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TEbe Litton <5a$ette
FRIDAY. JULY 13*
Published Weekly
Entered at the Poatofflce at Tifton, Georg!*,
as mail matter of the second class.
Jao. L. Herring Editor and
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
Manager
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Why the Trustee* Dozed.
“The board will come to order.”
The secretary started, surprized at catching
himself napping, and glanced around. He
was not the only nodder. The chairman, a
man of affairs and a millionaire by his own in
dustry. had wpoken dreamily. By the win
dow. his chair tilted back against the wall,
another trustee, a bright intellect in the legal
profession, by sheer strength of muscle forced
his eyelids up; another, a man of parts and
reputation more than statewide, showed diffl.
culty in coming to attention; still another, with
a reputation for alertness, with head drooped
sidewise toward his shoulder knew not what
was passing; around the room the others were
in a condition morerOr less somnolent.
It was the annual meet of the board of
trustees of a great educational institution:
The morning, had been busy with the com
mencement exercises, followed by an elaborate
luncheon at noon; the board met. because the
auditorium was in chaos, in one of the class
rooms. Blackboards covered one wall;
against another the school paraphernalia had
been set back; near the doors stood tables
laden with books s6 recently used. From the
hallways was heard the hum of voices, the
good-byes of departing students; everywhere
th» annual disintegration of the student body
was in progress. Through the open windows
came the drone of bees, the warm air of late
spring, and the scent of grass and flowers.
These men a few minutes before came into
the room alert, laughing, with minds solely on
the business before them. Why this sudden
somnolence? They were in the grip of the
spirit of the past. The unmistakable yet in
describable odor 8 in the air of the schoolroom
carried them back to their school days. The
surroundings dominated them, despite
hard common-sens# that had come from brush
ing up against the world for nearly half a
century. These hard-headed business men
were boys again, and because they were boys
and it was afternoool in the schoolroom, they
dozed, even as they dozed in the long ago.
To the secretary, the plastered walls faded
and In their place was rough pine; there were
chairs no longer, but the students sat around
the walla on benches hewn from half a log;
the only table was a long one across obe end of
the room, where pupils sat. boys on one side
and girls on the other to practice writing
from copy set by the teacher: and incidentally,
to flirt, pitch paper balls, and do other things
boys and girls find to do. while the teacher's
eye is eUewhere. No wonder. the annual
changes of style, consequent on the shifting of
teachers for the three months’ terms of school
leruHed jn much composite penmanship in
those who reached adult age. Two opposite
doors divided the building, north and south;
by the north door, away from the sun. the
teacher s*t; by his homemade chair leaned a
collection of choice switches oqt from the
underbrush in the branch near by. Through
the windows the afternoon sunlight streamed.
On the puncheon floor were sundry sloping
marks, varying as the season waxed or waned
and Old Sol advanced or retired. There was
■ no clock, and these marks-denoted morning re
cess. dinner, afternoon recess and dismiss! »n.
Anxiously, hungrily, many childish eyes fol
lowed the sun's rays as they traveled along
the floor, approaching the scratches That de
noted recreation, or surcease from quietude.
But the eyes were not on the floor-marks
nojv. Noon hour .had not long past; outside
the bees droned, the sun shone lazily; the
warm springtime air floated in; a butterfly,
misguided, flew in at one door and out at the
other; the boy’s lids dropped, his book sagge^;
ho caught it up. just in time. The bees soil
droned; his lids drooped; the book sagged
dangerously; again it was caught just in time.
Outside the window the bees came nearer; the
boy’s eyes closed; the book sagged lower and
lowerA-elipped from the nerveless fingers, and,
‘thumb paper”- marvelously woven of colors.
The nearest boy sidled down to the extreme
end of the bench, and showed the best thumb-
paper he had, by way of barter. Other boys
crowded dpwn next to him, in a compact row;
the other side, all the unoccupied girls did
likewise. The teacher was busy with .the
spelling class, which stood between and shut
off his view.
The only books used in the primary grades
then were the blue-back speller and McGuffy’s
reader. These were always covered for pre
servation's sake, with cloth, and the pupils
cautioned by economical mothers to use thumb-
papers to prevent soiling—which by no means
had the desired effect. The occasional litho
graphed advertising card that found its way to
childish fingers was a treasure; pictures were
cut from the few newspapers reaching the
homei and even illustrated boojcs were robbed
of their store if not carefully “watched/ to
supply a demand for thumb-papers far beyond
aetual needs. Some of the girls had a won
derful talent for weaving different colors of
paper together, making a patchwork of varie
gated beauty. The inside of the school-book
backs afforded a handy receptacle for a store
of papers when not in use, tucked in behind the
stitching that held the covers in place. To
"swap" thumb papers was one of schooldays
recreations.
