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Sjggvgag The Tifton Gazette. 1.00 PER ANNUM. THE TIFTON GAZETTE. TIFTON, GA.. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1916. VOLUME XXVII, NUMBER 29, 26 TO 0 AGGIES (ON FROM NORMAN Hotly Contested Thanksgiving Game Yesterday. IS CLEAN BUT HARD FOUGHT CREDITABLE EXHIBI1S. rusands Crowded Lines to Watch t$d Rivals in Supreme Test of The Year. Both Teams Plucky i their annual Thanksgiving game jed at Norman Park Thursday af> oon the Tifton Aggies defeated [nan Insitute by a score of 26-0. nis was the last game of the sea- ^for the South Georgia Prep As- tion as well as for both teams, both went into the game with intention to win. It was the only o of imporance played in South gia on Thanksgiving and there large attendance from all over tion of the state, was predicted, nearly every- Tifton went, those that at home say It was so lone- here that they hope the next il will be played at Tifton. game was clean, with one or exceptions, and was a hard- t one from start to finish. Thero large crowd of rooters for am but they were placed on it sides of the field and there scraps or rough handling, victory gives the Aggies the nship of the South Georgia Assoeiation as well as of the Prep, and be it said that they eserve the honors, for they et nothing this fall that could m down. in deserves full credit for the face of defeat. The team the game from the first, nev- '.tering or giving up for a mo- Th«y'?M.their best: Thrash’s were just a little too much .'Id at 3J her E And Notable Talk* at Colored School Fair and Rally. There were many very attractive agricultural exhibits at the colored school fair at the new school build ing south of Tifton yesterday, and quite a representative attendance.* Prof. S. L. Lewis made an ad dress on diversified farming. Dr. Fort on “Health a Community Problem,” Prof. R. E. Kersey on educational relations, and Mr. G. V. Cunningham on the boll weevil proposition. Mrs. N. Peterson and Dr. Peterson, chair- man of the Tifton school board, also made short talks.' Principal J. H. Wilson, of the col ored school, made a very interesting and noteworthy talk'on the relations between white and colored people in the South compared with condit ions existing in the North, and spoke of the great mistake the negroes were making in allowing themselves to be enticed away by designing immigra tion agents. He spoke of conditions North from personal experience, and of the co-operation he met with from white people here. There were athletic events in the afternoon and Thanksgiving exercis es at night. Altogether, the occasion was a very educational and pleasing one. SOUTH M.E. CONFERENCE Met in ThomasviUe Wednesday in 50th Annual Session DR. LOVETT TUESDAY NIGHT COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE BILL. PICTURES OF LOG ROLLING. 1,600 people saw the game, receipts were over $600, I give both teams a nice lit- for badly needed uniforms nent. Line-Up of Teems. Hackney, fb. Gibson, lh. rh. Crow, qb. Stokes, c. P. i and Horne, rg. Sheffield, rt. rd, re. Hobby, lg. H. Lcverett, At Cordele to bo Shown is Tiftoa Tuesday, December 5 lb. Juniper Camp, Woodmen of the World at Tifton, has made arrange ments to show moving pictures of the log-rolling which was held at Cor- dele last July and in which a number of Tift county choppers took part, in moving pictures at the Strand theatre in Tifton on next Tuesday night, December 6th. There is 1,060 feet of this film, an * it portrays all the principal feat ures of the big gathering of South Georgia Woodmen. Its exhibition will be a great event in Tift county W. O. W. circles, and every Sover eign, his wife, mother, sister, sweet heart and relatives, ehould see it DR. McCRAE’S BUCK. it Martin, le. Smith and Hy. , It McRainey, lg. Whlgham, rg. Parker, rt Hafele, qb. F. Willis and Smith, lh. Hansel Rlgdon, fb. Moultrie, and Mitchell, lternatcd as referee and quarters were fifteen Dr. J. A. MeCrae begged the cham, pion buck of the season yesterday, while hunting with a party on Capt W. Lennon’s place, east of Alapaha river. The buck carried nine-point horns and weighed after being dressed, 188 pounds. It was the biggest buck killed In this section this season. auto fire truck arrive .Wednesday night and is awaltiii the coming of a representative froi the factory to unload it The truck will be put in the ree house on Central avenue pending tin completion of the new fire de; ment faeadqi RE. Notice to the Public! Until 11 a. m. tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 1st 1 will sell my three lots in Edgewood for $300. Each ot 120 ft front by 200 ft back, under good fence, with bam and good well of water with brick curb. Good outhous- After the hour named, these lota will positively not be on the market. See. ' S. D. Thomas, Tifton, Go, Greet Gathering of South Georgia Methodists to Review Year’s Work and Plan for Next. ThomasviUe, Ga., Nov. 29.