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THE TIFTON GAZETTE. TIFTON. GA- FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1.17. VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 1.
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Atlanta, Aug. 16.—The Legislature adjourned shortly
after 3 o'clock this morning.
The ago consent bill was killed by inaction.
The important bills passed during the session were: The
crnaticm of a Council of Defense, the Torrens system of land
titles, a State Market Bureau, tfve establishing of Home
Guards and giving them legal standing; the eradication oT 1
the cattle tick, to abate lewd houses, the Neill Primary law,
* placing immigration and employment agents under the
of the state commissioner of commerce and la-
CO. COMMISSIONERS IN REO CROSS WORK
Which Has Passed the General Urgent NecessityTdf' Supplies Be-
Aaa « nb, y fore Winter
CREATED THIS TERM; NOW TURNING A WAT REFERRED TO VOTE
Atkinson and Treutlen are Ones Students for n _L D J
That Win Through B ^ Whom Dormitory Of People at ComnuMooen' Eke-
00,0 Can’t be Found tion August 29th
PROVIDES 3 COMMISSIONERS TIFT C0DNTYS ALLOTMENT COOK COUNTY AGAIN FAILS^ VE ANSWa7p^ HER CALL rf>LL WAS~PASSEo"TUESBAT'
[ Jurisdiction
u A compromise was reached on the appropriations bill.
» common schools will get $3,200,000- The State College
^Agriculture will get $40,000. The appropriations were
ide foT*one year instead of two.
! London, Aug. 16.—The British today switched assaults
i France to Belgium, powerfully attacking the Germans
East and North of YpVes,
200 Muffl.r., 200 Work ° f S...ion Which Clowd Last
— Wri.tl.ts, 200 Pair Sock. I Umilatioa. Torr.a.,
tioa Called for Augu.t 29. | W#nt«d at Ooca. I Primary and CoH*g# Bill..
The following is the full text at' Dr. A G. Fort. Chairman Tift AtlanU. Gs. Aug. 16.—The Geor.
bill creating a Board of Com- County Chapter Red Cross, is in re- gia Legislature has established the
teipt of the following telegram from Torrens land title system in Georgia,
Atlanta headquarters: has written the county unit system
Th c Rt<l Cross has urgent call into law. has created two new co
from Major Grayson Murphy from ties and provided for exemption
headquarters in France for an enor-1 college endowments.
missioners of Roads and Revenues
for Tift County, which passed the
General Assembly at this session and
has been approved by the Govera-
mous quantity of knitted woolen' Another important bill
that
As provided. Ordinary Graves has
- - . ; e rront < " *
despite stubborn resistance, says the official report- It
Fighting is violent. The Germans continued counter at-i Section 1. ..c u enacted oy me (
tafcks- in the Lens sector. They assaulted the British lines at | Gen8ral Assembly of the Stat* ef | orrfs for cold and misery among peo- 1 mcnur/ intended to facilitate the
f ree points but were repulsed. j Georgis. and it is hereby enacted by | pie here. I inexpreaaly dread com- cleaning up of Georgia cities where
i g progress over a wide front called a n election for August 29th 1 articles. A cablegram from Major enlarging the power* of superior ° T **» ■» many itudenU
to select three commissioners: | Murphy follows: jeourt judges to close disorderly W ° U ' 8nr,fcd this fall if the]
enacted by the! Last winter broke all winter ree- houses by injunction. This is n war I’™*'*' #a.-Uitl»»-
" of I,wi * r-y.ru that he is al
ready notifyfc, /yoLng Ud? npU .
Could Enr.ll Twit. .» hUay Sta- Und.r.lood iK.I it Provida. Pf-
d.Bt. ,f w „ A „ iUk |. I , u Salary for 0®c«. Which wu /
Cb.B« f* Local Applicant. AboJuhri T-o Yoar. Ago.
Monday. Se^b#,. 3 ig u,, d . u ! • Th e people of Tift will vote/at
for the “ptaijg of the Second Dis- ,>le e| ection <”> August 29th. o/the
trict Agncuhsrsl School. question of whether or not they want
I Every ,v *ihMf room in both dor-,* Connt y Treasurer.
