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. V * MP*Mn f V .• -rr .• , ,. ' •• . ■ ' VOLUME SEVENTEEN •f— VIENNA. GA.. THURSDAY. January 17th il>18. DOES PJH DAMAGE HERE H. H. MORGAN BARELY ESCAPES / ELECTROCUTION WHEN HE TAKES HOLD OF LIVE WIRE. ELECTION OiV.ITY V OFFICiAl RESULTS OF PRIMAl^CONFIRM ED—PENNINGTON\0& UCCEEDS t 7* MORGAN AS .CHIEF. RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVES, SHIPPERS AND RECEIVERS ARE ASKED TO CO-OPERATE-. The storm which swept over the The election of city official^ for Southern States Friday night, dam- the coming term was held at the City aging property and resulting in a i Hall Monday, January 14th. The number of fatalities, is said, by old I nominations of the primary held in residents to have struck this section I December were confirmed, making J. with greater severity than any other! W. Lytle mayor to succeed himself ^within their knowledge. The sharp rise in temperature Friday afternoon was the first indication of the ap proaching storm, about nightfall the -wind began to sweep over the town, blowing down trees, shattering win-, dow panes, taking off chimney tops, tin roofs, blowing down telephone and electric light posts and wires. About v. 6:30 when the storm was at its height ^and before the order was given for the electric current to be cut off, sev eral streets of the city were scenes of pyrotechnical displays. The blue streaks of flames from the wires com ing Jn contact with the wet ground serving as danger signals and holding up traffic until the trouble' could be jEprrected. "7, It was one of these live wires lying near the News office building and shooting forth balls of fire endanger ing the building that attracted the at tention of Messrs, Harvard and Mor gan. The ydecided to make an effort to remove the wire,'the latter, al though being warned by others who had reached the scene not to touch it,' took hold of the wire and waa instant ly raised in the air and thrown vio lently to the ground. He was in an unconscious state when Mr. C. S. Gun who was standing near with a maga zine in his hand rOllea it tightly and aiming a blow at the tore released it fiom rantact with Mr. Morgan’s hand /jShougli badly shocked, having re- ,-Served possibly 1,600 volts of elec tricity, Mr. Morgan revived rapidly and is none the worse for the exper ience except a deep burn on the left hind. 2 ' • -> A great deal of damage l:ss been 'done to water ^ipes, motor stoves, etc., by the subsequent freeze, Another rise in the temperature Monday was followed by a rain, wind and electric storm Monday night, fol lowed by a fall of the mpreury Tues day. But once again' the sun is shin ing brightly on a wind-swept and rain soaked world. FREIGHT TO BE MOVED PROMPTLY MPdRTANT MEETING 0 BE HELD IN ATHENS MANY PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO BE PRESENT AND MATTERS OF INTEREST DISCUSSED. / and the following mgn as members of the council board; W. S. Reese„P. A. Lennard, J. K. Causey and. R. W. Burke. Mr. N. A. Powell whs re-elected as clerk. A feature of the election that cre ated considerable surprise was the election of J. H. Pennington, of Una- dilla as chief of police. This position has been very capably, filled by Mr. J. Morgan for many years. His r-Mvice in the-estimation of a large per cent of the public has been exception ally good, the failure to re-elect him, is generally regrotted. ,The new officer is said to be capa ble and will doubtless cooperate fully with the administration. Mr. Sim mons was reelected night marshal. It is obviously the purpose of the recently'appointed Director General of Railways to relieve the freight congestion which has existed for the past several months and which 'blocked the progress of business throughout the country. To that end all road superintendents are asking the cooperation of road representa tives, shippers and receivers. To lieve the situation here W. F. Kador- ly, General Superintendent of the G. S. & F. has requested the publication of the following: “By instructions of the Director The;ixth semi-annual session of the Georgia State Horticultural Society will be held in Athens, Ga., during the Farmers’ Congress on the 14th, 15th and 16th of this month. The program will be n part a3 fol lows: “Worthy Plant Immigrants,” Mr. R.'C. Berkmans, Augusta, Ga.; “Food Products of Horticulture,” Dr. Andrew