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The Titton Gazette. *1.00 PER ANNUM. THE TIFTON GAZETTE, T1FTON, Ga, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 1917. THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE important gains London, Aug. 23.—The British made aouthweat of Lens last night. Raiding elsewhere along the British front was reported. Paris, Aug' 23.—More than 8,400 German prisoners, 200 machine guns and 24 cannon have been captured by the French on the Verdun front since the drive began Monday. * Only 600 of the captured were wounded. London, Aug. 23.—The German submarine base at Zee- brugge andj an aerodrome at Chicles were bombarded by COMPLETE LIST III CERTIFIED & READY GEORGIA ALL RIGHT COMPLETE FACULTY OFTIFTON SCHOOLS l Citix.nl Patriotic and Supporting OoT.rnm.nK Say. Merer. On his return to Washington from a trip through South Georgia during which h* mopped off at Tifton, Coi. Jesse E. Mercer, formerly of Fits- Session Opens Monday Morning gerald and Georgia’s first * n< * most Sept. 3rd FOR 'Ll. S. MILITARY SERVICE! To Supply Tift County’s Fir. tan efficient game warden, filed the fol-/"*^ rr BOOK RENTAL TICKETS SALE ' terrat as giving a true insight into me. Appear iB"tho Order io Which the real state of affairs in Georgia: A u * 30.31. Sapt. 1st. M. L. Brit- BritiU. aviator, tut night TW Will to E.fc.tari u.Kl | Apr.,., ,h„ .ianainr-to », ri. ,. D.|i„ Add,.., .. , .......... f, 81 Ar * Scored. I distressing—news of alleged unpa- Ho u ..w.rmin* Night . French plane, also raided bases behind the German lines, m followin|f „ a completa 1Ut of triotic demonstration. in Georgia, The *hool session for 1917-1918 g much damage. . j the 111 men certified to the Dist- j nimed at the Selective • Draft act. will open Sept. 3rd. at 9:30 o'clock. Washington, Aug. 23.—Reports that Germany has talc- rict Board a^ Savannah by the Tift »nd belcving that I cauld be of ser- There will be short exercises in the !» and that conditions in Russia again border on chaos County Exemption Board for mili-| v ' ce to ihe country In discouraging auditorium of the High School of concern today. I tar y 5crvi< \ I the ,IUlo - vnlt >' °f 'hos 0 reported to especial -interest to the students. The names are given in their or-1 be organxlng in my State in opposi- A t 8:30 p. m. th? High School der number, and in. the order in tion to the Administration's plans for building will be opened with nppro- whic|j they will be called to service, raising an Army. I, on August 6. priate exercises. Th c especial fea- Eighty-one on th c list who pass the| 1917 . proceeded to Georgia and in- ture of th,. program will be an ad- District Boat’s Examination and j Co the counties and districts where drsa by Hon. M. 1. Brittain, who are not excused for cause on ap- | slackers were said to be boldest and Book rental tickets will be on peal to the District Board, will be most active to do what I could, as a sale Aug. 30. 31st and Sept 1st, taken for service. Thos c of the 111 ; citizen of the State, to protect her from. 9 to 12 o'clock and 2 to 6 o'- not taken on this call will be avail- i Rood name and to inapir r a sense clock nt the Hig.l School building. HEALTH tONSERVATION •' b r 3i... ..d Authoriti... , J; * ‘ ^Wrrrnbic, Secretary Of the State Bo* of „„ llh . , nd Dr . . . onoverif the International Board, wer, Ti ,„„ y „„ r _ n .