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The Tifton Gazette.
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TI ETON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY IB, 1894.
VOL. 4-NO. 5.
URBAN AND SUBURBAN.
Personal and Impersonal Matters In
the City and Vicinity.
Ice 11 o per pound ut Pad rick
Bros.
The pews for Hie Tiflon Baptist
church are now being placed in the
building.
The work of fitting up the new
Knighta of Pythian lodge room has
been commenced.
The Gazette learns that the Sun
day-school at Bine Level will have a
picnic to-morrow.
Mrs, F. G. Boatright and baby ar»
spending a few days with Mrs. T. S.
Williams, of Sumner.
Mrs. K. It. Mathews, of Albany,
spent several days in Tifton this week
visiting her sister, Mrs. Jas. Mannd.
Tifton and vicinity was visited on
Monday last by a most refreshing
shower of rain and the hearts of
the farmers were made glad thereby.
Contractor Slack, of Tifton, has
closed a trade witli the Messrs. Colo
for the erection of the temporary
buildings for their Valdosta machine
shop and foundry.
Goods of every description are sold
at. as low price by Gaskins.& Paulk,
as any mnrcliaiit'in Tifton.
The ordinance of baptism was ob
served at the Tifton Baptist church
last Sunday night, Mrs. E. L. Smith
being the subject. The service was
Very solemn and impressive.
The Gazette learns that the an
nual conference of the Cordeic dis
trict will convene in Tifton on
'Thursday before the fifth Sunday in
July and continue four days.
Jake W.Paulk can quote the lowest
price on every article usually kept in
a lirstclass drug store. Gu and see
him.
Col. C. W. Fulwood is in attend
ance upon tile annual meeting of the
Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias, at
Columbus, this week. He is the rep
resentative of Piney Wooods Lodge,
No. 50. He anticipates a grand time
umoug the Sir Knights.
IV. 0. Tift gives the best bargains
in clothing of any house in the city
Dr. C. A. Doliber, who came to
Tifton from Waycross a week or two
since, lias skipped out to parts un
known. lie brought witli him u
young and pretty wife, to whom lie
was married some time in Match.
She is here ami believes herself de
serted, penniless if not friendless.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
ruilroad pay train went down the
road from Tifton last Tuesday, mak
ing glad the hearts of its employes.
The Brunswick and Western pay
train passed over its road last Friday.
Prompt payment of employes’ sala
ries is one of the redeeming charac
teristics of the Brunswick and Wes
tern road under its present manage
ment.
Gaskins A Paulk are making no
special blow, but they do the “square
thing”- by their customers every time,
Mr. James W. Tison, of Pittsburg,
Pa., arrived in the city last Friday
morning for a stay of two weeks. He
is interested in some iiujwrtaut legal
inatterf in Pittsburg which requires
his return there at once. However
lie will come back to Tifton, about
June 10ih, ami become a permanent
citizen. He hs» bis “wheel” with
him and is having a fine time “spin
ning” over the country and seeing
the sights.
The Baptist ami Methodist Sunday,
schools of Tifton have united in a
picnic to-day. Capt. Tift has kindly
furnished transportation for all, over
the Tifton and Northeastern railroad
to the place selected on the banks of
the Alapaba river, about eight miles
northeast of Tifton. The train starts
from the Brunswick and Western
clejait promptly at 8 o’clock, and
those who expect 1n go should be on
baud at the appointed hour so then-
will be no delay.
Large stock of fancy stationery,
fancy toilet articles, etc., at Jake \v-
Paulk’s and cheaper than they cau be
‘ plight anywhere in this section.
The colored people of Tifton had
a “Wine Reception” last night at
their Odd Fellows’ hall.
Mr. .W. 0. Tiff is having the ex
cavation for a large cellar made where
his new dwelling is to be built.
Greut bargains in shoes at W. 0.
Tift’s.
,A long excursion train passed Tif-
ton Wednesday afternoon, on the
Georgia Southern ar.d Florida railroad
bound for Palatkaand St. Augustine.
There was a good crowd on board.
THE MIDSUMMER FAIR.
The Enterprise will be rushed to a Most
Successful Consummation*
A meeting was held in the office
of Capt. II. II. Tift last Friday night
to discuss’the plans and the ways and
means of holding the proposed mid
summer fair.
