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Of, FEBRUARY 28, ISIS.
VOLUME XXJL—NUMBER
GREGORY GOES
HOW THE DIVISIONS WILL RETURN
0,000. Amount. Above that Secured
( SaidLeft to Rate Ml,
fr * week tl^ere here beta all. aorta
wild and sensational ramora In Ttf-
and in the section surrounding con-
lot the abeence of Frank Scarboro
hie relatione with the Tifton Pack-
who invited the Preaident to apeak in * telegram to him today.
iced that the Preaident would. leave Waah-
Tumuity ^ I
tngton ieawiedlately after the adjournment of Congreaa at'now
Tuoeday aukd after speaking will board the George Waahingtot
find aail for Franco. , f *
■ No place haa yet been eelected for the apeech but it it be-
ftoved ftat the President favora the Metropolitan opera home.
V Washington, Feb. 25— President WUaon returned to
/WaAhiawten early today, completing one of the moat unique
avals in history. ■ ■ ? • fp-
Shine his departure last December the President traveled
ItM—daa and Was made a citizen of 1,600 cities and towns h
RdSHM was boused in royal palaces and delivered nearly forty
I natures to the capital intent upon convincing Congreaa
w»|»awaa >mwa waaTauvaug wwiiqivwii
X|Md of America’* participation in the League of National
tttond a naaii of executive biaaineaa awaiting him.
Boston, Feb. 24.—Preaident Wilson landed at Common
1th pier at 11 ;35 o’clock.
Ranks of troops presented arms as the nation’s Chief Eze
re arrived home after his history-making trip io Europe
n the revenue cutter Ossipee which brought him athorc
a the transport George Washington, to the elevator in thi
'building, the‘President walked on a velvet, Carpet, beneatl
nopy of Hags. ~i - '
As the Ossipee came up the harbor with an escort of naval
ity, salutes were fired and steamers in the bay greeted the
ident with a bedlam of tooting whistles and sirens. ,
Throe airplanes maneuvered over , the the Prebi-
was welcomed by Navy, Army, National and State officialf.
Hotel at 12t60. ' v Y
Before leaving the George Washington, President Wilson
made a short speech to the soldiers.. He said he wpi glad to
• boon their fellow passenger and said the country i ras
ad of them..' y
Upon arriving at tit* hotel the President retired to his
a'fer luncheon and rest before his speech at Mechanic’s
ft is-expected the six billion dollur .revenue bill wU bp
sd after the. President roachesV^ailungtoni
Atlanta, Feb. 27.—^Ib^ABaSEa business man who snatc hes
ffdgys from hj^ugjneag f or a bird hunt in So Ah Georgia
J^HlK#rtfobliged either to crate or muzzle fils'bird dog
She puts it in the baggage car. t
ago, Feb. 27.—E. A. Long was held up by two me:
the other short Now, Long’s short $60..
tint la cue* of
•ad .Wounda, the
Thmost tmpor-
ICIENT antiseptic
tier* la- so danger
wound begins to
U certainly too fuU for comfort juat
now. I think that waa a food feed for
an outfit to far away from civilisation a«
we are. The family where wa live inti a-
Sell ua your farm produce and bay
farm tool! and supplies. geo oar new
hardware department, tans * Company
Omega, Oe. 4 gMwtt
Brim lu your Spanish Peanut* now.
Am buying thla week. 24-tf
The seed of your fortuntls the Money you make
today. If you plant it wisely In our Bank, let It stay there
and add to It regularly, your future Is assured.
That monny you work for now, If put Into our
Bank will some day work for you. It will keep your fam
ily from poverty and misery.
Come Into our Bank and open an account today.
KIT YOlfll MONEY M OUK BANK V-i
Can .You Qualify?
Sycamore, Feb. 2S.v-lUaa Marti* Mc
Millan hat been appointed poatmiatreaa
at Sycamore to succeed W. H. Smith, re
signed. The appointment will take effect
March 1st
4 per cent Ini
fftlVATC
MkHAOtR
||pS. You
want a better position than-you now hold? Wha^
one-,to deserve,-it? The shrewd employer
[ of today will want to know what yon have done for
ourself. Your savings account book is your best
been able to aacertain, are these
Mr. Scarboro left Tifton ten day* ago,
on the night of the 16th statinf that he
W«a goltif to New York to raise funds,
which he teemed confident that he would {
he able to secure. Since hit departure,
so.far as, known, no one In Tifton has
heard from him.
