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r , ,%-f i CAR TURNED TURTLElTOBACCO GROWERS PROGRESSIVE STEP H. L ROBERTS KILLED! MEET AND ORGANIZE 1 TAKEN BY VOTERS Ti(t (or Mayor; Bowen, Golden, Hendry VStwb Othera Injured In \Vreek on Nt-'Joint Gatberlnc of Tobacco Men, Rail-! (or Council, llenry Tl(t Rtslrns and tional Highway Wednesday NI*ht way lnduitral Ayenta, Government J. N. Mitchell b Ilia SitcMwor. Party Returning From Florida. |. Men and Land Ownera at Donylaa | p etce> prosperity and ph>gr4ss (or twelve’ Mr. Henry L. Roberta, of Gejton, waa , 1918,‘instantly killed; J. G. Lewis,'of Ken-|i An all-day enthusiastic meeting o( thCjTlfbra lu the next year were assured tobacco warehousemen, railway ayrlcul- by the mass meeting In the {court house ferm'nesaw, sustained a broken shoulder and'tural workers,'tobacco growers, Gorern- Water-Jother Injuries; G. F. Lewis, ot Hehnc-'ment agricultural workers and Georgia ith 173 taw, had a broken rib and a cut across Land Owners' Association was held at the! be face; J. S,.Ellison, of Montesumf,|l)ouglas, Tuesday, November 23th. Rep- car and Hr. .Blackwell, ot Atlanta, were'resentsfives (torn Atlanta, Athens, Plta- lalued'at! lightly braised Wednesday pight about gerald, Tilton, Waycross, Ocilla, Ash- 0 o'clock, when the Mitchell car In which burn and other places were In ettendance. V ur carload' they were riding turned turtle on Use j Tobacco growing, Ita future In South 'enta’onlT'Tbe smaUer shipments National Highway about a inlle and a Georgia and its place on the South Geor- Enn* products (robs Omega uo doubt half north of Chula. ,gla (arm was well discussed. Realising ■ o# nearly as great value as the car- ,The party was returning -to North the need of more information concern- gtehinmenta. Omega baa been recog- Georgia from a motor trip to Florida. ] ing the growing of tobacco in this belt, faTveare as one of the best mar-,The accident occurred Just beyond the plana were formulated at the meeting eti for (arm products iu this section of crest of the hill. A slight rain had made' looking to the establishment of a federal . ei state “ The -stablishment of this the ground slippery ami the car bad cl- j tobacco experiment station somewhere ] unity in Tifton politics. J. N. Mitchell irket is largely -due to the efforts of'ther slipped or was driven into, a small |„ the tobacco territory, with bn aim j will succeed H. H. Tift, Jr., who re- r J yf Lang, of j. W. I.ang A Co. ‘ditch beside the road. Ih turning out that the station will greatly facilitate.signed, effect!,, In January. From November 19, 191S, to Novem-of.tho ditch the turn wts evidently made the growing and handliug of the crop to , Tho moss meeting was one of the moat I J(K) aod the car turned over. Mr. the interest of Georgia farmers | harmonious brer held in the history of Monday night gt which H. if. Tift was nominated (or mayor and E P. Bowen, J, J. Golden, U. .E. Hendry and J. N. Mitchell for couucilmen. The nomina tions were unanimous and, there will be no-opposition In tho election, (which takes place December 8. T. Air Hltcbell was nominated to succeed himself as member ot the Oity Board'of Education. The nominees will succeed Mayor H. H. Iiargrett and Councilman ,L. E. Bow en, H. L. Moore and B. H! McLeod, who were elected on the young then's .ticket four years ago and brought harmony and ' ■ ’ No. Value Total Roberta wan on tho back rent. His head «dHv ears per car value was crashed and he only lived a law • I 173 1 280 8 43,250 minutes after he waa taken out. The S* ■: 40 1,600 04,000 driver wna not hurt beyond a few bruises. - ■ 8 1,600 12,800 Mr. Roberts waa about 05 years of age a seed _IZ. 28 1,800 50,400, snd was one of the most prominent cit- 2S COO 10,800 lisena of Canton, as well as'one of Its 1 (2371 bales) 08 5,000 340,000 wealthiest men. Ho was ,ia tho mer- ~ ' 2,500 lO.UOO'csntile business snd also owned a large r 1 ano 1 farm. * 500 389 »517,000 , was laid out ss a town In 1899, the present business pstt of ug to Rev, Gt W. Ridley, school has an cnrollmt popils, and a faculty of nine. Includes the principal, music, ex- snd art teachers. ■ are two churches, Methodist snd , with a total membership of near- L500 farm. 2,000 Mr. B. D. Harden, of Tifton,* was iuf home and reached the scene about five minutes after the accident, in time to render assistance. The wreck waa in front of a boose and help had al ready . reached them when he arrived. The dead man and the injured were put In a car and ac&t to Sycamore. ’ Jdr. W.,8. Cobb and Dr. Price, ot Tit- ton*, both knew Mr.