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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON GA., MARCH 12,191S.
•VOLUME XXIV, :
RANKS THINNING FAST
WITH CARRANZA
If Other Government* Interfere
• ■. in Mexico.
CARRANZA’S REPLY AWAITED
Tbonght United States Note Has Al-
Rcady Had Good Effect. For*
eigner* Better Treated
The situation in Mexico does not
appear to have improved, from late
dispatches. The Administration at
Washington is still waiting for a re
ply from Gen. Carranza to the Amer
ican note demanding an improvement
in conditions for foreigners. It is
said this note has produced a good
effect already.
No requests have come from
Americans in Mexico City for trans
portation, following the warning of
the United States for them to leave.
There is an increasing confidence
that Carranza will assure the pro
tection of foreigners and that the
United States will not be compelled
to take further steps.
The food question is still a serious
one, and the Mexican Red Cross has
again appealed to the American 'Red
Cross for assistance. The Carranza
agency insists that conditions in
Mexico City have been exaggerated.
It was reported yesterday that Gen.
Obregon had evacuated Mexico City,
but this has not been confirmed ana
is not generally believed.
In a statement yesterday Gen. Vil
la declared that in event of inter
vention of foreign troops to subdue
the Carranza forces he and all otnei-
Mexicans would pnite against the in
vaders. This was in denial of a re
port that he would not oppose an ar
my of intervention to bring Carran
za to terms provided he was made
commander of such a move.
Confederate Reunion at Richmond
May be the Last One
Atlanta, March 9.—A count of
noses among Atlanta civil war vet-*
erana who aro planning to attend the
annal reunion in Richmond next June
reveals the fact that the “.thin gray
line” is rapidly growing thinner.
More than a score of prominent vet
erans who have been familiar figures
at public affairs have passed away
since the last reunion.
“This probably will be the last re
union,” said one old soldier today.
“It is sad, but there soon won’t
be enough of us who are strong
enough to travel to make a real re
union. And it is in keeping with
our sentiment that the last gathering
should be at the old capital of the
Confederacy, Richmond. There
could be no more fitting place.”
MORE FINE STOCK FOR TIFT
FAIR VIEW FLASHINGS
i about
The farmers around here
ready to plant corn.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell are happy over
the arrival of a fine girl at their home
Wednesday. #
Our school is progressing nicely.-
Misses Eula Clegg and Irene Ste
phens visited our school Wednesday
afternoon.
Miss Flora Rogers, of Perry, spent
the wuek-qpd with Miss Nonnie Clegg.
We are going to have a box sup
per March 19. AU the girls are in
vited to come with boxes and the boys
.with a pocket full of money. The
place is five .miles north of Tifton
the H.ghway. '
Fairview Soldier.
Four Head of Red Poles Bought by
Mr. Phillips
Mr. J. J. L. Phillips is getting rid
of all his scrub cattle as was shown
by his sale of sixty-two head to Gibbs
Brothers Saturday and in their place
is stocking his farm with blooded
animals.
Saturday while he was selling his
scrub stock he purchased from Dr.
Peter F. Bahnsen, state veterinari
an, four head of blooded Re«J Pole
cattle, the price paid being around
SI00 each. Th"*-* are expected to
arrived from Americus today.
Mr. Phillips will have on his farm
when these arrive nineteen head of
blooded Red Pole cattle, nine head of
Angus, six head of Herefords and
one Durham. All are blooded stock
and give Mr. Phillips one of the finest
collections of blooded stock in this
section.
CORN AND SYRUP
People Who Have Either to Sell Can
Get the Cash
Manager Wallace of the Central
Grocery Company says he has bought
something over 1,000 bushels of corn
and is ready to pay the cash for as
much more as is broqg))t him.
He is p&ydftg £0 cents a bushel for
good No. 1 corn in sacks.
He also wants more syrup, good
quality, In new barrels, and is ready
to pay ctojMi for it.
DRY KILN BURNED
Where is that store that sells for
less. Churchwell’8 of course. tf
The dry kiln and its contents be
longing to the Phillips Lumber Com
pany, at Corea, in Miller county, was
burned Saturday night.
