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Bill Pushed to American ize 123,000 Aliens in Draft Arm y 2
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Thousands of Poles, Bohemians
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and Slavs Now Fighting in
American Army.
By ROBERT B. SMITH,
Staff Correspondent of International
News Service.
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The
Senate today sidetracked all other
measures to give its atiention exclu
sively to legislation making the na
tional army 100 per cent American.
It had before it the bill indorsed by
the War Department hacking away
red tape to permit the immediate
naturalization of 123,000 aliens now
enrolled in the draft army.
Administration leaders exerted the
utmost pressure to bring the bill to a
vote today. The speed with which
America’s selective service men can
be dispatched to France is largely
dependent upon the bill,
The War Department is reluctant
to send unnaturalized men to battle
because many of them, formerly sub
jects of Germany or Austria, might
suffer penalty of treason in case of
capture. Since the allens form so
large a part of the draft army, the
War Department would find it em
barrassing to send certain units of
the national army overseas.
Thousands of Poles, Bohemians and
Slavs, who came to the United States
to escape the militarism of Germany
or Austria, declined to claim exemp
tion when they were drafted, and de
clared their eagerness to fight for
America. These men, it was ex
plained today, might be shot by Ger
many or Austria as traitors if cap
tured on the western front.
Of the 123,000 aliens in the first
draft army 76,000 have not declared
their intention to become citizens, but
are ready to serve the country of
their adoption, according to Senator
Hardwick, of Georgia, chairman of
the Senate immigration committee,
who has charge of the bill.
“They are pleading for American
citizenship,” said Senator Hardwick.
“There are 46,000 alien declarants
who responded to the first draft and
are now a part of our military forces.
Many of these already have shown
such proficiency at arms that they
have been sent to officers’ training
camps. None of them, however, can
obtain their commissions, however
desirable it may be to commission
them, until they become naturalized.
The Bureau of Naturalization is
most anxious to carry out the provi
sions of this proposed legislation, and
will aid the courts to make effective
the provision for the immediate nat
uralization of these loyal American
soldiers, who are American citizens
in every respect save that of title.
“The next draft, it is reported, will
be for 800,000 men. This will be larger
than the first call, and the percentage
of aliens and alien declarants that
will be certified to this second draft
will be the same and the number
consequently larger.”
Americus Names
School Contestants
AMERICUS, April 13.—Professor
C‘harles M. Hale, principal of the high
school, has announced the names of
students who will represent that in
stitution at the coming meeting of the
Third District High School Associa
tion in Dawson, April 19-2¢, as fol
lows: Declamation, Lorin B. Smith,
John Butt alternate; essay, George D.
Walker; spelling, Eugene Gammage;
recitation, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Miss
Quenelle Harrold alternate; essay,
Miss Frances McMath; music, Miss
Fav Willis, Miss Frances Harper al
ternate; spelling, Miss Katherine
Sanborn.
In the athletic event, Americus will
he represented as follows: Louis Mer
ritt, relay, broad jump, 100-yard
dash; George Walker, relav, 220-yard
dash; John Butt, relay, high jump,
hurdles: Hertwell Barton, relay, 440-
vard run; Egbert Clarke, pole vault;
(George Ball, shot put.
780 Persons Rescued
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From French Liner
(By International News Service.)
A PACIFIC PORT, April 13.—Fur
ther details of the rescue of 780 per
sons by the Pacific mail steamer Co
lusa, following the sinking of a
Fren:h liner in the Indian Ocean were
lacking today. No word in addition
to last night's private acble from
singapore hal been received here, al
ithough it was considered not un
likely that Captsin Ralph Lopez, of
the Colusa, would take the first op
pertunity of making a brief report.
The Colusa sailed from here Jan
uary 31 and was reported as leaving
an Ircian Ocean port March 31.
Shipping men here today were in
clired to the belief that the French
liner struck a mine, as the Germans
are reported to have strewn mines in
the Indian Ocean. The absence of
details makes it impossible to de
termine whether the vessel sunk car
ried troops or civilians.
