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XLhc Gtfton ©ajette
Published Weekly
S= ^tered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
u m ail matte? of the second ciaaa.
to. L. Herring. Editor and Manager
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
SATURDAY NIGHT
Dividing the Dead Man's Cattle.
“I don't actually believe he’s got
taste of that beef yet.” -
The speaker was looking at a man long of
frame and angular build who. with fork noised
high between the first and fourth fingers of
his hand, was in the act of spearing another
piece of*juicy steak from the long dish m front
of him. Through three tables this man sat,
and his appetite appeared as good as when he
began Hence the remark of the observer, wh 0
had bfecn watching the enter curiously. A* glass
of buttermilk on one side of the beef-eater, a
cup of black "bare-loot" coffee on the other
required constant replenishing and had been
the cause of more than one murmured remark
on the part of the women who were waiting
on the table. But the man who was providing
in the fat season against the lean season to
coin* was oblivious to everything except'the
job at hand.
The group around the table were types of
men who made wiregrass Georgia when it was
in the making. Bearded, usually tall and spare
of frame, with weather-tanned faces and keen
eyes, they were the stockmen who formed the
pioneers of that section of South Georgia east
of the Flint, south of Macon and-west of the
Ocmulgee. They were simply clad in homespun
jeans and.hickory with brogan shoes. Coats
-were not worn in summer.
They had gathered that day to divide among
his children the cattle belonging to one of their
number who full of years, had gone to explore
the unknown. They had primitive ways in
those days; there was not much law and no
red tape, but there was justice. His neighbors
(for such they were although perhaps some
lived forty miles away) had come to administer
on the affairs of the dead man ami they would
stay until the work was done. No attorneys
were hired, no fees werb to pay. but these hon
est and nigged men would see that to each heir
went the full share of his or her inheritance. It
was because this was so generally recognized
that few men in those days made wills. They
died with the ful? assurance that they would
be buried with honors and thnt those of mature
age among their friends would adjust their af
fairs and apportion their property impartially.
When this man died, these same neighbors
had built his coffin of the pines which had mur
mured a lifllnby over his cradle, whispered a
chorus on his wedding night and sheltered his
children at play. They had dug his grave with
their own hands and laid him to rest in the
family cemetery, where weather-beaten, red
mounds attested that the death angel’s visits
were far bewcen.
These first rites attended to. a later day had
been set to meet-and divide his personal prop
erty. Qn that day they came, from far and
near, men and women. And because nil gath
erings were more or less festal, there had been
ample preparation mnde to feed a crowd. The
women who were nearest had come in and
. helped the family to prepare cakes, pies, cus
tards and such luxuries and that morning, ac
cording .£? custom, a fat and tender two-year-
old had .been^butchered for the use of the ad
ministrators.
For several days the. cattle ranges had been
ridden by eagle-eyed drivers with long, black-
•nnke whips, until now all the cattle belonging
to the deceased were lowing in the'big pens,
the dust ascending from the trampling of many
hundred feet and the .air full.of an odor hard
to describe but once familiar never forgotten.
Borne of the children were grown and mar
ried. To each of these had already been giv-
m n portion nf cattle and an individual mark
and brand. Perhaps some of the unmarried
children had their marks and brands also, but
if the£ had not. to each was assigned b^thi*
administrators a mark and brand that would
tTTer from any used in that section, and at the
same time be easily converted from that of the
fa her. Usually these brands were combinations
o letters, perhaps initials; sometimes
there were various designs, ohe especial favor
ite being a rough imitation of a lib* and called
in the vernacular a "flower-de-loose.” Here
an easily traced Americanization of fluer-de-
lis, recalling that mpny Huguenots had' fled
from persecution in France to freedom and safe
ty in the new country. And the “lil ! ea of France.'
which had waved over Edward at the Field of
the Cloth of Gold, over the armies of Francis
•anti Louis TTV, were a common sight on the
wiregrass-clad hills of far-off South Georgia. ,
The marks were hard for a novice to under
stand. for although as limited as the symbols
of a telegraph key, the variations were almost
as many. There were: Crop and split in each
ear; crop and underbit; crop, split and under
bit; crop and swallow fork; and so on, ad libi
tum. Once assigned, a mark and brand be
came personal property, protected by law and
probably to descend through the aerations.
