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7 p MEN AND THOSE WITH
| NDENTS wILL BE THE
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PTION BOARD
155 ON APPLICANTS
No Class Exemptions, But
Jql Be Made Individually.
Appeal to District Board and
to President.
ING rON. D. C.—*“Although
.« fairly well understood re
the question of onmptlons
e draft plan,” officials of the
.rtment say, “it is now and
partiiici "
imp« ~‘i!v!s' 10 lii.‘vv (10“'71 any
n*v]k?[ which would obtain in
exempui( ns.” :
bods of letter are coming In
ecretary of war daily and to
< of coneress ugki“g‘: f()l' I‘ul
various phases of the situa
d to give as (-UmprehenSive 9
L ossible the following has
tlined:
Possible Exemptions.
ied men will be -exempt
bnscription for the raising of
t national army of 500,000
cording to a reported prelim
bn of the department. No spe
lustries or occupations will
t. These are the o pri
; s reached so far by the
who conferred on the plan.
b remains now is for the pres
b ratify them.
exempt f men with de
s and those needed in the in
% the countrv has proven
t difficult problem to work
b way to secure anything like
in operation. The difficulty
mining whether or not a mar
bn was actually needed at
s the consideration that fin
ermined the officials to ex
| married men. As to men
ber dependent 1 latives, such
fed mother or father, the de-
Il be left with the local coun
| or city board, subject to
er-hoard created in each fed
icial district. "Appeal” from
et board may, in turn, be
president of the United
lestion of industrial exemp
¢ more difficult. I r eXn
it greed among the offi
al the mere fact that a man
mer, munition maker or even
yadl ngineer O€S Nnot neces
nply that he would be of more
home tha n the army.
Industrial Exemptions.
: e possi to spare many
om the farms and the facto
e owar ( , there will be
r nsiderable number of
engineen possibly for
€rs under 31 years of
ith an army in France. After
rat I the question from
T ! Was decided that there
pdustria S that can be ex
-1 4 man with de
-3 v ask exemp
. ! 1 from the decis
al board, if it fails to
el ! necessary for
) 10 ask personally to
| person dependent
; ther person may
‘ption. On this point
F most liberal, for the
‘ ! no should remain
. : to ask exemp
! and many de
; be too proud to ask
‘ e excused from
of exemption the
i 1 be left to the
" ment does not contem
* eXemptions, but that
“fsonal. Farmers, fae-
S and other gspecial
E exempted as
E ally, but all ex
! Made indvidually.
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AND SHERIFFS
-L‘l' C(‘R\- .
SLRVE ON BOARDS
% Hap will not excuse
** and sheriffs from serv
- o omption boards, except
L ovidentially hindered
‘ 'YI wWhere one is incom
k . =lven out in posi
-3 ne Zovernor’s uffive,
: _an answer to the
: s who have sought
Viously for political
‘ 'Ving on the boards.
farge number of re
sed Governor Har
r department for
lhe answer
Wing telegram from
L General Crowder:
ur telegram June
% “esign of this office
. registration machin
: fier execution of the
. W changes as posgible.”
that the government
mor to nominate the
iy elerk and county
s e “‘Xt,‘Y!‘!Dtl()n board in
b, "¢ which means also
ans ROr will do what the
o XPects,
Trell . o
il e ‘(};Unty the exemption
Tap, erk of Court Dozier,
ey s
bovell. Ordinary Hoyl and
THE DAWSON NEWS.
THE JURY WHEEL SYSTEM
FOR SELECTING ARMY MEN
Plan Lik't";igf»:r;f;:%:}?g Followed in Se
. curnng&{ifii@efi@&fioo,om
WASHINGTON, Loi S
tions to govern exemptions unae. .
selective draft are being worked out
by Provost Marshal General Crow
der with a number of prominent
lawyers. Although the plans are not
yet complete, it is probable that the
jury wheel system will be followed
in selecting those who are to go into
the first army of 500,000, and not
until the names have been drawn and
each registration district has provid
ed the number apportioned to it will
exemptions be considered. As each
individual drawn reports, his claim
for exemption will be passed upon,
and if he is exempted another will
be drawn to fill the vacancy.
