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Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
' The Community Cotton Picking,
“Lucinda is a pretty girl ;
I’ve known her all my life.
And if ever I get married,
Lucinda ’ll be my wife."
The October sun was just peeping above the
• distant pines and in the clear air of early fall,
the boy’s song rang, as he hurried to Jim s.
Jim’s cotton field was white for the hams,
and his neighbors had gathered to pick it for
him. Six families of them, from the mother and
father to the baby in arms (the latter to spend
much of the day on a quilt spread in a conven
ient shade) were there. Two or three of the
older women would stay with Mrs. Jim to aid
in the preparation of the midday meal but all
the others went to the cotton field. Mayhap
it's a case of cause and effect, but we did not
see so many women of frail health in those days
and they usually did a liberal share of a man s
work. ,
The dew was still on the cotton when they
opened the swagging gate and entered the field.
There were only ten acres of it—what Jim
could cultivate after providing supplies for him
self and family—and the sloping hillside was
white. Down by the branch was a half-acre
, patch of sugar cane, its leaves rustling in the
autumn breeze, ready for the sugar mill later.
With the exception of the evergreen bays and a
few others of their kind, the foliage on the trees
in the small stream had taken on the brilliant
autumn colors, the grass in the field was dead
and the tinge of early fall everywhere.
Rapidly the pickers separated into groups,
each picker taking two rows and the mother,
taking the youngest child large enough to pi6k
with her. Jim in his capacity of host apd'gen
eral director, distributed the cotton-baskets at
convenient points. In separating, personal
propinqpjtS-M usual predominated. Two older
men would take adjoining rows and talk crops
."’or polities or tell stories as they picked. Two
mothers would do the same, swapping neigh
borhood gossip and occasionally stopping in a
shade or fence corner to pass the snuff box for
a congenial dip, and an undisturbed social chat.
There were always two boys with some reputa
tion as swift pickers to start a race, which last
ed intermittently throughout the day, and al
ways of course, the youth and maiden, to whom
the semi-privacy of the cotton field gave golden
opportunity for those interchanges of silly noth
ings styled nonsense by the older ones but
which have so much to do with the mating and
perpetuation of the human race.
In a clean and neatly fitting dress of brown
checked homespun, her face deep-hid in a sun-
bonnet of pink calico She summed up for him
all that was lovable and desirable as he oc
casionally straightened up for a word or to as
he picked the locks, one at a time, from a re
fractory boll, his eyes resting hungrily and ad
miringly on Her. Soon she would stop also,
never looking at him direct but with those fleet
ing glances that see all and reveal so little. Of
course he would finish his rows first and would
always help her out; She would hang back a lit
tle if necessary unless in some jesting wager a
race was on. Many matches were made in the
cotton-fields of those days.
As the cotton was picked from the bolls, as
close by, and few negroes.
The harvesting of the cotton crop was made
the occasion for a social gathering, just as with
pulling the fodder, boiling the syrup, the log
rolling, house-raising, and many other tasks
that could be done better by the cummunity
than the individual. These “workings" as they
were called relieved the monotony and loneli
ness of country life; brought the people closer
together and facilitated work, for they gave to
the task a zip and enthusiasm lacking even with
the most industrious when alone. The cotton
itself entered more into the home life, for out
of each crop was saved the year’s supply for
knitting thread, or perhaps for the loom.
Hard work and crude people, perhaps you
may say. But they had something we sadly
lack in these days when money is the one
great objective, and we rarely see our neigh
bor except on Sunday—if we go to church.
WHERE THE REGENT STOOD.
The lot corner Love avenue and Second street
which has been vacant so long and where work
is soon to begin on a handsome business block
has a bit of interesting history.
It was on this lot that one of the first hand
some homes in the new Tifton was built,
was a two-story residence and was occupied by
Willard H. Love, Tifton’s first Mayor, for whom
Love avenue was named. Across the street di
rectly east was the handsome home of W. W.
Timmons, and Mr. T. M. Greene built north of
him the residence which Mr. Timmons now pc
cupies. The Love and Timmons residences
were built in 1891, or about twenty-five years
ago.
