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n and line with ' The King and Queen of F.ngland who
j hail brra with the (rand fleet the day hw-
w sung. old lav- fora war* with u« when we tort the 0»
rbnrrh and Hun- mana. We bronchi them In safely with-
ind with which' out their trjinf anj dirty work an.) that's
( Baker will hr' all. So raay. to look at It from the o«t-
and all. old and >idr. hut lake a look at what could h**»
| happened. One of the michtieat nanl
— - ^ battle* in the wo*Id.
LUIS EAT. Every man in the German fleet, beaidaa
rc-cirinc Sir David Ibatly'- conrantee af
rnu lred on l . ia-""* £10.000. and re-
iksgRing «*■"rrm £25 for hrlncing the ships srtuai
on .the I'. S. S; '*•**■ North Sen. They were afraid that
j,, the navy, they would get punishment from the way
giving Ihiy und \ ,b -J’ fought at »ea.
WORKING ON CAUSEWAY , f«r
| If .
fount) Commissioner* Started at bite "f
Bridge* Monday Morning. | t'*l
The County Commlwionek* started a h-
force of hand* to work at the 6ve bridge* hal
we*t of Tifton Monday morning, hauling' If
in *and where the cauneway bad l>ccn cut wil
down by rehlcle* and the mud made it *««
almo-t imps- sable. Chart nun Hall fta-' )'*
tel Monday night that the causeway''!'"'
would I- in *ha|ie for travel Tu*Clay *la.
<10 00
lem^jto-flfl: The lai
Tte Florida,
r win. Joubert-
wondering why I ra
-rnaor la no more aa
INCREASE FOOD
'of Celery Soup ,, obJrrt af Stale-Mid
l-.ri.lea; Koa.t ' u A U*H.
ran berry Sauce, ltrc „
.“sjrsr: i~k«iw»'o™**
Celery.
iblrt (It
thia morning nnder tbe, Joint auapiee* af
the Federal Food AdmialatraUon and
one. of fhe local commercial bodies. The
conference wai attended by repreauntn-
tfrr farmer*, merchant*, banker* and
other bo ala an nan Inna all parti Q f the
officials and
Christmas
Would be "Saturday Night Sketches.'
Stacie* af I’tooecr Day* of Wtregra**.
Antin''* autographed edition, for aalt
a: the following place*;
Moor * Book Store. Tifton.
I .eater Hargrett, Tifton.
laiusberg'a Book Store. Albany.
COTTON WARE- i KILLED B1 TRAIN.
USE. Tbomaarille, Dac. 17.—The body of J.
R. Faircloth. a resident of thia county,
ity of cotton on hand wu f ‘ iaD & b J the track* of the Atlanta.
do room for storage | Birmingham and Atlantic railroad. Booth
leave it out on the °* Coolidge, in a mangled gondition, hav-
ire notified that we *“* evidently been ran over by a train on
aible lor thia cotton ‘hat toad. Evidence brought out et the
hi and they are re- investigation by the coroner yesterday
ume by that date, showed that Faircloth had been in Coal-
19. 1918. idge Saturday night and had left for hit
. J. »CIH"M home that night, walking dawn the rail-
Mtnager. ro * d track. He la aaid to have been
drinking and not in a condition to look
Dafimilitat. out for himself. He had been dead acme
■iiw.no. --- —. .. . , , . . oan. oy man on receipt oi price, um
■oanoaa prnrtic* la time when found ant is supposed to have by
f seriated customers been struck by the southbound train. GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMPACT
e and ** if gawa HU borne was in the country some mileaj Tifton. On.
;oteI Bio* c*»ry day. from Coolidge. | JOE OONfl
The Tifton Gazette.
GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918.
