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81.00 PER ANNUM,
TIFTON, BERRIEN CO., GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER
The productiveness of wiregrass
Georgia is shown in this item: Near
Manor, in ' Ware county, Wtf. H,
lootli has a peach tree from whicli
two crops of fruit were harvested
this year. The fruit of both har
vests was luscious and of good size.
■Should the fall months be favorable
In the superior court of Coffee
county two divorce suits are filed.
They are H. M. Thomas vs. Laura
Thomas, and Joseph Summerlin vs.
Laura Summerlin.
The Worth Local says J. G. Wal
lace has taken down the “petition”
between the two stores, etc. Was
Get our Prices
See our Styles
Hog cholera is raging in the
vicinity of Douglas.
about to have an
Fitzgerald
electric light plant.
Before Buying
Dry-Goods,
Shoes,
Millinery,
Carpets, and
China.
Fair treatment, 1 up-to-date styles, ser-
vicable qualities and lowest prices have
made us popular. Our fall stock is a rev
elation—a veritable exposition of desira
ble merchandise.
The new
Shoe Department,
Is already n pronounced success. 'Ve
guarantee every shoe we sell, as we han
dle only high-grade footwear.
OUR FALL
Millinery oping
Occurs about Oct. 1st. You’re invited.
Your orders will have our best atten
tion. Your money back if not satisfactory.
HOFMAYER, JONES & CO,
The Up-to-Date Department Store,
Albany, Georgia.
Pure Brandies and Whiskies at the O.K
I
Nearly three thousand voters have
registered in Coffee county.
The firm of Mayer & Crine, of Al
bany, has been dissolved.
If you want good whiskies, order from
e 0. K.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
R. A. HENDRICKS,
Attorney-at-Law,
WILLACOOCHEE,
GEORGIA,
Collections and Criminal Laws a specialty.
(u20-vG tf.)
DREW W. PAULK,
JUSTICE OP TIIE PEACE
1537 DI8TRICT G. M.
Collections a specialty. Office up stairs
in Paulk Building, South Grant St.,
Fitzgerald, Ga.
JONATHAN B. MURROW,
JAttorney-at-Law,
TIFTON. GEORGIA.
Prompt attention to all legal business. Office in
-• i jfulldln.
n8-v«-tf
Timmons isuliillng
(^“Collections a specialty;
C. C. HALL,
Attorney-at-Law,
TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to nil legal business
—Collections a specialty.—Offlco over the new
Paulk building. v5n32-ly.
DR, J.A. McCREA,
Physician and. Surgeon,
* TIFTON, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to calls, day or night.
Office at residence on Lovo avenue.
ESrTvpnoiD Fevku a Specialty. 5-3m
DR. J. C. GOODMAN
Physician and Surgeon,
TIFTON GEORGIA.
Office—Room In the Tilton Drug Store.
Dr. J. W WILLIAMS,
DENTIST ,
CORDELE, GEORGIA.
Office—Bank Building, Room No. 1, up stairs
FULWOOD & MURRAY,
Attorneys at Lawi
HFTON, - GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business.
HTOfficf, in Tift Buildino.
W. N PITTMAN,
Contractor and Builder,
TIFTON, GEORGIA. '
Estimates on all kinds of building furnished.
ness
J. H. TIPTON,
Attorney-at-Law',
ISABELLA, • GEORGIA.
Prompt attcnlion to all legal busl
(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. Opfice over J. T
Golden & Co., Drug store.
Briggs Carson,
INSURANCE
Tifton, Georgia.
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Office in Timmons building.
the
Northern prospectors continue to
i uck to southwest and southern
Georgia.
Pulaski county has only 1,728
registered voters. Berrien can beat
that by several hundred.
Order your whisky from the 0. IC.
The South Georgia Holiness Asso
ciation will convene at Douglas on
the 4th Sunday iu October.
Major Spence, one of the oldest
and best known citizens of Ware
county, died in Waresboro last week.
The best of Corn and Rye whiskies can
be ordered from the O. K.
Jim Jack Parrish, well known in
Berrien, is now one of the deputy
sheriffs of Lowndes. He’s surely a
good one.
Editor Fackler has shaken the dust
of Willacoochee from his sandals and
las gone to Lake City, Fla., taking
iis print shop with him
Mr. H. L. Hall, a promineut cit
izen of Coffee county, is dead. Angus
Willis, of the same county, is also
dead.
George Fleming, who shot and
tilled Ely King, near Hawkinsville
recently, has been adjudged insane
and sent to the asylum.
A permanent exhibit of the fertil
ity and resources of this section will
ie made of the Fitzgerald Corn and
Cotton Palace.
Fall gardens in and near Blakely
are total failures, and Jack Powell
has ^already made several new holes
in his surcingle.
Rewards aggregating ♦DOO have
been offered for the capture of Lum
Warren, the Randolph county, rapist,
but the brute is still at large.
