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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1896.
CITY DIRECTORY,
Municipal.
MAYOR—F. G. Boatright.
Clerk and Tueahukeo—H. S. Murray.
Tit, E. P. Bowen, W. W.
COUXCILMEN—H. H. Tl! .
Timmons, J. A. Phillips, L. G. Maynard & IV. O,
Fadrick. Council meets tirst Monday night in
each month.
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Secret Societies.
Tifton Lodoe, No. 47, F. & A. M.—.I.S.Gaulilen
W.M.; B. T. Cole. Secretary. Meets third Sat-
urday night in each month.
Tifton Chapter, No. 47, It. A. M.—F. G. Boat
right,U.P., Ur. J. A. McCrea, Secretary. Meets'
first Saturday night in each month.
Pxney Woods Lodge, No. so, K. of P.—E. J.
Williams, C. C.; H. S. Murray, K. of B. & 8.
j Meets every Tliuraday night.
Literary and Social
[terary CLtra—Meets e
night, at residence of Mr. E. H. Tift,
Tifton Literary Cluu—Meets every Monday
Mrs. E. H.
night.
Tift, President; Miss Catherine Tift, Secretary.
Epworth League—Religious services every
“ Lif
Sunday afternoon at U :15,
cry fourth Friday night,
.iternry meeting ov-
Church Appointments.
Methodist—Rev. C. E. Crawley, Pastor. Serv-
ices every Sunday, at 11:0O a. m. and 7 !45 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wetlncsday night at 7:00.
■ Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Baitist—Rev. P. A. Jessup, rastor. Services
overy Sunday, at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. in. Sun
day school at 3:00 p.m. Prayer meeting every
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Thursday night, at 7:00 o’clock
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
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It. A. HENDRICKS.
HALL &. HENDRICKS,
Attorney s-at-Law,
•tlFTOX, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention civ<
—Collection a a specialt;
Paulk building.
;iven to all legal business,
‘ty.—Office over the new
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DR, J.A. McCREA,
Physician and Surgeon,
•TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to calls, day or night.
OlHeo at residcnco on Lovo avenue.
5-3m
j3r“TYi-noiD Fever a Si'Ecialtv.
DR. J. C. GOODMAN
Physician and Surgeon.
TIFTON GEORGIA.
Office—Room in the Tifton Drug Store.
Dr. J. W WILLIAMS,
DENTIST ,
CORDELE, - - - - - GEORGIA.
Office—Bank Building. Room No. ,1, up stairs
JOHN MURROW,
Attorney - at-Law,
, ' TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Offlce-,Rooms 1 and 3, Lovo building.
Collections, Commercial Law and Real Estate.
Col. W. H. Loftou, of Macon,
dead, aged 72.
Mr. Haley Nussbaum died in Bain-
bridge last week, of apoplexy.
Mathew Swicord, of Decatur, coun
ty is dead, aged 70.
Thomas county expects to begiu
shipping melons about June 10th.
A little daughter of T. J. Simpson,
near Dawson, was bitten by a rattle
snake a few days ago and died.
Tifton bas a model country news
paper. The Gazette is edited with
rare ability.—Blakely Observer.
The eleventh district convention
will be held on St. Simon’s Island
June 18th.
. Dan Sweat, the irrepressible, has
bought the Folkston Times and
merged it into the VVaycross Journal.
Mr. Joe Cox died at Cordele on
Thursday of last week, and was bu
ried at lied Oak church, Worth
couuty.
A young white man named Mat
tox was arrested in Thomas county a
few days ago and sent to jail in
Savannah.
The Tifton Gazette is one of the
newsiest and most neatly printed
weeklies in Georgia.—Douglas Breeze.
That is the kir.d of breeze the Ga
zette heartily enjoys.
Ilev. C. 0. l’endergrast, a Catholic)
priest well known m this section of
the state, died in Liberty county last
week and was buried in Savannah,
his native city.
Madam! Grundy, in the Waycross
Herald, says that, in her opinion,
“the average politician is working for
part of the crop, principal ain’t in
it,”
FULWOOD & MURRAY,
Attorneys at Law<
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business.
