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The Tifton Gazette VOLUME XXIX.—NUMBER IA, FRIDAY. MARCH 1, 191& TIFTON, TIFT COUNTY. GEOR< I$1.50 AND (2.00 PER ANNUM. ’^UTlatest news BY WIRE Petrograd, Feb. 28.—(By Joseph Shaplen, U- P. Staff Cor) The Austrian* refused to advance against the Russians in Vol- ynia, according to Zhitmoir dispatches. The Germans occupying Reval were heavily bombarded from Nargan Island by the Russians- Report of growing disobedience onthe part of the German troops ii also received from Orsha. Hindenburg has ordered Operations in the Orsha district halted and German troops have L< an ordered to cease advance against Pskoff, according to tele phone advices, but the battle apparently continues. The German and Austrian commanders fearing the refusal of the Austrians to fight, have concentrated 200,000'troops in tbe Dubno district. Washington, Feb- 28 Japanese intervention gr joint act ion with Siberia appeared probable today and awaits only Am- e< ican approval- British and French diplomats indicate that their countries are willing that Japan should step into the war to prevent Ger many setting a gra«p on Eastern Siberia, 1 Berlin. Feb. 28.—At Minsk we captured 2,000 fnachine gnns as»d 60,000 rifles, the German War Office announced fhington, Feb. 28.—Convicted of sleeping ontheir posts wumr American Boldiera in France have been sentenced to death. Gen. Pershing'approved the sentence but it must be re- K'e^d by the War Department, and finally passed on by the *T*reaident. The names are withheld. Petrograd, Feb- 28.—German invaders are shooting Rus sian prisoners the Central Workmens’ and Peasants’ Commit tee charged in a proclamation issued today. 'the enemy is , arming released German and Austrian prisoners against the [Workmens and Peasants Government, the’ proclamation de- London. Feb. 28—At Greenland Hill. North Scarpe and uSouthhoulst Forest the British last night captured a few Gor- vbi«ns and machine guns, Gen. Haig reported The enemy’s artillery is active near Havicourt Wood and South Scarpe Lo^cm- Feb. 27—Revolutionary forces have captured Novo Tcherkawsk. th<* capital of the Don Cossack province, according to wireless dispatches from Petrograd. Washington, Feb. 26.—(By Card D. Groat, U. P. Staff Cor) ! Germany is making a new peace drive, now that she has a ! goodly section of Russia. TTiat is the meaning international experts put today on the conciliary tone adopted by Chancellor Von Hertling in his re ply to President Wilson’s pesise term speech. t 7*** Chancellor’s acceptance of four of its principles was f^rerded as ,dieting hi. belief that the Allies at the peace t*We would not struggle over Russia long if the French, Belgian H j •°™* of the Balkan questions could be adjusted ... if. n i°- n ’ 7 eb 26—The American and British Embassies ,*** "j? artmg Jram Petrograd leaving a few persons in charge, Sfccordtng to Exchange telegraphic dispatches from Petrograd in France - Feb - 25—(By Fred S Furger- r. Staff Cor.>—An American raiding parly with the in Me Chemm des Dame, sector Saturday captured two f^T , “ officers, twenty men and one machine gun. There \ o° American casualties- . ’.™ k “J-um-nl, cootm,*, .up^ior -nmy ob^rv.li„„ “ y ‘ r * in r ' , “ l *“ d in k ”“ d ~P "">•> on th. F * b “ -Th. Britih force, in Me^n,^. gu WB^c , Wedne.day end ere now within PP-JS-nc T offic ‘* n y “nnounced. Hit i, on the Euphre- mile, writ of Bagdad. P Feb - 25 —<D»to of 24th Balayed)—The Exo- *•» a Breed to accept the prToTvrt, “■ V ° te beini; 126 l ° 85 Twenty-six .4 'if 1 !"’ Frb - 25—German forces have reached Zhitormr the War |S ™e hundred tnilee east of Bovno. tne w ar Office announced- al.n <he ’ ,atcmcnt “M ‘he whole-staff of the Rue. menderTh„“S' ^ * 'he Enthusiastic Throng Greets Gov Dorsey in Macon. Will Ask States and Municipal!