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COTTON MILLS JOIN
ilLUlERJlGYH
• D.C. Rainey Elected Super
visor for Campaign.
AG. EXHIBIT TRAIN
—
Looked at Live Stock and Heard
Lecture*.
fill BEGIN MONDAY NIGHT HALF OF GOODS RMjyERED
KauIutloMi Fluid to Main Hat
First District In County to
Wipe Out Illiteracy
enthusiastic fathering of be-
75 and 100' of tb^paaidents
he Cotton'Mills was held Wedni
EDUCATIONAL GRAIN EXHIBIT
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Had Pawned Others:'
White Man and Had
This State Exti
Chief of Police J. <V
turned Sunday night fi
i ville, Fla., with Will H.
night and a eafdpaign inaugu-: young white man about 2:
for stamping out of illiteracy "N(ho was arrested by
r the mills. I villa authorities for
' Organization was perfected witn , Jawi
he election of Rev. D., C. Rainey, j night,
supervisor, and Mr. Reed, Mrs. Johnsi
^Poindexter and others as assistants. | tive
JA number of stirring speeches ing the
ere made, chief among these be-1 stolen ji
fan address by Prof. B. G. Childs,! Jtcre notified,
cipal of the Tifton schools.
he Cotton Mills people feel tha!
Bfiff can handle their propositi*
themselves and will begin worf Mon
day night. All of the people appear
very enthusiastic and as there is
be only abojgggor'U
*n, a
old,
aclcson-
ig Moor’s
Wadnhsday
ire *t Ti
mbor 1,.
by a detec-
[e force follow-
portion of the
is Tifton officers
About half of the
stolen goods waje -recovered.
|Vjohnson does not deny robbing
the jewelry store hnd also says that
ho entered Howell’s market and se
cured, an overcoat, which had not
boon missed. He.is nearly six feet
tall and will weigh around 150
adult illiterateiact Jlaradlls, the work | pounds, of good appearance and
should be completed in a short time. | sharp-witted.
Resolutions were passed at the He .appears to know this section
meeting asking every one to take | pretty well and states that recently
part in the work and assist in making! ho haacvlsited Richmond, Va., Way-
the Cotton Mills the first district in I cross, Macon, Columbus, Albany and
the county to free itself from Miter- other towns and cities in this section.
aey.
mr. McMillan cleared.
There was a $100 reward for
Johnson's arrest and this will go
to swell Chief Thrasher’s Christmas
slocking.
This is merely another illustration
of the tough proposition which n
burglar or other kind of criminal
The Grand Jury Returne "No Bill 1
Against Him on Arson Charge
The Grand Jury in Tift Superior! goea up a g a ; ns t w hen he begins op-
Court returned no bill Tuesday in. eraflng in Tifton or Tift county .
ft :’ tb® case against Mr. R. H. McMillan, T bo i oca i county and city officials
of Brookfield, charged with arson. have a „ pntation of bringing crim-
K, «•*•» of the Gazette will re-1 inals . to , aw that probably cannot be
member that shortly after his home equaled in tbia 8tn te.
at Brookfield was burned last sum
mer he was arrested under a war
rant sworn out by W. R. Joiner,
State Fire Marshal.
Mr. McMillan has many friends in
3,500 HOGS IN ONE BUNCH
Thirty-five hundred hogs in one
bunch—thht’s some hogs. But that's
the county who will be glad to learn 1 how many there were Monday at the
. that the jury gave him what almost yards of the Moultrie Packing Co.
'amount* to an acquittal.
and some still coming, says the Moul
trie Observer.
The company’s big addition has
MYSTIC SCHOOL BURNED
9 •" Mystic, Dec. 6.—The school build- [ been put in commission, but big
ing was set afire about 9:30 o’clock i things come slowly, and it will re
last night, resulting in a total loss of j quire a week of practice yet before
■ a the building, together with many of the company can kill at full capa-
K the pupils' books which they failed‘city.
