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THE TIFTON GAZETTE, TlFlON, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1917.
VOLUME XXIX.-
thelatest news by hire
in A heavy German bombardment
ng directed against the Passchaendale senior the War
Office announces.
aid.
Near L^vente the Portuguese, repulsed a German
nn tk«r-‘ “ Keeping up a contn
ne German lines and the military works in Belgium.
tial 1 Dec.. 20- With Petrograd under mar-
thp irGii nd th ^Bdsheviki digging trenches and placing
f ® * rtl ‘‘ e J7 °. ut8lde of the city to defend it in even*, coun-
iutipnwts draw near, reports that Kerensky is ap-
ln § ^ e J r °£ ra( * at the head of an army are still »n-
^Jbrmed. f It is now believed to be only rumor but the
Iea ??f 8 are . evidently much concerned over the
large nodies of Ukranians who are reinforcing the Cos-
SIX SELECTMEN
TEFT WEDNESDAY
One U In Alabama *
to Report
TIFT NOW HAS FIFTY IN CAMP
LAST DAY OF GRACE 58 QUES1I0NNAIKES
FOR THE TAX PAYER NOW BEINGMAILED
Under Law, City,-Qounty and A Day to Tift County Registrant*
■State Books CIcAe Under Selective Draft
AT MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 20TH SEVEN DAYS 10FILE ANSWERS
A Lilli* Over Halt Slat* and County Each R*gut*r*d Man Will R*c*i* s
Paid in Tift and About Thr**- Blank. Attorney. Furni.h Fro*
Fourth. Paid City. Advic*. Panallw. for Failure.
Have yon paidT The Tift County Exemption Board
If not, the officer with his litUo began mailing the questionnaires to
execution will be after you, if you tho Tift county fregistranu under
m't watch out. Selective Draft Saturday. Oue-twen
Thursday, Dec. 20th, was the last ticth of the total list, 58 names, was
day under the law for paying taxes mailed. Another 58 was mailed , d to leave at 7:15, but which was
to the city of Tifton, the county of Monday morning, and 58 will be mail j nearly half an hour late.
Quite a number of friends aad rcla
mJ 17 Colored to
of SI opgs*
Four Mor* Whit*
Malta up Qui
First
Six Tift couKy Selectmen left
Wednesday morning for Camp Gor-
6i>',. completing Tift's white quota
ol »• e first call. The boy* went over
h . Atlanta, Birniugham and Atlanta
SCHOOLS CLOSE FOR
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
Allies Completed T*rl6' Wed-
“«d*y-Public Schools Friday
A.R.S. TO OPEN JANUARY 1ST
P * J * Uc School Pupil, Gat Two Week,
if Term Opening
SPECIAL COURSES
PLANNED FOB FEB.4
At Agricultural School by State
College of Agriculture
THE FARMER’S SHORT COURSE
Food Conservation and Canning Club
State College to Send Best Tal
ent Her. in February.
A winter extension school for the
London, Dec. 19.—Ten were killed and 70 injured by the Tift and State of G " >r K i *- The last e d each day for twenty days.
German air raid last night General Assembly made an iron-bound Answers must be filed with the
Paris, Dec. 19 The F—u-h rk . n . l. and concr<te foanded that if you Board within seven days of the date
submarined amd T r ^ ^ Ren*uJt, was did not pay your taxes by the. night of m ..ling, "Failure to do so con-
nned and aunk. Ten of the crew were lost. , of the 20th, not only should an- offi- st itutea a misdemeanor punishable
Washington,, Dec. 18.—The innermost secrets of the war, j Ccr be after y° u wi th a writ immedi- by not to exceed one year's imprison.
mrolring questions upon which hang the fate of the nations, nI,lv - bnt y° a * bon,d also pay inter- ment; and such failure may also de-
were revealed to Wilson by Mr. House in a conference that a ‘ the rnU ° f 7 P * r C * nt until P riv * the registrant of valuable righ-
luted from immediately .fte, dinner lut night to e.rly hour . '"'l 2? '‘LZta’u, „ , “ ' hi>
this moraine and W*. . y Seeing this example, the city of tl0n mto military service and trial by
A ■ re f un ^ ed breakfast. Tifton will follow suit and close iu court-martial."
