The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, June 08, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Tifton Gazette. (1.00 PER i THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA-. FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1817. VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 10- i REGISTERED e Draft. Far Beyond Estimate WITH GOOD EXCUSE IN TIFT TUESDAr MAY YET REGISTER Persona Who Had Good Reasons for Not Registering BIG CROWD ATTENDS OMEGA S. S. MEET Splendid Program Carried Out. Quartette a Feature- NIGHT CAP NUMBER FULL OF THRILLS ! ARE DEPORTED,ON JUNE 5TB PROVIDED FOR CLASS SINGING IS ENJOVEB S EnrolUd. * Whil. R«f titration. «r. Strict No. j Jto.id.nU Majr Still RogUt.i Under Cortnia Condition., r bit In i . Selective | Th* following telegram was rece- “ JVt conn- j tved by Sheriff Shaw from Adjutant altercations General Van’ Bolt Nash, of Atlanta. “No. 600. Attention is called to Paragraph 40. of the Regulations which contemplates the registra tion of persons who for any rca- r *P ort " son shall not have been Registered i registration day. “While scrutin y should be-made of each case to determine whether reached ppnitive >c1iori ^ lS:1Julredi lt u . tot * desired for the next few day* to election, at pur , ue „ liberal policy in this re; ’** “* t - gard in order that the registration 7 T I m * y b * DU “ ie complet * at the “rii- I ‘f 0B est possible moment. Non residents . e 0 ’ °P may also.. continue to register under tec, l» »Wt« .Ut tt.„ p„ mph S) „ Itary age set. ; it later appears that the liberality Tie. T , "** • thU policy U being .bus*!, more Tifton district, of course rogi*. trinffent , ction wi „ be uken _ c , rd , t-r^l the laigmt number; Ty Ty „ eeiv ^ after Jun , 6th from >bien _ ?“• second, and the other diatnet. tee , ^ ou]d ^ fl „ d M preKribed jn -In proportion to their voting popu- p.n^ph 40 Ution. The registration by district. * ve *1. u, e wid „ t pub _ Whlf *11- Ucity >nd inf0nn * U registration ic board, without delay. 2 ■ • •I (Signed) “Crowder.’ “ ■ .1 ! J. Van Holt N..b, Adjutant-peneral for Georgia. District 62 10 68 19 81 16 Ne registration « 802 449 THE RICHLAND TRAGEDY. Dr. A. G. Fort received a long . distance telephone message Monday afternoon belling him that nephew and niece, William i reported to Mary -Coffin, • the son and daughter : General by wire at 12| of Mr - *"<1 Mrs. N. C. Coffin, at fiek and the elimination board - tlu > t P |ac *, had been burned to take into consideration the ‘ ,,MLh >» * bam at Richland, ma for exemption, other elknl-| *•"- Co *n *» » of Mrs. a under the rule* that will be'^ 011 - “ d Mr . Coffln president of the I by the War Department. B * nk of Richland. The children were a Board consists of tka Ordinary, j buried this morning at 10 o’clock, and Clerk of Court in *ach! N * ither Dr - nor Mr »- F°rt wer e r and their work will be aim- * b,e to attend, r to go over the registration ec- The following account of the fire r to the instructions furnished th>t c » a,ed the death of the little . The result of their work will n«Phew and niece of Dr. Fort gives t he made known for some time, tbe d< bsila of the lamentable affair: i the draft will probably not he 11 u »“PPO*ed that the children '• before September. wer ® playing with matches in the ^ Thi registration eras a surprise to bam though this is only a theory. " • registrar* in Tift fcring aev- Th *i r presence in the burning build- —- 1 beyond previous esti- in * w “ not tvrn suspected until af- ter the flames had beeiP extinguish.' >nd ed. The building was orfly about half j Prof- J. C. Goggin, president of consumed. I Norman Institute spoke briefly be- The father who had helped fight! fore adjournment urging all the Mr. J A. Turner on Dr J A the fir ® mU * ed tb' children and » young men and women In his pre-s- McCrea's place brought ta some ,wch ”* made - Their badly cbar-jen.c to take every advantage of get- boll weevils '-esterdny. which h. rpd bodies were found in the bam,- ting an education possible for the I hundred 1 