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THE TIPTON GAZETTE. TIFTQM, GA. FRIDAY. I
t 19. 1917.
TLbe Litton <5a3Cttc
Published Weekly \
Entered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
M mail matter of the second class.
Jno. L. Herring
Editor and Manager
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia
SATURDAY NIGHT.
GEORGIA WHEAT WEEK
5*"
Sweet Potato Pie-
Writes a friend from Gainesville. Fla.
My Dear John:—Sunday was a bright beau
tiful day. I was up early “"d went to Sunday
school and church, came home and had a good
dinner; went out on the front poreh .o m.
rocker and the Times-Umon and felt plumb
satisfied and contented, ruminating about them
poor little Belgian babies suffering just for the
want of a piece of bread, and here I was living
in a land of plenty, and nothing to bother pie,
when the Gazette was brought tn. Of course I
laid the T-U aside and nailed on to the. Gazette
and there was "Saturday Night" and 'Apple
Dumplings." Now, John; I'm telling you straight
from the shoulder, you hadn't orter put such
things in the papers. Just think about the dis
satisfaction and discontented folks the aPP le
dumplings and butter sauce has made. Now.
John; I want you to think over this matter care-
fully and prayerfully and mend your ways. If
you had been born twenty years sooner, there
U no telling what you would be putting in the
paper how. But I say. John: did you ever eat
any old-time 'tater pie. with the proper trim
mings? If not—well; I won’t tell you about it.
If I did, you would feel as bad as I did.
Shades of ancient, fabled feasters:
Hover o'er us, while we try;
To tell, in feeble, halting English
The joys of Sweet Potato Pie.
Friend, when you said Sweet Potato Pie. you
spoke 4 mouthful, so to apeak. Back, fort}
years and more you carry us on the fleeting
wings of memory, to the big. open fireplace, the
iron spider with its three legs and-ringed lid,
and the fire of dry pine Bap and corn-cobs, for
it is there that the sweet potato ripened into lux
urious perfection.
The day was still young when the Boy follow
ed Mother out to the potato patch, a quarter of
an acre down by the big field, where early in
the spring the cows had been penned on the new
land. Now the vines, purple green, covered
the high ridges, and it was only by parting them
that the cracked soil, at the roots showed where
the potato was making room for itself to attain
full growth. There we scratched with a dis
carded fork, tty? potato being found just beneath
the surface. The dirt cleared away until a
hand-hold could be had. and the big. corruga
ted skinned tuber was pulled out, swelling with
stored nutrition. Only a few minutes, and
enough for the day's need was in the handled
basket She carried.
Back to the well in a corner of the kitchen
yard, and the potatoes were washed and washed
again until their skins glistened; then to the
kitchen where she sat in the door and peeled and
sliced them with a table-knife, while the.Boy
sat by and ate juicy parts. The sliced portions
were carefully washed again, for although \
knew nothing of germs and little of sanitation
in those days; if cleanliness is really next to
godliness, then our people were godly, both by
precept and example, when it came to cooking.
Dough made from the small hoard of flour
was rolled thin and cut into strips about two
inches wide. A fire of corn-cobs had been slowly
heating the spider on the tnblet in the fireplace.
This spider was taken from the fire, thrice
wiped clean, then greased with lard and the
strips of dough laid in crosswise, covering the
bottom and extending halfway up the sides. In
inis nest a layer of potatoes was placed, then
over these sugar, spice, cinnamon, grated orange
pr lemon peel and grated nutmeg; then another
'layer ofrpotatoes. more -sugar---and condiments,
until the spider was half filled. Across the top
nf the potatoes strips of dough about an inch
wide formed a lattice work, t.hrough which in
cooking the juice bubbled.”’ Tl\e Hd was re
placed. the spider mounted again on the triblet,
corn-cob ebaU heaped on the lid and under
neath and time left to do the rest.
When dinner came and the fir it ancL-neces-
aary stick-to-the-ribs victuals were put away,
tbe potato pie was brought in. On a big, deep
fish with a blue border, the crust crisp, the
potatoes tender and seasoned.through, add out
of all oozing a purplish jujice as sweet as nectar
and tasting of the spices of India, the whole
sending out an aroma that brought the water to
your mouth and a sigh of anticipation.
Georgia Wheat Week began Monday. From
October 15th to 20th inclusive has been desig
nated by the Fedecul Food Administrator for
Georgia ns Wheat Week, and he requests that
it be observed by farmers all ovef the state by
the preparation of the land or the planting on
every farm of at least enough wheat for home
consumption. From three'to five acres'should
supply the average family of five.
