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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. r 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. 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