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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON GA., APRIL 16, 1915.
VOLUME XXV, NUMBER 4R.>
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ADEL WON THREE
Medals in Eleventh District High School Contest Held at Quit-
man Friday Night
Adel, Ga., April 10.—(Special to Gazette)—All Adel is
rejoicing over the success of the pupils of the Adel High School
in the Eleventh Congressional District contest at Quitman last
night. In the contest were pupils from all the leading schools
in the district and Adel won three first prizes, they being the
medals in recitation and declamation and one in the athletic
contest, and the running high jump.
Miss Dot Mullis, who won the first place in recitation, is
a daughter of Chief of Police and Mrs. A. D. Mullis. She re
cited the “Swan Song."
Harvey Griffin, who won first place in declamation, deliv
ered “The Social Pariah." He also won first prize in the run
ning high jump contest. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Griffin.
The .success of these pupils is a high tribute to the Adel
school, to the excellent teacher, Miss Marie Griffin, and to
these talented young people as well. Those who heard them
, in their signal success at Quitman declare that they have every
thing in their favor in the contest which will be held at Athens.
Miss Hazel Bourquine represented the Adel school in the
musical contest and her rendition was regarded as excellent,
although that honor went to a pupil of the Sparks school.
New York Cotton Market
New York, April 15.—May, 9.88; July, 10.18; October,
9.61; December, 10.84; January, 10.87.
, v,. Closing: May, 9.95; July, 10.25; October, 10.67; Decem-
>ber, 10.84.
Yesterday’s close: May, 9.84; July, 10.09; October, 10.52;
December, 10.73; January, 10.78.
Washington, April 9.—Secretary of the navy Daniels an
nounced today that the German cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich
would be removed from Newport News to the Norfolk navy
yards, where she will be interned formally today and will re
main indefinitely.
While Uncle Sam is Endeavoring
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SEE US ABOUT IT !
To Devise Ways and
Means to Conserve the
Country’s Supply of
Timber from Devas
tating fires,
Don’t Neglect the
Conccrvation of Y^ur
Own Properly!
It’s an Eesier Pr oblem
TO SOLVE.
FRANK SCARBORO
OFFICE MVON BUILDING
DISPUTED TAXES
TO DE SETTLED
BOND CASE LOST
IN SUPREME COURT
Agreement Is Reached Which
Looks Fair to All.
THE UNSURVEYED PROPERTY
Waycross, Ga., April 10.—Arrangements are pending
whereby the Southern Railway Company will use the tracks of
the Georgia Southern and Florida railroad from Macon to
Jacksonville for the trains which they are operating over the
Atlantic Coast Line from Jesup to Jacksonville is reported in
local railroad circles here today.
The trains that were heretofore operated between Savan
nah and Jacksonville will be discontinued.
For several years the Southern Railway has had traffic ar
rangements with the Atlantic Coast Line by which its Florida
trains are operated from Savannah to Jacksonville and from
Jesup to Jacksonville over the Atlantic Coast Line tracks.
This traffic arrangement expired April 1st and its Jack
sonville trains from points east of Savannah were discontinued
by the Southern at Savannah.
From Jenup to Jacksonville the Southern operates its fine all
. the year round Florida trains and its special winter tourist trains
lythe Palm Limited, Chicago and Florida Special, and St. Louis
and Kansas City Florida Special. If the report is true that these
j. trains are to be operated via Tifton it will give this point the
nest through train service of any city in the state South of At-
nta.
Carpenters to Go On Strike
Chicago, April 15.—Efforts to prevent a strike of the Chi-
, cago carpenters appeared hopeless today.
The labor leaders and contractors are preparing for a long
fight, which will begin Friday or Saturday.
Which Has Been Bone of Contention
To Be Surveyed, Classified and,
if Necessary, Arbitrated
Steps were taken the past week by
which the differences so long out
standing between Mr. H. H. Tift and
the Board of Tax Assessors of the
City Counqil bid fair to be adjusted.
Better still, this adjustment when
made will be such that it will form a
basis for valuations for a long time
to come.
The agreement reached between
epresentatives of Mr. Tift and the
City Council refers first to the sur
veyed and personal property. On
this the amounts named by the Board
if Tax Assessors were accepted with
the exception of somo errors and dup
licate returns which amounted to
something less than $10,000. The
principal part of this was some prop
erty that had been assessed as survey
ed and was also returned as unsur-
eyed.
The principal bone of contention
between Mr. Tift and the City Coun
cil through the Board of Tax Assess-
was his unsurveyed lands inside
the city limits. Of these he returned
582 acres at $50 an acre, making a
toltal of $29,100. The Assessors
raised this return to $100 an acre,
a total of $58,200.
