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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893.
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Some fine watermelons, of the late
crop, are now being sold in Tiftnn.
Tifton tobacco growers have com
menced to hui-vest und euro their
^rops.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Spires re
turned from their visit to his parents
last week.
Col. Jos. A. Alexander, of Nash
ville, attended Justice Court in Tif
ton yesterday.
The Tifton people now rusti-
eating at St. Simons are having a de
lightful time.
The fruit crop in the vicinity of
Tifton has quite all been sent for
ward to market.
The-Tifton base ball club are ex
pecting to play three games next
week on the home grounds.
Rev. Bascom Anthony,of Valdosta,
was a visitor in Titton this week and
the guest of t>r. J. C. Goodman and
. family.
Miss Katie Tift is at home again,
after a very pleasant sojourn among
relatives and friends at Albany and'
Columbus.
The colored Odd Fellows of Tifton
gave a festival and cake walk.last
Friday night, which was conducted
in a very orderly manner.
Mr. W. Oi Tift, wife and daughter,
will take leave of Tifton some time
Itest week for a month's visit to Chi
cago'and the Columbian Exposition.
Mrs. Julia Barnes took leave of
* Tifton last Sunday night to spend
the remainder of the summer with
relatives and friends at Union Point,
On.
Mrs. Hodges and her charming
daughter, of Jacksonville, Fin., are
spending several weeks in Tifton the
guest of the former’s sister, Mrs. A.
B. Clayton.
Everybody connected with the
Tifton catinery are “getting a lively
move on themselves” now. Fruit and
vegetables are coining iti rapidly ami
must le worked up before they spoil
Mr. II. F. Newton and family
went tip to Macon Tttesduy, called
there by a telegram announcing the
serious illness of bis mother. They
returned Thursday, accompanied by
bis nephew, a Mr. Kelly.
I. S. & R. L. Bowen will retire
from the mercantile business August
1st, and has leased their store to M
TV. Gaskins and Sam B. I’anlk, who
will confluence business then under
the firm name aud style of Gaskins
& Paulk.
The handsome and comfortable
new residence of Mr. Wallace N
Cole is, at last, completed und was
occupied the fiiat of the week. The
Tift residence, thus vacated, was ini
mediate'y re,occupied by Mr. W. C.
Hamilton and family.
dipt. H.'H» Tift has kindly dona
ted a lot for the Episcopal church,
workuipon which-is to comtncnoe at
once. The lot lias not been located
yet, but it will probably lie one oh
•Tift avenue in the vicinity of the
Institute building.
,»Caj)t. C. A. Williams is at home
again from his trip to Cincinnati
and the citiee of the Northwest in
the interest of the melon growers of
this section, lie says be learned
luneb more about the venality em
pkyed in the disposition of the
Southern frait and vegetable prod
uct* than he evejj hoped to know
-Some of hi* ex|iericnce* and observa-
, tione will be published oil our third
page next week
Editor W. H, Williams, of the
Hartwell Sun, made a atop at Tifton
'this week while enrontc home from
Florida. He iian intelligent gentle
man, very oompanionubte, and it wa*
with genuine pleasure that he wa*
shown around the citv, the orchards,
vineyard* and farm*. He says what
he a* beta wa* a pleasant surprise
to him, and entirely* changed the
opinioh he had hitherto entertained
of this section of country. He mude
a atop also at Cyoloneto.
Mr. J. Howard Harris, of the
Woodbury Messenger, is whooping
up an excursion which he proposes to
run on the 25th inst., next Tuesday,
from LaGrnnge, Ga., to St. Augus
tine, Flu. The excursion will pass
Tifton about 12:00 m. Fare, 83 for
the round trip. The train, on the
return trip, will leave St Augustine
at 9:00 p. m., on the 2(ith and arrive
at Tifton at about 2:00 o’clock next
morning.' It will afford our people
a fine opportunity to see all "The
sights of the “ancient city.”
