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THE TIFTON GAZ
TIFTON, GA.. FRIDAY, A1
[HE TIFTON GAZETTE
Published Weekly
j lt a, Postoffic# it Tifton, Georgia. u Second Claaa
•r, Act of March 3,187th
Gazette Publishing Company, Proprietors.
r. L. Herring. .Z^EHtoi and Manager'
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
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SATURDAY NIGHT.
Twelve months •"
Six Months * g0
Four Months *
” they went too far.
When the war came to an abrupt close, the
country was faced with the danger of financial
nanic certain to follow an abrupt drop in prices.
All at once, the Government got out of the mar
ket for army supplies, including munitions,
clothing and food, and to this was added the big
,tain to be left on hand following de-
surplus certa
mobilization.
Coupled with the prospect of tumbling prices
was the danger of thousands being left idle,
when the munition plants shut down, the ship
yards cut"their tones and manufacturers once
more turned tlieir attention to the country’s
needs on a peace basis,
To avoid widespread disaster, men of affairs,
both in the Government, in food production and
in manufacturing, concentrated their efforts.
So well was their work done that instead of ex
periencing panic, the country is undergoing the
greatest prosperity it has ever known.
So far, so good. But the men who control the
food supply, as well as some manufacturers,
went too far. Instead of dropping, prices stead
ily climbed, until six months after the war closed
the country found itself paying twenty-five per
cent above war-time prices for the necessities
of life.
Uncle Abe Mauldin.
Uncle Abe was a patriarch.
Always he reminded one of Abraham of Holy
Writ. Like Abraham the waves of flowing
beard that half covered his massive chest; like
Abraham his colossal frame, although now bent
with age; like Abraham the deep though now
sometimes trembling voice; like Abraham the
rich store of wisdom, the sober philosophy that
came from his lips; like Abraham he was a fath
er in Israel, and like Abraham he bore the sac
red name. Verily, Uncle Abe belonged with the
past; he had part with the patriarchs of tradi
tion.
Deep was his wisdom, but it was- wisdom not
printed in books; he had read well, of the lines
largely writ across the face of Nature for those
who love her and can interpret her language.
The school where he was educated was bounded
by no narrow walls; it was illimitable as the Uni
verse; as high as the sky, as deep as the earth,
as broad as the horizon. Uncle Abe had lived
ninety years a pupil of this school and had learn
ed well its lessons.
Of the pioneers who came to this country near
ly a century gone he helped drive, first the Indi
ans, then the wolves and bear, from the wire-
grass wilderness that it might be til for the
ibode of man. The wild deer, turkey, and squir
rel, with which the woods abounded and the
fish which teemed the limpid creeks afforded
sustenance for him and his until his cattle and
sheep increased to herds and flocks, and time
could be found to clear away a few acres on the
hillside, that bread might be provided.
With his bride he came to the Wiregrass
Country and settled down for life. He left this
bride at the call of need to join for months on
the long tramp with a few whites to drive the
Indians to the Florida everglades; he left her
and hers once again when his country called, to
march with the Men of Lee. Children came,
grew up, married, and settled on the surround
ing hillsides, like hovering chicks around the
SNATCHING SUi
Tobaco grow-
many thousands
season, despite
they labored.
count, tobacco-may hi
money crop for this se<
main remunerative.
Because tqbaco was
of the growers In this
mistakes. They had
plant, when and how ..
etc., and last but by no
how to cure. Much to
the grower did not prope
plant, fertilize or culti
crop was made, much wi
cut too soon or too late
A great -deal of , tobacco '
market was almost -^irorthl
too green or ruinedin the
Another difficult^’ was
Neither the grower nor the
knew how to grow tobacco
crop to 90 .
they made many
when and how to
stem, spray.
Important,
was lost because
prepare the soil,
■■■■.the
because it was
•operly cured,
to the Tifton
it was cuf
iced 'help,
forking for him
Imany mistakes
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH QUITMAN?
We find the following in the Thomasville
Times-Enterprise, evidently from the Quitman
ee Press:
We are frequently asked the question: What
is the matter with Quitman?
The Free Press bill for water, lights and pow
er comes to us on stationery printed in Griffin,
Georgia.
