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TON GAZETTE, TIFTON GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1916.
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TAHURE HER
Taken from German*, Commanding Main Railroad of
l Frantic Efforts to Regain'll
Pari*. Oct. 7.—The German* suffered tremendous losses
in an unsuccessful effort to retake the Height* of Tahure yes
terday according to an official statement issued this morning.
Other determined counter-attacks in the Champagne sector
were also repulsed.
The most furious efforts were made to retake 1 shure
Heights, from which the French guns command the Bazan-
court-Challerange railway.
The Germans left many dead and wounded on the field.
The Bazancourt-Challerange railroad supplies the whole
German front, from Rheims to the Argonne.
Berlin, Oct. 7.—The Great Austro-German invasion
Servia has been launched, was the announcement made by the
War Office today.
The announcement also state that the Teutonic forces had
crossed the Drina, Save and Danube rivers at many places, at
tacking the Servians from the north and west, after the heavy
siege guns had prepared the way.
IFT COUNTY FAIR
HELD THIS YEAR
Exhibit Will be on Display One
Day, Oct 16th.
BY CANNING AND CORN CLUBS
Athens, Oct. 7—A coalition Cabine was formed today,
with Alexander Zaimis as Premier and Foreign Minister. All
members of the new Cabinet formerly served as Ministers.
Zaimis is regarded as pro-Ally, but not belligerent. The
announcement of his policy regarding the landing of French
and English troops on Greek soil is anxiously awaited.
Excitement runs very high here. A revolution in Greece
is hinted at in some quarters.
Attempt Made to Rob Poulan Postoffice
Poulan, Ga., October 6.—Burglars made an attempt to
burglarize the postoffice here last nigfit. On account of the drill
breaking the burglar did not get.intb the safe. Nothing was
missing from the building.
Berlin, Oct. 7.—The report issued by the War Office here
admits that the French iforces have gained 800 yards- at Ta
hure, but declares that General Von Hindenburg’s forces have
pierced the Russian positions at Dvinsk over a three mile front.
120 ENROLLED
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I AT-OMECV
In Great Shape.*
School Starts Off
250 Expected >i>y Xmas
Omega, Ga., Oct. 7. (Special to
Gazette.)—The Omega school open
ed Monday with 120 in attendance.
Prof, Ammons is Principal
will be assisted by Misses Vanni*
Goggans, Alice Whitaker, Annii
Borland and Mrs. J. B. Mallory
teachers. Miss Esther Threl hi
been engaged as teacher of music. i
SOCIALIST LECTURER
Will be in Tifton Saturday and Sun
day. Religious Topics Sunday
$Irs. Ida Jjjyouch-Haslett will lec-
turfe at ^Tifton Saturday afternoon
and evening and Sunday. The lec
ture Sunday will be on topics strict
ly religious. Th^ place for the lec*
ture has not been aelected, but will
probably be the courthouse.
Mrs. Haslctt is recommended as
one of the most noted lecturers on
The Trustees provided entrance j the Socialist movement. She is
cards and each pupil must buy a 50 university student of sociology,
cents entrance card and that mon^y | skilled historian, trained thinker and
one of the most experienced lectur-
and debaters before the Amer
ican public."
The lectures will be free and the
public is invited.
mondy
; of tQe
goes to defray the expenses
school. .
This promises to be the be^t
school Omega haa ever had and tfye
enrollment is expected to reach 250
before Xmas.
Received since yesterday, 11 a. nr
303 bales.
Receipts for the season, 20,463.
Good middling, 12
Fully middling, 1
Middling, 11 1-2.
A YEAR AGO TODAY
10,475 BALES GINNED
Receipts, 221 bales.
Receipts for the season, 7,410.
Quotations 7.
In Tift County Prior to Sept. 25,
a Gain of Only 122 Bales
The Government’s ginners- xepor
tabulated for Tift county by Mr. J.
E. Abbott shows that prior to Sep
tember 25, 10,475 bales of cotton
had been ginned in Tift county for
the present season.
This is a gain of only 122 bales
over last season, when 10,353 bales
were ginned prior to the same date,
This is a very good illustration of
the shortness of the crop this sea
son. The present crop is earlier
than last and it is nearly all out
now. The 1915 crop in Tift county
is sure to fall short of that of 1914
by several thousand bales.
