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PIFTON, BERHIEN COUNTY, CIKOttGlA, FRIDAY, 8HPTEMBKR 8, 1893.
WHAT BUSINESS MEN AND LOAFERS
FIND TO TALK ABOUT.
P*v«me>nt Paragraphs Picked Pp nnrt Pen
sively Penned—All Pertaining to
Persona and Things.
Rev. W. C. Hi ion filled his regu
lar appointments at the Tifton Meth-
tlist church last Sabbath. ' 1
Mr. S. G. Slack has contracted to
build an Odd Fellows Hall for the
colored people of Unionville.
■! Col. John Murrow, of Ty-Ty and
Tifton, was a pleasant caller at our
sanctum Wednesday afternoon.
The frame for Dr. FT. Peterson’s
dwelling is going up rapidly. A large
force of carpenters are at work
upon it.
Mr. C. H. I’adrick, of Humphries,
is in town this week looking after the
building of the addition to Pudrick
Bros, store. .
Misses Viola Kilpatrick and Dora
Miller, of Tifton, are visiting the
family of Capt, James A. Warren,
over in Worth comity. ■
\ In an item on our third page we
statad that it is unlawful to gun for
partridges in Berrien county until
the 15th of October. The date is an
error; it should be 1st of September.
The exercises of the fall term of
Tiffon Institute began last Monday
with a small attendance, but Prof.
Williams is assured that he will have
a full school by the first of October.
Miss Katie S. Tift, of this city is
visiting liei frier.d Miss Slaton, of At
lanta. She will return to Athens and
Lucy Cobb Institute—where she will
enter the junior class about the lfitli.
The mail and express Semens giv
en by Hie Brunswick and Western
-railroad is anything else but, satisfac
tory to the people along tlve line. Hope
the powers that be will soon make a
change for the better.
According to previous appointment
a collection for State mission work
will be taken next Sunday after the
morning sermon at the Tifton Baptist
-church. The ordinance of the Lord’s
supper will also be observed.
The young gentlemen connected
with tbe “Tifton Dramatic Company”
are having the stage at the Institute
rebuilt mid put in firstclasscondition.
New curtains and tiiinmings will al
so be purchased and put in place.
Miss Ida McCormac, who has ac
cepted the position of music teacher
at the Institute, will he in Tifton
early next week to organize a class
She will use her own instrment ami
lessons will he given at the Institute
building, unites special arrangements
to-the contrary be'mode.
Capt. E. G. Brown, of Nashville,
Gu., was in the,city Wednesday after
noon on business. Think he has his
eye on some property in this vicinity
he desires to perchase. Wish him
success, we would be pleased to num
ber him and his most excellent fam
ily among onr citizenship.
There was never a more consummate'
falsehood than the one told recently
at the expense of the city of Tifton
that she had two cases of yellow fe
ver. On the contrary she has not a
case of fever of auy kind during the
past, slimmer; if their has been the
Gazette lias not heard of it.
There was religious services at
New River church last Saturday and
city. If yon doubt this statement
you have pnly to bring your cotton
here and test, its truthfulness. There
is no brag or bluster about Tifton
and her people, but they meet every
emergency in a calm and dignified
manner.
Mr. A. T. Curry, of Cordele, was
visiting Mr. J.W.Brinii, at Brinnton’,
last Sunday and Monday.
Mrs. I. S. Bowen has returned from
a protracted visit to her parents and
other relatives and friends at. Fort
Valley, Ga. She is accompanied by
her sister, Miss Stella Miller.
Mr. S. II. Pun 1 It left yesterday for
Irwin county to be present at the
turning oft of the water from Capt.
J. A. Jv Henderson’s millpond. lie
expects tocatch a great many fine fish.
Miss Simmle Twitty of Camilla is
in the city visiting Mrs. L. M. Wil
liams. Miss Twitty has- come to
Tifton to take a music, class mid has
been promised liberal patronage.
She lias had the best of training and
is a thoroughly competent teaelier.
The “Tifton Dramatic Company"
is a new institution for the city. We
understand that it has been organize;
for the purpose of giving entertain
ments to secure funds with which to
purchase a piano for the Tifton In
stitute. This is a worthy object and
it is Imped the people will give the
jfoniig people engaged in the laudable
undertaking a liberal patronage.
