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VIENNA, QA, THURSDAY, June 22nd 19*6.
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NUMBER 47
$15,030 TO LOAN
J. P. HEl^RD & SONS, BANKERS
REAL PREPAREDNESS -
NOW IN GEORGIA
MACON COMPANIES READY 12
HOURS AFTER THE ORDER
COMES.
| OTHERS WILL RECRUIT
Atlanta, June 19.—Special orders
vjRe issued from the military, de
partment this afternoon to the unns-
signed infantry battallion of four
companies in the upper portion of the
state and to the coast artillery corps
in Savannah immediately to begin re
cruiting those commands up to the
full war strength.
The maximum peace strength i3 65
men, the minimum war strength is
142 men. These commands will re-
' main in Georgia unless future devel
opments should demand them on the
border.
COMPANY K IS READY
Albany, June 19.....The Albany
Guards, Co. K, second battallion, Sec
ond infantry, are ready to go to Ma
con as soon as orders to proceed are
Deceived. They will assemble at their
armory tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock in compliance with orders re
ceived today from Col. J. A. Thomas.
, Going with the guards probably will
, be Major W. M. Wilder, of the sec-
£ ond battalion, and Chaplain Lamar
Sims, of the Second regiment. Chap
lain §lms, who is pastor of the FiTst
Baptist Church of Albany, received
his commission as chaplain of the reg
iment only yesterday.
AMER1CUS RECRUITING
Americus, June 19.—Amoricus
light infantry, company 1, Second
Georgia regiment, will assemble at
itt armory here at 8 o’clock tomorrow
morning under orders received thi3
afternoon by Capt. James A. Fort
from Col. J. A. Thomas.
Recruiting is active today, in
el&rge of Second Lieut. B. C. Hogue,
and it is expected that a full com
pany of sixty-five men will be ready
.for mobilization in the morning.
Officers, privates and citizens greeted
the orders with satisfaction.
* GRIFFIN IS PREPARED
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
CLOSES IN ATLANTA
Was One Of Best Conventions Ever
Held In The State.
Griffin, June 19.—With the news
that the Georgia militia had been or
dered to mobilize at Macon, the local
officers began preparations. The
peace standing of the Spalding Grays,
tht Griffin company, is fifty men and
officers, while the strength will have
to be recruited up to 15u before the
company acn go into the field for ae
tion
Immediately upon the receipt of the
»cw#thot they would be ordered out,
Capt. E. W. Beck began to recruit his
company. Hampton, Joneaboro, Mc
Donough, Milner, Zebulon and other
surrounding towns yfill be worked for
recruits. /
SECOND'S BAND READY
Dawson, June 19—The Associated
ffcess this morning, announcing that
president Wilson had notified the
heads of departmets of state troops
to mobiUze the national guard in Ma
con oreparatory to a call to the Mex
lean border, caused considerable in
terest here. Dawson is headquarters
of the Second Georgia regiment band,
ond twenty young men of Dawson and
Terre* couty are members.
Recently sixteen otter local young
men enlisted in the hospital corps.
Msny of the band and hospital corps
express themselves os being ready
tisnswer the call to mobilize, and
gome of them have even gone so far
os to arrange their business affairs
or.d have them in shape when the cal!
ii received.
The State Sunday School Conven
tion held in Atlanta, June 13th, 14th
and 15th, broke ail past records in
many ways. There were 2,106 reg
istered delegates as compared with
1,376 lastyear which was the pre
vious high record. The delegates
were classified as follows: 135 pas
tors, 299 superintendents, 909 teach
ers and Sunday School officers and
373 others., These delegates were
from 131 counties.
The reports of the employed work
ers show marvelous progress. Dur
ing the past year they held 126 coun
ty conventions and attended 202
meetings of other kinds. They deliv
ered a total of 1,053 addresses* and
traveled 45,784 miles. The treasur
er’s report showed that while more
work had been done and the expendi
tures larger than In previous years,
all bills were paid. The reports also
showed that all except 19 counties in
the State were organized, 12 had
reached the Gold Star Standard, and
61 the Banner Standard.
A new feature of the Convention
this year r'as the Adult Bible Class
parade, which was estimated at be
tween 1,500 and 2,000 men in line.
