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1ER1CANS IN MEXICO
WHAT THE SCHOOLS
ARE DOING IN TIFT
Beautiful Ground*, Neat and At
tractive Building*
El Paso, Texas, March 16.—General Villa ha* opened war-
■e on the United States troops sent to hunt him down.
News reached here today that mounted Mexicans fired on
t United States troops soon after they crossed the border.
iere were no .casualties on the United States’ side and the
lumn was not halted, the Mexicans fleeing before the ad- , , _
ace guard, which was composed of members of the QLD TY TY AN ILLUSTRATION
lirteenth Cavalry.
The skirmish was over almost at soon as it was begun, and
i troops continued along the old wagon trail through tho
acherous Sierra Madra foothills which leads to the desert
r which the Americans must pass.
It was thought at first that the attack was made by Car-
za’s men, but this was denied by official reports. The
ited States is warned by this attack that guerrilla warfare
y be expected.
Two United States aeroplanes ascended and scouted ahead
, , ... , ...... preparatory to her report next Tues.
the column until a halt was made for the night, about ten i day
Of What Be»t Schools Show. To
Hat* “Spring Day'* Next Satur.
day. Preparing for Rally.
The public schools of Tift are
SOUTHERN FARMS
MUST DIVERSIFY
THE FAIR GROUND
BUILDINGS BURNED
Is General Opinion North and
East.
Tuesday,Afternoon and Several
Othe# Buildings Threatened
WILL OFFSET BOLL WEEVIL
Menace. U Opinion of Men North and
East Interested in Southern In
vestments. Banks Conservative
While there is plenty of money in
making steady progress, improving! financial centers North and East, it
their surroundings, adding to their is being handted j n „ very conserva-
libraries and making buildings and I tiv0 manner,” said Cashier M. E.
grounds more attractive," is the way | Hendry, of the National Bank of Tif-
Mrs. Peterson sums up the result of i ton, who returned Saturday morn-
a tour of the schools of the county, J ing from a ten days . trip to Balti-
— i . . more , Washington and New York.
les ot the south of the border.
The march was resumed early today and the advance
ard is expected to reach Guzman, Chihuahua State, this after
m, where the first field headquarters will be established.
El Paso, Texas, March 16.—Villa forces have sworn to
ssacre the five hundred American Mormons who are at Casas
anefta and are now massed in that district threatening to
ack^according to advices received here by Bishop Hurst, of
Mormon Church.
Philadelphia, Penna./March 16.—The transport Hancock
d the Battleship Minnesota sure being hurriedly provisioned
their departure for Mexico.
THE PRIMARY IN TURNER
{■Ashbarn, Ga.. March 16.—Following is the official result
esterday’s primary for county officers:
Joe McHancock was re-elected Ordinary without opposi-
Tt is a trip every one who loves to
see progress and the beautiful in
life should take,” aaid Mrs. Peterson,
on her return from a trip more than
usually fruitful of pleasing incidents.
"We cannot really appreciate what
a goodicounty we live in until we see
its schools at work and what is be
ing done by teachers and children
toward civic improvement.
“Take for instance Old Ty Ty
school. Not that it is alone in the
work that it is doing, for that is not
the case, but as an illustration of
what progress the more enterprising
schools are making.
"There Prof. Gay and his pupils
have done wonders. They have their
grounds fenced, leveled, and laid olf
For Clerk, Superior Court: R. Paulk, 830; B. H. Cockrell,
i; John B. Cason, 40.
For Sheriff: O. B. Jarman, 821; J. A. King, 643.
For Tax Collector: E. Y. Paulk, 1,109; J. N. Coker, 3 68.
For Tax Receiver: J. F. Spradley, 630; E. T. Clark, 507;
7. Clements, 407.
For Treasurer: C. E. Bass was re-elected without opposi-
“Many of the leading banks have
double-’ the deposits they had at tho
outbreak of the war, but they aro
safeguarding their loans with the
same care as during the early months
of 1914. There is plenty of money
for legitimate business, but none for
wild-cat speculation. In all business
circles there is a feeling that the com
ing of peace may bring a business de
pression, incident to the shutting off
of orders for munitions and army
and hospital supplies, the three big
items contributing to the present
business boom.
“I find there the same interest in
crop diversification and the raising
of food supplies on Southern farms
as a means of offsetting damage from
prospective boil weevil invasion
MG WIND HELPED GLAZE
FOR TIFTON NEXT
Also Department of Domestic
Science with New Year.
