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ZEbe Xftftdh ©asctte Published Wwakly THE TIFTOH GAZETTE, TIFTON, ( THE SESSION JUST ENDED WILSON DID IT Entered at the Poatofflce at Tifton, Georgia,- M mail matter of the second ciasa. . iio. L. Herrin*. .Editor and Manager ^Official Or*an City of Tiftoo and Tift County, Georgia. SATURDAY NIGHT IWM Tim,—“"d Wh, Ned W„r. W pendera- SeuppemmiP »re ripmin* her, in God', «iuntrv It is the acuppemonfr. together with the pomegranate, the sugar-cane, the aweot-po- tafn the watermelon, the rantaloupe and the collard that help to make thin a land distinct. Ordinarily, when one thinks of iwuppcrnong, . he see. in memory the big arbor, acroea the wide white yard bad, of the kitchen, its green ,i„e. just within tiptoe reach, half concealing the purple or golden globule, of nectar. And nnderneath the arbor She of con~ in a P,nk aun-bonnet, O.Jen.ibly helping to gather but in reality conveying the Urgeat. ripert and moat lu.cioua .perimen. to a mouth. .ith the Bweetness of which in your opinion the S, grape w-„ aa the bark of the chineona ^But when I.think of .seuppernongs, I think of Ned Folkes. Ned was one of those quick, nervous, good- looking fellow*whom nature intended Udies’ man. and who nev _ to get. away from it. Ned alwaya wore aum panders, in season ai riee"”es rolled up and collars open. I asked him why he did not dispense with the unnecessary things, at least until cold weather came. "Not for me." said Ned. as he stopped to light his pipe ami swung his feet upon the ta ble for a aotnfortable rest. "Uaetcr nev. wear. 'em. hut I got broke to the habit when was-young and never intend to quit, ao long „ j wear pants. Every time 1 th.nk of sun- penders it makes me think of seuppernongs, that species ended muscadines, or as w-e Crack ers sav. bulliaes, and when I think of bullae, 1 take up my galluses.another notch to be aure they are there. “When I wa.v«rowing up. and you know all boy. wore long pants then. I thought galluses a useless encumbrance; just hitched em up f ood and tight at the waist and went free, so *° “Yoo^ remember the grove of big oaks back jf Pa’s house and the bullis,vines that nearly covered those nearest the bark fence on the branch? Well, one Sunday afternoon i n the early fall when the.bullises were good npe. lot of young people came over ' course we went gathering. ever made any effort ohn Corrigan. Jr., writing from- Washing- , quotes Congressman Frank Park as saying it President Wilson is personally entitled to idit for having placed the sweet potato on ibijl of fare of UncliL.S^m'«J}g h ^ng men,! liidentolly. it is estimated that this action will b| worth $10,000,000 to Georgia farmers this J*ar and hot less than $100,000,000 annually t# the South. Judge Park thinks the adoption of the nveet potato as a nation will not only make our IDldiers more contented but also make them better fighting men. citing the fact that Francis Marion and his Swamp Foxes subsisted prin cipally on these tubers when they were giving file British so much trouble a century and Quarter ago. So far. the only sweet potatoes issued by a benighted commissary department have been the canned variety, which Judge Park says are about the same ns canned.wateroielon. It is estimated that Georgia’s sweet potato crop,this year will reach 10.150.000 bushels as against 7.520.000 last year. Nearly all this increased yield, is due to responses on the part of the far mers fo the Government’s request for increased food production. Sweet potatoes, weight for weight, have to food value one-half greater than that of Irish potatoes, the latter a standard ar my ration. Andvwith the new process for stor ing sweet potatoes may be kept twelve months in excellent-condition. Yet when the farmers, in looking around for a market inquired how they should approach army officers to sell sweet potatoes they were advised that the de partment was not in the market for them. Director I- R. Jackson, of the Bureau of Markets of the Georgia Department of Agricul ture. took the mntter up with Judge Park • decided to appeal directly to the President, letter was written to Mr. Wilson wgned by the other members of our delegation Congress and a week later Judge Park received a letter from President Wilson enclosing a letter from the Secretory- of War in which he stated that he had authorized the purchase and issue, when practicable, of sweet potatoes to troops who prefer them. The Secretary stated Jhat he had also authorized the issue of bacon instead of fresh meat, and cornmeal and hominy, in the place of bread where troops desired the,change. So to President Wilson, through Congress man Park. South Georgia farmers are indebted' for a steady and reliable market for their sweet potatoes. r to Pa’s, and of “I was master of ceremonies. Most of the bov, were sorter baahtul an.l herded to