The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, May 11, 1917, Image 1

Previous Issue Next Issue

Clip Visible Area View Page Text View PDF

Newspaper Page TextThe Tifton Gazette. tlJJO PER ANNUlL THE TIPTON GAZETTE, T1FTON, GA r FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1917. VOLUME XXVIII, NUMBER U. LATEST WAR NEWS n, May 10.—British and German warships fought a [ engagement today, but the action was indecisive. It td to have occurred near the Belgian coast. L torpedo beat* were counted in the German fleet. Is fled when the Britisher* appeared. ' May 10.—The political crisis is passed for the L -~— isisris directing her attention to the fighting • are being -taken to prevent Russians errnan troops. ^ been increased. The-bread ration «] a half for manual workers. » deal with representatives from »vy bombardments are reported lie Germans were repulsed ■ SATURDAY’S RALLY TO tit ROUSING ONE DR.W.EMFE HERE TREAT HOG CHOLERA WALLACE PRES’O’T BOARD OF TRADE SELECTIVE DRAFT BILL PASSED Tift County Responding to Coun try’s Call Tifton Headquarter* for Work i This County , Cat-son. Moor, and T. W. Tift tn u * Three Vice-Presidents STATE WILI SEND A SPEAKER FREE ADVICE ANDTREATMENT HEADODARTERS ARE IN HTON So. It was officially announced that the inghold of Lens was further imperiled h trance along the Souchez river, capturing I front and supporting the lines along low is north of Fresnoy, where the fight- F and rfight since Tuesday. A number of hired. r the Bullelcourt sector continues, the Austra* f gains there last night. Gains were alsq scored F*Gri court. Great masses of German reserves are concentrated in Fresnoy sector, showing the most stubborn resistance. This is regarded as the key to the French coal districts, and is now held by the Germans. Paris, May 10.—It is officially stated that with heavy fighting north of the Aisne river last night the French m gains, repulsing strodg German counter-attack*. They cap- ^tured a strong German position near Craonne. Washington. May 10.—One hundred and twenty-seven "■^Americans are held prisoners in Germany. They were taken .from captured ships, the State Department was today in- ITtArmed. W Washington, May. 8.—England will be defeated in eight months unless the United States dear* the steamer lanes of submarines and sends a steady stream of food to feed her peo ple and armies. This announcement was made today by the Federal Ship ping Board, and a colossal ship-building plan has accordingly been decided on. Washington, May 7 8.—Germany has finally exceeded her quota of sinking a million tons of merchant shipping per month. This became known today, following the gathering of the Naval Consulting Board. The information came simultaneously with the ad Ace* from Admiral Sims, who has been participating n the War Confer ence at Paris, that to the Ameircan fleet has been assigned a definite task in the war on the U-Boats. | Officials declined to discuss Saunders nnonuncement of a f submarine remedy, but appeared very cheerful and er< * pressed the belief that the sinkings will diminish from now on. B (It will be remembered that when Germany resumed »**uthle» submarine warfare February 1st, ft warn stated that she expected to sink a million tons of shipping a month and thereby starve England in six months.) London, May 7.—As the gigantic conflict on the Wes- t. rn front progresses, it continues to become more evident that the Allies are determined to make it a decisive battle if possi ble. Pressure against both ends of the Hindenburg line is increasing while there is no let-ujx^on the steady frontal at tacks on the St. Quentin sector. East of Arras on the north and around Laon on the south jhe Germans are desperately hurling great masses of men ftto the inferno in an effort 1o stop the Anglo-French drive, ■ut withoot -*u<-f«Tss. the German losses being appalling. French troops in a new offensive along th«_Aisne have Bpture-d the village of Craonne ahd'lhe first German line of front of two and a half miles northwest of Rheims. Five Reasons why you should start a bank account: . Safety Security Savings -Stability -Success Bank of Tifton >rt« From Militia* District RaliU. o Be Read. Great Catherine Expected for Food Conned. * lie Georgia College of Agricul- will send a speaker to address the rally of tie Tift County Food Council in Tifton Saturday after noon at 1:80. Other -speakers have been’ invited and the- program will be one of the most interesting the farmers of this county have ever had an opportuni ty to listen to. The committee felt that while Tift county has plenty of loc*l talent, the ejecting should have an oppor tunity to hear from expert* in food crops and asked the Cbllegel