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SDAY, JANUARY, 10 1923
531 YOUNG MEN
ENLIST IN ARMY
GEORGIA MAKES FINE RECRUIT
ING RECORD DURING THE
PAST YEAR
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Gathered Here And
There From All Sections Of
The State
Atlanta A total <W 531 young men
from the stale of Georgia enlisted in
Uie army of Fort McPherson during
the year 1922. according to figures com
piled liy Lieutenant James F Morri
aon, the post recruiting officer and
made public the oilier day Tim Fort
McPherson office enlisted a total of
Util men, the additional m u l> iug from
the eastern sc tlon o, Alabama and a
part of South Carolina
Tho city of Atlanta and Fal un coun
ty led in the Dumber of recruits with
97, slightly less than one-fifth ot the
entire number of Georgians. A Dial
of 431 rocruiU was obtained from the
68 counllew coiniirislng the northern
half of the stii'e. Liei euant Morri
son's figures carry only those counties
in Georgia within a ladlus of on linn
dr-etl miles from Allan s 'lbs count!' 1 *
In tho southern section ot the state
fire recruited from Fort H.‘lining and
n few count i n near the southern bor
der are recruited from Fort Oglethorpe.
Hall county was second In the num
ber of recruits with 3(>, witli Cobb third
with 25 and DeKalb fourth with 18.
Other counties enlisting mors than ten
men for the army during the past
year follow
Floyd, 15; Spalding, 15; Gwinnett.
14; Clarke, IS; Cherokee, 11; Jackson,
11, and Madison, 11
From five to ten recruits w to ob
tained in thirteen counties, while 28
counties hud from one to five men.
Putnam, Jasper, Heard, Milton, Daw-
eon, Lumpkin, Fannin, Towns and Ra
bun counties were the only ones In
the Fort McPherson sector that did not
offer a recruit during 1922.
In addition to the hundreds enlist
ed there wen* nearly as uiauy reject
ed for mental and physical disquali
fications.
The largo number of rejections is
due To tho lack of education and weight
In many of applications for «sol hit
fnent," Lieutenant Morrison said.
"Though regrotablo many of the
young men who leave tho farm to join
the army have to be turned down
because they cannot pass the literacy
test. This is not alone (rue for this
aoetka, but for all other places where
the army Is recruiting men."
DALTON MAYOR MAKES
GOOD ON PROMISE
OF RIGID ECONOMY
Dalton. Mayor J. G McAfee has
made good his announced policy of rig
id economy in the city’s government
when he took charge of the oily iu
January, 1922, for tho finanoial report,
us r ad to tho retiring administration
ihe other night, allowed that not only
did the city live withiu its income, bui
that $11,429,57 was cut from the float,
ing Indebtedness, which was reduced
from $G1,068.53 to $49,628.76. it was
the best showing made in a d ‘unde.
In addition, the water, light and
pinking fund 00mmi sion's report show
ed the city's gas, water and electric
plants made a net profit of $16,273 74
iu addition to furnishing the city fru
fire hydrants and free street light
ing.
Uncle Sam After Shoplifters
Atlanta Shoplifting a tantalizing
piece of feminine wearing apparel and
then attempting to return it to the
store where stolen and get a "refund” j
on it is Ihe charge made against a
wealthy couple, now in the toils of the
federal liiws, according to information |
given out at the office of Joe P, John- l
ston, postal inspector for the South
east. William P. Oriel; and wife were
arrested u few days ago in Birmingham,
Mic h,, following investigations in which
V. D. Young, manager of the Atlanta
Slores’ Mutual Probative association,
Look part. The method of the couple,
It Is charged, was to travel about the
country, stopping at the finest hotels,
and sending all ill gotten goods back
to Pontiac, Mich., where they were liv
ing, but In correspondence gjvlng Post-
office Box 102, Birmingham, Mich., as
their uddross. In December of last
ybur two prominent Whitehall streot
department stores received letters from
a person giving her name as Mrs. F.
