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be interested to know he has been
transferred from Camp Leach, Wash.
ington, D. c., to Camp Glenn Bur
ME, Nd.
Mrs. c. V, Newell, of Cordele, spent
Sunday in Fitzgerald guests of Mrs
James Denham.
Mr.. c. F. Bradshaw has returned
from a brief visit to his mother in
Fairfax, Ala.
Mr.. W. Fl. Adams, of Pavo, Ga,
was visitor here Friday
Miss Flora Whitfield has returned
from a pleasant visit to Miss Luree
Seiglor in Abbeville.
DR.. J. L. Frazer, Dr. K. M. Ware
and Mr.. NJ. w Garbutt spent FRIDAY
IN Macon on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Smith are at
home to their friends at the Aldine
Hotel
MIR. U. ], Bennett, OF Camp Vince
Ter, spent the weekend here pleas
antly with his, family.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Watkins spent
Saturday here with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. S Dorminey
Miss Ella Wilson, of Leslie. who
has been visiting Mrs. S. G. Pryor, Sr.
left Friday for Broxton, where she
will visit Mr.. and Mrs. Mack Pryor
for few days before returning to hef
home
MIR. and Mrs. George Gray left Sat
urday in their car for Pablo Beach,
Fla, where they will spend some
time. Before returning they will visit
other places of interest in Florida.
Mr.. Harry Rogers, of Dawson, was
the weekend guest of relatives and
friends in Our city.
Mrs. R. L. Hilliard, Sr., and Mr.,
and Mrs. F. H. Hilliard are visiting
relatives in Atlanta for few days.
Miss Katie Hammond, of Leary, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Freddie Is
1er
Mrs. James T. Mathis left Saturday
for Manchester, where she is visiting
Miss Annie Laurie jolly. They will
both visit friends and relatives be-
fore returning to their respective
homes.
Mrs. Neva Hammond, after visiting
Mrs. II. B. Isler, left for Vidalia Fri
day to visit her daughter, Mrs. J. H.
Lazenby before returning to her home
in Leary.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Jolley, Misses
Lucille Harris, Hazel Jolly, Wylenc
Jolly and Mrs. w. c. Crossett left
Saturday in their car for Carrollton
and Rome, Ga, where they will visit
relatives and friends for two weeks.
Mrs. c. S. Azlin is spending this
week in Douglas visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Jeffcoat at the Douglas Hotel
Lieut.. A. E. Adams returned to
Camp Hancock Sunday morning at
ter short visit with his parents in
the city Mrs. Adams, who is CON
from a serious illnesst will
remain the guest of his parents until
fully recovered, when she will join
her husband at Camp Wheeler, where
he will again be stationed shortly.
Mrs. George Hammond, Mr.. Rob
ert Hammond, and Miss Lucille Ham
mond have returned to their homes in
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cry and brother, DR.. T. F. White,
Mr.. and Mrs, Tom Graydon are tbs
guests of the formers parents, Mr.
and Mrs, c. Z. Graydon.
Mrs. Ed Dorminey was called to
Atlanta last night on account of the
serious illness Of her father, Mr.
Campbell.
CASH FOR WHEAT
Will pay highest government prices
tor wheat F. @ L. shipping point, OF
viii grind on toll Write us MOD
ERN FLOUR MILLS, MACON,
IA 1awJly22
Mr.. and Mrs, A B. c. Dormine,
and children will leave in a few DAYS
For Hendersonville, n c. where they
will spend several weeks.
Misses Rebecca and Safronia Whit
ley, of Ocilla, were visitors in Fitz-
gerald Friday
Mrs. d. L. Perry returned home
Friday from delightful visit to her
parents in Ambrose.
Mr.. c. c. Persons spent Saturday
in Broxton very pleasantly with Mr..
and Mrs. R. NJ Pryor.
Col. J. H. Dodgen and Col. J. B.
Wall, left Sunday in the latter's car
for Atlanta where they will transact
business Monday.
Mrs. Dan I. Paulk. has returned
home after pleasant visit to rela-
tives and friends in Ocilla.
Rev. and Mrs. S. J. Baker returned
from Satilla Friday where Rev. Ba-
ker, has been holding protracted
meetings.
Lieut. Milton Cohen left Saturday
for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. c.,
after brief visit to his parents, DR.
and Mrs. M. S. Cohen.
-easz4E-r-s@
Mrs J. R. Monroe and Miss Louise
M4Itcnurst, Oh Abbeville, were the
guests of Mrs. J. L. Pittman Satur>
day
Miss Elsie Bragg has returned home
from Ocilla, where she visited Miss
Pauline Ivey,
Misses Marjorie and Frances Den
mark left Sunday afternoon for Doug
las to be the guests of Misses Melba
and Luella Coffee, and be present at
large picnic given at the Coun-
try Club in honor OF Miss Luella COT
fees birthday.
Mrs. Ida Mckay and daughter, Miss
Ida Mckay, spent the weekend in
.Ellaville, guests OF Mrs. Emmett Dun
can. They were accompanied home
by Miss Ida Duncan who will be their
guest for short while.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright Mckay re-
turned home this morning from Am
CIRCUS, Montezuma and Ellaville,
where they visited relatives and
friends.
Miss Virginia Gaines, the popular
fnilliner at Mrs. NJ. P Broughton's
Millinery Store, left this morning to
spend her vacation IN North Caro-
lima. Before returning to Fitzgerald
Miss Gaines will visit the Eastern
markets.
Misses Vail Jones, OF Gainesville,
lila Howell, of Jackson, and Mildred
Hope, of Macon, are the attractive
guests of Misses Martha and Corin-
ne Womble in the Seanor Flats.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Pittman had as
their recent guests Mrs Sidney Stubs
OF Douglas, Mrs. Ambrose Beckham,
of Macon, Miss Annie Joe Johnson,
OF Abbeville
Sturgeon Creek Primitive Baptist
church in the northeast end of Ben
Hill county was the scene of an old
fashioned annual feet washing cere-
mony yesterday. A number of Fitz-
gerald people motored over to wor-
ship with these pioneer Christians and
to hear the sermon preached by the
Reverends Smith and Spiller.
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MIR. c. A. Trice and Mr.. f. Brown
Cooper, OF Townsville, were in. the
city Thursday visiting friends at the
Lee Grant Hotel.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Condensed News
Items of Interest From
All Over the World
Tragedies and Comedies of
Life Assembled for
Busy Readers
INSTANTANEOUS.

