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THE TIFTOJf GAZETTE,
jnu. L. Herring Editor end Manager
Official Organ City of Tifto«
and Tift County, Georgia-
AS TO MR. GERARD.
We regret to note in the Worth County Local
a criticism of Mr. Gerard and his book "My
Four Years in Germany." because the Local"
thinks Mr Gerard betrayed a confidence by
accepting German hospitality and then telling
th truth about what he saw; it thinks he sunk
to depravity whan he accepted money for the
articles or for the book.
The Local argues from a wrong premise.
Mr. Gerard was not the guest of Germany when
he was in Berlin. The United States Consulate
was (he property of this country and he was
there at the expense of this government. He
was received at court and in diplomatic circles
on an equal fodting with the representatives of
other foreign governments in Berlin.
While he was there Mr- Gerard kept silent
After war was declared between this country
and Germany and he had come home, he told
to the Araeman people through the public print
pf conditions in Germany and of much inside
history of diplomacy in that country during the
strenuous period preceding the war. We are
constrained to believe that the editor of the
Loeal has not read Mr. Gerard's book, else he
would be convinced as we are that the former
Ambassador has done a great service to the
Amercan people by putting such of his experi
ences as would do to tell in print. No man can
read tK% book or the articles in the newspapers
without having a better understanding of the
situation between Germany and this country,
.and without realizing that for many months be
fore the open declaraton came, war between
the two nations was inevitable; also that this
country is in the war in self-defense."
Tjbat Mr. Gerard is receiving pay for his book
andlarticles is beside the question. Certainly
they both are worth it. Consider his conduct
while in Berlin with that of Von Bemstorff and
other representatives of Germany and the Teu
tonic nation* in this country and the contrast ia
as between black and white. Gerard was not
the center of a great spy system or of an anti-
German propaganda; neither did he distribute
an immense corruption fund to undermine the
institutions of the country where he temporarily
resided. He waited until he got home to speak,
and most assuredly he had a right to speak
after his return if he thought his message one of
vital import to«the welfare of the American
people.
THE SPIRIT OF THE CAMP
One of the first problems confronting those
endeavoring to supply a home market in this
immediate section for food crops is to demon
strate to tha people that there has been a rever
sal of conditions.
Heretofore, our people have been buyers of
the great food staples; now they are sellers.
When they bought com or food products they
paid the price first received by the producer,
then the expenses of manufacture, transporta
tion and handling.
Ty Ty Depa-*m««t
TY 1Y,
GEORGJA
Mi “ Mattie Bishop. m mint in The only child of Mr. and Mr*.] SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION CU T? WILLIAMS
the Valdosta hospital, made a very Charley Jonca (a baby of seven) ' — TT * — •
brief visit to her parents last week. • months) died at the home of its The Ty Ty Sunday School Conven- j
Mr*. Sarah Dell came from TiTton ' vrasidparonta, Mr. and Mrs John tion will convene at Ty Ty Methodist (
Sunday to visit Mr. and Mr*. W. c.' frm the effects of uhoop- church Sunday at to '
Thompson, returning in the after- ‘ n * cough. It waa buried in the Ty Program.
Consequently they paid a noon. .j* Ty cemetery. Saturday afternoon. Opening tong.
DEALER IN
HigMlassBeneralMeichandlsi
high price. Now, the situation is exactly rever- [ Mrs. c. e. Grubbs,
; Sunday School
r. E. J. Cottle.
J. T. M. Watkins.
and. despite tkm very inclement wea- “All Hail the Power
, . . . , .. | . .. _ , Sytvestsr, ^ a | arKC number of friend* of Name."
sed. They must sell for » price from which th. end th. s,l™t, r uuh.r, w, th. „ mil>
cost of nua.facture, trensportation hod *■*-«-» « *"■ «• «• "*•“ ^ sons. ■
ling has been deducted. ! EdUon ' m.chine porf««tly re-create, hy ^ B»pt‘
Because corn retails near $2 a bushel on the R - *• Plckett . who was called vojce j, ab90 lutefy no proof that Superintendent. .