t u admitted that the immediate reault will be a tighten- hooka on the same day and hour -Any person desiring to claim a
»ng up of all matters of American participation. “Win the war at Therefore, it's pay quick, if you deferred classification by cither Local
any coat” will be the slogan. haven't paid, or trouble is coming. or Strict Board’ on any gound in
All proceedings of the Inter-Allied War Council and in- Thursday morning Clerk and Trea. of registrant designated j
formation gathered hv Ik. r i -j l , v,rer Ca ” on “** that abo0t ha!f bhe therein may. within seven day* from
the President °Tkel«l»!^e ^ Germany we C e la.d before .mount of taxes due the city had the date thereof. and Bot |„ er . sub-
■telite^T ' v mform*tion .how. Ih.i Gorm.oy’, „!* Th.y „,r. mw.I« l„ mi , mh ,, nim lh , L «„ B „ r ,.
Bum ry power u crumbling, slowly bpt surely, in every part of lively, however, and he expected th*t accompanied by suefi affidavit evi-
the empire. _ three-iourths would be paid by night i fnce „ snch r „ on may de5ire to
The dissatisfaction in Turkey and Bulgaria is extreme Tax ‘ ColIee,or Ritfdon had " b ^<ave considered.'*
The school holidays for tho pupils
of 111 Tifton High School and the[ fBrmer » ot Tift and the
gr»amia r school begins Friday at ] tbc Second District to be held the
no# °. when the schoolg close for the * cek begining Febraary 4, has just
fall term two weeks, the spring term b 'cn announced by Prof. Lewie of the
opening on Monday, January 7. j Second District Agricultural School.
The Second District Agricultural T%« school held Jere last winter was a
School closed Wednesday afternoon, ! decided success *ftd even a better
down at the depot to see the students leaving for their home* '•choo! will be held Ohis season,
the boys off. There waa no speech- Wofaesdsy afternoon end Thurxsdsy The school will b* held under the
making, but just before the train j morning. The student* will return -wtBices i' »bs SJ»U College of Agri-
came the boys lined up on the plat- Tuuday, January 1. and the work of calture arM specialiuta and experts
form where all could get a chance to , the spring term will begin January ‘ n 'barge oithe vari-oos departments
bid them good-bye end wish them 2. 1 theTl will appear on the’ program,
luck. They were a fine-looking lot ft, two weekn h>ye b#en six „ t ensiCr. Rhools will be held and
of young soldiers, and will prove a,bus, ones for the pupil, of both Tifton is fortunate In securing one.
valuable additon to Tift county's schsols. a, the examinations for the One of the features of the meet-
force of fighting men, of which we fall term were given. ing will be a Food Conservation
.iled ques-j excused until Dec. 15. and Willie
J The Allies are moving towards a separate Deace with Tur-
and Bulgaria. M4.000. He had more tR ‘ > ^ nal ^^ tionnaires Saturday. Dec. 15. angwera jsutton. excused until Jan.
There is no real weakness intko A j . hUI 7""’** th * book Thun ~ a Tr^urifablo on o r before Saturday,] Tift county has
being taken t* A " ,ed ranka ' “ nd * te P* fe , morning, but hi. office was crowded Dc y 22; Tift county attorney . are orpd me „ t to f|
* “ *” U " Ru "‘“ "teteHoa j t, U.-p.T.n dl d.,. Th, .«.hpt „ I, „ d .d, | lh ,„ , u „ d a ,
Stockholm, ttec. 17.—A thre.t to drench Route in Wood **** , , U I,
IUS3 h conteined te . ; “^“1^ SS *, Wt* ^
•pood, mode h r Trotzky according to di.p.tchc, from Hapa a- , !r j
r *■ _ V ^ it you have mt paid, and reach the
The Lenine-Trotzky Regime is making wholesale arrests 'collector before 'he officer reaches
in an effort to coerce dissenters. The confusion is such that the J -out Ukc .f'ei-c b-cause you
outcome of cnril strife cannot be foreseen. |" 10 pay lntJ ' ,hc Uw
Tokio, Dec. 17 A number of Americans arrived here *50.000 STOCK SALE.
