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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER «. W7.
ZLbe Litton ©ajette
a poplar box which stood a shelf
behind tl^bar, and in which they*qre arrang-
ged in symngtrical rows—if tb®T were old and
-wormy, nobody cared. No milk was used, for
no one knew anything about it for cooking oys
ters. -
The stew done, it was poured into bowls, dish
es or pans eommandeered from the stock on the
Published Weekly
Entered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
-f£b. |» Htrrinrr Editor and Manager
Miss Emma R. Sutton
Editor
Ty Ty Department
is--
TY TY, 1
GEORGIA J
SERIOUS AND EVEN MORE- D1S* T? ..WILLIAMS
OUSTING.
I Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia-
SATURDAY NIGHT.
A Wiregrau White Way.
f In one of those interesting reminiscent arti-
“ eles of old times which Bridges Smith is writ
ing for the Macon Telegraph, he tells how par
ties of hunters from the city sometimes stopped
at a country grocery and feasted on cove oyster
stews. Which reminds us.
The Wiregraaa of forty years ago had its
White Way, even as the metropolis of today.
But the structures marking it were of homely
pine logs instead of marble, the plate-glass was
a cracked mirror 4x6 from the back of which
the quicksilver had gone, leaving little reflec
tion that hung behind the bar; instead of elec
tric fan? the cool air of heaven came through
the unceiled^cracks; instead of taxis and motor
cars waiting outside there were half a dozen
horses with drooping heads, “hitched to the gro
cery-rack,” and the illuminations were humble
tallow-dips in tin sticks, or smoky oil .lamps
against the wall.
But there was drinking and feasting, just as
there is said to be on the White Way today
there was much laughter and some music and
dancing, and the revelers at last went on their
way with much the feeling of having run the
gamufbf naughtiness with which the son of the
idle rich perhaps hies him away now during
the early hours of morning. But there were no.
idle rich in the Wiregrass—and the revelers
were all males.
It was Saturday night and a crowd had gath
ered at the cross-roads grocery for a little fun
and dissipation, earned perhaps by a week of
gnjelling toil. For it was winter and Christmas,
the festal season, approached. Some came a-
foot, but more on horseback, for the animals
would not be needed tomorrow. In the center
of the store, mounted high on a box filled with
sand, stood the big, rusty iron box stove in which
a fire of pine-knots roared. When the supply
of knots ran short, there v were always ready vol
unteers to bring them froin the woods surround
ing. Along on one side of the building cut off
by a long counter, was a row of shelving, on
which was a mote or less disarranged assort
ment of dry-goods and sundries—a couple of
bolts of gay figured calico, a bolt of checks, an
other of "narrowed homespun," (unbdeached
she.-ting) and perhaps a bolt of bed-ticking.
Then thread, buttons, bunch thread (for wea
ving), crockery, a few pieces of tinware, and
table cutlery, \croas one end ran a high coun
ter and behind stood perhaps three barrels of
strong drink, a few shelves on which were can
ned goods, cracker*. underneath a few
groceries in barrels or boxes. The gla-ssea were
kept in are-; underneath *h« counter, beside a
tub of water which was not often emptied.
The men had eaten supper at early candle
light and appetite was not the first thing calling
There waa an interchange of the news of the
week, some ancedotes and a little., business.
Then, as they gathered around the stoVe, some
one proposed a “spiced dram." Assent was
quick, and each man dug down in his pockets for
. the ten or fifteen cents that was "his share.
A dollar or more in the fond, the storekeeper
set on the stove a big stew-pan. in which water
was soon boiling. Into this was poured rye
whiskey, a small quantity of gin. then sugar was
stirred. From the tin of allspice on the shelf a
handful was taken; this was folded in a rag and
beaten with a hatchet used for chopping wood;
* aRe’rlt was added to the decoctlori in the stew-
pan, the steam Which arose had a very temp
ting, appetizing odor. When the stew had boil
ed sufficiently it was poured into cups and drank
by the revelers with- great gusto; it smelled
good, looked good, and the.v seemed to enjoy it;
the Boy who sometimes looked on tasted only
once and didn't like it—perhaps the taste had
not been acquired.
