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The Tifton Gazette. *1-00 PER ANNUM. THE TIFTON GAZETTE* TIFTON GA, FRIDAY, JUNE IS, 1917- VOLUME XXIX. NUMBER II. BADLY INJURED AS AR JUMPED TRACK ARE YOU A BONDER? IF NOT BECOME ONE TIFTON BOYTOtf FJ1R STATE MEET ■ ENROLLS FOR SERVICE. Ethrid*. Cay. eon of J. L. Gmjr, Es- 1i.u for Y. M. C. A. Servi Mr. Ethridge B. Gay, son of Mr. •>d Mas. J. 'L. Gay. of Brookfield CONTRACT IS LET - FOR FEED MILLS LATE NEWS BY WIRE ,, . ,, .. . • district, »nd x young man who has . ... .. . ,,, , «■ Husband Thrown Un Help to Mnke the *25,000 Mark Tifton Hi and Aggie Hi Have won his way si! alorfjp the lice of to H. Spooner and Work ’. Sent to Waycroas [TO BEAT RAINSTORM YOU HAVE ONLY ONE DAY LEFT ATHENS FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY : Once 4 to Haro RIY>. ni Cai Wa. Ran. k Spood. a Tifton froit t Line about 1 Con- off - the i .’.left side of Ty Ty. I that the lously hurt T Mr. Husband, reliev- Is Bufferings, and notified Coast Lhta officials. Arrangements were made for nn cxtr a freight, about due at Ty Ty to stop and take the injured man *to the Aailroad* hospital at Waycross. While I>r. Pittman could not male* an extensive examination wounds in the time he had th, pa tient with him. he could determine that they were serious and believes that one or more rits were brok en over the heart; the lert ankle was mashed and there were several In juries noted on the left side. Mr. Busband was suffering excguciab- ing pain and had difficulty in breathing. Dr. *Pittman dressed the Wounds and administered an anaes thetic. the injured man being plac ed Bboard the freight, when it came up, He arrive in Waycross safely.'but no word had beet receiv ed from the hospital as to his condi tion up to noon today. Mr. Husbpnd is regularly employ ed by UmA. C. L,.a» freight — Approaimatviy *24,000 Subscribed -Here Up to Tbi. Morning, Easj to Own One. Fronx Thursday’s Daily. The time is short for you to pie a bond holder, unless you hi already subscribed, because tomor- Friday, noon. Jun c 15th. the opportunity to subscribe tor a Lib- •rt^^ond kill/ be gone. There has'been about *20.000 worth of the-bonds subscribed for ift Tifton now.* and it is Hoped that ■morrow noon the list will reach *25,000. a fair share to be taken by the people here of the two bil lion dollar issue. The bonds can be had in denomi nations of *50 and up. They can be had by. going to ei ther of the banks here and paying part of value of the bond The banks will loan the subscriber lesessary money to pay the balanft;, holding the bond as securi ty for ttim'ldan. In this Way'almot lea the 150 certificates. It is an easy way to “Do Your t.” And H is a good investment-be sides, for the bonds pay three and ona-half per cent annually,thus the oney spent for bonds beroi more than a saving, it is an invi ment and is good as gold. ■Jside from all thia. it is a splen did way to show love of country, for the very money that is being sari by the buyers of bonds is going to fight to help protect our homes. county. and to bring world that form of government America is so proud of. It npn'l take many more sub scriptions to bring Tifton front rank as a patriotic city. How doctor on the Thorn Seville division, I about giving the matter careful and was assigned to one of the mo- consideration tonight—with? a view tor car crews during the stay of the 0 f going to the batik • •norrow and government surveyor* In this terri- subscribing for one of the bonds' America is up against a afemoon when t time to return to Tifton. the arsw noticed that a storm cloud was fast approaching from the west and b> an effort to get to this city ahead •f the atoim, the motor was set gn- 1 at a speed of approximately twenty miles an hour. While pass ing the still at Hillsdale, the motor jumped the track. Resides Mr. Hus band. who wws sitting on the front of the machine, a member of the surveying corps and a negro help er were on the motor, neither cf these men eras hurt to any extent. Mr. Husband is popular wherever known, and when in Tifton board? at Mrs. A. M. Hargrett's. Far Sale—Set wagon harness. W. I. Harvey. /S-* 1 PLENTY OF WEEVIL. County Demonstration' Agent L. S. Watson reports that he has vis ited Mr. W. J. Perryman's farm, and also the farm of Mr. I. M. H, Fletcher, both located in the Chula dis-rict. with'the result that he dis covered much evidence of boll both places. not hard to find fallen squares now. because the eggs have had time to hatch, aftd in the fallen square is found the grub or pups. These pupa develop rapidly and be come full grown weevils in from fifteen days after the egg is deposited. C*.