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The Tifton Gazette,
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TIFTON, TIFT COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST », INS.
E XXX—NUMBEN IS.
- THE latest news by wire
The Alba apparently began • double drive on
the Picardy, Aisne and Vede front today. While
the French and American troops renewed their at
tack on the Crown Prince’s armies, driving toward
the heights between the Vesle and the Aisne rivers
the British and French smashed against the tip of
the huge Picardy salient, southeast of- Amiens.
Progress was reported on both drives. Enemy
counter attacks were broken np by the Allied artil
lery fire. __
Farther Allied success in Flanders was report
ed by Field Marshal Haig last night. He announ
ced that the British troops advanced their lines
nore than half a mile on a five mile front between
Clarence and Lawe rivers.
' London, August 8.—3:30 p. m.—The British have cap-
tnrad a number <Sf villages in the new Picardy drive it was re-
I here this afternoon, including Moreuil, Antoine and
Addition, the heights south of Morincourt and west of
f are reported taken.
BURGESS ACQUITTED FIRST BALE TUESDAY
PLEA SELF-DEFENSE WAS FOURDAYS LATE BICOUNTY BOARD
Jury Out Only Thirty Minutes Brought in by J N Jones, ef the Following Changes Made by
in Finding Verdict Omega Section State Board of Education
TRIAL BCCUPIEB TWO BATS BIOUOT 311-4 CENTS PMJND ONLY BASAL BOOKS ADOPTED
I May Doubtless Due to Ratos. aa PM
Open Bella Were Earlier. Got Tvs
Bale* August 2. 1917.
u'a first bale of 1918 cotton vai
received Tuesday August G, It wai
brought in by Mr. J. X. Jodc, of the
• I iniega section. and carried to Marrhant’i
arhicb the moat inlrnae interest was uu
Tested, the Jury, in the rase against W.
a charged with the killing of
g. at I’oalan. on July lllth. 1!
•d a verdict of not guilty bets
10 o'clock Tuesday night.
10 o'clock and after spending
hour and a half securing the jury.
State concluded its evidence late in
fternoon.
The defendant set U|> a idea of self.
Iram^ and a large number of witnei
railed to substantiate this and ■
the relations alleged to exist fcetw
Burgess and the deceased. The
did not appeal to the unwritten I
but stated that the evidence submitted
•how that Burgess' bome had been vn
ed by King was
With th* British Annies in France, August 8.—The French
d British troops attacked at dawn this morning between Mor-
t »"<1 Moreuil on a front of about 15 miles astride of
mom river.
Several important villages have been reached. The
a generally appears to be going well for the Allies. Sever
al, hundred tanka led the way, fast whippers supporting them.
Whipfiers reached and dodged across fields, terrorizing and
ig'Use Germans down everywhere.
The French are attacking in the region of Moreuil Re-
* ports received here are extremely optimistic, stating that the
Gtrnmw« are offering only slight resistance. A bombardment
lasting throe minutes preceded the British attack, and the
French attack by agreement was made a few minutes later,
their art^Wy smothering thA. territory south of the Amiens-Roy
road befMaod.
The attack began in fine weather, but rain is now threat-
' Prisoners dsclDV the attack was a complete surprise. A
—mil hi of guns are reported to have been captured.
Paris, August 8.—The Franco-British advance on the Pi
cardy front is continuing this afternoon.
The Germans were completely surprised, some divisions
_g caught while being relieved. At noon the length of the
b was reported to be most s atisfactory and the attack
g on both sides.
r The enemy is being curled back on the Avre. Important
• of British troops are assuming a considerable role in
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-.Bm fi{8 apparent result of the new offensive is wiping out
pace io ^mines.
Paris, August 8.—By increasing pressure at vital points, the
VAnhrican troops are gradually loosening Germany'
a the Vesle river line,
j . -Military authorities are of the opinion that it will only
is a matter of days until the enemy will bsr forced to abandon
f Vesle and fctturn to the Aisne, unless they throw in over-
r numbers of reserves. This contingency is regarded
lb- evidence that Biuv« shot in self-
defense. e
The killing nretirred in ■ tbi.-k Hump
of busbr* in s >01*11 branch io lb- north-
i-sst-rn part of I'oulan. jo«l nrf.sre -lark
on Tuesday afternoon July lfi. The
defendant's >lal-n>-nt practically covers
Ic of the case. Burge.* farm-! near
I'onlan for several Asr. but this year
to South Carolina, where be super-
led a plantation. Ilia irif)
n remained at Uoulau. »
ent to school until just b-fore his
about three months am Buries*
to Poulan durinc the child*# illness
and aftrr its death Mr.' Buries* returned
with him. About a
month before tb- killmi the returned to
I’onlan to puck tb-ir household effect*
removing. and remained until after
the trsjcedj.
