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> V f B ' • 4 VOLUME SEVENTEEN The Vienna Ne ws VIENNA. GA.. THURSDAY, March 28th 1918. NUMBER 36 F(.0UR RULING BY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR >' AMOUNT OF FLOUR THAT EACH PERSON IS TO HAVE IS LIMIT- PINEHURSi jo HAVE PRTRIO^ MEETING MAIN FEATURE TO BE ADDRE LIBERTY BOND !\ ; 7 ~ i» • A now ruling has been made con cerning flour which you will find in full below. Read carefully and fol low directions strictly. You will no tice that the amount of flour that each person Is to have is limited to one and one-half pounds per week. The retail ers arc to sell only one eighth of a barrel of flour to any town citizen at one time and this is to be regarded as a 30 day supply for a family of five and not more than a fourth of a barrel under any circumstances to any country customer at one time and thi3 to be regarded as a 30-day sup ply. All others than producers must purchase flour strictly on the fifty fifty basis, now in effect. - . March 26, 1918. D. L. HENDERSON, ood Administrator, Dooly County. If we are to furnish the Allies with the necessary proportion of wheat to maintain their war bread from now until the next harvest, and this is a military necessity, we must reduce our monthly consumption to twenty one million bushels a month as against our normal consumption of about forty-two million busiliels, or fifty per cent of our normal con sumption. Reserving a margin for dis tribution to the army and for special cases, leaves for general consump tion approximately one and one-half pounds of wheat products weekly per person. Many of our consumers are dependent upon baker’s bread. Such ^rcad must be durable, and therefore ■squires a larger proportion of wheat products than cereal breads baked in the household. Our army end navy require a full allowance. The well to-do in our population can make greater sacrifices in the consumption of wheat products than can the poor. In addition our poulation in the agri cultural districts, where the other cereals are abundant, are more skill ed in the preparation, of breads from these other cereals than the crowded city and industrial populations. With improved transportations we now have available a surplus of potatoes. We also have in the spring months a surplus of milk and we have ample corn and oat3 for humnn consump tion. The drain on rye and barley as substitutes has already greatly ex hausted the supply of these grains to effect the needed savings of wheat. We are wholly dependent upon the voluntary assistance of the American people and we ask that the following rules shall be observed: . First, householders to use not to exceed a total of one and one-half pounds of wheat products per week per person. This means not more than one and three-fourths pounds of victory bread containing the required percentage of substitutes and about cne-half pound of cooking flour, mac aroni, crackers, pastry, wheat break fast cereals, all combined; Second, pgblic eating places and clubs to ob serve two wheatless days per week, Monday and Wednesday as at present. In addition thereto not to servo in the aggregate a total of moor breadstuffs macaroni, crackers, pastry, pies, cake, wheat breakfast cereals, containing a total of more than two ounces of wheat flour to any one guest at any or.e meal. No wheat products to he strved unless specially ordered. Pub lic eating establishments not to buy more than six pounds of wheat prod ucts per month per guest, thus con forming with limitations requested of householders. Third, retailers to sell ■ noRpuore than one-eight of a barrel of flour to any town customer any one time, and not more than one- , quarter barrel to any country custom. ■' , er at any one time and in no case to " Mil wheat products without the sale V E y an equal weight of other cereals. Fourth, we ask the bakers and grocers to reduce the volume of victory bread scld by delivery of the three-quarter pound loaf where one pound was sold' before and correspondingly propor tions in other weights. We also ask bakers not to increase the amount of their wheat flour purchases beyond seventy per cent of the average month ly amount purchased in the four months prior to March first. Fifth, manufacturers using wheat products fS*non-food purposes should cease sueh use entirely. Sixth, there is no limit upon the use of other cereals, . - -m/iSi'ii DOOLY’S NEXT QUOTA FORTY-FIVE EIGHT WHITES AND THIRTY- SEVEN NEGROES CALLED, NE GROES TO LEAVE ON MARCH 29, WHITES ON APRIL 2. OCSL BOARD ISSUES STATEMENT FARMERS MAY HAVE THEIR LA- BOR PLACED AT BOTTOM OF CLASS ONE. i It A meeting of county i interest will be held at the Pinehurst school auditorium Friday night beginning at 8 o’clock. Plans for the occasion are in the hands of Pinehurst’s patriotic women and they are receiving the bordial cooperation of the men of tho town. The program will include a number of interesting features, chief of which is to be an address from a prominent speaker to be supplied by the District Liberty Loan Committee. The ministers of Pinehurst are en tering heartily into tho plans for the ineeting and will have -a place on the program. Those who are sponsoring the meet ing are very anxious that it be widely attended and urge that the people from every section of thq country lend their presence, the occasion be ing entirely patriotic and calculated to benefit all who attend. A series of meetings of this kind are to be held in the various commu nity centers throughout the county before and during the Liberty Bond campaign, those who are arranging for them are contributing in a'most helpful way to the success of the campaign for there is no more effect ive means of reaching the masses than through these public meetings. It is hoped that tho Pinehurst meeting will be largely attended, TIPPETTVILLE news Somewhere In France,” a play to be given at the Tippettvillo high school Friday night, March 29th. As this play will not take up the entire evening another short play, a comedy will be given.