Early last week it developed that Mr.
Scarboro waa apparently abort in his
accounts with the Tilton Packing Com
pany. Just bow much this shortage
was could not be ascertained at the time,
but w far as known today it la not over
This.the Finance and Executive Com-
mittee of the Packing Company has made
good, Jo that the company as a corpora
tion loses nothing and is neither Involv
ed nor embarrassed. Aside from the
packing company, the only amounts the
Gazette has Ideated in Tifton that Mr.
Scarboro owes where the creditors are
unsecured, ia $3,000 in one place and be
tween $8,000 and $9,000 in another. Of j
course then may be more, but we have 1 the money goes because we know .
not been able td, locate them. Mr. Scar-rtheir work over here, viewed from a bl
After AIL A Marine's
Opinion of the "F* Overthere and
Other News.
Hormlngen, Germany, Dec. 26,1918.
Dear Homefolka: Hope everybody io
well and enjoying one of the hottest
Xmas ever. That old saying “I never
felt better and had lees’* is more true lit- the purpose of organising a Farmers'
orally ; speaking of me than anyone I Bureau. The^ttendance of every one in-
eonld imagine. Today la a holiday and terested la requested,
therefore no drilL Outside of that Ii County Agent Dickson is holding a
knpw of no Xmas news of good cheer. I series of meetings in each of the militia
The old paymaster didn't even get districts of the county, for the purpose
around with November’s pay before Xmas. | of securing co-operation in farm demon-
1 must add however that there is a ru-'stratlon work and assistance in co-opera-
jpor going around that we are to havejtive marketing. The district organist-
apple pie for dinner, that some mail has tions will form auxiliaries to the main
The facts, so far aa the Gasette has H you’ll just stop to think a moment
5pme in and also some new underwear, county organisation.
Organised at Brighton.
A meeting was held in the Brighton
district Wednesday night at/Which that
district was organized. Henry Sutton,
L. L. Simmons and Dan Fletcher were
named as an Advisory Committee.
A meeting will be held at Chula this
MR. 'PA
Ol I
that means a whole lot to us. A good
many Xmas boxes for the boys came in
over a week ago. I went to see a mov
ing picture show last night at the “X”
it was a Bed Triangle feature: “The Step
ping Stone,’’ and only about five years
old but it has been so long since I saw week,
a picture of any kind that I enjoyed it
fairly well. They’ve taken charge of the
old German theatre here and like every-
thing else of Germany the machine is out
of date and no good.
The “Y” man also had a few cigarettes
and cigars to sell at fabulous prices, of
course. He sold them like hot cski
for they were luxuries to us. It mi
my blood boil every time I think of
way4hey rob us when they do havj
little something to sell ahd then
of the millions they’ve hoodwink*
hom^folks out of. Where did all
millions of dollars go? Natural!
people who had sons in France
their boys were getting the benefit
time we’re wondering w]
District Meets will b« Held. Division* bearing the regular army designationa will b*
matting of the farmers ud bu^M tschulid, however, the only other ezeeotion hohl# - - jLn ’
Monday night, March 8, at 8 o'clock, for nKeMw y- W . . i .a
‘ ' Bawd on provisions of general orders considering theim- -sj
portance of their present assignment the Divisions will return. Yu
as follows: ;
For March: the Twenty-Seventh, Thirtieth, Eighty-Fifth, fp
Thirty-Seventh and Ninety-First Divisions«
For April: Twenty-Sixth Seventy-Seventh, Eighty-Second,
Thirty-Fifth, and Forty-Second Divisions.
For May: Thirty-Second, Twenty-Eighth, Thirty-Third,
Eightieth and Seventy-Eighth Divisions.
For June: Eighty-Ninth, Ninetieth, Twenty-Ninth, and
Seventy-Ninth divisions.