—The South Georgia Conference o f the Methodslst church convened in ThomasviUe today, Bishop W. A. Candler, of Atlanta, presiding. This is the semicentennial. Fifty years ago the Georgia Conference it was then called, divided, making the North Georgia and the South Georgia Conferences. The South Georgia Conference has grown un til it how has about one hundred thousand members. The opening session of the con ference met tiiis morning, but last evening there was a meeting with an sddresa by Rev. W. C. Lovett, D. D., editor of the Wesleyan Chris tian Advocate. His subject was "Fif ty Years and Some Heroes of the History.” He told of the great progress that Methodism has made In South Georgia in that time and of some of the great men who hava had to do with the work. ThomasviUe Methodist chureb where the conference is being held one of the strong churches of Southern Methodism. Its member ship is 1,190, which is the second largest in the conference. It also pays the eecond largest amount that it paid to Foreign Mission!. It sup ports four missionaries in the for eign field, and this year has paid $2,800 to the Conference Orphan’s Home. Bishop Candler, who is presid ing is also Chancellor of Emory Uni versity. Perhaps no man in South ern Methodism is at present any bus ier than the bishop and certainly no man is doing a work more vital to the life of the church. Bishop Can. diet also presided at the North Geor gia Conference which convened In Griffin November 22nd. The Board of Education also met yesterday to begin its work for the session. Dr. T. D. Ellis Is president of the board, W. G. Allaben is secre tary, and Rev. E. N. Overby treasurer. On account of the Emory University enterprise the work of this board is heavier this year.. The Rev. J. A. Harman Is commissioner for the new University and is doing good work. The South Georgia Con ference with the North Georgia Con ference will take a great interest in the completion of this enterprise. Th the completion of the enterprise, The University will be tha property of the Southern Methodist church, but ii of special interest to Geor gians on account of tha relation to It of Bishop Candler and Asa Candler. The work of the Sunday School Board will receive a good deal of at tention this year. Rev. J. M. Out let it president of the bpard, Rev. E. E. Rose is vice-president, Rev. C. Oliff is secretary and Rev. M. W. Carmichael is treasurer. The Sun day schools of the conference have made considerable progress this year and much of this-is duo to the ex cellent woik done by Mr. J. H. Thcr- rell, who is field secretary of the Sun day School Board. Mr. Therrel: ranks with the leading Sunday school workers of the South and his services have been sought in the North Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia conferences. The young men who are appli cants for admission on trial with the under-graduates of the conference met with their committees yesterday. The committees are: On Applicants G. Brooks, R. P. Fain, H. L. Pearson. , Class of First Year—Guyton Fish er, T. E. Davenport and T. E, Pharr. Class of Tecond Year—C. M, Meeks, O. L. Evans, L. A. Hill. Class of Thiid Year—M. A. Shaw, L. A. Bryan, J, B. Griner. Class of Fourth Year—J. H. Allen G. W. Hutchinson and A. P. Segers. AN ACT to require school atten dance of children for a minimum period, and to provide for enforce ment of the tamo, and for other purpose*. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, that every parent, guard ian or other person having charge and control of a child between the ages of eight and fourteen yean, who ia not exempted or ex cused as hereinafter provided, shall cause the said child to be enrolled in and attend con tinuously for four months of each year a public school of the district or of the city or town in which the child resides; which period of attendance shall commence at the beginning of the first term said school in the year. Such attendance at a public school shall not be required where the child attends for the same period some other school giving instruction in the ordinary branches of Eng lish education, or has completed the fourth grade of school work as pre scribed by the State Board of Edu cation, or where, because of poverty, the services of the child are neces sary for the aupport of a parent or other member of the child’s family dependent on such services, or where the parents or persons standing in parental relation to the child are unable to provide the necessary books and clothing for attending school, and the same are not other wise provided, or where the mental physical condition of the child renders such attendance impractica ble or Inexpedient or where the child reside* more than three miles from the achool house by the near est traveled route, or where, for other good reasons (the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the board of education of the county or of the city or town in which the child resides) tho said board ex cuses the child from such attendance such boards being authorised to take into coniideration the eeaeons for agricultural labor and the need for aueh labor, in exercising their discre tion as to the time for which chil dren in farming district* Yhall be WESLEYANS BUSY IN CONFERENCE Much Work for Good of Orde Being Transacted. PERHAPS FINISH TOMORROW excused. Provided, that dian shall be compelled to no guar- ORGANIZED HERE By the Primitive Baptists of This Section, child or children to at.y other than the funds to the ward or wards, absence of any child a pupil may be excused by cipal or teacher in <' school, because of bad ness, death in tha child' other reasonable eause. See. 2. Be it further e: any parent, guardian o: son who has charge and a child between the ag< and who wilfully falls to the foregoing requf guilty of a misdemc conviction thereof :ted. That ■«r per- itrol of oresaid, ply with ■hall be and on . - -Jb*. punish ed by a fine not to exceed ten dol lars for the first offenee,<and not to exceed twenty dollars for each sub- seqeuent offense, said fine* to in clude all coats; but the.eourt trying the case may, In its discretion, sus pend enforcement of. the punish ment, If the child be immediately placed In attendance at a school as aforesaid, and may finally remit the same if luch attend ance has continued regularly fo# the number of months hereinbefore prescribed for attend ance. School attendance may be proved by an attested certificate of the principal or teacher in charge of the school. No person shall be prosecuted for vlolatloa of the fore going requirements unless the board of education of the county or mu nicipality in which the person ac cused of such violation resides shall have caused to be served upon th* accused, at least ten days before such prosecution, a written notice of the charge with the name of the child to whom it refers. Any per son so notified, not previously con victed of violation of this Act as to child refereed to in said notice, may prevent prosecution on the charge set out therein, by giving, at any time before such prosecution is in stituted, a bond in tho penal sum of fifty dollars payable to the ordinary of the county, with security to be approved by the ordinary, condition ed that the said person shall thence forth faithfully comply with the re quirements of this' J^ct as to the ai Morris and f His Sons ion in the Continental Army War. The stories of these tiful examples of sacrifice and eatings this bank combines abso- with satisfactory service, and ght of either. TIFTON ORC.IA ANNOUNCEMENTS. To the Voters of till 1314th District, C. M-, Tift County* I announce myself as a candidate for the office of Justice of the Peace for said District in the election Dee- emoer 2nd, 1916. If elected, I will discharge the dutiei of the office in the future, as I hava in the past, ac cording to law. Yoon to earve, W. M. Sellars. Graduate Optometrist Herbert L Moor, Two yean ox continuous practice of satisfied cos in Tifton and ecorea tomers. If yon an suffering with headache, or other troubles caused by eye strain bo sun and consult me and see if glares properly fitted won’t relieve them. At cur offid in th* Myon Hotel Block every day. r'SnfflEwth .*1.-*r said child. Each day’s willful fail ure of the parent, guardian o r other person in charge %n<L control of child as aforesaid, after the expi ration of ten days froih such notice, to cause the child to httend school, when such attendance is required by this Act, Bhall constitute a separata offense. In prosecutions unde r this Act the exemptions and excuses herein provided for shall be mat ters of defense to be established by the accused, and need not be nega tived in the indictment or accusa tion. Sec. 3, Be It further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the county and municipal board of education to in vestigate as to the attendance and non-attendance of children required by this Act to attend the school* under their supervision, and it shall also be their duty to institute or cause to bo instituted prosecu tions against persons violating this Act. It shall be the duty of the principal or teacher in charge of any public school, in which pupils between the ages o 9 eight and four teen are instructed, to keep an ac curate record of the attendance of such pupils, and at the end of each month to make a written report of the same to the board of education having supervision of the school, and to note therein excused absenc es and the reasons therefor. Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That alj nnes imposed and all sums requir ed to be paid as penalties under bends given under this Act. shall, nfter payment of the costs of prose- cation and of recovery thereof, be naid Into the co^ntr treasury and become a part of the school fund of the county, , . 