The National and State Councils of Defense
have outlined a program which calls for the
sowing of 47,337,000 acres of wheat in the Unit
ed States the coming season, and of this Geor
gia’s share is 786,000 acres. This will be doub
ling her acreage of this year which means that
for every farmer who made his own bread this
year, two should make next year. The food
conservation plans demand also that the a
age yield of ten bushels per acre
the past ten years should be increased. Even
the average would give Georgia something over
8.000,000 bushels if the contemplated acreage
is put in which would still be something less
than one million bushels below the ainount nor
mally consumed.
The Wheat Week compaign will be conduct-
in the different counties of the state by the
County Agents of the State College of Agricul
ture. Farmers in the sections best adapted to
wheat growing are urged to put in a small acre
age for market, besides that needed for their
own use. They are invited to confer with thje
County Agents as to seed selection and the best
methods of soj! preparation, planting 'and fer
tilizing.
Wheat growing has greatly increased in this
immediate section during the past two years
and with a rolling mill at Tifton that of Tift
county should be.quadrupled this season. Pres
ent prices of flour make wheat, especially for
home consumption, a much more profitable crop
than cotton and the farmer who does not~put
in a small wheat acreage is not consulting his
own interests. For those desiring information
on the subject, Prof. Lewis of the Agricultural
School has issued a small leaflet giving all need
ed details.
THE VELVET BEAN MARKET.
THE RIGA OBJECTIVE.
Although the velvet bean, market Is not yet, The German demonstration at the mouth of
open, it was the opinion of the members of the the Gulf of Riga doubtless has two objectives:
Velvet Bean Millers Association, at their meet- To make more secure the left flank of the Ger-
ingjn Montgomery. Ala., the past week, that man army and to furnish occupation for the dis-
premature and ill-considered estimates of the satisfied and revolting seamen on the German
tonnage value of velvet beans as recently pub- 4 fleet.
lished are doing much harm. These publics-1 It is very doubtful if it is German intent tq
tions placed the market value of the beans far advance on Petrograd just now. Winter ap-
above their actual worth and gave the growers: proaches and the prize can hardly be worth the
an altogether wrong idea concerning same, price and the risk. But it is plain that Germany
This will, it is feared, cause, a misunderstand- intends to take as much from Russia " Un
ing between the growers and the millers which
will work harm to the industry.
The millers are anxious^ pay every cent that
beans are worth- It isffhBre to their interest
that the industry prove a success than to the
growers, because their investments are greater.
Therefore, while the matter of price was not
mentioned in the meeting, it was the expressed
determination of the millers to pay every cent
the market value of their product would allow,
less the cost of milling and marketing.
None of the millers had bought any beans yet.
as the crop is not ready. Beans, like corn,
must be thoroughly dry before they can be
ground. There is an immense crop this year in
Alabama as well as in South Georgia but a great
portion of it will be used for stock feed, in view
of the high prices of meat- The situation in
Southern and Eastern Alabama is now what we
may expect here in a year or so, because there
they have qo cotton, or practically none, and
feed and grain crops are depended upon for
money. Also, there is considerably more cnpital
invested in bean and feed mills there than in
this section.
The millers regard their business as a work' of
development and therefore an educational or
They only ask that the producers inform thei
selves as to the fact in the case before jumping
to conclusions as to market values. There is
more mony in velvet beans at'the price the mil
lers can afford to pay than in cotton and they
are much more desirable a crop, from
standpoint. If you have beans to sell, first talk
the matter over with your miller.
vith safety while the country is comparatively
helpless. Next spring may have a different
tale to tell if Russia's army is reorganized or the
Japs send forces to her relief. Germany very
much desires the Baltic ports and she may take
them and probably also the Russian fleet while
the taking is eaay-
To appease clamor aJ^Kome Germany is sadly
in need of a victory; especially a naval one.
Because of this a dash may be expected into the
North Sea and another trial at a division of the
British fleet, as we saw off Jutland in May. 1916-
Or Germany may content herself with n land
and naval victory over the Russians who are
just now shining marks for those desiring con
quest
NEW POSTAL RATES IN EFFECT ON NOV. 2
Following is an outline of the v new postal
rates to go into effect Nov. 2:
Letters and other first-class matter) (except
drop letters). 3 cents for each ounce^fr fraction
l cents for each-ounce or frac-
of an ounce.
Drop letters. :
tion o( an ounce.
A jfc-op letter is one that is mailed for deliv
ery fn>m the post office at which it is posted.
The tfcop letter rate applies to all letters for de
livery on rural routes from the post office at
which letter is mailed. There is no drop rate on
any natter except letters.
