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THE TIFTON GAZETTE. TIFTOl
FRIDAY, JULY 27. 1*17.
1
Zhc Giftotf^asette
Published Weekly
Entered at the Postofflce at Tifton, Georgia,
m^il matter of the second class.
. Editor and Manager
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
THE WAY IT GOES
A NEW USE FOR WATERMELONS
Several attempts have been made, with In-
-fflHOTancrtM. to convert-the „»Uiim«tac
from > luxury into » neceuity. On more th.n
„ne ocennion in thin Mrtion the ju.ee h« been
boiled end a fair erode of avrup obtained and
the possibility of utiliaine the melon for au.ar
production has been discussed but no steps tak
en in that direction. . ■
More than an experiment is promised in the
organization at Mobile. Alabama, of a fruit
production company, which proposes to man
ufacture vinegar, syrup and high class stock
food from second and third-class water-mel
ons It expects to utilize that portion of the
melon crop usually left to rot in the fields or
fed to hogs.
The Alabama experiment will be watched
with interest here because a large per cent
of the melon crop is unfit for shipping and
is practically a loss. In these days of the high
price of food, especially sugar, if something
can be done to change a waste product into a
food value, it will bring many dollars to this
section for what now brings no returns.
HOG CHOLERA CONTROLLED
Hog fholera is being held in check in Mis
souri by energetic efforts of farmers, veterin-
ariani and representatives of the Bureau of
Animal Industry co-operating with the state
authorities. A recent report from one of the
inspectors says that by the u.-e of the serum
the disease is now under control nnd they ex
pect to keep It so.
The report says that 209 herds were infect
ed; 2.285 sick hogs treated and 6.352 appar
ently well hogs treated. F.fforts to stamp out
the disense were successful because of the co
operation of farmers and veterinarians.
If hog cholera can be stamped out in Missou
ri. it can be stamped out in Georgia and Tift
county. The disease has been running through
many generations and its eradication is neces
sarily not a work of weeks, but of years. It
will take intelligent co-operation between own
ers of hogs and veterinarians and thorough
persistent effort.
Certainly not all hogs tr--*ed will recover,
nor all herds treated be free from cholera. But
if the treatment stops the spread of disease it
will if persisted in, eventually free the country
from it altogether. The farmers of Tift coun
ty hnvc a rr.rc opportunity in the service of an
experienced veterinarian free. They have too
much at stake to afford not to have him exam
ine their hogs and give them ‘imely advice as
to precautionary measures.
To amend the charter of Rockmart; to es
tablish the city court of Cleveland; to amend
the .charter of Spread; to amend the charter
of Lula; to amend the charter of Douglas; to
change the term of superior court of Wheeler
to fix commutation road tax in Banks; tc
amend the charter of Ft. Gaines: to amend the
charter of Cuthbert; to provide four terms of
Superior court for Monroe; to provide^two
terms of superior court for Miller; to amend
the charter Hoschton, to increase the salary
of the Judge of the city court of LaGrange;
to amend act establishing city court of Miller;
to incorporate White Plains: to amend
charter of Carnesville; to amend the charter
of Grayson; to fix the salary of treasurer of
Glascock; to provide four terms of superior
court for Coffee; to amend chatter of Mariet
ta; to fix compensation of treasurer af Sumter;
two bills to amend the charter Wrens: two
purely local bills for Savannah; to amend the
charter of Leslie; to abolish road supervisor
■of Bryan, and to fix salary judge of city court
of JeBup.
These are taken at random from among the
local bills introduced at one day’s session of
the Genefal Assembly, nnd it . was a day that
is not usually considered good for local bills.
And so it goes. Not a city or county in this im
mediate section but has to go through with
more or less tinkerihg with its municipal or
county affairs every year. And we suppose
the same conditions prevail all over the state.
No wonder the people do not know what to
expect, and that the general impression pre
vails that they do not know what they want.
How long before we . will have a sensible,
omnibus general bill regulating the incorpo
ration of municipalities and the terms, juris
diction and compensation of officers of our in
ferior courts? Some day. perhaps; and then
biennial sessions will be a possibility.
