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to he placed In that ctti- Park *u assured in writing byh Senator* Smith and Hard- wihat they would not conaent to hieflrmation by the Strata, even if name ehould be sent in by the Prent. On receiving these -letters, an the interest.of party harmony, hequesied the President on last M«y to leave him out of conoid- era In Ailing the vacancy. ■ads of Mr. Park urged Mm totand pat," saying they woaM atte President to send in the nom ine, even in the face of the thtened fight on his confirmation. Rusentativ* Park decided, howev- eriat he eoold not thus embamse th*resident after the great consid- ersn shown him by the President artbe Attorney r eneral and pra- frj to sink his personal ambitions fdW sake of the pony. h«r» who have been recommend e<«r the place ere Thoo. S. Felder, Mon; Judge Z. A. Littlejohn, A*icas; Joseph v Bennett, Bruna- ng Judge William E. Thomas, Val des, and U. V. Whipple, of Cor ds.- There Is no Indication as to wfci a nomination will be made. . Eight young Indies from ■rffton F will begin selling tickets for the Fe tival tomorrow. These eight will 1 organized into two teams of foil each. I | Jones, principal. W. H. Abbott, se curity; bond forfeiture. Dismissed, j The Bank of Omega vs. FI. T. I Shannon and G. W. Ford; suit on I note. Verdict for plaintiff for *128. 82 against H. T. Shannon and re leasing G. W. Ford. (L H. Cooksey vs. A. C. L. R R. iSSFUL. MCCRANIE ON TRIAL. Douglas. Op.. Feb. 14. of George F* WefVaiiie. i for embezzlement while I the Hank of Willncoorhc eh'eed its evidence at ni jferriant's counsel moved e. the state for iiirec- rdict for 'defendant. Summernll overruled "*giin nutrffig in testi- which Judge and defense hi The strongea delegates who Conference at 'andies made by the Dom< IN THE BANK - k it- throwing J by of the tliei ng his back and; in the evrnir claimed damage*. The High', e nflirting evi- the sale of lid not striko the - l-!ie -mtcrmetf Cooksey jumped , ta UkibL «v< evidently bcliev. J Manager Floi i^red unlawfully courtesies <h< brought hack ur und-r indictmen I He placed til! thi lg'they nhly assisted in ! ion. Really, oSe hy the girls of j been to the Cj fldr-4 They wish ‘ ing Mrs. Paten . Old or,ee,ally { Mrs. Harman for the many - beautiful talka' — j foreign fields « lie blame on his super-1 The irge F MeCrnnie. for idem snrtngr; tint BIS 7 ow/T^wW ’• he had heeti living' a-small-salary and,he | 1 been s)iort with a and is master of eveiy situation. He cart grasp any good.first- class business opportunity Iwn she had Aedfr4dTU ■ htirinr them. The members of the Missionary Society who missed hearing these good reportf have mliaeTV great Mr. Mathews closed meeting vs: R. &r-4Jorminy. Sinenth and C. A'. Mrs. Elizabeth Dor- fifn. levy and claim CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA. lave you ever said to yourself when chance cofne along; "If I only had c ome good bus- thousand dol- DR. HENDRICKS NAMED. Verdict -finding property 'subject. , The Bnnk of Tifton ys. Mrs' Sih- ; M*. Ford; attachment, and declam . tion. Vyrdicf ,fa- jdaiatiff- *239.40. At 8:30. all cases having been disposed of that could be disposed of jit this term, the Court romplimentrd | the jurors for .their faithful and ef ficient services and. excused all ju- ] rors and witnesses in attendance up on the Court for the term. Court j was held open for the purpose of - calling the motion and appearance docket*, which will he called’Satur-1 day."February 17th. at 10 a. m. At-', tomeys will please take notice, and 1 govern themselves accordingly. i‘i Henry D. Webb, Clerk i I day I - One ..r the member typing Drjima fees ..f the Georgia Tuber, itarium. The other meir this district is D- W. A. of Blakely The nppoji.tm four years from January V The appointment came Dr - Hendricks and », P ur. Hendricks and was aai ueprise to him. The Govenrferis ctiolKjs a good on|. as >^more ctent mao^fpr thia-^lface could For SaU.