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tette
1 *t the Pot.
■ matter of the «
ton, Georgia,
SATURDAY NIGHT.
I WAR. -
J
lerlin was decid-
If we may judge
commanders
iolating the prom-
this country last
i certain that war
an yet be averted,
ar with this coiin-
neither ships
unless conditions
an invading arn\y
But we have in
lant ships to the jral-
DOES NOT I
Monday’s wirelj
of * concilii
Therefrom, Genp^.,
•iH be very careful
of the- German
*** “■*,“ ta
Wlt “ the Teutons may
Germany floes not 7,
wy- True, we would
■oldiers over there,
change ahe could not .
• r * r *idlng navy over
«ur harbors German ma».
oe of nearly one hundmd million dollari.
enough to recompense tlfc country for all the
arm Germany could work to American bot-
®s for manp months. To seize these ships
would be the first act of our navy if w
■hould be declared.
German friendship goes deeper than this,
even beyond the - fact that hundreds of thous
ands of our citizens are German bom or oi
German blood. The predominant reason why
Germany cannot go to w*r with us if it can be
•voided is that this is the most powerful neu
tral nation and when the time comes for con
sidering peace proposals again. Germany wil
■tand sadly in need of the friendship of neu
trals.
' Germany will not provoke a break with this
eouhtry except in the extremity of despera
tion—and bad as the sitaation undoubtedly is
with her, it is probably not so desperate as that.
THE SELECTION OF JUDGE PARK.
In selecting Judge Frank Park for the vacan
cy 1 on the Federal bench ofthe Southern District
of Georgia, caused by the death of Judge Lamb-
din, President Wilson haiearried out his policy
of selecting the man he Considered best qual
ified for the position, irreMective of political or
extraneous consideration!,
From the beginning d( his administration.
* takes—in
■ the wholi
^piished 1
Muse i.i p
Mr. Wilson has appoint
he considered most .<
been followed, regi&(
friend or foe. Of course
takes—in sbme cases
e whole his appoint
l for merit
l point Nepotisi
ism have been charac!
nominations, yet he left tl
sale charges of the latt
head of the navy surger
personal experience to
The selection of Judge
illustration of the Preaid
the people the services
will best serve them.
In naming the CongreAm
Georgia District f$r the Igeship, the Presi
dent has gone contrary the endorsement of
both the Georgia Sena'
considered Judge Park
than the man they reci
is a man little known
to bffico those men
tent. This rule has
of criticism from
has made some mis-
idged men—but on
have been dlstln-
if Dr. Grayson is a
ir personal favorit-
ics of Mr.’Wilson's
'ay open for whole-
f ben ho named for
|he man he kiWw by
[the best qualified,
is another case in
intention to give
the man he thinks
from the Second
This because he
tan better qualified
led. Col. West
the Tei>th District.
He may be ever eo well < lifted, but his merit
The only reason
as we know, was
me of the Senators.
_ superior court
bench f-r tec you*. Hoarse since fee ima
has not been demonstra
given for his nomination
the personal friendship
•* jJudge Park served oi
been in Washington has
mend him strongly to t
and to the President as
flinchingly for what is
practice limited to state
ed to preSide over E^ede:
they have to acquire
aay that Judge Park is
qualified than any other
in connection.
such as to com-
Attomey General
who stands un-
Few men with
are well qualifi-
courts—as a rule,
ice. It is sn^e to
•11 if not better
le name has been
& the place w -th^
Col. Felder—who
from the first, de-
abHgatiuns under
which both Senators stoo*> hun.
Should he ultimately eive the appoint
ment. it will give Judge P •# lifetime position
among surroundings the i t congenial and to
which a lifetime training led. He is a poor
man. and to such service Jangresa is a.sacri
fice. The salary pa'ys no *■* than living ex
penses, and there isfiiws the certainty- that
if a man lives long enonj defeat and retire
ment is inevitable. The j w111 P rov)de
a suitable competency, an «We the Judge to
spend the riper year, el k tt» With those sur-
* -• associations that
the possible exception
aeems to have had no cl
spite the heavy politic obligatim
j ronndings and among th
. he would of all others ha' selected.