About 160,000 feet of lumber was
destroyed at a loss bf several thou
sand doljars. There was no insurance.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from the smokestack.
Girl’s middy blouses, fast colors,
8 to 20, 89c at Churchwell’s. tf.
“An Ounce of PREVENTION
Is Worth a Pound of
Cure.”
For that reason you will
find if will pay you to in
sure. While fire Insurance
■can’t prevent the HOME
from burning down it is
the source whence comes
means for the building of
it up.
Protect Yourself Today
FRANK SCARBORO
Phone Hi. 18. Otfice: Myon Bonding. Tifton, 6a.
HIGH SCHOOL
DEBATE FRIDAY
FARMERS MEETING CALLED OFF
Tifton and Sylvester Participate
Therein.
ON “CAPITAL PUNISHMENT”
Two Tifton Debater* Go to Sylveater
and Two Como from Sylveater
Here. Musical Program Alto
Tifton and Sylvester High Schools
will hold a dual debate Friday eve
ning, March 12th, on the subject of
Capital Punishment.
Two representatives of Sylvester
High School will come to Tifton and
two representatives of the Tifton
High School will go to Sylvester. At
Tifton, Gerald Herring and Pate Car-
son will champion the affirmative of
“Resolved, That Capital Punishment
Should be Abolished.” At Sylvester,
Lewis Mathews and Frand Ridgdill
will champion 'the negative of the
same question.
Tifton Public Schools—teachers,
pupils and the faculty, urge all their
friends to attend the debate Friday
night. No admission will be charged
and an appropriate musical program
being arranged. Last year, our
home people did not show the loyalty
they should to Tifton’s representa
tives and the crowd was a very small
one. Come out this time; you will
be entertained.
The winners in this debate will rep
resent their school at the High School
Meet for the Second Congressional
District, to be held in Thomasville
late in May.
Last year the debate wao a tri
angular one instead of dual, Sylves
ter, Moultrie and Tifton participating.
This year two of Moultrie’s contest
ants were debarred under the rules
and Moultrie withdrew.
SHARON DOTS
Despite the fact that ’tis March
the 8th, and the peach, plums and
other fruit trees are in full bloom
and some folks are thinking of plant
ing their gardens wo are having some
more of that cold weather. And oh,
my, how it pinches after having some
weather considerably more pleasant.
Mrs. David S. Robinson gave a
birthday dinner at her hospitable
home last Wednesday jn honor of her
76th birthday, in which a concourse
of her children and grand-children,
relatives and friends came together.
Each and everyone present enjoyed
a day lpng to be-remembered.
At- tne hospitable home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alec McMillan there was a con
solidated peanut popping and prayer
meeting. After a goodly amount of
peanuts were shelled a prayer^ meet
ing was led by Messrs H. M. Hobson
and S. Wilson in that impressive man
ner in which no other but them can
conduct a prayer service.
Well, we presume that Prof. R. F.
Kersey thinks we arc mighty good
and has utter confidence in our abili
ty of having a school as he has not
paid us a visit this term.
Misses Eva and Mr. McMillan, ac
companied by .their brother, Mr. Tally
McMillan, visited Misses Lota and
M. B. Belflower, of Lenox.
Mr. Jordan Whitley, of Tifton
spent a pleasant day Thursday with
Mr. A. Spurlock. 1
Miss Lora Carter, accompanied by
her brothers, Mr. Dewitte and Jimmie
Carter, attended preaching at Brook
field Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake McMillan, o'
Enigma, spent Saturday and Sun
day with the latter's parents, Mr. uuJ
Airs. D. M. Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Spurlock have beer
spending some time with the latter**
mother, Mrs. Sam L! -pa, • * Ty Ty.
The I tVo cf Sharon.
BURCIARY AT CHULA
You Keep an Exact
of expend tures and a
receipt for each item
if you have a check
ing account with us
and make the merest
memorandum on your
Don't have to
think, don't have to rememW—it's all there in
i black and white and the money balance (which you
can tell at a glance) is here in security. Interest
on long time balances by special arrangements.
Wvlch’i Drug Entered M'l
Slot Machine Stolen.
