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The Tifton Gazette
TIFTON, TIFT COUNTY. GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1918.
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Tifton High, Tifton Assies sad
CemiU Form On* Triangle
Enthusiastic Meeting at Baptist
Church Wednesday.
{WO DEBATES BE 1EIB BEK
CARLOADS OF UIB
GREAT A.M.S.EVENT SATURDAY
T. H. H. A®rm»lhr rfrti A. M. H. Nrgn-
Ihf at AndHocium. A. M. H. TSm
stive Meet* Camilla Nrenttfr
High schools throughout the stale will
meet Friilej vagtat in trianric debate* -n
lhr subject. •Reanlved, 1hs« '•><• I Vied
Slain. should aafcq* a system ut military
trainiac m.atalrd on that of Hwltawrtsaad, - *
Two debate* will hr held at Tiltoa
Tifton High School slrntatllv- moot mg
•lifton A. M. S. or«a.i-e at thr High
School Auditorium. Ttftai A. M. S. ml-
Armallre will mart Camilla uegatlw at
thr Agri -ultural Hcbo-d auditorium. Tif
ton Ilia. School otgali'e will inert Cs-
inilla affirmative a' Camilla All of Ibr
debates will br brh! ib- same nighj. b-
g.nnlug at K o'rlm. The agtar pre-
(i am w.il br oba r,c' throughout the
Executive Committer of Tr
riatloB Announce* Amor
thr Big Mart.
Ths public schools of Tifl
bold oratorical aod otbrr co
ably) in tbr High School
April lUth. Tbr following ■
brro planurd by the circuit
of thr Tift CoUDty Teachers
Oratorical.
In oratory tbrrr will br
obj for Ibr boy* and nor :
Two priara will br given in
rd Themselves lo Work and Sacri
fice. Kite Calla to Service.
iKrom Tbur»day'a Pally,)
Tbr maaa meeting at tbr ltaptiat ebureb
yesterday afternoon. of the ladies of
tbr city left no room In tbr mind of anf
onr for doubt aa to where the ladira of
this community stood.
Tbr attendance parked tbr iburoff.
At tbr rloar of tbr meeting a rising ante
effect that the ladies of the city stood
ready to do their part in the organised
work of fighting the war and to make anch
sacrifice of the ordinary matters and'ens-
I>r. Pickard. Col. Fulwood and Mrs.
Calkins were the speaker*, and ‘.heir
talks were full o (enthusiasm'and plead
ing. The main thought of all tbr talks
was "Of what value will all our resour-
Opealng of Athlcetlr and IJterary
Features. Come Early.*
Spring Pay perfofcvanee* at the Agri
cultural school wiliT start at 8:30 o'
clock Saturday mordfcff and will dote at
about 12 -JO. 1
Heretofore the afair baa lasted un
til late in the aftenw. n. but this year
it has been arranged :■> hare thr eser-
risra start early and close early in ordrr
that the crowd may *o to the big speaking
in Tifton which begin, at 2:30 In tbr
There will be a basket ball game be
tween two teams of Agricultural School
girls. There will then he a track meet
between the Agricultural School track
tram and the Pit^erald High School
User. Other By-l’rodoet*.
I Frum Wednesday's Paily *
Would you be impressed by*tbr sii
half a million dollars' worth of |*>r
l*ork products?
This la approximately the value of
on hand at the plant of the'Tifton
mg Company. The big storage n»t
full of salt pork, piled in tiers from
high to higher than a man's brad .
great vqt* (lacked with bama In
pickle: lard in barrels, tierces and
barrels of pork tongues; feet in |
pile* of pork trimnd-c, f.-oyen. at
many other varie'.. i of prodnrv.
Yesterday th>- oian shipped tw.
carloads of laH/to < hi. ago. anil
by freight in carload and eipreaa I
shipments, tbr vuslurti sre going
points of the eoihpass. Two <a
of grease for tnsnufaett. T PU
Minister Trotsky, in addressing the Moscow So
was accorded the wildest applause when he pit
immediate creation of a large Russian army.
The Caucasians at Sien are reported to ha'
p^ra negotiations with Turkey. The Germans •
wear Voroahnbo.
Rome, March 21.—The Pope has asked Em
Austria whether he will initiate negotiations for
among all the belligerents to abstain from bombing open towns
far from the zone of military operations, the newspaper Idea
Nazionale declared.
Atlanta, March 21.Governor Dorsey this morning appoin
ted Judge Henry B. Strange, a prominent attorney of Statesboro
Bulloch county, as Secretary of State to fill out the unexpired
term of the late Philip Cook, who died Tuesday.
It is understood that Judge Strange will run in the election
of 1918 and be opposed by Crawford Wheatley, of Americus.
