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BOYS n CONTEST
CO^SkATH ! SELLS FfltM
State College 4 Agriculture *nd(U. I
S. Department if Agriculture at (he
Southeastern Hr in Atlanta.
The first of ftme schools was held
last year and nr 20o boys attend
ded. The trifi* a very desirable
one and it is expected that every
club boy in the wen try will be in the
contest.
(rsther a very desirable pleqe of prop
erty. Mr.Thomartonbak been llr.
iag_naar Chuja.Jer'fhe past year.
the Navy. Gtbar will be sent to dar and will be appropriately celebrm-
Chicago from Ulanta for a course ted by the people of that beliai
in schooling. Fitch ami Lang will throughput thejtountcj^_—__
report to Chartaton for duty after The stares in Tlfton operated bj
going trough nth the preliminary Jews will be closed on Monday and
arrangement* d Atlanta. ; Tutday. Sept. 17 and 18th.
The request is hereby made by
the local Board of Trade that stores
lime with the exception of two years.
Those who know her and he' work
i ronsider-her one of the strongest and
, most success!ul teachers in she sta'r
Fccry 3i> I who has graduated
: under Mrs. x Crumley admires and
i loves her and it is with profound r-
gret that ths former jrtadmu .a: *3
. friends of the vhool a* well ns the
. present students'and faculty lenm of
, her retirement.
will show th<ar welcome to the vis
itors by displaying flags, bunting or
any other appropriate decoration;
welccme signs, etc. Tifton is being
honored' in having two statewide
meetings on that day and we should
<Iet the BANK book
first and be a
manwith
FOUR HOUSES BURNED
money j
makes it necessary
of September and 'October
Mrs. Crumley, is a graduate of Fitz
gerald High School,and of the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial College.
While a student at Fitzgerx I she
took work under Mrs. Crumley h.nic
Mrs. Crumley must leave, the Agricul
tural school is extremely fortunate ic
being able to secure Mias Davenporti:
time Prof. Lewis
Overland and the snappy eomforta-
’.Np^effy Country- CJdV
able fo~~fttt—shetfonli
has hoped that the -school would be
able to secure her as a teacher of
Heme Economics in case Mrs. Crum
ley should at any time retire from
j Miss Davenport will enter upon her
now duties immediately. Mrs. Crum-
little 90 Touring
SAM IS BACK.
Mr. Sam Kulbcrah is a
gain after a trip to Balti
York, and ofher Easter
ore. New
PROTECTION!
He invites
Two years of continuous nractfra
tc Tlfton and scores of satisfied cus
tomers If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye strain be sure and eonmlt me
and aee if fiajeeug.perly fitted
In the Myon Hotel Block every day-
The Tilton Gazette.
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THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
London, Sept. 13.—A cablegram from Petrograd la to
today says that the headquarters of Korniloff Rave aurremder-
COMMITTEES WORK
URGED TO ATTEND CAMPAIGN IN TIFT FOR BIG MEETING
Bulling Wl he Completed in a Men Spent Wednesday Night in
Few Days Tifton
•d to the Provisional government forces. Meeting of Georgia Land Own To be Put on Within the Next Mwcbfijical Enthusiasm in Ap-
Copenhagan, Sept. *11--Late dispatches received here m at Tifton Thirty Dhya ! proaching Session
that entrenchments are being thrown up around Petro- j -—- j —:—
“ —““■‘.o' h “ ,or . c “. . DIRECTIONS fROM TAMPBEtl; DISTRICT WORK IS SUSPENDED 64. UNO OWNERS' ASSOCIATN WAILS -Ojffi AND Bdll.FRS SET SHOWN STOCK
patrols are active in tbe Lena . ^ I !
TIFTON FEED MILLS INSPECTING TOUR
ARE ALMOST READY DARIEN ANn JESUP
MILLS
i To That Effort.
