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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, II
XXVII, NUMBER
REVOL
IN RUSSIA
j Man Working Among Ntgrim, in
Tnrnnr County Jail.
A labo r apnt, who ig charged with
working among the negroes of this
section for several weeks, was ar
rested Tuesday afternoon just across
the Turner ct£nCy line from T. Y.
Fletcher's place, northeast of Tif-
ten; and turned oyer to the author
ities of Turner.
"Reports reached Tifton early in
the week of the activities of this
man among the negroes in the Ome-
pa section. Later he was heard
from near Chula, and still later,
around Cydoneta. where he escap-'
ed Oeing caught by jumping out f
a window when a party that was af
ter him burst into a negro church in
which he was holding a meeting.
Solly Cravey reported seeing him
Sunday morning, and notified the of- starting
Evangelist Dunaway Stirs Listen
ers by Strong Appeal.
At Courthouse
Will be Shown in Tifton for Twj
Days Next Week-
it by Ocilla Fa
IE ..INCLUDES ROAD IDE TEXT: '1 AM THE VINK'
PRELIMINARIES IN DISTRICTS
TWENTY PIECES IN ORCHESTRA
Subject for Tonight, "The Nend of
. Revival," Should Drew .
Record Attendance.
Disregarding the inclement weath
er last night a goodly number of
interested persons hesrd Rev Mr.
Dunaway at the Methodist church
preach on the subject of Christ as
the vine, as found in John 15-; "I
am the vine and ye ar,- the
Districts Arranged by Executive
Committee Tift County
Teachers' Association.
The public schools of Tift county
will hold oratorical and other con
tent* at the courthous^ in Tifton on
I April 20th. The following contests
have been 'planned by an Executive
Committer of the Tift County Teach-
The first local presentation of Mbt,
world-famous spectacle, "The BUp
of a Nation." will take place MaXW
23rd and 2<th «t the Strand thea
tre There will be two evening per-
one matinee. The
given on Saturday,
'clock. Evenings nt
B»wn labnbcr
feby the Hen-
ur, of Ocilla,
Wr Gazette
KrjE^m the'
the Barney
t of Dayton,
town plant,
ibout $180,-
| lessons from the parable leaving
‘many other lessons to be deduced by
bis hearers. In a special sermon la-
ter on in the revival Mr. Dunaway
will have something further to say
on the same parable
In his discussion last night the.
lrl Winning second. made the
, M. H. FI.
t and arrang-
Ills will start 1
to be heavily arm-
o Mr. Highsmith's,
he was reported '
ed and neither of
j branch in me that bearcth not fruit
i he taketh away." Following the
plain words of the Master, the speak-
| er declared with great force that
"no man could reckon himself a
Christian or a saved man who is not
i winning souls to Christ and <hus
j bearing fruit."
I At the close of the service Mr. 1
I Dunaway said that while he did not
I ordinarily announce his subject
: advance, he felt that the toph
I tonight. “The Need of a Revi
| is so important that it shoul
j known in order that all in the
I might attend who possibly cou
Dr. P. E. Coleman, whb is to
! the music during the remaindc
the meeting, arrived last night.
by the Grass Manufacturing,
Company about thirteen years ago. 1
A few year* later they' were sold, to- j
gether with extensive timber hold-'
ingt, to the Barney and Smith Car!
Company. The Henderson Lumber
Company purchases the entire plant,
consisting of saw mills, planing mills'
and equipment, timber and' tram-'
roads, including ten miles of track
to the Atlantic Coast Line at Naylor. |
The deal will add a big factor to
the Henderson Lumber Company’s I
.holdings which include mills at Le-
Vaton and Oeilla and extensive j
Umber tract ■ in Berrien and Coffee
\ A ready-writing Contest in com
position will be open to the pupiU
* of the seventh, eighth and ninth
1 grades. .—-The subject shsfr be as
signed from the Legend of Sleepy
Hollow. The student must complete
1 composition within forty-five min
utes and not use more than 500
words.
