The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, April 27, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Tilton Gazette. » PER ANNUM. THE T1FTON GAZETTE. TIFTON GA^ FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1917. VOLUME XXVIU, NUMBER • ie Day More IW. L. BRYAN, SUPT. CONSERVE FOODS HIGH SCHOOL MEET Of The Big Offer HETON'S SCHOOLS PLANT MORE GRAIN \) PROGRESS NOW G*. H&f/ Worth Working for Just Now ~'azette’s Auto Club. . ' Lin Votes Monday I rnaqlns •Mg MO.O Prof. Scarboro Retire* From Ac- Urged by Stare-Gouncil at Macon Representatives Arriving From Uve School Work j Meeting , All Parta-Dbtrict iriof the en- Uae the time you have. ,000 ’be only an hour doU it—make it tell. It i. the utilising j open, in September. ■ of time, not how much you have,!these new members > LATE WAR NEWS April 26._H» „p„l„ <Ji . .pd ppw.rfj German counter attack which was evidently delivered by treat troop., wa. reported in today-, official .Utement of the battle of the Arras. The pnnap,| attacks were in the Gavrelle sector where the German, were ca^ht yesterday in the British her- EIGHT CHANGES IN FACULTY FERTILIZER AND LAND RENTS WILL CLOSE TOMORROW NIGHT 7' P ' ,t '^. br “ k,up ' ' , of importuic. „„ sported from lh. r~t of battle front. Par.., April 26. Great counter offensive attack, were launched by the QnrgtoUfroe the We.tem front, in additio. to the attacks launched again* the British force, last night The French position, were subjected to heavy assault. a Thousand A i Aflor. nnual Conlosts Bef.n this noon With Ball Gam.. Music Recitation Tonijbt. The annual High School Meet la I progress in Tifton, and tha > bo Solvad. Over .d«d Entbuaiaatic Cornea from Cairo. j and Earneat Maetin,. The faculty of the Tifton Public About 1.500 delegate* attended' It mgy Schoolj will contain at least eight the State Agricultural Council, on ,,.. pr »gre» ... “**' . V** i nrw mcmbers when the faI1 tfrm Food Production and Conservation, city is alive with representatives of e u m. *- ° *- Included in held in Macon Tuesday, .according ot the many high schools !n the See the Superin- the Telegraph. The meeting was very 1 ond Congressional District, it being earnest and enthusiastic and its work estimated that nearly two hundred I Prof Scarboro. for eleven years is thus briefly outlined: ,and fifty will be in the city before > “ M nol - WOIT y | Superintendent of the city’s cchool The state agricultural council on , the sun goes behind the western ho- system, will retire from active school food production rod conservation Prof. B. G. Childs will go to was the official organisation of | The events began at 8:30 with • that will put your name at the top of jtendent and Principal.’ — ^ I the when the judges make the ~ * ~ l Who appreciate final count. -sign of this if you do not obtain the results you should think you should all the time. Bv-lwork. a M.R... t. tnk. .h,,,,,. „f U,. McJU,. | G..pp, 1. —rtm. with U,, r..|b.„b.l, „m.Tn».T, P,lh,» 'HI - i t-pnin- min . ,u u ® ryan - of Cairo, has ment. land judging from the racket being .Tn fol Is the clMi^Zat? jSuperintendent to sue. Gov. Harris was authorized to apimade out at the athletic field it ... i _ cecd PrQf. Scarboro, and has acccp- point a commission of five men to I some contest Of course the m, I thousind Rcmemb^Hhis. the Auto club will, ted. I proceed to Washington to u»l ! ?, ' a u . ...... v.tn i.pf.,. a.. _. , . proceea to nasnington to unravel racket is being made by the rooters—» S, „/"H Tb, (™„ membrn „r lh „ [,rtili«r preW.m. »W it Vabid, lb, l.i, ... pr.dom,,.., osnton to snifl you could devote ! who have Keen re-eleeteH ... - .Ad. U.. —U«—... —, throughout the entire night, .|| .long the battle line. AH of the German attaek. were repulsed. ■ Crushed KICKER it*le Girl Had Cheek Bo, By Vicious Anim Sadie, the seven year old daughter of Mrs. Jemima Pool, who live* a few miles east of Tifton, had the to be the universal of. the Gazette readers who have been perusing the advertise, menta in the newspaper each day. We do not mialead you to get you started in the Club. Everything is clear: and “above board.” Here is an opportunity to oara your own ear, worth eleven hundred dollars, a piano, Grafonola. watch or kodak. All these priies are well worth your spare time and if you of them, we wi!V pay the cash, no matter how littld ' how much you do. N*w la the Tima to Enter. It is easy to win the big awards when the value of the prizes is com pared with the small amount of en- *nty and time required tfi win them. And now is the time to enter the gently Auto club. The fight has only be- __ gun and it may be that the real win- Mr*. H. H. Adams will entertain nan have not yet entered the race, the Bridge club tomorrow afternoon. worth your time be it part or all timi Cse judgment MdAysUm and -yotr will not fail tt%|g|g{e your regard. Miss EfBe Myrtle Scarboro. Latin ‘and-rnglBIT Misa Lillian Spier, Seventh Grad-?. Miss. Ethel Adams, Sixth Grade. Miss Mary Lou Britt. Fifth Grade. Miss Elhek Autrey, Fourth Grade. Mu,, Fannie Shaw, Fourth Grade. Miss Gladys Grade. with the federal government _ Resolution adoptod urging Ian owners to rant^ their lands to te ants for a part^f crop raised ther The contests i. spelling and ready. 