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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., THE TIFTON GAZETTE Published Weekly Ssx Entered at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia, Second Class Matter, Act of March 3, 1879. >. L. Herring Editor and Manager Official Organ City of Tifton and Tift County, Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES < Twelve Months A1-50 SATURDAY NIGHT Working Out Dan’s Crop. Daylight was creeping over the pines to the east when Jim backed the cart from under the WHERE The station should be -/ LOCATED v For the smaller children there was water to' In considering the desirability of Tifton as a there always when lad and lassie came close together. * • dardizing the sweet potato. Ca h7h t0 H rU w an f d , traSh r ba to a ? d “Pjocttoi fo7the CoastoTp^n Experiment stat uiton toe tuth^GeoSa^ 7 ^^® m . e " w f h e cook ‘ n « the dinnar ’ tke 'naterialfor J 91g wag * duced ^ tw ° nty g one g countiea which they had brought with them. Others lying within a radius of fift J es of Tifton had ransacked the house fmdmg the many bite whjle in m? (the , ategt J available) of washing which Mrs Jane had not found these twent counties ha / 18 . 4 cent time to ^re for and out by the well they were the live stock the ^ and „ x p cent of busy over the tubs. Still others with corn- Georgia . s farm implement8 and machinery . shuck mop and lye suds, were going over the; oi 1fl1 „ .. floors of the living-room and its piazzas, with! „! l? 17 . 4116 1 prop 1 ort ! on of tkese twenty- number of growers has grown into thousands, the kitchen in prospect for the. afternoon. A??° Der ceS« 8 «f Sf*?* TT ’ f Untd ”°” ‘ he annual shipment of plants into many mil- ‘z r* fr*• h,d p, ? c "; d :“b»i““S ■ *• “ m ““ ltl * “ c ““ »• Less than ten years ago, a Tifton plant grow er discovered by accident that sweet potato plants would bear transportation for two or three thousand miles, like cabbage,- and out of that discovery has grown the immense potato plant industry, which has spread throughout South Georgia and into Northern Florida. The ery spring season has reached stupendous proportions. There are hundreds of growers ' . vards Inside bv Dan’s bed two grandmas , T T ,, prop onions. mere are nunareds of growers too old for hard work, were bringing the first1'f clrnDtoonPr r t “ k ? n 4rom the report8 |in Tift county alone, and the annual shipments heartv laughs he had given for manv weeks. !! f ! ^°' nptr °i le . r ' G . en ® ral 'Y rl . gh l and . of C „°“ l° f planta from this point amount to many mil-' shed by the stable and brought out the bay, bear t y laughs he had given for many weeks. | m io S j nnnr T T - 101 , irr . , . - r » — mare and hitched her between the shafts. Sal- The dinner horn brought a hungry crowd,!™, V° f A * rlcu,tu J fl J- J - Brown, for 1917, ( u 0 ns, with an almost equal amount from Ty Ty, ly and the three children were ready by the[ hot and sweat-covered, but jovial. The horses'? 9 ? B e sheets of Mr ’ Browns report for ,and Omega. This entirely new industry is by. time he rode around to the gate, astride the f ed j n a CO mmon trough, the man washed up at mare, the cart bobbing behind coverlet was spread on the floor no means confined to this immediate vicinity J him. A woven U ba shelf on the kitchen porch, and soon were raised in the territOTy ° f Tift county, J At Valdosta it is sate that growers have orders| ■ of the cartan d | do i n g ju8t ice to the meal of cornbread, biscuit, | i prrip 79a „ in “J“H? ** ,iv ! ■“***“* 1mo «* anthay ( SMS* v-vvviivi- i UUlIly JUoblvv LO Life meat OI coniurct*U| DlOvulli PomnAn _ j. Fteta nnn l t_ l n TT’ll I * Sally and the children seated carefully over the, baconi turnips , young cabbage( ch i c ken, friedLS I* 'l°° ?oo^ooo ^ supply a " d corresponding reports come ax to maintain an exact balance. Sundry pied wUh piesand^cakeHo follow There I® 62 / 00 bU8he,8; Brooks ' 1 ’ 088 ’ 000 bushete; from other points. ? ’ , j .u- .L ; ..;J ana piea > Wltn ples ana caKes 10 loiiow. mere c „ g fi4 . 0 on rkr non . .... jars and pans, cloth-covered, were the objects ] was - mucb eate „, but there wa8 plenty( £or '^ie^ »04 UU 0 bushels; Colquitt bSb.OOO of Sallv’s especial attention. Ithose cooks well knew the appetites they were'nU? 16 !?’ , Gnap ’ ®28,000 bushels, Dodge, 928,- \‘ Itnose cooks wen Knew tne appetites iney were 000 bushela Dougherty. 