Mr. Love later sold his residence to C. S.
Baldridge and O. M. Tift, who remodeled it,
adding several rooms and converted it into
hotel, which was named The Regent. They
operated the hotel for a time and it was later
run by Hon. T. B. Young. Jb^as owned by
Shepherd and Maynard when it was destroyed
in the fire which wiped out’ this section of Tifton
in 1904. S
HANDSOME BUILDING
HEJlti IS YOUR CHANCE GIRLS.
Now ft is said that canned fruits and vege-
tables are soon to soar in price. Canned fruit
, ^W'ill be positively scarcer by next spring, say
wholesale men, due to the short crop and
falling off in home preserving.
Here is where the work of the canning club
girls will come in. Those who stuck to the job
last summer will have something to sell this fall
for a good price or can provide variety for the
home table.
Which adds force to the statement that teach
ing girls to conserve the resources of the home
market garden is one of the most important
items of industrial training.
Goins Up on Regent Hotel Lot, Love
and Second Streets.
A business building is to be erect
ed on the property corner of Love
avenue and Second street belonging
to Dr. N. Peterson, Ben McLeod and
W. O'Neal, is the announcement
made by the parties owning the prop-.
erty this morning.
The building will face Love ave
nue fifty feet and run back one hun
dred feet on Second street and will
be constructed of tapestry brick
trimmed with granite. The plans for
the edifice were made by Architect
C. W. F oulwood, Jr., and they show
that the building wil not only be a
substantial one but it will be con-'
structed in such a manner as to be in •
keeping with the other splendid im-j
provements being made in Tifton atj
this time. W. H. Spooner will be the j
contractor for the new building.
There will be two stores on the!
first floor and possibly three, two
facing Love avenue and the third, if
built in, will face Second street
twenty-five feet at the rear end of
the building. The certainty of this
being done is not yet decided because
the same space is being looked into
for another purpose than a store.
The two stores fronting Love avenue
will be twenty-five feet wide by
seventy feet deep.
The second floor will be cut into
offices, and the parties erecting the
buildings say that they already have
a number of inquiries for the spaces,
but that no leases have been made.
The building will be modern in
construction and steam heated
throughout, a feature that will be ap
preciated. The cost of the building
outside of the land on which it will
set and the equipment is estimated
at about $14,000.
The property on wblch the new
building is to be erected is the cor
ner of the vacant lot on which the
Regent hotel was burned in 1904
The land was broken up into build
ing lots and sold at auction last
spring by Dr. N. Peterson.
Other improvements are being
planned for other lots on the same
property, but no definite contracts
to build have yet been let.
The improvement of this corner
will make a pleasing addition to Tif<
ton’s fast growing business section
and will greatly improve the neigh
borhood in which it is to stand.
U5E RED IEVIL LYI
EvsrsjUihere
rfS,
From cellar to garret, house to bam,
inside and outside, Red Devil Lye
keeps things clean and SANITARY.
R‘
| ED DEVIL LYE makes housework
It is the original dirt chaser.
It removes the smell and grease from
pots, pens, eink-pipes, refrigerators, churns
and milk utensils. Makes windows and
glassware shine, takes grease spots out of
floors and keeps them spick and span.
Lye possesses the power of convening
farm rubbish into rich fertilizer by rotting
the mass quickly enough for the heap to
retain the fertilizing elements.
Red Devil Lye is an enemy of disease. It
helps to keep hogs, stock and poultry in
fine condition and thrifty.
Red Devil Lye makes washing easy,
makes the hardest water soft, just like rain-
Red Devil Lye is always uni-
w.t.r, removes the dirt «nd oaves nibbing, formly pulverized — convenient
Red Devil Ly# dissolves scsiy deposits in —and ready for instant use.
automobile radiators, cleans motor pans
quickly — positively without injury — and
increases the efficiency of the engine.
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera
Diarrhoea Remedy.
We have a joke on John F. Stone, over in
the county of Grady. After he had poked fun
at the Georgia Legislature for forty years, the
people of his home county took revenge by
electing him to that body. We are anxious to
see him under steam in Atlanta, for perhaps
he can put across some of the things he has been
telling us so long the Legislature ought to do.