them- selves, but I always did like to be with the girl* so I went with the bunch of the giggling, sweet things to help. of. course. We picked the buk Uses in reach but there was one vine loaded with a lot that was so ripe they looked black, that sorter swung between two trees. “I climbed the smaller tree; skinned up just like a cat; worked out on a limb and got s good hold of the vine and swung off. The vine gave and the trees bent a little, but I was too light to bring them down. My heels were stiB five or six feet from the ground, and I called to somebody to catch hold and pull me down, “The other boys had got out of hearing and onlv the girls stood around in a. circle with up- . lifted chins, watching me. I got mighty tired and called to some of 'em to take hold of my feet and pull me down. “Only one girl ventured. She was a stoat one. but naturally a little timid and she didn’t catch me by the ankles, but instead caught a handhold in. each of the loosely dangling lefs of my breeches and gave a surge. Guess she was excited, more or less, ami pulled harder than slits"Intended. For, Great Scott and niett- ories of Mnzeppa and Lady Godiva! The pants . . coma-off I Uncle Sam intends that his fighting men shall be gentlemen. Those of questionable character are not wanted and are not admitted if the recruiting officers know it. More than one attempt has been made to have young ne’er-do-wells, who would not make a start for themselves at home, sent into military service, where they were anxious to go. But if the young men had been in the least entangled with the law and the officer* found ^t out. they did not get through. That things were not always thus, a letter recently made public at Marine Corps headquarters, which was written in 1799 by a recruiting officer attests. In part it says: “I purpose this week to open rendezvous in different parts of the country and make frolic to draw the people together which I think will have a good effect. There are some in jail whom I could get out by paying the sum $12. Do you think I would be safe in advanc ing it?” Present day recruiting officers re quire declarations from accepted men. that they have never been convicted of any crime. loose. in a fork of the vine and I couldn’t let go. i wriggled and twisted around with my bare legs threshing the air and some of my clothes waving like a twin flag. At last by catching a fresh hold with one hand. I managed to gel the other one loose, and dropped to the ground. “There-wasn’t a girl in sight. - “Since that time. I regard suspenders as my best friend.” And this is a woefully true tale, because the only difference between Ned and George Washington is that Washington couldn’t and Ned wouldn’t. v It cost the Legislature a hard wrench to break the extra session habit but it did so. by what our former Teuton friends would have designated “a tom tight squeeze.” LOCAL TAX THE WAY Savannah Morning Newt: Tb# Morning News wishes to see the common achoob »« aaary cent Ibsj ml that is a lot of mone£—but it cannot see any possibility of them ever getting all they need from the sto* — .v.ns TV,* rsnlv wav for them to get ■ On the whole, there la much more to com mend than to condemn in summing up the work of the session of the General Assembly which closed during the early hours of Thursday morning. To be aure, it had many faults, a majority of them inherited from custom and predecessors, but there was so much harm that might have been dlThe and which was avoided that we are inclined to endorse, rather than criticise. For the things it did not do, especial praise is due for the fact that the tax equalization law was not repealed. On the other hand, it not improved but perhaps it was nec essary. to let it atone to avoid losihg hat we have in this respect. Next irt import ance is that an extra session was avoided at the last moment, by the skin of the ti to speak. The narrow escape was the fault of the body itself, but sufficient to the hour is the fact that it escaped. Much of the general legislation passed was constructive. There is some criticism of the Neill primary law, but if this is faulty, the rem edy is easy. For the other measures, many- have been badly needed for a long time, not able among these the land title law and the cat tle tick law. As a whole, if we must have sessions of the Georgia Legislature, the 1917 Assembly did •ery well. Among the important general bills passed are the following; To create a state council of defense. To establish the Torrens system of land ti tle registration. To eradicate the cattle tick. To abate lewd houses. The Neill primary law. A resolution to investigate the feasibility of extending the Western and Atlantic railroad to the sea. To establish a normal school for negroes. To establish a twelfth district agricultural school. _ ., To enable the state to comply with the Smith- HUghes act of