An ambushed negro shot Murshal
Eatman in the shoulder Saturday
night, at Rochelle. The wound is
not dangerous. Cuffy escaped.
Saturday night last the barn and
contents, belonging to Mr. Ben. Peter
son, a merchant of Douglas, was
consumed by fire. Los3 about 8500.
Mr. Michael Sullivan, a bravo
Confederate veteran, died at his
home near Isabella last week, aged
about 05 years. Peace to h;s ashes.
The Ashburn Advance says: “Two
bedsteads and a dining table have
been left at this office for sale.” Was
‘the artichoke patch a failure, Bro.
Smith ?
A white man uamed Farmer shot
another white man named Will Kim
ball, in Miller county recently, the
ball taking effect in the stomach
Kimball will recover.
W. I). Higbsmith, the present tax
receiver of Wayne conuty and dem
ocratic nominee for re-election, died
last week. J. C. Hatcher has be>n
nominated for the office.
Mr. Cicero Fitzgerald, of Haw-
kinsville, died in that city on Friday
last He was a well known merchanL
Mr. W. F. Grimsley, of Pulaski
county, also died last week.
There is to be a grand auction sale
of colony lots in Fitzgerald, begin
ning November 18. Special trains
will be run through from Chicago
and Indianapolis, bringing prospect
ive buyers to the sale, as well as a
number who come to settle on the
land already bonght.
between
the petition numerously signed, and
why was it taken down, Bro. Allen ?
Cotton picking is about over in
some portions of wiregrass Georgia.
Dr. W. J. Hall, of Doles, Worth
county, has moved to Arabi, in Dooly
county. Worth has lost a good citi
zen and physician and Dooly has
gained one.
The 16-page anniversary edition of
the Waycross Journal was a typo
graphic gem of the first water. The
illustrations were numerous and ex
cellent and the reading matter just
what it should be. Bro. Sweat, it’s
fine, you bet!
Uncle Sam, up at Isabella, the
merriest newspaper correspondent in
southwest Georgia, says “Farmers
and printers are alike because both
have patches.” Ed. Smith’s patches
must have inspired this o’er-truthfnl
bit ’o wit.
Saturday night three prisoners
escaped from the jail at Douglas, in
Coffee county, by unlocking the jail
and walking out. They are Will
Seats, white, and Ed Clark, colored,
both convicted of burglary, and Jesse
Humphries, white, an ex-convict,
charged with intent to murder.
A party of gentlemen seined the
Ochlonkonee at the mouth of Tired
Creek, catching three sturgeons
weighing respectively 43, 92 and 145
pounds—the largest measuring 7 feet
in length, 37 inches around the body,
and 32 inches from one breast fin to
the other.—So. Ga. Home.
The still und outhouses of Monroe
& Co., five miles north of Quitman,
were totally destoyed by fire last
week. LoSs about $1,600. No in
surance. On the same night Mr. K.
II. Williams’s barn and stables and
the canning factory were fired by in
cendiaries.
Some o f the lithographed matter
that Mr. Wrenn is sending out, ad
vertising the Plant System railwuy
and steamship lines, is very neat and
artistic. Among it is the Budget
for October, full of illustrations anc
humorous matter, a sample of which
will be sent on application to Mr
B. W. Wrenn, at Savannah.
A negro, whose name could not be
ascertained, was almost instantly-
killed Saturday while working about
a cotton gin on the Griffin plantation
six miles east of Americus. The ne
gro deliberately put his foot under
the gin band to see if it would catch
It did, and the -next second he was
stored away under the gin with
dozen bones broken and nil the life
and curiosity knocked out of him.
The Georgia Southern & Flpridu’s
earnings for August on 285 miles of
railroad were 874,104 gross and $26,-
713 net, .an increase of $1,288 net
The same road’s net earnings for
July and August were 857,818, an
increase of 86,215. The per cent, of
expenses to earnings for the two
months was 6.2G, which is below the
average. The road has 285 miles of
line.
Last Saturday night Cupt. G. II.
Berry, commanding troop A of the
first regiment Georgia cavalry, was
assassinated about eight miles from
Savanuah, while returning to his
home at Berry, onr the F. C. & P.
On the- same night“Mr. Dave Silver,
a prominent merchant of Sparta,
Ga., was assassinated. He was shot
in tlie back five times and died in
stantly. It is supposed that both
crimes were committed by negroes.
by reason of warm weather, another
crop of peaches from the wonderful
tree may possibly result.
An abstirdly fallacious story is be
ing printed by California papers to
the effect that Rev. George Wash
ington Cheek, colored, near Waycross,
is a self-appointed whipping master
of the evil-doers of his flock, and
after service every Sunday morning
lie holds a court. Members found to
be guilty of chicken stealing or
other wrong-doiugs are sentenced to
ten lashes, and, according to the re
port, Cheek himself executes the
sentence in every instance.
