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For Fill crrol.l OUtrlet A. M. K.. I
•ion at Tifton.
The Sunday School Convention
Fitxgrrald Dlsthrt. A. M K-. rhun
at Tifton Wedareduy and will rrni
neoalon through Sunday.
Between 25 and .'10 churches are
"ruled in the convention with 35 o:
deleicatf*. nearly every .liarge in t!
Srirt bring ret.reiM.oled.
I'rraiding Elder Glass, of Tl
ville. ia presiding, and after the c
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Colored Returns
1018 1017 Cain
■ntial measures'will, be facilitated, an
nrantested-bills can he rushed through,
thr'aftrrnoon •essioDS.
Prolonged dehate ou the bill providing
>r local sehool tax in all rouutiea of the
ate engaged -1 be attsntUui id the .bouac.
■strrday. and the Indienliuna are that
the bill passes at all it will be by a
ender majority. The bill will come to a
riling salesmen and
The Tifton Gazette.
S (LOO PER ANNUM.
TIFTON, TIFT
COUNTY, <
'FRIDAY, JULY ». 1»1®-
VOLUME XXX.—N
LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
fith the French Armies Afield, Jely 25.—
The A Hies continue relentless pressure against
the pocket into which the German Crown Prince’s 1918 sw
•inglorious Friedensturn.led 100,000 hopeful Ger
man soldiers. Ode point alter another is giving
way before the pressure. Inside the pocket the
seriousness of the German predicament is increas-
iifg daily. Forty-three divisions of Germans, or
516,000 men are now within the salient.
With the Armies in France, July 25.—2 p. m.—The Ameri
can troops continue their advance north and northeast of Cha
teau Thierry and are driving upon Fere-enTardenois on a* un
broken front of more than 10 miles. Big fires are report^ in
Fere-en-Tardenois and Oulchy-Ie-Chateau.
In addition to the fires caused by the Allied bombardment
the Germans are blowing up ammunition dumps evidently in
preparation for evacuation. Oulchy-le-Chateau has hceij out-
5815,304 CAIN IN TWO YEARS TO ORGANIZE A BAOOIS CLUB CEIfflWATEO SINOEOS COMING
NEAR HALF MILLION
GAIN INIAmiUES
,.J.W. BENNETT
SPEARS AT TIFTON
Friday Night in Interest of W. J.
Harris’ Race
■Every District in Connly Shows Gain.
1.102 Acres Increase in jaad Re
turned. Gain of 73 rolls.
Tift county's tax returns for 1018 I Hon. John TV. Bennett, of Way cross,
will speak at the TUt county
The exact in- Friday night in the interest of
- didacy of W. J. Harris for tbi
States Senate.
The Harris men of Tift countjr have
been called to meet at the same time for
the purpose of organising a W. J. Harris
club after the s)ieaking. People from the
country surrounding are invited to at-
V.tl. #*r_VM5 for 1017. a net gain
•\77. Colored people returned" 1.387
iii 11117 sh»wnl n net gain of SIO^U.
county has nenrlyNjoul.
flUnked, however, and the gateway will be difficult.
Americans are encountering violent resistance at Arinen- | K
tiered on the south bank of the Oureq, where the Germans have j l “ , r
strongly fortified the cathederal and adjacent forest. Our |
machine gunners and infantry have stormed the village and ! a
forest after artillery had bombarded them. The American ,,i„„
and French troops also stormed the village in Forest-le-Ferre, r
and sharp hand to hand-to-hand fighting continues, the Allies i-.dl
aSvanc' _ .n bitter street fighting.
Paris, July 25.—4:05 p. m.—The French and American i, |r ’ t . .7,., ,, l| , , 1|iar ,,| wjt j,
'.troops sire closing in on the important German strategic bade, j „„ MJ ,
’ Fere-en-Tardenois, from two sides. While Allied artillery and f Tlwr.-i-au incr.nM
airyAn are subjecting the city to a terrific bombardment, the in- j ,l “' rr,uru " 1 fnr
•. fantry hre^advancing eastward and northward toward the citJt, i j'J,
slowly overcoming the enemy defenses. \ | ( ^ ^
The capture of Epieds h as enabled the French and Amerii | ." "I"”. ,r " 1 "
to penetrate to the center of Fere forest, five miles south'
•f_ F ere-en-Tar^-*>is.
j« A strategHfcaxemy mass, estimated at 20 divisions, is expec
ted soon to aid the counter manouever.
