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FIVE BILLION TO
BE LOANED ALLIES
Loan of $3,000,000,000 which
U. S. Advanced to Allies
About Exhausted.
Special Service to Monitor.
Washington.—Unless the unforeseei
develops, congress probably will be
asked to authorize another gigantic
loan to the allies. The present au
thorization of three billion dollars will
be exhausted within from three to four
months, at the rate at which the gov
ernment Is lending money to entente
governments.
Indications are that the amount of
the second authorization will be no less
than the first, and may go as high as
five billion dollars.
There is every reason to believe
that the administration’s policy of
financing the allied governments for
purchases they make in this country
will be continued during the period of
the war, and that the vast sums to be
loaned them in the future will be
loaned as in the past at the same
rate of interest the American govern
ment will have to pay for the money
and on the security of entente gov
ernment bonds to be deposited in the
treasury.
Total credits to the allies probably
will approximate one billion five hun
dred million dollars by July 25, three
months after the signing of the war
finance bill under which authority for
the loan was given by congress.
During the first three months the
rate of lending has been approximate
ly five hundred million dollars a
month. Extended, it would mean an
annual loan of six billion dollars
abroad, all the funds, of course, being
spent in this country for foodstuffs,
munitions and other supplies. Esti
mated costs to the American govern
ment for its military and naval estab
lishments during the first year of war
were placed at approximately four bil
lion dollars, soon after war was de
clared.
Tarry town.
Special correspondence.
Mr. W. B. Cadle and sons, Far
ris and Reese, left Tuesday for
Washington, Baltimore and New
York.
Miss Gertrude Calhoun of So
perton was a week-end visitor to
the Misses Ferrell.
Messrs. M. E. Burns, D. F.
Warnock and Hilliry S. Calhoun
returned from a fifteen day’s trip
to White Springs, Fla., last week.
Mr. Lonnie Fields and Miss
Lillie Calhoun married Sunday
afternoon. They are at home at
Mr. J. J. Calhoun’s near here.
We wish them a long and happy
life.
Protracted services began at
the Baptist church Saturday last.
The pastor is being ably assisted
by Rev. Thrasher of College Park
and Rev. L. B. Claxton of Bar
tow. We hope much good w. 1
result.
I
Misses Francis and Lillian
Beatty visited Miss Bennie Wil
liamson at Soperton Monday.
Mr. Dock Davis of Orland was
the dinner guest of Mr. W. B.
Cadle Sunday.
Mr. D. E. Hollimon was a busi
ness visitor to Dublin Monday.
A new ginnery is being erected
in town by Mr. F. C. Calhoun.
Miss Sarah J. Wheeler return
ed to her home at Eight Monday.
She had been visitingat the home
of Mrs. A. L. Wheeler.
Mrs. M. E. Burns, who has
been real sick, is improving.
Mr. Colan Thigpen came down
from Chattanooga Sunday for a
few days visit.
Church Notice.
On account of the revival
meeting in progress at the Pre
byterian church in Vidalia this
week, Rev. D. A. McNeill will
not preach at the Presbyterian
church in Mt. Vernon Friday
night as previously announced.
He will fill his appointment here
at 11:00 o’clock on Sunday, and
at Hack Branch at 4:00 p. m. but
will not preach at night, return
ing for the evening service at
Vidalia. Communion will be
conducted here and at Hack
Branch as announced. i
Negro Has Legs
Pulled Off Body.
Savannah, Ga., July 16.—Jesse
Greene, a negro, employed at the
Rouke Iron Works, was seriously
and perhaps fatally injured this
morning about 11 o’clock, when
both his legs were pulled from
his body, when they were caught
in a line shaft while he was at
work.
His legs were pulled from his
body just below his knees and he
was immediately rushed to the
Charity Hospital, where he will
undergo an operation this after
noon were to the effect the negro
was resting easily. His condition
is considered very serious. The
authorities at the hospital were
unable to state whether or not
the injuries would prove fatal.
Wm. Thaw Drops
Bth German Flyer.
Paris, July 16. —Lieutenant
Wm. Thaw, of Pittsburg, a mem
ber of the French air corps, has
shot down his eighth German
aeroplane, killing both the pilot
and observer. Word to this ef
fect was received from the front
today. Andrew C. Campbell, of
Chicago, is cited in orders for his
feat of bringing his airplane
down safely after a part of his
machine had been shot away.
WAR DEPARTMENT
WANTS WORKERS
Calls for Men Who Can
Aid in Many Lines
of Endeavor.
Atlanta, Ga., July 16.—The
War Department Friday an- ■
nounced that it wanted 297 ser- !
geants for the Quartermaster En- j
listed Reserve Corps and a num- 1
her of other non-commissioned of-:
fleers. Besides these a number
of first-class privates are desired.
