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The Tift on Gaze tte. •1.00 PEK ANNUM. THE T1FION GAZETTE, TIFT ON GA.. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. 1917. VOLUME XXIX—NUMBER 22. THE LATEST NEWS BY HIRE Copenhagen, Sept. 6.—Northeast of Riga the Germans b*ve advanced thirty-five miles from the Divina river. Kre- mon . cm the mam highway leading to Petrograd, has been cap tured according to Berlin advices, the Germans driving toward Reval, which must be taken before a direct attack against Pe- trograd can be made. Anxiety for the Russian fleet is increasing. . . Berlin (Via London), Sept. 6—The capture of 120 Rus sian officers, 7,500 men, 180 big guns,. 300 machine guns, sev eral armored cars and a large quantity of war material was an nounced from the Riga front today. The War Office declared that along the Divina river the German forces have advanced to friederichstadt. a London, Sept. 6.—Italy resumed her offensive cm the St. ^■ulien front today, redoubling her drive towards Trieste and ^Jubach- y Dispatches received here from Rome detail the greatest ( concentration of men, artillery and aeroplanes on the Italian side that this front has ever seen. The official statements mentioned that 261 aeroplanes are , participating in the fighting. While British and French field ar tillery are aiding in the land fighting, on the Trieste gulf Brit ish and French warships are co-oper.-tjng with Italian monitors in shelling Pola, the great Austrian Adriatic naval base. Estimates from Rome today show that 37,000 Austrian prisoners have been captured since August 19th. Rome, Sept. 6.—The attempts of the Austrian forces to launch a counter offensive on the Carso Plateau have entire ly failed. Gorman troops participAted in the attacks. London, Sept. 6.—General Haig reports local battles to the east of Flouraix, to the southeast of St. Julien, and a few Ger man prisoners captured. German aircraft bombarded three hospitals Tuesday ev ening. London, Sept. 6.—Intense aerial activity and numerous successful British air raids were reported by General Haig to day. "Toesday British aeroplanes dropped bombs on the Bil lets railway station lines, ammunition dumps, training school and other German works, in a dozen places," says Genera] !Haig. London, Sept. 6.—Only minor fighting was reported from the British front during the past twenty-four hours, according to the announcement of the War Office. Paris, Sept. 6.—Heavy artillery fire is in progress all along the French front today. FIRST FOUR CALLED WILL LEAVE SUNDAY To Report to Camp Gordon, at ham biee, Ga. THOMAS, TURNEK AND WORTH Aw.it In. jetton. The following four mimes wen '•*teil Tuesday afternoon by th« Tift County Board na the first-fit:* it of Tift county’s first call under selective draft: Joseph Green Hayes, No. lObf Richard Miidison Shnttles, No 1211 Ben Colbert Williford. No. 1250: Daniel Crawford Smith. No. 1205 These.will report to the Local Board for instruction at 4 p, m., September 8th. They will leave Sun. day morning fiept. 9th. ip Gordon, at Chnmlile* AFTER A HOT CHASE COUNTY TAX RATE FARMERS’ MEETING SUPERIOR COURTS AND RUNNINBFIOHT SI2.25 ON THE 51,000 TO BEHELD SEPT 15 HAVE TERMS FIXED Men With Booze Made Good a r* Getaway BUT LEFT A LOT OF THE LOOT Runner, of Contraband Made Ford Fly When Officer. Overhaul Than About Twapby Shota Fired. n sensational chase and Fated by Board of Commissioners Postpon'd a Week to Meet Ga For Four Counties This Week La* Owners’ Ass n Tifton Circuit LEVY IS $1.05 OVER LASTJfEAR THE TW8 GREAT OATIERINGS FOR THE YEAR OF 1917 OHLY Aftci Strfto School Taa Out.id. the City of Tifton. At their regular meeting thi nd ' October and Novembar for Tilt: C tight i Sp..