5. fe ft further enacted, That the provisions cf this Act shall be- Nork of Central S. C. t College. Treat Tonight in Addr.a, by Mrs. Clerk*, MU.ionary to Africa. It has been a busy time at the Tifton Wesleyan Methodist church since last Wednesday morning, when the Georgia Annual Conference of that denomination convened there. Every minute has been fully oc cupied in the hearing of reports of pastors, debate on questions of in terest to the conference, committee work, and planning for o successful coming year. They work like peo pie who are thoroughly interested and enthused in their work. Business is Interspersed with re ligious services, two of which ar* held daily, one at 11 a. m. and the other at 7 p. m. The 11 o'clock sen vices today were in charge of Prof. H C. Bedford, principal of the Wei leyan Methodist college at Central S. C., when he gave an aceount of the work done there. At this institu tion especial attention la given to moral training and heart culture, whereas the most thorough literary work is done and strict discipline is maintained. Nothwithstanding the excellence of the work done, the charge, for board and tuition for a whole year ia only $100 in advance. There are many people from thle section who are availing themselvevs of the benefit! this college affords. An incident during the confer ence was the reading of a letter from these students telling of the ben- such' cflta they were receiving under the ut of teaching and training of the faculty, and pleading for a liberal aupport for the college at the hands of the conference. Tonight at 7 o’clock a rare treat in store for the people of Tit- ton. Mrs. Mary Lane Clarke, who ha* spent sixteen years aa a mlsionary in Africa, will apeak and tall about that dark continent Members of the missionary societies of Tifton and our people generally should avail themselves ot this opportunity, for the African mission field la one we hear very little about in this lec tion. The Wesleyans are operating on the west caast ot Africa, in tho protectorate of Sierra Leone, whercr they now have ten white missionar ies not counting those on furlough, hesldee a host of native workers. They also havo a flourishing work in India conducted by a strong band of white and native workers. Tha work ot the conference will probably come to a close Saturday night, though the deegates and ministers will remain over until Mon day morning to participate in tha re ligions services of Sunday. The people ot Tifton and surround, ing country are invited to these ser vices. A pleasing event of Thanksgiving Day was the manifestation of the fraternal spirit, when the Wesley- ans, Baptists and Methodists came together in the Baptist church to re turn thanks to Almighty God for his goodness and mercy during the year. The speaker was Rev J. S. Willett, who is presiding at the Wesleyan conference. He gave an able and heart-reaching address. The Gazette acknowledges with thanks the very flattering remarks he made in refer ence to it in his opening remarks. Al so thanks him in behalf of the peo ple of Tifton for his kind worn! for our city. From Wednesday’s Daily. The Georgia Wesleyan Methodist annual conference convened Tues day morning at 9 o’clock in their church in Tifton. There was preaching last night by Dr. J. S. Willett, .of Syracuse, N. Y., who arrived yesterday from Col- fa», N. C„ whirl- he attended *he annual gathering of the North Caro lina conference. There was preaching today at 11 o’clock by th, Rev. J. B. Cunning ham, of Atlanta, district superintend ent of the jtgee Methodist church, wh< is here ha. fraternal delegate to the Weslcyah conference. Organisation Perfected Thursday. Distinguished Elders and Many Memhers Teh* Pnrt. A Primitive Baptist church was organized at Tifton yesterday with twenty-five members. Macv other members are expected, and the organ ization promises to be on# of the strongest churches of the order in this section. The Elders present were: W. H. Crouse, of Grsymont. A. V. Sims, of Valdosta. J T. McArthut, of Cor dele. J. M. Thomas, of Jennings, Fla. There was a large attendance of Itive Baptists throughout this section to bid their brethren God- d in their new organize tion Nearly all the members are: from the Ty Ty church. The meeting] were hell In the Presbyterian church, where services itives complete the handsome brick edifice which they intend building year. Elder W. E. williams Is clerk and a pastor will bg selected A PACKING HOUSE ASKS A CHARTER Plant at Tifton to Incorporate With New Year. FOR WORK AT ONCE tebyl will be held monthly until (the Prim- lder Crouie made a very inspiring organization talk. At 8 o’clock in the aft irnoon he preached a ThaVksgiv ini sermon with Psalms 107:tr9 for ext It was an unfitting and\hclp- fu! address. it 