Washington, March 21.—The Finance Corporation bill,
designed to furnish financial assistance to American industries
necessary to army work, passed the House this afternoon. The
Senate had passed the measure.
With American Army in France, March 21.— (By Fred S.
Ferguson U. P. Cor..—American troops in tho Luneville region
Spelling.
The contest in spelling will be open 4o
I be pupils of the fifth, sixth. seventh and
eighth grades. One hundred words will
be given from Swlnton's Word Boob, to
be written with pen or pencil. The words
will be selected from the first 100 psges
of'the took. Foreign and proper words
will be' omitted In case of s tie. a
second list will be given, or a third and so
on till a winner Is secured.
c broken off
fere repulsed
The debsters for Tifton High School
are: Affirmative. Jim Mitchell and Faiil
ilsrgreit Negative, .'.ester Harxrett aod
riarencr Paulk. Til's is the fir.1 de
lude for alt four, but they bare Wen
bard at work for some time under.tba
coaching of Profs Bryan and Wara-
welder and Mis* Ws-TCT ton and expert
to make a creditable showing. Musical
numbers will be given during the even
ing al the auditorial n to lenJ variety to
The old reliable mmi.trel show is to
be back for iu annual performance.
Other good things arc in store for the
big crowd.
I.nncbes. drinks, candies (home-made
tool will be aold. Some will bring din
ner with them. It will be convenient
for the crowd, including the achool peo
ple to go from the school to town In
time for the exercises bterr.
try?’*'" No red blooded American but is
confident that we could whip them, but
with what aacrifice of spirit and of
blood, to say nothing of.our material
Reference was made to tbe mothers
and fathers whose boys are "< her There "
Naturally, tbay are putting every resour
ce behind (be boye. Tbe~quration for
others is. "Shall we stand with these
mothers and fathers aa we expect tbr'boys
•Over There' to s land by each other.'
The meeting was ojuned by a medly
of National airs rendered on tbe pipe
organ by Miss Adelaide Ifargmt. fol
lowed by invocation, and tbe singing of
"Tbe Star Spangled Banner."
When the speeches were over there was
little time and the meeting was adjour
ned. each woman bolding brrarelf in read-
ioeaf for further calls for service. Five
calls for service we^e stressed at the
- 1. Work for Liberty Bonds.
2. Work for attendance at the mass
meeting at the court house Saturday. /
3. Any one baring boy* or men rrla-
Yeaterday also ,'V-v began sw.iking
meat. Tbe mooking lyrmi extend
through four floor*; there are four tiers
of them, with steel racks and doors. Tbe
»ood used for tbe smoking is oak. Ha-
A ready writing contest in composition
will be open to tbe pupili nf tbe seventh,
eighth, and ninth grades. Tbe subject
shall be assigned from tbe I-Cgrnd of
Sleepy Hollow. Student* must complete
composition within forty-five minutes, and
not use more than 000 words. The
judges will Select the subject.
Map Drawing.
Theye will by a map-drawing contest
The fertiliser product is. having a m
■le. the supply being unequal to tbe
Tbe subject to nc debate I is one at
great interest at .this time up] lbs
frineds of tbe school* and tbe public are
invited lo attrod tbe debates. The
young men have studied t be qurvliam and
will be able to present both ard-s In an in
telligent manner. It will be worth rb*
il roads may/ be abbreviated. Right
n« will bellowed in which to com-
Story Telling.
re will be a contest‘in story telling
to any grade. Appropriate prises
r given to tbe winners. Five min-
rill be tbe time limit.
^he raid was made at the conclusion of unusually heavy
bombardment by the enemy. The French artillery and irfant-
ry both participated in the attack.
Zurich,. March 21.—Holland must expect that submarines
.will blockade all her ports, as a result of the taking over the
“Dutch shipwbr the Allies and America, is semi-officially stated
Berlin. ’
The Netherlands must be compelled to bear the consequen :
mi of her decision, Berlin advices s ay.
V Upon Holland's refusal in the face of German threats to
effect h er voluntary agreement for restoring her mer-
W5bt marine to normal activity, the Uni ted States government
H&a^'ght' requisitioned all Dutch ships in American waters.
le same time Great Britain- took over Dutch veasels in
Pljhafeh ports.
mja / total of 77 ships of probably 600,000 tons were added to
Anoth-
4. Display your Flag.
5. Talk and work u
There will be four prises awarded in
music: first and second prise* in instru
mental solos, and first and second in
school choruses. No -school shall have
more than twelve pupils in the chorus,
i )ne tracker may sing. The choruses
shall be patriotic. Schools may compose
their own tong* if they, wish to do so A
Athletics.
Tbe following athletic events have been
planned: 100 yard daah. 220 yard daab.
standing broad jumtt. running broad
jump, running* high jump, and a potato
race. There will' be four potatoes placed
30 feet apart. Kerb boy must make a
separate run for each potato and plan it
The athletics will be open lo boys only
There shall be two divisions, as follows:
first division, age limit 12 year* six
months: Second division, age limit 18."
