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URBAN AND SUBURBAN
TIFTON, BERRIEN CO.. GEORGIA. FRIDAY. MAY 25. 1804.
VOL. 4—-NO.
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Personal and Impersonal Mattel’s in
the City and Vicinity.
Ice IJo per pound at Pud rick
Bros.
The painting on the interior of
Hotel Sadie has been completed.
Plums und blackberries are ripen
ing; bokli are finding their way to the
Tiftoti market. There is an abund
ant crop of the latter.
Qov. Northen will visit Tifton one
day during the session of the Tench'
er's Institute. The people will give
him a hearty welcome.
Great bargains in shoos at \V. O.
Tift’s.
Rev. F. T. Snel I, j ardor of the
Tifton Baptist church, goes to (Juth-
bert to-morrow, where lie preaclies
the commencement sermon at Bethel
college on Sunday.
Mr. W. B. (.Virey is having the lit
tle house on the. southeast corner of
the hotel lot fitted lip for a booth,
where he will sett fruits, vegetables,
confectionaries, etc.
Prof. Williams is making prepara
tions to close the spring, term of Tif-
tpn Institute with ex ami nation and
exhibition exercises. It will occur
some time during the latter part of
.lime.
The Oycloneta farm is supplying
tiie Tifton market with early vegeta
bles, such os cucumbers, peas, beans,
Irish potatoes, etc., etc. The market
wagon makes tiro trips a week—Wed
nesdays and Saturdays.
Ootids of every description are sold
at as low price by Gaskins & Paulk,
as any merchant in Tifton.
The cold wave that swept down
from the bleak northwest last Satur
day did much damage to growing
crops in this section, nipped the tops
of tender vegetation and retarding the
growth of hardier plants.
The Gazette calls attention (o the
professional card of Dr. W. 1’. Bush
in, of Albany, Ga.. which appears
in its columns to-day. He makes a
Specialty the treatment of diseases of
(lie eye, ear, nose and throat.
The. advertisement of Mallary Bros.
& Go., dealers in all kinds of machin
ery at Macon appears in to-day’s pa
per. It is a niosr. reliable linn, amt
we Commend them to our readers
wanting to purchase machinery.
\V. Q. Tift gives the best bargains
ill clothing of any house in tin* city.
A protracted meeting began in the
Met.liodiBt chitrch last. Sunday. Kev.
|1. \V. Joiner, of Gontele, is assisting
( lie pastor, Bev. W. F. Dixon, and we
leatu that his preucliii.g'and singing
tire enjoyed very much by the con
gregations.
Mr. I. S. Bowen has purchased the
stock pf goods and business of Mr. F.
M. Maugham and consolidated with
it his s lock of clothing, shoes and
gents furnishing goods which lie
moved to t|ie stand occupied liy Mr.
Maugham under the masonic hall.
Farmers don't liny your supplies
until you call at Gaskins it Paulk’s
mid examine their goods and prices?
M.r. Jake W. Paulk lias sold his
drug business and stock of goods to
-Mr. James Mn.Miillen, a graduate of
pharmacy from Quitman, Ga. He is
a young gentleman of excellent mnr-
ul nhurttcler.aml will be <|itile mi ac
cession to Tifton social as well as
commercial circles.
The' new pear, have been placed in
the Baptist church und now the pain
ter, Mr. Will Hammond of Valdosta,
is giving them the finishing touch of
"hard oil and varnish.” in conse
quence there will tie no services at
that church next •Sunday—the regu
lar appointment.
Buy Chattanooga Chilled Plows,
sold by \V. I). Tiff. They are the
best and cheapest.
The location for the Midsummer
Fair builtjmg lias been selected. It
is outlie east side of tin* Georgia
Foil tbbrll und Florida-railroad, be
tween the residence of t ot. W,
Fniwood »ti l l lie Park reservation.
zEtte is infoimed that work on tiie
building will be coin'meneed just ns
soon as the materials can be placed
on the ground. The location is with
in two minutes walk of the Bruns
wick mid Western railroad.
Messrs. Palmer, Bivenburg & Co.,
wholesale fruit und vegetable com
mission merchants of Neiv York,
places their business before our rend
ers to-duy. It, is a reliable commis
sion house and solicits consignments
of fruits, vegetables and berries. Bead
their advertisement
Laces at your own price at the
store of W. 0. Tift, Tifton.
There was a quiet marriage in Tif
ton last; Sunday morning, when Mr.