WB Among the Di.tingoLb-
,k.r. Coming. Tifton In
■■tain and Dacorata.
duration in Tift county
co-operation with the Tift County I Georgia Land Owner*' Association,
Board of Health, will put on at once [ «o be held here on Saturday next,
an intensive health campign in Tift. I “»der the auspices of the Tifton
These steps were taken at a meet-1 Hoar.l of Trade. Farmers, land
iig of the Boards of Health of Tift owners and business men have taken
and Irwin counties with Dr. T. F. ° been interest in the preparations
Abercrombie. Secretary of the State ■"■>. speakers of prominence will
Board of Heilth. and Dr. M. K. Con- participate in the program that has
nor. of the Rockefeller Foundation been arranged.
International Health Board, held in Commissioner J J. Brown of the
Tifton Wednesday afternoon. Department of Agriculture will ad-
The foil Irwin County Board was I dress ‘he meeting on the subjert of
present, consisting of County School! "Th* Importance of State-Wi^e Tick
Superintendent Weaver, Dr. Harper.' 1 ”' 1 '' ”
, .... .. . of Board, of Health of Ir.
Texas, Sep«. 13.—Dissatisfied with the redaction XssUttag S.r.i.rr Kidd.r in P.r- wi> .„d Tift With Dr.. Ab.r-
members of the I. W. W. broke Camp at fading Final Arrang.m.nt*. I crombia and Connor,
this morning and resumed their wanderings through The various local committees for TJ>* first Kurml Sanitary DisUlet - -- V~ n ' anlendid-start snd the
the completion of arrangoments for »f Georg., ha. been suspended until he gtven -splendid **« and tne
j . 7. . . _ . . j Tune 30th 1918. 'livestock industry will receive a <ie
. The news spread quickly and the towns armed agamat,'^mee h ^°^ een >p The Georgia Board of Health. inl rid * d feSMt at the meeting of the
them. Douglas refused them admittance, and «he indications jiojnted by (he Tifton Bo . rd 0 j
now are that they will be buffeted about until the government Tradc and are now at « orl[ _ Vari-
* ^gain intervenes. |Oua young ladies of the city have
Washington, Sept. 13.—Cablegrams reaching here from been asked to co-operate in making
f """ " iu °« ■>< ">• * rriv ' 1 ° f ■ ddi,i °"* 1 * r<i "' rT f ° r G ™r
dl PershingVforces at the advance framing base near the bp made * a „ , he 5t ores
French battle front today pleased bfficials here. f to everyone coming .into town Sat-
The Americana have taken over field pieces and perma- jrday^o attend the big meeting at
oent big guns have been act aside for them. | the -“ditcHum. A committee of
_ , | , imerchants has in hand the work of
The •P*cul*t«m .. •»'*'" “« mmtanU „ „„ nd .
American forces will go into action. It is accepted that the MatUra of reception and such en-
first information will come when the casualty liata are made tertainment as time will permit are
- * | also being worked on.
The coordination of the air force* arid artillery is under Professor J. Phil Campbell,
Roof No.
ich of th. 1 And Other
Professor J. Phil
, _ , . ... • Athens, has issued authorization for
W.T, .od C.en.rnl Perth.,* wBl b. r..dy who thn com- j t. .t-
pint*. | tend this meeting and has more-
Waahington, Sept 8.—Diplomatic relations between the over urged that they do so. His
United Stele, end Swede, ere .teemed .. » re.nit of the di* | torwerd One neoin
. „ . , _ . . , , • r j . to all South Georgia Agent*. He
covery, that offtctal German telegram, have been forwarded ^ not on]y urjrfd lhat , hfy attend
from Buenos Ayres to Berlin through the Swedish Legation and ln bot that they bring a
Foreign Office at Stockholm. , delegation with them from each-
in an official statement issued this afternoon Secretary county.
Lansing made public three of the German telegrams. How
t * . ... , . . _ , ..of Commercial Seeretarit
they came into hts hands was not revealed. They are dated StaU hag faUfd a me ,
May* 19th, July 3rd and 9th, and deal with the sinking of Ar- aM0C j at ian to be held at TiftoiT
gentino ships by German submarines. |co-jointly with the meeting of the
Hr metaages -were signed by the Gorman Consul, Count Land Owners for the purpose of al-
_ . j-j iL.n »u. a lying the Influence of the former as-
1 sociation to that of the latter
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bounty Physician, and County Com
missioner Tucker. They were met by
the Tift County Iloard County-
School Supt. Ammons. County Phy
sician Baker and Chairman Hall of
the BoarA of County Commissioners.