°" 0 * r U t0 b " Wi,h State Board for, p „ im , of on , yrlr m the interest ol tt . dif . tin(t from lhf ... ' ,t ' or ** certain elements COMMAND’R THOMAS ADDRESS VETERANS | that militate militate a t l n>t a* cimmonwe»4_ r. Ahererg^j; My , i admitted that dispatches from Ambassador Francis I political and military information of the^utmost :e, but officials refuse to discuss them. It is reported that Russia hats again asked for American and Japanese troops. Zurich.- Aug. 23.—Germany, speaking Jar herself and her AjJies, will support the Pope's peace proposal, according to Berlin advices today. At the same time Germany will try not to appear to seeking peace too strongly, lost it be taken as a sign of weak ness, The Chancellor is' busy conferring with political lead ers about peace and internal reforms. The Kaiser is intense ly- interested. Socialist papers are urging that the government seize •very opportunity to bring peace. Washington. Aug. 23—President Wilson sent to the Senate the nomination of James T. Newton, of Georgia, to be Commissioner of Patents. Paris. Aug. 23.—A number of German soldiers near Mon- onvillers were asphyxiated by their own poison gas when the French artillery destroyed a number of gas reservpirs behind the German lines. German aviators dropped incendiary bombs on hospitals behind the French lines at Verdun. Three wooden wards crowded with wounded were . fired. Returning, while the hospital staff were trying to save survivors the German air men flew low and turned their machine guns on the men and nurses, killing sevei^end wounding twenty. A third raid was made and seven wounded killed in bed and two Red Cross nurses killed- in the wards. The British continued their advance along the Ypres- Menin road to a depth of nearly a third of a mile, and far ther north carried forward their front for half a mile two and a half miles long. N«?ar Langemarck the British forced their way to a considerable depth, around Hill 35. The Italian offensive continues, from Tolmeno to the F head of the Adriatic. The Italians claim more than 13,000 I prisoners and 30 heavy guns. Italian warships which w aiding in the attack threw shells on Trieste. Near Riga on the Russian front the Germans appear to have started another offensive, attacking in force They are also attacking the Russians in the vicinity of Dvinsk. Brodv and Tamopol. An Amsterdam report says that Peru has se.nt an ulti matum to Germany, this grew out of the sinking of the Pe ruvian sailing vessel. Norton, by -a submarine. Coincident with the French attack on the German line near Verdun yesterdnv the Italians, after ;i long ami intense bombardment, crossed the Isonzo river and carried the Ger man trenches for a depth of over a mile on a front nearly thir ty miles long. The French carried German positions on a front of mori than eleven miles from Avocourt wood eastward across sh' Meuse river. The Italians and Frwu-h together report 12.000 prisoners, the Italians claiming 7.5Q0 of these. A large num ber of guns and machine guns were taken, L „_ Th ° , latCSt bloW in ,hl ' ami w *» <«» « front of nine Lmiies and only on the extreme right .were the allied force unable to makep rt.gres^. The Germans TSrUtr 1 stubbornly. •Offering heavy Ibsses. but th,- greater part of j|,e front they * the allies. the second Cobb, Nelson. 275 - King. Oliver; Chula. Lane Albert. West. Elijah. 755 Gray. Andrew, Tifton. Goff, Daniel Livingston. -185 Bass. Mitchell. Tifton. 507 Matthews. Thomas Homer. Hayes. Joseph Green. 514 O'Quinn, Silas. Jr.. Tifton. 1031 Goggins. Alford Johnson. 487 Blalock. William Florence 18 Dubose. Lucius Vastlnc. 652 Dunbar, Eugen.-, Chula. 739 Forks, Mack. Tifton. 601 Baker. Henry Jnckxon. 513 Nelson, John, Tifton rfd A 1099 Lupo. Willis, Tifton. 75 Woodall. John Lloyd. 