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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
CONSUMERS ALLOWED
LESS BEEF AND SUGAR
Orders for Further CurtaiInent
Made Necessary by Needs
of Allied Armies

Rigid restrictions on the consump-
ton of beef and sugar have been an
nounced by the federal food adninistra-
ton at Washington and through DR.. An
drew NJ. Soule, food administrator for
Georgia, to the people Of this state.
Not more than / IL pounds OF beer
with bone or / Ia pounds of clear
beef are to be purchased by individual
consumers during 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, restaurants and all eating
places are allowed to serve boiled beef
not more than twice week, beeksteak
not more than once a week and roast
beef not more than once week
The new sugar regulations provide
that for canning purposes consumers
may purchase fifty pounds of sugar for
the entire season, but this quantity
must be bought in two instalments OIL
twenty-five pounds each, the purchaser
presenting the required certificates OBJ
tainable from the federal food admin
istrator.
1t is also ordered that in each case
where individual consumers make pur-
chases of sugar the grocer shall as
certain from the customer whether ne
has made other purchases which would
bring his total above the allotment per-
mitted by the administration
DR.. Soule, in promulgatlng ms new
est orders, declares that there Will be
rigid enforcement of the regulations
penalties accruing in all cases where
violations are detected.
In the rural districts customers are
allowed to purchase five pounds on
susar at one time, but are not per-
mitted to exceed the ratio of three
pounds per person per month
The increased demand for beef ana
sugar for the use of the military forceS
is given as the reason for the issuance
Of new regulations by Hoover head
quarters in Washington, D. c.. atten-
ton being called to the fact that THESE
demands exceed the surplus OF the two
products in the United States. 1t is TO
safeguard the interests of the military
forces of the United States and ner
allies that the new orders are promul-
gated, says Mr.. Hoover in his message
to Dr. Soule.
Consumption limitations by manu-
featuring concerns are continued In ell
feet under the new rules.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
American Officer Killed
In Brush With Mexicans

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, June IL
Lieutenant David J. Schaile, sixteenth
United States cavalry, was killed in an
encounter last night with Mexican
troops on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande. -Four men in Lieutenant
Schaile's party were held prisoner in
Matamoras. but were expected to be de-
livered to United States authorities to-
day.
The officer and his men had crossed
the river to search for the body of a
soldier who was drowned at the San
Benito pump Sunday. In the darkness
a Mexican patrol was encountered. Not
knowing the reason for the presence of
the American soldiers, the MeXiCans
fired killing Lieutenant Schaile.
The Mexican commanding officer has
given Colonel II. c. Slocum, district
commander, assurances that the affair
was due to a misunderstanding.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Ugh! CaIomeI SiCkens; SaIivates!
Please Try DodsOn's Liver Tone
J am sincere Ny medicine does not upset liver
and bowels so you lose days work.

guarantee that each spoonful will clean
your sluggish liver better than a dose
OF nasty calomel and that it won't maize
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morning
because you will wake up feeling fine,
your liver will be working, your head
ache and dizziness gone. your stomach
will be SWEET and your bowels regular
You will feel like working; you'll DC
cheerful; full of vigor and ambition
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vege-
table. therefore harmless and can not
salivaJe Give it 20 your children. Nil.
lions of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead of dangerous calomel
now. Your druggist will tell you that
the sale Of calomel is almost stopped
entirely here.-(AdvD.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
TWO GEORGIA BOYS
KILLED IN FRANCE,
AND FIVE WOUNDED
Lieutenant Lawrence, of At
IantaI Is Severely Wounded,
Tuesdays Casualty List
Contains 13O Names

