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Tifton Gazette.
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TIFTON, BERIUEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1893.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN. I YE 0LD F0LKS ' cone ert.
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Personal and Impersonal Hatters in
the City and Vicinity.
Go to Padrick Bros’ Saturday cut-
rate. sale..
It Will Be Held at Tifton Institute, Friday
KVenlitg, October HOtli*
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■Eba, the eldest son of Postmaster
Duff, is quite sick.
$1.50 worth of goods for $1.00 at
Padrick Bros-
Mrs. Britt, of Live Oak, Ft a., is on
n visit toTi f ton and her parents-Prof.
and Mrs. 0. L Cliestmitt.
A sale that is on everybodvs lips.
Padrick Bros. Saturday cut-rate sale.
There is another case of typho-nin-
lariai fever reported in Tifton—the
youngestson of Prof. O. I>. Chest mitt.
_ Something is left in yo purse when
U trade with Padrick Bros.
All our subscribers who.pay up in
full are entitled to the benefit of our
clubbing offers ttie same as new sub
scribers.
The GAzevte has turned out some
very pretty job work this week for
-the Tifton Canning and Manufactu
ring Company
Prof. Williams tells us he has an
enrollment of forty-live pupils at the
Tifton Institute and is expecting
Olliers to enter.
.Messrs. W. W. Timmons and Oren
Gatcheli was disappointed in getting
off to tlie World’s Fair last Saturday
night as they expected. They hope
to start some time this week.
Presiding Eider Stubbs, of the
Cordele district, will till the regular
appointments of the pastor, Hev. W.
C. llixon, at too Tifton Methodist
church next Sunday. All are cordi
ally invited. -
The people of Tifton and vicinity
have done something for the relief
of tlie Brunswick sufferers ami will
do more. Let,all help, he their con
tributions ever so small. It takes
•‘file littlcs” ti) make “the imioli.”
Insure your
gin house against lire
C. \V. Fit I wood.
FltoGKAM—PART I.
lrChortis—“Auld Lang Syne,”
by ail ye singers.
2. Quartette—“Annie Laurie,” by
Hunnuli Duke, Kitturuh Luther, Ne-
lieiniah Jiles and Absolom Simpkins.
3. Tableau—“Ye Olden Tymu.”
4. Song—“The Squeuk of My
Grandmother’s' Chair,” solo and
chorus liy all ye singers.
5. Itecitation—Ezra Tompkins.
(i. Tableau—“Ye Old Oaken Buck
et,” introducing song — Hannah
Duke, Desire Perkins, Hezekitlh
Miles and Zcbulon Justin.
7. Solo—“In Old Madrid”—Ket-
turah Luther.
H. Tableau—“A Corn Shucking.”
it. Solo and chorus—"Cousin Jed-
ediah,” by all ye singers.
part it.
I. Solo and chorous—“We’ll Have
to Mortgage the Farm,” by all ye
singers.
2. Recitation—Miss Jertisha Doo
little.
3. Tableau— 1 “TJie Quilting Party”
introducing song—llannah Duke,
Kutturuli Luther, Absolom Simpkins
and Hezekiuli Miles.
4. Solo—Gideon Crouch. ,
5. Quartette—“Friendship,, Love
aijyjSoii^”—Hannah Duke, Katturah
Luther, Nehemiuh Jiles, Zebulon
J listiii.
(i. Tableau—“An old Time Wed
ding Scene.”
7. A good old fash ion tune sung
in a good old fashion way by all ye
singers, interspersed with music on
violin and piano.
Summit hy Wldpple will president
ye pianv, and Peggy Jones will pluy
on ye fiddle.
The prayer-meeting at the Tifton
Baptist church wusdield on Monday
night, this week for the reason that
IteV. F. T. Snell, tlie pastor, desired to
bixuk! the remainder of tlie week with
his brethren of Mt. Euoii church,
Mitchell county.
the editor was deprived of the
pleasure of attending tlie closing ex
ercises of Pine Iievel school, which
had been conducted by Mies Lelia
Collins, of Shellman. This accom
plished young lady gave general sat
isfaction to all her patrons,ami those
who attended and witnessed her clos
ing exercises say it was excellent.
