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URBAN AND SUBURBAN.
Personal and Impersonal Matters in
the City and Vicinity.
Sadie Hotel is now buving a fine
patronage.
Vacant dwellings are scarce in Tif-
ton now—there being only one or two.
Mr, D. A, Fulwood, jeweler, has
an advertisement in this paper. Head
it.
Miss Katie S. Tift, of Tifton, is
Visiting relatives and friends in Al
bany.
Messrs. J. P. Greene and J. J. Gol
den of Tifton, visited Albany last
Saturday.
Go to Gaskins’ for dress goods;
stock not excelled in this city. Don’t
forget this?
The schedule of the Columbus
Southern Railway will be found in
to-day’s paper.
Note the change in the schedule
of the Brunswick and Western rail
road to be found in this paper.
Mr. It. L. Bowen and Mr. M. W.
Guskins have exchanged stores. The
latter oau now be found in the ma
sonic building.
Still'they come! The Gazette is
authorized to nunounce that u cigar
factory will lie located in Tifton du
ring the next sixty days.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad pay tram passed down the
road Tuesday morning distributing
to its employes their hard earned wa
ges-
Spring and summer dry-goods, no
tion’s, etc., are going at a sacrifice at
\V. 0. Tift’s.
Miss Blanche Clements passed
through Tifton the first of the week
on route to her home, near Sparks,
from a visit to relatives and friends
at Sunnier.
Misses Klizaand Susannah Whita
ker, the editor’s aunts who have been
whiling him for several weeks, return
ed to their home in Valdosta lust:
Wednesday.
A baud of gypsy horse traders were
in the city Tuesday—plying their vo
cation. This is something out of the
(Usual order ua they generally, shun
the towns and cities.
Mr. Luwslie, a gentleman from Il
linois who purchased the Collins pluce
a short distance west of the city,with
his family is occupying the residence
recently vacated by Mrs. L. Mj Wil
liams.
Hire your teams from Youmans,
the liveryman. Best single und dou
ble turnouts in the city.
There was no meeting of the city
council last Monday night, owing to
the fuct that there was no quorum
present. It is oxpeoted the regular
meeting in January will be quite a
lengthy one.
Dr. J. A. Peterson left Sunday
tiight for Atlanta to resume his stud
ies in the Atlanta Dental College.
This is his third course of lectures
and when he returns he’ will be afull-
fledged D. D. S.
Mr. J. Hawkins Goodman, recent
ly elected Justice of the Peace for
the 1314th (Tifton) district, has lo
cated his court room in the front
room of tho second story of his fa
ther's drug store.
Tift & Snow Co, have grown the
very varieties that is suited to your
■wants and your climate.
A correspondent of the Savannah
-News is authority for saying that the
Tifton bank will be opened for bus
iness by the first of January, 1896.
The Gazette believes it will do a fine
businesa from the start.
A branch of the Columbus barrel
factory will be located in Tifton at
once. A lease for the old factory
buildings has been arranged and
signed by the parties. The lease calls
for an enlargement of the buildings.
Cards are outannouuciug the mar-
- riage of Mr. 0. M. Tift, of Tifton,
and Miss Evelyn Shepard, bt Bruns
wick, at the home of the bride’s
parents in the latter city on the 12th
of December. ‘ Tlv? Gazette extends
it» congratulations in advance.
Mr. J. N. Brown, of Tifton, is now
engaged as a woodsmnn on the east
side of the county for the turpentine
firm of Timmons, Bostick & Co;
People are getting Christmas in
their- bones already. It is a singular
fact that Christmus always does away
with hard times—for the time being,
ut least.
Tho Gazette is requested to an
nounce that Bishop Nelson, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Georgia will be
in Tifton on the 15th inst and con
duct services at the Methodist chinch.
All the people are invited.
Messrs. Paulk & Waldrep have
moved their stock of buggies, wagons
ptc., from the Love brick building,
Railroad street, to a wareroom pre
pared for them in the rear of the
Main Street Pharmacy. See adver
tisement.
The Gazette is pleased to learn'
tliut Dr. G. W. Julian und family, of
Pearson, will soon become citizens of
Tifton. In company with Messrs.E.
A. Buck and W. II. Love he will en
gage in a large wholesale and retail
mercantile business.
