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The Tifton L5 ° AND *2.00 PER ANNUM. 'HELATEST NEWS BY WIRE Washington, Dee. 28 At noon all railroads went under f^ernxnent control. At that time McAdoo was in a confer- ence with the Railroad War Board which includes Daniel Will- end Fairfax Harrison. At the conclusion of the co£fer- * nce McAdoo announced that all reailroad officials will be re- Qualified to Fill Position With Wide Range of Market for Tifton Some Call Cotton Druu^it sif Entire Satisfactioa Feedstuffs .But Few Deals Gunshot Wounds Inflicted by W T. McCall Prove F^sf Clerks and AttorneysHave Their Hands Full FUNERAL CONDUCTED. SUNDAY f Operating committees of Vice-Presidents will retain their FR*** * n< l absolutely no changes will be made at present. . f ^" or the present there, will be no order unifying all systems, all of these matters beingheld in abeyance until the Vice-Pres idents can submit their recommendations to McAdoo regard ing future operations. Washington, Dec. 27.—President Wilson and Secretary McAdoo held a conference for some time today arranging final details for taking over the railroads tomorrow. It was after wards learned that McAdoo will devote practicality all of / his time forthe next three months to bringing the roads to the twgh- •et efficiency. No general financing scheme will be necessary *t the present it is believed- Officials declare that the rail roads can “stand on their own bottoms ” ' -The cordial reception given by the roads themselves to the Presidents move -the administration. New York, Dec. 27.—The Brotherhood of Railway Em ployees will stand solidly behind the President in taking over the railroads, its officials declared today. Government possession and operation of the natioi's rail- -roada for the war was proclaimed by President Wilson to be come effective at noon Friday, December 28. William G. McAdoo, retaining his place in the Cabinet ns Secretary' of the Treasury, is placed in charge as director gen eral of railroads. Every railroad engaged in general transportation, wkh Appurtenances including steamship lines, is tuken over and ill systems will be operated as one under the director general. In a statement accompanying the proclamation the presi dent stated that as soon as Congress.reassembles he wopld re commend legislation guaranteeing .pre-war earnings and main tenance of railroad properties in good repair Brans Bo„ r ht in Holder. Mo.rd Pr, Up lo 35 and, Tvrilofjr, Daspile Short Local Held On. Local Dral* Bring Crop Mills Hava Good Supply Good Mon * Thr Central Grocery Company , But little cotton changed hands feed inilU shipped a carload of vrive in Tifton Thursday when the spot <beaa meal this week to Burlington, market touched thirty cents, which |N. J. Since beginning operations, by the way was a record fo r the ite- the Bills have shipped three carloads pie here. There was some cotton to Savannah, one to Tampa, two to out on call and a portion of this was , Luachburg, Va„ and one to Macon, ^ brought in, but there wn„ little large whvh indicates the wide range of trading in spots. As a rule, those the Barkrt for feed stuffs. who had been holding for 30 cents The grist mills at the plant are now moved their pegs up to 35, and let it in operation, special days being set go at that. | said* for grinding for th»- public. ) Statements of Tifton banks recen- Dificulty was experi*«\;ed at firat tiy published indicate about three- y in obtaining experienced .'truer* for fourths of a million dollars worth of the been grinding nusrhines. _ This 'cotton carried by local doalers amtC’ ho* been overcome by tite nureh;of ^Ihr advance yesterday will not ma- I Survived by Four Brother, and ation Give, Him Opportunity to Fi>o Si,tors. J Know What Tift Has to Eot | Mr. Robert Lincoln Bennett, who Mr. B. Y. Wallace, of Tifton, has | was shot by Mr. W: T: McCall at been appointed food administrator 'McCall’s home in northeastern Tift for Tift county, the appointment be- county Thursday afternoon, died at lng ma dc by Ur Andrew M. Soule, the Tift County Hospital Saturday federal food administrator for Geor- morning at 4:30 o'clock. Mr. Ben- ^ja. nett was given tho best medical at | The appointment of Mr. Wallace is tention and an operation was perfor an ideal one. No man in Tift eoun- med Friday morning in an effort to ty is save his life. Hia , Mr. Bennett was bom near Cairo, mans; then Thomas, now Gnarly county, 'pany November 10. 