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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1916.
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 23
IN HALF MILE OF PERONNE
Paris. Oct., 19.—Ceasing for the time being their Attacks
•'•in. the regionoCBapaume, the French forces last night drove
forward ^gainst the Germans in front of Peronne, where the
';•: German tsoops were compelled to fall back, according to the
. official communiflue issued this morning.
Heavy rainstorms cover the French battle front, and the
• fighting is carried, out inideep mud.
Paris, Oct. 19.—The French troops are now within half
..a mile Of. Peronne.
Greece still remains a center off interest as the result of
the' landing ®f Entente allied marines at Piraeus and Athens.
French demonstrations of bitterness :by the Greek populace
against the marines have been shown and the situation still
remainfl tense. An appeal drawn up at a meeting of Greek s at
Athens has boen handed to the American minister for trans
mission to Washington. It asks the American people “to
avertthe subjugation of those who desire only to remain free.”
Apparently the Rumanians have been successful, at least
rtemporarily in stopping the advance of the Teutonic allies all
along thftir border. At no point along the line does either Ber
lin or Vienna claim fresh successes against the Rumanians,
•While tbe'.Bucharest war office -asserts that the troops of King
IFerdinand at vafiou s points have repulsed the attacks of the
Teutonic allies, inflicting heavy losses on them and capturing
Bumbers of their-officers and men.
t Violent fighting is still in progress in Galicia, where on
the'NarayuvTca front the Bavarians stormed aRussian position
land captured 350 men and 12 machine guns. Berlin asserts
Ithat-west erf "Lutsk, tin Volhynia, following the repulse of the
{Russians, the troops of Emperor Nicholas have not returned’
to the fray an'd are merely bombarding the Teutonic positions.
The -repulse of Austro-German attacks in the Carpathians,
where snow i s now falling, is recorded'by Petrograd.
Both/north .and south of the Somme the French troops
have made fresh gains. The “village off Sailly-Saillisel is now
entirely in their hands and the Germans have been driven
(from the hills north and northeast. Over a front of a mile south
■4f the river, "between La'Maisonette and "Blaches, the German
jftcst line defenses have been driven back b,y the French.
| In the Austro-Italian theater the Italians are another step
forward in their advance in Trientino, having broken the Aus
trian line between Cosmetgnon and Roite and also taken
commanding position on Mount Pasubio.
FARMERS WARNED.
eiRST UNION MEETING
Of the Mell Association With Alep
eh* Church October 28-29.
Subjrct:
God.”
•October 28, 1ft. o’clock, a.m.—De
votional cervices led by pastor.
a.m.—Introductory sermon by
Rainey; alternate R. F. Ker-
ibjeat: “How do we Know the
the Word of God?*’
SMITH KILLS TAYLOR.
Abbeville, Oct. 17,—Charged with
killing James Taylor at Pinevicw
The Bible the Word of this morning, Sim Smith was
brought to Abbeville and lodged in
tie jail this afternoon.
It is alleged Smith and Taylor had
been enemies for some time. Yester
day they had an altercation and to
day as Taylor was entering Smith’s
harbor shop, Smith picked up a shot
gun and almost blew off the top of
Taylor’s head.
Some of the witnesses of the trag
edy assert that a quarrel arose over
the amount of rent due on the
furnishings of the barber shop occu
pied by Smith and owned by Tay
lor’s sons. Smith Claims he was jus
tified in his act.
The dead man was a well known
mill operator and leaves a wife, 0,
M, Taylor, a son, of Omega, and
Miss Orine Taylor, a daughter, of
Pineview. Smith gave himself up
immediately folowing the shooting
to a policeman.
DR. HAMMOND’S FUNERAL.
Over five hundred people attended
. the funeral of Dr. J. H. Hammond
I at Enigmn Tuesday afternoon, the
crowd filling the church and many
could not get inside. It was u
strong tribute to the esteem in which
the deceased was held throughout
this section. The services were con-
! ducted by Rev. Borroughs.
