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VIENNA. QA . THURSDAV. February, 7fhi9I8.
NUMBER 29
flfERE^TING MEETING lONLY NEGR^
F COUNTY TEACHERS! BE *ED NOW
\\' WILL
WOMEN TO WAKE -
SURGICAL DRESSINGS
IOTIC ADDRESS BY DR. H. 2,800 NEGROES TO <■» DRAFTED I SKILLED INSTRUCTOR WILL BE
MOBLEY FEATURE OF THE j FROM GEORGIA ArtD SENT TO: HERE NEXT WEEK—INTEREST.
ROGRAM. * l CAMP GORDON. I WIDESPREAD.
RED CROSS WORK
' GAINS IMPETUS
ALL LOCAL ORGANIZED FORCES
OF WOMEN WORKING HAR.
MONIOUSLY.
The inclement weather Saturday Atlanta, Ga.,- Feb. 0.-—Approxi*
not prevent the gathering of a. mately 2,800 negro registrants from
odly number of the^county teach- 1 Qeoygia will be moved to. Camp Gor-
the regdar monthly institutej L jn the flye d beginninK Febru .
few schools ft the county were not 1 ,, \ , ■ .
presented, these however, were for,«y.23, according to orders received
e most part those inaccessibly lo-‘Monday afternoon by Major Joel B.
ted, I Mallet, of the office of the adjutant
The meeting was opened with a'general, from Provost Marshal Gen-
pture reading by the Superintend- eral Crowder,
t and a short prayer by Prof. Rich- ] This order superseded an order re-
(3son • v j ceived earlier in the day providing.
The two main subjects discussed movement to camp, February
e writing, and spelling. The dis- I ™ ^1°^
‘on of the first subject was led
Miss Buchan of. the Williams
ool who offered some very excel-
t suggestions to her co-workers for
ching • the fundamental princi-
of thid art, several others enter-
into the discussion each contrib-
g suggestions of value. The
ling discussion was led by Mrs.
ngletary, principal of the Tippett-
lle school. The practical, direct
nper in which her ideas were prc-
nted was sufficient to convince her
oarers that her methods of tcach-
g this important branch is thorough
y practical and therefore effective,
here .were supplementary sugges-
"ons from others, rounding out an
nterestrng discussion.
At this point Supt. Royal announc
ed a change in .the order of the pro
gram and read a letter from State
Supt. Brittain asking him to enlist
the aid of the county teachers in or-
ganizing the children for war defense
Following this Dr. Mobley
i a strong appeal along the same
line. - Bulletins containing informa
tion relative to the sale of War Sav
ings Stamps were distributed and the
teachers urged to start a campaign in
tha communities In which they are
engaged to increase the sale of these
stamps. Announcement was made
that the Council of Defense o'f this
county will visit each school in the
county some time in the near future
to promote this work.
current quota, so that for the present
only the 2,800 negroes will be called
to camp.
The order of the provost marshal
general asks that 15.3 per cent of
Georgia’s current quota be sent to
Camp Gordon during the five-day per
iod beginning February 23, and ask
ed that this movement be composed
of negroes only.
Major Mallet stated that this wijl
mean that only about 2,800 men will
be sent to camp until further orders
are. received from the provost mar
shal geneal.
Of this number about 165 will come
from the city of Atlanta and Fulton
county, the total to be sent from the
county will be approximately 40.'
The order from the provost marshal
general states that this percentage of
the current quota should be made
from men in class 1, and that where
boards haven ot enough men to fur
nish their prorata of the movement
they should procepd with physical ex-’
amlnations at once under the old reg
ulations without waiting for the re
ceipt of the new regulations as to phy
sical examinations.
Counting the movement just order
ed as not having gone to camp, Goor-
jgla has still to furnish between 9,000
and 10,000 men under her current
quota.
Next week a class of twenty or
more women will be given intensive
training in the making of surgical
dressing. The class will be conduct
ed in the local Red Cross work room
Mrs. A. E. Moore a finished instructor
sept from the southern division head
quarters is expected to arrive Mon
day. The course of instruction will
probably cover six days, at the end
of which time those having received
it will be thoroughly equipped for in
structing others.
