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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 7,1916.
SUPERIOR COURT
FINISHES WORK
GREAT CROWD AT
RROW SPRINGS
Gazette.
VOLUME XXVIII,NUMBER 9.
Completed Criminal Docket Thp Fi
Morning-
ON ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN GRAND JUHY HAS ADJOURNED
Spoke Daring Noon Recast of the
Court to Audlsnc* Which Wat
Attentive and Appreciative
Judge Frank Park candidate for
In iwn on the jury li-tf, and when *re-election to Congress from the
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j eight-sixth had been reached the
in the case of The State vs.
and Arthur Paulk and Eugene
ro rdan for the "murder of Wiley
4; .thews was completed late Wed-
ay afternoon. The jury is as
T. Green, R. L. Green. G. R.
nderson, Will Kent, W. T,'Wallic,
M. Bellflower, D W, Pilkinton,
Daniel, A. J. Eason, F. W:
, l. H. Davis. J H. Johns. ^
he State opened the case imme-
. following the selection of
ijt jury and the first witness sworn
^ Charlie Hall, who testified to
fact that about two weeks before
tragedy he was with Jim and
bur Paulk and that Jin. made the
ark that he was going over to
Wiley Mathews, and that the
o' got into Hall’s ear and went
|a pleasure' ride. That they went
S opposite direction from Wiley
iws and that they did not go
) AUthcws home at that tinfe. That
[rh^n they returned from the pleas-
trlp one of the Psulk boyssaid
|hJt that was not the only night.
Kiss Loony Pauly was sworn and
lifted that the three accused took
lumper at Grandmother's, Mrs. Judy
Second District; addressed the vot
ers of Tift county today at noon on
the issues of the. campaign.
The Judge began speaking soon
after the court took its noop^egem,’
j shortly aftaylT o’clock.
His speech defined fi 1 * position on
the issues of the daynnd defend
ed his recordrn’-Con grots.' He was
listened to ^attentively by -a large
crowd.
Judge Park came at the invitation
of his friends here, and only receiv
ed the telegram to come this morn,
ing, therefore, no advance notice
Grand Jury Conclude. Work. Davit
Cot Ten Month, and Rainey
Got Life Sentence
The',business of Tift county Superi
or Court was completed this morning
except the return of the jury in the
Paulk cate. •
After the Davis and Will Rainey
esses were disposed of the work of
the Criminal docket was finished.
Judge Kent then took up the Appear
ance Dodket until. 10:40, when the
Grand Jqry appeared, the General
FINE ADDRESS BY COVINGTON
Athletic Events Pulled Off. Plenty
of Good Bnrbocuo. Not t Dii-
Judge CDjrtvas In Tifton,' having
come over yesterday afternoon, and
as he had expected to speak at noon
today, his friends invited. Judge Park
to a division of time. To this Judge
Park replied that his time was limit
ed,
for a
there was not time for two speeches.
.Judge Park, in his speech, made
no Reference to hlaopoonent.
a # r—— V:
FAVORABLY! - reported
_ „ t trtjL .
for the Paulk case jury to come out
before adjournment.
There has been, much .pfatoe dur
ing; thejsession of Ahe way in which
Judge Kent expedited thi '
He has kept the court offii
iunip, and has wi "
handling the cases. ,
all cv-es have been prompt and^qui
table.
asted no time in
i. His decisions in
b’clqck. She thought that Jim re-
ned .later in the night, because
sever it was went to Jim’s wife’s
The General Judiciary Committee
of the Georgia Senate yesterday vot-
lulk’s, where Jim Paulk lived andjed unanimously for a-favorable re
It they left there on the night of port on tha bill creating a new Ju-
e, killing after supper--about 7 dicial Circuit of the counties of Tift,
* — Turner and. Woflh.
_ There appean to be no opposition
to the bill in the Senate and it will
oVn, and the supposed it must be j probably 'go through without a hitch,
nt—did not ate.the party.
j^-flaiicv.waa sworn.-butJ.dr UfcL.. - SINGING SCHOOL.
1 -•
I tiring that she “did not know” in /..singing school will be started
Jnost every case. ’fWNwj: Biv*£_'ehnrch Monday and
Tugene Jordan was next sworn will be conducted byMr.J’L. Pick-
I (Continued on Last Page) I ard. The term will last tyro weeks.
