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T ifton
si.00 PER ANNUM.
TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 26. 1895.
VOL. 5-NO. 15.
BILL A IIP ON NATURE.
Atlanta Constitution.
“Big fleas have smaller fleas to bite
’em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.”
Naturalists tells us there is noth-
I ing so small but there is something
still smaller, and the only limit is one
1 of the vision, not of fact. The most
powerful microscope yet made has
[found no limit to the infinite small
ness of animal life. It goes on and
on, and on past comprehension.
I These invisible creatures fill the air,
(the water, the food, the flesh, and
[make up all animal and vgetable life.
|We eat them and breathe them, and
lit makes no difference, unless they
i of a poisonous, malignant kind;
Ind then they eat ns, and we call it
Jyellow fever or cholera or some kind
|of pestilence.
What a wonderful study is nature.
|I sit in the varanda and watch the
■vines as they climb the lattice—with
Iwhat wonderful instinct they put out
jtheir delicate arms and tendrils to
jfind something to cling to. The
Imornihg glories and madeira vines
land cinnamon vines twine around the
Icanes, but the gourd vine will not
Itwine at all. It grows straight up,
and every few inches sends out a
strong little arm or tendril that fas
tens around a cane or wire and holds
[the vine steady. I never saw any-
ling to grow as rapidly as this gourd
It was late in coming up, but
tas already climbed higher than the
other vines. It makes a foot a day
measurement.
I wonder how the Creator wrapped
itp so much sense in a tiny seed.
[What a condensation of life and
beauty there is in the germ, the em-
bro of a flower seed—the seed of a
on pink, for instance. It is a
brought stars into view so utterly
distant that if the wise men who vis
ited the Savior at h|gjbirth had tele
graphed the glad tidings to these
stars the message would be still goiDg
on and on and on at the speed of
180,000 miles every second and not
have gotten there.
Well, that settles it I don’t want
to try to think any farther than that
I’m afraid it would strain my mind—
like Cube said when he refused to
is the prbttlest farm I ever saw any
where. Here are 2,000 acres in the
piney woods that Mr. Sparks cleared
and cultivated as an experiment, and
it has proved a great success. It is
a luxury to look at it—the corn and
cotton and oats and vegetables alter
nating in the long luxuriant rows.
And then the orchards ladened with
bushels of blushing fruit. This farm
has paid good dividends, and there
are thousands of acres all around
shoot at a squirrel in the top ot a it that are just as good. After all
very high pine—said he didn’t like ; it is the man and the plan that suc-
. \ ; cecds in anything, and one man’s
to strain his gun.
And now the astronomers declare ! success effects a whole neighborhood.
A FLORIDIAN IN TIFTON.
that this solar system of ours is a For miles around Cycloneta and Tif
very limited affair when compared
with the other systems that the big
telescope has ^discovered. This in
strument magnifies 1000 times, and
has actually; brought the moon within
240 miles of the earth. I wish they
would quit fooling with that moon.
First thing we know it will get loose
from its orbit and come tearing down
upon the earth and knock a hole to
the hollow and set us all on fire. 1
don’t see much use in the moon no
how, except to tell when to make
soap and kill hogs and plant potatoes.
They are making so much light by
electricity now that before long we
wont need any moonlight.
But what are we—we poor mor
tals who are jumping up and down
upon this little earth,—fighting, fuss
ing and quarreling about our rights,
our property, our money. Are the
angels all up among the stars and we
the only sinners, the prisoners of
hope, confined here as a sort of Bot
any Bay—a place of probation where
we may have a chance to repent and
prepare our
tion, even a heavenly. Verily, it is
ton the farmers are doing better than
they ever did, for they have an ex
ample before them and try to imitate
it. Biu. Am*.
BEAUTIFUL TIFTON.
The Little Wiregrnss City Is on J
a Boom.
Thomas tori, (Ga.,) Times.]
