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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, T1FTON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IT, 1916.
'be Litton (Sajette
Published Weekly
Entered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
as mail matter of the second class.
SATURDAY NIGHT.
gno. L. Herrins Editor and Manager
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
TO THE PEOPLE OF TIFTON:
The Best People, in the Best Town, in the Best
State, in the Best Country on Eearth, in the
Best Age of the World has seen:
I always knew you were the salt of the earth
but Friday afternoon, after the surprise of the
morning, l felt just a little closer to you, if
such a thing is possible, than before.
I do not know what I have done to deserve
appreciation, but not or me to question, why?
I did but my work, as I saw it. Sufficient for
me the spirit shown.
Have not taken much pride in clothes of re
eent years; considering them necessary
rather than ornamental. I have cherished
the memory of the first suit of boy
hood, of the wedding suit, and also the suit
worn when I presided for the first time at the
gathering of the Sunday school clans of my
native county. But this pride in clothes has re
turned; once more with vanity earthly but
with humility of appreciation, will the wearer
be conscious of his garments.
For, verily, I say unto you: When the tailor
does his worst to me, Solomon in all his glory
was a piker compared to what your once hum
ble scribe will be.
It was sweetly thoughtful of you to think
"clothes”—just like Tifton people. Some give
watches—mechanical devices for ticking off
life’s moments to death and eternity. Some
buy canes—the vanity of vigor and the badge
of failing age. But clothes get closer to a man
than anything else except his family and his
friends—they get around him, snuggle right up
to him, just as I want to feet toward Tifton. Of
all things .Tifton could give, you hit what I ap
preciate most and what best expresses the spirit
of your gathering last night.
Yet it is not the selection, nor the cost, nor
yet the articles—all good in themselves—it is
the spirit behind the act that makes the writer
a very proud, a very humble, and a very happy
man as these words are written.
I have never desired office, for I think
newspaper man should be under no obligations
that would interfere with his disinterested ser
vice to all the people at all times; I have never
coveted wealth, for I fear should poverty leave
me, I would be stiff-necked and haughty, and
the Lord would quit loving me. But when you
•ay clothes—then you get right next my skin.
I will wear your gifts, because you
intended me to wear them. Until they,
like myself, have served their days
of usefulness. When the cloth is %vorn,
the edges frayed, the seams no longer hold—
then they will be laid away. And when the
final day comes that I turn over my work in
this world to younger and more competent
men; when at last my hnmis are folded for the
long rest; your gift will be brought out, and in
it I will be clad for earth’s last journey.
The Spartan’s highest ambition was to be
brought home on the shield which had formed
bis country's bulwark; the hope of the most
gallant soldier of today is to be laid to rest
wrapped in the flag of his country. I love my
country and I love her flag, and all for which it
stands, but I will sleep the long sleep in a high
er tribute than either of these—in this testi
monial of the esteem of my fellow citizens.
To the older men of Tifton I have long felt
as a brother; to the younger men as a parent.
Then, to my brothers and children: Thank
you, and God bless you. J. L. Herring.
SOUTH GEORGIA RICE.
I —————
Report of successful rice growing in Crisp
county calls attention to the fact that one of
the most profitable side crops of South Geor
gia is being neglected.
Not many years ago upland rice was exten
sively grown through this section and rice mills
were almost as common as grist mills. For
some unaccountable reason, little rice has been
grown here in recent years, and the mills have
alrr ost disappeared for lack of material.
Upland rice will grow on any South Georgia
land, high or low, and requires but little work.
One thorough cleaning to get rid of the grass
and two or three plowings will make a crop.
The yield will easily run to forty bushels to the
acre and the rice in the rough is worth about
II a bushel, leaving the straw for forage.
While the farmers of this section are looking
for a crop to relieve the burden on cotton or
tide crops for home use, they cannot do better
than to put in at least one-fourth acre in rice
■ , for food for man. beast and fowls.
The children in Tifton’s schools have taken
a great interest in the election and it is safe to
•ay that they have learned more about their
^Country’s electoral system in the post week
'than they learned in a year previous. Yester-
■ A day, nome child carried the report to school
^^giat Jlughes had carried California. It created
such - consternation that.it was necessary to tel
ephone the Gazette office for correct informa
tion before the r.. ulnr jpntlne could proceed.