! m, ' or “’' w il! it filled with students 1 The biI * b y Senator Hendricks to
.and a !arg e gomher of applicants' 1 re-establish this office, which was
will be turned tway because of leak Bbolild, * d *»o yearn ago, was Anally
passed Tuesday and signed by tU >
Governor Wednesday. It refi f
the question back to the people a
provides that they shall vote Cor J
■ nt ik
authority of same. Tha.
commissioners of roads
es in and for the County of Tift be
and the same is hereby created con
sisting of three members who shall
be freeholders and qualified
of said county and men of good
practical business experience, each
of whom shall reside ip the road
district from which he shall b e el
ected as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. Be it further enacted.
That the County of Tif t shall be
Lena again is the center of the fighting on the westent ^ ded into thr * c road diitrirt *
Aug. 16.—By Ager.cc Radio and International
News Service.—The great battle at Marashetshti, on the Ru
manian front, will be th- bloodiest struggle ever fought on
Moldavian territory.
Ten divisions of Teutonic .troops are attacking the Rus-
so-Rumanians, but every onslaught is bloodily repulsed.
The battle continues with indescribable violence.
Rome, Aug. 16.—By Agence Radio and international
News Service.—The repulse of the Austro-Hungarian attacks
by Italian artillery in the Vod'ce sector was reported by the
War Office today.
For several weeks the Canadians slowly have been clos
ing their lines in on the west, northeast and southwest in
preparation for a supreme effort to place this center of the
co»J fields of thi Pas de Calais in their posession. Hill 70
just east of-Loos and north of Lens, was the great stumbling
block.
front. The Canadians have taken Hill 70, dominatingL.„.
city from the north, and are within the city itself, engaging
a- the Germans in desperate fighting at close quarters, after ad-
L < vancing on a tWo-mile. front to an extreme depth of one
mile..
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board at ing winter finding u« without aup- army training eampi are located.
pliea to meet situation. I urge you Among the other important bills
on behalf of our soldiers and those which passed both the house and j
of our AHies who wiil suffer in their senate, and will soon be ready for
frozen trenches, and also thousands the governor's signature, were the
of French and Belgian refugees and following:
repatriates being returned through Bill to submit
Switzerland to France. Every one state, for their approval or disap-
here looks to America. Begin ship- proval a constitutional amendment
ping at once one million five thous-! authorizing the legislature to exempt
:d of the following militiu
trict* of said county, to-wit: District
NivnJpri\One to be composed of Tif-
•ton-’ and Eldohado Militia Distrii
District Npmber Two to be coffif
ed of (the Chula. Brighton and
Brookfield Militia Districts; and Dis
trict Number Three to'he composed
of the Ty Ty. Dacia and Omega Mili
tia Disticts. That one of the 3 mem
bers jot the board of commissioners
of road* and revenues tiereby created
■hall be a resident of each of said dis
trict* of said county and that each
commissioner shall be elected only
by the qualified voters of the district
of his residence and that only one
commissioner shall be elected from
each district and that only on e com
missioner shall reside in any one
district and if a commissioner shall
move
shall become
The Russians and Rumanians have checked for the time
beingithe offensive of Field Marshal Von Mackensen in the
region of Fokshani. while in western Moldavia the Rumanians
continue successfully their counter offensive.
North of Fokshani the Russians and Rumanians beat back
several strong attacks by the enemy. Berlin reports continued
heavy fighting around Fokshani. claims little advances for
. the Teutons and says that Russo^Rumanian attacks ' were
-checked.
In the Ocna-Grozechti region the Austro-Germans haw
been dislodged from the village of Slanic as well as from the
£ heights southwest of Grozechti.
GWHIAtV StVVfan^s, ^hfch raided fhe hotifheast coast tff
England Sunday apparently had London as their objective,
but the prompt defense by British airplanes and anti-aircraft
guns compelled them to abandon that plan. In the pursuit two
of the raiders were brought down by British airmen. Berlin
admits the loss of one machine and Amsterdam reports that
a German airplane was forced to land in Dutch territory Sun
day. evidently while returning from England.
The foundation stones of the plan of the Pope for world
tranquility are reduction of armaments and freedom of the
seas and that there'shall be no retaliatory struggle after the
war for world commercial supremacy. Specific proposals
made to the belligerents, unofficial reports say. include the re
storation of Belgium. Serbia and Rumania. The Pope's plan
also calls for the return to Germany of all her colonies.