^ to b# M>cU L>Ur The Burt of Trade has deemed it the Farmers' meeting Worth a r for Irwin , Turn , thi. ^ h ,„ "***. Saturday with that of the her, reek from this 2 o'clock Thursday corn- ft Shaw and Chief of Police Thrasher.1 received information that J. E. Brown and Luie Monk hn> been named ns substitutes, with o dors to report at .6:45 u. m on tl 9th. in event any of the first four arc prevented frorp going. . The first five per cent h« been ordered oot in squads on different •lays. This call bring in county al phabetical order. Tift is in the last Of thirty-five. Other counties from this # hume<liate section thn* wii: re port on the same day am Thomas, Turner and Worth. Tliei* are tne Inst on the tall Tor the first five per cent. Instructions will be sent later, for the baianr. df the Because of the confFc In Jatas „ r terms of holding 9upe.- : or Courts in two counties of the Tifton C.rcult since the admission of Irwin to ths Circuit and change from four ts 'wo annual terms in Tift. Judge Evs has issued an order fixing the datM dding the Superior Courts of ***** Circuit for this year only, as the matter will be remedied at ths nest session. The formal ordar, which is nvlf-explyiatory. follows: Owing to conflicts in ths time fix. il by law for hdbhng :the Superior ourts of the Tifton..Circuit, arising through the transfer'df Irwin coua- nitogether. The ,y to * uth eireuit - lt >* ordered that Boa -1 of Tilde office will be glad to l ^ e fo,lowin «f changes be made ef- nffbrd - I0nff , hia ljne to fective only during thif year: anyone who will call. ' Tift Superior Court shall convens , for *M meeting on the 16th. on Mon «*“y- October 8th. 1917. Civ- id county nt their Every fans* in Tift county and in 11 wi, l be handled during llo.h.-..,. .. r- I monthly session, to-wit. The first. South Geonia for thui i. ***** weeK. Court will ll.er adjourn car partly across the rond and the ing in thcrp 'th,'Tower so to d 0 .do P* ,n * ar * b *T "pared to make the „ * * . * lhe cnmin * 1 dock *» other officers took position, on either * 12 > l!5 .° n I i’! 0 *?"" m °' ,t '«*«restlng that ^ , which about twenty week the Board of Commisaioncri of :qt» were exchanged - during- the ' Rend- and Revenues for Tift Ifxed iriy hours Thursday morning four the ud valorem tax rate for the year lockade runners of booxe finally 11H7 nt 12.25 mills, or SI2.25 cents ndc their escape from the ctiy and m the $1,000 of taxable property, unty officer,, leaving a large por- This is SI.05 higher than l'*t rear >n of their contraband in the offi- when the rnte was SI 1-20, the in- 1 , m ***jr of raising more poul- ' wy an,i poultry product* in Tift coun- j ~ '\, a V ; il * nd "O important one. ' I he Ho.-.rd.f TrniIe moreover in „ 1 I'OS v-.o ■ *U hs or « al «* this lit*- will he held Tifton, and the state tax ■ ' ,n ' "*» future bemuse the Oc- ' char- of t v l mills j . 1 ' planned for [ in at The formal order for the levy fol-|^* d *" !ant to «mit the Sep- n«t of everything which must buy. s not include the school ,I,,M ip for a lo.t ^if whiskey had been carried lax of five mills, which is lev.e.l on , i. [through Tifton from Jacksonville 'he property in the oountv outside of , =*« this line the through : Chula : : back to Tifton lows: The Sheriff and Chief of Police, Coenty Tam Levy, accompanied by Night Policeman .GEORGIA—Tift County* Mullis. in the Sheriffs car. drove The Commissioners of Roads vnd j miles north on the National * first call t rly h Washingtow, Sept 6.—Germany Is expected to make otber peace proposal soon, declared foreign diplomats here *odmj. Tempered by the Reichstag's elements the Erxberg. 'Sduedmann faction is expected to force a new proposal at the opening of the Reichstag, based on President Wilson's internal reform ideas. Washington, Sept. 6.—Amsterdam dispatches received bore telling of the growth of the reform wave m Germany wore confirmed today by confidential advices to the State Deport ment Tke Administration is encouraged to hope that the end at Gorman absolution!