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Fhe Tifton Gazette.
BtnUSHlii) XVKKKI/V.
BALDRIDGE & FILWOOD,
Editors and Proprietor*-
Official Organ City of Tifton.
THUMB OF Hl'IWUirflON:
One Year
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Entered at the poatnflWio, at Tifton, Georgia, an
Dial! matter of the second class.
THE EMPIRE GARDEN.
The section Mint is now universal
ly recognized ns the garden spot of
the Empire State of the south was,
until the early SO’s, a wilderness,
inhabited only bv the Indian in Ins
primeval forest, and the trackless
foiestund wiregruss plains were on
ly peopled by the wild deer and
wolf.
Jt. first claimed the attention of
prospective immigrants on account
of iis advantages as a stock range,
the salubrious climate and nll-the*
yeur-’rnniu! pasturage, together with |
comparative
toes, peanut*, sugarcane, a»(l all the projKMes shall be second to none,;, their families can use.
vegetables that grace the kitchen Farther east, near Ty-i’y, the Kyats And the foremost colleges of the j
garden. Along "with the first crops, ! Orchard Co., has its extensive plant j state are snpptftted by this civilize.], j
cume the planting of fruit trees, and 'and is putting in some of the Ijtteafcjoplighted and prosperous people,
among the relics of Mie earlv setMers improved fanning machinery. When it was decided to hold an
are some of those old fruit trees and . We might continue to indefinitely 1 iuter-connty fair at Tifton in 1884,
grapevines, which are still landing enumerate the men who are bring-j a prize of $5 was offered for the best
arid hearing fruit. The wonderful; ing Worth to the front rank of the .name for it, and the winner sug-
climute which rendered out-door la-! agricultural counties of the state,; gested “The Empire Garden Mid-
Mr possible, 365 days of the year but they can only lie seen at their j Summer Fair,” Realise of all the
the fertile but virgin soil, the vast best at their own home, where a cor- rich and bounteous .empire suites of
mines of untold wealth in its sighing dial welcome and the milk and lion- the sunny south this was the “gar-
forest made it a country that was |ey of the laud a waits the visitor. Go den.”
verily, u Garden of Eden in the rough, and see them at home, study their
its tempeVutuiv is mild and gain-
With the advent of the iroli horse, j ways a in. pronounce them the health- brious; its rainfall well distributed
e develomnent of the country be- iest, happiest, m ist iiosnitable people and plenteous; its soil will produce
the development of the country be
came more rapid, and since the dis- on God s green ear i
covery that its truck and fruit crops Htwis.
could be grown more successfully
than in
three weeks earlier than the comities
north of us, iis growth has been like
that of Aladin’s palace
this connection the men who, by
their enterprise and originality first you will be surprised at the beautiful
called the eyes o I the world incur homes, the full smoke-houses and the j
direction deserve especial mention, well
WO Ill'll.
any kind of fruit, cereal or vintage
Are you taking Simmons Liver Reg-
. , , i ulajob, the “King op Ltver Mem-
in libiindunce, responding tt8 none ( cines?” That is what our readers
In this mother of the wiregraife ! other to the tillers’ touch; its water ■ want, and nothing but that. It is the
y. , 1 , t w rim-H and heultliv the material for samo old Mend to whioh the old folks
Florida, and from two to. •unties, som.- of the best pionec-i « pure arm n«*uituy, plnnod thei r faith and were never dis-
farniers of the state can he found, houses and fencing grows on :ts own , appointed. But another good recom-
Vjsitthe Pad I ks, the .Fletchers, the soil; its people are prosperous, hap- mendation for it is, that it is better
Bui. hi Hendersons, the Youffgs, the Bakers, MW and hoppitable; its citizenship "^utTor^taSan"aM
any of the hundreds of otherfc, and nioral, intellectual and progressive. natural way, just lite nature itself, that
Come south, young man, a^d catch relief comes quick and sure, and one
or
with the Country. And to it we ;
-tilled fields, blooming with the | bid you welcome. T|ie earth and its
promise of an abundant hurves;.
fullness are vours. See and be eon-
Among
those garden res
whose la- One of the most potent factors in 'iiced.
isolation, offered tempt-1 bors have wrought...such changes in culling the attention, of the outside
with-
ing inducements to the stock-grower this country, we cannot pass
and true lover of nature. ,)l " some of the foremost.
