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POLICEMAN KIMBROUGH Not Yot Ablo to Loon House. Per. tiel Paralysis Affects Nock. With the exception of two days, Policemen J. R. Kimbrough has not been able to leave his home since be ing shot in his encounter with a ne gro in the freight yards some weeks since. Mr. Kimbrough, while able to be about the house, suffers a good deal of inconvenience when eating as it pains him to swallow, the throat and neck muscles being partially paralyzed from the wound made l>y H., the bullet which is still embedded in the back of the neck near the rpin. The engine Yoom for the fire i!e-jal column, partment wW face Second street and| Mr. Kimbrough can move his head will be the rear tjventy-five feet of from back to front but cannot move the new building,running across the it sidewise. His general physical entire width of &e edifice, fifty feet, condition is as good os could be ex- Immediately over the engine room atipected under the circumstances, but ^ the front will be the room for the his strength is somewhat weakened NEW CITY HEADQUARTERS For Fire Department, Mayor’s Court And City Clerk. The city of Tifton is to have one of the best fire departments in small cities when all the new arrangements .arc completed and suitable quarters ihavo been ^selected for the engine room and the firemen’s room in the ’ new building that is to be erected ' on the corner 6f Love avenue and Second street, work on which lr to begin as soon as the material is on the ground,.same having been order ed out by the contractor, W. Spooner. VICIOUS NEGRO SHOT AND HILLED By White Man Juat Over Irwin County Line •firemen, two paid men to be con stantly on hand. Immediately behind the firemen’s room on the second floor will be the city clerk’s offices and back of that a room will he built for the police court These rooms will be spaeiously built for the purposes they will be used and will be .equipped in modern style. While It will be some time before the new building is ready for occu pancy, the Chemical engine for the fire department has been ordered and will be in the city before many days, it is said, and temporary quar ters will be selected for it until the permanent engine room is built. through the fact that he cannot cat •n. A CARD OF THANKS. We take this method of express ing our heartfelt thanks and appre ciation to the dear kind people of Tifton for their many acts of love and sympathy during the illness and death of our dear husband and brother. We sincerely thank each of those who so kindly tendered us the use of their cars for the funeral. We pray God’s richest blessings on all. Mrs. L. A. Harrison Mr. and W.T. Wallis. Mrs. H. S. Murray left Tuesday morning for Cordele, where she is the guest of Mrs. F. G. Boatright. Statement of the Condition of the The Bank of 'Tifton Located at Tifton, Ga., at tha close of business September 19th, 1916. RESOURCES:. Demand Loans Time Loans Due from Banks and Bankers in this State $161,463.00 Due from Banks and Bankers in other States.. 41,344.09 Currency 26,734.00 Gold 2,000.00 Silver, Nickels, etc *>' 3,876.26 Clearing-House / 6,283.93 Advances on Cotton 437,503.93 $ 2,145.79 707,966.73 668,204.20 Total LIABILITIES: 1,378,316.72 LUCE, GEORGE AND JENKINS Capital Stock Paid in $ 26,000.00 Surplus Fund 125,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Current Expenses, Interest /end Taxes Paid 127,196.03 Individual Deposits Subject to Check $747,791.39 Time Certificates 351,512.27 tified Checks 8.66 Checks 1,808.37 1,101,120.69 1,378,310.72 IF GEORGIA—Tift County. came B. H. McLeod, Cashier of The Bank of Tifton. who i, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bonk. B. H. McLeod. id subscribed before me, this 26th, day of September, 1916. L. B. Herring, Notary Public, Tift County, Gn. E. P. Bowen, Vice-President B. H. McLeod, Cashier. J. W. O’Neal, Asst. Cashier. 4 denied Statement of Condition of ink of Tifton. Tifton, Ga. Close of Business, Sept. 25. 1916. • RESOURCES: . $ 691,518.97 iposited with Other Banks 398,706.54 >. 