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The Georgia Prohibition associa
tion, which recently met. in Atlanta,
resolved to stand by the anti-barroom
bill ns best means of breaking up tta
the whisky traffic.
The Valdosta Iluslncss College offers
the moat liberal Inducements of any col
lege In the stale to those intererted In
securing a business education,
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that Hon. I). A.MoItmis, will oppose
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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7. 1896.
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CITY DIRECTORY.
MitnldpH).
Mayoh—-F. («. Boatright.
. Clerk and TitKA.srup.n-H. S. Murray.
Cocncii.men— II. H. Tift, E. 1*. Bowen, VT. W.
Timmons, .1. A. Phillips, L. (». Maynard & W.O.
Batlrick. Council meets lirst Monday night in
each month.
* Secret Societies.
Tifton Lodof:, No. 47, F. & A. M.~J.S.Gauldcn
AV. M.; B. T. Cole. Secretary. Meets third Sat-
- "' v UTtiay night in each month. i
Tifton CitaI’tkr,No. 47, It. A. M —F. G. Boat
right,H.F., Dr. .1. A. McCrca, Secretary. Meets-
llrst Saturday night in each month.
Pinky Woods Lodgk, No. 50, K. of 1\—E. J.
Williams, C. CV, 11. S. Murray, K. of H. & S.
Meets every Thursday night.
Literary and Social.
Tifton Literary Club—Meets every Monday
night, at residence of Mr. E. 11. Tilt. Mrs. E. If.
Tift, President; Miss Catherine Tift, Secretary.
Kpwoutii Lkaoue—Religious services every
Sunday afternoon at 6:15. Literary meeting ev
ery fourth Friday night.
Cliiirch Appointments.
Metiiodiht—Rev. C.K. Crawley, Pastor. Serv
ices every lirst ami third Sunday, at 11:00 a. in.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at 7:00.
Baptist—Rev. P. A. Jessup, Pastor. Services
every second and fourth Sunday, at 11:00 a. in.
and 7:00 p. m. Sunday school at. 3:00 p. in. Pray
er meeting every Thursday night, at 7:00 o’clock.
OUR NEAR NEIGHBORS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
C. C. HALL,
Attorney-at-Law,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business.
—Collections a specialty.—Ofliee over the new
Paulk building. v5n32-ly.
DR, .T.A. McCREA,
Physician and Surgeon,
, ' TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to rail., day or night.
Office at residence on Love avenue.
C-3m
ftp-Tvi'iiom Fr.vr.it a Specialty*
DR. J. C. GOODMAN
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON GEORGIA.
* Office—Room in the Tifton Drug Store.
Drs. J. W &. D. J, WILLIAMS,
DENTISTS,
OORIlELE, GEORGIA.
Office—Bank Building, Room No. 1, up stairs
JOHN MURROW,
Attorney-at-Law
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Oflico-Jiooms 1 and 3, Love building.
Collections, Commercial Law and Beal Estate.
FULWOOD & MURRAY,
Attorneys at Daw*
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business.
83E'"()ffi«b in Tirr Huii.wno.
W. N PITTMAN,
Contractor and Builder,
' TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Estimates on all kinds of building furnished.
Vienna will soon have a canning
factory ready for work.
Verily ,in these days of saw mills
and trains, a new railroad bangeth on
every tree.
The corner stone for the bank of
Moultrie,a two story building, will be
laid March 12.
Mr. J). W. Gillis, of Sylvester, is
building a now residence near the
cotton warehouse.
Mr. K. D. Fulgham and Miss Liz
zie Driggers were married near Sum
ner, in Worth county last Sunday.
Mr, John Williams, of Arabi, and
Miss Lula Fountain, of Sycamore,
were married on Sunday of last week.
Mr. J. 11. Harris was to move
in
to his mammoth new store building,
Sheriff Paulk and D. J. Branch for
Sheriff. Mr. Mclnnis as well as the
two other aspirants, is it good nun
and ,is well known in the county,
having previously served us as sheriff
for several years.—News ,
The parties who had bought 100
acres of land north of Fitzgerald on
which to establish a negro colony
have sold it out, to a physician of
JIM GRIGGS.
From tho Morgan (Ga.) Monitor.
