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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1916.
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 49.
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At yesterdays election, the voters of Tifton authorized an
me of $76,000 in bond* for public improvement*. The total
lie was 355 out of a registration of 404. It was one vote mi
lan the total poll in the hotly contested election last Decern*
fir, when the total was 354.
i This waS the result!
£ For School Bonds, 342.
Against School Bonds, 9.
For Waterworks Bonds, 348.
Against, 4.
For Street Paving Bonds, 331.
Against, 20.
For Fire Department Bonds, '346.
Against Fire Department Bonds, 4.
The vote was almost unanimous, when those moved av/ay,
ds, or unavoidably out of the city, are considered.
To carry any one bond issue, £69 votes were necesi
Before noon, when the vote climbed well past two turn
ed, t was seen that at least two of the issues would go
e total had climbed past three hundred, and it was felt all
ur, issues would carry.
The issues sure for:
High School Building and Equipment, $30,000,
Extension of Waterworks, $25,000.
Fire Department, $6,000.
Street Paving, $15,000.
Total, $76,000. -
—EASTERN LOCATION CHOSEN.
A separate ballot-box was kept, in which those desiring
do so expressed their choice for a location for the new High
ihool building. This vote was:
For the present site, 63.
For Tift avenue site, 275.
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ANNUAL PICNIC DODD CUT DAVIS
FRIDAY MAY m RAPE IS CHARGED
Sunday Schools of City and Coun-. Keeper of Ferry Lake Club House
ty Will Meet Here I Under Serious Charge
ELABORATE PLANS FOR 9AV I2 YEAR-OLD GIRL ALLEGED
FAULKNER WILL
LECTURE HERE
District Health Board Has Him
for Five Nights.
IRWIN AND TIFT COUNTIES
To H«ar About Work of Great An-
thtuberculosis Foundation. Ma
larial Survey Will Be Made
It will be of deep interest to the
CARRANZA DEMANDS REMOVAL
Washington, April 13—General Carranza's note, demand
ing the withdrawal of the United States forces from Mexico,
was received this morning by Mexican Ambassador Arrendoo-
do and delivered to Secretary Lansing.
The note is now being studied by. the officials, who are
gravely concerned over the demand.
The communication is a long one, and goes into all of the
diplomatic exchanges regarding the United States expedition.
It was briefly stated that Carranza claims that this coun
try misinterpreted his former communications, and that no re
ciprocal agreement exists whereby the United State* and Mex-
i
Singing Contest Will Be Feature. Cause of Assault* Which Came Near
Tift Piney Woods Park Selected , Resulting Fatally. Dodd Released;
For Meeting Place This Year Warrant Sworn Out for Davis.
Friday, May 12th, has been named J. T. Davis, keeper for the Ferry „ MV¥| , „.. w , #
as the day and Tift’s Piney Wood? Lake club house, on Alapaha river, 1 people of Irwin and Tift counties to * can troopt can pursue bandits who cross the border after com-
Park as the place for the annual Tift was seriously cut last night by J. A. j learn that Mr. Faulkner, secretary * mitting depredations.
County Sunday School picnic this Dodd. |of the Raoul Foundation, is to visit] The note states that Villa’s band has been scattered
year. This being the decision of a A telephone message asking for. and lecture in several places in these j glsat the Carranza force* can exterminate what remains of it
committee composed of represents- help was recoivod in Tifton last counties during the week of April
tives of all tho Sunday Schools in night about 8 o’clock, and Deputy 24th. This was decided upon at a
Tifton, held yesterday afternoon, at Rosser Shaw and Dr. Peterson went meeting of tho County Board of
which time the committee went into out to the club house. Mr. Davis Health held Monday night.
careful consideration of the mntter, was brought to the Tift County Hos- j It was also decided to have a ma-
of date and place. ; pitol and Mr. Dodd was caried to the - ]aj-ial survey made of Tift county,
The matter of place was taken up county jail.. ] nn d a petiti n has been sent tho
by the committee in full discussion Davis had a deep cut on the left United States Health Service to mid
and a visit to the places suggestedj side of his neck, from tho back, j j n this work.
