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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895.
VOL. 5-NO. 25
OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS.
Irwiimlle lias now perfect tele
phonic connection with Ocilla, in the
same county.
Capt. J. G. McPhaul has charge of
Worth’s exhibit at the Atlanta Ex
position, which places it in good
hands.'
The Worth County Local expects
to move into its new quaiters in Syl
vester in a few days. Success to you
Bro. Allen.
Hon. Henry G. Turner is back to
\ bis home in Brooks, and is said to be
/ much improved in healtli from lus
European trip.
J. H. Hires was examined at the
last term of Colquitt Superior Court
and licensed to practice at the bar.
He will bang out his shingle in
Moultrie.
Three white men were arrested in
Echols county last week by deputy
marshals from Savannah and Macon,
for making and retailing^ wine that
was highly intoxicating.
Hon. M. Hendeison, Irwin’s Coun
ty Commissioner, has one of the
neatest, cleanest and most systemati
cally kept set of records the Gazette
man has seen in a long time.
Douglas, over in Coffee county, lias
recently secured a railroad and is
now reaching out after a bank. Bros.
Quincy & McDonald have been rais
ing a Breeze over there to some pur
pose.
/ A protracted service has been con
ducted this week at the Sunday
school tabernacle in Poulan, Worth
county. It began Thursday last,
and lasted until early in the present
$1 K
pected, as the affairs of the tirm have
been in bad shape for some time, and
all efforts to effect an adjustment
have failed.- The amount involved is
about $55,000.
A petition is going around to have
coming here with a view of making i Warrior. A Freewill Baptist ohurch
this our home, and of improving this
country, and they too, os well as our
selves, will be benetitted, then what
little hostility does exist, will vanish
and all will be willing tq welcome us
Mr. J. F. Monk appointed Post -Mas- citizens among you.--Colony Cor.
ter, in place of W. B. McPhaul, re-! News,
signed. Mr. Monk has as assistant
Post Master, had charge of the office
for some time, and has given univer
sal satisfaction. He will doubtless
get the appointment.—Moultrie Ob
server.
The Irwin County News claims
credit of giving the first news of the
calling of a special term of Irwin
Superior court to pass upon the Col
onists’ application for charter. The
Gazette was giving the news of this
call while the News was denying
that such an announcement had been
made.
Bro. lleese, of the Brooks County
News, has “put the big pot in the
little one,” sure enough, buying out
the plant of the Quitman Free Press.
This again gives Quitman one paper,
which is about the size of the town
after all. Editor Groover announces
as his reason for selling that he re
ceived the price asked. The paper
has been built at the end of the tram
and from what I can learn they have
a splendid congregation.
All of you one-horse editors will
have to' give the Local man the tip,
for his office is near completion and
he is making a nice thing of it.
Isumaki..
WITH IRWINITES.
o er
mug North and South, and Broad
way, of the same width, running
East and West. Paralleling Broad
way on the North, the streets are 80
feet wide and are named in honor of
distinguished generals cf the Union
army, and on the South side they are
named for men who distinguished
themsclyes in the defense of the lost
| cause. The minor streets running
parallel with Main street are Oak,
Pine, Maple, Walnut, etc. Each of
the four wards of the city will be
provided with large school buildings,
and on Lee street, near Main, a mag
nificent opera house is to be erected.
County Surveyor E. J. Hogan is run
ning the outer lines of the city prop
er this week, and when this is done,
will still be for Turner and sound the work of la y in S off illt0 town lots
moue y j will begin under the direction of Mr.
T . , , , . , . Welch, who is a skilled civil engi-
Irwin s tax levy for the present] „
year is 44.4 cents on the £100. Of t 1 oer ' o
this, 27c, is for bridge purposes,: Fiom the State of Worth.
