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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1896.
VOL. 6-NO. 10
CITY DIRECTORY.
Municipal.
Mayou—F. G. Boatright.
Clerk anil Tre.vsubkr—H. S. Murray.
Couxcilhex—H. H. Tift, K. 1*. Bowen, W. W.
Timmons, J. A. Phillips, I- G. Mnynaril & W. O.
fadrlck. Council meets first Monday night In
each month.
Secret Societies.
Tifton Lodge, No.47, F. & A.M.—J.S.Gatilden
W. M.;B. T. Colo, Secretary. Meets third Sat
urday night in each month.
Tifton Chapter, No. 47, It. A. M.—F. G. Boat
right;H.l*., Dr. J. A. McCrea, Secretary. Meets*
first Saturday night in each month.
Fixey Woods Lodge, No. go, K.ofP,—E. J.
Williams, C. C.; H. S. Murray, K. of It. & S.
Meets overy Thursday night.
Literary mill Social,
Tifton Literary Cluis—Meets every Monday
night, at residence of Mr. 1!. II. Tift. Mrs. E. H.
Tift, President; SliSB Catherine Tift, Secretary.
Epwortii League—Religious services every
Sunday afternoon at 0:15. Literary meeting ev
ery fourth Friday night.
Church Appointments.
Methodist—Rev. C. E. Crawley, Pastor. Serv
ices every Sunday, at 11:00 a. m. and 7 !45 p. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday night at 7:00.
. Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Baptist—Ilev. P. A. Jessup, Pastor. Services
ever)’ Sunday, at 11:00 a. m. and 7:00 p. in. Sun
day school at 3:00 p.m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday night, at 7:00 o’clock.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JONATHAN B. MURROW!
.A-ttoi'iiev-at-lliaw,
, TIFTON. GEORGIA.
Prompt attention to all legal business.
nS-vli-tf EEr-Collcctlons a specialty.
c. hall. n. A. HENDRICKS.
HALL & HENDRI-CKS,"
Attorneys-at-Law,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business.
—Collections a specialty.—Office over the new
Paulk building. v5n32-ly.
DR, J. A. McCREA,
Physician, and burgeon,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to calls, day or night.
Office at residence on Love avenue.
CF-Typhoid Fever a Specialty. 5-3m ,
DR. J C. GOODMAN
Physician and burgeon,
TIFTON GEORGIA.
office—Room in the Tifton Drug Store.
OUR NEIGHBORS.
Dr. J. W WILLIAMS,
DENTIST,
CORDELE, GEORGIA.
Office—Bank Building, Room No. 1, up stairs
JOHN MURROW,
A 11 o x* n e y - at-Law,
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Oflicc-dtooms 1 and 3, Love building.
Collections, Commercial Law and Real Estate.
Willacoochee lias a first-class am
ateur minstrel troop.
A stalk cutter factory is now in
operatiou at Poulan.
Air, Callaway Johnson, of the 9th
district of Worth county, is dead.
The melon crop in Sonthwest
Georgia is reported to be short about
65 per cent.
W. E. Bussey and Miss Maud
Johnston were married near Cordelo
011 10th lust.
Mr. M. S. Corhett, of Clinch coun
ty, mourns the recent death of his
.wife, Lenora.
Valdo3ta takes its name from the
home of Gov. Tioup, Vale d’Ostu, in
Laurens county.
Dr. Etheredge, formerly of Sparks,
lus moved to Valdosta to engage in
his profession.
Miss Wealthy DeLoach and Mr.
Ward Clarke were married 111 Val
dosta last Sunday.
Mr. Elias Lott announces for the
legislature in Coffee, IT. L. Paulk
retiring from the field.
There will die a big barbecue at
Ty Ty to-morrow, with a speech by
jovial Jim Griggs as dessert.
Huwkinsville has voted to bond
the city for §40,000 to put in electric
lights and build waterworks.
Willacoochee, under a recent
ruling of the state supreme’ court, is
no longer an incorporated town.
A gang of rowdies fired the town
jail at Pearson recently and laid it
in ashes. They used kerosene to ex
pedite the work.
Jack Sharp, a negro, who killed a
white boy in Thotaasville a few weeks
ago, was found guilty of murder and
will doubtless hung.
Maj. W. L. Glessner is arranging
for a convention of Northern settlers
to be held in Tifton during-the Mid- of the county,
summer Emit Fair.
FULWOOD & MURRAY,
Attoi’heys at Paw*
TIFTON, - GEORGIA.
Prompt Attention Riven to all legal business.
EITOffice in Tnrr Building.
W. N PITTMAN,
Coxitractox* and Builder,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Estimates on all kinds of building furnished.
