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-TIFTON, RERRFEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY i>8, 1893.
VOL. 3-NO. 15.
HOTCH-POTCH.
WHAT
NESS MEN AND LOAFERS
I> TO TALK ABOUT.
Paves;
iph« Plekrri f ! p mill Pen*
’«nned—All I*«rtalnln{f to
•M-aons and THing*.
3*.*ches solO under a positive
—■*£?•— Yocma ns, the jeweler.
Cole left Wednesday
for a. months visit to Savan-
A.V aiycross.
- Oiooil man, of Tifton, is at-
■*r Jie al istrict conference at Ah-
i*s week.
>r<;et Von Tunas, the jewol-
ou vrunt it firstclass watch
L _ «X_ Pan-rlsli, of near A del,
X - * oit.y Last, Wednesday look-
k~z some n*u.tters of business,
t— A.. Youmai)S wcjuoverinlo
oo nty early one morning hist
s-*. wild goose—no cat chase.
■* 1 icn^e t>< an t iful ladies’ gold
att Youinans, the jeweler’s,
* y thing !
■b - * M rs Howard Harris, of
■ «~_y, was in the city last Fii-
1 Ite society of their
2<»c>’"’ Knight, was ttp from
yesterday and witnessed tin
lju. 11 1 letwecti Tifton and
*- Cl. A. Hair risen, of tin
ton Times, was in the oily
:tri<l . made a pleasutr
nr sanctn m.
9 ,u 11 rat I 'etige, a chunniu;
»..lv of is spending lit.
i*t 'l’ifton tlie guest of hei
JStr. -J. G. Hedge.
V>ti If<l < flT by foreign udver
t and tloilges, liut-hny :
»"« .» ji YToti .tiatns, the jewelei.
a*, gnarantee on it.
— i fry fit * liters” are looking wel
e.-* sa.ii i t axry condition of Tifton
«e- right, the city’s repatalidi
fr.lifn 1 ness must he sustained.
►‘V’ - . Cole, wife and child
n rUay niglit for a visit to rel
a »<I frieti'ls at Wrightsville
Sandeisville and Dublin
ill in.ii i \V i Ison and bride, nn
— cal.-a Rhodes, have gone tr
r-«.--j»iiig tint] atre occupying I In
Ihiiven residence on Lov.
: _ T>. G. Irby, the genial mana-
t;. lit* cycloneta farm, was in-tlu
e "t Friday anil made a pleasant
1.1 le ei.lt fror. We are ulwuyr
► ««?e him.
Nv. O. Tift, wife and duughtei
; »eir leave of Tifton the firstol
*>c for Ol* icugo and the. World’s
’IL'Miey will begone about »
or eix weeks.
- Tifton base ball team left by
itrsion train d;his morning foi
wr ick, where they play the
i<2l< team this afternoon and
— *~ow, Sunday will bespenton
t > ton’s Isluud.
T'. 'J'. {Snell wi'l go over to
ton to-inorrow and begin u se-
meetings with Alt. Elton
* »_ lie is delighted with the
^ of t hat clufrch and community,
: -* frici pates a most pleasant meot
_ W. K. Will iums, of Barnes
ams in frfie city last Friday af
and made a pleasant call at
ctum. It would not surprise
should slecide to make Tifton
his itstereatitigfamily would
an acsjuisttioa to mtr social
‘>'55
tad cow was discovered in the
last Monday morning. Hho
s after lier condition was
and it is probable she did
a »s*ago, hut she made it lively for
!-«=• for the negro boy, Tom,,-a*ho
chores for Hr. Hood man, clias-
* i aai around.
♦sal McC.'rea and Johnnie. Ad*
<h it:g yesterday. On their
k home 5 lie former attempted
■fr a Lit i *1 but the slid being too
the barreil of tlio gOu tlie
z~- fVa>.t:<;d, out from the breech
bnrut hie face. Result—
The work of shipping grapes to
market is done, and now pear ship
ping and tobacco curing hns com
menced. This is a great country!
The Tifton base ball ground is to
tie moved to a more eligible site near
the Baptist church. It will be en
closed and seats provided for specta
tors and only those will see the games
who pay for the privilege. At least
this is the talk on the street.
An excursion to Brunswick, under
the charge of Cupt T. J. Welch and
lion. W. 11. Love, will bo rim by the
Brunswick and Western railroad to
day. Fare, *2 for the round trip;
tickets good for live days. This ex
cursion will afford our people a line
opportunity to go to St. Simons and
take a dip in the surf.
The excursion train from Laf)range
and Macon to St, Augustine, Fla.,
which was to have passed Tifton at
12:00 o’clock last Tuesday, did not
arrive until (!:00 p. in. There were
twelve coaches carrying about one
tbnusiuui people. Standing room
seemed to he at a premium. The
heavy Irani required a Mogul loco
motive to pull it.
Union meeting of the Mell Baptist
Association convened at New River
church, two miles east of Tifton, to
day. ’I'iie program was handed into
this office for publication hut through
the negligence of the party whom it
was handed it never wits brought to
mr attention and hence did not find
its way into our columns. The edit
or regrets the omission very much.
Dr. J. 0. (loodnmn informs us thut
he University Publishing Company,
whose Geographies and Readers have
ieen adopted by I he Board of Edu
cation as text-book lo lie used in the
public schools of the county, Imv
•xtended tlie time for exchanging
dd books for new until January 1st,
1891. Jf the same Inis been done by
linn & (!o., who furnishes the other
looks, In 1 has not been notified.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
ailroad will run a mammoth exenr-
imt to .Macon, from all points along
is line, on Tuesday, August 7th. It
<eenis to be a colored excursion but
-eparate couches will be provided for
white people who desire to take ad
vantage of the extremely low rate of
<‘l for the found trip lo Macon.
Tickets good going on regular trains
August 7th and returning on regular
trains until August (Hit.
The tobacco growers are having
line weather now for gathering and
curing their crops. If this weather
continues the tobacco grown in the
vicinity of Tifton will compare with
the very lust. It is very luxuriant,
has a very heavy hotly and, with con-
tinned dry weather, will lie cured in
perfection. It is probable a small
factory will he inaugurated next
winter to manufacture the crop, in
stead of sending it to the North Car
olina and Virginia markets.
A team of hall players went from
Tifton to Arabi last Saturday morn
ing and played n match game with
an aggregation from Arab), Cordelc
and Vienna. The game resulted in
favor of the Arabi aggregation by a
score of 7 bit, The Tiftons immedi
ately challenged the team for another
game in the afternoon on the Tifton
grounds; it was accepted and the
game was called at 4:15 and was con
cluded at C:L0—the nine innings
were played in an hour and fifty-five
minutes, resulting in favor of the
Tiftons by a score of 11 to 12. The
members of the aggregation are pleas
ant young gentlemen and excellent
ball players; it take# u good team to
“down” the Tiftons. The Gazette
takes especial pride in saying that
no one has played with tlie Tiftons
so far except actual residents of the
city and members of the club. We
hope it will continue so; amateur
•base ball loses its clntrma when the
| question of victory or defeat depends
! upon which town lias the most
mowy to employ professional play
ers.
I can’t write a bowling udvertise-
j ment, but 1 can repair your watches,
clocks and jewelry.
I Ydt’JiAKS, the jeweler.
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY,
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
And Other Point* In tho Good Old County
of Berrien—Crop Prospect* Mo-
ported—Minor Mutters.
The people of Cecil are healthier
than for the past three years.,
Mr. ’L T. Bryant is making prop-
orations to open a jewelry repair shop
at Sparks.
The Cecil burglar has been captur
ed and safely landed in tlie county
jail at Nashville.
Prof. E. J. W i 11 iams, of Burncsv i I le,
is conducting a singing school at
Sparks this week,
Mr. 11. F. Alexander, of Reidsville
Tattnall county, is visiting relatives
at, Sparks and Nashwlte. lie is a
brother of Col. Jos. A. Alexander.
The recent ruins have been light
and unevenly distributed in tlie Cecil
neighborhood, consequently the lute
crops are not doing well, especially
corn and field peas.
A negro man, we learn, was killed
by lightning lust Wednesday near Mr.
S. L, Weldon’s place, three miles from
liOiwx. He was sitting under a wal
nut tree when the holt struck him.
A negro turpentine hand, working
for Covington,& Bass, at Cecil, while
on a drunken spree last, week, acci
dentally shot, himself through the
ami with u pistol which he was care
lessly handling.
Mr. If. J. Parrish, whose palatial
country home is about four miles east
of Adel, reports the crops in his neigh
borhood us being excellent and the
farmers in line spirits. Tobacco cur
ing will be commenced in a few days.
The barn? and 6tubles of Mr. I. A.
