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MACON, F\eb. 7~—~The State Coun- |
“ of Defense at the close of its spe
' session Thursday evening went |
on record as favoring the appoint
ment. of a commission of ten mem
bers on illiteracy, of which the Gov- |
ernor shall be a member, ex-oflicio, |
to devise ways and means of training
persons of the State who are handi
capped because of their inabillty' to
read and write. It was strongly rec
ommended that the proposal be
brought to the aftention of the next
General Assembly. The reolution,
¥hich was offered by M. L. Brittain,
State Superintendent of Schools, fol
lows:
“Whereas the United States census
of 1910 and the results of the draft
law show that our State is weakened
mentally, morally, physically and
financially by the large number of*
adult illiterates, who were unfortu
rately deprived of educational.oppor
tunities in early life, and
“Whereas the safety, welfare and
prosperity of the commonwealth ren
der it imperative ‘hat each person
should at léast know how to read and
writ® and understand the elementary
duties and obligations of citizenship,
and
“Whereas the credit and good name
oL the State are affected by this in
ternal condition, which menaces us
more at this time than enemies from
witHout,
“Be it resolved by the State Coun
cil of Defense, ‘That the -Governor
be and is hereby requested to appoint
an illiteracy commission of ten, of
which the Governor sha® be a mem
ber ex-officio. to devise ways and
nieans for trajning those of our num
ber who are handicapped by this dis
ahility, and that said commission
Lereby authorized and directed to use
in heginning this work SIO,OOO, or so
much as may be advisable of the
damount cet aside for the work of the
Siate Council tof Defense, to teach
these men and women in the different
counties of Georgin, whoshave passed
bevond the help of the Lublic schools.
This training shall be given in each
locality,” through day ‘or evening
classes, for thrée months or longer as
may be nedessary, with the purpose
6 securinz further legislation from
the next CGeperfll Assembly to the
end that '-\'(-Aj adult person in the
Slate m:‘ at least know how to read
and write before the next eensus of
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rovernor Dorsey said that he had
no authority to ‘h":(\\ warrants on
the mowey set aSide for the Coun
cil of Defense, and that legislative ac
tior would be necessary. A motion
was made and carried that the propo
&ition be referred strongly to the Leg
islature, 2
The council al€o passed a resolu-
ESCO
SYSTEM
YOU CAN GET ’EM IF.
—SAYS 808 Py
Fellaws, you've been pretty : b
clever to me, and L've sold down -} 3
fairly well; but I'm not quite o %
through vet. I've still got a good . :
assortment of . M
.$ o i
Suits and ~
Overcoats &Y
that I MUST tarn loose hefore my %‘s':?’s A
spring stock begins arrjving. Some is’\te Z ;
of it is now on the way, and every g‘f\’ T
preee of goods that stands in my o e
way must go. 808 HAYES
Every Overcoat and
Every Suit from S2O to S3O
Has Been Cut One-Fourth
In these Suits and Overcoats you can find many differ
ent sizes and patterns, and I'm giving you the saving ad
vantage so that 1 ean get rid of them.
You Ought toßuy Some of These
- Shirt
S
You know I've always car
ried a good liné of Shirts. At
my regular prites they were
exceptional values. . Thgy
ranged from $1.50 to SB. These
are al marked
Oane-Fourth Off
and there's some beaggiful pat.
terns left. Save yoursell this
difference, .
Did you ever buy a good hat at even less than a dollar? Well
yvou can do it here I've got a vu}u-ln dozen left—maybe just
your size=-hats that gold from $2 @p to s3.so—just a few that
I don't want to put back in boxes
Come pick you out one today 950
or Saturday for . Piidva
I am just determined to get rid of goods-—can't carry them
over—and l've got somA big values for vou in my stock-but
eome QUICK,
» Bob Hayes i
Bob Himseif
9 Peachtree Street
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THE ATLANTA GEORGTAN oo A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes I FRIDAY, FEBRUAKY 7, 1919,
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- LEFT TO RJGHT: JOHN SAMUELS, FRANK AHLICK,
WILLIAM ROWLAND AND N. B. ACREE,. -
%lanta‘s own doughboy quartet,
whi®h sang to crowded houses in lhp
snldiers' minstrel show at the Az
lanta Theater last summer, has made
another big nmit. This time the per
formance was in France, with other
doughboys as auditors. And the At
lantans created nothing short of a
scl sation.
The singers, in addition to being
heme boys, were trained at Camp
Jesup. They are John Samuels, Frank
Ahifek, William Rowland and N. B.
Acree, They have seen the horrors
of Argonne forest and "Wther battle-,
fields, but still have their fun.