Bp* to'take:home Friday as well as the! The machinery, the cold storage,
piano. No insurance was carried. j the capacity is all there and there
building was comparatively new; are enough men, but the men are
being finished the latter part of ; new, many of them and the new ones
1010. Superintendent of Schools! must get "their hands in’’ before
Weaver has wired State Fire Marshal: they can work to advantage.
Jollier asking an investigation. The I In the meantime the killing is in
to ; community is highly # wrought up. j creasing daily and by the end of this
Some provision will be made to keep j week, will be up near the thousand
HS.- gehool going. jmark. That is, a thousand a day.
B *= ■ --I'-l— 1 J 1 SS-S-——SSSSSB =Bg=!
Even Your fire Insurance Policy
But Our Records
PROTECT YOU
From Financial Loss!
Not one valid excuse can
be given for neglecting Fire
Insurance and
is
FRANK SCARBOUO
I 'fliONEir OFFICE MYON BUILDING TIFTON, GA.
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>lk. on Live Stock Raising, Hog
Cholera Prevention, Crowing
Peed, College Short Court*
A crowd of nearly 500 people vis
ited the agricultural train operated
for the Department of Agriculture
by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Compahy during its stay in Tifton
Friday afternoon#, from
o’clock. ;v : ffiaafagaMBt
The train carried five cars, two
live stock, one for general exhibits,
one for feed an<J one for the use of
the lecturers and the men in charge.
The live stocl^ exhibit showed reg
istered Herefords and Shorthorns,
both in the pure breeds and grades, .
for beef types and for the dairy
types, Jersey and Holsteins. The
hogs slewed were registered Durocs,
Ta mworths and Berkshires. A reg
istered Percheron mare was shown
and a grade Perheron stallion.
Of much interest was the car
showing feed stuffs in different pas
ture combinations, not only speci
mens of the various grains, hays,
peas, beans, dried, but a great num
ber of the various grasses that have
been proven well adapted to the
Georgia soils, green and growing.
Among the specimens of growing
grasses exhibited on small plats of
earth, contained in boxes, were the
following: Alfalfa alone; alfalfa
with crab grass; rye, oats and bar
ley; rye, oats and hairy vetch; rye,
oats and Oregon vatch; ryo, burr clo
ver and vetch; rye, oats and crimson
clover; alsike clover clover, alohe re
clover, alone; Bermuda grass ''and
bur cloyer; Bermuda grass and white
colver; Bermuda grass, alone; Ber
muda and Rescue grass; Bermuda
grass and Augusta vetch; Bermuda
and hop clover; Bermuda and les-
pedeza; Dallas grass, alone; red
top grass, alone; rape, rye and oats,
and rape alone.
In the agricultural exhibits car
wa3 shown also, the different cancs
adopted to the Georgia soils, speci
mens of corn, etc., and a model of a
modern silo, silo and barn, stock
lots, etc.
The lecturers were introduced by
Mr. W. L. Harman and Col. Dins-
more. t
Prof. R. M. Gridley, of the State
College of Agriculture, talked on
"Live Stock and Live Stock Farm
ing.”
Dr. H. L. Hirleman, of the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Bureau of Animal Industry, spoke
on "Hog Cholera and Its Preven
tion.”
Dr. Hartwell Robbins, of the
United States Department of Agri
culture, spoke on "Tick Eradica
tion.”
Prof. Guy W. Firor, of the Geor
gia College of Agriculture, spoke on
the "Advantages of the College
Short Course,” to farmers and their
sons and daughters.
Prof. Paul Tabor, of the Collego
of Agriculture, spoke on "Feed and
Feeding.”
Mr. J. J. L. Phillips had sent to
the train for exhibition his herd of
Black Angus. In his lecture, Piof.
Gridley paid quite a tribute to the
Angus and the quality of meat they
produce.
The lectures were listened to with
close attention and we are sure much
good was accomplished here.
With the train was Mr.
O’Kelly, Assistant Immigration
Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line,
and A. J. Hall, Tgainmaster. The
train left Saturday morning for Wil-
lacoochee and Waycross.
