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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, 1
AT, JUNE 8,1#17.
I R y challenging and counter chall^«lBg,
l V.. ■ .1 and feint - worked theatfwt** * nto a
Published Weakly
fighUng rage; then there was a brief-sparrintf
for position, and at il they went They came
Entered *t the Poatofllce at Tifton, Georgia. Aether like Ivaahoc and de Bois-Gilbert. horna
as mail matter of the'-second class. I cracking like lance on shield, their heads meet-
sa—t- — r .. ling with a crash as two chargers in full tilt
imo. L.'Herring Editor and Manager ipied was' the fastest and the force of impact
sent Brind’le back several feet, his bifurcated
hoofs cutting deep trqpches through The^ soil.
Official Organ City of Tiftot
«hil Tift County, Georgia.
As he felt himself slipping. Brindle summoned
of his enormous strength; his mua-
SATURDAY NIGHT.
A Spring Bull Fight.
For more than two months the boys had
been planning a match between Brindle. the
duke of Uncle Jimmy Hancock’s'hhrd, and
Pied, who lorded, it ovffr the cattle bearing the
J-F brand, the property of Uncle Johnny Ford.
The cattle of Uncle Jimmy ranged along Lit
tle creek, and other tributaries of the Warrior ;
those of Uncle Johnny browsed over the gently
sloping hillsides'to the northwest, along the
headwaters of ihe Qchlocknee. The J-F brand
was oh the hips of many hundreds of cattle;
running near to the thousand mark; likewise
did the J-H of Uncle Jimmy number its scars in
to the far hundreds. The cattle did not all
range together, but divided into droves of thirty
to fifty, sought the young and tender wiregrass
shoots along the vales near the smaller streams.
•r chewed their cuds at noon under the shade
of the pines. Each small herd had its overlord,
but when two of these herds came together,
there was a test of strength, the supreme test
coming at penning time, in the spring, when
the cattlfc of one brand were brought together,
calves mahked and branded, a few milk cows
ch&en and the beef cattle set aside for market.
Then it was that each among his own kind
Brindle and Pied had fought their way to
mastery until each in his own herd reigned
■nchallenged.
Brindle. as his name indicated, was dark red
color, with massive neck and shoulders, legs
like tree trunks, short, stocky body and heavy
flanks. His horns, wide apart, were Bhort and
sharp, and in their day had impaled many vic
tims. Pied was teller, and longer of body
His head and shoulders and hips were black,
but his neck, body and rear legs were crossed
with wide bands of white. He was far above
the average in weight; perhaps as heavy as
Brindle. but this weight was distributed over
more frame, giving him the disadvantage in a
stand-up fight, but a great adyantage in agility
■ and fighting science-
Because their owners purposely kept their
cattle separated as far as possible, and the
ranges did not overlap, Brindle and Pied had
■ever met. Each was seven years old, and in
the height of his strength; neither, since year
ling days, had met his equal. Fame of their
prowess had gone abroad and it was inevitable
that a match should be arranged. It was talk
ed over at monthly meeting at the little log
church; at the miiitia district justice court, and
alK> at the spring road-working. The spring
np was in the trees, the grass luxuriant, and
ever the hills the bulls ranged and bellowed,
challenging]}’. The match must come.
During the long months of winter. In search
of sustenance both herds had Strayed far from
the home base. Brindle was down on the Lola
creek ranges, while Pied was equally as far,
bossing his harem and vassals along the waters
of the upper ’Pilco. It would not do to drive
them together in one day, for that would take
all the fight out of them.
One Sunday. Hamp Hancock’s boys started
Pied'and his bunch northward, driving them
several miles by easy stages and leaving them
—browsing toward the polar star. On the same
Sunday. Bill Bozeman’s boys started Brindle
and his herd in the same direction, under the
M methods. Next Sunday, John Kennedy
ived Pied still further on. while Newt Thorn-
lill’s boys did the same for Brindle. During the
week, at odd times, they were gradually passed
along, as occasion offered, until with the com
ing of Sunday they were only a few miles apart.
Rumors of the coming fight- had
although settlers were few. nearly fifty men
bad gathered at the selected battle-ground by
5-of the sun on that Sunday. The arena was
the crest of a dividing ridge, where the ground
was comparatively level, bu^owing to pebbles
and the cfaquepin bush#there were few pines
and the wiregrass was thin.
