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2 IN VILLAGE OF 150, TWO 2
5 THIRDS IN RED CROSS J
s —» :
• Klukwan. Alaska —Although •
2 there are only 150 Inhabitants •
• In this village, the local Red •
2 Cross society has 100 mom- 2
• bers. This Red Cross society Is •
• composed entirely of Indians. •
• Recently the organization gave •
2 a benefit basket social and net- •
• ted $100. The women have coin- •
2 pleted dfl dresses for French •
• children, eight bathrobes, 87 •
• crocheted bonnets, 82 pairs of •
2 socks, and 18 pairs of wtistlets. •
• Patriotic speeches made by the •
2 Indians are features of the or- 2
• ganlzatlon’s meetings. *
BIG-SOULED MEN
NEEDED INY.M.G. A.
For Oversea! Work With Red Triangle
Forces—600 Recruits Asked For
Out Of Southeast During July
"Pass the word on, and pass It
quickly, that EOO of the most capable,
earnest and big BO tiled Christian busi
ness men are needed immediately oat
of the Southeastern Department for
overseas work with the Red Triangle
Forces," according to Drf W. W. Alex
ander, director of the War Personnel
Bureau, Army and Navy Y. M. C. A„
for the Southeastern Department. The
■note of EOO for the department for the
past month was exceeded by 128 en
listments.
The call now comes tor executives,
of much business experience and spe
cialists in all lines. No man In Amer
ica is too big for the smallest Y. U.
C. A. Job "Over ■ There." Today the
leading men of the nation are volun
teering for the work: Bank presi
dents, college presidents, office hold
ers, political leaders, religious leaders
and hundreds of corporation heads
are giving all time to the work, with
America's Sons In France.
State recruiting committees are op
erating In the seven Southeastern
states. Information as to the oppor
tunities and the work can be secured
through the state recruiting secreta
ries, as follows:
Cbas. M. Norfleot, Y. M. C. -A.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Heath Bartow,' Y. M. (J. A., Colum
bia, S. 0.'
. W. E. Hearon, Y. M. C. A., Atlanta,
Os.
O. E. Maple, Y. M. C. A., Jackson
ville, Fla.
Truman L. McGill, Y. M. O. A., Bir
mingham, Ala.
Dr. J. Watt Ralne, Edwards Hotel,
Jackson, Miss.
F. M. Massey, Y. M. C. A., Nashville,
Tenn.
RURAL CARRIER EXAMINATION |
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an, exam
ination fdr the County of Dooly, Geor
gia to be held at Cordele on August
24, 1918,, to fill the position of rural
carrier nt Vienna and vacancies that
later occtlr on rural routes from oth
er post offices in the above-mention
ed county. The examination* will be
only to male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of a post
office in the .county and who meet
the other requirements set forth in
Form No. 1977. This form and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above or
from the United States Civil Service
Commission at Washington, D. C.,
Applications should be forwarded to
the Commission at Washington at
the earliest practicable date.
■riie vacancy for which this exam
ination is announced is causedby the
ployed on the route. Upon his hon
orable discharge from the military
service of the Government he will be
entitled to reinstatement to his for
mer position as carrier on this route
in accordance with the statute ap
proved July 28, 1916, which is as fol
lows:
"Any postal employee who has en
tered the military service of the
United States or who shall hereafter
enter it shall, upon being honorably
discharged therefrom, be permitted
to resume his position in the postal
department which he left, to enter
such service.”
However, any person appointed to
this position may, in the discretion of
the Post Office Department, be as
signed to other parts of the postal ser
vice; or transferred to other branches
.of the classified service for which he
is eligible.
During the continuance- of the
present war the Commission will, in
accordance with the request of the
Post Office Department, admit women
to rural carrier examinations tfpon
the same conditions as men.
'By direction of the Commission. .
JNO. A. McILHENNY, Pres.
TELLS OMNG HUNT
Canadian Sergeant Describes
Third Battle of
Mm Who Participated Gives Thrilling
Account of 8angulnary
Conflict
MEN UNDER EIGH
TEEN NOT WANTED
APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE
OF MINORS CAUSES MUCH IN
CONVENIENCE.
The minimum age limit for volun
tary enlistment-in the United States
Army is fixed by Congress at 18
Chicago.—The thrilling 'eyewitness y f, 8 ”' There have been so many ap-
- - * — - plications for releases from the Army
of boys under this age who have en-
story of the third battle of Ypres wad
told hero by Sergt Reginald Grant of
tho First Canadian field artillery.
“We were In 8anctuary woods about
a mile southeast of town. We were
the sacrifice battery am) were to stay
behind If there should be a retreat
listed that Adjt Gen. Henry P. Mc
Cain lias issued the following circu
lar letter:
. “The largenumber of applications
received from- parents and guar-
WeU, our boys went out of the trench jigns for the discharge of minors
and were met by the Germans In masa under 18 yeara of agCi indosin?
