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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916.
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 13.
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Nicer Kimbrough Shot In
Mouth By Viscious
ile Patroling Freight Yard. Negro
Later Killed at Norwood
to Tift County Hospital in Serious Condition. Two
Convicts Captured When Search Was Being Made for Mr.
Kimbrough's Assailant Negro Shot at Norwood While
i Resisting Arrest at midnight Identified as Man
j At 2 o’clock it was reported that Mr. Kimbrough was rest-
as well sA could be expected.
While patroling the Atlantic Coast Line yards looking
36 two escaped convicts from Worth county last night Police-
ia,n Kimbrough spied a negro standing alongside the east
otmd freight that had stopped for the A., B. and A. crossing
walked up to him and asked him what he was doing there,
'is was about 8:45 o’clock.
The negro said he was going to Savannah, that he had
e' frorn Macon. Officer Kimbrough asked him why he
s hoboing and the negro said he had been out West and
come back here looking for his woman.
1 Mr. Kimbrough again asked him why he was hoboing and
Ik hold of the negro’s belt. When he did so the negro pull-
la gun and started to shoot, holding the pistol close to the
iers face.
f ,The first shot entered Mr. Kimorough’s upper lip at the
side, and the bullet smashed a false teeth plate, breaking
' back teeth on both upper and lower jaws, two on the left
and three on the right; then tore a great gash in the
jue, passed through the heavy muscles of the neck and hit
spinal column, then deflected and lodged against the bones
;he column a few inches below.
Mr. Kimbrough fell and the negro ran around the end of
e box. cars toward Tift’s mill.
Mr. Kimbrough was not rendered unconscious and regain-
is feet after a few minutes and started to walk out of the
is and was coming toward Love avenue when he was met
Yardmaster Lear and Car Inspector Goethe. They went
fie freight depot and telephoned uptown for a physician.
Ihysicians arrived quickly and Mr. Kimbrough was taken
Tift County Hospital, where an examination of the wound
eloped the information given above.
iff.'Kimbrough could not speak, and will not be able to do
or a long time to come, but he could write and gave the
thorities a good description of the man who shot him.
Search for Aflailent.
, soon as the wounded man had
gt the information a3 to how
|tot, a party was made up
jfpnk Whiddon secured his
and went with them to
f the shooting. The dog
nd hit it hot down the
acks and the party
I they were on track of
tempted to beat it out of Tifton last
night and were waiting at the A. B.
& A. crossing for the freight to come
on across when the shooting took
place when Officer Kimbrough was
assaulted.
It developed that the convicts did
not know anything about the circum
stances surrounding the shooting of
the officer and they were brought to
Hugh’s assailant When the city and lodged in the county
Mr. W. M. Sineath’s joil.
flushed two conviet3, | One of them has served two years
1 of a 20 year sentence in Worth, the
l claimed he was asleep j other one year of a two year sent-
ated that he was ence.
ausc he thought the They proved to be the men Mr.
jty would shoot if he Kimbrough was in search of when at-
aken in custody and tacked by the negro.
it developed that assa1L a nt shot at M | DNIGH T.
from the Worth:
BY NORWOOD OFFICER.
|eral days rro and
p and the dog with ( As soon as it was learned that the
been trailing them negro was not what the dog was
trailing, word was sent to the agent
iwever, and had at- of the Coast Line here and ho wired
SENATE VOTES TO
REPEAL EQUAL TAX
Law,.30 to 7- House Membeu
WU1 Approve.
NOT BE REACHED THIS SESSION
If Measure U Placed on Calendar and
Takes Regular Course. It's Pas
sage Would Increase Deficit
Atlanta, Ga., August 3.—If the
house of representatives ever gets
a shot at the bill to repeal the state
of Georgia’s tax equalization act,
which is the only thing that stands
between the state treasury and vir
tual bankruptcy, the act will hit the
coapy chutes.
Sentiment against the act, that is
in the lawmaking body, was proven
yesterday by the action of the senate
passing a bill to repeal it by a
vote of 30 to 7, which is the largest
majority any measure has received in
the senate during the present ses-
A majority of the members of the
house have committed themselves in
writirg to repeal the act, and the only
thing that prevents the house from
pasing the senate bill is the fact
that its advocates cannot get it on
the calendar, which requires a three-
forths vote If the bill awaits a vote
in its regular order, it will never be
reached at the present session.
The tax equalization act has in
creased the taxable values of the
state of Georgia by more than one
hundred and fifty million dollars. If
the act is repealed, this increase will
vanish. Already the state is $200,-
000 behind on 1915 appropriations,
and will finish 1910 $100,000 behind.
