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BEEF AND SUGAR
ALLOWANCE CUT
ORDERS FOR CURTAILMENT MADE
NECESSARY BY THE NEEDS
OF ALLIED ARMIES
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Items Of Importance Gath¬
ered From All Parte
Of The State
Atlanta,—Rigid restrictions) on the
consumption of beef and sugar have
been announced by the federal food
administration at Washington and
through Dr. Andrew M. Soule, food
administrator for Georgia, to the peo¬
ple of the state. Not more than 1 1-2
pounds of beef with bone or 1 1-4
pounds of clear beef are to be pur¬
chased by individual consumers dur¬
ing any one calendar week, while
not more than two pounds of sugar
can be purchased at any one time and
the total monthly consumption of
sugar must not be more than three
pounds per month. Hotels, restau¬
rants and all eating places are allow¬
ed to serve boiled beef not more than
twice a week, beefsteak not more
than once a week and roast beef not
more than once a week. The new
sugar regulations provide that for
canning purposes consumers may pur¬
chase fifty pounds of sugar for the
cnlire season, but. this quantity must
be bought in two instalments of twen¬
ty-five pounds each, the purchaser
presenting the required certificates
obtainable from the federal food ad¬
ministrator. It is also ordered that
In each case where individual con¬
sumers make purchases of sugar the
jfrocer shall ascertain from the cus¬
tomer whether he has made other
purchases which would bring his to¬
tal above the allotment permitted by
the administration.
Objectors Being Classified At Gordon
Camp Gordon. The board now
engaged in classifying men at this
camp who say they are conscientious¬
ly opposed to war is placing these
men in two classes—religious objec¬
tors and political objectors. There
arc about 150 men who will be
brought before this board, these men
coming from Camp Gordon, Camp
Custer and Camp Sheridan. Major
It. C. Stoddard is chairman of the
board. While it is understood that
all of these conscientious objectors,
no matter what classification they
may be given, will continue in the
military service, it is stated that
some of those classed as religious ob¬
jectors will be given work as non
combatants. Ail those classed as po¬
litical objectors, it is understood, will
continue in unlimited military ser¬
vice, performing ail duties expected
of a soldier of the United States
army.
Albert Nix Is Given Life Sentence
Columbus.—Albert Nix, one of the
slayers of Lee Alexander and Jesse
Kveridge, entered a plea of guilty to
the charge of murder and was sen¬
tenced by Judge Howard to life Im¬
prisonment. A near relative of one
of the murdered men strongly object¬
ed at first to the cases taking this
course, but after a conference with¬
drew his objection. Solicitor Mo
I-aughlln agreed to accept such a plea.
Nix's uncle. Bartow Nix, was sen¬
tenced a few days ago to hang for
the crime. The young man is not
mentally or morally strong and it is
believed that ids uncle influenced
him to do the deed. Judge Howard,
in passing sentence, remarked that
he would never recommend that Nix
be released from the penitentiary.
Alien Enemy Women Must Register
Atlanta.—All alien females of Ger¬
man ancestry must register between
June 17 and 20 under the latest
lations promulgated by the federal
authorities. This does tiol apply
women of Austrian birth, although it
Is thought that they limy be
to register at some future time.
males over 14 years of age in the
classification, however, will be re¬
quired to observe the order.
Americus, Athens, Atlanta,
Brunswick, Columbus, Cordale.
ton, Dublin, Kljoerton.
Gainesville, Griffin, LaGrange, Macon
Marietta, Newnan, Rome,
Thoma.sville. Valdosta, Wayeross.
"In other areas the
should be at tile postoftice of
registrant.”
First District Wins Athletic
Athens.—The first district ran
with the big end of the winnings
the tenth annual Georgia State
school athletic contest here for chant
pionships. The seventh district
next in standing in number of
tnade.
Close Tybee To All A! e.n
Savannah, — Deputy United
Marshal J. Ben Wilson, acting
Instructions from the United
marshal for the southern district
Georgia, declared ail of Tybee
closed to alien enemies. This
which is the site of a summer
has been opened to these people
the past. It contains For Screvep.
government reservation, and ir is tin
derstcod it has recently become
more important Atlantic ba.se than
the past because of the sea traffic.