1 There was always a fiddier in any gathering
pf six or more, and after the “spic.ed dram” the
instrument which always accompanied him was
brought out. he mounted on the counter; beside
him a kindred soul with two straws trimmed
from the seldom-used broom, and soon out
through the cracks upon the night air went the
strains of “Cotton-Eyed Xe»,” “Lucinda.” “Run-
Nigger. Run.” and many of their fellows. In
front, two or three stood and patted, feet on the
floor and hands on thighs, and after a while the
combined dram and music overcoming natural
diffidence, a dancer Would be the center of a
ring and the 'pigeon-wing, double-shuffle, and
many other fancy steps of the day were cut, to
the delight of the onlookers.
As the night grew, appetite returned, and
an oyster stew which always came last when
c»me at all waa proposed. Again the nicklo
and dimes or perhaps shin-plasters, (for there
was all kinds of fractional currency then) were
contributed to a common fund. Again the
■tore-keeper set the big stew-pan on the -Jiot
Move, and this time perhaps half a gallon of
Water was ptlt on to boil. Into this was emp
tied the contents of half a dozen cans of cove
tail, opened with jagged cuts of the aam>-
idy hatchet; salt, pepper—they liked it hot
sr. and oiuoMkijM"* from stock in the
Sunday n
i loungers a
Professor Aldinc Pound, of Atlan- MRS - EDWARDS. HOSTESS.
, . . , ,, its, was in Tv Tv for a short tim* The-Woman's Circle of the W. 0,
shelves, and with spoons from t e same source. j Mon(Uy hlvjnE been called here by w wu pleasantly entertained at Mr. Grady Malcom, the carrier on
the revelers fell to. A bottle Of pepper-sauce , buidnesa ■ their hall last Friday afternoon by Route 3, Ty Ty. had a disagreeable
was opened, crackers were heaped On the coun- Haralson, an old Confeder ]Mr». E. H. Edwards. experience and serious accident, Mon-I
ter, and a jar of green, delicious pickles comple- [ nte veteran, has bought the former 1 A prize waa offered to the woman Jay morning, and all on account of
•ted such a feast as never the gods enjoyed, for 'home of Mr. T. M. Perry, and he 'who could make the greatest number tbat filthy, disgusting, unsanitary
they brought to it no such appetites. land his wife will make their home of wparfjfrom the title. Woodmen of habit (there are not adjective.
After the last bit was eaten and the dishes | here. £?Z's. X^tliS’^Sat .STiU-br^
», raped, there waa (arint homeward each with | The .pn..™.e er at ] pilo-11 „„ „ ith
the feeling that he was a gay blood, and had Bc “'® T , CoUege caused the f for many persons . since Ty T y ha* had Sunday mail,
been through the mill, of dissipation.'" “ZZ*-* *V■JL —- ' *
But the oyster stew. Never was such stew Mll , Lo,^ pi ekett and
before-or since! Its aroma as wafts from the .Miss Eva Baker at their homes in
kitchens f Lucullus; its succulent appeal to Ty Ty last week,
the appetite whetted to appreciation by a year’s j The hank building ha. been
diet of corn bread and bacon; and its liberal thoroughly renovated and the wood
quantity, sufficient to meet even the demands of work repainted. The same painters
fearless and ample stomachs. Ah! Bridges.
you broughfrus mouth-watering memories when nnd , „ tUe pnjnt doCg holp thc look ,
you told of those grocery- store oyster stews. : n f things wonderfully.
Of the feasters of that time, only one is living ( Mr. T. M. Perry is selling Nation-
today. And sure we are that none missed the nl automobiles for the Hall Automo-
pearly gates because of the relaxation and the bile Company, with headquarters in
few minutes of revelry- Gone, in their separate ! Tifton. perry wiU mo '' c h!l
and true must go, but tonight fam,| y to Tifton
DEALER IN-—
THE STORE
Where Your Dollar Bobs Further
Courteous Treatment
'ays as good men aim u«*e •**—* t a bonge j n y, e
the room is peopled with, faces long since hid |PejT ^ nndtbc children are «
under the coffin-lid. who come back, in the mother in pj nP h U rst.
rigor of youth or manhood, with the memory of j Thp Btorc of lh „ Tv Ty
the cross-roads grocery store and Saturday company looks as if Santa
night.
