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The Tifton Gazette,
PER ANNUM.
THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1916
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 48.
VILLA IS GAINING
jig to Reporta From El Paso Today. Two Troops of
Seventh Now 300 Miles From Home.
El Paso, Texas, April 6—Five hundred Carranzista sol-
ers, who were withdrawn from the chase after Villa, were
ought into Jaurez under cover of darkness last night. The
ison for the return of these troops is not known.
The latest reports from the south indicate that Villa has
inedfon his American pursuers. Wednesday morning Villa
t/ Soucillo, which is one' hundred miles to the east of
lihuahua City, according to Mexican advices.
Thfe reports stated that Villa, with a small band of his
BOLL WEEVIL WILL CITY COUNCIL HELD
DO LITTLE DAMAGE
In This County. Farmers Will Not
Let Pest Control
STOCK AND VARIOUS CROPS
IMPORTANT MEET’G
8.S. ASSOCIATION
MEETING SATURDAY
ROOSEVELT’S HAT IN RING
Monday Night yid Many Mat
ters Came Before Body
Division Convention at Brook
field Comes off Then.
COLORED SCHOOL BUILDINGS SPLENDID PROGRAM ARRANGED
Will Replace King Cotton Here. Ar
rangement* Already Being Made
For Two Year* Ahead.
The boll weevil has no particular
:ked followers was riding hard on selected mounts. Behind terrors for the farmeis of Tift coun-
m are two troops of the Seventh cavalry who are endeavor- ty > cxccp ‘ that fear tho pest
T/ ^ will get here a little ahead of the
r to kjeep up with the bandit, but their jaded horses are un- j Mhedule fi ,, urcd out at this time .
ll to the task. The business interests' of Tifton
ThI pursuit of Villa has carried the United States troops and Tift county may as well stop
ree hundred miles, as the crow flies, from their base of sup- ta,kin f about aay possibility of the
• . ... , , weevil tearing everythinB to pieces
es at/ Columbus, New Mexico, and every mile they advance when it BeU here aUo> . becaulo aU
ds tos ;heir danger, owing to the lengthening of their line. that sort of talk is not in keeping
Communication. jwith the facts. Here are the facts:
Queretaro, Mexico, April 6—General Carranza received ^ representative of the Gazette
. .. ~ .. TT .1 4 was somewhat interested in a state-
San Bartolo today a communication from the United States mcnt made by Mr Evanslbe Govern .
iverriment, and it is believed that the note asks for the un- ] mcnt expert, who spoke at the court-
Serves Notice on Republicans Not to Nominate Him if They
Like a Dull Time.
Oyster Hay, April 6—Roosevelt’s hat is in the ring for the
Republican nomination for President. ;
In announcing his candidacy last night to a political call
er, Roosevelt also served notice on the Republicans, “Not to
nominate me if you expect me to pussyfoot a single issue.”
The principal feature of Roosevelt’s announcement was
his declaration for preparedness to defend American rights
and her citizens, “Wherever they are.”
Washington, April 6—Roosevelt’s announcement today
Kited uses of the Mexican railways by the United States house here one day last week, that it
| was very hard for the Government
j to accomplish as much as it would
j like to on account of the fact that
Condemned; Alio Ditch., on P.rk A B * ,kel Din "' r WHI B » S « n ' e ‘ 1 °"
and Central Avenue* and Fourth j the Ground*. Program in Full
and Sixth Street.,, I Given H . rewith .
Tho Monday night session or City I . , ... _
Council was an unusually busy one Judg,nB from the pr ° Kra ™ thlU that he will run on the Republican ticket if they want him, is
this meeting, and numerous matters j blls beea arra P** d {or tbc D ‘ vl ® , regarded as a bid for the nomination, and will result in an
of importance came up for consider-1 ° that ® to "be* held "at I immediate line ‘ u P within and without the party,
are given in fuUbelow: ° " S | Hrookfkdd, April sth, it is going to! The Middle West Republicans are hastily forming Combi-
Council met in Regular Session P rovo on ° the most interesting of nations to defeat Roosevelt’s nomination, while the Hughes ad-
Monday night, April 3rd, with Mayor the spring events. ! vo cates are trying to get their candidate to con\e out 'In the
Hargrett presiding, all members of! Below a complete program of the! onen .* kZ J
council being present except Coun- day's events is given: j ' n , , , ..... ... ... . . _ «
Cllman Bowen. I ' Se..io„. ! President Wilson will answer some of the issues-raised by
. Minutes of last mectng read ami i 0: oo Devotional Service. Led i>y Roosevelt when he delivers his Democratic key-note speech
approved. i. w. Bowen. ;here on April 13th, before the Common Council Club.