For Christmas cakes: New crop
cleaned currants, seedless raisins,
dried figs, citrons, prunes, nuts, etc.,
at Padrick Bros.
Col. C. W. Fulwood represented
Piney-Woods Lodge, No. 60, K. of P.
in the meeting of District Deputies
in Macon last Tuesday, in which the
new ritiulietic work was thoroughly
exemplified for the benefit of the sub
ordinate lodges of the Georgia juris
diction.
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs.
William Morris, lute of Pennsylvania,
died Tuesday afternoon. The fun
eral service was conducted from the
Methodist church Thursday after
noon, Elder F. T. Snell officiating.
The remains were interred in Oak
Ridge cemetery.
A correspondent of the Atlanta
Constitution bus this to say: “Tifton
now lias better railroad facilities than
ever before, and since the .transfer of
trains began between the Georgia
Southern and Florida and the Brun
swick and Western, business here lias
been perceptibly better.”
The Brunswick and Western rail
road bus greatly improved the appear
ance of its Tifton yard by hauling in
gaud and surfacing to u level with
the track from a point just oust of
where the depot ought to be to the
Georgia Southern and Florida rail
road switch.—Worth County Local.
Tho enterprising citizens of Tifton
are always on the lookout for the best
interests of their town, and look upon
their educational institutions as one
of the prime objects of attraction to
people seeking homes. Good Softools,
good churches and a good local gov
ernment will invariably attract a de
sirable class of people.—Irwin Coun
ty News.
ABOUT THE COUNTY.
Items Which Escaped the Attention of
Our Special Reporters.
Seed It,ye ami Oats.
Texas Rust Proof Oats,
South Georgia Seed Rye,
Irwin County Rust Proof Onts,
For sale by N. F. Tift,
Albany, Ga.
No Vote oil the School Law.
The following letter from Hon. T.
E. Williams, school commissioner of
Berrien county, explains itself:
A ETON, Go., November 29.—Please
state that it will be impossible to se
cure a vote on the locul school law
in January next, os the constitution
requires the recommendation of two
successive grand juries before sncli
election can be ordered. It is a dis
appointment to those who hoped to
secure the benefit of local law at an
early date, but as we now have the
recommendation' of one jury only,the
delay is of course unavoidable.
Very Truly Yours,
T. E. WrtUAMB.
Skin
Clminhcrlulii'x Eye and
Ointment.
Certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
Tetter, Salt Ithcum, Scald Head, ’ Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Soros, Eczema, Itch,
Prairie Scratches, Sore K ipples and Pllea.
It is cooling and soothing. Hundreds of
cases have been cured by it after all
other treatment had failed. Ills put up
in 23 and 50 cent boxes. Sold at the
Tihoo Drug store.
Full line of tobacco, snuff mid ci
gars at Gaskins’ und at rock bottom
prices.
Mr. James II. Rowan, one of East
Benien County’s well-to-do farmers
is having a splendid new residence
built.
Timmons, McWhite & Co., turpen
tine farmers in the eastern part of tho
county, will cut twenty-five new crops
of boxes the present season.
Give W. O. Tift a call before buy
ing anything in the line of general
merchandise.
Col. Jos. A. Alexander, of Nash
ville bus been appointed solicitor of
Berrien county court. It goes with
out saying that lie will make an effic
ient officer.
On the Turner place near Brook
field recently purchased by Mr. W.
W. Timmons, there is u graveyard in
which there are five persons buried,
und tradition says all five of them
died from the bite ot same rattlesnake.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounces the appointment of Mr. W.
II. Tygurtus postmaster ut Nashville.
While the Gazette regrets the remov
al of Postmaster Turner it can but
congratulate Mr. Tygart on his suc
cess.
Youmans, the liyeryman, is prepar
ed to serve his customers ut any hour
day or night.
Mr. Dock Dumpier, the Alapulia
merchant, died from heart disease
Wednesday morning of lust week.
He ussisted in killing some hogs
Tuesday morning and it is thought
ho exercised too freely in lifting und
pulling the hogs about.
Messrs. Allen & Judge, of Ashhurn,
Ims purchased the Morris & Tiocv
saw mill and appurtenances, located
at the 73 mile post on the Georgia
Southern und Fioridu railroad, and
will move it to a point near the 116
mile post on the same road. The rail
road authorities have already ordered
a side track put in for them.