Paris, July 25.—Heavily counter attacking north of the
Marne in the region of Dormans, the Germans last night suc
ceeded in occupying the village of Chassins and the wood
north of Treloup, but the French retook both shortly after
wards, the War Office reported today.
A violent artillery battle is reported south of the Oureq
river and west of Rheims. j. rcaw «.f fi.5lO.llii over
Washington, July 25.—Northwest of Jaulgonne the Ameri- 1 The -jm.iu rriurnrd the li
cam troops forced the Germans back to a depth of from one to ' «h«wlng sn inm-aor
two miles, General Pershing reported today under date of July ' 'Ju"bnvbci.n 'ii" bi
iiliv »«-k compiling the rot
Rome, July 25.—Two Austrian transports were sunk in the , IIS out ,| lr nrw | MM ,t
Italian attack on Cattaro, according to dispatches received from mi. were: T. s'. Itiggdon,
Cattaro today. j T«* yolleetor'a hook
London, July 25.—The British troops last night pushed
forward slightly south of Rosigriol'wood in the Hebuterne sec
tor north of Albert, General Haig reported today. A few pris-
’s and six machine guns were taken.
Rome, July 20.—The Italians have captured Mont St. Abel
■captured Cormo-di-Cavento, the War Office announced
^ be enemy left many dead and much material behind
nnCTous prisoners were captured.
Two American divisions, fifty-five thousand men, are fight-
a the Chateau Thierry region, while three divisions are en-
i the neighborhood of Soissons.
.tree! within the Idst fe.
hn« resulted in nn int-rea
customers 'Vsiting I
-/.ST
TIFT CO. SINGERS
MEET AT SPRING
nal Singing Convention N«
Saturday and Sunday
Rack Dmj.
The singing crcnt of the year la Hit
countg will be the annual meeting of the
Tift Countg Binging Oonvrntivn. at Mur-
row Springs, 7our miles .rest of Tifton.
next Saturday sod Sunday, July 27 and
2Sth.
The Contention will be called to Order
at 10 a. m. on both days and singing will
occupy the full day. There will ho • pic
nic dinner each day and as tbit Will he
a war time dinner all attending'nrc re
quested to carry their own linx h-a as
there will he no free-for-all, dinner
spread. There will be plenty Of water
and allrevrBvenifh^et for spread11..- dm
The Tift county singers are fortunate
Ibis year in having witli them I'rofs.
MUilins and Morris, of Atlanta, slid Prof.
Fare, of Fitxgersld. These S.e gifted
singers and will enlcrtaln tie- large
crowds. There will Ik- othetgjpf .,| n ,...i
wing is the pro gram ^or two days:
at unlay, Jnly 37, 10 a. m
ing Song—By Convsniion . I.cd by
The Franco-American offensive, which was laui
Thursday morning of last week between Chateau Thierry i
Soissons, on the western Marne front, progressed from 4 to 1
miles during the first three days and yielded 17,000 pri
and 360 guns to the Americans alone. The objective i
catch the German army of more than 300,000 men—which v
attacking on the eastern side of the salient between the Marntf ^
and Rheims—between the opposing armies.
Sunday the Americans and French launched a fresh at*',
tack, taking Chateau Thierry and advancing three miles further j
Later the Germans abandoned their positions on thcwMarne rim
and are now falling back toward Fere-en-Tamenois, the
Americans and Pfench closely pursuing. British and Italians
are co-operating on the eastern side. The Germans have *
brought a number of fresh divisions into action and -now have ■
more than half a million men in this particular corner. It‘It
no longer probable that the Allies will be able to capture all of
the enemy in the pocket but they are following them up so closed
ly taking one point after another, that the final evacuation by.
the Germans of the entire territory between the Marne and
Aisne rivers is probable. The French and Americans have al
ready taken one of the two railroads over which the German*
got their supplies and one of their supply bases that at Oulchy^
They are nearing the main supply base, Fere-en-Tardenois.
The French and the Italians- continue their advance in A1- •
bania. The Bolsheviki are sajtj to be mobilizing their armies
Russia.
The armored cruiser Sar. Diego was sunk Friday off Fire ,
Island near New York harbor. It is doubtful • a-bother a mine
■ubmarine did the damage. Of j. total o.f 1,144 men on
board six are not accounted for.
