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pupil" t m 41.00 PER ANNUM. THE TIFTON GAZETTE, T1FTON GA., MARCH 26, 1915. VOLUME XXIV, CZERNOWITZ EVACUATED Petrograd, March 26.6—The Austrian troops have evacu ated Czernowitz and are now in full retreat towards Hungary. The Russian forces have defeated the Austrian troops in a terrific three days’ battle on the Pruth river and are pursuing the retreating Austrians with great vigor. Will be Ready for this J Wheat Crop. Athens, March 26.—Another great battle between the Al lies’ fleet and the Turkish forts on the Dardanelles has been opened. The gale has ceased and the Allies’ warships are mak ing supreme efforts to smash the Turkish fortifications. A TeRedos report states that twenty-six thousand French soldiers have b”en landed on the coast of Asia Minor to attack Smyrna by land. The forts are replying to the attacks energetically with their huge Krupp guns. j Berlin, March 26.—An official statement this afternoo^ says that the battle of Hartmannsweilerkopk has now continu ed for four days and is still undecided. The French forces have made many attempts to capture the German positions. In the East the Russian troops are attempting to force theft way to Augustowo along a narrow strip of land between the lakes, but so far they have been held in check. London, March 26.—The British Admiralty declared today that the_ German ring of submarines that was thrown around the British IsleS: is being shattered. It is pfeijicted here that the campaign of Germany against English snipping will soon be' ended 'by the recall of the sub marines which are being destroyed without accomplishing any results. V Athenrij March 26.—Newspapers here today published a report that the Turkish Government is at the breaking point with the Germans, and is preparing to sue for peace. ‘ It is asserted that the Turkish Field Marshal has left for Sofia, returning to Germany. Rome, March 26.—The negotiations for the cession of Aus trian territory are reported broken off. Italy’s entrance into the war is now believed to be immi nent Austria has rejected all the proposals. Petrograd, March 26.—A German Zeppelin attacked the Russian fortress of Lomza, on the Narew river, yesterday. The Zeppelins dropped fourteen bombs. Nine civilinas were wound ed. Paris, March 26—The official statement issued this after noon says that the heavy rains have caused a lull in the fight ing along the entire battle front. The attacks made by the Germans ip the forests.of Con- senvoye, Caures, 1 to the northwest of Verdun, at Epittfees and La Petre, have bee* repulsed. The French forces have abandoned the offensive until the weather is better. MACHINERY to be By May 15th. Will ha Located at; Pate's Variety Works on G. S. & F. Right-Of-Way j ! Tifton is to have a flour mill in time for this summer’s crop. Mr. W. J. Pate, who runs the va riety works and grist mill on South Main street, has been negotiating for some time for the necessary machine ry for such a mill. All of his arrange ments have been completed and the machinery to be shipped out W»y 16th. He will have the mill set up and ready for work before the pres ent wheat crop is ready to be ground. The Georgia Southern and Florida railway has offered Mr. Patera site and building on its right-of-vfay but he has not yet decided whether to locate there or to use his' present building. ^ • * The mill will be of twelve-barrel capacity and can take ample care of the wheat crop of this section. There is quite an acreage in wheat pound Tifton and along the lines of Railroads tributary to Tifton, flour mill here should be able to get airit can do and will be a big stim- s toward j ulus t For School Fair. Prof. Potoraon, Chairman; MUi Paulk Secretary Representatives of the different committees for the school fair met at Mrs. N. Peterson’s Saturday morn< ing at 9 o'clock to discuss the pre paration for carrying on the Fair. Prof. Simon Peterson was chosen general chairman and Miss Maude Paulk, secretary.. Misses Kate Wright, Adrian Turn- ell and Bessie Lundy were appointed to revise the names for the different committees which are as follows: mer is Detier. \ lfuslc^—Messrs. Roy Drunkenmil- Berlin, March 26—It is officially announced by"tlmeS-' man War Office that Prince Joachim, the youngest son of the Kaiser, led the German forces in driving the Russian troops out of Memel. Although the German forces were outnumbered by th Russians, the Prince personally led the charge successfully. The fighting was terrific and lasted for five hours. TifliB, March 26.