‘ Roberta well. The qar'iil which he was riding passed through Tifton late in the afternoon and* Hr. Roberta spoke to' Mr. Cobb, but did not lere are fifteen stores, one of which dware store, and two drug stores, three garages, two cotton gins, ; mill, and a stock yard. JURORS DRAWN TO SERVE Week December Term, 1919, TJft Superior Court falter Sutton W. H. Scarborough |W. W, Smith KWalters W. L. Puckett H. J. Richards James Sumner B. Arrington W. A. Reid ,A., J.,Fopfc Jr. J. I. Cotney E. Marchant J. A. Sumner C. H. Patton. W. L. Watson Sanders Gibbs S. T. Pearman B. P. Turk G. W. Ford, Jr. T. W. Tift JUDGE PORTER KILLED When He Stepped FVom Moving Train at Moultrie. Moultrie, Nov. 27.—Judge G. K. Por^ ter„ widely known throughout this section, and commander of Camp Colquitt Confed erate Veterans, died early this morning from injuries he received last night when he stepped from a moving train of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic. Judge Porte r l^oarded the’ train with his grand daughters, who was going sway. Be was Conversing with friends and before realised it the train began moving. He rushed to the steps snd jumped off, but was unable to hold to his feet, his head striking one of the rails' of a sidetrack. It *as not thought* at first that he had been badly hurt but later, in the night bis condition beerfme worse and death resulted early today. Judge Porter was about 75 years old. CARMICHAEL BOUGHT CAR Mr. Homer Carmichael showed the rlter Tuesday afternoon n check for John R. Daniels $50, which his brother, Mr. T. A. Car- T. M. Chesnutt miehael, gave for the purchase price of R. H. Mangbam the Ford car he was accused of stealing. W. M. Ponder The car was smashed on an A. C. L. G. E. L. Dukes crossing. Mr. Carmichael passed by some weeks later, saw the car lying by the .KULBERSH’S road and inquired at a saw mill nearby , v • SELLING OUT SALE ss to the owner. George Woodworth, you know, I nm solus out of the employed ot the mill, raid that the widow Good. Business and will o;ieu a of lhp m *n «*o owned the cn r had turn- ^ ^ ed § it over to him to sell. Mr. Carmichael is the time for you to get your We him the chock for $50 for the supply as the house must be He wa8 therefore very much surprised and there la Jbn- when wrested on a charge of stealing ^ and falter goOdtatiU;Sbe th « car - B « «*P<*ts to have.00 trouble •f. They'must go regardless in proving his innocence when his case E* t \ X - ; comes up for trial In Decatur county, goingW far less -than if * . V -i-.V It was pointed out that the farmers! the city. JAtj -least 100 of the leading in the tobacco section of Georgia knew j men of the ct(y were present and the almost nothing about the\crop and the meeting was- entirely harmonious. overnment men did not know exactly how to advise them Because of the fact that no wohk* of this natqre has ever been done before in this section. Virginia, North Carolinq, South Carolina, and oth er tobacco states have federal aid in their stations, and now since Georgia has gone into the business and erected warehouses barns, and invested huge sums of meney in equipment to properly carry on the industry a station should be placed in tbia territory by the aid \>f the D. S. Department of Agriculture o r by an ap propriation from Congress. Among those in attendance were Jesse M. Jones, Agricultural Director of the S. A. L., R R.; W. W. Croxton and G. B. Eunice, of the A. B. & A. R