3:30. High the general plan. Suggestions made by Dr. Soule, president of the State writing were also begun They arc being held at the new School auditorium. a a ’ j Tonight at eight o'clock , | Mayor Hargrett will welcome t- M. • men Ut'Tifton and_Prof. V Agri- Bryan, Tifton 'a new superintendent Westberry. Second cultural college on the conservation will make a response. Following these .......... _ „ l° f food - Dr - S° uI ' ur ** d *•“ riant- exercises the contest fh music Miss Julia Pinkston. Second Grade Ing of staple fruit and garden crops. . • , . . . , , , , Mirs Annie Bell Clarke Fim and urged the fanner to let “the b.b. h „ left ch..k 1. by C.d, .„d PH n , lp ,i tb , Q „ m . I „„ , B j th |„„ a. !ne “ V Ci °“ mUle Wcdhe, j niar School ^Department The conferehec unanimnuMy dis- - T** 1 ' i Miss Lougl Mitchell, of Mtoissiopl. approved the idea of fixing a mar- P'o^ia sister'of T. A. and S. F. Mitchell.mum price wiiich should be paid for it ami was • has been elected and will have charge cotton, urging that tha law of sup ply and demand regulate the price hitched to when the child kicked. The bane of her cheek w**' 0 f the'sixUr-Grajli crushed in and the child was hurried! There the Tift county hospital wh« the wound wav_dressed. She is doing verf well now and ap- the road to recovery PARTIAL UST OF CONTESTANTS. B. W. Hightdwer, Tifton Mrs. A- B. Blalock, Route 5. city . Lucile Ayers, Enigma, Ga. ^ l Ruth Rogers, City i Stella Bowen, Brookfield . Kiss Winona McKown, Omega. Ga.. 310.250 306.900 .305.000 '304.000 285.000 256.000 vacancies besides that of Principal to be filled. Prof. Bryan: the new Superintend ent, comes with the highest endorse ments. both as an educator and a Prof. Scarboro came to -Tifton to take charge of its public school sys tem in 1902. For fifteen years he has been at its head, except for an interval of four years, when he was the head of the public schools of Cordele. He was largely influential securing the present public school building, and later the handsome new ... high school building which is ap-1 r« proachlng completion. It is of cotton. A change in the basis of credit gifen 'fcj^.thc tanKera was urged, with the suggestion that money be lent on all crops and loans be con ditionally carried over. The canning of all vegetables and fruita was urged by Miss Lois Dow- dle, head of the canning club de partment of the State college of Ag riculture. “Can It" la Ste suggested slogan. Charles B. Lewis president of the Georgia Banker’s Association out lined Hhc new policy of the banks u i Eleanor Shockley. Fender 226,noo Miss Willie Lemons, Sumner. Ga 225.000 Visa Maggie Driver, Adel Ga 131,000 Miss Ella Robinson, Route 5, Gity 72.000 Miss Eula Akins. Fender, Ga 25.000 Mrs. J. B. Sirmans, Lenox, Ga 20.000 Miss Lucy Williford, City 21.000 Miss Mae Reynolds. Norman Park, Ga 20.000 S. M. Owens, Sycamore,. Ga 20.0QO Miss Maud Williams Sparks, Ga 20,000, Mrs. J. B. Gaulding, City 16.500 Miss Mary Sears-ienox, Ga Mrs. Dick Page, city Miss Jessie Lee Reynolds, city Jtiss Eunice R. Pearman Chula, Ga Miss Docia Warren, city Kiss Minnie Gay. Alapaha, Ga Miss Maud Herndon, Fender, f- Mrs. Whi. Iighlfoot. Route 3, City, Rev. G. Tom West, Wlllacoochee, Ga G. R. Henderson, City .. .% 15,000 10.500 . 10,000 10,000 10.000 10,000 10.000 lo.bbo 10.000 10.000 'ANNOUNCEMENT Saturday Night Sketches of Wiregrass Georgia ,Forty Years Ago a: .BEE J.