The parade was composed of all men
delegates to the Convention, and
men’s Bible Classes of Atlanta.
The convention in session voted to
continue the work on the same gen
eral lines for the ensuing year, and
try to raise sufficient funds to put
on an additional worker in the field,
which will probably be a “Teen Age
Specialist.''’ At the last session of
the Convention a special offering was
taken to begin the fund for this pur
pose.
Another forward move taken by
the Association was the formation
of a State Adnlt Bible Class Federa
tion, to becomposed of all organized
Bible Classes of the State. The of
ficers elected for this Federation
were President, Prof. Floyd Field, At
lanta; Vice President, Mr. R. H. Fer-
icll, Albany; Secretary, Miss Flora
Davis, Atlanta.
The convention also voted to hold
the next session in Savnnhah.
The following officers were elected:
President, J. J. Eagan; Vice Pres
idents, Dr. Joseph Broughton, Atlan
ta; A. H. Merry, Augusta; W. C. Ve-
reen, Moultrie; J. V, Wellborn, At
lanta; Auditor, A. B. Caldwell, Atlan
ta; General and Financial Secretary,
D. W. Sims; Assistant Secretary,
Miss Flora Davis; Elementary Super
intendent, Miss Daisy Magee; Office
Secretary, Miss Carrie L4e Waddell.
HASS MEETING HELD EAST SATURDAY
WAS WELL ATTENDED,PROPOSED COUNTY
DIVISION IS CREATING MjJCH INTEREST
The meeting called ac the court
cause a higher rate of taxes, especial-
house Saturday morning in the inter- ly for the proposed new county, make-
est of the people who oppose the for- a poorer.shewing along agricultural
■nation of the county of Lamar in' lines. The new proposed county
the manner proposed by the people of
Unadilla was largely atended. Prac
tically every section of the county
was represented in the assemblage by
men of influence, the strongest rep
resentation of course coming from
that section of the county which will
be affected by the proposed new line.
The keenest interest was manifest
throughout the meeting, enthusiastic
speeches were made by men who are
acquainted with the conditions that
exist and the most cogent reasoning
against the undertaking was produc
ed. A lively discussion of the matter
during which all present were given
an opportunity to express their opin
ions and ideas gave evidence of tho
strong opposition that exists and the
indications are that the new county
enthusiasts will find a formidable
force opposing them as a result of
this meeting.
Realizing the importance of im
mediate action because of the'short
time that is left before the legisla
ture convenes, the meeting proceed-
:d definitely to business and plans
ere laid for a systematic fight
igainst the Lamar county project,
lopies of the resolutions adopted by
he body were furnished the Repre-
ientative, Hon. M. E.- Rushin, and
3enator Z. V. Peacock. These reso
lutions and the minutes of the meet-
ng are published below.
QUITMAN RIFLES READY
Quitman, June 19.—The Quitman
Rifles, First regiment, were ready by
midnight to move when marching or
ders come. The commend was organ
ized in Janaary, 1914, by A. O. Gates,
then a second lieutenant of the Fifth
regiment.
VALDOSTA WANTS CAMP
Valdosta, Jane 19 Valdosta
urging the selection of this city as a
military concentration camp. Mes
sages from J. J.-Newman and J. M.
Ashley, president and secretary of
the Valdosta chamber of commerce
W. D. Peeples, mayor pro tern., and
from private citizens were forwarded
today to Senators Hoke Smith and
Hardwick and to Secretary of War
Baker, offering a site in this city for
a camp.
AUCUSTANS ARE READY
Augusta, June 19.—With National
Gnardsmen busy as bees getting
ready to leave the city for concen
tration at Macon, there is much of
the martial spirit in evidence here
this morning. Four companies here
will go to the front if needed. The
men and officers are ready to go into
Mexico if needed.
Minutes of the Meeting.
In a mass meeting of Dooly county
:itizens at the court house in Vienna,
W. L.' Williams called the meeting to
order,"stating the object of the meet
ing to be for the purpose of discuss
ing the advisability of dividing Dooly
county.
By motion W. L. Williams was
elected Chairman end O. W. Horne,
Secretary.