Mr. B. Y. Wallace of t e entra j 10;15 why Sunday Schoots should! Roosevelt’s announcement is the chief topic oi conversa-
Grocery Company cam© before t^oun- .. ah - .
-:i .. ♦»,« IJo Ke P l °P tn Al1 the Year * “y; tion m the Capitol today.
Washington, April 6—The fortifications bill, the second
>ops.
.. Carranza will probably reply at once.
TAKE HAUCOURT
j.many farmers would not co-operate
with the department at Washington,
but would take advice from Tom,
Dick and Harry on subjects which
they knew nothing about with the
result that a great deal of the work
done by the Government was lost.
This statement set the scribe to
Carry Another French Position With Bayonets.
French Gain Minor Advantage.
is, April 6—After bloody losses last night the German
[Succeeded in taking the village of HaUCOUrt, which is thinking, and he began to nose
lies to the northwest of Verdun. j3^^ m'city''tl^l
e French troops have captured BoiS Carre. And he discovered, as did Mr. Evans
n the eastern line in Russia the Germans have taken up . during the two or three days he spent
offensive and are heavily attacking with infantry and artil-! in the county, that the farmers here
the Russian' position. '1 " ol 10 the rc ? soning o!
London, April 4—That Great Britain expects the war to, hulIet , nI> ctc > - but they put ipto
t at least another year was shown today when the Chancel-! prac tice the advice given them,
of Exchequer McKenna, introduced a budget, which pro-1 In substantiation of this, wc in
is for money for the continuing of the war for another j torvicwcd Mr. s. L. Watson, Farm
I | Demonstrator for. this county, and
V . „ , . , . , , ..... J ,1 „ -asked him what he found in the wny
/The budget calls for approximately eight billion dollars. I of co . opcration? We alf0 askcd him
The Hague, April 6—Holland has demanded that Great i it he thought the Dinners of the
ftain return to her valuable securities and documents that ■ county were going to be ready to
ire seized in the mails taken from Dutch steamers by British j ™ ce u t _‘ b ® b jlL w l® v ‘L* h * n vl ^
rahi]
lips.
Since 1866 The Losses 6y Gonflagation
‘RANK Si AHBORO
In The United States
meaninglirrsinvolvingu loss
of half a million or more dol
lars, have amounted to more
than
nine hundred and thir-
ty--six million dollars!
Fire Insurance is avail
able for protection
AGAINST Financial
Ll)r-S.
OFFICE MYON BUILDING TIFTON. GA
flbridqe Gerry was bora
in Marblehead..Mass.,
graduated al Harvard
tnt762. and entered his
faiherj business and
made a fortune.
\ hi Congress he was
\ active in the committees ]
' of finance, commerce
\! I ii and supplies for the army.
IM-sh&u 1 Elected Vice-President. ;
ed here? Also we asked him if he
i was of the opinion that the weevil
j was going to put everything on the
hum here in the way of business and
j make times hard as rock while the
| weevil was in the country? These
three questions we put to Mr. Wat
son, and here is what he told us, as
near as we can remember his words
“In reply to your first question, I
wish to say that I am given the heart
iest co-operation in every way by the
farmers of the county. I want them
to know that I appreciate it and wish
that the Gazette would tell them so.
“Answering the second question, I
ran say without any hesitation that
the farmeis of Tift county will he
ready for the weevil when it arrives.