of Agri culture to send us a man, A wir frurr. President Soule Thursday said one would be sent Rallies have been held dering the week in practically every militia dis trict in the county and reports from these will b- had at Saturdays mcet- ed. • n* a food crop for thin sec- and planting com between itton will also be discuss- « of Tift county is responding' splen didly to the call of her country and Prrsidrnt, and Saturday's Meeting will be a great rally. The -^Tifton Band will furnish music. You Should be there. \) 1.000 S. S. DELEGATES Ownar of Slock Pays Coat of Sarum Only. Double Treatment Given to Breeding Slock. The Bureau of Animal Industry, National Department of Agricul ture. in co-operation with the state and county authorities has establish' ed headquarters in Tifton for the treatment ar.fl prevention of hog Dr. Wm. E. White arrived in Tif ton Tuesday morning and will make this headquarters for the work in Tift county. For the present he hjs arranged with Brooks Phar macy /to take all telephone calls from farmers needing'his services. When possible he will answer these calls direct but in event he is out at work the calls will tie filed for his early attention. Dr. A. L. Hirleman was in Tifton two weeks ago and made arrange ments to establish headquarters here for the eradication of cholera. The coming of Dr. -White is in further ance of this plan. pr. White will treat hogs only, but his services are free to the cit izens of Tift. The owners of stock will only pay the cost of serum, which Pr, White will keep on hand at all times. Besides the regular treatment Dr. White will administer the double treatment to breeding stock which"*»sually makes hog* per manently immune from the Savannah, Ga., May 0.—Approx imately one thousnd delegates are in attendance upon the annual ses sion of the Georgia Sunday School Association in the Independent Pres byterian church, and they are «JU arriving on every train. It is expects ed that all of them will be on hand some time during the day. The members of the entertainment committee have found that'the Sa vannah people are unusually inter ested in the convention, and have been very successful in securing homes for the entertainment of the out- of-town delegates. The hotels of the city have volunteered to help as have the boarding houses. W. C. Vereen. of Moultrie, pre sided over the deliberations of the body today. John J. Raagvn. of At lanta. delivered his annual message. W. C. Parker, of Stateaboro made an address oir ••Co-operation." as did John L. Alexander. A number of report* were read and banner?, awarded To “Winner and Gold star countied . Farmers will be advised as to the best means of .^rev^nttng cholera without the use of segum and then ■n when and how serum car.-be used the best advantage. Dr. RQiit* xpects 'to be hero three months, until the work in Jlle county is fln- •cVetary to Be N.m.d Within Few D.y»- Board to Incorporate Plant for Food Council. At the meeting of the Board of Governors of the Tifton Board of Trade Monday afternoon, all officers for the organization were elected er ept a Secretary. This was deferred or a few days. Eleven of the fifteen member* ,f the Board of Governors were ■resent. H. H. Tift, Sr., presided, with Frank Scarboro acting as secre- :ary The following officers were •lccted: B. V. Wallace. President. Briggs Carson. Vice-President. 11. I.. Moor. Vive-PresldenL T W. Tift. Vice-President Permanent headquarter* were se eded. the room in the Myon hotel between the main entrance and the s of the Frank Scarboro Com pany. formerly occupied by the Cot tonseed Oil Company; was chosen. B Y Wallace. Briggs Carson and 1, Parker were named a eommit e to arrange a program for next Saturday's meeting of the Tift Food icil. This committee will also select speakers to attend the Dis let meetings ,of the eouncil during e Week. The officers«elected were appoiql- a committee to-canvass the sit uation and decide upon n Secretary ind report back to the Board of Governors. A selection will pnba- hly be made within a few days. Steps will be \aken st once to in' corporate the Board of Trade a* an organization Washington, May 10—The House end Senate Conference Committee on the Selective Draft bill reached an agreement morning, breaking * week’s deadlock. The terms at agreement are: Harding amendment authorizing acceptance of Roosevelt's effort to raise a division for service in France is stricken out. Conscription age limit 21 to 31 years. . The Fall amendment providing for three repmenta of cav alry for border "service wa* eliminated. The army''prohibition amendment stays in the bill. WHAT WILL BE DONE Here is what the Selective Draft Law. as affrefifL-apon by the Conference Committee today, means to the nation: The President will at once order registration of males be tween the ages provided by law, sheriffs, county officers and postmasters, will probably conduct the registration. Imprisonment of from throe to twelve months provided for refusal register; heavy Penalty for registration officers mak. ng false returns. Eight million or more will be registered. From this num ber the first 580,000 will be *>Yeited by lot. Wheels of for tune. or jury wheels may b« used in this process. Those not selected for tavincrement may be taken for sub* sequent increment*. Registration to be competed by uigust 1. Training to begin about November 1. First 500. 