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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA. FRIDAY, JUNE 23,1916.
RUSSIANS CONTINUE DRIVE JR pQDf
VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER 7.
Petrograd, June 22.—Fighting of the Russian and Austra
lian forces is now progressing along a battle front five
red miles long.
Despite the increasing resistance, the Russian forces are
I advancing. 4
.The Austrian troops are in wild flight. at the extreme
uthem end of the great battle line, in Bukowina.
London, June 21.—A dispatch received here from Athens
(states that the Skouloudis Cabinet has again resigned because
of the intolerable conditions imposed upon Greece by the war.
The Cabinet resigned several weeks ago, but King Con
Ratine refused to accept its resignation.
The losses on both sides are appalling.
FOR ARMY GAMP COMPLETES WORI
Probah
Have Charge^f Field
Hospital No. 1.
[/ Paris, June 22.—Furious assaults were made by the G( r-
paas all along the Verdun front last night.
All of the attacks were repulsed, except between Fun in
[md Chemois, where the Germans penetrated the advanc ed
french trenches.
On both sides of the Meuse river, in the region of V sr-
|un, the Germans again launched strong attacks against the
I’rench positions.
Rome reports the capture of an Austrian position in he
fosnia villey. Since the withdrawal of Austrian troops fr >m
ie Italian front to reinforce the Teutonic lines in Bukowi la, j have Governor Harris r^eve him foi
ie Italians have been reporting steady gains. ! a time from military service in or
Violent fighting with the Germans generally the aggt es-; der - , that ,. he , mi ® ht „,f? ITy on bia warl
|ars, is in progress between the Russians and Germans
ft Soon u Summons
District Regrets to See Him
Work Just Well Under Way
Dr. A,. G. Fort left last night for
Atlanta, In response to a telegram
from the Adjutant-General instruc-
ing him to report for duty there.
It is very probable that Dr,. Fort
will have charge of Field Hospital
No. 1, Georgia National Guard. This
will be organized in Atlanta before
proceeding to the state camp at M*
con,
Dx. Fort had just got the work ol
organizing the sanitary district, tom-
posed of the counties or Tift and Ir
win, well under way,. When the cal
for the National Guard came friendi
here considered making an effort t<
Clo
I Down Permanently Mot]
day Afternoon.
Y HOSPITAL TRAINING LONG WHISTLE WAS FAREWELL
in the district. This was while Dr,,
..- , . , ,. . Fort was away . As soon a* he return-*
olhynia along the-Stokhod and Stry rivers and in the reg on ed he forbid
any such steps being]
*“|r between Lutsk and Vladimir-Volhyniski. The Russia is, taken. He said he had not only re-
jhave crossed the Styr and reached the village of Gruziat; n, eeived army hospital training at the
:t of Kolki, entered the town and captured eleven office s,! government's expense but was a mem
men and six machine guns. In the fighting the town 1 b " ° f the National Guard and would
1 | not for a moment consider anything
jbut his duty in response to the call,
His friends here appreciate Dr.
Fort’s patriotic feelings but see him
leave Die health work in the district
with deep regTSt.
;o hand-to-hand fighting, in which the Russians, according^, T he .^ at ’°" a, ®V ard 18 , fort “ nat .
_ , . . ,7. Jr . „ „ ’ , tin having the services on its hospi
‘.Petrograd, forced the Germans to flee. Near Kiselln another
ivy onslaught was stopped by the Russians and the Ger-
put to flight. Near Lokatchi, southeast of Vladimir-Vol-
ski, Vienna reports the capture of 1,300 Russians,
orth, west and northwest of Lutsk vicious encounters are
ing. Across the frontier in Galicia the fighting in the re-
of Buczacz persists.
ged hands several times, but under a concentrated Gel
artillery fire the Russians finally were driven back with tl
^5 of 1000 men made prisoners, Berlin reports. H
Along the Stokhod near the village of Rajamiesto,
rmans deliveied a heavy attack, which resolved itself late:
■ j Washington, June 21.—The White House announced this
loriiing that Attorney General Gregory hew been selected to
jt*l corps of a man of Dr. Fort’s train
(ng and ability, and we are sure
of usefulness awaits him it
ly service. None the less, we an
Ish enough to hope he may soor
to his work here.
assures us that hy will
[ealth
!is work
in the
Iter Almost Continuous Operation
r Forty-Four Years Mill Stops
Becaus# Timbor is Gone.