-Lt HERRING IVill be issued in’the eijrlyYall. The book will 1 standard size, illustrated and will contain ) pages. -i PRICE $2.50 Advance Orders Received Now. Address the Author at Tifton, Georgia The declamation contest at 10 o’clock Friday morning and Friday afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock gu athletic events will be held at ath letic park. One of the bjg events of the the championship debate, wi 11 take place Friday night a% the new audi torium, beginning at 8 o'clock. More Ho m .. Are N.edod. j The people of Tifton have n ponded quite willingly in offering entertain visitors, but more homes | .. .. . , _ “•ed'd- There must be aceom- “V m«l,U.n. offered (or „t but of | bankers will Finance the stocking of. i... n j riw , . „ . „ . the sad features of the change that 1 farms with cattle and hogs. His hank , urjft| th>l who f ‘ Scarboro in '"g thb matter phone him will be held. Tomorrow morning at 9 there be a business session of the Asso ciation which will include the i perintondent*. principals and olhi of the high school district. Election of officers will be gone into and other business matters attended to for the he should not have tfie opportunity of organizing* the High School in its new home—something he had so long worked for and anticipated with so much pleasure. As previously mentioned. Prof. B. G. Childs came to Tifton four year* ago. His work here has been high character and he goes to ew home with the best wishes of many of our people. The elections for the faculty made at the meeting of the city Board of Education last week, but ire not announced uqti! Prof. Bry- i had been heard from. At the same time, detail arrange ment.. were made by the Board for the District Hi^ School Meat thi he said would finance the « club work in Bibb county. FOUND DEAD. Chi.f MONDJY, APRIL 30 THAT’S THE DAY For the Opening of tha Dixie League in Tifton THE TEAM IS GETTING READY Cet Re*d v Yourself, Close up Tak. Your Folks or So m .b. Folks and Go. Monday April 30th will be a gala day for Tlftan. iLls the day the Dix ie League opens b*rr. Arc you going. Can you miss the opening game nd be loyal to vour aid town? Don’t you think that you owe it o-yourself as well as to the little old urg to shut up shop for two hours Mondgy^afternoon and go-out-to- tha ball park and help This i* the first time that Tifton a ever been in League baseball and :’ve got to make good. Our reputa- nnd good standing in the Receives Telefraai Ask ing About L. H. Sullivan. ie following telegram from 2l CRIef of Police of Danville. Ky.. has been received by Chief of Police J. Thrasher: 'Remain; of .party zuposed- to be H. Sullivan found on road last night just north of Wilmorc, Ky. Letter found supposed to be from Tiftqn. Advise what. disposition to make of body, which I 1 * is now in undertaking establishment Ini unity depends on it. Do your little at N icholasville, Ky., and how much mite—make a Hffle—get there early will his people guaYnntec for burial and stay wit}> thc bo >' 8 until thc K jm c expenses.—C. M. Mitchel." ii» sewed up in a sack Chief Thrasher lias made in);esti- ( '. ot !*?at Tif^ori spirit under your galh.rs but has been unable a, Ir^J'hirt—get into the game—put all the cate anyone knowing the party re-; ringer and pep you'i ferred .to. If anyone reading this, I Monday——Make it a.Tifton Day—Tif- happens to know the the dead man ton league—Tifton’s game; we can any relative, they will confer a j do il - or by advising J. O. Thrasher.! "Hoc’’ Newton has a winning ag- Tifton. gregation. with plenty of pep and |K'"IBT In them—and with , a liitla MATURED COdOEBURS. ioSti’l'SS 'mA — ' InUI rag without any troutj'.e—Say. Mr. C. W. Findley,.from Route 2, Jg' t. ujjt, anil, look that bunch - over'.- hr.iught to the Gazette Monday > 1 a hand- of fun, that hr can properly register the visitors. It is believed now that the number of representatives comii^to the meet will exceed two hundred and fifty. Season Tickets Only 50 Cents. Those wishing to take in all the events of the meet can secure season ticket for 50 cents. This tiek- admits to all events .except the baseball game. The contests tonight and tomorrow morning, the athletic events tomorrow aftemodn and the debate tomorrow night trill be well worth going to hear and see. In fact. program is well worth the price of the season ticket. Single admission tickets are 26 cents. Chil dren can secure admission for . 10 nts, single. The contests will begin promptly the hour stated and those plao-j nlng to be present should make it j point tb be on hand promptly in j order that there may be os little dis- | traction for those taking part as; London, April 25.