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THE GAZETTE: TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1895.
The Tifton Gazette.
PI/BLI8HBD WEEKLY.
Tlic Gazette PoMisiiiog Coinpahv, Proprietors.
Official Organ City of Tifton.
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A PEBNICJIOUS SYSTEM. LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
TKKMH OF BUBHCTIIITIOX:
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Entered at the [lostofllce, at Tifton, Ocorgia,»
mail matter of the second elans.
lilt. OKO. M. WE8TOW Is the Uazkttp. b ail-
fit thorlsed agent at Enigma, who will receive
and receipt for subscriptions and all dues to the
paper and contract for Job work, etc.
nror.d.M. PATTEN is an authorized agent
1 for the OAZBTTIt,and will receive and receipt
for subscriptions and dues to the paper; as well
as contract for work. , , , .. -
sitacacg brickyards, turpentine farms, etc.,
displacing a like nrnuber of lionest.
The press of the .State, by a large
majority, favors the abolition of the
present conyict lease system an3
working the convicts on the public
roads, and the people, if allowed to
vote [upon it, would doubtless favor
the change by an overwhelming ma
jority.
There are many reasons why this
change should be made, but the one
we mention ought to be sufficient, it
is well known that'under the lease
system the State’s convicts are doing
lubor that should be given to honest
then. They are employed in mines,
The wise advertise.
If the legislature'^ wise in its day
and generation, it will let the Bush
bill severely alone. ThU bill pro
vides for the inauguration of the
liquor dispensary law in Georgia.
This law places the liquor traffic in
the hands of the State government
and the profits arising from its sate
goes into the State treasury.
The Gazette takes the ground that
It is best to let well enough alone in
this matter. We have a law w'hich
gives the people in each county the
right to say whether they will have
liquor sold in their respective coun
ties, and this is the essence of dem
ocracy. It is home rule in its most
The legislature is now m session
and the Mid way aggregation is happy.
| laborers, while the highways of the j inviting form.
Under the local option law, if the
sentiment in favor of prohibition is
strong enough to carry an election,
it is also strong enough to enforce
The exposition is now at its best, j , ire) generally speaking, in a
: deplorable condition.
It is hoped that the present legis-
Col. 11. tt. Haines has been elected
Commissioner of the Southern States
Freight Association.
'Die scintillations of Mont, Fol
som’s genius are largely in evidence
in the Homo Tribune.
lature will at least take the initial
step toward having this pernicious
system wiped out, and thus remove
a foul blot from Georgia’s otherwise
fair escutcheon. Tile law-niakfrs
need have no fears as to public sen
the law afterwards. Where this sen
timent does not exist the law could
not be enforced, ft would be rank
folly to substitute for the local op
tion law one which would seek to
The season’s catch of oysters prom*
tirnent upon this subject, as no fair- force prohibition upon the people
minded person favors putting con- j whether a majority favored it or
jvie.t labor <>n work that, should be
iscs to be a fine one. Sucker fishing! done b? men unadorned with stripes.;
continues good—at Atlanta.
not.
Tfie Gazette favors
temperance in
It may be put down as a trip pie-
plated fact that the Eleventh district
’lows to keep Cap!. II. G. Tumor
where he is until he is called up
higher.
Who of all the Solons now assem-! everything, but it is satisfied that
bled in Atlanta will be the first to| those who are working for the Bush
champion, in an effective way, the j bill, however honest they may be, are
cause of honest labor:
Some of the Georgia press gang !
are inquiring where Hon. Pat Walsh
is “at.” The Gazette is not his.
Say what you may, the day of the mouthpiece, but does not mind say-
hay, in Albany a great one will be. I jug that no matter where he is “at”
in imminent danger of losing the
j substance while making frantic ex-
jertions to grasp a shadow.
Let well enough alone. It always
pays to do so.
And Me. lie’ll be there, with some now he will bo in the thickest of the
seed in his hair, and a smile that’ll light for the nominee of the national
bn good to see.
I f more effort was given to gather
ing important facts of progress rather
than details of crime, if would have a
good effect,says a contemporary. The
Gazette
lorses the suggestion.