The Free Press puts its money in Quitman
banks, but the deposit is written on a deposit
slip printed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The money is
checked out on i ‘ ' • ■ • - -
banks in St. Louis.
Your physician
the cum of more
adg known.
Fever, Billone
drowsiness, loss of
causes of Malarlu.
17* r — r r- ^ —-. Fever Tonic if
checked out on checks printed for Quitman' uri*, it
prompt
>mihta$ajifce
Much of this could have been foreseen and
mother hen. Old age came, and with it sorrow.
for the companion of half a century went on
ahead to solve first the Great Mystery and he,
awaiting his turn, was held by age’s infirmities
to the chair in the chimney corner.
Often have I wished that I had known him
earlier in his life, or later in mine, that record
might be made of some of the things he told.
Now they are gone, perhaps forever lost—the
guarded against, but it wasn’t. The people had
tasted Government control and they waited for
the Government to act. Congress, where the
duty of action lay, chose instead to wait upon
the President, that any reflex indignation, either
from the .people or the predatory interests 1 ,
might fall upon him.
So we now have the raids on the profiteers.
It was all unnecessary, had proper precautions memory of youth is treacherous unless deep im-
. been taken, but something is necessary now.'pression is made. For from that chair came
With the men who have forced prices skyward
for their own gain properly brought to an ac
counting, we may expect to see. prices go back
to normal, because there is a bountiful supply
both of food and raw materials.
Meanwhile, as the profiteers are being brought
to book, it is just as well to remember that at the
beginning they helped save the country from a
panic.
many stories of adventure in forest and stream;
with Indian, wolf, bear and other animals; even
with fellow-men at occasional rallies at the mus
ter-ground. A great book it would make, if I
but had it now; a book that would give us rich
store of lore about a people who have passed.
Vivid is the picture before me now—the log
house ,the clay chimney, the blazing lightwood
fire; Uncle Abe in the corner in his deep chair,
its cow-hide bottom softened with a heavy- flee
ced sheep-skin. His clay pipe with its reed
stem; often re-filled from the bag of home
grown tobacco in its niche behind the chimney-
was well ilustrated Thursday, when the tobacco facing and lit by a coal from the fireplace; the
HOW RAILROADS HELP.
The advantage of Tifton’s railroad facilities
were made and much money lo!
alone.
Again, barns were to build*. These are often
erroneously charged againjff*th Is year’s crop
when they are a fixture, jukt jss f stock bam or
orn crib, and can be used for man y years. Still,
the expense was a big item, and It all came this
year.
Third, too many growers overcropped them
selves. Tobacco'is essentially a; crop of small
acreage. Many, despite the fapt that it was
their first venture, plunged rather recklessly and
loss was the result.
Last, the weather in this section was the worst
ever known here for growing itobacco. Far
mers who ventured last year anil made money,
found their profits cut down'this near first by dry
weather at planting time, and tHen by continued
rains during the harvesting season,
Considering all these things, it is remarkable
that any growers made money. Next year, they
can profit by the experience won this year,
They will know more about tobacco, from seed
ing to selling. They will have more experi
enced help, and will know the essentials them
selves. They will have their bams, ready for
use, this eliminating a big expense. Profiting
by the lesson this year, the men who overcrop
ped themselves will not do so again, and cer
tainly we hope not to have two years of bad
weather in succession.
We have a warehouse at Tifton now, with an
established market. Buyers like town and sec
tion, and will come in increasing numbers an
other year. This insures competition, and top
prices.
Our people will lose time, effort, money, ex-
The Free Press bill for flour used in making
paste is written on a bill head printed in Val
dosta.
The Free Pres pays its taxes in Quitman,
Georgia, but the county of Brooks gets the ma
jority of its supplies from Atlanta.
There are only few payrolls in the city of
Quitman larger than the Free Press payroll.
The Free Press puts its money in Quitman banks,
uses Quitman water and light current, buys ev
erything that can be bought in Quitman and in
cidents pays taxes in Quitman. .
Could it not be very truly said that it is this
penny wise and pound foolish policy that makes! in Tifton'and guaranteed hr
Quitman still a country town? j rhannaog Company.
