AMERICANISM,
By JOHN JONES World War History of Troup County, Georgia
Supplemented fcy Extracts from Editorials, Addresses Etc.
A narrative of Patriotic Service, showing how a faithful people capitalists and laborers, hand-inhand--gained through abundant sacrifices all of those happy con ditions of peace and progress to which the discordant world aspires.
ATLANTA THE WEBB & VART COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, igip, BY JOHN H. JONES Aii, RIGHTS RESERVED

To THE MEMORY of
HENRY BANKS CAIXAWAY (DIED SEPTEMBER 26, 1919)
AN AMERICAN IN WHOSE NOBLE FRIENDSHIP THIS HUMBLE WRITER GAINED EXCEEDING REWARDS IN THE SPIRIT Of HUMAN FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY.

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"Build, Build, BUILD!"
Over the terraces of history there has rolled downward to the people of to-day the crystal globe of truth that every country's period of solid development buildiny! has been its era of national power and happy, peaceful citizenship. Internecine strife always has followed an Interruption in the process of building, where that process had readied a stage of grandeur. Splendor is a thing of discontent to the common people who multiply constantly unless they be kept busy increasing that splendor for their own wholesome glory and comfort. Theories are worthless in the face of this unyielding rule of history. Defying the great truth, nation after nation has been crushed into earth as the crystal globe has rolled onward, Prosperity in its worst form is no more dangerous than a long interruption in the program of development.
That principle is the main artery of this narrative. The fiction writer cannot introduce every tover into his story, and just so the author of this little book could not tell the individual story of every American county, or city, in the World war. But he has told the story of one county with the hope that it will serve broadly as typical of all counties, and all communities of American people. That its leading principle will apply at least to the entire state of Georgia is suggested in
"Georgia's growth is evidenced nowhere more strikingly than iu the statewide demand for increased housing facilities. LaGrange, Dalton, "Washington, Monroe and Dublin are a few of the towns calling for additional public and private accommodations of this nature. The LaGrange Reporter writes: 'We have long- since
hotel facilities, and we presume others are in the same predicament; but we have raised the funds with which to erect a big seven-story hotel, . . We can't build houses as fast as we can get new citizens, and we want a place for these people to stay temporarily. Then, too, the traveling public and the number of visitors grow each year, and we are going to put up a. hotel that will appeal to them.'
"In like vein The Dalton Citizen urges the necessity of providing for new comers and for travelers. Referring to the structures de stroyed in the fire of 1911 and not yet restored, our contemporary says: 'Eight years is a long time for such a valuable and centrally located property to lie idle and non-productive. A hotel, store buildings and residences are the crying needs of Dalton today.' Far away to eastern border. The News-Reporter, of "Washington, bears witness to precisely the same sort of needs in that historic
two hotels turn away guests, who have to call upon friends to take them, or sit it out in a chair in the lobby.'
"The significance of these conditions is that they obtain in towns having- considerably less than ten thousand population and situated in widely different parts of the state. It is not simply the larger cities that are growing, nor any particularly favored region; it is Georgia as a whole. More roofs required, more invest ments invited, more opportunities beckoning that is the story from

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Somewhere iri France
Our boys have gone--our splendid boys'. They're fighting now in France!
Above them float the colors free, The red, white, blue--a beauteous three, Floating the truth for you and me,
Somewhere in France!
Beneath the flag--our splendid flag! No clearer eyes will glance!
No braver hearts will ever know The treachery of baser foe. But--Forward! Onward! See them go
Somewhere in France!
Our boys--our flag--our nation's pride, Together take the chance
Of deathless glory on the field, Knowing all things except to yield, Wearing their courage as a shield
Somewhere in France!
--MARY HUNTZ,BY STEBU (In The LaGrange Reporter, June, ig

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OUR NATIONAL ASSET
(From an Editorial in October, 1918.)
This war is not merely a test of brute strength. It is not simply a matching of resources against resources, of wealth against wealth. If nothing else than these issues entered into the world conflict--God pity America!
Physical endurance and money power would be wasted if expended for no other purpose than to prove their su premacy. No basis of principles would have been estab lished upon which to regain and multiply happily that which had been expended. The character of manhood would have been dragged in the mire of vandalism, rather than purified by the passion of holy principle. With her manhood decayed, America's prosperity would be of short life. The high ideals of advanced civilization have made America prosperous. God's natural sunshine has made America's fields to blos som, but God's sunshine of Democracy has made fruitful the minds of the men who cultivated them. So with the channels of commerce and the wheels of industry.
High ideals--stalwart Democracy--inspired manhood--.t here you have a more powerful national asset than all the natural resources of the earth and the air alone could make.
Victory over Germany is as the taming of a lion--as naught compared with the souls and minds of millions of brave men who in good tune shall stack their guns and return to the whirl of American progress.
WHAT SHALL WE MAKE OF VICTORY?
This war means more than the destruction of Prussian autocracy; it means the CONSTANT CONSTRUCTION of a greater America. A nation's greatness is measured by iti own people.

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PREFACE
S OME day this book will be worth far more than its weight in gold, not by reason of its literary merit, but because of its priceless store of facts and data. Every list of names and every line of figures in this little book represents much strenuous labor--nine months of constant digging for information.
Various leaders in patriotic organizations have my deep grati tude for their fine assistance in compiling the book. Their names appear on following pages. Ralph Clark, of LaGrange, deserves to be remembered in high esteem because of his valuable help in preserving the best possible list of men in the country's land, air and naval service. He was highly qualified for assisting along this line because of his connections during the war with the Local Board of Troup county, which handled registrations and drafts.
Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, of West Point, is due distinct credit for the completeness of her city's general record.
Mrs. T. H- Nimmons, Mrs. Clifford L- Smith, Mrs. H. R. Slack, Mrs. Howard P. Park, Miss Eleanor Emory and others of LaGrange assisted in the work. In Hogansville, Mrs. J. F. Askew, Mrs. Ernest W. Johnson and others gave cordial support.
A nation, a state, or a community, can be no greater than its knowledge of itself* The achievements of this generation of Amer icans, imbedded firmly in the minds of future generations, not as a vague memory, but in the form of definite facts, must inspire com ing Americans to even more heroic achievements. Future genera tions of Americans in Troup county will have as their most precious heirloom an accurate, thorough knowledge of their forefathers' achievements in the World war. This knowledge will be of more genuine value than ever could result from marble monuments piercing the clouds.

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In view of these facts, I am bold in my pride over this record for Troup county, which is nearly, if not quite, one hundred per cent in detail and accuracy. Of course, perfection would have been impossible for one even far more capable than myself; and I shall join the reader in thinking of many things which should have been included. But I offer the book to the public with the feeling that it is the best thing I could have done for a county which deserves better than I ever can hope to do.
*# * I believe there is a mighty, throbbing spirit in the grand body of America--a soul of ideals which sets the true value and power of all physical and material resources. At times I have endeavored to interpret this spirit in mere words, and a few of my efforts have met with such approval that I dare offer glimpses of them as a supplement to this book, with the hope that its title will be justi fied. Several of these efforts have gained prominent recognition, and I have received many requests for copies of some of them-- requests which I sometimes failed to meet, but to which I now take the liberty of making response.
JOHN H. JONES, Editor, THE LAGRANGE DAILY REPORTER. October 15, 1910.

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CONTENTS

PAGE

SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE (POEM)--By Mary Huntley Sterling _ 7

OUR NATIONAL, ASSET________________________ 8

PREFACE ___________--_--_------_ -------------- ------ g

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF TROXJP COUNTY'S WORLD WAR RECORD.__________________________ 13

IMMORTAL HONOR ROLL ____________--__________ 14

CHAPTER

I.--THE HARVEST _________________ 17 War and Agriculture ___---- ---- ---- ---- _ 19

War and Industry _____________,,___ 3i War and Business _____________ 23

War and Finance ______________-- 24 War and Building ____--_--_--__---_---- 25 Troup and Triumph ______________ 26

CHAPTER CHAPTER

II---TROUP COUNTY MEN IN LAND, AIR AND NAVAL SERVICE -------_---- ---- .---_ 28 Troup County Doctors in Service._____ 45 Men and Women in General War Work-,- 45
III.--MILITARY REGISTRATION AND DRAFT___ 46 Local Board for Troup County___^____-_ 46 Legal Advisory Board for Troup County. 46 District Medical Advisory Board--___ 47

CHAPTER IV.--TROUP COUNTY LIBERTY LOAN COMMIT TEE __-__--____-_-______-_-__---_ 51

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V.--LIBERTY LOANS _________________ 50 Scenes from Parade _______,_______ 71 Working Teams of Soldiers and Sailors_ 92

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VI.--THE RED CROSS_________________ 95 PART II. Work of Chapters and Women_ 104 Report of LaGrange Chapter__ rog Report of West Point Chapter. 112 Report of Hogansville Auxiliary 115

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CHAPTER VII.--WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ____________ 116

CHAPTER VIII.--OTHER WAR FUNDS ______________ 120

CHAPTER IX.--THE WOMAN'S CLUB _____________ 126

CHAPTER X,--MISCELLANEOUS ORGANIZATIONS ____ 130

CHAPTER XI.--BOY SCOUTS ____________________ 139

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XII.--SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS ___________ 141 Council of National Defense-________ 141
Food Administration ______-----____ 143 Fuel Administration _____----_ --------__ 143

CHAPTER XIII.--WAVES OF PATRIOTISM ___________ 146

SUPPLEMENT
THE; PROMISED LAND -____^___--_-_-- ---- ---- ---- _-__ 153 Prosperity: The House of Bondage- ---- -- ---------- -- 154 War: The Wilderness of the World_____________ 156 Service: The Fire of Faith___________-____ 159
THE HEIRLOOM of PATRIOTS--.__-________-____ 162
WOMAN _________----_____-_---------- ---- --- 164
THE MODERN MAN AND AN OLD, OLD PRINCIPLE__---__- 167

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Condensed Statement of Troup County's World War Record

MEN IN LAND, AIR AND NAVAL SERVICE Approximately ____-_---_--_-~____--__--_____,,-_
(Over twenty per cent of total registered men; nearly 300 of whom volunteered).

1,450

LIBERTY AND VICTORY LOANS
Subscriptions to Bonds of Five Issues_________$2,885,900.00 ($685,750.00, or nearly one-fourth, more than combined quotas).

THE RED CROSS
Subscriptions in Three Campaigns^____,,_______$ ($39,470.00 oversubscriptions; over two and one-half times combined quotas).

64,470.00

Total Subscriptions, All Other War Funds, About Double Combined Quotas,
Every Quota in Each and Every Campaign Oversubscribed on Opening Day, and, with a Few Exceptions, within FIRST MINUTE.

