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VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER R.
THE T1FTON GAZETTE, TIFT ON GA.. FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1917.
LATE WAR NEWS
Two More Days
Ik Of “Booster Week”
London, May 3.—Thu morning'* statement from th* Wai
Office *ayt that heavy fighting ha* developed all along th*
Scdsee river and to the east of Arras.
Infantry assaults followed a tremendous bombardment.
The British are making steady progress and have t spluwl
n number of strong German position*. a
Pans, May 3.—JUl officially announced this morning
that the French fortes are again driving forward in the Cham
prgne sector, capturing a German garrison to the east of
Mont HauL
The French and British armies are attacking in concert,
the British to the east of Arras and the French chief pressure
between Rheims and Argoene.
London, May 3.—The troop ship Arcadian was subma
rined in the Mediterranean with 270 lives lost, is the official
anouncement today.
Spedsn*na Brought in from Farm
Near Ty Ty
Important Meeting is Called for
Tifton at 1:30 P. M-
te’a Auto Club Which it Will Pay
y Many to Join
BEGINS SmNNAH TUESDAY
THESE ARE LIVELY FELLOWS
AVERT DANDER OF SHORTAGE
From Farm of A. 3. Walter. Who
1. Plowing .Under Crop. First
Reported in Tift This Year.
Regardless of. what science may
say, or what friends of raising cot
ton may say, there are some speci
mens of downright malicious and
destructive cotton boll weevils at the
Gazette office, found on the farm
of Mr. A. S. Walters, three snd a
half miles’ south of Ty Ty Wednes
day and they are hade and hearty,
showing for their work of. /destroy
ing cotton full capabilities and
strength.
The weevils were brought to the
Gazette office by Mr. W. W. Tim
mons, and they sre the real boll
weevil. They arc the first that have
Every Farmer. Buainet, and Profe,‘
• ioaal Man in Territory Haa. Ur
gent Invitation to Attend.
To every citizen of Tift county and
section adjoining;
-You have an especial and urgent
invitation to attend a meeting of
fr.-mers. merchants, bankers and
other Ijusinrts and professional men
at the court house in Tifton on Sat
urday afternoon May 5th. at l :30.
The purpose pf the meeting is to
discuss the threatened food shortage
and to organize Tift County Food
Council to t^ik* part in counteracting
such a calamity.
This is your country's call to its
service in time of need. Show your
loyalty to your presence.
Most of us do not understand the
true" conditions and - we are Sot
awake to the impending danger,
therefore we should get enlightened
on the subject and thus know how
each one may intelligently avert
the evil.
The country is not calling the far
mers to go to the front, but it is
calling them to service. Will you do
your bit?
Many Features.
The annual State Sunday School
Church Peopl* of Savannah Making
■ convention vjH*begin a three day's
Session at the Independent Presuy-
terian ehsrch. Savannah, next Tues
day. and it is expected that a num-
, her of delegates will go to represent
I Tifton and‘Tift county.
I Only one school of Tifton has yet
e'ected delegates, that matter to be
, taken up next Sunday by most of
them.. The school already selecting
representatives is the Presbyterian,
which elected Mrs. F. A. Hardee
1 and J. Dana Jones. The Methodis*,
Baptist and Wesleyan Methodist
will, in all probability, send repre-
■ sentatives again fJlis year, as also
. the County Association,—of which
Prof. A. J. Ammons is president. A
number of the rural Sunday schools
1 will in all likelihood send delegates.
’ A special round trip fare from Tif-
, ton has been arranged with the rail
roads of $5.40. Delegates will be en-
’ Ycriair.ed while in Savannah by .ho
church people who will furnish Iodg-
| ing and breakfast. '
There are a number of splendid
features planned for this yesv's
meet. Among them are f
A County Sunday School Officers
Supper, and Conference; An Adid:
Bible class parade; Special major;
An exhibit of modern Sunday school
books, helps and equipment; two af
ternoons of the convention are giv
en over to Departmental Confer
ences; one afternoon the convention
goes on a social
:r Name
Washington, May 3.— Sentiment in favor of sending am
American expedition to the battle-fras! ij? France as soon a*
possible continues to increase to4«y in official quarters.
