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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
FORTIETH YEAH
500 GIMMS ME
TAKEN BY NIACIN'S
ARNII IN FIGHTING
UPON AIENE FRONT
BATTLE BEING FOUGHT SOUTH
OF THE SOMME ALONG A FRONT
dlMf”
OF TWENTY-FIVE MILES, IN
• HH H THE BRITISH ARE MAK-
ING PROGRESS—FRENCH AD-
VANCE BETWEEN OISE AND
AISNE.
LONDON, August 23.—1 t is report
ed that in the fighting on Rie Aisne,
during the advance of Wednesday
and Thursday, General Mangin's
army took 500 prisoners, according
to advices reaching Paris. A battle
is being fought on the line between
Lihons, south of the Somme, to the
Cojoul river, southwest of Arras, a
front of more than twenty-five miles,
according to the official statement is
sued at the war office today.
The British troops are making
progress at a number of points, the
statement says, and adds that two
enemy attacks east of Beaucourt
were repulsed during the night.
Op the Lys front, the statement
says, the British line was slightly ad
vanced east of LeTouret .northwest
of Neuf Berquin and east of Outter
steiti.
Noyon Near FaiL
PARIS. August 23.—The Franco-
British successes Thursday increase;,
the menace to Roye and Noyon ai
rendered their fall near, says tin
Echo de Paris.. It adds that Pari.
Ins been made safer by the opera
tions of the army of General Hum
bert and that Soissons has been made
more secure by the capture of Pom
i ders and Vauverezis.
’Homme Libre says there is rea
son to hope for important events in
the next few' days in the region o'
Noy on
Margin Driving Hun.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMY ON
1 HE OISE. August 23. —General Man
gin now has driven the Germans
at ross the valley of the Aillette on a
■, ’tout of several miles. The enemy’s
I 'o<ce« on the right wing of the bat
-1 »le iine are on the plateau between
the Ailette and Soissons and between
he Ailette and the Oise.
ILIAN DARDEN
' HURT IN FOLDER
AT T.-R. OFFICE
While the Times-Reeorder was be
ing run off’ yesterday afternoon,
Julian Darden, one of the little car
rier boys employed in the office, sus
tained a painful injury, having his
hand caught in the rapidly revolving
cogs of the folding machine. The lit
tle fellow was standing near the ma
■ ch?'’ was not observed by the
Itil the accident occurred,
en immediately to the of
*rank Cato, where his in
essed and he was taken
r. The little fellow will
el for duty during sev
ft
It no permanent ill-ef
fed to result from the
in.
— I
10’S WHO
TER f OUNTY'I
Americus Times-Reeorder
"LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA.-
INCESSANT STREAM OF AMERICANS MOVES UP THE FIOIN6 LINE
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A steady stream of American soldiers is constantly moving forward to the firing line as is shown in
this British Official picture. British Official Photo, Copyright Underwood & Underwood..
MIGHTY HATTIE
HAGIHG OYER Bi
MILE FRONT IN
PICHRDYSECTOR
BRITISH ARE ON THE AM4RES.
SIVE, BUT Hl NS FIGHT DES
PERATELY FRENCH TROOPS
HAVE OCCUPIED SOUTH BANKS
OF BOTH OISE AND AILETTE
KJVERS.
NEW YORK, August 23.—(Compil
ed from European cables of the day.)
—British and German armies are
locked >n a mighty battle today over
a twenty-five mile front from Lithon,
s-a miles south of the Somme river
to the Cojeul river, southwest of Ar
ras *
This combat, which began with the
British attacking the enemy positions
east of the Ancre river on Wednes
day, now has spread into one of the
greatest battles of the allied offensive
in Picardy. It is officially reported
from London that the British are
making progress at some points and
that German attacks east of Beau
court at about the middle of the bat
tle front, were repulsed.
In the south the French are push
ing forward on a front of thirty
miles east and west of Noyon, weak
ening the German line around Roye
and northward and providing a grave
menace to the Vesle-Aisne line
through the crossing of the Ailette
and the Oise-Aisne canal northwest
of Soissons. North of the Somme and
the Ancre to Mercatel. the British
keep doggedly at it after having cap
tured Albert and five thousand pris
cneis South of the bend in the An
cre they have crossed that stream to
the east on a six mile front for a
gain of two miles.
No.von, a pivot of the German lines
in Picardy, still holds out, but the
town and the surrounding heights are
under the fire of the French cannon.
West ci Noyon. the French advanced
on the Divette for a distance of al
most five miles. The Oise hax been
reached an a front of ten miles south
and east of Noyon and has crossed at
several points.
