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Germany, drunk with success le world by torpedoing the Lusi- The loss of 1,154 civil- ng women and children, changed ' ilic opinion from neutrality to Germans and paved the way 1 for Ion. May 7, 1919, Germany’s revolutionary gov ernment, which, succeeded the Kaiser and the other authors of war, received the terms of a Peace' Treaty which reduces Germany to a third-rate power and forever ends % the menace of Prussian militarism. Versailles, May 7—-The Peace Treaty provides that Ger many shall be bound to accept any- agreement reached with her former Allies. — - > Promulgates the League of Nations. Germany restores Alsace-Lorraine to France. i r . \ Germany accepts the internationalization of the Saar bas in temporarily and Danzig is permanently internationalized. WITH (EXPERIMW STATION, $37,000 FOR BONDS 2 CARS HEREFORDS HERE; AWARDED TO TIFTON AT TUESDAY NIGHT BROUGHT $4,086.09 , Germans Thought Negro Troops Had .. Been Charred hy Gas and Were Still . - — Fijhflng. Where a Man Learns Pray Subscribed for; Viet,iry Loan Bonds. I Count >' After Inspecting all Sites }Of- “HSie wounded American ' soldier is Ottly Two Days Left. I ^ ^ fered and Considering Matter, dear frit, 1 clean through,’' says Private' The Gazette, is today publishing n I Tifton gets the experiment stat Frank Sheppard, just back from a year ™mplete list of the uurnes of people hi j At a meeting of the Board of Triiitees in France. ‘‘He never complains; he .county who jbad -ubscribed for Vic- °* tbc Coastal Plain Experiment Slotion never hollers and he don’t want you to t° r y f-°au Bonds tip to Wednesday night, in Wayci _ _ ^ ...... w sympathize with him. He wonts a cl*-] 1 * four name printed here? If not,! un<l Tift Aunty’s bid for the. itation Tift’s total subscription to $107,4rityn‘ anywhere. *Mr.'Cady had ”tougW *tibm : nrette, a chew of tobacco or something, notT ( «“» neccjftcd and the station/will he “’unty's yuota is $250,800, which leaves from different parties and fattened them. County Who Have Accepted Sjt« Offered in -Tift -Vasa Meeting. Address by Lieut. Brlcen Came from WlUacoochee. Fine Native ~ ~~ ’ ’ * Feature. $107,450 of Quota of $250,- | CatUe Received from Shlngler Farm 800 Raised. Only a Bays Left. and ThomasvlUe Stockyards, ‘ i- tlver $.'17,000 was subscribed for Vic-1 TwoWnoIld carloads of Hereford cats tory Honda at the moss meeting at the tie reached the Tifton Packing Company _ courthouse Tuesday night. Over $70.- yesterday from W. T. Cady, of vwlliSjpf; Friday afternoon, Tifton WW had been raised previously, bringing oochee. No prettier cattle could bo found ltv’fl hid fnr tlm illnlmn Tift’s totlll Rl!hunrintinn to till? 1*0 rni xr_ n.J_ L.J i ■ . an. V-TsTa’'! Uke that and always has a jolly word, | , If y° u are goinf^to get on this honor 1<M ‘ ated */ re - ^ $152,350, or more than half, yet to raise, and they came to the packing plant la even when he knows he has only a few i ro11 ; • V 9J 1 n >ust come across before the' At th f lr firBt meeting in Savannah wit *‘ »nly three days left. fine. condition. The two cars brourbt hours to live. bauks close Suturday afternoon. Sub- tl,e trustees inspected the site offered by I-ieut. W, Bricen of the “Princess $4,080.09. The sight of the continued stream of ^be now. *£ jChatbaii county. They came to Tifton Itot” Canadian regiment, was the speak- 1 Tuesday, Mr. O. A. Bozeman oi these men coming back from.the front Tlf t eouutys quo^a is .