Soon traffic, barter and bargaining was in
full swing. Eagerness overcame caution;
quisitiveness brought absence of mind the
schoolroom and teacher were forgotten in
eagernes s to trade. In protest at extortion
or in desire to drive bargains, juvenile whis
pers in concert arose to a hhm that attracted
the notice of the teacher, busy as he was with
the spelling. He leaned forward, peeped be
tween the legs of the tall boy near the middle
of the class, and for a moment watched what
vas going on. He called to them sharply;
ordered the girls to the farther end of their
section, the boys to their most distant benches.
A hush of gloom followed the busy, roseate-
moments just gone. Hurriedly, the teacher
finished the spelling lesson then reaching for
two of his choicest and longest switches, he
called the culprits before him in a long^jw.
Gone all delight's of dismission and fond antic
ipation of home going.
The teacher raised his keenest switch~-of
blackgum—
"The board stands adjourned.” the chair
man said. The secretary was wide awake
now. but his records were a" sad jumble.
Si
GEORGIA DOING HER BIT.
great tragedy of schooldom! fell to the floor, the objection was not to any one particular T.T-
with a resounding bump! The boy dozed no
more that afternoon.
Even the longest, most wearisome, time must
pass. Afternoon recesa'hnd been over nearly
two hours, the last lessons of the day for the
primary classes were over. There was noth-
class in spelling Was up, the last feature before
dismissal; it stood in a long line extending al
most across the room before the teacheh who
waa "giving out” the words in a resonant voice.
Already was in prospect the merry walk home;
feeding the cattle, and hot supper, at which
the events of the day were narrated. But the
devil always finds business * or ‘die: knowledge
that study for the day was over was the undo
ing of the juvenile bunch.
The girls sat on on ® *id e °* the room, the
‘^»y the intervening
! the bench just
a star-eyed
A good deal has been said in public prints
about Georgia falling short ia her quota of
volunteers, the state furnishing a little over-
half of U* number expected, under an esti
mate based on population. The Gazette ha 3 re
frained from commenting on this until the date
set for thi 5 quota to be raised, Jnly lst,~had
passed.
We are indebted to Mr. W. rf. Fleming,
of Augusta, for some valuable data bearing
this point, which shows that instead ;of
Georgia falling short of the amount expected.
thi s state has really furnished its full propor
tion of white men for Uncle S*W’s army and
navy and their various branches? Where the
estimates wpnt wrong was in taking into ac
counting both white and colored population,
while the enlistments were from the whites
only.
I am informed by federal officials, says Mr.
Fleming, that Georgia's quota of recruits for
the regular army is 5.300, and that her enlist
ments to date are 3.000—leaving a balance of
2.300.
That is all very well, but bear in mind that
thi, apportionment is based on the, entire num
ber of men of both races, white and black, snd
those races are in the ratio of 57 white and 43
per cent black.
Now the government has given no opportun
ity for negroes to enlist under this call for the
German war. A few enlistments were made.
:■ id th®n the ii-ts closed but not until after
the few negro reghnents (and I «am informed
that there are only three or four) had been
recruited to their highest limit.
The proportionate number of enlistments by
our white men for the regular army is 57 per
cent of the 5.300 or 3,021. Already about
3.000 have enlisted, leaving a deficiency of only
about 2i instead of 2,300, as has'been publish
ed. somewhat to the reproach of our state.
The above shows conclusively that there is
no lack of patriotism among the rank and file
of the people of Georgia. They have done
their part and are still doing it. No doubt there
would have been many volunuteers from among
the negroes had the opportunity been offered
them, but negro volunteer s have not been so
licited. The white men have responded and
are still responding nobly to their country's
call. '
IF AMERICA WAITED.