J. H. TIPTON,
Attorney-at-Law,
ISABELLA, • OKOHOIA.
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-
lie patronage. Office over J. J.
Golden & Co., Drug store.
TIFTON LAND
—AND—
1111 in i»r lit 1 ini. (;niii|i'iiiv.
Fruit, Farm and Timber
canniug. This mode of putting up
fruit and vegetables is sure to become
popular at once. The company pays
$1.00 per bushel for blackberries.
Judge Perbam notifies the Gazette
that he will want “peach iu his’n,”
at the Mid-Summer Fair. All right,
Judge, come up, and tlje“pench” shall
go down.
A jilted girl in Vlena had herself
photographed in a coffin, arrayed for
the grave. She sent the picture to
her faithless lover, and lie became
insane.—Douglas Breeze.
Mr. Oliver Hays has bought a
large body of timber in Worth
county,near Ty Ty, and will move
Ins saw mill there at an early day.—
Smithville Enterprise.
Mr. Daniel Willis, one of the
pioueers of Worth county, died on
Thursday evening of lust week, of
cancer, aged 79 years. A good man
has gone to4iis reward.
' A special term of Worth Superior
court for the trial of criminal cases,
will convene July 20th. Grand and
petil jurors who served at April term
will serve at the special term.
Miss Bruce Underwood, daughter
of Rev. J. L. Underwood, of Camillu,
and Lieutenant Robert Edward Lee
Spence, of the United States army,
will be wedded on the 30th inst.
There are no populists in Lee
county now. They have all* come
back to the old democratic party and
are a united people once more. How
pleasant it is for brethren to'dwell
together in unity!
Mr. Y. It. Beasley, a telegraph op-
crater at Valdosta, was knocked
senseless by a flush of lightning, in
that city, last Friday evening. TIis
condition was critical for awhile,
but lie is all right now.
Last Saturday the free silver
men of Baker,county he'd a meeting
to decide which of the two candidates
should receive the solid silver vote
The vote stood thus:
: Griggs, 211; Walters, 11.
he' has an excellent crop.of corn'
growingon the same land. He plant
ed only about eight acres iu potatoes,
giving him a net yield of about $100
per acre.—Waycross Journal.
Prof. W. 11. Skinner’s license has
befell revoked by the Board of Educa
tion of Coffee county. He is charged
with making false returns to the
Commissioners, and the' Grand Jury
will look into the matter.—Way-
cross Journal.
Editor.Tom McGillis has found
the hardest case of all, .a sjlverite
THE SOUTH’S OPPORTUNITY,
The most important question be
fore the South is, liow to secure im
migration. A large movement of
population from the North and West
and of the better classes of German,
Scandinavian and British farmers to
the South would bo of incaicnable
value to this section. It would stmt;
ulate the whole South, wonderfully
augment the growth of manufactures,
enhance the vaht? of all agricultural
land and of all city property, increase
who refuses to eat eggs because the thu ,n0,lt ‘J Mnakin " opportunities of
white and yellow are not in the propo
tion of 16 to 1. Respectfully referred
to the Ordinary of Tat nail for inves
tigation.—Waycross Journal.
Tifton is to havener mid-summer
fair as’usual this year. These fairs
have been quite a success in illustrat
ing the resources of the counties of
Berrien, Worth and Irwin to the
throngs of people who flock there.
What a pity Dooly can’t have a fair.
—Cordele Sentinel.
The title colonel comes from the
word almost the same in several lan
guages, signifying a column. The
colonel was so .called because he led
or commanded a column. This ex
plains why all newspaper men are
colonels. They all command col
umns.—Home Commercial.
Mr. W. M. Doughtry is now man
aging Mr. D. Paulk’s mercantile
business for film—Mr. I. T. Guldens
every man, woman and child in the
South, bring about better educational
facilities, secure the construction of
better roads, forever settle all possi
ble race questions, and give to Bus-
section a prosperity as much greater
than that of the North and West arf*
the natural advantages of the former
exceed those of the later. It is the
duty of every man and woifian in
terested in the South to bend their
best energies to this great question.
It demands the untiring work, the
most liberal financial aid and the
daily thought of every one who de
sires to see the South enjoy tho bless
ings that would cbtno fyotn an evet*
increasing southward movement of
population. The .Manufacturers’ Rec
ord,,devoted to the industrial inter
ests of-this section, and reaching the
manufacturers of the North and
West, and tho “Southern •States"
magazine, published by it, devoted
having give up the job.—Willacoo-1 wholly to its immigration and ngrl
choc Courier. What lb does not cultural interests, and reaching thou-
Hon. W. A. McDonald, one of the
pjoneeis of Ware county, and u no
ble old gentleman iu all the walks
of life, is dead, aged 72.
