About The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1919)
THE IIFTON GAZETTE, THE TIFTON GAZETTE Publiihed Weekly Eetfred at the PostoBie at Tifton, G«or*i«, aa Second Claaa Matter, Act of March 3,1870. Gazette Publishing Company, Proprietors. j L. Herring Editor and Manager. Official Organ City of Tifton and Tift County, Georgia. MAKING A TOBACCO MARKET. “One man cannot make a tobacco market,” said a railroad official who is taking a prominent part in the development of tobacco growing in South Georgia, at the beginning of this year’s marketing season here, "One man cannot make a tobacco market,” said Warehouseman Fenner, at the meeting at the Tifton Board of Trade Thursday night, at the close of the season here. It requires enthusiasm on the part of the SUBSCRIPTION RATES: business men, this enthusiasm transmitted to the Twelve months growers, to make a successful market. A tobac- Six Months In' 00 marl{et at Tifton cannot hope for success un- Four Months 60 less the tobacco is grown in Tift county to supply The tobacco will not be grown here unless •:V '-.V ER S, 1919. APPOINTED GEED BAKER County Board of Education Jury Electa at December Term of Court. u issued by . Circuit, Safe log Mr. E. J. Cottle, of Ty Ty. a n of the County Board of Education to succeed Mr. J. J. Baker, resigned. ablet malaria germs, breaks op the Chills and Fever and builds up the system. Ameco Chill as4 Terer Ms " la Tifton sad flsstssd by SATURDAY NIGHT. it. our business men demonstrate to the farmers that they believe in the future of tobacco as The Last Dougherty County Fair. 'money crop and will stand by them while they Premill lists are out for the “Dandy Dixie ^ ' venture Fair” to be held in Albany this fall. Which 1 * ' . , . pair, iu oc ii ; , .. ..i Yet at the meeting Thursday night to boost a culls un from the bottom ol Memory s well the , , . J , . cans up “ . , , , „ i tobacco market here, too many business men Tlnnirhertv County Fair of forty-two years ago. . ..... uougntriy y j were conspicuous by their absence. Tifton men The fair-trrounds were located about where , . . . . , . . , .... , i nc tairgiuu . , . need to inject much more pep into their attitude the brick plant now s an s in e no toward the tobacco business for this point, with part of the city, the groun s ort e mg a p its advantages, to attain its proper place as a east on the river, whose banks were a favorite market resort for courting couples and whose bordering! baa been a bad year for tobacco, just as trees afforded grateful shat e. c grass-carp ^ j,as been a bad year for nearly every other ed vale between the buildings an e nver money crop in this section. Yet, despite the a splendid parade ground, springy, us ess an wea jb er handicap and the fact that the crop was roomy, and was in almost constant use in the a ^ ^ tQ th(j growera an( , a „ the expense1^“”" afternoons. ... , i necessary to starting it off came this year, the i. Managers of fairs in those days gave more a j 0 b acco so ] d a t Tifton will put about a quarter i 111 “" rvi "' tention to the spectacular and less o in us r j a m j]ii on dollars in circulation in local chan-r" 1 . 1 , 5 ri “ features, than is given today. There was not 1 m " very much diversified farming in this section then. Cotton-growing was the big agricultural industry and that was much of a sameness. The j nves ^ et j j n barns and other equipment and they livestock was principally wiregrass r aa P‘ ca a | ao ] 0 se the experience that has cost them a tie, sheep and piney-woods rooters, w lc t w on ( pre ^.y penny. To prevent this loss, and to cn- Nnm not look well in captivity nor jmar l B ™ e courage them to capitalize their equipment and Crop diversification was preachet y <- ' ° experience for another year, the growers should j a .jj and a few leaders of thought, bu was l e receive the personal encouragement and co-ope- ii,s, practiced. A pretty good exhibit: could have Qf our bualncM men . been made from the wild game wi w 11 1 i What it means to Tifton business to have a distant pine forests and streams ,i ount ct, u ! tobacco market here is evidenced only in part lf -■ no one thought of that. Neares