—Delivery wagon and har ness. W. I. Harvey. 12-d-w-tf The Tit too Gazette. 3 PER ANNUM. BIST. SCHOOL' TIFT’S VETS GET CUBffljypiCAL PAT THIS MONTH 1 Agrkultual Bodies by THE TlFftlN GAZETTE. TIFTON, Ga., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1917. IVES ALL DETAILS jf T*eehers and * Body. J the Fedaral the en- » the agricul- K and friends t. Agricultural " r that this This Among the 88 Counties to Be Paid First VOUCHER BE ISSUED MONDAY S75 CASH PRIZES FOR BEST 3 ACRES Peanuts, Com and Velvet Beans Raised in County EVERY BOY AND GIRL OF TIFT No. Enough Fond, to P. y Second H.. Chaac. to Win Spl.ndid Pr.n>- List, on Which Thor. i. IWU, W W C^lSTo^T Moo. Delay. | Two Ti f, on Establishments. Confcdcrmte Veteran, j Every bSy V d girl in Tift county will get their pensions this month, should read the halt page advertire- elghty-eight J meat of the Planters Cotton , - rt in 1916. Company in Monday's Daily Ga- werefore is in the list that comes iietu, and likewise the half page of _ year. | the Central Grocery Company which The warrant for these pensions appear, in thi. issue. Will be drawn next Mondsy. says an ! They both stand for good, hard The check should money, not loss than $60. with the chance to run this to *75. IN CITY COURT OF TIFTON. THING LJF BEALJTY iTIETONS FESTIVAL OLIR PARK WILL BE BRILLIANT AFFAIR Every Participant in Community Effort is an Artist A SHOWING FOR FIRST YEAI SOCIETY IS MAKING READY i special. reach the ordinaries In the various - counties a few day* later I amount of the entire voucher will ' be *593.082.06. Aa has been the case I, * al years, there D not enoc 1 towd to pay all the pensions ice, and the couifties are divid- ‘ cd into two lots. Last year, it mi ’ woll into the sprring before the pen- •j Stoners in thi* county were paid. This year the matter is |unrr coropnenu-a oy me tact that the identical cush^prizrs for the Gr-t '• | Legislature providod that perumn.rs-U-e.md and -third best arras Ul u ^|j V j formerly receiving *60 should re-j vet" bean*—*30 for the eombina-j Fbf the organi eond District School pber of seres, value buildings, P character and stand- r». the work of the l theoretical and ap- k and such minor de tails as afford a comprehensivi of the whole wofk of this instil , The enrollment of boys and , 0In , QI - . . . | *“y* Y- C «r me matter is still (ur- *2.51 i X V I?"' !-«**- ->■ ““ ••!*- * 1913-14 term. : the Second Dis- >• For especial mention, the j jjjj •M^r .(MMi-n, _ | this extra *10, but this will ! ' l Shortage of *40.130 in the sui ’ easary lo pay the second li counties. Just how this will E 1 vided is as yet unknown. Also, there *re 58 new p f I ers who should be paid this Purchase from , Tl ' i * nmou nt the legislature t of Tifton. ! fa, M t» provide, which leav Bennett Brother* purchased a few n<l,li t>onal deficit in the pension fund ^days since, from the Aatisnal Bsnki of Wl.020. It may he that these of Tifton, the building formerly oe-1 P* n ** on rrs must wait until the I .eg. eupied by that bank on tha. cast “l 8111 " meets in June and appro- I priatea the money. Anyhow, Tift's veterans are lucky r in being among the first, with t doubt as to when their money is e r In*. —, 1 . The Planters Cotton Oil Company Offer is U total of *30 for the best, second best and third best acres of peanuts raised hy any boy or girl in the county This is divided into *15 for the first. *10 for the see- and Jf. for the third. ■ntraJ Grocery Company i0 for the best acre of Work on Civil Docltt Completed, With Adjournment Tuesday. The civil week of the February 1 term of the City Court of Tifton convened Monday morning at 10 o'- «- , . clock in Tift county courthouse, Al r **dy Over 200 Tree* and Judge James H. Prico presiding, with Shruba Set Out ill the officers of Court vR; J. S. Ridgdill. Solicitor; J—' Shsw. Sheriff, snd Henry D. Clerk. ( The Court proceeded to the trial T,, * , “ Romariteble. Hedge of Pyr. ahd disposition of the following css- mW Arbor Vilaet end Row of Magnolia, OB West Line. The Foy-Adams Co. vs. W. F. Everybody who knows Columbtn Sikes. Bail trover: dkmissed. Fulwood knew when the city turned Thomas J. Arline vs. Bruce Bass thc now P“ rl[ <> v *r to him, together and J. Y. Fletcher, defendants. Mil-: with the * 500 * y**r for improvc- ton Fletcher, claimant. Fifa, Jevy 1 mcnta conditioned on Mr. Tiffs deed and claim! Verdict directed * by °* 13,111 in 13,6 course of time Court finding property subject; levy Tlft on would have a park that would proceeds make much more pretentious cities Columbus Bagging sad Tie Co. v, "' l “P »"<* take noUce. But even J will mark th, opening of Farmers Gin Co. Suit on note; ver lh *“' P«ople will be surprised if 1 diet for plaintiff for $431.36. ^ 1 thr y 9lroU out some sunny afternoi Cliff Parker vo Mrs J. Cliff * nd ukc ■ look at what has been Parker and S. S. Monk; bail trover donc ln t3, * n • month With Opening Performance Yet Week Off. There U Lively De. mend-for Tickets. When ;bt- compahy of players, loists, musicians, character and interpreters assembled by Southern Chautauqua System made a part of Tifton’s Community Festival, present the of their wares the night of Thurs day. February 22nd, the occasion VPARK IDGESH1P RAG Did with Way High Offic* u Dragged in Mire SIDN GOOD FOR Dismissed for want of prosecution; haRd5om *' tract north of Eighth costr against plaintiff. 1 81 reet, between Tift and Mill Mrs. Ida Cnrr vs. W L. Thomp- nues Jn. Sr.. J. L. and Billie Roliand. * 11 the undergrowth has Verdict for plaintiff for f l i cari ' d “»«y. the stumps burned four day if rich enjoyment and profit able instruction. Those who come to take pnrt in the Fesitval are herald ed as artists of high type, hence the broadness of this promise. With the opening still more bum s week off, anticipation 9. whetted to the sharp edge of pl/asui-able longing, and there appear? for the third be* cush^prlzc* disti^^compliment t< institution, the student!^. Tifton. This distinction ? 1* mcriteiT and should I c pprecii ever, the Central ( ny people add fifty per ilendid offer by agreeing to 10 to the boy or girl raising Massey; dist plaintiff for * "The State v«. Eddi.- C ceny; plea of guijt} *25. t tree* trimmed ecesaary. and the banks of dirt longside the big ditch which runs • rough the park'from west to east in 8 top soil for a space t on either aide, at of all, something over md shrubs have been set is a.ready a pretty | them being Doti and his Veneti oung pines and black-; c h, a tra. Everybody !<»>• a ft his from in onnection. hson it given, but it is said tiu became disgusted with the main which a contest for a high jucoffice was being dragged in .'he and largely on this account, -oms !o get out of the race not wilding the fact that he had becommrnded by the Attorney f fifty fee BANK BUILDING Brothers Purchase fr. aide of Main street, between Third and Fifth. Work of remodeling the building is under way and Bennett Brothers wfll also occupy their present Iocs- Bon until the first of March. M. Btennan, the'tailor, who for al* occupied the National Ban* . ha* moved to the store- 9 formerly occupied by The Tif- B Furniture Company. Bennett Brothers, who will incor- rate as Bennett’s Hardware, will ^ snake some chnnges In their line, tting in a more extensive line of Mr. R L. Bennett re- mtly returned from the market*, wtere he purrMlsed their new stock In Tifton snd nr re of satisfied . u; Joiners. If you are suffering wit.