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VOLUME SEVENTEEN
VIENNA. QA.^THURSDAY. February 28th (918.
FORMER CITIZEN
*2 WES III TEXAS
DOOLY TAXPAYERS
SHOW FINE SPIRIT
REMAINS WERE CARRIED TO
MR. ANDREWS LEAVES TODAY
UNADILLA MONDAY FOR IN-
TERMENT.
The remains of Mr. E. Linwood
Dupree, a former resident of this
place, who died at Dallas, Texas, last
Friday, were brought to Unadilla
Monday for interment. Mr. Dupree
bad been sick for some time with
pneumonia and was improving from
this disease when he contracted blood
poisbn from an injection treatment
for the disease.
Mr. Dupree, with his family, mov
ed to Dallas about 3 years ago, - at
which place he Resided until the time
of his death. He was formerly in
the picture show business here and
has many friends who will regret to
learn of his death.
' The funeral services were conduct
ed from the Duncan hotel at Una’dil-
la Mbnday afternoon at 2:80, the pas
tor of the Methodist church at that
place officiating, assisted by Rev. W.
L. Wright, of the Methodist church
here. ThO'Jfcterment followed in the
city cemetery at Unadilla.
He was 28’years old at the time
of his death and besides his wife and
four children, Jane, Margie, Helen
and a young baby, he is survived by
his mother and father, Mr. and Mrs.
W. I. Dupree, and two sisters, Miss
Martha Dupree and Mrs. Beatrice
Livingston, all of this place except
the latter who lives at Headland, Ala.,
and who was with him at the time of
his death.
To quote 1 § Andrews? the govern
ment Income ^ representative who
has been stat. o d at the County
Court House
*‘The citizens o:
the finest spirit'
income tax law
tested by any
SEED PEANUTS
We are offering sound, white Span,
ish seed peanuts at 8 cents per pound,
put up in good sacks. Cash with order.
EDISON OIL CO,
2t '4k**
Edison, Ga.
AFTER TEN DAYS WORK IN
THISCC _!TY.
PINEHURST BRANCH
INCREASES ACTIVITY
WOMEN WILL MAKE SURGICAL
DRESSINGS—TO ORGANIZE A
SCHOOL AUXILIARY.
LARGE CROWD GATHERED AT
STATION MONDAY TO SEE
THEM LEAVE.
the past ten days,
oly have exhibited
onforming to the
»> 1 have seen manl-
people in any
other place yet v| in the interest
of the work, and a good spirit has
been evident everywhere.”
Mr. Andrews has had an unusually
busy period hqre. He has worked
continuously throughout every day
and practically every evening with
the various individuals helping them
to arrive at a fair estimate of the
amount due the government from
their 1917 incomes.
It is exceedingly gratifying to
know that Dooly has in this way giv
en further expression to her patriot
ism. In justice to Mr. Andrews how
ever, the courteous treatment he has
accorded all with whom he has had to
deal has had much to do with the
Smoothness and satisfaction that has
attended the work.
Many who were of the opinion that
they would not be- subject to the tax,
after discussing it with him were
Convinced that they were liable, while
others who thought they would prob
ably be subject found that they were
hot. If there are yet any in doubt
about their duty in this respect Mr.
Andrews advises that they communi
cate with Mr. Blalock, Revenue Col
lector, Atlanta.
FOR SALE—One mammoth Bronze
Tom, price $7.50.
_ E. F. POWELL,
The Pinehurst Branch of the Dooly
County Red Cross Chapter is pushing
steadily forward all lines of work in
the territory over which they have
jurisdiction. With a membership
around two hundred and a number of
active interested workers.
The women have already done some
excellent work, taking part in the
making of knitted garments sent off
by the Chapter and recently making
a creditable number of hospital gar
ments which were packed and for
warded by the Branch..
This week the ladies are busy get
ting a room in readiness to begin
making surgical dressing. The Ma.
sons have contributed the use of their
hall over the Bank of Pinehurst and
the necessary equipment is being plac
ed there with a view to beginning the
work Monday. Instructors of the
Chapter who have recently qualified
will go up to assist with the work.