I0 ™ U0D * .. . * ■ I isfactory evidence that the soldier is
“Thsy were smothered—but net be-1 T , j. . .™. .
fore they had wreaked frightful havoc. “ ndey tWa a *«- *ndicates the nearest-
— - r . They died to a man. The Hons came ^ more care on the pari; of re-
enlistment of the carrier formerly em- • on yelling with n)l their lungs and ns crulting officers in order to avoid un-
- ■ • ■— 1 •* —- “ * ' — •- necessary expense to the Government
and,annoyance to troops in the field
in the subsequent discharge of such
men, and to avoid placing a blot for
life on the record of a boy whose of-
The Postal Censorship board, Post
Office Department, announces that
translators of Spanish are in de
mand at Now York and other port
cities. These positions are open to
women whoc an translate accurately
and quickly.
Wheat is selling for $50 a bushel
in Turkey reports the American and
Syrian Relief Commission, in Turkey.
Before tho war the normal price was
RO to 60 cents per bushel.
they neared we blew great boles in
that formation. Rut we didn’t stop
them. They came on running and yell
ing like fiends of hell.
“Onr ammunition was gone. We
UNCLE SAM PRAC
TICES THRIFT
GARMENTS AND SHOES OF SOL
DIERS ARE BEING REPAIRED
AS ECONOMIC MEASURE.
rifles, and retreated with the rest, stop
ping now and then to drop one or two
of the enemy.
“The battery to our right didn’t have
a chance to use all their shells. The
Boche was upon them too quickly with
smoke shells that atarted great fires.
The boys there were burned alive.
“Yes, they are fighting, the Ger
mans. But so ore the British." .
•>* misstatement of his age arls-
es usually from a patriotic desire to
serve hit country.
“Hereafter no applicant under the
registration age will be accepted or
enlisted until he has proven to the
complete satisfaction of the recruits
mg officer that he has reached the
age of 18 years. The proof required
will be (a) birth certificate, baptis
mal record, or school certificate, or,
in case (a) is not available, (b) af
fidavit of parent or of guardian with
Policeman's Curiosity About • Shoes legal evidence of guardianship."
Leads to Rescue of Unfortunate |
i ' Columbus Man. ^
Columbus, O.-—“Why do you sup
pose anyone should throw away a per
fectly good pair of shoes Uke these?”
questioned Patrolman Folk of Officer
Mahoney while the two patrolled a BOTTOM OF REFRIGERATOR IS
FALLS HEAD DOWN IN BARREL
Methods of thrift now enforced in-
the Army Quartermaster > General’s
Office, including the repair of cloth
ing and shoes, where possible, have
cut down the issue of new clothing
and' shoes from 30 to 40 per cent in
some instances. *
The plants where the mending is
doite are run in connection with forts
and camps by the Camp Quarter
master. When a soldier tears or rips
a garment he turns it in to his supply
officer. When the soles of his shoes
wear out or the heel runs down, the
shoes go back to the same officer-
These garment* and ahoes are taken
to the, repair shops managed by the
conservation and put in order they
are returned to the original owner if
-possible, and if the original owfccr
can not be located they serve some
other soldier.
Hundreds of women are being em
ployed by the War Department ' in
the work of repairing the garments
of soldiers and In the laundries at
caipps and cantonments. Preference
in this employment is given the wives
sisters and mothers of men in the
service. By paying $1 a month
soldier is entitled to a weekly bundle
of laundry in' which the number of
articles is not limited. The women
mend and repair all garments before
they are laundered.
| Modern warfare rather than pro-
' judice is responsible for the decline
| of the American habit of chewing to
bacco, say Y. M. C. A. secretaries
who sell tobacco in the canteens in
France. It’s the gas mask that’s done
the trick. A' devotee of the plug is
seriously^ Embarrassed when called
upon to don his gas mask. As one.
Southern soldier put it: “With ter-
bacca bitin’ inside yer cheek, the ol’
gas mask anchored 'tween yer teeth,~
mustard gas'all about ye and no
chanct ter open yer mouth—war sure
is hell.
CLOSE TO ICE NOT
THE COOLEST PLACE
North side district early in the morn
ing.
“Let’s look ’em oven” continued
Folk, and the two ofl)cers proceeded
to a barrel at the side of a house In
BEST PLACE TO KEEP PERISH.
•ABIES.