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A Good Crrtp.
Since publishing tlie yield of Mr.
G. W. Roper's cotton crop, in last
weeks Local, it develops that cotton
is not tlie only crop that lie lias culti
vated successfully this year, although
he now says that lie is positive llial
he will get thirteen hales, eacli one
weighing over 500 pounds, off the
twelve and three quarter acres planted.
Mr. Roper only run ono plow, and
besides his cotton crop has made 200
bushels of corn on twelve acres of
new-grmind land; 65 bushels of rice,
ar.d from three acres sown in oats
harvested 2,529 heavy bundles, and
. now has a good crop of potatoes and
ground-peas on the same ground. He
lias made this crop at an expense of
$6,10 for hired labor, exclusive for
* for gathering, and has earned $58 at
work outside his crop. ,
Mr. Roper says that he hud the
best crop of field peas this year he has
ever made in his life, and lie believes
that, rightly managed, Worth is the
best farming county in tlie state.—
Worth County Local.
Tlie Great Southern Remedy.
People should not be deceived into
paying money for trashy mixtures
gotten up to sell. Botanic Blood
Balm, (It. It. B.) which lias been
made in Atlanta for the past fifteen
years, never fails to give satisfaction
as a superior building up tonic and
blood purifier. It is made from the
prescription of an eminent physician.
I'hi* bottle is large anil I lie dose
small. See their advertisements utid
buy that which is thoroughly en
dorsed by thousands of grateful pa
tients whom it lias cured. A trial
bottle will test its merits.
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Mr, Dan Turner, of Alapaba,
wants about ten or fiiteeji hands to
cut cross-ties. Apply to him at
once if you are-out of employment
ami want something to do. •
Council Proceed lugs.
Tlie city council of Tifton met in
an adjourned meeting in tlie office of
H. ft. Tift, Friday night, October 6,
1893, 8:00 o’clock.
The council was called to order
by Mayor (J. W. Fulwood. Present:
Oouiiciliiieii Bowen, Alien, Hurgrett,
(Rodmen mid MoGreu.
The following amendment to the
license ordinance was adopted:'
ORDINANCE.'
Be it ordained by tlie mayor and
city council of Tifton, and it is here
by ordained by the said authority,
that tlie license ordinance of suid
city be so amended us to make uli li
censes—except peddlers’ and other
short term licenses for which pro
vision is made—expire on the first,
day of February of each and every
year, and the license tax sliaii be
prorated from the date of the appli
cation for license until the end of
tlie license year.
All ordinances or parts of ordin
ances in conflict with this ordinance
are iiereby repealed.
J. H. Goodman, City Clerk.
Approved October 6th, 1 $03.
C. W. Fulwood, Mayor.
The case of the City of Tifton
against J. C. Young, charged with
selling liquor in said city without li
censee, appealed to council from
mayor’s court, was continued until
the next regular meeting, owing to
the absence of witnesses.
’ There being no further business
the council was adjourned.
B. T.-Allen, Clerk pro tern.
j
Ttie‘Atlanta paiiers sav that the
will of tlie late Henry Banks, owner
of the celebrated Banks mill in'this
Refreshing and delicious summer
drinks are now being dispensed at
the Tifton Drug Store—coca-cola,
milk shakes, sodawuter, etc.
Berrien Superior Court.
This tribiinu) was in session about
three duys this week—Judge Aug. H.
Hansel I, presiding. Solicitor Gener
al Peeples was also on hand vigorous
ly and efficiently persuing the duties
of his office. The court did not meet
until 2 o’clock p. m. Monday.
The grand jury was organized by
the election .of Silas Tygurt foreman
and M. J. McMilliunclerk. Af
ter n brief but lucid charge from his
Honor,.Judge Mansell, the jury set
tled down to business in earnest.