it.; E. B. O’Kelly of the A. C. L., J. A. Winslow of the Central of Georgia, F. H. Abbott of the Georgia Land Owners’ fuct it wa there mity. a veritable love feast and discord or lack of unani- IIOMECOMING DAT WUl Be Observed at Zion Hope Churcty on Saturday December 0. On the first Saturday in December, the 0th, every member of Zion Hope Baptist church is requested and invited to meet at the church and have a Home- Coming Service. The members that do not attend- regularly and some who live out of the oommuuity are especially in vited to come to church on this day. Brother C. W. Durden will preach on this day and a great message awaits all who may be present. A basket'dinner will be spread at 12:00 and all who live near are requested to Association, E. G. Westbrook, Tobacco!bring a basket. Specialist .of the Georgia State College, Not ouly the members of the church S. H. Starr, Director of the Experiment arc invited but every one who may wish Station at Tifton, A. M. Dickson, County to come has a cordial welcome. price. Y v I TAX NOTICE—LAS* ; ROUND you from 50 to 100 per cent. Ty Ty, Monday, Nov. 80, 0 to 8:80. visit " Satisfaction Tifton, every day except dayi mention ed above. ley's worth or your money I will have’the Registration books with me. Be sure and see that you are prop- [ARRY KULBERSH | erly registered when you pay your taxes. Tax Books will close December the pay you the best 20th. Chickens, Eggs, Tur- itter and Country Produce. 1 Yours to serve, I am, T. S. Rlgdon, T. C. > 14-w3t 18-dlOt if — 1 -™ v/ Fou ■ SAV/. A \‘/fVGS SAV/A/GS SAV/WGS Money ■PK bank is a strong foundation to build upon. INot all of us can be rich, but each of us can better [his condition. Saving—steady and .persistent—;will . accomplish wonders. Open an Account with us today with whatever amount you can spare; then add to it as opportunity permits. A foundation for starting some substantial business or a competence k for old age will result. Agent of Tift and Lon Dicky, warehouse man and tobacco grower of Fitxgerald, and of the local men present Thrash, principal of the ‘Agricultural College, J. H. McDonald and J. P. Ross, tobacco warehousemen, Congressmla W. C. Lankford, Levi O’Steen, T. J. Holland, a Coffee county farmer and W. E. Bow- era, Coffee county Agricultural Agent. For the furtherance of their plans those present named an executive com mittee consisting,of the following men: J. N. McDonald, Chairman, Douglas; J. M. Hunt, Cordclc: Lon Dicky, Fitz gerald; Alva Gaskins, Nashville; Vidalla Watetionse Company, jVidalia; R. M. McCord, Ashburn; W. K. Algfce, Tifton; W. T. Holliday, Lumpkin; A. P. Brant ley, Blackshear; W. W. Croxton, AtlanU; F. H. Abbott, Waycross; J. A. Winslow, Cutbbert; R. L. Shipp, Moultrie; E. C. Westbrook, Athens; E. B. O’Kelly, Jack sonville ; J. M. Thrnsh, Douglas; J. M. Jones, Norfolk; O. C. Jones, Waycross; .T. A. Gaskins, Willacoochec; E. Burkett, Nicholls, and W. A. Johnson, Savannah. permanent organization was (per fected to be known as the Georgia Tobac- ■Afttwcintion. This association will have as its aim the development of leaf tobacco in Georgia and to aid the farm er in growing and handling his tobacco. IN MEMORIAM On this day the Pastor and Deacons of the church want to sec every member of the church present. Make them hap py and glad by your presence. We hope tj*have a great day together In serving the Master. We will be looking for you on this day. \ D. t’. Rainey, Pastor, Wm. Higdon, Secretary. NATION-WIDE DRIVE NORMAN WON GREAT EPISCOPAL CHURCH'GAME FROM AGGIES VOLUME XXII.