The First Cry
Already, the opinion is growing that the
duration of the war will be very much short
ened. due to Uncle Sam’s unexpected prepared,
ness. Within lei^ than ninety days of hi;
declaration of war, a strong and seasoned qrmy
has been landed in Europe; 12,000 engineers
are grasping the transportation problems be
hind the fighting front; an army of trained
doctors and nurses is on the way; the regular
army and the National Guard has been re
cruited to three quarters of a million men; two
billion dollars’ worth of war bonds have been
sold; nearly another two billions have been
loaned to our Allies; a military conscription
law is in operation, and our navy is helping to
clear the seas of submarines. Indeed, your
Uncle has lost no time, and those who thought
him either asleep or inefficient have another
thought coming.
Immigration agents promised the negroes
plenty of booze and high wages if they would
go North. Now when the combination is fol
lowed by crime and disorder, the blacks are
murdered, their homes burned and they are
driven out by thousands. High wages make
an idle negro; he will only work long enough
to supply his present needs and then loafs and
frolics until his money is gone. Add mean
whiskey to the frolic and trouble is sure to
come. The North is learning a costly but -nec
essary lesson about the negro and while we
regret to see.the violence with which the les
sons are being taken to heart, we hope the
negro will- stay until it-is driven thoroughly
home to the people of that section.
It is reported from Savannah that the Post-
office Department has .endorsed the action of
Postmaster Lucas in withdrawing from the
mails at the Savannah office. Watson’s pub
lication. the Jeffersonian. The .Department's
ruling applies only to this particular issue but
Is'regarcfed as highly important because it es
tablishes a precedent. It i s understo >d that
tide, but to the general character of the- writ
ings.
A bill providing for biennial sessions has
been introduced in the Georgia Assembly. If
Gov. Dorsey’g advice is heeded, and a few gen-
.£sg4o do- uctcl tomorrow. The utivHnted ' ore l * UAV « roartrd that will make unnecessary’ road may be in good condition. Ruts and
J* _ . , mii.Ii nniiiF Ia.,1: UmaUKMi. UUnnial bab. hnloB nrp sura In fr» r-m nnri tilPAP must hp ^ill-
much jpetty local legislation, biennial ses-
ions will be possible. But we haven’t much
jHje that either reform has any chance this
ydar.
Dr. Earl Carter of Nashville who is in a
British war hospital, in a letter to the home-
folks says, in telling of the .receipt of a con
of wounded from the front: "About eighty who
came in last night were severely gassed.” Re
cent reports of the fighting make little icn-
tion of the poisonous gas as used by the Ger
mans but from this extract we know that v nr
a not growing any more humane- from a Teu-
t standpoint.
-1.
THE PERSON FROM HART.
From the Macon News:
There is a war goirtg^on in Europe, in which
45,000,000 men have bben killed, wounded,
captwred or reported mis3irig. The killed alone
number 8.000:000..
There is a youngster in the Georgia Legisla
ture by the name of Wynne, or Winn, or some
thing like that—for the authorities are at vari
ance on that point—who rises in hi s place and
asks. “What has Georgia got to do with it?”
A Georgia man is in control of the navy of
the United States which is seeking to suppress
the ocean outlaws who telj us that the Atlantic
is the Kaiser's private lake.
And Mr. Flvnne. or Blinn or something like
that—from Hart, advance., down the aisle
with the audacity of ignorance and the im
munity of utter harmlessness, and asks. “What
has Georgia got to.do with it?”
A Georgia man at- the head of the United
States treasury, gave his time and his energy
and all hi s splendid talents to a campaign for
the sale of $2,000,000,000 worth of bonds •
v.hich the Allies could buy the material they
need in doing our fighting for us. He acquits
himself so well in his task that the bond issue
i s oversubscribed by a billiloa dollars, and the
world takes off its hat to the country’s patriot
ism and exhaustless resources..
And the whey-hearted election whim, what
ever hi s name is, who libels the namesake coun
ty of the brave old Nancy Hart . folds his pep-
!um about his pious form and asks. “What has
Georgia got to do with it?” •
The Kolnische Volkszeitung. offisfally inspir
ed, tells us boldly that Germany intends to
wring from this country "thumping war indem
nity—that America, which earned thous
and^ of millions through munitions and sup
plies. will have to unbutton its pockets."
And the It from Hart, -who,-whatever his real
name is. has won another more descriptive if
Ies 5 polite, clogs the wheels of legislation while
he demands to know why the people of Georgia
should support the federal government and the
head of the government.
The resolution of confidence passed.*
And so will the mannikin from Hart.
Those people who preach that America
should await a German invasion do not really
want their country to share the fate of Bel
gium. Poland and Servia; they do flot take the
trouble to understand.