The blast of the long whistle at
ie H. H. Tift saw mill Monday aftar-
in not only noticed the employes
t their work wfs over for the
’! it told the majority of them that
ieir work at the njill was over for
I time; it sounded its own requiem
id bid Tifton farewell.
After almoat continuous operation
for more than forty-four years the
saw mill plant haa closed down per
manently.
All of the available timber in this
section has been cut. For several
months the mill has been "scrapping,”
cutting what timber could be reach
ed here and there, and Monday af
ternoon “It ia finished,’’ was written
to the history of saw-milling at Tif
ton. The cutting of the last log
was timed almost exactly with the
regular closing timeithe long whis
tle sounding at foui minutes after
6 o’clock. The soun<j| was a sad one
to the older citizen* of Tifton, to
whom the mill has ^een a part of
their everyday life for over forty
FARMERS’ MEETING JUNE 26
Institute of High Order is Assured
For This County.
The Farmers’ Institute will be held
^eed Hughes on the Supreme Court Bench .
Solicitor General Davis, of the Department of Justice,
(succeed Gregory.
Washington, June 22.—The Carranza representative, Ar-
dondo, received orders today to seek an explanation for ] at tha Agricultural School on Mon
movements of the United States cavalry which resulted in i day ’ l , “ n f ? 6th > meetin * t0 be «*n at
, , . in A’AMalr in tha tHAraino nPAmntlv
i attack at Carrizal yesterday,
larranza desires peace, but he insists that Mexican sov-
rcty must not be further violated.
fc Texas, June 22.—Reports received by the Mexican
Lat noon today state that twelve Americana, includ-
nander, and fourteen Mexicans were killed in
tie at Carrixal.
1 States troops engaged in the fight were from
avalry- colored.
tPAHA BURNED.
JESS SMITH ARRESTED.
For Violating Tha Prohibition Law.
pawing Ala-
the zaw mill of the
(Lumber Company, Wa * Doln * Ru,hln « Businoss.
^destroyed by fire' Deputies Oscar Olives and Rower
ill was a large Shaw arrested Jew Smith, white,
■ new. The low at his home three miles south of
l no insurance. Tifton Saturday night nnd lodged
Fquoted as saying him in jail, charged with violating the
^will rebuild at once, and state prohibiton law.
in operation again in a Smith ran when the officers went
Months. |for him, but Rosser’s long legs just
i eat 'em up in a foot-race and he was
rLE AT AUTO. soon overhauled. He had seven pints
•Id. of whiskey on hand. There had been
pade a trip such a run on beer that only one
Florida, bottle was left. That there had been
ter Owen something doing, about a wagon load
was in- of empty bottles testified.
for Smith had been keeping his beer
■bile j on ice, and that the people knew
road what was going on was shown by the
licoiinty. fact that two or three auto.) drove
w up for beer while the officers were
!there.
10 o'clock in the morning, promptly.
An Institute of high order is as
sured. The speakers who are com
ing to addrew the farmtra of this
section are experts from the Col
lege of Agriculture who are loaded
with practical information and are
prepared to present it In plain and
pointed manner. Those who speak of
agricultural experts as "Book Farm
ers” are out of date. It haa been
recognized that the college men are
the only ones who have the real, de
pendable information that a farmer
wants. They are the only ones who
have taken pains to eliminate guew
work and who have the proof from
the fields or from livestock to back
up everything they say.