Many housewives have learned
Congress street, Just north of Russell , from 80(1 experiences in loss of perish
street The shoes lay upside down at able'foods that next to the ice is not
tho top of the receptacle. the coldest place in jthe home refrig-
As each officer started to lift a orator. To the housewife who has not
shoe, there was a gurgling sound from had this experience the Food Admin-
the bottom of the bnrrel. The shoes jstration gives this advice:
. '■ ' 1 “Many put their butter and milk
The shoes were fastened to the feet | ... ...
of n man and he was head-downward! *5 t ' 1 °, j Ce . b ? tfaus ® * bey
In the barrel. With considerable dlffl- ; thlnk thls 18 thee oldest place, but,
cutty tho two policemen released the, 0 m°ttqr of fact, thee oldest place is
man, Albert Breaker. at the bottom of the refrigerator.
He lives In the house beside which I Hot air risea, and air that is not be-
the barrel stood. He explained he had j ing i constantly purified by circula-
started. to close a window directly tion around the blocks of ice soon are
above, lost his balance and fell head- unflt to come lnt0 contaot with the
long into the barrel. food: when the warm air in the re-
... frlgerator rises it carries with it im-
EAT MORE COTTAGE CHEESE purities and moisture which are ab
sorbed from the surface of-the food,
Department of Agrlculture 8eeke to and W hicb if allowed to remain in the
Encourage Production and Use of alr apol , tho food . The alr which
V Meat substitute. i is warmed by passing over the food
Washington, D. C.-To encourage | com “ *“ contoct ** lc0 wh “®
the use, as well aa the making of cof I th ® moi,tur ® >» condensed -upon the
tage cheeae—a cheap and palatable surface and the Impurities are carried
NOTICE TO THRESHERS AND
OTHERS
Every thresher of his own or for
public is required by the government
to report all wheat threshed in 1918,
Blanks for thisr eport are to be had
of the County agent See or write
him. . -
There are over three and a half
million feet of film shown on the
boats of the highseas every night un
der the auspices'of the Y. M. C. A.
We could tell you a bookful about
CHEVROLET performance—its worn-
dorful endurance run record*; it* go
ing qualltio* in aaud and mud up to
the hub, end ell that. There's enough
of this evidence In our file* to cou-
viaca anyone who Insist* on perform-
eoce os tho first requirements of a
car.
But the average man is interested -
in something far more Important than
endurance records—end that one
thing is UPKEEP.
Tho amoqnt of the upkeep es
pouse I* the final teat of the worth of
a car.
CHEVROLET can hava every
good feature that justlfiae the mak
er’s pride—but U there it sue thing
upon which we particularly pride oup.
selvae, it is the low maintenance rec
ords of tho CHEVROLET.
Tho valve-in-hcad motor take* out
ALL the high coat of ope ration. It
it this wonderful engine that delivers '
the force of explosion directly to tho
pistoa head. AU waste power is ab
solutely eliminated.
Wo took the Higb-coet-of-gieoliae
bugaboo out of motoring when we
put the valve-la-haad meter la the
CHEVROLET.
substitute for meat—the United States
department of agriculture hai
launched a campaign In which nearly
a hundred field workers will take part
ail'd which Is to carry to every state
In the Union this lesion:
Cottage cheese Is nude from skim
milk—now largely waited or fed to
animals. A pound of cottago cheese
has the same food value aa a pound of
meat Make cottage cheese, and thus
pnt to valuable use wasted aklm milk.
Eat cottage cheese; save the meat for
onr soldiers and the allle*,
Three of the big divisions of the
department of agriculture are working
In the campaign, which also has the
co-operation of the United States food
administration.
Won't you give us
PROVE thee* statements before you
aaako final decision oo tho cur you
buy! Coll, write or 'phna
Ford & Calhoun
off by the melting ice. The air is thus
dried, cooled and purified. The cool
ed air immediately descends to gather
up more moisture and impurities and
thus the process is repeated contin
ually.
“It is advisable to allow heated
food to coo) off before placing It in
the refrigerator. If put in when warm
it raises the temporatnre of the re
frigerator higher then it should
and melt* ice unnecessarily. The
I trapdoor through which th4 meltago
passes out at the bottom of the re
frigerator should be kept in place, be
cause if it la broken or lost a constant
stream of warm air is allowed to
flow into the refrigerator.
The Y. M. C. A. Eagle Hut of Lon
don provides a satisfying meal for the
sailors and soldiers for fourteen
cents.
NERVES TORN
ALLTO PIECES
Z1R0H Inn ionic Frond The Right Rtmtdj
far This And Otter Troubles.
“Sometime back”, writes W. T. Pai
nter; of Soperton, Ga„ “I was la a run
down state. My nerves were all torn
to pteeqa. It was an effort for me to
do my work. I did not rest well at
nights. I felt tired when, morning
came, and didn't feel like starting tha
day. My skin was muddy. My appe
tite was poor. I felt very much In
need of a tonic. I thought It was tha
lack of Iron and decided to try Zlron.
as I heard’ there was no better tonlo
made. I began taking It and can safe- -
ly and gladly say It did me a world of
good. Zlron is a good all-around tonlo
fot young and old. and makes one feel
that life is worth living.'’