$250,800. Less Thursday morning and inspected the er tor the evening. He was introduced Shingler brought in a carload of native was what got met worse than anything than half this amount has been sub- J sI te h/re. From herd* the trustees went j ,)V Chairman Carson, of the Tift Couu- cattle from the Betts-Evans farm else during the war. They were com- ed. } to Sylvester, where they inspeetd Worth \ l - v Victory Loan Committee, and told of that place It was prime stock, _ ing back on litter*, in ambulances, or, Mst of Bond 8uba*ription» to Date: count '* ® ite Thursday afternoon. They I MO,n «* °f the things that the war meant though the price did not reach that of liinplug along helped by comrades, gassed Capt. H. H. Tift ...jL. $10,000' " ont 'Vaycross Thursday afternoon to those who saw service overseas. the Uerefords. Still, it looked like big and wounded in every **ay you can think E. I*. Bowen 10,000 and * pent ***« there, inspecting the | Contrary to n*i>ort, Kieut. Bricen is money when Mr. Bozeman was handed of. But I never heard one complain' (ieo. Baker X 10,000 1 county site Friday morning and n °t n Canadian but a citizen of Brook- a check for $1,457.05, $5,000 * " ‘ i,000 and never heard one holler.” i Carson Clothing Co. Private Slieppa'rd was with tile Engin-1 Golden Hardware O rs at St. Nazarre and spent most of.M. E. Hendry his time in France setting up locomoth ?s | Central Grocery Co. nd he says they set up thousands of’E. K. Slack them—for Uncle Sam’s railroads ov there. He wus sent with, u detachment to the second Hue trenches up atl the front and it was there that he got! his first sight of thousands of wounded^ on their way from the field to the hospital Engineers were sent right out in frout of the Germans without a thing to fight with,” he said. “We had pair of pliers and maybe u hatchet and r three other things to put up oi tear down wire with, and that was all. Germany 'agrees to territorial changes towards Belgium and Denmark and in East Prussia. < Germany cedes most of upper Silesia to Poland. Germany renounces all her territorial and political rights outside of Europe. Germany recognizes the total independence of German- j u *t had to an about our business Austria, Cselcho-Slovakia and Poland. »"'i w ’«■> “hoot at us. with nothin* German army reduced to 100,000 officers and men. i"’ , 8hoot ' ,,lck with ;, s “ mctlmM ** * * J ... * , ! and sometimes i n the day we were sent * Conscription within German territories abolished. ■' out to put up barbed wirc or to ^pair All German forts for fifty kilometers east of the Rhine it, but usffhUy at night, after a day’s '• Fazed / ! fighting. It was some ticklish job. All importations, ezportatkms,. and nearly all products of war material stopped. Allied occupation of parts of Germany to continue until reparation is made. Any German violation of conditions pertaining to the Rhine zone constitutes an act of war. German navy reduced to six battleships, six light cruis ers, twelve torpedo boats rad no submarines. Navy personnel to consist of not over 15,000 officers rad All other war vessels must be surrendered or destroyed. Kiel danal open to all nations. Germany forbidden to buHd forts controlling the Baltic. Germany surrenders fourteen submarine cables. Germany’s naval military air forces abolished Oct. 1. Germany to accept full responsibility for all damages to Allied and associated governments rad nations. Germany to accept League of Nations in principle, but 'without membership. International labor body is created. Various international bodies to execute provisions of the Commission created to govern Saar basin pending plebis- _ cite fifteen years hence. Commission created for plebicites in Schlesswig, Malm- East Prussia. of the disposition of the German fleet and cables the Allied Powers. of former German colonies to be left to the renounces to China remainder of Boxer indemni ties and all public property rad concessions in China except - K , rT‘- rv *v Germany renounces all rights in Morocco and recognizes British protectorate over Egypt Germany accepts abrogation of Brest-Litovsk treaty. , ' Germany cedes to Japan all rights in Shantung peninsular former Kaiser rad all other violators of international law must be surrendered for trial, held by Germany must be surrendered, but suf- German officers who are prisoners will be held as until violators of laws o^ warfare are surrendered. “Wo Praying Came Easy. pro not under shell fire so L. E. Bowen Kent’s Furn. Store Taylor Furn. & Ildw. ft T. E. Stubbs B. II. McLeod Church well Bros !