STATE BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS
FIRST SHOULD BE AMEND
ED, LATTER REPEALED.
At the recent annual session of the
State Bar association Judge Samuel
B. Adams, as chairman of the com
mittee on legislation, made the fol
lowing report:,
~ ““This committee on legislation is
confined to state legislation. Hence
its report will be brief.
. “We will not attempt to discuss
the various laws mentioned. We can
not forbear, however, the expression
of our regret that the Veazy bill was
lpassed. Outside of the spirit which
inspired the legislation and any ques-
Ition of its constitutionality, its terms
make its enforcement entirely im
’practicable. It ought to be repealed.
| “We will not discuss the ‘bone-dry
| legislation,” except to say that a law
which makes criminals out of a large
per cent. of the people of the state
among a class that are law-abiding
in their purpose and their desire, cer
itainly needs an amendment.. There
are some things more important than
prohibition, however important this
may be regarded, and one of them is
a respect for and an obedience to
law. Any legislation ought at least
to have in it the promise of a general
observance by those members of the
body politic who are law-abiding, and
it ought to av.oig the evil of evils in
cident to widespread lawlessness. Thé
bulk of us, perhaps all of us, ap
; proved the passing of the saloon, and
are not disposed, if we had the pow
ler, to repeal many of the features
of the present legislation. But it
ought to be amended in the interest
of real temperance and real prohibi
tion, as well as in the intercst of a
real and wholesome law observance.”
State College of Agriculture and
Federal Government Both Want
To Boss, the Job.
The federal government’s plan for
a farm labor census for Georgia and
a subsequent effort at equitable dis
tribution of farm labor throughout
the state has apparently, for the
time being, at least, gone upon the
rocks.
The representative of the federal
departments of iabor and agriculture,
who was recently sent to Georgia to
supervise the census, which was to
be taken through the state food coun
c¢il with the co-operation of the ex
tension agents of the state college
of agriculture, and various employes
of the state department of agricul
ture, has returned to Washington.
His principal complaint against the
state college of agriculture seems to
have been that the authorities of the
college declined to subordinate its
census activities to the supervision
of the representative of the federal
government, but, on the other hand,
desired that the federal government,
through its representative, operate
under the supervision of the college
of agriculture.
When the federal agent made this
report to Washington he was order
ed to return to the national capital.
In Four Counties Peach Crop Ruined,
Wheat and Oat Crops Destroyed,
Hundreds of Animals Killed.
The recent hail storm that fell in
portions of Houston, Crawford, Bibb
and Twiggs.counties absolutely ruin
ed crops in some spots. In places the
entire peach crop is a total loss, corn
is absolutely ruined, the wheat and
oat crop was completely destroyed,
hundreds of pigs and chickens were
killed, houses were blown down, win
dows in a number of homes were
wrecked and several people were in
jured. .
The hail covered the ground for
three inches. Some of the hailstones
were four inches in circumference.
The storm lasted for thirty minutes.
et sl i e
Beans Grow After 3,000 Years. .
Four bean seeds, estimated to he
3,000 years old, planted at San Ber
nardino, Cal.,, by R. P. Heron, a
naturalist, are said to be growing.
The seeds were found sealed in'the
wall of a cliff dwelling in Arizona.
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1917.
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OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
MEN TO BE SENT TO EUROPE
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE.
Pershing and Staff Have Reached
England, and a Division Under
Him Is Expected to Be Fighting
Before Summer Is Over.
More than 100,000 American “first
class fighting men” probably will be
engaged in battling Germany on the
‘western front months ahead of the
‘original schedule. Five divisions of
national guardsmen will be in France
before snow flies, according to plans
being developed by the war depart
nlent, the idea of such a move hav
ing been received with favor by the
war chieftains, though they are con
i_fronted with the very practieal and
;stupendous difficulty of securing suf
ficient transport service. Along with
‘the development of the national
guard expeditionary force idea
came orders to put the new regi
ments of army engineers for France
under actual training.