while the Coroner, county court and] Sebe Harrell, Jr., lias tho chatn-
contiugent fund need no levy. 11 ur-! pion rice crop of Worth, lie lias it
rail for old Irwin! She now lias $1,-1 cut and in shocks. There are nine
721.15 in her treasury, is out of debt;
is building the finest lot of bridges
of any county in southwest Georgia,
and lias one of the best set of officers
of any county in the state. ,
\fhdgo Smith adjourns Irwin Su-j Several of our neighboring county
perior Court until Wednesday fol- courts are to be abolished because
lowing the first Monday in October, j they are not paying. From Sept., 25,
as several members of the bar have: 1804, to Sept. 17, 1895 Irwin county
to attend the session of Supreme court shows vouchers from County
court. 1 Treasurer Alex Melnnis, aggregating
Mrs. T. S. Williams and little son j the net sum to the general funds of
arrived at their home in Sumner on t £1,850.00, and to this amount may bo
last Saturday from Adel, where Mrs. j added £390.30, the amount received
s W. has been spending some time. since Judge Clements made his an-
with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. II. mini report for this year, which
Knight.—Local• : makes a grand total of $2,258,99.--
State School Commissioner Glenn, j News,
will be in‘Irwin next week, it, at- The Keystone Fruit, .Company has
tendance at the monthly meeting of 04 acres in vines, 40 in peaches, and
the Board of Education. lie desires! 5 acres in plums. The nursery cov-
to meet as many of the citizens of ers five acres, in which a million
that county as possible there! plants and cuttings are growing, con-
Mr. S. O. Boyd, formerly of Chat- “ 8tin B of 18 kiluls “ lld 300 varieties
tanooga, has purchased a third inter-; 0 ^ ru ' t * Phis company will plant
est in Patton & Morgan’s saw mill, j 50 i,crcs ,nore of orohard next wil) -
lThe new firm, The Patten & Morgan i ter > llutl 18 negotiating for a 1,000-
Co., has purchased a locomotive, some j acre P eiick ^ !irln 3 ,,8fc nortk Bou- •
railroad iron and new machinery.—! * an ‘ B owns the Mozelle vineyard j
Ashburn Advance. which was started eleven years ago j
,, \\r . r ,,, ... !by Mr. J. O. McPhaul, and was the
Mr. W. W. Davis, of the 4th dis- / , .
... n r i , . • .J first vineyard in bouth Georgia. The
trict, made the Local a pleasant visit . J , . . , ,
, , , rr , „ I . . vines are still thriving and bearing
I on last luesday. Mr. Davis is en-
, ... . «... i heavily. P urn trees set eight years
gaged, with others, in an effort to- J „ , „ . , , r
f „ .. . , , ago are now 6 to 8 inches thick at
build a Missionary Baptist church i.f , , , ...
r\ i. \ i i T i the base, and bear several bushe s
-.ear the Overstreet bridge on Little! ’ ,
1 every year. The company lias a pro-
tiver.—Worth County Local.
The residence of Dr. M. J. Crock
ett, at Sylvester, was destroyed by
fire on Friday morning of last week.
It M supposed to have originated
; from an aslipau on the back porch.
A good deal of the furniture was
Baved, but the house is u total loss.
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The friends in Sycamore of Mr.
i'i’Ashley Hawkins, of Macon, will be
cess of preserving fruit, and used a
large portion of its grapes this year
in the manufacture of unfermented
grape juice. A coid Btorage just un
der the hill with a stream of spring
water running through it keeps fruit
sound till they can dispose of it.—
Advance.
In the first place- must say that
we appreciate very much, the kind- j (w 'eHf,y-five
to .earn of his admission to | ne Bs and hospitality which most of ‘ v ' ne8 altogeth
the bar in Bibb superior court on the ' ...
23rd hist
in Cordele
fession.--
of them, twelve feet wide, and sixty
feet long, and will thresh out about
800 bushels.
Mike and Zack Chestnut have lino
crops, and arc pushing things along
lively. Zack will soon have his house
done, and will move off to himself.
Sebe Hall and Alex Dixon have
swapped places to get a chance to
move.
Pritchett, & Pridgen arc pushing
their turpentine interest for all it is
worth. Thby are in oho of the finest
belts of timber in tins county'.
Smith it Verecti are still at their
old stand in Colquitt, and are taking
off the scrape, preparatory to cutting
boxes as soon as tho seasons allow.
Jim Pitts, formerly of Tifton, lias
moved into Ins new house, and looks
as happy as a fat pig. Glad to see
his wife still improving.
