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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1916.
|0 EXHIBIT CARS
IERE NEXT WEEK
I Two Day* in Tiftot To
ing State.
ERFUL STATE’S DISPLAY MAKES A VERY FINE ARTICLE GREAT RECORDMAKING EVENT BROUGHT AGAINST 3 ALBANY
tprcc, and Poilibilitiu. A)w
Istributing the Book "Facte
About Georgia.”
hibit care of the Geoi gia
p of Commerce will be in ' 'if-
; Thursday and Friday, i eb-
7 th and 18th, coming in i ver
tlanta, Birmingham and A! an
ilway at 6:50 a. m. from 1 'itz-
, and remaining until Satu
when they will leavi
|fur Moultrie.
[ heavy expense the Georgia
■ber of Commerce is tryin; to
lover an advertising campaign
TIFTON BROOM!
ON TIFTON FLOOR!
TO SUNDAY SCHOO
ON SUNDAY NEXT
L SUITS FOR $20,000
BY BANK OF OMEGA
Factory Now in Operation Can
Supply Local Demaud.
Every Man, Woman and Child
Should Go.
And Receiver for H. E. Ragsdale
Former Cashier.
Opens a Market Here for a Farm
Product Eaeily Grown that
Sells for a Good Price
Tifton is using brooms made at
home.
-The Tifton Broom Company has
Scheduled for Nest Sunday, Which
Will be a Lucky Day Be-
cause it is the 13th
“Go to Sunday School Day” is
next Sunday.
Every Sunday is a good day to go
a factory in operation and its pro-jto Sunday School, but workers all
duct is being sold in our wholesale over the state are making a special
and retail houses.
C. R. Choate, J. A. Eason and H.
H. Tift, Jr., furnished the necessary,
capital and the factory is in opera
tion in a building on the Atlantic
Coast Line right-of-way, on First
street Mr. Karsten, an experienced
ie state of Georgia, partj of j broom-maker, is in charge,
campaign is the sending of Last fall, E. A. Doss, S. F. Over-
hibita of the resources of the street, H. H. Tift, Jr., J. A. Eason
and containing also a museum and others put in a'small acreage in
—il 'of which cannot be foynd I broom-corn. The yield was good,
record-
ghcre else on wheels, including
hnster shark, thirty-six feet loi
hundred and sixty years old aAd
“mfg direr ten thousand poun
he cars are traveling Geoi
before making a long trip
|>ugh the Middle West and East,
he Exhibit in the cars is really a
|te Fair on Wheels and a small
nission charge, 25 cents for
|wn people and fifteen cents for
Idren, is made to assist in raising
Imoney to run the cars outside of
Trgia.
are quite sure that you want
|e in a class of those desiring to
| Georgia, and that you will see
he cars things you have never
fore.
and the quality pronounced by ex
perts as of the best. They then look
ed around for a market. Broom,
com is selling at-a good price, but
they preferred to manufacture it at
home,
\ The machinery.', was purchased a
few weeks ago and installed,
brdem-maker secured, and already
about^eighty-- dozen brooms' have
been made. They have material for
about 250 dozen, or enough to keep
the factory going for three months.
There is a great deal more in a
broom than you would think, just to
look at one. More work and variety
of material, we mean. Four differ
ent machines are necessary, besides
, a bleaching vault, and the broom has
Will you not get together your! t0 b e handled many times before it
amily and friends and come over j, complete and ready for market
nd see the car. and help to make A Gazette reporter saw the pr 0 :
heir stay in our city a real red letter C . M for the firft tin)e Th^.y
sy in their trip around Georg,.? motninK> and „ 80 interertin g that
The. Georgia Chamber of Com- j every one in Tifton should go around
«erco is offering for sale the book,; an d see how the work is done. It
■Facts About Georgia,” a book that {will make you have a higher opinion
s unique, as well as interesting. A1 0 f the broom thereafter.
.ook that; every Georgian should havej H is , nna „ $ndurtryi now, but
a hi. homo library. The revenue da- one ^ potential ft
■ved from the sale of these books |win not on , y afford work for
vi go WvmYd expense of oper-1 0 p era tiv«»* in the course of time,
ting the Exhibit Cars outside of but it R j veg tk e f armen a market
jeorgia and advertising Georgia to I for a side crop eali , y Tdiui and
rthe world> which sells readily at a profitable
' "Facts About Georgia” is a regu-| pr ice.
