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MAY 10, 1M»
: Zftfton (5a3ette
P^iblMd Weakly
_ J at the Poatoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
Second Claaa Matter. Act of March >, 1879
to. L. Herring ^tor and Manager
tubers would be a
inch reserve army
ii and caught with
i and the sea, the
lurope would be lost, for
f been cast; all hazarded
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Geergia-
WHY POCH HESITATES.
f i n reporU from British sources, beginning
with the ill-chosen Waterloo wail of Gen. Mau-
lice, there is an underlying note of impatience
that the Commander-in-Chief has not rushed
all his reserves to the support of the staggering
Haea around Ypres. A portion of thia impa
tience has been shared by the American public,
taught by successive news dispatches to expect
an Allied counter-offensive that would crush in
the exposed Teuton flanks and send the enemy
luck, as was done at the Marne.
Great battles seldom repeat themselves. The
Marne was a master-stroke; the same stroke
could not be made again in the same way. for
the element of surprise would be lacking.
There would have been a counter-attack by the
Allies had they possessed the necessary reserve
force or had it promised success. That it was
■ot made may be due to either, or, which is per
haps nearest the truth, a little to both.
British criticism of Foch was to be expected.
For more than a year, 'despite American pres
sure for a supreme command, the British refus
ed. It was not until after the disaster at St.
Quentin laid bare the imminent danger of des
truction to the British armies that Britain yield
ed, and then it was more than two weeks after
we had been led to believe that Foch’a author
ity was supreme before he was actually given
the title of Commander-in-Chief. After halt
ing so long and yielding only under dire necess
ity, it was to be expected that there would be
British criticism of the general head, for Bri
tons want no one except Britons toy command
their armies. And it must be admitted that
toe pressure on the British lines has been great
and the slaughter tremendous; no wonder aid
was asked and anxiously awaited.
It is plain that help has been sent the British,
if not in sufficient number to stem the German
tide, for it was French veterans of Verdun that
■tood to the laft on Kemmel hill and fell to a
man with the fortress, while American troops
gre reported at three places on the British front.
If some men were sent, why has not Foch hurl-
ad into Mb battle the reserve army which we
F have bow told ia at his command? Without
Arguing whether this reserve army actually ex-
• tots or to largely mythical, to discuss the reason
( why it cannot be used in Flanders ia the purpose
ti thisarticle.
The British armies face nearly east, the left
lank resting on the Channel at Nieuport, (he
' right swinging westward from the sharp salient
> at Arras, to Amiens. Before them is the con-
ssntrated strength of the Teutonic powers; be
hind them the sea. The strip of land on which
they rest varies from about thirty to 150 miles
in width. Except between Nieuport and Calais,
It to narrowest at ^miens, and there is where the
danger Uea.
It is predicted that the enemy will strike the
next blow at Arras and this is probably correct,
for Arras forms a deep salient into the enemy
front and remains a constant menace to his flank
should he attempt an advance. But whether
Arras falls or withstands the attack, inevitably,
aeaaer or later, the Teutons will strike
ma, for there is the key to the situation,
c at the map and you will see that nearly ill
ipal railway lines from the Channel
verge at Amiens. From that city the
ime. reinforced by half a dozen tribu-
[ fades, flows widely to the sea, less than fifty
ilea away—a very desirable line for defense,
t a fearful obstacle to a retreating army. At
i mouth of the Somme is Abbeville, and a sin
gle railway comes down the coast from the up
per Channel porta, and runs southward and east
fa Paris.
The enemy is now within nine miles of Amiens
K, by one of those concentrations of men antf ar
tillery for which the Teuton to famous, with a
aadden onslaught, that point can be won, the
British armies to the north and the French ar-
i to the south will be cut apart. Undoubted-
, ty, that to the purpose of the German General
V. with its objective the destruction of the
l British army. Then, indeed, would Haig'a men
to fighting “wt th their backs to the wall," and
t wall the sea. The Teutonic armies are
Hjr superior to" the British in numbers, and
e a wedge ia thrust between the Allied ar
ia, it would be a simple piece of Hindenburg
Strategy to leave enough force to hold the
in check and then drive with the
_of.. his millions against the British.
___ilt is unmiatakab'le—while the British'
!'fight aa Britons have fought for six cen-
s; while they would exact fearful toll from
nemy, they would be pressed back, slowly
sorely, to the sea.