Two Georgia lads eighteen and TWEEN
ty years old have died with the Unit
ed States marines in their glorious
fighting on the western front. while the
casualty lists of the past two days
bring the names of five other Georgians
severely wounded in France.
Of the latter one is an Albanian,
Lieutenant James Jackson Lawrence,
formerly with the Royal Insurance com
pany in this city and the son of Mrs
Mary w. Lawrence, of 353 Central ave-
nue..
The two boys who were killed IN the
fighting are Joe Mckinley Brock, of
Lagrange, Ga, and Leroy Todd, of
Concord, Ga.
Young Brock enlisted in May, 1917, at
the age of seventeen. He was native
Of Pickens county, but for two years
had lived at LAGRANGE, where he was
employed by the Hillside cotton mills.
He is survived by his father, three sis
tiers and three brothers, all of La
Grange.
Leroy Todd
Leroy Todd, of Concord, Pike coun-
ty, was only 90 years old. He was a
native Of Meriwether county, but just
before enlisting in the marines April 8,
Block company in Atlanta. Both his
grandfathers, James Todd and T. d,
Barron, fought in the Civil war and are
still living today. His father and moth
er, Mr. and Mrs. 7. NJ Todd, live at
Manchester, Ca, where Mr.. Todd is
chief of police. There are five other
boys. all younger than was LEROY
Ella, Raymond, James, Thomas, Doug
las; and two sisters. Mrs. E. w. Garri-
son, of 307 Rawson street. and MISS
Ella May Todd.
Leroy wrote home ACKNOWLEDGMENT
cheerful letters always. In letter
written to his mother April % and pub
lished in The Journal Monday, just the
dav before news of his death was re-
ceived, Leroy wrote: Il lie in bed at
night and hear your prayers calling Tor
me to do better. And then can almost
see you. I want you to be SATISFIED
that 1 hear your prayers and realize
what you say and try to do as you guide
me-"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

How many of you have started
getting up a club of twelve SUBJ
scriberS to get the Aluminium
Tea Kettle Combination? 1t is
the best offer we have and let
tiers from our subscribers who
have gotten up this club, praise
the combination which was so
easy to get. We quote herewith
letter which one of our Subscrib-
ers, w. L. Fouts, r. F. D. 4,
-Thomasville, N. c., wrote us:
"We received our premium,
and like it fine. 1t is all that
you claim it to be and we thank
YOU ever so much for it. d.
Five hours afteF.Starting to work
for subscribers, had my club
of Twelve" Another, Mr.. Joe
Hyde, Gainesville, Ga, says: Il
received the combination boiler
o. K. It's a dandy. There is
none on the market at any price
like so well. | don't see how
YOU can give such a valuable
premium for so little work"
You can get it just as easily.
Try it and see.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

You're bilious! Your liver is slug
gish. You feel lazy, dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head Is dull. your
tongue IS coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating caIomel. II makes you
sick; you may lose days work
Calomel is mercury OF quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the. bones. Cal
Omel crashes into sour bile like dyna-
mite, breaking il up. That's when you
feel that awful nausea and cramping.
If you want TO enjoy the incest, gen
Lest liver and bowel cleansing you ever
experienced. just take a spoonful Of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight.
Your druggist or dealer sells you bot
tie of Dodson's Liver Tone for a few
cents under my personal money-back
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
If Wives Can Support
Themselves, Married Men
VIII Go in 'Class One

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Under
new regulations being prepared by the
provost marshal general. married men,
whose wives are capable of support
ing themselves, and married men whose
wives are not dependent upon them
for support, will be placed in class
one. while many now in class one will
be placed in a deferred class or pro-
nounced fit onlyl for limited military
service in class one.
The first large call for limited serv-
ice was sent out by Provost Marshall
Crowder today. The call is for 5000
limited service men who will be sent
to the northwest to cut spruce for the
airplane factories.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Eighty Per Cent Of U. S.
Wounded Fight Again

WASHINGTON, June 12.-Eighty per
cent of the American troops wounded in
battle are now being cured and return
ed to their forces within three or four
weeks. Surgeon General GOrgas annoUnc-
ed today. 1t formerly required months
of attention in military hospitals before
they could return to the fighting.
Army surgeons are being instructed at
the rate of $50 a month in latest treat
mcnt for wounded
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
To ADMIT CIVILIANS To
FIFTH OFFICERS CAMPS
Only Men Above SeIeCtiVe
Service Age viii Be
Taken