Appropriations appregating $500,000
are now pending in the legislature,
and if passed they will run the de
ficit to $000,000 at the close of the
year. Added to this will be $225,-
000 to supply a deficit in the pen
sion fund next year, making the
state’s total deficit in the neighbor
hood of a million dollars.
To repeal the tax act and wipe off
values amounting to $150,000,000 to
$200,000,000 would be to throw the
treasury into the quicksands up to
its neck, and the only possible hope
of extricating the state from its
floating debt would be to issue ad
ditional bonds.
FLOYD EDGAR ROGERS, MACON.
Mr. Floyd Edgar Rogera died at
his home in North Macon, at two
o’clock this morning, after an ill.
ness of seven months.
He was thirty-one years and eight
mouths old, being born on December
3rd, 1884.
Floyd, as we knew him, was a kind
husband, a loving father,' and a true
and lasting friend. He was loved by
all and numbered his friends by his
acquaintances. He was not well off
in the goods of the world, but his
riches in kind deeds and generosity
could be counted in thousands.
On October 16th, 1905, he was
married to Mias Pauline Herring, of
Tifton, who with five children, three
boys and two girls, survive him, to
gether with his mother, Mrs. R. E.
Rogers, two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Berry,
and Miss Ruth Rogers, one brother,
Mr. Harry Rogers, and an aunt, Mrs.
Ida Humphries, of Mafon, all of
whom were at the bedside when the
Good Shepherd saw fit to take him
from his bed of pain and suffering.
Two children, Martha and Harry
Lee, preceded him to the grave, the
latter only a few weeks ago.
The funeral services will be con
ducted at the home by Rev. Wells, of
the Episcopal Church, interment at
Riverside cemetery.
The pall-bearers will be his busi
ness associates of the Merritt Hard
ware Company, where he was employ
ed when taken ill.
Mr. Rogers was son-in-law of the
Editor of the Gazette, who was at his
bedside when the end came.
MEETING CALLED
FOR TABERNACLE
Necet*ity Demands One be Built
as Soon as Possible.
WILL PLAN DETAILS FOR ONE
. uawr
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\slcmd. educated
luacounltnj sc\\oo\ Me
became aaamous watti-
ematte'um .a^aXjud^c
and a noted wrilevT’
Qsa resutt. afnerOouMiess.
Utbad toquidc hiiriqW hood
'vmVkdmVeft uftveu uirdm^,
and ttuiste signed
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Mathematician, Hopkins
r nervous affliction, so that when writ-
B jruide bis right hand with his left.
Be signed the Declaration of Independence.
ted with less advantages than many boys
i community enjoy in this day. He
1 of his time and his abilities.
jltles Are Awaiting on All Sides
^ho want to succeed. A bank account is the
Ls at the disposal of ail who want to progress.
OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
ahead to all the stations to have of-
ficires watch out for him on the
freight.
When the freight reached Nor
wood, a small town, a few miles west
of Waycross, Officer Stevens of that
place was standing ready with hi
shot gun in position to do businea;
and a negro s*epped down from th<
train with a pistol in his hand.
Policeman Stevens told him to drop
the gun, but the negro instead threw
it into position to shoot when the of
ficer let go his shot gun and the ne
gro fell and died in a few minutes.
This was about midnight.
Chief of Police Thrasher was sent
word from Norwood of the killing of
the negro there and left here this
morning at 3 o’clock to go there and
identify him. When he arrived at
that place he made a careful exami
nation and it tallied with the descrip
tion that Mr. Kimbrough had given
him in writing so that there is no
doubt but that the negro killed at
Norwood is the one that assaulted
Mr. Kimbrough.
The negro was about 25 years of
age; light ginger cake in color; about
5 feet 5 1-2 inches tall; did not weigh
over 140 pounds; had on two pair
blue overalls; two worn shirts, old
worn sweater, badly worn tan shoes;
black cloth hat; mustache had not
been shaved in month; nothing found
on the person but a little salt, box of
matches and in his hand he held a
Smith and Wesson 38 calibre pistol,
three inch barrel and numbered
10968.
All along the line from Tifton to
Waycross a watch was being kept for
the negro, and at the edge of Way-
cross a crowd of about forty were on
hand when the freight arrived, but
the negro wa* dead then.
City and County Officials, Sunday
School Workers, Singer* Will
Meet to Consider Matter.
Feeling that the need of a taber
nacle that will accommodate at least
5,000 people in Tifton is bo strong,
in response to many people in the
county interested, a meeting has been
called for Saturday before the sec
ond Sunday in August, the 12th, at
the courthouse, for the purpose of
discussing the question and ways and
means of providing one.
