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Tifton Gazette.
81.00 PER ANNUM.
TIPTON, BERRIEN COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1894.
VOL. 3-NO. 49.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN.
Personal and Impersonal Matters in
t the City and Vicinity.
40 Dozen suspenders 5c. and up.
Great value. Padrick Bros.
I
The present indications are that
the blizzard has cut off the fruit crop
at least one-half.
Great bargains in shoes at W. 0.
Tift’s.
Miss Laura Dedge is visiting in
Tifton and the guest of her brother
Mr. J. G. Dedge, and family.
38 Dozen pairs of pants. Big
drive, 50c. and up. Padrick Bros.
Mrs. J- G. Dedge is dangerously ill
but, with careful medical and other
necessary attention, mav recover.
Laces at your own price at the
store of W. (3. Tift, Tifton.
Little Sydney Cole was the viccim
of a sad accident about two weeks
since; he was trying to climb a fence
and fell and broke his arm below the
elbow.
“The talk of the town” Padrick
Bros, new stock and prices that will
turn them into cash.
The railroads will give excursion
rates to the Georgia Chautauqua at
Albany next week, beginning to-mor
row. Don’t fail to go to the Chau
tauqua.
Gaskins & Paulk sells gondR as
cheap for cash as any merchant in
Tifton. Don’t forget this I
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Gyre, of North
Carolina, were in the city last Satur
day, having just arrived for a visit to
their relative, Capt, W. Lennon, at
Englewood, Irwin county.
Free wool could not. make clothing
any cheuper than Padrick Bros., are
selling their new stock at.
Rev. W. II. Bryant, of Clyattville,
Ga., was ill the city yesterday. He
lias always been favorably impressed
with Tifton and her future prospects
and it is prohuhle he will yet, decide
to cast hislotumong his many friends
here.
Wanted.—One million eggs,—at
once. W. 0. Tift.
Rev. W. L. Kilpatrick, D. D., of
Hepzibali, Ga., one of the foremost
preachers in the state, will oefiupy
the pulpit of the Tifton Baptist
church on the second Sunday in April.
Citizens generally are cordially invi
ted to hear him.
Be in the rush for the best values
ever offered in all the newest styles
spring goods, at Padrick Bros.
Mr. *D. A. McPhaul, late of Brun
swick, has commenced a mercantile
business in Tifton. He lias purchas
ed the business of Mrs. A. B. Graves,
comer Main and Third streets, and
occupies that stand. lie will add
largely to the stock.
Gaskins & Paulk keep everything
needed in the way of Farmers’ sup
plies.
It rained almost incessantly last
Sunday. Notwithstanding, there was
a good congregation at the Baptist
church to hear preaching and also at
the Methodist to attend Sunday-school
and Easter services. The church
was elegantly decorated and the ser
vice and singing faultless.
Buy Oliattauooga Chilled Plows
sold by W. 0. Tift. .They are the
best aud cheapest.
The following gentlemen from the
North and We3t were in Tifton this
week prospecting for orchard and
vineyard lands: Messrs. W. H. Nun
ick and James W. Tison, of Pitts
burg, Pa.; A. D. Hostorm-.il), Spring-
field, 0,; W. M. Gaskell, Joliet, D1
W. 0. Tift gives the best bargains
in clothing of any house in the city.
Messrs. L. S. Shepherd & Co., hun
just received their very handsome
stock of new millinery goods and cor
dially invito the ladies to call and
see them. Mrs. Maynard, wtio is an
experienced milliner, has charge of
the trimming department and guar
antees to give entire satisfaction to
all her customers.
Gaskins & Paulk’s store, Tifton, is
the place where the farmers can get
their supplies cheap for cash.
Some thief or thieves broke info a
Cat on the Georgia Southern and
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Florida siding last Friday night and
helped themselves to goods w|iich the
car contained. We learn that the
goods were for Cordele merchants.
The thief will get the full penalty
of the law for his crime if his iden-
itv can be discovered.
Prof. 0. L.'Uhesnutt, we learn,has
purchased a lot on Tift avenue and
has let the contract for an eight room
two-story residence. Work on the
building will be commenced by Con
tractor Pittman the firstof next week.
W. 0. Tift quotes low cash prices
in his advertisement on second page.
Read them.
The Gazette learns that Capt.
Milner, the indefatigable saw mill
man, of Chula, has the building of a
home in Tifton under advisement and
it is thought a favorable decision will
be reached in n few days and—a
handsome home it will be.