Williams, who lives two miles above
Sparks, were destroyed by fire last
Sunday morning about it o’cloek.
The origin of the fire is unknown,
the estimated loss is $300, with no
insurance.
Miss LouliiMorgan, corresponding
secretary of the Baptist, Women’s Mis
sionary Union, fourth district, have
published the following appointments
within t he bounds ot Mell Association
Nashville—Saturday and Sunday,
August the 5th and (1th; Aluputm—
Monday, August,8th; Enigma—Tues
day, August Oth.
TIFTON VS. WAYCROSS.
Tim Second Bnttlc of tlio lint* I* l ouulit on
Tifton (■ round*.
Last Thursday afternoon, 4:30, the
second of a series of games of base
ball between Waycross and Tifton
was called.
Mr. Frank Cawley, of Cordele, was
chosen umpire and by brw apparent
fairness and positive rulings gave
very general satisfaction.
Tifton went to the bat first and
scored three runs without difficulty.
Waycross had to be satisfied with a
goose egg.
In tlie second inning Tifton added
five runs to her score and WaycroBs
had to be content with one.
The third inning ended, Tifton
liuving secured two additional runs
ami Waycross one.
Tifton goose egged in the fourth
inning and so did Waycross.
Tifton captured one run each in
the fifth and sixth innings; Waycross
two each.
In the seventh inning Tifton led
off with two additional scores. Way-
cross Imd scored one run out couldn’t
possibly have scored another—it was
too dark to see the hall and there
was already two men out, and the
man at tlie bat was “funning out” as
fast us he could—mill tho Waycross
manager peremptorily ordered tho
mail at the bat to lay the stick down
and quit
This order being obeved the Um
pire gave the game to Tifton by a
fcore of fl to 0. The real score as it
was played stood 7 to 14 in favor of
Tifton at the end of the seventh
indulged in, and '.lie least possible
cheering. The snmll hoy’s voice
wasn’t “in it,” he had been taught
better manners; ho was on the ground
in full force, filled with as much en
thusiasm as any, but, he kept 'ids
mouth closed except when the cheer
ing began from grown people. Peo
ple not engaged in the game were
kept away from the diamond. In
short it was a pleasant game.'
When the 'two teams marched
upon the grounds the Waycross nine
were decidedly the favorites; they
were ul! robust, remarkably fine
looking and every otto an athlete.
Betting was largely in their favor.
But at the end of the second inning
it was readily perceptible that they
were ill-matched against the “wood
en-legged crackers,” and tho people
who wanted to last on Tifton conldget
no takers. - It is said a deal of lucre
changed hands on the result of the
game, us every bet made in favor of
Waycross was taken by tlio admirers
of Tifton.
It is told tluit the nmnnger of the
Waycross team endeavored to explain
lmw it was they lost the game, hut
all his fine spun theories was knocked
out when Honest John (/'ox, one of
his team, remarked that it was be
cause the Tiftons were better hall
players. Said he: “They defeated
us fairly and we might us well ac
knowledge iu”
At the close of the game the Way-
cross bull players were summoned to
the improvised grand stum) and were
each provided with u button-hole
hoqnet by the young ladies of Tifton.
Whereupon, Honest John Cox
offered “Three cheers” for the
ladies of Tifton, and it was given
with a hearty good will.
The Wayctoss team expressed
themselves entirely satisfied with the
hospitality they received while in the
city.
TIMES AT TIFTON.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
that
GARNERED BY THt PENCIL
SCISSORS PROCESS.
AND
Rati’li of Now* from Neighboring Countie*
Deemed of Speclnl Interest to
(lnifllto Header*.
Crop*In f iduil Order—Improvement* In the
Town.
liming.
This game was to bare been called
at 4:00 o’c'ock, but a shower of rain
delayed it half an hour. It was a
quiet game, very little or no guying
Tipton, July 27.- Crops in those
parts of Worth, Irwin un.l Berrien
counties near Tifton are in excellent
condition, us this section of piney
woods Georgia is high and farmers
have lmd excellent seasons, so far,
quite suited to the soil iu this lo
cality.
Fruit crops aro full and in many
places limbs of peach trees ure broken
down under overweights of nature’s
load of the luscious fruit. Crops on
lower lands, especially cotton, have
been cut off by excessive ruins, which
have fallen during planting season.