ir^sa? trjv-jss ». - -
n Q u »ntxti«.. He may be able to tell to a few SCT>W>I houri on Mg nturn ^ bronchitis. ta»oi>ti, and rrt E ***••
consumers for something approximating it, but ^ ^ ^ , Mt pnaunwnia ara of , imllar racH t. w., Talk by Mr. C. G. t>ell
when he pots his corn on the market the cost Bnderwent a dangerous open ^ your druggist, want everybody who Reading by Miss Itcpass.
of shelling, sacking, freight and handling must tion in the Valdosta hospital, is pre- really seeds jt good and reliable. Mbra. J*rof. A. mons.
come off before he gets the price prevailing m greasing very favorably towards honwP efficiei
wholesale eentera. After these expenditures arm ^th. j^nJ^We^o
deducted the price is Still a good one. and com- The Albany Herald regrets the ^ nntee H because we know It win
pared with two years ago a very high one. But ****** pumpkin, are not to be had makB
the product^ must" understand theconditions “ £ whe ” I Mr Franklin Ro„
controlling the price before he >9 satisfied. good one* are plentiful. j no-cotton brigade. He made a big fare*
t remedy to try
time; on our
: hesitate
The same is true of beans, peanuts, hay, hogs.
THE BONE-DRY LAW.
destructive some years ago as boll man
weevils are now. We got rid of the
the caterpillars, and there is no res- ages
rhy the boll weevils should be tho*
bone-dry law is the biggest
I the statute books." says a
, ..-op of wheat, corn, ground pees, and Georgia paper
• no hH. , similar natum whirh J ™ P * Tk * * now * rtudent “ the other thing* in that Una and is Is it? It certainly doesn't have
any other articles of a Simil Sparta Collegiate Institute, and Con- ' quita ,atisf!e<f with results. He has that appearance to those in a posi-
go to the markets. A few years ago when we g Cr and Rom are abort a good clerk. not i 0lt f aJt b in cotton, however, but tion to know in this part of the stale,
were paying about $1 a bushel for corn at retail But the “senitw” partner, generally ] j, only bldbjB his time. He says This time last year, orders were go-
the producer did not get much more than half i known^a* ••Greene," is a boat within that cotton ceterpillar* were quite ing to whiskey house* in lota of
that price, but he got the market value, under- j huD " lt
stood so. and was satisfied. The cotton grower If it i» »we*t potoatoe* you are
does not expect the price he receives to be any ,ookln f »«• eome thto
^ y way, for wu have th# bumper crop
where ne«r that of the manufactured article. ....
Neither should the producer of food supplies toi i and .novation and a wonderful
expect as much as foodstuffs grown in the West yield.
are bringing on the local markets. | Mr. c. w. Graves returned Sat-
The men who are trying to provide a market "Hay fr™. a stay of several day.
for food .applies in Tifton do not seek large » ' -‘“T h * «”>
profits. On the contrary, they will h* satis- „ d „„ «,„, d ,,
Red with very small ones. But people must have done Mm
understand the difference between a selling The "probable showers" predicted
market and a buying market, in order to real- ( by the weather bureau recently,
ize that they are being given a square deaL fro™ <»»t to day. were considerably
delayed, but they made up for M
when they finally got here. They
UCE AS A MONEY CROP- were more than’welcomed.
-^“ 1 • The Government would like to
In theat da,vs of high prices for everything know how many acres you have in
eatable, tbe growing of upland rice offers many sweet potatoes, and it will be to the
pportunittes as a profitable side crop- of f *'* ner * to ,0 "> bh tJ ’ i>
THE STORE
Where Yotir Dsllar Goes Further
Courteous Treatment
Yam Trade Will Be Appreciated
4
Ty Ty Farmers Supply Co.
R. Ri Pickett, President.
J. M. Varner, Manager.
: , . , i ■ . information.