* ‘ And w. .re mire that il|dl« ***«*■“>•
as the yeara pass
__ e than ever regarded
^>n’s selection and receive
f the .people over whose
ilntment will be
it to Mr. Wil
li hearty-approval
irte he shall pre-
ica j»Spirit.
Helping Granny Make Soep.
soap-making day.' Granny was doing
the work, and the Boy was bossin* the job.
A fire of dead pine ^gap was burning under
the big iron, wash-pot out in the back yard,
near the wellX Near by was the wash-shelter—
four Hghtwood posts set upright, across pine
poles, and on thesg boards laid. Back of the
shelter, fed by rich suds, was the big pome
granate bush, and near it a luxuriant growth
of cane reeds, With long, waving white and
green striped blades.
Into the Tot the due proportion of water had
been poured and In this the lye dissolved. For
this Grandpa had cut the wood back on the
edge of the creek swamp; it had been burned
kiln fashion, thi ashes carefully gathered and
dripped inthe big lye-hopper which stood be
side the log smokehouse. Thes4 drippings
formed the lye which was now put to domes
tic'use. With the lye into the pot went the
grease, this time “cracklings”—fat trimmings
from the hogs killed the winter before, the
lard dried out and only the crisp, cooked flesh
squeezed as long as it would yield a drop, left.
Some of the cracklings were used for com pone
••fatty bread,” the remainder saved for soap.
Over the pot as it boiled Granny stood, at
first skimming the top until all foreign sub
stances were out. then stirring it with her bat
tling stick, occasionally lifting the stick on high
until the liquid adhering thereto had a chance
to cool. Tiiuch and teste were both brought
into service to judge when the soap was ready.
For soap-making was a work requiring an ex
pert. Cookjrd too long, it crumbled and was
iispJesS"; not enough, and it was too soft. Just
X?,jht. the lire was drawn, and it was left to cool
n the pot. When cool, it was hard enough to
ut into sections with n case-knife and was
aid up on a shelf in the smokehouse until
needed. This soap was not only used for toi
let purposes but for laundry as well—at least
11 them toilet and laundry now—then
they were hand and face'washings, and the
wash-pot and tub.
Under the shade of the big peach-tree the
Boy was nlso busj^fashioning from coVn-
stalk foot-soldiers and cavalry-men with a bar-
low borrowed from Uncle Jack. Cortj-etalks
are soft; cut into sections they make .ideaTbed-
ie8 for men and horses, the flinty peel^afford-
ing just the stufT wanted, easily worked, fof
carving legs and arms—even muskets and sa
bers. Also, a long joint, with a knot on either
end. flattened on one side and the pith remov
al was just the thing for a feed-and-water-
trough.
Granny and the Boy were busy as bees, and
when there came a hail at the gate, far across
the yard and in front 5 of the big house, neither
pleased. The soap was just in the making,
and Granny could only spare time to peep
around the crepe myrtle bush that obstructed
iew of the gate. Nobody was in Bight.
Thinking she was mistaken, Granny went on
with her soap-making. r
Hello!” again the voice called,
gain Granny laid aside her battling-stick.
■and this time stepping well around the crepe
ivctle, took a good look.
Still no one did she see.
“It’s them plague-taked boys, hollering and
then biding to scare me,” Granny said, refer
ring to two grandsons who were none too good
for such tricks. “I wont let ’em bother me,”
and she turned her attention to her soap.
•Hello!” again the voice came.
‘Hell high, and pass by!” Granny returned,
touching her index finger to the dripping bat
tling-stick and tasting to see if the soap was
done.
‘And don’t skin your shins,” the Boy added,
pegging a cavalry-man to his horse.
For awhile there was a dead silence—one
of the kind that bring premonition of some
thing wrong.
."Hello!” this time the voice was choking,
and something in it unfamiliar sent Granny
the long walk to the gate. And there, previous
ly shut from her view by one of the big catal-
pa trees which stood on either side of the gate,
sat on his horse, rocking with laughter.