The comities of Worth, Irwin and
Berrien, as well as the lines of rail
way, were represented in the meeting.
B. T. Allen was culled to preside
and Co!. C. W. Fulwood request
ed to act as secretary.
After discussing the project, pro
and con, it was decided to hold the
fair on July 10th and 11th, it, Tifton,
und invite Berrien, Irwin, Worth and
any other counties that may feel dis
posed to co-o|>erutc in the project. It
was also decided to secure a fund for
premiums not lees than >500.
A committee of one from each
county interested was appointed to
take supervision of the mutter in
their respective counties, to proceed
to secure the premium fund and ar
ticles for exhibition, and to appoint,
such subcommittees as they may
deem necessary to a guccessful prose
cution of their duties. This com
mittee is composed at present of Col.
C. W. Fulwood, of Berrien; Dr. J.
F. Wilson, of Worth; Capt. D. G.
Irby, of Irwin.
The committee of supervision are
gentlemen of prominence and influ
ence in their respective counties, and
are eminently titled ill every way to
assume leadership in this important
en terprise.
Coi. Fulwood is a rising young
lawyer und Mayor of Tifton, full of
ze.il and energy.
Dr. Wilson is a learned physician,
from Ohio, who has turned his knowl
edge of chemistry mid medical science
to good account outside the usual
channels—that of horticulture und
agriculture. He came to Worth coun
ty about six years ago and founded
the Piney Park Nursery, of Poiilun,
which lias yielded him a satisfactory
income from almost the very begin
ning. Since that time lie bus suc
ceeded in organizing and incorpor
ating the Keystone Fruit Company,
which combines some of the most
important fruit interests at Poulitn,
and assumed the general manage
ment.
Capt. Irby is a graduate of the
Mississippi college of agriculture, u
young tnun of indomitable energy
and will power, and a proficient ag
riculturist. He is the general man
ager of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad experimental stock
and fruit farm ut Cyoloneta, which
is the admiration of everyone who
visits it.
After adjournment of the meeting
the committee came together and se
lected sub-committecK from their re
spective counties, so there, would lie
no delay in getting the work under
way.
Tlitcity of Tifton assumes the re
sponsibility of furnishing the neces
sary buildings and it nmy letul to the
erection of a building thut can be
used for other than fuir purposes—
such as teacher's institutes, Sunday-
school conventions, religion* und po
litical meetings of every character.
At any rate the building will lie made
adequate und attractive.
Thi- promptness amt certainty of Its
cures have made Ciiambedaiu'r Cough
ltemedy famous. It is Intended espec
ially for coughs, colds, croup and whoop
ing coughs, and is the moal effectual rem
edy known for these diseases. Mr. C ; lt.
Maiu, of Uuion City, 1’a.^says: "1 have
a great rale on ChamlicrUiu'a Cough
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Cur Special Reporters.
The Adel News 1ms letont a “tuck.”
Glad to see our contemporary pros
pering.
Our esteemed subscriber, James It.
May, west of Sparks, has the finest
crop of oats we have seen this season.
Buy Chattanooga Chilled Blows,
sold by W. O. Tift They are the
best and cheapest.
The Gazette calls attention to the
fact that W. 11. Tygurt & Bro., at
Nashville, handle the Douglass
shoe.
Mr. F. II. Brooking, of Cecil, Gu.,
is visiting Ins daughter, Mrs. T. It.
Hammond,this week. —Calhoun Coun
ty Courier.
Don’t buy your supply of drugs,
medicines and chemicals until you
have examined the stock and prices
of Jake W. Baulk.
The fifth and last monthly session
for 1894 of the Berrien county teach-
ers’s institute will be held ut Sparks
one week from to-morrow. See the
program in this paper.
Mr. Duncan Wilkes, father of Mes
srs. J. T. and J. E. Wilkes, of Adel,
was adjudged insane ami carried to
the asylum last week. We learn this
is iiis second visit to that institution.
All who know the Messrs. Wilkes
und their family deeply sympathize
with them in their sad distress.
Farmers don’t buy your supplies
until you cull at Gaskinr, & Baulk's
und examine their goods und prices!’
Dr. P. W. Alexander has formally
announced his candidacy for the sen
ate from the sixth district, in the
Valdosta Times. Surely lie does not
expect to he nominated by Lowndes
comity voters alone!’ There are three
other papers in the district and two
of them in the county that is to fur
nish the senator.