In many instances this rice can be planted on [wjtv
land too wet for other crops, but grows about as
wet and will even
igbt from on* family, and
rrpress waa loaded with pack-
brought back in response to
orders. Numbers of women
with us always. Mr. Ross has sold and children were doing ‘without
his crop of velvet beans at fifteen many of tho necessities of life, while
dollars. Mr Row was born near Ty the money paid for the cotton they
Ty and has lived there all his life. hud heiped tn make was sent out of
the state (often in their names, so
that the sender might get several
times the quantity allowed him by
law) to purchase whiskey for *th#
head of the house.
Mount Calvary on the east bank Tjus year, cotton money is going
of Little river held the first quar- for better clothes than those women
terly meeting in its history last Sat- an #' children ever wore before, for
DEALERS'IN
Groceries, Dry Good*
NotJrwu Shoes, Hat*
Keady-UvNV,-ar CUtbing
Farm Imp lore—1»
At* Other
QUARTERLY MEETING AT MT.
CALVARY
From the Atlanta Constitution.
While the LaFolletteB, the Hardwicks, the
Gronnas. the -Stones and the Gores are "sym-
patizing" with the selected recruits of the
American army and objecting to their being
sent to France without their first voting on
such an order—a la the Russian soldier’s com
mittee system—the recruits in the various can
tonments are themselves daily making -auch-
protests look more_ silly and the protestants
more ridiculous.
It may be' that here and there a selected
man bemoaned the fact of his selection' at the
time, and would have welcomed a way out; but
experience shows that once he reaches camp
and is put into a suit of khaki all qualms quit
him-
The "spirit" of the thing grips him. and not
one in a thousand would swap stations with his
civilian brother at home!
The officers who are training these men
are impressed with -the unanimity of the spirit
of enthusiasm and the eagerness to learn that
Inspires them.
li all the selectmen at Camp Gordon were
lined up after a few days of -camp routine, and
each man given the privilege of stepping out of
the ranks and returning home, immune from
further call, it would be safe to wager that not
one in a thousand would take advantage of it!
That’s how the men themselves feel about
being called into'the national army!
They want no “sympathy;" they are not
clamorous for a soldier’s referendum on whether
or not they go to France—or anywhere else
where duty, their country and humanity might
call them! At first possibly a few would have
hesitated ; but once in the swing of the thing, in
full realization that they -are .each an integral
part of a great -organization with a glorious
and honorable object—they’re filled with zeal,
and alert to "get over the top!"
The spirit of the men in training camps at
home is much the same a^that in the more ad
vanced training camps across the ocean within
hearing distance of the German guns. An offi
cer of an American army camp near the battle
line in France a few days ago was asked by an
Associated Press correspondent:"How do you
like it out here?” •*Wfll." was the reply—
“It isn’t exactly -the same as Forty-second
street and Broadway here,‘but we didn’t come
put looking for the great white way. We are
«re for business and we like it—partly for it-
slf and partly because we ought to like it.
|Fe want to do our bit. and we are more than
_tious to do it than ever before.”
That is the thing: “We are here for business
_ ‘ s want to do our bit!”
1*8 the same with the young Americans every«4 come8
, A COMPLETE DRUG STORE
used for teed. Gradually the cultivation was *20.50. There sre just s few thin** I health made it
dropped hr »». unknown renaon until very ^ ™ wtt:!I“*' h
rJ
. _ our soil and climate (and there may ot b rr teacher* had been
little was grown. We are glad to see it com- b , bther „„oa,) ,» d th. prude.-; ,' d . hn „ b “ „ ,
ing back. By putting in a small crop each far- tion of cabbaee seed seem* f
JONES <St COMPANY
D**Wr» la
High Glw.
I tell Af £ r l° U '[
Jones and Mr. Robe
married Sunday ev
the way nearly always ado|>-
ted by the young people in thi
vieinity—that is going elsewhere t
get their two souls welded into on<
The match setened an eminently pro- ’
per and desirable one on each Bide
se- their friends thought but it pleased - ..