John Pope and Mrs. Julia Barnes, at
the bride’s residence on Love avenue,
were joined in holy wedlock by Bev
W. F. llixon, pastor of the Methodist
church. The Gazette extends to
the Imppy couple its heartiest congrat
ulations, and wish for them much
happiness.
The young woman who came to
Tifton us the wife of Dr. C. 11. Doli-
ber left for Iter parents, home lust
Sunday. Mr. Will Bilotv interested
himself in her behalf and secured
from the railroad employes and citi
zens enough money to purchase her a
ticket to her destination and a small
purse beside.
Gaskins &. Paulk are making no
special blow, lint they do the “square
tiling” by t heir customers every time.
There is a vacancy in 'he office of
Justice of the Peace of the Tifton
(131-lth) district G. M.j caused by
the resignation of Justice Sexton,
and it is a mystery to us that an elec
tion lias not been ordered to till the
vacancy. If the Gazette lots no!
been misinformed the office has been
vacant for two or three months.
lion. T. E. Williams, school com
missioner of Berrien county, was in
the city Tuesday uml exhibited to ns
his authority from Citpt. S. R. Brad-
well, state school commissioner, for
calling the teachers of the county to
meet in annual institute at Tifton on
•Monday, June 4th, and continuing
one week.. He also informed us that
four other counties had decided to
unite with Berrien in this annual in
stitute, i. c., Colquitt, Irwin, Lowndes
and Worth. See the cull in another
column.
W.v
once.
The Sunday-schools of Tifton uni
ted Iasi Friday in a picnic on the
Alupuhu river. Capt. 11. II. Tift, of
rlie Tifton and North-Eastern rail
road, kindly tendered the entire party
free .transportation to the grounds.
The day was spent in various amuse
ments, and the days outing was en
joyed very much by those in attend
ance. It lias beeti remarked that the
young men und boys, usually rude
and boisterous behaved themselves
with becoming digtti’y. The train
Unit carried the party to the ground
left the Brunswick und Western de
pot at 8 a. m., and returned at 4:30
p. m.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Cur Special Reporters.
;ti:|).
One million eggs,—at
W. 0. Tift.
Program
For Teacher’s Institute, to he Held
at Sparks, Saturday. May if0,1804.
8:30 a. in. Opening exercises.
8:40, Doll call.
8:50, Beport of Critics—Lem W.
Colson and -Miss Vera Marshall.
0:10, Map drawing m common
schools—Geo. I). Godard und K. J.
Williams, Jr.
0:50, Spelling—Old and new
methods explained and illustrated—
B. C. Woodard, If. F. Hill.
10:30, What, is needed to raise the
country schools to its proper limit?
-B. P. Glenn.
General discussion one hour.
J2. Noon: one hour and twenty
minutes.
Dr. Win. Harrell’s new residence
at Staunton is rapidly approaching
completion,
Capt. John A. Phillips has engaged
in the enterprise of getting railroad
ties. His camp is established near
Brookfield.
The little town of Staunton is
growing very slowly, But site has
the staying quality and will grow for
many years yet,
Tiie Sparks High School closes its
spring session to-day and to-night,
with an examination in the day and
an exliioition at night,
' Hon. Charlton II. Shaw has an
nounced his candidacy to represent
Berrien county in the lower house of
the state legislature.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J Dickerson, of
Sparks, are to be congratulated upon
the arrival of another tine young Indy
•it their home about three weeks ago.
The last monthly institute for this
year, to la 1 held by the teachers of
Berrien county, convenes at Sparks
to-morrow. Everybody cordially in
vited to attend.
The special attention of the teach
ers of Berrien county is called to the
notice of Com. Williams, ordering
them to meet in annual institute at
Tifton on Monday, June 4th.
The storehouse of Mr. J. Z. Elliott,
of Sparks, was burglarized one night
8t week,and considerab'c goods taken
there from, (t is thought the bur
glar has been overhauled at Americas.
The Gazette notices with com
mendatory pride that the _
has been brought into use at Staun
ton and is adding mncli to the looks
of the8p|endiddwellingsatthut place.
There is a large area planted to
water melons in the vicinity of Sparks
and along Beckwith & Boger's tram
road but the planters will be later
g this year than last owing to
the cold weather.
The Gazette learns that strong
efforts are being made lo induce Don.
M. J. McMillan, of A In palm, to enter
the race for Stale senator from tin
Sixth district. He would make it
lively race should ho enter the Held.