Profs. Overman and Roberts were
in the city lust Wednesday afternoon
to talkjvitb the people in regard to
their school .interests. The Tifton
Educational Company, through its
Board of Directors, has tendered
these gentlemen the use of their
building for one year, provided they
will conduct a tirstclass school and
return the building to their succes
sors in ns good repair as they re
ceived it. The proposition will prob
ably Ire accepted; and, if so, the
school will h°giii at as early date as
the plans for opening cun be ma
tured. These gentlemen are not on
ly eminent educators, but “hustlers”
in the matter of building up a school
and inakiug it a success. They will
visit Tiftnn again next week in this
behalf.
WAYCROSS VS. TIFTON.
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I* the Caption of the Score Sheet of
Waycrouii Bull
Lust Monday morning it team of
base ball players, selected from Tif-
ton’s first and second tunes, went
lown to WaycroSs to pluy a match
game with what purported to be the
tVnycross club.
Imagine the surprise of the Tiftons
when they arrived at Waycross to
find that a part of their antagonists
lid not belong to that town at all,as,
for instance, Pitcher Sessoms and Mr.
John Cox; the latter a commercial
tourist from Brunswick and the for
mer from some other seaport town.
The Tiftons Imd gone to Waycross
to pluy ball und the sight of tile ag
gregation which the home team had
imported to pit against them did not
daunt them in the least. They wore
down to Waycross and were bouud
to put her amalgamated ball players
on their mettle.
The game was called at 4:00 p. nt.
with a denizen of the railroad cross
ing, Jint Sydbotten, as umpire find
Alex Weiss and Capt. Newton, of
Tifton, us scorety. The viaitorssoon
discovered that they hiui not only to
play against the aggregation, but the
umpire and spectators, among whom
the small boy was very conspicuous
by his presence aud unearthly yells.
The absence of an offloer to main
tain order and prevent the s]iectators
und the small tioy from crowding
the diamond was one of the marked
features of the occasion, and render
ed the game anything but pleasant.
However, the game begun with
Sessoms und Smith as a battery for
Waycross and Hamilton and Spires
for Tifton. .The visitors led the
game from the very start and showed
the local nine that they possessed
sit|ierior generalship if they, couldn’t
(?) play Util, aa was remarked upon
the grounds, and managed to win the
game by a score of 12 to 14 with all
the odds aguinst them.
As soon as the result of the game
was announced, it is reported, the
homo team cut the ‘-donkey” uot by-
leaving the grounds and not showing
np any more; so they loft the game
and their good breeding alio.
The mute pitcher for Waycross
never lost an opportunity, the Tifton
boys say, to hit Capt. Ponder and
Pitcher Hamilton with the ball
whenever they went to the bat, and
finally succeeding in hitting the for
mer’s hand and breaking it up shock
ingly.
A second game between the two
teams will be played on the . Tifton
grounds perhaps next week.
BHHHsHnHfl
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
And Other Points In the Good Old County
of Berrien—Crop Prospects Re
ported—Minor Mutters*
A little daughter of Mr. John A.
Guldens, near Nashville, died last
Sunday.
Milltown has a flourishing school
now under the administration of
Prof. R. C. Woodard.
The ginneiy, saw und grist mill,
of Swindle & Griffin at Nashville
have passed into other hands.
The protracted meeting at Bethesda
church, two miles of Brooklleld, re
sulted in the acquisition of five or
six members.
We hear much complaint lately,
about the unsafe condition of the
Lindsey bridge aoroaa New River
on the Nashville and Adel road.
Mr. George Paulk, of Alapaha,
youngest son of the late Hon. Thomas
Panlk, has oommenoed the study of
medicine under Dr. H. T. Kendrick.
Some go6d and substantial work
has been^done recently on the streets
and lanes of Alapaha. The same
run be said of the town of Nashville.
The Pine Hill soliool, near Adel,
closos to-day with a thorough exami
nation and ah exhibition to-night.
Miss Tenant has conducted this
school very successfully.
Judge A. W. Patterson, Ordinary
of Berrien county, attended the con
vention of his brother ordinaries in
Atlanta last week. He reports the
session us having been both -pleasant
and profitable.
The firm of Swindle & Griffin, at
Nashville, has sold their stock of
merchandise to W. II. Morris and
temporarily suspended business. They
are placing lumber on the ground for
a new store building.
