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I Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
. Editor and Manager
Or*u City of Tifton
ad Tift County, Gem-gia-
riNC AT THE TRUTH.
sce»ry e
e to * fri
r to know the facts concerning recent
r criticisms of the method* - of train-
1 men, their equipment and alleged
y exposure the Editor of the Gazette
Ta friend in Washington asking him to
Investigate and ascertain if possible the exact
f truth*. A portion of his reply follows
"I went to the War Department immediately
on receipt of your letter- Gen- E. L. Ladd, who-
I found in charge of that branch of the service,
gave me a very courteous hearing and I left
with him your letter with the' understanding
that it would be referred to the proper authori
ty with the request that he report his findings
direct to you at Tifton. I regard it as extreme
ly unfortunate that publishers indulge in criti
cisms of this kind. Congress is, very properly,
investigating the matter of equipment. It is
finding tjhit some of the blankets and uniforms
are not up to date, and that there have been
regrettable delays in some of the deliveries. It
would be remarkable if they found even aver
age efficfency in dealing with overtaxed manu
facturers in a department that has outgrown in
a few months the housing capacity of the capi
tal. The criticism of the practice of marching
the recruits fifteen miles in three hours'in test
ing the fitness of men for field duty is entirely
out of place. My own judgment is that it is a
very-proper test of the physical abilities of the
enlisted men. The alleged unnecessary ex
posure is quite another thing. However, the
use of a. day coach for transporting men at
{right is aside from the real issue. Nobody ex-
jets the government to provide Pullman ac-
Mnodations.
jritimatc criticism is always proper but we
Jfao much trouble with the enemy over the
.j'T.'ho are apt to come across the sea unless
jhow a better spirit, to captiously criticise
hose who are trying to get together a force
that may discourage them. Meet and defeat
-them befdre they start across. If American
soil is invaded it will be a result of such discord
and its legitimate offsprings—disloyalty, and
Russian chaos."
The Gazette is earnestly trying to get at the
truth of the matter and lay the facts before the
people on the broad presumption that the truth
can hurt no one who wants to do right. As soon
as the reply from the commanders to whom the
matter has been referred is received, •we will
take pleasure In laying it before the public.
If things are being done that should not be
clone, they should be stopped. On the contrary,
if an ounce of fact is being used to leaven a ton
of misrepresentation, thereby discouraging
those who want to be loyal and adding to the
fears of the timid, the sooner fact is sifted from
fiction and put before the people, the better for
all concerned.
AN APPRECIATION.
A friend is kind enough to write us from
Moultrie
Editor Tifton Gazette: I have read this day
your editorial, entitled, “Sweet Potato Pud
ding.”
Your descriptions make a man hungiy for
‘anything you describe. I do not know of a man
doing writing in Georgia who is more close to
the soil. I frequently see products of your
pen, and think that you ought to make a collec
tion of them- With best-wishes, tain.
Yours sincerely. W. A. C.
Jj Selections from the “Saturday Night*’ skecch-
ei published prior to March 1st, 1917, ha\;e
be*n pnbli«l>«l in book form, and will be out
dun f the coming month. The book contains
804 Rtgea, is printed in large type, on tint paper
with Wde margin; has seven full-page illustra
tions and is bound in. maroon cloth, with gilt
lettering. ’ The illustrations are from original
drawings byTom J. Nicholl, the subjects being:
“The Baptizing at China Grove." ‘‘Catfishing
on the Warrior.” "The Deer Hunt,” “The Old-
Time Fiddler,” “Grandma’s Spinning-Wheel.”
“When the Circus Came to Town,” and “Town-
ball on the Schoolhouse Yard.”
Russian Socialists are said to have made in
flammatory speeches in Petrogrr.d against the
United States for the arrest of Emms Goldman
and her fellow-conspirators. Having nothing
to do at home, and with their confederate, the
Kaiaer, such an earnest exponent of personal
liberty and peoples’ rights, these folks have
y of time to throw bricks at the country
i afforded them a home when Russia was
t safe for them. One good result following
e war will be that we will have less patience
l these people, should they afflict us with
lence egain. Where-we missed an op-
> do the world a service was in not
g them up in jail when we had a chance.
jgitpr and Mrs. Isidor Gelders are congrat-
ted on the arrival of Morris Victor Gelders
teir home in Fitzgerald just in time for a
gift Isidor rightly thinks this s good
• to raise young Americans.
i little firewater and practical!
t the safest and sane
ta tide section.