Mr. A. J. Strickland is preparing
Blakely bun claim one distinction
if no more. There are more Jleas
here to the square inch than iu any
town in the universe—owing, we
presume, to an incredable number of
to establish a cider and vinegar hoggish characters.—Blakely Ob-
works in Valdosta Ibis summer. The
plant will cost about fs8,000. ,
Judge Perhum wunts a mint for
the fre-e coinage of silver located in
Waycross. A mint julep with a
stick in it will not satisfy him.
Most of the weekly newspapers in
Southern Georgia are up-to-date
publications, and all of them are
server.
Write the Gazette for estimates on
ail kinds of job work. The job
printing department is now my? of
the most complete in Southwest
Georgia, and first class work at fair
prices is the inducement offered for
patronage.
Among the . interesting lawsuits
j promised in this county during the
! year cue will be to recover the mar-
hustling for—peaches and cream.
A Waycross negro explains the 16 . , , ....
. , .. ,. . * t riage fee, brought by the gentleman ... . , . . . ,
to 1 question by saying that it means. , , , J . , 1 We hope to soon hear of his early
' 7 .. who performed the ceremony against i . . 1 ... ...
“Sixteen dollara Ao the white man , Ji demisse.—Mqultnc Quill.
know about selling goods is hardly
worth knowing, and lie’s great on a
fmh fry--especially at Avera’s mill
pond.
The town needs u law and order
league. Some of the boys made a
battering sheep of the editor and
came near heating down a shelter
post for no cause on earth but riding
around town with another fellow’s
girl. When McKenly is elected
our pants will have protection.
—Ashburn Advance.
Tho Parrott Lumber Go. leccntly
bought the saw mill of the Foote &
Zuber Lumber Co., ut Lenox and are
now operating it. Mr. II. S. Nash,
former superintendent of this mill,
has bought a mill ut Staunton. Mr.
Bob Wynne, formerly of Cordele,
has accepted a position with Mr
Nash.—Cordele Sentinel. -
W. B. Coon, a deputy from
Ilahiru, caught Chqrlie Wiggs a
fugitive negro from Lowndes, at the
still of Horn & Norman, in this
county, lust Friday night. Cheeky
Charley is charged with an atte.mpt;
to outrage Miss Rosa Lawson, of Cat
Creek, a daughter of Hard Lawson.
Bunds of prospective settlers, land
buyers and immigration agents in
the North arid West, will press in*
duslvia! and immigration matters tip-
on the world’s attention more vig
orously mid on a broader scale even
than iu the past. Will the people of
the whole South, the hankers, tho
merchants, tho manufacturers, tho
land owners, the railroad companies
and all others realizing the vital im
portance of great energy in this
work and the greatness of the reward
that is possible-, take up these ques
tions with new activity and enthusi
asm V—Manufacturers Record.
and one dollar to tho nigger.”-
ald.
-Her-
| a young benedict who, does not live,
-Valdosta!
Deafness Cannot to Cured
by local applications, ns they cannot
much tho diseased portion of tho ear.
There Is only one way in on o deafness, t
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed condi
tion of tiro mucous lining of tho Kuatach-
inn Tube. When lids flibo gels inflamed
you have n rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, nnd*whc» it is entirely closed
deafness is tho.result, and unltsa. the
inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing Will bu destroyed forever; nine
eases out qf ton nrc caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces.
Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for
any ease of Deafness (caused by catnrrh)
While one-half the people of the u,at cannot bo cured by Hall’s Catarrh
many miles from Valdosta.
Times ~ ! worlds are working like Trojans to Cure. Send for circulars, free.
The Quill reached us Saturday! >, . , , mane u living, the other half Are F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
, , Lapt. Milo Bull, who resides in . . ., . ... i .-Sold bv DniArfeu. v&
from its new. home in Mon 1 trie, look-1a .. . . . . ,doing nothing, and are living on the °-
mg as fresh as a urnsv and spark ng , . , , .. ■ , .. ... fat of the land, and scheming all the
?' .... . - . 1 ?*’> drove of ducks that are afraid of the .. ... , . . .. . . J
with good things from the editorial gg n -., ^ ; Iui i(ii | time to beat the working half out of
quill.
water. They won’t go neur the wa
fer. This is a new one, sure, aud
wlmt they make. They generally
l^at them too.—Willacoochee Cour-
The- Gazette is prepared to print* the 0 ld saying about “swimming like *
-a-u — J a iter. • .That may be Uie way it seems
IatuIh, Writ® for Farticulaia.
vGOktf.
