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DAILY
CITY
EDITION
(ORTIETH YE AB
ALLIES FORCED
TEUTONS BACK
ONDISEFRONT
ANO PRESS OK
FRENCH TROOPS HAVE ADVANC-
ED SEVEN MILES AND ARE NOW
FIGHTING ON CROSSING OF THE
CANAL DUNORD IN REGIO
ABOUT NOYON.—BRITISH HAVE
MOVED FORWARD
NEW YORK, August 28.—Compil
ed from news dispatches during the
dav ) Having forced the Germane to
retreat between the Somme and the
Oise, the allied forces are pressing
the advantage gained and continue
their advance eastward. Further
enemy retirements between Rheims
and Arras are not unexpected in al
lied capitals.
French troops, after an advance of
nearly seven miles on aj front of
nineteen miles, are fighting for the
crossings of the canal Du Nord in
the region of north of Noyon which
gradually is being encircled. Brit
ish forces have moved east to with-/
in three miles of the Somme south
wher e it bends at Peronne, and are
driving the enemy back to the river
crossings at Peronne and Brie.
From the Somme to north of Ba
paume, the British pressure continues
vigorously and has resulted in an ad
vance more than a mile on a front
of more than five miles in the region
of Curlu and northward. Bapaume
si ill holds out but the British are
push.ug well east of that point on the
n irtfi.
Southeast of Arras where the Brit
ish have crossed the Hindenburg line
they are east of Boiry-Notterdam
about three miles east of Monchy-Le-
Preux and threatening seriously the
Queant-Drocourt support line. North
of the Scarpe German counter attacks
seemingly have held up the advance
astride the Arras Douai highroad
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN THE FIELD —Noyon was occupied
this morning by the troops of General
Humbert, General Mangin’s men cros
sing the Oise river and took Morlin
court.
LONDON, August 29.—German
counter attacks east and southeast of
Vis En Artois east of Boiry, and in the
vicinity of Gavrelle, villages to the
east of Arras, hav e been repulsed, ac
cording to the official statement issu
ed by the war office today.
South of the Somme British forces
are keeping up their pressure against
the enemy and are advancing east
ward. Since August 21, the British
have taken 26,000 prisoners and 100
guns.
GEORGIANS ON
CASUALTY LIST
wa&hington, d. c., August 29.--
The iolov.ing names have been ad
ded to the casualty lists by the latest
reports from overseas:
Killed in action—Lieutenant W. B.
Sewell Tennille.
Died of wounds —Lieutenant M tr
ee.* M F‘ - ’* .ps, Acworth.
Wounded Severely—Allen V. Clark
Augusta: James T. Shaw, Jefferson;
Ernest T. McGuire, Cairo.
Wounded. (Degree Undetermined -
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AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDEk
♦ "LIVEST LITTLE DAILY IN GEORGIA."
HIMES OF NEGROES
WHO Will GO ID
GIMP GORDON 10
M o£somi
SEVENTY-ONE WILL CONSTITUTE
QUOTA FROM SUMTER COI N!
i.N NEXT NUMBER TO BE SENT
FROM HERE—WILL LEAVE V»
CENTRAL RAILWAY EARLY IN
Announcement was authorized this
afternoon that seventy-one negro se
lectmen will be sent from Sumter
county, Sunday, September Ist, to be
gin military training* at Camp Gor
don. The men are all taken from
Class One, and few of those named
are agricultural workers. The party
will leave here at 6:40 Sunday morn
ing via the Central of Georgia rail
way, and those w ho will go will
selected from the following;
Wm. L. Thompson. Eddie P. Wig
gins, Will Dean, Kit Robinson, Jr..
James Mauts. Walter King. Arthur
Clements, Will Walters, Eldan Cham
bliss, John Cooper, Chas. Maye, Shep
pard Burns, Dewitt Ingraham, Ru
dolph Woods, Willie H. Moore, Ar
thur Jones, Seaborn Bagley Raymond
Franklin, Ed. Walker,Jno Block. Jas
per Cato, Dudley Williams, Josh
Barms, Will Wilson, Jim Merritt, Al
bert Williams, Walter Gaines, Caesar
Gainor, Howard Walker, Will Felton.
Dan Collier, Richard Mathis Richard
Baisden. Henry Bcouer, Joe Davis Ed
wards, Eddi e Free, Eustace Stevens,
Jr., John Codight, Elijah Borley,
Ruhen Harris, Arthur W. Nunley.
Willie Lev P rd, Robt. Martin, Henry
Fianklin, Robert Black, Edgar Eld
ridge. Burton Burnett, Frank Guerry.
Lewis Floyd, Will Ross, Sherman
Holland, Early Ellis, Homer C. Hill,
Mathis >?pencer, Tom Allen Joshua
P.rannon, Hijab Hays Roy Gatewocd.
Robt Bill. Luther Dowdell, Robt.
Wood. Charlie Callow. Frank Wade,
Willie Cook, Arthur Battle, Windsor
Crawford, Jimmie McGarrah, Jno. W.
Williams, Eugene Scott, Ned Smith.
