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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA.. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6,1916.
BULLETINS OF GAMES.
CHESS GOT A DEER.
AT BUCKLAND HALL.
Arrangements have been made
with Brooks’ Pharmacy and Pink
ston’s Drug Store by the- Gazette
whereby bulletins of the world’s
ries baseball games will be displayed
at the two stores as fast as they are
received by the Gazette.
This arrangement will give oppor
tunity for those wishing to keep in
touch with the games as they pro
ceed to do so without all being
crowded in some one place. .
Besides these bulletins, the Ga
zette will publish the games com
plete each day that they take place,
beginning Saturday when the first
games will be played in Boston.
Yours, j
for those light,
| palatable biscuits g
i and pastries, with |
| the tantalizing J
^ odor and delicious |
There waa a deer IdUed at Ferry
Lake last Monday and evidence in
the way of feet and tail were seen
about the atreeta of Tifton eon.
apicuously. This whetted the appe
tite of the news gatherers of the
Gazette but it took until this morn
ing to And out who the game sports
man -was who shot the animal. It
waa Mr. Chess Allen.
One reason why it was so hard
for the: reporter to get the facts in
the ease was that Mr. Allen is very
modest and he would not boast of
having been the lucky huntsman;
and another reason was that the
deer ran all around Charley Parker,
Commissioner Jack Golden and sev
eral other old-timers trying to die
nobly at the hands of someone
knowing the ins and outs of deer
hunting. Evidently their hunting
eyes have gone back on them—sure
ly they did not get "deer fright?”
Mr. Allen is very proud of his
prowess with a gun, and also of hav.
ing emerged from the amateur class,
I
flavor,.
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Flour
A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proponed amendment • to
the Constitution of Georgia, to be voted
on et the general election to be held
on Tuesday November 7, 1916, said
amendment to amend Article? 11, Hectlon
I Paragraph 2, of the Constitution of
tbla State. In reference to the amend-
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ment creating the County of Bacon.
By hl« Excellency.
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NAT E. HARRIS, Governor.
Rtato of Georgia.
Executive Department.
August 2*. 1916.
Whereas the General Assembly nt its
session In 1916 proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of thla Btate ae
set forth In an act approved August IS,
1!M«, to wit:
The following amendment to Article
. i. Section 1. Paragraph 2. of the Con
stitution of Georgia, Is hereby proposed
to the people of Georgia by the House
of Representative! of the General As
sembly of the state of Georgia.
The amendment Is proposed to that
portion of said section, paragraph and
article which creates the County of Ba-
~m, and la as follows:
, "That said County of Bacon is hare«
by declared to be » statutory county,
the General Assembly of the btate of
Georgia is hereby givc?n the power by
legislation to create local offices and
local courts In the said county other
than those provided for in this Con
stitution; and It la further declared that
the General Assembly shall have the
same power to legislate in reference to
said County Of Bacon Una it is now as
to other counties In the State. That all
laws applicable to the counties In this
"*“to are hereby made to apply to the
I County of Bacon. That said Coun-
__ of Bacon la hereby authorized to
create a bonded deot not to exceed one
hundred thousand dollars (IHKMKMM for
pubUo improvements In said County of
Moon, by the consent of the majority
of the regular qualified voters of said
County of Bacon voting at an election
for that purpose. That said election to
create said debt shall be held under law
now in fore# for oreatlon of the debt."
See. 2. The Governor is hereby re
quired and directed that when this
proposed amendment shall be agreed to
by the Oeneral Assembly as required
by the Constitution, to submit this pro
posed amendment to the Constitution to
the voters of this State at the next gen-
eral election, to bo held on Tuesday after
the first Monday In November next, and
•hall oauee this amendment to be ad
vertised In at least two papers In each
Congressional district In this State at
least two months before said next gen
eral election, and tf the majority of
qualified voters of this State voUng at
said election shall, by thslr votes, rati*
fy this proposed amendment of Con-
slitutlon, said amendment shall become
part of Constitution of this State.
