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r n’ Gazette. 11.00 PER ANNUM. 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- * '# 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. mm