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The Tifton Gazette
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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON. GA_ FRIDAY: JUNE2*1»17^
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 12-
LEGISLATURE IN SESSION
—The Georgia Legislature
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Hoc L. Olive, 'of Richmond, was elected FVesideut of
out op portion- ,
Atlanta. June 27—The House adjourned ^ontil tomorrow
r the fourth ballot was taken in the Speakerahjp race,
i H. Holder, of Jackson, led in the lasf tfdlbt with 76
Nathan Culpepper, of Meriwether, was second with
1 W. H. BuTweirfof Sparta, third, with A . .
inta. June 28.—John N- Holder was elected Speaker of
si, the first ballot this morning by a vote of 105 to
Bismark Moore was' re-elected^ple«Jc over J.
** 4xng now for Speaker brotem- ‘
ing the House the LflP»lktijre:.will hold a
ive the farewell messay^of the Governor-
s wjBbe the assignment of seats-
t after the joint session for a short ses-
the introduction of bills.
Jack Beasley was chosen Speaker pro-
| announced that Hsnry. Brannon had been ap*
Ing Clerk, E- H. Rhodes Journal Clerk and Morris
endar Clerk-
mtative Bankston introdflced a resolution that the
Legislature adjourn July 21st. reciting'the need of economy on
account of the war. The re so hi ti on went over until Friday.
The House granted the privilege of \he floor to Mrs- Joseph
ine McDonald, wife of the blind Representative from Rich
mond. She was designated official messenger, and is the first
womaa to occupy an officia^ seat in the Georgia House.
TIFT COUNTY NOW
HAS TWff OFFICIALS
ASSESSORS FINISH CANNING CLUB AO’T
WORK ON RETURNS HERE FOR MONDAY
In The Georgia Land Owners*
County Real Estate fsfii About
10,000 Acres Sfabrt.
HKT AT VALDOSTA FtIBAY RETURNS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR SERVICES FREE TO C. C. GIRLS
, Orfuila Campaign to RGI G*or-
[in of Cattlo Tick in Tkros Ysan
Brown Among Sp**k*o,
Mr. T. E. Phillips hss been eleet-
?d a member of -the- Based ef Con
trol of the Georgia Land Owners'
Association and Mr. T. W. Tift
member of the Executive Conxnit-
Mr. H. H. Tift, Sr., was offer
ed this position hot not being able
to accept, T. W. Tift
his stead. This gives Tift county
E >o members of the official body of
e organisation. ,
\ About fifty of the most progrei
ije land owners of the county have
joined the Association Afid a large
ntmber of these will attend the
meeting to be held in Valdosta Fri
day, at which organization will be
perfected and a campaign started to
rid Georgia of the cattle tick with-
tbe .next three years.
Other matters will lie taken up
of interest to the land owners and
live stock industry of South Geor
gia.
WAR NEWS BY WIRE
To Take Up Short Season Work
in Tift.
Books Turaod Or or to Tax Rocoivor
for Comsolidatioa. AsmmoT, Moot
Again Naat Tkorsday.
The Tift County Board of Tax
Assessorswhich had been in session
for twenty-three days, finished its
work Wednesday and turned the tax
books over to Tax Receiver Sutton.
While the totals have not been
footed up it is considered practically
certain that the returns will show
increase over last year. Real
estate returns indicate that they will
be short about 10,000 acres of land.
The Assessors had quite a lot of |'
detail work to do and all returns
i gone over painstakingly in or-
to secure an equalization. Just
what changes were made is not yet
ade public.
The Assessors will meet Thursday
of next week, July 5th, for the pur
pose of hearing complaints and for
transaction of any other bnsi-
W ash ing ton, June 28—»An airier placing absolute embargo
on, unauthorized wheat shipments from the U M ited State* is
now on the President's desk, awaiting his signature.
