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tHE TIFTON GAZETTE. tlFTON, GA-, FRIDAY, MARCH *3, 1917.
Great Annual Festival Event At
Agricultural School
T^ten FaVm Tool Manufacturing
\ Company Shipper* r ‘ -'
CORN AND BEAN PUNTERS
a Nation Drawing Big
Crowds
Some Proposed Provision* Strick
en from Prohibition Measure.
PERFORMANCE SATURDAY A.M
SENATE COES FELONY CLAUSE
Alao CRufai Maaaura in
■ r Detail*. El fueled to Pau
bi. Week or Earl, Neat.
ntn, Ga.. March 22.—Commit-
:k on Governor Harris' pro-
i bill was finished late yes-
aftcrncon by the Temperance
lice of the Senate and by the
committee of- thirty-five
rs to which the bill was refer-
the House. The complettf*
i on the bill by the comraitMtjl
that tjie.bill is ready-for the
fading in both the House afui
today.
bill wcnt.'tbl tfuh both cOtn
with remarkably few chain;-
Ihese jOiily of detail rather
rforevanee
cd than Easier, Thanksgiving. ■
the FourS .of July. In fact, rhi
any yon jnrt can't forget it. '; -
even dream about it and oru- all err
■minded man says that while Ly
to speak to his wife ,endear in"!-. !
accidentally, absent-mindedly, n-
ed her' "Spring Day.”
i Friday nigh: at/fT-IS; a mnt-
Saturday morning at 10. anoth-
a the afternoon at S,-and. the
performance ut ' 8:1.1 sAlurday
campus
rand does not like to know
ere are any who would Tike
It. aniL.no t. have i he opportun-
jretting a seat, that this ex
tinee is arranged for.
_ed to take the places of Miles Cow
art, H. A. Gay, A. J. Ammons and
J. W.dang J. 0. R«**nr has present
ed his resignation, to take effect at
the next regular meeting of Council.-
OVERTON KILLED.
Eiimjagbapt.
The manwithffvone
figured. He figured^
fflcTieJ'
| For a few years this school had Present indications are that the
jU good attendance, but families mov J < ^ 0 2 rrr "’ r ' ..T.l v possibly bal
jed nway or pupils went to” other ] tfii» ' week, although this]
| schools until last .we^k there were [ 9' 0!l1 ' he somewhat speedier than
jonly eight pupils, and this week thcj FVC ' 1 '** supporters expect. They
school was closej by the Board. The ] * riv *' them-olv-s t'l! the midJIe of
teacher. Miss Maybcllc Sumner, has next week,to pass it. No filibuster
ti- .'Itie. ibr.iit fifty shots being fired,
r i Three of the erimlnnls hacked off!
)«•£. jJttQ tha »Wkiie«i itnd esenpcd. "j
fate this afternoon a negro gave J
are the sheriff's officers the tip that the!
Tnen "rre in a briar patch along the
red lowland, between Birmingham and
>rv OsWnton. When six dnputl... oi*
ot his eami
Nov/he has
money-^
Bay school.
WOODMEN CIRCLE MEETINC.
The Rosewood Grove Circle tn
in regular monthly session at the M
ionic hall Tuesday afternoon at
I'etock with a full attendance. T
ini' was beautifully decorated wi
riolets.and after the business of t
ifternnon was attended to. delicio
■efreshments were served. In the
GASOLINE SUIT SETTLED.
nice became general. Thur»» H«
,1 to be only six of the crim- i
this party, as throe of them j
en to get away in the dark- in
d. SAM KULBERSH. BACK.
xproMian Mr. Sam Kulbersh returned
deciama- night from the -Eastern nu
i class in where ho has been for the pu.t
he Agri- weeks selc.-ting his spring and
on Fri- mer goods. He promises his c
j r era some’ very select things,
at 8sl51 In piece-goods and readyjto-t
s award-; Mr, Kulbersh purchased one j|
vin first largest stocks he has ever boi
appeared
A compn
ihilse has been reached
v ruin filed against the
•?. Company by Robj-rL
id Alex Curls, in Col-!
"r Court, says the Ob-j
! server. Under tho terms of settle-
You Have a Rabbit Killer, Bring n'ent ITamptop, whn aakaJ for g-J4.
