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ton ©alette Published W—kly Tatered at the Pontofflce at Tifton, Georgia, *, mail matter of the seconh class. »bo. L. Herring Editor and Manager Official Organ City of Tifton and Tift County, Georgia. SATURDAY NIGHT- An Incident in Court. • How long since, Mr. Clerk have you been practicing law?” The voice, like the rour of a bull, was fol lowed d>- an awed hush over the crowded court room. A mun was on tri'nl for hisjlfe for taking, in n moment perhaps of mistaken impulse, the life of a fellow-mj*n-. Followed long days cf re flection In jail; then the release on bail and *nany yean of anxiety while the shadow of the U SI rows hung over him anti his lovea ones; at last, in the alow and devious process of law, 4he case came up for trial. ( "ilie 'country courthouse, a square framed budding with the upper floor used as a court room and for grand and petit jury rooms, was packed with a shirt-sleeved and perspiring au- dien-e. drawn largely by curiosity. With the jnaiT accused was his young wife, a womltn whose delicacy and refinement made her ordeal especially trying; his young son, his sister and bis aged but dignified father. They were seated with his counsel, one of these a man "of state wide reputation in criminal law from a distant ti . . his kingly stature and black flowing side- whiskers making "him a unfit 1,1 mark; another v „ung lawyer just admitted to the local bar, the third man short and stout, but of aggres sive mien, a man of part# and at times a gqn r. n. in those days when men who led must bo a: all times ready to defend life. It was h. whoso voice had riven the whispering lethargy which had fallen on the courtroom ■while the dry and. tedious process of selecting a jury was going on- On the bench was a small man. but of dis tinguished ancestry, a jurist who hud been a wrrrior in the days when the South called its sons to service. Calm and cool he was as fearless as he was fair and deliberate. Inside the rail that separated the bar from the. main court room were grouped the attorneys, nearly all of them men from neighboring towns who made the semi-annual circuits of the court*, and -with them the- few court officers and the o<*:n- loonai venturer who risked the eye of the sher iff or bailiff in order to get a seat of vantage. The solicitor-general, a taTI man still young but a.veteiV> in practice, was propounding the usual question- as to bias or competency to the long, list of tales jurors called one at a time by the Rgcd clerk who stood at his desk. There were many objections, as usual with such cases and the work of selecting twelve trial jurors bad been going on for hours/ A name had been called and the man stood up; near him a man waa standing at the bar rail. The solicitor-gen eral leaned over the clerk to ask which of the men was the one called, and the sharp eye of Che defendant's counsel caught the movement and misinterpreted it into a request for ad- ▼ice. Hence the question which brought the bosh of a erfaia. ■“I waa only; ” the clerk, white-faced Started to explain, but the Judge waived him to afleace “Address your remarks to the Court, sir.” he cautioned the attorney. But a temper, none too eaaily controlled, had glared to the danger point. For the moment the attorney was beyond reason. “My duty to my client will not permit me to allow such practices to go unrebuked,” he said his voice almost a roar. Firmly the Court admonished him to sit down. He refused and countered with another hot remark. The - Court assessed a nominal fine, and an expressed readiness to pay it gave op portunity for a more sqpthtng sentence. The fine was doubled; the insulting rage brought forth language that caused the court to - order the attorney to jail. Friend* had gi around the attorney but he had lost control of himself and no one else could control him- In ,vain the solicitoi general endeavored to ex* plain; the court warned him to silgpcefit was the Court's doty to maintain discipline and he would brook no efforts at help. “Mr. Sheriff.” he called, but the Sheriff had disappeared. “Mr. Sheriff!!" he called^gain. menace in his voice arid kindled eye. '•Here!" came the hearty response from the stairway, as a young deputy scarcely past his teens, but a man already tried in the fire of courage and not found wanting, but who had been outside -when the troupe began, came bounding up the ateps two at a time. “Take this man to jail." the Court ordered; “and keep him until further instructions."