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TIFTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1894.
VOL. 3-NO. 47.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN.
Personal and Impersonal Matters in
the City and Vicinity.
Great bargains in shoes at W. 0.
Tift’s.
Mr. J. H. Knight, of Mineolu, was
in the city yesterday.
Gaskins & Paulk keep everything
needed ip the way of Farmers’ sup
plies.
Nearly all the roads leading out
from Tifton are in a badly washed
condition.
Miss Dora Miller will accept the
thanks of the editor for a treat of
splendid oranges.
Editor U. 0. Brantley, of the Val-
doslaTeiescope, made the Gazette
a pop call Tuesday.
Mrs. Dr. Bacon and little son, of
, Albany, are visiting her sister, Mrs.
* II. II. Tift, of this city.
Laces at your own price at the
store of \V. 0. Tift, Tifton.
Mrs. Bettie Smith left yesterday
for Tifton, where she will spend some
time with relatives.—Griffin News.
Capt, II. II. Tift has purchased
another locomotive, one that bus been
in use by the Brunswick and Wes
tern railroad.
*
Gaskins & Paulk’s store, Tifton, is
the place where the farmers can get
their supplies cheap for cash.
Mrs. T. S. Williams, ncc Miss Le
na Knight of Sumner, was in the city
yesterday returning from a visit to
her parents at Mineolu.'
Mr. E. P. Bowen has gone to At
lanta to study embalming and other
wise perfect himself in the undertak
er’s art. He will return some time
next week.
Wanted.—One. million eggs,—at
ouce. W. 0. Tift.
The. Sunday-schppl at New River
church will be reorganized next Sun--
day morning. Several workers from
Tifton will be present and lend their
encourugenieut.
Mr. W. 0. Pudrick has gone to the
^ Northern and Eastern markets to
pusghase Padrick Bro’s stock of
spring and summer goods. IIi> look
his leave Wednesday morning.
A sweet little baby girl lias urrjved
. to bless and brighten the home of
Mr. and Mrs. John 0.‘ Hind, mid the
. Gazette promptly extends congrat
ulations. The mother mid child are
both doing well.
W. O.'Tift gives the best bargains
in clothing of any house in the city.
Mr. Geo. W. McWhite and wife,
of eastBerrieu county, were visitors
to Tifton the first of the week and
guests of his sister, Mrs. W. W.
Timmons. The latter will spend a
week or more in the city.
Mr. Geo. II. Padrick and family
are now permanent citizens of Tifton,
and occupy comfortable rooms over
Padrick Bros, store. In behalf of
citizens generally the. Gazette ex
tends them a cordial wolcome.
Gaskins & Paulk sells goods as
cheap for cash as any merchant in
Tifton. Don’t forget this I
A tabernacle for the use of the
v Berrien County Siuidny-soliool Asso
ciation at its annual and soini-uniiuul
conventions is a yery desirable insti
tution, and we believe oho will be
built be f ore the close of 1804.
Col. Jos. A. Alexander, of Nash
ville, attended J a slice Court in Tift
on yesterday, lie was accompanied
by his brother-in-law, Mr. John
Lamb, who came to move the Colo
nel’s houscdiold goods to bis new
borne.' •
Buy Chattanooga Chilled Plows,
sold by W, O. Tift. They arc the
best and cheapest.
Rev. Dr. J. B. Mack, Presbyterian
Evangelist, preached in the Tifton
Baptist church last Tuesday evening
to a large and attentive! audience.
He has many friends lb Tifton who
are always ] pleased »Ifelm* to his dis-
. connect Up \s ■ :
The pay train of the Brunswick
and Western rajl rpml passed up the
road yesterday ucai.tering bhVkiils
among its employes. That of tile
^ Georgia Southern and Florida ruil-
road went down its road this morn
ing and also made its employes feel
happy.
The colored Odd Fellows of Tifton
are contemplating a big demonstra
tion on the fourth Sunday and Sat
urday before in this mouth. A
number of neighboring lodges have
been invited to be present. The
members of the local lodge will give
a big festival aud supper on Satur
day night
W. 0. Tift quotes low cash prices
in his advertisement on second page.
Rend them.
