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EXERCIS’S TRUSTEES INSPECT IFORTY LAND LOTS IN
SfflOOL Dl
SECRETARY GLASS IN ATLANTA
London, May 1—May Day is. being'celebrated through-
; Europe with greater enthusiasm than ever before, owing
recent industrial upheavals and immense gains by organ-
red labor.
A monster demonstration is bejng held in Hyde Park
Prof. A. H. Moon OoUvercd an Interest-
tor Addins on HUtory of Day and
Life of' flea. Robert E. Lee.
Memorial bay was observed In
TIfton Saturday with exercises in the
Hlxh - - -
School
Visitors Entertained at BnaMM at A.
M. s. and Also at Strand.-Oorermr
Addresses A. It*. Students,
Tiftou’s Bite for tho-Coostnl Plalu Ex-
■■ssrwSuT^. h£ r imrat * m i oa *■£'■**# m*
J** Veteran."" the”".rT£ M
Proposed for Omera. Board of 3
tion Cites Notice of Bound
Which District WU1 bo :
Addresses Meeting of Congressmen, Statesmen and Publish*
ers. Given Great Ovation by Editors. ’•
. (By Gazette Staff Correspondent) 'I , ^
Atlanta, May 1—Jos. A. McCord, Chairman of the War
lapursuance of their plan to. Issur r Joa - A - rac ^ oru - vntnrman ox ine r*«
bonds and erect a $20,ooo school build- Loan organization, presided at the meeting of Congressmen,-
if*- Bo,rd Trustees of tbs Omega!statesmen and publishers this morning when it met at' 10 o-
School District i „ .. ... BMW
i
tncy had charge of the exercises, which
beta* at 3:30, Mrs. if. E. Hendry
presiding.
After the audience sang "America/
Her. J. H. Jackson pronounced the in
vocation. Mias Grace Fulwood gave a
delightful instrumental
and the High School
Spangled Banner.'
Prof. A. H. Moon, the speaker for
the day, was introduced by Mrs. Hendry.
Prof. Moon said that the people thro-
_ . ( ...... . . , ughout the South assembled on Memorial
Paris, May 1—Many soldiers and civilians were inured D „ » ch } . Mr ,, paj . trlb ^Ttte"
Business is at a standstill in lreland.
Meetings and demonstrations In Rome are prohibited by
the Italian government. • ; '
A drenching rain early today caused the temporary post
ponement of the demonstrations planned by Radicel Labor!
tea in Paris. Extreme precautions were taken by the French
-government to prevent disorder.
tweeu the State* and the European w£! ^tg'taTOJ 1 "'T X to fort,| Cl ° Ck " lth S? Creta| T Glass the guest of hoHOC
Dunghteru of the Confederacy apd a few j I,,, 1 ,™ t ion „f tl 1 e ,' 1 te 0 ( t e‘r thM i lot " of 11 Proposed t0 *'*« «>• ' The edltor8 and Victory Loan Chairmen
JS*. “ <U “ C *' which left f(lr s.viveater to iunpect the aito of!I , "2 <e . 1 w !*“ B boundary of the prop- by Judge Marcus W. Beck, of the Georgia- Supreme Court,
sr js. ■sysi ? rssbztt; u ?“ k p - •<• *-«
ro “ "““‘'J *» t0 bc inspected tomor- pwI building. Newspaper Publishers Association, responded, telling some-
Tiie party arrived Thunday and were'' Followln * is Dotice: thinB of the newspapers’ part in winning the war and the
entertained at breakfaat at the Afrieul-] T1(ton ..
“Its^reS r‘r C T The
bL k ,:.t ^ 8 ;b. P "^/± T^ “^ .!» .ajourned ««io. .f Apri. 1
m
ruiwoou gave a.breakfast for the nln.-m.mh.- ,h. : " wnus ot apni i to
solo on the piano, board. Kof. LewU ?*. con " l,ier * ««««•» of the Board of True-
sang “The Star ” witt ihe“ WCT ',tees of the Omega PubUe School, March
In 1010. They recommend to the Board
In clashes here) this afternoon resulting from May Day anti-
heroes alive or dead, and to the nolile
government demonstrations.
