TIFTON — Like many communities in the South, Tifton and the towns nearby had an influx of Jewish merchants in the early part of the 20th century. Many of them came from Russia, like Abraham Harris, who came to Ocilla in 1906, and Ike Perlis, who opened a dry goods store in Cordele. One of the first in Fitzgerald was Isadore Goldenberg, who came to the U.S. from Romania and settled in Fitzgerald in 1900.