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$2.00 PER ANNUM. TIFtON, TIFT S|50 CARS MELONS LAW! LOADED AT OMEGA „ | Ten and Twelve Can Shipped Some ®»J*. Return* Have Been Good and July 1, 1910' Much Money b In Circulation. ^ County* * I ^ucr® h*a ehipped ubout fifty rare of am'to^dey, ItTanothcr column of the “T * lrMd * ,hu "**° n «> d to * uu ette. giving notice that I expect to ,h| PP'“* every day. Good prices were the present eeaaloa ol the State Letfe- tor »“ ■hlpmenta up t„ this week to Casa an act amending the act *“ d I,r * e melon * * re ,tm brm,ins *°" d which: mated and now control! the pricM - * ,thou * h there is little demand operation of the Board of Commiulonen to V™“" ‘ nel ™*- of Roadi and Bevenuea of Tift County. | 0m '** *» blggeat ehippm* point Aa the law now etanda, the Oommio- ,or mel ? ns iB thi, * Ktlon ' "" »“ d ‘"*1™ aionerv are reaulred to keep the county care being loaded there on some days. As chalagang at work on the roads in each “ re,ult ot the t 004 pri “» received, money of the thrw road district, every year for '• !* in * eireulated in large amounts in auch a length of time aa bear, to the "” d » round Omega at preMnt. year the aarne proportion that the total, Am0 “t th ” Principal shippers from number of mUea of public roads In each 0n “*» ,rc: l ,trick Brothers, W. L. ' district bean to the total number of p “ckett, Jim Jones, George House, Hogan miles of pnbUc roads in the county. For ;»">«*". H. H. Tolbert and H. P. Instance: If there are 1,200 miles of pub*! Brown. There are also a number ot lie road, in Tift county, evenly divided | ° ,her “hlpper. who load at Omega, between the three road districts, thus 0 giving 400 miles of public road to each ADMftVTD P PAMDAWV district, it is the doty of the Commission- iJtluflUU11 S vUlUT jflll I €rs to keep tha chaingang at work in each! m a vr «i /lnmor hV I •of the districts for a period of four months I jAK I* (JlAKlir l I AN I out of eath year. Although the road. ISUUi .VillU^Ulj ILmll '['a district may be in perfect condition 1 T need no work whatsoever ,and al-. New Owners Took Possession ol Tilton's through the raids of the two remaining; pSrkln* Plant July list. Busy Stock i may be impassable, yet it would / Taking. Kill H^gs Thursday j the duty of the Commissioners, as the / Armour & Company took charge of the er now Stands, to keep the convicts at/I'^ut of the Tifton Packing Company on t In the district of perfect roads forfJulv 1st. General Manager G. H. Crane if a period of four'montha, letting the barf who came to Tifton from Denver a few ■ roads of the other districts get worse an J d «. v s ago, is in charge with a force of as- the while. I jsistants. As stated in the Gazette a few Aa I see, it now, the law should be days ago, practically the entire working I so its to permit the Commission- j force of the plant will be retained, to nse their discretion as to wheje' For the past few days stock-taking has when the chaingang should be us<H been going on end this will consume some i the rotdi»;iinrf *o aa to allow the con-j little time, it being necessary to go n of tbeiroads and the necessity of through and check over the entire assets S the chaingang to determine the quesV of the pUnt. as to when, where and bow ltag workl Already a few cattle have been pur- ► be done. However, I would like to [\hascd and some cattle wery killed in an expression of the wishes of the, Wednesday. Hogs will be killed Thurs- ena of the county regarding the mat- j daySbut Friday the Fourth^ July agaiu , and It-is jjbr that purpose that this'breakaHQto the weekajxTit will be next ' ‘ Mull will reach me if ■ Monday buffers • Uie'^lant is running in ik Tiftan.** i ii fill imtim Kutatives, At- , Georgia. I shall be glad indeed to from every citizen of the county is interested. Respectfully, Ij. E. BOWEN NOTICE WILL MOVE OFFICES fc — Notice is hereby given that it is the Georgia Public Service Company Will Also Discontinue Side Lines The Georgia Public Service Company, which for more than a year has occu pied the first floor of the Clyatt-Mathis __ . j building under the Gazette office will Kw Intention of the undersigned to apply to: mo v e their offices back to the plant on the General Assembly of the State °!jontral avrnuo in a few days, oregeorfla, after the expiration of thirty j tj ]( , company will discontinue, hand* from the date hereof, for the pas- 1)nf co ,l and will do no electric wiring, lie pf an act the title of which reads as Tbe Titton offlcp is thc only one owned mST 9 '. I by the Southern Utilities Company which L^An Act to amend the Act of the does electric wiring and this was only “ ■A**embly of Georgia, approved <j onft f or t he convenience of its customers. 