Quite a number attended from
Brothers’ all 1 Tifton among them being the mem-
bing and any j hers of his profession Drs. Hen-
leaving the'dricks. Smith, Baker, Welch and
bn all—Whit- R v. J. H. Jackson went with Dr.
Store. 20-w2t J. L, Brooks in his car.
a.—Organization.
Discussion: “Is the Bible
id on the World,” “Are
‘ ristians Where the Bi
rr?” “How Did We
"What is a Bible
pt Church?”
: who .will be pres
will be filled as
Also will be
unday.
for the Church
Numerous Weevil Cure Faker, Have
Goofed Planters.
Rumor has it that certain farmers
have been offered ‘“cores" for the
bdll weevil and the matter was
taken up by the Gazette with both
District Demonstration Agent L. S.
Watson and Assistant State Super
visor G. V. Cunningham who say
that tthere is not a single, solitary
thing known to use in the way of
sprays, liquids or powders that is
good for anything in destroying boll
weevils.
Thousands of dollars have been
gouged out of farmers in the cot
ton belt by unscrupulous fukers sell
ing so-ealled cures. Generally the
faker tells the farmer that his spray,
powder or liquid, as the case may
be, can be applied to the cotton af
ter the manner of such remedies be
ing used for potato bugs, and the
farmer not knowing that the weevil
is impervious to outside treatment
falls for the fakers glib talk and
lets go his good money only to dis
cover after he uses the stuff he buys
that he has not only been stung by
the weevil but by the fake cure as
well.
The boll weeTil is a peculiarly
constructed bug. Its back under •
microscope resembles that of a tur
tle, consequently any liquid, powder
or dust applied there rolls off with
out any injury to the weevil. He
feeds from inside the fruit of cot
ton, consequently no poisons applied
to the plants on the outside is eaten
by the bug while feeding, therefore
the most poisonous stuff might be
applied to the plants without the
weevil absorbing any of it.
The female weevil in depositing
her egg does so by puncturing the
square or young boll, so that she
does not get any of the poison into
her system by powders or sprays
that have been put on the plants.
So there you are. The weevil is
practically poison proof. The only
thing that will effectually destroy
the pest is starvation so far as
known by experts at this time, ex
cept to catch them and pinch their
heads off, or put them between two
blocks of wood and mash them with
a twenty pound mallet.
If any farmer is offered a “cure”
for the pest outside of pigs, corn,
wheat, potatoes, peanuts, cane, vel
vet beans, chickens melons, rye,
rape, oats, etc., please advise the
Gazette or Prof. L. S. Watson, who
will be glad to entertain the gentle
man (?) offering the cure just as
long as he desires to be in our com
pany.
ALL PLANS MADE
FOR FRIDAY MEET
GEORGIA- FLORIDA FAIR
Opens
Be
LITTLE STORM DAMAGE
Commissioner Golden’s Office to
be Used as Headquarters-
BIG SHOW COMING.
Tht King of Timbuctoo,”
musical drama, will be given at the
school auditorium, jut A. M. S. Mon
day evening, October 30, at 7:30.
The twelve characters in the main
cast with twenty-fiv* girls appear
ing in the chorus are selected from
the music and expression depart
ments of the school under the direc
tion of Misses Sasser and Repass,
Th P story of the play is as fol
lows: The action takes place in the
kingdom of Timbuctoo, in darkest
Africa, and the time is about the
month of July next summer. The
play is not geographically or polit-1
ically correct and is well nigh plot-»
But the action revolves;
around th,,
man
PROMINENT MEW With SPEAK
All Citizen, Interested in the Pack,
in| House Urged to Work That
Day for the Organization.
A meeting was held Tuesday night
at th p office of Frank Scarboro
Company of the Packing House
comitte e and plans were made for
Friday, the day that the final appeal
will be made to the farmers to take
active interest in th ft improvement.
