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The 1918 cotton season is at hand
and I hope you will see fit to let me
handle a good part of, this year’s
crop. I will do my best to satisfy
you. Thanking you for past busi
ness, I am yours to serve.
B. D. BRYAN. Jr
REGISTRANTS CAN
GET GOBD PLACES
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS OF
IMPORTANCE TO ALL REGIS.
„ TRANTS.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.—The tremen
dous task of the administration of the
Selective Service Regulations, which
will he vastly increased through the
passage of the bill fixing new age
limits, will be meant, it was officially
announced, by the induction into mil
itary service not only of Class One
men qualified for special and limited
service only, but also of men in defer
red classes who offer their services
and measure up to qualifications.
In anticipation of the largely in
creased volume of work which will
result from increasing the age limits,
and the necessity for expediously
classifying new registrants, Provost
Martial General Enoch H. Crowder,
has secured authority to take this
step. %
Men will be needed for both cleri
cal and administrative work at local,
district and medical advisory boards,
and also at state headquarters. They
,will be inducted into the military
service of the United States either a3
privates or in non-commissioned
grades, and assigned to boards or
State headquarters as needed.
In theb elief that many compe
tent clerks in deferred classes will
be anxious to waive their deferred
classification to take this opportuni
ty to enter the military service, Ma
jor Joel B. Mallet, selective Service
law officer for Georgia, has asked all
boards 4 to make up a list of such men
immediately.
All deferred class men who wish to
enter this service should immediate
ly communicate with the local board
under whose jurisdiction they reside
so that their names will be entered on
the tentative list each board will com
pile. Boards will make up these
lists and hold them for further in
structions, the list to include also the
available class one men.
Men inducted into this service must
be thoroughly efficient and compe
tent clerks with stenographic exper
ience, hnd also with some executive
. ability and preferably with some legal
tra&ingi Members of various boards
are thoroughly familiar with the du*
ties of clerks and will be able to de
termine easily whether a man’s name
should be entered on the tentative
list
Class one men whom the records
show to be especially qualified will be
entered on this list, but only regis
trants in Class One who are physical
ly disqualified for general military
service, but qualified for special and
limited service and also especially fit
ted for such clerical and administra-
tivew ork, and men in deferred classes
so qualified who offer their services.
Class One, limited service men, will
be called as needed, but in deferred
classes, only those who are willing to
waive deferred classification, will be
used.
Details as to the induction, the non
commissioned rank which will bo al
lowed in'ccrtnin (as^s, etc., will be an
nounced later.
All who ore taken into this service
will receive the pay non-commissionc l
uTicer or private, with the usual nl-
lcwances for rommotation of qua.*-
t»is, etc.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug.—The Georgia
Legislature which has just adjourned
recognized the splendid service ren
dered by the Georgia State Market
Bureau, a division of the State De
partment of Agriculture, by an ap
propriation of $35,000.
This recognition came as a result
of the wo*rk the Bureau has already
done in finding good markets for Geor
gia products, with its smaller appro
priation. It will now have opportu
nity to render far better service in
bringing together the producers and
consumers of the state and in assist
ing Georgia’s farmers with their im
portant marketing problems.
While no program has yet been
mapped out for the broader scope of
the market bureau’s work, this will be
one of the early problems to be tak
en up by Commissioner J; J. Brown
and Director L. B. Jackson, of the
Market bureau, with a view to mak
ing it the most effective possible fac
tor in assisting Georgia farmers sat
isfactorily to dispose of their prod
ucts. With the more adequate sup*
port given it by the Legislature the
market bureau will have opportunity
to render the broader and better
service that was contemplated at tbe
time of its establishment.
Farmers all over the state and for
that matter, consumers too, are in
vited to correspond with'' the state
market bureau, setting forth what
they have for sale or what they wish
to buy. All the means at the com
mand of the bureau pnd the departs
ment of agriculture will be placed at
their disposal in finding the best mar
kets for their crops and the best pro
duce for those who wish to buy. ^
EVOLVES NEW FLYING STUNT
Amqricus, Aug.—Lucius Rees, a
(Sumter county aviator who has just
,in commissioned as an instructor
flyinff in Brookfipld, Cal., has evolv-
J n new and dangerous flying stunt
jhich excites the admiration of all
Aviators who have seen it executed,
(t is knbwn as the “falling leaf,’’ and
pprienced flyers say the stunt is des-
led to be known as the wicked sen-
ition of the war. It consists in the
itor permitting his machine to
as leaves from the clouds, the
ose being to deceive an enemy
believing the machine has been
Ippled or put out of commission al-
jether. The new stunt, it is an-
ipated, will soon be included with-
ler egular course of flying taught
aviators in various training
_ in the United States.