The matter of personal opinion en
tered so strongly into these valua
tions that it appeared as if an agree
ment would not be reached without
long and expensive litigation. A
creat deal of the land returned is of
little value, but on the other hand
quite a lot of it is very desirable
property. The only satisfactory way
in which a fair valuation can be
reached is by a survey and classifica
tion of the entire property. This is
the intention now.
The agreement is that the Board of
Tax Assessors for 1915 shall also as
sess the value of the unsurveyed
lands for 1914. This will be done
after they have been surveyed and
classified. In event the assessment
ir. not satisfactory to Mr. Tift the
matter will be submitted to a Board
of Arbitration as is provided by law
for state and county tax returns.
Tho taxes on the other property
were paid last week. Those on the
unsurveyed property will be paid as
»oon as an agreement is reached.
The Gazette congratulates the en
tire* city that a fair solution of this
vexing problem appears probable—a
solution that will be equitable and
just both for the city and Mr. Tift.
A 16 POUND TROUT
Mr. R. E. Hall Caught a Whopper
From Banka Pond Wednesday
Mr. R. K. Hall, Col. J. H. Price and
Air. O. N. Grogg returned from a fish
ing trip to Banks pend in Berrien
county Wednesday afternoon, Mr.
Hall bringing home with him a sixteen
pound troui, which he landed from
the waters of the pond that morning.
This is one of the largest trout o/ei
pulled from the waters of that pro-
lie fishing place, a trout weighinp
xteen pounds having bcon caugh
:.y ye
e Receive Accounts
that are flattering: from
the friends of this insti
tution, accounts of com
plete satisfaction with
our methods of doing
business. You will un
derstand what they
mean if you are a de
positor with us. You
will know the utter
absence of anxiety
from the minds of our
Vtr. hJ.i v/its out in the boat look-
:*},* a or tr .ut beds and when he found
his old fellow's bed be ha i it'd \v»:.i
roach, tied the line to a limb uni!
hen backed h ! a boat off a short d»s-
iir.-V and waited. There wasn’t lor.j:
o v for :r. a few minutes the old
troui returned and took after the
The roach realized that ite
ciir.e had come, for it began to circle
ound as far a.j the line would al
low it to go, but soon the trout gob
bled ic mid as Mr. Hall expressed it
‘then there was something doing.”
After the water of tho pond had been
was pulled in and the party returned
considerably splashed about the trout
to Tifton.
This trout, which was 27 inches
long and 9 inches broad, was probably
.he largest ever seen in Tifton and
tho sight of such a mammoth fish cre
ated considerable inte-cst when he
war, exhibited Wednesday evening.
Now all tho aspiring Isaac Walton's
mayibe expected to hie themselves to
Banks pond to pull in another as
large aa Mr. Hall's. The Gazette feels
safe in paying, however, that it will
be sometime before Mr. Hall's catch
is duplicated. Though we haven’t had
ar.y official report on the waters of
Bank3 pond yit, wc expect that it has
gone down to a noticeable extent.
depositors, and the implicit confidence they have in
1 this bank and its officers.
THE BANK OF TIFTON
Herbert L. Moor,
I Graduate Optometrist
Tito years of co'itinuom practice
Tifton and oco.-es of satisfied
Decision of Tift Superior Court
Reversed Tuesday.
PROPOSED ISSUE FOR $37,000
Election Wat Held May 12th Last
Year. Grounds for Reversal
Were Not Announced
The Georgia Supreme Court, in a
decision handed down Tuesday, re
versed the decision of Tift Superior
Court in the case of Murray, et al..
i. City of Tifton, before Judge
Thomas. H. S. Murray apd Fulwood
& Skeen for plaintiffs; Ridgdill &
Mitchell, R. D. Smith and J. A. Wil
kes, Solicitor-General, contra.
This is known as the Tifton bond
case. May 12, 1914, an election
was held in Tifton to authorize the
issuance of bonds for city improve
ments. - The amount asked for was
•$45,000, divided into $17,000 for
waterworks improvements; $13,000
for improvements to school building;
$8,000 for a city hall, and $7,000
for equipment for the fire depart
ment.
The special registration for the
election contained 263 names and
t the election 218 votes were cast.
The vote was: For school bonds, 197;
against 20; For waterworks, 202;
against 12. For city hall, 174;
against 37. For fire department,
198; against 12. To carry a two-
thirds majority it was necessary for
each measure to receive 175 votes.
The vote for city hall fell short one
of this so the measure failed and did
not enter into the later litigation.
Citation was duly published for a
hearing before Judge Thomas in Val
dosta on June 20th, for the purpose
of validating the bonds. On the date
set the hearing was adjourned from
Valdosta to Tifton and was held at
a special called term of Tift Superior
Court, convened aboufc 7 p. m on the
same date.