—NUMBfcR 3*. Discussed at Interesting Service Here Captured South Georgia Championship Friday. Talks by Rev. R. N. MrCal- At Norman Park 3 to 0. Aggies luui and Mr. O. T. Waring. I f Crossed Goal Line Twice. At a special meetiug in the iuterest Normau Institute wou the football of the nation-wide campaign held at St. Jd&mpionship of South Georgia by dc- Anne’s Episcopal church here ^Friday, feating the Tifton Aggies iu a pretty Mr. O. T. Wariug, of Waycross, repre; ^une on Norman field Thursday after- seated the laiety and Rev. R. N. Me- nooa before a record-breaking crowd, by Callum, rector of Grayc church at Way* the close score of 3 to 0, as the referee cross, spoke for the clergy. . / saw it Mr. Waring, who Is a prominent rail-1 It was as good a game as any one could road man of Waycross, spoke first, and .want to see, the two teams being tuadq a very practical common sense evenly matched and the contest was close talk, jiving ir detail the issues from start to -finish, the ball changing from a Ipymuu’s viewpoint. hands frequently. Neither side was able j Sparks Institute. A part of the pto* He stated that a great many people,’tu gui u consistently against the other I t-eeds of this bond issue will be expend-' especially men, join the church with for any great length of time. . ed iu the purchase of property for the the same unconcern that they take outj There is no means of uceurately judg- enlargement of the campus of that insti- a life insurance policy or join a dub ing the crowd, but it must have numbered ■ tution. The board of education also en- of some kind. He stated that this lax- j well over 2,000. People were there fromjdorsed the proposed campaign for rait- •’ ity on the part of tho male members of ^11 sections of South Georgia, Tifton I ing twenty-three million of dollars for ’ tho church was responsible in-part, for semliug down 1,000 or more enthusiastic! education during the present quadren* the chaotic condition of this Country, rooters. Every old A. M. S. player who nium. Tifton .and Waycross Also Invited Meth odists. Rev. W. II, Rudd Is Return ed for Another Yesr Moultrie wiU be host hT the 1020 ouuuul South Georgia Methodist Confer ence, sayp Rev. W. A. Brooks, writing of the meeting st Dublin. Invitations were extended by Moultrie, Wsycroas and Tifton and the conference Toted to accept the Moultrie invitation. Each of the cities named extended most cordial citations to the Methodists. - r ’-< ' f The board of education has recom mended a bond issue of $16,000 for today; that we are living on the verge j wasn’t dead or physically incapacitated of a volcano and unless the men wake j was on the field Footing for the Aggies, up and get to work there will. be a ( Normau also had a great throng there great eruption and Bolshevism will be pulling for the X. I. players, the lava. He said this great Government i Tifton Made Touchdown Twice, canuot exist without the support of J During the second quarter, Tifton cotn- the churches. jpletely, walked away with Norman, doing He urged that all members take some their most consistent gaining during the church paper and thus keep informed on game. Starting with the ball on their all affairs of the church, and* gave in own 35 yard line, they carried the ball 59TH ANNIVERSARY Day of Pleasant Surprise for Mr. Henry Sutton, of Brighton. Mr. Henry Sutton on Saturday, No vember 22, was taken by‘surprise at noon by his children, who celebrated his 50th birthday with a reunion of the children aud n collection ot well-filled baskets to please and satisfy the most timid as well as the healthier appetites at his home near Brighton. Mr. Sutton us is his custom, attended church near his home and on his re' turn home at noon found that all his ten grand children had come in and when on inquiry to find out how such should happen, he was notified that they ' celebrating his birth day. Besides his immediate family, were Mrs. Katie Fletcher, (mother of Mrs. Sutton), Mr. Daniel Fletcher and family. The child ren were Walter, Willie, Darr, George and Mrs. Bessie Hall, aud their families to show honor on this dny which comes but once iu Mr. Sutton’s life, the GOth birthday.—Ex. R. Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God to take from us one of our beloved, Sis ter Comrades, of the Confederacy, Mrs. Mary Jane Montgomery. Sistfc Mont gomery flllcl her place at home uhd sup plied the food and other necessities of Docket for Two Weeks of Decern* SUPERIOR COURT MONDAY tho Confederate Government to maintain the cause, as loyally and patriotically as men who went to the battle Jront. Therefore, be it resolved by the mem* hers of Tift County Camp of Confederate Veterans, that we extend to our bother and Comrade, G. W. Montgomery and family our sincere sympathy, and join them in mourning the loss of wife and mother. Resolved, that these resolutions be spread upon the Minutes of the Camp, and a copy be sent the family of the de ceased. Respectfully submitted, J. A. Yarbrough Henry D. Webb, J. H. Hutchlnion, Committee. MR. J. T. JACKSON DEAD Mr. J. 'T. Jackson, one of the oldest and best loved citizens of this section, passed to the Great Beyond Monday af ternoon at bis home in Tifton,> and was buried at Mt. Zion cemetery Tuesday afternoon at *1 o’clock, the services be ing conducted by Rev. W. L. Harrell. Mr. Jackson was 00 years old and a deacon in th e Freewill Baptist church. He had spent most of his life in this immediate section and had made a host of loyal friends who mourn his death.. Besides his wife, who, before her mar riage was Miss Rachael Sumner, he is survived by seven children, four sons and three daughters. The boys arc Alec, Jim, John and Tommie; and the girls are Mrs. J. W. McDaniel and Miss Arabdle, of Tift county, and Mrs. G. S. Walker, of Cordcle. The Gaxettc joins with the many friends of the deceased in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. Chickens, eggs, and all kinds of farm roduce! That’s our line! Why sell BANK/TIFTON A Bank of Service brt* Term The December term of Tift Superior court.will convene Monday morning for two weeks. Ah usual the first week will be de voted to cases on the civil docket, for which 02 are listed. Of these 10 arc di vorce cases which will be the first called. Tho criminal docket is also a long one but there ore no cases of unusual im portance. Lists of the Grand and Petit jurors have been published already. 'tiiree-in-one cane Mr. J. B. Ellis, of Route 4, brought the Gazette office Saturday a triplet sugar-cane, three stalks growing main stalk. Just to show that be could' make other kind of cane also r he brought along a red cane that measured nine feet in length. Mr. Kills also brought us a pear which looks like a Keifer and testes like a sand pear. It is evidently a cross between the two. right on down the field and across Nor man’s goal line. They put the ball across Norman’s goal Hue twice, but the touch- was not allowed to count cither ut the referee ruled he went out of ounds. On the next piny, Branch took he ball across, but the referee ruled that he Tifton players pushed with bauds nd instead of Tifton getting a touch down. they got a fifteen-yard penalty. They also got the pep knocked out of them to a considerable extent. The lust quarter started with the ball in Tifton’s possession on their own 7 yard line. They punted out to Norman, who brought it back to Tifton’s 31 yard line. Norman then carried the ball to detail the work brim dcAe in the Way- cross parish. Mr. Waring waa i very enthusiastic speaker and handled his subject well. No doubt much good will come from his idea when put into practice here. Rev. R. N. McOaUum spoke next and it waa quickly aeen that he waa thor oughly grounded In the fteat principles of the church. He spoke very t eloquently of the work to be done In this-Nation-wide campaign and the results that would be obtained if the church would awaken to the ne cessity of the undertaking. He stated that the campaign waa not a money drive, and that though some money would be necessary, it was primar ily a spiritual drive; that what waa needed was a nation-wide revival of the church membership and then the rest would come of itself. He stated there was a scope of country comprising au area of 800 square miles In the southeastern part of this state where very few, if any, of the people had ever heard of Jesus Christ, and that to reach such -as these ^Rs one of the aims of the campaign. Ho said