; would then be a question of how much of
iraues Haig could save. The single railway
gh Abbeville and the transport fleet would
i only avenues of escape. To move an ar-
] millions, with its cannon, supplies, and
i chain of impedimenta, is not a matter of
t of months i-it-to-
rose - to when the great
In such an emergency,
handicap, and were thj
sent to the help of
them between the
cause of the Allies
the die would hav^
upon one venture.
We have been dijeusaing contingencies. The
Germans have been stopped at Amiens and we
believe will be held there. They have been
checked at Arraa and Hazebrouck and we be
lieve will be held at one point or the other
until the Americans arrive in sufficient numbers
to turn the scale. But we have tried to show
why, in refusing to send his reserves north of
the Somme, Gen. Foch has acted with a strate
gic wisdom that promises much for the Allied
armies under his directon.
Buy W. S. S. -
MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY.
The man of military age, without dependen
cies, who does not now engage in some branch
of service to aid his country, will regret it in af
ter years.
The tim^to^coming when those who have act
ed-the slacker's part will be ashamed in every
gathering of men of their kind. They will find
themselves without-influence in politics and
without weight in their communities, no matter
what may be the aggregate of their earthly
possessions.
Never in history has such a crisis confronted
the civilized world. Never since America has
been a republic has the peoples' right to gov
ern stood in such dire dafiger. It is the men
who make sacrifices for their country who will
earn their country’s gratitude, and no man
make a greater sacrifice than to offer his life in
service.
All wars are followed, and rightly followed,
by hero worship. The greater the war, the
greater the esteem in which those who have seen
service at the front are held by their people.
When this war is won. and won for the cause
of humanity and human liberty, the men who
c*id the fighting will be the ones who will run this
country, politically and otherwise. And it will
be right that they should. Just as now you can
not find the descendants of a man who hid in the
swamps or followed s sutler's wagon in the War
Between the States, just so ten years after this
war is over, the children of the man who shirks
his duty today will be ashamed to acknowledge
the part their father played.
A man has but one life to live; but one life to
give. Better a hero’s death on the soil of
Prance, than to eke out a slacker'^ life among
a people whose every glance will Ifut thinly veil
contempt
If you are a young man of military age, with
out loved ones solely dependent on you, don’t
make the mistake of your life. This is a time
of trial and never was l^uroan nature put to a
more crucial test The coming years will write
In history how you stood it
Buy r W. S.
With sorrow we learn of the death of Capt
H. F. Wiggins at the ripe age of 59, following a
second stroke of paralysis, at hjs home in Al
bany. Fred Wiggins was one of nature's
blemen in the full meaning of the word; a man
faithful to duty; a man who spread in his every
day life, amidst the day's work, the gospel of
cheerfulness. The writer knew him first
when, a youth fresh from school, he was assis
tant to a section foreman on the Sylvester divis
ion of the old Brunswick and Albany railroad,
now a division of the Atlantic Coast Line.
Soon afterwards he was promoted to a conduc
tor’s place, first on a freight and later on a pas
senger train. He served the road continuous
ly for forty-three years, giving up his duties on
ly when he suffered the first stroke a few r?onths
ago. To the people along the line of his daily
run he was a personal friend, a .pan who had al
ways the ready greeting and the cheerful word.
We shall mis? him, but we are sure he has flag
ged the Gospel Train, and that the Great Engi
neer smiled when he pulled him safely into the
Eternal Station.
RICH, VALUABLE FICTIONAL MATERIAL
The editor of one of Georgia’s leading news
papers writes:
Just a word to express to you the real eqjoy-
ent I got out of reading your book. “Saturday
ght Sketches.” To me the people portrayed
in the times told of were reminiscent of the peo
ple I came from myself. Many of the customs,
-ue general outlook on life, the community style
of y^ing and the general interrelation of the
■®on stock being identical with that enjoy
ed by the community in Northern Ontario
wher -till stands today my Grandfather’s home-
But in addition to the great pleasure I
perso*'' , ’y derived from going back to the days
lire of the experiences of my own very
young boyhood, there was a real joy to a writing
, mar ' Jiscovering a new simplicity in the com-
- ^oMtio n 'of tfie book, which was extremely effec
tive. 1 do not think Artemus Ward could have
much improved on the story of Bill-hat, the
watermelons and hornets.
