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r-v Hr' ' r . *= ■niE TIFTj M CAZETfE, TIFTON, 6A., FRIDAY, MAY 2,11 THE TlFTON GAZETTE PttblUbed Weekly Srnered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia, Second Class Matter, Act of March 8, 1879. >. L. Herring. .Editor and Manager pedal Organ City of Tifton f and Tift County, Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Twelve Months - - .$1.50 Six Months 76 Four Months 60 THE HORSE REMAINS. V There's a reason every part of'the Coi gia has come endoi logical and best ai ■ms-~ P&WFT' Wf- m S6ME OF THE REASONS WHY. Because a glance at the street, highway or garage will leave the impression that the horse as a medium of locomotion has been superceded by the motor, that was a rather surprising ex perience reported by a Tifton dealer this week, when he sold a carload of buggies in four days. You do not see many buggies on the roads or around the wagon yards, but they have not en tirely disappeared in Tift county at least, as this rapid sale attests. And it is just as well. The auto moves fast er, but there is something about the sleek, fast stepping horse and new buggy that decidedly appeals to us—perhaps because we are old- fashioned—and we are glad to note that they are not altogether gone. id the fact that from 1 Plain region of Geor- ment of Tifton as the most accessible site'for the Coastal Plain Experiment Station. This endorsement came in the form of letters, telegrams, resolutions by commercial organiza tions, and in the personal presence of men of influence and foresight, who left their work and gave their time , that the station might be located at the point where it would be of great est value in the agricultural development of South Georgia. The endorsement came from practically every county or community that did not itself offer a site f$r the station, or was not bound by some tie, neighbor or otherwise, to another candidate. There is a reason why the movement to secure an agricultural experiment station for South Georgia originated at Tifton five years before any of the other points now offering sites realized that such a station was needed, and six years before either of these places gave the en terprise their support. ' There is a reason why the second soil survey made by the National Government in Georgia was a soil survey of Tift county, which gave to the type of soil first found here the name of the Tifton Loam. There is a reason why the growing of tobac co, peaches, grapes and truck on an extensive scale for commercial purposes in South Georgia was first undertaken at Tifton, more than twen ty-five years ago. There is a reason why the first fruit fairs Old Irwin is doing its part toward feeding the world, according to the Star, which says that 106 carloads of food stuff have been ship-jwhjc), attracted the attention of investors and ped from Ocilla since October 29. Of these, com growera j n the North and Middle West to South led with 43 cars; followed by 22 cars hogS, ! (j6 0r i(ii Bn( j its possibilities were held at Tif- 18 of sweet potatoes, 11 of cattle and 6 of hay. ton twenty-five years ago. Within a few years, food stuffs will form the bulk of outward-bound freight from this por- . tion of South Georgia. The first check reaching the Victory Loan Chairman at Griffin for the new issue of bonds was from Curtis Smoot, who is serving a life sentence for murder on the state' prison farm. Smoot bought liberally of previous bond is sues. If a convict can do so well, surely all of us can do something. SATURDY NIGHT SKETCHES Says the Book Review Digest for April, 1919: A book of reminiscent sketches of rural life inj,the “wiregfasS region” of Georgia a genera tion ago. The sketches appeared first in a Georgia' newspaper, the Tifton Daily Gazette, , . and their reception as faithful pictures of a past social era led to their reprinting, in ex planation of his title the authot says, "Satur day night in the southland is a semi-colon; a breathing-space between the work of the week ,There is a reason why the first canning fac tory for the preservation of fruits located south of Macon waB established at Tifton twenty-five years ago. There is a reason why, when other sections of the state noted that an experiment station was to be established in the Coastal Plain reg ion, attention almost automatically