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Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
ILLINOIS EASILY LEADS.
When the lynchings for 1917 are tabulated,
the state of Illinois will lead by many point*—
unless before then anothar Northern at
should break out with a race riot.
Georgia will gladly yield to Illinois the bone
medal she has borne for the past two years;
not with rejoicing that fiendishness should
know no geographical boundary, but w »tJ> re
lief that the stigma for the greatest number of
the most cowardly munWf's should pass from
an established price for their product. Keguia-
tion does not mean a low price; it means an es
tablished price. -It means practical immunity
from speculation. Although the price of cot
ton is now around twenty-five cents a pound,
the men who produce it did not get an average
of over twelve cents—perhaps the average was
her.
If out of evil good can come, surely the oat-
breaks in East St. Loui* will result in a better
understand*!: between sections, and out of
thus understanding, more tolerance, and mutual
aid on the part of law-abiding people that each
section may solve its problem* along the line?
of humanity and civilization. Lynchings in Il
linois do not excuse or palliate lynchings in
Georgiy; mobs on the upper Mississippi do not
legalize mobs on the.lower Mississippi; in ev
er}- section the citizen is entitled to protection
of We. liberty and the pursuit of bread. Yet
events of this summer prove that the race ques
tion is a national, not a sectional one.
Through it all. we must pity the race which
is lynched in South for cause or through pore
cussedness, and is lynched -i the North because
it wants to work for its. bread. Is there no place
it may dwell..in peace?
-Meanwhile, the unesteemed Chicago Tribune
can search its files of only n few *h'irt month*
ago, and republish every mean, dirty, contemp
tible. petty expression flung at Georgia and the
South, with the name* of Illinois and the North
substituted. As illustrative; "Illinois i* back
ward : it is uncouth. Such things are possible
only in a country where for centime* ignor
ance. intolerance and false pride have ruled. Il
linois ahould reform herself, or the balance of
the country, may find it necessary, for the gen
eral good, to interfere and see that order pre
vails and constitutional rights are accordel.”
We thank the Tribune for that mouthful.
Those who originated the move-'
B cnt for a Red Cross chaptac at Ty
Ty were lomewhat discouraged at
first, and. even after all arrange-
W. E. WILLIAMS
DEALER IN
High Class General MerctianiiM
THE STORE
"Discontent of the stomach,"
Mr. Hannan, of Schley, is with his’says Mr. Prothero, the English Min-
son-in-law, Mr. S. E. Terry. ister of Agriculture, “is more to be
• • • • • - feared than discontent of the brain:
Mias Ruth Fulling, of Cordele, is that is why we value the cooperation ments had been made for
visiting her aunt. Mn. T. M. Perry, of the. American farmer" And ing on Sunday, things st.ll had.the
• • • . further. Mr. Prothero remarks. "The look of failure; but the results have
giss Maggie Coglan. of Cairo. Is outcome of the war may ultimately more than justified the opes o e
even lower than that. The difference between visiting Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Whaley, hang on the food supply, and the most optimistic. U/hOfO YflllT (loHgT RflPt Fl
the price the grower receives and the price the; .... .Werican fanner has been allotted The meeting was late in getting WnfilB TOUT UUlldl bOVSn
stanln ie anllino- fnr tnrlav Went into the pock- Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charleyf><t»easential part to play in the great started as many ol those ’ i _ . -•
s T' w s:srs3N?s'J , ti Courteous Tr “™
K , , . - Weight twelve pounds. boThe eyes of a considerable por- e». were not oi iy i I
who never expended a cent in money, time nor .... tion of world are fixed hopefully heart and soul of the movement . . . ,
labor to produce a crop, got-thirteen cents a. MlsJ WjHU> of Valdoita, is spen : upon the American farmer, and if were her., and things went fweU I 9
pound for it, while the man who.'by the sweat din g a few -days with the family of the farmers of this vicinity are a after they got a >tSrt. It waa en- y Trade Will Re
of his brow or his ability in handling labor, put Mr. w. H. Willis. a* ™ -f eouraeino to «Se so many children i
the crop on the market, got only twelve cents! i
fail sample of the entire "crop of couraging to etc so many children
American farmers, then the world present, and many of these enthu-
111..”,j-i ”., I.,.. -nlit fiftv-fiftvl Messrs. Archie Walters. "Make" will not be disappointed. Whatever statically pledged their help
speculator did not n • P - y oun(r nnd R „| ph Le ary „p* n t Sun- shortage there may be in crop* will | The meeting opened with P r “!f* r
with him!
