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KHIKTY-MM’H YEAR.
TIKES 44
MORE MEN AFTER
SEGDNDSESSION
Forty-four more men have been ac
cepted for military service in the new
national army by the Sumter Exemp
tion Board, which held its second ses
f sion yesterday afternoon. On Tuesday
afternoon the board accepted 34 men
for service, making a total of 78 men
already secured out of a total of ISO
cases examined.
Another session of the board is being
held this afternoon and 90 additional
cases will be considered in order of
liability.
Os the 44 men accepted yesterday, 39
cither faile to claim exemption or
had their claims denied by the board,
while 5 men were accepted on Tues
day were also posted as eligible for
this same reason. What methods are
to be used to bring in these men who
failed to report and who are supposed
to have disappeared, are not yet clear
Several men who have filed notice
of intention to claim exemption have
not yet filed affidavits in support of
their claims. The time limit for filing
proof expires on August 19th and al!
these who have wailed to file proof by
that date will have their claims denied,
and will be posted by the board as eli
gible for military service.
The cases considered by the board'
jesterday afternoon were:
91. George Moore. Accepted for
military service.
92. Henry Bruce. Accepted for mil
itary service.
93. Thornton Frazier. Physical de-
W flciency.
94. Merrell Spencer. Accepted for
military service.
95. Walker Grady Carter. Accept
ed; no claim filed.
96. Nottingham Law. Accepted; no
claim filed.
97. Clarence H. Williams. Accepted;
no claim filed.
98. Joseph Maddox. No proofs filed.
99. Dozier Oliver. Accepted for mil
itary service.
100. Homer Crumley. Accepted; no
claim filed.
101. Albert Butler. Accepted; no
claim filed.
102. Linton Stephens Wilder. Dis
charge granted.
103. Anderson Ellerson. Accepted:
failed to report.
104. Lucius Allen. Accepted; no
claim filed.
105. Guy Kemph. Accepted; no claim
filed.
106. Fate Brown. Accepted for mili
tary service.
107. Phillip Chappell Wise. Accepted;
no claim filed.
jpg. James Emmett Denham. Accept
ed; no claim filed.
109. George Evans. Physical defic
iency.
HO. Robt. T. Lawrence. Discharge
granted.
111. Samuel Leon McDaniel. Dis
charge granted.
112. Allen Hill. No proofs filed.
113. Atwood Smith. Physical defic-
• iency.
114. Eugene Bennett. Accepted; no
claim filed.
115. Charlie Luther Idlett. Physical
deficiency.
116. John .Jacksen. Physical defic
iency.
117. Charles Daniel Giddings. Phys,
ical deficiency.
118. Rufus Weston. Accepted for mil
itary service.
119. Webster Allen. Accepted for
miliatry service.
120. Emery Griffin. Discharge granted.
121. William O. Williams. Accepted,
for military service.
122. Homer Jackson Prance. No
proofs filed.
123. Charlie Tinsley. Accepted—fail
ed to report.
124. Clayton David Steever. Dis-i
charge granted.
125. Charley Loyd. Accepted—no
claim filed.
126. Fred Freeman. Accepted for mil
itary service.
127. Charlie White. Physical defic
iency.
128. Henry Cooper. No proofs filed.
129. Olden Bivins. Accepted for mil
itary service.
130. Lonnie Smith. Accepted—failed
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HEPOfIT WOUNDED
11. S. SOLDIERS IN
ORTH HOSPITHL
LONDON, Augus 16.—A Daily news
dispach from the front today reports
that a number of wounded American
soldiers from the western front have ■
arrived at a hospital at Bath.
Washington Without Information.
WASHINGTON, D. C-, August 15
Neither th-.- vat or navy department
has any information of the reported
wounding of American soldiers on the
wesern front. Prompt official announce
ment is promised whenever such in
formation is received, unless it be in
compatible with military interests.
Wounded Americans, ordinarily,
would not be taken to England as they
have access to hospitals in France, and
the London news dispatch may refer to
Americans fighting with the British
forces in France, of whom there are
several thousands.
HEALTH IMAIS TO
VISIT AMERICUS SOON
Dr. W. B. McWhorter, county health
commissioner, has received notice that
in the very near future T. F. Aber
j crombie, secretary of the State Board I
cf Health, accompanied by Dr. G. B.
