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after which I
be general meeting adjourn
ing of the board of dim-tor*.
nurh preliminary steps aa may
try to insure Immediate co-oper-
the part of gorrrument appeal
ail member* of legal advisory
> whom copies of the Inter are
ie rural district*.
'hr mrn-hant ia especially directed
tbr duly in |darrd‘ upon biin of n-
rr. brforr making a sale, that hr or
baa not that day made purchase of
r elsewhere. and that the pure-base
it to hr made is intended for hia or
iwn family uar. and tbr purchase will
ssgn-gatr more than II pound* per
frank SiarlM.ro wo elected president
of tbr Tifton Iloard of Trade at a meet-
inK of tbr board of dinrtora held Wrdnra-
■lay afternoon. Mr. Scarobro baa tbr
■natter undrr conaidrratiou and baa not
yrt stated whether or not he would accept
the position.
Mr. Scarta.ro was rln-trd to succeed It.
V. Wallace, who served the Board of
Trade as president daring the laat year.
Mr. Wallace made an excellent head for
the organisation and devoted consider
able time to the work It waa fait that
Mr. Wallace had fulfilled hia duty to the,
•ixstiliatlbn t'iy drvo6«Unr year .to the
work a* president and that It waa time
The board* are advised to direct special
attention to Olasu 2-A. Class 2-B, Clasa
;t-A, Class .1-11. Class IV-C and Claaa 4-A.
It is stated that hundreds of registrants
are now in Claa* 4. who should be in
Class 1, or C|a»* 2. Government appeal
(arte ascertained to the I-oral Boards
for the.purpose of quirk action, but they
arc also in|tfilled Ip
t'fbfne. nrhcte.1 tjin^'ui I lie ni*t :
■rving pufimse*. the cere
r provided shall la- ri-
cacb purchase: that no
shal] aecred 1!". pounds)
ia ideally fitted
sab J i ■
that he will amptjtie nomination.
Brlgg* Carson. 11. L M.w.r and T.
Tift, the vire-prraidents who served
.'•■ir. were rc-el.-ct—l II II. Mol
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The Tifton Gazette.
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TIFTON, TIFT COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1918
, LATEST* NEWS BY WIRE
BEEt AND SUGAR
MUSlBE SAVED
Serve Boiled Beef Twice, Steak
and Roaat Once a Week
is, June 13,—The French forces, deliver-
r first counter attack on the eastern wing of
s front last night, hurled the Germans back
i the Matz river.
There were po new German attacks on the 3 POUNDS OF SUGAR A MONTH
item Sank and center.
■ On Ifce Marne front violent German attacks
' against Bouresches and Balleau Wood were brok-
1 m np by the American and French troops who held
all gf their new won positions, inflicting The heavi-
; est less** on the enemy.
■ - jDne hundred prisoners and some machine
K were taken by the French in the Matz fighting.
Gth the Americans on, the Marne, June 13.—The Ameri-
olding a three mile front between Brousechea and Torchy
’ * their twelfth day and night of
GERMANS LOSE
AMERICANS GAIN 2
Which Brings Alarm to Teuton
War Headquarters
130 ON 10 HALF ACHE ROWS NEW FACTOR IN FIGHTING
BOLL WEEVILS ARE
STRIPPING COTTON
On Stalks Two Feet High Not •
Single Square
two German attacks it
They took fifty prisoners, including a Captain, and captur-
,®d (^number of machine -guns. The enemy casualties were
County Food Adis
. Tbr demand for
tiie ai—**
•heakv.
' Vhei
t —"here were American victims in the bombardment of
Bouresches last night
, Pans, June 13.—On the anniversary of the arrival of the
American troops in France. President Poinciare today dispat-
• ched a message to President Wilson expressing his admiration
‘at magnificent American efforts and extending his congratula-
[ Sons.
. sNQTE—Jeff Packer, of Tifton, was among the American
llB|ne8 landing in France one year ago today.
■ TUESDAY’S SUMMARY OF THE WAR NEWS
-What is pronounced the hottest fighting of the war is rag-
galorA the small front between Noyon and Montdidier, where
~ the third German drive is being valiantly resisted by the French.
After three days of fighting into which they have thrown
near 400,000 men, the Germans have been able to advance only
4ev|n miles in the center and have scored almost no advance
on either flank. And today the French have thrown them
• back at.their point of farthest advance, near Compeigne, which
is an Allied railroad center and supply base. The Germans
claim to have taken 8.Q00 prisoners in the first two dayB.
Ribecourt, mentioned in today's cables, is on the German
left while Mery, lost to the enemy yesterday and retaken by
the French today, is on the German right.
An American transport arriving at an Atlantic port
s to hive fired on an enemy U-boat 75 miles off the Jersey
t yesterday.
American troops now on foreign soil number over 700,000
Secretary Baker told the French Alpine Chasseurs in bidding
them farewell in New York yesterday.
Manufacturers jf passenger automobiles have been noti-
^that they must get along with a decreased coal allotment,
liator King, of Utah, wants the United States to s end a
yforce to Russia to aid Russians opposing German ag-
Davia Sehaile, of the Sixteenth United States cavalry
I by Mexicans across the border Monday night. Four
Tty wefe taken prisoners but .afterwards delivered
cities at Brownsville. They had crossed the border
X for the body of a drowned soldier when the patrol
TJ them.
here will lx- little cotton
The moat notable evidence of
vrrvil ia doing to carl) «>tlou
liahrd Wednesday by Mr. II
toiltr 4. . who brought four atalka
otlon to the Gazette offler. Tl
otton. is about two (~-i high a
rtliuarily should be full of square* *
came. Mr. Jordan aaya. but lb* w
lucked them nl once and they
There are a few young square
stalks, but the weevils ure getti
Sir. Jordan says the ground t
rot ton is covered with fallen
In Mr. Han Walker's cotton, i
Jordan, on sixteen ro»* ball
,g they found 1-10 weevil.
