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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUN TY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1893.
VOL. 3-NO. 24.
' URBAN AND SUBURBAN.
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Personal and Impersonal Matters in
the City and Vicinity.
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Rend Dr. Peterson’s advertisement
on fourth page.
Rev. W. 0. Hixon will fill his reg
ular appointments at Tifton next
Sunday.
The harvest moon has pustund now
the nights are a “little” longer than
than the days.
The young people of Tifton and
vicinity have enjoyed the moonlight
nights of the past two weeks very
much.
The grand, gloomy and peculiar
equinoctial gale, for 1893, either came
before its time or bus given us the go
by altogether.
Wednesday a telegram was received
here announcing that eighteen new
cases of yellow fever had developed
in Brunswick.
The Tifton correspondent of the
Adel News is mistaken, the United
States officers did not pay Zachaty’s
fine. The Tifton authorities were
glad to get rid of him “without mon
ey and without price.”
Mrs. Corker, of Dublin, Laurens
county, is visiting in the city, and the
guest of her parents—Mr. and Mrs.
B. T. Cole. The ladies of the city,
who have formed her acquaintance,
6uy she is a charming little woman.
Elders P. T. Snell, W. F. Cox and
W, W. Webb have been recommended
ns ordained ministers by the Tifton
Baptist church for membership in the
Well Association, which meets to-day
at Art. Zion church, in Colquitt
county.
Rev. F, T. Snell, the pastor,
preached two excellent sermons at the
Tifton Baptist church labt Sunday.
At the evening service three persons
were received into the fellowship of
flic church by letter, two of the per
sons being Elder W. F. Cox und wife.
The repair shops of the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad at Ma
con, have -been shut down all this
week us a purely economical measure.
The decrease in patronage forces a
reduction of expenses. The employ
ees, like the sensible men they are,
appreciate the situation und will
make the beet of it without complain
ing.
Elders F. T. Snell, W. W. Webb
nnd W. J. Baker were called to Mi.
Olive church, in Worth county, lost
Tuesday to assist 1n adjusting amica-
f bly some differences of opinion exis
ting between members of that church.
After consultation the muttei was
aiibniitted to Elder F. f. Snell who
decided the disputed points to the
satisfaction of all concerned.
There is one or two things the Ga-
zettk would like to know: Whv the
necessity of drilling cars at the Geor
gia Southern and Florida railroad
yards to make up trains Sunday eve
nings during the hour for religions
service? Thought there was a city
ordinance prohibiting it; if so, why it
not enforced? Does not the state law
inveighing against the disturbance of
religious worship meet the exi
gencies of-tlie case, and are not the
persons engaged untenable to this law?
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Insure your gin house against fire.
C. W. Fulwood.
BuaiueHM Education.
In this eminently, practical and
progressive ago, the education of no
young man—no matter what his con
templated avocation in life—can be
regarded as cornpltte and fully qual
ifying him for a successful career un
less he enjoys a business training.
This has come to be very generally
recognized and conceded; and we
know of no institution in the south
ern states that, is doing so thorough
mid practical a work along the lines
of business training as the Georgia-
Alabama Business college, of Ma
con, which stands the foremost of its! now offers to
kind. I York Weekly
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A Lesson Learned.
It is a matter for regret that sev
eral Tifton lads have been, for some
time, pilfering from one of the
“Bnlclier” boys of the Union News
Company who, ever since the yellow
fever broke out in Brunswick, have
had to lay over in the city at night.
It seems that these juvenile pilferers
were organized und altogether! had
taken about $8 or $10 worth of cigar
ettes, cheroots, tobacco, candies, eto.,
before they were caught at the nefa
rious business.
The goods were being, missed and
Marshal Sh river was notified; he set
to work at once to ferret out the
guilty parties, and soon caught up
with them. lie was both surprised
and mortified when he learned the
facts in the case. He arrested the
boys, as was his duty, and carried
them before Mayor Fulwood who
made a searching investigation of the
whole matter. He reached the chari
table opinion that the boys did not
fully realize the enormity of their
offense, that the beginning of the
raids were intended us a joke or as a
matter of fun. lie gave the hoys a
wholesome lecture and allowed them
togowitli the promise that they
would pay the “Butcher” boy for
what they had taken. He told them,
further,that if they were brought be
fore him again on a similar charge
he would turn them over to the State
authorities for puuishmeut.