This is not said from guess, but be
cause I have not talked with a single
Tift farmer yet who is not making
arrangements to he ready for the
I weevil. Of 'course, they have not
j yet made all their preparations, hut
:)ity are making them—they are not
jying that they will do so, they are
ioing so,
"So this answers the Last question,
because if the farmers are ready, as
they will be, there will be no partic
ular depression in business if any at
ell. There will be much less cotton
made in Tift county while the weevil
is here than usual, but there will he
plenty of other things made, and
stock raising will be gone into to
a large extent. The business men
nf the county, bankers, and mer
chants, are co-operating with the
farmers and are helping them. No,
; un can say. that the weevil is go
ing to have hard sledding throughout
ot that the
Romances of Liberty
olved the pr
ly to
i*t th.
cil with a statement in regard to the
uncollected part of their taxes for
1915, and. upon motion the Central
Grocery Co. was relieved of the sum
of $22.50.
Motion made and carried that on
April 11th, Bond Election dfe*y v a sep
arate ballot box he kept in the
clerk’s office and that all voters be re
quested to ballot on the location of
the new school building as (they cast
their ballots in the Bond ^Election,
and that the location receiving the
largest number of votes in .this bal
lot box so provided is to be consid
ered the choice of the people and will
bo used for the erection of the new
school.
Motion made and carried that the
Milk receptical ordinance introduced
at last meeting be passed, and was
made a part of the City ordinances
of the City of Tifton.
Mr. Randall appeared in behalf
of the Southern Bell Telephone Co,,
asking that the Specific Tax on his
Company be reduced to conform to
other towns and cities. Upon jmotion
the matter of this reduction wa*
left to the Specific Tax Ordnance
Committee for complete adjustment.
Motion made and carried tnat the
Clerk and Treasurer be empowered
to contract with the Southern Bell
Telephone Co., for the installation
of two telephones to be known as
“Police Telephones.”
Committee on the Negro schools
reported that they had visited the
negro schools and had found them
to be in a very unsafe and unsani
tary condition and unfit for further
use. They reported that the location
for a new negro school building of
fertjd by Capt. H. H. Tift was a good
one.
Moved and carried that the Board
of Education together with Council
Committee be empowered to act in
behalf of the City of Tifton at the
meeting on April 4th of the County
Board of Education and to pledge
the City at this meeting for what
they consider Tifton’s part toward
the erection of a new building for
negro schools.
Dr. W. T. Smith came before
council in regard to the ditch be-
tween Central Avenue and Park
Avc., and -1th Sts. and 6th Sts. He j
aid this ditch was a menace to the
health of the city and that in itp
present shape could not be kept in
a sanitary cityiditSon. Dr. Buker,
City Physician, also stated that this
ditch should he either filled up or
looked after in some way.
Motion made and carried that the
ditch referred to above be left to
the street committee with power to
act at once.
Mr. U. C. Ellis appeared before
Council and asked that the City pro
vide a eertfied map of the City and
[that same be filed in the office of the
ird time of itClerk of the Superior Court.
I Messrs. It. C. K!
it we need not j Mitchell appeared h
►rryir.g about I representatives of trn- Cameron
ling from, or i tic Tank Company, with a clair
»ay debt?, etc. ! 3 per cent per year for six yea
or four yearn, ; the amount expended in the
it county—ih“ ! tion of the Septic Tanks in the
nrnur.ity, have I They represented that the City had
n fringed on the right# of their
bents in installing a patented pro-
Prof. Carver.
10:40 How the Home Department
Helps the Sunday School. By J. U.
Parrish.
11:05 Song.
11:10 The What, Why and How of
the Banner Sunday School. By Rev.
G. W. Mathews, Tifton.
11:40 What Progress Have We
Made. (The Division President will
call roll of Schools, and mark each
one on the Division Chart.) By C.
W. Cooper, Division President.
11:50 Who, Will Take a “Forward
Step?” Answers by the Schools Rep
resented.
12:00 Adjourn.
A Basket Dinner on the Grounds,
Afternoon Session.
1:45 Devotional Service. Led by
Prof. A. J. Ammons, Omegu.
2:00 The Duty of the Parents to
the Sunday School. By Rev. C. W.
Darden, Tifton.