Civil Docket Completed Monday.
Criminal Business Finished
Wednesday
The December term of the Super
ior Court of Tift county convened
Monday morning at 10 o'clock,
Judge W. E. Thomas presiding, with
all the officers of the court: John A;
to „ 6 Wilkes, Solicitor-General, Henry
D. Webb, Clerk, and J. M. Shaw,
Sheriff, in attendance.
The calling of the lists of Grand
&id Petit jurors p$ore than sustain*
ed Tift county’s reputation for con
scientious public service. There were
pj^lbsentees without good reasons,
nd few asked to be excused.
Jwhe following name) persons Were
[sworn to serve as Grand Jurors i
K M, McMillan, > }; F. Z. Dumas,
, S. Sumner, v'
Miles Cowart,
A Wise Business Man
will # keep a deposit to
draw upon at ail times in
a secure bank. Money
draws no interest that is
kept in jdRtr’ strong box,
it is constantly at work,at
are the bees, when, en
trusted to .wise and cau
tious financiers like the
>fficer* and directors of The Bank of Tifton
[ THE BANK OF TIFTON
TIFTON, : :* QEORQ1A
SHERIFF’S SALES TUESDAY
The following sales were made by
Sheriff Shaw before the courthouse
Tuesday, which was regular Sheriflt’i
sales ady:
70 acres of lot of land No. 404,
sold as the property of R. S. Kell,
was bid in by I. C. Touchstone for
$650.
Four lots In Edgewood, sold as the
property of J. N. Bennefteld, were
bid in by George Baker for $70.
One doll piano player, sold as the
property of Mrs. J. H. Brown, Jr.,
was bid In by L. P. Skcon for $160.
408 aeraa of land in lots Nos. 40.!
and 405, hold as the property of T.
L. Llneberger, were vbld in by Col.
MoKtaxto for $5,400.
On* b^rnare, (old ** the property
af W. J. Williams, was bid in by T.
J. SiiUUvtui for $168.
Ono white mare mulo, the proper,
ty of J. M. Branch, wa* aold at pri
vate sale for $28.
(ino ftvo-pnssengor Ford, sold as
Ihc
was
were
rlUod, hut claim* were filed
COURT
IN SESSION HERE
$56,000 FOR SCHOOL 1 JACK FORD’S HOME
AND WATER WORKS DESTROYED BY FIRE WEDNESDAY AM
Wash Bowen Foreman of the
Grand Jury.
Proposed by Committees. at
Wednesday's Meeting.
Waa On* of Hahdsoraest Conn-
try Homes in This Section'. ./
Hai
Idle for Orer Nino-
teen Month*. *
MANY GASES DISPOSED OF
William Whiddon, L i). Mori
■ jP*e
M. S. Patten
B. B. Sumner,
J. A. Eason,
L Wv Bowen,
Harry Kent,
C eo. y. Fletcher.
Walter Sutton,
J. pi Herring,
I. Y. Conger,
J. W. Hardy,
W. J. Warren,
L. P. Thurman,
G. L. Blalock,
C. C. Guest,
W. R. Bryan,
C. H. Rainwater.
The Grand Jury organized by
electing I. W. Bowen, foreman; J.
L. Herring, clerk, and Robert
O’Quinn, bailiff. On* returning to the
courtroom one of the best of those
able and comprehensive charges for
which Judge Thomas is noted, was
listened to. ,
His Honor took Occasion to com
pliment Tift county on the high
standard of its jury service, to which
ho attributed in a* large part the
reputation of this Jcounty for ob
servance of law. For, he said, ^the
enforcement of th| law depends
solely on the vigilaAe and faithful
ness to duty of the Grand and Petit
juicrs.’* Ho assured the jurors that
the entire power of the state was
behind them in their investigations
and recommendations.