At this hearing, objections were
filed to validating the bonds by H.
S. Murray, C. W. Fulwood, B. W.
Mills, J. J. L. Phillips, H. H. Tift,
W. T. Hargrett and J. J. Golden.
The first objection was to the hear
ing at that time and place, alleging
that it had not been advertised and
due notice given according to law.
This objection was overruled, and
the hearing proceeded.
The validation of the bonds was
then objected to for the following
reasons:
Because there is no charter
provision for registration for a bond
election.
b. Because the twelve months
residence required by the City
Charter in city and county is con
trary to the Constitution of the state
and Section 6392 of the Code of
1910.
c. Because the registration was
incomplete as provided under the
charter, and if a special registration
was a part of two separate registra
tions.
All objections were overruled and
the bonds validated. Tho case was
appealed to the Supreme Court
where it has been pending for more
than six months.
The news of the decision reversing
the lower court does not state on
what grounds the reversal was made.
It may be on the lime and place of
hearing not being advertised or it
may be on the constitutional ques
tions involved.
It is a custom of the Supreme
mrt t#> avoid passing upon consti
tutional questions in cases appealed
f there are any other points that can
be decided upon. But in this case
there was n special request that the
:onstitutional features of the city
charter he passed upon in order that
r.teps may bo taken to remedy the
defects if there are any. All parties
interested, no matter on which side,
will be glad to have this mooted ques-
ion settled.
Money Order Business Also Shows
Increase of Nearly 1,000 Trans
actions for. Last Quarter
Why talk about hard times, when
the volume of business done at Tifton
increases steadily every year.
The postoiTice receipts or town or
city are claimed to be an unfailing
business barometer. The volume of
business transacted by Tifton's banks
has steadily increased every year but
there have been some changes in the
local bank situation that make a com
parison more difficult. With the
postoffice the comparative figures are
easy.
During what is known as the sal
ary year of 1912, fom April 1, 1912,
to March 31st, 1913, the total receipts
at.the Tifton postoffice were $12,121.-
SOLUMCO NEWS
A nice crowd from Solumco attend
ed the sing at Mr. R. L. Green’s Sun
day afternoon. In the crowd were:
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Roland, Jr., Miss
i.aMru Roland, Mr. John Dillnrd. Miss
Zonie Worley and Mr. W. W. King.
Mr. Robert Jordan, from Brook
field, took dinner at Mrs. J. L. Ro
land’s in Solumco Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Roland attend
ed preaching Sunday night.
Miss Fannie Roland, from Solum
co, is visiting some of her girl friends
at Mystic. She has been gone nearly
three weeks, but will return home
next Saturday. .. Brc,wn Eye*.
TO OUR CUSTOMERS
TIFTON.
GEC
tomora. If you are «uffo__...
Iieaduche, or other troubles ;
by eye at ruin be sure nml i
u.,J Me if gia
won’t £ *
We have moved this week to the
Masonic building on Main street,
where we will be glad to have you call
on us for anything you n*ed in the
line.
We will be bupy. for tlj* next few
arranging our stock, but will be
d to solve jHKfeni any tfr* '
fir - naaiitoii
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW BIG GAIN
Consistent Increases for 1913
and 1914.
$1,276.66 FOR THE TW3 YEARS
5.
From April 1, 1913, to March 31,
1914, the total receipts were $12,-
537.60, showing a net gain over the
previous year of $415.85.
From April 1, 1914, to March 31,
1915, the total receipts were $13,-
398.41, a net gain over the previous
year of $860.81, or a net gain for the
two years of $1,276.66.
The money order business shows an
even greater comparative increase.
For first three months of 1914 there
were 4,171 transactions. During the
Lame period in 1915 there were 5,-
110 transactions, or an increase of
939. Every month of the first quar
ter of 1915 showed an increase over
the corresponding months of 1914.
It should be remembered that dur
ing the three years covered by this
report several large lumber brokers’
offices moved from Tifton. It was nec
essary for the increases in other lines
of business to make up for this
loss before a total increase could be
shown, and this was not-only done,
but a substantial gain made besides.
The lumber brokers did a heavy cor
respondence and the removal of their
business would have knocked a big
hole in the postoffice receipts had it
t not been compensated by increase
n other lines.
If there is any one in Tifton that
insists on talking about hard times,
he ought to read these postoffice fig-
and think awhile. A small city
that can show a substantial increase
business right along, despito the
war and rumors of war and financial
depression, hasn’t any room left to
talk about hard times.
REVIVAL METHODIST CHURCH
The revival at the Methodiot
church, which is being conducted by
the Pastor, continues to grow in in
terest.