The president, vice-president and
executive committee of the Tift
County Singing Convention; the
president, vice-president and execu
tive committee of Tift county Sun
day School Association, the Tifton
City Council, County Commissioner,
the officials of the Tifton Sunday
Schools and all others interested in
this important step are not only in
vited but urged to be present at the
meeting.
There is a great need for such a
building being erected here. The
need has been clearly demonstrated
several times in the immediate past
and Tifton will have to meet the
need sometime. Now is as good &
time as any.
It is impossible to estimate what
such a place would be worth to Tif
ton as a city and to the county as
a whole. It would mean the gather
ing here of hosts that now cannot
come because there is no place for
them to meet comfortably.
The meeting which will be held
on the 12th will go into plans re
garding the erection of a suitable
tabernacle—such as the needs
quire.
Miss Irene Archer, of Fitzgerald,
arrived Monday and is the guest of
Mrs. Tom McNeil
BOUND OVER.
Mamie Henry, colored, was before
Judge Sellars Monday and given a
hearing on the charge of assault and
battery. After taking the evidene
Judge Sellars hound the defendant
over to the City Court under the
sum of $100 for stabbing.
The trouble occurred in the negro
section one night last week when
Mamie took offense at another col
ored woman, Mamie Langley, and cut
her about the chest and arms.
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.
A stockholders meeting of the
Farmers* Union Warehouse Company
will be held in Tifton Saturday,
August 12th, at 10 o'clock a. m.
All stockholders are requested to
be present at this meeting.
C. J. SWAIN,
Secretary and Manager.
Mr, and Mr^. G. O. Stuckey and
children, who hive been the guests
of Mrs. Ftuckr 'a brother, Mr. J. A.
Yarbrough, ret erred- fc? their home
afcDtoVille, Ga., Mondajrnfgbt.
FIRST ANR SECOND
BALES ARE GINNED
J. J. L* Phillips Gets First and
J* H. Fordham Second.
ONE WEEK LATER THAN 1915
With Right. Kind of Ws.th.r Cotton
Will bo Coming in Right Along.
Yi.ld Off One-Third.
The first bale of 1916 cotton from
the fields of Tift county was brought
in Tuesday afternoon by J. J. L.
Phillips, and this makes the third
consecutive year that he has been
the winner of this honor.
The bale was ginned on his place,
brought here and put in Branch’s
warehouse. It weighed 441 pounds.
Last year Mr. Phillips got his bale
in on the 26th of July, seven days
earlier than this year.
Second Bale Today.
This morning Mr. J. H. Fordham
brought to the Tifton Mill and Gin
Company’s gin enough new cotton to
make a bale of over 500 pounds of
good middling.
This is the second bale of the
1916 crop in Tift county.
Mr. Fordham says that his crop
will yield about 65 per cent of nor
mal, but that he is satisfied because
if .the yield over the territory had
been normal with the acreage that
was planted the price would undobut-
ediy be lower than it is likely to
be under existing circumstances. His
farm is located on the Waterloo road.
The bale was ginned just before
noon and taken to the Mnrchan and
Fletcher warehouse.
Third B.l. at Noon.
Mr. George M. Fletcher sent In
the third bale, the cotton arriving
just before noon and is now being
ginned.
DISAPPROVES SALE
Sentiment in House is Against Sal.
of W. and A.
Atlanta, Ga., August 3.—That the
sentiment of the house of represen
tatives overwhelmingly disapproves
the proposition to sell the Western
and Atlantic railroad which is owned
by the state of Georgia and is worth
more than all other property owned
by the state put together, was con
clusively demonstrated yesterday by
the rapid action on a bill which has
for its object the placing of the ques
tion in the hands of the people.
Introduced by Representative Estes
of Lincoln and thirty-five other prom
inent members of the house, the bill
provides for a constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the sale of the road
unless a majority of the qualified
voters have authorized the sale and
approved the terms of the sale sub
mitted to them in detail.
The Western and Atlantic commit
tee of the house, which had previous
ly been placed in the embarrassing at
titude of favoring the sale of the
road met immediately following the
adjournment of the house and unani
mously recommended the passage of
the Estes bill.
The general opinion among mem
bers of the house is that the agitation
for the sale of the Western and At
lantic railroad has its source in the
private office of the directors of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad; and
the memoers of the house do not
propose to let the road be sold unless
the voters of the state, to whom the
road belongs, approve the terms of
sale and authorize the sale to be
made.
MONSTER RATTLER.
A monster rattle snake measuring
6 feet and having 15 rattles was
killed by Messrs. Farmer and Aiken,
two neighbors, just over the line
Irwin county Tuesday.
The snake was 12 inches in diam
eter and one of the largest seen in
that vicinity.
REWARD FOR APPREHENSION.