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PUT FIRE IN YOUR LIFE WORK
’ Rainey Get. l ife Sentence
, . The case of'Will Rainey, colored,
As court was only adjoUntei ^ h - argcd with t h e wuriit ci tll ^
little over an hour and a hal^ Marctl> 1915| w 'aS called and the
defendant plead gujlty, He waa sen
tenced to life impriaontneat.’
Rainey and his'Wife, it seems, had
been separated and dne night .while
she was with .a number of others in
a-house on Billy Pran'h’s p.’|cp sha
was shot to Death, the »h. '/'coming
through a window. .Rainey wts at
once suspected of the^ crime,' but
made his escape and .was r.ot caught
until a year.later.
Davie Plead Gqiily.
T. J. Davie, charged w.tli a statu
tory'misdemeanor, plead Railty Tri-
day morning and war icCenced to
serve ten months of iPSy « fine- of
$200 and costa. -■
-This ease grew out of a-fight that
Davis had.with. J. A. Dodd, .he cause
being alleged misconduct on the part'
of Davia toward Dodd's young daugh
ter, an account of which appeared
in the Gaxette at the tlmo of Davis’
arrest.
Jury Hung on Paulk Cato
The case of The State vs. Jim and
Arthur Paulk and Eugene Jordan,
that filled the courthouse to over
flowing with people from all parts of
the county to hear the t< stimony,
came to a close Thursday night
a
FOR SUCCESS!
Rre in your Furnace for
J Wnrmlh and Comfo
But put a Fire Insur
ance Policy in • your -
' strong box to make you
safe from loss by (ire.
'RANK SCARH( )HO
FFICE MYON BUILDING Tfrrdw] CAP
POTTLE HEARD BY
GOOD CROWD HERE
hre Thousand People Enjoyed
4(fi*of July There.
PAID RESPECTS TO HORSEY
Paine studied{heoioAu
and became a chaplaii)
with the provincial
troops. Later he took
up law and was a
member of Congress.
He was influential as
an orator and writer,
shortly before 7 o'clock with the
ending of Judge Kent’s aiile charge
to the jury.
In summing up, Solictor-General
Wilkes for the State suulio for sn
hour. CoL R. D. Smith, for the de-
fense followed snd spoke for tha
same length of time. Attorney E.
K. Wilcox made the final :.peech for
the defense, taking'one hour and fif
teen minutes, being followed by J.
Tipton for the state who took the
is length of time to close the ar
gument. The Judge then charged
the jurop and they retired to con
aider the evidence.
At 10 o’clock no verd.rt having
chad, the jury was “put to
went 'nto deliberation
again IHTmiorning
3 o’clock, this afternoon the
on the Paulk ease,
6:45 last
night.
Judge Kent is quoted as saying ha
win Wait on the jury until 12 o’clock
Saturday night
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HAS MAXWELL AGENCY.
Mr. I. L. Ford, ‘of-.Ty -Ty, is dis
tributor for the Maxwell Wotor car
for the counties of Tift, Turner,
Worth and Berrien.
The price*of this car has been re
st’d Mr. Fnrd has
some” of'Use latest models to show
those interested. See his advertise
ment in another rciuuin.
turbing Feature Marred Day
From Wednesday’s Daily.
The spacious ground* around Mur.
Springs were literally filled full
of carriages, buggies and autos yes
terday and when the occupants had
gathered together it made, a great
crowd, variously estimated up tJ five
thousand. -• i«. .