Burges* said that hit wife first net
Kins in Ansnsta. Hiai be had no snspi-
tbat there was anythin* wren* be-
B them until be received three nnsign-
ed letters tellins him that thins* were go-
whirh he oucht to know, tnd that
be should inerstisate.
Thiokinl this should be done without
i-ru*in* his wi:'e. and sith tb- mt-ntbin
that if it develoi-ed Wist she was innocent
H. warehouse.
The bale weilbed pounds and class-
, ed as middiin*. It was bousht by Mr.
rchant and the price paid wai 3114
In-spite the fact that the first.boll of
cotton for 1018 reached the Gasette
- office three day* earlier this year than
:. the first bale waa foor days later,
a was perhaps due to the heavy rains
i brought in on Thursday August 2.
There waa an even race last year be
tween J. W. Hogan, of Ty Ty. and W. E.
Mr. Hogan's bale was carried to
at's warehouse and Mild to J. Ik
for 25 cents a pound. The bale
by Mr. Vicks
arrhousr. where it was bought by C R.
,ven for 2tl.cents a |*>und.
On the same date in' lBld. three bal
ere brought to Tifton
Second Bale Wednesday.
The second bale wa» brought in We
esday morning by Mr. E. R. Bussey, al
w the Omega section. It was ginned
I the Urbana ginnery, and was brought
> Mason's warehouse. It weighed 574
- pounds, classed as goutAsiddli
to the Tifton Cotton Mills for
five years. Iloweyer, they adopt—I
only the basal boot, from th- First Grt I-
ugh the Serenth grade. The adoption
of all supplementary and* High Kcbm.l
Board of Education. Tift county is or
of these.
On August 5th. the Tift Count} Boat
- brought it
and MtMurry's Osogisphie..
Se.-e.od"books: Book On- for
•I Fifth Grades: Two for Sixth
zallo ArlthraetV*." IM
d Thr-i
M l- for
:y cents a pound.
SEVENTEEN MILLS
IN CITY DF TIFTON
According - to Ordinance Intro
duced Monday Night
Thin
the Fifth and Sixth Grades; Bank Three
the Seventh and Eighth Grade,
lalibnrton Headers war# authorised
be adopted, provided further invest!-
gation into their merits proves favorable
to their adoption.
ind Hart's New High School
Algebra. KlhulTs General ' Science, and
Modern Course in Engli.h High School
all the High School book*
that hare been decided u|.-n.
Dr. J. I.. Brooks of Tifton : and J. W.
I-ang A Company, of Omega, will hand.*
these books.
The books will be ordered soon, so those
nay get them any t
schools will open o
A. J. A
CHEFS SALARY WAS RAISED
tould a
it. ho .
s Pool
He disc
King, but insisted that be only
if imesCgatiou. lie wi
told the place of assignation of the ren
pie and went there to >c* if jl— ret-nr
true. He bad I-ecu told that King
dead shot with a pistol; that be hi
made threats against any one who intr
fered with him. and said he carried
shot run only for the oun*>—- of *e
defense.
He went once K. the placv of s-ign
lion and saw Kiug alone pas. within
few yards of him. Mm Burges* .lid a
come that time and llurg-s said that if
he had wauled to' .hoot Ki
Tuesday evening fie w-nt
place and King saw him. Ciuji-olly
reins ■ portion of hi
aa crouched down. Ivin* though', it waa
Burgess' wife for he said “I see you ha-
Burgess raised op si
And Services of Bandary Oncer Diapea-
srd With. Regular Seaaloa of Conn
ell Mood*) NU.it, Aug. 5.
Council ipet in. regular session Monday
night. August 5th. with Mayor Hargrett
ire.iding and Counedmcn Bowen. Bryan
The Tift County Board of Ednci
et Monday instead of Tuesday, qu
t of detail work being before the body.
A change waa made in some of
xt books used in the county seboo
list of the new bonks adopted to be pub
lished.
Teachers' Examination.
•nty-eight shit- and fourteen color-
rh-rs st.NNl the annual examination
for teachers tire use Friday and Satur-'
an increase of fifteen
enty-tw
■tings read and ined.
f Put ypurl
in
OUR
BANK fmgZ
Kim
1 here Burgess .1—d —
r both
%
his pistols and as King turned folly
wards him with n revolver in each hand.