The Fire Kindling—That Didn’t Catch.
Away back in Tifton’s early history there
was the same spirit of enterprise, of push and
progress that makes the Tifton of today. For
Tifton was a young town and made of young
men—men aiive to opportunity and with the
ready grasp of circumstance.
In the early 90’s money came so near grow
ing on trees here that almost any scheme look
ed roseate. It was during this time of optimism
that the patent fire kindling was invented,
born, existed and died. The idea was an in
spiration.
Here at our turpentine distilleries were
hundreds of barrels of low grade rosins that
were barely worth the cost of transportation.
At the saw-mill, from early dawn until after
dark went an endless stream of pine strips to
the ever-burning fires in the' slab-pit. These
combined made the greatest fire kindlers in the
world.
In the cold states to the north, millions of
men and women arose for two hundred mom
ings of the year, shivered and caught cold as
they endeavored to start a reluctant fire with
a few strips of newspaper and a bucket of coal
Why not combine our plenty with their
needs? So, genius travailed, and the fire
kindling was born. It was very simple: A
short pine stick, around one end wrapped a
wisp of cotton—of which we had plenty—and
this dipped in hot rosin. Presto! There you
were; as fine and perfect a kindling as the
heart of shirtless and shivering man could de
sire for an early morning rescue.
The inventor consulted with a few kindred
spirits and the idea was launched. A company
was formed. The inventor was to make head
quarters here and manufacture the kindlings
two young men members were to travel
through the North, West and East, and sell the
kindlings to the anxious and waiting thousands
Roseate visions pictured a fortune when dol
lars would be but as doughnuts; the inventor
would own his own private car—and .perhaps
a railroad; each of the young salesmen would
sit in a leather chair at a mahogany table,
while they directed the affairs of a large dis
tributing point.
With so much in prospect, the salesmen
could hardly wait to pack their grips and start,
while the. manager dug a hole out behind the
mill well in which to bury the money they sent
in, until it could be shipped by freight to the
nearest bank.
Then something went wrong. Don’t know
whBt it was, but there was a slip in the cog; a
rift in the lute. Those people up North needed
the kindlings; they were suffering for the lack
of them—but they wouldn’t buy ’em.
Here were millions of dollars worth of good
material going to waste, enough to supply
every need, but the manufactured product
stuck on the hands of its makers until they
used it up at home to kindle their own fires.
And thus died n great opportunity and a
vast, undeveloped industry, because hard-
headed and short-sighted people would not
appreciate what was offered them.
And Tifton ' stuck to established lines of
manufacturing.
COIMNIS & COMEBACKS
We Turst So.
Editor Hen-ini' is the recipient, at
the hands of the people of Tifton, of
a new outfit, clothing, hat, etc. A
memento of loving friendship which
will be most worthily worn.—South
Georgia Progress.
'Court* Wo Ain’t.
The Tifton Gazette denies that it
standi in fea r of a banking trust,
but on the other hand says it feels
a crying need for banks with more
liberal minds about trusting.—South
Georgia Progress.
Silence It Golden.
“The silence of Colonel Roosevelt
appalling to say the least," says
the Macon News. We regard it as
the best thing that has come from
the Colonel at any time. And tho
more of it that comes from him the
better we like it.—Enquirer-Sun
Quail end Boll Weeviit.
Just now quite a bit of discussion
is going on over the question wheth
er quail help destroy the boll weevil
or not. Some farmers have de
termined that their birds shall not
be killed on the idea that they will
help protect their cotton from the
weevil.
Opinion differs on this point.
The United States Biological Sur
vey has made a careful investigation
of the birds that attack the boll
weevil, and the finding is that there
arc fifty species of birds that feed
on the boll weevil. Among the most
important birds that attack the
weevil are the blackbirds, meadow
larks, sparrows, wrens, and tit
mouse. The quail was not found to
feed on bdl weevils, and the dove
not mentioned in the list at all.
Two hundred and nineteen quail
were examined, the contents of their
crops being carefully noted, and
only one weevil was found. This
would indicate that farmers have
nothing to hope from this source of
protection, and no one should de
pend upon it, although it may bo
allright to protect the birds for a
year or two on general principles.—
Ocilla Star.