The institute will be very practi
cal and will be appreciated by every
farmer who attends. How to improve
the soil fertility will be the general
theme of discussion, connected with
which will be diversification of crops,
livestock raising, trucking, etc.
It is announced that the speakers
will welcome questions and want
to discuss local conditions as much.
possible. The speakers who are
to be here at the time and place
mentioned above are: Prof. G. A.
Crabb, E. G. Welch, L. G. Proctor,
and L. S. Watson.
Let the farmers turn out and show
that we have a live, wide-awake body
of farmers who want to make use of
every opportunity for advancement.
Mr. H. H. Tift established his saw
mill at Tifton, which was then -not
even a railroad flag -‘station on the
old Brunswick and Albany, In 1872.
The mill was burned in 1887 and
soon afterwards rebuilt Except for
that interval and a short period from
the summer of 1915, r until early in
the present year, haq been in con
stant operation. It js to the mill
that Tifton owes its birth and a large
part of its growth, j
The mill will be dismantled, the
best parts sold and Vhe remainder
scrapped. The tramroad will be tak
en up and the rails sold. The plan-
ng mill will be retailed for awhile
t least, the machine^ operated by
n electric motor.
The pazsing of the mill will be
It in Tifton business circles. It
rried a large pay roll, whtcl
II not easily find a
industry to replace.
7EEV1L.
It the Name of Insect Suspected of
Being Boll Weevil.
The weevils brought in Thursday
of last week from the farm of J. O.
Thrasher and Friday from tha farm
of Mr. Hendricks, have been classi
fied and named.
County Agent L. S. Watson saw
the specimen -from Mr. Thrasher**
farm first and said it was not a boll
weevil. This was confirmed by Dis
trict Agent Cunningham, who saw
the specimen later. The weevils from
Mr. Hendricks’ place were brought in
next day, and Mr. Cunningham sent
specimens from both farms for clas
sification. He was certain they were
not boll weevils, but was in doubt
as to the name.
This has been settled by the offi
cial report, which pronounces the in
sect a weed weevil. Thi- weevil is
doing n good deal of damage to cot
ton, boring the squares and causing
them to fall off.
MAULTSBY BOUND OVER.
INVITATION TO CONFERENCE.
’LOPES AND MELONS WAR with mexico.near
MOVING OUT NOW
Car Cantaloupes Being Loaded
Here Today,
SPECIAL MELON TRAIN A.B.&A.
Melon Market in Bad Shape. Few
Melons and Nn Cantaloupes on
the Local Market.
'Watermelons have been moving
lively for several days, and canta
loupes are going forward now.
There were two shipments by ex
press yesterday. Mr. Howard Davit
shipped sixteen crates and N. W. Hal-
iday ten.
A car was placed for J. J. I* Phil
lips and W. E. Farmer by the Atlan
tic Coast Line last night It is bt-
ing loaded with cantaloupes and will
probably move out today.
Mr. J. F. Loti loaded a car of mel
ons last night. It will probably move
out today.
Mr. N. C. Arrington loaded a car
of melons at Eldorado, on the Gaor-
gia -Southern, this morning.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and - At
lantic placed three cars at Inisa last
night. They are being loaded by
different parties today. These cars
are handled by the conductor* and
the shippers’ names do not come In
to the local office.
The Atlanta, Birmingham and At
lantic operated its first watermelon
special for- the season yesterday. It
passed Tifton southbound about 3 p.
m., and returned loaded late In tha
night. It ran from Moultrie north,
cars beyond that place being picked
up by local trains. A number of cars
were received from the Georgia
Northern at Moultrie.
The melon market was very unsat
isfactory this morning. Few melons
ara reported in the northern markets
but cold weather north la keeping tha
demand down.
Mexico City, June 22.—Full responsibility for the attack
on the United States troops at Carrizal wa* assumed by Gen
eral Obregon, in a public statement issued here this morning.
. General Obregon claims that General Pershing disobeyed
the recent warning not to move hit troops except towards the
border, and that the United States troops were trying to
seize the station at Carrizal.