THE NEW NATIONAL HIGHWAY.
By voting. 500 to 2-1-1. tor a bond issue of , other places arc taking on the
e Mrs.
ith her
Christmnsy
,-* of lyjch prices, the-
i swell the profit on pork
•nty ofth.
DEVANE-QUEEN
Hindis Devane w «
Id a paved highway, forty miles longri v ,- r y generuu- -in the old-time. SniU***ft;y. j.. Mr Fran k Queen, of Hood M " ' 1 E(iw
White Springs, through Jasper, to Ah« .them wny. Hope. Georgia. The marriage took mii|i lnto the '
la line at some point near Jennings.(The The Lyceum people I'W.' "t .1..' bwn, at h.r ^rwidfnlher. M
.... xiriw. 1 i iu„ —m.iwhat, when i w Wwlt..r« nra. Tv Tv. and
$100,000 for road improvement, Hamilton coun-, look
tv. Fla., has settled the status of the National | Backbone,
Highway and firmly fixed its. place as the safest >■> these da
and best all-tho-ycar-round route from the ; bone going t
North and West into Florida.
Of this bond issue, $250,000 is to be spent
to build a paved highway, forty miles long,
from W
Georgia ,
residue. $150,000. will be spent in the construe- ,.to crowd things,
lion of lateral reads. On the south. Columbia ,f'h-.vT on
county will build a brick paved road from ^ ontl ^ , IU( lhc ,
White Springs to Lake City, to connect with a^ nd two have already
brick paved road from Gainesville and points r 0r December For this reason,
south, while another paved road is to be con- lecture, which
structed from Lake City, through Baker coun- thin week. <
to connect with the paved roads of Duval, Mr Morgan. . , h wei
into Jacksonville. The Hamilton county « U J the same morning, to Good Hope. This
thorities say their road will be paved with j If Mr HnrrU we ai tu Cordele riage. which was scheduled for Janu.
ites fo r the mere writing of twenty- place for lounging, at
one words, to say nothing of thc not overly particular, as a ru
mental effort required for thinking their personal habits. Some
up words that may be formed from ori m ore likely, a party—used the
the given letters. floor of the lobby for a cuspidor
Mrs. Edwards is a noted maker arefully depositing expectorations
of good cake and the cake she served. n n common centre. Mr. Malcom
with gelatine, on this occasion, was n me in early, not long ttiler
pronounced ne plus ultra—or some- j ge while the shaded lobby wa
thing like that. Altogether, this was j n the shadow, to make up his mail
pronounced one of thc most pleasant f or the day. He was walking
of all the social meetings thc Circle briskly, not noticing the Boor, when
has Wad. he stepped into- the puddle thc loafers
Then, just in time, somebody re- had left. (it is a nauseating thing
memhered that it was the regular 0 write.) Ho slipped, and. in fall-
lime for electing officer* for the j,ig. struck hi* head against''the wall,
ensuing year An election was held. j.- or a moment, he could not get to his
with the following result: Guardian. f,.et, for he was almost unconscious.
Mrs. A A Lyle; Past-Guardian. Mr*, and he was so dizzy for sometime that
.1 W' Jones: Adviser, Mrs. W. S he could scarcely stand.
Scott; Clerk and Banker. Mrs C. S. |t is not worth while to comment on
Pittman: Attendant, Mrs. E H. Ed- this, for it does seem that so much
ward- . Assistant-Attendant. Mrs. W has already been said and written on
the subject that there is nothing left
Possibly, line upon line and precept
upon precept may accomplish some
thing in the eour-e of time. WouUn't
an arrest and fine now and then help
o produce results?