turned to Tifton as the place for its location. There is a reason why one-fifth of the corn produced in Georgia is grown within a radius of fifty miles of Tifton. There is a reason why over one-fifth of the live-stock in Georgia is»within'a radius of fifty miles of Tifton. There is a reason why one-fifth of the farm implements and farm machinery in Georgia are within a radius of fifty miles of Tifton. There is a reason why the rural population of the counties within, a. radius of fifty miles of „ lacoiTO ^„ * ^ ln Tifton 18 the largest of that of any other sec- w . y , Of anythin* edible rather than burn tion of the state. | it- That did not help to make MISS EMMA R. SUTTOfi EDITOR TY Surpriae marriages and runaway | Mrs. R. ft. Pickett waa ao Ion* re* I The aeaaona aeem to ba *radnally torn- matches are atU) popular in this vicini*.covering from an attack of influenza tbatling round, *ettin* hjffc m*. be to tjr. Tba wherefore it past finding out. 'ahe waa taken to Atlanta to consol* what they wer*, according to wme ***** specialist. She has returned physically scientists, spa a*o when some of the Hare yon tried any of that ‘ Golden improved and *reatly relieved in mind, warm countries (if aoma writers aw to Glow" ice cream at the store of the Ty The specialist found not the sli*btest or* be believed) were cold, and rice versa. Ty Drn* Company? It is good—also, it *®®k trouble, but only the usual after- Or maybe we are acquiring a climate* is pretty—and they do say that the man effects of influenza, prominent among that ia neither vary cold or very warm, who invented it ia making a fortune with which is mental depression. j For the past few yearo summer has It I • • * * • lingered, and so baa winter. -77”j • • • • South Georgia has a native grass, fori * * * • • Dr. F. B. Pickett has returned from'which we have no special name, that) Th er ® * Btor 7 told of a man who, . Atlanta, where he went to take Mrs* J.' seems superior, in some respects, to in tb « d*ya when lasy people were call-1 H. Harris for an operation. The opera*. Bermuda for a lawn. Thfre ia not a *d by a fancy name—Sybarite—had ar PreSCriotii tion was successfully performed, and prettier lawn in Ty Ty than the ground P* ln 1® the back, brought on from loek*«^..« j-j • Mrs. Harris' condition is reported as‘surrounding the colored Baptist church,, 1 ®* *t a man digging a trench. W. F. most favorable. land there ia not a grass plat here that Sikes has a llat of a few dtisena in this ► • • 1 receives so Uttle attention. Stock graze' vicinity who were almost as violently af* fulfilled vour WC °® il * but bo ** ^ not 11004 Tbe root* fected from looking on while a big force forward onoevl {orm * ®*®t that resists rooting, and yet) pulled potato pladts. In justice to these rorwaru, at onceu iit h» ..is • • • • < If you have not T.U. promise, come and make good. Draw, pounded." FINE JEWELRY Gasoline and Ott^lP the eras, la easily eradicated—this be- cltixenx, let It be said that aome of them in, one respect in which it la superior j Old pull afew plant*. by way of ax es 11 c i pond trass. ... .... .. „ V , „ „ I to Bermuda. It teems to flourish in the, periment. Mr. fllkts admits that, bat, TX7 P tX7TT T T A Ufa Would the Omega school kindly paM, drl „ t weat her. though It Is sometimesjaccordlni to thU authority, the expert- VV. JCi. WILLlAMb DEALER IN High Class GsiMifll Mflrchf niHsi i PITY THE POOR GOAT. uk a copy of that son* about Ty Ty? The favor would be greatly appreciated and (if possible) reeiprocpted. • • • • # There was a considerable sprinkling „ _ ““ . , , , of Ty Ty people nt the Tift*, "movies" Sp**kln* of “goat., tbe fourth-class Saturday afternoon and the rerdkt waa Postmaster shines conspicuously in that —good.