MORE BOLL WEEVILS Jadgo Covington Unable to Attend. Ample Ba.knt dinner Served on Ground*. The annual meet!ng\of the Omega Sunday School Association opened at 9:30 o'clock this morning at the tabernacle at thfct place with the congregation singing “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name,” followed by prayer by Prof. A. J. Ammons. Early in the morning it waa scan that a good sized crowd would be on hand and before noon it was esti mated that there were about 2.000 people in attendance. The morning program waa as fol lows. Welcome addross by A. W. Math- , of Hahirn. Qinrette by four Mercer stu- denta. Recitation by little Mary Corbin. Quartette led by Prof. A. ’ Worley, Moultrie, Ga. Rev. Segdrs, who delivered fhc principal address of the day eloquent. He touched deeply jhe uation confronting America today and referred to the Scriptures fre quently as pointing out just such strenuous times as we are now going through. Siaaint Co.test. The singing contest began at 1 :S0 the following classes taking part: Bethel, C. H. Roberts, leader; Mias Myra Roberta, pianist; CroslaitiTBap- tiat, Frank Clark leader, Miss Es sie Clark, pianist; Lela, Frank F< ell. leader, Miss Gladys McCranie, pianist; Omega Baptist, O. F. Cheek- leader, Mrs. L. V. DuBosc, pianist; Omega Methodist. J. Clark Webb, leader, Mias Lois Mangham pianist; Mr. Jack Ford led a doss, with Miss Melba Chambliss fa pianist and followed by Prof. W. W. Bryant, of Moultrie leading a class with the same pianist. There was no banner awarded this year and the question of the ban being replaced in the association will be taken up at the quarterly meeting to he held later. The quartette from the Mercer Glee Club, composed of A. W. Math is, of Hahira. F. G. Clark, of Cros- land, E. N. Gleaton. of Cordcle, a C. Chapman, of Ludowici, aang number of selections during the day the hit of the convention. When Pierre's Paragons Pound the Pills r- 12 LONG INNINGS TO A TIE Thought Th®.o Moultri.it*.'d Dial Two Win., Than a Tia, That’, What W. Call a Playing Ey. Some game we played yesterday. Tied up for twelve innings, 4 to 4, Mickle for Tifton giving up thirteen hits, while Larrisy for Moultrie gave le number to Tifton. Larrisy began to weaken in the last innings but iMlckle was going better than in the first part of the game when Old Sol dropped behind the hori- » nd his Umpsship said let* to supper.' Moultrie filled the bases several times with none out but Mickle would'tighten up nnd -they had chance to get the needed runs aci Moultrie'. Side of the Rucu. First Inning: Schuyler went t Dowdy to Andorson, Selph out Lacy t Anderson, I. Thrasher hit through first’ for a single; L. Thrasher hit through second for one base; Cham bers walked, filling the bases; Foss hit a long one through third scoring I. and L. Thrasher, Black flew to Kelly.. 3 hits: 2 runs. Nothing doing for the packers for the next nine aesaions. Eleventh: Schuyler hit to center for a single, Selph bunted to .Mickle forcing Schuyler Thrasher struck- out for the second Thrasher hit to center fob’ three basean*Scoring Selph; Cham bers was safe on Pond's wild throw to Anderson, L. Thrasher scoring; Foes flew out to Kelly.‘2 hits; 2 runs Tifton'. Sid. of *h. Argument. First Inning: Costello hit tlq-ough third for a safety; Pierre hit through second for one tag, Tolbert uai-' ficed them to third and saeond; Lacy center, Costello scoring on wild throw in; Pond walked; Kelly went out Larrisy to Chaas- bers. 2 hit., I UNION S.S. PICNIC HAD A GOOD CROWD Picnic Dinner, Athletic Events and Other Good Things DRANK 175 GALLONS LEMNADE Crowd E.timatad at 2,000. Was Dry *nj Hot, bat All Had Good Tima Athletic Winner*. Tift-on’s new park was a scene of festivity from about 10 o’clock Wednesday morning until 4 in tha afternoon, when the union Sqnduy school picnic held forth. It is estimated that there were .