The complaint is all too common. Indeed,
we fear few towns, and even cities, are exempt;
fern.
Thousands °f 1
been eared with ,
Tonic and unhesita
to their friends.
W. T. McDonald, prominent
of the Macon Railway A Light Co,
of Mscon, Ga„ says: *
"I had Malaria and Billons Ferer and
Chills and Ferer and Ameco Chill and
Ferer Tonic cured me. It does erery-
thing yon claim for It."
Ameco Chill and Ferer Tonic la sold
BEN JIARDISON HOME
market was opened after being closed nearly a
week on account of the freight embargo. This
embargo was not lifted on the Atlantic Coast
Line and had Tifton been confined to one rail
road the market here would, perforce, have
remained closed for awhile longer. This indi
cates where the leading tobaco market of this
section will be located.
WHEN THEY WERE OVER THERE.
“When the Armistice came,” said the one
from the Aviation, "one of my Buddies and I
were out from the camp a piece, sitting by the
canal, taking a little rest. Heard a noise, and
turning saw a Froggie coming on a bicycle, like
the devil was after him. He was humped over
the handlebars, and peddling so fast that his
feet looked like a circle. He slowed up just be
fore he reached us, jumped oft and throwing up
both hands, shouted ‘Finny da Gearl Finny da
Gear! Wee! Wee! Veevah America!. Veevah _____
France!! and jumped on his wheel and peddled and long since you were called to your reward,
oft. *1 don’t know what he said,’ commented |Each man in life has his mission, and well you
Buddie, *but 1 know what he meant. The war’s filled yours. We who came later enjoy some
<over.’ ” of the fruits of your toil but to many of ua your
.. ~ name means notiiing—for we never knew. Ty-
WHEN THEY WERE OVER THERE. | pical of a time and race, we wHl not see yaur
"You left out one important Item of those kind again,
things the A. E. F. got fed up on,” said the Coast
Artilleryman. “That was tomatoes, the only
tem on the regular fare so funny in itself that
he boys couldn’t nick-name it We had ’em This year has taught many Colquitt county
* meals and between meals, on hikes and in farmers that they cah’t “beat the weevil to it,”
inn, If there was nothing else to eat on a.snysthe Moultrie Observer,
train, there was usually an orphan can of And the farmers of Colquitt are not alone,
tomatoes. Uncle Sam will sell none of his left-!Cotton is growing luxuriantly on many forms in
er stock of this kind to the released patriots, this immediate section, but there is no fruit on it
“When I landed at Bordeaux, eating waa a The weevils have not only cleaned out the
jblem. We marched and drilled and slept in J squares and young bolls—being reported some-
e mud, and had to stand in the mud, ankle times three in a square—-but they hate bored in-
1, in a slow, drizzling rain, to eat How to ti> the grown bolls, and these are rotting, follow-
curling smoke, and the mellow voice as rtory or
philosophy came from the lips still full but no
longer red half-concealed by the heavy, white
beard.
But not to man is it given to know all things,
and even Uncle Abe sometimes erred. Here is
a piece of advice he oft repeated
“Marry not, my son. It will distract your
mind, dull your energy and hamstring you in the
battle of life. But if marry you think you must,
take a woman past her prime, who cannot bear
children
Alas, Uncle Abe! That piece of philosophy,
strictly lived up to, would soon bring the world
to end. You had never heard of Roosevelt, and
you would not have cared what he thought if
you had heard. But your theory was evolved
from your own horizon, and no man can see far
ther. What tragedy, what sorrow, did life
bear for you, to bring that into your philosophy?
Well you did your work, beloved Patriarch,
A BOLL WEEVIL LESSON.
I a plate of chow, a knife and spoon and a
»of coffee in one hand and eat with the other
ing the continued rains.
The weather last year was unfavorable to the
problem, but there was ne place to ait,' weev ti and this, together with the high price,
except in the mud, and we learned the'hiduced many farmers to risk cotton again, the
■ a W hfle.We had to. .majority of them hot i
il came back to Bordeaux, Uncle Sam esaary to keep the w<
- the camp in shape. Good barracks and a,chanceatit” - i
land met* hall, where they could dish It was a long chai
; the food to she tines of men as fast as they'Put things, are not so
■ walk pash’ll believe the record was,been had
«f feod$^r |,M0 men la twelve minutes..are a staj
r the precautions nee-
down but: “taking a
Only a year ago, many Americans were kick
ing against Government control of food. Now,
with the profiteers having their own bitter way,
the same Americans are howling for Govern
ment control. Sorter funny people, we sons of
Sam.
