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Paris, July 27.—The French have made some progress J
Somme front and in the sector of Verdun.
The attacks of the Germans to the north of the Aisne and
the Champagne region have been repulsed,
i Following a terrific hand grenade attack to the west of
] iaumont, on the Verdun front, the French forces have moved
■) ir positions forward.
There was violent cannonading on .both sides of the Meuse
oAf night* '■ . .
Petrograd, July 27.—It is officially* announced that the
Bian forces have made further advances at Slonievka and
Idurvka, in East Galicia. * ,
I The Russians captured sixty-four* hundred prisoners in
uSsday’s battle. * • . •.
1 I s .— •
LAST NIGHT'S WAR SUMMARY.
2
On the eastern front, .the Germans and Austrians appear
ble to make a* successful stand anywhere against the v'ic-
ous Russian forces. Gen Sakharoff’s recent success has
•elught him within about twelve miles of Brody, which guards
ie, approach to Lemberg, ‘and places Voh Bothmer’s army in
tfiger.
_tThe unexpectedly swift fall of Erzingan leads to the sup-
cuttion that the Turks must have removed the guns from the
ftnses of this town to assist the armies in the field, not antic-
afting such a rapid Russian advance in such a difficult country.
l\The Italian front attracts little public interest, but the
tyans, have recently been making good progress jn the
l6mites.
(With the village of Pozieres captured and apparently se-
ireW in their hands and having' strengthened their positions,
e (British troops seemingly are resting before attempting
■ai/n to throw these forces against the Germans who are block-
g/their advance toward Bapaume. . Jaf
South of the Somme the French have recorded another
ess in the taking of a fortified house, with some prisoners,
u^heast of the village of Estrees. The artillery of both sides
engaged in somewhat violent actions in the Champagne,
In the Volhynia sector the Russians are keeping up their
sure on the Teutonic allies in the Slonevka river region,
>d 1 also are attacking the Teutons in North Galicia near
;ocly." In the Slonevka district Petrograd says more than 4,-
0 (men, five guns, six machine guns and quantities of muni-
have been captured by the Russians.
The Petrograd and Berlin communications 4 jire.*t variance fo^Btorhy irothTndj:
ning the results of fighting near Riga and in the vicinity
aranovichi. Petrograd claims the repulse of an offensive
eld Marshal von Hindenburg’s men near Riga, while Bcr-
that the Germans penetrated Russian advanced po-
there and destroyed them. Likewise Petrograd claims
gain for the Russians near Baranovichi, while Berlin
strong Russian attacks in this vicinity were put
asserts
light
that
the evacuation have not mentioned as yet
in their retreat were able to take away in
d Russian advance the guns and stores in
/nion of the military critics in London is that no po
ng as the British are now successfully attacking
een Pozieres and Bapaume; otherwise thej
nans would not have risked bringing troops and
Verdun sector to defend Pozieres, and it is in
dications in the official dispatches that the B <t-
beginning to establish themselves on both t'ces
i Pozieres to Bapaume..
•secretary for war, David Lloyd-George, in a
It shows the importance the Germans attach-
of Pozieres by quoting from a German di
aled in Contalmaison on July 11, as follows:
, e, the conversion of villages into strong points
; importance. Such villages are Pozieres, Con-
the two Bezantines and Longueval.”
Descended from British*
nobility, bom at Dover,
Delaware. Rodney
played an important
part in equipping the
Delaware troops'
during the
Revolutioq.
He was elected
Governor
G of Delaware.
PRAISED DITCHING SYSTEM
And Work of City Health Authority.
Before He Left After Making
Malarial Surrey.
Tifton need have no malarial it-
ver, according to Dr. R. H. von Ez-
dorf. of the United Statea Health
Service, who left here Tuesday night
after spending ten days in Tift and
Irwin counties making a malarial
survey.
While here making the survey, Dr.
von Ezdorf, who by the way, is one
of the highest authorities in the Unit
ed States on this disease, was as
sisted by District Health Commis
sioner A. G. Fort and Dr. Statham.
of Amerieus, temporarily in the
United States Health Service.
Dr. von Ezdorf went thoroughly
into a survey of Tifton and vicinity
and stated that the city was prac
tically free from breeding places for
mosquitoes of any kind at this timo
and that it might easily be made en
tirely free from such places and read
ily free from malaria, because of
the fact that the City Health author!
ties have ditched so well that there
are no natural breeding places left
for the pest, and in speaking of this,
the eminent authority paid high trib
ute to this work that had been done
and complimented the city on having
freed itself from a disease that is
common along the Atlantic coast.