—“Engaging Janet.” Patriotic songs and music are in- serted between acts of plays. This program is in charge of Miss Singer, superintendent of music and expression. Admission 10 and 25cts. Come and take a trip to France with us. SPLENDID MEETING HELD AT RICHWGOD DR. MOBLEY SPOKE TO LARGE AUDIENCE AT SCHOOL HOUSE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * 200 MEN ARE NEEDED FOR NAVAL RESERVE FORCES Savannah, Ga.—Two hundred ad ditional men are needed in the U. S. Naval Reserve forces at Savannah ac cording to Lieut. Huger, section com mander. The men especially desired arc machinists, carpenters, gas engine men, bricklayers, cooks, mess attend ants, pipe fitters, boilermakers nnd seamen. Anyone i nthe draft age but not in the current quota of draft can get permission from the local board to join the naval reserves. This is tonsidered one of the finest branches of the service as it gives the men plenty of chance for sea service which Will, if they wish, lead to active serv ice abroad. Many of the boys from Savannah are now in the Naval Re 3erve and on duty. flours and meals, corn, barley, buck wheat, potato flour, etc. Mnny thous and families throughout the land arc now using no wheat products whatev er, except a very small amount for cooking purposcs,and are doing so bc- perfcct health and satisfaction. There is no reason why all of the American people who are able to cook in their own households cannot subsist per fectly well with the use of less wheat products than one and one-half lbs. a week, and we specially ask the well- to-do households in thee ountry to follow this additional program in or der that wc may provide the neces sary marginal supplies for those parts of the community less able to adapt themselves to so large a proportion of substitutes. In order that shall be able to make the wheat ex ports that are absolutely demanded of us to maintain the civilian popula tion and soldiers of the allies and our own army we propose to supplement thev oluntary cooperation of the pub lie by a further limitation of distri bution and we shall place at once re striction on distribution which will be adjusted from time to-time to secure as nearly equitable distribution as possible. With the arrival of harvest wc should be able to relax such re- drictions. Until then we ask for nec essary patience, sacrifice and coope ration of the distribution trades.’ The Loal- Exemption Board has received orders to mobilize forty-five registrants for movement to tho camps in the next draft. The order specifies that thirty-seven of these shall be negroes while there will be nly eight in the white contingent. As result of the regulations affecting registrants engaged in farm work, is sued by the Department at Washing ton, many of the affidavits required have been received by the Local Board. Action on these is left large ly to the discretion of the board but the order provides that the quofh shall be filled regardless of farming claims. The movement of colored regis trants is scheduled for tomorrow, the white squads will go forward Tuesday. The following colored men have been summoned to appear at the court house, Vienna, Ga., at 4 o’clock, p. m. March 28, 1918, at which time they will be inducted into the military service of the United States. Sap Walker. Joe Dyson Elbert Howe Pleas Kennedy Will Riley David- Ball Elmore Redding Burner Bryant Hudson Whitsett Squire Young Junior Washington Mitchell. Elbert Harris Yenrtis Johnson. Joe Johnson Peter Coiey Albert Jolly Dennis McLendon John Burnam Henry Harvey Percy Martin Pete Perry Henry Harris Oavid Hamilton Henry Lawson Bozeman Cross Will Hudson Lige Jolly. Malachi Ross Lawrence Thomas Ligon Lewis Charlton Jefferson Gilbert Garfield Lewis Oscar Gray Joe Graham, jr. David Pitts Eddy Felton Claude Cone Sam Thomas David Nealy Friends and employers of these col ored men should consider it their pa triotic duty and an act of friendship to the men who arc to be called to the colors, to sec that all are present and on time Thursday afternoon at four o’clock. WHITE MEN List'of white men to appear for roll call and be inducted into military service Monday afternoon, April 1, 1918, at 4 o’clock: Henry HollU Morgan James Mortimer Tharpc Thomas Ross Summer Leon Fuller Beddlngfleld Maurice Bernstein LaFayctte Williams Carl Dennis Sims Henry Clay Ingram The Local Board oi Dooly county has received instructions from the Ad jutant General to defer, as far as practicable, the