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TWO NEW DRAFT
CALLS FOR STATE
316 WHITE MEN WILL BE SENT TO
FORT OGLETHORPE AND 220
TO FORT SLOCUM
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Of Importance Gath
ered From All Parts
Of The State
Atlanta.—Two additional draft calls
for Georgia white men will take effect
immediately after boys already pre
paring for entertainment have gone
to Camp Gordon. During the five-day
period beginning May 1 local boards
of this state are to complete entrain
ment of 536 white men, all physically
fit for general military service. Call
No. 174 as received by Maj. Joel B.
Mallett, Georgia selective service of
ficer, requires the moving of 316 white
men to Fort Oglethorpe, near Chatta
nooga, Tenn. Call No. 166 requires en
trainment of 220 men to be sent to
Fort Slocum, N. Y. Both calls togeth
er, taken into consideration with other
calls recently issued, will bring the to
tal of Georgia men called by Provost
Marshal General Crowder within two
months up to more than seven thou
sand men.
South Georgia Expects Record Crops
Albany.—Now that the last cold
spell of the season has come and gone,
it is conceded that southwest Geor
gia, whose crops passed through tAe
recent frost almost unhurt, will pro
duce the largest food crops in the his
tory of the territory. This section fed
the armies of the South so extensively
in the Civil war that it came to be
known as the “granary of the Confed
eracy,” but in more recent years food
crops have been secordary to cotton
culture. Under the spur of war ne
cessity and the threatened shortage of
food in many sections, farmers have
gone back to food production on a
large scale and bids fair to do a large
part toward feeding the armies of the
country. The back-yard gardens in
the various cities and towns of this
section will yield food in sufficient
quantities to have a noticeable effect
on the local markets.
Desertion Charged To Many Georgians
Atlanta.—Charges of desertion have
been brouhgt against Georgia men
from Grady, Emanuel and Chatthoo-
chee counties by the state adjutant
general in a new report on Georgia
^jjperters, addressed to the adjutant
general of the army at Washington.
The new list of men is supplementary
to several others already published
and includes, as did the others, the
names of men who failed to report for
military duty when so ordered by the
adjutant general of the state through
local boards. A considerable per cent
of men previously posted as deserters
have since been found to have enlist
ed in other branches of the service be
fore the privilege of voluntary enlist
ment was taken away from men of
draft age.
Little Damage To Fruit And Crops
Atlanta.—Heavy frosts that for three
nights covered the greater part of the
3tate of Georgia exacted very slight
toll from farmers and fruit growers.
Reports made to the state entomolo
gist, A. C. Lewis, indicated that vege
tables and cotton were not at all seri
ously injured and that damage to fruit
which may have been experienced has
not yet become apparent. The reports
came from the vicinity of Thomasville
in south Georgia and from Cornelia in
north Georgia, as well as from men in
the fields in other parts of the state.
Without exception they were optimis
tic.
Suits Authorized Against Southern
Atlanta.—The Western and Atlan
tic lease commission, of which Gover
nor Dorsey is a member and C. Mur-
phey Candler is chairman, met at the
state capital, and, having been unable
to compose the differences of the West
ern and Atlantic railroad and the
Southern railway outside of court, au
thorized lawsuits against the latter
company for encroachments upon the
right of way of the former. In taking
this step the commission was acting
under authority of an act of the legis
lature of 1916, which placed upon it
the burden of composing the differ
ence of the two roads.
