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GAZETTE, TIFTON, GA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1»17-
VOLUME XXIX.—NUMBER
feature of fair.
TIFT SUPERIOR COURT.
0 f Many to
Comp... .1 V.Uo.f.
' a '<Wt**^)et. 10—Lows of the
* * bo ^ racing ond Admirer*
of the>*,t i n hone* and Bva atock
»r« Phteised five day* of perfect
th * Georgia-Florid* fair,
which Un. here on Tuesday, Octo-
b " - 3 *n<l l»*ta for flve days.
Then , ro , num ber of the faateat
Octobor Term Conclude It. Wo*
Thursday Afternoon.
After four day’a aeaeion the Oc
tober term of Tift Superior Court
concluded ita work and the jurat*
were diunieeed Thursday afternoon
A* usual, the Court will be held open
until Saturday morning at 10 o'clock
when the Motion and Appearance
No Change* Made
Patten, Mathia and Be
Selected to Serve Nex.
SEVERAL REPORTS li t I
|uinn v*. Cbarlia Tax CUcctor familiarize biuisclf wftn
first verdict for law* relative to collectioni of speci
fic taxes and adhere atrictly to same
corn
■s. Kafe Lend Watson vs. Wil-
Wal’nn. Suit for divorce; see-
dollar
signed.
H. Swam vs. Mrs. TiYary Swain.. lowing
_*: first Terdict for plsiniif. plikd h
o!u Stone vs. Jack Stone Pi- spcctiv.
First '.ejshrr $or plainfl?T. i majorit
I.ipham vs. Alice I.ipjiam. ‘ poor r
.• first verdict for plaintiff) Specially
Laura Smith Carson v*. bridges
. rson. Divorce; first verdict, District
dff. •; all the
ep' ’* Clark ys. ” John Clark. ’ proache
■ i • rst verdict for plaintiff. : ually r
ati -ibson vs. - Kate Gibson, arc in 1
ce, *cond verdict for plain-’ 1 roads a
corning the important meeting will
FIG. PRESERVES
i ^Tiat excellent housekeeper, Mr*
W. I w Patrick, of Enigma, learning
of our predilection for preserved
figs, sent us a jar of her own pre
serving Saturday. * * J
Mrs. Patrick.ha* a method of pre- D**
serving by. which she says figs can *
keep for fifty years, but after tast- P*' . , ,
ing the contents of that jar she could | and •> * ibiliiio# of defendant re- crable light repair work is necessary. I
ntft keep them. one year in our vicin- moved.. .The Salem bridge on Little creek .is
ity unless they were in a burglar- Mrs. Rutj Parker vs. J. Cliff Par- in need of immediate repair. El-j
proof safe. ker. Pet.ti. i for removal of disa- dorado District, some fairly good J
it removing disabili- roads in this district.^ The Omega- i
I Eldorado, road has several broken-
Tifton Guano Ccm- - bridges and one badly washed hill.!
Account; judgment. The same condition is true of the
1*7-50 . -bridges on. old Union road. The *
r Morning Oak Ridge road to Eldorado also
. P. Myers, guardiafi'has some bad bridges. Brookfield^
Petition to" Jell 1 District, the Ferry Lake road in this
investment; order! District is badly in need of dragging. I
| The other roads are in from excel-,
l vs. Jack Fo.d and lent to fair condition. Brighton
-iquitable petition; District, bridges are good and roads’
M»inst plaintiff. ,rc in general,’ fairly good. Chula |
J. C., and Clif- District, roads are in unusually bad;
klt-ndants, J. M. repair, especially is this true of the j
fa' dshee. Garnish- Irwinvillc to Albany road across Hat!
e<*U against plain- Creek. XTifton District, the roads
and bridges in this district are falr-
Ba. ; of Tifton va. jy good compared with the others in
. V ters and E. B. the eonhty. Realizing-that the Na r
lar Mrs. Edith tional Highway across our county is
iratrix of the estate one of our greatest assets, and that
r, deceased; claim, much valuable advertisement may be
levy proceeds. obtained from the winter tourist*
Pint-
you-
miney N
in i)ur Bank
row
' Gradual* Optometrist
Two years oi. continuous practice
m Tifton and scores of satisfied cus
tomers. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye strain be sure and consult me
and see if glares or pe'ly fitted
tn the My on Hotel Block every day.
RICH
W«n you plant something, you get something. When
you pint nothing, you know what you get."
