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THE TIFi ON GAZETTE, TIFTON .GA-. FRIDAY, JULY- 20, 1917.
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER 15.
FARMERS MEETING [ALIVOTftcIsIi?
AT A. M. S. JlilT 25 - FOR TiFHflIS FALL
SELECTIVE DRAFT TODAY
cnlture to Hold Institute
>ed b»ve
in red ink on the selective list by ihy'local
tese serial numbers run from very small figures
lightljr populated, districts to several thousand in the
populated ones. The-red numbers were assigned by
io drawings will be divided into two parts. %irst •
drawing of the - numbers, to determinq^in what
der each sheet of one thousand £all appear on the master
list. Then will come the drawing of numbers from one to one
thousand to determine the order inside the grdbp iat which
the registered eligibles shall be called up.
Thus, should the . rst number drawn be 7, then >11 per
sons holding red numbers between 7,000 and 7.999 will be
the first ones drafted. Should 3 be the next number drawn
then those holding red numbers from 3,000 to 3,999 will be
•the next ones drafted, and if ce up to ten, zero representing
those below one thousand.
Then one thousand numbers will be draw n and recorded
to show the exact order in which each individual card in each
master list is to report for examination. The one thousand
and ten numbers is all that will be drawn.
Provost Marshal General Crowder explained that the
Government is not now conscripting, but that it is selecting
for military service those whose civil services can best be
PLANT, CANNING, CONSERVING
Washington, July 12.—The great lottery through which
ths^&rst soldiers to be called for the National Army will be
will ....ly b. hold .1 9 or lC*>'clock FriJ ^ ftom C oll CS . „f‘ A(
day morning.
This wsts conceded at the office of Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowder at noon today when it was announced that but
two states, Pennsylvania and Nesj^York, have not yet report^
ed complete organization of exemption boards.
The selections will be drawn in groups. Only one thous*
numbers will be drawn, which will dispose of the entire
eligibles, numbering* nearly ten million.
The tempi llion will be^^ided into groujfe controlled, by
luiniMHirom zero b^cn. The men to%e
nunSSpW
la. These
grr^L.
lated bv. Tifton Board of
Trade
[MAY TGRN’EM AWAY
COMING TERM
43 ready Applications Indicate
PREtlMINARY -ACTION TAKEN
the latest news by wire
Fell A.M.S. Attendance
London. July 19.—The British Arras front extended its
I'nes last night reoccupying the advanced posts in the Mon- .
c y '***P r e«x sector which wore abandoned on July 1st.
Geneva, July 18.—The Austro-German troops have
orcod ^s passave aero*.' fha Tamrflci
School F.r
of Foe
.full attendance
Wood C?na
*ay. Inipoctfcn o|!Ej, ^P*rd. of Gov.rnor, al Tuesday'
All Farmen of I *leeli»B Other 'fiorV of Organ-
Thu Section Invited. j isjtion Under Way.
A farmers' institute will be held I Tbe «etl*g the .Board of Gov- Applications arc coming in rnpid-
Tift County on the 25th day of,'' r '"' r l of , Boprd of Trade ,, foT the fall term of the Second
July at A. ni^d M. school. Several | . evenmg “ l 5 °' c . lock | District Agricultural and Mechanical ;
specialists frotrl thd State- College
of Agriculture. Athens. Ga., -will. ..
discuss fariping^subjects of imme- "' K> 16 P“f a for ^ifton.
dintP importance. A woman speak- was. decided to hold the meeting probable that applicants Will be
the Horae Demonstration |' ,c h “t this time, making said turned away. ' ]j,
Department wiy give suggestions on one hour. • 1 >;„ c h county in the District has j
- — -. vnrmii!• datmiw of organization | un ,ii August 15th to supply its quo-i ^
e boya and five girls for the •*
'••j school. After that date, the remain- "
•hip nig spare in the dormitories vfill be •»
the Committee hav- E allotted to the other counties, in
mg m hand the incorporation and order of application. Hereto-
by ‘ 1 * W *' tOK ‘‘ hpr with thc S ‘ ,cre -!fore. ,t has not been necessary «o
tary. The officer* of the Board rnforce the rule of allotment, hut it
re directed to arrange a tentative , s now p^i,, that applicants from
dget under whU-h t„ work until j Tlf , B djoining counties mav he
the by-laws shall have beM^adopt-1 „ oceMarily rr>t ricted this term
ji*- ^ fh e interest of economy, no
,, _ , .-talogue was issued this year, hut
“ waa furU W r or dered that; lhp , 9Ifi ., 7 catalogues were mailed,
btlla be contracted in the name! , 0B( ., hpr wlth p cnlon .l letter. Bnd
j >* Passage across the Lommca river near Kalusz, ac
cording to unofficial reports received here from Vienna.
