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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916.
VOLUME XXVII. NUMBER 15.
MAY SETTLE STRIKE
) Washington, August 25.—A basis for a settlement of the
pending nation-wide railroad strike was reached today by the
Committee of Railroad Presidents, after several conferences
with President Wilson and the Congressional leaders.
r ( President Wilson expects a final reply from the railroad
Mads to his plan this afternoon.
i j The Presidents' Committee presented a plan to the Gen
eral Conference of Railroad Executives at noon, and it is believ
ed that they will accept the verdict of their Committee without
prolonging the discussion.
■ |; As outlined to the International News Service, the agree
ment which has been informally suggested to President Wil
son and it is understood approved by him, provides as follows:
That the railroads at once accept the principle of the
eight-hour day and put it into operation in the train service
immediately.
\ That President Wilson shall assure the railroad heads that
by the' first of January, 19t7, a statutory Federal Commission
s^iall take charge of the collateral issues of the present dispute
a'nd that the Commission shall be made permanent for the con-
I alteration of future differences.
That President Wilson shall look with favor on an appli
cation for .an increase in freight rates to meet the increased
'expenditure made necessary by the eight-hour day plan, and
that the Interstate Commerce Commission will take and con
sider this application immediately.
/ These terms practically meet with President Wilson’s
original plan, and satisfy the demands of the Brotherhoods.
I [ Washington, August 24.—It is generally believed here
Ifte this afternoon that the great strike will be averted.
L | It is thought that the negotiations which are assuming a
definite form satisfactory to President Wilson and the Brother,
hoods will be accepted by the Railroad Executives who are now
iih session.
SERIOUS CHARGE
FACES TWO MEN
Summerford and Lineberger for
Sunday Night Affair.
MSS AIDA NELSON A VICTIM
TWO EACH, JUDGE
AND
Qualify as Candidates in New
Judicial Circuit-
ENTRIES CLOSED ON TUESDAY
Washington. August 23.—Secretary of State Lansing and
, Ambassador Designate Arrendondo are conferring today to
perfect arrangements for the meeting of the Joint (Commission
to settle the differences between the Carranza Government and
the United States. President Wilson ejects an agreement to
be-’reached before the Presidential election.
I The Commission will probably meet at Asbury Park- N. J.,
and the first question that will be taken up will be the with
drawal of General Pershing’s expedition from Mexico. It is
considered certain that this will be speedily agreed upon and
a .neutral zone established into which the United States and
Mexican troops can be hurried to stop bandit raids.
) The financing of the Carranza Government will also be
:en up.
Petrograd, August 23.—The official statement issued this
rning states that the Turkish offensive in Caucasus has been
ecked.
iURANCE SERVICE
your insurance with the Agent who
eached the zenith in his line. Your
erty is better protected when covered by
cy properly prepared.
INCE
BONDS
.NK SCARBORO
. Paiker, Manager Insurance Department
Tilton, Ga.
Charged That Sha Was Carried from
Hickory Spring to Point Above
Vienne. Kept All Night.
Owing to the physical condition
of Miss Nelson, the preliminary hear
ing of H. E. Lineberger and Jim
Summerford cannot be held until she
is able to appear, which may be sev
eral days.
Serious charges mny follow the ill-
vestigatic-n now going on in the case
Miss Alda Nelson, who returned
home with her fath-.-r Monday after
noon after- being brought to this city
company with H. G. Lineberger
and Jim Summerford, arrested near
Arthur Whiddon’s place above Chula
Officers Shaw and Conger, the tw >
men being charged with kidnaping.
Miss Nelson tohl a story to the
sheriff in the presence of her father
which, if substantiated, will warrant
very serious charges being filed
against the men sl.e was with.
According to her side of the case
she went from the church g-ou-ds
K ckory Spn-v; with H. G
herger t<- aceom,* -r.y him and Jin,
muurford and another womt: an
/host pleasure 1".p, expecting to
return in a few hours. She say/ that
cached the National highway
and kept spinning along; that finally
they returned to Chula where the
woman accompanying them left the
cor and the three then went on and
stopped in the village and one of the
men got her a drink.
She states that she drank the bev
erage that was given her and soon
began to feel queer, and that the
car started on and she supposed she
was going toward home. She says
that from that time on she remem.
bers very little of what occurred.
According to the investigation go
ing on now it seems that the party
went as far as Pinehurst and that
near that place the car broke down
and it took about two hours to fix
It was then turned south again
and when between that place and
Vienna the car stopped and remain
ed through part of the night. The
party then went to the house of Sum
merford’s father, spending the bal
ance of the night, coming on toward
Tifton the next morning.
