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ORDERLY BERMAN
" RETREATSTILLIN
PROGRESS TODAY
IN BITTER HAND TO HAND CON
FLICT AMERICAN INFANTRY
AT GRIPS WITH ENEMY ALL
DAY YESTERDAY.
With the American Armies in
France, July 31. —The orderly Ger
man retreat toward Fismes is still
in progress, screened by heavy rear
guard action along the line from Vil
le-Mantier through Parcy-et-Tigney,
Grand Rozy and Fere-en-Tardenois
eastward beyond Seringes and on Ma
cheres. The Americans hold Sergy
and Hill No. 212, nearby. They also
stormed and hold Meercury farm. The
battle is constantly becoming more,
fierce. In a bitter hand to hand con
» fiict the American infantry was at
grips with the enemy all day yester
day. The German artillery is work
ing with the infantry for the first
time since the retreat started. The
American artillery is superbly back
ing up our infantry.
Ambulances are being driven
straight to the front line so that the
wounded may be cared for with more
speed.
Signal corps, working under shell
fire, have maintained uninterrupted
telephone connections since the start
of the battle.
In fact, every unit of the army is
distinguishing itself.
SUNNY SIDE SCINTILATIONS.
Sunny Side, Ga., July 31. —Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Barfield and son, James,
gt have returned to their home in Wash
ington, D. C., after a pleasant visit
to relatives here.
Sergt. J. Holmes, of Camp Wheeler
spent a while with friends here Sat
urday afternoon.
Mr. Mrs. J. S. Elder and little
daughter, Mildred, of Birdie, spent
the week end with relatives here.
Mrs. R. L. Kinchen, of Scotland,
Ga., is the guest of relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Kirs. Eugene Anderson, of
Forsyth, are the guests of Mr. L. D.
Dorsey and family.
Everyone is invited to attend the
protracted meeting at the Baptist
church this week.
Messrs H. L. Minter, J. 11. Malaier,
J. A. Dorsey and J. J. Callaway have
returned from a trip to South Geor
gia. All report a good time and fine
z
crops.
H. E. Barfield, L. D. Miller and
Frank Barfield visited friends at
Camp Gordon Sunday afternoon.
S. B. and Lovic King, of Chatta
nooga and Miss Nora King, of At
lanta, visited friends here Sunday.
Miss Eula Mae Jones has return
ed home after a visit to relatives in
Jackson.
Miss Alida King spent Tuesday in
Pomona.
Mrs. Nail, who has been ill with
typhoid fever is no wable to be out,
much to the gratification of her
many friends.
Mrs. George P. Elder entertained
at a spend the day party Monday.
Those present were Mrs. J. H. Moore
and children, of Alabama; Mrs. R.
L. Kitchen, Mrs. J. J. Calloway and
Mis- Opal Mitchell.
M s. J. M. Barfield spent a while
in G'iffin Tuesday morning.
Raney Malier has returned home
after a long visit to South Georgia.
A telegram received yesterday aft
ernr- n by relatives here announced
jhtlic < i Men death of Mrs. D. B. Wool
* ard at Clarkedale. Ark. Mrs. Woolard
was a half-sister of Messrs C. W., W.
A. & P- J- Slaton of this city. She
’ leave s a husband and three boys, two
of whom are now in the service of
the United States.
Miss Justice Savarese, of Savan
nah, is the guest of Mrs. W. L. Ben
son.
Miss Martha Drewry has returned
from a visit to friends in Rome and
Athens. ___2 _fi 1 j
'RAINBOW DIVISION I
HELPING TO HOLD TO
FERE-IN-TARDENOIS
—
DIVISION WHICH IN EARLY
DAYS OF GERMAN DRIVE AT
RHEIMS HELPED WITHSTAND
ENEMY HAS ARRIVED.
Washington, July 31.—The Rain
bow division is now helping to hold
the line near Fere-en-Tardenois,
General March announced today.