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Campromise Reached
On Sabotage Measure
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Confer
ees on the sabotage bill today reached
a compromise which they believe will
be satisfactory to both sides in the
controversy over the right of labor to
strike during the period of the war.
The so-called Cannon amendment
was stricken out. This amendment
would have made the law apply to
“whoever with intent to interfere
with or obstruct the United States or
any associate nation in preparing soy |
or carrying on the war, or shall con
spire to prevent the erection or pro
duction of war premises, for war ma
teial.” |
'i'he Linn amendment, which guar
anteed to labor the right to strike
during the war, also was stricken out |
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Members of the squad of the motor corps of the National League for Woman’s Service, who drove nine Reo trucks from Lansing, Mich., to Atlanta, arriving
Friday afternoon after a strenuous journey. In the picture are, above, Miss E. Bareroft, of New York, at le ft, and Mrs. Alice Smith, of Detroit. Below, left to
right, Miss Elizabeth Martin, Mrs, R. L. Mayer, Captain K. Ten Eyck Harrington, in command of the squad; Mrs. A. G. Pickslay, of New York; Lieutenant Court
ney Billups, Mrs. E. L. Dillingham, Miss Nina Neal; Miss Margaret Brown and Lieutenant Anna Terhune. The last two named were not on the trip from Mich
agin but are active members of the corps. One of the Reo trucks is seen in the background. ’
Letter to a Soldier
‘Somewhereinrance’
By ALICE TWITCHELL CASWELL
My Beloved:
Your picture today looks like the pic
ture of a young god transfigured by a
celestial vision, hope, love, victory—
everything that is triumphant shines in
your face. Have you caught a glimpse,
beloved, of the ultimate glory of the
end, when death and duty shall have
brought a wonderful resurrection of life
to this suffering world? How strange
it is to realize during this solemn pe
riod of history making that the battle
fieids where you and your comrades are
facing death and gaining glory will some
day, farther on, be the scene of pious
pilgrimages, undertaken by loyal hearts
from every corner of the globe, The
nameless graves of those who met the
great adventure with smiling hearts
upon those fields will receive the hom
age of a million grateful hearts in years
to come—will be watered by tears of
tender gratitude. We are just begin
ning to realize over here what war
means and something of what it brings.
The honor roll in the daily paper is
growing each day, and the lists of
wounded are getting longer. So many
tragedies meet us on every side! And
it is the unexpected which so often
assails us!
A family here in our village has two
sons! One enlisted last summer and is
waiting now in a Southern camp for the
summons to go ‘“over.” Tlg: other son
is older, married, and with two little
children. The parents’ hearts have been
torn with grief at the thought of the
younger son and the danger he is fac
ing. While yesterday came word that
the older son—-thought to be so safe—
had died suddenly after two days’' ill
ness. So does the grim reaper gather
in his sheaves! So does the command
ing officer call his recruits to the far
thest frontier of all! So does deéath
wait upon us, not only on the battle
field, but in our peaceful homes. |
In much that I am reading of the
war these days the predominating note
seems to be the solace which religion
brings to the soldiers facing death. One
writer says that enemies of God do not
ARMY ORDERS
WASHINGTON, April 13.—The fol
lowing army orders have been issued by
the War Department:
First Lieutenants Lewis S. McQuade,
medical reserve corps, to Camp Wheel
er,
(Captain George W. Thompson, quar
termaster reserve corps, to Camp For
rest.
Captain Lyman S. Hapgood, medical
reserve corps, to Camp Wheeler.
Captain Henry H. Healy, medical re
serve corps, assigned to active duty and
will report at Camp Gordon. ,
Captain Frederick E. Wilson, infantry,
regular army (major, infantry, national
army), wil report in person to Briga
dier General Marcus D. Cronin, national
army, president of an army retiring
board at Camp Gordon.
Major Oriet Dunlap, engineer reserve
corps, is relieved from temporary duty
with the 108th Engineers and assigned
to the 518th Kngineers. He will proceed
to Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.
Major Linneus H. Princee, medical
reserve corps, and Captain James C.
McDougall, medical reserve corps, are
detailed as examiners and witnesses be
fore the arm yretiring board appointed
to meet at Camp Gordon.
