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ftbtUM W«Ul
ijette
: NEW LIBERTY LOAN.
Entered at the Postoffice at Tifton, (
mm mail ipatter of the second class.
Jbo. L. Herring
. Editor and Manager
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia
SATURDAY NIGHT.
Cane Chewing Time.
Sugar cane is ripe for chewing in South Geor
gia. Here in God’s Country the sugar cane is
not the vulgar article of commerce which made
the wealth of the Havemeyers, the Sprecklea,
'and their associates. Here it furnishes the juice
which, while it inebriates not. is the delight of
the poor, the solace of the wealthy and the com
forter of the troubled heart.
-It is at this season the » dinner-horn has an
added charm fdr the South Georgia boy. Its
welcome sound calls him homeward, with his
cotton tack slung across his shoulder, his throat
dry from the rays of the sun. husky with the
dust of the fiWd and the lint of the staple which
he has been gathering. Hungry though he
may be he veers frotn,the homeward path when
the cane-patch fence h neared. With eager
feet he climbs the barrier'and with discerning
eye selects from the waiting rows the stalk
promising the largest yield of treasured sweet
ness. From it the blades are stripped .with
careful attention to^the irritating fuzar and
loud snap proclaims the treasure his.
Again to the rail fence, with careful selec
tion of a panel with a flat rail on top. Then,
with heels firmly braced in the cracks below,
ignoring protesting stone-bruises if any there be.
the ready barlow knife prepares the feast.
Carefully the peel is removed and a round of
juicy pulp is ready. Then with distended
jaws and chin uptilted to prevent waste of
good cheer, the-eyes rolled heavenward in ec
stasy. the willing teeth do their duty and nature
pays rich tribute to industry. Nimble Bacchus
never bore sweeter nectar to Jove, nor graceful
slave poured more delicious drink for Lucul-
lus’ guests.
The boy may be a man now. even past middle
age, but he nfcver passes a patch of sugar-cane ii
maturity thajt his mind does not return to the
days gone by when it represented one of the
best things of life. That is why so many Southern
business men of today will stop automatically
at sight of a sidewalk display of kugar-cane and
the right hand unconsciously go to the pocket
that once carried the true and tried barlow.
Just why the chewing of sugnr-Cfne is disap
pearing before modern custom it is bard to say.
It affords health and pleasure alike to old and
young, where the nppetite has been cultivated
and the condition of teeth will allow its indul
gence The juice, as obtained by chewing the
cane, is a panacea for dyspepsia and kidney
troubles and as a tonic and flesh builder for
weak children it has no superior. It is at this
time of the year that, in the land of the sugar
cane, the child who hast grown sallow, thin and
weak during the stress and heat of the summer
acquires flesh, rosy, cheeks and goatlike spirits,
and all trace of “worms.” that bane of Cracker
childhood, disappears. The sugar-cane does
the work. No medicine could accomplish the
wonder in so brief a period-
Perhaps we no longer chew cane because we
are too busy doing something less useful. A
large element of our population, too. has never
lu.own.it. ddfcht. r»rt of thi, m.y b« do. to b
tl.. foot thnt much of the .u*„r cane put on the lt „ s „ m< .
market is not the best for chewing. The cane,
dark red in color, or red with alternate stripes
of yellow, while sweeter is not the most desir
able variety for chewing. The best has a green
. ... i _ j is so mitt that it is subject to-taxes only on the
.petf. wr n peel of alternate stnpes af■ green and. “ u ?;ir ^. u .
An aggressive campaign will start in Georgia
Monday for the purpose of selling the jjfrtion ?
aUptted to this state of the second installment of i
Liberty Ronds. The books for thia bond sub-
Ikription will close October 27th, leaving just
three we*ks or 18 working days in which to
place>be three billion dollar issue.
EveI 7 fcdication is that the amount will be
ovt?-subaiibed and in anticipation of this the
Treasury baa. announced that it reserves the
right to accept half of the over-subscription,
which mikes it probable that the sale will
amount t« four billion dollars. Small subscrip
tions will be especially encouraged for it is plan
ned to ttach people who did not subscribe to
the first issue. The fact that the new bonds
will pay 4 per cent interest. 1-2 per cent more
than the bonds sold in June, is expected to help
greatly ia making the sale popular. Already
large suife have been subscribed by individuals
or concerns with much capital to invest but-as
vtafl the ease of the first issue, it is the intention
>f the Traasury Department to place the majori
ty of th* bonds among people who ordinarily
do not invest in such securities—that is, people
of moderate means, especially wage earners.
