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- V - .. .w :77 plf* - -’ 5ggq&fiMta*r. I Kit ANNUM. T1FT0N, TIFT COUNTY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 14,1919. SEAS DELAY WILSON’S SHIP tke U. S. S. George Wauhington, March 13—The ITaehington continued to lose tine today because of ff—-r and it was announced that she would not -reach Brest before 11 o’clock tonight- WashinMon, March 13—Between one and two million round* of ammunition have been shipped into Mexico within the past few months from the United States, it *a» learned here today. . Shipments were part of an order standing with Ameri can mmakers for two years and entered Mexico with the approval of the War Department, it is said. Berlin, Tuesday Night, March 11—(delayed)—Fighting Was continuing in Berlin tonight over a fifteen and one half e front. The city Commander announced that it wag uncertain when the government can master the situation owing to the SparUcans’ infilteratiqp tactics. ; As fast as the taroops reconquer one area, insurgents spring up in another. Two hundred and fifty Spartacans were cap tured in the heart of the city this evening. Buenos Aires, March 18—The port strike which has tied .Mpptng here for over two months has cost $800,000 in m receipts,'it was announce^ today. - More than one hundred ships are idle in die harbor, with three hundred thousand tons of merchandise piled tip On doOYs and no possibility of an, early settlement. ir ' ,l, . n Paris, March 11—With military terms adopted and rapi progress being made towards the completion of other pro’' ions, it was learned today that the preliminary peace trei may be ready to present to Germany by March 20. From the greatest war maker in the world, Germany trill be reduced to a military status lower than her smallest neigh bor. Washington, March 18—The war time regulation requir ing a license for the use of explosives in stump blasting,! re- Deputy Collector WUlcox WU1 Visit Tilton for the purpoie ot Gluing In structions on Income Tax. Deputy Collector of Internal Berenue A. A. WUlcox, of Fltsserald, advise* that he will epend Friday and Saturday in Tilton lor the purpose ot advising our people on how to fill out their income tax returns. Mr. Wlllcox was named by Collector A. O. Blalock oe Deputy Collector lor the 12th Georgia Internal Revenue Zone, consisting of the counties ol Ben Hill, Telfair. Tilt, Crisp. Irwin, Wilcox. Worth, Turner and Bacon. The revenue bill waa not passed until the letter days of February and there waa nb time to make a tour ot all the counties. Be cause it has not been publshed many are ignorant ot ite provisions and do not know bow to make returns. Saturday is the last day in which In come taxes may be returned, but Mr, WUlcox was not able to got hero until Friday- Returns made out and turned over to him will comply with the law, FOR BETTER ROADS A $20,000 FOR l,0OO mi, Riming land and ather agricultural purposes, will be revoked March 16, the Interior Department announced today. W' 'Washington, March 18-^“American workers must/ be Shren * •share in .tlje.industries, they help to create thin, a share noit measured in wages,” Senator B Chahrmah of the Senate tibbr Gominittee, declared Rsltf that’a»f«t-tbftaf<hs$ must be .dope is - -wfll ke -nrach Tnnder tif ^ rttaaTW. iiext William H. Brown, thority on mortuary statistics, who is tisties show that the *Jigea*e ; i»jmich : .in' of middle age or over. Ahj^pmong R CpK (IW- Atlanta, i.fgtgl among ifcWid people middle age. The epidemlfti-irMsli-.-ijeswiflywrept the cointy |s»ow on a marked - \ iNew York, March hO—^lear that. jJew York City’s tran sit system would be stopped,,-/* the harbor strike continues tused the .Interborough-Rapid Transit Company to appeal fo) navy yard tugs to bring fuel.to this port. The company said that only enough fuel to operate the system four days is now in the city. Washington, March 18—That' President Wilson will make a public statement soon bn the attitude of the American peo ple towards the League of Nations covenant is the conviction of his advisers here." - . ' , \ * Newark, N. J., March lS^Switchmen and trackm^hvem- ployed by the Public Service Railway Company joined;#!