The Union County Courier, pub
lished at Elk Point, S. 1),, in one para
graph calls its competitor “a lying
old skunk,” and in the next warldas
that’’kind words are never forgot
ten.”
A Stale juvenile reformatory is one
of the questions that will ebrne before
the present session of the legislature.
The establish men t of such an instil u-
tion would doubtless result in much
good.
Democratic convention in I BOG, with
the other free silverites who have
been temporarily led astray.
As the years roll by the honest
people of every county in Georgia
[become more and more determined
to wipe out, the disgraceful ns well
; as the illegal practice of buying am
! selling votes. They argue that th
man who will bitv Votes to seeuri
The “free and unlimited’’ are be
ginning to feel like they want sorne-
i thing to stand on.'
For derangement of tlie stomach and
| bowels, there’s nothing like Dr. AVest-
| inoreland’s Calisaya Tonic. For sale at
Paulk’s Drugstore.
PAYING POSITIONS
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j Secured for Young Men uml Women With
out ’Charge.
, There is no longer need of any young
I j matt or woman remaining idle, if disposed
to work, is clearly proven by the way in
j which scores of theni are being placed by
j the Georgia Business College, of Macon,
office is not bribe-proof and there,s j On., through the Employment Bureau.'
For Bargains and New Goods
AT THE LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH, 60 TO
R. LEE B OWEN,
Dealer In
Dry-Goods, Notions, Shoes, Groceries,
Hardware, Croekery,
And In Fact Everything Usually Found in a General Store.
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To See is to Be Convinced.
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GIVE ME A CALL,' '
Main Street, TIFTON, GEORGIA.I
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ENOCH P BOWEN,
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DEALER IN
Greneral M^erclTaiTcLis*
OF 1 ALL KINDS.
MISREPRESENTS NO GOODS AND GUARANTEES GOOD VALUES.!;
UNDERTAKER.
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Orders For All Sizes and Grades Filled Promptly.
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Near the B. & W Depot, Tifton, Ga-
G. W. JULIAN.
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this view of tint sub-!
Fight were placfd last week and four
J this, in several dilTcient states; some as
i teachers, some as stenographers, some as
accountants and office men, and others as
The Albany Herald will issue a
,, . , ! operators—the work in all cases being
Hay Day edition on November i'tlt, | l , lt , as4lint atllI acslrablc.
which promises to lie one of the most
important papers ever sent out from
Albany. The Me. In toshes—they
couldn’t issue any other kind, if they
Commissioner Nesbitt has submit-1 tried. Ilog Hominy and Hay, will
lio the leading topics.
ted his aiiniial report to the gover
nor. It gives a glowing account of j
the condition of agriculture in the
The Constitution
says New-York
Stale and is it document of mneh im- j politics tiro almost, as badly mixed
portanec to farmers, dairymen, etc. as the arguments of the “goldbngs.’j
| As tliero are no goldbugs in the
I United States, we are at a loss to
The Journal nnd Constitution each
claim to have the largest circulation. I know where the goldbugs referred to
Now, it is clearly evdient that one of j live nnd have their being?
the other Iiiih been encroaching on
truth, ami a suffering people would
lie pleased to know which is the vile
monster.
Gen. Ilongsticot lisa written a
hook in wliioh he severely criticises
Gen. Lee‘and lays at bis door the
blame for the downfall of the Con
federacy. It is to bo regretted that
of all the world, Gen. I.ongstroet is
the only one to question Hobt. K.
Lou’s generalship.
It is said that Hon. II. IL Peeples
will not be in the race for the solioitor-
gencrnlship of this circuit. This has
started people to talking about how
nicely ho would fit on the bench or
even in Congicss. Our Henry is one
of Georgia’s coining men, ns the next
few years will doubtless hIiow.
Great Britain sooms to treat with
President Cleveland nnd his offi
cial household have visited the expo
sition nnd woro treated to a round
of genuine Georgia liospitulity.
While in Atlanta ho road the news
of the world in the columns of the
Journal.
Competent persons can register with
them on payment of small fee, under a
guarantee of position or money refunded.
