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The Tifton Gazette. .00 PER ANNUM. 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 O 3* I O 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 MEMBER: Just because ours Is a NATIONAL bank Is no reason why we cannot make you^ "feel at home” when you come In. Try it. We are happy over being a Member’ Bank of the FED ERAL RESERVE System of banks. We can take our se 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- Put YOUR money Jn OUR bank. The National Bank of Tifton, Ga. m Av.