Mr. John Nelson, father of the
girl, had been looking for a trace of
the car all night, and early Monday
morning came to Tifton and enlist
ed the services of the sheriff, and
the sheriff began to get in touch with
surrounding towns. . It wns learned
nbout noon that the car was ap
proaching Tift county and deputies
Shaw and Conger went out to meet
it, locating the party as stated near
Mr. Arthur Whiddon’s. They arrest
ed the two men charging them with
kidnaping and brought them to this
city nnd lodged them in jail, where
they arc still being held. The young
lady went to her home during the
fternoon with her father.
Son ofa \ucallhj/^*
laudoumer.of TfelsL)
descenL, Floyds life
u>as one of luxuty:
Jfe utas one of the ^
most agqressiOe of
the eatwjtalriols.
Born irTBrookhader)
L.I., he utas a member
of ConqresJT
cJ ®
;ars in Public. Service
BUSINESS WILL
BOOM THIS FALL
THE WAft SITUATION
T. E- Stubbs Returns From Mar
kets Full of Optimism.
PRICES UP } QUALITY BETTER
Conflicting claims are made by Berlin and Petrograd on
the fighting on the eastern front. Both report the capture of
positions near Jablonitza pass, where a violent struggle baa
been in progress several days on the crest of the Carpathians.
Berlin also claims the sanguinary repulse of Russian attempts
to cross the Stokhod and apparently desperate fighting is going
Eva and Tipton for Jadgo; Pat* and
Foy for Solicitor-Ganaral, it tha
Lin* Up.
There are only two candidates in
the race for Judge end two for So
dcitor-General of the Tifton Judicial
Circuit.
Judge R. L. Tipton, of Ashburn
who announced his intention of eft
tering the race, failed to qualify at
the last moment. The entries closed
Tuesday night. At that time, in
this county, R. Eve, of Tifton, and
H. Tipton, of Sylvester, had quni-j
ified for the Judgeship and James
H. Pate, of Ashburn and R. S. Foyj
of Sylvester, had qualified us candi
dates for Solicitor-General.
This narrows the race down to two
candidates for each position nnd
while it will be short, it promises to
be both warm and closely contested.
Col. Skeen, of Tifton, was cne of
the candidates to qualify yesterday
for one of the vacancies on the Court
of Appeals.
The others who had qualified are
Roseoe Luke, of Thomasville; W
Frank Jenkins, of Eatonton; Johr
B. Hutcheson, of Ashburn, and Ale:
Stevens, of Atlanta. Others who hav
been positively mentioned as coming
into the race before the close of th£
list on Saturday are Henry Fulbright
of Waynesboro; M. J. Yeomans, ojf
Dawson; Judge Cozart, of Columbus;
Judge E. J. Reagan, of McDonough^
and 0. H. B. Bloodworth, of Forsytli
WHAT SCANDALT
Miss Nelson, together with her mo
ther, sister Mary and hrother Jim,
went to Hickory Spring Sunday t
ittend the annual meeting then
About 3 o’clock in the afternoon the
foot washing service was being held
nd Mrs. Nelson was Inside the
hurch, while Miss Alda and her sis
ter were on the outside talking with
friends. Presently H. G. Lineberger,
a young mnn acquaintance, stepped
ip to the Nelson girls and began to
talk to Miss Alda. Mary spoke to
him arfi turned away and entered the
church where she remained for about
hou
Whs
her sis
i, Floyd forgot his liigh social position and
in the cause of liberty. Beginning as a
this counliy in public life for more than fifty
active
makes
reliable men and women—the
that can be depended upon-
liability and service should make this bank vour
the amount you deposit is targe or small
it, interested attention in banking mat-
no are free to advise with us regarding
mortage*, etc.
OF TIFTON
GEORGIA
she came out and looked foi
r she could find no trace o
ii Mrs. Nelson and her son,
rched the grounds for the
missing -1. but not finding her there
they went on home.
Upon arrival there they learned
■Jim,
When Judge Cox “roasted" Mr.
Walter Park, brother of our Con-' 1
gressman, for alleged scandal-mor-
gering, we expected to hear some
thing sensational. When Mr. Luke
threatened to take the stump if the
scandal didn’t cess*, we were ready
for most anything. *>-Now comes Mr.
Walter’s Park’s letter insinuating
that the trouble is over his confront
ing Judge Cox with his conduct in
Turner county in a certain criminal
case. If this is all there is in it,
many will be disappointed. Charg
ing a-Judge with allowing himself to
be imposed upon is nothing serious.