The reader has only to glance over the mass
of stuff of purely local interest introduced at
one day’s session to realize that it would be
impossible to give each measure time for prop
er consideration. One only wonders that any
time at all is found for the discussion of law^
of general application. So long as present
methods prevail, the affairs of our state( will
be conducted in a slipshod manner.
MiBs Emma R. Sutton
Editor
Mias Lily Chapman U in Omega I Mr. J. D. Bowden, of Bout* 2 Ty I The knitting fever ha. not .truck! ]X7 1? WTTJ.T A Mg
r a few day. Ty. cam, in Tueada, to ha»r the Ty Ty. and. ahould it never raach *V . ill. VV
‘ • • • 'waging. here, “our »ide" i» ju»t aa likely to j DLALhK IN
MU. Maggie Gibb*, of Rout* 2 .... (win. RaUing vegetable., canning . u . rll K..dl..
Ty Ty. ia visiting Mi*. Frances The c.-opi in F.ul Worth, so badly ’making thing, to .ell. Mving in every [j|Q{] ui3SS.u6R6nU MllC&UflU* 1
'kvl b. th. titut bail t.™ —T ro»iblb-all ••• •»*
• * • h. . little, lent way. for women to do their ;
, .... be coming out
Mi*. Mary Blasingqire. of Mon- Young com. especially, it
. roe. U the guest of Miss Eva |inr The com crop v
i clumsy and uncomfortable
> that'
———— I damaged-very little, but the fodder, and ■■■-* . .
..... j js irf-^bbont any way’ An amateur knitter—
Mrs. Jim Drawn, of Macon. Is e • « . and there U no other IStK r.JW-
viaiting her sister. Mra. W. J Sikea. Mr w R WiIlu> chairman of Ty Probably knit a pair of aocka u
* * ' * „ .. | Tyfood council, cheerfully admits »*«)“• by gi>nng moat of her
Messrs. Claud and Robert Barfield ^ h( . ( in matter 10 **■ » would J$
of Fort Valley, are viaiting Mr. of m#€tfag that failed to meet crocheting, shy*™
Robert Coogle near Ty Ty. ; 18t h. H, could not come.! work for monej^enough to buy
* * * * he aay. and it did not occur to him>* veral P air * o{ bet,er ^ th,n
The voice of the gramophone. one in ^ pIoce . :*he could pom»ibl y knit- Of course
and of other members of that family, there would be little sentiment in
is heard in the Und. "No household j _ * * * * . . h , in this, but she might console herself
emptau-." *t:. -y W ! ; “ T conriderin, ,h. .... bl th. ,bdn S
- • • • <>>■> b « «W tad, .b. pet her address, is os. oi
Mr. J. M. Varner bs. to Ms. j “J I * »' “ *•
this week to negotiate for the es-
tablishment of a drug .tore at the
Idier* camp there.
Mr. Bankston, of Tifton, was look
ing after the aewing machine buai-
ness in Ty Ty Tuesday. The sing-
j* matter of aecondary in
terest.
Robert Ball (co'oredl when ask-
ed if he knew that hU name wa.
f | The soldier who drew the socks
’ j eluded hU letter of thanks in this
• one for a helmet and
melon., one weighing forty-six;;
pounds and the other fifty-two |
pounds. The farm on which Mr
Hatcher live., once the home of Mr.! y ( mjtt ^
G. S. Nelson. Is now owned by Mr. I ^ ^p. „ „ caah ,- Bot ;
Vi Tinwnon.. -.sentiment, needed for the war, nnd]
• • • • ! there arc mr.ny way. by which wo-
Piekett, Meaars. J. M. j men can make money. Croc her.
Varner. Chas. Bowman and C. I-! WO rk i
Jones, in Mr. Varner’s car. and Dr. | much
B Pickett. Messrs. T. M. Perry, brings
W. Oliver and Oscar Bozeman,
entioned because
in demand just no'
good. price.
it.
mnong the first ca 'cd to the .-olors in Mr. Perry’s car went Albany |
plied. “Yes'm; I’m je* a-rearin’, la.t week to hear General Wood,
g,, •• I speak. Needless to say that they |
• • • • , were well repaid for the trip.
