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As unusual ehuin of alrcumstannes led
to the petition tor a receivership for the
t Development Company, of
to the absence of Jodge Gower
of the Cordele Circuit, the petltioi
by Judge Eye, of Ihe TIftoi
y» Lieut. Hendricks, of Nashville, Back
from Oversees With French and Am
erican Dfcoratloas,
The Tift County Board of Education “When the history of the world war Is
as called together Monday, June 0, written I think the most graphic portion
pursuant to adjournment of June 6tb, will he that telling of the lighting around
to consider a request of some of the Solsaons," said Lieut. Terr Hendricks,
Tjr Ty and Excelsior patrons relative to of Nashville Just returned from overseas,
“nsolidatlon. ‘There the German advance of 1018
On June 3rd a delegation of twenty, reached its high tide, and there it met its
heard hr ; Judge Evt of the Tifton Cir- *'* Patrons from the Salem, Excelsior most effective cheek. While Bolssons was
, Tiftoe vesterdav • It was died by nnd 01d T J Tj districts came before the lost and retaken many times, the line on
Attorneys Eld ridge Cults and Clayton. 1 **" 1 In th « Purest of their schools.| the bills beyond held. Had It given way,
V of Fitzgerald. | A petition was filed with the Board there would have beeh no turning at
« Davenport Development Company a « ainBt tbe new proposed district boun-] chateau-Thlerry and no later Allied of-
formerly the Florida Development dar y- Then Home "anted an election fensive in iront of Amiens possible be-
and while it was originally la- cai led , bu t finally, at the request of some cause the strongest point of resistance
SitlT several stockholders, the of the leaders, the Board was asked not wou ld have been wiped out and the road
atock had all passed into the hands of 10 toke farther steps until they heard. to Paria opened to the enemy.
K. Farmer and J. M. McDonald, of * rom tbe P?°l ,le again. Today the Board was in six major engagements but
Fitzgerald. Both of these died last win- authorized the statement that If no fur- the fighting at Soissoni waa the fiercest
ter leaving no one to carry on the affairs ther requests are made to the Board rel- j an d most sanguinary that I witnessed
of thc 'corPQratloTi. The Cfempany owns atlve t0 the Excelsior consolidated school during the war. The Americana wen
property,in-Florida and thU being under b Y Jab' 1 tbp y will not cousider them- ( flanked on the right by the Moroccans,
the jurisdiction /of another atate added Belve s under obligation to hold to the the most blood-thirsty daredevils in a
to the ntmraii ^drcuiuataucea. ' llne P ro P° se<1 - I fight that I ever saw, and on the left by
Petition waa brought that a receiver Ty Ty school would like to include the French Foreign Legion, which had
be appointed to s take care of tbd*assets a p me °f the territory lying in the Excel-] aome reputation itself. The Germans
and wind up thevaffairs of the corpora-. B ‘ or school district. The people of Ty Ty gent the best they ,’\ad against us ,and for
Hon, • [would like to come to the Fourth Dia- many days the contest was indescribable
The petition wit granted end M. W. trlct H ne - All who are interested in i n ferocity. Soipe day perhaps 1 will be
Garbntt and an official of one bf the Fits- thin matter should think it over before tb le to tell of it in detail, but just now
gerald banks named as receivers. the I<oard n >eets July 1, and then meet
Will open a store in Tifton
July 1 in the Moore
side of Main Street, catrj
up-to-date line of
RED CROSS SHOES
We have secured the agency for Red Cross
Shoes for Tifton and now have in stock some
very snappy low heel Pumps in Patent and
Kid. Oxfords in Kid.
You know these shoes. They hre the sole of
comfort and wear. >
Forty Pretty Waists in Stock
All kinds of Hot Weather Clothing in stock
for the Men, Women and the Kids.
Duncan & Stubbs
S. A. Martin, Pres. Board,
A. J. Ammons, Secretary.,
REAL ESTATE DEALS
outOStBSKs; 25*wouSSTt&
FIRST TREATMENT la moat import-1
ant When an EFFICIENT antiseptic
la applied promptly, there is no danger
of infection and the wounds begins to ;——•
heal at once. For uae on man or beast. Many Transactions in Tifton and Tift
BOROZONK ,B . * D EAL ANTI8EP- County Property
TIC AND HEALING AGENT. Buy it _ . .
now me*, be ready for nu cruel Property, both urban and suburban.