772 Henderson, Crawford, “A" sections will « i and “B” sec‘ : on to ”B' sect- °f duty to the Administration in this All students who have completed hour of peril. the previous year's work will report Arriving nt Atlanta August 7. I to the rooms to which they have been talked with members of the Legis- regularly promoted, laturc and others about thc State Capitol, then went out 'into thc counties of" Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Worth. Dougherty. Terrell. Ran dolph, Webster, and Sumter and discussed the situation with the ex emption hoards in all of thes c coun ties .except the two last namVd I found in all/a fine spirit of loyalty nd confidents in the Administra- j ion and respect for the means that had been adopted for raising an ar-. • thc faculty, Y86 Rody,'Tifton. . ') Jordan. Gilbert Appling^ eoo Davis. Joel Joseph. , 868 Sanders. Robert. Tiftt. . 542 Ball. Robert. T v Ty. — 874 Searles, Frank. Tifton. i 298 Genyard, James, Tifton, R ft. 726 Davis. Thomas. Tifton. Conditioned students main in the grades ,:i which they have been until conditions have been removed. The' followit re-arranged: Roll of Faculty. W. L. Bryan, Superintendent. D. 1.. Black welder. Principal, Bir- m y and thc prosecution of the war , mingham. Ala. The-widely advertised opposition Miss Effi,. Scarboho. Latin and to the selective draft I found to nc. English. Tifton Ga, confined larfkly to the blind follow- Miss Grace Schley. History and era of an anarchist pubication io Science. Columbus. Ga. the State and to represent only p Miss Lillian Spier. Seventh Grade, Small per cent of the people. j j Atlanta, Ga. I told them that I represented on- Miss Ethel Adams, Sixth Grade, I |ly myself and claimed the right of a Dimorest. Ga. 809 Knight, Ambrose, Tifton. /' i sion or delegated authority fr< 645 Beach, Sellie. Tifton. 218 Whitten. Lew Craven. Jr. 550 Edwards. George, Tifton. 574 Norris. Steve, Ty Ty. 981 Cody, William Fred 882 Taylor. Jesse, Tifton. Your Ship Will Come In as your bank account grows. Most of the/^ good things of life are>0 made possible by a bank account. Bank of Tiffon 677 Anderson. Willie. Tifton. 749 Grant, Herbert. Tifton. 1211 Shattles. Richard Mndison. 183 Kelly, Clem Andersen. 792 Jinks, Elijah. Tifton 5 Baker, Freddie Lee, Omega. 741 Flqvd. Cliff. Tifton. 1032 Hajrwood, Jsrnm Emmett. 269 Hicks. John, Chula 685 Brown. Wesley. Tifton. 1016 Fox. William Orville. 335 Thnrpe, Charlie. Omega. 341 Kulbersh, Harry. Tifton. 391 Shepherd, Charlio Francis. 353 Deloach. William Lindsey! 637 Sutton, Willie Arthur. 356 Gibbs, Sam Y.. Tifton. 6 Barker. Joe I.ee, Omi-ga. 327 Crowder. Arthur. Omega. 664 McCoy, William James, 93 Bryan. Jesse Thomas, 957 Bryan. William Lyle. 103 Dove, Henry, M02 Monk. Joe Louie 717 Carter. Neal. Tifton. 773 Holliman. Virgil, Tifton. 608 Ccker, Anderson Franklin. 406 Bowman, ' has. F., T v Ty. 8S9 Towns. Charlie. Tifton. 588 Thomas. Robert. T v Ty. 856 Rowe. Phillip. Tifton. 705 Copeland. Andrew. 576 Nelson. John, Ty Ty. 944 Bond, Terah. Tifton. Williamson. Robert Clinton. 906 Webb, Robert. Tifton. 250 Williford. Ben Colbert. SPT-- Jt-arlrr. Tyner. Tifton. r Yd 6. 736 Epkin, Israel. Tifton. 707 Cole. Julius. Tifton. 1002 Ever*. Wilev t'-olumbUS, . i tot tiytTe. Waiter Bov, Tifton. -308 Jarttsortr^ames Eddie Conger, Elbert Jacksun.. Price. Jim, Tifton. R 2 Brown, Julian Eugene. Ynncj-j Preston, Tifton. T.ovett, J. D. Tifton. Farley, Sam.'Tifton. Powell. Eddie I.ee, Royal. Ottie Lee. Mmson, Elmo. Tifton. 205 Smith. Daniel Crawford. 170 Smith. I.'uneal, Ty Ty. 31J Epps. Charlie. Tifton. rfd 2. 191 Marshull, Leonard. Tifton. 58 Rowe, Witlie. Tifton 840 Porter. Willie. Tifton. 