Mr. J. S. Royal. Secretary of the J.
THE MODERN PROCRUSTES.
You remember how our practi-1
cal friend of ancient time*. Pro-,
crustes. made hb bedstead fit any _
DEALERS I
Grot*Ti*»i Dry Good*
Notion*, Shoos, Hat*
Ready-to-WieaJ’ Clothing
Far*. Implement*
r A d Other Thing*.
Piciullai Review Patterns
came up Wednesday to be present at Inhabitant, gnats were never so bad 1 *o''.g, the gumt w
th. dMat nxba .f tb« T, Ip,™ they ... n«. II it b.d ba»,«K» WJ«“1 * » •“ .
iging class. gnats instead of flies that were sent j a sufficient-^portion was cut from
« • • • to plague the Egyptian*. Pharaoh , the lower extrrmit.e. of the gue^t
Mr. Grady Mi!c;n took a amrll mu.t surely have relented sooner..to brjngJrfm to tjie reqtlWta length:
party to Tifton last ■'■wk to vi.it It was once supposed that gnats con- ! ! X this simple and beautiful pro-
Mrs J. S. Young. Mr. anrd Mrs. fined their operations to oak woods, ices*, a perfect fit was seeur
Young Have only recently moved but that is an exploded theory. Procrustes has a < bcip e in s’ ®
to Tifton. After all. the watermelon crop is,linotype man of modern tmes. 11
>. . . a i on(r w ,y from . failnrc. No-' your paragraph is too long for the
An enthusiastic colored citisen of thing show, more good effe.-s frc-n »P-« th, linotype happens to ha»-
BANK 01TYTY
CAPITAL *26,000.00
Ty Ty says that if they, will put i
Hion “niggers” in front with a the melons unusuaHy sweet,
million white Americans behind ty and fifty pound watermelon
■ill whip t
they were done voting, there was nothing !•■ft l P I » ce • "turning Sunday afternoon roads, -wi
r.n.. n , ril .While there they ne.e : :c guestt o. •
We of the South have known 4he negro so
long we take him as a matter of course. We
know his ways and are used to them, so we
laugh at his foibles and are content not to ex
pect too much. But this is not the case with
the people up North to which section the ne
gro has recently migrated in large numbers.
The following incident is related ~'Vv the
Springfield, (Mass..) Republican: “That ne
gro labor imported from # tbe South is not al
ways inclined" to- stay put was shown by an
experience of the New Haven railroad the
past week. To fill the depleted ranks of track
laborers, whose work .is indispensable to the
safe and satisfactory operation of trains, the
New Haven company engaged 70 negroes afld
eTeeted quarters for them in Uxbridge, from
which they were -to be transported as needed
to any point along the branch where their Ser
vices were needed. They arrived early in the
week, hut immediately -developed * roving
spirit, and before the week was o.er 20 of
them were still members of the gang. It was
said that thp rest had departed for jobs else-
Thc tax returns of Irwin this year show an Ty T y
increase of
640. The :
red
taxation
area wai
Turner and
cent of Ins-
work of its
one of the reasons why the tax dodgers nrei-'trokc
fighting so hard for the repeal, not the amend- ** con ' 1 be
nient. of the tax equalization law.
While the position of the' American troops
■ho have been moved up behind, the firing line
in France'Til not stated, common report has it
hat they are near St. Quentin, where some of.
the hardest fighting of the past year took place
and were the British and French lines join. This
ndicates that the Americans will lake over a
section jviw occupied by the French near that
junction. • ) —
common labor, which has lured so many from
.their accustomed fields of activityIt is ap
parent that if our Northern friends do not
know so much about the varying traits of ne
gro character now, they are in a fair way to
learn.
