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fiFTON GAZEtTE
Published Weekly
at the Postoffice at Tifton, Georgia,
m.«« Matter, Act of March 8, 1879.
iff; L. Herring
, Editor and Manager.
!>■
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
grew louder, and began to when a crash of
lightning warned that ralg was at hand. They
persisted even after the first big drops began to
fall on their hot backs And just as the heavy
rain, driven by a slight wind, struck them they
had the last shock in place and raced for the
house, across the branch a quarter of a mile
away.
SUBSCRIPTION RATESi
Twelve Months
Six Months 76
Four Months 88
SATURDAY NIGHT
Cutting Oats by Main Strength
The past week the fields were ripe for the
harvest, and the click of the reaper was heard
BANKERS FOR'THE 1
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One of the
I FAC
*t changes the war
brought is in the monetarP^entyfifflthygj 8
At the opening of the war
a debtor nation, Greet Bril
many holding largely of oi
the position is reversed; the Old World is
There was more cutting the morning after the debtor, and will be for many years, even should
rain; then later, with the ox-wagon, the oats a portion of the . war debts of our Allies,be
were hauled to the crib, and still later, on charged off, as has been suggested, and withouf
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rainy afternoons, the seed for the next planting
were threshed out across a log in the back 6f
the crib—but that is another story.
As a favorite of harvesting season the cradle
has passed; Bud also has passed—and the Boy
is passing.
THE THINGS IT STANDS FOR
.. .. , ... . „ , “The League of Nations is a covenant of Gov-
in the land. Soon the thresh will follow «>d! ernment8 that the million8 slain in the world
then the crop will be on the market or stored in waf ghall not haye died ln vain » Baid p re gi d ent
barns against the coming of winter, while the iWi i BOn jn hig Memorial Day addreB s over the
■i cattle will cluster around the straw-piles, seek- ,_ aveg of American dead in the cemetery at
-V Ing juicy pickings. 'Suresnes, France.
Sheer manual strength entered much more| If politicians are allowed to defeat the mighty
■into farm work forty years ago than it does in' p ro j ec t > American heroes will have crossed the
this day of improved machinery, and in nothing BoaS( endured hardships, suffered and died for
is the difference more noticeable than at the no thing. After their work was so well done our
early summer harvest season. I President laid down his task here and crossed
ii. The sun was just crawling over the pine-tops the seas after them, that the product of their
when Bud and the Boy got to work, for they'valor should not be lost. In the face of and (le-
f| had no union hours and worked by sun-time.'spite a critical world he accomplished his object.
H Bud was small of stature but he was an expert Soon it will rest upon the people of this country
\i cradler. To the unitiated be it known that the 'to see that neither the soldiers nor sailors who
gr cradle was the favorite implement for cutting fought and the statesmen who worked are rob-
jj. oats or wheat. It had a steel blade four bed of the fruits of victory,
r feet long by about five inches wide, attached' No one claims that the League of Nations is
t horizontally to a long, curved handle. Above 'perfect. But it does contain, for the first time
%• the blade were four wooden fingers, designed to 'j n an international document, the great princi-
jfc catch the grain as it was cut and bring it down ! p i es on which a world peace can be established
» jo the reaper’s hand. These fingers were con-! an d maintained. Without such a covenant an-
%[ jiected and also held in place by spools about'other war within a few generations is certain,
five inches long, set about half-way their length. I Fifty years, ago a veteran of the War Between
The long, curved handle of the cradle had a'the States told his son; “There will be no more
» ghort, adjustable handle set near the bulge of .wars until the men who fought in this one
W the curve and this was grasped in his right' die out, and a younger generation comes on,
■ hand by the reaper, his left hand catching the'which has forgotten.” Six years ago he said,
long handle near the top. By a stooping, for- with prophetic vision, “The greatest war in
ward swing, the cradle was brought with a the history of the world is coming soon.” It
E swoop against the standing grain, cutting a d i d not look probable then, but he was right,
swath of about two feet. The same movement'The world now is tired of war, but these men
brought the cradle around to the operator’s hip, who have fought and realized its horrors will
where it was caught up and supported with one'grow old and die and others come on, to whom
band, while the other swung down, gathered'war is a new thing. War will come again
| the cut grain and dropped it on the ground. It [ unless the world is safeguarded by something
was heavy work and required some training as like the League of Nations.
nity payments
taking into account the
from Germany.