657 Howard. Jimion, Chula, 175 Herndon, MHinfd 'iniftnore Hadley. Ed, Tifton. R 1. Brown. Clarence Eugene. 192 Slaughter. James English. 557 Johnson. Eugene. Tifton. ‘"’ n Harper, Bates Cleveland ...... Starkes. Rcbt. Ty Ty. 1267. Waldrop. Bruce Wills. 1077 Jolly. Walter William. 1036 Hightower. William Heath. 878 Scott. Will. 1069 Hammond, James Willie. 441. Harris, Ghas. 1... Ty Ty. ?3 File ranee, Honrer.*'Tfi:on 865 Laidler, Will, Tifton. 1049 Hargratt. Clyde Warnell. 81 ! Sardis, Miss. jnny source. That my most cheriih j Miss Mary Lou .Britt, Fifth Grade j ed Iffe ambition, that °* raising a A,. Tifton, Ga. volunteer regiment in South Geor-. Miss Nan Wicker. Fiftj, gradi ! ria. had been thwarted by the ab*n- j Montezuma, Ga j dor.ment of thc volunteer system ■ Mis* Fannie Shaw, Fourth Grade | but that I had been convinced thc A.. Adel, Ga. | Selective Draft adopted in Its stend 1 Miss Rthel Autrcy. Fourth grade l was the only possible means of nis- 1 B.. Acree. Ga. | ing a large army in the absence of Miss Helen Mathews, Third Grade invasion or a catastrophe sufficient A.. Tifton. Ga. to alarm and impress t»e public Miss Mildred Lassiter Third grade I mind: That it is democratic: I “nd equitable between all classe*. Miss Gladys Westberry, Socxmd I That this is nO| a rich man's war Grade A.. Sylvester. Ga. and would not be a poor man'; fight , Miss Marthcim Bivins, Second jThat the of the leading public B.. Americas, Ga. mer. and of millionaires ar-- cor- Miss Annie 'Bell* Clarke, First Ispicuously numerous in the'various grade A.. Atlanta, Ga units as volunteers and ronscripts Miss Julia Pinkston, First grade ■'That-the presence of “Benedict Ar- II.. Adel. Ga. ; nold*; ami "tories" were to be ex- t Mr*. Minnie Y Warrington, Ex pected, ns a condition common to all pression, Montreal, N. C. jwars. 1 told th.m that the prepo,- Miss Maida Shepherd. Music. Tif- terous suggestion that our soldiers ton, Ga. | should not go on foreign sue wn- Miss I.oui« c Madre, Music, Lump, the result of the mnrhination* of kin. Ga. | the agents of-the Kaiser The.re Miss Olive Bennett, Domestic Sci- , could be no other explanation of: cnee, Tifton. Ga. ■ the unheard-of proposition. Thnt a Miss Mildred Loss iter, pf Vienna, glance at the positions of the Ar- has accepted the position of teacher \ "* present engnged would set- 1 of the Third grade B-. which place i tl 0 the question in any rational has. been made vacant by the resig- jmind ■ % ,fr Mis. Winona Home. Mis* I told them that after the war 1 i‘-itcr lias taught. in .the. Vienna, i tile fongress. thi* GovCrnur* chair-, ihh.Iic schools for the pnst four" 6. [the places of trust and honor would, years. She i»'a sister of Judge l b ( . filbsi with the *6®" "ho go to n! II. Lassiter, of Vienna. ! thc fipnt now. That those -who By reason of tfio- resignation of tstny at h--mr will then occupy: the . Mui GurUudu Gower, the intro- ll-iick seats and that slackers—and dustion of sight singing into tho J thuy will nil be .known—will not e ' schools has been, temporarily post, respected, f explained that the'ponncj| ! ifanng’enhw Who goM i u ta . tha-army.i Ull Or th.n rrrr b , ^ ihi. hr.lti rill br „I,8,»rd,d. b„ Su „. , h „ l-hy.iCBl improvod, and hs „ fmidl lu b , jrnornla pralrmd. hr. «- c ,„ T si ”s » dv “f: from • th, Ca-tmand„-m-Chief; . , km life expretaae, «oaU ttal ^ p. mKto , th , p ,, fle not to «~Uy affected. That the' „ bw , nJ qu „ u „. ^ If !