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THE LATEST NEWS BY MK^RMERSMEETINGS
RtSUftHE MIG. 1ITH
Ptirofrtd, Aug. 2.—Gen. Korniloff, the leader of tl»
netwfful Russian drive in Galicia, was today named C<
Mksder in Chief of all the Russian armies, succeeding Bi
siloff, resigned. Tcherm'soff succeeds Korniloff in Ga-
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London, Julyy 31.—A terrific joint offensive was launched
• the Western front at daylight this morning by the British
I FAnch.
Following more than a vteel? of violent cannonading the
1 farces swept forward>to the north of the Lys rivers m
, white the French stofmed the German positions
K the rocky heights to the north of the Aisne ryrer.
chere the objectives of hhe*British and. French
! gained, tar je numbers of prisoners are Already
l the rear. The British are stij^progyessing.
, Aug*. 1.—Gains for "the French forces along the
r and repulse' of the Geejnan stacks On the Ver-
I were reported tn today’s official communique.
I. of the ground captured yesterday has been consoli-
> French have extended their lines *near Corny,
ihington, Aug. 1.—The Anglo-French .drive in Flan-
* ders’may be tne" turning point in the war and cau9e thje en
tire German line to retreat, say the American staff officers
who have just returned from observation’duty in France.
The present rush struck the Germans irf the weakest point
as their fortifications in Flankers are built on sand. Monitors
are co-operating with the land forces. The object is to turn
the German right flank.
Although the Austrp-Germans continue to press the Rus
sians in-Galicia and Bukowina. having taken an additional
, position from them along the Horondenka Czemowitz rail
way and north of the Dniester river the Russians Southeast
of Tarnopol in the vicinity of Trembowla have taken the of
fensive in an endeavor to prevent the northern end of their
line in Galicia from being pushed back farther toward the
Russian frontier. The Russians have been successful in cap
turing one enemy vantage point.
On the northwestern frontier of Rumania the combined
Russo-Rumanian forces are keeping up their advantage
against the Austrians and Germans. In their smash at . the
ei cmy line betwen the Putna and Casin valleys, they have
penetrated it to a depth of from ten to twelve miles and cap
tured 98 guns and in the neighborhood of 4,500 prison-
ers.
For the most part the day was spent by the British and
: French troops in consolidating positions won in Tuesday's
spectacular drive, or in putting down strong German counter
attacks made in endeavors to wrest from their antagonists their
former positions. At two points near Ypres' the Germans,
using grest masses of men, were successful in their counter
attacks against the British, but this advantage was >ffset in
the Zillebeke. and Yser canal sectors where, respectively, he
ritish and French troops advanced their lines.
Meanwhile the guns of the belligerents are continuing
to roar all along the entire front in reciprocal bombardments
preparatory to the recommencement of the infantry battle
when the clouds lift and the rainfall ceases.
The losses of the Teuton* in the fighting thus far have
been extremely hea\%\ the grounds at various points being
covered with their dead, some of the killed mere school boys.
TIFT TAX RETURNS BY DISTRICTS
Ekpard of Trade to Aid h
Conservation
TIFT DRAFT LIST
IS HERE COMPLETE
I All Registered Arranged in’Offi-
* Cial Numerical Order.
r*
TIFT COUNTY VALUE!
PASS FOUR MILLION
S FIRST BALECOTTON NINE OUT SIXTEEN
BR0LGHT26 CENTS PASS EXAMINATION
Gains Over 1916 Return# Are
$366,448
fifiAJtll MEANS TO CITY FIRST CALL FOR EXAMINATION LANQ INCREASE 2,940 ACRES
And County. Will Snrv. .. M.rk.1
‘fin^.0. A P« op la's Organ iu-
fioo foe Mutual Beosfit.
The regularmeeting of the Board
of Governor! of the Board of Trade
#rcstcrday afternoon confined itself
infomial discussion 0 f various
project^ ana poaaibilitii
good of the town. Another meet
ing will be held later tn the week.
The Board of Trade regular meet-
g will be held next Tuesday Au
gust 7th at 8 o'clock p. tn. The
place of meeting will be announced
later.
Everybody is invited to the
meeting next -Tuesday. There are
no exceptions. It should be a mass
meeting of the entire citizenship.
W e are proud of our town and right
ly so at the present time. That
pride should prove only a strong
stimulus to further efTyrt.
The Farmers meetings held re-
ntly from month to month but
emitted in July will be continued,
tommeheing with August.