today from Russia and many others are enroute. Conditions in — : —
Rassia are described as chaotic, with bloodshed and anarchy on s * m K« lb *" b «• Civiag Big Bar.
svsry hand. sains lo ChVi.lm., Shoppri
Tl>* public school celebrated t^e School under the supervision of Mrs.
cloiuig of th* fall term with public Wood, representing the Cotlege and
execUes'tn th* auditorium Thurs- th' Feilernl Food Administration,
da, afternoon. Christmas carols She has-had charge'df this work with
wei* sung and an 'interesting pro- club women in many sections of the
Rtwa rendered. state and will be pleased to have the
— o women of Tifton take part in the
R. L. BENNETT SHOT work to be-given at the Agricultural
— School. Special courses will be
leave, R. C. WHHamson and DanJJoff. Sewrdy_Wmaded by W. T. McC.II given in food values, dictry ,Und-
nearly two hundred in s
ice. Those going were:
James English Slaughter.
Batesi Cleveland Harper.
Bruce Will* Waldrop. *
Walter William Jolly.
William Heath Hightower.
Clyde Warn ell Hargrett.
There were also three n
u making an effort to take over the garrison. bjir $ ^ of)n su ^ k Sale whjch u
. "— now in fuB blast. He is offering
The Austro-Germans have renewed in great strength bargains never before heard of in this
their effort to pierce the Italian line. In fierce fighting around
Monte Asolone, reinforcements in large numbers were brought Sam ha ' t0 ° many ,rood!, " nd he
up and the Italians were compelled to give ground. Accord- U turBin,r th " n ,0 ° se “ a ' m ° 3t
Ing to the Germ
made prisoners. wnnt ,o save money, attend this big
Along the southern reaches of the Piave river, the invaders tale. Sam Kulbersh's Is the place to
and the Italians are engaged in heavy fighting. A crossing carry '"f bl * p»ek"ge« Jot little
of the old Piave on pontoon bridges was successfully carried mon,J -
out by an enemy detachment, but later the Italians drove them Ju,t ‘° lf,vr yon *° m '
back to the water’s edge. Wl
19 si.
1123*
i of the
ronderful bargains Sam is offering,
a __,v e . , , ~v ne is sening yard-wide sheeting.
An .™ er s P»nish Steamer, the Noviembre. has been torpe- worth 2i> cents a yard, for tfnly 13 1-2
doed without warning by a Teutonic allied submarine. ""ta a yard. The very hest ging-
Various reports continue to come from Russia with regard worth 25 a yard - '* bf,in,r
to the operations ofthe revolutinary and counter-revolutionary lurned ,OOM for ,hf remarkabIe ,ow
forces in their snaggle for-supremacy. Ouf o? the maze "us TT V* ' ' T'Z V?' , C n° at
s r an ac ; urate idea 2 to which iz isa of Dry
trovenry k in the ascendancy. jtousjow price*. .
_ “ ow ““ had weather generally has brought the : 1{ 7®* 1 want to pet nirr -rood* for
nghtmg almost to a standstill on the western*front in France ^ ynnr monfy - carTy nway paek -
»nd Belgium, except for small encounters by outpost and re- i ac ” and hn " money ,ef * n,tCT von
Ciprocal bombardments. It'* through with your Christmas shop fi „i nalior Hnnrj Imtnon
German naval forces again 1n the Korth 9s* *mrarS«lA " UcnB Ul * rl 'W»b6.Ufio Stock * 1I4r , o-Quinn. Ira
C2 A 'is c
T»ds «nd four mtaMwecpank Of two BriUuh dwtroj-e™ ' h ’
•»w>rting the vessels one was sunk and the other damaged.