« | rltmni f.rtiaa in the Senate ... “ " ** * o.nudemmed. by a great msjority-of the people; and that th e attempt to stir opposition to th e draft heart the well-being of every enlist ed --man- ae-never before'in any war in any country. That the tendency in Congress and th e bent of public opinion presaged the most thought ful care of the families of th e -men who take up arms in the defense of the country. I told them that the President’s struggle to avoid war was th e most heroic In history and that it was not until after his' Americanism . jH«d moral courmg e wer # questioned and th* German Government had been guilty of repeated acts that could , .. | not be satisfied through th, ordin- The depemmeat ha. aeOd.d »>« L,,- taU „ dlplem.e. ttot he to .end m tea pe, rea, ,b 0 ,. iae.iuhi, „ d cant,. „aoU la order ,o prerid. tolled ih, fmn. to W-drloptoo. against any who may be exempted by the District Board or who may fail to pass finsl examinations. No. matter how many names are sent in, only th e county’s quota of 81 will be used, and the others passed over un til another general call. For that reason, the Board is paving upon a sufficient number of names to in- Thet since that day he had been as inflexible as Caesar, as indomitable as Napoleon, and as sensible as any man who ever had the great respon sibilities of the Presidency in his hands, wit*, the single purpose of his duty to the American people stantly before him. They told me: That the Adminis- sure having enough without having tration had their loyal support; that to call in more fo r examination- . the law. sdopted fo r raising tirely npsrt from the question of loy- nlty and patriotism, supported only by the personal following 0 f » lo cal socialist leader. I was impressed with th 0 evi dences on every hand of the great lov e of the people for the President >d . unbounded confidence in htm> The spirit of the people m "Geor gia Is fin e “ad their support of the Administration beyond all ques tion. Herbert L_ Me. Graduate Opteaetriet Two years oi continuous practice In Tifton and aeores of satisfied cus tomers. If you ore suffering with headache, or other troubles caused by eye strain ba sure and consult ms and see if gl* uses proparly fitted Is the Myon Hotel Block every day. Get a Self-Starter—For your Pord. They ar B the trick. B. H. B.nk- stoa sells them in Tifton. ... ... — —that the ittle tick eradiate, thc breeding of pure stoek btkoth live and seed, thc work towsrdmif,,,^ cropg un ,_ form standard. , nd co-operative marketing a> >Ha oveIn(nU thnt de _ pen.l primarily f at heiK>ucce« upon the ability of tla people behind the movements, the tople who have got to do the work, j, certain per ten, nr,, handicapped disease the re sult is not attaind. Therefore it is desirable first oJuj to conserve the health of the peoj, and then w c can accomplish thr„ (lhcr things. Il> is right. H,. furVr stated that fthw State Board is in a position lb, aid th P county . combating the hookwoint, typbol and malaria pro- j vided a certain sgropriation can .be ma.le by the coos,. ! t is proposed to devote certainaoney already ap propriated alongthU line to this' Dr. Alienrombi and Dr. Conover! pin,, t„ return he* Tuesday to com plete arrangement. A staff «.f cxgrts will tlfcn be pu t --iir'«ie field o C nrr y on the work. They wil commence work as soon as i* rasonabiy possible. health of EARLY MOWING FIRE. The fire nlarmwas sent in' 1 from Mrs. J. W. Paulis boarding house, i corner Park avea, and Fourth St, j Wednesday mornig at 2:15. Prompt response and god work by the fire department uvtdth, building. The . fire was discovesd by Mrs Stella Baker, who lives mm door, and was then in the roof dike kitchen. The roof was burned from the kitchen and dining room