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TELLS OF FIGHTING ON WESTERN FRONTLieut. Collins Made TalkSunday Night PRAISES THE RED CROSSBUTTS COUNTY BOY JUST BACK FROM FIGHTING ZONE TALKS TO HOME PEOPLE—VICTORY SURE IF MONEY IS SUPPLIED*An audience that crowded the First Baptist church to its capacity listened with attentive interest to the talk of Lieut. Thomas Jefferson Collins, 320 Feild Artillery, who has recently returned from France, Sunday night. Not before in a long time has such a large audience gathered in thischurch, many from the country joining the town people in hearing the interesting experiences of this young officer.Lieut. Collins gave first hand infor-ation of conditions in France. He has been on the scene of battle and knows of his own personal knowledge the conditions that prevail in war-torn France and Belgium. He brought home to the citizens of Butts county an intimate picture of the great war, visualizing the great struggle and giving the people a better insight into conditions than they have had heretofore.• Lieut. Collins told of some of the great battles, describing how in the fight of Bellau Wood 5,000 German dead were buried in one great ditch.It is his firm conviction that the Allies, with the assistance of the Americans, are winning day by day and that final victory is sure, if America furnishes the men; the money and the munitions. The men at the front aredoing and will do their part, he said, and it only remains for the people at home to measure up to the sublimeduty before them.The Red Cross was paid a warmand deserved tribute by the speaker.He said the noble women who areknitting for the soldiers are doing agreater work than they realize. Ifthey realized the importance of thework they are doing, he said, theywould knit without stopping.He sketched in a historical way Germany’s past scheme of conquest ;j how Schleswig-Holstein was takenfrom Denmark, Alsace-Lorraine from France in 1870, and said the Germans were now on their biggest con-qust of all. He said he didn’t know exactly what Germany wants in this | war—but knew what they would get before the war dogs of America, France, England, Belgium and Italyturn loose.Lieut. Collins spoke for about anhour, holding at all times the keenest interst of the large audience. That his talk will stir the people of his native county to a higher pitch of patriotism and a more determined and cheerful support of the war progam is assured.Lieut. Collins was sent home only last week to act as an officer in train-' ing new divisions recently created by the war department. He left Monday; for Camp Meade, Md., where he willbe stationed. He has been recommended for a captaincy and will no doubt receive his commission within adays. ..Lieut. Collins graduated from theUniversity of Georgia with high rank, receiving valuable military trainingthere. Later he was graduated *---first officers training school at field artillery. His many friends hereare watching his career with no lit-h sor $75. tie interest and expect him to winRobert Winn, assault to murder, new and higher honors before the war1 months or $75.Sam Jackson, having v.d. 6 months or $40.liquor onis over.He spent about four months in France.
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Jackson Progress Argus
Jackson, Georgia, US
Fri, Sep 20, 1918
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