot held, owing to the fact that the
pastor, ltev. W. C. llixou, was en
gaged in a protracted 'meeting _ut
Enigma.
There has been quite a number,
more than usual, of strange ladies in
the city the past few • days. It lias
been impossible for us to learn tile
names of many of them and whom
they are visiting.
Mr. A. B. Grantham lias given np
the management of Mr. E.. EL Tift’s
farm. He speaks of ' moving, will)
his family, back to Schley comity,
near LaCrosse, where he bus pur
chased a farm.
, . The vineyard of Messrs. II. II. &
YV. O. Tift is the Mecca of the Tif-
tbn pilgrim. It has many attrac
tions just now. The Mystic vine-
in
yard, of Mr. K. EL Tift’s comes
: also for its full share of visitors.
Hon. W. H. Love has rented a cot
on St. Simons Island and, with
, family, will spend a month or
ivo there during the heated term,
is poor conntry editor won id like
follow this example if he had the
’“ withal to pay expenses.
;aor Sparks, of the Georgia
hern and Florida railroad, no-
tbmtri interested in 'frmt cu11ure,
to th& city- Teesdaif 'afternoon
IMS'S*'special train to take a |gen at
—shards and vineyards. 1». tlic
fWligfrttefrklaw’t '
them, tbaythero are no better fruit
lands m Georgia than these in the
vicinity of Tifton.
The grapes shipped from the Tif
ton vineyards have gone to Atlanta
and Athens, and have Veil sold at a
net profit of from tie to 8c per pound.
Several hundred baskets have al
ready been shipped to Atlanta, and
judging from pin* demand the Tifton
grape is u favorite in that market.
Hymeneal.
Simues-Youmans.—At the resi
dence of tlie bride’s [|lr{‘iit3 just out
side the' southwestern boundary of
Tifton on hist. Sunday morning ut
10:00 o’clock, Rev. F. T. Snell offici
ating, Mr. Clifford Spires and Mi6S
Minnie Yonmsns were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony. No cards.
The groom is comparatively u
stranger in Tifton, more so bepause
of hia exceeding quiet disposition.
He has been a railroad employee here,
vard-forematj, for more than a year,
nVicl enjoys the esteem of * all who
know him.
The bride is tin* second daughter
of Mr. and .Mrs. E. E. Yonnians, tt
young lady- possessed of many lovea*
ble traits of charuicter, pud of very
quiet disposition. Shelias a large
circle of acquaintances in Berrien
county who love her, and wish for
her iiiAhy years of happiness and
prosperity.
After the-heaiitifnl marriage cere
mony, pronounced by the Rev. F, T.
Snell; ppiignitiiliitions werq .eijtQijdejl
hy the few who were present as tv it:-'
nesses. At 11:00 ii’cjock^a boimtiful
and toothsome .dinner was sefvfd.’
The happy con pie Iffi ' if the ‘ ,l l 2:’- (
DO Georgia., Southern miifL. Eteridii
(rein:for a EwiC.wreWlsJ visit s' tpY tjur.
groom’s parents and oilier relative,
and friends near Augusta.
They have tiie good wishes' of all
who know them for their future,
prosperity,and happiness.
v't
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Conn-Cox.—Last Sunday morning
at. the residence of the bride’s
mother, about two miles, northwest
of Tifton,’ Mr; Stephen, U"bb, of Ir
win county,iuuliMJss. Lucinda Cox.
were quietly united in marriage. The
interesting ceremony-was performed
by the bride’s brother, Rev. J. A.
Cox.
. The high contracting parties are
well and favorably known through
out this section, of country and need
no introduction from iis.
The Gazette join their many
friends in extending congratulations,
and best wishes for a long life—re
plete with happiness and prosperity.
Council Prococillngti..
The citv council of Tifton met in
the office of II. II. Tift, t) o'clock, p.
my July fil'd, 18!)fi, and was called
to older by Mayor U, \V. Fill wood.
Present: Councilmen Bow.cn, Alien,
Goodman MeCrea and Hargrott.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved.