The monthly rcacher’s institute
which was announced to be held in
Tifton on the second Saturday in
April has been postponed, until the
third Saturday. The change is mad
because it would conflict with the
Berrien County Sunday-school Con
volition, which meets in the Tifton
Baptist church on the second Satur
day in April.
Sectionmaster Thomas, of the Geor
gia Southern and Florida railroad,
went to Brunswick last Saturday to
spend Sunday with his family who
are visiting relatives and friends there.
When he went home to nmke prepar
ations forjhis trip he found that some
thief had entered his wardrobe and
purloined a portion of his Sunday
clothes. lie hus no idea who the
thief can he.
Give Gaskins & Punlk acnll before
purchasing your supplies. You will
be supprised at the low prices they
will quote you
“A thing of beanty is a joy forever,”
and that is just, what Padrick Broth
ers millinery department has come to
be, and it is filled with choice goods.
These enterprising gentlemen have
fitted up a neat room in the front of
the single story addition to their stori
for thin department, and while a door
leads from the main building into
this room, it will tie comparatively
private to ladies who visit it. They
respectfully invite all tlio ladies of
Tifton and vicinity to call und in
spect their new department and the
stock of goods it contains.
The turning point in a woman’s
life is when site passes another with
a new style dress or hat on. Pud-
rick Brothers have a beautiful line
of each.
Brookfield Sunday-school.
The editor had the pleasure of
spending lust Saturday night with
Mr. I. \V. Bowen, about three and a
half miles north of Brookfield. Ilis
homo is located on a lovely oak ridge
uear the Alapulia river. It is a new
settlement, and ho has a handsome
and comfortable new residence near
ing completion, also new out houses.
He will soon have us pretty a farm as
there is in Berrien county. Sunday
morning we went with him to attend
the Brookfield Union Sunday-school.
It is an evergreen Sunduy-scliool—
nevei goes into winter quarters—with
a regular attendance of from sixty to
seventy persons, L. D. Henderson
is superintendent and Sanders Gibbs
is secretary. The pupils invariably
have good lessons. Owing to the in
clement weather only about forty
persons were present last Sunday
morning. After the recitations teach
ers and pupils joined in the request
that we give them a blackboard ex
ercise and to the best of our ability
we tried to impress upon the minds
of those present the truth taught in
the life and character of Daniel. The
audience scented to be pleased with
our methods of bringing out the les-
soiis taught und we trust some good
may come from our effort to instruct
them.
Wuuted !
Land For Sale on commission or
option in large or small trucks in
Bertien, Worth or Irwin counties,
Ga. Address, C.C.S. Baldridoe,
Care Hotel Sadie, Tifton, Ga.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Cur Special Reporters.
The Borden saw mill, (wo miles
below Ler.ox, has passed into new
hands and is again befog put in ope
ration.
The Gazette has heard several of
of its fellow citizens sav they would
offer themselves as candidates this
fall, but it is not authorized to men
tion any of their names.
Alupsihuhas anew physician in the
person of young l)r. Gaskins a recent
graduutc of the Atlanta Medical Col
lege, who was ruised iu the northeast
part of Berrien county. He has lo
cated there for the practice of his
profession.
Messrs. Beckwith & Rogers, the
mill men of Sparks, have sold their
old locomative to the new firm at
Lenox and will purchase another and
a heavier one for their work. The
traffic over their tram road is increas
ing very rapidly; hence the necessity
for a heavier looomutive. •
The following legislative ticket
from Berrien county will be satisfue
tory to the Gazette: Hon. Warner
L. Kennon, for the senate from the
sixth district, composed of Berrien,
Lowndes, and Echols counties, and
Col. C. W. Fulwood for representa
tive from Berrien county. They an
nounce themselves subject to u dent
ocratic primary.
A Household Treasure.
P. A. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y„
says that he always keeps Dr. King’s
New Discovery in tire house anil his
family has always found the very host
results follow its use; that he would not
he without It. it possible. G. A. Dykc-
mnu Druggist, Catsklll, N. Y., says that
Dr, King’s New Discovery Is uadoubl-
silly the best cough remedy; that he has
used in hls family for eight years, ami it
has never fulled to do all that iu claim
ed for It. Wiry not try a remedy so long
tried and tested. Trial bottles free al
Jake W. l’aulk'a drug atoro. Regular
size 50c. and $1.
