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TIPTON, BERRIEN -COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1803.
VOE. 3—NO. 20,
LOCAL HOTCH-POTCH.
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FIND TO TALK ABOUT.
Pavement Pnraipraplta Picked Ti» mid Pen-
elveljr Penned—All Pertaining to
v Portion* and ThiiiK»>
Work has been commenced on Dr.
Peterson’s residence.
Mr. 0. M. Tift is ill liomc again
from bis summer vacation. Ho
Arrived Wednesday.
Mr. S. Whittington, of Worth
oounty, was in the city Tuesday with
a wagon load of flue pears for sale.
Pjidrick Bros, have commenced
work on tiie 22x90 feot and two sto
ry addition to their already mammoth
. fltore building.
Mr. B. S. McOrnnie, of Ty-Ty, is
filling the position of day operator
at the Brunswick and Western depot,
while Mr. Wilson supplies the place
of agent.
Mr. J. W. Hannon asked the first
of the week to be relieved ub City
’Marshal; Mr. Shriver now fills the
position until the next meeting of the
City Council.
A Mr. Cross, from Virginia, lias
been visiting the family of Dr. J. C.
Goodman for several days the past
Week, lie took his leave yesterday
.'Horning for home.
Mr. Adam Adams, with his wife
and daughter, has moved to the Vick
ers’ residence for the purpose of car
ing for the building and to enable the
owner to have it insured.
New sweet potatoes have been in
tlie Tifton market for more than a
month; tlie next thing the country
jieople will want 113 city folks to
Chew will be sugar cane.
Mr. and Mrs., 15. P. Everett are to
be congratulated upon Lho arrival,
lust Sunday morning, of a lino 104
pound-baby boy at their home. The
mother and child are doing well.
The “Sunbeams," lichildren’s mis
sionary baud of Tifton, contributed
$10.59 during the lust quarter, the
third highest amount paid by the
juvenile bands of South Georgia.
Rev. It. B. Iteppard, of Savannah,
Chairman of the Executive Commit
tee of the State Suuday-scliool Asso
ciation, was in the city Tuesday
night and a guest of Dr. J. C. Good
man.
Mr. F. G. Boatright, the efficient
agent of tlie Brunswick and Western
railroad at Tifton, with his wifo and
son, left hist Friday niglil fora visit
to relatives and friends in Indiana,
his old home. They will see the
World’s Fair before returning.
Mr. Davis, who Ims been in the
employ of Capt. II. II. Tift as a saw
filer and hammerer, died last Sunday
after an illness of about two mojiths
with inflammation of the stomach.
Ilis remains were buried the next day
in New River cemetery.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Tifton will beheld to-night,8o’clock
sharp, at the Institute building, for
the purpose of electing a Board of
Trustees, who shall have the ovet-
. eight of the school during the ensu
ing twelve months. Let everybody
turnout.
Tifton lost the general offices of the
Brunswick and Western railroad the
first of the week simply because she
had no banking facilities. From a
standpoint of health the officers ami
employes g.-eaty preferred to remain
in Tifton, and have emphasized their
preference by leaving their families
Capt A. A. Myers, of South Caro
lina, was in the city this week the
B guest of Mr. W. W. Timmons. He
was here prospecting for a new and
the very best families of South Caro
lina to our citizenship.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs Tlurts-
Jicld died early Wednesday morning
and was buried at New River ceme
tery yesterday morning. Rev. F. T.
Snell officiated at the funeral. The
sympathy - of the community is with
the bereaved parents.
$1,17)5.00 will buy a corner lot oil
Love Avenue with neat six room
house and necessary out buildings.
Apply to C. W. Fill wood.
It is our painful duty this week to
chronicle the death of the infant son
of Mr. and Mrs W. T. Hargrett, of
this city, which occurred at Johns
ton Station 011 Tuesday. The re
mains were buried at Alapalia- on
Wednesday. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of their many
friends in Tifton.
It gives the Gazette much pleas
ure to state that Miss Ida McCormuc
the accomplished teacher who was in
charge of the music class at Sumner
High’School last /ear, has accepted
a similar .position with Tifton Insti
tute tor the next scholastic year. She
is not only accomplished in music;
hut. is intelligent, refined amiable and
will prove quite an accession to the
social circles of our little city.