A petition from sundry citizens,
asking that, a crossing be built over
the railroads on Central avenue, wus
read. Ordered, That the petition be
placed on file and the request bo
granted if in the power of Council
to do so. Council men Bowen', MeCrea
and Allen were appointed a commit
tee to confer with the railroad au
thorities with poWo.r to act in the
premises iis they limy deem best. 1
The sanitary committee reported
the drainage from the hotel sewerage
in good condition, and that a new
contract had been entered into with
the city scavenger at an advance in
salary of $1 per month.
Otdeiml, That Comiciifnsn Bowen
be ? ii>p|eir.fei!.a'cotiit)iiiii'iLbf ofte to
request Manager linrrioii. of Hotel
Sadie, to comply with the conditions
ranted b
ALL; ABOUT THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS,‘NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
Ami Other Point* in the Good Old County
of Bcrrh)n-Cr«|) rrn«]»\*ct* lie-
ported—Minor Mutter*.
under, which, be was granted by
council tiie pfmlege oTma’Siifl'^TOlrk'
in the ci-litre of Mum sir el' opposite
the hotel, relative to placing lumps
at each end of the'park ami have
them lighted dark nights so 1 tliut it
may not be obstructive or. dangerous,
to the traveling public.
- No furtbSr bc<in«(i *h*: ^lngil
was adjourned,
, Careful calculators II Padrick
Bros, best customers.
CapU J. B.„ ^unu returned to.
Euigiua from his trip North last'
Friday night.
The very heavy rain of last Sunday
put-all the streams of the county to
booming again.
The growers about Sparks report
that the bottom lots dropped out of
tlm melon market.
The melon growers iti the vicinity
of Sparks estimate their crop’ at one
hundred par-loads.
A squash, twenty-one inches' in
length, has been produced in the
garden of Rev. W. 11. Jones, near
Adel, : | j t ( j
The Methodist protracted meeting
at Enigma resulted in nine accessions
to Hie membership up to Sunday
night,
Adel is about to he possessed by
welds, so it is reported. A similar
capture is about to take place at
TiCtoij. : , j
There were Several Foni-th of July
picnics in the county last .Tuesday,
The people of JWrirn county have
not forgotten their country’s natal
« ouwn !
Tiie two Sunday-schools near
Brooklle|d nnrtcjl on the Fourth of
July,uf an enjoyable picnic. A large
concourse of people were present and
enjoyed,*-the day. very much.
jirf B*. W. r.ovilt,- 1 living iiear
Sparks, was bitten by a ruttlesimko
on the 25th ultimo and for a while
his friends feared it, would jirove
fatal. However, he is now improving.
Mrs. Lavinin MoCrahie died at; her
home near Adel on the2Ctli ultimo,
very suddenly, at tiie .advanced • age
of 8L years. Site leaves a large cir-
cleof relatives and friends to mourn
her death. ;
The public school near Brookfield,
taught by Miss Sallic- Ingram, closes
to-day with a public examination,
basket dinner, etc., during the day,
and an exhibition at night. The
patrons and friends of tiie school are
cordially invited to attend.
The News says the Board of Trust
ees of Adel Institute has tendered
their building and al! appurtenances
to Profs. J. W. Quincy and L. W.
Qoalaon, both of Florida, for the
next scholastic year, under the pro
viso that they shall inumtam asclion!
of high grade. It is not known
whether they will accept or not.
A colored man, name unknown,
was killed Monday'Might hy a Geor
gia .Southern and Florida railroad
train about three miles below Lenox.
It seems lie hud stopped and squatted
down on the. head of a crosstie for
some purpose and While in that posi
lion went to sleep. Ilis head was
gushed, (me arm broken and.one side
badly crushed in. There was noth-
ing.upon his person by which lie
could be Identified-—bis possessions
being a bottle of physic, a pack of
playing cards, a Smith & Wesson
pistol and $2,5V in cash. The coro
ner’s jury empanelled to investigate
the mutter returned a .verdict that
th.Pdifcciiseil'cdiiie to blit death from
being hit by a Georgia Southern and
Florida, railrtfadefigiiie while asleep
upon the track.
