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HANDKERCHIEF
BY FAST RUNNING SERGEANT
BAUGHAM REACHED COMRADES
IN SAFETY- HEW A RDED W ITH
MILITARY MEDAL.
Washington.—Flight Sergeant James
H. Baugham of Washington, who was
transferred from the Lafayette esca
drille to the Paris Air Defense squad
ron, has been reported a prisoner in
unofficial advices to his mother, Mrs.
Mary A. Baugham, president of the
Dixie Agricultural company of Wash
ington. Sergeant Baugham joined the
Lafayette escadrille in 1917 when he
was eighteen years old and won the
Military medal, the highest French
honor tn.noncommlssioned men.
The incident that earned the ser
geant the medal was described in a let
ter he wrote recently. Paying tribute
to the wonderful spirit of his French
comrades, Sergeant Baugham said:
“We had been sent out to patrol
hack of the German lines and to at
tack anything enemy we saw. Having
incendiary balls in my gun, I was pre
pared to attack a German ‘sausaar’
or observatory balloon. Just as I was
beginning the descent to attack, I saw
a Boche airplane going in the direction
of our lines to do photographic work.
I put on full speed and signaled to the
other planes to follow. They evident
ly did not see my signal, for they
didn’t go down with me. When I got
100 meters from the Boche I started
firing. The enemy replied by turning
loose both guns at me. I must have
got him, however, with the first blast,
for when I pulled up to make another
dive he was silent.
“Then something happened that
would make the goodest man on earth
cuss, and as I am not one of the best,
you can imagine that I left little un
said. My motor stopped absolutely
dead. There was only one thing for me
to do and that was to dive, lose the
Boche and try to volplane to the
French lines. As I went past the Ger
man machine it immediately came
down and, putting some nice steel very
close to him, I did all the acrobacy I
hud ever learned. When I had finished
1 found that I had come down from
10,000 to 1,000 feet and there was no
Boche in sight.
Alone in No Man’s Land.
“I then looked around for a place to
land. I saw a fairly good place off to
the right and made it. I then stepped
out of the machine —right on the face
of a dead German. It took me a min
ute to realize what was happening and
I awoke to the sound of bullets whiz
zing past my head. That didn't disturb
me much, because I was wondering
why somebody hadn’t bulled the Ger
man. Looking around, however, all I
could see was dead Germans. It sud
denly dawned on me that I was In No
Man’s Land. Os all the places there
are to land In France and Germany I
had to land between the two.
“Then I realized what a predicament
I was in and began to think up some !
way to get out of it. The thought came
to me that if I was nearer the German
lines than to the French, I had better (
get rid of those incendiary balls in my ;
pocket, for if the Germans catch you j
with them you are shot at once. I,
climbed back into my machine to the'
tune of bullets and took out a load of
over 300 cartridges, threw them on the
ground and then removed my compass
and altimeter.
“The first thing I struck was a grave,
unfinished, with two of the enemy in
it. I eased myself down into it, lifted
up one of the Germans and put the
cartridges beneath him. I started
walking back to my machine. As I
got near it the'Boche lines started
their mltrailleurs and rifles at me, and
the French, unaware that I was one of
them, also opened up. I had to walk
500 feet between the Hues and it was
no joke with all that fire concentrated
in my direction. One bullet passed so
close to my face that I really felt the
wind. I decided that I’d have to go to
one of the lines, enemy or friend, but
just then I heard a machine overhead.
I looked up and saw white puffs break
ing out all around it.
Signaled With Handkerchief.
“On the way the fire got so hot I
had to fall face down, and I didn't
move for, I guess, five minutes. There
being no good reason for my being
shot like a dog, I yanked out my hand
kerchief and waved it at the French
lines.
“They finally got it, after ten min
utes of waving, and I saw a French
officer beckoning me from a bit of
woods. If there ever has been a taster
50-yard sprint I never heard of it. I
ran so fast that I ran right into the
officer, and very nearly knocked his re
volver out of his hand. I showed him
my identification card and then started
cursing him for shooting at me. He
had been taking potshots at me out
there. He apologized, saying that he
could only see my head, because his
position was slightly lower than No
Man’s Land.
“They took me up to the divisional
general, and I reported that I had seen
more than 300 dead Germans and only
two Frenchmen, it made him ao happy
that be gave me a dinner, and compli
mented me for being a good soldier.“
BHO’S WHO i
IN SUMTER COUNTY!
HfIUHIE GAINING
111 81118 STATE
SATS MANAGER IN
I PIESSTITEH’T
ST«AW VOTE TAKEN AT MOIL-
TRIE SHOWS MORE VOTES TH AN
i ALL HIS OPPONENTS TOGETH-
1 ER HOWARD EFFECTUALLY
ELIMINATED AS EXPONENT OF
i PATRIOTIC ADMINISTRATION
; SUPPORTER.
‘ ATLANTA, August 24—Dr. L. S.
I
> Ledbetter, campaign manager for
Wm. J. Harris, candidate for United
States senator, today gave out the
following statement with reference
’ to the progress of the campaign.
“The situation from our viewpoint
is growing more satisfactory from
day to day and from week to week.