"The 4 per cent bonds will run 25 years and
will be fi» e from taxation imposed by the United
states, or any state, ^ir by any local taxing au
thority, except federal estate or inheritance
taxes, graduated additional income tax, and
war-profta tax. Regardless of the amount of
the bomb bought by an individual or corpora
tion, theinterest on the first $5,000 worth will
be exempted from all taxation. Where pur-
effosera exceed $5,000 worth, the interest on the
excess wJl be subject to the federal income sur
tax. Tie bonds may be bought on the partial
payment plan—2 per cent at time of subscrip
tion, 18 per cent on November 15. 40 per cent
op Decembef J . and 40 per cent on January
15, 1918 The new bunds will have the cover
sion privilege, but, if converted at all. they
must be converted into the issue immediately
t'ollowint them. They differ somewhat in this
particular from the 3 1-2'S marketed in June;
which nay be converted into any future issue
whatever. The 3 1-2's thus have two advan
tages as investments over the forthcoming 4's—
absolute Immunity from taxation and an unre
stricted conversion privilege. 1 It is not believ
ed, hosfcver. that the new 4’s will suffer on
that acciunt. People of moderate means will
not, to aiy extent be subject to the income sur
taxes, wBe the higher interest rate of 4 per cent
must be a special attraction to them compared
with thefirst Liberty Loan. The people who
subscribe! for lots of the 3 1-2’s under $10,000
covered $1.856.700.000, and the 4’s are not
going to look uninviting to them because rich
yellow. This variety is soft and juicy, and once
its taste is acquired it is a source of delight-
A South'Georgia farmer has had an illustra
tion of the public mistake in the quality of sugar
cjiite. With an unusually fine crop he decided to
mpply the Atlanta jiwIeTTiia p^TpTe rr . rf -, aa b a ta™; w„ hop. to Tifton
ritato-^tastoqt rill auulll auulU Ufu: wf.*, T Hf county do their sh.re toward, thi,
end.
them would have to pay surtaxes
■me. The 3 1-2’s already sold have
above par. on Saturday selling at the
•e of 100.30. The demand for these
mg the very wealthy accounts eon-
or their rise in price,
comes at an opportune time for this
le there is a good deal of money in
People with products to sell at
ices have the opportunity to invest a
proceeds in something that will not
in value but be a standard and profit
able invaiment. We hope at least a portion of
the monv derived from this season’s cotton,
beas and hog crops will be invested in
bonds. &ch investments would be first of all
patrioticrfcut would also encourage thrift and
establish an account to which savings could be
added
more dominate the investment mhrkct. Some
people dpcised the first war loan on the ground
thaf riel; people could escape the Federal in
come taiT>y investing therein. The nov/ issue
large anbunts which hit the rich alone. They
are thenfore the ideal investment for the poor
man anfithc lerms.breasy payment put them
within tie reach uf-wery poor man. woman or
child wlp wants to buy.
The btBds-mttst be marketed-for the nation’s
NG ITS WAY
it the Second District Agricultural School
should be able to add $2,600 to its building
equipment in one year and pay off an old debt
of $3,500 is the best evidence of the progressive
vet conservative manner in which the school is
managed and the rapidity with which it is win
ning its way in the highaopinion of the people of
the District.
Only three of the eleven district schools open
ed their terms when this school opened. It has
given the people of the state one year’s service
more than eight of its fellows and has maintain
ed from the first a standard second to none-
It has operated for ten years without asking
or receiving any special favors or appropriations
from the state. Some of the schools got legisla
tive appropriations for a dining hall; ttag
school built its own hall and asked no help. oth?
era have asked for special-appropriations for ex
tra buildings and equipment; this school has
provided for its needs so far as was possible
within the limited regular appropriations. Ad
ded to this, with the same yearly sum which the
state gives to all the district schools, alike, it has
cared for a student body from 20 to 80 per cent
larger than two-thirds of similar institutions in
Georgia.