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IMMORTAL HONOR ROLL
The consummate virtue of a nation's aggregate citi zenship is a matter of general average in loyal service. When a man gives his life for his country he renders this average sublime. Nineteen Troup county boys placed themselves on the immortal tablet of honorable memory by giving their lives in land, air and naval service during the World war, for the glory and freedom of America. Following is the list:
LAGRANGE
JOfilv M. BOHANNON
EMORY BOYKIN
JOE; MCKINLEY BROCK JOHN H. CANNON SPURGEON CI.EMONS HOKE FRAZIER FERREI.I, HAMER
CHARMS PARKS AMOS PAYNE
JEWEX.1, RttlD
BAXTER SCHAUB JUELL TAYLOR THOMAS THOMASTON
KNOX F. TnoMPsaN

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WEST POINT WILLIE HUNT JOHN T. JOHNSON L. F. WAINWRIGHT
HOGANSVILLE JOHN I. TODD
MAKSHAU, TOWNS

NOTE: Every human effort has been exhausted to make this honor roll absolutely complete. There is yet a remote natural chance of an omission, considering the millions of men in World war service. If such an omission, develops, the discoverer will please make proper entry on the lines below, and notify the author of this book ac cordingly.

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If some fairy -were to -wave Her mag,ic wand and assemble the tur quoise and sapphire of the ocean's boundless bosom, the ruby, pearl and opal of the infinite skies, the emerald of luxuriant nature and the silver and gold of field and plain, and, pouring them into the caldron of culture, -were to purfee them with the luminous love of an&els for a million generations, until all were no more than a dewdrop, that dewdrop would not be too pure and ra diant in luster for the violet petals of America's memory of those sons who shed their blood, in defense of the freedom of mankind, against Prus sian autocracy.

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CHAPTER I.
THE HARVEST
Troup county's World war record was nothing more than a rapid series of natural deeds through the concerted efforts of a citizenship which was intelligent and loyal, and our people's con stant display of enthusiasm was altogether a result, and not the cause, of their performances of what they believed firmly to be their duty. Troup county did not catch by accident the fire of patriotism. If such had been the case, that fire would have leaped high only for a moment and then would have died away. This county's standard was lifted high with the war's first test, and it never was lowered for an instant, but was elevated more gloriously at the war's close, after having been followed by our people through many trying periods, than it had been placed in the begin ning. In every call for men, money, or support of any nature, Troup county torpedoed the term "quota;" and her ammunition never was exhausted. If Troup county was at the front and worthy of that nation-wide praise which was poured upon her in the early days of the war, this county was far ahead and deserved exalted honor when the smoke of battle cleared away. Inasmuch as Troup has not been denied such honor, the purpose of this little book cannot be to win praise, but instead the purpose is to estab lish soundly the merits of praise already received, and at the same tune to show that, after all is said and done, our county has gained material and spiritual rewards which are infinitely more precious
than the price she paid.
Troup county now has more wealth and happiness, by bound less measures, than she had when war was declared by America in April, 1917. As we gave, so did we receive. Our talents were mul tiplied as if by magic. The truth of this statement is too vast to be comprehended by future generations of Troup countians, or even by our present generation, with a passing glance; and it is too gigantic and powerful an asset not to be injected forcefully into the minds of Troup countians of to-day, tomorrow and all the days to come. Therefore let us give emphasis to this truth. It is apparent in every avenue of public affairs and in every phase of our com mercial, industrial, agricultural and general business life. We must

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see it and understand its signal to progress and development, so that our talents may not be wasted. It is well for the world to be shown in facts and figures, but it is of more vital importance that we, Troup county, should comprehend the tremendous asset which we have gained and which offers such magnificent opportunities.
The world may read, appreciate and applaud, according to the world's exotic pleasure. But Troup county--our own people--must read, know and MOVE, FORWARD I. Therein lies a mammoth treasure the value of which is beyond estimate.
IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE OF NEUTRALITY To the outsider Troup county probably appeared as a pit of conflicting politics during the uncertain period between the begin ning of the World war in August, 1914, and the declaration of war by America in April, 1917. We know that it was natural for our people's impulses and sympathies to vary according to peculiar viewpoints and the crooks and turns of events. That was nothing more than human nature. There were circumstances in the local political sphere which caused Troup county to appear in a false light before outsiders. We were charged with embracing a dis loyal element of citizens. This charge did not trouble our minds. Our voices were not lifted in denial, but with the instant that the veil of neutrality was thrown aside our citizens fixed all eyes upon the goal of triumphant Americanism. Thus did we answer^ not "in tongue; but in deed and in truth." In the dim, barren field of neutrality a few vagabond voices had been permitted to echo and re-echo in terms and tones which were reflections upon the giant loyalty of Troup county, but when impotent neutrality was transformed into noble, definite action our people arose and asserted themselves as a solid mass of Americans before whom those vagabond voices vanished overnight; and within a day those voices had joined the universal chorus of "America first!"
THE BOMB OF WAR America declared war upon Germany, that "Freedom shall not perish from the earth," on April 6, 1917. On April 6, 10,17, under the heading, "LaGrange Sons Will Rally to Nation's Flag," The LaGrange Reporter said: "Already a mass meeting of citizens has been called for Monday afternoon at four o'clock in the Troup county court room, for the purpose of securing a creditable list of volunteers for service in the impending conflict with Germany.

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"People are recognizing the fact that it is no longer a question of war or no war, but that war is upon us--war in the most gigantic form ever known by America--and that it is now a matter of honor and patriotism, and the safety of America against powers and
dangers which have not been fully realized." The mass meeting, with Frank P. Longley presiding and Talley
B. Moncrief acting as secretary, was a great display of staunch pa triotism, and many volunteers for military service proved the loyal
fiber of Troup's manhood. Within two weeks a company of home guards had been organized
in LaGrange, the war against Germany had been endorsed unani mously in public meetings at various points, the work of organizing Red Cross chapters in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville was under way, and war activities prevailed on every side. Troup county's manhood was ablaze and her womanhood was in full bloom. Troup county typified the principle that it was America's
war and every man's fight. On April 10, 1917, a mass meeting of colored people was held
in the auditorium at West Point and resolutions were adopted en dorsing the United States government, commending the action of President Wilson in first endeavoring to keep peace and then in leading us to war for the rights of humanity; and pledging their loyalty and support of the government both on the battle front and
at home. Troup county's patriotic spirit was in the ascendancy through
every day and night of the war. We find resolutions of endorse ment and support being adopted all along by the U. C. V., grand juries, churches, city councils, fraternal bodies, countless other
individual organizations and general mass meetings.

FAITH AND GOOD FORTUNE
We have called particular attention to the material rewards gained through Troup county's elegant support of the government in the World war. It is necessary to the progress and prosperity of our county that her people should comprehend these rewards in their broad, mighty proportions. They are the rewards of infinite faith; and they shall be the fundamental foundation for good for tune beyond our present visions.
WAR AND AGRICULTURE Europe was almost starving when America entered the war.

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Foreign soils were burned to ghastly waste. It was an astounding fact that America must feed the world, as well as fight humanity's battle.
If "necessity is the mother of invention," it is the mistress of
production through invention, and rules with an iron hand. Methods for the successful diversification of agriculture along intensified lines had been invented before the war, but they had not been adopted to any great extent by our farmers. Little improvements were being made on farms. Values of farm lands were not ad vancing very much. But "when war was declared it dawned sud denly upon the farmer that he had a great duty to perform. He came face to face with the huge problem of helping save the world from starvation; he "came, saw and conquered," Necessity forced him to utilize invention for broader production,
News communications from rural sections commenced telling at once through local newspapers of the awakening of farmers. It was clear that there was a new order of agricultural affairs in every country district. Farmers began planting larger crops of wheat, oats, corn, potatoes, peanuts and other food stuffs, and the raising of hogs and cattle became a regular business upon a broader scale.
With hundreds of their boys entering military service, farmers found themselves with the same shortage of labor which prevailed in every phase of affairs throughout the country. But they were undaunted, and their production continued to expand. Men and women toiled from sunrise to sunset to help feed and save human ity. Their sons on battle fields must be fed to fight and win vic tory. Every mental faculty and all physical force were concen trated in the task of production. School boys and girls got the spirit. Corn, clubs, wheat clubs, pig clubs and canning clubs among country schools helped wonderfully in the campaign.
The cause was one of highest patriotism, the object to win the war; but the results surpassed the object, because with the win ning of the war our farmers found themselves enriched in bank ac counts, improved homes and lands with increased values, and greater joy and comfort in their everyday life.
Troup county occupies a fine place in. the report of the Georgia Department of Agriculture for 1918. This report indicates the rapid strides forward in our agriculture. It shows that Troup county, even yet merely upon the threshold of agricultural devel-

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opment, holds an important place in the matter of corn, oats, po

tatoes, wheat, hay, hogs and cattle, as well as in its large produc

tion of cotton, the acreage of which was decreasing annually to a

gratifying degree,

Based upon official reports from the Georgia Department of

Agriculture, the following table presents in an impressive manner

Troup county's advancement in agriculture at the close of 1918,

the last year of the World war.

TROTIP COUNTY'S AGRICULTURE IN FIGURES

Irish Sweet

Cotton Cotton Corn Wheat Oats Potatoes Potatoes

Acreage Ginned Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage

1918 ---- 65,000 22,843 34,050 2,400 3,&59

284

844

1916 ---- 66,165 I 9>5 5 * 33>ooo i,600 5,ooo

201

631

Peanuts Acreage 1918------ -1,512 1916 _ __,, 900

Velvet

Sugar

Hay

Beans Sorghum Cane

Acreage Acreage Acreage Acreage

3,564

6,414

65

ago

(No available figures)

Milch

Cows Cattle Swine Sheep Horses Mules

No. on No. on No. on No. on No. on No. on

Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms Farms

1918 ___3,200

3,683 11,201

97

808

3,937

1916 ------ 3,015

3,, i45 10,200

85

795

3,685

While there was a slight increase in bales of cotton ginned an

lly during the war period, this increase was due to intensified

1914 and I 9 I 5, tne iirst year ot tne European contact, wnicn was a year of agricultural readjustment and served as a foundation for the quick development of diversified methods in 1916-17. The in creases in food crops and cattle were in proportion to the decrease in cotton acreage, plus the higher per cent of production resulting from, intensified efforts.
WAR AND INDUSTRY Troup county was a well-known industrial center before the

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war, and in the particular industry of cotton manufacturing this county had become renowned, due to the enlightened methods and policies which had been pursued by the interests controlling this industry.
Later on in this book the reader will be told about the broad, human nature of our cotton mill interests and the superior patriotic spirit of our cotton mill operatives, each of which was necessary to the success of the other, and each of which inspired happy con sideration and loyalty in the other, so that the sphere of our large textile industry was one of powerful support to every war movement.
The fame of cotton mill villages in Troup county already had spread far and wide, because ours were model villages, with ad vanced health, social and educational conditions. But, however fine the conditions in our mill villages at the beginning of the war, a view of them at that time serves mainly to emphasize the far greater advancement they had achieved by the end of 1918. At the close of the war these villages were pictures of beauty, and their citizens were so filled with joy and appreciation for the de lightful homes, lovely gardens, handsome Y. M. C. A. buildings, gymnasiums and schools and the extreme consideration which was being shown along every line by mill owners, that Troup county was almost a paradise by comparison with other sections of the country in which unrest and strife between so-called classes and masses wrought waste and suffering.
It is a logical conclusion that the same spirit of loyalty which caused both our mill owners and their employees to do their utmost in helping win the war also inspired their co-operation in building up conditions which rendered their villages ideal places in which to work and live.
Cotton mills in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville are now the pride of both owners and operatives, and their citizens and civic beauties are tremendous assets in our -common program of develop ment. They have magnificent Y. M. C. A. buildings, schools, churches, hotels, irrigated community gardens and dwelling houses, embellished with pretty streets, parks and play grounds, all of which offer much attraction to tourists. Prominent men and women from distant places come to view these mill villages as being among the finest exhibits of progressive management and wholesome citizenship presented in the whole world.

