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TON GAZETTE I Weaker i at. Tilton, Georfia, aa Company, Proprietors. .Editor and Manager. I Organ City of Tifton (Tift County, Georgia. PTION RATES: . $1.60 [ A. M., NOVEMBER 11,1818. When the British Retook Mona. (By Cap't. T. P. Cook, a Terrell County Boy with the Canadian Army.) November 11, 1918—For fourteen dayaave len following-up, gaining contact one day ck} a nasty machine gun fight, the rourid- i of the few Boche gunners left behind, a i improvised bridge to get our field artill- Ver, and again, contact. The regiment had 1 veof the days, had marched nearly Nad cleared out the village of Nemy with a sentry line in front, on the bbles of the sunken road which strctch- Jemappes to Mons. There were a few ^Whizz-Bangs and Gorblimey’s, and the ft’ incessant putter and whine of machine Sj-The outfit slept on the night of the 10th. home three thousand miles away the had declared one premature armistice $ere almost set-up for another; we in three l yards of the Hun met the Commanding r at regimental headquarters, that is, all era except the subalterns, to receive the i for the attack that was to bring back to 3reat Red Map every inch if ground on British troops had ever stood in the Great _ie. e idea was simple, on our left the Princess to feint at the road to Brussels, bp by the Royal Canadians, and the h, on the right, which was really to ^centre of the attack, the Little Black forced by the remainder of the Sec- de, were to swing down the main road ( from Jemappes and overflowing the front of Mons, to enter from rthe Twelfth, (my own brigade) ^crossing of the canal and get into ’ ns best it could. . of a cessation of hostilities, i in the morning I walked up the l Ralph Rieger for the last time. , clear, cold and windy (we cas- : at sunrise to hide the flash) at , .^attack was timed for 8:00—the re- headquarters ate its breakfast ten a>British cross, lettered, "Unknown, no, 1914,” * sited 1 the companies of the outfit, found right; saw the Transport officer between ! shearing at the mules, decided that i were functioning properly, and back seven. The last details. The “Old £*Mah”'t&ihanding of the Padre, the prayer for Igfee .swcjj of His Majesty's Arms and a hurry i Orderly Room Sergeant, whose on- s, “Rot,” as he handed me the or- knicssage form with the laconic for an unknown period ritered into, effective at eleven 1918. After that hour plete cessation of hostilities. 1 Commanding requires that 1 taken to avoid contact with Repeat and Acknowledge Id "Tama,” and Tama was fadian Infantry Brigade! acknowledgment, it went .read it aloud. The Padre hg “Thank God,” Freddie harge of the Lewis guns, won- b to get a chance to use those |e “Old Man” saying over and ■•damned politicians,” “Those elephoned the companies, the gade. Back came the word, “The BP‘ The Canadian Corps will attack city of Mons. Zero delayed “ were the usual details. At een-pounders that the gun- i get up opened their piti- l minutes belched forth all fid been brought up. It yonet show. From the che slowly trailing out lit behind were enough business. ier even than usuual— 7 Man—cheated. The [only infantry and ma- hey fought like tigers, pualties in one regiment thirty saVc us in the K 1 with Le Grande Louise ■PRhe cathedral doing her best to gSrbraGonne.” mixed with “God Save ad “Tipperary.” Out came bottles Urs, and as the regiment straggled, Ha the rear, into the Grande-Place, ■ of Godfrey de Bouillon, thunder- leav- jlnd a moment or tw« later from I canal we heard the Bang of jits, as the docks In the dty be- ! hour. It was eleven o’clock, • '. “i ■••- ■ ■Vv ' yu offering $200 a ton for Mr. Webb was giving when he urged them the maricet -was . The Driest October. : “The driest October I ever saw.” Which is cumulative evidence that man’s memory deceives h'im, late fall anld early winter of 1885, thirty- four years ago, was marked by a prolonged drouth which lasted, with slight intervals, from early in October until late iq December, rain coming just before the‘ Christmas holidays. There were a few showers but not enough to “wet the ground” thoroughly fell during that period in Wiregrass Georgia—or in this imme diate section, at least. Heavy dews and foggy mornings helped, but despite these, the drouth was severe enough to ’cause considerable dis tress. Only on very moist, lands was it possible to get fall grain crops started and many farmers did not sow until after Christmas. Sugar-cane did well to mature four feet and the sweet pota- oes that fall were better suited for seed than for family use. Of fall gardens there were none, and for lack of vegetables, there were many pil