Him Up- ! «00, received S2.700. and Curia, who
.BaL Hutchinson, out on Route S.xuedfbr *2.So(Y. get s'*.-5 0(1
as.lu. has * rabb.t.|tim-6ir-m?'--T?re'Wirr5rH , SpU.n who was the
ace who makes Capt. Timmons’ ne- daughter of Curls. 1*45 fatally burn-
•0 look like a piker. ed September 2Sth last by the ex-
This negro killed, by actual count implosion of gasoline with which she
id record, 109 rabbits from Janu-fattempted to light a fire, thinking
y 1st to March 10th, and is still; it was kerosene. It was alleged in
Ring, although the supply is run- j the suit that the gasoline had been
HERE'S YOUR CHAMPION!
. Alt the TCh men you see » comiortabl£ ■
& :d when they were ydungtr that they MIA
MONEY In the bank to startlnto any kind or!
So they started a bank account.
You know the rest. That bank account gn
FROTUNE.
It can be just the same Kith you. There’s>
about it. #
... »v *■ good a
of the contostoou and of count on all materials for dish.'
I are eordially invited to.
* eonte,t - I Dr. J. A. Person has return
f ;<**»*.
Put YOUR monsytln OUR bank.
We pay!5fper cent Interest.
. £."° y®* r * 01 continuous practice
In Tifton and scores of satisfied cus
tomers. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles ceased
by eye strain be sure and consult me
end see if glares properly fitted
•von t relieve them. At cur office
In the Myon Hotel Block every day.
Second-hand Fords, ‘ Saxoas a
Chevrolet* for sale. W: E. Parmer.
22-d2t-wlt.
1 Vanities of the World
|WI Pea* Away
WIPED OUT TRACK MEET^VS FITZGERALD
latlariae an Event. Mr. Horne
Will Give Recital. Ij.ny Event,
to Fill Great Day.'
f^Sofflr. Spring Day', ,
To Spring, March 31.
Phuib^trium . and Voice Recital. 4
.Track Meet with Fitzgerald. -
You have been listening, asking
watching, longing, sighing for Spring
Day! Well, it's ngar nt hand. Hunt
ui pencil, go\o your Grier's
Almanac over there on that nail,
will turn to the month of March, find
sayjni and put a heavy line under that
will date* Then place a question mark
goods a dash and several exclamation
of j points after it. But really, if you'
have lived in this country a year or
longer you will remetrber the date
without having to go to that trouble.
People who have been attending
these, annual occasions pulled off out '
nt the Agricultural ^School say the
gjhai
DOngre-
Fand Gal-
t Romans
Fpf God is not
nk. but rigfateousifru,
tod Joy in th* Holy Ghost.'
The speaker said that in cstate
Uahing Hi* Kingdom God did
bagin from without, a* many people
. - think, but always commence d within, (minded
h«f house cleaning of
( heart, he said, and_ that when
t is thoroughly done the Christ
ie* sia when he sees it and
1 no trouble In putting it
■ a* a thing unclear.,
mer or later. Mr. Dunaway said.
. substantial way*
T hffme and every business that,
s in ftet and not in fo-m. j
^^^’Bhltowny preached again aij
! oMock this afternoon, and will,
r another Sermon at 7.30 to-[and get into the ’rush.
At both sen-ices today chetr One Of the ben feat
^ I s bomber of visitors .from the day i» the Planetarium 1
, country. ^ [tore that uccompai-<■-
While the Klrt ram .last night 1 fomethng that every p.
segiocaly interfered] with the attend-!ten year* it age shouid -1
• at the evrsmgTaervice. a good-! The old people* vRl learn tb:-.(j>
f number braved the element» and 1 that hpve beep puzzling their mind
• rewarded, Mr. Dunaway delis-; Tor-many year*—thing* that nr
d a f^rdeful appeal while others] really worth while By a 1 ! m an-
‘ ‘ow God had blessed them. all the thachera of (he roan's
B ’ I *h«uld take in thri feitnrt I:
NOT SO SANITARY* ! should- prove -the mo'.t m - ,-
—7 ; fcaturo. jtver offered on ‘tpring-Dly
i Wia* Guy. Look Askance at There ;* positively no fake abojt it
dally Arranged to Giva Op- Winding Local- Popi
tunily for All to tee Magnl- western Makkel Openin,
.1 Play. Friday Sold Oul. . 1 ton Manufacturer. ImpUm.nt.