and after the visit was made, it was coming around under his chin. An- A full report of the mooting held
unanimously voted to select Tift’s other cut laid open the left cheek, I Monday night follows:
Park, which is located just at the j another slight one under the chin j The Tift County Board of Health
edge of \he city and is spacious, high and several small cuts on the back met with Dr . l. a Baker, Chairman,
and covered with beautiful pines. | of tho neck. His wounds nro not I ple siding.
Ample provision will be made for ■ considered dangerous unless compli-; Mr. J. J. Golden, Dr. L. A. Baker
the accommodation of a largo crowd, cations sot in. I and £>r. A. G. Fort were present,
it being expected that there will.be; Dodd was given a committal hear-, nn( j matters of special interest were
: more in attendance this year than ing before Judge Sellars this morn- ^ taken up and discussed,
lever before. Lost year there were ir.g. He said ho cut Davis because| Thc report 0 f tbe District Com-
| something like 2,700 in attendance °f the latter's relations with Dodd s niissioner of Health wns read and or-
I and this year's crowd will, it is ex- twelve-year-old daughter. He said ho; dared approved and ‘filed for record.
* Tift avenue site is 240 feet, facing on Tift avenue pected, outnumber that of 19! 5. j first heard of these relations yes- j j t was decided that every effort
the courthouse, running back 420 feet to a new street. i Tnb,C3 wiu be erected; swings put terday and that he went out to his ba madc t0 makc a malarial survey
.. . ! up; a stand for the speaker and sing- fathers where his daughter is living 0 f Tift county an( j petition of Irwin
The election was very quiet, despite the great interest i[]g contcstants be provided and a "d asked her about it. Sho confess- and Tin countic9 to the Un itcd
,!«• “ut an extra spurt was put on, and before 2 o clock everything done that can bo thought ed that tho reports were true, and statc!l PubHc Realth Service for
anifitsted. .The workers were earnest, but ao near of one of to makc this year’s picnic the he attacked Davis with the intention sistance in this mntt „ waa forward-
ind {that there was little discussion. j most enjoyable one yet held. of hilling him. Dodd’s father pre- , C( j through tho Georgia State Board
I Every white Sunday school in tho vented his carrying out his intention.' ^ Health, same being signed by ev-
P'tiris, April 13—Another attempt by the Germans to cap-” 1 '" 1 * be in , vi 1 ted ‘° at ; end ’ , flnd STSLSUd lW^TnTifl' e ,y member of Irwin and Tift Coun-
” there will be elaborate plana laid uoaa 18 a painter and Uvea In nr- ty Hoards of Health; by tho district
for a gigantic singing contest,, for ton. , I commissioner of health and approv-
which prizes will bo offered. j After hearing Dodd s statement, | cd b y p r; . A . p Little and J. L.
It is expected that the merchants •fbdgc Sellars released him on his talker, representatives on tho State
Paris, April 13—It was announced by the Admiralty to- ! of the city will arrange to close their own recognizance. A warrant was jj oard o{ Health.
places of business that day, as well ,ssuea for Davis charging him with J ■p bo action of thc District Com
as tho schools, so that everyone will r< 'P° , jmissloncr of Health in inviting Mr.
m. r , ,* ,. , .: . , . j have opportunity to go out to the J * ”• Davls ’ cut b Y , A ’ Dodd > | James L. Faulkner, Secretary of
The prisoners have already confirmed the information park . Monday night at Ferry Lake, waa tha Raoul Foundation Antl-Tubercu-
The committee appointed to meet arrested under a warrant sworn out ]ogis Agsociationi to vigit Bnd
yesterday was simply given power to Dodd charging rope and carried Tift COHnt i e s was approved and the
select the place nnd name the date to T ‘ft county jail fiom the hospital Commissioner was requested to give
for tho picnic. Other committees will Tuesday morning. Davis asserts his hjg lccturoa and yirita all possible
now be appointed to work out tho mnoceneq of tho crime,
plans for the day and these things; °~ " _
will bo done at once, and ns they pro- j CROWD TO SYLVESTER
gress, thc Gazette will keep the peo- , , ~ _
pie posted as to the plans. 1 T « Hi * b Scohol Meet Thursday and
Friday.
