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- ' _ pfe Sill mi &ii : Au\ * , $1.00 PER ANNUM. LOCAL HOTCH-POTCHT ,y •♦ ■ . • > V WHAT. BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS FIND TO TALK ABOUT. Pavftraant Ptragraphi Picked Vp and Pen sively Penned—All Pertnlnlnff to Perooue and Tliiug*. $!9H| V~, - ' - ' ‘ ' , H-d a — . a. A A TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1893. . 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. the Mb 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- VOL. 3-NO. 14. . ssat ->;• 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* jSMBMSa ■/’ ■ Ti T ‘ -0;