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? ! THE TIFTON GAZETTE Published Weekly I (t the Postofflce »t Tilton, Georgia, as Second Claia Hatter, Art ol March 8,1879. Gazette Publishing Company, Proprietors. J. L. Herring Editor and Manager. Official Organ City of Tif ton and Tift County, Georgia. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Twelve months Four Six Months . $1.50 60 ..76 SATURDAY NIGHT. all the clues 1 foil self sometimes in' The Wandering Boy and the Old Folks at Home. When he settles down to business, Old Man Fact has Young Man Fiction backed up against the ropes; when he swings his mitt with the full steam power of Truth behind it, Romance sim ply gasps and take s the count. Every day or so this is illustrated; here is the latest, in a true story which began at a home in upper New York state and had its culmination in a small sawmill town in South Georgia t ; Forty years ago, August 1, 1879, John Welsh left his home in Saratoga Springs, N. Y. for a business trip to Troy, informing his parents that he would return the same day. He disappear- lost ed a s if the earth had opened and swallowed j him and until the day of their death the anxious father and mother never saw him again. On his dying bed his father expressed the one regret of his life that he couuld not clasp the missing boy in his arms. John Welsh was 22 years old at that time and his family consecrated their lives in an effort to find what had become of him, ed up; except to lead my* imminent danger of death. That he would answer himself if he were among the living is certain; he was loved and admired by all who knew him and would have no cause to absent himself. He was 6 foot 11 inches in height; very fair skin; dark brown hair; blue eyes; very broad shoulders; very erect carriage, with the letters ‘J. W.’ tattooed on his left fore arm. Would be now around 60 years old. Ask your chief of police to help, and please answer. I will be most grateful.” John Welsh’s relatives now know where to find him. Before the letter .was received, Welsh had left Wilacoochee to make his home in Fit* rida, but this new home was well known and the Postmaster at Willacoochee notified Mrs. Shep pard of his whereabouts. The editor of the Troy Sunday Budget also kEhlDS. filiate Howard Taft J PLAYING Charles Evans Hughes and Elihu Root represent the brains of the Re publican party, tfljrerefore, they represent that’ conservative element which knows that the party in Congress must ratify the Peace Treaty and with it the League.bf Nations. ■■■■■■ Borah, Knox, Johnson, LaFollett# and their kind represent the radical element ipf the party A WORD FOR THE ENUSTEO MEN “Don’t 'adc‘ i which, knowing full well that the League must be ratified, pander to the anti-Wil son vote, the’ pro-German' vote and the reaction ary vote by open' and pretendedly unalterable opposition to everything that came from the Par is Peace Conferei In the East, tl iddle West and. the North west, there is a strong pro-German vote. The German voice was silent while the war was on, but now it is being heard and next year the Ger- wrote the Postmaster at Willacoochee, enclos-l man e i em ent expects to make itself feft.at the ing clippings and asking him to have Welsh ei- pollg Already, Germans in New York am ther affirm or deny Mrs. Sing’s statement. The same information that was given the sister was sent to the newspaper man. But if they ever see him again, those still liv ing of the family he left in Saratoga Springs forty years ago will find it difficult to recognize John Welsh. The picture printed is that of a young man in hi s early twenties. Now he is old and grey and a grandfather, but he is still the John Welsh they hunted and mourned as “OfjE MAN DON’T MAKE A MARKET.” “One man can’t make a tobacco market,” said a gentleman from a distant city who is very much interested in the development of this sec tion and who was in Tifton a few days since. “You have superior railroad facilities here, a Afterthe death of his parents his brothers and 1 commodious warehouse exceedingly well loca- sisterg continued the search, without results. j ted, and one of the best tobacco warehousemen 80 QCEEI Soon after his disappearance an item appear-jin the business. -Tobacco buyers are already ed in a Saratoga paper that Welsh had been favorably impressed with Tifton and with all condemned to die on the gallows for the murder! these you should have one of the best tobacco of his wife near Jefferson City,- Mo. Members markets in South Georgia. But it will take the the family hurried to Jefferson City, only to flnB that there was no such case on record and they finally became convinced that John Welsh had been murdered and that the story was sent out to lead his relatives on a false trail. Attor neys and detectives were employed, but without result. Years went on; men and women in their $rime grew grey and decrepit and passed away; children grew' to man