Sec. t. That ft shall he the duty of
the Secretary of the State to certlf*
the result# of the votes on this amend
ment to the Governor: when said vote Is
so oertlflod that It shall appear by ma
jority of qualified voters voting at ask!
•lection voted In favor of thla amend
ment, the Governor shall Issue hie proo«
lamatlon to such effect.
8ec. 4. That the form of submis
sion of this proposed amendment shall
be as follows: Each voter shall have
written or printed on his ticket the fol
lowing words. "In favor of the ratifica
tion or amendment of Paragraph
From the August Azilian. *
Writing of some of the old families J
of Georgia, an author speaks of the [ j
Maxwells' a Scotch-Irish family that
came to Southeast Georgia in the
early history of the state.
The Maxwells, "handsome in fea- yfl
ture and aristocratic in carriage,' 9 J 1
were, according to this author, de-
sccndcd from the Earls of Nithdale, r 1
and several members of the family
were famous in the early history of
Georgia. Their home waB Buckland
Hall in what is now Bryan county. 31-
In this account no mention is made I J
of the tragedy that took place at V *
Buckland Hall just at the close of our j f 9
civil war, and so, as it is the work,
and not less the pleasure of the Azil
ian to collect Btories of this kind,
an account of it is given here.
Our first view of Buckland Hall
was on the afternoon of an autumn
day in 1873. Though the sun was
shining over the salt marsh not very
far away, the live oaks, covered with
gray moss, were so thick and So close
to the house ’that it seemed almost
twilight. There were holes in the
roof, the floor was rotten, windows
were without glass and doors had
either fallen or were sagging on their
hinges. As we went in several bats
flew out, and scheech owls had built
their nests on the sills where the rot
ting floors did not touch them.
Nobody had lived in the house
since an awful niglit in 1865. At that
time John Prague Maxwell was the
head of the family. His wife was
living and they had one daughter and
five sons, most of the latter just dis
charged from the army but not yet
returned to their homes. Besides
Mrs. Maxwell and her young daugh
ter, there were other ladies in the
house.
Mr. Maxwell had just concluded
family prayers, and, %s they arose
from their knees there was a call just
outside the door of the room where
the household was assembled. This
room opened on to the back piazza,
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and there was no fence. Without
hesitation, Mr. Maxwell opened the
door, standing in a bright light from
the room. Immediately there was
a Crack of a gun, and he fell back,
dead.
Mr. Maxwell was a large man, tall
and powerfully built, and it was with
great difficulty that the women drag
ged him inside the room so that the
door might be closed. All lights were
extinguished, and then those women
and young girls sat there all night,
in the dark, not knowing what might
happen next. As soon as daylight
came, nothing further having hap
pened, they started in a wagon for
Thomas county, where they had
cough medicine *1 I
. have ever used and I have used it for
eight or ten years, and can rocommend
it for croup."
H It toward nightfall the little on.,
grow hoarse or croupy, If their breath
ing becomes wheezy and stogy, elv*
p,em_K„.cy;o V o^.^ lr Ta y; oop, S
If yen are awakened by the hoarse
. Brassy couch that means crown, civo
Iwi Honey and Tar CompSinf at
once. It will ease the little sufferers
yful quiet sleep.
Article 11, of the Constitution of
_ a. amend Inf that portion of par-
ph 2 creating the County of Baton,"
and those opposed to the ratification of
this amendment ihall have printed or
written on their ticket, "Oppdeed to rats
Mention of amendment to Paragraph 2,
Section 1. Article 11. of Constitution
amendment paragraph 2, In reference to
the County of bacon **
Now, therefore. I, Nat E. Harris. Gov
ernor of said Btate, do Issue this my
S nation hereby declaring that the
ng proposed amendment to the
lutlon la submitted for ratification
or rejection to the voters-of the State
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I *'* Brer/’user la a friend.
BROOKS PHARMACY COMPANY-
to be bekl on Tu< wlay, November 7. 1919.
N. E. HARRIS. Governor.
By the Governor:
PHI I
HUP COOK. Secretary of Btate.