A meeting will b e held on Seta:
day, August 11th- Early announce-
54 for Thursday. Same Numbsr Frf- District in C*u*S»y Shows
>nd Saturday. T»fl Must Gaia. lucraase ^Colored Prop-
H... 81 Man to Fill Quota. #rty Returns 510.787.
Below the Gazette publishes the; F or the first time since it# crea-
iull list of'those registered for Se*jti on twelve years ago, Tift county
Active Draft in Tift county, in the tax returns pass the $4,000,000
ThiKjs correct and checked twice! This is a gain ever 1918 of over a
by the official lift sent out by the'third of a million dallara, or $366,-
"»r Department.' — j448. The returns in 1916 showed
A list of the first 162 called has '» s i ump a , compared with 1916 of
been posted at the courthouse door. $209,794, but the returns for 1917
Letters notifying them to appear for I overcome thia slump and showed a
examinaion were mailed Saturday Kig increase besides—the largest ag-
light. Igregate of values in the history of
The Master List, containing the the county.
numbers in th* order drawn, was re
ceived by the Tift County Exemp
tion Board Saturday morning.
The first 54 men to appear before
the Tift County Exemption Board
for examination under the Selective
Draft act were summoned for Thurs
day, August 2nd.
The second 64 are summoned forjty's tax books. Of course the land
Friday, August 3rd, and the third i was here all the while but some of it
54 Saturday, August 4th. If Tift. hnd not been returned for several
county’s quota of 81 men u not ae-1 years and some of it had never been
cured from these 162, the others, returned.
meat is given #hd every one is ask-jin the order in which they ar e drawn | For mueh S 'of thia work credit is
spread the news. A good pro-,will be summoned until the 81* are^due the Tift county Tax Equaliza-
Every militia district In the cc
. shows an increase, even the
.turns of property owned by eoloroi
people joining in the grand aggre
gate boost of values.
Perhaps most notable of all l» the
fact that -.940 additional acres of
land have been brought to the
J. M. Shaw and'Hanry D. Webb, bo-
gram will be arranged. It is intend-, obtainea.
tion Board'which , worked faithfully
that these meetings will b e a! Those who pass the medical ex-1 for several weeks in an effort to
source of practical profit to the en- /animation will have aeven days in equalize thy returns. But for the
tire country Good' speakers will be jwhieh to file chums for ezemption bulk of the property brought to th*
arranged for and the y will deal with, if they are entitled to same. After
hre topics. &ieh topics as may j this, they will have tin days in
be dealt with in these meetings will/which to file evidence in support of
be given the opportunity of further j exemption claim. Parents, wives
discussion through the press. It ii or employers oun Ale » exemption
moreover the Intention of the Board' claims for those who di not file
of Trade to keep very closely in for themselves,
touch with the farmers of the roqp- In the list publial
ty and to arrange so that they ma^ first 162 summoned
find a ready market for everything the order drawn, in •
that they can produce. The object J After thia they app
inerese the number of acres of 100.
THE WRONG MAN.
District
Brighton
Brookfield
Chula
1917
....$ 111,604
186,347
273.366
1916
$ 94.745 $"
157.735
233.318
Gain
16.859
28,612
40,048
Docia
113,643
' 95.227'
18,416
Eldorado
118.623
98.269
20.354
«Omega % .
157.812
146,293
11.519
Ty Ty
314.191
242.371
71.820
Tifton
2,638,129
2.504.846
133.283
pBecellnncons . ...
. . 36.051
21.301
14.750
Colored
62,545
51.758
10.787
GRAND TOTAL
No. Acres land . .
.* 4.012.311 3 3,645.863 $ 366.448
167.317 164,377 2.940
Sheriff J. M. Shaw returned
Monday night from Screven 1 coun
ty, where he went for a negro sup
posed to be Dock Williams, who
was arrested at Hill tor.'.a. The
Sheriff received a telegram Satur
day from H. H. Horton, saying he
Williams, but when he
there the Sheriff found tha$ it waa
the wrong negro, answering the de-
ription of Williams in no respect
except that he was of ginger-cake
The negro who informed tbe of-
ficera on the negro supposed to be
Williams was evidently familiar
ith the murder for he gave all the
details. The Sheriff was very
to find him, but he had disap
peared.
Dock Williams is wanted in Tift
unty for the murder of Sanders
ryan. whit*, and Lanxall Hunt,
colored,'on the night of June 19th,
1915. There is n reward of $450
for bis arrest.
NEW COTTON ENEMT.