calling of registrants ‘actively, completely and assiduously engaged in the planting or cultiva tion of a crop” until all other men in class one who are physically qualified have been called. The Board has been governed by these instructions in the present calls for which notices have been mailed, basing selection up on the occupations named iq question naires. However, since it is by no means certain that some of the reg istrants have not changed their oc cupations since submitting their ques tionnaires, it is desired that every case meriting deferment be reported to the office of the Local Board; al so it is desired that any information tending to show that a registrant, either because of a change of occu pation or by reason of his inattention to duty, does not merit deferment, be likewise reported. For tho convenience of registrants or their employers, wishing to ■ be benefitted by the privileges extended to farmers, blank affidavits have been prepared and printed and may be procured at the Vienna News office, It is possible that clns3 one men en ;agcd in farming would be deferred without filing affidavits or any other information additional to their ques tionnaires, nnd persons interested arc under no obligations to adopt this method, but the Board states that it finds tho filing of affidavits to bo the safest, surest and most satisfactory manner of acquiring facts. The plan to grant a slight defer ment to farm labor was adopted “sole ly in the need of tho Nation, and not for the benefit of any individual.” Therefore, i every person affected should enter into the patriotic spirit which prompted this expedient and help to make it effective. NITRATE READY FOR DOOLY FARMERS SEVEN HUNDRED TONS OF GOV- ERNMENT NITRATE WILL BE USED IN DOOLY. . Richwood and the surrounding com munity were well represented at the Richwood school building Wednesday night when a meeting was held there in the interest of the Third Liberty Bond issue. Much credit is due Prof. 6. T. Sangster, principal of the P.ichwood school who made the arrangements for the meeting and worked up the interest to the extent of taxing the capacity of the building. Dr. H. A. Mobley spoke to the peo- pie in an earnest manner reviewing in part the events in Europe that have led to the necessity of the Unit ed States taking a hand in the great war, pointing out tty; present need of tho moral and financial support of every American citizen. His message was well received From the show of interest it would seem that tho people of Richwood and community will come up with a liberal share of patronage to the next Liber ty Bond sale. GENEROUS RESPONSE FOR BELGIUM APPEAL BIG SHIPMENT OF CLOTHING AND SHOES SENT FROM HERE FOR BELGIUM RELIEF—MON EY CONTRIBUTED. The American Banking Corporation which was some time ago made deposi tory for the Government nitrate fund, and Mr. White, Ihe county demonstra tor have been notified officially that Dooly’s apportionment of the govern ment nitrate supply has been received at n nearby port and is ready for ship ment. Dooly farmers have applied for a total of 700 tons, the fund for half of the amount being already on deposit at the American Banking. Ci rporation. A personal letter has been forward ed each applicant by tho bank in forming them of tho arrival at port bf the nitrate. The names of those who made deposits to cover cost of ni trate have also been properly report ed. The shipment will probably ar rive here at an early date and be ready for distribution among those who have applied for it. STORES TO CLOSE AT SIX O’CLOCK We, the .undersigned, agree to close stores at six o’clock old time, seven o’clock new time, commencing April 1st, 1918, and continue to do so un til August 15th, 1918, all days except Saturdays. Vienna Ten Cent Co. Walton Brothers. Farmers Hardware Co. Sam Cohen. J. P. Heard & Sons Co. J. J. Cooper. J. T. Hall. Mnx Fcldser. • W. F. Newby. Vienna Hardware Co. O. L. Arnold. Mrs. Gertrude Taggart. Vienna Shoe Store. H. Orovitz. Vienna News. SINGING CONVENTION NOTICE , I take this method of notifying the concerned that the Dooly County Singing Convention will convene this year at Double Branch on the County line between' Vienna and Hawkins- ville, on the 27th and 28tHdays of April. Now there has been much said about calling off thiB singing because bf the high cost of provisions, but af ter discussing this with the execu tives, we find that it would be a very unwise thing to do. While we know the government is utging to conserve the food supply and as we have al ready reached tho point where food supplies are limited, we as a singing loving people will not discontinue the all-day sings, but do hereby call a halt t othe public spread of dinner on such occasions and we are putting the public on notice that for the duration of the present war, all who attend the singings ate expected to furnish their lunch. So don’t attend expecting the communities around such occasions to furnish a bountiful supply of pro visions as has been practiced in time of peace in tho past. We must be loyal and conserve, but wo must The appeal to the people of this city and community for second-hand clothing to bo sent to the needy Bcl- glums brought a magnificent response Committees In cars made