The office of Commissioner Gol
den will be used as headquarters and
being on the first floor of the court
house will be found very convenient
for all.
A comittee was named for the day
consisting of Briggs Carson, chair
man; J, N. Horne, W. L. Harman
and W. W. Timmons, These gen
tlemen will b p actively engaged in
handling thp work of the day, but
the general committee’s chairman
wishes it understood that each and
every citizen of Tifton who is at all
intersted in the Packing House be
ing erected make it his business Fri
day to work to the end that the $50,-
000 in stock, payable in cash or
hogs, be got from the farmers.
It is stated that there is not much
doubt but that th P farmers are go
ing to make up this amount of stock,
because they realize that if the busi
ness men of Tifton put up $100,000
they (the business men) must needs
have the encouragement that the
farmers can give th* institution to
make it a success.
Quite a number of farmers have
already expressed their intention of
taking stock. If enough of them get
together and subscribe the $50,000
asked for from the farmers, then
the success of the Packing House Is
assured, because it will show that
they not only want to see th P insti
tution built, but mean to support it
after it is erected.
The meeting at the court house
will begin at 10 o’clock and during
the day there will be several promt,
nent speakers from Tifton and Tiff
county who will address the people
among them are: W. W. Banks, H
H. Tift. R. C. Ellis, M. E. Hendry,
B. Y. Wallace, H. S. Murray, M.
S. Patten, T. E. Phillips, R. D.
Smith,
The Tifton Concert band will play
at 9:30 advising the people that the
hour is at hand fpr th P all-day rally
to begin, and it is expected that
there will be huiMreds on hand to
hear the government and state ex
perts talk about the boll weevil and
to tak p part in the final arrange
ments for the Pacing House.
GOING A^IT RIGHT.
Mr. J. A. Eason don’t mean to let
the boll weevil any atart of him
this fall or next year either, for that
matter.
This is evidenced by the fact that
he is getting his stalks under ns
fast as plows can do the trick.
He says he will plant lots of ev
erything that he can get in the
ground this fall and next spring,
plenty of hogs and about five acres
of cotton to the plow.
t Valdosta Oct. 24th.
Better Than Ever.
The Georgia-Florda Fair at Val
dosta, beginning Tuesday, October
24th, according to reports will be
the best fair ever held in that city.
We arc informed that the live
stock show will be even better than
the magnificent exhibition last year.
The entries this year arc said to be
of larger and more perfect animals.
All the popular breeds of swine and
beef cattle will be shown.
The agricultural and other exhib
its will doubtless surpass former dis
plays as the fair management and
the exhibitors have now had several
years experience and naturally both
should know better what to collect
for an exhibition and how to pre
pare sam c for an attractive display.
The amusement features promise
to be exceptionally good. The first
day is Children’s Day and all chil
dren under fifteen years will be ad
mitted free. A patriotic program in
cluding daylight fireworks has been
provided. Thousands of novel pres-
Washington, Oct. 19.—Commander McCrary, at Pensa
cola, Fla., reports that extensive damage was done the avia-
tion station by the hurricane, but no one was injured.
Mobile,; Ala., Oct. 19.—Business was resumed here this
morning as usual, and there is hardly any trace the hurri
cane.
The Portuguese bark Portopara is ashore at the mouth of
the bay.
DAUGHTERS EAT ’CUE
Dublin, Ga„ Oct. 19.—Reports from individual Chapter*
occupied the morning session of the U. D. C. Convention.
It was announced this afternoon that Frank Harold, Jr-,
of Americus, is winner of the state essay medal.
The Convention adjourned at 1:30 for the delegates to at
tend a barbecue.