It is hoped these lade, and all
others in Tifton, will learn a salutary
lesson from this much regretted oc
currence; and, in future, lot alone
things that do net belong to them or
they cannot get in a legitimate way.
Let the hoys of Tifton realize that
An idle bruiu is the devil’s work
shop,” and if they loaf and loungi
about the streets they will surely get
into trouble. Boys, if not engaged
in some honest employment, had bet
ter be at home lidding to their store
of knowledge by reading and study
ing some good book.
Homicide lit Unloiivtlle.
A ripple of excitement was created
lust Sunday afternoon when a runner
camv to the city from the negro sub
nrb, Unionville, and reported that u
negro man by the name of John
Thomas Johnson lmd shot and. mor
tally wounded a negro woman by the
mime of Hannah Reid.
Constable W. II. Oliver hastened to
Unionville and when lie arrived there
found that the perpetrator of the
deed had already been arrested by
some of the negro men of the place
and threats of lynching were being
freely indulged. He succeeded, how
ever, in persuading the. indignant peo
ple to give up their prisoner and let
the law vindicate itself. The priso
ner was brought to the city, lodged in
jail and a guard placed around it to
foil any attempt at lynching.
During the night the negro woman
who had been shot twice with a No. 38
Smith & Wesson pistol, died. The
death of the woman obviating the ne
cessity for u committal trial the pris
oner wus carried to Nashville on
Monday by Constable O’iver and
lodged in jail, to await the action of
the superior court.
It seems that this killing was the
result of jealousy; the woman was a
grass widow, the man wanted her to
marry him, but she declined to do so
without first obtaining a divorce from
tier husband whom she had discarded.
For this refusal' lie had thueatened to
kilt her, and Sunday just after din
ner he met her und fwo other women
in the Tifton and Unicnville road,
near the latter place, and carried ids
threat into execution.
It is reported that he nonchalantly
remarked Monday morning when he
wus told that the woman was dead,
“that it was nil right; he intended to
kill her.”
Clubbing List.
The 0AzaTTK is making up' a
splendid clubbing list with the great
weekly papers of the country. It
club with the New
World for $1.40, or
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Our, Special Reporters.
Berrien superior court convenes a
week from next Monday. There is
an unusually lurge list of criminal
cases to be tried.
A brick manufacturing enterprise,
we are told, is soon to be located on
rile place of Mr. II. L. Parrish in the
River Bend neigh boihood.
There is fifty-nine pupils in atten
dance at Sparks High School und
more are expected. A. competent
assistant teacher lias been employed.
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In Atciuorlum.
Samuel Timmons fell asleep in
Jesus Thursday, September 21st,
1893, aged 10 years.
“Then the Lord called Samuel, and lie
answered ‘here am I.’ 1 Sam., iii, 4.
The above quotation from Holy
Writ describes far more truthfully
than could the pen of the most
graphic writer the sad event that
oust a gloom over our city on Thurs
day last, and filled with anguish the
sorrowstricken hearts of the bereaved
parents of the lad whom the Lord
lmd so suddenly called to Ilimself.
On one occasion the disciples came
to Jesus and complained of their iir-
ability to cast out an unclean spirit,
to them the Lord made reply, “This
kind goet.h not forth hut by prayer
and Listing,” plainly intimating that
while ordinary methods might be
successfully used in the vast majori
ty of cases, yet there were exceptions,
and this was one. So, ulso, is it true
that ordinary joys and sorrows may
oftentimes be by pen or tongue so
vividly portrayed as to he fairly well
realized and understood by those who
are 1 nterest°d in the same, yet, there
are others like “the kind that goeth
not forth but by prayer and Listing,”
that is not communicable save by the
terrible ordeal of personal experience.