E IN THE WAR TO WIN.
the ci
ship, slthi
depends on
bJ w
ment is in th^ war.
source will b«
operation of the. nflfoads of
not mean govejMment owner-
may lead thogafo; the outcome
id their present
tan that this govern-
and that every re
bent to the one objective.
Miss Emma R. Sutton
Editor
-®§i
TyTy Department
Hu» Julia Park, has returned
from Andrew College, Cuthbert, for
r, , > - _ , _ .... * Chriatmaa visit to her parents, Mr.
Congestion >f railway traffic impeded the , and Mri w B Parka- and other
government in its work of offensive and defen- utivea.
sive preparati in; the railroad managers were j • • • •
given assistan e and advice and a reasonable j Sikee Bros, havo moved their
time to untan] le the snarl; when they failed to P° n >«» to Adel, and W. J. Sikes is
do so. the gov rnment took the matter in hand. | there to.manage the sale of them.
Flmt, the n+d, of the .rmj- ml n.vj- .nd the \ M „ w C '.X. „ ( c . Ual .,
many branch** thereof will be provided for.!;, ^ Ty Ty Bpend the holidays
Troops, munitions and supplies^ hospital and with her mother. Mm. Dowd, and
camp equipment will be transported with the other member, of the family,
least possible confusion and delay. After that, j .....
the-needs of the public, with preference for Mn< - R - R . p iekett went to Albany
those industries considered as absolute essen-1 w,lh *|r. ”*»
, . , , , and Mrs. Ben McLeod, of Tifton. A
Hals, will be cared for so far as may be possible j day or two oft erwards she made a
after the government’s needs are supplied. second trip, accompanied by Dr.
There will be as little interference as possi- ^ Pickett and Mi« Louise.
b!e with private business or individual enter-! • • • • .
I rise. buN firms and individuals will do well to 1 M “ s M “ y McCart y >» with her
realize, once and for all. that the needs of the
country to prosecute the war will be looked af
ter first. It may be that the facilities are suf- j Professor Miller left Ty Ty Fri
ficient to take care'bf public as well as private ,da y morning for a Christmas visit to
business; if they are not, we must bear what-. his home in North Carolina,
ever hardship may come as our part of the war,'
and bear it cheerfully, as people should those
things necessary to the public good- If the war
Is lost, we will have nothing left worth living
for; therefore, in his action in taking over the
greatest of public utilities for its successful) w *s * mi * ht y »t*r up •*»*
prosecution President Wilson will have the sanc
tion and co-operation of every loyal citizen, for
Mr. Aaron Parks it putting the
' | finishing touches to the work on his
' , home, the inside painting having
a about completed.
i* the effec
:eek when the shortage in gasoline
as discovered. Some owners of
. -ars were sufficiently obliging to lend
his action means first of all a gnm determina- from thfir own tank , * wbo
tion to Win. j were obliged to go.
Government control has been coming, slow- ^ • • • •
ly but surely, since first government regulation The two trainloads of soldiers that
began. Had the Interstate. Commerce Commis- through Ty T> Friday made
sion been broad enough and capable enough. lhe w,r vcr ?’ but 11 dld
government regulation might have sufficed. But ^ j ( _ °_ L
the test of ten years' severe trial has resulted in ot bringing on more u
such failure as to force government operation— •
i.vhap government ownership. / I Captain I.con Hobby.
Had the I. C. Commission seen broadly, and for hf h “ b,en P rom<, t r
by co-operation and help assisted the manage- I - Iobb ?’. ba * come ' pi ‘ n 1
ment of. the railroads to a solution of their "lobby *o'TRoute
exing problems, regulation would probably ■ • . ■
have been tile end. But instesd, from the fiyit Mr. and Mrs. Chns. Varner,
the Commission was largely a handicap, a hin- Nevie and Vi Pickett and
drance and Interference, preventing that cohe- J» mes Varner went to Albany Fri-
SANTA CLAUS.
id ' little j
sion of pur]
! and intensive work necesssary
day.
for successful^ handling the great transporta- j Mr j F has bought
tion problems of a growing country, irri- tire storehouse of i. L. lore for a
tating has been this interference and official feed warehouse. M. A. Wood and
meddling that many of the railroad managers Company bought the old stoek of
welcome government operation, even should it roods.
oy»«™wp. - ti^; Mr wm ,; d
best escape from a problem which they were not wi „ moTe to Poulan lhe firs ,
allowed to solve for themselves and which the the year. His brother. Aytch. and
only constituted authority was incapable of solv- sisters. Misses Pearl and Erie Wade
ing for them. .Will make their home at the place
Under government operation, conditions can- whcre he “ n °w
not be much worse than those existing for the , „ . . ,
. I Mr. Tom rorter and hi sister,
past six months—they may be much better. Mim Clem Porter of c 0 i orsdo .
