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CAPT. GRANTLAND’S
FINOS WITHDRAW
HIS NAME FROM RACE
.SINCE HE DID NOT SEEK SENA
TORSHIP AND HAS BEEN AP
POINTED ON IMPORTANT COM
MISSION THEY WILL NOT IN
SIST ON HIM RUNNING FOR
OFFICE.
Friends of Capt. Seaton Grantland
the race, advising him to acept the
who anonunced him as a candidate for
senator from the Twenty-Sixth dis
trict some weeks ago have decided af
ter a conference with him and at his
request to withdraw his name from
appointment of Governor Dorsey as a
member of St. Mary’s canal commis
sion. At the time Captain Grantland’s
friends offered his name as a candi
date for senator there was no other
announced candidate and they felt
that on account of past experience and
splendid record he was the logical
man for this high office, although he j
did not seek the honor and reluctantly
allowed the use of his name for the
same.
Since Captain Grantland faced the
proposition of declining the unusual
honor conferred on him by the gover
nor or giving up his canvass for sena
tor, his friends conferred with him
and advised him to accept the position
tendered him by the governor at his
request and have withdrawn his name
as a candidate for senator.
Card of Withdrawal.
In withdrawing Captain Grantland’s
name, his friends make the following
announcement:
TO THE LEGAL VOTERS OF
SPALDING COUNTY.
The undersigned with a number of
other citizens of Spalding County, re
quested Capt. Seaton Grantland to
permit the use of his name as a can
didate for the nomination for senator
from the 26th senatorial district.
At that time there was no announc
ed candidate for the office and we be
lieved that on account of his previous
experience, he would w r ell and ably
fill this important office.
Capt. Grantland did not want this
office, but at the urgent request of
many voters, consented to become a
candidate.
Since that time opposition has de
veloped and we do not feel that he
should be forced into an active can
vass for an office which he does not
want. We are further influenced in
reaching this conclusion on account of
the fact that Capt. Grantland has been
appointed by' Governor Dorsey as a
member of the Saint Mary’s Canal
Commission, a very important posi
tion.
This commisison meets this week in
Washington where the commission
will confer with the president and
other high officials of the United
States.
Capt. Grantland was faced with the
proposition of declining this high
honor, or giving up his canvass for
nominati9n as senator.
We have had a conference with
Capt. Grantland and in view of these
facts we have advised him to accept
the position tendered to him and to
withdraw from the race for senator.
We. with his consent, hereby with
draw his name from the race for nomi
nation for this office.
Capt. Grantland has already left
for Washington and at his request we
desire to thank his many friends who •
have promised him their support and :
influence in the race.
Respectfully,
(Signed> N. B. Drewry, John H.
Wilson. Douglas Royd, T. R. Nutt,
Llovd Cleveland. Allan Little. B. R.
Blakelv. J. P. Nichols, J. E. Wallace
and others.
LIBERTY HILL NEWS.
Cotton picking is the order of the
day in this section now.
Kate and Bertha Akin, of Griffin
spent Sunday here with their sister,;
Mrs. Clarence Bevil.
Nolan Ethridge and family, of Mil-,
ner, visited relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. C. A. Littlejohn spent last j
week at Hampton wit hrelatives.
Bloomer Bevil. of Alabama was here
for a few days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Taylor spent
Monday in Barnesville.
B. B. Carden went down to Macon |
Sunday and spent the day.
Mrs. Tom King and children, of j
Barnesville, spent last week here with
her father, C. A. Littlejohn.
Mr. C. Perdue made a business trip
to Barnesville Saturday. j
VOLUNTEERS WANTED 1
FORBIGREGISTRATION
Local Selective Draft Board Busy Ar
ranging for Registration on
September Twelfth.
The local selective serviceyboard of
. opalding county is ready to receive
the written assurance of all those who
.will volunteer to assist in registra
tion or men between the ages of eight
een and forty-five on September 12th,
the day fixed by President Wilson for
( the enrollment. Forty or more assist
ants will be needed for the big under
■ taking. ’
In this connection, it is announced
that all persons who give assistance
in the great registration on Septem
ber 12, of men between the ages of 18
and 45 years who have not already
I registered and who ask no compensa
tion for their services, will have their j
I names inscribed on an honor roll to
Ibe kept in Washington in the per
manent historic record of the war.