FIRST CLASS LAUNDRY
Work Called for *nd
Delivered
Phone 325
(Continued on last page)
"the Tifton
91.00 PER ANNUM-
THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE COUNTY CHAIRMEN
Philadelphia, Oct 11.—A story of the startling discovery
by the military authortties of a plot to poison aviation students
ly the wholesale was printed in the Evening Ledger today.
Private Samuel Livingood was arrested at -the Princeton
Aviation School and taken to Governor's Island to face a court
martial. Two pounds of cyanide of potassium was found in h's
room, wh'ch waa enough to kill fifty or sixty thousand men if
need properly. It is believed that Livingood waa the tool of
. other plotter*. Hi came here from Zanesville, Ohio.
WILL MEET TOBAY
In Macon to Plan Campaign for
Food Conservation
WORK BEGINS OCTOBER 22ND
',. R - n;.i r K noniL*r-- ef— «r-*e*rhcrtnr — ° n “ * large number of their •"«eling. I*
A rict and it U urder^ood serv ice J*”* bcinc m °^ or ,e “ in,f rc * tc,! j The Grand Jury re-elected aH the lair ^ '»>>• There , 1 h urche* in I
1 '**f' compulsory The Uunty Qairal in ° f ,h " 19 iWna 1 M members „f the County Board be *<»" herd, of Shorthorns, rcented an,
.ill JZt in m2.,, W" 4 *"* ** *• |.< DM. e. .1 Ik. »•*»- ".a, 2""i ,l ” ‘’■'■"S , „
Washington, Oct. 10.—That Von Bernstorff while Am
bassador to the United States plotted the destruction of the
Canadian Pacific Railway and carried on work of sabotage
in the United States, was made known by the State Depart
ment. today when three telegrams were made public, two from
Berlin foreign office to Von Bem»torff and one from
Bernstorff to Berlin-
The first telegram waa dated Berlin January 3rd and
a true ted Bernstorff that thc_ German General Staff desii
"Energetic action in regard to proposed destruction of the Ca-j day~'#s^ the purp
nadian Pacific Railway at several points.” It states:-“Captain plans-To# the
Boesm has bp4n given instructions,” and orders Von Bernstorff
tv provide him with necessary funds. It is signed “Zimmer-
Fiaiah in On* Wa^C JVallac,
inty Chairman for Tift. Will
lApvmt-District Chairman.
tober
concluded its work
ware disraiaaed
At usual, the C
until Saturday
when the
dockets will be called.
Monday Morn
The October term of Tift Superior
Court convened promptly
■’clock. His Honor, R. Eve, Judge,
‘'tea on the fair ^grrfunds al-
*d others are coning for the
The Grand Jury in Tift Superior w,ll be three races dal-
t predict-
J I presiding, with all the officer* of Court completed its work Wednes- .
He ha. been appointed County Ch.ir^°“ rt , pr ! ,en *' S ‘ ***'\**r afternoon and the general P'- ! : "***•* «cord. during the five
for Tift for the Georgia Food H'citor-General; Sher- -entments «» court, ^
Iff, and Henry D Webb, Cleric I shortly after
read in .open court i'
- clock. The Grand I Lov * t «f cattle,
excused for the e » n, "' r «*l and domestic
Nearly All Church.* of A*/c in
R#pr...ntad—Fin. Picnic D...~«r
S.rvml for Vi.ltor.,
The annual session of the Mel
Baptist Association convened w,A
the Brushy Creek Baptist church, in
both for -Berrien county. Wednesday morn-
*jjl png at 10 o'clock for a two day**
‘'radically all of the 2S
in the Association were rep-
and the attendance was
crfecjfng
jury service than usual, it having'
been a feature of this county for
several year, jhat practically every
Juror summoned was in attendance.
After the petit jurors were empan
eled and sworn. His Honor read be
fore both Grand and Petit bodies the
statutd referring to delinquent ju-
board had |
d Gov. Dorsey.has issu
‘The second telegram waa dated January 26th, and tells clamation urging the people to aiif i
Von Bernstorff that he can secure particulars about carrying ^"-.serving the nation's food supply
On sabotage in the United States and Canada from Joseph Me- Among the si” in-, r- at Mae ■ .... .
Garrity, of Philedalphia; John Keating, of Chicago, and Jere- J 1 * 1 Chairman Candler; Dp. A. M. The Grand Jury elected T. E.
