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GEORGIA’S QUOTA' 17,395 IN HEW CALL IfULTON MUST FURNISH 83 AND ATLANTA 1,767 MEN I FOR SERVICE STATE NEWS OF INTEREST lflrl«f News Items Of Importance Gath ered From All Parts Of The State ! Atlanta.—Maj. Joel B. Mallett, in 'charge of the selective service in Geor gia, has compiled the net current quo ta for this state under the new reg-. ... , .. raitted hi illations effective June 1. The quota ! eraor amounts to a total of 17,395, of which 8,000 have been called to report on Ijune 19 and 29, respectively. The ifirst 4,000, to report during the first [five days, beginning June 19, are col ored ; the second 4,000, beginning June '29, are white. The apportionment of the net current quota among the sev eral counties shows that Fulton coun ty must furnish 80 men exclusive of Atlanta, and that the local boards in Atlanta must furnish men as follows: 'No. 1, 478, No. 2, 257; No. 3, 103; No. |4, 521; No. 5, 112; No. 6, 120; No. 7. 176. One of the features of the new system is the complete abolition. of the method used in the past of basing Urge Uniform Seal* Of Wages j Atlanta.—H. M. Stanley, state com- j missioner of commerce and labor, and Georgia director of the federal em- i ployment service, has returned from J Washington. The demand of the var<-1 ous government plants for labor has i been making a heavy demand upon his j office and the situation regarding la-i bor generally is regarded as most se- • rious. One of the troubles is the lack j of uniformity of wages, thus one gov ernment plant recruiting labor from i another at a slightly advanced scale,; thus not only demoralizing the labor market, but disturbing the morale of the laborers. As a result of this prac- j tice, and the consequences, a move- j raent will be begun at once to have | the government establish and enforce . even among its contractors a uniform ! scale of wages, thereby preventing the recruiting from one industry to an- j other SUBMARINES RAID AMERICAN COAST 6URVIVORS REACH NEW YORK AND TELL STORIES OF RAID BY SUBMARINES 10 VESSELS REPORTED SUNK Commander Of One Of The U-Boats Seemed Unusually Humane For German Officer Washington.—Official confirmation that the German submarines actually have carried the war into American Commissioner Stanley" has sub-i coastal waters came from the navy j an ovatl “ n fl. H. DEAN OPENS RACE FOR SENATE In First Address He Pledges Loyalty To President And Goes After His Oppo nents Vigorously Athens, Qa., May 25.—Hon. H. H. Dean, well known attorney of Gaines ville, Ga., made the opening speech of his campaign for United States Sen ator here today, before an audience of many hundreds, including citizens of Athens and surrounding territory. The people of Athens tendered him He was cheered and ap- annual report to the gov- j department. It authorized the an-' plaude(i throughout his address, par- ! ...... . ticulariy in connection with his criti- I nouncemen, ‘hat American vessels! cjsm of certajQ public acts o( the had been sunk by enemy submarines nosine candidates Peooie Pray For The Allied Armies ofl lbe AtlanUc coast. j P °He s^d he pmpoeed to pilch his i Practically the entire naval strength | campaign on a high plane of loyalty, i of the Atlantic fleet now on this side Atlanta.—Banked in a dense mass about a platform above which Old Glory floated, upwards of a thousand j the water is in pursuit of the sub men and women stood at Five Points at noon May 30. In accordance with the proclamation of President Wilson, they prayed God “that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity and steadfastness t.o our people to make sacrifice to the utmost in their support of what is just and true, bringing us at last the peace in which men’s current quotas according to popula- hearts can be at rest because it is marines Nine Vessels Reported Sunk New York.—Nine American vessels were known to have been sunk by German submarines off the north At lantic coast since May 25. The largest to fall prey to the raid- dignity. efficiency and respectability. He paid his respects to his opponents, including Senator T. W. Hardwick Hon. W. J. Harris and Congressman William Schley Howard, and stated specifically that his only criticism would be of their public acts. Mr. Dean declared that Georgia had suffered greatly in the past.„by not having in the senate men who would measure up with senators from other non. Crushers Plan An Annual Convention Atlanta.—Secretary K. P. Shivers of the Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association of Georgia, has announced that the organization will be held this year at organibation will be held this year at Atlantic Beach, Pla., June 11 and 12. In view of the close co-operation now existing between the crushers and the government in the production of veg etable fats for human food, cotton seed meal for cattle feed and iinters •for gun cotton, special interest at taches to the meaning of the associa tion this year, which will rake on a patriotic air. founded upon mercy, justice and good will Experts Tell Of Georgia Minerals Atlanta.