It is believed that certain assembling of hAitial units w®
soon be authorized, but when, *r how, or what units will b*
sent, must remain a military secret. > t is *ywuidlered certain
that the regular army will fumi*h the ater part of the ex*
Tifton Packing House for £74,
00Q to LeBarre
•ek Offer
ten dollars v >u
certificate of
K rotes arc in
ir vote* printed
xecijtive snd Finance Commit!*
Closed Lost of Deals For Plant
been found and reported from T ift
county fields this year, but they
Some idea of the inteitseness ot the fightjlig in the West
•s indicated by the report of the Entente Ailied losses for the
last fortnight ending Sunday night, of 198,000 killed, wound
ed and captured. The German losses, because of their mam
formatian attacks greatly exceed these figures.
Under the initial Selective Draft to secure the first half
million, New York will be required to furnish the most mf,
45,845; Nevada the lowest, 500; Florida 4,598; Georgia
13,795; Norih Carolina 11,800; South Carolina 7,951, amd
Tennessee 20,041.
The ratio will probably be observed in subsequent drafts
of half a million each. t
Washington, May 3.—Three thousand ambulances amd
seven doctors and drivers will be sent to France as soon ms
transportation is obtained, was announced by the Council d
National Defense ibis aftsnoor.
The first unit, will start in three weeks. An additional
thousand medical men will go to England.
iw conclusively-that this post it
here, and if found in one field they
can be found in others.
It is explained by men vereed in
the ways of boil weevils that they
come out of'winter quarters os early
in the spring sa the weather seems
right for them, and that if they do
not find anything to feed upon they
go bark into their quarters again-
But now they arc finding feed—the
tender terminal bud—and they will
remain in the young cotton until the
squares form where they will lay
their eggs and then die.
Mr. Walters found the weevi's
W.dnesday and has already begun
to plow under the crop.
In all probability from now on
reports will be coming in lively about
the pest being found in many sec
tions of the county, as it was found
in a great many fields last fall snd
but a small percentage of the
acreage of stalks were plowed un
der or gotten rid of then, with the
consequent result that the weevil
was left in the fields to go into win
ter quarters as suited bug nature.
That the cold weather destroyed
the weevil to a great extent is be
ing discovered as. erroneous, and ex
perts in agriculture say they were
too far out of reach of the frost to be
badly affected by it when it was hers
in February.
■■SI*-"" lr * ny Ien K tfc ° t) "' c The last contract for the erection
months up. They may be of the Tiftan Packin( . Company's
either new or renewal*. plant was let Monday by the exccu-
Give yourself a chance to profit by tivp and Kinance Committee, that for
this Booster Week offer. Be a boost- the buiUinK K V | LaBarrc. of
n and win the Overland Six touring j, ckMnviUe> Kin., one of the most re
car or one of the other splendid lubIe , nd ltronpst contractors in the
awards. You can if you will. No one Soulh iecunng wort
ha. a better right to the prize* thsn The contrict Iet for $74,000
you have, and you have just a* much „ nd ine | ude , ,H of the main building,
i «=«nry »*<i ability Slope this line BS Work ^ b# , Mrted next Monday
any other member of the club. Climb roornin|f wjl h . Urge force of .non
U* of ’rote-getter* now. and undpr lhp charjfc of Mr w G j, H1 _
CM out of the rut. Win a place and of j, ckK)D v iUfc M superintend,
a prixe for yourself at one and the !, nt of work .
same time. The foundations have all been laid
Don't Let This Opportunity Escape f or , b e pUnt, and the artesian well
. Grasp it now. Three week* from h „ bppn fj n uhed. so th*t all that
now you may be the one who is j reIn ,j n s to be done now is to get
■warded th* splendid automobile. Do ; , hp bui iding up and the machinery
.not let anyone else get them. They mstalled.
Architect and Engineer Brooks
was in attandance at the meeting
Monday and following the letting
of the contract remarked that Tifton
would be the best packing house of
it» size in the United States.
Those of the committee attending
were: J. S. Shingler, of Ashburn;
W. D. Fountain, of Sycamore; H. H.
Tift. W. W. Banks. M. E. Hendry.
Briggs Carson, Frank Scarboro. Those
gentlemen are doing everything possi
ble to get the plant in operation in
time for the fall crop of hogs and
unless some unlooked for circum
stance arises it will b* ready,
SPLENDID MET1NGS
Held by An,ley Community Club on
Wednesfey Night.
The Ansley Community Club hold
a most mterestinaAceting Wednes
day night, the school house being
packed with intent listeners to the
District Health Officer Whittle
v6ld the people some truths about
screening against flies and mosquitos
the construction and care of out
houses, and other preventive meas
ure*. He told his hearer* that free
c' alion for typhoid would be given
as : many people in th^ county as
wanted it and urged all'to take ad
vantage of this preventive measuri
ng* ir.«t a disease that was known to
be dangerous.