The Paulk-Sutton private cetne
tery on the Alapaha gftd r Na*hriile
road, three miles south of Alapalm,
has been thoroughly cleaned out and
put in nice condition by the relatives
of those who are buried there.
Farmers II. J. Parrish and J. S
Lindsey, whose lovely farms lay be
tween Adel and Nashville, are now
industrionsly engaged in curing their
crops of tobacco. They ure nothing
if not progressive agricultnrists.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Isbln Guldens, of Alapaha, died
near Nashville last Sunday and her
remains were buried the next day iu
the Alapaha cemetery. She hud
been in declining health for some
time and her death was not entirely
unexpected.
Clerk Smith and Sheriff Tison are
attending the clerks’ and sheriffs’
convention at Griffin this week.
They deserve a week’s rest and recre
ation during this heated term. Ber
rien-county’s officials areulwuys will
ing to learn how to make themselves
more proficient in their various ofll
ces.
One of the very best hostelries in
Berrien county is the Fogle House,
at Alapaha, conducted by Mrs. 8. E.
Fogle. The table is always supplied
with something good to cut and it
prepared and served in a manner that
makes it exceedingly palatable. We
commend the Fogle House to the
traveling public.
Berrien county court was in ses
sion last Monday and there wbs quite
mi array of legal lights present We
mention: Cols. O. M. Smith, of Val
dosta; J. A. Wilkes, of Adel. C. W,
Folwood of Tifton; IL B. Peeples
and Jos, A, Alexander, of Nashville.
There was no business of any great
importance transacted. Several crim
inal cases were disposed of jn the
afternoon.
Hon. T. E. Williams, Berrien
county’s efficient school commission
•r, with a number of Berrien oounty
teachers, are attending the Peabody
institute at Thomesville, which
opened this week. Prof. M. 0.
Overstreet will commence a public
school in the Fillyaw shool bouse,
three miles southeast of Tifton, in
the oourse of a week or two. He re
ports bright prospects for a flue
school.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL
SCISSORS PROCESS.
AND
THE GEORGIA EDITORS.
The; Via!! Tifton Mnl Cvoloneta and nr*
1‘leMed With Whnt Th*y Saw.
The long list of Georgia editors
who went off the Florida exoursiou
last week, from Brunswick, after
they hud seen the sights of St. Au
gustine made their way over to Patat-
ka, where they divided—some oou-
tinuing their trip to Tampa und
other points of interest in the floral
state and the remainder turned their
faces homeward via the Georgia
Sonfhern and Florida railroad with a
view of accepting an invitation ex
tended them by the editor of the
Gazette, wliile the convention was
in session on Cumberland Island, to
stop at Tifton and Cyeloneta and see
what our people ure doing to illus
trate the possibilities of the soil in
the fruit and vegetable industry.
It was Friday night und the edi
tors were anxious to reach their res-
pestive homes the next day—they
were already weary of the trip—and
probably would not hfcve stopped
over had it not been for the Impor
tunity of Editor W. A. Allen, of the
Worth County Local, w.ho had been
persuaded to go on the Florida trip
for that purpose, reinforced by the
persuasive powers of Mayor 0. VV.
Pul wood, 1 of Tifton, who met thorn nt
Valdosta. Immigration agent W. L.
Glessner, of the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad, also- met. the
editors and added his influence to
get them to stop over.
The party consisted of twenty edi
tors—under the direction of Editor
Walter R. Coleman, of IbeCedartown
Standard, wlte is the first viee-presi
dent of tire weekly press association.
The party arrived on the 12:18 u. m.
train Saturday morning and com
fortably quartered at the Hotel Sadie
for the remainder of the night.
Saturday morning the oditorswere
shown about the city a^d then a
special train, made up of one of
Oupt. H. H. Tift’s locomotives and a
Georgia Southern and Florida caboose
whs improvised for their accommo
dation. The party was first taken to
the Tift & Snow Co. fruit farm, then
to the II. II. & W. 0. Tift model
farm, and then to the Cyeloneta Ex
perimental Farm, returning to Tif
ton for dinner.