By tho way, if John Stone ever steals a horse
or docs anything else risky and frisky, Mr,
John Dodd, over at Omega, had better be care
ful. He is as much , like John Stone as one
black-eyed pea is like another—and both are
good-looking men.
This is a medicine that every fam
ily should bo provided with. Colic
and diarrhoea often come on sudden
ly and it is of the greatest import
ance that they be treated promptly.
Consider the suffering that must be
endured Until a physician arrives
or medicine can be obtained. Cham
berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy has a reputation see
ond to none for the quick ■ relief
which it affords. Obtainable every
where. adv.
Col. R. E. Dinsmore enters the race for Judge
of the City Court of Tifton, ns per announce
ment in another column. Col. Dinsmore has
been engaged in the practice of law in Tifton
for a number of years and is one of the best
qualified men of the local bar for the position
to which he aspires. Two years ago he was a
candidate for the position and gave Judge Eve
and
FOR JUDGE OF THE CITY COURT
OF TIFTON.
close race. The experience gained in that
fast as the hand was full it was dropped into a cam paign will doubtless be a valuable asset in
bigi white homespun sack, swung from tH 0 j his present race unil he ha3 a mimber of frieiivls
shoulder. When this sack was full it was emp-j j n jj le coun ty w ho w ill give him a strong sup-
tied into the basket, which was packed as long| port
as the cotton could be trampled into it. Then it
To the Voter* of Tift County:
I beg to announce my candidacy
for Judge of the City Court of Tif
ton, to be selected in the November
general election.
This Court has handled by far the
greater part of the litigation arising
in the County since its organization
and in selecting the Judge of such a
Court, I think the people can safely
be relied upon in selecting the candi
date best qualified in point of expert*
ence, ability and judicial tempera
ment. As to these points of qualifi
cation, the voter must necessarily he
his own judge. I trust, however, that
I may be pardoned for briefly stating
that, after receiving my literary di
ploma, I took a year of extra and
post graduate work in the University
of Nashville as a special preparation
for the study of the law. I am a
graduate of the Law School of the
University of Georgia—Class 1990
1901, and have practiced my profs
sion for fifteen years.
If elected, Ppromise a faithful, ini
partial and conscientious dueharg<
~of the duties of the office.
Yours respectfulIv,
R. E. Dinsmore,
was carried on a man’s shoulder to the wagon
which waited at the end of the row and when
the wagon was in turn filled, it was carried to
the house and the cotton usually piled on tho
piazza of the home or in a shed room.
At noon, tired and very hungry, the pickers
gathered under the big oak where the table
was spread, laden with good things. The first
potato custards of the new crop; cuts from a
quarter of the last beef of the season; the last
of the summer preserves—the late crop of
neckled peas boiled with old bacon—and al-
ays the chicken—in a half dozen forms, and
*’ I them good.
r .- ^is there had been hard picking, there was
also hard eating, for of indigestion we knew
nothing, and of hearty appetites we were not
.ashamed. To be sure, when the eyes of the
boys were on them, some of the girls would
blushingly lift a pea at a time on a fork—but
when the boys were gone they would gather
around the pot by the fireplace and shovel them
'. in with a basting-spoon.
Dinner over, perhaps there was more court
ing by the tall sweep and the pomegranate bush
-opt at the well; gossip and chat by the cider
-folks, and then back to the job again, for Jim’s
, field must be cleaned by night. And it was.
/ Perhaps next day, or some time during the
week, Jim would join the others at the field of
‘neighbor, and so in turn, until the work v as
repaid. But cotton was not the purely com-
■ f -rif 1 -rtide that it is today. We did net pay
the profits oft the crop b '“g.j: ; to
pick it anu spend l.alf o .r tjne ha-ling ’ *n
Col. B. C. Williford is the first candidate to
announce for Judge of the City Court of Tifton
at the November election. Col. Williford is
one of the most aggressive young members of
the Tift county bar. We raised him right here
in Tift and the people know him and his many
qualities as well as his personal ability. He is
built for a fast racer and although this is his
first campaign, his friends are sure that he will
show both speed and class.