Captain William C. E. Nobles, medical
reserve. Camp Wheeler, honorably dis
charged.
Appointment of Julian Edmund Zapp,
second lieutenant in aviation section,
and assignment to Park Field, an
nounced.
Promotions in Naticnal Guard an
nounacd: v he frat lutenants:
Second Lieutenants Lee C. Fletcher,
TLesiic €. Hiitobeitel, John B. Gribbel
and Robert C. Wilson, to Twenty
eighth Division, Camp Hancock.
Transfer of the following named army
field clerks is ordered: Moses N. Ka
plan from headquarters, Eighty-second
Division, to cantonment headquarters,
Camp Gordon. Ga.; Josiah E. Socks from
cantonment headquarters, Camp Gor-‘
don, Ga., to headquarters Eighty-second
Division. ‘
Second Lieutenant James H. Hopkins, |
auartermaster corps, national army, to‘
Camp Sevier. |
Major Joseph R. BSmith. quartermaster |
corps, national army, to Charleston. 1
Honorable Discharges: First Lieu
tenant William H. Norwine. 138th In
fantry; First Lieutenant Louis E. Dett-}
wiler. 128th Machine Gun battalion:
exist at the front. The nearness of
death, I suppose, makes men as little
children, and they remember the God,
they prayed to at their mother's knee!
But I do not believe it is the nearness
of death, or even the fear of it, thaf
makes man turn' te God. Soldiers at
the front and civilians at the rear are
destined alike to die. The essential
thing is to realize it. Men's hearts turn
.to God when they pause and think
Soldiers are forced to think of their des.
tiny with bullets whistling about them,
and so their minds instinetive]y revert
to the faith which has sustained the
uivs and will not fail in fathful min
istry now. J
Beloved, there is a big problem facing
our army of today. When you all come
back, covered with glory—with strange
medals for valiant deeds upon your
breasts, how are you going to live up |
to the splendid record of bravery and
honor which you made for yoursclves
on the battlefield? Will that invineci
ble courage and self sacrifice and de
nial endure in a world of peace? With
you, yes; for you always had it; yvou al-"
ways will. It is part of you——inviolate——-}
but how about the others, who, from
' pampered lives, or selfish lives, or maya
be vicious lives, suddenly find them
selves heroes. Will they keep the loyal.
ty, the tolerance, the individual valor
in the democracy of peace which they
had in democracy of arms? If so, then
the world will rise to new and loftier
heights of nebility. The coming race
will be recreated in courage and hero- |
ism and the thought of glory, with her |
radiant face, will not be as alluring as
the graver face of duty. Glory crowns
with jewels and sparkling lights, but the
rowards which duty gives are the things
which we can carry with us in oun
hands on that day when the resgoning
is made. J
| Soldier of duty, 1 salute you tonight. !
You are blazinf the trail for future gen- |
erations, and the memory of your cour- i
age and sacrifice will light the way for
those coming after.
| Good-night, beloved.
Captain Dennis 8. Hossley, 155th Infan
try; First Lieutenant Fred F. Ballard.
Idcnlal corps; Major Phillips H. Garrard,
'lsoth Infantry; Captain Robert E. Wat
son, 166th Infantry.
| First Lietenant Morris W. Loving, en
gineer reserve corps, to 516th Engineers,
Camp Gordon. »
Relieved from duty at Carlstrom
Field, to Camp Wadsworth: Major
Frank W. Butler, Thirty-fifth Division;
’M.'Ljnr Walter A. Morton, Twenty-ninth
Division; Major Charles A. Heater,
Thirty-geventn Division; Captain Walter
W. Durnall, Thirty-fifth Division; Cap
tain William N. Kruitbosch, Twenty
ninth Division; Captain Carl C. Bost
wick, Thirty-seventh Division; Captain
William A. Huster, Twenty-ninth Di
vision; Captain Harry B. Scott, Thirty
fifth Diyision® Captain Alfred D. Nichol
son, infantry reserve corps.
Following second lieutenants, veterin
ary reserve corps, relieved at Chicago:
Paul F. Bittner,, Camp Sheridan; Rob
ert F. Okeershauser, Camp Beauregard;
John J. Regan, Camp Shelby; Philip F.