Figuratively speaking Tifton has
grown up in a day. Only a few years
ago, stately pines covered the site,
and apparently no human hand cared
to risk fortune in this densely
wooded forest. And had it not been
for the invitation extended saw mill
men by the fine timbers, the flourish
ing little town of fifteen hundred in
habitants would not now be in exis
tence. Capt. H. H. Tift is a native
of Connecticut. He learned the ma-
cliinests trade in bis native state and
afterwards became a marine engineer
on a boat plying from New York to
Savannah. In this pursuit lie earned
some surplus cash and in partnership
with his uncle, who then resided at
selves for another habile- j Albany, Ga,, started a saw mill on
Flint river. Many saw mill men fail,
but these men were not of that class
—they prospered. The mill was af
terwards moved to where the town
now stands, and the entire outfit
forest was gradually
the idea struck Mr.
the soil and climate was
all a mystery— ! ono little planet full
ever-ceasing mystery of the flowers, j of people who don’t know whence
he corn, the cotton, the leaves of the , they catue nor whether they arc go-
rees. I was talking to a friend ing and who can’t add a day to ffieir I
bout it last night, and he said he be-j existence! They don’t know by what i pnrchaseu by Mr. lift,
ieved that all plants were conscious j power they raise an armor step a ” h . .*.
f their existence and enjoyed life, j foot forward or breathe a breath of j 01imnis,nn S’
,ook at the pines how they bleed life, but don’t they brag—was there
ever such a conceited, sclfsatjsfied favorable to the culture of fruit.
set of creatures! They are carried
along in space at the rate of GO,000
miles an hour, and turn a sumcrsault
every day 8,000 miles high, and sleep
half the time and never stop to think
who it is that holds the earth in bal-
and keeps them safe in theii
I vhen cut with an axe. Look how
iho scar heals over, just the same as
m a man when he cuts his finger.
J rune it too much, and it dies,
.ook at the sensitive plant and see
it shrinks from the touch. Sec
5li what desire the leaves and flow-
irs of these vines reach out to the
norning sun. Myriads of flowers
,ve born to blush unseen, and if they
vere not conscious of tkeir beauty,
vby should they be born at all ?
I used to think that everything we
ee was created for the use or the
ileasure of the man, and that even
he stars were placed in the heavens
o please us. Bnt I don’t think so
ow. The birds do not sing for us
lone. Even tlie sparrow that falls
o the ground has the sympathy of
is Creator.
But if a man wishes to ponder up-
n bis insignificance let him try to
yasp the extent of the universe,
ir Robert Ball, of Cambridge, says
m recent lecture on the stars, that
fcre is no limit to the universe, no
itside boundary—no space beyond
iie stars, and he tries to bring this
iea within our reach by telling us
ut electricity travels on the wires
ance
perilous journey. But don’t we
brag—brag about Chicago and New
York and Atlanta and everything we
do, just like we made the earth
and were driving it around the sun
with a pair of lines and popping a
whip as we go. Was there ever
such check and assurance?
But there is another side to this
picture. The people are not all fools
and braggarts. There are some who
ponder on these things and humble
themselves under the mighty band of
the Creator. And revelation tells us
that we are of very great consequence;
that wc were made in the image of
our Maker; a little lower than the
To get the industry started he gave
about a thousand acres of land to
the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad company, and they estab
lished the famous Cycloneta farm, so
named because a destructive cyclone
once swept across that section.
The experiment was here made,
und the result surpassed the expec
tations of all concerned. Soon after
wards Mr. Tift began setting out
trees, and now has between five and
six hundred acres in peach orchards
and vineyards. From his packing
house about two hundred crates of
of peaches are shipped daily. The
Elberta, Early Crawford, Early
Michigan and Tangpas are the prin
cipal varieties used.
Tifton’s manufactories consist of
a machine and iron foundry, a can-
’ ning factory, and a large saw mill.
A thing that attracts every visitor
and distinguishes the place from
most Georgia towns is that it hasn’t
angels, and the mind can t conceive . . , .. , it ...
, , , . . , a single negro resident though there
what lias been prepared in heaven . ,, , . ? . ,
, , i , ,, , .is ft small negro town just beyond
for those who love God and keen Ins!. ■ . ,.
, A , the incorporate limits,
commandments. then what else „„ . .
