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r. a THE TIFTON GAZETTE Published Weekly Xaterrd «t the Postofflce at Tilton, Georfia, aa Second Claaa Hatter, Act of Uarch S, 1870. Gazette Publuhing Company, Proprietors. J. L. Herring Editor and Manager. Official Organ City of Tifton and Tift County, Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Twelve months $1.60 Six Months .76 Four Months ... .60 were washed and made whole, th e thirsty re-1 freshed, and the hungry satisfied. The heightsLg of emotion were reached. There were shouts ouuge nve s cnarj and laughs of happiness, and often the soul Superior Court ini 1 Would burnt- inf/> firmer a* T„«.‘ ■* ■ /v SATURDAY NIGHT. Campmeeting Time. ‘ The Holiness meeting is in full swing at Ash- burn. It is a short and pleasant motor trip from Tifton and a great many of our people are taking advantage of the opportunity to at tend the services. Soon the big state camp meeting at Indian Springs will be on and many will take their summer vacation trip s then. With the changes time has brought camp- meetings today are different from the camp- meetings of olden time but they are still great occasions for spiritual refreshment and uplift. Forty years ago, campmeeting was looked for ward to as the great event of the summer. It wa s a week of soul-cleansing, of soul-feeding; of wiping off the slate of the year past with its many trials, perhaps its backslidings, and a re newal of resolution and strength to face the ev eryday temptations, of the year ahead. Old Bethel campground was a tract of land set apart for a holy purpose. Campmeeting came late in July or early in August, after the crops were laid by and before the harvest began. From all the country around, even fifty and one hundred miles distant, the people came in bug gies and wagons, in carts, on horseback .and afoot, until hundreds were gathered in the tent ed square. Also to campmeeting came the best preachers of conference, and some borrowed from neighboring conferences. The camp- 1 grounds were always located near springs af fording an abundant supply of fresh water The campgrounds were arranged in a hollow oblong square. At one end was the arbor and on three sides the tents stood in long rpws. These tents were usually of wood and large enough to accommodate two or more families. Partitions divided the lower part into rooms while overhead was a loft for feed for stock and sleeping-places for the men. In the rear of the tent was the cooking s hed and between it and the tent a long table. In addition to these permanent tents many cloth tents were pitched about the grounds. During the campmeeting every tent kept open-house and there was a ■♦hearty welcome to all visitors. There was a measure of semi-privacy but as a whole while campmeeting was in progress occupants of the tents were as one large family. Farther off, at sufficient distance that they could in no way disturb the worship, were a number of shacks and tents where there were refreshment stands, candies, cigars, and such articles on sale. Here the rougher element or what might be called camp-followers hung out. Here also the scoffers and sight-seers congre gated, although some who came tef laugh re mained to mourn. From each of the tents in the oblong square there was a path leading to the arbor. Here was the pulpit, the seats fo r those who led the singing—although everybody sang, and in front a wide space several yards across, for the mourners. Beyond this were the seats for the congregation, sufficient to accommodate many hundreds, Overhead a brush arbor protected from the sun and the ground was covered with wheat straw to the depth of a foot or more. , There was a sunrise prayermeeting, the 11 o clock preaching sendee, an afternoon service a * ain a ‘ night The hours were filled, but still time was found for visiting and gossip, the annual campmeetings being also periods of reunions for many families. centiirv ® trongeat me “ in « a rly nineteenth century Methodism occupied the pulpit. There * as J fT t™° ld ’ Joh " Duncan - the three Stew- f* 8 ’ t a Plerces - ‘he Haygoods, the Anthonys, the McGehees and many other sturdy, able and earnest advocates. As the week passed and the souls of the con gregations responded to the preaching and sing- Jng, a high spirituality characterized the meet ings. Often the entire space reserved for mourners was filled, with an overflow into the aisles between the seats. The shouts of the converts, the calls of the exhorters, the impas- fiioned pleas of the preachers, made occasions that those who attended could not soon forget. Each meeting was attended by many convers ions and these conversions were the great nurs eries of the early days of Georgia Methodism. ' Campmeeting was a source of inspiration, a period when believers could bathe in the great fountain and drink deep of its refreshing waters. A time when the Bread of Life and the Bread of the Word was handed out plentifully, and the XaniuC pg Sustenance descended. The unclean would burst into song. Occasionally emotion so. far overcame the body that the converts would lie for hours in a trance apparently al- most lifeless. But not all who attended campmeeting did so from religious