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lil^wipp® ... No young men and know what is a frow. (Theiword is pronounc ed as if it were spelled froej'anij has an altoge ther different meaning from the same spelling ■B — ..... - Proprietor*. pronounced as in oow; for then a frow is a GaaetU Publishing Company, .— man>8 better half—and is a word quite popular J.L.Herring -Editor and Manager. wIth the Dutch). Yet the frow had a place — city of Tifton only second to the axe in bringing this country l!‘ MdTift County, Georgia. , out of the pine forest and making it the Garden SUBSCRIPTION RATES: , $1.60 t- Twelve months 75 i Six Months * go Cf ’ Four Months I • PICKING THEIR CROWDS. Hi Johnson and Bill Borah, masquerading as iinitpH States Senators, are not trying to coun teract t^ effect of Wilson’s talks to the people teract ine West—they are playing for throughou wi u be in sympathy audiences that tne> ki attacks on with them, and getting out of their attacks on thA President and incidentally their efforts to the Pre * ldent a . all the publicity that ft/Ual will bring The;. And they are win- ning votes of a certain class-the cluss that sup- ported Germany in this country as long as it could do so and keep out of jail. • C Both are candidates for the Republican for some other) party nomination for the Pre - I dency; Borah appealing to the moreradical de ment of the old Progressives and the hatred of that element for Wilson, while Johnson is bid ding for the votes of the Communist Radical ele ment, combined with the Woman Suffragists Naturally, to each applause is as a sweet morsel to the palate and publicity as pie to the hungry. Johnson made his first speech in Chicago, the place where the Progressive party was born and died (Desdemona-likc), and on practically the very spot where, two days before, four political parties were hatched, each of which has as a principal plank in its platform the nationaliza tion of industry and the despoiling of private ownership of practically all things, including the borne—the first open effort of Bolshevism to get its teeth into the throat of this country. For ^ ’ two decades Chicago has been the headquarters of the anarchists of America, and there the hy dra-head of the monster was first smitten when Grover Cleveland was President. Two years ago, Chicago had the unsavory reputation of having in its limits more friends of Germany than any y ■ other city on the American continent—with the possible exception of Mexico City. And at the last election, Chicago proved that it had ex perienced no change of heart. To Chicago went Johnson, assured that there he would find fellows of his faith, and he found hft them So carried away was his audience by the m attacks on the Nation’s Chief that we are told P the crowd became frenzied and shorn women Iff and uns hom men “danced up and down the aisles, throwing hats and programs into the air.” No mere words could more eloquently tell the ; character of the people addressed. And Borah was with him. g* They had found their kind—because they sought them. , ... E Next, Johnson spoke at St. Louis. Another German city, with many true Americans, but a city dominated for so many years by German bribing interests that the mind of man runneth not to the contrary. “The second largest Ger man city in the United States.” And there also Johnson and his traitorous talk got the glad 1 hand. Once more he had picked his crowd. perhaps other points on the itinerary will de- $'%6lop selections likewise shrewd. The whole thing is illustrative to those Amer icans who hold their country first of all—above Woodrow Wilson, or any other man—the char- J er of the men who are attacking the League Nations and through it the Treaty of Peace, hey are the friends of Germany; or those who tte Woodrow Wilson more than they love their Spot of the South. The frow of fifty years ago was made from iron wrought at the forge of the handy black smith. It was about four ipchee wide and beaten sharp and one end curled around to make a socket for the blackgum handle. The edge was not ground keen, in fact there was no de sire to make it so. Dull best suited the purpose of the user and dull it remained, until the expression, "dull as a frow” described a tool that would not take an edge, therefore never had one. The frow was applied only in one way yet its uses were many and varied. It split or “rived” the boards that covered the log homes of our forefather; it rived the palings that sur rounded the vegetable garden of a later day; it rived the long boards which were used to ceil or cover the cracks between the logs that formed the walls of the homes, and thus kept out the winter winds; it rived the shingles which covered the roofs of the more pretentious residences of double pen logs or lumber that were occasionally used by those who could afford them; it rived the chimney sticks which, in pen shape, the chinks filled with clay, formed nine-tenths of the chimneys in the Wiregrass Georgia of that day. When a man wanted to build a house in this country forty years ago he selected a favorable spot in the pine forest, felled the trees and made a clearing; dug a well which he equipped with a sweep and pole and home made bucket; cut