1ST. SURAL SCHOOL
IN UNITEB STATES
To- Ask For Inoculation Against
Whooping Cougb
IS RIVER BEND* IRWIN GO.
SOME SNAPPY ONES.
Among tho paragraphors handling the elec
tion returns, the man on the Savannah Morning
News walks off with the cake. Here are a few
specimens:
That was some drive on the Western front,
eh?
It looked mighty dark about the third in
ning, didn’t it?
Well, Mr. Hughes made a good race. But he
was carrying too much baggage.
The American people have certainly had the
dickens of a time finding out what they did
Tuesday.
Mr. Willeox gave away his number when ho
set up his little howl about stealing the presi
dency.
A little too close for reasonable comfort, to
say nothing of such little odds and ends as
sleep, fond and recreation.
When it comes to hitting in tho pinches, the
states west of the Mississippi seem to have a
corner on the big league stuff.
Wo have met the enemy and they are ours,
one candidate, one hyphen, and one perfectly
good scalp with teeth and eyeglasses attached.
Chairman Willeox declared, "We only want
what we are entitled to,” and the present indi
cations are that’s just what they got.
Wilson moved along at a pace that was so
leisurely as to be almost annoying until he step
ped across the Mississippi. After that it took at
least two men to see him.
A few of the famous remarks made Tuesday
night: "The victory shows that the American
people can be trusted to settle campaign is
sues," Republican Chairman Willeox; “I shall
under no circumstances make any recom
mendations as to Mr. Hughes’ appointments or
legislative program.” Col. Roosevelt; “The peo
ple have spoken," and so forth. New York Sun;
"We’ve got ’em,” Vance McCormick, Demo
cratic chairman, who “sat tight” and finally
made the 100 to 1 shot of the G. O. P. look like
•10 cents or thereabouts.
j What Mothers Say
Tim experience of thone who
it© u*ed “Mother** Friend”
•ould merit expectant nmth-
■*’ cuiuiderutlou at title time.
WfotfierX
r 'drieriH
jJS*. !h ® I"**" ‘*f banishing
morning sickness nnd nau-
ftcntlng eondltioiw beforo con.
it.”
Mrs.
Setter*
jrieivd
Its (rrtvil value ilur-
WfotfierJr
‘^friend
'“nclmr nn extern*! remedy I*
of tlm greatest a«ii»taiu-r In
preparing'the system for such
ur druggist veils it. Write
free and intereating book
Motherhood.
Epidemic in Adjoining District
Caused River Bend Patrons to
Seek Protection.
Dr. A. G'. Fort, health officer for
the First Georgia Rural Health dis
trict, went to River Bend school in
Irwin county Friday afternoon to
anawer a call of the patrons there
for inocculation against whooping
cough.
When the doctor arrived at the
school lie found besides the schol-
are at the building several adults,
one mother with infant babe in arms
and another mother wjth a 19-
months-oid boy in her care, these
parents coming out to have the chil
dren inoculated while the scholars
were being given the preventive
treatment.
River Bend schpol is located about
six miles south of OciiTa, and ad
joins the Gladys school district in
Berrien county. An epidemic of
whooping cough was reported in the
Gladys district and the people of the
River Bend district, which is situ
ated in the Health District super
vised by Dr. Fort, became anxious
lest the disease spread to that com
munity.
Knowing of the splendid efficien
cy of the inoculations which had
been made by the health officer in
his district, many inoculations hav
ing been made in Irwin county and
some in close proximity of the River
Bend district, the patrons of the Riv
er Bend school decided that if ty
phoid fever could bo kept prevented
through inoculation there must be
some truth in the claim that whoop
ing cough could also be made less
dangerous through the employment
of inoculation against that disease.
So they sent for Dr. Fort, telling
him what they feared and could he
come there and inoculate those who
wanted the treatment for prevention
of whooping cough?
The doctor was only too glad to
respond to the cnll, it being part of
his work as health officer. and be
sides he was highly pleased for tho
reason that never before in the his
tory of medicine had he heard of a
call being made for public inocula
tion for this particular malady.