Pied was first on the ground, and ^^ljnent
reached it in a rage. He had been separatedj
from his mates, and despite many efforts to
break through the circle of his drivers, com
pelled to-travel into strange lands. Not usually
vicious, he had made many lunges that morn
ing at his tormentors. Only a few minutes af
ter Pied’s advent a bellow across the branch
tol^Mhat Brindle was coming. Up the sloping
hillside he marched majestically, occasionally
tossing his head and bellowing, but he had not
FRANCE'S NEED OF MEN.
every oumv ... - . ...
cles stood out like cords his eyes protruded with
the effort; as he not only stopped Pied s victor
ious rush, but began bearing him slowly but
surely backward by sheer weight and bull dog
strength.
Pied had not fought for seven y<
vain; he knew ever}- trick of the trained fight
er. and he knew also that his agility was what
had won for him in the past and must be de
pended on to win again. Whirling his rear
feet around, he brought his horn, long and
slightly curved, to bear in Bnndle * neck, just
behind his ear. The harder Bnndle pushed
the deeper the horn sunk in; his own weight
was bringing him punishment.
But Brindle knew a thing or two of close-in
fighting. Ho ducked his head, quickly, side-
wise. and as Pied's long horn passed over his
neck, he lunged: viciously and with the force
of a catapult upward and sidewise with his
right horn at the neck, deep in at the shoulder.
Only Pied’s agility saved his life- . Quick as
flash he dodged, rearing on his hind hoofs
and whirling, but not in time to escape a long
deep gash in the shoulder from the tip of
Brindle’s passing horn. < ...
Again Pied whirled and their horns locked,
Backward and forward they fought until the
tornup ground was a quarter acre broad; first
one had the,advantage, then the other, but all
the time they were fighting furiously, relent-
lesslv. deadly; each realizing that it was the
battle of his life. From their nostrils- foam
dropped: their tongues protruded pantingly;
their tails waved as battle pennants. But neith
er now had time or breath for bellowing. And
ever Brindle f< ught by force of strength and
Pied by quickness and agility. Near half an
hour had it gone on, and still the advantage
was with neither.
Suddenly and surprisingly, the endgame. By
one of his favuritq'side attacks Pied had slip-
horn und^r Brindle’s neck, the curved
Previous to the declaration of war with Ger
many. few peopled-the United States thought
if such a declaration should come, that this
country would be called upon to send men to
the fighting front In fact it was common ophv
that wc would furnish munitions, food sup
plies and money, while the British, French and
Russians finished with Germany and her allies.
Now it is recognized as inevitable that unless
the war is brought to a speedy conclusion, many
thousand Americans must cross the ocean, many
there to pay with their lives the price human
ity and civilization demands in crushing the
Hun.
The revolution in Russia gave the first in
timation that men would be needed, but a full
awakening $q'the situation came with the
plea of GcKPNd Petain, now in command of the
: MEN WHO REGISTERED.
THE ROYAL PALM.
, and
Bill’s
given his drivers much trouble, and consequent-, Julies to report fur examination "he ‘is‘barred
ly was in much better humor than his adver-
«*ry-to-be.
Pled had been left standing, to himself in
plain view, and as Brindle caiight sight of him,
thinking it another herd, he gave a joyous call
and came on at a short trot. But when they
neared each other, each recognized a foe, and
became more cautious. Brindle’s trot dropped
to a slow walk, and Pied was equally as delib
erate in advancing to meet him. Close together,
they circled like gladiators, each bellowing and
with powerful hoofs pacing, up wjregrass and,
dust
ped t.
point bearing in on the~windpipe and swallow.
Over Brindle’s horn the cWrve of the other horn
looped, so that Brindle could neither duck nor
shake his foe loose by ah upward thrust. Slow
ly he was driven backward, and in a moment
must yield or lose his life.
The fighting had ranged toward the edge
of the ridge, and now where they struggled
the wiregrass grew long. The weather was
dr}’, and this grass was slick as glass. Brindle
made a despairing surge, and as he braced
himself to meet it. Pied turned his rear slightly
dok-n hill. Here his feet slipped from under
him on the slick grass, bringing him broadside
upon the ground with a shock like a small
earthquake, his hoofs flying in the air. So great
was the impetus of his fall that he turned com
pletely over twice, down hill, before he could
regain his feet. Then he stood, looking dazed
and astonished, at Brindle. who was also so
surprised that he made no attempt to follow up
his advantage. But Pied had no more stomach
for fighting and trotted off in the direction of
his old range, conquered and wiser. And the
great battle was over.