Co-operate in Stamping out Cow
tagious Disease.
PROFS. SGARBORO AND CHILDS
about 3:311
hibit build-
with such
into plats. Grass and flowers arc ] t ba t I find in business circles in the
growing, and you have no idea what j Soutb . Those peop i e keep posted on
For County Commissioner: M. B. Donahoo, 796; J. D.
bby, 671.
For County School Superintendent: D. A. Stuart, 560:
son Johnson, 473; J. B. Pate, 396.
A.-Jones was re-elected. Coroner without opposition.
beautiful back ground the green
plats make for the harmonious whole.
Along the walks are iron posts, con
nected with chains, just like the
parks in a city, and the whole showr
careful attention and discriminating
taste.
“Inside, the building is no less at
tractive. The stove needs no polish,
the windows no cleaning, and lack
of another room is in part supplied
by curtained off recesses. Everything
is as neat as a pin.
“Prof. Gay and the larger boys
have built reading tables, these are
conditions hero because their money
is invested here and anything that
effects our people is felt there. With
the comparative certainty of the boll
weevil being here this summer it
would be difficult to obtain money on
a prospective cotton crop this fall
were it not for the feeling that our
poople are going to ralso enough food
supplies to provide for their imme
diate needs and ont depend on tho
cotton crop alone to supply every
want on the farm.”
Mr. Hendry was in Washington and
viewed from the Senate gallery tho
i covered with burlap, and or. them, I v0 ( e on (ho Gore rcsolution^md heard
! arc the latest magazines and period- tbo 8peec hes of Falls, Gore and oth-
* Known as the'fklhecor *
Ki
Ine Declaration oC
Independence'! he was
chairman oflhe
committee that
prepared lhaldocumeni,
ana by its drafting
won fame. An adoot
Icals. Mr. Gay says he has spent $50
realized from their box supper on
the building and grounds, and quito
a sum besides, and the result prover
the money has been spent wisely.
“This school is fully standardized
THOMAS JCfTCRSOH
A Pill 19, <1+9 "
■ nm 1 -
.An advocate
of universal freedom, hi)
teachings dominale
much ollhe political
thought of the country
Jolhijday.
Uefferson Was Financially
Embarrassed
HILE fulfilling his many duties to the
cause of the Colonists, Jefferson neg-
his private affairs for so many years
at he became heavily involved in his old age.
lected
crs. He says there was as much spec
ulation as to tho cause for Gore’s
sudden change of front there as here.
In Baltimore on Saturday after
noon he heard Billy Sunday addresa
an audience of between 18,000 and
except for a cloak room, which tho 20,000. The auditorium, especially
Board of Education has promised to constructed for tho series of meet-
provide. Prof. Gay has two very j ing9i covers about five acres and the
competent assistants, and with such; cbo j r has 2,500 voices. Mr. Hendry
surroundings, school work must bo
pleasing and attractive both to
teachers and pupils, and these sur
roundings must certainly have a won
derful influence in forming char
acter.
“They are to have their Spring
Day next Saturday, and a very inter
esting program has been arranged.
"All over the county the good
work is going on. Don’t think Old
Ty Ty school is by itself just because
I used it as an illustration.
Bays Billy fully filled expectations
as a preacher.
SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
appreciate this work, you ought to
get out and see it going on.
"Tho schools are taking an active
interest in School Rally Day, which
will be held in Tifton between April
23rd and May 1st. The schools are
to close April 23rd but come of them
lost a week or so, and will close la-
Division Convention it Brookfivid
Saturday, April 8th.
Outline program for division Sun
day School Convention, Saturday,
April 8th at Brookfield, Ga.
Morning Svnion.
10:00 Devotional Service. Led by
To fullyj I. W. Bowen.
rrying Spark. Long Distance,
'oodlawn Residence Alto Suffer,
from Spark Salting Fira to Ro.f
With a strong wind blowing’the
iparks for a long distance, it! re.
[uired heroic efforts on the part of
la large number of volunteers ’
day afternoon to keep flames from
[destroying several residence* in
oodlawn section of Tifton ivhen
le old fair buildings burned.
Fire was discovered at about 3:30
the roof of the main exhibit
|g end the flames spread
>idity that the whole exhibit
building was soon in a mass of (tame,
and in less than an hour's time there
was nothing left of it or its contents,
a quantity of lumber, feed, and other
material.