Crowds attempted to rush the military cordon in "Rue
Royale, but were stopped by cavalry after passing the Gend-
.armee. Fights occurred when the red flag was unfurled
Buenos Aires, May 1—Every precaution, was taken today
'to prevent labor day demonstrations from resulting in a gei\-
•eral strike. , '•*-
Large forces of troop.s were brought. Into use,
Paris, May 1 — Details of Japan’s moral victory in the
.'controversies over her territorial claims in China will be in
serted in the Peace Treaty, according to information obtained thP lifc of Lw
from Japanese sources today. ,r ' 5I< ’""
principles for which they fought. >JIe
paid a glowing tribute to the men who
fought for the South in the Sixties-nod
to the^omen who keep alive the memoir
of those days through the work of the
U. D. C. He made brief reference “to
the starting of Memorial Day and its
observance. *.
■Hr. Moon gave a complete history ol
the life of General Robert E. Lee as a
boy. young man, General in the Union
Army, Commander in Chief of the Con
federate forces and his work after the
He held up the life of General
Lee as a noble example fot the youth
of the landtand urged the boys to take
worthy of emulation.
taken < 'for b au i automobile ride" tTthe 1 ° f v E ? uc * tlo “ that they establish th. i Foreign Affairs. He then introduced the Secretary of the
which w». In.,I ’ scbo « 1 •iietrfict Une at follows: Treasnrv.
work yet before them, also giving some personal history of
the guest of honor.
Senator Smith made a ringing appeal for Victory Bonds,
paying an eloquent tribute to the part our boys had filled and
giving some inside history of the war from the Committee on
which Was inspected.
Afterwards Governors Dorsey address-
the 'members of
btfdy in the school
tinguished visitor \__
Mayor H. H. Hargret
made a. short, impromj
he spoke .of the pi
people of Tift county
here is the best of the’district
He said chet was highly vpleosed- ^
ton’s claims for the^stMion and q
his hearers that the oti^r places
for the station would hate to gq jsome^to
beat Tifton.
Beginning at the 8. W. corner of lot
of land No. G29 of Tift county, running
north land line, to N. W. corner of lot
No. 438, thence,East to N. E. corner ol
lot No. 439, thence North to N. W. corn
er of lot No. 435, thence East to N. 1
corner of lot No. 434, thence South one-
half lot to Old Ty Ty and Ansley School
district line, thence East with said line
to • Little river, thence 'in Southerly
direction down Little river to Colquitt
.county line, thence West along county
line to S. W. corner of lot No. 529 to
starting point.
After the exercises sfcU),. Ak- The above includes all of Iota No. 434
party JSrSTST 435 ' #»• 4S0 - 4 «. 444,
picture of Georgia occurs As shown at'" 6 ' 4T# ’ 482, 483-
the Strand for Ihelr bcSfit Thc naW. i8S -««. 488, 489,400, 491,402
left about noon for Byltestrr.
Treasury.
Secretary Glass, who rose from the type case, said he
was at home among newspaper men because each of them,
“is just a nigger like me.” He made no attempt at eloquence,
but just a straight heart-to-heart talk to his fellow craftsmen.
“A better term for Victory Bonds would be Thanksgiv
ing Bonds,” he said. “We should return thanksgiving for'the
two million boys who will return from overseas.” He has
The Board is headed by Gov, Dorsey
and Commissioner of Agriculture Brown,
Copenhagen, May 1—The newspaper Berlinske Tidende
prints an unconfirmed , rumor that the Ik^inich Soviet govern-
ment has been overthrown.
This is not confirmed from any source.
address was delivered; wlth H , H . Tift Chalrmaa. The other
eloquently and was brimful of interest- members are: H. A. Byrd, Metter; J.
ing facts. W. Slade, Sandersville; P. M. Parker,
J:"* 1 ”- V m ° mb "L of ‘KWnycross; Newtoa A. Vatkins, Fits-
4as ; h h?f‘” ccrs '., who . T*r*_ h ' re . U " gerald; H. W. Hopkins. Thomnsville,
and B. F. Alexander* Rcidsville.
. Washington, May 1—The elimination , or amendment of
.Article Ten is the price a number of influential Republican
nators will demand for their acceptance of the League of
ions covenant, and a motion to strike it from t|)e covenant
be made during debate in the Sehhte.^f wii's learned to-
endence «f dll League members.
preserve .against ex-
trtty and political indep-
week, told how the anti-oircraft forces
of the American Army had stopped the
Hun raids in France and also gave some
details about the machinery which the
party is taking to Florida to- make ex
periments. v ^
After the audience joined in singiug
‘Dixie/* they were dismissed by Kc\r.
