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The I'itton Gazette;
11.00 PE* ANNUM.
THETIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA^
FRIDAY, .AUGUST 10. 1»*7.
VOLUME XXIX, NUMBER IS.
THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
Washington, Aug. 9.—Radical changes in the National
■ Admy requirements were announced today by Proeost Mar
shal Canard! Crowder. Applicants fire feet four to .even
* inches tall will be accepted, eren though, they are fire to i*
pounds below we>ght formerly required., The other • eiyl t
Reductions will be proportional. It is understood that this
because many of the drafted men failed on phy-
ation on acocunt off their weight.
, Aug. 9-—General Mackensen’s Teutonic arAty
i Moldavia is fighting desperately to drive the Russo-Ru-
lians back to the river Soreth, states a dispatch from Vi-
I today. The Teutons have cyiUfte railway between Fok-
i and Marashesti.
idon, Aug. 9.—The official report this morning says
» British artillery pounded the defense of the great
i base at Lens the French forces, advancing during
bht, gained ground near Bischoote. \
s GermaA troops fell back to the nof'thtyqst of Bis-
b during a heavy rain, over a field deep with mud.
t Allied airmen are active in bombarding the rail-
rafs, supply convoys, ammunition stations and cantonments
' behind the German lines.
*' Paris. Aug. 9.—Bombardments that were heard for mtny
miles continued to rage throughout the nigrt along the Aisne
front. Near Eses, Eparges and to the north of Vaux les Pala-
maix. the French forces raided German trenches hilling
g’ at many in their garrison.
London, Aug. 9.—In mar time circles here todtfy it 1
^ stated that the submarines, are devoting practically all of
their attention to the big steamers, excluding fishing boats
and trawlers. Twenty-one British ships of over l.fiOO tons
and two of these of less size have been sunk during the past
week showing an increase of two over the preceding week.
. Seafaring men report that the submarines «are becoming
nsofe cautious since the United State's destroyers are co-op
erating with the British war craft.
Russian troops nre on the offensive in the Chotin region
on the Russo-Galician border, northwest of Czernowitz and
have withstood successfully Austrh-German thfusts in the
region of Brody, in Galicia northeast of Lemberg. ~ The Rus
sian forward movement west of Chotin resulted in the capture
of two villages and a height. The Aust^o-Germans lost 300
1 risoners and four machine guns. The Teutonic effort near
Brody penetrated the Russian linw. but the attackers were
thrown back by a counter attack and the Russian lines
v restored. __
Washington. Aug. 9.—Fast merchant ships are*to be re
lied upon to defeat the German submarine.
The navy has concluded that no special device but ‘peed
is necessary to take supply ships across the Atlantic *nfe
A close study reveals the fact that'the submarlnj sigl ts
its victim and follows it at a maximum speed on the sur
face, under cover of darkness, overtaking the ship, and at
dawn the submersible launches its torpedo.
Washington, Aug. 9.—The War Department announce •
today that the colored units of the National Guard will n >t
be sent South, but will be utilized in the North in guardi ig
bridges, arsenals (etc., replacing the troops now on patr 1
duty.
This order affects the negro regiments in New York and
Illinois and the battalions in Ohio, District of Columbia. Con
necticut, Massachusetts, Maryland and Tennessee.
Washington, Aufc. 9.—The Department of Agriculture
predicts a crop of 467.000.000 bushels of potatoes, the larg
est in the historylwf the country, and 100.000.000 bushels
larger than it has been during the last'five years.
Washington. Aug. 9.—Th%_regula- army has been re
cruited to its full strength of 313,898 men. Since April 1st*
, 184,00p have enlisted.
i Chicago. .Aug. 9.—Major Chipperfield wired Provost
i Marshal General Crowder today that the ten thousand draft-
.ed Chicago men will he ready for the army next Mon
day.
_ Washington. Aug. 9.—President Wilson signed the bill
.increasing the members of the interstate Commerce Commis
sion from seven to nine, anil the Rivers and Harbors bill.
EXAMINING FAST
ON SECOND CALL
m Pas* Out of First.Thir
ty Examined.