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ON THE COUNTY FAIR
Exhibits for Valdosta and Macop
Fairs Will bo on Display for
One Day in Tifton
Tift county is to have a fair this
year after all.
The exhibit from Tift county to
the fairs at Valdosta and Macon
will be collected next week. The ar
ticles will be arranged in the Tift
building, where the School Fair was
held, facing the courthouse, and will
be on exhibition Saturday, October
16th, sending them to Valdosta tho
week following.
With this exhibit will be the dis
play of the Tift county Canning
Club girls, the Corn Club boys and
the Pig Clubs.
Altogether, they will make a pres-
ty nice fair for Tift and the people
of this county will be given an oppor
tunity to see the display before it is
carried to the other fairs.
The boll weevil experts, to be
here on the 15th, have been request
ed to come the next day.
’em Club, Canning Club and
Pig Club exhibits for Tift county will
be held at Tifton on Saturday, Oc
tober 16 th.
Miss Rowena Long, in charge of
the Canning Club work in this coun
ty, requests all Canning Club girls
to bring in their exhibits by next
Saturday, Oct. 9th. She wants
few days to arrange them so that
they will show to the best advantage,
and wants to have the exhibit ready
for inspection by the oi^icials of the
Department of Agriculture, who will
be here on the 15th for the anti-boll
weevil meeting, and for the people
of the county who are expected here
that day.
Agent Cunningham ha •’addressed
the following letter to the Corn Club
and Pig Club members:
Cunningham' sLetter
My Dear Club Member.:-
The date for the Corn Club, Can
ning Club contest for Tift county
will be hold at Tifton, at 10 a. m
on Saturday, Oct. 16th, and you are
cordially invited to be present with
your exhibit. I know you will be
there, because you mean to stick to
the end regardless of results and
make an exhibit and report when
you joined the Club, or you would
not have joined.
Take an exhibit of 10 oars of your
corn, if you are a Corn Club mem
ber; and a Pig if you are a Pig Club
member, or some of your canned
goods if you are a Canning Club
member; or any other exhibit you
think will help to make a good show.
We want to make people "sit up and
take notice.”
The Corn Club boys should
through their corn and select the
very best ears for exhibit. Ears
should be of the same length, same
size, well filled out at the butts and
tips, row straight, and ears, as near
ly as possible, the same size from
butt to tip. Select and make your
exhibit and report even if you have
not made more than five bushels per
acre. We had rather see you maxc
an honest report from five bushels
per acre than to see a report of 100
bushels if it were not true.
Next year I want to see every
Corn Club boy a member of the Pit-
Club. Hog and Hominy goes togeth-
, you see. Girls can join, too.
The district Corn, Canning Club
and Pig Club contest will be held at
the Georgia-Florida Fair, Valdosta,
Ga., Oct. 19-23. Club members will
be admitted free. The fair will be
a fine one, and I hope you and your
parents can go. Free admission
tickets will be furnished to tho*e
who make exhibits at the county
contest.
I know you will not fail to be at
the contest with your exhibit and
report. Stick to the end. Don’t
forget the date.
Sincerely
G. V. Cunningham,
•Dist. Agent.
Get Something Ready for the Exhibit
In Tifton Oct. 16th.
I believe our three Clubs have had
good attention during this season
but they have not met with the co
operation they should have at home.
We should get right down and be a
co-laborer with these Club children.
Tell them why they ihould plant and
work a certain way; we should teach
them to take advantage of our long
seasons by planting at different per
iods. Corn should be marketable
four months and if one planting was
not satisfactory have another to fall
back on.
Tomatoes can be ripe and mark
etable from May fcntil November.
You could divide up your plats or
make planting of same si\e at each
planting.
Each Club member should carry
along one pig to consume their waste
products and by^lanting legumes as
a by-product before and after their
main crops.
You are to have a chance to show
your products on October 10th. Now
why not be prepared to • say, some-
thing of your work and what you
expect to do in the future? Be
lieve me, these Corn, Pig and Caxi-
nifig Clubs have come to 8tay.vJ*/fsj
I would be glad to tell every far
mer in Tift county we have decided
to make Club Day a Tift County Fair
D*y, and we need you to help us.
You may not believe it but you have
beon well blessed with seasons and
with as good as any other section.
