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ESTABLISHED 1838
German Losses Are Fearful
In die Face of Deadly
Fire of American
Gunners.
(By Associated Prsss)
American troops standing at Vans,
northwest of Chateau Thierry, hare
completely smashed the repeated de
termined counter-attacks by the Ger
mans who sought to oust the Amerl
cans from their new positions.
That the Germans tried desperately
to reverse the decision of thU battle
Is an Indication that the occupation
of Vaux la viewed as Important by the
enemy commanders.
Over the lines : held by General Per-
sblng'a men there haa been bursting
a storm of steel of the German can
non, high explosives and gas shells,
being intermingled in the projectiles
hurled by the enemy.
The Americans, however, have not
yielded a foot of ground.
As a result of these assaults the
Germans lost heavily in killed, wound
ed and prisoners.
The battle is still being fiercely
waxed.
YIELDED NOT FOOT GROUND
ENEMY LOSSES WERE AWFUL
With American Army, France, July
The German counterattacks
against the American positions at
Vaux ware launched at 1 o’clock tlta
morning and were repulsed. The ena-
my lost hesvily.
Not a foot of ground won by the
sn,.,u..n. Xf^day ifjaht wasJgsfc—LSJ
The counter sftsck developed after _
the Germans had heavily bombarded
Vaux and Boltdetaroche.
When the German Infantry leaped
from their tranche* the troop* came
over In close formation*. In some
esses whole companies were allowed
to approach close to the American
lines and then American machine gun<
ners let looee a perfect hail of bul
lets. mowing down the enemy rank*
and piling the German dead all over
the ground.
The German loaa In killed la un
known. but prisoners any their or
der* were to drive back the Ameri
cana at all coat*.
They have paid the highest cost
possible, hot failed to perform the
task entrusted to them.
General Agent
Princeton Mfg.
Co. Contributes
500, Red Cross
IN LIEU OF , FURTHER ACTION
RELATIVE TO CHARGE8 BE
FORE FOOD ADMINIS
TRATION.
(Special to the Banner.)
Attanta. O*., July 3.—Dr. Andrew
M. Soule, federal food administrator,
tonight announced the contribution of
(500 to the Athena Chapter of the
American Red Cross by John White
Morton, of Athena, gmerel agent for
the Princeton Mfg. Co., whoso plant
la located near Athens, In lieu of fur-
ther action by the food administration
In the matter of certain charges
brought against the concern.
The concern operates a retail store
for the convenience and acceslblllty
of Its employees. On Investigation
made It was charged to the federal
food administration that the store
has violated the administration's re
gulations In two particulars: Failure
to observe the rules and order* in re
ference to quantity sales of flour and
■ugar as well at to prices charged
thereon and failure to make report*
of scales when ordered so to do by
the county food administrator.
Upon hearing of the case It was
shown that the failure of the concern
to properly comply with the rule* and
orders covering th»l_qlMiAJMi|
litng of controlled food oon»-
moditle* was due to negligence rather
than appearing In the light of wilful
disregard.
It was shown further that In the
operation of the store for the conven
ience of employee*. In which It Is
of considerable value to them, the
general average of price* charged
have not been excessive. Upon this
showing and the disposition outlined
above the case will not have further
action.
U. S. Destroyer Is
Named the ‘Tillman”
U. S. AIRMEN’S WORK.
With American Army, France, July
3.—Pour Gorman airplanes are unof-
dally reported destroyed by Amerl-
rani In the air fighting alnce daylight
over th* battle ton# of Vaux.
Among the dyers engaged wa*
Quentin Roosevelt, youngest son of
Theodora Roosevelt.
All told on Tuesday and Wednes
day the. patrols from the American
pursuit squadrons In this sector en
caged In about twenty combats, bring
ing down seven enemy planes. T
American aviators were lost and one
seriously wounded.