Tift & Snow Co., have a very pret
ty 60 page catalogue. Do you want
one? Ask ut office for it or they
will mail it to you.
It is expected that Monroo Mitchell
a colored man will pay the death
penality for murder ut Nashville to
day. The hanging will be private,
and people who have gone td Nash
ville to-day to witness the sickning
sight will be disappointed. We loam
while on thu east side of the county
last ween that some effort were being
made to have the governor change
the sentence from death to life im
prisonment, hut it is not expected to
be successful.
Gaskins’ is the place to get genuine
bargains. Standard goods und low
est prices.
There is a monument on the side
of Mud Creek road, about one nnle
north of Milltown, which tells the
passer-by of a very sad tragedy which
occurred there before the war. A
young white man, Culpepper Mullis,
hud been to town where he had im
bibed very freely of mean whiskey;
he was riding his horse very reckless
ly, enrou te home, when the horse
threw him against a pine and broke
his neck. The pine tree, was cut
down leaving a stump about seven or
eight feet high, this stump was trmrn-
ed to a square and an inscription of
the facte engraved thereon. The in
scription however,is almost obliterated
with age.
Be not deceived by unreliable agents
Tift & Snow Co., cun do better for
you than any other firm.
A double tragedy ocurred near the
home of Mr. John IL McCranio,three
miles east of fipurks, a few days since.
One of his sons was carrying a cou
ple of young ladies to their home m
LeOolite in a buggy; the hnrnestring
broke and the. horse was about to rail
out of the harness when the young
man checked him up suddenly; the
horse commenced to kick, and hit the
iron axle and broke bis leg. Mr.Mc
ranie then mei.'t his son Dan for 'u
Mr. Woodell to come and assist in
splintering the auimnls leg. They
started, but the horBe they were driv
ing ran away, threw Mr. Woodell
from the vehicle mid his left leg was
broken in two places near the ankle.
The surgical skill of Drs. It. J. Good
man and S. J. Ethridge was invoked
and Mr. Woodell is now getting along
very well.
Any ono who Ims children will rejoice
with L. H. Mulford, of Palnfleld, N. J.
Ilia little boy, five years of age, was sick
with crop. For two days and nights he
tried various remedies recommended by
friends and neighbors. Hesny9:'T thought
sure I would lose him I had seen Cham
berlains cough remedy advertised and
thought I would try it ns a last hope nud
am happy to say that after two doses lie
slept until morning. I gave it to ldm
noxt day and a cure was affected. I keep
this remedy in the house now and ns soon
as any of my children show signs of croup
I give it to them and that is the last of
it." 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by
The Tifton Drug Storo.
Ort tho Wing.
The editor of the Gazette has
been with Tax Collector Griffin the
post two weeks, and very nearly made
a circuit of the county by private
conveyance. The trip was an eye
opener; we saw many gratified evi
dences of progress and general devel
opments of the material resources of
the county. In every section Wesaw
new lands being cleared, and new
modern mid comfortable farm houses
being built. The farmers have about
completed harvesting t heir o^pj s;nev-
erthelcss everywhere we went we en
countered one or more sugar boilings
and helped ourselves to the juice,foam
and beer. We noted also that a great
many farmers are preparing for
another crop, they are having
rails split with which to .repair
their fences and are having
their fence jams cleaned out.
Wo received courtesies in the Up
per 'ninth district at the hands of
Messrs. D. B. Rowan and wife and
Geo. W. McWhite and wife. As host
and hostess the latter cannot be ex
celled.
In the Milltown district we were
courteously cared for by Messrs. W.
(J. Patten and Thomas Watson and
their estimable, families. Both gen
tlemen are farmers—good fnrpiers—
and their farms and farm-houses pro
sent to the passer-by a sweet air of
thrift and prosperity.
In the Rays Mill district we were
the guest, of Messrs. J. J. und 11. H.
Knight, who showed ns every possi
ble consideration and kindnesH. Both
seem to ho prospering. The young
people of the comniunity had, by per
mission, a social gathering at I foil.
