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The Vienna News
PnblUW Weekly
HISS EMILY WOODWARD
Managing Editor
Entered at Ue poit office in Vien-
an, Qa., aa secend elaae mall matter-
according te the art #f Cong
March 8rd. 1876.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14,1918
MAKE THE VAGRANTS WORK)
Governor Dorsey deaenrea, and we
have no donbt he will receive the sap-
port of every sheriff, solicitor and su
perior court judge in Georgia, in the
movement he* has just launched to
force the vagrants to go to work.
The Nation has no use for a va
grant In time of peace, much less in
time of war. Producing nothing,
earning nothing, often supported by
the labor of women and children, he
is a barnacle on the economic struct
ure, worthless in peace and contemp
tible in war.
The Government is callingon Geor
gia farmers to raise more food than
they ever raised before. Responding
with splendid patriotic spirit, they
have made their plans for enormous
production, but here at the very start
cotton can be produced as profitably
in the south as anywhere in the Unit
ed States. By producing these com
modities the fanners of # the south
would be doing whet the government
wishes them to do and what they
should do from a patriotic stand
point. Of course cotton is needed
for war purposes but not to the ex
tent that food is needed. There is
no probability that less cotton will be
grown than is needed for war purpos
es but it is certain that less food trill,
be produced than will be needed for
the successful prosecution of the war.
We jjannot possibly produce as much
food as will be needed. The best we
can do will be to approximate as near
ly as possible to an adequate produc
tion; and it is more important that
we do the very best we can in this line
because of the fact that next year
Germany and Austria will be able to
buy from Buaateabout as much food
as they will need. After this year
the central powers will be much better
supplied with food than the entente
nations.
The supplies that the entente na
tions import must be imported from
the United States or Canada for oth
er sources of supply are so distant
that they would make too great a de
mand on the declining supplywf ships
available for the entente. Looked at
from a purely selfish standpoint every
acre planted in cotton will decrease
the price of what the south sells
while every acre planted in foodstuffs
will make food cheaper in the south.
We are glad to seo these figures
from a responsible source, because
they furnish a complete answer to the
charges that have been made in New
England tffht the farmers of the
COOLING NEWS ITEMS
brought everything to eat, bams, lard,
potatoes, preserves, syrup and all
kinds of canned goods.
Mrs. Dr. Shipp’s many friends re-
Miss Maggie Jenldns, of Plains, Ga. Ig* * hear ‘fjTrJlcv
spent the wepk-end at home. ' r^H^and
The . you “* P*°$’ e Bre enjoying I Woody Pilldnton, of Rock Hill have
these beautiful afternoons on their I joined the Tippettville Red Cross aux
new tennis court. . > iliary. They are very much inter-
Misses Ruth Williams and Helen I ested in the work, Mrs. Harris has
Jenkins returned to Americas today , 0 n with the Rainbow Division in
after a visit with homefolks. • J France.
Miss Bertha Williams returned | Friday night, March 16, at the
Thursday from a visit to Montezuma. I'school auditorium the play, "Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Bagby returned to Tubbs of Shantytown” will be given,
their home in North Georgia after a Mr- “d Mrs. J. T. Tippett are
Visit to their daughter Mrs? M. V. | housekeeping in the rooms recently
Braddy.
Messrs. Clay Dykes and Sam Webb
visited Dooling Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Bnd Mrs, T. L. Peterman re
turned Sunday from a visit to rela
tives at Doerun and Metcalf, Ga.
Mr. Newton Peterman and Children
vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Helms.
Miss Ellen Noble has been quite
kick for the past week and Miss Bes
sie Tippett has been teaching for her.
Mr. Dave Harvard, of Thpmasville,
spent last Thursday with his. sister,
Mrs. M. R Singletary.
Mrs. Floyd RogerS*and children, of
of Butler, visited his brothers, W. C. Rock H iU wished her sisters, Mr*,
end T. L. Peterman; this week. Zeke Tippett and Mrs. Will Cook laet
Mr. Grady Hill spent Sunday in | we ^fc.
of the planting season they are ham-
pered by a shortage of farm labor and
are offering extraordinary induce- j SO uth were profiteering when they re-
manta to persuade men to the farms., C eived such high prices for cotton.