** Those whom a delayed train, ro1 '- Whenever there is disagreeable (delayed, of course) set down in Ty Ty work to b * don '- for which th ' 0oTer “- at 12:30 a. m.. Instead of 10 p. m„ were ment not “P*** 10 W. tb ' not SO aun about the trip being worth ! ment "»• ln •***. the price. Of conrse, 12:30 a. ro. wns l do il " ‘ nd then 11 •* P» nwi wrw t0 ,h e “Wilson', time”; but, no matter whatj F<mrtll -rie»s Pu*t»aater. the time wan called, this fact remains: j A few of the things thst have fallen the train was two and a bait hours late, to the postmaster's lot are t& sale of Gould not' Somebody, do something about ibis train being ,09 time? * Mr. Frank K Dumas' marriage to MUs Philips a fofitfg lady who has lived neighbor fur sometime, was a surprise to those who know them. They ment was short-lived, and tbe experi menters fainted by the wayside—metaph orically speaking. The Correspondent has taken pains not to learn the names of these experimenters: Mr. Sikes can tell you. N. N. Malcom shipped 200,000 potato plants Tuesday for which he received $538. Rather a good day*a work. Tbe congregation of the colored Bap tist church held a “raHy" Sunday for the purpose of raising money to repair their church building. The sum realized was $280.84. A “rally" will be held each fourth Sunday till a sufficient sum went to Omega' Thursday afternoon and were married there, returning afterwards to the bridegroom’s home between T> Ty and Tifton. 1 tssss On account of influenza, Nipper school was closed nearly the entire fall term, and it will be several weeks before vaca tion begins there. Miss Pauline Man ning. the teacher, attended the institute in Tifton Saturday, Misses Ora and Grace Porter and Mr. Alfred Spurlock going down with her on business of their own. The party spent the day in Tif ton. Negroesused to tell their wasteful little charges that the person who threw any article'of food into the fire would thrift stamps and war saving stamps (buying the latter back when asked to do so), taking the finger prints and photographs of “alien enemies," tracing is.-secured for their purpose, up claims of soldiers, finding relatives for soldiers and soldiers for relatives, answering all manner of questions for THE STORE Where Yoor Dollar6ms I Courteous Treatment] • • • *'•' Your Trade Will Be starve to death, and there are many elderly white, persona in the South to day-men and. women who would be indignant ,i(i they were called superati- tioua—who'wpnld pat themselves to — and the devotions of the morr<>V. A time for. There is a reason why, when the Board of ^ 0 "°” lc,, 1 pcopl % h ” w '” r ' ** the young of merrymaking and social inter-J. , . . / ed a few lesaona during the war, but it course itfto the^S *" , a 'option for the in this halting between the going and the com-i® econ ^ District. Agricultural School, they se - ing week, the mind of the man'toast life’s merld-|l e Cted Tifton, from among the eighteen coun ian flits, back to the days that are gone.”.ties of the District. Characteristic chapter titles are: When the de- This reason is: cotton to market*; A^candy-puTllng^n^the'wire-1 ^ lft . on 18 c8 " t<5 ^ of b he * reat Jagricultural grass; The community cotton picking; The belt > traversing the Southern section of the singing school; An old time circus day. Istate, where lands once considered pine barrens “Mr. Herring is worthily preserving the past, have been developed until they are among the In giving these pictures ... he presents the 1 ways of an isolated section of the country in a manner which deserves the interest of Amer icans everywhere.”—Springfield Republican, LEST WE FORGET richest and most fertile of the South. Tifton is in the midst of a “new” section, agriculturally speaking. The lands have nqt been worn out, washed bare, or shorn of their surface legumes. They are lands just coming into their own, and in a section of the state hitherto denied benefit of scientific experimen tal research, whiefi is necessary to the develop- On© Year Ago in the War. ' Th- OW U • A E ri1 , 27 ’ 191 f T _ , » wic UB vuu>|>- and recaptuJe Loc n re ^ " ear m6 ment o£ their highest possibilities and fruitful- The British capture Kirfa in Mesopotamia ! ne ®?' and 40 prisoners; the Turks retreat to Kirkuk,I Geographically, Tifton is the center of the are overtaken by the British cavalry, who kill Coastal Plain region. It is also the center from m °R^f£S n Aiv° xn«iJhi e 688 prisone ”- . . ^ railroad standpoint, and from a commercial British Air Ministry announces that during T„iro a , March British airmen dropped over the enemy ® tand P° ,nt - Take a ma P of Georgia, draw a lines in France 23,099 bombs by day and 18,- line from Au 8 usta to Columbus, through Ma- 080 by night. Germans in the area occupied con > and the most casual glance will prove this, by the British, 617 by day and 1,948 by night. I Because Tifton has led in agricultural dev- lcM h day8 C a C week, 6 Wednesday 1 ] 6 TThursdajT'and 