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We Have Just Unloaded At
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And would be glad to have the public call and ft
raisers of the West and cart|
Respectfully ADAMS I
J. G. WILLIAMS, President
em overv We buy direct from th
money on your live stock.
MS MULE CO.. INC.
ADAMS, Secretary-Treasurer
CROXTON AND PARTY
!r vro
Attend Opening• of ^oiacc9 Market* at
liouglax and Fitzgerald and Look' Into I
Situation 1 al Hilton. I
General l’atwcnger Agent W. \V. Crqx-
ton, of the Atlanta, pirmipghawand At?
Untie railroad, accompany by, Mf. J., F,
Jarrell, of the Ilomeaeekejfa’ Bureau,
Railroad Administration, >Va«hipgton, ,t).
C., and Mr. H .E. White,,of the editorial
•tall of the Atlanta Cooatitution, .spent a
portion of Friday afternoon iu Tifton in
company with Agent A. P., ^IaxweJl, j
looking into the tobacco aituation here.
They were at Douglas Thursday, where
the tobacco market was opened with large
aud aatinfactory . sales at, good prices.
This is Douglas’ third yqAt. in the tobac-|
co busiuess and the crop this year is the
Urgest ever handled at .that j point. / j
Friday the three attended*'the opening
of the tobacco market at Fitzgerald,
coming from Fitzgerald to Tifton. '
Mr. Croxton, through the Ihduatrial
Department of his road, has beten 1 very
active in promoting tobacco growing in
this section. They have a' tobaPto ex*
pert whose services are free to thd grow
ers along their/line and every precaution
BOVS COMING BACK
Sunday Melvin Fletyber, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Fletcher, of Balding, re
turned from oversea^ Service. The par-;
ents were advised of hls arr^l at fiort
several days before, and were anxiously
awaiting fo r him to be mustered out.
Three of the seven boys who left'the
$ecogd District Agricultural School for
overseas service late i Q October 1017, re
turned the past week. They are Johnny
Baker, Hugh Cook and Guy Lewis. Prof-
Lewis expects at least four of the seven
to’be back, in school this fall. Johnny
Parker came Vfadncsday night, went to
tys, old room in the boys' dormitory and
wcut to sleep.
Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
DrottUta refund money If PAZO OINTMENT falls
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
srws*
ALL KINDS PRICES
ATTOBACCOSALES
I THE BETTS-SPURLIN COMPANY
Buying mules direct from the stock
raisers of the West, we are prepared to
save our customers mfbney on their live South Georgia counties.
Range Anyftjjere from T.wo Cents to
HeventjMtye Cents a Pound. Open
ing Sales Are Large.
Large quantities of tobacco were placed
n sale at the opening .sales in South Geor
gia, the first of .which were^ held ,Thur*:
day. The prices received ranged, from
two cents a pound . for the. yery. poor
grades to seventy-five cents a pound for
the highest grade.
The Douglas warehouse opened with
about a quarter of a million pounds of to
bacco on hand, which sold for. $75,000.
Good qualities brought from 20c to 48c.
The poor qualities brought about half the
price received last year,
Douglas made the day a gala event, a
large crowd attending. It is said repre
sentatives were present from thirty
MOOR BUILDING HOME.
Mr. H. L. Moor has started work on an
eight-room house on this Jot, hpS^ffnfif
purchased on Ridge avenueA-The build*
ing will cost jf bo]
occupied Mr. fyo4, —
'ear . or so, was D. L. Jackson has purchased the house
»y afternoon. ( nowoccupiad bf
purchase the i„ 11 soo a u he
Betts-Evans Trading!
I Child-
• and Notions.
SpurlinVwho still. belongs
1 although he h^s made his borne
stock. Adams A Williams Mule Co. d2twlt
A TIFTON WOMAN’S
EXPERIENCE.
Can you doubt the evidence of (hlgTlf;
ton woman?.
You can verify Tifton endorsement
Read this:
Mrs. Robert O'Quinn, 114 Fifth at
says: "I had a continual backache for
a long time. The least, work tired me oat
and my back felt as if it would break.
Dissy spells came over me suddenly and
would make me reel and stagger. My
tight blurred and I was never free from
headaches. My kidneys didn't act right
and caused me much annoyance. I used
different remedies, but nothing helped me
until I took Doan's Kidney Pills. They
helped me.from the first and I continued
their (foaVflra ILaigns of kidney trouble
60c at aB dealers. Foater-Milbum Co.