Rev. F. T. Snell tilled his regular
appointments at the Tifton Baptist
church last Sunday, morning and
evening. His sermon in the evening
was perhaps the best he has ever
preuohed here. His appeal to sinners
to become reconciled to God was not
only earnest, but strong and eloquent
Mr. Syl. Whittington, one of the
very hes.b farmers of Worth county
was in Tifton this week. He brought
several hundred pounds of home-rais
ed bacon to market, which he sold to
Gaskins & Paulk ut a good price,
lie also bought a two-horse wagon
loud of sweet potatoes which he dis
posed of at a satisfactory price.
Give Gaskins & Paulk acall before
urohusing your supplies. You will
esnpprisedat the low prices they
will quote you.
Prof. M. S. Patten, one of Berrien
county’s most accomplished school
teachers, now in charge of the Willa-
ooocliee High School, was in the
city last Saturday and Sunday, a
guest, of Mrs. Barnes’ private board
ing house. We are pleased to know
Hint Prof. Patten seriously contem
plates making-some investments in
the vicinity of Tifton—not for pur
poses of speculation but with a view
of laying the foundation for u fruit
and nut orchard and vineyard.
Prof. E. J. Williams, with the per
mission of a good many of her citi
zens, has invited the teachers of Ber
rien county to hold their next monthly
institute at Tifton. They have ac
cepted, and the next session will con
vene in the Tifton Institute on the
second Saturday in April. Let ill)
our citizens, who possibly can, turn
out and give these accomplished la
dies and gentlemen a royal welcome.
— ■ ♦
New Advertisements.
Mr. G. A. Letford, representing
II. E. Buokleu & Go., the well-
known Druggists and Pharmacists of
Chicago,was in the city Tuesday, ami
renewed liis (inn’s advertising con
tract with the Gazette. The (inn’s
goods uro for sale by Jake W. Paulk.
The representative of the Botanic
Blood Balm Company, of Atlanta,
was also in the city on Tuesday and
placed an advertising contract with
this paper. The goods of the com
pany arc on sale at Dr. J. C. Good-
hum’s drug store.
The program for the sixth annual
session of the Georgia Chautauqua,
to be held at Albany, will be found
in our advertising columns to-day.
We were in that city Wednesday af
ternoon and found everybody talk
ing Chautauqua. President Davis
assures the public that the program
is the host mid most attractive the
Chautauqua lias ever bud, and the
music extra fine. The grand cho
ruses will be participated in by not
less than one hundred people outside
of Albany. The whole program is a
feast of good things for all who at
tend, and it is hoped the attendance
will be much larger than last year,
Capt. D. G. Irby, manager of the
Cycloncta Farm, advertises to-day
that he lias a splendid lot of tomoto,
cabbage nod collard plants for sale
cheap. Don’t forget him if you are
ill need of any of these plants.
Capt. Irby makes a pleasing (to us)
allusion to his prospective success in
turkey raising and intimates that we
might have an interest in this brunch
of his innumerable industries.
The advertisements of Messrs. W.
0. Tift, F. M. Maugham, Padrick
Brothers and the Tifton Drug Store
have been changed this week, atvl we
bteqieuk for them a careful perusal
by our host of readers..
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Our Special Reporters.
Berrien county offers many advant
ages to the truck farmer and fruit
grower. Abundant und suitable land
can be bad at very low prices.
Superior court convenes next week
and it is quite probable Judge Griggs
of the Pataniu circuit, will preside.
Such has been the talk for several
weck3.
Mr. J. A. J. Parrish has resumed
charge of his hotel at Adel—the Adel
House—and again caters to the pub
lic appetite and comfort. He is an ex
cellent caterer.
There are sixteen disabled Confed
erate soldiers, m Berrien county, who
receive pensions from the state to the
amount of $1,035. There are. forty-
three widows of Confederate soldiers
in the county, and they receive in
pensions, $2,580. The total amount
of pensions paid to both is $3,015.
When we were at Nashville last
week it was told on our handsome
clerk of Superior court, Prof. 0. L.
Smith, that he had bought him a
splendid new horse und buggy und
was chasing a “bit of calico” down
in Florida. We don’t know about
the truth of this charge but can tes
tify to his absence from homo.
1 W. 0. Tift’s nice stock of clothing
is the “talk of the town.” Go and
see them.
. Tlie Gazette, with a feeling of
sadness, chronicles the death of Mrs.
