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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 -5*- 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 SB 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 Sooth Hon, to I 14 Md to M Kean the ’l dittos: E. 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. $f each militia district in the county, who shall Along in the afternoon of the second day, measure the public roads in their respective the low rumble of thunder called their attention d istricts, and determine how much of said to banks of clouds rolling up from the south- road mileage shall be paved from funds 'west. The Boy paid little heed, but Bud kept ' der j V ed from the sale of bonds. The third is a weather eye on it and soon he set down the; : 0 prov i de f 0 r two County Commissioners in cradle, for the oats from a day’s cutting were • s t ead 0 f three, the man to be dropped from the lying to bundles .where they had been thrown.' Board being the one who received the smallest * left to dry. (The first morning’s cutting j , 0 t e in the last primary election; to provide that been shocked the night before). . the Ordinary shall be ex-officio member and The boys hurried to the oatpiles, hastily gath-j c i erk 0 f sa j d Board with power to vote in case ering the bundles and standing them up, stem 0 f a tie; to provide for increased pay for mem- ids down. (They were contrary things, and bers of said Board, and to require said Board to often fell). When enough were together for a j employ an experienced road engineer for a shock, the Boy held the gathered heads in his pertain period, jliands while Bud caught up a bundle, spread out _Jthe stem endsand brought it down on the top of j Being reduced by the peace terms from 1 the shock. .If this was done right, it would bold' ( what was once a mighty empire to a little over ) the shock in place, even though a heavy wind six million people, Austria ought to bt Able to f c*me. The boys worked faster as the* thunder govern them n little batter. , J. ; ’■ ■ ' • >: y./^ iff A - iVw&K’i '■* President Wilson had personally assured an in quirer that the Banking and Currency law was in Its entirety the work of Mr. Glass, who origi nated the plan and worked it out and developed t. «$*>*«»';<«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.