C. H. GOODMAN,
WOODYAKD
Wood of any size desired, delivered in
■ all parts of town at reasonable rates.
no-yiC-ly.
Briggs Carson*
SNSURANCE
Tifton, Georgia.
Office in Timmons building.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Appointments.
Judge J. M. Griggs will speak at
TiCtnir,Saturday,.!une 27,10:30 a.m.
. I I _ .. _ Ty Ty, Bat. Junu 27,12^00 m. .afta,
election tickets ou short .notice aud u j,,ck w proves to be a joke.—Bruns-; ! er ^ 1 ‘ if ! H( Everybody, ladies and all, are, cor-
'afcright prices. Orders froiii-Betrien' wloK-ICfSi, | to Col. haekler-in lus bailiwick, but; riialt’y invited to come offt and hear
aud oeigiihoringconiities' promptly: r | ll P bore there are no. idlers- tuid lmt, him.
itHgj lhere is a family «t Macovi Ga. in ; V(fl .„ little s'dlislineas. Tifton does . e.Lv^.,.7r, vii
which there has not been'a death for! Ilrt , , • SpooM fc tto to All. •
iiu., worm otoie, n. iyson, f,f t y years. Llie head of tho family] . » j -ia.m. Frim matton a, »t. tamH, xro. wonut
propriety, was closed at Ashbnru • j 9 8cve ntv three, and his wife is sev- lc« Crtsatu Made, by a New Process,! plve »npiftfea uW nw.m to jpv' «a»
Tncadav last The liuhilites are tin- . , mm , . . , . — wndlnghortyna cwit stnmpii. t sent lor om>
, - , "J * . enl - v 1 l,c J celebrated their; , lmvc „„ l00 cream Kr0OMr tl ; at wm fwcw > amtf««mi uso mmi ttot i w to n„-
known, one oi tw’o mortgages iming goltlcn wedding the other day with jenmtn insiantiy. Ttn> cream is jntt into the i ul “' 1 hmtrs. t*ki«^
held against the stock.
The Ashhnrr. Advance promises: grandchildren.
golden' wedding the other day , , . m . ... .
t,„,..i ,tiu,- frecajr amt conics iHlt instantly,smooth OhJ p«i> : ° r(l ^ rii J o r thesjioou. Itu-tmoksimonl* a hotiw-
tlieir ttU children and twenty two j r ,. ct i y , Tins a»Uiat«ho» people ami a-cvow3i ,Mril ?:^■wi-vnAfiy. It eaimot slip into the ,IGU or
.» n ,M....«.|ieoplean<la'ct < Qwi>, - ■
: will galher hi we the freezer Iu operatiou anil t ceoltlnu' esset, lscins belli In theptiue by a htnJ.-.
' they will all want (o try Uie cream. You can sell j J® l ,: *.**‘ ’the spoon la sotaetUiUir hot’.se-
M r. Baxter IS one or Fierce County 8 ! crown m fast as It can liomaile ami Mil freezers ; keepers have neeitwt ever since spoons were first
otild not tmy an old style ! lnWiteiE »"« can got a sample sirnon by
enrloslty and you can sell srinlbn; ten r cent stamps to Miss Mrs. This
am and six to twelve , U«*ndl'l vruy tojnaltemqney nround home.
Iiiaiies k good ,m,flt'A»*8ut Verytroiy. ^r.sM,ra:S.
_ i , , ,. , , , thesu hard limes and U a pleasant employment.; ... " "T?r, . , r> » .
The .South Georgia Canning Co. too, and hard times are not known ; j.f.<v«iya r,,.,mi«t.ciwrtea.tt.. »t. i«mi»• Dan Sweat pnblishes tho
at Vienna has commenced work. The about Ins place. 11 is Irish notutoes <*'»«•«•»ft»u parUenhw* arid inrwuuttm «\Varniw.g-t« Editors" and credits it
contpapy uses glass instead of tin for tins year netted hint over V400, and ■ and uni employ Bwassiesnu-n on salary, katic. 1cs * Ah» Dan, Dan.
to raise a dust in journalism after
th:
that,
patches
J . air. iLixterisoneort lercecouniy S ereiim.isfastiniitenohnu
a first of July. Does this meau l ftinners, his plantation being i u ’ ,nau >' of tll ' ,nl ' v, >" woU!
at. the sugarcane and artichoke j two miles froin J'lackshear. He is ] t,!V« wortif or cm
itches have beefl mortgaged ? .j making a big suecess of his calling| ,rB# “ r " * v « r y *i*y. Thi»