Mr. Jackson.
The monument was decorated In mem
ory of the Confederate dead and flower*
also were placed on the grave*, at .t$e
cemetery. - • • t'- t ‘
Cleveland, Ohio, May 1—-Several persons were reported
■ihot here today when Hay Day' parades and meetings of
Radicals Were broken up;
. Many piersons were'taken to hospitals suffering from in
juries sustained during the demonstration.
More than one hun.’ ’
dred were arrested, including the
former Socialist candidate for mayor of Cleveland.
Genld Herring, Ralph Poole,
Mima, Lester Shaw and Lieut, T
Arrived In Port Saturday.
The boys are corniog home ra]
Paris, April 28—In speaking of the amendment recogniz
the Monroe doctrine, the President merely offered it as
article. He nominated Sir Eric Drummond, Private
to British Foreign Secretary Balfour, as First Secre-
•Gimeral of the League. He also moved that Belgium,
and Spain be represented on the Council together with
g Five” pending its permanent organization.
Barino Makino, speaking for the Japanese,
tnisvtion of a strong clause regarding racial 3ii
[Makino said that Japan will continue her
, . liHou after the formation of the League, oven
provision.tfe-made in the'eo#«Mint. ■ |;
Tka Belgian representatives expressed regret that
••I* waa not selected as the seat of the League of Nations,
off^Wd no amendment.
, Pails, April SO—Vital problems left unsolved by tike
'eace Conference-will be handled at the first meeting of thl
ague of Nations next fall probably in Washington, it wi
learned today.
telegram received Sunday from
Gerald N. Herring announced bis ai
at- Camp Mills, N. Y., on the afternoon
of Memoriul Day. His Air Sqi
the 1103, come over on the Huntiiffton.
He enlisted in July, 1917, in the
tion Service ,waa trained at Kelly jTield,
San Antonio, Texan ,and arriv<
France the same year.
Mrs..J. W. Poole received a telegram
Sunday morning from her son, Ra ph O.
Camp
years
ago and aav. service on the border going
France . .with the celebrated lQlst
acklne.Gun Battalion in 1917. He
1 it fighting from . Chateau-Thie ry to
ArgoimeK and Has slightly wc inded.
battalion canje over ip the jattle-
.. Minnesota.
Mrs; K. Goff Received a message
day from her brother, David A.
announcing his arrival at Camp Merritt,
on the North Carolina. He was Com-
pany D, 107th Infantry, and writ overjF™^ Kenault, a Ufht, tank. It haii
time to participate in two bathes.
Mhl J. L. Sandlin received a
Sunday from her son, Sgt. Lesteri Shaw,
announcing his arrival at Camp ! Icrritt.
He is in Company B, of the Signal
Ooirpa.
Mrs. Cornelia Dorsett received a mes
sage from her husband, Lieut. G. N
Dorsett, at Camp Merritt, N. J., punday
:elling of his safe arrival there.
Pvt. Webster Justice, son of Mr. and
tfrs. W. H. Justice, of the Bi ookfield
tection, arrived home Sunday i orning,
laving received bis honorable d|scharge
from service at Camp Gordon.
host He spent a week in I ngland,
■eral months in France and i (turned
America three weeks ago Sa urday.
H^Jt now receiving the glad-hanf - from
ail mq friends herq.
Sun-
Mima,
529, also that part of land lota lying
west of Little river Nos. 429, 440, 475.
492, 493, and 520 i also the southern half
of lots Nos. 430, 431, 432, and 433.
If <h)jection is not filed with the
County’s Board of Education within ten
days, as required by law, the above
named boundaries will be established as
the boundary line of the Omega School
district.
. S, A. Martin, l'res. County Board,
A. J. Ammons, Secretary.
CHURCHWELL’S PLAN
"-FOR FUTURE GROWTH
) bbys over there himself. “The people who gave four-mil
l ijbillr td-their country will not refuse to buy four billions
Iteip'rolmiseSs to H p«yi w ie said.
The Secretary was given an ovation. The editors will
be entertislhb'd’ at- H luncheon at the Piedmont Driving Club
at 1 o’clock and Secretary Glass will address a mass meeting
at the tabernacle at 4 o’clock.
mk
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BOMB FOR OVERMAN FOUND
Victory -Loan Drive.