B3?“Office in Tift Building,
W. N PITTMAN,
Contractor and Builder,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Estimates on all kinds of building furnished.
J. H. TIPTON,
Attorney-at-Ea\v,
ISABELLA, - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention to all legal busi
ness. (v5n43-3m)
- Dr. R. T. KENDRICK,
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Diseases of women a specialty,
and with an experience of more
than 30 years, ask a share of pub
lic patronage. Office over J. J.
Golden & Co., Drug store.
C. H. GOODMAN,
WOODYAED
Wood of any size desired, delivered in
all parts of town at reasonable rates.
n5-vl(My. ,
Rev. Homer Bush, President of
Andrew Female college at Cuthbert,
will preach the commencement ser
mon of the Waycross public school
on Sunduy, June 7th.
Atlanta’s $300,000 fire last week,
by which the Markham House went
up in smoke, means several additional
ten-story brick and stone buildings
for the Chicago of the south.
Mr, J. J. Golden, of Tifton, was
prospecting hererthis week fora drug
store. lie will probably associate
with Dr. Turner and open in- the
Christian building.—Ashburn Ad
vance.
Three of section foreman J. W.
Crawley’s children were playing on
the track of the Georgia and Alabama
Midland near Rochelle, last week,
and were run over by a train. Two
The Georgia peach is in evidence 1
in Macon.
Mr. W. L. Clark, a promineut citi
zen of Moultrie, died suddenly last
week, of heart failure.
Mercer’s commencement exercises
begin to-day and continue till June
Srd.
Hou. O. B. Stevens, of Terrell, is
a candidate for the state senate and
so tar lias no opposition.
Rev. E. %. F. Golden, of Randolph
county, shipped the first peaches of
the season on Monday of last week.
The Dawson Guard says the oat
cropds a failure in Terrell and that
crops of all kinds are suffering for
rain.'
Mrs. J. B. Knox, of Troy, Ala.,
won the $50 prize for guessing
closest to the mystery in “Sons and
Fathers.”
Pay no attention to the gossipper
or scandal-monger. Remember the
commonest swine can root up the
fairest flower that ever grew.—Blake
ly Observer.
The Brunswick Call says, “A
coward has no business in a news
paper office.” Oh, yes they have,
but they usually adopt the write
p'un of ti'dnsucting it.
Last week, while a negro was plow
ing in a field near Albany, the mule
dropped down into a limesink fifteen
feet deep. There was no sign of a
sink before the mule went through.
A barn near llawkinsville, belong
ing to Mr. John Spurlin, was burned’
on Sunday night of last week. Sup,
posed to have been struck by light
ning.
The whole family of Mr. W. M.
Baker, of Brunswick, were poisoned
last Friday evening by drinking
butter milk, which was purchased
from a negro, out of a tin can. It is
supposed the tin can did the-work.
The family narrowly escaped death.
Mr. E. II. Gibbons, northeast of
this city, is one of our many success
ful truck farmers. May 19th lie had
sweet corn 5 feet and nine inches
high, watermelon vines 5 feet and
uine inches, musk melon vines 4. feet
long, common field corn 8 feet und 4
inches high and running bean vines
8 feet in length.—Fitzgeruld Leader.
Harry S. Norton living on 5-acre
tract No 447, one mile west of Fitz
gerald, exhibited at this office last
Tuesday a well developed stalk of
I corn that measured 7 feet and 3 inches
I in length that was tasseled out. The
A Fisherman's Luck.
I took a short vocation
And to the poml I did hie,
I astonished all creation
By catching a’ cat fish pie!
I took the life preserver.
Tied it fast to my head j
Carried a big old jug of bait—
It was quite a charm. I said.
And so it was when, later,
The mosquitos idt so free.
I took a sip of llsh bait
To see if It was good for me.
It made 1110 feel quite lively., f
And I really couldn’t sco
Why them plngued old moffipltos
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Didn’t bite it instead of mo.
lint It was a removal failure
When I strayed into the la re,
And caught a scorching lecture
By reaching home at eight.
• Isci.eSam.
Aslnvootl Inklings.
