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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 14. 1896.
VOL. 5-NO. 43
CITY DIRECTORY.
Municipal.
Mayoh—F. O. Boatright.
Clebk and Tbeahukeb—H. 8. Murray.
COUXCILMEN—H. H. Tift, E. F. Bowen, W. W.
Timmons, J. A. Plillllps, L. G. Maynard SC W. ().
Padrick. Council meets tint Monday night in
each month.
Secret Societies.
Tittox Lodge, No. 47, F. Sc A. M,—J.S.Gaulden
W. M.j B. T. Cole. Secretary. Meets third Sat
urday night in each mouth.
TrrroirClIAlTEK, No. 47, R. A.M.—F. G. Boat-
Ight(H.P.. Dr. J. A. McCrca, Secretary. Meets
tint Saturday night in each month.
FntEY Woods Lodge, No. GO, K. of P—E. J.
Williams, C. C.; H. S. Murray, K. of R. Sc 8.
Meets every Thursday night.
Literary and Social.
Tiftok Litebaby Club—Meets every Monday
night, at residence of Mr. E. H. Tift. Mrs. E. H.
Tift, President; Hiss Catherine Tift, Secretary.
Epwobtb League—Religious services every
Sunday afternoon at 6:15. Literary meeting ev
ery fourth Friday night.
Church Appointments.
Method,st—Rev. C. E. Crawley, Pastor. Serv
ices every first and third Sunday, at 11 KK» a. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at 7:00.
Baptist—Rev. P. A. Jessup, Pastor. Services
every second and fourth Sunday, at 11:00 a. m.
,ind7:00p. m. Sunday school at 3:00 p.m. Pray
er meeting every Thursday night, at 7:00 o’clock.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.,
C. C. HALL,
Attorney-at-Law,
TIFTON, GEORGIA,
Prompt attention given to nil legal business.
—Collections a specialty.—Office over tlio new
Paulk building. v6n32-ly.
DR. J.A. McCREA,
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to calls, day or night,
.jlfllce at residence on Love avenue.
gp-Tvpnoin Feveb a Specialty. 5-3m
DR. J. C. GOODMAN
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON GEORGIA.
Office—Room in the Tlfton Drug Store.
Dr. W. J. FARMER.
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
ALL KINDS OF SUltOIOAL OPERATIONS.
Diseases of Females, Diseases of the Rectum,
Venereal Diseases and Midwifery a specialty.
Office over J. J. Golden & Co’s., Drugstore.
Hours:—l) to 12 rt: m., 2 to 5, p. m. 20-18‘J4-ly.
Drs. J. W & D. J. WILLIAMS,
DENTISTS,
CORDELE, - - - - - GEORGIA.
Office—Bank Building, Room No. i, up stairs
JOHN MURROW,
Attoi’ifey-at - La w,
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Office—Jtooms 1 and 3, love building!
Collections, Commercial Law and Real Estate.
FULW00D & MURRAY,
Attorneys at Law.
TIFTON, - GEORGIA,
npt attention given to all legal business.
•Office in Tift Building.
Prom
W. N PITTMAN,
Contractor and Builder,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Estimates on all kinds of building furnished.
DR. W. P. RUSHIN,
ALBANY, : ; : GEORGIA.
Throat, Nose and Ear Specialist.
Will bo In Tifton every Tuesday afternoon
(from 3 p. in.,) to treat and operate
Tor any diseased condition of these organs.
CATARRH of these'organs certain
ly curcil whenever a eure IS POSSIBLE.
Patients Inquiring at the Drug Store
of J. J. Golden St Co., will lie directed to tho
Doctors offices. (n5v34-«m.)
C. H. GOODMAN,
woo Yard
Wood of any size desired, delivered in
nil parts of town at reasonable rates.
no-ylO-lyt
k Place Your Lands
—WITH—
Sibley & Company,
Beal Estate Agents,
IF YOU WANT THEM SOLD.
Some good farms and unimproved lands to
seH, also several houses and lota in Tifton.
tSTOFFicE in Tift Building. Tifton, Ga.
v5-n!5-ly.
j. c. Fletcheb. R. L. Sutton.
Fletcher & Sutton.
Liraj and Feed Stables.
IM-Clas table id Sagh Tease to Bin.
reices Reasonable. Rear Hotel Sadie.
TIFTON. : : GEORGIA.
OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS
The Atlanta Looking Glass takes
the cake on the Fitzgerald write-ups.
Reduced rates will be,given on the
railroads to Sam Jones’ lecture at
Cordele on the 18th.
Moultrie must be reforming. Three
saloouB were closed there last week
for lack of patronage.
D. L. Bledsoe has moved his Lud-
den & Bates branch business from
Valdosta to Bainbndge,
Wight & Weslosky, wholesale
grocers of Albany, will open up u
branch house in Cordele.
Lowndes now has a county chain-
gang, where the convicts are put to
work on the public roads.
Colquittcounty’s Home for the aged
and infirm has been completed, and
the county’s paupers moved thereto.
It is said the reniovalists over in
Worth are bringing up the shades of
the dead as an argument for their
side.
Elias Gasilins, living-near Brox-
tou, Ga., was struck by a falling tree
last week and seriously but not fatal
ly hurt.
The Pineopolis Lumber Company,
is said to have bought 120,000 acres
of timber land in Colquitt and Ber
rien counties.
The city council of -Moultrie has
contracted with W. C. Venfleet, of
Deland, Fla., to bore an artesian well
for that place. It.is to lie a six-inch
well.
Valdosta claims that she will soon
hare the Valdosta Southern railroad
completed to Madison, Fla. Six
miles of steel rail has been contract
ed for.
The Fitzgerald. Enterprise an
nounces that, the colonists are too
busy to talk politics, and are taking
no interest in anything beyond the
growth of their colony.
The Herald says that during the
recent rains at Piney Park Nursery,
Poulau, in 24 hours there was a fall
of 4.62 inches, tho heaviest in the
history of the Observatory.
Rumor says that our friend W. U,
Williams is tackling the removal
question over in Worth. “Counts”
is sometiftieB erratic, but he generally
goes to the bottom of the subject.
The republicans of Worth county
are notified to meet in convention ut
Isabella on Feb. 28th, for the pur
pose of selecting delegates to the At
lanta convention, which meets April
29.
Poulun is congratulating herself
over the fact thut the erection of a
cotton factory within her limits is a
certainty, and work will begin at
once. The factory will contain 180
looms.
A negro woman about 60 years old
was found dead in the yard of her
home near Quitman, burned almost to
a coal. Itiasupposedthat her clothing
caught fire and she ran out and fell,
burning.
At a meeting of the Confederate
Veteran’s Association of Dooly coun
ty last week it was decided td build
the contemplated monument to con
federate dead in the public park
at Vienna.
Editor Smith made a tour of in
spection through Sylvester and Pou-
lun last week. Jle was feted and
fed on tbe fat of the land, and will
doubtless return the favor with
selections from his C. orchard.
The following improvements are
noted at Fitzgerald: Merrick & Fonts
will erect a saw mill, machinery all
purchase^ J. 1). Brown has recent
ly erected a saw mill, and it is now
in operation; Nelson Bros, have re
moved their saw mill to Fitzgerald;
have completed plant, including saw j to $160, with which they intend to
and planing mill, dry kiln, etc. Jay pull through until their farms are
Payne & Co., of Shellman, Ga., will
erect a saw mill, planing mjll, variety
work, dry kiln, etc., at Fitzgerald.
The superior court of Bibb county
has refused to confirm the sale of
the Cycloneta tarm at the price bid
for it It will, therefore, be offered
again for sale at tbe upset price of
$25.000.—Irwin County News.
While J.C. Culpepper, an Albany
sawyer, was at work in a saw mill a
splinter three feet long and several
inches thick was hurled by a saw and
passed entirely through one thigh
penetrating the other to the bone.
The Tifton Gazette says: “Poulan
is the nearest place on the railroad to
the geographical centre of the coun
ty.” How do you know Bro. Her
ring?—Ash burn Advance. ’Cause
Editor Allen said so, long time ago.
Jerry M. Spring, a solid and high
ly respected citizen of Worth coun
ty, died very suddenly, of paralysis,
ut his home in Willingham Sunday
morning at 5 o’clock. His remains
were intered in Isabella cemetery
next day.
J. H. Harris is erecting a large
47x72 store building on the corner
of Grant and Bine, which is to be
two stories high. The upper story
is to be devoted exclusively to offices.
About twenty carpenters are at work
on the building.—Fitzgerald Enter
prise.