There has been isuch congestion along the Eas- reached South Georgia in tim? to
tern seaboard tl)at delays have come to be ac- spend Christmas with their relative^
cepted as matter of course. Freight under nor- here,
mal conditions delivered within eight pr ten • *****
,hir, y d ? i "' m.* ; . *1.1 Jl.wl™
for the a»e h»iU. From the Middle West to „„ PtMid „ t ,
the South the setwice has been better, but the Mrs. Edgar Gibbs; Vice-President,
whole has been sh bad that the public as a Mrs. E J. Cottle; Secretary. Mrs.
hole will welcome the change. * |F. B. Pickett; Treasurer. Mrs. R. R.
From a newspaper standpoint, the problem Pwkvtt. .....
“Unto U* A ChDd is Given.”
Tradition locates the first Christmas tree in
Germany. Where the good Boniface, with his
own saintly hands cut down the sacred oak of
the Druids and of it built a Christian chapel.
From this story, which is nearer history than
tradition, has probably grown the idea that
Santa Claus had his origin where the tree of St.
Boniface lived. Is Santa Clans, then, a “Boche^f
Perish the thought! Those who are inflated to
think so. mistake his Dutch names of Santa
Klaus and Kriss Kringle for German. He has
another name, St. Nicholas, who is one of the
saints in the Greek Church of Russia, and be
cause he is a Russian may account for the furs
and reindeer of Santa Claus. St. Nicholas was
the Bishop of Myra, and he lived in the early
part of the fourth century. He went about, tra
dition says, bestowing presents upon boys and
girls, and so became the patron saint of children.
But Santa Claus is truly cosmopolitan—a citizen
of the world. What he does with his furs and
reindeer when he approaches the equator, or
when he lands in the Southern Hemisphere on
Christmas eve and encounters Fourth-of-July
weather, is none of our business. Any well
bred boy or girl knows that Santa Claus will
not visit those who ask too many questions,
and that he refuses to go down any chimney
when somebody in the room below is watching
for him.
But the most likely theory as to the origin of
gift-giving on the birthday of our Savior is that
it began when the Wise Men from the
East came" to Bethlehem, bringing gifts to the
newborn Christ Child. Antedating even that
visit.b.v a little while, we go back to the gift
infinitely above and beyond all other gifts.
“Unto us a child Is born, unto us a son is given."
A gift not prompted by love loses all signifi
cance. "Greater love hath no man than this
that a man lay down his life for his friends”—
and not for His friends., alone, did Jesus Christ
lay down his life, but for the whole world.
In a dim sort of way. all sorts and conditions
of men may realize this, for Jews. Moham
medans. Parsees—those of all faiths—take up
with Christmas customs when they come to live
among Christians.
W. E. WI
DEALER IN
High Glass Genaral MarduoMst
THE STORE
Where Yoor Dollar Goes Futtir
Courteous Treatment
You, Trade Will Be Appcedrto*
Ty Ty Farmers Supply Gi
R.-R. Pickett, President.
J. M. Varner, Manager.
DEALERS IN
&i^ri«, Dry Goods
Notion*. Shoe*, Hats
Re_dy-to-Wear Oothmg
Fwn Inpknab
ad Ottier Thing*.
Pictorial Review Pattern*
7. E. Williams, F. B. Piekatt, IUX
President. 1st Vlee-Pre*.
7. C. Thompson R. 8., Co
DIRECTORS:
1. Parka W. E. Williams
H. A. Land L S Thompson
F B Pickett G A Cornwall
R S Cornwall
BANK Of TYTY
CAPITAL $26,000.00
We Pay Interest on' Time Deposits
Deposits is This Bank Cnsrantnnd
DO BUSINESS AT HOME
is and Leon Taylor got
Sparks for the holidays.
i There has been a steady influx of
'farmer's to thi, sect,in from North
I nd Middle Georgia for several
'years, but thcr* is an unusually
large number -this year. They
| want to get away from the rocks
(and red hills, and South Georgia is
the place they are looking for. They
are welcome.
A SOLEMN WARNING.
may be serious. ^Newsprint paper for this sec
.- _ — - - .. i mce are the recently elected
tion is now hatiled from the extreme East. The 0 , rice „ of the Hank of Ty j y .
government has already refused to class neWs- pwSdmrt, w. E. Williams; is7-Wc.
papers among lhe preferred industries. It President. F. B. Pickett; 2nd. Vice,
may be that if he need is extreme, we will President, H. A. Land; Cashier, R. s.