U Willets. In each letter It was stat'd
that Mrs. Willets had bought a dress
for her daughter recently while they |
were motoring through Atlanta from
Florida. Later an automobile accid ut
occurred In which the daughter was
fatally injured, thus making it necoe- {
sary to return the goods, and asking a 1
rebate on same.
Bank President Passes Away j
Tignall.—John J. Wilkieon, sixty-one !
years old, prominent banker and busi- |
noss man of Tignall, Willses county, i
(lied ‘ho other morning at 8 o'clock fol- |
lowiug u serious iln°ss of five weeks. J
Ho had been in declining health for j
several mouths. He organized and wae
president of the People’s bank of Tig
nall until two years ago, when he re
signed to become president of the
Farmers' bank of Tignall. a position
ho held at the time of his death. He
was also president of tic Tignall Gro
cery company and identified actively
with other business interests of his
community, of which ho was a leader.
Enjoin Timber Men From Cutting Tract
Macon.—-Judge W. H. Barrott of the
United Staton district court has grant
ed tho Continental Casualty company
af Chicago a temporary Injunction
against Honry and ltoko G. Hicks of
Dublin, Ga., stopping thov cutting of
timber on a large lumber tract in
Whoclor county, it became known hero
recently, whou oftcer.* returned from
making service This action is taken,
it is stated, by lawyers in the case,
in connection with a $20,000 mortgage
foreclosure action and a request for a
receivership. Hearing on the petition
Is vet for Savannah on Janmiary 15.
Dam Washed Away Near Newton
Camilla.—The concrete dam of Baker
County Power company on Notehaway
river, tun miles from Newton, was al
most totally washed away the other
night, causing loss of $75,000. This
company furnished current to Camilla,
Doerun. Newton, Sale City and Moul-
trio. Tho damage will be repaired Im
mediately. The power house and most
of tho equipment remain Intact. Two
large trajiaformers were lost. Several
months will be required to repair the
damage
Rome Banks Aid Cotton Planter*
Rome.—At a largely attended meet
ing of Rome bankers and business mea
held here, it was decided to create a
revolving fund of frmn $15,006 to $20.-
500 to aid the cotton growers of Floyd
■ounty in making a better cotton crop
next season. The fund will be used
to put the beet seed and sufficient cal
"ium arsenate to fight the boll weevil
ind half uf the amount will be silvan
ceil by local banks and the other half
by local merchant* iui<i others inter
ested
miles of the old single-track of the J
Southern railroad will be used In the City Of Athens Has Money in Bank
fttu'-e. ; Athens.—Athens city administration
i ended 1922 with over five thousand
Independent Fails To Qualify i dollars balance in file banks, the first
Savannah.—The Chatham county reg | this has occurred In many years, it
latrars, who have been probing the list j is declared in the financial report to
of those vo era who requested Haul E .city council. The financial report shows
Commission Tangle Up To Court
Sparta.—Quo warranto proceedings
have bean brought before Judge James
B. Park of the Ocmulgee circuit by C.
M. Layson, H. K. Garrett and A E.
Jemignn, recently commissioned by
Gov. Thomas W, Hardwick as member*
of the board of roads and revenue of
Hancock county, against J. T. Rhodes,
Wllllaip Rives and Sam J. Hill, who
fottstttuto the hoard-serving through
the last two years, and who contend
that their terms are for four years
elnce the amendment to the eouatitM
Uon making tha terms of county ofl’i-
oars of four years’ duration.
j Good Building Record In Albany
‘Albany.—Building permits hssuod in
Albany during 1922 totalled $423,467,
us compared with $302,400 iu 1921.
The yearu 1919 and 1920 both made
greater records, but price* of material
and labor were much higher in those
years. The permits Issued in 1922 were
toy dwellings, $312,717, and for m&nu
lecturing and mercantile eotablksh
ynonts, $110,750 These were 90 dwell
ings and apartments for whites and 74
for negroes. New mercantile and man
ufacturing buildings number 24, making
• total ot 188 new buildings oouatract-
ed during the year
EMBASSY LIQUORS
WILL BE CHECKED
MOVE IS INAUGURATED BY THE 1
FEDERAL AUTHORITIES ON
LIQUOR SHIPMENTS
ORGANIZEDTRAFFIC RUMORED
May Ask State Department To Call Sit I |
uation To Attention Of The
Country Involved
Washington.—A elute check has U*5en
inaugurated by federal prohibition au
thorities on liquor shipu. tin, consigned
to foreign embassies and legations here
with u view to determining whether dis
proportionate supplies are being
brought through the Am rh an custom!
iu these favored destinations.
