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Vot. XII1, The second call lias been in de to secure the required number for Douglas county’s quota. The following are the names called and th y must report for exami nation as follows: Monday August 20th E H Zellars J L Duren W J Boyd Erastus Landers D C Mathews J H Clark J W Talley J W Evans T J Hill James Vance 0 G Mattox M C Hendrix T G Hembree J H Hansard Robt E Stitcher J W Hollis 0 0 Gil'and T H Baggett E J Whitley E L Blankenship W P Turner M L Scales Oscar Boone Clifford brazier S Albert Griffith Thos Crosby ■ H F Holland Geo W Kafr H 0 Chandler b,. Herschel Reynolds Seaborn Welch J B Fowler Irwin Willoughby J L Queen ; H 0 Waters i L M Camp W R Smallwood W L Goodwin Charlie Camp S B Estes Wm D Palmer 0 0 Phillips Arthur McLarty S E Thomasan J M Baker J P Cahoon B F Thomas Tuesday, August 21st Joe R Estes H B Harper E Lai ham A C King R L Vaughn W H Barron J E Feltman J W Lee E Arnold Guy Abercrombie W T Beggs C R Clonts W E Bolton L Parks H G James Will Dobbs B W Martin .x' J F Huey Thad Halloman . Anderson Byron E C Walton J A Evans H C Hanson J H Jones W G Timmons John Hollis G B Chapman D E Eskew A D Giles C F Bartlett Jno Demooney Jim Shropshire Julian Vance James J Hansard B B Pruett W H Fowler DOUGLASVILLE, DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA.. August 17, 1917. No. 19 Card Of Thanks 1 take this method to express my thanks to my friends and neighbors for the kindness shown me during the sickness and death of my sweet little wife, Mary. Thanking each and every one I beg to remain your friend through life. W. H. Hallman. Pathfinders Here The Bankhead Highway path finders were expected here Wed nesday afternoon and a large crowdof ourcitizens wentto Villa Rica to meet them but owing to heavy rains the schedule was V ' "id will arrive here to- .7. ’ . will be conducted to . .1. Lois Mill where the b ". .. play and refreshments be served. Annua! Singing Our annual^singing at the Morris Kchootjhquse. on the line f Douglas a if •V Col k Counties, wili occur on the* fourh Sunday n August—the old music. We expect to have the G. B. Daniel! class, of Atlanta, with is on that day. Everybody is urged to come and bring a bas ket. Fay Morris. G L Roberts G W Eskew J W McGoairk A T Cheek I S Furr R E Hornbuckle Riley Graham J L Plunkett 0 T Dixon Walter Norton J C Cole Leonard Parker 0 L Griffith Wednesday August 22nd ack Bivins B 0 Sauls J J Blair G J Kite D T Kirby Claude Foster R E Hamilton Geo Lawrence H G Roberts J J Stitcher W W Lancaster J M Shockley J 0 Harper W I Gattis J W Derring Hobert James C A Perdue 1 G H Yancey 0 W Newman A Shropshire .1 Buna S Boyd Claude Endsley Joe Kirk ley J H Brooks B T Fargason Paul Vance G W Prickett W F Martin Rader M Johnston J W Smith Sam K Barge W D Young W R Thomas A J Fincher S J D Branon R F Taylor S E Ayers J C Harding W C Duncan L N Price C C Gilmer L Thompson M R Plunkett IG C Gable To the Georgia Press: Since the local exemption boards haye gotten under way and are certifying men for duty in the army, it is but fair to the rrenwhoare effected now and to those whose numbers have not yet been called, to lay the following facts before them. Telegram quoted below from the War Department covers every man’s case explicitly: “Washington. D. C. Aug. 20. —Army Recruiting Officer, Atlanta, Ga. After a regis tered person has been called for military service by his local board and directed to appear for physical exami nation, he ceases to be eligi ble for voluntary enlist ment.’’ From the above it can be Been that the moment the board posts a man’s name and mails him a letter directing the man to re port for physical examination, that man looses his chance to volunteer. In the past few days a great number of men have found themselves in the predicament of having been ordered to ap- A Bad Combination Last Saturday night residents near the county jail were aroused from their slumbers by the yells of a young man who had, with a combination of a cheap pistol and some “white lightning,” made himself a terror and got himself behind the bars. Out of respect to his parents we will not mention the young man’s name, for they are good people and doubtfully greatly chagrined. The young man has a stigma on his former good character and doubtless has learned a good lesson—yet an expensive one. This should make other young men think. Whiskey and pistols are both absolutely useless, aye, dangerous things, A rattle snake would be a safer compan ion than either. What the Legislature has Accomplished Atlanta, Aug 14—The Georgia legislature may not have ac complished any very astonishing results at the session just closed, but at least it has done the state no harm by unwise legislation. It has passed a revision of the general tax act which is expected to increase the state’s revenue about $500,000 a year by taxing all kinds of business occupations pear for phyisical examination' and professions, and it has by their local boards and they 1 1)asse d a general appropriation have immediately come up to bill providing very liberally in-, the Army Recruiting Office and creased appropriations for edu- attempted to volunteer, but in cation both