1882. Hia father, food Mr. William F. Bennett, died in 1910 him ii Hia mother, with four brothers, four {count sisters and a half sister, survives him. The brothers arc: W H Bennett, of Tifton; R P and K M Bennett, of Cairo; B E Bennett, of Jacksonville, Fla. The sisters are: Mrs P B Gray. Until 9:30 and Every Blank j Passed Upon Day Received. From basment to ceiling, the Tift | cqupty courthouse is a busy place ■ these days, with registrants and questionnaires. The lawyers of Tif ton have been busy two weeks, not | to mention the Local Board, which is in session until 9 o'clock every night. Henry and Elias Webb are in the base ment under the Clerk's office. Bob Holder is in the office overhead, and upstairs inthe courtroom attorneys are advising registrant, how to fill out their blanka. There are few if any slackers in Tift, and nearly every questionnaire mailed out, except those not deliver ed at the postoffice, ha* been return ed. As quick as the blank is return ed the Loqal Board passes on it. and that settles the matter so far as the registrant is concerned, unless he ap peals to the District Board. lip to and including this morning. 135 questionnaires had been mailed •at. The total draft registration is 1,267. which leaves 532 yet to be or .a little less than half the ifrontinc the Board on Dec, those mailed. 308 have untry and the ral- very gratifying to Wallace's natural busi- loblic spirit and patrioL jranee that the position nistrator In Tift county filled. As chairman of the food conservation campaign he placed Tift ir. the lead in Georgia [and as food administrator will see to ker. who was unable to make the it that Tift ranks among the besj. trip. i Uncle Sam. Georgia and Tiffcoun- Mr Bennett had been a resident of ty arc lucky to haye Mr, Wallace's Tifton at different times forten years 'services. or more, being engaged in the hard- j Following is the letter making the ware and implement business here appointment: with his brother, Mr W H Bennett, ijjon B Y Wallace olW was manager of Bennett's Hard- | Tifton Ga • ra .7' X "f' I My dear Sir: By virtue of the Mr Bennett married Miss V.llie authority vested in me by the U. S. Knight at Tifton in February 1907. Pood Administration, I hereby ten- „he survives him. jder you the position of food admin- Mr: Bennett was „ member of tho irtrator for yoUT e0Bnty Your Ie-.hod.st church andone of the mo «r selection for this position appeals to prominent young bigness men of me a , eminently wise and proper Tifton. He also had been in busi- nnd f, VO red by leading citizens of ness at Moultrie and Cool.dge and is your communi ty. The service which , well-known throughout this section. you fovt been asked to rand'? i, im. I McCall was arrested Friday and I. portae and ea , Pntial every 1 10 ~' here point of view. President WJilson I The funeral of Mr. R. L. Bennett nnd Mr. Hoover under whom, I am 1 i Was hfId * t ,he Tifton Methodist working believe that food wflL win ,church Sunday after.,oon at 2 o'clock the war. They have so indicated ( thc services being conducted by Rev. this on num „. 0 u« occasions, and a ra- ,G. W. Mnthewj assisted by Rev. C. view of the world's food situation | W - Dunlen. There was special confirms the correctness of their ■music by the choir. diagnosis. I The following were pallbearers: ^ qUe , tion of food conservation. | Perry- MeCran.e. R. M. Lankford. K. thl , c , iminiltion of .peculation, the r r i- * Mitchell. Walter Sut movement of food directly f*>m the j* 0 "'/' R ' F ' Dln ® nor * Producer to the. consumer without i* n iu '** ' unreasonable cost, the prevention of I T * M ‘ rnan y floral offeri "W sent .by hoarding and the protection of the .relatives and friends of the deceased pro ducer arfd the fttnily of the man expressed their sympathy for the of , imited incom( . are am ' onB lhe ereared family. • more important things which the [mailed, task co 15th. !been returned and passed upon. The Loral Board has been highly complimented on thejy)stematie man ner in which it hay-bandlcd the work, and the rapidity ^ilh which its busi ness is being transacted. Within xevfn days nfter the last question naire "has been mailed 'V'ly man in Tift county-who, has JOT'! his ans wers will know exactlyyftv he stands nnd what is expected of him in this way of military serrice. American Headquarters, Dec. 28.