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BIG INCREASE IN
FEES FOR STATE
.Changes in auto laws sug
gested IN ANNUAL REPORT
OF LATE PHIL COOK
STATE NEWSJF INTEREST
Brief News Items Of Importance Gath
ered From All Parts
Of The State I *‘
Atlanta—Fees received by the office
of the secretary of state from all
sources for 1917 amounted to $23o.-
ior f?a nrp tli8.ii the total for any
p^iLr year in the history .of the agriculture Georgia will produce the
Counties In Danger Of Losing Funds
Atlanta.—Warning was voiced at the
office of the secretary of state that
Georgia counties will jeopardize their
share of $250,000 to be allotted from
the automobile fund of the state for
road work if they have not, by May 1,
filed with the secretary of state their
proper report upon road mileage and
automobiles. Out of 152 counties, only
37 have yet filed their reports. When
complete reports are on file at the
office of the secretary of state, a new
compilation of figures will be made to
show the total number of non-munici
pal roads in the state and in each
county. With this data, the amount
of money available from the automo
bile fund will be distributed accord
ing to the road mileage of each county.
Georgia To Have Great Peach Crop
Atlanta.—According to the estimates
of the United States department of
largest peach crop this year in the his
tory of the state. Up to this time it
is safe to forecast an eight thousand
ear crop. That of course refers to the
.department. This figure was an in-
icrease of 31% over the total for 1916,
‘which was $161,564.83. These figures
are given in the annual report of tne .
office compiled bv the late Phil Cook commercial crop only. In the condi-
and just finished by the printers, tion” tabulation, based upon reports
There is a recommendation to the leg- | as of April 1, Georgia’s percentage is
islature that is of especial interest 1100—that is, Georgia’s peach crop con-
to automobile owners, in view of the I dition on April 1 was perfect. As a
large number of auto thefts commit- I matter of fact, every part of the state
ted in the last year. It is recom- * J
mended that the automobile act be
amended by adding a section making
it a misdemeanor to knowingly buy,
sell, receive, dispose of, conceal or
have in one’s possession any motor ve
hicle with the manufacturer’s number
or any other identification mark re
moved, defaced, covered, altered or
destroyed for the purpose of conceal- j in Georgia, has announced the sched-
shows a full crop and the Fort Val
ley section, where the commercial
peach industry is an enormously im
portant one, the condition est-i.iate is
over 100 per cent. »
More Men Called To Colors
Atlanta.—Maj. Joe! B. Mallet, officer
in charge of the selective service law
ing or misrepresenting the identity of
the car,
State Health Board Urges Vaccination
Atlanta.—Georgia’s state board of
health, supplementing its state-wide
campaign against sporadic outbreaks
ot smallpox and smallpox epidemics,
issued a warning to the entire state,
setting forth the fact that the Geor
gia condition is serious and urging
universal vaccination as a preventa
tive. “It should be needless to ad
vise vaccination in Ihis day,” the
hoard’s official statement reads. “Ev
ery individual ought to be vaccinated
in childhood or even in early infancy
in times of smallpox epidemics. So
many thousands have avoided the dis
ease by this means, that vaccination
Is endorsed by all medical scientists
and boards of health throughout the
civilized world. Nurses, students and
doctors, when vaccinated, can handle
cases of smallpox without danger to
themselves, as is proved in hundreds
of thousands of cases every year.”
90 Tax Collectors Lose Fourth Of Pay
Atlanta—More than fifty per cent
of the tax collectors of Georgia will
be penalized one quarter of their
commissions on the tax digest of 191”
ule for the movement of Georgia se
lectmen of the next call to Camp Gor
don, which movement embraces a five-
day period beginning April 26. The
printed schedule has been mailed to
every local board in the state. At
lanta will send 239 white men and 201
negro men. The white men will leave
here on April 27 at 4:45 o'clock in the
afternoon, and will arrive at Camp
Gordon at 6:22 p. m. Their journey
will be the shortest in the state. At
lanta's negro men will leave on April
30 at 12:15 p. m. and will arrive at
Camp Gordon at 1:45 p. m. Savan
nah will send 93 white men and 69
negro men. The white men will leave
there April 26 at 6:30 a. m. They
will receive box lunches at Macon and
will arrive at Camp Gordon at 5:20
p. m. Savannah negro men will leave
there on April 28.
Floyd County May Vote Bonds For Jail
Rome.—“If the people of Floyd
county want to build a new jail with
funds secured by a bond issue they
vill have a chance and that pretty
soon, to vote on bonds,” said Chair-
j man Cantrell of the Floyd county
board of roads and revenue, when ask-
! ed about the matter. According to an
j estimate submitted to a former board
as the result of a situation that has ^y a jail-building concern, about $40,-
arisen under 1lie operation of the new j 000 wiI1 be required to build a safe,
taw passed at the last session of the i sanitary, modern jail.
legislature. April 20 was the last day. j
under this law. for tax collectors in y jyj q a. Secretaries For War Work
every countv of the state to make their T . . „ .