»o p.p.r 0 n which to print,ear new,. If c-rtUI, Dlrrty w B p.,o.
... , . r W. E. Williams, .H. A. Land. 1.. S.
this comes, we : hall accept .t as part of our ThompMn> F „ pickelt c A
burden in the prisecution of the war and make Cornwal , and R 3 Cornwall,
the best we may of it- ^, ••••.•
F«r lo win -tit! war is tife first object of u wn,;^-n distrusted tot af show,
government and of every patriotic citizen. And goers that left the tent of the Louis.
u .tion of the railroad, ia a lonft hwa Min.tr.1, Frid.,- ajahi. A,.
... ■ _ cording to their statement, “bum
step toward win mng after it became a neces- ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
sary step. formSmce!
This story, or something like it.
appears in an old paper that was
published at a time beyond the mem
ory of the present generation. If
it was true then (as ol course it
i was) it is even more probable now.
‘No; I was never exactly buried
alive." said the white T haired old
clerk, recounting some of his early
experiences, "but I once worked a
week ip a store that did not adver-
itine. « When 1 c*n.e out, at the end
of that time, my hair was os you
see .it now. Solitary confinement
[(did it," and he shook his white head
iin solemn warning to all those hack-
|numbers who were following in the
[steps "f hi. old employer.
MRS. HILL'S COOK BOOK.
THE END OF A DREAM.
Already regist ?red men under selective draft
see the benefits o f the questionnaire system. A ; ^ ^ ^ fte , e #f thu
syeat many of tl lose who have filled out and lot . alit y4 ere lookinK forward t0 biic
filed their questic nnaires in this county have ah 'fortunes made in LcConte pears. Dr.
ready received th eir classification cards. These J McMillan, of Albany, bought ten
cards fix definite v the order in which the men acres of land near Hillsdale from Mr.
will be called inti * service. If a man Is in Class Jo *> Grave, (the father of Tift
>• »• that he will probably be included
in the next call ind can make his arrange- , on 0jU p)aee >nd p>rt of the , and
ments accordingl; ’. If he is in class 4 he knows waa p | anted pear> The
that the probabil ty is he will not' b* called at flourished, os they always do at first,
all. while if he is in class 5 he ki\ows that he is but Dr. McMillan died before they
exempt. Those i n classes 2 and 2 are also in-
formed of Iheir relaUve atatna and can so laid,
about their buani as. The new ayatem removes iv<n wok blUA
t^e element of un :ertainty and puts each regia- and one fence aft<r mother wa, bum
trant where he k lows exactly what to expect, td or mysteriously disappeared. Some
Those handling i fle cards are to be congra- of the tree, died, the few pears the
tulated on tb<- kfid with which the registrants °G>en bor e were ^len, the_ place
have
them,
f year* fat
ijnl and their cards mailed to ”• •“‘T* J"" 1
*- pastures of the neighborhood—
land still Mrs. McMillan did
‘ faith. She finally became convin-
er better for the enemies!" 1 ““t tbepja, omhart ... . fall.
>h-, A "fc/u« SpreckleU and Senator 1 J
axima ia* , ,r . . ,tho ten acre, into city-lots and sell
t0 the imagination as ex- (them to Northern and Western »et-
patriotism, and manu- tiers. She had many offers to sell
ition that <>inched in Mr. Hoover’s mill the land, hot refuaed them all.
i turned ray good will. The chief Ob- M ™. McMillan died not very long
iocracy I ggressional investigation ap- “ d Mr - l - L - Ford the
, a. malcontents a chance IT “
And so end* the dream.
| In Christmas preparation long ago
,South Georgia housekeepers studied
[Mrs. Bill’s Cook Book with the
.faith and diligence they bestowed
on the Bible. No household was
I ccnsideied dosiplcte wilfaout this
I book, but it is not easy to find a
it now. The last re-ision
1R75. and the last edition,
published in New York and London
probably more expensive than
clanged conditions warranted—
This edition bear, a lengthy Intro
duction by E. W. Warren, a noted
Baptist preacher in Georgia at that
time. Dr. Warren quotes poetry
dives into history, tradition and my
thology, producing an introduction
that ought to have a place among
the classics, and crowning “our au
thoress" as “misfres, in literature
well as queen in the kitchen."