M. Soule, Federal Food Ad ministrator for Georgia, Pres. Ga. State College of Agriculture, Athens, 5a.; ‘“The Seed Problem During the War,”. H. G. Hostings, Atlanta, Qa.; “Muscadine Grape Investigation of General of Railways* extraordinary the United States Department of Ag- AMERICUS AWARDED A CAMP Word Comes From Washington That Sowthwast Georgia City is Selected. effort is to be made ht once by all railroads to have cars loaded and un loaded with the utmost promptness in order that the railroads may im mediately increase the efficiency so much needed under present condi tions. We therefore make special re quest on all shippers and receivers to assist' in accomplishing the results' so urgently necessary. Agents and other Representatives of this company arc requested to cooperate closely with shippers and receivers and do everything possible in the matter.” riculture,” Dr. Cfiarles Dearing, Wash IngtoU, D. C.; “The Home Garden,” which, will be participated in by mem bers of the society, “What the Women Georgia Have Done for Conserva tion,” Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, At lanta, Bg,; “Important Pecan Pests,” William F. Turner, Department ■Entomology, Atlanta,, Ga. The Fanners’ Congress opens January 14th. Thefirst meeting of the Horticultural Society will be on the moaning of January }6th. SANDERSV1LLE boy leads CLASS AT TRAINING CAMP San Antonio, Texas, Jan.—Abe W. Cohen, of 8ahdereville, Ga., was com missioned a first lieutenant in the aviation section of the signal corps, on graduation from the officers’ training school that has just ended at Kelly field. Lieutenant Cohen led his class of 80 mem • Lieutenant Cohen is a nephew of Mr. Sam Cohen of this city.' He has visited here several times and has a number of friends who will be inter ested to know of the splendid record he has made. LOST—A gold watch, Elgin move ment, ladies’ size, with monogram engraved on back, somewhere be- "$vccn business section and Metho dist church, Sunday morning. Finder will be rewarded if, same is returned to Mrs. C. R. Morgan. Americus, Jan.—Americus has been awarded one of the three aviation training camps to be located in Geor gia. The .federal government has changed its plans regarding these camps, and instead of ofie camp of one thousand yards, there will be es tablished three sections in one camp, comprising three thousand square yards. The new camps will each have about 70 machines and 1,180 men as signed to them. L. O. Mosely, Washington corre spondent for the Americus Times-re- corder telegraphed this information here. It is based on a statement au thorized by Representative Charles -R. CiSipj of this district?' MifTCrisp lias been active in cooperation with local interests in an effort to-secure -the camp for Americus, and people here are well pleased with the success of his efforts. A committee of members of the Chamber of Commerce has been engaged in ah active campaign to secure this camp during a fortnight but no Intimation of their progress has yet been published. When asked to confirm or deny.the statement from Washington, these gentlemen had nothing to say for pub lication.- Because of this feature, it is probable Americus' bid for the camp may undergo slight alteration before ite final acceptance by War Department authorities. The yamp, it is understood, will be located what is known as the Arles plantation, three miles east of Americus and on one of the finest farms in Sumter county. Details of the arrangements whereby the camp has been awarded Americus are not obtainable, but it is conceded by all that final accept ance of the site offered by local par ties is only a question of honrs. TAX RECEIVER'S ROUND, FEB RUARY, 1918. UnadiUa, Feb. 1 and 2. Vienna—Feb. 4, 5, 6, and 7. Findlay—Feb. 8. Pinehurst—Feb. 9. Emerich—Fehr. 11, morning. L. Freiden—Feb. 11, evening. Dooling—Feb. 12’. Byromviile—Feb. 13. Drayton—Feb. 14. . Lilly—Fob. 15. 6Ui District—Feb. 19. Tippett’s Store—Feb. 20. 8rd District—Feb. 21. Unadilia—March. 1 and 2. . -March’ 5. ie-^Marcif 6. Lcstor’s Store—March 7. ■—Drayton—March 8.~ Lilly—March 9. Richwood—March 12. Vienna—March 13 and 14. Findlay—March -16. Pinehurst—March 16. 6th District—March 19. Tippett's Store—March 20. Srtd District—March 21. Unadilia—April 1. Dooling—April 2. Byromviile—April 3. - v Drayton—April 4th. * Lilly—April 6. Lee Adams—April 9. 