God has given unto His children
liearls that can foe! for the sorrows
of others, to weep wijli those- who
weep in tenderesl and trm:Bt sympa
thy, and never do wu feel so much
of the love of God welling up in our
hearts as when wo take the Imnd of
some bereaved one and say “The Lord
blesB you my brother, the dear I ami
comfort you my sister”—yet,, with
all this, if yon would know the full
weight of the blow that Iiiib fallen,
you can only do so liy drawing aside
the curtain that hides from public-
view in darkened chamber the weeping
forms of tlie heart broken parents
who, like the Patriarch of old mourn
beside their dead. Yes, there arc
some who can get even nearer than
this, but the doing so will cause the
old wound to open and the heart to
bleed afresh. They will have to open
np the chambers of memory and let
the events of the past he marshalled
in review and us, before them they
tee again, in imagination, their lover
one stretched calm and cold in death,
then will they be able to enter into
and, to a fuller extent, feel for those
with whom they now mourn and
sympathise. VVe rejoice to be num
bered among those who have no de
sire to penetrate the mystery of (toil’s
dealing with llis people. “That I
know not now I shall know hereaf
ter” and if I shall never know it, so
he it; yet have I faith to Buy, “He
doeth all tilings well.” We can but
cnrociclc the fact, und fact it cer
tainly is, that the Lord had need of
this dear lad and, withstanding pro-
testatum and prayer, on Thursday,
September 21st, called for him; he
heard and answered, and went to he
“forever with tho laird.” And he,
while loved ones wept und little
children dropped the beautiful
flowers in the grave, was safely nest
ling in the bosom of his God.
F. T. Snki.i,.
It is easily accessible to the people j with the Atlanta Weekly Constitu-
of pur section, and we are satisfied
that one cun not only secure a cage-
rioi. course of truining, but save
largely fcj time und money.
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lien for 41.25, cash in advance.
Avail yourself-of the opportunity of
getting two good papers for the
price of one.
Col. C. A. Ward, proprietor of the
Douglas Breeze, will soon have a
nice, new home completed for his
pH per.
The prices paid for turpentine und
null labor forces the south Georgia
formers, as a rule, to pay more for
everything than their middle Georgia
neighbors.
%V Ithlucooelieo Singing Conven
tion-Thirteenth Session,
The above asssociation, composed
of Borne of the most prominent young
people and musical educators of the
county, met in the Methodist church
at Sparks lust Friday and continued
in session through Sunday.
The people of Sparks and vicinity
have always taken a lively interest in
the matter of vocal music und have
encouraged their young people to en
gage in it; Hence, yon will find a
large per cent, of the best singers of
the county among the young ladies
and gentlemen of that town.
The convention was not so well at
tended on Friday, hut enough of a
faithful few wus present to organize
und get it started off at a good pace.
President W. Henry Griffin was not
present, owing to a pressing engage
ment in another portion of the coun
ty. The Vice-President, Mr. Harri
son Hancock, was on Imnd ami, ow
ing to his native modesty, requested
Mr. B. P. Lovilt to cull the meeting
to order and preside over its deliber
ations. Mr. Walter Lindsey was in
place as secretary, and makes an ex
cellent officer.
Delegates Wale present from Union
Singing Convention, also members of
the Southern Musical Convention.
From the former were Profs. Over-
treats and Hancock, the latter were
Profs. Harden, Williams and God
ard.
At Saturday morning’s business
session the permanent time of hold
ing the convention was changed to
the first Sunday and Friday und Sat
urday before in August. Also agreed
to hold the next session at Nashville,
after a lengthy discussion of the
general welfare of the associaton. An
invitation from Evergreen church,
live miles west, of Sparks, numerously
signed, was extended for the session
of 1894, but as the association was
educational in its naliircand intended
to reach the young people of every
portion of the county ns frequently
as possible, it was thought best and
more in harmony with the spirit and
intention of the association to carry
the convention to Nashville-tlm two
previous sessions having been held on
the western side of.the county—there
was no sort of intention of slighting
the invitation of Evorgreen olmrch.
At the afternoon’s business session
a resolution win adopted, expressing
it as the sense of the eonverttion, that
vocal music should be made a branch
of study in the public schools of the
State at the earliest practicable mo
ment. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year; Tlios.