After declaring war,, for America to stand
back and wait for her Allies to do her fighting
would be cowardly. Worse than this, it would
be to risk committing national suicide.
If Germany should get the best of the fight-
ng in .France, owing to the drain on French
lifeblood and Russia’s disorganization, this
country would be the object of her next of
fensive. Once her U-boats gave her the high
way of the seas and she had men to spare from
the European battlefields, the rich spoils this
country would afford would be pounced upon
by the Hun as a vulture seizes thp- fat prey.
The time to whip Germany^Swhile America
has the nations of Europe tdnelp her—or rath
er when the opportunity is ripe for her to help
them. This was decided as the wisest and sai-
est course by the men at the head of our fight
ing forces and every sound thinking man in
this country who will study the situation will
endorse their verdict.
The highest and truest American patriotism
is that which determines that the foot of the
invader shall never be set on American soil.
The soldier who dies on a foreign battle field
to protect'the women and children of his r.s
tive land from sharing the fate of the var
overrun countries of Europe dies a dead/ of
the noblest sacrifice. The men who are enlist
ing under the stars and stripes now realize this
and are anxious to go.
Too late it would be if our country paid heed
to these silly advisers after our cities were
burned, our land laid waste, our homes in
ashes and eur people fleeing in terror from a
merciless and unprincipled foe. If we await
ed invasion this would be the fate of^,at least
a part of the United States. for not even the
most optimistic believe that the Teutons could
be stopped at -tWr-borders. We would win
eventually, we firmly believe; but not until this
country paid a fearful price. How much bet
ter to help our Allies who are drawing the iron
ring closer around the Teutons? By so doing.
the war will be brought to an end many years
sooner than if we acted -the cawardly waiting
part, and the women and children of this coun
try will only know through hearsay the hor
rors of a Hun-made war.
Equally harmful is the suggestion that only
the regular army should be sent across the wa
ter. To not send enough to win is worse than
to send none at all. When Antwerp
threatened, a
■trenfth to U>» I**
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eppncxuon which Is applied t«
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and enables the nb-lomen
scire contract -nnturaBr
a and the form la thus
thould be applied dally,
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Ii» Influence
Friend - * la prepared
ulator Co.. Pop!- C,
tensely Interesting
petition, of which a
copv i* subjoined, e — _
L„ ife» Hon. R. Eve, Jul__
Superior Court at tha Court Htuss,
. All, day OL
... said o.'inty.
August. Iif7.
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i the 6th day <
. P. Myera.
t:iiRGlA—Tift County:
f, t.- H»n R. Ere, Judge Suprior
Ouurt of Said Count*
The petition of Mrs. W. P. Myers
-M>octf«iW show*:
1. That she ia the Guardian of
Sarah Myers, a minor, heretofore
duly appointed as auch Guardian la
such county. „ '
>, That she deaires to sell M*
investment at private sale the fol
lowing property, the same being a
part of the personal estate of ber
part of the personal t .
said ward, lo-wit: 133 1-3 I
of the capital stock of the Albany
Grocery Co., a corporation, of the
par value of $100.00 each; sal<1
stock has heretofore paid an income
of 10 per cent per annum on the
principal involved.
3. That she desires to sell said
stock for the reason that by proper
corporation action said corpora BOB J
» to be liquidated and the value of
said stock after the pajsnent of in- *
dehtedness due by it to he paid to
the stock holders, and forthat r*
spill stock will of necessity bs
convened into Cash.
4 That she desires to invest the
proceeds of such sale in time cer
tificates for the full amount to be rs-
ctived therefor in the Bank of Tif
ton and the National Bank of Tif
ton at a rate of -interest to be agTead
11 contingent of British was I upon between petitioner i
‘said batiks, v*- 1 -*- — 1,1 k - •
which will be profitable
sent to aid in its defense. They fell into tho|—^.riiid WBrd
hands of the Germans or were driven into Hol-| 5. Petitioner shows that notlM
land, where they were interned for the war. “ KS
America should not repeat British mistakes: week ipr four weeks in the Tifton
i of i.ot.,1 Gatette. being the newspaper in
ertixemenU are ua-
either keep our soldiers at home
enough across the water to win. The latter
is the policy of our President and his leaders:
in it they deserve the support of every loyal
citizen.
A great many people who are using the ar
guments mentioned above know better they
simply seek effect.
ually published,
di-bed. a* required by law.
