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% THE tifton gazette ' • Published Weekly “Entered at the Postofflce at Tifton, Georgia, Second Class Matter, Act of March 3, 1879. j. ^ Herring Editor and Manager. “ ' official Organ City of Tiftoo and Tift County, Georgia. "SUBSCRIPTION RATESi Twelve Months •- Six Months - four Months SATURDAY NIGHT. The Union Sing in the Long Ago. There was more strength of lung and less science in the union sing of forty years ago than in the union sing of today, but the result was no less pleasing to the ear. The districts had held their conventions and elected their delegates, and the union sing was 1, I, re at musical event of the year. For many weeks tl.ev had been preparing for it. Beef and mutton were tat for the sacrifice, and since the nightfall before the meat had been slowly h perfection over the barbecue behind the grove of willows, browning t.< iath of song, the opening vista of a future bright and gloriouB. It was a veritable feast of music; from the plenteous spring flowed a rippling stream, and the thirsty drank copiously at will. At last, tiring of song, the carnal flesh calling or other food, recess was taken for dinner. The tables were spread down in the grove by the pringj and piled (laden don’t express it) with good things. The barbecue, which all the morn' ing had sent such appetizing odors from sizz' ling pits, was only one item. The bounty of summer was upon the land, and even Dame Winter had been called upon for reserve store to supply the appetites that are now whetted as much by expectancy as by nature’s vacuum, fere was a merry and pleasing hour, and after all had eaten to surfeit, there were many long ing glances at the viands that remained. A short time around the spring for chat and aqua refreshment; then back to the church the notes of the organ called. The tuning-fork once more caught and passed on the mote, and again they were off for another. “Feast of music and flow of soul.” It was not until the declining sun gave wani ng that the day was done that the closing song, “God be with you ’till we meet again,” pits in the bottom. . , iv chickens bail lost their heads, and tor TOO HEAVY FOR LOCAL CAPITAL vestor,” the Sevan- .the' the l concern. W< f the plant and in eize somewhat in f oultrie, which is Discussing “Tho Local nah Press says: I The Press has been g; announcement from Tit plant there had been and is to be operated b; imagine this insures the: that it will be lucres keeping wth the plant operated by the Swifts. We regret to see that the local people who put their money into this Tifton plant have sold out at a loss. The circumstances were such that it was found expedient to dispose of the big plant at a loss to the men who put their money into it originally. Which brings us to the kernel of this editorial—if it is fortunate enough to have such a thing. Why is it that the pioneers in industries of this character—the local men who. put their hard earned cash into them—are so often un able to make a success of the enterprise? Here is the Tifton plant lost to the local people, the Statesboro packing plant is standing still and the a haphazard affair into a con crete business proposition. We are certain that when a reliable supply of mg* is aasured at the Waycrose and Statesboro plants, that their owners will faave no trouble ding purchasers who will operate them. JliJi^ MLARIOUS PROCEEDING so is that at Waycross, although the latter con cern is owned and controlled by Stuyvesanti„ - , , , . , ,, Fish, and there is no local capital invested in Cross work makes h “ carelessness all the more location of the Peace Treaty “leak” at door of Henry P. Davison, Chairman of the Red Cross League who showed the copy of the document in his possesion to Elihu Root, formerly Republican Secretary of State, who in turn showed it to Senator Lodge, lays the fault clearly at the door of the Republicans whose leaders, seeking to embarrass the Administra tion and make political capital, raised all the hue and cry about the document being in the hands of "predatory interests.” If these inter ests had any particular reason for wanting to see the document, they knew where to find their friends. Mr. Davison’s plea that the document came nto his possession in the furtherance of Red it as we understand it. But Tifton and State boro people put their Confirmed that all good things must have an money into the plants that are there. The cash end. And then, the hitching of animals; the wa8 raised by subscriptions. 1 he Statesboro uiiy ovens 1™^. cooled fond good-byes; perhaps the ride home with the J^^^hasrmt p^j^d becanse^ f turning out poundcake, Kiri °f Kiris in the gathering dusk, when you tj on among the stockholders. There were too first learned to drive with one hand! jmany bosses and too many interests to serve. Good old times! The music of today has more j The Tifton plant seems to have weathered science, and the tuning-fork has long since!?. ? er l es misfortunes before it got on its feet, gone into the discard, but even our best can get I 1 had a fira ’ and the hogs on hand developed the ..... j • . „ , , e . cholera. These were calamities that were dim- n ? !?, ore tbe splr /’ dnnk ao deeper of the joy,cult to bear, but after the plant began running of life, than was given at the union sing of t.;,ere should have been people in control who many years ago. Although to recall them now |could make it pay. Wo arc sorry it turned out brings a passing gallery of faces, then bright! otherwise. • and flushed with youth, now long since dust be-! When local people are induced to sink their *“»«» «**<*• '“•K"** * little log church on the hill. The