-bout 2,000 pedple In attendance several schools of the county being represented with good slxed delega tion". There would have been more here but for several reasons. The day befoye was registration day and naturally a good many lost time that day from the farm*; there oras no barbecue fco;loo}c forward economy in the use of foodstuffs being uppermost in the minds of erybody just no*—and It s makes a difference in the attend- at picnics when the grub end of the program is shortened; besides it was very hot and dry and the roads heavy with dust, making trav el uncomfortable. Added to these reasons waa the fact that the Ome ga Sunday School Association'! nual gathering and singing contest n billed for the day following and good many people In that section of the county waited to go there. But is waa a good picnic and thor oughly enjoyed by those attending. The band not being able to be the grounds was somewhat of a dls- ippointment, but an organ plied and there was a lot of good The swings were kept going b-f the younger boys and girls. Ample tables had been erected and a good basket dinner was served. Perhaps the hardest worked were Holmes and Hardee, of the refreshment committee assisted by Dillard and several vol unteer!, Three and a half barrels, or WAR NEWS BY WIRE i Paris, June 7 i. officially announced that i warah.p. have arrived off the French coast. The Matin report* tha* the warship* convoyed a big trans port filled with wheat London. June 7—The British offensive in Belgium has opened, following terrific bombardments of German jKmitsosae for more than a week. | The Brib^h-tast night swept forward on as nine mile freaat aucc^afullx.gaining .U Aeir fi„ t objective., waa announced by th * W * r tfa “ morning. The main assaults were bctw.an Meaaine. and WytscWe ridge. Many prisoner, were taken. British airmen cooperated in the attack, dropping bomba on the German depots and aerodromes at New Munster. Belgian ana French artillery also participated in the at tack, keeping the German lines under fire from the North sen to the French border. Vienna, June 7—The capture of 10,000 Italain soldier*, including 256 officers, in the past three day* was announced by the War Office here today. Italian attacks in Vippace • -Hi* were repulsed. The fight ing has again broken out or "the Rumanian front, where the Rumanian attack. .Ion, th,.. Qi.tu road wert* repulsed. Paris, June 7.—The French ar i!'»ry beat off a determined attack made by the Germans nortne.. of St. Quentin, says the official report. The Germans attacked under fe*»vg iorces and assaulted with great vigor, but were caught under a violent barrage tire and forced to retreat, leaving many dead behind- Copenhagen. June 7.—The Russian Secession govern ment has sent invitation* to various garrisons to join the Kronstadt movement Secessionists are threatening a hostile move against Pet- rograd. according to advices today. Meantime the Petrograd government continues to send troops to the front and War- Minister Kemsky keep* up his exhortations to the soldier* to strike a hard blow at the Germans. Conditions throughout the empire are chaotic and it.is impossible to predict the out come. Petrograd. June 7.—The delegates of the Executive Com mittee of the Council of Workmen and Soldier* today gave tl eir support to the Pmitional government, rejecting the ove*^ tures from the Secessionists government at Kronstadt It ia believed the Kronstadt government will soon collapse. Sixth Inning: Tolbert hit through about 176 gallons, of lemonade waa found in his field. He said he found wnere had huddled together j war was going to. create a demand ■ weevil* on one stalk and le^ when cut ott b >' th* flames. | tor educated young men and women, n fifteen steps away found He'thinks they are The grief of all was made more | The . poignant ly realization of the fact'* l >l* ° b hi. field. that itVouId have been from which most* enjoy- n ample bosket din- t 1- Moor, ' Two j e the children had it been known hungry'. «n d the committee having ' the time the fire was discovered | the program in charge ond general that they were in the bam. Some lookout for tirt’ ^omfort of the peo- J cric* were heard during the first: pie are to he compljmanted. k Tiftim and seores of~iu«li»(Ted cu» P #rt of ' th * firp ' bn ‘ ,h '* un ’i ‘‘ rof J - 11 wtts m “ ter of If you ore suffering with *t such times and nothing .