The order will be signed tonight and all wheat exports will
now be subject to the approval of the new formed Export
Addresses will be made by C
ssioner of Agriculture Brown
others. -*
TESTED MACHINES
SOLDIER BOYS PASS THROUGH
Savannah, June 28—Tom Watson’s Jeffersonian was held
up by the United States postal authorities today because the
general tenor of the magazine is considered inimical to the
country-
The magazine bitterly opposes conscription
New .York. June 28.—A mysterious vessel believed to be
the German raider Seedier, was sighted 500 miles east of the
Northern Florida coast Monday by a steamer arriving at an
American port from San Juan.
Washington. June 28.—Making allowance for possible du
plicate reports, the Red Cross headquarters estimated this
afternoon that the total receipts f<m the humanity fund
campaign is one hundred and fourteen million dollars-
Louis. Mo-. June 28.—Four persons dead and three pros-
d. is the toll today of the heat wave, which has been
gripping St Louis for the past week. ,
Which Claim to b« Boll Warn)
Catchsr, at Sassar.
S. V. Cunningham
Tifton a short,-while Tuesday aft
ernoon. He spent the morning at
Sauer, in Terrell county, where a
number of Farm Demonstration
Agents and other representatives of
the Department of Agriculture met
with representatives' of machines
which claim to catch boll weevils
for » test in the cotton fields at that
The machines for test were the
Nall. TUI and Rad Deri!. The -Vail
id not been tested when Mr. Cun-
ingham left
of the ether machines were not com
plete, but so far as they had gone
were unsatisfactory, only a small
portion of the weevils being caught
ind Two from Tifton Among tho,« En-
route to Train lag Camp
Five companies of the Third
Battalion, Second Regiment, Geor
gia National Guard, passed through
Tifton on a special train Wednesday
morning, enroute from points in
h* -Florida where they had been doing
guard duty, to their training camp
The special train of eleven ears,
eight passenger coaches and three
baggage cars, arrived in Tifton
9:15 over the Oeqrgia Southern and
Florida and remained here about fif
teen minutes Major Beck, Captain
Palmer and Lieut. Whitaker were
charge.
Tifton wag represented among the
soldier boys by Ralph Poole
Eidson Bates. A number of relativi
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
CANTALOUPES MOVING
On Sanitation by Dr. Whittle, at following Places:
TIFT COUNTY:
OMEGA, Monday night 7:30 o’clock, July 2
ELDORADO. Tuesday night 7:30 o’clock, July 3.
HARDING SCHOOL, Wednesday morning 9. July 4.
TY TY. Wednesday night 7:30 o’clock. July 4-
CHULA. Thursday morning 9 o’clock, July 5.
BROOKFIELD. Thursday night 7:30 o’clock, July 5-
1RW1N COUNTY:
OSIERFIELD. Monday night, 7:80 o'clock. July 9-
FRANK SCHOOLTTuesday morning. 9 o’clock July 10.
BRUSHY CREEK. Tuesday night 7:30 o’clock. July 10
-- MYSTIC. Wednesday night 7:30 o’clock. July 11.
•« IRWINVILLE. Thursday night, 7:30 o’clock. July 12.
ABBA- Friday morning 7:80 o’clock. July 13.
, Lectures will l*e given at auditoriums or school house.
Night lectures illustrated with Magic Lantern pictures.
Come! Find out how to get well and how to keep well-
LA! DIES ESPECIALLY INVITED
Mothers
Wives
Sweethearts
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' If you HTe a housekeeper or contemplate the man
agement of a home, let us solve your housekeep
ing-problem and lighten your task) by taking care
of Your Account at Our Bank.
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Pan your household expenses by check. Make
Our Institution Your Banking' Home.
Crop Small Owing to Drouth Pack-
ing Hou.. in Tifton.
Cantaloupe shipments began t
ing from Tifton Monday, N.
Halliday. J. H. Davis and S.