Mr. Jordan nays he realize. ,
n In- made under tbeae rondil
came to Tifton to buy wed )-
BOARD OK D1KECTOKS ELECTED. front
At Meeting of Tifton Board of Tradr
Tuesday Night.
e annual meeting uf the Tifton
Board of Trade was held in the board of
office Tuesdoy night. Tbr atten-
- was not aa large ai might have
rx|M*cted, but those present expran-
he sentiment that Tifton bas gre
for a board trade now than
e and that the work should be
A nominating committee was. uam
Dominate a board of dim-tor*. They
retired and selected the following,
rr|>ort being accepted by“tbe meeting:
III. 11. Tift.
' II. 11. Ilargrett,
E. I*. Bowen
I. W. Myer*
J. 11. White
TV. L. Harman
k. Mitchell
Istratlnn to sus|H-nd or
|Ki*e for which they are designed baa
heeu met. It is anticipated that this re
quest will hold food until about Septem
ber III. and. to'meet necessary demands
the full co-operation of the public is m>
earnestly urged"
Kutiherl.imltallnn on Sugar
"Effective at oner, it Is -ordered a
directed that all sale* of sugar by ret
The Man
Who Is Called
to serve his country can find in this Bank
every means lor the satisfactory conduct of
his financial affairs while duty calls him.
# v '
Drafted men, enlisted men; in fact all
Nation’s service will find this
time of War as well as in time of
offers them every facility:
erf Tifton.
Than $1,000,000
I .oral Boards Throughout the Nation
Will Investigate Exemption*.
"Class 1 Week" will begin Monday.
June 24tb. when Local Exemption
Boards throughout the state, in conjune-
tiun with government appeal agents, will
begining the work of re-examining the
questionnaires and other records of draft
registrants who have bean, given
classification.
This week is to In- a nation-wide "check
ing-up" period, and hundreds of Georgi
ans are expected, to be moved up from de
ferred classification* to Claaa 1.
This re-elamination I* necessary Is
cause of the inequality of the work c
some iM.anls, showing widr variance i
other jurisdictions where conditions wer
substantially the same.
I'nder instructions from Provost Mai
shal Crowder, Acting Adjutant (lenrrt
Mallet is mailing out full instructions to
VOLUME XXX—NUMBER 11-
. . If
THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
Washington, June 13.—That the War
partment will ask a modification of the draft law to
as to include all men between the ages of 18 and 45
or 49 years was the forecast of well informed Con
gressional leaders today.
The new Legislation would place the draft oa
the same basis as that of England and facilitate
the operation of inter-AUied draft treaties. It is
expected to be launched at the December short ses-
Washington, June 11.—American people and
business must prepare for severe lessons in econ
omics, a diversion of nearly fifty percent of then-
earnings to war needs and the conversion of nones
sential industries to war work.
The war this year Secretary McAdoo esti
mates will cost twenty-four billion dollars.
Fuel Administration officials announce that
fifty percent curtailment of non ar industry wifl
be necessary to save fuel.
Washington, June 12.—Improvements, addi
tions and betterments on the national railways as
1918 will cost $946, 300,000. The Railroad Ad
ministration approved such a budget, covering al
expenditures except labor and fuel, for the present
year.
With the American Armies in France, June
,12.— That American Marines have completely
cleared the important BeOeau Wood, five miles
west ol Chateau Thierry, of enemy forces was es
tablished today.
The German defenders were slaughtered in
great numbers and those who survived fled.
About two hundred and fifty prisoners wer* tikis kf tbs
ines. The prisoners taken were the gladdest lot I’ve seen
yet. Many of them are extremely youthful, drafted front all
parts of Germany. Many German regiments, they said, were
recruited from the Jews. Those unwilling to fight are compell
ed to go into the battle by machine guns placed in the rear
of their linesT~ After they enter the fighting lines they are
chained to the gun wagons.
Washington, June 12.—Official report of the sinking of
the Cunard Liner Ansonia, used as a British transport, eras
received by the Navy Department today. No American lives
were involved, as far as the Department knows.
Washington, June 13.—An appropriation of $200,000,006
to increase the power supply in the overloaded industrial cen
ters will be asked of Congress by President Wilson at the re
quest of the War Industries Board. This follows order* for
war materials from General Pershing of an almost overwhel
ming magnitude.
Washington, June 13.—The American government ia striv
ing hard to make an agreement whereby even troops may be
sent to Russia under Russian-American leadership. Russia
does not approve of an expedition under Japanese leadership.
That country now looks to the United States as its be*
friend.
(lour on (hr market.
'*und tn a fine flour,
especially recommended for muffins
t cake*. . The flour ia a clear white
ry nutritious. Best of all. it ia a
>unly product.
Herbert L. Moor. Graduate Optometrist.
Two year* of eontinuoua practice In
Tifton and acoro* of satisfied customer*
ff you are Buffering witjj headache, or
other tronblea caused by eye strain he
sure and consult' me and aee If gli
properly fitted don't relieve them. In our
office In the Myon note! Block c-cry day.
the late season. ' The new shipment* bai
raused mutton and kid to be added to the
price Beta of tbr packing plant.
The -nan with money
safe in the Bank can some clay Buy
ihal home. Be a man with money
Don't build "Castles In the air." It Isn't fair to the
girl. Get right down to "Brass Tacks" and BANK your
money. Then when you find a bargain In a home you
can buy It.
Money In the bank makes a happier home—ask any
married man.
Put YOUR money In OUR bant.
We pay 5 per cent Interest
Corns to our bank. t
The Nationaj uank of Tifton, Ga.