88ctio f n - aad because Friday. led in the fight for the Coastal Plain Station, Germans assault from Wytschaete to Bail- the eyes of the balance of the state naturally leul; in Lys salient, French and British lose turned to Tifton as the logical location there ground. Germans capture Hangard. April 28, 1918. . ^ „ The loss of Kemmel Heights forces the Brl-' - e need the station at Tifton that the work tish to retire. Locrei changes hands 6 times; Of the Agricultural School here may be co- Germans get footing there, but are driven from ordinated with experimental work, with the Voormezeele. result that eventually there will be established of the AqsS PaSSage here a bMncb ° £ the State College of Agricul- The British liner Orissa (6,436 tons) torp- t ure ' edoed in English waters; 57 Y. M. C. A. Ameri- We need the station at Tifton, but no worse cans are saved; >8 of crew are lost. than the balance of the Coastal Plain region Dr. Sidonio Paes 'elected President of Port- ne eds it here. g ug ese Rep 19x8. i these reasons and many more, but prin- British flyers drop 276 tons of bombs on because it complies with the terms of enemy troops east of Locre. the law, as offering the most typical soils and In Mesopotamia, British capture Tuzhurma- the best and most accessible location, Tifton tli and 300 P r >8°nen>. presents to the Commission a site for the Coas- 'British casualties during April: Killed or ‘ a l pla | a Experiment Station. '.'Med of wounds: Officers, 1,621; men, 7,723; their judgment and discrimination we wounded or missing, officers, 7,447; men 35,- rest. 864. Legion made of^he Czechs and Slavs jolnl, Ve _ ry proper ‘ y ' tbe cbairn “ an of the Operat- Italians to fight against Austria. big Board, acting for the Postmaster-General British troops advance a. mile west of the 'announces that in even-, thj Supreme Court River Jordan, in the region of Mezrah; take decides that the Postmaster-General has no 260 prisoners. 1 , (authority to establish intra-atate rates on tel- thc Crimea, ,ePhone service, the company will forthwith re- wranze* bombardment ofParis continues; turn patron8 amounte paid on the in- v creased rates effective May l. .If the Supreme ers Lloyd George,^ Clem- Court sustains the contentions.of the cOmplain- vrfth representatives of ants in this instance, com; taly and the United be made on th e increase ilftjtoll rates which Jwent into effect a few weeks rinct ' a in the case are to be heard May 6, m is expected. will require many more to track us real economy—and, after all t we may not care to learn. Strict economy is a lot of trouble, and pome of us are very much opposed to trouble of that kind. Ty Ty*8 school term of aeven months, shortened by influenza this time, closed Friday evening. How can even the brightest of boys and girls "make' grade in seven months? The term ought, by all moans to be made longer before another year. FRIDAY EVENING WITH TY TY SCHOOL. The cloning exercises of tbe Ty Ty hool were {tronounccd exceptionally good by all those who were present This is especially true of the operetta of the little folks. This was the programme. Duet—"The Sleigh Ride”—Lissie Gib bs, Ruby'Parka. Reading—“Christian Soldier" — Miss Wood. Piano Solo—"Ripples of the Alabama" (Alexander)—Kathleen Pickett Vocal Solo, “The Sunshine of Your Smile"—Mis* Fillingame. Reading, “Almost Beyond Endurance" (Riley)—Miss Wood. Operetta—“Over the Rainbow." Presentation of seventh grade certi ficate. tbe Government (not to mention unof ficial questions for anybody who cbooHes to ask them), and looking after nurner- Aus other matters that nobody else will undertake. Other employes get extra pay for extra work: not ao the postmas ter. In fact, since 3-cent postage came in, lie gets rather less, for the fourth- class postmaster's salary depends entire ly on the cancellation of stamps, and higher jMistage means fewer letters and fewer stamps to cancel. And a separate account of that extra cent must he kept, for it is a war tax and the postmaster gets no part of It. A fourth-class postmaster cauMt make, a larger salary than a thousand dollars a year, and out of that he must pay rent, the salary of a clerk (a clerk ia a neces sity in the larger offices of this claw), Mr. E. W. Oliver, who has a drug store in Sale City and makes frequent trips there, says there was very Uttle foundation