», - Nc. York. U „y. -.11 lh~. „ ■ "S’.[Sta S'
but th.1 OL,~y U not U-W. di«r«L" Th,™ -indi- Cnti.; M.
cated by Sir Roger Casement, the message stated. _ ernipaign director for the South-1, nd comprehensive charge from Hist
The message say* that sabotage can be carried on at all qgstem states^sent here from Wash- u onor . entered upon the duties ofl sw '
i;
tch the membci
rformed their du-|
immened that the
ounty construct and maintain a .
■umber of dipping vats in different
cctions of yhe county, the use ot
heso vats to be free to the citizens i
if the county. It also was rccorn- j
""ided that the Tax Collectorxfam- I
iliarize himself with the laws rclat- ;
Jve to the collection of taxes and
adhere strictly thereto.
The, presentments in full are pub-1
died below: I
the Grand Jury, chosen and 1 .*" r r
u. n.ioh» i "* h<,r *
f «»>• Wf cattle
han .'.t| pounds
nd others 0 Some
nil weigh more
ind thei
tkt actually cost from f .'..000
officers were re
eled for the year: M. S. PatUn.
Tifton. niouVraio,. S. S. Mathis,
N.i.b -lerk; L Cowgp, Tif-
They will lie prize
Kat will appeal t
""if aH.
Kli
Ki-r. P. T. Taylor, of Lseksonville,
preached the introdmetory ser-
i n.- «a c department will include
nnny ofi e fine*l hogs ever shown
it a fair. These will be Rerkeshires,
Juror J e *y,. Poland Chin»a, Hamp-
hire, another* Many of them arc
•alued atfrom $1,000 to $5,000.
^ Club boys are going to
the October uv mr * ' ith •*'* collection* of the
of Tift Coonly Superior I v * ry ar-f-lu^ou, f fora South
* ™ ™"T;: Court, rr.prrifully „i-,il .hr fol- «■ Surth>lo,a.
i'od'TT- Churl,, Aruold! p„«ulu,ruU, Thr»MdKfm.(ft, bl^.t
, t ‘ W ™ ” ""'1 rrporl. horrt. utiurhod of 'rurt.oo.l., «„ ,„, r ri ,„.
lohi-r huiiifr, «™m™ opp.iu„d by un. bud, "" ■>"“U W ~«w™
indicated as: *° * ttr wl»rge crowds, but in addi-
fcouse wive, to the Food Pledge Mnor , v , - or ... Hi ! Committee on J. P. and N. P. “°" *^ ai •'«« niidway shows,
|V„d. wS* i« *>P,T ■ Pro--, vVrdlJTIo, b “ l " „ , , ™u“''“""
the practical means at »•_ ... c. ... a* uommiuec on rminty farm.
con.rrv, the r.tion't , ' Committee on public buildingm ° rcad.the adveptue-
Kv.r,.ho«,c«it..iitu. | J, 'jY i “ ... Commit,,, o„ roud. .nd b,id,,, <T»ie..Fl.rldu fuir.
,b, rurd -ill receive e.ch d “i“"^l!,' ”^ii I
made a part of these pre-
■tments.
munition factories, but railway bridges and embankments must in K* on ' nni ^ Bobert il. \ uer. cam- tfie t crm .
not be touched and the Embassy must not be compromised, ’ P *' gI) j/*?* 01, from Georgia sent here
r ... , ... _ . ’ from Washington.
either in sabotage or Inah pro-German propaganda. “Each county chairman will orga-
The second message waa signed by a representative in thoj nize his county, and on October 22
General Staff. ( the county workers will launch the • -j-y,,
The third message given out waa from Ambassador Von ,ec “ re vgnatures of C<1 ?f .
Bernstorff to the Foreign Office in Berlin. It states “The Em
bargo, IConference in regards ot whose earlier - fruitful co-op- wl ;i ,
•ration Dr. Hale can give you information, is about to- enter disposal to
upon a vigorous campaign to secure a majority vote in both [food supply, t-v ™ nuusewua sign-, •• . ln| jj evi n v , f , | . Kevill
Houses of Congress favrable to Germany and request further.i nK ,hc card wil1 rec, ‘ lv '-‘ cach weck divorcV Second verdict for plai
■upport. There 1. ne poe.ibilitT of brio, compromi™!." if™ «"«Wl~ * bullelie eerUto- M
The State Department nude n comment on the disclos-' J U3 ’ * an prjl ln onna TJfe National Bank of Tifton tommnir* 0 .