and womanhood, married, filled their allotted sphere and passed on; another generation was born and took its place; the great war shook the foundations of two continents and in its holocust burned away - the old order of things and a new one took its place. Meanwhile, the family of John Welsh searched, despaired, and finally gave him up for dead. And all this time Welsh Was living at the little eawmill town of Pine Bloom, on the Brunswick and Albany railroad, now the Atlantic Coast Line, near Willacoochee. He went to Pine Bloom in 1885 and went to work at the saw mill of B. B. Gray, where he remained for 26 years. There he married a Miss Mollie Hinson and rear ed four children—tw 0 sons, Edward and Walter, and two daughters, Katherine and Hattie. He is'living now at Bagdad, Fla. Those who knew him at Pine Bloom have no douubt about his he wing the long-saught John Welsh of Saratoga Springs. His family physician, Dr. Jefferson Wilcox, who did his practice for 26 years, often heard him relate the story of his disappearance, said his people were wealthy and had spent fortune looking for him. He said he had al lays gone under his correct name and had never ted to elude them. [is family now know his whereabouts, and it lufe to modern newspaper methods. The Sun- lay Budget, of Troy, N. Y., recently resurrect ed the story of the missing John Welsh, and be sides featuring it, sent copies together with pic- out the East with request that they publish. This was done and a copy of The Grit, of \Vil- This was done and a copy of The grit, of Wil liamsport, Pa., containing the story and photo graph, fell int 0 the hands of Mrs. W. T. Sing, of Route 2, Jacksonville, Fla. Mrs. Sing had mar- ' tied Edward Welsh, John Welsh’s oldest son, and had often heard his father speak of leaving ■ home in the manner described in the newspaper. She wrote to the Williamsport paper and gave the information that John Welsh was at Willa- lee six months ago. This was sent by the unsport paper to the Troy paper and by a transmitted to his sister, Mrs. K. E. Shep- I, 449 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, N. Y. at once wrote to the Postmaster at Willacoo . vu^e to verify the information, and this letter f \ is pathetic in its revelation of hopelessness out of forty years of search and heart- lding disappointment, as well as confidence In the wandering one. She enclosed newspaper clippings, and said: "The enclosed will be self explanatory. Mease do your utmost to prove that I am wrong -in my opinion, for I look on the communication united co-operation of Tifton and Tift county people—some of that well-known Tifton spirit, to make the tobacco market here a success. “Tobacco is essentially the crop for the one- horse farmer. Large planters can grow it at a profit, but the small farmer who has his own help can put in a few acres of tobacco to greater advantage and realize a greater profit. The season is so short and the yield per acre so large that it offers opportunities no other crop can give. I earnestly believe that it is the great money crop of this section for the future. W began growing tobacco in this portion of South Georgia less than five years ago, yet despite un favorable weather conditions the crop this sum mer will probably sell for more than the great est peach crop ever harvested in Georgia. Of cinnati are demanding “German propa; German education-and German kultur in ica.” It is this German vote Borah, LaFi et al., are playing for, During the war, the Administrat many enemies. It was necessary to ma1. in order to win the war. To the vote o: enemies the Republican radicals are playing with every string of a harp that is tuned with misrepresentation and strung with falsehood. In the far West there is a strong anti-Chinese and anti-Japanese vote. . To this Johnson and his ilk are pandering by distorting and misrepre senting the Shantung affair—although when Germany seized Shantung twenty-one years ago not a Republican protested because of their friendship for the German vote in Wisconsin and the Middle West. — With the radicals making grand-stand plays in the Senate for every disloyal vote, while Taft, Hughes and Root caters to the loyal and conser vative Republican vote—the vote of the Old Guard—the Republican party is playing both ends against the middle for success at the polls in 1920. Meanwhile, the Peace Treaty and the League of Nations will be ratified.’ The Republicans will not dare refuse ratification and go before an outraged people next year. Mr. Taft, Mr. Hughes and Mr. Root are making this ratifica tion possible and at the same time allowing the radicals to save their face—such as it is—by unimportant reservations and interpretations, many of which are already incorporated or cap be finally discarded as non-essential. Like the Germans, the Senate will finally rati fy the Peace Treaty. They do not want to, but they will have to. Like the Germans, they will protest and talk and delay, but finally, like the Germans, they will walk up and sign. tee about the war,” said Major Clark Howell f 2r., juflt back from overseas. “The enlisted men fought and won it and if there are any bouquets going around, they deserve every 'one of them." Major Clark Howell, Jr., is the son of Editor Clark Howel^of the Atlanta Constitution. At She outbreak of the war he went into the officers training camp and won a Captain’s commission. He went overseas with the 326th Infantry in the famous 82nd Division and won his promotion by gallantry in action. After the Armistice Major Howell was one of the two officers in his Division selected for a four months’ course at Oxford University, England, where all of his expenses were paid and his pay continued. H e was one of 150 Americans assigned to Oxford in the edu- cational plan inaugurated in the A. E. F. early in the year. Major Howell has just reached At lanta after finishing his course at Oxford, and in an interview in the Atlanta Journal has some very kind words to say of the British—a novelty among the American soldiers returning from overseas. Major Howell’s tribute is a deserved one for the men in the ranks. After all is said, they are the men who won the war and in th e course of time this credit will be given them. Major Howell displays far-sightedness in being among the first. ? When war was declared many young men whose training and education fitted them for officers entered the training camps because the army needed officers as well as men. Others sought the preferred positions because they thought them easier or the danger less. The great bulk of American manhood, rich as well as poor, realized that the army needed more private soldiers than anything else and enlisted as such. They did not intend to remain in the army after the war was over and their only ob ject was to {ret the job finished as quick as pos sible. Recognition of these men and their disinter ested service may be a little tardy, but it is coming. Major Howell has well expressed what will soon be universal opinion. Editor Tifton, Dear Ur. of July 17th the Gazette,, aa “AN ‘Bather a queer) veloped lb Lownd •ehti a problem is] ■traction. “The County for contract* to build, across the Wi National Higbvay, “ft was advei only one hid was missioners Co: decided to do the' ordered the m iny steel and cement, chiner, ete. About the time they wert ready to proceed their attorney - advised them that it waa not lefal for them to- do the work. Then at a sacrifice they had to let the contract. The expenditure for the bridge was much less than the county spends every month or so for road buUd- inr. [f a county can build roads why can- uot the seme authorities build bridges w-here the expenditure for bridges is much, less? Here appears to be a legal aplit- ting of hair to a point too fine tor the layman to understand. —Tifton Gazette.” This article' plades the county attorney in' tile attitude of having waited nntii all the expenditures for material etc., had been made, before advising the Commis sioners that it was not leral for .them to build the bridge, which is erroneous. . The county attorney advised the Commis sioners as to the law, relative to bridge construction after the first advertisement BEGINNERS SHOULD BE PATIENT. course your people have much to learn about Says the Valdosta Times: growing, cutting and curing tobacco, but that will come in the course of time. Meanwhile, Tifton and Tift county business men should bend their efforts towards making the market here a success.” Words so true that they leave little room for comment. Our people invested a quarter of a million dollars in a packing plant last year to promote livestock raising; now they cannot let the opportunity pass to put a little energy and a little individual effort into making the tobacco market here a success. Tobacco offers an op portunity to this section second only to the live stock industry. With Tifton’s facilities it should be a central market and to make it such every man interested in the development of the city and county should devote his energy. The tobacco crop should bring a million dollars in cash to Tift county this year; properly develop ed, the industry should bring five million here next year. If prices stay up it affords the small farmer an opportunity to win financial indepen dence. But to interest the small farmer, a cash market must be assured; a market at which he knows he can get the best prices. To give him such a market is up to the business men of Tifton “One man don’t make a market ’’ Tackle the tobacco proposition with the Tif ton spirit. An aged Grady county woman is about to realize one or two of her life dreams, judging from the Cairo Messenger, which says: “A Cairo motor company had quite an usual experience Tuesday morning when one of the oldest ladies in Grady county walked into its place of business and bought a Ford. This purchase was unsolic ited