Mrs. J. L. Lee and Mrs. S. F. Owen
have been appointed supervisors of
the work room.
TO ORGANIZE SCHOOL
The work of organizing the Pine
hurst school is also under way, certi
ficates of organization have been re
quested and definite plans arc being
made to enlist.the school children for
active participation in Red Cross
work. ,
The officers of the Pinehurst
Branch are
MR. TOM SWAIN, Chmn.,
- MRS. E. H. PEAVY, Vice-Chmn.
1 MRS. C. L. WILSON, Sec.
MR. C. A. THOMPSON, Treas.
NEGRO SELECTMEN
. SENT TO GORDON
4 Dooly county added thirty negro
selectmen to the train load that pass
ed through Monday morning over the
'Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic en
route to Atlanta. There were possi
bly three hundred negroes already
aboard, these having been assembled
from various other South Georgia
counties. Thirty-three men were call
ed by .the local board to All the quota
oI thirty-one ordered from Dooly, all
of those whose names were published
last week were in this increment ex
cept Willie Jones, Charlie-Ponder and
Berry Dean. Charlie Nealy was
placed in charge of the squad en
route.
A large number of the members of
their race and a great many whites as
sembled at the station to witness the
departure of the negroes*
The negroes went to Camp Gordon
for entrainment.
l The Executive Committee of the
Dooly County chapter A. R. C., will
meet at the council fhamber this af
ternoon at 3 o’clock.
TEACHERS WILL
MEET SATURDAY
COMMISSIONERS WANT
FARMERS EXEMPTED
MEETING AT AUDITORIUM TO BE
IMPORTANT ONE. LUNCH WILL
BE SERVED. J •
PETITION TO PROVOST MAR
SHAL ASKING THAT FARMERS
BE EXEMPTED.
The meeting of teachers scheduled
to be held Saturday promises to be-
one of more than ordinary interest,
State Supervisor F. E. Land will be
here and will bring with him a mes
sage of special value to the teachers.
Col. T. Hoyt Davis will also speak
for a short while in the interest of
the Third Liberty Bond Sale.
' A report of the progress of the
sale «f Thrift Stamps for which the
superintendent and others toured
the county last week will also be
heard. Another interesting report
will be that relative to the Circulat
ing Library.
Two subjects relating to school
work proper are also on the program
for discussion. These are Story Tell
ing and History.
At the close of the program a
luncheon will be served the teachers.
This will be supervised by Miss Wood
the county canning agent.
FIFTEEN NEGROES
TO LEAVE MONDAY
The fifteen colored men to be en
trained Monday, March 4th will prob
ably be taken from the following reg
istrants:
Willie Frasier, Cordele.
Jefferson Wiggins, Vienna.
Sim Pryor, Cordele. ■
Pete Loftly, Byromville. .
John Merity, Vienna.
George Turner, Lilly.
John Heath, Vienna.
John Westbrook, Pinehurst.
■ Willis Plater, Lilly.
Major Wright, Brunswick.
Frank Cater, Pinehurst.
George Washington, Pinehurst.
Logie Collier, Vienna.
, Elijah Powell, Marshallville.
. .General Simpson, Montezuma.
Arthur Rush, Lilly.
Wijl Tucker, Pinehurst.
Arch Riggins, Pinehurst.
DEATH OF MR. HENDLEY
Following a continued illness death
came to Mr. Horton Hendley, one of
the oldest citizens of the county Sat
urday afternoon at 5 o’clock at the
home of bis son, Mr. Charlie Hendley,
near Pinehurst. Mr. Hendley was a
member of the Baptist church, a Ma
son and a highly respected citizen.
The funeral services were held at
Mars Hill Sunday afternoon at 3:30,
Rev. Joe Hill officiating. The last
rites being performed by his brother
Masons of the Vienna Lodge. The
services were largely attended.
The deceased is survived b^ several
children one of whom is Mr. J. D.