Map-Dra.m,. -
i There wirf be a map-drawing con
test. in. which tne winners* will be
. awarded appropriate prizes The
- map shall be an. outline of the* state
t of (Jeorgjr,, indicating the principal
• rivers mountains, and ten of the
: most important, cities. The map
' aha!! be drawn in the presence of
the judges.
Athletics
The following athletic events have
been planned: 220-yard dash, stand
ing broad ^ump. running broad
Jump. running high jump and
i ■ potato race. There will be four
j potatoes placed 30 feet apart. Each
| boy must make a separate run for
each potato.
The athletics will be open to boys
i only. There shall be two diviaions I
j of each contest, as follows: First 1
I division, age limit 12; second divis
ion. age limit 18.
t With the purchase of the mill
property may eome interesting rail
road developments later. Mr. Hen
derson owns and operates the Ocilla Sta
Southern, which runs'from Perry, in
Houston county, through Fitzgerald I
Oefll* 15 Nashville, in Berrien'Me’
eouttty. a distance of 110 miles. The' ing Juniper Camp No. 144. left
northern terminus of this line is Monday night on the Semihole Urn
within Isos than 30 miles of Macon, ited for Americus. to attend the
“ d tormina*, is with-; state convention of the Woodmen of
™ JT feOes of Mill town. the World, whidi met Tuesday
To build from Nashville to Mill- morning and will remain in session
town would carry the road through through Wednesday and Thursday.
•JR very rich and prosperous section Mrs. W. H. Cherry went as rep-
uniting with the lumber, resentative of th.- Woodmen Circle.
pMBpany i road at Naylor carry the The three days' meeting opened
ptmillion to the Montgomery dims- ■ with a grand parade on Tuesday
■ In of the Atlantic Coast Line, and morning. It included all of the!
^ IS? 6 * near *r to Jacksonville. | Woodmen, the Americus high school 1 <
Lumber company's trnm road j cadets and the menagerie of Robin-j,
from Ldliaton is now srithin seven. son's circus which is wintering there. |
miles of Milltown end may be ex- Americus. Ga., March 14.—Vice-,,
t *“ d * d ' i 1 Prcsi<lent Thomas R. Marshall spoke , ,
•Over long distance telephone Mr. | tonight before an enormous crowd'
J. A. J. Henderson stated to the gathered in front of the Windsor ! :
Gazette this moVning that the deal j hotel on “National Tendencies." his I
was made from a lumber standpoint I address being greeted with frequent!
alone, and that at present he did applause, especially when referring'
not contemplate any railroad devel-1 ttf the duties of citizenship and the r
opmenta. He admitted, however, honor of the nation William A. •"
that the situaton ha^ excellent pos-1 Dodson. of this city, introduced Mr ’
•Bn^es for the future. | Marshall.
’ The vice-president and his wife ,
MISS MAY DEAD. j arrived at 7 :30 o'clock. They wefe
■ The 16-year-old daughter , of Mr. I greeted af the stetion by the sNr-j"
aarry May, near Lenox, who shot! ting It rains of “Dixie," with the'*
ptsclf With a pistol February 21st, j cadet corps of the America- high J 1
W«d Saturday night of last week; school at attention. Sergt. Maj. lu-n-i.
P* the wound. ry Clay, of the corps, present!.: the *'
| During a fit of despondency, fo! compliment* of the city and »:ii act
ftewing tome trouble with her school n» aid to the vice-president during' ^
W. O. W.’ CONVENTION.
Woodr
would show that the Rua-
began their offensive have
tdan to a point eighty, mile*
| There will be* two prizes given in
music One for the best instrumental
| so!o - * n d one for the best school j
; song. No school shall have more ;
i than t®n pupils in the song; one
teacher may load for them.
! All contestants shall be of school
age. and regular attendants at.
school for at least three months of.
the present scholastic year. j
The county has been divided in-!
to live contest divisions, as follows:.