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE army's
need for officers has become so great
that the next series of training camps
will again be opened to civilian candi-
dates. The fifth training camps will
be located at the permanent replace
ment camps instead of with the divi-
sions Only men from civil life who
are above selective service age will be
accepted.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Plucky Cashier Shoots
Masked Bandit First

FAYETTE, Miss, June 12.-Cashier
Tom Stone. of the Bank of Fayette is
hero-so his customers declare.
When a masked bandit entered the
bank this morning and at the point of a
gun demanded that all cash on hand
be transferred to his account, Tom
bravely pulled his own trusty six
scooter and winged the robber in the
shoulder. Aided by citizens, Tom lock
ed UP the bandit in the calaboose.
The bank lost pothing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
American Shipyards
Launch 100000 More
Tons Than Are Lost

WASHINGTON, June 12.--Since the
German submarines began their raids off
the Atlantic coast on May Is, the output
of shipyards building vessels for the
shipping board has exceeded the sink
ings of American ships by more than
100, 900 lightweight tons.
The production during this interval
has been 81 vessels, totalling 1862
tons. Excluding the vessels salvaged
the submarines destroyed ten Ameri-
can ships, totalling $4,000 tons.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
American Soldiers
Best Fed Fighting
Men in the World

CHICAGO, June 12.-America's sol
diers are the best fed lighting men in
the world according to the message
brought to the American medical as
ISOLATION today by Dr. John r. Murlin
adviser to the war department on mat
tiers of diet DIR. Murlin believes that
much of the energy displayed by the
Americans is due TO the food they get
Twelve hundred additional surgeons
for the navy will be needed next year
Admiral BREASTED. surgeon general OF
the navy, said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Two Air Cadets. Meet
Death in Falling Plane

BUFFALO. y. Y, June IA Bris-
toll airplane piloted by Phil RAIDER. of
San Frincisco, accompanied by Robert
Conner of Los Angeles, as observer,
fell about 500 feet at Curtiss test field
acre this afternoon. Both men were
Instantly killed. AS the machine struck
the ground X burst into flames.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Mothers Of the South
Prepare for Trouble!

When q girl becomes s woman, when
q woman becomes a mother, and when
q woman passes through the changes Of
middle life, are the three periods of
life when health and strength are most
needed to withstand the pain and dis
tress often caused by severe organic dis
turbances. Many thousands in this
section would testify just as do the
following:
LESoIR CITY, TENN. -r Some years
ago I broke down from overwork and
exposure. My brother thought would
die. I took DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription and it brought me out all
right. I have also taken several bottles
since and it always helps me. 1 can say
Il Is q wonderful medicine. / recon-
mend it to all broken-down women. It
Is the best medicine for nervousness
and for prospective mothers that ever
saw.'-MRs. MARY L. WALKER
= SYLACAUGA, ALA. ~ Ny wife used
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

ministrator, Theo Kramer, a grocer Of
this city, is closed for three days Be-
cause Of overcharging for flour. and th@
,{LSy Ecc cafe, Il Greek restaurant, has
to pay the Red Cross $50 because OF
"too much sugar"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

GEORGIAS HONOR ROLL IN FRANCE At the left is leRo%
life with the United States Marines
Jackson
wounded in action while with his
he Twenty-eghth United States infantry
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

DR.. Pierce's Fsvorite
Prescription during
expectancy. III e
had been having a
great deal of trouble
and used the Pre-
scription with won
derful results. She
had practically no
suffering, where be-
fore she had suffered
intensely. No one
can tell IN words the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

good the Prescription did my wife it
"a simply a wonderful medicine. Every
woman IN the land ought to use it,
a. HUDcvTC
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14
Grocer Closed Up for
0vercharging for Flour

WASHINGTON, Ga, June 12.-As n
result Of the findings of the food ad-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-06-14

: SYL.AcAUGA, ALA. Ny wife I
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1918-03-28

