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Tifton Gazette
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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 1895.
VOL. 5-
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The Labor of An Efficient Corps of
County Reporters.
ENIGMA AND EXIGMAITES.
An Interesting Letter from Our
Regular Correspondent-
Sings and Singing
Matters Grave
aud Gay.
Enigma, Ga., Aug., 5.—Editors
Gazette: Appreciating the deep in
terest your widely read paper has
always manifested in everything per
taining to moral, social and general
advancement of wiregrass Georgia.
I will tell you of an institution of
recent origin at Enigma. The first
session of the South Georgia Normal
music school opened here on July
20th and closed July 30th. The
school was presided over by Prof. J.
B. Vaughn, of Elberton, Ga., a musi-
sician of wide repute, ably assisted by
our own irrepressible D. L. Bledsoe
has proven himself a hustler of the
first magnitude. There was some
very determined opposition to the
success of the enterprise right in our
midst (we blush to state lt) but to no
avail. The school closed with over
forty pupils, coming from the coun
ties of Coffee, Worth,Irwin, Lowndes
and Podge. Everyone speaks in the
highest terms of praise of the pro
fessors in charge. Prof. V. opened
the school by singing and prayer af-
ter which he earnestly invoked the
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close attention of the pupils, lie
began at the first step and carried
them forward step by step, ’till the
highest order of proficiency was at
tained. His course was most tlior-l
ough and practical, and his black- j
board illustrations were so simply
given as to be readily understood by
the merest liovie in the muse’s art.
Music was taught in all of its parts.
Another session is to be held some
time near Christmas, but the exact
date has not yet been determined
up^n. It will be known as the
South Georgia Musical Convention,
and will take place of the AVithla-
coochec singing convention. Ses
sions of one weeks duration will be
held, presided over by our expert in
the music art. The future program
will be duly advertised in your wide
ly read Gazette. This session of
the school closed one day earlier
than advertised, on account of the
illness of Mrs. Vaughn, calling the
Prof. home. As soon as Mrs. V’s
health will permit lie will go to south
ern Arkansas, where he lias been
called to teach a large class in music.
By his quiet, affable, dignified bear-
fondest hopes and highest anticipa
tions of its many ardent friends and
and promoters and to D. L. Bledsoe
and Dr. J. H. Hammond belongs
the praise, for in the face of deter
mined opposition, they pursued the
even tenor of their way, working un
ceasingly for the success, which they
have so worthily and triumphantly
won. Long life to the enterprise, so
say we all Have you ever been to
Enigma, Messrs. Editors? No, then,
you have missed a treat and must
come down and take a “squint” at
everything.
NOTES.
Among the many visiting young
ladies, your correspondent was par
ticularly pleased to meet Miss Kate
Roberts, of Coffee county, and Susie
Lawrence, of Brookfield. They were
the guests of Miss Nannie Pool.
Messrs. Camel on, of Brookfield,
andJ. W. Warren, of Worth county,
were prominent among the visiting
young gentlemen.
Mr. Robt. Henderson, of Brook
field, always thoughtful of his friends
brought down a fine wagon load of
large luscious -watermelons and pre
sented them to the school. Very con
siderate and kind of you, Mr. Hen
derson.
Miss Lucy B. Haile, who has so
ably conducted the public school at
Enigma has gone to “her far-away
home in “Old Virginia,” to spend jiev
summer vacation. She will return
the latter part of September. Miss
Lucy has hosts of friends here who
waft her their best wishes for a
pleasant visit to her old home, and
friends of her childhood days. She
has been a most zealous worker i;i
the school room and the advance
ment made by her pupils speaks
volumn s in her favor as a teacher.
She lias given universal satisfaction
among her patrons. Not even one
dissenting voice.
Miss Lilia DcMott, left Sunday
for Pino Bloom on a yisit to relatives
and friends. She will be gone about
one month. The vacancy made by
her departure, in the hearts of her
numerous friends, Sunday-school and
social circles, cannot be filled by an
other, but is reserved for her on her
return.
