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JOHN KNIGHT. LENOX.
ago. He leave* a frife and several
small children.
Mr. Knight'* mother i* very low
with fever at her home in Nashville.
The funeral services of Mr. John
Knifeht, who died at his home west
of Lenox Sunday, were held Mon
day at Bethlehem cemetery, con
ducted by Rev. D. C. Rainey. Mr.
Knight was laid to rest with W. O.
member of Len-
BOUGHT SOME
SEWINC MACHINES
T. D. Smith ha* bought out a
lot of 66 second hand machines at a
big bargain and will sell them at
big bargains. In the lot are Whites.
New Homes. Standards New Royals.
Free Domeatics. and others. Son*
as good machines as made, and will
do as good work as they ever did.
and after being reworkrd look very
well. If interested it will pay you
to s«e him. Let him take one out
to you and trjr it out. If not satis
factory pour it back into the jug.
You can get one at any price, or at
almost any terms. See him before
the lot is picked over dlt W-tf
When you feel laxy. but of aqrts
and yawn a good deal in the day
time. you cun charge it to a torpid
liver which has allowed the system
t.' get full of impurities. HERBINE
cures all disorders produced by* an
inactive liver. It strengthen* that
organ, cleanses the bowels and puts
the system in good healthy condi
tion. Priie 5(fcc. Sold by Conger
Drug Co. *
\V. honors, being
THE CONSTANT CHANGE
From the Lincoln Journal:
The voters of Warren county
have just petitioned to change from.
» five-commissioner form of county
government to one; while Tift
county is trying to get back to live
~ having tried
In Sterilized Bottles
A feature of Coca-Cola’s goodness
-for you to remember. Itself pure
mid delicious, ail its purity "and deli
cacy of flavor preserved for your
health and enjoyment by clean and
sanitary fouling.
The revival services at Fairview
will continue through next week,
there being preaching services to
morrow at 11 m, and .3 and S-p. «n.
Rev.“^Iathov'» will be assisted by
Rev. E. 0. tolls of Macon. Ga
The attendance and interest dur
ing the. past week has grown .stead-
commuuionfrt after
the one-commissioner plan for three
OMEGA-SALEM HERALD
Would you so cure to read ol
Your Home
and you'll be sure of serving a pure,
wholesome and delicious beverage.
Served at and sold by refreshment-
atands, restaurants, cafes and grocers.
Demand this Bottle
See that it is served in this pstented bottle—
STRONG EVIDENCE
Ixiuisville, -Ky.—“For four years I
•filtered from female troubles, head
aches. and nervousness. I could not
sleep, had no appetite and it hurt me to
walk, if l tried to do any work, I
would have to lie down before it was
'iiiiiimjiin !■ finished. The doc-
> ■ 'UjdjfkJ tors said 1 would
have to be opera-
ted on and T simply
broke down. A
H'JvV^T friend advised me
;[■ ! I to try Lydia E.
11 ft i'inkham's Vege-
IliJ ji| : table Compound.
jy'j 1 and the result is J
feeldikeanew worn-
uVW jg' an. 1 am well and
strong, do all my
*- : own house work ana
aave an eight pound baby girl. I know
Lydia E. I’inkham’s Vegetable Com
pound saved me from an operation
which every woman dreads.’'—Mrs.
Nellie: Fishback, 1521 Christy Ave.,
Louisville. Ky. •
Everyone naturally dreads the sur
geon's knife.. Sometimes nothing else
will do. but many times Lydia E. Pink-
barn's Vegetable Compound has saved
the patient and made an operation uo
necessary.
If you have any symptom about which
E U would like -to know, write to the
•die E. Puikham Medicine Co.. Lynn.
Maas., for helpful advice given free.
CHILL Mi FEVER
ef the' float!taird trod their game WJIS
"topsy' turvy’’
The barbecue consisted of veal,
pig. beef,, lamb and mutton; there
wer* braized meat*, hashes, cold
drinks, fruits from the vast Colfax
orchard*, and oranges from Calif
ornia The biggest sport the ladies
had .during the day were the horse
rncing. the writer winning three pri
zes. but another girl carried off five.
1 could write pages and pages but
I will not do it. I must send love to
my dear ones at home with you; and
many good times and blessings for
you, and I did think of you. and the
f ried chicken- too, so you were at
Salem,—you near girl, so dear and
true. D' a
J4CMSCNVILLP FLA
t a weevil in eight days. The
pple of that section are keeping
Mr squares picked up and hope
Bt at least a portion of a cot-
THE TIFION GAZETTE. TIPTON. <
AT, JULY 20. 1017.