Connor, of the International Health
Board, will pay a visit to Americus for
the purpose of investigating conditions
relative to the prevalence of the
book worm in this section.
The International Health Board is
financed by John D. Rockefeller, and
has done much to eradicate the hook
worm in the South. A visit from the
special representative of the organiza
tion will be of particular interest to
this section, as active efforts to cope
with this malady are now being made
in this immediate territory
ED ORGANIZE 18
DIVISIONS NOW
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 16
General army orders issued today re
serve division numbers 1 to 26 for reg
ular troops; numbers 26 to 76 for na
tional guard organizations, and from
76 on up for the new national army.
The troops now in France are to known
a-, the First division, and sixteen di
visions of the national army have been
ordered organized. National guards
men are to be sent to camps under the
present army organization but their
official designations will be changed
there.
WILLIAMS fiSSIGNEO IQ
56THINFANTRY REGULARS
Cranston Williams, former editor of
the Times-Recorder, has been assigned
to the 56th Infantry, U. S. A., regulars,
according to information reaching this
city. Mr. Williams has been given a
commission as 2nd lieutenant, after
completing a course of instruction at
the Fort McPherson officers’ training
camp. It is understood that he will
ijoin the 56th at Chickamauka, Tenn
Both Quimby Melton, who was award
ed a captain’s commission, and Mr.
j Williams will arrive in Americus on
I Saturday to spend a day or two with
friends.
POLICE TEAR DOWN
“KAISER WILSON” SIGNS
WASHINGTON. D. C„ August 16.
Police themselves today tore down
suffrage banners addressed to “Kaiser
Wilson,” but told the women raising
them they would protect regulation
banners. The authorities kept the
crowds moving in front of the white
[house throughout the day.
AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 16, 1917
SECOND GEORGIA
MEN ANXIOUS TO
GET TO TRENCHES:
I
MACON, August 16.—Nearly half the’
members of the Second Georgia Infan-1
try have made application for trans-I
fers to the new machine gun battal
ion soon to be mobilized and trained
for service in France. More than a
score of non-commissioned officers
from the other companies in the regi
ment made application for transfer,
showing a willingness to be reduced
to a private in order that they may
be the first of their outfit to see ac
tive service in France.
Not only are the men of the Second
anxious to join their comrades in arms j
but also many of the First and Fifth [
regiments are eager to go. The newsj
that the new machine gun battalion
would have three companies with 172
men to a company, spread all over
the Georgia brigade and the officers of
the three companies have hardly haa
any peace because of the many seek
ing transfers to the “war companies.”
Albany Company Loses Most.
The Albany company probably lost
more to the three Macon companies;
than any of the other units except the j
casual, or “rookie” company. The Al ■
bany company is the largest in the I
regiment, having more than war
strength and with losing forty men by'
j transfer will then have about as many
I in ranks as the average company in the
brigade.''
The Griffin company and the Barnes
ville company had over thirty men to
the company asking through military
channels to be transferred. Nine of
ti e mounted orderlies of the head
quarters company asked to be trans
ferred and nearly half of the supply
company.
The Americus Light Infantry will
lose twenty-one and seventeen men.
from the Baldwin Blues. The Colujn
-lus Guards lose fifteen men and the'
Forsyth company more than a dozen.
How Men Are Taken.
There were two or three times as
many who asked for transfers as were
gianted, but in the apportionment of
acceptance men were taken as they
could be spared according to the men
they had in their company. If a com
pany was not so strong in numbers,
only a few men could be accepted,
while if they had full strength, as with
the Albany company, then the accept
ance was larger.
Several transfers of officers was also
made. The new machine gun compa
nies will have a captain, two first lieu
tenants, three second lieutenants, first
sergeant, mess sergeant, stable ser
geant, clerk, s? idler, horseshoer, sixty
six mounts, 172 enlisted men. To
strengthen the companies, several of
the best officers in the regiment have
teens transferred.
FDDMED AMERICUS
MAN IS HUNDRED
It is of interest to many here that
Rev. T. Furlow Callaway, pastor of th?
Tabernacle Baptist church in Macon,-
has received an urgent call from the[
Georgia Baptist Board of Missions to
become state evangelist, under the
auspices o£ the Georgia Baptist con-|
vention.