White, Camp Kearney.
1
Up; Saloons Closed
(By International News Service)
| JOPLIN, MO., April 13,.~Because of
threatened anti-German mob vio
lence, the city authorities this after
noon closed all saloons in the city
and took geveral alleged Gorm:m‘
sympathizers into custody to prevent
them from falling into the hands of |
angry citizens. 1
\ : \
MEXICAN IS HANGED. ‘
BILLINGS, MONT., April 13.—
Juan Cuellae, a Mexican, was hanged
here for the murder in December last |
of Patrolman Enos Nelson. Before
going to the scaffold, C'uellae is said
to have confessed that he had killed
his brother in Mexicn several years]
ago.
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
Captain K. Ten Eyck Harrington
and her eight members of the motor
corps of the National League for
Womarn's Service who brought nine
motor trucks from Lansing, Mich., to
Atlanta, were being congratulated
Saturday, not only by women friends,
but by expert motorists who know
the difficulties of such a trip through
the mud.
The nine trucks, laden with Gov
ernment supplies from depots at Cin
cinnati and Louisville, were installed
safely in the Reo branch Friday aft
ernoon, and their drivers hurried
home to remove the marks of travel
from their uniforms. They had trav
eled eight days, through mud and
lover mountains, and had not asked
the help of any man in adjusting the
mechanism or changing a punctured
tire. Floods in the Tennessee River
valley had made a long detour over
j the Cumberland Mountains necessary,
| but the women took this as part of
!the day’s work.
Governor Dorsey, who commis
sioned the officers of the motor corps,
}spuke highly Saturday of their work,
{ congratulating them upon their dem
lunstrauon of woman'’s ability to hold
i down a man's job.
| In the party were Captain Harring
ton, Lieutenant Courtnecy Billups,
Privates B. Barcroft, E. Martin, R. L.
Mayer, N. Neal, of Atlanta; Mrs. E,
L. Dillingham and Mrs. A. G. Picks
lay, of New York, and Mrs. Alice
Smith, of Detroit.
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New Draft Measure
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- Amended in House
|
| Ml i
. (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, April 13.-—After a
three-day fight, the House this aft
ernoon passed amendments to the se
lective draft act giving authority to
' raise quotas in future drafts on the
'number of men in class 1, provided
‘class 1 all over the country Bhall be
exhausted before class 2 is invaded,
and giving the President power to
call skilled men into the service from
ianv class.
An amendment offered by Repre
sertative Harrison, of Virginia, which
'wculd have exempted all agricultural
workers, was withdrawn, clearing the
way for speedy passage.
The opponents of the measure were
successful in having it amended to
provide that credit shall be given for
volurteers in the calculation of draft
quotas, but failed in their effort to
'have quotas based on the full num
'ber of men liabie to service rather
' than on those in the first class.
~ The bill already has been passed
’by the Senate.
| .
‘Army Appointments
|
'Abused, Says Kansan
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Charges
'that the power of appointing officers
from civil life has been grossly abused
'}:y the War Department and politi
'r-nl influence has been brought into
playv to obtain commissions for sons
! of wealthy families, also that the task
of providing officers for the new draft
army has been neglected by the mili
tary authorities, were made on the
floor of the House this afternoon by
Representative Anthony, of Kansas.
| Anthony was the author.of a reso
{lution demanding information on the
| number of “swivel chair officers” now
cn dutv in the War Department. He
ingisted that the voluminous report
| submitted to the House by Benedict
| Crowell. Assistant Secretary of War,
'today was an attemnt to justify the
appointment of Herbert A. Mever,
former private secretary to Secretary
| Lane, and did not furnish the infor
! mation requested.
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'3-Day Chautauqua
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- For Americus in May 1
l AMERICUS, April 13.—Americus’
annual chautauqua season wiil begin
| Saturday, May 25, but owing to the
| war the schedule of entertainment
{ has been cut from seven to three
| days. The affair will be managed, as
ll'fl\lal. by the Redpath Chautaugua
Organization.