—— 1
IRWIN SUPERIOR COURT
Convened Monday. Strong Charge
by Judge George to Jury.
t , . . - .. Irwin Superior Court convened
ents will be showered down from the Monday( October mh> with Judg6
sky on the crowds of children and a
magnificent piece entitled “Saluting
th c Flag” and with Old Glory and
other national emblems floating high
in the air thc national salute of
twenty- one guns will be fired. This
will give many an opportunity never
before had.
Beginning Wednesday, which Is
Woodmen of the World Day, there
will be a parade of Woodmen and
competitive drills by degree teams
W. F. George, presiding; Solicitor
J. B. Wall, Sheriff W. Tucker and
Clerk W. Paulk, in attendance
Judge J. B. Clements is foreman
of the Grand Jury, R. Henderson,
clerk, and S. A. Burns, bailiff.
Judge George's farewell charge to
the Grand Jury was strong and able.
He charged the jury to be very con
siderate of consanquinlty or rela
tionship existing between jurors and
accused or accuser. He also remark-
for three large cash prizes, followed j ed tbat upon thj) } ury rc „ u tha
by harness races and a running race.
The Taces will be held each day for
the remainder of the week. A num
ber of fast horses have been entered
and thc race feature will be conduct
ed under the National Trotting As
sociation. Two very amusing free
acts will be given twice daily. The
shows will be furnished by the Great
Dominion Shows, a new organization
of th c latest features, collected un.
der the management to play the larg
est fairs in the South. The showi
began their Southern trip at Louis
ville and play Nashville, Memphis,
Birmingham, Atlanta and Valdosta.
Visitors to the fair at Valdosta
this year should get all the informa
tion on stock and other snbecta de
sired and at the same time enjoy the
amusements provided for their en
tertainment.
sponslbility of making th e laws of
the state effective.
The court proceeded with the
civil docket, several divorce cases
being tried.
Thc criminal docket will be taken
up later and several murder cases,
assaults, violations of the prohibition
law, etc., will be tried.
Among the visiting attorneys
the protecting “Stars and StripeR.”
The public is very cordially in
vited. Come and bring your friends
and have a good laugh and toll them
, "it's on the king." You pay only
cureh for n happy wo-, fifteen or twenty-fiv,. cents and are
! welcome to all the fun that you can
The constitution of the kingdom j carry home with you.
of Timbuctoo demands that their
King find such a person in a given
time or he beheaded.
At the opening of the play there
are a number of Americans, visiting
in Timbuctoo, who join the natives
in their search, in order to sav
popular ruler. Nearly every
Herbert L. Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
TO BUILD NEW HOME.
Tifton Ice and Power Co, to Eract
Handsome Structure.
General Manager G. I. Day, of
the Jacksonville headquarters of the
Southern Utilities Company, spent s
portion of Tuesday in Tifton with
Manager L. P, Thurman,,of the Tif.
ton Ice and Power Company, one of
the string of plants owned by the
Southern Utilities.
While definite arrangement* have
not been made, It may be stated
that the Tifton Ice and Power Com
pany will erect > new building for
its plant within the next few
montliB, The exact size of this
building has not been determined
on, but it will be a structure in keep
ing with the other improvements la
that part of the eity.
Work will probably not begin for
some weeks, but the building will be
finished early in the new year. Such
a structure is just what Is needed to
bring out th„ section around the
union passenger station and make
it one of the moat attractive in the
city. The statement that it Will be
In keeping with or a little better
than other buildings ther. moans an-
were: Cols, R. C. Ellis, C. W. other great achievement for this
record-breaking year for Tifton inu
Fulwood, and H. S. Murray, of Tif
ton; F. G. Boatright, of Cordele;
Wall and Elkins, Haygood and
Grantham, of Fitzgerald; Col. G. R.
Ellis, of Americus, and H. Lawson,
of Abbeville.
s ’ Smada.
WILL SHOW BLACK‘COTTON.
