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Published Weekly a Gaiette Publishing Company, Proprietor* ,,ihN i_ HERRING,’-Editor «nd Meneger til are d fttt^^sppee.--(It Tifton, Georgia, pfiijatter of the afeeond class. Official Organ City of Tifton and Tift County Georgia . =*T A LAND OF CORN. After all, perhaps this will soon be a corn _ iwing country. One firm in Tifton has bought over 1,000 bushels of com this season from the farmers of this section and a milling concern at Lenox has bought 1,500 bushels since the middle of November. Add to this that Tifton has ship- g| ped eight carloads of live stock and two car loads of dressed meat this season, and the read er can see that we are on the road to independ ence. The money paid out for meat and com is quite an item, but worth a great deal more than the money is the example to other farmers. Crop diversification is cumulative. The man who diversifies and is prosperous sets an ex ample that others in his community follow. We expect to see five times the amount of com bought In Tifton and vicinity next year that was bought this season, and three times the amount of live stock shipped to market. Tift county does not yet feed herself. Her people buy more food products than they sell. But a change is under way and the record of this season is a harbinger of better times. And it was made at the end of a year when the cotton acreage was at least one-third larger than it will be this year. PT WHY WAIT FOR APOLOGIES? Since the beginning of the trouble in Mexico, but two courses have been open to the United States; but two courses are open now. One is to send an army into Mexico and conquer the country. The other is to keep our bands off and let the factions in Mexico fight it out among themselves. To wait for Mexico to solve her own problems means a great deal of annoyance, much misun derstanding and a great deal more self-control. But to invade Mexico meahs to spend millions in money and sacrifice thousands of lives. While they are now fighting each other, the moment hn American soldier crosses the border with the intent to invade, all factions in Mexico Would unite against the invader. The country is large, sparcely settled and for the most part mountainous. To subdue it would be the work of years. There is little probability that pub-* lie sentiment in this country would uphold such an invasion. We must either take Mexico or let it alone. Half-way measures will do more harm than good. Just now the best thing to do appears to be let it alone. We are under no obligations to restore peace and order in that country at the point of the bayonet. If Mexico was our equal in military resources, there would be no sentiment in favor of American intervention. Because the country is weak does not make in vasion right. Still, it is generally recognized that there is little prospect for peace and order in Mexico until some strong power restores one and main tains the other. This nation will not allow any other to interfere and it may be that in the course of time the pressure will become so great that intervention on our part cannot be longer avoided. Until that time comes, the best thing this government can do is to warn its citizens to stay out of Mexico and to let that country severely alone. ]■.[' With all due respect to the earnest desire of Washington for peaceful measures and to avoid friction, a fine opportunity to impress on the warring powers of Europe a wholesome respect for the American flag was lost in the case of the : Prinz Eitel Friedrich. No doubt Germany will make apologies and pay for the damage done after a time, bmt it , looks at this writing as if she will take her own tj. time co dw so. There seems *o be a disposition to haggle ovtr the rointj at issue and 10 avoid Ef/gui long as possible an acknowledgement of MAKING HISTORY. Mr. J. L. Herring,.Editor, Tifton, flaxstte, Tifton, Go. , Poor 81, y Attached U the warning given by the Agricultural Department agalnet Texaaf Oklahoma and Ark- ansae planting "half-and-half” cot ton. Yon will note they advise planting “Triumph” and “Lone Star.” I have not seen anything relative | to "Lone Star” but note according to the official test at the Alabama Experiment Station at Auburn, Ala., as set forth in Press Bulletin No. 75, the yield of “Triumph” was 258 pounds lint cotton per acre, while that of “half-and-half” was 403 pounds lint cotton per acre. Also note in the anthracnose test by the Georgia State College of Ag riculture, the amount of diseased bolls from anthracnose in “Triumph", was 16.9 per cent, while my cotton was 7.35 per cent. I sent to the Government Agricul tural Department samples of my cot ton, and attached is copy of telegram from them. I insisted on immediate action. All parties having orders for seed with me that have not been delivered are at liberty to cancel; and I would suggest if they