Jim Carson, Henry Butler, Willie
Bradley, James Boone, Cooper Dow
dell, Russelj Jackson, Lonnie Lam
bert, Tracy Jenkins, Mack Manuel,
Walter Rogers, Callie Little, Ed. But
ler, Fred Williams. Idus Perry,
Thornton Moss, Jno A. Aiken. Will
Roberson, Monroe Hill, Sam Moore,
Judson Roberts, Sam Gibson, Matthew
Fuse.
BARNEY BRADLEY IN
HOSPITAL IN FRANCE
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bradley, of De-
Soto, have just received a letter from
their son. B.L. Bradley, who is "Some
where in France." saying he was in
the hospital, having been shocked by
a shell. He said he was doing nice
ly and would soon be all right again.
The young man has been in France
only about two months. The news
was a great shock and surprise to
his parents, as it was not known he
was fighting. However they hope it
was nothing serious and he will soon
be himself again. He did not know
whether any- of his company was
killed or not, but surely hoped they
were saved and uninjured.
J ilian M Ashley, Valdosta; Heory
Hutts. Hr?, on
In Hands of Enemy—Royal S.
Ctekeiy, Crawford.
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AMERICUS. GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AUGUST 29, 1918
“ANGEL OF MERCY”
kA aranNte*;
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Vi
This British I Official Photograph
depicts most strikingly the part the
’.ted Crosg Nurse is taking in the
great conflict that is now rasing. No ! e
NEXT SATURDAY
REDEMPTION ON!
EBB Mil SADIES
ILL SHOULD HELP
HOLLIS FORT, (HAIRMAN FOR
SUMTER COUNTY ASKS THAT
ALL WHO CAN REDEEM THEIR
PLEDGES LN FILL AUGUST
THIKTY-FIRST VICTORY WEEK
SEPT 16.20.
Saturday, August 31, is Pledge Re
demption Day for the thrift and war
savings stamps; And everybody in
the stale is urged to observe the dav
properly by investing as heavily’ as
possible in the government stamps.
Hollis Fort, chairman of the War
Savings Committee for Sumter coun
ty. calls upon all here to let President
Wilson know how the people of Geor
gia feel about winning and finishing
this war by the prompt and generous
manner in which they invest in war
savings st|mp. At the same time we
can let the kaiser know just as em
phatically. says Mr. Richardson, just
how Georgia feels about the war also
September 16-21 has been designed
as War Savings Stamps Victory
Week, and that is the time to pull
Georgia up from second to lajst in the
list of states who are saving - by the
stamp method to somehing nearer
first place.
NEGRO DESERTERS
HELD BY POLICE
Noah Corbett, of Danville, Va., and
Louis Alexander, of Milton, Fla., both
negroes, are held at the police bar
racks on charges of desertion. They
were arrested here yesterday, and on
being taken before Dr. D. B Mayes
for physical examination, were pro
nounced unfit for military
They are being held, however, and
will not be released until the military
authorities in their respective homes
are heard from,
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the gas mask that the wounded man
carries before him in readiness for
any gas attack, ic) Underwood &
1 'iderwood.
BIG DAY WILL
BE STAGED IN
ANIERIGDS Bl
GMMINSTS
DATE NOT READY FOR ANNOUNCE-
MENT, BUT ARRANGEMENTS
ARE BEING MADE FOR THE
HIGHEST CELEBRATION EVER
HELD HERE—MAJOR WASH
WILL SEND MEN AND FLYERS
WILL PERFORM.
The Labor Day celebration planned
for Americus will not be held, and
instead there will be grand gala day
staged a little later in the month,
with the Souther Field Minstrel trop
participating, and trick flyers adding
to the gayety of the gathering.
W. E. Barnett and Dr. J. R. Sta»
ham. representing A. S, uutts camp
of Sons of Veterans, visited Souther
Field this morning, where they ocn
ferred with Major Wash concerning
the, proposed celebration. Major Wash
expressed himself as thoroughly
accord with the proposal to hold a
big gathering here, for the benefit
of the old Confederates, and promis
ed the committee he would aid in ev
ery way possible.
The consent of those in charge of
tlie Souther Field Minstrel trop has
already been secured for that or
ganization to give a performance in
Americus on the night of the cele
bration and in addition there will be
a big street dance for all who care
to enjoy such festivities. During the
afternoon. Major Wash has promised
to entertain the crowds with sime
very daring flying, and there will be
other features as well One of these,
it is said, will be a daring leap from
an airplane travelling a hundred miles
an hourln a parachute. The leap will
be made while the airship is several
miles high and will be most thrilling
in all its details.*
The committee is now in conference
with business men a»d city officials
regarding a suitable date tor the oc-
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BAKERS Mil USE
MDBEWHHTFLOUR
IN BREAD AFTER
SEPTEMBER FIRST
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT FIFTY-
FUTY RULE IS TO BE SUPER
CEDED BY THAT REQUIRING
EIGHT-TWENTY WILL BE RE
ceived with interest here.
—OTHER RULES ANNOUNCED.
Franc Mangum, food administrator
for Sumter county announces today
that effective September Ist new reg
ulations will apply to bakeries here,
the following alterations in the bak
ing regulations being announced.