The Tifton section of the county was
represented by J. A. Phillips and J.
W. Baker. Oapt Phillips had served
on grand jurors many times before—
but this was his first service in Ber
rien county. He remarked to the edit
or, while enroute home, that he “uov-
er worked with a more intelligent con
scientious and vigilant jurors. There
was not the slightest friction during
the entire service. It was a real
pleasure to serve with such men.”
The jury, after completing their rou
tine business, drafted and made the
following
GENERAL PRESENTMENTS.
We, the grand jurors, chosen and
sworn to act at tlie October term of
Berrien superior court, beg leave to
make tlie following general present
ments:
We have examined the justices of
the jieace and notaries public dockets,
and find them to be correctly kept,
with tlie exception of a few, who do
uot itemize their cost, as required by
law.
We recommend that W. J. Rowan
bo appointed a notary public foi tin
1148th district G. Si; also William
Chism for tlie 1144th district,.
We have elected J. A. Phillips at
a member of the board of county
commissioners.
We have examined the public
buildings of tlie county and find them
in very good condition. However,
we are sorry to say that it was re
ported to our body it lias not been
tlie case prior lo court. In refer
ence to the jail, it did not receive
the attention it bIiuuM, as the stench
rises from the closet, inside tlie cells,
and is not. properly looked after; wi
find all kinds of rubbish and papei
in the closet, while the force ol
water, is insufficient to carry snob
rubbish and paper through tlie pip
ing, and it is subject to get choked.
We recommend tissue paper for tin-
use of prisoners in the closet, uml
that they he instructed lo use it. We
recommend that tiio pipe be Hushed
every two weeks with potash to
cleanse the pipe and prevent the
stench arising from the closet.
We find tlie tank outside of tlie
jail in Dad order, the hoops should
be tightened and we recommend that
it be done at once,
We find a 'eak in the clerk’s
office and recommend that it be re
paired at once.
We recommend that the fence
around the court house he painted;
also one coat of paint be put on tlie
jail.
We find tlie public roads in fair
condition.
We have received a hound volume
of the Tifton Gazette for 1892,
containing uli tlie legal advertising
of tlie. county for that vear, foi
which we return thanks to tlie editor,
B. T. Allen.
We have received the re|iort of the
committee appointed at tlie last term
of tlie superior court for tlie pur
pose of examining tlie public rec
ords and hooks of accounts of the
various county officers, and hereto
atlucli the Bame to become a part of
these general presentments:
ItKroKT.
We, the committee appointed by the jrraml
Jury, at the March term, 1HW3, of Berrien nti|»e-
rior court, for the purpose of examining the
books of the various county officers, lie# leavo
to rnnku the following reportr
We havo examined tlie ordinary's ttooks and
find them neatly and correctly kopt. We noth*
some marked Improvement In the manner of
keeping them, Inaugurated by the present In*
otunbenh
We find the clerk's books In elegant style.
The present Incumbent, Mr. Hinltli. has made
several substantial and convenient Improve
ments |o the manner of arranging the records
which <lawerve commendation.
Our worthy county school commissioner pre*
sen ted his official books fot examination, which
wo found to be models of ucatuessaml accuracy.
Tlie showing he made Is, Indeed, flattering to
the public school Interest of our county. Com-
of keeping them. This court is cer alal.v a great
ttnanolal saving to the county iu the matter of
jail and other expenses.
We ffud the treasurer's books neatly kept, and,
also, correctly kept, showing great care iu our
worthy treasurer. The receipts of deposits with
the banks of Valdosta show our county to l»e in
flue financial standing. We commend his
method of check disbursements.
Viewed in every light our officers are' acting
worthy of the high trust reposed in them by
the people.
All of w hich Is respectfully submitted.
JAMES A. MATTIItS,
W. U. avkha,
Committee.
We find from investigation that
the number of paupers iu our county
are iticieusing very rapidly, and in
order to better regulate the system
of taking care of them it becomes
very necessary to purchase a poor
farm for their use. Wo recommend
the county commissioners pioceed at
once to purchase and equip the same
—and insist upon it.