—Three more Ameri cana, one corporal, and two privates have been killed. Two by bombs from enemy aeroplanes and another by a shell. Washington, Dec. 24.—American troops will soon form the principal body of strategic reserves on the Western front and will hear th'4 brunt of the fighting, Secretary of War Baker in timated today, in hia weekly review. This fact is fully appreciated by the enemy and accounts for the peace feelers and preparations for a big drive the Secre tary states. 1 Even granting that the enemy will achieve local success-/ e» he knows, declares Mr. Baker, that his efforts can ha^ no, Influence on the final outcon^. Italy is fighting to the limit of her power and has-success- folly stopped the German invasion. It is believed that the opposition to the Lenine govern ment will prevent the enforcement of any peace agreement QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED If Your Name is on lhe List Call < Local Board at Once. The questionnaires of the folios ng -persons have been returned 1 s unclaimed: Robert Storkes, col. Willie Anderson, col. Franklin Carr,' col. Jim Carter. Col. •Sam Farley, col. Julius Cole. col. Frank Senrles, col. BIG TIMBER DEAL. Jesse Hopes, col. Jim Lunsford, col. Harry Hnlliday, eol. Herbert Grant, eol. Charlie Green, eol. Alonzo Page, col. Ranks Jones, col. Glover Bender Melhpin. George Williams, eol. Elijah Wilson, eol. James Wilkinson. Jim Price, eol. Ed Brown, col. T.ovl Patterson, eol. Clarence Painter, col. Emms-tt Sylvester RnUrdge, These mhy he had by railing le office of this Board immediate London, Dec. 27.—The speech of the Austrian Premier, Count Czerain, to the peace delegates at Brest-Litovsk on Christmas day, in which he stated that the Central Empires favor peace without annexations or indemnities is regarded ker* *» • German offer to all Allied countries, and does not apply to Russia singly. Germany and Austria are expected to make known their real intentions of annexing Russian territory as soon as they am that the other Allies will not accept the German proposals, v Paris, Dec. 28.—France was the first to answer the Austrn- Qh-man peace proposals- Foreign Minister Pichon announced , ht the Chamber of Deputies that France will refuse to treat 1 Germany or. that basis. His speech was enthusiastically ' Mehred. Tifton, Georgia. privileged in hav- An American sentry has been found with his ihroat cut it is officially declared “he must have been killed after i|*ui e. JI Information concerning this "German savagery hed the troops in one of a series of bulletins. Here is what •heard: “After a'WTffl'y'fEe Germans on trenches held American troops, a lone sentry of infantry was found 1 his throat cut from ear to ear. He had been surprised by wit$ his throat cut from ear to ear. , an Sverwhelming force of Germans and must have been so killed after capture. Such brutality is familiar to old soldiers who served against the savages in the Philippine campaign." , Bolshevik! troops at Harbin, Manchuria, have been defeat ed in battle by the Chinese, who captured lhe garrison. Apparently distrustful of the Rumanians, Ukranian foces who are opposed to the Bolsheviki, have occupied several Ru manian divisional headquarters onthe battle front, disarming those ofthe Rumanians who offered resistance. An indication that things in Germany are not going in ac- sordance with the German government’s desires, is the report' that more than 300 members of the German minority Socialist ■nty were'arrested in numerous cities Christmas Eve. This ■Much of th ^Socialists long has desired peace and refused to fcquiesce in the government’s war program- P Once again the Germing htve endeavored t/ break the French front on the VerdiRi sector, but again have failed. Two assaults deliyered north of the Cpurieres woods resulted In the defeat of the enemy and the infliction of heavy casualties. In Italy the battle is still raging on, the Piave front The v Dont let thenrj get it; Keep it safe in Our Bank, The hands of the world are afterryour’money ail the time-day and nlght-and they will get It. too. ^IfJ you carry It around with you, or hide It away. \ ■E Why not play the game safe * Deposit your money n a safe, sound, conservative bank where you can check [ It out at will, or let It draw Interest for you while Idle. ANNOUNCEMENT. Put YOUR money In OUR bank. We pay 5 per cent Interest. Come to Pur bank. The National Bank of Tifton, Ga.