A British submarine and German
U-boat recently met off the coast of
Ireland and fought it out, the German
being destroyed.
Peach seed, plum and apricot pits
IL isuf!g i;Li shs.iG and W'.,luuts arc oA
the conservation list to assist in max.
ing carbon for gas masks
The town of Connors, Ia, is reported
destroyed by a cyclone, with loss of
many lives and much property
Pershing, Haig and Foch have all
agreed that coal will furnish the key
to victory.
Meat raisers from nine states met
in Chicago and predicted a shortage in
the product as imminent.
Authorities have applied for more
shipping space in which to carry
smokes to our soldiers in France.
Mrs. Charles McCandless of Cha
mute, Kan, rode 20 miles in an auto
with the dead body of her son in her
arms.
The lower half of woman's body
wrapped in sacking, was found in the
bathing pool at Wooster, o.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
PERSONAL

Rev. II. N. Condor, congressional
chaplain, varied his prayer by asking
for deliverance from the hyphen and
the profiteer
Fonck, French ace" set new air
record when he downed three German
planes in 20 seconds.
Philip La Toilette, son of Wiscon.
sins rebellious senator, has received a
commission at Fort Sheridan.
Senator Vardaman of Mississippi
was beaten by Pat Harrison by ma
Jority of more than 10000 votes in the
primary.
G. II. Prouty, a former governor Of
Vermont, was killed at Waterford
when train struck his automobile.
Richard Cleveland, only son of the
late President Cleveland, has entered
an officers training school at Guam
tico, Va
Harry B. Hawes, long a Democratic
leader of Missouri, has been commits
stoned as a captain in the United
States army
John Ward, negro, of Raleigh, N c.,
takes the honor for patriotic service.
He has IL sons in the army and five
more are coming on. He also has II
daughters busy with war work.
]. Ham" Lewis is in France and has
visited the front-line trenches in com
pany with Gen Pershing.
Miss Virginia Cannon lie Seure
granddaughter of Uncle Joe" is tc
wed Capt. William Houghteling of Chi
cago.
Gar Ferdinand of Bulgaria is des
perately ill, both in body and mind
He is at Munich.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
safety consreos meets.