This division, which in the early
days of the German drive around
Rheims helped with stand the enemy
attacks, has arrived at the new post
within the last two days to reinforce
the other there.
The third division, General March
said, is now at Serges, another point
of the violent fighting.
Formation of six new divisions, to
be numbered from fifteen to twenty is
i now under way.
The transfer of fifteen regiments of
national army and cavalry to the field
artillery has been ordered, and these
men will be used at once abroad,
T.larch declared.
Many new generals wil be requir
ed for the new units.
THE NWlSlllflOUS
OF BREAK WITH TURKEY
Reported Split Gives Evidence All is
Not Well at Germany’s Back Door;
Authorities Doubtful.
Washington, July 30. —Reports that
Turkey has broken with Germany,
though unconfirmed here today, gave
increased evidence that all is not well
at Germany’s back door. The State
department, however, ca’utioned that
it was unwise to place too much re
liance on the report of the break. Au
thorities are inclined to doubt that
there has been an actual split be
> tween the two nations, but admit
; there is sufficient semblance of verifi-1
cation in the story to indicate that
Turkey is increasingly imperious in
her demands on Germany.
MIDWAY NEWS.
Midway, Ga., July 31.—Protracted
meeting is going on at Midway this
week, being conducted by the pastor,
Bro. Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rivers and fami
ly motored up to Camp Gordon Sun
day to see their son, Eugene, who is
I stationed there.
} Miss Minnie Lois Goddard of near
I Berner, Ga., is spending this week
I with Miss Eugenia Barrow.
Horace and Gordon Thurman, of
Mauk, Ga., are spending a few days
with their grandparents, Col and Mrs.
B. N. Barrow.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bunn, of Mil
ner spent Tuesday night with Mr. and
[Mrs. 1)..F. Bunn and family.
| B. N. Barow, Jr., and W. T. Dear
iing will leave Saturday on a motor
I trio through South Georgia and Flo
rida.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith spent
ithe week end with Mr. and Mrs. Mos
jes Smith near Birdie.
Johnnie Harper spent a few days
'recently with friends at Thomaston.
Misses Francis and Mary Willis, of
Milledgeville, are the attractive
i guests of Miss Ethel Buntyn for a
| few days.
Miss Annie Weldon has returned
I home after a few days’ visit with
'relatives at Inman.
Ha ey < Joddard,- <ff near Berner, is
visiting his unde. F. S. Goddard this
week.
Misses Jennie Thurman, of Mauk.
Ga.. and Josie Standford, of Mexia
Te as, who has been here, the for
iroov with her grandparent-, Col. and
Mrs. E. N. Barrow, Sr., and the lat
iter with her uncle, B. N. Barow, Jr.,
for the past five months, taking a :
course in shorthand from Mrs. A. R.
I Stewart, at Griffin, are leaving this
week for their homes, where Miss
Thurman goes to acept a position
I with the Mauk Banking Company and
Miss Standford goes to accept a gov
ernmest position at Fort Worth, Tex
[as.
GRIFFIN, GA, FRIDAY. AU.I ST 2, 1918.
GERMAN DICTATDRIN :
UKRAINIA HAS BEEN
ASSASSINATED
I ADJUTANT CAPTAIN ALSO KILL
ED—POLITICAL STORMS ARE
GATHERING AROUND I KRAI- !
NIAN GOVERNMENT, REPORTj
Amsterdam, Ju y 31.—Field Mar-1
shal Von Eichor:.. German dictator in i
Ukrainia, has b. ,i assassinated, ac- [
cording to offic word from Kieff, |
received here t v. Adjutant Cap-I
tain Von Dressier was also killed.
Amsterdam, July 31. —Political [
storm clouds are gathering around 1
the Ukrainian government, according [
to a dispatch from Hamburg to the !
Niew Rotterdamsone Courant today. !
The message said wholesale arrests I
had been made, one of those seized !
being Gyzioki, first State secretary in !
the Helman government.