Red Devil Ly* makes the best soap be
cause it saponifies every particle of grease
that goes into the kettle.
A tablespoonful is more powerful than a
whole package of ordinary cleansers or
washing powders.
ASK US FOR BOOKLET telling of the
many daily uses of RED DEVIL LYE.
Red Devil Lye makes outhouses sanitary
by consuming the filth. Does away with
odors and destroys breeding places for flies.
Use Red Devil Lye if you want perfect
cess with your compost pile. Red Devil
All Groceries and General Stores Sell
Big Cans REDDEmLIE -
75&GS hZ
Wm. Schield Mfg. Co.,
CITY TAX ORDINANCE
17 Mill, it 1916 Levy Fixed by City
Council.
An Ordinance fixing and levying
an Ad-Valorem Tax in and for the
City of Tifton and for the purpose of
defraying the ordinary current ex
penses of said City, paying the prin
cipal and interest on the municipal
debt, and for the support and main
tenance of the Public School system
of said City for the fiscal year begin
ning January 1st, 1916, and ending
December 3lst, 1916.
Be it enacted by the Mayor and
Council of the City of Tifton, and
it is hereby enacted by authority of
the same, that there be, and there
is hereby levied and collected upon
and against all the taxable property
in said city, both real and personal,
where subject to taxation, an ad-
valorem tax of 17 mills or one and
seven-tenths of one per centum on
each one dollars worth of such real
and personal property. Such levy
shall be divided and apportioned as
follows:
To pay principal and interest on
the Public Debt, 7 mills, or seven-
tenths of one per centum.
For the payment of ordinary cur
rent expenses, 5 mills or one-half of
one pex centum.
For the support and maintenance
of the Public Schools, 5 mills, or one-
half of one per centum.
Be it further enacted that all or
dinances and parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby re
pealed.
B. H. McLeod,
T. E. Phillip,,
Members City Conucil.
Introduced, read and ordered to
take usual course Sept. 8th, 1916.
K.ilh Canon,
(14-ltawlm.) Clerk of Council.
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
TO THE VOTERS OF TIFT
COUNTY!
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the Judgeship of the City
Court of Tifton, subject to the gen*
eral election in November,
I have endeavored to prepare my
self for the duties of the bar through
years of training in college, and in
the study of the law, and if elected
I promise a faithful and impartial
administration of the duties of the
office. Sincerely,
B. C. WILLIFORD.
"So far ns thjb Tift county delegation is con
cerned, the State Convention in Macon will en
dorse President Wilson and the Democratic ad
ministration, without reserve. We propose to
work to that end and to be assured that such
will be done before anything else is decided on.”
So said Delegate Fulwood before leaving for the
Central City Monday, and he spoke for the en
tire delegation from Tift. Every Democrat in
the state felt the same way about it.
To tho Voter
or th«
No.
The Greek Premier is named Callagvyerou-
poulous, but part of the name was deleted by the
censor to save cable tolls.
A LUSTY YOUNGSTER.
From the Savannah Press.
The Tifton Daily Gazette, we learn from its
very interesting columns, is two years old.
Those of us who are foitunute enett
of Tift County
The Democratic Executive
mittee of Tift County have an
ed that there wilt a vacancy i
office of Judge of the City C<
Tifton. to be filled at the t
election on the First Tueedny
vember, 1916.
There can be no question
mind of any thinking voter that the
office of Judge of the City Court is
an important one, and require
y.-r of experience and ability.
The good people of Tift County,
have twice honored me by electing
me a- Solicitor General of Tilt Coun
ty. I tried to do my duty faithful
ly, honestly and impartially, 1 am
not ashamed of the record made.
1 am a graduate of Mercer Uni
versity Law School, the t'L-.sa of
1903; have been a practitioner in the
S.ate and Federal Courts since that
time.
I offer myself as a candidate for
election as Judge of the City Court
of Tifton at the regular November
| general election. If elected, I pro
jtn'.ie a faithful, hxnest and impartial
to ’ administration—to rich and poor
STATE OF GEORGIA—Tift Coun
ty:
To the Superior Court of laid Coun
ty-
The petition of C. R. Choate, II.