Inspect Harbor At St. Mary's
St. Mary’s.—There were
mately one hundred delegates in
tendance here upon the
gulf and Atlantic canal
called by Governor Dorsey, and
under the auspices of the
state council of national defense, and
a more representative body of
never gathered in Georgia. The
of delegates, including citizens of
prosperous little Charlton
were conveyed to the scene by a
of automobiles which
.took the party to the historic old
ing of Coltraine, where a
stands in commemoration of the
Indian treaty signed at the spot
1784. At this point the
was met by a couple of the
ment’s revenue cutters and
to St. Mary’s, over thirty-five miles
one of the most beautiful
waters in the Southern states, a
natural asset dividing the states
Georgia and Florida, potential in
possibilities and yet of no practical
use now by reason of the lack of
velopment. It is this waterway
creates the opening link in the
posed inland waterway extending
the gulf and thence up the
sippi and back into the sea on the
northern coast that will be made
sible by the excavation of a barge ca¬
nal of approximately less than
hundred miles in length.
Emory Will Move To Atlanta In
Oxford. — Definite
that the entire collegiate
of Emory university will be moved
to Atlanta, where the schools of medi¬
cine, law and theology are now
operation, and opened on the
in Druid Hills in September, 1‘JlU,
leaving the numerous splendidly equip
ped buildings in Oxford for what is
proposed to be the greatest prepare
lory academy in America, was made
by Chancellor Warren A. Candler.
Persons Heads Georgia Hardware „ Men
Savannah. J. P. Persons of Griffin
was elected president of the Georgia
Retail Hardware Dealers association
at the last meeting of their conven¬
tion here. Following are the officers
elected: President, J. P. Persons of
Griffin; first vice president, R. F. De
Lamar of Huwkinsvtlle; second vice
president, E. U. Armond of Social Cir¬
cle; secretary and treasurer, Walter
Harland of Atlanta.
Men Of 22 Nations Become Citizens
Ft. Oglethorpe. - More than 1,160
soldiers in the United States army,
representing twenty-two nationalities,
at Fort Oglethorpe, were given their
naturalization papers when they
qualified as citizens of the United
States, before Judge William T. New
man, of the United States
court. Judge Newman r . and i deputies x______ii . .
from the United States mars Wifi's of¬
fice in Atlanta went to Rome, Ga.,
and thence to Port Oglethorpe.
Peach Crop Is Largest Ever Produced
Atlanta. -The largest early peach
crop in the history of Georgia by fully
300 per cent is reported by the Geor¬
gia fruit exchange. Nearly 1,300 cars
of rive fruit that made Port Valley .
famous have been shipped to
and eastern markets, and the
season is not over. The nearest
proach to this figure was in 1912,
up to June 21 only 417 cars of peaches
had been shipped.
Leonard Phinizy Left $750,000 Estate
Augusta, Ga.—The will of the
Leonard Phinizy has been probated.
His estate is estimated to be worth
$750,000. It is left, share and share
alike to Itis widow and ltis
daughters and one son. There are
few special bequests, $5,0-00 each
his two son-in-laws, and $1000 to
caretaker of his property, as a
ward for faithfulness.
Dorsey Urges Help For Stamp
Atlanta.—Following the action
President Wilson in designating
2-8 as National War-Savings day.
ernor Hugh Dorsey, of Georgia,
Issued a proclamation calling on
people of the state to assemble
that day and pledge themselves to
vest during the remainder of the
in thrift and war-savings stamps
Hie best of their ability.
Wayeross To Organize Two
Wayeross.—For the purpose of
ther perfecting the plans incident
organizing a home guard in
cross, the committee selected at a
I r ,. ai meeting met again in the
her of commerce room. The
plans are to have two companies,
active company and a veteran
pany an an advisory board.
! Sibley Heads The Bar Of The
Savannah.—The Georgia Bar
ciation in closing its thirty-fifth
annual session at Tybee,
j indorsed President Wilson and liis
jcies, pledging support and service
j j any possible capacity. Secretary instructed
,-j son 0 f Atlatna was
wjre t v le resolution to President
son.