Emily Turner, consort of R. K, Tur
ner, Esq., of Nashville, whosoextreme
illness was reported in lust week’s
paper. She died on Thursday, the
8th, and her remains were interred
in the Connell burying ground the
next day. Siie was the daughter of
Judge W. E. Connell, of Valdosta,
but formerly one of the most promi
nent citizens of Berrien county. She
leaves a devoted husband, a large
family of children and u host of oth
er relatives and friends to mourn her
death; to all of whom the Gazette
extends its sincere sympathy.
For Sale.
Seventy-five (75) bushels of the
Gordon Bunch Sea Island cotton Beed
—one year from Island.
Apply to W. 0. Tift,
Tifton, Gn.
The Local Fish Law.
There having been so much unfa
vorable comment on the fish law in
troduced by our immediate represen-
ative, Hon. II. II. Jvnight, and passed
by the late legislature, that we print
it for tlie information of our readers.
We are inclined to tlie opinion that
when it is read und understood, all
complaint will disappear. It is true
the law forbids fishing in any way
in any of the wutcrsof Berrien coun
ty during a period of ten weeks caoli
year, the spawning season, but we
can’t see any very grent objection to
tiiis short prohibition No one will
deny tlmt the intentions of the law
is right, but if Ilepresenutive Knight
has made its provisions too rigid why
it cun be easily amended ut tlie ses
sion of the legislature next fall, and
if the entire law is inimical to the
best general interest of the people it
can be rcjiealed at the same time.
However, the Gazette is of the
opinion the law should he allowed to
stand jnct as it is for at least three
or four yea re:
An act for tlie protection of fish in
tlie waters of Berrien county, to
fix penalties for violation of same,
and for other purposes.
Sec. I. Be it enneted by the Gen
eral Assembly of Georgia and it is
hereby enneted by authority nf the
same, That from and after the pass
age of the Act it shall not Ik* lawful
for any person to shoot, kilt with
dynamite or catch with seines of any
kind, any fish in any stream, lake or
pond in the county of Berrien.
Sec. II. Be it further enacted by
authority aforesaid, That it shall not
bo lawful for any person to catch or
entrap fish with hooks and tines,
seines or in. any other nay, in any
stream, lake or pond in the county
of Berrien between the first day of
February and the fifteenth day of
April in eaeli year.
Sec. III. Be it further enacted by
authority aforesaid, That for every
violation of this Act the persou of
fending shall be guilty of a misde-
meunoi, and upon conviction shall bo
punished by a fine of not less than
$25 nor more than $200, and upon
failure to pay such fine shall bo im
prisoned in tlie county jail for a pe
riod of not less than twenty days nor
more than sixty days.
Sec. IV. Bo it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that all laws
and parts of laws in conflict with this
Act be, and tlie same are, hereby re
pealed.
Approved December 21st, 1803.
A Cull.
Tlie People’s Party voters of Ber
rien county are hereby requested to
meet in n mass-meeting ut Nashville
on Monday, March tlie 19th, by ten
o’clock for the purpose of electing
delegates to tlie gubernatorial con
vention and for other purposes.
N. E. Pattukson.
Chairman, P. P. B., C.
Keeping House.
Mr. Clifton Spires und bride, ncc
Miss irlinnio Yotinmns, have com
menced keeping house and with the
usual experience of beginners. Af
ter a lengthy deliberation and making
out a list of everything they thought
would be needed the purchases were
made; the household and kitchen
furniture were carried to their homo
and pul to rights. In due time the
hour arrived for tlie- good wife to
prepare supper und to her great con
sternation she found they had for
gotten tlie purchase of it most indis-
'petisuble article to every well-regula
ted household--a siove. This pur
chase was made—and now they
thought the list complete—the supper
was prepared and tlie happy pair sat
down and enjoyed the repast. Blit
tlie table must be cleared away, mid
it was then discovered they had for-
gotlon to buy a dishpaii! Wlmt
ot her necessary articles they had loft
oil the first list has not yet transpir
ed. Our reporter Imd to skip ouL
for fear of his scalp dangling to
somebody's belt.
Four Big Successes.
Having the needed merit lo more than
make good ail the udveiUsing claims (or
them, ihc following four remedies have
reached a phenomenal sale. l)r. King's
New Discovery, for Consumption,Coughs
and Colds, each bottle guaranteed—KIuc-
trie Hillers, the great remedy for Liver,
Htomaehand Kidneys. Bueklen's Arnica
Halve, tlie host tn the world, amt Dr.