*™ ts-in sight. Junker * frantically trying to stem the tide through Government control of the press. President Wilson's declara tion that n» peace can be had until the German people take control of their Government, is taking a deep hold on the Ger- Washington, Sept. 6 "The American Government is through with peace talk and until Germany meet. America’s ****** requirement, .11 effort, henceforth will be concentrated on war preparations,” declared the State Department today, expressing displeasure at continuous peace speculations. The State Department will open the first official discussion today with the Japanese mission concerning greater co-operation. Dublin. Ga., Sept. 6.—The charred bodies of C. B. Bra Gladys Cook and Mian Russell. Young were found under a burn ed automobile near Jeffersonville this afternoon. The party was on its way to Macon when the car skidded over an embankment the week, the Tift County ■i! received from the Dis- ict Board in Savannah a report on fifty^ix name* certified to that board iunty. Five w f the Highway. Soon a Ford inlng without lighta and with asengers came in sight. The [Thou ty for the y h tux t of i UloUprt of taxable proper- ; ha* I «... w.t.h ill county of Tift for the' 0,0 P“Pen (or detailed announce- which is subject to taxa- J ment of the ipeakcrs. rulorem and which tax ia Further suosneement and invi- following purposes. ut ion will bi given. Don’t wait for any merlin: vied foT Irwin Superior Court will convene »n the third Monday in October, 1917, to-wit: October 16th. 1917, and continue through two weeks. Worth Superior Court will be sd- •urned until the third Monday ia from Yhis cot ed anil fifty. . No later report has beet although fifty-four name, are at to be passed on: hp five relieved are as follows: Matthews. Thomas Homer, R 6. Barker. Joe Lee. Omega. Evers, Wiley Polurabua. Tifton. Lytle. Waiter Roy. Tifton. Conger, Elbert Jackson, Tifton. William Arthur Sutton was e: I his lighta and step >'. e * ping out in the road in front cf the car waved to it to stop. w—... If he had not jumped aside he [ Item One. | !* m .. would have been run down, the car To P*>' ,c R a! indebtedness of the *"K* on th»,15th, however. There passing with increasing speed. Tht d “*. or to . be , com * d “ eW '^ ll . bc * * nd * n »f*«rnoon Turner Su P* nor Court Sheriff grabbed at the tonne I mg the yen 1 Divided a or past due _ . . follows: . [jump on the running board but the ! Mills open on both sides and j Fast due indebtednesa 2.6 tould not get a hand hold A» IShet-iff’a fees. Jailor’s the officers could ect their «t»l 0«- ^ car under way they gave chase and To pay Coroner's fees R the Ford was pursued so hotly that To pay Bailiff's and nt the junction of the Highway and witnesses, fuel, hire, boulevard north of ths eity the Ford turned out. The officers soon mis sed it and turning hack into the bou levard came in sight of it again. The chase continued, with both used until January 1st, 1918, and, ea ” Bt * u " *P eed - ontil **"* fleeing Daniel Livingston Goff was exeus-1 Kor ‘ l turned into Tlf *«n. Sec ed until December 15. 1917, for in-!° nd ,tre * 1 and dod f in R *round the dustrial reasons. | school _ building and then ini The following fifty one names,*™ 1 ,venu * m »naged to get have been certified for service and institute the first fifty-one of j Tift county's quota of 81. will to] LOOK AHEAD Shortsightedness is the cause uf failure. He who looks ahead ■nd builds accordingly is a truly wise man. FORESIGHT, and the ability to si the making of a permanent buccesj Put your money in OUR BANK. e are the surest assets ir Bank of Tifton The Tift County Board certified total of 110 name, to the District Board. So fnr only 58 have been reported on, leaving 62 to b e acted jpon. Cobb, Nelson,. Tifton, R 3. iatne, Albert, Ty Ty. West, Elijah. R 1. Hayes. Joseph Green. Tifton. Woodall. John Lloyd, Omegn. Sanders. -Robert. Tifton. Davis. Thomas, Tifton. Whitten, Levi