* Striking carmen today.)' ■ TL-iq s Other trades may Atrike in sympathy. ... Newark, N. J., March 18—With the street car-service at standstill the people of Northern New Jersey are using jit- motor trucks ,ahd anything else on wheels for transport purposes. ier g and employers are both standing firm. The men union recognition. igo—Bang! Suitcase dropped. Flash! Indoor photo- iph. But hotel employes were nervous. National T.N.T. experts met here today, x- . Springfield,' Ill.—Silo gin fizzes wont comfort any after July 1. A bill bjere prescribes prison for those who tappeth the fodder fermenter for jag. juice. famoi b 4u- jy?J Scsrban Ca*e. City of Marietta lisa $18,000 in Note* hi Some Shape Those ot Tilt County. Vice-President Ewer ol the National Park Bank, ol New York City, the bank which handled the $40,000 in Tift county notes through Frank Scarboro, lor which the county received no return, wan in Til ton Saturday in consultation with attor neys in the case. While Mr. Ewer had very little to say, it is understood that his bank will bring suit on the notes if it finds there la no other recourse. It ia thought hero that as a constitutional and legal proposition the money cannot be collected from the county but then ia a strong sentiment that, as n mftter of right and for the. protection of ita credit the county should protect the iflme passes, accounts of the 'short the Frknk Scetboeo gnwe.it is. count ton, to* Sctrboro’s that these were.sold.; hr matter haa droDD first reported, to $55,00d ( r *>:n* - of the Amount being paid.’ -u 1 So far as kr»wn, ao.oae; in Tilton has heard a word from ; 8carboro cither direc tly or indirectly, abut he lett ben on the night of February IS. for the ostensible purpose of gains to. 'New York/te rate funds. ■ . !•■./ t was reported that Mr,-m A. Oner, Aabburn, was also a lpter, but Mr. *r waa In Tlfton Saturday and uamln 'the record* fonn^tut hi* papers were irlhg anximla-fiavlng been paid. CHARGED WITH HOG STEALING ia and Dan Purvis Ar- rested by Offlecb. -'■Ben Langley. Aka and Dan Purvis, win arrested Whdneaday pn ; a charge o( Orngr Steal tag. Tbs particular Item in ss.the theft of ppm fine Duroc | from the Tift , farms. Thwe _ located and returned to the owners. The warrants were sworn ont for "farm Hauler. J. O. Stewart. Purriswas already under bond oh a similar charge, under a warrant ■worn out by J. B. Abbott a few week* ago. All the parties are white. Lang ley haa worked on the Tift farm* for many years. It ia understood that he haa confessed his fuilt Langley’s and Dan Purvis* bonds were ixed et $760 each and Jake Purvis’ bond at $600. Dan Purvis’ bond waa at first fixed at $600 and he made that, but haa not yet made the increased bond. Lang ley and Jake Purvis are wtill in jail. To be Held at Courthouse Saturday Af ternoon at 2:30. Most Take Prompt Action. A mass meeting of the citizens of Tift county Interested in road improvement ia called for Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Tift county courthouse. Every one interested in better roads is urged to attend this meeting, as an expression of opinion ia desired. It is necessary f«r Tift county to act at once if’we ore to secure a portion of the Federal road funds this year, report must be sent to Atlanta not later than Tuesday uight, ajul this action must come through the Board of County Com mlsslonen. If you want Tift county to have better roads, attend the meeting Saturday. VOLUME XXX.—NUMBER SI. =3i PARTS OF THIRTIETH ON WAY HOME 1 progressive Omega. That this ctlve lines is evi- Washington, March 12—A cablegram received by the War Department this morning states that parts of the T tieth Division sailed from St. Nazaire March 10 for No News on the transport Finland. Included are 1,404 officers and men, comprising Head quarters of the Fifty-Fifth Artillery Rrigade; Battery A and hat the people there, fir,t battalion of the 115th Field Artillery; 115th Machl r preparing to meet a $20,000 brick Gun Battalion; a complete detachment of 114th Machine Gi {Battalion and 114th Artillery complete. i closed with Mrs. I _ . - by which, the school trustees «>f “ ** possible that the debarkation port may be changed 1 “ u " h “^ ti ®, tr “ e , t , ot 1,nd °“ «“ to Charleston. The Finland will probably arrive about March pill near Dr. Wj^is residence coutaining ; 21, etween six and-eight acreH, the purchase NEGRO PRISONERS WERE NOT RETURNED At Least, BID Saw None Come Back* Willie Pdrtpr Caughfc+y “Kam. avidff €htnadSb-!' * .