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I ATLANTA HAS ICE FAMINE
/S/ktllinta, Ga.—During the hottest
wieks of the summer, the people of
Afianta have been forced to go on ice
nSfon, because of the serious short
age of ice. This means that they
havo not only been compelled to cut
i in household use, but have been
elled to deny themselves cooling
» during the heat of ‘busy
TfcTfee situation, it is understood, is
dn£to the tremendous movement of
fflfaca to military centers and the
{ffibiky of icep lants to increase their
Omput, So the people are conforming
rigidly. If not entirely •cheerfully, to
^deprivation.
WEEKLY LETTER
FROM J. J. BROWN
ALLOTMENT AND ALLOWANCE
CHECKS
There has been a chance in the
system of the Bureau of War . Risk
Insurance of the Treasury in the mat
ter of allotment and allowance checks.
This results in some of the checks
sent out by the bureau being for
smaller sums than heretofore, but the
amounts omitted from, the checks
sent out by the bureau will be in
cluded in checks sent out from other
sources.
The new system will simplify the
work of theb ureao and is expected
to accelerate the payment of allot
ments and allowances.
Prior to July last the War Risk In
surance Bureau took the compulsory
allotment of $15 a month and what
ever additional sum the enlisted man
chose to allot to his family, and the
whole amount, together with the Gov
ernment allowance for dependents
v/as included in one check and sent
out by the bureau. Beginning with
the July pay the bureau will collect
and send out only the compulsory al
lotment of $15 n month and the gov
ernment family allowance.
The excess allotment over tho com
pulsory $15 allotment and tho allot
ments to persons not entitled by law
to allowances will not be handled by
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance
but by the War or Navy Department,
the Marine Corps, or Coast Guacd,
according to theb ranch of service to
which the enlisted man belongs.
UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT
FOR STUDENTS AT EMORY
Atlanta, Ga.—Uniforms, rifles and
other equipment will be on hand at
an early date for the Students Army
Corps of Emory University which will
kel ocated in the School of Liberal
Arts, and, in connection with the pur
poses of the training school, the War
Denartmeht has issued' a statement
explaining thes cope of thet ork.
The purpose of tho plan is to pro
vide for the very important needs of
the army for highly trained men as
officers, engineers, doctors and ad
ministrators of all kinds. It is an at
tempt to mobilize and develop the
brain power of the young men of tho
state, while at the same time they
will be at the call of the president for
war service on the field should mill
tary necessity demand it.
The training school will be admin
istered by the Committee on Educa
tion and Special Training of the War
Department.
STEPHENS GAINING RAPIDLY
Atlanta, Ga.—Alex Stephens, one
cf the candidates for the Georgia
Court.of Appeals, is making votes
rapidly throughout the state. His
announcement a short while ago re
calls the fact that two years ago he
received the highest vote for one of
the three newly created judgeships,
but was euchered out of thep lace in
the Macon convention.
As ho is now seeking one of the
three places to which he has already
been elected by the people, his friends
predict that he will win without any
trouble.
CRUCIFY HIM!
CRUCIFY
INI!!!
BILL HOWARD’S PATRIOTISM.
"This is a fight to the finish. I have been
as loyal to the President as any man in this
country, and though he elay me, yet will I
support him."—William Schley Howard.
“Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his friends.
—John 15:13.
“Crucify 1 him! Crucify him! Crucify him!
Down with him! Throw him out I Crown him .
with defeat and ignominy!” yells the unfriendly
press of the State and the rabble of enemies, not
one of whom he has done any harm.
Men of Georgia,' wliat has Bill Howard done
that a certain faction of Georgia politics should
cry out for his blood? Why should he be expected
to make the sacrifice suggested by a gang of dirty
politicians ?
People of Georgia, you are thoroughly famil
iar with the record of Bill Howard in the Georgia
Legislature and in the National House of Repre
sentatives. Many of you saw him when he came
to Georgia in 1917 to reply to the address delivered
by Senator Thomas W. Hardwick at Columbus on
the Fourth of July. Right ably did he present the
draft law and other issues that were not as popu
lar then as they are now, defending the Adminis
tration to the last ounce of his energy. All of you,
men and brethren, know that he has stood four
square for every war measure and put his all on
the altar of his. beloved country.
You saw him fare forth into doubtful fields
to champion the imperiled cause of Democracy,
speaking with all his wonderful fervor for the
Democratic nominee for the highest office in the
gift of the American people, and you saw Democ
racy win in new territory.
Bill Howard has often been weighed in the
balance and has stood the test to’the satisfaction
of the nation. Like a brave warrior he has bat
tled for his country in time of war and advocated
the eternal principles of Democracy in time of
peace. Not once has he refused to respond to the
call of duty and not once has he failed in its faith
ful and efficient performance.