Do Not Hesitate
to ask our advise on any business; problem that
confronts you. j
It’s our husinessfto help you if^we can and every
facility /of OUR BANK is always at your
Bank of Tifton
Omega. - Ga. July. SI—According'
reports there* is a little worm do.
g more damage to the cotton
than . the 'bolt weevil.
It seems to be quite small to start
with only on e eighth 0 f #n inek long
and begins by cutting around the
square and later grows to an inch In
length, and bores into the bolls.
Some report that their crops will
he almost if not entirely ruined by
this worm. ^
FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS
As you" already know its almost
time for me to go to the orthcast-.
market# and J am still over'
stocked with the newest #nd most
up-to-d»te summer goods and have
got to sacrifice it to the lowest
prices in order to get tne room and
raise ready cash for the fall and
winter line. Come, see for your
self.
will only mention a for of mi
wonderful bargain#:
The very best 36-inch sheeting ■*
for only per yd .10c
Best Dress Ginghams per yd ..10c
Ladies’ Wash Skirts in, all
styles and colors at per Td - 89c
Best German Dye Overalls
suit
Tennis Oxfords per pr J»c
Bring little money and carry big
packages.
Come buy your goods at your own
priee.
My motto: “Your moneyls worth
yoar meney baek.”
SAM KULBER3H
Main SL :: Tifton, Ga.
books the people of the county are
indebted to Tex .Receiver Sutton,
who in hia ear visited practically
•ery district in the county and dis
covered many itema of property that
had not been returned. Tbe
gete increase In valuee is a great
credit to both.
Tbe comparative returns by dis
tricts appear in another column.
Those Interested can
their number in the order listed by
counting down from ths 100 divi
sion. ■
Thia is the complete list:
258 Cobb, Nelson, Tifton rfd 8
458 'Pitt, Thsd Jake. Ty Ty.
854 Ray. Hodges, Tif»on.
1095 Lankford. Robert Minor.
783 Jones, Albert, Tifton.
1117 Morris. Jack.
837 Owens. Tom. Tifton
337 Walker, Jim, Omega.
676 Armstead, Ervin. Tifton.
276 King. Oliver. Chula.
Eleven to Twenty.
509 Mathis, Billie Goodman.
1185 -Reed, Daniel George Pierce
564 Lane, Albert, Ty Ty.
945 Butler, Clements Ivory.
59* West, Elijah. Tifton.
126T Jackson, Stonewall, Tiftoi
536 Watson, Lonnie Monroe.
548 Dumas, John, Tifton./ 1
126 Rowland. Ja.nea Lee. \
1237 Wilson, Ben Harding, -Jr., \
Twenty-on# lo Thirty.
784 Jackson, Henry. Tifton
755 Gray. Andrew, Tifton.
107 Grimes. Aaron Thomw-
616 Goff, Daniel Livingston.
373 Lawrence, To® Herbert
1266 Yarborough, Harrison F.
776 -Hardy. Joe. Tifton.
486 Bass. Mitchell. Tifton.
692 Brown. Ben, Tifton.
600 Arnold, Charlie Linder.
Thirty-one to Forty.
81 OX'King. John. Tifton.
507 Matthews, Thomas Homer.
809 Brown. Will, Tifton R Z.
637 Hutto. James Clifford.
604 Brady, Willie Thomas.
43 Jones. Clyde Henry, Omega.
1264 Youmanr, Elbert James.
1066 Hayes, Joseph Green
924 Arnold, Clay Anderson.
420 Dumas, Roy Lamar.
\ Forty-one to Fifty.
1014 Fletcher, William Allie.
1178 Roughton. Willie Thaddeua.
514 O'Quinn. Silsts. Jr., Tifton.
433 Herrington. Charles Durant
10 Baker, Merritt Franklin.
1015 Hall, Allen Jefferson
1031 Coggins, Alford Johnson.
487 Blalock, William Florence.
797 Johnson. Watkin, Tifton.
140 Akins, William Dawson
Fifty-on. to Sixty.
236 Vorus, Jerome.
432 Glover. Lognn. To Ty.
18 Dubose, Lucius Vaatine.
652 Dunbar, Eugeni, Chula.
927 Baas, Jacob Theodore.
739 ’ Forks, Mack. Tifton.
601 Raker, Henry Jackson.
1146- O'Quinn, Ira.
1103 Montgomery. Rupert Clyde.
606 Branch, Love, Tifton.
SixtySon'v to Seventy.