Thousands of able-bodied men, ac-'But as the prices charged for goods
cording to reports to Governor Dor-jmade of cotton have increased more
sey, are idling around the cities < and
towns of the state. They have no
work and apparently want none. They
will enjoy the vagrant’s life of ease
and idleness as long as the authori-
. ties allow them to loaf.
The Governor is right in his coni
tentlon that the State has no right
to ask the War Department to fur
lough soldiers from training camps
for the purpose of cultivating crops,
until it has forced every able-bodied
man within its bounds to go to work.
Fortunately we need' no additional
laws. Our vagrancy law is one of the
best in the country. Our probation
law invests the courts with wide dis
cretion in assigning offenders to any
work whore, they can be usefully em
ployed under proper supervision. The
Governor’s plan is to put these laws
in full operation to relieve the farm
labor shortage.
In a special communication address
e /to the County, Councils of Defense,
he urges them
<1) To join forces with their
sheriff, solicitor and judge to arrest
' and convict all vagrants; (2) to pro
bate these vagrants to work on the
farm; (3) to follow up the crusade
systematically and aggressively
throughout the duration of the war,
making it so uncomfortable for idle
man Hint those not convicted will go
to work to forestall conviction.
The Governor' believes there nrc
enough idle men in Goorgia to re-
- lieve the farm labor shortage. But
whether few or whethor many, the
State owes the Nation the duty of
forcing them to work. The plan he
submits to the County Councils 'ot de
fense is perfectly practical and
workable. Wo believe it will enlist
their Interest and enthusiasm. We
believe they will keep the crusade go
ing full blast without a week’s let
up so long as the war goes on. They
will certainly have the strong support
ot public sentiment. Our boys have
gone to the firing line in France to
give their lives. The man at home
-who will not work is both a slacker
and a traitor.—Atlanta Journal
than the price'of cotton it is evident
that if any profiteering is dono the
manufacturers—very largely . New
Englanders—are not averse from
taking their share and more—Jack
sonville Times-Union.
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W The Mirror
Byromville.
Warren Cason and Willie Adkins
Miss Inez Jenkins, of Cordele, vis- ar8 at home from Camp Wheeler thjs
ited her mother this week.
Messrs. Hill and Rogers made a bus
iness trip to Montezuma last week.
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* PLEASANT VALLEY NEWS •
| week.
Mrs. Middleton, Mrs. Richardson
| tad Mrs. Bivins visited the workroom
(Saturday afternoon to inspect the
work and bring wool for knitting sox.
Some of our members already know
how to knit, having knit sox for the
soldiers in 68, and will gladly give
Rev. Sconyers filled his regular ap- [instructions to the younger members
polntment here Sunday.
Supt. Royal visited our school Mon
day afternoop. I." LILLY NEWS
Mr. G. W. Barrow visited‘relatives 1
in Coweta county last week.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L.-Clements spent
last week-end with relative, near ! , Mi “ EuIa Fu< l u f> ot Cordele, Miss
Cordele. o • | Minnie Fuqua, of Augusta and Mr. A.
Cordially invites you to attend
the Millinery Opening
March 14th and 15th
We have spent several weeks in
selecting our goods that we may
give our customers the very latest
and best styles at the lowest prices.
Mrs. Mary Goodman Sheffield
MANAGER
SHU-PIXRY IN REAR
MT. VERNON NEWS
COTTON AND OTHER THINCS
A few days ago the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal published a statement
from Bradford Knapp of the depart
ment of Agriculture showing the pur
chasing power ot cotton at present
prices as 'compared with its purchas
ing power when it was worth only IS
cents a pound. The statement follows
$60 Bale $160 Bale
Bought Buys
Corn, bushels 80 76
Oats, bushels 92 130
Hay, tons 4 $.60
Flour, barrels r ... 12 12
Sugar pounds 1,600 1,200
Ham, pounds 333 417
Dry Salt Pork, lbs 500 600
Lard, pounds ...» 600 484
Cornmeal Pound. 3,000 2,143
Irish potatoes, bu 66 75
Sweet potatoes, bu 92 111
Mr. Knapp probably made the
statement for the purpose of induc
ing the farmers-of the south to plant
more foodstuffs and less cotton. At
any rate the statement shows that
they should do so however he may
have intended it. Nearly all the ar
ticles of food with which he compares
HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BO^DS
One who subscribes for a Liberty
Bond and'gets credit as a patriot for
dcing so is not acting patriotically if
h< immediately sells that bond, that is,
unless he imperatively needs the
rar-ney, ,says Secretary McAdoo. It is
not the mere subscription that helps
the Government, it is the actual loan
shifting the bond to someone eke docs’
not help.