The story of the quartet’s sucecess
in #urope is told in a letter from
~
tion for the appointment of a monu
\
mental dommission to take charge of
raising funds ahé building a suitable
State memorial to the fallen heroes
in the las(q war. It was agreed that
the council would have nothing to do
with a local memorial. 4
RAINS DAMAGE ROADS,
EASTMAN, Feb. 7.—The rains eof the
first three days of tne week have put the
roads of this section in a bad plight and
made travel unpleasant. While the
rains have neot heen of a heavy washing
sort, they were slow and steady and meant
mud whorever it was possite for mud to
N
Neckwear
If there’s a nobbier line
of ties in the ecity than
hangs on my racks, 1 don't
know where to find “em. 1
had ‘em ranging from 50¢
to $4. Think of saving from
15¢ to 7bc on a necktie,
It's werth your time to come
by and select one—or two—or
a half dozen.
N. B. Acree to his mother, Mrs, S. N.
Acree, of No. 231 West Peachtree
street. Young Acree, who formerly
was employed by the Joseph G.
Blcunt Auto Company, went to
France with Motor Transport Corps
No. 308. g
In a big minstrel given at Cam
piegny, France, the.quartet took the
town by storm, raising SSOO clear
profit; which was grven to the French
orphans. The show was given by the
308th Unit, and was attended by
every person in the town who could
find standing room.
' “It was a howling success,” are the
words Acree used in describing the
I show,
! /
‘ That the soldiers who trained at
{ Camp Gordon with the Eighty-second
{ Divigion and casual units which went
! aeross later look back upon their ex
| periences and hospitable treatment in
i Atlanta with keen pleasure and the
i fondest recollections, was the observa
, tion of the Rev. Father James A. Hor
ton, K, of C. chaplain who recently re
turned from overseas service. Father
Horton was the first K. of C. chaplain
to enter the service at Camp Gordon
‘and remained there during the training
period of the Eighty-second Division,
going across with that unit when it left
|| for France last April.
| “On every hand; [ ran into men who
had received their training at Camp
Gordgn, and all-carried with them the
nemory of delightful entertainment and
~ #racious hogpitality shown by Atlanta
people,” said Father Horton. “They
said they had often heard of the old
fashioned Southern hospitality, but few
of them had ever experienced it until
| they came to Camp Gordon.”
| Father Horton was keenly impressed
; with the devotion to duty and the per
formance of their work under the most
| trying conditions and for long periods
| on a stretch without rest by the mem
| bers of the noncombatant units in
| France. He particularly praised the
“ \v?rk dope by the members of the hos
pital staffs and the members of the
: supply depots and hospitals in the rear,
who he said, performed prodigious tasks
{ without the stimulus of actual combat,
;\\nhmn murmuring. Without minimiz
| ing the courage and heroic qualities
! of the men who fought in the front
t line trenches, he declared there were as
‘mmn_\' heroes brought out by the non
| combatant work as were developed in
| the combat units.
i The efforts of the p%nplo in the de
vastated regions of France to rebuild
and “carry on” with the ruins of their
jold euipment and facilities praovoked
! Father Horton's enthugiastic admira
{ tion. He related many instances of this
{ ability of the French people to rise
| above the gloom induced by the destruc
! tion ©f all their possessions, their faith
{in God with their own vigorous efforts,
?lu restore thelr land to lits former
| grandéur,
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Typhoid Vaccine Ready
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! For 15,000 in Georgia
| Typhoid vaceine for 15,000 persons
lis now ready for shipment wherever
) it I 8 wanted in Georgia by the State
Doard of Health. Ur. M. ¥, Haygood,
| head of the department of epidemiol-!
ogy of the State board, has urged
that everyone have an injection of the
Iwr im, and eradicate from the civil
{ian population the disease which has
| been climinated so completely in the
army and navy.
| The serum on hand will be sent
Lun}'whn-n upon application by local
i health authorities,
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Women Mobilized for
v r . .
~ Factory Work in Ohio
. Women who desired factory work
lm Xenia, Ohlo, were wmobilized re
| cently by the United States Depart
|ment of Labor A representative of
| the [United States Kmployment Sery
{ lee was sent to investigate working
| conditions and then to talk with ap
| piicants concerning processes, wages,
[ hours and location. During the two
!dn)'u passed in Xenia many appli
jeants were received and a number of
{v.'umen placed satisfactorily,
!1,279 Men Return From
|
. Europe to Camp Gordon
i Three officers and 1,278 enlisted men
!urn\ad at Camp Gordon from home and
| overseas contingents this week to offset
{ the 74 officors yAd 1,062 enlisted men dis
{
%v-}mrv: A last M@&day The population of
| the camp now numbers 11,640 offiders and
men of which number %63 ake officers,
‘Hnl_v 14698 ofthe camp's pérsonnel con
'umtn of negro troops, No definite Informan
tion has been received with regard to the
proposed transfer of several thousands of
soldiers from Camp MeClellan to Camp
twirdoan ¢
Preparations are being made by So
licitor General Boykin to place on the
Crimihal Court docket for the week of
February 17 ten murder cases—the
greatest number to have accumulated
in the Fulton courts in many years, and
the result of A\lama‘s recent epidemic
of tragedy.