Ei(U»d from S.rric*.
Busing Vent With a rush with
the Ttf{ Cflunty Exemption Board
on the first 70 of the second call‘for
examination Thursday morning.
About forty had been examined up
to noon and £hc JJpard expected no
trouble-influshing witK the entire
COBB’S ARM BROKEN
DENNY SENSELESS
Aa Result of- Auto Smaah Near I
Douglas
NEILL PRIMARY BILL ELECTI0NAUG.29TH FARMERS MEETING
PASSED YESTERDAY FOR COMHISIONERS ON SATURDAY NEXT
ssfor Nominatipnt
ty Unit Pl«n
ElEVEN CLAIM EXEMPTIONS CAk WAS TURNED OVER TWICE SECOND. PRIMARIES BE HELD
No ^nuHdato RMaj-
ty. to* C<
■ Whar,
lot l
h < V
had
70 rallaA only
failed fco ^ippc»» to noon and
h^t was a negro supposed to be a
transient. • ""*
Of the.SO exn^ined up .to 11
o'clock, 11 failed to pass'a^d 1.9
were accepted. Of these 12 filed
claims for 'exemption and fc fifed .no
claims. Dr. Welch .took th e place
Of Dr Fort this morning to re-exam
ine those rejected.
Those called for examination this
• noraing were: .
93 Bryan, Jesse Thomas,
957 Bryan, William Lyle.
1112 Marchnnt, Columbus Coy.
345 Boykin, John, Brqpkfield.
103 Dove, Henry,
1221 Thrasher. James William.
1102 Monk, Joe I.ouie
556 Jones, George.' Ty Ty.
154 Crmner, James Bacon.
51 Oliver, Henry Hamilton.
717 Carter. Neal. Tifton,
1057 Henderson, Joe.
1266 Windham. William Guy.
1073 Hall. John Daniel.
30 Hardy, Heni> Clnyvon,
199 Pitta. James llardyr'
388 Roberta, Tally. /'Brookfield.
773 Holloman, VirgU, Tifton.
608 Coker, Anderson Franklin.
406 Bowman, Cha*. F.. Tyi Ty.
519 Roberta, Jesse, Tifton)
26 Fletoher, Emmett Joelj
392* Stone, John. Tifton.
889 Towns, Charlie. Tifton.
383 Payne, Loe, Brookfield.
1166 Pipkin. Roddie Lee.
588 Thomas. Robert. T v Ty.
856 Rowe. Phillip, Tifton.
706 Copeland. Andrew.
576 Nelson, John. Ty Ty.
944 Bond, Terah, Tifton.
122 Parrish, John Franklin.
642 Walker, Charlie. Tifton.
939 Bennett, Lacy, Tifton.
222 Williamson, Robert Clinton.
906 Webb, Robert, Tifton.
70d Bronson, Aaron. Tifton.
1250' Williford. Ben Colbert.
1195 Shaw, Bessie Columbus.
297 Butler, Syner, Tifton, R. •
321 Roberson, Frank, Tifton,
736 Epkin, Israel. Tifton.
707 Cole, Julios, Tifton.
1002 Evers. Wiley Columbus.
1161 Overby. Samuel Marshall.
1101 Lytle. Walter Roy, Tifton.
368 Jackson, James Eddie
974 Conger. Elbert Jackson.
320 Price, Jim. Tifton, R 2
960 Brown, Julian Eugene.
926 Anchors, Ellison Cook.
1010 Edge, Elijah Littlejohn.
919 Yancy. Preston, Tifton.
656 Hill. Henry. Tifton.
814 Lovett, .J. I). Tifton.
1175 Rigdon, William.
1070 Hicks, Idus Irwin, Tifton.
73S Farley, Sam. Tifton.
1167 Powell, Eddie Lee.
UI97 I.ightfoot, William Everett.
091 Royal, Ottie Lee.
1234 Todd, William PinLney.
848 Roberts, McKinley. Tifton.
Ills Massey, H. Hams.