19,1917, creating a Board of Com- ( Mr Charlie Workman will do electric l of Roads and Revenues in and w ] r | nK ln( j w m open an electrical sup- Gounty of Tift (Acta 1917, page p |y business in store-rooms at present ■•QJ, and for other purposes.” I occupied by the Georgia Public Service A- im - L - E Company, on Second street. COOK. COUNTY VOTED BONDS •f HI Votes for -r^Oalr 190 Against. Adel, June 80.—Georgia’s baby county. Cook, maintains a reputation for prog- I by an overwhelming vote for paved the vote being 961 for bonds and •gainst , We are in the market for Velvet Beans [ will pay $30 a ton for the next few Central Grocery Co. Feed Mills. ldwlw FOURTH OF JULY SING Great Annual Event Will be Held as Usual at Salem Church Those who love good singing and a good dinner are invited to attend the an nual Fourth of July sing .which will be held at Salem church as usual this year. It will be an all-day event with a great picnic dinner. Everybody is invited to attend, carry song books and a well filled basket. Colonial Pumps, sizes 2 1-2 to 7 11 and C width, at Churchwell’s dtf PROGRESS The First ‘Medium of Exchange** of which we have record consisted of 1 to which were given stated and generally recognized val- Every man was his own Banker. Hodern Banking ' Facilities have kept pace with the Progress of Civilization until .tqday every self-respecting citizen owes it to himself to have a L_U-_ We offer you evrnr convenience known to 4 . BANK°/TIFTON A Bank of Service SIX WERE HURT WHEN TWO AUTOS CRASHED Mra. Myers, Dr. Brooks, Mrs. Wilkes, Mrs. Smith, Mr. Williams and Ilf. Baker Had Narrow Escape Six people were hurt, two of severely, when care driven by Dr. Brooks, of Tifton, and Mr. W. liams, of Ty Ty, collided at the Cl of Eighth street and Lore avenue day night about 11 o'clock. The injured in order of severity Mrs. WilUe Payne Myers, gash in temple, severe contusions on fkco several parts of the body, right shoulder; broken rlbg oik and it is feared other internM Dr. J. L. Brooks, wrenched wound iu left thigh, si bruises; if internal injuries^ have ^ot developed. Mrs. George Smith, wrenched back, sprained knee and ankle, and mlny severe contusions, especially that right side of face; Mrs. J. A. Wilkes, of Tampa, Fla., severe bruises and shock; J. J. Baker, Ty Ty, back wrenched and several bruises; W. E. Williams, Ty Ty, bruises ou various part of limbs and body. Mr. Brooks, driving Mrs. Myers Jor- dau car, accompanied by Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Wilkes and Mrs. Smith was going north ou Love avenue. Mr. William! and Mr. Baker driving Mr. WilliariiS Studebaker, were on their way to their e at Ty Ty after attending services at the Primitive Baptist church Mr. Williams driving west on Eighth street There is an arc light at the street cross ing and for that reason the lights of the approaching cars were not vLdk)U> to the other drivers. When the ci^kfame in night ot each other, it was td|BLte to stop. The car Dr. Brooks was^lriving struck Mr. Williams’ car just in front of the left rear wheel. It was knocked across the street a distance of nearly 30 feet and whirled around, headed south east instead of west. Miraculously, it was not turned over. Mr. Baker wa> thrown from the car, up in the air, turn- t£g over and falling ou his back in the middle of the street. Mr Williams was not thrown out When it stopped, their cat was almost balanced ou Its right wheels, resting on the overturned car driven by Dr. Brooks. Dr. Brooks car turned twice over and stopped diagonally across the street near the sidewalk on the northwest corner, having turned turtle and then over stop ping on the right side and headed south. When help arrived it appeared that at least two of the occupants were killed. Dr. Brooks was lying on the ground just clear of the wrecked car and Mrs. Myers caught inside thc wrecknge underneath the