' The White Morning
; By GERTRUDE ATHERTON )
CHAPTER V.
(Continued.)
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H from peak to peak in a swift
and dazzling fligth as he talked
rapidly and brokenly, kissing her
cheek, her neck, straining her so close
to him that she could hardly breathe.
Suddenly it poised above the mem
ory of an old book of Renan's, ‘The
Abbess Juarre,” in which the eminent
skeptic had somewhat clumsily at
tempted to demonstrate that if the
world unmistakably announced its
finish within three days the inhab
itonts would give themselves up to an
orgy of love.
- Well, her world might end tomor
row. Why should she not live to
night?
.Her arrogant will demanded the
happiness that this man, whom she
had never ceased to love for a mo
‘ment, to whom she had been uncon
sciously faithful, alone could give
her.
% Moreover, her reason working side
by side with her imperious deslres, as
‘sured her that if he really were spy
‘lng. and, whatever his passion, meant
to remold her will to his and snatch
}the keystone' from the arch, it were
wise to keep him here. It was evi
dent that he had no suspicion of the
‘imminence of the revolution.
} And it was years since she had felt
all woman, not a mere intellect ignor
ing the tides in the depths of her be
ing. The revelation that she was still
young and that her will and all the
proud achievements of her mind could
dissolve at this man’s touch in the
crucible of her passion filled her with
exultation.
She melted into his arms and lifted
hers heavily to his neck.
“Franz! }Napz!;’ sl'le whispered.
Gisela moved softly about the room
looking for fresh candles. Those that
had replaced the moonlight hours ago
had burned out and she did not dare
draw the curtains apart;, it was too
rear the dawn. She had no idea what
time it was. But she must have light,
for to think was imperative, and her
mental procesess were always clogged
in the dark. ‘
She found the old box of candles
and placed four in the brackets and
lit them. Then she went over to the
couch and looked down upon IFranz
von Nettelbeck. He slept heavily, on
his side, his arms relaxed but slightly |
curved. In a few moments she went
down the hall to' her bedroom and
took a cold bath and made a cup of
strong coffee; then dressed herself in
a suit of gray cloth, straight and loose,
that her swiftest movements might
not be impeded. In the belt under her
jacket she adjusted her pistol and
dagger. ‘
She Looks Again. |
She returned to the saal and once
more looked down upon the uncon
scious man. How long he had he(‘nf
falling asleep! She had offered him |
wine, meaning to drug it, but he had
refused, lest it inflame his wounds.
She had offered to make him coffee,
but he would not let her go.
It was in the complete admission of
her reluctance to leave him, even aft
er he slept, and while disturbed by
the fear that the dawn was nearer
than in fact it was, that she stared
down upon the man who was more to
her than Germany and all its enslaved
women and men. He knew nothing
of her plans, had not a suspicion (;1‘!
he revolution, but he had vowed they
never should be parted again.
He had great influ'nce and oonld‘
set wheels in motion that would re- |
turn him to the diplomatic service |
and procure him an appointment to
Spain, where good diplomatists were
badly needed. ’ 2
An Enchanting Picture.
It was an enchanting picture that
he drew in spite of the horror that
must ever mutter at their threshold;
but to the awfulness of war they were
Loth by this time more or less callus.
although he was mortally sick of the
war itself; and Gisela, who doled half
measures neither tc herself nor oth- |
ers, had dismissed the morrow and |
yielded herself to the jov of the fu
ture as of the present. What she naa
___MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1918
felt for this man in her early twenties
seemed a mere partnership of ro
mance and sentiment fused by young
nerves, compared with the mature
passion he had shocked from its long
recuperative sleep. He was her mate,
her other part. Her long fidelity, un
shaken by time, her own tempera
ment and many opportunities, all were
proof of that,
The caste of great lovers in this
unfinished world is small and almost
inaccessible, but they had taken their
place by immemoria¥ right. Were it
not for this history of her own making
they would find every phase of happi
ness in each other as long as they
both lived. Women, at least, know
instinctively the difference between
the transient passion, no matter how
powerful, and the deathless bond.
She Argues It Out,
Gisela glanced at her wrist watch.
