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MRS. BAZEMORE WRITES
FROM OKLAHOMA
Scullin, Oklahoma
June 13, 1918.
Dear Editor: Received The
Butler Herald Tuesday—the first
one we have received at Scullin.
Many thanks. It was like getting
a letter from my dear friends and
loved ones in old Taylor County.
While if brought sadness to my
heart, yet it w r as a pleasure to
hear from home. It was with
sadness that I 'noted the passing
of so many of my old friends, but
they have only paid the debt that
we, too, soon must pay. Cheer
up, dear bereaved ones, and re
member that it will not be long
before we will meet them where
there is no parting, if we trust
Jesus as we should.
I feel like calling for volunteers
for Jesus in this great religious
war. Oh, dear Christian soldiers,
let us pray and ask for spiritual
show'ers to baptize the hearts and
homes of this distressed world.
So many lives are at stake in this
terrible war, and many are unpre
pared for the final day. Have we,
as Christian soldiers, done all
we could to save these boys? Oh,
dear Lord, help us all to wake up
and get busy!
I get lots of letters from friends
and loved ones in Georgia, telling!
me that all is well with them. I;
am not well, but thankful that
I am able to be up and with my
son, J. M. Jinks. They have fine
crops here, but it has rained a
great deal and grass is doing lets
of damage. Labor is very scarce.
A good cotton chopper is getting
$3.00 a day and his dinner now,
and it may go higher before cot-:
ton is all chopped. Corn is get
ting so high that it is be
ing laid by. This is rich soil,
and it doesn’t take long!
to grow 7 a crop. In many sections
corn and sorghum are laid by.'
Oats are fine and many farmers
have large crops of wheat. Milk,
butter, eggs and good corn-bread j
are plentiful. Of course w r e have
biscuits and lots of other things,
but corn-bread is the most impor
tant for everybody is doing all
they can to help carry on the
war until victory is won.
I haven’t seen my oldest son, ’
H. T. Jinks, yet; he lives at Ho
bart, Okla., 200 miles northwest!
of this place. Am going on to see
him by the first of July if lam:
able to travel. He has a large
crop, has had lots of rain and that
means hard work for him.
I have been able to attend i
preaching and prayer-meeting;
several times, but am thankful j
that I was abie to go even that
much. -Lots of good people live
around Scullin and they don’t!
wait for their pastor to do all the
praying nor all the talking. It is j
a sure enough prayer-meeting—!
the old time kind.
I will close by asking all good
people to help me pray for a Holy
Ghost religion to sweep all over
this world and conquer sin.
Your friend,
MRS. BELLE BAZEMORE.
FOR SALE.
Located in the city of Greens
boro, Green County, Georgia,
Six stand 70 saw 7 all steel, Murry !
Cotton Gin outfit, 100 H. P. Boil
er, 75 horsepower quick action I
automatic engine--Attached to
gin new 8-30 American corn
mill, and wood sawing and split- j
ting machine—Outfit cost $10,-
000. On account of bad health
the owner will sell cheap. If in
terested write
ALL STEEL GIN CO„
Greensboro, Ga. |
Propellers Run Tandem.
Experiments made in boat propul
sion with one propeller, one behind the
other, show that but little Increased
speed is obtained by the arrangement;
and rotating the two screws In oppo
site directions, either at the same or
different speeds, has little effect on
the results. It Is, however, claimed
that the double screw gives better con
trol of the vessel.
10,000 GEORGIANS
CALLED TO COLORS
REGISTRANTS WILL BE INDUCTED
INTO SERVICE FROM
EVERY SECTION
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Of Importance Gath
ered From All Parts
Of The State
Atlanta.—Approximately ten thou-
Road Fund Now Available
Atlanta.—Monroe county has finally
agreed to enter into the project for a
federal aid highway between Atlanta
and Macon. This completes the chain,
the project having already been ap
proved, and held up some weeks ago
pending Monroe’s co-operation. The
federal good roads bureau has been
notified of the action of this heretofore
discountant link, and the work is now
expected to progress without further
: delay, judge Patterson, chairman of
the Georgia highway commission, has
returned from Monroe county, where
he secured a signed agreement from
the commissioners of that county,
agreeing to meet the federal require
ments for the highway through Monroe
at a net cost per mile of not more
than $2,000. This will provide for a
sand men, distributed among both sand-clay road only through Monroe
white and colored registrants, will be . c °unty, but it at least link3 up the
. . , , „ , chain, all the other counties along the
called into service from Georgia dur-
; highway having agreed, some of the
ing the month of July. Eight thousand counties building more expensive roads
Georgia registrants were called during than others. The Georgia highway com-
the month of June, four thousand col- mission received a wire from the fed-
ored and four thousand white. The era j j >ureau declaring that Monroe’s
colored contingent has already report- I action was satisfactory and suggesting
ed at Camp Gordon, and the white lhat work begin at
once.
contingent will report this week. The : •
additional July call illustrates that the ! Peach And Nut Crop Hjt 3y Storm
government is wasting no time in get-1 . _ . . . .