Ground Glass Complaints In Macon
Macon.—Federal agents have heard
Df more complaints of the presence of
glass in flour bread sold to Macon
people. It has not been established
whether the glass was put in the flour
or bread here or whether it was put
n the flour at some other point. While
ao arrests have been made, the gov
ernment hopes to clear up the case
in a short time. One family in a
Satilla River Bridge Almost Finished
Brunswick.—The bridge now in the
course of construction across the Sa
tilla river at Woodbine by the com
missioners of Camden county will be
ready for use within the next two
weeks, acocrding to information re- .
ceived here. The bridge is practical- j ; ou,b Gpor S !a t0 ' « is reported to have
ly complete on either side of the river, | olint " ,ass in £ rils -
and the work of placing the larse span
in the center will begin soon. The '' 0 ‘ tob Was N!pped B y “Jack Frost”
Camden countv solons will open bids I homasville. Reports from the
ai their May meeting for the erection ! :ounU - v distric,s sta, « that ( ’ olt ° n in
of a house for the keeper of the build- i atan ' r sections has been pretty badly
ing, which will sro'up on the Woodbine | ,l ‘!>ped by the recent cold and that
side of the river, and which means j -*ntaloupe and watermelon vines also
.that both dav and nighi service will I’ eem ,n:|ured - The cold seems to have
be afforded 'automobiles. ! l0np morp dama S e in the country than
; n town, as gardens here seem unhurt,
while in the country beans and other
tender vegetables were injured.
FOR U. S. TROOPS
ALLIES MAKE PLEA
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY
DECLARES GREAT AMERICAN
FORCE IS NOW NEEDED
6ERMAN YPRED ATORY NATION
Liberty Loan Campaign In Full Swing
Atlanta.—Unable to withstand the
force of Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey’s reve-'-
lalion ,of Gorman dreadfulness, to
stand calm before the simple tale of
Lieut. I. C. Merick, of the Canadian
army, or to deny the cold facts of war
finance, as set forth by Robert F.
Maddox, Atlanta people, in person and
as representatives of corporations,
subscribed $1,522,400 at the first pub
Gun Crew Officer Former Macon Boy
Macon.—In the official report of the
?ngagement between the armed mer-
hant ship El Occidente and German
submarines on February 2, just made
'.ublie by the navy department, it de
velops that it was a former Macon
boy who commanded the gun crews
lie meeting ofThe third Liberty drive i 3n the E1 0ccidente - He was Dow
held at the Atlanta theater. This was j R,p!py ’ chief boatswain’s mate, and the
the beginning of the city’s campaign !’ tory of ,he batt,e bpUvePD tbe mel "
to raise nine million dollars—her quo
ta—or more for the war needs of the
United States. The first million dol
lars was subscribed within twenty
minutes after the speeches had ended.
riiant ship and two German subma
rines as given out by the navy depart
ment is a thrilling one.
Brunswick Ship Men Receiv' Back Pay
| Brunswick. — Announcement has
Chicken Thief Killed Robbing Roost i ^» p en received in the city that many
Valdosta.—Will James, a noted ne- i at the men in the local shipbuilding
gro chicken thief, was shot and killed 1 Plants will receive a large amount of
by J. F. Husbands, about two miles 1 money on April 15 as back pay. The
from the city, while James was at- I increases in wages paid the employees,
tempting to enter the chicken house j granted by the government some time
of Husbands’ place. Early in the ! *6°, dates from January 15, and the
evening it was thouhgt that someone | men are to receive all that is due them
was prowling about the place, and Mr. j back pay from that date to April
Husbands concealed himself in some I 15. It was stated that the amount
bushes, and about one o'clock he saw o be received by the local men would
a man climb the fence near the chick- 1 "ange from $25 to $300 each.
en house. He called to the man to i
halt, and when the latter made a mo- j McAdoo Thinks Rail Control Wil Last
tion, Husbands did not know whether j Savannah.—Government ownership
be was going to shoot or not. He im- 1 ot railroads will be proved so success-
mediatelv fired a load of shot, striking tul and popular by the end of this
the negro in the left side, causing war that private ownership will be
death about two hours later. I looted in the future, William G. Mc-
I Adoo, director general of the railroad
Aid Now Needed For "Backwards” administration and secretary of the
Atlanta.—Following a meeting <tf the , United States treasury, said on the
advisory committee on special cases i eve of his deparure for Jacksonville,
of the board of education called by 1 after delivering a patriotic address in
James L. Key, chairman, which was I this city.