Nice little farm of (10acres, 15 un
der cultivation, two miles from Tif
ton. Can be bad on good terms mid
at a bargain. Apply to C. W. F11I-
vvood.
A bold bad burglar went on the
ram page Monday night II ■ first enter
ed the store nu-ildingoccupied by Mrs.
A. B. Graves by culling loose the
bottom slats, raising the bitch and
opening the blinds to tiie side win
dow on Third street, then removed a
pane of glass took the stick from
above and raised the sash, and.thin
ptilied himself into the building. The
silly thing that is missing is a watch
which Yon mans, the jeweler, had ta
ken to repair and for which be will
have to pay. The same or some oth
er burglar went into the store of Mr.
W. 0. Tift, blit if he helped himself
to anything it lias not been dicovercd.
ALL ABOUT THE COUNTY.
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, AL.APAHA,
Ami Other Point* In the (’.nod Olil County
of Berrien—Crop Pronpeet* Be*
ported—Minor Mutter*.
BiicUIoii'm Afttit*a Salvo.
Tiib Debt Salve in tin; world for
CJulfi, Bruises, Soicm, l'leers, Sail Rheum,
Fever Sores, Totter, (,’liuppcd Hands,
Chilblains; Corns and all Skin Eruptions,
tnd positively euros Piles or no pay re*
iptired. It i< guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded Price
25 cents per box. For sale by J. W.
Paulk & Co., Tifton, (»a.
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desirable home, and wus ven much
pleased with Tifton and surrounding
country, lie is a gentleman of edu
cation. means and influence—having
represented bis county in lho legisla
ture several times—a gentleman of
energy and most excellent 'business
Oil Short Time.
According to the Macon Telegraph
there has been no work done at the
Georgia .Southern and Florida rail
road shops Ibis week and hereafter,
until fifrthpr notice, the men employ
ed in the shops will work only five
days in each week and only eight
hours each day that they do work.
It was nut until the mad found it
absolutely necessary that this order
was issued, and even then it was with
great reluctance that it was done.
'They thought it best, however, to put
the men on short time than to put
them otr altogether or to reduce the
force.
The officials say that traffic has fal
len olT to such un extent that it was
absolute!} - necessary to curtail expen
ses,ami that they did in the best man
ner they knew bow to cause the least
hardship. Tlie reason of the great fal
ling oft in the traffic of the road, they
olsim, is due mainly to the shutting
down of nearly all of the saw mills
and turpentine distilleries along the
line of road.
The road is dependent til a great
measure on the lumber and naval
Storec business and when tlies mills
shut down it become necessary to
govern themselves accordingly. They
also - claim that the rolling slock of
the road is in good repair and.'-that
they can uRinage handsomely for
some time to come with little or no
repairing
The exercises of the fall term of
Sparks High School will begin next
Monday morning. Miss Orie Bell
Fatten, an accomplished teacher, will
have charge of the music class.
The merchants of Berrien comity
are preparing for a big run of trails
this fall and winter. Large and
fresh stocks will be shown all their
customers; they have very little old
goods on di'ind.
Mrs. Mary McKinnon, and Misses
Emma Allbrittou, .Jennie Overstreet
and E11 In Olvatf, of Nashville, are
agents for the Baptist Watchman,
Christian Index, Missionary Helper
and Foreign Mission Journal respect 1
ively.
Oiyr readers will surely be pleased
to know that the Gazette has seeur-
ed the services of a special correspon
dent ut Adel to furnish them the
news of that flourishing town. Of
one thing we can assure our readers,
his letters will always be full of in
terest.
The yearly meeting of tlie Union
Fi'iiintivc Baptistcluircli, a short dis
tance bldovv Mill town, occurs the sec-
011 l Sunday ami S.iturd iy before in
this month. Then at Pleasant church
on the third Sunday and Saturday
before, and Umpire church on the
fourth Sunday and Saturday before.
The Young Ladies Mission Society,
organized by Miss Loulu Morgan, of
the Nashville Baptistcluircli lias the
following officers:' Miss Jennie Over-
street, president; Bobbie McCranie,
vice-president, Elinina Morris, secre
tary; Eulii (Hyatt, treasurer. These
young ladies lire earnest workers in
whatever they undertake to do and
vve expect to hear a good report from
the mission work in their hands.
