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iMUCH OPPOSmONl ■TAX LAV REVISION; and you may lose ■ constipated on guarantee. Mauure Propoted by Special Tu Com mission May Hare Hard Traveling on It# Way to Books Atlanta, Ga., May 30.—-Strong opposi tion Is already developing against the re vision of Georgia's tax laws recommend* Btmeem the jdo. oftwo lemons intofe Z Wtn^e'T ° D I but a few Costs, and if it fails expendlturea for tbipsat Kite easy relief in every case of .of receipts of l7.001.iXX r oluggiahneea and constipation, I A raise In the tax — hare only to ask for yonir money |* notll 'r raise In ■ 'of Tifton are all • cornmanJtlea.* £% remedy, and adults. spoonful at night and wake « fine; no biliousness, aide i acid stomach or consu lted bowels. It doesn’t gripe all next day like violent ' ' Stop At SUWANNEE RIVER LODGE White Springs, Fla. modeled and up-to-date hotel. An ideal place to nd the summer. Special attention to ladies and . Hot and cold baths. RATES $10 TO $15 PER WEEK Cab will bring you to the Lodge. JAS. M. GARNER, Prop. br the following letter from the auditors, to which is'attached a condensed report __jSpffgy Georgia Id annual convention here. A state highway sys(em in five years Ild pay four times the coet of the ' is now owned In Georgia; would million dollars worth of farm ““— go to waste because ed tn market; would sate'a mud tax of {272,000,000 in ■cars a would add one million people . ■ ■ ' itfon fa the next two Clerk and Treasurer Atlanta, Ga., May 3, 1019. To the Mayor end Council, City of Tiftoo, Tifton, Ga. commissioners but attending the favor of a state highway system. Many commis-' sloners and lawmakers In attendance are favorable to the highway hill of Senator Walter 1*. Andrews, of Atlanta, which measure lias been strongly : endorsed by Judge T. E. Patterson, chairman of the State Highway Commission. A number of lawmakers have asked that their names be added to the bill as joint au thors. It is the concensus of opinion 'that the Andrews bill comes nearer to- bottl, containing three ounces of The' eommireioT i, of Gov-‘ orchard white, shako well, and you bave'ernor Doraey; Senators DeJaruette and * Quarter pint of the best freckle and Denny i Representatives Seaborn Wright tan lotion, and complexion beantilier, at I of Floyd, Zaeh Arnold of Clay and L. R very, very small coat. I AM" of Glynn; Dr. E. Johnson, of Emory Your grocer haa the lemons and any ,i, n V T < . rl j ty ’, ^ r ‘ McPherson of dreg store or toilet counter will supply‘S' untaersity of Georgia; Judge Enoch three ounces of orchard white for a'few ° f , Au,u8t *' .*"■> cents m«M«.a »|.t. mwmHw Fyllbright, state tax commissioner. , u frt,rtn ‘l Th ® commission was created by the totton into the face, neck, arms and legislature of 1018 to make a study of hands each day and see how freckles and | Georgia’s tax laws and recommend a blemishes disappear and how clear, soft general revision. The commission’s re- and rosy-white the skin becomes. Yes!,port has been finished and submitted to It U harmless and never irritates. advj* be public at a series of public hearings, the last of which was held iin Atlanta — yesterday. The report will be presented LIBRARIES NEEDED - 11 —- - The i Gentlemen:—Pursuant to your instruc tions, we have completed the regular annual audit of your City books and re cords, for the twelve months ended Decem ber 31, 1018. rent^financitl^ctmdltion^you* wllT nota'^ ^'i^/taV'.tata'a'htabwir'J’xtaml dl,l0n ’ ,0r Soldlw8 0,1 F * rm »' measure that hns yet been drafted. commission nas received rrom the U. ». vtfM „ lllult; (W nwn anu |mw one . The opinion is expressed on every baud] overnment an inquiry as to the library ( money, notes and accounts would eonsti- wlll require several years to absorb. You should increase the values of your , 0r , im ' rc ”“ e 5 T r “ te ’ “ by the county commissioner. that the leg- *“• 8 “"' ni t “ in L r !?*S ““ «•»««* which meets next month, will r „ Un “ n f. ^ h , ind , e “ ch 5 ™ r ' “ 8 make a serious political mistake if it L“. l . h '-- pa n- y .