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London, August 15.—The Germani have with
; * drawl from one to two miles on a nine mile front
on the westernredge of the Flanders salient, accord-
[ to information received here. Vieux-Berquin
e miles north of-Merville was evacuated daring
e withdrawal
3 JO p. m.—The French are reported to have
captured entire Lassigny Massif, important heights
* forming the principal enemy defense for this region
London, August 15.—German prisoners taken in the Picair-
dy drive now total 30,000 General Haig announced. Of these
the British captured 22,000 and the French 8,000.
In severe local fighting northeast of Chaulnes, the British
advanced slightly,
j Paris, August. -15.—Including 10,000 Germans taken in op
erations still developing, prisoners captured since July 15th,
total 73,000 antPl ,700 guns were seized, the-newspaper Echo de
[. Paris estimated today.
J Paris, August 15.—4 p. m.—The French continue their
K Infilteration of the German positions in the Oise valley north
I aad east of Ribecourt. Their outposts were established within
' a mile of Ribecourt.
They also reached the southern part of Orscampa forest,
ig to within two miles of Noyon. German artillery
y gassing Lassigny grove.
, August 10.'—American troops are participating
I Picardy drive,' the War Office announced.
|-The Gertnan retirement north of Merville was from the
tot made by the drive for Hazebrouk and the English Chan-
i April. That the e**my should voluntarily surrender
tal territory shows that he is determined not only to short-
hit to straighten his lines, perhaps preparatory to an expec-
(soltj
’ Yesterday the enemy retired from advanced positions along
I Jlve-mile front north of Albert. The British continued to
£ make progress along the Somme valley on both oidee of the
river, while the Frenth drove along the Oise toward Noyon.
fe Ifibecourt was' reported taken- and today's bulletins place the
French advanced posts one mile beyond that city in an important
highway and railway junction point about five miles south of
* Noyon. ^
The Americans along the'Vbsle are awaiting the British
I and French advance before pushing across the heights between
that river and the Aisne.
m Washington, August 14.—As submarine operations off the
Hhtlantic coast grow more daring, the conviction grows among
HUval officials that Germany's objecFTs to draw the attention
■•way from the transports' and supply ships enroute to Europe,
Hfeut the American government won't permit the U-boat com-
T Banders to divert our sea-fighters to chase spectacular raiders.
”Ute Navy Department officially announced.
New York, August 14.—Seven men were killed by the ex-
ben the American tank steamer Frederic Kellog was
feed south of Ambros^ Lightship, according to survivors
tag here. '
Washington, August 14<—Cotton consumed during July
aive of linters totalled 541,792 running bales compared
Nb 7,828 last*year, the Census Bureau announced.
. 'file consuming establishments on July 31st held 1,465,383
• compared with 1,501,916 a year ago. The public storage
s Ijeld 1,764,873 bales against 888,257 in 1917.
LAWS ENACTED BY
11M ML ASSEMBLY
Bills ef General Interest Passed
by Beth Houses
BUDGET SYSTEM PROVIDED
The following bill* pined since
x-uini of tbr Legislature ire of m
- leu state-wide importance:
To provide for (be collection of p
pilifjr.
IVprovide *.".000 to pay the eipen
id per diem of members of the Gent
Assembly for services rendered and
l>enses incurred as members of commit
authorized to sit in vacation of the As
sembly.
To create the county of Cook, wi
Adel as the
To defi
n Berrien,
and fix the a
Schools, the .
iving vnch property.
u-qaiaition by the United States gi
nay be needed for
i national forest
James and Arthur Paulk for
Killing Wiley Mathews
NOW BEGIN SERVE SENTENCE
Tbe Supreme Court of
vision banded down Wednesday affirm
ed the verdict in Tift Super
•asr of Paulk *t si., v.,
ns is tbe case again-i James and
ur Paulk, convicted at th
adjourned term of Tift
t of the kiUiiic of Wiley' Matbewa
and riven life sentences in the pe
After their conviction and the appeal
the rase, the convicted mei
Tift rounty jail until afte
il iwrape therefrom, when
carried to Moultrie jail for ,
and Jim retained here. Jim
had health.
