20 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
1
A compiled list of men registering on June fifth shows entries across districts including Reynolds Butler Rupert and Howard cols. Notable names include J T Amos Eugene F Barfield Jim Burk Walter Carrington and Joe Croxton with multiple Mauk Rupert Butler and Reynolds prefixes in various roles.
Americus residents learn through War Department notification that Lieut John D Mathis died in action in France on June 6. His brother Lieut Evan T Mathis Jr. remains in France after joining the war effort. John D Mathis was a Fort McPherson officer training school graduate and from a prominent local family.
The article notes Miss Daisy Magee delivers a strong talk on the Four Gates and Prof Fields discusses training. It reports a well attended program, praise for the association, and the proclamation of Class One Week from June 24 to 29 to re classify registrants. It emphasizes local board duties, new standards, and appeals for public cooperation.
City of Greensboro Green County Georgia offers for sale a six stand 76 saw all steel Murry cotton gin outfit with a 100 hp boiler 75 hp quick action automotive engine, attached corn mill wood sawing and splitting machine. Outfit cost $10 0600. Due to bad health owner will sell cheap. Write ALL STEEL GIN CO Greensboro Ga.
Captain Henry Lee Jewett Williams of Macon was killed in action in France on June 11, according to cablegrams. He was the son of Dr. Howard J. Williams founder of the Williams Sanatorium and was the first Macon man to die in the war. He studied at the University of Georgia and Oxford, taught at Sewanee, and served in the army after training at Atlanta.
A patriotic appeal urges every citizen and future citizen to prove allegiance and support the government through War Savings Stamps. The piece argues national loyalty requires financial participation to back the country’s war effort and secure fair treatment at home and abroad.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey proclaims Friday June 28 1918 as War Savings Day urging Georgians to pledge thrift and invest in War Savings Stamps. He notes German submarines on the Atlantic coast and appeals for full patriotic duty, urging assembly at War Savings meetings to economize and save.
A list of individuals including Grady Ranow Butler Emmett Crawford Ausey Lee Smith Will Benson Howard Hugh Jack Byrd W Col Hicks M T Gaultney Jr Charles F Cooper Rupert Henry B McDaniel Eugene L Saunders Horace Watson and others are ordered to Camp G for training. The compilation features multiple surnames such as Reynolds and Howard across Ellaville Columbus and Reynolds areas.
Mr W H Tucker of Potter ie was told his son Shelticker was seriously injured in France on July 28 during battle with Germans. The father and many friends await more news as Young Tucker serves in Company D 28th Infantry. Tucker has two brothers already in France in the service.
Governor Dorsey announces L Wright resigns as county warden and heads to an Alabama aviation camp. G A Roberts of Quitman County will succeed him. Georgia urges full support of War Savings Stamps with a June 28th deadline, noting the state’s leading obligations to the government.
Secretary of State Henry B. Strange filed an apportionment sheet with the governor and the state treasurer detailing how $225,226.55 will be distributed to the counties, including Taylor County receiving $7085.22. The motion concerns the sale of a 1918 automobile.
Despondency and nervousness in women is linked to constipation and corrected by an occasional dose of Chamberlain's Tablets. The tablets are easy to take and pleasant in effect.
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