ad a portion of the bath room. Thet was slight dam- to the furnltra from removal and'to the balasc of the building frem water. The. eight boartrs and the family rare hustled 0Ut»f bed. but fortu- iBtcly no on c lossnything and suf- ered no furtheriocnnveniencc ex cept wet clothing They all epeak highly of the wor. of the firp boys. The building md furniture be longed to Mrs. trace Bates. The damage to the- lidding is estimated etween $3oa«d $400. and thut to thc furniture n *150 to *200. The furniture wuinsured for *500 «0th the J. B. Mrrow Agency and the building for B.0OO with J. H. Price. Mr*. Paulk is oyrating her board- g-hous,- as usua today. During the firelr. Jos Kent was hurt" by-a fall dam the staircase. breast struck ie newel post and he waa knocked trenthles* for a- while. This moraig he was con- I to - his bed atil about 11 o’ clock. He sustaed some severe bruises, but no brttn bones. EDc.mpm.oS Thi. Y.*r Pro mi... So B, th. B..I Y.t H.ld By V*t- • r.n>. Smith Can’t Coma. J. A Thrmas, of Dublin, I mander. of the Georgia Divirioa, Confederate Veterans, will deliver an address before the Tif t County Camp. U. C. V.. at their barbecue annual reunion on Thursday, August 30th. Commander Thomas will arrive oa the nfternoon of the 29th and will be the guest of th e Veterans at their- campfire. The following is his letter of ac ceptance. Duin’in, Ga.. Aug. 21, 1917. J. 8. Royal. .Adjutant, Tifj County Camp. U. C_ V. M. Dear Co«urade:. 5c. e wledge receipt of yours of th f 18.» inri. I beg to say I sas Highly delighted to know your CsvRj? ritOt* my presence on the 29th. I shall be pleased to accept of (heir kind invitation, but please do not look forward to a speech especi ally during this extreme warm wea ther. though it will give me great pleasure to make a few remarks to my comrades. I will arrive in your city via auto on the nfternoon of the 29th. Awaiting with pleasure meeting you in. person, I beg to remain. Sincerely, Your comrade. Jam*. A. Thoms.. The following regretful declina tion fr«en Mayor Bridges Smith, of Macon, i* characteristic: Macon. Ga., Aug_ 20. 1917. Adjt. J. S. Royal, Tifton, Ga. My Dear Adjutants I have your letter, of the 18th in forming me of the encampment and barbecue of, your camp on the 29th and 30th. arid also your kind invita tion to be present- Golly! I’d like mighty well to bo with you boys on this occasion, es pecially soi when the barbecue a>Ql bp good, /even when there Is no beer to go with it, but this matter of looking after selective draft, * duty imposed by Uncle Srm on all tity mayor*, with other things, such a* getting ready for the can'onment, will prevent Please convey to your comrades my regrets at not being able to be present, and also my wishes for a gooJhHime, I am. Yours truly, Brid*.. Smith, Adjutant General. TO COMMITTEES The various Committees for the Veteran*’ bnrbecu e on the ^iKh and 30th in*t., are requested to meet !■ the Veterans’ Hall, over Churchwell’s store Saturday nfternoon at 3 o'clock to perfect plans for their work. J. S. Royal, AdJL Keep your eye orv the ~ ^ te ^wi,K- t Ke Bank Book for some day he will be the man with money and possess a Fortune. • Youn^ moftf'Mf you will start RIGHT NOW and put a part of your wrnings In the bank every pay day. there is nothing can *top you from becoming Influential and rich. - Money braids money. The man w/th money knows that the youn* man who can and do«ts take care of His own money will take care of his money too. He TRUSTS him. The young mgn gets opportunities for making moV money and a partnership. Put YOUR money in W* pay 5|per2cent The N,