The most important thing about it, however,
in my estimation is the really valuable and per
manent contribution you have made to the his
tory of an all too little exploited American era'—
one that was common in its characteristics and
its relation to the developments of a great peo
ple from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
In this connection I would like to make a very
serious suggestion to you. I believe that what
Edward Eggleston did for the early Indianians
*—books ' —
Mia Emma R. Sutton
Editor
TyTy Department
TY TY,
GEORGIA
it Hatarday and 8nn-
looka wcU. and
• highly b.
“■» w. a a
1 w D- Thomp-
Mi*. M. Dswd, Mr*. J. A Lyle .ml
Mr*. U*J Sumner wrnt to Sg treater Hu-
urtUj iSrrocon to «tleml ibe funeral
G E Pinron.
*" wa* nuA» the tele-
phone whang* the first of the week,
rm. Uiatn. the operator ia char*e, bar-
I guar on * abort visit to Milan.
From every aourev cornea the
aiat * a lack of hand*. Farmer
getting anxious, mill* are dosing down,
and other iadoatriea are threatened. Thi.
need awld be reUered. in a Urge
mrarara. if the semi-loafera. who just
mi** beiag vagrants, would put it
dag* ee*ek each week.
Some of the farmers *re juM finishing
planting for the third time. The first
planting wan destroyed bg cold am
■croud O flood
Some of our plant gtowi
order* fx>m Florida. Thi*
ing eo»h to Newcastle.' hi
tie i* Ia fortunate than
neighboA her want* must
Bag W. s. 8.
The hhrkberrg crop—and it is
ising oae this gear—has resrhed the Mate
which tamediatelg precede* perfection.
Kind of curiouo—isn’t it?—that black
berries •* green when tbeg are red.
Bug W. S. 8.
That bring of Gibbses looked rather
imposiag in the liu of I.ibertg Loan sub
scribers, and it would bare been eren
longer If some of the women subscriber*
had uwd their maiden name. It is a
large faailg whose ancestors were among
tb{ pioaorr* of. Georgia.
i. 8.—
Gordo* Itiahop ia the first of Tg Tg’s
>gs to ke called awag bg the selective
•aft. We are deeplg aorrg to have him
>. but the need Is imperative rtrer
Tg Tf Mreels are ia rather a aorrg
conditio^ especially r since the big rain,
t impoaaible to get hands to
on them. Even the gsrbage is re
moved !*■ frequently than it ought to
r W. S
lighted to have Mr. Kidder
help us nkhrate the victorg of Tg Tg
in being the first district in the countg
ml tru dags) in getting “Over the
Mr. Jollg mag have been present,
but be loot DO part fn the proceedings.
Tg Tg diotrirt is fall of the finest work-
snd thrg alwaji get what tbeg go
after.
—Bug W S. 8.
A little A etch of 1. J. Young, wbsse
iffernigi were ended bg death last Fri-
dag. will ha found fa another column.
Mr. Young tad worked under distressing
conditions, for maag gears, to support
almost helpless faailg.
rhose who pam along th* streets of Tg
Tg mag see More doors that are pro
tected bg bar*. That ia to keep out the
rows sad bogs. You mag think that
row*, as theg have onlg one row of teeth,
-an do but little injury In a More; but
1 saw one destroying a stock of flour,
and another biting pieces out of potatoes
thst were too big to go*into her mouth.
bogs—them pre 257.000 words in
the English language but tbeg are all too
•w to do juMicr to this subject.
Bug W. S. S.
Tg Tg people pat in a lot of time at
the Tifton statics, waiting for trains,
and the improved appearance of the
-siting rooms is a source of great com-
irt. One need there now ia some one
> rail the trains, but what ia eapeeiallg
needed is a "bouncer” haring a super
backbone. and tb* principal dutg
of this offl-ial should be to .cast out
spitiers rend warier* ^especially the ’fc
Thl* is not said in a Sfdri
criticism he- because Tg
*el v •■..Un-Tel wirf'Tiftoi
Tba-Citg Couneil- has bcenbasy
week, passing aanitarg ordinances, h
interviewed bg contractors, and occi
ing themselves with other matters of lm-
portance. The electee light plant will
be begun almost immediate!j. other
"The
af Berlin" al-
ibilauta on the
when It was
hardly be said
a: tbeg were
• all of them
Probably the onlg reallg unpopular
thing that President Wilson has ever
done, according to the opinion of our part
of the rountrg. ia opposing the execution
of spies. People are asking if be is wiser
and better than Washington, or- if we
are reallg superior, morallg and mea-
tallg. to our ancestors of ReroluGonarg
W. E WILLI
DEALER IN
High Class Gtnarat kftrel
been visiting
■ Pickett, this
e. Foragtb.