121 Purvis, Jake, Tifton. R 2.
221 Whiddon, Thomas James.
292 Wilkinson, James. Chula R. 1.
822 Muison. Elmo. -Tifton.
:.04 I.nvcnder. Alnnro Wrsley.
1064 Hargrett, Haines lliilsman.
Sixty-seven have been called for
examination Friday. It is thought
■I'tft 'cntnrts-'S quota "of *RJ will hi
’ ompleteJ from these. Those cal
led for Friday are:
191 Marshall, Leonard. Tifton.
1205 Smith,' -Daniel Crawford. .
1091 Lewis, William Bryan.
470 Smith, Luneal, Ty Ty.
312 Eppa, Charlie, Tifton R 2.
90 Baker, Thomas Franklin.
477 Smith. Charles Oliver.
1187 Rabun, Edward.
1179 Rigdon, John.
753 Gilmore,* Clarence.
130 Selph, Bolton, Tifton, R. 2.
658 Rowe. Willie, Tifton.
168 Graves, Ncshcrt John.
1023 Glover, Robert Gordon.
424 Garrett, Marshall E.
(Continued from Page One.)
840 Porter, Willie, Tifton.
H88 Rodgers, Alien.
657 Howard, Jimion, Chula.
17S Herndon, Millard Fillmore.
300 Hadley. Ed, Tifton. R 1.
278 Mathis, Sammie, Tifton rfd A
1240 Watson, Solly Franklin.
624 Tomlinson, Clemmie Jackson*
911 Wilson. Elijah, Tifton.
1172 Rowland, Charlie Homer.
582 Willis. Charles Henry.
1139 Newborn, Benjamin.
1214 Shinholstor, James Wilson.
336 Williams, York,, Omega.
212 Sumner, Reason Jefferaea. .
49 Nevenan, Carl, Omega.
8 Brown, Clarence Eugene.
1160 Perry, George Fred.
"’ "er, James English.
. James, Tifton, S 1.
1143 Oliver, Willi* Bryant
557 Johnson, Eugene, Tifton.
622 Harper, Bates Cleveland.
688 Starkes, Rebt. Ty Ty.
1287 Waldron, Bruce Will*.
1077 Jolly. Walter William.
781 Irving, Lonnie, Tifton,
1036 Hightower, WQllam Heath.
958 Baker, Willis Franklin.
323 Threats, Emanuel, Fender.
(Conttnned an Last Page.)
Off 4 Fo ot Fill, sad Went Through
Wir. Fence. Party of Sia On
W ay from Waycroea to Ti4on-
Mr A. A. Cobb, of Tifton,"'and
Mr. W.-C. Denny, of Waycroea, were
severely hut not fatally inlured lu
an aut&mobilo accident' *w» miles
east of Douglas Tueedny night about
7 o'clock. Mr Cobb had hit right
arm broken at the wpst and was
severely bruised and hla. fac 8 badly
scratched. Mr. Denny rtiffcrtd no
broken bones^ut - was knocked un
conscious ani^^adly hrul$eiY noar'v
rJl over his body, fc %
Mr. Cobb and -Mr - a'
Fprd roadster, weri -on their way
from Way cross. to- Tifton. In the
party also werrf-. Mr. W. W. Jolly,
j of Tifton. Mr.-Watt, iff Y/aycross«
Mr. Georg- Albertsen, iff Tifton,
and Mr. Johnftle Green, a traveling
j salesman. Watt a.id Jolly were in
the Bret tar, Cobb and Denny in tl^e
| second and Green and Albertson in
the last.
Two miles east 0 f Dotiqlas the
car in which Cobb and Denny were
riding struck a small washout which I
erity.
bounty Passes
n Coun BUI Passed Seeate Wednesday To Discus. Food Council and
Became Law Thursday Other Questions
COUNTY HAS HEE DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE A HOME MARKET
ns For All Tifl Aunty Projects. Ala*
apt In | to Increase Production of Food
.Supplies.
The bill cresting t Board of three .
Now Law Mi
Sees. P
oui.w m 4i
Details.