MAY ENFORCE CO. ALLOTMEMT' Petrograd, July IS.—The political crisis created here by
- «? emandt of the Extremist faction for the overthrow of the
? discussed. The Finance Com--,
■IMi t9vmg instruc-
.fcow w can. preserve and . , .-
dry fru V ts >d Tagetahles and how mtt T *“ S ™ kr,i '° continue
food economically i^.h» diet- work ' mat,er of mem ''
the diet.
speakers will tell “Hdw
what to plant during tbe corn-
months," "Hbw to most success
fully control the. insect pests arid
diseases attaclflng plants and ani
mals." and “Whiif to do in tbe line
f general conservation work and
provision for the future."
Mr. L. S. Watson, county demon
stration agent, will b e in charge of
the meeting.
The speakers for the day will be
Prof. Elmo Ragsdale. Prof.
Severin, and Mrs. Ruth M. John-
Smith-Lover Fund overnment and the seizure of newspapers may result in a
Laboratory »nd An- coa ition Cabinet. Shots were fired into the rioters last night-
. n attempt by mutinous soldiers to kidnap Kerensky was
frustrated.
. London. July 17.—In a brush with- armed German
characterized by prompt action U.-hool, and every indication points! ‘‘ , ' ,n "-' rs British light vessels captured four of the German
•hirh if continued. will bring many | l0 „ n op ,. n ingin September with « earners and sent two others to the Dutch coast badly dam-
In fact, it "is vrry - aged.
<>n the Russian front, Gen. Korniloff’s army in east Ga-
•i i> stubbornly hbhlifiy back to the reinforced Austro-Ger-
n armies, whi.i Vi at various points are endeavoring to wrest
them the Rbsitiona won ip the Halicz and Kalusz §£j-
No one knows how many men must be examined rt> yield
the 687,000 soldiers, and this is why tbe whole ten million
are placed for examination and the drawing Friday morning
will determine the order in which they will he called for this
Washington, July 19.—It was announced this afternc
that the ijrsft will be held in tbe Senate building tomorrow
* f *t 7 9:30.
Washington, July 19 (SpeciaL)—The entire method of
Selective Draft measure had to be changed at the elev
enth hour. It was revealed by General Crowder late this
afteraopn that the results of the proposed plan would be
10,500 numbers drawn instead of 1,011 and the process of
drawing the numbers now will require at least ten hours. Ac-'
cord*ngIy, while the drafting will begin at 9:30 tomorrow
morning, it will be evening before «he work will be complet-
A demonstration will be given oy ,
Mrs. Ruth M Johnson, Home Dem-r * ,
orrtration ageiytr'
9:00 16 10:00 A. M.
la.pection of- School Farn
12 varieties of cotton.’
15 varieties of corn.
8 varieties of peanuts.
12 varieties of veket beans.
15 varieties of Soy beans.
2 varieties of chufas.
Grasses and grazing crops.
The meeting lasts from 9 o'clock
till 11:30. AH members of the
Com and Pig Clubs are especially
urged to be present.
WELFARE OFFICER FOR CITY
London. July 19.—With ^trograd under martial law
wid the agitators threatening a cotffiter revolution, efforts are
being made today to form another coalition Government,
«ars a dispatch received herj? from the Russian capital
definite -evidence has been developed that agents in the
pay of the German Government have been working among
the soldiers in the Petrograd garrison stirring up mutiny
While the political situation in Germany still remains
obscure, one of the chjef Berlin newspapers is credited with
the assertion that the resolution of the majority of the Reich
stag will reassert the desife of the people of Germany for
peace and that the Reichstag “labors for peace and mutual
understanding and lasting -reconciliation among the nations.”