From the big building the fire
spread to the woman's building and
it, too, Was soon a heap of ashes.
The buildings belonged to J, J. L.
Phillips end L. P. Thurman, tho lum
ber stored in the exhibit building be
longed to Col. J. H. Price. The wo-
man’s building was occupied by col
ored employes of the Phillips & Hoi.
lingsworth Lumber Co. and most of
the household goods were' destroyed.
While tho two fair ground build
ings were burning, the wind carried
sparks to several other houses in thu
vicinity, and several roofs cough*,
but ail of them were extinguished
with no particular damage, excep'
that of the house on Beach street
belonging to Mr. J. H. Harris of
Hillsdale, and occupied by Mr. L.
Haymans, an employe of the Taylor
Furniture & Hardware Co. This
building suffered considerable dam
age to the roof before the fire was
extinguished. Volunteers were suc
cessful in getting Mr. Hayman’s fur
niture out of the building and it sus
tained such damage as is usual in
such removal.
The buildings were erected for tho
Wlregraas Country Fair Association
in 1911, and cost between $7,000
and $10,000. They were built of
the best material to be had and in
the most substantial manner. In
1915 they were sold under a mort
gage foreclosure and bought by J. J.
L. Phillipa and L. P. Thurman. The
main building was insured for $3,000
and it is supposed an $800 policy was
on the email building but this is not
certain. There was between $200
and $300 of feed in the main build
ing.
The threatened buildings as welt
as those burned were located just
beyond the fire limits, and the nearest
hydrant to them is located on Main
street just north of the A. B. A A.
depot, consequently it wns not pos
sible to get lines of hose to the
buildings quickly.
Re-Elected for Another Year. Im
portant Action of City Board of
Education Tuo.day,
With the coming year Tifton Pub-
lie Schools will furnish free hooka to
pupils.
A Domestic Science Department
will be added to the schools.
Jsson Scarboro,' Superintendent,
and B. G. Childs, Principal, have been
re-elected by the City Board of Edu
cation for the next year.
These important actions weTe
taken at the regular meeting of the
Tifton Board of Education Tuesday
afternoon.
For some time the Superintendent
has contemplated asking the Board
to make school books free. He wait
ed for sanitary reasons but the in
stallation of s county health officer
end the work of Dr. Fort in school
inspection removed all objections
end the matter was laid before tho
Board Tuesday. It met with ready
response and the announcement was
made that school books will be prac
tically free with the first of the com
ing year.
For the High School s book rental
HEALTH OFFICER
AN OFFICE IN COURTHOUSE
Sanitary Work in Firal Georgia Dis
trict Wail Under Way. Already
Find Casaa Naading Attention
The people of Tift and Irwin conn-
ties are heartily co-operating with
their Health Officer in ' promptly
stamping out contagious diseases.
Dr. A. G. Fort says this is on* of
tho most pleasing features of Ms
work.
Dr. Fort is rapidly getting his work
in the two counties organized, ridt-
ing the schools and explaining schodi
sanitation to the pupils, and confer
ring with the authorities of both coun
ties. He has found some work nec
essary at once, as in one section s
combination of whooping cough sad
pneumonia is reported. Vaccine is
furnished free in sli cases whert it
is needed.
Dr. Fort has boon assigned the
room on the second floor of the court
house designed for a ladies waiting
room, for s health office. This is ont
of the moat desirable rooms in the
building and he will make it head
quarters when in Tift county. He in
tends to have a lady in charge a*
’1
•«
-e
soon as he gets his work well under
of $4 a year will be charged students. ] way and to have a telephone put in.
This will include books, pencils, tab-j She will answer mail and telephone
lets, ink, etc. ! calls and will make the room mnek
For the Grammar School depart- 1 more desirable for ladies who ate
ment, $3 a year will be charged. j waiting during the sessions of court.
For tho Primary Department $2 a It will also be quite a convenience for
year. those having business with the Health
These charges will Include every- Officer,
thing the child will need in school. It is also intended to equip a com-
Whilo plans have not been perfect- plete laboratory hero to make nects-
ed, this is the general basis on which sary testa without having to send spe-
they will be worked out. It is esti- rimens awsy.
mated that patrons of the school -
will bo saved between $600 and $1,- team , th e,e schools were matched
000 every year. A* an lllu.trgtlon, |nlt dld not come t0 Uw> or Q ,
the cost is from $8 to $15 for books ^ , cratcb , 0 * apeaV and they
• I. ilia II nk Caltnal > . . . * . .