„ * . _ . .*1, I Atlanta.—Mfiv dc legates. xepresent-
final reports and final settlement with . i t-. * .. -
. ,, , ~ mg the eleven districts of the Georgia
comptroller general. Only f>2 tax col- * . , , . .
. . I.,.,. war work council, launched a drive to
lectors have complied with the law b> : • •
completing their final settlements for | from state twenty-five army
the 1917 tax digest and consequently 1 1; ‘ l ”' lVv '• M ’ * swre.ar't-
90 lax collectors will l.e penalized by j monthly. Three Atlanta men, J. k.
the forfeiture of one-fourth of their 0 ,T - Walter P
commissions.
PERSHING MAKES
REPORT ON BATTLE
BAKER WAITING FOR MORE DE
TAILS BEFORE MAKING ANY
ANNOUNCEMENT
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AMERICANS LOSE OVER 200
Over Three Hundred Dead Germans
Were Found In The American
Trenches
Washington. — General Pershing’s
first report on the German assault
upon the American and French forces
in the Toul sec for is understood to
indicate that the Americans sustained
more than two hundred casualties,
and to estimate the German losses at
between three and four hundred. It
was learned that the report had been
received, but war department officials
refused to make it public or to com
ment upon persistent reports about the
department concerning its contents.
Secretary Baker is understood to be
awaiting more details before making
an announcement, though he probably
will lay the information received be
fore the house military committee
when he appears to tell of his trip
abroad.
The Germans claim to have captur
ed 183 Americans and to have killed
and wounded many more, and so far
there has been no official American
answer to the claim. This situation
will result in a revival of considera
tion at the war department of the pro
posal that a daily statement be issued
from the headquarters of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces. The ex
planation heretofore given for the re
fusal to accede to the proposal has
been that American troops are part
of and are co-operating with large
French and British units, and that an
independent American communique
would necessarily duplicate British or
French statements.
It is realized, however, that German
claims, unless specifically denied from
authoritative sources, will be regarded
as statements of fact with inevitable
resulting anxiety to the people in this
country. For that reason Secretary
Baker is disposed to reopen the whole
question with General Pershing. How
ever, it is possible that instead of
daily statements on operations, ar
rangement will be made whereby en
emy claims of a similar nature may |
be dealt with by the American com- I
mander.
It has been definitely decided that,
as soon as American forces in any con
siderable number are again acting as i
an independent unit, a daily statement j
as to its activities will be issued. |
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 Wdf7 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—die 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.
Event time you have a quarter you can
possibly spare, buy a U. S. Thrift Stamp.
WS-S,
■WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
ISSUED BY THE
UNITED STATES
.GOVERNMENT
This may seem like 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 nim; helps him to fight; protects his life, and does its utmost to
cleanse the world from the horrors of German tyranny and despotism.
THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY
Asylum Appropriation Found Deficient
Milledgeville.— Tilt' board of trus
tees of the Georgia state sanitarium
was in session here. A tola! of 5,234
patients received treatment during the
year, the average daily number being
4,056. The number of new patients^
received during the year was 1.219,
which is 112 less than for the previ
ous year. The cost ot maintenance
shows an expected heavy increase, be
ing $196.15 per patient as against a
cost of $157.10 in 1916. The regular
and supplemental appropriations made
for the institution’s maintenance prov
ed insufficient by more than eighteen
thousand dollars.
Hen Lays Three-Yolked Eggs Daily
Dublin.—J. S. Brown of this city has
a hen which has been laying eggs j
with three eggs in one for the past
two weeks regularly. One of them ]
was exhibited here, and had not only !
a well-formed yolk and white on the j
inside of a large shell, but a fully j
formed egg. shell and all, as well. |
Sometimes there are two yolks besides |
the shell egg inside the big shell, and
this makes three eggs in one.
Suspended Bank Reopens May First j
Valdosta.—The Southern Bank and j
Trust company of Valdosta, which sus- ;
pended business on March 22, will
Candler. Jr., and Mai
coim Lcckharf. h“sd the Atlanta re
cruiting committee. C. A. Malcolm
of Athens is vice chairman of the
state committee.
A. C. L. Gets Five Confiscated Engines
Thomasviile.—A big gray freight en
gine in the Atlantic Coast Line yards
here has attracted a good deal of at
tention, being different in appearance
from those in general use in this sec
tion. It is said to be one of a hun-
died built here for the Russian gov
ernment that have been taken over
and divided out to the different roads
in the country. The Coast Line is said
to have acquired five of them.