Tom Spurlock is fixing up for
cold weather, weatherboarding his
house and improving things general
ly.
Damp Hancock’s wife is happy, as
lie has at last got his crib and kitchen
built, and tilings cleared up on their
new place. , >
J. D. Partin, that bought out Par
ker’s interest in the turpentine busi
ness, is pushing things ns usual. All
he needs now is sOrne good woman
to keep him straight and at his work.
C. A. Kendall is having a hard
time- His children are ail sick with
whooping-cough, and his youngest
died Thursday and was buried at
Kimball church. The family have
our sincere sympathy. There arc
several other cases of whooping
The editor of the Irwin County
News paid a visit to the colony last
week. Among other things, lie says:
“The two principal streets are shown When tho b | ack sba dow fell .
^ 8tr0 f o l2 i ^'f 1 ?: n ’Tj Southern hearts at Appomattox, and
it broadened and lengthened, until
its octopus-like arms reached into
every section of our southland, one
of them came ' creeping, creeping,
lengthening as it came, until it culmi
nated in one final tragedy, in the
sunniest part of our sunny land, and
the last star of hope watched by
grieving widows or bleeding heroes
of the Lost Cause, went down for
ever.
To seo the place now, whero the
bright sunlight is thrown back from
the glittering green leaves or tho sil
very' waters of the running brook,
where tho breezes gently murmur
through the sighing pines, and the
supple grass fondly bends beneath
their kisses, it is hard to rcalizo that
here was culminated a nation’s tiage-
dy, and from here went the news
that brought tho last sigh of departed
hope from many a devoted southern
heart.
Irwinvillo is the most historic, but
not the largest of southwest Geor
gia’s inland county-sites. By its his
toric memories, it is dear to every
southerner, but its neighbors have
outstripped it in growth and enter
prise, and owing to its isolated posi
tion, it stands to-day as it stood fifty
years ago, the nucleus of a self sus
taining, live-at-home citizenship, but
not yet struck with the craze for
gain called tho nineteenth century
hustle.
Around it are settled a wealthy,
but quiet and law-abiding people, and
some of the most beautiful and com
fortable homes of south Georgia are
within a radius of a few miles of it.
The Faulks, Youngs, Clements,
Fletchers, Hogans, Lukes, Hender
sons, Whitleys, Dortnineys, and oth
ers arc the county's fathers, and tho
names that have made Irwin esteemed
and respected among her sister coun
ties.
Two business firms arc located
there, J. B. Leeifc Co., and K. W.
Clements it C'o., the former a gener
al merchandise establishment, the
latter an extensive turpentine plant.
Both do a good business, and arc in
close touch with tho people.
Dr, W. L. Julian is located there,
and has an extensive practice. The
people in that country do not get
sick often, but when they do, Dr.
Julian is the man they want, and ho
is always prompt and attentive.
In a recent visit, it was a pleasure
for the writer to meet and shake
hands with many of these good poo-
plc. First, there was clever, genial,
M. Henderson, tho able county com
missioner whom ovory body in south
Georgia calls “Nas,” and whose
name,dates buck to my childhood’s
memories, lie is giving Irwin an ud-
ents. Judge Jim is making the
county court of Irwin a model tor
her sister ebunties to follow.
There was Marcus Luke, and his
handsome son, Jesse, and genial
David Hogan, and clever J. B. Lee,
and numbers of others, who, while
horny banded soils of toil, are Irwin’s
mainstay and backbone.
Mr. 11. W. Clements has indeed a
model southern home, surrounded by
acres of fertile and well-tilled lands,
vineyards and orchards, the pear-
trees yet burdened With their load of
luscious fruit, and the scuppernong
vines—yum! yum! Great Scott!
I can’t describe any further. Mrs.
Clements lias one of the finest collec
tions of flowers in the South, and ev
erywhere about the homestead, every
nook and corner bears evidence of
her housewifely skill and industry,
the skill attained by so few, of mak
ing home, home like.
Rumor lias it that Irwinvillo is
soon to have a newspaper, and if she
does, she will soon join in the uni
versal r ice, for precedence.
Next week she will have, her semi
annual waking-up and jubilee, for its
the regular session of Superior court,
when she will take on a bustle al
most equal to Broadway.