VOLUME XXX—NUMBER
TIFTON, TIFT
THE LATEST NEWS BY WIRE
SUSPICIOUS NEGRO TIFT SHOULD PAVE COMBINATION SALE MANY W. S. STAMP FLEET SURRENDERS
HELD BY OFFICERS NATIONAL HIGHWAY HAMPSHIRE HOGS PLEDGES UNPAID TO TIFTON SAILOR
Dec. 19.—President Wilson and Premier Clemen-
an important conference at th* Murat palace this
A ficgio man giving hia name a. Rev.; The Board of Trade bay a proposition AndcFaur Grade Jersey Cow* WTO Be Atlanta. Ga, Dee. If
Wm. DeVane and carrying a license to that it wiabe* to present to the property Held at Tifton Friday. Beginning I quarter* in this city for t
preach iaaoed in New York, was ar-‘owner* of Tift connty and especially to at Noon Barings Stamp* ha* i**i
rested by Chief Thraeber and officer Muh those who own land that lie. within am- A big combination *ale of Hampshire 1 • bowing that Georgia’* q
li* at the passenger station in Tifton' diua of'two miles of the National Hlfch-j bog* will be held at Tifton Friday, he* 1 follow*:
Wednesday night and Dr-Wing held pend-'way. ginning at 12 o'clock. The sale will bej Quota. tS7.10l.W0.
in* an investigation. The proposition i* one of good road* | held in the vacant lot in front of the 1 t'a»h «ale*. <H.22U>M
When arrested the negro was carry- It i» obvious to everyone that the Nati-j Cbero-Cola Bottling Company's phaut. 1 Pledge*. <25.IMual<i
ing a Winchester rifle and had 48 rational Highway is in a deplorable cvnditi- .in Main street, weather permitting. It j I’nsold. IliiDAUS,
fridge*. He had recently rout from on after a hard rain and that it is al- not. it will be held in the Golden LlreJ A very smaU-'pcrrentag
Pennsylvania? where he said be had' moat Impossible for a team or automobile Block Company's stables on Railroad b. of. tfie W'ar Saving-
been engaged in government work. ! to move in some places: therefore it is of Street. I hate l--.u redeemed. and
•Atlanta, Ga.. I*ec, 19—state bead- *
quarter* in this city for the sale of War J ' A Mr ' mi - T ‘ ,,OB ' *«■ right in
Saving* stamp* ha. issued . report ,b * fin ‘" h of ,b ' **«“■» «-*• being •
believed that a doner understanding between France
Jnttad Staten recording the details of the peace pact
iroong the Allied aar.htffi to which the
lerman High Sea* Fleet surrendered.
joubert write* an interesting letter la
.1* patent* about the event, which wv an
leased to publish below:
'irth of Forth. Scotland. Nov, A 19U.
I-caret Mother and Father 1 rsem
ou read in thi* morning's paper W Ik
nrrrnder of the Gentian fleet, hut aay-
ray I'll tell you of It. It wa* soft. Wt
places; therefore it is of Street,
rry citiaen of Tift «-oun- 1 At I
ley and remedy the situ-j and fo
to be the consensu* of. tv ..ffe
ty that we get
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
AT COMMUNITY SING
”F=5 STATION TRUSTEES
-T“i MEET IN SAVANNAH
It will be a compaiativel) ea*y matter j • j joining country t
- Tift county to raise the money needed | Between no* and February 12 the u-
every.landowner, say within two mile* trustee* of the Coastal Plain Experiment Christmas rare
the National Highway, will agree to'Station, which was autboriaal by the leg- orite*. *urh *« ar
! »■- an ncre a year half the monejfccan ndaturr at the last aaarmblp. will adver- day school -oug
raiaed in that way and the other tiae and receive bids for the laud on' every l-dy j* fam
If gotten very easily. For example j which the building may b« located, and **ked to kad the
a landowner has 100 acre* of land it. for the construction of the building it- >..i ng. to join in
II cost him <200. uhirh ran be paid in self, say* the AtlanU OoBstitution. , !
I IjYilion and President Poinceire attended a
a in honor of Marshal J off re by the French Acade-
* the day.
, Dec. 13.—The George Washington with President
l'i party aboard arrived at Blest shortly after noon today.
At 1:10 the Presidential ship entered the harbor and
d slowly toward the anchorage.
l ffrual reception committee was headed by Mayor
* The Mayor in welcoming the President saluted
isenger of Justice and Peace. You bring to
e the comfort of your authoritative voice in
II end our quarrel*” he said.