Once in a while a man looms
before the putllic eye. to whose name
a title is nns-fit and seems awkward.!^ ^ .
Those men are the greatest products 1 1 1
of republican institutions and have,
in the past, been honored and trusted
by the people, and always proved
she has sons equal
brightest and greatest.
In addition, there tiro
U '’ i sons why Jim Griggs should be our
worthy. Ilenrv Clay, Daniel Web-
Gohlsboro, X. C, who will sell it Ur, Ben Hill and Alec Stevens are
to white, and whites only. Once | instalices of thfa imlivi( i Uftl suffi .
more Cuffy is left. , [ciency to whom titles would be su-
An attempt was made last night ■ perlinous and a mockery. IIow does
to wreck the accommodation train on <jol. Clay, Major Webster, Captain
Albany branch of the G. & A. road Hill or Judge Stevens sound in
near Cordele, by placing a crosstie on contrast with the Henry, Daniel,
the rail. Fortunately tiie attempt was Ren and Alec, shouted by their
unsuccessful, and no damage was proud and grateful constituents'in
done beyond breaking a rod on libo i applause to bursts of soul-stirring
engine.—Star. i eloquence, and in plaudits for grand
The new town over in Irwin conn-: services, giandly performed ?
„ J. H. TIPTON,
A ttor ne y-at-Law,
Prompt
ness.
ISABELLA,
attention
GEORGIA
to
all legal busi-
(v5n43-3m)
Dr. R. T. KENDRICK.
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Diseases of women a specialty,
and with an experience of more
than to years, ask a share of pub
lic patronage. Office over J. J.
Golden & Co.,. Drug store.
DR. W. P. RUSHIN,
ALBANY, : : : GEORGIA.
Throat, Nose and Ear Specialist.
Will bo In Tifton every Tuesday afternoon
(from 3 j). m.,)-U) trout and operate
for anv diseased condition of tbc.se organ*.
CATAKKH of these orpins certain
ly cured whenever a «urc IS VOSSIBLK.
Patient* inquiring at the Drug Store
‘of J. J. Holden A Co., will bo directed to the
Doctors oflices* (n5v34-Cm.)
C. H. GOODMAN,
WOODYARD
Wood of any size desired, delivered in
all pails of town at reasonable rates.
n5-vl6-ly.
Place Your Lands
WITH—
Sibley & Company,
Seal Estate Agents,
IF VOl/ WANT TIlliM SOJ.I*.
on Grant street, ^Fitzgerald, " last
Monday.
The Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad is soon to have lmndsonie and
extensive freight depots and offices
at Macon.
Mr. J. B. 'Hall is now proprietor
of one of the Ashburn stables, hav
ing converted the Alliance ware
house into a livery stable.
Tax collector Hall is making a
round of the precincts of Worth
county, giving the voters a chrnce to
register before the coming removal
election.
Deptuty Sheriff A. T. Newborn
was tlir&wn from his buggy last Sat
urday near Homerville ana instantly
killed, his head striking under a tur
pentine truck.
W. A. Marshal was arrested in
Valdosta last Thursday under a true
bill found at Berrien Superior court
in 1894 under a charge of forging a
teachers’ license.
The union depot at'Fitzgerald will
be built of logs, in old-fashioned wire-
grass style. It is to he 90 feet long,
and surrounded by grass and flowers,
except on the sides where the rail
way tracks run.
Fitzgerald is to have a wooden
shoe factory, lo employ 25 men,
and turn out 300 pair a week. Can
it be possible that tho Fitzieites
mean to turn the marble heart on
ty, on the Tifton and Northeastern
railroad, four miles cast of Irwitiville,
has been named Ceutreville, and a
The name ting, heads this article is
one of those magic ones that tho
people are learning to love to shout
the Georgia cow?
Some people are never satisfied.
For years, Douglas longed, passion
ately, fondly, longed and panted for
a railroad. At last she got one, and
now she is kicking for Pullman
cars and through vestibuled trains,
Some good farm* and unlin|»rovvd lands to
sell, Also several heu’es and lot* fn Tifton.
fclT’OtTiCE In Tift TUiildin#, Tifton, Ga.
v5.nt5.1y.
Briggs Carson,
INSURANCE
Tifton, Georgia.