II. Tift, Jr., and Frank Scarboro
shows that they desire for them
selves, their associates and assigns
to be incorporated for a period of
twenty years under the name of
CHOATE GROCERY COMPANY
The object and purpose of such in
corporation being pecuniary gain to
the stockholders.
The amount of capital stock of
said corporation shall be Five Thous
and ($5,000.00) Dollars, with the
privilege of increasing the same
Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000.00)
Dollars.
The principal business in which
said corporation will engage will be
that of a general wholesale and retail
grocery business. And as incidental
to such business in all of its phases
nnd details, the right is desired to
purchase and own all such real-estate,
buildings, fixtures and equipment
necessary for the successful conduct
of the business contemplated; to buy
and sell all kinds of groceries, either
at wholesale or retail and for either
cash or on credit, and to do all things
necessary and proper in the conduct
c" the business contemplated.
The principal office and place of
business of such corporation shall be j
in Tifton, Tift County, but the priv- ]
ilegc is desired of establishing such
other office or agency as may ire de- i
sired elsewhere, within or without |
the .State of Georgia.
Wherefore your petitioners pray j
that they may be incorporated under j
the name and style of said Choate j
Grocery Company and for the length
of time and with aii the privileges]
and immunities not only herein spec
ified, but such others as may be in-
in law to corporations of like
kind and character.
Sk-en and Murray,
Attorneys for Petitioners.
GEORGIA—Tift County.
I, 11. D. Webb Clerk of the Super
ior Court of said county, do hereby
certify that the foregoing is a true
and correct copy of the application
for charter of C. R. Choate, H. H.
Tift, Jr., and Frank Scarboro as the
same appears on file in this office.
Witness my official signature and the
:eal of said Court this 16th day of
September, 1916.
22-41. Henry D. Webb,
!i rU Superior Court, Tift Co. Ga.
GEORGIA—Tift County.
Meeting of County Commissioner,
September 4, 1916.
Pursuant to law in such cases made
and provided, the Commissioner of
Roads and Revenues in and for the
County of Tift, does hereby make
the following Tax Levy for county
purposes, and it is hereby ordered
by the authority aforesaid that there
be and is hereby levied for the year
1916 the following taxes for county
purposes, to-wit:
Item One. To pay the legal In
debtedness of the county, due, or to
become due, during the year or past
due: 32 cents on each $100 of the
taxable property of said county.
Item Two. To build .or repair
Courthouses, jail, bridges or fences
of the county, or other public im
provements according to contract:
15 cents on each $100 of taxablo
property of said county.
Item Three. To pay Sheriff, Jail
ors or other officers’ fees that they
may be entitled to legally out of
the funds of the county: '1% cents
on each $100 of taxable property
of said county.
Item Four. To pay Coroner all
fees that may bo due them by the
county for holding inquests: 1-20 of
one cent on each $100 of taxablo
property of said county.
Item Five. To pay expenses of the
County for Bailiffs at Courts, non
resident witnesses, fees in erimina!
cases, fuel, servant hire, stationery
and the like: 614 cents on each $100
of taxable property of said county.
Item Six. To pay Jurors of both
Superior and City Courts a per diem
consideration: 18% cents on each
$100 of taxable property of said
county.
Item Seven. To pay expenses In
curred in supporting the poor of tho
county, and as otherwise prescribed
In Code of Georgia: 2% cents on
each $100 of taxable property of said
county.
Item Eight. To pay the expenses
able property of said county.
■ tern Nine. 50 cents on each $100
of the county for building public
roads: 30 cents on each $100 of tax-
of taxable property of said county,
exc-pt the property within the city
limits of the City of Tifton, for
school purposes, said levy made hy
the Board of Education of said coun
ty, and which levy is hereby embod
ied.
So ordered, and judgment signed
in open session cf this Board.
J. J. Golden, Commissioner,
I, W. S. Walker, Clerk to Commis
sioner of Roads and Revenues, d.
hereby certify the above and fore
going is a true extract from tho
minutes of the regular monthly.
September, session of said Commis
sioner's Court.
This the 4th day of Sept., 1916.