in the common schools each case the local Recruiting anc j the institutions of higher Officer has had to tell them that learning. It has passed Che FIRST CALL NOT The registered men, called for examination last week, all re ported except two negroes, wh a had gone away and one of these made arrangements for exami nation in Charleston, N. C. The results were as follows: 3L passed physical examination a id made no claims for exemp tion, 53 passed and filed claims. Deducting the volunteers, for which we are entitled to credit, would leave 56 who were not physically up to the standard. Those who passed and made no claims for exemption are: C. C. Eskew, W. L. Phillips, W. L. Thompson, Arthur Dorsey, O. J Holland, J. T. Parker, B, H. McLarty, Eros Knight, S. A. Garrett, H. W. McLartj, Fred Friddell, G. C. Lee, Q, P. Coch ran, W. S. Land, Norman Curry, W. M. “.bite, J. P. Duren, E. M. Pope, J. H. Todd, Geo, Pulliam, H, G. Hendrix, C. E. Mozley. Claude Morris, E. G. Pope, C. T. Kilgore, R. A. McLarty, Tom Bowen, Homer Camp, F. P. Dor ris, Jay W. Camp, Will Bigby. he could not accept them as volunteers after they had re ceived their notice to appear be fore their board. These young men waited too long, and, consequently, lost their opportunity to volunteer and choose their seivice. To the man whose serial num- Torrens land title registration system, or a modelled form of that system, thereby enabling owners of land to clear up their In Memorium We, the committee, have been aopointed to draw ;up a tribute of respect to the memory of our departed sister. Mis? Sarah Ekzabetb Bonner was born May 8th, 1858, and on Oct. 21st, 1S79, was married to Mr. Abselon Capes. On Sept. 1st. 1912 she joined the Missionary Baptist church at Mt. Zion, where she lived a a faithful member' until her titles, and i I has passed the Neill J death, whichToccured on May primary bill e tablishing the 28th, 1917. county unit system by law in | We feel that we can say: “She iprimary elections. It has passed did what she could,” and trust a bill placing employment agen- i that when our days are over such ber is about to be drawn, I de-1 c i es under the jurisdiction of the can be said of us. sire to say to him that delay in 1 department, of commerce and As long as health would per- his case means the loss of his labor. This about tells the tale.! mit she attended church regular- choice of service. * 1 * * * S jt does no t include many matters To all single men between the 0 f pressing importance which ages of 18 and 40, I desire to say that if you have no reason to keep you i ut of the Army, it is your patriotic duty to volunteer at once. You get your choice of service now, There are vacan cies in practically all branches of the Army. You will all join eventually, so why not now. To the young man who is un wisely advised to wait, I desire to say that your advisers are de priving you of the best chances for promotion and preferment. The trained soldier certainly will command in this war, and the best way to be trained is to in list atonce. Don’t delay! The loss of a single day may mean the difference to you of carrying a sword or a gun. There is a Recruiting Sergent near you or you may see your lo cal postmaster for futher par ticulars. Remember this: If you wish to choose your branch of service, you must volunteer before your exemption board calls you for physical examina tion. G. V. Heidt, the legislature failed to pass, but the legislature got an un usually late start this year. J C Herrod Thos Harrison G F Pilgrim J D Daniell i T J Reid , Homecoming Day Everybody is invited, and es pecially the Bay Springs school girls and boys, to attend the “Homecoming Day” at the Bay Swamp, just South of the old school house place, on the Villa Rica and Carrollton road, four miles South of Villa Rica. Bring well filled baskets and let’s have a day long to be re membered. The day set is Sep. 1, 1917. L. S. Lambert. Subscription Honor Roll. The following have paid sub scription since our last issue: J. R. Land, Rt. 2, Aaron. Abbott Rt. 6, J, T Morgan Lithia Springs, J. W. A, Milam Rt. 2, Tom Brown Rt, 4, NEW SUBSCRIBERS C. C. Tally Winston, I. S. Hathcock Douglasville, W. J. Lowery Villa Rica, R, N Kirby Ft, Oglethorpe. ly, walking a distance of several miles. Sister Capes is survived by an only daughter, sister Sallie Capes, who has the sympathy of the entire church. We can only canimend her to Him who doeth. all things well. May she everTae ready to submit herself to His keeping. May we so live day by day that when the summons comes we shall be ready to enter into the joys of thy Lord. Resolved. That the church go, with sympathetic hearts and helping hands to this, our sor rowing sister, and a copy be sent to the county papers for publication and a copy be furn ished the family. Miss Sudie Brown Mrs. Ora Stitcher Mrs. Alma Chatham Committee. Notice Some, seeing my advertise ment that I had succeeded Mr. J. R. Duncan as agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., got the idea that I had also taken over his Fire Insurance agency. I am in no way connected with the Fire Insurance business, and Mr. Duncan will still look after your wants in that respect. Z. T. Dalce t