JA2 . leaser Dotrix Tatmagm——■-
613 Nelson, John, Tifton.
46 Little, Walter Cicero.
1020 Fletcher. Thomas . Elbert
1099 Lupo. Willis, Tifton.
Whiddon, Warren Nichols
Maxwell. William Arthur."
Baker. Charlie Thomas.
Spradley, Jim Duran.
Woodall, John Lloyd.
Seventy-one to Eighty. .
(Continued on third page)
a. contract for the agency for Tift,
Irwin" and Ben Hill counties for the
'Buick for 1918.
Under the firm name of the .Buick
Sales Company, they will open tem
porary quarters in the Gazette
building, where they will have of
fices end show rooms.
The Company has purchased the
vacant lot on Love arenu e Just
north, of the O’Neal-McLeod build
ing and will begin worn on their
permanent hom e as soon aa materi
al for the construction can be pro
cured.
Th g P*riy returned from Atlanta
through -the. country bringing two
of the new 1918 model Buicks with
them. They report a pleasant trip,
i In their new home, the front of
t^e building will be u£jlired for a
room and offices, whil e the
constructed with an entrance
from'^hr alley, will b^/used for
repair rtxun forBjjidf eara only.
Herbert L Moor,
Graduate Optometrist
Two-years ot continuous pracl
in Tifton and acores of satisfied c__
tomers. If you nre suffering with
headache, or other trouble# eaoaed
by eye strain be sure and consult me
«ni Mi if gla—os properly fitted
:n the Myon Hotel Ei-ek every dav
A NEW BUILDING
Meaars. L. E. Bowen, H.
dick yH J. M. Peep.es
from 'Atlanta yesterday where they
mded the Buick Sales
«S
I. M^Red
Two Bole# Came m on the Same Of These, Three Moke No Chum
Dif for Exemption
DATE SAME *5 LAST YEAR BOARD BEGAN THURSDAY AH
Wkee Three BaU. C«e^ j„ „ Au- Will RnqnSr. Full Thru* Day. tu
*'“ fc Co4»o« Ex- , E is mine First 162. Another Cell
Tifton '—‘td to",™ tato * ""7"’ “ F '‘ l Q ”'*
cotton for the 1917 season Thurs- 0f lhe ftr,t ’ uu « n ™*n “*
day. ’ aminad under Seleewve ©reft can
One was brought hi by Mr J W for ,rmy ln Ttfton Thors.
Hogan, and was ginned at Ty Ty. <la> mornifl 6' nin « P**»*d ™«41-
lt was carried to Marchant'a «uc cal ex » min » t ' 0 n and seven were
house. It was bought by J R Ma- eDt 0,1 tor re - e,uunin>tl * n -
son for 25 eenu a pound Thre* of thosa who passed the
Another bel, wm brought m * d ' e “ I ex *“ in * Uon m « d e » 0 claims
in Thuraday b y Mr. W e V.ckera for *” m P tion whUe «•* fil#4 ap-
and was ginned st Hom’. irm. I P u< * tion for <li»charge, all on the
The bale brought by Mr Vickers' ,fr * un<1, of h *v>"8 dependenU.
> r.iii.J by Joe Griffin on Mr 1 ° B the flr,t cal1 * or e " min,ti o n -
s ,ck,rs’ (am It em.gi nn ,j with lf2 Wer * Of the., 54
/unttsual care a»d graded K>od mid- re ‘l n,re <*® r «P ort •“!> day on
«.■( ft virtM ft “J S.t.rt-7.
warehouse and ww bought by C. 1
Aveti 26 rerun a pound .
Tift-: “ r| ( Thar—i*,
ia . ...„ tart.'»”» I,, Juft, i„ U»
courthouse. There was a crowd
Thia is the scm. gat* as last * youn|r men w,ltin » f« r Ih* 1 ”- » n 4
when J. J- L. Phillips, J H Ford- * crowd waited around the eourV
ham and Geo. M. Fletcher brought h ^ UM <Uy -
flrst bales to Tiftoa on August 2nd, twenty-five had been ex
in the order named. asttyned up to 12 o'clock. At this
Quite a good start for Tifton's r,l V rt wiI1 reunite *« day of esek
cotton market. of three days to exam tne tbe men
n -.tiled- There ia littla hope of ob-
TYSON WAS CRAZY Urn'i, Ta.'. J.a» ftaa, th,
162 and another call will bg necea-
ctive' Draft had nothing to iry. Thia will be mad* as soon
d 0 with the suicids ef Wm. Tyson, »» the appUfstiooe for exemption
who shot and killed hit wife end * r e parted on.
then himself at that home near Al- Dr. Fort has been appointed aa
apaha Tuesday afternoon. He was >pecial officer to re-examine" t
plain crazy. vho fail to pass the Board a
A long distance special to the ation.