$1.60 book, but it is sold at 50c,
order that Georgians may know
i facts about Georgia.
FARMERS’ MEETINq
/
for Next Saturday at the
Courthouse in Tifton. I
eting of the farmers of Tift
and the section adjoining; is
[ to be held at the courthoqse
on next Saturday afternoon at
Discovered at Brookfield, Eight I
East of Tifton Thursday
i meeting is for the purpose of
ling the fertilizer question and
■tiers of interest to the farm.
nonstrator L. Watson
to meet with the fnrm-
BrooKhcld, Feb. 10.--A toll wed
vil was nicked up in front'of Mr. J.
L. Gay’s store by Dr. Burch Monday.
We don’t think there is any need
of being alarmed at the fact, and
yet we feel that it is well enough for
those who seem to think the boll,
weevil a myth, and that there is nq'
danger of it reaching us this year or
the next to know this. j
There is no dobbt as to it being a
1 one as several people whojiave
u it-
effort to make Sunday
breaker for attendance. '
From every pulpit in the land the
call has gone forth, and from the
State Capital Gov. Harris issues the
following call:
To the People of Georgia:
Where as the supreme need of our
State today is the spread of a true
intelligence among its citizens which
shall direct the forces that make for
character; and,
Whereas one of the noblest means
of disseminating this Intelligence and
building up a character in keeping
with the teachings of a true Chris
tianity it the Sunday School; and,
Whereas the first State-wide
" Gcorgia-Go-to-Sunday-School-Day”
was observed with marked success on
February 14, 1915, at which time the
Sunday School attendance
greatly increased; and,
Whereas, in an effort to increase
Bible study and produce Christian
citizenship, the Georgia Sunday
School Association 1ms appointed
February 13, ’1916, as a "Georgia.
Go-to-Sunday-School-Day"; and,
Whereas the Sunday Schools of all
denominations will observe this day
with appropriate. exercises and are
issuing invitations to all our citizens
to attend Sunday-School; and,
Whereas it is desirous that all
those who feel an Interest in the wel
fare of the State should work In har
mony to produce the best results jn
citizenship.
Therefore, I, Net E, Harris, Gov.
ernor of the Commonwealth of Geor
gia, call upon all Georgians, as well
as visitors within our bordors, to
attend Sunday School in the Church
of his choice on February 13, 1916,
that those engaged in carrying on
these schools may receive due en
couragement and find the work of
their hands prospering in the service
of their God.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
caused these letters to be made pat
ent and the seal of the Common
wealth to be hereunto affixed. Done
at Atlanta, Georgia, on this 2d dsy
of February, in the year of Our
Lord One Thousand, Nine Hundred
Sixteen, and of the Independence of
the United States the One Hundred
and Fortieth.
N. E. Harris,
Governor.
By the Governor:
Phil Cook, Secretary of State.
Firint, to Whom It Is Alleged Regs
dale Paid Money That Belonged
To the Bank.
Suits have been flflled by attorneys
representing the Bank of Omega and
the receiver for H. E. Ragsdale
against Albany cotton brokers for
amounts alleged to have been lost by
Ragsdsle In dealings through the
brokers aforesaid. The story as told
detail by the Albany Herald fol
lows:
Suits in equity in the sum jf $26,-
000 each have been filed in Dough
erty Superior Court,' March term,
against George S. Whittlesey and
F. Fischer by the Bank of Ome-
Sults have also been filed for
$20,000 each - in the City Court of
Albany, March term, by Irvin Wil-
as trustee for H. E. Ragsdale,
former cashier of the Bank of Ome-
ed
seen it recognized it as beii
same they bad seen ravag
fields in Missli
’ cotton
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So, make your arrangements to go
to Sunday School next Sunday, even
if you have not been going, and see
how much better you feel.
Also, carry your sister, your cou
sin, your aunt, your husband, wife,
son, daughter, brother, or uncle, or
if you have no sister nor brother,
aunt or uncle, carry somebody else’s
sister or brother, aunt or uncle.
Go to Sunday School next Sunday,
for everybody else will be there.
Don’t be an oddling.
Fifty-Six Men Braved the
Fury of the Most Powerful
M Nation on Earth
lay the foundation for our free government.
n$r memories are enshrined in the hearts of
I liberty-loving people.
Do You Know Them?
F American, young and old, native and naturalized,
I be familiar with the men who signed the Declaration
dependence. We are proud to announce that we will
nt to our readers a aeries of skefche* of these esrly
neriesn heroes.