Until normal Industrial conditions are re
stored in England and Europe, they must obtain
food and raw materials from tMs' country, and
for tbeir needs we must arrange to use their
securities. Especially is this true in regard to
cotton, of which the war-ridden countries must
purchase heavily. These purchases will add a
large volume to the debt England and Europe
already owe this country. Never in the world’s
history has there been a more gigantic change
within so short a time, four years shifting a
large debtor nation to the position of the great
est creditor nation in the universe.
The situation was well set forth in an address
by Mr. J. Howard Ardrey, Vice-President of
the National Bank of Commerce of New York,
before the Georgia Bankers’ Association at Ty-
bee. Mr. Ardrey pointed out the problems con
fronting the banks of the country; the obliga
tions the war had brought, and the necessity for
'some arrangement for taking care of short term
mJttM
of tS* New York Times, Ed-
•om Coblenz
es Mgrttrad credit for a lot of fighting
Hujpwm not entitled to because after the
at Belleau Wood, in which the
taOixth Maxines led, the censor shut
Oowircarall mention of: army divisions par
ticipating in the fighting,, and the Marines
t^ere given credit for Chatoau-Thierry when 1,01
thiy were fifty miles away, near Soissions, and
for, a number of other battles which they had no
part hi.
Continuing to dissipate what he calls mo-
ions, Mr. James says that "At the end of the
war we could have put just 102 American-made
airplanes into the air." This sounds incredible.
At Tours, one American air base, there were
400 airplanes in service when the armistice
came, and there were four other American air
bases in France. Of the 40J) airplanes men
tioned at least sixty were of American make
and all were American manned. On the 14th
The
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Hon, to I
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to M
Kean the ’l
dittos:
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Brooks i
AO of
iutie for
Tifton so
tncnsseS From $10,600 ( 0 $i 8| ooo hs
of July ,1918, the French Independence Day, CuL
the Americans sent 262 airplanes over the Ger
man lines. i
A lot of these correspondents at the front
write stuff that is not true.
NOW IS THE BEST TIME
well as adaptability. Some men were fast crad-|
lers; others could never get the hang of it.
The League of Nations will prevent war be-
_ | cause it establishes a common interest. It wil
Bud’s job was to cut the oats; the Boy’s job [protect the small and weak nations, and allow
Iwas to tie them. A few steps behind the cradler them to grow and develop in independence',
the boy walked and picked up the handsfull of it will protect the people of the great nations,
•bats as they were dropped, gathered them in his'because it will make unnecessary immense sum*
tarms, picking out weeds or briars until a bun-'for naval equipment and to, maintain standing
Idle was accumulated and then, pulling a wisp [armies. Already, its prospect has saved this
‘of the longest straws, tying the bundle Around country many millions on its naval program.
the middle- This was done with a twist that I Because it was earned by the blood of sacri-
required some experience also, it it was do-'P flee, and for what it means to the common peo- 0 f Mr. Glass the country is largely indebted for
Stfell. Like swinging the cradle, it was trying [pie the world over, the League of Nations will the presen t Federal Banking and Currency Law.
on the back, but both boys were used to that;be established- _ ’ (This statement was made by Mr Frank P. Glass,
port'of work. “ • • • ■»•*! • - ,v- j Time-servers and pqlftieiaiw, who put their , 0 f Birmingham, President of the American
jfe. t» 'Around and around the small oatfield the [party above world welfare will d«T Pits * or Newspaper Association, and corroborated by
Tifton and Tift county must have a hospital,
They cannot stay in the class with progressive
foreign securities. We should get rid of a por-jcities and counties without one. They owe it to
tion of our surplus stock of gold, which would themselves as well as to the section surrounding,
tend to stabilize foreign rates. Cotton bought and to those who may need relief,
by foreign spinners should be financed on this The question of a memorial to the men from
side, said Mr. Ardrey, who “deplored the short ;his city and county who served their country
sighted policy of declining to hold cotton in'in time of war, should be brought before our
Georgia as a basis of credit for long periods, [people at once to secure the best results,
forcing the movement to market instead of hold-fitting memorial should be one that will last.
Ing it in warehouses, properly protected and in- It should also be one of service to humanity as
sured, and moving it to market when needed, hese men served humanity in its greatest cause,
and declared that Northern bankers are ready Then why not combine the two, and while we
to come to Georgia and lend any amount of provide such a memorial, also provide for our
money the South can absorb, issuing bank ac-,needs in an institution that will care for the
ceptance credit on cotton so concentrated in sick, alleviate suffering, and ease pain?
warehouses and insured, whether in the hands
of the grower of the factor. 1
A most notable statement by Mr. Ardrey was
that the war, instead of bringing radical chang
es in banking operation and reconstruction of the
country’s system, as is usually the case with
wars, had tested and developed the system al
ready in practice.