Good Bread Is
ORGANIZATION PERFECT!
Rising Sun
Flour
(Self-Rising and Ready Prepared)
All the ingredients already mixed
for you in proportions that assure
baking success. You can not fail when
you use RISING SUN FLOUR.
The select Soft 'Vinter Wheat, the pure Ingredients, the
unitary sciendflc mixing, all go to set the high standard
for Rising Sun Flour. Ask your grocer for It.
To l»su r s Clossr Co-OpAratlbn of
District Schools snd Collogs.
Athens, July 10.—Teachers of
the district agricuPortl schools und
of the State ColWft of Agriculture
I p. rfected lalit week at Athens an
organization which will insure s
still closer co-operstiOn and more
efficient work between the district
schools and the--parent institution.
Representatives from nine of the
eleven districts were present. C. W.
Fraser, jit the Eleventh District, be
ing unavoidsbiy detained.
The organization perfected there
was a discussion of methods, mate
rials and general efficiency-. There
were addresses by Chancellor David
C Barrow. Dr Joseph S- Stewart
end Dr Howard W Odum, of the
University of Georgia, and by Dr.
Hodge, of the University of Ore-
Story Puts Diffe«.«n» Face on Sat- Dr. Armour Como* to Tako Chargo
onlay's Shooting. District Hoalth Work.
Moultrie. July 15 —Harry N. Da- Dr. C. C. Whittfc, Health Officer
vis. the young Moultrie man who for the First Rural Sanitaty Die-
was shot and believed to have been trict of Georgia, composed of Tift,
lortally wounded by J. S. Hall, a and Irwin counties, has been ap-
farmer, shortly after midnight Fri- pointed First Lieutenant, Medical
day night, has a -jhance to recover. Section-Officer's .Reserve Corps. U.
bis physicians announced tonight S. A., and has been called into aer-
Davi*. who was able to briefly ] vice at Ft. Oglethorpe. Ga_, July
discuss the cue this afternoon, stat- 15th, for service in tlfe Geienan-
th*( Hall was fully dressed when American war.
Dr. Whittle is a graduate of the
How Long Must I Suffer
From the Pangs of Rheumatism?
Doubtless like other sufferers, you t
i .c- often siked yourself tbit'iques-
;• ... which continue* to remain u--
nmnd mb bT.h.f«w. BEDMILLNcK.uk Turn. ■
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A-FISH1NC HE DID GO
The little fishes he brought home,
They measured thu*. they say
Mr Charlie Hilton, of ‘Route 5,
va* in Tifton on business Monday.
Mr. Clifford Grubbs, of Sylves-
cr, was in Tifton on business Mun-
! day.
Miss Maude Adams of Moultrie
■ the guest today of Miss Jdaic
'Golden.
The.representatives present were
C K. Folk, of the First District,
s. L. Lewis, of the Secomf. Homer
J. Prnftee. of the Third; J H. Wal
ker. J. Purcell and J L. Bryan,
of the Fifth: J. O,- Galloway and
|\ I.. Frye, of the SixtH; R.
Hunt, of the Seventh: B. F.
J T Peacock and H. W. Harvey, of
the Eighth; C. A. Wells, of th<
Ninth, and F. C. Ward, ->f th.
Tenth. *
appeared armed with a shotgun
in response to his knock on the-door
with a view of rousing scene mm
ol the household for the pur
pose of borrowing a pair of pliere
in Axing a puncture. Hal’,
statement giving his version
of the shooting yesterday, said that
he jumped out of bed and rushed
i.nmediately to the dpor, firing both
shots before he had fully awakened.
Hall is still- in prison.
The grand jury meets tomorrow
and the charge against him will be
among the first cases that the body
will look into, though it is not likely
that any formal indictment will be
brought against him until it is
tain whether or not Davis wl'
Is there no real relief in Bight? nent good, for they cannot possibly
“ reach these germs which infest your
blood by the millions.
S. S. S. has been successfully used
for Rheumatism for more than fifty
year*. Try it to-day, and you will
find yourself at last on the right
track to get rid of yonr Rheumatism.
