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Wo will sell at about one
half value.
Linen Helmets
for th« warm day* is the coolc
head coverout. We have thei
75 gross snuff, two boxos for 5 cts.
Linden baking powders, Jib boxes,
45 cents per dozen.
4 pounds best soda for 25 cents.
give us a chance to
Wc carry a large assortment of
DIALERS IN BARGAINS
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THE GAZETTE: '11 ETON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1895.
'Does not impose itself on anyone. Those who win must
reach for things and, at the same time, cultivate their grip.
If a business house has real merit there is nothing that will
bring it into notice so well as the abuse of other concerns.
THE GEORGIA "CRACKER'’
As Mr. Pnrvlt Sees Him—A Type that Is
IMsuppenrlng with the lteit Deer end Yel
low Pine—Other Observe! Inns of Interest*
Cor. Springfield (O.) ItrimhlhvTimcs.]
Tlio native of Goorgia is called a“crack-
er." Where this name came from or what
its original meaning was 1 have not been
able to find out. but I am very sure of one
thing, the cracker is a good fellow. In
common with his brethren from other
states he is good for something or good
nothing, but in whichever of these classes
Our honest dealing has been our success. Any goods pur
chased of us that are not exactly as represented money will
be refunded.
ybu pul him you will find that he has his
hi - " ‘
REST ASSURED
That we handle only firstclass Standard Merchandise, exact
ly what is handled by all firstclass houses in our line. We are
neither a Job Lot House nor dealers in Auction Goods, no
matter what others may tell you.
THE REST PROOE
Of our assertion is that we will take back all goods that are
not firstclass, something other houses will not do.
eart always with him and Is ready to
take you in If you are hungry or weary
and turn Ills house and lands over to you
and send you forth when you are rested
and refreshed without money and with
out price. If you want him to hate your
memory forever, Just offer to pay him for
any of these courtesies. I am talking
now of the cracker in ids native home out
in the country, for there are a good many
who call themselves crackers who live in
the towns and are just ordinary human
beings.
Tiie cracker wiio has moved from farm
to town retains all his good qualities and
no man is readier to laugh at hla own pe
culiarities. He never forgets his dialect,
and has no use for “g" as the final letter
of a word, and tho lettor “r" ho leaves out
altogether. Out of every hundred words
he uses ho will manago to got in the word
“sir 1 " which ho pronounces ‘-suit,” about
twenty-fivo times. Ho calls you “Mlsteh"
always and this title is always used un
less a military one is substituted. I was
called "captain," “guv’nuh"and"kunnel,"
all in one day, and did not see vory many
people cither.
Our party concluded to drive out to
Eldorado, and sec the couutry as wo
went. Mr. Milton J. Kent, to whom we
are indebted for many courtesies,acted as
guide and driver. Mr. Kent calls himself
a cracker, but several years of newspaper
The old reproachful term was originally
used to designate the class I have de
scribed, anil like many other terms it has
extended to all ths natives pf the state,
the majority of whom arc Intelligent and
progressive, proud of Georgia, and proud
of her title, “The Empire Stale of tho
South," which she is worthy to bear.
In that state we meet many crackers
who. like Mr. Kent and Mr. Collier, are
gentlemen whom one is glad to know and
ilk'
tno inertness oi me rem cincau
give way, and even now they are
nlng to disappear. One of the bt
little fellows I almost over saw wa
os better every time he meets them.
Before the advance of modern progress
tho inertness of the real cracker muBt
are begln-
brlghlest
vas a gen
uine little cracker, ragged and barefoot,
to tie sure, but ns quick as steel and the
making of a man of whom any state
might lie proud.
With diversified crops and tho spread
of energy and intelligence that must
come from tbo Infusion of so much Nor
thern enterprise the old time cracker will
radunliy disappear from sight. With all
s peculiarities, he ia a loyal clti7.on of
fi
Georgia, a good husband according to the
tenets t haf obtain in his country, a good
diizcn, as a rule, generous to n fault and
bospitabic to a degree, amt rich in a con
tentment that is too rare in our country
whero chilling wlnda and intractable
soils compei ns to pul forth all our ener
gies for what comes to our Southern
brother with only a little effort, spas
modically applied. In Ills climate and on
ids soil wo would perhaps bo just like
him. Miu.uk I’ukvib.
merit Win
The merchant who buy nice new goods pays cash
d don’t have to mortgage his stock for it is the
and
man who can
Undersell A.11 Others*
That is vfliat we are doing, whether we arc big
fish or small ones, in deep water or in shallow. If
you will look around in Tifton you are' sure to come
across a
Saddle on a
Horse.
•A
Go where you can get firstclass goods for as little
money as others ask you for inferior articles. Wc
have a new line of
DRESS GOODS
We Will Continue
To offer the greatest values in every class of Merchandise.