Paints, oils and varnishes arc going
at wholesale cost at the drug store of
Jake W. Baulk. Buy before liis stock
of these goods are gone.
The Gazette calls attention to the
announcement of James II. Hutchin
son, of Adel, as a candidate for Tax
Collector of Berrien county, lie is the
eldest sou of lion. David (J. Hutch
inson, mi energetic and competent
business man ami, doubtless, would,
fill the office creditably to himself
and the county should lie lie elected.
Tobacco, cigars ami snulT are sold
by Jake W. Baulk at actual cost for
cash. The supply will Siam he gone.
First to come will be the first served.
Call early.
The Board of County Commission
ers have contracted with the Gazette
to publish the proceedings of their
court, and the minutes of the last
meeting will he found on the third
page of to-day’s paper. The Gazette
has charged for the work a very nom
inal figure—Brooks county pays $100
for the publication of the proceeding*
of their Commissioners’ Court alone
—being willing to give them to our
readers at actual cost. The Gazette
has always tried to pursue a liberal
course toward the county and jieoplc.
Too Soon.
If chairman Patterson, of the
County Board of Education, had
thought twice before he spoke, jwr-
Inips lit- would have kept silent; there
would have lain no necessity for him
to speak.
The GazktVk is not free from er
ror—und who is?—but it bus the
moral courage to acknowledge and
rectify as nearly as poesible uny er
ror into winch it may full. Simply
because it occasionally makes an er
roneous statement is no reason why
it should keep silent upon questions
in which the people are interested.
If chairman Batterson had follow
ed the illustrious example of'Com
missioner Williams, come to us and
pointed out our error instead of pur-
ading it in a newspaper, no doubt he
would now be in a better frame of
mind. Such action would have been
friendly, charitable, noble and cliris
Program
For Teacher’s Institute, to lie Held
at Sparks, Saturday, May 20,1804.
8:80 in m. Opening exercises.
8:40, Roll call.
8:50, Report of Critics—Lem W.
Colson and Miss Vera Marshall.
0:10, Map drawing in common
schools—Geo. 1). Godard and E. J.
Williams, Jr.
0:50, • Spelling—Did and new
methods explained and illustrated—
R. C. Woodard, It. F. Hill.
10:3o, What is needed to raise the
country schools to its proper limit ?
—H. B. Glenn.
General discussion one hour.
12. Noon; one hour and twenty
minutes.
1:20 p. in. English grammar
technical and practical—when and
how each should lie tunglit—I/un W.
Colon ami 0. It. Dillon.
2:00. Educational value of history
—lion. J. S. Davis, of Albany, Gu.
3:00. ljucstiou Oox—Miscellaneous
business.
3:30. Adjournment
Slimmer limits.
Ice-cold soda water, milk shakes,
coca-cola, etc., at the Tifton Drug
Store.
Court Matters.
In the Court of Ordinary John W.
E. Bowell applied for permanent let
ters of administration on the estate
of hia mother, Mary A. Bowell. Al
so, Tlios. E. •Williams applied for
permanent letters of administration
on the estate of his aunt, Mrs. M. W.
Ixiwis. Also, Henry and James Cas
tleberry applied for permanent letters
of administration on the estate of
Mary A. Castleberry• Also, W. II.
Clyatt applied for litters of guardian
ship for the person and property of
Josie Colson, minor heirof Mary Col
son. Also, James F. and Robert J.
Goodman, administrators of Isaac J.
Goodman, applied for leave to sell a
two-thirds undivided interest in the
real estate known as tlie Hutchinson
mill property, in the Oth district.
All these petitions will lie passed up
on on tlie firsl. Monday in June.
The only sale advertised by the
•Slieiifif is four hundred acres of lot
of land 181, in the ninth distriot, as
the property of J. W. Gray by virtue
ot a mortgage execution in favor of
I,. M. Ayer.
Selmol Wanted.
A young man of live years ex
perience desires a position us teacher.
Address A. W. Stk<>ZIEU,
White Fluids, Ga.
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Ainimliii Notes.