Many of those who brought that great fight
to pass hive since fought the battles of life;
some won; some lost; but none, so long as they
lived, forgot that great Sunday bull fight,
which beenme a Wiregrass tradition.
Good for Irwin county in this South Geor
gia of ours. The fnrmers of that county through
J. H. Baker, an Ocilla warehouseman, have
donated 500 pounds of turnips to the soldiers
encamped at Fort McPherson, The donation
was accepted with tljanks. That’s the ^way to
show them that the granary of the South
right down Herein God’s' country.
WHAT IT MEANS.
French armies. Others asked for money for mu
nitions, for supplies, but Petain asked for
'What is imperative now is men," said
'What France needs most is men.’’ And men
this country must send if we would win—what
re can spare from our trained army first, and
.fterwards men as fast as we can train them.
General Petain does not agree with our War
Department that-the newly enlisted men should
be trained here for service before they are
sent abroad. His need must indeed be pressing,
for he asks that the recruits be sent to France
at once there to receive intensive training in
the French army before being sent to the front,
to fight in their own organizations and under
their own colors. He thinks in this way quicker
and better results can be obtained, and the
men trained can take over the training of new
American units as fast as they arrive. He even
thinks our officers should be trained in this
ing side by side witli French officers
of equal rank, getting with their training an
experience in actual warfare.
This is quite a step from the proposal of the
War Department, to send men chosen under Se
lective Draft into camps in this country for
perhaps twelve months. The proposal show
that France has been deeper bled during the
and a half years of war than was generally^
known. But on looking at the facts, this is not
surprising—indeed, it would be miraculous did
other conditions prevail.
Since August. 1914, France has borne the
weight of the fighting. It was the French alone
who were able to check the progress of the
German war juggernaut, if we except the thirty
bloody miles held by the British at^Ypres two
yeare ago and the later advance on the Somme
and 1st Arras. The French stopped the Ger
mans at the Marne; they stopped them at Ver
dun, and they turned them from the Aisne. This
was done at an immense sacrifice of men. al
though from the first the French generals have
spared their men at every opportunity when
such sparing did not entail the loss of strat
egic advantage.
At the beginning of the war. France’s man
fower was estimated at four millions. Already
she has lost half of these, and old men and
school boys have been long since called to thi
colors. During the past twelve months the Brit
ish have taken over, from time to time, many
miles of the fighting front in France; thus ena
bling the French to strengthen their thinning
lines. Had Russia held the Germans in the East
before now the British and French would
doubtles have cut and doubled the Hindenborg
line upon itself and the Germans have been
well out of France. But Russia failed- and more
than half a million fighting men. were brought
from that front to bolster Hindenburg. The
British and French see themselves again faced
by a strong and well organized enemy, and are
evidently having, all they can do to hold their
gains, without attempting a further decisi
udvancc. »
The British fiavo many men in training and
lire using them as fast ns possible, but they
not take o^ftr enough of the front to relieve
many of the sorely pressed French. To hold the
Teutons in check now. and to drive them later,
Petain asks the United States for men.
And. it is gallant,.bleeding.France, who- has
given her all and her best for her salvation as
auip ui unqinuof .ratno.ig oj sjiea oqw uoijnu
bt
From the New York World.
Col. R. D. Walsh, in charge of recruiting
for. the Regular Army in New York district,
made public the following telegram from Ad
jutant General McCain of the War Depart-
'Registration is no >ar to enlistment Men
drafted for the army cannot be accepted for en
listment. Men of registration age accepted for
enlistment prior to June 5 but not actually ac
cepted—sworn in—before that date must reg
ister. Notify all concerned and take action
cordingly.”
Col. Walsh said this meant that after men
register Tuesday they are free to enlist in any
branch of the military service up to the moment
they are notified they have been selected for
the New National army. Once a man receives
from choosing his service. He is then conscript
ed and if he passes his physical and mental ex
aminations he will be assigned to duty in the
army. It is probable that notices to the men
selected will not be sent until about Sept. 1.