—Turks attacked the American mission at Urumiah, Persia, Tuesday, assaulting the missionaries and carrying away the Assyrian Christians that had taken, refuge there. The attack was led by the Turkish Consul The Assyrians were later massacred. • The Hague, March 26.—Holland has addressed a sharp protest to Germany on the sinking of the Dutch steamer Medea which was torpedoed by a German submarine in the English Channel. Glasgow, Scotland, March 266.—A British cruiser seized ---the Swedish steamers Vera and Jeanne, and they were brought here today. Their cargoes of rice were confiscated. London, March 26.—The British steamer Delmira was tor pedoed and sunk in the English Channel today. London, March 26.—The Lloyds are laying odds at four to three today that the war' will end by September 30th next. Washington, March 26.—Notice was served today on Gen eral Carranza that the Port of Progreso must be kept open, and : that there must be no interference with the sisal shipments out . •£ Yucatan, It is reported that the battleship Georgia has been ordered to Progreso, Washington, March 26.—Secretary Bryan has called the attention of Ambassador ,Morgenthau, at Constantinople, to > reports of the attacks on the American mission at Urumieli Persia. *}.•••■ Chicago, March 26.—May wheat, $1.52. Corn 72 Yi Oats.’ 581/4. Pork $17.80. Lard $10.20. Ribs nominal. •!i. i ± ---BW! 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 stub. Don’t have to think, don’t have to remember~it’s all there in black and white an<^e money balance (which you can tell at a glancdns here in security. Interest on long time balances by special arrangements. 2-BARBEL FLOUR FREE SCHOLARSHIP MILL AT TIFTON Sr In Each County Along A. B. & A. Railroad. TWELVE PRIZES ARE OFFERER ard wheat growing. COMMITTEES NAMED Hortense Yarborough, Juanita Car- pentcr and Annie Borland. Cooking—Mrs. Stephens, Misses Lundy, Patterson, Sumner, Speere, Mrs. Willis, Patton and Mallory. Sewing—Misses Burns, Carlton, Moates, Sutton, Clegg, Anderson and Whittaker. Art—Mrs. Cottle, Misses Bowen, Overby, McCord, Kersey. Manual Arts—Prof. A4Bns, Mr. Rainey, Misses Wright^^urnell, Barksdale, Dearing and Avera. Programme—Mrs. Elrod, Misses Paulk, Taggart, Vinton and Hollings worth,- Messrs. . Rigflon and Bur* roughs. Athletics—Prof. Burroughs, Mes srs. Joe Lee, Griner, and Allen, Miss es Jenkins, Willis and Williford. Maud* Paulk, Sec. ATTENTION FARMERS FOR CORNU BOY CARLOAD SYRUP FROM TIFTON On* in Each County th* Road Tfa- verges. Liberal Offer of Pro/ vious Years is Repoatod As has been Its custom for several years, the Atlanta, Birmingham 'and Atlantic railroad company offers a scholarship in the State College of Agriculture this year to the Corn Club boys in each' county alon^ its line. This is fully set forth in thejfol* lowing circular letter: \ The large number of boys thatlen- tered the Corn Clubs in the counties traversed by the Atlanta, Birming ham A Atlantic Railroad, to compehp for the prizes offered last year, hi encouraged the management of the ^hipped from hero, even if wo are not A. B. & A. Railroad to offer the same valuable prizes for this year, via: Twelve Boys' short course scholar ships, state College of Agriculture, Athens, Ga.,. to be awarded to the twelve boys who make the oest rec ord in twelve counties traversed by A. B. A A. Railroad. In accordance with the Government Requirements, which takes into consideration four (4) factors, vis: 1st—Yield. 2nd—Profit Srd—-Ten-ear exhibit. 