Of course, breeding places can be
made, such as excavating holes and
not properly draining them or re
filling, but the malarial producing
mosquito does not breed in such
places. It was pointed out by Dr.
von Ezdorf that if the people would
keep.the weeds cut, keep the drains
about the property opeh, keep the
roof gutters free and watch these
small things then there Would be no
mosquitos of any-kind in the city—
and the city would become far-fam-
4:30 by his brother-in-law, John
Parker, at Parker’s home at Brin,
ton. Monk was also cot in the right
thigh and again in the stomach, but
the latter wounds are not serious.
Unless complications set in he will
probably recover.
The cutting was the result of feel
ing between the two families which
has existed for some time. Last
week Parker swore out peace war
rants against his father-in-law, Mr.
S. S. Monk, and Minter Monk, an
older son. These warrants wero dis
missed for lack of evidence.
Monday afternoon Parker’s wife,
who had been staying with her fa
ther and mother, it is ptated went to
her home in Brinton to get some
clothes. She was accompanied by
her sister.
While there trouble arose between
as Terribly Afflicted
with cancer of the face, which he
tnceal by wearing a doth, Rpdney,
1 noted for his good humor., Ad-
seldom announce thfeir coming,
prepared to meet them the-best we
i come. '*♦!>
t enablet you to enjoy peace
what conditions arise.
OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
free from two things frequently
found in Southern cities—mosquitos
and malaria.
Mosquitos do not breed in weeds,
but they furnish hiding places for
tin cans and other things of the sort
in which water can remain and stag
nate .and breed mosquitos of the
kind that are very annoying but not
injurious.
In the survey of the counties visit
ed by Dr. von Ezdorf, three forms of
mosquitos were found, two of which
are malaria carrying types, the oth.
er the harmless but annoying type.
He said that the best way to protect
oneself from malaria and live in the
rural sections of Tift and Irwin was
to thoroughly screen the houses. If
this could not be done then a net
should cover the beds. If this was
not possible then a treatment of
quinine prophylaxis could be taken
which would eradicate the disease af
ter it had been contracted through
the bites of the mosquitos which ctw .-
only AT NIGHT, or prevent the dis
ease taking hold.
Asked about the territory sur
rounding. Tifton having breeding
places, Dr. von Ezdorf stated that if
tiic city would attend to its own con
fines there need be no anxiety as the
malarial breeding mosquito did not
get further than a quarter of a mile
fromthe breeding place. (In very
rare instances they have been known
to travel a half a mile.)
Dr. von Ezdorf before he left said
that he had enjoyed his visit here,
that he had met with the heartiest ccA
operation all over the territory he
had visited and had been especially
assisted by the local and district
health officials. He spoke very high-
j ly of this section as being one pecu-
I liarly situated for good health.
| While here he lectured at Tifton,
i Ty Ty, Chula, Ocilla and Mystic. He
iwen^to Brunswick Wednesday and
j will spend a day there, then a day in
j Waycross and two days in Sumter
county before going back to his home
in New Orleans.
Dr. Fort is very much pleased with
the outcome of the work done here
and states that in order to further
the interests of the people he has se
cured a supply of bulletins from the
government on Malaria, Screening
and Quinine Prophylaxis which he
will gladly send to any asking for
them.
Dr. Fort also states that if any one
wants to screen their houses and is in
Louie Monk Disemboweled by
John C. Parker.
A GOOD CHANCE TO RECOVER
Cutting Grew Out of Family Feeling
and Trouble Between Parker
end HU Wife.
Louie Monk, son of Mr. S. S. Monk,
and a young man 23 years old, was
cut^with a knife and almost disem
ft
bowlied Monday afternoon about
it into
men
Parker and his wife,
her sister came outside
calling to their brother,
was-paasing, for help,
the house where Parker
up a (tick as he ran.
What happened after hi
the house no one but thi
know. It is said that Monk seized
Parker by the throat and struck him
with the stick and at the same time
Parker cut him.
Those who ran to Monk whgn he
called for help found him with his
stomach protruding from a slash
about five inches long in the upper
part of the abdomen on the loft
tide. Ho was also bleeding from a
cut in v the thigh and from a shallow
t on the left Hidc,.£( ineh or „so
Jew "Die one whieh let the stomach
out
A .messenger was hurried to Tifton
for riledica] assistance, and as soon
as it arrived Monk was carried to
the Tift County Hospital, where his
stomach was replaced and his wounds
sewed up and dressed. It Is the
opinion of his attending phyiiclani
that he will recover union peritonitis
sets in. As his protruding stomach
came in contact with bis clothing,
there is some danger of infection.
After the cutting, Parker went
to the home of Mr. R. 0. Sumner
near by and asked for protection. He
stayed a short while at Mr. Sumner’s
house and then went to the home of
Mr. Robbins near by where he await
ed the officers. Deputies Shaw and
Oliver went to the scene as soon an
notified, and placed Parker under ar
rest. He is being held, awaiting the
result of Monk’s wounds.