>. Buchanan Keith C’arson C. B. HoIiuok k Hr. \V. II. Hendricks J. J. L. Phillips Phillips & Touchstone .... Phillips Lumber Co. White Lumber Co. 1,000 It. H, Smith 1,000 W. K. Dominick 1,000 It. C. Ellis 1,000 r>r. G. W. Julian 1,000 I. W. Myers 1,000 the life at Waycross Fridfty afternoon.. lyn» N- At the outbreak of the war The Tifton Packing Company also re- Af er the inspection of the Waycross ( h® followed his father and brother’s ex- ceived a earload of native cattle this 5,000 sitt ‘’ he tra8 f w ‘« and after giving all ample, went to Canada August 5, 1914, week from the Thomasville stockyards, 5,000 t,,e ^Positions offered thorough con- enlisted August 17 and sailed with his which was a prime lot. In the lot were 2,500 th**. v awarded the station to regimeut for England on the 22. Sept- two bulls of enormous size, one weighing 3,000ember 20 they landed at Brest and two 1,800 pounds and the other nearly 1,600. 2,000 T' ft 1 u people have felt all the time days later they were sent to the front, The larger bull piade about the finest 2.000 t,ult hatl the beMt proposition, and making the trip in stock cars. . lot of that could be found anywhere. 2,000 r* mt th V opinion was not confined to His regiment received its first bap-. When quartered and hung up the beef 2!oOOl Tjfton a V ue is afi^n by the hearty en-'tism of fire at the first battle of Ypres. was covered with rolls of fat. t 2,000 i dor8cmen T w *iich Tifton’s claims ye- where 40,000 French Colonials were put Not only do these receipts indicate S the 1,500 took all se<’tious yf the state. j«ut of action. It was the victim of the extensiveness of the live stock industry 1,0001 of\he awnrijiilg of the station firat German »urprise gas attack and at in this section but the marketing of so l]000| to Ti to°n was^resefmi here Friday night .the second battle of Ypres went into ac- many cattle at this season shows that ....... 1,000! ahont 0 o’clock and the good uews was tion with 1,120 men and come out with marketing live stm-k has grown into an 22. Lieut. Bricen told of his detail for all-the-year-rouud business. Despite the sniper’s duty, of discovering a machine fact that it is early summer, the Tif- guu emplacement and of its capture with ton Packing Company is supplied to its the assistance of ten men whom he call- capacity. ed to his aid. ’’llations were very short Buy Victory Bonds- - ■ IN DIPPING VAT UWiSrH-jSSSrr TY GOES OVER 1 ’ 000i announced to the people by a long blast t * le ** r e whistle. 1,0001 “TWO CONVICTIONS Phillips Mere. Co much but .their airplanes made life a g. rp Dickens misery to us. 1 know now • why men j.v ye _ _/ went crazy in the trenches. It was, j g M«so n just the dread. I'm not very reli*iou»| 0 ' y ' cuDningham ~ZI but I sure done some hard prnying while j j E |» ee|)b , K The May term, 1919, of the City Court- Graphically, the speaker told of the of Tifton, convened in Tift county court-1 lif«> in the trenches that made men “war crazy.” It was on the retreat from Ca TOP WITH V. LOAN house Monday morning at 10 Chuirmnn Briggs Carson received word 1 ing with all the officers of ’ .UR »ttu taaar uuiicin «,t i'irn- of a Belgian woiiiuu and her babe nail-.^Hatriet’s quota of Victory Loan Bonds cut, to-wit: J. 8. Ridgdill, Solicitor; J.'ed to th6 side of - - • •- - * there. A lot of others learned to Harry Kulbersh It. M. Lankford W. M. Wall D, E. Jackson “IvN. Brown .. ax Nathan .. F. Walters MitcbelP H. L). Webb Whitley Bro C. A, Irby J. I*. Short Col. J. S. Itidgdill ... Tifton Bottling Wks. J. W. Gaulding — Fulwood & Hurgrctt pray too. and they prayed like they ^ Thurmall meant it. “One night they dropped a bomb on one end of the bnrn in which my Com pany was quartered. I wag; half across the building from and was lying on the floor It knocked me twenty feet and -aAUed a»t ■*«! , outright and another mangled so tnat he died shortly. After that we were more nervous than before when we heard the things humming.” Negroes Gave ’Em a Scare “Th« first time the Germans saw American negro troops ,it came near scaring the life out of them. They thought the negroes were men who had been burned by liquid fire or gas and still fighting. That a man was burned black and bis hair crisped and then kept right on fighting, gave the Germans the idea that the Americans devils.