Free soda water at Padrick Bros,
for (.heir ciistoijjers.
The (frbatftlf*
People should tidt
paying money for trashy mixtures
gotten tip to sell. Botanic Blood
tel Si, * (W > W. ’which 1 has been
made imAtlantafor the past fifteen
years, hover fails to give satisfaction
SS a.sUperior building up -tonic aud
blood purifier. ItJs made from the
prescription of an eiifitiect, physician.
The bottle tit large and ihe dose
Small. Fee their laberl'irements uml
buy that , which is thoroughly eu-
ditW-d by thousands pf grateful pa-
riM*nnt O tine of lisino Hull Hr I worn
IVtttiiH from tiie Two IMaor*.
After several fruitless effort^ the
Sparks base ball club sueceetlcd in
getting a sufficient number of its
team together to pluy against the
Tifton team at Tifton last Monday
afternoon. Tiie Gazette desires to
say of the young mon composing both
teams, t.lmt, they are engaged at some
honorable .business and it is impossi
ble for tliem to play ball just when
they like. Hence tiie difficulty in
securing tiie game between the two
teams.
The Sparks young men arrived on
the , 12:fi0 Georgia Southern and
Florida train and were escorted to
the Hotel Sadie, vhere they were
provided with rooms and oared for
until the time to appear upon the
bull ground.
The game was called ut fi o'clock
with Mr. 11. II. MeOail, an expert
player, as Umpire, mid Messrs.
Miillhis mid Timmons as scorers for
Fparks and Tifton respectively.
Choice of positions were ficcordt-d
tiie Sparks team and they went, to
the out-lield with Parrish and Mat-
tiiis as their pitcher mid catcher.
Thov didn t slay there vory long, for
they put the Tifton hatters out in
one, two, three order, without a man
teaching tile first base. Sparks team
then went; to the bat mid scored two
runs. Bilow and Hamilton were
the battery for Tifton. The game
was lively and interesting up to tlm
fifth inning, when both teams
seemed to play indifferent mid the
score run up “out of sight.” The
Bparks team made a mistake in
The game
on, hut the
young mgn from.Sparks were pleased
even in their defeat; they said it was
the pleasantest game they had en
gaged m this season. It was free
iron .guying or tunlalizution of any
sort, and there was no kicking against
the decisions of tiie Umpire as is the
custom at amateur games. It. was
aniipate'd enough, but exceedingly
quiet. The Sparks team was treated
as the young gentlemen they are, mid
the Gazette is Bure they are pleased
.with their visit to Tifton. It is
hoped another game will lie played
soon between those two loams al
Sparks,
“A little fun, mm and tlirn,
.In rellhliH )»y thu wtaefttiu«n.”
A savings bunk is Padrick Bros,
store. U can take yo money’s worth
1 Kobe with U. •
GARNERED BY THE- PENCIL
SCISSORS PROCESS.
Hatch of New* from Neighboring Conntta*
fiet'inwl of Intercut to *
Gnxctto Header*.
changing their pitojicr.
ended in favor of Tiftr
Suiidfty-af lioot Picnic.
Last Balurdtiy Hie annual union
picnic of the Sumhiy-schonlri of
Sparks and vicinity .occurred uf Pop
lar Head, two miles went of Sparks.
The people of that section, old and
young, always look forward to the
time for this union picnic with bright
anticipations of pleasure and they
are never disappointed. The day wus
bright and us pleasant us the pictiic-
ers could wish.
There were six schools represented
— the two schools at. Sparks, one at
Poplar Head, one ut Evergreen, one
at Antioch and tiie one at Bay boro
in Golqnilt countv. It was witli the
greatest of pleasure that Messrs.
Ueckwith & Rogers brought the Buy-
boro school on their tram road for u
day’s enjoyment witli their Berrien
county friends.