If you have done your part well,
all we need is the get-together feel
ing; show some of what we have
done and show what all can have.
Very few communities know what
their neighbors have. Some of you
will say there is nothing gained by
fairs. You should remember all the
older states hold county and state
fairs, also that the 1914 Georgia
State Fair was pronounced the great
est ever held in Georgia.
There will be more county fairs
held in Georgia this year than ever
before. Many of them were unable
to secure space at the State Fair.
Our Agricultural Department recog
nizes the importance of fairs by re
questing all Club members to bring a
sample of their products.
Our opportunities are unlimited,
but some of us willrdie of old age
before we ever learn to make use
of them. Were it possible that thero
was a county in Georgia with out a
church in it, would any of us want
to move to that county? The same
is true of farming and some parties
have to be at the helm. These may
not always be the proper ones but it
must be and ffffs ever been so.
But for one man we would not
have our Agricultural School,
hear some of you say that it is no
good. Envy and jealousy will ever
be with us and some cultivate it
until it is stronger than first nature,
How long does it take the average
person to reach a standard of rep
utation? And remember all schools
are supported by the human family.
It seems I was leading away from our
Tift County Fair, but I want to lead
you to it with every imaginable ar
tide of agriculture. Look over an<
think over what all you have and
get it ready; bring it in or let us
know and we will come for it and
get ready to come yourself.
When we need anything real bad
we know where to go get it, so we
have secured the E. H. Tift brick
store room, opposite the courthouse,
Bring or send your articles for ex
hibit early in the week so we will
have time to arrange them.
J. W. Hollis.
RURAL SCHOOLS -
OPENED MONDAY
Many With Record Breaking
Attendance.
OVE NIPPER SCHOOLHOUSE
To Near Jacob Gibbs’ Rasldonca. In*
dications Point*, to Most Suc
cessful Term' '
TWO BANKRUPTCY PETITIONS
SING AT OAK GROVE
On the fifth Sunday in October
there will be a singing at Oaky
Grove church, in Berrien county,
near Mr. Harmon Baker’s place. In
fact, it is Mr. Baker’s singing.
All singers are expected to be
present and bring plenty of books,
I guess this will be the last all-day
singing for this year. Let’s all be
on hand and make the members ot
the new church Feel good by giving
them our best efforts.
J. L. Pickard.
WELL REPRESENTED
One for T. L. Lineberger, of Chula,
and Other for L. A. Carter Lenox
Two voluntary petitions in bank
ruptcy affecting parties in this im
mediate section were filed in the
Albany division of the United States
court Wednesday.
One petition was filed by L. A.
Carter, a member of the Lenox Tur
pentine company, of Lenox, who
places his liabilities at $17,284.83
and assets at $917.
A petition was also filed for T. L.
Lineberger, of Chula, by Co|s. J. H,
Price and B. C. Williford, of Tifton.
Mr. Lineberger's liabilities are placed
at $1,780.16 and assets at $226.68.
Of thirty-nine fairs to be held
Georgia, Florida and Alabama this
fall the Blue Line Farm Implements
is represented by a display at twen
ty-four, or forty per cent of them.
This popular line has selected the
leading fairs for the exhibit and this
will put the display before about
ninety per cent, of the people who at
tend fairs in the three states this
fall and winter.
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years of continuous practice
in Tifton and scorn of satisfied cus
tomers. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye strmln.be sure and consult me
snd ms If gteWM propsrly flttsd
won’t rtllsrs them. At our offle.
in th* Myon Hotel Block srery dsjr.
PARTY TO NASHVILLE
The twenty-seven rursl schools in
Tift county opened Hondsy with the
brightest prospects the schools have
ever enjoyed with indications point
ing to the largest enrollment and
most successful term in the history
the schools.
AU of the schools have not been
heard from, but from those reporting
many have the largest opening at
tendance ever recorded. AU attend
ances will be reported to Superinten-
Kerscy in n few days and then
j wiU be published,
ie schools already heaid from
' the following enrollments: Red
27, Chula 75,. Brookfield 80, El
dorado 40, Ty Ty; 100, Oak Ridge
28, Brighton 21.
The Nipper scHoolhouse will be
moved from its present location to
site near the residence of Jacob
Gibbs, a distance of one and one-
half miles. Where the school is now
located it is on one sido of the school
district and it is being moved to get
nearer the center of population.
