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,ffl CASUALTIES
. IN AMERICAN DRIVE
HEmiUESOAY!
Five Lists Announced Include
385 Army Troops and 140 Ma-
* line—3l Killed in Action in
Army—" Killed in Marines.
SEVERAL GEORGIA BOYS
NAMED IN THE LISTS
, J. D. Jones, of Eastman, Severely
Mounded—Robert J. Taylor, of Ft.
Valley in Army Casualties—Donald
Blankenship, of Rome. Recovering. |
W ishington, August 6. —Four hun- ■
dred and ninety-eight casualties are
reported back from France in the |
American drive in five lists made pub
lic today.
The lists include 358 army troops
and 1-iO marines, tne army lists in
clude 31 killed in action and 313 se
verely wounded. The marine list in
cludes seven killed in action. C. P.
Walker, of Dyersburg, Tenn., and J.
« D. Jones, of Eastman, Ga., were se
verely wounded.
Desmon R. Huggins, of Napier,
Tenn., of the United States army, was
wounded severely.
The marine casualties included Cor
poral George H. Hall, of Beiievedere,
Tenn., and Robert J. Taylor, of Fort
’Valley, Ga. Harold H. Rayman, of
Memphis, Tenn., was wounded, unter
termined. Donal M. Blankenship, of
Rome. Ga., previously reported to have
died from wounds, is now reported
recovering.
NEW MARRIAGE BILL
CURB DIVORCES
u
MEASURE PASSED BY STATE
SENATE WILL PREVENT UN
PREMEDITATED MA R RIA GES
AND DECREASE DIVORCES.
Atlanta, August 6.—With several
senators declaring that the measure to
* restrict marriage so as to aid in de
creasing the number of divorces, is
one of the most important pieces of
legislation of the year, the senate
yesterday passed the mariage license
bill that was introduced by Senator
Andrews of the Thirty-Fifth.
The bill provides that five days’ no
tice cf a marriage be given in the of
fice of the ordinary; that the license
must be secured in the county in which
one of the parties reside; and that
minors must secure the consent of pa
rents or guardians.
The bill will prevent unpremeditat
ed marriages and elopements, and >
will tend to decrease the number of!
divorces in the State.
MEN IS URGED 0? MARCH
V -r- —
Chief of Staff Explains Necessity of
Increasing Army at Once in Order
to Hasten End of War.
—
Washington, Aug. 7.—The raising
of at least five million men for the
army in the quickest possible time
was advocated by 'General March,
* chief of staff, in testifying before the
senate military committee today.
General March explained the ne
cessity of increasing the army to this
size as quick as possible as a means
hastening the end of the war.
He made it clear that this force
would be distributed cn both sides
of the water.
The plan for drafting men for the
navy as well as the army is being
considered by the committee.
Several members of the committee
favor this plan, believing that the
same rule for selecting men should
apply to both branches of service.
Mrs. D. H. Jenkins is at home with
her daughter, Mrs. Roswell Hall
Drake on South Hill street.
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CONFEDERATE VETERANS HONOR COL. SEARCY |
@FEW days ago Coh W.
E. H. Searcy, Sr., was
tendered the .command
|of the Western division of the
I Confederate Veterans of Geor
l gia. This division embraces
i the part of the State from the
: central Georgia counties to the
western line of the State on to
the State of Florida, and is in
deed a great honor.
While Col. Searcy recognized
that the Veterans need the ser
vices of its younger and most
active members to carry for
ward the best interests of the
organization still he felt that
the highest honors were due to
the older members and there- J
i fore declined the appointment— a
1 “in honor preferring one an- 1
other.” ®
i Col. Searcy was trained at
| the Georgia Military Institute
at the same school as General .
Harrison, commander in chief of all |
the veterans, and from there went I
into the army. The picture above
represents him at eighteen years of
age, when, returning home after the
war was over, he found his mother
had him a new uniform to replace his
soiled garments. Hon. Seaton Grant
land and Mr. Ben Blanton were in the
same command.
No member of the veterans has a
higher appreciation of the Confeder- ■
ate soldier than does Col. Searcy, and |
this high appreciation prompted his I
declination of this distinguished hon- |
or.
The army cadets have been promin
ent in life. Sam Spencer became
president of the Southern Railway.
Hall Lewis became judge of the su
perior court. Searcy and Grantland
and Dr. Paul Ffaver, of Fayette, have
been in the State senate. Lofton is
now in the State senate. Many have
been in the house of representatives,
and on the bench, and others preach
ers, merchants and farmers of dis
tinction. Judge Pope, of Zebulon,
long on the bench, was one of the
boys. Tinny Rucker is now running
for congress at Athens, and Harrison
stands at the head of all the Confed
erates. The dead sleep in honorable
graves and the living sons still pros
per.