Omega District.—Omega. Old Ty
Ty. jjalem. Anslev and Filyaw. j
Eldorado District—F.ldorado. Oak.
Ridge, Pine View and Sharon.
T- Ty District.—Ty Ty. Excel
sior Nipper and Midway
Chula District.—Chula. Fletcher,.
Pcarnmn. Red Oak. Hat Creek. Fair'
View. Bay. Myrtle nnd Branch* Hill. '
Brookfield District.— Brookfield.
Var.ceville. Camp Creek, Harding, j-
FARLEY PAROLED.
lOrtey keeps it
safe in our
TO BUY HOCS.
. Mr W. G. Middlebrooks, county,'
agent for Bibb, waa in Tifton Tu.*-',
•ray afternoon, on his way to Moul-';
trie, to take a look at Joe Battle's
hogs.
He. U buying for the Fourth Na- j'
oed for her roeovery for a
but after lingering for two
the young lady passed away.
OVER TO OCILLA.
Col. C. W Fulwood wer
Ocilla where he will read
“nt today
rtBe To-
r rom the Moultrie Observer.
Joe S. Weeks, of Norman
Jed Wednesday nighi. Mr.
*d been ill for nearly three n
fm Wednesday at was neceas
prate on him,, fie-never fu
fcerad from the shock of the
is helping 'the farm.
C oach^dfstriet t * ,<>n j man's Club of that city. This paper
rt i ' 0 wa » resd nefora the Twentieth
sry contest on THE DEACON" AT ENIGMA Century Library Club two weeks
. , •- a «P*. “"d raused so much favorable
L™ . hu Enigma. Ga.,March 14—"The Dea- comment that Col. Fulwood was re-
n , nrt : C ° n ' “ play ,f unusual interest in quested te read it before the Ocilla
District April, five net? was presented here by local 'Club.
April 11. ‘talent Saturday night at the school A.-c-.mpanyi$.g Col. Fulwood in
:h district will hou^ Tne play was given under the bis car were Dr C. C. Whittle, who
lay of the con- auspice* of the Methodist church, "ill a!».. make a talk before the club
, . U , r., a anJ Wns a decidcd “-ry a " d Mrs. Prteraon. Mrs. Eve and
tnteste. All the way Mrs. Cony of the Library Club
irej to attend Quite a neat' sum of money w,. r
nd patrons in-, realized, to go Jo the rebuilding ofi MR. MOBLEY LOSES BARN. ;
■t* n, i- ‘ the Methodist church of this place. —
ie contestants which VM blown down a couple of R N* ort * cached Tifton today that
gs^cach school years ago. Mr - Mobley, near Enigma, lost his
sinary. contest We are sadly in need of a school barn by fire ' c,u »« d by lightning
auditorium. We should fcavB one!- Wednesday night,
ave an cxecu- The barn was struck during the
The only »af« place for jbur
You always know where Itkand youPt,
you want It.
In our bank you can open a househol
pay your bills with a check. This will glv
Ing” with the merchants--and your ch«cl
celpts. It also helps you to keep your act
e BANK.
It when.
*A bill of exceptions was filed on
Thursday in the City Court of Tif
ton in the case Df Atlantic Coast
Lne vs. C. H. Cooksey. It will be
carried to the Court of Appeals.
Cooksey obtained a verdict against
the railroad at the February term
of the City Court for *1,000 for al
leged • persopaJ injuries sustsined
when a switching engine backed
freight ears into a wagon in which
hs was driving.
Herbert L_ Moor,
red male Optometrist
Two-years oi continuous practice
m Tifton and scores of satisfied eu*-
toRUU. If you ere suffering will
neadacbe, or other troubles caused
by eye strain be sure and consult m«
and eae if glares properly fitted
won t relievo- them At cur office
in the Myon Hotel Block every day
Put YOUR moMy In OUR bank.
Wtpay 5 per cent Interest.
The National Bank of Tifton