—The importance of devel oping Georgia's mineral resources to (he utmost and as speedily as possible were in the chapel at Georgia Tech at a meeting of the Affiliated Techni cal Societies of Atlanta, held under the auspices of lhe Atlanta Section of the American Institute of Mechanical Engineers. The war department has announced that supplies for Southern camps and for export to the allies will be purchased as far as possible in the South, io save traffic congestion else where. fieorgia is rich in mineral re sources, including many of the ma terials used in warfare, and the tech nical societies are- anxious to bring about their development. ers which are seeking to prevent the; states, sailing of transports with troops for • Referring to America s part in the the battlefields of France, was the' war, Mr. Dean said: New York and Porto Rico liner Caro- ! ['We have a great commander-in- lina of 8,000 tons, which was attacked! clu ef of the Army and Navy, Presi- SUBday night about 125 miles south- W,lsPn > , and w t, a11 f f}. safe in ■ , „ 6 , . . • j following his leadership and direction. eq,st ot Sandy Hook. The iate of her. g^ould j be elected to the senate, it 220 passengers and crew of 130, who j w iii be my purpose to co-operate with took boats when the shell| began j £im ia every plan and purpose to bring to fall about the vessel, is unknown, j the war to a speedy and successful but there is hope that they have been j determination. There can be no di- picked up by some passing ship or i vision while the war is in progress reach shore safely in the small boats. Not a life was lost in the sink ing of the other ships', according to iate reports. Besides the Carolina the known vic- We have but one flag; we can have but one leader, and all loyal citizens must obey his command.” Wants Honest Politics. Mr. Dean then read his platform, which is published in full elsewhere tims of the U-boats are the Atlantic i in this paper. His declaration in fa Refining company tanker Herbert L. 1 vor of "honesty and integrity in the Pratt, the steamship Winneconnle, of 1.890 tons, and six schooners, the larg-; est of which were the Hauppauge, a political world,” brought prolonged applause. He stated that the cor ruptness in politics had more to do with bringing him into the race than new ship of 1,009 ions, and the Edward an ything else, and in this connection Germar Gordon Greater Camp Than Ever Atlanta.—In point of man power. Camp Gordon is now a greater camp than ever before in its history as a military training poinl, was the inter esting announcement made by offi- j •cials at camp headquarters. This state- i ment means that ihere are more men: ,df ' Uennan prisoner than is necessary to form a division I in Fulton county dr “ now at camp. A division consists of from 30,000 to 35.000 men. Rules of . censorship forbid the publication 0 f! ^ orman the exact number of men a( lhe camp H. Cole. The crew of these eight ves sels have been landed at Atlantic; ports. Reports brought ashore by the sur- he called attention to the Macon con vention of 1914 concerning which he laid: “We saw the Tammany Hall methods 463,000 Is Paid For 2 ; 000 Acres Land I Americus.—Dr. Thomas M. Merritt j of Americus has just sold to the firm j of Ashford & Smiih of Oconee county : his Sumter county plantation of 2,000 i acres, located seven miles west of | Americus. Sixty-lhree thousand dol- j lars was paid for this property by the new owners, and the price is re j garded here as an excellent one. The ! farm is located in one of the best producing belts in Ibis county. Record Food Crops Expected In State Griffin—After touring fifty-seven south Georgia counties as guest of the tours committee of lhe. Georgia State Automobile associaiion and later visit ing central Georgia counties, W. B. Royster, secretary of lhe Griffin-Spald- ing board of trade, is thoroughly con vinced that Georgia will this year es tablish a record in food production that will surpass any yet made by a nouthern state. Fiax Successfully Grown In Georgia Waycross.—An acre of flax planted iby J. B. Tompkins at Scotehville, near ,St. Marys, as an experiment, has just been harvested. The yield of seed amounted to approximately 20 bush- lels, worth around $3.50 per bushel, and were it not for the fact that there are no linen mills in this section, even :morc could be realized from the fiber ttian from the seed. [Rural Educational Conference Planned Athens.—Special interest is already lapparent in all parts of the state in 'the approaching annual conference on Irural education to be held at the 1918 [summer school of the University of (Georgia. The conference will be at- ftended by thee ounty school superin- Itended by the county school superin- Iby a large number of the boards of ieducation of the counties. i , .ivors indicated that the Winneconnie ! practiced there, introduced by V\. J. , • Harris and T. W. Hardwick, which Prisoners Are Now At Worx ; and nearly all the schooners were , jn debauching and buying up Atlanta.