ANOTHER CASHIER GONE
In
i of
Watch for thi* great series of patriot-
ic picture*. They will be published in
'i* paper in connection with our ad-
et*.
: is worth saving. They tell the story of America
i who made oor freedom possible. Let the child-
l keep them.
Moultrie, Feb. 8.—The Farmers’
and Merchant’s’ bank at Sale City
now in the hands of the state bank
examiner, following the disappear
ance of Cashier L. T. Brown. The
bank hopes to resume busim
a few days. It is said that Brown'
bond will cover any alleged shortage
on his part and that the depositors
the institution will be paid in full.
When Brown left Sale City a week
ago he declared that he was going
Sparta to confer with John D. Wal-
ker, president of the bank, and his
failure to ever show up there result
ed in Walker sending a man here
look into the affairs of the institu
tion.
Soon after the arrival of the au
ditor he notified the state bank ex
aminer’s office and a man to taka
charge of the bank was at once sent
to Sale City.
It was admitted tonight that
shortage of several thousand dollars
had already been revealedr Brown
was about 26 years old and is said
to have been playing the cotton mar
ket recently.
f'K OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
The Tifton Greeks are included
King Constantine’s recent call and
era awaiting their passes before
leaving for the home country,
is taken for granted that they
side of the Allies, els*
they would not be allowed to eroee
RURAL SANITARY
DISTRICT FORMED
$76,000 IN OONDS
WILL BE VOTED ON
Of Counties of Tift and Irwin
Wednesday.
School Building, Waterworks,
Fire Apparatus and Paving.
IS TRE FIRST IN THE SOUTH
And Perhaps in the Nation. Result
of Meeting of Boards of
Health of tha Counties
At Tifton Wednesday was organi
zed the first Sanitary District of ru
ral counties in the South and So far
as known the only rural Sanitary
District in the United States. The
District is composed of the counties
of Tift and Irwin.
The County Boards of Health of
Irwin, Tift and Worth met in joint
session in the Tift county courthouso
Wednesday morning. After a dis
cussion of the needs of health work
under the public health law better
known as the Ellis Public Health Bill
Worth county, with her population
23,000, decided that they needed
i, of which Willis is ( preiident.
Aecounta of Messrs Fischer and thi
life.
Whittlesey in four Albany banka
have been garnisheed in connection
with the suits.
A similar suit was filed at tha
same time against E. R. Clark, mak-
ign practically the same allegations
those charged in the suits filed
against Messrs Whittlesey and Fis
cher.
From the ^sults filed by the bank,
appears that the defendants were
engaged in the business of selling
cotton contracts on margin during
the months of October, November
and December and thit H. E. Rags
dale, cashier of the Bank of Ome-
dealt with the defendants, buy
ing cotton In 100 bale lots not with
the expectation of delivery, but with
tho prospect of gaining the differ- wa *
ence In price at the time of pur
chase and edlivery. Through such
dealings the said Ragsdale is alleg-
to have issued cheeks and drafts
an officer of the Bank Of Omega
funds of tho said bank in one
more depositories, and lost an
amount estimated at $20,000 or oth-
iarge sum, the losses resulting in
Ragsdale’s defaulting, embessilng
and absconding from said bank.
In the suits against Whittlesey
and Fischer the following checks
enumerated: December 1, $200
and December 0, $500, both on Han
over National Bank, New York city,
December 18, $1,000; December 16,
$400; December 17, $500; December
$300, alt on the First National
Bank of Valdosta. All were signed
by H. E. Ragsdale as cashier of the
Bank of Omega.
A draft for $6,000 drawn on the
First National Bank of Valdosta,
dated December 31, 1015, and sign
ed by Ragsdale, as cashier is also
enumerated in both suite.
In the suit against Whittlesey,
draft for $3,600 drawn by Whlt-
lesey on the Bank of Omega, dated
September 30, 1915, paid through
the Citizens First National Bank of
Albany, Oetober 4, and accepted by
Bank of Omega by telegram on Sep-
ember 29, is also mentioned.
Suits by Receiver.
The suit* in City Court are
rought by Dr. Irvin Willis as re
ceiver of the sslets and property of
. E. Ragsdale, having been appolnt-
d receiver by Judge W. E. Thomas
f the Southern circuit, on January
5. 1916.