o an , by the season just closed. Next year we should Sla " along the rich river bottoms and for a score o bav(J j argpr an( j better equipped warehouse, miles surrounding the city, were ex ensivc. oo an( j amoun t marketed here should be doub- ton plantations, many planters opera ing led. With this, we are assured that in the or more plows each. King Cotton was a e course of a year or more, Tifton should have a height of his reign, following recons c o , sleam j ng p] an t ( which would add materially to whose scars were still plainly in evidence. l advantage of this market and enable the tie attempt was made to attract immlgM on or buyers to pay better prices, display the resources of the soil ^and c J 1 rn _ a _ 1 e ] j Next year tobacco growing should not labor FORM TO INQUIRE ABOUTINSURANCE The orde# iu published below. At Chambers, Tifton, Oa. It .appearing to the court that a vacan cy now exists in the Hoard of Education of Tift county, same having been caused by the resignation of J. J. Raker, and it further appearing that it is necessary and desirable that such vacancy be filled with out delay, and It further appearing that 15,. iLCotlle, a roK 'd en t the town of Tv Ty.w said county is a good aud worthy citizen deeply interested in the cause of education and in evhry way qualified to acceptably discharge the duties of the of fice, it U therefore qrdcred that the said E. J. Cottle be and be is hereby appoin- S to fill the vacancy caused, by the resig- on O%'j. J. Baker, he to hold such e and discharge the duties thereof J the Grand Jury shall convene for tfe December Term, 10111 of the Tift Su- ( parlor Court mid until his successor shnll ‘ and qualified in the manner pro- 1 iy law. Clerk of the Superior Court of^ mty will enter this upon the min- ( the court and notify the State A Tonic, Laxative, Worm Expeller and Conditioner. FARRIS’ COLIC REMEDY easy’way nels of trade. If the men who planted tobacco this year do ^The no * I^ an ^ a K a * n nex t season, they lose the money Atlanta, Sept. 1.—According to advi< ces received iu Atlunta, there are many in <1 uiries going into the offices of the Geor gia delegation in Congrena every day aln.ut the War Risk Insurance. A special form letter for writing the Senators and roiigre»tnett bus been furnished thia news service which newspapers in Geor gia aud other Southern states will do well to copy. It would be of great assistuucc t u disk-barged service men In showing them what they must give in a letter to jutes ir Risk Insurance to Superintendent of Education of this np- proinpt reply. * i pointtnent in order that commission may] k the form letter, which discharge. issue to this appointee in term of the law. e men are requested to fill out as Order signed this 30th, day of August, possible: 1019. R. Eve, Judge, j rint name —Superior Court, Tifton Circuit ( First Second luist j j Address where mail can * 11 ways reach you Street City State 1 Mato of discharge Army Serial number Insurance Certificate No ....* nt NumlH'r .. .. * if person iu whose favor allotme No drenching. A child can give it Six doses 60c. Results guaranteed J. U Nichols & Co., of Lake City, Aik. write,: We h»e used a A THOMAS’ REMEDIES lor the past fifteen years, and do not hesitate to say they do all they claim. * OLD KENTUCKY MANUFACTURING CO., PADUCAH, KY. INCORPORATED For Sale by Riekerson Grocery Co. ude a of Person ... ing allotment i/at ion at tim Street City State of application for Goodnight Will Drive Away Mosquitos on nt time of Allotment . commissioned? date tirn|M» necessary FROM UNION ROAI) ROUTE 2. I Tifton. Aug. 28.