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The Tifton Gazette.
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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1916.
VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 26
U1T8 BROUGHT
110,000 DAMAGE
ch by W^E- and O. E, Gibb*
Against Bank of Tifton.
.SO BY W.E.AND0.E. GIBBS
$5$1.76 Alleging Usury. Suit.
Crow Out of Recent Action.
Against Gibb. Brother..
!wo suits in equity for $10,000
i have been filed in Tift Superior
Jrt by Warren E. and O. E. Gibbs
wist W. W. Banks and the Bank
Ejjton, and one suit alleging us-
jlhaS been filed against the Bank
Egcm for »S31.79 by W. E. and
V. Gibbs.
Eft suits grow out of the attach-
tts’and petition in equity brought
the Bank of Tifton against the
brothers and other parties,
were settled a few weeks
[e petition of Warren E. Gibbs
IB that on the 9th of October
Dents brought attachment
1st him for $6,650, alleging false
fraudulent conveyance for the
of concealing assets and
ROPE WAS CAUGHT
IN HteS SHOE
Throwing Animal and Causing
Otis Willis’ Instant Death.
SALEM TRAGEDY EXPLAINED
Strange Accident Broke Neck of
Youth Riding Hor.e end Driving
Cow. Many Attended Funeral
The body of Otia Willis, seven-
teen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hardy Willis, who was killed by be
ing thrown from a horse shortly af
ter 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon,
was buried at Salem church ceme
tery Sunday morning at 11.
The funeral was held at the Prim
itive Baptist church near by and was
conducted by Rev. A. L. Bishop. The
regular services at Salem were ad
journed for the time. Over three
hundred sorrowing relatives and
friends of. the family attended.
Otis was riding and either driving
HOW THEY VOTED
IN TIFT COUNTY
Only One Per Cent Cast Against
Democratic Candidate
94 PROGRESSIVE TICKETS
or leading a yearling steer, which he
ingand” delaying creditors in I had sold to a neighbor. By some
tion of their claims. It alleg- means, the rope to which the yearl-
t W. W. Banks swore to factslj n g was attached was caught in the
that* defendants presented 'to! eV >“ ° £ ° ne •* horse’s front
Thomas an equitable petition and the animal was thrown. It is
ist W. E., 0. E., I. W. and San-(very probable that the horse fell on
Gibbs, Mrs. Cassie Gibbs and i the youth, as his neck was broken,
i !&%£&£?%? be: i ?°“f ° £ hi, blood was on the an-
ndebtedness to said defendants | im *‘» hip.
red. It further alleges that the j - No one saw the accident, but two
hmciit was made a part of.po- MftQe sons of Mrs. Edith Conger
, haudu!ent. It is W ela r imcd Ct ma°n U y j *“* ncar • B «« h t0 J e \ ‘ he horse
lr similar mis-statements of facta getting up. The accident happened
a made and alleged. j about a quarter of a mile beyond
is further alleged that the ob- j Salem church, where services had
equitablffbiH was *to harasa/ho-1 bcen held that day and a confer-
aV:, injure and damage the good once was then in progress. The boys
ie, character, reputation and went to the church and gave the
lit of plaintiff, and to obtain un-1 alarm, and several men hurried to
and unfair advantage to which - cpnp
endants were not entitled. I .. a . . . .
isp r that defendants exhibited ^ ^ was reported that one
proceeding to various parties, of the Gibbs boys was killed, as he
of whom are named, and said had recently swapped horses with
rjouW put said Gibbs in pern- 0 ti» and tl|B was recognized.
’or damage to character and rep- '' was not until the body was turned
tion by. said allegations of defen- over that it was discovered it was
ts, $10,000 is asked. Otis Willis. The parents of the
gie petl ^ on o*_9-_E._ Gihbs is i youth were in Tifton and they were
notified by telephone 'and harried
to the scene in an automobile.
Voted in the County; 19 Socialist
and 1 Straight Republican.
Official Return..
Out of a total vote of 1,140 in
Tift county, 114 ballots were east
against the Democratic candidate,
or just one per cent. The light Pro
gressive vote was somewhat of
surprise to some workers in that
party, because they were in hopes
that they would poll a considerable
larger number than the tallies show
ed were cast.
The largest Progressive vote was
cast in the Chula 'istrict, where 35
of the ballots appeared; Omega came
next with 23 and Tifton third with
15.