“ r ' fails to enact an adequate highway pro-'ncctkm with the government' gram this summer, rate of taxation now applies TIT Mil) AT rrnnri A i*? aH cIa . H8e8 of property in Georgia. One 111 KIIKAI* llrallKIll A ,C ? 88 an< one rate the principle upon All HUlUlL UAiVltUIll, which the state’s tax system was erected a ..u T TT „ ‘he framers of the constitution of State Library Commission Reports to ; 1877. The plun proposed by the tax com- Govcrnment After Investigating Con- mission is to do away with this princi ple and to separate the different classes of property an dimpose upon each a different rate. Thus real estate would titute one class aud have one fate; The purified and refined calomel tablet* that are nausealess, safe and sure. Medicinal virtu ed and unproved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c. a FEEBLE MINDED PRESENT A PROBLEM your expense# exceeded your Revenue $7,091. We found your records to be in excel lent shape, and your Clerk, Mr. Carson, had his work for the year accurate and all of hig records were in perfect order;In Graduating Class of Valdosta Normal. Washington, May 31.—The great feat accomplished by which arrived at Plymouth this morning marked the of the Navy’s systematic experiment to determine ob- of Trans-Atlantic flying. Nearly 4,000 miles were cov- f naval aviators, their actual flying speed averaging be tween 70 and 80 miles an hour. This was considerably above ‘•tbs average speed allowed in calculating the flight. . Plymouth, Eng., May 31.—Completing its great flight the Atlantic, the American seaplane NC-4 swept into harbor of Plymouth at 2:26 p. m. today, 9:25 Washington is. The NC-4 had left Ferrol, Spain at 6:27 a. m. which is S:27 a. m. Washington time. The jump from Ferrol to Ply- ith was 450 qiiles. Crowds rushed to vantage points to the giant seaplane come in. She was given a rousing fislcome. New York, June 3.—Frank Vanderlip, President National Bialr, resigned this afternoon. Stock market thrown into ition. Prices tumbling in. every quarter. Washington, June 2.—The condition of the cotton crop ' 20, was 76.6 per cent of normal compared with 82.3 at period last year, the Department of Agriculture an- icad. and we had no trouble in making a clean check of his books. Respectfully submitted, •T. H. McGINTY & CO., Certified Public Accountants. Condensed Statement Bank Balance Dec. 31, 1918 333.43, - Unpaid Checks: |class, "and I hail with pleasure the real- No. 2350 00.00 iaation of this wonderful privilege.” No. 2354 240.53 330.531 To-day's graduating class is the lar gest in the history of the colleg* % OFF all Palm Beach and Cool Cloth Suits. ill and get your*s now while the won is young and you can get jhole summer's wear. DARNELL’S DRY GOODS STORE MISS MATHIS, OF TIFT gilities in the rural sections of the tute „ n e class anil have another rate. fl ' e - merejiandiBe would cumftitute another General Assembly Will be Asked to This Information was sou,tat in con- rate; personal property such ns bouse-1 -Make 1'rovision for This Class of -jetion with the government’s program hold goods, live stock, etc., would eon-J Unfortunates for providing farms for returning soldiers, stitute another class and have another In the choice of locality for soldiers the, otter says: “The social side of any plan " * Flowers From Rotarians. Valdosta., May 30.—In three year*’ from today the members of this graduat ing class from the South Georgia Normal College will be voting." declared Hon. ^ Atlauta, Ga., June 2.—Strong state- out, would be to place a great burden "of mi ' nt8 °* endorsement of the campaign . „ . .. . . , taxes upon the farms of tbe state, while wa B p d by the Georgia Commission on ( °!' lt “ 1, ? 1 }!" n8eL '“ 8 , qu tc ““ import "“ t . allowing bank deposits, mortgages, ac-.tbe Feeble Minded fur institutional care ‘ livelihood. . counts, stocks of merchandise nud other of mental defectives have been made by The on amass,ion replied that Georgia' invisible property to thrive and flour- M . „ rittain , stal „ superintendent of is entirely devoid of library or book fuc- lities for her rural imputation, and is •ne of the few states in the Union which H. H. Elders, senator from the Second spends nothing in even promoting such district in his address to tiie graduating |provision. Georgia has only twenty-four free pub- Balance Receipts For Tbe Year .