Voice Is Raised For Drug
Atlanta.—The state prison
s on in its annual report again
attention of the legislature to the
ti e of sending drug fiends to the
f :rm under the technical charge of
graney. a condition, which, if
I ed. should not exist. “Many of
I men are not criminals,” declared
commiss on, “and should not be
, ed as such by being incarcerated
the petti:en .ary. it is
tb.aL.the state make some provision
care for these persons.”
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THE WEEK'S EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA
TION AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happening*
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Domestic.
One of the trucks loaded with Camp
Gordon soldiers, with full equipment
forming part of a big federal expedi¬
tion into Cobb, Cherokee and Milton
counties, Georgia, for the - purpose of
arresting and rounding up deserters in
the Kennesaw and Blue Ridge moun¬
tains crashed through a bridge over
the Etowah river. Three of the sol¬
diers were killed outright, five seri¬
ously wounded and ten less seriously
injured.
Henry Ford, Detroit automobile man¬
ufacturer, who has been mentioned as
the Republican candidate for United
States senator to succeed William Al
den Smith, has been endorsed by the
Michigan Democrats in conference and
urged “to become our candidate, al¬
though he is not within our fold.’’
At the behest of President Wilson,
the Postal-Cable Telegraph company
| has decided to permit its employes to
] form a union.
At a meeting of the mayor and coun¬
cil of the town of Berlin, low'a, the
j name of the town was changed to
Lincoln, and the postoftice department
j so notified.
.. PruH8ia „ )sra and the idea of endur
j .
Jng pwMJe an)ong nations can never be
brought into harmony; compromise
j ( State , m . t even Dansing bp c0! declared , s idered,“ Secretary Schenecta- of
j at
(Jy N R jn aQ , lddreKH as h<mo rary
chancellor of Union college for 1918.
Washinsrton.
Germany’s sea wolves have sunk
two more neutral vessels in American
waters—the sailing ship Kringsjaa and
the hark Samoa, both Norwegian. The
crew of the former was picked up by
an American warship anti that of the
latter has been landed at Norfolk.
Both vessels were sunk 90 miles oft
the Virginia coast.
Seven hundred and seventy casual
lies reported among the American ex¬
peditionary forces during the week
ending June 14 brings the total since
American troops landed in France
nearly a year ago to 8,085.
The government’s financial program
for the next four months has been dis
closed Kv by SluAroLaru Secretary Mr McAdoo’s AHrtn'u an¬ «iti_
nouncement that in preparation for
the fourth Liberty Loan, to be floated
probably in October, about six billion
dollars of certificates of indebtedness
will be issued.
In the fourth Liberty Loan it is very
probable that every national bank and
trust company will be asked to sub¬
scribe 5 per cent of gross resources
I I n'onthiy.
j About six hundred German shock
! troops raided the American first line
i positions at the village of Xivray, in
; the Toul sector. Some of the enemy
; got into Xivray. but were soon driven
out. At other points the Germans
were severely beaten.
Every American is proud of the rec¬
ord the Americans are making on
the various fronts in France. They
are fighting like veterans, and it is be¬
lieved in every quarter that, the turn¬
| ing point of the war has arrived.
Capt, Jewett Williams,' well known
> in Georgia, where he rector of
was
■ I an Episcopal church, was killed in ac¬
tion recently. He said when he went
| ; into uable the war his that he would with be more val
to country the men as
| a private or officer than as a chaplain,
i He was the son-in-law of Chancellor
Harrow of the University of Georgia.
To show how the Germans feel to¬
ward the fighting ability of American
1 soldiers, only picked men are being
sent against them, prisoners taken
| from whom testifying to their fighting
| and sticking qualities.
| There is strong sentiment in con¬
gress in favor of raising the service
i age and considerable opposition also.
In view of what has been happening
during the past few days, officials in
Washington are inclined to regard as
a bit of grt ra humor the report from
Berlin via Holland that the German
government, is about to declare the
eastern American coast a danger zone
and to warn neutral shipping of its
purposes.