Office:—Rooms Nos. i and a,
Timmons building. < R «tr.)
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Dr. M. J. Crocket Inis moved into
the “Hotel Isabella” and is now
ready lo take care of the public, hav
ing fitted the same out with new fur
niture and all articles necessary to
the conducting of a first class hotel.—
] ,CC!tl
Mr. B. F. Knowles, of Berrien
county, was in the city this morning
with a monster wild cat which he
killed along Cat creek this week. The
animal weighed twenty five pounds
and was as large as a pantlier.
Valdosta Tunes.
The election to decide whether
Moultrie will issue $5,000 in bonds
to erect a school building will be
held March 12th. So far only about
one-third of the voters of the town
have registered, which promises but
little hope of success.
The Georgia Northern railroad is
making a survey of an extension to
| W. C. Vereen’s still, six miles north
west of Moultrie. This extension
will enter a flue body of mill timber
recently bought by Vanderbilt &
Hopkins, of New York.
Politics in Irwin are beginning to
warm up considerably. The latest is
post-office will bo established there. ■ and we
A side track will be put in and a
depot buit there as soon as the road
is completed.
Willacoochec has what few South
Georgia towns can claim—a woman
that is studying medicine. Her
name is Mrs. J. J. Roberts, and she
lias already taken a course in tho
Atlanta Medical college, and-is now
taking one in tho Medical College at
Louisville, Ivy.
C. O. Smith at Ashburn, having
stopped tlie dogs from going to
church, reformed tho church spitter,
fenced the cemetery and moved tho
town resturaunts on to the back
streets, is giving bis readers a , few
lessons in table etiquette before sow-
ing down his collard orchard in yam
potatos for spring greens.
The Board of Education failing
to elect a commissioner on the day
appointed on account of the absence
of a member of the board met on
Saturday, the 22nd inst, and compro
mised the tie between Messrs.
Clements and Tucker by electing
Mr. M. Dixon. Mr. Dixon is one of
Irwin’s most prominent men and will
make a good school commissioner.
—News
Moultrie wants Sunday mails, and
asked the govorment for them. The
reply is that there can bo no
believe
that the slogan
o
campaign, we
with whiit tvt
while we shall give
the progress of the
will end this editorial
consider one of tlie
chief reasons: He can and will, by
reason of his physical and mental
equipment, temperament and accom
plishments, do more than either of
his opponents towards carrying us
back to the good obi days of silver
coinage and honest economical ad
ministration of the government, for
the greatest good to the greatest
number.
of
Democrats, m our Congressional
District, when tlie party assembles
in convention and selects our leader
in the coming fight, will be: “De
mocracy, Free-Silver and Jim
Griggs!”
In thus endorsing the candidacy
of this one of the aspirants for Con
gress in this District wo Hesire to
repeat what we have said before:
“Tlie great gentlemen who are his
competitors arc of such high charac
ter and ability that, while we be
lieve that tlie defeat of our favorite
would lie a calamity to the District
and country, there would be some
consolation in tlie success of either
of tlie other three. However, wc
think that a contingency too remote
to worry over. And, now for the
reason for the faith that is in us :
In the first place, we believe that,
nine-tenths of the white voters of the
2d Congressional District favor tlie
restoration of silver to the place it
occupied and so happily filled for
the people, for eighty years prior to
1873 Jim Griggs, in language that
cannot be missunderstood, has put
himself in line with this belief and
wisli of our people. Being with us
fully and heartily on this, us well us
other vital questions advocated by
Democrats and knowing him to be
able and enthusiastic and true ; in
State of Onto, City of Tor.r.no,)
J.DOAR County. j
Frank .1. Chunky makes oath that lie
ii the senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Crknf.y & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore
said, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
cad: and every ease of Catarrh that can
not ho cured by flic, use of Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. FRANK .1. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this Oth day of December,
A. 1). 1880. A W. GLEASON,
(—■— ) Notary Public,
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Seal
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Sond for
testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY &
CO., Toledo O.,
Sold by Druggists 7(5c.
Hall’s Family Bills arc the best.
Tlie Valdosta correspondent of the
Savannah Morning News details tho
following: About live years ago, J.
