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VOL. XXXIII.
OVER 700,000 MEN
NOW IN FRANCE
Autoritative Figures Given
in Statement Secretary
Baker.
Special aervice to Montgomery Monitor.
Washington.—More than seven hun
dred thousand American soldiers have
gone overseas to carry France the en
couragement and assistance which La-
Fayette and Rochambeau brouhgt to
America, Secretary Baker told the
French Alpine Chasseurs in bidding
them farewell here at the base of the
Washington monument.
The war secretary’s last announce- |
ment some weeks ago concerning the j
size of the American forces abroad !
was that live hundred thousand men
had sailed for the battle front.
The Alpine Chasseurs, better known
as the “Blue Devils," came to Amer
ica lust month to assist in the third
Liberty Loan campaign, and since'
have toured the South and middle
West. They were reviewed and re
ceived by the secretary of war be
fore leaving for Baltimore, Newark,
New York and Boston en route back
to their native land. Attending the
exercises were M. Jesserand, the
French ambassador, representatives of
the French high commission, Mr. Ba
ker’s staff and many government of
ficials.
“You soldiers of France,” said Mr.
Baker, in addressing the chasseurs,
“came to this country in order that
the people of America might see with
their own eyes in your persons the
kind of men who have written a new
page in the record of human heroism
and success. You are welcomed in
this country from one end of it to
the other. The hearts of our people
went out to you and to your people.
As the embodiment of the determina
tion, the courage and the heroism of
France you have been accepted and re
ceived. Nearly all of you, 1 am told,
are battle-scarred veterans. You are
members -of an army which has never
known defeat, and you are representa
tives of a peaple who would rather die
than not be free.
"You are going back to your own
country—still, thank God, your own—
and when you get there you will find
that the small beginning of our army
which you left there has grown into a
mighty manifestation. When you left
France the American army was there
in small representation, but now more
than 700,000 Americans have sailed
from yieir shores to carry back to
your army and your people the en
couragement and assistance which La-
Fayette and Rochambeau brought to
America in the early and struggling
days of American freedom.”
Brains of German Army.
Amsterdam, June 9.—The
“brains of the German army,”
according to The Lokal Anzeiger,
consists of seven German officers,
none of them of higher rank than
colonel, and four of them men
who have risen from the ranks
and belong to the “lower classes.”
“It is they,” says the newspa
per, “who are at Ludendorff’s
elbow and are in charge of the
western offensive. They are the
inner high command, being
Ludendorff’s personal and imme
diate war council. ”
Their names are given under
the caption, “Men of Action.”
They are: Colonel von Merz,
Lieutenant Colonel Wetzell, Lieu
tenant Colonel Bauer, Major
Frahnert, Major von Bockelberg,
Major von Harbou, Captain
Geyer.
It is hinted that Wetzell is chief
of the intelligence department.
“Lieutenant Colonel Bauer’s forte
is intuitive divination of Luden
dorff’s intentions,” says the
newspaper.
All of these seven men, it is
said, have come to the front since
the beginning of the present war.
They are characterized as “men
of untiring energy, drive and
capacity for quick decision.”
Massmeeting Called
for Third Monday.
A meeting of Montgomery
county Democrats will be held in
the court room during the noon
hour Monday, June 17, 1918, for
the purpose of electing a Demo
cratic Executive Committee to
have charge of the coming pri
mary. J. E. Hall,
Chm. M. C. Dem. Ex. Com.
June 11, 1918.
IN THE SERVICE OF AMERICA TO THE END: FOR VICTORY, FOR PEACE AND FOR WORLD-WIDE LIBERTY
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Longpond Dots.
Special Correspondence
Mrs. J. C. Adams and children
of Vidalia were the guests of
Mrs. H. H. McAllister last week.
i
Mr. L. N. Thompson of Savan
nah visited relatives here Sun
day and Monday.
Miss Thelma McAllister has
returned home after a weeks
visit to relatives in Vidalia.
Miss Minnie Wells, who has
been teaching at Hazlehurst, is
at home for the summer vacation.
Messrs. A. H. and Homer
Johnson were business visitors to
Savannah Thursday last.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Goff spent
last week-end with relatives in
Charlotte.
Mr. H. H. McAllister was a
visitor to Savannah last Thurs
day.