Verdict Sustains Will of Jim Smith
Athens.—The jury in the hearing of
the appeal of the Jim Smith will from
the ordinary's court of Oglethorpe
county returned a verdict of sustaining j
the will. This probably decided the
property of the vast estate and ends
the litigation in the famous contest,
which has been in a dozen courts, en
gaging scores of lawyers', and hearing
from several hundred witnesses, in
the past two years.
Many Workers Affected By New Order
Atlanta.—Following an order ad
dressed to C. H. Markham, regional
director of the southeastern district,
from Director General of Railroads
WILSON ATTACKS
SEDITION TRIALS
BY COURTS-MARTIAL
Such a Course Would Put The United
States In The Same Class With
German Empire
Washington.—What promised to be
a sensational fight in congress over
the proposal to turn disloyalty and
espionage cases over to the military
courts-martial was nipped in the bud
by President Wilson. Champions of
the plan abandoned it for the present
at least, when Senator Overman of
North Carolina, chairman of the judi
ciary committee, made public a let
ter from the president declaring unal
terable opposition to the Chamberlain
court-martial bill as both unnecessary
and unconstitutional.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, au
thor of the measure, announces that
In view of the president’s attitude he
will not press the bill, and that any
further hearings on it by the military
committee will be postponed indefi
nitely.
Over Fourteen Billions In War Cost
New York.—Andrew Bonar Law, the
chancellor of the British exchequer,
has introduced in the English parlia
ment the budget bill for the coming
year. Great Britain’s expenditures for
the period covered by the measure
are estimated at about $14,860,985,000,
of which approximately $4,210,250,000
more recently in charge of the house
balance of nearly $10,650,735,000 to be
borrowed.
open again about May first with in- j William G. McAdoo, all offices of for- j
creased capital and a strong directo- | 01 S n railroad lines in Atlanta will be :
rate. At a meeting of the stockhold- ' c l° se an d 35 off-line offices, with a ,
ers an addition of fifty thousand do!- [personnel numbering 114, drawing a
lars to the capital atooh- was* sub- | combined pay roll of $15,27S monthly,
will be affected.
Georgia Bankers Assemble In Macon
Macon.—The thirteenth anual meet
ing of Group 5, Georgia'Bankers' As
sociation, under the auspices of the
many years prominent member of the ! Macon Clearing House Association,
Griffin bar and one of the city's most j was held here at the Hotel Dempsey,
honored citizens, died at his home ; 3 he meeting was one of the most suc-
from paralysis. ! ecssful that has yet been held.
ScribctTUpFlficqially by the old stock
holders, making the new capital $150;t
000.
Judge Walter C. Beeks Dead At Griffin
Griffin.—Judge Walter C. Beeks. for
Farmers Of State To Convene Soon
Atlanta.—A convention of farmers
from every county in the state of
Georgia will be held in Atlanta May
1 and 2, under the auspices of the
Georgia Farmers’ Union, for the pur
pose of discussing the proposed price
fixing of cotton. The meetings will
be held in the hall of the legislature
at the capitol, and will be presided
ever by J. H. Mills, president of the
State Farmers’ Union, and Charies' S.
Barrett, president of the National
Fanners' Union.
Patriotism Keynote of Labor Meeting
Augusta.—Patriotism was the key
note of the first day’s session of the
i Georgia Federation of Labor, in con
vention in Augusta. Labor’s part in
winning the war was emphasized by
President Louie P. Marquardt of At
lanta, in his annual address. J. L.
Rodier of the department of labor urg
ed that strikes be cut out for the pe
riod of the war. A service flag of 1,-
342 stars, representing Georgia labor’s
contribution to the fighting forces of
the nation, was presented to the con
vention.
Mayor Bars Buying Of Liberty Bonds
Milwaukee.—Mayor Hoan (Soc.) has
sent to the common council a veto
of a resblution providing that the city
of Milwaukee buy five hundred, thou
sand dollars’ worth of Liberty Bonds.
The mayor in his veto message de
clares the resolution should be so
amended as to provide for its legal
ization by the legislature and that the
city ought to be recompensed for the
outlay temporarily by levying a tax
on war profits. The veto of the mayor
has created quite a stir in every cir
cle of the city.
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Good investment, isn’t it? And a patriotic habit
besides —for every single Thrift Stamp is a little
added momentum behind the one great common
desire — to shorten this war.
Thrift Stamps are for sale at the postoffice,
by all mail carriers and at
most stores.
Thatcher Will Represent A. P. Abroad
Washington.—Sidney L. Thatcher,
who was formerly manager of the As
sociated Press in Atlanta, Ga., and
more recentl yin charge of the house
of representative proceedings at the
capitol in Washington, has been at
tached to the London office of the
Associated Press in the strengthening
of the war staff at the British capital.
This announcement was not made un
til he was well on his way oversea to
England. Thatcher will handle all
the war news sent to America from
the English center.
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