/'All Tight, -your honor,was the ready response. And the young man advanced across th* room to where the attorney turned to face him-Spec- tators cleared way for him, for tragedy^ung in the air. Both men were well known; once a revolver was shown it was only a question of which wpuld die first. Straight across the room the officer walked, and took the attorney by the arm. In the mean time. reason had reasserted itself and obedi ence to constituted authority resumed away. will go with you; I never resisNnn officer the law,” he said, and together they walked dut, firm friends from that day. But not to the jail of rough timbers across the way. PWends hurried to the bench and Whispered; the Judge nodded, and soon word was given the young officer and the attorney was escorted to his office, just outside the courthouse square. With hand of iron his honor turned to the waiting courtroom, and the machinery of the, law was in motion again, the trial dragging its alow length. Meanwhile, in the lawyer’s office within plain sight of the Judge as he sat upon the i»cnch. a seething caldron of indignation boiled- Hot with anger, smarting under a sense of injustice, perhaps reason temporarily ob scured b)\the effects of several jovial nights with his fellow counsel, at last the attorney felt that he could no longer re- .‘a under’.the stig ma of sharp reprimand. The young deputy had gone, leaving only a bailiff on guard, and this bailiff had a wholesome fear of the man inside, so when the attorney seized from a rack a repeating rifle (then the most deadly of small firearms) and started Jiut the door, he offered only verbal resistance. But the Judge saw. As the machinery of the court moved he had c^ist from time to time a glance at that office across the way. And he saw the man with the rifle come out. and knew that the,, weapon was intended for him. Al though nfuriy lawyers in attendance on the circuit courts carried revolvers then, the Judge did not. - He wis unarmed and defenseless should the enraged man reach the courtroom, or even take a shot at him within plain view through the-open window. But not a muscle of his face moved: his eye did not falter, although the intensity of his look brought every eye on that side of (he courtroom - to the object at -which he gazed. Again tragedy was averted. Only a few yards had the man with the rifle hurried wheii lie was met by a party of men who finally dis armed him and induced him to return to his office. Seeing this, the Judge turned once more to the business on hand. Late that hot afternoon, a man repentant, rth bandanna banduged head, face still deeply flushed and eyes that still ■ flashed, walked in to the courtroom on the -arms of two friends, and made his apologies to the dignity of. (he ■ourts of his state, Hnd to the man ^rn the bench, for whom he recalled many ye in court and camp and battlefield. As he •axed eloquent, again his feetingg^got the bet ter of him. “I apologize to the courts of my be loved state." he said, “but us for apologizing to any man. I'd rot in h first.” J “Hush-h h." admonished the friends at his elbow. The Court gracefully and smilingly ac knowledged both friendship and contrition, and the Incident was closed, Both the attorney and the judge have long aince passed to the jurisdiction of n higher court; the young man on trial has filled out his allotted years and. has laid his case before the Great Judge; few men who stirred at, the events of the day are left to remember now. But the incident illustrates that in those days men of iron and courage were required to adminis ter the affairs of the courts where the law was supposed to reign as yvell as in the paths of the pibneers who were carving a country of civilization from a wilderness. VOCATIONAL TRAy KING “THE RED CROSS WORK- *7,000 30 ACRE# The editor of the Worth County Local sug gested the advisability of a vocational ..train ing school at Sylvester, and the last issue of that paper contained several 1 :lters from citi zens of that county and business men of Sylves ter endorsing the movement. We aye pleased to see Sylvester taking this forward step and hope they will not let interest become lukewarm until the school is establish ed. feeling assured they will find that money and time spent therein one of the best invest ments they have ever made. Too much of our educational system is theoretical, and the ef forts-of the leading educators'now are being turned along practical lines. t If is largely due to a / faulty system of e dura tion that so many bo^-keepers and clerks are hunting jobs while the supply of trained ‘v irk- rs is far short Of the demand and the special ist in practical lines can command almost his •wn salary- The greatest of all conservation is in human nergy- As the day of the jack-of-all-trades has ■ast. so is the (lay of the specialist here. The parent of the boy or girl who