*or Benton. Paulk. Hargr.tl From Tifton and William* and Willi, from A. M. S. •The annual meet of me/ accsedit- ■d high schools in the twelve high school districts in Georgia will he al A'hens Friday J and Inst through Saturday, wnen compe titions will b» hrld in the various literary and athletic contests. Tifton High school will be repre- rted by Pat* Cafson, wno will rrpctc in declamation ami debate; 'aluer Benton, debate; Clarence Taulk spelling, and Wesley Har- grett, athletics. The High ‘School department of M. S. will be represented by- Frank WlJJis and" Gcorg e Williams, both to compete in athletics. Prof. S. L. Lewis, principal of A. M. S.. and Prof. W. I. y Bryan, lupcrintendcnt-elect of Tifton Pub lic Sehsols.will accompany the con- nts. They left over the G. S. and F. at 12:30 today. The competitions held are for state recognition • • .H»" 2 Tifton institutions stajid a good chance' of hrii T home some more prizes to add to those already captured by reprssentatives from this eity in distric* and state meets thij y S \1 E ROAD FUND , Tift Cell FIGHT '•WHEN YOU BUY A U.S. IBERIY LOAN BOND Buy A Liberty Bond - Liberty is thefounclation of our United States.. To preserveLiberty iqe are today at war. You cannot be neutral; You must'be either For k or AGAINST the United Stated. You are FOR this Country-Show your Patriotism; t in a practical warty BUYINQ A LIBERTY i N0W‘ $60 - $100 -.1500 -,$1000 or more. I They pay you 3 1-2 per centthterest and are ■“1st in the world. . . Ivery comp $oman and Child should buy. opa or f’therfare.. fflVv ■> me ii night. He ^toty a Bond on eisy Payments. The 1 of Tifton “6 cents a pound- idvance to 30 cents is' r.dy for Di.lribu *596.78 Tbi Secretary of £ tate Phil Cook ha* turned over to State Treasurer W Speer the apportionment of th< state road fund for 19I7. accrulng from auto licens,. tax. Judge W. Walker. Clerk to County Commis sioner. is in receipt of a letter stat ing that the sums apportioned for. the counties -of the state have been certified by the Secretary of State and that vouchers will be mailed ffom the Treasurer’s office In Tift’s mileage is 366. and her portion this year is $596.78; *3<J3.27 than in 1916. The sums appor- toned to neighboring eountfm fol lows: Berrien 616 miles. *1.007.18. Colquitt. 541 miles. *884.5*. Irwin. 406 miles. S663.M Turner. 656 miles. *1,072.58. Worth. 631 miles. *1.031.7'. MR. FLOWERS HURT. Mr. W, A. Flowers had hia right hand caught by the saw at his mill two miles out from Tifton Wednes day afternoon and badly lacerated. Mr. Flowers was at the bolting saw when by some means his hand was caught and cut. Dr. Dlnsmore was called and dressed the wounds. Mr. Flowers will lose the little finger of his right hand, but otherwise the wounds are no necessarily serious. Mr. Flowen was resting r.all tnia morning. TIFT COUNTY SINGING Convention 5th Sunday before. The president of the Tift county vites each church and community to be -present "with their singing class. Several classes are being organiz ed and many mor e can be and should Organize your class and be pres ent. 'Vou have plenty of time. T. S. Rigdoa, President. DEM WATERMILLIONS lly Willis brought the first load of watermelons for the season to the Tifton market Tuesday. And despite registration, selective draft, whooping-ough, measles, small-pox, bill collectors and kindred afflictions they sold like ice cream cakes at a July picnic. Chogte's bought 'em first and then retailed 'em. NOW GOINC ON. As my stock is still large and t have more goods than I -have house i for I am continuing my sale for ten days longer. It is one of the wonderful money saving sail that has ever been in Tifton. I ca guarantee to save you at least 5 per cent on the dollar. For example, the vary best Cool Cloth suits and Palm Beach suits >w worth (10 are going for *4.98. The very beat nonbreahable P a hats worth *3.50 to *4.0o now going at *1.98. Main 6treet. Tifton. Ga. In reference to Mr. Gay'-, enter ing the service, the following' from a Valparaiso. Indiana, pap*- -till be of interest: LaPorte will send a Y M. C. A. i to render service in the war work which the auociation will d* the concentration canpi which the United States will establish with • mobilizing of her irn d fcrce*. "Etheridge B.Gay, assistant secre tary of the LaPorte-assoeiation, re ceived word this morning that b‘s application for service hail been ap proved and to place himself, 'n road ie to answer the call vii -n it ie. Mr.. Gay’s first work will 1-e attend a special trnin.ng ference, the place cf meeti.r l designated later, to prepare himself for the duties which will be in bent upon him. “The departure of Mr. Gay will create a vacancy in the working force of the LaPorte as-oei; ut it is not likely that an ap{ ment of » successor will lie taken up for some time.” Mr. Gay taught in the rural schools of Tift for some time last place he held was at Old Ty Ty, and ha won a great numb friends in the county