He had ridden forty miles to see Grandpa on
Twalnewf, anti was bright efiuiigh of wit to np ;
predate the joke he had on Granny.
For a few minuteS^t^e bright, warm sun
light of noonday went dark for Granny. Then
the hospitality Which was second nature as
serted itself; she had the stranger diamfiuni,
put up his horse and sit on the broad piazza
of the big house until the men-foks came in
from the field, while she hurried to put on bis
cuit for dinner.
But that pot of soap was a total loss. For the
only time in her life, Granny forgot one. And
never again did she call in answer to a gate
hail until she saw beyond doubt who was
there. 'The stranger remained, twp days. He
teased Granny at every meal, and she could
l Only smile.
^Good old dayB, those, when people made
what they UBed at home. Coffee and tobacco
were the only imported luxuries, and a fairly
good grade of tobacco was grown and twisted
into "stingy green." They depended on their
own resources those people. Soft drinks were
as unknown as soft living, and a man burdened
with debt was regarded as almost dishonest—
there was sojittle to go in debt for.
The severance of diplomatic relations wfth
Germany, as announced in our news columns
this afternoon, was an inevitable consequence
of Germany’s announcement to this country
of the resumption ‘of the Tirpdtz policy of
ruthles*. submarine warfare. National honor,
and the maintenance of our pledged word, left
no other course open.
Speaking to the Congress of the United
States on April 19. 1916, President Wilson said:
I have deemed it my duty.therefore, to say
to the Imperial German Government that if it
is still its purpose to prosecute relentless and
indiscriminate warfare against vessels of com
merce by the use of submarines, notwithstand
ing the now demonstrated impossibility of con
ducting that warfare in accordance with what
the Government of the United States must con
sider the sacred and indisputable rules of in
ternational law and the universally recognized
dictates of humanity, the Government of the
United States is at last forced to the conclusion
that there is but one course it can pursue, and
that unless the Imperial German Government
should now immediately declare and effect an
abandonment of its present methods of warfare
against passenger and freight-carrying ves
sels. this Government can have no choice but
to diplomatic relations with the Govern
ment of the ‘Germufe Empirp altogether.
Germany's replylo this was a promise that
the expressed wishes of the United States
would be respected. The formal notice Wed
nesday that all Germany’s pledges to the Unit
ed State*.would be broken was a deliberate de
fiance of the President's ijltimatum of April
I9ths—the hurling of this country’s protest i
he interest of humanity back into its teeth. W
• made to Germany every concession coi
sistent with our self respect. For two years w
• maintained friendly relations despite
great provocation and under many difficult.
To countenance the resumption of drastic sub
marine warfare would be "to subject ourselves
the losses of war while depriving ourselves ol
the means of self-defcnSe'." To longer maintai
friendly relations with Germany would be
desecration to the unavenged American dead
.and an insult to American living.
Germany’s announcement of Wednesday was
equal to a declaration of war. It was made with j
r. full knowledge of the consequences and the t
President's ultimatum before her. If war comes,'
through no fault of ours. This nation ha-
done all that a nation could do to preserve
A seven^H-e nf diplomatic relations does not
necessarily mean war. But-it will very probably
lead to war. Certainly so. with first loss of
American lives consequent on the sinking of a
ship -without warning.
We know now what Mr. Gerard came from
Berlin to tell. We also know why Mr. Wilson'
ont to the limit to bring about peace negotia
tions. We know also why Pershing has with
drawn from Mexico. With the crisis at hand, to
gether with the poteptiods possibilities attend-
t on the drawing of this country into the
rid strife and resulting horror and blood
shed. it is good to know that everything that
ould be done was done to avoid what was
from the first almost unavoidable. If it is war.
it is not war of our making.
»omemen! a, _ SoBth Progress says the new string-
* less bean probably will feel unstrung. -•>.