that in this anglo-saxon part of this country we didn’t realize the Harrell danger this country is in today, and the Overstreet church was the only remedy to cure Berwick these evils, fo r the reason that church Monk neglect was maliily responsible tor the -NeSmith present condition. * | Hell He spoke of the need for the family Woodruff altar service, stating that the Metho- ’Foreman dint and Baptist churches urged this as I Referee, J. H. Saxon, Moultrie; Um- ono of the requisites of success in their pire, R. N. Stokes,.Moultrie; Head lines- drivon, and the need was especially great man, L. O. Rogers, Moultrie. Timekeep- in the big cities where the real homes W Glover and Adams. Time of quar- knnw homes are fast disappearing ters, 13-15. W. H. lludd, who has served the Tifton Methodist church for one jetir, will return for anotJTer year, his appoint ment being announced at the final ses sion of the South Georgia Methodist Conference at Dublin Monday afternoon. Following are the appointments tor the Valdosta district: Presiding Elder, J. C. G. Brooks. ^del, A. II. Robinson; Alapaha Cir cuit, II. C. Brewton; Berlin Circuit, C. W. Jordan; Chula Circuit • to be supplied by If. E. Wells; Doerun’ Clr- F. Drake; Eldorada Circuit to iwe. With the ball in less than a yard be supplied by J. F. McTier; Funston f Norman’s goal line, Ivey took it over, and Ellington to be supplied by W. D. Rabun; nnhira Circuit, R. P. Fain; Lake Park, P. H. Tinsley; Milltown Cir cuit, F. L. Stokes; Marvin Circuit, J. # F. Snefl; Moultrie and Mission, A; W. Reese; L. E. Pierce, junior preacher; \ Nashville, L. L. Barr; Norman Park, J. B. Griuer; Omega Circuit, Oscar 8. Wilson i Pouian Circuit, H. C. Ewing; Sparks, Theodore Pharr; Statesville Cir cuit, J. M. Williams; Sylvester, J. C. Flanders; Tiftou, W. H. Budd; Valdosta, J. M. Glenn; Willacoochee, Moody Booth; Sparks Collegiate Institute president, Le- m Tifton’s 21 yard line, NeSmith making ,un ' 1 Moore; commissioner of education, a pretty end run for 12 yards. Woodruff A * W. Reese. kicked a field goal from the 21-yard line Former Tifton pastors are 8ent to and won the game. The ball changed j the following places for the new con- hands six times after the goal ed and before the game ended. The line-ups. Norman Leverett Horne Murphy Position kick-p erMwe >' oar: R«v. T. H. Thompson, Dawsou; Rev. J. M. Foster, to Swains- boro, and Rev. Jason Shirah, Collins and Tifton • L > on8 - Bev. E. L. Patrick goes to Welchel j tl,e Eureka circuit. % i - - la Hb Bridges Parker Harrell Hausler Harrison Maxwell Ivey Branch Layton Fletcher The centenary allotment of the South Georgia Conference was two million dol lars. On this allotment $2,201,513 has been pledged. The amounts raised by the districts on the centenary fund are as follows: Amcricus district, $24,403; \ Columbus district, $21,017. Cordeie dis trict, $25,000; Dublin district, $20,442; Macon district, $51,450; McRae district, $11,350; Savannah district, $85,750; Thomasvillp district, $28,427; Valdosta district, $27,041; Waycross district, $13,- 104. Total, $275,773. Tlie statistical secretaries have com pleted the compilation of figures for §im He said this work was not a matter While the Tifton Aggies feel sor e over the year an(1 will report as follows to the rector, but was strictly the loss of the game, they are real a layman’s work because tho world needs sportsmen and will abide by the referee’s more real applied Christianity rather decision. They feel that they scored a tiiau mor»» fervent preaching and money, touchdown and won the game, but of- Itev. McCollum is a very scholarly ficially they did not. There is nothing gentleman and an eloquent speaker. Those to do hut to bear the defeat as best who heard him Friday were well repaid they may, and they arc sportsmen enough fo r their going out. ] to take It. Immediately after the service here, the party left for Cordle where iiar meeting was held Friday night. aim- IN SHOTGUN DUEL Taylor Seriously and Albritton Slightly Wounded at Fitxgerald. Fitzgerald, Ga., Nov. 20.