—and when it came to fight ing, they were mighty near right. •The negro troops were unbearable when they were around base ports. They insisted they were as good as we were, and you know a Cracker couldn’t stand that. One insisted on calling me ‘Kid- do’ and 1 got in the guard house and a $20 fine for knocking him over. My Buddies made up the money to pay it, 10 cents apiece. Officers at the Front. Some of the officers nt the camps, ports and larger cities were harsh, dom inating and almost unbearable. But np at the front all that was changed; they felt closer to the men and the men felt closer to them; there wus less command and more leadership. Before going fflto battle the officers always put on private uniforms, 1 suppose to keep from being picked off.” A Pleasing School. How about those things you wrote 1,< ’ wc1 ' Ri< *' r “ on about kluing the old folks and the girls ■'° bn Du °*ff toe. Frank?” aaked a bystander. |W. «■ Comer 1nn •The French have a queer way of <-• T- Klmherly kissing. They shake hands with the left hand, and they do that every time they meet you if it is twenty times a day. The men take you by the bund and kiss you on each cheek. The women kiss you right in the middle of the forehead. . _ barn with bayonets had been practically subscribed and that ^ iaw * Sheriff, and Henry I). Webb. n iul only a short distance away Jfiey Ty Ty could be recorded as the first dis- found the where soldiers had been cruci- trict in the county to go over the top. E. O. Oliver was sworn to service as j by Ccrmans nud then riddled with Committeemen were at work in- Tif- riding bailiff. Brue Bass was sworn to bullets. Their bodies were still {wiled ton Thursday calling on the people who serve as a lobby bailiff. j tbe timbers. •’ have not bought bonds. All who have The Court proceeded to the trial andj Frenzied by the sight, 200 men of the not bought are urged to do so at once disposition of the following cases: |Sth Battalion organized for revengeV'ih order that the county’s quota .may. The State vs. J. J. Barnes, violating known as the “Dare Devils.” They at- be sdbsecihgL . ^ dipping vat 'law. \ erdict of guilty tacked the nearest German tr?nsh,. put. r ;:rrr?4lay -VlcLiPJ• 0 moutha^rjfip^ud costs. lt2 C2 Germ^riatof busbaxa-and turn-1 MAJOR WEBBXXHbfeD™ . _4 Ute vs. Tode Terrell, reebiviog ing captured 3-incli gtTns on the foe, Tift County Officer 1a Bkck~frotn Over- stoleii^gbods. Verdict of guilty: sen-.cleaned out the trenches. , I seas Service, te^ce ^months or $75 and costs. | At one time bis company was without; Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Webb, of Ray City, ater for four days, then drank from a received a message Wednesday from their a irov State vs. Adel Mitchell, helping Tifton Brok. Co - 500 * 8ca P** Verdict of not gull-J 8bp n hole in which were alx German son, Major M. Lu Webb, saying he had 500’ty*_ _ . .. I bodies. landed at New York and would be home gOQi The State vs. Asa Myers; violating 5qq‘dipping vat law. Plea of guilty; sen- -/wJ tence 4 months or $25, to include costs, -jva I The State vs. W. B. Hall, violating T'. M ^xidlppln* vat law; verdict of not guilty. .. , - Sxi- The State vi. C. M. Altai. Cheatin* a! It. HnngrHt 4001 “ nd “windlin*.. Verdict of not guilty. a\ H. M(H>n •‘too Later at Vimy and Vimy RWgc his i n a few,days, regiment was again in action and at Major Webb enlisted in the Army Brest Lieut. Bricen saw the first Ameri- Medical Corps from Omega and has been < cans land. “It was wonderful to see the twice promoted, from Lieutenant to