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UPHOLDS STATE
HIGHWAY LAW
ONLY LACK OF FUNDS HAMPER.
ING GEORGIA'S CO-OPERATION,
SAYS PATTERSON
STATE NEWS Of INTEREST
Brief News Items Of Importance Gath
ered From All Parte
Of The State
Atlanta.—Upholding the highway
law of Georgia and the highway de
partment, Judge T. E. Patterson, the
chairman of the state highway com
mission, made a statement in which
he declared that nothing but a lack
of funds is in any way hindering the
state’s co-operation with the federal
government in road work. He said:
“I desire to correct an impression that
has gotten abroad that there is some er “ to return'to the farm'in "this day
Good Cotton Crop Declared Impossible j
Atlanta.—It will be impossible for
Georgia to make a normal cotton crop |
his year under existing conditions. |
J. J. Brown, commissioner of *agri-1
culture, returning from the tractor |
rally at Albany with stories of 20-
pound cabbages and other exceptional j
crops, nevertheless made a definite
and unfavorable report upon the cot-1
ton crop. The report was based upon ;
conferences at Albany and at points j
on the return route, as well as upon !
personal observation.“Seldom has ;
there been so poor a stand of cotton j
at this time,” said the commissioner.
“Other crops, too, are backward, but
the vagaries of the weather, now warm
for a day, then very cold, has injured
cotton severely. It will be impossible
to obtain a normal crop his year. “If
found the farm labor situation even
more aiarmlng than I had previously
pictured it. and it is safe to say that
a considerable part of the crops of
the state cannot be harvested unless
there is relief."
Farmers Are - Urged To Help
Albany.—A call to the retired farm-
ALLIED NAVIES
MASTERU-BOATS
GERMANY KNOWS HER SUBMA
RINES ARE LOSING
THE FIGHT
IS PLANNING LARGER BOATS
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defect in our law that prevents our
highway department from co-operat
ing with the federal government in
road improvement work. • This is en
tirely erroneous. There is no such
condition. In fact, we are co-operat
ing, having one project under con
struction and the plans in three others
ready for approval. We have the proj
ect statements in more than a dozen
other counties already submitted to
the government for approval. We were
delayed about one year in getting set
tled all the preliminary questions
arising from the difficulties of county
co-operaiion, and a further delay was
occasioned by our engineers not fully
meeting the federal requirements on
account of unfamiliarity with the rules
and regulations. That has now all
been overcome and our engineering
department is getting abreast of its
work.”
Secretary Daniels Addresses Atlantans
Atlanta.—No patriotic gathering in
Atlanta since the war began has been
more sincere or spontaneous in its en
thusiastic demonstrations than was the
gathering of some three thousand peo
ple assembled to pay honor to Secre
tary of the N'avy Josephus Daniels and
to hear his address. Every available
seat was occupied and hundreds of
people stood through the ceremonies,
while other hundreds were turned
away at the doors. “We have only
begun to make our contribution to the
. winning of this war,” he said. “If
necessary, we will live in this var as
did the men of the South fifty years
ago.” He touched upon the transport
situation, declaring that the boys of
the United State? are going over thorp
rapidly. “They are going rapidly,” he
declared, and 1 thank God they are
going over safely.”
Allies Are Sinking More Submarines
Than Germany Is
Building
Washington.—Realizing that Amer
ica and the allies have gained the
mastery over the present type of sub
marine, Germany now is said to be
planning a new series of big U-boat
cruisers with which she hopes to
again assume the advantage in un
restricted warfare.
Announcement of the new German
of strife was sounded here at the : scheme is made by George Leygues,
closing session of the district meet
ing of the Slate Council of Defense.
The call was made by J. E. Bcdenham-
er, farm help specialist, United States
department of agriculture, who declar-
the French minister of marine, in an
interview received here in an official
dispatch from France. No details re
garding the new U-boats were given
by M. Leygues, but from infu.mation
IT COST ONE DOLLAR TO SAVE THIS LIFE
Perhaps It Wats Your Red Cross Dollar That Gave This
Broken Flier His Chance to Live.
From the ground they could see that
&ere was something the matter with
Ms machine. And even while they
jvatched through their glasses he be-
jan to falL
A minute later the little Ford ambu
lance was puffing its way across the
Sve miles of shell-stricken road that
lay between them and him.
They found him beside the machine.
He was nnconscious, but a tree had
oroken his fall.