Iu Masonic Circles.
Dr. 11. T. Kendrick, of Alnpaha,
was in the city last Saturday after
noon for the purpose of conferring
the '‘Eastern Star” side degrees upon
the following persons: Mesilumos
Julia Barnes, W. F. Rudisill, E. E
Youtnuns, B. T. and W. N. Cole, J
II. Pitts and Win. Wilson, Misses
Leohi Greene and Nettie Cole, and
Messrs. C. A. Williams, I. M. Britt,
J. H. l’itts, W. W. Rutherford und
W. N. Cole.
Our reporter who was present, says
lie has witnessed the conferring of
these side degrees often before, but
never in so uble and impressive man
ner as on this occasion.
The ladies contemplate organizing
an “Eastern Star” lodge in Tifton,
and will invite Dr. Kendrick to lie
present and officiate as master of ccr
cinonies.
Chamberlain's Eye and Skill
Ointment.
Certain cure for Chronic Pore Eyes,
Tetter, Halt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Holes, FeverSores,Eczema, Itch,
Prairie Scratches, Hore Nipples and Plies
It is cooling and soothing. Hundreds of
cases havo been cured by it after all
other treatment had failed. It is put up
in 25 and .10 cent boxes. Sold at Hie
Tifton Drug Store.
New Advertisers.
The Gazette presents this week
to the attention of its renders the
new advertisement of Messrs. Muyer
& Grins, the au fait furniture dealers
of Albany. There mammoth store
is crowded with goods from cellar to
garret; there is no doubt they carry
the largest und best asserted stock of
household and kitchen furniture that
can be found in southwest Georgia
and they can quote better prices.
Give them a trial.
Tifton’s new merchant, Mr. A. D.
McPhaul, has an advertisement in
to-dny’s paper. He hus a nice line
of goods und is offering genuine bar
gains. We bespeak for him a fair
siiare of patronage.
•Special attention is called to the
advertisement on fourth page, beaded
“Life-sized Crayon Portraits.” Read
it und I earn something to your ad
vantage.
Program
Of the Eight Annual Session of the
Berrien County Sunday-school As
sociation, to bo held in the Tifton
Baptist Chnrcli, April 14th mid
15th, ISItt.
Saturday Morning, April 14.
10:00. o’clock.—Opening. Invo
cation service by President B. T.
Allen.
10:15.—Address of Welcome by J.
k. Carswell, Superintendent of the
Tifton Baptist Sunday-school.
10:30.—Response by Capt. John T.
Hester, of Albany.
10:45.—Address by B. W. Iluekii-
bec of Sparks. Subject: The mis
sion of Sunday--school workers.
11:15.—Report of the President.
11:30.—Reports from the schools.
12:00.—Ad joti rn men t-
Avterooom.
2:00 o’clock.-—Religious exercises
led by C. I. Jones, superintendent of
the Methodist Sunday-school at
Alapulia.
2:15,—Address by D. 15. Sweat,
secretary Twenty-seventh District
Association of Waycross. Subject:
Music in the Sunday-school.
2:45.—Report of Vice Presidents
and Secretary.
3:45.—Address by Dr. A- C. Clem
ents, of Adel. Subject: Relation of
church members to the Sunday school.
4.15.—Miscellaneous business.
Election of officers, etc.
4:30.—Address by Prof. E. A.
Smith, of Valdosta. Subject: How
to teach the scripture to the young
so us to make it at the same time at
tractive mid instructive.
5:00.—Adjourn.
Evening.
7:30 o’clock.—Open witli prayer
by Rev. .1. W. Reese, Tifton.
7:45.—Address by A. W. Benler,
of the Atlanta Journal’s staff.
8:15.—Question box. Queries ask
ed and answered.
8:40.—Adjourn.
Sunday Morning-, April 15.
9:30 o’clock.—Special prayer ser
vice by members of the Young Men's
Union Prayer Meeting, of Tifton.
10:15.—Childrens muss meeting,
conducted by V. L, Stun ton, of Way
cross.
11:00.—Sunday-school sermon by
Elder W. II. Scruggs,pastor of Way-
cross Baptist church.
During this service a collection
will be taxon for general Sunday
school work.
The President makes the special
request that every Sunday-school in
the comity be represented by dele
gates. Each school is entitled to
one delegate for every twenty-live
members or fractional part thereof.
