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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.