Also Drs. Abercrombie and Connor.
After scene discussion it was de
cided to suspend the public health
work of the First Rural Sanitary dis
trict. consisting of the counties of
Tift and Irwin.
Bartlett, of the Association ,>Thcn. after compilation between
of Tint. Abercrombie and Connor and
meeting of tlQat the Tift County Board of Health, it
vyjs decided to put on an intensive
public health campaign in Tift This
will\ consist in part of an inspeetion
of every home in the county, white
inrf colored, including the wells and-
- - d—Inn— Inan-ftinn Snd
litter waa called a 1 'Notorious Ass.” Soc - r ,. a jy j n receipt of numerous accept
copies of hi* statement and the telegrams unces from secretaries asking -for
Swedish Ministers, with the request that hotel reservations, etc.
reftued to comment on th. *»-| outai< j. of Tilton „ d Tift county.
jit remains for every effort to be
Rome Sept. 8 Since August 19th thirty thousand Aus- devoted by local people toward ere-
„ p~on.„ h.~ Uk-, including eight hundred nt5- j *f«
etn, according to the official statistic, udued today. citizen ahould be at that meeting
1 " Ladies and gentlemen will find the
Monte San Gabriele in the Austro-ltalian theatre, has talks equally interesting. There win
been the scene of another vicious attack by the Austrians in an ** s®**'°“ s »t th* whool house,
endeavor to dislodge the Italians from recently captured posi- 10 *' m " “ nd the other “*
premises; a drainage inspeetion and
thorough canvass to ascertain all
breeding places for malaria or other
enemies to public’heatlh. Hookwown
cases will be treated also. The ex
pense of the campaign will be bornt
by tite State Board of Hsalq, and
Eradication in Georgia." Other
speaker* who have definitely atcept-
a place on the program, include
W. M. MaeKellar. Bureau of
imal Industry, U. S. Deportment
of Agriculture; Dr. Peter F. Bahn-
State Veterinarian; Clement S-
Ueker, Vice-President of the South-
Settlement and Development .Or-
zation of Baltimore; T. G. Cha.v
Atlanta. represerttiag the
Shorthorn. Breeders Assoeiatioa; J.
•o-operativc extension work.
State College. Athens, and W. D
Koddenbery*. Cairo. "
There will also be a general meet-
g of the membership of tbe Geor
gia Land Owners' Association and
plans will be perfected for a perma
nent organization. A large and rep
resentative attendance is looked for,
only from Tift county, bot also
from other sections in South Geor
gia as the membership in the Asso
ciation covers nearly forty coun-
The campaign will begin within
thirty days and it is thought now
that at least three men, a sup^rin-
tions. Their efforts inet with no success- T w . Hughes, of the Georgia
1b the battle of Riga, according tQ the German war office ;i^ n( j owner*' Association, will at*
8,900 Russians were made prisoner and 325 guns and large rive today to work with the local
quantities of war stores were captured. The fighting on this | off «* until Saturday,
front has now dwindled to skirmishes between reconnoitering
detachments. ' ’ SOLD S4 CARS IN AUGUST
While optimism seems to prevail in the provisional gov- v>]b# , 7 j 515 p . rt ,.yiy R.cord
ernment in Russia that a successful issue of the counter revo- j „f Tift-0*«rUnd Co.
lntion started by Gen. Komiloff soon will be returned in favor | As evidence of the tremendous
and two assitsants, will
charge of the work. It is at marked
a step forward in Tift in public
health work as was the organization
of the First Public Health District
something over a year ago.
of Premier Kefenaky, the situation still remains most acute. All demand and popularity of the Wil-
Ihe dispatches from. Petrograd at present are emulating from 1 b-vKmght ftverland car* in South
W *c . . , . , ... , Georgia, the following sales figure*
the provisional government or supporters of Kerensky. ^ the raonth of Auffusl are civen
Reports from Petrograd are to the effect that Komiloffs by the Tift-Overland Company
fiiar. h on Petrograd hits been checked and that even his retreat Overland and Willis-Knight cars,
has been cut off by forces faithful to the provisional govern- * old and delivered, si. Sale* in
meat; a.Iso that-there have been further defectTons from the : j 5 ” clnd “iE tralght charge*.