} As a result of these two important
steps in America’s war progress the
' nation is face to face with a realiza
%tion that the government is down 'to
‘real big active business, that the war
'is to be prosecuted even more rapid
'ly and with more reai vigor than at
first regarded as possible and that the
United States proposes to throw a
forceful weight into the scales.
Whether the transport question will
thwart the national guard expedi
tion plans for any great length of
[time remains to be seen. This phase
of the situation is being given se
‘rious thought.
Active Training Under Way.
With Maj. Gen. Pershing’s expedi
tion of 30,000 regulars, the 10,000
engineers who are to go to the lines
of communication in France soon,
the marines who have been ordered
abroad and the men from other
‘branches of the service there will be
almost 200,000 men under the Amer
ican flag on French soil before the
end of the year, army officers esti
mate.
The guardsmen already have been
summoned to the colors in three in
crements, beginning July 15. They
'will receive intensive training in the
' United States and will then go to
France to receive finishing instruc
tions just behind the battle line. The
plan to send the guardsmen at this
early date is in line with the presi
‘dent’s announcement of May 18,
when news of the Pershing expedi
tion was given out and that other
troops would be put into the field in
France and Belgium ‘“as fast as they
could be made ready.”
For Draft of a Million.
Plans of the war department to
draft from 900,000 to 1,500,000
men of the 10,000,000, who it is
estimated registered last Tuesday for
the new army, have been disclosed
by Provost Marshal General Crow
der to the senate military affairs
committee. Exemptions, he said,
prebably would result in reducing the
number to 625,000 men for simme
diate sevvice.
While the war department had
originally planned to first select 500,-
000 men General Crowder told th(\
committee the plans have been revis
ed and it is now proposed to re
quire 625,000. To secure this num
ber, he said, it probably will be nec
essary to draft at least 900,000, and
‘possibly 1,500,000, because of ex
pected exemptions. :
. General Crowder told the commit
‘tee that an additional 125,000 will
‘be needed to fill up vacancies in phe
army of 500,000 and to keep train
ing camps in continuous oper xl?()fl.
When the original plans for se.vicc
from half a million weére made, he
said, the department had not planned
to send American forces abroad so
soon. Casualties from foreign ser
vice, he believed, sickness, ete., make
necessary a veserve of 125,000 men
in addition to the duty at training
camps.
Favors Immediate Draft.
General Crowder told the commit
tee he favored immediate drafting of
men registering, rather than post
ponement of the draft for several
weeks after registration. He regards
it desirable that every drafted man
know and can have a few weeks to
make his personal arrangements
before being called to the colors.
The men drafted pobably will be
in training camps by September 1,
General Crowder said, and added.
that he favored beginning selections
within two weeks after registration,
so that exemption work may be ex
pedited and notifications of final se
lections may be made as soon there
after as possible,
GENERAL PERSHING AND
STAFF ARRIVE IN EUROPE
American General and Party of 193
Make Safe Voyage.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Major
General Pershing, whose safe arrival
in England was announced in London
Friday, has with him 53 officers and
145 enlisted men and other attaches.
The party sailed more than a week
ago without any publicity being giv
en to their departure despite the
fact that it was known to some Amer
ican newspapers. Here again as was
the case with the British missions,
the newspapers loyally co-operated
with the government in a voluntary
censorship to safeguard the passage
of the American officers.
In official quarters the departure
was so well surrounded with secrecy
that within the last few days many
government officials have been asking
when General Pershing would sail.
In Battle This Summer.
Reports from Paris yesterdoy said
sites for the camps of American
troops had been selected. Presumably
General Pershing will inspect these
and make complete arangements for
the reception of his troops.
Plans have matured sufficiently to
insure that General Pershing’s divis
ion, which will need only a little
training behind the trenches, will Le
in the fighting before the summer 13
over.
SEVERAL SOUTHERN STATES
PAYING HIGH FOR ILLIC_[T
DISTILLERY BQOZE.