, ,. , „ . , . The Midsummer fair which
should we do? A happy, trusting , ,, . ,,
... "• 6 held there on the 10th, 11th
poet said:
was
and
Editor C. L. Bittinger, of the Ocala,
Fla., Banner, visited the Macon Fruit
Carnival and the Tifton Fair, and
the following arc some of bis impres
sions while here. Editor Bittinger
is a free-and-easy, genial gentleman,
of pleasant address, and evidently
knows a good thing when he runs
up against it:
“The next day we came down to
the thriving ani hustling little city
of Tifton, 105 miles southeast of ^la-
con, at the crossing of the G. S. it F. 1
and B. & W. railroads.
“Here the bustling, bustling people
of the town and immediate vicinity
were holding their Second. Annual
Mid-Summer Fruit Fair and the dis
play of luscious peaches, including
the famous “Elberta,” the Queen of
all peaches, was a most striking feat
ure, such as would excite the admi
ration and win the applause of the
most stolid looker on.
“Last year 5,000 people took in
the exhibit, while this season it is said
that fully 10,000 visitors inspected
the unequaled display of peaches,
pears, plums, prunes, grapes, apples,
cereals, and a fine exhibit of woman’s
work, among which tbero were at
tractive samples of culinary skill
which showed that the Georgia wom
en, as well as the Georgia men, are
fully np to date in the sphere that
blesses tho state and crowns them
with honors.
“Tiftoniaus within the last few
years feel they are the center and
apex of the finest fruit producing sec
tion in Georgia and have not been
slow in making this fact known to
those in other states hunting homes
in a fertile, healthy and desirable sec
tion of the South. Result: A ver
itable boom has struck Tifton. The
leading hotel, The Sadie, run by a
gentleman name Harris is doing a|
land office business, entertaining
guests from nil sections of our coun
try. Beds are at premium and meals
are so actively called for that yon
must engage them a day ahead to got
a chance at the third and fourth
tables.
“The piazza at the hotel Sadie re
minds us of the scenes around the
Ocala House in the halcyon days of
our phosphate boom and National
Alliance times.
“Everything in Tifton was full of
life, animatation, buoyancy, bustle,
business. The village lias grown
wonderfully within the past three
years. Tt has some fine brick blocks
and a number of handsome homes
with all modern improvements, deco
rations and fihisli. At present every
thing is peaches, grapes, and other
seasonable fruits, and for the grow
ing of these lands arc changing bands
rapidly.
In company with several Georgia
editors, we visited the Tift & Snow
peach orchard containg 450 acres
and on which are planted 45,000 fruit
trees, mostly peaches and plums.
The oldest trees arc three years and
are bearing freely, many bearing sev-
I eral bushels as fine fruit as the sun
ever ripened.
“Tifton is known as the Empire
ago. There are 700 acres under cul
tivation.
“But time nor space will admit of
a detailed account of all the things
of interest we saw on our trip, so
must close, merely remarking that
near Tifton is where the big G. A. R.
colony have located 35000 acres of
land and will found a settlement ot
several thousand veterans in the
course of a year or so.”
KILLED IN A CLOUD BURST-
Two Lives Lost in a Storm in Ohio yester
day—Crops llndly Injured.
Cixcinnti, July 22.—Various sections
of Ohio and Kentucky were visited by
severe storms last night. Rain and wind
did much damage.
At Howard’s Mill, near Ml. Sterling,
Green Garret was killed by a cloud burst.
Near Plattslnirg, the dwelling and farm
buildings of Edward Band were blown
down and crop destroyed. Shiloah
church, at Flanklin, Ind., was wrecked.
At Llshou, the barn and buildings of T.
B. Marquis were destroyed. At Salem,
Elisha Brigham was killed, and Charlie
Blyth and Jacob Weingart were badly
injured.
Many of our Northern friends ask
the question when prospecting here,
whether wo do not have cyclones or
severe storms, and when answered
in the negative,they betray a tinge of
suspicion in their countenance.
When we read in tho papers al
most daily that the people of the
north and west are experiencing fa
tal results from atmospheric disturb
ances, while wc enjoy comparative
immunity from the same, we have
reason to congratulate ourselves and
our northern cousins that wc can add
another advantage to our already
long list.