$102,423.09 Less Notes Payable w 34,500.00 Actual Receipts For Year 2.90 eludes: Miss Minnie Ruth Browo, I.own- jdes county: Miss Natalie Sirmaus, Lown- Ides county; Miss Gertrude Smith, Wash ington county; Miss Helen Missel 1, iFlorida; Miss Bessie Proctor, Camden I county; Miss Lois May, Cook county; Miss Lena May, Washington county; $67,923.00 Migg Mamie Carter, Berrien county; Miss ! Katherine Chastain, Thomas county; -IMiss Catherine Spence, Mitchell county; Miss Remelle Ingram, Decatur county; I Miss Helen Paltnor, Mitchell eouuty; Miss Jonibel Powell, Florida. Miss Maud Douglass, Mitchell county: Miss _ _. . . „ m Ferol Mathis, Tift county ; Miss (Hlie Excess Disb«rsement8 Year $ 7,091.45 * C1U Disbursements For Year $102,514.54 Less Notes Payable 27,500.00 Plies Cured in 6 to 14 Days Instantly relieves Itching PUet. and you can get restfttl sleep after the flrtl application. Price 60c. SHERIFF AFTER LACKEYS Americus, Ga.—The Sumter county ish at very low rate. SALEM NEWS The singing out at Oak View Church »s go^d. Quite a crowd gathered there lie libraries and only three of these serve' an d among them many good singers. the county in which they are situated. There was Poaching during the morning. Schools; Dr. T. F. Abercrombie, of the State Board of Health, and Judge W. W. Tindall, of the Juvenile Court of Atlanta. The work of these three public officials is mainly devoted to the care or training, or both, of the children of Georgia. In the afternoon the Sunday School at "It is now generally recognized by Salem church was attended by n good'educational authorities that one of the ? rmv ' l _ 1 °f both younx and old people to ,, r „blem in teaching is thut of l.f>!.j.J^” handling the mcutally dcfectice child,” Mr. Brittain. No Worms In a Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have anun- i. PHP *».„ healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a “, e “ r ' , “ K " 1|; . . . , , rele. there is more or leu stomach disturbance. «nssps. 'Hip new sone books nrnvorl and GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC Jlven reiuleny .Vie new song, they contained were sung, for two or three week* will enrich tho blood, im- Mr. (’has. Walker was leader of four *^?£k e ^it e * t ton»* n d sets* a General Strength- songs with Miss Sizemore as organist, ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then ». 7 . Tucker third clows with throwoffor dispel the worms, and the Child will be n . air ‘ , D Autaep third class, with In perfect health. Pleasant to take. Monerbottla. JChas. Bishop organist. John Tucker third clos., with class; Boney, Ben Hill county; Miss Ruby Ez- zell, Virginia; Miss Helen Griffin. Ware county; Misss f^pdic Culbreth, Echols county. < When these young ladies were given their diplomas a large basket of flowers was sent to the Btage. with the compli ments of the Valdosta Rotary Club, which had previously adopted the Rcnior class. The basket was most beautiful, but the MI'OKTANT NOTICE TO WATER- j°>» p| l« Bl»h°i* "’I?"' 81 ' , MELON GROWERS AND SHIPPERS L**, ^SSftx^SSut The season for skipping w.term.ions J w » % near at hand, and since shipping condi- Uenera tions art somewkat diiforont this yoarj Mta> n , bbk f.mgor, of Moultrie, vi.i- S„T ' L ",T ' VP “ r '. f “a me 7 ted Misses Maud and Kate Cox for »ev- and buyers should prepare ahead of <rn j time to adjust themselves to the existing w.s.ten, of the Tifton School *** I-™ home for n fow days quite sick. Mrs. Lawson Wilder was taken sud- be full, but from all reports prices should be good. Grand jury has returned an indictment delight of the class was unbounded wheu chaging Myron E. Lackey, and Harold it was found that the flowers were sim- Lackey, brothers, with wantonly and willfully defacing the Wirz monument at Andereonville by daubing paint thereon. Sheriff Harvey has telegraphed authori ties at Roseville, Calif., where the Lackeys live, a reward of $50 is offered for their arrest. Myron E. Lackey was a lieutenant at Souther field here. His