II. II. Knight’s the night (Friday)
we spout with him and his interest
ing family. We enjoyed the gmncR
ami songs just as much as we possi
bly could without taking an active
part, which we were too tired to do,
To these friends, one and all, we
express our profoumlest thanks, es
pecially Messrs. McWhite, Watson
and li. II. Knight, with whom wc
spent the tlircc nights wc were absent
from home.
The tram road of Messrs. Gray &
Galoliell ims been a wonderful factor
building up tho eastern side of
Important Items of News from Ber
rien’s Sister Counties.
Berrien county. It is used freely for
the transportation of merchandise,
farm products and building materials
to and from umrset and the homes
of the people. It is rumored these
gentlemen will complete their road
to Nashville. If they do, i|e arc
convinced they will do u line freight
und passenger business.
Tift & Snow Co.. arc“hero to stay’
—and to win.
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Free Filin.
Send your address to H. E.Bucklen ft
Co., Chicago, and get a fiec sample hex
of Dr. King's New Life pills. A trial will
convince you of thoir merits These pills
nr* easy In action and are particular af
fective in the cure of constipation and
sick headache. For malaria rod live;
troubles they have been proven invalua
ble. They arc guaranteed to lie perfect
ly free from ovety deleterous substance
and to be purely vegetable. They do not
weaken by their action, but by giving
tone to stomach and bowels greatly in
vigorates the system Regular sice Mo.
druggist.
The Sunday-schools of Poulatt are
preparing for a Christmas Tree.
The local newspapers of Worth
and Irwin counties are discussing the
important (?) question, which of the
two counties cun grow tho largest
sweet potatoes?
Gaskins’s stock of general merchan
dise is quite complete; call to Bee him.
Prices to suit, always.
Mr. Aaron W. Knight 1ms moved
from Sycamore to Ty-Ty while Mr.
M. Tucker, Jr., has moved front Tv-
Ty to Sycamore. It is said “a fair
exchange is no robbery.”
Capt. J. G. MoPliau] and some
Northern Gentlemen have entered in
to a contract to build a 83,000 hotel
ut PouUn, near the fair buildings,for
the use of northern winter tourists.
The latest bit of railroad gossip is
to the effect that the Plant System
will purchase the Atlanta and Flori
da and complete it to Waycross,
through the counties of Dooly, Irwin
and Coffee.
Youmans the liveryman. Tifton,Ga.
solicits public patronage, Reasonable
satisfaction guaranteed.
The saw mill of J. B. Galloway at
Alpha, three miles west of Ty-Ty,
was destroyed by lire last Monday.
The property was valued at 812,000;
no insurance. Tho lire is supposed
to have been of incendiary origin.
The Gazette is pleased to an
nounce the promotion of Mr. J. 1).
Mathews to supervisor of the lower
division of the Georgia Southern and
Florida railroad. He is well known
to many of the Gazette readers as
conductor of work train. He succeeds
the lamented Kendrick.
Next year will show the usual large
increase in Irwin’s farming lunds, as
the spirit of progress and independ
ence is getting in some of the best
work among our old settlers as well
as our new comers who are constantly
settling in every quarter of tiiecoun
ty.—Irwin Comity News.
\V. O. Tift is receiving n large
stock of fall und winter goods, bougt
since tariff reduction and will he sold
ut prices that will defy competition.
Capt. Ben Drew,a wealthy turpen
tine operator at Swan, Irwin county
m preparing to operate on u much
larger scale next year. lie is build
ing tenant houses and cutting boxes
on the Ocillu und lrwinville road and
will locate u very large plant there.
He is a most successful business nun.
Hon. J. J. McDowell has received
the appointment, at the bunds of
Gov. Atkinson, of judge of the Worth
court. He will administer the affairs
of IhiB office with dignity and ability.
A populist, by the name of Forehand,
wus recommended for the place by
the grand jury, bnt the Governor
promptly turned him down.
Tift & Snow Co., can sell you fruit
trees better and cheaper than any
firm in 10U0 miles of here.
The liialia correspondent of tho
Irwin County News says: “Onr Bap
tist brethren speak of building a neat
church building near the cross-roads
at Inuliu, and wc hope they will meet
with success in their undertaking.
These brethren are weak, financially
and numerically speaking; and we
say to these who may have an oppor
tunity to contribute to this noble
cause, will do so, cheerfully.’’