We request that these general pre
sentments be published in tlie Tifton
Gazette.
In conclusion, we return our
thanks lo Judge A. II. llunsell for
his aide charge to this body, mid the
ability and impartiality lie has ex
hibited while conducting this term
of the court.
To Solicitor General H. B, Fee-
pies we return our thanks for. cour
tesies shown us at this term of court.
St i,as Tyoaut, Foreman.
Ordered, That these presentments
he published as requested. October
12, 1893. Auo. 11. Hanseli.,
.1 udge S. G. S. C.
There was a full attendance of law*
OUR NEIGHBORS.
VOL. 3-N 0.26.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien's Sister Counties.
THE WORTH COUNTY FAIR.
yers present from Albany, Thomas-
ville, Quitman, Valdosta, Ty-Ty, Cor
dele, Abbeville mid Wayoross, besides
tlie local attorneys.
The newspapers represented were
the Valdosta Times, Adel News and
Tifton Gazette.
Tlie business was dispatched rap
idly and Ity Thursday at, noon* the
court was ready to adjourn for the
term.
John Thomas Johnson, for killing
tlie woman, near Union ville, received
a lifetime sentence to the penitentiary.
Kitchens, charged with assult, with
intent to rape, near Milltown, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for fif
teen years.
There were two cases of assault witl
intent to murder tried, but the jurors,
under the evidence, reduced them
both to misdemeanors.
Tlie cases against. Boyd and Harrell
were cpn tinned for t lit* term on ac
count of sickness of counsel. It is
very probable these cases will he ad
justed and settled by the next term
of the court.
'There was fewer people in atten
dance upon superior court this term
than we have ever known before,
which we cun account for only by
the exceeding scarcity of money
Just before the court was formally
adjourned, Judge Hunsell drew the
following list of grand and petit ju
rors lo serve at the March term, 189-1
oiiAMi Juuoim.
It. T. Boyd,
■lolm \V. Futc/i,
.1 oli ii Pope,
A. A. Btrawder,
W. W. Hall,
.1. 1). Patterson,
Win. Devanc.
Wm. Wlilddon,
J. W. I *iinIk,
I). I). Dnrinlny,
(Ireen Hullnnl,
f. M. Bmllli,
John I., Matthews,
Paul C. Timm,
J. S. Morris.
J. K. Williams,
M. J. Young,
K. I) Gaskins,
Joseph J Knight,
Thomas I). Fulcli,
J. II. (taker,
Paul Croaliv,
J. M. Itamfcock,
M. K. Pulton,
M. If. Ghhlcnn,
W. II. Ilnmillon,
M. It. Lindsey,
J. It McCran'o.
PETIT JUHOKS.
W. O. Watson, Joseph Walsmi,
It. O. Parrish, Alexander J. Kxmn,
W. E. Connell, Jr., John T. Watson,
J. O. Simmons, H. M. Lewis,
L. M. Konnon, John A. Phillips,
W. O. Connell, Jackson Illrncy,
Larkin J.McConnell,Jeff Folsom,
Dempsey It. Weills, H. M. Patten,
II. K. Ilutrhlnsnn, F. W. Gaskins
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Veteran's .‘Meeting;.
The GAZETTP.-is requested to an
nounce that there will be a reunion
“ of the Confederate veterans of Ber-
county, gives ail his property w "i^rien county on the third Saturday in
wife dnrin'g her life. ft* waa a November next. A11 veterans are re
gentleman of considerable wealth. {quested to been hand promptly..
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latxslnwr Williams 1* it-t unity worthy of the .. i . ... , ...
Ugh trust reputed In him try tho hoanl at tslu- Will go to Atlanta next W ek tore-
W. K. Vickera.
G. W. Goodman,
Martin Orosby,
Henry E. Parrish,
It. J. Howe,
Martin J Tlaon,
Noah Tyler.