- uen R*lH»ig'i forces continued thsir :rm» it- a_ a! . r A . • terrific assaults on the Germs, ifee to the ea . t of Arr> , ^ and the number of prisoner, captured is now more than three thousand. . ru * hed ,40 ’ 00 more men ,o to fill m (he r»P« m th« battle l ine> but theae were hurted bme ^ Th-e/air fighting hw» been the most brilliant of Jhe w»r. T u h,rt * y .i”' nr German aero Pl««s were shot down Tuesday and the Allies -airmen pcetroted forty-five miles to the raar ot the German line, umin, their machine gun. on the German reinforcement, from cluue quarter*. T The Britisn Isie-J caphired Bilhem and smashed their yrmy further toward Cambrai. Over nil,, mil., of fro., f rom O p ., v Croiu.ll., fb. .n m... ... locked in . b.tll. of tatr.dibl. ferocity. I„ . d.. W t. nttempl to Men, tb. Briti.b U,. G.rn.n. „. thro-f— division otter di.i.ion, i„ form., io „ H .i„'. Hnu. only to b. mown down by tb, „ r ,i||«.y f ir . „f Ut. Brit- •an. At H.vr.11. .n entlr. Cm, divi.ion w.. c.u,bt by lb. :onc.ntr«ted fir. of tb. Britbb yon,, .t . ,.ny. c f only 300 yards, and completely obliterated. Washington, April 26._FoUowing hour, of conference be tween President Wilson an d Senator Root, it was admitted in offical circle, her* today that Senator Root ha. accepted the Chairmanship of the American Commission to Russia. * is reported also that the other member, of the commit z.on will be Edward Hurley, former head of the Trades Cotn- miszion, Daniel Willard and Oscar Strauss. Washington, D- C, April 25—The French Commissioner, were greeted with wild chnring when they drove from tha navy wharf through the stmts to the residence selected for their abode. ”^ le reception was far more spontaneous and enthusiastic than that which was given ths British Commission. ^ ew York, April 25—The American liner Mongolia shot away the periscope of a submarine and it 4s believed that the U-boat was sunk. The Mongolia reported Ike attack by cable to her owners here upon her arrival at a British port. London, Ajpril 26—Additional details received here stat • tfat the German submarine which was sunk by the Americas 'teamer Mongolia blew up when she was struck by the Ameri can shell. There was a terrific exptoion immediately after the ahell struck and a pall of smoke hog over the water. , London. April 26—The onouncement th A t fifty-five more ships were sunk by German ■bmarines during the past week, forty of them over 1,600 tom*ftach, caused a pessimistic criti- cism of the shipping situation by the British newspapers today: Washington, April 26.—Twelve of the German linen seized when war was declar'd will be ready for service in a week, according to announcement made this afternoon by the Shipping Board NEGRO FOUND DEAD This _ _ _ i these huri matured in the spring ot i their bones and we'll hk\ the year. They do not usually attain their growth until after fodder has ripened. Perhaps these are a new variety as Mr. Findley suggests they are hurrying to escape the boll weevil. Herbert L Moor, Gradual# Optometrist Two years or continuous practice in Tifton ami scores of satisfied cus tomer*. If you are suffering with headache, or other troubles caused by eye strain be sura and consult me ! see If giz jaa properly fitted tb. Mycr Hotel Block .very dar ■ the ... best little old ball team in Georgia. Everybody get together aid close up for that opening game Monday— it won't hurt you and will do worlds of good. Now about the team. “Doc" has a bunch—good players, good pitchers— everything good. The boys are a little stiff yet out they are working 'hard morning and afternoon—by Monday they’ll be fit as a fiddle. With old “Happy" leading the pep they've got enough ginger in them to win any The body of a negro man. Caesar Oliver, was found beside a- pine tree the heights, north of Third street! this morning. Coroner Miller was notified and Thursday morning held an inquest, 1 the jury consisting of S. F. Over-] •U W. P. Stipe. A. E. O'Quirin.i J M Ball, W. G. Johnson and J. O. j ■Thrasher. Three witnesses were examined from which it developed that the de-| ceased wes subject to attacks of acute indigestion and was in very feeble health. The verdict was tha} i anie-U> bK death froYn natural^ causes, presumably from acute* indi- gestionr There were no marks of ri- • the •ttedyr' game Rabbit Stark, on short is going to have one tough time until they get those- pebbles out of his garden—a grounder hit into short looks like It haa a dose of twistifieation, or some other wobbly disease—it’s fierce— but then Rabbit’s some little old short stop—ha is. He is bound to maka some errors, but watch that kid play. Chunker Elrod and Little Elliott are home boys who are trying out with the team. Here’s hoping they make good. They uy Dutch Riggins is the oldest man on the team—but Kid, you 1 ought’er tee that Old Man get around second—some life, believe us. I

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The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, April 27, 1917, Image 1