Everyone realizes that the present price ofi
cotton is abnormaL One of the first results
IYoung
day in Key West.
wil| be that maiyifaftv^ers will seek in other
products a cheaper substitute for cotton, where
such a substitute can be found. Consequently,
as soon as conditions return to normal, the de
mand for cotton will be curtailed to the ex
tent that substitutes have been found; result,
a reduction in the price. This reduction will
come out of the pockets of the grower, who had
no share in the profits of the high price s that
brought it about. So. as always, the producer
will pay for the speculator’s rake-off.
As a rule, the price prevailing at the time the
cotton crop is marketed is the lowest of the
year. Not always, of course, but in a majority
of cases. The great bulk of the growers are
neither able nor inclined to hold their cotton.
When it is ready for market, they want the
money for it. and sell. Therefore, it i 9 to the in
terest of these growers that their product have
an established market, a fairly certain price,
by which the planter can he guided when he
plans his crop for the spring, and by which he
can be assured that the larger half oY the ylue
of his "rop will'not go into the pockety of
who never saw the fields.
This is what government regulation rneajis. if
it means anything.
Don’t forget th«t the fcod coun
cil meets in the W.O.W. hall, Ty Ty.
the third Wednesday in July, at 4
the afternoon.
Miss Gertrude Shippey and Mm
Thelma Hammond of Efiigma,
the guests of Miss Sallie Harris-
owing to weather conditions, and by Judge C. W. Graves, after which
.t to the soil or the formers. the audience sang America. . The -
During the drouth that prevailed ; object of the meeting wass clearly,
this section fer so many weeks, it ( and concisely stated by Dr. Fort,
ss frequently remarked that the who gave -Jl necessary mfoirea-
i-ps Were standing it wonderfully • tion concerning the history and work
ell. The reason for this was’of the Red Ccoss society, answer-
ought out at the last food council ; ing questions, from time to time,
Ty Ty when it was. found that throughout the meeting. Most of
fanners had been plowing their those present had rather vague and
crops, in many instances, every "•'**>• ldeas in reJ{ard 10 the
Pressey’s accident last- week week—not only that, but fim 1 jig Cross; but, in the light of Dr. .-yts
’ • planations, the mist cleared away
id the vaguenesss beenme earnest
E. Williai
nominate
afterwards eiccted;
• days. Chairman, E. J. Cottle; V*ice-Chair-
Suffering jurore in this land of the free and
home of the tax payer who grow tired and im
patient listening to the argument of long wind
ed counsel may congratulate themselves that
they did not have to endure the worst. The time
record for speeches by counsel-at-law was bro
ken during a recent hearing in London when
Mr. Upjohn. K. C., representing the defendants
in the Amalgamated Properties of Rhodesia
against the Globe and Phoenix Mining? Compa
ny. addressed the court for forty-five days, the
case having occupied 144 days in all- Mr. Up
john felt that he owed the court something of
an npology and stated that he had spent 84
days in preparing his brief, having more than
50.000 questions' and answers^to go through.