In the event Mr. Callaway accepts:
the position, the immediate work he!
will do will be that of evangelist to
the two hundred thousand soldiers who
will shortly be stationed in Georgia.
His permanent work will be general
evangelistic work throughout the state
The mission board of the Georgia Bap
tist convention has arranged for a
gospel tent campaign to be conducted ■
at each of the several camps and can-,
tonments in the state, in accordance'
[with military regulations and in con-;
■junction with tile otlmr religious forces
ia. work amon- the soldiers. Mr. Cal
' laway will announce his decision to his
I j congregation next Sunday.
i The hosts of friends of Furlow Cal
' laway in Americus, his boyhood home,
' have watched with interest and gratifi
|cation his career in the ministry andj
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♦ SPECULATION IN SUGAR ♦
♦ Fl TI RES NO WSL’SI’ENDED. ♦
♦ NEW YORK. August 16. —Act- ♦
♦ ing on the suggestion cf Herbert ♦
♦ Hoover, of the Food Administra- +
; * tion. the New Ycrk Sugar and
! ♦ Coffee Exchange today announc- ♦
♦ ed the suspension of future sugar ♦
I ♦ trading. *
FELL FROM FOURTH
STORY OF HOTEL
ATLANTA. Ga., August 16. —Before
a large crowd of theatre-goers, Frank
Singer, member of the officers’ train
ing camp at Fort McPherson, fell from
the fourth floor of the Ansley hotel at
18 o’clock last night, crashing into the
I canopy that extends over Forsyth
; street, and receiving injuries from
which he is expected to die.
Singer is a young man of abuot 25
years old and lives in Lumpkin, Ga.
Singer’s body landed on the metal
canopy with a crash which attracted
the attention of many passing by. It
was necessary to secure ladders with
which to bring him to the ground.
He was immediately taken to Grady
: hospital, where he was placed on the
'operating, table still in an unconscious
I condition. It was found that his right
| leg, one arm and several ribs had been
[broken. His head was found badly in
jured and it is believed that his skull
has been fractured, and the probability
is that he had received serious interna!
injuries.
Singer fell from the window of room
<O6 on the fourth floor of the hotel
It is reported that he slipped while
trying to climb from one window of the
room to another by means of a narrow
coping running beneath them.
The room from which he fell had
been rented to a friend.
Relatives Reside in Americus.
Mr. Singer is a llrother of Mrs.
[ Frank Turpin, of Americus, and Mr.
and Mrs. Turpin are now at his bed
side.
i
ENGLUND'S GRAIN SUPPLY
LARGER THIN LIST YEAR
LONDON, August 16.—-Premier
Lloyd George told the house of com
mons today that mere wheat, oats and
barley are now in England than at this
season last year, and that shipping
losses were increasing, while ship
building was on the increase. “Ger
many is barely able to hold its own,
and not even that,” declared the pre
ier.
VftfIOIMIN DENOUNCES
CONSCRIPTION LAW
WASHINGTON, D. C„ Au-ust 16.
In a speech before the senate today,
Senator James K. Vardaman, of Mis
sissippi, stated the war was a quarrel
between rulers “instigated by cernmer-
Icial bandits.” He denounced the draft
I law as “unAmerican and unconstitu
tional.”
SUBMARINE LOSSES
SOMEWHAT LIGHTER
LONDON. August 16.—A falling off:
.in British tonnage, sunk last week by
I mines or submarines is indicated in
| the weekly admiralty statement. Four-,
teen vessels of 1.609 tons and over[
[were sent to the bottom, as against 21 j
the previous week. Two vessels of.
less than 1,600 tons were sunk last!
week, the same number reported the
previous week. Three fishing boats:
met with disaster last week.
[
are not surprised that this honor has
I been conferred upon him. I
IM ADVANCE 15
MADE NEAR TENS
AND INJELGIUM
NEW YORK, August 16. — (Compiled
bv the Associated Press from European I
(cables during the day.)—French and
British forces continued their offensive
in the west and won successes in three
distinct sectors during last night and
today.
The British attacked near Ypres, in
Belgium, and the French on the Aisne
front and near Dixmude, in Belgium.
All of the ground won by the British
(Canadian) troops near Lens was helf
against vicious counter attacks.