The jingo element of onr population is now
confronted by the fact that in event of war with
Germany the safety of this country will depend
on the control of thfreeas by the British navy-
That is a bitter pill for those who are so fond
of twisting the tail of the British lion to swal
low, but it is a fact At the outbreak of the
war Germany’s navy was much superior, ill
numbers and equipment to that of the United
States. It has not bertT greatly reduced since
and in fact, due to the exigencies of the war,
has doubtless been considerably increased. Ger
many has kept her fleet out of harm’s way in
mine protected harbors and with the exception
of a few raiders, has lost none of her principal
lighting ships. Meantime, her shipyards have
been working finder pressure, and it is certain
that Germany's navy is now stronger than it
Once let this navy come out of its refuge and
by one of those one-sided victories common to
modern sea fighting win supremacy^ the seas,
and the comparatively undefended ports of this
country would be one of Its first objects—Pro
vided a state of war existed between the United
States and the Teutonic nations.
But there is no probability that this will hap
pen.. England is as supreme on the seas today
as at any time within the past fifty years, and
Germany paid the highest tribute to this
supremacy when she sent practically
ship under her flag into shelter when the war
was declared. This fact has been very- hui
iating to the German commanders and galling
to Teutonic prides but despite much talk a»>J
many threats, the German naval board, &s/n
whole has been guided by discretion.
Should the German battleships win fair paa-
s; ge out of Kiel; or should German submarines
reduce British warships ns to give the .Teu
tons supremacy, then this country would no
longer tic secure. This is a little galling to
American pride, but it is a fact that should
not he forgotten in considering the possibility
of a war with Germany—or ,hy those sju fond
of criticising the British and their navy.
Aft** UacU Alin.
Hdrtg-fire jrn
hardly a nmaphnar in Q*ar»a *
grit enough to A*ht tea liquor a
Today nearly every n
otato ia fighting old J
Today it ia naarty fa
WE CAN’T AFFORD TO DO WITHOUT IT.
Again our people are confronted with the
question of providing the services of a farm
demonstrator for the ensuing year. The expens-
of this official should be paid by the Board
of Education and the county authorities. As
this at present seems out of the questiton, the
amount must be raised by subscription.
If there was ever a time when Tift county
could afford to dispense with the services of a
demonstration agent, that time is a ‘not now.
With the boll weevil here and the critical stage
of the fight at hand, to try to dispense with ex
pert advice would be agricultural suidide.
For this work, the national government pays
$600, the state pays $600, and for the county to
receive the benefit of .this $1,200. it bas only
to raise one-third, or $600. Can w? afford to
miss it?
Our present farm demonfrirator has only
spent one year in Tift. This has enabled him
to get acquainted with our people and outline
his work. Another year should make it possi
ble for him to attain the highest degree of ef
ficient service, both to the cause of agriculture
and tu_the people of Tift county.
Can we afford to miss having $1,800 worth of
instruction given our fanners through failure to
co-operate with $600? Can we. with the boll
weevil here, dispense with competent advice on
the fight against it?
Marion Jackson, editor of The ^ay, is having
the time of his life looking ajter and trying to
stop “leaks” in certain public utilities. He is
now hot on the trail of the G^brgia Railway
and Power Company, and alleges citizens of
Atlanta are paying $500,000 too much for
street car fares. Mr. Jackson calls this a leak,
but to us it bas every appearance of a reason
able-size intake.
Teutonic ships interned in New York harbor
alone are valued at $28,990,50(L To this must
be added other ships at nearly every principal
port in the country. So, if war comes, we can
get up a pretty fair merchant marine to start
with.
Uncle Sam’s official bather at El Paso tubbed-
hosed 929 Mexicans following the bath riots of
Sunday. Drawing money from the public treas
ury has its drawbacks-T-sometimea.