424,179.64 m ADVANCING WHEN SHOT Five Negroes Said to be Drinking Wore Cursing and Fighting in Front of Mr. Willis’ Horae. News reaches Tifton that a negro was shot and kilted by Mr. Tom Wil lis (named not confirmed,) who lives just over the Irwin county line near Mr. T. Y. Fletcher’s, and from fhe meagre details received it is learned that Mr. Willis had to shoot the ne- gre in self defense. It seemed that a party of live ne groes rode up in front of Mr. Willis’ home in an auto and that they were evidently drinking, because they stop ped the car and began to curse and fight, creating a very undesirable commotion. Mr. Willis went to them, first tak ing his shot gun down and carrying it along, and tried to get them to stop, but *8 he advanced toward tl.e fighting negroes one of them came towards him with a rush an.l curse! ht him. Mr. Willis told the negro to stay away from him and that they must all stop cursing and lighting, but the negro kept coming towards him threateningly. When the negro came up Mr. Wil is raised his gun and as the negro started to assault him he fired, and <he colored man was so close that the gun’s charge passed completely through the negroe’s body and the clothing was set afire. Several neighbors hearing th? cam- motion came up about this time it is understood and the other four ne groes were put under arrest and the sheriff of Irwin county telephoned for. The sheriff arrived some time after and took charge of the dead man as well as the four negroes ar. retted. It is learned that the negroes had been to Fitzgerald and had been drinking and that they got into some kind of an argument with the result as above stated. Who the negroes were or where they were from is not known, 'out it is said that the four arc being held in Ocilla for trial. Had Mr. Willis not had his shot gun handy, there ia little doubt but that he would have been rnugV.y handled by the colored men. $1,514,405.16 LIABILITIES: $ 25,000.00 ided Profits 253,066.69 1,236,338.46 WORK DAY RALLY. Every member of every Methodist Sunday school.in Tift county is urg ed and expected to observe Work Day Saturday, September 30th. All Methodists and any others who will are asked to give the proceeds of this day’s work to tile support of the Methodist Orphanage located at Ma con where there are 180 dependent orphans looking to YOU for food anil raiment. Carry the proceeds of Saturday's work to your Sunday school Sunday October 1st and let it be forwarded promptly to the home. God’s bles> sing is Upon you in this land of plenty. Share it with these whom God has given us to care for. X, .$1,514,405.15 us In Proportion to Capital of any Bank in Georgia. Bom at YorK.Pa., he led the life of a uiealttu ~ planter. When. Congrei called for ftmds to carry on the ReOolunott, Helsotv* raised two nullion dollars onhls ou)n credit: In doing solve idreckeahi^ estate. HA redit of Virginia Exhausted, e late and emptied his well-fiPed purse, to equip our Continental Army. He did edit and personal security —but died poor INTERESTING PROGRAM The Woman’s Missionary Union, of the Baptist church of Mcll Associa tion will meet at L6nox October 5th, 1916. The meeting will be held in the Methodist church beginning at 9:30. Program. 1. Song. 2. Devotional—Mrs. McDonald 3. Address of Welcome—A Lenox lady. 4. Response—Mis. H, H. Tift. 5. Supenintendent’s Message. 6. Song. 7. Question Box—Mrs. Chas. Car ter. Afternoon. 1. Song. 2. Devotional—Mrs. C. A. Chris- i tian. | 3. W Oman’s Work and intelligent -Mrs. : and prayerful giving i Willingham. Mr.. W. S. Walker. Supt. Selected for Court of Appoala by Democratic Convention. The State Convention in Macon Tuesday was a Democratic Conven tion—there was never a probability of its being anything else, despite re ports to the contrary. , “The feature of the Convention wai the speech of John T. BoifeuiUet lauding the administration of Gov ernor Harris and moving to make the nomination of Mr. Dorsey unani mous,’’ said one of the delegates from Tift this morning. “It was a beau tiful piece of oratory, and with the commanding presence of the speak er and his powerful voice, one of the finest things the Convention list ened to.’’ “Next was the speech of accept ance of Mr. Dorsey. It was just loqg enough and said just the things that should have been said. Its one dis cordant note was the criticism of the two Georgia Senators which should have been left out, as it did no good and grated on the ears of some of the audience. The speech made many friends for Mr. Dorsey, and nearly every one attending the Convention expects for him a progressive and successful administration." Everything had been arranged iri caucus the night before and the Con vention moved like clockwork, not 4 nay vote being recorded until the or. dcr of business was well under way. Hugh M. Dorsey was nominated for Governor by acclamation. Gov ernor Harris’ name was withdra' and Mr. Pottle’s campaign manai seconded Mr. Boifeuillet’s move ito make Mr. Dorsey’s nomination unan imous. J. R. Smith, of Atlanta, was elect ed temporary Chairman and J. J. Flint, of Spalding, permanent Chair man. H. P. Gardner, of Eatonton, was made Secretary. The platform endorsed President Wilson’s administration without re serve, as did the speeches of Mr. Smith and Mr. Dorsey. Roscoc Luke, of Thomasville; Wal ter F. George, of Cordele, and W. Frank Jenkins, of Eatonton, were nominated for the three places on the Court of Appeals. An attempt to have the Convention nominate ' a successor for Judgi Lumpkin on the Georgia Supremi Court failed, middle of the balloting accomplished what the Luke men had tried j for; it turned the tide in favor of Luke. In quick succession, after the roll call had been finished, Johnson, Screven, Bulloch, Effingham, Cha tham, Rockdale, Bryan, UnioU, Wil cox, Baldwin and Dodge counties switched their votes to Luke, and other counties threw half their sup port to Luke making more than enough convention votes to elect the candidate. The name of L. P. Skeen wa* never presented to the convention. After the first ballot Grogan and Jones withdrew, leaving eleven candidates in the field. J. F. Reddy, of Pike, moved that upon the conclusion of the second ballot, the three lowest candidates be eliminated from the running. By this process, Graham, Yeomans and Cozart were thrown out. The Muscogee county delegation withdrew Mr. Cozart on the second ballot, by not casting their vote for him, he being from that county. Th* New Executive Committee. The executive committee as select ed by the convention is: First District—R. M. Martin, Lib erty; S. C. Turner, Bulloch; R. E. DeLoach, Tattnall; R. R. Tippin, Evans. Second District—J. D. Chason, De catur; S. M. Watson, Mitchell; J. G. Perry, Colquitt; W. J. Willis, Grady. Third District—B. M. Turnipseed, Clay; J. H. Ward, Crisp; A. S. Bussce Turner; Roger Williams, Schley. Fourth District—B. F. Boykin, Carroll; Jeff Taylor, Marion; u C. Slade, Museogee; A. H. Freeman, Coweta. Fifth District—N'ym McCullough, Fulton; D. B. Bullard, Campbell; J. II. McCallie, Rockdale; J. E. Boden- heimer, DcKalb. Sixth District—Green F. Johnson, Jasper; J. B. Hardy, Upson; L, Z. Gil- Ibert, Clayton; John G. Ward, Henry. Seventh District—Sam L. Graham, In WILL EXAMINE ALL SCHOOL CHILDREN County Said Dr. Fort Fletcher School PROF. BREEDLOVE ALSO SPOKE ia uuuut lypnuiu, avers, because, he w in the district of it right jiway To Farmers About Getting Stalks Out of the Way. Co-operation is 'Assured in That District, /"'Digressing from his usual program Dr. A. G. Fort at Fletcher, school house Wednesday night told the pa trons of that school that ho wanted to tell them about diptheria mote es pecially than to talk about typhoid, slow and malarial fevers, bccaui said diptheria is now and if we take hold and get the co-operation of trons of the school there is little fear of the malady spreading. The meeting was one of thh series that is being held over thq county by Dr. Fort and Prof. Wstjbn in the interest of the work these two gen tlemen represent. There yrcre a num ber of the patrons of t)ws chool pre- ent and they gave tMt speakers un divided attention throughout and it was made known that there would be hearty co-operation in that district by the fanners in the fight against the weevil and by the school patrons in the effort to keep the school free from contagious diseases. Dr. Fort was introduced by J. Dana Jones, of the Gasette, who spoke briefly about the work the bus iness men of Titfon were doing to furnish markets' for other crops than cotton, and the people in attendance seemed much pleased to learn that they were being co-operated with in the fight that is to be made by the farmers against the weevil’s ravages. Dr. Fort besides telling the Flet cher patrons that he was going to be with them Monday when the school