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This state of industrial affairs is due first, of course, to the stalwart spirit which made Troup county famous in the war; but such a state of affairs never could have been brought about except through the exercise of that stalwart spirit; and its exercise in the mammoth tasks thrown upon us by the war made it strong for the highest development of local affairs. Thus we know that, while our mill owners and operatives directly invested much in the war, they indirectly gained great treasures from the war.
The textile industry of Troup county and the conditions sur rounding it had achieved such world-wide renown early in 1919 that a delegation of several hundred leading cotton manufacturers from European nations decided in response to an invitation from Fuller E. Callaway, president of a group of these mills, to visit LaGrange. They arranged their trip to the World Cotton Conference in New Orleans so as to hold their special trains over in LaGrange for a day's visit on Saturday, October n, 1919, in order that they might view some of the finest, happiest mill villages in the world. LaGrange was one of only four or five American cities, including New York and New Orleans, which were visited by this distin guished body of Europeans.
At the close of the war cotton mauufacturies in Troup county represented an investment of over $9,000,000.00.

WAS AND BUSINESS
War always breeds uncertainty in general business conditions, and there was no exception to this rule during the World war. There were all kinds of government regulations which, however dif ficult, were necessary to America's plans in fighting Germany. Shortages of certain kinds of materials forced a new standard of qualities upon merchants, who, in turn, had to satisfy the public. Vast confusion resulted from, adjustments and readjustments to changing conditions. With new standards of qualities, strict gov ernment regulations as to distributions and sales, and irregular prices consequent to wild confusion and uncertainty, it took a sound business to hold its own. Troup county's business evidently was sound enough, for it emerged from the war with flying colors.
Honest dealing, a modern spirit of progress and expansion and a solid foundation in resources are main essentials to a successful business. That kind of business can survive storms, and surviving can march with dignity up the highway of prosperity. That is

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Troup county's kind of business. The backbone of our business is constructed of truth, progressive spirit and concrete resources. In any avenue of our commercial life a lower type of business does not succeed, because Troup is not that kind of stuff.
During the war our wholesale and retail merchants were strong enough to observe loyally government rules and requests. They kept smiling--they kept going; for they knew that, however dark the present, the future held brightness. Our representative mer chants and business men did not violate government regulations for passing profit. Instead, they, with the aid of an intelligent public, co-operated with the government in conserving strength for the nation's struggle. Thus they preserved for themselves their most powerful assets, their integrity and the public faith. And there was nothing surprising in their sudden flourish of expansion in trade right after the war, neither is there anything mysterious in the constancy with which this flourish grew into the present brilliant growth which is evidenced by enlargements and improve ments in mercantile and business establishments and their displays of enterprise as marked through local newspapers. Troup county's business did not lose strength in the ravages of war; it gained mighty strength for the campaign in which it is engaged now, and which must result in making Troup county the great center of an ever-increasing trade field. Those business concerns which have comprehended this truth and have caught a vision of the radiant future, and are developing enterprise accordingly, will be the promi nent business strongholds of Western Georgia in years to come.

WAR AND FINANCE;
Consult the official records in this little book and you will wonder how Troup county managed to give so much money to the cause of war and yet come forth with more wealth in the end than she had when the war began.
That is not strange. It is the natural result of initial strength in finance, and co-operation between financial interests and the com
mon public all along the way. Troup county furnished millions of dollars for the conduct of
the war. She could not have done half as much without the loyal co-operation of all interests. She was wealthy at the start, but without co-operation and diligence that wealth, however great, would have been exhausted- Hand-in-hand, our banks, general busi-

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ness concerns and all the people kept working. Rich men and poor men alike placed themselves behind the wheels of production. There ,was nc loafing. Back of this system were banking institutions of age, experience and financial power. They kept the faith. Chapters dealing with Liberty Loan and other war fund campaigns will give a glimpse of the noble manner in which Troup county's banks placed their arms around the people. Their spirit was both broad in its loyalty to the government and high in its fidelity to the
people at home.

Broad banking policies have their reward in the program of
public affairs. The following table, showing approximate increases in the resources of Troup county's banking institutions during the war period, along with expansions in their business scope, is signifi

cant enough:

Deposits

Loans

Resources

December, 1916 ___$2,861,280.36 December, 1917 ------ 3,970,077.33 December, 1918 ___ 4,574,978.42 Increase, 1916 to 1918- 1,713,698.06

$2,254,923.91 2,825,771.90 4,349,868.04 2,094,944.13

$4,343,581.52 5,628,347.47 6,788,436.86 2,444,855.34

The above table expresses conclusively the huge growth in Troup county's financial strength during the World war, notwithstanding her contributions in war taxes amounting to hundreds on top of hundreds of thousands of dollars and her gifts of many times her full share to all war funds. Troup county's failure to back up this wonderful financial growth, in the light of her glorious World war record, with high achievements in the future would be appalling.
Such a prospect is unthinkable.

WAR AND BUILDING
Troup county held steadfastly to the principle of "America first" during 1917 and igiS. She did not indulge in any great building efforts, but placed all of her available resources at the dis posal of the government through direct and indirect means. That which the government did not need was confined to essential op erations, against the day when the government might need it. Such building as was done was as necessary to Troup county's perform ances of war duties as barracks were necessary to army training camps. The tourist will find large, imposing groups of structures at the various army camps in America; and for the same reason

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the tourist will find many new buildings in LaGrange, West Point and other towns and country districts of Troup, because Troup county was alive and healthy in her essential activities. To have done less building in the county would have meant stagnation in commerce, industry, agriculture and the religious, educational and social conditions which were potent factors in the quality of worthy citizenship.
The visitors to LaGrange early in 1519 found a number of new, modern business structures, and handsome Y. M. C. A. buildings in mill villages. He found new schools, churches and other improve ments in mill villages, together with hundreds of beautiful residences which had not adorned the city in rgi6. In West Point, Hogansville and throughout the country he saw similar developments. In towns and rural communities he found new feed mills and other new plants of production and efficiency. But he turned from all of these with an exclamation at the amazing lack of buildings in keeping with the county's wealth and scope of business, religious, educational, social and civic affairs. Then, forgetting that what Troup county lacked in this respect was due to her strict attention to the business of war, the visitor probably had a feeling of doubt as to the per manent, substantial fiber of Troup county's spirit of achievement.
This leads us again to the eternal burden of our introductory chapter:
TROUP AND TRIUMPH
Troup county must MOVE FORWARD, Troup county must build, build, BVILDl
The present generation of people must be builders if they would enjoy the rewards of their marvelous World war record and if they would be as worthy Americans in everday life as they were amid the flare of battle.
The next generation, and the next, and the next, must be build ers if they would not disgrace themselves in the brilliant light of their forefathers* achievements.
There is a germ of reason and the spark of an ideal in every human being. The consummate truth emphasized by the facts in this little book should impel reason to expand and ideals to soar skyward in all Troup countians. There should be no lagging behind in the swift march of progress.

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A man's mind is a miniature of the world as it appears through his eyes. Troup countians of today and tomorrow should catch visions of more wonderful worlds of achievements. Failing, they must be blind.
Any man's range of vision should be as far beyond his present sphere of activities as God placed his eyes above his feet. Otherwise he deserves no place among enlightened, civilized human beings, but should seek the jungles and savage life, or should roam among the beasts of the field. The people of Troup county have their feet upon high, solid ground. They "have eyes to see,"
Troup county stands conspicuously before the world as one fav ored by sublime Opportunity. We are told that Opportunity is a goddess with a long forelock and bald on the back of her head. Opportunity must be grasped before she has gone.
When, by an election for bonds on Tuesday, May 27, 1919, Troup county placed herself in line for a fund of one million dollars with which to pave her highways, she took Opportunity by the fore lock.
The city of LaGrange firmly grasped Opportunity when, on Wednesday, September 17, 1919, her people subscribed $333,ooo.oo for building a handsome, modern hotel. LaGrange must not let Opportunity escape.
Kvery town, every rural community, every man in Troup county must MOVE FORWARD. With one accord, we must build, build, BUILD I
No triumph is a genuine triumph unless employed for the at tainment of a greater triumph, Troup county must not rest upon her laurels. Glory loses its luster in an apathetic aftermath.

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CHAPTER II.
TYoup Count^ Men in Land, Air and
Naval Service
Mere words here would be futile. An attempt to describe briefly the records of the mass of brave Troup countians whose names follow would result only in discrimination between Americans of equal high merits. It would take hundreds of pages to even touch upon their separate, personal records, and then a majority of them would be omitted necessarily for lack of information.
These men were at the front of the grand army of Troup county's heroic citizens. They marched forth to shoulder guns-- to "do or die!" Theirs is highest honor, supreme tribute.
No individual distinction for any man in this list would be safe or just, because there is no way in which a system of distinctions can be applied to the whole list. It must be recognized that a com mon place in this roll of soldiers and sailors is distinction enough for any noble American citizen. The honor is complete.
The writer makes no apologies for the lack of any detail in this list, or for the failure of any man's name to appear. Never were greater efforts made to do a job thoroughly. The county was swept by every available means, and calls were made through all local newspapers for the names of men who had served in the World war. The result is a far more complete list of men, in strictly im partial form, than ever would have existed otherwise. Only a few names can be missing; and better the loss of a few names than the preservation of only a few.
Thus we introduce the reader to the names of our men who took their places in uniform under the nation's flag, and gave themselves to the fighting task of maintaining its glory. America's victory was their victory; the undying glory of a flag triumphant shall be their undying glory; and great historians' narratives of America's victorious war against Prussianism shall be the thrilling stories of these men's achievements on battle fields. Many of them were of ficers; many won precious medals of honor in action, at the cost of blood and limbs; many shall relate to their children the horrors

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of shell-torn battle fields on foreign soil; but none can wish for more infinite love and tribute than will be accorded them by future generations for having won places in this roll of honor as Ameri cans who marched forth, shoulder to shoulder, in the supreme, common cause of freedom.

(NOTE: Where the same probable that there was mare t service from Troup county.)