This is the Federal Banking System, origina
ted and enacted by a Democratic Congress and
approved by a Democratic President. For this
system, the country is largely indebted to Hon.
Carter Glass, the Virginia newspaper man
who is now Secretary of the Treasury. At that
time Mr. Glass was a member of Congress and
Chairman of the House Committee on Banking
and Currency. It developed on the recent visit
Other towns of less importance than Tifton,
without its transportation facilities and without
its central location, have hospitals that are
growing concerns. Tifton and Tift county can
have one if the proper effort is made.
A well equipped hospital here will keep
money at home that now goes to other plaies; it
will bring money here that now passes us by.
it will provide for a great many of the needy
poor for whom no provision is now made; it
would be the finest and most appropriate mem
orial we could build to the Men Who Served
One Year Ago in the War.
May 30, 1918
Germans advance within 2 mlies df Rheims.
German submarine sinks 12 Irish fishing V es-
Mr- Glass to Atlanta, during which he ad- “inched^‘itpirtNeJark,^N?j7"%aUomj3ja
dressed a meeting of newspaper men of the
Sixth Federal Reserve District, that to the work
two went, from morning until near noon; from themselves in the slime 9f oWIVlon Jjj^V0fe* ng jgenator Smith, whp introduced the Secretary
2 p. m. until night. A little time for chat, but [opposition to It. A.„ 3'!'^ to the audience. The statement was made that
| usually both in busy silence, except for the} TO vOTE~BONDS‘
musical swish of the cradle against the grain,; ^ ^ C °°* other progres sive counties iq
.With an occasional ring when the blade struck
l * l"* 6 ** bb,e or * « a ![ ttl ® by - playa ^ Wby!amig selection to authorizVttie Sue
a stump was surrounded. As the Boy tied the start oy tailing an ei —
tv-. a stump
bundles they were thrown into _ tate ^loeoIS/S
be stacked in shocks. .
IH'JB** m was not very high before Bud's aWrt'progressive people. _ .
•as he stooped, Roth Were, perhaps not sorry iftand with Lowndes on the south,
_ When the h'.&de became dull and they stopped, gtraight strntch 0 f nearly 76 miles
Piader the shade of a small tree by the fence * d road Connect i n g with Hamilton at
\o sharpen it. This was done first with a small ^ F , orida , Jne we will get 80 miles more, and
soft-pine paddle, wet, and sanded, the pack.K- Columb , a Qnd Baker count ies have promised
being brought down alongside the blade with tke prospect is bright for A paved road
quick, downward strokes. The edge was town- {rom Turner county line to Jacksonville,
ed with a small whetstone. Before breakfast, | when Turner connects with Crisp, and Dooly
the blade had been ground on the big grindstone followB 8uiti j t w m be in turn for Houston to
that stood under the mulberry tree by the well, g to tbe Bib b county line, thus giving a di-
the Boy turning the crank with more or less lack ^ payed road from Macon to Jacksonville,
of enthusiasm. 1 The day of good roads is at hand.
Then, rounding a big lightwood stump, the . *
two came upon a blackberry bush in full fruit. Notice is given of three pieces of interesting
Never pie tasted as sweet in later years as those local leg j a i a ti on for Berrien county this year,
berries to the hot, thirsty pair. They sat down Qne jg to a b 0 lish the office of County Treasurer
on their hunkers, picked and feasted. Again, and to name certain banks as depositories and
there was a brief respite when they visited the d i s b U rsing agents, dividing the county funds
.water-gourd, stored snugly at the foot of the between banks at Milltown, Ray City, Nashville
b persimmon tree, drank, chatted and rested. and Alapaha, not to exceed four in nember.