Atlanta, Aug. 8.— Th e Senate on
Wednesday morning passed the Neill
primary bill, which was vetoed last
year" by Governor Harris. The bill
already- passed th* Hous e and
, awaits' die signet arc of Gov.
Dorsey., Thifw® be the first lm- ....
portant genexAbill, and one of the ; ‘bree Commission* District-
very f*w. to com e to the Govern i*" the previous Qb )bw , E
.. , The Tifton Board of Trade is
Commissioners of loads and Reve- planning another Farmers’ Meeting
nues for T!ft cssnty. passed the to be held at the court house Satur-
Senate Wednsadag and' was signed day afternoon. August 11th. All
by the Governor Thursday mom- people of this county and any on*
ln,: - else Interested are cordially invited
The bill dividm the county into to be present.
A special programme is being
Eldorado, prepared.
's de5* iJT'this session. |“ nd Ti ^ on formfig District No. 1; ■ Announcement cannot be mad*
, Rrovfeufcu of Bill. Chula. Brookfield tad Brighton,, pis-j as to the speakers but those who
Brie'flgi-i}, e aproyislons of the Neill Ty. Docia' and'pUn to attend are assured that U>*
-. Omega, District N* 3. meotfcyt will be intere.Ung.
■Ptoo. Party'prtaartea for United of ttw act, | The'jeltit committee appointed
- - B Governor, State-1 urninBr y '*raves b to call aiy elec- sometime .sgo in connection with
justices of’the Su- O on ^° r August 8th to elext three ( the Food Council work has been
Commissioners. written to regarding thia meeting.
The other pronrions of »be act h member has been asked to re-
:h the iam c os those cf P-- : at thw meeting Saturday.
Ellis Mi), except a J«w , There '.s so much opportunity
details as t, salary, etc. The brr* *.<» Tift county for the farmer
Gaietfe will puhlfat th c full tex^ ef and Incidentally for everyohe fhal
the act in the nest issue. j thes e meetings cannot be empha-
Judge Graves bnes the following, sised too strongly. In coming to-
eall for the electka: ' gether and discussing ways and
succeed in surpass-
States. S
hbbse ofl
preme Coust and Judges of
C^rt of Appeals shall be held ....
th c second Wednesday of September ( “ Pe ver y muc *
of each year in which a general elec- j
tion is held. A candidate receiving.
the majority of the popular vo
of a county shall b c considered
hav e carried that county and to
entitled to the county
ounty; that is, two votes for
,hS “!~l w!c»,L.-“! A r.5, E<:TION “ r "f*
“ "" * r'-'"" 1 •”‘**”“* fa tho Low.r Hou.p of U.0 M Kr thr» ro«HU.ion,„! b ’ <" *”"
It was evidently going at a pretty I A „ rm |,i y xh( . CBni |j,i Bte receiving for Oi,..Count v of Tift "y T»*r should see a subsUntial in-
gcod spee/l for «h e car wetifthr-iugh j thl , f - nunl un j, votes By “bthority of law vested in me crease. Moreover the farmers ef
a V ire fence, turned oyer ,wic c and ^ thf n I min „ of the ! mil ,hi ' “Tl ^ pr0<1 '7. T” ^
into n smafl pond near the road. j party by , hp p|rty conven tion'. the | an election to be kid‘on the 29th 17 ,nd morc Mektnt ,nd
When the car turned over the first chainnlin of ^ sute . EjtMu . day of Auwst, mT.St-gach Pre-'**»»; #
time CWib and Dcnn.. were caugl t 1 . ril ; . /Cinct in said consty and said-elec-1 The Board of Trade must become
■WW1 ho, the Lr turned dl'j''”" ‘f"* 1 *! <• WfaM ■* th* »», «.oo, to ..i.t h, brtadw Ok
. _ . ... _ od as ma y be prescribed by the par- and regulations u elections for . . j . .. *
C f"" *" b , y oomotittoo. month,™ of ,h, Uoi.l.to,, ..dtj” 1 ‘" d
ftund Mr. Donry unconscious and; Jn caBe9 whfr po CBn(lj d B te re- COUBt F with thin Special prr-l'b® market for all production at a
>>*• v*. -f ■>*. irit” •> <■«»•
t-Ftomon. of Tifton, .otSh^ood by b , ri
telephone. Dr. Peterson. Dr Pugh, 1
T. C. Allen and A. C. Tift went oevr
to Douglas in Mr. Tift’s Buick. A
tricts. vote only far thc Commission- ever y farmer in th* county will eith-
... , . ,.' er who ts i remfcnt 0 f those two er be\ present. himself or have hie
,.,d.d.„, .b.old^duwja-.nd H.m„„ of fafat'J^
tie for thc highest popular vote In No. 2, composed of the Chula,
a county, the highest popular vote Brighton and Bnokfield Districts,
mad, down in the back of , eou hf CQUnt ft voU vote only for tti County Commla-
■h-ii AI-IA.A L. .fa.e* ion,! r » » ld ««t of those
thc car and Mr. Cobb brought home,
the party reaching here about 4
o’clock Wednesday morning. He is.