W S. Walker,
Clerk to Commissioner.
in October, 1916, at public outcry
before the Court House in said coun
ty, within the legal houri of sale,
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following described property, to-witi-
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the county of
Tift, State of Georgia, and describ
ed as follows: One hundred and'
thirty-seven and one-half acres- '
(137%) of lot of land No. ?68 In.
the Sixth District of Tift County,. -
Georgia, and bounded as follows:.
On the East by original land line;.
South by lands of Mrs. Rachel Ful-
ghum; West by lands of W. W.
Webb, and North by original land:
line. Said property levied on at-
the property of C. C. Guest under
a Ufa issued from the City Conrt
of Tifton in favor of the Flnt Na
tional Bank, of Valdosta, and against
C. C. Guest and E. A. Buck. A quit
claim deed having been made and
filed in the Clerk’s office of
Superior Court prior to date of levy. 1
Property pointed out by Plaintiffs!
attorney in flfa and defendant noti
fied in writing as required by
This tho 26th day of August, 1
J. M. Shaw, Sheriff, Tift Cou
ADMINISTRATRIX’S SA
GEORGIA—Tift County*^
By virtue of an ordet
of Ordinary of Tift cotj
will be sold on the fir:
October, 1916, at tl
door in said- county,
gal hours of sal
more or less of
360. Bounded oi.
of Lee Cooper, on
of Hubbard Bro;
land of James Si
ing and on the
an 1 Nashville ;
being In the Six
county. Tho t
eight hundred dc
ance approved
amounts due Nov,
Nov. 1st, 1918.
This, Sept. 5th,
Mrs. Susan Aultman, i
SHERIFF’S !
ROAD CITATION.
GEORGIA—'Tift Courj
Will be sold ,on thq
in October, 1916,
before the Court H<
ty, within the legs
to the highest bid*
following described j
Three seventy-f
make. One revolt
One sixty-horse
field make. Ooe,
engine, Schofield
cf the name .tame was before it Editoi ] <r ,p «-
. . . _ . , . . ; —- — r-stff baa a ri.at *r> be prout of his sprightly'*
to nnd irns tov.j—, 0 . there were no t a# iad , , 3 J .. Ua y. j
,reatly
GEORGIA—Tift County.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Take notice that B. M. Brown, E i pulleys, belting i
A. Baker, Chas. L Parker, W. M. tures belonging t
Baker, II. L. Gentry, et al., have ap-1 , • a
plied for an order seeking a change [ ” * a
in the Tifton and Brookfield public j on as P ro P*l
Road, and the establishment of the j Company under
same, which has been laid out and the City Court
marked, in conformity with law, by j the Columbus
commissioners duly appointed, and a ! .
report duly made by them as requir- j P an y and
ed by law. Company.
Said proposed change in said pub-1 Cycloneta,
lie road is described as follows: Com-! e( j ou ^
mencing at the three mile post at the I,
end of the lane and running thence Ia-
mmediately in front of the This
home of B. M. Bowen, and S. A. J. M.
Mathews; thence Southwardly so ns
to intersect with the present Tifton
and Brookfield public road immedi
ately of the G. W. Guest's old home,
distance of about one-half mile.
Now, if no good cause be shown
to the contrary by persons interested j Court of Ordinary
in this matter, the order will be (will be (old on the
granted by the undenigned at the October, 1916, at
office of the Commissioner of Roads | door in Mid county,
and Revenues for said county on the gal hours of
2nd, day of October, 1916, chang- in the town e
ing raid public rood in accordance [ business
with the report of the reviewers, and of
TA V . *.EVf. lfli
AdvaWias To* Le-y for IflS br
tha Canty Commissioner cf Tift
Cwnty, on Each $100 of Taxablo
sold Coonty,
ADMINISTR
GEORGIA—Tift I
By virtue of an al
establishing the same, and at the
same time, said part of the Tifton
and Brookfield public road sffecteJ
by this change will b* di'continued.
J. J. Golden, Commissioner
Ronds and Revenues, Tift County,
follows:
of
SHERIFFS SALE.
GEORGIA—Tift County.
Will l-e sold to tha nt T> joay