SONFEOEMBSiOII 111
MUIIOffI SEPTEMBER 14
State Reunion Will Be Held in Atlan
ta Oct. 17th—Rates for Both
Reunions Announced.
Col. B. N. Barrow has been advised ’
by J. A. Thomas, commander of the '
United Confederate Veterans, that the i
annual reunion at Tulsa, Oklahoma, |
will be held on September 24th and
juntil it closes the railroad rate will'
be one cent per mile going and re- ;
turning. •
The State reunion will be held in (
Atlanta on October 17th and 18th, and !
the rate will be the same.
Col. Barrow and L. N. Johnson have j
I been named as delegates to both re-1
I unions and many other Confederate
veterans in this city and section ex
pect to attend, looking forward to the
two meetings with pleasurable inter
est and anticipation,
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Os STORM N LOUISIANA
Twenty-Five Lives Lost and Property
Loss of Several Million Dollars (
Wrought Near Lake Charles.
Lake Charles. La.. Aug. 7.—Ap
proximately twenty-five lives were |
lest and property damage of several
million dollars was wrought in a 1
storm which swept this section ’ last I
night, it was learned today. Two:
deaths have been recorded here. Seven
’ persons were killed at DeQuincey and
other loss of life occurred in the :
marshes near the coast. Many fishing 1
vessels and crew are believed to be 1
lost. The Grestner Field government
aviation training camp was damaged,
ito the extent of $60,000.
GRIFFIN, FRIDAY. AKH ST9, 1918.
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A. E. H. SEARCY AT EIGHTEEN ! (
CASUALTIES BEGIN
POURING IN TODAY
IN WASHINGTON
—
Names of 107 Made Public This
Afternoon, in Addition to 299 j
Which Will Be Ready at 1 P.
M. for Publication Tomorrow.
NATION MUST BE READY
FOR GREATEST LOSSES
Total Losses to Date in Great Franco-
American Offensive 13,860 —Today's ■
List Shows 203 Killed in Action, In
cluding Several Georgians.
Washington, Aug. s.—Casualties
from the great Franco-American of
fensive have begun to pour into the
war department.
The names of 407 were made public
today, in addition to 299 which will ,
be ready at 1 p. m., for releave in the
morning papers tomorrow.
With a total of 706 names announc- I
ed or ready for announcement, the
casualty list today showed that the
country must steel itself for the great
est losses suffered thus far in the war.
They bring the total losses to date
up to 13,860.
Os today’s list 203 were killed in
action.
Corporal James T. Jones, of Knox
ville, Tenn., Corporal George D. Sheri- (
■ dan, of Sherwood, Tenn., E. S. B. I
Fielding, of Knoxville, Tenn., David \
Hatmaker of Jacksboro, Tenn., John i
W. Hudson, of Edison, Ga., and Rob
ert McKone West, of Savannah, Ga.,
I were among those killed in action.
I Everett L. Ramey, of Cornelia, Ga.,
IJ. H. Norehead, of Memphis, Tenn.,'
land Joel Taylor of LaGrange, Ga., I
I died of wounds.
i Corporal Abner Humphrey, of Ogle- '
I thorpe, Ga.. and R. J. Henderson, of
I Chattanooga, Tenn., died from dis- '
. ease.
Lieutenant Harvey Ernest Rag- ■
I lamb of Cooksville, Tenn., was severe-
■ ly wounded.
Harley L. Haggard, of LaFollette,
Tenn., was wounded to a degree un
determined.
COUNTY COMMISSION ER
ELDER SEEKS RE-ELECTION
Chabe L. Elder, who is filling the
unexpired term of G. W. Freeman, an
nounces today that he is a candidate
to succeed himself, for the six year
I term beginning January 1. Mr. El-
Ider has discharged the duties of conn-
Ity commissioner in a most satisfac
jtory manner and has many friends
(who will indorse his administration by
(voting for him in the approaching
: primary. He is one of the county’s
n-.ost prominent and influential citi-
I zens.
‘NATION WILL CONSOLIDATE
COMPETING PHONE SYSTEMS
Washington. Aug. 7.—Postmaster
; General Burleson today announced
I that the government would undoubt
edly co-ordinate and consolidate com-
Ipeting telephone systems in the coun
try whenever possible. Competing
ilines in nine hundred cities will be ef
fected by t'.e government’s plan.
EiGHI HUNDRED -|'
AND SEVENTY-ONE
CASUALTIES TODAY'
I
Six New Casualty Lists An
nounced by War Department
Brine Total Losses in Ameri
can Drive up to 2.511.