M ULES!
friends. They closed the house, leav
ing Mr. Maxwell’s body where they
had dragged it
Dazed with terror, not knowing
what moment they might be attack
ed by an unseen enemy, they started
on their journey or more than two
hundred miles through an almost un
inhabited region. Stopping at the
first house, they asked that some one
be sent to bury the body they had
left behind. There was nobody at
this house but a woman and her little
girls, hut the woman promised to try
to find some one.
For more than a week the pld man,
who had done all the good in the
world that he could find to do, lay
dead on the floor of his deserted
home. At the end of that time,
Thomas Hines, a neighbor, came back
from the army and heard of the
tragedy. Finding a negro who was
willing to help him, Mr. Hines went
with him to Tivoli, the summer home
of the Clays, where there was a fam
ily graveyard. This was the nearest
burying ground, and the Clays and
Maxwells had been friends for sev
eral generations. So they dug t
grave there. It was impossible to
procure a coffin, for all this happen
ed many miles from a railroad, and
Mr. Hines was the only white man
in the neighborhood, so they wra]
the body in a blanket, put it
farm wagon and took it to Tivoli
where th< grave was waiting.
So died and was buried the de
scendant of earls.
All the Maxwells were (and are)
tall, and the grave at Tivoli must be
at least ten feet long. This, of course,
was longer than necessary, but it was
dug hurriedly, and the men who dug
it probably had no measure.
No clue was ever found to Mr.
Maxwell’s murderer. So far as his
friends and neighbors knew, he had
not an enemy in the world, for only
good wns known of him.
Not far from Buckland Hall, be.
longing to the Maxwell estate, was a
ring called Jumbey, and though
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YOUNG MOLES
Is delighted with the extremely
good business they are enjoying and
feel sure the people of Tift and ad
joining Counties are also pleased
from the way they continue patro
nizing their new store.
Our store is complete in every
Department and new goods con
tinue to arrive each day by express.
We cordially invite you to visit
our store.
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THE ADAMS-SMITH CO.
Next to Gazette Office Brpolis Pharmacy Block.
TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE.
I will be at the variou 3 districts
on dates as given below for the pur-
§ ose of collecting State, County and
chool tax for the year 1916.
As my term of office will expire on
Jenijery let, 1917, it will be neces
sary that all tax be paid by that
date.
Ty Ty, Oct. 9th.
Docia, Oct. 10th, from 8:30 a. m.
to 9:30 a. m.
Omega. Oct. 10th, from 10 a. m.
to 2:30 p. m.
Fender, Oct 11th.
Brookfield, Oct. 12th.
Brighton, Oct. 13th.
Chula, Oct. 16th.
Tifton, every Saturday and at
many other times.
This 3rd of October, 1916.
Yours very truly,
J. H. HUTCHINSON,
Tax Collector Tift Co., Ga.
_ v A PROCLAMATION
Submitting a proved amendment to
the Constitution of Georgia to be voted
on at the xenerui election to be held oa
Tuesday, November 7. 1916, said amend
ment to .Amend Article 7, Section 2, Par
agraph 2, of the Constitution o( thla
State so ae to exempt from taxation
•hint engaged in foreign commerce.
My Hid Excellency.
NAT K. HARRIS, Governs*.
spring called Jumney, ana tnougn
Buckland Hall was carefully shunned
by negroes, Jumbey was given an
even wider berth for it was "haunt
ed” in the worst way.
Jumbey, who gave his name to the
spring, was a native African who
made his home there by this cvcr-bub
blig spring from which the water
ran in tiny stream to the marsh. The
African seems to have been a fright
ful "cunger doctor” who lived a
hermit life in this place, at that time,
a wilderness. Where he came from,
nobody knew. Maybe he had escap
ed from a slave snip, or maybe he
had made enough from his myster
ious and gruesome practices to buy
his freedom, or maybe there was no
such person. He was supposed to
have lived long years ago, and he
was firmly believed in. At any rate,
somebody gave the spring an African
name.
Out of Steel Dust Mares
Can Be Seen at the
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5th Street, Tifton
AT SHERIFF'S SALE.