. This week the committees are busy
getting together the needed supplies
so that there will be no hindrance to'
the progress of the work when the in
structor arrives.
A keen interest is being manifest
ed by the women in taking up* this
new work. All are working harmon
iously with a view to getting the
most profitable .results.
DOOLY BUYS 700
TONS OF NITRATE
THIS IS THE GREATEST TON-
NAGE ANY COUNTY HAS AP
PLIED FOR.
Through the activities of County
Agent, J. T. Pittman, and the commit
tee appointed to aid the farmers in
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM
FEBRUARY 22nd
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE ARRANG-
• ING FOR APPROPRIATE CELE
BRATION.
February the twenty-second will be
fittingly observed by the people of
this county. It has been decided that
RED CROSS CLEARS
UP MISUNDERSTANDING
MAKES STATEMENT IN REGARD
TO.KNITTED ARTICLES FOR
SOLDIERS.
, Atlanta, Feb.—Confusion has aris
en in many parts of the United States
in regard to orders that have gone out
from the war department in regard
to the regulation uniform for off!-
cers and men in the army many- of
whom have not been careful about
about the details of their dress even
when on duty, and this confusion has
respited in rumors and even in state
ments in the press that knitted
tides given by the Red Cross and by
private individuals would not bo al
lowed as part of a soldier’s equip
ment under this order.
Requests for information on this
subject have come to Southern Divis
ion Headquarters as many Rpd Cross
chapters have spent large sums of
money for wool and much time has
been given to knitting. According to
Z. Bennett Phelps, director of the bu
reau of military relief, wishes to
make public certain sections of a
memorandum sent out from the head
quarters of the 30th division, U. S.
HEATLESS MONDAYS
TO CONTINUE
J. W. LYTLE APPOINTED LOCAL
FUEL ADMINISTRATOR—FUEL
SHORTAGE CONTINUES.
"if you have been in the neighbor
hood the Red Cross work room you
have doubtless heard the click of the
■knitting needles and the cheerful
notes of women’s voices because each
afternoon this week they are assexnb-
ling , there either to knit, to teach
othets to knit or be taught to knit.
The impe/ative call for certain knitted
articles met a ready response from
lopa). knitters and in order to speed
up tile work it was agreed that the
work room which would otherwise be
standing idle with doors closed pend
ing the opening for surgical dressing
work next week should be opened
for knitting this week. *
Each organization was asked to
take-charge of the room for one day,
furnish an instructor and have gen
eral supervision of the work.
Monday was alloted to the Civic
Cluaj Tuesday, the Methodist Wom
an's’.Missionary Society; Wednesday,
the Baptist Woman's Missionary So
ciety; Thursday, the U. D. C.; Friday,
the pastern Star; Saturday, the Jun
ior War Workers.
The adoption of this plan is sure to
effect, on increase in the number of
1: ttted garments and is at the same
time, furnishing some very pleasant
'social hours for those who are visit
ing )he workroom.
‘ court in session
sludge E. D. Graham of a neighbor
ing circuit is presiding over the Su
perior court this week for, Judge
Crum, .the latter being disqualified
in several cases. The business of the
court is being rapidly dispatched. The
grand jnry organized Monday with
J. R. Barfield foreman, and E. Hill,
clerk. Na;*ther detailed informa
tion could, be obtained for publica
tion,, court officials being too busy to
be interviewed..
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
GIVES INSTRUCTIONS
RULINGS THAT AFFECT LOCAL
DEALERS GIVEN BY JUDGE
HENDERSON.
able, in the case of the guard, drivers
oi wagons, trucks, automobiles, etc.
prisoners at work, fatigue details,
working , parties and commands
practice and other marches.
At formal ceremonies none of
these articles of clothing will be
worn.
(d) Sweaters will not be worn out
side garments. There is no objection
to sweaters, especially those of olive
drab material, being worn under the
shirt or blouse.”
It is suggested by division* head-
Business in the city was practical
ly paralized again Monday due to the
fact that all managers were desirous
of observing the spirit of die fuel or
der. At a few places the doors were
kept open with no fire, others were
closed -entirely. It was thought that
relief from this order would be giv
en by next Monday but the most re
cent information indicates otherwise.
