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THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE 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. Our* National Bank is a member of ine Federal Reserve " ' System of A Banks Hr Minions of gold stacked up In tha United States Treas ury make your money safe when It Is In our National Bank. Our bank Is one of the nation wide system of Federa Reserve Banks which stand together and protect theli depositors. We can take our approved securities and get money when we want It. You can get your money when you want It If It Is In our bank. Come In and do business with us.