Biirlies from Dayton Ohio, have
been in Buinbridgc for the past, week
buying leaf tobacco for cigars, and
purchased over 40,000 pounds in one
day, at prices ranging frotn 1 ?$ to
30 cents per pound. They have es
tablished a packing house in Bain-
bridge.
t Douglas, the new town in Coffee
county, is said to be increasing almost
as fast as Fitzgerald.— Way-cross
Herald. You are right Bro. Pcrham,
and we are not on a boom, either; our
growth is nearly if not quite as stable
us that splendid town of Waycross.—
Dougless Bieeze.
It seems now quite ceartain that u
railroad will be built from Sparks
or Adel, on the Georgia Southern
railroad to Qnitnmn in Brooks county.
This road would pass through one of
the finest farming and timbered sec
tions in the southern country.—
Waycross Herald.
Wonder how many times Henry
Smith bus been fooled into buying a
marriage license before the girl “re
nigged.” He must have a lot of sec
ond-hand stock on hand, vide the
following: “Those who are running
a business that requires u license will
please call at this office and procure
same.”
John Nathome, who held up a
gentlemen at Sybley and relieved
him of bis valuables, was caught
here this morning. After he was
captured it was found that he was
the same culprit who broke into the
store of G. H. Holland on tbe night
of Jan. 26. He was carried to Vi
enna to jail.—Cordele Cor. Telegraph.
Contractor C. W. Hillhouse is put
ting the finishing touches on the
handsome, 13 room “Hotel Isabella,”
which is being built by Dr. M. J.
Crockett, at Sylvester. The building
is one that reflects credit on its town,
owner and builder. It will lie ready
for occupancy in a few days, and
will open to the public early in
March.
in shape. StiH others have ample
means. There are numbers of me
chanics looking for work. It is only
six miles from the Ocmulgee river,
and soon expects to have water trans
portation. There are about six thou
sand people there. A number of
stock holders have not left the north
and west yet, and by the close of tbe
year, they expect to have 20,000.
On lost Thursday at Davis a vil
lage about fifteen miles east
of Douglas, two negro men employ
ed at Minchew’s still were burned
up in a shanty. It seems that they
had gone to sleep, leaving a fire
burning in the fireplace and the
flames caught the chimney sticks,
resulting in the conflagration—
Breeze.
The sale of the Cowan, Ugry it
Co. property, at Worth, has finally
been consummated, the property
bringing $29,300, which will be di
vided among the creditors, the labor
ers having first lien. At the first
sale this property only brought $10,-
500, but Judge Bower wisely refused
to confirm it, and it was resold three
times, finally bringing somewhere
near its actual worth.
A young man by the name of Bill
Moore was accidentally shot through
the lower portion of the calf of his
leg at Willapopdhee, in Coffee county,
early Sunday morning. lie had
been up to Alapalm with a party of
young men, and on their return the
crowd were a little boisterous, am] a
pistol was discharged,-by some bne
unknown, the ball taking effect
stated. It is only a flesh wound.
Col. Jus- II. Tipton has moved,
from Warwick to Isabella,.where lie
is permanently located, lie is u
young man of talent and ability, en
ergetic and self-made, and the Ga
zette ] redicts for him a successful
career. Together with Col. J. J.
Forehand, they occupy the office
built by the late lion. W. A. Harris.
Col. Forehand was admitted to the
bar at the lust session of Worth Su
perior court, but has already made
liiB murk 113 a rising lawyer. Both
have the confidence and esteem of the
people of the county.
Worth county is in the throes of
a removal campaign, and interesting
developments are daily expected.
The petition sent in to the odinary,
which resulted in the order for an
election, asked only for removal to
Sylvester, and so the order was issued.
Poulan comeB forward, with u strong
backing and asks for a chance of
sharing the suffrage of the people.
Just what the result will be, no one
can say, and while the Gazette wish
es the inovemeut success, yet it is of
the opinion now as heretofore,
that a primary is not only the fairest
and best, but the only way the mat
ter can be settled
Plant Away.
Last year’s mortgage done forgotten,
Dixie fanner plants more cotton,
Fiant away,
Flant awav,
Plant away down south in Dixie t
us
All Free.