4th—Written report aa to how crop was made. Only one scholarship will be award ed in any one county. The following counties in Goorgia are traversed by the A. B. & A. Rail road: Bacon, Ben Hill, Campbell, Coffee, Colquitt, Coweta, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Fulton, Glynn, Ir win, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Pierce, Talbot, Taylor, Tift, Troup, Thomas, Taylor, Wayne and Wilcox. The selection of the prizes winners will be made by the District Agents, in charge of Boya f Corn Clubs, of the Co-operative Dekrbnstration Work in Georgia. In the selection of alternates! boys who are patrons of the A. B. & A Railroad and who reside immedi ately tributary thereto will be given preference, other conditions being nearly equal. The announcement of the prize winners will be made at the Atlanta Com Show, and it is hoped that the Com Club of each county will bo represented at Atlanta by a large delegation of members. ARRESTED IN FLORIDA The Marketing Department of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad is very anxious to obtain the names and addresses of all farm ers in the territory traversed by the A. B. & A., who have or will plant any acreage in the following crops: Watermelons, cantaloupes, sweet po tatoes, Irish potatoes, tomatoes, pep per, Snap beans, squash, roasting ears, etc. The A. B. & A. Railroad establish ed its Marketing Department in or der to stimulate tho growth of money ops other than cotton. The idea being, that our farmers would be orly too glad to plant such crops provided a market could be found for samo. Any farmer who has planted or desires to plant any acreage in these crops will And it greatly to his inter est to write Mr. N. E. Mnrshburn. Market Agent, 613 Austell Building, Atlanta, Ga., for blanks to be filled out showing the number of acres to be planted in each crop enumerated above, which will enable us to esti mate on the probable yield, thus giv ing us some basis on which to work. W. W. Croxton, General Passenger Agent. Notable Shipment of 2,000 Gal lons Saturday. i BOUGHT UP IN SMALL LOTS Shipped by Central Grocery Company to Atlanta Concern. Sixty-Thr*a Half Barrels in the Lot Probably the first carload of syrup ever shipped from Tifton went for ward Saturday. It was shipped by the Central Grocery Company to an Atlanta con cern and contained sixty-tbree half barrels, or about 2,000 gallons. The syrup was bought by the com pany in small lota from .Tift county farmers and the cash paid for it This is another useful side crop being turned into mon6y by the farm ers of Tift county, fiy starting early next season several carloads may be lucky enough to get a refinery here as la proposed, IN INTEREST OF CANNING CLUB ProfeMors Breedlove and Thresh end Mias Long Viaited Schoola Professors J. H. Breedlove and J. M. Thrash and Miss Rowena Long, the recently appointed Canning Club agent for Tift county, spent Monday making a tour of the schools of Tift county, Miss Long making a talk at each school urging the girls to join the Canning Club and telling of the great advantages that being a mem- zer of the club would afford them. Prof. Breedlove spoke in behalf of the campaign to secure corn contri butions for carrying on the Canning Club work. Tuesday Prof. Thrash and Miss Long visited all the schools, except three, which had not been visited on Monday. Miss Long talking to the girls and Mr. Thrash speaking in be half of the corn contributions. The three schools not visited this week wOI be visited next Monday. An enthusiastic reception was giv en the visitors at each school visited and considerable interest aroused in Canning Club work by the talks of Miss Long. Cards were given to each of the children, requesting them to get their father to sign the card pledging a bushel of corn towards the support of the Canning Club work. These cards will be returned to the teacher and then turned over to the committee having the work in charge. BOYD NOT THE MAN Requisition Papers Requested for W. B. and A. L. Fulgharo. W. B. and A. L. Fulgham, of Col quitt county, have been arrested at Bronson, Fla., on charges of disposing of mortaged property and of carry ing mortgaged property beyond the limits of the state. It is charged that these parties bought some property from Foy & Adams and a mule from