Work alwavs has its cc " ~
Work always has its compensations. Not the Another is to create a Bond Commission for Ber-
[ least of these was an occasional frightened rab- rienj to con8 i s t 0 f six representative citizens
I- bit, scurrying for safety. $f each militia district in the county, who shall
Along in the afternoon of the second day, measure the public roads in their respective
the low rumble of thunder called their attention d istricts, and determine how much of said
to banks of clouds rolling up from the south- road mileage shall be paved from funds
'west. The Boy paid little heed, but Bud kept ' der j V ed from the sale of bonds. The third is
a weather eye on it and soon he set down the; : 0 prov i de f 0 r two County Commissioners in
cradle, for the oats from a day’s cutting were • s t ead 0 f three, the man to be dropped from the
lying to bundles .where they had been thrown.' Board being the one who received the smallest
* left to dry. (The first morning’s cutting j , 0 t e in the last primary election; to provide that
been shocked the night before). . the Ordinary shall be ex-officio member and
The boys hurried to the oatpiles, hastily gath-j c i erk 0 f sa j d Board with power to vote in case
ering the bundles and standing them up, stem 0 f a tie; to provide for increased pay for mem-
ids down. (They were contrary things, and bers of said Board, and to require said Board to
often fell). When enough were together for a j employ an experienced road engineer for a
shock, the Boy held the gathered heads in his pertain period,
jliands while Bud caught up a bundle, spread out
_Jthe stem endsand brought it down on the top of j Being reduced by the peace terms from
1 the shock. .If this was done right, it would bold' ( what was once a mighty empire to a little over
) the shock in place, even though a heavy wind six million people, Austria ought to bt Able to
f c*me. The boys worked faster as the* thunder govern them n little batter. , J. ;
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President Wilson had personally assured an in
quirer that the Banking and Currency law was
in Its entirety the work of Mr. Glass, who origi
nated the plan and worked it out and developed
t. «$*>*«»';<«r;4, -v
In the many things pertaining to the war in
which we see the hand of Divine Providence,
nowhere is it more plainly in evidence than in
our present banking law. Under it, the finan
cial system of the country not only stood the
strain of war, but came out stronger for it. Not
only was there at no time any thought of panic,
but the elasticity of the system enabled the
banks of the country to take over billions of
Government securities and finance their country
at war, but they were also able to finance our
Allies when they were in straits and at the same
time take care of the commercial needs of the
business of the country. Such a test was Unpar
alleled, just as the results were Unparalleled
lu the history of world finance. In addition
to this, the system has accumulated in this
country the greatest single supply of gold, since
the world began. It has stood Without a quiver
the introduction of twenty billions of Govern
ment obligations into the monetary system of
wood and steel ship, War Cloud, launched at
Jacksonville, Fla.
Allies bomb billets near Armentieres and
Merville and ammunition dumps at Vesseneare
and the Bruges docks.
German superdreadnaught U—boat, attack
ing United States transport, sunk by United
States destroyers.
Between this date and June 14, German sub
marines sink 19 ships off coast of New Jersey,
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.
The English transport Leaowe Castle
(9,787 tons) sunk by submarine in Mediter
ranean; captain, 2 wireless operators, 6 of crew,
18 military officers, 79 men missing.
Itailian troops break through Austro-German
defensive at Capo Silo on lower Plave front;
take 488 prisoners.
May 81, 1918
German forces north of the Aisne advance to
'louvron, and Fontenoy, but fail to cross the
darne. United States transport President Lin-
:oln, returning, sunk by torpedo off the French
toast.; loss 28 out of 716.
June 1 and 2, 1918
Germans attack on the whole front between
•he Oise and Marne, advance as far as Nouvron
and Fontenoy; attack on Fort de la Pompelle
drives out French, who counter attack, gain
positions and take 400 prisoners and 4 tanks.;
Germans break through on both sides of the
)urcq river, reach heights of Neuilly and north
>f Chateau-Thierry.
British air squadron bombards Karlsruhe.
British airmen bomb railway stations and
junctions at Metz-Sablon, Karthaus and Thion-
ville.
Germans reach outskirts of Forest of Retz,
surrounding Villers-Cotterets, retake Faverolles,
but fail in attack on Courcy and Troesnes;
French take Hill 163, recapture Champlat and
the country and the tremendous expenditure of ! gain ground in direction of ViUMn^Mdenote,
eighty billions for a war chesff.
The present banking and currency laws can
not be viewed in a lesser light than a divine
inspiration to save the financial system of our
country in its time of Great Enterprise.
And for the practical application of a Great
Idea, as well as for the Idea itself, the country
is indebted to its present Secretary of the Treas- man submarine,
ury,
The new War Savings Society buttons are
beginning to appear on the lapels of thrifty peo
ple. Thousands of them are being distributed
among those who qualify for membership in
Uncle Sam’s army of savers. The new button
is unique. In the center is a picture of Ben
Franklin, smiling upon those who would follow
in his footsteps by “spending a little less than
you earn.” On the margin is inscribed the
words: “War Savings Society," on a bronze
background. The supply for this district is now
being distributed from headquarters in Atlanta
to those who have joined the societies organized
in the city.
Germans take heights of Passy and Courchamps.