t connected with
the pitg caused bg the death of Major
Andre. To this dag. no normal person
can read the storg of this gallant young
•ffleer Without being- moved almost to
tears’ bg his sad fate. Who would think
of comparing such a man to the mgriada
* THE STORE
WbweYwf Dollar Goes Fart
Courteous Treatment
Your Trade Will Be Appreciated.' i
• past visiting w b#
Tj Ty Farmers Supply Go
- loathed
soning wells, and
■ ail the fiendish acts for whir
•ays with lavish hand? How t
on ns Englishman would bav
«ch acts, neb people and sorb a gov-
mmeuc. And get Washington consented
o his execution, and tbe people approved
be seaCrar*. Even his pathetic plea.
! that be be allowed to die the death of a
soldier—that he be shot aid not banged
R. R. Pickett, President
J. M. Varner, Manager.
, *al-
DEALERS IN
Groceries, Dry Good*
Notions, Shoee, Hats
Roady-to-Wear Qotkisi >*
■d ground pea*. I
oppiug at two
to visit other
to attend tbe
-that require*
It is lack or
ing tbe plants
ST ESS.
nt Club, like
ice baa iater-
ssmb Out of
id there was a
Weigl
tkat is.
r Tueadag af-
nstitution srss
immptlg paid,
aid for" the fu-
tbe meeting.
Olivi
interest th*. other. Nothing was
yet gained by nne part of
munitg palling against
....... . Cimiit Ridcr and ttlg H66-
of transports, bat hundreds; not * sier Schoolmaster, you could do for Georgia If
'*■*■ “ * would aey yourself to the task. Certainly
is rich and valuable fictional material’
nnnn tKe an. thii a«L| — !i ? e “ d time * of which have Written
upon the sea, the «al-j ta your little book jugt ont If you can do it,
nly is your duty to go to work at once,
am one of those who believe you can."
e Briton n
i Allies;
re you going ta vote for the no-fence
at the election that takes place
third of Jnlg? Now. if Tifton wis
to do some real miasionarg work,
might send ua some speaker* to t
•bis law. You see. thia bring
agricultural district, the people are
anthuaiaatic on the no-fence question
aa theg might be. Tbeg are extremelg
orthodox, and their anceston fenced in
the crops. Theg are overlooking the
verg naall part of onr South Georgia
lands, and that that dtfferene*
rapidly. Stock roamed over hundreds of
thousands seres of 1
much cheaper'to tract in the crops than
to fence out the stock,
changed eerg much.
Bog W. B.
Mr. Young was boro and raised ia tbe
Warwick section of Worth conotg, nor-
jinx to this place several gran ago.
~Aboiit thirtg gears ago he'waa severe
ly cut by Tom THrk ItycrofJ at old l«a-
bella from which injuries ha tsrvrr fully
It seems that w* are iar for ■ dry
id a drg Mag fi usually rupr-o**d
thing greatly desjied bg farmers. Thia
*r. though, it is different, as we have
id ah unusual season. Verg few far
mers have finished planting.
—Bog W. B. 8.
colored bmth*r rue into Tg Jg.
rently o
had l>
notified bg telegraph that a meim<er of the
family had died iu a distant town
said that be could not attrnd the fi
a far awag. but that Ue wool I telegraph
’congratulations.’
“Bug a Bond." of .ourse also’vote for
that “No Fence" law.
. W. R. Williams has I nit home
grown peaches on the market this week.
reaa an at heavily laden with fruit
that thrg have to have supports ts keep
then bon breaking. _ .
served refreshments. Enthusiasm fcrok
out afresh then, because everything wa
'awful nic'.’’ tbe very best, and the com
Sang was ia exactly the state to eujn
nic* things to rat and drink. Theg eo
joyed them. After this, until futxhe
.. . an meeting* ol the s-T*k. will b
of tbe President. Mn
•f- held
Edgar Gibbs.
Bag «’. 8.
JACOB J. YOUNG TY TY.