At sheriff’s sale Tuesday, 137 1-2
acres of lot No. 358, sold as the
property of C. C. Guest under a fifa
in favor of the First National Bank
of Valdosta, was bid in by E. A
Buck for $2,500.
The levy of Columbus Bagging
and Tie Co. vs. Fanners Gin Co., of
Cyclo
settled.
$ico
V/ill Sell Cheap or Swap 2 for
1 for the Difference
State of Georgia,
executive Department.
August 2S, 1111.
Whtreaa the Oeneral Assembly at Its
•••Hon la 1916 proposed an amendment
to the Constitution of this State as set
forth la an act approved July It, lilt,
to wit:
AN ACT
To amend Article 7, section 2, Para
graph 2, or the Constitution Of this lute,
whUh relates to the power of the Gen
eral Assembly to exempt property from
taxation, so that the General Assembly
may exempt from taxation ships and
veaeele engaged exclusively In foreign
commerce owned and operated by Geor
gia citizens, or Georgia corporations,
and for other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enaoted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia,
and It la hereby enacted by authority
? f the same, that Article 7, Section 2,
'aragraph 2. of the Constitution of this
State be, and the same is, hereby
amended by adding to, and at the end
of said paragraph, the following words,
to wit: "The General Assembly shall
farther have power to exempt from tax
ation. ships ar.d vessels engaged exclu
sively in foreign commerce, owned
and operated by Georgia citizens,
or Georgia corporations. Provided, that
after ten years from the date cf the rat-
IScatlen of this amendment the General
Assembly shall be empowered to dis
continue this exemption."
tec. 2. Be It further enacted, that If
thin constitutional amendment shall be
agreed to by two-thirds of the members
or the Oeneral Assembly cf each House,
the tame shall be entered on their Jour
nals, with the aye* and nays taken
thereon, and the Governor shall cause
the amendment to be published In one
or more of the newspaper! In each Con
gressional District for two months im
mediately preceding the next general
election, and the sam# shall be submit
ted to the People at the next general
eleotlon, and the voters thereat shall
have written or printed on their ticket
"For ratification of amendment cf Arti
cle 7, Section 2. Paragraph 2. of the
Constitution of this State, so as to au
thorize the General Assembly to exempt
from taxation ship* end vessels engaged
exclusively In foreign commerce owned
and operated by Georgia citizens er
Georgia corporations; * «r "Against rati
fication of amendment to Article 7, 8eo-
tlon I, Paragraph 2, of the Constitution
of th!s authorizing the General
Assembly to exempt from taxatton ships
and ve»**u ens ued exclusively In for-
*' , xn comm** tv* owned and operated by
Georgia ct:tz**rs or Georgia corpora-
hoose: ar.d If
RAINED OUT.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 4.—A dispatch received here from Ar-
Iington state* that Sarah Connelly, a negress, -was taken from
the guardhouse at Leary early this morning and lynched.
The negro woman and her son, Sam Connelly, were ar-
The heavy wind and rain Wednes
day night kept Dr. Fort, Prof. Wat
son nnd J. Dana Jones from going
Salem to hold the meeting ... , ........ - - -
scheduled there. , rested for the murder of E. M. Melvin, a white planter, Mon*
Unless some such circumstance oc- day
curs to prevent a meeting will be
held at Harding Friday night at 8
o’clock by these gentlemen.
FOR JUDGE OF THE CITY COURT
OF TIFTON.
The negro man had been spirited away for safe-keeping.
London, Oct. 4.—Faucourt le Abbaye has at last been
cleared of the remaining German defei^lers, was the an
nouncement of the War Office this afternoon.
To th« Voter, of Tift County:
I beg to announce my candidacy
or Judge of the City Court of Tif-
on, to be selected in the November
for Ju
ton, to
general election.
