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DORSEY TAKES OATH OFFICE EXTRAS SPECIAL For All This Week We are offering unrestrict ed, your choice of our White •Canvas or White id Pumps, Worth $3.50 and $4.00 iFor Only r/ $2.35 This is no odds and ends. But the Cream ot our stock WADE-CORRY CO. BREAST DRILLS of e*er^ site, style, quality and price are to be found among our tools are not only for full fledged mechanics, but for you. too. This 1 very day you may need one to drill a hole through same metal. Better atop in and fret one. Golden Hardware Co. Tifton, Georgia No. 8350. REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE National Bank of Tifton- At Tifton. in the State of Gu., at the Close of Business on June 20, 1917. RESOURCES: 1. Loans and discounts (except those shown on b and e> . .$309,402.68 Tout Loans 309.402.58 309.402.5S S. U. S. Bondi: a. U. S. Bonds deposited to secure circulation (par —‘ -f Sworn in Satnrday by Jude# Fish of Snprsms Court. Atlanta, June 3.—Hugh Man ion Dorsey took the oath of office to day as governor of Georgia. The inauguration was tield in the House of Representatives in the presence of the House and Senate in joint session presided over by President Sam L. Olive of the Sen- and in the presence also of large number of spectators who packed the gallery and stood thick fringe around the hall. At 11:45 o'clock the House and Senate assembled in joint session hour a jeint mittee from the two bodies met the new gowrnor in the Kimball House cdrOd him to the governor's office in the state capitol, where Mr. Dorsey joined Governor Harris and proceeded to the 1 House-^f Repre. sentatives on the second floer. Seats were reserved for them or the speaker's stand, and grouped ir front of the stand were the judges of the Supreme Court and the Court Appeals., new and retiring state use officials, ex-governors i federal judges. At 12 o’clock the gavel of Pi idem Olive sounded through * the hall and the hum of conversation ceased. Rev. J. N. Scruggs. Hawkinsville, pronounced the i cation. Resident Olive then pre sented the new governor to General Assembly, and the solemn ceremony of administering the oath was performed by Chie< Justice William H. Fish of the Supreme Court. Governor Harris then turned back to Secretary of State Cook, from whom he received it. the great Seal of State, and Secre tary Cook placed the seal in the hands of Governor Dorsey, after which the new Governor delivered his inaugural address. At the close of the address thert as a benediction by Rev. Charles O. Jones, pastor of Trinity Metho dist church, of Atlanta, to which Governor Dorsey belongs, and the exercises adjourned. Governor Dorsey w 1871 in, Fayette County er. the late Judge Rufus T. sey. moved to Atlanta in 1879 ^nd entered the practice of law her*; founding the law firm of Dorsey. Brewster. Howell and Heyman. of which he was the head until his death in 1909. and In which his son succeeded him. Governor Dorsey was educated the public schools of Atlanta and graduated from the University of Georgia in the clasa of 1893 with the A. B. degree. Among his col lege mates were President Olive of Senate and Speaker Hol der. of the House After gradua ting he took a special course in the University of Virginia i employed by his father TORRf WITH HEAVY WIND! GOVERNOR’ {•for* Joint Sowlo- •» C—' Atlanta!T^ creation a state parte board, thl creation of i state nodi . Broke Long Drough in Section tion n «w governor be J»- Around Q&ega |augurated in January Instead of in June, the decrease In the number JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER HAIL plea^for increased appropriations to the Georgia School of Technology. AD Choktd Up With i Why Continue Makeshift' Sprays and do*ti« wiB * sms sad Fwiif Blown Down. W.ll Cart. Blown Out sad Mach Dams go to Crops. Omega, July ft, Special.