The exercises for the day began at
11:30 when Judge W. A. Covingson,
of, Moultrie, addressed the people in
his usaal splendid style. , _
‘Judge Covington steered clear of
tho set phrases used generally by
Fourth of July orators, .and when
ho had finished many, people remark
ed that his address' yru% one of the
best ever'given on such sn occasion.
on tho, JUspoks of .tbs Voqderful growth
of the'United State*.in tho l40ycars
since the signing of the Declaration
of. Independence, pointing’ out that
at that time was born a nation con
sisting of. 13 small, colonics with
three million peoplh which had grown
to be .one of the greatest and strong
est nhtifins of the. cartn now having
fifty , great states and one hundred
million people. T A A j
The speaker pointed out many
happenings during the life of tho
United - States which'.proved' to him
that :Jh' Higher Power had worked
to the making of the republic anil
the bringing of it to tho place it now
occupies'among tho nations ot the
earth'. He pointed opt that we were
English descendants; that-we were
English people, though our doors had
eycr been open—too open
to thp oppressed of all najons. po
pointed out that,our laws were Eng
lish;, our courts English; our lan
guage English, but our social life
was cosmopolitan. '
He paid gibwing tribute to Presi
dent Wilson for. the stand he had
taken-with Germany, saying that we
had no occasion to go to war with
a nation that did not hate us and
that Wilson had won tho respect of
America from all. the nationr through
his diplomacy without the shedding
of any blood.
Following the spcakw.g, thosd who
had brought baskets began to spread
them in various places about tho
grounds nnd on the tables. Plenty
Running high jump, won by Ger
ald Herring, first; Hal Mickle sec
ond.
Standing broad jump, won by Niel
Ryder, first; Robert JoMnn iccond
Three-legged rare won bv the Co
burn twins.
During the eve ling -lancing was
enjoyed by many, the music being
furnished by the ’iotil’iie oichesua.
k local orchestra furnished n-u.-i-
at the pavilion doling the t'ny
-poke at Murrow Springs Yester
day, Chula at Night.
Said Dorsey’s Defense of~ L. 4b N.
Matter Was CUIdish and Absurd.
Address Well Received
From Wednesday’s Daily.
■ Paying his respects uo Hugh Dor-
ley, one of his opponent* tn -the race
for nomination ae candidate for
Governor, Judge Josepn E. Pottle, in
his speech at Murrow Springs yester
day said-that Dorseys rtafement in
his Alma speech that bo had not rep
resented the L. and N. in the litiga-
tion matter of paralla'ing tho W and
A. but that his firm did, was an ab
surd and childish defen.-e of his posi
tion in the matter, bei.mse Mr. Dor
sey could and propel ly should be
held responsible for lie professional
acts of ttfe firm that uccd his name
and divided its profits fFth him.
Mr. Pottle spoko fvr more than
an. hour.dnd a, quhrttr and iro". tho
first of tlio 'speech, un’ll Uie end hit
hearers listened to li.m with strict
attention. Ho made, a nplendu* speech
nnd dwelt at somo length on the var
ious matters that he tiraight effected
the people’s, interests, at this time.
He wpa intsoduevd l*r Dr. Jackson,
who s'pokq' -with soma . intenseness
concerning- the put snd predicted
that Mr. Pottle would be .the -man
selected In represent the stale at-its
head in the coming election - *
Mr. Pottle said that-lie' Was . the
candidate of no man nr ,ae-'«(.men
or interest, but was.funning'purely
because he felt that hit thousands if
friends throughout the state -ifanted
him to rbn for they had com*, to him.
or written' him Urging that hy make
the rrfee. .
Following the' spee n Muriu-y
Springs, Mr. Pottle wit .int,r.uiucud
tp a great manjr'peopii nndtatir-in
the evening went to Chula’ where he
spoke at night to tt gord sized crowd.
.. Mr.. Pottle has i lav* number ■ol
earnest supporters- in Ti(t- county
yfho'are working hard' M his inter
est and whq, feel cor <i,lent that be
will carry,’the cgpnty in thrprimsry:
The Judge spoke at A la para at 11
in the .morning aftd vfas greeted
there by a crowd of between 8,500
anN 4,000, JUporil fic-n that meet
ing are to the effect that ha was
well received by the-’Berrien eoun;
timns snd made many' •-Hinds'there.
JUDGE COX SPOKE IGEN. PRESENTMENTS
AT COURT GOUSEl TifT titm JURY
Today. Told Wkat He Would Reporta of Committees on The
Do For District. j County's Affairs)
ATTACKED OPPONENTS RECORO | PHESEm MINTS ARE SHOR
Said Judge Park Was Fine G«n(U- Rit inmindio Tliat County Farm Be
man But Rucord SUowud Him Un. i 'dd aud Auoth.r Purchased.
ri / Commend Work of Co. Com.
