The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-07

is built upon a hill, and is approached
from the depot by an inclined road
way, a slope SO gradual that the trav-
eler scarcely realizes that there is an
ascent. The proprietor of the Sadie"
is Mr.. Irvine W. Myers. The hotel
was built by former Savannahian,
capt John w. Phillips. who named
it after his daughter. In his young
manhood Capt. Phillips was a well
known and popular citizen of the For
est City, but he left it's comforts to
is still engaged in clearing away the
forests to make room for farms and
farmers.
Where Triton stands was in 1884 the
site Of a saw mill, and to its saws, and
the hacks of the turpentiners, is due
the towns existence; those pioneers
cleared away the forest and let the
farmers in, and now the latter are
building up the town by patronizing
its merchants.
Triton is in the northeast corner
of Berrien county, and Is the cross
ing point of the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railway, and the Atlantic
Coast Line Railway (nee Plant Sys-
tenn In addition to these roads the
Triton. brownsville and Gulf and the
Triton and Northwestern railways
have their terminals at Triton.
In 1890 Triton was not of sufficient
Importance to be mentioned in the CEN
tn &c
porate limits population of 1884. and
in the Triton census district 3,145. 1t
now claims, and doubtless has, pop
ulation of 5000 and over. 1t has
large saw MILL a foundry and machine
works, a canning factory and several
other successful industries. Its bust
ness streets are lined with handsome
and well filled stores. 1t is a good
cotton market, and is also the center
of a large fruit-growing region.
The newspaper Of the town is the
Triton Gazette. Mr.. John L. Herring
is editor and manager. Mr.. Herring
is a South Georgian, having been born
in 1866 from that old Scotch-Irish
stock. which is scattered throughout
the wiregrass. His boyhood was pass
ed in Worth and Berrien counties,
where he also learned his trade, grad
uating at the case" and on Wash
ington hand press. The Gazette was
established in April, 1891, by that vet
eran of the Weekly press, Ben T. AL
len 1t was purchased from him In
1895 by Baldridge &c Fulwood, and
MIR. Herring made business manager.
shortly after the Gazette Publishing
Company was incorporated and
Col. G. w. Fulwood made president.
New presses and material were
purchased and the paper enlarged. The
Gazette is well patronized by advertis-
ers, and has q large subscription list
and a heavy run Of job work. Mr..
Herring now owns the controlling in
terest in the company.
had the pleasure during my visit
to the Gazette office to meet Mr.. j.
r. Maund, the foreman of the estab-
lishment. Mr.. L. H. Kimbrough, trav-
cling representative of the Gazette,
whom 1 met in Nashville, came with
me to Triton.
always try to secure copy Of the
local paper as soon as I arrive in a
town, so as to be advised as to its poll
ties, and learn the names of it's bust
ness men. Mr.. Guerry in his truthful
way had, among other campaign
news, told his listeners that | would
not carry county in the state, except
ing Bulloch, and Mr.. TerrelPs friends
said that that astute politician would
surely have Berrien county in his COL
umn. So when / read in an editorial
paragraph in the Gazette to the effect
that the county was sure for Terrell"
! was not a little Disconnected. It.
however, came out all right in the end.
The Gazette ably advocated my cause
after my visit. Editor Herring named
IA
county went for Estill. How all of
this came about 1 don't know, but l
think the baby gave me good luck.
Tifton is named after Mr.. H. H. Tiff
one of the first, If not the first, set
tier, and to-day it's most prominent cit
izen. He was born in Mystic, Conn.,.
in 1S41. He is a nephew of the late
Nelson and Asa F. Tiff, and came to
Georgia in 1869. He first located at
Albany, where he established a ma
chine shop for his uncle Nelson, and
later saw mill, neither of which ven-
ture proved successful. He moved to
what is now Triton in 1871, and locat- |
ed small saw mill, in what was then |
pine wilderness. For years there |
was not even a railroad station here,
and 1t was with some difficulty that |
Mr.. Tiff secured siding. 1t was in |
an EFFORT to secure timber for his mill, |
which gradually grew in size and i'm |
portance, that Mr.. Tiff became pos |
SCISSOR of large bodies of South Geor- |
ga timbered lands, to the development |
OF which he turned his attention some |
twenty-five years later A few years |
after Mr.. Tiff located there he was
joined by his brothers, w. Orville and |
Edward H. Tiff. The former engaged |
IN the mercantile business, and for |
many years conducted the leading mer- |
camille establishment of that section. |
Later, when the coming of the Geor- |
gla Southern and Florida Railway be- |
gan to develop the agricultural posi- |
Dllities of this section, Mr.. W. o. Tiff |
TOOK an active interest in 1t, |
and much of Tifton's growth and i'm
portance Is due to his good work. He |
is a liberal giver to all schemes for adj
Yertising the resources of the country.
lie is largely engaged in agricultural
pursuits, and has been instrumental in
inducing many Northern people to set
tie there
Mr.. e. II. Tiff engaged in the saw
MN business with his brother, and has
proved an able and efficient lieutenant
IN that work. A great deal of Its sue
cess being due to his efforts.
The Triton Institute IL a high school,
ana occupies building built In 1893
AZ a cost of $4,000. II Is the foremost
school Of the section. Considerable
additions have been made 10 the orig