It was within 70 minutes of the dawn.
If she could only be sure that he
would sleep until Munich herseif
awoke him. But he had told her that
he never slept these days more than
two or three hours at a time, no mat
ter how weary.
If he awoke before it was time for
her to leave the Rouse and renewedshis
love-making, her response would be
as automatic as the progress of life
itself.
If she attempted to leave the house
before sunrise, on no matter what
pretext, his suspicions would be
| aroused, for sha had told him that she
had been given a week for rest. For
the same reason she dared not awaken
him and ask him to go. He would
refuse, for it was no time to slip out
of a woman's apartment; far better
wait until 10 o’clock, when there were
always visitors of both sexes in her
office. Moreover, he wpuld no more
wish to go than he would nermit her
to leave him, .
In the Heroic Mold. |
She was utterly in his power if he
awakened and chose to exert it, He[
had mastered her, conquered hel'.‘
routed her carcer and her peace, and
she had gloried in her submissl(m:‘
lglorievl in it still, A commoplnce}
woman would have been satisfied,
ls:atiat(-d. felt free for the moment,
turned with relief to the dry conven
-Ition of the daily adventure, rather
resenfing, if she had a pratty will, the
’supremu surrender to the race in a.n‘
[ anguarded hour,
Gisela was cast in the heroic mold.
She came down from the old race of‘
goddesses of her own Njbelungenlied, |
whose passions might consume them
but had nothing in eommon with tha
‘flhb and flow of mortals. But great |
brains are fed by stormy souls, |
—— \
} (Copyright, 1918, Gertrude Atherton.) ‘
| (To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
Miners Opposed to
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~ Industrial Strikes
| KNOXVILLE, TENN. April 13—
Officials of nearly 18,000 miners in
Tennessee and Kentnucky, at a dele
gate meeting here .friday, declared
State convict miners a disgrace to
Tennessee, urged workmen's com
pensation lezislation for the State,
called on miners tg@ produce every !
possible pound of coal, said irzdlm-!
tricl strikers shonld be shot, recom
mended a campaign for 100 per r‘Pntl
unicn organization throughout fleld
and another to stamp out {'literacy in
mining cans, and planned for further
investments in Liberty bonds and war
stamps.
5 Workmen Hurt by
. .
Explosion of Acldl
(By International News Service.)
PITTSBURG, April 13.—One work
man was injured probably fatally and
four others were slightly hurt when
a vat of acid in the reducing depart- '
ment at Crescent plant of the Cruci
ble Steel Company exploded today. l
New Soldiers to Come From
Every Section of Tennessee,
Alabama and Georgia.
By G. K. RUTLEDGE.
CAMP GORDON, April 13.—Prep
arations are being made here for re
celving 8,000 white selectmen, April
26, from Tlennessee, Alabama and
Georgia. This is the first increment
of the second draft scheduled to ar
rive here. Kach district in the sev
eral States will be called upon to
send a quota of men, so the incre
ments will draw embryo soldiers from
every section of the three States.
Some 2,000 Georgia negro select
men, the last increment of the first
draft, are scheduled to arrive here
about the same time. Just what dis
position will be made of the expected
arrivals and other selectmen who
have recently come here is not known.
Camp officials await instructions from
Washington before planning units and
perfecting organizations, As mem
bers of the casual detachment they
will undergo preliminary training and
it is anticipated that orders will be
received at an early date providing
for an organization plan.
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11th Dist. K. of P,
- To Meet at Baxley
| BAXLEY, April 18.—The Eleventh
District Convention of Knights of
Pythias will be held with the Baxley
Lodge Thursday, April 18, beginning
at 10 a. m. The business session will
last until about 1 o'clock, when dinner
will be served in the hall by the local
members and their wives. At 2:30
p. m. there will be pubiic speaking in
the hall, to which the public is in
vited. The principal speaker will be
B. D. Brantley, of Rlgckshear.
The following committees have!
been selected: |
Entertainment—H. . McCrackin,
V. E. Padgett, C. W, Sullivan, F. W,
C'ollins, G. A. Ray, J. M. Gilmore and
E. Branch.
Reception—V. E. Padgett, G. N.