2:26 'fhe Advantages of Graded
Lessons for Children under Twelve.
By R. B. Griner.
2:50 Song.
2:55 The Advantages of Class Or
ganization. By E. S. Hand.
3:20 Open Discussion. Anyone
who has a suggestion to muke as to
how to INCREASE the efficiency of
the Sunday School is requested to
speak at this time.
3:45 Adjourn.
Sunday, April 9th, 1916.
10 a. m. Song service led by H.
A. Baker.
10:20 a. m. Discussion: “What ad
vantage has the song service in the
Sunday School?” Led by J. T. M.
Watkins, of Tifton.
10:46 a. m. Song, led by Dan Goff.
10:55 n. m. Song service led by
J. L Pickard.
11:00 a. m. Song service led by
J. II. Hutchinson.
11:10 a. m. Model Sunday School,
conducted by ffivision President.
2:00 p. m. Union Singing.
C. W. COOPER.
Division Pres.
of the preparedness measures, was reporte4 favorably in the
House today.
The bill carries thirty-four million dollars for fortifica
tions this year, against six million for last year. • v
The outstanding features of the bill are the huge increase
in reserve ammunition, the provision for sixty-j/our anti-air
craft guns, the acquirement of the Hammond radio controlled
torpedo, the fortification of Chesapeake and Njw York bays
with sixteen-inch guns, twelve-inch guns fqr Sin-^rancisco.
Hawaii’and the Philippines, and a change in the guji mounts
to give the present forts greater range.
Washington, April 6—The Department of Justice an-
mmnceiy that it will seek an indictment against the. German
Consul jCarl Luderitz, at Baltimore, for fraudently;'obtaining
passports. ' r> .
Washington, April 6—An attempt to put the army on the
water wagon like the navy will be made in. connection with
the Chamberlain bill. One Senator announces that he yrill
introduce an amendment to the bill to prohibit thdu$reaence
of nlcohol in any form on the army reservations.
THREE TIFTON MEN
MR. McMILLAN'S ■ LOSS.
’ibs.«n
y Mor
PRIMARY IN IRWIN.
id Ste
coun
-th rough
[STORY affords no batter examples of
k true, unselfish devotion to a cause than
of the mere handful of men, like Ger-
i signed the Declaration of.Independ-
saving part of what you earn?
inue to let the other fellow save
spending—save it yourself—
ttan Account Today.
OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
li’rk
1 to
Kilim |
BASEBALL AT CHULA.
i Thoro will he a hotly contested
; game of baseball at Chula Saturday
| afternoon, beginning at .1 o'clock bc-
: tween the Excelsior team and Chula
! foam. As this is the first game of 1 published for final
j the season there will be hard effort i ,,ext r<, 8ular session
1 on both sides to win.
| Christopher will do the twirling
j for Excelsior, while Branch will oc- | McL f 0<1 , as a committee to he known
Upon motion the Mayor an
and Treasurer were empowi
j look into the claims of Mes«i
| and Mitchell.
j Meter Ordinance read anil
passage
Upon motion mayor appointed W.
Bryan, II. L. Moor and B. II.
jcupy the box for Chula.
j Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
•. Two years of continuous practice
in Tifton and scores of satisfied cus
tomers.
If you arc suffering ...... „ ,
headache, or other troubles caused Lumber Company nlir
’by eve strain be sure and consult me i * .,.
‘and see f glares properly fitted h of the
| won’t relieve them. At our office te * W!t ” power to act.
j in Myon Ho*.*! Block every dav. Motion made and carried th: i
' c Kve be appointed City Attorney
the Cemetery Committee
Th* Mayor appointed Judge Vi. M.
Sellar* E. B. Onea] and J. T. M.
Watkins to act as Election Managers
in the Bond Election April 11th.
Upon motion, the matter of roz-
ng the sheds at th* old Southern
be left in
he hands of the Building Commit-
Clemmti, Tucker, Weaver, Young,
Harper and Robert* Winner*
Irwin county*; primary passed off
without any undue excitement Wed
nesday. although there *tren
uous work done by ul! the candidate*
who had opposition.