In response to requests from three thousand
voters from every section of the State, he an
nounced his candidacy for the United States Sen
ate, for which he was in line of promotion, and
Jie is waging an effective fight agaittst fearful odds
created by designing politicians. The public rec
ord of this brave Georgian has been subjected to a
prejudiced examination by enemies who have
burned the woods and sifted the ashes in vain en
deavor to discover a flaw, but the verdict that
"There is’nothing against him” is general.
Having made an enviable record in the Lower
House of Congress, Bill Howard is entitled to go
up higher, yet he is being urged to clear the track
and grease the rails for the progress of one Wil- -
liam J. Harris, of the County of Polk, which has
seldom honored Georgia by voting Democratic.
“Bill” Harris, men, the same who, as member of
the Federal Trade Commission, possessing “twen
ty-five times more influence than any other man
from Georgia in Washington,” messed up the coal
and gasoline market last year and has messed up
everything with which he has been officially con
nected.
For years he has been drawing a magnificent
salary as Director of the Census and member of
the Trade Commission, but who can point to any
achievement that will make of him a bright light
In the political or business world ? President Wil
son, acting upon inaccurate information furnished
by an unfriendly press and unscrupulous politic
ians, often discredited in Georgia, has endorsed
the candidacy of Mr. Harris, but
Voters of Georgia, are you going to surrender
your constitutional privilege of the ballot and par
ticipate in the crucifixion of Bill Howard—“Our
Bill”—who is never’too busy to do you a favor or
extend to you the glad hand of friendship?
The President is a great and good man and
we all enjoy doing him honor, but it is the pre
rogative of the people of Georgia to choose on Sep
tember 11th the man who shall serve them a3
Junior Senator from Georgia, and we should con
sider well the danger of establishing an undemo
cratic precedent.
The Harris organs and howlers say that the
question of patriotism is at stake. Does any man
among them dare to charge Bill Howard with dis
loyalty? If any, speak, for verily the people of
Georgia would lend a willing ear to any recital of
accurate “indictments." They say that Mr. Har
ris, "the choice of the President,” is the only man
in Georgia who can save the State from damna
tion. Since when, Mends, did Bill Harris develop
Into a Saviour ? Where was he on numerous oc
casions when Democracy needed men? Sitting in
an easy chair behind a polished desk in Washing
ton drawing a princely salary for unrendered serv
ices. Where was he when Senator Hardwick at
tacked the Administration in his Columbus ad
dress? Where was he when Democracy was in
the balance in the last National primary? Where
was he when important war measures and other
legislation was pending in Congress? Do you
know, gentlemen? Bill Harris is easier to locate
on pay day than at any other time; you’ll always
find him with outstretched hands then, but where
has he been during his campaign ? He has dodged
every candidate and issue like sinners try to dodge
the devil and everybody knows this to be true.
Everybody who believes in “rendering unto
Caesar the things that are Caesar’s” should be
lieve in fair play in politics and we are expecting
to hear the voice of the people say on September
11th:—
“Bill, well done, thou good and faithful ser
vant; thou hast been faithful over a few things;
we will make thee ruler over many things. Enter
thou into the joy of thy reward.”
Seven million dollars is estimated
to be tho annual fire loss on railroads
alone. The number and the amount
of losses are increasing.
It is the duty of all of us to prevent
fires.
Keep premises clean.
Remove all scrap paper and brush.
Do not smoko in or around ware
houses, shops, cars, etc.
Always bee areful when you drop
cigar, cigarette and match ends, and
pipe fillings.
Keep matches in metal containers.
Keep electric wiring, insulation,
connections, etc., in order. Do not
place paper of any kind behind wires
or near lights.
Oil lamps should be kept clean, and
all oil, oil containers, etc., properly
isolated.
Do not leave matches, pipes, etc.,
in clothes or overalls.
Stoves and stove flues should be
watched -when Jn service ahd thor
oughly cleaned and tested before put
ting into service at the beginning of
the season.
Engine fronts and ash-pans of en
gines should be regularly inspected
and kept in order.
Fire prevention is a patriotic duty.
General Claim Agent will be in charge
of this work and it is desired that he
have active assistance of all officers
and employees.
E. T. LAMB, Fed. Mgr.
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: For quite
a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. I would
have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most
disagreeable taste in my mouth. If I ate anything With
butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have
regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but
after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just
seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were
no good at all for my trouble. I heard
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stomach trouble any more.!’ Black-Draught acts on
the jaded liver and helps It to do its Important work of
throwing out waste materials and poisons from foe sys
tem. Inis medicine should be In eveiy household for
use in time of need. Oet a package today. If you foal
sluggish, take a dose tonight, You will feel .fresh to
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