The many friends of Miss
Annie Johnson, who has been
attending school at Athens, are
glad to see her* home for the
summer.
JUDGE U. V. WHIPPLE
TO SPEAK MONDAY
Comes Here in the Interest
of Candidacy Hon. W.
J. Harris.
Judge U. V. W’hipple of Cor
dele w ill visit Montgomery county
on Monday, June 17th, and will
speak at the court house at the
noon hour in the interest of Hon.
W. J. Harris, candidate for the
United States Senate to succeed
Mr. Hardwick.
Jude Whipple comes at the in
vitation of a large number of
Harris supporters, and will be
heard with interest. He is one
of the most forceful speakers in
South Georgia. His address will
probably be made during the noon
hour of court, and the entire pub
lic is invited to hear him.
Mr. Harris will probably visit
this county later, but in the visit
of Judge Whipple will have of
ficially opened his campaign in
this county, which friends of Mr.
Harris already claim for him.
Normal Cotton Crop
Account Labor Conditions.
Information which comes to
the state department of agricul
ture indicates that Georgia will
make no more than a normal
yield of cotton this year, despite
a slight increase in the aereage
planted. This is accounted for
most largely by the labor short
age, the result of which will be
that many crops will be unculti
vated, and in a few cases, prob
ably, will they receive even ordi
nary attention. There are con
ditions which cannot now be
remedied, the department con
siders, will reduce Georgia’s
yield to a normal one or even
less, notwithstanding the small
acreage increase recorded.!
Four Men Volunteer
for Service at Tech.
Montgomery county has four
volunteers for the special training
offered by the government under
the call announced last week.
They are Messrs. H. G. Mc-
Bride, H. K. Carpenter, W. A.
Hughes and S. H. O’Neal. If
accepted, these men will leave
tomorrow for Georgia Tech.
Montgomery county quota for
the next draft, scheduled for
about twelve days, is 40 whites
and 7 colored.
j
Remember that National War
Savings Day is June 28. Pledge
yourself on or before that day j
to save to the utmost of your :
ability and buy War Savings
Stamps that there may be more i
money, labor and materials to
back up those who fight and die
■ for you.
MT. VERNON, GEORGIA. THURSDAY. JUNE 13, 1918.
PLANS FOR NATIONAL
WAR SAVINGS DAY
WILL HOLD EXERCISES AT EVERY SCHOOL
HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 28
TO RECEIVE PLEDGES TO RAISE AMOUNT
NEEDED FOR GOVERNMENT’S WAR USE.—-
ORGANIZATION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
To the Loyal and Patriotic Citi
izens of Montgomery County:
I wish to call the atteution of
the entire citizenship—both white
and colored —to the proclamation
of the President, making June
28, next, National War Savings
Day, over the entire United
States. This movement is timely
and in keeping with the spirit and
characteristics of the American
people. When a thing is good
and needs to be done, do it by
making a clean job of it.
It is the purpose of the Nation
al War Savings Committee to hold
a massmeeting of the people in
every community in the United
States, using the school district
as the unit and the school house
in that district as the place of
meeting, for the people to assem
| ble at the appointed hour. It is
! expected that the entire amount,
1 two billion dollars, will be pledged
at this hour. It is not expected
; that the whole amount of War
Savings Stamps will be actually
be bought at this time, but each
individual will be expected to
pledge himself or herself to buy j
a sufficient amount to make the
uuota allotted to their school dis
trict by Jan. 1, 1919.
In order to carry out the plans
of the National War Savings Com-'
mittee, acting under theSecre-!
tary of the Treasury, a most'
comprehensive and complete or
ganization is mapped out for
each county. I give below the j
complete organization for Mont-1
gomery county. The county is to j
be divided in two as nearly equal
parts as the militia districts will
permit. The northern division
will consist of Orland, Lothair,
Soperton, Tarrytown and Tiger.
The southern division will consist!
of Longpond, Mt. Vernon. Ailey, j
Higgston and Kibbee. For the |
northern division there will be a |
lady vice-chairman to he assisted j
by a gentleman vice-chairman. j
In the southern division a gentle- j
man vice-chairman to be assisted
by a ladv vice-chairman. Each
militia district has a chairman, i
Each school district a supervisor
to be assisted by a committee, as
many as needed.
