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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA, — 1 R h ie V J rifton Gazette. 1 *1.00 PER ANNUM. THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE THE TIFTON GAZETTE. TIFTON. GA- FRIDAY, AUGUST 17. 1.17. VOLUME XXIX NUMBER 1. 1 Fill 1 TrVT nr Dili rummii: lirrnrn Turn uru; rmiHTice i u 1^., —- W 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.. I : I I b< | P.5 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