It ia probable that both will
d now. Arthur to some county a
e state convicts and Jim to some |
Sere he ran be cared for.
In tbe appeal of tbe'rsse. the P
brothers were represented by IL D. Si
IL Cooper and E. K Wilcox :
State by Attorney Genera! Walker.
r-General R. 8. Foy. J H. Tipton
if. C. Bennett.
inafer-
tbe establish]
jown as the Bynnm law.
To provide a budxet system in tlk
ate to create an Kffiriency and Kconr
my Commission authorizing and reqvti
prepare a state
■nd expend
mated r
ovi* foi
of public
u:
Harvest Time is Banking Time
Nature provided that at this
time man should prepare for
the lean months. It js a
wise provision for you to
make proper Banking Con
nections at this particular
time, so that you will be pre
pared as to your future bank-
- ing needs. - ..
1 We ask you to come in now
1 let us explain our posi-
'jfacilities to serve you.
net paid on time deposits
[Bank of Tifton.
I and Surplus $300,000
and bills to pi
sent to the feneral
tbe office of state auditor
-unis and for other purposes
constitution allowinc 1!>.1 representative*
in tbe bouse and provision for their dis
tribution.
To provide for absent voters ia allow-
inx those engaged in artual war i
to send ballots to ordinary of hom<
year after the rlose of the war.
To provide powers for rounty authori
ties To raise salaries of*~eertain clerks,
deputy clerks, marshals lnd deputy mar
shals providiux ID increase of 10
■e days before the first (Jay of tbe It
r fixht bill: The a(« in-
18 to 55. and does not in-
ry strikers as named in
The work
eluded is fro,
elude tempo,
the orixinal bill. A enmm
appointed to reconeife iliffi
pute and deride when law ia applieshk
in such ruses. All able-bodied
enxaxe in work needful for sncresaful
prosecution of tbe war.
To increase the salary of the xovei
to *7.500.
To increase tbe number of senate
districts from 44 to 51 and re*roup e,
ties into Matorial districts of tl
counties each .
To increase |er diem salary of m
her* of General Assembly from *4 te
and the Speaker of the House and Presi
dent of tbe Senate from *7 fo *10.
To appropriate *55,000 for a bureau of
markrts in tbe department of axricultn,
” appropriate *5,000 to the Univeni-
Georxia for repair* on buildings,
amend the Vrazey bill, autborizinx
• to order grand Jurie* to inspect
educational institutions.
provide for state-wide tick eradi-
s by p
t of c
elapse between the
d the |>assaxe. of
mtrol infertio
trovide for a board which shall
supervise all stale institutions, and ap-
the same, and make a re
port of all appropriations and state finan*.
stature at its opeuinx each
the practice of tippinc in
hdtrla. restaurants, barber shops, common
carriers and sleepipx ears-and other pub
lic places.
To allow the Dnektown Sulphur Cop
per and Iron company to increase its
output, and to provide an arbitration
board to assess the damaxes accruing to
'offing" TerflEory " on account of
How counties and municipalities
U pass bonds by a two-thirds vote of
those votinx on election day. providlnf
-thirds ia a majority of tbe arfs-
tered voter*.
To require repartiag sf ease* sf social
iaaaaaa.
T° I’caalise aaliritiig far lasers! par-
To provide aad define certain datia*
for tboae In gtteadance at childbirth. to
oeevent blindness.'
To provide for tbe separation of state
’bankinx department and state Atoaury
Jd to fix aalariea therein.
To authorise ti
$41,000 LAND SALES
1NTIFT0N1MWEEK
310 Acre Tract Inside Corporate
A Limits 131,000
WILL SUBDIVIDE AND SELL IT
Hot ire Southeastern Pari sf City Ip t
_ iixuffie
4 «
rik i
Bevel,
Forty-
ate chaoxed hi
; P&a.
b^nda jn Tifton this wdrk
The fir*,
rash transpaetlon of (Sl.KiO *aa the
by T_ W. TifL actini fnr his fat
H. H. Tift, of a Stjkc, of land tyintain-
inx 310 acres in the sonthwestern/i-art of
the city to J. A. Eason. W. R. Cobb, C.