suffering a good deal but - 9 n °t
thought to b c seriously hurt.
KNOCKED INTO ’SHOWCASE
OMEGA GETS FIRST BALE.
Brought $102.50. Seventy Bale. Old
Cotton Sold for $8,000.
Onega, Ga.. Aug. 9.—Omega re
ceived her first bale 0 f new 1917
cotton yesterday Mr. G. L. Lindsey,
the candidate receiving ncx ‘ d,v " f,cr .k election’to tile ( fro " l°*t ov « r tii a line in Colquitt
•hall be equally divided between Ife&tt. s^ ih' vot.r.
candidates so tying. I District No. 3. exposed of Ty Ty.
Where there are oniy two candi- Uocia and Omega vote only for the
d.to. for .by ‘
it ^appears that these candidates The returns of aid election to be
have tied fo r th e highest county ! returned by _ 12 o'clock, noon, of the
I unit 1
i s. -j the highest number of popular votes
throughout the State shall b 8 de-
( | clnred th P nominee of the party.
Sanguinary Encounter Bstsree
S. Monk and C. S. Arnold.
In a difficulty safd to have' grown
out of the pasturage of a c6w, Mr. ,f '* sha11 appear that no candi-
S S. Monk struck Mr. C. S. Arnold , ,latc hn " received a majority of the
Wednesday afternoon ' in Brooks’ | founty uni t votes, the two candi-
Phaitnncy. knocking him backwards ■ ' ln ‘ e * ascertained to have the high-
ii.to a showcase. | c « number of county unit votes
Mr. Arnold was rather severely | ench in thp flr st primary, shall run
cut on the back of th e head and' B « fain in » "•’cond prknary to be
slightly ru, across th,. back by the, hc!d on thtl ! "’ f0 n d Wednesday in
broken glass. Mr. Monk afterwards October, following the first prima-
struck him with a piece of glass .tr
over the head but did little damage. : Where two candidates tie for the
Msyor H..rgrett and other parties "®^ ond h'lfhest number of county
nearby separated the two before un 'J votes and no candidate has a
the fight got under good headway, uinjnrity of county unit votes,' the
Mr. Arnold was feeling the ef-,candidate of those so tying who re
fects of the cut on his head dur- 'rives the largest popular vote "hall
ing .the afternoon, but unless com- r,,n m ,1 *" * p t°n d primary against
plications ret in i t is not consider- '. h * candidate receiving th e highest
ed serious. number of county unit votes.
, The bill provides an exemption
j however. In eases in a tt^ in the
.highest number of county unit votes
in races for Governor and the Unit-
Iflth and 17th. ! od States Senate, the candidate re-
At great expanse. In the-effort to-saving the highest nwntier of pdj>-
give thrir: patrons the host pictures { ulnr x-ntes throughout the State,
possible, the Strand has booked an [ ’hall not ho Heelnred th e nominee;
ixtraordinary feature, “The Tanks being the intention of this proviso
at Ui e Battle of Aqcre." fot two to prtrride that the majority of thc
days, Thursday and Friday, August! county unit vote shall be the deter-
16th and 17th. mining factor for th e nomination of
These wonderful scenes of an act- ( United States Senator and Governor
uni battle, filmed by the British | nnd ‘he pluralty of th 0 county unit
Government, has hcen seen in only' vo ** th e determining fnc-
three Southern towns, and Is show- tor for the nomination for all oth-
•THE TANKS’** IN flFTON
Ordinary of said county
~ ' Aug. 9, 1017 -
C. W. Graves,
Ordinary Tift County Ga.
