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THE
TIFTON, um FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1804
CORRESPONDENCE.
The Labor of An Efficient Corps of
County Reporter!.
1
Indian Times.
Ckuii., Duuetnbyr I).—Last week I
offered the Gazkttb renders some
Scattered thought* under the above
caption. They may linve been casu-
rtSTv read—may be not; but my ob
ject, in part, was to stir up the rein-
iniscent spirit of the wiregrass ero
the old men ami women of our glo
rious region die out, and our history
remain mi written and unsung forever,
like a good class-loader, I will re-
. late some of my own experiences in
my own scattered style. Like Kblur
Crawford Tucker (rest to his soul I)
my gun scatters, hut I am glad it is
not a Winchester, as 1 tremble so
nitfuh that I must rely on scattering
Allot to bring down the game. The
young professors of the present age
can tnku steady aim and “drive the
cross’’ every lire, hut many, like Tom
fertile* and Joe Goldwirn, use cork
litdlets and are only “practicing)” i,
alas, am hunting game!
My earliest recollections are of an
open, sparsely settled country, and
with 110 per cent, of its population
wliito people. The Coffee road, lead
ing from Jacksonville on the Oumul-
geo river to Thnmasvillc, was
•nut omtAT ukuiway
from Virginia, North anil South Car
olina and Georgia to middle and west
Florida. Tallahassee, Florida's beau
tiful capital city, was our nearest
market. Thnnmsville was little more
than Smith’s store,anct Savannah and
Charleston were the next nearest cot
ton markets. The Creek Indians were
still a menace on tlm Cluittahoochoo
and Suwanee rivers,
Seminole menus renegade, and the
•disaffected Creeks were over and
niton leaving the tribes and going to
the Sornliioles In the capo of Florida.
Thomas and Ijmtudus counties were
•directly ill their pathway, arid lienee,
though seldom noon by tbu whites,
they often stole through our oountry.
middle Florida and Thomas county
tvei'O settled by Virginia, Ouruliua
and Georgia slave owners, who
bought the rich oak and hickory
lunds of that section to ralso cotton,
that prop whose cultivation was to
exert such a powerful influence on
till* destiny of the Southern States.
Tim negro slaves ware continually
miming away from these cotton plan
tations, and trying to go hack to the
loualities from which they had licuu
carried. The columns uf the few
newspapers then published were or-
hamonled with pictures of runaway
negroes,
It is easy, therefore, for the young
tender to sue that, by reason of the
iudinii and runaway negro, our hoys
ami girls were easily controlled in
their desire to rumble. And yet I
remember of only two rape eases and
three robberies prior to I Shu, when
the nomadic Indian had followed the
sunset to the eastern slope of the
Uocky mountains and the negro had
ecftxud to try to list of (lie
OemillgvU. I.est tlm youthful reader
should form false ideas, 1 will stale
that all now countries are peopled by
HKTTI.ISM ICNTS.
Long distanees between the houses of
the pioneers wore an exception, and
• tint the rule. As an Illustration I
will, as briefly as possible, tell of the
settlement of Lowndes county, a ter
ritory litO .miles square, and now in
part Thomas, Jlrooks, Lowndes, Kuh-
ols, Clinch, Horricn ami Colquitt
c.ounticH.
The Votings, Lesters and Vickers,
with their connections, strictly cotton
planters, moved t„ Thomas, and were
never a Lowndes people.
But the Groovers, whose very
name still tells of,one of the best set
tlements of the Wiregrass, settled on
tlm Amalia creek. Tho first settle
ment of that county, however, was
on tho Okapilco, by the Bryant*, and
from it grew tile Mot vim settlement;
oi)0 of. tho first superior courts of the
county being held at flail's, one mile
north of Morven. The Folsoms and
. Jfpuntrees settled east of Little river,
where thi'y-iiOLuiiU. this day, Tlm
Parrishes settled ten miles east of
them on the Withlnooochco.j. tho
Carters south and tho Knights north
of Grand Bjtyi* the Normans and
Tuckers In the 8th district, above
Moultrie; the..McCVanics,(near Adel,
(Aid the Bakers near Tiftuii,
Tbu fact that Lowndes county was
Settled by a set of farmers who
raised stock .is’a specialty stands in
strange contrast to the raise-cotton-
Imy-youv-meftl. theory of today. Nev
ertheless it is trite, Up to 1850 no
man, save, perhaps, in the Groover
settlement, ever thought of buying
western bacon. If was a yearly occur
rence for the people along the Witlila-
coochce and Alapaha rivers to drive
their surplus meat hogs to Thomas
county and sell them to the cotton
growers to fatten and make their own
bacon. Beeves were driven to Sa
vannah and Chat lesion From Thomas,
Colquitt, Worth and Berrien, and
sold to tlm butchers. Chickens, eggs
and bacon nnd lard of superior qual
ity were marketed in Tallahassee,
In Berrien county, especially, wheat
was raised in excess of the local
wants, and I have seen brown sugar
sold at 0 cents and hauled on wagons
to middle Georgia.