The editors expressed themselves
more tiiun pleased with what they
saw ut these farms und grew eloquent
upon the wonderful possibilities of
this section • of the great Empire
State of Georgia. At the first named
pluoe they were abundantly supplied
with watermelons picked right from
the fields; at the second they were
shown through the vlneyurd and
faun and, upon taking leave, each
one was presented with a basket of
splendid grapes; and, at the last,
were shown around the beautiful
farm amt before leaving their ■ sup
ply of watermelons was reinforced.
One of the editor* asserted that
“more wus being done at Cyeloneta
to illustrate the agricultural and
horticultural possibilities of Georgia
than at the State farm at Griffin.
Messrs. H. H. A W. 0. Tift went
with the party in this round and ad
ded much to the pleasure. They
are both happy entertainers and can
adapt themselves to any occasion.
The “editor” boy* felt like if they
were not honorary members of the
1'ress Association they should be.
The party tenewed their journey
homeward at 12:50 p. m., giving
throe cheers and a roaring tiger for
Tifton and her hospitable people.
The editor of the Gazette apolo
gises to the ladies of the party for a
bit of forgetfulness on his part, and
to it alone is due the fact they did
not meet any of the ladies of Tifton.
ne regrets the remissness very much.
Refreshing and. delicious summer
drinks are now. being' dispensed at
the Tifton Drug Store—coca-cola,
milk shakes, sodawaler, etc.
Batclt of News from Neighboring Countte*
Deemed of Special Interest to
Gnsatte Headers.
Mr. David Drew iB the postmaster
at Swun, Irwin oounty, vice Mrs. Ben
Drew resigned.
The Coffee connty teachers’ insti
tute will convene at Douglas, July
31st, and continue one week.
The telegraph office at Stunner has
again been closed up, and operator
Davidson has returned to his homo
at Waresboro.
Hon. Seth E. Coleman has resigned
the postmastership at Ocala, Irwin
county, and has beeu succeeded by
Mr. James Harper.
Dr. Vason, formerly of Albany,
has located at Ty-Ty for the praotice
of his profession- The Gazktte be-
speaxs for him a lucrative practice.
The Moultrie Banner has become
a victim of the latest fashion—gone
into the hands of a receiver. Capt.
Millsap, a merchant of the town, is
the appointee.
Miss Lizzie Williams, a recent
graduate of Gordon Institute, nt
Bnrnesvilto, is teaching a flourishing
school in the Warren settlement of
Worth County, south of Ty-Ty.
The fifth annual session of the
Union singing convention was held
last Friday, Saturday and Sunday at
I.elon church, Colquitt oounty. The
editor regrets he could not attend.
Hillsdale, Worth county, lias an
interesting Sunday school of -about
fifty scholars. Maj. 1). J. Owens is
the efficient superintendent.' Efforts
are being made to organize a church
there.
The Irwin County News has
changed hands uguin. Mr. A. G.
I)eLoach is now editor and proprie
tor. We tender mm our—sympa
thy, for this is a hard time on news
paper proprietor*.
Capt. 8. R. Weston lias a tine crop
of lsjConte pears at Westouia, Coffee
county, which ho is now gathering
and shipping to market. His nephew,
Mr. George M. Weston, is sujierin-
tending the work.
The Atlanta Constitution reports
the revival of the laud title forging
business in Colquitt county und in
timates that Gov. Northcn has suf
ficient evidence iu hand ‘ to convict
one of the participants in the fraud.
Manager D, G. Irby, of the Cycle-
neta experimental farm, bus made a
test of the keeping quality of the
Elberlu peach. He packed u basket
ful July 8th and they were In fair
condition on the 15th—seven days,
lie is satistiul that with careful
handling they cun he kept a week or
ten days.
Col. W. T. Kennon,of Brunswick,
has been appointed toni|sirary re
ceiver for James McDonald, who has
been conducting a large mill und
lumber business on tlu* Brunswick
and Western railroad in Coffee coun
ty. Expressions of regret, becanse
of the failure of Mr. McDonald,
were general throughout the county;
he ha* done much to develop the
grand resources of that section of tha
state.