Since some of our young ladies
left for a summer outing, at least two
of our young men have been wear
ing a look of utter dejection. Cheer
up, Gene, Uosco; every dark cloud
has a silver lining so it is said.
Mr. and Mrs. Ludie Reynolds left
last week on a visit to their old home
in Southwest, Ga. They were ac
companied by Mr. Win. Reynolds.
week a knight of the grip. He goes
on the road in the interest of the
North State Tobacco Co., of Greens
boro, N. C. Success to you Dol-
Revs. Cox and Webb, have been
conducting a revival in the Baptist
church here. G. M. W.
Sparklings.
Sparks, Aug. 6.—Mis. Isom Russ
is visiting friends and relatives in
Glen more this week. Hope she will
have a pleasant trip.
Prof. J. S. Sirmans is in town to
day, with the mail sack. Are you
mail agent, Joseph ?
L. G. McKinney has moved to the
Henry Mitns building, on Goodman
street, and now is a citizen of Sparks.
Miss Lizzie Hughes, of Dooly
county, left for home early in the
wees. The writer was sorry to see
her leave.
The yearly meeting at Concord was
quite a success. Several joined the
church and were baptized Sunday
morning in Brushy creek.
To the public I am-glad to say
that the telephone wire is now in the
best condition that it has ever been.
W. J. Rogers, of Bayboro, is in the
city to-day on business.
Mr. Shade Brice will soon have
his new dwelling house complete and
will become a citizen of the city,
Mr. II. L. Lovitt and his mother
have been very ill for quite a while.
Ilenry is improving, but his mother
is still very sick, but we hope to soon
hear of her recovery.
The oldest daughter of Mr. Win.
Wilkes died suddenly on Friday of
last week from overheat at New Hope
church on the Sunday previous. She
was buried Friday evening at Adel.
Sonnie Jones is getting in the lead
down the road. Say, hoys; down
there at Adel; can’t you get a move
on you ?
Mrs. Lucy Dias was struck with
an insane attack a few days ago, and
Dr. Z. T. Ethridge says she will have
to be sent to the asylum. J. W. I.
Thero is no town of its size that
has more Christian young ladies than
Sparks, and the majority of the young
men are pious, moral and temperate.
But little whiskey is used, and only
a few of our merchants sell' cider or
concocted tonics, and but very few
j of the white men ever indulge.
The laboring man should think
twice before paying 25 cents for a
bottle of poison stuff that will turn
him crazy, and cause him to do or
say things that he would not say or
do in the presence of the most pol
luted class.
Again, the man of family should
think before paying two dollais for a
jug of mean whisky, when his wife
has toiled hard to keep the mortgage
off her home, and instead of carrying
her a $1 pair of shoes he goes home
drunk. Again th'ink how long that
much money would pay the tuition
of his girl or boy at school. Think
how much literature that would pay
for his children to study at Sunday-
school, and while it would be doing
his children good it would benefit
some poor orphan boy or girl that is
not blessed with parents to look after
their welfare.
May God help them to think of
these truths and when they go to
spend their money for whisky or
its substitutes, may He turn their
thoughts to something tlmt is better
in the estimation of the people and
nobler in the sight of God.
Youjts Trudy.
MissEula Hill, of Sycamore, is
conducting the school at the Branch
school-house in a very efficient man
ner.
Our good friend and neighbor,
Hpn. T. B. Young, is very slowly
improving from his terrible accident
which happened on the first of June.
Success to the Gazette.
G. F. P.
[Thanks, come again, by all means.
—Ed.]
ATLANTA AND RETURN,
$4.00 lor t-lie Round Trip—Mon
day, August 10th, 1805.
Wo have arranged to run a special
personally-conducted excursion from
Palatka and intermediate points to
Atlanta and return at the extremely
low rate of four dollars for the round
trip, train to leave Palatka at 11:45
a. m., Monday, August 19th, 1895,
allowing four days limits on the tick
ets; returning Thursday, August 22dl
This train will be under the per
sonal supervision of Mr. G. A. Mac
donald, General Passenger Agent,
assisted by Messrs. W. IT. Lucas and
D. G. Hall, Traveling Passenger
Agents, and no effort will be spared
in making the trip comfortable and
pleasant The cars will only be al
lowed to be filled to their seating
capacity.