—The long dry spell was broken yesterday. u two months to a day and hour since the hail on the 3rd of May. The rati fell in torrents accom panied by considerable wind. It blew down a barn and smoke house the E. R. Bussey farm and a chin.i on W. W. Baker’s residence: demolished- a barn on the Corley place and also a lot of fencing and timber. It blew g well curb out at Mr. Cheek’s. Several report that the crops are badly damaged by the heavy rain and wind. The storm did not quite co the section visited by the hail May 3rd. The 4th passed very quietly Omega. FIRST CAR ‘LOUPES Shipped From Tifton Tuesday, other Contracted. The first car of cantaloupes for the season from Tifton will go for ward today. There have been number of shipments from tl point by express but this is the first refrigerator car. The big warehouse formerlj ipied by the Central Grocery Company on Love avqnue is a busy scene with a force ,of about fifteen hands at work putting up crates and wrapping and packing exnteloupt The packers are employed by N C. Mashbum. whost Mashbum. Jr., is personally direct- the work in Tifton. This fii*n has contracted with sei L. Phillips. I. C. Touch- Faraqgr, and oth< output. These growers rep resent a total of about 350 and the contractors expect-to ship iboyt thirty cars from Tifton. Thu .oout fifty per cent of a full crop. .xenTjtion of college endowments from taxation, and the beneficial results of the prohibition laws en acted in his administration—these the outstanding features of the farewell message of Governor Har ris read today to the general assem bly ‘n jjftijtt the arduous labor of passing on application, for executive clemency should be taken off the shoulders of the prison commission and placed in the hands of a special board of three members created for that purpose. In recommendng the creation of stete auditor he calls attention to the deplorable condition of the finances and the haphazard manner in which appropriations * made, and in this connection recommends the edoption of an i to-date and efficient budget sys tem. . le recommends an increase in the •emor's salary, recommends an appropriation of $10,000 the cost of conducting the military it choki cult breathing sndgtber discomj But the real dang* comes wh eaches down int your lungs. Thu it why r-< should at realise the import*— of the proper treatment, and l*c «o timr ex perimenting with vtrthleu remedies which touch only t% surface. To be tarrb reran. 1 t antidote. r^STl, it isap If you .wish medical advice a treatment of your own Iswoom cite, write to-day to Chief Motel Adviser, Swift Specific Co, Dept B Atlanta. Ga. JUST RECEIVED Full Line of COFFINS and CASKETS When in need see us. We will gua rantee satisfaction in price and quality, BENNETT’S HARDWARE Inc. Phone 193 Tifton, Ga. Residence- Phone 283 om in h«re. J. J. L. i fath- ,^ ne . W . E . p ■ their output. law firm, afterwards becoming a j th>t ^ mar ket next week will be partner. _ _ „ 'good or better as the California italoupes wilt not be in the way. tpar value i , . 50,000.00 U. S. Bonds pledged to septic -Postal Sav-- ings deposits (par value) 5,000.00 Total U. S. Bunds • ; 8. Stock of Federal Reserve Blink (50 per cent of subacripti6n) 10 a Value of banking house $ 7,000 00 b Equity in banking house 11. Furniture and Fixtures 13. " a Net amount due from approved reserve agents in New York, Chicago and St- Louis 14,682.10 b Net amount due from approved reserve agents in other reserve cities 23,696.22— 14. Net amount due from banka and bankers (nth. r than included in 13 or 21) 16. OtHgr checks on banks in the same city or town as reporting bank b Fractional currency, nickels, and cents . . 18 Notes of other national banks 21. Lawful reserve in vault and net amount due frsffii Federal Reserve Bank 22. Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from S. Treasurer 55,000.00 2,250.00 38,378.32 54,544.85 1.027.54 779.65 1.500.00 34.431.46 2,500 00 appointed Solicitor-Gen- •ral of the Fulton Superior Court, by Governor Joseph 51. Brown, in 1910 and served until July. 1916, when he resigned to make the race for governor. During his occupan- of the office he prosecuted Mi Daisy Opie Grace. Mrs. Callie Scott Ureqm nt attack Applebaum. Leo M. Frank and Vic 'i rboke^Li™ -- nd Stomach Trouble. Tw 0 years ago I suffered from attacks of, stomach trouble usnesa.” writes Miss Emma ; . vrbryke. Lima. Ohio. "I could eat tbr E. Innes and hts wife, these four ^ very little food that agreed with cases being among the most fam- me and I became so dizzy that I had s in the irecent history of thA to take hold of something to keep | from falling. Seeing Chamberlain.s ltr - Tablets advertised I decided to try In 1911 Governor Dorsey mar- | them. I improved rapidly." Ob- ried Miss Adair Wilkinson, of Val- ] tainable everywhere, dosta. a prominent and popular TOTAL . . LIABILITIES: 7,634.86— 16,2. 24. Capital Stock paid 26. Surplus fund 26. * Undivided pro.-its b Less current expenses, interest paid \ 29. .Circulating amount than included in 30 or 34) . Demand Deposit!: 84. Individual deposits subjcct\tu check 35. Certificates of deposit due inSless than 30 days — (other than for money borrowed) 36. Certified checks 37. Cashier’s checks outstanding Total demand deposits subject to Re serve, Items 34, 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. and 40 $211,157.08 41. Certificates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) ,. Total of time deposits subject to Reserve. Items « 41. 42 and 43 .$126,100.49 45. Postal savings deposits TOTAL , $512,534.29 STATE OF GEORGIA, County of Tift, u: 1. M. E. Hendry. Cashier of. the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true soothe best of my knowledge and belief. M E. HENDRY. Cashier Subscribed sad sworn to before m« this 28th da T of June, 1917. * K. P. Bik«r, Notary Public. CORRECT ATTEST: G.o, Baker. E. A. Buck. L. P. Thursuan. Directors. 0,145.84 9,926 95 9,838.25 582.85 809.03 6.100.4& 3,879.10 Used for Twenty Years ■ siren satisfaction. Rad Croaa Liver one of tne dependable old-time reni-- ir the South it baa relieved sufferer* tram ir« Uvfr Complaint uictl <iry or eaaily mad* Into liquid. t-d rroan Liver Medicine Is nude eats h, - IIIICG CO.. Inc.. Jacksonville. Fla. be made for keeping a permanent und official record of commisaiona issued to notaries public at large. He recommends that the_/state ■xperiment station either be merg ed with the elate college of agricul ture. or else that the trustees of the latter institution be made a major ity of the experiment station trus- res. so that the state of Georgia an secure its share of the federal ippropriation for the experiment station. iewing the educational work of the state he urges that county school authorities be required to discount the governor's warrants promptly so as to pay the teachers theiT salaries; urges that the Georgia Normal and Industrial College for girls at Milledgeville be empowered confer degrees; strongly urges -eased appropriations for Geor- the .crop being cut about half jn-y- gia Tech; urges that provision be cqdnt of the dry weather 5111.1.- for securing the states' share Demand Loans . Time Loans al Estates, ? Due from-Hanks aid Canker* it Due from Barits aid Bankers it Currency- — - Gold Silver. Nickles, eB. Clearing House ... Advances on Cotta . Total . the federal appropriation under the .Smith Hughes bill for vocation al training, anil recommends that col' ege endowments be exmnpted from taxation, which all states two, of which Geor- Mr. Mashburn has contracted for about 4,000 acres in cantaloupes in Georgia and about 400 acres in Ala bama. His headquarters are in Washington. D. C., with branch headquarters in 'Fitzgerald. About now 'di 1.200 acres contracted for are in gia is. this division with four other divi-1 He recommends that the state sions under the Washington branch.! .li«po.