We regret"{Sat the friends of local school
tax lost in tlfe election in Berrien Wednes
day. They polled a majority of the votes,
790 against 527. but it required a two-thirds
vote to win, and the friends of better schools
fell 88 short of the required number. But
the fact that they polled a majority shews-
that public opinion in Berrien is changing on
the queaion and indicates that local school tax
will win next time. We hope that time will
soon come, because the children of our sister
county are missing an opportunity for better
educational facilities under present conditions.
We move that the Georgia Legislature do-
lato that 20,000 gallons of Hand wine to the
Georgia Weekly Pr*(i Association, to be used
for n tnat thp .A-ieri-an p;-r>nle back to the old trail,
, Jt call 3 tVe— -—lie •-> ‘ixo '*i«oii>Hne nnd sarri-
r press of
iversity
like this.
i. and the Ion.- duj.h made at it* disposal, the end,of the para- w# piy j ntereit 0 n Time Deposit*
For- Ifaph is just sliced off so that the >
, nr * I allotted space may be filled. No Deposits in This Bank Gasrsats-d
,1. n, li.eomin, ,uiU •*« ‘J ?' ,
\ 'kn, OW . w*M «< •»*. '«
-r- - f ^ . F~£t^s£00 BUSINESS AT HOME
Rainey the pastor earned qf for ••Week-end” visit* (they consist ,h„ u ld that
several day. in the Bsptiat chufch. principally in week beginnincs. oth- cMe 0Ur ' ^ ode A, Procrustes *
closed Thursday night. A pnK trwiS e Sunday, are scorned oy „ uld t h( ., iute to u5c nothing ’
traded meeting snll begin in tfc. farlne „ and their fmi.ies at ttosj ^ old-time mean, to stretch
time of the year. For them th«j ffc 7^. th-
visiting season opens when the crops
Mr. and Mrs W. E. William* went are l a id by. and each^v'
By giving Kerensky the powers of a dictator |pi-
the men who are to bring order out of chao*^ n two tU T»-"
in Russia did the only thing remotely promis
ing success. If he is strong enough, he may act
as the necessary' medium between a despotism
and a republic for a people who are not yet
ready to govern themselves. Some idea of the
situation can be obtained from the statement Methodi * t eh “ rc ^
that during the most critical stage of the fight- Mr >nd Mn w E ?
ing in Galicia, the soldiers of one Russian df- to Sycamore Saturday morning lo friends extends
vision stopped to vote on the question 'if •»bjy-| attend the annual meeting, in the Th,, wa , the way
• • i by thef *" " ' ~ ’ "’ " — I
The TyTy Drug Co,
o distant
■ several days.;
verybody visited
'A MOCXERY.
•ote f<»: the Teutons were in possjssiyn
he voters in flight.
'Mrs. Williai
r Mrs. Whiddon. .
Several years ago. at about this
.ven rail wa#on 0 f t Be year, two Indies of the
: North, on a visit to South Georgia.
' complained of the scarcity of floor-
M. Paola. etc., has been requested vr ,_ They thought thnt the South
many different languages to corn.. “The Land of Flowers.” was a
forward and receive a letter that a- delusion.
, ha wa >' ,0 the fronk waits him—and has awaited him for . We have -eeii a lot of them."
• half a million dollars, or $562.- name was among those to whom the d „y g —jn th e Ty Ty postoffice.! ^ lad i c , said, “but th- y are all
•gate of property returned for eal1 of the selective draft came. may have been'among the re- , hp >nmp kind, and just pink Ones
argest irwin has shown since i^ 8 enaeA*^ rai road men wi e ex , c pi s u called home by .his goii-rn- and white ones.” Th e ladies had
Mr. Thad Pitt has c
■d to create the counties of Tift, i,
. Hill. No Jouljt a large per j Ton , a negro farmer wherev
increase is due to the goot. : who ^ OW ned ■ little place near t
equalization board. Here we T y Ty for a number of years, had
THE ARMY OF. THE REPUBLIC
■prom The New York World:
There came into existence yesterday the Ar
my of the Republic:—the first army that the
United States has ever had which was created
here—probably knowing of the high pay for^polt the principle that military service is a
duty that every citizen owes to his country.