It asks that the United States forces be withdrawn at once, and
also asks that the “negotiations for a reciprocal agreement"
be ended, as there is no longer a necessity for such an agree
ment.
Pfcri
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in cif I
No. 304 was frustrated last night by the French cur-
..... fire.
/The night was generally calm along the rest of the front
{ Paris, April 13—It was announced by the Admiralty to- = - - ....
f that the German submarine which torpedoed the Sussex, P la “ s ofjiusmcss^that day, well ° r aV18 c arfnnB im wi ,
destroyed on April 5th, and her crew captured.
hands of the French Government regarding the attack j
I vessel.
Since 1866 The Losses By Conflagation
AMv iSCARBOUO
In The United States
meaning fires involving a loss
of half a million or more dol
larr, have amounted to more
than
CHIP DESTROYED EYE
nine hundred and thir
ty-six million dollars!
Fire Insurance is avail
able for protection
AGAINST Financial
Loss.
0ORN AT BRAINTREE. MASS
UPOtl HIS MOTIOM
WASHINGTON WAS CHOSEN
TO LEAD THE ARMIES. AND
THE FIRST STEP
TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE
WAS THE RESOLUTION
OFFERED BY HIM
IN MAY 1776, THAT THE
COLONIES FORM AN
INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT.
HE WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT AND
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Mr. Hui. Conn.r Met With Misfor
tune et Sew Mill
While working at the saw mill
owned by himself and his brother,
near Ty Ty, Wednesday, Mr. Huie
Conner was hit in the right eye with
a chip that flew from the saw. The
chip struck with such force that the
eye was lacerated to the depth of a
quarter of an inch and the wound
caused a great deni of pain.
Mr. Conner was brought to Tifton
and taken to tho Tift County Hos
pital where Dr*. Welch and Smith
removed the injured eye last night,
the wound being so severe as to ren
der the optic useless.
Mr. Conner was reported as resting
easy following the operation, and un
less something unlooked for develops,
he will be able to be about again Fri
day.
Ho has thc sympathy of a large cir
cle of friends in his misfortune and
at the tame time congratulations that
only one eye was destroyed.
ATLANTA SPECIALISTS
COMING APRIL 19th
-thi* School Teacher
not content to be a school teacher always,
nbed until he reached the goals of Pres-
Sd Vice-President of the United States,
lesson for the ambitious and it is
for better things ahead.
6< content to live in a rut.
to him who is prepared for wees*. To be
have a bank account. It is
OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
Growth on the Eye Removed. Cat
aract. Absorbed and Cross Eyes
Straightened Without Knife
or Pain by Our New Meth
od—Eyes Scientifically
Measured For
Glosses.
j CONSULTATION FREE
| Dr. J. R. Hughes and Kennon
Mott, the eminently successful Eye
and Chronic disease specialists of
| Atlanta, arc coming again to Tifton,
[This is a boon to those suffering
| from bad eye, ear, nose and th.oat,
nervousness, headache, stomach and
kidney and catarrh, rheumatism,
dropsy and ail diseases of the body.
These noted specialists have succeed
ed where others failed, because of
their long experience and apeeiat
practice, ao see them. Special ab
sorbent treatment of Adenoids, Ton
sils will avoid th* knife and pain.
Diseases of the eyes of women snd
children successfully treated. In
•ome cases eyes ean be corrected so
that glasses are not needed. See
them at the Myon Hotel, Wcdnes-
! day, April 19th. Don’t forget the
‘ date. adv.