He sets forth checks issued by
Ragsdale as cashier of tho bank
-howing a total of 17,900 in the suits
rought against Messrs. Whittlesey
snd Fischer. In the sulfa it is set
forth that Ragsdale was a man 28
years old, had a wife and one child
<nd no financial resources except'
’iis salary of $75 per month. These
’acts should have been learned by
lefendanta, or could have been
,y learned, it is contended. Dcfen
dants should have known the moneys
belonged-to said bank, and that Rags
dale had no right to use the same,
declares the petition.
The transactions between the de
fendants are set forth as illegal and
it is declared that the moneys shown
to belong to said bank ware wrong,
fully received. Defendants esut not
in equity and good conscience re
tain said moneys received on gam
ing contracts and upon gaming con
sideration,, according to the peti
tion.
It it understood that tha defen
dants deny all of the importMt alle
gations mentioned in the suits. They
claim that they are conducting a
business strictly in accordance with
the acts of the General Assembly
and deny responsibility or illegaUty-
The suits against the three par
ies are practically the same in ev
try instance and mention the same
becks in all and the drafts men
the full 'time of one man for their 9th, when the advertisement of tho
own work. election will be drawn.
Irwin and Tift, with their combin- The paving contemplated takes in
population of 26,000, decided Lqlr , a¥enuo from tho Confedol . at< ,
ey needed the full time of one monument*to Main street; Main
man and united in the formation of street wuth t0 Fifth ,tr ee t; Second
tho first Sanitary District of rural street from Tift to Central aven-
counties in the South. ues; First street from the A. C. L.
The'work embraces ths examina- depot t0 the c. S. & F depot, and
tion of schools and school children, Third ltreet jf rom tha A c L , de .
all public buildings, train, depots, pot ^ R a i| road itr8et-
hotels and the places where food is
ond, and perhaps a first-class, insur*
Mr. R. C. Ellis suthor of the bill I ""Xr^L ,
«r.. an» K (ontrul nn second; In front of tho After tome dUcuaslon, it was do*
. . P - . Dr T F Aber 5,Jron bloclt on Firat * * nd from Main , eided to ask for bonds for street pav-
omrlr Avon I ‘" ™ t,Mi on Thiti is Practically ante- d of a city hall,
crombio, Health Oter of G ynn j, , l ta|n if tfc# bondi Votod I Councilman L. P. Bowen was able
vislons of this law passed at tho 19141 The ,a0 ; 000 f ® r “ hool » >• tor th^"* he present for the first time snd
session of tho Georgia Legislature, /“[T®*® o. erecting a High School
present and explained how they bu “ din * ond ,or «9“IP‘«'®nt.
were proceeding and what they were ''® r waterworks, ths Cum propos-
rcally accomplishing. ed *® r extension of water mains
Dr. A. G. Fort who for five and h" d connections, for another well
one-half years was Director of Fiold| and *® r additional equipment.
Sanitation for ithe Georgia State fire lighting apparatus, it it
Board of Health, and who has just
completed, post-graduate work in
Public Health at tho United States
Army, Msdicel School, Washington,
“ C., told of what was being done
by othor states and what this type tiBNtiSMUtiSiSW
of work is accomplishing. ~
H.
ELECTION DATE TO BE FIXED
Council Decided to Give Pavlns Pre
cedence Over • City Hell. Coun
cilman Bowen Sworn In.
At Monday nlghtV meeting of the
City Council of Tifton it was decided
to call an election to authorise an is
sue of $76,000 in bonds for tho fol
lowing municipal improvements:
For Schools, $30,000.
For Waterworks, $25,000.
For Fire Fighting Equipment,
$6,000.
For Street Paving, $16,000.
Whilq the bond election was auth
orized at the regular meeting It was
found that there were a number of
detail! to work out and these will
come' before a special meeting call
ed for .Wednesday night, February
VOLUME XXVII'NUMBER 40.
SALE SHEPHERD LOT \
A NOTABLE EVENT
‘-•Jet’'
Bowden, of Waycrots, to
be Auctioneer.
INQUIRES ABOUT PROPERTY
| This will give paving in the main
* . flionnonq « m l all ^ U8 * nCM BCCtlon Of th« city prOVld* rrccuwn UI u OT1CK DUSineSS DIOCK' II
sgi agr»as Vdb. g n ^ lcndid inv>stment -
From Out of Town. Local Interest
Strong in Deal, Which May De
velop Popular Corner
Tho sale at auction next Monday
of what is known as tho Shepherd lot,
corner Love avenue and Second
street bide fair to be the real estate
event of the year.