J. M, Wright,
Elbert J. Tillman,
Hamilton D. Matilda
I). F. Grilfin,
Lester E. Tygtrt,
Jus. It. Lewis,
John T. Rowan,
George 1). LovlU,
H'. U. Whitehurst,
Joseph I). Dupree,
F. G Julian
The man who earns his daily breud
by daily toil can save his hard earn
ed dollars by trading with i’adriok
Bros.
Dr. 0. P, Goodman, of Nashville,
(tntlon
Tlie nhcriirn book" n»cr« fonml to hr a* correct
m tlin nature of the*office trill ailmlt. Tlie
books tveie iftnnil neat ami well oared for*
Tlie county coin wl^loneva* book* wore found
correctly, elegantly ami xyxtematlcally kept.
Owing to the *lckne»s of Judge J. V. Cooil*
man, CNMimiUntonor of the poor, the C0mm)U*o
were unable to obtain hi* book* for cxuuilnx;
thm. - *
Wt tint! the book* of the county court U flue .. . . . ■
den.’oMtratiaf utucU care in the autum*/ t .Will HJppoa<T ill OUf Uext INSU£.
some hie studies in dentistry. He
will complete bis course this
winter and receive his diploma next
spring.
The Gazette lias an obituary no
tice from Alnpalia, on the life and
death of Alvin E. Elliott, which
The Mullory Baptist Association
will convene with Union church.
Worth county, twelve miles south of
Willingham, on next Tuesday.
Editor DeLouch, of the Sycamore
News, blandly remarks that, there is
a suspicious case brewing in that
town—not yellow fever, but nmtri-
motiy.
Tlie Local says: “Five years ago
Worth's rice crop would not have
bought a Texas pony. Now it is
worth $5,000 annually. Verity old
Worth is beginning to live at home,
and will soon be helping her neigh
bors to do the mime thing.”
Messrs. Wright $ Scandrett are
making preparations to open up at
luaha, Irwin county, a mammoth
farm after tlie plat, of the Cycloncta
farm. They arc gentlemen of wis
dom and energy and will undoubtedly
make a success of their undertaking.
A gentleman, who has traveled
extensively in Worth, Irwin and
Coffee, says tlie coll on crop will not
near come up to expectation. But
the farmers are all smiles, neverthe
less, as their provision crops are ail
abundant. Peace, plctjjjy and con
tentment reign supreme.
I’lte Fiisscll murder ease was tried
in Irwin superior court last, week,
but we have not learned the result.
It was reported that the jury lists of
the comity were just about exhausted
in securing life jury. The Fussells
md Dormihys have a very extensive
family connection in Irwin comity
Editor Park, of tlie Ponglm
Breeze, plaintively sighs: "The yeai
will soon lie gone amt no steps what
ever taken toward providing a home
for the preacher next year. Doug
las will never have a parsonage or
anything else, if nobody starts
movement. What is to he done
about it?”
In the trial of Fnssell in Irwin'
snjicrior court last week, for shooting
Dornuny, the jury found tlie defend
ant guilty and lie was sentenced to
two years in Hie penitentiary. How
ever, the defendant’s counsel made
motion fora new trial ami if it
not granted will carry the case to the
Supreme court.
The Sycamore News says: "There
are men iu Irwin county to-day who
came here a few years ago with com
pai-ntively nothing, bought wild land
on a credit and went to work; they
now have nice homes and all that
goes to inukecomfortitnd happiness.”
There is no dniiht south Georgia is
tlie grandest section on earth.
During the lust week the gin
i.his place turned out an average of
eliven hales of cotton u day. Fri
day tlie rice mill turned out over
2,000 pounds of clean riec, while the
grist mill came in a good second
with 75 bushels of wheat. About
170 bales of cotton have been ginned
up to dale.—Sylvester Local.
The Boston and Albany railroud
(better known as the l’idcoek road)
is about to get oat of tlie hands of
Receiver Leverett. Judge Speer lias
passed an order for the receiver to
return tlie property to the owners
upon their paying the costs. It was
was expeoted that the costs would be
paid and the property turned over
lust Monday.