Adams, Chas. S.
Armstrong, Henry H. Askew, James E. Akin, Homer. Alien, Christopher L. Alien, Thomas H. Ammons, Robert M. Abbott, Troy B. Anderson, J. L. Akins, J. D. Alien, Winston. Alien, Beverly. Abraham, Robert. Adams, Render. Adams, Sledge. Adams, W. F., Jr. Atkinson, James. Atklnson, Walter. Andrews, O. M. Alien, Ham. Alien, Hugh. Abbott, Emory Carl.
Atkinson, Arthur. Adams, General. Atcheson, James. Atehison, Charlie. Adams, Chas. D. Alien, Henry. Appleby, Felix. Awtrey, William Grady. Amos, IT. J. Askew, Prank, Jr. Aubrey, M. T. Askew, Washington. Anderson, Fleteher, Allison, Virgil. Akins, Frank. Anderson, Garrett.

lien, William Hugh.
ews. Oliver Melvin. mjrews, Robert, ilen, Alwyn Luther, lien. Prank. He] fob. lien, Ralph Warner, lien, John, usnstine, Abraham, ubrey, Nathaniel, kin, Arthur, kins, William Rosier, kers, Washinsrton. Appleby, Lee, Byrd, Will. Ballard, William E. Battle, Garnett. Barnes, Will Barnes, Leonard Lee. Banks, John Melvin. Barnes, OlJn. Batchelor, Lewis McKinley. Beasley, Earnest. Bangh, Henry Grady. Barrow, James Howell. Barsh, Elias. Baugh, W^lllie. Beasley, Wash. Barker, Novatus Lee, Jr. Barfcsdale, Hilary Gary. Beasley, Phillip. Beasley, Homer. Battle, Charlie. Battle, Burke. Battle, Lawrence. Barnes, Lewis. Beasley, Albert. Bass, Jim. Bass, Grover C.

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Boswell, Earl Thomas.
Bradfleld, Arthur Dortch, Brazil. John Henry.
Br/ley, Ed.
Bryaiit, Willie. Bridges, Joe. Briley, Robert. Brady, Reese. Bell, Henry.
Bettie, Louie. Bennett, Reuben Green. Bennett, Nathaniel Howard. Bassett, Chas. D. Birdsong, Geo.
Big-br, ttobert Carl. Byrd, Charles Henry. Billingsly, Layman, Birdsong, Howard Judson. Byrd, Charlie Truttt. Boddie, Lewis. Boozer, William. Brown, Edward.
Brown, Robert.
Banner, Lovelace. Browning, Godwin M. Brown, Jim Avery. Boozer, James Howard. Booker, Virgil Eunice. Boyd, Charlie. Boykin, Dola C. Bowen, Samuel Lee. Boozer, Fred A. Boddie, Doi-sey. Broughton, Rolley. Boykin, John Thomas, Boy<3, Lumus.
Boddie, George. Bowen, Isaac Henry. Boddie, Lonnie. Buchannan, William Benjamin. Burton, Henry. Brewer, Wilson.
Busbee, Herman Luther. Brewer, L. A. Brown, James Elijah, Jr. Bullock, Guy. Blackman, Roy. Bastion, Fred, Bastion, Warner.

Block, "Walter.
Boyd, Johnnie, Busbee, Henry.
Bryant. Oscar. Broug-hton, LOIJZO. Brown, Loyd Carl. Breed. Harry Monroe, Bufford, Willie. Burroughs, Dock, Burston, Junors.
Borders, Horner. Bostick, Jos. E. Brannon, Henry T.
Bykin, Jr., W. S.
Braots, Willis F. Bradneld, Loyd.
Bostick, John.
Brock, Hubert B, Branson, Philip L. Butler, Charlie R. Barbour, Arthur W. Brittain, William HenryBass, Cyral Wade. Bradfleld, Will Washington Betterton, Fred L. Brand, Murphey. Boozer, Fred, Bloodworth. T. S. M. Brock, Joe McKlnley. Bonner, W^illiam H. Birdsong, Louie. Bates, Cieve. Braden, J. P. Baker, Arthur. Baker, James. Bankston, George K. Branson, Lanier, Bell, Julian. Caudle, Harvey Big-ham.
Cambrell, Sam. Carlisle, Frank. Cato, Henry. Cartright, Jace. Caudle, Owen. Cato, Jay D. Cameron, Lewis.

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Canady, Milton.
Caudle, Louie. Cameron, Charlie. Carter, Will, Calhoun, Joseph Oscar. Carter, Benjamin Gordon. Caawell, Walter James. Camp, Thomas Lee. Carter, William Oscar. Cameron, WilHe. Civets, Lehman. Cutright, Tace,
Cameron, Charlie. Campbell, Charlie. Carractor, Albert. Calhoun, Josh. Carter, John Calhoun. Childers, Henry Arthur. Clemons, Spurgeon. demons, Shep. Chatmon, Monroe. Chivers, George. Clements, Ilichard Clayton. Clemens, Reuben. Clark, Hardy. Clark, Paul Henderson. Clark, Ralph. Chislomn, Willie. Clements, Harry Thornton. Cleveland, William Louis, Cleveland, Thomas Ray. Cloud, Elmer. Clifton, D. Chalfcer, Enoch Brasil. Chiaolm, Tommle. Chisolm, Willie. Chappel, Ployd. Choefteld, Harris. Chandler, Homer Ernest. Clark, Morgan. Cox, Thomas E. Calling, Terry. Cofleld, Bill. Combs, Charlie. Cox, Myrt. Comer, Henry. Cotton, Walter. Cofleld, Clee.

Cooper, Charlie.
Cole, Simon. Cooper, Cary Davla. Carractor, Leo Roy. Copeland, DIHard. Colquitt, Alfred Henry. Cooper. Bennie Dural. Cole, Clarence William. Cox, Eddie. Cofield, Jewel Admiral. Colly, Benj amin Pierce. Crauford, Eddie Andrew. Cofield, Archie. Cos!>y, Charles Jack Carriker, John Earl. Cole, Binshatn Purn. Cofield, Claiide Bernard,
Coleman, John Lee. Cox, Will. Cotter, Vance Lovejoy. Crow, Enoch Axson. CartrigM, W^ash. Crowley, John Tom. Cumby, Arthur Hubert. Curtis, William Arthur. Cutright, Eugene, Culberson, Jesae Roy. Champion, Ray. Cook, Edmud F. Carley, John A. Crogsley, George. Chastine, Fitzhu^h L. Caaon. Clifford G. Clark, Sylvester. Callaway. Cason J. Calloway, Eddie. Carlisle, Wm N. Cadenhead, Whitmon P. Comer, Hu^h H. Clark, Wallace H. Caudle, Henry. Cooper, David Ctovin. Clark. Neal. Oobb, Robert. Crossley, George H. Cole, Bennie. Carter, Eugene. Cnnningham, E. S.

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Copeland, Hubert.
Cantrell, Arthur. Carrell, Ed. Cobbt Leray. CuJpepper, Clarence. Culpepper, William RCadenhead, Chas. It. Cox, J. M. Chandler, Earl. Crawlcy, Brantley. Combs, James. Dozier, Bledsoe. Davis, Dewey. Davia, Cooper. Davis, Earl. Davis, Ralph. Davis, Nimmons. Duke, William R. Dukes, Clay W. Dunson, Preston. Dillard, John. DIxon, K. H. Davis, Walter V, Drinkard, Josh. Dlckson, Jesse. Denney, J. N. Durham, C. Eugene. Davis. Joe B. Day, Carl C. Dozlef, Sampson. Drinkard, E. L. Dunson, Alfred C. Dye, Willis A. Davidson. WUUe L. Dallis, Render. Davis, Robert C. Duke, Lewis Merton. Davldson, Sam. Daniel, Herschel Jackson. Davlson William. Davia, Abner Snelson. Davis, Duke. Davis, Henry. Daniel, Lee. Daniel, Noab "William, Darden, John Underwood. Davis, Archie Jopha. Davldsan, Clarence, Darden, Green.

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Day, Robert Clayton.
Davidson. Alex. Daniel, George Harrison. Davis, Marvin Pierce, Darden, Gordon Lee Daniel, Edmond Thomas Dallis, Charlie Davis, C. I. Dallis, George W., Jr. Davis, Andrew. Daniel, Albert Ridley. Davis, Ralpli Emerson. Dare. Marvin. Darden, Golden. Daniel, Kobert Milton. Dean, C. D. Davidson, John Wesley. Dix. D. Otis, Delaney, Frank, Dennis, Curt5s. Dictson, Jesse Stephen. Dennis, Johnny LaFayette. PeLoach, Bonnie Amous, Jr. Dixon, Gillie. Delaney, Vince. Dix, Tommle. Delaney, John Davis. Dent, Charlie Jefferson. Dennis, West. Dennis, Will. Denney, Dave. Dyer, J. C. Drake, Will. Doubard, Joe. Dodgen, Jim C. Dozier, John. Dozier, Ebb Newton. Dnck, Brady. Dunson, Bob. Dunson, Charlie, Jr. Dunson, Charley. Dukes, Jessie Rae. Day, Marvin. Davis, Ernest. Davis, Ed. Eady, Earnest Howard. Ector, Charlie. Edwards, George, Edmondao/n, William Ridley.

Edmondson, Jim. Edmondson, Mark, Jr. Emory, Robert Alvyn, Ellis, Will, Ellis, Arben. Estes, Robert B. Estea, Henry. Estes, Joseph Gaffney. Evans, WU1. Evans, Charlie. Evans, Ed. Evans, Samuel Henry. Evans, Whitfield Roy. Ellis, J. B. Estes, Joseph D.
Estes, Loyd L. Ector, Virgil A. Evans, Seaborn W. Ellis, Jim.
Emory. Walter. Earnest, Lewis. Echols, Louie. Edmondson, Carl W. Evans, Roy. Ployd, Lee. Frost, R. C.
Fisher, George W, Fulghum, Luther. Felnberg, Sam. Forrester, Redmond V. Frazfer, Hbke.
Fannln, Frank, Jr. Fannln, Dave. Fannln, Robert. Farrow, Jack. Farrar, Lewia Farriah. Farrar, Posie Madison. Favors, George.
Ferrell, Dee. Ferrell, Alonzo. Ferrell, Vlrgus. Ferrell, Ozey. Folds, Charles Marion. Polsom, Horace Coleman Fleldin, Pete. Finch, Frank. Pinch, Archie. FIncher, Pink. Fincher, Walton Minnis.

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Furgerson. Henry F.
Fltzpatrlck, George.
Floyd, Harold Cobh. Flowers, Cosby. Florence, George Washington, Floyd, Henry C. Flowers, W. M. Fuller, Willie Alsey. Fulghmn, Walker. Freeman, Oscar. Fuller, Jamea Herschel. Fox, Manard. Ford, Wilson. Ford, Robert. Ford, Will. Ford, Ocll. Fulghum, Roy.
Freeman, Joe Claude. Frederick, Phil. Freeman, Clifford Lee. Freeman, Lonzo. Freeman, Earnest. Freisteben, Harry Clarenc*. Freeman. John Wllbun. France, Sell. Freeman, Albert. Freeman, Will. Frozier, George HenryFranklin, Will. Frederick, Hugh Pack. Freeman, George. Franklin, Willie Reuben. Freeman, Eugene DJckson, Floyd, Robert F. Pomby. Jeff. Puller, Oscar. Gates, Octavious. Gamble, Will.
Gates, Robert. Gates, Gaston. Gates, William. Gates, Lewis. Gable, William Spencer. Gates, John. Gates, Walter. Gambrell, Richard.
Gates, Daniel. Gates. R. L. Gates. Sam, Jr.