, , , . , , .. After you rv*d this advertisement,
prin- the eouple to marry first and tell go ^ ^ , tDr< and do y0Br
. .ipal. Several applications for the shout it later. Only a very few shopping,
can fcelp himself and. at the same time aid among these thing*. | pi aca cara , I„ t and it was thought a were into the secret, but they helped PRICES RIGHT
materially in helping the government solve the Among the recent marriages in] man had g-een found; but s<*neth:ng things on as much as possible; and, —-
food DTOhlem I this neighborhood. were those of time that prevented. This happen- when a wheel of the bridal ear •
** ’ i Mr. Warren Crawford and Miss | rd in two or three instances, until it ome to grief on the way to tha I \
„ ... Lt . j _* Ethel Rutland, and Mr. Walter Cra- was settled that the manjemployed preacher, a good Samaritan cs
We bettor band together and Stop Herring vey and Misl Mar th a Jane Crawford ..was-on the w,y. And tbei&ame the the rescue, and sent them j.i
from writing those Saturday night sketches in i Q na thee# brides had reached the railroad wreck and though the teach- way rejoicing. And now con
the TiftOR Gazette. That last one on apple, mature age of fourteen years, and *•» not hurt, he was delayed. latkms are very- much in\rder
dumplinp was enough to cause a mutiny in a ] ine of the couple* had been married pri ”°^ a “ r m 7Jtag n but 0, anothc”each*
daily newspaper office where there are men ]■ month-before anybody knew it. |er had been kept at home iiy sicV-
1 -- -- — wt-
Replies to this request
be left at the poatoffice.
Mr John Parks, a student o?“
well on high, dry land's* on wet and will even sp ark , collegiate Institute, spent
make a good crop planted between rows of Saturday and Sunday with his par-
, like peanuts. There are many places ents, Mr. and Mr*, w. B. Park*. He
in which t can ha utilized, without interfering
... .. . , Mr. Rees, who •attended quarterly
with the Aguiar crop. ». Me... Calvary.
The lootion of a rice mill at Triton tnaurmi >nd
the growrs of a convenient place to have it wjdeIr preV aient in thU vicinity
preparedefor market. The present price rep- earlier in the year, seemed to be of
resents ajjout $3 a bushel for the rough rice an especially malignant type. > Both
after it itclaaned. not taking into account the h — ■t*"* them,!... to.
, - . , , . lack of vicpms, but the after effect*
mlllingB Sr feed and the straw. There is a ...“ill h,„ m . tew ce,
profit in See at ?1 per bushel; at approxunately ^ m>1| m RodU ,
$3 there #10uld be big money in it. SatuHay by a horse that was an ex-
UplancLrice grows with but little work, act copy of the one celebrated in
Once thrtroughly cleaned and given a start, it song a* the property of “Old Grime*,
needs litfe more attention until harvest time, that good old mm" The automobile
, F . , . . , broke down, but the horse seemed
when a reaping-hook ngbtly handled seen u b< .
brings it it. Several years ago. rice was exten- neyer faUa „
sively culivated throughout this section and Mr w F SikM recently rec «ved
perhaps two-thirds of the farmers raised what from a firm 0 f seedsmen, ten pounds
they needed for their own
ston presiding.
Sunday was a perfect day. as 1
weather, aqd a large -congregation wi
present; but there probably woul
have been many more in mttendanc
but for the fact that a bridge ne«
the church was undergoing repairs, were •
which rendered the causeway on that make
road impassable. The "Horae Ford." ha* bi
mile or two away. • whisk•
suctorial Review Ptetoro
BANK Of TY TY
CAPITAL S8S.OOO.O*
When
■ even than that ia the fact i —— - -, —fr
, . . i We Pay Interest
-s are not learnutg ot drink, j
fhiskey was plentiful, there
n who considered it a joke to
boy, even a child, drunk. It
i some years since that, for
was scarce and costly, even
Tb). Be .1* Goa
ML Calvary is a new church, and in local option day*, and tnen
the congregation seems to be full of net wasting it for a joke. Occas
zeal and entbuamam. The church ally there wan a misguided father
■building i* a batter one than most thought he ought to share his whis-
congregations in the country own. key wit^ 1iis big son, buflte doesn't
and- there i* a large Sunday school have the whiskey to share now.
and what is very unusual in the Of coarse there are violali
country a missionary society. Rev the law—of any law—bat in a
Mr. Hines is the pastor and Mr. generation or two. violated
Langston, who preached Sunday bone-dry law is now. there ’
morning, is the presiding elder no need for such n law. for
Among the visitors was Rev. A. not raising any drunkards.