The seventh annual Safety Congress
will open In ct. Louis on Sunday, Sept.
is, when every clergyman OF the state
will on that date devote one Of the
sermons at his church to the work OF
pointing out to the people of his con-
gregation the moral obligation OF safe
guarding the health and safety Of his
neighbor.
The object of the congress is to pre-
vent accidents due to carelessness. In
q book mailed by the safety council OF
the chamber OF commerce to all min
listers, to familiarize them with its
data, it is estimated that $4,000 peo-
pie die each year from accidents that
could have been prevented This is
an average of 225 daily.
The bureau Of census, in one of its
reports. shows that in a year 1000
persons lost their lives through burns
that were not csdgea by fires, 6,514
died by accidental drowning, 1000
from accidental poisoning, 1000 from
automobile accidents and $500 from
other vehicles.
The plan has the appreciation OF
Archbishop Glennon and the Church
Federation of St. Louis.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
GENERAL

The American steamer Montana was
torpedoed and sunk in foreign waters
with loss of five of the crew.
In order to stabilize the industry,
the government is to fix prices on all
grades of oil and gasoline.
The Missouri public service board
has permitted the telephone COM
panies to raise long-distance rates
about 10 per cent.
Mrs. Hilda Hill, 2S, of Brainard,
Mimi, is under arrest, charged with
shooting and killing her husband.
An immense cement plant at La
Sale, Ill, owned by German capital.
lists, has been taken over by the fed.
eral government
A bill to construct immense power
plants for use of eastern manufacture
ers was introduced in congress by
Sims of Tennessee.
One million, six hundred thousand
sweaters have been knitted by Ameri-
can women and sent to the army.
The war department announces that,
thanks to Hoover, the American army
in France has an abundant supply Of
all-wheat flour.
The Vermont state Republican com.
mittee has asked the resignation of
Gov. Graham, as he is short on an old
account.
When the price of beer was boosted
by the newest tax saloon keepers in
st. Louis raised the charge to 10 cents
per glass.
President Wilson's letters endorsing
or denouncing various candidates
throughout the country are intended to
purge the party of undesirables, he
| says.
An agreement is being drawn up to
permit U. S. soldiers on foreign duty
10 vote without censoring the ballot.
Knights of Columbus have raised
the age of field secretaries to so, an.
ticipating shortage of material when
the new draft is effective.
Thomas f. Smith, 30, of Little Rock
was found dead in a hotel room at st
Louis.
Fair play., 1918-08-31

Jefferson City.-H. Worthington
Eddy of st. Louis petitioned the pub
lie service commission for the issu-
ance of an order requiring the United
Railways Co. to transport soldiers,
sailors and marines at 21h cents in
stead of cents, the fare now charged.
Eddy estimated the putting in Of
this special fare for the military would
increase the company's revenue
through the fact that hundreds of SOL
d,ers would ride who are unable or
cannot afford to pay the Scent fare.
The company charges II cents be-
tween jefferson Barracks and the city,
which Is equal to two fares. Eddy
would have this made cents for a
round trip.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
DOM ESIIc.