held in the assembly hall of the cham- j
ber of commerce, resolutions relating Seventy-Pound Turtle Caught In Lee
to the care of mentaly backward ehil- j Americus.—A seventy-pound turtle,
dren in the public schools were adopt- • captured in a swamp in Lee county
ed. These resolutions, addressed to j and brought to Americus. is the larg-
Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey, ask that the ! est tortoise ever seen here. Hundreds
state’s executive request the legisla- | of persons viewed the animal, which
ture at its next session, to appropri- j was captured by W. L. Howell, while
pte a sufficient sum to establish proper 1 on a fishing excursion. It was tied
training institutions for these back- : with a stout rope, and its head was as
ward pupils. j large as that of a year-old child.
Force Is Only Thing Understood At
Berlin And Allies Must Use An
Overwhelming Force
London.—Germany stands today as
a predatory nation and is trying to de
stroy the Bristish and French armies
before the American forces can be
brought into the field, said Arthur J.
Baifour, minister for foreign affairs,
in responding to a toast at a luncheon
to the American labor delegation here.
Pointing out that the destruction ol
Germany has never been an entente
allied aim and desired, so far as he
knew, by “no sane man,” Mr. Balfour
said that the Germans had made many
miscalculations, but none more griev
ous than to under-estimate the power
of America.
England, he said, is confident that
America will be able to send over her
“indomitable troops in a way that no
German general staff officer has ever
calculated.”
“What is now most pressingly re
quired is that the fighting forces of
the United States should be brought
as speedily as possible in the field,”
said Mr. Balfour. *
“The German plan,” continued Mr.
Balfour, “is to shatter the British
army before American weight can be
brought into the scale. The German
inspired press has been instructed by
its masters to show the utmost con-
tempt for the American military effort
But the masters do not share that
contempt. They are planning their
whole campaign and are sacrificing
men with reckless extravagance in or
der that the American help may ar
rive after the blow has been struck.
“We have been the witnesses during
the last year or year and a half,” he
said, “of strange tergiversation on the
part of those who wished to delude
either the German, neutral, or, it
might be, even the allied public with
regard to German intentions and
methods.
“There was a moment before the
facile success which Germany obtain
ed against an unresisting enemy, an
enemy in the East, when German
statesmen and German members of
parliament discussed public affairs,
which would lead one to supose that
Germany was in a high way to demo
cratic institutions and to heartfelt
adoption of the four principles which
President Wilson has made famous
throughout the world. Events in the
east then gave them a facile success
over the talkers in Russia, and the
whole aspect of politics and public
opinion among the central powers has
entirely changed.
“They now almost cynically admit
that the resolution of the reichstag
of which we have heard so much, all
the talk of no annexations and indem
nities, of considering the wishes of
subject populations, of spreading the
principles of security and freedom
throughout the world, was what we
sometimes call camouflage.’’
Few Restaurants Pass Inspection
Atlanta.—Out of an estimated num
ber of 2,500 restaurants, soda foun
tains, barber shops, grocery stores and
pieat markets that have been inspected
by the officers of the Atlanta health
(department and those of the United
States public health service, only for
ty-eight have met the sanitary re
quirements necessary to receive cer
tificates from the federal health au
thorities, and so far as the soldiers
Coming into the city are concerned At
lanta is virtually under quarantine in
jthese lines of business.
Many Pines Are Cut For Shipbuilding
Thomasville.—Ninety big pine trees
have been cut from the winter estate
of W. H. Sage here to be used by the
government in shipbuilding. These are
in addition to those already cut from
the Payne Whitnev estate and others
here. The government agents in
charge of the work of selecting and
cutting these trees, state that not only
do they find no opposition on the part
of the owners in giving them up, but
they have met with the kindest and
fullest co-operation and everything is
being done to assist them.