The drug store of Mr. J. J.'. Welch,
at Chula, was bur'.Uii? A V\i\v.
night. The rear window was force
and a chewing gum slot muchin
which 13 supposed to have cortalne
$25 or $30 wps stolen. If anything
else was taken it ha'- not been missed.
; thought that nerhnps a box o.‘
cigars was t.oien also. So far ns
known the slo'. machine hnr not been
found.
The machine belonged to Tifton
partior and wa*« placed with M
Welch on commission. Ho had no
key to it and the money was allowed
to accqmulate until the owners came.
It was this that doubtless attracted
the thieves and caused the robbery.
Next Meeting Will be Held Saturday,
March 20
The regular farmers meeting, which
was scheduled for Saturday, March
13, has been postponed until Satur
day, March 20.
This postponement is made on ac
count of the Spring Day at the Agri
cultural School Saturday. Everybody
will be at the Spring Day events, so
there would be no one to attend a
meeting.
Remember that the next meeting
is Saturday, March 20, and among
the topics suggested for discussion
is a Farmers Exchange. Think this
matter over and let us have your
views.
NEGRO WOjdAN KILLED
Thought to HavojBeen Shot by Her
Husband Last Night.
Nora Rainey, colored, was shot and
killed last night pt W. M. Branch,
Jr.’s still, about eight miles nor^h-
’ast of Tifton.
Last week George Jones went to
Will Rainey's house, ran him off and
took possession. Rainey came to
Tifton and took out a warrant for
Jones who was arrested by Officer
Conger and brought to jail. -
Coroner Charles Miller went out
tc the scene of the killing Monday
morning and held an inquest. The
jury returned the following verdict:
We, the jury, empannelled to as
certain the cause or causes whereby
one Nora Rainey came to her death,
find from the evidence adduced that
die came to her < eath from a gun
shot wound from i weapon held in
llie hands of her h isband, Will Rain-
and discharge^ from same and
we render a verdict of murder.
I. M. H. Fletpher, Foreman.
Chas. J. Hall, Arthur Paulk, Abe
Conger, R. M. tMonroe and Wra.
Branch.
This March 8, 1915.
It-was in evidence that Nora
Rainey’s husband has frequently
quarreled with her during the past
year and had threatened to kill
her. Sunday night about 9 o'clock
she was sitting before the fire wash
ing her feet when shot, it .was sup
posed from a shbt-gun, was fired
through a broken {pane bf glass in
the window. The* load struck Nora
Rainey in the left breast, causing
almost instant death.
There were several negroes in the
house but none of them saw who
fired the shot. »
The officers are after Rainey.
1,500 BUSHELS CORN
Bought by On* Firm at Lenox Since
the Middle of November
Mr. W. A. Hogue, who runs the
ginnery and grist mill for Mr. M. J.
L. Griner at Lenox, says they have
bought 1,500 bushels of corn since
the middle of November. All of this
corn was ground into meal and has
been sold at Tifton and other points.
This is a fine showing for Lenox
and the Bocftion surrounding, and
proves that the time ia, near at hand
when Georgia will feed herself.
AN OPERETTA
An operetta will be given by the
pupils of the Eldorado school Friday
evening, March 19. It will be “The
Cabbage-Head School.”
Admissions will be adults 20 cents
and children 10 cents. The pro
ceeds will go to the Eldorado school
library.
Everybody is cordially invited.
OAK RIDGE
TEN
~U&L
LOADS LIVE STC
POTATOES SOLD
Shipped From Tifton to Atlanta
Gibb* Brother*
ibbs Brothers purchased front
J. J. L. Phillips Saturday sixty-,
o head, of cattle, mainly of scrub^
dock. The total paid for the sixty-
,hree head was a little under $1,000.
Fifty-seven head of the cattle
bought from Mr. Phillips are being
ONLY 1,200 BALES OF COTTON/ loaded today with seventy-five head
To Atlanta Dealers at One Cent
a Pound
On On© Irwin County Farm. J!