You can get valuable advice about the
treatment of yonr individual case by
writing to the Chief Medical Adviser;
Swift Specific Co, Dept. D Ab
lauts, Ga. _
. ience has proven that your Rheu- f
<m is caused by a germ in your
!. and the only way to reach it is
remedy which eliminates and re- t
cs these little pain demons from »
- blood. This explains why lini- i
.is and lotions can do no perma-
here’s tWIength, or so he’ says
f "the fine that ’got away:”
—Dalton Citizen.
Miss Sammie Davis, of Logans-
ville, Ala., arrived Saturday and is
f Miss Elizabeth Cumby
Misses Susie Tail of Brunswick,
and Juanita Moore of Moultrie are
the guesta of Misa Eleanor Horne
this week.
Mr. and Mr*. Frank CorTy left
Sunday morning for Washington,
Baltimore and New York. Mr. Cor- ^ wrc » , n „ 00
ry will buy his fall stock tor the' 11 ,n
Wade-Corry Company while away Mr * J -
- Mr*. T. G. Futch and daughter.
Mr*. James Young, of Fitxgerald.
are the guesta of relatives here this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Horne and
Mbs Eleanor Horne returned Sat-
urday afternoon from Brunswick,
where they spent the week. They
also brought Miss Lillian
from Waycross, where she ha* been
visiting for several days
Dr. G. B. Folsom motored
from Elienton Tuesday, accompan-
1 by Mr. Brown and Mi
Mr Daniel Rooka, of Route 6. LOOK AT A CHILD S
I was among the visitors in Tifton TONGUE WHEN CROSS,
Saturday. | FEVERISH ANDfSICK
Mr. E, E. Gibbs, i.f Route l, * , Mo . f Poi , onl fro*
spent a few hours in Tifton on busi- °, . ‘ „ • ,
Saturday. | L ™'
Mr. Eidson Bate, came over from N j othl .„ CItl ren ewisy after, giv
Macon Saturday and spent the day,. -Callfornm Syrup of Figs." be
with his mother. : ( . BU „ j n „ few hours all the clogged
Mr S. E. LovetL of Route 4. was up f0Ur bile and fermenting
among the visitors to Tifton this gently move out of the bowels
morning. L n( l you have a well, playful child
Mrs. W G. Brenan, of Jackson- again. Children simply will not take
ville. F'la.. is the guest of Mrs- J. the time from play to empty their
F. Lotz. on Tift avenue. bowels, and they become tightly
Rev. R. F'. Kersey left Friday' packed, liver gets sluggish and
night for Eastman, and will spend stemuch disordered.
The ladies of the Bridge Club
remaining in the city for the
mer who gave the lawn party Wed
nesday evening at the homo of Mrs.
Buck for the Red Cross fund, report
Jefferson Medical College, 1911,
and spent two years in hospital
work in Philadelphia. For
was Field Director in
Department of Field Sanitation of
the Gcortpa State Board of Health,
and fq£(four months has been Dis-
imissioner of Health
Tift and Irwin counties.
Dr. Whittle has a remarkabls
family record for military esrvice,
running back through the sixtj, gen
eration. The sixth ancestor o
mother's sidF, Moses Thompson,
was Colonel of the Burkley County
Regiment, in South Carolina.
1765, but died before the Revolu-
His great-great-great-grandfnther.
‘william Thompson, -was Colonel
and second in 'tommand in
"Snow Carqpnign,” in 1775.
1776 -he was Colonel in ccenmnnd
on Sullivan’s Island, S. C.. and de
feated the British forces. He i
against Wade Hampton for Gove
of Sout),. Carolina
Children Cry for Fletcher’s
that the collections, netted the bamU YoateH. but was later elected t
#f $110. These 'ladies
already had a fund of $17 contrib
uted by all the members, and this
makes a total of $
The members wish to thank,
through the Gazette, all who assi
ed them in any way in making
possible to raise this money Thls-
includes everyone who donated
any way. They wisH again to
•pecially thank the Titfon Band
the excellent music furnished.
Dodge- county.
Simmons, of Pinetta.|«-e if tongue is coated, then giive
Fla., is visiting her parents, Me. and this delsc.oi- lavt-.v. "
Mrs. Dan Fletcher, on Route 4 # | 1 hildron love
Mr ('. F. Weems left last week in i ur >'
for New York Slate, where he will]* 1 ** >01
visit relatives and friends for sev-. ur * *°
eral weeks. senr.
gentle
•fruit laxatiive.
it, and it can not
No difference what
te-Mf full of cold,
throat, diorrhoea. stomach-
d breath, remember, (a
•inside cleansing" should
Senate.