Whisky, very ordinary whisky,
too, now selling at from $4 to $6 a
quart in Virginia and North Caroli
na, the same price which prevails
here in Georgia, will be at least $lO
a quart after the “bone-dry” laws
become effective on July 1. Both
those states are listed as dry, but
Virginia has allowed her citizens one
quart a month. North Carolina has
been just twice as liberal, but these
quantities have been insufficient ta
quench the thirst of those able to
buy, with the result that corn whisky,
once $2.50 a gallon, now is nearing
the mark of $4O for a like quality.
In Virginia scores of novel schemes
have been tried to smuggle whisky
into the state. Prohibition officers
have been constantly on the alert and
the business has not proven profit
able. In North Carolina and Geor
gia illicit stiils have been relied upon.
In spite of the fact that from two
to five successful raids are made
each week, the business keeps up
and few arrests are made because
of the “wireless” system which keeps
mountaineers informed as to the ap
proach of raiders. %
More Profitable Than Corn.
Revenue officers face a peculiar
situation in handling the illicit still
situation. The white mountaineers
learned the business from their fath
ers and they are teaching their chil
dren to disobey the law. They rea
son that, a bushel of corn which will
vield $8 worth of whisky, should be
turned to whisky rather than sold
for $2.00 a bushel for food. Now the
underground market promises a price
of $4O a gallon for the product of
the still.
The men who make the whisky are
a picturesque Ilot. They represent,
perhaps, the purest strains of the
Caucasian race in America to-day.
They are mostly Scotch, Irish and
English by descent, are kind, gentle
and hospitable. But their ire is
aroused by revenue officers and
scores of men in the government ser
vice h\gve gone to mountains never
to return.
J. D. WALKER, WELL-KNOWN
BANKER, ACQUITTED BY JURY
Was Indicted in Connection With
Failure of Bank at DeSoto.
In Sumter superior court Friday a
second indictment against John D.
Walker, of Sparta, Ga., charging him
with irregularity in the conduct of
the affairs of the defunct DeSoto
Banking company, of which he was
financial agent, was nol prossed. This
action was taken following Mr. Wal
ker’s acquittal on the charge of ac
cessory before the fact to forgery in
connection with the failure of the
bank.
B. L. Carter, cashier of the de
funt institution, who had entered a
plea of guilty to the charge of for
gery, having been jointly indicted
with Walker, withdrew his plea and
the case was nol prossed.
A. M. Barlow, assistant -cashier,
announced that he would enter a
plea of guilty to the charge of em
bezzlement at the next term of the
superior eourt.
YOUNG MAN DIES AS A
RESULT OF AUTO WRECK
Ran Into a Traction Engine Left Ir,
Road Near Shellman.
Mr. Clliff Daniels, who was hurt
about a week ago in an automobile
accident, died yesterday morning,
The burial was at Western cemetery
this morning at 1 o'clock, funeral
services being conducted by Rev. A.
H. Atkins.
Mr. Daniels and Mr. Robert Proe
tor were riding at night and, accord
ing to their statement, ran into a
traction engine left in the road near
Shellman. Mr. Daniels was cut
around one eye by the broken glass
of the wind shield. His wound did
not seem to be of a dangerous char
acter, but two or three days later
unfavorable symptoms appeared. He
became paralyzed on one side and
pneumonia developed.—The Cuth
bert Leader. }
Either a man must make a way for
himself or get our of the way of
others. &
VETERANS OF CONFEDERACY
HOLD THEIR ANNUAL REUN.
lON IN WASHINGTON.
FIVE THOUSAND OF:OLD
Rebel Yell Heard There For First
Time When Southerners Cheered
Speaker’s Reference to United
America. Harrison Re-elected.