• Accounts drifting the ,.fight ing ia Franct^hgree that; the • , uj»g»£* made good soldiers. Thqp i wwa toug}$ took army life phllosophlfcally, and whsu aroused fought like demons. NoWv they are coming homo, and they talk pnhesi* tatingly and interestingly about: what they saw. Sometimes they exaggerate, but usually they give the straight goods, told in their own way. One thing all agree on; they learned to hate the Geiv mans. Willie Porter’s Experience. ’ Willie Pcrter, who wns working on the Carson place when drafted, says lit will never do to believe a German Porter was in the thick of the Cham pagne fighting and in battle was running on a German with his bayonet when the man threw up his hands and cried Kamerad!” Porter walked up tip take &im prisoner when the German hurled a hand grenade which he had concealed in price being $1,000. It h* intended to sell the old school bonding and to erect a new and modern brtjpk building tract mtcmplate enlarging the taking^ in quite a lot of Frritory and ..perhaps using lotor truckayfo transport the and from/ehool. The amount .which/will be spent on the governed by the amount ten in, but if all plana go A building costing $20,000 will his hand at Porter. He hud whirled, the .grenad pistol on his thigbv It tiaf t^#v bone. Porter w 1 1 aid «fpent several on. -He ii WiUacoochee Officer Has Risen from First Lieutenant Sinco 1917. Is Now on Duty in France. WiUacoochee, Ga., .March 13—Mrs. Dr. Henry T. Corbett received a cable gram today from Franco saying that her husband, Capt. Henry T. Corbett has just been commissioned as Major. Major Corbett was appointed First- Lieutenant in the Army Medical Corps from this place in 1017. He was soon afterward promoted Captain and now to a Major. His friends and they are leg ions,. in A^dnson county, are. delighted his promotion. They feel that he is worthy bf all that has been done to him, in we ask: can the new county of - belt this record! , We doubt it his not with S native born son. FOUR FARMERS' MEETINGS The fundamental Service of 'A .famishing of Security. . r ; Security of jour funds, T;> :v :> Security of your valuables, Security of your credit, Security of your Investments, Consult and Bank with us. Will be Held in Tift County Within the Next Week for Organising. £our meetings in different parts of the county for the purpose of forming farm- nrgsnizntions are announced by County Agent Dixon as follows: Harding school house, Brighton Dis trict, Wednesday. 8 p. m. • Old Ty Ty school house, Docia Dis trict Thursday, 8 p. m. Omega school house, Friday 8 p. m. Vaucevillc school botue, Monday,. 8 p. m. ' The farmers in the localities named are invited to attend tbs nesting in their district is a# right : v.‘ , Soon; 1 we.fot word to Caka&'_„ «— oners,” Porter said; "gad (hht jggt »dib< .edj.q*. didn’t want to take any. Af ter that we just went after ’em.”. ‘‘You didn’t fight ri^ht on that way, one day .afj*r another, all Hie. time!” ashed a hearer after Porter told of a fight in which they went for two days without rations. No, sir;” he answered. “If we bad .fought that away all the time, we’d hare pat ’em up in a week.” “I had never been on a boat in my life,” Porter said, “until we started a- cross. When we got on the water was scared. I began to learn to pray, and by the time we got across, I hat a pretty case of religion. That come ii handy when I got into the fighting, then I needed it kU the time.” A Woman Fighter. Bill”, who went from Pony Smil place with the first draft, is back ft the Argonne front Bill was in somefof the hottest of ,tb*, figbttnr and says knows he killed Germans., “How do yon know it?? was askt “He waa standing up'right in ffont/ of me, and I blowed a hole right him,” he answjfrw.'' Jffrt qiit any attention ^to ‘tlvelr ‘Kamerad’ _ They’d just holler to get s chance to PtUl us. I was! corporal, Mnd they left me with my sqnad in charge of a bund of prisoners. The shells were coming tl ick from the' German guns, and if loo red like we’d never get ont We had afa rat sixty prlsopers to atari with but wo knew we cooldn't get away with all them prisoners. We got out, but ho prisoners didn’t” “One day the officers discovered t iab a machine gun in front of us was opera ed by a woman. *Get that gun, boys;' he Captain said, and we wont after it. F ir- ty started and about twenty K»t r.