The editor of the Gazette deeply
regrets that, business engagements,
always occurring on the Ural of the
mouth, prevented him from being
present and entering into the festivi
ties of the occasion with his friends
there*. Attending a picnic in that
section cf the county is synonumous
with having a good time.
From some who attended we learn
that there* was an interesting program
of exercises consummated in a
smoothe and attractive manner, and
the picnic dinner was Ample and of
quality to tempi, the appetite of the
most fastidious epicure. We’ve iutf)
a peep on former occasions into the
well-filled baskets of Mcsdames John
A. Rountree, W. £. Grfeu, and
W ttlOI)«iui»!>i aimwiii cull •
lients whom it Inis onred. A trial othc,rv, mid—well, we regret wo
mSm. mm ^
wmw
mi Of iti
The mime of Dot postofilce, Col
quitt comity, Iras been chungedto
Autreyville.
The annual teachers institute for
Coffee comity will commence July
31st and continue ono week.
Rev.' Isrnic Hobby, of \Vorth coun
ty, filled the pulpit at Zion Hope
church last Saturday uml Stiuday.
Col. J. G. Polhill has been elected
school commissioner of Worth coun
ty, vice Dr. J. B. Pickett, removed.
Ex-Sheriff Cox', of Worth comity,
will become u citizen of Asliburn
and engage in the livery Btnb'e busi
ness.
A ministers’ and deacons' meeting
of the Iloinei'ville associution will be
held at Willacoochec on the fifth
Sunday inst.
There were forty-six applicants
for teacher’s license examined at
Douglas at the last general exami
nation—thirty-six white* and ten col
ored.
The Douglas Breeze is under new
management. Editor A. 0. Sweat is
succeeded by Editor U. L. Park.
The found* is now “holding down”
the tripod of tlm Jesup Sentinel.
Capt, J,,G, McPliiin! has sold to
Messrs. Pritchett & Pridgen, of Ifitts,
twelve thousand acres of timbered
land in Worth county, near the Col
quitt comity line. It, will be utilized
for, turpentine purjaiacs.
Henry Morgan, of Valdosta, nomi
nated by Hon. II. G. Turner for the
military cadetship of the eleventh
district, has past tlio test examination
at West Point with credit and gain
ed admission to the academy.
The Union Singing Convention
will meet with Lela church,Colquitt
county, on the third Sunday, Friday
ami Saturday before, In this month.
Let all those interested take due no
tice ami govern thenisel vej according
fy.
J. W. Warren, sou of James A.
Warren n highly esteemed citizen of
Worth county, is at home from
boarding school nt Bartlesville, lie
will deypte his vacation to teaohlng
singing classes. He began a class at
the Rohool house near his father's
homo the first of the week.
The work on the bride over Little
River, on the Tifteti andTy-Ty roatl,
is not progressing eery rapidly now
owing to the tremendous rains that
have fallen during the past month.
Contractor Glover seems in line
cheer, however, and keeps steadily at
it.
A nc-w and queer disease Iras at
tacked tin* lings in tho vicinity of
Aoree. They are taken with some
thing like a cold ill tlic head, their
eyes g<*t sore and almost close up,
they have u violent cough, and in a
few days pans in their checks. A
great number of bogs have died with
this disease.
Wliut an acre of wiregrass pine
land-will do is thus summarized by
the Worth Comity laical: “Last
year Mr. G. W. Ford, one of the fur-
mete of thejjfU district of this coun
ty, cleared an acre. ot. wiregrass laud,
and planted it in potatoes, without
fertilizing, and gathered 175 bushels
fro/n it. A little later he sowed it in
oatA and lias just gathered 732 bun*,
dies jpf fine outs from this same acre,
and is preparing' to plant another
crop obit.”
Atnilug the recent graduates of
GordumInstitute at Burnesviflo we
notice tke names of Ezekiel J. and
Lizzie A. Willir.ms, sou and daugh
ter of Capt, W. E. Williams formerly
of Ty-Ty.* They are both excellent
young.peo|:lc aud stood wy’bigh in
their olasseB. The former; notwith-
standing'tda youth, bears a fine repu
tation as u teacher and would have
been elected to the second place in
his Almti Slater had tb>. present in
cumbent resigned as be announced
‘ wirald do some time si{|i
Herring’s Tifton Items.