congress, through which the state will r receive $41,000 from the Federal government for vocational education. To give Tech $30,000 for her power plant. To establish a state market bureau. To allow Tech to sell the Julius Brown gift property and to name ex-Govemor Harris to supervise the'disposal of the property. Tp place immigration and employment agents finder the jurisdiction of the state commisisoner of commerce and labor --„To establish home guards in Georgia and to give^them legal standing.' As\ usual, the General Assembly tacked a few patches on the states organic law. five amendments to the Constitutionh^ing passed: The following are the constitutional amend ments passed which must be passed upon by vote of the people at the regular election of 1918: To creat Atkinson county. To create Treutlen county. To exempt from taxation the endowments of such educational institutions as are open to the general public. To increase the salaries otj judges of the preme court, the court of appeals and such perior courts whose judges' salaries were not raised at the last election. The kidnaping story from Valdosta, which told of a young man being arrested on a charge of kidnaping after he and the girl were mar ried. reminds us of an iflcMgnt ngar Tilton, about tep years ago. In this case firearms and threats ..of violence .figured. for the old-gentle- was red-headed and belligerent. But a and warm-hearted justice awarded the bride t-i her husband in the course of a few nionflSffliero was a . reconciliation, and both uitirs have idnce dwelt together In peace and unity. The couple now have three children and appe: r l>. a little hap pi- r tha n the average. All of whi. b indicates that parental interfer- ‘ SS *ol h»« =.» well-advised, eapocia... er the ceremony has been performed. And doubtless the Berrien parent will realize this in tfce course of time. INSURANCE FOR OUR FIGHTING N >)ore than a month ago the Gazette made editorial reference to the Government’s pro posed plan of insurance for the men in the ar my and navy. Last week our news columns told briefly of the bill that had bee„ introduc ed in both branches of Congress to put this general plan into effect, after it had been per fected By Secretary M,cAdoo and approved by President Wilson. The plan does away with the pension sys tem altogether, and for the first time under its policy the Government makes adequate provision for the dependent family of the man killed or who dies of disease or for the man himself shoQld he be wounded. It makes the American soldier independent and insure 8 ,^ him from becoming a pensioner on the nation by providing in advance against emergencies. It enables him to do this for himself by paying a small sum monthly. This policy is a com plete revolution of this country's methods in caring for the men who fight its battle^and their loyed ones. A bulletin issued by the Treasury Depart ment describes the plan in detail as follows: In essentials it is proposed that the Gov ernment furnish at cost to the soldiers and sail ors of the United States life and indemnity in surance. The main features of the Secretary s plan „.e that the Government shall bear all the cost of the administration of the insurance plan and that no expense of any kind shall be a harge on the funds created by the payment if premiums by the soldiers and sailors. Re lieved bv over-head charges, eight dollars a. year for every thousand dollars insurance will bo an adequate charge, under lhc_ plan, and this figure will put the maximum insurance of ten thousand dollars within the reach of prac tically every private soldier or sailor. Insur ance in private companies would cost many times this sum for men actually engaged in warfare. After the war the insurance may be convert ed into other forms. The insurance is to be payable in installments, is non-assignable and free from the claims of creditors of the insur ed or of the beneficiary, and is limited to the wife, children, and other specified kindred. If total disability results o>' disease is con tracted in the course of service. the compen sation is to be based on percentage /if pay.' with a minimum, however, of from forty to seven ty-five dollars a month according to the size of the family. Partial disabilities are to be computed on a basis of percentage of total disability. . Medical, surgical and hospital treatments, supplies and appliances are to be given. .Rehab ilitation and re-education of the injured sol dier* or sailors, fitting them for lives of activi ty and usefulness is part of the plan. The plan also contemplates free allowances to the families of soldiers and sailor? the gov ernment supplementing the sums set aside by the soldiers and sailors out of their wages. The insurance is not to be a gift of the gov ernment. but is to be paid for out of the pay of the insured man. The government, how