brother was an enlisted man. ply camouflage, and the basket contained twelve pounds of the finest chocolate can dy, as an expression of esteem from the Ratarians to the membera of the senior class. The next time you have chills and Fever TAKE AMECI M “It Kills the Chills”! A scientific prescription which kills the malaria germs, breaks op the Chills and Fever and bullda up tha system, Ameco Chill and Tertr Tonic is gold in Tilton and guaranteed by Bi Pharmacy Company. PRICE 2S CENTS A Tire That Is Practically Wear-Proof THE GILLETTE TIRE of to-day u without a rival. It contains the nearest approach to wearproof rubber that the tire industry has ever produced. No other tire u made in the same way. No other rubber manufacturers can duplicate the "Chilled Rub- JProeess.” -Hie Gillette "Chilled Rubber Process,” developed and perfected by their Chemists, is a method of treating crude rubber. It toughens and “tempers” the rubber in a sninnav similar to the heat treating of the higher grades of steeL It doe* not harden the rubier 1 in the sense of making it britUe. On the contrary, it actually adds to the resilfeucd iakditerisile strength of tires and tube*. These tifes.are practically wear-proof, and well nigh indestructible under ordinary usage. The Gillette Safety is outwearing ail other fabric tires, and the Gillette Cord r r the long distance champion. to Show You this Tire Km 1st TaylorTUMitture & Hardware Co. yffin. fifty V Tr.cTr ,n o SAFETY TIRES It is estimntwl by the Department of wa „ *„„„ a bls to bo enrrled to her home Agriculture that losses in transit Inst nc(lr Omega, nml we arc glud to say hns season from stem end rot amounted to recovered. nearly 25 per cent of nil watermelons Mr . j,' T Hooks, of Omega visited nt shipped. Very definite control measures Sycamore the pust week, catching trout have been worked out for this disease, and b is daughter’s big pond, the loss may well be kept below 1 per, Mr anil MrB j M . Hooks bad company cent. The cost of the fungicide aud labor (r „ m Inaha Wedncsduv. for application arc practically negligible.' 666 hat more imitations than any other Chill and Fever Ton* ic on the market, but no one one went* imitations. They ut# dangerous tiring* in the medi- rins line. MV. CHARLOTTE CARSON CHAPTER United Daughters of Confederacy R«- Elcct Officers Charlotte Corson Chapter U. D. C, met at the home of Mrs. R. C. Postell Friday afternoon for their business meet ing! The re-election of officers was fol lowed by n short but Interesting pro- gram. The officers are: Mrs. J. N. Mitchell, President. Mrs. George Baker, Vice-President. Mrs. Joe Kent, Recording Secretary, Mrs. F. H. Short, Treasurer. Mrs. P. G. Seaman, Historian. Mrs. L. S. Alfricnd, Jr„ Press Re porter. Mrs. J. L. Rousseau, Registrar. Mrs. M. E. Hendry, Parliamentarian. Following is tho program given: Piano Solo, Rosalie Mitchell. Reading—Edna Smith Bowen. Reading—Maudie Baulk. Pains—here and there temperance Tonic and Nervine, which has helped so many women—some of them right in your neighborhood. A woman Buffering from nervous prostration, excitabilty, or dizziness, derangement, or displacement of th.< special organs, will find health regained after neing Doctor Picrce'a Favorite Prescription. For women who are run-down t-ud over-worked: nt the critical period? in a woman’s life; from girlhood to womanhood, aud later, this is especi ally adapted to her needs, for il strengthens and regulates. In tablet- form or liquid, at druggists. Write the * ‘ ‘ Pi specialist at Doctor Pierce’s Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo. N. Y., for free confi dential medical advice. Send ten cents Tkl System Is something like clock—it needs oil occasionally. Everyone should take castor oil, or something better, like Doctor PJcrco's Pleasant Pellets, which are made of May-apple, jalap, aloo-regar-<»ata*. They regulate, cleaxuu and oil tha human clock-v.ork. denly ill at Salem Sunday School, but The number of diseased patients among the feeble minded is noted by Dr. Abercrombie. The large number of mental deficients vho make up the toll of the criminal ourts .especially among children, leads udge Tindall to heartily advocate im mediate action on the part of the state behalf of the unfortunates. . TWO-BILLED CHICKEN In recognition of the necessity for With Three Eyes is the Curiosity Brought in by Mr. W. L. Smith Chickens with a double supply of drumsticks, wishbones, white-meats or gizzards may be especially desirable, but we see no use for a breed of chickens with two bills. Yet that is the kind of chicken Mr. W. L. Smith ,of Route I Tifton, found Tuesday morning. He noticed that an which a hen had been setting was Mrs!