A first-class sergeant receives
ssl monthly, ordinary sergeants
$44, corporals $36, first-class pri-,
vate $33, cooks $42. In case of i
foreign service an additional 20 1
per cent is added to the pay.
The department wants six first
class sergeants to act as wagon
masters; 18 sergeants to act as
assistant wagonmasters; 36 ser
geants as horse-shoers; 28 ser
geants as farriers; 18 sergeants
as saddlers; 6 sergeant mechanics;
160 sergeant chauffeurs; 24 ser
geant bakers; 1 first-class ser
geant baker; 36 corporals for as
sistant wagonmasters; 33 cooks,
580 first-class privates to act as
teamsters; 20 corporals for bak
ers; 14 first-class privates for
bakers' assistants.
No application of those who i
are married or who have de- j
pendents will be considered. The
age limits are 21 to 45. The en-,
listment is for the war only.
Posse and Tigers
in Running Duel.
Albany, Ga., July 16 —When
four white men in a car which
Sheriff Coxwell, of Lee county,
and two deputies were pursuing,
opened fire on the officers in the
outskirts of Smithville, two bul
let holes were made in the officers’
car. The fire was vigorously re
turned with results not yet defi
nitely known.
The offices had just seized sev- 1
eral suit cases filled with whiskey,
which were put off a through
train from Jacksonville, being
placed in a Ford car. The car
was seized and the negro driver
was placed under arrest. It was
afterward that the running duel
occured. The four white men
who are supposed to have had
the liquor in charge were in a
large touring car. A number of
shots were fired during the chase,
during a part of which the cars
, were not far apart.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JULY 19. 1917.
Education Shoud Not
Be Retarded By War
President Smith Makes Strong Plea and
Cites High Authority Against Let
UP in Education and Preparedness.
It is doubtless the feeling of some parents that the unsettled
conditions incident to the war make it impossible for them to enter
their sons and daughters in school this fall. Many of the young
people themseives are under the impression that, as patriots, they
cannot longer afford to continue their education, believing they
should respond immediately to the call of industrial, army, navy,
hospital or Red Cross work. But the actual conditions and needs of
our country are such as will create an unprecedented demand for
trained men and women. For guidance, therefore, of all interested
in the national welfare and in the cause of education, the Brewton
j Parker Institute wishes to call attention the view set forth by Dr.
!P. P. Claxton, United States Commissioner of Education. Dr.
Claxton says in part:
“Many teachers have appealed to the Commissioner of Educa
tion for advice as to what policy should be pursued by the schools j
during the war. After careful consultation, I have prepared the brief j
statement transmitted herewith for publication. This staementem- i
bodies, I believe, the consensus of opinion, and is at the same time
fully in harmony with the policy of the administration at Washington.
“It is of the utmost importance that during the war and through
the years immediately following there shall be no lowering in the
efficiency of our systems of education. Our schools must be main
tained at whatever necessary cost.
“If the war should be long and severe, there will be great need
in its later days for many young men and women of knowledge,
training and skill; it may then be much more difficult than it is now
to support our schools, to spare our children and youth from other
service and to permit them to attend school.
“When the war is over, whether within a few months or after
many years, there will be such demands upon this country for men
and women of knowledge, techinal skill, and of general culture as
‘ have never before come to any country. The world must be rebuilt.
This country must play a far more important part than it has in the
past. We should have trained men and women able and ready to
render every possible assistance.
“The age of the selective draft is from 21 to 30. Therefore a
right conception of patriotism should induce all students who can
not render some immediate service of great value to remain in
school, concentrate their energies on their school work; and thus be
all the more ready and fit when their services may be needed either
for war or for the more important work of reconstruction and de
velopment in our own and other countries when the war shall have
ended. All the young men below the liability to selective draft and
those not recommended for special service should be urged to re
! main and take full advantages of the opportunities offered by our
schools and universities, to the end that they may be able to render
j the most effective service in the later days of the war and the times
•of need that will follow. The total number of students in the
i schools should be increased rather than diminished. All students'
! should be made to understand that it is their duty to give to their
! country and to the world the best and fullest possible measure of
| service, and that both will need more than they will get of that
high type of service which only men and women of the best educa
; tion and training can give. Patriotism and the desire to serve hu
manity may require of these young men and women the exercise of
i that very high type of self-restraint that will keep them to their
i tasks of preparation until the time comes when they can render
i service which cannot be rendered by others.
“The desire to render immediate service is praise-worthy, and
, the spirit which prompts it should be fostered, but it is effective
service that finally counts. Schools and school officers, teachers and
students should ever keep this goal of effective service in mind.”