opened to make examinations of all the children entering the school, said that-ho would make examinations of every child in the rural districts of the county beginning next week, and that he had yet to find any man who wanted his child to transmit a con tagious disease to his neighbor's chil dren, or who wanted his neighbor’s child to bring the disease into bi> family, and for these reasons Dr. Fort said he had not had any trou ble in getting hearty co-operation in his work. He also spoke briefly about typhoid and malarial fevers and said that the work of inoculation was getting along splendidly for the two former and that people generally were screening or using other means to keep from having the latter. Prof. J. H. Breedlove followed Dr. Fort, taking the place of Prof. L. 8. Watson, and told the farmers that he was much pleased to know that prep arations were being made all over the county to get rid of the cotton stalks as quickly as possible after the cotton was picked. He said that this would greatly help making a crop next year. He also said that it seemed to be a good plan to plant small grain on the cotton stubble. ' The meeting was a good one nnd the farmers in attendance seemel much pleased that these two gentle men had been with them for an even ing's consultation. HE WENT TO MILL. Mr. Silas O'Quinn thinks he went the boys with the ox-wagon one bet ter when he went to mill in boyhood days. He carried a sack of corn on horseback, the sack balanced across the horse’s back. Everybody who has tried it knows how corn crawls, and before he got to the mill, the sack fell off. He was too small to lift the sack, there was no house in sight, it was a mile to the mill, and a bunch of hogs were feeding a short distance off. Tight places make a boy think, and after looking around awhile, Mr. O’Quinn saw a fallen pine not far off, and the butt end rested high on the broken stump. He could not car ry the corn, but he could drag it, and after awhile he got it to the log, rolled it up far enough.to get the horse under it, and pushed the sack off on him. That was inventive gen ius, but the sweat and toil made an impression that Mr. O'Quinn has car ried for more than half a century. Golden Hardware Company An nounce! Event ot Interest. Beginning October 4th, Thursdays and continuing through the 10th, Bin Golden Hardware Company nounce that they will conduct a dem onstration and sale of the South Bend Malleable Range. This range is a mighty good ona and the demonstration at this popu lar store will attract a great of attention. The announcement is also mad* that a valuable set of pure aluminum cooking ware will be given free with each range during the demonstra tion. BIG HOLIDAY OCTOBER 25. SPARTASBURC EAGLET. The farmers of this section i taking advantage of the fair w thcr and gathering their crops. We can find the boll weevil hi great numbers now, but we are plan ning to fight ’em. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Coogle t Miss Rachel Rupree were in Tifton chopping and attending to busincse matters Saturday morning. Mr. John Clifton was in Tifton selling cotton Saturday. Well, “Summer is telling Autumn Good-bye” now. I guess we will hear the wedding bells ringing. Among those who attended the an nual meeting at Oak Grove Sunday from this section were: Mr. N. Ben- nefield and family, Mosers. Fitzhaugh Baker, Burk Lengly, Robt. Coogle, and Thomas Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. George Conger, He. and Mrs. Tom Conger attended preaching at Oak Grove Sunday. We are at a lose to know why Fits- hugh looked sad Sunday. Wonder if Sparlu World’s Famous Shows—Cir. cus, Hippodromo end Menagerie. All of Thursday the busiest man in town was Mr. Jas. B. Beck, Advance Agent of Sparks World's Famous Shows. He was like a wili-o-the-wisp, now here, now there, making con tracts and arrangement* for the | coming of the great circus. The grounds known as the Tifton kl* Ford kicked him. Heights were .eased for Octob.r ' p^^^r *%,**"& ‘"th- his pockets filled with gum Sunday. The Sparks shows as they will I Mrs. S. J. Coogle was the pleasant appear here this year rank among the. tfuest of Mrs. W. I. Dupree Sunday, leading circuses of the country. It is ( M Goff ., g un d,y were: Mrs. Cathep- cinimcd to have two solid