In the original survey, the three j
counties composing .the Empire Gar
den were embraced, together with
live or six others, in the counties of
Bilker, Irwin and l.owndes. Among
the pioneer settlers of this garden
spot whose descendants slil I inhabit
and cultivate “the land their fathers
trod.” and to whose herculean efforts
and indomitable will and energy
civilization owes its rescue from bar
barism, are tin* Matildeiis, Sumners,
.Monks, Hancocks, Youngs and Storys
of Worth, the Fletchers, Paulks,
Hendersons und Clements, of Irwin,
mid tlin Folsoms, Bakers, Griners,
Fiilcli’s, Parrishes, McCranies, Pat
tens and Goodmans, of Berrien.
Coming from the I turd v Scotch-Irish
stock of the Carolina's, or the hardy
descendants of the mountaineers of
North Georgia, they were fathers df I
u race that have made a garden of n Mr. J. >1. Watson, the county’s chan.-
who has won
world to Jrwin as a farming county,
was the model farm of the lift
Among those are the Fords,SumnersI Brothers. It was here, on a pebbly
Ilobbys, and Hancocks, of Worth.
Descended from a family of stock
men, they have given the attention
to farming that deserves success, and
a visit, to i,heir many farms will give
more than a passing glimpse of the
state’s garden spot.
Not second among Worth’s fann
ers of to-day iH Mr. W. W. Monk,
whose extensive plantation and deep-
ami uppearaiitly barren ridge, that
was first proven to all comers that a
bale of cotton would grow on an acre
of pine land, ami the superintendent
was only eclipsed by himself a few
years later by growing two bales to
the acre on. the same laml. Here,also,
was proven time melons could be
grown ns never in Irwin before; that
Florida could be eclipsed for cabbage
laden orcliaids are one of the most and vegetables; that California was
pleasant sights of the county. With
overmatched in fruit, mu's and
in a stones throw of the place where grapes, and that the Carolinas conlu 1
lie first saw the light he has bpilt |„. beaten on tobacco. So wonderful
one of the handsomest homes in the did the accounts of the productions
county, and exhibits that l.e brings this farm read when first, told to
to his county and intor-couuty fair the world that they were generally
are only fair samples of what, muscle
and nraiu cun do in the Empire Gar
den.
wilderness, and placed in the home
of the wolf and Indian an intelligent
moral and highly intellectual citfilfih-
ship.
The first settlers, us before stated,
came with the sole object of finding
range for their stock, or to gratify a
love for the chase or the rod and
reel, whioh the plentiful streams und
gume-liaimted p’ainB offered ample
opportunity. The pine lands were
considered of little worth, and little
time was wasted in trying to culti
vate them. But as the more thickly
populated counties to the north of
us began to send emigrants faster
mid farther south, and those without
accepted ;ls newspaper fakes,und ibis
writer was often guyed by the editors
of the papers for which he was cor-
Another one ojj the old settlers is respondent for drawing upon his im
agination in reporting existing facts.
Later came the Cyclonetu farm
and Cupt. D. (». Irby, of which you j
will learn more in another column,
2 Boxes:
i Price!
You have sick-headaches occasion
ally. They are not pleasant; why
not get rid of them ?
If you call in a physician it will
cost you from $i to $5.' How can you
escape this cost hut secure the physi
cian's treatment? I.et us tell you.
Go to your druggist auil ask
for Ramon's 'route Liver
Pills. They will cost you (1 box
Pills and 1 box Tonic'PelletS)
only 25 cents. These are the exact
medicines that any doctor would
prescribe for a sluggish, torpid or
disordered liver.
You lake one ol Ramon's Pills
immediately. That causes a com
plete action of the bowels. You
then take one of Rahion’s Toxic
PBLLF.T8 daily for a week or longer.
These keep the bowels healthy and
open, but at the same time they
nrouse the appetite, purify the
blood and "tone up" the whole
' system.
Try this just once. It can not
harm you.
At nil dealers, or mall, for 26c., 5 boxes $1.00.
BROWN MFG. 00., New York.
feels new all over. It never fails.
Everybody needs take a liver remedy,
and everyone should take only Sim
mons Liver Regulator.