Mr. W. F. Harrell, of Sparks,
against whom a number of bills of
indietniqpt were found at the last
term of Berrien superior court,
charging him with the offense of lar
ceny after trust, was languishing in
jail tlie last vve heard from Nashville.
When the bills were first found lie
succeeded in giving bond, but last
-week while lie was in attendance up-
011 county court bis bondsmen sud
denly took a notion that they did not
care to carry the risk any further ami
to his great surprise delivered him
over to tiie sheriff for safe keeping.
Some of bis friends say that bis
bondsmen were uniicccessnrily alarm
ed. That while it is. true lie is charged
with a grave offense—and quite a
number of bills found—be is not
guilty and cannot be convicted. The
Gazette knows nothing of the mer
its of the charge against Mr. Harrell.
Tlie Stale School Fund.
II011. 8, I). Brmlweli, state school
commissioner, hns just completed an
apportionment of the state sctiool
fund among the. counties, made upon
a basis of school population. The
apportionments for Berrien mid her
sister counties are ns follows:
Berrien—School population,4,200;
fund received, $7,859.60.
Brooks—School population,4,020;
fund received, $8,000.
Clinch—School population, 1,001 :
fund received, $8,480.75.
Coffeo—School population, 8,303;
fund received, $5,030.75.
Colquitt—School population, 1,-
065; fund received, 43,420.25.
Irwin —School population, 2,303;
fund received, $4,020.25.
Lowndes—School population, 4,-
081 ; fund received, $8,715.75.
Worth—School population, 3,182;
fund received, $5,507.50.
The taking of the school census
shows a general increase of school
population in the stale: also, vvbat
should be more gratifying to the peo
ple, 07 per cent, of the school pop
ulation are intending school— leaving
only 3 per cent. out.
If the interest in the rising'gen-
erittioii continues a few more years as
it bus the past two, the proud stall'
of Georgia will occupy a higher
piano in the mutter of education
than she lias heretofore.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL AND
SCISSORS PROCESS.
Batch of Now* from NolKhhorlttc Cnuntloa
Doomed of Special lutoroM to
Ua/.et to Bernier**
Tliw Tax Kolia.
The tax digests of all the conn lies
of the state but three—Fulton, Bibb
and Floyd—have been received by
the Uomptrollcr-Geneinl. All but
twenty-six counties show decreases
ranging from a quarter to three-quar
ters of a million dollars.
Those that show an increase are:
Berrien, Bryan, Bullock, Chatham,
Columbia, Cobb, Colquitt,, Coweta,
DeKalti, Early, Echols, Gwinnett,
Jackson, Leo; Lowndes, McDuffie,
Muscogee, Oconee. Fierce, Pulaski,
Richmond,Heriveil.Tattnall. Union,
Walker, Walton and Wilkinson.
Sumter county shows the large*
decrease, $890,779. The largest in
crease in #120,893 and ta made by
Berrien county, of the wire grass re
gion. Fulton may give im increase,
blit it is doubtful about Bibb ami
Floyd.
Herrlcu County’s Exhibit at the
Ohio State Kalr,
While the progressive county of
Berrien lias a very creditable exhibit
of her products at the Ohio State
Fair vve regret that her people did
not take more interest in the matter
than they did, for vve are sure the
county could have made a much bel
ter exhibit than the one sent forward.
Some of the citizens around Cecil,
through the influence of Dr. J, R.
Folsom, contributed a simill lint vu-
rid exhibit that- was very creditable.
A few articles were contributed at
Adel. But the hulk of the exhibit
came from Tifton ami vicinity and
were contributed by Messrs. Charles
II. Goodman, Frank J. Weltzbarkcr
from tlie Tift A Snow farm. John
!>. Calhoun, James F. Paul, A. J.
Pope, II. II., W. U. A E. II. Tift,and
perhaps others, ami made up, as vve
have staled, a very creditable display.
Among the articles sent: were long
and short staple cotton in their va
rious stages, corn, sweet potatoes,
peas, egg plants, onions, rice tobacco
in its various stages, etc.
We would have been greatly pleas
ed if tlie people bad taken more in
terest. in tlie'matter and every section
of the county bad been represented.