—After several days’ delay j soak by the same l -boat, which bad i a ] arge nlimbe r of the votes by trades in getting the contract for the use of; been lurking in the path of shipping! and corrupt manipulations, resulting for road work j ofr Tl,e New Jersey coast and the Del- j i n the defeat of the choice of the aware Cape since late last month. : people of the state. The stories told by the skippers of j “W. J. Harris now undertakes to run the schooners indicated Thai the com-! f° r 'he senate, and states he is run- mander of the submersible was un-j nirw on bis record All of his record „ , , in Georgia has been to put 1. V\ Hard- tisually humane tor a German subma-, v ick in * thp scna1e in the Macon con iine officer. In no instance, so far as i VPntion of 13Uj and tu step in and known, was a lifeboat shelled and in ! all cases reported that crews were j prevent the people of Georgia from given opportunity to escape or were j laying in their usual supply of coai taken aboard the submarine where ' at the usual season, and causing Geor- some of ihem were kept prisoner for i Eia alone and her people the loss of eight days before thev were turned ! nudl0ns dollars. . .. • _ Mr. Dean denominated Senator adnfi to be picked up by a passing j jjarawick the “bantam” senator, and vessel. j referred to the fact that Mr. Hard- Forty-eight survivors of vessels j wick had refused to meet him in joint sunk by German U-boals, brouhgt to j debate at Carrollton. He criticised Mr. porl by a coastwise steamship, were j Hardwick for voting against all meas- landed. Abou! half of them had been ' ures proposed as necessary to carry prisoners for several days aboard the ! on the war gains' Germany, naming submarines. n up. the eon- iract between til (“government and Ful- I Ion county w-as signed and twenty-two were put to work on the I Campbell!on road. The government j furnishes the guards for the prisoners and feeds both the prisoners and the guards, while lhe county’s part, of the tract between the government and Fnl- malerials and machinery and pay $1.25 for each man. The government re ceives $1 of this amount and the pris oner gets the remainder.. Member Of Legislature Joins Marines Talking Rock.—Chesley Vincent, 28 years old, representative to the Geor gia legislature from Talking Rock, has enlisted in lhe marines. He is a widower and has two small children. He was sent to Paris Island, S. C., where he will be in training until the next session of the legislature. He will then receive a furlough and rep resent bis district. Woman Made School Superintendent Moultrie.—Mrs. Dismuke has been named by lhe board of education, county school superintendent lo suc ceed her husband. Lee S. Dismuke, who died several days ago. The ap pointment is temporary, the law not providing for a woman holding the office permanently. The board will name a man lo fill the unexpired term at its regular meeting in July. Rural Mail Carriers Meot In Savannah Savannah.—At lhe annual meeting of the First Congressional District Ru ral letter Carriers’ association held j here, the following officers were elect- j ed: President, Thomas Kennedy of Manassas; vice president, O. O. Stew art of Halcyondale: secretary and treasurer, B. L. Collins, of Cobb. State Normal School Awards Diplomas Athens.—One hundred and sixty- three young women and one lone young man, representing over two-thirds of the 152 counties in Georgia, were giv en diplomas at the annual graduating exercises of the state normal school held in the J. M. Pound auditorium . among others the bill to raise an army, ! the food control bill, the air ship bill. The survivors were from the steam- j the ship producing biUt the biu to ship Winnieconnie and the schooners j ma ke it unlawful to make liquor from Hattie Dunn and Edna. Twelve more j grains and sugar and the sedition bill, survivors of the schooners Tauppage i He declared Hardwick had voted for and Isabel B. Wilev, who were making [ and demanded the privilege of “insult- for shore in a motor yawl at night, j in S our fla g, our president, our gov were believed to have landed some where further down the coast. Capt. Charles E. Holbrooks, com mander of the Hattie Dunn, said that his vessel had been sunk May 25, and ■ ton, Harris knew of it, but he and his crew taken prisoner by the j something over two hundred eminent and our constitution, the navy and the army. Again referring to Mr. Harris, Mr. Dean said: "When Hardwick came to Carroll- tayed miles [Schwab To Visit Brunswick, Georgia ; here Brunswick.—Tlie Southern Ship- j tbuiiding companies here organized an i General Scully Buried With Honors [association for the purpose of speed-1 Atlanta.—The funeral services of [ing up shipbuilding and co-operating j Gen j tV. Scully, the distinguished rwith the government to win the war. | armv officer who died at his home. submarine 1 away. When the battle was over and Scores of United States warships : 1 had driven Hardwick out of Georgia, . „ . - , he comes forward, stating, ‘I won a are scouring the seas m search of .the j gr@at vjctory • •> submarines. j Declaring that there is something Five Submarines Said To Be Raiding j truly amazing about the method of Norfolk Va.—Na,vai officers here ! MHowards entrance into the cam- said their reports indicated five Ger- pa L^’ Mr Dean challenged Mr. How- . . . . . .. ard to tell where he got the $4.2a5 man submarines had been operating which he admittpd he had received as along the Atlantic coast and that two campa ig n contributions. He spoke had been sighted oft the Virginia also of Mr. Howard’s refusal to meet capes. Rear Admiral Fechteier. com- j him in joint debate, mandant of the Norfolk navy yards, i said two U-boats had been sighted off 1 Mr. iHon. Charles M. Schwab was elected | [an honorary member. He will shortly j ivisit Brunswick and the association is j (arranging a demonsi ration for his ivisit. 