Gazette from A la pahs says that Ty-'
raa thirty-fir* yuan old. and I JOHN EXUM HURT
that he had four thlldren This ——
pu t him four yaaa above the draft Surteu. lujuriua in Auto
age limit, abd th* dependent wife *"“h •' ■-
children would have easily ax-1 Omega, Ga. July 31 Mr. John
ampted him. The atcial adds that Exn ® *“ »*rioualy hurt in an auhe
he was crazy, purt and simple, a «*ident at Helen. Sunday night,
writ of lunacy hathg been taken Mr G *° W - Eltura
out for him. ,,r only a few days ago and had
An. acount from Kashvllte said Uk,n fmmll y *• "*■**«■
that he had only Wen married « * nd frl * U at H * len ‘- *• ^
few week, and w«nt deranged over “ n '•‘ rn - there *“ » crowd of chft -
Selective Draft It even hinted at dren l “ the «r going to church and
a suicide pact betwen Tyaon and John wm standing on the running
hia wife. They had been married bMrd turning a curr, John
about ten years sad the hint of u F nt bi » fi» nd on tha steering wheel
suicide pact does he unfortunate » nd “ »>• did “>« ‘‘•"d of the gtrl
and halpleaa wifa m inujstiee. wh ® ™ driving the car slipped and
Adel, Ga., July n^William Ty- turned on all the gas which ran the
eon. who sho t end killed his vrife “ r into a tree top and caught John
and~lhen committed suicide at the:. - between the side of the ear and *-
home near Alapak today and *«in»t the tree, which tore the top
Mrs. Tyson were bsth prominently °tf the car.
connected in this past of the stau.' Forties returning from there yes-
Mra. Tyson was the daughter of tbe'terday say that he is in a serious
late Ancil aMthii. sho tiefor* his condition, but the doctor thinks
death was one of th* conuty's meat there is some chance for his recov-
promlnent men. ery/
^ow r
rear^ d
BARBECUE AND PICNIC DINNER
M^. and Mrs_ R. G. Coarsey and
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. L. PhfRto, enter-
lainefi "between 100 and 150 guests
at a barbecu* and picnic dinner c
the farm of Mr. Phillips five rail)
northeast of Tifton, Wednesday.
A large brush arbor waa built
ar the house and under this a
long table was placed. This waa
piled with good things to eat, be
sides the delicious barbecued meats.
Mrs. Phillips earied out several barn
kets of dainties and these added to
things prepared by Mrs. Coarsey
and the barbecucmade a most temp,
ting array. Plenty of lemonade,
iced tee imd ice water refreshed tBe"
guests during the repast and the dln-
■ was thorouughly enjoyed by
these fortunate enough to be the
guests of genial hosts and hostesses.
Thos e going out from Tifton
ere: Capt and Mrs. J. J. L. Phil
lips, Mrs G. E. Phillips, of Alabama,
Miss Mattie Lou Phillips, 0 f Thom-
asville. Mr. Judson Padrlck, Dr.
and Mrs. J. M Priee, Miss Rebecca
Price.- Henry artfl T5tlai"Web"b, J. M.
Shaw, E. P. Lear and Mr Hollings-
Th e other guests w*r« near
friends and neighbors.
NOTICE
All parties interested are especial
ly requested to meet at Hickory
Springs meeting house early next
Wednesday morning. August 8tj, for
the purpose of setting the house and
yard and cemetery hi order for the
annual meeting which convenes <
the third Sunday Inst, and Fridi
and Saturday before. ^
Bring tools and plenty of fried
chicken and bread to the workeaa:
A ll.mW 1
i examia-
Judge Crum has called a special Nashville Herald:—The Enigma
tenn of Irwin Supnisr Court, to bank, under the name of the Enigma
convene on the third Monday in An- Banking Company, le hi operation
gust for the dispoiitia of both civil again, under an amended charter,
nd criminal buvinesa Mr. P. P. WilHraas It again cashier.
irassive men
jCondud our
National
Bank.
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM OF BANKS
We want you to do your banking business with us
and don't mind asking you.
The U./S. Government found our bank worthy of
membership in the FEDERAL RESERVE System of banks
This enables us to take our securities to our Central
Reserve Bank and get MONEY any time.
When you put your rtypney in our bank YOU can get
It when YOU want It. j
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
We pay|5 per cent Interest.
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