Farm Demonstrator Watson IpokF
forcefully afiput the food situation,
saying among other things that some,
bqdy in Tift county was going hun
gry next winter unless strenuous
methods were employed by the farm
ers to produce food crops in abund
ance. He also said that from.' a busi
ness standpoint it would be
better for the fanners to
give attention to foods for
raise to eat or feed would command
top market prices, while the price of
cotton was always a doubtfufl mat
ter. He also spoke scout th* danger
of trying to make cotton with the
weevil present in the fields as they
were known to Ije in Tift at this title.
The meeting was’ one of the r^ost
enthusiastic yet held by the AnfcVy
club.
to Tybce
Beach.
The adult Bible class parade on
Wednesday night from 7:00 to 8:15
o'clock is being featured and fully
one thousand men from the Sunday
schools are expected to be in line.
Many of theoe will carry piacaids.
banners,,flags, etc.
In the afternoon sessions it has
been arranged for the Conception
to break up ijto conferences. The
Sunday school teacher* and officers
who work with pupils from thirteen
to twenty will be tn one building,
those who work with children from
birth to thirteen will be in anothei
building and those who work with
pupils over twenty will be in anoth
er buiiding. The pastors, superin
tendents and secretaries will be in
still another church.
Special Train to Oc.an
That all delegates might enjoy a
stroll on the beach and spenij a
couple of hours in recreation, H has
been arranged for a special train to
take the Convention to the beach on
the last afternoon so they will be
refreshed aftd ready for the finnl
climax session.
The music of the convention wi'l
be in charge of Prof. E. O Excel I.
of Chicago, assisted by his pianist.
Atlanta, Ga. May 3 Systematic telephonic messag
es are being sent out todty from Atlanta to the telephone
districts in the Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Tennessee, to be communicated
to every exchange, whick will in turn present the message
to every minister, asking him in his next Sunday's sermoa
to urge the people of th« South to plant food crops.
The message originated in the Southern District
National Conservation Congress and urges that the South
raise her own food, thus-releasing the Western supplies te
the Allies.
Gifford Pinchot is now in Atlanta, and heexpecte
hundreds of replies from the thirty-five thousand miniaten
who are expected to be mched.
Washington, May! America made the second war
loan today.
Secretary McAdoo turned over to the Italian Am
bassador a treasury wamnt for one hundred million dol
lars, all of which will be *>eht in the United States for
coal, food and munitions.
Washington, Miy 3. The French Commisionera
Viviani and Joffre, visited the House this afternoon and
met a tumultous welcome.
LOSE FOOT
Hemer J. Cox Sustained Injury to
M.mbar This Moraine-
On the 23rd of August last, Mr.
Homer J. Cox, son of Rev. John A.
Cox, was caught in the machinery of
s gin at Lenox and among other in
juries had his right foot broken af
the ankle.
This morning a team which hr
was driving ran away, and Mr. Cox
had the same foot broken again.
This lima amputation was necessary,
and the young man was brought
from Lenox to the Tift County nos-
pHal. where hi* foot will be taken off
GAVE ALLEN TROUBLE
Bought by N. D. Pinkston Who Will
Operate Two StoresT
A .deal was dosed Wednesday
night between Dr. C. B. Welch-, and
Mr. ff. D. Pinkston, whereby Mr.
Pinkston becomes owner of pie
Welch Drug Store, the change tak
ing effect Thursday morning. “ \
Welch Drug Store opened qn
March 27th of this year, and has en
joyed s splendid run of burinci*
from the first- Dr. Welch states thaj
he disposed of the business in order
to be in position to better care tot
some other* matter* he has Ih hand
FOURTEEN TEACHERS
Prof. Erwin. Both of these
Mr*. Harris Abrahams, of Vald.'*-
t L Spending the week with, her
trenta, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice
iorman. Accompanying her is Mis*
ary Dunitx. of New York.
Of the same grade, he haring Q f naucr.al reputation.
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L-ft fer Annual State Meeting
Macon ml Noon Today.
Tifton Pdblic School will be Irt
resented at the annual convention
Mr. Pinkston states that he
rctainj£(r. D. D. Halladay as ;
senptionist, and Mr. S*m Oweni
clerk, snd that (he only chanofi
shot "his hrother-in-’aw some few
monts ago. He was declared quilty
of this charge also and seven years
wag charged .up to him on this score.
been arranged for the celebra’. -d
“Home Methodist Quartette" to ren
der several numbers during the- can-
The ma&wi
money knew
that a year
is a span.