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Gaulding, Johnnie. Gordon, Frank. deter, Amos.
Gordon, Alf. Gibson, Henry Clay. Gilley, Lillard. Gillispie, Earnest Owens. Gisid, Sula. Gibson. Ben. Gibson, Jesse. Grig^s, Edxvard Garland. Green, Ulyssus. Griffin. Frank Ridley. Green, Hilliard. Griffin, Freeman. Green, Thomas. Grady, Willie Lee. Grant, Thomas Holton. Grant, Albert. Grogan, Gurdie Pascal. Gray, "Walter Bradford. Gray, David. Griggs, Jerry, Jr. Gray, Willie. Green. Cleaveland. Griffin, Columbus, Grissom. Engine. GrJ^gs, Willie. Glosson, William Forest. Gladney, Louie. Glenn, Gamble. Glaze, H. I. Glosson, Grover Cleveland. Glenn, Will. Guy, James Calvin. Griffin, S. V. Gardner, Marshall. Gordy, Jas. Griggs, Henry. Graham, Maurice. Griggs, Alfred. Gachet, MyerS.
Gradiek, Ed C. Greene, Claud H. Graves, John L. Gillam, Harry J. Gillham, S. J. Greenwood, Frank. Green, Will.

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Hamlin, W. B. Howard, Linton. fTOdnett, Robert. Milliard, E. V. Home, H. H. Hall, Branton. Hsgredorn, Zack. Huguley, George. Huguley, Ed, Harris, Heywood.
Hampton, Abner. Hatfield, Fred R. Hunt, Chester A. Hancock, Alien D. Howell, Joe P. I-Iollis, John Fuller. Hyde, Ernest H. Hagedorn, Phillip H. Hityer, EMridge V. Hutchinson, Paul. Hardy, Calvin A. Hadaway, William H. Hall, Neil D.
Howard, William L.
Hannah, Algernon Satouries. Hart, Hobert Monroe. Hull, William A. Haralson, Jessie. Harris, James M. Harris, Howard Robin. Harper, Sammie D. Harrison, Lovic Clayton. Hall, Charles Y.. Jr. Hall, Fesser. Hall, John. Harris, Mark Day, Hatton, Ed. Hall, William NeaJ. Hall, Grady H. Harris, John. Harris, Lucious. Hart, Earl Pope. Hall, Marvin. Hall, Virgil. Haynes, Robert, Jr. Hal), Joab.

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Hatcher, Julius.
Harrington, Jack, Hart, Jim, Harris, Walter D,
Haynes, Thomas G. Hawkins, George. Harris, Charlie. Heard, Garnett.
Hart, Will Alvin. Hardy, Bose. Hannah, Clarence. Hawkins, John W. Hardeman, Alfred. Haynes, Delsee. Haynes, James Bigger. Hill, John Thomas Hill, House Stephenson. Hines, Thomas. Hill, George. Hill, Irwin. Hill. Elijah. Hunt, Henry Washington. Hunt, David Alexander. Hill, Olis. Henson, Paul Wealey. Hill, Henry. Hines, Charles A. Hendrix. Chas. Helm, Lee. Hinds, Joshua. Hendon, Andrew. Hodnett, Isiah. Hodnett, Willie B. Hodges, George Taylor. Hodnett, Hardy Jackson. Holcomb, John. Hodnelt, John, Hodnett, Willie. Hodnett, Willie Jackson. Hodnett, Ralph Hutchinson. Hornsby, William Washington. tJogg, George. Hogan, William Jeptha.
Hogrg, Alvin Rosa. Hobbs, J. D. Holmes, Arthur James. Holmes, John Wade. Holcombs, Joe, Jr.

Holmes, Nolan.
Holloday, Charlie. HolIJe, John, Jr. Hwtlle, Judge. Hollie, Will. Hawking, William. Howard, C. M. Howard, Tom. HeaJ-n, Rufus Porter,
Heard, E. J.
Heard, Douglas. Heard, Willie, Heard, Stewart. Heard, Sam. Heard, Henry. Hearn, Jim. Hearn, Gordon. Heard, James Carter. Hoard, Cari. HedspeUi, Lewis, Jr. Hice, James Robert. Horn, Amos. Home. Thornton Eurk. Howard, Willie. Harden, Charles. Hogue, Henry Johnathan. Hugging, Benjamin. Hunt, Will. Hugiiley, Walter. Hudmon, Robert. Hunley, Ezekiel. Hunley, Grover. Hnnley, Banner,
Huguley, George Henry. Hughs, George. Huguley, George Abner. Hunt, George Frank. Hunt, Wesley Alien. Hubbard, Howard. Hubbaid, Fuller. Hill, Sam. Hulin, Clabron. Trby. Gus. Isom, Lee. tngerso], George. Johhson, James T. Jarrell, W. F. Jones, Henry, Johnson, Norman.

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Johnson, Odell.
Jenkins, George P. Johnson, Henry. Johnson, RliO'ton. Jackson, Curtls. Jackson, Stonewall.
acksoo, CharJie Mell.
. ackson. Joe. , ackson, Henry,
enkJns, William, enklns, Henry. ennlngs, Henry. Jefferson, Henry. Jenklns, Johnnie. Jenklns, Geo. Louis. Jenkins, Franklin Pierce. Jenkins. Ambus. Johnson, Elisha Cleaveland. Johnson, Willie. Johnson, Ruftvs Hearn. . ohnson, Fleteher. ohnson, Floyd. ohnson. Earnest.
ohnson, Willie. ohnson, U. J. ohnson. Robert, oseph. Charlie. ohnson, Oscar Marvln. , ones, Robert Daniel. . ones, WHkins. ohnson, John. ohns. Virgil S-vvinton. ones, Clinton. . ohnson, Rohert. Johnson, Fred. Johnson, Calep-. Jones, Joseph. Jackson, Phillip. Johnson, Rufua H.
Joseph, Ellls. Jones, A. Battle. Johnson, Clifford M. Jones, Thomas P. Jackson, Charles P. Jones, Julian M. Johnson, Sidney Smith. Johnson, Jr., William F. Kaney, Thomas B.

Ke-lley, Chester Arthur,
Kelley, Lee Claude. Xennington, Joe Jefferson. Kellie, Emery. Kemp, Cleo Monson, Key. William C. Kelley, William. Seller. Hall Phillip. Kirby, Marion Louis. Kimball, Wllhur. Kiiso, Willie Spencer. Kirby, Marion Prank. Kirby. Cooper Simpson. King-, Paul. Knight, Willis. Kinard, Frank. Kirby, Louis. King, Burrell. Lawrence, Claud W. Loftin, James A. Lovelace, Ralph B, Lehmann, Casper H. Lehmann, Erwin. Lipham, Pink.
Leman, D. A, t-andreth, Homer M. Lindsey, Will. Lindsay, Joe. Lindsey, Otis. Lindsey, Robert, Lindsey, Jesse. Httlefield, George. Ligon, Otis. Lipscomb, George. Lipaconib, Louis. LipscO'mb. Jim. Lunsford, Thomas Edward, Lee, James. Lovelace, Frank. Long, Claude. Long1, William. Lester, Isaac Alvin. Long-, Anderson.
Lovelace, Samuel. Lynch, Willie, Lee, Eddie B. Lee, George Washington. Lewis, Eddie Bee. Long, Frank,

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Levettc, Will. Lott, Robert B. Loyd, Hamp Trsylor.
Leonard, Jim. Lynch, George.
Lucas, James Henry.
Locket, Albert. Lee, Will. Lehmann, William Farham. Lee, Robert Edward. Lowe, Herbert. Lewis, George Grover.
Lee, Alonao (Bill).
Lee, Ed. Lee, Jack. Lakes, Gilbert. Lee, James. Lambert, Charles B. Lashley, Charlie. JLanier, Harvey Lee. Lane, George Manly, Jr. Landreth, Joe C.
Lakes, John. Latimer, Hubert. Lane, Irvy M. Lake, Eldrldge, Lanier, James Britten, Lashley, William David. Lunsford, P. L. Lovejoy, Andy P. Landreth, Thomas M.
Lee, Walter S. Lovelace, Charlie. Loftin, James A. Maugham, Thomas Jefferson.
Maxey, Glenn. Mag-by, Henry. Mackey, Tom. Maddox, Charles. Martin, Silas.
Martin, Preston. Martin, Wilbur. Marchman, Johnnie. Mallory, James Alien. Market, Alvin. Marchman, Herman.
Magby. Will. Manning, William Cooper. Marchman, George.

Murphy, Wylie P. Mullins, Robert H. Mulliiis, Dyal. Moaeley, Edwin T.
Montgomery, Rufus. Market, Willie H.
Mangham, Arthur. Mozley, Andrew G, Mitchell, Henry B. Mercer, William.
Martin, J. H. Moore, Willard. Murphy, Doc. Morrow, Howell. Mercer, Joe Henry, Melton, William M. Mitcham, Claude. Middlebrooks, Otis. Middlebrooks, Cary. Mills, Grady Fletcher. Miller, George.
Milton, Peter. Mitchell, Wallace. Minnifield, Fletcher. Miller, William Lee. Moore, Robert. Moore, Buron P. Moore, Levitt. Moore, Jink. Moss, Eulas.
Mobley, John. Morris, Troup. Morion, Dee.
ore, Edward Pliillip.
rgan, John. ore, George. rris, Albert. Morgan, Aaron. Morris, Bloomer. Moore, William M. Moore, Cliff. Morgan, Willie. Moore, Eddie.
Moss, Oliver. Mobley, John Henry. Moncus, James Troup. Morgan, Leslie. Moncus, Thomas Talmat Moody, Charlie.

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Moss, Otls. Martin, Otls. Morgain, Jerry. Monty, Loonie Watson. McClain, Lubin. McKemie, Pearson. McKemie, Bradford. McKemie, William. McKemie. Parker.
McBrayer. H. G. McFarland, John. McKenzie, Prank William McGouirk, Charlie David. McLarty, Paul Early. McDaniel, Ed. Munson, James Assad. McCulloug-b, William Franklin. McMlchael. Bartow Arnold. McCallay, Sam. McDaniel, Prank. McDaniel, David W. McCrary, John Henry. McCord, Zach.
MeFarland, Willie T. McCutcheon, Rufus. Murphy, James Franklin. McCoy, Mason, Paul. McCoy, Willie Henry.
McCurry, Jim. McFarling, Emerson. McDaniel, Bufard,
McFarlin, Jace. Mulllen, Samuel William. McGee, Tom. McKinley, Walter. McCord, Nathaniel. Murray, Willie. McKenzIe. James Wylie. McKemie, William P. Meetze, Earl Durand. McCauley, Simon, McGee, Clarence. McKemie. Francis Pearson. McAlliston, Zachariah. Nabora, Abraham. Nail, John Buford. Kail, Cecil Columbns. Narred, James Lackin.