Monk all making small expreaa for
wardings. The points shipped to
were Baltimore, Atlanta and Sav-
J. J. L. Phillips, I. W. Myers, I.
C. Touchtonc. W. E. Farmer, and
others, hare rented the warehouse
formerly occupied by the Central
Grocery Company, on Love avenue,
tnd will use it ss a packing and dis
tributing house A corps of expert
packers will be employed.
It is expected that carload ship-
menu will begin this week.
Bank of Tifton
JUST TO REMIND YOU
That 1 am still giving real bar-
gains in every department. It is in
spite of Ule high cost of living.
I have the good* at the old price
and can sopply the whole family.
The very beat dress gingham,
now- worth 12 l-2c to 15c going
XOc —
A complete line of sheeting the
best 36-inch, worth 15c going at 10e.
Genuine 10-4 Pcpperell sheeting
now worth 60c to 60c going at
Voiles and stripe Poplins worth
35c going at 19c.
Ladies' wash skirts in white
stripe and checks worth $1.50 to
$2.00 going at 79e.
Special—to each customer seven
spools Coat’s thread while it lasU
for 25 eenu.
10c to 15c Lace going at 3c yard.
Fine lawn worth 15c going at 10c.
10, 15 and 18-inch Bmbroidery,
worth 25e, going at 10c.
Genuine Palm Beach and Kool
Kloth suits, worth from $8.00
$10.00, going at $4.98.
Communities D*»Hs| » D*mon»tri
tor Should Apply at One. Koop.
Tift la Lino ef Work. j
, Ttn cdfinfy - wflTTiave a canning
| club demonstrator for the short aea-
ri. beginning July 2nd.
Miss Erma Rast. of Athens, will
arrive Monday to take charge of the
canning club work in this county.
Miss Rast is sent by Mrs. Bessie
Stanley Wood, who has charge of
the state' canning club work, and i»
recommended as a first-class demon-
itrator in every respect
Any community desiring the ser
vices of Miss Rast, or any canning
clob girl can secure her attendance
prcsnptly by notifying Supt. Ammons
the county Board of Education.
She furnishes her own car.
Much of the crop this year is al
ready gone but there is still time to
save some of it and this can be done
mce by securing the services of
expert canner. For a time It
was feared there would be a short-
in cans but local dealers have
ample supply for the county’s
needs.
The state and nalSonal depait-
menU of SUtes' Relations Service
psy one-half of the expenses of the
ming chib agent here and the bal
ance will be raised in this county.
By putting on a demonstrator for
the short course Tift county will
be kept in line for a demonstrator
next year. .If this had not boon
done the county would have been
dropped from the government list.
JAMES R. GRAY DEAD
and the testa an j jri en< i* 0 f •te. hoys were
there and a large arftfd had gather-'
ed to see the soldiers pass through.
The boys were dusty and tired from
their 'long trip, but they met a re
ception et Tifton that they will not
on forget.
Fresh Tift County watermelons,
intaloupes and peaches, with
htnehet and ice cold Chero Cola,
were served. The Chero Cola was
donated by Mr. Hardee, the melons
were donated by Mrs. B. H. Mc
Leod, T. E. Stubbs and Lamar SeL
The peaches, cantaloupes and
lunches were contributed by a num
ber of ladiee.
On the refreshment committee
were Mrs. Golden. Mrs. McLeod,
Mr. Stubbs and Mr. Hardee. Mr.
Will Eason carved the melons. A
committee of young ladies. Misses
Phosa Durden, Katie Ruth Pickett,
Josie Golden, Mattie Lou Phillipe,
and Mildred Slack served.
The boys were not allowed: to
leave the cars and one carload* was
reached befor the train pulled
out. Much praise is given the boys
for their good behavior and-the gen
erous way in which those who had
been served passed up a second of
fering that their companions might
ire their turn.
The officers stated that the Tifton
boys would be gi ven ten days' leave
next week, before th6y go into
training. • N •
- FOR ARMY AND NAVY.