selects for thpm •ocation in life and trains them for it from childhood- is giving them a rich heritage which cannot be taken from them; also doing a full duty towards community and country at large by giving to both a trained hand and an educat ed mind.. Vocational truiriing i s the last word in con- <ervation of-human efficiency. It is a duty every parent owes to his- or her child. With it we will no longer find the high school graduate the po« scssor of ull the preparatory school can give ret'left like a ship without a rudder, at a loss or an occupation- A vocational training sehtwl at Sylvester voiild huve a broad field of usefulness in traili ng the young people of Worth county. It would •onflid in no way with 'the established insti tutions. for the suppl; Tiffr is doing its part this week toward AUp * k “ raising it* part of the million dollar s President xhos* who planted Irish pot«u>»* Wilson has asked for to further the greatest this year and iii«d judgment in nur- humnnitarian work in the world, that of the kiting them . m »<te "« clean up," m Red Cross. Our county's portion is fixed,at *5,- (“• “> in «i.* 0 "- I " r ° nn " tion 000 and it should not fall short. ™ G "“'“ " m “ ■ 1 »’ Not every person believes in' believe in saving life. Many are conscientiously j t*to*» thta year. * W* t gradlni opposed to strife; none can offer objection to | Mr. slater lire* about «bc relieving suffering. The Red Crosg knows no north of Alapaha, and planted, country, no section, no creed; it knows only ""'*’"** tw * “* Christ the Merciful. Its only object is to aid the wounded, sick and distressed; to act the part of the good Samaritan- Those who c/nnot go' to the front can do their part here by supporting #he Red Cross- Have you a boy or relative who will be with Pershing or any part of the American' expedi tion to France? Or is he in the navy, the avia- oion corps, or any bramji of Uncle SamVfight- ing forces at home or abroad where danger awaits? If this briy should be sick or wounded you would want to be at his side, would you not ? This is impossible, but instead you, can send an experienced physician, a trained Chris tian nurse to minister to his wants, second only to a mother. You ps»» do thi s by supporting the Red Cross, which has ambulances, physician?, and nurses where evfcry battle flag flies which i s today bandaging wounds and giving first aid to the suffering wherever suffering calls for help. Church and state unite in suppw-J* sf this great work: Tifton cannot be a, -lacker. t\#t your subscription, for some sunn/great as your means can give—it is for Christ and humani ty—19 the Red Cross fund. Give for hu-’Hniiy and also give for self- The Red Cros, l.s aving lives: tomorrow it may save one very dear to you potatoes this s sold his crop for #9,000 g expenses reached about #2,01 he has #7,000 which may b, ej aa velvet. Another lesson from i The first two carloads shipped without | sold at a loss. T1 crop he sold' in t from Savannah and these were ffraAk shipped,. Mr. Sister 'll pmder and will t the future. Now he i thereV and*. ich schools is We want to see ire sure that if can will be a great sure s saying that the G the REPLACING THE NEGRO AND THE MULE. short of the di hool at Sylvester a fid it on the right lines it Gen .Wood is quoteii gin brigade, composed of three regiments of fantry. one battalion of field artillery and one squadron of cavalry, will be among the first of 'of friendship.’ the National Guard to go abroad. The high rating of the Georgia troops is given as the reason for their selection. They have been or dered into concentration camps to prepare for the trip- A loaf ol'tjccad selling for la coats in De troit. Mich.. snlhNfor 9 cents in Windsor. Cana- da. iust across-the river. Made from the same crop of wheat, under The same conditions, thi ■itizens of the United States pay four cents Thursday. telephoned first from J .Chula that the boys v •rere into nil kinds of petty bSJjCn r-hief. They made nuisances of them- ••elves generally before beinir finally taken up. They said their homes •re in Macon. - A Friday Miss Allies McKenna, who j is charge of' the juvenile rereue 1 irk for Crisp county, < iys, n» they were wai county for a misdemeanor. Shed Shaw was elad to turn them- • Aline* MOVING SOUTHWARD. The purchase of the Moultrie packing plant by the Swift interest* i s a sign of the times: The packing industries of the country are com ing South. When the packng plant at. Moultrie was first considered, one of the most effective Ar guments against it was that the small packer in the South would be helpless against the immense concerns in the same busines,, North and West. Yet before the Moultrie