“Just in the nick of time." said the
doctor crisply. “He’ll be a pretty sick
ed before a crowd of several thou- ! ,ro ™ other sources it appears that the j
sand people fhar. during the present j cruiser submarines will be heavily |
crisis all able bodied farmers should | armed and will be designed especial-j ^
lend their services for the growing of j * 0 Meet the menace of the torpedo Bo y f or a f ew weeks, but we'll have
■ j jjjjj, r ight again and back with his
French comrades.”
So they put him into the little Ford
food crops. Mr. Bodenhamer also said j b ° at destroyers which have proved so
that in the small towns and villages j
there were many business men who j
could help the farmer during his rush j
season, that labor should be drawn j
from the high school boys of the state |
while women can he called on to do
the lighter work about the farm.
Cotton Factory For Atlanta Prison
Atlanta.—The bill authorizing the
establishment of a factory in the Unit
ed States penitentiary at Atlanta for
the manufacture of cotton fabrics for
the government was passed by the
house after opponents declared enact
ment will open the way for a general
industrial prison system. The vote
was 191 to 75. It now goes to the
senate. The hill authorizes an appro
priation of $650,000 for the purchase
of machinery for the manufacture of
duck and other cotton goods for the
war and navy departments, and for
the shipping hoard, and an additional
$350,000 for working capital. The con
vict labor is ro he paid the scale of
prices in force in free labor plants.
Dynamiting Of Fish Is Practiced
Moultrie. Reports coming into tile
office of the county game warden here
show that many streams of this sec
tion have been limed and dynamited
for fish. Out on Little river dead fish
by the hundreds can he seen floating
on the water, it is said. Their death
was clearly due to lime, it is said.
The fact that one has to secure a
license under the new explosive law
before dynamite can be purchased has
served to decrease the popularity of
this method of getting fish, but it, lias
undoubtedly been used in some in
stances this year.
Profiteering Charged In Wheat “Subs”
Atlanta.—Vigorous action at the in
stance of Mr. Hoover suggested in a
special telegram to Georgia will be at
once taken by State Food Adminis- j
traror Andrew M. Soule to check the j
practice of what has begun to border \
on actual profiteering on the part of j
dealers in the prices charged for sub- I
stitutes for wheat flour. Washington’s j
investigation of this condition through i
the country has developed the fact that j
the practice has become almost gen- j
oral of charging for corn meal, oat
meal and barley flour on a par with the
prevailing prices fixed for unadulter
ated wheat flour.
326th Infantry Safe in England
Atlanta.—Announcement of the safe, j
arrival in England of the 326th In- !
fantrv regiment was contained in j
cablegrams received in Georgia by !
relatives and friends of men in that '
regiment. Safe arrival post cards |
nave also been received from members j
of the 325th regiment, from which it !
is assumed also that it has arrived j
safely, although no cablegram was re- I
reived to tills effect. Both regiments j
are a portion of the Eighty second di- !
vision and trained at Camp Gordon,
leaving some time for overseas serv
ice.
effective in hunting down the smaller i
submarines now in operation.
M. Leygues declared that the allies j
are ready to meet Germany's new ef- |
forts and that they will not rest upon j
the “fine results obtained" in the I
past
“We shall not stop,”’he said, “until [
we have cleaned up the sea as one j
cleans up a trench.”
Just how effective has been the war j
against the U-boats is shown by fig- j
I ures on destruction of allied shipping j
to the naval committee of the French I
chamber of deputies by Minister Ley
gues. They reveal that sinkings of
merchantmen have fallen off to the
point where new construction is ex- j
ceeding the destruction even now be
fore American yards are in full swing
on the great building program map
ped out by the shipping board.
The monthly average of destructions
this year, as given by M. Leygues, is i
315.000. compared with more than 500,- •
000 tons monthly in 1917. In April of
last year the first month of Germany’s '
unrestricted submarine warfare, the (
tonnage sunk was 871.000. In April, i
of this year, it had dwindled to about !
268.000 tons.
By BRUCE BARTON
Of the Vigilantes.
ambulance, and—less than an hour
after they saw him fall he was safe in
a clean white bed.
“That’s what It means to have plen
ty of equipment, plenty ft ambulances
and doctors and bandages and every
thing,” said the Red Cross man who
told me. “It means the difference in
getting there on time or getting there
just a minute too late.”
“Wonderful 1” I answered. “And
how much did it cost you to make that
trip—to save that one French boy’s
life?"
He flushed a little. “We don't meas
ure It in terms of money."
“I know it But what do you think
it cost,” I persisted—for gasoline and
the trip and the bandages and aHT*
“Perhaps a dollar, maybe two. But
why do you ask?"