The German forces, so far as is known, consisted of four des
jjJJJJ Wh#th «r *”7 these were hit has not be»n made
KotwiUtetaudiu, terrible ] 0M e, the anuie. i„ „ orl heru
Italy continue in their efforts to break the Italian line and
a passageway to the plains below.
Thvrvday Afl*rnoon. ards andthr canning snd preserving
Hr R. L. Bennett, of the firm of of fruits and vegetables by the most
■seven col- Beaactt'* Hardware, was shot late improved .methods,
n the first Thmday afternoon by Mr. W T. Me- ! The canning club members who
vr ““ “■'»* "“is ■“•nd the nec- about s mile west of the Lennon have been working under,- the dlrec-
\easary examinaUon. With tho six brilfe. sight mite, northeast of Tif- Uon of Mrs. Peterson and Mr. L. 3.
2,Who went fom-ard today, we hare too, Watson wiii be interested to’know
3 34 wbit « l fi colored Selectmen j Bennett had gone out to Mr. that special courses have been arran-
4 jin camp. Thirty-two wbite and 17 McM’s collecting and it i a said that gtd for them that will be both lnter-
6 colored went forward previous to foliwing a few wqrds. Mr. McCall esting and entertaining. - It ia repor-
7 today but of these four white and one dr«4r a shot-gun on him. He caught ted that a special agent will take
8 Colored failed to pass the necessary thawespofr and after a brief struggle rharge of the home demonstration
9 examination,' leaving a total of 44 l*stpossession of it A» he turned, work in January an-’ the courses
11 in camp before the boys went today. ( McCall shot him. should prove a stimulus tothis Mnw
12 When the three out on leave and' T»o buck-shot struck him in the of work.
14 Homer Florence, short on today's -of the back and three in the For the farmers there will be oour-
18 quota, go it^will give us 54. leaving ri * kl 9»W>- Tifton was telephoned ser in fertilixers, livestock produc-
necessary to make the quoU of , fw^edlcal assistance and Mr Ben- tion dairying and farm management
Under the first call. 147 Select- nettw brought to Tifton last night In an effort to help solve the labor
*° mpn were neeiled from this county. *° ** hospital. His wounds are con problem a tractor demostration will
24 Tift got credit on this for 66 volun- serious hut not necessarily probably be held at the School.
leers, which left the net amount to ^ n 4*L implement dealers bringing their
2 be furnished 81. ———° most improved machinery here for
27 Thursday morning the Tift county OFFICERS ELECTED. actual demonstration.
30 Exemption Board was notified by Wlon ^Ke No. 185. I. 0. ProT'Cny Firor, director of axten-
Matthews. Thomas Homer 32 Provost Marshal General Crowder <> t- held »a annual election Wed- , ion w hools. was In Tifton Tuesday
33 through the office of the Adjutant- nesisy night the following officen making final arrangements for the
34 General in Atlanta, to forward the b *i* selected to serve the lodge for school, said. “We expect to bring the
35 remaining white men due to fill Tift 1911: b „ t ajrrieu |turol talent of the state
36 county* quoU on the first call to | R F. Jones, noble grand, to sue- to Tifton. and trust that the fanners
37 Camp Gordon on Wednesday. Decern- ceed J. A. Yarbrough. and u,. ir faraI ii„ v m UV , advantage
” n ^ „ F W Meadows, vice grand, to of u, e opportunity to hear these men
40 Daniel Livingston Goff was ex-lsuccted Mr. Jonea. and women”
41 cused hy the District Board until ! T. M. Brown, secretary, re-elect- — ~ „
1178 Houghton. Willie Thaddeus 42 December 15th. On the expiration ed. NOTICE.
433 Herrington. Charles D. 44 ?f lhl " leave he will be certified back . Ontpn Mathis treasurer, to- 'All registrants receiving question
10 Baker. Merritt Franklin 45 j mto sendee ami if this certificate is'elec id. naires are requested to read them
1015 Hall. Allen Jefferson 46 received in lime he will Uavu with . 'ifc'new officers wffl be installed over carefully snd study them st
4S7 Blalock. William Florence 48 ‘he other* f«r Camp Gordon Wed- lhj fr * t meeting nifht In January, home before bringing them to con-
797 Johnson. Watkini “ T,v "* " — '
free to registrants.