Needy all the catte fa the peas W {frown.
ind had been hru|pd9P> catch or
1 throw
I die marks -
The teacher*' examination will be
held in the court houie August 8,
and 4. The question* will be open
ed promptly at 8:80 in the'presence
of the teacher*.
Oi^ Friday the teacher* will be
given the examination for the Pri
mary license, and this will also he
the first day’* work for the General
Elementary license. In addition, on
Friday, question* will be Riven on:
!. History (Ancient, Modern and
English). 2. Language- (Latin,
French. German. Spanish and
Greek). 8. Science, which will con
sist of questions on Agriculture.
Physic* and Biology Al*o question*
will be given on Friday for both the
High School and the General Ele
mentary Reading Course*, and the
question* on the History and Geo;
graphy of Georgia for those teach
er* having license* frosn qth*r
states.
On Saturday there will be ques
tion* for the last half of the Gen
eral Elementary examination,'.and
for English and Mathematics in the
High School test. English will in
clude Grammar. Composition and
Rhetoric. English and American
Literature. Mathematics will in
clude Arithmetic, Algebra through
Quadratics, and Plane Geometry.
The Board of Education will fur
nish examination paper. Teucheri
will furnish their own pencils or pea
and ink.
A. J. Ammon..
Superintendent
grown men. For no lassoes were used, as in
the West, and each yearling, cow and steer or
even bull, had to be caught and thrown. It
waa also a dangerous task, for the animals did
not always surrender readily-
, First, they had been carefully assorted and
separated, each child’s part in a different pen.
Due allowance was made for age and condi
tion, and the division was as equal as human
endeavor permitted. Then wh^n the division
was over, the marking and branding came. A
big fire of logs was built outside the pens and
in this the branding-iron, made perhaps at the
home black-smith shop, wfts heating. Three
or four men would hem one of the frightened
and wild-eyed, cattle—always taking the larg
est., first—in a corner, one of the most daring
would catch him (or her) by the horns, anoth
er grab tail-hold, a quick twist and jerk, and
down the animal went, bellowirig and protests
ing. Others piled on amTT»at on the head and
hips, while quick, skilled hands with sharp
pocket-knife changed the marks, while anoth
er was ready with the branding iron. Quickly
it was set in place and pressed down; there
a puff^of smoke, a smell of burning hair and
scorching flesh; another and last- bellow, and
the animal was released and driven into the
oth^r pen, soon to be joined by others going
through the same experience.
This work went on steadily, maybe for days.
■ or sometimes there were many hundreds, per
haps a thousand, marks and brands to change.
It was strength-exhausting, nerve-trying, sweat-
bringing work, but the men were used to that
kind, and there was no let-up from early in the
morning, through the day until, noon, when
there was big eating, an hour's rest, and back
to the task again until twilight, when if it
done there was always supp?r for the crowd
before they disbanded for home. If there
too much work for one day. it was resumed next
morning, until each Child's portion was turned
over to it complete.
This work was-for the cattle (mly. The peri
sonal effects had already been apportioned,
perhaps a sale held, and later in the year these
men would meet and divide the land. Us
ually these possessions ran into many thousand
acres, divided into lots of -»D0 or 202 1-2 acres I p ,'£ e ,,, , M ... .....
each. These lots were grouped according tojtion shqjl be in th- City of Tifton. bnj
value into divisions, as-nenr equal/for 'each n^*5^ , dwir" t t h e f Hebt' *<? e*taU- gS
child as possible, and these divisions^tliey chose u-h branch offices within said^State
or drew for. This done, the man's estate was a'^j'o'rity"oV thc'stock may's” Jj
divided, the wife always being allotted \ her determine - .. ins.