—A shotgun and pistol duel here today between G. L. Taylor and J. H. Albritton resulted in the serious wounding of the former, and the slight wounding of the latter. The men were neighbors, and bad blood bad existed between them for some time. A uew grievance arising tbis morning said to be the chickens of one tresspass ing on the premises of the other, the men agreed to shoot it out. Procuring weapons they met iu the lane between their homes and opened fire. Fitzgeritld, Nov. 27.—George L. Tay lor, who was seriously wounded Wed' nesday in a duel with J. H. Albritton, is today reported improving after an opera tion*. A section of his intestines, which were perforated, was taken out. Al britton, not seriously wounded, is con fined to his home under bond. INFANT OF MR. AND MRS. RICH ARDS The little seven months old infaut of Mr. and Mrs. H.< J. Richards died Mon day morning of pneumonia and was buried at New River cemetery at 11 o’clock Tuesday, the services being con ducted by Rev. D. C. Rainey. -The little child was taken sick about two. weeks ago and no medical skill could save the little life. The many friends of the bereaved par ents deeply sympathize with them in their loss. Number of districts iu the Conference, 10; Number of charges, 244; number of churches, 801; Jocal preachers, 170; present total membership, 100,500; adults baptized, 3,070; infants baptis ed, 1,022; number of Sunday schools, (514; officers and teachers, 5,498; schol ars, 02,000; number of women’s Mis sionary Societies, 270; members. 7,860; amount raised for foreign missions, $33,- 802; raised for home and Conference missions, $31,SS0; for church extension, $13,002; tor conference claimants, $22,- 887; for American Bible Society, $2,- 002; for geuerai Conference ezpenses, $008; for education. $20,000; tor bish ops, $0,187. for presiding elders, $33,- 805; for pastors, $315,778; for centen ary, $204,773; raised by Sunday Schools for missions, $21,197; raised by ppr* >:V' We are now in the market for Velvet Beans. See us bofore selling. Golden Live Stock Co. 24d5twlt $4,000 FOR' 100 ACRES Mr. J. M. Ray was In the city Thurs day and closed a deal in which he pur chased 100 acres of woodland in front of and east of his home. Tbis land joins Mr. Ray and makes one of the most desirablq farms in this county. The land belonged to H. V. Kell and the deal was made through J. E. Peeples, and Son. The 'purchase price was $4,000. JONES STILL AT LARGE Sheriff John.-rNi Sumner, of Worth county, who was in Tifton on business Thursday,.says the negro Brutus Jones who shot and killed Mr. W. E. £mith near Sylvester last week, is still at large. He traced Jones to Worth, a station on the Georgia Southern and Florida-above Ashburn, where be w.s seen Saturday. He was supposed to have gone from there In a northerly direction.* * Birkcr, No. 330W »t Tifton, »nd he will recomm !L’:« AT CIIERO-COLA PLANT Changes in Office Force Following Death of C. C. Colbert Mr. J. F. Colbert came in the first of tlie week and is in active charge of the Chero-Cola plant here, taking the place made vacant by the death of his brother, Mr. C. C. Colbert, last week. Mr. Colbert has resigned ns Superin tendents of Schools of Webster county, and will leave here Sunday to wind up the affairs of that office. During his absence from Tifton the plant will be n charge of Mr. F[oke Smith, of Way- cross. Mr. R. L. Christian, of Preston, has arrived and will be associated with the Colberts in the plant here. |We have just received another carload Of Good Vonng Mules. If you want to buy or trade for something good, don’t fail to come to see us. Golden Live Stock Co. _ 24d5twlt 8 Did you know jyou could have your old suit dyed and made over? City Pro* djib, (Stipe*,Tailor Shop) Phone ti ! L. Moor* Graduate I ' ^ tinuoua 1 satizfikhm^ tailored. If n’t this lendation enough tor 'Our/toftM need Ota** see me aftv day in week, exeat Friday P. M. at Kooi> Store, Maln 8t Vr -** SSp,'*&%