NINE (.EURGiAN BOY-
MEN I TONED WEDNESDAY]
Marini- tT?s Includ? \. J Scott.lv
of T >i. Sergeant Golburg. of
Atia.-ta ■- • -;ny Casualties hicludi
H. Tii-: ■ :i. of Hampton,
V.;.-. . Aug. 7.—Eight hun-
dred at . er.ty-one names were ar.-
nounceU ' ■ tie war department to
day in . new casualty lists, whicii
are the .. t from France in th-j'
Americ..: -?-;ve. Today’s lists brings'
the total k -.-ss thus far announced
from the <!"lve up to 2,544.
The n. .> casualties included Ser
jgeants Hugh M. Todd, Harrisburg,
.Tenn., a 1 J. M. Warren, Spring Hill,'
Tenn., ih .vatcs J. R. Manis, Nash-1
jville. Tv- .... Tilled in action; A. J.
I Scott, T acoa, Ga., Sergeant Max M.
■Goldbutc. Atlanta. Ga., J. D. Sykes,
(College Pa k Ga., R. Gibson King,
Fort, Ti. ~C. H. Hajos, Atlanta, O. J
Reminger. Waukas Valley, Tenn., died
of wound-.
The army casualties included H.
j Griffin, Columbia, Tenn., J. H. Can
non, LaGrange, Ga., killed in action;
|H. Turnipseed, Hampton, Ga., H. L.
I Laster, Sherwood, Tenn., Walter E.
Martin. Dublin, Ga., U. L. Stripling,
Chocpee, Ga., J. W. Haller, Rock Face,
Ga., severely wounded; B. Miller,
Grayville, Tenn, F. H. Kitchens, At
lanta. undetermined wounded.
issesWsM
i FOR COUNTY OFFICERS
Must Be Paid to Executive Committee
on or Before August 15th, on Which
Date Entries for Primary Close.
J. 1). Touchstone, R. F. Strickland
and T. J. Brooks, sub-committee ap
pointed recently by the Spalding
County Democratic Executive com-
I mittee to fix assessments and arrange
i for the primary' for the nomination of
I countv and State house officers to be
I held on September 11th, have met and
I fixed the assessments.
Tin* assessment of the State sena
tor was fixed at S3O; county commis
i sioner, S2O; representative, S3O;
I judge of the superior courts, S2O; so-
I licitor of the city court, S3O, and con-
Igressman, S2O.
i
These assesments must be paid to
j the i" ’> utive committee on or before
' Augu- 1 sth. on which date the entries
| for t primary will close.
The executive committee in each
of the militia districts of the county
has been requested to appoint manag
ers for the election and see that the
election is carried out according to
the rules and regulations of the ex
ecutive committee.
Trie candidates who have already
announced are Captain Seaton Grant
land. for State senator; Hon. J. W.
Wise and Ogden Persons, for con
gressoian; Judge Wrn. E. H. Searcy.
Jr., for judge of the superior courts,
W. F. Malier for county commissioner
and Hon. J. A. Darsey, for solicitor of
the city court. There has so far been
no aronuncement for the office of
repre sentati ve.
Naval Reserve Boys
: May Harvest Crops
Atlanta. Ga.. August 6.--Accepted
'lappx ants for the naval reserve who
’(wish to harvest their crops before en
'terh.z the service wil be given a rr.ax
iniu: period of three months in which
■to plete the planting and the har-
I' vesting of crops. Ir>* ru. lions to this
effect were given out yesterday by
Lieutenant J. F. Atkinson, recruiting
officer for Georgia and Florida.
Germans Concentrate
To Oppose Flanking
Movement By Allies
Allies Turn Enfilading Artillery Loose On Germans West
Ofßheimsand East of Soissons—Mure Than Half of
Enemy Lines Between Vesle and Aisne Also Under
Flanking Fire.
laris, Aug. < - Grea er activity is
reported today both f the extreme
wings of tne Ai.sm -Vesie battle front. ;
where t. e (>.•,•<-.a. > i axe Cimcentrated I
cavy forces to oppose any flanking’
movement by the ad;?.-.
Heavy artillery firing is under way
along the whole front.
Occupation of Cirgy-Sa’gonne rail-■
way station has created an interest
ing situation in ti'.e region northwest)
of Braisne, where fairly strong forces'
of the allied troops are filtering in.”
In the Montdidier region the
French troops are reported to have
reached the suburbs o r the important
town of Moreuli.