German airmen bomb British- Red Gross hos
pitals. The Texel sunk by submarine off Atlan
tic City, N. J. Schooner Edward H. Cole and
another vessel sunk by submarine off Nwv Jer
sey coast; crew rescued by steamship Bristol.
Schooner Jacob S. Haskell sunk by gun toe of
ubmarine; crew rescued. Herbert L. rratt,
Standard Oil Co., tank steamship, sunk by Ger-
' - Alied air raid on Cologne
bungalow farm known a s the Buchanan* -
place, containing 185 acres, fly# miles* •
north of Tifton on the National High- 6 >
waj, the purchase price being 819,000.
Eighty-five acres off the south por
tion of ths tract, better known as the
Gray place, was sold to Mr. J. H. Har
ris of Ty Ty for $0,000. ^
The north 100 acres on which is fa
eated the bungalow home, was bought by
W. G. Boler and J. E. Peeples >foi
$10,000. This is one of the prettiest
surburban homei near Tifton, and will
be occupied by Mr. Peeples. He moved
hia family out there Saturday.
Last November Col. Smith bohgbt thi* J
place from Mr. D. Buchanan paying: - ^j
him $10,500 for it That was consid*- /
ered a good price, but the place waa sold* >
three months later for an advance ol* j|
12*000 and six months later for an ad— ; ?
ance of $5,500. 4 .
The deals were made through J. E^.
Peeples, real estate.
FOR CENTENARY CAMPAIGN
/ - '
-Grand Total For Valdosta District
Is $32(\221.80
''rom the Valdosta Times.
Seventy-four churches in the Valdosta
district of the Methodist church have*
lodged a total of three hundred and
wenty thousand, two hundred and twen—
y-one dollars and eighty cents in the*
fentenary campaign, according to ths*
final official report made by District*:
)ircctor J. J.Newman Saturday.
All reports were received from evert
hurch and charge in the district and the*
otals figured up, making the following:
Juota $197,210.00
Number of pledges ...— 4,582
Percentage 162.9
anount of pledges
Amt. Epworth Leagues
Amt Sunday Schools ....
.$233,292.30
1,290.00
2G ,338.00
Total
Credits .
$320,221.80
Grove’s Tasteless chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purifying and en
riching ths blood Yoo ean aooo feel its Strength
ening, Invigorsting Effect Price 80c.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
leeta at Adel June 9*11. Rev. Lang-- .
ston Presides Last Time. A
From the Adel News: m
The Valdosta District Conference of" - V
he Methodist Episcopal Church Soutb r . ’ r >«
will be held in the Adel Methodist church
une 0 to 11. The Rev. Whitley Lang-
ton. Presiding Elder of the District will { A, - ^
be in charge. The conference will open
at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon with a
sermon by the Rev. J. M. Glenn, D. D., of
Valdosta. There wHl be preaching twics.
daily, in addition to the business ses
sion*, %
The Valdosta District includes 24 at*-
ions and circuits, with 78 churches,,
aving a membership of 9754. The value-
of the church buildings and parsonages is -
over $300,000.
This is the last time that Rev. Lang
ston will preside over the conference, at-
he is now completing his fourth year MB- 1
presiding Elder, and will because of the*
time limit of the eldership be appointed'^
to other work at the session of the South *
Georgia Conference in November. £
During his incumbency the district has •
made rapid progress and has been pei>
manently strengthened. i
666 quickly relieves Constipa
tion, Biliousness, Lots of Ap
petite and Headaches, due to-
Torpid Liver. adv
W. A. 8II1PPEY DEAD
From the Nashville Herald.
Mr. W. A. Shippey, one of the best
known citizens of Enigma, died at hit -
home at that place on Wednesday of last
veek, death coming suddenly. He had[
esided at Enigma eight years. .He wat*
the oldest one of the Shippey brothers.
The Whisper But
COOKS id the Night
kills 146.
June 3, 1918.
Southeast of Strazeele British repulse raids,
Jake 288 prisoners and anti-tank 80
Kin a guns and several trench mortars. Bnt-
Bh airplanes bomb railway stations at St Quen
tin, Douai and Luxemburg. Italian airmen, on
be French front, bomb Noyon, Peronne, Ros-
eres and Nesle. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
issues proclamation staying conscription if 60,r
000 volunteer, by October 1, and from 200,000
to 800,000 monthly thereafter. Seventy y*a»*
of penny postage ends'in Great Britain from
today, 8 half pence (8c).
Like a great many othar early bird h*
Harry Hawker would have been all right if
hadn’t talked too much.