р. rl, and the work was over. _ ; liffi
Primitive ways. But efficient—and ,/suffi- ' lin d it* stockholders. x, ga
' - 4. That th.: business to hevearnod
с, en ‘- • on by the said corporation is that tjs
of manufacturing am) selling ice. ga
RIDING TO A FALL I generating and u **»*"*„,?„'■ gS
HOMESTEAD NOTICE ggj
GEORGIA—Tift County: fig
J. M. Crowder has applied for ex-' 3g|
emption of personal ty. and 'setting | Ms
apart of valuation of homestead; fiy
ad I will pass upon the same at afjj
1:30' o'clock a. m.\ on the 9th day; MS
of August. 1917, at my office. ISP
This 20th day of July. 1917. S3
C. W. Graves,
Ordinary. Bg
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER j
ty:
I Day. F. G.l!
Roseboro re- '
spectfuliy shows the court:
1. That the petitioners di
themselves.’ their associates i .
ct-ssor* to b,. incorporated and made py
a body politic under the name anil -3t]
style of GEORGIA PUBLIC SLR- yg
VICE COMPANY, for a period of
twenty (20) yeari.. ^ f|( , >ml jjg
The petition •
. That 'the principal '
We have just received a nice
Wash Skirts all styles worth from\
$2.00 up to $3.50, for only 98c v
When it comes to Slippers we have
them. We can fit everyone from the
baby to the largest one in he family
worth from $2.00 up to $4.00 for
98c
Men’s Shirts in all colors worth
from $1.50 to $3.00 now 98c
Men’s Hats in all styles worth $1.00
to $2.00 we are offering for 7<)C
“Remember We Sell It For Less”
We believe the food speculators are riding to
a fail and
According to the statement of the Depart-[th
Jaent of Agriculture the'holdings of food in j rent fo
, - , .. i electric fixture*.
do not care how soon Incomes. L ny ol h,. r article.
* ■ ’ ~ ‘ with the genert
consumption
any »urpp>
346 and 348 Main Street
H BRBflB IB
Tifton Georgia
ajgMgj^gggggj^!g|IgjiU
cold storage are the.largest ever known. Prin- susceptible of being u«d: , _
, , ,\ , , -and selling Coal, wobd ami " ln ‘' of Georgia.
- —i —* ■'.**" - —— potter oo-o-a - n n neap frnv.en . 1 I _~r—line, fruit. ...
tipal of these are bitter, eggs, cheese, frozen “«■!:Storing VnVi refrigerating fruit. -- ri j,,;
and cured meats and frozen poultry, on which • produce^ c»rg^ a n n .^ “eMng ang'by-
prices are higher than they have been for fif- j product* of the im-inev. horeinbe- f„° w , 0 f~Georgi
ty years. There are five pounds of frozen poul-ifop-^tnte^an^nwnufacturiftit^and Whyrefor* jictmoners
try in cold storage now to where there was one j^ny*'commodity, article or thing said- ITiy^nfortsald,' with •
this time last year, while the amount of cured ! corporation may find privileges, and immun
. _ , , . - .... genu* tn the economical, pron.atiti ,,. t f,-,rth. nnd such a.*
beef is placed at nearly thirty-five million | a „ d gucce , s f u t pursuit of said bus- m „ v h^fur be. pilot
pounds, and the total of beef in cold storage ine-*. ^ ca)ijl , i , >tock o{ Jions <»f simitarcharact'
at over one hundred nnd five million pounds. j cor ^ oral ; on ,h : ,u thundred aw * 0 H»r*ren.
Other food supplies held for high prices doubt-'fifty.thousand hundred c . . * A A !< «’"'- > l_i 7 .^* t pf°'nft’
° of ih
id that it have all oth-' SHERIFF'S SALE
•ers. privilege - and GEORGIA—Tift County:
re incident to like cor- I will be sold oh the' first Tuesday
permissible under tne • AlIKU4tf iyi7. at public out.-ry.
