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Published Weekly
d at the {MoflQl.lt Tifton, Georgia aa I
• t Art of Much 8,1878-
'p^wiAhiyiCompany, Pwpvtotora.
JEditor and Manager.
Official Organ City of Tifton
and Tift County, Georgia.
SUBSCRIPTION RA'lti*
Ive month*
Month*
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hard-hearted and
care, neither. But by noon, w:
for dinner and called to me
the hone to the house, I was fi _
ter, and when I got some hot coSee and washed
my face in cold water, began to get back to my
self. Pa. didn't say anything, and Ma didn’t
either, but they didn’t need to. I lost my de
sire to chew that day and H never came back.
I smoke a little, but <t is only to see the smoke;
not through any love for the weed.”
“Had you noticed,” sajd the railroad man,
$1.60 “the difference between twenty years ago and
.76 today? Then, forty-five men out of every fif
ty chewed tobacco and wenty women out of
twenty-five dipped snuff. Now very little snuff
is used and the chewers have dropped to about
one in five—even less, unless you poll a crowd
of comparatively old men. In those days, the
streets and sidewalks and walls end lloors of
public buildings, were decorated with tobacco
juice. It was necessary to cover the floors of
SATURDAY NIGHT.
The First Chew.
El if you were a boy forty years ago. do you re
member your first chew of tobacco.
f "I remember very well my first, said tne i - ' courthoUBeg w jth a thick, coarse burlap to take
gjer. • "It was‘Maude Muller’plug, or sometnmg of the ghotfl t j, at ^gsed the spittoons, as
I like that I found the square in the ma<:luine weU afl to deaden the gound of heavily shod,
i drawer, where Pa had carelessly left it, a it trampin8 , f eet< Even at church, the men wculd
r.really smelled good. It was a rich, brown, a clo#e to door or w j ndow 0 r wall, where they
[ looked juicy. .. . „ could chew and spit in comfort.
“I had heard lots of boys say that a fell ,q t ig altogether different now. To be sure,
wasn’t really a man until he cou c ® the cigarette has largely replaced the plug, and
co and spit red gravy, and thought new was my whethef that ig a c h an ge for the better depends
time to qualify- 1 snaked out the plug, eased ^ thg viewpoint While the cigarette does
around behind the smokehouse and sat down. ater violence to the atmosphere, it leaves
The first piece tasted rather good, and I chewed ^ 8 . gn ^ animate thing8 „
awhile and then tried another. j g either essential to man’s comfort?
good, and pretty soon 1 began to feel a gone-
Service
nessjust below the waistband of my jacaet. It
grew worse rapidly, and I fled for the house.
'. I staggered a little on the way. and by the
time I got to Ma I was a sick boy.
“She was frightened, put me to bed (after I
had lost the last two meals) and began to fix
me a dose of blue mass. She was so uneasy at
first she didn’t stop to think, but after awhile
something aroused her suspicions. ‘Johnny,’
she asked, ‘Have you been chewing tobacco?
and the secret was out
“But that one chew saved me hundreds of
dollars and a bad habit I had enough tobac
co to last me the balance of my life, and neither
S’ chew nor smoke. Just for curiosity, I have
L-* asked many mon who chew if they thought the
l ], a bit had been harmful or beneficial—in other
words, if they had life to live over again, would
they take it ip? Not more than one or two
out of fifty said they would. The others re
garded the habit as not only expensive and fil
thy, but injurious to health. Some few thought
it preserved their teeth, or something like that,
and iny father did not learn to chow until after
he was grown, and then in an effort to relieve
facial neuralgia.”
“One chew was all I ever tasted, said the
storekeeper. "I was just at the age when all
boys try everything in sight, and of course had
heard all about the manliness of chewing, as
, well as its preservation of the teeth and things
like that. Nearly every man chewed, and it
seemed like it was a lot of satisfact'on to them.
One would take out a square, bite or cut off a
chew and pass it around, and they would chew
and spit and talk, and it did look like they got
a lot of enjoyment out of it. Then, they said
when a man was by himself it was so much com
bi pany to him, so as 1 couldn’t be a man until
-I chewed, I decided it was time to begin.
“Pa was plowing that spring in the new-
ground across the branch, and l was picking up
< trash and cutting briars ahead of the plow.