Attorney-General Brundage of Illi-
nois charges the /. c. railway with
evading taxes on billion of property.
Secretary Baker has extended the
limits for clearing war camps of lewd
women from five to 10 miles. The
same rules are in force in France.
Brookfield (Mo.) council of defense
has barred the sale of any Hearst pub
locations in that county.
Liberty bonds in the New York mar
ket are quoted $101.56, the highest
price known for such securities.
Gen. c. r. Boardman, home from
the front, says that it will take two
years more to win the war.
A tax of 10 per cent to be paid by
the customer on all soft drinks is in
cluded in the new revenue bill.
Mothers of soldiers have an organi-
zation to look after the physical well
fare OF the loved ones.
The recent meeting of the Sons of
Veterans discarded the iron cross as a
mark of distinction. it being too much
Lac lhS SeIHidu ueCOTdtlOn.
The war board has restricted the
style, color and shape of women's fall
hats. Only II varieties for women
Mems hats are also cut down.
A. Mitchell Palmer. alien property
custodian, has discovered a plot by
which Germans hope to gain world
wide commerce after the war.
Secretary Baker plans that the new
draft law will put the boys of IS at tn,
bottom of the list.
The people in Buffalo voted on tn,
6-cent car fare. proposal and it wa
defeated 8 to |.
Men between the ages of 46 and s,
will be accepted as volunteers in th
ordnance, signal and Quartermaste
corps.
Men who have reached the age of 2
since June s are required to registe
Aug. "a. 1t is expected 10000 will
enroll.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
FOREIGN.

Spain is torn with dissension over
Hun depredations. The country is
about evenly split on the question.
Christmas gifts for the soldiers in
France, sent nearly a year ago, are
Just now arriving, says dispatch.
Showing our engineers are on the
Job they have Just built l30 miles Of
rail line, including Two bridges and a
tunnel, in 100 days.
After long quiescence German avi
ators have again commenced nightly
raids on Paris.
More food crops are being raised in
'h.nsiand this year than at any time
since 1872, releasing much shipping.
Hereafter draft eyaders will be
classed as deserters and reward oi
sbv is to be paid Tor such information.
Courtmartial will follow.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
CARRIED ALL BUT EIGHT COUN-
TIES AND THE CITY OF ST.
LOUIS.
LAMKIN LED STATE TICKET
Judge Spencer Defeated Torrey by
4o,Ooo-Socialist Candidate for
Senate Polied 1,4t4 Votes
Big Vote Cast.
Jefferson City, Mo.

The state canvassing board has just
completed the casting up of the re-
turns from the recent election, and
some Of the findings are Of consider
able interest
Governor Folks plurality over L. s.
Senator X P. Whitley was 276S1. His
total vote was 1O769O, while Wilfley's
ballots totaled $4,000, John c. Higdon,
the third Democratic candidate re-
ceived 1907 votes.
Folk carried 100 of the ia counties
in the state. These statistics shat
tered the predictions of the political
prophets who saw only a light vote.
The total Democratic vote for U. S.
Senator was 1866. The primary
vote in the Cowherd-Major election
was approximately 1870, 900.
Judge Spencer's majority over Col.
Torrey was 1884; 71,79O for Spencer
and 4O,946 for Torrey, The total vote
cast by the Republicans of Missouri
was 1875.
The Democrats cast S2,93O more
ballots in the senatorial contest than
the g. o. p. in Missouri. Folk received
| $4,000 more votes than Judge Spen-
Ger.
Senator Whitley carried Audrain,
Boone, Cass, Jackson, Johnson, Usage,
Platte and Carroll counties. Col. Tor
rey was successful in Douglass, How
ell Laclede, Ozark Putnam, Ripley,
St. Charles, Shannon and Taney coun-
| ties.
Caleb Lipscomb of Springfield, So,
cialist candidate for United States sen
ate, unopposed, got 1.414 votes.
State Superintendent Of Schools q
W. Larnkin. who had no opposition
led the Democratic ticket. He re
ceived 207, ,s59 votes. Supreme Judge
w. w. Graves, who also had cleal
field on the Democratic ticket, was
honored with 2O7,767 ballots. James
T. Neville, Republican candidate fol
supreme Judge, who had no opposi
ton at the primary, led his ticke
with 1851 votes. Samuel A. Bake1
Of Jefferson City, who defeated G
Fl. Boehm OF Ava for the Republican
place as superintendent of schools
won by 1882 Seeva B. Laughlin o
Canton, candidate on the Prohibition
ticket for the same office received
only CT votes. Frank Morische, Sc
cial-Labor candidate for the schoo
Job, had "a votes.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Convention Aug. 27.