An old Negress by tlie name of
— was a victim of a very sad acci
dent last Sunday afternoon at the in
tersection of Third and Railroad
streets. She was driving a horse and
buggy down Third street from the
'Height^;” the animal becair.o fright
ened at a raiiroad train and dashed
to run and when lie made the quick
turn into Railroad street, (lie oil
darkey was burk'd from her position
in the'bnggy upon the ground. Her
head struck a little stump and some
roote and an ugly gasn was cut in
the side of her head and she was
otherwise bruised. Dr. J. 0. Good
man was called and lie oared for her
wounds, and she was doing very well
at last accounts.
The Great Sout hern Remedy.
People should not be deceived into
paying money for trashy mixtures
gotten up to sell. Botanic Blood
Balm, (B. B. B.) which has been
made in Atlanta for the past fifteen
years, never fails to give satisfaction
as a superior building up tonic mid
blood purifier. It is made from the
prescription of an eminent physician
The bottle is large mid the dose
small. See their advertisements and
buy that which is thoroughly en
dorsed by thousands of grateful pa
tients whom it Inis cured. A triu'
bottle w ill test its merits.
“Among the BronUers.”
The “Tifton Dramatic Company”
propose to give the first of a series of
entertainments next Friday evening,
the 15th inst, at the Tifton Institute.
The main attraction will be the
rendition of the pretty minor drama
entitled . “Among the Breakers,,, in
which the several characters
will be represented by some of the
very best histrionic talent in south
Georgia.
The entertainment will open mid
conclude with music and some very
laughable character songs, making a
most pleasant evening’s diversion.
Price of admission 25 cents.
As stated in another place, the
stage has been elegantly refitted mi
ALL ABOUT THE COUNT?,
NEWS FROM ADEL, SPARKS, NASH
VILLE, ALAPAHA,
Ami Other Points in tlio Good Old County
of Borvion—Crop Prospects H«~
ported—Minor Mutter*.
m\
Sunday. Rev. F. T. Snell preached j der ft supervision Mr. E, II. Tift.
The Hall will also be comfortably
seated.
Fine Crop of Huy.
Mr. C. II. Goodman, of Tifton,
has just finished harvesting a tine lot
—four or five tons—of the very best
“crab grass” hay from a small Odd
on his farm, about, a mile and a half
southeast of the city. There is no
an appreciative sermon at 11 o’clock
.Sunday morning. After the services
the clutrch met in conference nod
called Rev. W. F. Cox, ns its pastor
for the next associational year by an
unanimous vote.
Mrs. Stanley, an aged lady who
has lived for many years about two
or three milc-s west of Tifton, passed
to her final reward last. Monday estimating the great amount, of this
mofning at 11 o’clock, and her re- excellent Imv our farmers.could pro-
mains were buried next day at Zion
Hope cemetery. She was in her fifth
year. She leaves many relatives mid
friends to mourn her decease.
Tifton merchants has and will
have plenty of currency to pay for
diice on. '.heir farms if they would
only give it a little intelligent atten
tion. They could surely harvest
enough to stall-feed two or three
beeves during the winter and keep at
Alapaha was well represented at
the Yearly meeting at Flat Creek
church last, Sunday.
Hon. W. S. Walker, of Alapaha, is
engaged these warm days converting
his fine crop of soupperiiong grapes
into wine.
The Brunswick yellow fever refu
gees, who stopped at Alapaha, have
all gone back home except Mrs.
O’Connor and children.
Alapaha had received about a doz
en hales of the new crop of cotton
by I list Tuesday—four of which was
of the long staple variety.
The merchants of Alapaha are
opening elegant stocks of goods for
the fall trade. They always hustle
for their share of the business.
Nashville is now" sustaining two
wheel-wriglit establishments. No. 2
is owned by Dr. L, A. Carter ami
inumiged by Mr. 0. W. Walker.
The new store building of Swindle
A Urilfln, at Nashville, is approach
ing completion and Judge Tygart is
beautifying it with an elegant coat
of paint.
Contractor Glover is earnestly al,
work upon the bridge and turnpike
across Little river, on the Tifton anil
Ty-Ty road, and proposes to com
plete it in short order.
Mr. George Paulk, of Alapaim,
who has been reading medicine with
Dr. It. 'J'. Kendrick, has gone to
Louisville, Ky., where lie will take a
course of medical lectures Iliis win
ter.