But the state owes this school, as a matter of
right, approximately $6,000 in cashTSnce the
buildings were erected they have been kept in
sured and the insurance premiums paid out of
its appropriations for expenses. Under the law.
the governor should insure all state buildings
for 50 per cent of theic value and pay the. pre
miums out of the general fnnds. • Therefore the
Second District School has been paying money
from its own fund, which should have been paid
by the state, and for which the State should
reimburse it--
Several efforts have been made to have the
state refund the money thus paid for fire in
surance premiums, but they have so far met
with nothing but indefinite promises. A great
many of the schools do not keep tlieir buildings
insured. Last year on? of them lost its main
academic building and the Legislature vyas
ed for $25,000 to rebuild it; this was given. Had
a building at the Second District School
burned the insurance would have in part cover
ed the loss and it'would not have been neces
sary toa^k the State fy a large appropriation.
Therefore, the money which has been paid for
insurance is justly due to be returned to the
school. —.
GERMAN STRENGTH WANING
The repeated success of Gen. Haig’s drives.
EN SEASON FBI DEED,
POSSUMS ANO SQUIRRELS
G corgi* huntsmen can now kill ca*
squirrels, o'pooani, migratory ducki,
mjirsh hens and deer of either sex
u this is the open season in Georgia
U>t the game mentioned.
week after week, cutting mile after mile into
the Hindenburg line, is evidence indisputable
that the German strength is waning.
Russia is helpless on the eastern line, and the
Austrians are again holding the Italians to a .^Attention of the huntera ia called
stalemate in the south so that the full German the following open seasons, bag
strength can be brought to oppose Haig in F)an- limit* and license fees as provided by
ders. Yet against the best that Germany can
do even when she has no other foe to distract
her attention, the British continue to gainrand
to gain steadily.
To create a diversion the German General
Staff threw the powerful weight of the left wing
of the combined armies against the French
lines west of Verdun, but the Frehch held fast,
although for more than a week they held only
by straining every resource in men and guns.
Failing to move the French, the Germans again
turned to face the British, only to meet three
successive defeats in as many weeks.
When Haig first began burning million^ of
dollars’ worth of shells and losing 100.000 men
month in a drive to clear the Germans from
the Channel coast before winter, it looked like
hopeless.task. Now, it appears that he will
succeed.
With the Germans forced away from the Eng
lish Channel and their submarine bases thereon
lost to them, the seas will be safer for Allied
shipping this winter and perhaps the lives of
many American soldiers will-he saved. With
the coming of spring when America
have half a million men in the field, what hope
can Germany have to retain her hold on France
and Belgium, when she cannot hold her own
against the British now?
It is probably a long way to peace yet. but
those who insist'that it is coming into sight may
not "be so far wrong. If so British guns have
blasted the way. and British blood has paid the
price. The lion was slow to get into actii
he is leaving no grounds for complaint now that
he is in.
, the Georgia law:
"Open Swob.."
Deer, either »ex, Oct 1 to Dec. 1.
Cat eqoirreU, Oct 1 to March 1.
O'possum, Oct 1 to March 1.
Quail or Bob White, Wild Turkey*,
r Plover*. Nov. 20 to March 1.
Dove*. Aug. 1-Sl inc. Nov. 20 to
March 1.
Woodcock. Wood or Summer Duck,
Dec. 1 to Jan. 1.
Migratory duck*, S^pt 1 to Apr.
10.
Snipe. National Law, Nor. 1 to
Feb. 1.
Marsh hens, National Law. Sept 1^
:o Dec. I.
Bag Limit.
Deer, 2 in one season. ,
Cat squirrel*. 15 ia one day.
Quail, Dove*. Summer or Wood
Duck, Woodcock. Snipe and all game
tiirds except Migratory Ducks. 25 in
ic day.
Migratory ducks 50 in one day.
Absolute protection is given, for
period of years, to Fox Squirrels,
urns. Pheasant*, Grouse and all
lported game birds and animals.
LI---;; F.«.
o resilient- good in tuAv,* coun
ty only $1.00
o resident!. good in any cann-
ty in '•'tatc only • $3.00
o non-resident*. -M any
county $15.00
THE NEGRO SELECTMEN
Whei
the first contingent of negro select
men was called into training camps October
3rd, a new epoch for the colored race
United States was marked. *
Heretofore, the ngro a^,a citizen has been
a dependent. All he has was given him; white
. . men fought for his freedom; white men paid for
If the school had the money the state owes it. 1 ednention; white men paid, for his govern-
needed buildings could be providetL With a ment—leaving him to purchase with his own la-
building accommodate the departments of
Home-Economics, Music and Expression
congestion in the-dormitories would be relieved.