Paris, Dec. 14.—President Wilson, in his first address on
French soil, declared today that the Peace Conference must
L take such action'as to “rebuke Germany’s acts of terror and
'bliation.”
. • The President further stated that the vtorld must be made
e that such acts cannot be ventured upon without the cer-
inly of just punithmenL
With the Americana Across the Rhine, Dec. 16th, by Cour-
I .Nancy.—The Third, army now occupies a strip of Ger
Gaining more them *^500 tqulfe miles,
s supervising the administration of several hundred vil-
ing hundred* of miles of railways and street
pec. 13.—With plans complete for plunging
war, Germany ixwluly 1914 dispatched 130 train*
list# to the UnitetT States, South America, Mexico
were informed July 10th by German government of-
Berlin that there was to be #ar, and were thoroughly
d •fflpeir tasks.
a t*e American Armies yVcross the Rhine, Dec. 13—
• to Nancy)—The American troops crossed the
Rhine about 8 o’clock this morning. Four bridges and two
ferries ware utilized along a front of sixty kilometers on which
the crossing was made. The First Division went over at Cob-
The Americans occupied Ehregjbfcitstein, one of the stron
gest fortresses ip the world. German guards remained to sur
render the huge stores of munitions.
Washington, Dec. 14.—The demobilization machinery in
a country is now turning out about 15,000 men daily to civil
The War Department hopes to double this figure before
t this today General March added that 824,000
country had been designated for early discharge SOUVENIRS
3 officers and 135,262 men had been designated for
mvoy home from abroad, up to December 12th.
This testimony was given today to the Senate Propaganda
igation Committee, by CapL Lester, of the Army Sit,'
Atlanta, Dee. 13.—Hepry J. Fullbright, of Waynesboro, a
rymr and otse of the authors of the Tax Equalization law, rit ' in,<
waa today appointed by Gov. Dorsey as Tax Commissioner, to
1 the late Judge Hart.
''Taris, Dec. 19.—King. Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, and
f arrived in Paris today.
President Wilson and the King will exchange visits this
Atlanta. Dee. 18.—A search is being conducted here to-
Dukes a banker of Milan, Ga., who hag been mis-
Mohday. ^
His wife reported to the bolice that Dukes registered at a
inent hotel Monday and had not been beard from since,
longh his grip and overcoat were left in his room. That
a met with foul play ia the belief of Mrs. Dukes.
Df. Sidorio Paes, President of Portugal, was shot and killed
t an assassin shortly before midnight Saturday while he wi
I a railway station at Lisbon waiting for a train to Oporto,
'e was struck by three bullets', and died within a few minutes
after he was shot. The President's assailant, named Jcetne,
waa killed by the crowd.
t.., get an; Tbv act of legislature wt
tier iiKnrr- for tbr erection of the Kiperiment Sta-
The itag lion somewhere on the coastal plain,
etter roadsarbicb means that it will be placed sooth
onr sister Macon, also directed the trustees to
start the advertise for bid* in sit South Georgia
in the long ran. Tift pajier* for six week*, ami then to be gov-
i* the richest ogri. ul-1 evened by the replies rereired. However
mth Georgia, so whjr^no mention ia made of the means by
-Imuld it not also be said {hgtjtJun-ttf- ( which expense, incurred in advertising
bc*t roads? I may be defrayed, and there ia no allow-
To rite a concrete example of tfc: con-Janee made for traveling expenses af the
.lition of the National Highway on Hun- trustee*. Hence it will be necessary to
day. liecrmlier 1. It was necessary to pull ask newspaper* to print the advertita-
21 automobiles oyt of the mud between mbnla free, with the assure lire that If
h-re and Eldorado, a distance of »*evco ' possible they swill be paid latee I
mil™, and to ore the words of a prorni- n
Chicago. Jll, merchant who nm PAY COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS
louring through here, 'if* a -hatr.e for'
rieh arction of the reiontry. so
j well blessed liy nature to have such
is the outline roads."
mid elabo-, o
field j
rUfng out
II Man ? I.and Then be
inty Superintendent Ammons for the
i iu.se u • ii.c io*i tunc i Armenian and Sudan Relief Fund,
i uiss U| ico i lime. j ^ j n „f tlw
EX-SENATOR ELKINS DEAD. for thi * ro,1,rt * n ,nd “ “ '“P*' 1
.. .. .. ., _ | other Sunday School io the county will
'Srz *• — •—* -
of Pitxgerald, died during last night'
The man wi\h money knows that
the best Christmas present is a
nakd ‘’hgr'* happier If you give h«r a BANK
lltlsaiur« thing that «h« will make that
■ow bigger all the time. In doing ao »h« will
•If happy all next year and at the end of thw
E Something.