-ceremonies. '» ®r other trouhlaa - t-*,i-ed : was thought -of it. '•*)■ Judge Covington, of Moultrie, ri^^propsTlyi ^ little children were William. •» Progvm tor,an address, I tha MjanT-fotal Block every daV 16 year, old, and MarJ- 4 years old. I,ut u “» bIe *• * upnJ . l»VMg short for a single7 Lacy sacrificed second, Pond struck out, Kelly hit to left forgone base. Tol bert scoring: Dowdy flew' out to Black. 2 hits; 1 run. Eleventh: The Packers supporters had already started figuring how they were going to spend the money the game when Lacy hit to center for one base, Pond Jlit to right for one base, Kelly hit Thrasher, forcing Lacy at third; down. The Mbullrieitea began to breathe again. Kelly Was safe at first. Dowdy sacrificed them to third and second. Anderson went to first I. Thrasher’s error. Pond Kelly scoring; Mickle flew out to Selph. 3 hits; 2 runs; score tied. Neither aide could do onything in e twelfth, so his Umps called the (Same at the end of thnt inning account of darkness. Moultrie - - ■ Schuyler, cf . . Selph, 2b . . . I. Thrasher 3b , L. Thrasher If . Chambers-, 1 b . -AB R II PO A E 6 i) 4 -3 SvOCOOOOO ’. been summoned to Washington < ■ business before the War Council, Black, rf . Holder, c . Ijirrisy, p -601200 STORM. IN PEACH DELT. ~ stirred, and it was made just right, by experts. The crowd took to it, duck to a June-bag, and the lemonade booth was a busy place ‘1 day. In the afternoon the athletic contests were indulged in heartily, and after that arms over with a good many went to the baH game to scrap between Tifton and Moul trie. while others enjoyed a visit to the Strand before going home. It is not likely that a picnic of this nature will be held next year, cer tainly not unless war clouds cleat away and people are more In the spirit of festivity. and celebration. WUmorn in Athletic. The following were the winnen In the athletic Wheelbarrow race, won by George West; baseball glove given by Golden Hardware Company. Three legged race, won by Fred initr, b*ok of thester tickets giv- by tl?e Strand; second prize, j>*ir of tennis sheen given by Ft* * Srarboro. Potato race, won by Eustis Jon< p given, by Adams'Sjnith Company Foot race, won by Eustis Jones; baseball hnt given by Taylor For- ture and Hardawr* Company. Sack -nice. "Won "by ~ West; baseball, given by Parker’s market. Washington, Jim* sunk one of the latest type German submarine cruiaara, in a batflo which lasted for an hour and a half. The story of the battle is told in official cable* to the State Department. The American veaaci was equipped with naval gun* and gunner*. The submaria# waa sighted seven thousand yard* 'way, arid intead of avoiding the engagement the American vessel waited for her t* come up and the battle opened at twenty three hundred yards. Both were armed' with two inch s and manoeuvered sad fired for an hour and a half. The submarine was then stood on end by an American shell and disappeared. The naM of the Baer which sank the submarine is be ing withheld because th publicity would make her a target for a determined Germs* attack- However, it was not the Mon golia. Washington, June 7,—The Silver Shell, a 6,600 ton tanker from Wilmington, Delamre, was the American vessel which sank a German submariai. as announced yesterday. The battle occurredin the Mediterranean. ’'The man in command of the naval g»nere was Chief Turret Captain Wil liam Clark, of New York.His promotion is under consideration Among the gun crew was Lawrence Ray, of Burnsville, North Carolina. The other members of the crew were from around Boston and New York. • b BUY A LIBERTY BOND You Can Secure Liberty Loan 1817 Bonds in Denominations of $60 '$100, $600, $1,000 These bon cte draw interest at the rate [3 l-2°c - per-annum and • the’ Government Jyou an opportunity to aid your country humanity b^vbuying one or more of i bonds. We have bought some of these bonds the officers of this bank will be glad of ipportunity to furnish application blanki,. subscriptions, furnish information and to other Retails connected withthff se o* these ‘bondsjentirely ^without ' expense or obligation’to you or the Govern ment. ,| i The BariK of Tifton- Macon,—Ga;,- June^3.