This Court has handled by far the
greater part of the litigation arising
in the County since its organization
and in selecting the Judge of such a
Court, I think the people can safely
be relied upon in selecting the candi
date best qualified in point of experi
ence, ability nnd judicial tempera
ment. As to these points of qualifi
cation, the voter must necessarily be
his own judge. I trust, however, that
I may be pardoned for briefly stating
that, after receiving my literary di
ploma, I took a year of extra and
post graduate work in the University
of Nashville as a special preparation
for the study of the law. I am a
graduate of the Law School of the
University of Georgia—Class 1900-
1901, and have practiced my profes
sion for fifteen years.
If elected, I promise a faithful, im
partial and conscientious discharge
of the duties of the office.
Yours respectfully,
R. E. Dinzmor*.
To the Voters of Tift County:
The Democratic Executive Com
mittee of Tift County have announc
ed that there will a vacancy for the
office of Judge of the City Court of
Tif ten, to be filled at the general
election on the Firzt Tuesday in No-
veniber, 1916.
There can be no question in the
mind of any thinking voter that the
office of Judge of the City Court is
an important one, and requires a law
yer of experience and ability.
The good people of Tift County,
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Taylor Furniture & Hardware'(
"Everything for Home end Ferm.”
have twice honored me by electing |j
me as Solicitor General of Tift Coun- I
I tried to do my duty faithful-
i fy-
y :
ly, honestly and impartially. I am
not ashamed o? the record made.
I am a graduate of Mercer Uni
versity Law School, the Class o
1908; have been a practitioner in the
State and Federal Courts since that
time.
I offer myself as u candidate for
election as Judge of the City Court
I of Tifton at the regular November
general election. If elected, I pro-
j mine a faithful, honest and impartial
; administration—to rich and poor
'alike—and will undc-itakc to temper
mercy with justice as becomes the of-
I fice. If you think I am qualified
j for this high office, 1 ask your sup
• port and will greatly appreciate
same.
Yours very respectfully.
James H. Price.
tier.*,
majority- of the electors qualified to vote
for members of the next General As-
sambiy shall vote in favor of th# ratifi
cation. then eai.l shall be
come part of Article 7, section 2, Para
graph 3, of the Cons Jtutlcn of thla
•1 the C, ,vr-.-nor shall make
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deo 3 He R further enacted, that ad
laws enu parts of laws In conflict with
thle act be, and the same are, hereby
repealed.
Now, therefor*. Nat E. Harris. Gov
ernor of raid State, do issue thts my
proclamation declaring that the forego
ing proposed oirrtuln *nr to the Con
stitution ia submit tf- i for rat!fic«*tU>r or
rejection to the vo ^e of the 8ute
qualified to vote f >r men here of the
Central Assembly tf the general elec
tion te be hold or 7 #a.!ay, November 7,
N E HMIRI9, Governor,
lo\ a an
COOir. Seer*'wry ei State.
TO THE VOTERS OF TIFT
COUNTY:
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the Judgeship M the City
Court of Tifton, subject to the gen
eral election in November.
T have endeavored to prepare my
self for the duties of the bar through
years of training in college, and in
the study of the law. and if elected
I promise a faithful and impartial
administration of tho duties of the.
office. Sincerely. j
B. C WILLIFORD.
CASTOR5A
For Infants «txl Childim
in Vue 7cr Pwi 30 Year a
“HEY, YOU,
LET TIFT of TIFTON FIX H
tmfjnmttng to the PsJc Md i*kiy Ahnp , <
I'HSS 15 © 1 Ir— • ■
That's the best advice anybody could |
the only sensible answer to your auta
troubles.
Blowout? Go to the nearest phone
Tift of Tifton.
Engine trouble? Go to the nearest
call Tift of Tifton.
Carburetor out of order? Go
phone and call Tift of Tifton.
In fact no matter what the troubli
can form no better habit than to i
her that the place to have it fix
of Tifton. I
For road accidents our “trouble ^
waiting for your S. O. S. signal. But fori
ary cases the better plan, of course, is
to drive over.
Years of experience plus trained workman gu
antee your car the best of treatment ’
bring it here. In fact, the superiority of j
service is known far and wide.
If you want satisFACTion that
FACT let Tift of Tifton do it for yojj
TIFT'S
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