His great-great-grandfather. Wil
liam Russell Thompson, was Colo
nel- in 1782 in the South Carolina
District Militia. s- \
His' great-grandfather. Charles
Robert Thompson, was State Sena-
tej.from St. Mathews Parish. S. C..
in 1842.
His grandfather, John H_ Thomp
son. M. D.. was in charge of a hos
pital during the" War Between the
States, at Quincy. Fla. His paternal
grandfuther was a soldier of the
Confederacy. Dt Whittle’s’ fath
er was too young for service in this
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has t
in use for over over 30 years, has bornp the signaturt
. and has been made under hia $
sonal supervision since its it
Allow no one to deceive you i
All Counterfeits, Imitations and “ Just-as-good ” ai
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the heali
Infants and Children—Experience against Ezperia
What is CASTORI - /
Castcna . is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pai
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It i« peasant. It conuf _
neither Opium, Morphine nor o?Y«r narcotic substance. Its™"
age is its guarantee. For mme t’-.an thirty years it has
been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, .Flatulency,
Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the, Stomach pod Bo wels, aids
"e assimilation of Food; giving healthv ia d natural sleep,
le Chili' ' ~ ~
The Children’s Panacea--The Mother’s 1 .end-
M,„r. Fr..k ,i,
B ' m d ut ;■ i •< *” *«” “‘i «• ph».
■hd Mr.. J S. Rldftdin. ,„| c„ „ch bottle.
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. J. Weimortz left n,. warP 0 f rounterfeit-fig syrups,
Saturday night for a viait of two A>1( 0 „ r druggist for a 50 cent
! weeks to Springfield, S. C., and ,, ott j # of -California Syrup of Figs’
points, in that section. |, hen , Mka care f u ||y , n d , ee that it
tempt any other fig syrup.
Mock, spending part of the daf in Col. Steve Mitchell of the Offi- j ig made by the "California Fig
the city. Dr Folsom aaya crops are ie»’ Training Crnnp, Ft MePhrr-; Syrup fempany.” We make
much better in hla section than he'aon, spent Saturday afternoon and .mailer «i*e. Hand back with
has seen in Tift as they had rain night with relatives and friends in
| scm e time before ours came. Tifton.
Mr. J. H. Whaley, who recently Mr. Charlie Fuflwood, of the Offi-
moved from -Valdosta to Adel, cers’ Training C«np. Ft. McPher- ^
was In Tifton on business Monday »«". spent Saturday in Tifton with Mr. John Knight died Sunday at
Mr. Whaley is just out of the ho*-'hi* parents. Col. and Mrs. C. W h - home three mile.- west of Lenox,
pita! at Valdosta, where he went for Fulwood. |«f typhoid fever He was buried
an operation for appendicitis toon Cordele Dispatch: W. H. Carr, of:a' Bethlehem cemetery Monday,
after leaving Tifton. His friends Tifton. father of E. P. Carr, of this] Mr Knight was about thirty-five
Fere were glad to see him out again, city, attended the old aoldiers' reg-: years of age and came from Hamil-
Mr and Mrs. B. h. ueuason re- ular monthly meeting at the court county. Fla., about three years
turned Saturday from a five day • house Saturday.
tour through the Georgia peach Mr Claude Williams, of Ft An-
feelt, leaving Tifton in their car drews, Boston, Mass., ia spending a
Monday. They visited Macon Ft. few day* with his father. Mr. J. W.
Valley, and other points in that sec- Williams, near Tifton. Mr. Will-
tion. Mr. Bankaton says he saw iams came hom e to attend the funer-
more peaches than he ever saV in al of his mother last -week,
his Jife before and that the people Cordele Sentinel: J- L. Phillips,
up there are raking in much money „f Tifton. has succeeded Dudley
this season. Fauche, resigned, a* bookkeeper of
A bad taste in the mouth comes the Cordele 'Electric Light Compa-
from a disordered stomach, and n ... \j r . Phillips has been connect-
b«k Ol M 1. .Ml 11.- .... wllh lhc Tifim U. «d Po«i
ilr*. B. 1. Green, of Omega, died
t the Tift County Hospital Friday
Ira. Green was about 36 years of
it* and had been in very bad health
tfr, fourteen year?! She
hdl to the hospital in a precarious
ahditioif in the hope that an. ojiera-
iofT| might save her life, but 'hrt
I ru»e\ was so complicated that this
I was lot no avail,
j yipt. Green moved with hi
j bafld from Berner
ga several years ago. one
I member of the Missionary Bapti
church and a Consecrated Christ-1 there. Dr. Armour is from Brook-
ian woman. lyn’. Stewart-county, and is a irrad-
*■ o |urte of the Atlanta College of Phy-
ELBERT GRIFFIN. NASHVILLE riciana and Surgeons.