*e of the governor’s mansion, The market this morning was; which has now become a valuable from $1.25 to $1.65 a crate wish an piece of central real estate, and upward tendency. It is expected build another governor' 1 — —- more suitable location. strongly recommends the es tablishment of a state market bu- the department of agricul- Tomatoes are also being packed for shipment at the same packing cietv girl whose family are well known in South Georgia. They haye ions, Hugh M. Dorsey. Jr- aged years, and James Wilkinson Dorsey, aged three years. They now live on Peachtree . Road but will shortly move into the govem- t'r's mansion. TAKING CATHARTICS EVERY DAY FOR WEEKS DON'T CURE STOMACH TROUBLE Th«v do not eliminate the poison- m Bile Accretions from the Sys- m» so declares a leading Chicago Stomach Specialist Often Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers of the Stomach and Intestines. Auto In toxication. Yellow Jaundice. Appen dicitis and other dangerous ailments are the. consequences Mayr's Won. derful Remedy is the ideal prescrip tion for Stomach. Liver and Intes tinal ailments. It has restored mil lions. One dose will prove that it will help you. Mayr's Wonderful Remedr is for sale by Brooks’- Phar- r Co.. Tifton. Ga. A'lanta, July 3.—Recruiting Week is over. Georgia produced 252 men during that week. In the United States a total of a^put, 8.000 men were obtained. If all states had - done as well as Geor gia. over 10.000 men would have been secured. Good for Georgia! She is -patriotic: -she has shown it the response of her sons to the President's call. Since April 1st, 131,040 men have been enlisted throughout the United States for the Regular army. Of this number 3,300 came from Georgia. Georgia held her own nicely: her population 4>eing. 1-40 that of the United States. HONOR ROLL FOR MONDAY The enlistments at the Atlanta recruiting station for this section Monday were: • James R. Horn, Doerun. John R. Perry. Cordele. . William C, Gibson. Arabi. Gey. W. Cheney. Moultrie. Guvia W. Crozier. Cordele. Walter F. Faekler, Quitman. Andrew T. Welch, Moultrie. Willie J. O'Quinn. Sparks. Eugene A. Faekler. Quitman. HOMERS WIN AT LAST Moultrie, July 2.—With eight straight losses behind them Tifton came to town today and played like a real ball teim. while the former league leaden blew up in the sec ond. giving the visitors two runs and the game, the final score be ing 2 to 0. Both Porter and Mickle pitched good ball. Score: RECRUITING IN GEORGIA ture. He recommends a small appro priations to combat the boll weevil and other plant insects and dis- •a*‘s; recommends increased pro vision far the state insane asylum recommends the passage of laws authorizing the organization home guards during the war, giving tiu.<n power to perform riot duty and to permit them th« use of National Guard armories; and recommends that the legislature pass ail necessary legislation'to the federal government in prosecut ing the war. Several jagrs «r* devoted praising the benefits of prohibition.- TWO DOUGLAS MEN HURT. Douglas. July 1.—Last night a- bout 8:30 Postmaster L. M. Peter- and Ralph Yeomans, assistant cashier of the Union Banking Com pany. were run over by a For driven by Miss Vining, of near Douglas. m>d both parties were I ly bruised and painfully injured. Both men are resting well and less internal injuries develop they will be up in a few days. M Vining and Benajah Batten were the Ford car. RENEW-SIMMONS. SATURDAY'S ENLISTMENTS Ambng those enlisting from this immodiate section Saturday were Davis Barfield, Ira W. Whittle, Willie E. Mullis, and Wesley J. Bar- field. of Worth. Samuel A. Brown. Pearson. James A. Powell, Vienna. Oscar C. Snow, Sycamore. Geo. W. Lairsey and Clyde Mal- pass. Douglas. Charlie S. Ray, Charlie D. Hud- on. Charles H. Shobe, Garzie G. Herrington. Jesse C. Smith and John W. Brown, Cordele. Aaron T. Griner, Fender. Henry Ford, Ashburn. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITIO A OF The Bank of Tifton Located st Tifton, Georgia, at the close of business June 20th, 1917. RESOURCES . $ 85,957.58 . 