A destructive hail storm passed
over here last Thursday, almost de
vastating tho crops of J. II. Griner,
P. L. Harper, J. E. B. Luke and
your scribe. Corn is split into strings
and melon vines are completely de
molished. Cotton is also damaged
to a considerable' extent. Only a
comparatively small area of tho set
tlement was the victim of its de
structiveness.
Mr. Henry J. Alexander, who lives
near Enigma, lost lus kitchen by fire
last Friday night. None of the fur
niture was saved, and it was by an
heroic effort that his dwelling es
caped the flames. We know how to
sympathize with a neighbor in such
losses us this, if it were not for our
own poverty, brought 011 by just
such a mishap.
^ Mr. It. F. Luke of Irwin county,
is here to see one of his children who
was taken sick while on a short stay
lit its grandfather’s home.
Mr. J. A. Webb and wife und his
sister, of Lois, paid a visit to Mrs.
Webb’s father, Mr. Marion Register,
during the past week.
A novel scene will be enacted near
hero next Thursday, that of trial by
jury at Mr. D. J. Griner’s, for decis
ion as to the advisubility of carrying
a public road from Enigma to Nash
ville, through the lands of I). L. G.
Harper, who has entered suit uguinet
the county for $1,000 damages in
the event the roifd goes through.
Col. H. B. Peeples represents Mr.
Harper, and Col. G. T. Hammond
the county. Mr. M. J. L. Griner,
our worthy teacher, will close his
school on Friday, June 12th, with
an exhibition at night. All are cor
dially invited to attend. G.
Ashwood, Ga., May 20, 1800.
corn was rinsed on land that was
plowed this spring for the first time
und was fertilized with manure. The
corn is of the Minnesota Evergreen
Democratic Rally.
Air. J. II. Padrick, of the popular
firm of Padrick Bros., suggests that a
grand Democratic rally be held in
Tifton between now and the loth of
July, and that Judges Griggs and
Bower, Hon. II. G. Turner, Hon. F.
G.duBignon and Congressman Russell
be invited to speak. Air. Padrick’s
suggestion embraces an old-time
Democratic barbecue, such’ a one, as
wo used to greet Ben Hill and Alex
Stephens with before the war, and of
course this would mean a glorious re
union of tho true and tried Democrats
of several comities and a pleasant
time generally.
The Gazette likes the suggestion
for soveral reasons. In the first place
the eminence of the speakers to be
invited would insure a thorough dis
cussion of the financial question,
which is very important at this junc
ture. I11 the second .place, such a
gathering would lie a big advertise
ment for Tifton, for it goes without
saying that every visitor will carry
away pleasant impressions of the
place and people. In the third place
and perhaps most important of all, it
would, if properly conducted, tend
greatly to unite the factions in tho
party and place it 011 a better footing
for effective work in the ensuing elec
tions. For these reasons and others
that could he mentioned, tho Gazette
indorses Mr. 1 ’adriok’s .suggestion,and
we believe every Democrat in the
county will' do likewise.
On with the good work. Old Ber
rien lias always been a banner Dem
on atic county, and she never falters.
In the next Gazette wc liopo to
announce the rally as a fact.
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The Zeigler brothers surrendered
to the sheriff of Screven comity lute
Monday evening and were placed in
jail. About a dozen of their friends,
heavily armed, accompanied them
J. Huffman, “Ole Virginity,” who
returned form Georgia last Thursday,
speaks in high praise of tho success,
present and prospective, of the Fitz
geruld colony. He went there last
full, and lias seen the place trans
formed from pine woods into a city
of 8,000 people in eight months,—
and l’.p therefore has reasons to be
lieve that the colony is a four-time
winner. He and his sons John and
Frank each held colony stock, uud
in the allot incut of lands they secur
ed two residence lots and one excel
lent lot in the business sections of
Fitzgerald—the latter falling to
Frank’s luck. Mr. If. says lie could
have sold the business lot for $000
lie lias erected a
cash; but instead
building upon it for which the Fitz-
vanety und the seed was brought | fro m their home to the jail and re-
were instantly killed and the third | from Nebraska.—Fitzgerald Leader, j mained nearby through the night.
probably fatally injured. ' !. Mr. W. I. Sorrell of Hempstead LyncM,ng Darod, but the fear
. whs ismiimliPKH. Court: m in session
Briggs Carson,
INSURANCE
Tifton, Georgia.