Dr. Hardman, state administrator,
has appointed Mayor Lytle to serve
as administrator in Dooly. At pres
ent the situation is controlled largely
by higher authorities but Mayor Ly
tle expressed himself as ready to give
his attention to whatever need may
arise. Wo give herewith the latest
official report from Washington re
garding the order:
Afte conference today between Di
rector General McAdoo and Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield, it was definitely
decided that the heatless Mondays
cannot be abandoned, as had been
hoped, because storms and cold have
so badly crippled the movements of
fuel.
There was every indication that un
less the transportation and fuel situa
tion is improved very much it would bo
necessary to go through with the
whole series of hcatiess Mondays,
which according to program ends
March 26.
As Director General McAdoo and
Fuel Administrator Garfield went in
to conference to discuss abandoning
the heatiess Monday, reports came in
showing coal movements east of the
Missuiiip^Lcut more than 16 per cent
in the last todays.- . ;
Railroad ^ministration officials; -
however, were inclined still to reora-
mend withdrawal of toe suspension
rules as a meant of assisting railroads
to pi omotc prompt. Loading and ' un
loading of cars, retarded when indus
trial plants were closed.
From scores of communities coal
stocks were reported at a very low
obb. Zero weather was hampering
train movements and thousands of
railroad workmen laid off.
Judge D. L. Henderson, local food
administrator authorizes the publica
tion of the following rulings with re
gard to the sale and hoarding of food
These being the most recent orders
bearing directly upon local conditions.
Wholesale grocers should not sell
sugar in quantities in excess of 1,000
pounds at a time to any retailer. Sug
ar should not be shipped on back or
der, nor without positive order from
theb uyer. Wholesale grocers should
use every precaution at their com-
mond to prevent duplication of
sales which would give to a retailer
the opportunity to have more sugar
than is necessary for distribution, or
permitted under the normal supply
provision, which should be distributed
thus:
Sugar should be sold by the retail
er in towns and cities to consumers
in two to five pound quantities at a
single purchase; to farm and rural
customers in five to ten pound quanti
ties.
Effective at once is yet another im
portant rule, promulgated by Dr.
/3ouh today: (On and after this date
and until further directed, every re
tail dealer is required in making a
sale of wheat flour, to require the
purchaser to take with it an equal
number of some other cereal.) This
is covered in new rule, No. 1, issued
by the United States Administration
and just promulgated, which says:
A 30-days’ normal supply qf flour
is the limit permitted to be held un
der the food control regulations. In-.
stances Kaye arisen wherein specific
request* (lSaESBlMnade for modifica
tion of that rule, and reasaat_given.
To prevent hoarding flour follow- -
ing President’s proclamation, suggest
you enforce ruling reference quan
tity sales of flour outlined o,ur letter
December nineteenth. ' The sale of
flour by retailers, millers or other
dealers in towns or cities to individ
ual consumers shall be one eighth to
, , _ „ , . , , | quarters that Red Cross chapters hav-
A., at Camp Sevier, which is based n ing on hsnd a supply,of grey wool
information sent out by the adjutant should ma keitinto sweaters and socks
getting nitrate of soda, 700 tons have the day offers a splendid opportunity
been applied for. -This is the great-, f or fj, e people throughout the county
est tonnage any county ha, applied I aMemb , c f patriotic dcmonst ra-
for according to present informa- , _ ,, . „ .
tion. At this rate the government t]on - Tho counc11 of Defenso com '
would not have enough for Georgia,' posed of Messrs. J. P. Heard, D. L.
but in view of the fact that several Henderson, J. M. Royal, Rev. A. Wal-
counties in the state use very 4ittle, ters and Miss Woodward with Dr.
Ta” ‘ h , at , D °°'I C0U " t3 f Mobley chairman of the Red Cross
farmers will be able to get the amount , ... » . ...
applied for chapter assisting, is working out tho
We wish to express our apprecia- plans for such a meeting and the full
tion of the prompt response the cooperation of the public is desired,
farmers made in applying for the ' Fu n details of " a meeting togeth-
soda and in aiding otters to get it. ' with ^ pro; ...be published
J. T. PITTMAN,
County Agent.
i make it into sweaters and socks
and save the olive drab wool which
is very hard to get for knitting hol-
in next week’s
general by order of the secretary of
war.