ENEMY POSITIONS UNDER
ENFILADING \RTILLERY FIRE
Paris, Aug. 7.—German positions at
the flank of the Aisne - Vesle
line, west of Rheims and east of
Soissons, are being subjected to an
enfilading artillery tiro, which was
turned on them this afternoon. More
than half of the artillery lines be
tween the Vesle and the Aisne are
also under flanking fire.
ALLIED FORCES CONTROL
VLADIVOSTOK. IS REPORT
Geneva. Aug. 7. —Allied forces now
control Ves Vladivostok, according to
a dispatch from Lausanne today. Jap
anese forces have landed in the city
under the cover of battleships and
cruisers, the dispatch said. The Brit
ish and American units co-operated in
the landing of troops.
BRITISH REGAIN POSITIONS
LOST AND TAKE PRISONERS
London, Aug. 7. —Counter attack
ing between the Ancre and the Somme
British troops today regained all the
more important positions lost yester-'
day southeast of Morlan Court ami
took a number yf prisoners, Field
Marshal Haig announced today. The
British alstf advarfred their lines a
short distance on both sides of the
Clarence river, taking a few prisoners
and two machine gun.s.
GERMAN HEAVY ARTILLERY
OPENS I P FOR FIRST TIME
With the American Armies in
France, Aug. 7. —The German heavy
artillery is now in action for the first
time since the Boches were driven
acrosst he Ourcq river. The firing
is the most violent since the enemy
retreat from the Marne. The Amer
ican rear areas are being shelled.
Fismes is under terrific fire of high
explosive gas. Our gunners, howev
er, are giving as good as they receive
or better.
ALLIES REPULSE GERMANS;
TAKE RAILWAY STATION
Paris, Aug. 7.—The allied troops
repulsed German attacks against the
LaGrange farm on the Vesle river
I line and captured the Cergy-Salgonne
I railway station, the war office an
nounced today-. Over 100 prisoners
were taken west of Montdidier and
the allies made progrt-s on a front
of about two mile-.
SHIP SUNK 81SUBMARINE
U-Boat Comes Within Half .Mile of
Beach at Hatteras, N. ( . in Shell
ing Vessel.
; Washington. Aug. 7. T D amor-1
Shoals light snip on Cape Hatteras,
X. C.. was shelled and sunk by a sub
marine which qme within a half mile
of the beach, teh navy department an
; nounced today. The crew took their
iboats and reached shore safely.
THE SUN, Eatabliahed U7X
fwii sins nit seu
UiraiKSTlllKMl
t Young Ladies in the City and County
Will Have Booth in Griffin Every
Saturday for Sale ot Stamps.
Pretty girls of both the city and
the county have kindly consented to
establish a booth in Griffin for the
sale of war stamps.
Each Saturday from this time on
the booth will be in charge of young
ladies from one of the city or coun
try districts, and they cordially invite
the citizens to liberally patronize
I them and aid the government in the
•‘sale of the war stamps.
The booth next Saturday will be in
■charge of Miss Amelia Walker, of
(Cabins district, who will be assisted
,: by a bevy of charming young girls
from her district.
The booth wil be located in the
I park on Hill street. Look it up and
buy some war savings stamps from
r the patriotic workers.
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GUM INTENDS TO EEEf
■ BELCEUM. MVS HERRING
Chancellor Declarer Certain Condi
tions Demanded of Allies Will Be
Payment of Indemnities.
-
Berne, Aug. 7 —Replying to questions
from members of right in the reisch
tag recently, Chancellor Von Hert
ling declared that Germany intends
to keep Belgium until the allies fulfill
certain conditions, including the pay
ment of indemnities and the re-e»tab
lishment df Germany and Austria as
i before the war plus the advantages
obtained through the Russian and Ru
manian peace treaties, according to
advices received here today. The lib
. erty of the sea is also insisted upon
land recognition of the Brest-Litovsy
peace.
SECOMPTONSOLDIEII
FALLS IN THE BUTTLE LINE.
H. Turnipseed, young man who is
, reported severely wounded in today’s
casualty list, whose home is in Hamp
ton. is the second man from that town
to fall in the present drive. He was a
member Co. A, Third Machine Gun
batallion, enlisting in Griffin in March
1917 at the age of eighteen. His
father. J. H. Turnipseed is a prom
inent business man of Hampton.
131 SHIPS TSMT
SINCE JULY THE FIRST
Washington. Aug. 7.—Smashing all
.records, the United States shipping
board has turned cut 11 vessels since
■ July Ist.
■| FOR SALE—One s'x-rocm cottage,
( with acre of land. Three residences
( ar.d three building lots. East Solo
' mon street, two blocks from Hill. Miss
•Addie Hasselkus, Griffin, Ga. dStwlt