Some
calls John L. I
editor of the 1
jom.."’ .He may be j
he called -''Uncle.” ip
look it, nor tsi it, V
egstioii that (£>• v
•-•cy« ia rcjjulsirc, for »
:<-. p c.eaafve John L. Herring s
hnve always l.-.iown him to b»—
>rr* Tim**,
Profit in I
Three hundred at
can trcca in Tift c
owner $1,200 the p
ing gathered 3,800 J
paper shell pecans f
which he fou
Senoia Enterprise-Caret
Sever. Cold Ouiekly I
“On December first 1 h
•vero cold j>r attack ol
• it mayTx-. and was nfl
bed." writes 0. J
ni \Weatherbv. Mo. “I b
, Yet lle-a of Chnmberlain'
Bread cast upon the waters some times re
turns at the most unexpected- and occasional
ly at the most opportune time. Judge Frank
Park, when he established his first Old Field
School for the education of adult illiterates.. ni
prompted solely by the goodness of his^y
heart and a desire to help.his folk , _
ibis m-t has.done more to make h'm a rtationnl, j 'enmpbitfij- mtortd
reputation than any thing he has done since h- ' k ' ' ” “
has been a member of Congress. It was th
controlling f.lctor in his recent re-election, and know what^> do when I h»w
. , ... r other eolH"^n' " "
now news comes from Washington that one of ””' 1
the reasons why the President wants to namei
Judge Park for the Federal bench is because of i *
his Old Field School. Having himself taught.
Mr. Wilson has a Yellow-feeling for the teachr, , .
firmly believe^—, -
Cough Remedy to one of
' ie* »nd will
'Obtainable e
-rs.
ASTORIA
infants and Children
»e For Over30Y«fS
Dakota is preparing to enact a law prohibit-
(T the removal of a person’s perfectly good ap
pendix by requiring that evyrv one removed i
shall be sent to the state laboratory for examin- !
n. Doctors oul that way may feel n little \
bit cut up over such a measure, but many of.
e forced to the operating table by a pain bc-
ling in 1h«* left elbow and terminating in
the right toe probably will be less so.
JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE
rcood Week February. 1917, T<
The Man
•cent is-
f Tifton
E. T. Deloach,
C. N. Summers,
A. B. McMillan,
Oren Roberta,
Joe Kent,.
W. O. Kennedy,
H. W. Kent. ,
J. W. Long,
Clem I
a. Texas. Star said in n
-lie Quick, of Houston, met here
the first time Saturday at 10 o'clock. Mr. R. W.
Work. At noon—just two hours later—they
ere united in marriage at the Methodist par-
inage by Rev Mr. Speeder.” The item was no^j
captioned.—Southwest Georgian. No need to.
be ; parties evidently are of Russian extraction, g w. Wcntherington, J. H.
|j F. Lou, W.jt W
Up in Harlem-, which means New York Citv.'J T.
enterprising butcher has opened a shop forj T E -
the exclusive sale of horseflesh. Inferior cuts. A A
may be Lad for us low as six cents, while round
steaks and sirloins command twelve cents.
Horsemeat is all right, for those who gastro-
nomically care for it, we reckotJ^but hog and
hominy have a mighty loud call over it Jnc us.
Clergyman who assisted at the funeral of
Daniel Webster, President Grant and Comman
der Booth Tucker, of the Salvation Army, and
who served eleven churches without a penny'Df
compensation has just died in New York. He
was a Methodist nmi-mr nnrtertslcw: ~ R« must
have been a mighty good man—certainly it is
ho was ao exceptional preacher.
When the Macon County Citizen published
the name of a subscriber who attended R dance,
the felipw got mad and had his name stricken
from the editor’s payroll. Wb are interested [_ _
to know if the dance was the “Old fashioned dmn, ormysoif when otbercc
. ,, . . uin hod tailed. It has afal
swing yer corners type, or the kina where u , e ^g), Uuit reraaina
ihey do about everythin?* else except dance, cough. Several ot r “*
' after thu distreemni
Samuel Gompers, discussed and cussed, laud
ed find damned, truckled to and told to go to,
has just rounded out fifty-years as one of,the'
leaders of organized labor in this country.
However much many people have at time3 dif
fered with him, nearly all are bound to admit
that he is a leader of no mean degree.
One of Tifton’B churches had an attendance
on Go-to-Sunday-School Day last year that put
it nearly at the top of the column for record
fn the State; this year an^effort is being made
to outdo what was done last year in this city.
Twelve policemen in New York havp*just fin
ished the task of proving that a man can live
On twenty-five cents a.day. But listem friends,
all of us can’t be policemen.