Mr. Jacob J. Toung. after a Tong and
painful illness, died at his borne it
Tg. Friday afternoon and wa* buried
lu OakflHdKaWiTday. Her. 8. 8 Kemp,
pastor of the Methodist church, came
from I*oulan to conduct the funeral srr-
Mr. Young was among tbe old settler*
of Worth county, having lived in thia
ronntg all his life. He leave* a wife and
four small children here and one daugh
ter and our aon eg a former mart
who live near OaUeld. lie was ma
thre.
y W. 8. 8
HBNDR1CK8-GA8KINS
Nashville. Ga . May 0.—A marriage of
unusual interest occurred here last Friday
when Mis* I>ooa Hendricks, of
NaAmHe-. nod Mn «WH. G.-k.—.,J
Atapaha. were united in mafriage.
The bride ia tbe daughter of ('•). and
Mr*. It. A. Hendricks, and is po«»e»»ed
of many rare charms and accomplish
ment*. She i* a recent graduate of
Itewue Tift College, where she won many
honor*. The groom is the sun of Mr.
E. D. Gaskins, of Alapaba. and it one of
the lending young business men of South
Georgia, he being extensively engaged in
farming, mercantile business Band other
vnterpriaea..
The marriage wa* a Wry quiet affai
as the bride has two brother* in tbe ai
l.isutsnant T X Haadrirka._aJ»a.
on tbe firing line in Krai
Sergeant R. F. Hendricks, who ia auua to
lil for France.
Tbe brifle and groom will visit Wash
ington. New York and other imints of
interest, after which theg trill return
to Alapaba. where theg wlU make their
i. and slink back t<
be was commanded by hi* superior
te.go within the American lines
-t Benedict Arnold, and to make
rrangements with that traitor con-
t the transfer of West Faint to
-itish. be obeyed, just- as a good
gentleir
H-
k be bad I
r abhorred the
inly his lai-k of a spy
him from reaching the *h
h^d tbe qualificatioi
would never have I
hat puxxlrs u
this floor fellow,
high-toned man. s
INTEREST PAID
on TIME and SAVINGS D]
lugbt.
understand is
•bould bare perished so
men and women be would have scorned
aa loathsome being*—are treated an our
nation's honored guests, t trmaiottnllg.
a newspaper or an individual given out
bg wag of excuse, that these s|de* are
sometimes executed, thuagh we do not
hear of it. If such t* the cases then it
evoold be well for the Government to
take tbe people into Its mufidexir*. It
would not satisfy them entirely foe tbeg
still think that none ought to en-
rat it would bring about a health-
ier feeling among them. None of us ran
help feeling that what was good enough
'or an honeM soldier ought to be good
-nough for the skulking, fiendish tier-
this
People
i this
few ,
n of som
rs w. assiduously as tl
ling them during tbe p
I maybe they have f
w that
within the pa«t century.
In all ages and iu all conntrim, until
America set up a new standard, a apj ha*
been regarded a* a being worthy of death
in its most repulsive form. Why tbe
change?
Buy Vi. 8. S
PLANTS VKRSI’S WHISKEY
"Virtue is its o
but it iJtea hrini
fal. eve" in this
■ward."
■ told
■tnnly -
business had
id that we could
nbsrduTitj without errterprfae woui-i rver'
built op.
r far t,
Whether this prophesy has been fulfilled.
’iHiing --vil that g.—l mag conic"
good people thought that sute-wid
bibit ion mould injure business 1
sometime* seem to pay. for a little
tbe end.
ia* atctdilv Inc
ibltloa went icui eifeoi
beyond tbe
•f -ts best frierdv The exp
Hot |K»sl..ffirc v. -J *o •:, s
ICS* with whiskey order*, (the postof-
Ice . in rwoeeflation and money orders
he express, in bringing the good*I and
t looked a« if theg muM suffcr a
rbey did. fee a timer but. is waa only
g ffy busi
e pfe>hibil
•in pang
There
arb better
in be no reaoertion be-
iskeg and raising plants,
ise prohibition mute this
a place t« live in that
new psrtple were induced to in.
bringing nr*- Mens. Aayway. the plant
induct*- ha- more than made, up the
huaiaiaa that prohibition "kilted", and
"** i—N -Ttiinur Hr nwriiirltr of
th* plant-grower riv-r the whiskeg-
And Other Thing*.
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