WHO’S WHO
; SUMTER COUNTY!
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 21, 1918
“WHAT’S WHAT”
IN SUMTER CO.
T.-R. WILL TELL
In yesterday’s edition The Times-
Reeorder carried an article telling
about the “Who’s Who” issue to be
printed early in September.
Many have asked about the propo
se; ion already. There is interest in
ne edition, and people are going to
be enthusiastic before the big issue
appears on the streets.
There will be an enormous number
of extra copies printed, and the eir-
of the edition will exceed by
many times that of any previous edi
tion published here. Sumter count}
people are not the only ones who will
see lhe big paper. It’s circulation
will be statewide, and many copies
wit’, go across the ocean.
Many a soldier in the Army of
Freedom in Flanders, France ail’d
i
Italy will show his copy to his com
panions in arms, and these gallant
soldiers of 1918 will read on the
printed page of heroic records made
by their fathers in the war of th
tiO’s. As the old soldiers of years
that are gone read of the deeds of
their boys now at the front, their
boys will be inspired to greater brav
ery and more manly effort by the
records of their fathers, presented
before them in the "Who’s Who” edi
tion of The Times-Reeorder.
And Who’s Who” is not all that will
be told in the big issue. There will
be room for "What’s What” as well
The industries of Americus will be
featured along with the men who
make industry possible in the com
munity. There will be write-ups of
e»t.rv important industry as well as
e> ery prominent man, and the edi
•ion «i’l contain more accurate in
formation concerning Americus than
any volume ever printed in the his
tory of the city.
Mr?-. Gertrude Ray Butts, who will
ha - a charge of the edition feels
greatly c-ncouraged by the reception
o.ceu her, and The Times-Recor
-oer is proud of the spirit of co-opera
tion already evidenced in this great
work of preseggjpg a correct record
_ i 95 in inc 26th distrlo.
jr county, being about seven t
• j hart miles northwest from Ar
anty, I (ja., and about one-half mH'
TEN WES WHO
WILL E9 TO CAMP
MDNDAV TO BEGIN
MILITANT TRAINING
PROMINENT YOUNG MEN AMONG
THOSE SELECTED TO ENTER
ARMY IN NEXT QUOTA FROM
SUMTER COUNTY,—PARTY WILL
LEAVE EARLY MONDAY MORN.
ING VIA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Chairman Maynard and Secretary
Nesbit of the Sumter county local ex-,
emption board, announce today the
names of those who will go from this
county among the next party of se
lectmen to be sent into the army.
Tnere are ten included in the quota
who must go, including several prom
inent young men here.
A list of fourteen names has been
compiled by the local selective ser
vice officials, and from these the
n: mes of ten will be drawn to leave
Monday for training at Camp Gor
don, Atlanta. The party will leave
via the Central of Georgia at 6:40 a.
::i . and doubtless a large assemblage
H relatives and friends will be at the
d*>pot to bid them God-speed.
The members of the party will be
< bosen from among the fourteen,
v.lose names follow. Wilson P.
Finch. Jesse C. Jaws, Jas. Thos.
Simpson. Earl E. Hainey. Archie
Herman Jordan, Edward Geo. Mc-
Gill. Robt Lee Brown. Jas. Thos.
Wells. Mm Wendell Henderson. Al
bert Perey Beuttey, Hyliard Bryyant
"..‘’lams. Wm. 'Francis Henderson,
n-o. Franklin Steward. Wallace Cal
-1 oj. Mize.
conietaig the men and women aho
have r>ade Americus what it is to
day be test and most progressive
et*y in rdl Southwest Georgia.
rH . WHO'S WHO
erlbK. COUNTY! \
south, J \
e place number J2l. i
resides. . Also house and
STUOENT OFFICERS
WHO “FLUKE" Will
BEMHDENDN-COME
UNDER NEW ORDER
MEN WHO APPLY FOR TRAINING
CAMPS WILL HAVE NEW
CHANCE IN EVENT THEY FAIL
TO WIN COMMISSIONS.—SEVER
IL AMERICUS MEN AFFECTED
BY RI LING JUST ANNOUNCED.
Americ’.r men, and especially those
who have made application for ad
ni‘ sien into the officers training
camp at Camp Gordon, will be in
ter' sted to learn that an order just
issued provides that all who fail to
win commissions at the camp will be
made non commissioned officers after
being discharged from the school.
After Jis. barge from the officers
Bl
training school such men will be
known as ' non-commissioned candi
dates” and will wear a distinguishing
insignia.