W. Rees . President of Sparks Col- It was whiskey that first
DO BUSINESS AT HOME
ho | -
of
The Ty Ty Dreg Co.
ther
• Ty a bad name; with the
whiskey, there i
with
SCHOOL OPENS
JONES-CONGER.
Ty Ty school has been very un
fortunate within the past four or Miss B
fivS months. A^er much time and Conger i
work had been spent to raise the r
money for two extra grade* and se-
i cure the services of Mr. Dowd a*
with a surplus of cabbage seed, for which he paid ^ Principal, th* staW a f jjr. Dowd's
DRUGS AND DRU6IIS1S'
SUNDRIES
Prescriptions A Specialty
School Books
and Supplies
i
FOR SALE.
1 Berkshire Pius- S. C. B. Leg
horn Chickens, and Milk
Cows. I also buy good,
fat cows and hogs.
W. F. SIKES, Ty Ty, G*.
TOLERABLY GOOD NOW
Sehpol opened, however, with
rho -remember these things and count theta* For several years, sorghum syrup
., , , ,, I was seldom heard of, much less seen;
among tl* treasure, of the dead past.—Savan-! ^ ^ ^ ^
llJfcesa . year—probably brought to life by ell. Miss Jordan and Mrs. Cottle
: I the food-crop doctrine. In the h«y- their^espqctjve places, — •* *
A LITTLE TOBACCO CROP d*y of this product, there was a song
* * » I that said of Georgia girls, “They'—
reet as sorghum lasses,” a: Mallnrv „ araln ,
~ M -" orv '* a “ ,n ^'
From Savannah Morning News.
JudreTB?'CkmenU oTlriinville received j «■““ . p,, " n ' «
5 000 for hi, cron th. other dav. Cotton? V"P- ““ C"' 1
$18,000 for his crop the other day. Cotton? j ;
No( at all: tobacco. The Tifton Gazette says, the ** Ty mi,rket -
that he has also “enough hogs to make meat j K ti>at baby <*f Mr. and
for all of Irwin county.” and a crop of hay. Charlie Willis shbuld continue to
• L' il ' — - . »• * V. —:n V-
Mr. Durant Herrington in charge of It is not a spirit of enmity that
the principal's grade. Miss Jessie In- wc rake up old grievances with Eng-
teaehing the next and MLa V- w- |and but not onIy to brinK out th,
contrast between what our country
Dowd overlooking the whole. This was and what it is—a sort of “point-
arrangement is to continue till the ing with pride.” In our early his-
1 ‘ d principal's arrival. Miss Mattie Zoa tory as a hation, an English writer.
*" Mallory is again, in charge of the describing what would have been the
music departments utter worthlessness of a thing undar
^ certain circumstances, said “it would
1 SATISFACTORY SUBSTITUTES have become a mere United States
' security.' These United States se-
When Mr. H- B. SchwalL -of Route i eurities in bilHon-dollar lota.
A. PARKS,
Groceries. Dry Goods Etc..
Caskets, CofTins.
Ty Ty, Georgia.
M. A. WOODARD Sc. CO„
General Merchandise
Ty Ty, Ga.
worth nearly as much as the tobacco. The hay «rr° w »t his present rate, he Will be 3 T T hi, farm to Mr * M to be tolerably good Just at
! . .1 . , tt • _ t .1 Ik, Q,v,n Wnn(l»n hv the . •
grows where the tobacco grew. He is a farmer one of the Seven Wonder* by the
of the right sort. He is helping to bring money time he is twenty-one. He had a
into South Georgia with strictly money crops start of twelve pounds wherr he
and is "growing meat” and cattle feed. too. reached tbta planet and now. at
He is one of the many Georgians who are work- three months, a stranger would.think
to m»ke this state the best agriculturally in he might be picking cotton. With it
. . ml .1 I * * -■ *•• V . a...«, - ,11 I., it . tiv-i,—Kt
Varner, some of the advocates fo
cottpn-at-aU-bazards said he “had to"
because he planted no cotton and so
had no money. This view of the case
seemed to nmuso Mr Schwall eon-
iderably. He said he did not have'
If the United States is heaping any
coats of fire the recipients don't
seem to be aware of the fact
VARNER AND COMPANY
' Dealers In
Greceriea Dry Goods, Candies, Cl
Ts, Tobacco and Everything
so in the way of GsasVal
Merchandise.