Orders indicate that the so-called regular army divisions
will be maintained as an Army of Occupation as long as neces-
sary.
Note—Capt, Steve Mitchell is in the Eighty-Second Division-
and Robert Herring is in the Twenty-Eighth.
SES AGENCY
Scarboro Fire Insurance. For
Five Years Manager.
J. Cliff Parker has recently pur-
the Frank Scarboro Eire Insur
ance Agency, of which he waj formerly
manager, and jrill conduct tht business
under the name of J. Cliff Parker, Agent
Mr. Parker boa had a number of years
experience in'fire insurance and bonding
business and m capable of handling any
questions that may arise concerning fire
the! insurance, fire prevention, adjustments
ght and bonds.
I st The Agency in question is one of the:
aU | oldest agenciea in South Georgia and Archangel reported today.
L -* represents a number, of the strongest
companies doing business in America.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The demobilization of 1,238,000-
men and officer* from the army in home camp, and abyoad was
announced by Chief of Staff March today. Of thif number
74,000 are officer*. i.
Order* have been issued for the demobilization of 1,281,-
000 troop* in the United State* and 249,000 oversea* have been
returned home. ' T ■ ,
London, Feb. 27.—The Bolsheviki are planning ajeombined - * ;
offensive on practically all fronts, was revealed in a captured
order of their Supreme Military Commission, a dispatch from
The attack planned to start in the Archangel region is to
boro did an extensive business and of. ness standpoint, without considering the j Mr. Parker has secured the offices for- he extended rapidly to the Western, Southern and Eastern
course .there are many other itema of In-Unet that they are Betting big collectloniWrly occupied by Dr. Hamilton in the fronts. Only the Murmansk and Finnish fronts were excluded
<lobtednen--$20,000 in one case, $5,000 from tho State*, la a very profitable work Agon Hotel building, and .next to the 1 f .. ~ . , ,. . ,7 ...
in another,*$1,000 in another etc., bnt|for thorn. All thla stuff about bdt coffee RoaM^f Trade office^.which he will oc-|^ r0ra . t * le offensive and preparations will be made |or decisive
so far aa known thcae are amply secured j and chocolate, cigarettes and tho like be-jcupy safiv-sourtttfneiu the immediate fighting. •
by collateral. The local banka had on. ing served free at the front, is mere boah future. dwlt Allied forces have successfully undertaken f^n offensive-
on the Murmansk front while the Bolsheviki prepa
hand eery little of Mr. Searboro’a paper, j and I ought to know I’ve fought on erery
and this was til secured. So far ss de- front in Stance. I didn't intend
velopod there is only one cose of indebted- preach a sermon about those “Y" birds',
ness out of town—$7,500, thst was un- but I do think its time the American
secured. This docs not include a paper public is getting wise to them. Anyway
handled by a Moultrie bank, which has’they’ll know when we get back if not
been paid. So far as known, his unsecur- before. As men go, they’re not all slack
ed liabilities approximate $00,000. This ere. We had one with us in Champagne
includes the packing company matter. in October that went right over with the
These are the facts, so far as a careful outfit and helped to carry
and impartial invfeVfttation can asc^r- j do you thinlfMt
AH, THERE, “DERE MABLE!”
going on. Reports s&y that the Allies have advanced more than
Delighted, to He»r vou Win be at a. m. 26 miles,'inflicting heavy casualties on the Bolshevij
Have yen met^Tre ktaMe," who hes* The Bed Cr0S3 . is investigating the report of bolsheviki at
rocities, including the murder of hundreds of civilii
Berlin, Feb. 27.—(Date of 26, delayed)—Anarchists, who
charge that the Sapartacans are too conservativeJhav4 started
a counter revolution in-Gehnany.
made the world laugh?