“(c) Knitted woolen helmets, muf- mete, mufflers’anTwrUtleto
llcrs and wristlets of olive drab color'
nay be worn when, in the opinion of
the immediate commanding officer
concerned, climatic conditions and
lack of sufficient otter warm clotting
make it necessary. But when the hel
met is authorized to be worn, the uni
form will in every case be worn
in addition to the helmet.
Woolen helmeta and mufficra of
other colors than olive drab arc ab
solutely prohibited.
The wearing of the knitted helmet
muffler and wristlets is particularly
applicable, when necessary and advis-
Coal mines were reporte4 working j one-fourth barrel quantity or
a little below their usual Rapacity, | In ” foreign communities In
partly on account of car shortage and i one-fourth to one-halt barrel quantl-
partly because many miners did not i ^ or * es3 - Gross maximum profit
renort for dutv for wholesalers in flour should not
exceed from fifty to seventy-five
| cents per barrel. Profit exacted by
, retail dealers in original mill pack
ages should Wot exceed from eighty
INCOME TAX INFORMATION
See 1)8 Before Buying Your
HEARD & GRACE
At Heard’s Bank
A few farm income tax return
blanks have been submitted to this of
fice. Any farmers who would like to
see the blanks which are merely
forms showing what information they
will have to furnish when they arc
called upon, arc at liberty to look ov
er these forms at any time.
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THE FLOYDS.
T HE Floyds, magicians, mind readers mid Illusionists, a company ot QISM
people giving a most entertaining, mystifying and n fa using eOtortaUp
meat entirely outside co&tjcntlonai Hoes, yet always conforming to the
canons ot Lyceum art, have beep sucb a conspicuous Access upon the plat
form as to keep them continuously employed toy nearly twenty year*. Mr.
and Mrs. Pioyd afq exceptional artists In their llftfc too mind reading of Mrs.
Floyd being a mot; amusing and mystifying portion of tho prigramT Ur. O.
F. Nobel, must$u olrceior. at tijo piano, gives a finish to the program which
adds greatly to ltd MfecU«DW3. Their program is filled With Q0* and
original foqmrto and is fi Unit delightful one. They are turo td please on
the occasion of tbelf vtat Ben Ift connection with the Lyceum courso.
AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TUESDAY EVENING AT
8 O’CLOCK. ADMISSION 50e-25c
cents to a dollar twenty per barrel de
pending upon character of, service
performed. -Where retailers sell in
amounts less than original mlU pack
age the gross profit should not exceed
one cent per pound. Any profits in
excess of these or in excess that ob
tained ill pre-war times will be con
sidered cause for an Investigation.
Substitutes for wheat flour should be
sold at not more than a reasonable
advance over actual purchase price of
| particular goods sold without regard
j to market or replacement value at
j time of such sale.
The retail merchant is authorizdQ
in his discretion to accept from the
j producer 56 pounds of shelled corn or
| 70 pounds of ear corn in merchant-
i able condition and suitable for hu
man food in exchange for 24 pounds
of wheat flour without the purchase
of otter cereals with such differential
in favor of the producer to be paid
in cashlgu may be mutually agreed
upon by the parties at interest pro
vided the price on which the flour is
based in making this exchange does
not in any event net the retailer more
than a profit of one dollar a barrel
over the cost of said flour, and the
quantity of flour exchanged with any
one producer shall not exceed SO
pounds in any one month.
This method of procedure is advis
ed and recognized by the Federal
Food Administrator for Georgia as a
means ot affording the producer an
opportunity of securing a moderate
supply of flonr without working any
undue hardship and without obviat
ing or setting uide the fifty-fifty bas
is of sale of wheat flour and otter
cereals, established by the United
States Food Administration, except
as herein authorized.
The ibovs ruling shall in no sense
be considered as applicable to con-
sumors who have on hand floor in
quantities sufficient for their normal
requirements for a period of ttirt7
'days.