wish the seed, to come and get them at once, as I will prob ably not offer these seed for sale but a few days longer. It is up to the cotton grower to choose between the government warning, their own and their neigh bor's experience, compared with the Georgia and Alabama tests. Yours truly, J. i. L. Phillips. (Copy Telegram.) Washington, D. C., March 15, 1915. J. J. L. Phillips, Tifton, Ga. Cotton you sent less than seven- eights inch average lengths, weak and wasty; not advisable to plant Letter follows. Brand. i fault. Upfey- The act of the German cruiser was one of simple piracy. We are not at war with Germany nor with any of her allies. Yet our ship and its J*'. cargo was treated exactly as if we were at war. I Following this act of piracy was the act of braz en impudence in sailing into an American port Bi; for repairs and supplies, with the crew of the E,. destroyed American vessel on board. This was not a time to write notes to Ger- many. It was time for Germany to write notes us. If Captain Thierichens and his officers id crew hall been promptly clapped in jail and their ship declared forfeit for an act of piracy, it would have caused a wholesale respect for our flag no matter on what sea it is sailing by every one of the belligerents in the present war. The note and explanation would then have come from Germany and this country would have held the whip hand. No doubt the cruiser and her officers and crew would have been later releas- ,«d. but the lesson taught would have been a lutatory one. Germany would have been no florae off. To hold both would be really doing them a favor for they will probably be destroy- «d if they put to sea. All the powers at war need a lesson in res pect to neutral shipping and this country h is an opportunity to teach them one. Georgia financiers and Western mining ex- Aperts are said to be ngakihg plans to develop | the gold fields of North Geergia. A smelter in K,. Atlanta costing $200,000 with an ore mill in B/ponnection is a part of the plans under way. »:'peretofore, North Georgia ores have been mill- f ed for gold and sliver alone, which amounts to a very small per cent of the ore handled, le present plan is to utilize all of the contents of sulphide ores and make a profit of- whal lerly went to waste. It has often been a ject for comment that the valuable ores in ia mountains were not utilized for a profit, fore the discovery of gold in California turn- ,, miners westward, there were many rich in this state, and some of them were operated until a few years ago. Now there is pirevivar of mining for precious metals in Geor and one of the state's chief sources of min- wealth is being developed. One significant point about the new enterprise is that the money finance this North Georgia industry comes South Georgia, a Dawson banker beim. le of those actively interested. When Pf'IHp II of Spain in 1688 g.-,i iiered the fleet which he called his “Invincible Ar mada” he collected what stood for 300 years as the greatest gathering of ships in the world. Phillip had under the command of the ablest seaman in Spain, Santa Cruz, 131 vessels with 8,000 sailors and 19,000 soldiers. Bad luck and bad management combined to send the greater part of the Armada to the bottom without any special effort on the Englishman Drake's part, If Phillip could open his eyes now and take a glance over towards the Mediterranean he would see a congregation of warships that would make his famous Armada look like a child’s toy. One of the smallest of the fighting craft gathered there by England, France and their allies to force the Dardanelles could send a fleet like Phillip’s to the bottom without losing a man, and there is about as much invested in one of those dreadnoughts as Phillip spent on his entire equipment. One of the new 15-inch guns will throw a shell farther than Phillip’s fleet could sail between watches and less than a dozen of them carry as many men as there were sailors on his' 131 vessels. The gathering of warships is the greatest in the history of the world, and its like will prob ably never be seen again, for time brings many changes in type and armament. Along the Dardanelles is a great place to make history. Xerxes made some there as did Csesar and many others among the great commanders of ancient times. The fleet of the Allies is making history there now. First it is a history of achievement be cause it is the first time that 15-inch naval guns and some of the other new equipment have been brought into -action. Then it is a his tory of accomplishment, because on the result of the scrap a new map of Europe will depend. I As the Turko-German resistance along the Dardanelles grows stronger the price of wheat advances.. When it appeared that the Turkish defenses were crumbling before the British 15- inch gun% wheat dropped 20 cents a bushel. Bjflion the Germans got there and the defenses