. l efore the Court House in -aid c’oun
pray to ''e, ty, within'the lei
Collector for Tift County. Georgia,
ngnins-t J H. Harris. for
state and county taxes for the year
for
powers, following described property to-wit:
herein l Thirty-five acre* of lot of djr
now. or, jfo. US7 in the Sixth Dist
jorpora- j Tift County Georgia, said tract
' , " r ,h " - northwest
:hfc r
heseby
above and foregoing jw!
charter for the Georgia i
e Co* .
V of the
, , , , , „ j_;he divided in share- of one hundred s, a , e D f Georgia—<
less almost equal the proportion of those in' J1004 ,| 0 ;i nn< ,. a eh. but petitioner* , i| enry n. —
cold storage. ll, v privilege of increasing ,fc “
Wheat'which the growers sold last year at • fhJ^aan 1 *"^ five "hundred 0 thnusi
less than $1 is mow selling around $3 a bushel ■ issoo.oooi dollars b v vote of
in the country where it was produced, while f,”t!uone°r» desDe/he right to have
under food cohtrol in the European countries,
it is selling fr $1.60 a bushel. Practically ev-
ert'thing else in the way of food is bringing sim
ilar inflated prices.
All indications point for an unusually large
crop of food stuffs this year. Those speculat
ors who have been holding in Btorage cannot
stem the tide of production. They can hold n
to a certain limit, but ultimately they must let i,
■ prop-
of Tfi
blic S
iginal of tile
nd c
reel
r of said lot a
■ rco'n J W. Whittington
Fnid property levied oo I
it;, of Mrs. ( Denby u .
f.v issued. b v J II- Hutchinson. Tax
oilector for Tifl County, Georgia,
,-jiinst Mrs. C. Ik-nl.y fo'
■qti*. C"Ui:ty and school taxes for
by R. C Shaw,.Deputy
.1 Sheriff, and returned to me. this
112th day of July. 1910.
J. M. SH.w, Sheriff.
the subscription to said stock paid ,- lcr
in money or in property to t>c taken This the 20th day of July,
at n fair valuation Ten per centum Henr, D. W.bl
(10 per cent.l of the amount of. Clerk 8. C. Tift
capital to be employed by them has SHERIFF'S SALE
been actually P“id in. CITATION rensru Tif* •
0. That petitioners further desire GEORGIA—Tift Count7: GE | ^ C 1 tA ~7‘ <t Ca “*'' , ... .
the privilege of issuing preferred The return of the appraisers set- Will be sold on the first Tue du,'
stock in such an hmount as will not t_; nB n p n rt'twelve munth.' <up|«-rt • in August. 191 <. at public outcry.
IrWrense the totnl capitnliratlon -Mf tlle f am il y of W M. Sine.ith. decea*. before the Court House in said eoun-
said corporation to more than five having beep filed ia my offica, . ty. within the le>sd-hours of w.e. to
hundred thousand (SuOO.OOO) dol- B li persons concerned are cited to th- highest bidder fur ca.-li. the
_ _ l,irs the rights pf 'holders J>t pre- ,how cause by the SA day of An- following describ'd property lo-wit:
- -~T.~ .' , .- . feWed Stork to be set forth and de- L - U ,t. 1917, why said application AH that certain tract or rarce.
go.. W-hTTI-they hl*e oljTigril fo turn loose, pncei L by by-laws to be adopted t nr twelve mo-ths' support should of land lying nnd being in the City
will Tali, ami we hope that time will come 80011. jhy the corporation upon its deter- nofbc granted .of Tifton. Georgia, and described
After aUTthc farmer has the fate of the c0 “ n *i‘which Lx^toa!xelalij^laJha^ T -* -cf wv’-Qrav**, Ordlnwy. ’r-'rafr irrot 'Xb"Wx’ : TH‘'BWk No.