r 458 Pitt, Thad Jake
834 Ray. Hodges
1095 Lankford. Robert Minor
1117 Morris, j’ack
837 Owens. Tom
337 Wuiker, Jim
67*5 Armstead. Irvin
509 Mathis, Billy Goodman
1185 Reed, Daniel George P.
945 Butler, Clements-Ivory
1267 Jackson, Stonewall
536 Watson. Lonnie Monroe
126 Rowland, James Lee
1237 Wilson. Ben Hanging. Jr.
616 Goff. Daniel Livingston
373 Lawrence. Tom Herbert
Yarborough Harrison F.
775 Hardy. Joe
600 Arnold. Charlie Linder
507
309 Brown, Will
437 Hutto. James Clifford
604 Brady. Willie Thomas
43 Jones,'Clyde Henry
1264 Youmans, 3nraea Elbert
#24 Arnold. Clay Anderson
420 Dumas. Roy Lamar
1014 Fletcher, William Ollio
Aikins. William
Voru*. Jerome
132 'fildve^. Logan
IX Dubose. Lucia- Vastine
927 Bum-. Jacob Theodore
Forks; Mack
mption Board,
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Tifton
Locatad at Tifton, Georgia, at the close of business Dec 15
. , . RESOURCES
land Loans
1 Loans ’
»an d^Stocks owned by
from Banks and Bankers in this State
Due from Banks and Bankers in other States
Currency
Gold
Silver. Nickels, etc
Clearing House-
Advances on Cotton
8 138.161.83
45.121.03
27,993.00
2.480.00
4,961.70
5,341.53
* 113,999.68
697,755.71
13.190 00
26,000.00
School Auditorium
1bar 27.
The management of the High
School' Auditorium announces the
cooking of BetPs -Famous Hawail-
for a performance at the audi-
tohum oh the' evening of Thursday
-December. 27.
This is a big .attraction and will
visit Atlanta, Macon, Columbus and
Albany Th the ofder named before
coming to Tifton. The Hawaiian;
go from here to Jacksonville.
The auditorium management is 765
trying to. give the people oT Tifton j
and^’territory surroueding a series of
TOTAL
592,401.27— 81^460.36
11.666.805.76
LIABILITIES
1S&S “ I 50,000.00
JKU^c^tE^-iig 1W5 - 00000
^DgodtU Subject to Cheek’9 826.028.64 151 06208
681,631.74
Checks 64.82
1 Chackl 7,684JO— 1,866^46.70
11,666406.76
TOTAL
‘ATE OF GEORGIA Tift Cmty.
s cams B. H. McLeod, Cashier of The Bank of Tifton,
iwom isvs th*t -—j m ,
» being duly sworn **Yi that tha above and foregoing shstemen? 1 ?
• true condition of said bank, as shown by the books of file in said bank.
B. H_ McLeod.
8wom to and subscribed before me, this 18th, day of Dec. 1917.
v R. W. Goodman.
Notary Public Tift Co. Ga.
BELL'S HAWAHANS COMING.
Big Attracti
182 Jones, Dewitt Talmage
46 Little. Walter Cicero
1020 Fletcher. Thomas Elbert
1099 Lupo, Willis 65
223 Whiddop. Warren Nicholaa 66
117 Maxwell. WiHianr Arthur 67
602 Baker. Charlie Thomas 68
390 Spradley. Jim Duran *69
721 Dye, Rhodie 72
280 Mayer. James
972 Cobb. Arthur Atkinson
966 Conger. Thomas Kibble
379 Milam, Perry Lee
• other* fgr Camp Gordon Wed- 1
" v,n >\ If ^ ot hf Wl ” eo ns soon as a fte, which the other officers will suiting attorneys to" be filled out
S0 ,v o , K- doing 0.1. they will save much
Florence, among ,he Select- ; bh*t d^rree work wp.i engaged In Ume.
