An All-around Man

The Tifton Gazette has discovered a justice of the peace who ''takes the prize." By arrangement with the ordinary he was authorized to issue marriage licenses. In these days the negroes were beginning to enjoy the luxury of marrying just like white folks, and the J. P. was gathering in quite a lot of shekels, as he not only poeketed the license fee, but also charged a stiff price for tying the knot. One day a dark hued couple presented themselves as candiJates for matrimony, and he soon sent them on their way rejoicing. In a few days the man returned and stated that he could not live "wid dat 'ar 'ornan." "Very well," said the J. P., stroking 'nis long judicial beard, "bring me $15 and 111 give you a divorce." The negro returned with the money in a few days and was solemnly divorced "by due process of law." This is the only instance on record where one man exercised the power oí an ordinary, a magistrate, a preacher, a clerk of the superior court, a judge of the superior court and twelve jurors.