Norton, Norman. Noles, Warner Taylor. Newsome, Charley Alfonse, Newton, Oscar Alva Lee. Neely, Tom.
Newell, Harry Lee. Newton, Charles E. Newton, James Anderson. Nelson, Jim Elie. Newsome, Joseph. Nollen, Jesse. Newgome, Leon Edward. Newberry, Charlie James. Newton, Pope. Nix, Harvey. Nichols, Robert Lee. Ntehols, Virgil. Newman, James Rufus. Nichols, Clarence. Nix, Grover. Newton, Henry E.
Nichols, Ester. Newberry, W^illiam D. Nooner, H. A. Newton, Henry. Normand, Raymond. Ordums, Render. Osletree, Mason. O'Neal, Lewis Leo. O'Kelley, Benney Earnest. Ogletree, Terrelt.
Ogletree, Walter. Fruitt. Norman Lee . Parrott, Pierce. Pope, Franklin Howard. Pace, John Robert. Poythress, Tally. Potts, Charlie Prank. Partridge, Andy. Pruitt, Jessie James. Parham, Charlie. Pittman, Erwln, Potts, WilHe Lemon. Potts, Thomas Shad. Porter, Gus. Porter, Willie. Potts, Wilbur Thomas. Fruitt, Jennos Eugene.

Partridge, Ralph. Prather, George. Potts, Clark. Page, Tom. Pepper, Joe Lorenzo. Potts, Paul Augustus. Park, Henry Big-ham. Park, Charles Troup. Pye, Other Lee. Pike, Charlie. PittS, Elmore. Parker, Harry Mosle. Park, Emory Robert. Powell, Reuben C. Perdue, George. Pitts, George Wesley. Pruitt, John Henry. Payne, Amos Farney. Powell, Barley Brennen. Prince, Charley. Perry, James Grady. Porter, Anthony. Peach, William Royton. Perry, Julian. Pearce, Winbourn. Potts, Frank. Patterson, Robert. Peterson, Rob. Peterson, Willie. Peterson, Charlie. Phi ips, Leonard. Phi ips, Mose. Phi ips, George. Phe ps, Gerdlne William. Phi Ips, John Calvan. Phi pot, Charlie Ralph. Phi pot, Squire. Phi ipg, Ezra. Phillips, Jessie. Page, Jesse. Philpot, Eugene A. Phillips. Ran L. Parr, Robert C. Potts, Jett M. Payne, Alford A. Parker, James W. Patillo, Reuben S. Payne, M. M. Perry, Olin.

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Ferryman, M. M. Pbarr, Don. Powell, Will. Piper, Talley. Pepper, Lorenzo. Potts, Paul. Ransom, Will. Raflin, Thomas Jay. Ratcliff. Henry Grady. Ragsdale, Jess'e B. Raglancl, Wilbur. Rakestraw, James S. Ray, Ervin.
Rachael, D. Rachels, Luther. Render, James Arnold. Reese, Fred. Ridley, Frank. Rutledge, James. Rivers, Charlie Clifford. Rutledge, Hilyard. Rutledge, William. Rutland, Clifford C. Ridgeway, Charles Edgar. Riddle, William Plato. Ringer, James Robert. Ridley, Louis. Rutledge, Abe, Jr. Rutledge, John Lee. Ringer, William Jackson. Rod, Irwln. Reese, Archie. Read, Dee. Reid, John. Reed, Melvin. Revis, Charlie. Reed, John William. Render, George. Reeves, Bloomer Clifton. Redden, Horace Grover. Reynolds, William Adolphu*. Reynolds, John Andrew. Reed, Harry Lee. Reed, Will. Reeves, Jesse. Reese, Dee, Reynolds, Clyde Grady. Render, Ed. Ross, Gilmore.

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Robinson, Jim.
Robinson, Arthur. Rowland, Lum. Robertson, John Frank. Robinson, James Edgar. Roberts, Benjamin Emmett. Ross, Ernest. Roberts, J. G. Truitt. Roberts, Eugene. Robinson, Warren. Ross, Jimmie. Robinson, Will. Rowe, Robert. Rains, Johnuie J, Ricteway, William T, Ruff. L. H. Ruffln, John C. Royal, Dolphus E. Robinson, John Leon. Rutland, Jr. John T. Robertson, George E. Rutland, Silas Clifford. Richardson, Ben. Reese, Georgre. Reese, Chas. Rush, WiHiam T. Rutland, Eugene. Stencen, Boston. Stephens, John Wesley. Sturdivant, Alpheua. Stephens, Blant Noble. Sturdivant, Uneoln. Stephens, Clark Hendrfck. Story, Euel Chester. Story, Charlie Otis. Stack, Alonzo. Story. James Oscar. Sturdivant, Luther. Stark, Nathan. Stephens, Reuben Grady. Stephens, William. Starr, Hoyt Augustus. Story, Luther. Stlggers, Will. Stiggers. Ben Henry. Stenson, George, Stanley, Otis. Strong, Aaron. Strong, J. B.

Smith, John H. Stroud, James William. Strozier, James. Strickland, George Lee. Strong, Herbert. Strozier, Sam. Simmons, Hermon Rollina. Stmpkins, Zaeh. Sullivan, Charles. Swanson, Charlie. Sewell, Robert, Summers, Earnest. Sledge, Frank. Short, James Virgtl. Smith, Henry.
Swanson, Willie. Sledge, John. Swanson, Robert Pulton. Sims, Theron. Swindle, Lon. Sledge, Georga Henry. Sutherlin, Clarence Wilner. Swinte, Henry Thomas. Sellara, Henry. Sellars, Willie Robert. Swint, James Aleah. Suttles, James Washington Wrlght. Simon, Abdo Joseph. Short, Claude Raiford. Simpson, Thomas P. Seay, James Awtrey. Swanson, Virgil. Swanson, W^illiam. Snellings, Randall Samuel, Jr. Sims, John.
Sledge, Will. Sewelle, Demps. Sutton, Alex. Swanger, Hiram Thomas. Salmon, Isaah.
Satterwhite, Henry Floyd. Satterwhite, Mose. Satterwhite, Calvin Ralph. Scott, Isaac. Scales, Luther Lee. Shearer, Robert. Sherman, William. Sherman. Willie Henry.

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Shepherd, Ed.
Shepherd, Dave. Shepherd, Jessie Oscar. Short, Hoddie B. Shields, Norman. Shepherd, Lucas Lee. Shearer, Ike. Shirey, Hoy Edward. Shank, Andrew, Sharman, Howard Duncan. Sheffield, Harvey. Smith, Giles Thompson. Smith, Wylie. Smith, Clifford D. Smith, Thomas Edwin. Smith, Grover W. Smith, John Thomas Gordon. Smith, Arthur. Smith, Walter. Smith, H. H. Smith, Wfllie J. Smith. Bobbie. Smith, J. Hugh. Smith, Luther Henry. Smith, William Terrell. Smith, Roy Thomas. Smith, John. Smith, Hubert Ira Smith, Henry Leon. Smith, Henry. Spivey, E. L. Spence, Claude. Spearman, Ike. Spencer, Will. Spinks, Tom Lovic. Sparks, James. Spinks. Haygood Claude. Sparks, Gilbert. Spearman, Andrew. Spearman, Wyatt. Spinks, George Jen kins, Sutton, Alex. Stephens, J. A. Saxon, Robert C. Slack, Searcy B.
Stumberg, Whitelaw R. Swint, Lovic. Stripling. Ernest R. Smith, Tom W.

Smith, Lon.
Smith, Wesley G. Sledge, Edwin P. Sapp, Jr., Hardy C. Scott, Robert. Smith, Wilburn P. Smith, Frederick E. Shafer, H. H. Smith, Blanchard D. Smith, S. H. Schaub, Baxter L. Spivey. William Lee. Strong, Robert. Short, Newell. Strong, William. Sharpe, Billiard. Stanley, Roy K. Smith, Hiram. Smith, Charlie. Smith, Ruben Hulbert. Sharp, Dock H. Stephenson, W. S. Stephenson, J. D. Shaefer, Stephen. Sapp, H, C. Stanley, Roy K. Sewell, Leroy. Smith, Wilson. Strickland, R. H. Thomaston, Arthur. Tatum, Frank. Thompson, Mac. Traylor, Jos. H. Turner, EHott Eugene. Turner. William. Thompson, William G. Turner, Marvin. Taliaferro, Sam. Thompson, Jarrell. Traylor, Charles L. Trimble, Robert L. Turner, Paul H. Tucker, Madison B. Tolbert. Jr., Jefferson E Tucker. John H. Turner, Warren B. Trimble, Phillip A.
Thompson, Marion H. Turner, Homer Bruce.

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Talley, Sam. Talley, John Lean.
Tatum, Abel. Tatum, Ollie. Tatvim, Ed. Tate, Orange. Talley, Cicero. Taylor, Morgan. Talley. William J. Tatum, Robert. Tucker, Nelson. Tucker, George W. Tony, Homer Roscoe. Towns, Albert. Tniitt, Henry Tilman.
Todd, John I. Tennis, Robert.
Tumiin, Dan. Tucker, Henry, Towns, Marshall.
ucfcer, Jno. owns, Alien. ucker. Dixie. urner, Marvtn Pearce.
olbert, Oliver. ucker, Ollie. ' 'odd, Spurgeon Charles. Thornton, James. Thornton, Bob. Thomaaon, James William. Thompson, Hulet. Thornton, James. Thornton, Perry.
Thornton, Joshua. Thrash, Samuel David. Thomas, John. Thoruton, Howard. Thornton, Amos. Thomas, Joseph Ezra. Trailer, Jno. Henry. Trammell, Winton.
Traylor, Abe. Thornton, Charlie.
Thrash, Amos.
ThOT-nton, David. Thompson, Solan. Thornton, Richard. Thompson, Charlie, Thornton, Frank.

Thompson, Knox Freeman.
Tig-ner, Ed,
Tign r, EllJs. Tray or. Tommy Lee. Truitt, Frank. Truit ;, Jesse Daniel. Tray or, Jim. Tray or, Addwood. Troy, Will. Traylor, Joe Horsley. Tripp, John Julian.
Vester, Jack. Valeri, Gnu. Varner, Tom.
Welch, Cliff. Woodam, Lawrence. Williams, Dave.
Wood, Edwin. Webb, W. W. Word, Joe. Wilkinson, U. S. Wickham, R. B. Williams, decker. Weldon, Walter. Wallace, Jesse.
Walker, Joe. Wright, "Wilfred. Williams, Clyde. Williams, Zachry.
W^right, C. Williams, Frank. Ware, Webb. Wllkes, Ben. L. Weems, Heywood. Walker, Eldrldge Gypson. Tfatkins, W^ylie Edward. White. John. Wilson, William Ealey. Williams, Curtis C. Watkins, William E. "Walker, Billy, Jr. Ware, Charlie. Watkins, Robert. Watkins, Walter Lee. Wadkins, Ralph.
Ware, James Edward. Williams, Dock. Wagrner, CharleyWoodruff, Amos.

