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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