388.000 bushels: Coffee, 864,000 bushels; Colquitt, 656,000 The sweet potato itself is being standardized. It was two miles along the three-path trail ’catering to. through the wiregrass beneath the pines to the' little clearing which held Dan’s farm, and by sunrise they were there. Already three carte like Jim’s stood near the gate and two more came up soon after; each brought its man, wo man and children, who quickly found their places. Jim’s wife had breakfast ready—black coffee, cornbread, sliced bacon and fried eggs —and to this the men fell to with little cer emony, for they had been trained from child hood to properly value daylight. . Inside the one-room log house used as sleep ing and living room, on the 4-post, corded bed- , . , „ | Until recently the crop was forced on the mar- 1 b ooo e i 8 JL , Do " gherty ’ . 388 ’ 000 bushels; ket in a period of , ess than three montha> ^.l . . . . i Dooly, 928,000 bushels; Irwin, 336,000 bushels; After dinner a social pipe; an hours rest; Jeff D avi8i 30 4,000 bushels; Lee, 832,000 bush- and sociaj chat; some pleasant and edcourag- , 8 . Lownde 752 000 bushe , Mitche „ j ing remarks to Dan and back to the fields 152>000 bushe , s Pu]a8kj Q0 bushe , 8 That morning the oldest and best trained had Telfah . 666>000 bushe)8 Tift 352>000 bushels been tacitly chosen leader and through thej Tunl sgg ooo bushels; WHcox, 576,000 bush- day he directed the work, that no time or mo-', Worth 880 000 bushelg Thom 8 , 6 >000 - tion was lost. When the long shadows told that the declin ing sun was nearing the treetops, Dan’s cro p f bu8be j 8 " was worked out and clean, the houses and' yards were clean ,and the washing hanging on bushels. Total 13,924,000 bushels. itut Uka a banana peel- pmtnleaslr. "Qtta.lrdo ibloa to any corn, without tho.i of aUckr plasters. Irritating i greasy ointments or bundling There's no fussing sehnors to nse. *G< minions, beesuao IV Wa'fSi, Sold in Tifton and ward the close of the year. The price obtain ed was in keeping with the small demand and glutted market, growers often being glad to get 26 cents a bushel. Producers who look ahead *"** corn rtmedT soon found it profitable to bank their sweet 1 potatoes and put them on the mprket in the! late winter months. Considerable loss attend-! MAD DOC NEAR VAN l^The state crop of 1918 was: 68,850,000 the in( .; eased price , Potato curing houses have changed all this. Divide the total crop of 21 counties, 13,924,- ,. , . , , ,000, by the State crop: You have fact that these the fence to dry while his volunteer helpers oao . - 0 . , ... .... ... „ ., , .counties produced 20.2 per cent of State crop! were assemb ing their families for the home- 1 stead that stood in one corner Dan lay, propped ward trip. As they told Dan good-bye the Stock *? d , *77?" 5!*^ inery up with pillows. Since early spring he had been i „^„.i v,'„ 1 y ’ **• “ lve Stock _ Va_l. Farm bed-ridden. The previous winter, while roll ing logs at a neighbor’s, he had wrenched his back. He thought little of the hurt at the time, but next day he could not straighten, and for many weeks walked carefully. When plow time came in late winter he found only a por tion of a day’s work his limit. With much pain and heroic effort he managed to get his land broken and his crop planted, but with the com ing of warm weather his remaining strength failed. At first he could hobble on a. stick out in the field to show his wife, Jane, where and how to plow, but soon could get no further than the doorstep; then only to his chair, and now could not leave his bed, where Ke lay with his tears, beyond his control, were rolling downj his cheeks, but he said little—the long and'Berrien lingering clasp of his feeble hand told more'Ben Hill than were words. For, no matter what else'? 1 ^^ 8 might betide for him and his, the wolf of want! Colquitt was for the season banished. Once having put; Crisp his crop in shape, it would not need for work— 1 Dodge even until after harvest it would have closer at-! Dougherty tention than any crop in the community. And I Dooly Ana 1 Jeff Davis man having done his part, the rest might be j rw j n Lee safely left to Him who ruleth the seasons. So, with the consciousness of a day’s work Lowndes Mitchell l’ well done, the neighbors, wended their home- ward ways through the dusk, each almost as E . happy as Dan, iieixair countenance alternately showing resignation yes. But they’are gone? > Thomas Good people, good times and good customs? (Tift to a fate that seemed inevitable and then chang ing to fretful anxiety as he realized that want was facing him and his. For by this time Jane had been forced to give