and came as a surprise as the lady above mentioned is 84 years of age and has never own ed a car. In placing the order she stated that she wanted to live long enough to 0 wn and ride in her own Ford and vote twice, and see all branches run with whiskey and a dipper hang ing every three feet along the streams so that every fellow could drink to his heart’s content ; also wanted to see half the woiid planted in to bacco, so that everybody would be able to ride, smoke and drink.” She can ride and smoke from the destroyer or one of his agents all she wants to, but we expect sad disappolnt- ire and cast doubts on the fact that myjment awaits her on the drinking proposition, un- was murdered. I had many such in my Jess she is brave enough to tackle bone-dry for Mm. Nothing ever yet came of [moonshine. j j ' ‘ ' - ' BUZZARDLETS GOING HOME ' According to some reports reaching Valdosta there is some disappointment being manifested by new tobacco growers in this section on ac count of the low price received for some of their tobacco last week. It is pointed out, however, that these growers should not be discouraged nor disappointed, for the reason that they have not yet given the new crop a fair nor a thorough test. The offerings so far have been the first cuttings, and the best tobacco, as a rule, has not been cured and offer ed on the market, and again, the growers have not yet learned the art of grading their tobacco. The Times several days ago pointed out that grading was an important factor in selling to bacco successfully. Only the best tobaco should be packed together. It should not be mixed, for if there is low and high grade tobacco in the same.packing, it will always sell at the price of the low grade. When the growers understand this and learn how to grade they will then be giving the new industry a fair trial and it can not be judged unless this is done. Those who are most disappointed so far will find that their tobacco was low grade and it was mixed, and was the first cutting, which is not the best to bacco on the stalk. Judgment on tobacco as a successful crop should be withheld until its growth, care and curing, as well as grading, is understood by the growers. Then if it does not bring good prices, the reason will be plain that it is not a paying crop. No one should be discouraged at this time until these other things have all been carefully worked out. To which the Moultrie Observer adds: The Times gives good advice in the above. No new crop can be produced with the greatest pro fit the first year it is tried. If you think so, watch a farmer from the north or west, who tries out cotton the first year after he moves to this section. ' Successful tobacco growing will come with years of patient study and painstaking effort. The same is true of peanuts. Many have become disappointed and turned from peanut growing too quickly. The peanut crop is a good one. It is a mistake for one who lacks experience to grow a big crop the first year, especially, when there is an insufficient amount of labor or an insufficient number of harvesting and threshing machines available. Those who will finally make money raising peanuts are those who stick to them year by year, and make some im provement in cultivation and process of harvest ing and marketing eafch year. We have known some farmers to go In too heavy in the hog business the first year and lose money.' There is evidently good profit in hogs, but It is profit that only those who are prepared to raise nogs and know how to handle them can make. and before the second. The second ad vertisement was then run in. the Valdosta Times. In the absence of the attorney the Commissioners rejected the only bid,- and resolved to build the road, and went on buying material. Later, the attorney his own motion filed with the Commis sioners a written option. You ask “if a county can build road* why cannot the same authorities build bridges”? The answer is; because the- laws say not. Turn to section 387 of the Code of Geo rgia of 1910, and yon will find that It reads, in part, as follows: “Whenever it becomes necessary to build or repair any courthouse, jail, bridge or other public works in any county in this State, the officers having charge of the roads and revenues and public build ing of said county shall cause the same to be built or repaired by letting out the contract therefo r to the lowest bidder at public outcry, before the courthouse door, after having advertised the letting of said contract as hereinafter provided.” Then follows a provision for the rejec tion of bids and the building by contract or sealed proposals to he invited in the same manner. Section 388 provides the character of the notice. Section 389 provides that the above re quirements are not applicable when the work can be done for less than $300, Section 422 provides that iu case of a county bridge between counties the work may be done without letting the contract when