Lefters addressed to other post offices in the
United States, to Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Pana
ma aid Shanghai City (China), or to any other
destinations to which the dorpestic rates ap
ply. also othel first class matter addressed for
deliver to anydestinatioils to which the do
mestic rates appiyTWfllbe subject to the rate
of 3 rents
Postal cards for any address will be sub
ject to 2 cents postage.
In all cases postage should be fully pre
paid.
The government cotton report for September
28th shows a slight increase in precentage of the
crop in this section compared with the crop of
1916, over that published one month before
The August report showed the crop of this im
mediate section only a little over 50 per cent of
the crop last y'eqr. while the September report
shows it to be nibch more than 50 per cent
The figures by counties are: Berrien, 5,168 for
.1917, compared with 9.040 for 1916; Coffee,
10,830 compared wjth 11,733; Colquitt, 10,071
against 15,548; Irwin 9,153 against 12,147; Tift
7.579 against 13.670; Turner. 11.723 against
13,957; Worth, 11.230 against 18.618. The
total for the state is 581.476 against 746.607.
It will be noted that the decrease in Tift is
greater than* that of any of the counties sur
rounding whieji is largely attributed to the
increased acreage in food stuffs here.
Editor .Marion Jackson will discontinue the
publication of The Way. a weekly of Atlanta
devoted to uplift work, having received an ap
pointment to take charge of Welfare Work
under the government, with headquarters in
Washington. In order to devote all of his
means and time to The Way, Mr. Jackson sold
his other property and gave up a profitable law
practice. His selection by the government to
.head-one.of its departments was a.fortunate one,
but Be will be missed in Atlanta and Georgia.
II,. was not always right, but he had the cour
age of his convictions and therefore the respect
of those who did not agree with -him*-'-
The approaching advent of 3-cent letter post
age has. already brought out many .schemes to
economize in correspondence. The chamber
of commerce of one New England town recom-«
mends that the practice of sending back receipts
be discontinued where payment was made by
check. The suggestion appears to be both sen
sible and Well founded'. Cheap postage, like
other cheap things, tends toward extravagance.
SOLDIERS BUYING BONDS
; he
Soldiers in the National Army are «S !
buying liberally of Liberty Bonds.
This is an ideal investment for t/ie .nan in
camp who Is not obliged to send a portion of his
monthly pay to homefolks. Unleaa spme such
disposition is made of it the larger part of < ae
money the soldier receives monthly would prob
ably be spent for thingis of little valtfS ?r n«
necessity.
If the man who is in camp will buy a Libert}’
Bond and have a portion of his pay set aside
very month to pay for it. he wiU be fighting for
his country with his gun and with his money as
. At the same time he will be laying aside
a nice nest egg against the time when peace
comes and he returns home.
GAFTMSff- KAN CAMPAIGN
For Food CoBMrrtlioB Wook in
Till (Mutr-
A meeting, of the Militia District
Captains for the Tift County Food
Conservation Campaign was held
Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock tn the
office of CheimnaB B. Y. Wallace.
Thoso present were:
J. a Coek,.ot Chula.
C. R. Patrick, of Omega.
Bov. G. 3L WUHe, of Docla.
Mrs. FrantPickett, of Ty Ty.
Mrs. H. H. Adams Bad Mrs. Warm
Baker of Tifton.
The work was discussed informally
and plans were .made for an active
campaign foy -Food Conservation
Week, which starts Oct. 28th and
ends Nov. 4th.
On Sunday. October 28th, every
minister in Tift county, white
colored, is requested to preach 1
bjcct c| food conservation,
jmo request has been made to
isters throughout the country.
On account of physical in Or
Rev. C. M- Willis asked to be reBo-
•cd of active service and thle w»i
dona. Mr. W. M. Ponder was S(p-.
pointed in his stead as Captain fo*
the Docia .District.
Those in attendance wi.„ .
thusiastic over the work and an lntan-
sive and aggressive campaign In TOt
is promised. The service of then
called on is compulsory just as in
Selective Draft.
During the week beginning Oct 28,
cry housewife in Tift county anil
afroughout the country will be re
quited to sign one of the endoeed
cardev
TW United States Food
a
►
Many years ago in this section cattle, stealing
was comparatively common, as it was in the far
West during rustler days. Of recant years
little was heard of the.cattle thief except an
occasional depredator who killed on the\sfy
and sold to a market man. but the high price
of beef has brought him to the front again.