At a recent marriage in Coffee
oounty the neighbors attempted toL
give the happy couple the usual tiu
pan serenade with cow bells and fog
born accompaniment. Hilt the bride’s
mother was equal to the occasion and
had filled an old musket about half
full of small shot, and when the ser-
enaders opened up theii grand musi-
oale she opened np with her musket
battery, which put a quietus ou fur
ther proceedings in the imuicale line.
Two of the serenade!-* will have to
devote the baianoe of the week pick
ing out small shot—Waycross Her
ald.
The Cyeloneta experimental farm
has become a point of increasing in
terest ami scarcely a day passe* that
ouv or more persons do not go there
to note the degree of development, to
whioli the agriculture of south Geor-
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gia can be brought, under intelligent
and skillful management While
Capt. D. G. Irby, the most capable
manager of the farm, receives pay
for his labor from his employers ho
is also entitled to the thunks of every
farmer in this section. One of the
Georgia editors, who visited Cyelo
neta last Saturday, was heard to as
sert that Capt Irby and this experi
mental faun were doing more to
illustrate the possibilities of Georgia
agrionlture than even tho state •ex
perimental station near Griffin. No
one can go there and walk over the
fields, orohards and vineyards with
out being indelibly impressed with
the magnitude aud importance of
tli is model farm.
Tuesday at Poulun.
The anuual Fruit Fair and Water
melon Picnic of the Worth county
Agricultural Association was held
last Tuesday at the Snnday-sohool
Tabernacle at Poulan.
The people of the county did not
seem ua enthusiastic over the exhibi
tion as in former years; con
sequently the exhibit, while it cov
ered the entire list of melons aud
fruit grown in this section and the
specimens superb, was exceedingly
meagre and tins attendance greatly
reduced from former years.
J. M. Watson, of .Sumner, captur
ed the prizes for the best melon, tlie
largest melon aud the best collection
of melons.
Pincy Park Nursery, of Poulan,
received premiums for the best col
lection of grapes and best plums,
plate full.
Mr. Fillyaw, of Poulan, was
awarded the premium for the best
peaches, basket full.
Mr. W. W. Monk, four miles south
of Puiihtn, received the prize for the
host col lection of peaches.
We did not learn who won the
prizes for apples, pears, etc.
Among the visitors at the. fair
from a distance were Capt Negley
and another gentleman, whose name
is forgotten, of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
(both members of the Keystone Fruit
Company recently organized at Pou-
lan), aud Passenger Agent Coates, of
the Brunswick and Western railroad,
and Editor Wrench, of the Timea-
Advertisor, both of Brunswick. All
these gentlemen were deeply impress
ed witli the agricultural and horti
cultural possibilities of this section
of Georgia. The two Pittsburgh
gentlemen ure gathering every pos
sible duta and information rotative to
fruit culture with the view to put
ting out extensive orchards of peach
es, apples, peurs, plums, etc.
Altogether this fair will be more
fruitful of good results than any
previous one, and it is a matter for
regret that the attendance wus not
targer and the exhibit more com
plete. Let the people of Worth
county renew their efforts to exem
plify the ixissibilities of their soil
witli exhibits of its products, for the
time is near at baml when they can
be made beneficial to the country.
Preaching Appointment*.
Elder John Rowe, un eminent
Primitive Baptist minister, i>. V.,
will till the following appointments
within the bounds of the Brushy
Creek Union of Primitive Baptists.
Brushy Creek, Irwin connty, Jniy
21, 22 and 23, 1893.
Sturgeon Creek,Irwin county, July
24 and 25, 1893.
Turner’s meeting-house, Irwiu
county, July 20,1893.
Oaky Grove, Berrien comity, July
27,1893.
Little River, Irwin coimly, July
28, 1883.
Win. Branch sobool-honse, Irwin
county, July 29 and 30,1893.
Salem, Berrieu couuty, July 31,
1893.
Emranus, Berrien comity, August
1, 1893.
Gaskins’ meeting-house, Berrien
county, August 8, 1893.
Hopewell, Irwin county, August
4, 5 and 0,1898. • *'
A special invitation is extended
the people in the seven)
ties to attend these meeting*
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