Weatherly, W. H., Watson, Roy Rog
ors, H. R, Williams, H. J. Lawrence,
John Ellis and 'W. U. Gordon.
Refreshments—C, C, Johnson, W.
W. Bland, J. L. Leggett, W. H, Wat
son, J. R, Rogers, Mack \Hall, B. W,
Lewls, Lee Crummey, W. B. Moody,
Jr,, and E. Brouse—all bachelors.
Dinner-—Mesdames J. M. Gjlmore,
W. W. Morris, F. W, Collins, H. J.
Lawrencve, V. E. Padgett, C. H.
Parker and W. U.. Gordon.
ircraft B
New Aircraft Board
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, ‘April 13.—Ap
pointment by the President of an air
craft administrator to be in charge
of the aerial program of the United
States is provided in a bill introduced
in the House by Representative Gould,
of New York, Republican. The bill
would abolish the present aircraft
production board.
An appropriation of $25,000,000
would be given the aircraft adminis
trator with which to carry out the
program decided upon. The aerial
section of both the army and the navy
would be incorporated in the new de
partment and four assistants to the
administrator would be appointed by
the President to have charge of "~
various branches of aircraft produc
tion,
Loafing Banned by
Huntsville's Mayor
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., April 13—
Mayor Thomas T. Terry has issued a
proclamation to the effect that no
more loafing will be tolerated in any
class in future. Employers of labor
have been requested to sign up cards
that have beenr given them by thoi
police, s¢ that when any person is
{aken in custody and found with a
current card he will be released The
city authorities are being co-cperated
with in the elimination of loafing by
Sheriff John Lowe and his force of
deputies.
Vice Conditions Near
ice Cond N
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Navy Yard Cleared
WASHINGTON, April 13.—Vice
conditiong around the Brooklyn navy
yvard are much improved, Secretary of
the Navy Daniels stated yesterday
afternoon, The authorities have
shown a decided spirit to co-operate
with the naval authorities in curbing
vice conditions, with the result that
little complaint can now be made
about conditions in that neighbor
hood. There is no naval station in
Manhattan, but the Secretary had no
complaint to make about conditions
,there
More Ground Glass |
. .
Discovered in Flour
; HUNTSVILLE, ALA., April 13—
| Sfeveral more sacks of flour with finely
powdered glass have been turned over
'to the food administrator. The au
thorities have been at work on the
case several days, but so far no clewl
' has been found. i
281 Ben Hill Citizens |
en Hill
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Put $160,000 in Loan
FITZGERALD, April 13.—The n(-n'
Hill County Liberty lLoan committee
reported 281 individual subscribers at
the close of yesterday, with an aggre
gate subscription of $160,000. A num
ber of farmers have subscribed for
bonds of this issue. ’
LIBERTY BONDS AS BAIL.
("HICAGO, Aprli 13.—Ten thousand
dollars’ worth of Liberty bonds
bought temporary freedom from jail
to Myer Friedkin, one of the &8 1. W,
W.'s held under arrest here on l“-‘d-.)
eral conspiracy charges. His broth- |
er came here from New York and!
posted the Liberty bonds as bail
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Base Hospital Unit Being Formed
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to Replace First One When
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Ordered Overseas.
CAMP SEVIER, GREiNVILLE, =
~ April 13.—Scores of ons, carts,
ambulances and motor trucks of
every sort passed in single column
vesterday before Brigadier General
S. L. Faison, commanding the divi
sion, and his staff, when the entire
rolling stock of the divisional trains
was reviewed. Colonel Holmes B.
Springs is commander of trains, The
review wag ordered as an object les
son, not only for the troops gener
ally but also for the personnel of
the trains, of how all equipment
should be kept. Colonel Springs was
complimented on the excellent ap
pearance of the vehicles.
A second base hospital unit is be
ing formed here, it is understood, to
take the place of the original unit
when the division goes across. Many
registered men voluntarily inducted
into service have been assigned to it
within the past few days.
.