*. That woman-stood right there nnd find until we paught her and .Wrencl loose from the gun. Some whif^ i^ys came up about that time and ton* of the prisoner. 8he was fishli stubborn and had to be forced They were passing a pile , of ha^d grenades when she wrenched h up a grenade and started td throw il Some one jerked a pistol aid >^hot hoi through the head, I doa’t jknow who il CUM Washington, March 8—The War Department will hold the “ ew “«» "my of 510,000 men until Congres, provides othe General March announced today. No reduction ia contemplated until Congress pmr, , lew . outlining a permanent military organization. March said ' the United State, could not get along with a smaller army. The total American battle casualties during the war ■ 240,000, March said, out of 1,390,000 who were in against the enemy. The casualties in the Thirtieth Division were 6,800 and In the EiglttjqSpe^ui^Division 8,300. Waahul^loMj-March ■ 8.r—Asnerican claim* for daniago , . WMTfar total $750,000,000, the State OepartmenfriSlisAiihViUl today. Washington, Mdrchpill^Republican proponenU of the League of Nations, headed by'Ex-President Taft, are warning the G.O.P. opponents of the Wilson covenant against a too rigid stand lest they endanger the Republican party. It is now generally admitted that a peace treaty will part and parcel of the League of Nations plan. If the treaty fails of ratification in the Republican Senate, the whole work will have to be done over again and the party responsible for ■ withholding ratification would undoubtedly be charged there after by opposing party with having prolonged the war. Washington, March 10—The United States is pourhig •, two hundred 'R|jd-fifty thousand tons of food-into hungry • Poland, Jugo-Sltvjj^. Serbia, Romania, Caech-Slovalda, Arm - „ m>in wad the nswEasttlmFood Administration stated today. , . Hoover is directing ,Um worh. it rtragetic poinu » officials. ■ The same plea is to ; Mrs. : ' Utter'1 IP®. wim ^beriklnly -glad to heir aud hoke. ' to htar ’ d^itLs^caused by the lnfluen- It haa'iiiri ofily taken our friends e, but othets In like I manner, been here toO. }.‘ v > ih ** [ cannot •ay ’as much ap^1 Would like aay about this Country; iiid tty opin ion as well ii others is it is sdmewhat of a different picture than wd, speaking for others, had in our virion before landing here. We landed in Brest the 28th of September, 1918'. It rained from that day on. There is no difference here in nationality that I have seen. They tertain the negroes just ns white people and the negroes go with white women and nothing said. Some mighty pretty girls go with these negroes and they “Mr” them. It has distasted the boys here wiftit them. The boys from the north are beginning to notice how the negro is. and they are just about the same as the Southern boys and they are more of one now thun ever. >me i place thir part of the country , ive been from Brest to Bordeaux and back tq St Bulplce and St Naxaire. They charge us one price and the French another, any little old thing costs from 1 franc up to $100.00. One franc is 20c in American money and they don’t like American pennies and I wish yon could see their pennies— money with holes in It. They sell American hoys Any price. They say “Beaucoup francs” that means “Plenty Money” for us. They drink very little wgter, all sour wine, not sweet wine. Plenty of English wal nuts here. They have very little can ie'utee Ust a Jcamp.Bign. tor world-wide . r , the,’OrIent will be foil Christian Temperance Union U coll headquarters announced today.. •; Washington, March 18—An imtoediai^'$qD'«f‘ : B<>^iitftfi$tii in the United States employment service was i?. * cause its appropriation faUed with the RepubRcah ^ki^tUM^. ^ ' - i , Orderg Were sent out today by-the Labor pepartuebtii& < ?