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the tifton gazette,
GA. ' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7» 1917
TTtft/XM 3,ack er or malcontent; we cannot diacins with
• VLUv those who question the justice of our country's
Published Weekly ' I cause, or the authority and purity of motive of
_ . ... . , those who stand nt its head. Because of these
. •* the Titian. C«ny». ; we eiu] conlJder n0 not re.
Ino. L. Herrin, ........ Editor ,nd M.naier of .nythin, ercept victory, for win w.
must else all we have, even life, is worthless.
Because of that flag and. what it represents
to the boys across the water we have no pa-
I tience with or forbearance for the enemies of
both, either expressed or implied.
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia-
SATURDAY NIGHT.
What It Means Over Yonder.
Ere this, Gerald has landed across the wa
ter. Where, we know not, but no matter on
what soil his tent is pitched, over it floats the
banner with the stars of white on the field of
blue, the alternate stripes «Lged and white.
And to him and his con^Miion.s. that piece
of bunting means home ana all things they
hold dearest. Its field the skies of their
homeland, deep as the wells of truth in which
our cause is founded; its white the stainless re
cord of their country and the purity of its un
selfish motive; the red the blood of sacrifice
which true patriots must ever stand ready to
offer on their country’s altar.
That bunting stands with them for the home
of freedom, the cradle of human liberty, a land
untouched by the besom of war; for the chas
tity of its wonufn and.the sanctity of its homes;
which they have journeyed across the seas to
THRIFT AND PATRIOTISM.
preserve.
It represents, that government of a people
which first set a new era for the nations of men;
it represents the authority of its head, chosen
by the people themselves to adminster their af
fairs; it represente the organization, civil, mili
tary and naval, through the vast machinery of
which comes concert of action against the foes
of liberty,-the foes of freedom and the foes of
mankiriti;
It represents obedience, the first lesson of the
soldier, the first lesson of the citizen: obedience
to law and constituted authority; without which
obedleirte all effort, all expenditure of wealth,
and sacrifice of life, would be useless.
Lightly though we, to whom it is a common
sight, may hold that starry banner, it is to those
boys across the water the single great tie bind
ing them to that country whose shores they left
on a mission as knightly as thnt of any Galahad
of old; it represents to them the living presence
of country, home and loved ones.
How their hearts must swell and their eyes
moisten and glisten as its blessed folds unfurl
to the morning breeze, no matter in what war-
cursed land! How reverently and loving, with
tenderness as for things sacred, they must fold
it away at sunset, ready for unfurling at the
morrow’s sunrise!
Think what the flag of their country must
mean for the boys fighting its battles in. a
foreign land! j
And for their sake, when the banner passes,
bare your head. For their sake, and for what
it meariMp them and to you and to the cause
of humanity the world over; stand in its pre
sence as in a sanctuary hallowed.
For four years, from Manassas to 'Appomat
tox, that flag represented all against which
Gerald’s grandfather fought. Mid cannon’s
thunder or musketry's roar: where sabres flash
ed or bayonets glistened; when foe met foe and
the death sickles were weighted with the har
vest, that flag fluttered, wavered, often drooped
despondent, over the heads of his foes. But
when the besom of strife had swept by and the
devastation of war was succeded by the industry
of peace, that flag again stood lor a common
and reunited country, for which its sons will
ingly fight and sacrifice and if necessary suffer
and die. Fit emblem the starry flag of a coun
try reunited, whose sons stand as one in its de
fense.
Wall they call it Old Glory,-tor glorious the.
history of'the country whose symbol it is; glor-
- iotig the eause in which it has been unfurled, and
thrice glorious the heroism of the men over
whose head it floats in n foreign land!
But while that flag stands with those hoys for
all that is holy and sacred, it represents to their
enemies only a few yards away the relentless-
neas of fate; the coming of judgment for the
wrong they have wrought. Therefore, upon that
flag and upon those who stand beneath it, they
have trained their guns; at it they hurl their
shells; their demons of the air hover o’er it;
like moles of the earth they would burrow un
der it: against that bunting and its'defenders all
the devilish devices of minds trained in the su
perlative fiendishness of destruction are sent;
gases of hell, with torture and living death in
their fumes; the fires of satan whose bums linr
ger as the lappings of deviTatongnes. All these
and more they must fight and conquer, for they
meet a foe unprincipled, a foe whose only aim
to murder, torture and destroy that despotism
may hold the world in thrall.
It is because of these.boys and the flag for
which they fight; because of the fiendish-
ness of the enemies of our blood over there
and of ourselves here as well, that we hate with
an abiding and constantly flaming hate, the Ger
man and every branch of his iniquitous and un-
i- principled alliance. It is because of these that
r we have lost patience with the apologist for the
rapists and murderers who have made Europe a
charnel-house. Becuuse of these we cannot
brook the half-hearted pacifist whe. pretending
loyalty, constantly bickers and questions; weak
ening by what iqfluence he has the cause which
T' ghould be common and dear to us all. We hate
u we hate their enemies, those men who would
make common *
Encourage thrift and the habit of saving,
and at the same time help the United States
to win the war. Buy Thrift Stamps.
Beginning today. United States War~Sayings
Certificate Stamps and Thrift Stamps are on
sale at al) principal postoffices throughout the
country.