Zlron Is an Iron tonic which gives
quick, dependable strength. You need
It to put rich, red. Iron-medicated
blood into your blood vessels, to steady
yonr nerves, put fresh color into your'
cheeks and brtghtnesli into your ejree.
Your druggist sells Zlron on a guar
antee. See him today. ZN-8
Your Blood Needs*
The State Bureau of Mar
kets, State Capitol, Atlanta,
is maintained by the State
and asks that you list any
Georgia farm products that
you have for sale or wish to
buy. A market bulletin is
issued weekly and your
name will be put on mailing
list if requested. This ser
vice is entirely free.
NEW GARAGE
LEGU ADVERTISEMENTS
OlinBlack - '
vs.
Laura Black.
Petition for divorce, Dooly Super
ior Court, August Term, 1918. '
To Defendant, Laura Black:
The plaintiff, Olin Black, having
filed his petition for divorce against
Laura Black in this Court, returnable -■
to this term of court, and it being
made to appear that Laura Black is
not a resident of said county, and al
so that she does no reside within the
State, and an order having been made
for service on her by publication:
This therefore, is to notify you,
Laura Black, to be and appear on the
First Monday in November, 1918,
then and there to answer this, com
plaint
Witness the Hon. D. A. R. Crum,
Judge of the Superior Court of the
Cordele Judicial Circuit
This July 3rd, 1918.
- C. A. POWEJ-L,
Deputy Clerk, Dooly Superior Court
2 a m f t m.
‘HEARS’ MUSIC THROUGH FEET
Deaf Man Telia ef Sensations Ha Ex*
ptrlenced at a Plano
Recital.
New York.—That a highly sensi
tive deaf penon la able to “bear”
music through his feet was demon
strated at the last piano recital given-
recently by Joaef Hofmann here.
Jean Paul Greet a young deaf
man, gave thla tmpreaalon of the re
cital t 'The main emotion I felt from
the floor and again In the unsupport
ed lighter parte of the body, such aa
the arms and Huger tips. The mna*|
cles In the upper part of the lower:
leg also vibrated.
“The lower tones of the piano, when;
loudly and quickly played, may be!
experienced Inwardly, causing an as-!
citing sensation. Such feeling seem*
WHY IT WEEDS.
Because It's for On •Thing Only and
Vienna People Appreciate This
Nothing can be good for everything
Doing one thing well bring* sue-
l*S.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for one
thing ©illy.
For weak or diiordered kidneys.
Here is reliable evidence of their
worth.
J. T. Hill, prop, ’of grocery, 811
Main St, Macon, Ga., ays: “About
a year ago I was troubled with kid
ney complaint I had pains across the
smalt of my back and at times I l ad
headaches and nervous spells. Little
black specks would coma before my
ro Shrill onentut nL-TsMsS ey* 8 ond I was in pretty bad shape.
* SJdralita.' quickening The Mcretionl Irregularl
in passage and I had to get up often
TELLS OF NEW GRETNA GREEN at night I heard of Doan’s Kidney
Pills and bought s box. Doan's en-
Wast Virginia Town Whan Nuptial ‘
To My Auto Friends :
I have entered the auto
garage business on my own
*•110011” and am in it to stay.
I have associated with me
Prof. F. C. Snell of Cordele,
who will have charge of the
books and sales department.
We are carrying a full
line of auto accessories,
making a specialty of tires
and tubes. We are exchang
ing new tires for old ones,
allowing a good margin on
old tires.
We are putting in an up-
to-date running in machine
and are no\7 prepared to
overhaul and make your car
new. My long experience
as a Ford mechanic is a
guarantee in itself that all
work along this line will
ive complete satisfaction,
b when your car needs
“doctoring” or when you
need tires or accessories
come to
Snell & Spears Garage
where everything is guar
anteed.
JOHN O. SPEARS.
ttrely cored me. 1
Pride 60c, at all dealers. Don’t
Mmply ask for a kidney remedy—get
, .... „ „ Doan’* Kidney Pill*—the same that
Hr. HB1 had. Forter-HUbom Co.;
Knots Art Tied Mere bally Than
Aaywhsr* da.
la the Gretna Green where nuptialknoti
are tied more easily than anywhere
Mm la America. A woman taxicab
driver meet* Ml trains for the purpoee
Pt taking eloping perils* to the mar
riage license office and the altar wttb-
but a moment’s loss of time: --
Mfgrs., Buffalo; N. Y.
PLENTY OF MONEY
TO LOAN
ON IMPROVED FARMS
J. D. COBB *E- F. STKOZIER
Always at Your
Service for
Printing Needs!,
GOODTOTHE LAST DROP
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house
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It Ultra something you
"need In the follow
ing Uslt
Don’t Send Your Order
Out of Town Until Yon
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