Claiming that the only tiling Judgj
books, "A."
Commif
k'F^i
AT HICKORY SPRING
of excellent barbecue snd Brunswick Tweaty-Day -formal Mueie Class to
stow had been prepared by thaj- • • be Taught
Springs management and nil those
who svisbed any were supplied.
Athletic Evcate.
Following dinner the athletic
events were pulled off. as follows i
Swimming contest, -von by Niel
Ryder, first; Hal Mickio, second.
Diving contest, won hy Dewey
Kersey, first; Arthur Samp, second,
Jeaae Taylor, third.
100-yard dash, won by Person
Clegg, first; Jim Neagios, set ond
Sunning broad jump woo by Bur
rell Jordan, first; Robert Jordan, sec
ond.
The Hickory Spring church com
munity has secured the services of
Prof. T,. A. Poavy to teach a Nor
mal Singing School, beginning July
17th and continuing twenty days..
Every one interested in music and
who expects to go for this period ii
especially Invited.
The teacher has been employed
by these people for the benefit of
all those who can attend and if you
are not able or willing to contribute
a small amount to help bear the bur
den, you have the same invitation to
attend and be benefttted.
Everybody tyiteiestej come aSid
bring or tend your children. If any
person desires, they cun secure board
near the church at reasonable rates.
J. F. Ross,
Jack Ford,
and Others.
Frank Pnik had done for i_,e
trict during the tlqie he has repre
sented it in the National Congrys
was the securing of ono or two small
appropriations, Judge Eugene E.
Cox in his speech here Friday sum
med up what the present incumbent
of tho office had accomplished in the
way of legislation. He added that
Judge Park was a fine gentleman
but unfitted to hold place ns oi
Representative in Congrci
Judge Cox started to
11:30, while the Court
joumed awaiting the verdict, of the
Jury which was out In th
case. There were * good many peo
ple in the courtroom to hear him
and they listened with close atten
tion throughout the hour he spoke. ep ,. -»D,’’
Judge Cox stated that if he wers
elected he would stand for economy
in oil matters effecting the spend
ing of the people’s money. He spoke
af some length usTo the attitude this
government should take toward Mex
ico, believing that: we should police
that country nnd that .Tuilgo Park’s
bill ,Jo take Mexico |by conquest,
troaty or purchase was directly op
posite' Id the wishes of the people
.and .one that would, if it had be
come law, have thrown , the country
into a-costly war.
Judgd ■ Cox believed that Con-
gressmen were responsible for the
grenf’ extrnvngances Of the Na
tional Congress had been guilty of
efforts to help control this extrava
gance., ' Ho also said he favored a.
merchant,marine-.to the extent that
Lliia eountry: Control (he seas and be
heyond tho power of the ahlpping
trust thnt now held her..
lie belieVed in curtailing the ex
tensions in. Federal pensions and
thought » revision of the laws and
lists necessary.'. , ,« •
. He stood for'the development of
the rural'free delivery system, say
ing that he wanted to see every citi
zen of the district supplied every
day with the mails.at his door, but
naltcrahly op
posed to pepsiOnfng government em
ployes who had- Host’ (heir places
in the service in .any way.
He believed In preparedness, but
did not think that conditions at this
time warranted throwing this coun
try into a slate of extensive war
preparations. Said this -was being
fostered by the steel trust, nmmu
nition manufacturers, nickle peo
tho Grand Jury chosen and
sworn to serve at the July
1916, of Tift Superior (
leave to submit the folio
eral Presentments:
Wo herewith submit
of the various
were appointed by us; also't
of tho auditing committi
ed -by the last' Grand
:ome
aughjt School to Support
His Parents,
became one of the great ojators and
t of the day. His was the plain and simple
fe that marked so many of the leaders of
I early patriots are honored in Ameri-
juse they forgot self in their sense of
, to justice, to freedom and to humanity,
juld be held up as worthy examples j,o
four Children to be Successful
bank. The bank account
S and will give them the
; are proud to honor.
OF TIFTON
GE.<
NEW SWEET POTATOES.
A box ot new sweet potatssa from
the farW of Jlf. George M. Fletcher
two miles north bf Tifton, * was
brought by R. H. Nichols, colored,
to the Gazette office this morning.