Details of the great registration
(have been worked out by the local
j boards throughout the State. The
board has received final in
jstructions for the registration and
everything is ready.
; Sheriff Grover Patrick calls atten
tion to the law which specifies that 1
all male citizens of the United States
who have passed their eighteenth
birthday and have not reached their
forty-sixth birthday by September 12,
1918, must register. The registration
places will be the various established
voting places in Spalding county.
In cities of more than 30,000 popu
lation the several local boards will
fform a central committee to arrange
the general plan. There will be a
sufficient number of registration
places to accommodate every man in
cluded in the new draft age limits. It
is estimated that 300,000 men in Geor
gia will be effected by the registra
tion of which number Spalding county
will register about 2,500,
SUNNY SIDE SCINTILATIONS
Sunny Side, Sept. s.—The singing
Sunday was not as largely attended as
usual, yet there were many good sing
ers present.
Mr. and Mrs. Sims had as their
guests Sunday Mrs. Frank Keener
and children of Virginia, Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Weems, of Atlanta and Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Starr, of Macon.
Miss Alida King entertained a
numbeT of young ladies from Atlanta
Sunday.
Mrs. Vera Landrum, of Fayetteville,
| who has been the guest of Mrs. G. P.
Elder, has returned to her home.
Lieut. Phil Patterson, of Camp
Wheeler visiter relatives here last
week.
J. R. Barfield and Fred Spangler,
of Camp Gordon, spent Sunday ami
•Monday with friends here.
Mrs. N. P. Ruff. Miss Ida Ruff and
their guest, Miss Velma Scarborough,
motored to Atlanta last Thursday.
Mrs. eo. W. Wood, Jr., of Maoon
is the gue.-t of relatives here.
Miss Ellen Starr, of Atlanta, has
j returned to her home after a few days
visit to relatives and friends here.
Mrs. J. M. Barfield and Miss Eve
lyn Barfield attended the funeral of
Mrs. Albert Futral in Griffin Sundav
#
afternoon.
Miss Verna Scarborough has re
turned to her hdme in Unadilla after
a pleasant visit to friends here.
The fourth Sunday in September
the members of the Baptist church j
will have a home coming day. Ser-!
vices will be held Saturday a. m. and \
: Sunday a. m. at eleven o’clock only, i
j Everyone is invited to attend, espeei-!
: ally the members.
The farmers are now getting very \
• busy in teh cotton fields.
Miss Nina Minter is now taking a j
j business course in Atlanta.
FARM FOR SALE.
Will sell before court house door in
Zobulon on first Tuesday in October,
ji6B acres of land, known as the es
jtate of B. G. Rivers, deceased, for
•distribution among heirs. Property
(located within two miles of Milner, in
Pike county; half in original woods,
! six or s.*ven hundred feet of saw tim
ber. 5. D. RIVERS, Administrator, t
1130 South Hill St., Griffin, Ga. w4t
GRIFFIN, GA-, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1918
SPALDING COUNTY’S
FI BEGINS SOON;
FINE PREMIUM LIST
Premium Book Covers Sixty Odd
Pages of Good Wholesome
Reading Matter and Numer
ous Premiums of Greal Value.
EVERYBODY URGED TO
SECURE ONE AT ONCE
Fair This Fall Will Surpass All Pre
vious Fairs and Record-Breaking
Crowds Arc Expected from Spald
ing and Adjoining Counties.
Our county fair will be open now,
almost before we know it. The date
of this important annual event has j
been fixed for October 21st, and the !
fair will be open from that date con-'
tinuously for six days and nights.
The premium list of the Griffin and!
Spalding County Fair Association is
now finished and ready for delivery.
It covers sixty odd pages of good,
wholesome reading matter and the
premiums offered this year are more
numerous ahd of much greater value
than ever before.
A glance at the premium list will
show that the agricultural depart
ment carries sixty first prizes, the
live stock department fifty, the wo
man’s depart 110, the girls’ depart
ment twenty, the boys’ department
ten, and the canned goods department
forty. Thus nearly 300 first prizes,
not including almost the same num
ber of second and third prizes, are of
fered this year.