The report from General Trevino states that from fif
teen to forty Americans were killed and seventeen were cap-
tured, but does not give the Mexican losses.
Washington, June 22.—The announcement that General
Obregon has assumed responsibility for the Carrizal attack
was received here with amazement.
Secretary of War Baker and President Wilson went into
a conference at 9 o’clock.
No official reports have been received from General Per
shing, and it may be tomorrow before they are to hand.
A declaration of war against Carranza is now considered
certain.
The orders for the immediate completion of the mobil-
ration of the militia have been sent to all officers of the Na
tional Guard.
General Scott stated that a large number of the militia
will be en route to the border before night.
El Paso. Texas, June 22.—An unconfirmed report received
here this afternoon states that General Pershing is now near
Villa Ahumada with three thousand troops, and has sent an
ultimatum to General Trevino that if the United States troops
captured yesterday are not released immediately that he will
ttack the city.
El Paso, Texas, June 22.—Infantry, cavalry and artillery,
are lined up on both sides of the Rio Grande, awaiting orders
that will send them into battle.
It is believed that if the reports of Mexican treachery
at Carrizal are confirmed, the United States troops will he or
dered to take Jaurez before night.
Carranza’s forces slept on their arms last night, and ear
ly this morning took up their positions along the river to de
fend the city. -
The reports of yesterday’s fighting state that the Mexicans
tricked the United States troops with a flag of truce.
The reports alto state that the seventeen Americans cap-
lured have been sentenced to hang. This is unconfirmed.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING.
IN YOUR LIFE WORK
FOR SUCCESS!
Fire in youi Furnace (or
Warmth and Comfort,
But put a Fire Intur-
Citizens of Tift Ur gad to Attend
Llvo Stock Conforsnco.
To the Citixens of Tift County:
We have arranged for a live stock
conference and exhibits at Moultrie
June 27-28 that should be of very
great benefit to the citizens of this
section of the state. Men of the very
best education and information and
who are authorities on their various
topics will address this meeting.
We are exceedingly anxious that
all of the citizens of this entire ter
ritory be present end Receive the in
formation and inspiration. You are,
therefore, very cordially invited to
be present
Yours very truly,
W. C. Vereen, Pres.
Moultrie Chamber of Commerce:
John Maultsby, colored, who stole
Col. Pate's auto Monday night, had a
hearing before Judge Sellars yester
day.
Under the charge of driving an au
to without the owner’s consent he
was bound over to the August term
of the City Court of Tifton under
3100 bond. Under the charges of
stealing a suit case, stealing a pis
tol, carrying a pistol without a li
cense, and stealing gasoline, he was
committed under $50 bond in each
case. The total bonds aggregate |300
and being unable to give them so far
Maultsby is in jail.
Maultsby had been out of the chain
gang only two months. wi.-re he
served a term for larceny. Commis
sioner Golden says Maultsby made
a'good hand, and he will be glad to
get him back. There appears to ba
th only place he made good at
At Salem, on the Fourth of July,
at the annual sing, cold drinks will
be sold by Eason Tucker and John
ny Ford.
Herbert L. Moor,
Grades!# Optometrist
Two yeare ot continuous practice
tn Tifton and scores of satiefied cos-
timers. If you are suffering witt
headache, or other it tubles eauwd
by eve strain be sure and consult me
■oporiy fitted
Bloek
Saw Demonstration of Home Eco
nomics at Vanceville.
The Ladies’ Aid Society of Vance
ville met the Canning Club Agent,
Miss Rowena Long at the school
house last Saturday afternoon and
had a very interesting demonstra
tion of the fireless cooker, showing
how tho housewife may prepare her
dinner or breakfast and go on about
her other duties without mending
the fire or running to tee how tho
vegetables-or biscuits are.
All the lediet proclaimed with one
accord that the flreless cooker la a
great relief to the housewife, and
will save her many unnecessary
steps.