Ai.ai’.mia, May 10.—-Lust night
we were blessed with » tine rain, the
first for several weeks. Everybody
that couldn’t get to the river thia
morning fishing have employed tliom-
sclves putting out potatoes. There
ure numbers of potato patches al
ready growing finely and the pros
pect now is that we will have new
potatoes very early tins year. I took
a short ride this morning in the coun
try and saw several crops, all looking
well, und in good condition. The
oat crop will soon he rije und ready
for the harvest, which will materi
ally help such of our farmers as made
short coi n crops lust year. Thu gen
eral tendeney here has been to plant
more corn limn usual und less cotton.
While oilier (tortious of the state
are troubled over the race for gover
nor oar jieople ure taking it tran
quilly, giving hut little time or
thought to it. All we get anyway is
the privilege of electing the men that
the other portions of the state nomi
nate.—l!or- Telegraph.
fsxtj,ass^itsi.st w« «**
entire satisfaction.” 50 cent bottle* for 1 man, aud see?
sale by The Tifton Drug more. | lol Mr , t , of ],«»»
.... 'S&V'i-il
chart*)."
Married,
At the residence of Jacob Watson,
near Tifton, May 11th, 1894, Mr. Jo
seph Parrish and Miss Dclliah Wil
liams were united in holy matrimony
Rev. J. 8. Evans officiating. May
the blessings of God ever bo with
them aud, finally, may they be saved
in heaven.
For Sale.
Seventv-fivo (V5) bushels of the
Gordon Hunch Sea Island cotton seed
—one year from Island.
Apply to W. O. Tin, Tifton, Ga.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien's Sister Counties.
Mr. A. J. Dyess is credited witli the
finest out crop is Irwin county.
Truck-laying on the Vuldostn
Southern railroad is progressing-sat
isfactorily.
Hon. Win. West lias withdrawn
from tlie race for the legislature in
Coffee county.
The death of Hon, W. S Tomlin
son, an old and highly respected citi
zen of Clinch county, is announced.
The insolvent tux list of Worth
county figures up only *000, It is a
line showing for a prosperous county.
The Worth County Local is now
in position to sing the neat little par
ody,-“Empty is tlie jail, the birds
are gone!”
Tlie Gazette editor acknowledges
the receipt of an invitation to attend
a Sitntlav-sohool jnhilies at Huhiru
to-morrow, and will bo present if
possible.
The population of Moultrie is now
estimated at eight hundred, against
two hundred about two years ago.
81ie is still forging a head, up the
kill of prospeiity.
Officials of the Brunswick and
Western railroad are figuring on tlie
completion of the McDomild tram
road to Douglas, to be utilized ns a
feeder for their road.
The county lands fit Douglas was
not sold on the first Tuesday on ac
count of a mistake by the Ordinary.
Tlie same will be sold the first. Tues
day in June.—Breeze.
The Lake Bark Rifles felt, highly
honored in receiving alienation of live
dollars towards their Fair from lion.
II. G. Turner. About >100 was
cleared by the boys.—Valdosta Times.
The Sylvester Local is informed
that a new |iostofHoe by the name of
Utica has been established in north
west Worth county. It will he sup
plied by the Albany and Mercer’s
Mill route.
The Observer claims that Colquitt
county is now the leading turpentine
producing county in tlie stale. What
will she be a few years hence in the
line of agriculture is tlie most im
portant question.
The Breeze says the entire survey
ing corps of the .South Brunswick,
Atlanta utu! Northwestern railroad,
after locating the line to Waynesville
have returned to Douglas and are
making preparations to commence
grading.
A call lias been made for a muss
meeting of tlie democratic voters of
Irwin county, ut Irwinvillc, on the
21st instant—next Monday—to elect
a new executive committee and to se
lect delegates to the gubernatorial
convention. Atkinson delegates will
surely be selected.
Capt. Sim Harrell was in Moultrie
a few days since discussing with tlie
jieoplc tlie propriety of building a
railroad from that place lo connect
witli tlie Georgia Southern and Flor
ida railroad ut Stanton, of which lie
is (lie founder, lie was aceomjianied
by B. O. Kusacll, of Atlanta.
Mr. II. T. Cole and bis tiiree sons
—Wallace N., Benjamin A. Julian A.
of Tifton, will Is* the proprietors of
Hie new Valdosta Machine Shop and
Foundry. They arc all thorough me
chanics and wilt doubtless make tlie
mi terprise a success. They exjiect to
have their muchiticiv in place and
ready to commence work within sixty
days. Tlie business will Ik* in the
hands of Mr. B. A. Oo'e for the pres
ent. Mr. B. T, Cole will not leave
the eni|)loy of Capt. II. II. Tift until
the magnitude of tlie new enterprise
demands bis time and attention. The
same is true of Messrs. W. N. and J.