-<r ter a final effort to save the service by a wireless appeal to tiw»-4 1 ’; President He was asked to set aside a part 61 his emerg- '• .’-t ency war fund, but replied that none of it was now available, ’ #18 BLAZING CAN OF GASOLINE jj Jf Sylvester, Ga., March 12—Harris Glausier died at an Ai$i% 1 bany hospital this morning as a result of bums received here last night Glausier came from Atlanta recently to open a moving picture' house here and w&N'htopping at a local hotel. About 9 o’clock a fire brp^iutiM McLain’s pressing dub and with;^^ several others Glausier went to the fire to render assistance^, just as he Staftfefftn at the back door of the pressing club q.. negro inside “aft’empted to throw a five-gallon can filled with gasoline out at the same door, not seeing Glausier. The can . r struck Glausier and the gasoline flew all over Mm, at the same time bunting into flames. He was horribly burned and was carried to Albany last night for treatment although little could be done for him. . , Glausier’s body will be carried to Atlanta for burial. He was unmarried but is survived by his mother, who lives in that city. dj. Al RECEIVER'S M ROUND. “I was there when the'] exchanged after the tinned, "rad saw s lot oners so over and a lot lab, Italian and hack, hot I never saw S turned. The tat it they erer tent mere were BUI con- Gennan pris- French, Brit- prisoners come have not seen many boys here I know. They soy Dr. Chcsnutt is here. Ho is a lieutenant. We ore guarding warehouses here. The American govern ment has 000 miles of ^railroad yards here, a good site post. Now they are turaing'ft into nn embarkation ramp. I have not had any luck to find Ralph Poole or Jeff Parker. I saw Rob. O’ Quinn’s brother's name in the Y.M.C.A. register at Bordeaux, but did not sec him tho. , •here are tome American girh as nurses tad Y.M.C.A. canteen We had a show last night in nndsf the auspices ot tta ICnonl I attended tat it wt, and about 100.. or more lota ot them, tack I didn't this I will ta at. the following places tor tta purpose of receiving year stale and county taxes for the year, X9XB Brookfield, .Monday, March 24, 1819 Chula, Tuesday, March 25, Cydoneta — Tneaday March 25, > 0 until 11 o’clock. - Eldorado —-.Wednesday, March 26, ga :— Thursday, March 27 T* Tlr —~._t— Friday, U«nh 28, Tlft0u,_—Saturday, March 20 :hton _—- Monday, March 31 Vancevill* Tuesday, April 1 George Sntton, R. T. B. T. C. 13-8tw2w FRIENDS AND I As you already 1 haa gone to tta something doing for < r, Harry Knlhenb and there Is b sending Juat lots of goods, st a /reel sacrifice, Tta customers wtU get thA benefit of the'great - • m CecU V. WUMoa, 13th Reg. M. Oo. Srd Bat P. B.—Yafc-Opl Joe Turner is ia my napsay from Normas Park. He nil and' fat He b acquainted, with ad knows « good many people is Ohale ad Tlfton.. reduced prieee that Goods arriving Oomt In and ' you will are what 13d2twlt toe bought - H* my atock over. Then am talking about Harry Knlbcrsk. DRY CLEANING PLANT EHBtS . Best, line of Work Shoes on the mar ket ut ti-M to : $3.75. Guaranteed solid Sell your host a Omega, Ga. NU.6. leather.WhIUey Bro*. Department 8tore.i Two yd wit ■ ', / '• i Tlfton iM It yon ■other! > Lang A Co., them. 27-dwtf Miaara. D. McLain and J. G) $Mspn tart rented the old pool room place In the Boatright bonding, on Mata street, and have optaud * dry cleaning end teUoring establishment They wO) do-dry cleaning gad prtaatag, re-Mock tab Sad i Outsmetrlri. tfics la See onr line of Oil Stovea and Alumin um Cooking Utensils. We are offering splendid bargain*. Bennett’* Hard. lSdwtt PUT VOUR. M bankir Ths fsdtral reserve bank act y posltors bstter protection and to Improve our system. It Joined all member bdnnr.iMether for the protec. I tlon of depositors. It provided a district reserve bank for j each section where member banks may take their; sewj curitles and get money/thgs making It easy foe men * banks to always have money. i; . Do ybur banking where y**M!Hb:"n4tl( PUT YOUR j