With a suitable building for a machine shop the
structure at present used for that purpose - could
be turned into a tool shed, for lack of which
some of the school’s property is not being well
cared for.
The school had to turn away boarding stu
dents this year because.it did not haj-e dormitory
room- The work it is doing is of too great value
bor only the necessities of existence.
When the negro selectmen who went into
camp the pnst week return from the war, the
position of their race in the United States will
be changed. They will have fobght like the
white men for the salvation ol* their country;
for the perpetuation of its institutions'; for the
freedom of democratic principles; for the right
of a sovereign people to govern themselves. Hav
ing fought for it they will have a right to par-
pate in its privileges—not as dependents; not
r : ’!•?/''
So-! i.f'u-Ilc "liaU fry** liiw ainl ftli-r
Ti-ot.to.- Ur. C W. IMI.Ss; air. Str*t
fei. LrfiK. ill. l^ .lidv.
PEACE m M HOURS
Bvgier t your StnmBck Ailment*
another minute. What appear* to
be only minor Stnmn\rh .li*ordi«a
»sr often be rymptoi** of Cancer
*nd Ulcers of th.- Stomach and l»-
teatine*. Gall 9tonest 'Acute tu«ti-
restion, Aoto Intoxication. Yellow
-•undice, and other dingerous .alt-
p»»nt*. of which the sufferer is not
arwnre until too late. An ideal • pro
scription for overcoming qoAcklT
Stomach. Liver and rnte*tii nl Troub
lo i* Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy..
Million* of people have been reitor-
*d‘by-lt. One dos*. wifi PROVE that
Remedy i* for salt ~
Pharmacy.
to the sons and daughters of the farmers of this U, v the grace of a people of a superior race, but
section for such a state of affairs to continue. | hy the right of service—because they have
Let the state pay to this school the money'just-j p^;,! ^th their blood for the privilege o.f their
ly due. and its sphere of usefulness can be people as citizens.
broadened- 1 ' I Perhaps this phase of the matter has not been
! considered, at least not often, by those who in-
Due to Its subscription contest last summer 1 listed that the negroes should do 'heir part of
the Gazette added several hundred additional! the fighting. But it is a concrete fact, nnd when .
readers m the territory which Tifton mer- the war is over wilf present n new condition ofi
chants should cover for their fall trade. Nearly
all of it is competitive territory and if these mer
chants want the business of this territory they
must bid for it. The Gazette, daily and week
ly, offers the best medium for reaching these
people at the lowest cost. y
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.
ffairs with which the South must contend.t
a problem for the South to solve-
It is in keeping "with the fact that the South*
em white'man has always been the negro's trj-
cst friend that these new conditions should have
been brought about under a President Southern
bom and bred and in whose Cabinet Southern
blood predominates.
PROOF OF GERMAN PURPOSE
I From the New York Times:
This is what Vnn Goetz said to him, this i
From the Savannah Tkfornihg 'News.
On a certain day a photographer took a pn;-
ture of a steer. The animal was not-a-prixS-j whal Dewey.lri muUt of great responsibij-
winner for beauty of lines, for strength, or meat-..of -sack •fcr.ftt/ratftce
producing qualities. Instead it. was a horrible
example. Its ribs could be counted with th*
some expense he loaded a car with some of the
finest green-colored sugar cane ever seen in the
South. But - hen it » u» offered for sale thej Anothc chapter in the development of diversi-
Atlnntane .couldn't h»ve if. Because the peel | ..^..iturt In thi, section i, the Installu-
“ v'» ™ |OT »ffirmed it was not ripe lion of , roller ml|I at Ashburn. Gradually
»nd told him to take it back home «nd wait for lhe>( , for converting wheat into flour erh
it to turn red. springinf up ail over this sectioo of the state.
tNote—The above was written for .the Suv»o-! aIia wi trthom win come increased interest in
anh Morning News in 1912. It was also pub- w p eat gpwing. Once here we expect them to
liehed in the Gagette at that time. Its incorpora- becam , ^anent institutions and that the day
tion in the Saturdnv night stories is desired. wH| saolba part when this section will depend
therefore it is republished here, at this time , n anllthr part of the country for ita bread.