up nearly all of the work in the field to minister to her husband and the four little children were an added care instead of a help. Out in the cornfield the young shoots that had looked so promising when the spring was Turner No; for this county last week saw a similar (Wilcox proceeding. Thank the God who ruleth the Worth hearts of men that they still throb responsive ] T 0 t a l 8650,780 173,398 595,172 603,911 470,617 247,076 546,661 182,799 441,080 156,191 327,572 315.995 477,776 621,656 244,015 319,325 526.995 286,804 290,127 335,156 533.996 Imp. & Mach. $115,892 31,638 99,651 88,014 102,613 86,814 103,999 36,818 114,470 28,773 49,820 67,600 73,054 112,325 62,178 47,330 101,632 64,191 57,100 81,391 100,702 ed this, but it was more than compensated by, Bi ‘ 8e '' er * 1 Anim*i» in tint i - - ! *»d Lut Heard from Near Brooldleld A do» ..Turning every symptom oC' rubies appeared at the home of Mr.'B^il now the grower or the small community can ■ Dn “J> “1* r VancevUle,- Saturday mom- , . , ... 1, . j *nj. He bit Mr. Dots' dor and it said store a potato crop with a reasonable degree of (t „ h , vc aU ,, bltten nelr £ cvwy other safety and market it at will. The past season dog in that settlement, and alao came demonstrated that these warehouses will pay, " bitiue 0,4 ne « ro for themselves many times ove r in one crop. BrookfieH Xro’". 1 SL/'Zn’'**' The sweet potato crop last fall was a large one. pursuers and was stm at iar*e. | During the latter part of the season, potatoes N “ ,ice * ive “ th * t m *r *•.< were going begging on the Tifton market at 60 1 _ cents a bushel. Soon after Christmas the price your baby chicks ~ advanced to a dollar and by the first of March they were being marketed from the potato cur- Arc now beginning to hustle for thi . , . , . Ives. Tlipy will need a remedy to ing warehouses in car load lots at $1 and more, bone and muscle, b. a. thoi Now inquiries are being received at prices rang- 1 l’OULTRY remedy mokes them ing as high as $2.25 a bushel. I""' 1 thrlV ?' Ma,IM ,hom hcalth r. , by roach] tig the frying stage in tbs oho Sweet potatoes, with ordinary care and ferment time. Try it today. Rickerson -Gfi tilizing will yield easily 200 bushels per acre; Co - with improved seed selection it is said that as visitors at methimst ci high as 500 and it is even claimed 700 bushels' per acre can be obtained. A few years ago 1 Members of the Tifton farmers said they could make money on sweet'^ ari h n ‘ d SSSf" _ potatoes at 25 cents a bushel—certainly they Dr. C. O. Jones, Secrotnry of the Qeor- ' to Humanity’s call. ITALY’S SORRY SPECTACLE. $8,256,102 State’s total $44,860,688 $1,625,815 $9,470,844 are a more profitable crop even at that price * ia Anti-Ssioon League, and one of the than cotton at 15 or 20 cents a pound. At f 1 a bushel and Up the crop should be an immense- quent sermon at the morning service. Dr ly profitable one. Jones was en route to Waycroagio.M- With potatoes curing warehouses for stand- ro^ecUons'* nf™ lifted by* It is a sorry spectacle that Italy presents, in the childish and futile attempt by threat to young had turned yellow and grown‘spindling,ti> coerce the Peace Conference into giving I «rn while the crass was crowding them in the rows her territory to which she has no shadow 0 f territory where the farming of the state is go- while the grass was crowaing tnem in tne rows, ling on. Therefore, it is the logical, and most and in the middles green weeds had run up and, 11116 ' | , . ’ ,, _ . were waving purple blossoms. The rains had from the first, Italy s course in the war ha a access ' b e and most desirable site for theloca- packed the soil around the young crop and the not been an admirable one. She kept out of ; tlon of the Coastal PIaln Experiment tation. sun had hardened it, while many pebbles show- the conflict until England and France agreed Tift’s territory: 18.4 per cent of the live ______ stock, and 17.1 per cent the value of farm im-jardizing and the demand steadily growing as | h. Buda to speak >t a. morning sei- the people become familiar with the food,^”' . . . , . . . . . . At the evening hour, Rev. S. 8. value Of the sweet potato, it promises to soon preached t fine germon. Rev. Mr. plements and farm machinery of the whole. The lesson is obvious Tifton is the most accessible center of that become one of the leading as well as most weht over to Sumner to preach » ed redly where the soil had been washed from them. In the cotton patch the seed had germ inated and the plants came through the soil, to