a tour of the town informing the people of the need. They were greeted everywhere with n show of sincere interest nnd gnerosity. Great bundles of clothing of all kinds most of it in excellent condi tion were gathered together. A num ber of the merchants contributed freely, giving shoes, that had been in stock for some time, cloth’and various _ articles of value. Some who had no | spread the sunlight of song and not clothing to spare gave money, a total h CV e any retrenchment in means by of $12.75 being collected. This will which humanity may bo uplifted and be forwarded at once to the Commis- We contend for tho spirit of singing, sion for Relief of Belgium and ex- sing that ono may be uplifted. No pended ns most needed. one knows tho value of a song, so we When the collection was sorted and will keep on sinking. counted it was found that the number of garments totaled 992. Besides this there was a considerable amount of cloth of various kinds. The ship ment has been forwarded to the prop er destination and its contents will give comfort and protection to many who aro destitute in stricken Bel gium. Who is it that would not adapt him self to the new method of providing for these occasions. Don’t be a slack er, come along with books and lunch, we will win. Be loyal and faithful, cut out the big dinneof but keep up the interest by all means. Buy liberty bonds and war savings stamps. J. J. BARRY, See. ONE OF STRONG EMOTIONAL SCENES IN "CAMILLE” Camille is dying and is telling Ar- mand of her love which shall extend beyond the grave. Armand drinks in her words, with his soul in his eyes— eVen as bee lasps her dying form con vulsively to him, Camille smiles sad ly—there is a shuddeting movement —Camille is dead. Armand looks i: to her dead face—then lowers her body to the couch. He bows his head to the inevitable call of the Great Master. There is a smile upon Ca mille’s lips, even in death. Armand is thinking of that time when they shall be united in the great beyond— but his happiness passed when Ca mille died. Camille will be seen at the DeSoto Theatre next Friday in a Fox picture featuring Theda Bara. FOR SALE, USED CARS One Ford Roadster, One Five-Pas- lenger Overland. O. W. HORNE, Vienna. PLEASANT OCCASION AT SMYRNA Wc wish to thunk our guests nnd speakers for their presence on Inst Friday night at our box supper given for the benefit of Smynu school. Wc appreciate too,’.the spirit of respect ful attention given to the speaker al though it would have been hard not to have listened to messages so forci ble. The thirty-five boxes brought by girls from several communities, vary ing from stars to steamboats and from drumsticks to chocolate drops, were bought by most liberal bidders. The entire entertainment brought eighty dollars clear of expenses. The newly painted building will reflect the liber, ality of all those interested. Reported. A CHEAP PLACE 103 1-2 acres of land, 75 acres in cultivation, balance in timber, two tenant houses, etc. Rented 1 for year 1918 for four bales of cotton. See me quick. Easy terms. ' D. C. KETCHUM, Vienna. The "service flag’’ is not official, but its general use is encouraged by the Government. It has been patent ed by private parties. The matter of having an official service flag is not so controlled is under consideration by Congress. FARMERS OF DOOLY A GOOD IVESTMENT 162 1-2 acres of land on main pub lic road, 130 acres in cultivation. Large G-room dwelling, 3 tenant houses, outbuildings, fencing. Rented for year 1918 for 8 bales of cotton. Must be bought soon or own. er will take off tho market. Easy terms D. C. KETCHUM, Vienna. Tlie most important question before America today is the production of food and feed necessary to carrying on the war, the feeding of our armies and the feeding of the armies of the allies. v We have proudly boasted that Imperial Georgia might be cut off from all the rest of the world and she could still supply her own ncc^s. But wo have not been feeding ourselves by half. Now the United States Government calls on us to make good, to raise enough food for ourselves; assist in feeding the armies of our allies and the wives and children of our allies’ troops who are holding the trenches waiting for American reinforcements, who have been facing death for three years and sacrificing their all that they as well as Americans may continue to en joy the blessings of liberty, of thought, word and action. The allies entered 1918 with a food supply smaller than at any time since the war began. The crops of Europe will bo shorter this year than ev er. It is up to America and it is up to the South. The Food Administration will draw an iron ring around the South an other year. Do you want to face starvation like Europe is facing it and go hungry while your pockets jingle with gold or do you want to share glorious ly in this war for liberty. History records no instance in which the South has failed to do her share. For God’s sake let history repeat itself now. You farmers of the South! Forget yourself and put y6ur heart and soul In winning this war. No one has a greater opportunity than you. Plant food—Food—Food. Let your slogan be “Food and feed stuff full, and running over." THE BANKS OF DOOLY COUNTY J. P. Heard, Chairman