Pretty soon the cook poked his head
in the door and shouted: 'Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie ="
protested that I had wasted half
hour on it already, and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With look of disdain he ex-
claimed: ''Blow me, your shirt! Why
in - didn't you use mud?"
Without a word in reply got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. I used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and go with the quartermaster to
draw coal. got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the cookhouse, and went
back to the billet with an exhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with: 'Blime me, you
Yanks are lazy. Who in - a-goin' to
draw the water for the mornin' tea?
Do you think I'm a-goin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. I filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well,
and once again lay down in the straw.
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also told me to take my waterproof.

also told me to take my waterproof.
Every evening, from each platoon or
machine-gun section, a lance corporal
and private 60 to the quartermaster
sergeant at the company stores and
draw rations for the followirs : day.
The quarter" as the quartermaster
sergeant is called, receives daily from
the orderly room Captains ofice) a
slip showing the number of men en-
titled to rations, so there is no chance
of putting anything over on him. Many
arguments take place between the
quarter" and the platoon noncom, but
the former always wins out. Tommy
says the "quarter" got his job because
he was a burglar in civil life.
Then I spread the waterproof sheet
on the ground, while the quartermas-
ter's batman dumped the rations on it.
The corporal was smoking ,fag. I
carried the rations back to the billet.
The corporal was still smoking fag.
How envied him. But when the issue
commenced my envy died, and real
lied that the first requisite of non
commissioned officer on active service
is diplomacy. There were 10 men In
our section, and they soon formed a
semicircle around us after the corporal
had called out, "Rations up
The quartermaster sergeant had
given a slip to the corporal on which
was written list of the rations. Sit
ting on the floor, using wooden box
as table, the issue commenced. On
the left of the corporal the rations
were piled. They consisted of the fol-
lowing:
Six loaves of fresh bread, each loaf
of a different size, perhaps one out Of
the six being as fiat as pancake, the
result o. an army service corps man
placing box Of bully beef on it dur
ing transportation.
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SYNOPSIS.

| CHAPTER I-Fired by the news Of the
tginking of the Lusitania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri-
fcan, leaves his office In Jersey City and
goes to England where he enists In the
british army.
| CHAPTER II-After a period Of train
ling, Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
lice and soon finds himself in rest billets
'isomewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance Of the ever-pres-
fent "cooties."
! CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while Ger
kman Fokker circles over the congregation
! CHAPTER IV-Fmpeys command goes
Into the front-line trenches and is under
lire for the first time.
| CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
the motto Of the British Tommy, IF you
'are going to get it, you'll get 1t, so never
IVORY" "
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OVID TIT TOP
~
AN AN[ERI(AN SOLDIER
WHO WENT & *
AR11Ul GUY FrIpFY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING M FRANCE
I @lH7 81 |
iARThuR GUY ehEYI