Souther Field to
Get New Building
- AMERICUS, April 13.—~Four hun=
‘dred thousand dollars will be expend -
ed by the Federal Government in the
erection at Souther Field, the avia:
‘tinn camp near Americus, of a large
warehouse, which, it is expected, wilf
}svrve as a central distributing point
for aviation camp supplies in this
section. The contract for building the
structure has already been awarded
the Hardaway Construction Company
and work thereon will commente at
an early date, Already much material
to be used in building the warehonss
has arrived and workmen are prepar
| ing the site,
| Six alrplaneg will come to Americus
from Montgomery early next week,
Ilhus-- being the first machines to be
‘.A.H:-il.:ned to Souther Field. The planes
will come as the crow flies 135 miles
from Montgomery, and will bring
with them the first student aviators
to be assigned to this camp.
There are now 2,000 workmen busy
completing buildings and grading as
the camp, and the contractors have
been instructed to hurry the work te
completion as quickly as possible.
Putnam County Has
EATONTON, April 13.—Batonton
had a patriotic rally day Friday. Al
the schools of the town and county
were closed. A parade a mile long
was formed at the courthouse, head
ed by the Georgia Military College
band, and all the pupils of the
schools, with banners and flags, and
dressed as Red Cross nurses. Lead
ing the Red Cross Association was
Miss Elizabeth Dennis, with a shep
herd dog with Red Cross trappings.
At the schoolhouse B. W. Hunt
made the opening speech, after which
Henry R. Delarnette introduced
Samuel L. Olive, of Augusta, the
speaker of the day. Lieutenant Colo
|m>l DeMandat Grancy, who has
fought in the trenches, made an in
teresting address. On the stage wi
the speakers were Judge James B.
Park, B. W. Hunt, the Rev. W, T.
Grenade, who made the opening
prayer, and Senator DeJarnette.
Putnam exceeded her quota on the
Liberty Loan, having already sub
scribed over $120,000, and there wilt
be many more subscriptions.
Oklahoma Farmer
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Confesses Bigamy
(By International News Service.)
SHREVEPORT, LA., April 13.—El=
mer [ields, prominent - planter of
Choctaw County, Okla., pleaded guilty
to a charge of bigamy and was sen
tenced to prison for a term of from
one to three years. In his confession
to Judge T. F. Bell, the -Oklahoman
declared he told his second wife, Miss
'Sula Stout, of Arkansas, that he was
4 married man, but she insisted on the
'wedding and they came to Shreveport,
where the ceremony was performed,
| Immediately after the wedding
Fields and the woman went to Okla~-
‘homa, where the first and real wifs
and four children reside, and all have
lived together near Hugo until Fields
‘'was arrested and brought here fee
trial.
Heavy Food Crops
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Expected in Turner
SYCAMORE, April 13.—Farm pros
pects in Turner County are now very
bright. There will be a slight decrease
in cotton acreage, which will be made
up for in wheat, peanuts and potatoes.
A few boll weevils have been reported
but no increased damage is expectd
from the pest this year over last year.
Marked strides have been made in
wheat, peanut, potato and cattle raising
in the few years. Prior to three years
ago very little wheat was raised in the
county. In 1915 farmers began to planf§
wheat and a roller mill was set up,
which now runs night and day during
the wheat season.
The peanut crop last year was uns
nrcvr.-dentvd.h Every 'vac:\!h!t éfipti)t of :
3y d in e town is planted in 2
iwof‘,lens] l,ivxte stock raising is also on gt"o #
increase. a
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Acworth to Build
.
Hosiery Factory
ACWORTH, April 13.—Citizens of Ace *
worth, headed by R. L. McMillan, prom.
inent merchant, today formally organiz
ed a stock company, with a capital of
$20,060¢ to manufacture ladies' cotton
hosiery. Machinery has been ordered
to make 1,200 pairs dail.\',.employmfi
twenty operatives, which equipment wi
be increased as soon as operatives are
sufficiently trained so as to emplow
seventy-five 3
W P Hetrick who operaies the
Hetriek Manufacturing Company, mans =
ufacturers of hosiery in Gainesville, wilt
be the general maanager of the planti =
Production will be started about July T
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