$he will be at A. M. S. Saturday
night, March 1, presented by the boys of
—, ..-ounded, but'the Expression Class. It will be illus-
^ ^ any -credit to him trated^y the girls of the- Art Class,'
tain. There may be other amounts that! when ho was getting $150 a mouth while Xft> admission will be charged, aud the Reports from DllSSeldorf today Said that the an&Ychists
will later come to light, but we have been, the lad on tho other end of the stretcher people are invited to be at the auditorium!... ,, o . .* , , . , ,,
careful to run dowu each report in an ef-jwns taking the same chance at $30 per? at 8 o’clock to see the laughable sketch 'DOVe overthrown the op&rtac&ns End seized Control 01 the City*
fort to fitul out what was in it. Stories! 1 say it was uot. There’s too many graf- presented. (Meanwhile the SpartOCfttfS-Soviet revolution has Spread to all
that the shortage ran into hundreds of,tors in the “Y” business over here for a! — o !parts of the COUntry*«vNeW Uprisings. Strikes and riots are re-
thousnnds of dollars arc only creatures of widenwuke man t« trust any dollars In QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS ji . • . Tir .
imagination. their hands i think. The Red Cross is' portedl in Saxony, ; Ba^^, Rhineland aR^LRuhr districts. Wei-
Many of Mr. $larboro’s friends believe entirely different. My bat is off to the'From the Moultrie Observer,
he will come back; with the money if he Red Cross every time. If I had the I Norman Institute and all of its proper-
cun raise it; if not, to face the music like din nee now I’d gladly give them every jty and equipment was turned over to the
he did before. He had frequently made cent I've got just for the sake of what Georgia Baptist convention today. The
trips to New York and Chicago in tho they’ve done for my wounded friends that
past for the purpose of raising funds, are now or have been in base or field
Others believe he will not come back. J hospitals in France. We are all of the
This is a matter of opinion; we have same opinion there,
only been stating facta, and we have I discovered a little photographer's
told you all we know. | shop last Sunday and after much persua
sion and finally the use of my 45 I got
Petition for a receiver against Frank the old bird to risk his camera for one
Scarboro was filed Tuesday afternoon by, shot at my “map.” Don’t get excited
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Judge Eve of the Tifton Circuit appoin
ted B. Y. Wallace receiver and set Mai
15 as the date for deciding if the re
ceivership should be made permanent
The account of the Western Union Tel
egraph Company is a small one, amount
ing Yo $230.20, being telegraph tolls for
January and a portion of February, but
and I’ll promise to send you one first
thing after getting them and let you see
what a wreck this war has made of me
How old and wrinkled and bald-headed I
We moved out of the school house last
week, and part of the platoon I’m in is
living in the old printing office where
they used to get out tho “daily howl,' 1
this receivership will doubtless bring the in this burg. Four of us corporals are
entire business of Frank Scarboro and the' living in some old lady’s spare rooms up-
Frank Scarboro Company, Brokers into stairs. We have tvro rooms, two beds,
the courts.
The most sensational portion of the pe
tition!* the allegation that Scarboro "has
absconded and Is insolvent.” The peti
tion also alleges that hit liabilities will
exceed his assets “$50,000 or some other
large turn” and asks that the property
bo marshalled and collected for the pur
pose of distribution. It also asks an
equity in stocks and bonds hypothecated
electric lights, tables, washstand, chairs
and various other articles. A place for
transfer was made at a meeting of the
board ’of trustees of the school and rep
resentatives of the convention. The deed
to the property was drawn by attorney
Perry, of Sylvester, who came here for
that purpose. The property of Norman
Institute, which includes the buildings of
the school, the Colquitt Hotel here and the
water and light plant at Norman Park,
Miners and industrial workers in tbe Halle region of Sax
ony have joined the Spartacans and that entire region of the
country is reported paralyzed.
Paris, Feb. 27.—The creation of a buffer state between
France and Germany was discussed by peace delegates today.
The next plenary session of the Conference will-probably
meet the middle of next month when the committees will pres
ent their reports.