Mr. J. E. T. Bowden, of Waycrosx,
will be auctioneer, and the sale will
begin at 11 a. m. Feb. 14th. Mr.
Bowden says the piece of property it
one of the most desirable he hai
evor handled and its going on the
market is a rare opportunity for
Tifton business, mon.
Dr. Peterson, who has tho sale in
chargo, says that ho has had inquiries
from many sections of the state as
to tho property and it is more than
probable that there will be many out
of town bidders.
There is much local Interest in the
sale on account of the fine location
for a retail business. For an up-to-
date grocery, drug store, dry-geoda,
clothing, furnishings, hardware or
furniture business, no finer location
can be found in the city.
If the property could be purchased
and a stock company formed for the
erection of a brick business block, it
was swwn in at this meeting.
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years of continuous prai
in tifton and scores of satisfied
toiusrs.
hoodaet
iractlce
If you arc suffering with
che, or other’ doubles caused
nosed to mako such oxpenditurei* l v * v '’ strain be sure ami consult me
nts, :{ive Tifton at least a sec- In tbs Myon Hotel Blocl ev-ry dav.
From the list of eligible! furnish,
ed by the State Board of Health of I
those having passed satisfactory ex-1
aminations before the Board, the I
District Board asked Dr. Fort if he 1
would do this work for thsm. He
has the matter under advisement and |
will give them an answer in a
days The work will require his I
full time and should he take It up he |
will reside In the District.
Dr. Fort has a number of friends I
n Tifton and Tift county, made I
while he conducted the hook-worm I
campaign hero four years ago, andi
these art very anxious that hs take|
up this health work.
Most Peep!® Keep their Properly |
d Household Goods
WELL INSURED.
ON EDUCATIONAL TRIP
m
Fifty Students of A. M. S. Visit
Moultrie and Colquitt Co.
Headed by S. L. Lewis, Principal;
H, Breedlove, of the Department*
of Agriculture and Bclenco; J. M.
Thrash, of the Departments of Math
ematics and Mechanics; M. C. Owen,
Agriculturist, and S. L. Watson, Dis
trict and County Farm Demonstra
tion Agent, Mrs. Lois McElreath,
Mrs. Thrash and Master Ji
Thrash, Jr., about fifty boys from
the 8econd Congressional District A.
M. S. went over to Moultrie Monday
morning.
The trip was made in three trucks,
those from Tift’s Garage, the Tifton
Bottling Works and Chero-Cola Bot
tling Works, Prof. Lewis’ ear and
three other automobiles.
The boye were taken through the
Moultrie Packing Plant and out to
the big stock farm of Joe Battle and
‘hen to the Colquitt county farm. It
was not only an educational trip, but
one greatly enjoyed by the students.
They were shown every courtesy by
he management of the paeking plant
id the people of Moultrie snd Col
quitt county.
This is the second trip of the kind
made by the students at the Agricul
tural School. A number were taken
iver last year, hut not the same ones
make the trip this week.
KliANK SCARBOKO
OFFICE MYON BUILDING TIFTON, GA.
FIRE AT ADEL
^ i / -v * --
-- T - w3 . «
Goned are the same, with the exeep-
tkm of the one for $$.500 mentioned
hi ths suit against Whittlesey.
Hi
Adel, Ca., Feb. 8—Adel had
Sig blaze this morning about 1:30
/clock. Two big negro lodges, one
which was used as a colored
•chool, were destroyed by fire and
’.he home of Mr. R. I.. McCranic
-'■nrby damaged.
Both of the lodges were two etory
’d made a big fire. They were
built fifteen years ago. There was
nme insurance on all of the burned
nraperty. The origin of the i*
unknown. ^
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GIRLS DO HOT LIKE A LIFE O? POVERTY; THEY PREFER
MEN WITR MONEY. YOU CAN’T BLAME THEM.
THE BOY WHO HAS A BANK BOOK f’OWIS LIKELY TO AL
WAYS HAVE ONE. PARENTS KNOW THIS AHO WELCOME IN
TO THEIR HOMES THE CAREFUL YOUNG MAN WHO IS TH RIF*
TY. WHY DON’T YOU START A BANKTOCOUNT, OR INCREASE
YOUR BALANCE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
WE PAY 5 PER CENT INTEREST ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS.
BANK WITH US.
The National Bank of Tiftor^ ' a