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
L. Morgan A Company, who
managing the tobacco warehouse at Tif
ton, opened their warehouse at Blackshear
Thursday, selling about 100,000 lbs. The
hulk of the sales were from 15c to 35c
pound, though better grades brought from
is taken to safeguard the interests of
the growers in cultivation, preparation
and marketiug.
This was Mr. Jarrell's first visit to the. . . .
South and Mr. White'. dm vi.lt to thi.'? 0 ' *° «*■ *"* ' VB ' hl,tat *«de, of-
immediate territory. They were delight-' f pred ,or J 6r ' Thc poor ? t * r " dM
ed with What they .aw here and Mr. J.r- br » u « l ‘ t 1 ' r ““,2 c 10 10 * » pou " d - .
rell waa e.pwUU, impreued with tha 1 Tho Abb ' ,nlc »««*»»«• «>“ •>««
agricultural poulbiMtlee'ot thl. aectlon. °P“ in « *“* (W.560 pound, he
. Mr Croxton wa. delighted with the de-' ln * rold for »""«* ° f 21Blc * I>° und -
velopment of the tobacco tuduatry here. . . • .,
Ha says that Tifton wlU market more to- ***» th " b,b ^ '■ * uff ' ri “ f ‘ b ' double
Ucco thl. year than wa. marketed at »*»'““ « , '‘EiJSZ
Douglas th. first year the warchou.. waa brd *«5 J"** 1 U
established there, and that with f.Tor- BA ®^ ELIXI ^; It reduces the * eTerl f h
able condition, and markets, tobacco w il, ™ndltlon t correct, the atom.ch «nd ch«k.
eoon be the big money crop of this ter-|^_*' n «» •« *»• *""**•• Bold b *
ritory.
Th, > Ftaiera!d
wax for sealing frnils. Lax, 15c a pack-
sale. The Cast grades offered brought
from 20 to 30 cents a pound, although the
average sales were for less than 20 cents.
The opinion is expressed that the growers
are holding their better grades of tobacco
to put on the market latter. *
rn»e Nashville market also opened Fri
day with 300,000 pounds offered, prices
ranging from 30 to 7l cents. One Of
Berrien's leading farmers sold ieversl
hundred pounds for 71 cents.
ge. Bickerson Grocery Company. 22-dwl
THE LEADING HOG RAISERS OF
* tvTM COUNTRY
Use B. A. THOMAS' HOG POWDER
, ,„_ T - MakeUt a part of the daily diet of yonr
One of bogs. Watch them take on fat and
keep in the pink of condition on leu feed.
Rickerson Grocery Co. Adv.
858 Acres of Land at Solumco
Lying on Each Side of Brookfield Road
FOR SALE BY
J. A. KITCHEN, Sylvester, 6a.
Anyone wishing to buy land can purchase
this from $10 to $20 less per acre than
other lands located as well as this, ac-
; cording to information / get around Tit-
Ion as to prices of improved land.
My intention is to close out this in tracts
to suit purchaser or will sell the entire
tract in a body.
in,Tifton, on business .
Mr, .^purjiu .says he
fall stock foe the Bel
Company and «lso the new! stock fo c the;
tytts-SpurJI^-Company atTifyom t
! i The Bqtts-$purii|i Companyhiss ap
icd for incolipqratton and jcoagiatt of 8
Betta, S. V^etts, and. W., q. Spurlin
»e firm .wjUrt^eenpy what is now .the
uth half of .^he Cong^r Drug Company
hyilding. T1& house was formerly i*r<
buildings, one, erected by W. Gaskins
mid the other pf .Geo., Smith. They were
purchased by 4i thc Mills Drug Company
several years* ago, th^ dividing walls cut
out and the ywc store rooms consolidated
into one. &{r. Spurlin has leased the
south half of xhis building and a partition
wall yui be put in, the drag store occu
pyiug'.tho north half and the new firm G*
sotyh
The Betts-^purlin Company will
a line of ladjes’ and children's remJy-to
wear tndnm^ notions. Mr. W. Cy Spur
lin, who is'.wdl known to the; Tifton trade
and has soVnany friends bere.^ill hav«
personal charge, which is siBBcient as
su ranee that j\will be well ^anaged.
LITTLE RtVEU^NOTES.
Little River, July 10.—Sirs. Maggie
Mickle from Charleston, 8. C., is home on
a visit to her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. J. D, Stewart, and friends.