pine* poles with which to build his house and peeled the bark from them; | then he walked five or ten miles to a neighb r’s ( and borrowed a frow—one was sufficient for, , a settlement. Then a tree was selected of free, even ^ grain and convenient size The grain was:,,,,, ascertained by cutting out a big chip with his! - axe, taking the chip to the nearest stump, split- V ting and then riving it. In some trees the ( ,„. grain twisted; these would not do at alL 1 ' 1 Others were tough and stringy; they were, promptly passed up. At last the pine with the I right grain was found, and was felled with thej axe: it was butted with a cross-cut saw and a three-fot cut sawed from it. This out was split with a maul and wedge into four or eight sections, tapering from an edge at the heart to about four inches wide where the heartpine joined the sap. One of these sections was stuck under the log, and supported by a chuck or small log un derneath the end until it inclined at an angle of about forty-five degrees. Then the frow was set edgewise against the end of the piece of timber, being carefully placed on the white streak between the grains, and then driven in with a mallet. This split the timber on the grain. The frow was then driven down a few inches; then by alternately bearing down on the handle and shoving it further down, the frow was driven the length of the piece of tim ber, splitting off the board. The narrow heart strip was thrown away as was the sap, about eight boards varying two to four inches wide, being obtained from each section. After the boards were rived they were piled pen-like, to season, heavily weighted with slabs to prevent their- twisting and curling. The same process was used to obtain the ceil ing-boards, only sections of timber eight or ten feet long being cut. Shingles were cut much shorter, eigtheen inches or more, and the ends sharpened with a drawing-knife. Palings for country; or those who were reluctant and luke-j the garden fence were made by the same pro- warm in rallying to their county's defense, re- cess, is npiling first personal safety or personal gain.| Did y 0 u ever see a garden fence made in ,-j « "'""“the 0 j d da y a , without the use of nails, which We Give Yo\ A Square Deal. The Best Only WILLIS DRUG CO. Accommodating Druggists Telephone 94 Conger Drug- Co.’m Old Stand mr Wmmm Later. ' '• -*>- delcgmtioa which itten- : > ‘ the Valdosta Be tar/ t report a bit and time. There «u a fine fun and oratory in abun- vere on band from TbomaarUIe, Quitman, gp.llu and Tifton. Preal- g^gfNewman presided. The delegation Tifton Board of Trade were: Tift, I. W. Myeru, Bev. C. W. Manager (S. H. Crane, lour & Co., and Secretary Algee. A--temporary organization was arran ged aod 0. W. Cooper, president of the riile Chamber of Commerce, was as the temporary president, and iaezt meeting will be called at a later which time permanent officers elected. ideal. to perfect an organization twelve or more of the South Geor- itiea End In conaectioA with Boards of Trade and other odies, do all the community can be done to aid each and dty, town and county which may ipose the greater organization. AH issbrt one anotbe r in a direct way and ;bjr secure better result* than for city and county to work along inde pendent lines. I have a few White Sewing oat Cheap. Notwithstanding they per cent, I am felling for leu than tb# < need a Good Sewing Machine now get it W.E. FARMER Farm and City L Farm Loans; 5J per cent interest made for 5, 7, prepayment privilege. Loans made by which all the money for which he applies. A direct large insurance company enables us to render pi City Loam: 6J per cent interest for 5 yi Title Guarantee Company of, J. W. Warren, President. R. P. Room 28. Cot Jon Building. Tifton. Cm.. Worth County USB THB WANT ADS FOB BESUUfB No Worm* In a Healthy Child i troubled with worms have anno* " h Indicate* poor blood, and a* • SOME FINE C OTTON I;. ,|. Watkins, who lives a mile half HHtilheast of Tifton on Route .uglit two stalks of cotton to Tif- atimki). the largest «»nc having 35 Im.IIs. < lie lmd eight acres mndr five bales. made n hale to the •eovil rut him out of “FAKE” ASPIRIN WAS TALCUM Therefore Insist Upon Gen uine “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” Millions of fraudulent Aspirin Tableta were sold by a Brooklyn manufacturer which later proved to be composed mainly of Talcum Powder. “Bayer Tableta of Aspirin’ the true, genuine, American made and American owned Tableta are marked with the safety “Bayer Cross. Ask for and then insist upon “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” and always buy them in the original Bnyer package which contains proper diroctiona and dftsngc. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacideater “* Snlicyliencid. MACON STRIKE SETTLED Those who sacrificed and paid the price want peace. The others do not know what war cost. Johnson and Borah are smoking them out. Tor that much loyal America should thank them. But at the same time, Johnson and Borah are damning themselves by the company they keep. Man -nits Textile worker* i mass meeting here IT the strike that is irtli week, i similar resolutioi The ends of justice were served and there was no row or lynching in the Brooks county incident which culminated in the hanging of W. E. Roundtree, a negro preacher, in Quitman jail. He was convicted of criminal assault on a four teen-year-old white girl several weeks ago. A special term of court was held, without fuss or j-| 10 jjext paling was placed in-exact reverse feathers, and the negro tried. Before and aftci order 0 f ( be fli-st, passing on the other side of MPktrial he was kept out of { the way of tno| the centel . ra ji. Thus the pressure of one coun- would-be lynchers in a distant jail, and was only j teracted that of the other, a . principle since g. .brought home for the trial and hanging. | utilized in cantilever bridges. So firmly held jp£.Y__ ~ —. T””., were the palings in the panels of the fence that were not to be had? The posts were of light- wood, and three holes were bored through each with a two-inch augur, one of these holes were bored just above the ground; another half way up and the third near the top. Laths or rails were made of split pine and the sharpened ends driven into the holes in the posts. Between these rails the palings were wattled. This wattling consisted simply of thrusting the pal- caught and held by the bottom rail-the pres ing under the top rail, and over the center rail, |sure on the ends and center holding it in place. f this i-ilj vnt.-il 111 late Sunday to vail filtering upon its fi Two weeks gno was voted down. Siam then there has been rioting and the unorganized people of the mill dis trict have been terrorized. Twelve organizers and strike leader are in jail. Sheriff llieks informed the worker? that the mills would reopen Tuesday morning "for all those who care to work, The following resolution was then pre sented by John I., Anderson, president of the Macon Federation of Trades, and workers: “That Sheriff llieks be authorized to advise the mill owners that we call off the strike and will return to work at any time we nr,. sassuml that there will be no discrimination for having joined our organization.” The new Alapaha judicial circuit gets off to early start. Judge Dickinson opened his first session at Berrien Superior Court Monday morning, with Solicitor-General Lovett winning „Ms first spurs in his home town. See where Thomasville cattle are winning ^prizes in the blue grass country. A year ago, ‘ Tift county cattle were doing the same. After awhile those people will find out where the real stock-raising country is located. ■ Cheer up, boys; lively times are coming udge Fite is to run for Judge of the Cherokee cuit, and the panels might be taken from the posts and carried any desired distance without tailing apart. But in talking of garden fences and other products, we forgot the frow. Indeed, nearly everybody el^e has forgotten that useful im plement. It has disappeared, together with the spinning wheel, the hand-loom, hand corn- mills and other necessities of that day and time. But it was a factor in the building and develop ment of this section, and a very useful although humble one. Like manyi other humble and useful things, it has passed and is forgotten— ope is still editing the Dalton Just as we will be sometime, useful though we may flatter ourselves we may be now. WHO PREPARE CAREFtHJX MUD Motber&Ekiend AID NATURE AND THE PHYSICIAN ^She should remain healthy by hav ing avoided the discomforts which usually accompany such an occasion where nature is unaided. The nerves, muscles and tendons tie thoroughly lubricated. After the crisis she should speedily regain her natural condition. Mother's Fries*! is toed externally. At all Druggists. Booklet oo'Motherhood «sd Baby fxtc “ Go. DftfilO.Atlsau.C5i, chill TONIC given regalany [weeks will enrich the blood, in- ■oo. and set ss s General Scrsngtk- tbs whole system. Natsrs will then ■1 tbs worms, sad tbs Child wOl be | Pleasant to take. Kfc net bottle. 5 1-2 PER CENT FARM 7 Per Cent Tifton Gty Loans Wa make farm loans at S 1-2 par cant interest and give dm borrower the privilege of paying part of dm principal at dm and of any year stopping interest on amounts paid, hot no am anal payment of principal inquired. R. C. ELLIS W. W. BRYAN Golden BoBding Tifton, Georgia FURNISH I2H? HOME WITH GOOD FURNITURE OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT WE SELL THE . VfEy wpSaqVess fm Spvvivq Ivey Furniture Co. Exclusive Home Furnishers Cross Street from Golden Hardware Co. T ALK about smokes, Prince Albert is geared to a joyhandout standard that just lavishes smokehappiness on every man game enough to make a bee line for a tidy red tin and a jimmy pipe—old or new! Get it straight that what you’ve hankered for in pipe or cigarette makin’s smokes you’ll fihd aplenty, in P. A. That’s because P. A. has the quality I You can’t any more make Prince Albert bite joMj tongue or parch your throat than you can make a horse drink when he’s off the water I Bite and parch are cut out by our exclusive patented process I ' q You just lay back like a regular fellow and puff to beat the cards and wonder why in samhill you didn’t nail a section in the P. A. smokepasture longer than you can to remember back! A» Ptinc. Albert mryahtn tebaeeel. 10U. Tcmyni ban tobacco in Lch p.rfKt coition. R. J. Reynold* Tobacco Co., Win*ton-Salem, N.C