Those so desiring may take any business
couso on easy terms at one-lmlf the
charge, in Other institutions, and secure
i positively gunranty of positions if wished
Their hanks nnd offices for drill of stu
dents in Actual Business are declared to
he us lmndsomo and comprehensive ns
those of any commercial bank in Georgia
nnd wholly unapproached by those of
any other college. Students are present
this year from all parts of America and
several foreign countries.
All Interested in obtaining employment
or business education, should avail them
selves of the unrivaled opportunities nnd
write at once to Pues’t GnonoiA Ilust-
NKSS Coli.eok, Macon, Ga.
Bankers and Wholesale Grocersl
TIFT
GEORGIA
Public patronage is respectfully solicited, and prompt at-|
fetation given to the smallest as well as the largest orders.
? L A N T STS T E M
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Col. I). B. Sweat lma rc-embarkod
in journalism in Waycroes. The
first number of tho Journal is neat,
newsy and up to dntr—a gem of n
journal, nnd shows signs of vigor.
Success to you lire. Dan.
Ballot reform should go on until
tbo atmosphere around the polls on
election day is free from the taint of
liquor and the “late” voter is no
more.
Atlanta prepared to entertain 100*
000 visitor* comfortably tins week
and she did it, Groat is Atlanta
silent contempt America’s proposition ; nn(1 the Journal is her mouth-piece.
to arbitrate the Venozula troubled —
Very well. America licked her twice f^outh Carolina’s constitutional
In tho days agono, whon the shooting I convention is still hammering ttwny.
was not ncirly so good its it is now,
and wo wore not so well pro- l H ‘nsary law
pared to individualy lick our weight
Notice to Patrons.
On unit after January 1st, WOO, aubsorlptiona
to tho (lazetto wilt lie Invariably CASH IN AD
VANCE. This applies to ono and all.
Our reason for adopting this system Is thnt
llftcen years' experience In Wlrograss (leorgla
journalism touches us that,
It 1s the fairest and best, both for publisher
and patron;
lly Its strict enforcement, tho stdiscrlber has a
bettor palter, and tho publisher more Mentis am)
money;
It Is unfair to send a man more goods than he
orders, anti then ex|icet him to )iay for them;
It Is tho willy means by which aiulcatde ami
fraternal relations can be maintained between
publisher amt patron;
If the credit system will ruin any other busi
ness, whore It Is not accompanied by oredlt
prices, then It will ruin the newspaper business
as »foll. Therefore, we drop It.
The pai>er, as It now stands. Is a representative
one, Itoth of this ictty ami section. It Is worth
every cent of the money asked for It, autl we in
tend to make It better (every month. To those
who sre willing to pay foT It, we are anxious to
semi It; we see nothing to lie gained by forcing
It on others.
tin the Itrst day of January, wo shall drop
from our list all those In a rears, au t proceed to
collect the money, between now nnd then, our
representative will endeavor to see every sub-
if that body will wipe out the dis
Jill will bt» forgiven* *fcril>cr, ami w© tell you now, In confidence, the
a lx»t way to pet rid of him ts to pay him up and
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B. DUNHAM
General Superintendent,
B. W. \VRKNN,
P. T. Mng’r. Savannah, Ga.
GKO. W. COATES,
D. P. Agt., Brunswick Ga
Baldridge & Fulwood,
ROOMS 1 AND 2,
Tifton, -
PAULK BUILDING,
GFeoracia.
S. Gr. SLACK,
Contractor and Builder,
AND DEALER IN
iii wildcats, and slto can and will do
it again if Mrs, Vic’s pet
behave properly.
The Sparta Ishmuclite is one of
the few democratic papers in the
wandered off after
le don’t State that has
'strange gods.
lot him go, for he has an abnormal appetite and
owr Instructions t«» stay until he is paid, if he
has to eat it out. Meanwhile, we propomt to give
you the newsiest paper in Southwest Georgia.
Vours to serve,
Tiik OAzrrn: Pi m.tsirtxo Comiwdv.
*■ PAIiSTTS,
Tifton,
HARDWARE,
3 OILS,
Georgia.