Immediate discussion was gone into
as to the advisability of cutting or
dividing the county of Dooly to form
or make another county; Strong,
able and effective speeches were made
by Prof. Paul Ellison, G. W. Hayden,
S. D. Thompson, J. P. Horne, Pine-
would take a section of Dooly coun
ty with land owners very much op
posed to creating the connty and’va
rious reasons why Dooly county
sh^tld not be cat or divided.
On a rising vote’ of this meeting of
those in favor of not cutting the coun
ty, all present expressed themselves
agains£ the project except seven, four
of this number being under voting age
or non-residents. None voted in fav
or of the county division.
On a rising vote of those who
would be directly affected by the coun
ty being divided, that is the property
owners who would .be included in the
proposed county of Lamar, twenty-
six stood ns being against dividing the
county.
Thq'chhiy appointed J. D. Lester,
L. L. Woodward and Paul Ellison to
draw up resolutions.
By motion the chair appointed S.
D. Thompson, G. W. Hayden, J. D.
Lester, G. W. Fullington and J. W.
Hollon as finance committee.
The resolutions adopted by tVls
meeting are as follows. The Secretary
was requested to send a copy of same
to our senator and representative.
Be it resolved as follows:
1st. ThA we most sincerely pro
test against the further • encroach
ment upon the territory now com
prising the county of Dooly.
2nd. That we have furnished to
tfie State of Georgia a sufficient num
ber of new counties, and in our pres
ent peaceful and prosperous condi
tion we should be left as we are, be
ing now only a medium sized county
for this section of the State.
3rd. That the movement for the
creation of the new county of Lamar
is not the sentiment and wishes of
the people in the territory proposed
to be taken from Dooly county.
Therefore be It resolved further,
that our Honorable Representative
and Senator in this dirstict use their
influence to oppose the creation of
any new county or counties out of
he present territory of Dooly.
Moved that a steering committee
of six be appointed by the chair, .al-
C. S. 4 F. FREIGHT TRAIN
blTCHED FRIDAY NIGHT
Saveatosn Box Cars of Fruit Com-
pUtoly Demolished.
A through freight on the Georgia
Southern and Florida Railway was
ditched about three miles north of
Vienna last Friday night about 8
O’clock. The train was leaded with
watermelons, cantaloupes, and pine
apples bound from Sonth Florida to
points in the fiorth and east. Sev
enteen box cars ana contents were
piled on top of each other, completely
demolishing the cars and contents.
Traffic was blocked for over 18
hours which made it necessary for
the early morning local and through
passenger trains to be detoured over
the A. B. fir A. and the Central roads.
The track was clea/cd about 1 o’clock
Saturday afternoon when the regular
schedules were resumed.
The train was running on fast
schedule t'.mn and the exact cause
of the wreck is not known bat is sup
posed to have been caused by a de
fective rail. From the appearance of
the wreck it is a miracle that no one
was hurt.
The railroad estimates their loss
at between four and five thousand
dollars. Those who visited the
wreck were given ail the watermelons
and pineapples they could eat, and
judging’from the amount of water
melon rhines lying around the wreck',
one could readily see that this fruit
was in greatest demand.
TO THE VOTERS OF THE THIRD
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
hurst, Ga.; J. B. Smith, Judge W. H. lowing the chair to name this com-
Lasseter, Col. L. L. Woodward, Dr.
H. A. Mobley, of Vienna, Ga.-; J. D.
Lester of Byromville and others
whereby it was clearly set forth that
to cut or divide Dooly county would
mittee at next meeting.
Moved to adjourn until next Sat
urday morning at 10 o’clock.
W. L. WILLIAMS, Chmn,
O. W. HORNE, Sec.
I hereby respectfully announce my
candidacy for re-election as your Rep
resentative in the Sixty-Fifth (65th)
Congress, subject to the primary to
be held on September 12th.
Daring the short time I have been
your Congressman, I have sincere
ly endeavored to serve you faithfully,
and if. my efforts and record meet
with your approval, I will feel great
ly honored and profoundly grateful
if you will give me your support in
the coming election. Congress has
been in almost continuous session
since you elected me, and dhty re
quired me to stay here, which pre
vented me from visiting you as often
as I wished. The Ways and Means
Committee it now daily working on
Revenue measure; being on that
committee, I mutt remain here until
the new tax law is passed. As soon
as Congress adjourns, or before then,
if public business will permit me to
leave, I expect to canvass the District,
meet the people personally, and talk
to them face to face, both individual
ly and on the stump.
