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lions with any of these who have this
duty to porform it would bo woll for
them to discourage such a.hope aa
any such effort on the port of the one
seeking the favor or any attempt by a
member of the examining board to
show any favor would bo exceedingly
dangerous for the parties concerned.
It would greatly facilitate matters if
interested parties would refrain from
soaking any assistance from this quar-
ter, it is entirely useless, as It can't
be had.
The Vienna News
PubUsbed Weekly
MISS EMILY WOODWARD
Managing Editor
Entered at tke post office in Vien
na, (is., as second class mail mutt"
aeccidlng to the -v-t of Cong
March 3rd, 1870.
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1918
Uncle Sam has issued a yellow card
to be filled out with the names of W.
S. S. Slacken. Let us hope that it
will not be necessary to use a single
one of these cards in Dooly.
At this ttae when the heed for con
servation cl every useful commodity
is being so strongly emphasized it
seems doubly unfortunate that We are
being forced to consume a rather ex
travagant amount of oil with 6ur
drinking water.
The reduction of the ice supply has
worked almost as great hardship aa
the coal shortage in the winter
but the memories of that coalleas
Cold do not lessen by one small de
gree the discomfort of this iceloaa
heat
Fitzgerald is going to have a big
Fourth of July celebration and ia ex
tending invitations to all contestants
for the United States Senate. The
invitation to Thomas Hardwick how
ever, is a very urgent request not to
be present
It is understood that certain coun
ty officials who control the election of
quite a force of workers are invest!
gating to ascertain if those who have
been holding theso positions subscrib
ed to the Second Red Cross War Fund
with a view to displacing them and
filling the positions with more loyally
Amorican men and women. And so it
seems that the time may' come when
one’s chance of a job will depend qn
the evidence of his patriotism.
It looks highly probable that some
of theso fellows not between the rages
of 21 and 31 who have been so gener
ous in their expressions as to what
they would do if they were of military
age, will be given the opportunity to
demonstrate justhow much of this
talk has been hot air and how much
has been prompted by real patriotism.
The serious talk about extending the
age limit has already had a noticeably
quieting effect on many of these.
The United States Bureau of
Crops estimates Georgia’s 1818 peach
crop as the largest ever produced by
any state in the union with tho ex
ception of California. Georgia has
already harvested a big wheat crop,
now comes the great peach crop and
in this section a magnificent corn crop
is on tho way. All of these material
blessing that are being showered upon
Georgia at this time are for a purpose.
Georgia should use them wisely and
unreservedly in the fight against the
arch enemy of humanity.
■ A Britisher who is watching the
work of our. American soldiers in Eu
rope says of them:
“They are full of tenderness, as
the German wounded already have
had cause to know. But they will
not have mercy on men who do not
fight straight and will avenge com
rades slain by treachery to the ut-
moot platoon.’’ '
This ia aa we would have them
American soldi|ra would have forgot
ten the cause for which they are fight
ing should they refuse to show mercy
when it ia deserved, neither would
they be worthy the faith the nation
has reposed in them if they failed to
avenge the brutal and treacherous
murder of their comrades.
WIPING OUT THE STATES
The New York World
If any old-fashioned democrats re-
main, they must read with uneasi
ness the message sent by President
Wilson to a member of the Louisiana
Senate urging the Legislature of that
State to establish Woman Suffrage.
This is a State measure with which
the President has nothing to do, but
it will be recalled that last January
he recommended favorable action by
Congress upon' the propoaed consti
tutional amendment, with which also
in his official capacity, he has nothing
to do. Although the House of Repre
sentatives has given the amendment
the necessary. two-thirds majority,
the supporters of the project ih the
Senate have not yet been sure enough
of their ground to risk a vote in that
body. The Louisiana telegram may
have been intended in a roundabout
way to influence the decision of the
United States Senate or the represen
tatives of that State in the Senate. If
not, it must bo accepted as a start
ling intereference by {he Chief Mag
istrate In a matter always held by the
Democrats to bo within the sovereign
powers of tho States
In the process for amending the
Federal Constitution no account is
taken of the President His approval
is not necessary at any stage of the
proceedings and ho has no power of
veto. Since the makers of the Consti
tution were extremely careful
leave national'amendments wholly in
the hands of Congress and the State
Legislatures, it must be admitted that
Presidential recommendations for or
against State amendments -are as
questionable in point of taste as un
warranted in law.
Surprise in this instance, however,
results not so much from what has
been done as from the fact that the
innovation must be attributed to the
most Illustrious Democrat of our times
A prohibition amendment submitted
by a Democratic Congress and cer
tain if adopted to make local self-
government ohly a memory and crip
ple the police powers of the States is
already before tho various Legisla
tures for approval. Woman Suffrage
by nstionsl amendment will deprive
the States of control of the ballot,
denied only once in the cose of the ne
gro, and then disastrously. With a
few more movements of this kind,
State lines must disappear except as
they may represent providonces goad
ed and guided by an all-powerful cen
tralism at Washington.