In these premiums there are valu
able scholarships, canning outfits and
thrift stamps, not to speak of cash
prizes, ranging from $250 down. The
management of the fair association
has certainly been liberal in this re
spect this year and a large number of
exhibitors are very much interested.
Record breaking crowds are ex
pected and every possible arrangement
is being made for the comfort and !
edification of the multitudes which
will be there. The fair this year will
most assuredly surpass anything
heretofore undertaken by the manag
ers. If you do not receive a fair pre
mium list send a card to A. P. Pat
terson, president, E. P. Bridges, sec
retary, or call or send to the Griffin
ar.d Spalding County Board of Trade
for one.
DAILY HONOR ROLL OF
STATE AND NATION.
Latest Casualty List.
Washington, Sept. 4.—The follow
ing casualties are reported by the
commanding general of the American
expeditionary forces:
Killed in action, 53.
Missing in action, 75.
Wounded severely, 166.
Died of disease, 15.
Wounded, degree undetermined, 78.
Died of wounds, 7.
Died from aeroplane accident, 2.
Died from accident and other caus
es, 6.
Total, 402.
Georgians Mentioned.
Private George Holcombe, Rock
mart, wounded severely; John C.
I Horne, Fitzgerald, wounded, degree
• undetermined; Corporal Riley J. Cow
art, McDonald, wounded, degree tin-i
i determined; Private Grady L. Jenkins.'
Stuckey, missing in action.
.Marine Corps Casualties.
| Summary of casualties to date.
Officers —
j Deaths 37
Wounded • 60
Missing 1 98
Enlisted men—
Deaths 875
Wounded 1895
In hands of enemy 10
Missing 123
" 3001
Misses Lillie and Mabel Grady, of
Laurel, Miss., are spending a few days
in the city the guests of their sister,
,Mrs. A. D. Wilburn before leaving
for Washington, D. C.
'SPALDING'S WHEN
READY FDD FOURTH
LIBERTYLIN DRIVE
"onmittee is Thoroughly Or
ganized for Approaching Cam
paign and Will Conduct an
Active Canvass.
MRS. W. E. H. SEARCY, JR. (
IS THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN
VViii Be Assisted in Work by Some of
. <
the Most Prominent and Patriotic
Ladies or the City and Count) —Per-
son:; ! of the Woman’s Committee.!
n- ’
/ h; a.bng County Woman's Com- j
jmittee for the fourth Liberty Loan
.drive has been organized and is ready j
: Tor work. Mrs. W. E. H. Searcy, Jr., j
is the county chairman, and assisting
her as members of the committee are
some of the most prominent and pa
triotic ladies of the city and county.
Mrs. Searcy was the head of the wo
man's committee in the recent cam
paigns and did efficient work, which
was highly appreciated. The person
nel of the committee is as follows:
Woman’s Liberty Committee.
M rs. W. E. H. Searcy, chairman.
Griffin District Chairmen— First
ward, Mrs. R. P. Shepard; second,
Mrs. W. H. Wheaton; third, Miss
Rossie Bell Newton; fourth, Mrs. A.
A. Stewart.
Ward Committees—First, Mrs. H.
W. Barnes, Miss Jessie Lou Fields,
Mrs. Will Slaton, Mrs. R. F. Strick
land, Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mrs. W.
B Royster, Miss Alice Murray, Miss
Marguerite Ogletree; Third, Miss
Rossie Beil Newton, Miss Catharine
Nichols, Miss Angie Fields, Miss Ma
ria Price; Fourth. Mrs. A. R. Stewart,
Mrs. L. W. Goddard, Miss Marguerite
Blakely, Miss Anrlie Goddard, Miss
j Susanne Bailey, Miss Laura Bailey,
Miss Florence Gresham.
Africa District—Mrs. D. F. Patter
son, chairman.
Akin District—Mrs. J. B. Bell,
chairman.
Cabin District—Mrs. J. E. Wallace,
chairman.
Line Creek District—Mrs. R. E.
Scott, chairman.
Mt. Zion District —Mrs. Walter
Touchstone, chairman.