The came objection Jics to exchang
ing Liberty Loan Bonds in trade.
Merchants offering" to tnlto Liberty
l oan Bonds in exchange for merchan
dise are doubtless-actuated by patri
otic motives, but such transactions
tend to defeat a primary object of
the bond sale, the encouraging of
thrift, and the discouraging of< ex
penditures. Bonds so exchanged nre
in most cases immediately sold on the
open market which tend to depress
the market price and affects adverse
ly the sales of future Issues.
Secretary McAdoo oxpressly states
that there is no desire on the part of
the Government to prevent or inter
fere with legitimate trading in good
faith", yv Liberty Bonds.
It is.onc of the great objects of the
Treasury Department to havo these
bonds held ns permanent investments
by the people and paid for out of sav
ings, thus at once providing fands for
the Government and conserving labor
and material. »
There arc the soundest reasons for
holding Liberty Bonds. Their quota
tions under par on the stock exchange
means a loss only to those who sell.
The financial history of the United
States shows that in times of peace
nil of its bonds have gone above par,
some ns high ns 139. The tremendous
growth of our resources and of our
trade, our-domestic trade aldne hav
ing increased from $30,600,600,000
to $64,000,000,000 in the last four
years, warrants the belief that our
Government bonds are the squndest
Investment in the world and with the
restoration of peace conditions will
command a handsome premium in the
market.
Several from here attended the fu- A. Fuqua, of Jacjaon, attended .the
neral of Mr. Fuqua at Lilly Sunday Mr " Walter Fuqua Sunday,
afternoon ' I The annual missionary institute is
Miss Lucy Swearingen spent Mon- N"* he J d at tha Methodist church
flay with Miss Lucile Smith. week. .
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Smith. Missesl Mn >- Dr - Mulllneau, of Montezuma,
Lucile and Majofle Smith visited ?* me down Wednesday and gave an
Cordele Friday interesting talk to the ladies of the
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hogsett, of, Vi- Methodist Missionary society.
'enna, attended the singing here Sun- “*» LUa H “ Uo ?„, ,pe " t 111 Tu “ day
day afternoon. I r.i K ht, the guest of Miss Hallie Stroz-
Misses Lucile and Nina Smith and | lcr ; _ . _ .
Mary Bowen, Messrs. Bennett Smith l M t r " a ” d «”• T ; A ; Co ” “ d 8?
and Roonie Bowen attended pfeach- to , Hawldnsvllle
Ing at Lilly Sunday night. - Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Miss Sara Swearingen spent! Thura- | Je “ ie Koyo1- - _ . _ _
,y night with Miss Zelma Shurley. I Misses JtaA Ryder and Sam Foun-
Mr. L. R. Raines and daughter, | tain »P ent Saturday aftemon in Vien-
Miss Rosebud, of Cairo spent the| na l,. . _ _ . . _ , ,
■week-end with relatives here. I M “ Sue Loyd, of Cordele
• Miss Lucile Smith visited Mi» Lucy ™* “*** EU “ beth Summ «'
Swearingen Tuesday. > Icrd ““ weefc
Mr. Jeff Cole spent Saturday after
noon with Mrs. Bruce McNeese.
Private H. .J. Mclnvale of Camp
Wheeler visited home Saturday and
Sunday. V
Miss Irene HcGougb, of Worth,
VisiteiJ homefolks last week-end.
Miss ^Hattie Brand visited home-
folks Saturday and Sunday.
-Miss Addle Smith is spending
few days with Mrs. T. B. McGough at
Lilly.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Dunn spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. George Hill of
Pineview.