The tremendous demands that war
Is making upon the hearts and minds
of thep eople are likely to confuse
judgment as to the momentous polit
ical revolutions now going on almost
unnoticed, but it is not difficult to sec
what they mean to the people and
what they mean to the Democratic
Party. The changes in our form of
Government ore to bo radical and
permanent. The party which for
more than n century has resisted
theso changes, usually with success,
now, under one of tho greatest of its
leaders, submits to them and, some
will say, encourago them.
Even though the historic Democrat
ic Party may thus decree its own
death, democracy is unconquerable.
Under other names and other banners
it will endure, but in tho new align
ment many a so-called Democrat who'
has lost faith in the basic principle of
his party is bound to perish.
State Entomologist, A. C. Lewis,
was here last week examining his cot
ton breeding plots and variety tests
on the Modclla Farm. He reports that
the cotton is doing well now and that
though a careful search was made
for the boll weevil none were found.
He stated that already a distinct dif
ference was apparent between the
wilt resistant varieties such as‘ King,
Simpkins and Half and Half, dying to
a great extent with the wilt disease,
while the wilt resistent varieties
were comparatively free from the dis
ease, only a plant or two being affect
ed.
In company with Mr. J. D. Hendley
Mr. Bryant and others, a trip was
made to B. F. Calhoun’s place where
the boll weevils are already present
in the cotton fields. Mr. Lewis sug
gests that the cotton growers go ov
er the fields every few days now look
ing for boll weevil. At this season
they are appearing only-in spots. It
is important that the adult weevils be
collected and the infested squares be
gathered and destroyed. It is a good
plan to go over theso infested spots
at least every five days. Mr. Lewis
says there is no reason why the cot
ton growers* should become panic
stricken just because a few weevils
are found on the cotton at this season
of the year. He thinks if q good fight
is made on the weevil together with
an application of fertilizer and rapid
and shallow cultivation a profitable
cotton crop should be made unless in
July and August the weather be
comes favorable for the boll weevil
and unfavorable for the cotton. The
weevil multiplies much more rapidly
in warm, rainy weather than in the
hot dry weather.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
TO OPEN WEDNESDAY
PROHIBITION AND COMPUL
SORY WORK LAW MOST IM.
PORTANT MATTERS.
The Provost Marshal General has
called on the Local Boards, Appeal
Agents, and Members of the Legal
Advisory Boards to set aside the week
beginning June 24th, as Class-One
Week. The officials named above
are instructed to re-examine the
questionnaires of all registrants
placed in deferred classes, directing
special attention to the following
classes of cases:
(a) Class II-A, Class II-B.
(b) Class III-A, Class ni-B,
Class III-C.
(c) Class IV-A.
The Local Board of Dooly County
has been requested to give wide pub
licity to “Clsss One Week” so that
all persons who have complaints to
make in regard to the classification of
any registrant may make these com
plaints before June 24th. in order
that these coses may be examined and
investigated during this time.
THEY ALL DEMAND IT
Vienna, Like Every Town and City 'in
the Union Receives it.
People with kidney ills want to be
cured. When one suffers the tortures
of an aching back, relief is eagerly
sought for. There are many reme
dies today that relieve butr. ot per
manently. Doan’s Kidney Pills have
brought lasting results to thousands.
Here is proof of merit from this vi
cinity.
F, Lavender, prop, of meat market,
G07 Clinton, St, Macon Ga., says:
"About two years ago I was troubled
a whole lot with my kidneys. They
caused me a great deal of inconven
ience, as they acted too frequently
both day and night I knew something
would have to be done. I finally had
Doan’s Kidney Pills recommended .to
me and bought a box. I had only
taken a few doses when I was entirely
cured.”
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
simply ask for a kidney remedy—get
Doan’s Kidney Pills—the same that
Mr. Lavender' had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
NO AUTOCRACY IN CHILD WEL
FARE
“We are fighting autocracy, let us
not use it” said Dr. Jessica B. Peix-
otto in regard to the child welfare
hour. This statement was.made in
answer to this question. “Is the
weighing and measuring of children
compulsory in any of our statesT”
“No,” answered Dr. Pcixotto, “and I
doubt whether' it .would be wise for
any state to make it compulsory. The
one way in which you can get real
service ti by conviction, not by force.