for the story of devastation in that vicinity—a devastation due menengitis, the story said. Mr. OUver says there were a few cases of menen- gitis there last fall, and that the story probably grew out of that. a • • • • t Tbe teachers, all of whom were elected for another year, have returned to their separate homes—Miss Wade to Demor- cst. Miss Fillingame to Georgetown, Miss Wood to Lumpkin, Miss Powell to New Smyrna, Fla., and Mias Peeples Nashville, Ga. In spite of many inter ruptions, chief among which were the closing of school on account of influenza, and two or three changes of principal, it seems to have been a successful school year. Ty Ty Fvnirs Sipnfy -. R. R. Pickett, President j J, M. Varaor, ManJ v’ ’ DEALERS IN ''Groceries, Dry Go Notions, Shoos, H Reody.to.Weor CSotkiafl Fans Implimte f And Other Things, Pictorial Review Patterns °Xnis£x<; bombardmentTof Paris continues; 3 women injured. At Vi ' enceau ; France, States meet Gavrio fro-Hi Asm Cloud* com Svkbbot. Arm DxapoMsniCT coon Jot. • Arm Siennas coon Hulth. Arm Wiaxkxss coon Simrare. In the spring when you’re "all In”—fagged out—blood thin, if you will turn to Nature’s remedy, o tonic made from wild roots and barks, which bas stood fifty years aa the best spring tonic—yon will find strength regained. No need to tell you it’s Dr. Pierce’s Golden Mbdical Discovery, put up in tablet or liquid form, and sold by every druggist in the land. After a hard winter - shut up indoors, your blood needs a temperance tome, a tissuo- builder and blood-maker such as this “Medical Discovery” of Dr.Piercele! Bud 10 cents to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y., for trial paefay. the price of fuel, lights, etc., and he rnuHt provide space for the carrier’s deitk. If the cancellation is over $1,000, be gets none of the extra dollars: if it ia leas he got, until very recently, only the sum it amounted to, no matter how amall that might be. Rut chief among theae poor ‘'goats" are those offices that just miss being third-class— auch aa Ty Ty, Sumner, Poulan and many othera throughout the country. Such aa these have all the disadvantages of fourth-class offices with none of the privileges of the higher class. Sometime ago, fourth-claaa offices that did not make as much as $1,000 received an increase of twenty per cent. None of this fell to the share of the offices men tioned. They often make almost double the amount of their salaries, hut the Government takes care of all the sur plus. To become a third-class office, the fourth-class office must make a certain for two successive quarters. Just at present, the Ty Ty office keeps the postmaster and clerk at hard work all day, and this will last through the plant season, taking the office, for this quar ter, beyond the requisite amount for third-class office: business is dull in tbe summer months and receipts drop below the mark, and the gains of this quarter count for nought. Having struggled in to the third-class, should the receipts drop behind for two consecutive quar ters, the office must go back to fourth- class. If all employes were treated this way, what would be the result? Railroad agents in these larger small towns receive a salary of about $1,800 a year, are furnished a clerk at about $840 a year, an office, rent free, and they work eight hours a day. (Postmas ters are fortunate to get off with ten hours.) All have the same "boss;" but the difference, you see, is that railroad employes form a powerful union, and they can, to a certain extent, make their own terms. The details of a fourth-class postofficc are tedious and the work, even aside from handUng the mails, ia difficult, and there is a great ’deal of it. It has in creased enormously in the past years, not only because of the parcel post, but because of a great increase in second-class matter. Not many years ago, it was the exception for a farmer to take a daily paper: now the man who does not take at least one is the excep tion, and often he takes two or three, not to mention magazines. All this adds nothing to the salary of the fourth- class jjostmaster, for the mail received means only work for him. To recount all the woes of this official would require much more time and space than is'here available; but there teems to be a faint glimmer of hope for him. There is a probability that a com mission may be