Through the sale of the war savings certifi
cate stamps and thrift stamps during Decem
ber and the calendar year 1918 the government
expects to realize $2,000,000,000. To accomp
lish this it will the necessary to sell a sufficient
number to average $16.50 for each man, woman
and child in the Uunited States.
Each purchaser of war-savings certificate
stamps'will be furnished without cost a United
States war-savings certificate, to which stamps
shall be affixed. The certificate is not transfer
able and has no value unless one or more war-
savings certificate stamps are affixed to it. The
name and address of the owner is to be placed
on each war-savings certificate^by the postmas
ter at the time it is issued. During December.
1917, and January. 1918. the price will be $4.12
each, nnd it will be increased lcenUeach montlr
after that during the calendar year 1918.
Thrift stamps bearing no interest will be sold
for 25 cents each. The purchaser of thrift
stamps will be furnished without a thrift card
to which such stamps shall be affixed. On the
card, which has no value, the name and address
of the purchaser will be placed by the postmas
ter at the time of issue. Thrift stamps will not
be cashed, but when sixteen thrift stamps, rep
resenting a total of $4. are affixed to a thrift'
card they may. with a cash payment of from 12
to 23 cents, be exchanged for a war-savings cer
tificate stamp.
War-savings certificates may be registered at
any.postoffice of the first, second, or third class.
Unless registered, the United States will not be
liable for payment if made to a person other
than the lawful owner.
If not registered they are payable at any mon
ey order poctoffice, and <»e January 1, 1923, at
the Treasury Department in Washington; but
if registered, they are payable only at the post-
office where registered and to the person in
whose name registered. They may. however,
be paid befriv that date at the amounts speci
fied in the redemption table printed on the back
of the certificate. Upon payment the certifi
cate must be surrendered nnd the receipt print
ed on it must be dated and signed by the owner
in the presence of the postmaster or his author
ized representative. In case of death or disa
bility a special receipt must be signed on a form
which will be provided for the purpose. Post
masters must require ten days’ notice in writing
before making payment.
The amoint of war-savings certificates sold
to any one person at any one time shall not ex
ceed $100. and it shall not be lawful for any one
person at aay one time to hold war-savings cer
tificates to an aggregate amount exceeding $1,-
000.
More complete details can be had at the local
postoffice. i -niT i i i ~i r r
BUY HOME PRODUCTS.
One of tha first essential of a “Buy-at-Homc”
campaign, qd the success of which thfi prosperi
ty of every fecal enterprise or business house de
pends, is to buy home products.
The camiaign to increase rice production,
started in Tifton Iasi spring, increased food pro
duction Tift county this year at least $3,000.
This on a grain that for many years counted for
very little in this county as a food crop. The
increased production was a patriotic move as
well fa an increase in our home food supply’
and should receive the encouragement of every
one interested in supplying the world with food
til as keeping as much Tift county money
me as possible.
it proprietors of the local mills say they
tving trouble disposing of their rice and
on the Tifton market. This should not be
The rice is as well cleaned and as
ible as any that can be shipped here, and
n is most excellent stock feed. Home
should give the products of a home
enterprise first preference. Tif-
id Tift county housewives can help a good
along by insisting when they place
thiir (order, on having Tift county raised rice.
Judfe Rourke. of the City Court of Savan
nah, thinks men ought to consider their “poor
wives and families” before they get into trou-
Dle, d*d told a "bone-dry” law violator that he
must serve'his chningang sentence. The spec
tacle of weeping wives and mothers and help-
u children paraded in the criminal courts to
Me on the sympathies of juries has long been
IgOpting to those of finer sensibilities. Per-
tps in some cases these humiliating exhibi-
help out the man in the case, but the
loror has long since passed that point
alio wed his sympathies to influence
Sometimes the merciless drag-
women through the courts>has
Ite effect to that intended.
ANY
COAT SUIT
IN OUR
STORE
'Reduced To * f
$12.98
Ladies’ House Dresses
$1.00, $1.25, $1.48
New Lot of Middies
$1.00, $1.48
SHOE S
Large range of Daniel
Green House Shoes
for Ladies
' $1.65
Daniel Green House
Shoes for Men
$2.00
Children’s Dark Brown
Vici Shoes
51.75 to S2.00
Mrs. A.R. King’s pat. lea
ther button, white tops
$1.48 and $2.00
Ladies dark brown walk
ing shoes, military heel,
full eight inches high.
$7.00
Ladies’ Serge, Silk und
Satin Dresses to
Close Out at
58.48 and $12.98
Full Size Wool Blankets
54.98
Good Grade Sheeting
10*S. '
9 x 12 Art Squares
$23.50 and $28.50
6 Spools Coats Thread
25 f-
Ladies, we have a big as
sortment Handkerchiefs
in boxes, for Christmas
Presents
25c- to $1.50 box
New lot Ladies’ Crepe
Waist in Xmas boxes
55.48
Big Stock Boys Suits, all sizes
$3.50 to $10.00
Men’s Blue Serge Suits2 piece
$1248
Better Suits, All Colors
Kirschbaum Make
$15.00 to $25.00
SELLS JT FOR LESS