Alapaha High School opened last
Monday morning with twenty-three
pupils’ in attendance, lint. Prof.
O’Qtiinn expects that number to be
trebled in the course of two or three
weeks.
Mr. Luke is turning off great
quantities of water from his Flat
Creek mi'lpoml, and lienee the ford
across the race on the Alapulm mid
Nashville road is kept nearly swim
ming ull the lime. ,
The saw and planing null, at Mill-
town, belonging lo Mr. Horace Cox
was destroyed by lire on the morning
of August 27th. This is more than
$0,000 worth of property he lias lost
by fire within a year and a half, with
no insurance.
“Legal sale day” is becoming a
Very tame affair in Berriui county.
Only one sale was made last Tuesday
and that to “perfecttitles.” All our
people are making strenuous efforts to
get their hiiiness in a shape to pie
Vent being pressed by their creditors.
The Confederate Veterans’meeting
at Nashville last Tuesday did not. ma
terialize. it would seem from this
that Gen. 0. A. Evans, the soldier
candidate for governor, has not a
very strong following in Berrien
county. People are growing tired of
war record candidates anyway.
Prof. d. H. O’Qtiin is in charge of
the Alapaha high school for the fall
term. He lias just, graduated from
the National Normal University, at
Lebanon, Ohio, where lie prepared
himself for his life work of “teaehitig
the young idea how to shoot.” He
bears the reputation of being u most
successful teacher.
It is always a pleasure lo (he trav
eler to slop at the "Fogle IIoubp,”
Alapaha for rest and refreshments.
The energetic proprietress gives her
personal attention to everything
about the house ,mid more especially
the cutitie. The meals are always
well prepared and served in a manner
to tempt the appetite.
A protracted meeting, conducted
by Elder Williamson, of Irwin coon-
jy, lias just closed at the new' Mis
sionary Baptist ehu rch, iibou t, t h ree
miles north of Brookfield, with sev-
ieral accessions to the membership—
counterfeiter. Hope he is truly con
verted, and the fuel will bn demon
strated in his future life.
Mr. W. Henry Griffin has kindly
consented to represent the Gazette
at. the yearly meetings at Union,
Pleasant and Empire churches, All
courtesies extended him by the good
people of south-east Berrien will be
duly appreciated by us. Sickness
prevents the editor from attending
these meetings us lie promised ami
intended to do last spring.
Mr. J. Z. Elliott, the hustling
merchant of Sparks, has completed
an arrangement, by which he is ena
bled to pay the highest market price
in cash for every bale of middling
short staple cotton that will be
marketed along the Georgia South
ern and Florida railroad from Ash-
bum to Valdosta, lie wants your
short staple cotton and will pay cash
for it, See him before you sell.
The Gazette regrets to learn of
Hie serious illness of Mrs. Elizabeth
Pnllerson, of Sparks. She is the
ngod mother of Judge A. W. and
Messrs. N. E., J. 1). and .1. J. Patter
son. She has been a citizen of Ber
rien comity for ninny, many years,
when the wolf and the bear roamed
tlie forest at w ill, and the noble Red
man was “Lord of all he surveyed.”
It is sad to reflect that, her now frail
barque is not expected to weather the
storm of life much longer.
The Cecil correspondent of the
Atlanta Journal writes; “A remark
able case has just elided here. Mrs.
Sunders, wife of Rev. George San
ders, of the Christian church, began
vomiting on the 14th instant, and
ceased on the JOth, retaining noth
ing in her stomach during the inte
rim, but ice. Strange to say she has
not lost flesh enough to change her
countenance. The first tiling re
tained on her stomach was a Georgia
u maker.”
The Gazette learned last week
just, after it had gone to press, of the
death of Mrs. M. B. Clvatt, at Nash
ville, the previous Tuesday morning
of malarial fever. Slio was a good
woman, a consistent inembpr ot the
Missionary Baptist church and high
ly esteemed by all who knew her.
She leaves a large family of children
lo mourn her death. The/ are or
phans now, indeed, as their father
died about a year ago. They are
joined in their sorrow by all who
knew their parents at all intimately.
ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
GARNERED BY THE PENCIL
' SCISSORS PROCESS.