her price and after her entry she was of lit tle value, from a fighting standpoint. The force WHY NOT A HOSPITAL OF OUR OWN? It is necessary for Tifton to send patients to landed to aid Albania made no show until af- Ocilla, Adel, Moultrie, Macon and Atlanta profitable money crops of this section. For every soldier who participated in the Great War for the cause of human liberty will be issued a “Victory Medal’’ in commemora tion of his services to civilization. “The design will be similar for all countries on the face, but may differ in detail for the various armies. The necessary. This obverse side of the medal will bear a winged but there had been no one to chop them out, tepthe turning point ofthe war, tind in the time when hospital care is _ and now the grass almost hid them. Altogeth-' 0 * neatest need to the allies, disaffection and is a condition that reflects on the common- j victoT a "d on the reverse will be in the lang- er, the crop looked like a lost one, and it was'discontent in Italy’s armies made possible a dev sense, the charity and the home pride of ouri ua 8 e the country by which it is issued, the to Dan’s rescue that his neighbors came. bucle that almost spelled defeat. It was only people. words ‘the great war for civilization,’ and the For in those days, no man attempted to live with the aid of British, French, and American Tifton offers exceptional advantages for a! arms of the Allies. A campaign ribbon also unto himself. Men must work if they and tro° p s that Italy was saved from being over-'centrally located hospital for this section of has been adopted to consist of a ‘double rain- their’s should eat and when a man was not able run - (South Georgia. We not only need such an in- ”” t1 ’ ”“' 1 *" * l '“ ,rl "° to work, his neighbors must help him, for there' /Now, when complete accord among the Al- stitution here to care for our own sick and af- was no one else. There were no specialists Bed nations is as necessary to secure the fruits flicted, but that Tifton may also do its allotted within reach to give even promise of cure and victory as it was to win success on the field, there were no institutions of charity or ready Italy threatens to withdraw from the Confer- funds to relieve those in need. But there was ence —because she cannot have her way. better than these a broad humanity that never ’ There will be no dissatisfaction among their forgot the neighbor in time of stress, and al- bome people if the other Allied nations let part for the territory surrounding it. A bond issue is the proper way to get it. Mr. Burleson blames all the criticism of his d mal-administration on the newspapers, because though numbers were few, no man ever shirk- Italy 8®. Perhaps when they get through pout their rate of postage was increased. The same ed his part when the call came. When there tag. her statesmen will listen to reason and pretext was used by a repudiated United States was sickness, there were volunteer nurses in common sense. If not, no one but Italy will Senator only a few months ago, but the result plenty; when death came, the body was put be tae loser, away with loving hands, which fashioned the 1 coffin and shroud and dug the grave. The same 1 showed that the people were not deceived. One is almost persuaded that the rate of postage on, newspapers was raised purposely, that The second anniversary of America’s entry principle applied when "work "was needed to in to the war recalls the following facts of stup-j mediocre men might find a shelter when the save a crop, for every man and woman knew endous accomplishment. : “When the war .storm came. If no one blamed Mr. Burleson that should their time of need come, they would broke out tb ere were 127,588 men in the reg- but the newspapers for his many shortcomings, find assistance ready. u l ar army and 80,466 National Guardsmen in Therefore, the past week the word had gone tae Federal service. The navy numbered 66,- ' around to meet at Dan’s home Saturday morn- men ap B tae Marine Corps 15,627. On Nov. ing, and they came—man, woman and child. 