J
10:15 Why Sunday Schools Should
bo Kept Open All the Year. By
Prof. R. B. Griner.
10:40 How the Home Department
Helps the Sunday School. By J. U.
Parrish.
11:05 Song.
11:10 The What. Why and How
By
Old age and want come all too soon
to those who are unprepared.
i fo^your future happiness and contentment, and free
I later years of the dread of depending upon others.
Start a bank account today.
HE BANK OF TIFTON
TIFTON. GEORGIA
tor. This will be considered in fixing i of the Banner Sunday School,
thc date. It will not be a School j Rev. G. W. Mathews. Tifton.
Fair, but just a big school picnic,! 11:40 What Progress Have W-<
with contests in nearly all branches. ! Made. (The Division President will
The event of the day will he. a grand call roll of Schools, and mark each
parade, in which every school in the 0 ne on the Division Chart.) By C
county is to be represented by a-w. Cooper, Division President
! 11:50 Who Will Take a “Forward
1 Step?” Answers by the Schools Rep
- resented,
j 12:00 Adjourn.
i Ladies’ Rest Room to Be Installed A Basket Dinner on the Grounds,
at Wade.Corry’a Afternoon Session
1:45 Devotional Service. Led by
MARKED FEATURE
for a student in the High School, ■ d | d not de hate because there —
and following this the cost of tablets, 1 nobody , eft debaU againit . Jn *
pencils etc., is an almost endless tax. wh tb dld „ ot try B |hot Bt , —
The Department of Domestic Sci- olher we wot not „ th , word ^
ence will be established with tho,
At any rate, a new series ot ds-
newyenr. A competent teacher will bateg has been arrangedt Tlft0I1
be employed for this and it will he Bgainlt Calro> at Calro and Tlftoa>
made one of tho most helpfnl aguintt Calro ot Tifton Bnd gylvestn
branches of the school work.
against Pavo, at Pavo and Sylvester
The re-election of Superintendent ' , n , t p , Vo Bt Sylveat . r .
Scarboro and Principal Child* is a priday nlght> M h 24th> has beam
tribute to their merit and efficiency. ftxed g , th# date . Pat , Caraon Bnd
There are no better men for these ; RobtBr IUrHng ^ g0 ta Cair0( u4
position* in educational work in this . Wm1 H argrett and Walter Bento*
state. Tifton Is fortunate in having d , f(md tha hom , fortreM .
them and could not afford to be de-i Th# inbJe<!t w|u bo th#
prived of the service, of either. l, 0 , ved> That th , appointmapt of
■ ' 0 ! Judges by tho Governor,
confirmation by the Sena$£ would
be a better method than IT
ANOTHER DEBATE
EXPERIMENTAL FARM
Tifton end Sylvester Meal Cairo and i nne f or Georgia.”
Pavo March 24th. j We heard the debate two weeks
The teams from Tifton High i ago, and we want to nksure the pee-
School have another aeries of dobates plo of Tifton that if they miss it
before the district championship at [this time, they will miss something
Sylvester in April. good.
When the elimination debates! o ——
The Wade-Corry Company opened - pnf } Amn ,
(or business this morning and visit 2 . 00 Thc nuly q{ th< Parent§ to
the Sunday School. By Rev. C. W.
BASE'Sir W »A3BA9B •
,Talks *»»«>' Disastrous Hiss
to their store, next door to the old I
postoffice on Love avenue, was ft; n ,
treat. Thc interior is most pleasin'? t r , ,
in its tasteful colorings mission fir-i *" w ' > e .y an age * ,° ra .
. . ... . ' .. .. Lessons for Children under Twelve,
ish prevailing, and the artistically .. - wir
arranged displays of merchandise I ^‘SO Son* ***
tended to set the whole place off as i * c “*4 . t nt r\
| 2:55 The Advantages of Class Or
ganlzation. By E. S. Hand.
Are Not
MEANT TO AL
Only to the Extent that
You May be Reminded ol
the Wisdom of Being
Prepared For
The Unexpected
Defend Yourself Against
LOSS BY FIRE!
:arbohq
fON building tifton. ga.
one of merit.