MORE BLOOD FROM (BELGIUM
Amsterdam. July 3.—The war con
tribution which Belgium has to pay to
Germany, says Lee Nouvel Lei, has
been raised from fifty million francci
to sisty million francs monthly, the
equivalent of SS0 francs per head
NEW RU88IAN MOVEMENT.
Washington, July 3.—The unexpect
ed development of strength by the
Cieco Slovak bands which are making
their way across the Siberian plains
from European Russia, has arrested
the attention of o(Uriel* here and
formed the bests of- in esrneit con*
•ereneo among diplomatic represent*-
tlrsa of the Entente Powers.
Official reports confirmed the preas
dispatch** that the Cseco Slovak*
had taken over tb* administration of
the Pacific port of Vladivostok After
overcoming the armed opposition by
the BolshavUd.
The significance of this la that there
’’ now a real nucleus in Siberia for
'he gathering of various elements
*hlch have revolted against Botobe-
v tk control and surrender to German
influences.
p BOF. J.B.VAUGHAN
IS STILL VERY SICK
Pr °f. J. & Vaughan, Ms thousands
of friends will regret to learn, wa*
!ut night reported aa still being In a
critical condition.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 3.—In honor of
the late Senator Tillman, member of
the naval affairs committee for nearly
twenty-four year* and chairman for
five year*, a new torpedo-boat destroy
er wa* named the "TUlman” today by
Secretary Daniels. In making the
announcement Secretary Daniels paid
a high tribute to Tillman's aervlce to
tncreaae the navy.
Victim of Automobile
Accident Was Buried
Henry Neeley, aged about 45; who
died from the effects of an automo
bile accident last Friday night, was
buried yesterday afternoon at New
Grove cemetery, near Wlntemlle, af
ter the funeral, attended by a number
of white paople, at center Baptist
church, Wlntervtlle. His death Is
deplored by both races. He was s
good cltlsen, an enterprising and pa
triotic colored man, having just
bought and established a good country
home, and been most active ra alt
the war activities and movements for
the good of hi* section and the suc
cess of his country.
Government Control of
Wire Lines Is In Sight
(By Associated Prsss.)
Washington, Jnly 3.—Although the
house Interstate commerce committee
ordered a favorable report on the re
solution authorising government con
trol of telegraph, telephone, cable and
radio aystema as a war measure, con
gressional leaders continued tonight
to make plans looking to a recess
through July and a part of August.
They expected to dispose of the pend
ing measure* late this week or early
next week, and to recess Immediately
afterwards.
HIS 1421”
III
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 3.—-American
Independence Day will be ob
served tomorrow as never before.
While the people of tha Uni
ted States are gathering to cele
brate the signing 143 years ago
the Declaration of Freedom, ex
ercises will be held In Great Brit-
ian, France, Italy, and other lands
to commemorate the birth of
American liberty, to the defense
of which the nation already - haa
sent a million men overseas.
President Wilson will deliver
an address at Mount Vernon,
which will be read simultaneously
at demonstrations throughout the
country and which has been
cabled for reading and publica
tion In foreign lands.
A part of the daya celebration
will be the launching of a hun
dred merchant ships on the Atl-
lantlc, Gulf, and Pacific ooasta.
10 CANTEEN
One hundred and elghty-nlne men
<%at>jfgnu ;wu*W>y n>t>rn-
Ing pledged ohe dollar n month to the
support of the Red Cross canteen
service—that magnificent department
of the local chapter’s work which la
ministering to thousands and thous
ands of moving soldiers, men from
camp going to port, men from home
going to camp, wounded and alck sol
diers, white and colored soldier*—na
they pass through Athens on trains.
It Is hoped that at least $330 <
month may be secured In this way as
a steady and regular, dependable sum
for the supplies needed. The men
have seen the good women of the com
mlttee, a committee for each day, at
work at the itation; they felt that
they wanted to be of service and that
they could do this work by guarantee
ing a dollar apiece a month for this
work.