The President will take over coritrul of telegraph and tele
phone lines July 31st. Postmaster-General Burleson has been
ppointed Director.
FARM IMPROVEMENTS
Tihs Bank offers more
than an opportunity to
deposit money. We have
an efficient corps of men
who know their business,
and being in the banking
business their knowledge
is a knowledge of money-
tlon opened at !* :ft0 Wednesday morning
id oqaaaicvd fur .tarainrji*. he delivered
ir, opening lecture ..11 "The Model Sun-
ijrsetoot”— 4 —n _
Wednesday night the annual sermon
ns delivefe-i by IUv. Goulaby, of Fitx-
e meetings are being held at Allen
.Temple. A. M. E. rhurrh, south of the
and there will be morning aud eve
programs Threurhoot the weeJc.-Suu-
will be the great day of the onven-
when there will lie colored tieople
from all over the district.
Bank of Tifton
Surplus J300,000
disruMilon that ui all probabili-
tarbers* examination for 1018.
leld Aug. 2 anil 3, at the High
Sehool building. On Frfday the tenrh-
rrn will be given the examination for the
Primary license and thin is also the first
day'a work for the General Elementary.
> on Friday there will be questions
both the High Sehool and the Ele-
tary Rending Courses, and the quea-
a on the History and Geography of
Georgia for those teachers haring Iteen-
from other states. In addition, on
this date, questions will be here for the
High Sehool aud Supervisory examlns-
• tlon.
On Saturday there will be questions
for the last half of the .General Elemen
tary examination and for Engliah and
Mathrmatica In the High Sehool test.
The Board of Education will furnish
paper, for the examination.
A. J. Ammons
, 2 Id Aw Superintendent.
Many people make It their business ts
read the Want Ada every day. They
have fonnd that It pays. tf
Chula, Go.. July 24.—During the elo
trie storm Tuesday afternoon about
o'clock the house of Mr. Maury Pbelp
of Hat Creek, district, was si ruck b
lightning. One bolt bit a banister i o-
on the piaxza and one went down tl
chimney. Strange to say, although he
and his wife aud seven children were in
the house, not one waa the least stocked
and no damage waa done, except one post
knocked out of the piaxxa.
THE WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK
Atlanta, Ga., July 25.—Cook county wins.
NOTE—-The above special to the Gazette brings news of
the success of Adel in her fight for a new county, after tea
years hard work. In 1916 and again in 1917 it appeared that
persistent effort and merit would triumph, but friends of th*
measure were disappointed. The bill creating the new coijnty
of Cook, which was tabled at the last session to prevent failure ,
was taken up yesterday. The Gazette and Tifton congratu
Adel on her plucky fight and final triumph.
. The tug Perth Amboy and four empty bai
which it had in tow, enroute from Gloucester to New York, ^
destroyed by shell fire at 10:30 a. m. Sunday three miles <
Orleans. Mass., on the southeastern elbow of Cape Cod, by a
enemy submarine. The barges were sunk.
Forty-one persons including three women and five e
on ^>oard the tug and barges made their escape in boats, l
though no warning was given before the enemy « *
Three of the men were wounded by shrapnel, one of them, l
Austrian member of the tug crew, had his hand blown off.
The attack was witnessed by a large crowd on the «
and the submarine threw thrtie or four shells at these f
09.5115,... The U-boat was about 400 feet lonff and the e
aim is said to have been very poor. Three torpedoes are'!
ported to have been fired at the tug, all of which 1C"
the shell fire continued for nearly an hour before ^
were sunk.
Gloucester, Mass., July 25.—Reports that a German iL
submarine mother ship is lurking-off the Atlantic coast1
brought here today by the Captain of a fishing schooner
London, July 25.—The total Allied and neutral i
losses during the month of June as a result of subm
marine risk, were 275,629 tons, according to figures made J
lie by the Admiralty today. This is the smallest total i
September, 1916:
BANK YOUR MONEY
AND HAVE A
HOME OF \OUR OWN.
IT PAYS!
When you have saved enough monsf to buy the L
property—cheaper for cash—-you can borrow on your 1
property to build your house. But you can’t do a thing I
right until you start putting money In the bank. - f
It grows In the bank; it Is safe In thelbank. The I
banker’s advice Is fr«r. and the bank always acccir.mo- I
dates Its patrons.
Put YOUR money In OUR bank.
We pay 5 per cent interest.
Come to our bank.
The National Bank of Tifton,
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