GROSS CARELESSNESS
Youi Trade Will Be Appreciated
Ty Ty Farmers Supply Co
R. R. Pickett, President
J. M. Varner, Manager.
DEALERS IN
GrocerW.-. Dry Goods
Notions, Sfroea, Hat*
Rea dy-to-Wear Oothinj
. Mr
-• J M Var
Walters nea r Ty Ty. and |
Reverend Mr. Rainey, pastor of the |
T Ty Baptist church, pvrfirmed the .
Tom Ei
vclve-year-old son of
ards, brought
post office.
of the station, and
vith mail intended for
ohoted The young couple remained with ,
son. tnh th,. - grandparents ofthe bride until ,
i to nave ncen put Tuesday, when Mr. Walters took
postponed. them to Tifton to catch the twelve
son-in-law of Mr o'clock train for Atlanta, and from
Wednesday
Ana Other Things.
Pictorial Review Patterns
W. E. Williams. F. B. Pickett. MJ>.
President. 1st Vice-Pres.
W C. Thompson R. S. Cornwall
2nd Vice-Pres. Cashier.
BANK Of TYTY
CAPITAL *25.000.00
... . iday Mr. Harris ......
brick. On the north. Lowndes county 1P |Mr Morgan's home) to s
pledged to connect with the Hamilton highway ( M r . Morgan. As Mr. Hun
with a road equally as good, and from Lowndes In hu automobile, and Mr. Morgan
Tift ' “ ' — ’ *■” ' ' *-
favorable, but farmers
have to wail for cold
this work. Many of them
jfficiency of cold storage
Macon, the National will be made a load as meet. A lot of ex.
near perfect as modern science and the ma- *^ n Ty ° Strict,
terials to hand can construct. everything else to c
The route selected for the National Highway, iyear by billing mor
after a thorough, impartial and non-political |body ,boui hcre n
inspection, was the best and most available slain one year,
route into Florida from the North. Its weak again been favoral
points were the curve via Madison and Live Oak ^o longei
made necessary because of the-lack of an BV8 *|" i b *' p *h c ‘
able route through Hamilton, and the roBt * | the re is a
through Baker county, which -was never for
brought up to a standard. | R. K. Young. Jr., has -given up
Hamilton’s action, and the good roads move-1 hi* position in Cleveland. Ohio,
ment in Florida which grows in impetus, will where he wa, getting an excellent
remedy these defects. The route through ^ salary, and joined the r.avy. He Wcbh pl(
Hamilton shortens the distance between Tifton • *h° rt vi,it 10 hb h ° n,r ' ne " r
.and Jacksonville nearly tWrty^lejand cute;
out some atretehes of roa.. whic.. were B€ ' ,er i liMted ; n ^ army . These
good, despite promises made to promoters when j youn(r men are , ons of Mr
the National was being located. | Mrs. R. K. Young, of Route 3.
There is an ever-increasing volume of travel The -evangelist- (a negro
between the North and Wert and Florida, So-J man) who holding ma
pite the adverse conditions removed b.v Hamil-^”* 1 °f ,r " ° *
ton’* nond issue. _ This travcl goes north in the , 800n co1
WITH MRS. OLIVER.
after this, Mr. Ellis
of mail that he had
ir fjrmi the placi
where the first was found.
A few days later, the section mas
ter. Mr. Herring, brought in one that
was lying near the track in the
direction of Mr. Malcom’s.
h wa • of The route agent who threw out
if the^bride thcs * is n0 ,loutlt responsible for the
I missing mail of which so much com-
1 plaint has been made. If those who
found this mail had
Wa Psy Interest on Time Deposit*
Deposits in This Bank, Guarentood
mks uv,. be^n honest,
ft . t'hs t Tv Ty ha* It would never have been heard from,
'event* within a week: ! ^ >» probable that Ty Ty
. has a.young and good- the only sUtion that ha.
er brother
DO BUSINESS AT HOME
TY TY DRUG CO.
ffered
home, jin this way. and it i» high time for
hi, en- somothing to be- done to stop it. It
is contrary to postoffiee regulations
is with I for ma ‘* *° 1,,f w ' t * 1 ■">' one
,r ia S t ' n postoffiee employe, nnd thc man
strews it about promiscuously is
to get into trouble. The bags
M ,.._..d. and others no dotzht, were
Among those present were » ! c areless'ty overlooked when the other
Ruth Powell. Miss Mary Jul' a Jora" 11
and Miss Mattie Zoe Mallory: Mes-
looking sob
something must he 'ion
tertainment.