Fighting in Southwest Moldavia apparently is growing ...... ...o
in intensity. ' Jn the mountains the Russians and Roumanians trict for me^ner-lv
have give up a height west of Ocna to the Austro-Germans. ; of ro,dl ' nnd •■(•venues
In the Pufna valley and toward the line of the Sereth Ber- s, ' c,ion - of *•»»■ Act. That the
lin report* jjamh&ll, von- Maekensen^has^artb'somw ■
- c ioiit-ut th* g«a«rel fuivl of mid ronh-
flaid Ordinary shall consolidate
that tk,4 hjoI h ,* „ w
for them an,', k, the . lo „ of
piesent week W*will
similar notiea* 1
ing applicants.
Several 0 f the „?9- r boya
> young
against establishing the office 'st/t
election which has been -
elect three County Com
on August 29th.
It is Understood thaj,^
passed provldes-w rtodarste salary
for the office instead of a fee as
a. BUB rf thc! w °“' d “""I will u °~<U ~P«U U
*ws> on occsmt of th 0 war. Five P nb l“h th* full text of the bill be-
memhers 0 f senior class willi for * 0,8 electl on*.
answer on-.the rod call. Lawrence j
and each of warm knitted woolen ; college endowments from taxation. ;f" d Gr " d < *J**sn *nd Stanley Hiers; NOTICE OF ELECTION
articles already requested. They Constitutional amendments pro-1 J*'If 8n ^ k the navy; Clem ______ ~
Kell- and Vi* Bryant will go to GEORC1A—Till C» M » 7 ,
By authority vested in me by aa
i the of die Legislature of Georgia,
i view of shortage of fuel and oth-;‘count y from portitfh* of Clinch pnd "Tf'
- discosnfort* they will be of in-1 Coffee counties, with Pearson aa the 1 , improvements
i . i i .... . _ laboratories wfll k. .i.
military and county i
I county from portions
, and creating Treutlen i
j laboratories *0 be made. Begin-1 !t U h,r * b y ordered that an elee-
of Emanuel " in * Janaar T 1«. the Federal gov- ^on be held in each voting
. M - '“•“"•'"■if ll -"'Ti"”
Our chapter is asked to furnished | perton ns the county seat j* 1 '* 00 . for , ,B * * nd the amount, ^ of 'f 0 * 1 ; ‘f 17 -
definite number of thu require- Bill permitting the operation of WdI b * from year to! . „ . W " ch 8 8ct,on ^ qaestioa
ment. Your allotment u 200 sweat i freight trains on Sunday during th* r ‘ T h " ^ wil1 *>eccm« evaU-1 aI1 b « sutaaittod whether th, ef-
mufflers, 200 pairs of war. ■ abl « on, J' »'«« considerable labora.!" 88 of County Treasurer for eaid
wristlets. 200 flirt of socks. Full ! Bill creating a State Council of ** haa b ”“ installed, i 8 ° unt T •*“» b8 8r “ Ud - •»«-
instructions follow In two dsys Ask 1 Defenw. »»-*<•—- .b.ll k.
mending the charter of the
your mcrifogri to finish *11 knitting, „ T „ r , U1
yrork now on'-hsnd and clear deck* Georgia School of Technology ao aa!
for action. W* want every chapter,to peienit the tale of lands beque-
to have a chance to do it* part injathed to the tchool by the l»t« Juliu*
making good on thi* call for help IL. Brown, and ao aa to create the
from France. • Chapter Chairmen I position of travelling agent for the
are requested to get knitting com-1 school for Ex-GovernoivNat E. Har-
mitte* together sad line them up rit. who will be paid a salary and
for m.h lob. travel ing expenses
for rush jobs.
G-y E. SaavJy.
Director Souther* Division Amer-
of his district, hi* office j iean Red Cross. L-
■aeant end shall be Rsacstive CsmahlM to Moot.
meeting of
filled in Ui* same manner aa herein-
after provided for filling vacancies
occuring on account of death
ignation.
Boetion ». B* it
That the Ordinary of the County of
Tift shall call and adver-
special election in said county
to b c held on the 29th day of August
1917. as special elections are now
called and advertised under the laws
of this State, for the purpos* of el
ecting the first members of the board
of commissioners of roads and reve
nues created by this act; said elect
ion to be held a* special elections are
now held under th* laws of this State
in all th e voting precincts of said
county. All voter* of said county of
Tift qualified to vot* for county ofli-
shall lie qualified to vote in said w cre ^
election but shnll %- 0 te only for a can- j y * , ‘
jrrowing Jdidnt,. from his respectiv,. road dis-
said board
the Executive CoaaptitUe of th*
Tift County Red 0eos* Chapter to
be held Sunday. Boor and place
.will be named lgtoisf _
requiring tax collectors
tollect 7 per-cent interest on taxes
unpaid on December 20th, and re
quiring them to settle in full with
the state within four months after
thu date.