Let others fall In Una, phone your
name to Mr. Max Michael or D. G
Bickers; or hand or send the dollar
this month and following months to
either of these gentlemen, and they
will turn it over to the treasurer of
the canteen committee. Col. E. L.
Grigg.
553 SHORT LINE
ROADS RETAINED
(By Associated Praia.)
Washlgton, July 8.—The railroad
administration announced tonight thot
553 uhort line railroad* are retained
under government control. All em
ployes of these lines will receive
wage awards made to employes of
steam roads and the owners will be
compensated under the general con
tract
GEOGGIA REPRESENTED HERE BY 500
AND MODE LIVE RED (MSS DELEGATES
More than 135 toRns and cities,
with nearly that many ohapten of
the American Red Cross In Georgia,
.with several from other states, were
represented by noon yesterday at the
Georgia 8tate Convention hero—with
a few others coming In for the after
noon and evening events, and a still
further few more to come today.
There are in all more than 500 chap
ter officers and delegate* and mem
bers and visitors hero for the confer
ences—the largest gathering of Red
Cross workers for any one state ever
held In the South. ’(
The following nro the towns repre
sented with the number of represen
tatives registered up to ; yesterday
noon, when the registration was sus
pended tor the-day:
Th* Town* Here.
Athens, 50; Atlanta, 31; Augusta.
3; Arnoldsville, 5; Alma, 3; Adel, 3;
Americus, 3; Abbeville, 3; Blakely,
Baconton, Bowman, Brunswick, Bai
ler* 3; Ball Ground, BlalioiM; Bogart,
5; Bethlehem, 5; Buena Vista, Comer,
3; Culloden, Cordele. Clayton. Cave
Springs, CarnesvIUe, 3; Carrollton, 3;
ClarkesvIUe, Columbus, 11; Claxton.
Cuthbert, 3; Carnegie, Cornelia, 3;
CrawfordsvIUe, 7; Commerce, 0; Car-
tenvtlle, 2; Cusetta, 2; Cedartown,
2; Covington, 0; Cleveland, 2; -Dalton,
4; Danlelsvllle, 3; Dublin, 7; Douglas,
Dawaonvllle, Demoreft, 2; Desota,
Decatur. 8; Dahlonega, 2; Elberton.
2; Gibson, Griffin. 3; Graymont.
Greensboro, 4; Gainesville, 8; Hilto-
ma, Hartwell, 4; Ila, 3; Jeney, Jef
ferson, 5; Jeffersonville. 3; Jackson.
2; Jakln, 3; Jasper. 3; Klngland.
Knoxville. Lumpkin. 3; Linton, Lyons,
LaGrange, 7; Lincolnton, 3; Law-
renceville, 3; Lexington, 8; Madison.
5; Monroe, 9; Meigs, 4; MUledgevIlIe.
Mlllen, ML Airy, Maxeys, 3; Munner.
lyn, 2; Mystic, MldvIUe, .Middleton,
MaysviUe, 5; Montrose, McDonough,
Mount Barry Marietta. Mason 33
Newnan, Newborn, Nashville, Oxford,
Ocilla, 3; Pinevlew, Powder Springs,
Pavo, Rome, I; ReldsvUle, Rock-
mart, 8; Richland, 8; Statesboro,
Summerville, SheUman, Springfield,
Smlthvllte, Stockbridge, Sale City,
Slyvsster, 8; Sardis, Savannah,
Stnthnm, 8; Social Circle, 17; San-
dersvillo, 8; Toccoa, Tonnile, Tlfton,
Tlgnal, Thomson. ,!; Thomasvtlle,
Talbott on, Union Point, 4; Valdosta,
3; Vidette, White Oak, 8; Woodbury,
WrlghtsviUe, I; Wlntarvllle, 3: Win
der, 6; Whveriy Hall, 2; Waynesboro,
4; Washington, Warrenton Waycross,
3; Watkinsville, 12; Wadlay, Young
Harris, Yateavtlle, Zataion, Isabell—
with all of these Georgia towns, moat
of them having chapter*, where the
number Is not spadfitd, sending one
delegate.