Two manslaughter cases, growing out
of recent automobile tragedies, also
are outstanding and possibly may be
placed on the calendar for trial in
“murder week,” although Solicitor
Boykin said he was not certain wheth
er he would attempt to crowd them in
on the docket for that ime. It was be
lieved that both of these cases would be l
put over until a later date. The man
slaughter ipdictments are against twn|
autoists—J. D. SBmith, whose auto was
said to have run down and killed A. J.
Waller, and George Harris, a negro,
whose car cost the life of little Robert
| Stoddard in West Peachtree street. |
| Mrs. Abbott on List.
[ The extraordinary murder calendar
is headed by Mrs. John Abbott, slaver
of her husband, and William H. Al
bright, who shot and killed Carlisle H.
Cristy January 2 in front of the home
of G. C., Febuary, No. 21 Mathewson
place, just after the iwo men had ac
companied Mrs. Febuary home
Solicitor Boykin made it knowd that
it is his plan to bring Albright to trial
first. It is generally understood that
Albright will plead self-defense.
Another of the important murder
trials will be that of Arthur Henry
|Hlll and Richard Moore, jointly indict
ed for the sl:\ying of Aaron Lefchez,
a merchant in Fort street, several
weeks ago. lLefchez was shot dewn in
his store at night, and at sirst the iden
tity of his slayers was unknown, After
’]yerSißan! effort, however, officers ob
tained information that led to the ar
rest of Hill and Moore. |
To Probe Boy's Death,
Dave Rice, a negro, will be tried on
the charge of murdering a small boy,
Abee&inghom in front_of the latter's
home®in Moore street. Rice an\lhanoth
er negro, according to the chadMge, en
gaged in a pistol duel, as the nuui)rowth‘
of a crap game, and one of the bullets
struck and killed the little boy as he
plaved in the street, ‘
Two negro wnmren appear among
those to be tried for their lives. One
“is Mabel IL.emmons, who is under in
dictment for the slaying of another ne
gro. The other is Mary Jackson, joint
ly indicted with Julius Jackson for the
murder of a negro in Inman Yards a
short time ago,
Two of the negroes scheduled for
trial are charged with wife murder—
}Frank Bates, Indicted for slaying Myr
tle Bates, and George Brown, accused
of slaying Bstella Brown. The Brown
murder occurred three year sago, the
f\xitive husband being arrested and
brought back here from New York only
recently. '
The others on the list are Jack Red
ding, a negro, charged with murdering
Ed Teasley, and Grant Durham, a ne
gro, held for the slaying of Jim Waller.
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Riddled With Shrapnel,
Atalnta Boy Recovers
Mrs. G. A. Gheesling, of 125 Cascade
avenue, has a letter from her brother,
Eugene Clark, telling of the battles which
‘lm and his brother, Walter, participated
in in France The boys were both mem
bers of the 83rd company, 6th regiment of
marines, and sailed for France, October
{ 31st, 1917, The letter tells of the training
which the boys went through, prepara
tory to the great battle of Chateau Thier
ry. where the American Marines won un
| dying fame He was in the fighting just
isr-u!r of Chateau Thierry, on the road
to Paris. Struck by a machine-gun bullet
in the shoulder, he forged ahead and
fought at close quarters with the Huns
untii a shell burst and he fell with a half
dozen shrapnel wounds
Then followed several months i nthe hos
pital, from which he has just heen re
leased. He received the French Croix de
Guerre, and also the citation cord His
brother, he said, has every medal issued
by the French army to privates
. »
Married 20 Years
’
Start on Honeymoon
JONESBORO, Feb, 7.—Mr. and Mrs
| Pierce Fife, who have three sons in
the army, have just completed their
honeymoon. Although they had been
married for more than 20 vears they
had postponed a wedding trip, and
’\iu ided the close of the war and the
safety of their sons would be a good
|"mo for such a celebration They
\':nurnvi Georgia and Alabama
Boys’o ts in Three Great G
$7.50 . $0.75 . $14.95
The best values possible for the money ‘ ’/
as you will agree once you inspect them '
This is an advertisemsnt you can read with profit. It is mother’s opportunity ! Yl/
to provide the little fellow with a splendid overcoat for February and March /]
as well as next season at a great saving Y ~ - fl
The Overcoats comprised in these groups represent broken lots. Not all sizes "'/ v,' }W Z
in every style, but plenty of styies in every size. We stand sponsor for their {\: )7\ 0 7
beautifil quality and conscientious workmanship. They look like Over ‘\\'//// s w,( /
coats of a much costlier variety, and, as a matter of fact. they should be priced v )
several dollars more, Y e \)
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Every conceivable pattern and color in durable worsleds, / /R
cassimeres, cheviots, homespuns, etc.. Only the very latest styles ,k/ J/
At $7.50 there are 65 coats in all sizes from ‘(fi;f
2145 to 10 years, | 1/ / °
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At $9.75 there are 111 coats in all sizes ////
from 214 to 12 years .