Along about ten o’clock that morning he called
and told me to go to the house and get him a
square of tobacco—he was out. On the way
back, I looked at the square, It looked good
enough, and smelled good; but I knew it would
not do to cut it. But the outside leaves were a
ittle loose, and I began to strip these off care
_ully, until 1 had a pretty good chew. I was
soon cutting down on it, with real enjoyment,
I could almost see myself grow a loot taller, on
toward man’s estate. Soon 1 Would be wearing
shoes every day, and suspenders and things like
that.
“By that time I had crossed the branch and
was pulling through the plowed ground toward
where Pa was at work. The sun was blazing
m- hot, and before 1 got half way across, 1 began to
feel funny. The ground acted queer, vising up
ahead of me until I would step high and then it
would go so far back the other way just as my
foot came down that I would almost fall over.
If I looked off toward the horizon to keep from
seeing thi earth go up and down in waves, it
would be turning around like a top, and the
longer I looked, the faster it would spin. It
WM surely one funny world.
«. “And my stomach? First it felt like I didn’t
have any, and then it felt like I had two in one
and both were drawn up into a hard knot in
the center. I was making my way toward Pa
as well as I could, but when I got close enough
to see, there were two men and two plow-stocks
and two pony horses, and they were going round
and round, like folks in a circus. At last I
stopped, but they didn’t and when I walked
straight ahead, I ran right into Pa, who had
stopped the plow and was watching mo curious-
, ly. J looked at him, but couldn’t see Wm nor
lorse for a kind of haze.
’Here’s your terbacker,’ I said, thickly.
“He looked at me again, locked at the strip
ped square and knew what was the matter.
“ “Go'over there and lie down in the jamb of
fence in the shade of the China tree,’ he
. ‘You’ll feel better directly.’,
[ staggered over to the shade and fell down
i my face. > I knew something of the horrors
'id seasickness, although I
to a hospital or to (tea.
and that Pa was
die
That also depends on the viewpoint.
THE TEST COMING.
The first and final test of strength between
organized labor, in an effort to control the in
dustries of the country and those representing
the public—the first sufferer when there is a
fight between labor and capital—is at hand.
This was made plain in the message of Presi
dent Wilson to the coal miners, issued with the
approval of the full membership of his Cabin
et, in which he denounced the threatened strike
us “not only unjustifiable, but unlawful,” and
said that “the law will’ be enforced and means
will be found to protect the interests of the na
tion in any emergency that may arise.”
The statement is direct to the point, and un
equivocal, The coal miners will not be allow
ed, on the eve of winter, to bring untold suffer
ing on innocent people and to paralyze the busi
ness of the country to settle a grievance with
their employers.
Perhaps in the industrial history of the na
tion, this is the first time it has been necessary
e ry for the Chief Executive to make a statement
so plain to any body of working men. It came
after all other efforts to effect a compromise or
avert a strike had failed. It came from a man
who has made a consistent record as a friend of
the workingman and a friend of organized la
bor. It came at a time of crisis in the coun
try’s industry, and at a time when the country
as a whole looked to its President for help.
The coal miners could not have chosen a time
when a strike would meet more universal con
demnation. The needs of the country were
never so great, except at the hegiht of the war,
and the people have suffered at the hands of
agitators and strikers until patience is worn
threadbare.
The threat of the other unions to join with the
coal miners intensifies the gravity of the situa
tion. It may be incumbent of the Government
not only to keep coal mines open, but to keep the
steel mills running and the railroads in opera
tion. It may be necessary to anticipate ac
tion by Congress in making strikes unlawful.
Quality 1
Try
WILLIS
DRUG COMPANY
AeeommodsUng Druggtata
Phone »4 TUton, OoonU
TWO GOOD SERMONS
HEARD HERESUNDAY
Slade at Final Quarterly Confer*
for (he Year Show (be Church
Continually Marine Fotwiri.
Excellent report* wan IQhnllM hr
of the Tifton Methr-&et chard,
quarterly conference for tho
at the church Monday night
W. H, Iludd'e report obowed a
<83 member*, 121 sow member*
received during the year and
through re moral*, death,
gain of 03.
P. D. Fulwood'a ra
the Sunday School doing
along a|l line*, with an arer-
of about SKI and large
for all specials.
report* of the other officers (bowed
doiog good work along all
Unco, though theae i* a till lpom for Im
provement
The appointment of the following of*
Sere woo confirmed by the conference.
Steward*—C. B. Aven. Ueo. Baher, J.