We don’t doubt but that every Judge
has, at times, been entirely too leni
ent with offenders of the law. At
any rate, when a judge becomes a
candidate and takes his place as a
politician, he is not apt to be treat
ed with any more consideration than
if he were a Congressman, and his
record is just us apt to be questioned
If Mr. Park correctly represented
the altercation, we think Judge Cox
should have answered the questions
or given his reasons for not doing
If, on the other hand, Mr. Park
was insulting or had been miarepre
senting Judge Cox, we are not pre
pared to say what he should have
done. He is said to have answered
the questions and claims that the re.
ports sent out of the speech were
absolutely erroneous. He promises
his side of the question in a short
time and he also promises to make
interesting. We shall see how the
question looks when viewed from
both angles.—Thomasville Times-En-
terprise.
We are glad the Times-Enterprise
has called for a “Show-down” in this
alleged “scandal" that has broken
out in the Second District Congres
sional campaign. We have been won-
ering ever since the Damascus inci
dent why Walter Park should be ac
cused of dealing in scandal, or of
“whispering scandal," as some one
has put it, because he confronted
Judge Cox, fact- to face and in the
presence of an audience that had
just listened to a criticism of Con
gressman Park's record, with some
of his (Judge Cox’s) own official
cord. We have been wondering whv
American Mills Rapidly Filling Short
age Created Through Lack of
Imports. Exports Heavy.
My. T. E. Stubbs has returned
from the markets, having visited
Baltimore, New York and other cities
while away, and he tells some very
interesting things concerning condi
tions as he found them.
He says that while it is hard to get
home colths, the American mills are
rapidly filling in all lines where the
foreign mills held sway before the
war, but that there was such a great
demand for American made goods
abroad, especially South America,
that the shortage at home had not yet
been entirely caught up with.
Mr. Stubbs stated that it was im.
possible to buy some cloths of
cheaper grade at all, for the reason
that the mills had stopped making
low grades, devoting their time and
energies to the manufacture of
higher class of goods. A benefit the
people will appreciate through long
er service.
He also stated that he had some
difficulty in finding - print goods in
the darker colors on account of th
shortage of dye stuffs, but that he
had no trouble to get all he wanted
in the way of white cloths and light
colored cloths. However, there is
not very much demand for the darker
print cloths in the South, so this
shortage does not affect this terri
tory as it does other sections. He
added considerably to the ladies
ready to wear line carried by his
firm. -
Asked what the impression was
among the 'business houses he had
visited as to business conditions in
this country, Mr. Stubbs stated that
ley all felt very optimistic and that
t was expected that things would be
ively in this country for a long time
i > come. He said that he did not
I ear anything about politics or the
' *r while he was away—that
fyom the business people—because
cy were too hard at work taking
af(d filling ordcra to think or talk
olqer matters than business.
r. Stubbs said that while there
e practically no new imported
goods on the market, there were oc
casionally some importations loft ov-
er that could be picked up in limited
quantities at n price. Among these
he secured some beautiful laces.
The newspapers in New York arc
being* forced to economize in print
paper) Their editions are mailer and
they get out fewer extraa. The pa
per psed yellows very quickly when
cxpdsed to the air, and after a few
holds of such exposure the print
indistinct.
r. Stubbs did not spend all his
tidie inside wholesale sample rooms,
said so himself, and said that for
Both Berlin and London continue to make claims and
counter claims in regard to the recent fighting in the North
sea. Berlin admits that the battleship Westfalen was struck
by a torpedo from an English submarine but maintains that
the damage was slight. The German admiralty reiterates
that a British battleship was heavily damaged by a German
submarine. This is emphatically denied by the British ad
miralty.
London reports that the Bulgarians have advanced along
the Struma valley and have entrenched themselves at various
points. Berlin also reports further advances for them on the
right wing, where they face the Servians. Apparently, how
ever, no action of first importance has yet developed.
Interest in the attitude of the Greeks has been heightened
by dispatches telling of the determination of the Greek :orr.- ■
munder at Seres to resist the Bulgarians and of volunteers be
ing organized for his assistance Lv the Veirseloa leader at Sa
lonica. There lias been no further development in the Ru
manian situation.
On the western front the French are apparently marking
time while the British push against Thiepval and Guillemont.
London reports a fresh tightening of the ring around Thiepval
in the capture of two hundred yards of German trenches south
of the town. Bitter fighting is going on in this section. The
Germans succeeded in entering some British trenches, but,
according to London, were immediately ejected.
The fierce struggle around Fleury, in the Verdun sector,
continues. The French claim “an appreciable advance*’ be
tween Fleury and* Thiaumont and the capture of 200 pris
oners.
in
t|e first time in his life he had been
le to see some Rood shows while
ew York in the summer time.