Mrs. J. L. Renfroe, Mr. John Ren-
froe, Misses Mary Lou and Julia Ren
froe and Bauma Royal spent the
week-end with relatives at Nashville.
Only the 12-cylinder type of Lib
erty motor for airplanes is now being
built, it having been thought best in
view of developments abroad to con
centrate on the high-powered engine
instead of the eight cylinder.
m’ —- in rnntlmrtinn and liotit In liamtle over l(iere
We now have the*c late improved Separators
j to call in and look them
in stock, and want you
over * If not convenient for you to come now,
write us a letter and we will mail you a catalog
with full description.
eone for you to buy.
. - Woodruff Machinery Mfg. Co.,
41 S, Foriyth Street, Atlanta, Ga.
ADKINS SCHOOL NEWS
A Navy base hospital with a capac
ity of 500 beds has reached the war
rone. It will lake- care of Navy per
sonnel, both ashore and afloatStnd it
accomodations exist will also be avail
able for Army and allied tick and
wounded.
Our school is progressing very
nicely.
Miss Austine Sangster was tha
guest of Miss Annie Sangster for tho
week-ends
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Gordon were the
guests of Mrs. E. F. Cheek Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs, E. H. Thombley, of
Pinchurst, were the guests of Mrs.
T. W. Britt Friday.
Miss Lois Ward spent last week in
Cordele with her sister, Mrs. Mattie
Word, o
Misses Nora and Myra Howard
wero the guests of Miss Faustina
Britt Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Britt spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs. E..Wnrd.
Mr. T. L. Parham made a business
trip to Cordele Saturday. °
Messrs- Bryant and Hedge Wood
made a business trip to Macon Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Gillman Bryant Wfcro
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D.
Britt Sunday. 1
Mr. Johiy Adkins was a visitor in
Macon Saturday.
Mist Lola Muaselwhite was the
guest of Miss Ward Sunday.
Mr. C. A. Britt and Mr. E. H.
Britt, of Asbburn .were the guests of
Mr. T. W. Britt Monday.
Miss Lota Wood visited our school
Friday afternoon in behalf of our
eannii^r club work.
Mr. White, our farm demonstrator
was with us last week.
Mr. J. T. Bush was in CordeleVlast
Thursday.
Mis* Alma Cheek and Mr. Paul
Christmas era the guests of Miss
Ruby Sangster Sunday.
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Near beer and temperance drinks
mining within the designation of malt
liquors are included in the President’s
proclamation limiting the brewers of
beer to 70 per cent of the amounts of
grains and other food materials that
were used last year.
TIPPETTVILLE NEWS
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A Canadian order in council pro
vides for the free admission into Can
ada of meat cattle until February 7,
1910, when imported by boua fide res-
id nta of. Canada under regulations
by the minister of customs. Sattle,
except for breeding purposes^arc or
dinarily dutiable at 32 1-2 per cent
On Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Richardson and Miss Jordan, of V'cq-
na, came out to meet with the Uppett-
villo Red Cross auxiliary and give in
structions in making hospital needs.
The ladies are very enthusiastic over
the work and have opened up a worl
room, Mr. Clyde Grantham gave the
use of his vacant store and twice
week the ladies meet to work.
ReV. and Mrs. Helms were given
'quite a surprise test Friday. The la
dies from Harmony church came-
see them in their now home and
Without doubt’ the greatest picture produced
up to this time. By D. W. Griffith, who put out
The great success, “The Birth of a Nation.” ^
It is said this picture cost two million dollars,
and 125,000 people, 7,500 horses and 1,500 Chari
ots took part in it. 0
This picture filled the Liberty Theatre in New
York twice a day for six months and has filled
long engagements in other large cities, but never
has been shown before in towns of even twice the
size of Vienna.
The management can’t expect^to make money
xon this picture but owing to the routing has .been
able to secure it for t\yo performances, matinee
and night, MARCH 27th. .
We are giving you the best to be had in pic
tures. COME OUT AND HELP US BREAK
EVEN ON THIS THE GREATEST OF ALL PRO
DUCTIONS.