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ER ANNUM. THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 13. ' - ' 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 eroC \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 ^^hgDedaralVoTi^ 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 1 f GouufuJt/ a/n/ 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. s ! TSS m