motives. Some went from habit and some for sociability. Among the latter was Jeff Baisden. Jeff was a diamond in the rough—pretty rough. He carried a full beard, chewed his tobacco rapidly and spat straight out between his teeth, With a kind of s-k-e-e-t. He owned fifty negroes and his plows furrowed many hills. He was not much of a cotton far mer but one of the kind who always had corn, meat and flour to sell. His people were very religious, and attended every service. Jeff owned his tent and kept open-house, but he'did not go near the preaching. All during the ser vices he would sit in front of his tent under a big tree, against which his cowhide-bottomed chair was backward tilted. Occasionally some enthusiast would remonstrate with him: “Why, Mr. Baisden; how can you sit here and all this good preaching and good meeting going on? The people are getting so much good from it. Your folks are up there enjoying it. Come now, why can’t you go with them? You should be with them; they are having a great time.” 'That’s allright;’’ Jeff would reply. “Just let ’em alone; they’ll git over it.” And he would send a stream of tobacco juice at an object three yards away. But Jeff’s heart was in the right place, for when the Wa r Between the States came on there was no soldier’s family or soldier’s widow went hungry if Jeff Baisden knew it January 1, the F- Brand Ji ,— he stated that after al Courts would have juris- driftingbackward. , “ K 8eems that we are danger of set, f after down to the old selfish and God-forgetting m the manufacture and sale of intoxicants has at- Episcopal Diocese of Atlantal U *! ti-acted wide attention. The article was prom- poSg the ne“ d St hand !, ed ;r ° f the , le8din * pa * er8 0f AmSn people * Commenting on J.dg.Wi d™,., ,hn 0,11. SoSnl^ ...'SSTS'S Federal au- Bishop Mikell explained™ tL manner the thorities have exclusive jurisdiction. We know p ~ £« “« SPR'NC SCHOOL AGAIN. Federal court for trial there is not the oppor- The Georgia Society for the Deaf is again af- tunity to use personal or family influence that ter the School for the Deaf at Cave Spring too often exists in the. State courts. A larger which it claims uses obsolete methods which per cent of cases on the criminal dockets of the handicap instruction of pupils. Again it re- rederal courts result in convictions than on commends the removal of the school to Macon, similar dockets in the State courts. We believe These resolutions are an echo of many of the one of the most notable effects of Federal regu lation of the liquor traffic will be the wholesome wh^ a tL a n,?. 8 f a " d great days th0se- We t0 | fear that the average crimtearentertaiM 0^6 whom the past means so much think they were Federal courts. r pl * have just as good The Federal aa ‘ b °ritiea have many agents times now but they have them in a different way. I who have nothing else to do but to hunt down SELLTHE STATE FARM. Ca8e8 ' * Vi °’ lati ° n ° f the Federal 8tatutes ' In The Committee from the House appointed at the last session of the General Assembly to in vestigate the State Farm, in its report urges that the present farm be sold and a new Ideation pur chased if the prison farm is to be continued. This should be done. The Gazette has com mented before on the statement of Hon. Boyce Ficklen, who was a member of this committee, that the majority of the land of the farm was pon-productive and could not be cultivated to advantage. The state should quit throwing away money on this Baldwin county farm, sell it as the committee recommends and reinvesta the money where the farm could be made to pro duce food supplies for state institutions. In this connection it is interesting to note that a farmer who lives near the line of Tift stat ed a few weeks ago that if the state would move the farm to this section and give him charge of the convicts now retained on the farm, he would guarantee a handsome rental every year. After a while Georgia will learn to carry on its farming where real farming is done. AN INTERESTING PROBLEM. \ CHINERICA. Columbus, Leif Ericsson and Amerigo Ves pucci, please step back to the end of the line! Ancient Chinese documents lately discovered |eem to indicate that a Chinese monk discover ed the west coast centuries before the modern young upstarts mentioned at the head of this grticle were ever bom or thought of. The documents contain descriptions unmis takably referring to Mexico, and also to points all along the coast as far north as Alaska. Just what the Chinese are going to do about this if it proves true, we do not attempt to foretell. Possibly it will mean that the Peace Ponference will have to decide whether to re turn us to China or give us into the mandatory control of Japan. In the meantime all good Americans will just go on discovering America every day—its sound- pess and its saneness, its possibilities and its promise. And we just wish to say to any old explorer, be he Italian, Norse o r Chinese, “Maybe you discovered it, but if you want to (enow who runs it—start something 1” SMALL CIRCUITS GOOD ONES. While joing in the opposition to a new judi cial Circuit composed of the countief of Berrien, Clinch, Atkinson and Cook, to be known as the Alapaha