— A rJolenl \ wind storm, accompanied by hail, struck the peach belt in Middle Georgia this afternoon. Thousands of peach trees stripped of fruit. Telegraph poles and trees were torn down. At some sections of th^ peach belt hail stones three inches deep. So far ns known there was no Ion of life. Sections of Houston. Cnuvfosd, Twiggs and .Bibb counties were struck by the storm. At some points hail covered the ground to the depth of from three to eight inches, :onling^ to peraons'who were in that sectipn. Seven automobile parties that passed through the district brought buckets filled with h^jl stones to this city. These parties say that thousands of ^peach trees have been stripped of peach** vnti that the corn, watermelon and cot ton crops in the path of the storm have been ruined. Live stock was killed at Roberta, in Crawford county. ' Tifton . . Costello, cf Pierre, c . . Tolbert, rf . Lacy, 2b . . Pond, 3b . Kelly, If . . Anderson, lb Mickle, p . . .AB R It ^0 A E ENLISTED IN RESERVE. .6 0 1 3 4 0 .6 0 0 Total .- . .45 4 13 36 16 7 Moultrie 200 000 000 020—I 13 3 Tifton 100 001 000 02$—4 13 7 Summary—Three base hits, Schuyler, L. Thrasher; sacrifice hits Pierre. Tolbert, Lacy Dowdy,; struck out by Larrissy 6, Mickle 2; base on balls off Larrisy 1, off Mick le 1; double plays Lacy to Ander- left on bases MouJtsv J0» ton 11; umpire Kaulkenberry. Time 2:26. . Moultrie sent a good delegation of enthusiastic rooters, but they met than their mptch in our Crump G. M. Albertaon and Mr. Arthur Cobb, twp of Tifton’a pop ular young men, hav c enlisted in the Naval Reoerve, better known as the Mosquito Fleet boys. They are nwhiting call to training camp which may reach them at any • : we now. This division of the service _will train to man the submarine chasers and naturally will have some excit ing experiences before thing* are over with. Mr. Albertson, who Is a member of the Tifton Sales Agency firm, will be succeeded as manager Agency by a young man aent here from Fitzgerald. his 150 AT WILLACOO£HEE POSTPONED IN TURNER Ashburn, May 31.—fudge R. Eva of the Tift Circuit, has postponed the June term of Turner Superior court on account, of tha ruih of work , the farms at this time of year and tH e juror* and witness** who oM pyjd* or wen Isw bn't nisi summoned to tUs Murt havejthia opportunity of saving money. Saai Kolbarmb, Main Street, Tifton, Georgia. t • STILL OPEN. I will allow my sale door* to swing open for ten days longer, as I have got room for such an enormous stock. Will sell my new goods at the been notified that they need : ’attend. Willacoochee, June 5.—At tb* hour of 4 o’etock In the afternoon, when the registration card* gave out 160 young men had registered for service, the number of negroes ex ceeding the whites by a small ma jority. Aa each man waa registered he was presented with a ribbon badge by the ladies and served with sandwiches and lemonade. A- patri otic program v**a carried out at the registration ground* at 2 o’clock. Patriotic songs were aiAg and speech ea made in defense of the draft bill, food conservation and Liberty Bond* -Inaiv vith money wns never f burnt by, Get-rich-quic' Schemes. He kept moneys in the.^ Banl^ Do you Know, young man, that moat gambler* DIE POOR? Do you know that any "Gat - Rich - Quick" schema Is a "gambla" and money that comas aasy, GOES easy? Tha vine that grow* up over night i% easily blown down while tha sturdy oak which grows slowly but suro-- ly withstands ths *torms. Plant a little money In the bank now and watch the balance to your credit grow. Put YOUR money In OUR bank. Wajpay Spy cent Interest. The National Bank of Tifton, Ga.

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The Tifton gazette. (Tifton, Berrien County, Ga.) 1891-1974, June 08, 1917, Image 1