when the fields of cane are ready for the boy; T t
and his knife.) From Bidfnell News-Herald:
The d®il sat bv a large lake of fire on a pile
There Is quite a boom in rattle tick cradi- ?’ h "> d "oT
.. .. . ,, breast. US tail between hisjcgsj .Q.lo.oK oi
cation, according to.a goveramom rnporl. llelf. , hanl *wjTon hirtara'; the sparks gripped from
a million Southern herds arq being dipped y,j s e y C8 l^he had sent up his resignation to the
regularly in 20.000 vats- Mississippi led in this throne npin th/ skies. "J'm down and out" the
work and the legislatures of that state, and of devil said—ht*L«qid it with sob—"there are
Louisiana. Texas and Arkansas have joined with others that outclass me. and I want to quit the
Georgia in recent tick eradication laws. job. Hellfcn’t in it with the land that lies along
. the Rhine ;Tm a has-been and a piker, therefore
... , ,, . ^ I resign; of ammunition maker with his bloody
A Little H 1 of Their Own, So to Say. shot an ^ gjell knows more about damnation
We fnvor another secession. We desire to than all th^ imps of hell. Give my job to Kaiser
_ee the conscientious objectors against fighting William, th author of this War; he understands
in this war withdraw and form a government of it better a pillion times by far- I hate to leave
their own. Of course their cabinet will have the old hoc e, the spot I love so well, but I fegl
so eecretary of war. They will have no army that I’mjte up-to-date in the art of running
and no pohee-—Covington News. hell.” |
arried on its hide a small army of enemies
licks. On another day only two months later
the same steer was posed for a-second photo
graph. Its ribs were covercxl with a generous
layer thnt concealed rather than revealed them.
The caverns in the region of its-hip bones had
been reduced to the gentle hollows that mean
good health. Its countenance was the abode
of peace. And on its skin was nowhere a sign
of a tick. The weight of the steer when the
first picture was'made was 730 pounds, mostly
bone. Its weight when the second picture was
tu need a full report to the navy department:
:: !•") yars fr> m now my country will
Ita.countenance wa« satl-and-foriom. Its- «t a rt~n“gTeat~war. She will be in Paris about
hip boncs vvcrc r jginfully prominent.- And it nvn months aTterfh. • commencement of hostfB-
— a- - -—" 1„„ ^ H( * move on Paris will be but a step to her
real object—the crushing of England. Some'
months after we finish our work in Europe we
will take New York, and probably Washington,
ajul hold .them for some time. We will put your
country in its place with reference to Germany.
We do not purpose to take any of your terri
tory, but we do intend to take a billion or so of
your dollars from New York and other places.!
The Monroe doctrine will be taken charge of;
by us. and we will dispose of South America as
vish. Don't forget this, about 15 years
made was 1,015 pounds, and the increase was f rpm now.'
cl >!£*Ty meat- There the report has lain in the naval archives |
Tins IS not fiction, but fact. The pictures avar , iacc _ -About J5. years from now" wasi
were made for the United States Department of
Agriculture. It seems impossible that anyone
should lobk at the two pictures and fail to ap
preciate what the tick eradication means, what
folly it is to try to raise cattle profitably while
feeding the ’fick. too, and how easy it'is tom-
Weaso rapidly ami greatly the value per head
of Georgia, cattle. The bad exarriple steer was
converted into a-reasonably good example beef
animal by merely ridding it of ticks. It gained
258 pounds in two month*, or 4 2-3 -pounds a
day. This steer was worth at least $30 more
when the second photograph was- taken than
when the first picture was taken.
In Georgia and Florida on Jan. 1. 1915 the
average value of cattle was placed at $18. while
in eighteen tick-free states the average was $50.
South Georgia counties have begun none too
soon the eradication of the tick. Opportunely,
too, it has become necessary to transfer much
fine stock from Texas to Georgia to save it from
starvation.
l-.H ’,. Germany intended to launch her attack!
in lh:;t year, as is proved by the revelations (
made, by the Italian government of the propos-j
a Is -l.i'le to it to join in an invasion of Serbia in4
(hat vt-nr Italy refosrd. hut the invasion was.
mi l.▼"We will put your country in
ts place.” said Von Goetz in 1898. “After the
war America had better look out.” said the Kai
ser to Ambassador Gerard in 1915.
Any man who still says that this war is not
a' var of self-defense, a war against invasion, is
either proof against facts by reason of the con
struction of his brain or has full possession of his
riao.ning powers and is serving the enemy. *i
Despite the short crop, the champion cotton
picker is again with us. The Ocilla Star brings
forward a negro boy fourteen years old who
picked 205 pounds in leas than five hours.
1 urn him loose in the beanfield now.