were strengthened the price stiffened and BnMtgdmoEtaa high as it was before the attempt BnjQKie $e passageway -was begun. Mean while, the reduction of the forts appears to nro- Bgesi steadily, although slowly. Winning a pas- IN THE FARMERS’ HANDS Soon after the outbreak of the war it was pre dicted that exports of cotton to Europe would not be over four or five million bales. Already we have exported six million bales and it is pre dicted that by the end of March the totals will cench seven million. “After March,” says the Cotton Record, “it looks fair to estimate that i,500,000 to 2,000,000 bales more will be ex ported and this would make the total for the year 8,500,000 to 9,000,000 bales.” This is not far from a normal export. Bc- .•ause the output of manufactured cotton roods in this country has fallen off the home icmand is curtailed instead of that of Europe. The blockade of German ports will curtail cx- lorts to a certain extent but this will be offset n part by the cargoes of cotton sunk or des- royed and the new uses for cotton in the man ifacture of munitions of war. It is the strong export demand and the pc istent holding of cotton in the South that is teoping the price steady. But one more factor s necessary to insure a steady market durng he spring and summer and a fair price for next fall’s crop. That is cut down the acre- ige. This is the beginning of the planting season rnd the cotton growers of the South can fix the price for the balance of the past season’s crop rnd for this year’s crop as well by a substantial ncrease in grain and food crops and a corres ponding decrease in the cotton acreage. If we were sure the British ships waiti fide the three mile limit are watchful < out- oug'n, may be a^matter of months but it seems “cally certain now that it wi II be won, and I perhaps the easiest way to solve the problem of i* flood of Russian wheat will knock the the Prinz Eitel Friedrich Would l/be to It* nar r out of-infiated prices in this coun ,„tvy. J put to sea. Office of Information, U. S. Depart ment of Agriculture Warning to Producers tn Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas Against ”Hnlf-nnd-Hnlf” Cotton Washington, March 17.—During the last two years the attention of the Department of Agriculture has been directed to the fact that active cam paigns have resulted in the introduc tios into portions of Oklahoma, Tex as and Arkansas of a variety of cotton called “Half-and-Half.” It is report ed that the seed has been sold for as much as $6.00 per bushel, under the representation that it 1b an exceed ingly prolific variety, yielding fifty per cent of lint, or a five-hundred- pound bale from one thousand pounds of seed cotton. Many inquiries have been received from planters through, out this section asking for advice con. cernlng this cotton. The Department’s representatives hava oxamined many samples Half-and-Half” cotton from these states and have grown it in experi mental plantings, and have found it far inferior to cotton ordinarily pro. duced in this section. The Department’s field tests on numerous varieties have shown that “Half-and-Half” does not maintain a high rank in total lint yield per acre. The large proportion of lint to seed apparently results from the fact that tho seeds are very small and light. The danger of judging cotton by lint per centages has been explain ed in Bureau of Plant Industry Cir cular No. 11, and tho .caution has been ropoated in U, S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No. 60. The lint of the “kalf-and-Half varioty is of poor character, irregular, wasty and very short, a largo portion of tho samples examined being less than sovon-oights of an inch in length of staple. Cotton less than seven-eighths of an inch is untend ersblo on future contracts made un der the provisions of the United States Cotton Futures Act, and there fore buyors will penalise it whenever discovered. Tho Department is informed that many person's who grew this variety have succeeded in selling it at prevail ing prices, but this can not long con tinue. When cotton of less than seven-eights of an inch in length sells for full market price, it is be cause its true character was not de tected. Whenever cotton firms find a large part of the cotton in any com munity falling to seven-eights of an inch or loss in length, buyers will be withdrawn from the district or they will scale down the prices on all grades to meet the lower prices which must be expected for such short staple. Many interior buyers, as well as practically all the larger cotton firms, lave declined to handle this cotton it any price. They state that its int is far inferior to that commonly grown in their territory and is not acceptable to thoir regular custom, era. Competent spinners have stated that this variety as ordinarily grown produces so short a fiber as to ren der it wholly unsuitable for