1918, when the armistice was ordered, the And as soon as breakfast was over, the horses arm y numbered 3,764,000, the navy 497,040, were hitched to the plowstocks which had and tbe Marine Corps 78,017. Our total armed his excuse might have color, if not substance. been brought in the carte, and each man as- f °rces amounted to 4,339,067. We had trans- • General G. J. Wright, the Albany jurist who was the subject of two recent “Saturday Night” sketches, moved from Newnan to South Geor gia several years before the War Between the signed the task to which his talents were best p orted 2,053,847 soldiers overseas ,and of these adapted. Some with scooters were siding the'l« 338 >l 69 bad been in action. Our casualties com, others with shovel plows followed, burst. . Inf; the middles. Behind the plows, hoes were pteUngWt the grass the plowe missed. Other , plows .vere. riding cotton, and behind these a force of\ hands* chopped it to a Btand. Then came tbelplows to replace the dirt. There was work for all. .The older and more ■ -fflperieni in the army and Marine Corps amounted to 282,8X1.” A friend sends the Gazette a copy of the St. Kitts-Nevis Daily Bulletin. It is published at Basseterre, St Kitts, British West Indies, and is quite a curiosity, viewed from an American en did the plowing; the older!newspaper standpoint The front page is given girls followed with the hoes,to government notices and advertising of the States, according to Mr. R. F. Hunter, of New nan, who knew the family well and knew Gen eral Wright personally. Mr. Hunter also re calls that Judge “Gib” Wright was a Gen eral in the Confederate army and not a Colonel, as the sketches stated, which reminds us that Mr. Hunter is correct, the demotion of title be ing a slip of memory. Editor E. L. Rainey, of the Dawson News, bow’ series with the red in the center. This ribbon will be similar for all armies and is to be issued in the United States very soon. A lapel button for civilian wear also has been adopted. It will be of bronze except in the cases of soldiers wounded in action when it will be of silver. This medal will represent a star in a wreath with the letters ‘U. S.’ for the American soldier in the center. To indicate participation in the more important engage ments extra clasps will be attached to the rib bon of the medal. For the American army these clasps will bear the names of battles selected by General Pershing as the most important en gagements of the war. Special clasps also will designate the place of service, as in France, England, Siberia, or Italy. For the service rib bons similar insignia have been approved, in the form of stars to represent these engage ments. Citations of individual soldiers will be shown by attaching a small silver star for'each citation.” on the Centenary for v Mr. Kemp and Mr. Kemp filled the pulpit hert. < .'‘Jj 666 has proven it will cure Malaria, Chills and & Bilious Fever; Colds and Grippe. It kills the parasite ^ that causes the fever. It'is a splendid laxative and general. Tonic. adv. ; PAID $12,060 INHERITANCE TAX. , Atlanta, April 28—-That lire. Asa O. Candler, who died a abort while was more than a millionaire in her < right wnn proven when her tnx was paid yesterday, Mrs. estate was appraised at out of this there were exei $.10,000 for her six children, $12,000 being paid on the Discussing delays in overseas mail that ap pear without excuse, much of it laid at the door of inefficiency in Washington, the Marietta "Bayer Tablets of AspirinAljH American Owned, Entirely! Journal says: “When the recent' congress graciously allowed a gift of $240 to .ea$h ofiitai civil employees in the qity of Washington because they had worked for the Rover during the war, and at the same ttme-.h] a bonus of one-fourth the sum to the discharged uyl: •* 1 soldiers, we quietly chalked upi a score y against field made merry , ft a« is»ch and in those days made splendid,London Electric Theater,- telegraphic news Texas, where he attended the Good Roads Con- -‘foot, with tucked skirts, they!“censored at Jamaica” ’aiming In for second.ference. Rainey is one-of the ablest of Geor- ‘ Nearly aU of the * is given to this news except the '“Hritare quite as ini who is also a member of the Georgia State the said congressmen who were anxious to re- Prison Commission, is back from a trip to ward their own clerks and appointees, > who were frequently slackers, and paid no war in- s task and appeared to < im out an equal or gr V the callow youth who ’ i officers and loses no opportuni- on, of wh surance. Of course, there were only about 100,000 of these Washington clerks, making a Asptrfn ft, the trade mark of! tore of Monoacaticaddcstar F»assports from Out of Pain to OSmfort J . i ' -SB .For Headache Colds - Neuralgia Grippe Influenzal Neuritis Lame Joint-Pains P*in! Toothache Cum Pain Lumbago .Rheumatism Anytime^ Sary, repeat day, after meals.; trifling expense of twenty-four million dollars, «• n but, we can not help feeling that if our folks