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WWWvWs F * ** »- kJ 1 THE NEWS, Established 1871. 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friends conferred with him and advised him to accept the position tendered him by the governor at his request and have withdrawn his name as a candidate for senator.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. | . V. _u