Editor Smith, of the Asilburn Ad
vance, lias withdrawn liis town from
tlie race, but “pulls off his cout and
rolls up his sleeves” for removal of
Worth county Bite to tlie railroad—
to Sylvester, Potilan' or Snmtier,
whichever will make the biggest do-
nuUon toward building a lirstr.laas
court house, one that would bo an
ornament to tlie county. Hu is em
phatically opposed to fooling away
tlie people’s money in building a new
court house at old Isabella, only to
become a victim of the incendiary’s
torch. Bravo, Editor Smith!
All trains on the Brunswick and
Western railroad are patroled, by
government quarantine officer!).
November l*t, and 8ml, named *« the time
for the nebular Annual Exhibit.
There are very few people in Worth
county who realize tlie. true worth of
these county fairs, at which a por
tion of tlie products of the section of
the wire grass country are collected
together ami put on exhibition, thns
advertising the possibilities of what
can be accomplished by u close appli
cation to tlie cultivation of the won
derful productive pine lands that art*
so plentiful in Worth comity, and at
prices within the reach of every man
who really wants a home.
These annual fairs bring the citi
zens of tlie county together, and us
they look over and examine the dis
plays made, they gather ideas from
one another as to the best methods of
cultivation for the different crops, al
so learn useful lessons in regard to
the best-fertilizers to use for certain
crops to obtain best results. But
these are nut the only good results,
accomplished by annual exhibits, for
it is through this medium of adver
tising the county’s resources, that
many a stranger is induced to come
into the county und fit himself out
will) a comfortable home where lie
und his family can abide in peace
under their own fig tree.
Let every one, who feels any prido
in the growth and developemeut of
their county, take hold in earnest und
make this tlie best, exnibitof Worth’s
farm products that has ever been col
lected together. The premiums tlic.t
will be offered cannot be other than
small, beouusi) their are no entry fees
for exhibits, or gate fees charged for
admission, therefore the resources
from which revenue is raised are nec
essarily limited, and those who make
xhibits should be actuated more from
comity pride and patriotic pur|iose»
I ban from mercenary motives.
Go to work now and pick out the
best products of your farm and get
them ready for the fair. Tlie Bruns
wick & Western railroad will provide
special accomodations for those along
the line of road, and tlie nmimgerH'of
the Fair will do ail they can tomaki-
tlie two (lays profitable uml pleasant
lo ail wlio attend.—Worth County
Local.
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County Nows.
Tlie Alupuhu high school is said
to be in a flourishing condition, with
about forty-five pupils in utteiulauco
and others expected to enter ill a
Jew duys. Prof. O’Qiiin is pre-emin
ently tlie right man iu the right
place.
The Cecil postoffice was entered
on Sunday night, October 1st, and
about $5 in silver und copper coin
taken therefrom. Post muster Fol
som lias no idea who committed tlie
crime, hut would like very much to
know who did it.
The Gazette is informed that
there are four candidates for judge
of the county court of Berrien
county, soon to be vacant by the ex
piration of Judge 11. T. Peoples’
term—lions. Silas Tygurt, George
W. Goodman anil G. H. Sluin', and
the present incumbent.
Hon. II. II. Knight, tlie worthy
representative of Berrien cotiuly in
tlie state legislature, is making prep
arations to be promptly on baud at
the opening of the adjourned session,
October 26. No comity in the state*
can boast of being represented by a
more thorough democrat, a truer
man, or a more energetic and consci
entious public servant than II. ft.
Knight, the member from Berrien
comity.
Application will be made to the
adjourned session of the Georgia
legislature for the passage of a local
law for the protection of fish in tlie
waters of Berried county. The law
coutcinplulee prohibiting the shoot'
iug of fish altogether ami alee pro
hibiting their wholesale destruction
during tho spawning season. An
other object which tho bill has iu
view is to encourage Rah culture for
homo consumption.
No, filibustering with price* at
Padticx Bros. Plain figures-
price to all—tint lowest-possible.
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