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At $14.95 there are 115 coats in all sizes ’ .
from 3 to 17 years i Q
Boys’ Cloth Hats Neat Serge Caps Fa
$1.25 Thc &
A Special Boys’ Suit at & 7
$lO e
Others from $8.50 to S2O /
Splendid Blouses Striped Madras Shirts Official Boy Scout
SI.OO SI.OO Outfitters in Atlanta
eovsmemrTheNT EVERYTHING BOYS' WEAR. enmee secown oop
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: worears NATLANTA 2
Many Soldiers Seeking
Farm Homes in Georgia
WAYCROSS, Feb, 7.—The Georgla
Landowners’ Association is receiving
daily inquiries from soldiers who want
to know about the country of South
ern Georgia and its adaptability to
agriculture and live stock raising.
These letters are coming from men
Davison-Paxon-Stokes Company
Featuring for Saturday
New Spring Milli
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That Will Induce At '"i'
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Every Well Attired N e
Woman in Atlanta “tuaggl
to Come Tomorrow \
EVER before in Febru: | '
N ary were we so well pre- 2
pared to supply your ’
needs in well chosen, stylish /\
:p.:i;n,: Millinery for immediate { ¢ \/)
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s Wonder Hats on Sale Saturday
ORI h
> sy . .
& All Straw and combinations, such as
(,’\/\\2l y Satin and Straw or Georgette and °
I\ fi/, W Straw, in Off-face and Irregular Brim e
‘\ = N effects, Turbans, Side-Tums, Colo
o\ nials, Mushrooms, Pokes, Sailors, :
¢ “Tams, etc.
S\L . -
R it Trimming
= T 3 'V\' S N ribbons, chrys
N . o] o NS -3 Narrow ) cnrvs
Fs T e \ - awxthemum and pineapple
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{ A P —_— e S straw and lisere braids,
sl WP/ £ .
> 9 p ) ornaments, flowers, ostrich
“Liberty” Hats GO at and lisere fancies, hand
Hats that will suit the woman who wants $ 50 embroidery, steel, fancy
to pay more than ss.oo—and they are well * @ .
worth the extra money. See the assort- pins, ete,, snml'ihmg to
ment tomorrow and note the superior quality, T ;
S . suit every woman,
¢ 2 ’”» ib o
‘Victory’’ Hats $lO i :
We doubt if Atlanta women L
ever saw better or more stylish / R cl P -
Hats at th ice than they will J
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;,::;::L;l!l;;:lall values which we have ",‘/ 4 :“f °""-:-EF /—\ W—‘flé' .
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Among These Hats Are Exquisite Originations & Clewver, 'L" ' 70" You Will Be Pleased
Stylish Adaptations of Neaw York and Parisian Models - With Them
Davi
avison-Paxon-Stokes Company
““The Greater Boys’ Store”
who have been mustered out and
some who are yet in the service but
who will soon be discharged. It is
evidence that the propaganda that
has been at work in exploiting the
lands of South Georgia for soldier
settlement is bearing fruit. Several
deals have already been consummated
by %oldiers who have come and found
what they wanted,
.
Firebug Also Assisted
. . .
In Extinguishing Flame
SBT. LOUIS, MO. leh. 7.-ZBecause he
had an overwhelming desire to set build
ings on fire, Lawrence Ledferd, 24, a
tuckpointer, started eight fires here in six
weeks, After he got them started, in many
cases, he helped to put them out He was
caught in the act of extinguishing a fire
in a vacant house.
Eventually you
< .
A will buy your
{ ‘H Hat here.
% ' Why Not Now?
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Down Peach
tree”
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talking about it.
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