The pastor, superintendent and sec
retury of each school are delegates
ex-officio.
The President further urges that
a contribution, equal to two centB per
cupitn of their membership he sent
to the convention by each school in
order that he may have funds to ena
ble him to carry out that part of the
constitution which requires him, “to
visit each school and see that they
arc supplied with suitable literature
and other requisites."
Pray for the success of thoconven
tion und the Sunday-school cause
throughout the county.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien’s Sister Counties.
Foc.8ulc.
Seventy-five (75) bushels of the
Gordon Bunch Sea Island cotton Bced
—one year from Island.
Apply to W. 0. Tift, Tifton, Ga.
*100 Howard, #100.
The reader of this paper w ill lie pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In nil ila Mages, and thut la calarrh
Hall’s catarrh eurc la the only positive
cure known to the medical fraternity
Catarrh being a constitutional disease re
quires a constitutional treatment. Hall'
catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby dlstroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curntive powers, that thoy of
fer One Hundred Dollars, for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for testimoni
al*. Address F. J. Chunky & Co., Tole
do, O. Sold by all Druggist, Tic.
Col. John Marrow, of Ty-Ty, is at
tending Wilcox superior this week.
Ashburn Advance rises to remark
that Worth county is sadly in need
of a county court.
Sheriff Paulk, of Irwin county, we
are informed will stand for reelect
ion, and Jesse will make it warm for
his opponents.
Irwin superior court convenes at
Irwinville next Monday morning,
lodge C. C. Smith presiding. The
Gazette will have a represenativc in
attendance.
The records in the office of secre
tary of stale show that eleven persons
have been paying taxes for seventeen
years on the same lot of land in Col
quitt county.
Colquitt superior court convenes
at Moultrie next Monday morning,
Judge Aug. II. Ilansell presiding.
Tiie G azettk editor will be there and
hopes to meet all his patrons.
An examination of applicants for
the office of school commissioner of
Coffee county will be belli at Doug
las next Monday morning. The Ga
zette is informed there are several
applicants.
A corres]KUident of the Douglas
Breeze nominates Hon. W. G. Brant
ley, of Brunswick, for congress from
the eleventh district to succeed lion
II. G. Turner if he should be elected
United States senator.
The Populist agitator, Osborn, fill
ed an appointment at. Willacoochee
one day last week and made himself
so obnoxious, to a certain gentleman
of that place, he was severely thrash
ed and sen ton his way.
The News says: “A negro man
was robbed on the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad, a few miles
smith of Sycamore [in Irwin county
on Wednesday night, lie had $17
on his person, which the highway
men failed to find.”
Coffee superior court is in session
at Douglas this week, Judge J. L,
Sweat presiding. The journey of
bunch and bur from Willococheo to
Douglas Monday morning was a rough
one. It was bitter cold and the wa
ter courses very much swollen from
the recent ruins.
A correspondent of the Ashburn
Advance nominates lion. Joseph M
Sumner for senator from the tenth
senatorial district, it being Worth
county’s tunc to furnish the candi
(lute according to the rotation system
also Hon. J. W. Evans, of Ashtmin
for county represenutive. Both nom
ination! are good ones.
The Gazette is informed that Dr.
Jeff Wilcox, of Willucooclioe, will not
be a candidate to succeed himself as
representative from Coffee county in
the state legislature. 'Vin. West, of
Wil’acooohee has already announced
himself a candidate, and the name
of C. A. Ward Jr., of the Dougins
Breeze, is mentioned in that cornice
tion.
Sylvester has secured nil ineslimn
hie addition t > her citizenship iu the
person and family of clover J- N
Welch, who have been residents of
Albany for several years. He has
made extensive purchases of property
in Sylvester mid will commence at
once to mukp improvements thereon.
The Gazette wishes friend Jim the
very best of success.
Program
For Teacher’s Institute to be held at
Tifton, Georgia Saturday April'
21et, 1894.
9:30 a. m.—Opening exercises..
9:40.—-Roll call: appointments of
critics.
9:46.—Report of critics last session
Geo. D. Godard and Miss Lizzie Wil
liams.
10:00 Arithmetic: Common and
decimal fractions. J. S. Roberts and
Ixmi W. Colsom.
10:30.—Reading: Enunciation and
expression, how taught? Miss Vera
Marshal and Geo. D. Godard.