Dr. Whittle came to Tift c.ounty
last Majch to take up the work of
Dr. .Fort, who resigned to prepare
himself for special practice. Hia
work in this county has been of a
high order and he retires, to the
regret of many people throughout
the district.
probable that Dr. W. S. Ar-
of Ocilla. will be elected
take charge of the District health
rerk and will make his headquarters
GENUINE CASTOR IA ALWAYS
} Bears the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
visit to her cousin, Miss Maudie here Saturday nigh? by .Mr.
Paulk. Jones, of the Jones Brothers Com
pany. of Jacksonville and they left
on a two weeks' trip to Grand Rup-
l ids and' Chicago. ^
______ A letter from Pat Adams to
Backache is often kidney ache: Sheriff Shaw was "jailed at Stan-
A common warning of serious Conn., where .he is spending
kidney ills. part of the summer. Evidently
"A Stitch in Time Saves Nine’’— ’’at thought he was inside con-
Don’t delay—use Doan’a Kidney wription Judging by his feel-
pyja inga, and wnuted to get out of ths
Profit by the experience of Mrs. "»>'• "'<• thought he was in Mcx
Mary Gillstrap. 4 Church St She '^ c -
■ays: "Hy back pained me so much Mr. C_ S- Fowler, of Route 3.
that.J thought it would breakTy Ty. was in Tifton on business
two. I couldn’t stand for any lenffi ^Saturday. Mr. Fowler any;-, the hail
o do my housework on ac- on Wednesday of last week'vi- its d
count the pain and often I could n wide section and was very de-
hardiy get around. I had such diz- ftructlve to crops Hi* corn
ay spells that I -would nearly fall cotton were beat^ down and the
war hsfoTV •* could C*tCb •oyself. toii TofiJta like it was ruinea. out may
My kidneys didn’t act right at all. come out and make a late fr.q> if
After I heard of Doan's Kidney the weevil doesn’t get it
Pills I got a box from the Brooks Mr. J. A. Spradley of Rru&Ji<
Pharmacy Company and they cured was in Tifton Saturday morni
ns a.” lie says he ha* no boll weevils
Price 60e at all dealer*. Don’t evidence in his cotton as yet but
amiply axk for a kidney ramedy— has picked up many fallen squares:
» He tried hatching out the weevils
Ml
Woman Saved From a Seri
ous Surgical Operation.
The Nashville Herald tells of the
death of Mr. Elbert Griffin of that
city Thursday. He was buried at
the family cemetery near Avera'
Mill. Mr Griffin was past seventy
years of age and leaves a wife, four
sons: John, Will, Jim and Ebb;
three daughters. Mr*. Lillie Hol
brook, Mrs. Mattie Burkhalter. of
Ray City, and Miss Nora William*
of Brooks county; two brothers,
John T. Griffin. Sr., of Hillsboro
county. Florida, and Tom Griffin,
Sr., of Trenton, Florida.
A CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for
the kind assistance given us dur
ing the illness and after the death
of our husband, and father.
' very- deeply appreciate every kind
word of sympathy spoken and
cry kind act or deed done by
friends. We sincerely thank those
who so kindly tendered us their
services and the use of their auto-
, mobiles in attending the funeral
May‘God’s richest blessings ever
crown each and every one of you.
Mrs. W. W Webb, and Family.
PREPAREDNESS
a.;
,1 hi.
rersitic* ai
ir.gs. Physical train-
•cfully safeguarded.
ing. Moral
Discipline, based
firm. Spaciouag.--.~-
terica. Hot and cold ahower baths.
Large library. Fine gymnasium. Military training, low rate*.
Before plnang your eon eh. where, rr..d our eaUdng
A. M. HUGHLETT. A M.. LL. D- Headmaster. Oxford, Ga.
Bottled in Tifton by
TIFTON BOTTLING WKS.