A suitable reward wili he paid hy
us for information leading to the
whereabouts of negro claiming to he
Bill Howard, of Brookfield. He is
ginger cake colored; between 35 and
40 years old; medium build. He
bought from us black mare mule,
about 12 years old, blinky, and led
it away behind buggy drawn by
dark brown blind horse weighing
about 1100 pounds. Think he got
mule under false pretense. All par
ties warned not to trade for mule
until conferring with us.
3-dl-wl. Miz.il Live Stock Co.
CASEMENT EXECUTED
All Efforts to Save Famous Irishman’s Life Unavailing and Ho
Died on Gallows Today.
London, August 3.—The death of Sir Roger Casement was
instantaneous, this morning, when executed on the gallows.
Testifying at the inquest Surgeon Mander stated that there
was no evidence of insanity.
Just before his execution Sir Roger embraced the Cath
olic faith, and his last statement was that he died for his coun
try.
The arrest and subsequent trial of Sir Roger Casement for '
high treason created one of the biggest stirs in British history
An Irishman, once prominent in British official life, a
Knight of St. Michael and St. George, and a leader of the Irish
Nationalist Party, he fled to Berlin shortly rfter the declaration
of war between Germany anid England in 1914 and immediate
ly became active in. a propaganda which had for its purpose,
the overthrow of English rule in Ireland. Part of this he hoped
to accomplish by aiding the Germans to defeat England.
Roger David Casement was born in Ireland in September,
1864, of a good family.
He was in the United States in the summer of 1914, short
ly before the outbreak of the war. In April of this year, while
attempting to land on the west coast of Ireland, with some fcl-
lowers and a supply of ammunition, he was captured. It is n
claimed that he made the trip from Germany to Ireland in a
German submarine. Then followed the Sinn Fein revolt and
the fighting in Dublin.
The British Government refused to turn Sir Roger Case
ment’s body over to his relatives, and it will be buried in the
jail yards.
Washington, August 3.—Ambassador Page, who left Lon
don today for the United States will report personally to Pres
ident Wilson on the British trade boycott and the European war
conditions.
Atlanta, Ga., August 3-—The Senate tabled the Savannah
recall bill today which practically means death to the measure
as it will require a two thirds vote to take it off 'the table.
The House defeated the Fruitland new county bilL
London, August 3.—Carrying important diplomatic docu
ments to the State Department, Ambassador Page and wife left
here today for Liverpool to sail for the United States.
New York, August 3.—The White Star line officers hero
received a report.today that their great liner the Brittanice the
newest and biggest vessel afloat had been sunk by a submarine.
The Brittanice had been used by the British Admiralty as
a transport and a hospital ship.
The officials of the line declared that the vfessei is in dry
dock at Belfast and that the one sunk is probably another ves
sel of the same name.
Tazewell, Tenn., August 3.—Between fifteen and twenty
people lost their lives near here last night as a result of a cloud
burst which flooded Blair creek.
Eleven bodies had been recovered up to noon today.
Washington, August 3.—President Wilson told the leaders
of the House and Senate again today that he wants Congress
to adjourn before September 1st.
President Wilson began hard work on his speech of ac
ceptance of his nomination today and it is expected that he
will answer Hughes’criticism sharply. „ •
New York, August 3.—Opening cotton market: October,
13.69; January, 13.96.
Close: October, 13.86; January, 14.15. Market closed
steady.
At one time during the day January cotton sold at 14.29,
the highest point that it has reached in several years. Before
the close of the market the demands for shorts subsided and
the market reacted a dozen points or more.
Yesterday’s Close:
October, 13.62; January, 13.89. Closed steady.
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two year.; *>: continuous practice
in Tjttvn and wares of satisfied cus
tomer*. If y03 are sufferinp with
headache, or other Roubles caused
by>vye strain be sure and eonsnlt Bie
and . sat if places property fitted
won’t .relieve them. At cur office I j
Is the Myon Hotel Block every day. > i
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Bb< “ muL /tno/L wiCw
Xt,
HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH SHOULD SAVE MONEY. WHAT’S
THE GOOD FOR OHE TO SAVE AND THE OTHER TO SPEND.
JUST ASK YOURSELF TODAY. "WHO GETS THE MONEY I
EARNT" DO I GET IT OR DOES SOMEBODY ELSE GET IT?
IB SOMEBODY ELSE IS GETTING IT CUT HIM OFF. YOU
EARNED YOUR MONEY, IT BELONGS TO YOU. KEEP IT.
BE A CAREFUL MAN AND BANK YOUR MONEY.
BANK WTTH US.
WE PAY 6 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
The National Bank c£ T:fton, Ga.
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