effect the coming of the Americans had Captain and from Captain to Major. He on the men at the front. It put new has been overseas since early last yesr. spirit aud fresh life into them. Had He is a brother of Mr. T. J. Webb, of Thc State VR ’ Mottlc Hf'ath, having they not wben they did, we know Tifctun, 390 whiskey on hand. Verdict of guilty; not w h ere the British and French would 300 a^tonce .12 months at State Farm, or 1 ^ today. It required three months and p’ 300 ratenc* .12 months at State Farm, or't>,’today. It required three months and 1 Mr. H. H. Tift was called on for a .. * Sln ;,i 1 200' and e08t “. I three days for the Germans to toke the 1 tnlk. He said Tifton had made a poor ... onnl The State va. Archie Buie, carrying | ft „ t Anlcrican trenc h, just three months start and we are not going to get our ” ”. .. 900 concealed wcajKina ami without license.L nd two ,] nys longer thnu was rwiuired quota in $50 and $100 subscriptions ». " '-DD .............. d,w lV ll„a. -S ..lit. . O a* I ....... — < * W. L. Barlow T. A. Mitchell J. II. Jackson Dr. W. T. Smith .Toe Gong J. R. Beckham L. (’. Wade Harris Massey J. C. Bailey Alex Kemp C. W. Durden J. A. Whitley Dr. W. T. Smith J. Is. Herring 2oo(Verdict of guilty; sentence 8 months 200 to delude coats. 2001 The State vs. Copeland Daniel, having 2oo whiskey on hand. Verdict of not guilty. 2oo i The State vs. J. C. McBryant; assault 2oo and battery. Verdict of not guilty. At 7 p. m. such criminal business as was ready for trial having been dis- posed of, court took a recess until 0:30 Wednesday morning at which time the JJo 1 civil docket was taken up. ~ 2oo I O. W. Smith vs. W. C. James, et al. W. H. Spooner Herbert Horne W. S. Cobb C. Crisp 200 j defendants, Mrs. G W Wright, claimant* 200 fl to levy and claim. Levy dismissed, 100! costs against plaintiff. 2oo Duncan & Stubbs vs. Florence Blalock, 2oo! bail trover. Verdict for plaintiff for 100, $31.50. 1 Tifton Farm Tool Mfg. Co. vs. J. W. 100 1 100 Hall and R. L. Lovett, suit on notes. 200 j Verdict for plaintiff for $130.50. South Ga. Land Corporation vs. W. 100 'K. Farmer, suit on account. Settled. 100 i Costs against plaintiff. Commercial Security Co. vs. Mills J. D. Pate - Perry McCranle - J* { inn 1 Nrog Co., suit on notes. Verdict for plain ^ Dl 2L; — 10 o tiff for $000, Thn wnra.n kta.Thad -I. Pi t “®| Levy’s De, to take the first French and British That's the way it ought to be done and trenches.” “I am only sorry that we everybody in the town and county ought were not able to drive them back to Ber- to tnkc part. It looks like it will be lin and the Black Sea.” ■necessary for those who subscribed first The speaker spoke highly of thc spirit to double again ,aud this he was ready of the American boys and concluded with to do. a strong appeal fon subscriptions for the' Rev. J. H. Jackson urged the people Victory'.Ltath'. !to “put It over and finish thc job.” - Wh»n subscriptions yverc called, fori Mr. M. E. Hendry was called on, and .Ltont. Bricen offered a souvenir match protesting that he could not speak, came box taken by himself from a captured near making the speech of thc evening. German airplane for the first $1,0001 He said “We are often nsked to sub- subscription. This was promptly taken \ scribe for relief for the man whose home by Mr. C. B. Holmes. Subscriptions then! has been burned and who had no in- came in from all parts of the house, sev-1 suranee. The man with no governmnt oral who had already subscribed large; is-in a worse fix than the mnn who is amounts doubling them. Many children burned out with no insurance. The best , in the audience took $50 and $100 bonds, thing a man can leave his children la a Mrs. Tift asked for permission to talk good government, for without that all and made an eloquent plea that the peo- else is worthless.” He believed Tifton pie subscribe without waiting to be ask- should preserve its reputation of meeting ed. “It hurts my heart,” she said, “to every war obligation, have people ask if we will allow Tifton There were short talks from Chairman and Tift county to be disgraced? No Carson and others, and after taking more air, we will not! We wHl do our part!” subscriptions the audience was dismissed. But we taught the girls tin- American v of kissing. Don’t you believe that j long of an Fleming W. II. Coleman Win. T. Moore H. W. Irby W. II Barker .... D. T. Smith J \V. Bolton I. A. 1-’u1)v.mm1 .... left them in ignorance misirtnnt thing like that.” "Why didn't you get the French girb ;o teach you to spenk FrenchV w* asked. i.