- nondaehe. or other ti-uble- -sums! by era strain be sure ar.d ,-nm .it r ■ and see If gln.ae* prr.p<-!v fl-te Won’t ralieve them. At cur offir in the Mvon Ho'el Block every dsv AN INTERESTING DOCUMENT fport Issued in India to Horatio S. Wilmarth in 1916. Mr. H. S. Wilm-.rth, who superin- imhining the premium nffrr- it is easily possible for some boy or girl to win the top)prizes In velvet beans qiiff peanuU, lean *36 for the first, j • ate vs. William Bornstcne; rceny; plea of guiltyr Sen- ence six months or *25 nnd all •°"t*- Bernstene was charged with! tenling *8.60 from P. A. Martin. Both Greene snd Bernstene arc'?! aid & have been in Tifton with [ show two weeks ago. tended the drilling of thi the Tifton waterworks plantl for the Southard Contracting Co., and is' now waiting to drill n well for the Tifton Packing Company, has a pass- , “ ued to him.by the American »t Rangoon. Burma. India, on May 15th. 1916. This passport has Mr. Wilmnrth's photograph, his thumb prints, and a minute description of him It per mitted his return via Egypt, and is stampi-d rt various inspection sta tions en route, heing finally cancel ed when he left Liverpool in June. Mr. Wilmarth came over on the Lapland. He says that the steamer which he crossed the Meditcrran- i enrried a cargo of rice, and was ivoyed by four gunboats. enught ransacking the of the Walker house Sundsy « rf ! t3,p ' . part or the park is especially adap. id for growing shrubbery, and this is being used to the best advantage Along the Tift uventfr end. est, magnolias hove been s ire also is a hedge of pyrn: ir vitae*. Along the ditch, quent inu-rvalsf are t^vcplng wil- the second arid *15 for the! rrora herc to Moultrie and return- 'T*! 11 is alunK 131 *" ditch that: Com- thtFd.’- '' - j fd Saturday or Sunday i m ” ,a ' aner Fulwood expccta to do his On top of these fine cash\ prizes I Planters Cotton Oil Co vs A. C. ' *• Th , en ' ‘ 3,rou «h the park, both the Cotton Oil nnd Grocery L- R R Co.; suit on account Ver- ° re AmcH '«n holly, dogwood. panles agree to buy at mar- dic * ton plaintiff for FL38. " r|>c myrt3e ’ P* ,m » and oleanders, ket price all the peanuts, ^orn and! D» v > d Comfort vs. C. TV Kimber-1 , contract b“ “ Uo bPen for a velvet beans the boys and girts of j 3 Y i hail trover. SetUed; costs equal-1... _ nat ' VB * weet ‘ ?ums . ; P«pl*ra Tift county can raise. Except as ly divided between partles. ensh premiums this last also ap-1 Farmers and Merchants Bank of, * *" llt bordwwl with 'c .nriaa is to plies to the farmers of Tift eoun- Mill town vs. E. T. and D. K-- Y'oung; r x ’ end CMt “d through ty and vicinity. jsuit on note. Dismissed- 1 ce "‘ er , There are no strings attached to : Southern Phosphate uni Fertilizer . “ Chalrm *" Fulwood'* i the offers of these two concerns oo. vs. J «. Ford; suit on, 1 note Judg, Unn . l ° haVe th ® * yvr * Ure " "Isuitable for All any hoy or girl has to do ter the contest is to properly the measurements of each prizi devoted to peanuts, corn and ■ hi an*. The hoyw and girl» pr ing the largest numhi bushels of each comm plaintiff for *3*9.19. attest The Bank of Tifton vs.;W W. and I acre E Lipdscy; suit on not« Judgment velvet for plaintiff for *100. iroduc-1 The Bank of Tifton vfe. Joe nnd eighed Julian Fletcher; suit on note. Judg- "" for plaintiff for *100. innera, winners in a two-fold ■cause they <are paid n aces for every bushel