The tank was of the baby tank varie
ty, but those who saw it say that' if a
oaby tank can do the stunto this to"*
ately delayed in
yiiiL
Overman was
ihtedly ; result in a
vntail ' f»a,1*
did ,th4y would hate to be around when' Stent Jihcfenee to Tifton', retail trade,
a full man's alze tank got in operation.' Churchwell'a store here has leased
The tank ran over pine trcee, nerora' th, /' ntlr ' Williams buUdlng, corner
^Itehra and performed other atnnte ln-| Tl f' d * nd U *D> streeta, and the build-
tereetlng to the big crowd. It tried to J 1 “f wlu b “ remodeled, giving this store
cross one ditch too large for it to nego- 41 1 mos } handeome front and the best
tlate head-on, so it turned around and | 1,1 '*“*“ uierenntilc establishment in the
backed across. The big crowd waa del;, 01 *■
ighted with the exhibition. Ihurchwell'a store has occupied the
Several young ladies were given free,* floor of the Williams building for
rides in the tank, among those enjoying >' e ™- °» June 1 they will take over the
Mary Jolley. I ha c been notified to vacate by June 1.
After the tank had performed its Houghton, who owns the
stunts, short talks' in the interest of the bu *«t contract to a Cordele
Liberty Loan were made by Rev. J. H.
Jackson, Rev. C. Wi Durden, Prof.-A.
H. Moon and Mr. Will G. Moore, who
is accompanying the tank «n its. trip
through this section. - ,c
The tank was loaded; on.’* Coal car
coupled to the regular passenger train.
The car \Vaa parked on-ithe siding ,eait
of Main street, nnd.tha tanks ns->»ot
Removed those ~4n..chera» -.annbuacing
cot tractor for remodeling the buildihg,
Discovered by Salisbury Postoffice Employes Today. Probably
Intended to Blow Up Double Wedding.
Salisbury. N. C., May 1—Local postoffice officials today
discovered a small box containing a bomb addressed to Uni
ted States Senator Overman. It arrived last night but was
not discovered until carriers were started out on early morn
ing mai) deliveries.
The postmaster here states that the package was un
doubtedly sent so as to reach the Overman home during the
double wedding of his^Jaughters yesterday, but was fdrtun-
~l'he package was marked “Gimbel
•wple” to large letters,/
VI
an of the Senate Committee which ,
investigated the Bolshevik! propaganda.
Washington, May 1 — Government..agents throughout , v
the United States continued work today on the terrorist bomh,
plots, particularly endeavoring to prevent any more reaching
intended victims.
Anarchist organizations are under strict surveillance.
New York, May 1—Two more bombs are in the mails ad-
— — . ,.. dressed to Utah officials at Salt Lake City, postoffice inspec-
tliis novel experience being Misses Mary b * ement and the second floor, occupying , ionrnprl horn tVlia nffornpnn
Will Spooner, Flora Overstreet and tb< cntire build l"*. The Proseat tenants t0rs Icarned here this afternoon. •
Washington, April 29—Forty persons were killed and
many injured and great properly damage was caused by a
improvements to cost about W.ooo. severe earthquake in San Salvador yesterday, the State De-
“ part ?:t™ advised today.
i stairway to the second floor opening
i the street, it will be placed inside the
The front will be the handsomest and
tost attractive in the city and wiH.be
n keeping with the city’s growth and
that the demonxtration was postponed (development for ten years. The entire
until 1:30, as they wanted to rat ain- .front will be given oter to plate glass
, r .show windows, the front extending a
The tank Is an American type of the de P* b «* 14 f«t from the eidewalk. On
Slighf sJjopJ^, ocewred at intervals throughout the day.
The Am^fcMbalfhkWtiW^as damaged but is stUl standing.
i;jfler a -li#ed. among the casualties. .
V ■ ,'ffrr
Washington, April 29—Republican leaders today urged
caution upon their fellow members of the Senate in discus?-.
ing the revised League of Nations Covenant.
Senators Lodge and Curtis, Republican leader and whip.
pounds. It is equipped with a 37 mil
limeter French fun, a one-pounder. The
tank is exactly like those used in the
big American drive* though it is not
known whether this tank saw active
service. The gun was used in the fight
ing.
Corporals Gregory and Hunt, former
ly members of the 328th and 345th bat
talions, who have charge of the tank
i ^.nUr^ow"^!™ 0 ^ »'•**** Senators nesting this, pending a study of the
rectangular nivw hiuwwi m • . _ - —
he center, with tile walk all round. 8RQ conferences on it.
he back of the lobby, will be a large ®®®S^5SHHH5H5H55HBHHHH55
tow window between the two doorways
ing into the interior, of the building.