Be sure you get it. Tile Red Z
is yn the wrapper. J. H. Zeiliu &
Co., Philadelphia.
T. G. JEFFORDS,
D K K
SYLVESTER, -
ST,
- GEORGIA.
pion one-horse funner,
premium lifter premium at the coun
ty fairs, and Inis taken lirsi prize at.
HO, FOR THE FAIR!
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''i.itva nnd Bridge " <>i k and Oral >tfirg-
erv •’pw.ihllius.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain
j By use of “Tumlniu.” which positively destroys*
all sense of pain, anil does not put you to-sleep.
Special reduction when several teeth are ex
tracted, or plate made to replace them.
GET THE BEST
• When you are nbou t to buy a Sewing Machine
do not be deceived by alluring advertisements
nnd be led to think you can gel the best mode,
finest finished and
tin* State fair on cotton. A live-at- ,Hi«l whose beautiful grounds are one
homo farmer, he is a model of home- 0 f the pleasant sights along the
made independence.
Besides these, and the Hulls. Da
vis’ Clements, Wnlluce’s,Dells,Gibbs
and Whiddons, Worth has hundreds
of men to whom farming is e pletis-
i Patented December 8th. 1894,."'ill
raise her ling lit the Mid-Summer
[ Fair, at 'I“fton, julv iotli, 1895.1
Most Popular
for n mere song. Seo to it that
you buy from reliable manu-
acturers that have gained a
“Hnwanee river, route.” Then came! Now, if JoJuinv Hull, with his Cot-
the Louthers, the lIolT.mW, the j ton Gins! will'come out and raiwI
(ncc win .w -
reputation by honest and sq uare
* ** “ &et *
Mobilities, LiiSIm and numbers of 1 i ,is '!««• th e American Boss will
others, ami the forest is blossoming
as the rose and, indeed, is growing
lire and a profit. Not least among another “Garden of Kilem’
them are a large number who have
conic from the red hillsides of Mid
dle (leorgnt, to find a home and for
tune farther south, and who take
lessons from no man lu farming, ami
whose, plantations are models of ce-; shall we add
real beauty, Among the foremost where of her?
knock them out quicker than Gov- J {>»«£ You want the one that
Lost, hut largest of nil, is
IIEltlttRJf,
which is at. hist tlx- land of corn nnd
wine and the home of Tifton and
•>’
belt knocked out Mitchtdl. Conte
and see the light, all yon Long Sta
pic Cotton Gin men.
(). F. Goodwin. Proprietor.
Quitman, Ga
the world over for it? dura-
billty. You want tho one t
is easiest to manage and is
money to invest in slock raising be
gun to notice that the small fields tltoj >'< developing this county are
stock misers planted for a bread crop; Me, him Is, .1 oh 11 L. and \\. II.
Mid Summer Fair. And ivhiitjljfl
to wlmt, is said else-
Nothing; but ‘iconic
•he j and see,” otherwise you will not bli
the lieve. .Agriculturally site is older
Light Running
Thero is none in the world that
can equal in mechanical con
struction, durability of working
parts, fineness of finish, beauty
in appearance, or has as many
improvements as the
'New Home
It has Automatic Tension, Double Feed, alike
on both sides of needlo (patented), no other has
it: New Stand ( patented), driving wheel hinged
on adjustable centers, thus reducing friction to
the minimum.
The savv-mi!l has a capacity; WRITE FOR CIRCULARS,
of 15,000 foot per day. Large THE HEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.
began to develop a series of smnl’l J king an overwhelming success of the ,md for decades past her lufuls hum D'act of virgin’timber \ c ’ 1 ' n : 1 E5S. NT
b 1.. . . - - t tv,..;convenient distance oi mill. M ^^’tDae A £v” A ’
For Sale.
produced wonderfully Well, gradually i former famous for planting and mu- than either of her sister counties, I
farms, that have laid the foundation brst wi regress vineyard, the latter for been famous as among the most fer
his 87-pound watermelons nnd Ins tile in the state. Fruit Inis long
of 7(11 bushels of corn to the been a fumiliur product, and her
acre. Neither depend upon funning fanners celebrated for their thrift,
the attention of our people, but lit- f ,, r 11 living, but. are planting Inin- industry and independence. Long
tie utteutiiui wus gi\eu to diversified dreds of acres every senson in grapes, since have they solved the “brig and
of the country's wealth.