If re-elscted, I promise to discharge
the duties of the great office with fi
delity, and to the best of my ability.
From the depths of my heart I
thank you for your past kindness
me.
Cordially yours,
CHARLES R. CRISP.
Another mass meetings called
to be held at the Court House next
Saturday morning at ten o’clock in
the interest of the proposed County
Division.
LEGISLATURE TO
CONVENE WEDNESDAY
MANY BILLS LEFT OVER FROM
LAST SESSION TO BE D1SPOS-
Atlanta, Ga., June.—On next! Wed
nesday, June 28, the general assem
bly of Georgia will convene in the
state capitol for its 1916 session , of
the usual 50 legislative days, the lat
ter being fixed by the constitution .as .
the maximum length of a regular ses
sion. , -.1
Owing to the fact that practically *
all business in Vie house was block
ed last year at the regular session
by the fight involving the new prohi- .
bition laws, there is a very large ac
cumulation of bills to be disposed, of
under the head of unfinished business,.
Among these bills of general
state-wide interest and importance
are the bills creating a highway com
mission, creating the office of state
auditor, providing for free text
books in the schools, establishing a,
state cotton warehouse system, ex
empting college endowments from
taxation, allowing women to practice'
law, allowing women to vote, re
quiring compulsory education, and
providing for a state constitutional
convention.
One of the most important mat
ters that will confront the legislature
is the urgent necessity for reorgan
izing the state sanitarium for the in
sane at Milledgeville.
This institution which is primarily
intended for the treatment of persons
who have lost their mi,nd is very
much over crowded by epileptics, par
alytics and other unfortunates who
are deserving of great sympathy, but
are not insane, and whose presence
at the sanitarium reduces the capac
ity of that institution for per form
ing t)ie primary function.
The sanitarium is greatly over
crowded, and several new buildings
must be erected in order to provide
the right sort of treatment for the in
mates.
The sennte’s unfinished business is
much smaller in volume than that of
the house, by reason of the fact that
the senate made an exceptionally good
record at the regular session last
year in the matter of prompt trans
action of the bills and resolutions in
troduced.
A CALL.
Editor, The Vienna News: '
The writer hopes that every man
who is opposed to cutting off Dooly
County to make a new county will
come to the court house meeting et
Vienna, on Saturday of this week,
and protest by his presence against
any further dividing up of Old Dooly.
Why there’a not one aingle good, val
id reason for it. Since it was created
six times has her territory been sliced
off to make new counties or to odd to
other counties. It’s time to call a
halt The writer believea that nine-
tenths of the people of Dooly county
do not want the change. But if they
don’t turn out to the meetihg Satur
day, their opinion will count for noth
ing and they had just about as well
be on the other side. People of Dooly
County, this matter is important It
affects you, your families, and your
pocket-book. Wake up! Turn out
Saturday and bring your friends
along.
“DOOLY.
QUITMAN MAN CURED
AS BY A MIRACLE
Mr. Fuller Groover has come back
home from the very jaws of death. <
He arrived in Quitman Sunday
morning just three months to the
day from the time he left, ill and
suffering to seek treatment at the
John Hopkins hospital In Baltimore.
Everybody in Quitman and Brooks
county win be glad to know that Mr.
Groover is well- again and will also
be interested in the story of his ml-
raculous cure. That Mr. Groover is
well is apparent in his manner, his
confidence in his cure and the em
phatic announcement of the world'*
greatest doctors end surgeons.
It will be interesting to say at the
very outset that Hr. Groover is the
first person known in the annals of
medicine and surgery, who had Hodg
kins Disease, to recover. His case
is now being written for medical
journals and will be published all
over the world.—Quitman Free Pres*.
SAVANNAH WILD TO FIGHT
Savannah, June 19.—Savannah
has gone military mad. Telegraphic
orders from General Van Holt Nash,
asking that all units be reeruited to
full strength is possible, will be met
with a rush of recruits, Judging
from the demonstration here today.
If you like a high class drama, yo«
should not miss the Metro picture for
next Wednesday et the Dixie..