If the invem.tgui.ion disclose that an
embus y or rogation is leceiving sup-'
plies oul of proportion to the needs
of its staff fui personal use and offi
cial outurinining, the s.ale department
will bo asked to cull the situation to
tho attention ol the foreign government
involved.
Tli watch on liquor supplies of for
eign legations was an outgrowth of
charges that some legations In Wash
ington are being uued as the medium
of supplying the locnl bootleg trade, j
it has been said officially.
Rumors of an organized traffic in
liquor brought in by some of the eni- !
hussies and legations reached the po
lice some time ago, It was said, but
indications that those were more than
more rumors are now declared to have |
been found during successive raids In j
three apartment houses iu the fashion- |
able northwest section.
Lieut. O. T. Davis, chlsf of the vice
squad, under whoso direction the raids
were conducted, declared information
hud reached the police that attaches of
tome of thes* establishments have been
parties to this traffic.
Commutes Report To Favor Daugherty
Washington.—The bouse in impeach
ment proceedings possesses the power
held by courts to compel the attend
ance and testimony of witn esses, Rep
resentative Suiunsre, Democrat, of Tex
as, declared la a report filed with the
judiciary committee in the Koller-
Daugherty controversy. The question
has never been settlod In this country,
said Mr. Sumners, who added that
decision in this case probably would j
establish a precedent. It will come be- J
fore the committee ut Its next meeting
to formulate a report on the imp ach-
ment charges made against Attorney
General Daugherty by Representative
Keller, Republican, ot (Minnesota, and
it is thought the report will be favor
able to Daugherty.
Fontaine Loses Against C. V. Whitney
Amsterdam, N. Y.—Supreme Court
Justice liorst dismissed the action of
Evan Burrows Fontaine, dancer,
against Cornelius Vand rbilt Whitney,
son of Harry Puyno Whitney, of New
York, to recover $1,000,000 for breach
of promise. He held that the test!-
rnasy of tho plaintiff was without cre-
d nee and that he did not believe there
was ever any promise of marriage or
that young Whitney was the father of
her child, as alleged in the compluiut.
. Mountain Highway Survey Complete
j yainesvllle.—A highway is now baiag
built from Gainesville along the South
ern railroad via Lula, Alto, Baldwin,
Cornelia, Mt. Airy, Tooua and across
the Tugaloo river into south Carolina,
The survey completed from Ouiueuvtlle
to Cornelia eliminates seventeen grade
crossings, giving, instead, one over
head bridge and one underpass. Con
structlon will soon begin. Several
Van Swearingens Get the C. & O. R. R.
Cleveland, Ohio.—Control of the
Chesapouke and Ohle railway by the
Van Swearingen Interests of Cleveland
has been formally announced In a
statement by O. P. Van Swearingen,
following an announcement from Wash
ington that the Van Swearingen Inter
ests had made fonnal application to the
interstate oomerce commission for per
mission to hold places on the board
of directors of Unu company.
Army Deserters Are £laln In Ireland
Dublin. Ireland.—Five deserters from
the national army were executed In
Dublin by the Free Stute government
The men wer* found fighting on tha
side of the irregulars, the government
announces.
Soubi'ouk to run for mayor as an inde-
pond nt in the municipal election, re
ported thnt he i 1 failed to qualify
He has cot secured on third of the rei;
istered voters ot tho city to his poti
tion asking him to run
Wants New Police Quarters
Augusta.—The annual of Chief ol
Police S. E Grubhs, submitted r cent
ly, shows that the grand total of ar
rests for the year 1D22 were 13,017
This la aliout a thou and more than
docketed during 132'.. Persons slightly
Injured during the year were 314; so
rlously Injured, 47; suicides, 0; killed.