AND
Hutch of News from Noighhorlnfr Count ies
Deenunt of Kpeeinl Interest to
Gnxette Header*.
every hale of coUon brought to the I for Western beef.
home the money annually expended among whom was Hugh K. Salter
J who has obtained some notoriety as a ( calendar,
A Hatch of News.
Capt, W. Lennon came down (o the
city from Irwin county last Monday
morning and made a pleasant visit to
the Gazette sanctum, lie left ns
wealthier by four “wheels,” for sub
script ion.
It Imd been just a week since he
returned from the great world’s fair
and the many sights of that wonder
ful exhibition is still fresh in his
memory. He did not, attempt a re
hearsal of what he saw, but was con
tent with the simple remark that it
was the higgist show that America
will know for the next hundred
years, if ever again.
Among other things he told us,
during our short conversation, was
that last Friday morning while he
was cnronlc to his water mill he no
ticed his dog “setting” something in
a plat of grass, near an old clay root,
and he hastened forward to "Hush”
whatever it was for the dog. He
soon discovered, by Hie singing of
the rattles, that it was a rattlesnake.
The dog instinctively beat a busty
ret rent,
i’he find roan I led in tiie killing, by
Capt. Lennon, of a tremendous fe
male rattlesukc bearing eleven rattles,
and sixteen of her little ones. Capt.
Lennon says the dog came upon the
old snake so unexpectedly that she
did not have time to gather in her
progeny and consequently, he Imd to
hunt about the grass for them and
lie ia inclined to believe he did not
get them all.
To-morrow evening, at suix^owti,
begins the Jewish new year, or the
5,354th anniversary of the world’s
creation according lo the Hebrew
The decrease in the return of taxa
ble property of Worth county is
*2211,8(10.
'J’he Arbor meeting, at Sumner, re
sulted in-fifteen accessions to the
Methodist church at that place.
Prof. A. A. Nolan, of Ty-Ty, is
teaching singing school up in Irwin
county, and has just closed a success
ful class at Pine Level, near Minnie,
The Ordinary of Worth county
has levied a county tux of (10c. on
the lindred dollars, which will make
the combined state and county tax
*10.61 on the *l,fi(H)
Editor W. A. Allen, of the Worth
County Local, has moved with his
family to .Sylvester from Sumner,
and is occupying his cozy new cot
tage home just completed for hint
there,
The contractor, Mr. G. A. Horkan,
has completed the bridge across
Warrior creek, on the Stunner and
Moultrie road. It is said to be one
of the best bridges in the county,
and will cost about $1,000.—Sylves
ter Local.
The toucher's institutes of Worth
comity will lie held during the fall
on the third Saturday ineaoh mouth.
Ml teachers in the county lire re
quired to attend or render a sufficient
excuse in writing to the liuurd of
Education.
We learn that work on the Abbe
ville and Western railroad is pro
gressing finely, and it is thought
that the day will not lie far distant
when the locomotive will be steam
ing into Oeillit, a beautiful little
village in the southeastern part of
this county.—Cor. Sycamore News.
Not a bushel of corn lias been ship
pod into Brooks county this year, hut
thousands of bushels have been ship
ped out of it. The county also lias
sold thousands of pounds of meal
more than it has bought. This is
the reason why Brooks is lo day in
hotter shape than any other county
in Georgia.—Free Press,
Jackson Bussell, of I nviu comity, a
hoy twelve years old has plowed and
worked forty acres of laud In corn
cotton, cane and potatoes this year,
The. corn crop will yield nearly 800
bushels; two hales long cotton, 300
hmAiels potatoes, and seyeral barrels
syrup. Where is the boy or man who
cue. beat this?—Wilcox Banner.
The Advance says it is informed
that some of the merchants ef Ash-
bum quote meat below the market
price when they have none in stoclt,
ami cotton above when they are not
buying. Then Hie customer sells
his cotton mid buys meat from an-
otbei house at market value and
thinks he is swindled.”
The ordinary of Worth county Ib
having a building erected in the
courthouse yard for temporary use as
jury rooms during court, ami after
wards as clerk’s and ordinary’s offi
ces. He is also having a temporary
building erected for a court room ill
which the October term of sttporior
court will tie hold. Judge Bower
decWned to hold eimrt in either of
the church buildings ut Isabella as
was suggested to him.
ing to him at the*gate. While in the
lionse the girl told Mrs. Durant that
she prayed for some man to be there
w!np would kill the negro in order that
she and her companion could escape.