52 men d«e to leave for Camp Gordon Mtter ^ election
53 Wednesday morning, came in Wed- !
55 nesdny afternoon from C. W. Dur- !
5G den's place, where he had been work-
57 -ng He had -him to Alabama' but re'
58 turned, hnd the notice mailed by the
59 Local Board to his former address did
80 not reach him. He heard that he waa
6i wanted however, and came. He was
63 * ent on to Camp Gordon Thursday
64 morning.
THE GASKINS CASE.
Board
of Bcrrim Exempli
£ S.y. Intended No Wrong.
” News was given out a few lays
72 since that Clerk J. H. Gaskins of
7 * the Berrien County Exemption Board
7 ® had been removed by direction of the
73 Provost Marshal General's office.
u , . _ MrrGaskins’ offense was that when
Thom., * J th « ,
Berrien county was in Detroit. Mich,
he wrote the marshnl ofthat city that
if he would give him half the reward
The following were mailed ques- hr , would fur7li ’ h him wi . ,h tha des "'
high-claas theatrical attractions.'Co- tionnaries Monday, Dee. 17, answers tfr » «ddress. together with-nll paper*
burn'*. Minstrel, was the first, and returnable on or before Monday. Dee
Bell’s Hawaiian! will'be next. If,* 4 '
874 Searles. Frank
Genyard, James
Williams, Georg*
In his own behalf, Mr. Gaskins does
™- |]i« Ov,„te«teCte. Cr.nd.1 88 b “i
r848 Kichol., Al.z.zdru 89 U “ t h ' ”« •*"" *■>-!
Clftnent*. All™ tenjtete 88 I?-**** ri *' “*» b ' ,lo " ld
i want to see attractions of his ]
nature continue to exhibit in Tifton.
they should show their desire by giv
ing the attractions their financial
support by attending.
We have all kinds of frsah fruits
for Christmas, among these being
twelve kegs of Malaga grapes. Kick,
i Grocery Company. 19-d5wl
H*rb*rt l_ Mmi,
Grmduta Opt—».lri.t
Two yaart of continuous nraeOe*
In Tifton and scores of satisfied cus
tomer*. If you are suffering with
headache, or other troubles caused
by eye Strain be sure end consult me
*"1 see if rla.-*** pr-pe-iv
J don’t releive them, fn our office
in the Myon Hotel Block every day.
-16
933 Blanchard, Coseie
355 Gentry, Marcu* Doyle 96
630 Willis, Edge,. Wright 97
1114 Mitchell. Steve Frank 99
645 Beach. Sellie 100
620 Hall, Dennis J. 102
550 Edwards. Georg* 103
574 Norris, Steve 104
31 Holton, Coaraey 106
770 Hopes, Jesse 107
677 Anderson. Willi# 109
749 Grant, Herbert 110
525 Tncker. Warren 112
760 Hardy. Albert 113
66 Rod rev. Wood fin Grady 115
792 Jinks. E1H«h 11*
860 Cosrpev. 'Nsthan Lawton 118
f Con tinned
have half the reward; that he had no
intention to graft, and that if he did
wrong it was under a misconstruction
of the rules laid down by the various
-•-artmenta; also that if there were
any short-comings, they were due to
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
The Rice Mill will not be open
Christmas week until Friday, Dee. tt
The public win take notice and gov-
themselvea accordingly.
Touti respectfully,
t Mutual M«Hag Co.
Bring ns your hogs, or , • on# us
and w# will send forthem. Ox
are right Lang and Co.
FOR y
XMAS
GIVE
Make th« Joy of your Gift Lasting and
Substantial.
S*t a good example for the recipient'©! your
Tglft by starting a savings account for
him or her.
Put YOUR rngmy in OUR bank.
|We pay 5 per cent Interest.
Come to'our bank.
'he Nation