car. It was only after hard work that she was rescued, unconscious, bruised and bloody, from n tiny space that it <Ud not appear a child could have safely ^ cupied. She was carried to the home of Mr. B. H. McLeod where first aid was rendered. Mrs. Wilkes was thrown clear of the r and Mrs. Smith was able to climb out of the wreckage. Both ladies gave their attention to assisting the others until reaction brought a realization of theit injuries. Mrs. Wilkes was carried to the home of Mr. B. I). Iianlen, and Mrs. Smith was able to he carried to her home two blocks away. The cars came together with a noise like a protracted rrash of thunder and those who first viewed the accident mis took the flying dust under the arc light and the smoke from the engines which still running for fire and it was fear ed that the car would soon be in a blaze. Had this been the case Mrs Myers res- e would not have been possible. Several physicians were soon on the scene and others hurried to the resuce. It was nearly an hour before it was possi ble to lift Dr. Brooks nu to a <-ot and carry him homo. He was suffering acutely from bis wrenched back and every move of body or limbs brought agonizing pain. Tliis morning all of the injured are resting very well and no fatal resuts are feared unless complications set in. Mr. Williams’ car was not badly damaged but the upper structure of Mrs. Myers car was wrecked and the axle bent. Both cars were carried to the garage under their own power. Mr. Williams said that he was driving slow and did not Bee Mr. Brooks’ car un til it was almost upon him. He feared to turn, thinking the car would strike him in the rear, but thought he could pass the crossing before the other ear reached him. This he failed to do by about five feet. Dr. Brooks said when he saw Mr. Wil liams' car was so close he turned sharply to the right, thinking the other driver would do the same. He at first thought that Mr Williams’ car had run into him FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1919 VOLUME XXXI.—NUMBER 14 RAINS DAMAGE CANTALOUPES Rains are doing a great deal of damage to cantaloupes. The little melons are full of sap and crack open before they are ripe enough to ship. It is a pity, for they are bringing a good price on the market Good Work Shoe 8 for Men, Women and Children at Wade-Corry Company's Herbert L. Moor, Graduate Optometrist. Seven years of continuous practice m Tifton and over 1,000 cases of Eye strain satisfactorily relieved. Isn’t this recommendation enough for our work? If you need Glasses see me anv day in the week, except Friday P. M. at Moor’s Jewelry Store, Main St. wtf *rs of all do- will meet for the Baptist ty and Sun meeting is uu- County Sun- bich is auxil- School Asso- will be two sessions of the con- each day—morning and after- im 11:00 to 1:00 and from 2.30 One of the features of the con vention will be the periods given over to an “Open Conference” at which time questions will be answere$ <»n any phase of Sunday School work, : thus enabling each person to get helpfol information and suggestions in regard^ to their own particular work. It is earnestly hoped that each Sunday school will send a full delegation—superintendent' and secretary and two delegates, and then nJl others who will go. Two very prominent Sunday School workers of Georgia have bven Recured as speakers for the convention. These are Hon. W. B. Stubbs, Lay Leader of the South Georgia Methodist Conference, and former President of the Georgia Sunday School Association, and Mr. P. E. Green, Superintendent of the Young People’s Division of the Georgia Sunday School Association. Iu uddition to the state workers, Rev. C. W. Durden, pastor of the Baptist church of Tifton, who is a gifted speaker, will add much'to the pro gram, and Mrs. P. D. Fulwood, teacher in the Methodist Sunday School of Tifton. will also add her contribution to' the con- ventiqiyi The program for the four sessions la as follows: Saturday Meriting, July 5th. 11:00 Devotional. Led by fcev. Oscar Wilton. 11:15 The Purpose gnd Bower of th« Sunday School. By ReV* C.‘W, Durden. 11:45 Practical Wans W^Odihg tip the Sfmday School. By Mr. W. B. Stubbs, Savannah, Lay Leader of South Georgia Methodist Conference. 12:15 Song. 12:20 Variety in the Sunday School Program. By Mr. P. E. Green, Snpt, Young People's Division, Georgia Sunday School Association. 