Tanks of Komiloff, and that a great majority of the command* N , v ,; in thc hirtory of thf T ift
•rs at the front are still adhering to the government. A state- Overland Company ha* there been
t issued by the vice premier said the country undoubtedly *o great a dwnand for the Will.v»-
B with Kerensky. Knight Overland cars in South Geor-
■ gia. ^They arc asking the Willys-
• Overland Ccrapany, of Toledo, 0.
And i* Succeeded by Mi** Davenport
at A. M. S.
Mrs. J. J. Crumley, teacher of
Home Economics at the .Second Dia.
trict Agricultural School, has resign
ed from the position and Misj In*
Davenport, of Fitzgerald, has been
selected as her successor.
Mrs. Crumley oocne to the school
in the f$ll of 1909 and has be*n a
of the faculty
is necessary in these STRENUOUS TIMES. j
The PROTECTION offered by a BANK ACCOUNT, combfeed
with a little "BULL-DOG tenacity” will make you winnertb
the fight no matter what the odds.
PROTECT YOUR FUTURE by putting your money in OUR
BANK.
Bank of Tifton
k "" l *'^L*-iWrT~* °*—
'ilr Kulhersh has not only had a
pleasant trip but the good luck to
find_ what he wanted m dry goods,
notions, ready-to-wear and novelties.
He purchased one of the handsomest
lea he has ever brought to Tifton ; the leading physicians,
and owing to his fortunate connect
ions so far below the market that
he can offer them to his customers I
at the old prices.
' Jr«
ley will remain Tor a few day, to afr
J*Ut.hcr ip getting the work-vorgani-
zed and not a lesson wil be lost on ac
count of thd change.
Upon leaving the Agricultural
school Mrs. Crumble; will go to Syl
vester where her husband is one of
| Beginning Sept* 15th Mr. J. S.
. i Royal will have charge of the sub-
1 *cription department of the Gazette,
*^ r ’ ! Daily and Weekly. Mr. Royal is ex-
Grad»U Optonctriat p^tncMd in this kind of work, hav
ing been with the Gazette for aev-'
oral years up .to five years ago. and
needs no'introduction to the people
of this bection. It is his intention
to see every subscriber to the pa
per between now and Christmas.
., .„ . —... Sifbt* of City. 1
MschiMy Already i. the j from W.yo. and Four from Me-
Baildinf. j Intolh in Party.
Tl»e Tiftei Feed Mills .will be | Tifton had aa rueat* Wednaadag
ready for »|*ration on or before | night two parties on inspection tour*
October 1st 0 f this section. They spent the night
The work n the building, with the 1 here and were taken on a trip around
exception of tkr engine and boiler the city to look at the Tift stock
rooms, is radically complete and farms, at the packing plant, feed mill,
the roof will be finished the coming «nd other things of interest Thuru-
vdcck. The a»j ri »-„||* will be fini* day morning.
shed thi* w«(t -The completion of One party was from Darien, in Mc-
tho engine ud boiler rooms have 1 Intosb r-iiRl;'. and consisted of J W.
Waited the hatallatiori of the engine Arr 1. County Afent; R. A. Strain,
“fid boiler* aad'u now only a matter N. JVuw-wtein and Vf Moore the lat-
of a few ilajx to : Witt, the Governravnt Experiment
The—boilen are in position and work stationed at Savannah. They
thf smnkr-itath op and t h e engines were traveli: p in (,pe tar.
are being id i n place. Much of I The otnet ■ irty consisted of four-
tha machineryk already in the build, teen from Wnyne toutity, headed by
ing and the btlanee is expected in a J- P. .'b*dd, Count/. Agent; Sheriff
few days. ' D. S. Price 2Sd Judge R. B. Hobba.
plant iresents quite an im- The other members were: J. B. Har.
posbur appeanace as it approaches per. F. M. Tyre. Robert Tyre, J. B.
iplotion Tie eptire building is IJistinyer, H. R. MeGanley. J. J. Sur-
200 feet widi and is located in the rency, Walton Long. B. E. Thornton,
eastom part «f the city south of J- J- Surrenty and E. W. Aapinwald.