**Lula 'Watson" and Miss Martha, 1 PM'Ped but that the chick was dead, of Omega, visited Miss Annie Sumner | Something unusual about the egg caused trolling stem end rot, the Railroad ad-1last week.’ Miss Martha also called at i him to investigate and he found a folly linistration has burned an order RE-{m] 8s Flora Hooks’ home but failed to developed chick inside that had two well- QUIRING THE PREPAYMENT OF see her us she was visiting the lakes f ormc d bills and three eyes. The head FREIGHT ON ALL SHIPMENTS on dear old Ty Ty creek. (was a little larger than normal, and WHICH ARE NOT TREATED. IsR.TImivisits thrffl cmfwyp mfwyp jllit above the bills, which were Stem end rot on melons is a rapid) Several of the Omega gentlemen called| J .. . .. R u- nw i decay beginning at the stem end and on Mr. J. T. Hooks but he can’t keep developing rapidly during the transit them long as they love to fish, to market. The first indication of the j We are glad to have Herman Wilder 1 trouble is a browning or shrivelling of w ith us this summer, from Rome School, the stem. Decay of the melons begins H e will remain 'till the opening term, at the point of attachment to the stein j Miss Louise i,WiWer is home from where the flesh softens and takes on a Omega, where she was in school, and we water soaked appearance. The decay'are looking for Miss/Lena Wilder progresses down the melon at the rate of from her school at Yatesville. J 1-2 inches per day and soon becomes j Miss Celia Ford is home with her Mr. Smith brought the curiosity to tbe Gazette office. It is a matter of regret that the cfick did not live and reach maturity. covered with a dark grey mold from which 'parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ford, since it spreads to other melons thus ruining a'the dosing of her school at Moultrie, car in a few days I My sister, Diane, who holds a position The disease is coatrolled in transit as as companion and who is in Jersey City follows: In gathering melons from the ; writes of their Mctory Pageant held A.u „..n no intiiv atom ns nos- there recently and snys: In the center Rub-My-Tism is a powerful antiseptic; it kills the poison caused from infected cuts, cures old sores, tetter, etc. id. SUIT AGAINST O. P. AND V. From the Pearson Tribune: •< "A suit has been filed by special at torney James K. Hines, in Atkinson sup erior court, in the name of the State of Arid pull thorn with ns long stem ns P'M-'tlioro rocontly and snys: "In Bible A. the melon, are placed in the of the stage was a desk. On this stood car have n boy on hand with a cup of the German Tyrany. He carried a club standard solution and a small paint and chain. This huge, terrible figure brush to ent the stem off a little shorter strikes down the flags ot the fa len na- Georgia against the Ocilla, Pjflebloom "... ____ at once naint tbe tions, Americas AnR 18 ushered in from' d Valdosta railroad to recover a for- Ch cut to prev™r«he Ugus'fram ,n- the right and as it near. Tyrant he of tbe *5,000 pen.lt, provided by tering. The formulae for the solution folds his huge arms, and tile, t «hL for f , ilure per f orm it5 duties follow.: PI.ce 1-2 pound of blue herdown ^ ^Sta^.nd^Stnpe. r,«, c G „ tnC| ^ d '. .tone in 3 1-2 gnllon. of w.ter »td “ he , 7ip, «n l gives a bugle general manager, is made n gart, de- bring to a boil. Mix 1-4 poqnd of loan P rj sounds heard and fendant. The sum of the defendant', dry starch with * pint *? , " i *ta r r°in. instantly the phalanx parts and Victory a Offending is ■ failure and refusal to main- until sraoothe. Poor stn e ^ radian figure, walks toward the dais. ta i n traffic service between Willacoochee ta boiling solution, prepare The Tyrant trembles and cowers down d Lax, a distance of about eight or ten Bon “ ,T r» h To ,ZZZ huXl while Victory with arm, ..praised mounts , a prior the bandl thl Department raeom- [ the d.