R. Choate. J. W. O’Neal and H. B. O’-
NeaL I
The tract is bounded on the/ north by
•the Tlftuu and Ty Ty -road, pa the south
by the A. B. ft A., railroad And on the
west by the city limits, i'nh. ol it l»r.
Wilbanks had in cultivation this year.
The price paid was *100 *h acre. This
is the only larxe tract of land in'that por
tion of the city belonging'to Mr. TifL
The pure Amen proptoe to cut tbe
land np into small trirtf. develop it and
put it on the market at
at least 1.20Q. buildiat lots in Til
ready for bome-aeeker*
*10,000 for Is* 407.
The second sale was lot W7. i* the El
dorado district, ftntaioiiu '■00 aertg to
H Scaxrave* for J1R000 cash.
T-
is total *11.000.
This fall and winter Mr. Tift will dear
TO seres additional land I. ring to* it in*o
ilriealmn. .Three hundred orrAtowfll
: cleared on lot 243. directly nardl hi
the city, and 200
id dty. Th.
Tiff stock fane
The. ,
FOOD AIJMINISTK VTOK KKSIGB
Crnroty Rood Admlnrvtratnr KetthtJ
son has tendered his reslxnatloo
Food Administrator Andrew .1
commended H. Y. Scott. A
rotary of the Tifton Board of Trade,
N«w Senator* 1 District Created
by General Assembly
PASSED LAST DAY OF SESSION
Bill to Re-franp Axrimllnral Srhaala
Passed Henale. Tax Levies Finally
The elosinx hours of tbe 1018 aeasli
of the Geo nil General Assembly were
House and the Senate over the appropria
tion for common schools.
On the last day. the bill Croatia* seven
new Senatorial Districts *ot through,
and the bill to regroup the Agricultural
School districts passed tbe Senate.
In the Senate a straight..ut state sec
tional light was brought, largely by Sen-
bill t<
e Hou
ent to
districts. Tbr adoptii
tried on before the next assent
•45th—Irwin, lien Hill. Telfnir.
-Kith—Baron. Pierre. Coffee.
47th—<
48th—C
40th-Bulloch. Candler. Evas*
50th—Clarke. (lglcthor|*e. WDkes
Slat—Gwinnett. Milton. Potaytb
The passage of tbe bill r
i. TifL 1
a ted by the c
- district o.
:wo or throe nt
have as many
Tbe Senate adapted the House amend
ment striking oat Bible pnddl.-rs from the
taxation of *200 imposed in the bill.
The Senate adopted the Bouse amend-
rn eliminating school boys, acting as
book agents during vacati
Regroup Agricultural
The House receded from !
from *25 to *1<
increasing
*7.500. also thi
the Stole I
Inga : also a bi:
Tbe Senate passed the
he Governor's salary to
bill appropriating *5.000
ivrrsity to rrpair build-
ro-grou|iing tbe roontie*
agricultural districts. local-
-sent agricultural schools in
»f tbe districts; also the bill
le trustees of these inatitu-
* annually on tbr penalty of
The House agreed
rAjuiring
B the
t, which concluded a fight for a whole
ar on that measure. The contested point
capital. It WM agreed that corpora-
•na with a capital up to *2.000.000 pay
i occupation tax of *500, over *2.000.-
0 to pay *000.
PROFIT FROM SW AMP LANDS
. S. Cobb Inaugurates New Industry
•w industry for Tift county i
drying, grinding and shipping of tied
t» be used as a filler in fartiliser.
8. Cobb owns about thirty acr
t land at Fletrbrr's lake and th<
unlimited supply of iL tbe peet
from four to right feet thick/'U the thir-
-. Cobb h
eypn
The peel, which la ia th
iwrrentagc of ammonia and it will
basis of the percentage of an
firm has contracted for all Mr. Cobb
supply.
r. Cobb has had a couple of tracks of
timber roads built into the lowlands
pert i» loaded into carts, which
•"Hr rotb'e with ffsaotme -ftmnr
er to the hill top. where it is damped.
Cobb has already installed
and thought be would be able to dry the
pert ii
the i
change his mind and
* in the market for a dryer,
ne of tbe peet has been shipped j
expected to kr buI "hippinr will begin soon, ns n la
'wree of hands is at work digging and
usding it. It will be necessary to haul
ir per, to Chula or Cydonrto to get it
o the railroad.