Bloodhounds have ln*n sent for and
the people are anxiously awaiting the
finale.
This is one of the results of the
shutting down of saw nulls and par
tial shutting down, some of the tur
pentine operators, throwing out of
employment thousands of vicious ne
groes with absolutely no means of
support. Bands of them are now
roving over Coffee county pillaging
and a menace to the families of cit
izens.—Macon Telegraph.
Proceedings of Council.
The City council of Tifton met in
regular session in the office of C. W.
b’nhvood, September 4th at 4:30 p.
m. Called to order by Mayor C. W.
Fulwood. Present: Couucilmen
Bowen, Allen, Goodman and McCrea.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing in July was read ami approved.
There was no regular meeting in .
August,
Minutes of two called meetings in
August—held on the 22nil and
24th—were also read and confirmed.
The committee, appointed to con
sider the petition of citizens for a
crossing over the railroads on C'eti-
tral avenue, reported that for the lack
of funds in the treasury nothing could
be done in llie premises.
The matter of employing a city
scavenger was referred to u special
committee composed of Connoilmeti
Bowen anil McCrea.
Mr. R. L. Shriver was elected
Marshal to fill the unexpired term
of A. J. McCrea, suspended.
The account of II. II. Tift for
*611.5(1 was rendered and referred to
I he Clerk and Treasurer for settle
ment, there being some counter un
liquidated claims.
The matter of rate of ml valorem
tax assessment was referred to the
finance committee with power to act.
There being no further business
the Council was adjourned,
J. II. (iii 'iiMAx, Clerk.
Tlic Miihs .Meeting.
In aceordance with previous an-
nouneement a meeting of the citizens
of Tifton was held ut the Institute
hut Friday night. Mr. J. Hawkins
Goodman was chosen chairman of
the meeting and Mr. S. A. Youmans
requested to act as secretary.
Prof. E. J. Williams, Jr., stalod
that the object of the meeting was to
elect a Board of Trustees, and after
a short talk by B. T. Allen the ful-
owing trustees—two from the coun
try ami three from the city—were
elected: ltov. W. F. Cox and E. E.
Youmans from I lie country, and T.
XI. Greene, W. W. Timmons and B.
’J’. Allen from the city.
Very sensible speeches were made
by Mr. B. T. Cole and Prof. Will
iams, after which tiie meeting ad
journed.
The Board of Trustees held their
first meeting, for the purpose of or
ganizing, this morning ut 10:00
o'clock.
IDLE NEGROES RUNNING RIOT.
One II no Twu XVtitle (llrlx ll'ininl unit Kept
ill I!•«» KtVHiu* in C’offi'i' Omtniy,
1 lot'll i. ah, Sei'TKM UKtt 5.—-Exciting
and reliable rumor came last night
to tho Telegraph corrcs|)imdeut that
a negro hud for two or three days two
white girls tied out in one of tiie ht?-
merptls bays near Morgan it Co’s.,
still, about eight miles from here,
east of seventeen utile creek, and that
on Saturday he, in company with
them, went to the residence of Mrs.
Durand and guarded one and sent the
other in the- lionse to bog for some
thing to eat under a threat of instant
death upon her not anicdintely return-
Insure your
;in house against fire.
0. W. Fulwood.
Ton laitc.
Alapaha correspondence received too
late for this issue. However the ed
itor was in Alapaha Tuesday and
gleaned most all the news which his
esteemed “Georgia Cracker” has sent
him. Semi contributions its early in
the week as possible—not later than
Wednesday noon—and they will be
printed in that week's paper.
Col. C. W. Fulwood is encourng-
i ng his talent its an artist- > His
brush may exalt him to famn yet.
Col. F. E. Twitty, a rising young
lawyer of Brunswick, Was a visitor
to the city this week, the guest of
Ids sister—Mrs. L. M. Williams.
It ia reported that the bondhold
ers, ot a meeting in New York, have
agreed to permit a connection to la*
made al Mucoti b 'tween the Silicon
mid Northen and Georgia .Southern
and Florida railroads, thereby form
ing a through line from Florida to
the Norlh and East.