Watkins, Jack.
Watson, Charlie.
Ward, Timothy.
Wallace, Jesse DavJs.
"Ward, Luther. Walters, George Wesley. Ward, Will. Warren, Jno. Malcolm. Weldon, Ernest Oliver. Watkins, Fanmn. Ware, Rigdon W. Wood, Angus Monroe. Wood, Edgar C. Wood, John. Word, David Henderson. Weathers, Nidc. Woodyard, Bennle. Wood, Grady. Woodyard, John Wesley. Woodruff, Fred. Woodruff, MIn, Wood, George. Woodard, Claud. Wri&ht. Henderson, Wrigftt, Jim.
Wright, Raleigb. Wrtght, William Boman. Wynn, Arnett James. Winston, Columbus. WHUamson, J. D. Weston, Bugrene H. Wilson. Ployd E= Winn, Frank. Williams, John. Winston, Jeff.
Williams, Jim. Williams, Jack. Williams, Benjamin.
Winston, Josh. Wilbon, Pletcher.

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Williams, John. Wilson, Lewis Alma. Wilkerson, Garfield. Wilson, Carl. Wilkerson, Jeffe Carol. Wells, George Irvin, Jr. Wells. Woodward. Webster, Henry. Weathersby, George G. Wright, Howard. White, Eddie B. White, Bob. White, Jerry. Whitlock, Samuel.
White, Henry. Whitfield, Jerry. Whittin, Oscar. Woodyard, James A. Watson, Joe L. WHkinson, Willie. Walker, Homer. Wood, L. M. Watts, Walter T. Wood, Robert. Wright, Josle M. Whatley, Elmo Riser. Ware, Charlie.
WlHoby, Lon. W^atson, Henry G.
Wright. Wilfred L. Wilson, Charles M. Whitaker, Frank Ridley. Young, Leonard. Young, Henry Franklin. Yarbrough, Jim. Yalovitz, Alex.
Young, Robert. Yates, James Robert. Yarbrough, 'William Sanford. Zachry, W^illiam Gaines.

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Men in Land, Air and ^Javal Service
Upon discovery of the omission of any name from the preced ing list, such name should be entered on a blank line below and the author of this book should be notified accordingly.

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Troup County Doctors in Service

Clark, Dr. Wallace H., LaGrange. Callaway, Dr. Enoch, LaGrange. DeLamar, Dr. James, West Point. Griffin, Dr. Sion, West Point. Hadaway, Dr. W. H., LaGrange. Hammett, Dr. H. H., LaGrange. Morgan, Dr. D. E., LaGrenge.

Park, Dr. Emory, LaGrange. Park, Dr. Henry B., LaGrange. Reynolds, Dr. T. A., West Point. Slack, Dr. Harry B., Jr., LaGrange. Todd, Dr. R. W., LaGrange. Webb, Dr. W. W., West Point. Weaver, Dr. W. H., LaGrange.

Men and Women in General V/ar ^C^ork

Baker, Misa Panida, LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
Cumbee, Misa Lillian, West Point (Red Cross).
Hudson, Frank L., LaGrange (Shipbuilding).
Jenkins, John W., La Grange <Y. M. C. A.).
Jenkins, Miss Bernice, La Grange (Base Hospital, Azalea, N, C.).
Jenkins, Misa Louelle, LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
Johnson, John T., West Point (Y. M. C. A.).
Jackson. Miss Daisy, LaGrange (Red Cross).

Newton, Tracy L., LaGrange (Army Auditing).
O'Neal, I. F., LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
O'Neal, Mrs. R. E., West Point (Red Cross).
Phillips, Ulrich B., LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
Smith, Paul, LaGrange (Shipbuilding). -
Sterling, Mrs. John R., LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
Wilhoite, Miss Jeanette, LaGrange (Y. M. C. A.).
Wolford, Mrs. Mary H., LaGrange (Red Cross).

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CHAPTER III.
Military Registration and Draft
LOCAL BOARD FOR TROUP COUNTY
S. A. Smith, sheriff, chairman.
Dr. W. R. McCall, physician.
G. T. Traylor, clerk of court, member and clerk of Board. W. T. Tuggle, clerk of Board of County Commissioners, govern
ment appeal agent. Dr. I. H. Lane, Dr. J. E. Lane and Dr. W. H. Clark, assistant
examining physicians. Dr. J. E. Lane succeeded Dr. W. R. McCall as physician member
of the Board when the latter resigned about October tsth, 1918,
LEGAL ADVISORY BOARD FOR TROUP COUNTY
Nearly all of the lawyers and a large number of leading citizens of the county were embraced in the Legal Advisory Board, the membership of which met with frequent changes, so that about one hundred and twenty individuals served at various times. M. U. Mooty, a lawyer of LaGrange, was chairman of this board, and the following is the most complete list of members that can be ob tained :
LAWYERS: M. U. Mooty, F. M. Longley., F. P. Longley, B. A. Loworn, E. A. Jones, A. J. Andrews, A. H. Thompson, R. M. Young, W. R. Campbell, Arthur Greer, L. L. Meadows, W. T. Tuggle, D, J. Gaffney, Henry Reeves, Hatton Lovejoy, E. T. Moon, Duke Davis, B, J. Mayer, L. B. Wyatt, B. H. Hill, J. C. Sullivan, M. F. McLendon, W. E. Armistead.
LAGRANGE--City Proper: W. J. Albright, R. C. Key, J. L. Bradfield, A. Lehmann, Sr., J. T. Carter, Ely R. Callaway, T. H. NimmonSj L. V. Shouse, C. M. Awtrey.
LAGRANGE--Dunson Mills'. J. R. Dunson, P. B. Smith. LAGRANGE--Dixie Mills: A. Culberson, A. Lehmann, Jr. LAGRANGE--International Mills'. F. B. Gardner, Harvey Reid. LAGRANGE--Park Mills: Howard P. Park. LAGRANGE--Unity Mills: James Newsome, W. H. Turner.

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LAGsANGE--Unity Spinning Mills: B. N. Ragsdale, Tom Ar-
nett. LAGHANGE--Rim City Mills: I. B. Grimes, Roy Dallis, H. C.
Ash. LAGRANGE--Hillside Mitts: C. W. Coleman, E. Elston, S. Y.
Austin, E. B. Seckinger. LAGRANGE--Valley Waste Mills: J. C. Crane. WEST POINT: John T. Johnson, Phil Lanier, Mark McCulloh,
W. C. Lanier, J. A. Avary. HOGANSVULE; R. H. Utting, J. N. Wilkinson, R. M. Ware, S.
A. Davis, J. M. Mooty, S. P. Rakestraw, R. E. Daniel, J. F. Askew, Rev. Irby Henderson, W. A. Trimble, M. B. Tucker. Cotton Mills: Ernest Smith.
MOUNTVH.I.E : Bryant Fuller, H. H. Lane, W. G. Wells. ABBOTTSFORD: G. S. Edmundson, R. P. White. GABBETTVIIAE : W. K. Daniel, R. M. Davidson. SAI.EM : J. W. White, J. W. Colley. ROUGH EDGE : E. L. Blackwood. O'NEAis: W. A. Cadenhead.
LONG CANE: H. N. Brady.
EAST VERNON: C. T. Hudson. ANTIOCH: G. T. Whitley.
POOL'S Mnj,: J. O. Statham.
HARRISONVH,I,E : E. D. Hammett. McLENDON's: J. S. Howell.
(NOTE: A few of the above, especially in minor districts, should be designated properly as chief registrars, serving under the direction of G. T. Traylor, clerk of the Local Board).

DISTRICT MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD (For district No. 6, composed of Troup, Meriwether and Heard counties).
Dr. H. W. Terrell, chairman. Dr. W. E. Morgan. Dr. R. H. Park. Dr. J. T. Tidwell. Dr. John Banks. Dr. R. A. Verdier.
Dr. H. R. Slack and Dr. J. M. Poer served as members of this Board during a part of the war period.

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CONSOLIDATED REPORT OF REGISTRATIONS

REGISTRATION DATE

WHITE COLORED TOTAL

June 5, 1917_--__-------1,656

I ,57

3,226

June 5, iQiS, - -- -------- ---- 119

91

210

August 24, 1918-_-______ 38

28

66

September 12, 1918---_--2,180

1,409

3,589

TOTAL --------------------3,993

3,098

7,091

Approximately 1,070 drafted men were sent to camps.

TROUP COUNTY ON TOP
Troup county excelled in the high per cent of registrations for military service, as well as in number of volunteers. The govern ment estimate for Troup in the registration on June 5, 1917, was fixed at 2,367; but Troup went far beyond her quota of men, as well as exceeding her quotas of war funds, and registered 3,226 brave young men on that date. The pace was maintained in every registration, so that Troup was ready at all times to do her full share in this, the most sublime contribution to the cause of hu manity. Our county's exalted record in miltary registrations was harmonious with her glorious record in volunteers for service, all of which went to prove that our manhood was in the full fire of patriotism. Such magnificent results were brought about by the efficiency of Local, Legal Advisory and Medical Advisory boards, as well as by the warm, universal response of our young men in their loyalty to duty.
With her excessive registration of June 5, 1917, Troup county brought herself into prominence throughout the country, and broad praise was heaped upon the county by leading newspapers of Georgia.

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The registration of June 5, 1917, by towns and districts, was a fair example of all registrations. This, the first registration,

was as follows:

LAGRANGE PRECINCT

WHITX COLORED TOTAI,

City of LaGrange----.--------. 415

439

854

Dixie Mills ____-_,,____ 87

g

g6

International Mills _____ - 62

16

78

Unity Mills ----------------- 103

n

114

Dunson Mills ______--_ 74 Unity Spinning Mills----------. 89

16

90

17

106

Elm City Mills ____-----, 126

14

140

Hillside Mills ----------------, 251

74

325

TOTAL __________ 1,207 OTHER PRECINCTS West Point ---------------------- 129 Hogansville __-_----___- 103
Mountville _--------------------. 27
Harrisonville ______--___ 12 O'Neal's ______,,,,_,,_- 20 East Vernon ,,,,--_--------__ 15 West Vernon. ____________ u
Rough Edge -------------------- 48
Antioch -------------------------- 5 Pool's Mill ,,___,,_______ 9
McLendon's ____~--___ n
Salem __-___________ 25
Long Cane ________-- ---- - 22

596
184 189 " 127 61 38 64 37 85 33
8 30 41 68

1,803
313 292 154 73 58 79 48 *33 38 17 41 66 90

GRAND TOTAL ___1,644

1,561

3,205

NoE: The above was an unofficial report published in The

LaGrange Reporter on June 8, three days after the registration,

and its figures are slightly lower than those of the official report

as shown on a preceding page.