Refieshments will bo served on
the train under the direct supervision
of this company, and any who do not
desire to purchase sandwiches, etc.,
From The State of Irwin.
Ruiiy, Aug., 1.—Editor Gazette:
In compliance with a previous prom-1 lunoh » 1,0 Hto P s win b,> ma,l ° ro1
ise, 1 will endeavor to send a few lnua ^ en 10,1 f®'
items from our little village and vi- D’ 100 'v:\tei.
cinity.
The health of our locality is very
j on tire train are requested to bring a
We guarantee plon-
lft
CUT THIS OUT l
Write your name and address
across the back of it, take It to Dr.
J. C. Goodman's drug store and you
can pet a 25c bottle of Poarch’s Peas
for 15c.; besides, you will receive n
Poarch’s Peas Calendar on January
Is of each year as long as you live.
This was cut from the Tifton (Ga.) Gazette.
Mutters Religious.
Si’ARRS, July 30.—Mr. Editor: As
our correspondent never mentions
through your columns anything in
regard to the religious society of our
town, will you please publish this
letter, as I feel it the duty of some
one to speak a word of encouragc-
goou. Notwithstanding one would
think most of pur neighbors were
sick on learning of the daily calls our
little efficient Dr. T, W, FUis is re
ceiving. However, this is all simpli
fied when wo learn the extent of his
territory, which is from near Dakota
to Tifton; from Irwinville to near
Sumner, and other directions in pro
portion.
We chronicle with sadness the
death of Mr. R. L. Hunter, of Cyclo-
neta, who departed this life on Thurs
day of last week, lie leaves a wife
and three small children in very des
titute. circumstances, to mourn his
death. He was a member of the
Baptist church and seemed ready
and prepared to receive his Master’s
call.
Sheriff .lessc Paulk is in receipt of
a letter from the manager of the co’-
ony at Swan, Ga., (Mr. Fitzgerald,)
good.
There are two churches in Sparks
Methodist and Baptist—that are
ing while in our midst, lie won the
esteem of • every one with whom he i becomes our painful duty this
came in contact. Enigma, votes the! vee'lt to chronicle the death of Mr.
Normal a big success, and right here' Hiram L. Carter, which occured last j doillg \;” g(m , work , a n7 “each "has" a
Messrs. Editors, we will state, that a! Sunday noon, at the residence of Mr. | (lonris|)ing Sundtty RchooI . Prayer
more hospitable people cannot be, Walter Brown. He was employed j , Tieet ; ng t . very week and a well nttend-
fouml anywhere than right here in by Messrs. Brown & Jiro., naval ; ed c j^, s mec-ting every Sunday morn-
.Enigma and Berrien county. Tosay stores operators, as woodsman, and L u( . th(J MethoJl8fc c ,, urch . The
the occasion was an enjoyable one was held in high esteem by them, j peopfc of gpuric. Becm to be waking
would but feebly express it. The j well as by every one who knew him. I ^ Een8(J of their duty> and to
charming young ladies, the gallantj He was only sick three days but suf-| ^ijj^ tiiat, without God’s help they
young men (and old ones too) and j fared intense pain. He died away J cannot live successfully in this world
ment to those that are trying to do stating that lie will come into Irwin
but not!
ve Enigmaites vied each with the i troni lioine and relatives,
other to render the occasion one among strangers. Mr. Brown and|
continuous round of pleasure. You ! bis most estimable wife, assisted by!
should have been down. “Ve faber other iriends did everything in their
manipulator” was there in all his j power to alleviate his sufferings but
glory and the soul inspiring music | the great summons came from on
and so many pretty girls made ns a j high, and calmly and peacefully he
staunch friend with the Normal, j passed away. He was conscious of
There is nothing more refining, or his condition to within an hour of his
ns '
and reach heaven in the end.