There were mambers of chapters
also from Gaffney, s. C.. Davidson, N.
C., El Paso, Tex., Orlando, Fla. Gar
nett, S. C., Columbia, 8. C., Seneca,
S. C., and some other points present
II
HERE’S WAY TO SECURE ORGANIZATION
Athens has a fine chance for •
Home Guards organisation. Relative
to this opportunity, Judge A. J. Cobb
has given the following statement to
the Banner:
'A brigade of atete troops for home
protection la being organised with
General P. W. Meldrlm as Brigadier-
General. It will be made up of com
panies In different parts or tne . state.
ed to contribute this 31,040. Do not
wait to be called upon for your con
tribution. Telephone your contribu
tion to Mr. Billups Phlnlxy who la
chairman of the committee to ralae
this fund. It Is desired If possible
that this fond be raised today so that
the Hat of subscribers may be pub
lished in the papers of tomorrow. If
the fund necessary to provide the uni-
Provision has been made to supply forms Is not raised the company can-
the companies with gtfnt of modern not obtain the guns,
type. It is necessary that the ex
pens* of uniforming the company with
standard prescribed uniform be mat
by the locality In which the company
la located.
“The existing organisation of home
guard here furnishes the basts for a
company In this brigade. It will coat
31,000 to provide uniforms for the
company.
"This amount should be easily raised
for this purpose when it is kept In
mind that the eighty-seven active
members of the company who are now
being entitled are showing their will
ingness to act as conservators of the
peace and protectors of property in
this plac < cr wherever called for these
purpoeet by the governor of this state.
The people of this community ate ask-
'Immediate action la necessary, for
companies are being organised in dif
ferent portions of the state and the
number of gone la limited and will be
exhausted unless report it made In
the next few days to General Meldrlm
that the men have been enlisted and
provision has boon made for the uni
form*.
"The importance of this organisa
tion when ther* are no military forces
in the state subject to the call of the
governor cannot be over-estimated.
Tha recent unfortunate conditions that
existed In two of our South Georgia
counties makes It manifest that we
know not what day It may be neces
sary for the civil authorities to call
upon the military to enforce the taw
of th* state.”
)istrict Conferences ef the Methodists
In Session Yesterday at Bishop, Georgia
BIG PROPERTY OF
ALIEN CO. SEIZED
Wilson signed th* new Declaration
Washington, July 3.—The setsure
of the International TexUIe Co., In
corporated. of Bridgeport, Conn., val-
ued at a million and a half, was an
nounced by Allen Property Custodian
Palmer today.
Airplane Falls On a
Fanner in Automobile
And Injures Him, But
Flier Is Not Injured
Memphis, July 3.—J. F. Eaaty, a
farmer, was Injured, probably fatally,
today when an airplane In which Wil
liam Hollis, a cadet attached to the
Park avis'ion field, was flying fell 200
feet and landed on an automobile In
which Eaaty was riding. Hollis was
uninjured.
The district conference of the Me
thodists of the Athens district met
at Bishop yesterday tor a most inter
esting and important session. Presid
ing Elder 8. P. Wiggins presided over
the conference. This district has
made the finest showing In all Its
history and the best showing made by
any district In the North Georgia
conference.
Tha pastors who want from Atk-
Getting Ready For
Fourth Liberty Loan
WasMngton, July 3.—The offering
of a second block of *860,000,000
treasury certificates of indebtedness
at 4)4 per cent was announced tonight
by the treasury department In pre
paration for the fourth liberty loan
which will be floated In October.
Since the “express” companies have
been taken over by the government
ens are jSev. 8. R. Belk, Rev. A. 8.
Hutchinson, and Rev. A. J. Sears;
Rev. Messrs. J V. 31. Morris, Alfonso
Adams and W. E. O. Chruch alio at
tended. The delegate* from the first
church were Messrs. D. C. Barrow, E.