These are the first new potatoes we
have eeen this season and are just a
nice eating size.
Nichols has one-q ratter of
acre in this patch and he says they
are as good as the sample he brought
us and he expects to dig them soon.
A CARLOAD OF LIQUOR.
Chief Thrasher and Deputy- Oli
ver came in Thur- lay morning with
the tonneau of a Ford lull of bot
tled whiskey found at the home of
Smith, s' out two milei
south of the city. The whiskey was
4n'quart, pint aad ha'f ,i ; nt bottles,
and while the officer’ had not count
ed them there mus* have been near
ly 100.
- Smith was arrested a few weeks
ago upder a charge of haring more
whiskey on hand than the Jaw allows
and was bound ever tor trial. The
officer! made a prett.. thorough
search of the premises at the time
and-, found a good deal of whiskey
BARBECUE AND REUNION
...
Committee on Roads nnd Bridg-
Commltteo'appointed to
tho books of tho various
Officers and report to
Grand Jury: R. H. Hutchin
E. Abbott, and J, W.
nnd we recommend that they be ;
$3 per day for their services.
Wo recommend thnt J. J. Golden,
County Commissioner, get offers
and bids on the County Farm and sd-
eure offer* with price, on n
tract of land located near Tifton
and -located' bn aom* railroad, with
a view of selling the farm and se
curing n smaller farm with bi
location. Wo appoint E. L.
land and J. E. Abbott a committee of
two. from our body to act with J.
J. Golden, they to ma|fe a report to
the next Grand Jury.
Wp fipd that our Commissioner is
buiii|ing, tome fine roads and wish
to express our appreciation ot the
V.?. work he ie having done. .
We recommend that the Grand
and Petit Jurors be paid 92 for
their services and the Clerk of this
body be paid 93 per day; tjhat
mounted Bailiffs be paid 93 per
day and lobby Bailiffs 92 per day.
We recommend that these General
Presentments lie published Ip tfcs
Tifton Gasette, daily and weekly,
and 910 be paid for same.
(Continued on last page.)
DORSEY IN TIFTON.
Candidate for Governor to Sp?al
Here Friday, Neat, July 14th. ^
Hon. Hugh Dorsey, candidate for
Governor, will speak in Tifton on
Friday of next week, July 14th. ■ -
This news comes today in a tel-
egram from his campaign, manager
pie and others who would profit by | to a friend here. Details will prob-
lauchs condition to the detriment ably be announced latar, '
and expense of all the rest of the j
people.
Mr. Cox is a fluent speaker and
delivers hia ’words with effect. He
has many staunch supporters in this
part of the district. He was intro
duced today by Sheriff J. M. Shaw.
Mr. Joe Jackson, of Fierahome,
Fla., is in Tifton this week.
■ 2
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optomoti'
Two year-' oi omttnnou
In Tifton and Mores of sat ■ I
tamers. If you aro aufff <mr.wi.th
headache, of other trop'-’e, caused
b"j.“s ! Kr’«S > W
won’t reUeve_»em. At Cur office
in tha Myon Hotel Block every day.
The family and friends of Mr.
Geo. W. Conger enjoyed a barbecue
and family reunion on the 4th of
July, at his home twom iles north
of Tifton.
There was a splendid basket din
ner spread on the ground, flanked
with plenty of barbecue, lemonade
and good cheer, to tee extent that
the 350 people gathered onioyed a
day they will ever remember for its
happiness.
Mr, Abe Conger was ma ter of
the barbecue meats and had them
cooked to a nicety.
, Plenty of barbecue. 1 pork and
beef, ice water and lemonade, to
which the crowd did ample justice.
After ail had pattaken to their
satisfaction, there -till remained
plenty to take home—to show the
Unfortunate one not being able to
on hand that he had occasion for
SEE THE MEN WITH THEIR CHESTS OUT ANDTHEIR HEADS
ERECT, WITH INDEPENDENT WALK AND CONFIDENT AIB.
THEY ARE INDEPENDENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BANK
COUNTS.
B^A^E^OURSELPiKDEP.ENDENT BEFORE ITTSTOO LATE.