12:50 Announcements. I. 00 Adjourn for Dinner. Basket dinner on the ground. Every body invited to come and bring a well tilled bosket. Saturday Afternoon. 2:45 Devotional. Led by Mr, T. S. Rigdon. 3:00 The County Sunday School Asso ciation at Work. By Mr. P. E. Green. 3:15 The Organized Bible Class. By Mr. W. B. Stubbs. 3:45 Reports of County Officers President—Mr. A. J. Ammons, Tifton. Secretary—Mr. J. S. Royal, Tifton. President Division No. 1—Mr. M. S. Patten, Tifton. President Division No. 2—Mr. C. I. Jones, Ty Ty. President Division No. 3—Mr. T. 8. Rigdon, Tifton. President Division No. 4—Mr. W. A. Hand, Tifton. President Division No. 5—Mr. J. A. Dodd, Omega. President Division No. 6—Mr. W. C. Ireland. 4:00 Song. 4:05 An Efficient Working Force. By Mr. I*. E. Green. 4:35 The One Best Thing Our Sunday School Is Doing. Three minute mee- inges from some representative of each Sunday School. 5:00 Adjourn. Sunday Morning II. 00 Devotional. Led by Mr. C. I. •Tones. 11:15 Practical Plans for Looking Af ter Absentees. By Mra. P. D. Fulwood. 11:45 Missionary Instruction in the Sunday School. By Mr. W. B. Stubbs. 12:15 Presentation of Attendance Pen nant 12:20 Shoulder to Shoulder. By Mr. P. E. Green. 12:50 Offering for the Support of the Work. 1:00 Announcements and Appoint ment of Committees. 1:10 Adjourn. Sunday Afternoon. 2:45 Devotional. Led by Mr. J. H. Jones. 3:00 Making the Sunday Lesson In teresting. By Mr. W. B. Stubbs. 3.30 Song. 3:35 Reasons for the Organized Class. By Mr. P. E. Green. 4:05 Questions and Answera Period. (Everybody is requested to ask their hardest question on Sunday School Work). 4:35 Reports of Comcniltecs and Elec tion of Officers. 4:45 Time and Place of Next Meeting. .5 .00 Adjourn. County Officers. President—Mr. A. J. Ammons. Tifton. Secretary—Mr. J. S. Royal, Tifton. President Division No. 1—Mr. M. 8. Patten, Tifton. President Division No. 2—Mr. C. 1. LAND CASE CARRIED TO FEDERAL COURT Attorneys Ask That Case of Fletcher vs. Houghtelling, et al, be Transfer red From Tift Superior Court. From the Albany Herald. The defendants in the case of Thomas Y. fyetoher against Peabody, Hough- telling & Co., George F. Paulk, L. P. Skeen, Frank Hcurboro and the South Georgia Land Company, filed iu the sup erior court of Tift county, have tiled u petition asking that it be transferred to the United States court of the Southern District of Georgia, Albany Division, ou the grounds that Augustus S. Peabody, James L. Houghtelling and Francig M. Dickinson, all of Chicago, are non resi- LONG WAITED CHANGE' TIFTON HOSPITAL IS COMING AT LAST TO BE READY SEPT. 1 George Baker Buys Railroad Street Prop erty and Will Improve. Goodman Estate Also May Improve Mr. George Baker has purchased from the Citizeus Bunk of Valdosta 100-foot frout on Ruilroud street, just south of tin* Gnodmuii building and the warehouse uext door. Mr. Baker is going to make improve- uientg to the Julian building and extend it back 00 feet to the alley. After the improvements are completed, Mr. Baker will move his wholesale and retail gro cery business to this stand. His place ou Third street will be occupied by the Wil-| lis Grocery Company after September 1. dents and the issue is principally between I The warehouse building, formerly All Ladies’ Hats reduced to cl«>ae them it. The prettiest and best styles of tbe season. See them at Darnell’s Dry Goods Stow. 2d3twlt them and Thomas Y. Fletcher a resi dent of Georgia. Charges Forgery. Thc suit is an equity proceeding, in whieli Fletcher claims that Frank Scar- boro destroyed n security deed which Fletcher claims to have made to Paullfc and forged in the place of it a deed in fee simple to 2,550 acres of land in Irwin and Turner counties, and that Frank Hearboro failed to apply $35,000 of a loan for $50,000 secured ou this land to the payment of a previous loan for the George M. Foreman, of Chicago. 