Judge Thomas said that few coun
ties had a higher average of citizen
ship than Tift. "It is the citizen
who loves his county, his family, and
his state upon whom we must depend
to enforce the law,” said his Honor,
"not the maifc who obeys because he
fears it. It is your duty, gentlemen
of the Grand Jury, to keep those in
restraint who only obey the law be
cause they fear the law. Hold a
firm and restraining grip on those
evils which lead to violence, blood
shed and crime.”
His Honor proceeded to give in
charge the special requirement of
the Code, but did so in a manner
so original and striking us to give
them added emphasis: Carrying con
cealed weapons; whiskey selling;
gaming; perjury; the protection of
minors, etc. He also charged the
Grand Jurors to inquire diligently
into the county school system and
into the county's affairs generally,
investigate into general conditions,
oversee its convict system, and in
every way co-operate with its ofli
cials in the discharge of their duty.
. The following named persons were
sworn to serve as Bailiffs: E. O.
Oliver, Gus O'Quinn, R. E. Gay, and
J. P. Everett.
The Court proceeded to the trial
and disposition of the following
cases:
,Seaborn Bryant vs. Dollie Bryant
Petition for divorce; second verdict
and totaj divorce for plaintiff.
Mrs. Lizzie Parker vs. Herbert
Parker. Petition for alimony; dis
missed for want of prosecution.
Katy Jordan ys. James J. Jordan.
Petition for divorce; dismissed be
cause no service on defendant.
Noree Mills vs. G. W. Mills,
tition for divorce; first verdict for
plaintiff.
Mrs. Jesse Baker vs. D. N. Baker.
Petition for divorce; first verdict for
plaintiff.
I. J. Elliott and Berry Rigdon vs.
Hardman Wade, et al. Injunction
settled. Costs against defendants.
The Foy-Adams Co. f. W. Jordan,
Attachment and declaration; verdict
for plaintiff for $2&0,
Georgia Southern and Florida Ry.
Go. t* W. H. Bennett Suit for un
der-charge; verdict for plaintiff for
$55.97,
J. T. Turk v>. Georgia Southern
and Florida Ry. Co. Suit fur dam
ages to live atock; fettled #n4
paid. •
L. JSBrovn va. J. F. Summer*,
Soli on .account; Herniated for want
of promotion. ...»
The-National Bank of TINMt. .
D. W. William* Dofcnda nt; Chnrlio
$35,000 FOR SCHOOL BUILDING LOSS $9,Q00 INSURANCE $5,000 OVER 100 MEN ARE EMPLOYED
Proposed Location on Entire Block
West of Rldf e Avenue and
South of Second St
A harmonious as well as enthu
siastic meeting of the Water Works,
Sewerage and Fire, and School com
mittees, appointed at the recent mass
meeting, were held in the offices of
Frank Scarboro Co. Wednesday even
ing ami plans outlined for\ $35,000
High School building and extensions
to the amount of $21,000 to the city
water works system.
The gathering.of the committee
men was fully as enthusiastic and
harmonious as tho recent mass meet
ing and the interest the committee
men nreiaking in the proposed im
provements,:.was illustrated when
hoses.were counted and it was found
that every 1 member of the two com
mittees, with the exception of three,
was at the meeting.
Mr, H* p.,Tift offered the city the
entire block south of Second street
and west of Ridge avenue at its own
price, If used for a High School build
ing. Thls ; $lbck is immediately west
of the swhnming pool, and if the
High School building is erected there,
it would be equally convenient to
residents of both sections of the city.
It-Would also be convenient for se-
ng heat from the water plant,
Which has proven so satisfactory in
the present building.
It was proposed at the meeting to
erect a $35,000 building, including
furnishings. This would give Tifton
one of the finest High School build
ings in this section of the state.
There would be plenty of room for
attractive grounds and the building
would have an ideal location—on the
top of the hill.
The water works improvements
needed, it was estimated, will take
$21,000. This would include a 100,-
000 gallon tank on a 100 foot tower
and all needed improvements and ex
tensions to the water mains to place
the city on a second class insurance
basis with the addition of the neces
sary ffre fighting equipment.