E. Williams, president; Mansfield E.
Parrish, vice president; Henry G.
Lovilt, secretary. The committee on
business presented a resolution recom
mending “Songs for All” us the text
book for the next session, also the
usual resolution of thanks for hos
pitalities, both of which were receiv
ed und laid over to the heel of the
session, when they were adopted.
This wus the thirteenth annual
session, und perhaps the most pleus-
ant and profitable of any that has
been held. The people of Sparks
were boundless in their hospitality
and secured all possible benefit from
the convention being held in their
midst. We have no tnoro apprecia
tive people in Berrien county than
those of Sparks. W’u are always glad
to visit thorn Mtid partake of their
hospitality.
There was some most excellent mu
sic during the convention, the leaders
seemed inspired lo do their very best
to entertain and instruct al! who
were present and tlioy succeeded in
an admirable degree. There was an
immense concourse of people in at
tendance on Sunday.
Just, before adjournment the new
ly elected officers were inducted into
their respective official position in an
appropriate and orderly manner, Pro f .
h. J. Williams, Jr., acting an master
of ceremonies.
A full line of coffins, caskets and
burial supplies at Elliott A Rolin-
son’n iS parks, Go.
The county jail is reported as be
ing crowded with prisoners. Guess
Superior court will clt.tr it out. which is only a few miles distant,
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien’s Sister Counties.
Irwin superior court convenes next
Monday, Judge C. C. Smith on the
bench. As usual there will be a full
attendance.
Quitman was visited by a destruct
ive fire oil tiie flight of the 25th.
The loss is estimated at about $3,800;
insurance, 8800.
The Times is advocating the bound
ing of Valdosta to construct water
works and a city hall. It is estimated
that 810,000 will be necessary.
llomerville Baptist Association
meets at Mt» Parati church, five or
six miles north of McDonald’s Mill,
in Coffee comity, on Friday before the
third Sunday m October.
Prof. \V. W. Harden, who was the
efficient assistant teacher at the
Sjiurks High School during the
spring sesson, is now conducting a
nourishing school at Ty-Ty. Thc'peo-
ple of Sparks speak favorably of him,
both as uu instructor and disciplina
rian.
Lake Park has twenty-two stores,
four saloons an J one millinery shop.
Good order prevails, notwithstanding
the saloons. The country, round
about lias a prosperious set of farm
ers—many of those, good men and
excellent farmers. Tlie Carters arc
getting rich raising long cotton.
The religions debate at Valdosta
came to a sudden close, as we expect
ed, last Friday night before either
disputant could get tip u full bend of
steam. Love charged A rmistead with
indulging in offensive personality,
and declined to continue tlm debate
with him. Sucii religious discussions
should he discouraged by all right
thinking people. No possible good
can grow out of them,
Isaac Watson, sent to the peniten
tiary from Coffeu county for life, in
1885, for murder has been pardoned.
The facts in the case, which led lo
executive clemency, arc these: “When
17 years old Isaac, killed his man
over a game of cards. He was con
victed and sent to the peniteatiury.
The Judge who sentenced him wrote
the governor that a verdict of man
slaughter would have been us well or
better sustained as that of murder,
und that, ho would be much pleased
if tlie governor would pardon him,ns
he thought the young mini lmd suf
fered the average penalty for man-
slaughter.”
Thai Cotton.
A farmer at Tifton shipped nine
hales of Sea Island cotton to Valdosta
on Tuesday.—Times.
Tlie Times and Valdosta are wel
come to all tlie capital they can muse
out of (lie above item. The cotton
belonged to nine different men, not
withstanding they were in the name
of only one of them. lie says he re
ceived 19c. for it when he could have
sold it here for 19}c., hut lie would
not listen U) tlie Tifton merchants’
bids, lie Is now trying to kick him
self for his folly.
Go to Elliott & Ilolnnson’s, Sparks,
Go., to get coffins, caskets, und ali
burial materials.
The weather, the past two weeks,
has been very fine for cotton picking,
und Berrien county farmers have
made tlie best use of tlie time possi
ble.