Chula district also polled the
largest number of Socialist votes, 8
being voted there; Brookfield had 6,
Tifton 4 and Docia and Brighton
each, u total in the county of 19.
There was ,1 straight Republican
ballot cast in the county and thnt
was in the Omega district.
Th« Electoral Vote.
The electoral vote by districts was
as follows:
DEM. | REP. I PRO. I SOC.
63~ i i rr 1
86 |_ 1_6 ft
68~| 1 35~| 8~
r
Brighton
Brookfield .
Chula ...
Docia ....
Eldorado..
Ty Ty ....
Tifton .... I 615 I 15 I 4
Total ... 11,026 | 1 94 i~19
ilar to that of W. E. Gibbs.
‘he suit for $531.79 usury is bas
on claims that in July, 1911, W.
Gibbs bought of W. H. Bennett
irm for the sum of $7,500. Notes
therefor were sold by W. H.
tt to the Bank of Tifton, and
‘ i on these. notes at va-
set forth it is claimed
wae charged,
ide by plaintiff March
$2,000, $59.22 usury
oh another note giv-
date, for $1,200,
When the body was turned over it
was found that Otis’ neck was
broken. There were no other in
juries that would have been serious,
The horse had struggled over a large
spot of* ground, and at first it was a
mystery what caused the tragedy.
Later, the end of the Tope which had
been fasteqed*to the yearling wag
found hung in the shoe on the
hone's foot, and the cause was plain.
The animal had evidently struggled
for some time, and the yearling did
not get loose untjl the rope broke.
The tragedy casta a gloom over
the entire community, where the
youth was held .in the highest es
teem, and much sympathy is felt for
the bereaved family.
EXTRA CINNING DAYS.
Owing to the , fact that some of
the farmers could not get served by
the arrangement previously made,
there will be ginning done in addi
tion to the days as specified as fol
lows;
At Formers Gin Company Friday,
November 17th.
At Tifton Mill and Gin Company’s
Saturday, November 18th. 9-d2t-wl.
EARLYHETURNSNOT
TO TIFTON’S LIKING
V -
Republican Claims and Newspap
er Concessions Sent Many Home.
Omega
66
3 I
j r
1 | 23
Vote on Contests.
The entire Democratic ticket car
ried the straight vote in the county,
and in the contested offices the vote
was as follows:
Governor.
Hugh Dorsey, Dem. ........ 1,112
Thos. M. Taylor, Soc 2G
Roscoe Pickett, Rep 1
Secretary of State.
Phil Cook, Dem 1,113
Howell C. Harris, Soc 19
Comptroller General.
Wm. A. Wright, Dem 1,113
J. A. Kelley, Soc 19
Attorney General.
Clifford Walker, Dem 1,113
Maurice Segotsky, Soc 19
State Treasurer
W. JL Speer, Dem 1.. 1,113
Bessie Flannagan, Soc 19
In Done of the other state house
offices .were there any contest and
the Democratic ticket went right
through with 1,113 votes.
Local Office* Fell Off.
There were not as many votes cast
county offices, as for the state house
candidates, the vote for the county
and circuit offices being 1,080 to
1,083, the lowest being for Coroner,
Miller receiving 1,074. R. Eve for
Judge Tifton Circuit received the
same vote as the state house can
didates, as also Frank Park for
Congress.
Vote on Amendments.
The vote on the five constitution
al amendments was as follows:
1st. To Create Bacon County—
For 700; agrinst 28.
2nd. Altering Appellate Coujt
System—For 098; against 53. *
3rd. Providing additional com
pensation Superior Court Judges in-
Clarke, Floyd, Sumter and Musco
gee—For 607; against 05.
4th. Abolishing Fees Solicitors
General—For 691; against 62.
5th. Exempt from taxation Geor
gia owned ships for foreign com
merce—For 625; against 145.
City Court Judgeship.
The vote for Judge of the City
Court remains practically the same
given in the first printed report,
the consolidation showing that the
candidates were voted for as fol-
4ows:
Vote By District*.
ENCOURAGEMENT CAME LATER
First Returns Indicated Republican
Landslide. Change in Com-
plexton at Midnight.
There were hundred, of men, and
not a few women, gathered at the
corner of Second and Love Tuesday
night to watch the telegraphic news
bulletins flashed on the screen on
the Bowen building. The crowd be
gan to gather shortly alter 7 o'clock
and was the largest about 10 o'clock.