Recently there was a Conviction for cattle steal
ing in Coffee county; a rather sensational case
in Berrien and a case or two in Tift- The past
week in Colquitt Superior Court two weU known
young wh^fe men were convicted of cattfh steal
ing and drew chaingang setnences with h'eayy
alternative fines. Stealing cattle or hogs/:
almost like stealing money.
I pledge myself to use the practi-
il means within «ny power to aid
ie Food Aiministratalon in its ef
forts to conaerve the food suyyllee ok
the country, end, as evident* of my
irt, 1 wish to be enrolled with
youreclvea as a volunteer member od.
the Food Administration.
Clt, Stoto- f
There are no fees or duel. We
want your help, in the foies of your-
porsonai efforts to economize fooa
and your influence with others to
wards food economy and wise
trol of our national supply-
will give this help it will
cc to your country.
and wise com
supply. If yam
will be a direeR
ScaUi, Galls, Scratches. Soraa, Harts,
To make the best cure for such
troubles, buy a pint of Unseed oil.
If you prefer a heeling oil,
pound of hog lard or vaseline
: a salve and' add a SOc be
Farris Healing- Remedy. It
’t be beat by any salve or
ment made. And see what you
—a full pint for not over
Farris Healing Remedy is.sold by
on the Money Back Plan.
The revolt of German seamen at Wilhelms
haven, which reached such magnitude'that th<
aptain of one'ship was thrown overboard and
another imprisoned while the crew started for
Norway, the Kaiser, later going to the scene,
may not have been a part of a peace movement,
as is assumed in some quarters. It was known
some time ago that there was much dissatisfac
tion in the German fleet on account of in
activity, and that officers and men were clamor
ous for a chance at the enemy. It is more than
probable that ^he revolt was because the sea
men were anxious to take, an active part in’the
war. rather than because they were -part of a
peace movem'ent- If this was the case, the or
der of the Kaiser to have* every seventh man
shot was rather drastic and It was well that it
was tempered with mercy at the suggestion of
Premier Michaelis.
Friends of the "Tall Sycamore of the Flint,"
wflj be glad to learn that Judge VV, N-Spence
has returm-d tg South Georgia, He has been in
Alaska nearly four years as United States Dist
rict Attorney, but resigned his position three
months before his term of office expired to come
•back home. His home paper, the Camilla Enter
prise, says the Judge made a fin? record
public official, instituting many reforms in Alas
ka. He has extensive farming interests in
Mitchell and-will devote his time to agricultural
pursuits.
District Exemption Board No. 1. for the Sou-
a hard time keeping its official body intact.
Twice the Secretary was changed, and now
comes the news that D. M- Bradley, of Hagan,
THE FAKIR IN OUR MIDST-
And with full plates, your feet automatically From the -Telfair Enterprise,
spread out oKtucked up on the rungs of your The Fakir j s due in our midst. Good times - . . F T rnmer whn ri>
. • ijb-_.ii,. always brings a sprinkling of the ghb-tongued named as a successor to E. T. Comer, who re
chair, }°u humped yourself, literally and figur- . He mav have some sort of book, it signed the Chairmanship some time since, has
atively, and withjknife .nd fork or spoon pn.d * ...safety mm opener. it m»y be . ne'slrf^ipod,, serve. md-thenuthorlties are on the
™mnybe.rssnr.^tnhin.UonIoitWKr aonther man. The work dr the
Board is 'badly behind, and these frequent
tribute for ail timeloily? su-eet.potato as A deli-,
cacy. to the cooker}' of a'day when the art was
handed down from mother to ’daughter and to
posterity, and when the cooking-spider was the
medium through which all pies worthy the
name came.
Do we remember Sweet Potato Pie?
only wish fbr the sake of our peace of mind
that we could forget it.
The Dalton Citizen is sixty-seven years old.
It passed through the War Between the States,
and through six or seven fires, without haring
missed an issue except on holidays. A great
and,good work can be done by a newspaper in
two-thirds of a century, and ita mission the Citi
zen has well filled. \ ' 73 r““ r
of some sort, but he is coming and don’t forget
that. And don’t forget this—whatever he
selling your local dealer can sell it as cheap or
cheaper, and remember also, that your local
dealer is going to remain here and will,' there
fore, have to make good if ne sells you some
thing that is worthless. A news item coming
from Moultrie tells of the most flagrant case of
faking we have heard of. A man has been
making the rounds down that way claiming to
re-charge lightning rods. Others have been
selling stock in various supposed-to-be corpora
tions, merely giving a receipt for the money
paid in, telling the purchaser that the "stock”
would be issued as soon as the books were
opened, while still others are peddling out the
old-reliable patent medicines, guaranteeing to
cure everything the human system is subject to
suffer *
changes do not promote efficiency.