Clement* Keeping Cotton Seed
to Raise Corn this Year
Irwinville, Ga., March 10—(Spec
ial to the Gazette)—The old towr
of Irwinville, almost acentury in
istence, was the county seat of Ir
win county before Ocilla, Tifton, Val
dosta, Ashburn and other prosperous
cities of South Georgia were inhab
ited and settled. j
The War Between the States, the
Spanish-American War and tfie
present war and panic have affected
Irwinville but the surrounding farm
ing section is a wonderful asset jto
the little burg. Judge Clements, who
has several thousand acres of land fin
cultivation, produced 1,200 bales af
cotton last year, besides other pro
ducts of the soil.
The Fletcher boys, Marcus, Eli; is,
Henry, Duncan and Joe, sold 10 >,-
000 pounds of sweet potatoes to in
Atlanta firm at one cent per pound.
This thousand dollars will go in o
circulation in the vicinity of Irwii -
ville. The bank is doing a good bus t-
of hogs for shipment to Atlanta,
making two carloads. Gibbs Brothers
have alreday shipped to Atlanta since
Christmas six carloads of live stock,
in addition to the two carloads ship-:
ped today. Last week they shipped'
a carload of dressed pork and beef
to Atlanta. The week before ttiey
shipped another carload. This makes
ten carloads of meat that have gone
out of Tifton to Atlanta since Christ
mas. , j
Here is where the difference In
blooded stock and scrub stock- <is
strongly brought out. The prevail
ing price paid for the cattle was
three and one-half cents, four hefcd
bringing as high as three and seven-
eights cents. There was in the li<,
however, one three-fourths Rbd
Pole steer about eleven months ojd.
He brought five cents, about a efint
and a half more than the others, and
netted Mr. Phillips about $30. ^he
cost of raising this steer as compared
with any of the common stock/was
about the same, but he not /only
brought more per pound but weigh
ed more. A good example of how
well it pays to have good stock.
Mr. W. L. Harman sold a choice
ONE AMERICAN WITH WHEAT
ness and on a solid basis. \ . . _ . , , ,
Mr. Theodore Turner, the efficient lot , of * cef cattl . e to Gibbs /Brother,
THE BAfcK Of TIFTON
Tifton,
WHOOPING COUGH
Wall—xjvnyone known the. effect
of Pine For- ts on Coughs. Dr. Bell’s
Pine-Tar-Honey is a remedy which
brings quick relief for Whooping
CoutI . : n, i ts th- mu-*oa* soothes
the lining of the throat utid l
and makes the car *' *
jseve.c. A funiily j
Jdren should nov ba without It.
; .for ail Coaghr fcnd
Our school is progressing nicely
under the careful management of
teachers, Mr. Boroughs and Miss
Dearing.
Miss Georgia Dearing entertained
the Sewing club at Mrs. J. T. Webb’;
Saturday afternoon. Most all tin
members were present, and some
good work was done. After sewing
from two o’clock until five refresh
ments were served. The club will
meet next time at Mrs. Ray's.
Mrs. I. T. Guldens, of Willacoo-
rhee, spent tho week with her broth
er and family, Mr. G. L. Dearing.
Miss Clara Davis and brother, Hen-
•y, and Mr. Ernest Waldrup werOj
the week-end guests of friends an
relatives at Sycamore.
Mrs. J. C. Wood is visiting rel:
Fvea at Oglethorpe.
We are indeed glad to say th;
Mr. W. W. Webb is better at thil
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson and
Thelma visited relatives in Berrien
county Friday and Saturday.
Mr. H. G. Boroughs attended Iij-
dtiuite in Nashville Saturday..
Mr. Ed Johnson ldft Sunday night
for Atlanta, where he will accept a
position.
Mrs. M. E. Lee, who has been sick
for some time, is improving.
Miss Berta Johnson is visiting her
grand-parents this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. Ireland. X.
and obliging postmaster, also con
ducts a large plantation. Jim Walker
is interested in the commissary as
well as farming.
Prof. W. Royal has returned to tho
city, after an absence of years in the
seaport town of Mystic. He is con
ducting a hostelry and caters to the
delicate appetite of the school ma’am
and other clerical members of the
highly elevated fraternity.