. Brown, R. Kve. .R. C Elite, P. D.
Fulwuod, W. L. Harman, M. E. Hendry,
J. a. Herring, C. A. Irby, D. 0. Ireland,
Jerome H. John*, J. 0. Padrlck, J. I,.
Pldrlek. Joe Kent, E. T. Smith. .Twnea
W. Thruber, W. K. Dominick, llarria
Maurer. A. D. Maxwell, J. X. Mitchell,
T. A. Mitchell, C. B. HuU. ee.
Recording Steward—T. A. Mitchell.
PiHtrict Steward—W. I., Horinan.
Sunday Sehaol Supcriute, dent—P. D.
Fnlwood.
Charge I.uy Leader—J. X. Brown.
Presiding Elder Whitley I.imgMon pre
sid'd with Mr. K. T. Smith at aecretary.
Mr. Langston urged th«» k toward* to do
•fOCthing about providing more Sunday
School room, suggesting the building of
large Sunday school building,
erection of a largo church with ample
Sunday School room.
Hr. Harman intr<*diicfd resolutions of
tkonks and appreciation r.nd good wish
ea to Mr. Langston for km faithful ser*
the same being unanimously adopt
ed by the conference.
The Board of Stewards well have tweu
ty-three members next year, seven of
whom are new men on the board,
was expected that several women would
be nominated as stewards I ut this
not done.
Schoolfc
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Easy tofrtyaTe~G
When you get your
Try our Cimuunon Rolls, Plate JPies, Cakes,
and other,good things to eat.
. :
Noegel’s Bakery
South Main Street
I HAVE JUST BOUGHT BACK MY
Blacksmith Shop
IN TIFTON.
I Am No Stranger Here - - - You Know Me
/ am back here to do businete at the right price*.
SEE ME BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR JOB.
lac ksmithing, General Repairing, Horseshoeing.
R. A HOLLOWAY
The Honeahoer
South Main Street
WORTH WON THIRD
Albany, Oct. 23.—First pi’re in
ty exhibits of farm product * at the Al
bany South Georgia Fair wii* awarded
to Dougherty county. Tne award was
made by L. Vinceut Davis, of the Geor-
Agricultaral college, who had been nam
ed as judge. Baker countv wen second
prise and Worth couuty wr» awarded
third prise. The prizes were $200 and
$100, respectively.
Presiding Klder Whitley Langston Filled
Pulpit at the MethadUt Church Son
day .Morning and Evening.
Rev. Whitley Langston. Presiding K
der of the Valdosta District, filled the
pulpit at tlie Tifton Metoodiat church
S “ SSzS f NEEDS “DANDER1NE”
At Sunday evening'* service, Bev. W.
QUICK! YOUR HAIR
THE PASSING OF JUDGE SPENCE.
All South Georgia hears with regret that
Bill Spence is dead. He was one of the best
known men in this section, not alone for his ca
reer as legislator, prosecuting attorney and jur
ist, but for his genial personality and his loyal
ty to his friends. He was perhaps at his best
when Solicitor-General of the eAlbany Circuit,
being peculiarly fitted for the work and his
tall figure and commanding presence lending
force to forensic argument. He was then at
the height of young manhood, and soon won the
title of “The Tall Sycamore of the Flint,” which
stuck to him for many years. He at one time
came dangerously near being a candidate for
Congress from tne Second District, the high cost
of running serving as a check to ambition when
the District Democratic Executive Committee
put the entrance fee at such a stiff figure that
Albert Sweat, of Nashvile, said they “shot
Spence a-settin’.” Judge Spence had many warm
friends to whom he was loyal; like all men in
politics, he had enemies, but they respected
him. _t -'1^
French justice may be a little slow but it has
a deadly sureness that must be disconcerting to
tho criminal. Already, three of the leading
traitors in the Bolo Pasha incident have faced
firing squads and the end is not yet. When the
day comes that American courts can be de
pended on for equally certain results, lynch-
ings will become less popular, and when the.
courts begin to hang lynchers the practice will
be dropped.
II. Budil, the pastor, read resolutions of
thank* and good wfehea for Bar. Hr.
Langston’s good services and they were
given iNianiHiou* endorsement by the
congregation.
Take Tbe Stand of a Man.