The frank declaration of President
Wilson, in his address to the Mexican
i editors, will lead the world to an era
• of peace, says the Santiago, Chile,
Mercurio, in an editorial, expressing
approval of the president's words.
A St John, N. F., dispatch reports
that the Canard line steamship Ascania
ran upon a rock shore in a dense fog
• about two o’clock in the morning,
that the ship was abandoned, as it
i was seen that she would be soon torn
to pieces.
Aa arrangement by which army of fi
: c°:v may urchase their uniforms ftom
| he cuat t ermaster department at cos:
: \ Lae be announc ed by the
- war
vi; ment. Heretofore officers have
, >d to purchase their own clothing
I . ..;Jo and many complaints have
'■ e:i made that the dealers have taken
j t-'.r.uage of this fact to raise prices
jyond a reasonable level.
] The the war department will ask
j o:l fi..: .ion of the select service law
-so as to include all men between the
; s ol eighteen and forty-five or for
the :oree ISC of well
:na: leaders.
Nearly complete reports tq the pro¬
vost marshal general’s office show
that 744,865 young Americans register¬
ed for military service on June 5.
A report from “An Atlantic Port”
tells of an all-day fight with a Ger¬
man submarine off the Virginia capes
by the British steamship Author. The
raider did no damage and gave up
the chase 70 miles off the Virginia
capes, apparently fearing to brave the
coast patrol.
The senate requested informatidn
of Secretary McAdoo regarding what
steps were being taken to stabilize the
American dollar abroad, but the sec¬
retary, acting at the instance of Presi¬
dent Wilson, declined to give out any¬
thing whatever, further than to say
that some neutral European cousin
and South American sister were at¬
tending to the matter, and that there
need be no concern.
Until the end t>f the present critical
shortage of wheat flour federal food
administrators will discourage the
opening of new commercial bakeries,
the United States food administration
has announced. Those intending to
enter the business of baking brekd and
rolls are requested not to apply for
licenses until after August 1.
A baker who desires to surrender
his license must satisfy his local food
administrator that he is no longer in
business, and turn over his license to
him. When selling his business, a
baker is not permitted to transfer his
license. The license of the seller must
be surrendered to the food administra¬
tor, and the purchaser must apply for
a new license.
Euronean.
The Italian and allied armies are
bravely sustaining the weight of the
Austrian forces which are attacking
along the front of the Italian theater
from the northwest of the Asiago pla¬
teau eastward to the Piave river and
thence along that stream to where it
joins the headwaters of the Adriatic
sea, a front of nearly one hundred
miles.
The Austrians have made extensive
preparations for the drive against the
Italians by bringing up strong rein¬
forcements in men and guns, many
of them coming from the former bat¬
tle line in Roumania and Galicia as a
result of the debacle in the east, using
them without stint in the effort to de¬
bouch from the mountain passes and
cross the Piave river and gain the
Venetian plains.
At last accounts the allied troops
everywhere were strongly holding the
enerny and were gallantly striving to
throw back the invaders across the
Piave in Italy.
The reports are that the Italians
have taken more than three thousand
Austrian prisoners, among them eighty
nine officers.
British casualties reported for the !
week ending June 14 totalled 34,171
officers and men. ; |
In a recent memorandum issued by
the Austrian Men’s Democratic I
League, “the immediate opening of I
peace negotiations in a neutral coun¬ I
try’’ is demanded.
Sir Joseph Jonas, lord mayor of i
Sheffield, in 1900, and a steel man¬ | i
ufacturer, was in the Bow street, Lon¬
don. police court on the charge that |
with various other persons, whose |
names were not known, he “did ob¬
tain and communicate certain infor¬ !
mation prejudicial to the interests of j j
the siftte and information useful to ;he
enemy and information relating to pro¬ j
hibited places and things therein.” and Sir |
Jonas was born in Germany was j
naturalized in 1876.
The drive of the German crown
prince to Paris has been checked def¬
initely. !