The reference in the telegram to men ac
cepted but not enlisted is to the fact that re
cruiting stations merely accept men- They are
not actually sWorn in until they have, been re-
examined at the receiving station to vrnteh they
may be sent. Those thus accepted but not actu
ally sworn in must register. The same ruling
applies to men who have enrolled in National
Guard organizations but have not taken the
oath.
For the first time in history, sons of America
have registered as ready for their country’s
call to war and the number approximates ten
41ion. The day is a national epoch. The regis
tration list is a roll of honor. . '
These men. tire pick of the ipjnhood af the
nation because they ’are of the age when, man
hood is in its flower. Hate enrolled thcrfiselves
at their nation’s behest, in the manner and at
the time their country set. to .serve it in any
way that its leaders think best: This is patri
otism in its highest sense.
Honor to the men who volunteered, and who
are yet to volunteer, for their country needs vol
unteers And equal honor to the men who reg
istered for Selective Draft; for if there be de
grees in patriotism—which there should not—
. who registers and waits is the most un
selfish. The volunteer selects in a measure his
place to serve; the registered man serves any
where his couptry thinks he can’serve best§But
who shouldrneasure one of the highest im
pulses St the human heart—Service? And all
alike serve.
And when the'final roll of hqnor is written;
of men who endured and fought and perhaps
'died giving their all for their country and the
cause of liberty, there will be no difference
between the men who have gone before, and the
men who are yet to go . the men who will be
called from the lists made today. A11 Ameri
cans. true and loyal defenders of human rights
—men who battled that civilization might
live. •
On. .r Cuba’.
••ting
lira circular to its officers ard employes, the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroau Company urges
them to buy Libert}* Boi.’fis, thereby saving their
wages and lending their savings to the govern
ment. Railroad men are needed at their posts
an indispensable part of the national de
fense.’’ but they can also show their patriotism
by putting their bit in the nation’s great war
chest.
To assist officers and employes in paying for
bonds'subscribed for. the company-will arrange
for each employe who may desire, to pay for the
subscription in twelve equal monthly instal
ments to be deducted from his wages. When for
any cause an employ^ leaves the service, the
obligation to subscribe for bonds ceases ard
the money paid on account will be refunded at
3 1-2 per cent to him or his legal represente-
tives — - •* - f
Employes are urged to send in their sub
scriptions to the treasurer of the company, who
will attend to buying the bonds for them. In the
ration's crisis, the management of its railroads
are exhibiting a patriotic spirit and a broad
viewpoint. This acton of the Atlantic Coast
Line is an apt illustration.
TRAVEL OVER THE NATIONAL
Not a day now but 'marks the passage
fnrough Tifton of from one to half a dozen cars
from Florida points, going north over the Na
tional Highway. The summer exodus from Flor
ida is on. and for a month it will steadily in
crease; then, a few weekslater. it-will turn the
other way., an ,the Floridians are homeward
bound-
This should be a reminder that the National
should be improved south of Valdosta. There
are weak links that are doing the route great
injury. It is not enough to argue that other
routes are po better, or jiot so. .good—the.-Xa-.
tional should be made the standard—the best.
This is the position to which the admirable lo
cation of, the route entitles it.
While the summer is on is the time for Ham
ilton county to get busy. It is losing good and
profitable travel, and if action is not taken soon
will continue fo lose it And if Hamilton hesi
tates. Madison and Suwanee should bring their
portions of the route to a standard and leav*
Hamilton out.
Cut out something you can get along without
and buy a Liberty Bond.
TO BUY LIAERTY BONDS
The B05 »l Palm is considered 1
Cuba’s most valusble 'tree. They are 1
found in abundance over the .la- j
land except about seventy miles of
the eastern end; in this section tbe
land U poor and unsuited to their
growth. In Florida the Royal Palm
can be found just occasionally. as
far up' as Miami.
Where the Royal Palm from
_.i indication of good land, ti
enhances, the value of the land ff
per tree.
The tallesta trees of the !
Palm is about fifty feet hi*
diameter of the young tree 1 !
great as that of the
runs from fifteen to
ehes. The trunk of
smooth to the top. and fi
hangs 12 to 20 big leave
fact long.
