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XLit 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.