Accompanying tho doctor on his
trip to the school was J. Dana Janes,
of the Gazette, who took several pic
tures with a view of reproducing
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L. FORD
TIFTON, BL
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ar, order requiring Mrs. Edith | and levied on as the prope
Conger, administratrix of estate ot>x. W. McMillan, under a fifa ..
G. J. Conger, to execute title under a f ro m the City Court of Tifton- i
Bond for Title, you are hereby cifc-, vor of Ellie M. Daniels and
ed to be and appear at the next J. w. McMillan, and in the
term of said Court to be held on ,i on of J. W. McMillan on da
the first Monday in December, to! eV y. Defendant notified in
show cause if any you can why said as required by law. Property
order should not be passed, out by plaintiff’s attorneys
C. W. Graves, Ordinary, Levy made by R. C. Shaw, De
Sheriff; and returned to me this'J
day of November, 191 &
J. M. Shew, Sheriff Tift I
TO EXECUTE DEED,
ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE:
GEORGIA—Tift County.
Whereas Mrs. B. B. Cleveland;
Administratrix of the estate of
A. B. Branch, represents in her
petition to the Court, duly filed and STATE OF GEORGIA
entered on record, that she has fully'
administered A. B. Branch’s estate,
this is therefore to cite all' persons
concerned, kindred and creditors,
to show cause, if any they can, why
said Administratrix should not be
discharged from her Administration,
and receive letters of •’ismission, on
the first Monday in December, 1916.
This November 6th, 1916.
C. W. Graves, Ordinary.
TO EXECUTE TITLE.
GORGIA—Tift Coun
Court of Ordinary Chambers, No
vember 6, 1916.
To Mrs. Lilia Crum, administra
trix, and to all whom it may con
cern:
S. W. Whittle
for an order requiring
Crum, administratrix
G. W. Crum, deceased, to execute
title under bond for title, you are
hereby cited to be and appear at the
next term of said court, to be held
on the first Monday in December
next, and show cause if any they
can why said order should not be
granted.
C. W. Cravat, Ordinary.
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Kansas Griffin vs. H. R. Griffin.
In Tift Superior Court, December
Term, 1916.
them to show the country exactly To the Defendant, H. R. Grilfin:
who the people were that had ostab-; Z 1 nu ar0 hereby required person
. ,. , , ,, Wily or by attorney to be and appear
fished this precedent which is the at thc Superior c 0 art to be held in
mnkin K of medical history in tho; and for said county on the first
United States. Monday in Dccmbcr, 1916, then
Miss Myrtle Dickson is precop., “ nd ‘*>« e *«■"«*•' the complaint in
. # , . . . . ; the above styled case, an in default
tress of the school, which is a small | thereof aaid Court wilI proceed as
one, but thc patrons are made up to justice shall appertain,
of a thinking people as the call for. Witness the Honorable W. E.
inoculation proves. I £>«»«•. «* Court, this
m, .... , , ...ithe 25th day of October, 1916.
The children of the school, with j, s R ldld m, plaintiff's Attorney.
County of Tift.
Court of Ordinary, Tift Couq
Georgia:
Harry E. Parker has, in due ft>
petitioned the Court for nn orderj
quiring n. E. Hook, ndminist
upon the estate of L. T. HcroH^
ceased, to execute deed under '
fo r tile given by said'L. T. Hook
T. J. Parker nnd duly transferred
Ilarry E. Parker, to a one-half (f
undivided interest, in tho folio*
described property: j
Four hundred nnd three (I
acres, more or less, of lot uf I
number three hundred and seve|
eight (No. 378), situate, lying !
being in the Sixth (Gthl District!
originally Irwin, now Tift coni
Bill It Hilly «««-1 Georgia, and bounded, 'as folio!
bovine, onnllerf Banning at the Northeast cprl
int Vln 5r. r n, of “id lot of land and running 1
original line west to a etake tSW
:x of estate of I Qne and ^ tWQ hun dre,i|
(31.62) chains cast of the no«T
west corner of said lot to thc eorl
of lands of Mrs. W. K. OveM
thence nlong thc line of thc landel
said Mrs. W. K. Overby south tMrr
one and sixty-two hundreths (31.6
chains to on established corn!
thence nlong the line of tile land*]
r Hd Mrs. W. K. Overby west to f
west line of said lot of land to
established corner; thence along t
original line south to the southwl
corner of said lot; thence alone n
original line cast to the southcl
corner of said lot; thence along r
original line north to tho start)
point.