All wc wish is for you to COME AND SEE.
Dress Goods.
No house in Tifton offers a greater
variety of Dress Goods. We have
them in all the beautiful Spring col
orings :
Wool dress goods, all the leading
spring shades at 10 cents.
Double fold, fancy cashmeres, only
18 cents.
Double fold,changeable cashmeres
only 16 cents,.
Fancy figured and broken plaid
worsteds, only 16 cents.
44-tnch, all wool black crepon, on
ly 75 cents.
Silk and Wool Dress Novelties.
40-lnoh, all wool cream albatross,
only 49 cents.
Small plaid silk, for' shirt waists,
only 85 cents.
Wool nun’s-veiling in pink, blue,
cream, gray and heliotrope, beautiful
goods, only 16J cents.
Figured and striped French sat
eens, only 28J cunts.
French ginghams, 20 and 25 cents
quality at 11J and 15 cents.
Full line of dress trimmings of all
kinds.
LaceB, all the late shades, from 1
cent to 90 cents per yard.
Shoes.
Wo have the largest stock of shoes
in tliis-sedtion, and while they have
been selling fast we have, added to
the stock better values than has ever
been offered. If you aro iu need of
a fine dress shoe, or a business shoe,
it will pay you to look at our line.
Groceries.
Best line of groceties at the lowest
figures.
60 boxes tobacco, 25 to 50 cents
per pound.
25 cases best potash, four balls for
Clothing.
The tightest of pocket books will
open of their own accord when they
! our Clothing with the prices m
plain figures. Another shipment of
fine clothing just opened.
4057 Men’s $5,00 suits, going tor $8,85
experience has blotted out a good many
1783
5989
7404
4298
50
season.
“ 7,50 suits, going for 4,50
“ 10,00 suits, going for 0,28
“ 12,00 suits, going for 8,75
“ 16,00 suits going for 10,95
Boys Suits, best vnlue of tho
I tanging m prices from 64c.
to $2,98 por suit.
500 Pairs men’s working pants at
one half their value.
2552 Men's Cottonade pants, at
only 44 cents por pair.
612 men’s Jeans pants, only 46c,ts.
105 men’s Heavy Jeans pants, 59c.
131 men’s Heavy Jeans pants, val
ue $1,35, only 98 cents.
200 pairs men’s wool pants in wors
ted, cheviot, casstmere, otc., ranging
from 00 cents to $2,50.
200 pairs men’s tiuo dresR pants,
value 8,50 to $7,00,“prioe 2,5(1 to $5,50.
Furnishings.
76 dozen negligee shirts, embrac
ing all colors in stripes, plaids, etc.,
from 25cts. to $1,25 each.
We have a full line of the latot •
stylo neckwear, scarfs from lo.to 50c
A regal at 50c. silk 4-in-hand tie
for 83 cents.
Straw Hats.
Moderation in tho style of spend
ing money is going to be very much
the vogue this Spring. We can
show you how to use it in good
form.
300
Straw
the coolest
We have them.
Purchases
of tho characteristics of the class, and
innre than half believe ho docs not be
long to It. Besides our party wo had
with us Mr. Goorgo Collier, who is also
a cracker, who keeps the Wigwam hotel
at Indian Springs during the summer
season. He informed us that ho wrltos
lito Insurance during tho winter and if
those he insures come to his hotel In tlio
summer he docs his best to mature their
policies. This I have reason to boliove
is a base slander on the Wigwam. From
this Mr. Colllor we derived much valua
ble information as we drovo through the
immense orchards of thrifty looking
trees. Somo one asked what made tho
bodies of the trees so smooth and shiny
and he told us it was where the razor
hack hogs had been stropping themselves
Another asked if tho rabbits do not both
er the fruit trees, and he said llioy used
to hut now thoy turned a goat into tho
orchard and the rabbits never bothered,
Two J.lves Saved.
Mrs. rhoebo Thomas, of Junction City,
111., was told by her doctors she bad Con
sumption, and that there was no hopo for
her, hut two bottles of Ur. King’s New
Discovery completely cured her, and she
says It saved her life, Mr. Thomas Eg
ret's, 1811 Florida St., San Francisco, suf
fered from a dreadful cold, approaching
Consumption, trlod without result every
thing else then bought one bottle of I)r.
King’s Now Discovery and in two wooks
was cured. He is naturally thankful. It
la such results, of which ihese aro sam
ples, that prove the wonderful efficacy of
this medicine In coughs and colds. Free
trial bottles at tlio drug storos of J.J.Gol-
den, Tlftob, or W. A. Crabtree, Sparks.
Regular size, 50c. and $1.00
List of Jurors.