The exhibit sent cannot do the comi
ty justice; with a great majority of
the products sent from and labeled
Tifton will carry to the minds of
Ohioans tlie impression that when
they come to Berrien county pros
pecting they have only to come to
Tifton to Bee nil of it worth seeing
and it is hard to disabuse their.minds
of this false impyssion.
Berrien is ii great and grand coun
ty in every section and a new comer
would not make a mistake it matters
not in which portion he should de
cide to Imild his home.
A cow nursing a pig is one of the
odd sights of Sumner.
Prof. W. S. Tilly will conduct the
fall term of Sylvester ncndeniy.
Brooks county’s tax “slump”
amounts to more than $100,000.
Cholera is playing havoc with hogs
in some portions of Coffee county.
Prof. John I!. Overman, of Willa-
coochoe, lias a new son at his house.
A sqnusii, weighing between fifty
and seventy-five pounds, is a product
of Coffee county.
The merchants of Moultrie are
said to he paying 7c. mid upwards
for short, staple cotton.
The old-fashioned eanipnieeling at
Homerv ille begins September 16th
and continue ten davs.
lion. John A. Tomherlin repre
sented the Irwin County Alliance at
the stale meeting at Griffin.
Miss Florence Williams has leased
her paper, The Valdosta Telescope,
and retired from its management.
A wnr of words, over tlie question
of removing tlie county site of Worth
county to the railroad, continues in
the Local.
It is claimed that there Inis uot
been a single dentil, from natural
causes, in Moultrie for more than
I wo years.
A correspondent savs there are
seven store buildings under contract
at Moultrie, Colquitt county, to Ik
finished by October 1st.
Tlie editor of tlie DuPont. Indus
trial Banner did , three days road
service last. week, lie was not al
lowed to talk out of it.
are lmppy, and they couldn’t lx-other
wise when they have plenty at home
to live upon and to barter at the store
for all tlie purchases they desire to
mukc.
Messrs. Leo and Daniel Hull, of
Coffee comity, were arrested a few
days since by a deputy United States
Marshal charged with it violation of
the revenue laws, by selling whisky
wRhput license. They have always
home tiie reputation of being respec
table, law-abiding citizens, mid their
arrest hns caused no-lit tie excitement
and surprise among the people of
that comity.
. The. Storm King.
The most terrific storm within the
memory of tlie oldest inhabitant pre
vailed on the south Atlantic coast
last Sunday. The loss of life and
properly at Brunswick, Savannah,
Beaufort, Port Royal and Charleston
were great-—about forty lives ami
tlioiuamls of dollars of property have
been reported. Tbo steamship City
of Savannah went ashore off limit
ing Island near Charleston having on
board ft long list of passengers, bn*.
fortunately none were lost. Tliey
were rescued by the steamship City
A meeting of the Irwin County
Alliance Inis been called with Cen
terville lodge for Friday, September
8th, to transact important business.
Sheriff Sharp, of Colquitt county,
has just returned from a trip In Flor
ida, whither lie went after a negro,
A ml v Riebler, who is charged with
a heiiious eriine.
Editor DeLoaeh, o f the Irwin
County News, says he grew this sea
son twemy-two pieimdnns, or citrons,
on one vine averaging twenty pounds
each. This is some melon yarn
itself.
The News makes the honest con
fession that Sycamore, “has been
awfully dull during the past two
years," notwithstanding some sub
stantial improvements have been
made.
Editor Pendleton, of the Valdosta
Times, after investigation, lias de
cided lie (ltdti’t want, the Indian
agency tendered him by the govern
ment at any price. Just as wo ex
pected.
Aslilmrii wants to lie the county
site of Worth county and will give
the land mid build a court house.
But Ashhurn is too far in the north
western part of the comity for her
hid to avail her any tiling.
The [ample living in the vicinity
of Mt. Zion Baptist church, Colquitt
county, are looking forward to the
meeting of Mell Association, which
convenes there on Friday before the
fifth Sunday in October next, with
TU'ton Institute.