5.000 pages of printed evidence and 256 exhib
its- Justice Eve. (perhaps a kinsman of our own
Judge Raleigh) who was forced to listen to
every word paid it the tribute of being “ an ex
ample of unwearying industry.” to which no
one will file objections. .*
With cotton selling at 25 cents, it is diffi
cult to remember that less than three years ago
friend* ol the South were urged to “Buy a Bale"
If the,, government had taken over the cotton
cron that year at ten cents a pound, it would
have put four hundred million dollars into the
pockets of the Southern farmers and Uncle
Sam would have cleared enough on the trans
action to bqy up half his own Issue of Liberty
Bonds. Yet Southern .farmers- are expected to
gtve .their support to the reactionaires who are
opposing food control.
In another column appear* notice from Sen
ator Hendricks of the introduction of a bill to
restore the office of County Treasurer fo»ffif^
It is understood that the office is to carrry only
a moderate salary, and that the matter is to be
voted on by the people before it becomes a law.
This can be done without the expense of a spe
cial election, as an election will be held to pro
vide a Board of County Commiasoner* after
the Ellis bill passes. If the people of the coun-
THEY MISREPRESENT.
/
It is unfortunate for the people of Georgia
that while the balance of the country- was cele
brating the nation’s birth with a burst of pa
triotic fervor, they should have been misrepre
sented -in class called meetings, on the stump,
or by a man whom a misguided constituency-
sent to afflict the state in its General Assembly.
Por these men and the few and isolated spo
radic meetings of pYotest against selective
draft do not represent the people of Georgia,
who in the main are loyal to their President*
and country and desire in no way to embarrass
one or endanger the other by setting up ind;
ual opinion against what a majority has outlin
ed as a general policy.
But the trouble is. that the outside world
does not know this. The loudest noise
heard farthest, and other states are apt
judge us by minority outcroppings, because
they do not hear from the great mass of th»
people who. while loyal and sincere, are not
so demonstrative.
was not so serious as at first feared, moist soil not far from the surface
It waa a nsuTOW eseape. however. | This moisture, of course, had been and tbe
He is able to be up. conserved by the “blanket of dust” c- tainty
* • • • that some of the agricultural books Mr. -I
Mr. R. O. Sumner has returned talk so much about ifid it must be t -aporary chairman and Mr. E W.
from Atlanta where he went to sell exceedingly dry weather—drier Oliver temporary secretary. .
a carload of melons. He sold out than w e are ever likely to have when c. mmittee consisting of Messrs. C.
at a very satisfactory price. this blanket ails to protect the roots " . Graves, J. M. \ arncr I
..... „f crop , «. ubs. was i.ppomted to
After a long ahsense from Ty Ty. Ju*t as an illustration of this, out _o-‘icers. am! the foil-wing
Mr. Ralph Ricks is at home again. a plank on the ground
He returned to attend the singing iher.. let it stay there
school now in session here. end then see if she earth under it i*
* * * * “ not moist.
Mr. J. M. Varney spent the great- Sot many years ago I and even
er part of last week in Albany, but now. sometimes) we heard farmers
he got back in.time to stir things up complain that it was tSo dry to plow,
for the Red Cress on Sunday. Under the system practiced by the
* * * * * scientific farmer, it is never too dry
Mayor J W. Taylor, of Hillsdale to plow
that municipal affairs in his G„ to the next meeting of farmers of the war ; how th«
re a little dull, owing tc the ab- in Ty Ty in the Woodmen’s hall at ,- »d been forced into
of every member of the city 4 o'clock in the afternoon of the primary causes that
il. third Wednesday in July, and learn f° r the war s
g t # V something more of good farming.
e and Son are trying Tut the o —
plan they first had in view, bring- \OT KNOWN HERE
their ice every day from Tifton.
They have not yet decided whether Every now and then, we learn
thig will be pewnanent. - . from sum* newspaper of an occur
Groceries, I
.Notions, !
Ready-tc-Wear C
Fans Implements
And Other Thing*.
Pictorial Review Patterns
—. . :
E d gmr | w E Wi uisms. F. B. Pickett; MJ>.
President. 1st Vice-Pres.