CABBAGE SEED
The Lung Gland C.jbage I
rop is only about 25 per cent 1
lormal and therefore Long 1
ced can not-be'had. There is plea
have on their!*>' °f Western cabbage seed, but
Really, Tobe Shope of the Dalton Citizen
will never attain his proper place in the Crack
er line-up until he dwells in God’s Country lor
awhile. In his ignorance of the good things of
world, he compares the ordinary pumpkin
which,.even Yankees"edn - .
tables, with the apple dumplings of thjLdear do- j?dow not ,ure‘ taat
parted .past. Here is what he say*, and it is ' mj , cat , Ui;Pi an(1 in wct „ *
enough to give him away: "Editor Herring’s]run up. Fortuna*v
lamentations about apple dumplings are i
pressive. but if he had cultivated 1
pumpkin pie in the old days his observations
today about this grand institution would be 0
cbqtinuous rapturous paean of praise, for great ,
is pumpku\pie!”
t »pellt will
contrasted
: Long lalnnd aee.i than I
taste for' w 'd nn '* ran spare a few pound*
s |of Early Jersey Wakefield, Charlae-
Wakefield, Succession, Flat
DutchDrumhead at 75 cent* po
one-quarter pound or $2.50 per j
pound. These are genuine Long la- j
It Is illustrative oof changed conditions
affairs that only a word of caution was ncccs-
Secretary McAdoo t» induce British
,v*St
Jo* Lbwi
Ashburn, Ga. •
Dub Mitcbcil, colored, entered I
mortgage com panics'to withdraw their call for pl-n of ranting before Judge I
something over one hundred million dollars in;>u the City Court of Tifton Monda
loans on Southern farm lands! This country is * nt,rn:nB “ n,! waI sentenced b
a- londor-now-anrl not 'a Jn>rrou-<irrand rin-v
of. the fact Chat it hasVlready loaned Great- -
Britain gl.155.QQQ.P00 th? British companies
can very well afford to let their comparatively
petty loans' Wry -where they are a safe Invests
ment.
DISBANDING PART OF RUSSIAN ARMY.
From the Sp'ringfield, (Mass.,) Republican:
It is curious news that a part of the Russian
army is being disbanded to get rid of a super
fluity of men. but it may be a case where the
part is greater than the whole. At no time has
Russia, lacked men, and of late tfie chief lack
. has come to be in transportation. If not all
them District of Georgia, at Savannah, has had- the men in the army can be used or even adc-
.. it* nffirinl hn.lv intact, quately sustained numbers are a source_of weak-
men an.l women. If D oi»l4 ,
few:' -
Wi ~
quately sustained
ness rather than of strength, especially when
the army is discontented. This news that the
men of 43 and 44 years of age are being sent
home comes as the sequel to the statement made
by the new Russian war-minister Verkhovsky
iri an interview.lately given the Petrograd cor-
-respnndcnt of the New York World. Gen.
Verkhovsky said quite frankly that he was plan
ning a complete reorganization of the army
during the winter, getting rid of the old generals
Corks—Bottles.
Glass and
£tone Jugs
Kegs and
Barrels
For Syrup
FRANK REVSON, ATLANTA
.. .... . . . . „ suspicion of whom on the part of the soldier/
^hile weather conditions which hare as caused unrest, and "the reduction of tht
porarilv halted the advance of Haig's forces armJ . to ; t3 proper size; the reserves are iyfiw
may make it impossible to clear the Teutons 0 ut of proportion to our need.” That means of I
from the Channel coast before real winter sets course that the Russian “steam roller” is deft-
in. it is not the first time during this w.r that a nitely scrapped, but its past performances do
, . . . » , not justify regret. If Russian can put in the |
great military movement has been stopped by Ly next ' 9pring . a loyal well equipped and well
natural causes. The mighty German war ma-; SU pp 0r t e d army of moderate size it will be Coat Uttl* — Mak* Big I
chine was halted on its drive‘for Calais by [much more than its allies have been counting t
natural forces when the Belgians cut the dykes upon since the revolution. Gen. Verkhovsky’s ’
and flooded the lowlands of Flanders. (insistence on the ■"J®*" S&ZZ'&ZZ"
„ .u_ n 0 u„ 'councils may inspire doubts but he himself is w.
Russia has more aoldiera than she can hap., hllvlng been , bl , to „, Ve thU
die,, says -a news dispatch. A fact that has democratic feature work in hlAxpwn command at o,. _ a
been apparent for a long time. j Moscow. . Ml* ■* * SnHt Cl