Office in Timmons building.
The Local is informed that Mr. j vicinity, was in to see us Monday and
J. G. McPhaul and others of Ponlan, left a deformed ear of corn that is
have instituted mandamus proceed- quite a curiosity. Mr. Sorrell is one
ings against the managers of the re- of the oldest and most substantial
cent removal election, and that the j farmers in the county. He farms on
case is set for a hearing before Judge j the old hog and hominy style, having
Spence, at Camilla, on Saturday, | been keeping house 45 years during
May 30th.—Worth Local.
1 which time he lias never bought a
TIFTON
gerald social club pays him a month
ly rental of $37.60. John Huffman
is still in Fitzgerald, working at cur-
pentery. J. If. will return to Geor
gia next fall, after lie gels his crops
here looked after. —Miltord(Ind)
Mail.
was groundless. Court is in
and it is likely that they will either
be tried at once or released on bond.
One of the brighest and newsiest
papers that it has been our good fot-
tuno to see is the Tifton Gazette. It
is ably edited.—Tampa Daily Trib
une, The above is a highly appre
ciated compliment,coming, as it does,
from one of the leading newspapers
P. D. Allen, acting for Gen. Henry |P ound of meat and only 60 bushels
R. Jackson, president of the Suwanee cnrn ’ 'ty* c> h H ’4S bought m the
Canal Compan.y, has closed 11 deal jY^ar of’05,just at the close of the’ war. | 0 j our s i B tcr state. Thanks, Bro.
with a manufacturer for 340,000 Moultrie Observer. j Stovall. Ride on our front, gate ad
pounds of steel rails for the Su wanee : The pppulists met in Isabella Sat- j libitum.
Canal Company’s railroad extension i unlay und nominated the following
from Folkstou to Bullhead Bluff on for county officers :
the Salilla, whereby Brunswick
The Florida Central and Peninsu
lar railroad has erected an embank-
meat along its line of road in Liberty
county, Ga. Through this embank
ment no waterways were provided.
Because of this small rice planters
adjacent allege injury to their crops
and about sixty of them have begun
damage suits. The cost to the county
if these stiffs are nil tried will bo
enormous. Efforts are being made to
try one case as a test to govern all
the others.
Seaborn Burger, of Oconee couuty,
Mr. Will McLeod, who went from j Georgia, is probably the .oldest farm-
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“v ; . j-tJ placed in direct shipping connection
SALE STABLES.
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
C. A. WILLIAMS, Proprietor
witli the Okcfinokee swamp’s lumber
industry. .’ The line will be twenty-
two jniles in length and will connect
the largest milling interests of the
South with the best sea outlet in the
same territory. For the present only
freight trains will be run on the new :
road. The first trip will be made
about July 6.
Ordinary—W. D. Gleatou.
Representative—Joe L. Sumner.
Sheriff—Jesse Roberts.
ClerK—C. W, Thompson. -
Tax Collector—D. J. Dupree.
Tux Receiver—M. L. Champion.
Valdosta to Lansion, Fla., lust fall
| to engage in the turpentine "business,
was shot and instantly killed by a
1 negro last Friday night while attend
ing to some customers in his com-
: rnissury. It was a cold-blooded mur-
; der.
Treasurer—<1. M. Watson.
Surveyor—L. M, Sumner. Bulloch county has a deaf and
Coroner—J. H. Bridges. :• jdurnb candidate for tax receiver.
County Chairman—J. F. Kimball. | Political mud slinging will not dis-
Secretary—H. E. Kastman. | turb his mental equilibrium.
Tiie recent rains have done im
mense good throughout Southwest
and Southern Georgia.
■Mi
or in the state who “speeds the plow.”
lie is 80 years of age, and manages a
thirty-acre farm and plows the cot
ton and corn lumself. He has 300
acres that lie earned between the
plow handles, and $-10 in gold that
he saved from $200 that lie got for
one hale of cotton in I860.