I. C. Touch stone, both being sold under retain title contract. The mule was after wards mortgaged to another party, who was forcloslng the mortgage when Mr. Touchstone heard of it and took steps to recover the animal. The mule was then returned to Fulgham who it is said carried it to Florida. Governor Slaton will be asked to issue requisition papers for tho return of the two Fulghams to this state for trial. It was reported hero today that habeas corpus proceedings were being instituted in the Fulghams’ behalf and Sheriff Shaw wired Governor Slaton this morning asking him to wire Gov. Trammell of Florida to Instruct Sheriff Walker, of Levy county, to hold the prisoners until the requisi tion papers reach him. i NORTH Several Who Knew "Lumber King’ 1 Do Not Think He Was Oliver Several people who met L. C. Boyd frequently during kis stay at Ash- burn and subsequent trial and con viction in Irwin county of the charge of swindling do not think the is the same man that was killed at Lees burg as A. D. Oliver. They base this opinion on the pub lished p»otographs of Oliver and their recollection of Boyd. Among those sharing in this belief are Jkdge A. D. Ross and Mr. George L. Paulk, of Chula, who saw Boyd many times when he was in this section. They argue that there is not a not- icablo resemblance and that when Boyd was operating in this section twenty years ago he was apparently about as old as Oliver at the time vas killed. Boyd had a full, round chin, while Oliver’s chin shows sharp in his pictures. They add that during Boyd’s detention in Irwinville jail he let his beard grow out and wore a full set of whiskers at liis trial. There is a strong possibility that they are right and that Boyd died in South Carolina, as has been currently reported. If so, it but adds another strange feature to the remarkable case of Mr. Oliver. MOVE NORTH GEORGIA CO|-< ONY Mr. ( Smith, of Maysvillo, Brought / With Him Seven Families 'v ? /Mr. A. B. Smith, of Maysville, .Ga.) knted the plantation of Col. John lurrow, wert of Little river, and COTTON MARKET Receipts Thursday, 6 bales. Receipts for the season, 30,670. Good middling, 8 7-16. Fully middling, 8 3-18. Middling, 7 11-16. Fully low middling, 6 16-16. Low middling, 6 3-16. Just received shipment of Tennis Oxfords for men, women and child ren. W. H. Parker. D2t-Wlt. moved to this county in January. • Mr. Smith brought with him seven [families, quite a colony. He has al ready taken in thirty acres of new ground for Col. Murrow which he will cultivate this year. With the new comers are over irty children. For these a school been established at the old saw site west of the river. L This is one way Tift county great An entire schdol and\hurch congregation in onpmove is setfluig us up pretty i\ bill i THE BANK ol TIPTON Tifton, : Georgia Herbert L. Moor, Graduate Optometrist Two years of continuous practice in Tifton and scores of satisfied cus tomers. If you are suffering headache, or other troubles Cf by eye strain be sure and coi and ,sr * ‘ won’t, in tho Myon Hotel Block every day. Dr. A. D. the Eye-Sifht SpecUIUt. WM be In his office at tho Mills Co„ Monday next. ‘ suffering wi+h h&adacnes, eye * " *.or sore eyes or the 1 call and « Should i I get HOSPITAL DAY OBSERVED Barbecue Served by Ladies Auxiliary. Badges Worn Today is ‘‘Hospital Day” in Tifton. t noon a splendid barbecue was ser* [ed by the Ladies’ Auxiliary. The patronage was liberal and for o hours the ladies were busy serv- appetizing cue, salads and oys- CONVICTED OF ARSON Curry and Rampey, of Milltown, Given Five Yeara Each ! Burning Ginnery Adel, Ga., March 25.