Drawn to serve at Ootober Term,
1895, Irwin superior court.
oka Nil .unions,
1). T. ftwpnrlngen,
J. J, Btwwll,
.1. Z. Hutton,
Joshua Troupe,
K. H. Moore,
,1. J. Whhhlon,
When asked why, ho said it was because
the goat ate the bark off so higli tho rab-
igu
bits could not reach it. This is in Hue with
,T. A. Branch,
G. W. Giddcna,
W. E. Coleman,
Jehu Branch,
M. d. Hogan,
L. L. Gunn,
David Whiddon,
Maloom McMillan,
Jacob Hall,
William Grantham,
Marcus Luke.
Thomas McMillan, Jr.,
B. W. William*,
B. C. Hutchinson,
It. H. Wat»on,
A. IV Ron*,
Isaac Glblm,
G. It. Cooper,
“ “ Jtarper,
L. L. C
G. W. FJotcher,
J. A. Hons, fir.,
D, J. Branch,
A. E. Clementii,
C. L. Royal*
the old method of killing tho odor of on
ions on one’s breath by eating garlic.
Mr. Collier is something of a pool. On
tho letter head of the hotel, we stopped
at was a red line slating that the best
butter and coffee in the state could bo
found right thorp. The butter seemed to
rouse the muse tlmt •slumbered in Mr,
Collier’s breast foi he got off tho follow*
ing at Mr. Kent’s expense:
A young man in TU on turned Kent.
Was on his dium i Intent,
He tackled the butter,
And fell In the gutter,
And swore that ltis Hie was misspent.
Mr. (Jollier must have boon pretty woll
pleased with us for lie staid with
us two trips and let business take
care of itself. This is a characteristic
of tho crackor. If ho can have tun
lie is willing to let work take care of
Itself.
One of our party asked one of them,
who shall lie nameless, why lie did not go
to raising fruit and get rich. He replied
tlmt ho had all be wanted. If lie wanted
a house his neighbors would help him
build one in half a day that was good
enough for anybody. Then he could
raise a patch of cotton to buy things at
the store with, and tf ho had some cows
and a few sheep, they could run in tho
woods the year around and furnish 1dm
wool, and beef cattle to soil, and If he
wanted anything more ho could take his
gun and go out anil kill some game for
extras. “Wliftt did we reckon was the
use of u feller rustlin’ roun’ and wearln’
himself out foil nuthin’, anyway?" Un
der such supremo content ns that there
cannot bo concealed such a petty vice as
envv, and none of the virtuoof emulation.
The cracker farmer lives in a log house
that is veutlllatcd In n manner tlmt In
sures him a supply of fresh air sufilcient
for his usually large family. Tiie houses
are not large by any moans, many of them
being composed of one room; and the In
side measurement of tbe largest one of
the two that I was in, near Eldorado,
could not have been more than 12x14 feet.
In one end is a huge firc-placofrom which
a stick and mud chimney conducts the
smoke just to tho top of tbe house; to
build tiie chimney any higher would be a
sinful waste of time and an extravagance
of decoration that is not according to ills
Ideas of tho eternal fitness of tilings.:
He plows his cotton patch with a rude
plow and a mule; his harness Is not
costly, nor elaborate of design, consisting
of a bridle, collar, pair of harnes, two
trace chains and two pieces of cotton
rope for lines. The soil is so looso that
tho mule 1ms a fine time at plowing.
The most progressive of them plow the
ground before planting it; others are con
tent to mark out rows for tbe cotton tie-
tween the rows of last yeat's stalks and
plant the cotton ill them, plowing tiie
spaces in the course of cultiraliug tbe
cotton. Ills fruits ars seedlings, and no
care is given them as they bring forth
abundantly without care and such a
thing as a budded peach he never hoard
of until tbe peach orchards were set out
by Northern fruit growers.
Ills wife goes to town in a sprfnglcss
eart to which is hitched a tingle ox, who
is guided by ropes tied to each horn.
As a hired hand tho cracker is consid
erable of a success and is willing to work
for about $12 a month and rations. The
rations eost tiie employer about $2.50 a
month so it wlil be seen that the biil of
faro is not cxtenslvo or elaborate.
Ou» cracker acknowledged to me that
Northern people wlto come down there
seemed to get rich pretty toon, but ho
said they ran when at work, and that
seemed to settle tbe matter so far as he
was concerned.
In tho midst of the best fruit country
m the world tbe cracker lakes his ease.
With the possession of riches come troub
le and worry of all binds and what’s the
use of worrying about vile wealth when
TUAVERSK JUllOKS.
J. II. Portor,
Thomas McMillan,
J. A. J. IUiulorson,
J. L. Hutton,
J. B. Jones,
William Dixon,
John Phelps,
J. W. McDaniel,
Luuiu* Paulk,
D. II. Willis,
8.1*. Troupe,
8. H. Goft,
J. W. Bweareniren,
It. C. Smith, Jr.,
Jordan Baker,
John Hmitb,
D. It. Henderson,
J. W. Sumner,
Stephen Cobb,
Jacob Merchant, Jr M
J. Y. Paulk.
J. M. Branch.
John CUiincnU.