Tuesday Joe Janlk, Heath High
tower and Grady Royal enlisted for
the navy at Tifton. They went on to
Atlanta that night t 0 be examined.
Joe and Grady passed successful
examinations and returned Wednes
day night. They are on the waiting
list and will be called in a few days,,
Hesth was sent on to the training
station.
Wednesday Aaron T. Griper, of
Fender, and Jas. P. Land of Omega,
enlisted for the army at the Tifton
Recruiting Offioe.
$1.25 to $1.50, going at 93c.
Men's dress shirts worth $1.50.
and $2.00, going at 79c.
Men's shins, worth 76c going at
43c.
As I have not got space enough
I will only mention e few prices.
Come aee our beautiful line of slip
pers. going at the old price or even
Don’t forget the place.
Sam Kaibenb,
Main St, Tifton, Ga. *
EXTRA TERM CALLED
Americus, Jnne 26.—Judge Z. A.
Littlejohn this atemooo signed -an
order calling a special term of the
Superior Court for Monday, July
2, to try Dr. Charles K. Chapman,
who, with five other co-defendants,
is charged with the murder of Wal
ter H. Wade, of Laslie, on the
night of August 17, 1916.
This will be the third time Dr.
Chapman has been placed on trial
two juries having disagreed.
PHee Cared la 6 to 14 Days
Herbert L_ Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two years oi continuous pisuit
in Tiftoa and scores of satisfied c„
turners. If you are suffering witi.
headache, or other troubles caused
by eya strain be sure and consult me
and aee if gls.ste properly 5ttec
*' ' BlBek every dsy.
u> the Myon Hotel E
iitor of Atlawtm Journal Stricken
With Appolexy on Train
Atlanta, June 25.—Jamas 1
Gray, editor of tha Atlanta Jac
nal, died tonight.
Mr. Gray returned tonight from
trip tq New York and Washingto]
where he had been to vWfn
daughter and to attend A meeting
of the executive committee of the
American Newspaper Publishers’
Association. Mrs. Gray aceempani-
Hc was taken ill on the train but
seemed to recover. Shortly after
he reached home, however, he suf-
ered another attack, from which, he
died at 9:30 o’clock. His physician
said appoplexy was the cauap.
Jamea R. Gray was born
Adairsville, Ga., September
1859. He was educated at
North Georgia Agricultural College
and later admitted to the
1879, practicing law for several
years in Atlanta.
1881 he married Miss May In-
sn of Atlanta, daughter of
wealthy cotton factor and philan
thropist.
Since December ,901, he had been
editor-in-chief of the Attanta Joui.
nal. He was chairman of the Soatb-
n. of the Associated
He had long taken an active inter-
t in politics on the Democratic
side and- at one time was chairman
the State Democratic Executive
Committee.
Besides his widow, two sons and
three daughter* survive. They are
Inman Gray sad James R. Gray, Jr.,
of Atlanta; and Mrs. E. D. Pearce
of New York; Mrs. F. M. Brumby,
., of Marietta, Ga., and Mrs. J.
, Gallodly, of Honolulu, Hawaii.
AN EVEN BREAK
Atlanta, June 25 —This after
ion Governor Harris, after hear
ing the protest of Solicitor R. C,
Bell, of thf Albany Circuit, signed
order jdirqcting a pardon for
Turner Cox, of Mitchell County,
convicted of manslaughter in the
killing of a man by the name of
Booth.
Though no previous annuncement
had been made of it, the Governor
today notified the grandfather of
Milton Rawlings that he had declin
ed the application brought by John
Cooper, lor pardov, of the boy.
DEWEY LIKES IT
Mr. Dewey Kersey, in a letter to
the Gazette from Ft. Leavenworth,
says that he enjoys more than any
thing else reading (he Gazette and
wishes to thank the one that
kind enough to aend it to hint
|- so says that if the boys
only knew what a good time the sol
dier boys are having more of
would respond to the caH.