through his earnestness rnd careful personal conduct. His enlistment in the Y. M. C. A. service gives this county- representation in every branch of United States service. He expects to visit his parents and other relativi in Tift before going to training camp at Lake Geneva, Wis.. June 27th; MADE REMARKABLE RECORD. Miss Clegg Walked Two Mill Attend School; Missod One I Miss Eula Clegg, daughter of Mr. B. F. Clegg, who Uvea two. miles north of the Second District Agri cultural school, attended that in stitution for thirty-nine m with only < ono day’s absence charg ed against her until the day of har last examination. Being seriously in at her home at the- time of the last final and during commencement Miss Clegg was promised her diplc ma as soon as she was able to take the special examination. Tuesday Miss Clegg passed on th- test with a mark of ninety six am Prof. Lewis awarded her the diplom' This is a remarkable attendance record for a young lady who has had to walk a distance of two miles each d»7. DIXIE LEAGUE. Thursday's Reualts. Quitman 4, Bainbridge 3. Eufaula 11, Moultrie 4. Tifton 3 Dothan 1. Friday’s Results. m Moultrie 5, Eufaula 1. T«Urn 5,"Dothan 1. .a -f Saturday’s Results. Quitman 10, Bainbridge 7. Tifton 8, Dothan 1. Moultrie 7, E-ufaula 4. Monday’s Rasults. Moultrie 5, Quitman !._ Eufaula 2, Dothan 1. Bainbridge 9. Tifton 6. Tuesday's Results. Moultrie 4. Quitman 3. Bainbrdig e 7, Tifton 6. Eufaula 9. Dothan 6. Wednesday’s Rasults. Quitman 6-6. Moultrie 1-4. Bainbridge 2, Tifton 0. Eufaula, 3. Dothan 2. The Standing. % W L . ,. 21 Moultrie - - Eufaula . . Bainbridge .... 19 19 Dothan 17. 22 Tifton 15 21 Quitman 16 22 Today’s Games. Eufaula at Quitman. Dothan. at Tifton. Moultrie at Bainbridge. WORKING AT SALEM. Thera will be a cemetery working Salem church on Thursday before the fourth Sunday in June, which is th« 21st, to get the grounds clean and in shape for the Fdurth of July Herbert L Mow. continuous practice ires of satisfied cum - ' g with rs. If you ar ache, or other __ . by eye .strata ba sure and consult _ and sea if gda^ea proparly fitto In the Myon Hotel Block every day. Part af Machinery Already MilL Will b. Ready Octobei Large Copao’r The contract for the new feed mills was let Tuesday afternoon’by the Central Grocery Company ti Mr. W. H. Spooner, of this city, and work has already begun getting things In shape to start cx- i-ations for the foundations Mon day morning. The contractor states hat the plant will be rushed to impletion, with lh e probability that will In- ready for business before ie first of October; almost certainly at later than that date. The mill? will be located east of the Tift Lumber Mill, and will oc cupy the ground that was used for a slab pit when the lumber mill was in operation. This is alongside the Tifton Terminal Company's siding and on th c same alley that runs at the rear of the stores facing Sec- The mills will be 200 by 54 and -he entire length will fac c north, the wen end of the building abut ting the new street that fa being cut through a block cart of Mill avenue. Thc mill proper will be~65 by 54. two stories, the warehouse one sto ry. White brick steel and lumbersriA be used in the construction, which styled mill construction, or slow London, June 14. Zeppelin L-43 was shot down over the North Sea. London, June 14.—The British have renewed their ad vance in Belgium, occupying positions which the German* wea-e compelled to abandon last night The German retreat was between the Ly» and Styve, riverm "The German positions at othlr points in' this section are precarious and their further retirement is expected. Par.s, June 14—The Germans assaulted the French lines along the Aiene river and the Verdun front la»t night, but were repulsed. General Pershing was received today by President Pons Athens, June 14—Former King Constantine, his wife and eldest son have gone aboard a British warship. British troops are now marching to Atherss. nd vholesalc ware by th„ si the : r by : i ng the r Part of the machinery for the plant m already m Tifton; the bale ancc is being ordered and will be dn hand in due season to be In stalled when the building is ready for it. The capacity of the mills will be sixty tons of manufactured feed stuff? every ten hours. 