“A dollar I” I answered. "A dollar
to save a boy’s life! To send him
borne again from the war to the moth
er and father who have scanned every
headline and waited breathlessly for
every visit of the letter carrier I Can
a dollar do a miracle like that?”
“It can," said the Red Cross man.
And then the thought occurred to dm
that perhaps it might have been on# of
my dollars.
It was somebody’s dollar that did It
It might have been mine—or one ot
yours.
Who knows? 1
THE NEW JOAN OF’ ARC
$6,000,000,000 FOR HEAVY
ORDNANCE FUND ASKED
Amount Sought 3y War Department
Is In Addition To Fifteen
Billion Dollars
301 Flags of Honor in Atlanta District
Atlanta.—More than 20,000 com-
Washington.—The war department
asked congress for an appropriation
of approximately six biilion dollars
for heavy ordnance. j
This is in addition to the estimates !
of fifteen billion dollar? placed before j
inunities won Liberty Loan honor flags j house military committee by Sec-
by subscribing or over-subscribing j retary Baker. The big ordnance esti-
Iheir quotas. Reports to the treasury j
at Washington show that the Chicago j
district won 4,965 flags. Minneapolis |
3,041; Cleveland 1.999:Boston 1,393,
Atlanta ^91. Philadelphia 752 and St.
Louis, which gavp flags only to full
counties. 196. Other districts have
noi reported finally on their honor
rolls.
Alleged Deserter Killed By Deputies
Athens.—Henry Clay Johnson, col
ored, said to be a deserted from Camp
Gordon, was shot to death at Tucks-
lon, near here by Hubert Martin or
Bird Martin, of Jaekson county, who
stated they were deputized by Town
Marshal Bailey, of Jefferson to ac
company him to apprehend Johnson.
The Martins declared they shot when
they believed (he negro was about to
open fire on them.
During April
to a report
■ internal reve-
100 Stills Raided
Atlanta.—According
from tile office of tli
nue agent, K. C. Yellowly, the number
of stills and distilleries destroyed dur
ing the month of April. 191S, shows a
decided increase over that of the
month of March, and as Mr. Yellowly
Potatoes No Longer Flour Substitute
Atlanta.—Irish potatoes are no long
er a substitute for flour in Georgia, as
the result of an order to rh
received from Washington it;
D. F. McClatchey, executive secretary
of the federal food administration. X'o
explanation of the reason for the
change accompanied the order. Tinder
former ruling Irish polatoes could be
mate was placed before the house ap
propriations committee by Brig. Gen.
John D. Barrette, acting chief of coast
artillery, and front it the fortification
bill will he framed. *
General Barrel te stated that because
of the long time required to build big
guns, most of those to be built under i
the next fiscal year's appropriation j
cannot b“ delivered until one year af
ter ihe contract is let.
X’eed for heavy artillery is noi press- ;
ing, Barrette said, because of the
large reserve sup*piy of the allies, but ;
the United States must be ready when :
this is exhausted.
slated, the number would have been a i Purchased with other cereals as part
Swift’s Son-In-Law Ordered Interned
Chicago.—-Count James Minotto. a \
son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, the uaek-
er, was taken into custody here by i
deputy United States marshals on a
presidential warrant ordering hi.s in
terment. A habeas corpus action was ;
immediately instituted in behalf of
the count and he was taken before '
Federal Judge Carpenter and released j
effect I on $50,000 bond. Hearing of argu-
Major j ments o n the habeas corpus proceed
ings was set for May 20. According
to department of justice officials the
order for the count’s arrest was tele
graphed from Washington to Los An
geles, Cal., on April 30.
good deal larger if he had had a larg
er force of men. Over one hundred
stills were destroyed.
Soldier At Gordon Shot Sy Negro
Atlanta.—Carl Ware, 25 years old, a
member of the 157th depot brigade,
Camp Gordon, and formerly a promi- I
nent planter living near Woodbury, j
died at the Georgia Baptist hospital. !
of the substitute for flour,
now be prohibited.
This will
$85,000 Whisky Seized Near Savannah
Savannah.—The biggest whiskey
raid in Savannah since prohibition
came in was pulled off when over
$85,000 worth of the forbidden liquor,
a railway box car, six automobiles, two
wagons, three mules and four men
It was reported that he was shot twice j ' vere seized as a result of a raid made
through the skull by an enraged ne ' b - v members of the police department,
gro, formerly in his employ, while he accompanied by Deputy United States
was on a furlough.