He enjoyed the trip thoroughly,
nd nrrived home full to the brim
with optimism, and got a dose
revived business sure enough when
he arrived in Tifton.
\Hc told us that Duncan nnd Stubbs
wire in position to give the people
of \ this city, county and territory
just what they needed in the dry
goods, clothing and ladies furnishing
lines, at prices just as low as ariy
store could sell. There will hr Some
announcements of thuir'Tines and
prices in nearby issues of the Gn-
ette.
Salonica, August 24.—In an effort to throw a line of strong
defensive works across Eastern Greece, the Bulgarian forces
precipitated a general engagement with tha Greek troops,.
which is still raging near the Struma valley.
French artillery is bombarding the Bulgarians on the
Struma front.
A fresh wave of sentiment favoring the Allies is sweeping
over Greece because the Bulgarians are striving to occupy
Greek territory.
An unconfirmed report received here states that the Bul
garians have taken Seres.
Petrograd, August 24.—The War Office announced this
morning that the assaults by the Germans in attempts to force
the Russians back to the eastern bank of the Stokhod river
have been repulsed.
The Russian troops have also scored further successes in
Galicia and Armenia.
DORSEY IN TIFTON
from Mr. Nelson that Miss Alda ha 11 somebody didn’t rise to ask why,
not come home, but that h<* believed | when Judge Fox has been going all
he got a glimpse of her in an auto | over the district criticising and ridi-
that speeded by him while he was 1 culing the Congressman'# official
standing in front of the house. He j record, the latter'# brother, in the
said that the auto contained H. G. j absence of the Congressman from the
Lineberger, Jim Summerford, and a ! district, should be accused of dealing
woman he did not recognize at the in slander, and subsequently, at long
time.
Mr. Nelson set out at once, after
his wife reported that his daughter
could not he found at the church, to
trace the car that passed him and
succeeded in following it as far as
Chula and out from there in the di
rection of Ashburn, but lost track of
it from then on. He at once took up
the matter with Shepf Shaw and the
Sheriff sent an alarm out to all the
Georgia counties to he on the lookout
for the c*r and occupant#.
F.ummerford is a cousin of the Nel-
* r famii. and has a wife and on*
ch'Jd. Lintberger U
range, denounced as a common liar,
for calling on Judge Cox in pointed
and specific terms, to explain a case
in his own official record. And now
the Times-Enterprise, a paper that
has so far stood in an attitude of
neutrality in the Congressional race,
has risen with the very natural and
timely question, “What Scandal?’*—
Albany Herald. (adv.)
Hon. Hugh M. Dorsey, candidate
for Governor of Georgia, will address
the voters of Tift county at Tifton in
the courthouse on Friday, September
1st, at 10 o’clock a. m.
Mr. Dorsey will dicuss the issues of
p present campaign for govern
the occasion of his visit here,
and in addition will he glad to
'wer any questions that may he pat
to him by the voters. His pru
tour will cover Mitchell, Thomas,
Brooks, Lowndes, Tift, Ben Hill,
Monroe and Spalding counties. It
expected the voters of this coun
ty will turn out in large numbers to
hear what Mr. Dorsey has to say.
JUDGE cor 5 AYS IN HIS
SPEECHES:
M A public officei 't
lie property and to
hi# charge t«
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years oi continuous practice
m Tifton and scores of satisfied cus
tomer#. If you are suffering with
headache, or other tx cables caused
by eye strain be sure and consult me
and see if glares properly fitted
won't relieve them. At cur office
n the Mvon Hotel Block every day.
l’or,Sal.—Cool lecjml hand PotJ.
Come quick or pt left—W. E. Fsr-
25-wl-dl.
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Paris, August 24.—The War Office announced today that
th French have driven the Bulgarian troops back across the
Struma river, to the northeast of Salonica.
The Servian forcea have recaptured the height near Lake
Ostrovo.
Paris, August 24.—The War Office announced today that,
following a severe bombardment the Germans delivered a ter-
riffle grenade attack on the sector of Soyecourt, to the south
of the Somme, but were repulsed.
To the east of the Meuse, in the sector of Verdun, the Ger
mans violently cannonaded the newly gained ground of the
French in the vicinity of Fleury.
London, August 24.—Zeppelins made a raid on the east
coast of England early this morning, but inflicted no serious
damage or casualties.
Copenhagen, August 24.—The Swedish steamer, Baltia,
was sunk by a mine off the coast of Holland.
A large Russian torpedo boat is reported to have been
badly dnmnged by an explosion off the coast of Courland. j j.
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