Major Wood offers similar advice, and says, “Let us permit the
war to interfere as little as possible with our even tenor. Let us
couduct our business as usual; let us have education as usual.”
It is hoped that these statements from Dr. Claxton and Gen.
Wood will emphasize this unusual and patriotic demand that young
men and young women be encouraged in their school work.
Particularly do I wish to call the attention of these statements
to the patrons and friends of the Brewton-Parker Institute. This
is an opportune time to send your boys and girls to the Brewton-
Parker Institute. Make sure that you prepare your boys and girls
for the unprecedented opportunities that are to follow the war. It
is a patriotic duty—even more, it is a duty, which, if performed
will make for the betterment of every nation; for, other nations
will look to America for help.
Farmers throughout this section, with good crop prospects and ;
the high prices that are to be paid for all farm products, will be in
fine shape to send their boys and girls to school. The Brewton-
I Parker Institute is here to serve you, and she welcomes your sons}
and daughters. While the expenses have advanced, they are not
!at all in keeping wdth the advance of farm products and other sup
plies. Last year 1 thought that fifteen cent cotton was a great in- i
' centive to get parents to send their children to school, but now it is
twenty-five and thirty cent cotton. Corn is two dollars per bushel,
and long staple cotton is seventy cents per pound! Can we not
hope that Brewton-Parker Institute will be running over next fall
with bright boys and girls that wish to prepare for effective service?,
Moultrie Man Shot
Friday May Recovar.
Moultrie, Ga., Jniy 16.—Harry
jN. Davis, the young Moultrie
man who was shot and believed
to have been mortally wounded
by J. S. Hall, a farmer, shortly
after midnight Friday night, has
a chance to recover, his physicians
announced tonight.
Davis, who was able briefly to
discuss the case this afternoon,
stated that Hall was fully dressed
when he appeared armed with a
shotgun, in response to his knock
on the door with a view of rous
ing some member of the houshold
for the purpose of borrowing a
pair of pliers to use in fixing a
puncture. Hall, in a statement
giving his version of the shooting,
yesterday said that he jumped
out of lied and rushed immediate
ly to the door, firing both shots
before he had fully awakened.
. Hall is still in jail.
Harris May be Named
General of Regulars.
Macon, Ga., July 16.—1 t is gen
erally understood here that the
name of Brigadier General Walter
A. Harris, of the Georgia nation
al guard, will be sent to the sen
ate within a few days by Presi
dent Wilson, for confirmation of
appointment as brigadier general
in the regular army. The presi
dent has authority to appoint of
ficers up to and including colonel,
but those of higher grade must be
affiirmed by the senate before be
coming effective.
General Harris’ friends are con
fident that he will not meet with j
opposition because of his ability
as a military officer and the splen
did record he made with the
Georgia troops on the Texas bor
der. He is held in high esteem :
by the entire Georgia brigade. |
Harris To Address
1
Editors of Georgia.
’ Washington, D. C., July 16.
jWm. J. Harris, chairman of the
'Federal Trade Commision, left
Washington this afternoon for
Atlanta, where he will spend to
morrow and part of Monday at
the Hotel Ansley.
Mr. Harris goes to deliver an
address to the Georgia editors’
convention in Thomasville. It is
j said he carries a message from
: the President thanking the Geor
gia press for its warm support of
the administration.
Had Ford Car
Full of Liquor.
Waynesboro, Ga., July 16-
Sheriff Sam Story and his depu
ties arrested this morning Ed L.
Williamson and S. W. Fallau of
Augusta, with a Ford car of
whiskey, forty-two gallons, in
different sized tin cans and two
crocus sacks containing forty-nine
pints and thirteen quarts in bot
tles.
They were arrested near the
city limits while making repairs
on their car. A concealed pistol
and a partridge, killed in viola
tion of the game law, were other
charges against them, bond
was fixed in the sum of $2,500.
REGISTERED MEN SHOULD
STUDY EXEMPTION RULES
i Local Boards can only Ex
empt Physical Disability
or Dependents.
Special Service to Monitor.
Washington.—With drawing of lots
for the selective draft army awaiting
only completion of exemption machin
ery in a few scattered sections of (ho
country, officials here are anxious that
registrants take every opportunity be
tween now and the day of drawing
to inform themselves thoroughly re
garding exemption regulations so as
to reduce to a minimum the confu
sion to lie cleared up after designa
tions are made.
To this end attention was directed
to various sections of the regulations
over which questions have arisen, and
it is suggested that the local boards
and the press co-operate during the
short time remaining before lots are
drawn to insure that the registered
men know just how to perform their
part In the great task.