Pickett; Secretary
Treasurer. C F Bowman; Exe-
r« Committee, Messrs. J. M. \ar-
Edgar Gibbs. Mrs. R. R. Pick-
Mr% W. C. Thompson and Mrs.
BANK Of TYTY
• CAPITAL *25.000.00
Mr.
The spcai^r cf vhe day was
S. Ridgdill. who spoke principally' We j nt
If W. E. Thomas, of Valdosta, is appointed
Judge for the Southern Federal District of
Georgia, a very competent and capable man
will be chosen, who will givr the people effi
cient and satisfactory service. Although he has
been man}’, years on the bench. Judge Thomas
is still a young man and he would bring to the
position long years of training and a richly
stored, equably balanced, mind- But the ques
tion of merit or fitness does not appear to en
ter into this appointment at all- Some good
capable men have already been turtied down
for political reasons only, and just at this time
we are not very optimisitc that Judge Thomas’
friends will be able to land the place for him-
In this judgeship matter, the Georgia Senators
are laying up a fat lot of opposition against next
flection time.
We are doing things systematically these
days. The' administration is taking steps to
have our soldiers and sailors insured against
death, injury or capture. In olden times we
let them go just so. and then paid a pension
the- balance of their lives to those who came
ty do not want a Treasurer, they can just pour^.,^ i t j a 3*^ t }, e pensions paid vete;ans of
it back in the jug. . the War Between the States in which* 2.200.000
e jug.
If we may judge from the returns, the peo
ple of Worth and Turner counties do not want
a stock law. While the vote was light in both
counties, we aye to suppose that broportionafe 1
Iy as many men -favoring fence stayed awav
from the polls as did those favoring no-fenc*.
While necessary to the successful raising ofj^ertainly more businesslike and much
pura-bred live stock, the no-fence question is
a matter of development, and evidently the.
counties in this immediate section are not yet
ready for it
the War Between the States in which* 2.200,000
men were engaged on the Union side, already
amounts to five billion dollars. If Uncle Sam
enroll? the same number for service in this
war. the amount paid in pensions would allow
$2,200 insurance for each. Belter to give'them'
life and accident insurance and cut out the
l pensions, our. canny modern Uncle thinks. It is
mor.6
practical for the man who actually needs help.
With Brazil’s entrance into the war, it is to
be remembered that forty-six German ships
which have been interned in that country can
• now be added to the merchant fleet of Ger-
t enemy. This will offset some of
t U-boat joba-
Already want is expressed for a suitable
word by which .to designate the United States
troops at the front For obivious reasons,
"Yankee” would not be satisfactory to all con
cerned, and the suggestion has been made that
the boys be called “Sammies-” All of_ which
is unnecessary When the U. S. boys are
wanted they will not "have to be called; they
will be there-
• United State
1 it. and of' the
a Thii Bask Gaaraat*
mark* were listened la with (treat
lerest, and several of those pres-
-. af-.erwards. said that they
.derstood the matter so welL
Forty-three members were enrol-
i anJ *477. subacribad.
Several of those . present made
*ief remarks and after singins
.Inward C'hrstian 'SoldierV th«
vetintr closed with prayer by W
Williams.
: 00 BUSINESS AT HOME
’ CONSIDER THE R. F. D. MAN.
said to have taken place
Dr. and Mrs. R. R- Pickett. Mrs- Ty Ty—somethin* of which : obodjr
C. E. Grubbs and two children. Miss here has heard. Ty Ty people are
May McCartney and Mr. E. W. reported as visiting or being visited
•liver went to Pelham Monday, by and they bear names that do notj
automobile, returning the same day. appear muon* the citizens of T v Ty.