The Baptist congregation of Adel
contemplates having a continued
meeting dining the month of July,
and will invite Dr. Nelson, of Haw-
insville, und other strong workers to
be present and assist in the services.
Another mad dog was killed in the
vicinity of Cecil one dav lust week.
He was a Berrien county dog; the
first was from Brooks county, hut lie
was skipping over the country at a
lively pacs when his earthly career
was arrested.
lion. F. M. Shaw announces in ttiis
issue or the Gazette his candidacy
to represent Berrien county in the
lower house of the slate legislature,
lie bus many friends throughout the
county and will • make a strong race.
He is qualified to represent the coun
ty wjtli credit to himself and her
people.
A negro boy about sixteen years
old, was killed on Oglesby’s tram road
between Adel and Cecil, lust Friday
evening. He was coining in to the
the mill from bin work and was sit
ting astride the end of a long tog be
tween the trucks; he was cutting some
antics when tiie train difitlied around
a surve threw him 6ff liis perch and
liis body came in contact with the end
of a log and wus so badly punctured
that lie died about two boors after
wards. The remains were buried at
Cecil Saturday afternoon.
County Sunday-school Association,
and it affords him much pleasure to
briefly tell of his delightful exper
ience during those two days.
Sunday-school workers never plan
ned and executed u better program
than that at dbihira on Saturday.
Four Sunday-schools took pint in the
jubilee—Halting Gritfiu, Shiloh and
Bethany—nil from Lowndes county.
The four schools marched in proces
sion, headed by their respective ban
ner, from a point west of town to the
church (Methodist) where the exor-
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Important Items of News from Ber
rien's Sister Counties.
oises of the day were consummated, volition.
The Sunday-schools of Colquitt
county are to have a union meeting
at Moultrie, June 22d.
The “Tent Meeting,” at Ty-Ty,
olosed last Sunday, ami there is some
talk of the tent being pitched at Cecil.
There is scarcely a doubt but that
Colquitt county will send Atkinson
delegates to the gubernatorial con-
The singing was exquisite, the ad
dresses short, uml thoughtful, and the
dinner all that the most fastidious
could desire. There were between
six and eight hundred people present
and their happy faces indicated that
they were enjoying themselves. The
editor was placed under obligations
to MrS. Mamie McKinnon and Mes
srs. W. W. uml L. L. Webb for spec
ial courtesies.
Jlaliira never does tliingR by halves!
•Saturday afternoon we wont, to Ce
cil and spent the night at the hospit
able home of Prof. George B. Dillon,
of the Cecil High School, whose pro
ficiency us an educator is greatly ap
preciated by liis patrons. We discov
ered lie lias not only a talent for edu
cating children but to royally enter
tain his guest. Sunday morning, fi:30
o’clock, we met with the Cecil Sun
day-school and afiet the recitations
were over made a short, talk by way
of encouraging the school. It was
ill somewhat a disorganized condition
but it lias made a fresh start miller
the leadership of Dr. J. M. Gregory
and we hope that it will continue and
flourish its it lias never done before.
The young people of Cecil earnestly
desire a flourishing Sunday-school
and can have one if they can only get
the hearty co-operation of the parents
and other grown people. The school
lias recently purchased an organ and
will soon make the sessions attractive
with soul-inspiring music.
We went to Adel on the 11 o’clock
train and, after listening to u most
comforting sermon from the earnest
God-favored pastor of the Baptist
church, Bishop Stanley, we
the hospitality of Prof. Lem W. Col
son for dinner. As a companion we
had J’rof. J. II. Cliestliutt, whose
beautiful home is only a short dis
tance southeast of Adel. We were
entertained at I he home of Mrs.
Knight, relict of the late Hon. Jona
than Knight whose memory will ever
be fresh in the hearts of I lie people
und on the pages of the history of
Berrien county. At 3:30 o'clock p.
in., we attended Sunday-school at the
Methodist olmroli where we found a
large audience of men, women nod
children, comprising the member
ship of three Sunday-schools of that
thriving town. They had met togeth
er to appropriately observe Children’s
Day. Our coming wits somewhat of
it surprise to nearly everyone present.
The excellent program was carried
out smoothly and in the most inter
esting manner. Short addresses were
delivered by Prof. It.- C. Woodard,
Dr. A. C. Clements and B. T.