Tifton’s canning factory is now m
full blast, hut cannot furnish the
local market for the immense quan
tities of vegetables and fruits, heiict
many farmers arc shipping their
fruits and vegetables to distant mar-
sets, north and west, owing to the
glut of the local market.
The present extremely warm
wiather is driving some of onr citi
zens to the summer resorts, while
some of the “cunt-get-aways” gaze
daily at the thermometer, which ran
ges from 04 to 101 iu the shade.
Land is already donated for a site
for un Episcopal church building in
Tifton and the committee in charge
will proceed at once to raise funds
and erect a suitable and creditable
house of worship in this growing
town, which will be the pride of the
communicants of that church here.
Report* from teachers and school
officials in this portion of Georgia
are quite satisfactory to all lovers of
learning, us ottr cducuUoiml interests
have never been so well cared for as
at present. Preparations are being
made for the opening of tite Tifton
Institute at an early day, and it i?
hoped that the usual interest in the
cause of education in this locality be
manifested by patrons of this insti
tution.—Macon Telegraph.
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Last fall I was taken with a kind of
summer complaint, accompanied with a
wonderful dtarhosea. Soon alter my
wife’s sister, who lives with us, win
tnktn i:t the same wuy. Wo used almost
every thing without benefit. Then ! said
let us try Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
and Diariha’a Remedy which we dld.and
that cured u* right away. 1 think much
of It, ns ft did tor roe what It was rcgmi-
mended to do, .Tollit Herlr.'.er, Bethel,
Berka Co., Pa, 35 and SO cent bellies for
sale by the Tifton drug store.
'V;
Mis? Della McCranie, of Ty-Ty,
is q utic ill.
A jail«r’s home is to be built at
Isabella in Worth county.
The Douglas Breeze thinks thut
town should have a base ball team
and a weekly prayer meeting.
The fall term of Sumner High
school will he taught by Prof. Claude
Gastellow. of Quittmin'couniy.
Work on the extension of the
Abbeville and Waycross railroad
from Lulaville to Ooitla, in Irwin
county, is progressing nicely.
Mr. .T. U. Allison, on bis farm in
Irwin county, lias gathered, cured
and housed 25,000 pounds of Ger
man millet from three acres of land.
Mr. George Paulk, son of Mr. M.
T. Paulk, of Irwin county, and Miss
Georgia Yuun, of Dodge county,
were united in marriage on the 12th
inst
Pastor II. P. Jackson, of Big
Greek Baptist church; Irwin county,
received seven members into its fel
lowship at a recent protracted meet
ing.
The Advance advises the young
ladies of Ashhtirn lo “look out for
the scent of cloves, spice or orange
peel on the breath of the ‘nice’young
men.”
The Methodist congregation of
Douglas, Coffee county, have just
dedicated a pretty nciv church build
ing and are now discussing the
“ways mid means” to build a parson-
uge.
Tho meeting at New Bethel, last
ing from Friday until Monday last,
conducted by Rev. G. Tom West, re
sulted iu three accessions to the
church, that were baptized on Mon
day morning.—Worth County Local.
The Irwin County News says: “The
experiment with Sea Island cotton
among our farmers iu this suction, is
an assured success, ami Mr. J. R.
Williams will add a Keu Island gill
to his ginnery for the convenience of
farmers iu litis vicinity.”
The Irwin County News man says
lie has plenty of money to run the
paper in firstoluss manner. That is
good news; he will find out iu tlie
near future that it will be needed
and is a mighty handy thing lo have
around u printing office.
Judge Marcus Luke,of Irwiuville,
is prepared for war, ami is ready to
join the army in whipping the wes
tern States back into the union
when they secede on the silver ques
tion. His armory is supplied with a
Winchester riilie, a Marlin riffle, two
shotguns and several tine pistols.
The quarterly convention of tlie
Worth County Sunday School Asso
ciation tvill meet at Sylvester on
Saturday before the second Sunday
iu August. Rev. F. T. Snell, pastor
of the Tifton Baptist church, has
promised to be present and encour
age the workers with one of his best
talks.
Tlie Gazkttk learns of the de
struction by tire, on last, Sunday
night, of the barnyard buildings
barn, stables and cow bouse—and
three line cows of Mrs, ,Martini
Peterson, living about one mile from
Douglas, Coffee county. Pile loss is
estimat'd at about. $5(1(1, ami the tire
was assuredly the work of an incen
diary. Mrs. Peterson is the grand
mother of tlie Drs. Peterson, of Tif
ton.