>e front will be the very newest and
ist up-to-date to be provided.
Will Increase Their Lines.
[(Vitlfthe additional space which will
provided by the lease of the whole
dink, Churchwell’a will sot only have
and who operate it, saw more than nine j m0 c room in which to display the lines
months service in France, operating they are now carrying, but will be able
tanks in the Argoone fighting. The
tank has capacity for two men, the man
operating the tank and one operating
Mr. W. H. “Dab” Walters Returned'the gun. It will climb ditches and go
home Saturday night, having reo ived an over trees up to ten inches in diameter.
honorable discharge from the i rmy at! Will G. Moore, field agent for the Vic
Camp Gordon Saturday. Dab go across jtory Loan In this territory, is accom
just in time to give the Germs s their, psnying the tank. They have given sev-
inal scare and make them give up the en demonstrations, big crowds attend-
ing all. The tank was exhibited at Ocil
la and Fitzgerald Monday
Subscriptions for Liberty Bondg a-
mounting to about $5,000 were taken at
the gathering. This brings the subscrip
tions in Tift county up to about $05,-
REGISTRATION NOTICE \
I will be in my office April 24, 25
May 2, 3, if any one wishes to see
in regard to registering for the Bond
Election to be held May 21. »
Those who are already registered nee^
not see me. After May 3 the poll list
will be purged and no one can register
for the Bond election. 23d7tw2t.
T. S. Rlgdon, T. C.
idd other lines. An up-to-date mil-
line y department, with competent
mil ners in charge, will be Installed in
the second floor. This floor will also be
fitt d up for an up-to-date ladies’ ready-j
ear department and this line will be
tly enlarged. Other lines also will
be /increased.
hurchwcll’s celebrate their 21st year
business in Tifton this year and they
celebrating it iu a way that means
t things for Tifton as a shopping
ter. This store has for years been
le of Tifton’s leading stores. During
last few years the basinets here has
—«- — w - - __id the exten-
Chairman Briggs Carson B ^St cs tiiat „jl c improvements to*ri5e made snd the
while the subscriptions to date/have not , enlargement ofjXunes carried bespeak
II encouraging, the Victory Loan ftn Xgn graatfr growth in the year s to
■kere are determined to jmt Tift over come< j
theVlop and will contipuf the personali Big Remodeling Sale Soon,
canvatovuntil the copiriy’s quota is sub
scribed.
In order, to decrease their stock and to
La*. .o-A waa xivo the contractor room in% which to
Tift l.a» keen a.ked to bu, »2S0,800 charobwell’e will put on a big
worth of bonds,
Have you bought your allotment?
It’s the
Company
Remodeling Sale during May. They
promise some bargains never before
heard of in Tifton and will conduct one
pt the biggest sales in the city’s history.
Dr. Chas. S. Smith, who has Just
Dieted a portfradnnte ronre. to; ®;..-. Pr( tlons „„ now beinc made for the
of the eye, ear, nose 4ud throat at St. 1 w**, •*..*. hi. .„„ A „n M .
Joseph’s hospital and Bcllevfew, New «*•
York, has arrived in Tifton and opened
to offices over Brooks Pharmacy, is the of-
Watch for their big announce-
the Gazette.
_ . ^ , . . . r,. « . Good, h^Mrqred Hams, Shoulders
Tifton and seorsi of satisfied customers, fleet formerly occupied by Dr. Fort, for ^ Riekerson’s. 28dwlw
If you art suffering with headache, or the practice of his profession. 30tf. Md^Bacon^St --
other troubles caused by eye strain Del • • • • • JOB GONG
sum and consult ms and see if glasses) Cat uU mUlet^and velvet beans are v Work Callefi tor aad Delivered
properly fitted dost relieve them. . !■$•» nearly sold: out - *•»- left. Burry. BUT CLASS LAUNDRY
• tijjilUooBoteJ^^ w^iay. B.oig'Omega, Go. /^ONB m .
wise
Mu^save their
* ! -ft."
m
You be wise
endsiw
This Lss.n from Nature should not go unheeded. The
bees gather honey -when they can, and store It'gvyay for
the future. You should bank your money now for y^ur ok)
age. You won’t be able to work glWtiys.dnd th'e
you con so Easily spare now may some day keep you
your family (rym tomtit. • >> ; y,