mornm:. when it was f..undl The TiDpn Farm Tool Alaoufac-
lita-for Krnlay’s per toring Company is lmding a car with
The Birth of a Ns-1300 sections of Hclipse harrows to-
had been sold, and tjrat only day. for Little Eock. Ark. I
ined for the Saturday mat j I For some time past, shipments
hundred for-the! pavg been made every few days to
exaj, but |
shipment
unusually large one
0J> sections being the average load
For-two year/. Ve Tifton manu-] third
facturers have been shipping farm Senale
tools to the Milldle West.- several T.he I
rarloads going to that section last i mittees
fear. Now the shipment* have turn- es. an,|
-<"■ prompt-!rd to the Southwest, which offers'! than of
igb- here i knolher inviting field for improved * Thefchanges • m^ide in the bHl
caution Ihe farm implements. -'fe-ITbimU- Temperance Commit'
o nny of' ! Locally, their corn an,| bean are; r
it fc-ii! i.e! iiantrr. which is being intro- p The •scctiun crcaUng a pfdhi
r them to be on hand dbced, is proving a dreat•favorite.!lion commissianer was stricken o
nur »vt fur the perform hundreds of testimonials being re-,entirely; the section making “ Sl
t in oul,. !,. g„t into ceWedaJu«to its desirability and not mid and all sansequent violation-
for the reason that no a. *ing!e complainlf The same is' the -prohibition law* a felony, pu
I’owe j aft. r the picture Arue of their' fejfliixy distributors, i i'-h.x..e l y imprisonment from o
1 uvUI lhc « 0<l of tiu ———-_S o- fivn teats, was stricken Out; the-
d -b. - .rrlvi.n ? J.,ej MAYOROF OMEGA „ ...„ providing that all-vemei. and
t. w. !* •™p°nss !■">-
s-igned h'btfed ' quors ^.ould he confiscated
tae,.a*. lurch' ».;**•«“i % “•>
1 -ng the existence of a distillery
irima f^cie evidence of guilty
Lamb. .h. ha.drf | “"**• *".111. put „1
owner was striAen Otft. .
| Changes made by the llous* Com-
practically the same as
made by the Senate.
n,| are as fellow!
VOLUMS J
CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR
ESSTOOECLj
M-r ' h to f.
. Cox took the oath of offise lust
fht ^o jjj) the unvrplred term of
lyor w. A. Lamb, who handed in
resignation to City t'ouncil
days ago.
It will tie remembered that Omega ]
Washington, March w Uh th. |r„n|
international cri.i, within th. U,, ..ntury, Prcda.t Wiln.
today .da.ncnl th. data ft* lb . w^ia. o( Conge
from April 16th to April 2ad.
While officials are reticent, it is known they expact Com-
rr*s. w.ll declare that a state of w .r exisU with Germany.
The view is expressed by official, tAt unUl CongrcM
m^et. there w,|| be no chmiga * policy on the part of the
President.
] Ai much *» poaaible, extr*ordinary preparations in both
ariny and navy will be pushed.
Pre.idcnt Wilm,„ will Congr... with .n .ddr... in
which he will outline the everts n f the. !>■» r- w **,.*.1*. ..j
by lb. Tcmpgr.nc. bc|icvCi , h Th, .Mn ll nrl
• Rena la an.l bv tha ... ne no ,on 3 er •• * bl ® ‘O P*®-
.tact American mtara.t., .„d tk, thar.fnra tha na.t .tap i.
np to Congress, which i. Ih. og, branch of tho government
Authorized to declare war.
The extra session would hn e been called for immediate
sembly but for the fact that mera I member, are out cf the
country.
The Navy Department ha. *pe**d bids for two hundred
>:ifcmarine chasers. ( ~~*
Washington, March 22—ft* report, that a neutral na-
.on had offered to medipte the * n «e» between the United
SlMe, and Germany, which v being widely circulated here
T°d.*y, have caused intense dispUmrc in official circle*.
The offer, under existing %yr.,»tance*, is characterixcd
>r. n ’‘deliberate Insult." If such u formally presented, it will
be rejected.
A Cabinet official stUed thistflemoon that the difference*
ffected national hpnor and th.tCongre.s w« alreaday on re-
-ord that questions of honor are not arbitrable.
The Bolivian Minister indicMad that the most of the South
American countries would staoiww.th the United States.