Teachers will please get information from
Mrs. Cbaa. Cater, vice-president of
the Southwestern Division, at her confer
once at tbe Baptist Convention in Cor-
dele. planned to sub-divide this division,
each subdivision to include five associa
tions. Onr subdivision includes Col-
quit. Mel!. Little River. Turner and
Illusion Associations. She is plann
ing to hold an institute in each sub
division. Onr institute to be held in
beginning the evening of tbe 8th aod con
tinuing through tbe fith of April- Dr.
Ayers, our Medical Missionary to China :
l>r. F. C. McConnell and Mrs. Neal,
our president, or Miss Erie Csmpbrll
wilt be with us. and a splendid program
is bring planned.
It is especially convenient to the
churches of Mell Association aod I
erican merchant marine by the requisitioning,
hundred thousand tons are put into the allied service
Moat of them will be -used in the
eat Britain’s action,
larrying trade.
lolland delayed and temporized, and it is thought would
inally agreed had it not been for fear of Germany.
BOX Bl'PPER.
Tbe public is invited to attend a box
ipper al tbe Brighton school Friday
TUncle Sam S)emant>s
All contestant* shall b<
nil regular attendants a
rast three months of the
JHAT industry should proceed
as usual, so that
contest divisions, aa follow!
Brookfield Dietrirt-
-Brookfield. Vanee- r j n ,
VS3 rWVSil?*' - ‘ Uvd ‘ M ' t * ficht " a -' -dividual
Chula District—Chula. Fletcher, Prar-
uian. Red Oak. Hat Creek. Fairvivw. Bay
and Myrtle.
Eldorado District—Eldorado. Oak
Ridge. Pineview and Filyaw.
Omega District—Omega, Old Ty Ty.
Anslry and Salem.
Ty Ty District—Ty Ty. Excelsior.
Midway, and Nipper.
In order to secure coutestants'for the
the Nation shall
be at the service
of the forces that
are now fighting
stimulate more interest, and to arouse
more enthusiasm is our achool work, and
bring,out some of tbe beat results of tbe
year's work. It i* -narnestly hoped that
all the teachers will play tbe part of a
real teacher in Ibis friendly, wholesome
rivalry.
1-avt year the Board of Education.pty-
sented a Ixtving Cup to tbe district win
ning tbe most points. Chula district won
the cup. The cup ia now in tbe suiwrin-
tendent’s office. Cfcula district will hold
tbe cup unless some other district wins
it by making more points in the final
All achoola should get up some good
rousing yells: these will help put “pep
and ginger" in the movement. Let's go
Committee:
Mias Maude I.. Vinton. W. C Dod
son. Miss Kanna Ramsey, Frank
Clark. J. W. Miller, A. J. Ammono.
for Victory and
prrlimlary contest on the following dates.
Omega District. April 3rd.
Chula District, April 4th. „
Ty Ty District. April 5th.
Brookfield District. April f'th.
Eldorado District. April 10th
The school* of each district will be aus-
i.ended on the day of tbe contest, provid
ed each school takes a part in some of
the contest*. All the tracbera will be re
quired to attend and all the children- and
patrons are invited apd urged to sttewd
In order to secure contestants for the
district meeting*, each school should
have a preliminary cpntest as soon aa
v Universal Democ-
I UrH racy.
v I lill A/of all the fight-
1 '111 ing will be done in
9 the trenches. Ev
ery farmer, every factory manager
and every employe can be a source
of National assistance by producing
more and saving more.
tweeted to be hero on time.
1 Mease have your reports in and your
checks will be ready.
We are expecting Supervisor F. E.
Land to be with us. ' Several disuesaions
will come up, but no subjects ran be as
signed now aa to the above.'
Story-telling ns related to Child Life,
will br disco seed by Mias Charlotte Mob
ley and Mr*. A. I). MnlUa.
Isn't It posftlblc for you to dspriv* yourMlf of torn*
little unneceetary extravagance and start a bank ac
count with that ryionsy?
You worked'for that money—It Is yours: why 1st It
go to help some other man’s family?
It is safe In our bank. Our bank takes an Interest
In its depositors and helps them.
Have you seen the Gaaetts's Service
Flag? It has three star*, one each for
I Y>radius Ryder. Brook* Cowart and Ger
ald Herring who went from this office in
to serrMe. Cowart is in the Signal
Corps, and we believe bos been In Fran
ce for a long tame: Gerald la in the A.I-
alion Corps mad has been in Fraocu
since Koreanoer: Nail is in the Coast Ar
Put YOUR money In OUR bank
The Nationnl ^nnic of Tifton, Gn,