6th District—April 10. Tippett’s Store—April 11. 3rd District—April 12. Vienna—April 24, 26, 26, 27, 29, and 30. J. J. WILLIAMS. PRPVOST MARSHAL GENERAL PLEASED WITH RAILROADS Handling of Troops By Railroads Sat isfactory to Higher Officials Bo sure to see “The Girl Philippa” at the DeSoto next Wednesday. This is a special picture and one of the best ones yet presented. FOR SALE—Nice young milk cow for immediate sale. Apply to S Nesbitt. HONOR ROLL, DECEMBER . Charlie Turton, Olive Morris, Fred Morgan, Alton Gregory, Donald Ket- chum, Toombs Mobley, Henry Camp bell. Perfect in spelling for Decem ber, Fred Morgan. See lie Mse, Buying Your mmiiTHt HEARD & GRACE At Heard’s Bank == CARS TO AID TRANSPORTATION DEATH CLAIMS' MRS. B, G. M KINNEY MOTOR CARS SHOULD BE USED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR SHORT HAULS. WAS BURIED,AT MARS HILL FRI DAY—MR McKINNEY ILL WITH pneumonia: / >- TheProvost Marshal General of the U. S. Army, in his report to the Sec- retary ’of War in regard to the hand ling of passenger traffic incident to the assembling of selectmen at the various cantonments, mfkes.the fol lowing. very interesting statement, which,’ taken at this time, is 'especial ly important as indicating the cordial cooperation of the rajlroads with tha War jaj-irtment, and the efficiency of the'auininistraiion of the raiftoriQl under the > individual management as directed by the voluntary committee of five representing the American Railway Association. General Crow der’s statement follows; “This report would be incomplete and inconsiderate if this opportunity passed without some mention of the work of tlio American Railway Asso ciation in mobilizing National Army quotas. No more difficult transporta tion problem could be conceived. Small groups were to be assembled at every county scat in the United States, entrained and transported in converging contingents at 16 separate destinations, sometimes a thousand miles from their points of origin. The smoothness and dispatch with which this problem was solved was nothing shirt of marvelous. Whatever of un certainty and lack of coordination may yet remain in the adjustment of our peace-time facilities to the uses of war, it must bes aid that the railroads’ hanaling of selected men could not have been bettered had it resulted from a military experience of a decade This is, in fact, a very high tribute partidcularly to the railroads of the South, because most of the camps are located in the South, and practically all of the troops were handled over the rails of Southeastern railroads. The A. B. Sl A. Railway made an especial effort to make the movement of the selectmen a success, and Gen eral Passenger Agent Croxton has ex pressed himself as being highly grati fied by the complimentary expressions of the Provost Marshal General. 'President Wilson’s message Congress, setting forth his reasons formobilizing the railroads under Gov ernment contol, inferentially imposes upon automobile owners and manufac turers the need to cooperate voluntar ily with the spirit of the message of mobilizing the automobile through in dividual initiatve,” said J. N. Gunn, President of the United States Tire Company. “Several weeks ago Uolonel Sam uel R. Colt, President of the United States Rubber Company, in an inter view, urged automobile owners of both passenger and commercial cars to use their cars more and more relieve the transportation pressure on the Nation’s railroads and merchants' delivery service. Other leaders in the country’s business, not alone those in the automobile industry, have since urged that this ndvlce be followed. It hasmet with unanimous approval. “Individual economy should be practiced to the ond that no wastage shall result. It is not necc3sary % -to assume that National ecomomy means curtailing the use of automobiles. “The natural function of the auto mobile, both passenger and commer cial is the transportation of man and merchandise for short hauls. If this is realized a tremendous amount of railroad mileage may be diverted f 'om shorth aula to long hauls, and just that much pressure on the rail roads’ transportation facilities relieV- NUMBER 26 Mrs. B. G. McKinney, one of the oldest and most highly esteemed res idents of the county, living in the Mars Hill Community, passed away at her home Thursday night after a long period of suffering. Her