'There will also be a com shelling de partment with a capacity of five hundred bushels per hour so it is seen thst the mills will be amply large enough to care for the demands made from a wide ter- Besides equipping to manufacture corn meal the mill will manufacture velvet bean meal. hog. stock and dairy feed, both dry and sweet and when completed will be one of the largest in the South, srith an equip ment second to none .for handling the com and velvet beans grown for market in a territory covering all this part of the state. MR. EGGER KILLED. Mrs. H. M. Bell and baby left last night for Atlanta where they will join Mrs. Ida Ford, noth of them going’ on to Louisville. Ky„ to at tend the funeral of Mr. Henry T. Egger. who was killed in an explo sion while erecting .an acid plant yesterday. Mrs. Egger was form- •criy Mist Hazi-l Ford, of Tifton «ne many friends sympathize with her In the. death of her husband. Mr. Egger was formerly with the Internationa! Agricnltnral Corpora tion. but for the past f-w months had been with the Judson-Butter- worth Company. His position was a traveling on* and the pise- where the explosion occurred was not ta'rd. Wa*hington, June 14—Flag day celebrations and recruit ing drives went hand in hand throughout the nation today. Never before h'-i i he a*,- .been more fittingly observed. Standing *t ’Vie foot of the Washington monument, Pres ident WilsoTi addressed a grestt throng of celebrants her%-He declared tha t the flag U possessed of only such character as we give it and that the country must answer in hi»tory for the to which it i s now oeing wu t. The President ,uted th&t the United States was forced into war by aggre**ionJ iad insults from Germany, who denied ;he United States the rights of a neutral nation, filled our country with spies, attempted to foment civil strife, destroyed American lives on the high seas and intrigued against United State* within her own borders, until neighbor regarded neigh bor with *uspicion. The flag would have been dishonored had we withheld our hsrnd. President Wilson strongly reiterated that we are not ene mies of the German people, but that we are fighting to free the German people as well a» the rest of the world from a gigantic military power that has conspired to seize world dominion and govern the nations by force of arm*. Its plan has been already partly successful, for Austria;, Poland, Servia and Turkey and other nations are within it* grasp- But German military leader* now realize that they can not win and are trying to make peace while they Mill hold the apparent advantage. THEY CANNOT GO FORWARD, AND DARE NOT FALL BACK FOR FEAR OF THEIR OWN PEOPLE. The President declared that Germany is using the So cialists and labor leaders, whom she had always tried to crush, to try to bring about psars In conclusion the Pnsident said: “For ns there is but one choice- We have made it. Woe to the man or group of usd that seeks to stand in a* way in this day of high rasolutiow* when every principle w* hold dearest is to be vindicated and r. ade secure for the salvation of the nations- We are ready to ; lead at the bar of hi*tci<y and our flag shall wear a new lustre. Once more we shall roaks good with our lives and fortunes the Treat faith to which we vere bora, and a new glory shall thine in the face of our people.* IRWIN HAS DEMONSTRATOR O. D. w.uon. Brother of Tift’s rent. Now mt Work Neat Door r. O. D. Watson, a brother of Tift County’s Demonstration Agent, and who for several weeks assisted the work'here, hss been appointed Demonstration— Agent for Irwin county, and is now installed in Oeil- ls. Mr. Watson is a graduate of the State College of Agriculture and well equipped for the work before hia. It was stated sometime ago that . P. Drexel was named for the l nlacs- but tab seems to have I istoke. ENLISTED IN ARMY. The following from this section of the state enlisted at Atlanta Tues day for the army : Jordan J. Rowe, John J. Beard, W iliac oochee. ie H. Turner, Moultrie, eseie L DeLoach. Herbert E. Overstreet, Tokia J. Mconnell, Ha- hira. Herman A, Williams, Ray City. Emmett E. Mathews. Nashville. i* for Open Boggles. Regular price $16.00. Next 80 *10. Tifton Buggy Works. 11-lmdw King Constantine, of Greece, hag abdicated his throne, in favor of his son. Prince Alexander, and with Crown Prln'd George is to leave Greece The abdication was made on the demand of the entente powers and thus ends th« anomalous situation which long has existed in Greece because of the refusal of Constantine and his followers to acquiesce in full in the demands of the entente allies for the freedom of movement of their forces in- afid through Greece and for tkir safety from attack. That the entente w*» prepared to move with expedition bringing a change in tie situation in Greece is indicated by the fact that simultaneomly with the arrival in that country of the French Senator Jonsart. who bore plenary powers to act for the entente, came the occupation by the Italians in North- 'Stqrn Greece by other’forces in Elassona, in Northeastern Greece- _ — ;—~ Reflect a Moment The ability to SAVt IS REFLECTED in numerous ways: In creased Confidence, Sdl-Ppoaeasion, Fearlessness-Even Per sons! Appearance. , We are all. more or less. MEASURED by our ability to pro vide for the future. START A BANK ACCOUNT AND BE SECURE Bank of Tifton