Messrs. H. K. Dial and J. L.
Thrash were appointed a committee
of two to look into matter, draw up
plans and confer with the underwrit
ers as to just what improvements will
have to be made to place the water
works system in position to give Tif
ton a second class insurance rating.
They are to report back to the com
mittee at the earliest possible date.
It is expected that the expendi
tures for these two items will be CMt
down to $50,000 when the final ad
justment comes, about $30,000 be
ing voted for the High School build
ing and $20,000 for the water works
improvements.
A CHRISTMAS PRESENT
That Will Be a Reminder Every Day
In tho Year
Would you like to give a Christ
mas present to some one that would
automatically come before him or
her every day in the year, and be a
welcome visitor and a pleasant 're
minder?
Then give a year’s subscription to
the Daily Gazette. Any ono who
knows people ih Tifton or who once
lived here will doubly appreciate it,
but the paper is also read eagerly by
the people in the ne^by towns of
this section. It would be an especial
ly appropriate gift for a resident of
Tifton.
Every day the arrival of the paper
would be a reminder to the recipient
of the one who gave it, and the
pleasure derived from reading it
would keep the donor in remem
brance.
Xou could not give a present that
would be more appreciated and a
source of more pleasure.
From now until Christmas we will
make our usual discount of ten per
cent for cash in advance. If you
will send in tho subscription and the
name of the person to whom it is to
be sent, a Christmas card Will -be
mailed from this office in time to
reich the party on Christmas; Eve
day, tsUthf.them the paAr will be
sent to thorn a year and who it is
from. The same will do done for
gift subscriptions to the Weekly Ga-
at $1 each. •. t
:v‘ :
Building Caught from Stove Flue
and Stiff Wind Swept Flames
Across Main Portion of House
The handsome country home of
Mr. Jack Ford, four milis north of
Ty Ty, was completely destroyed‘by
fire Monday evening about 7 o’clock.
The total loss is approximately $9,-
000 with $5*000 insurance.
The building was probably one of
the best built and handsomest coun
try homes in this section and attrac
tively furnished throughout. It was
a large six-room house, four of the
rooms being 18x18 and two 16x16.
It was substantially built of selected
heart pine. The building was hand
somely furnished throughout and
contained about $1,000 worth of
musical instruments, including two
pianos, an organ, victrola, records
and music.
Mr. Ford was over at the home of
Mr. J. F. Ross, where they were
grinding cane, and only Mrs. Ford
and the smaller children were at
home. When Mrs. Ford discovered
the fire she ran out and screamed
and then got the small children out
of the house. ‘She went back and
dragged out a trunk, this being the
only article saved from the entire
building. The men at Mr. Rosa'
house, about one-quarter mile away,
ran to the scene as rapidly as possi
ble, after hearing Mrs.«Ford scream,
but arrived too late to save anything,
the entire building being in flames
when they reached the house.
The house iB supposed to have
caught from the kitchen flue and as
therfe was a stiff northeast wind, the
blaze was blown directly across the
main portion of the building and the
entire house was a mass of flames
in a very short time.
The house was valued at $7,000
and the furniture at $2,000. $4,000
insurance was carried on tho house
and $1,000 on the furniture.
Work Will Soon Bo Under Fall Mat
and the Hum of the Saw Sings
Business Revival
Didn't that old mill whiirtle souml
good Thursday morning? . ^
rning?
After being closed down ainet
May, 1914, and with the exception of
short runs during the spiring of 1914
since August, 1918, Mr. H. H. Tift’s
saw mills at Tifton began sawing
about 3 o’clock Wednesday after-.
noon.