The Bank
account
you .start
the State Teachers’ , Assoclltiori,. ?n- wRl make in the place wiHyfie to
rename it ‘‘Pinkston’s Drug IStore—
Love Avenue Branch." /
Mr. Pinkston will continue to op
erate hi* Main street stpre. where he
has be?h ’successfully conducting a
general drug business ’for seven or
eight years. He is now enlarging that
place to meet the needs of increas
ed patronage.
The new owner of the Love svp-
nuc store has been anxious to get a
location on the north ride for some
ugh Saturday, by fouife*
Those 'who went at nooi^ ti
COX FOUND GUILTY
people.
day
ProfKIason Scarboro: Misses\Siir-
boro. Page. Spier, Adams, Woodall,
Britt. McKj^ney. Shaw, Clark. D'jr-
rett. Pinkston and . May and Ojla
Jnhdsoa. ,
We State AAlciation of County
Superjntenden^wili adjourn tonigtg
after a two i*y»' session. Prof, A,
J. Ammons wa* one of the speaker*
at this meet today. a
G. 'I Ten Year, for Killing Seeley in
The jury engnged in the trial of
H. F Cox. charged with the killing
of Ike T. Sealey in Berrien county
superior court returned a verdict
of voluntary manslaughter after be
in' out 'about two hours, says the
V::!dosta Times.
Judge Thomra sentercedWCox to
ten year* in the pcnitcntiaR
time, believing thatd Tifton is go
ing to grow rapidly tfKj that Seeord
street is eventually going to become
one of the principal streets for bus
iness ip the city. He will pot his per
sonal itj^into the Love nvenffo branch
with 'th^Nriew of making it a pop
ular drug stdre. and invi^s the geo.'
pk* to visit film.
IV Welch states that he will fof
the present continue practice '.as
specialist nr eye. ear, nose and threat
The case attracted considerable
attention. Both men were well known
ir. Berrien county, Cox being a . land
owner. A special sessTon of court
was called by Judge Thomas to dis
pose of the case. There wa* a strong
0 OFF FOR STO.TE MEET
A. M. 3. Team With Coapb Thrash
Left a* Noon for Atlanta.
The track team selected to repre
sent the Second District Agricultural
Sketches of Wiregrass Georgia
* Forty Years Ago
took place several **ate meet of all accredited high and
•x owned a -piece of prep schools in Georgia, left for AL
Sealey was a tenant anjfc'gjmgo.a Thursday. The team.jp
' ' " ! "'!chel. Willis, Whig- rlMra*** occurring
- fti-.ham. Williams and Rigdon. Coach ri—- -» ««.
Thrash acromnanj|d the boys‘in the
place Prof. Lewis, who could tuQ
leave his work at the school at this
time. a
This is the third year the local A^
M. S. has had a team in the meet an4
Coach Thras^vent away very optiS
mistle.of some fine plums.
The pr^^^PRes will be held on
Friday andrae regular events on Sat
urday. The meet is under the aus
pices of the Georgia 9thoo! of Tech*
nology and the meef will be on the
Tech field.
suffering with ■ j
rouble* caused Mr L G Walker, of Ty Ty was
and consult me .. „ '
iroperly fitted *monft those attending to business ip,
>ck every day. Tifton Wednesday morning.
BY J. L. HERRING
Time flies --time files. The mill wll never gn."
with Voter that Is pqst You cannot buy anything wltt
the money you have SPENT. , ^
’ . -And each succeeding year files faster. We don*
know what Is In tK» future, but If you start a bard
account NOW the future will be free from poverty wh^l
Is ^e most dread disease we have to fear wher^^fdr
OLD*
^ We pay 5 per cent Interest.
Put *YOUR monejtJri OUR bank.
ground 'fioor of the building tmme-
diaftly in the rear of the drug stare.
[to remove some manure from-the.
lot claiming that he was entitled to
it. Cox took die view that the ma
nure belonged to him. as owner of
the land. A row grew out of the ar
gument. Sealey was killed with a hoe
at the hands of Cox.
.Cox set up as a defense that Sea
ley was "advancing on him with a
pitchfork. He claimed self-defente.
■ Will be issued m the early fall. The book will
IP of standard size, illustrated and will corttain
about 300 pages.
Local tax won.
Advance Orders Received Now
Address the Author at Tifton, Georgia
The Natiobal Bank of Tifton, Ga.
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