Thc most noticabio feature of the „ ,
new store, and one that will meet ! 0pen Discussion. Anyon
with instant approval by the shop- ” h ° Z “ ‘ C f
Ping public, i, their ladies rest room! *> W «*CHKASE the efficiency of
This room is being finished up with 1 ,he S . choc>1 18 reI l ueatcd ”
particular care for thc use of ladies; ep i a .. a . ,. ls tlmc -
with small children and infants, and! * 1 J our, v*
everything will be installed for the! -- Sund * )r • April 0lh - ,9,6 \
convenience and use of tired moth- J
er*. The re*t room will be open to !
all ladies and the firm extends o' , .
cordial invitation to them to make [ t ^2„ s ° I ns
use of it. | School?” Lei
A large crowd visited thc store to- j"’ ° f T ‘ fton ’ _ _
day, and sales were heavy-tha! S»"g, led by Dan Goff.
Price, snd goods appealing to the' - 1 -° :5 - *• m - ^ serv,ce le< * by
economical buyers and the opening
of the store odds materially to Tif-
Operated by the A. B. A A. Railway
In Bacon County.
It is not generally known through
this immediate section that the At
lanta, Birmingham and Atlantic
railroad has a largo experiment and
demonstration farm in Bacon county,
and that a conaiderabio sum of
money has been expended in equip
ping and stocking it.
Mr. Croxton was in Tifton Wed
nesday afternoon on his return from
a short trip to Florida and says the
A., B. & A. has a fine early spring
crop on th* farm, especially oats.
Irish potatoes have been nipped by
cold. On this farm they are experi
menting on an all-the-year-’round
pasturage, with a view to promoting
stock raising. These tests are still
in experimental stage but the result
is awaited with much interest, for
the lack of a reliable pasturage has
been keenly felt by stock men in
this country and one is an absolute
necessity to make the industry prof
itable. The farm is also experiment,
ing in grain crops, early truck, etc.,
and has thirty sows in Its live stock
department.
When the Ceorgia Southern and
Florida railway was built it started
a similar experimental farm at Cy-
cloneta, one thousand acres of land
being donated for this purpose by
Hr. Tift. In the various changes of
1 ownership following thc receiver.
10 a. m.'Song'service led by H.! ship, the experiments were discon-
A. Baker. ! tinued and the farm sold. Just how
10:20 a. m. Discussion: “What ad-i much this farm would have been
i ce j n the : worth to this section had it been car-
Sunday School?” Led by J. T. M. i ried on as originally contemplated.
were held at Tifton, Norman Park.! n, rbtr , l. Moor,
A. M. 8. and Thomasviil* March 3rd, - Graduate Optometrist
it wa, thought that Milled the mat-; Two of cont , nuoua aractk ,
ter. But two week* aftor It was ail ln Tifton and scores of satisfied cue-
over, and the various points, pro and tomers. If you are suffering with
con, had been discussed, along cornea headache, or other ttoublea caused
r „ . „ ... . __ by eve strain be sure and consult sss
Cairo and Pavo schools and up and u f a ^ „ K , a ^ cg prop , r i y gu*4
say that they did not have a look-in, won - t relieve them. At our office
and want a new deal. It seems thc j in ths Myon Hotel Block every day.
already splendid shopping
v-tS/vA/vAAAAAAAA;:.
It win pay you to
Gum oo Co. dw
iJ. L. Pickard.
11:00 a. m. Song service led by
J. H. Hutchinson.
11:10 a. m. Model Sunday Sefcoo!,
conducted by Division President.
* Charles W. Cooper.
Division President
Glass.lamps, 15c up at Kent's, dl-wl
our development along agricultural
lines attests.
We are glad to see the A., B. i
A. taking up this good work and
carrying it cut. It will mean a great
deal for the rich agricultural sec
tion the llna traverses, and inci
dentally, to the road also.
WHO GETS THE MONEY YOU EftRN? DO YOU GET 11, OR
DOES SOMEBODY ELSE WHO DOES NOT EARN IT? YOUR
"EARNING POWER” CANNOT LAST ALWAYS. WHILE YOU ARE
MAKING MONEY BANK IT AND BE FIXED FOR OLD AGE.
Yes, aluminum percolators $1.50
and up. Saucers SQc set—Kent’s
Furniture end Masic Store. d2-wl
JUST DO A LITTLE THINKING.
WE PAY 6 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
BANK WITH US,
mJ r\ i\ I. II1 I t| _ SJ..» H +X'-‘= 1
The National Bank of Tifton^Ga*. I