•n’s Furnishings Sp Specialty.
the couWry- The time when Georgia-will be rec-;»H. he « a strong, bright, handsome any cotU)n> bvt.that A* had lotty-
ognized throughout tho United States as the Best rhild - . big hogs to kill, and ha thought that,
place in the country to live is getting appre- Mr. W. E. Williams avoided what was a mighty good substitute for eot-
ciably nearer. The signs of its coming are mul- might have been a serious automo- ton —provided the boll weevils left
tipljiing. Who cannot see them is blind indeed, bile alcident in Tifton last Friday. any of thaL He says he does not
l_ i>y a partial sacrifice of his car. expect to plant any cotton next year. {
PUBLISHER'S ANNOUNCEMENT. As he came around a corner he either, -and that he sold his farm be- !
From the Albanv Herald. ! c,me up "*** • nKles "7* ‘.?° th ' c,u “ il '*'** to ° ,m,n p ® w,nlJ,
- • hug been The er car - Each made a sudden turn, more stock and more feed.
collision and the other in addition to stock "Teed, Mr.
being a small one, escaped dam- Schwall has all the food he needs
Mr. Williams' car. a seven- *t home and some to spare. He seams
CITY CASH MARKET
C. W. Willi., Propri.tar
Fresh Meats, Fish and Produce
Swift's products a spec'alty
"The Sanitary Market"
Ty Ty. Georgia.
J. G. Herring, who
Herald’^ city editor for nearly two years past, to »’
has resigned the position and will return to Tif- r * r 1
ton in a dav or two. to resume work with his
father on the Tifton Gazette. Mr. D. L. Gibson passenger Studebaker. was less for- perfectly satisfied with his no-cotton
comes to US from the Bainbridge Post-Search- tan»ta. It went into a ditch, anash- experiment, and certainly he is bet-
And the mock sympathy'thaTU beTng]Light, to take Mr- Herring's p#ce. **; • * nd K t " Uti ;* ,n axle ' ter °“' f"”?*
‘ for them—which helps only the kaiaM- 1 Mr- Herring leaves us because he feels that but nobody wa. hurt. The car w.s pnee. of food than lf he had made
than wasted, since it only tends £5 his fathgr needs him. and we give him up with left in Tifton for repair., Mr and . good crop of cotton, and very Ht-
task harder. I regret, for »e has been a very faithful and cap- Mrs. WiUiam. returning to Tj Ty tie tin, u the rule used to be.
• in khaki are all right, to the last able man oh The Herald’s Staff. He carries with Mr. Jos. Baker and hi. family. I Farmer* are finding numerous sub-
aon of them—and their spirit is all'with him thp confidence and personal esteem of jBoth parties had been to attend th. .titutes for what was one* regarded
‘ aa true as tha Steel of their bayonets! everybody connected with The Herrld. .Primitive Baptist *«rric# in Tifton. ( a* our only money crop—cotton.
W. B. PARKS
Cotton Broker. Ty Ty, Ga.
Highest prices paid, for cotton
at anv season.
DR. R. R. PICKETT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Ty Ty, Ga.
DR. F. B. PICKETT,
Physician ai.d Surgeon.
Tt Ty, Ga.
i
CONGER AND ROSS
Ty Ty, Ga.
Drugs, Seeds, Stationery and
Toilet Articles
Ice Cream; when the weather is
warm. Cold drinks all the tj m *-
DR. dARL S. PITTMAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone No. 7.
Ty Ty. Georgia.
E. J. COTTLE,
SHINGLES FOR SALE
BUY BIRECT FROM MILL AN1
SAVE MIDDLEMAN’S
PROFIT
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