I will say juBt here that the Ep*
worth League is doing u good work
in showing the young people that
there is work that they can do. It
meets every Tuesday night, with u
full attendance. Already several of
county within the next twelve months
with over 50,000 souls, and ho fur
ther states, that they will not be of
the typo styled “carpet-bag yankees,”
but straight, hard working and hon
est people. This, I think, is loo much I
for Irwin at once.. But if they must;
come we must hope foi the better, ]
and trust the manager is correct.
Another family of I’ensylvanians
has recently purchased .lands of Mr.
Polk Milner, of oar town, and are
here preparing to build. We wel
come Mr. Osborn, who is at the head
of the family, and all such men as lie
appears to be among us.
By the way, Mr. Editor, we had
the pleasure of spending one day last
the young men have taken the pledge week with .Bulge Hill, and ho told
and enrolled their names. Thissoci-
that appeals so strongly to the better j death and expressed his, willingness j pty jg e „ti r ely under the management
nature of a man than the sweet, me- to go to meet lus God. To the wri- of t()e yoilU g Julies, with ;Miss Mis-
lodlous strains of music, and the lm-j ter whose privilege it was to know
pression made upon the hearts and j and esteem him well, his death • was
- minds of the boys and girl* of Enig- U most unexpected and severe blow,
ma and surrounding country will be remains were sent to Jasper,Fla.,
lasting and for good. The success! for interment. Rcquiescat en pace.
of the school surpassed by far the: Mr. A. B. Hammond, becomes this required to do some good work
souri McCranie, President; Miss
Stella Bridges, Vice-President; Miss
Loula Parrish, Secretary, and others,
all of whom are good, Christian
yonng ladies, anu feel that they are
ns that he had been reliably informed
by Mr. Wiley Branch that Tommy
Paulk had killed a rattlesnake nine
feet long, that had swallowed a grown
coon. But we remember what Mr.
Hill said about Isaac Pritchard.
Mrs. Beaty and her lovely daugh
ter from near Ruby, are visiting rcla-
tivesjiu South Carolina.
There are too many attractions m
the city of Atlanta to permit enumer
ating them all. We, however, beg to
call your particular attention to the
great progress of the (-otton States
Exposition buildings which are now
practically completed, and through
which wo have made arrangements
to go. Among the many attractions
which are open to visitors, might he
named the following:
State Capitol Building, Young
Men’s Christian Association Rooms,
corner N.Pryor St.,and Auburn Ave.,
Young Men's Library on Marietta st.,
contains 20,000 hooks, Chamber of
Commerce, It. W. Grady Monument,
opposite P.O.,Grady Hospital Square.
Little Switzerland adjoining Grand
Park and Little Tyrol on Ponce <1e
Leon avenue, are charming pleasure
resorts, having rare flowers, lakes
with lilies and lotus plants, mineral
springs, etc.
Grant Park is justly called the
pride of Atlanta, and comprises 141
acres of land—seven miles of wide
graded drive-ways,six miles of shaded
walks, lovely lakes; the Gross Zoo
logical Exhibit is situated near Lake
Albana; the Cyclornmic painting,
! “Battle of Atlanta,” is here also;
Fort Walker, as left at the dose of
the war, with cannon still standing,is
in the southeast corner of the park.
Fort McPherson, the second larg
est F. S. A. Post and military reser
vation, having military band concerts,
dress parades and guard mount daily
is only four miles out.
Ponce de T.eon Springs, lake and
pavilions near Piedmont Park.
'Phis will bo the only apportunity
for a long time to come to visit the
Gate City at such a low rate of fare,
and we hope you will oppreciate the
fact that wo are trying to meet the
means of all by making Mich 11 rate-
Yours truly,
G. A. M vcuon’ai.u,
General Passenger Agent.
Special excursion trains will leave
Tifton on August 19th, at (5 p. m.
Returning, special train leaves Atlan
ta at 5 p. in., sharp, August 22.