There are no cleverer better peo
ple anywhere than in Irwin, and the
best of it is, they live on the hog and
hominy plan, and raise it all at home.
PAYING POSITIONS
Rocnreil for Young; Mon tmil Women With
out Charge*
Tlioro Is no longer need of any young
man or woman remaining Idle, if disposed
to work, Is clearly proven by the way In
which scores of them are being placed bv
lho Georgia Business College, of Macon,
OB., through the Employment Bureau.
Eight wore placed Iasi week and four
this, In several different slates; some as
teachers, some as stenographers, some as
accountants and office men, and others as
operators—tho work in all eases being
pleasant and desirable.
Competent persons .can register with
them on payment of small fee, under a
guarantee of position or money refunded.
Those so desiring may tAko any business
couso on easy terms at one-half the
charge, hi oilier institutions, and secure
positively guaranty, of positions if wished.
Their banks and offices for drill of stu
dents in Actual Business are declared to
bo us handsome and comprehensive ns
those of any commercial bank In Georgia
and wholly iinnpproaebed by those of
any other college. Students are present
thin year from all pads of America and
several foreign countries.
All inturested In obtaining employment
or business education, should avail them
selves of the unrivaled opportunities and
write at once to I*i«kh’t Gkouoia I!i:si-
'.njsbs roi.i.BOK, Macon, Ga.
Valdosta District -It Ii Hound.
Tifton, .Sept. 28-29; Wilhtcoochee,
Out. 1; Cordele, Oct. U-7: Brooke,
Oct. 12-18; Quitman, Oct. 13(at
night)-14; Valdosta, Oct. 15; Adel,
Oct. 19*20;'Htibirn, Oct. 22; Lake
1’ark, Oct. 2(i- 27; Aslibnrn and .S.,
Nov. 2-3; Milltown, Nov. 9-10; Crisp,
Nov. 10-17; Ii'winville, NoV. 23-21:
Worth, Nov. 80, Deo. 1.
cough in that section
G. A. Horkan has the finest lot of mini8tr «tion that is pi.ing the ducats
! im m tlm ommloL oriffnt.., n■<A Ll n
I hav I have seen
, ; up in the county’s coffers, and his
lie sowed pens on * , . , 3 ,
i 1 -"-i- - *« nn ,i appro
ach, and cut hay and 1 1?*™* to
tlier. I doii’t think he j c ' a tf by every traveler.
Every column of a newspaper cjii-
tains from 6,000 to 25,000 distiuct
pieces of metal, according to the size
of the paper and type. The displace
ment of any one of these means an
error. Is it any wonder that errors
sometimes occur!' Still some people
think it awful to find a mistake in a
newspaper, and when they find one
they make it a point to tell the
, „ ,, ,, ,, editor about it.—Ex.
I hen there was J. B. D. Paulk,j
Cotton is worth today 3 cents a
pound more than it was last March
and silver is worth I of a cent an
r ,, t, ,r i ,i. . I, , . ,, ,mimstrator, the meeting with both of ounce less than it was hist March.
Judge Lower, Monday appointed {ity, still I Hunk in lime that this will hard time w.th typhoid fever. It L hoin will be Ion , renicnibcrc d with If that’s the way the price of silver
has relapsed when just recovering Jik , amlrt , ' > ( , Toc| , the price of wtton . , v!wt more
rom a t nrfcy ay » attac . Then Judge Jim Clements, the j do von want?—Ru~Oaiues Sentinel.
Alford & Sloan s tram is between j youngest and ablest of South Geor-i *
Lam I owel! s and Jones’, and they igia’s county judges, with his vonera-
arc cleaning up the timber along tho 1 bio aud genial father, U, W. Clem-
4-M. Smith, of Oglethorpe, us re- ; die- away. And when your people
deiver for the firm of Cowan, Usry &j here, who are adverse to our coming,
, at Worth, Georgia, with J. B.j will come to realize that we are,
as general manager of the bind- comparativly speaking, good moral
This was not entirely unex-1 men and women, and that we are
■ ■ V •' M 1 Ivttrte toil cures*
• i. u i'D; CuU, Sx res, Burns and
»or j c.