ever. is to tivke upon itself the cost*of collecting and administering the funds and also t'.ie ex tra hazard caused by the war. the rate of eight dollars per thousand being a normal rate in j peace time and an entirely inadequate rate for)I EXEMPTION BOARD COMPLETES WORK Only 67 Exemptions Granted from 300 Called III. CERTIFIED FOR SERVICE Nioetjr-Thro. Failed «o P«*a Phr*i- c «| Examination. Only 81 of 111 Certified Will Be U..A The Tift County Exemption Board I'nUhed it* work 0 n the Ant call under selective d«aft Monday night. It makes'and fourteen additional names were 1 the Diatrict Board for mili tary service. Three hundred drafted men wera called before the Board for exam ination. Of thes, 24 failed to ap pear; .4 were cited to other board* for examination; one was sick and will be examined later; 07 |rere ex cused on claims for exemption. and cited to the District Bonid tm ,arm y service; 93 failed to I medical examination. From this UJ the I ill obtain the 81 i Tift county’s quota. the order then w»r e drawn in Washington^ required number is secured The hers will be excused until another 11 is made. The 24 who failed to report for examination are automatically draft ed into service as soon aa located prov d they a,a physically fit. For Ih- k.Mod ir.d accepted Tift , ;(t l y will get cred.i’: °n this call ft located in time, if not on the The* Iri-ca! riird for tlf County of Tift, ha.* certified to District Boaru. Southern District So. 1. Sa- rannah th* f“H®slhg list of name# of persons called into service: 588 Thomas. Robert. Tv Ty. g Brown. Clarence Eugene. 957 Bryan. William Lyle. T36 Epkin, Israel. Tifton. 1167 Powell. Eddie l.ee. '."J Williamson. Robert Clint**. 297 Butler. Syner, Tifton, R- *• 103 Dove. Henry, 906 Webb. Robert. Tifton. 814 Lovett. J. D. Tifton. leti. Smith. Ltmeal. Ty Ty. 557 Johnson. Eugene, Tifton. 878 9cott, Will. The following 'were exmopted or discharged: 439 Bolton. Robert, Ty Ty. 700 Bronson. Aaron. Tifton. 90 Baker. Thomas Franklin. 345 Boykin. John. Brookfield. 963 Champion. Clarence Paul. 492 elemental Lc-nxa Slaton. 549 Coarsey, Charles Bowen. 154 Cromer. James Bacon. 25 Fletcher. Emmett Joel 424 Garrett. MnrshaU E. 656 Hill. Hen^y, Tifton. 438 Harrell. John W. 1064 Hargrett, Haines Hillman 800 Johnson. Felix. Tifton, 656 Jones, George. Ty Ty. 1097 l.ightfoot, William Everett 1091 I-ewis. WMlinnl Bryan. 331 Mathews, Napoleon, Omega. , 1118 Massey./H. Harris. 1114 Mitchell. Steve Frank. ^ | (In army already) The workmen's rnm P ™.»tion >«;» ESS.'flT'' the experiences of insurance companies in tnisi , 21 j Bke . Tifton. R l. country and the laws and experiences of other | j fsg Rodgers. Allen, countries have been studied and.used in the J ,im preparation of this bill. I The jujlicc end rishteousnes, of.juch . will!™ tion of the government is emphasized ■>>• cit- 519 —Robert*. Jesse. Tifton. ing the fact that in this war we are not rely- 292 Stone. John. Tifton. ing upon the volunteer system hut are drafting; 1:10 Srlph. BoUon. Tifton. R. 2. American men and compelling them to under- 323 danger and. if necessary, make the supreme rifice for their country. A higher obliga- n. therefore rests upon the govern-1 ju not only towards the .fighting mpn but.' yards those dependent on them and a just. I generous and humane government should sod that so far a? is practicable they should he given this protection, not ns a matter of mer-) . - y or rhuriy hut as a matter of tiJfht- And that, Mr. and Mr*. Adolphus W. PaHn «1,-,.||,( np(.-y.inlo tlm snrvir-o of-titoir fSM- of-Afhany, nnntnmcr the *ng»j{*BI fry "with the certain knowledge that if death |„f ih<ir daughter. Thelma, to or misfortune comes- to them they and their .Franklin M. Butler, of Sylvester, dependents are protected by insurance afford- 1 idling e>‘ ■■r'cur'in September. •d them by their government as part of the •ompensation for the service they are render- If you 1 ing their country- - While this plan -may- call frrr consideratMo ex penditures at present, yet the eventual cost to , the government will be much less than th it l which would result from the adherence to the In his very instructive papers now appearing in the Philadelphia Public Ledger former Am bassador Gerard is giving-us home wonderful- illustrative insights into German opinions and viewpoints. For instance. "The Germans believed /r that President Wilson had been elect ed with a mandate to keep out of war at any cost, and that America could be insulted, flout ed and humiliated with impunity.” How little the German mind understands American poli ties! Mr. Gerard is also inclined to believe that Germany’s peace offers were never sin cere. but put forward with the purpose of cloaking or excusing a return to submarine -ratiilassncss. . JThis—in - pan because was kept in-ignorance 6f the orders to resuma^- discriminate sinkings without warning