But that curse of tlm South, whose
baneful effects will, I fear, he frit for
many generations yet to he horn,
Al'ltlCAN si.aVuiiv,
shed its ham- over this fair land in
its march, and—the situation of our
people today tells the tale.
I low ean we boast of our civiliza
tion and glory in our progress when
such a vast per cent, of our people
me pinched for tlm absolute necessa
ries of life !
Not only the negro slaves, but the
very dogs, had better and more abun
dant food than the laboring white
people of today. When our people
farmed to live they lived well, now
tlmy farm to buy a living, nnd—sim
ply exist! •BoIII.UIAN.
Cnlgmil ICchoes.
F.siuma, December I'd. The sup
per given by the ladies of the Meth
odius! ehiircli on last Friday night
was a success. Tlm net proceeds
anumntud to Fill. The cake voted
to the prettiest young lady present
was won by Miss Nannie Lon I’oole,
of Knigma. She invited quite a num
ber of her young friends to dine with
her Sunday, when tlm toutluomu cake
was <ml, eaten and pronounced good
and very good, In this connection I
wish to state that I lake off me Imt
and make a profound how in ac
knowledgement of tlm reception of a
piece of the cake sent me by the
pretty young lady. Bight Imre I wish
Instate that the Indies are the great
est of our American institutions.
Three elieers for the ladies, and es
pecially those of Knigma!
Brof. .1. I). Lovett ami sister, Miss
Maggie, of Sparks, came up to the
supper Fiddly night, and stopped
over with their Knigma Irieuds until
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Kilcy Sullivan, while engaged
in ginning for .hr. Sanders Gibbs, at
Brookfield, a week ago last Saturday,
had (he misfortune to get, one of his
hands caught, among the saws and
Imdiy nut. lie came to Knigma and
had his hand dressed by Dr. Hum-
liioud. His hand was wounded sc-
vcrcly, lint is doing very well nt this
time, Filey's Irieuds sympathize!
with hiin vuey much mid wish him a
speedy recovery.
The young people of Knigina had
quite a delightful mnsiculettt the res-
idence of Dr. nnd ,1/rs. Hammond
last,Saturday evening.
The Kditnr of ilia Gazuttu was
aiming Ins Knigma friends tlvo llrst of
the week looking after the interest of
Ins paper,
Kldcr W. F. 1’ox, of Til ton, has ac
cepted tlm pastoral earn of the Bap
tist ehurch at this place. He filled
his first regular appointment here on
tho first Sunday in this month. Glad
to have him visit us for next year.
Mr. Shade Dorminy, of Alnpnhn,
was at Knigma Monday on business.
Mr. If. F. Stewart has rented Mr.
T. Austin’s farm at this place, and
South Georgia conference, Mr. Dixon
is jtist entering upon the duties of the
Methodist ministry, and I wish for
him much (husoes* m his Godly call-
ing.
Miss Nannie Lon Boole is down in
tiie Flat Creek neighborhood ,this
week teaching a class in instrumental
music. This is Mis- Nannie’s first
effort at teaching music, and tier
many friends wish her sacccx*.
Mrs. II. S. Dixon, of Montezuma,
is at Knigma this week, visiting her
sister, Mrs. K. K. Ivy lie.