Allen—the latter speaking principal
ly of the Sunday-school work in Ber
rien county, its progress and its des
titution. The music was delightful
and attractive, ami there need lie no
surprise that there are three nourish
ing Sunday-schools in that town—I
Methodist, Presbyterian and Baptist.
We enjoyed the cxetcises very much
and was glad that wc were present.
The people of Adel are alive in the
•Sunday-school work und promise to
Ik- a prominent factor in solving the
question of Sttnday-suhdo) progress
and success in Berrien county. We
lion. Miles Monk, of Colquitt
county, comes to the front with the
first well-formed cotton squares of
the season.
The Gazette man regrets that he
is prohibited attending the Sunday-
school rally to-duy at Bed Oak
church, Worth county.
The growing crops of Colquitt
county are small, having been plant
ed late, but they are growing off nice
ly and are very promising. Chop
ping cotton is the order of the dr.y.
The democratic executive commit
tee of Colquitt county hits called a
mass meeting of tlv> party at Mon!
trie, on June 5th, for the purpose of
selecting a new executive committee.
Bev. Mr. Winn, a recent graduate
of the Presbyterian Theological Sem
inary, Columbia, S. C., has assumed
the pastoral care of the Presbyterian
churches at Pott but, Adel and Moul
trie.
A small force is engaged at, Doug
las grading tlio South Brunswick,
Atlanta and Northwestern railroad.
It is expected that five hundred gra
ders will be put to work on it within
thirty days.
The Boston and Albany railroad,
running from I’idcock to Moultrie
is advertised to be sold on the first
Tuesday in August, at public outcry
before the court house door in Quit-
man, Brooks county.
lion. T. B. Young and J. B. Clem
ents are the delegates selected by the
democracy of Irwin county to repre
sent them in the gubernatorial con
vention. There couldn't be two
stronger Atkinson men.
The Sumner correspondent of the
Worth County Local s.tvs: “At lust
regular appointment, pastor F. T.
Snell, preached Saturday and Sunday
to largo congregations. On Sunday
evening by request, preached at the
Hobby School house three miles south
of Sumner, to more people than the
house could contain.”
The Maugham residence near Min
ton, Worth county, occupied by air.
Seaborn Harrell, Jr., was destroyed
by fire oil the I -lth inst. The occu
pant, lost the greater portion of- liis
household furniture. The origin of
the fire is tin known. It was the
properly of Mrs. Maiiglmni, of Pear
son, mother of the Maugham Broth
ers of this city.
Hon. T. B. Young, of Irwin coun
ty, Is not n eiindiiliite for senator from
the eloventli district it. the sense that,
lie will enter a itcriimblo for it. He
holds himself free to accept the nom
ination should it be tendered him by
bis fellow-citizens who urc the host
judges of his worth us a legislator.
He made an excellent record in the
lower house two years ago as chair
man of the committee on enrollment.
He would make a good senator.
Tifton Topics.
Tifton, May 21,—Tiie picnic seas
on is now fully opened hero. A large
concourse of oitr people, including the ■
elite of Tifton, also including attend
ants of both .Methodist and Baptist
Xubbntli-schobis,from superintendents
down to the infant classes, here, at
tended an enjoyable picnic at Alapahi
river, ten miles northeast of Tifton,
yesterday. Sir. II. 11. Tift kindly fur
nished a special train on the Tifton
and Northeastern railroad for the jol
ly pleasure seekers to leave Tifton
early in the morning and return in the
afternoon of the same day from a
specially pleasant Sabbath school ex
cursion ami picnic.
Pine Level Sabbath school, one and
a half miles north of Tifton, celebra
ted May season with an excellent
basket dinner today, with a large at
tendance. Among the charming young
tdios whose presence made the occa
sion pleasant was Mrs. Graydon, a
bride from Macon, who is spending
her honeymoon among relatives here,
and, like ail other Macon folks who
visit, us, was well pleased with the
scenes and sights of piney woods
Georgia.
The Tifton Canning Factory is in
full blast now and is canning the ear
ly vegetable crop of this section very
rapidly so as to make ready for can-
crop at a late date.
Crops in this section are fair so far
but most of our planters arc ueeding
rain. They are now making ready for
harvesting oats and have first-rate
crops of oats with few exceptions.
Wool growers will begin to clip their
ivoal in a very few days, though they
fear that, prices of wool will he even
lower than last, season, hence they
arc not so much encouraged as in
former years.
The politcal pot is gradually boiling
in this section, with a good corps of
candidates to keep up fuel. However
the Populists are taking ho slock in
local affairs up to this time.—Correa-
to Macon Telegraph.