A call for convention of Repub-
lican candidates for state offices to be
held Aug. 27, probably in st. Louis,
was sent out by Chairman T. w. Hulk
riede of the Republican state commit
lee. Hukriede confirmed the report
that he will not be candidate for re-
election.
Selden p. Spencer, Republican sena-
torial candidate. probably will be
asked to name the next chairman by
the Republican state committee to be
chosen in the congressional districts.
Hugh X. Wagner of St. Louis, who
managed Moses Hartmann's campaign
for circuit judge Jesse w. Barrett,
secretary of Spencer's campaign com
mittee, and Roy Monier of Carrollton
have been suggested for the chairman
ship. Wagner is a member of the
present state committee, from the
Twelfth congressional district.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Labor Boards Named.

The appointment OF state advise
ry board and Of community labor
boards to have charge OF Missouri's
labor survey and supply during the
war has been announced by the Mis-
souri, council of defense
The state advisory board and or
ganization committee for the employ
w. w Brown of Kansas City, di-
rector for Missouri; A. j. Davis of
st. Louis, president of the Employers
Association of that city, and John T.
Riley secretary of the Carpenters
District Council of Kansas City.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Only Two Escape Draft.

Governor Gardner and Attorney
General McAlIister will be the only
two elective officers at the state cap
ital who will not be required to reg
lister for the selective draft under the
new age extension from IS to IS.
Secretary of State John l.. Sullivan,
State Treasurer George Middlekamp,
State Auditor George Hackman and
State Superintendent of Schools Uel
w. Lamkin, will be reqL red to reg
lister. Middlekamp is 3S years old,
while the other three are Al years
of age. All of them are married and
have dependents.
Judge Fred L Williams Of the su-
preme court, is 80 and will be re-
puired to register.
Fair play., 1918-08-31

was heard to murmur:
81 wonder what the old man will
say"
That is what the Y. NJ. G. A. won
ders, as today the association address
es to "the old man" an appeal for him
to pick up stakes and follow his boy
overseas to wear the uniform of the
Red Triangle. Before September l the
Y. NJ. G. A. must recruit 1000 men and
women to share the burdens on the
western front with the more than $500
workers who are already there.
To those who do not know that the
British Y. M. @. A. has 10000 work
ers in the British armies, and that the
American Y. NJ. G. A. has been charged
with the responsibility Of providing
recreation for the fighting men of the
United States and keeping up their
morale, 1t is perhaps inconceivable,
says u writer in the New York Trib-
une, that the men of this country
above draft age should be asked to give
up their business TO go overseas with
| their sons and their younger brothers
who are not too old to fight
Part of the War Machine.
The facts are clear. The outstand-
ing fact Is that the Y. NJ. Q. A, while
retaining its individuality as a civilian
organization, is an integral part Of the
military machine. And the association
is a part of the military machine not
only of the American expeditionary
! A,,N af tt,a oh nd
armies as well.
The Y. M. G. A. was In the great
war long before General PershIng land
ed on French soil. General Pershlne
went to the western front with severa
clear-cut notions of how best the Amer
ican troops could do their part in The
winning of the war. First, he deter
mined that his army should be a clear
army; he believed that the best usC
that could be made of man In uni
form was to put him in the flghtinl
forces he sought TO transfer as man!
of the noncombatant functions of hi
army as possible to some responsible,
agency. The Y. M. g. A. got the joi
because the Y. NJ. @. A. had the organl
LdIlOn. folnCe llleli OlUtT NblunleeT UT
gaEizations have gone to France t.
help. All are welcome. Salvation Army
knights OF Columbus and so on. Tn
"Y" bears the brunt because Of its size
Hut Keeper Does Little Of Everything
This man with the Red Triangle ol
his sleeve is over draft age. The "Y
would not have him there II he wer
, not. He has no rank, but even tn
officers salute him, because, they say
he is there through the impetus o
service. The shells may fall all aroun
him. but 1t Is extremely unlikely tina
} the Croix de Guerre will ever be pinne
D upon his breast. He Is unarmed bt
3 cause capture by the Germans unde
such circumstances means death in
r medlately.
!, What is his Job?
r, Well, his hut is the club OF the trenc
e or billet. The "Y" is the general stor
J. 1t Is where the men meet when the
/. are not on military duty. The man
Il charge sells or gives away some Of Il
Fair play., 1918-08-31
WAR BREvITIEs.