grimages by wagon to the fisheries at St, An drews’ Bay, on the Gulf. October and the early part of November were warm', but cold came before the rain, and the spectacle of dry, dusty, cold weather was seen for the first time by many in this section. Thirs ty animals, watered at wells, would sometimes drink so much that the excess water would give them a hard ague. Strange to say, there was quite a lot of sickness, chills and fever and other products of malaria predominating. Small streams were soon dry, and many of the larger creeks, unless they were fed by springs, stopped running. Water left nearly all the ponds and “limesinks" and soon became so, scarce that travelers sometimes had to buy for their stock. This was not always the case, how ever, for the people were usually so hospitable that they would divide with the passer-by with out price, although their own supply was grow ing dangerously low. In many cases, wells failed, and nearly all of them had to be dug deeper. Through some sections, however, notably those where there was an underground limestone formation, they failed altogether and water had to be hauled many miles for family use. Under these cir cumstances, stock suffered. Hogs did not fatten well, and occasionally were turned out alto gether, waiting for the rains. Cholera was ram pant, and the meat crop was reduced tQ a mini mum. Hauling water was a task, and the black smiths reaped a great harvest, fer tires were loose and a trip to a shop was necessary every few days. It was not unusual to see a man haul ing water with a team of mules or oxen having to stop every few miles to knock on his tires, and perhaps use a little of the precious water to tighten them until he could get his load home. Some folks say that the earth won’t burn, hut it will. During the latter part of the drouth a traveller was passing through the north central part of Worth county. This is one of the lime stone belts ami,was about the driest. For several hours he noticed the atmosphere grow ing hazy until at last the sky was darkened and the sun was in a yellow rim. Then an acrid scent became more and more noticeable At each house, where the man stopped there was to one at home, until at last he found an old lady unable to travel, sitting on a front porch. “Where are all the folks?” he asked. “Over at the twin ponds, fighting fire,” was the reply. The two ponds, Long Pond and Round Pond, were about a mile away. They covered several hundred acres in normal times, but were shal low and for a long time had been dry. It was the first time in the memory of the oldest inhab itant that this had occurred,but attracted little notice under the unusual conditions. For many years, perhaps hundreds, the beds of these ponds had been accumulating decayed vege table matter until they were six to ten feet deep in muck. This had dried until it was as combus tible as dry peat. By some means, perhaps from a careless hunter’s torch, or from heedless boys, fire had got into the stuff and it had been burn ing for weeks. At first little attention was paid to it, but the burning area gradually spread, broadened and deepened, until it was a great, smeking furnace. Winds carried the sparks to the nearby pine woods and when the wiregrass caught, the people were aroused to the danger. Several farmers lost fencing, and at last, the whole settlement turned out to extinguish the fire. This was no easy task. There was no water near, and in some places the muck was burning to a depth of ten feet. Men carried teams and plows and a wide area was plowed around the ponds. Then, with fresh earth the fire was smo thered as best they could. It was a task of two or more days to get it under control, and even then it smouldered and had to be watched care fully until the rains came. , Guess you will admit that when it is dry enough for the earth to bum, it is quite dry. You can repeat “You never miss the water till the well runs dry.” hut you never realize what it means until you have had the experience Men who want liquor will go a long why for it, but men will go much farther for water when the need is felt. Like nearly"all the other blessings we enjoy, we donot appreciate what water and rain are worth until we do without them awhile. Macon, Ga.