Every man of military age who registered on
June 5 is a soldier in this army. Millions of
the 9.600.000 who registered will never be call
ed. Other millions wfll.be exempt from service
for one reason or another as defined by law.
But all of them belong to this army, whether
jich_ orJpoor^.whether favored- or oppressed by
II is an army without caste, an Amfcr-
i.-nn army in the truest sense of the term, and
thus a proud distinction attaches to those who
are called to the colors.
Secret"H- Raker said, in drawing the first
number in the simple but solemn ceremony that
brought this army into being:
era of ■ Christ were calld Chris- (
“Xhe .y£*Ulig«moi» selected todWv'M* llimowl'lngs of this kinj befors th^ol
hv the privilege of serving their country.” ' ~ ' ■ ~" J ''
We shall be. sorry for those who accept it ii
any ©ther spirit, for they will have missed one
of tb^Tiighest emotions of human life. They
too. no less than the volunteers, are dedicated
will be
he may be safely hou.i
corner of America." but.
he may be. if still in *he of
him make himself known. •
i»- positively the ISst call,
paraljrsis Monday, the [P re another can reach him through
as had within the last these columns his letter will be
three J**". the Dead Letter office.
AND DRU9GIS. S’
SUNOBIES
Prescriptions A Specialty
Schoo' Books
and Supplias
boll i
evils.
A COMPLETE DRUG STORE
JONES & COMPANY
Dealers In
High CUs
rch.ndU*
Ii is different now. fqr no l.etter
proof of the weevils’ ravages can be
found by the casual observer than
the comparatively small number of After you read this
blooms ir. th e cotton field, at a <T° 10 this store and dp your
(Season when these fields ought to pnirF* P ii?rHT
Rumors of a fight started a little A letter addressed to Mr. A. I.. bp R ma „ of whi , e aB[) pink PRICES RIGHT
excitement-in Tuesday’s crowd; but Colift. Gracewood Ga is b.l^ for The 5tnjn|r . rigorous plants. u(,on
only two wool! boy, with their postage jft the Ty Ty postoffice. 1^,^ ^ wceVa of hard work
four little fiat*; and the excitement. Stamps do not lose off these day*, as ^ ^ beta bestowed, arc Kke a
a mere ripp'e at best, soon subsided ■ they once did: in the present i"-' .
the crowd gave their attention to stance the absence of the stamp was
thing* of'greater intereat. probably an oversight. Maybo
• . . « . sometime in the dim' future, people
returned .'without delay, to th. wri-' exercises of the singing school
ter? in case* jike this
f SINGING CLASS
FOR SALE.
Berkshire Pigs- S. C. B. Leg
horn Chickens, and Milk
Cows. I also buy good,
fat cows nnd hogs.
W. F. SIKES. Ty Ty, Ga. —
A. PARKS,
T'.ysd.p- w ^Wrth-Uas. Ty Ty- GrotreTies. Dry Girdda Etc„
ped Ty Ty. bat watered Tliton
tuJy. . Wb Jiad «bj«etMMi u> •■ ^ . 7~.' > |had rather a deserted appearance
passing u» by this time.-but cur I most of the qiUxens and visitors
feeling, on the subject Would have I« » ■•«. ' a ->' *} ' were at the schoolhous. which left
been very different si* we%ks ago. *o" to do anything not exncUy right. I llrerta delertcd Evcn th ,
but it does seem that those. eroxy
suffragettes would have been bet-
Caskets, Coffinx.
Ty Ty, Georgia.
The “food
chronic loafers had followed the
. in T. Ty
knro dirt > n.tnr.l dclii. ” i"!-"" 1 “'r '»• > b ' •'; „ ,«*, .n.|,, with din-
Tfc.r, n, to tnv. b«n . m,.lin K ••»<•»'•■ IndMUiMly. .1 ^ ^ ^ „ tw , lv ,..„d
here'Wednesday afternoon, but not . *y wanted to go on a anger * * everybody enjoyed himself or her-
• .. .. i.1,1 irnnn l.mnltni. fnr.A anti dnnlf I
self t 0 the utmost.
the occasion requires the pen
ing. would have been a source ofj» 'Z-J.T" ^l of * pr°«*"i° nal lo describe it
great good to the community.