plaut.na* been in .operation three years. * one of the strongest and most influential of the Western packing concerns hag bought it up. ‘ The Swifts are not in business lor 3entimenL They would not buy a plant in the Soutlrunless they saw for it a promising future. They would not buy a plant here if they did not believe theywould get plenty of men: to pack. Like all large investors the Swifts look ahead. They see the great possibilities for development in the live stock industry of South Georgia, and they want to be firet in the new field And what is good for the Swifts .rood for. all others in the packing bus'vj-s. It is good for those at Tifton, amd at Waycros3 ; nd at Statesboro, and other points where home capi tal has organized to go into the packing busi- for it will stimulate livd stock raising by assuring a relinble market and a good price. The Gazette ha* contended for years that the near future would see a meat packing plant in practically coming of the Swifts is cumulative evidence that this contention was right. For we confi- d,ejjtly expect to sue • the • other large packing concerns follow Swift’s example. The fi©ld is too promising for them to afford to stay out. loaf more than the citizens of Canada. Rea son: CflTvadk'has food control; the United States, thanks to a,Congress either dilatory or friendly to the food speculator, has none. PLAYING WITH DYNAMITE From the New York World. Everv vote in Congress against the" Food- Controi bill i« a vote to increase still further the high cost of living, which has already become almost intolerable. It is thus a vote for bread riots not only in this country, but in Great Britain and France. It is a vote to strengthen the hands of Ger many by crippling the economic resources of the den\ocratic nations that are battling against autocracy. . Whatever the professed motives of the oppo nents of this measure may be. they are helping Germany and weakening the United States when they seek. to deny their own government a power that has become vital to the winning of- the war. . Some of them say that the bill- practically creates a dictatorship We have a dictatorship now. but it is not vested in a responsible gov ernment, It is vested in fno(\ gamblers and food speculators and food moiropolists who control the markets and squeeze every pojwible penny from the necessities of the distracted consumer. Flour is selling at approximately *15 a bar rel. with prospects of - going to *20 unlera this legislation is enacted. Measured hv the highest Opportune with the migration of many ne groes ffom tfie South and the scarcity »f fa ni labor incicleiit to the demands of the army and navy, comes the' announcement that . r viry pfaV-p. in 24 HOURS Ford, who has solved so many problems of -mo tive power, has perfected a farm tractor which ill be within the reach of any mart, with capi tal sufficient to buy a horse. This tractor will do the work of six horses, and can be operated for twenty-four hours a day when necessnrv. !r. Ford is said to have been at^ work.on tm problem, of cheap motive power for the-farin' for many years, but has withheld announce ments of progress lintil he had a tractor why-h stornoch. Liver and I he considered would meet all the requiremetws.! it- in Mayr* Wonderful J . These experiments have continued, despite the .‘on’Td^ic ^il? PROVlif demands for war materials and pressure to .t "ill help yon. Mayr’a Wontf solve (h<£ submarine problem. Now he is willing pliun^ocy. ? ° F *” C by j for Stomnrh Sufferer* <vho Mayr'* Wonderful Remedy, neglect your Stomach another minute. What appM he only minor Stomach Jii may often be nymptoma of ( -tm! Klcert of the S»nm»eh and T»- 1 tevtinea, Gall 9tone», Amt* Indi- f ■ ition. Auto Intoxication.. Y*!!o_t •imr.Siea— Met' ether -« nti, of-which the nufferer i« n ntfl too late. An ideal pn* for V CTrf. - :Vure tint to submit his machine to a practical t<?st apt! after correspondence with J. E. Mercer, of (hi Department of Agriculture at Washington, who htw interested himself in improved meth ods of cultivation, donated one of his tractors to the Buy Scouts of the National Capital, and during the last week in^Mav they put a large tract of ground near Washington into cultiva tion by means of its use. The operation of the tractor proved entirely satisfactoryj^according article Sn a recent issue of the Murafac- turers’ Record. In his tetter to Mr. Mercer Mr. Ford states that he expects to have between 25,0iK) and 30.000 of these tractors in use in thi* coun try by fall. It is claimed for-them that they are h'ght. comparatively inexpensive, and. require little experience for their operation. Their general use would solve many problems now onfronting the producers of the country. Not inly would they in a large part relieve the la bor shortage, hut they come nt a time when the price of farm .Stock i* high and th* supply-une qual to the demand. Available for brenking and preparing land as well as for planting, they should go far toward-.helping the farmers to replace the crop ahortagfc. especially in the cof- price nt which wheat-has actually sold this year j ton belt. With planting and cultivation made, and making allowance for milling, transporta- eBfiy the cotton have but to see the tion and reasonable profits to everybody con-I colloll icki machine perfected when.