Following is a list of the teachers
the different schools:
Ansley—Prof. S. N. Carver, Prin
cipal; Mrs. Bessie Willis, assistant.
Bay—Miss Lottie Drexel, Prin
cipal.
Brighton—Miss Johnnie Dismuke.
Brookfield—Prof. R. B. Griner,
Principal; Miss Maude Vinton and
Miss Juanita Carpenter, assistants.
Camp Creek—Miss Mable Padrick,
Principal; Miss Wenona Horne, as
sistant.
Chula—Prof. T. S. Ri&don, Prin
cipal; Miss Mattie L. Moats and Miss
Nettie McCartney, assistants.
Cotton Mill—Mrs. S. Poindexter,
Principal.
Eldorado—Prof O. H. P. Juhan,
Principal.
Excelsior^—Prof. H. C. Chrlsto-
per, Principal, Miss Cassie Martin,
assistant.
Fairview—Miss Bessie Lundy,
Principal.
Fletcher—Prof. H. C. Boroughs,
Principal; Miss Nonnie Clegg, as
sistant.
Filyaw—Miss Hortenso Yarbo
rough, Principal.
Hat C:eek—Miss Allene Moats,
Principal.
Harding—Prof. C. G. Headly,
Principal; Miss Claudy Williford,
sistant.
Midway—Prof. J. H. O’Steen,
Principal; Miss Alice Willis, assist
ant.
Myrtle—Miss Mae Hoard, Princi
pal.
Nipper—Miss May Burns, Princi
pal.
Oak Ridge—Miss Mary Overby
Principal; Miss Georgia Dearing, as
sistant.
Omega—Prof. A. J. Ammons,
Principal; Miss Alice Whitaker, Miss
Annie Borland, Miss Vannie Gog
gans and Mrs. J. A. Mallory, assis
tants.
Old Ty Ty—Prof. E. B. Gay.
Principal; Miss Addie Willis, assis
tant.
Pearman—Prof. P. B. Rape, Prin
cipal.
Pineview—Prof. H. A. Baker,
Principal.
Red Oak—Miss Ethel Kersey,
Principal.
Salem—Prof. R. A. Patrick, Prin
cipal; Miss Ika Lizzie Smith, assist
ant.
Ty Ty—Prof. G. H. Markey, Prin
cipal; Miss Jewell Borland, Mrs. E.
J. Cottle, Mrs. Markey, assistants.
Vanceville—Prof. C. W. Cooper,
Principal; Miss Willie M. Bowen, as
sistant.
Branch Hill—Miss Bessie Smith,
Principal.
Tifton Ladlss Attend Meeting of W.
M. U. Mell Association
In the party going from Tifton to
Nashville to attend the meeting of
the Woman’s Missionary Union of
the Mell Baptist Association were:
Mrs. W. W. Timmons, Mrs. R. Eve,
Mrs. I. D. Morgan and Miss White,
of. Omega, in Mrs. Timmons’ car,
and Mrs. H. H. Tift, Mrs. Charles
McDonald, of Tifton, and Mrs. Ty
ler and Mrs. Belcher, of Liberty
church.
The rain was pouring all during
the trip but the party arrived alright
and reported a glorious meeting.
Mrs. O. P. Goodman, of Sparks, was
elected Superintendent of the Asso
ciation for the Tifton District. Mrs.
Raleigh Eve, of Tifton resigning.
Mrs. Eve has made a splendid of
ficer, presiding and carrying on the
work in a perfect manner. While
the Association is congratulated on
securing Mrs. Goodman as Superin
tendent they regret losing Mrs. Eve.
Mrs. Tift says that the hospitality
the Nashville ladies was unsur
passed and that they were royally
entertained, a Sumptuous luncheon
being spread in the church at the
noon hour.
The party returned to Tifton that
evening feeling well repaid for then-
trip.
With
ANNUAL SESSI
Liberty Baptist
Near Harding
Engagement to Wealthy Washington
Widow Announced
Washington, D. C., Oct. 6—Wood-
row Wilson, the president of the
United States, announced tonight his
engagement to Mrs. Norman R. Galt,
of Washington. The date of the
wedding has not been fixed, but it
probably *will take place in Decem
ber at the home of the bride-elect.