T. II. McMurraln,
W. G. McCook,
Thomas Lovett,
Henry Harper.
Walter Harper,
O. A. Jackson,
Newton Henderson,
J.J. Luke,
Oscar Barron,
J. W. Beasley,
A. McMillan,
Wright Mixon.
J. Dicks.
there is plenty to eat and wear from hla
ion of i
conception of plenty.
When you meet a man in Georgia and
be tells you be ia a cracker you are not
compelled to believe that he really is.
How to get
Rosy Cheeks.
No matter how severe your
sick-headachcs, Ramon’* Tonic
Uver PHI* will permanently cure
them. You: will feel like a new
person. No more sour stomach
or dizziness, or loss of appetite,
or bilious headaches! Instead,
you will have rosy cheeks, clear
eyes, and a healthy, strong body.
Ramon’s Tonic Liver Pills
arouse the liver and cleanse all
poisonous bile from the system,
purify the blood, “tone up” the
nerves and stimulate a geiod ap
petite.
They arc mild, but do their
work effectually. One pilt, a
dose; sample free.
At all dMiin, er mal I. for 25 c., 5 box** $ 1 OO.
BROWN UVGL CO., New Ter*.
Just opened up. This is our second shipment, some
thing tve have never had to do before. It was be
cause our stock was new and styles attractive, and
the last ones more so,
LlJjy
Chips and Straws.
White and Blnok Sailors,
Shapes and Toques. In tact,
wo have a full line for chil
dren and nil.
Heavy Yard Wide Sheeting,
Cents Per Yard.
at 5
We give you advantage of low prices every (lay ’ ■
in the week so that one may be bcnefittecl as well as
another. Money is worth tvs much on Monday as on
Saturday. Come when it suits your convenience,
you will always get what is promised-—fair dealing.
Low Prices for Firstclass Goods is Building Our Trade
Up Steadily, Day by Day.
L. S. SHEPHERD & CO.
-PllOPRIETOBS OF-
The New York Store.
Old People.
Old people who require medicine to
regulntc the bowels and kidneys will find
the truo remedy In Electric Biltors. This
medicine does not stimulate and contains
no whisky or other Intoxicant, but acta
as a tonic anil alterative. It acts mildly
on the stomach and bowels, adding
slrongtb and giving lono to tho or-
? ;ana, thereby aiding nature in tho per-
ormancc of Its functions. Electric Hit
ters Is an excellent appetizer and aids di
gestion. Old people find It Just oxnclly
what they need. Price only 50c. por bot
tle at J. J. Golden’s, Tifton,or W.A .Crab-
treo’a, Sparks.
T tt TT , I~
Jrx Jelj I—.
Garden,
Mid-Summer Fair,
A correspondent of tlio Macon Tel
egraph suggests a pencil carnival this
summer. - Tho suggestion is a good
one. Let us have a South Georgia
fruit carnival of ail kinds of fruit, in
cluding tho melon, Tlio present in
terest m South Goorgia lands can be
intensified an hundred fold if we can
only get our Northern frieuds to
eomo down on a mid-summer excur
sion and see Georgia fruit as it is and
as it hangs in clusters from tho trees
and vines A thousand Northerners
to see tiie display of fruit and gra|
that can bo shown in tlio district
about Tifton would lie worth a mil
lion dollars to Georgia. It would be
worth an immense amount even for
Georgians to know what is being done
in this section.—Brunswick Tintos-
Advertiscs.
SECOND
Annual Exhibition
WILL BE HELD AT-
TIFTON,
GEORGIA,
Not On© Disappointed*
Leesburg, Fla., July 13.1804.
Itak© nteaanra In assuring you that ttio trial
>ofr “*
July 10th, 11th "£ 12th.
bottle of Dr, Bltnmons' Ilepatfnc* given mo, was
all that is claimed for It, ami not only that lx»t
tie, but several others, gotten afterward, which I
have taken anil used In my family with unfailing
benefit. C. B. MoCORMICK.
A representative exhibit of the productions from the
Homes, Gardens, Farms, Orchards and Vineyards of the
Georgia Counties of Irwin, Worth and
Three Wiregrass
Berrien.
The Premium List will be a Liberal’ One. It will bo
issued about May ist. Let those who propose to contest for
the Premiums, commence now to get tlieir Exhibits ready.
Be sure to attend. Don’t forget the splendid time you
had at the Fair last year and remain at home. The best op
portunity of the year to sec the people and have stacks of fun.
Refreshments will be Served at the Host Reasonable Prices.
D. G. IRBY, President.
G. W. FITEWGOD, See
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