Arnoiineciiienf of the new order
has just been made in the form of an
off.cial memorandum at Camp Gor
don. the text l.eing as follows:
‘■’n order to secure non-commis
sioned officer material, and use to
th* best advantage those students of
central officers’ training schools who
are not recommended for commis
sions, the following instructions will
be carried out by all concerned.
"Those students who have complet
ed the prescribed course at central
officers’ training schools, and who are
not recommended as qualified for
commissions, but are recommended
as qualified to be non-commissioned
officers, will be given by the com
manding officer of the school a certi
ficate to the effect that they are qual
ified to be non-commissioned officers,
the certificate also to set forth the
grade or grades that the recipient is
thought competent to fill- These cer
tificates will be signed by the com
manding officer of the school at which
the man is a student.
"All men holding such certificates
will be known as non-commissioned
cond’dates and will be transferred to
:> replacement camp to be held and
used tor the training of replacements
until ’hev are permanently assigned
and absorbed in one of the three fol
lowing ways, and in the order named:
"L To build up skilled permanent
training cadres at each of the re
placement camps.
"2. Assignment to new units about
in be organized in the United States.
”3. Assignment to formation or
temporary organized replacement
units gent overseas from replacement
camps.
"From time to time, during the
course at the central officers’ trani
ing schools, students will be dropped
having thus early shown unfitness for
a commission, but who on the other
hand might make excellent non
commissioned officer material. All
such men who are so rejected and
who are thought to be non-commis
sioned officer material will be imme
diately transferred to the non-com
missioned officers’ school of the re
placement camp which is maintained
under the repls/cement commander,
with a view to their utilization as
non-commissioned officers upon the
satisfactory completion of that
course.
•A monthly report by number, in
each grade, of all non-commissioned
officer candidates on hand that they
g
WHO’S WHO B ...
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LELCt
SUGAR
B TOR THE
MAN
who WW
MANGUM STATES
HOW SUGAR ANU
FLOUR SHOULD BE
USED IN HUMES
COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATOR
HAS RECEIVED MANY QUER
RIES. WITH RESULT THAT AN
SWEILS SUPPLIED BY STATE
AUTHORITIES ARE PUBLISHED
VS GENERAL INFORMATION.
■
Franc Mangum, food administrator
for Sumter county, has recently re
ceived many inquiries regarding the
use of sugar in homes here, and the
privileges of farmers regarding the
storing of wheat flour used by them;’
and the use of rye fo r feeding pur
poses
These inquiries have been referred
to the state food administration, a
ruling being asked upon each. The
questions and answers are reproduc
ed here as general information, as
follows:
“Can 1 buy sugar for lemonade for
a patriotic picnic?” No. it is not pa
triotic to use sugar for lemonade.
Sugar should be used only for nec
essary purposes.
"How should sugar be served in
public eating places?” Sugar should
be served only on request of the cus
tomer. Many hotels and restaurants
serve these individual portions in a
small envelope. One teaspoouful of
granulated or two half lumps.
"In exchanging wheat for flour at
the mill, how much flour will 1 be
allowed to take at one time?” You
are allowed enough to last until Octo
ber Ist, based upon an allowance of
12 pounds per persons per month for
each member in your household, if
you are a producer of wheat, other
wise you may use only 6 pounds per
person per month.
“Does the Food Administration
permit the use of rye for hog feed
ing?” We have just secured author
ity from Washington to permit far
mers who have rye on hand to grind
’t tor hog feeding only up to Septem
ber Ist and then only upon the offi
cial permission of the State Food Ad
ministration.
“If I am feeding farm hands shall
I < btain sugar for them?” State your
needs to your local food administra
*< r and you will be authorized to buy
sugar at the rate of 2 pounds for each
I’o meals served.
The local food administrator feels
that he is entitled to the co-opera
ticr of all here, and it is therefore
tequested that the foregoing ruling
be read by all citizens here, and that
all assist in disseminating the infoi
mation ’here among their friends and
neighbors.
French Advance Lines.
PARIS, August 23.—Between the
Oise and the Aisne French troops ad
vanced their lines during the night to
Guny and Pont St. \lard. just south
or the Ailette river. They hold the
right banks of the Oise and the Ail
ette rivers from Senigny to the rail
road west of Coucy-Le-Chateau, ac
cording to the official statement is
sued today.
have not been permanent absorbed in
one of the three ways mentioned,
will be made to the. adjutant general
of the army by the commanding of
ficer of each infantry training e’en
ur."'
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