...... _ Americus.—During the storm which
ting the young men available for serv- .... s , .
ice under the selective act, into khaki| Swept * ls sectl ° n - a ***** ^w barn
as rapidly as it is practicable to trans- on , the farm ° f B ’ G : Shannon three
u miles east of Americus, was blown
port, and formally induct them into , , , , ’ ,
. „ . u , i down and several valuable animals
the service. Capt. C. A. Hope, from
the provost marshal general’s office in i
Washington, was in the city in confer- j
ence with the selective service officers
killed. On the farm of Dr. F. A.
Thomas, north of Americus, several
outbuildings were blown down, and
of Georgia and the representatives of "1 u e and several young goats kill-
the Georgia district boards. He talked ed ’. whlle ° n , lhe * 1 ™ ^ ms plaCe ’
along the lines of rhe requirements of ; adj ° min f’ dj ™g debri S killed a young
the boards and the efforts to standard- j “ at $300 K Parties , " ho
• ,, ^ ^ ed 4:he peach orchards of Easterlin
lze the work of the service and exemp-!_ ,, , ,,
tion. He will make an inspection of ! Brothers ^d the Methvin Orchard
the adjutant general’s offices in Ala . company north and east of Amencus,
bama and Florida, in addition to his iff 1 ^e former Raymond orchard, to
inspection of Georgia’s military de-! the wesl ° f Americus reported fifty
partment.
to seventy-five per cent had been blown
from the trees and utterly destroyed
The Smithwick Orchard company, who
own a splendid pecan orchard in the
suburbs of Americus, sustained con-
Greater Use Of Potatoes In The Camps
Atlanta.—The Irish potato, at the re
quest of Governor Dorsey of. Georgia j sid er ab le damage
and Governor Pleasants of Louisiana, j ,
will be more extensively used in the I _ . _ .. _ „
mess hall menus of the American, 7 !
army at home and abroad. At the j Atlanta—Governor Dorsey granted
suggestion of these executives, who j respites to two convicted murderers
know the food value of the Irish po- sentenced to hang this month. One
tato, and its ability to conserve wheat ] was to John Thompson of Troup coun-
and other bread cereals, the quarter- I Ly. sentenced to execution June 2S. He
master's department in Washington was respited until July 26. He was
has issued orders to “speed up’’ on the
potato diet. The result will be the
enormous crop indicated by the acre
age reports from all sections of the
country will not go begging this year,
but will help relieve the flour crisis.
Army Cantonment Plans Changed
Augusta.—It now develops that, the
government has changed its plans on
the army cantonment which is to be
equipped at Augusta, in addition to the
Camp Hancock army camp. First de
termination was to put the cantonment
south of the Wrightsboro road, near
the Georgia railroad tracks, running
up to Bel-Air. In this stretch 4,500
acres of area are available. The army
representatives came to the conclu
sion that they needed about three
thousand more acres, and they have
practically settled on land north of the
Wrightsboro road, extending by the
Aumond property and into Columbia
county.
onvicted of the murder of Sheriff W.
W. Shiney, and was respited in order
to give the condemned man an oppor
tunity to petition for a commutation to
life imprisonment. The other was to
Bart Goodwin, a negro of Pope county,
convicted of murder, and respited in
order to hear his petition for a com
mutation.
Dade County’s Draft Board Put Out j
Atlanta.—Following complaints of ;
registrants from Dade county, that the ;
draft board there had shown favorit- [
ism in the classification of registrants. <
the war department authorized Maj. 1
Joel B. Mallett to remove the entire j
board from office. In accordance with j
instructions from the provost marshal j
general, the Georgia military depart- ]
ment conducted a thorough investiga
tion of the matter, and it was stated
that the report rendered by the investi
gators corroborated with that ren
dered to the department of justice by
the citizens of Dade.