1’uulk is president of the South Geor gia Lnnd Company at Tifton, the petition alleges, and on the first of January, 1910, the {ictitioner owed about $12,000 iu ad dition to the $35,000 due George M. Fore- that he made Paulk a security deed for all of the 2,550 acres of land, but inserted a stipulation that the said Paulk was to take the money he should borrow on the land and pay all of Fletcher’s indebtedness and leave two lots of land, one In Irwin and another in Tift unencumbered. The petition alleges that Skeen, an at torney who examined titles and made abstracts for Peabody, Houghtelling Co., and Frank 8earboro realised that the Chi cago concern would never authorize a loan with such a provision in the seenr- ity deed and v^at. Frank Scarboro. des troyed the original deed and forged an other, in fee simple, from Fletcher to Paulk and secured the loan of $50,000 or this instrument ' Claims $05,000 Misappropriated. When the check came, the petition al leges, Scarboro sent for Paulk and told him that the Foreman debt must be paid, commission deducted and all encum brances removed, and that Paulk agreed to this. Paulk, it is alleged, learned about twenty days later that the Fore man loan had never been paid and so tele graphed Peabody, Houghtelling & Co., but received no reply from them. It is alleged that the Chicago concern wrote or wired Scarboro and 8keen to pay the Foreman debt. Later, the petition alleges, Scarboro and Skee n notified Puuik that the Fore loan had been paid, and Paulk did not know otherwise until March, 1919, when Frank 8carboro had absconded. The petition alleges that Scarboro or Skeen appropriated the $35,000 intended to pay the Foreman loan. It is further alleged that about the first of April, this year, Peabody, Hough- telling and Company paid tbe Foreman loan, and instead of securing a cancella tion took a transfer and assignment of certain notes and other evidences of in debtedness by Fletcher to Foreman. The petitioner has already been granted a temporary injunction by Judge ‘Ivc, restraining the defendant from fore- losing the loan, which the petitioner claims is not due and on which Paulk has not defaulted in payments, but has actually reduced by paying current in terest and $5,000 of the principal. Defendants File Answer. The defondants’s petition for a trail*. r was filed with the local division of the U. S. court Monday morning, and with it came a lengthy answer to the suit. They deny that Frank Scarboro or Skec D was an agent for Peabody. Iloughtell- ing & Co., or any of them individually. They deny the deed was forged and claim that they bought the claims of George M Foreman against the Fletcher lands, so as to be protected themselves. The suit promises to be a complicated and hard-fought one, and much interest issue and the fight for jurisdiction as will no doubt attach both to the main between the state and federal courts. cupied by Aven’s Warehouse, has been rented to J. A Marchaut, who has moved in and will use this place for a ware house. The purchase of this property by Mr. Baker rnepns great things for that sec tion of Tifton. Property in this section has been going down for years, but with Mr. Baker’s purchase and the improve ients to lie made, the property in that tion of tbe city should begiu to climb alue again. It is also reported that the Goodman tafh will improve the property corner Third and Railroad streets. This improvement has been rumored many times in recent years, but it is hop ed the improvements really will be iua<I< this time. It would wonderfully improve that part of the business section.of Tif- GRAND JURORS Drawn to Serve July Term, 1919 Tift Superior Court J. B. Smith C. R. Patrick S. L. Lewis J. G. Eadrick C. W. Rickerson Dan Fletcher T. V. Slayton W. A. Reid Dampaejr W. Willi* J. Wiley Taylor T. A. Hardy W. Lang L. Blalock W. F. LeSuer W. R. Bryan J. F. Lotz J. J. Cravy J. H. White Geo. W. Coleman J. L. Herring J. S. Belflower L. B. Bowen T. E. Fletcher, Sr. Daniel Sutton H L. Cartwright E. D. Branch Briggs Canon T. A. Mitchell M. P. Young J. B Abbott TALES JURORS Drawn to Serve First Week. July Term 1919 Tift Superior Court Jones, Ty Ty. President Division No. 3—Mr. T. S. Rigdon, Tifton. President Division No. 4—Mr. W. A. Hand, Tifton. President Division No. 5—Mr. J. A. Dodd. Omega. President Division No. 6—Mr. W. C. Ireland, Tifton. NOTE—A 12X30 inch pennant will be presented to the School having at the convention the largest delegation of mem bers over 10 years of age. The School where the convention ia held, and other* in the same town will not compete. Gome prepared to take this pennent back to your Sunday School. 