Conditions of the. lumber market
are such that Mr. Tift feels warrant
ed in starting up his mills again al
though he has less than a year’s cut
ting, if the mills are run to their
full capacity r:,
The mills employ over, 100 men
and nearly two months’ work by a
force of thirty or more was neces
sary before they could v be started
up after their long Idleness. Added
to this was much detail work in gath
ering employes, getting live stock;
etc. 4 ‘
Steady employment for so many j
men means a general ifeviyal in bus;
iness in Tifton and will soon’make
self felt in all’lines of trade.' : S
ir-' timm
. PROGRAM FOR DEBATE
MORE THAN A SUCCESS
The demonstration and sale of the
great Majestic range conducted by
the Taylor Furniture & Hardware
Company last week was successful
beyond all hopes of the gentlemen in
charge.
A total of fifteen ranges were sold
during the week, or an average of
more than two a day.
This shows what Gazette advertis
ing will do. One farmer from over,
near Moultrie came in Saturday,
stated that he saw the ad in the
Gazette, had a couple of ranges load
ed on his wagon, forked over the
cash and drove off. They do say it
was some time before the clerk mak
ing the sale came back to earth.
PAID CASH FOR FORD
Millard Smith, colored, of near
Brookfield, was in Tifton Tuesday
and purchased a Ford car from Tift’s
garage, paying the long green for
his ifew machine.
Millard is an excellent illustration
of the opportunity offered the color
ed man in this section who will set
tle down and make the best of it. *
Of High School Students at Court
house Tomorrow, Friday, Night
The program to be given*at the
courthouse tomorrow (Friday) even
ing is as follows:
Reading, "The Service of Glad
ness,” from "Pollyanna”—Wilma
Ridgdill. *
Debate, Resolved, That the ap
pointment of judges by the Governor
subject to confirmation by the Sen
ate, would be better than the present
method for Georgia;' * *
1st speaker for affirmative, Roy
Stipe.
1st speaker for negative, Pate Car-
son.
2nd speaker for affirmative, Wal
ter Benton.
2nd speaker for negative, Clarence
Paulk.
Rebuttal speeches in reverse or-
der. v
Reading—Ada Belle Williford.
Reading, "Peg’s Arrival” from
"Peg o’ My Heart”—Leila Gatchell.
Clarence Parker, President of the
Harris Literary Society, will act Oi
chairman.
A cordial invitation is extended
everybody to be present and it it
hoped that there will be a full house.
The second preliminary contest
will be held the following weeh. The
speakers for that debate will be
Myron Coe and Robert Herring for
the affirmative representing • the
Burns Literqry Society, and Alma
Kent and Wcaley Hargrett for the
negative, representing the Harris So
ciety. The best speakers' will be
chosen to represent the school, re
gardless of society membership and
school interest is the predominant
spirit of the contests. ' \*t
Wm
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Mr. Lester Shsw left Thursday for
Ludowici on business.*
_ $1,500 FOR 20 ACRES
property of T. A. Weatharlnatoa, William* Claimant. FI Ft, l.«vjr plae. .orth <
hid in by W. K. Cobb (or $03, and claim; claim dUmiucu, levy pro- Monk’, plac
Wa wer* a nnmb.r of othor uidi, Th.r. az.
H. H, White Land North of Tifton
Sold Mr.. Williford 'JM I
Mr. J. N. Brawn closed a deal thi.
week, wherqby ha sold to Mrs. Cyn*
thia J.’ Williford tho IL H. White'
orlh of Tifton, near Mr. S. S.
•NOTHING IS IV BETTER EDUCATION THAN THE PO?-
SESSION OF MONEY. IF YOUR CHILD HAS A BANK ACCOUNT
HE WILL TAKE AN INTEREST IN ARITHMETIC, IT WILL
CREATE IN HIM AN INTEREST "IN” HIS MONEY MORE VAL-
UABLE THAN THE-INTERE8T “ON" HIS MONEY. HE WILL
LEARN THE VALUE OF MONEY AND TIME. AND LEARN TO
LOOKOUT FOR HIMSELF.
GIVE HIM A BANK ACCOUNT.
1 BAN'd WiTd in. •>.
WE PAY A PER CENT lNTfcRe*.f>ON SAVINGS Di*
twenty eerea in the |
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