Wc are cognizant of the fact that
the school at this place heretofore,
although reaching a high standard of
excellence, has not been what it
should have been, ami that in it the
people, of this amt surrounding conn-
try have not. realized anything like
their anticipations. Being, as we all
arc, aware of this fact wo must ac
knowledge that there is some reason
for it, ami finding this drnwbnck we
must work together to remedy the
evil that is breaking down our school
interests, holding back the growth of
our fondest, hope that of making Tif
ton n town Whose people shall every
where he spoken of as noted for
their culture, refinement, sociality
and roligton.
Let its examine ourselves and see
if the beam is in our eye, unit if so
remove it. Do wo properly regard
the welfare of our children who are
to come after us and take our places
on the great stage of life? Hava we
done everything in our power to
promote the cause of education in
our community V Have we at nil
times given it the hearty co-operation
our knowledge of iu importance
would seem to indicate to us as due?
Have wc not, at some time, let some
little petty whim cause us to lose
sight of the great object for which
wc are striving, the preparation of
the rising generation for the impor
tant duties of life which are soon to
fall to their lot? If so, let ns awake
from our lethargy and assume til#
grave responsibilities that are rightly
ours, f.et us “art well our part, for
there the honor lies."
We have a commodious building,
well equipped with modern furni
ture, gratuitously placed at vAir dis
posal, and a teneher who will do
honest work, striving always to work
for the best interests of the school,
sparing neither pains nor energy to
perform creditably to himself and
profitably to Ins pupils the duties im
posed upon him, but utterly helpless
without the hearty co-operation of
the patrons and people of the towu.
The fall term of school, which
opens on the 4th inst., wilt lie run
with the one great principle in view
that “upon the* proper discipline of
the child depends the future welfare
of the man, the prosperity of the
state and the wisdom and justice at
the laws.” Let us all lay aside every
hindrance amt with one long, hard,
stubborn light, plant our banner on
Pelion’s heights with a trinmpthant
shout of victory that shall awakun
the country for miles and miles
around. E. J. VViu.tAjis, Jn.,
Principal of Tifton Institute.
qualifications, ami who would he a
valued addition to any community. If in the fact “that, a half loaf is bettor
be succeeds in his mission here lie ttmn no In if at all." They si.y they
tvill be the means of adding several of j will not fare :is badly as some ot tiers.
of Birmingham Wednesday nmniing.
From the above the reader? of the i having clung to the mast ami rigging
<; *z,crTE will see that the grand old for quit® two days.
The men express themselves as syd- {.oniilv of Berrien will probably win j
isfieil, realizing that circumstances ‘be proud distinction of the “liutiner j 1 lie House of Representative*-do-
whic.li‘lie officials coal.l ‘not control county.** As the matter stands;feated the free coinage up to the
m ute 'such ucMon nccres irv They j Fulton is really her only competitor. ; n t j 0 „f go („ | on Monday and next
‘ complaining.' rather rejoice ,,s * h ® ul &'day repealed the purchasing clause
are not complaining.
I every citizen of Berrien comity to
of tlu Sherman silver' luw
greiiter activity - , in the work of ina- .
terial advancement. Lotprogress be believed that a ratio oJ b - . to
written oo ail her banners. j be adopted.
It is
1 will
pleasurable anticipations. The As- day.
At Now Hlver Ghurch.
A most interesting protracted meet
ing begun with New River church
last Saturday and closed Wednesday
at noon. Preaching service twice a
social inn will receive a royal wet
come.
Gov. Northen Inis offered an ad
ditional reward of $250 for the ap-
prehension and delivery to the sheriff
of Worth county of the party or. par
ties who luiriied the court house.
This increases the reward to $1,5 75,
In Older to get this reward the ap
prehending party must furuislrproof
to convict.
The farmers of Colquitt county
have pieiity of corn, bacon and pota
toes-arid a bright prospect for a
full supply of these articles next
year. Tliey have no money but still
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The preaching was conducted by
Filters Cox, Matthews, Overstreet,
Clark and Snail, The Ilolv Spirit
attended the word with convincing
and converting power, and six per
sons were led to believe the Truth
anil, on Wednesday morning, Ut
o'clock, three young ladies followed
Christ in baptism. Pastor W". F,
Cox administered the ordinance. .
This church will engage in a
prayer and praise service next Sunday
morning ut 10 o'cloak, after which
the members will attend to the bnsi>
uess of calling a pastor for
suing ussociuuuual year.