King’s Now Life Pills, which are a per
fect pill. 1 All these remedies are guaran
teed to do Just what Is claimed for them
aud the dealer whose name is attached
herewith will he glad to tell you more of
them. Hold ut Juke W. Paulk’s Drug
Store.
Court Mutters.
There was very little new business
in the Court of Ordinary this month.
Citation was issued citing all pcrsoiiB
concerned lo show cause, if any they
could, on the first Monday in April,
why twelve month's support should
not beset apart to Julia A. Fateh
and minor child from the estate of
John M. Futch. R. W. Knight ap
plied for pernmnent letters of ad-
ministatior. on the estate of J. B.
Knight, and it will he passed upon
on the first Monday in April.
The Sheriff advertisos four acres
of land in the town of Sparks, giving
proper description, us the property of
S. Whitehurst by virtue of u county
court execution in favor of S. Wax-
elbuum & Son and A. Gillian & Co.
The County bailiff advertises an
iron-gray mare.mule, six yeurs old,
os tlie projierty of G. W. Mims to
to satisfy a mortgage execution in fa
vor of Joseph. Hightower.
The County C'oinissioiit-rs held a
two days session. The first day was
devoted to general routine business,
and the second lo making a settle
ment with Tar Collector Griffin,
and we are pleased to stale that it
was done creditably to Mr, Griffin
ami lo tin- satisfaction of the coin-
mission";'* and all concerned.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien’s Sister Counties.
Two more dwellings arc to be built
on the Oyclancta farm.
Mrs. J. G. Cassidy, and daughter,
of Albany, are visiting friends and
relatives at Pou’an.
It is reported that about two hun
dred acres, in the vicinity of Sumner,
will be planted in watermelons.
An exchange says that Moultrie is
fust growing to be a city, as she is to
have two newspapers—one besides tlie
Buiincr.
There are forty-til rue Confederate
widows in Worth county who receive
pensions from the state amounting
to $2,580.
Tlie Populist party of Coffee coun
ty was to have held a grand muss
meeting at Douglas one day last week
bat failed to muster u quorum.
The farmers of Worth county will
plant a large acreage in long staple
cotton, especially in tlie southern and
eastern sections coiiugious to Tifton.
The Times says: ‘‘Fifteen cars of
rail ami list plates [whatever Unit,
limy be] have arrived and more will
come within a week” for the Valdos
ta Southern railroad.
Prof. D. L. Bledsoe will close his
singing class at Mount Olive, Worth
county, oil Saturday night, tlie 17th
inst., '.villi it grand concert. The pub
lic is respectfully invited to atlurid.
If you don’t believe W. B. Parks,
living two miles south of Ty-Ty, is
a firstrute farmer and stock raiser
you will only have to visit his farm
unit farm yards next summer to con
vince yourself to the contrary.
Rev. Isaac Iloliby tolls tlie Aslihtirn
Advance that there is more corn mid
meat in Worth county tlmn ever be
fore. Also more new building mid
repairing being done about tlie farms
und plantations than for several years.
A large number of citizens, living
along tlie route, are agitating the es
tablishing of a new mail routo from
Albany to Aslihtirn by way of Ruark
and Doles in Wortli county. It. is
said such a route would supply mail
to at least five postoflices.
Homo of the people of Worth coun-
ly are already talking about a senator
from tlie lentil district, as it is that
comity’s time to furnish a man. lion’s
C. A. Alford,,!. M. Sumner, G. 0.
Ford, 1). II. Davis, W. A. Allen and
others are mentioned as pro'oabls
candidates.
The School Commissioner of Cof
fee county gives notice that four
cents per day per scholar will be tlie
basis forqiiarlerly payments of teach
ers in • that county, and teachers to
obtain tlie benefit of the quarterly
payments must make quarterly re
ports lo tlie Commissioner.
Wortli county is now tlie owner of
two flic and burglar proof safes to bo
used for the safe keeping of official
papers and records. Willie tliu pur
chase of safes by tlie ofloiuls of that
county ut tiiis lime reminds one of
tlie fellow who “looked his stable
door after the horse had hecn stolen,”
still it is never too late to leura wis
dom.
Tlio twenty-seventli district Sun
day-school association, comprising
tlie counties of Berrien, Lowndes,
Eclioia, Clinch, Codec, Ware, Clurl-
ton and Pierce, will hold its annual
convention at Valdosta on tlie fourtli
Sunday and Saturday before in April.