Rnrgrsa fired, he said be JiJ not know
whether he took time u> raise fijs gun
lo his shoulder. h- lid not know Low
badly King waa hurt by the first d's -barge
I still thinking hia life in danger. Bur-;
.- fired again
Rill not knowing how badly King was
unded he did not go to him. but went
up town apd reported the matter to Rrr.
In his dying statement to Rev.
Kemp. King said tbit Ik- --as going arn>s«
the branch to get some peaches when
Burgess hirt him. and calling "Look out.
King!" shot him. Burgesa said that he
did sjieak as King drew his pistols, and
rolled. "Hold on. Kins!"
•re waa testimony from other
Minutes of previ
approved.
Ad Valorem Tai ordinance for 1018.
owing'a levy of 17 mills for various
irpose* was duly introduced to be p
at Ibe next regular meeting.
Motion made Md carried that the
res of Dr. Todd as Sanitary Officer be
•continued from August 1st, 1018.
Motion made and carried, that!the aal-
•y -of J. O. Thrasher. Chief of Police.
- raised R10 per month.
No farther business. Council adjourned.
Keith Carson. II. II. Hargrett.
Clerk. Mayor
AN ORDINANCE
and levying an Ad Valorem tax
upon all taxable property, both real and
lin the City of Tifton.
ordinary current expenses, maintenance
of.public schools and payment of princi
pal and interest uf the public debt for
c year 1018. ,,
Be it ordanied by the Mayor and Copn-
ert of the Ctty of Tifton. and It ia hereby
ordained by the same, that there be and Is
hereby levied upon all property both Teal
■nal subject to taxation, within
the corporate limits of the City of Tifton.
an Ad Valorem Tax of one gad seven-
tenths (0.017) per centum of the value of
ill such property, nr onr and srvrn-teatfi*
$0,017) rents upon each dollar's worth
unions was assisted in tb
by Prof. Jaon Scarboro. Mr*.
Ammons and Mr*. Clark. The paper*
graded and clasaified later.
TWENTY' ARE CALLED
of si
^ . DON? LET
^EXTRAVAGANCE CRUSH
I AND KEEP YOU POOR !
Wbe
with i
r. Krnm ren.bed him Is
<>f the weapons was an old one of
eel and the other a bright, new. one.
Oder weapon was a double-action
but through some fault to the
VA0ANCE IS. A-HABIT-SAVING IS A HABIT
|tfa»yto put a 1fttl«*non«y iritfi the; Bank
i a« It l« to flgur<on what pet extrotiq-
Indulge In. But your extravagance will
1 great burden—you'll gat the "debt
jge will soon show a big balance and you
lard to something worth while.
Put YOUR money In OUR bank. v
We pay 6 per cent Interest.
Coma to our bank,.
jtional Bank of Tifton, Ga.
and it had to be cocked by band,
as this weapon that - aa cocked.
The new pistol bad been taken out of the
express office by Kin* within half
hour of .the time he waa shot. He had
at that time made threats as to what he
would do if anybody interfered with
him.
King had three burkabot in his h
and six in hia back. Two fingers of
his right hand were gtrnc* by shot, the
small finger and (be one next to it. aod
one finger of hia left hand waa shot,
waa the theory of the defense.thal
(Continued on Laat Page)
apiwrtionrd
1- For ordinary current exiiensea of
tb- City of Tifton for the y*ar 1918, on-
half of one (0.005 • per centum of Un
due of all such property, or one half of
.e ($0,005) cent upon each ddhar'i
worth of such pr»|ierty.
2. For maintaining tb- system of pub-
• schools in the t'iiy of Tifton daring
the year 1918. one half of one (0.005) per
of the value of nil su.
half of one ($0.0051 c
dollar's worth of ouch proper!
I- For the payment of the principal
1 interest of the public debt of the
y of Tifton. seven tenths (0.007) ol
• per centum of the value of all such
■perty or seven tenth* of one ($0,007
it upon each dollar's worth of such
WT T " " i;==
Said tax being levied for the fiscal
year January 1. 1918 to December 31.
1018. inclusive.
I- R I
B. H. McLeod. Comdlmen
Introduced and read at a meeting of
the Mayor and Council of the City of Tif
ton held on August 5. 1918. and regtd and
finally passed at the regular ■
body held on September 2, 1918.
or Fhyslral Examination by Local
Board August 12.