Mre *- I kamediatelyy on his return from 1 an '' W j E ’ G, , bb *' d ^. 1 members of this body: G. W. Branch, | Wou ^ Six Married Man of
Note.—The Embargo Conference, referred to waa organ- Macon, Chairman Wallace will »P-' i!"— c alman ’|L. P. Thurman anil N. N. Malcom, TK» , T.^ , * , , C r' ,lP
ized in Chicago for the purpose of securing an embargo on mu- point a chairman for each militia The National B*ik of Tifton. et , * h *‘ l . ,nakc thc r *« mination and Let Satrf..
nition shipments from the United Sfates. i dUtrict in C0unt r 11 ia under -'al., vs. lr. Gibbs, defendant. Mrs.l £ .*T° ,# ** next
Note.—It will be recalled that O’Leary is the Irishman j»«mce Will also bc Ira Gibbs, claimant; claim. .Settled. 1 recommend that N N M.1- j mnrrif(1 — f ro ® Tift cotnty,
who disgraced his race in American by his letter to the Pres-; „ | Thc N' at >onal Bank pf Tifton va.| eom be „ ppo | nted t0 ril j th* vacancy in Cam * f « rdon - be exemoted
Ident a few months ago. For some tirrf£ he has been suspect- noted workers in field ' ** er * G,bb,, l of Ex-Officio J. F. and N. P. now
ed of treasonable plots. : ; n l - - -
_ ... „ ‘, —... _ , . mm/ a , The National Bank of Tifton vs.
Washington, Oct. 11.—Diplomatic circles are anxiously . T,f * OD s ,or . “ Wc * k of I W and w. E. Gibbs, defendant.
»y siting more details of the. mutiny in the German fleet. ' A , 'win. w - E - Gibb *T = !aima nt; cUim.
ports - rcnpnrancs, Edu
cation. frujday Schools and Publica
tion* were it»j darjajj tfi e day.
A special effort will be made to
raise $750, the association's part of
the indebtedness of the denomin^
lion's schools. A committee was ap
pointed to apportion the amount
among the various churches.
An application from the new
church at Adel for membership in
the Association was received.
A fine picnic dinner was served
it noon and there was plenty for
all. Thc delegates were invited to
spend thc night with the people of
the community, but as most of them
made the trip in cars, they returned
home for the night
BOARD ECOMMENDS EXEMPTN
Agad Tift County Farmer Strays
Many Mila* From Homo.
Isaac J. Daniel, a farmer be
tween 70 and 80 years old, residing
with his son, Mr. FIJoyd Daniel, four
» , ... . ■ .... . Tbi UJC JiTUluiim liiurcii. » iui .. ... .
ia pointed out by officials that naval revolts are few , hrrt m i„ionarie., and with tho Se “!* d '
in history. “The mutiny must have a far reaching effect,” .president of the South Georgia 1 „.. T,fton Cuano Company
said a high official of the government today. “It must have 1 Conference Misson Board and
been much more widespread'than Germany has let the out-; ,ho •*»<*" of the conference,
side world know._and it will greatly impair the effectiveness!^ crc wlU ntxt " eek b *. b ^ d
bec.uM officers'held bark in re«„l aliacks. Thc admission ”
that the revolt was partially caused bv bad food is significant, th* Christian church ever held in our
The mutiny has undoubtedly been checked but it is not like- city.
. r. w.l
and found IP True Bills.
. .... . , We. recommend that the county
***■ "■“‘"T- 5I " Cibh.,J fon ,tract sad is.iaUis si b«t lo-
rated placet over the county a tuf-
L numbbr of dipping vats to
take care of the tick eradication
*• " | problem. Said vats to be used free
| of cost by any citizen of the coun-
ly that it has betfh stamped out. One reason Of the revolt is
unquestionable, and that is that those sailors know thc truth
about submarine warfare and its terrible cost to 'the German
seamen.” ^
Note.—The. news leaked out yesterday that recently
there was a mutiny on four battleships ofThe German fleet at
Wilhelmshaven. The sailors later surrendered and a number
of them are said to have been shot.