—H. Leo Cross, insurance ■Kent, has been indicted by the grand jury, charged with the murder of Frank J. Hodges, a prominent ttal estate dealer, September 26. The trouble arose over business difference!. Croat claims when be tried to collect some notes Hodges at tacked him. ^ WHEN MEALS - HIT BACK "Pape’s Diapepsin” instantly Ends Indigestion, Sourness, 1 Stomach Acidity Are lumpM of undigested food causing you pain? Jg your stomach acid, gassy, sour, oj; have you flatulence, heartburn? Then take Pape’s Diapepsin. Just as soon as you cat a' tablet or two of Rape’s Diapepsin all that dys pepsia, indigestion and stomach distress caused by acidity ends. These pleasant, harmless tablets of Pape’s Diapepsin never fail to make nick, upset stomachs feel fine at once, and they cost very little at drug stores. Yh$ QuWoa That Dom not Affect the Hut Because of !ts tonic and laxative effect, LAXA TIVE J3KOM0 QUININE Ja better than ordlnar r Quinine and does not cauae nervousness not flog In bead. Remember the full name and s for the signature of B. w. grove. .Sylvester Has Cotton Loss of $15,000 to $20,000 Following explosion. Sylvester,, Nov. 6,—-Following a ter- ‘ific explosion in the Union Warehouse here about 5:30 o’clock this morning, which wrecked one side of the building, fire was discovered aU over th« eastern section of the building, which contained 100 bales of cotton. The damage is_ es timated at between $13,000 and $20,000, fully covered by insurance,. Nothing could be found to explain the explosion, which remains a myatery. The cotton destroyed was small lota owned by farmers in Worth county. ASPIRIN FOR COLDS Nima "Btyer" is on Genuine Aspirin—say Bayer Insist on “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin” ™ A “Bayer package," containing proper directions for Colds, Pain, Headache, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rheumatism. Name “Bayer” means genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets few cents. Aspirin k trade mark •'.Bayer Manufacture of Monoaoetio- acidester of Salicylicacid. - • Messrs. O. B» Womack,-of Eldorado, and J. W.* Boss, of Omega, bare bought Hr. Z, BerkowiU’a lease an the place oc cupied py the United Shoe Factory, pay/ ing $100 fdr the lease, and will use it for a show room to display Hauahn-Six automobiles. Tiftion welcomes this addition to her business circles and predicts a bright fu ture for these hustling young men. m SESSION IN ASHVELLB Southern Medical Association Meets for Three Days Session. - Ashville, N. 0., Nor. 11.—-The thir teenth annual convention of the Southern Medical Association opened a three days gates from all parts of the South and meeting here today with over 700 dele- prominent medical men from all over the United States in attendance. There are seven sections of the association, rep resentatives of which are here. Headed by Dr. I. W. Cooper, of Meri dian, Miss., the Southern States Associ ation of Railway Burgeons are in ses sion this morning. The principal address tlii afternoon will be delivered by Dr. W. T. Tyler, director of the division of operations, American Railway adminis tration, of Washington. An important feature of the meeting day is the sessiu of the National Mala- i committee, with Surgeon General Ru* |»ert Iilue, chairman, in charge, and EL B. Carter, assistant surgeon general of the United States Public Health Ser in attendance. By making elastic then me anxious months befL Mother’s Friend renders t pliant for < preparing for the coming < natural tijen that the looked to in h»on(r Mother’s Friend is i At aU Druggists. Special Booklet on $ AlI.r-U.G- 'j On Improved Hum Load sad CUjr Property tor *, 5, T, 10, 1*. sad M lean. Loans Liberal sod Mads FrtawUr B. (X WILLIFORD,, 107 TUton, Boards Secret Service men need net continually toll the people of the number ot Bolshevist agents d Bolshevist plots hi tiffs country. We know about that; what we want to hear next is t a hunch of the trouble makers Was Coats, Suits, Dresses, and Waists. THE COATS The beautiful coats can be had in all of the fashionable Fall colors. They are bothplain tailored and handsomely trimmed with fur. Some are lined with plain or fancy silk,' oth ers unlined. The materials are Broadcloth, Duvet de Laine, Novelty Mixtures, Velour, Silver tone, Plushes, Bolivia, Pompon and Kersey. DRESSES WAISTS There are a selection of ISO Dresses that is something well worth looking at. The materials are Jerseysi, Tric- olette, Tricotine, and Bo tany and French Serges. Ready tar Your Inspection! Everything in Georgettes, Crepe de Chines, Satins and all selling at below cost, Come and convince yourself Anything that the heart could desire. There are no two suits in this lot alike. This means exclusiveness, which is something well worth looking for. The materials are Tricotine, Duotone, Velour de Laine, and Peachbloom. Some of these suits show se vere tailored lines, braid and buttonshaving , been used to add to the embellishment of others. There are numbers handsomely fur trimmed and the linings are beautiful, cy pussywillow silks* , - '■ .ifi? LEVY’S DEPJ^TKMS