-: Said Prof. Duggan in Address to ties to Permit Rate Increases- Twentieth Century Club. SITUATION IS QUITE SERIOUS • ^ t — / PLEDGEDSUPPORTTO COUNTRY PRESIDENT APPROVES. OF IT BAS MORE SCHOOL OAROENS All And School Yards aro lha Baal Ha j Ha. Visited. Club Combined Edu- I catioo and Annivaesary Program. iiuoa. ' It is s joy to visit the rural schools -Following I of Tift county; there is not a school Jons from ! that is not wdl-kspt; the school , itility cot- ^ yards are in tho best condition of j lute and I any he has visited, and Tift has . to consid- [more school gardens than any connty , readjust-' in the state, said Prof. M. L Duggan ( ould tend! Rural Sute Agent, to the Twentieth ( Century Library Club and its guests f Tuesday afternoon. Prof. Duggan was introduced to thc.club in » short talk by Mrs. Peter son, Chairman it the Committee- on , Education, who said that Prof. Dug gan had been investigating the schools of Tift for the past two weeks and that, although we sll like to hear nice things and-like to be complimen ted, Prof. Duggan had come to criti cise and not to flatter. But if the nice things Prof. Dug gan said about the Twentieth Century Club and its work in the county schools was criticism, then the writer iikea to listed to that kind. He made a splendid and instructive talk and said in part that Tift esunty was om? of the foremost counties, education ally, in Georgia. That it was a joy to visit the schools and notf the direct result of the concentrated and co operative efforts of ^ie club women pentT teachers of the county. He said that he had not found a single school that was not well-kept, and thatfhis ‘has much to do with the physical condition of the children as well ns) the mental. He said that the schooyyards were in the best condi- ti.on-'of any that he had foun'd and that Tift had more school gardens than any other county. Prof. Duggan said that while every school building was good that the only fault he found was the imperfect heating and lighting and that these could both be easily remedied at a nominal oust. Also, in the 'play grounds he found no j>lay appliances, which were very necessary. (Detailed report of the club meet ing will appear tomorrow.) Declare, It- I, Essential That (From Thursday's Daily.) Arrangement* have been entirely I completed for all thc meetings to , he held at school houses of the coun ty tonight. The meeting at the cotton Mill will be combined with | thc meeting held in that section at; the church, Mr. Reid and Rev. G. W. Mathews being in charge. In addition to those who were ’ | mentioned Wednesday, the following' have volunteered to help: M. S. , Shaw, Berry Rigdon, Perry Moore, 1 H. 1a Cartwright. W. S. Cobb. Mr ' Walters, Mr. Harden, P. D. Fulwood, I Mr. Jolly, R. E. Hall, Jr, and Judge/ J. 11. Price. Folks in Tifton should attend thb' meeting at the court house cn mas- j m\ Every family should be repree- j ented. The meeting is not for the purpose of speech making. It is for i the purpose of putting concretely i before every one the most serious itur-lion *Jmt—ha* confronted the, I South since thc Civil War and for ( I deciding upon.jionie means to carry jus through that situation. Not only/ the men but the women and the > he hoys and girls over fifteen are rnncerncS. It will be brief and to Ithe pointl If ourselves and our . children are to be spared from hun ger this summer and fall it is for us to act aggressively together hnd at , once. This meeting is the oppor tunity for organized and concerted , action. S. T. K. , Among those who will > go from , Tifton to attend the mcetihgm in the . rural schools are: T E Stubbs, T S Rigdon, Judge H Kent. J. G. Padrick, Mai Nathan, R . Gentry, J N Brown, J K Peeples, M [ . E Hendry, K E Dlnsmore, M S Pat-! a ten, ^(orris Levy, I M Allan, C V . Arnold, FT H Tift Jr, I Y Conger. ] F H Cony, Murray Smith, H S Mur- i ray. W L Harman. J S Rldgdill. L P Thurman, R D Smith, J M Peeples, 1 / J W O'Neal, C W burden, H L Moor. 1 'GW Coleman. J A Peterson. K Car- j * son, I W Myers, W H Bennett, I D , Morgan. J L Herring, C, L Parker. W A Darnell, E P Bowen, W H , Spooner, W W Timmons, B H Mc Leod, H H Hargrett, O W Fulwood, , Prof. Breedlove, Prof. Lewis and G W Mnthews. (From Thursday's Daily.) Gcorgu. went "over the top" yes terday at Macon in her drive for food conservation when 3,000 cheer ing patriotic and determined citizens of the