ENLISTMENTS TUESDAY
James K. HenMx, Moultrie.
Glen J. llnyslip Poulnn
Charlie S. Alla, Valdosta.
Emmett F. SmB, Sparks.
John W. Taylor, Alapahn.
Jock J. Richsidson, Adel.
TO EXEMPTDN BOARDS
county brought it in.
I From 1034 pounds of seed cotton
[ the hale weighed 410 pounds. It
was sold for 25 cents s pound to Mr.
: V L. Puckett and brought $102.60.
|Th c feed sold at $60 a ton which
was $14. J. 3. Johnson ginned it
I Mr. Wiley Burch sold 70 bales of
! last year's cotton one day last week
. twenty dour and on* aixtenth
i cents a pound which brought him
$8000. He has a lot more< to
Th e Gazette hasin type two forms j sell when the price gets right.
of Blanks used by bemptien Boards. | ^ „
They are Form lifer Physical Ex- ; The Tifton Mill and Gin Company
nminntion, and Firm 130, forAp-jhad five bales of cotton up to the
p.'lic.xtion for Exoptiin. morning of the 8th, exactly the same
We can fill ordrs for these on ' number they had received up to th*
short notice. | snm e date last year.
Macon today. > Where shown
it has played to houses in which
standing room was at a premium,
.Cincinnati, a crowd -four
blocks long stood in a drizzling rain
dting to view the picture. It play
ed to full houses last week in-At- 1
lanta.
WEDNESDAY’S ENLISTMENTS-
Among those enlisting at the At
lanta recruiting station from this
immediate section were;
Gerald Herring, Tifton.
Carl W. Wilkinson, Lenox,
Louis F. Warlick, Pelham.
Porter Masaengs!*, Chula.
John W. Richardson, Nashville.
Fred L. Sheffield, Blakely.
,. James F McLean, Doufia*.
Carlo# C. Branch. BaFnbridge.
Eddie L. Murphy, Warwick.
—Rnduls OptomtriH
Two years or continuous practice
in Tifton and scores of satisfied cua.
turners. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye strain be sure and consult me
and tee If glares properly fitted
In the Myon Hotal Block ovary day.
er offices mentioned in the bill
The b’ll d ®c* not apply to primary
elections of members of Congress,
judges -of -superior courts, solicitors 1
general, members of the-general a*.
bty and county officers, except
that the prhnnry clction for Ihes of
fices shall be held on the date named
for the other primary elections.
Cook County Bill Passed.
In addition to lh e Neill primary
bill, the Senate also passed on Wed
nesday by almost unanimous vote
th* bill of Senator Beck for the cre
ation of Cook county. The bill pro
vides for the ..creation of this
county out of a portion of the terri
tory of Berrien county, with the city
of Adel aa the county site
The passage b, th e Senate of Cook
county today was the strongest of
the new county propositions yet
passed upon. This puts three of
them in the House for action, sad
the effort will be made to hav F the
rules cemmittoe set all three fer
action before adjournment.
T» Cm a CoM la Oa* Day
' " - .TIT* BIOKO Ovlmlas. II stop.
HraCacbs an* worka ot Ot I
JTne man with money
| /Jets Kis money for bis
crop and lher\ he puts
it where it is safe-
in the Bant
.It tokos cents to moke dollars. It takes sense -to'
keep dollars.
This man knew enough to put seed Into the ground
and It grew Into a crop. Now he knows enough to put
dollars In the bank and grow a fi^rtune. He knows If he
plants grain It grows; If he plants dollars
But dollar* 1 don’t fear weather conditions. V
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
W* pay|5'per cent Interfst.