Mr. Cobb’a Kina. James and William
>f County Food Adminiatrn-N r ° M ’- wl " associated with him in the
time and indu * t, T- which promises a | *
, fa,ble return for them.
>r several month*'
'** pay tog receiver* tbe same salaries
as tax collectors.
of Confederate Yeterens pensions.
— incense tbe salary of shorthand
writer* of Bnpretne Court and Court of
Appeal* to (2.000 per annum.
To fix aalariea of sheriffs of Supreme
Court and Court Appeals at *2,000
Resolution proposing an amendment' to
tbe constitution defining and amending
jurisdiction in bovef cases.
VTo appoint a state warehouae cummin-
non and establish a system of warehouse
with official weighers and grader*.
To MfsMish
coasto^iain ae
of Georgia.
To plan control of state sanitarium
Alto in the bands of state
health.
To authorise the right of eat
and Atlantic
COMMCNTTY SING SUNDAY
Tilton will have its first Community
Singing Bunday erening on the lawn and
steps a, the front entrance to tbe eourt-
Dr. Baker will lead the singing.
The services will begin just before
dark, and everybody ia invited. Ringers
are urged to attend and carry tbei,
books. There will be abort prayer*, bat
o preaching aarvler.
It la proposed to make t
ty Sings regular features, bolding thna
we a week or oftener.
While Community Singings have bean
eqjoyed ^y other sections for aotne time,
and grow in popularity, this la th* Brat
for Tifton and It ia hoped tbe initial
win hare a large attendance.
Washington, August 15.—An American army;
of four million men in France working in conjunc*
tion wth oar Allies under one Commander in Chief
will enable us to “go through the German fines
wherever we please,” General March declares.
Testimony to this effect, given to the Senate Mili
tary Committee, was made public when Senator
Chamberlain reported the new man-power bill to
the Senate at noon today. Chamberlain also sub
mitted the Committee report recommending quick
action.
The bill provides for drafting men from 18 to
45 years old. Chamberlain said that March indi
cated to the Committee that heavy Inroads wiD be
made in tbe ranks of young men below 21 years.
March favors young men became they usually are
unmarried, are not settled down in lift iave no in-
cumberances, and are better physically than older
men. General March also said that all the men ob
tained under the new draft law, approximately 2,-
300,000, will be in France by^June, 1919.
Washington, August 15.—General Crowder today issued
a call for 12,000 limited service white men to entrain August
30th and 31st.
One hundred and fifty men frpm Georgia and 200 from
Tennessee are to go to Camp Greene. *
Washington, August 13.—The Navy Department announ
ced a gas attack on the Nprth Carolina coast Sautrday after
noon, presumably by a German submarine, which temporarily
put out of business the coast guard station and light house per
sonnel on Smith Island. Forty minutes after the attack, three
large oil spots each about an acre in extent were observed pain
ing by Smith Island to the north.
The oil from which the gas must have been generated
idently was released by a submarine in the v-.inity of the
entrance to the channel, h .j.irg it would come ip with the tide
Smith Island is off the mouth of Cape Fear river, near the en
trance to the channel, at Wilmington, N. C.
Six men were gasseu bn none of their, arr'dead.
Atlanta, August 15.—The Georgia General Assembly ad
journed sine die at 4:30 this morning following one of the
stormiest sestaons in the state's history.
Deadlocked over the school appropriation fund an extra
session seemed inevitahle7 ?rat a compromise wm reached.
Governor Dorsey remained at the capitol until the adjournment,
with a proclamation calling an extra session already prepared
in case the Huse persisted in its stand for a four million dollar
appropriation. *
Three Conference Committees having failed to -agi'dil
fourth was appointed and after two houra session in which tl
Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the Honi
participated, a $3,500,000 fund for schools in 1919 was d
upon.
The Senate conferes also agreed to three special approprhto
tions-which the House insisted upon as follows: $20,00<kfor
extension work at the Georgia Normal and Industrial School a
Milledgeville; $67,600 for the State Normal at Athens, i
$10,000 for a power plant at Georgia ^ech in Atlanta.
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Hr
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