tho class of work which now consumes the great bulk of the cotton of the west ern belt. Before this agitation became gon- ■ral. a high-grade sample of this cot on was submitted by the Department o two prominent members of the N’ew Orleans Cotton Exchange, who, m the first attempt to putt tho staple, dated that the fiber waa so short hat it would bo rejected as “perish 'd staple” by their elamification com*. mittee and would nof'M tondcrablc in New Orleans cotton \ contracts, llllllUU.pzacU? remark. Various cotton exchanges in the Southwestern states have taken offi cial action to prevent the delivery of this cotton on contracts made be tween their .members. As grown in Texas, it is lacking in storm-proof quality, as the cotton drops from the bolls very easily and the individual seeds often fall apart Repeated complaints are received from English spinners of ths number of “mixy" bales of American cot ton. This condition arises largely Ihrough the introduction of short staple into long staple cotton terri tory, or of long staple into commu nities growing short staple cotton. Any serious mixing of varieties which have fibers of different lengths results in serious losses in waste whenever the cotton is spun upon machinery adjusted for the longer varieties. Spinners will be quick to discover any serious admixture of shorter and inferior cotton, and the growers will suffer if such varieties become popular in their territory. In view of these facts the Depart ment warns the farmers of Okla homa, Texas and Arkansas that the introduction of “Half-and-Half, 1 any other variety of cotton produc ing fiber of less than seven-eights of an inch in average length, will be likely to seriously damage the repu tation of their local markets, and may result in a few years in basing the price in such markets on this in ferior cotton. These same districts are now receiving a slight premium over the regular quotations for short staple. It will be a matter of parti cular regret to see tho results of the campaign which has been carried on by tho Department in these states in behalf of pure, big-boll varieties (Triumph and Lone Star) jeopardiz ed by the promiscuous introduction of cotton of greatly inferior staple. Such a policy must result in very se rious losses to ail the growers in the communities where the poorer types become common. , As the seed is tho primary factor in determining length of staple and there are early maturing prolific va rieties with staple of at least an inch in length, every cotton farmer should secure and plant seed. AND WE ARE PAYING WAR TAXI James Callaway, in Macon Telegraph It ia well to have discussion, but debate in the Senate went into the ridiculous. It is estimated that Sen ator Burton’s thirteen-hour talk against time on the shipping bill cost $250,000 in time of the Senate, print ing and stenographer’s bills. Sen ator Lodge’s tirade cost $150,000; Senator Gallingcr’s speeches cost $200,000—expatiating on nothing in particular. THE PLAIN TRUTH What More Can Tifton People Ask? When well known residents aad highly-respected pcoplo of Tifton make such statements as the follow ing it must carry conviction to every reader; “For about two years I suffered from weak kidneys,” says T. A. Au- trey, farmer, of 611 Tift avenue, Tif ton. “The worst trouble was with tho kidney secretions. They were too frequent in passage and made me get up many times during the night. They were also highly colored and burned. I Jiad soreness in the small of my back, but the worst pain seemed to be around my left kidney. After taking one box of Doan’s Kid ney Pills, I felt much better. I can gladly recommend them to others.' Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan’s Kidney Pills—'the same that Mr. Autrey had. Fostef-Milburo Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. adv. HARD TO REALIZE Douglas Enterprise: John Herring happened to be in a reminiscent mood the other day and wrote an editorial on “Twenty Years Ago,” in which he recited some facts well known to the writer. We re member those days, but it is hard to realize that twenty years has passed Since that time. 2 Drops of GETS-1T; Out Comes the Corn I It’s the World’* Wonder; Rover Fails. You'll mako ffoo-soo eyes at roar fecit, after you use “GRTS-IT," and you'll find the places where tboso blanket/ corns used to be. Just ns smooth os your cheek. ... . _ ioutside. .. . _ ant that the system be cleansed of the poisonous impurities caused by weaknaoa of the digestive organs or by inactivity of the liver. DR PIERCE'S Golden Medical, Discovery {!■ Tablet or Liquid Fans) ! Clonus tho system and mors. It puts tbs Mvar la sash a conditioned hoollh thet Itpurifies the blood-os it should. It hdpa tho stomach digest food so that it mokoo good blood—rich, rod blood to sourish sad strengthen all tho organa. 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