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(From Thursday's Daily.)
There will be at leaat twelve and
perhaps moro can, gaily decorated
and filled with students and their
friends going to Sylvester tomorrow
to bo present at thc District High
School Contest.
About eight cars loft this after
noon carrying those of the contest
ants, who are to take part in tonight’s
program, and those of tho faculty of
Tifton's School who have gone to
make the preliminary arrangements
for the main events which will be
held tomorrow morning, afternoon
and night.
Debate Principal Feature
The debate between Sylvester and
Tifton teams tomorrow night will at-
tact thc most attention, because the
winning team will represent tho dis
trict at Athens in June, tho two teams
to meet tomorrow night being those
left in thc triangular debating con
test, the other having been elimi
noted.
In this Tifton will be represented
by Pate Carson and Wesley Hargrctt,
and the subject will be the same as
heretofore debated. Resolved, That
the appointment of Judges by the
Governor subject to confirmation by
the Senate would be a better meth
od than the - present one for Geor
gia.
Tonight’s Program.
Thc contests will hogin at Syives-
publicity.
Mr. Faulkner will bo here the
week beginning April 24, 1918, nnd
will give nn illustrated lecture some
where evory night for five nights.
Dr. A. G. Fort waa appointed del
egate for Tift County Board of
Health at tho meeting of $b>t e
County and Municipal Health Offi
cer* Association which is to be held
at Columbus, Go., April 18.
B1 Paso, Texas, April 13—General Pershing’s expedition
ary force of fourteen thousand men is today surrounded by ap
proximately thirty thousand Carranistas, who are waiting for
the diplomatic show-down that must follow the Carranza note.
Twelve thousand of the Carranzistas are within striking,
dh'aiice of the United States advance forces and ten thousand
have taken up positions between the United States troops and
the border, with several other Mexican commands scattered
along General Pershing’s line of communication.
These movements were made obviously to back up the
demands of Carranza that the United States troops be with
drawn from Mexico.
El Paso, Texas, April 13—The Carranzista officers at
Jaurcz regard the situation caused by Carranza’s demand as s
distinct diplomatic triumph for their First Chief.
They predict that, under the circumstances, the United
States forces will have to be withdrawn.
Washington, April 13—Officials here refused to discuss
the Carranza. note previous to .its consideration by President
Wilson, but declared that there is no present intention of this
Government to change its original policy towards Mexico.
San Antonio, Texas, April 13—General Funston refused
to discuss the Carranza note this morning.
It is known, however, that he has asked for more troop*
in view of the disposition of the Carranzista forces. ,
San Antonio, Texas, April 13—The United States troops
were fired upon Sunday at dawn as they entered Parral.
The Carranza General Guitteroz transmitted the first in
formation of the fight, stating that the Viilistas and citizens
were surprised by the appearance of the Americans.
The officers suspect that the Carranzista troops also par
ticipated in shooting at the Americans.
LARGEST SHIPMENT OF HATS
Evar Received la Tlflon Came Yea-
terday to W. H. Parker
It looked like a carload of 'em to
a Gazette reporter as the boxes were
piled outride Mr. W. II. Perker’a
place, “On the Corner,” end he waa
excusable in thinking it wet a car
load. Investigation showed that the
boxes contained atrawhate, and Mr.
Parker stated that he had seen where
the men were taking a lot of interest
in the Straw Hat Day ao he wired the
makers of thc Brigham Hopkins hats
to ship him the lot.
They are beauties and the shelves,
show-cases and tables in tho store
are filled with them. There is also
a splendid display of tho hats and
what they are made from in Mr. Par
ker’s window.
Don’t you take our word for it
go and take a look at the window,
and no matter how wise a guy yon
may be, you will bo a wiser one when
you have done so.