’ • * • •* Nobody cares for such
Henry Gibbs. H. B. Sch- though; but one thin* we ate ;ryin* .. " . , .
wall, S T. Dumas and W. H. Willis fr trace to its origin is about those OU '** . a ' C .. <0r lu„ „i* '
, content-complain that the salary of
among the shippers of watermel slackers the papers sa,- were from n . _
P,i„, T, T, Akh.,Vh U. turn.
the shippers sny. Not one com- ic several papers, no names were
piaint has been heard. s as to that, ever given, and a diligent search
this season. fails to find anybody who ever heard
• * • * - - cf them except from the newspapers
W. F. Sikes and Jack Ford are in question. Mr. Poole, the raar.-
at home again after a visit of several shal. says that twp men. apparently
days at White Sulphur Springs, tramps, walked into Ty Ty just at
Fia. Great time, of course, and the time the report started and went
they say that Floridn is a great on toward* Albany He is sure
state—shining by light reflected these are- the men arrested in Albany
from Georgia- as—having failed to "register; lut
• • • • they did not belong '* T - Ty sny
Mr. T M. Perry has succeeded in more than they belonged to Albany
buying the lot just south of his The first name that came into their
rfcw home, thus greatly increasing healls was probably given
the value of his place. Several place of their residence, and Ty Ty (
persons have tried, in the last twcn : being an unusual name, was first 10 “ h '
tv years to bay this lot. but the trade thp^ghi of. n, “ ,t °'
, 3 , „ . , n . , • , polite and obl.ging as the Deport-
always fell through Mr. Perry is of The registrat on_ hero was. nearly _
the kind who do things double what we* expected of Ty Ty.
• ? • * * ‘ Jl' an< * ^ tl* ere ' s °*>* s'acker in Ty Ty
*!f M. Lui zi Paolucci halla B. 2.->8 territory he cannot be located,
will make his presence known in Ty Ty used to be a favorite place
these hereabouts he can get a letter;to "blame it on" but it wa* thought
from the Ty Ty pool office. The that she had outlived the reputation
Department at W’ashington trans- th^t originated in the mind <-f a
lated the address to Warrior. Ga., would-be-funny correspondent
The.TyTyUrug Co.
DRU6S AND DRU66IS1S’
SUNDRIES
Prescriptions A Specialty
School Books
and Supplies
that and. rnayb e s
but take into account the expense
of these men, the difficulties, often !
hardship*, that they encounter, and!
their job will seem less desirable.'
Gasolene and repairs average one 1
COMPLETE DRUG STORE
much more, and the carrier, mu,; JONES & COMPANY
make their rounds though the heav-1 _ , ,
..... . . Dealers in ■ -c
ens full they have regular schedu M . ..
, , J . . Hifh Cl*»« General Merchandu*
ie*. .1 th.-, -i-hedules ar c caned ■ After yoj r .. a X”. hi , j^erei.enjent.
out with a promptness that some j gg i 0 t hj s store and do your
railroads would do well tc- emulate shopping.
There are many petty Annoyances | PRICES RIGHT
themselves
One consolation for
him. nnd for all other persons in
every kind of work, is this; should
Sv. Pethr runic uiu-.vn frem heaven
and undertake g \eV *f any' kliid'
there would bo jomebody to find,
fault. George Washington did not
ercape censure.
•ry trying - ——
ached man wh»| FOR SALE. a
per and r^nsin | Berkshire Pigs. S. C. B. Leg
horn CJiic-kena, and Milk
Cows. I also buy good,
fat cowa and hoga.
W. F. SIKES, Ty Ty, Ga.
and mat ifaa-iattex -to Ty Ty.
postoffice at Warrior is no longer
existence.