Hendley, of this city.
VIENNA BOYS SERVE
WITH DISTICTION
There is obviously a general inch
nation on the part of Vienna boys who
have gone into military service to
conduct themselves in a way to invite
the approval of the superior officers.
Among these is Sergeant James
Howell, recently promoted to that
rank because, according to the state
ment of the commanding officer who
recommended him for the jjlace, of
his intelligence and various other su
perior qualities that fit him for the
place. This is the second promotion
Sergeant Howell has received since
volunteering his services several
months ago, having entered as a priv
ate in the Machine Gun Corps.
Another Vieimian that has estab
lished for himself a reputation for ef
ficiency Is Sergeant Tom Bennett.
Sergeant Bennett is stable sergeant
for the 121st Machine Gun Company
and has a record for superiority in
the whole camp in the performance
of this duty. All Vienna feels
proud interest in any honor won by
one of her boys.
HOOVER'S ASSISTANT
COMES TO GEORGIA
F. C. Walcott, chief assistant to
Herbert Hoover in the conduct of the
affairs in the food administrator’s de.
partment, attended the state-wide
food meeting held in Macon Wednes
day. Mr. Wolcott is a widely-known
authority on food conservation, hav
ing been a close student of the sub
ject in this country and in the war-
stricken countries of Europo. He is
the author of many pamphlets and
several books on various phase of the
subject. |
Atlanta, Ga., Feb.—Relief for the-
farm labor situation in the south was
the object of a meeting of commis
sioners of agriculture of the South
ern states, in Memphis, Tenn., the
other day, which was attended by
Commissioner J. J. Brown.
The action of the Memphis meeting
was based upon the suggestion of
Commissioner Brown in recently pub
lished correspondence, and in letters
to Provost Marshal General Crowder
and Secretary of War, Newton D. Bak
er. Mr. Brown urged that the thous
ands of young -farmers who have
been drafted in the national army, to
be called back to the service after the
harvest, or when actually needed by
the government.
After stating clearly the serious
ness of the farm labor situation, the
commissioners of agriculture memor-
alized the authorities in Washington,
pointing out that thousands of young
men have been called away from the-
farms by selective draft, and for
government positions,’thereby deplete *
ing greatly the farm forces and en
dangering food production; and re
solving that
“If in the wisdom of the authori
ties at Washington this could in some
way be modified, so that by classifica
tion, reclassification, or by detail or
furlough (at least until absolutely
needed at the front) some of these'
might be sent back to the farms to
help in food production, we believe
this would help to solve the problem
and would encourage and stimulate
larger production.”
A special conpnittee was selected
to go to Washington to lay-the situa
tion before the war department au
thorities, an durge the importance of
prompt action.
Since the question has been agitat
ed, there have come indications al
ready of a disposition on the part of
the department authorities to be
more liberal in the matter of draft
where agricultural producers are in
volved.
Mi
BIRTHDAY PARTY POSTPONED
AT HOLLOW BRANCH SCHOOL
Because of sickness the Birthday
Party planned for February 22ud at
Hollow Branch School was postponed
to Thursday, 7:30 p. m., Feb. 28. The
public cordially invited and everyone
requested to bring a penny for each
year of his life.. If too old, and a
penny a year is too much just bring
along whatever sum you can to donate
towards the fund for the new Hollow
Branch school building. The woman
less wedding will be worth a large ad
mission fee. Como and see that
“Taylor girl” get map-led.
Principal.
'■'3
Easter
Sunday
Fails on the
31st of March
Take special note of this if you
want your new Spring Suit on time
for Easter. And take special note of
the fact that when it comes to Style,
Fit, Tailoring and Real Value
International Made-to-Measure
CLOTHES
AreAbsolutely Unsurpassable
Prices run from $10 to $60, with a wonnderful
range at the popular price of $30.
If your clothes need Cleaning, Pressing and
Dyeing, I can do it to your own satisfaction. Give
me a trial. x
The Only Pressing Club
Earl Campbell, Prop.