—AVe are having tint enthcr for haying, hot and dry. Mrs. William Whiddon spent Sunday itli her daughter in Tifton. Richard Drexel, from the University of eorgit) is visiting his parents on Route 2 Mrs. Riley Ray, and children, spent j li with relatives at Americas ami The 'XeVO Co., Montgomery, Ala, and climate, j ot which we hear much these days. People, un( j er ^ handicaps that cost so much the past were content with what they had, and »>«; gea80n- Those who overcropped themselves , i>r«d i,rt \v,,in...,ia.v rn, were largely for recreation and ’ 1 will not do so again. The growers have learned K<“tuck“. ” “ "'" i The military display was the predominating much about cutting> curing and mar keting, and Mr. aud Mrs. Henry Tillotson and Airs feature. Albany had two companies, e " another year we will not have so much cheap to- ,1’iatt Lassiter, wen- visitors on Route i bany °uards and the Republican Blues, the lat- , bacco This wiu put money in the growers’) — 0 ter an organization of negroes. Here “ an ° ’Ipockets, for it cost just as much to produce poor Rub-My-Tum l» a powerful ject lesson for our.Northern neighbors who ^ toh&cco as it did to produce good . The lnWa , ** “j* p °'“ n lieve the negro never has a ln st ° ateg steps taken to establish a market here will not cure , oW lores , tetter, etc. ad. I Only ten years after the War Between t ’be necessary again, and the amount of money — -o in the henrt of Dixie, they b h ® ' r ° W ”^,°offl- put in circuIation ’ even from the aame acreaRe o C E U w"«k, teer military organizations, with the should be doubled another season. of Fender, wlm have secured the agency cers and own management and tne w 1 e men| ^ me f or the Tifton business man to or n “ nM '" c,,r * **' T l ft n “ , liS° wk countie8 . gave them aid an encouragement. b e lukewarm toward tobacco growing. It means ,1^- model's hlr demonatration^ndn^ The Governor of course was invited an ; money to him to put ginger into the movement, to open n <ii»piny room in Tifton a» soon was an inspection of troops and competitive drills j j ns a suitaMp place can i» secured. for handsome prizes. Visiting companies from Americus, Dawson, Columbus, Brunswick, Ma con and sometimes from as far as Montgomery,) g ayg jx 0U ltri e Observer: “There may be Pat a Cold Bottle oi ORANGE DRIP Under your belt It will take the swelter off your forehead and start the dimples helter-skelter over your face. A real man's drink. The ruling, cooling drink. A drink you lovo to feel—inside of you. If you like a drink with zip and zest, try RED ROCK GINGER. ALE Sold Everywhere Bottled By Chero-Cola Bottling Company Telephone 52 HOLDING AND HOARDING. httended, participated in the drills, and were j d i s y n g U j a hing line between hoarding and ordi- entertained by the Albany Guards. ■ Southern, nary j 10 ] d j ngi b u t it is hard to locate. It is all hospitality meant something in those days, but | rjgbt to ko ] d co tt on for higher prices, but it is an it was never considered a task, no matter hoW; evj | thjng to ho j d dour , jt is fair enough to big the job. The Guards’ Armory was a , store potatoes in the fall and carry them over to pretty lively place until far into the night or spr j n g when prices are better, but putting eggs early morning. i on cold stbrage and keeping them until the lay- The companies were an inspiring sight. The ( j n g season is over and then placing them on the uniforms were gray, of course, but many of them mar ket at advanced prices is hoarding and pro- were gold-laced like a grenadier’s and those of fl t ec ring. the officers were resplendent with lacings and n j s c i ear enough that there is a difficult task epaulets. Swords and belts were decidedly or- ahead of those who undertake to run down the namental. The caps of the privates were usually ma i e factors of great wealth, living at a distance high, gray and flat-topped, with black visor, but and freezing on to their stocks while we are the officers’ had high, waving plumes, and some ea g er to buy at reduced prices, without bruising of the companies wore immense shakos, remind-^e head of the producer at home, whom we ing one of pictures of Napoleon’s crack troops, have been trying for years to educate up to the There was one cavalry company, and many of « w i se method” of marketing his products by the officers of the other organizations were holding them off the market when the market is mounted. There were two or three bands, and J glutted and selling when the public is hungry when all these companies got out in the sun on and eager to buy at any price. Broad street it was a pageant that the boy of | it looks like a great deal may depend on whose that day never forgot. j ox is being gored. Little