, General Haig reports that while the
British were consolidating their gains
a: Lens they also struck thirty miles
farther north on a wide front, near
Ypres. The official report gives no de
rails, but reported progress made.
Paris reports that French troops
gained all of their objective points be
tween Steenstraete and Dixmude, and
that the French attacking a strongly
defended trench system on the Aisne
rront advanced their lines one kilome
tre, the gain being held against coun
ter attacks.
Russo-Rumanian* Defeated.
BERLIN, August 16.—German troops
have driven Russo-Rumanian forces
across the river Seretb and captured
3,500 prisoners and 16 guns, it is offi
cially announced here.
STOCKHOLM BEGINS CAM-
PAIGN AGAINST RATS
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 16.—The city
authorities have begun a campaign
against rats offering a reward of
about 21-2 cents for every carcass
delivered. While it is hoped to reduce
the rat plague considerably, the chief
end is to secure an important addition
to the stocks of fats available for the
making of soaps and lubricants. The
rat carcasses are treated in a "corpse
utilization establishment,” where, after
the fat lias been boiled out, what re
mains is converted into a poultry
food. South Sweden has for some
time been utilizing cadavers of various
animals in this way. A considerable
amount of fat is also secured by skim
ming large containers placed in the
sewers leading from hotels, restaur
ants and other places where there is
ar. unavoidable waste of fat.
HSTRIAN AIR RAIDS
DDES DAMAGE AT VENICE
VIENNA, Augus 16.—Austrian air
planes succesfully raided Venice yes
erday, says an official announcement.
Four tons of bombs? were dropped up-1
on the maritime arsenal there, caus
ing a number of conflagrations, ac
cording to the statement.
EVANS CONFIRMER
AS FEDERAL JIJDCE
WASHINGTON, D. C., August 16.
The senate late yesterday afternoon
confirmed the nomination of Judge
Beverly D. Evans, of Sandersville, Ga.,
to be a federal judge for the south
ern district of Georgia.
Judge Evans is a member of the su
preme court of Georgia and is reco--
Inized as one of the leading jurists of
the South. He is at present in Wash
ington. The inclusion of his name in J
the list of seventeen submitted by j
I Senator Hardwick was a surprise to!
Georgia politicians as Judge Evansand
Senator Hardwick have been political
' enemies.
Judge Evans will fill the place of
’ Judge AV. W. Lambdin, who died six
months ago. Several men had been
proposed for the vacancy, but the pres
ident and Senator Hardwick were:
I never able to agree before, and the
[senate stood by Senator Hardwick in
turning down selections made by Pres
ident Wilson.
8. E. TROOPS IN
HEM BEFORE
FRENCH LEADER
«
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS in
France, August 16.—For the first time
since their arrival in France one par
ticular unit of American soldiers as
sembled in its entirety passed in re
view before General Herbert and half
a dozen French officers yesterday. The
spectacle presented was so imposing
there was a distince pause of surprise
by General Herbert himself, when rid
ing at the head of his staff he reached
the crest of the reviewing stand and
saw the splendid American command
stretched out before him. All of the
French officers grew enthusiastic over
the showing. The review was held at
t point so remote until only those at
tached to the organization reviewed
were permitted to see it.
SHAKEUP OCCURS IN
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The Fire committee of the City Coun
cil has appointed B. L. Naylor as fore
man of the Americus Fire Department,
succeeding Hill Paschal, who resigned
e few weeks ago to accept a position
with the Albany Fire Department. Mr.
Naylor is one of the oldest firemen in
point of service, anj is thoroughly ex.
perienced in the science of firt-fight
ing,
Howell Smith, who for several years
has been a member of the fire depart
ment, has resigned, to take effect im
mediately, thus creating another va
cancy.
C. D. Steever has been appointed as
a member of the department, but in
view of the fact that under the new
regulations in force here, it is neces
sary to maintain 11 firemen on the
rolls, there are still two vacancies to
be fulfilled.
WOULD ADVERTIbE
NEU 00X0 ISSUE
WASHINGTON. D. C., August 16.
Detailed plan for advertising the next!
issue of Liberty Bonds in newspapers
and other publicity mediums, to cost [
from $1,000,000 to $2,000,000, to be paid 1
for by the government was presented
t) Secretary McAdoo today by the na
tional advertising adxisory board with
recommendation that it be adopted.