FAILURE OF A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS.
tli the Army of Occupation in Ger*
many and ha* so many things to tell the
home folks that it will require months
f»A- the telling. /
r ...... Ben Hardison, after tw 0 years’ rervice
lrom a practice that sends money away from ■ with tho Marin™ in Franco, m-rin-d home
home which is badly needed by home institu- Friday morning, eight hours after .Tea
tions. We have read such complaints from the- hllvl "s received his hono«bi«
smaller cities, then from Atlanta, Savannah, j t u the wa? across Frar«-. Ben *u
anil even Nashville, Tenn., which takes quite a'
lot of printing from this section.
Many business firms and individuals, who
preach loudest about buying at home, fail to
practice what they preach, when the printer is
concerned. City officials, boards of trade
chambers of commerce, and other organizations
depending solely for their existence on their-
home towns or cities, insist on sending their
printing away, or in letting it under competi
tive bids, when a few dollars difference carries
the money out of town.
The practice is an evil from which the local
printers have suffered so long that a change is
almost despaired of. Perhaps it will come after
awhile, with a better understanding on the part
of many business' men of what it takes to make
a growing town.
“FAKE" ASPIRIN
WAS TALCUM
Therefore Insist Upon Gen
uine “Bayer Tablets
of Aspirin”
From the Atlanta Journal. _ „ „ ..
Responsibility for the critical confusion now s * Ucj cadd '
perienc; and a great opportunity if thpy fail
Millions of fraudulent Aspirin Tablet^
were sold by a Brooklyn manufacturer
which later proved to be composed mainly
of Talcum Powder. “Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin' the true, genuine, American
made and American owned Tablets art
marked with the safety “Bayer Gross."
Ask for and then insist upon “Bayer
Tablets of Aspirin” and always bnj
them in the original Bayer package
which contains proper directions and
dosage.
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture of Mon^aceticacidester of
to prepare now for a tobacco crop next year.
WHEN THEY WERE OVER THERE.
door of a Republican Congress that chose to
play pygmy politics rather than grapple the
time’s greatest needs. Had the majority lead
ers, particularly those in the Senate, spent half
MB. WEBB BUYS KENT HOME.
A deal was closed Thursday whereby
County Clerk H. D. Webb purchased from
, w «. I(W Judge Harry Kent the latter’s home, cor-
the pains on problems of reconstruction and ret “™ Uth ""**
adjustment that they have in trying to embarrass
The only time 1 shot my gun at the enemy af .. __ .. . , - , - .. . .
to tovdta, 3.000 miles to clean him ,p. ™ foFffSZSUA’SSXg&ig &
an aviator, with no chance for a hit,” said the
one who went over with the Engineers. “There
was a battery of artillery up on the hill ahead
and Jerry was often coming over trying to bomb
it. One day he passed the hill and came over
our billets, flying very low. We began shoot
ing at him, just for fun, for he was nearly out of
range, and he heard It. Down he came, swoop
ing low and blazing away with.his machine gun.
Our boys dived into dug-outs, but I was too far
off and went under a pile of lumber. Had a
bomb hit it, they wouldn’t have found what was
left of me.
About three days later another bunch of Jer
ry’s planes came over and broke up a real good
vaudeville show that was 6n in the town for us
that night. Altogether, while we were in that
town that artillery brought us more trouble than
all of our picks and shovels.”
WHEN THEY WERE OVER THERE.
Many of the stay-at-homes are inclined to dis
count stories of the activity of spies. Boys who
went overseas are not.