I). Miller, representing a music house,
tamo to Lowndes county, and after
some time married Miss Lola Todd, a
most estimable young lady. Some
time since, his wife’s relatives had
their suspicious aroused, and,made
inquiries, when it was found that he
had wives in Iowa, Missouri and
Mississippi, and had jumped his
bond under a charge of bigamy in
flu' latter state. When last heard
from, lie was at Chula, where it 'is
said he left his horse and buggy. IIo
went under tho name of Mehaffey in
Mississippi.
Sunday mails without Sunday trains, the zenith of full and vigorous man-
but the Georgia Northern road
works too hard all tlie week in the
strenuous effort to get to Pidcock
and back, and must have one day
to rest, grease up its engino, take a
chew of tobacco and a new start.
Therefore, Moultrie will still have
to wait until Monday for her Police
Gazette and Looking Glass.
hood, fearless, hold and iiggressive
in tlie advocacy of what he believes
to be right; and equal, at least, in
brawn mid brain and mental capaci
ty and cultivation with tho foes we
Bend him to meet and fight, wo now
run his banner up, confident that
tlie people will rally to the support
! of one who will prove himself the
It is reported that our sister coun-1 peer of the strongest and greatest
ty, Irwin, is soon to tackle tlie remo- and highest, yet, at the same time,
val question, and the objective point [will he be the friend and helper of
is near Mr. Boy Fletcher's place, on ; the humblest,
the Tifton and Northeastern rail-! If wo read aright the signs of the
road. As to what is behind this
movement, the Gazette cannot say,
bni it is said that the citizens of tho
comity realize that the question of
moving the county sito is sure to
come tip some day, and believe that
I he sooner it is moved and tho mat
ter settled, the sooner will all the in
terests of the county center and har
monize, and Irwin have x county
town and market worthy of her wealth
Standing and name.
Pctlert Wisdom
Would give uajicrfcct health. Bocause men and
women are not perfectly wits, they uniat take
medicines to keep themselves healthy. Pure,
rich hlood Is the hasls of good health. Hood's
Sarsaparilla la tho One True Blood Purifier. It
gives good health lieoause it huilds upon the
true foundation—pure hlood.
Hood’* I'llli are purely vegetable, perfectly
harmless, always reliable and beneficial.
times, Georgia will soon need some
one to take the place of that grand
and great son who has so long uiul
worthily presided over and controll
ed the lower Houso of Congress; and
oil its floor, as Democratic leader,
shown himself more than a mutch
for tho Republican Czar. It is but
just and right that utter the great
services rendered by this brilliant
Georgian, to his District, State and
country, lie should be told to “go tip
higher.”
When that is done we will need
a man to take his place, and, wc say
it deliberately and all who know
him well will echo the assertion :
The 2d District has a chance to ee-
lect a Congressman who will not
only represent her ably and faith
fully, but also one who will continue
Georgia’s glory, by showing that *i«
the halls of the National Congress,
Free I TUs.
Sond your address to H. E. Bueklen &
Co., Chicago, and got a tree sample box
of Dr. King's New Life Bills. A trial
will convince you of tludr merits. Those
pills me easy in action and are particular
ly effective In tho cure of Constipation
and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved in
valuable. They are guaranteed to bo
perfectly free from every deleterious
substance ami to bo purely vegetable.
They do not weaken by their action, but
by giving tone to stomneii and bowels
greatly Invigorate tho system. Regular
size 2,1c. per box. For snle at Golden’s
Drugstore, Tifton, and Crabtree's,
Sparks.
The Waycross Journal is reliably
informed that Messrs. Gray A Gatch-
ell, of Lcliuton and B. B. Gray &
Bro., of Pine Bloom, two of ( ho most
extensive saw mill firms on the B. &
W. rood, have coosoliduRd their
business. This will make one of
the strongest combinations in this
section of the country. We loam
that the two mills will continue to be
operated us at present, only under
one management, and that the rail
road extending from the lower mill
in the direction of Fitzgerald will
ho pushed to completion to the col
ony city us rapidly ns possible.
I am well acquainted with the merltse
aud methods of the Valdosta Business
College and heartily Indorse tho institu
tion. Thu highest grado business col
lege in tlio stato. G. R. Glenn, State
School Commissioner.