We are safe in saying that we are
freer from such fatalities, than any
other section of the Union. Watch
the newspapers for the next year and
see if wo are not borneout on this
point.
to
Wanted, at Once!!
Every young man who desires a good
position immediately at fixed salary
writo to the undersigned.
Also want every boy and girl who de
sires a thorough business education lids
summer at no more expense than to re
main nt borne, to write tho undersigned
immediately.
Further, Eveiy one who wishes an ab
solutely FitBK Cotmsn in Book-keeping,
Short-hand and Typewriting, Telegraphy
or Pen-art, to address undersigned with
out delay.
All who wish to register witlj our Em
ployment Bureau for position of any
kind, under guarantee of position, or
have money refunded, lo address us by
return mail.
Seven more applications for steno
graphers, book-keepers, otc.. received in
last thirty days than wc could fill.
The best school, the lowest rates and
easiest terms in America. Also, recent
purchasers Porter’s Business College.
Ga.-Ai.aiiama Bus. College,
Macon, Georgia.
i Garden district and a school teacher,
80 000 in a second and a message “The world is very lovelv-0 my God ; ev ? r? way 118U , CCe8 ?\. out of a hundred competitors,
g ! [ thank Thee that I live.” L, ^ 6 ~ rgla ^ a prize of *5 jn gold for the
bald be sent seven times around the [
showing, and never wiib a fruit ex-
M» w tick of a clock, 'and to Well it is lovely and grows more ^ , n G ift more perfect and befc . j
he moon in a second and a half and j so as the years roll on. The bouses
ft the wan eight minutes, but it would . arc more prettier, and our homes
Lkc four years to send a telegram to more comfortable, lhe houses are
Ipha Ccntauri the star that is near : j finer, and. so are the cattle and hogs
st the earth. Over our heads and j and chickens and dogs. The farms
A lad once asked Henry Ward
Beecher to find him an easy berth.
He replied: “You cannot be an
editoi; do not try the law; do not
think of the ministry; let alone all
ships, shops and merchandise; abhor
politics; do not practice medicine; be
not a farmer nor a mechanic; neither
bo a soldier nor a sailor; don’t work;
don’t think. None of these things
urc easy. Oh my son! Yon have
come into a hard world. 1 know of
only one eaBy place in it and that is
the grave.”
psible to the naked bye are stars so
pmote that if when Columbus dis-
avered America he had telegraphed
pi news to them the message would
jave not reached them. But the
f^soope at the Lick observatory has
and orchards are finer. I came by
Tifton and Cycloneta the other day
and it was a feast to look upon the
long rows of trees laden with peaches
and pears and plums and figs and
everything good to eat. Cycloneta
name.
“Before coming to Tifton wc passed
ter. arranged One building wui , ha(1 ftgood look ly, the model
sufficient for the fair* of two years \ r|m , )y t|)0 ^ A KJft , a 1{ ,
ago, but two hardly furnished room
enough for the one last week.
The Tifton Gazette of last week
consisted-of twelve pages filled with
spicy reading matter. Tifton, its
resources and industries were- por
trayed in excellent style and the paper
did credit to the town and the editors.
—Tbomaston Times.
as an immigrant winner, which it has
proven to be. No person seeing,
its superior crop of corn, oats,
peas, rice, potatoes, etc., and fruits,
bat is attracted with the superior,
ity of its products. The farm is
called “Cycloneta” from a storm hav
ing laid low the pines a several years
The fair edition of the Tifton .Ga
zette was a splendid paper. It con
sisted of twelve pages brimful of
good rending matter. Tifton aud its
tributary country were written up
in a style seldom equalled ir. country
trnalism.—Vitialm Star.
journal
District Conference
,The .Valdosta district conference
of the M, E," 0. South will be held at
Ashburn, Ga., commencing Aug.
1,1896, It is desirable that aU the
delegates of the various charges be
£ reseit t. Make your arrangements to
e present, through the entire session
brethren. H. Sthbbs, P. E.
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