Mr. R. II. Hutchinson, Jr., who
has been employed us a clerk by Mr.
I. L. Ford, of Ty-Ty, took a notion
to embark in tlie mercantile business
on his own account and lias pur
chased Mr. Ford’s entire stock of
goods, leased his building and spread
The Gazette is informed
Sheriff Jesse Pint Ik of Irwin county,
accidently got himself into the
clutches of the law last Sunday. He
attended church at the Brushy Creek
meeting house thut day and arrested
a man who was drinking und, in
Jesse’s opinion, disturbing public
worship. The man gave bond and
immediately swore out a warrant
against Jesse, charging him with
cruel treatment to a prisoner. The
prelimittaiy hearing was to have oc
curred at Irwiuville lust Monday,but
we have not heard from it, whether
it took place and what wus the re
sult.
Refreshing and delicious summer
drinks ure now being dispensed at
the Tifton Drug Store—coca-cola,,
milk aluikes, sodawutur, etc.
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Of the floor Kin Normal and Industrial
College, A upu*t 8,189.*).
All young ladies of Berrien coun
ty wishing to attend the above-
named State Institution, generally
known as the "Girls Industrial
School,” arc requested to appear at
tho Court House in Nushville, on
Tuesday, August 8th, at tl o’clook a.
m., to stand the entrance examina
tion as required by law.
The. examination will includo the
Elementary English branches, viz;
Arithmetic, English Grammar,Geog
raphy and History. No girl under
14 years of age is eligible to appoint
ment. The next session of tlie school
begins September t3tli, 1803.
For full information concerning
the Institution write for catalogue to
lion. J. Harris Chappell, President,
Milledgoville, (la.
Tunis. E. Wit.mams
County (school Com. Berrien Co.
Huso Hull at Amlil.
Messrs. Frank Gil bet ter, Dave
Cawley and Kmmitl Parrot, of this
city, went down to Arabi Friday last
and bellied the hall team at thut
place defeat the Tifton club by a
score of 14 to 7. Mr. Frank Cawley,
our townsman, umpired the game
and gave universal satisfaction.
In the afternoon the Arabi team
accompanied the Tifton boys home
and played a game at thut place, hut
owing to the condition of Ids arm,
Mr. Ledbetter was unable to pitch
another game and the score stood 11
and 12 favor of Tifton.
The above report of Saturday’s
games is finm Hie Cordcleuu. Speak
ing of the last game we will say both
“nines” were in bad Blmpefor it.Indeed
it should not. have been played. It
was too much of a good thing for
one hot day. The Gazette is glad
to sec the spirit of cordiality and
good feeling which '.ms sprung up
between tlie young men of Vienna,
Cordele, Arabi and Tifton.
Terrapin Ivxeliunge.
“Justitia,” of tlie Atlanta Journal,
perpetrates the following burlesque
ot; the popular fad. However, lie
draws strongly upon his imagination
for Ins line spun anecdote, which in
dicates tlmt lie is inclined to “walk
iu where utigela fear to tread.” Hear
him:
“I have read so much about tlie
silver uml gold currency business
tlmt 1 gat sick whenever l pick up a
newspaper.
“Now, while this great financial
question is stirring the country, I
hope and pray tlmt .South Georgia’s
circulating medium, the terrapin, will
not Ik- forgotten.
"Terrapins are used in South
Georgia for money. If yon give a
big terrapin fora hat, you will get
one, two or three small terrapins iu
change.
“Smith Georgia has a right and
will rise up and demand a free coin
age of terrapins. If this is not done,
the greut terrapin farms will shift
down and one section of the country
will bo ruined.
“Let Wall street cry for gold; let
the westerv for silver; let tlie people's
party cry for greenbacks, hut give
South Georgia her terrapins.”
"My little boy was very bad off for two
tlis with diarrhoea. We used various
montliK with diarrhoea,
medicines, also called hi two doctor*, hu*
nothing done him any good unlit wo
used Chamberlain’a Colic, Cholera
his shingle and sails to the wiud. J Dtarfbosa Remedy, which gave ii
The Gazette wishes Hilton a mostI]•«»If*
ami
■ consider
(tie heal medicine made and can cm
lie is a good,' entluusly recommend it to all who I
1 ■ 1 ■ J.K.Ifi
successful career. —- _ - „ . ., .—. .
straight-forward young man .ml de-
servos success. I fyi bv tbe TiUou K>ruf sioi
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