610 Piedmont avenue, were held from the Sacred Heart church. Interment was in West View cemetery, with full military honors. The pallbearers were all army officers of rank. [Dorsey Urges Coal Port At St. Macys ! g ood R 0 ad Projects Receive Approval Atlanta.—Gov. Hugh M. Dorsey, in this capacity as chief executive of Geor- igia. and as chairman, of the state icouncil of defense, telegraphed Sec retary William G. McAdoo, director |of railroads and water transportation, :and the governors of thirteen states, [including those along the Mississippi (and Ohio rivers, calling a conference tat St. Marys, Ga., on the 10th and lllth of June, looking to the establish ing there of a government coal port, and the immediate construction ot til* |Bt. Marys to SL Marks caaaL Atlanta.—Judge T. E. Patterson, the chairman of the Georgia state high way commission, announces that seven projects for federal aid have been ap proved and that plans have been made and work ready to begin on these im provements and will begin on the oth ers as soon as plans are complete. The largest project approved thus far is the Atlanta-Macon highway on which one hundred and eighty thousand dollars will be spent, the government paying half this amount, as will be the oust in all the project# awrered. Sued for Liquor Bill. Dean next referred to a suit the Virginia capes, and Rear Admiral brought against Mr. Howard in De- McLean. commandant of the fifth na- Kalb C ° unty b J * J Park ; a , certified , ’ ’ : ... . ..... . .. „ copy of which he presented. R. J val district, said in addition to hese p ar k was formerly in the,whisky busi- two others were reported off the New ness in Chattanooga and this suit, ac- Jersey coast, and one off the coast of cording to Mr. Dean’s statement, was North Carolina. * j brought against William Schley How- - ; ard on a bill for whiskey amounting U-Boat Captured After Sinking Ship to *61.90, on which there was a bal- An Atlantic Port. — Hovering for [ ance due . °* J® 9 -*®- Tll “ s ' dt ' mas !-• 23 srwjsr ican tanker William RocKeteller had e( j Mr. Howard defeated the suit been sunk by a German submarine, a br jfle^ing the statute of limitations, flotilla of destroyers and two sea-' Mr. Dean charged that Mr. Howard planes finally succeeded in capturing bought the whisky for the purpose of the U-boat, according to naval officers, i defeating Congressman Livingston, survivors of the disaster who landed , making this statement: here. The sea for miles about the ' v ° u wi " no ' ice , M . r - Howard post- , ,, , , , , , , , hi _ poned payment, claiming he was spot where the fatal blow struck the brokp> mm ^ ^ accQunt was tanker was closel> matched by destioy .^ our y ears 0 ld, and then took advan* ers and their accompanying seaplanes j tage of the statute of limitations to for any sign of the U-boat speeding ; defeat paying the debt he had incurred from the scene of its encounter. ! for the purpose of defeating old man j ‘Lon’ Livingston for congress.” -Accident” Hides Numerous Things 1 Mr. Dean thanked his audience and Washing ton.-Death among the ex-! Promised that if elected lie would give . . „ ® . T the whole state his best and most ef- peditionary forces as a result of ac-, flc - ent seryice as senator Following his Athens speech, Mr. Dean went in the afternoon, by spe cial invitation, to the Goshen Picnic grounds in Oconee County, where more than a thousand citizens of Oco nee were gathered for the 44th Go shen anniversary. He was most en thusiastically received, and Judge H.' M. Saxon, a former Hardwick leader, who introduced him, stated at the con clusion of Mr. Dean’s address that after what had been said of the other candidates, he did not feel he eonld support them. cidenL suicide, homicidal attack and military execution hereafter will be included in the casualty lists under the heading “accidents and other causes,” Secretary Baker announces, after having consulted with his ad visers as to whether the exact cause of death should be made public in each case. Officials were unanimous ly against such action, holding that it would humiliate unnecessarily the rel atives ia some instanoea. TALC ontee <25* A WOMAN has to breathe the fra grance of Jonteel, the New Odor of twenty-six flowers, only once to know it is a perfume that is rare and expensive. You expect its price to be for biddingly high. But you are astonished and delighted to find that Talc Jon teel sells at a price no higher than that of ordinary powders. Try it today. For Sale by H. _J. .PORTER, .Druggist, Butler, .Georgia. YOUR DAUGHTQ WILL* NEVER-C0I TO-THIS IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY IN THE BANKMT , -i E. Zimmctniaa Co.—Nu. 5J YOUR daughter will never come to this if you have no money in the bank. If you were to investigate the families who have accomplished daughters, you would find that in practically every instance a bank account is started for their education when they were children. 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