A. Cole, both of whom are employes
of the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad. Mr. B. A. Cole has been
busily engaged in the machine slioiu
of Ciqit. Tift for quite two weeks
manufacturing tools for the new en
terprise.
Wanted.—0m* million dap,—at
once. W. O. Tift.
Motif
TWELFTH ANNUAL CELEBRATION.
Worth County RumJny-nehool Association,
ut 1'oulnn* Last Friday*
There was a lurgu crowd of men,
women and children, gathered at the
Sunday-school tabernacle, near Poti-
lun, last Friday morning to partici
pate in the interesting exercises of
the twelfth annual celebration of tlie
Worth County Sunday-school Asso
ciation. Tlie number of jjeople pre
sent was variously estimated, all tlie
way from eight to twelve hundred.
The morning was bright unit sul
try, but a breeze sprang lip just be
fore noon which cooled the atmos-
phero ami made it very pleasant.
The program arranged proved to
be a very interesting one, indeed, and
was consummated in an orderly und
delightful manner. The exercises
tiegun promptly ut 10 o’clock.
After a few preletniimry remarks
by President Herring, in which he
took occasion to remind the crowd that
tin* grounds Imd been duly incorpor
ated and placed under strict jiolice
regulation ami that he projiosed to
maintain good order even at the cost
of harsh measures, Rev. Dr. Berry
made a brief blit fervent piuyer.
The first address was by Rev.
Whiting, jiastor of the Albany Meth
odist clitirclt, and was replete with
excellent ideas in connection with
Sunday-school work and many of the
simple, eloquent, truths uttered by
the speaker were heartily cheered.
Sorry our limited space forbids a
synopsis of his address.
The reports of the officers revealed
tlie fact that the association was free
from eiiiliarrassmenls of any charac
ter und the watchword “Forward!”
was written on her banner. Also
that tin* Siinduy-8chool army of
Worth county embraced forty schools
and about sixteen hundred officers,
teachers and pupils.
The next address was by Rev, J. E.
Wrny, pastor of the Vinevillc (a su
burb of Macon) Methodist church.
He spoke for about forty miuutes
logically and eloquently. Ilis re
marks were frequently jHiiictnuted
with applause.
At one o’clock a recess of one hour
was taken for dinner.
The exercises were resnmed at two
o’clock, p. m. After a few prelimi
nary arrangements Imd been settled
Prof. W. T. Gatihlen was introduced
and made a telling s|M*ech from tlie
theme: “The Necessity of Bible
Education.” Ilis effort was a hapjiy
one and the approval of the audience
was evidenced by hearty applause.
That inimitable Sunday-school
worker, IL B. Reppard, then enter
tained a children’s mass meeting. It
was tlie best effort of his life.
Following the Reppard exercise
came the singing contest for the
banner and also the contest for the
merit banner. The latter was awarded
to tlie Isabella Union Sumlny-scliool.
Three schools—Sumner Methodist,
Poiilun and Sylvester—entered the
singing contest, amt Messrs. Whit
ing, Wray and Gaulden, tlie judges,
seemed to have no liesituncy in
awarding tlie jirizc in this contest to
the Sylvester Union Sunday-school,
All tlie singing was delightful, out
all, even members of the defeated
schools, approved the decision of the
judges. Editor W. A. Alien, of tlie
Wortli Conu y laical, us superinten
dent of tlie Sylvester school, accepted
the banner at the hands of the judges
with a few suitable remarks and, in
conclusion, took occasion to say that
in winning the banner his Sunday-
school had also won a much-needed
organ.
The Gazette is under obligations
to Mr. James E. Knight and his esti
mable wife, of Sunnier, for dinner.
The editor has not failed the past'
six years to get a good dinner at the
annual celebrations of the Worth
County Sunday-school- Association.
So may it ever he!
The Gazette believes it can speas
for all jircseat, especially those from
Tifton, and say they enjoyed the
day’s exercises’ superbly and weiw
well pleased at their entertainment.
Laces at your own price at
niitlwt <if* W Tift, i'ifiiiu.