Lust I’ucsduy a baud of six colored
robbers divided themselves into two
squads of three each and bodly held
up section gunge If) und 17 on the
Georgia Southern und Florida rail
road, below Valdosta, and robbed
them of their hard earnings which
hod jnat beeu paid them. One of the
hands of gang 16 had a Winchester
rifle, with whioh he shot aud kilted
one of the robbers and dispersed the
others in short order. The corpse of
the dead wan was carried to Macon
Tuesday night.
Christmas cakes easily made this
year. Seedless raisins, cleaned onr
Municipal Election.
Tifton’s .city election passed off
quietly Inst Monday.—not half of the
city voting strength was polled. Two
tickets were voted for alderman—one
supposed to be in favor of allowing
hogs to run at large upon the streets
and the other opposed. The former
ticket had the names of Messrs. J. A.
McOrea, R. T. Waldrep and Jake W.
Paul k; the latter the names of Messrs.
W. W. Timmons, W. 0. Padrick and
W. T. Hargrett The latter ticket
was nominated at a meeting of citi
zens held last Friday night and was
triumphantly elected to-day. It is
just to the gentlemen named on the
former ticket to say that only one of
them—Dr. J. AiMcCrea—iff known
positively to be in favor of the views
maintained by those who voted for
them. These gentlemen are good men
and excellent nldermauic timber, and
would have served the city well had
they been elected. The utmost good
feeling prevailed.
New Patent.
Mr. R. T. Waldrep, of Tifton, and
one of the efficient supervisors of the
Georgia Southern and Fioridu ruil-
road, has recently been granted a pat
ent by the United States government
for a new and novel railroad switch
frog, which promises to take the place
of all others in use, because it is sim
ple und easily managed. Mr. Wal
drop, as soon us the letters patent
were grunted, commenced to receive
letters from people well up in Mich
matters assuring him that there is
real merit in his invention and mak
ing him tempting offers for the pat
ent. He Ims steadily declined to sell
at the price offered and proposes, un
less he Bells his patent soon at. what
lie 111 in ka a reasonable mid just prico
to organize a company for their man
ufacture and sale. Mr. Waldrep be
lieves ho has a good thing awl will
demonstrate its utility in the near fn-
ture by putting in some of the frogs
along the line of the Georgia South-
era and Florida railroad.
.■syrup
Do you want a Cane Mill,
Kettle or Evaporator.
Write to N. F. Tira.
Albany, Ga.
Almost, n Blaze.
The alarm of fire was Bounded at
7:30 o’clock Sunday morning when a
dense cloud of smoke was seen issu
ing from the unfinished residence of
Mr. W. 0. Tift, on Lovo avenue. The
alarm was promptly responded to by
citizens—block and white—with a
bountiful 6upp ! y of buckets. It wus
impossible for some time to fix the
exact location of the fire—the dense
smoke forbade anyone outering tho
hnildir.gonly at the risk of their lives
from suffocation. However the buck
et brigade—about one hundred boyB
and’men—hurried wuterto the build
ing and it was thrown at random up
on the floor of the second story, but
with good effect as the result abun
dantly shows. The smoke began to
dear away, the fire-fighters advanced
upon the flume and out into the floor
and walls bo as to get at the fire nod
make tho water more efficacious in its
extenguishment. At first the build-
ing seemed iiuhoubtedly doomed, bat
at 9:00 the heroic men und boys could
rejoice in seeing theie-determiaed ef
fort crowned with succcess, although
the floors and walls are badly dama
ged—the estimated loss being between
$2,000 and $2,600. The origin of tho
fire is unknown but the evidence sus
tains the suggestion that tramps went
into the building the night before for
shelter, built a fireiu the dining room
chimney and left a piece of wood on
fire tho end of whioh extended out
upon tho floor, for there is where the
fire undoubtedly started. Mr. Tift
holds a “Builder’s Risk” policy of in
surance of sufficient amount he thinks
to cover the loss.
rants, citrons, prunes, nuts, etc., at Add:
low prices at Padrick Bros.
■Wanted,
By a young lady—a recent graduate
of Gordon Institute, of Barnesville,
Gu., a position as assistant teacher in
a graded school or ter teaob as princi
pal of a private or public school
.. Competent to teach '
branches, Algebra, 1st 1
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