Orrs District—Mrs. O. T. Moreland,
chairman.
Union District—Mrs. W. C. Elder,
chairman.
! The county chairmen will appoint
as many members in their respective
districts as are necessary to conduct
the campaign
Downtown Headquarters.
Mrs. Searcy, chairman of the wo
man’s committee, will establish an of
fice at an early date in the city of
Griffin, which will be general head
juarters for the committee.
Chairmen to Attend Conference.
The various county chairmen in the
State will attend a conference which
has been called to be held in Atlanta
at the Piedmont Hotel on September
Uth, at which plans for the approach
ng campaign will be mapped out. The
Spalding county committee will be
ready to begin the drive on the 28th
of September and will conduct an a ■
live canvass with the idea of putting
:this county over the top again.
COTTON IS NOW BRINGING
THIRTY-FIVE CENTS POUND
! Spot cotton was bringing thirty-five
cents in the Griffin market Wednes
day. Over one hundred bales were
(received and weighed curing the day.
iThe farmers are selling their product
freely.
American Patrol Penetrates Trenches
With the American Armies in
(France, Sept. 4.—An American pa
jtrol in Vosges, after cutting through
seven bands of German wire, pene
trated the enemy trenches for a con
jsiderable distance during the night
without encountering opposition. In
both the Vosges ar.d Woevre regions
as the artillerying on both sides is in
creasing the Germans are using quan
tities of tear and sneeze gas.
IFRANCOAMERIGAI TROOPS GROSS
i VESLE RIVER ftT SEVERAL POINTS;
OUTSKIRTS OF COUCRE CHATEIII
, _ —
| General Man gin’s Troops Reach Edge of Vauxallion and
Are Advancing Toward Chemin-des-Darnes—To
ward Juissard French Cavalry is Forcing Germans
Back—Fighting Favors the Allies.
With the British Armies in France,*
Sept. 4.—German machine guns are
industrious in indicating the intention!
!of the enemy to hold the Canal-du
! Nord line temporarily at least, stav
;ing off the threatened gain against j
(Cambrai. In the meantime British
(cages have taken in another three
I thousand prisoners at several points
| and LaChelle is held by the British
j troops. Ypres is reported likewise
held, although German machine guns
are on the line just beyond the town.
Tadpole Copse, the scene of the most
desperate fighting in the last Cambrai
battle, is in British hands. General
Byng’s army took 1,946 prisoners and
twenty-field guns in twent/-fou*
twenty-field guns in twenty-four
hours, ending last night.
British Occupy Eucourt.
London, Sept. 4.—The British have
reached the line of Canal-du-Nord and
occupied Eucourt and St. Quintin,
.Field Marshal Haig announced today.
Armored Car Enters Marquoin.
London, Sept. 4.—A British armor
ed car is reported to have entered
Marquoin, according to a dispatch
from the British front today.
Crown Prince Returns to Front.
Amsterdam, Sept. 4.—Announce
ment that allied detachments along the
Vesle front have crossed the Vesle
river at several points and that the
French and Americans are in the
western outskirts of Coucy-le-Chateau
was made by the war office today. The
general Franco-American advance in
the Noyon-Soissons region continues.
Mangin’s Troops Nearing Chemin
des-Dames.
Paris, Sept. 4.—-General Mangin’s
troops have reached the edge of Va
uxaillion table land and are gradually
progressing toward Chemin-ders-
Dames, according to the Journal to
day.
American Artillery Aiding French.
With the Ardferican Armies in
France, Sept. 4.—The American ar
tillery continues to aid the French in
pounding away toward Chemin-des-
Dames. Guns have been moved be
yond Juvigny and are shelling the
enemy positions in the Neuville re
' gion, with the light pieces joining in
the barrage fire. During the past
twenty-four hours. American guns
' have been laying down smoke screens
to cover the movements of the French
and American infahtry. The enemy
1 continues to show increasing nervous
-1 ness along the Vesle as the French
■ tenth army continues pushing on.
British Cross Canal-du-Nord.