Beginning with the county
chairman on down to the school
district each official has a specific
duty to perform. The success of
the campaign will depend in a
great measure upon the faithful
discharge of this duty. In the;
name of our common country, !
and the great cause in which we!
are all so vitally concerned, I
therefore cail upon each individ-j
ual to give to the Government!
for the time being the very best(
service of which he, or she is
capable. In behalf of the various
committees I ask of the public its
sympathy and hearty co opera
tion. The members of the com
mittees are giving their time to
this work. Not a one is being
paid a cent. It is all for love of
country, and to help our hoys
who are giving their lives for
their country. When you are
asked to do a thing by a member
of the committee, do it quickly
and gladly. We are going to
separate the sheep from the goats
in Montgomery county before
this campaign is over. It is to
be hoped that not a single old
Billy or Nannie will be found.
The following is the organiza-l
tion for Montgomery county, with|
the allotment for the county and
the militia districts. The school
districts will have quotas alloted
; to each later.
Montgomery County.
War Savings Stamps allotted, j
*270,860.00 1
( County Chairman —W. A. Pe
| terson.
Northern Division.
Vice-Chairman —Mrs. Jas. C.
(Fowler. Assistant Vice-Chairman
I -Mr. J. E. Hall.
Militia Districts Northern
Division.
Orland. Quota for Orland dis
trict, S2O, WO.OO.
District Chairman, Mr. C. D.
I Green way.
Red Bluff District Orland
School District Thigpen
School District Orianna
i School District
i! Lothair. Quota for Lothair,
> District, $32,000.00. District
; Chairman, Mr. T. L. New.
1! Lothair School District. Mr.
T. L. New, Supervisor. B. A. i
[ Mosley. A. Jones, Mrs. Bill Tap
i; ley, J. B. Branch, Committee.
I; RosemontSchool District. Mr.
D. S. Barnhill, Supervisor. Mrs. ■
W. D. Martin, R. F. Brantley,
E. B. Purdue and John Adams,
Committee.
Violet Hill School District. Mr.
Green Brantley, Supervisor. Wil
, I lie Williams, C. A. Sole 9, Shelley
Smith and Green Smith, Com
mittee.
■ j White Oak School District. Mr.
ijW. H. Fowler, Supervisor. A. T.
1 Miller, George McLendon, J. D.
McCrimmon and F. E. Jones,
j Committee.
■j Soperton. Quota for Soperton
District, $40,880.00. District
Chairman, Mr. Will Stallings,
ij Soperton School District. Mr.
|R. E. Ward, Supervisor. L. Ses
sions, C. T. Waller, Mrs. John D.
| Durden, Mrs. Herbert Gillis,
j Mrs. J. R. Fisher, Mrs. J. E.
Hall, Mrs. J. L. Lowery and
Miss Blanche Mishoe, Committee.
Zaidee School District. Mr.
i Perry Blount. Supervisor. H. J.
Right, J. I). Calhoun, Henry
Moxley, and J. D. Sammons,
| Committee.
Willis School District. Mr. J.
jT. Moxley, Supervisor. J. H.
Claxton, G. D. Beasley and W.
M. Phillips, Sr., Committee.
Hutcheson School District. Mr.
M. Hutcheson, Supervisor. R.
A. Griffin, C. C. Hutcheson and
I Geo. Beaslev, Committee,
j Tiger. Chairman Tiger Dis
trict, Mr. Chas. J. Phillips.
1 Quota for Tiger District, SIO,OOO.
Taylor’s Springs (New Hope)
School District. Mr. J. I). Tay-
I lor, Supervisor. Itoscoe McQueen,
Mrs. Roscoe McQueen, A. J.
Dickey and Mrs. Austin Willis,
Committee.
Oak Grove School Dist. No
report. To be filled later.
Tarrytown. Quota for Tarry
town District, $22,500.00. Dis
trict Chairman, Mr. J. M. Phil
lips.
Kemp School District. Mr,
Lester Canady, Supervisor, it.
D. Itiner, George Radford, Miss
(Minnie Canady and Miss Monnie
(Coleman, Committee.
Tarrytown School District.
Mr. M. E. Burns, Supervisor. C.
W. Warnock, W. B. Cadle, E. J.
| Simons and P. P. Waller, Com.
Poplar Head School District.
Mr. J. P. Mixon, Supervisor.
Alex Conway, B. S. Warnock.