—In Berrien Superior Court last 1 Virgil Curry was convicted of burning the ginnery at 1 of E. A. Rampey and Rampey was convicted of being i before the fact. Judge W. E. Thomas this morning sentenced both Cony and Rampey to five years in the penitentiary. A motion • made for a new trial and bond fixed at $5,000 each for the con victed men. The case was a hard fought one. John R. Cooper, of Ma- con, was one of the attorneys for the accused men. The jury was out a long time before returning the verdict. Another case of importance being tried today is .that of Gordon Dampier, formerly assistant express agent, at Nash ville. He is charged with embezzlement from the express -com pany, the amount being involved being several hundred dollars. The case will hardly be concluded today. , , ■ Several students of Sparks Collegiate Institute are charged with having burned the boys’ dormitory at that school last year and their trial is set for tomorrow. This case is attracting 4 good deal of attention also. Albany, March 26.—Judge Samuel Smith, Ordinary ef Dougherty county committed suicide with a shot-gun in his office - in the Dougherty county courthouse this morning. He pulled the trigger with a stick. It is thought that ill health was the cause of his act Brownsville, Texas, Maijch 26.—Fourteen thousand Villa troops are preparing to attack the six thousand Carranza troopa who are defending Matamoras, which is just across the Rio Grande river from this city, and it is believed that it will be im possible to avoid firing across the United States border. New Orleans, March 26.—The British steamer Parisian went aground near the mouth of the Mississippi river today. The Parisian carried a cargo of fifteen hundred mules and over.* million pounds of supplies. Sharp Decline in Cotton Futures New York, March 26.—Opening. May, 9.55; July, 9.88; October, 10.19; December, 10.38. Closing: May, 9.46; July, 9.73; October, 10.06; December. 10.26. Yesterday’s closing: May, 9.61; July, 9.90; October, 10.20; December, 10.39. BAR ASSOCIATION At A meeting of the representatives tof the legal profession in Tifton yes terday afternoon in the office of Col. C. W. Fulwood, the Tifton Bar Asso ciation was organized, with the fol lowing officers: C. W. Fulwood—President. R. Eve—Vice-President S. F. Mitchell—Secretary and Treasurer. L. P. Skeen and Jas. H. Price were named as delegates to represent the organization at the banquet to Judge Lambdin in Waycross on March 30. President Fulwood invited the members to help him celebrate his fiftieth birthday at Ferry Lake club house on the 12th of May. STUDYING RURAL CREDITS Washington, March 26—Represen tative Carter Glass, chairman of the • entative Hawley. i —— —— h* joint congressional committee author ized in the compromise which elimi nated rural credits legislation from the agricultural bill in the closing days of the last Congress, has named sub-committees to work on two dif ferent rural credit plans during the summer. Reports will be made to a meeting of the whole committee one month before Congress reconvenes. Senator Hollis, of New Hampshire, the author of the bill which was in dorsed by the administration, but which failed of passage, will head the sub-committee, including Senator* Gore and Nelson and Representatives Phelan, Lever and Hayes, to investi gate land shortage credits. Representative Moss will be chair man of the sub-committee on "per sonal rural credits,” and other mem bers will be Senators Owen, Smith, of Georgia, and Brady and Repres- Since 1866 The (Losses By Conflagration 5c In The United States menning fires involving a loss of Half a Million or more Dol- • htrs. have amounted to more than Nine Hundred and Thirty- Six Million Dollars. The Danger of Conflagration Is pr*-utnf in every city and village, and yet FIRE INSURANCE ( ) Is Available ter Protection AGAINST Financial Lossl FRANK SCARBORO 'PHONE 18 OFFICE MYON BUILDING TIFTON, GA. f > V o Tire National Bank of Tifton TIFTON, Q-A. The children of the Public School. invited to contribute a email m of money each for the hospital uipment and the response was very liberal. Yesterday the school was visited by several interested in tho hospital work and badges distributed among the children. It is practically certain that "Hos pital Day” will yield quite a neat sum to the fund. NOTICE This issue of the Weekly Garotte r lete owing to s shipment of lost on the i “In nil my Nat ional Hemks-^ the stockholders are held lia ble for double their holdings. This wise provision amply safeguards the depositor. This bank is a member of the great Federal Reserve ^ System, and is one of m l ones.