The British battleship Vanguard blew up and sank on ".7^°’' The “ ,ary
~ — - - - _ 0 P* 7 * Bon *h #l><l Mina Agnes
July 9. says an official statement by the British admiralty. An
internal explosion while the ship was at anchor caused the
disaster. Only three men of those on board survived, and one
of them has since died. Twenty-four officers and seventy-one
men. however, were not on board at the time of the explosion.
The Vanguard had a complement of 870 men. which places
the loss at 672.
City aad County Probation
Jav.nil. Court,
called meeting of the City
Council of Tifton Tuesday morning,
the position of Welfar; Officer waa
created, the duties of the officer
prescribed and the salary thereof
fixed.
It will be the duty of this officer
to investigate the report upon sani
tary. moral and living Conditions,
the needs of the poor afflicted, to
gether with investigation of
port on any other eond-.ion or thing
tending to lower the morai or phy
sical standing of the rit^. c
habitants.
Said officer is empowerei
foice ordinances of the city and is
vested with the authori’y „f
lice officer, to make arrests
c you, fire you taking advanf ige
creased opportunities offered BY COOPER AT--
ION WITH A GOOD BANK? ^
You cannot afford to be without this powc^ml as-
t in successfully playing “THE GREATEST
GAME IN THE WORLD.”
Bank of Tifton.
McKenna will he appointe'l to the
position.
This is in part <bc ?V.n to ecnnMne*
the duties of a municipal Welfare
Worker with that of a county Proba-
tion Officer and Juvenile Cfiurt.
Miss McKenna have aseoei-
nted with her Mr. Libme M B.«r-
who comes fr->m Birpringhn
Mrs. Barrett hzf . eon for
h.ng time; ip„Y. W..A: .rmtk'Mi* ft,
been an assitsant to the Secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A. in Brming-
i She has the strongest endora-
its as t 0 competency and charac-
from leading physicians of Wash
ington. D. C.. from the Associate
Principal of Fairmo nt Seminary,
.Washington; othc r endorsements are
from Rhode Island, from Mich'gar. i
nnd from the Bishoj) of WnAhjig.on. \
ed. Certain bills ye re directed to |
be paid jpon approval of the, Pres- ..
, , , . _ 1 lUKemcr wun pen
Of ko Bo,rt of Tn,d, o«opt b, di- U««T, pKv . matter,
rc-c .on o t e n iident or Score-1 The school will probably particl-
tary, until after the •— *
In the latter region near trie village of Novica the erie-..
.!.> won a vant.;iga poir.i from thie Russians, but immediately^
a u-rwnrd lost it again. The Germane are violently bom- .
bnrding the Russi,»n« south of Rrzezany and near Halicz.
Late reports froift P-'r«Srad are to the effect that the *
disorders hsve been quelled. In Tuesday's fighting in Jh»
of Petrograd six persons were killed ahd Z38 wound-
d.
Aftei
made for the
pate in the Smith-Lever fund from
the National Department of Agri-
ntraeting of cuUurc the com i n(r term.
.... school's portion is estimated
'‘"I’!"” ° r 1 1 ■- *1.500 f.r thr Sr.t ,„r. t. H, in-
Phillips, H. H. Tlfft. Jr 1 W , , ,, _
■W t , J cac, ’ succeeding year. To
W. L. Marman. J. D. Wil- (in fund it be nece ^
ppoint-1 , afy f or the school to put in labora-
P°*- | tory equipment, which has been bnd-
u° an " *v "ceded for a long time,
be held this i n ] g0 ad() one mem i, er to the fac-
. L. Lewiagwas apr
I on the
idWTetc.. for a i
•anks and S. L. Li
d and asked
sit Itlty, eost. sitS^
y live stock -- — ~--iaiso and one member to the
"ming fall. With.Ahis committee ulty . to f0!np , ^ the fun( ,
. the foreground »nd the deter-; quiremfnUl
■:nation of the ent r r board behind j
le movement, it is Virtunllv assured 0
list Tift county qlll have a live : ATTEMPT TO KILL
.fork. fhb Ml nJ TW . Bi „ F . n . A| „ l
towing f.^J ,„ r bu.d., 3aUi.