Oscar Ruis and D. H- Phillips,
Committee.
Southern Division.
Vice-Chairman, Mr. Henry A.
Johnson. Asst. Vice-Chairman,
Miss Belle McAllister.
Militia Districts Southern
Division.
Kibbee. Quota for Kibbe Dis
trict, $15,320.00. District Chair
man, Mr. Geo. W. Hamilton.
Kibbee School District. Mr.
J. B. O’Conner, Supervisor. Ar ]
tnur Hamilton, J. I. Dixon, Missl
(Serepta Palmer and Miss Gene
j va Hayes, Committee.
Ruth’s Chapel School District, i
' No report.
Mt. Vernon and Ailey Militia
Districts. Quota for Mt. Vernon
and Ailey, $54,380. District *
(Chairmen: Mt. Vernon, Mr. H. L.
Wilt. Ailey, Mr. J. H. Peterson. <
Mt. Vernon-Ailey School Lis- >
i trict. Mr. J. Wade Johnson, Su
pervisor for Mt. Vernon. W. A.
McQueen, Miss Winnie Smith,
Miss Jeddie Cockfield and Miss
Viola McLemore, Committee.
Dr. J. W. Palmer, Supervisor j
for Ailey. E. A. Blount, Mrs.'
I Charlie Frizzelle, Miss Jessie Pe
! terson arid Mrs. Lila Futrell,
Committee.
Hancock School District. Mr.
J. E. Horn, Supervisor. M. C.
Graham, Geo. M. Ladson, W. W. I
Grirnsley and U. G. Moore, Com. I
| Ailey.
Special Correspondence.
Little Miss Sara McLeod of Ly
ons is visiting her aunt, Mrs.
Allen Kitchens,
Mrs. Holmes of Sparta spent
last week with her sister, Mrs.
T. A. Peterson.
Mrs. B. F. Sessions of Dublin
has been visiting the family of
Mr. Lewis Roberson, and her
son, Mr. Bill Sessions.
Miss Malvina Phillips of Vidalia
!is spending a while with her
brother, Mr. Elijah Phillips.
Mrs. James Sharpe spent part
of last week with relatives in
Savannah.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilder of Collins
spent last week at the home of
Mr. Arlia Yeomans.
Mrs. Herman Futrile spent
Sunday in Vidalia.
Miss Effie Lee Currie spent
(Sunday with Miss Winnie Stan
ford.
Miss Jessie Peterson has re
turned home after a short visit
with friends in Springfield, Ca.
Mrs. James Sharpe has retain
ed home after a short visit with
Mrs. J. B. Brewton of Brooklet.
Mr. James Sharpe went to Sa
vannah on business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Peterson
spent Friday in Savannah.
Higgston. Quota for Higgston
District, $22,380.00. Dist. Chair
man, Mr. J. R. Carr.
McGregor School District. Miss
Erin McArthur, Supervisor. Mrs.
It. D. O’Neal, Miss Abbie Joe
Cordon, Miss Isla Conner and
Miss Alice Morris, Committee.
Higgston School District. Mr.
J. W. Linder, Supervisor. B. A.
Conner, J. R. Dixon, Miss Josie
Thompson and Miss Gladys
Johnson, Committee.
Swift Creek School District.
Mrs. I. M. Morris, Supervisor.
L. C. Mills, Lucien Graham,
Archie Morris and Mrs. Florence
I Hilton, Committee.
Sadie School District. Mr.
Roy Peterson, Supervisor. S. J.
Clarke, Miss Lee Peterson, Miss
Mary Peterson and Miss Leona
Knight, Committee.
Longpond. Quota for Long
pond District, $53,400.00.
Alston Division. District Chair
man, Mr. John T. Walker.
Sharpe Spur School District.
Dr. J. M. Smith, Supervisor. F
M. Sharpe, Frank Sharpe. Mis-
Eula Sharpe and Miss EstelU
Still, Committee.
Hack Branch School District.
Mr. A. I). Hughes, Supervisor.
D. N. Hughes, J. C. Morris. Mrs.
F. Gibbs and Miss Zelle Mcßride,
Committee.
Alston School District. Mr.
W. C. Williamson, Supervisor.
Clifford Mcßride, Henry Sharne
Miss Lula Sharpe and Mrs. P.