Watkinsville Fire Loss Heavy
Watkinsville.—Fire of unknown ori
gin completely destroyed three stores
belonging to J. M. McRee, L. H. Akin
and Miss Warnie Edge, with a conse
quent combined loss of $15,000, with
only $1,750 insurance. McRee sus
tained the greatest loss, his storehouse
and stock amounting fully to $10,000,
while Akin and Edge are losers to the
extent of $2,500 each. McRee had only
$1,000 insurance. Akin $750 and Edge
nothing.
Metcalfe Awarded Loving Cup
Thomasvilie.—The silver loving cup
offered for the town in Georgia mak
ing the best showing in the third
Liberty Loan campaign has been pre
sented to Metcalfe in this county. Met
calfe was assessed $3,500 as its quota
in the campaign, and raised over $35,-
000. This showing also entitles the
town to 10 stars in its liberty flag, one
for each hundred per cent over the
quota.
Yaryan Company To Build New Road
Waycross.—It is learned here that
the Yaryan Naval Stores company of
Brunswick will build twenty miles of
railroad south from Ruskin, six miles
west of Waycross, for reaching a large
supply of wood in the twelfth district.
It will use in part the roadbed of an
old tramroad.
Assesses W. U. Wire Line $26 a Mile
Atlanta. — Comptroller General
Wright assessed the wire lines of the
Western Union Telegraph company in
the state of Georgia at a valuation of
$26 per mile, the total valuation be
ing $897,733. His total assessment of
the company’s physical property and
franchise for taxation in 1918 was $1,-
732,634.
Manganese Meeting At Cariersvilla
Cartersville.—Consideration of what j
is necessary to be done to stimulate !
the production of manganese in this
district was given in every phase at a
very interesting and enthusiastic meet
ing here. The possibilities of the man
ganese district here and the conditions
surrounding the mining of the ore were
carefully discussed by the state geolo- |
gist, Dr. S. W. McCaliie, and by two j
government experts, who have been
here for some time making a survey
of the district.
Gathering Tobacco In Coffee County
Waycross.—Tobacco growers of Cof- j
fee county are busy gathering the low- j
er leaves from their tobacco; curing, j
and will store it in the tobacco ware
house at Douglas for opening sale day !
July 10. A Georgia tobacco expert is j
conferring with the farmers as to the ;
proper methods of curing, harvesting ;
and making ready their product for the !
market. The prospects for a big crop j
are fine, and the farmers are also look- j
ing forward to getting good prices.
Hundred And Seven Stills Are Raided
Atlanta.—From the reports compiled j
in the office of E. C. Yellowly, revenue \
officer for the northern district of .
Georgia, it is shown that during the j
month of May the activities of officers i
from this department resulted in the [
destruction of 107 illicit distilleries and i
417 gallons of liquor.
Electric Light Men Close Sixth Session 1
Atlanta.—The sixth annual conven- :
tion of the southeastern section of
the National Electric Light association j
was brought to a successful close af- !
ter an interesting two-day session at j
this place.
Atlantian Commended By Daniels
Atlanta.—Chief Gunner’s Mate Har
ry R. Chambers of Atlanta, comman
der of the naval armed guard on an
American steamer, was commended by
Secretary Daniels for efficient con
duct displayed during an engagement
between his vessel and an enemy sub
marine on May 12. After the subma
rine had unsuccessfully fired four tor
pedoes, Chambers’ gun crew opened
up and fired four shots at the under
sea craft, the fourth shot striking
the conning tower as the U-boat sub
merged.
B. Y. P. U. Goes To Fitzgerald In 1919 i
Dublin.—Just before final adjourn- j
ment the Georgia B. Y. P. U. conven- j
j tion voted to meet next year with the j
Fitzgerald union on Tuesday after the
third Sunday in June. Dr. J. H. Ham
ilton of Moultrie, was named to preach
the convention sermon. Award of the
state banners for the year was made
as follows: Senior banners, Hapeville
union, Woodlawn mission, Augusta,
and Sisters Church union, Washington
county. The junior banner was award
ed to Gordon Street Junior union of
Atlanta, Qa.
ITALIANS DEFEAT
AUSTRIAN ARMIES
AUSTRIANS HAD BUT ONE BRIDGE
OVER WHICH TO RETREAT
ACROSS THE PIAVE
CORPSES CHOKENAVE RIVER
Retreating Austrians Are Being Sav
agely Attacked From The
Ground And Air
New York.—The defeat of the Aus-1
trian armies on the western bank of
the Piave river is complete. Admis
sion is made by the Austrian war of
fice that the troops of Emperor
Charles have been forced to evacuate
the Montello plateau, over which they
had hoped to press their way and gain
the Venetian plain, and “some sectors”
of the positions they attained recently
on the bank of the river between the
plateau and the point where the stream
empties into the Adriatic.