until r few hours before the order was effective. De ported Belgians had been put to work-in larg. numbers in' German munition plants and wjien Mr. Gerard told the Chancellor thbt this-aas being .done. Hollweg. replied: "I don’t believe it." Rut when Mr. ■ Gerard offer- whk . h rc9U j t f rom the adherence to the ed .to take him .within four minutos to where pension program of the country, and; Turner is making active preparations for its county fair to be held October 25-26. The 4 jhhnrn. Farnmr.. | sava a-number-of-farmers aro already preparing for their exhibits, and adds: 'One lady has twelve varieties of chickens and everal varieties of ducks, turkeys, guineas, etc., to show. On? of the pig club members has pig that gained over a hundred. pounds in three months. The farmers arc raising all kinds of truck and produce to exhibit, and the ladies are making big preparations jto lead in their lini " Turner"made a success of her fair last year and promises to improve on the ex hibit this year. We wish them good luck and look fo*Ward to the time when fift will put on someji^ig of the kind. READY FOR HOGS From the Savannah Morning News: “The plant will be rebuilt at once and will be ready for the fall crop of hogs." Which means that the fire which destroyed the Tifton packing plant after the contractors had near- J completed the building will not prevent hog ’sers in T-ifton’s territory from finding a ,dy market when fall comes around. thirty Belgians were making shells, “he did not find time to go.” Therefore, Mr. Qerard wisely admonishes: "Americans must under stand that the Germans will stop at nothing to win this war. and that the only thing they respect is force." The Gazette would perhaps wax more en thusiastieally over tobacco - growing- in -South Georgia did not the editor have such a vivid, recollection of the thousands of dollars this section lost on tobacco when a big crop was grown and the market went to pieces about twenty-se,ven years ago. Perhaps, conditions are different now, but there is no- more es caping the fact that a tobacco crop is uncer tain than that the wood ca n be prown in thi“ section at comparatively little cost, and jn iro. rnensp quantUj A Crisp county farmer has 300 acres in pea nuts from which he expects a yield of 18,000 to 20.000- bushels, estimated to b« worth $27.- 000. Besides the peanuts, he expects to ge' $3,000 worth of hay. giving him r $30,000 crop, or approximately $100 an acre. Then h? has his land ready ^nd fallow for a fall crop. This farmer has a cotton acreage equal to that of his peanuts, but notwithstanding the price of cotton, he regards the peanuts as hi* mo*t profitable crop. Andrsw Crawford Threat*. Emanuel. Femler. llson, Solly Franklin. •Ich. James. Tifton. R 1. Wil«on. Elijah. Tifton. Whuldon. Thomas James. Murrow. Roy. Hnvta. . (In army noVf PALIN-BUTLER further, that the pension system will not pro vide the same benefits nor # cover the subject in the same comprehensive. Humane and equinble way. .The Gazette has never -liked the pensiob plan. It savors too much of the idea of giv ing; of the Gov-mment holding out its hand to mendicants. It has a tendency to pauper ize. men ai\d. thureXore .makes..them,less ,inde- pendent That i: opens the way to graft and political jobbery our natiohal history for the past thirty years is ample evidence. We like the new policy because it promises to do away with pensions. Cook county made a plucky fight but lost out at the last moment. The people of Adel were asking-for a-new-coupty-when the-county of 1 Tift was. creati-d anil had the oldest arid one of theSnixft meritorious of the new county propo sitions'before the General Assembly. So much merit has it that we hope it will win and be lieve that eventually it will do so. You cannot keep right down always. It is stated on authority that Judge Evans, who succeeds Judge Lambdin to the bench of the Southern Federal District of Georgia, will make his home in Savannah, moving to that city about the first of September. Next to hav- •ng a judge from Savannah, the-next best inin^ - is to have one at Savannah. ' ' X ».tiff I : when pain. Fix your mmH on B LAUD’S SNOW ’LINIMENT don't he talked out of it 'means* * 4*>t- -pain -eaOevln 1 got anywhere. _..J $10o per' hott'.u Conger Drug Compuny. MANY AT HICKORY SPRINGS arp Crowd Attended Meeting aad Heard Good Preaching. Thor,, was a large attendance ** annual meeting at Hickory Spring j Sunday, many time* .more than could get .into The large church building, j. Elders Ball ^nd Gibbs preaehai ] rong sermons ^ind -were listened ti ith close attention. A bountiful basket dinner, • have fed four tiroes as man- pie, was spread on the ( grounds at the noon houi0 ' mootings are a great annual « for the people of this immedlata' lection and always draw good crowds. TffiBSs-SS! lull,'™ -m™Ti fca Luula. Mo. Bold lor dniarmu.—Ai