Mr. John L. Herring, of the Wort
County Local, was in the city June
24th—St. John’s Day— and labile
here picked np the following items. V .
He also gives a piece of very good ;
advice:
Mrs. Mary Sinclair, who has beep
vory sick for several .weeks past, is
slowly improving.
Truck farms are all looking well. '
Irish potatoes liuve yielded a heavy
crop, and all other vegetables have’
flattering prospects, although the; .::
heavy rains are causing tomatoes to*,
rot. . H
A negro was crippled at the B. &
W. yard one night during the .
week, having oue foot oruslied by '
car passing over it. Dr. Goodman
treated him, und at last accounts he
was doing very well..
Jake W. Pauls, the clever young
druggist, may be arrested for cruelty .
to animals. He Iras driven tbe sill '
of his big show window, which was
the favorite loafer’s seat in town,.full
of iron spikes, and now the town
philosophers, of which there ure
very few, have to stand up or go
home. It is a terrible alternative.
It is suggested for what it mav be
worth, that the citizens of Tifton
petition the B & W. -authorities to
il. How them to send fcho old depot at
that place to the World’s Fair for ex
hibition alongside the first nut way
locomotive, or as a relic of Noah's
Ark: However, it won’t do for a
oitizen of Sylvester to say too much-
on this line, as we afe only a little
better off,' having none at all.
The post-office matter, which hud
nearly -lied out, was fanned into
fresh flams the other day by the ap
pearance of a new candidate in the
field. As the matter now stands, it
would seem that there are only twp
ways left out of tin* difilonl’y, and
that is to either let the present in
cumbent 111! tlm place indefinitely, or
else hold a citizen’s meeting, endorse
some one for the place, uml see that
hr is put through. If the people of
the town do not decide for themselves
upon the man they want, no ona else
will dcoide for them.
A great dual of complaint is made
by the growers as to the prices paid
for vegetables by the canning facto
ry, ami it ii safe to say that unless it
more satisfactory understanding is
reached, but little material will be
furnished the factory by the public
during tlio coming year. This is not
as it should lit. Nothing can he
more closely alliedtliun the interest
of the manufacturer and truck grow
er, and tlm farmer should be content
witli a very small profit on his stult
in order to insure the establishment
of a permanent homo market for a
product that will bring money at a
season when im needs it most. On
the other hand, tlm manufacturer
should pay tiio farmer every cent
tliut he can afford for his trnok, for
without the material to work upon,
his factory is useless, uml he cannot
expect the grower to raise vegetables
ut a loss. A perfectly fair and com
plete understanding should be estab
lished between the two, in order tiv
insure the suocess of both. If the
farmer believes that the manufacr
turer is working for the interest of
both, Im will lie willing to make even
a small sacrifice in order that the
factory may be put upon a paying
basis, und this he should be given to
understand at once. The farmer of
this section has never looked upon
vegetables as a marketable commod
ity, except in rare instances, and then
at u fancy price, and he must be
shown that there is money in them
us a field crop, even at a small price,
before he can be depended on to
to grow them to any great, extent. A
mutual understanding, and mutual
concessions, for the benefit of all
concerned, is absolutely necessary for
success in this matter.
Election ot Officer*.
Piney Woods Lodge, No. 50,
Knights of Pythias, of Tifton, have
elected and installed the following
officers to serve for the ensuing six
months:
C. W. Fulwood, C. O.
0, H. Goodman, V. 0.
J. L Green, Prelate.
J. W. Miller, M. at A.
J. H. Goodman, K. of R. & S
and M. of F.
T. A. Spurlin, 0. G.
Dr. J. A. Peterson, I, G.
The Knights with their fan
and invited guests, will enjoy a <
outing at 1 teach Haven, tbe Geo
Southern' *andv! "
pleasure park