Lieutenant F. H. Wi
his sister. Mrs. E. W. Oliver, last
week, nnd she had a party of young
people to do honor.
Earl and Ernest Gibbs.
These "had a good time,"
g's entertainnment gnv
ith him.
ind the
> Lieut-
, take
Ty Ty was turned over at
the station to the proper person; and
the train moved on. it was
noticed and thrown out on the chance
one would pick it up and
take it to thc office.
LOYAL TEACHERS.
O The friends of Miv Mary Jnlin-
d Jordan* are inclined to tease jwr
about the cry she raised last week
when-kidnapers tried U. take some of
'th> child re
T, Ty iitm.oon
Th-y
collected a good-sized audi-
"" , ". , , .. , cnee, which waa about equally ^ . n,r
mmt art am—r wf w# m a«/st-wai ji.m.,1
- — - - ■ i nmurii ucisrcn wniie* unu uim.ru,
winter. It is heavy now. ns hotels and garages The spc a ker ma de but little noise,- hl *
along the route can attest, but with the stimulus j but , be prn ycd and talked herself *
ither held him <
Jordan is not much more
girl herself, her friends
DRUBS AND DRUGGISTS'
SUNDRIES
Prescriptions A Specialty
School Books
and Supplies
A COMPLETE DRUGSTORE
BEGINNING THE SEASON'S FES
TIVITIES.
Miss Maude. Parka opened the
Christmas festivities by inviting
party of her friends to spend t
from the grade -she evening with her, and make merry In.
JONES & COMPANY
Dealers In
High Cl... General MerehudUe
After you read thi* advertisement^
-tu Una store end do year
shopping.
PRICES RIGHT
of a perfect road it will be quadrupled another j into a perfect frei i inon u kii
season. This increased travel cannot other- rather incoherent, but those present J b “ djrbt tb ‘i, was very funny,
wise than benefit Tifton, as it will every other listened with seeming respect until Jt w|l , n - Ioyn | and it caused Mr.
nokit alone the route ' " he left 0{t U WM 0rderly Miller, the principal, to jump out of
in par. of lhc work ih ."f. >“! ft ' F^iALE-Tu..,,- f
good result in Hamilton. Tifton did its share. atock in Ty T y farmers' Supply Co. him and a smaller sister and brother
Two years ago citizens of Tifton took an active paying investment- Fpr parti- through-the noon hour and until thc
part to bring before the people of that county culnrs, address C. I. Jones, Ty Ty. legal guardian could be brought The
a realization of what a graded highway through Ga. 20-d6w2t „ omnn got away before the tAenff
their county WOUld : mean to them. 'MV. J. M. | A DELIGHTFUL EVENING. *Many''teac'her, ,, 's'eem to "think
Ashley. Secretary of the Valdosta Chamber of j Mra . Carl S. Pittman entcrUined tha t’thc whole duty of tcachcra is to
Commerce, has also been a zealous and earnest >a small party of young people Tues- tC a C h. Evidently, thi, is not the
worker along this line. The seed of logic day evening in honor of her guest. , opinion of Mis, Jordan and Mr. Mil-
planted then were some time in bearing fruit. Mi- Vera Clements. Those present lcr . and those Children they guarded
' ... . , . , . ., . . • . I were Misses Mattie ioc Mallory.-have cause for gratitude to Diem.
but it is good to seo that the harvest is [Ncvie Pickett. Jevalifcrner, Napnie Miiw Jordan U from Poulan. where
a rich one; • — • : Hiy -CottT* and IAieille Cottle; Me*- the would-be kidnaper one* -livad.
sra. Earl and Silas Gibbs, Gilbert and she wa, the only teacher in school
BUY HIM A TESTAMENT. Willis and Green Conger. ! who could identify the worn
Nothing can give more comfort to the mind j Dancing Is not among the aocial was fortunate that she recognized her
trouble, the homesick heart or the man in .amusemet, of Ty Ty, but young, «r th« bor. Pr»pW no tojt by hrn
than the Bible. The sweetest, the !>^ ,e »«« r ' have other ways of en-
joying themselves and making -an , wanted to see mm.
occasion like this enjoyable. This
unanimously pronounced “a de
lightful evennig."
manner befitting thc
guests were Misses NiTrinic May and
Lucille- Cottier-Miss—Jewel—Varner
ajjfj .Miss. Mottic. Zoc .MallAry; .Me*-,
srs. Earl and Silas Giblis. Green
Conger. Edgar Scott and Dan Willis.