7 p. m. Elder Crouse prdpeh- ed on “The Perfect Church,” Ia lah 88:20-22. i or tha coming year, the Primll B ptists have arranged to hold setv- ie is in the Presbyterian church otfce a month. Meanwhile, they art goi g a i«ad to secure a lot in a eonve i- ii at and desirable location, (n tl is they propose to oreot a chur h ' tiding which wlll .be a credit » as well 03 the ■ membership, building will be of brick s|nd mo and modern in its appo! Erection of Paint Will Begin As Soon After Incorporation as th* Bids Can be Placed. All doubt as to the establishment of a packing house at Tifton is set tled today with the publication of tho application for charter of the Tifton Packing Company. After the publication for thirty days, as required hy law, the com pany proposes to organlzo at once,- select a site and secure bids for the erection of the plant.. Work on tho same will begin earl# in the new year, ai the charter can be secured Imcdlately after the first, of Jana ary. • This will give the people of the section tributary to Tifton who have promised to raise live stock for tho plant time to prepare for a big crop this fall, as the packing house will ba ready to handle hogs with tho late summer months. The amount of capital stock as ad vertised has been subscribed. It is the intention of the promoters, how ever, to continue securing stock sub scriptions until the desired $160,090 is reached. This will provide a fund for operating expenses and also for increasing the capacity of the plant nto. when samo becomes nocesary. The certainty of the packing house makei also certain th* feed and grain mills, which were conditional on its erection. CAMPAIGN DEFICIT. Tho'strenuous campaign put up hy the Republicans th* past few months caused the Demdcratic National committee to double their energies and expend a great deal more money than they had anticipated. There Is no doubt but every dollar of this money was apent legally and necea- earily by the committee. They have i- SUST© rts to Tifton. They are of/the J . A . „ a. ...th «„,* >h.l. i*njn\no **» * ntl ”° “ # ° bt *“•* Wl11 ' ho earth, and heir coming TOt connty wn , CB lled upon to help In this matter. Tho Tift Coun ty Campaign committee has f arward- ed $26.00 on this deficit. Bofore the election they sent In $91.60, and there was $16 00 sent in that dill not go through the committee, which made a total furnished by Tift coun ty of 8181.60/ salt of, the earth, and ’heir coAiing ia an elmgh in tho growth ffd de velopment? ATTORNEY GENERAL HERE. Hon Clifford Walker, Attorney- General of Georgia, was in Tifton tor a few hours Wednesday morning between trains, on his way from Brunswick, where he delivered an ad dress at the K. of P. lodge Tuesday night, to Ashburn, where tha ease growing ont of tho Estate of Farkas, concerning his Inheritan/e tax was tried Wednesday aftern Georgia’s Attorney-General Is dot only one of the ablest in th* Soul he j* probably the youngest, and eel tlanly the handsomest. It was Judge Walker's first visit to Tifton, although he has a number of warm friends here. PAVING COMPLETED Tho Gulf 'Paving Company finli ad tho paving contracted for in Tif ton on Thanksgiving morning about 10 o’clock. The equipment will be moved from he>e to a,point in North Carolina/ the 'firm fiat a contract v-St People of Tifton who are not at tending the services at the Wesleyan church are missing something good. Some of the ablest speakers in the organization are here and the ad dresses are inspiring and uplifting. Sevtral people in Tifton saw what they thought to ba tha same flying machine that pasied over the city Monday evening, on its return trip Wednesday evening. It carried a very bright light and a part of tha machine was visible. It passed shortly after 5 o’clock, and wai traveling rap idly, west to east. come operative on the first day of January, in the year nineteen hun dred and seventeen. Sec. 6. Be it further enacted .That it shall be the duty of the board ef education of each county, at least four weeks before the first day of January following the adop tion of this Act, to cause this Act to be published .in a newspaper of the county, if there be one, and to eause copies of this Act to b# posted at tha court house of the connty and at tine public schools thereof. See. 7. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of tows in fliet with th-x Act he and the Be a man with money in the Lifes December Comes “Down and out” that’s what you hear them say. Will they say It about YOU wh«n you hav« grown old and feeble? The SURE way to have money for your old age is to be* glnlNOW and bank It. Remember, your earning power grows less as age creeps on. The time to bank your money is when you are making money. Put YOUR money In OUR ban! We pay 5 per cent Interest jsm. ''W are hereby repealed.- Approved Au N. The National Banl ifton, sk.. j*.< •ihfi