00 ready for war July 1, 1918; Pay. allowances and pensions to be same as in regular COCHRAN SO CD TO R1GDON ixhrd. INVITE HENDERSON CO. WilUcooch. Pl.nl Pro grew in Co*..- W’illscoochee, Ga., May 8.—The year 1916 will be kept in O ory of our town as eventfdl. Events that hurt *oy community religioilaly, socially and financially. But we have lived to see a better year, 1917. Things are moving our way. The town is thriving as evi* banners deneci hy.nica houses hwlk-Mwa yeae. rrS three completed, two or three in < course of construction. * EPISCOPAL DIOCESE Messrs. George Lee, Bill Cady and Moore; Col. E. R. Smith and George McCraijic, Jr., all have built and building. And to cap the climax a n meeting has invited the Hen, derson Lumber Company to moi f their large Saw mill interests and lo cate here to move from . Lolinion. was favorably considered, a commit tee appointed to Confer with the Henderson Lumber Company and report back to a mass meeting of hr town at oner to be called by the Mayor. Wircgrmsa Georgia, at li part of it, is on a boom. Our sister town. Homrrville, ving city. Those people down there have built two fine chnrch buildings Baptist and Methodist The good Lord is smiling. r J. E. Cochran has sold his North Love avenue home this week to Mr. Berry Rigdon, the purehaae price being S4.500. Mr. Rigdon will take possession on the Drst of June. r. Cochran will move his fam ily to his farm about sixteen miles of Tifton, on the other side of Brookfield, where he Is clearing up large farm. Mr. Cochran intends staying on the farm during the summer npd fall, moving back to ■n later. Exemptions. legislative, executive and judicial .officers of the United States and the several States, persons belonging to religious or ganizations whose creeds are against war and preachers of any religious denominations. . "Furthermore, the President may in his discretion exempt, nr draft for partial service, Custom Hpuse Clerks, persons iiandling mails, workmen employed in arsenals, navy yards ind armories, persons engaged in industries necessary to the maintenance of the military establishments, pilots and marin- rs of merchant vessels, persons having dependent families and all persons who are morally or physically deficient The new law also authorizes the President to raise by the ,-olunteer system, and for the war only, enough men to raise he regular army to 287,000 men and the National Guard to 625,000 men. / The law, it is estimated, will give an army of approximately .000,000 well trained olcers and enlisted men by next spring. Boys less than twenty-on and more than eighteen years old probably will be allowed to volunteer and will be accepted if physically fit j • AMONG-: Savannah, Ga.—The annual con vention of the Episcopal church. South. Diocese of Georgia, began this morning at ten o’clock in SL Paul's church. Delegates are present from all parls-of the state. Rev. J. S. French rector of St. Jude’s church. Bruns wick, will probably be re-elected to irroed himself as secretary. The annual address and summary of the year's work by the Rt. Rev. F. F. Reese. Bishop of the diocese: wa* delivered this morning. To night the Rev. R. L. Patton, of At lanta. the Kev." Charles A- Pardee, of New York, and the'Rev. Gardner 4- Tucker, of Roums. 'La., will -ml- . the meeting. Those attend- are the guest* of the Episeopa- , of the city during the eon- NOT1CE TO FARMERS Who Contemplate Organising for Federal Firm Loan I farmsr who contemplate joining a Federal Farm Loan Asso- on. and are interested in the organization of such an association for Tift county, are invited to at tend a meeting to be held in the urt house at Tifton on Saturday •xt. May 12th, aat 1 p. tn. The attendance of everyone is NOTICE. All parties who feel interested in the Hickory. Spring. cemetery art requested to meet there Thursday. May 17th. prepared to help clear off vegetation and decorate the Pay respect to the dead. Meet ear ly. We expect a preacher to be with ‘int day who will deliver a floral r*s at the noon hour. We hope will bear .this in mind and forget it. V FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS Among those reported *X enlist ing from Tift county in Albi town Riggins and E. M. Johnson. Among those reported from \At- lanta for this immediate section ags: Wihner D. Shaw, Vernon L. Par- dom, laiwson L. ' Giddens, Rountree and Daniel D- Dixon, Sparks; Omer L. Tyson, of villc; Leon S. Taylor, qt Ray Cl Vernon L. Bruce, Crosland; Eami A. Lightfoot. Ty Ty; Cbriel Deklf Sumner; Gustaa T. Dodson, land; Frank E. Hall, Aifcl; All Daniels and Georg? _0. brooks, Omega. \ DeWitt Blalock and Edgar Greene leave tonight for to enlist. London, May 9.