trv in Itis hamlsr-hf can ruin the-spcctllator by ( rights of preferred, stock holders « • Twelve, on Main street fronting
produclion. if he chotraefl. Jaj?* 0Km0IA
unanimous consent of all ot ai. A1( whoMay Concsra:
'preferred stock-holders Wm. W'illis having made appli-
“» “Sg™;, 1 ", 512,2s -ll.n in iZ term .1 I.. to b, .p-
alteration, amendment or rescission , jioin[ed perrnan ent administrator
There will be a large acreage in sweet ^po-J 19 7° Ul ‘That petitioners desire the hel-ehy' gilen that W *ai'd
‘right to. sue and be sped to-pl*^ ■ wUl be* heard
and a» impleaded, to fi avc ,“ n 5.„.‘ regular term of the Court of Ordln-
A HEAVY SWEET POTATO CROP
Malt, street on the- East fifty feet,
rvnning back west ninctv feet even
width to n ten foot alley, being
bound on thy South by Fifth street*
ninety feet in length.
Said property levied 0 n as -prop
erty of Geo. K. McCranic under a
- . : fifn issued b v J. H. Hutchinson, Tax
that Mid ap- f olIcclor for Tift County. Georgia,
«••■!«* ngninst Geo. F. McCranic for
of iirdln- ltate nnd counl} . UXCB f6r the,year
Mrs.G.P.CartwriEM,ol
Whitwell, Tenn., writes:
"I suHcrcd with bearing-
down pains. ; . The
dizzy spells got so bad
that when 1 would start to
walk, I would Just pretty
nearly UII. "Was very
much run-down. I told
my husband I thought
Cardui would hrlpme. ..
-He got neaboUlc. ... It
helped pie so much Uut
be gat me another bottle.
I got a whole lot better.
The dizzy sptlls and the
bearlnj-dohTn pains'..
left me ehtircly.”
If you are weak and
run-down, or sutler from
womanly pains,
TAKE
I
j, a a—m • i • „ Sheriff, nnd returned to me t
y hand and official *ig- i' 2Uuil 0 y.j u l yi 1917. i
th; —[ J. M. Sb.w, Sheriff.
SHERIFF'S SALE
! GEORGIA—Tift County:
Will be sold on the first Tuesday;
August. 1917,. at public outcry.
tatoes in Tift county this season. Setting was, fhrtit^to
seriously retarded by the drouth but nearly ev-! “ n ‘ commi „ _ B
ery fawner either planted potatoes or got out nary by-law* and regulations, and toi , ie)d (
• , . . . . n r do all other things thnt may be nic- II9I7
a few plants early enough to have a supply ol CMlttry or pr0 Der for the successful, witness m v hi
vines ready when the rains came. j carrying *on of said bu * , P*}5' inature, thi* July
T " ' ... v v chiding the right to buy. hold and, r ---
For th« past two weeks they have been an j personal proper.
ting them out, acres of them. After oats and t v suitable to the purpose of said, 0
wheat and after cantaloupes and melons, i" .^^“ri'ght tf no^.! SHERIFF'S SALE
some cases as many as ten acres in a flftlfi. ,bond» and debenture* n» evidence GEORGIA Tift County: ... ........