. Other projects
ward to.demand th« attention
the Board nt each meeting. It will
necessary to refer these various.
matters to committees for prelim
inary action, investigation and re
port Every man in the organiza-
«ay expect to be named
Atlanta, July 19.—By a vote of
HO to 14 the House of Representa
tives yesterday declined to kill the
Torrens land title registration bill,
when it voted to death the motion
of Representative Harbin, of CaL
of these committees sooner or later, i hcun ' indefiB ' t ® | y P»«tpone the
Whe n that time comes he should n,ta * ure
up the work aggressively and
There \is no limit to what
b e accomplished if every „ w ._
tleman will adopt this attitude of
illingness to “do his bit.“
HAD NARROW ESCAPE
Ir. W. E J. Veal, who liv
eastern part of the county, had
arrow escape about 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon at the Main
crossing of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantic railway, in
Tifton He was struck by a car nnd
knocked against the pilot 0 f an in-
ming locomotive which in tqgn
'Ockfd him off the track. Deifintc
II this, hr was not seriously hurt.
Jlr -Vesl was standing near the
1 -ring talking to three other men
icn a car driven by n negro.
" • * gc Tyrua, came along. A
freight train was approaching the
. rowing nnd in an effort to get
across ahead of it, the .negro made
rfluick turn and in doing so struck
Mr. Veal, who was..kpocrivi .useiimb
> pilot of the incoming locomo-
e. Fortunately, the pilot threw
i oft and he railed ten feet clear:
the track.
Georgia's land title system at
present is one of the most antiquat
ed in thc United States. No per
se, n can b e certain that his title is
good until he pays a lawyer to ab
stract it for him and there are many
cases on record where the ablest
lawyer* in the state have approved
faulty titles, owing to the fact that
r.e amount of careful examination
can absolutely find the defects.
Georgia farmers are especially
concerned in the passage of the bill
r under debate in the h&use ba
ss they will have difficulty In
iling themselves of the benefit of
the Federal Farm Loan System un
til they get some system whereby
they can validate their titles i
nmplc. efficient and absolutely
tain manner.
Thc temperance committee of the
-Senate reported adversely a bill
authorizing drug stores and restsu
*•11 soft drinks on Sun-
hiving tried ineffectually to overcome the French
gains in the Verdun sector between the eastern edge of the
i \ocourt wood and Hill 304, the Germans have ceased their
costly enterprise and now contenting themselves with throw
ing shells into the positions which Gep. Petain’a men forced
them to evicuate. Likewise along the Chemin-Dea-Dameg
the violent iafantry activity of the early week has ceased,
•'ll Brit “ h nn< f '^ e Germans continue their violent ar
tillery duel* in northern Belgium, and Field Marshal Haig’s
forces are keeping up their harassing patrol raids. One of
the most successful of these enterprises was carried out east
05 •'‘°nchy-I£Pri*ux. in the Arras sector, in which the British
gained ground and took prisoners.
, Heavy artillery fighting continues along the northern •
front around Riga Dvinsk and Smorgon the extent of the op
erations has not yet been revealed.
The probable recommencement -of heavy fighting along
the Austrb-IUian front seems apparent from the latest offi
cial communication from Rome. Heavy bombardments have
begun along the entire front with the Italian gunners doing
effective work in destroying enemy positions at various
points. I n the Jamaina vailed the Italians, following a heavy
bombardment delivered a successful raid, capturing 275
prisoners and machine guns and war material.
A story from Canadian headquarters in France tells
of a gas attiek made by the British at Lens. It lasted for
two hours, with what success was not stated.
A British statement, unofficial, says that reports from
Berlin tell of the sinking of four submarines by the Ameri
can transport convoy ~while our troops were enroute to
France. There is not enough authority apparent in the story
to give it credence.
From Rigs, on the Baltic Sea. to the Roumanian fron
tier, the Russims and Austro-German* along the entire front
are engaged ii battle, but except In Galicia, where the Rus
sians continue to develop their advantage or hold back thrusts
of the Teutont little ha s yet become known concerning the
operations.
The Rusdans near Van. in Turkish Armenia, have
driven the Turk* from several positions. It is not improbable
that Roumanis-sgain may soon become an important thea
tre in the war is the Berlin official communication announces
that an increui in the artillery activity at varies -pcinta Is
noticeable. ^
day
3Tim "McKenna, will also, hi
fociated with her Mr*. PilDl, U j-y. a
eraduate nurag. who comes to Tifton
from Vald«^^
, °f these ladies pay their own
expenses and work- without salary.