—The German armies on the Arras front are making a powerful drive to try to recapture Vi my ridge. Following the capture of Fresnoy by the Germans, bitter fighting continues all aloof the front, with both sides launch ing attacks and thunderijg away at each other with heavy guns. JF After repeated terrific iltacks, the British troops have re captured some of. the grsand lost to the Germans around Fresnoy' yesterday. DOUGLAS IRELAND DEAD Douglas, the 10-months-fid baby b6y of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ireland, died in Macon thfc morning at 7 o’clock, Mrs. Ire land being there-with the baby for treatment.^ The parents with the little body will reach Tifton tonight on the Shoofly. The f lineal will be held tomorrow with in terment in Oakridge ceraekry. The little-, boy is one of Ate twins pf Mr. and Mrs. Ireland horn to them last July. The o.ther one is a beautiful little girl. . FlNTT^roOfSuP UP1AL RED CROSS AT ADEL Thursday afternoon. May 4th. representative* of ten of the best families of Adel met. at the home of Mrs. Tho*. Willingham in an in teresting session called for the pur pose of getting an expression from the ladies of the town in regi-d to co-operating with the Red Cross or National Woman’s Service Lea gue. The key note of the meeting was not so much loyalty to the Pres ident, for it' goes without saying that each American citizen is loyal, desire to be of service fo the wounded, dying, starving, suiferiny women and children wherever such are found. Those expressing a desire to in form themselves as to r/hat other towns are dol l.: and to do . eiv c» (it- aw way p ;»<Xe were: lie S.'S! You Still have an opportun- iLnwell, Mrs. R. C. Woodward. Mr* ases Shipp and Hightower, while out riding in Mr. Shipp’s Ford Sunday afternoon, c a a fine-fat 'poaaum and not wanting to Tet this opportunity slip by these during these war-times, they got out and captured his ’pos sum-ship. Now they have him fat tening at the home of Mr. B. W. Hightower. They are planning a possum supper soon. He on)y weighed fifteen pound* and we think the girls might have st least caught that weighed .25 or 80. knew that s Ford caqld do almost anything, but never heard “of one catching a ’possum before. DIXIE LEAGUE YMterday’a Result*. Dothan 7, Quitman - 2. Bainbridge 4. Tifton 3. Eufaula 6. Moultrie 0. ity of obtaining; the newest styles of seasonable merchan dise at less than the old price. Give me a trial. SAM KULBERSH. Main Street Titfon. Ga. Herbert L. Moor, Graduate Optometrist fwo year* oi continuous practice in Tifton and scores of satisfied cus tomers. It you are suffering wito ucJuUclw, vr other troubles caused by eye strain be sure and consult me and see if g'.a-aes properly fitted m the Myon Hotel Block every dar Hall, Mrs. J. M. Greg.--. M: 1 Wiikes. Mrs. R. T. Rollini. Mis. -it. Kennon, Miss Florri£ Pa'.ri’-h, i*s Clyde Woodward. Those who were unable to be present at the meeting and phoned icasage* were: Mrs. Pitta, Mrs. J. May. Mrs. Toombs Shaw, Mrs. Harry Jackson, Mrs. J. A. Roberts, Mr*. A. A. Parrish, Miss Mattie Par rish. Mr*. W. J. McCranie. Mrs. J. E. Wilke*. Beautifal music was furnished, while refreshments were being serv ed by Mrs. Harwell and Miss Florrie Parrish. Tho Standini Dothan 6 Moultrie 5 Eufaula . . ... .5 Bainbridge .... 4 Tifton 2 Quitman 2 Today'* Game*. Quitman at Eufaula Moultrie at Bainbridge Dothan at' Tifton. Mm J. T. Sullivan, of Route ., as in Tifton this morning return ing from a visit to his son, W. Sullivan and other relative* friends near Ty Tj. WEALTH The K\«\n „. u . money rich by Banking ^ ■«. the money that sorv?'--.-' people —— wasted - .; > If YOU arg'extravogarit roll this heavy stone out of your pathway to SUCCESS and WEALTH. One from one leaves NOTHING. If you spfnd ALL you earn with your laborer Ih your buslney'kj ,c ** nothing left. That's arithmetic. W°rtg The way to quit throwing money awa; The way to begin to put money In our be rich Is to BEGIN. Begin now and

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, May 11, 1917, Image 1