In compliance with the general reg
ulations, the following alterations in
the baking regulations are announc
ed :
"Rule 1-A, which provides that the
consumption of wheat flour shall not
b e more than 70 per cent of the con
sumption of 1917, is hereby rescind
ed.
‘ Rule 2-A. covering wheat flour
/substitutes by bakers, remains in
force, except as to rye flour, * which
will be considered as a substitute on
the basis of 40 per cent, which equals
two .pounds of rye to three pounds of
wheat flour. Where rye is used on
this basis no other substitute is re
quired, but where ,ess proportion of
rye is* used, the difference in the per
centage must be made up with other
substitutes.
“Rule 6-A is amended to read so
as to require bakers to use one pound
cf substitutes for each four pounds of
standard wheat flour in all bakery
products, including breatf.
■ Previous rules, limiting millers
wholesalers, retailers, etc., to a 30-
days’ supply is hereby amended so sa
to permit a 60-days’ supply.
, '1 he regulation limiting individual
sales to city or to customers to 24
t. -unds and rural customers to 48
pounds, is hereby rescinded.
“The regulation limiting sales by
millers to wholesalers, or by whole
salers to retailers, so as to require
tile I urchase of equal weight substi
tutes or the surrender of certificates,
a id the further rule restricting to a
basis of 70 per ceftof 1917, is hereby
rescinded.
“The rule prohibiting the starting
up of plants which were ready for
operation on July 1, 1918, but not yet
operated at that time, is hereby re
scinded.
“Millers selling directly to consu
mers shall be governed strictly by
all rules and regulations governing
retail dealers.”
Announcement is made by the Fed
eral food administration office that all
of the foregoing amendments and
modifications in the flour regulations
are effective on and after Septemb
1, 1918, and publication is to be a
cepted as official notice.
All who ar e affected by the changes
announced are asked to preserve these
regulations as they will not be pub
lished again.
casion, when it will be necessary to
close one block in the business dis
trict to traffic It has been suggested
that Saturday. September 14th. will
be the most suitable date, and it is
altogether probable that this date
will be agreed upon and announced in
tomorrow’s issue of The Times-Re
co r der.
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•WE SUGAR '
B TOR THE
MAN
VHO MIW
NEW RULES FOB
SALE OF WHEAT
FLOUR IDE SN-
NOlira TODAY
FRANC MANGUM, FOOD ADMINIS
TRATOR HERE SAYS NO MORE
< ARDS WILL BE ISSUED FAR
MERS WHO BUY FLOUR AFTER
SEPTEMBER VICTORY MIXED
FLOUR TO BE MARKETED.
Franc Mangum, food administrator
for Sumter county has received in
str actions to enforce a complete re
vision of the food administration
rules governing the sale and con
sumption of wheat and wheat pro
ducts, which have been In effect for
several months. .
The most important changes are the
abolishment of the flour card permit
system for farmers; revision of the
50-50 ruling on the sale of flour, and
to confine flour substitutes solely to
rye flour, barley flour and com
flour Baking regulations are com
pletely changed, permission being
given to use 80 per cent wheat *Nour
and 20 per cent substitutes in wheat
flour, instead of 50-50, as has Been
the requirement.
The order provides that corn meal
shall be bought separately from the
offset substitutes in the purchase of
standard wheat flour.
Plans to place on the market *
ready-mixed flour on the basis of
80-20 huve been announced by the
administration. This would allow re
tailers to make straight sales without
the combination of substitutes. This
flour is to be labelled “Victory Mixed
Flour," and is to have its ingredients
fully set forth on the outside cover.
Dr. Soule's order requires that all
flour mixtures, except pancake flour,
shall be prepared on the following
basis:
Wheat and barley; 4 pounds of
standard wheat flour to 1 pounds of
barley flour.
Wheat and corn; 4 pounds of stand
ard wheal flour to 1 pound of corn
ficur
Wheat, barley and corn; 8 pounds
of wheat flour, one pound of barley
flour. 3 pound of corn fl° ur -
Wheat and rye; 3 pounds of wheat
flour, 2 pounds of rye flour.
The order further provides: “Whole
wheat, entire wheat or graham flour
must contain 95 per cent of the wheat
bei ry and may be sold without sub*
salutes. Ah of the foregoing “vic
tot y” mixed flours may be sold with
out substitutes, but at no greater
price than in cases of standard wheat
flour.
“Retail dealers selling standard
wheat flour will be required to carry
in stock barley flour and corn flour,
and with every sale of straight stand
ard wheat flour must sell In combi
nation some one or more of these
substitutes on th e basis of one pound
of standard wheat flour, and it i»
distinctly provided that no dealer may
force any purchaser to take any other
substitute, and all substitutes han
dled by the retail trade must con
form to the standard fixed by the
United States administration
“Pure rye flour may be sold as a
substitute, but must be sold on the
basis of two pounds of rye flour for
each three pounds of wheat flour.
“The foregoing regulations apply to
all customs and exchange transac
tions as well as to sales of flour to
farmers.”
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