25,313.76 20.308.00 2.508.50 6,019.47 1,084.48— 32,265.00 637,017.06 24,355.11 1,006.917.29 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Pail in $ 50,000.00 Surplus Fund 100,000.00 Undivided Profits, Ism Current Expense*, Inter est and Tax* Paid 182,386.00 Individual Deposit Suhjcct tn Chack— 421,916.42 Time Certificates 294,096.73 I Certified Checks 2.16 Cashier's Checks 7,998.95 724.682.29 Notes and Bills lediscounted Non* Bills Payable, Inteding Time Certificates Rep resenting Botrewed Money Non* Total 1,009,017.29 STATE OF GEC6GIA.—Tifi County. Before mt time B. H. McLeod, Cashier of The Bank of Tifton, who being duly morn says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition 4 said bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank. Sworn to sti subscribed before me, this 27th, day of June 1917. L B. Herring, Notary Public, Tift County, Ga. The Bank of Ty Ty J at Ty Ty, Georgia, at the dose of business June 20th, 1917. RESOURCES^ Demand Loans Time -Loans Overdrafts, secund - Overdrafts, unseared Bonds and Stockaewned by the Bank . Banking House Furniture and Futures . Due from Banks ad Bankers in this State . . Due from Banks ad Bankets in other States . Currency .... Gold Silver. Nickles, ek. ■ Cash Items ■ Clearing Horn Advances on Cottss . Total LIABILITIES: Capital Stock paid in ■ Undivided Profits. 1m* Current Expenses, Inter est and Toes paf ’ Due Unpaid Dividends Individual Deposits subject check . Savings Deposits . Cashier’s Cheeks- — - ••• Bills Payable. Inckding Time Certificates Repre senting Bonowed Money $ 1,978.00' 16.00 452.20 336.11 200.00 4,096.82 I 1,515.00 39.986,24 1,262.88 888.75 1,000.00 2,678.78 1,999.48 7,918.98 2,296.62 $16,000.00 $.794.01 80.00 21.789.70 8,640.67 886.79 17.500.00 96,890.74 Total STATE OF GEQ9C1A.—Tift Coun ty. Before-me csss Thos. M. Perry, Cashier of the Bank of Ty Tr, who, being duly morn, says that tha above and foregoing statement 1* a true condition of said bank, as shown by tha hooka of fil# in ■ fit. Louis. Mo. Bold br oruarlsu.—Adr. Miss' Rosa May Renew and Ml Walton D. Simmons were mnrriet the Methodist parsongae in Tiftar Tuesday night at 7 o’clock, the cer emony being performed by Her. G. Mathews- Yon Need a General Ton! Take Grove’s The Old Standard Grove’s Tastek chill Tocic is equally valuable as General Tonic because it contains C well known Ionic properties of QCI '• !\ in4 IRON. It acts on the Liver. 010 . >ut Mslaris. Knriches the Blond ’ u<lds up the Whole System. 50 ci Cost Uttis - S* Shwl^hunundreeiiiaa* wILST aafek KUWsadilineunr. ttede la » will sad es*H*MT7. W* asaetiueis susliw. 1*0*I. SMIW SM- ■M». mxM eawa. w«t lltlllli ,*»..4* Sw dry week aud sail Bill naeliaa. Wrtee Iwpha Tablel«bIMC! SnU Sworn to tnd subscribed before me, this 27th, day of Juno, 1917. C. I. Jones, J. P. Tift County, Ga. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Omega Located at Omega, Ga., at the close of burina*s June 20th, 1917. RESOURCES: Demand Loans I Time Loans —. 34,854.99 Overdrafts, unsecured 2.051.RB Banldrg Howe • — Piimit-iw and Fixtures ........ I,998j94 Due from Banks sad Bankers in this State 18,722.49 Due from Bank* sad Banker* in other States 7.8984$ Cumlncy >- ***•••<* Gold --Sttrer, Nittri*. e*e -. 89744 Cash Items ■ ■ 88.89— 1,024.18 Mutual Fire Fuad 129.99 TOTAL $66,588.3# LIABILITIES: Capital Stock Paid in - — - ■ -.- • • • •• ^ . .$ 18.000.09 Undivided Profits, lea* Current Expense*. Interest and Tax** Paid, (Deficit) --• • 188.44 Individual Deposit* Subject to Check Tim* Certificate* — 1402.99 Cashiers' Cheeks — 171.72 TOTAL 88842840 btitc nF GEORGIA.—Tift Coaaty. Before me came W. H. Sorrow, Cashier of the Bank of ( who being duly nroni. *«y» that the above and forewoing atateawt ti a condition of bank, jrthown by the books a 1 * ’* ^ * e condition Sworn to sobacribad before ffy tgs 1917.