“Just before the armistice,” said the one from
the Ordnance Department, “a young recruit
was sent into our company. He was a genial
fellow, had some good cigars concealed in an
aluminum compartment of his belt, and made
a bunch of friends. Shortly after he came, a
man in a major’s uniform strolled carelessly
through our part of the camp, stopping at first
one and thin another of the guns. I noticed the
young recruit watching him closely, and all at
once he darted toward him, taking cover behind
the guns. The major was then at the breech of
the ‘Marie Louise,’ a 10-inch French gun with
a range of shout 32 miles. A few minutes later
he recruit came out from behind the gun, march
ing the major ahead of him at the poiht of a pis
tol. The spy was caught red-handed, disabling
the firing mechanism. ' He carried him to Chah-
mont, the American headquarters. Not much
was said, and that was all we ever knew about
it The recruit belonged to the secret service
and was said to be one of tiieir best men. He
came in uniform, but left in plain clothes.”
■They caught three spies at one pull at our
camp at Tours,” said the one from the Aviation.
“The first was a captain of one of the squadrons,
caught him cutting guy-wires and other-
ter off.
Before the President called this special ses
sion, Republican leaders were bewailing what
they termed his “obstinate refusal” to give the
legislative branch of the Government a chance
at the problems of the hour. In the last stages
of the preceding session, they filibustered to
death a number of important measures, among
which were the urgent supply bills, their pur
pose being to force the President to summon the
lew Republican Congress into extraordinary ses
sion. The public had warrant to expect, there
fore, that a broad program of essential legisla
tion would be undertaken without delay and be
pressed earnestly forward.
But what is there to show for results? How
has Republican leadership met the responsibili
ties and opportunities of the session? Not one
constructive measure has been enacted. Not
one problem has been solved or even simplified.
Ever since this Republican-ruled Congress has
been in session, the burdensome cost of living
has clamored for investigation; but the party of
Lodge and Penrose has been too busy in efforts
to becloud the fame of a Democratic President
and too intent upon next year’s political hatch
ings to notice so un-partisan a matter as the cost
of living. From the day this Congress conven
ed, more than two and a half months ago. there
has been insistent need of legislative considera
tion of the railroad question; but the party of
Borah and Knox was too engrossed in schemes
o destroy the League of Nations to take up an is
sue that called for constructive thinking. Like
wise the pressing problem of Army reorganiza
tion and of the future of the merchant marine
demanded attention. The Interior Depart
ment’s reclamation program, together with its
exoellent plan to provide farm sites for released
soldiers, merited prompt support. Educational
measures of the utmost importance awaited ac
tion. Scores of opportunities fpr service kept
beckoning and scores of high duties cried out
for performance, but all in vain, to politicians
who saw no further than their partisan designs
and heard no voice but petty prejudice.
Their one line of activity has been directed
against President Wilson, who, In his deep con
cern in the treaty of peace, has been fulfilling hi*
Constitutional duties—duties which he only
could discharge. He has been working for a
peace that will justify America’s part In the
World War and bring to pass the dream of them
who died that freedom might endure and good
will abide among men. But the Lodges and
Knoxes were not content that the President
should do his part whfle Congress dld Its part.
Instead, they set out to interfere with hja efforts
and to discredit his accomplishments. Not
have they neglected argent duties of floml
legislation, hut they have «ho obstructed the
settlement of foreign ' problems. Frtnet mid
England promptly ratified
‘ United States is still hi
between peace and war. For over
The consideration waa $0,500.
Judge Kent will give possession Octo
ber 1. Mr. Webb hat rented his boat oa
South Park avenue.
WATCH YOUR KENS
Hens that do opt lag do not pag.i Ton
can make these non-lagers pag gon (or
the feed tbeg eat bg giving them B. A.
THOMAS' POULTRY REMEDY avarg
dag. Tonic, egg producer and uaed lor
gapes, bowel troublea and other trouble*
incidental to poultry. Rlckerson Gro
cerg Co. edv.
FORD GETS • CENT VERDICT.
Mount Clemens, Mich., August 18.—A
Jurg last night awarded Henrg Ford alx
cents damages against the Chicago Trt*
buna (or calling him an anarchist
Rub-My-Tinm b a great paia
killer. It relieve* pain and
soreness caused by Rheumat
ism, Neuralgia, Spralas, etc. ad
Bccsusc of its toatejUMl tenth* effect, LAXA.
TXVB BROMO QUININB is better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nerrousness nor
iberthe tall aane and
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