The following Registrants hare been
tiled for physical examination. Monday
ugust 12. at 8 a. m.. before the Local
Board of. Tift County :
Brown. Ben. colored
Gibbs. Robert Bilaa
Johnson. Ernest Hugbie
Holder. Emmett Uriah
Gibbs. James Ernest
I-ewis. Rurwetl Thomas
Bowen. Ramuel Bek)
Tift. Amos Chapman
Walter*. William Uarrisna
Justice.-William Webster
Tucker. Eston Nicholson
Walker, Reason Cleveland
Stephen*. George Chonney
Fletcher. James Milton
Weldon. William Claude
Bellflower. Curl
Walker. Isaac
Branch. Jams* Wiley
I birdie. Simon Fort, colored
Seven of these Registrants had been re-
la<-sifie*l by the Local Board under the
bw regulations.’ having been previously
laced in deferred classes. Nine had ap
pealed to the District Board on indus
trial grounds, principally for agricul-
ral occupations, add had been placed in
a*s 1. It is noted that nearly every
peal made to the District Board on
igrictiltural grounds has taken this
THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
Washington, August 7.—An army of at least
5,000,000 men, to be raised m the quickett poadhle
time, was today advocated by Gen. March, Chief of
Staff, testifying before the Senate Militaiy Com
mittee. General March explained the neceuity of
increasing the army to this die as the quickest pos
sible means of hastening the end of the war. He
made it clear that this iorce would be distributed
on both sides of the water.
The plan (or drafting men for the Navy as wd
as lor the army is being considered by the Commit
tee. Several members of the committee favored
this plan,believing that the aitne rule lor selecting
men should be applied to both branches of the ser
vice.
With the American Armies an Franc , August 8. Tike
American troops are crossing the PoissonS-Rhekns highway
and are driving on the heights between tfc« Yetto and Anae.
Desperate enemy counter attacks broke down under ter
rific Allied artillery fire. The Allies are holding all poriticM
they gained and are steadily pushing on. Heavy fighting ie
going on along the wide front north of the Vesle.
Additional bridging material is being rushed up and new
crossings are being established. The weather has cleared,
which is regarded as favorable to the Allies.
The Americans late yesterday reached the railway and
i highway north of the Vesle. They crossed the river on
foot-bridges improvised from the trunks of fallen trees lsshird
together.
The Yankees waded through the marshes on Use nath
bank and charged up the high northern bank in the face ef
heavy machine gun and artillery fire. The Germans i iiMler
attacked immediately but were completely repulsed.
Two weeks after the beginning of the first Allied drive o*
the Marne salient, the French and British struck this morning
southeast of Amiens, apparently taking the enemy by surprise.
Already an advance of six miles is indicated by the news that
Ceriay heights have been carried by storm. This is on tte
Somme, six miles from the old line.
Simultaneously, the Americans and French are driving at
the hills north of the Vesle pushing the enemy back on the Aiene
Not to be outdone in usefulness, Haig's men hit the fee in
Flanders near the Lawe, driving the enemy back half a —n*
on a five mile front
Forcing the crossings of the Veele, the Americana h«T« the
Germans In a close place between the Vesle and the ■
Aisne, where they are handicapped by maaaea of migRitioni a
artillery. The attack near Amiens ia calculated tfi roll 1
Germans back upon the Aisne and threatens if ■
force a general retreat
The French and Americans have successfully carried
tions on both flanks of the enemy in the Aisne-Vesle poc
French advancing northwest of Rheims, along the ;
Bethel highway, and on the left flank northeast of f
while the Americans drive at the center.
London, August 6.—Since the Germans began tlleir r
from the Marne the Allies have captured 1,000 guns, tbbmadi
of machine guns, and millions of rounds of artillery ammt nitioa
agency dispatches received here from the front report
R-4L
Clerk and Treasure
ri-ACEn IN LIMITED SERVICE
Nine of Ten Rejrrfed 8
U Serve la OU
f the <!1 mbit# Selectmen who left Tit-.
for Cainp Gordon July 28. ten were
ltd down on physical examination.
They have returned boms, bat the Local
~ 1 received notln this morning that
if the ten bid been placed in limited
service, sod will be called aa Deeded.
Mathis has been permanently re
jected. The nine who are classified for
mited service are:
John Henry Clifton '*
James Allen Criap
Silas Arrington
Elbert Reason Gibb*
I*>Xan Glover
William Ethridge Rayborne
I-ee Walker
Wllbor Jackson
Benjamin Jacob Marehant
TO THE VOTERS OF TIFT COUVTf
t me aad sre if glasses
■at ml tore tin la ear
1 effiee ia tfie Myna BaCal Block wary day.
SECURITY
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is really more than merely a
place Do deposit money.
In the handling of its own
funds a Bank must build up a
financial organization skilled in *
matters pertaining to money.
Therefore, in conducting
your financial affairs through
this institution you are exercis
ing care and wisdom, for you
are putting your finances in the
hands of experts.
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