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TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896.
VOL. 6- NO. 11
‘•ROUND ABOUT HER OR
CHARDS SWEEP.”
TIFTON.
•EACH AND PLUM TREE FRUITED
DEEP.
'AIR AS A .GARDEN OF TUB LORD—
THE PLACE WHERE THE PEACH
ATTAINS ITS HIGHEST PERFECTION,
AND WHERE THE .VINE GROANS
I ’NEATH ITS LUSCIOUS LOAD.
^It is not our intention here to
f ive a history of Tifton-’s past.
,'his was done by able pens in last
ear’s Fair edition. Rather, now,
t us leave the past behind us,
lorious though it is, and. turn our
es to the future, where the sun-
ght of promise gilds the rainbow
hope and sheds its effulgent
lys across our onward path, lined
F. G. Boatright, Mayor,
it is, on either side, with the
wers of prosperity and the fruit
plenty. We will only try, in
is brief sketch, to chronicle the
anges and achievements of the
st year, giving it as a fair crit-
on of the years gone before and
earnest of the years to come.
During the past year between
5,000 and $30,000 have beep in-
sted in buildings in the city
ne. Among these are the brick
ildings of L. S. Shepherd & Co.,
iUbo feet; the W. O. Tift build-
90x100 feet; the Timmons
ilding, the Bank of Tifton, and
addition to the Paulk building.
11 there is another brick build-
' being built. Two iron build-
s have been constructed, one by
. C. H. Goodman for a meat
rket and the other occupied by
. J. N. Garrett, the baker, and
more are in process of erec-
1. Besides these, the residences
Messrs. W. B. Parks, W. C.
rlin, J.,W. Miller, B. T. Al
and O. L. Chestnutt, while
sc of Messrs, George Smith, 1.
Bowen and T. A. Spurlin are
rly completed. The residences
Messrs. E. H. Tift and John
ie have also been completed
mg the past year. We give
Third streets, has been agitated
for some time, and seems likely to
bear fruit in the near future. This
would give us a ne' er-failing sup
ply of the {hires: and • healthiest
drinking water, and mid in no
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veil. Councilman,
mean dkiim:.■ ■ u> the health of the'
town. Quin a number of our
most prominent cit r/.ens are heart
ily in favor of tlie movement, and
we. hope soon tw see it developed.
We already have one well, with a
capacity of 250 gallons per min
ute, but the others are badly
needed.
rifle, is essentially a railroad
town. Here, crosses the two great
systems, the Plant and the South
ern. Then add connection with
l!\d Get ruin and Alabama system,
by way of Fitzgerald and Abbe
ville, and the route graded to
Tho/iiasviile, and you will see
that: we are in the midst of a net
work in' rails. Within . iglil hours
of Jacksonville, twenty-four hours
of Key West and thirty hours of
New York, we have mail, express
and railway facilities of the very
Tiflon’s Genial Parent Eleven Years Ago, Who, Like Wine and His Town, Improves With Age.
buildings are to be erected as soon
as the Fair is over.
Not least among Tifton’s im
provements during the past year is
the completion of the Tifton and
Northeastern railroad to Fitz
gerald, thus opening up the short
est route to the Soldiers’ Colony
and giving Tifton a valuable out
let. Of this road II. H. Tift is
probably be in operation this
week. The franchise for this ex
change was granted by the City
Council to C. W. Fulwood, who
has associated with him C. II. S.
Marsh, W. O. Pndrick, Briggs
Carson and W. O, Tift. The cen
tral office will be located in the
Tift building.
And another is the steps that
have been taken to secure an over
head crossing over the Brunswick
& Western railroad, and an union
passenger depot. This matter is
as yet in the hands of the railway
authorities, the City Council hav
ing made the concessions asked.
Among the njany enterprises
now on foot is one to purchase the
Institute building, and establish a
system of free schools. To give
you an idea of the cause of this
growth and enterprise, we should
tell you
himself and family.
Of churches and schools we
have the best, our buildings stand
ing as in evidence. Methodists
Baptists and Episcopalians all
have church organizations, the
Methodists and Baptists having
handsome buildings, and the Epis
copal membership contemplate
erecting one soon. A picture of
the Methodist church was given in
our last Fair edition, and today we
present one of the new brick Bap
tist church, completed last year,
and costing over $6,000.
|Note In this issue we pre
sent only pictures not used last
year. In our last editijjp quite a
number of the h .ndsnmcst build
ings in (lu: place were shown,
therefore they are omitted this
year.—Hu. j
The corner stone of the present
fohn A* Phillips, Councilman.
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f ires of the buildings finish j"
rcvejr they have been ph
liked. Several more have
H.
[racked for, and two h
L. G. Manard, Councilman.
president, W. O. Tift vice-presi
dent, F. G. Boatright tralllc man
ager, and E. J. Williams, Jr.,
cashier. It is already .doing a
thriving business, and lias twenty-
live miles of" fine road bed. It is a
private dnterprise, built by private
capital, and is now one of Tifton’s
instituting.
Another is the connection by
long distance telephone with Ty-
Ty, Sumner, Poulan and other
points along the Brunswick and
Western railroad. The end of
this line is located in the whole
sale establishment of Lov'e& Buck,
to whose enterprise we arc in
debted for it.
Still another is the inauguration
of a city telephone exchange, the
wires for which are now being
placed in position, and which will
SOMETHING AIIOUT OURSELVES.
Tifton is sixty miles from the
Florida line, 130 milcSvfrom the
Atlantic, 125 miles from the gulf,
2qo miles south of Atlanta and 105
miles south of Macon, and is sit
uated on the ridge of hills extend
ing from Augusta, Ga., to Cara-
belle, Fla. It has an altitude pf
427 feet—1S8 feet higher than Al
bany, some forty miles west, and
seventy feet higher than Maron,
103 miles north.
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W. (). Pailiick. Councilman,
best, while competition insures fair
and equitable rate . 1A ur to six
train#crews stn over in Tifton
upervisors.
1. the
..ItouuAs, etc., of
this division of liu. tlnee roads re
side here. H'iiis insures a good
local btisin. ... an! oiruiii.tes cur
rency during I a dullest -eason of
the year.
The climate and soil is all that
the most critical could ask. Labor
ers work in the open air the entire
year; the soil is naturally fertile,
with a clay subsoil susceptible of
the highest state of cultivation
and pure, freestone water and a.
gulf breeze, perfumed by passing
through the huge forests of bal
samic pines—all of which guar
antee to the homeseeker: First, a
fruitful return for honest labor;
second, health and happiness for
\V. W. Ti.nnums, Councilman.
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Institute building was laid in 1891’,
and it was then considered far too
large for the. town. Yet it His be
come too small, and enlargement
or a new building is now a press
ing necessity. ,
The pnj.-ct ‘f two artesian
wells, one at the 'crossing pf L<m£
C ' , ''urrur, City Cle k.
Venn?, and Tit ton will have one, too,
avenue and Fourth- ytreet, the
other at the crossing of Main and
before another winter htir gone.
From 2,500 to 8,000 bales of cotton
are bought here each season, our
(Continued on fourth puge.)
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