Cotton and cotton seed are stored
in the old courthouse, the Courier
building and every, other available
and desirable place in the town.
Enough cotton is stored to erect
breastworks as a preventive of for
eign invasion, tlie old Jail itself
would 'answer for a strong citadel,
requiring the bombardment of Krupp
or any other gun, or son of one, at
a close range before evacuation.
The academy is one of the best
in South Georgia, with Prof. B. F.
Culberth as principal, assisted by
Misses Inez Ellison, literary, and
Mary Clayborn, music. Miss Mary
Baker, who has been called to the
bedside of her father at Dayton,
Tenn., has been substituted by Mis*
Lawrence Tyler. There are 140 pu
pils and the school is the bust they
have ever had in town. Prof. Wea
ver, County School Superintendent,
visited the school Monday a.id c »m-
mented on its successful management
Prof. Culberth is an undo to Dr.
Chesnutt, Tom Chesnutt, and 'the
Britts, of Tifton.
Mrs. Tom Leo is teaching music
at her home, to a number of pupils
not connected with the academy.
Mr. Jesse Luke manages a mercan
tile establishment.
There are two blacksmith shops,
with Mr. Tom Waller and M*. Good
win managers.
Billy Mixon passed through Sat
urday, homeward bound. He attend
ed the funeral of the twenty day-old
infant of his sister, Mrs. Tom Owen,
which was buried at th*. Gay •place.
Previous to he; marriage, Mrs veil
was the widow of Joe Jamigan.
Mrs. Mattie Turner accompanied
Mrs. J. Tomberliu and children to
Mystic Saturday.
Rev. McGhee is a resident in the
Irwinville sec Mon.
Mr. Kirk, who sold his place in Tift
county, has moved to ono o* Judge
Clements’ places. Smada.
1 1 a few days since, receiving therefor
k a check for $625. Tho cattle were
;aised on Mr. Harman’s farm tw'c
iles out from the'cRy. They were
fin$ and fat-turd were used for the
markets.
com
rONTORE.
REACH 12 CENT3
would friv
you knew that cotton would go
to/twelve cents per pound within a
f/w days what would you do? Some
people who claim to know say that is
Oust what is going to happen,
The prices of foodstuffs, cotton and
other commodities have fluctuated
widely and unexpectedly during the
European war. And now is about
to occur the greatest rise in price
yet recorded. Let flour stay where
it is and potash go still higher, just
so cotton goes up to a fair and just
price.
Our advice is that you hold your
:btton a few days and on Saturday,
larch 3, take a bale to Spring Day
$Xd exchange it for peanuts, drinks,
mid\yay, minstrel, etc. Twelve cen
in trade is jjqaranteed. Tho
will take up collection and
cotton at above mehtioai
AT AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
(By William Holli*.)
A tennis tournament was pulled off
between the two literary societies
Monday morning. The players were
Misses Ellen Smith and Berta Owen
for the Frank Park’s and Misses
Johnnie Lee Evans and Eva Collins
for the Henry Tift’s. The Frank
Park’s won after a very exciting
game.
Those spending the week-end at
home were Misses Madelyn Hollings
worth, Mattie Lou Cook, Blanche
Bowen, Bessie Bowen, Gladys Gay
and Messrs. Horace Paulk, O. B. In
gram, M. C. Owen, Allen Hasty
Fred Dekle.
Don’t fail to seo Happy Hooligan
make the 60 foot high dive Spring
Day.
Miss Myrtle Venable spent the
week-end in Fitzgerald.
See everything ^Spring Day for
only fifteen cents. Worth fifteen
dollars. The only two events that
are not free are the negro ministrel
show for ten cents, and midway for
five cents.
Mr. Jack Brannum spent the week
end with Mr. Fred Dekle.
Misses Ella Ruth Whatley and Ber
tha Owen spent Sunday in Ty Ty.
The girls spent Sunday afternoon
at Murrow Springs.
Rev. S. H. Whatley spent a short
while with us Saturday afternoon
• The officers for the civic club this
week are Will Ragan, President; John
Bell, Vice President; Madelyn Hol
lingsworth, Secretary and Treasurer;
M. H. Travis, Critic, and Charles In
gram, Parliamentarian.