A. Bailey, J. Warren Smith, W. L.
Hancock, J. 8. Stewart, R. P. Steph
ens, A. W. Dosler, and C. W. Crook;
with Dr. N. O. Slaughter and Dr. J. M.
Found, ex officio member* of the con
ference.
Record Production
Was June Tonnage
Hundred Merchant
Ships To Be Sent
Into Water Today
Census Just Completed By
Number of High School
Boys Reveals Official
Figures.
(By Associated Free*.)
A group of high school boys has
Washington, July 3.-On the eve of JlMt completed the school
the greatest .hlp-launchlng day In ^ty of Athens by wards-taking
hl.toew fitiaa hnpoa.i a# navlraflnn .. ... _ **
history, the bureau of navigation of tbe of th# number ot chUdren
the department or commerce announc from ih t0 elgbteen Qf
ed tonight that the fiscal year Just y, e fl Inrea might be aeat to tho
closed exceeded all previotu records capltaI and tbe amount of ^ b „ 0
In new sbfo. built to this ^country. for the cltr -. ayattn compQted
giving the United 8tates n merchant f or | ba n ext term of years The fig-
marine of 10,041,000 ton* and number- urei are interacting in analysis
Ing 30,000 vemeta The los.es by the NumbtP ln Each Ward .
merchant marine included for last ia ^ flrat vard M
three months were 11,000 tons. . w ji|t e ma j ei , jn white females, OSD
I total white children: 250 colored
100 SHIPS TO BE LAUNCHED. malM> S1 , co^ teaM "
873 COL
Washington, July Tha United ored children; total white and colored
States celebrates Independence Day cblldml 1,153
tonorrow by lsunehing, between sun- , n ^ aacond ^ tbere M
rise and eunaeL more ships than Oer- 14g wb |, e ma]M< 14J wWte females,
many’s submarines can destroy In a tota , wblta chitdr4rai so nrictod
month at their preeent rate of under- m*]**, 63 colored females, 10$ total
eea piracy. colored children; In all 813 children
One hundred shipe—perhaps more ^ the ward ^
—approximately half a million tons of
dead weight tonnage are expected to
slip from thqlr ways.
Rural Journalism
Class Is Formed
At G. A. College
A rural journalism class composed
of Professors J. 8. Bookhart, of Pow
der Springs, J. J. Benford. of Chlpley,
Sam Craig, of Monroe. E. P„P(exel.
4Pffi»iBiia.~Tiiii EWiiffiliBMiiTNtoto
Martin B. Free .of DairionvlUe, U. A.
Lawton, of Gainesville, A. M. Steph
ens, of Carrollton, and C. L. Veatch,
of BarnaavUla, baa just bean organis
ed in the University 8ummer School
as a part of the course in vocational
agriculture. Us members, In keeping
with the vocsUonsl idea, are sending
news articles about Athans and tha
Siimmtr School to the weekly news-
re ot their respective comma-
hltles.
The vocational Idea is distinctly a
new phase of edacaUon for Georgia
and the weekly press will be system
atically need by the teachers to ac
quaint the people with the great bene
fits to be derived from this new
scheme of teaching, especially as ap
plied to agriculture In the common
schools and In the district agricultur
al schools.
The vocational counts ot th* Col
lege of Agriculture are under th* di
rection ot Profesaon John T. Wheel
er and L. M. Shaffer, of Athens, and
the state supervisor, Professor R. D.
Maltby, is located here. This divis
ion, organised In January of this year,
Is to be congratulated in that Georgia
Is the only state ln the country, ex
cept New York, that haa arranged a
thorough summer coarse In vocation-
work ia order that Its teachers
might qualify under the Smith-Hughes
BilL Under this act Georgia will re
ceive In 1835 approximately $388,000
tor tha payment ot teachers In voca
tional schools and tor their training at
the State College of Agriculture.
in the third ward are 218 whit*
melee, 218 white females; 431 total
white children; 284 colored males,
352 colored females, 038 total colored
children; total all children, LOCK in LX :
third ward.
