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PRESIDENT WILSON SCATHINGLY
DENOUNCES MOB LAW IN APPEAL
TO NATION TO POT END TO EVIL
Forcefully Apparent Growth of Mob Spirit Emulating
The Lawless Passion of Germany Who Has Disre-
Garded Sacred Obligations of Law and Made Lynch
ers of Her Armies, Wilson Calls Upon People of!
America to Suppress Lynchings.
Washington, July 26.—Forcefully
denouncing an apparent growth of
“mob spirit” as emulating the “law
less passion” of Germany who has |
“disregarded sacred obligations of
law and made lynchers of her armies” '
President Wilson today appealed to:
the country “to make an end of this
disgraceful evil.”
Lynchings, he said, contribute “a
blow at the hearts of law and humane
justice” and contribute “to German
lies about the United States what her
most gifted liars cannot improve up-1
on by the way of calumny.”
The text of the president’s procla
mation foilows:
“My Fellow Countrymen: I take J
the liberty of addressing you upon a
subject which so vitally affects the
honor of the nation and the very char
acter and integrity of our institu
tions that I trust you will think me
justified in speaking very plainly
about it.
“I allude to the mob spirit which
has recently here and there very fre
quently shown its head amongst us,
not in any single region, but in many
and widely separated parts of the ‘
country. There have been many
lynchings, and every one of them has
been a blow at the heart of ordered
law and humane justice. No man who
loves America, no man who really
cares for her fame and honor and
character, or who is truly loyal to
her institutions, can justify mob ac
tion while the courts of justice are
open and the governments of the
States and the nation are ready and
able to do their duty. We are at this
very moment fighting lawless pas
sion. Germany has outlawed herself
among the nations because she has
disregarded the sacred obligations of
law and has made lynchers of her
armies. Lynchers emulate her dis
graceful example. I, for my part,
am anxious to see every community in
America rise above that level, with
pride and a fixed resolution which no
man or set of men can afford to des
pise.
“We proudly claim to be the cham
pions of democracy. If we really are,
in deed and in truth, let us see to it
that we do not discredit our own. I
say plainly that every Amreican who
takes part in the action of a mob or
gives it any sort of countenance is
no true son of this great democracy,
but its betrayer, and does more to
discredit her by that single disloyal
ty to her standards of law and of
right than the words of her states
men or the sacrifices of her heroic
boys in the trenches can do to make
suffering peoples believe her to be
their savior. How shall we commend
democracy to the acceptance of other
peoples, if we disgrace our own by
proving that it is, after all, no pro
tection to the weak. Every mob
contributes to German lies about the
United States what her most gifted
liars cannot improve upon by the way
of calumny. They can at least say
that such things cannot happen in
Germany except in times of revolu
tion, when law is swept away.
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AMERICAN FORCES
TRAINED IN FRANCE
ARE NOW IN ITALY'
Announcement to This Effect Is!
.Made by General March, Who
Also Announces Formation of I
New Army Corps in France.
ALLIED LINES IN PRESENT
DRIVE BEEN REDUCEI)!
Germans, Formerly 38 Miles From
Paris, Now 49 Miles Away—Ameri
can Forces in France Now Number
1,253,000, Falilng Off in Shipments.
Washington, July 27.—American
fighting forces which were trained in
France have reached Italy, Chief of
' Staff March announced today.
At the same time General March
announced the formation of new
army corps in France —the fourth and
fifth —and stated that the allied lines
in the present offensive have been re
duced from seventy-six to sixty-four
miles.
The Germans, formerly thirty-eight
miles from Paris, are now forty-nine
miles away at the nearest point.
The American forces in France now
number 1,258000, a member of the
military committee was told by Gen
eral March previous to his talk to
newspaper correspondents.
This shows that thirty-five thou
sand men were sent over last week, a
falling off of forty thousand in the
previous week’s shipments, due to the
increased sending of materials and
equipments, General March said.
During the last few weeks Ameri
can combatant forces began arriving
in Italy, but the number of assign
ments were not cabled.
OHIO AVIATOR BRINGS
DOWN NOTEO GERMAN AGE
In Initial Battle American Boy Gets
Captain Menikopf, Credited With
Many Victories.
With the American Armies in
France, July —Lieutenant Walter
Avery, of Columbus, Ohio, in his first
air battle yesterday brought down a
noted German “ace” Captain Meni
kopf, north of Chateau-Tbierry.
After a twenty minutes battle Me
nikopf was forced to land within the
American lines.
When Menikopf learned this was
Avery’s initial fight he engaged him.
He is one of only sixteen German avi
ators who wore the cross of merit. He
is credited with sixteen victories over
I American battle planes, his activity
strafing the roads back of the Ger
jman lines in watching enemy troop
j movements and riving off hostile
| planes. He was attempting to per
lform similar exploits over our lines.
liNTERISTINGISSSGE
I FOR SPALDING FARMERS
New Charts Showing Wonderful I’os-
I sibilities Shown in Griffin for First
Time in the South.
Carl J. Baer, who is conducting the
Board of Trade reorganization cam
paign, addressed the Splading farm
ers at the court house Saturday aft
lernoon. The feature f the speech
I was the exhibition of new charts
showing wonderful possibilities in
crop production. This is the first time
they have been presented in the
South. The farmers listened with
rapt attention to Mr. Baer and were
benefitted by their attendance at the
meeting.
LAST OF PEACH CHOP
SHIPPED TO MET
NEVER BEFORE HAS ANY STATE
IN INION HANDLED SUCH
LARGE CROP—EIGHT THOU
SAND ( ARS SHIPPED.
Atlanta, Ga., July 27.—Practically
all of Georgia's record-breaking
peach crop has been moved to the I
’northern markets. Up to date eight
I thousand cars had passed out of the
State, and there are only a few scat
, tering shipments yet to be made.
Never before has any State in the
iunion handled so large a peach crop,
and even Georgia’s best record in
1912 has been surpassed. The re
markable part of the shipment of so
large a yield is that it has been suc
cessfully accomplished despite an ice
shortage, labor shortage and grave
I transportation problems.
Much of the credit for this success
| rests with the Georgia Fruit Exchange
| which has achieved an even distribu
jtiem, maintained good prices and ans-
I wered in every way the demands of (
, the situation.
I(INS MMS
ffitmus IN BATTLE
Mrs. C. B. Jackson Receives Letter
from Her Husband in Which is En
closed Communication of King.
Mrs. C. B. Jackson is in receipt of
a letter from her husband, popularly
called “Tobe” Jackson by his many
friends here, in which was inclosed
an autographed letter from King
George of England. The communica
tion, as written by the pen of King
George and which was delivered to
the American soldiers when they ar
rived in England, follows:
“Soldiers of the United States, the
people of the British Isles welcome
you on your way to take your stand
beside the armies of many nations
now fighting in the old world the
greatest battle for human freedom.
The allies will gain new heart and
spirit in your company. I wish that
I could shake the hand of each one of
you and bid you God speed on your
mission.”
The letter from King George was
written at the Windsor Castle and is
highly prized and appreciated by Mrs.
Jackson.
Indiana Woman Found Relief.
Mrs. Thos. H. Davis, R. F. D. No.
3, Montgomery, Ind., writes she had
trouble with her bladder and treated
for several months without relief. Fo
ley Kidney Pills were recommended
to her and she commenced using
them. She says she got relief from
the first two bottles, and eight bot
tles cured her. Many similar letters
have been written by grateful per
sons who found relief from kidney
trouble, backache, rheumatism and
stiff, swollen joints. Sold everywhere.
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