1 have several small, well located homes, placed with me for sale. Anyone desiring a nice, small home will do well to buy now. Keith Carson, Tifton. Ga. JOE GONG FIRST CLASS LAUNDRY Work Caned for amd Delivered PHONE m A. R. Thrasher J. A Yarborough W. W. Willis A S Wellons J. W. Moore B E Conger Oren Roberts W C Mobley Harris Massey E V Hutchinson James M. Walker Milton D. Jones F. Guest J R Butler N Mitchell C O Gilley I‘ A Workman W V Martin C. B. Coarsey •a J. 51 Owens F. M. Akins J A Goodwin O. A. Irby J N Coburn G. A. Clyatt Ja iou Scarboro L M Owens G L Dearing C. H Rainwater B. H. Abbott R C Mobley J L Brooks M D Doubthlt Dempsey Whiddon J Earnest Gibbs T C Allen Drs. Peterson and Baker Will Use UppC* Floors of Clyatt-Elks Building. To Give Tifton Needed Institution Dr. N. Peterson and Dr. L. A. Baker the new owners of the business block northeast corner Love avenue and Second street took charge today. They iuteud to make extensive improvements to the building, which is now occupied on the ground floors by Brooks Pharmscy, W. I. Harvey. Adams-Smith Company and Georgia Public Service Company. The Gazette office occupies tbe second floor of one of the buildings and profes- onnl offices occupy the remainder. Unless the city and county take soma steps to build a hospital, the four story building will be converted into a hospital or private sanitarium. Brooks Pharmuey will continue to occupy the ground floor and the second floor will be used for offiees. as at present. The third floor will contain the operating and the patients’ wards. The fourth floor will contain the kitchen, diningroom and nurses’ quarters, and it is probable that a portion at leust of the former Elks hall will be converted into a recreation hall or convalescents’ ward. Drs. Peterson and Baker expect to have the hospital ready for use by September 1st. While designed primar ily to take care of their own patients, they will accept paying patients of other physicians aud surgeons and will also take care of charity patients provided their expenses are guaranteed. There will be considerable changes ia the building. n s already announced, the Second street stuirway being removerf and new fronts put in. There will also be a skylight and other changes in the portion occupied by the Adams-Smith Company. The eastern part of the building con taining two stores rooms with offices overhead, was built by 8. M. Clyatt and John T. Mathis. A year later Mr. S. M. Clyatt erected the four story building on tlie corner, the top floor being designed for an Elks haU. Mr. W. A. Greer par- chased the- uropertr M -*yeal| ? 4*n" r ' and he sold it recently to Drs. Peterson and Baker. Tbe change gives Tifton what is badly needed, a local hospital. T%e upper floors are excellent for this purpose, be ing well lighted aud ventilated. POTATO WART IN TIFT By special arrangement, we will give ie Inner tube FRED with each Ajax Casing sold daring ths week, July 7 to 12th inclusive. Rickerson Grocery Go. -dStwlt. Mr. Drexel Brings in Sample Showing Peat In Advanced Stage Mr. Jacob Drexel, of Motor A, brought the Gazette Tuesday morning a sample Irish potato showing potato wart in an advanced stage. He has only a small patch of these potatoes. Potato wart is one of the most danger ous diseases of Irish potatoes discover ed in the United State$. They are rough, spongy outgrowths, light brown at first but become black and decayed with The disease does not attack the vines above ground. The potato wart causes very serious loss in England, Ire land and other places in Europe and In some places is so severe that potatoes cannot be grown profitably* Soil once infested remains contaminated for sever al years and prompt steps should be taken to stamp out the disease wherever found. Growers are requested to keep watch for warty potatoes and report all suspicious cases to the County Agent Fresh Stone’s cakes at Choate's lw decoufih Celebrate the Glorious Fourth by throwing off the shackles of waste and extravagance and opening an ac count in our bank. You will then be a free man. As your balance increases your Interest in It In creases and It is the satisfied feeling of having money that will make It keep .n growing. PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK The National Bank of Tifton 4 per cent Interest paid on savings deposits.