The outside of t
as hard as flint for^l
inches in. On th
solid substance a —
Royal Palm haeB
roots ore all the aT
as large in d'
and there a
each tree. 1
cut down, I
tight 1
r. Y
__jf there’
but 'tis not
Cuban
house burn
the owner is .
he proves that
hie for the fire, li
imnai
lesa than half the ra&s
The stem of the pahgrL
18 inches wide snd is hi
- a bsnsna lesf except the pslte
.. very durable and is used princi
pally for baling tobacco for foreign
shipment. In the cheap .farm ten
ant houses the stems are used for
weather boarding. Another import
ant use for the Royal Palm is that
of beautifying the roads and drire-
tys, forming avenues from the
tin rosd te'-lhe farm house; these
o often half a mile long and pte-
nt scenery that is grand.
At each leaf of the Royal Palm
that comes out a stem blooms and
•are a bunch of berries weighttf
possibly twenty five pounda. a*
berries look just like China berneei
these berries . re very fine for hap. ,
They are on the order of poanWR^J
having an abundance Of oil. SOM 1
think the oil would be very valuable
if pressed out. These berries sr»
harvested by a man that climbs the J
tret, using a rope in the opera tiotu>
There are not many palm tref
climbers; it requires a lot of skill to
manipulate the rope, but fter that
part is acquired it is safe to any
distance. J. U W.
(Note—Mr. Williams gives the
Editor a number of post cards,
showing the Royal Palm—avenues,
climbers for berries, huts. etrar |
wrappers, etc., which are very in
teresting.)
THE PRICE OF SUGAR.
After’ all. we will have plenty of sugar if
we are able tc pay the price, according to the
Cuban government’s official estimate of the
crop. Despite war.-strikes and revolutions, the
i»op is placed at 2.800.000 tons, the second
largest in the history of the island. Last year’s
crop was 3.400.000 ton.Oitnd it was thought
the figures would pass thnt this year but the
revolution cut them down. It is worthy of note
that despite the unusual high prices last year,
the total production of sugar was 953.000 tons
greater than in 1915. the total reaching 17.-
543.260 tons, of which 11.110.260 tons^werc
cane sugar and the balance beet.
If you hove the it
It doe* not cure
make* the skin bleed.
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The Gaze’rte has never sympathized with
the systematic and sustained attacks on Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels. Before he was se
lected for that position, he was a goo d newspa
per man. and did the South loyal service. Per
haps there is some ground for some of the crit
icLsm directed, against him. hut it is to be noted
that President Wilson stands, by him. and Mr.
Wilson is not given to supporting incompetent
men- Itte aha* to bo-reinembared-t-bwt
acts most bitterly- condemned.- abolishing grog
on battleships, has had the endorsement of the
fighting navies of the world, now that war de
mands the highest efficiency.
' The telephone is again fo displace the tele
graph orn a long stretch of the Southern Rail
way's lines, this time the 649 miles between
Washington and Atlanta. The telephone is now
in use between Washington and Spencer. N. C
314 miles, and orders have been tissued to ex
tend the service to Atlanta. It ii claimed the
telephone is quicker than the telegraph, and
less liable to error. The dispatcher writes his
orders, spewing out all figures, such as train
numbers, engine numbers, and time. The receiv
er ,-does the.^same. and it is said mistakes are
very few. The change tends to add to promote
vJety, of inual. which is becoming a- liUie saf «ns tifcen of the -Stomach and tn^
er every day:
That the British lost over one huiidred thou:
ind men during April shows th^Intensity of
the effort to break Hindenbug’s tine; also tha’
:hp British are doing their share of the fighting
it further gives us an idea of what we ma;
xpect when our men get over there. Th'
statement that one hundred thousand men ;
month must be provided to .replace losses wa
not far-fetched.
—
Plant rice; it pays.
he itch.-don’t scratch,
uro the trouble aM !
bleed. Apply BJflEr
r LINIMENT. Hub K
FISHED WITH DYNAMITE
Thi* is not a fishy itory althoufh
relates the adventures or a dusky
nrod. one Primas Jones, whoee
Hirer for fish drove him to the use
of dynamite in the streams on Mr.
Walter Sutton's farm in the Bright- i
istrict.
•imas was brought before Judge
• in the City Court of Tift# .
■sday afternoon and plead gnOlk 4
chant**. The. Jodgc sentenflM '
ias to si% months straight on
roads of Tift.
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