people have passed, but the union sings! Perhaps, as so much has been said already, a Many several days iiie i from the proves: , . .. custards, pies, ginger-bread and kindred delica- cies. Early in the day they began to arrive, all in their Sundav best. They came in horse-carts, the man astride the horse, the family grouped on quilts spread on the bottom of the cart with careful regard to an exact balance over the axle; they came in ox-carts, in ox-wagons, in one-horse Jersey wagons, in two-horse wagons, in buggies, afoot and horseback. I here were few buggies, but the majority of those coming brought the whole family, from the first-born to the baby. Soon hitching room was at. a premium, and before noon the pine woods were dotted for a quarter of a mile around with beams and vehicles. The little log church stood on top of a bare hill, and soon was filled, the babies on thrones <,f vantage mads of quilts spread between seats .and in the aisles. Logs had been removed from the front of the building, and there a brush arbor gave shade and seating-room. It •was especially popular with courting couples, culpable. Mr. Davison’s position is well de fined by President Wilson’s statement that no one in this country had authority to have a copy of the Treaty in his possession, and if any one had it, the disclosure of its contents would be a breach of faith. This applies with equal force to the copy said to be in the possession of a news paper of pro-German proclivities, published in the “second largest German city in the United States. The Republican position is well described by the Atlanta Journal, which elucidates very clear ly as follows: “If there was ever a doubt of the President’s sagacity in keeping his own counsel, instead of advising with Republican Senators, on prob lems of grave international concern, it has van- The purified < calomel tablets that an nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtues retain ed and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c. FOIt PKOF. SCAItBORO Resolution* of Appreciation from Fac ulty of the Adel llljch School The following resolutions, by the fac ulty of Adel Public Schools, were pub lished lu the last issue of the Adel News and signed by the nine members of the faculty: Whereas, during the year just closed we have labored with and under Prof. Jason Scarboro, Superintendent of Schools of Adel; and, Whereas, as superintendent, teacher ud friend he has ever shown himself capable, conscientious and loyal, in every ense a Christian gentleman, and, Whereas, the end of the school year brings to a close the pleasant relation* go on, gathering in force and volume and per--few plain facts would not be amiss concerning orming their mission for those of today, as they | the operation of packing plants with local cap- rave renewed life and higher inspiration to the 1 ital in small towns. •nen and women, the boys and girls of the gen-! The plain facts are, that the loads are too erations gone. May their good work go on, in creasing in power for usefulness. QUIT RIDING THE RETURNED SOLDIER We have no patience with the suggestion that returned soldiers be utilized as strike-breakers was especmi.y popu.ai ’.in the trouble between the telegraph companies £\f! * hann 8 wlth th08e buggles at convement dis - 8nd their operators. This would be an injustice S, * ance ' . ,, „„„ „ 'to the soldiers and put them in a false light be- ftJf I" tbe f ront °* tbe church w g h jfore the people. Neither have we any sympathy $ cottage, five-stop affair—it di n p with the proposition to pay the discharged M;. "that day—brought in his Jersey wag0 " by , b ®l 80 ldiers for six months extra time. The sooner > .President, who led the singing. sir men j,ome f rom overseas- take up the work -who had the advantage of training n they laid down to enter their country’s service, k tal music took turns. the better it will be for all concerned. Not many i v The leader was a little man, but e was ® * would go back to work with six months pay com- L-V Retie, not a lazy bone in his five- oo six ^-ing to them until this money was spent. The ■ His hair had a cowlick and persisted in falU ” g ! government should render every possible as- down over his eyes at busy women > an 1 8 j atance j n getting positions for those who need -sandy beard came to a Vandyke point; when he them> but the retunl ed soldier from overseas is in action > up and dowa pre y , , | neither a pauper nor a pensioner. He is an in- wore a suit of striped seersuc er. er aps dependent American citizen, and wants no it was long enough and large enough once, u W avora Give him a square deal and he will take K that stuff always shrunk when it was washed;^ q{ himge , f> and now the coat reached downward only a few \ Iv- inches below the waist-line and the bottom of his pants failed to touch the tops of his brogan j TIFT LEADS THE SINGING Shoes. His cuffs were celluloid, and the but- From the Savannah Morning News: tons rattled ominously with his ffuie move 'i At Tifton there is harmony and melody by ments. Fortunately, hia collar was of the same wholesale for the three days ending Sun- material else the perspiration engendered by the;day night, June 15. For some weeks publicity heat of the fray would soon have sent it to the; has added to the number—“numbers” is better ran nfie !