word, 'Fall out for ten minutes" was
given than each Tommy got out a fag
and lighted It.
Fags are issued every Sunday morn
ing, and you generally get between
twenty and forty. The brand gen.
orally issued is the "Woodbine." Some
times we are lucky and get "Gold-
fakes" "Players' or "Red Hussars.'
Occasionally an issue of Life Rays"
comes along. Then the older Tommies
Immediately get busy on the recruits
and trade these for 'Woodbines" or
"Goldfakes." A recruit only has to
be stuck once in this manner, and then
he ceases to be recruit. There is a
reason. Tommy is a great cigarette
smoker. He smokes under all condi-
tons, except when unconscious or
when he is accommodating in No Mans
Land at night. Then. for obvious rea-
sons, he does not care to have light
ed cigarette in his mouth.
Stretcher bearers carry fags for
wounded Tommies. When a stretcher
bearer arrives alongside of Tommy
who has been hit the following conver-
sation usually takes place: Stretcher
bearer-"Want a fag? Where are you
hit?" ToTmy looks up and answers
eyes. In the Leg"
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our billets and had to get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
sue. Dinner consisted of stew made
from fresh beef, a couple of spuds,
bully beef, Maconochie ratioas and wa
ter-plenty Of water. There is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pota-
toes.
After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trenches-"It can't be DONE" I slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was horrified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfuls of mud. Thep he
poured in some water, and with his
hands secured the dixie inside and out.
I thought he was taking an awful risk.
Supposing the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour Of unsuc-
cessful efforts I returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put on
the cover, and returned to the billet.
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body responded to this Invitation.
Tommy is "fed up with biscuits.
Butter, tins, two"
mine in one. ten in the other"
Another rumpuS.
"Pickles, mustard, bottles, one"
Nineteen names were put in steel
helmet, the last one out winning the
pickles. On the next issue there were
only Is names, as the winner is elimi-
mated until every man in the section
has won q bottle.
The rattle is closely watched, because
Tommy is suspicious when it comes to
gambling with his rations.
When the issue is finished the cor
poral sits down and writes a letter
home, asking them if they cannot get
some NJ. P. (member of parliament) to
have him transferred to the Royal Fly
ing corps where he won't have to issue
rationS
At the different French estaminets
in the village and at the canteens Tom
my buys fresh eggs, milk, bread and
pastry. Occasionally when he is flush,
he invests IN tin of pears or april
cots. His pay is only a shilling a day,
"a cents or cent an hour. Just imag-
inc, cent an hour for being under
1re-not much chance of getting rich
out there.
When he goes into the fire trench
(front line), Tommy's menu takes a
tumble. He carries in his haversack
what the government calls emergency
or iron rations. JThey are not supposed
to be opened until Tommy dies of star
vation. They consist Of one tin Of
bully beef, four biscuits, little tin
which contains tea, sugar and Oxo
cubes concentrated beef tablets).
These are only to be used when the
enemy establishes curtain of shell
fire on the communication trenches,
thus preventing the carrying in of
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piaoram shono Typical Trenches

DIAGRAM Showing Typical Front
Three tins Of jam, one apple and the
other two plum.
Seventeen Bermuda onions, all diff
ferent sizes.
A piece of cheese in the shape Of a
wedge.
Two one-pound tins Of butter.
A handful of raisins.
A tin of biscuits, or as Tommy calls
them "jaw breakers"
A bottle of mustard pickles.
The "bul1y beef" spuds, condensed
milk, fresh meat, bacon and "Macono-
chic rations" Ga can filled with meat,
vegetables and greasy water) had been
turned over to the company cook to
make stew for next days dinner. He
also received the tea, sugar, salt, pep
per and flour.
Scratching his head, the corporal
studied the slip issued to him by the
quarter. Then in slow, mystifled
voice he read out, 'No. section, IL
men. Bread, loaves, six He looked
puzzled and soliloquized in a musing
voice:
"Six loaves, nineteen men. Let's see,
that's three in loaf for fifteen men
we'll, to make it even, four of you'll
have to muck in on one loaf"
The four that got stuck made howl,
but to no avail. The bread was dished
out. Pretty soon from far corner OF
the billet, three indignant Tommies ac-
costed the corporal with:
"What do you call this, a loaf OF
bread? Looks more like sniping
plate"
The corporal answered.:
"Well, don't blame me, didn't bake
it; somebody's got to get 1T, so shut
up until dish out these blinkin' ra-
tions."
Then the corporal started on the
JAM
"Jam, three tins-apple one, plum
two. Nineteen men, three tins. Six
in tin makes twelve men for two tins,
seven in the remaining tim
He passed around the jam, and
there was another riot. Some didn't
! like apple, while others who received
! plum were partial to apple. After a
| while differences were adjusted and
the issue went on.
Bermuda onions. seventeen"
The corporal avoided row by say:
ing that he did not want an onion, and
| 1 said they make your breath smell, so
! guessed would do without one too.
! The corporal looked his gratitude.
"Cheese, pounds, two"
The corporal borrowed a jackknife
(corporals are always borrowing), and
sliced the cheese-each slicing bring
ing forth a pert remark from the on
lockers as to the corporaPs eyesight.
"Raisins, ounces. eight"
By this time the corporal's nerves
had gone west, and in despair he said
that the raisins were to be turned over
to the cook for "duff' (plum pudding).
This decision elected a little "grous-
ing" but quiet was finally restored.
biscuits, tins, one."
With his borrowed jackknife, the
corporal opened the tin of biscuits, and
told everyone-to help themselYes-no-