state took up the challenge thrown down by Gov. Hugh M. Dor sey, is. the way thc correspondent of the Savannah Morning News begins an enthusiastic account. Dr. A. M. Soule, Food Administra tor for Georgia, former Gov, N. E. Harris, J. J. Brown, Commissioner of Agriculture, F. C Woolcott, Chief Aide to Herbert Hoover. Federal F'ood Administrator and others that tho people of this state must v not . *• -• • but must raise po rations asking ^orul authorities be cr quickly arguments for readjust- j roent of rates which woulu . toward maximum of efficiency, Wil liam G. McAdoo, as Secretary of the Treasury, brought the matter to the attention of President Wilson. He received today a reply from the President expressing the convic tion that the public utilities formed a vital part of the war machinery and authorizing him to take up with the proper officials, when circumstances might make such action advisable, the problems involved. The representative* of the public utilities had brought before Mr. Mc Adoo what they believed to be thc necessity for a general increase in rates if service was to be extended to meet the increased demands of war time activities. It is possiblbc that some consideration may be given by the Federal Government to the ques tion of extending credit necessary for expansion, especially if thc.War Fi nance Corporation bill is adopted. The utilities-in which the Federal Railroad Administration will interest itself are street, railway, light, heat. Pwirson Ci y <- Brooks Cowart. Jeff I>«rnell. Wm. EarnvSt Firmer. Gerald Herring. Jeff Parker. John Parker. Ralston Padrick. *■ Neil Ryder. F'rank Willis, Some of the boys are in France, some are on the water and others *r» stationed in Various part* of th« country Nearly, every branch of the service is ^represented. only fee themselves a surplus of food crops so that some may be sent to the allies, and pledged themselves to support their country' in this, her most serious crisis. The gathering was the most re presentative of its kind that Geor gia has ever known. Every section of the state and practically every county was represented nndi they brought a store of unbounded cn'Jui- , Gov. Dorsey's declaration that ‘‘no one within thc sound of my voice will doubt .that we must and will win thi.i war" was greeted w(th the waving of flags andthe cheers of the entire av rcmblage. That was really thc Mg nal that sent the throng* “over* the top." ^Following the food conservation meeting the State Council of Defense held a meeting at the Hotel Dempsey attended by about two hundred mem bers of the organisation. refuf*ent • ing fifty or more Georgia counties. The meeting was called by Gar. Dor- *ev to hear reports on what the dif ferent .county councils are daisg to he'p win the war. The plan for registering shipbuild ers was explained by J- D. Weaver. Announcement*was mnde tlia'. s simi lar meeting will be held In Atlanta. March 21-22, and members of the VACCINATED ONE HUNDRED. County Hoath Officor Todd Was a Busy Maa Wadnaadky. Wednesday whs Dr. Todd’s busy day. Incidentally, there are one hundred more or Ikes sore arms among the faculty and .pupils ofthe Gram mar School this morning, with prob- 1 abilities of a more acute soreness later. The cause of it *11 waa a ease of | small-pox, which has been traced as coming from Alabama. On* of the FREIGHT COLLISION AT ARCEE. Engineer Hudion and Two N*groos Worn Injurod. Albany, Feb. 26. Three persons were hurt, one seriottsly, when Atlantic Coast Line through freight train No. 212 ran into the rear end of local freight No. 328 at Acree, between here and Sylvester, last night. The local was standing at the Acree station while the crew was switching. Kngineer J. R. Hudson and his THREE HOGS BRING »02.50. '•SATURDAY NIGHT SKETCHES. pearing under the title “Saturday Night" in the Tifton'Gaxette, are on sale, price'$2.59, postpaid. The book hh SIH pages nnd seven illustrations from original sketches by Tom J. Nicholl. It is an Author’s Autqgraflhed Edition, -bound -la muruun silk-cloth, with gold letter ing. Clear print, large type, a neat and attractive volume, that should be in every Southern library. Sent on. receipt wf • price * by J: "L.' 