13; sudden deaths, 12. There were
6,491 arrests for violations of city or
dinances and 4,563 reports; and 1,961
arrr.sts for violation of state law-
Tiio chief arak- Jin' ci y to build :
now polio* hasMiquarters.
that the city enjoyed a splendid year,
despite depr s - ing conditions. The
bond commission report shows that the
bonds issued by Oils city find eager
buyers in the financial market.
Negro Girl Held For Killing
Dal ton.—In the h aring before Judge
Tarver in superior court here, Hattie
Goodlet, a 14-year-old negro girl, was
bound over to the grand jury on a
charge of Involuntary manslaughter In
the commission of an unlawful act, her
bond being fixi d at fifteen hundred
dollars. According to tha evidence de
veloped at the hearing, Hattie levied
an old musket at Herron, and the
weapon wa* accidentally discharged,
his left arm being shot off. The boy,
after lingering a day and night, fiaally
died.
Two Convicts Escape In Coffee County
Douglas.—Search for two men who,
lute at night, overpowered a guard at
the county convict camp, here, and es- 1
caped, was being carried on throughout
Georgia early in the week. The two
convicts, John Theas and Nina Brox- j
ton, were both serving entencee for,
tuurder
New Treasury Note Now Offering
Washington. The treasury announces
a new offering of 4 1-2 per cent treas
ury notes, dated January 15. and matur I
Ing December 15, 1937. The issue la
for about $300,000,000 with the right
ro orved to allot additional securities
of the 133UC to the extent that Victory
notes of war : avings certificates are
tender 'd in pa ■ ment or ex thange. About'
$200,000.00') of tho Victory notes called
for r ' ecember 16 still are j
I outstanding, according to treasury fig 1
I uros, and something like $400,000,000 ol 1
j the 1918 issue of war savings stamps j
A Four Reel Motion Picture
Showing the Benefits Derived from the
Proper use of
NITRATE OF SODA
On Cotton Under Boll Weevil Conditions.
It will be shown at the
COLONIAL THEATRE, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA
MONDAY, JANUARY, 15*h AT 1:30 P. M.
Everyone is Invited. It will be to the Inter
est of every Farmer and Business Man to
see this Picture.
NO CHARGE E0R ADMISSION WILL BE MADE
Picture Presented by William S. Myers, Director
Chilean Nitrate Committee,
25 Madison Ave , New York City.
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A Nation’s Tribute
to Buick
Vk«« is an taaplring tribut. to an industry In tb*
universal recognition annually acoorded tb*
National Automobile Shows
Thousand* come to theee exhibitions from every
eection of the continent and from foreign lands as
wall, and thalr advent ie widely heralded tha
world over.
In the twenty-third National Automobile 6how,
juat opening in New York, and later In Chicago,
the nation is provided with a display of its chief
means of personal transportation. This display
it so complete end so magnificently set forth that
all who coma may easily carry away a perfect
picture of tha latest accomplishments In motor
tax building. (£>
Year after year the national Bhows receive the
homage of the entire country. Year after year
they mark by their own Increased magnitude
and splendor, the increased growth of the auto
mobile industry.
Jn occupying first place at both national ahowe
for the fifth consecutive year, Buick continues
the position in the industry awarded it by univer
sal public opinion. D-15-24-NP
Women Planning Equal Rights Fight ]
Washington.—A nation-wide cam i
! paign for equal rights for women, bu |
| pervised by leaders of the National |
Woman's Party, has been inaugurated
by that organization, it is announced
here, and soon will swing into action
In 41 state*. Equal rights bills have
born drafted, it Is said, for introdue
tlon at sessions of the state legislative
bodies this year. States In which the
Woman's Party leaders will center theii
ef.orts include Alabemu, Arkansas, Ok
kcoouia, North Carolina, South Carolina
asOklSCLJBU
W. T. Garrard, Jr., Agt.
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