Those who have used Dr. King's New
Discovery know it* value, and those who
have not, have now the opportunity to
try it Free. Cali on the advertised Drug
gist and get a Trial Dottle, Free. Send
your name and address to II. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get a sample box of
Dr. king’s New Life, Pill* Free, as well
aa a copy of Guide to Health and House
hold Instructor, Free. All of which is
guaranteed to do you good and cost you
nothing. For sale at Paulk'a Drugstore,
Tifton, and Crabtree’s, Spark*.
The best religion is the “old time”
religion. When you get a good
From brisk Atlanta 'way past Macon
Cry goes up for western bacon,
Flant away,
Plant away,
Plant away down south in Dixie!
The corn's killed out—the 'taters rotten,
Mule moves on to the tune o’ cotton,
Plant away,
Flant away,
Plant away down south in pixie I
Don't talk 'bout hogs, an’ hay, an’ clover—
Put me in cotton an’ roll me over!
Plant away,
Plant away,
Plant away down south in Dixie!
—Frank L. Stanton, in Constitution.
Dont’s.
Don’t abuse a paper unless you
pay for it. Borrowers are the great
est fault finders a newspaper has to
contend with.
Don’t expect a paper to abuse the
town goverment for your especial
benefit
Don’t take a paper out of the post-
office for five years and then refuse
to pay for it because you never sub
scribed for it nohow. Yon could
have refused it four years and eleven
months before.
Don't get mud if your visitor's
name does not appear in the per
sona! columns. Perhaps you did not
tell the editor.: lie’s no mind reader.
Don’t stop a paper if your three
column contriontiou is condensed
into eight lines. The condenser
may have done you a great favor.
Don’t cuss the editor because his
opinions do not conform to yours. If
they did he might bo at variance with
some eight or ten million other per
sons.
Don’t say a paper is “no ’count”
unless you have demonstrated your
ability to run one yoursolf.
Don’t delay- puyiug your subscrip
tion because it is a small matter. If
all the subscribers did the.same way,
it would kill the paper iu six months.
Don’t get mud if the editor holds
up your communication a few days,
lie is the best judge when there is
room for it. And -don’t get mad if
lie does not print it. He knows, or
ought to know, whether it is best
to publish it or not.—Ex.
The Time for Building
Up tlio system is at this season. The cold
weather lias made usual drains upon the vital
forces, Tlie blood has liccomo Impoverished and
impure, and ail the functions of the body sulftr
in consequence. Hood’s Baraaparilla Is the
great builder, liecaimo it is tho One True Blood
Purifier and nerve toniu.
Hood’* Pills become tlio favorite cathartic
with all who use them. All druggist. 25.
January Weather.
Report of J. F. Wilson, Voluntary
Observei, Piney Park Observatory,
Poulan, Ga, Latitude and Longitude
of Tifton.
Temperature—Mean, 48; Max
imum, 75; minimum, 15, mean max
imum, 00; mean minimum, 36.
Rainfall—Total preoipitation, 2,97
inohes.
No. of clear days, 10; cloudy 9;
partly cloudy 6.
No killing frosts.
Prevailing wind direction, north.
Last Saturday’s Journal contains! thorough drenching of thut kind, it
a page write-up of Fitzgerald, and
some interesting facts. It is said
the pension roll of the colony mem
bers aggregates $50,000 per month,
and this is its chief basis of support
Then others ofThem have from $100
will puli you through from one Sun
day to the other. Then you will
bear inspection. This Sunday dress
•up-all-style religion is like chaff,
easily blown off.—Dan Sweat’s Pa
per.
How to Enjoy Good Health.
If you are suffering with any akin or blood dis
ease Rheumatism, Catarrh, Ulcers, Old sores,
General Debility, etc., send stamp to the Blood
llalm Co., Atlanta Ga., for book of wonderful
cure*, free. This book will point the way to
speedy recovery. Botanic Blood Dalin,(B. B. B->
is manufactured after a tong tested prescription
of an eminent physician, and Is the best build
ing-up and blood purifying medicine in the
world. Beware of subatitutes. Price 11.00 tor
large bottle. 8to advertisement elsewhere.
For sale by DruggiaU.
A gentleman wrote to the Youth’s
Companion to ascertain its publishing
rates for a card of one inch, yearly
contract, and was horrified to learn
that it would cost him $3,000 per,
year, a single lint $12 for one issue,
with no reduction on yearly con
tracts. And yet there ure busiuess
men who “kick like a bay street,” if
their advertising bill amounts to over
$25 per annum.—Ex.