Mr. John Rigdon spent Sunday
in Ty Ty.
A good many of the students went
clown to hear Mrs. Armor lecture on
Monday night.
Tho Frank Park and Henry Tift
societies met with short private pro
grams Saturday night.
If You Aro Losing Weight
Stess2k Emulsion
\
containing Uupophotphilf
a food and nerve tonio prescription.
HAD BUSY
ON HER LONG TRIP
Prinz Eitel Freidrich Sunk eight
Ships.
Show* Effect of Long Cruise from
Tsingtou Since Lest November.
Needs Repair* and Supplies
The German auxiliary cruiser'
Prinz Eitel Freidrich, which limped':
into Newport NewB yesterday for
supplies and repairs as told in the
Daily Gazette, had made a notablefd
cruise in the Pacific and AtlaotklT]
oceans.
She traveled 55,000 miles
reached port in a state of mechanicill
exhaustion. While out she sunk eight
ships, three British, three French, «g|
one Russian and one American, an&-
brought with her more than S0#$|
prisoners taken from prizes.
The American ship sunk was jgi
sailing vessel, the William P. Frye^S
with a crew of 31 and the skipper** i
family on board. She had a cargo
of wheat from Seattle to Queenstown
and was sunk January 28th. The
Freidrich left Tsingtau, China, last Ijj
November and report says that she
chased inside the three mile limit
off Newport News by a British crui
ser. One side of the cruiser is paint-
ed white the other black, and she is
red with rust and shows plainly the
effects of her long and strenuous
voyage.
All her officers preserved a strict
silence but her captain at once die-
patched a message telling of his ar
rival and the condition of his ship
to the German embassy at Washing
ton. The United States coast guard
ship Onondaga is lying alongside the
Friedrich until officials at Washing
ton decide what shall be done with
her. It is probable that she will be
interned. Within an hour after her
arrival Commander Thierich ir. mired
of a shipbuilding concern if they
jould immediately begin repairs. The
request was forwarded to Washing
ton.
FILLYAW SCHOOL DOTS
School is progressing nicely this
month. Good attendance and hard
work is accounting for the progress
along with the patient and careful
management of our able instructor,
Prof. Drukenmiller.
We are making some preparation
for the Fair but as yet most of oor
work is confined to books. We ex
pect to have our usual entertainment
at the close of school.
Work is now on foot toward im
proving our building, thus making a
standard building.
Mrs. N. Peterson visited our school
lately, giving us some beautiful pic
tures of which we are very proud.
We are expecting to add a few
more trees to our yard, viz: fig trees,
pecan and orange trees. Some of
which are the gift of Mrs. Oren Gat-
chell, one of the most popular ladies
of Tifton, who is very much interest
ed in our school.
Our teacher seems to make friends
with everybody. Every week he
comes in with something somebody
gave him for the school.
Thursday is examination day. We
hope Professor won’t get in a bad
humor by that day. He knows how
to make it hard or easy. It will be
a scramble for the honor roll.
Our onion crop is doing fine. Will
plant peas a little later.
We are sorry to know at this writ
ing of the illness of the Oliver child
ren. We miss them from school
and wish them a speedy recovery.
Sweetheart.
1
m
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two yeais or ccnilnuous ipaetlca,;
in Tifton and scons of satisfied
tomert. If you rre s».f?*rmg with *
headache, or o.ht? trr• •..<. let crused .
by eye strain be su o n- i ccr«mlt iai'
ami seo if glasses propci ly fitted
won’t relieve them. At our office
at Brooks Pharmacy Co. every dr.y.
Dr. A. D.
Stabler, the Eye-Sight
Specialist.
WU be In his office at the Mills
Drug Co., Monday next.
All suffering wrh headaches, eye-
strain, inflamed or tore eyes or the
' *,urc of right, should call and got
^loe.Ud_,
i Honda
lv-
“In all my Nat
ional Banks^
the stockholders are held lia
ble for double their holdings.
This wise provision am|
safeguards the depositor.
This bank is a member of
the geat federal
System, anc