Previous reports said that Von Ei- '
chorn and Von Dressier had been se- ;
riously wounded by a bomb thrown by
social revolutionary plotters and their |
assailant arrested. Keiff dispatches ;
said the two men lived only a few
hours after having been hurt.
IMNT SELIM BUtSTS
OF THE GfllfflU CUNTEEN
Seventeen Men Guests for Breakfast
and Supper Here and Spend Night
at Court House—Miss Trains.
Seventeen selectmen from Florida
were guests of the Canteen here last
night. They missed their collections ’
and were guests of the canteen for
breakfast and supper. They passed the
night at the court house.
Few people know that last week
each morning train brought to Grif
fin from ten to twenty selectmen who
had to wait from four to five hours
and wander about the streets of the
I city.
Four came in on Tuesday front
Lake county, Florida, who had been
traveling a week and had no meal
tickets left, but they enjoyed a Grif
ifin breakfast.
In view of these facts, don’t you
think the visiting soldiers need a
rest room, where they may gather
and feel they are among friends and
that you appreciate each particular
sacrifice that each particular fellow
is making for you.
Don’t you want them to take a
memory of your hospitality with them
even to No Man’s Land?
Don’t you?
Lieutenant Colonel W, H. Beck, in
speaking at the trade board banquet
[Tuesday night, stated recently he
sent more than a hundred stalwart
young men off to the artillery train
ing camp and that they afterwards
wrote him stating Griffin was the only
town between Macon and Louisville,
Ky., at which the ladies of the Can
teen met them and made them feel
that they were among friends. The
soldier boys said they would always
remember Griffin and its noble f.’o
men.
Remember this, and provide a rest
J room for the soldier boys passing our
I way.
OFfISsWSTT
PARIS OHIVEIS FIIIIH
I‘rom:-fs People Back Hom-, Howev
er. Decisive Blow Will Be Made
Immediately Against Allies.
Washington, July 31.—Th? general
[German staff has officially admitted
that the drive upon Paris is a failure,
i but has promised the people back
home that a decisive blow will be de
livered immediately against the An
glo-F rench front in a communique re
ceived by nearly every German paper
yesterday. No mention was made of
[American participation.
BOARD OF TRADE'S I
MEETING PROVES
A BRILLIANT EVENT
Fifth Birthday Aniversary is
j Celebrated With Most Elabo
rate Entertainment Ever
Held by the Splendid Body.
[U. 1). ( . UNIT PRAISED .
FOR ITS HOSPITALITY
Ladies Serve Tempting Supper and
i Render Inspiring Music That Are
Delightful Features—Reports .Made
Most Gratifying. Showing Results
i The Griffin and Spalding County
• Board of Trade celebrated its fifth
I birthday anniversary Tuesday night
j with the most elaborate entertain-
Iment the organization has yet given.
I The banquet was held in the Hotel
I Griff in’s spacious dining room and
! more than three hundred invited
guests were present, a number of rep
resentatives of commercial bodies in
. other cities and other men of promi
nence attending.
The entertainment feature was in
charge of the U. D. C. Unit of the
local Red Cross chapter. A splendid
program was rendered and delicious
refreshments were served. The dining
room was profusely decorated with
patriotic designs. The music render
ed by local talent was marvelous and
one of the most inspiring features of
the evening. The overture, by Miss
Cumming; the songs, “Liberty Bell,’’
by the chorus; “Three Letters from
Home,” by Mrs. Ruth Thornton; “Lay
Aside Your Tears for Laughter,” by
the cnorus; reading by Miss Alice
[Murray, ami violin solo by Mr. Kin-
Icaid Thomas delighted the large au
|dience ami received unstinted ap-
I plause.
Goodrich Welcomes Guests.
The address of welcome was de
livered by Judge Lucien P. Goodrich,
who acted as toastmaster in a most
i graceful and eloquent manner. The
response was made by Hon. George
lIL Long, managing editor of The
I Macon Telegraph.
j Following these addresses annual
reports were made by President
[Frank M. Binford,, the Treasurer
| John P>. Mills and Secretary W.
jB. Royster. Each report was an ex
■rtllent one. showing that the trade
[board has had a successful year and
| accomplished many things of interest
,and value.
