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The \V. «. 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 ISTKICTIONS LIFTS) AVIATION KIK1.D READY Ty I’lstrict I‘p and C.asotine Station ami Telephone Going In. it ion Held, the lauding plan- sc The Tifton Gazette. ■ AND $2.00 PER ANNUM. 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.