Bill prohibiting the desecration
of the flag and prohibiting it* use
for adverU*»g. ps
Bill increaaaing the salary of the
NATIONAL NUT GROWERS CON- j state geologis t from $2,500
VENTION j $3,500 per annum and the salaries
_ , . . i of his assistant* Trotn $1,500 to
b„ iT/T;', . ,2 '"™ **
, ’ ’ datc ftn '| nnsl om.n4mcnt inemuin, wporior
j, te , l0 „. 000
of the National Nut Growers Aw«- .... - . - 7 v
Prof. Lewis states that there is tion * h “ 11 b * he,d under th* «
room for mot, local students who| rul f a and regulations as other etoo-
board at how Boys and girls not ,ioh ? Bre held ,nd returns made by
convenient toft* city schools should' 12 b ‘ eloek n °°n of the next day to
Uke ndvartam of this golden oppor- 0,8 OrdiaMy of eaid county. AB
tunlty. N 0 by or girl of reason-1 ballota n,ed “ id sloetion shall
able intellect Iring within reach ofi haT8 "ritten or printed thereon tha
such an insthtoon should be depri- following:
ved of an rdaation by carelem, un-! A In f » vor of creating th* offlae
eoneerned psects j °f Treasurer of Tift county.
o j B Against creating the office ef
TO LOCAL fATRONS OF ACRI- Tr '““ r * r of Tift eounty.
CULTURAL SCHOOL. I ot ^" d n 7^ , ^i* trik ‘ °“ "
j other of said terms so aa to n>
.. , ... ..... Prrss a choice on said iaau*.
X ta ^! *■«« ». ««■
On Satur<
to place an g$*r for school books
to b* used a* ft* Agricultural School
this falL If ga have a boy or girl
who haa not yet
Ordinary Tift Co., Oa.
please write ■■ In tim. for your let-
er to reach ee notlaier than five f
'dock Saturfty afternoon.
This requed must be complied j
whirh will K V-U . z.1 • budget of the court of appeals and
Miss An elahnJ./ h W . supreme.ciur, to $5,000 annually.
M,s«. An elaborate program is bo. Atkinion county went thro h *
^ve^^lc, ^ ann °“ nc8d , 13R to 40 and Treutlen by 146 to32
•ever, weeks in advance of the The bi „ fo cre#te ^ y , w cQu
convention date. TTiere u much of 0 f Cook, from - - -
interest to the professional pecan
tnxiwer in the Mississippi coast coun-
A HIGH MARK
Tli. insbtuuon hu Kt ihe HIGHEST MARK ol EFFI
CIENCY POSSIBLE TO CliSAR. w. „ e ^
evoy rfon to give oot p.uoiu Ihe BEST BANKING
SERVICE POSSIBLE.
To «IUin this HIGH MARK, wo hme wloptod tho voiy
Utot and most progtassivc banking mathods. and you can
depend on the protection we^offer.
Bank of Tifton
the returns of said election and de
clare th* results as hereinafter pro
vided and the persons - elected shall
take office the Monday following the
declaration of such result and shall
| hold office until the first day of Jan
uary. 1919. and until their suecesa.
iors are elected and qualified .
Section 4 Be it farther enacted,
Tha, th* successors of the member*
of th e board of commissioners of
roads and revenues to b* elected at
j the special- election provided for in
Sction 3 of this Act shall he elected
at the general election for state
house officer* in November, 1918.
commissioners elected in November,
1918 shall not be of even length
but they shall draw for their terms,
to wit, two for a term of two year*
ir.d one for a term of four years to
begin the first day of January, 1919
and they shall be commissioned for
the-terms tiro* drawn ~ by them res
pectively, and until thejr successors
qre eTeAed and qualified. That
That the term of offlc ( of the three
general election held-biennially
preceding th* expiration 0 f the term
of office of the commissioner resid
ing in any road district, a successor
shall be elected by the qualified
voter* of such district and the per
son ao elected must be a resident
of such road district, as afireaaid,
and who sha 1 ' be elected and com
missioned for a term of four yean,
md until hia successor is elected and
qualified.
Section 8 Be it further enacted.