Bad weather and the rising of the j
Piave under the heavy rainfalls are
assigned as the reasons for the with
drawal of the Austrians. But the Rome
war offlee asserts that it was the im
petuous attacks of the Italians that
brought about the failure of an opera
tion which was started with the inten
tion of crushing the armies of General
Diaz and forcing the Italians, like the
Russians, to accept a Teutonic allied
peace.
All along the river the Italians have
pressed back the invaders of their ter
ritory until only small units remain j
on the western bank, and across the j
stream King Victor Emmanuel’s men j
are keeping well on the heels of the j-
retreating enemy, who is fleeing in
disorder. Again the cavalry has been
thrown into the fighting and is sorely
harassing the enemy, while machine
guns from the ground and from air
craft, some of the latter operated by
American aviators, are working havoc
among the fleeing Austrian columns.
The losses to the enemy are describ
ed as enormous, both in men killed,
wounded or made prisoner. An of
ficial statement from Rome to the Ital
ian embassy in Washintgou asserts
that the Austrians have lost over for
ty thousand men in prisoners alone.
The river was swollen out of bounds
and most of the few bridges that had
not been carried away by the freshet
had been shot to pieces by the Italian
guns, compelling the enemy either to
surrender or take his chances of being j
able t.o swim the turbulent stream.
So hurried was the retrograde move- j
ment of the Austrians at some points i
they did not take time even to at
tempt to save their 'guns and stores, j
great quantities of which are now in j
Italian hands.
w. s. s.
I
Atlanta,—Reports received by j
High Richardson, State Director j
from the National Headquart
ers of the War Saving Stamp
Committee, place Georgia in the
emarrassing position of tai Lend
er among all the states, in the
sale of Thrif and War Saving
Stamps.
Surely ther has never been de
vised an easier method of aiding
one’s country and at the same
making patriotism pay divi
dends, than by purchasing War
Saving Stamps. For the sum of
$4.17 a Stamp can be purchased
during June, which increaser in
value at the rate of 4 per cent,
compounded, until on January
first 1923 it is worth, and iviil be
redeemed, at its face value, Five
Dollars.
Each and every citizen of
Georgia, male and female is ask
ed by Uncle Sam to purchase at
least Twenty Dollars worth of
War Saving Stamps during the
year. Certainly this is not
much to ask when it is consider
ed that the amount is merely a
loan to the Government at the
high rate backed by the strong
est security in the world.
President Wilson has pro
claimed June 28th as National
War Saving Stamps Day. On
that day, if you have not alredy
done so, you will be sked to
pledge your quota. Cut out
some of the little unnecessaries
and invest in War Saving
Stamps. You will be helping
your Government and cultivat-
for yourself a habit of thrift and
economy that will stand you in
good stead in yur old age.
A Successful Performance.
The assistant concertmaster of the
Chicago Symphony orchestra asked
his four-year-old son how he enjoyed
an orchestral performance which he
had conducted. The little fellow an
swered: “I watched you balancing
yourself for two hours, daddy, and you
didn’t fail off the box.”
HAVE YOU A LOVED ONE OR
FRIEND WITH “THE COLORS?”
The Herald desires the name and address of every volunteer
or selectman, white or colored, whether stationed at one of the
training camps in this country or already in France, who was
reared or at any time lived in Taylor county, but now in military
service of the U. S., either in the army or navy.
This is for the purpose of publishing every week their names
and addres that friends may occasionally write to them or mail
them papers or packages, as many have expressed a desire so to
do.
If you have a son, brother, relative or friend, or know of a
former Taylor county citizen, in any branch of the army service,
fill out the blank below and mail at once to the Herald. Please
be sure to write plainly and use no other form than the one here.
Every change of address should be praomptly reported to
this office.
, Ga., 1913
Butler Herald,
Gentlemen:
I have a
State whether son, brother, relative or friend
in the service of
State whether the army or navy
the United States, who is in
State whether in the United States or in France
His present or last known address was
Yours very truly,
If colored so state here
A TEXAS WONDER.
The Texas Wonder cures kid
ney and bladder troubles, dis
solves gravels, cures diabetes,
weak and lame back, rheuma
tism and irregularities of the
kidneys and bladder in both men
and women. Regulates bladder
troubles in children. If not sold
by your druggist, will be sent
by mail on receipt of SI.00. One
small box is two months’ treat
ment, and seldom fails to per
fect a cure. Send for sworn
testimonials. Dr. F. W. Hall,
2926 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo.