Circuit, Hon. W. A. Covington of Col quitt is quoted as saying that nine-tenths of the Superior Court Judges in Georgia have the eas iest jobs in the world, and that there are too many small Judicial pircuits in this state. As to the soft jobs, we leave the answer with the presiding judges, but in regard to the small circuits, Judge Covington i s altogether wrong. There is no comparison between the average conditions of the dockets of the small circuits and those of the large circuits, just as there is po comparison in the way business is expedited and the people served. We know, because Tift has tried both kinds. BRINGING IN GOOD MONEY. - — MU nation wide campaign of the Episcopal church, Plowing;.. Sato for i resident* . a qualified/ ■ comtittiji «!, will ! pie In l win;®* i the 1/ f “ for rJ I ee J »tiy fai to npp A alight,/ *!rer trodut count;; loved first each /repetition. insertions and 50 centa Paper* an kntn per 100 words and 35 same kind which preceded them and the board of visitors for the school has several times en dorsed the proposal. In the interest of many deaf children in the state who are not receiving benefit from the school, Tifton took up this matter once and secured a favorable report — - from Committees of both the House and the recent case where a violation of the anti-narco- Senate. But the Cave Spring institution has a tic law was charged in a small South Georgia strong political pull somewhere and much good town, evidence was on hand from Jacksonville work did not produce results anti from another point 300 miles down the East The best proposition was to move the school . ot t londa. The State authorities cannot to a more convenient location and use the state’s give so much time to this work because the property at Cave Spring for a technological funds are not provided. With national prohi- school. This may be done some time, and when „‘‘ ° i„ the num ber of Federal agents will be it is done it will promote the education of the greatly increased and therefore the chances of deaf mute children of Georgia, detection of the guilty multiplied. Meanwhile, Judge Eve expressed the opinion that the Federal statutes will not conflict with the enforcement of the State laws against hav ing liquor on hand, or keeping it for the purpose of illegal sale, and these will give county and State officers ample opportunity to evidence their zeal and activity, words for repetitions, erior court clerks will rewire in in- **• of 5 cents per bnndred words to Njrding proceedings in eiril esses and , ,H, *r matters handled by them under the bill of McIntyre of Tbomss. The pay now is 15 cents per bnndred. The per diem for attendances on JO cv-jrt, is rsised in this bill from fi3 to $5. toe kit tor rosl tax liability H to 00, ss nor rpovided, Is lie turnose- from 21 to 50 years instead of from 1(1 to 50, aa now presided, is the purpose of a bill by Cole of Coweta. The bill . provides tbst no person shall be required to work more than fotfr days per year and that the tss shall not exceed $L per day for such work. Reduction of the minimum of service ' of life term prisooer from ten to firs- years before such prisooer shall be given- « parole is asked in n bUl Jointly Intro duced by Pilcher of Richmond. Kelley of Gwinnett nod Stewnrt of Atkinson! ■ The bill seeks to amend nection 1224' of the criminal code of the state Prorision {or erection in the state Cap itol of bronze tablets containing tbs Damp of the Georgians who made the supreme sacrifice in the war with Germany is contained in a bill introduced by Rep resentative Burt of Dougherty, Arnold of Clay and Anderson of Jenkins A STEP BACKWARD. The news that the County Commissioners of Lowndes have reconsidered their decision to discontinue cattle dipping is good. Lowndes county is said to have spent something like $60,000 in an effort to clean out the cattle tick and the work was almost done. If it is dropped now the money that has been spent will Rather a queer state of affairs has developed t 1°* th -? C ° Unty g0 back automat * in Lowndes county which presents a problem in IhSkbewan^ tVT wbe “ the again8t road and bridge construction!. ‘ h . e “ ck . bega "’ The(County Commissioners had The County Commissioners advertised for eon ? h f rd ? gbt ln Lawndes . finite a lot of law- tracts to build a concrete IZTlJoZZ in the effort * ba Withlacoochee river on the National Highway th ® la J,£ e 1 uinn S cattl e dipp'ed. It was advertised twice but each time onTy oTe ? ver 21 « fJT"? re8iStanCe had been bid was received and the Commissioners cohsid! nlnriiwl d u Wlth the large ex ‘ -red this too high. They decided to do the work flwht tn k® ^ dl ® cu ! t understand why themselves and ordered the necessary material abandoned at P° lnt where vic- including steel and cement, concreTe woSng Stiesln slth gTo"™' * n ^ machinery, etc. About the time they were readv ITt S , th Ge ° r ? la wil1 foIIow the exam- to proceed their attorney advised th^m that it " of Lownd ^ ln getting cold feet, was not legal for them to do the work. Then Say s the Montgomery Monitor; “In certain SVMMER COMPLAINT QUICKLY RELIEVED ‘About two years ago when suffering > from a severe attack of summer oomr plaint, I took Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and it relieved mr. almost instantly,” write* Mrs. Henry * Jewett, Clark Mills, N. Y. This is an ex- cellent remedy for colic and diarrhoM and should be kept at hand by every fain* Hr. Adr. FIRST TOBACCO BUYER Mr. Win. G. McElwnino, of Richmond, V«„ • representing the Export Totoccp Company, is registered nt the Hotel My- at The aC exneVdR e urJ a f d 0 r 0 th et tbe . contract - c °*»>ties ‘here is adverse criticism of theloTr- I Vb ,? nd t f r tbe br ‘dge was much year term for county officers. We can see no h h" m- e C0Un ,/ 3penda every raonth or 80 in option to the four-year tenure of office. Even Sea If a coa " ty . t . C8n build roa ds if it had disadvantages, the longer period be- why cannot the same authorities build bridges tween political spasms under the new plan is where the expenditure fo r bridges is much less? Worth something As we have rlpeatediy ap f Pea fi r3 t0 . be a ' egal split tmg of hairs to said,/this is a democratic country, ruled by the a point too fine for the layman to understand. people, from the lowest to th e highest office, Mr. McElwnino in the first of the tobac co buyers to reach the city and thin la hia first viait to thia section. Ha ia much imprened with the outlook for tht tobacco industry, and complimented the local warehouse over the preparations made to hare a good market in Tifton. Other buyers are expected to arrive to- time to be at the opening sale on Jniy 23. Its UMm That Don net Affect the Haafi Bteaosa of Its toafclagdlaxative effect, laxa. J TO BROMO QClIflN* Is better tnan ordinary- * Quinine and does sot cause acmseaeseiior ringing la head. Remember the full Ban! and took for the signature of B. W. OKOVB. » THREE DEAD FROM CROSSING ACCIDENT , While prices have fluctuated, as might be ex pected, as a whole the watermelon market has been good so far through the South Georgia season. Because cotton conditions were so un certain and because of the unsatisfactory pea nut market last fall, the acreage in melons is large throughout this territory and now that the returns are coming in the melons are bringing quite a lot money into local channels of trade. The showing of the banks of Tift county accord, ing to their published statements of June 30 was a good one, but had it been made a few days lat- er, when mor e melon money was in, it would have been better. The tobacco market will open in a few days. Indications are that prices will be good, and the yield throughout this section is heavy. If to bacco brings a few million dollars in cash to this territory in addition to the money for mel- ons, peaches and cantaloupes, this will not be »uch a dry summer, from a financial standpoint. and it is incumbent on the people to place in of fice men worthy of their confidence and sup- port. The present system is correct; if the peo ple allow it to get into disrepute, for lack of a competent and trustworthy man, then the peo ple are wrong—not the system.” Evidently the Germans did not have the confl- flence in their friends in the United States Sen ate that those, fiends expected. They ratified t S With ° ut Waittog fot 016 Sen ‘ 'By the way, is it the capit'a’i or the capit'o'I which they are talking about moving or allowing to remain unmoved or something?” asks the Savannah Morning News Perhaps Atlanta figures that if the State moves the capitol, that Will take away quite a wad off Atlanta’s capital. But when the capitol is removed to Macon, that city will be Georgia’s capital. So Atlanta is spending quite a lot of capital in order that the State shall not move the capitol and Jflereby re move the capital. In other words, Atlanta would consider the removal of the capitol as a capital offense—but not a capital action. Bklnbridte, July 15.—Tho dreth of, 8am Walla at the Bainbxidge HopjiltiV niade the third victim of a grade'croaaiDC ’ accident eaat of thia city Sunday, Wfccir an auto bain* driven from Cliniftt to Panin*go was struck by au Atlantic. rcaat paaunjer trail. Clarence Hawkins was instantly killed and Ben* Wella, who was driving, was so Ittdlj incited he died at the hoap*.tU Hre **•*• oral hours after the accident “BAYER CROSS” , ON ASPIRIN Always Ask for Genuine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” The editorial force of the Sparks Eagle serves notice that the destinies of that paper will be in the hfinds of the devil this week while Parrish & Parrish are taking in the big press meet at Monroe. The Parrish boys deserve a good time as well as the rest, and while they are away we hope the balance of the oflfce force will have a devil of a time. Only Axpfrin-<rnbltto with the mfctx -Bnyer Crow" on them nro fennlnt “Bnyer Tnbleti of Axpirtn," owned and made by Ameri-'ann and proved We by made by Ameri-'nne and proved 'Mb by millions of people. Unknown qnutitiet of fraudulent Aaplris Tablet* wen eold g recently by * Brooklyn dealer wklch i I proved to b» composed mostly of Talcum “Bnyer (Tablets of Aapirin" should always be naked for Then look - for fit* safety “Bayer Croee’’ on the -pack- arc and on each tablet. Accept nothin* elae! Proper directien* and doeatt in tockBa/arpackaee, . Th Atapwn ia the trade mark of Bayer of Moaoeeetfcaeideeter ef . ,'Mr.