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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 El Paso, Texas, April 6—Five hundred Carranzista sol- ers, who were withdrawn from the chase after Villa, were ought into Jaurez under cover of darkness last night.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