The county could not have appoint
ed a better agent than Mias Long,
for she is deeply interested in the
work and Is ever reedy to help the
ladles in showing them demonstra
tions that will lighten th* burdens
of the busy housekeeper.
We think the ladies of Tift coun
ty should co-operate with Miss Long
for she Is really doing more good
than the "Pig Club or Corn Club”
agents or County Farm Damonstrs'
tor.
All progressive farmers are using
the most modern methods of farm
ing—using the kind of plow tools
that will be as light to the farmers
as possible, and we hull the advent
of the flreless cooker, and the lco-
less refrigerator within our county
with great pleasure.
We have always thought that the
housewife and daughter and mother
were imposed upon by the sturdy
old farmer and his boys, who think
that the housewife, daughter and
mother ought to do everything
around the house even to bring all
the water, feed the hogs, get the
stove wood—do all the booking,
gardening, sewing, patching and (if
you please) the spanking and train
ing of the babies and then go to
the field and do part of the farm
work.
During this time the good old farm
er rests, goes fishing or hunting or
takes a nap at noon. No wonder
the ladies want to vote!
In every great achievement the la
dies have taken the lead.
If the man will do half the work
on the farm and part around th*
house, Le., wash and iron a little,
stand over a hot stove a half day,
every f-rmer would be teady to help
his wife more, get her more, and
lovo her more, and the house would
be more happy and the children
would want'to stay at home long
er and would grow up to be more uae- i
ful men and women.
Three cheers for Miss Long and
the Vanceville ladieet Let every
community in th* county do like
wise. ,
A Spectator.
gab——7— a
ing in the uazait* psyi
The expected $park>to set oil the Mexican powder mine
ame yesterday at Carrizalj A detachment of the Tenth
cava'lry, colored, approached that place returning - from a
scouting trip. The Carranza garrison thought they had come"
to seize the station, fired on them, and the fight ensued.
As has been foreseen for a long time, a little precipitan
cy, just a little hot-headedness, has brought-on trouble.
The fight was at the Santo Domingo ranch near the town
of Carizal, and was first told in a dispatch from El Paso last
night The scene of the fight is nine miles southwest of Villa
Ahumada, the Mexican Field Headquarters in Northern Chi
huahua.
The news was brought by an American, J. C. Hubble, who
returning from the interior said that he saw numbers of Mexi-
an dead along the Mexican Central Railroad tracks at Villa
Ahumada and wbb told that there had been an encounter. It
developed then that Gen. Gonzales, Carranza's commander
at Jaurez had received news of the battle earlier in the af
ternoon, but for some reason did not give it out.
It was reported that about twenty Americans and forty
Mexicans had been killed and seventeen Americans captured
and carried to Chihuahua City. A machine gun used by the
Mexicans is said to have been responsible for the heavy Amer
ican fatalities. Gen. Felix Gomez, commanding the Mexicans,
was killed.
Confirming the news of the fight, Gen. Gonzales placed the
blame on the Americans, charging that they fired first, and
that their shots were directed at a courier who had just pre
sented them ’a request that they retire. American officers dis
credit this, and think that the Mexicans were acting under
orders, recalling Gen. Trevino’s recent warning to Gen. Per
shing.
ARE YOU A BRICK-LAYER?
IF YOU ARE YOU KNOW THAT ONE BRICK ON TOP OF AN
OTHER FINALLY BUILDS A HOUSE TO PROTECT AND SHEL
TER.
IF YOU ARE NOT A BRICK-LAYER YOU KNOW THAT ONE
DOLLARON TOPOF ANOTHER BUILDS YOU A FORTUNE THAT
WILLSOME DAY PROECT AND SHELTER YOU FROM ROVERS-
ITY. . s
PILE UP YOUR MONEY IN IN THE 8ANK AND BUILD A
FORTUNE. •'
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY 5 PERCENT INTEREST ON.TIME.DEPOSIT?.
Th i National Bank of Tifton, Ga.