John Foreman, of near Parrott,
Gu., is in this section this week look
ing for a home. lie intends buying
somewhere near Knigma. We wel
come all such men as Mr. Foreman to
our section, lie is a first class farmer
and is well pleased with our lands
here, lie knows a good thing when
he sees it. 1
There is a hill pending in the leg
islature of Alabama to make patent
medicine men print the formula of
their nostrum* on the labels of the
bottles oi packages. This is a move
in the right direction. Each dealer
in patent or proprietary medicines
ought to pay a license of F25 per
annum. Tlm patent medicine busi
ness is now one of the biggest tilings
in the state. Our legislature has just
passed some laws setting forth who
shall practice, and regulating the
practice of medicine and surgery in
Georgia. Tito physicians are taxed
ami must comply with the provisions
of law before they can practice, The
patent medicine man can prescribe
his nostrums for the sick, through his
circulars, hooks, through (he news
papers and his salesmen with impun
ity, with the hope of reward and
without the fear of punishment. This
patent medicine business is a lug
thing. Had you ever thought of it?
Hope our legislature will look into it.
Our Nimrod*, presided over by M.
K, Flowers and S. B, Dubose, have
Killed several deer recently. J have
not eat any of them, therefore can’t
say whether the venison is good or
not.
Wo had a very line ram in this
section this morning. It was very
much needed. ltum'i.Ali.
deep, heartfelt love depicted on every
countenance. Though far removed
ft om the dear, familiar scenes of my
childhood home, too many and toe
deep were my thought* for expres
sion. Truly, this family is a peculiar
one. Handsome sons and lovely
daughters! In this household hospi
tality is boundless and peace and
good will reign suprejne.
Tito immediate family was Mr. and
Mrs. Overstreet, Mr. and Mrs, Arch
Sbaw and five children, Mr, and Mrs.
Summerlin ami six children, Mr, and
Mrs. Crumb and one child, Mr. and
Mrs. Horn and five children, Mr. and
Mrs. Fletcher and three children,
Mr. and Mrs. Parker and one child,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Overstreet and
four children, Messrs. Mose, Jim and
Joe, Miss Lou and Master Ben.
These with numerous relatives and
friend* met in sweet communion and
make it an occasion of thanksgiving.
Such a family is an honor to Worth
and her lister counties.
Mr. Overstreet’s residence is situ
ated on the banks of a gently flow
ing river, whose peaceful, placid
waters tipify the rythmic flow of the
lives of the members of this house
hold, unruffled by strife, undis
turbed by malice or envy. May the
Lord of mercy and love spare them
many years to reunite under the old
family tree. Then, when “It is
enough,” may they be gathered home
one by one till there Will be a grand
family reunion in heaven.
Wru.-V-'Tim-W me.
CHRISTMAS TIDINGS!
The masses of the people are going to make Christ
mas presents and the more useful they are the more
they will be appreciated.
DR. J. C. GOODMAN
Hub just such goods iu stock—handsome parlor lamps, elegant rose
Iiowfs iu.it vases, china cups ami saucers, leather and ptusli goods, etc.
All useful as well qa ornamental.
Firewoiks in abundance for the Boys.
Dolls, all sorts and sizes, for the Girls.
Lot of nice Games for anybody who may desire to pasa away their idle
' hours both pleasantly and profitably.
Call and see my nice Holiday Goods.
I am selling Them at very Low Prices.
DR. J. C. GOODMAN,
Proprietor of the TIFTON DRUG STORE.
Tifton Institute.
--CCOCC.W —
A Filin lly I ten n ion.
Not long since I had the pleasure
of attending a family reunion at the
residence of Mr. Overstreet, near
Tilton. 1 will always bo glad that I
was honored with an invitation and
that I could accept, Thirteen chil
dren and twentv-Hvo grand-children
gathered around father and mother.
l)*nr, dfar spectacle! Kaclt one
striving to make tlm others Imppy—
Cecil Notes,
C'la ii., December ID.—Your cor
responent paid a visit to the peaceful
land of Colquitt cmmtv Monday,
where all is quiet and lovely.
Tho farmers of that beautiful coun
ty are busy sowing oats, rebuilding
fences and erecting new dwellings.
They don’t seem to euro whether
politics lives nr dies. Their crops fell
below the average this year, Imt they
arc pursevorihg and hoping for better
limes iu ’Uf).
I notice that hard times make no
difference with thm “agent” and ped
dler. As I he,'int a lady remark,
“Agents and peddlers arc a« thick ns
chickens in the yard. If this is a
fact there is quite a lot of them.
W. W. Bird has flown to his old
homo near Moultrie for a week’s stay
among relatives nnd friends. I wish
him a pleasant visit.
C. M. Long has moved hack to
Cecil. I lcitrn that he will operate
the slill for J. 1). Sllaw & Co. He
is a good stiller and a peaceable citi
•/.on. We wish him it, hearty welcome.