I he possibility ft)at fiermuy may anticipate any move
thr I fi- 1 • *fl Stnteji in this direction by declaration of war on
United States, is forecast in Berlin advices reaching Hol-
iimri. Thrsi :.rc RrHwi.cffeci that in Berlin the belief
rent that a state of war with the United States will be
■ mpiished Xact within forly-rigkt hours.
| hit* held tgo elections, both of which
tparently illegal, and in order j
court costs in slcmghtening |
tangle, the old Couiicli held
with the understanding that
voolil resign,, one at a time, al-
tlmes. but it is ifu- ’“"ioK Council to fleer new mem-
(jovrred that host, *of thore who; 11 '”'
seen It once are going-to see Mltchfll, W. .A. Bindman.
it in Tifton ngai.i. It is a most *tu " • ^*- Patrick'and W. A. Lamb,, are
Rendons spectacle, and it is because thc »«» Councilmen already install-
the change
wacted more attention tE^fn the! lo sa . v<
j r- rnnii f<,|t it “would for the repsoi j oul th ‘
ulat many hundreds from this sec- ovcr -
IV, ‘ lion have gone to other ritie* to t * >CJ . w
Drinki.
mu, Ga., March 31.— Well,
• sanitary drinking foanUins
ran dritlk like a horse, bend-
r while it babble* up in your
i, may pot be so sanitary after
Another .sects'
Jlee'teeiul. Mr Mallory Horn . :
t Jasper, Fla., wtl! give one of th*
r bad Thu
r will be a hig hi:.
- usual tr*ek events- wilf hr
in the afternoon. F-trgerald ___
The city health commissioners High School will this year comprlt ,' '
1 good deal to think about with the Aggies. In all former Spring • '**
since they watched bacdlii bounc- Dav track contest* the Aggie- have ^
ing^merriiy up and down from two ! triumphed over their nntagon_
to thirty-five minutes in the little This year they are good I *r:-r. i
•pout of water that gushed up from ! for they'ha'
s of tfa«*e bubbler drinking foun. | ies
employment of- a clerk and
tuns* wa. *tricken out; fee,
for the sbifunent of alcohol a
ramental wine, ns permitted by the*
bill, were reduced from At tt
cents per application; a section
inserted making the
■portation
of liquor .prima facie evil
guilk by .the carrier; the section
making secoml-und subsequent
latiODS'a felony was stricken;
The same performance will be Gu >' A - Council on 'notice!! Mti, ’ n T***. o{ « ^th
at each setting arranged for, 1 " 1 ni f ht he expected to Wn-"'^ . p^m • faf,e K«ilty
[knowledge t
’ part of the land
ng foun- ies about the flect-fu.
I those Fitzgerald boy PE'
e, in the|5mi:h, on wham the A M
I. at the ] depended last year, wi'' r
You see them everywhe:
parks, at the city ball,
. and other places, and
tore supposed when installed' de'.
the last word in - sanitary thi
g arrangements.
the bubble fountain may be 1 th.
dangerous a* Jhj^-L-l.d giu -cup. i
shams to yuggW-thp. bai-R. •
down for quite a time be- : i-nHp
iy'flow away. It i, on the me:
toctple of the little rpd Gem
■rtmrtlrig gal-' Cff feu.-4*4 th^^Wiii T.jT t f
Tonsiliii* germs hav.e bus, ual .clown*, “peatvit* .
hopping up and down'ip glee u idles, minstr-t. P ( r . , p •,
or twenty minutes, -wan-fn’t l t e Spring Day withi'iit tb
bo drunk by .the next person That wife and those ehil.ln
fountain. roirg to'^vnnt to come Ju-(
_ aolqtion. It is teid. is to make now lo bring them and you .-
the Httle water Jela come oqt at as they, will have one m-,
-■an anel-
Tifton. and the-price, for. the mat-1
inco seats aro 75 cents and $1.00- »— —w- -* -*• •••*-.* « irenvcui,, j. ....