Graven. Jr., Chula. Taylor. Jcxo. Tifton Anderson. Willie. Tlftoic Grant. Herbert. Shattlcs, Ri'chard Madison. Baker. Freddie Lee. Haywood. James Emmett. Hicks. John. ' Brpwn. Wesley. Thar|>e< Ohnrlip. Kulbersh. Harry. Gibb*. Sam Y. Cmwdep. Arthur. McCoy. William James. Monk. Joe Loui. Holloman, Virgial. Coker. Anderson Franklin. Towns. Charlie. Rowe. Phillip. Copeland.' Andrew. Nelson. John. Williford, Ben Colbert. Cole. Julius. Jackson. James Eddie, l'rown. Julian Eugene. Farley, Sam. Royal. Ottie Lee. Maffon, Elmo. Smith. Daniel Crawford. Epps. Charlie. Rowe. Willie, „ Porter. Willie. Howard. Jimion. Herndon. Milliard Fillmore. Hadley. Ed. Slaughter, James English. Harper. Bates Cleveland. Roberts. Stark. Waldrop. B.ruce Willi. Jolly, Walter William. Hightower. William Heath. Florence, Homer. Laidler. Will. Hargrett, Clyde Warneil. Harbart L Moc Cr **“** Optomatrial Two years in Tifton and scores of tomer*. If you are suffering ...... headache, or other troubles caused by eye strain be sure and consult me and see if fja.se* nr parly fitted ^ .yin Ho el Bl^ck every day. time the officers lost the but uvertook it again near Mr. P. D. Fulwood's residence, at the Junction of the Highway and boule vard north of the city, it being evi dently the intention of the runners to make their way back to Chula. At this point the officers were sc close on the criminals that they turn - ed and opened fire, which fir: waj returned by the officers'. About twenty shots were fired b'ut known no one was hurt One bul let passed betweed Sheriff Shaw who was driving and' the windshield. Near this point the men in the fletringnr-bi'C*!^ to throw out their load. The ofiWers saw one package and after the Food had eluded them me back to look for it. This pack- :e was ftjqnd ami n little fnrthi suitcase full of whiskey.. There sre between thirty and forty pints nnd four' quarts in the lot. T officers say that the car was loaded capacity. stationery .... To pav Jurofti per diem compensation Item Two. To build or repair court house, jail, bridges or ferries of the tounty or public im provement 2 or 16.83 Item Three To pay expenses incur- ' i supporting the of the county, n, otherwise, prescribed in the Code of Georgia . 1.26 or 10.21 Bott will be equally inter- hrld ** u,u * 1 - ,he fi "‘ *“**> | esting. weeks of Decembtr. n h This September 6th, 1917. SUPERMTENDENT HERE. R. Eve, ■ V ! J. S. C. T. C. Arrived to Tske CUr,. of The Tif- & *» Feed Mills. SCHOOLS OPEN OCTOBER 1ST Mr. W. C Edwards, an experien-, .6 or 4.1 1 ced feed ml man. arrived Tuesday '£<>*«•<• School. Open Novebi ! to take cla«e of the feed mills E *«P* «“ * r .6 or 4.1 T Stk. To pay expenses of the county for building public - roads and maintaining and equipping the ehain- gang of raid county 4 or 32.66 The following levy made by the; •ird of Education: 50 cents orT^ach^One Hundred 1 Alb,ny ’ ^ <•—The dedicatory Dollars of taxable property of said , address at tin laying of the corner- >f Tift except the property stone of the Albany First Presby- limit, nf th. Pitw .f Tff. i . . . ..... ... of the feed mills being crcctd by the Central Groc- 1 At the meeting of the Tift Conn ery Company j ty Board of Edoeatien thi* week H The mills vill be ready for corn w “* decided to open the white and beans October lit, but between schools of the county at the usual now and thst time will take ail the time, on the first Monday in Octe- grain offerd at iu market price. ber. — a— ■ I The colored schools will open one CARRIER EXAMINATION. month later. November 5th. except — 1 *k« Tift County Industrial School, A Civil Ssvke examination for at Tifton. which will open the sama carrier on Rrr'. Route from Ontom* time -ith th. -hit. -hoc!. Th. ra.Xn.tion of .ra Hotli. ra of th.JJijhS.hoo h»,Wln,. It ,„c h „ ., ,h. Cotton Hill, rakool -ra rondorUh, Cl.rh R B Y.t- „„ pUd „ d , h , fnJ’Jsf . c r..!r:r. ***>« *• Supt. Ammons has finished grad i *ng the papers filed by applieanta • - r.r,«n.!