Ho that easier access may be had to
the lists of registration numbers in the
hands of local boards, Provost Mar
shal General Crowder telegraphed the
governors of all the states asking that
instead of posting the lists at the
board offices, they be placed “in some
safe, central office such as police
headquarters."
Making Airplanes Instead Os Zeppelins
Lausanne, Switzerland. —Germany
! has abandoned construction of Zeppe
| lins at the great factories at Frled
richsaven, and is now turning all es
I forts there to manufacturing airplanes.
Large numbers of these aircraft are
I produced weekly. Trial trips of the
planes are carried out over Lake Oon
! stance. Dispatches from William Phil
ip Simms, correspondent with the lirit-
Ish armies, have recently reported a
great general effort on the part of the
| Germans to regain supremacy of the
j air, with the appearance also of some
| new type of machines, Including trl- ]
planes.
To Start For Front By September
Washington Mobilization of the
National Guard for war service has
begun. While no orders for embarka
tion of state troops for France, wilt
be given until after August 5, when
the entire force will be formally
made a part of the TJnited States
army, there are indications that some
divisions will be regarded as ready to
board transports soon after that date.
The first clause of President Wilson's
proclamation providing for the feder
alization of the National Guard for the
war has become effective.
Squabble Delays Building Os Ships
Washington. The government’s!
merchant shipbuilding program has'
been halted by Major General Goe-!
tbals, manager of the shipping board's 1
fleet corporation, who has postponed !
j his plan to requisition all steel mer-
I chant ships under construction and to !
let contracts for building two govern- !
( ment- owned shipyards for producing j
fabricated steel ships. At General 1
I Goethals* office it was said the post- 1
ponement was due to a request, by j
Chairman Denrnan of the shipping
j board for a short delay.
S. S. CONVENTION
DANIELL ASSO’C’N
Will Be Held At Baptist
Church in Lyons
July 27-28-29.
Program of The Sunday School
Convention of The Daniell Asso
ciation to be held with The Lyons
Baptist Church, Friday, Saturday
and Sunday, July 27-28-29.
Friday Morning.
10:00 o’clock—Song and prayer
service.
10:30 o’clock—Organize.
11:00 o’clock —The business of the
church—G. W. Andrews.
Friday Afternoon.
2:30 o’clock—Song and prayer
service.
3:00 o’clock—Our standards and
how to reach them—G. W.
Andrews.
4:00 o’clock—Open discussion.
4:30 o’clock—Business.
Friday Night.
7:45 o'clock—Song and prayer
service.
8:15 o’clock—Grading, the why
and how—G. W. Andrews.
Saturday Morning.
10:00 o’clock—Song and prayer
service.
10:30 o’clock—Open discussion on
business.
11:00 o’clock —The trained teach
er—G. W. Andrews
Saturday Afternoon.
2:30 o’clock—Song and prayer
service.
3:00 o’clock—A study of the Sun
day School by departments—G.
W. Andrews.
4:00 o’clock—Open discussion.
4:30 o’clock - Business.
Saturday Night.
7:45 o’clock—Song and prayer
service.
8:15 o’clock—lmportance of child
training—T. J. Ainsworth.
Sunday Morning.
10:00 o’clock- Sunday School.
11:00 o’clock—Sermon —H. W.
Williams, 1). I).
The above program may be
changed at any time during the
convention whenever, and what
ever respect, the wisdom of the
brethren dictates such a change.
You will notice that Bro. An
drews will be with us only
through Saturday afternoon. I
deem his lectures of the greatest
importance to the Sunday School
interest of our association. If
you cannot stay longer he sure to
be present Friday and Saturday
to hear him.
I would consider it a great fav
or if those who expect to attend
will furnish me their names
as early as possible, so I can have
your home arranged for before
you get here. If you cannot be
sure of coming till two days be
fore, send in your name then. It
would he a great disappoint
ment to make preparations for
great numbers of people who do
not come; it would he embarrass
ing not to make sufficient arrange
; ment for those who do come.
Without the names it is all a “leap
in the dark”. Drop me a card,
and Bay: “I’ll be there”, if it is
only one day before the meeting.
Fraternally yours,
J. D. Kahun, Pastor.
Woman Kills Monster
Crane in Chattooga.
Lyerly, Ga., July 17.—A mon
ster crane, very uncommon in the
bounds of Chattooga, measuring
nearly five feet from tip to tip of
its wings, met its fate when it
chose Godwin’s fish pond for its
feeding place. Mrs. Godwin, see
ing the huge bird lazily wading
! through the waters of the lake
| spying on the finny tribe, secured
from the rack her husband’s
double-barreled shotgun and one
shot was sufficient to put an end
to the crane’s career. Mrs. God
! win took delight in exhibiting
the big bird and the fact that she
used a big gun to slay it with
made the story all the more inter
jesting.
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