Sold by CONGER DRUG CO. Adv. continues to change hands, and at good
■ 1 « prices. The following transfers of Tif-
_ ■ i ton property are reported the past week:
1 he next tune VOU h&ve Geo. Baker sold the residence.on North
" t Central avenue, between Second and
, Fourth streets to J. F. Walters. The
purchase price was $0,000.
| H. L. Moor has sold his residence,
corner North Park avenue and Sixth
! street, to Geo. Baker, for $4,500.
These two deals were made by Keith
Carson.
Mrs. E. H. Tilt htn sold to Dr. It. H.
Little the residence on North College
avenue, between Eight and Tenth streets
for $3,500.
The following transactions in farm
property were made the put week:
Dr. J .D. Wilbanks bought the H. J.
Mathis farm, two miles south of Tifton,
containing fifty acres, paying therefor
$2,500.
Mr. C. R. Aven sold his farm three and
a half miles south of Tifton, containing
200 acres, to Dr. J. D. Wilbanks for
$8,000.
chills and Fever
TAKE
A NtEC fl
fl'H Kills the GMIIS”U
A scientific prescription which kills the
malaria germs, breaks up the Chills and
Fever and builds up 'the system.
Ameco Chill and Fever Tonic b Mid
In Tifton and guaranteed by
Pharmacy Company.
PRICE 95 CENTS
no word can describe it. 1
Lieut. Hendricks was in Tifton Friday
accompanied by his father, Col. R. A.
Hendricks ,of Nashville. He is about the
finest specimen we have seen of an up
standing soldier—over 0 feet high and
splendidly proportioned, he looks every
signed to the 12th Field Artillery, of the
first to volunteer from this section when
war was declared and was commissioned
as Second Lieutenant, winning promotion
to First Lieutenant on the field. He
went overseas early in 1918, being as
signed to the 12th Field Artillery of the
Second Division Regular Army. He
landed overseas in time to get into the
first fighting in which the Americans
took an active part early in May.
was later assigned to the French air ser
vice and did airplane scout duty,
was in Rhelma late In May when the
Germans attacked on three aides with
40,000 men and met defeat. "For days
afterwards dead Germans were like logs
in the river,” he said. He waa with
Gen. Giraud’s army in the defense of the
Champagne hill between Rheims and Ver
dun, later at St Mibiel and then the
Argonne- He landed from overseas May
20, and received his honorable discharge
at Camp Mead, Md., Sunday, arriving
home Wednesday.
“A little thing sometimes relieves the
terrible tension,” said Lieut. Hendricks.
,4 One day during the hardest fighting in a
little town near Soissons a German shell
■truck the steeple of a little church. It
did not explode but passed right through,
striking the bell, which rang out clearly
‘He rang the bell; give him a cigar,’
Rome one called out And a laugh went
along the line, while the boys settled
down to the job with renewed energy.”
Lieut. Hendicks wears two major deco
rations: The French Croix de Guerre,
conferred for valor at St Mihiel, and the
Distinguished Service Cross of the Ameri
can army, conferred for valor in the
Champagne battle.
Lieut Hendricks was able to spend
only a short time in Tifton Friday the
guest of his uncle, Dr. W. H. Hendricks.
He promises to return later and tell us
something of his experiences.
ARE YOUR WORK STOCK SKIN
NED UP
If they're not given attention they will
be unfit for use. Get a bottle of FAR
RIS’ HEALING REMEDY, Make it
according to directions. It will heal
these galls and every other kind of sores
ond you can work the horse every day.
Rickerson Grocery Co. Adv.
BARBECUE AT NASHVILLE
Nashville is making arrangements for a
big barbecue on the occasion of the meet
ing of the Tobacco Congress in that city
on Friday, June 20. The Herald says:
“The dinner will be ample for all who
come. The committee says there is
plenty of dinner in sight. They expect
to barbecue four thousand pounds of meat
Besides there will be plenty of other
things to cat
Hon. W. W. Webb, of Hahira, will be
the principal speaker of the occasion. He
is a live wire, and bis connection with
the Bureau of Markets fits him for the
job. He will tell our farmers many in
teresting things about the markets—es
pecially tobacco markets.
Thousands of people are expected here
i that day.
Colda Cause Grip and Influenza
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets remove the
There U only one "Bromo Quinine."
L W. GROWS tlttnature on box. 30c.