Jfcknow what's here Is YOURS and It’s safe In
wnk. Some day It will make the merrleat
■ you will;ever have had. Trvlt. v
PUT YOUk MONEY IN OUR RANK
ie National Bank of Tifton
Wa Pay 4 Par Caat btarast on Savings
b!y other w r , Mc XeiI. of Mm
» along the National Hignwn) l ho , w ,. f pn , am ,
pun-re of formulating plan* for fl ucnM , Dd ukr
the National Highway from Ma m r
1 pnasiUy from Atlanta to th ■ Flo-! y,. M ,. :
liUr ' uIm-,v ** wi “ mmkr ,li,w ' her huaband while be was ill. died
- trench “»” ,n "! ,Um home.in Macon yeriertay.
m* M,n - . 1 I "“ " ,un, > Fiends, whtrh *» to b-
iBchinr gun which th^gl ! ?. ,b ? ba4 ’ , ROBERT A. BELL. CAIRO.
... . , . already been fi-nti-l f..r the pun—*--
mer bad located. Ar-, . ^ ilf ! v - . 1 CairoPCa.. I-- 1 - -Robert A.
rMSLTX; re ™ r &
''rryi ‘“si ■'" ®
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... .>,» “V*wfS,*£CnaS2 Z£L
,|n - -- -I— 1 l-'iu. T'.y,-'i- .I'"- ... II... 11. ..
piece* !S more than Lieut. Cringle ^ ^ .. . .. . . ^ 4G year. ..f ngr. a member yt tlo Bap
„ Church, the Mawms. Knighta of By !
\..» i* the "oodmen df the \V„rtd. A
fully j Widow, four son* and four daughten-
■' Itinsmore *“ rriT A bin-: Walter C. Bell of Bain-
I bridge. Arthur Bell of West I*olnt. N
I Y. Clifford and Bryan Bell of Cairo,
Brunswick. Dec. 15.—Aa the result of s< ,il ' K,> FOl R CONVICTS j ||r-\ A C. Roddenbrry, Mr*. F. A. Rich-
. .stol battle this morning between police Bainbridge. Ga^ Dec. IS-Convict J ter. Jr, and Miarea Janie ami Mildred
officera a£id”nrgri>e», who had been caught Guard II. l>. Story, age 19. abut and, lbII of Cairo. He Is survived *1*o hy
in a gambling game, Police Officer Em- klllrd ,nor '-Troc* who tried to crap*' three brother* and one sister. H. F. Bell
met Smith i* lying at the point of death frum ,h * Ikratur county farm this af- of Macon, fir. P. ,E. Bell of Sylvester,
at the city hospital, and Ike Austin who, I'rooon. » C, Bell of Cairo and Mr* George E
ibot him ia dead,.while the poliee tonight Th '' *u»rd dmppe.1 hia pistol and ■ Hart of Sylvester: Funeral service*
ire making every effort t<. lonnd up a nr *ro convict pirkrel it up and began \> re held hei
mmber of other negroes, who partiripa- *hoot. 1 interment in I
ed in the shooting. ; T be four negroes then made a ru*h. — ■
Austin, who shot Officer Smith, was. 01 ,hr JounR knard. but be leveled his A SUITABLE CHRISTMAS GIFT
killed by Officer Joiner. Aa far u is rifir » Dd ,h “< negroes, one at c
known none of the other negroes were 1 ** ,br J r approached, hitting each
wonnded. ! between the eye*.
The Officers and Directors of
this Bank take thia mean* of wish
ing the people of the community
a Merry Qnitmai. ;
Interest paid on time deposits
Ml
The B
CAPITAL i
$300,M«