demise was made doubly sad by reason of the fact that her husband who is also advanced in years was critically ill at the time with pneumonia. Mrs. McKinney was 67 years old at the time of her death. She was a useful Christian woman, a faithful wife and loving mother. Her hus band three daughters and three sons survive her. Tlfe remains were laid to rest Fri day afternoon at-Mars Hill Cemetery. NO MORE HIGH PATEN'.' FLOUR TO BE MANUFACTURED 'National economy means readjust ments, butnot necessarily curtailment or the markets for commercial and pas senger automobiles. Nor will it re duce the use of automobile tires or other acfcoesorieo necessary to the ef ficient operation of a motor car. “The National need calls for con structive economy in the operation of Another step has been taken by the government to conserve the wheat supply. Flour mills of the country, which have been under the direction “of the government for some time, are no longer allowed to make high patent flours, and only three grades can now be made. Theaegrade* are des ignated as 96 per cent patent, which means 9B per bent of ID (£9 DflXS contained in the wheat; 5 per cent clear, and 100 per cent patent, a mixture of the first two grades. The above order became effective Christmas day, but was not made pub lic until recently, when' 1 r. P. Duncan of the Waco Mill & Elevator Com pany announced it. The order came through the United States food ad ministration. f 1 automobiles, but not in unthinking Var y in K from hi: > u,JnI ™ s, ' ora of . x ... r_.—. ; Laal'ws.Jui annual of gar- fioni to purchasoL.* . . ■tomiq a* relief thot, when we have satisfactorily ended this war the automobile and kindred industries wlii find a market for oil the goods that being called upon by the Government they can produce. Mai for war products. This will spur the manufacturers on to a use of their re maining facilities in even greater ef ficiency than has ever been known be fore, 80 that during and after the war all of their facilities will be required” CINNER’S REPORT. The tabulation of the card reports shows telegraph summary to be cor rect. There were 33,177 bales of cot t«.n, counting round as half bates, gin ned in Dooly County, from the crop of 1917 priqr to January 1, 1918, os compared with 37,851 bales ginned to January 1, 1917. JAN. 21.t to 26th, INCLUSIVE MONDAY “An Even Break” Triangle Feature with Olive Thomas “Hi. Cool Nervo”—Komedy ,._,^jp33a OCILLA CITY OFFICIALS GIVE UP THEIR SALARIES Waycross, Jan.—The mayor 1 and aldermen of Ocilla have by formal motion, passed by unanimous consent voted their salaries as officials to the Red Crosf. . In the case of the Aldermen this amounts to |24 per year each, and the mayor’s amounts to 3300 per year. ^ Just at this season, when towns all over the country are making up their budget for the coming year, it is in teresting to note the efforts to econ omize in qne place, and the efforts to raise salaries on account of the high cost of living, but it remained for OciUa’s mayor and aldermen to vote their salaries away for a year in ad vance. TUESDAY—No Show SENATOR HOKE SMITH SENDS GARDEN SEED den seeds direct to hie friends 'Here, Senator Hoke Smith has sent a batch of the packages to this office for dis tribution. It is the desire of the News that these seeds shall go to Mr. Smith’s friends, those who desire^ them are requested to call at the of fice and get them. HARDWICK ON COMMITTEE Washington, D. C.—Senator Hard wick of Georgiy is scheduled to be come chairman' of tho senate immi gration committee, succeeding Sena tor Smith, of South Carolina, who has been rejected by democratic lead- era to head the Interstate commerce committee. This is one of the moit important senate committees. WEDNESDAY “THE GIRL PHILIPPA" ” A Vitagraph Blue Ribbon Feature in 8 Reels. Special Admission 25 and 35c. Show Starts 3 p. m. A Drop in Prices THURSDAY—No Show FRIDAY “Youth” A World Feature with Carlyle Black- well and June Elvidge “A Pawnbroker*. Heart" A Triangle Keystone. Comedy SATURDAY “Golden RuU Kat.” Triangle with Louise Glaum “A Hotel DUgrace”—Komedy “The Ledge of Deepair” 6th Episode Fighting Trail Admission, 9c; war tax, lc; total 10c, Admission, 18c; war tax, 2c; total 20c For all RegulaeJBJiows -ON- LADIES SHOES We are offering some rare bargains in Ladies High Shoes for a-short time. Vienna Shoe Store