At the close of the war, farming j Cl ‘°l’
begun to command more and more
crops, corn and cotton being the peaches and other fruits, and art
chief products. But as the people oiling thousands of tictea of pint
grow in enterprise, and the stock in- hinds to the plow.
Another
dustry became unprofitable with u
closely populated country, and the
decrease in the price of cotton reu-! is Cupt. J. \\ Wilson, of the Keystone
ing Worth's
potent factor is bring
advantages to the front
dered its cultivation less a source of
profit, more attention wus given to
the planting of, diversified or side
crops, and the growing of fruits.
it was eminently u poor man’s
country. Land was ridiculously
cheap, many lots, of 202-1 to -IHO
acres, selling from $16 to $100. A
home was in the reach of every one,
and, by energy, industry and econ
omy, a well stocked farm could be
secured with the result
year’s labor.
Fruit Co., at l’ouIan. A Pennsylva
nian bred, he cast Ins lot in the south
seven or eight years since, and has
been in the van of tho county's agri
cultural and horticultural develop
ment. At his l’iiiev Park Nursery
lias verily a garden in truth.
hominy” problem, and wrote
iheir plows in their own furrows
their declaration of deliverance from
king cotton and western luiy.
All the men who luiVe brought
her to the front cannot he men
tioned, for their name is legion. On
every hand you will find them, and
no more clever, honest or hospitable
people live under God’s bright sun*
Splendid logging country.
Cheap rates to Coastwise,
Eastern and Western markets.
Good water and healthy local
ity. Terms, part cash and the
w jiI, balance in lumber. Write to
Birmingham Lpmiuck Co.,
J. G. Dedge, Tifton.
1,000,000 People Wear
1 ILDouglas Shoes
9-1 1 •
Birmingham, Ala.
I I. I I. I I
HAND
SEWED
PROCESS
$5.00
BEST
IN THE
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light.
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In
these three counties the far-
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wool
grow over 4(1,000 pounds of
uiiiiuiilly, over 60,000 (Kniuds
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$2.50
$2.25
For Men
where mother earth brings its choico
fruits and Powers as a trophy of his 0 f t j<je, over 2tMl,OOP bushels of corn,
20,000 hales of cotton, 150,000
victories.
Sylvester, the county’s central eity, pounds of meat, 40,000 gallons of
of a few is fust being surrounded with a cor-' syrtip, 40,000 pounds of hay, 100,-
*, don of orchards, and fruitful farms, oOO pounds of fodder. 25,000 bushels
The development of this wilder- -I edge l’opo hns there one of the most 0 f potatoes, COO cur loads of watyr-
\iiess into u garden has been steady extensive ar.d best urranged orchards, melons, 10,000 bushels of peanut?,
found that ; vineyards Und farms in the county. 15,000 chickens, and 100,000 dozen
Near the. pretty little town of Sum- eggs. Besides this they raise at 1 the
iter, Clever Dan Clemunte is open-j-vvgetnbles,’ fruit, grapi
j ing up a 300-acre farm, which lu
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For Boys
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Wear W. I- Dougin* «hocs and «nve from
• 1.00 to 83.00 n pnlr. All and
Wlilthn. *1 l.c a.lvaiim in leather hu Incrauta llm
price of nttter makes, lint the quality and prices of
XV. I,, n.m&lnu shoes rPttiAIn the tame.
Takenosnbsllnite: sec that name and price is stamped
on sole. IV. In. Douglas, Uoockxos, Maos. Sold Iff
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Ut
Elliott, Sparks.
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and rapid. First, it was
corn and cotton could be grown with
comparatively little fertiliziition;lheii
followed other field crops: peas, pota-
I am
most
tile market
solicited.
inn
appro red
to latest arm
machines«on
'Correspondence
X. F. TIFT,
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Fruits and Trees for Sale.
s and hun
dreds of et ceteras tlmt they want or,
Manul’acti’.rcr s Agv.u.
Albany. Tune it 1895.
450 Aero; in Nurserise and Orchards.
Tlu* ur'«4Tt*r i»f Tiiumph I'wch.
-Vkirlh'st Yellow in *.>f
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