The first returns coming in indi
cated that there had been a Repub
lican landslide. Bulletin after bul
letin told of Hughes leading, and
the crowd Began to grow restless for
something that would hearten them,
hut when flashes came that the big
New York dailies and four of the
Georgia dailies had concede 1 the
election of Hughes, the crowd began
to thin out, many of . $he watchers
going to their homes Idiscouraged,
believing that .Wilson' had been
snowed under, only to wake up Wed
nesday morning to hear the good
news that the early reports had boon
exaggerated by the Republican man
agers and that the returns coming
into the various headquarters after
12 o’clock and on through the night
indicated that Wilson was in the
lead in the electoral vote, with a
possible chance of being elected.
The first cold wave that struck
Tiftonites over the wire was receiv
ed about 9:45 when it was flashed
that the New York World conceded
the election of Hughes. Thick and
fast following this bulletin came oth
ers of the same nature from the
Times, American, Herald and other
New York papers.
The situation changed for a timj
however, and at 10 o’clock the
formation recived seemed to indii
that Wilson stood a chance antb'the
Tift County Campaign Club seat up
Wilson balloons. The fire whistle
sounded the two blasts just /before
the balloons were released, and if the
wind had not caught the balloons
just after they left the earth the
news would have been carried far
and wide that Wilson looked the best
of the two candidates atHhat hour,
but the balloons were eaaght in a
strong current, tipped ht> one side
and burned. t
Shortly after 10 o'clock the wires
gave out the Information that Mas
sachusetts was safe in f the Demo
cratic column, and this came as a
surprise to the watchers left. Later
that state was put back into tha
doubtful column, and again the spir-
x.n —
PRICE WINS RACE
CITY COURT JUDGE
Race Was Close Between the
Three Candidates.
BIG VOTE POLLED IN COUNTY
Candidate* in Doubt Until Full Vota
Wat Reported. Price Win* by
About 69 Plurality.
The heavy vote cast in Tift coun
ty, more than 1,200, was a surprise
to all, though it was realized that a
great deal of interest was being
taken in the race for the office of
Judge oj the City Court of iTfton.
The rural precincts closed at 3
o'clock, sun time, and it was about
7 o’clock before any information
was forthcomingJrom any of them.
Some of the precincts were not
heard fro m except in a roundabout
way until Wednesday morning, and
it was not definitely settled until late
in the evening how the race had re
sulted.
At midnight it was almost certain
that Col. J. H. Price had won by
about 50 votes and this lead was
somewhat increased when the offi
cial returns were heard from.
Judge Price received his largest
support in Brookfield, Chula and Ty
Ty. Col. Dinsmore led the ticket in
Tifton, Eldorado and Omega. Col.
Williford led in Docia and tied up
with Col. Price in Brighton, and run
close in Tifton where all the candi
dates received good support.
The vote in the county according
to semi-official report obtained from
the managers of the various pre
cincts was a$, .follows:
Y NEGROES LEAVING
id tto Bo Going to tho Mines
its fell.
Ohio was watched and indications
from that state Zigzagged from side
to side, and nothing decisive was
heard from the Buckeye vote until
Wednesday.
New York was conceded to the
Republicans shortly after 11 o’clock,
but Illinois, Indiana and Maine were
claimed as as doubtful. New Jersey
was conceded at midnight.
About midnight the Gazette -wired
s of
Ponnsylvania. Bo Bock Soon. \
Labor agents have been in Tifton
for some time working quietly
among the negroes of the city and
county and have succeeded in in
ducing quite a number of the color
ed folks to depart for the North.
Monday night a carload, and
Tuesday noon another bunch that
more than comfortably filled a coach
left fo r the same part of the coun
try.
It is understood that tho negroea
are being “shipped” to the coal
fields of Pennsylvania, and if this is
the case it 1b reasonable to suppose
that those of them who survive will
want to be coming hack in a short
while,, for the work they will be giv.
eri to do and the conditions under
which they will both work and have
to live are anything but- full of
pleasure us pictured by the glib
tongued labor agents who hnve bcen
here urging them to make the trip.
Some of the negroes will not be,
missed from Tifton or Tift county/
while others of them are of thgt
class which make good laborers.
Experience Is n hard taskmas
but it takes that to teach some /oiks
what to do and where to go. /How
ever, moralizing 'is foolish, 4o the
writer will close up with tbd predic
tion that these same negroes will
WILSON ELECTED
New York, Nov. 9i 1:30 p. m.—(Flash. )-—Wilson elected.