So many of them and such a vari
ety of prices! Guess wc had better
stop talking about thorn and let you
sec what wo are talking
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Rome, April 13—A dispatch received here from Geneva,
states that the Kaiser has returned to his Potsdam palace ill,
as a result of his worry over the heavy losses and failure to
take Verdun.
Washington, April 18—Germany will get another oppor
tunity to reissue her pledges that her submarine commanders
will obey international law. President Wilson has so decided,
and another communication setting forth the position of this
government is being drafted.
The United States will not accept the claim of Germany
that the Sussex was'not torpedoed.
The note will resemble an ultimatum, in that it will make
it clear that the United States will no longer tolerate Germa
ny’s violation of her pledges.
Washington, April 13—Attorney General Gregory has re
fused to furnish Congress with the information obtained in the
Standard Oil investigations, on the ground that it would be in
compatible with the public interest
It is stated that another suit against thc Standard Oil
Company is contemplated, because it has never been dissolved,
as ordered by the Supreme Court.
ter tonight with Recitation, Tifton | K ° and
being represented in this event by j a fi° ut -
Miss Leila Gatehe’.l. Following the! ~ . .. ”
recitation contest thr.t of music will; DO YOU WANT ,T -
come up and Miss O'.Ioon Coe is Tif-|
ton's selection for this.
Thursday's Program
The program for tomor-ow starts j
at 9 o’clock in the morning and »c
give tho events in the order in which
they come together with Tifton’s rep
resentative.
9 a. m Spelling Miss Mildred
Slack.
Girl’s Essay. Miss Beatrice Hut
chinson.
Boy’s Essay. Ralston Padrick.
10 a. m Declamation. Roy Stipe.
2 p. m—Athletics. Julian Over-
street, Ralston Padrick, Cleo Smith.
Jeff Parker, Weriey Hargrett
8 p. m.—Debate. Pate Carson 1
and Wesley Hargrett. Herbert L. Moor,
I With each 10 Copies of Sheet mus-
(ic, 10c each, we will give a Bcauti
If So, Send in Invitation for County
Singing Convention
The Kxrcu'ive Committee of the
Tift. County Singing Convention met
in the court house Saturday in re
sponse to cali nt Secretary.
It was decided that al churches
or communities calling for the Tilt
Countv Convention should do so and
fix the date to said application to
suit their convenience for said Con
vention and send same to me to be
passed upon by them ’on Saturday,
June 3td. at the court house in Tif
ton.
All applications should lie in by cr
1-cfore that time.
J. S. Royal, Secretary.
CoJofuilfyUm/
QjrurXh&jtiu
dtojruL
i Graduate Optometrist
, Two years of continuous practice
Silas Cleveland, cn.ored, was ar- m ri - -i scares of satisfied cus-
reated by Deputies Oscar Oliver and tomets If you arc suffering with
Rossie Shaw Wednesday night, charg- headache, or other trtuUcs caused
fat Marie Portfolio, Kent’s 12d2wt ,ta rrow.
ed urfrt, --it:,. rr„ by eve strain be sure and consult me
eowiJt gelling wh-scy-He wi.I havs gu ne* property fitted
a hearing before Judge Sellars to- #oi.'t relieve them. Ac cur office
•he Mjnn Ho-tl Block ever/ day.
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MEMBER FEDERAL raSEWE SYSTEM OF BANKS
OVER ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD WAS
PUT UP BY THE “FEDERAL RESERVE” SYSTEM OF BANKS,
IN TWO DAYS, AS A BASISON WHICH THEU. S. GOVERNMENT
ISSUES MONEY. OUR BANK IS A MEMBER OFTHIS “FEDER
AL RESERVE” SYSTEM. WE CAN TAKE OUR SECURITIES TO
OUR DISTRICT "FEDERAL RESERVE” BANK AND GET MON
EY. YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY WHEN YOU WANT IT WHEN
IT IS DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK.
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY S PEA CENT INTEAE8T ON TIME DEPOSITS.
The National Bank of Tifton, Ga
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