RUSSIANS TAKE ERZINGAN.
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years oi continuous practice
atisned ros
in Tifton and scores of saMHiH
tomert. If you ere suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eve struin be sure ami commit me
and see if gla-ses properly fitted
won’t relievo them. At cur oific.
in tbs Myon Hotel Block every day.
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Petrograd, July 26.—The jrredt
Turkish stronghold of Erzingan was
captured by the Russians Tuesday,
after severe fighting for ten days.
The four mairf fortresses in North
and Central Armenia, Erzerum, Tre-
bizond, Baiburt and Erzingan, arc
now in the possession of the Russians.
If Representative Beck Get* Hit
Bill Through.
PROHIBITS THROW FOR DRINKS
Man from Carroll Wants Another
Law to Enforce the One Wo Al
ready Have.
Atlanta, Ga., July 27.—The fellow
that wlalcs up to a soda fountain
with a friend and matchei the
friend to see which buys the drinks
will be liable to pay a fine or serve
term in the chaingang, or both,
and the friend will be equbf^t a*
liable, if the legislature of Georgia
passes a bill introduced in the House
of Representatives yesterday by Mr.
Beck of Carroll county.
Mr. Beck doesn’t believe in gam
bling in any form, even down to the
petty indulgences like matching for
drink, pitching "crack-a-Ioo-,” throw
ing heads and toils, etc.
Likewise, he doesn’t believe in
neckties. Thera is a standing reward
in the house for the person who will
catch him wearing a tie. He does
consent to put a collar around his
neck as a compromise with conven
tion, but that’s his limit. He wears
no man’s tie.
By way of proving the latter, Mr.
Beck of Carroll, haviojMiifflculty get
ting recognition from-'the speakei
during hia first week in the House,
walked down to a position in front
of the clerk’s desk in the center aisle
and commenced to expound hir view,
in a stentorian voice.
“I came here to be recognised,
and I don’t propose to bo shut off,”
ha roared; and eince that time the
speaker has been able to see him with
his (the speaker’s) eyes shut
The gentleman from Carroll is
regular bear-cat on points of order.
He sleeps with a rule under his pil
low and calls the speaker down most
every day.
DR. FORT’S DATES
Against Typhoid.
Your Commissioner of Health will
bo at the following places to give vac
cinations against Typhoid Fever on
ihe dates and at the houra named.
No expense is attached to this.
Tift County.
Omega Tuesday August 1, 9 to 12
noon.
Ty Ty, Tuesday August 1, 2 to 3
m.
Brookfield Wednesday August 2, 9
to 11 a. m.
Chula Wednesday August 2, 2 to
p. m.
Tifton Saturdays, for five weeks.
Irwin County.
Brushy Creek, Thursdays for four
weeks beginning August 8rd, 9 to
10 a. m.
Holt, Thursdays for four weeks
beginning August 3rd, 11 to 12 noon.
Wray, Thursdays for four weeks
beginning August 3rd, 1 to 2 p. m.
Osicrficld, Thursdays for four
weeks beginning August 3rd, 3 to 4
Mystic, Fridays for four weeks, be
ginning August 4th, 2:30 to 4 p. m.
Abba, Fridays for four weeks, be
ginning August 4th 11 to 12:30.
Irwinvillc, Fridays for four weeks,
beginning August 4th 9 to 10:30 a
CAVE IT TO PRISON COMMISSION
Atlanta, Ga., July 28.—The House
passed the bill today making the
Prison Commission also the High
way Commission, without any extra
remuneration, ending a seven days
hot fight.
The bill now goes to the Senate.
Governor Harris received officia!
notice today of ir.c Government
highway appropriation and of Geor
gia’s share.
Ocilla, Saturdays for five weeks.
The inoculation is given with nee
dle and is practically painless. With
a few there is slight reaction.
Ask your neighbor and your doc
tor about it.
A. C. Fort,
District Commissioner of Health
If weather conditions permit. Ask
the ministers to announA* it.
GOT FOOT CRUSHED.
EIGHT FOOT COTTON.
Mr. John Cravcy, on Route 3, sent
the Gazette yesterday by Carrier
Ruske three stalks of cotton that
were over eight feet high.
The stalks are not very full of
fruit, doubtless a result of the wet
weather, but they are the largest of
the season that we have seen.
doubt about how to go about it to get
a hundred cents out of the dollar he
will be glad to take the matter up
ith them or will go to the homes and
help plan the work. All of this zort
of work comet within his duties as
district health officer and it is done
without coat to the party asking for it
It is Drw. Fort’s desire to aid as far
as possible to rid Tift Ygajf Irwir
counties of malaria, and.lv -ays that
it is atjW- Biatt.tr to |b this pro-
will co-operate with
Solomon Hill, colored, who had
been in Tifton for a few days, com
ing hero from Vienna, decided he
wanted to got to Jacksonville, so ho
hit the through freight night before
last and when at Osgood, near
Lenox, he fell in trying to elude the
brakeman, the train crushing his
left foot.