Sold by druggists.—Adv.
Chinese Postal Service.
Originally started by Sir Robert
Hart as the customs postal service, the
Chinese postal service has grown to
big proportions. The Chinese are
great letter writers, and something
over 350,000,000 letters were carried
by the Chinese posts in one year. It
is the most extensive and the cheapest
postal system in the world. The Chin
ese post will carry a letter to any part
of China for about a cent agd a
half, whether it is sent by rail, or
horse, or foot-courier.
Qualities of Head and Heart.
“The head best leaves to the heart
What the heart alone divines.’'—A,.
Bronson Alcott.
DOES THIS FIT YOU?
(Herbert Hoover.)
“I do not believe that extortionate profits are necessary to secure the
maximum effort on the part of the American people in this war If we
are going to adopt that theory, we have admitted everything that ha3
been charged against us of being the most materialistic, the most ava
ricious, and the most venal of people in this world.”
Save Wheat Or Face Disaster lice Restrictions
Herbert, C. Hoover, United States
Food Administrator, says:
“Every aspect of the wheat situa
tion, both present and prospective, in
tensifies the need for the greatest pos
sible limitation in the American con
sumption of wheat and wheat prod
ucts. If present restrictions should be
in the slightest degree relaxed, it
would result in serious want for the
people of the allied nations before the
new crop can reach the market.
“The food administration estimates
on the first of June a total available
supply until the new harvest of about
fifty-six million bushels. Of this, thir
ty million bushels must be exported
before new wheat is available for ex
port. If we are to maintain the ab-'
solutely necessary shipments to ourj
army and the Allies, that leaves about
twenty-six million bushels for domes
tic consumption for the next two
months. Normal Apierican consump
tion is something over forty million
bushels a month, so that the most lib
eral consumption at home should be
only one-third of normal.
“The new harvest will not be gener
ally available in flour until the middle
of August or early in September, al
though in the extreme south it will be
somewhat earlier.”
Large Food Reserves Advised
Federal Food Administrators in con
ference at Washington recently urged
that a food reserve be stored up,
should the coming harvest be ample.
The sentiment was overwhelmingly in
favor- of this policy as a precautionary
measure. The British Ministry of
Food recently suggested a like plan
for Great Britain. A food-reservoir
would he a stabilizer, to keep markets
steady and assure an even supply, re
gardless of submarine successes’.
Sugar Troubles
Manufacturers and soft drink mak
ers and dealers can purchase sugar
only by procuring certificates from
the food administrator. Those who
have tried to side-step or have over
looked this order are suffering. In the
past week nearly a hundred fountain
men were subjeoted to fines, ranging
from $26 to $800.
' if— "Mis'i
To Save Peaches
Refrigerating the peach crop, which
is a big one, and meeting a 50 per cent
larger demand for ice than last year,
with no new or enlarged ice plants,
is a problem.
Dr. A. M. Soule, federal food admin
istrator, has solved the problem by
an order which prohibits the use of
cracked, crushed or shaved ice in any
soda fountain drinks, soft drinks or in
individual glasses in service of table
water at hotels, clubs or public eat
ing places.
Food control in North America to
day means chiefly getting the food
across the Atlantic at ail costs.
Support Growing Strong
Various organizations throughout the
country have recently transmitted
pledges to the United States Food Ad
ministration, indicating their intention
to support its policies. The Northwest
Tractor Trade Association, meeting
May 27 in Minneapolis, pledged itself
to do all it can to help win the war
by supplying implements and machin
ery to increase crop production.
The Retail Merchants’ Association
of South Dakota has pledged unre
stricted co-operation with the Food
Administration; the Marian Club, Mo-
nominee, Mich., sends the same mes
sage; and others on the list of sup
porters are the National Livestock Ex
change, Chicago; the Evangelical Lu
theran Church of Peace, South Ha
ven, Mich.; Grand River Masouio
Lodge of Macksburg, la.; Masouio
Lodge No. 366, Atlanta, La.; and the
Illinois Grain Dealers’ Association.
The Presbyterian Sunday School o£
Holt, Mich.; the citizens of Josephine
County, Oregon, and the Ferndale
Washington, Methodist Ladies’ Society
have all promised to use no wheat un
til the next harvest. The last has
given up lunches at its meetings, so
far as foods to be conserved are con
cerned, will exercise rigid economy in
all use of food and is using all avail
able substitutes for foods needed,
abroad.