Lxmdon, Oct. 10.—The Government began commandering
all rum today. __
, \\ ashipirUm* .Q / '*„ C'Mtmo'i.v(t*i the -huge number ol ti«t“ dfurches^' On the Tn*t after-
destroyers provided for in the three hundred and fifty million noon of , lhc weck of
Dr. Park, the-most influential mis
sionary of his church in China, hav
ing-gone out from Georgia thirty-
»evm years ago, his daughtrr, * kin-
dcfi^tcn teacher in China, and Miss
beasic Oliver, from Korea, arc the
missionaries; and Dr. W. N. Ains
worth and CoL W. B. StuEl-s are
the conference officers making up
thc force to carry on the meeting.
Thc Sunday services will be held
jointly in the Methodist and Bap-
laimant; claim. Settled.
Tifton Guano Ccvnpany v
ibbs; suit on note. Settled.
Tifton Guano Cpmpany vs. I.
ibbs; suit on note. Settled.
The National Bank of Tifton
w- ..d fc tv. KSCafu Ia ft, opinion ot
m ?”: t * b J.".f“ l “°;- iki. i.oly th.t ... p™,.t County
Mr.. I,.tie Gibb, v. A. V. fifth,; Iloa , d o( EduclUon , ft 0 roo K hIy ut-
0,00. Firet verd.et to, plnntitt. 11,;.,,,., ,„ d eo „pet.nt ond »e
Monday Afti
Camplordon, be exempted from, bi * ho ^ nr * T Litt Je river and get
military rrice. Thc men affected , ,oat - Ho "** found about aun-ng
are Leoad Marshall, Wm. F. Cody, j Tueada F niorning tiree miles east of
Thomas .Bryan, John Nels*n, Ed- Lencx.
die L. Posll and Joel J. Davis. | When Mr. Daniel did not return
The lot board sent » tclqjram to in bi * u,nal tim e. the family, know-
Acting Aatant General M. J. Dan- in R his feeble condition, started a
iel last vek requesting psrmission ( search for him. Thc neighbors join-
to open * cases of married men. ed -in search and by nightfall aev-
sent t 0 (mp Gordon “Bscause of,eral partiea had joined in the search,
misinterptation of rule* as to de-, which lasted throughout the night
pendencymcs,” and because the^nd until Mr. Daniel was found at
board fe that manifest injustice »n early hour" Tuesday morning by
had beonlonc to the married men one of the searching parties,
lent to t camp. i Mr. Daniel is said to have spent
The bid received a telegram ( the night wth a farmer near where
frevn Mr.Janiel Saturday granting he was located, but lef the home at
permissiato re-open tleso cases a very early hour Tuesday morning,
and met .turday night and passed j 0
resolution recommending that the; Forty mares for sale at AufSon la
The World Holds Nothing
Better
than a modern, thoroughly equipped farm-run on a strict
ly scientific baits—and It s smiles are always kindly for the
successful toiler in It’s-Grpat Out-Of-Doors. .
A BANK ACCOUNT U the latest farm epuipment and ,
one which the up-to-date fanner can’t afiord to be without'^- 1
We earnestly solicit your account, Mr. Fanner, and you’re
always welcome at OUR BANK.
Start a Savingt Account with as
againat the Rainy Day.
Bank of Tiftofi
- r- «*bv m OUT, r.- ’’“r*ftL° r b..'rf , ' t ."' n ^" 1 * 1 "''" r ' 1 ‘ t d ri ' , '; i T 1 i'‘° l " s “" rJ - 1 ' oa ° l ’" l ‘ , '
Divorce; .ee.ok eerftc, ^ ot S. A. ^ | Irk'l^
< hatrman; J. D. Cook, Chula; Ja- ... ... . _
Mr,, fieri rode Elllell LWinyMeo „ b Briphloo; J. A. Dodd, 0»- "“T,” *, “‘“' 1 ““ “■*
- Waller l Divorre; .ee- J. J. Deter. Ty T y! ” '*** to ~ t i ” S '“ k *^*V- 4 * 1 *
1 verdict for plaintiff. We rcco’mmfftd that the County 1 “ ” J
ix nild.rt.ir familiarira U.A.nlf ■■ 1,1. i.
If'ou should sow a few dollars you’d get a cron in
pro potion to any other crop. You can spare a/ few dol
lars pw and then-why not fix for your old,' age with
the rpney you will hardly miss now. /
$art a bank account today.
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
We pay 5 per cent Interest.
Tie National Bank of Tifton, Ga.