Sixty Prussian soldiers. sick and
sore at the war. slgnaled the Amei-
cans TO come and get them. They sur
rendered without trouble.
A Mississippi regiment (wbite) and
Texas regiment (colored) barracked
side by side at Camp Merritt, N J..
Riot. Six dead soldiers--one white,
five negroes.
A German U-boat sank Brazilian
vessel off the coast Of Virginia. The
crew was saved.
A Paris paper, figuring on German
losses, declares that 100000 enemy
soldiers have been put out since July,
1914
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Marvellous Grand Canyon.

Those who have lived with, rather
than glanced at, the Grand Canyon be
come increasingly moved by Its giories.
1t has inspired more literature and
art than all the other scenic places OF
America combined. 1t is the center Of
a steadily increasing pilgrimage OF
painters. 1t perhaps may be said that
the Grand Canyon and the region OF
which 1t is the climax inspire the high
est as well as certainly the most ex-
tensive expression OF landscape art In
America today,
Fair play., 1918-08-31
CONVERSATIONS

One OF England's largest veterinary
hospitals Is now run entirely by
women.
Argentina maintains n meteorologi'
cal station at an elevation of 1000 feet
above the sea.
OF 14,053 fires in New York last
year only 1852 were attributed to defec-
tive electrical installation.
The government OF Colombia has ap-
propriated a large sum to encourage
silk production In that country.
Fair play., 1918-08-31

Baltimore Is the first Southern city
to have women street car conductors
Several OF the large retail stores or
Newark. N. j., have hired women to
drive their delivery cars.
Siam produces more than 40 vari-
eties Of rice. some OF which are rfpen-
ed in 10 days from planting, while
others require six months.
There is an opening in one side of
Michigan inventors milk bottle
through which cream can be drawn
without disturbing the rest Of the
milk.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
First Draft Call.

The first call for Missouri draft reg
istrants Of the 1918 cass who regis
tered June last, having become 21
years old since the 1917 registration,
has been made by Provost General
Crowder, according, to statement is
sued by Lieut. Col. McChord.
Gen. Crowder also ordered the in
duction for limited service of 1900
white men who have heretofore been
exempted for minor physical defects.
These are to be called early in Sep
tember and sent to Camp Greenleaf,
Lytle, Ga.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
LABOR.

All former employees of the Western
Union Telegraph Co. who We're dis
charged because of labor affiliations
have been reinstated.
There is shortage of 100000 un-
skilled laborers in the war industries,
and each state must furnish more men.
Girl attendants on the London sub
ways are out on strike for more money
and shorter hours.
Owing to the prolonged drouth,
mines in the neighborhood of Harris
burg, Ill, may be compelled to close
down
Fair play., 1918-08-31
Two sedalia Women Dead.

Sedalia.-Mrs. Mary Younker. who
was born in Benton county in 1868, is
dead. She had lived here 20 years.
Her husband, George A. Younker, and
five children survive. Burial was at
Lake Creek.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lennon, born
in Saline county 6S years ago, and
who moved to Sedalia 10 years ago,
also passed away. Her husband and
six children survive. Burial was at
Sweet Springs.
Fair play., 1918-08-31
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

Proceedings have commenced in an
illinois federal court to estop the
working of the 2-cent fare law in that
state.
Thomas Mooney, convicted murderer
of Liberty Day paraders. has lost his
appeal to all courts, and his fate rests
with the governor.