London, Sept. 4. —The British have
• ;crossed the Canal-du-Nord at Hautal
ilaines, more than two miles north of
Perinne, it was learned today from
authoritative sources. It was also
[learned that Germany has used ninety
I sever divisions since August 28th. The
I British hold Rurr.uncourt, Inchyenar
t 11 s ha - been captured ar.d the British
(also hold Derincourt and Hermies.
125,000 German Prisoners Taken.
With the British Armies in France,
Sept. 3. — Prisoners taken Monday and
.Tuesday bring an estimate of the to
'tal since July 18th, when the counter
(offensive started, close to one hundred
1 and twenty-five thousand Germans.
Only Germany's own figures on the
dead will tell the real story of their
josses. The number of Germans kill
ed Is unquestionably enormous.
French Cavalry Forcing Enemy Back.
Paris, Sept. 4 —Towards Juissard
; the French cavalry today is forcing
the Germans back, according to reports
■ here this afternoon. The enemy is
withdrawing to the right bank of the
THE SUN, Establish* ilTf,
The FlriittE gm ,
IS KIT ■ Bl BURS
Several thousand Dollars in Liberty
Loan Bonds and Other Valuable*
Are Taken by Yeggmen.
Burglars hit the Farmers and Mer
chants Bank in Fayetteville hard Mon
day night, when the institution was
relieved of several thousand dollars in
Liberty Loan bonds and other valua-
Oles. The yeggmen entered through
the rear of the building and after
forcing open one of the vault door*
helped themselves to the government
bonds, though they did not succeed in
breaking into the vault in which the
money was locked. The bank was
fully insured, however, and the loss is
partially covered. There is no clue
to the guilty party or parties.
VAUGHN VENTURES.
Vaughn, Ga., Sept. s.—Mr. and Mrs.
Will Tillis and little Miss Dorothy
Hicks, of Waldo, Fla., were visitors
of Mrs. J. B. Reeves last Wednesday
Mrs. Tillis is the niece of Mrs. Reeves.
Dan McEachem, formerly of tbia
place, but now of Atlanta, accompany
ied by Arthur Withers, spent last
Thursday and Friday here as the
guests of Mr. and Mjjp. Mitcham.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Wank Malaier and
Mrs. Blanche Womack attended tbe
all-day singing at Sunny Side last
Sunday.
W. M. Parker was a visitor to New
, nan, last Friday.
Mrs. A. J. Borders, of Griffin, vis
ited Mrs. V. H Freeman and Mrs J
B. Reeves Friday.
Mrs. Chas Mitcham attended the
funeral of her brother-in-saw, Mr.,
Hewell, at Fayetteville Friday.
Gable Cox, of Camp Gordon, spent
i two or three days here the past week.
• as the guest of relatives and friend^
Miss Josephine Parker and W. L.
Harris were visitors to Griffin Satur
■ day.
• Miss Marie Norton returned from
The Rock Sunday after spending the
i week there as the guest of relatives.
The condition of Mr. J. P. Maynard
* is thought to be some better than it
’ was last week and he is resting very
1 nicely at this writing.
' Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Connally ar.d
- M r:. W. 1.. Harris spent Monday in
1 Atlanta and Camp Gordon, going up
,to see their son, England, who thinks
he will leave that camp immediately
for “somewhere”
Earl Mitcham, of Griffin, spent Sun—.
_ day here with relatives.
( Frank Freeman started to school
1 an Griffin Monday.
* j Mrs. B. C. Reeves and children of
Newnan spent Monday and Tuesday
here as the guest of relatives.
'' -s Essie Cox who is sick with fe
‘ Ivor, is doing very -nicely at this writ
ing.
Th“ condition of Mrs. V. H. Free
man continues about the same.
W Hill Reeves continues to im
prove in health which his friends here
. ar.d elsewhere will !>e glad to learn.
North Canal. In the region of Jour
■ (court, north of Soissons, the Chauny
'jlvaon railway has been passed, the
(French making progress toward Ain
zy-le-Chateau, along the Ailette Gen
eral Mangin is reported advancing
■ along Paris, Percnr.e ar.d Soissons to
Guignecourt.
: Mrs. D. T. Underwood and children,
» ( Bermu and Eugene, have returned
Ufrom a visit to Norfolk.
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