Atlanta, Ga„ Oct. 18—Black cot
ton Will be exhibited to Atlanta
scientisti and students of Botany b;
Arthur W./Brabham, of Olar, 8
C„ the "Burbank of the South, 1
who has not only succeeded In evol«
ving a strain of black cotton, but al
so strains of gray, pink and yellow
cotton, and who is shortly (to be en
tertained in this city by
Mrs. John H, Macy.
If Brabham's black no
provementa-
We congratulate the Souther*
Utilities Company on th* public spir
it manifested In keeping their plants
abreast of the progress of the cities
In which they are located.
It is time now that the Civic Im
provement Committee of the Libra- ■
ry Club and the City Council were
considering plans for beautifying
tho surroundings of the union sta
tion.
I have the finest carload of high
class big type cotton and heavy, team
mules ever seen in Georgia. They
weigh from eleven to thirteen hun
dred pounds each, from four to six
years old. The price Is—well—
from one ninety-five to two hun
dred and forty-five—the same kind
others ask you six hundred to seven 'out in actual test, so thi
hundred a pair for. If you think I wUI Produce black cotton
. .. , . , . _ year, he will hove solved olje of the
am joking, drive over and sec for bi(f dy(! prob | c ms of th„ textile in.
yourself. Joe J. Battles Wholesale dustry, and should his other colors
Horse and Mule Market, Moultrie,, of cotton give the sam p results,
Ha 14-dwlt I there seems to be no limits to the
' I posibility of developing strains of
Vir.it thc Strand when in Tifton. various colors.
A FINE SHOWING.
•net Bank’s Deposits Make New*
Record. Safa and Conservative.
That la a fine showing the Na
tional Bank of Tifton made la Its
statement published today.
The deposits aro the largest tho
bank has ever shown, and the vol
ume of business la going comfort-
atly on toward a million,
Tifton has just causa to be proud
of its banks. Also to appreciate the
wisdom of our finaneiers In weeding
the number down to just what we
need to hand)* the businaa* of tha
city in a thoroughly satisfactory
manner.
Two years in continuous practice
in Tifton and scores of satisfied cua-
thc tomers. If you are suffering with
one headache, or other troubles caused
has his own method of solving the by eye strain be sure and consult me
problem and all are amusing. and see if gle.ses properly fitted
Th„ songs take on national ideas relievethenn At cur office
and have a final happy ending under n “• ®yon Hotel Block every day.
" ANIMAL STATUES
The Sparks' Circus, which is billed to give two exhibitions
here Wednesday, October 25. have many-"novelties and new
features tiiis season, among which is the justly famous Wood
ford's Animal Statues.
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Statement of the Condition of
NATIONAL BANK OF TIFTON
Tifton, Georgia *
At the Close of Business October 16,1916
SAFETY
*w -
s
RESOURCES
S
E
Loans and Discounts
$ 186,446.35
T
Banking House and Fixtures
7,500.00
R
Other Rea! Estate
8,777.00
A
^United States Bonds
53,000.00
B
Federal Reserve Bank Stock
2,250.00
V
Advances on Cotton
Cash in Vault and Due from U. S. f
234,014.97
I
Treasurer and Other Banks
199,288.26
I
Total
$691,276.58
L
c
LIABILITIES
I
Capital
$ 50,000.00
T
Surplus ar.d Profits
35,833.30
E
Circulation
50,000.00
Y
Deposits
555,443.28
Total
$691,276.58
This display consists of snow-white Arabian stallions and
pedigreed white English setter dogs. There are three of these 1
acts, exactly alike, one in each ring, and from an artistic sense ( ]
easily hold the position of the most beautiful display of the
entire circus program.
A number A different famous hunting .tones, and the 1 j
{wardrobe, trappings and paraphernalia being in ta- rare o*
white give,'an appearance of mt.rble trip,? Jeav, - a lastin', »m->,
pression of beauty with the audienci.
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We expect to grow, both in capacity and opportunity to serve, and
to this end your patronage is invited hy a safe bank for safe people.
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