Mrs. Galt is the widow of a prom
inent jewelry merchant of Wash
ington. She is reported to be weal
thy.
Mr. Jim Clements killed a rattle
snake this week near the Nancy El
lis plica Wjtgi five feet seven
inches in length and carried thir
teen rattles and the usual container.
The snake was so large that he
could not get through the pickets
of a fence. Mr. Clements took no
such risk as Mr. McMillan, and shot
his snake.
WILLACOOCHEE THIEVES
Enter Two Banks and a Number of
Store*. Leave Lootless
Willacoochee, Oct. 5.—Thieves
broke into both banks here last
night. They also entered the post-
office and the stores of J. M. Roberts,
A. Corbitt, J. E. Gaskins, Fisher
Paulk, L. G. Skipper, Henry Paulk,
George Asbell and others. Nothing
was missed from the banks or the
postoffice except a couple of revol
vers from the Merchants and Far
mers’ Bank.
In each of the stores entered
small amount of change, left in the
money drawers overnight, was flit
ting, besides small articles of mer
chandise. No vault safes were en
tered and ao considerable damage
done.
PRES. WILSON TO WED
s OLD OFFICERS RE-ELEGTEB
.fimis
Ml S. Patten, Moderator; R. F. iter- ,
* sey, Clerk, and I. W. Bowen,
Treasurer
The Mell Baptist Association met
in annual meeting with Liberty Bap
tist church one mile from Harding
station on the Atlanta, Birmingham
and Atlantic railway at eleven o’clock
Wednesday morning.
Notwithstanding the fact that
rain fell all the morning, a largp
delegation was present.
Rev. J. A. Cox preached the intro,
ductory sermon to an appreciative
audience.
M. S. Patten was re-elected Mod
erator, R. F. Kersey, Clerk, I. W.
Bowen, Treasurer.
The meeting promises to be ona
of the best in the history of the
association. * There seems to be
gains along all lines.
The report on publications waa
the only subject disposed of Wed
nesday.
Thursday was the busiest day
of the session.
The meeting will close Friday.
R. F. Kersey, Clerk
ANOTHER RATTLER
MORGAN RAINEY RODGERS
In loving remembrance of little
Morgan Rainey Rodgers, who depart
ed this life September 13, 1915, aged
two years, one month and three
weeks. Little Rainey was only sick
three days with cholera infantum
and all that loving hands and a faith
ful physician could do was done,
but God needed another angel so
he took little Rainey home to Him.
He was a bright, beautiful child
and oh, how we loved him. But
Jesus loved him best.
He leaves a father and mother,
five brothers and one sister and a
host of relatives to mourn his loss.
He was laid to rest in Enigma
cemetery beside his brother and
sister, who preceded him to the
grave. D. S. E.
A LIVE SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Mission Sunday School in the
western part of Tift, M. L. Whit
field, Superintendent, on Rally Day
raised for State Missions $5.02. Ac
cording to report of Jack Ford, one
of the live musical wires of the Mis
sion.
This is a small school, but it is not
found wanting wnen duty demands.
Ex-R.
SALE OF SUMNER ESTATE
A notable sale of realty in Worth
county Tuesday was that of the es
tate of the late Jos. M. Sumner, de
ceased. Mr. Sumner was one of the
pioneers of Worth and at one time
possessed extensive landed interests.
The sale was made by Dr. Gordon
Sumner, administrator, and the prop
erty was bid in by one of Mr. Sum
ner’s sons, L. M. Sumner, Chief of
Police of Cordele, for the sum of
$9,825.
Otherwise we would
not be in the Insur
ance business.
It has been said.
“A fool is a mortal
who is wise too late”
and again, “He may
hope for the best,
that’s prepared for the
worst.”
Are You Amply Prepared?
FRANK SCARBORO
-PHONE 1* OFFICE MYON BUILDING TIFTON. GA.
Make Your Deposits Here
and you can rest content
ed that they are in good
keeping until you need
them again. We do the
modern system of bank
ing and are very conserva
tive in our loans, though
liberal to our patrons. The’
best business men bank
here because they know
this institution is thor
oughly reliable in every
respect. It you want to know more about us come in
and let us tell you. We are glad to receive inquisitive
visitors.
THE BANK OF TIFTON
TIFTON,
QEORQIA
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