Short speeches were delivered by
i H G. Haistings, Fred Houser, T. G.
W■ olsford, Frank Reynolds, Lieuten
ant Colonel W. H. Beck, Mayor Ham
jmond, Editor R. L. Duke and others,
| after which Carl J. Baer, of Chicago,
who is conducting the campaign for
reorganization and extension of the
wo k of tin- Board of Trade, deliver
ed the pri . ;vil address of the even
ing on “Our ' ommunity.” Trie speak
ers ail referred to the good work
which is being accomplished in Grif
fin through the efforts of the trade
organization. Mr. Baer outlined the
nation’s call in the matter of produc
tion and urged the people of this corn
m’.mity to greater activity along this
pine. The meeting adjourned at the
■■■ lusion of the trade expert’s speech
the gm.- departed as the ladies
.the so'ii-st:r>:: g somr. “Ameri-
Ncw Trade Commissioner-.
■ e m-.mm; Umr comm ttee reyort
for B 'ard of T ;.dc comm' ■ .■ ::-
the emm • the r.a es < f
. ige Lumet: 1 . Goodm.-h, B. 11.
, re, W. i’:.m - Wmim . J. R.
.• ami !.. J. G-,t. They were
■ rm..;-ly ele tt lat trade or-
■ d upon the sei ■ -tior. ■ f these pro-
• -ive cm • f ■ • e r - >o ' •
■ ? <■>. Time am all i.’-i.mm-d with
• work ' f ;,r. 1 v ; -
f -hful and m■. eptable sem
I . D. C. I nit Highly Praised
The guests were Joml in t’mir
!praise of the U. D. C. unit of the Red
•for tr •■’.r r.-.u.-i- and gracious
h< -pitallty. The ladies composing the
■ chorus were Miss Cumming, pianist;
TMrs. Robert Walker, Mrs. Ralph
J.j nes, Mrs. Ruth Thornton, Mrs. Jos-
PERSONAL WORKERS MEET WITH
SPLENDID SUCCESS IN SECURING
NEW MEMBERS TO TRADE BOARD
|ln Two Hours Canvass This Morping 192 Members Are
Secured. Pledging Themselves to Give $25.00 Per
A ear for a Period of Three Years—City and County
Will Be Combed For Pledges During Next Few Days.
A new Griffin is being born.
A greater Spalding county is in the
making.
Business men of the city ami farm
ers of the county have started a
great movement for a bigger city and
a better county.
Personal workers in large numbers
began an active three days’ canvass
today for reorganization and exten
sion of the Board of Trade work in
this community and met with magni
ficent success.
In less than two hours 192 new
members were secured for the Griffin
and Spalding County Board of Trade,
aggregating $14,400 for Board of
Trade work—s4,Boo per year for three
years.
The membership price has been fix
ed at $25 and the various committees
had no difficulty in securing members
today. There were comparatively
few refusals, but a great many citi
zens were absent from their places of
business.
Ihe reports of the brief morning
canvass were made at a luncheon of
the personal workers at the hotel at
noon.
Ihe canvass will be continued this
afternoon and tomorrow a drive will
be made throughout the county.
Farmers everywhere will be invited
to identify themselves with the trade
organization, which is establishing an
agricultural department and enlarge
its activities.
The work of reorganization is un
der the leadership of Carl J. Baer, of
< hicago, who has for several days
been conducting a campaign of edu
cation here that has aroused the citi
zens of both the city and county to the
importance of greater crop produc
tion and more attention to live stock.
Ihe result of the initial campaign
drive for membership is indeed grati-
• fying and there is every reason to be
lieve that more than ten thousand
dollars per year for a period of three
years will be raised before the cam
paign closes in the next day or two.
FMS ME TAKING ON THE
APPENRdNCE OF CIBNIIIL
Sound of the Hammer Mingles With
\ oices of Women and Proves Plans
Are Progressing Rapidly.