There were games and other
amusemets, and cake nnd chocolate
i-ere served. Each social a'ffairr is
ilways the best ftill the next one.)
iut thi, evening will hold that rank,
or an indefinite time, with those who
cere present.
pilfsst and the most entertaining literature in
in the world is the New Testament.
Twenty-five cents will put a testament in the
hands of* an enlisted man. It will give him
coipfort and help pass many an hour otherwise
dull; it may save a soul. Surely, the sum is in
significant, compared to the good that may be
done.
Th$ Tifton Ep^orth League is raising a fund
to send these tesiaments to the men in camp.
One dollar will aend four. The Gazette will
receive contribntnons. You
to a more worthy {cause.
“Berlin sneer* kt Wilson,”
Which does not hfi
cannot contribute
Sloan's
Isays a headline.
Liniment
A little child of Arthur Hender-
n, a colored farmer who has bean
living on the placo recently sold by
Mr. Fowler Dell, near Ty Ty, was
burned to death last week It
about three years old and there
younger, Thc mother left them
alone in the house, nnd it is sup
posed that the older one waa play-
ng in the fire. Dr. R. R. Pickett
was hastily summoned, but nothing
could be done. Death came In about
hree hour*.
John Park*, haring passed all hh
examinations for another term at
Spark*, ia at home for tha holiday*.
“Tardiness 'In 'Keeplftg Appi
meats." was one of the questions
mtly discussed nt a business meet-
in a nearby toWn. Whocvi
put this subject on thc program must
heard ofthose meeting* in Ty Ty
that, for no reason in the world, be-
two orthrve hours after the ad-
tised time for starting- Some
people value their time, but many do
not value their own or'that o/ any
body elae. If it were possible to col-
a fine from all late comers
meeting. Ty Tv’s treasury would be
full to overflowing.
CARLOAO OF FINE PONIES
For S*l*. See Us at Once
SIKES BROTHERS
Ty Ty. Georgia
FOR SALE—160 acres, good land.
3 1-2 miles north of Ty Ty.
acres in cultivation, six -1
house, tenant’s house, and other
Improvement*. W. F. SIKES,
Ty Ty, Ga.
FOR SALE ^
My grist mill and blacksmith shop
with tools—the only place dp^ta kind
in Ty Ty. New building, gasclln*
angina, and arerythiig In first cla—
order. Address,
W. S. Scott, Ty Ty, Ga.
A. PARKS.
Groceries, Dry Goods Etc..
Caskets, Coffins.
Ty Ty, Georgia-
M. A. WOODARD Sc CO.,
General Merchandise
Ty Ty, Ga.
VARNER AND COMPANY
Dealers In
Groceries. Dry, Heeds, Caadiec, Ct
gars, Tobacco and Everything
EL* in tha way of Ceaeral
| Merchandise.—
Men'. Furnishing, a Spaclaity.
DR. CARL S. PITTMAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone N<®7.
Ty Ty, Georgia.
E. J. COTTLE.
SHINGLES FOR SALE
BUY DIRECT FROM MILL AN»
SAVE MIDDLEMAN’S
PROFIT
/-T
TyTy, Ga.
CITY CASH MARKET
G. W. Willi,. ProprLtor
Fresh Meats, Fish and Produce
Swift's products a spec'alty
"The Sanitary Marlcat”
Ty Ty, Georgia.
DR. F. B. PICKETT,
Physician ai d Surgeon.
T’ Ty, Ga.
W. B. PARKS
la paying for this apace.