Good crowds are going out to the
services which will continue through
the woek ut 3:30 in the afternoon
mand 7:30 in the evening.
The public is cordially invited to
come out to all services and help in
this good work.
GERMANS DEFEA TED
COTTON MARKET
Receipts Wednesday, three bales.
Receipts for tho season, 31,280.
Good middling, 9.
Fully middling, 8 3-4.
Middling. 8 1-4.
Low middling, 7 3-4.
Fully low middling, 7 1-4.
TIME’S HERE
To buy your Cultivator. H. A. Gay
will be in Tifton on Saturday next to
how you the P. & O. line. Ask your
.eightore who have triod the P. & O.,
and see me Saturday. Wit.
If you want to tava money on gro
ceries read Harvey’* ad. DW-lt
’fhe Daily Gazette for 10c a week
In Fierce Seventeen-Hour Battle Northeast of Uszoh Pass.
A New Russian Advance.
I’etrograd, April 15.—The Austro-German offensive at
Koziownjkoziow, to the northeast of Uszok pass, was comr
pletely smashed in a seventeen-hour battle Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
The attacking enemy suffered terrible losses. The Aus-
tro-Gerntans charged the Russian forces seven times with
the bayonet and were driven back each time, leaving a large
number of dead.
The fighting was the fiercest that has marked the C . 0-
paign. Thrice the enemv penetrated the Russian adv.tiii.cu
tret.files, only to perish before the terrific bavonet eh <• grs
while a heavy artillery fire swept the ground behind them,
preventing any reinforcements.
The Russian forces are preparing for a new advance
against the U^zok pass. Thev have already captured the
town of Wolosate. to the northeast of Uszok.
The Austro-German offensive movement from the Dun-
ajec river which began Tuesday, is still progressing, but the
Russians will be able to flank tins movement by opening the
Uszok pass. Battles are now raging to the west of the Uszok.
FRENCH GAINS
/^Bloody Fighting Around St. Mihiel, in Effort to Oust
■ ’ the German Wedge.
Haris, April 15.—The French War Office announces
today that the French forces have made further gains in the
blood-drenched Woevre river region, advancing for four hun
dred, yards despite the desperate resistance of the Germans.
yjSharp lighting is in progress at Avillers, to the south of
Marcheville, where the German trenches have been com
pletely wrecked.
The French forces have made some gains in the Aiily
forests, to the southeast of St. Mihiel.
ENGLAND RAIDED AGAIN
By Cerman Zeppelin■ Nine Towns Visited and Sixty-
Five Bombs Dropped, But Little Damage.
London, April 15.—Successfully evading a squadron of ten
British aeroplanes,-the German Zeppelin which attacked the towns in
the industrial district of Newcastle last night dashed out over the
North Sea early this morning.
For nearly five hours the Zeppelin sped from town to town, in
land as well as along the coast. In all it is estimated that she dropped
sixty-five bombs on nine different towns. Four persons were injured
and only small damage was done.
Berlin, April 15.—The German War Ofli - e announces today
that, exhausted by their heavy losses in the Carpathian campaign in
attempting to invade Hungary, the Russian forces have come to a com
plete stand-still.
The Russi mB were defeated at Czertosx and Mezolnborez. suf
fering enormous losses.
In their attack upon Ko/.iowa the Russians were again defeated.
The German military experts here forecast a complete collapie
of the Russian Carpathian campaign.
London, April 15.—The British steamship Ptarmigan was tor
pedoed and sunk in the North Sea this morning by a German subma
rine. Eleven of her crew were rescued.
A news dispatch received herefrom Slnis states that a German
Zeppelin was caught in the tops of trees near Tirlemont and several of
her crew were killed by the Allies’ fire.
Aerial Raid By Allies
Amsterdam. April 15.—The Allies aerial squad threw
bombs on the railway stations between Aix-Ln-Chapelle
md Leige over which the Germans are transporting iroops.
Another squad cro.-sed the Rhine river, flying over the
Black Forest, and shelled Scfiluchsee.
If your oyes need tho proper ghsi-
<6 eeo Dr. A. D. Suhler at jj—
Co. every Monday; Ho
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Heavy Losses From Smell Army
London, April 15.-—It was officially announced here to
day that the British killed, wounded and missing up to April
ihe eleventh number 1,49,347.
Buffalo, N. Y,, April 15.—Four masked men h«M up the crew
of a fast freight on the Now York Central at Sanborn early this morn-
ing. The bandits lined up the crew at the point « f revolvers and filled
two trucks with valuable merchandise from tlu* oars, making their es
cape.
The National Bank of Tifton
TIFTON*. GA.
“In all mv iVat-
ional Banks^>
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 Resc
id J&A Qhe tpf my