The
DETERMINED TO CO
1 he !’, itolBi e llepartment - xerei-
5 great rare in selecting men for'
this, service, and it has supplied Ty
Ty postoflicc with carriers that
| could not be improved
1 this local-
* * * * Willie J. Willis, the best "Central'
Mias Lila Mae Poole entertained Ty Ty. has ever had. has been ' xijerc is one route going out from
0 number of her friends Monday trying to' enlist ever since the this offlce that had a woman carrier
night Many games were played United States declared war. and he| for sometime and like the others,
which everybody enjoyed. Those has finally succeeded. M Will-s i ,(,e was a success
present were: Misses -Maude Parks, was refused at first on account of j „
Nannie Mae and Lacile Cottle. Jew- defective vision, but by persistent AHEAD OF TIME
el Earner, -Eva Chapman. Mattie effort h» has got himself accepted'
Willis, Lila Mae Poole. John Parks, in the signal corps. Ho leaves on
Cliff Parker, Edgar Scott. Edgar ’■ Friday for Atlanta tc gorinto train..
Gibba, Dan aud Gilbert Willie. ■ ing for the position he is to fHi.
•••*•_ . I Ty Ty's best wishes go with
Potato Plant*—50,000 Porta Rico, Willie J. He is not only a good
Yams to be sold in the next ten j telephone operator, but a good all
days. $1.25 a thousand. N. N. Mai-'round fellow, and »c hate to lose
com, Ty Ty, Ga. 5-d3t wit!him. Faithful and loyal, he is the
* • • * kind of men the country needs and
That light near the railroad
Siln -strtrt ft'nbt W»e of \fce j fcrtiWaSf “net of yi
kind that serve only to "make dark-
visible.” Here's hoping
thst the city council msy see its way
to putting a light like this at every
crossing in town. We are not ask
ing for a "white way.” but just
lugh light to’see our way.
\jwhen
you feel laxy. out of sorts
and v«wn a good deal in the day
time. you can charge it to a torpid
liver which has allowed the sv*tem
tc get full of impurities. HERBINE
cures all disorders produced by an
inactive liver. It strengthens that
organ, cleanses the bowels and puts
the system in good healthy r'-ndi-
tion. Price 50c.' Sold by Conger
Drug Co.
In old times people
i'.y expected to have new potatoes
(sweet potatoes) on the*' Fourth of
July. This year Mr. Jordan Garrett
did a little bgftter than that: he
brought in scree on the twenty-fifth
of June, and they were of good
"eating size.” pid you ever notice
that when Southerners speak of "po-
hope to see hire bark full ofjtatoes,” using no prefix, they mean
>v*Sf-nut"of years. 1 sweet potatoes and Northerners, us-"
M iss Lidie Stanford will* take'mg same form, mean Irish pota-
charge of the telephone exchange, j toes? "White potatoes" they call
nnd. judging from past experience.! thefe by wa y of distinction. With
we are sure she'wlll make good. For | us "bread” means corn bread; with
sometime Miss Stanford acted as!them, it is what we call light bread,
substitute on .one of the R. F. D.
routes and there was no better car
rier in the service ; but our Uncle
Samuel no longer employs women
DR. R. R. PICKEfT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Ty Ty, Ga.
W. B. PARKS
Cotton Ufokcr. Ty Ty, Ga. j
Highest prices paid for cotton*
DR. F. B. PICKETT,
iLtf^urg
at any season.
Physician aiaSurgeon.
T.t Ty. G*v
A. PARKS,
Groceries. Dry Goods Etc..
Caskets, Coffins.
Ty Ty. Georgia.
M. A. WOODARD & CO.,
General Merchandise
Ty Ty. Ga.
D. VARNER AND COMPANY
Dealers In
Grocaria, Dry Good,. Caadiea, CL
I***, Tobacco and Everything
Elao ia tbs way of Conors!
Merchandise.
Men's Furnishings a Specialty. J
LYLE A SON
Ty Ty. Ga.
Drugs. Seeds, Stationery and"
Tollat Articles
Ice Cream when the weather h
warm. Cold drinks all the time.
DR. CARL S. PITrMAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone No. 7. • ,
Ty Ty. Georgia.
E. J. COTTLE,
SHINGLES FOR SALE
BUY DIRECT FROM MILL AND
SAVE MIDDLEMAN'S
PROFIT ' 4
Ty Ty, Ga.