Rev. J. T. Stanley, of llomerville,
bus been called to the pastoral care
of the Adel Baptist church. He will
preach there on the third Sunday in
each month.
The farmers on the western side
of Berrien county are doing some
thing commendable—building more
comfortable residences. Wc notice
that both J. P. and Ben Whitehurst
hive just completed new com mod ions
and comfortable frame dwellings.
The attendance upon tho yearly
meeting at Empire ohurcb last Sun
day, we learn, was not us large as
usual. Suppose it was because of
the near approach of the Association
which convenes at Union church,
News From Colquitt County.
A correspondent of the Macon
Telegraph writes thefollowingnewsy
letter from Moultrie under date of
the 23rd inet.: ,
Colquitt superior conit' has, juBt
aojourned. Judge Hansel! was taken
sick and could not get through with
near all the business, which, owing
to the rupid increase of the popula-'
tion of the county, has grown much
larger than it formerly was.
The Boston and Albauy railroad
Inis within the last few months been
completed to Moultrie, and this place
as a consequence is on quite a little
boom. Several stores and dwellings
are now in course of erection.
Colquitt is the best county in the
state for turpentine und suw mill
men, thousands of virgin timber, of
finest long leaf pine that can now be
bought for a mere song, but which ’
will in a short time be worth a for
tune.
Why it is that farmers will strive
and struggle with the old worn out
Dills of north Geoigta when the same
amount of labor bestowed on the fer
tile fields of tins section would soon
place them in easy circumstances, is
more than I can understand. A
great number of north Georgia citi
zens are coming to this section, as
theycun make a living so much
easier here.
Mr, Robert L. Shipp, recently of
Uordele, has moved here and formed
a copartnership for the practice of
law with Col. Matt. J. IVursull, un
der the firm name of Pearsall &
Shipp. It is understood that they
will give special attention to foreign
collections. Mr. Shipp conies highly
recommended, and we heartily wel
come him to Moultrie.
Cotton is coming into town, und
fluunoiul matters are easing up con
siderably. A considerable amount of
long staple cotton is raised in Col
quitt. Long staple cotton averages
two-thirds of a bale per acre und sells
for 22J cents per pound.
linen FurmliiK Pay?—The Ques
tion is Solved.
The experience of those who have
followed farming in the same way
that other avocations or trades are
followed exemplifies (lie fact that
there is no other profession that can
be made to yield a better dividend,
year after year, than that of a far
mer. As an illustration of this fact, ’
the Local gives below the result of
the operations of Mr. .1. \V. Culpep
per, one of the best farmers ill the
Fifth district, who lives just north
of Sumner.
Mr. Culpepper moved to Worth
two years ago, settled in the woods
and begun to clear up land, a great
deal of which was ploughed or
broken up twice before Uu; fencing
was complete,and his firs', yeur’s plant
ing came ueur paying all expenses.
But it remained for this, the second
year’s crop, to show up what could
be done on Worth county pine lands.
51 r. Culpepper has housed 330
bushels of corn from fourtcwi acres.
From eighteen acres planted in cot
ton lie is sure of ten bales, or 5,000
pounds of lint, llis cane crop will
turn him out four barrels, or iUO •
gallons of syrup. He says he is safe
for fifty bushels of rice and 250
bushels of sweet potatoes, besides
making ground peas, field peas und
Other truck sufficient to fatten meat
enough for another year, and this,
from a one-horse farm.
Does farming pay? Note tlie result:
336 bufthcls of consul 60c—
3,000 pound* of lint cotton, *t 7<;... • r..
W buahels of rlw, at $1 .. ..
‘JoO bushel* pouutt, a*, 30e
100 g* Jon# ay r up, »\3Gc..
Tout
rtaoaKTRA:
Four ions sets, at 118.W H«.oo
Hired lulp m.w)
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Total coat....,
...196.00
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Not prorootlt
Besides which he will make meat
euougb to do a family of seven for *
year. The above ealenhtion it bhsetl'
on the lowest ruling prices for farm,
products, and The item of hired labor
includes total cost of making mid
gathering crop, outside his own la
bor.—Wortii County Local.