«- . «be was clad in rilv.rsmlored #f (he Henderaon Lumbpr Company, the , Adex IVatermelon Stem End.satin while yards and yai l , ithen owners attempted to dismantle and Diacnfectnnt Powder Paste carried by mallore floatod ^m.islc that jdiseontinue it, but was permanently en- drug stores, which is prepared by aim- feet ot hoarjn| , before she wo. joined from doing so by suit instituted b, cheered nnd flonteil nwny from the fond interested citiaena. It is believed the that looked at her as their souls rea l fight is between rival saw mills. drug ply adding boiling water. MARKETING. p ^ For the benefit of shippers, the Fel‘ I Jrank *in % th« real meaning, eral Bureau of Markets, along with its ,. The p j ay 0 f the asso other activities, maintains an inspection 1 « s .the costumes In . . mt of the larger cities in. n , son ted Marines, Soldiers of war and country. Inspection office Red Cross, the pageant was tabli.hed in more than 30 of the largest ,h e nations represented uplift- and fn»m these offices inspections! rd their arms and their flags in ont je made In about one hundred and forty mighty tableau of happiness ••I can’t tell it all now, additional cities. The service is open to irivin*. hippers, receivers, railroads, or any in- ”1 c ercsted parties. In case of a dispute over| « „ ur pog tor here *»t shipment sold or consigned or in case .Rev. • \ ck at his h orao in Should find relief from the shipper wants a certified statement J ^'em, q . biro a t his churches and their Bufferings by taking the Woman’s ■ to the condition of the shipment bta back in good health arrival at destination, he can write -- 11 "* wire the inspector in the city to which the are expecting Mis a Jessie Wo.»ten shipment is made giving the car numberf hoaie from sc bool soon. Hhe has becu in and market in which the car ia located and secure a thorough examination and a certified statement as to the quality and condition of the goods upon arrival. The Bureau of Markets will attach a state ment to the certificate of the market pric- of the commodity in question on that particular market for that day. U Mr IndMr."”’ n°CoUi"' shopped in Ti Mta 1 °’,l£r l "L.okford and Mias KV ^'w^Wnd m Tr. t 7.rH.^ both good singers, assisted '* h ' „„ provided in the law that this rertlfieatej^ 1 ^ 8 “ nd, |[ h "' n w °fh U s. will be regarded as prims facie evidence *•“ *® . . tb e Salem people visited -,i * th , S lr p as,„r who l» very riek,^ ta^Ome*. in all United States Courts claims, email fee it charged for each inspection. This fee is $2.50 for any quantiy from 1-2 carload up to a carload, and $1.50 or all quantitiea below 1-2 carload. Shippers should take advantage of the system to insure themselves against loss In marketing in dealing with questionable parties. Hie inspection service ia pure ly a service and is in no sense of Hie word a regulatory police organisation. It pro tects the shippers. A lift of cities har ing this inspection will b# furnished by the County Agent, Tift County, Board of Trade Office^ Tifton upon appliijtion. Hi? i County Agent, Tljjjo, Ga^Macon. In the Senior Class of Mercer Univer sity which graduated thla week, was Thomas W. Cornwall, of Ty Ty. An arti cle on the Clan in the Macon Telegraph "“Thomas Watson Cornwall, M. S. ia from Ty Ty. He baa already received the degrees of A. B., and Ph. O. at Mere car. He wai another man receiving a commission in the army. He U now con- OKtad with the Public Health Board ol LIFT CORNS OR CALLUSES OFF Doesn’t hurt! Lift any corn or callus off with fingers - ,#P _ Z'W Don’t aufferl A tiny bottl. of Frepo. gone costa hot a few cents at any dreg j store. Apply a few drops on tho corns, calluses and “hard akin" on bottom of feet, then lift them off. ' When Frcczone removes cores from tho toes or calluses from tho bottom ot f the akin beneath ta left pink i and never rere, tender or irritl Ma 'Ml ME