Mix. W. P. Myer*.
.o and subscribed to befot#
thi- -nd day of July, 1917.
Marian Harbin.
N'otaiv Public. Tift Co Go.
ROAD MAINTENANCE.
From the Dawson News
One of the greatest wastes of public money
that is being perpetrated today is the building
of country roads and then abandoning them.
No county which engages in real road build
ing can afford to neglect a road when it has
been constructed; yet that is practically what
every county in Georgia is doing. The fact of
the matter is that tha work is just well under
way when a road has been finished.
It rarely happens that the initial work on
the road ig done wisely. There are a multitude
of little things that later must be done that the.
holes are sure to form, and these must be fill
ed by dragging the road regularly, or it soon
goe3 to pieces.
These things should be planned for and done
systematically if the improved road is to do the
fullest service, and this is the one thing that
most county commissioners are neglecting.
They become so imbued, for political reasons,
with the Idea of working roads in every sec
tion of the county that they fail to properly
maintain roads when they are constructed,
thereby causing a waste of millions of dollars
to the people of Georgia.
That Brooks County negro who divorced his
wife with a shotgun carried the divorce evil
entirely too far.
Enemies of the administration were in a
great hurrrv to say that the drop in cotton last
week on the day the government issued its opti-
Petitioner's Attorney.
mistic report on the crop was due to the fact j P“^ tc t d h) i^WHUa^nX
that the staple was to be included among those t r r i» hereiiv ,«iyen that said a^
commodities coming under the food control bill.
We are waiting now to hear these same pepole
explain the jump the market took on Friday,
as there had beeryn change in the situation in
Washington.
plication will »c heard at the next
term .if the Court of Ortta-/
and for said tounty to b#
held_ on the 1st Monday in August,
.After all. how cheap is notoriety! Had the
misrepresentative from Hart been content to
behave himself, he would doubtless have gone
through both session, of the General Assembly
without osp#vtal recognition; VIthough he
might have done his ful| duty to his state and
. unstituemy. Rut the occasion cpme to act the
spangled jackass end he rose to it.like a pike,
to a flannel rag. so his name is in all the pa
pers.
While opponents of selective draft occasion
ally quote from a speech of Daniel Webster
in support of their contention, they fail to say
that late, in his life Webster declared that to
be the one speech of his life of which he was
ashamed. Webster learned better, and let us
hope that in the course of time those now quot
ing him will do likewise—but as Old Man
Greenlaw would say. "Oh. I don’t know." by
way of expressing doubt.
The Dublin'Courier-Herald celebri'.ed the
Fourth with a Red Cross and Patr'Jtic E< ilion
that carried twenty-four page, and was an
excellent exemplification of the .patriotism, of,
Dublin and Laurens as well as of the editorial
and mechanical equipment of the Courier-
Herald office.
German people are being advised, .to be pre
pared fora shoeless "Winter by going barefoot
while the weather is warm. At .least that por
tion of Prussia is probably convinced by now
that it cannot run over the rest of the world
roughshod.
luly 6th, 1917.
Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Tift County:
To All Whom It Mxy Concern:
Wm Willi* having made nppli-
dup form of law to be ap-
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
in Use For Over 30 Years
LIBEL FOR DIVORCE.
In Tift Superior Court, October
Term, 1917.
Mr*. Ree Harris Holt v*. Robert'
Holt.
To the Defendant, Robert Holt:
You are hereby required person
ally or by attorney to be and ap
pear at the Superior 'Court to be
held in and for said county on the
*J*oond -Monday in October, 1917,
then ahd there to answer
plaint in the above styled
in default thereof lh* eoujlt - wffl-
proceed as to justice shail apper-
Witncss the Honorable R.
Judge of said court, this the
day of June, 191^
Henry D. W*bb, T '
Clerk Superior Court Tift Co. Ga.
B. C Williford. Plaintiffs Attorney.
M AYR’S
wonderful remedy foa
STOMACH TROUBLES
One dose convince*.
For sale at Brook's Pharmacy and
other reliable druggists.
ALFALFA
Opinion grows that conditions are ripe in JSttWffiuwStffMuSirSPiJ
this spy question for a few hanging^And the
jail are yawning for the seditious -Titers Egjtf
and speakers. Hasten the day ; th« v people “ ,n ' Kb “-
grow weary. C "S3KIL.
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