He managed to crawl back onto
the track and flag passenger train
No. 4, which stopped and picked him
up. He was taken to Tift County
Hospital where hiz foot was ampu
tated at the ankle.
And Eight Cities are in the Fight to Secure the
Banka Coming to this Section.
Washington, July 27.—A hot fight is on among the larger
cities for designation as head quarters for the farm loan banks,
to be created under the Rural Credits; act now in effect.
Twelve farm loan banks have been authorized, to aid in
finamiu the American farmer, and it is the settled policy of
the / dministration that present Federal Reserve Bank cities
wil’ not be considered as locations for the farm l.oan banks.
Three of these banks will be located in the South, and Bal*
tiirore Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nash
ville. Fort Worth and Oklahoma City are making a fight
secure them.
El Paso,. Texas, July 27.—Two hundred - Villista bandits
arc now at San Carlos, thirty miles to the south of Ojinngn, and
are threatening to cross the border and-raid the American side.
According to an official report to General Funston, Villa
is not with the bandits. The militia and regulars have been
sent to Terlinga, the nearest American settlement, and other
troops are being held in readiness to be rushed to any point as
needed.
General Ramons, of the Carranzista fQrces, has reported to
Juarez from Escalon, which is one hundred miles to the north
of Torreon, that Villa's band has been scattered and that Villa
is hiding with a handful of men in the Canon de Lasenertas-
The United States offices here are disposed todoubt General
Ramos’ report.
Chicago, III., July 27.—The continued terrific heat, break
ing all previous records in the Middle and Western states, re
sulted in two deaths in Chicago last night.
The lowest temperature last night was eighty-two degrees.
There are no indications of any relief.
Savannah, Ga., July 27.—A shark five feet eight inches
long was caught in Vernon river today.
This is the third caught near Savannah recently.
New York, July 27.—One hundred and fifty-one new
cases and thirty-one deaths from infantile paralysis reported
today.
Physicians now believe mosquitos are spreading the dis
ease.
Washington, July 27.—The British Ambassador this, af
ternoon denied to the State Department that a British warship
entered America^ waters near Norfolk Tuesday, and demand
ed an investigation . of the reports.
Washington, July 27'.—The Senate Committee this after
noon voted to make an adverse report on-the Martines resolu-
U Tift mj irwin for lnocuiMion tion.x and all substitute!' providing for the President toTnter- '1
cede in Sir Roger Casement’s behalf.
The State Department has cabled Great Britain urging that
government to reconsider the decision barring Thomas Kelly,
his wife and secretary, from landing at Liverpool.
London, July 27.—During the discussion of the Irish situa
tion In the House of Commons this afternoon, the disorder arous
ed made it necessary to suspend the session.
Lawrence Gimmel, the Irish Nationalist who was suspended
from membership, refused to leave and force was threatened
to remove him, but Gimmel finally departed peacefully.
Vienna, July 27.—It is officially admitted that the Aus
trians behind the sector of Boldurka have retired before supe
rior numbers of Russians.
Berlin, July 27.—The War Office statement this afternoon
says that British attacks with hand grenades on the Somme
front west of Pozieres were repulsed.
\4f
AT ELDORADO.
There will be preaching at the
Baptist church at Eldorado Sunday
the 30th at 11 o'clock by Rev. G.
L. HunjL The public is invited.
LOST—Vale red cow, with long
horns end zhort lege, has heifer year
ling same color, with horns about
five inches long. Reward for r.*tum
to W. W. Cowell, Route 1, Tifton.
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&crYv& /m/O'vue^ j/rio
SUM WHITE HAD DARK SKIN. HE LIVED IN GEORGIA.
HE COULDN’T WRITE. HE SAW IN THE PAPER A PICTURE
“AD” OF A BURGLAR. HE GOT SCARED. HE ASKED WHICH
BANK HAD ITB NAME UNDER THE PICTURE. HE PUT HIS
“FO” DOLLARS *N THAT BANK.
HE “TOOK A NOTION” TO MAKEIT A HUNDRED DOLLARS
THEN TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE HUNDRED-THEN A THOUS
AND.
SAM BANKED MONEY EVERY WEEK UNTIL HE GOTTHREE
THOUSAND DOLLARSI WHENEVER HE WENT INTO THE
BANK HE WOULD ASK: “AINT AH GOT MO’ MONEY’N ANY
CULLUD MAN IN DIS TOWN?” HE WAS PROUD. SAM NOW
OWNS A FARM. CAN’T YOU SAVE?
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY 6 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
The National Bank of Tifton, G