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COMPILE HISTORY
OF WAR WORKERS
WILL CONTAIN NAMES OF ALL
GEORGIANS ENGAGED IN VA
RIOUS FORMS OF AUXILIARY
WORK DURING WORLD WAR.
Recognizing that patriotic Monroe
countians engaged in various forms
of Auxiliary work during the World
War contributed no less to the ul
timate success of our Military and
Naval forces than those men who
were in uniform, the Georgia De
partment of The American Legion,
thru the Tom Hollis Post of The
American Legion, will undertake to
compile a history of all persons in
Georgia who engaged in this work.
This history will contain the names,
the addresses and a brief history of
each individual who served as a
member of a Local Draft Board, par
ticipated as a part of an organized
group in Liberty Loan Drives, was
a member of an official group of
four minute speakers, was employed
in Red Cross, Salvation Army, Y. M.
C. A., Knights of Columbus, and oth
er organized Auxiliary work. It will
include those outstanding business
men who left their desks and gave
their services to their country and
were known as the “dollar a year”
men.
Adequate recognition has never
been accorded the services of men
and women who speeded up and kept
moving the wheels of industry and
provided the means and equipment
and the morale behind the lines with
which the men in training camps, on
the high seas and in the trenches
wrought victory from Germany and
her Allies. “Too little remains to
remind posterity of the constant
services and association of men and
women who made the lives of our
men in uniform happier and more
comfortable and the ordeal of war
easier to bear,” said J. M. McLel
lan, Department Commander of the
Legion, in discussing— the project,
‘The Legion will make a permanent
record of their contribution to the
victory.’ ”
While it is desired to make this
history as complete and comprehen
sive as possible, it will be nec
essary to confine its contents to
those persons who were part and par
cel of organized effort.
The American Legion has request
ed the cooperation of the press and
all citizens in compiling this list.
A blank form will be mailed to all
persons who desire that the history
of their services be preserved in the
records. , Requests should be ad
dressed to J. G. Strickland, Ad
jutant, Tom Hollis Post, The Amer
ican Legion, Forsyth, Georgia.
Those eligible are urged to make ap
plication immediately. This is but
one phase of The American Legion’s
efforts to preserve to posterity Geor
gia’s full contribution to the great
victory for peace won by American
arms in the World War.
The compilation of this history will
be under the supervision of the De
partment Adjutant, W. A. Sirmon
and the Department Historian, Dr.
J. M. Toomey. Dr. Toomey’s staff
consists of the Historians of the 104
Posts of the Legion in Georgia.
The work in Monroe County will
be conducted by F. B. Willingham,
Post Commander of Tom Hollis Post
and J. G. Strickland, Post Adjut
ant and his committee.
ATHEISM’S TENDENCY IS
TO OBLITERATE ITSELF
There is a good deal being writ
ten on what the atheists are trying to
do to Christianity. There is not so
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much said of what atheism has done
to the atheists. The gun not only
shoots a bullet but it recoils or kicks
back. Atheism’s kick-back on the
atheists is startling, tragic.
A man who knows what he is talk
ling about, from bitter experience, is
writing a series of the most sensa
tional disclosures in this field that
have ever been published. He used
to be a radical newspaper man, edit
ing a labor organ. Os brains and
intellectuality he has more than most
men. A college graduate, with the
degree of Bachelor of Science, he
became an intimate member of a
loose-thinking, loose-living communi
ty of journalists, artists, agitators,
“freed” from the shackles of tradi
tionalism and the beliefs of our
grandfathers!
He became editor of a labor or
gan. Jack London was one of his
acquaintances. This brilliant nov
elist and traveler wrote: “I believe
that when I am dead I am dead. I
believe that when I die I shall be as
completely obliterated as the last
mosquito that you or I smashed.”
That was the creed of this man, who
says: “It was the creed of Jack
London’s section of the literary
world. It was and is the creed of
thousands of artists. It was and is
the creed of the radical wing of la
bor’s vast army. It was my creed.
It is the creed of despair.”
But this man became a Christian,
and the story of his conversion was
published in The Sunday School
Times. He has now written a new
series of articles that will appear ex
clusively in the Times.
Remember, he knows the world of
which he writes intimately, from the
inside, from personal acquaintance
with its leaders and with those
who are still its devoted members.
He is not writing theory but stark,
black facts. To secure material for
these articles he has had interviews
with notorious criminals now behind
the bars in San Quentin Prison—
their names cannot be mentioned,
but they are known to newspaper
readers throughout the- world. H ft
has talked with Jack London’s old
neighbors, and with his widow. True
stories of typical men and women
will be told, including such as
those now serving life sentences; a
brilliant intellectual society woman
who accepted and fostered radical
ism; another woman, wife of a
journalist, who fell in love with a
clever agitator and started out to
“live her own life” in the “new way”;
a man of power, once a preach
er and once a candidate for mayor in
a leading city.
The writer is a personal friend of
the editor of The Sunday School
times, and says in a recent letter:
“The atheists being influenced by
the American Association for the
Advancement of Atheism are mostly
a lot of misguided young enthusiasts
who do not realize what they are
doing. They are sowing to the wind,
and will in their own lives, sooner
or later, reap the whirlwind. I be
long to a generation of professional
unbelievers who are past or fast pass
ing—a generation who have paid the
price in broken lives, broken
homes, and who have nothing to
show for their godless propaganda
but the ashes of gloom and pess
imism. I intend to show by actual
facts how this thing works out in
human lives.”
LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS
Dear Santa: Please don’t get
angry with me, I don’t mean any
harm. Before, when I wrote you,
I forgot to tell you to please bring
me a bear like little Orphan Annie’s,
and a pair of Sunday slippers. I
have been as good as I could but
Tom and them tried to keep me fuss
ing all the time. But Santa, I am
not going to fuss any more than I
can help, for you might not bring
me anything.
Please bring mother a pair of Sun
day slippers. Bring papa an every
day hat. Your little girl, Cleola
Henderson, R. 1, Box 38, Juliette,
Georgia.
CARD OF THANKS
We thank our friends for their
kindness during the illness and
death of our father, A. J. Cox.
A. A. COX. REBECCA COX.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER
TO CALL LEGISLATURE
IN SESSION ON JAN. 6
GOVERNOR SHOWS NECESSITY
OF MEETING MORAL OBLIGA
TIONS IN VARIOUS DEPART
MENTS. HOPES TO PAY DEBTS
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Georgia
legislature will be called into extra
ordinary session here on January 6
for the primary purpose of solving if
possible, the existing financial
difficulties, Governor L. G. Hard
man announced today.
The formal proclamation,! desig
nating the special subjects to be tak
en up, will be issued within a few
days, he said, and counties where
in legislative vacancies exist have
been notified to hold special elec
tions. He declines to discuss the
possibility of including a reorganiz
ing plan or other matters in the call
but said the forthcoming proclam
ation would make his position clear.
The announcement was made in
the form of a statement handed
out after a busy morning of confer
ring with legislative .leaders. Gover
nor-elect, Richard B. Russell, Jr.,
who is speaker of the house of rep
resentatives; W. Cecil Neil, pres
ident of the senate, answered tele
graphic summons of the governor,
as did C. D. Redwine, Fayetteville
chairman of the senate appropria
tions committee; George W. Lang
ford, Lyons, chairman of the
senate finance committee, and J.
W. Culpepper, Fayetteville, chair
man of the ways and means
committee of the house. Columbus
Alexander of Chatham county,
chairman of the house appropria
tions committee did not appear.
The governor said he thought
the present legislature was well
equipped to solve the financial prob
lems, as it had already studied
them. Excessive apropriations over
available revenue caused a deficit
of $6,211,320.12 in 1928-1929
alone, he- said, and '“the honor
of the state” demands that this
amount be paid.
In addition he said, he had exer
cised his borrowing power “to the
limit” of the constitution.
“This sum must be paid back,
with interest, commencing this
month. State institutions such as
the hospital at Milledgeville, the
schools and others need money which
is not available,” he said, add
ing that it could be produced
by only one department, the legis
lative, “and that in extra session.”
The governor explained how he
has sought to convene the legislature
in extra session in May, 1930, but
due to a pending election, untried
legislative revenue measures such as
the state income tax and a gross
sales tax, and other matters, had re
scinded the call.
“But now the ‘political agitation’
no longer exists,” he said, “and it
is apparent now that the new reve
nue measures will not provide suffi
cient income to pay the appropria
tions ’made by the legislature of
1927 for 1928 and 1929—whether
these appropriations are constitu
tional or not; and further, that
delay in legislation only increased
the burden and hinders the efficien
cy of the educational institutions
and other institutions of the state. I
believe, with the study that has
been made of the finances of
the state government, and the know
ledge possessed by the members of
the present general assembly,
that it is desirable to have the prob
lems as nearly as possible solved in
an extra session.
“No state of my knowledge has
been able to solve these problems at
a regular session, but has required
an extra session, so as to eliminate
all other legislation; and for this
reason I am convoking the legisla
ture in extraordinary session to be
held in January, 1931.”
The governor also discussed a re
cent opinion of the attorney general
to the effect that existing unpaid
appropriations do not constitute a
debt, in the legal sense, but rath
er a “moral obligation to pay” and
said the question arose in his mind
as to whether the trustees of the
state institutions, "under the law
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MERRY
CHRISTMAS
MAY THE SPIRIT OF
CHRISTMAS ABIDE IN
YOUR HEART AND OURS
In other words, may the spirit of UNSELFISH
SERVICE be prevalent everywhere.
We believe our city and community come as
near showing this spirit as any on earth.
A city, a firm, or an individual need have little
fear of ultimate success if the guiding light of
either could be said to be the
“Spirit of Christmas”
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
YOUR PATRONAGE
We greatly appreciate it and shall con
tinue to do our best to merit whatever
business you may turn our way.
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are authorized to make such im
provements or expansion, or whether
they are authorized to pay the sal
aries or create other obligations as
in their judgement they believe
wise for the state.” The legislature
in special session should be able to
determine that and other kindred
questions, he said.
The legislature which will convene
represents the 1929 legislature no
new members elected in November
being included. The same offi
cers and committees that functioned
in the regular 1929 session will con
tinue. An unusual situation will ex
ist in the house of representatives
where Mr. Russell, who is governor
elect, serves as speaker. Mr. Rus
sell declined to discuss his confer
ence with the governor today, bit
did deny reports that he plans to
resign as speaker.
“I expect to carry out to the best
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AT THIS GOOD CHRISTMAS TIME
It is a matter of much satisfaction to us that we ac
count the good will of our friends among the chief
assets of our business. We have long had the vision
of Good Will and helpfulness among men. Now
that the Merry Christmas Times are here again, we
hasten to express our wish that our friends and pa
trons and all others will enjoy a most Happy Christ
mas and a Prosperous New Year
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