Atlanta, Ga.—At 11 o’clbck next
Wednesday morning June 36, tho gav
els of 3peaker John Holder of the
House and President Sam Olive of
the Senate will call the General As
sembly of Georgia to order in annual
session for fifty days to struggle with
the problems of state confronting the
commonwealth.
It is generally expected that one
of the first matters that will be tok
en up is the prohibition amendment to
tlic United Sates constitution, which
ka3 passed the Congress and is now
before the legislatures of the several
states on a referendum. If thirty-six
state legislatures ratify tho amend
ment, it becomes a part of the feder
al constitution, the time limit on this
ratificaion being six years. If leas
than thirty-six legislatures ratify the
amendment, it fails nnd becomes a
dead letter.
That the Georgia legislature will
ratify the amendment is taken for
granted, in view of the well known
prohibition tendencies of this state.
The amendment forever prohibits the
manufacture, shipment and importa
tion of liquor, for purposes of sale, in
the United States.
Another question that will come be
fore the legislature is the acute farm
labor shortage. The legislature will
be asked to pass a compulsory work
law requiring all ablo-bodicd men be
tween the ages of 18 and 60 years to
work at least- five days in every wuek,
regardless of whether they have in
comes without work sufficient to rap
port them. Other states have passed
such a law as a war measure to con
serve the mqn power of the nation,
and the plan is strongly indorsed and
urged by the National Council of De
fense. It is justified on the idea that
while the boys of this country are
shedding their blood for human free
dom on the battiefronts of France,
the least that able-bodied men at home
can afford to do in backing them up
is to engage their time in useful eni
ploymcnt.
Place your orders early for your
Hay Press
Don’t wait until the 11th hour to make your purchase,
as our supply is limited.
The world needs feed stuffs. It is your opportunity
to help Uncle Sam.
SO SAVE YOUR HAY
Call, Phone or Write
Palmer=Jones Company
“The Machinery People.”
Cordele, Ou.
Scripps-Booth
FOR SALE BY
Heard & Grace
Keep Faith With
Your Boy “©ver There
99
When your boy was so little that all the world was a foreign country to
him, he trusted you to take care of him. You sent him to school and to
play and on your little errands, and with implicit faith he did your bid
ding.
Now we have sent your boy or your neighbor’s boy out into a foreign
land, into terrors that be can’t even know—and his faith has not falter
ed. He knows we will do our part if he does his.
Pledgeyourself to buy War Savings Stamps or or before
JUNE 28th
i
Nsxt week ie CUu One Week, Ike
local board, appeal agent and legal ad- > If the people do not want it, then you
ritory board have been instructed to have not persuaded them aright; you
devote nest week to the re-isveatiga- have not explained enough.. There are
tion of all questionnaire# of regie- different motive! to appeal to—serv-
traats with a view to tho rselanltca- ice, duty to their neighbors, duty to
lion of assay who bare been placed la
deferred date. These people who
have been deputised to do Ibis work
ere instruments ef tke government,
TUo is a grave mponsibility that is
placed apea them. The work limy
have to da ie dearly aaarked oat far
them by government authorities and
no fear nr favor should ‘-f—nrr
them from the right performance af
thbdaty. If there are aay who hepe
•a have any favoritism shown them he.
caasa of personal sad friendly rala-
their children; it depends upon the
class or group, but than ia nothing
in American people that makes it
worth while to use fores.
"One tiring we must make elaaur: if
ere do not get ready, we shall pay tho
price England and Franca paid; wo
shall see the Increase of infant mor
tality, due not only to th* fact that
tho babies die faster ia times of dis
located living, butdue also to tho fact
that when tho pries of living rises the
mothers are not properly fed, their
children are stillborn; there is a defi
nite loss of life due to malnutrition
in the prenatal and postnatal stage.
Then too, the older children are men
aced during war times in ways that
are only too familiar to you.
“So wo have first, a program for
the weighing and measuring of the
younger children of preschool age,
and afollow-up program to correct
the defecti thus discovered. Second,
we shall propose a definite recreation
program for older children. In carry
ing out this second program wo shall
cooperate not only with tho Children’s
Bureau, aa usual, but also with tho
National Playground and Recreation
Association of Amorica in preparing
a program and sending to yon a train
ed investigator who will help you to
Meet this program ia your communi
ty. - It will bo eooething praveritlvo,
something stirring for theehildren,
something to be called •Patriotic
Play Week.”’ •
NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS DAY
Saving to help our sons is not to be called by the ugly name of duty or
sacrifice. It ia love’s blessed privilege.
Are we keeping the faith? Are we scrimping and saving and giving to
help our boyB do thi8 thing that humanity has asked of them, and to help
them come back to us sane and whole? Are we doing not only our bit,
but all we can?
National War Savings Committee
This Space Contributed for Winning the War by
SAM COHEN