MADE HELPLESS
BY RHEUMATISM
ZIRON Dll Tils Kntsckj Sentlmu Hen
Good Tbai Any Othir Medlclnt.
-Eight run XXO I wxs down with
rheumatism," write, 1L J. Hutcherson,
ot TomklniTllle, Kj. “I wxs hilplsta
tor tln-M months, unable to area toed
myself. Doctors doctorsd ms sad I got
~ hut have hsd bad hsslth srsr atone.
it soreness and weakness across my
hack and In my arms and lags. I final
ly took Zinin, and It ban dona ma
mors good than any medicine I hare
erer taken, and I Intend to take mors
of It. tor It to the heal medicine I erer
need. I hare found It last what it la
recommended to h* and I aa ready to
ton other suffering people that Bran
helped me, and anxloai to apeak a
word of prate# tor It"
Bren acts on the bland tad beta
found of gnat Talus la Khauuttoa,
Indigestion, anemia and Oeaeral
Weakness. Etna pate iron Into the
blood, and Iron to needed by ytmr sy»
tarn to make you strong and keel thy.
- - - ■ WT,
GENERAL MERGHANI
TOBACCO CONGRESS
NASHVILLE JUNE 20
CITY WA1
A Tobacco Congress will be held at Increase of Five Per
Ntshville, Berrien county, on Friday, Minimum. Action of
June 20. The attendance of every tobac- cil at June Meetii
co grower in this section and all those Council mpt In regular N 4on, |
interested in tobacco growing, is request- day night, June 8, with^lUi.v
* grett presiding and Councilor
There aye many problems before those Corry, Moor, Phillip* end Met*
who are giving their time and means to present. 5
the development of this new industry for Minutes of previous meeting* 4
South Georgia. The Tobacco Congress approved,
will afford information along many line* Motion made and carriqil-4
and will richly repay the time and trouble wa t« r rates be raised to $1 fort
of attending. bills, and a five per cent increfti i all
—o — bills over the minimum,
CUT THIS OUT AND TAKE IT WITH now being considered tfa
charge.
The following resolution.
YOU.
A man often forgets the exact name of
the article he wishes to purchase, and
gallon.-
a Inst resort takes something else instead, troduced:
That is always disappointing and unsat- Whereas, There is a «
isfactory. The safe way ia to cut this no-ary deficiency In th*
out and take it with you so as to make 7 *“ •
sure of getting Chamberlain’s Tablets. City °* Tifton;
You will find nothing quite so satisfac- Therefore, be It
tory for constipation and ingestion, adv Mayor and Clerk tod 1
_ ~ ® T r powered to borrow the sum
TY TY ROUTE 2 i the best rate of Interest,
The farmers of this community are all become due and payable ~
smiles at the thought ot the sunshine af- 1919.
ter so much rain. I -No further business,
Private Pinkie W. Howell, is backed. “ #
home from overseas where he spent about H. H. HARGRETT.
a year in the trenches. KEITH CARSON Clerk
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hobby spent
Saturday night the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac Hobby. |
Mr. Henry A. Land has purchased
a new car and was seen out riding.
Friday morning. |
Dr. F. B. Pickett and Mr. Leon Cul-1
pepper, of Ty Ty, passed through our'
community Friday afternoon. j
Prof. S. A. Swett made a flying trip 1
to Tifton Thursday morning. j
Mr. Pink Hamans and wife of Worth,
Oa., were the guests of their nephew, Mr.
Gu8 Hamans, the past week.
Mr. J. F. M. Shiver has been on the
sick list for several days but we hope for
him a speedy recovery. ,
Crops of this vicinity seem to be
flourishing, and looking green, in spite of
so much rain. We haven’t discovered
any boll weevils yet, and here’s hoping
Prof. S. A. Swett left Monday for
Adel to attend the District Conference,
which convened there the 0th, 10th and
11th.
Sunday school at Damascus every Sun
day afternoon. Everybody has a cordial
invitation to come out and be with us.
Quite a crowd from here took in the
celebration at Poulin Friday, all re
ported a real nice time.
Mr. Hilton Shiver and wife are all
smiles. It’s a girl.
Mr. Editor, if you will pay us a visit,
we will feed you on snap beans, cabbage,
cucumbers, onions, and last but not
least, good old fried chicken.
With best wishes to the Gazette and
all its reader*. CURLY HEAD.
(Look out for us.—Ed.)