The maneuvers of the German com¬ |
manders for the past two weeks ap¬ j
parently has gained them supplies, nothing and but |
severe losses in men and !
the only gain has been on the Noyon
salient and the capture of a few un¬ |
important positions southwest of Sots- j
sons. ;
The feeling still prevails on the I
western the Germans front is that yet the to main be launched— effort of j |
and whether it w-ill be for Paris or the
channel ports is purely speculative. 1
Scouting patrols report that the Ger¬
man armies on the west have been
largely reinforced by the men who
have been operating on the Russian
front.
The heroism of the veteran troops of
the allied armies who in these last
days have inflicted such terrific losses
on the flower of the German army has
given the foe a rude shock.
Considerable artillery activity is re¬
ported in the Hangard wood, south
of the Aisne and in the sector between
VilSers-Cotterets and Chateau Thierry. ;
There seems no doubt that the cen- |
tral powers will make one more ef- !
fort to capture Paris before the Amer- |
icans arrive in sufficient numbers to |
stop them. 1
The central powers are showing the j
utmost concern about the numerical |
strength of the American troops ar- j
riving on the western front, and seem j
to be taking no interest whatever in |
what happens to the Bulgarian front
the Grecian border. ;
on de- I
One Austrian dreadnaught was
stroyed and a second one damaged in I
the torpedo attack made by Italian tor
pedo boats upon the Austrian naval di- I
vision near the Dalmatian islands, it '
is officially stated in Venice. I
The German admiralty, says a Lon¬ i
don dispatch, intends to declare the i
eastern coast of the United States, I
from Mexico to Canadian waters, a I
danger zone, and will warn neutral
shipping. j
A majority of the Japanese nation !
does not believe that Japan and Ger- i
many will become allies after the pres
i ent war. I
PLOT DISCLOSED TO
ROD GOVERNMENT
RAIDS MADE ON HUNDREDS OF
FIRMS BY FEDERAL AGENTS
HUNTING PAPERS
CLAIM NATION-WIDE SCHEME
Alleged Manufacturer Agreed To Pay
Illegal Fees To Commission
Agents In Washington
Washington.—A nation-wide con¬
between manufacturers and
agents in Washington to
government war orders under
agreement to pay commissions il¬
to the agents was disclosed
the department of justice.
Simultaneously with the announce¬
raids were made on hundreds
of manufacturers business offices
the United Slates in search
papers showing the scope of the
practice, and four Boston busi¬
men were indicted in Washington
charges of acting as contingent fee
Even before the results of the raids
fully reported here, officials in¬
that they had evidence that
perhaps hundreds, of contracts
been made with manufacturers
w'ere under pledge to turn over
contract commission agents in
New York and elsewhere,
percentage of their profits.
Officials said the manufacturers
led into the agreements by as¬
of the agents that they had
influence with army officers
others in charge of letting con¬
and under threat to use that
against the manufacturers.
was said to have been se¬
that some of the agents already
made thousands in commission
This development led to investiga¬
of the relations betw'een certain
officers and these agents, and
there is no definite indica¬
that these officers are knowingly
in the conspiracies, Secre¬
Baker is making a thorough in¬
in co-operation with the de¬
of justice and authorized
statement that he would go to the
of suspicious cases.
TAKES
CONTROL OF LABOR
Warns Employers To Hire Un¬
skilled Labor Only Through U. S.
Employment Service
Washington.—All employers engag¬
in war work were urged in a state
by President Wilson to refrain
August 1 from recruiting un
labor in any manner except
the United States employ-.
service, recently organized by
department of labor. The labor
Were called upon by the presi
“to respond loyally as heretofore
any calls issued by this agency for
enlistment in essential in
The statement by the president was
by a letter written June
by Secretary of Labor Wilson
attention to the forming of the
service, pointing out the
for such a labor distributing
and detailing its duties.
To Sailors Because Of U-Boats
Washington.—Because of German
activity off the American
the shipping hoard has ordered
bonus of 25% of their monthly
paid to all licensed officers em
ployed on American merchant ves¬
in the coastwise, West Indian
and South and Central American
The new bonus, which is one
of that paid for service in the
zone, is applicable only to ships
from Atlantic and gulf
and does not include vessels
exclusively in harbors, bays,
and sounds.
