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THK GAZETTE
TIFTON, GA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 2; 1895.
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The Tifton Gazette.
IMJIJMSIIEJi WEEKLY. .
ATTRACTIVE ASHBURN.
BALDRIDGE & FILWOOD,
Kditors and Proprietors
er fellow and rising young attorney
, —*- who will fittingly grace the Georgia
h \ m l.® pc,, r* _ W ' ban, although /.is good looks are a lit
tle against him.
Deft-fingered If. A. Wliiby has a
Official Organ City of Tifton.
W. J. (Uncle Jack) Story, one of
; my the most pleasant in recollection j
although outside his hospitable home; Vf"esubiishmentT which
TKItMS OV BUHSCIUPTION:
One Year
Six Months— , 50
Three Mon tils....
ISVAUIAIll.V IN AI1VAKOE.
raged one of the most severe ram-i ^ hag buUt up by industry and ap-
' storms I have ever witnessed. His
dwelling was situated in the midst of
1 plication to business.
Other firms too numerous to inen-
28 an ^ grove, near a small stream, j ^ are there< AmofJg them the
land as we sat around the glowing^ whefe Jeft()r ^ e prices
Entered at the postofflce.atTitton^eorgla, a hearth, the whistling wind lashed
mall matter of the second cla»».
Tifton as a Resort.
... j speaks more plainly than his tongue;
the mourning pines into plaintive fury, Tfac Wor]d gtore utl(]er the manage .
There is no location in the South
that is so admirably adupted for this
special purpose as our own little city
of Tifton, located about equally dis
tant between the Gulf and the At
lantic, ar.d far enough north to occu
py about the crest of the rolling
ridge land, running from the south
western corner of the State in a
north-easterly direction giving it the
highest elevation that is possible for
this latitude, which is about four
hundred feet above sea level, lifting
if, above the malarious flat lands
further south, and ut all times com
manding a delightful breeze from
either the Gulf or the sea.
It was practically demonstrated
during the Yellow Fever epidemic at
Brunswick, that this dread rnaladay
could not live, in Tifton. The gates
of the city were thrown open to the
refugees from Hie “City by the Sea”
and not until neighboring cities com
pelled us to, did we quarentine
against the yellow fever. Having
an equable, dry climate, both winter
and summer season, we can challenge
any other section to produce another
such all the year-round-climate.
For this reason, many people tif-
llicted with throat and lung troubles
have found a cure in our midst, and
Hint after having tried numerous
other resorts. If von will examine
and the slender’ oaks bent their
beads to the driving rain. It was
ment of T. W. Tison & Son, docs its
share of the worlds business; the two
half a mile to the nearest neighbors I ry e$tabIi8hmcnts;livery 8tables ,
house, and settlements were few and | beef Inarkctg| etc-) the 8olid e8tabUsh .
far between.
A few months I passed there again.
Time and mammon, hand in hand
with the Godesses of Progress ami
Push, had, with one wave of their
magic wands, transformed the rural
scene. As if by touch of some fabled
genii, the old homestead had disap
peared, and a city grown in its stead.
The roar of the whistle and ring of
the saw frightened the nimble deer
to other haunts, and the bustling
squirrel have fled before the sound of
woodman’s axe.
Tins city was Ashburn. And
Bince then its growth lias been steady,
rapid and phenonemal. Peopled by
a class of the most refined, intelli
gent and moral citizenship, their in
fluence so counteracted upon their
. ment of G. B. Gorday, and the well-
stocked and excellently managed
store of M. W. Gaskins & Co., ail go
to place Ashburn in the front rank
of Georgia’s growing, bustling cities.
It 1ms handsome chinches and good
schools, all excellently managed’and
and well filled. In the Methodist
church, the Valdosta District confer
ence is in session’ this week, and
and Ashburn church-goers are hap
py. Two of the largest Sunday
schools in Worth county are located
there. Since the early organization
the Methodist lias been under the
Superintendence of J. W. Evans and
the Baptist that of W. A. Marray,
and to such an extent have the hearts
of the little ones entwined themselves
around these good men, that they
have never been able for all these
gurrroundings, that to-day the town
is recognized as one of the most mor-j toexcbangc thein .
al and religious as well as progressive \
in this section of the state. lTs bus
iness men have thoroughly demon
strated that religion does not inter
fere! with business, and its extensive
turpentine and lumber operators
prove beyond question, that the man
elevates the calling; degrades the
man.