Cures scratches on
horses amt mange on
iU U mill dogs with one or two
aiqiltoatlons. For sale In- Jake IV. Paulk,'
Tifton tin.
Uriel' News Items.
Chief .tusttco Bleckley, of the Supremo
bench of Georgia, is a Imppy falher. TUo
lialiy was bani last Sunday morning.
Alabama domorrats have nominated
(’ongiessmait Oaten as their gubernato
rial atandard-hcarer in the next cam
paign.
(ii'n. Phil Puck, secretary of state, died
last Sunday night. Gov. Northen baa
appointed Judgt Sampson W. Harris, of
Cariiitllon, to lie liis successor In tlicstato
department.
The Southern Inter-State Immigration
and Industrial Congress meets hi Augus
ts next Wednesday. The editor acknowl
edges an invitation from Hon. Wright
Hoykin, the committee's secretary, to ho
present at the meeting. Sorry it is im
possible for us to do so.
Cttrtl ol'Tliunlis.
The officers, teachers and pupils of the
Tifton baptist Sunday school n-ndcriheir
sincere thanks to tT.pt. 11 II. Tift for his
exceeding generosity in furnishing them
transportation to and from the picnic
ground last Friday.
Summer' J>rtnka.
ice-cold soda water, milk
Irxvln County Politics.
The Democracy of Irwin county,
about four hundred voters being
present, held a mass meeting at ir-
winvilleJost Monday and elected At
kinson delegates to the gubernatorial
convention by acclamation and with
out a dissenting voice. The meeting
adopted the following resolutions:
Unsolved, That the Democrats of Irwin
county, in mass meeting assembled, do
An Old Man Itailiy Abused.
Pkaksox, May IS.- On lust Mon
day afternoon Mr, Goppoll, an old
Confederate veteran, a citizen of this
county, was almost brutally.assaulted
shot several times and badly beaten
by three bad characters. The chi
nun) will more limit likely die. His
assailants were three brothers named
Harris. One of them has worked for
him. He owed Coppell money. The
fight grew out of this. The brothers
used Coppell up very'hadly.
sit grammar JcoCu-cola, etc., at
ftbd if .; very -:t : gib!c Tim fix-
I technical and practical— when atji)
jhow each should be taught- I/un \V.
! Colon and G. B. Dillon
2:0ft. Educational value of history
Hon. d. Sr. Dalis, of. Albany,- Ga.
.'laid. Question >.>.i MiserHaiiec-ns
business.
Adj(. ; i ratoont.
shake's,
the, Tifton Drug
Store.
Two Day a of Enjoyment.
The Gazette editor took udvant-
#
age of at) invitation to attend the
Sunday-school jubilee at Haliira last
Saturday-to spend two days at (but
place, Cecil and Adel in his {Official
capacity us J’ltsidect of the Berrien
•were entertained again at Mrs. Knight > heartily indorse Urn present natie
for tea, after which -we went to the pdnlslratlan and pledgii ourselves
Baptist church and listened to anoth
er excellent sermon from Bishop Stan
ley. At 11:30 p. in. wo took the train
for Tifton,: feeling we had spent two
of the pleataniest days of our life.
For Huh-
Seventy-live (75) bushels of
the
•■ual ad-
to give
it our unqualified support.
.Beaotved, That wc denounce and con
demn the so-called Democratic netvspa-
tike tlio Atlanta Constitution, that
Hcxvure of Ointments for Catarrh
that contains Mercury,
a* mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles should
uever be used except on prescriptions
from reputable'physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hull's
pci
are antagonizing the admioitlrali.oo of
resident Cleveland
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
and ‘° wo™ regani C ' hene - V & Co " Toledo, 0., contasus no
them as enemies To the Democratic party, mercury, and ia takeu internally, acting
lteanlved further. That we heartily in- directly upon the blood and mucous sar
donic tbb course pursued by Ihe Hon. facra of the system. In buying HaU’s
lleiuv (1. Turner in the halts of congress! Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
of this j It ia takeu internally, and, made in Tide,
Gordon Bunch *a Island cotton seed am. commend^ tdtu to the
—one vc.xr from Island.
Apjdy'ui VI , U. Tin, Tifton,Ga.
bis candidacy for the Fatted State senate [ mats free,
we Indorse bint for the position. • b.,1.1 hv
I bi.ld by Druggist price T5c pfr UsUle,:
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