trains of e „e, Miss Lizzie, Mr. Phillips Livin twenty monster railway ears, almost ton, Mr. Thomas CUfton and i four hundred people and over two Coogle. hundred animals, both foreign and | werl the ^e,U of domestic. ,M. B. McClelland and family Smt- The show employe over fifty peo- day. pie In the department of publicity . somebody has a new hrother-in- alone and from now on until show ^m" UA Park is day the country for twenty miles .pending a few days with his brothcr- around will be given a thorough bil- in-law, Mr. B. E. Robin-on. ling and If the weather Is at all fa- . Our school (Ansley) opens Mon. vorable Tifton will have to entertain quite through gathering. Mex Bell. ah immense throng on that day. BIRTHDAY DINNER. to banh your money, you btgin to bail J cred- younelf rttiabl. and trustworthy. account, yon are neglecting one of the great- It enable* yon to plan and boild for ity. It makes you a person of in the business world. F TIFTON SORGIA nuanuMi k. Floyd; J. Z. Foster, Cobb; J. T. Nor ris, Bartow; John B. Lacy, Pope. Eighth District—Julian McCurry, Hart; J. F. Green, Clark; B. W. Boyd, Greene; W. J. Mathews, Elbert. Ninth District—O. A. Nix, Gwin- Miss Reca Childs celebrated her »». T T p n t sixteenth birthday Sunday, Septew- r ,:/• e ber 24th. There were 24 quests be-|^*' 1 *‘“ an » Hall; Howard Tate, Pic«- Hides the family. Miss Childs was lens. .the recipient of many useful, prea-j Tenth District—John T. Allen, ^pretty P^enTfrom h£j?^ G.iucke Taliaferro; father, the mo3t valuable and valued.!^ - Goodwin, Washington; W. W. Th«i dinner was plentiful and so j Shaw, Richmond, very carefully prepared and served, j Eleventh pistrirt—<Gordon Know, 2&'L^”llW^^nSdb e ! f .?• T - C— Ecbols; one* and plain ones. (Jonn W. Quincy, Coffee, J. A. Hen- We wish Miss Childs many such, derson, Irwin, event* and happy blessed years for| Twelfth District—J. W. Palmer, C F Brinson John- son; G. L. Price, Emanuel; A. J. Vearty, Lexington. A BROKEN COLLAR-BONE. Mr. S. A. Mathews, of Route 4, was in Tifton Tuesday nursing a broken collar-bone. Mr. Mathews was loading bay Wednesday of last week, and had eighteen bales on the wagon. One of them fell, knocking him from the wagon, and he fell between the front of the wagon and the mules, which started the team off. Both wagon- wheels passed across his left shoul der, breaking the collar-bone and inflicting severe bruises. It was a close call, as the wheels narrowly missed his head, and Mr. Mathews is glad to be able to be out so soon. ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE A WIFE AND BABY HELP LESS SHOULD YOU DIET DIE EVERY MAN MUST. IT IS HIS DUTY TO HAVE MONEY PILED UP IN THE BANK TO MAKE SURE THAT HIS FAMILY WILL NOT BE IN WANT WHEN HE IS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. YOUR BEST LIFE INSURANCE IS MONEY IN THE BANK; BECAUSE A GOOD SOLID BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MAY COME TO YOU WHILE YOU ARE ALIVE. BAHK WITH US. WE PAY 6 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS. The National Bank of Tifton, Ga. VANCEVILLE ITEMS. Mr. S. E. Caudill, in charge of the construction of the new station at Tifton, was a most welcome visitor at the home of his cousin. Mr. W. II. Ccudill, Sunday evening. Several from this neighborhood . attended services at New River j church Sunday. We regret very much’ that the fine sermon preached, will perhaps be the pastor’s last at that | place. Mr. James Smith, among many! other improvements, is huiiding a’ nice barn. A garage will come la ter. Mr. Browning la the owner of a new Chevrolet. Cotton picking is nearly over around here. School begins at Vanceville Mon day, October 2. due time to attend Sunday school and rhsse* at Salem church. Hspninees is thin* own. Floating In the air; And it* pretence will fellow thee Why not celebrate or'.a a yenr? A Friend. Mr*. J. K. Bntler and little d*Of li ter returned Thursday aoi..ing f.um North Carolina. Monument*—If you need anything in the monument tine it will pay you to see me or drop me a card. J. J. F. Goodman, Brookfield, Ga. 29-w2m Mrs. E. J. Padrick 1* spending a while in Allan’.* with hir daughter. If'r:. Keily. Two Horse Break Plows. Oat Drills and Harrows For Your Winter Planting. SEE Taylor Furniture & Hardware Co. “Everything fer Hom> and Farm.”