v„ .u of Indebtedness incurred or whicn will be sold on the first Tuesday before the CourvHouse in Mid coun-
The acreage in sweet potatoes will be tne m#y fae incurTed in the conduct of ir August. 1917. «t public outcry, ty, within the legal hour* of *ale. to
largest in Tift countv for several years and the affair* of the corporation, ami .before the Court House in said coun- thr highest bidte'r for c**h, the
moons nlnntv „f 4..n k nff hpsides' ‘o secure the same by mortgage. ,u-. within tM Iwirhcura «?.**!«. do-*<,((,rwhig fieicrlbeh propeh, to-*lt:
this means plenty of cheap feed,. pgflg^AwWrttyCW^'ftr’WWsF ton* TtRi highest bidder for cash, the; Three (3) lou. die same being
a large SUfpltlS’Tor market. 'Quite a num- mB de either direct to such creditor following described property to-wit: a parl of original land lot No. 309,
. _ n f farmers are nrnmring tn build storage dr creditor*, or to a' trust company,; All that trait or parcel of land j : , the Sixth District of Tift County
ber Of Tanners are arranging to buna storage or tnut companic , or other trustee lying and being in the Sixth District nnd known as lots Nos. (8) Eight,
Jjouscs for the purpose of keeping their po- or trustee* for the benefit of such -* »■** r '~—*- —i- —x.i-i.. /,.v ■_ ni«^,
*» «”V“« h tl,e ”l” te *0 “ ke .dv.„UkeV-m.r T ,r 7e di K<i> dit| " , or
I Mid corporation power and author-
i ity to apply for and accept amend-
'ments to it* ebayter. in either form
A short ride through the country will prove or , U b*unce. by vote of the holder*
to even the meet te«unl ebeener tkst • W*
ipeanut crop is coming this fall. There are t her. authority for Mid corporation
as** of *"*»'“ “ d ">w 1&25LS IS
pMs of corn with peanuts between the rows. ; t may determine to do_ ao by voU
CARDUI
Hie Woman’s Tonic
of the higher prices on the spring markets.
i. i„ «he »h.pe. with every promlee £ Ite ^ of gj
_ mntiful yield. There will be plenty to n^.
■ended, Eetten hoee for th,; peekin* Pleht end many d ?i" 1
, £ - u ii_ 1 tons left, for the oil mill to crush. When and as provided by
of Tift County, Georgia, containing ,9) Nine and (10) Ten. in Block
eight (8) town loU of Lincoln No. 2. of Woodlawn subdivision
Park, a subdivision of Tifton, Ga. Said three lots being e*eh 50 feet
Said property levied 0 n a* prop- hy 150 feet anj fronting south on
erty of Mrs. Z. Culpepper, under a Bench street of said subdivision,
fifa issued b v J H. Hutchinson. Tax Said property levied 0 n •* prop-
Collector for Tift County, Georgia, ertv of J. H. Harris, under a
against Mrs. Z. Culpepper for fifa issued by J. H. Hutchinson, Tax
state, county and school taxes for ; •
the year 1916. AIFAIFA CAN BE
Levy made hy R. C. Shaw, Depu- ALPALrA CROWN
ty Sheriff, and returned to »• this ~
12th day of J»lr- 1WT. T - — -•="
J. M. Shaw, Sheriff.
Pttea Cared In 6 to 14 Days
Tear tfranUI ,
1BWT fall.
AtabaciK. as Id Iba Was! If you lias* sour
with LADCO OROUND UlMUffOML
ram uifla. loiurei toudfuadud vl*c —
frovlB ot alfalla. saicb. clovers and irala.
Writs for dsllerrad price, esluabla booklet aad
reports. Attrscilto prupoalUoD-40 mere It sou
renewal a^.nMiasorrira«n£i>|AhnraIiol«dain.' *" j uSS Uitu aTOWK CORMinr, '
the law* T*«trst appUcaUoa CveaXaaesad Kaal. Xc *44Htkisreutoewe. arus.ra.aa.
You can feel sale In giv
ing Cardui* thorough
trial. It is Tom posed of
mild, vegetable, medici
nal ingredients, recog
nized by standard medi-
Ol hdPki iM toaoc yesre,
as being of great value In
the troubles from which
Only women suHer. The
Enthusiastic praise of the
thousands ot women who
have been helped by
Cardui in ilspasMQxears
o! successful uSe snSuld
assure you ol its genuine
merit, and convince you
that it would be .worth
your while to try this
medicine tor your trou
bles. All druggists soli (L
Try Cardui
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