Messina, Italy, Feb. 27.—Eighteen towns were - damaged
and scores of farms wiped out by landslides resulting from
is valued at about a quarter of a million'heavy rains, according to adviceg received here. Millions of
' „ dollars were lost. . : \
u. d. c. meeting | Washington, Feb. 27.—An amendment to the Victory Loan
The u. d. o. will meet at tbe home of: bill authorizing the government to redeem Liberty Bonds at par
™ ’ ah 'member^ urgedTo” be P lus accrued interest in amounts limited to $600 was offered
preaent
ted on ua being down for tbe Xmas tree
in tho parlor so we had quite a time with
them. The kids got all aorta of ffijra and
fruita, the old lady would have ua sam
ple her cakes and pies, the old man could
os security with creditors when these
a etovc, but no atovc as yet. That seems epeak French so he and 1 had quite a
like luxury to ua after living lu the woods confab especially after he broke out the
for a year. Xmas bottle. No matter what aort oi
•• I. want to introduce you to Corp “Fren-j animals these natives may be otherwise
chy," DoZellar ,who bns been with me they certainly celebrate Xmas the nearest
us gunner on my gun since the drive at| like we do of nny people 1 ever saw. I
St. Mihlel. Ho lust got his raUng aa think that old lady showed n good spirit
corporal a few days ago, i fine lad, just j in inviting us In for the festivities, no
exceed in value the amount of tht obli-
nations. Tho peUtlon alleges that only
through a court of equity can the suets
be properly liquidated and tha property
be dletributed.
Betide* asking for a receiver the peti
tion alio taka that other creditors be re
quired to intervene and become parties
with the plaintiff in the proceeding. Alan
that petitioners have such other and fur
ther relief as may b* necessary for thtlr
protection. Further, that defendant he
required to appear at tht next term of
court to answer this petition and that
judgment be rendered.
In appointing Mr. Wallace receiver he
waa directed by tha Court to take imme
diate charge of tha effects of tho defen
dant and tha defendant la required to
show cause on or before March 15, why
receivership ahould not,be
appointment of MK,Wfllace is an
jt one ,.s ht'Ae'a man- in every
way .
Tha petition waa filed-by B. D. Smith,
attorney. - f
SYCAMORE POSTOFFICE CHANGE.
nick named Frcnchy because he looked
like a Frenchman, always quiet and cool
under fire, he was never too tired to think
of something to chccr us til up a bit.
Next comes old Brick-Top Tim Fan-
rio, the big Irishman from Wyoming,
known to tho Company u “Cactus” as a
scrapper he was a "bear” and aa we all
told him hts old head was too bard for
Hoinlea,” bullets for one of them went
through his helmet, glanced against his
skull, out through his helmet again and
lodged in the gunner’s thigh. That was
the evening we took Bourescbea In lone.
In less than three weeka Cactus was back
again with a small acar on his
swearing vengeance on the Hunt. At Sol-
saont in July he had hit chance as gunner
made good sod since them has been In
command of No. fi gun. A better hearted
guy never lived. ' '
A long pause here. I just stopped to
doth down chow, end Boy! Whit a
feed, I was never so surprised, steak,
brown gnvy with onions, tomsto sauce,
mashed spuds, a whole apple pie apiece,
two bare of chocolate, cookies, one-half
pound of Lownoy’s bonbon* and 20 cigar-
matter what opinion might be of us.
Speaking of guns, we used the French
Hotchkiss gun during the war but have
Just been equipped with the now Brown
ing. She’s s peach, too. I’ll write more
about it in my next letter.
Corp. B. K. Hardison,
73 Co. Oth Bcgt. U. 8. Marines,
When you need on undertaker In your
home, you are not in poeition to consider
the cost Just cell us and get satisfac
tory service for Ires. Lang It Company,
Omegt, Oa. 27-dwtf
All kinds of Garden Seed Sad Flower
8eed, Rape Seed, Seed Irish Potatoes
and Onion Seta. Bicksnon Grocery Oo.
27-dwlw.
Aa previously announced, the county
Teachers' Institute will he held at Vance-
rille Friday, at which the attendance of
erery achool teacher in the county ia re
quired. At this lnetttutc, the model
school room wlU be shown and explained.
by Senator Jones today.
Atlanta, Feb. 22.—Mrs. Asa G. Candler, Sr., wife of for
mer Mayor Candler, died suddenly at her home on Druid Hills r , ^
today. Mrs .Candler had suffered from articular rheumatism ?'.»*
for the past five years and for the last year has been practically f
confined to her b e d. Recent expert treatment at Johns Hop
kins hospital at Baltimore failed to remedy her condition.
FUTURE
FORTUNE,