The city parks are beginning to
take on the appearance of a carnival.
ihe sound of the hammer mingles
with the voices of woman and proves
conclusively that plans are progress
ing rapidly for the opening of the
carnival proper, which begins on
J Thursday at 12 o'clock when a barbe
’ leue dit.m-r will be served in the auxi
jliary 1.-. use.
1 ne bootl'.s arc most attractive, but
; suer; a wide latdu le of at-|
jtractions that space forbid- a <!?tail-
. 1 I : ; ■ f‘;.'
P.ver;. >nc invited to corie down I
' o.’T vi it the gr ,und.-. ask all the I
:;<■--..y to locate the |
of ir.tere.it . ■ 1 he!:* in their I
'-mt'- i .'.-ry, ?•!:-< ( atlierinc
Ni hoi at 1 M Mari nna S< rs. ,
T..<- tne tir.'Ant:
Tinpe- Were Mrs. R. F. S’-..- ■'-.’ami,
•I Mrs. I L. Du’kee, M' - s. Cleo Deane.
, Mrs. McWilliams, Mrs. Sara Bell.
;|Mrs. Bruce M ntgomery, Mrs. T. I.
• [Hawkins, Mrs. Roswell H. Drake,
;|Mrs. H. T. Johnson. Mrs. R. P. Shap
ilard. Mrs. J M Thomas and Mrs She-
■ hee.
THE SUN, Established ItTL
MANY GEORGIANS IN
CASUALTY TODAY
LIE! TENANT BREWSTER, OF
COLLEGE PARK AND OTHERS
FROM THIS STATE WOUNDED
IN FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
Washington, July 31.— General
Pershing’s army casualty list of of
104 names today included thirty-six
killed in action. Lieutenant E. F.
Brewster, of College Park, Ga., and
Lieutenant C. E. Smith, of Rockford,
Tenn., were among those killed in ac
tion. J. B. Norris, of Crab Orchard,
Tenn., died of wounds. Lieutenants
J. W. Nicholson, of Athens, Ga., T. S.
Lyons, of Franklin, Tenn., Sergeants
Ralph C. Williams, of Morristown,
Tenn., and E. C. Russell, of Nashville,
Tenn., and Master Engineer Walter
E. Allen, of Savannah, Ga., were se 4 -
verely wounded. G. L. Garland, of
Cornelia, Ga., missing in action.
ffIEOBfnFtISTWTS
GO TO «IIR SHIH
I
One Hundred Draftsmen Leave for
( amp Wheeler Amid Cheers and
in the Best of Humor.
One hundred and one colored regis
trants left for the war Tuesday morn
ing amid the cheers of the memebra
of their race and in the best of hu
mor. The negro draftsmen made the
welkin ring with their songs as
passed down Hill street. Automo
biles and other vehicles had to stop
to let the procession pass by, hundreds
of the members of the colored race
following the draftsmen to the rail
way station.
The cheerful manner in which the
negroes responded to the call made a
profound impression upon the citizens
and their good humor was an inspira
tion to all, setting a splendid exam
ple for the white registrants who are
being called into service of their coun
try.
The colored draftsmen were car
ried to Camp Wheeler, Macon, being
in charge of Gus Oxford, who has al
so enlisted in the service of the coun
try and will be in headquarters at
Camp Wheeler.
The local exemption board will send
eighteen more colored draftsmen to
Camp Wheeler next Monday. The
board is busy now in examining new
registrants, and hopes to finish the
work within a few days.
GOKGRES'MEhn f!H
BUCK TO ffiSHISGTON
W ork on Legislation .for Enlarged
Army Will Be Started Before the
end of the Recess, Announced.
I Washington, July 31.—Cor.gress
may hasten back to Washington
before the end of the recess to begin
work on legislation that will provide
an enlarged army. Minor leaders of
the senate favor such action and it is
proposed to issue a call to senators to
return here. Regular business may
be resumed should a quorum give its
unanimous consent.