'II erring.' Tifton Ga. tf. Local agents wanted. Especial in- dueementa to boys or girls working their way through school. them Department 'Store. mander who flod- depend' ; many of our war industries ny other industries essentinl vnr is produced by them. It thnt here nnd there, because prdminence given to less im- interests immediately at tatc and local authorities do nvs- appreciate thc close con- the soundness and local utilities and gth and vigor, and* i sufficient prompt er remedial meas. I'j.e In *'108 cases, I am confident i thnt all such State nnd local nuthori- I ties will respond promptly to the na tional needs when the matter is fnir- | ly fcnd properly brought before Our public service utilities are closely connected with nnd are an es sential part of our preparations for nnd successful prosecution of the war, and the unfavorable tendencies which the accompanying papers reveal may moft effectively be checked, when ever they may be found to exist, and the needed relief obtained, only by prompt action on the part of the respective local authorities. I earnestly hope that you may feel rCondnued en Last Page.* THE REXALL STORE. At First Baptist Church B*fius Monday Afternoon, March 4th. A Week of Prayer will be obser ved at the First Baptist church, beginning Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Services will bo held each' afternoon during the week, except Saturday. ‘J - There will be a special offering for Home 'Missions Wednesday after noon. . The funds derived will be used for the purpose of having the gospel preached tothe soldiers in Every woman member is urged to devote one hour each day the coming week to the service of prayer. Announcement is made today of the purchase of the fixtures of the National Drug Store by Brooks Pharmacy Company. The stock .of the National is bi-ihg moved to Pinkston's Drug Store and in a few days The Rexall Store will open in thc National stand. Mr. Emmett Dual, with Brooks Pharmacy-for a number of years, will be in charge of Thc Rexall Store but the store will be run under the supervision of Dr. J. L. Brooks, who haa achieved such great success in the management of brooks Phar macy. See announcements of Dra. Brooks and Pinkston elsewhere. efficiency of th< [ the nntional |FDont kccpj/ourMone* F IN YOUR HOUSE PUT IT IN OUR BANK. Are You Raising a Roof This picture tells Its own story. They had their money In the house; they were saving that money for their old age, or some other purpose. /. Now they have no home; but If their rj&ney was safe In our bank they could draw on It for another home. Your house Is no place to keep your money; lots of things might happen to it. Put It In our bank. Longfellow taid: “Into each life a little raiiiij mast fall" Are you preparing to shelter your family when the storms come. The wise man builds when the skies are clear. Money in the bank, will solve thje “Rainy Day ” I have sold the fixture# at the Na tional Drug Store and have moved the stock to the Pinkston Drug Store stand. I want to assure the customers of the National Drug Store of my hearty appreciation of thefcr patronage and trust that I may be able to continue to serve them from Pinkston’s Drug Store. I wrfll appreciate your business and , give you the best drugs snd the best service possSjle. dwlt N. D. Piakatea, Prop. A big line of Ladies' snd Child ren's guaranteed solid leather God- man slippers, just received at Whit ley Brothers Department Store. Wo carry the real article. Buy on* pair and you will buy this make again. 26-d2t-wll Put YOUR money" in OUR bank. We pay 5 par cant Intaraat. Coma to our bank. Two year* oi continuous practice In Tifton and scores of satisfied cue- toraeis. If you are suffering with headache, or other troubles caused by eve strain b* sure and consult me snd see if glsuse* pr-perly fitted don't releive them. In onr office Bank of Tifton NEW GROCERY BUSINESS—Will appreciate your trade. J. T. Dlek- jena, next door to B. H. Bankston’s. I Main street, Tifton. Ga. 15w4t The National Bank of Tifton, Ga.