They expect t 0 ' devote them lives to
rtfrnicipal welfare work and ,-jme
here to study under Mils McKima,
who-is recojpnized'as 0 nc of the lea-
P’ " ^?Ahis work in Jhc,-5wj/h: -
■Stjoi McKenna will establish herd-
quarters jn‘ ong, of fbe offices
courthouse- j
Judire Eve. in .Tift Siqicrior Catirt.
signed-an order Wednesday
Ir Veal was carried to the Tift
n‘y Hospital where his wounds
e dressed. The skin was knocked
the hack of his right hand
posing the ligaments, and a se
Mow on the hack of his head which
‘ the scalp, left him in a semi-con-
Thc committee on sanitation and
h.Wrnr repwW urvfwvotuM y - a 'bill'
itabliah a board of osteopathic
examiners. •
The bill of Senator Edwards,
which would give to small counties
He
for many hours,
is getting along very wgll this
or and unless _ complications
from th,. injuries on his hand
1 be all right‘in a few day
REFINERY IN OPERATION.
Savannah Ga. July 18—After
delay of several days beyond the pre-
.‘ously, jrinu.ur;crj. oprviisx
gnnah Sugar Refining Corporation,
two billion dollar concern, recently
(completed by Weslinghouse, Church.
Kee r and Company, of New York.
oming : ** 8 t * le Bf tual refining of su-
designating thc Police Court oNfeiL Thrt-| ‘ hundr "l « n d fifty men
ton as a Juvenile Court fo r Tift' “'• mploy, " J ' and ** the work wi "
county. He also appointed Miss' ^ k ' pt °P continuously in day and
Agnes McKenna Probation . Officer, n, KJV h, H*. the payroll will amount
for the county. | t0 *bout ten thousand dollars week-
This is in furtherance of the plan I * toU1 ° f lff ' 000 - 000 P°“"ds
i combine ^ity and county^rel- 1 of ra * augar 18 now A»n hand, with.
fare work - —•**.iurF'«6ming in twice weekly.
I*rkart €_ Moor.
Graduate Optometrist
Two years oi conttm
in Tifton and scores of
Mrs. Pil sbury arrived Taeeday
and Mrs. Barrett is expected today.
These are'voluntarily assisting MW
McKenna -in the work. Headquarters
established in one of the rooms
of the court housj and work.begins
tomers. If you are suffering with
headache, or otlier troubles caused
by eye. strain be sure and consult ma
and sea if glasses properly fitted
In thr lfyon Hotel Block every day.
the right to contract for the
their proportion of state convicts,
nnd which *
» repore., favorably to
the Senate by substitute, failed of
pnssage in thc upper House.
Opposition to one feature-of the
liniform cotton-baling law develop
ed. The provision,"Which would im
pose a penalty on transportation
companies that accepted for ship
ment cotton not baled in accordance
with the specified requirements, ia
pposed by the railroads.
Two bills, the effect of which
'ould have been greatly to increase
the pension rolls of the state, were
ported a;!vcc»«dy .>>*•- the pension'
committee. One provided that all
Confederate soldiers and widows of
such soldier* should draw pensions
n-gardless of their financial condl-
Sickness is bad; to lose your job
is worse: but poverty is the
worst calamity of all.
SEAPLANES FOR SAVANNAH.
Savannah. Ga., July 18— A num
ber of sea planes will be assigned to
Fort Screven for scout duty, accor
ding Vo army officers, who state that
regular aviators will be sent to the
fort with the machines for the pur
pose of training men stationed there
to handle tho machines. The Sav
annah Volunteer Guardi are destin
ed to man the fortifications at Fort
Screven and it is probable that pick
ed men from the four companies
will b a assigned to this new duty.
, The Man with Money %
has hi5 money safe
m the Baniy,so when,
adversity comes he is
prepared jor itr*
"It never rains but It pour»f" It seems that every
thing happens to a man wheyf' he Is BROKE. r Trouble*
never come singly.”
Guard against poverty by putting some of /our spare
money In the Bank. Of all the worries and cagp the worst
Is poverty and debt. You can prevent them by the mon
ey you can well afford to put Into the Bank now.
PuMJOUR money In
We pay 5 per cent