Second sttertbfti»-.-cn the tracks of Sheriff Price was the guest of his
the Tifton Tnninal Company and brother Judge J. H. Price while here. -
TUv ,,m* I- Tifton bv wav of
the AMantir-Coast Line. < They cama to Tifton by way of
Thera is ■ angle story warehouse Way cross. Valdosta and Moultrie,
I x 100 fe«. The main building and were especially interested in the
for the milling plant is two stories, boll weevil actuation. The weevil
high. 64 x 61 feet, and the engine ha* done little demage to them this
and boiler asms 35 feet. The year but they expect it in large nuns-
material used % white brick. bers next year. They report the most
Mr. W. II. Spooner ha* the con- damage in Lowndes county of any
tract and he ispring the owners just section v'siud. one farm of over 100
such a thoroufk piece of work as he "°t showing a proapeet of more
has the reputation of turning out than five bales.
The mills sfl he ready in ample Member* of both parties Were hlgb-
ne for this fall's cron of corn and >y pleased with the courtesie* shown
than at Tifton and spoke of their
stay here as one of the most pleasant
of their trip.
In further preparation Dip tin
meeting of the - Georgia Land Own
er*’ Association to be hedd hero Sat
urday and for the entertainment
of our guests the committee having
the matters in charge was busily at
work yesterday.
reception committee will
every train Saturday morning
and'conduct the visitors to the Board
of -Trade which will be local head
quarter*. The meetings will be held
in the High School Auditorium and
visitors will be so directed.
Professor Hannan will be Charge
d'Affaires at the school building.
nianber of ladles who drive
Have kindly agreed to assist In
entertaining the guest* by showing
them a little of our city and its at
tractions at such times aa may be
possible. Further volunteers .for this
'ork will be welcome if they will
phone the Board of Trade office,
The hoys Hanging to the Corn
“d. P1 ' C “»*< ™‘ “T 0 ' *| U Wit .1 Hi...
hold a contest at the courthuse in / M
Tifton o„ ,1 ...t, Se|>- /„ , „ „ „
The two hojrmaking the best show,
ing in the cokwt will be given
free trip to fit Southeastern F;
Sehool, which rill be held
Occupied by Negroes at the
■ ham Lumber Co-, Plant.
cabins occupied by negroes
at the old plant of-the Southern Lum
ber Company, west ofr the city, were
destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon.
They were of little value the total
loss being probably less than $300
with the ^exception of the personal
"lelonging to the negroes. The
houses were still owned by • the
Southern Lumber Company. ~
The fire originated in the- house
occupied by Henry Armistead and
his daughter. Henry is said to be
100 years old and very feeble
and his daughter left him in bed,
locked up the house and came to
town. When the fire was discovered
he woiiliThave hurried to iT«*tK if
neighbors had not come to the assist-
She had also locked up the
well bucket to keep her neighbors
from using it and the first one*
there could not get water to put out
the fire.
The fire company was called out
and had to lay 2,000 feet of hose
from the nearest plug on Park ave-
Littie could be done to save
the buildings but the section houses
nearby, which caught several times,
were saved. The negroes lost nearly
all of their personal effects and are
telling wonderful tales this morning
of the money they lost.
tation west of ^.ittle river to Mr.
C.Thomastop, formerly of Frank,
lin county, tbe consideration being
$20,000.
The farm contains about 760 scree
which about 350 are in cultivw-
tion. It is well improved and alto-
Rosh Ha.banab Begins Sunday sad
Lasts Through Tuesday.
The Jewish New Year begins Sun
day evening. Sept. 16th. It la the
year of 6678 on the Jewish calen
dar and will be appropriately celebra
ted by the people of that belief
The fundamental principles ofeducatlon are 'readin’.
‘ritin’ and 'rithmetic." All of these can be learned rihore
practically In a BANK BOOK than In any other book.
If your boy has a bank book he Is (earning what
arithmetic Is for. It is the practical application of a thing
which teaches it In the most beneficial and lasting way.
If yourboy hes NOT gat a bank account s
OPENS one.
The National
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
We pay 5 perfint Interest.