We had a very bad day for the work
ing at Mt. Calvary church last Wednes
day. Cleaning up the grave yard and
scouring oat the church for the big meet
ing that will siart the fourth Sunday in
July. Everybody is invited to attend.
Mr. D. T. BUlIngsIy, chief petty of
ficer in the U. S. Navy, i« now In Ger
many. He will sail fo r Ruuia in a few
days. He expects to be gone seventeen
months before his return. Then his four
years in the navy will be out Guess his
wife, Mrs. Billingsly, and two children,
will smile, as they are gping to make
Philadelphia, Pa., tbeir home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Stewart are look
Ing for Miss Wheeler from Vidalia, to
spend awhile with relatives and friends,
he wilt then go on to Lenox, to her home.
BLUE EYED BEAUTY.
Mr; Moor and- wilt i
b moves out
666 quickly relieve* Conxtipa-
don, Bilioiunett, Los* of Ap>
petite 1 Arid Headachex, due to
Torpid Liver. 1 1 advj
Fort Worth, Texaa, July 24.—The 1919 Convention Un
lerate Veteran* will be held, betinning. October 1, in At-j
Major-General Van Zant, announced today. > - ,
, c ^Washington, July 24.—Th%|>plice today belie
p riots ended, following a quiet'night during which ar
patrolled the streets. . ^
The number of dead reached aUwhen Louis HftvuKeTa i
rine died in a hospital.
Washington, July 24.—Col. R. F. Hartz, of th e army air
service, hopped off today for Augusta, Maine, on the first leg of
his flight around the United States^ totalling 8,000
TEACHERS- EXAMINATION
Notice is hereby given that the State
Teachers’ Examination will be held Fri
day and Saturday, August 1 and 2, in
the High School building. The examina
tion will begin at 51:30 (Eastern Time.)
On Friday the teachers will be given
the examination for the Primary license,
and this will also be the first day’s work
for the General Elementary. In addition
on this date .questions will be given fo r the
first half of the High School and Super
visory examination. Also on this day
there will be questions for both the High
8chool and the Elementary Reading Cour
ses and the questions on the History and
Geography of Georgia for those teachers
having license from other states.
On Saturday there wiTl be questions for
the last half of both the General Elemen
tary andthe High School test.
Paper for the examination will b« fur
nished free. f. • A. J. A amass,
22-d4t-w2t. “ Superintendent
COTTON.
Mr. J.^JST. P^rqe brought the Gazette
Thursday.**finess$Mk of cotton which
•hows the fiesirtbiy results of good farm
ing and Chattahoochee fertiliser. The
stalk was from the crop of Mr. C. M.
Ryder on thq7\ J* L Phillips farm, who
has thirty-fi#q^lcres that he thinks will
make at least lxilfvt bale to the acre.
Mr. Ryder is from Cummings, Ga., and
this is his first ye«r in Tift county He
is delighted with the Prospect.
W« arm proud of tho confid-
‘ ‘ i and tha
Mjaimh
'iiif :t
Your
MoultHe, Ga.
To
I have hundreds of satisfied shippers in five different states who
ship me their hides regular and save paying the hide peddler's ex
penses, and they know when they ship me they will get a check on
return mail for every pound received at full market price. I am pay
ing today the following prices and if the market advances yon Will
get the benefit of the advance. I always pay the market price the .
day your shipment is received.
No. 1 Green Salt Hides....43c Lb.
Horse & mule hides $5 to $8 each
No. 2 Gr^n Solt Htdes..„42c “
Heavy Brass
ZWSi
No. 1 Green Fresh Hide^ 40c “
Light
No. 2 Green Fresh Hides 39c “
Heavy Copper.
15c “
No. 1 Dry Flint Hides 47c “
Light Copper
10c “
No. 2 Dry Flint Hides.... 45c “
Aluminum
15c a
No. 1 Dry Salt Hides 46c “
Lead
4c “
No. 2 Dry Salt Hides 44c “
Zinc
3c w
No. 1 Beef Tallow 121-2c “
Auto Tires
..2 l-2c “
No. 2 or Bulk Tallow 10c “
Inner Tubes
7c “
Goat Hides,....50c to $1.00 each
Bees Wax.
.......35c a
Please write your name and address plainly
on each shipment and you will get check by re
turn mail.
J. T. DUNCAN :i|
The Hide and Skin Man
•’ MOULptli^ffill