The statement which I made last
week to the effect that the people of
Georgia are settling upon Mr. Harris
as the loyal candidate to defeat Sen
ator Hardwick, is being borne out
more and more in the hundreds of
letters we are receiving from all
parts of the state. These letters show
that voters who had been undecided,
have now in the light of develop
ments, made up their minds to sup
port Mr. Harris and through him the
administration of President Wilson.
“Congressman Howard is practical
ly out of the race. His methods,
which are those of the clown and
' montebank, have helped toward his
elimination. His false statements,
disproven on every side, have acted
as a boomerang against him. He may
easily be dismissed.
"The real fight in Georgia, as we
have before pointed out. is between
loyalty on the one side as represented
in ihe person of Mr. Harris, and the
absence of lovalty as represented in
the candidacy of Senator Hardwick.
Mr. Hardwick's claim of loyalty is
repudiated by ’i< v - own record. The
people of Ge ?ia have made up their
minds that n o matter what happens
the defeat of ’hrdMxck, whose atti
t”dc has teen to C’ courage the I
ot Ueriiti who ,■ aiming for w>'ld
•!on in i raur. to accomplisn? 1
“Realizing this situation, the loyal
' people of Georgia are not. going to
let division in their ranks make pos
sible the election of the candidate
I
vhose record is distasteful to the ad
ministration and which has stood in
i the way of the. successful prosecu
tion of the war.
I "With a strength thhroughout the
! state which spells victory. Mr. Har
! ris’ campaign is growing in force and
| vigor every day. He spoke Thursday
] at Cordele to the largest crowd as-
I sembled 'in Crisp county for a politi-
I
J; cal meeting in the past several years.
1 He spoke Friday in Vienna and Una
:; d:i!a to large and appreciative andi-
I ences and was similarly well received
i' in Hawkinsville on Saturday.
"Everywhere Mr. Harris goes the
i
; people ate flocking to him as the
• representative of loyalty and service
and the candidate in whom there is
I the greatest hope for the well-being
i and sa.ety of our soldier boys across
the water. We a A confident of the
J victory which will be ours when the
■ ballots are counted on September 11.
I “In-iiiative of the way the situation
looks now is the following telegram
’ from Moultrie, like many we are re
. ceiving from other sections of the
state This telegram, dated August
[ I
J 23, says, “Straw vote in the city of
Moultrie this morning gives Harris
101. Hardiwck 57. Howard 30, Shaw.
2, Cooper L’ It is signed by S. P.
Turnbull.”
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NOTICE
Notice is hereby given that the Cen
tral of Georgia Railway has made ap
plication to the Railroad Commission
of Georgia for the authrity t dis
entinue parlpr cars on trains Nos. 5
and 13, and 14 and 6, between Macon
and Albany, Georgia. This applica
tion will be heard by the Railroad
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in the State Capitol, Atlanta, begin
ning at 10:00 A. M., August 27th,
1918.
All parties desiring to be heard in
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should communicate with this Com
mission on or before the date above
mentioned.
This notice is given in accordance
with the requirements of the Rail
road Commission of Georgia.
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY,
By H. D. Pollard. Gen. Mgr.
NOT THE ONLY ONE
There Are Other Americus People
Similarly Situated.
Can there be any stronger proof of
fered than the evidence of Americus
residents? After you havi read the
folloiwng quietly answer the question.
A. C. Alexander, prop, of grocery
712 Spring St., gave the following
statement March 18, 1910: “My back
caused me much suffering and I was
hardly able to perform my dutes. I
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FOR ONE-SCORE YEARS.
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The department'of ag’riculFure sug
gests to farmers a gas attack on bean
and pea weevils, which annually de
stroy millions of dollars’ worth of
valuable food and feed. Use carbon
disulphid. The weevil has not discov
ered the advantage of a gas mask.
Miss Mary Van Kleeck, director of
the women In industry service of the
department of labor, announces the
creation of a committee of experts.
The committee will visit various
centers where women have been drawn
into industries at work on war con
tracts. Hazards such as the use of
Industrial poisons will be Inquired into
with reference to their effect on the
health of the women employed, and
whether the effect Is so detrimental aa
to justify an order prohibiting such
employment.
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lect© r. Labor being so scarce,
it is necessary for me to use
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store, and I cannot spare a
man for street collecting. Here
after, therefore, all bills will be.
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WHO’S WHO
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TELEPHONE 234
VOLNEY WILLIAMS
FOR
Railroad Commissioner
I hereby announce myself as a
candidate for Railroad Commis
sioner, to succeed Hon. George Hill
yer, who is not a candidate for re
election, subject to the State Dem
ocratic Primary to be held in Sep
tember. The consideration of the
voters of the state is most respect
fully requested.
VOIaNEY WILLIAMS.
Waycross, Ga.
The Tifton Gazette says: “Volney
Williams is a candidate for Rail
road Commissioner. If elected he
will make a splendid official. For
16 years he has edited the Way
cross Journal-Herald, and has ever
been active in movements for the
best interest of the state. He comes
from one of the greatest railroad
centers of the state, and from a sec
tion that has no representation on
the Commission He was a member of the State Democratic Bhtao
utive Committee in 1910-11, and at present is a member of the Georgia
Legislature. No better material could be found.”
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