New York, Nov. 9.—Wilson was re-elected President
with 273 elecoral votes assured, when California returns show
ed that her thirteen votes goes to the President.
The Philadelphia North American was the first Republi
can newspaper to announce Wilson’s etection.
Minnesota is still in doubt, with Hughes 500 votes in tHe
lead.
Wilson carried^the following States: Alabama, with 12
electoral votes; Arizona, 3; Arkansas, 9; California, 13; Colo
rado, 6; Florida 6; Georgia, 14; Idaho, 4; Kansas, 10; Ken
tucky, 13; Louisiana 10; Maryland, 8; Mississippi 10; Missouri.
18; Montana, 4; Nebraska, 8; Nevada, 3; New Hampshire, 4;
North Carolina, 12; North Dakota, 5; Ohio* 24; Oklahoma,
10; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 20; Utah, 4;
Virginia. 12; Washington, 7; Wyoming, 3, a total of 29 states
with 273 electoral votes. *
Hughes carries: Connecticut, 7; Delaware, 3; Illinois, 29;
Indiana, 15; Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Massachusetts, 18; Michigan,
15; New Jersey, 14; New York, 45; Oregon, 5; Pennsylvania,
38; Rhode Island, 5; South Dakota. 5; Vermont. 4; Wisconsin,
13, a total of sixteen states, with 243 electoral votes.
The doubtful states are: Minnesota, 12; New Mexico, 3;
West Virginia, 8, with Hughes leading in all’ of these.
»
The anxious crowd awaiting returns at the Gazette office
this morning had several uneasy hours. There was a persistent
rumor that Hughes had carried Minnesota and California, and
for a time the facts were hard to get.
Later, when the situation simmered down to California
as the deciding state, there were many anxious faces until the
bulletins at noon told of Wilson’s steady lead there. The Ga
zette received the flash “Wilson elected’’ at 1:24. All was
over then but the shouting.
Despite the fact that many of them had sat up nearly all
the night before, a crowd of anxious Democrats remained at
the Gazette office until about 10 o’clock Wednesday night, un
til it was cerain there was no more to be learned that night.
Fargo, N. D., Nov. 9.—With 179 scattered precincts to
hear from, Wilson has a lead over Hughes in this state of 1,453
\ Chicago, Ill., Nov. 9.—The agents of the Federal Govern-
ent who have been working out of Chicago were hastily dis
patched to Minnesota and North Dakota today, to guard
against election frauds.
Chicago, II1L, Nov. 9.—Out of the maze of uncertainty of
theiPresidential election, one fact stands out boldly, that more
than half of the states of this country are now dry.
Territorially speaking, seventy-five per cent, of the area
of the United States has banned liquor.
The six states added to -the dry column are: Michigan,
Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, Utah andlTlortda. * -
/ The prohibitionists rolled up such decisive’ majlritiea-
th^re that the leaders declare that the election four yeanWrom
now will sweep the country entirely clear of salodns. &
J New York, Nov. 9.—The control of the House of Repre
sentatives is still in doubt, but it isspractically certain that
almost all of the Democratic majority o£ twenty-one has been
wiped out. - jf
The Democrats almofleenainly maintain a working ma
jority in the Senatf. j® * .
r • |P —
Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 9.—Villa has won an overwhelm-
adoui mmnignt tne uazette vyirca , to bc .. took baok " before the
four daily newspapers in Georgia * . , h _ ■-
asking for information on the Prcs^- ° r
ident’s race.
This was done mainly for the
reason that the office was besieged
with inquiries from every quarter of
the tcritory in which it crculatcs by
telephone, as well as bv hundreds
of people in person, and also be
cause it thought that perhaps there
might have been some slipup in the
advice being sent out over the wire
giving Tifton the news. It devel
oped, however, that the bulletin ser
vice being received here was com
plete and giving all details as accu
rately as possible and as fast us the
information was bein*? given out
from the various headquarter
Within a short time alter the Ga
zette made inquiry, two of the pa
pers, one in. Atlanta and one in* Sa
vannah, said the indicaticins were
that Hughes was elected. The Ma
con Telegraph and one of the At
lanta papers answered last and both
stated that the Democratic National
Committee had not given up hop.? by
any manner c* mean That thi.
claimed at mi brght thr.t Wilson had
306 electoral votes. Th it the early
i etui ns had fcten changed m many
instances placing states that had
been claimed repeatedly by the Re
publicans in the doubtful list with
out question.