11:00.—Object of the recitation
ami how to conduct, J. W. E. Powell
and R. P. Glenn.
11:30.—Music as a common school
recreation: Miss Ella Bacon and,
Geo. R. Dillon.
12:00.—Recess one hour.
1:00 p. m.—Relations and obliga
tions of the teacher to the State the
pupil and the parent, R. P. Fain und
B. F. Hill.
1:40.—The title “Pro'f.” os applied
to teachers, Miss Maggie Tenant.
2:00.—Aims and objects of Educa
tion, Prof. J.M. Guilliams, Jasper,
Florida.
2.45.—Question box and miscella
neous business.
3:00. adjournment.
Specimen Cases.
8. 11. Clifford, New Cousel, Wls., wos
troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism
hls Stomach was disordered, his Diver
was affected to an arlarming degree, ap-
pctlte fell away, and he was terribly re
duced In flesh and strength. Three bot
tles of Electric Ritters cured him.
Edward Bhepher, Harrisburg, 111., lmd
o running sore on his leg of eight years'
slanding. Used eight bottles of Electrio
Hitters und seven boxes of Bucklen's
Arnica Halve, and hls leg Is sound and
well. John Speaker, Catawba, 0„ had
live largo fever sores on his leg, doctors
said ho was incurable. One bottle of
Eleclrlct Hitters and one box of Arnica
Halve cured him entirely. 8old by Jake
W. l’aulk.
Georgia Syrup ill Ohio.
Our niece, Miss Laura White, of
Golumtms, bus just returned from a
months trip to Florida, to visit her
sister, who Inis been very sick. She
was somewhat better but is quite
poorly yet. Miss Laura brought us
two bottles of genuino Cane Syrup,
made at Valdosta, Ga., by Senator E..
L. Moore, sent ns os the compliments
of the Misses Whitaker. We drink
to their health.--St. Paris (0.) News.
This paragraph from our Ohio
contemporary brings to our mind the
fact, which we have insisted upon
before, that superior Georgia syrup
put up hot from the evaporator iu
bottles, ami hermetically sealed,
would find ready sale in Northern
and W estern markets at fancy prices.
The Misses Whitaker referred to
are relatives of the Gazette editor
—his mother’s sisters.
It must be a good arliclc that will In
duce a man to go forty miles to get It
Mr. E. It. Sweat ham, of Fairfax Station,
Ya„ says: a parly came forty miles lo his
store for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and bought a dozen hollies. “The Rem
edy is a great favorite In this vicinity" he
says "and has performed some wonderful
cures here." It is Intended especially for
Coughs. Colds, Croup und Whooping
Cough. For sale by The Tifton Drug
Store.
Summer ltrinks.
Ice-cold soda water, milk shakes,
coca-cola, etc., at the Tifton Drug
Store.
Church Action.
The Baptist church at Evergreen,
four miles west of Sparks, has de
clared non-fellowship with all mem
bers of that denomination who teach
the heresy of “Sinless perfection of
the flesh.” A. B. Finley, Pastor.
March 24th, 1894.
Thu people of Berrien county, ns a
general thing, do not realize the
enormous tax they are forced ui pay
annually by having bad roads.
i 1
Bucklen’s Arnleu Salve.
The Best Salve In the world for Cut*,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Halt Rheum, Fever
Horen, Tetter, Chapped Bands,Chilblains,
Corn* aud all Skin Eruptions, and posi
tively eurc* Files, or no pay required. It — - —„ .
Is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction j veutive aud cure for croup, and
or money refunded. Price 84 cents per shoe Id they not Insist on having It
box. I cent bottles for sale by Vb» l ittoti
For sale by Jake 'V. Paulk,Tifton, Ga. • Stow,
A Georgia Snake Story.
Worth county—right here in Geor
gia—takes the lead in the snake sto
ry business. A young man who lives
there was down on the river some
time ago hunting, and looking ahead
of him lie saw something large aud
black, like unto a bear. It fright
ened him so that he forgot he had
a gun und climbed a tree. He went
up and thought be was on » limb,
ami found that his bear was a large
black snake passing by, and when he
went to come down, he found be had
set his gun down, iu his fright, and
was sitting on top of it, instead of »
tree.—Atlanta Constitution.
“The people of this vicinity insist on
having Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and do not want any other, "aay* John
V. Bishop, of Portland Mills, Indianna
That Is right. They know it to be supe
rior to any other for cold*, and as a |
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