Confederate veterans in Washing
ton for the first reunion ever held off
soil that was controlled by the con
federacy during the civil war forced
the national capital in wartime to
throw open its arms to weicome the
survivors of an army that tried to
capture it more than half a century
ago. Five thousand of the men who
followed Gen. Robert E. Lee and
other confederate generals bivouack
ed within sight of the capitol last
week and were greeted on every
hand by prominent figures in Wash
ington. The flag of the confederacy
floated with the colors of foreign na
tions and many were compelled to
“brush up” to know if the stars and
stripes had found a new ally.
During the early hours of the re
union the confederate survivorsypaid
tribute to their dead and held exercis
es near the monument of Gen. Joe
Wheeler in Arlington cemetery.
The principal address of the reun
ion was made by President Wilson,
who declared that love of self-gov
ernment and liberty by the North
and South were the motive of the
civil war and that now this country
must make self-government and lib
erty safe for all mankind,
The rebel yell was heard for the
first time in Washington when the
veterans cheered the president’s ref
erence to the united spirit now pre
vailing in America and to the “boys
of 1917” who are marching from
North and South to defend American
institutions.
General Harrison of Alabama was
re-elected head of the veterans.
Davis-Davidson Company’s
June Clearance Sale
Our Entire Line of Ladies’Ready-
To-Wear and Millinery Will Be
Sold at a Great Sacrifice. ‘
Special Lot of Dresses
We have a lot' of Dresses, this season’s styles, that will
be offered at one-half of regular selling price. An oppor
tunity of the season. ’
Ladies’ Suits o
A small lot of Suits left that will be sold at half price.
$5O Suits for $25.00 $25 Suits for $12.50
40 Suits for 20.00 20 Suits for 10.00
30 Suits for 15.00 15 Suits for 7.50
These are the biggest bargains of the season. Less
than manufacturers prices. -
Millinery |
Our entire line of Millinery will be offered at a great re
duction. Don't fail to come in for your share of these
goods. Yours anxious to please, »
Davis-Davidson Co.,
Two Stores: 120-122 Main Steert Telephone 73
NSNS - 1 W 7ER A POUNDof
RN Lk %\:/fef;zs Aold style
2’ i ‘\“, "d%‘m\/’};’;fi\ N :Ay&:;j v hum con-
S Nk o 2R Y Y tains about
2m B '.‘%rw TMR e ,f:‘l
’(tfl R, J;“ A 8 poung o 8
RS I G i 2 roughage and
PTG C 2T & LRGN e roughage and
Piyi fi;&- 5. Vi about 4 poun
‘‘Kb “ m ;"*‘ da ! of lint. After
I T B g being eaten,
) the old style
hulls swell to twice the weight, or 114 pounds. A
pound of
TRADE MARK
COTTONSEED
: LINTLESS
also doubles after being eaten but as they are 100 per
cent roughage, the original pound becomes 2 pounds—
not 14 pounds.
Therefore, a pound of Buckeye Hulls goes a third again
as far as a pound of old style hulls. In other words,
you only have to feed 3 pound of Buckeye Hulls to
give the same food value as a full pound of old style
hulls.
Other Advantages
Buckeye Hulls cost muchlessper No trash or dust.
ton than old style hulls. Sacked—easy to handle.
Buckeye Hulls allow better as- They mix well with other forage.
similation of other food. They take less space in the barn.
Mr. Ben Faulk, Dothan, Ala.,
prefers Buckeye Hulls to old style hulls because cows
like them as well, they are cheaper, they angaeswith the
cows, and they go farther, one sack lasting long as
two sacks of the old style.
To secure the best results and to develop the ensilage odor, wet the hulls
thoroughly twelve hours before feeding. It is easy to do this by
wetting them down night and morning for the next feeding. If at any time
this cannot be done, wet down at least thirty minutes. If you prefer to
feed the hulls dry, use only half as much by bulk as of old style hulls.
Book of Mixed Feeds Free
Gives the right formula for every combination of feeds used in the
South. Tells how much to feed for maintenance, for milk, for fat
tening, for work. Describes Buckeye Hulls and gives directions for
using them properly. Send for your copy to the nearest mill.
Dert. k- The Buckeye Cotton Oil Co. pepe. &
1 Birmingh G cod Little Rock Memphi,
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