— of tho8e who planned to pack up song-books ' But-he knew his business. The organist ran S?. d l H ni " g forks - basket- the big eats, and make the scale. Forward he stepped, tuning-fork in hand: “Catch the sound,” he warned. The tuning-fork, placed between his teeth, was quickly withdrawn:—“Do-o-o-o!” he call ed. Then, "Do-ra-me-fa-se-la-se-do!” Beating time with the tuning-fork in one land and the open song-book in the other, he ed: "All hail the power of Jesus’ name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown him Lord of all!” They caught the note and raised the tune. The crowded church house followed, those in the arbor and even the bystanders outside, Therefrom rallied a volume of sound, ascending in crescendo to the heavens and echoing from the pilgrimage to the Tift county capital, center of such a unanimity of the "concord of sweet sounds” as had never before been heard in South Georgia. It was announced that the event was to be an old-time, old-fashioned “singing”—not a musical festival, not a choral meet, not a com munity symphony symposium; just a plain, un derstandable, hearable “singing” with the ac cent on “making a joyful noise.” Incidentally, there was to be order and coordination of sweet sounds” and harmony and accord in the singing. From the far hills of Habersham singers of note followed the call; from the marshes of Glynn, nearer by, went more who loved to lead and to follow the tunes. It was to be a “big” singing—so big an event, attracting so many people that the Board of Trade took the -ar rangements in hand and hundreds have been at Tifton for the three days to enjoy—just singing. The war is over; the time may well be spared j ,-hii-h have existed between Superintend shed in the glare of what the last few days at lim] and terminate* the ser- rVashington have disclosed. The Borahs andl V j„. here of <-nc whose presence and .odges themselves have given proof irrefutable labors have added to the efficiency and ... i , , b , ifor events of this sort; there is real cause for the the wire-grass carpeted, pine-clad hills, around. || mpulse which finds ’ expression -there TO CflHflA In Min nlJ * it . . • . . Ip It was a mighty paean of praise to the Most;is sense in the old-time singing that everybody > High and as it gathered force the heart was up-j can join in and enjoy. There is a commercial lifted and the spirit inspired. No longer could ‘ va ' ue . in the singing which brings the neoDle there be doubt that the day was one of spiritual devotion. One forgot the seersucker coat and • attling cuffs of the spirited leader. Prayer followed, then more songs ether lead- rs relieving the President and the organ stool ’.onstantly changing occupants. The vast con gregation was swayed by the Spirit of Music, ' U by a master preacher with the heights of Old men and women sang them- i back to youth; young men on the wings of i Muse caught inspiration for higher lives ideals; youth and maiden saw, along the brings the people together in a season of recreation and pleasure that is not only harmless but wholesomely help- There are thousands all over South Georgia who would like to be in Tifton for the singing days and hear the folks there send out in rolling volume the old songs which the fathers sang: “How Firm a Foundation,” “Amazing Grace,” “Children of the Heavenly King,” “The Old Ship of Zion,” and all the rest. And it may be sure that "Auld Lang Syne” and “Blest Be the Tie that Bings” and .“America”—for many people have learned the words and the music of “America” in the past two or three years— could also be heard. big for the local capital of the small town to carry. That is the reason for the sale of the packing plant at Moultrie; that is why the Tif ton packing plant was sold. It is just as well to come out with the truth, and let towns con templating the installation of packing plants know what they must provide for. With prices prevailing four years ago, pack ing plants the size of the one at Tifton could run with an operating capital (after the plant was built, equipped and paid for) of from $200,000 to $300,000. With prices now pre vailing, it is necessary for such a plant to have an operating capital of between $750,000 and $1,000,000, In other words, if a plant is built at an expenditure of $300,000 and that represents the amount of its capital stock, it must borrow for operating, between three- quarters of a million and a million dollars. This because of the high price of live-stock and the time elapsing between the purchase of the stock and the sale of the finished product. This is a load too heavy for the average small town to carry. The packing company must go away from home to get the money, but to do this home credit must be pledged, so it takes just that much money out of ordinary business circles, even though it does not come from the local banks direct. Add to this, a certain ele ment of risk, when an accident may cause a loss of one or two hundred thousand dollars, and it can be easily seen why the packing plants at Moultrie and Tifton were sold when the prices of pork went skyward. As managed for the past few months, the Tif ton packing plant was making money. In fact, another year’s successful operation would very probably have recouped the losses. But the load was too heavy to carry, and the risk was too great. But if the thing was to do over again, with ail these facts before them, the people of Moultrie would build a packing plant and the people of Tifton would build a packing plant. They are the greatest things that have come to this sec tion of the South since the cotton gin. Here is the reason: The big packers, those afterwards purchasing the plants at Moultrie and Tifton, do not go into new sections until a supply of hogs is as sured. This cannot be done until packing plants are built, for it is the packing plants alone that transform live-stock raising from a negative to a positive industry. It was two years after the plant was built at Moultrie be fore there was a steady and