IN CITY COURT OF TIFTON.
LOT SALE COMES MONDAY.
ing victory to the south of Parral.
The defeated Consitutionalistg^"' in flight towards Chi
huahua City, with the Villiatas in hoi pursuit.
Dutrict*
Price
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I
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if
a.
Brighton . ...
23 1
8
| 23
Brookfield ...
72 |
13
1 12
Chula
72 |
17
15
Docia
1 14 |
8
| 26
Eldorado ...
1 5 1
48
| 27
Omega
i 17 i
49 ! 23
Ty T v
31
1 31
Tifton
1 176 |
205
| 160
Total ....! 438 |
379
| 314
Graduate Opto
m*tri*t
Wedneid**, Net. 8, 1916.
Armour Ferterlizer Works v*. J.
S. Nelson, defendant, Mrs. Matilda
clson, claimant. Fi fa, levy and
{aim; claim dismi^-d, levy pro
ceeds.
J. B. Thiery vs. J. L ? . Parrish. Bail
■over; judgment for plaintiff for all
osts of court.
The Bank of Omega vs. D. W.
’ilkinton and J. M. Woodall. Suit
n note.
H. Nathan vs. M. K- Levy, defend-
King Hardware Co. vs. G. M.
Carson Sub-Divuon Will ba Sold in
Lot* by Outcry.
A big auction sale of lots in the
Carson sub-division will be sold at
public auction Monday, November
13th, the Southern Realty and Auc
tion Company, of Greensboro, N. C.
having charge of the sale.
There will he fifty of these choice
lots put up and sold and as the sale
has been widely and extensively ad
vertised there is expected a big
crowd on hand.
The sub-division is located in what
is known as Woodlawn, the eastern
edge of the city of Tifton, just be
yond the A. B. and A. railroad and
they are very attractive residence
sites, being high, well graded for
drafffage and are desirable in every
way. Quite a number of residences
have already been built in that sec-
| tion of the city.
The sale will bc held rain or shine,
the lots to be sold for cash to the
highest bider. -An advertisement in
this Issue sets forth the details of
the sale, together with special offers
and the statement that a good band
will be on.harw'to liven things up.
froqt
Berlin, Nov. 9.—The Allies attack* on the Somme
were repulsed last night. .
Hirzov* has been retaken by the Rumanians, and General
Von Mackensen’s forces are in retreat
Madrid, Spain, Nov. 9.—The American steamer Colum
bian was shelled by a German submarine oflf the Portuguese
coast. The Columbian disregarded a signal to stop.
H«rb*ft L. Moor,
Two years oi continuous practice
In Tifton anil scores of eetisfied cus
tomers. If yon are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye (train be rare and consult me
* see if sls-aee properly fined
,’t relieve them. At cur office
in the Myon Hotel Block every day.
For Sale- Jersey milch cows with
young calves. J. P. Wilbanks.
HIS CHICKENS WIN.
Mr. Herbert I- Moor, the popular
optometrist und jeweler, who for
recreation as well as profit "messes”
with chickens, received word from
the judges poultry exhibit at
the Georgia-Florida fair that his
White Wyandottes had won second
prize there.
Mr. Moore is very pfoud of his
poultry and has some fine specimens,
the winning testifies.
will
’ekome you
ia our -
National
Bank
CORNTO DEFEATED
The Bank of Omega vs. D. W.
Pitkinton and J. M. Woodall. Suit
on note; verdict for defendant, costs
versus plaintiff.
The Bank of Omega vs. H. T.
Shannon and G. W. Ford. Suit on
note; verdict for plaintiff for
$112.51, to include all costs.
New Ladies’ Plush Coats receiv-
today by expresa. Come and make
selection befor^they are cone. Wad*
Conry Company. , lOwlt
Valdosta, Ga„ Nov. 8.—In the el
ection in Lowndes county Tuesday
J. F. Passmore, independent candi
date for sheriff, who was backed by
the good government committee, de
feated J. E. Gomto, the present
sheriff, by 35 votes. C. S. Bacon,
independent candidate f Jr tax re
cover, was defeated by J- M. Knight
the nominee, by 281 votes.
Children’s Coata—Just received
plush goods, many colors and de
signs; won’t last long—Wsde-Corry
Company. lOw-lt
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curities to our Central Reserve Bank when WE want to
and get money.
So can you come to us when YOU want to and get
your «m1I db-
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