of these ■ts in addition to the prizes. The Gazette anticipates the k t sort of competition. Certai is yiat the offers of these concerns. ,• make it doubly worth while for all 1 e,‘„ ' see. Everybody has an even now let every boy nnd girt county go after the first prize: . LA Hall and - Bod'ls; suit on note. Judgment >d- for plaintiff for *177.54. j Taylor Furniture and Hardware Co. vs. E. J. Norton; bail trover. Ver «!diet for_the plaintiff for *44 80. i shrubs have time'to grow, Tifton park of striking beauty, ceur- ] a monument perpetual to two men I. j wham Tifton ha* cause to remember,’ Will H. H Tift and C. W. Fulwood gnla seat i Cv and uut the President had ill. find Tifton fully rea^onaivc o«h« two Georgia Senators that tendance and appreciation. I! ic willlnc to appoint him. iewise ig expected . that nearby! **ir »,ipointmentr' been made wns will send score* of peopi. '■ 1,1 ' Political fight would have > -led in clean amusement ''v^d ovc r- it in the Senate on Many artists of national repute aec ° 3 t3le attitude of the two gaged for the Fesitval. among Senators. Judge Park, being ‘th of. ' I— TV-.I the tract. bGT-fte soil oLehratriT and Doti and hi. pl.yc id to be artists of superior type, j Wilson, in a letter of Ani.ther intereating combination is * 8 H*dgement to Judge Park, •hley Ropps. baritone; Lueile Col- j P n hi » “Bencroslty and pubHc tc. violinist; John Rebarer, pianist, S P', T! c outcome of the conteat id Retty Hooker, soprano. The | much involved In doubt.as ess of the entire country have ssed judgment upon these people, i and the united opinion is that each is an artist Betty Hooker is a Vir ginia girl, nnd ahe not only has charm -d American audiences by her super ior culture-tone, but also has de lighted our phlegmatic cousin* across the ocean. The London Daily Mail said of her: have heard LaBoheme countless times; but never a better Musetta than Miss Bettie Hooker. And sc it goes through the Ust of Festival attractions. There is not sorry performer in the lot, if one .„ judge, by honest criticism. There 5 other -feature* juat as notable a* - one or two named—Clara Vaughn Wales, for example* who comes with a strong dramatic com- pony, and Charles Roberts, the toon humorist—but enough is said to attest the high amusement charac ter of Community Festival week, you have not already planned that season ticket, you had bet ter do *ii before the choice locations spoken for. Community Festival week is going to be a brilliant sue- park that will grow n South Georgia, and that is neprly 11 of them. He has made a won- •■rful showing with what money he ad. and the best is, that it 1! spent In clearing up the fallen tmber, about *80 worth of wood ns sold, for which the park get* n-dit Fulwood says that thi J stumps, which had to be remove^ ith dynamite, coat the city inn any othen one item. years, when his trees and The man. with r 3 * w °y get your first THOUSAND Is to put your COLLAR in our ban* with a strong will to bank to.bank REGULARLY. The other $999 wi || If mot* easily than putting in the first dollar experiment worth TRYING?/ Would John Nbckefeller have been the richest man liVthVworld if ■a never banked his fRsr dollar? Put YOUR money In OUR bank. We pay 5 per cent Interest. be National Bank of Tifton. Ga. REPORTS FROM CONFERE! Formed Most Interesting Feats Meeting of Missionary Seeie The Woman's Missionary ,8o Jot s of the Me&odslt church hoi business and literary meeting flu ruary 12 th. ths Mrs. Briggs Carson, the pree ant, 1 read Second. Psalm, followed b th* Loi-a'* prayer in rVcart. Report from the different of were given, and each chairman gSTO n report of the month's work, li different Prayet Cteols*. . . the