Dixon, Committee.
Uvalda Division. Dist. Chair
man, Mr. H. G. Martin.
Uongpond School District. Mr.
Albert Sidney Johnson, Super
visor. M. T. McAllister, Miss
Mary Louise McArthur, Miss
Willie Gertrude Johnson and
Miss Annie Johnson, Committee.
Uvalda School District. Mr.
Idus Jones, Supervisor. H. A.
Moses, Miss Cleo Mathis, Mist-
Bernice Jones and Miss Maggie
Lanirford, Committee.
Charlotte School District. Mr.
W. F. Glosson, Supervisor. J. C.
Adams, Bruce Conner, Miss Li I
la Adams and Miss Ora Lee
Vaughan, Committee.
Seward School District. Mr.
C. M. Jeans, Supervisor. Carl
Jeans, Cullen Lowery, Mrs. D.
Q. Coleman and Mrs. O. J. Whip
pie, Committee.
When our young men from
twenty-one to thirty-orie ar*
drawn for service in the army it
is not left with them to say
whether or not they are willing
to go. I have seen nearly ali of
of them leave. I have yet to see
the first down-hearted, gloomy
countenance, or raven hearted
one leave. Please remember thi-
No excuses will be accepted
except for providential reasons.
Please get the magnitude of
the job on your minds and hearts,
but remember that it is easy if
|we will all do our part. Very
' few counties in Georgia will fail
!to go over. Montgomery county
i must not be one of these. If you
will all throw your whole souls
into the campaign she will not be
i one of these.
W. A. PETERSON,
County Chairman.
CRUSHED ICE
RESTRICTIONS
Important Conservation Rule
Passed by State Food
Administrator.
The Federal Food Administra
tor for Georgia, Dr. A. M. Soule,
has issued an order against the
i use of ice under certain condi
tions, as a conservative measure,
and this order became effective
June Bth, without further notice.
Briefly stated, the order is as
follows:
"I. The use of cracked, crush
ed or shaved ice is prohibited in
service of individual soft drinks
or beverages over the counter or
at table by soda founts, soft
drink dealers, clubs, hotels and
public eating places.
“'t his is intended to apply and
prohibit the use of ice in individ
ual glasses of beverages or soft
drinks as has commonly been the
custom at fountains in the coun
ter or table service and at resorts
in similar service; to the use of
cracked or crushed ice in individ
ual glasses at table in the service
of table waters and beverages
served in hotels, clubs and pub
lic places. Its purpose is to elim-
; nafe the unnecessary use of ad
ditional ice in all cases where re
frigeration in quantity is equally
serviceable. It is not to be con
strued as prohibiting the service
of ice water to guests in their
i rooms in hotels and clubs by
pitcher or other container ser
vice, in which cracked ice is used.
However, numerous hotels have
adopted guest room thermos
bottles for ice water, which vast-
I ly reduces the room service of
ice, and this is particularly en
couraged by the administration.
- All dealers in and manu
facturers of ice are prohibited
from delivering, by daily deliv
ery or otherwise, any quantity
of ice greater than 75 per cent
of the daily average amount de
livered during the week begin
ning May 20, to any soda foun
tain, soft drink dealer, club, ho
tel or any public eating place.
This notice is given at the re-'
quest of County Food Adminis
trator Underwood and in co
operation with the service.
ONLY ONE WEEK OF
JUNE ADJOURNED TERM
The Criminal Calendar Will
Include Cases Parties
in Jail.
Contrary to anticipation, the
'Jay adjourned term of Montgom
ery superior court will last only
one week, beginning Monday
morning, 17th.
Jurymen were drawn for the
.ecood week, but under the ex
isting order, this part of the list
j not published. The civil cal
endar not having been prepared
in time for nublicatin, it is omit
ted from this issue.
The official order governing the
court is follows:
The civil docket will be called
next week according to calendar
as arranged. No criminal cases
will be called this court, except
where defendants are in jail.
These cases will be called at the
neel of the civil docket. There
will he but one week of court for
this term. E. D. Graham,
Judge.
W. A. Wooten, Sol-Gen.
You may not be able to fight,
hut you can save and buy War
Savings Stamps.
Serve abroad or serve at home.
Buy War Savings Stamps.
Every time you buy anything
people work for you. Save labor
and materials for the use of the
Government.
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