We regret to learn of the death,
with heart failure, of Dr. S. A. Rod-
•
denberry, of Cairo, which occurred
oil Tuesday night—after a protracted
spell of continued fever; which, we
earn, had practically run its course
and abated—the heart failure pos
sibly resultingfrom the effects of the
mediciues used in reducing the fever.
And the same result is becoming too
notable not to excite inquiry among
thoughtful minds if their use is sufe.
—Bainbridge Democrat.
The farmers iu Decatur county are
now selling their tobacco crops, some
of which are as large as 10,000
pounds, at 40 cents per pound. The
indications are that for the next few
years at least tobacco will rise in
price. The Cuban war, which has
been in progress for several years,
has been the means of placing Deca
tur county tobacco more extensively
on the market, and it is now filling
the position formerly occupied by
the imported Cuban tobacco.—Bmn
bridge Democrat.
Why Ho Is a Cnn<li<late.
Ray’s Mill, Ga., Sept. 24, 1896.
—To the Voters of Berrien county
In accepting the nomination of I ho
Populist party as nominee for repre
sentative, I feel desirous of stating
my issues as to politics. I am
Populist. I believe in reform, anc
have for several years. If I. am lion
ored to serve the county, I will do
the best 1 can for the people. There
are two things I will promise not to
do: One is not to puss a fish law
and the other is, I will not vote for
U. S. senator without good evidence
that he is a friend to the free coin
uge of silver. There is one tiling
will do: I will vote for the anti
barroom bill, und all measures in the
interest of the state and people.
Yours, etc. Jab. M. Babkin.
2t ,
For Sale.
Scholarship in Porter’s Business
College, Valdosta, and Georgia Bus
incss College, Macon. See us before
buying; we can savo you money
Gazette ollice.
Hayings.
Miss One Belle Patten is teaching
a music class at Mr. Dawson Darsey’s,
Miss Orie, us principal, assures sue
cess.
Annual meeting at Poplar Bpnr.gs
last ■Sunday, was largely utteudei
as was also the yearly meeting at
Pleasant.
There is a working at Emprise
church to-day, preparing for yearly
meeting next Friday, Saturday and
Sunday. A large crowd is expected.
Miss Maggie Patten closed a music
school ut Mr. Fisher Gaskins last
Friday.
Prof. J. A. Weaver is out, after a
severe spell of fever.
Sept. 22. Plunket.
Wo can supply YOU with the Latest
in "Footwear."
Men’s, Ladles, Roys and children, at‘pri
ces that surpriso you. We have ad
vantages over any Shoe House in this
section. Having “2” stores,
Albany and Dawson, Ga., neces
sitates our Buying in LABUE
QUANTITIES, and by buying
and gelling for the Cash,
and “lO” years experi
ence in the—
Shoe [Business.
wo think it to your advantage
to do business with us.
Our line is always up to date with the.
Latest In Shoes, Hats and Men’s Fur
nishing Goods. We ask for a trial or
der and promlsl Prompt Attention.
The Cash Shoo People,
MUSS & 00X 00., Albany, Georgia.
JOINT DEBATES.
Judge J. M. Griggs and Col. John
A. Sibley will jointly discuss the
political issues of the day on the fol
lowing dates at the pluces named:
Albany, Friday, Oct. 9th, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville, Monday, Oct. 12th,
noon recess.
Moultrie, Tuesday, Oct. 13th, 10
a. m.
Camilla, Wednesday, Oofc. 14tb*
10 a. m.
Thomasville, Thursday, Oct. 15th,
10 a. m.
Bainbridge, Friday, Oct. 10th, 1
p. in.
Blakely, Monday, Oct. 19th, 10
a. m.
Dawson, Wednesday, Oct. 21st,
10 a. in.
Outbbert, Thursday, Oct. 22d, 10
a. in.
Morgan, Friday, Oct. 23d, 10 a.m.
How’s This?
c oiler One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Unturrli that cannot
bo cured by 11 all’s Catarrh Cure.
F. J. C11ENBY & CO., Toledo, O.
o tliu undersigned, have known F. J
Cboncy for tlie last 15 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in ail business
transactional and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm.
West & Thuax, holesalo Druggists
Toledo, O. ai.dino, Kinnan, & Mar
vin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon tlie blood nnd mu
cous surfaces of tlie system. Testimon
ials sent free. Price 75 cts. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. t
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
Hon. F. O. duBignon spoke to a
representative gathering of the cit
izens of Coffee county at Willacoo
chee last Saturday, lie was met at
the depot by a delegation of citizens
and the Harper Band, (composed of
Mr. Harper and his four daughters,)
and escorted to a spring near by,
where a stand hud been erected, aud
a basket dinner was spread. It is
needless to say the silver tongued
orator from Chatham gave them
straight democracy.
The man who bolts a national
nominco is not one whit bettor or
worse than tie who bolts the stato or
county nominee of his party.. The
bolter is not a reliable member of
any party, and this is especially true
if he seeks to bolt with the party’s
name.
Scab Wright actually believes be
will be elected.