reliable supply of hogs; had not the plant been built at Tifton, there would be no reliable supply of hogs here. If the plants had not been built at Moultrie and Tifton, by local capital these places would have none now. Swift nor Armour would come to neither place and build a plant until they were assured of hogs to keep it going. So the people of the sections surrounding are in debted to those far-seeing public-spirited men of Moultrie and Tifton that they have packing plaqt 8 within easy reach and an established market for hogs and cattle. Also, for the de velopment of live-stock raising in this part of hat the President was well warranted, and that in justice to the nation’s vital stake in the cause of peace he dared not take them into his con fidence. These Senators have shown a garrulity which would besort well enough with a crowd of scolding fish-wives. Bad temper and execrable taste, however, are the least of their offenses. They have carried their pygmy politics and their spleen against the President so far as to com promise the honor of the United States Govern ment and to bring about a situation which con ceivably might disrupt or break down the long- labored efforts of the world’s highest statesman ship to effect a just and durable peace. They have forced into publication a provi- ional draft of the peace treaty, which Amer ica’s spokesman at Versailles promised, in agreement with the Allied governments, should not be given out. The terms set forth in that entative paper are substantially the same as hose indicated in previously published abstracts of the proposed treaty. But for the very rea son that they were tentative rather than final n all details, the Allied statesmen deemed it wise to defer full publication; indeed, they in sisted upon the point, and the President natural- y acquiesced. In thus tearing the unfinished treaty from di- flomatic channels where it belongs and where our reponsiUe representatives ihad promised t should remain, the Republican Senators have embarrassed the Government at a critical junc ture, without serving any useful or defensible purpose whatsoever. They have done the very hing which our friends, France and Great Brit an, asked not be done, and which Germany, with her sinister propaganda still active, has >een doing her utmost to accomplish. iluonce of our school system; Therefore, be it resolved, That we, members of the faculty of Adel Public School, hereby express our appreciation of the competent service of Prof. Scar* boro during the year 1918-19, of his friendly co-operation and interest in chool and community affairs, and Be it further resolved, That we ex tend to him our best wishes for contin ued happiness in service wherever he may be; and f Be it further resolved, That these res olutions be printed in the Adel News, and that a copy be sent to Prof. Scar- boro. A CONGRESSIONAL BLUNDER The Gazette has regarded from the first the reduction in letter postage which goes into effect July 1 as a Congressional mistake. Con gress no doubt thought it would be a popular appeal to the people and substituted 2-cent postage for the 3-cent postage established as a war measure, but the move will not be approved by those who give it serious thought. The people must pay the cost of the war and they can pay it much easier a cent at the time than they can pay it in taxes that go down after the dollars. The same is true of the so-called luxury taxes. A man who buys a soft drink can afford the extra penny tax thereon better than he can afford a higher tax on the necessaries of life. We need more penny taxes and less bond issues. The penny looks smaller, but it soon grows into millions. Instead of repealing the 3-cent letter postage, it would have been better to put the extra cent into improved service. The average business man could afford to pay even more than 3 cents postage if his letter was more promptly deliv ered. We could still better pay 3 cents in Tifton if the extra money was spent for additional service here. At present, the local postoffice uses two carriers and a third half of his time. Three are needed and more could be profitably used. It would be much better for Tifton as a whole if 3-cent postage had remained And the money been expended in local improvements. And what is trtie in TffMWPHBbably true with every other postofficiTm tbj 'Country. But Congress ia out after votes; Hie best in terest of the people is secondary. “BAYER CROSS” ON ASPIRIN Always Ask for Genuin^, “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin”§3 > Only Aspirin Tablets with the safety Bayer Cross” on them are genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” owned and made by Americans and proved safe by millions of people. Unknown quantities of fraudulent Aspirin Tablets were sold recently by a Brooklyn dealer which ] proved to be composed mostly of Talcum • Powder. "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” should always be asked for Then look tot the safety "Bayer Cross” on the pack age and on each tablet. Accept nothing else! Proper directions and dosage in each Bayer package. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Sailcylicadd. a ^ T * NOTICE TO PUBLIC The partnership corporation known as the H. W. Clark Hat Co. has been mutual); dissolved and the Parcel »ost, Florida and central Mail Order business will be conducted by Mr. A. Ife Bennett under the firm name of C. A B. Hat Co. Tour work will be done under Mr. Bennett’i personal supervision as here tofore. AGENTS WANTED Send for our Price List and mnstrsted Catalogue G. & B. HAT Co* US Bread St. Jacksonville, Fla. eoUf HIDE BRAND OVERALLS Meae Bptter- »owm IN FOUR TOWN DEALER Mm