| . ii Lord, man; do you thunk a M j 1 - low eould court a girl when he didn’t D«’. ' ■ r 1 know a thing that she said? A lot oi J'*«‘ K, ‘ • the French girls leurned United States but very few of us learned to purler vou Francaise.” It is only just to Frank to say that he did not know that he was talkiug for publication. 1UY VICTORY BONDS AGED MAN SUICIDE Mr. B. A. Ragan died at Leesburg Monday morning from the effect of n of morphine taken Saturday with salddical intent. Mr. Ragan was 65 years old and .eaves a widow, hit no children. For jinny years ’ » manufactured Ragan’s Blood Remedy at Leesburg. He was an unde of Mr». L. B. Dickerson,, of Tif ton. t BUY VICTORY BONDS Herbert L. Moor. Gradnate Outometrtot. Two yean of continnous practice Is Tifton and acorea ot aatisfled customers. If you are suffering with headache, or I J]"- J'• J other troubles c/lised by eye strain t* j JJ”* V ’ ’!’ . J* . sure and contfhlt me and see if gla«ea C. T K.mberly properly fitted don't relieve them. In one office in the Myon Hotel Block ci«ry day. John Etheredge (’. It. Ryder Earl Smith Jo HU Jackson Irby .. William Lawrence .. Kleth Carson, Jr. ... J. W. Gaulding, Jr. D. W. Moore J. P. Phillips D. II. Hilton Davis Corrin Alex Nichols Department Store vs. Southern 2oo Mfg. Co., defendant; AB&A Rwy Co. 200 'garnishee, garnishment. Settled, costs 2oo ogninst plaintiff. 2oo, O. V. Daniel vs. Atlantic Coast Line 2oo It'Vy. Co., suit for damage. Settled. 2oo costs against defendant. * 2oo; Thursday, May 8, 1919. 2oo C. A. Irby vs. II. L. Gentry. Suit 200 «n note; verdict for plaintiff for $300. 50 j S Harrell vs. W. A. Puckett. Bail 50 trover; settled, costs against defendant. 50 j S. N. Adams vs Tint Walker Suit 50 on note; verdict for defendant directed 50 by the Court. 50 j J. M. Varner vs. W. B. Parks. Bail 50 trover; withdrawn; costs against plain- 50 tiff. 50 50 50 O. K. Cloude, by next friend va. Standard Oil Co. Suit for damages; verdict for plaintiff for $350. This suit grew out of a negro boy being run over by a Standard OiL truck in Tifton about r t' uawMVP, 50, three months ago. ?’ C - Hal , Motor On., tor uso ot Na- T * * ’ II / rtpll , t 50 tioual Bank of Tifton vs. J. H. Fordham, . go defendant, J. W. Gaulding. claimant. Ladies’ 'H . f*, lev y claim; levy dismissed; Mrs. II. H. Tift $0,000 j ™ata_against plaintiff. Mrs. Briggs Corson 1,000 Mrs. J. W. Gaulding ....... nn.., —- »- Mrs. Ethel Warren vs. K. N. Varner. Ball trover; settled; costs against de- J fendant. 1 Mrs. N. Peterson Mrs. A. M. Hargrett — I Mrs. Lillian Moore Golden Live Stock Co. vs. John T. ’{^0 Mixon and A. M. Whitley. Suit on oon note; verdict for plaintiff for $350. *0*' w M V. 200 The fundamental Service of a Bank is the nishing of Security. •■‘j Security of your funds, V Security of your valuables, V Security of your credit, ‘ Security of your Investments. -,|w Consult and bank with us. We accept this Re- ; sponsibility. i 100 ■ JOB GONG Work Called for aid Dellrcred FIRST CLASS LAUNPRY PHONE SM Cecelia Lawrence .. Laura Smith Canton — Eldrith Gaulding Mrs. Ignitor Herring —: 50 0t , Mercantile Co. — Brooklleld Dbtatat._ ^ . . Oren Messrs. George E. P. Bowen , il-b. : 100 the Brooklleld district Wednesday in the 100 interest of the Victory Loan drlre, secur- fhl | n , .ubseriptions totaling $2,200. The Brookfield district subscribers are: I. W. Bowen BOO . 600 Roberta Gay . . I BUIott A