M. A. WOODARD & CO.,
.ln,l. fnnne, .hn.ri htonnlf. '“ d
Hi. U nnlnromnu. Inr tl» “ d “ ", « “ ,“«■ I
If they reallj starved (under those
circumstances, they w.ere not Wrely
.ta do that),- it - would hare -been"
snail loss to the world. American
This is the season for “big meet- womeDt who have been held up ns
ings.” which are tources not on ly • p tterns and examples for the
of Spiritual good, but of *qc’al cn- ^rfd. are losing prestige, and
joymenl—a time whn friend* r-eet they will continue to do so if the;
and when acquaintances become preMP t antic* of the “auffa” are . M t - t . n i. tf , n
friend.. Tb. <»- i.p. S “ P """
tered into the ve.y enriiest mooting. « • « * -
Ty Ty. Ga.
VARNER AND COMPANY
_ befitting-manner, and that pon-——— U**l«**-1»
and its wielder were in the crowd. Grocaria, Dry Goods, Candsas, Cfc^
Ty Ty apace and the pen that fills; gars. Tobacco and Everything
it fall far short of the task. For Else in th. way of Canaral ,
a fall account of the affair, “see Merchandise.*
lOther column.” Man’s Furnishings a Specialty.
The school has been •'•great s
o’.iow-;
by year. LeConte pears :
grow smaller and - there are fewer i W. B. PARKS
j on the tree*. Every effort was Cotton Broker. Ty Ty, Ga.
• * * * * i made by the United States Govern- i
J. M. Varner. C. I. Jonea ment to find a remedy for the blight Highest prices paid for cotton
. , • • 1 \ 0l V? te ^- j and Ralph Rick* went to Albany that attack* the tree* just a* they.
to a noble service m behalf <tf1theircountry,.but Mr Varner b , ou(rbt an . begin t 0 b«r profiuble eropa. but
in a wider qense even than the volunteers they automobile Hr the ; not hing i. done for them, except to!
big one. bought not long ago and gather the constantly decreasing:
is said to have been built for a | crop, and Ahey finally die. On |
hour, is the peach fawn, of Georgia the trees
'Sunday ear." the other is for - are renewed gradually—a small
every day use. Mr. Varnei ax- percentage of the total number
pacta to buy all the cotton he can each year—and every care is given
lay his hand* on this seaaon. wher- i them, aside from this the same
ever it can be found, and the ear methods with pears might keep them ;
h«* coldi-rs nf democracy.
“It i« -not *h*» djjtr of Gpvemment fo support ;
the pcpnip ^li* the dutv of the people to sup- 1 .
*b*ir said Grover Cleveland- -*f** d ot . y ... ... ,
We hare h-or. wandering svfav from that vital b '* ** rnT e
truth “»w Arrow of the RenubHe sum- *
f»oe wl> :
i nreserre the rights, the
- ■ ■" i■ irxci *c uic i iKiicn. civ _ .. . , , ,
,b<i iprtK.rHr- Pf s free nadon 1 ^"*;" Frid *» " •” ,p ^ h “
r in war or in peace.
die hunt.
n a paying crop as they were when
first brought to this country.
at anv season.
DR. R. R. PICKETT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Ty Ty, Ga.
DR. F. B. PICKETT
Physician &i d Surgeoffr\
T> Ty. Ga.
LYLE Sc SQN
Ty Ty. Ga.
Drugs, Seed*, Stationery and
ToiUt Articles _
lee Cream ^ben the .weather is
warm. Col^) drinka all the tine
DR. CARL S. PITTMAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone No. 7. ^
Ty Ty. Georgia. ■ '
E. J. COTTLE,
SHINGLES FOR SALE
BUY DIRECT FROM MILL AND
SAVE MIDDLEMAN’S
PROFIT
Ty Ty, Ga.