In tha fourth ward there are 523
white melee, 482 white females, 1,005
white children; 218 colored males,
234 colored females, total of 452 col
ored children; total all children ia
the ward, 1,457.
For the city there 11
girls and 1,153 white
1M$1-et.
■Xv,
girts, total
1,783; total children
ages' of 6 and 18 In the city, 4,069.
There are, as notable, exactly as
many white girls as there are white
boys.
The report is gratitylngly ‘‘sparse-
In the matter of Illiterates—children
over ten who cannot read and write,
children over ten who have never at
tended school at all. and defectives.
There Is one whits boy In the se
cond ward. Illiterate; total of only'
one white child In any ward.
There are two colored boy. In tho
first ward and seven in the third
ward. Illiterates; two colored girls,
one In the first and one in the fourth.
Illiterate—total, whit* and colored In
the entire city, 14.
There It only one blind child re
ported, first ward; one white cripple
in tho second and two In the fourth:
on# colored cripple In the flrat, ono
in the third and three In the fourth.
There Is one white feeble minded
child, In the third ward; one colored
In the flrat and fourth ward*, aaeh:
thaw are only thirteen children In
the city feeble-minded, crippled,
deaf and dumb, or blind.
There la one colored child over ten
In tho first ward and tour In the
third over ten. never attended school;
tbere are no white children reported
in th* city over tan who have never
attended school st alL
Mr. William John Russell
Gets Deserved Promotion
Awarded Cross of Honer
After They. Gove Lives
(By Associated Prsss)
Washington, July I.— Sergeant
Luther Pilcher, of Chlpley, Florida;
Corporal George Mincer, of Ogee-
chee, Ga., and Privates Frank Valtaly,
of Pratt City, Aha, and John Whiter*,
of Gadsden, Alabama, who died ot
wounds received at Chateau Thierry,
have been posthumously awarded dis
tinguished service crosses by General
Pershing for bravery.
Mr. William J. Russell, who for tha
past few years, ha* been connected
with the United State* treasury de
partment has received notice of hta
promotion from Income Tax Inspec
tor to Internal Revenue Agent with
headquarters at Albany, Ga. in the
accounting examination held recently,
Mr. Russell was one of these who re
ceived highest grade. Hta friends
will be interested to learn ot hta (ac
cess. Mr. Russell has bean la South
west Georgia for acme months.
Tel
legraphers Will Hold
Important Conferences
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July S.—Ship product
ion In the United States in June
amounted to 380,400 deadweight tons,
making a total production to date of
l,fS4.670 tons the greatest output of
ocean going tonnage ever completed
In any one month by any nation.
Master Paul Nicholson has returned
th* natural effect baa bean to retard from Port Caswell, N. C., where he
utterances that might be construed to vial ted hta sister,' am. Barrington
bo Inimical to tha government
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jnly 3.—A special con
vention or the order of railway tele
graphers was called here for July Itb
to determine their position toward
handling commercial business In tha
event of a Western Union strike.
Lam* Shoulder.
This ailment Is usually caused by
rheumatism ot the muscles. All that
to needed Is absolute net and a few
applications of Chamberlain’! Lini
ment Tip it
Mrs. Bumf Letter.
Here is n letter that Is certain to
prove of Interest to people In this vi
cinity, as case* of this sort occur In
almost every neighborhood and peo
ple should know what.tp do In Ilk*
circumstances:
Savannah, Mo.. Oct. 1& 181$.
"1 used a bottle of. Chamberlain’*
'Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about
nine yearii ago and R cured me of
flux (dysentery). I had another at
tack of tho some complaint aoqtofl
three or four years ago and • tow Ej
dose* of t«i* remedy cured me. I
haw* fiecommsattad
Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy
ena of people since I first <
L'ilf
■ rjt - ' (■ >£■»!