That all vacancies in the mezaber-
ORGANIZED I. O. O. F. LODGE
section of Berrien
with Adel as the eounty seat, was
sent to the table to sav* it from de-
■.Mion p-U *i.
that il be defeated made by Repre-
Giddens of - Berrien. The
nty bill lncked about fif-
Metsr*. J A. Yibbrough. T M tccn vot ” of enough for passage
Brown. J. M. Baker. J. R. Carter ' a P d iu friends sent it to the table
- and -W.—T. Overstreet went over to or d?e~to hold it Tivcr iq next
Omega Tuesday night, where they *‘ on "ken they hope to change th*
assisted in organizing Omega Lodg; “ntiment of the House sufficiently
No. 42, I. O. O. F. *o get it through. The action of
Dr M. L Webb was elected No-. ,b '' riou-e gives Ccorgia two more
bl*’Grand, J. W. Hardy, Vice-Grand, : new making a total of 154
ami Mr. Corbin, Secretary. Th* and tb '* "dd two new .represen-
lodge atari* out under flattering au_| utiv8S to the Legislature.
*P ices - AtlanU. Ga, August 15.—The
|»*naU bill submitting to the voters
SPECIALISTS COMING
Iment authorizing the general-;
Nos#, Thro#,,- Nerv# #nd ■ * emb! T_ to exempt college endow.
Mr. Henry Sutton, oat at 1
g, cut a bee tre* Thursday, ■
thing unusual these days. He saye
... ... , , . there are several bee tree* near Mr*.
Wftt ,( ,p.„hu, p „ u|k ., „ k, d M
l^k. .1 O,, openin, ,t h , 0 „ a pp, , m
school. Thcrtsr, other good res*-! * ,
app'.mtion should be made
promptly. .
If you hanao application blank
please sUte padc your child com
pleted lest yew.
We cordjs$r invite your patro-
tjarbort I- Moor.
Gradsat# OptomatriM
continuous practice
ores of satisfied cos-
Two years o
in Tifton and •___
tamers.' If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye itraln be sure and consult me
and see if glajea properly fitted
In the Myon Hotel Block every dey.
> Leat Page.)
c Dis#..*. of .y.t.Bi Traal- ; raenU from taxation, where the same
boot Kaif. or p.in. are not inve ««d in real ertate, has
passed the house.
| • The vote on the bill in th e bouse
I to 29, which was 18 more
than the two-third* vote of 126 i
quired to psss’a constitutional a
endment in the house.
The house passed the bill by sub
stitute, but the substitute differs
from the senate bill in one particu-
j* r °nly.~thl* being a. proviso timt .
’y such institutions “as are open
the general public" shall derive
the benefit* of the proposed exemp
tion.
The exemption of endowments
has beeu urged by educational lead
ers, ministers, newspaper*, women’s
club* and others in tn* Mat* tor a
number of years, and- the passage uf
the bill by the house of represen
tatives yesterday afternoon will
give them cause for gr#.. rejooie-
ing.
the difference between
house substitute ana
original senate bill is only a m:
one, it ia believed that the sei
will readily agree to the substitute,
thus making th* bill ready for the
governor'* signature.
Dr. Hugh#, and Mott, th# Not#d At
lanta 3paeial.au, Will b. In Tlf
ton Tuaaday Aug. Zl.t, at Myon
Hotal, and Civ# Consultation Fi
for Thi. Day Only.
They are scientifically measur
ing eyes for glasses thst relieve
headache* end give good sight.
They ar e restoring health, absorb
ing Adenoids, Tonsils,’ Cataracts,
removing growths from th* eyes,
rtreightening Cross-Eyes treating
rheematimn, dropsy, kidney, stom
ach and all ailments of the eyes and
body WITHOUT KNIFE OR PAIN.
Some cores can be cured so thst
glasses *r e not ncoded. Women
and children given special ear*.
Glaae eyes pmt in.
Dow’j forget the date aa above.
fThe rtvan with his
I money ii\ our Bank
I does not fear fire
nor burglars.
It is not only downright carelessness to keep money
In your house, but it subjects you and your family to
grave DANCER.
Not only may yoi/ lose It by fire, but burglars may *
break In and steal It. Burqlars always''spot" the houses
where money Is kept and they wllfstopiat nothing-even
MURDER- to get It.
Bank your money where It will be safe from fire.
burglars or your own extravagance.
Put YOUR money In OUR bonk.
We pay:5 per «
The Nationa