appointed to rectify mat ten for him, and, "dear retdef," if you have a heart, you wiU upend a Uttle time and postage in writing to your Congressman, asking him to help along this Nothing has been said cf the gratis work the postmaster does (or the public —questions answered—questions having no connection with official business—let* ten written, mopey order applications filled out, stamps affixed, headlong rush es made to get off belated matt—for these services, and others like them, the post- r seldom receives even a “thank One favor, in particular, ou|ht to be more appreciated, and that is tbs giving out of matt, at the postofBca, to persons who Uvr on the routes. It M no part of the postmaster's business, and yet ao many persons from the conn-. try eesm to demand it as a right. ..Hog8, ili-jL-.'’> .. MOTHER! YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, FEVERISH, FROM CONSTIPATION If tongue h coated, breath had, stomach soar, clean liver and bowels. Give “California Syrup of Figs" at once—a teaspoonful today often sav< sick child tomorrow. If your little one ia out-of-sorta, half- sick, isn’t resting, eating and acting na turally—-look, Mother! see if tongue ia coated. This is a sure sign that its little stomach, liver and bovrela are clogged with waste. When cross, irritable, fever isb, stomach sour, breath bad or ha> stomach-ache, diarrhoea, sore throat, full of cold, give a teaspoonful of “California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated poison, undigested food and sour bile gently moves out of its lit tie bowels without griping, and you have a well, playful child again. Mothers can rest easy after giving this harmless “fruit laxative," because it never fails to cleanse the little one’t liver and bowels and sweeten the atom ach and they dearly love its pleasant taste. Full directions for babies, chil dren of all ages and for grown-ups print- 1 on each bottle. Beware of counterfeit fig syrups. Ask your druggist for a bottle of “California Syrup of Figsthen see that it is made by the “California Fig Syrup Company. —adv. E. W. Ottvar, Proprietor, A complete line of pate* me* efaea. Drugs —j S—Jrioa. ffelsso! ‘Supplies Prescriptions < ititiiliL THE BANK OF TY TT SAFETY FIRST J TV TV, GEORGIA — . ~ ” , ° ’■m.-M' UNDIVIDED PB0TIT8 —. MUR nn> aOnra aid savings Diram, > '•wtH B, Mr FBIEND what MONET v» will ba TOURS, 1 ym kara NON®. Tj T,. ... Repair, oa Ford can a OHflaad Gratae for Sale. • A party of about 20 Sbrineri and an equal number of “novicta" spent a abort while in Tifton Monday night while wait ing to catch a train for Columbus, for tbe big ceremonial. Th, Shrtners and their victims were from Fitsgerald, Ocil la and Alapaha. The novicta ware dress ed ns sweat young suffragettes and the Shrinera were having a big time. NERVES TORN ALITO PIECES ZIRON Ina iotic Prrni TU RlgM Ruudj For Wo Aid Ottoi TroiMos. “Sometlma back", writes W. T. Tab mar, of Soperton, Ga, -I was In a run. down state. My nerves war* all torn to placaa. It was an effort for mo to do my work. I did not net well at night*. I felt tired when morning came, and didn't faal Ilka atartlng the day. My *Ha was madly. My appe tite vu poor. I felt very much fa need of a tonic. I thought tt waa the lack of Iron and decided to try Zina, as I heard then waa no bettor tonic made. I began tahlng.lt and can eafm ly and gladly say It did me a world of good. Zlron I* a good all-around tonic for young and old. and make* on# feel that life I* worth Uring.” Ebon to aa Inn tonic whkh given •olek. dependable strength. Tea need ttto pSnsr isnSto — hleodfato year blood Ttento, JONES & COMP/ Denials In High Class General After yon read this a go to title store and •hew PRICES RIGHT A. PARKS, Groceries. Dry Goods Caskets, Collins. IV Ty, Georgia. D. VAENER AND Dealer* In. Groceries Dry Coadi, gug, Tobacco and Else to the way Mwchauri? Mam's Farnkhlagt-ar-fl DR. F. B. PICKETT, Physician Aid Surgeon. T.* Tjr, Ga. ^ rOB TASTE AND HEALTH Sea A tt. Means shoot patttog to’a seed S tock wall, Tan* Cette, cmmtt* •WA to totte^, keeping eat nartoee * ' AlinmAD.Manorsvrl* (L G. MALCOM TV TV, GEORGIA-: Orders taken now for pi Abo I buy and sell hogs. ■ * -r't'riK 1 ■ vW..*paw»,vc;^ Com to Florida, bat payimr I for thig space juet the mum. : • — sooeSj ,v { . •■' Fancy Groearlas light and Sold Fresh Meats Plants of AH Kinds