An interesting program lias I teen ar
ranged for tlie occasion and all the
workers who attend are promised a
delightful time and plenty of—yal-
icr-lcgged chicken.
The “Law and Order league,” of
Codec county, met in tlie Methodist
church ut Douglas one day last week
und perfected its jiennaheiit organi
zation, by electing Rev. T. P. O’Neal
chairman aud Rev. W. J. Flanders
secretary. Able an stirring addresses
were made by several gentlemen pres
ent. After inviting all the citizens
regal'd less of color or previous, con
dition, to aid them in tlie supprosion
of crime iu the county the meeting
adjourned to the first Monday in June.
At the residence of the bride’s fa
ther, Hon. J. B. Norman, Jr., March
8th, Dr. J. H. Hall and Miss Amelia
Norman were united in marriage by
Elder J. A. Sellars. Tlie Doctor and
his fair bride have our sincere con
gratulations on their happy union.
A Million Friends.
A friend in need is a friend Indeed, and
not less than one million people have
found Just such a friend tn Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds.—If you have never UBed this
Great Cougli Medicine, one trial will con
vince you that it has wondeful curative
powers in all diseases of Throat, Chest
and Llings. Each bottle is guaranteed to
do nil that is claimed or money wili bo
refunded. Free trial bottle at Jake W.
I’aulk’s Drug Stoic.
Teacher's Institute.
According to previous appoint
ment, The Teachers’ Institute of this
county, met at Adel, Go., on the 10th
instant, and were tendered a re
ception which dul much honor to
Adel. Tlie Institute was called to
order at 10:30, and after a song by
tlie body ami a prayer by Prof. Lem
W. Colson, Mayor Clements then de
livered an address of welcome, which
was greeted on all sides by loud
cheers, and which showed that Adel
possesses some good oratorical talent,
as well as artesian water. Tilts was
answered by Prof. E. L. McNubb,
who never fails to do liiBshure.
Tlie day was spent pleasantly and
profitably, and the hospitality of tlie
citizens of Adel will long ho remem
bered by all prebent. There wero
about 200 teachers and visitors pres
ent, and each one was cared for in
a royal manner.
Long live the Institute, anil may
sho go to many more places like
Adel.
Bticklon’a Arnica Salve.
The licst Hnlvo In the world for Outs,
Bruises, Soros, Dicers, Halt Rheum, Fever
Boros, Totter, Chapped Hands,Chilblains,
Corns artd nil Hkln Eruptions, and posi
tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or mnnay refunded. Price 23 cents per
box.
For sale by Jako W. Pimlk,Tifton, Ga.
Small debts are what blight the
general business of tlie country.
Every Btore keeper lias a largo num
ber of small debts on his books and
when it is remembered that the ag
gregate in many cases amounts to
hundreds of dollars, and it comes
out of the profits of liis business, it
can readily lie seen why tlie small
debts system of the country figures
so largely in discouragements and
losses to (lie trade.—Grifliin Daily
News.
Wanted.
Mrs. Scrphonc Piokron, of Pell-
hum, Oh., wants information con
cerning Irving Pickron, who enlist
ed in the first company that went
out front Monticello, Fla, and died
in Corinth, Miss. Mrs. Pickron is a
worthy widow and needs the jiension
she would get if the information
concerning her dead luisbaud’s death
could be found. Any one who can
uid httr in securing Hie necessary in
formation will be serving a good
cause tiy writing her about the mat
ter. Exchanges please copy.
Money for Georgia Touchers.
Georgia’s school teachers will draw
their first quarterly salaries early in
April. Heretofore they have had to
wait a year for their pay. Tlie last
Legislature made such changes in
the law that the teachers can here
after draw their pay quarterly. The
111 ot quarter ends March 31.
While the school year really be
gins July 1, 100 counties huve start
ed their -eciiools earlier than usual.
Captain Itnidweli, the State school
commissioner, says that despite the
hard times the school attendance ap-
|iears to be better than usual for this
season of tiie year. Statistics are not
complete, but the figures at hand
show that hard times have not kept
tlie boys ami girls away from school.
The indications are that the Stale
treasury will have enough moaey on
hand available for the school fund
to pay nearly, if not quite every dol
lar, which may be due to all tcachwtt
on April 1.—Dispatch.