lives in memory but the swift-stepping, | perfectly drilled troo'ps, the prancing horses, the, WHEN THEY WERE OVER THERE, waving plumes the glittering arms and ac- . ..... ■ ■ . counterments, and the lilting band mu’sic; the j “The French did overcharge us, short change Better Babies parades on Broad; the drills on the green pa-jus, and in many other ways commercialize the rade-grounds and the soldiers at rest, surroun-| a. E. F., but you saw no such signs over there as ded by groups of admiring urchins. There is a ‘Soldiers and Dogs Not Allowed,’ ’’ said the Ar- hazy vision of the fair grounds and buildings, tilleryman. “Yes. It is no myth. I saw such but the exhibits were not impressive. There a s i gn at a moving picture house on one of the were horse races on the track near the grounds; principal streets of Norfolk, and many of the The expectant mother owes it not only to herxelf to prepare for an easier blttn, but to her child who should be stronger, healthier and more robust through her careful and Intelligent use of Mothers Friend Pr»4n«!<3 Regulator Co. V'ipt.F-7.Adim».a«. “A TOTAL WRECK” SAYS TENNESSEAN /.% BIG AUCTION SALE 600 Acre Eason Farm, Sub-Divided TIFTON, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10 10:30 A. M. SHARP nt Sijs Hi Now FMIs Flu, SIM TtKIsc Zlron Iron Toole. lunch stands and the usual catch-pennys of the fair of the past, so little different from the fairs of today, but the principal thing that re mains in memory of the fair of the distant day is the marching soldier and that was the big fea ture of the occasion. So far as we remember, Albany was a pioneer in the county fair business near half a century gone. We hope the one this year will be re membered as long as was the fair of four de cades agQ, boys told me about seeing similar signs at other points. Sometimes they would express their re sentment in a way the proprietors did not soon forget.” “Such signs were frequent on private parks on Long Island,” said the one from the Aviation, “and there were a great many places in New York City where no men in uniform ex cept officers were allowed. I think of thi when I read about New York slopping over with big parades for the returning divisions." “Senator Jim Flynt, up at Griffin, With building lots growing scarce, one citizen!let South Georgians manage i proposed that, Moultrie I square. Better build outw "" sent to it that bedfBBO their Coastal David Jones, ot Porbus, Tann, writes: *1 sot a bottle ot Zlron and will sty that I navtr bad anythin* to corns In to rood a time as I was think, lnz ot (Ivins up, I was so wash. I cannot tall yon how bad I fait. Had stomach tronbla, lost at appetite, couldn't Bleep, In tact was a total wreck all over, at I am subject to weak apella In the 8prln( ot the yaar. Alter mint Zlron wul any I now feel tine and — do a tins days work. I think yon have a cood medicine, am] I can surely recommend It to nay ane who pttfli ft tonic**. Mtdleal authorities tad text booka [rat that Iron la naadad to keep the ..wtaaa ln tood condition. Investin' Usa shows that pals, weak, tired peo- ■tt aurally leak the aaceaaaiy a mount of Iron la their blood. The a that Iran (tvaa may ba oh by takln( Zlron Iron Tonic, —^ 1 idrumlat about Ua t. au wajv put a kicker four This Eason Farm of 600 acres, adjoining Tifton on the South, and lying on the National Highway, has been sub-divided into smaller farms, is fine grade of land, well improved, graded roads, ideally located, everything desirable, is bound to increase in value, and has been consigned to us by the owner to absolutely sell in its entirety to the highest bidder. EAerybody welcome, the sale you have been waitiog for to buy a small or large farm adjoining Tifton, the best town and county in South Georgia at a bargain, as we Will sel| at auction to the highest bidder. Sale starts on property promptly at 10:30 o’clock Wednesday, September 10th, rain or shine. TERMS: 1-3 Cash, 1-3 lyr., 1-3 2 yrs. Interest 8 per cent, on Deferred Payments. * MANY HANDSOME SILVER SOUVENIRS ■ .i&yvtv Parties interested will be shown ovefttie tiroj&fty before the sale by J. A. Eason or (k^Cboate. J. A. EASON ATLANTIC LAND COMPANY