SW* prices ire S1.00 and sl.50. I in a f »" ®n the stAeta sevenl! ] ev,denf « knowledg,
suggested that those who l m 9 nlh * "KO- He s‘“l« d that Connell'"* p3rt of ' he tFn f n ‘ or ™"*'
:l»kets make arrangement, for had ignored a letter from him and ' lhr * ccl,on «*>«'"*
at (PKCby calling jrf'or phon-t nUo one from his-attorney, explain- j sp rcihcx ! > the duty of police
Btooks TRirmacy where the his-claim and asking for a settle- ' c ‘‘7' ' h ‘' r ' IT, » nd dF P“ty sheriffs to
mcnL Mr. Guy A. Cox is • spn of thc cnfnrct thc Prohibition lavv wi
new mayor, both .of whom have j s ‘ r ' rk, “ n on ,he ‘hoory that already
been resident* of thc town for a - ar ‘* rbari ? ed wi,h enforcing all
number of year*. laws; the section providing for con-
^ t, fiscation of vessels and vehicles used
b’raNCH HILL SCHOOL transporting liquor was referred
to a sub-committee.
Discontinued by County Board of Th"' the house will pot stand for
Education. No Patronage. filibuster was demonstrated ye»-
Branch Hill school, which i» terdav by the steam rolling adminis-
across the Tift cdunty line in Ir-1 ,F, lfd to Ft-prexentative R. B. Blftck-
wjp. hut has begn supported for ! hbrn. uf Fulton county. - •
several years .by the Tift- «»mty-: - Tast^dar ho-tounel^d a ftltolL
, 'board of Fduentfnri, witlr the prom-'* r ' r prevent i!ie Record reading of
of help by the Irwin Board, Ris 1 the govi-r--.r\ bill in the House, but
n discontinued for lack of pat- j' 1 * a * c.i*L. l'/ng before he-reached
ronage. -It -wa* zunnottail bv -tht*; *hn ef-hw paftiaatrnt Vt-y fopA!
county beettuse Tift - cKTUTren attond-" 8rt,r ,b ' Di'iuie oyepirbekaiiMtly voj
ed it. • ' [Teff'blm’dffwn.
• Prn
is cur*
an ac*
Amsterdam, March 22.—In ^ite of the almost absolute
German censorship, it it becoming known that there i* a great
food shortage, strikes and disccrtmt throughout the German
mpire, and the example set by Ririsia is developing a ait--
notion of the utmost gravity. ’
It is reported that troops sr* being rushed to important
i:ie* in Germany, especihlly Berlin, for the purpose of
strengthening garrisons. , 1
Desperate food riots are ocagring in Berlin, Munich, Dus-
;eIdorff, Leipzig and Hamburg.
Washington. March 20—T**of the German sailors whO
made a break for liberty at Phfcdelphia last night are miss
ing and it is believed they werejrowned.
Ail of the other sailors we* recaptured.
Commandant Russel! reports that the men recaptured
were nearly frozen in their attempt to swim to liberty.
A number of sailors from tb* German commerce destroy
ers Prinz Eitel Friederich-ADd Ironprinz Wilhelm, interned
night. Some of those caught w« fished out of pools of wa-
the Philadelphia navy yard, ittempted to escape last
in the marshes.
Washington, March 20.—H* War Department is per
fecting plans looking to the usi of several big reclamation
tracts in the West as intemmentcamps forepersons to be ar
rested on the outbreak of war. *
Berlin, March 22.—The ataiHary cruiser, Mosws, has
just returned to home port afters successful raiding expedi
tion.
It captured twenty-two a leaner* and 6ve schooners.
SPEAK INC CONTEST
» Halted for Atlanta, man never get/ too old^to'leara I " rh '° W • *°' d 10 * d “' cr f ° r kerosene -
. u.u, ^ rf n.sns da? r*-rr*-
- r tl.e death denUl cavity; yet much can be donl If Hm ” of ** hi|rh eoit
I Who held that posi- to keep you from bringing ou/the vegetable' POr “°K n ° f ,P " n *
mM. * ** “ “ 1 vegetable crop can be spared to ths
■ rabbiu. ^
] | the color rahemc was carried out
in violet qpd gold, wbink . T1 ,1,,. ^1-
colors.
The plate# were very temptingly
arragod wIllTfruit salad and sand
wiches. Candies and soft drinks
were also served.
Several visitors Were present from
Ty Ty. among wfiiora were: Mrs.
T.yle, Mrs. Cox, Mrs. Pittman, Miss
Maund, Mrs. Paras and others.
The meeting was especially inter
esting as the delegates to the Amer
icas convention gave splendid re
ports of the meeting there.
The Circle will meet Friday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. K. Gaff,!
South Central avenue, for a so-!
eial affair from 3 to 5.
The National Bank of Tifton, I