Mr. Langston's subject Sunday'mora
le was “The Majesty of tho Law w and
his remarks were directly tv the point
Ho appealed hi tho good jicoplo of the
country to take a string stand for the
right and help to put down bolshevism
ami anarchy. Ho said that the law was
lookod on outirely too lightly. Ameri-
poople have boro too zealous in look
ing after their liberties and not zealous
till in oilforcing the lav**, which are
tho protection of oar liberties.
Mr. Langston urged the enforcement of
all laws, whether they are or bad.
No matter what kind of law it is, it
should tmt he broken, lie said. Strict
enforcement and observance of the law is
of the great needs of America today
to break up the wave of lawlessness that
sweeping (lie land.
Takes tlie Sheriff In Task.
In his sermon Sunday night, Mr. Lang
ston took the sheriff of Tift county to
task for his luck of energy in running
down the liquor makers and sellers in the
county. He did not mate a harsh cri
ticism of the officer, but merely stated
that ho had neglected to enforce the laws.
Tho uight subject wss "The Gospel"
and it was a great sermon. He urged
Christian people to use <vratnou s
and judgment iu their work, and he gave
number of amusing and illuminating
examples of the wrong way to approach
a man in doing personal w*-rk *
Check Ugly Dandruff. Stop Hair Com
ing Oat nni Doable Ita Boaaty.
SYRUP OF FIGS IS
LAXATIVE FOR CHILD
Look at Toorue! Remove Poison from
Stomach, Liver u* Bowels.
“Sugar Spuds” is a new name, for sweet po
tatoes. It ought to be catchy for advertising
purposes and we like the sugar part but the
spuds sound as if they might rank with the blah
potato, and that isn’t fab. The sweet pota
to is an aristocrat while the Irish potato la a
common plebean.
."A.:, . -iruiffia
Accept “Oelifomlm" Bjrop of Via on
ly-look lor the name California on the
package, then yon are sort your child is
having tha best and moat harmless laxa
tive or physic for the little stomach, liver
and hovel* Children loro its delicious,
fruity taste. Full directions for child’s
doe. on each botUe. Give it without
ear.-
Mother! You most ssy "California.*
J. N. BROWN
I BILL'
PARK LANDS amt CITY PBOPKRY-
I MAKS .
FARM AND OKI LOANS
tRKJVIhfiCWMI
A little 4 ‘Da»derino" cools, cleanses
and makes the feverish, itchy scalp soft
and plinblc; then this stimulating tonic
penetrates to the famished hair roots,
revitalizing and invigorating every hair
in the head, thus stopping the hair fall
ing out, or getting thin, dry or fading.
After a few applications of "Dander-
inc" you seldom find a fallen hair or a
particle of dandruff, besides every hair
•hows new life, vigor, brightness more
color and thickness.
A few cents buys a bottle of delight-
ful "Danderine” at any drug or toilet
We have put in a line of Bicycles and invite you to
inspect our stock. *
Good Bicycles at Reasonable Prices.
Bicycles for Adults, Boys and Girls
Bennett’s Hardware, Inc
Hardware and Farm Implemeiits, Coffins and Caikett.
Tifton, Georgia.
WHITE SEWING MACHINES, CHEAP
I have a few White Sewing Machines I am telling
out Cheap. Notwithitanding they have advanced 60
per cent, I am selling for leu than the old price. If yea
need a Good Sewing Machine now it your chance to
get it
W.E. FARMER
Houston, Text*, bet. 28.—The Texo* " hl " h >' imprlmnment 111 law la prob-
prohlhltlon law which hi* Jn*t gone Into “ bl >' mo«t drastic of aty itata to
effect makes it a felooy for a Texts houor- “• ““Ion.
wife or othen to have a recipe for msk-
lag wine or beer in a cookbook. Tc show COW* VMM Grip aoa inffowiTl
a friend e picture of a b.ittle reputed to LAXAHVBBROMO QUDQNE Tablets remove the
contain an alcoholic leverage is punish- ***** *? •*** Quinine."
I- W. GROWS signature ooboc. 30c.
858 Acres of Land at Solomco
Lying on Each Side of Brookfield Road
FOR SALE BY
J. A. KITCHEN, Sylvester, Ga.
Anyone wishing to buy land can purchase
this from $10 to $20 less per acre than
other lands located as well as this, ac-]
cording to information I get around Tif-
^ . A-'* .. - ' ' (V*t X !jp-1
ton as tq prices of unproved land* •"
My intention iff to close out this in tractsl
to suit purchaser or will sell the entii
tract m a body,
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