Dewey says that is a fine country
but there is net place like
so far as agriculture ia concerned.
He ia at present with Company
Detachment G., of the Signal Corps!
and hag not been assigned to
Washington. Juno 27—The arrival of two a
American troop* q, Franco wax announced here ttia a
by the Committee on Public Information
Secretary of War Baker will make absolutely no comment
t the arrival «f the troops.
It was stated that they left tlf United State* over ten
dayaafo. They the first Ameficsn regular* to arrive on
foreign soil, and will be sent directly to the rear of the trenches
-oh the Westen front The other contingents are exp acted
to land in rapid order, probably three day* intervening .he
tween the arrival of each .contingent
French Scepwt, June 28 The American expedition ia
France will serv* under Gen- Pershing and "ot under any Brit-
sh or French commander. Pershing will co-operate with Gen
erals Haig and Pstain. but will be in supreme command of the
American troops and take no orders except from Waahing-
American soldi** today entered a camp prepared for them,
where they will remain for a short time before being shifted
to a point near tip to-jng Ms? for final training. They are ex
pected to enter taertor of treoches shortly afterward
Practically tteMtira populate was out today to welcome
the new Allies!
It became Imeeu today that a total of four American con
tingents had ranked a ench naval base yesterday- They
were protected aS Ae way by the mightiest fighting ahips of
the American navy. It U known that others are on the way.
Paris. June &—The busiest corner in Paris today ia the
American army haadquatrter*, in the Rue de Constantine. Nag-
ally * hard w«rker, Gen. Perching ia extending himaeH to
get the camp ready for troops-
Preparations are going forward on a huge scale and it ia
evident that the Dwted States intends to exert their full
might on the battk front
Miles of woodaa huts are being constructed; railways and
highways are beoq built and the camp of the American troap*
will form a woodaa city as large as Chicago.
Baltimore, lid, June 22 Another German submarine
was sunk by gun Ire from an American vessel, according to the
story of the crew • the arrival here of the vesaeL
The torpedo from the submarine “truck the ship but failed
to explod^. A she! from the vesael tore away the periscope mmd
upper structure of the Submarine.
Jonr June H—It wa* officially announced that ov^
shell craters and bra roads the Canadian patrols advanced to
the farther outskfe* of Lenx today. They occupied the village
Eleu-Bite-Lcaveuta a half mile from the southwest outskirts
of Lenz today.
They rushed forward under heavy artillery fire to within _
tsy rifleshot ef jte Germans sntrenchad in I ana
Madrid. June fc—In consequence of national agitatiau
the Government guapended constitutional guarantees today.
Thi a suspension iisquivalent to a proclamation of martial law
and indicates that the situation in Spain ia more serioua than
the absence of dipatches during the past feW days would in
dicate
London. Junt 26.—The entrance of another Europteam
power into the mr ia strongly forecasted today by reporta
from Athens.
Eleutheros Venbelos is said to have been invited to form
a Greek Cabinet md it is generally accepted as a foregone
conclusion that he vould force Greece to intervene on the side
of the Entente- .
Tokio, June 28~-Repfying to an interpolation, Viscount
Montono, Foreign Minister, in the Japanese Diet today de
clared that it is not believed there is a chance for Russia to
conclude a separata peace
Copenhagen. Jum 26-—Dr- Michaelis, the German Min
ister to Norway, fats resigned and is returning- to Berlin,
states a dispatch sceived here from Christiana today.
Your money
is safe in our
National Bank
you can (jgj it
when w>u want it
You can GET your money when you WANT It whan
it Is In our Notional Bank because we are a MEMBER
BANK of the FEDERAL RESERVE System of banks. We
became a member because we showed ourseves
WORTHY. L
You see. w* can take our securities to our Central
Reserve Bank whenever WE want to and get money on
them You can get your money when It Is In our bank
when YOU want to.
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
. _ ^... , We pay 5 per cent Interest.
The National Bank of Tiftoq, i