Judge Clements was nominated for
re-election as Representative over J
O. Sutton by a majority of about
250. Clements led the ticket
W. A. Tucker was nominated for
Sheriff by the narrow margin of 19
| votes. He was opposed by W. T. j
tTvlcr.
| J. W. Weaver was nominated for
| reflection for the office of County j
School Superintendent by a einnll j
| plurality over ills two opponents, J. ]
|J. Flander* and T. A. Bussell. This)
I was one of the hardest fought con-1
Jtests in th»* primary,
j; While it has been impossible to j
g*t the vote from the whole county, j
the Gazette this morning learned I
that, besides those named above, the •
following were nominated:
Tax Receiver: A. G. Young, op-j
posed by J. T. Sims.
Treasurer, Wiley Harper, opposed!
j by J. J. Paulk.
Coroner. W. J. Roberts, opposed j
by John Brown.
Thes-e officers were nominated by
small majorities.
Clerk, Warren J. Paulk; Tax Col
lector. W. W. D. Branch; County
Surveyor, Jack Irwin; Ordinary.
James Whitley were nominated for
rrelection without opposition.
Tried ir
Disorderly Conduct. Wednesday Morning.
Ty Ty, April 5—In Mayor’s Court Fire of unknown origin burned the
today three Tifton men, Boh Holt, cribs and staQa belonging to Mr. Thos*
Jim Mitchell nnd Wiley Ellis, were McMillan atliis home, four miles east
tried on a charge of disorderly con- of Tifton Wednesday morning about
duct, find each waa fined $25.00 3 o’A>ck. J' .
including costs. Mitchell plead guil- The critdl contained about sixty
ty but Holt and Ellis appealed to bushels- of .porn and 800 pounds of
the Counci ^ •* hay, together with two muloa and
These men might have got off n two-borsfkragon were burned. The
with a lighter sentence if they hud total loss & about $700, on which
not had the officer making the an- there .was hot a cent of insurance,
rest, Marshal W. J. Sykes and hi* A little child awoke about 3 o’clock
brother, W. F. Sykes, arrested and saw Hit light from Um fire. When
W. J. Sykes for using their automo the fpmfty rushed out, the roof of
hil© without permission. one building was' falling in, and *
R. D. Smith represented the city the mule* Wore already down. Noth
in this case nnd C. C. Hull the d* ing could be doneffp save the prop-
fendnnts «*riy. What startled the, flte is un-
Dr. P R. f’ickett lost n valuable known.
cow a cw d:.ys ago in n rather pe-| The buildings burned were only
culiar manner. She was grazing in about 70 yards from'Mr. McMillan’s
the woods near Connor’s mill, just home, and had the wind been setting
north of Ty Ty. where the hnnds in tho right direction, this would also
were cutting timber and a tree fell have’ been destroyed. Much-sym-
on her, killing, her almost instantly, pathy is felt for Mr. McMillan in his
Mr. Connor immediately reported loss, but there is consolation in the
the accident and paid half the value fact that it would have been much
of the cow. worse had the wind set right to catch
o th* house.
Silk Crepe «le Chine, Shower --- -o -
Voiles, Silk Dot Chiffon, Taffeta I For tho same Goods for less mon
Stripes, Silk Beach Cloth for your ley, buy at Whitley’s Cash Grocery
Best Easteh Dress at Whitley Bros.land 10c Store. 6d.2wt
at th'
i S«* Cobb before TO. b*T jroiir: Tifton, tho torm of O.
! FortilUcr.. H* lu tho ,oo<!,. Cm -Sia.lnx i-xpiroj.
Motion made and carried that the
ditch wanted on the east side of the
City be left to the Sanitary Depart
ment and to the Street Departmen*
| for action.
N<» further business Council ad-
i | jvurr.ed. .
Keith Carson,
Clerk and Treasurer,,
am^WaUMg. Aoriajvn/
JUST LOOK. AT THIS PICTURE AND DO A LITTLE
“Thinking.”
THEN YOU WILL BANK YOUR MOllEY.
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY 5 PE0TCENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
The National Bank of Tifton, £a.
2$ "Id