-.r. u - ’ f° r teachers’ license at the annual LAY CORIERSTONE TODAY , T , m lnatldn August 8rd and 4th. Of the twenty-four white appli cants, two made first grade, eight within the limits of the City of Tif- terian thurcl will be delivered ton. for school purposes. Said levy | Tuesday nftasoon. September 4th, I- by the Board of Education of liy Rev . Dr , 0,5,1- H. Ogden, nf At- SLSSSr r H ^ ieh -j- y The rm church tr Lnr««Imdre-.r in and ma* a part of uie , t e[|ita thi , further ordered that 1 MANY GOOD THINGS COMING Strand for th. 'AflTdt ' the Tax Collector of Tift County eol_ 1—. —is •-— as provided by I.awT ami pay inp same over to the proper officials of said County. Don* in '-pen court. thhT~flept- aimber .'led. 491". at this thp regular monthly meeting of the Ronrd. at their September Term. 1917. • R H Hall. Chairman. Jehu Branch. Ccvnmlssioner M. Turker,’ Commissioner- made second grade, eleven third grade, and tw 0 failed. It was notable that of all the ap plicant* examined only ou, and SfThe j that one of the colored teacher*, section. 1 made 100 In spelling. een here in two of his greatest stage successes. "Broadway Jones" and "Seven Key* to Bnldpate." the named being announced for an early showing here. William S. Hartjs to be seen in eight of his great Western picture*. »i.e Ferguson, another star from the regular stage, is booked for sev en productions here, the first being "Rarbary Sheep.” a picturixation of IITFhen’s novel of the Far East We’ll leave it up to you, isn't that me line-up? In addition will be seen such stars Mae Murray. Frank Keenan. Dor othy Phillips. Brownie Vernon and other famous Bluebird stars: and such comedians as Charlie Chaplin,, Fatty Arbuckle, Lonesome Luke, Ham nnd Bud, Phil Dunham and other funny men, making the Strand's program the greatest ever offered a town of just some four thousand inhabitants. •sterday it was noted that the Strand has closed a long ter tract for \rternft pictures. Art- ft pictures are product' tra-ordinary. ailie'd with Paramount producing plants, and all of the directors are in the Millio- Dol lar salary, class. Just Listen at this line-up for e coming year: ,Rnvid W.‘ Griffith, who direr.ed The Birth of a Nation." and “In- tolerance.'.' will direct six pit lures. Cecil DeMille, master of his craft, who directed “Joan, the Woman." will dipert four pictures. Thomas n. Xnce. who directed the spectacular 'Uzation," is to direct s- num ber of pictures. Mary Pickford. known the world er as "Our Mary", will be seen in eight pictures, including, such re cent successes a* “The Little Am erican.” and "Rebecca, of Sunny- brook Farm.” Geraldine Farrar ia to be seen TOen . cmpioyea in uie roundho m two pictures. Wallace Reid i. to the Atlantic Coast Line shop. h "J e “t n,r fin,t Pit -i pd •« «t noon today. The r ow „. re The Woman God Forgot " will it is reported, is because of the fall- seen here late in in the fall, jure of the railroad to make settle- Douglas Fairbanks, the one and ment for back pay accumulated since only, is to be seen in seven pictures. 1 March 1 > *“■■“* Although th. .hop. b.ra rap i„ WiW and Wooly .between 1.500 and 2,000 men. George M. Cohan, well known 600 of them will share in the back legitimate stage star and author, will pay. FIFTY MEN WALKED OUT Way iron. Sept. 4.—About fifty . employed In the roundhouse at walk- The reason, doesrit Jear ‘ >r sickness. We never know when we start out In the morning what's going tcyhappen to us. An accident or sickness could overtake/gs any moment. iak«AM e man But the man with a snug sum tucked safely away In the bank knows he can tide over without going Into debt or becoming a burden to his family or friends. It makes a man happy to be independent. Put YOUR money In OUR bank. We pay 5 per cent Interest. 5 \ The National Bank^f Tifton, Ga.