The title page tells us that the
book i, “By Mrs. A. P. Hill, widow
f Hon. Edward Y. Rill, of Geor-
is.’.‘ (how Southerners do and al-
rays did delight in anything that
bears the faintest resemblance to a
title!), andthere is a touching and
very long dedication “to young and
inexperienced Southern houaekeep-
It all teem, very old-tbney and
precise, though the book was not
copyrighted till 1870. Mrs. Hill
shows where her heart is by the
T some of her good thin*,.
There are receipt, for “Secession
Biscuits," “Secession Cake,” “Geor
gia Cake," "Southern Rights Cake,”
etc. There k one concoction which
she calls "Tipsy Squire" that is eaL
this bone-dry section. "Tipsy
Squire" is a sponge cake, soaked in
sherry wine, and set in a bowl of
boiled custard. The bowl, she says,
must be larger, than the cake—
.which gi' e, the Squire room to
quiver and stagger. This is only
one of numerous receipts that are
sadly out of date because one-of the
leading ingredients (always the
ame one) is non-procuraiile.
Unlike the • British Housewife."
Mrs. Hill i a always explicit. In her
rheeipts fo r "Welsh Rarebit (called
Rabbit)." she says " light the lamp
of the chafing dish and put it in its
proper place." Having completed
the cooking, she advises the opera
tor .to “Romove the lamp." In
making lemonade, the receipt tells
us that "small bits of ice may be
put in the glass when convenient.”
Imagine making lemonade with the
water of Southwest Georgia and
using no iee!
Mrs. Hill.gives -~ciwpU f:r mak
ing all sorts of enticing things from
corn meal, hominy, rice, flgi and
othe r Southern fraita. Her direct
ions for cookint_6sh j n every possi
ble way are thrilling She seem
know nil there Is to bk. known about
dairy products, and she could have
told Fillipini several new thing* to
-ut in hie *<coir,-‘'«TTe Hundred Way,
to Cook Eggs." (These last men-
ioned facts are thrown In to show
Mr. 'Hoove r what he misses by not
being conversant with the book. "By
Mrs. A. P. Hill, widow of Hon. Ed-
' ard \\ Hill, of Georgia. )’V*
. Notwithstanding Mrs. Hill‘s'*‘Poor
man’s Pudding." "Poor Man's Cake.’
"Economy Bread." and other things
that sound very cheap, housekeepers
of the present day (those who have
examined her book) say that
receipts are for the most expensive
of dishes. She belonged to a weal
thy family in the days of the Old
South, and, to that kind, economy
was not considered a virtue, but
rather the reverse. Receipts for
the cheaper dishes published in
cheaper books, have driven her from
■mean Southern kitchens, and -only-
very few housekeepers know that
she ever existed.
CARLOAD OF FINE PONIES
For Sale, See Us at Once
SIKES BROTHERS
Ty Ty, Georgia
FOR SALE—160 acres, good land.
8 1-2 miles north of Ty Ty.
acres in cultivation, six - n
ho***, tenant’s house, and o'
improvements. W. F. SIKES,
Ty Ty. Ga.
FOR SALE^-f
My grist mill and blacksmith shop
with tools—*h* only plae* of its kind
Ty Ty. New building. gasoHn#
englns, and *v*cythti( In first dam
order. Addrem,
W. S. Seett, Ty Tj, Ge.
TY TY DRUG CO.
DRUBS IND DRUGGISlS*
SUNDRIES
Prescriptions I Specialty
School Books
and Supplies
A COMPLETE DRUGSTORE
JONES A COMPANY
Dealer* In
High Claw C.n.r.l M.rckaadUe
After you read this idvertiseaaat,
go to this store and do your
shopping.
PRICES RIGHT
A. PARKS,
Groceries. Dry Goods Etc..
Caskels, Coffins.
Ty Ty, Georgia,
M.» A. WOODARD A CO.,
General Merchandise
Ty Ty. Ga.
. VARNER AND COMP A!
Dealers In
Grocerim Dry Good., Caadim
gar., Tobacco and Everyth
El*» ia tho way of Caaa
Merchandise.
Mom’s -.Furnishings a Spools]
DR. CARL S. PITTMAN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Phone Na 7.
Ty Ty, Georgia.
E. J. COTTLE.
SHINGLES FOR SALE
BUY DIRECT FROM MILL AN>
SAVE MIDDLEMAN’S
PROFIT
Ty Ty, Ga.
CITY CASH MARKET
G. W. Willis, Proprietor
Fresh Meats, Fish and Prod
Swift's products a speclslt
“The Sanitary Msrkot”
T7 Ty. Gsori
DR. F. B. PICKETT,
Physician ai d Surgeon.
T.» Ty, Ga.
W. B. PARKS
Is paying for thi*