I will pass upon this poi
10 o’clock a. m. on the first
in December, 1910, and if]
cause he shown to the cod
will grant said order. 1
This thc 3rd day ofjNd
1916.
c. wj
Ordinary of Tift i
i Yours,
q for those light,
fj palatable biscuits £
1 and pastries, with 5
| the tantalizing!
3 odor and delicious I
5 flavor,
but two exceptions, took the treat-:
ment (Doctor Fort never Insists
upon any one taking any of the
preventive treatments he gives; it
being left entirely with thc indi
vidual), and among the number
were the two *mall children men
tioned.
It requires three inoculations to
warrant freedom from catching
whooping cough, hut the inoculation
ry simple and there is no pain
with it, simply the prick of
H«nry D. Webb, Clerk Superior Ct
November 6th, 1916.
SHERIFFS SALE.
b flavor,
I
(Rising Sun
Flour
The newspaper laugh of the week is on the
New York Herald. On the morning after the
"lection, if not only claimed a Hughes victory,
i'tit took the entire twelve pages of its fir*t sec-
* : on to ted how it was done. All details were
"Ren. even down to photos of all the Hughes
finely and its history. Then, all the space on
the editorial page was taken up by advice to
Mr. Hughes: How to form his cabinet, and
what policies to insist upon. Of ail the papers
that must .eat crow, the Herald prepared for
itself the biggest dish. We, are keeping the
issue as a souvenir of miidirected ene-gy.
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Self-Rising and
Ready Prepared
GEORGIA—Tift County.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in
December, 1916, at public outcry
before the Court House in said coun
ty, within the legal hours of sale, to
the highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing described property, to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land
lying and being in the town of Omc-
, ga, Ga., and described as follows;
the . Bounded on the East by Oak street,
needle is all that is felt, and there -South by lands of J. P. Everett, West
is practically no soreness of the arm j alley; North by Tennessee ave-
. . . . . , nue, fronting on Oak st/eet 100 feet
after the vaccine is injected. (and running back uniform width 150
Dr. Fort is highly pleased at thc > feet. Said land having dwelling
voluntary step taken by the River house and barn. Said property ly-
Bern! patrons, an,! will watch thc L n( t being in the Sixth land
outcome with more than usual inter
est, with a view to letting the world
know the result
District of Tift County, Georgia,
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No remedy that I have ever »ol<l for
^czfma, psoriasis, and alt other diseases
. f tile skin has Riven more thorough
Mitlsfactlon than the
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m ging appetites. jjj
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Gall Stones, Cancer nnd deers of.
the Stomach and Intestines, Auto-In-1 \
toxication. Yellow Jaundice, Appen- j ‘
dicitis ami other fatal ailments result i
from Stomach Trouble. Thousands
of Stomach Sufferers owe their com-,
pleto recovery to Mayr’s Wonderful
Remedy. Unlike any other for Stom-
nch Ailments. For sale by Mills Drug
Co., and druggists everywhere, adv.
FOP. ADMINISTRATION.
GEORGIA—Tift County.
Ordinary’s Office, Nov. 6th, 1910.
J. J. Golden has applied for let-’
ters of administration on the estate
of W. M. Sineath, deceased. ThU Uj
therefore to notify all concerned t
that the same will be heard on the I
first Monday in December next.
C. W. Graves, Ordinary.
j TO EXECUTE TITLE.
: GEORGIA—Tift County. .
i Court of Ordinary Chamber,,
! To All Whom it May Concern,
and Mrs. Edith Confer, admintatr*.
trix estate G. J. Conger:
E. D. Lfwhom having applied for,
Another Gar m
GHEVRO
I am unloading another lot of
■ client-service Chevs; the
least trouble.
Ulievrolets are fully equippe
; ine. Plenty of power for j
> teep hills.
After a careful test I can
ihey will run
25 Miles on the Gallon
A Standard Guarantee Goes
About fifty of these cars are nowfin'
so it is no trouble to find out abovt th
qualities. Just ask any user.
Have Ordered a Fall Stock
PRICE OF CAR COMPLE
TIFTON $54
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