-they cerned In manufacture and distribution, flour - - r should be selling at $9 a barrel — - -- This means that a*tax df more than $66,000,000 a month is levied upon the American people for flour alone- .... .. . Cold storage figures made public show that in poultry alone the amounts held in refrigera tors have increased by tens of millions of pounds during the last year. The percentages of increase vary from 290 to 976. and the pub lic is taxed to pay for it Every necessary of life tells a similar story of extortion. At the present prices of food the nverage American family can just about manage to live. The-ordinary wage earner, the man of mod erate’lalarv. esn barely stagger along under the burden that in Imposed upon him. Each month the situation grows worse instead of bet- ery county in this section. The ter. and unless there is legislation that 'y^-. T ' 1 ' ' tect the American people and protect their al lies. this country can easily be brought to the verge of a social revolution by nqy glib dema gogue who ventures to take advantage of the opportunities made for him by Congress , The ultimate issue of the war is likely to turn upon the skill and efficiency with which the food problem is solved in the United States A Congress that conscripts breadwinners gives bread-gamblers a license to prey upon people is inviting disaster. If Congress refuses to give the Administration the necessary law to control this situation, hunger may make its own laws as it has done in Russia. The men who are fighting this bill are playing with dynamite, and whatever arguments and pretexts they of fer. to cloak the sinister and sordid character of their opposition the facta remain the facts. Good for our progressive neighbor, the town council an election was ordered for July 10th rf Sparks- At a recent meeting of the town to authorize an issue of six per cent twenty year bonds to the amount of $5,000 for the purpose of erecting a school building. Sparks has alway* invested liberally in education; that is one rea son its name always suggests something bright scintillating. -— — will for the first time be independent of negro labor. The remedy for food shortage is improved methods of cultivation, rather than increased acreage. Here the tractor offers a solution to the problem. It is said to have met with high Savor'from government officials as well as prac tical farmers who have watched it in opera tion- If it will bring emancipation from the nje- gro and mule, one furrow system; it will, it* its friends claim mean a new era for the South ern farmer. The drain on the country's horsepower is «howtf by the statement that since August. 1914. 920.000 horses dnd 330.000 mules hav been sent to Europe. 300.000 horses this year. Cavah'J "is -playing a small part in modern war fare and the motor vehicle is doing a great deal of the work, but the demand for horses an mules continues to exceed the Bupply. Gei Wood has said this government finds it exceed ingly difficult to equip its army with horses, and is compelled to use some stock below the regular standard- With the expedition Frafice under way. more horses will be needed than ever. Which shows the Georgia fanner that he should raise his own horses, and makes very timely the announcement ©! Mr. Ford that he has a cheap and practic^>f£rm tractor. To Cure a Cold In One Day kr I. AX ATI VR KKOMO Oulala/. l» UKh koj llv. Hchr .OJ kroik* ull Ihv CO* nt-Kiita t-lund tm,Mr l< 11/toll* to CM TAKE The Womaa’s Tonic “1 took tour boule*,” t Mn. Jones goes c tty, “and was not only I greatly-relieved, but can I truthlully say that 1’h; not a pain. . . " It has now been two J years since 1 tooicCardni, I Sd 1 am still in good | health. . . I would ad- I vise any woman or girl I to use Cardul who is a I ’sulicrer from «ny.fci,ijle-4j trouble." If you sutterpain canted I from womanly trouble, or I U you feel the need oi a I good stren-yhening tonic I to build Ugi> our run-down D system, take the advice 1 oi Mrs. Jones. Try Car- 1 dui. It helped her. We 1 believe it will help you. AODniggisb