Here also is the home of the justly
celebrated Henry Smith, of the Ad
vance. He is independent of black
berries, for his collard patch makes
him so, and he does not fear to make
liis subscribers mad dunning them j
for hog and hominy. Ho had just
come hack from Cordelc when T got
If you intend saving money,
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go at it as if you meant it. You will
leave a “stone unturned” if you don’t
get some of the Great Values we
are offering at present.
there and was almost in despair. He
If you want a thorough description wft8 „ cttin( , ovcr t h c effort to convince
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ieally, Tiflon is strategically located,
with commodious railroad facilities,
leading lo the four nardinal points;
of the compass, mi well as'to all
points of interest and commercial
importance, we become at, once tho 1 Saturclav was
natural commercial center of
v A g'- tviiig Dvui tnu uiiui it lu iami v him., i . ... . __—. /'~N ~1
of the town, topographical and other-: thc op]( , tbat bo was not John A ( . r .T'pqf OTYT YT OTIT rS Q I l-A
Hie map you will see Unit, geogrupli- w iso,subscribe for the homepapor,tl.e j gmit | n|u] t Co ,. dclc they want . XA. VJT-1 Oct ll XXUIill Ldjll U Odl±t5
Advance, and get it. Space is too j t . fl l0 tako him fol . T[oko Smith’s!
limited for me to attempt it hero.
Since my first visit to tlm place.
brother, so Henry had to leave. j
’ Ho is modest and retiring, and i
each succeeding one has brought j neit | 10l . wimtc , U o eat or drink all
new surprises, and the paid last I tlm( . Hoke’s brother would have to had
! rule. Several
no exception to the j
new and handsome
do,
In Lawns, Muslins, Dimities,
Ginghams, Chambreys,
Crepes, Sateens, Ribbons, Silks,
Etc., Etc.
t0 . ° r P ,obat>1 y j These goods will b sold away below value.
i
•onnt ry uuoiit us, and having a Hor-1 buildings have been erected since
tucultural uml Agricultural section I
that ii unexcelled by any. We can
say to all, that for health, business,
! narrowly escaping an appointment
in the Interior department.
It’s city council have had some tine
done recently on Ashburn’s i
•fas*
was there last, among them, thc
$11,0(10 residence of ('apt. .1, S. Betts | r
pleasure and future prospects com-; al,( * 1,1(1 e, l lia,, . v hamlsomo one of 8trc(!l8) which add in no small degree j
bined, we can present the happiest I Capt. J, S. Shiugler, which is «P-! l0 the city’s beauty and heultlifulness. 1
any! proachiug completion.
The Golden Rule
and strongest, Combination of
section in the United Stales.
Out at tiui beautiful suburban
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llilldmi'd Itros. ,V Co's. Cotton
Report •
The governmeni; weikly weather
report again says that the crop is
Ashburn is second only to 1 iftlQb j home of clover Joe T. McLendon I
m handsmiie residences in all South ] experienced a pleasant sur
prise.
I Georgia, and almost, equals the < oito ; 'j’hreo years ago, together with his
suffering from loo much moist tire,
with Ihc-exeeption of thill in Wont.h-
western Texas. There sonic rain
has fallen, hut an inadequate amount,
Fnder the most favorable weather
conditions, i! is assorted by promi
nent authorities, that Slate, will not
raise within 1,000,000 hales of hist,
year’s crop. There is, therefore,
great diversity of opinion, and as
usual, ignorance of the actual con
dition makes the supposed one the
more vehemently espoused. The
trading is, however, listless, except-
Oity in some of her magnificent bust
ness emporiums. Among the largest!
two handsome, energetic sons, 1 ate
some peaches from a tree on the
is the brick'building occupied by J. Tift Bio's farm. This evening, I ate
S.BeltsifcCu. These gentlemen have
some peaches from a tree that was
a pay roll nearly '100 strong, and the ; growi^ from the seed of one of the
loads of goods that go out of their peaches at that date, and this tree
palatial establishment would make n has born nearly ten bushels of fruit
wholesale dealer’s mouth water, this year.
demands that you veil every man, woman and child,
about the saving chances offered through our en
tire stock. Wc have car loads of’ goods soon to
arrive. Our prices will help us unload our preset stock.