S. Troops Arrivals Are Enormous
London. — “Arrivals of American
troops in the past few days have
eclipsed all records,” the Post de
“Considered purely as a ship
feat, it is something hitherto
accomplished in maritime an
Week-end scenes at one army
post were amazing."
Busch Property Has Been Seized
Washington.—The entire estate in
country of Mrs. Lilly Busch, wi
dow of Adolphus Busch, late million
aire brewer of St. Louis, has been
taken over by the government under
the alien property law. This fact be
came known in connection with the
return to America of Mrs. Busch, who
has been living in Germany for sev
eral years, or practically since the
death of her husband. The govern
men; has not yet appraised the prop
erty. which consists largely of brew
eries in St. Louis and other cities.
Objectors Sentenced To Long Terms
Washington. — Sentences
from eighteen months to
years’ imprisonment imposed
courts-martial upon so-called
entious-objectors who refused
service at Camp Upton, N. Y.,
Camp Gordon, Ga., were approved
Secretary Baker. Most of the
objected to fighting against
or Austria because they have
fives there. In approving the
of the courts, Mr. Baker went on
ord as favoring the return of
men “to their own country.”
THE MAKING OF
t FAMOUS
j MEDICINE
How Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound
Is Prepared For
Woman’s Use,
I A visit to remedy the laboratory where thia
successful is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the reli¬
ability, accuracy, skiil and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman’s ills.
Over 350,000 pounds of all various herbs
are used anually and have to be
gathered at the season of the year when
their natural juices and medicinal sub¬
stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensil and tank that comes in
contact with the medicine ij sterilized
and as a final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile bottles.
It is the wonderful combination of
roots and herbs, together with the
skill and care used in its preparation
which has made this famous medicine
so successful in the treatment of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
been restored to health by the use of
Lydia E. Pinkham ’3 Vegetable Com
pourn iound which we are continually pub
lishir ng attest to its virtue.
FOR SALE-PEAS
Whippoorwill $2.25 for quick sale. Draft with
bill of lading’. J. W. CARTER CO.. JACKSON. 04.
Wl A KITFIll Saleslady to sell floor swot-pin*
Vf 1 ™ fi HO compound during spare to time stores good in your salary. city
JEFFERSON MFG. CO., SAVANNAII, GA.
Whale steak has been introduced in¬
to the markets of Vancouver.
Grove’s Baby Bowel Medicine
aids Digestion, relieves Hour Stomach, for for Di arrhoea
and Flux. It is just as effective Adult Adulfa aa tor
Children. Perfectly barmles.
New Compact Fire Escape.
One of tlie boys aboard our navy’s
fleet has invented a fire escape which
is similar to the rope ladders used
aboard ships. His principal object was
j to provide a collapsible fire escape
i which could be compacted and con
| veniently arranged at the window of a
dwelling, it consists of a container
i hinged to the sill in such a manner
, that by opening the window and fohl
j iug the container on its hinges the
j metal ladder may lie unfolded and
! dropped. When this operation is gone
1 through, a means is automatically
| provided whereby the ladder is held
i at a distance from the walls of the
i building. The advantage of such pre
| caution is obvious.
A Discouraging Precedent.
There is nothing original about Mar
i sbal Von Hindenburg’s boast that he
! would drive the English into the sea.
i In the Peninsular war Soult made the
same remark about the British under
i Wellington that Von Hindenburg has
; now uttered about the British under
| Haig. Wellington did retire perilously
1 near to the sea. just as Haig has. But
I Soult looked at the position and chang
| ed his mind. Is Von Hindenburg, in
■ apparently still planning to give battle,
! going to show less sense than his re
| nowned French predecessor?—Chris
j tian Science Monitor.
Couldn’t Find Peter.
“Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul
is bad business,” said Mr. Dubwaite.
“So it is.” replied the impecunious cit¬
izen. “In my case I find it exception¬
ally bad business.” “Why should it he
worse for you than anybody else?” “I
have the dickens of a time finding
Paul.”
Metal fasteners have been invented
for holding poultry together for cook¬
ing without sewing.
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