the work can be done for leas than; five hundred dollars. The Supreme Court of Georgia, in the cases of Garrison et al. vs. Perkins 187 Some of the buzzardlets the Chicag 0 Tri bune has been hatching for several years are finding their way to the home roost. Lajt week' we read of continued race riots in Washington,, right at the doors of the capitol, so to speak, where for half a century the “bloody shirt” was waved threateningly at the "South. At the time we remarked that, while we de precated lawlessness and mob violence any where, if race riots had to come, we had rather hear of them in Washington than any other place except; Chicago. Now Chicago is undergoing its period of law lessness, when the races clashed. Perhaps after the smoke clears away, good, will cQjae all. It will he recognized that the. “!?uwl race question is national, not sectional, and the different portions of the country in which there is an outbreak will have the sympathy and good-will of other sections that have likewise suffered. Meanwhile, comment on the Chicago situa tion can perhaps best repeat the words the Tri bune used in regard to the South "only about one year ago: "Chicago is uncouth. Chicago is uneducated. These things’could not take place in a communi ty where the people had been taught to respect the law and Jove good order. The rest of the nation should take the matter in hand and teach Chicago to respect human rights and human lib erty.” “We thank thee, Jew,” for those sweet words. LEAVE THEIR WIDOWS IN WANT. Comes from Macon a news story of the widow of a former policeman of that city who shot her self through the heart because she was in want and could not earn a living. The story is not un usual, too ordinary, in fact. We are not familiar with the history of this particular officer but w e doubt not that many times during his life he risked his bodily safety in upholding the law—in defense of the peace and good order of the city. After he is gone his widow ended her life because she could Bo longer procure the means of sustaining life. Doubtless had th e peliceman lived past his days of usefulness, he also would have felt the pinch ‘County authorities having charge of tft^ roads and revenues of a county can not build bridges of the character re ferral to in section 387 of the Code of 1910 except by letting out the contract therefore, according to the provisions of section 387, et seq., aad the former of these cases held that “where the Ordinary of a county, having charge of. county af fairs, bought steel and other material *53 used the same in the construction of bridges of the character referred to in section 387 of the Code, the purchase price of such material was not a valid charge against the county which could be en forced by the vendor of the material.” • On inquiry of Hon. Clifford Walker, Attorney General of the State, and other attorneys, as to whether doing the work under the Federal aid plan changed the legal status, they expressed the opinion that it did not. In reply to the same question propoun ded to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, who is charged with the responsibility of making the rules and re gulations governing road construction under the Federal aid plan, he cited sec tion six of the Act of Congress approved February 28th, 1910, which reads as fol lows: ‘The construction work and labor in each state shall be done in accordance with its laws, and under the direct sup ervision of the State Highway Department subject to the inspection and approval of the Secretary of Agriculture (meaning of the United States), and in accordance with the rules and regulations made in pursuance of this act.” It seems therefore, to be the law that bridges to cost over $300 should be built by letting same to contract There are of want and suffering. All of which leads to the thought: Why do not municipalities provide some form of health, life and accident insurance by which faithful officials may be provided for in old age or ill health, or their families cared for after the one who provided for them is gone! This would not be charity—it would be good business- , Perhaps 'we will have something like this icipal, state and county affairs are i, not political, principles. When ernment tinder a commission and •e officials whose tenure is tern- also provisions tbit the contractor must give bond. It such be the lav, and la a bad lav, it ihonld be repealed. If sot repealed it ehonld be followed. Very truly jronra. O. SI. Smith, County Attorney, Lovndea County, Qa. ,,4 A Traveling Man’s Experience. ' Yon may learn aomethlnx from the fol lowing by W. a Ireland, a traveling fifty centa and told him to bny me a bottle of Chamberlaln’a Colic ana Diarr hoea Remedy and to take no rabatitate. I took a doable dole of It according to direction* and went to sleep. At five o’clock the next morning I waa called by my order end toek a train for my next ■topping place, a wett man,”: ‘ ■