Loo,it.
The Spring Term #f the above Institution will open on
Monday, January 7th, 1895.
The. undersigned will continue as principal of* the Liter
ary Department and will supply all necessary additional
teachers to insure the successful conduct of the school..
The rates of tuition will be the same as last spring term'
—75c., $1.00 and $1.25—payable each Monday morning for
the preceding week. Patrons desiring to make different terms
should see me and do so before entering their children.
Miss Ella C. Bacon will have charge of the Music De
partment as heretofore. Terms, $2.50 per month.
111. J . WILLIAMS, J,R ,
Tifton, (la. Principal. ✓ 12-14M-3III.
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THE GEORGIA SOUTHERN AND FLORIDA R. R.
Will sell individual round trip
tickets to Palm Beach, Fla, and return,
rum Macon, December 26th and 27th,
limited to to days, at the very low rate of
$15 for Round Trip
is less than one fare for the round
This rate is made on account of
grand opening of Hotel Royal Poianciana tit Palm Beach.
'I'lie G. S. & F. R. R. is working tip a special party for
this round trip, and those contemplating a trip to Florida can
get full information by calling on or addressing
Ci. A. MACDONALD,
General Passenger Agent.
'A
Don’t Bother
^ABOl’T YOUH
A CHRISTMAS CANDIES,
FRUITS, NUTS, ETC.,
But go straight to the postotltcc and leave your ordeis for the whole business with
Tommik Giikknk and he will attend to it for you. HU stock la all fresh and
of the beat quality.
£3jT A choice line of Canned Goods and Fancy Groceries for the holidays. Also
a completer supply of Cigars, Tobacco and Snuff. 83-21.
Main - Street - Pharmacy,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Having (itiTOlmaed llie Jake W. Baulk stock of Drugs, Medicines, Chrndrnls,
Etc., I wlli continue the business at the same stand nnd will otter great bargains to
cash purchase i-h Every article in the stock is marked down to the lowest nnlcb.
Everything ginirun t coif to be fresh and puro.
Will keep alwavs on hand a full slock of everything usually kept in a first-class
drug store.
Mr. .laka W. Paulk Will be found behind the counter ready to give prompt and
polite attention u> all-customers.
Tho prescription depart muni will lie under the supervision of Dr N Fcterson,
as heretofore.
-T. JV GOLDEN, Prop’y.
TO CONTRACTORS. *
J.
has moved hack to Knigma and will
oceiqty Mr, Austin’s residence during
181)5.
Five Tifton gentleman visited Kn-
Igmii on their bicycles ,Sunday, Beg-
ular was unacquainted with the gen-
tlemon, bunco cannot give their
tunic*.
Arthur Martin, of Dawson, has
been visiting friends at Knigma dur
ing tlm pilat several days.
J. M. Fetors, of Lowndes comity,
visited his brother, J. li. Deters, of
Knigma, last week.
B. J, Dixon, of Montezuma, was
hern Sunday with relatives, He led"
Monday for IVayoros* to niton I tlm
Gazette Publishing House,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Is headquarters for nil kinds of Printing, promptly executed
nnd n( the very lowest prices, such ns
('ommoveinl Stationary,
All lChnl.s of .Legal !n limits,
'Pnmplilot, Printing ”
Rinding.
m
Publishers Of
Tifton Gi
Acknowledged to be
Sealed proposals for the erection of the Tifton Baptist
Church will be received by the building committei* until
Wednesday, January 14th, 1895. Plans and specifications
can be seen at the office of II. II. Tift, Tifton, Ga. The
committee reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Con
tractor must enter into bond with approved security for the
faithful performance of the contract according to plans and
specifications. j. K. CARSWELL, Sec. Bldg. Com.
Dixie Tobacco Works,
Bedford City, Virginia,
The most liberal and reliable Tobacco Dealers in the
country. The best goods at the lowest prices is their motto.
Save your orders for their South Georgia representative.
M. F. MARTIN,
12-U.04.afc, Tifton, Georgia.
f-: TJ li NITUR
Stoves, Crockery Ware
and. House Furnishings.
DRY-GOODS, SHOES, HATS,
CLOTHING AND NOTIONS.
In fact everything need
ed for the house.
Fhe Rest, ADVERTISING MEDIUM in SOUTHERN GEORGIA,
MAYER & CRI
W ashinglon Street, Albany, Georo
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