The first issue of these bonds was
floated without advertising cost to the
government.
YOUNG OFFICERS HOME
ON SHORT FURLOUGH
Lieut. John D. Mathis, Lieut. John'
W. Wheatley and Lieut. Frank D. Sta-j
pleton arrived in Americus today to
spend short furloughs, after having
been granted commissions at the offi
cers’ training school at Fort McPher
son
Several other young men who re-1
sire in this city and who have com-|
pleted the course at the training
school, also received commissions, arei
expected to arriv< here before the end:
of the week.
All the young officers have been giv
en short furloughs before reporting at
the various points to which they have;
been ordered to take up their duties as;
officers in the nation’s military forces.
ENGLISH PRESS MUCH
ENTHUSED OVER PARAOE
LONDON, August 16.—The parade of
American soldiers in London divides
newspaper space today with Pope Ben
edict’s peace proposal and the new
Lens offensive. Editorially the parade
was the “most Stirling spectacle of
the war.”
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V edition!
LEGISLATURE 41
LAST ADJOURNED
ON COMPROMISE
ATLANTA, Ga., August 16.—The
Georgia legislature adjourned at 3:15
o'clock this morning, after having
agreed upon a compromise appropria
tion bill, and the senate passing the
council of defense measure. In the
rush of business incident to the close
of the session the “age of consent”
bill was killed.
The compromise bill adopted last
night provides $3,200,000 for the com
mon schools, the compromise was
reached only after three conference
committees had worked on it and Gov
ernor Dorsey had taken a hand in the
third committee deliveration. The
governor sat up with the legislature
until the matter was settled, and as an
emergency measure had prepared a
call for an extra session to convene
at 10 o’clock this morning in the event
no bill had been passqd. The passage
of the bill, however, made issuance of
the governor’s proclamation unneces
sary.
The total appropriated for the com
mon schools in the compromise meas
ure is $200,000 more than was recom
mended by he appropriations commit
tee of the house and SBOO,OOO less than
provided in the bill passed by the
house. The bill as finally adopted
provides $500,000 more than the last
appropriation for common schools in
Georgia.
Late in the night, with the prospect
of an expensive and tiresome extra
session staring the assembly squarely
in the face, Speaker Holder put the
proposition squarely up to the house
whether adjournment should be taken
without passing the appropriations bill
and the members voted to stay and
try once again, with the result as
above stated. None of the college ap
propriations contained in the original
measure were changed in the compro
mise measure.
An effort to bring on a “walkout” in
the house of representatives failed at
noon yesterday and the bone of con
tention came over from the senate
when the afternoon session convened.
I The general appropriations bill was
| the ball with which the legislature
i played battledore and shuttlecock.
The senate chopped a cool million
dollars off the house bill in one place
! and tacked on about $35,000 in other
places. The common school appropria -
tion is put at $3,000,000 as reported by
the house committee and the fight by
the senate failed to change that figure.
The slice of $20,000 taken off the ap
-1 ropriation to the College of Agricul
' ture old farm extension fund by the
house was given ot the G. N. & I. at
Milledgeville, was put back by he
senate and the Milledgeville institu
ion was given $20,000 straight state ap
propriation. The state experiment sta
ition which the house had given SBOO
: for maintenance, has been given $5,-
! 800 by the senate, the additional sum
Ito be used for repairs. The other in
i' creases made by the house all remain
|ii. the senate bill, and a few minor
additcins have been made.
NEW ORGAN WILL BE
HEARD IN SAGREB BUNGERT
I
! /on Sunday evening at 8 o'clock, the
I tiew pipe organ of the Central Baptist
< burch will be heard in a concert in
! honor of its installation. Mrs. H. O.
Jones, assisted by Boisclair Kiker
\ 11 have charged A special program
is being arranged and will be publish
ed later. The choir, composed of some
of the best musical talent of this sec
tion, will be as follows: Sopranos,
Miss Thomas, of Plains, Ga., and
Miss Ethel Guerry; tenors/ Gordon
I Howell and Boisclair Kiker; altos.
' Miss Gertrude Smith and Mrs.’T. H.
- McLendon; bassos, .1. Ralston Cargill
and Welbur Smith.
This concert should prove one of
:■ the most enjoyable ever heard in the
f city. The new organ will speak for it -
self.
MMBER 195