14,109 Cattle Dipped In Grady County
1 Tbontasville.—Grady county reports
14,109 head of cattle dipped there in
the month just passed and everybody
seems to be having them dipped, with
no complaints heard. There are now
68 vats in operation in that county,
six being completed and used during
the month and several more new ones
under construction. Grady has be
come a big cattle raising county and
the people are realising, as those of
Thomas have done, that it is impos-
sibie to raise a pure breed of cattle
unless they are free from ticks.
[ Marshal J..Ben Wilson.
Scarcity Of Labor Delays Bridge
Brunswick.—Because of the scarci
ty of labor the new bridge spanning
the Satilla river at Woodbine, which
is to prove such an advantage to auto
mobile .traffic between Savannah,
Brunswick and Florida, has not yet
been opened, though it was expected
that it would be ready for use by
May 1. There have been a number of
delays because of the labor shortage
and the difficulty the county has es>
perienced in securing supplies.
$90,000,000 Increase In Rail Rates
Washintgon.—Estimates made by j
railroad administration officials indi- j
cate that an increase of at, least 25% ;
in freight and passenger rates will ;
be necessary this year to meet the \
higher cost of fuel, wages, equip- I
ment and other operating expenses, !
now sei at between six hundred and i
seven hundred and fifty million dol- j
lars more than last year. Recommen- :
dation that rates be raised by ap- l
proximately this percentage has been '■
made to Director General McAdoo by j
his advisers.
RED CROSS SPECIAL
Three Thousand Mile Dash Across Russia to
Succor Roumania—Heroic Work Required.
Russia Will Rise To Strike Fetters
Washington.—The closing days of
the war will see Russia arising again
to strike off the German fetters, ac
cording to Prof. Thomas Garrigue Ma-
saryk, Bohemian educator and politi
cal leader, in an interview here. Doc
tor Masaryk, after eleven months in
Russia, is now in Washington to pro
mote the interests of Bohemians and
Jugo-Slavs. “The masses of the Rus
sians are not satisfied with peace un
der German domination,” said Doctor
Masaryk.
Poor little Roumania, once so happy
and so beautiful I Robbed of its rich
lands by German hordes, its people
driven back upon themselves, the once
picturesque city of Jassy is now
crowded beyond its limits with the
country’s destitute and starving.
Nothing but the most heroic efforts
of the American Red Cross has kept
Roumania from actually disappearing
from among the nations of the earth.
When all those who could leave the
country had fled Henry W. Ander
son, American Red Cross commis
sioner to that outraged country, stuck
to his post Diseased, starving and
ragged people were all about him. The
cause seemed hopeless. Even Red
Cross money could buy nothing in
Roumania, for the country was strip
ped.
So Anderson appealed to onr Red
Cross in Russia. There were sup
plies there, but how could they be
carried the 3,000 miles that separated
Petrograd from Jassy, Russia was
struggling against internal disorder,
which in the Ukrainian territory was
civil war. Even with the authority
and protection of the Bolshevik gov
ernment the case seemed hopeless.
Yet help came—a whole train load
under Ihe charge of Lieutenant Ma-
gunson of the American Red Cross in
Russia. And Anderson sent this ca
ble:
“We are today distributing food and
clothing to more tiian 10,000 people
and increasing numbers every week.
Expecting shipment of four more ears
of food from Odessa this week. By
extraordinary effort we believe we can
continue purchase of sufficient supplies
to carry on work.”
And so our Red Cross Is showing all
the world that not only are onr men
ready to fight for the right, bnt are
ready to help all those others who
are In this battle for freedom.
Couuihutcil by W. L. Starrett,
A GRUELLING NIGHT
FOR THE CANTEEN MAN
A Red Cross Canteen man wearily
banked the fires under the kettles.
Their billet is in an old bouse near
by. By the light of a candle the Red
Cross eonvoyer undresses and rolls
Into his blankets. Suddenly there
comes a sharp, cracking sound, and a
red flare lights up the room. The eon
voyer rolls quickly out of his bunk,
catches up his blankets and runs
down the rickety stairs to the cellar.
There he finds his French assistant
and a lot of soldiers. They exchange
nods and then seat themselves on
boxes. Four more sharp, cracking
noises follow in rapid succession, and
a mournful roar. This is only the be
ginning of an artillery duel which
lasts all night.
At break of day the Red Cross man
bestirs himself, shakes his assistant
and tumbles up the stairway out Into
the yard. It Is strewn with debris. A
shell struck the next house in the night
and blew out the wall. The convoyar
and his man set to work gingerly, for
the air is chill. They poke the Area
and throw on fresh wood and then set
to work to prepare the food. Within
an hour the canteen Is ready for boat* 1
ness.
This is a sample night of a M !
Cross Canteen man at the front