GERMAN PRESSURE
FORCES COUNT CZERNIN
TO QUIT PREMIERSHIP
Prague People Denounce Pan-German
Pact and Praise Entente And
President Wilson
Amsterdam.—Count Czernin, the
Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, ac
cording to a dispatch from Vienna,
has resigned.
Emperor Charles accepted the resig
nation and entrusted Czernin with the
conduct of foreign affairs until his suc
cessor is appointed.
Thousands of persons gathered in
the streets of Prague, capital of Bohe
mia, denounced the Germans and
cheered the entente and President Wil
son, says a dispatch from that city to
the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin.
All the Czech members of the par
liament and party delegates, together
with Slovene and Serbo-Croat dele
gates met in the town hall and adopted
a manifesto. The crowd gathered in
the streets outside the hall in support
of the policy of the delegates.
Five Soldiers Killed; Over Forty Hurt
New York.—Five soldiers were re
ported killed, eight seriously wounded
and thirty-five slightly injured in a
wreck on the Long Island railroad
near Islip, N. Y. All of the dead and
injured are said to be stationed at
Camp Upton, at Yaphank, N. Y. The
injured were removed to the state
hospital at Central Islip and to hos
pitals at Camp Upton. The hospital
authorities in refusing to disclose the
flames of killed and injured said gov
ernment officials had taken charge of
the situation.
The British Defense Is Still Holding
New York.—Seven days after the
Germans launched their gigantic as
sault against the British lines between
Lens and Ypres, the momentum of
their attack has been broken and the
waves of the Teutonic forces are re
coiling before the rock of the British
defense. While the Germans have
made gains of ground and have driven
a wedge into the allied lines to a con
siderable depth, they seem to have
failed in their attempt to break
through or take important railroad
junctions.
We cannot
eat our cake
and feed our
Soldiers, too
T HE sooner the American
people look the facts in the
face the sooner the war will
be over—and the fewer American
soldiers will lie in their graves on
the other side of the sea.
The facts are these:
We cannot go on living as we did before the war. We
cannot have the comforts and luxuries we used to have.
Do not be misled by the fact that we can
raise armies far outnumbering those of
our enemy. Our soldiers cannot fight
with bare hands and empty stomachs,
and we cannot arm and feed them if we
go on consuming vast quantities of foods
and goods we don’t need—if we demand,
for our selfish comfort, the labor of thous
ands of men who ought to be hustling
night and day to supply the ships, aero
planes, guns, ammunition, motor trucks,
clothing and food our soldiers must
have if we are to win this war.
Our country needs the money you thought
lessly spend for unnecessary things. It
needs—desperately needs—the labor em
ployed in making these things. Begin to
save now. Save everything you can. And
by all means save, by buying U. S. Thrift
Stamps and War Savings Stamps, the
small sums of money you now spend
for things you can get along without.
Go today to any bank, any post office or
any store where you see the W, S. S.
(War Savings Stamps) sign displayed.
For 25 cents you will receive a U. S. Thrift
Stamp and a card to paste it on. The card
has spaces for 16 stamps, costing you $4.
When it is full, exchange it—with a few
cents additional in cash—for a War Sav
ings Stamp, for which the Government
will pay you $5 January 1,1923.
These War Savings Stamps are as safe as
U. S. Bonds. They are the safest invest
ment in the world because they are
hacked by the entire resources of the
country, and the profit you make on them
amounts to 4 per cent interest, compound
ed quarterly, on January 1,1923.
Every time you have money you don’t ab
solutely need buy a War Savings Stamp.
Every time you have a quarter you can
possibly spare, buy a U. S. Thrift Stamp.
WS.S.
WAR SAVINGS SUMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT
This may seem fike a little thing to do, but in reality it is a big thing,
a patriotic thing, a powerful thing. For every quarter you can save
and lend your country goes to make a soldier comfortable; helps arm
and feed him; helps him to fight; protects his life, and does its utmost to
cleanse the world from the horrors of German tyranny and despotism.
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