Tobacco at 25c. Coffee, worth 25c. at roc.
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40c
Potash, ioc. at 05c. Snuff, 2 i-2cts. per box.
Brooms, worth 20c. at i2ic. Blacking at 04c.
Soda, ioc. si/.c, at 6c. Black pepper, per pound, 10c.
Gun powder, per pound, 20c. Gun caps, per box, 05c.
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Their immense mills turn out car-loads
of lumber daily, and the hum of their
After a pleasant hour with gonial
Bob Patton, of Patton & Morgan,
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saws give tho town an air of push who have recently connected their
and business,
Shinader A
lawrcncc,
(nulls with Ashburn by tram road,
nock and I hoarded the homeward bound train
ing from the transfer in positions by m’ck with 11 middle Georgia hoy, W.; feeling hotter for only a brief stay
those remaining stiong in their faith. A. Murray, are three hustlers that' with those clever, good, hospitable
I he recent, large purohosc of &pot| bavi i done much to make their town people.
( otton 111 New Or cans for account , , , , . „„ A 1
! an acknowledged trade centre. 1 lie
of Kuglisli spinners, checked, in our
market, a general selling movement,
stocks carried by them are large and
with great celerity; and it was noted ! varied, and they have built up
Unit the arrest of the decline was | business that is advertising their
Don’t, take anything for Torpid t.iver
nit y<
Caustty
until you have tried Dr. Westmoreland's
a' (’allsaya Tonic.
followed by the considerable buying j town through three counties,
or the more conservative houses in!
trade. This inter development is !
I stepped into the full stocked
II. IT. II.
Hides Have Advanced
from $8.00 to Si0.00 per 100lbs.
Consequently all leather goods
have advanced. We have 3500
4. —
Pairs Shoes, purchased before the
advance. Our customers will
reap the benefit. Come and get
your shoes at less than market value.
an augury of the appreciation by the firooory establishment of
W. Wul-
fratje in general that u marked
reces-
ker, lie doesn’t look as if ho Was'a
sion from present prices is unlikely: fast, walker, is the best advertisement
that “cotton is cheap.”
Muil advices from tin
South lire
of the most contradictory ohurooter,
of his own goods that I have ever!
seen. No matt could eat impure i
euo
OUR CUT PRICES
itid from them it is difficult to get | groceries and present the hold and
lliy concurrence of opinion, except- advancing front to the public that’
ing that the crop is late, and Unit| friend Walker does, lie is only
this must eventually express itself in i
their receipts at the ports. Farther,
the plant; is small in numerous local
equaled us an advertisement bv friend
Stark Cox, at the hotel. Stark once •
ities, and it is evident that its eapiic- kept a livery stable, hut as he waxed j
ity to contend with further adverse fat the horses he drove waxed lean
conditions in an unknown quantity,
with thc probability against it.
With the progress of the season, if
appeal's that the movement of mer
Reach every department
through our STORES.
'Ome and C.—
and lie found h»> had to unit keeping
hotel or a livery stable one, arid tvs a
PADRICK BRO'S.
am soiling tho latest and
man eotild get along better without a most approved machines on \ ~ , _ ' .
eiinmlise m the South excivds ih..t (''-mi than lie could without seine-'the market. Correspondence I A*| I (Js PC AT I AY.VT p AAQ--
for several years, and the smaller; thing to eat, he let the livery business i solicited. N. F. TIKT, -IJvCtV.LV.T C U1 UD VV -l -L i;UU0i!
Manufacttitor's Agent.
| i also met Col. J. A. Corner, a cl ev j Albany', Ga., June i. 1895,
htisuiess men there are li ss conserva-1 go.
live in their purchase
Main St., Tifton, Georgia.