WOMEN ON REGISTRATION DAYS Registration days in Troup county were signals for genuine celebrations. These events were featured beautifully by the activi ties and attentions of women and girls at registration booths. The women decorated these booths with American, British and French

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flags, and formed special committees for pinning khaki bands on the men as quickly as they registered.
This and other bright phases of registrations made them, occa sions of radiant smiles and inspiring happiness on the part of everybody.
Our young men encountered much difficulty and trouble at times in filling out complicated questionnaires and reporting for various examinations, but they were overflowing with the pure spirit of loyalty and met every issue with courageous hearts and clear, sparkling eyes. They were enabled to do this more readily by the faithful considerations and deep interest of the Local Board and its Legal and Medical auxiliaries. It is quite as true that many mothers and fathers had tremendous tugs of apprehension at their hearts as their sons placed themselves on the official lists for fighting service, but these mothers and fathers kept elegant faith with their country and confined their apprehensions to them selves, marching among their sons with heads lifted high in the pride of Americanism. When smiles would not come and irre pressible tears clouded their eyes, these mothers and fathers hid themselves with heroic loyalty to the supreme cause; and soon they were smiling again in the glory of the infinite sacrifice, and their arms were firmly around their sons' shoulders, and they were speaking in sturdy tones of the noble privilege and honor of ren dering patriotic service to their utmost. Thus deep happiness-- the happiness of heroism and sacrifice--swept over our people on registration days and during all of the trying occasions sur rounding them.

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CHAPTER IV.

Troup County Libertrp Loan Committee

Second in importance only to the actual military system, this is the most valuable organization in all Troup county's patriotic activi ties at home during the World war. It is the permanent commit tee, embracing working teams in every district, which won fame for the county in Red Cross, War Savings Stamps, United War Work and other campaigns, as well as in Liberty Loan drives. In asmuch as broad, detailed descriptions of the Liberty Loan com mittee's achievements occur in succeeding chapters of this book, further reference right here is unnecessary.

A few changes in the organization's leadership and in the per sonnel of teams were made from time to time, and every effort has been exhausted to include in the following list the name of each person who belonged during any campaign. There are a few mis cellaneous exceptions which are covered in individual chapters deal ing with the numerous drives and campaigns.

R. C. Key was county chairman for the first and second Liberty Loans, in which there were no official quotas and during which sales were handled by a small committee of citizens, the permanent committee springing into full form soon after the second Liberty

Loan.

LEADERS FOR COUNTY AT LARGE

ELY R. CARAWAY, chairman Liberty Loans and first Red Cross

drives.

J. A. PERRY, permanent secretary, S. H. DUNSON, vice chairman fourth Liberty Loan drive. J. E. DUNSON, JR., chairman second Red Cross drive, also vice

chairman War Savings Stamps. J. J. MH.AM, chairman Red Cross membership drive, also treasurer
United War Work, Salvation Army Home Service Fund and

other campaigns. W. C. LANIEIR, chairman War Savings Stamps campaign. C. W. COLEMAN, chairman United War Work and Salvation Army

Home Service Fund campaigns. JAEBELL R. DUNSON, vice chairman Red Cross Membership drive.

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H. D. GI.ANTON, vice chairman United War Work campaign and treasurer second Red Cross drive.
MRS. J. E. DUNSON, JR., chairman Woman's committee, Liberty Loans.
MRS. T. H. NIMMONS, chairman Woman's committee, War Savings Stamps campaign and Fifth (Victory) Loan.
MRS. W. C. HUDMON, vice chairman Woman's committee, War Savings Stamps campaign.
C. H. KELLEY, chairman Colored committee, Liberty Loans and War Savings Stamps campaign.
REV. G. H. LENNON, chairman Colored committee, Red Cross drives.
LA GRANGE DISTRICT LEADERS
J. E- DUNSON, JR., chairman Liberty Loans and other drives, except--
ELY R. CALLAWAY, chairman War Savings Stamps. HATTON LOVEJOY, chairman United War Work campaign. W. H. TURNIP, JR., chairman Salvation Army Home Service Fund. H. D. GIANTON, vice chairman all campaigns. MRS. T. J. THORNTON, chairman Woman's committee, Liberty
Loans. MRS. T. H. NIMMONS, chairman Woman's committee, War Sav
ings Stamps campaign. DR. I. T. EPFS, chairman Colored committee, all campaigns.
WEST ,POINT DISTRICT LEADERS
W. C. LANIER, chairman Liberty Loans and other drives, except-- R. B. DIXON, chairman Red Cross, United War Work and Sal
vation Army Home Service Fund campaigns. MARK McCuxLOH, chairman War Savings Stamps campaign. JoE ScoTT, chairman Colored committee, Liberty Loans and other
drives.
HOGANSVILLE DISTRICT LEADERS
W. E. JOHNSON, chairman Liberty Loans and other drives, except-- B. A. HOGAN, chairman United War Work campaign. W. B. WOODALL, chairman Colored committee, Liberty Loans and
other drives.

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LA GRANGE DISTRICT TEAMS

LAGR^WGE PROPER

TEAM No. i

M. J. Halman.

J. J. Milam, captain.

TEAM No. 7

T. H. Nimmons. J. E. Punson, Jr. W. G. Cleveland. H. L. Lanier.

I. B. Grimes, captain. W. D. Sparks. C, E. Estes, A. V. Evans.

W. S. Bilbrey. TEAM No. 2
H. W. Caldwell, captain.

J. R. Wood. Roy Dallis. C. W. Hanson

J. B. Daniel. J. D. Hudson.

TEAM No. 8 B. N. Ragsdale, captain.

J. R. Harrison. M. P. Word.
TEAM No. S

Tom Arnett. W. S. Jenklns. T. B. Kersey.

S. Y. Austin, captain. J. O. Blackmail. Otig Cleveland.

W. E. Smith. TEAM No. 9
J. D. Faver, captain.

J. P. Wood.

Caaon J. Callaway.

F. F. Athern, TEAM No. 4
Harry "W. Callaway, captain.

John H. Jones. H. 0. Bumside. G. H. Sargent.

R. C. Key. J. A. Murphy.

TEAM No. 10 "W. S. Dunson, captain.

W. E. Morgan.

J. R. Uunson.

H. Banks Callaway.

B. P. Brown.

TEAM No. S

T. J. Gibson.

J. A. Baugh, Jr.. captain. F. B. Gardner.

A. Cleveland. TEAM No. 11

R. B. Green.

A. Culberson, captain.

. O. Reid.

A. Lehmann, Jr.

Harvey Reld.

J. R. Sorgee.

Rev. T. E. Fuller. E. E. Landreth.

J. E. Howell. W. H. Cameron.

C. D. Scott. G. L. Norrls.

TEAM No. 12

M. T. WIHis. TEAM No. 0
W. H. Turner, Jr., Captain

H. H. Childs. Morris Goldstein. W. A. Holmes.

Janaea Newsome. C. P. Deal.

J. L. Bradfleld. TEAM No. 13

C. M. Wardlaw.

S. H. D-anson, captain.

A. J. Todd. G. S. Waller. J. E. Bryson. J. I, Reeves. B. O. Redwlne.

A. H. Cary. Robert Hutchinson. Max Hagredorn. Henry Milam. W. F. Birdsong.

TEAM No. 14
T. J, Thornton, captain. W. J. McCaine.
W. I>. Parks. P. P. Longrley. Howard P. Park.
TEAM No. 1 5 R. L.. Render, eaptiiin. C. N, Pike. Forrest Truitt. J. H. Edmondaon. P. G, Awtrey.
TEAM No. 16 J. T. Carter, captain. S. G. Woodall, R. L. Adams.
O. E. Wilson. J. TV. Andrew*. F. J. Pike.
TEAM No. 17 A. H. Thompson, Captain. E. T. Moon.
G. B. Heard. A. E. Daniel. J. H, Hendon.
TEAM No. 18 Talley Moncri&f, captain. J. T. Kelly. I. C. Doe.
J. C. Hunter. S. W. Thornton.
TEAM No. 29 F. C. Ferrell, captain. James Handley. B. F. Carter. J. T. Patillo. E. M, Sivell.
P. F. Callaway. TEAM No. 20
J. "W. Coan, captain. E. T. Poythress. E. L. May.
H. C. Cofield. E. B. Dye. N. B. Dozler. C. H. Jenkins. O. E. Rutland. Harvey StanfleJd. E. C. Duncan.

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B. H. Seay. H. D. Venable. N. S. Barton. M. P. Kakestraw. E. E. Wingo. W. F. Burns. G. W. Kent.
TEAM No. 21. W. H. Jones, captain. E. F. Pharr. H. F. Slmford. M. E. Seckinger.
H. H. Lane, captain. W. F. Hines. Bryant Fuller.
ROUGH EDGE Dr. J. H. Hardy, captain. J. H. Floyd. W. J. Hardy.
O'NEAL'S
L. L. Smith, captain. W. C. McCallay. J. E. Borders.
SALEM John White, captain. J. W. Tucker. M. L. Glenn.
EAST VERNON J. T. Hairston, captain. G. S. Hanson. C. T. Hudson.
ANTIOCH G. T. "Wliitley, captain. J. C. Crouch. M. E. Dye.
POOL'S Mm. C. A. Holle, captain. J. M. Betterton. Jesse Striokland.
MCLENDON'S
J. S. Howell, captain. J. W. Freeman. B. C. Carter.
WOMAN'S TEAMS
LaGrangG Proper
TEAM No. 1
Mrs. Harry W. Callaway, captain.

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Mra. J. J. Milam (captain In W. S.
S.). Mrs. I. C. Doe. Mrs. A. H. Thompson. Mrs. Mary Mobley. Mrs. Howard P. Park. Mrs. Roswell Lee. Mrs. T. J. Thornton. Mrs. John R. Sterling (captain
Team No. 3, Third Lib. Loan).

TEAM No. 2

Mrs. Cliisolm Ferrell, Mrs. T. G. PolhiH. Mrs. H. C. Fincher. Mrs. Forrest Truitt. Miss Sara Segrest. Miss Vivian Holmes. Mrs. Walter Turner. Mrs. J. A. Murphy. Mrs. Bob Young.

captain.

TEAM No. 3 Mrs. T. H. Nimmons, captain. Mrs. W. A. Holmes. Miss Carrie Nix. Mrs. Ely R. Callaway. Mrs. W. S. Dunson. Mrs. F. B. Gardner. Mrs. J. L. Bradfleld. Mrs. Billy Rogers. Miss Ruth Whatley.

TEAM No. 4

Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., and--

ternately. Mrs. Frank Ridley. Mrs. Jarrell R. Dunson. Mrs. J. E. Howell. Miss Jeanette Wilhoit. Mrs. Mary Pharr Williams. Miss Maud Leman. Mrs. H. W. Caldwell. Mrs. S. H Dunson.
(NOTE: The members of the above teams were shifted from one formation to another so often that it would be impossible to present them accurately according to teams).

WEST POINT DISTRICT TEAMS West Point Proper TEAM No. 1
W. J. Kirby, captain. Dr. John Poer. M. M. Hagedorn. Frank Norman. Mark McCulloh. C. C. Sellers. W. B. Booker.
TEAM No. 2 John J. Hagedorn, captain. I. M. Scott. Harvey Flemming. J C. Lanier. E. F. Tatwm.
TDAM No. 3 A. C. Booker, captain. P. W. Sharman, Phil Lanier. Joe Cohen, Dr. N. C. Poer. W. L, Hardy.
TEAM No. 4 Horace Lanier, captain. George Cobb.
Dr. Ranee O'Neal. John W. Wallace. Shep Sheppard.
TEAM No. S L. P. I-Teyman, captain. Amos Huguley.
J. W. Hudmon. J. C. Roper-
TEAM No. 6 George H. Lanier, captain. H. W. Miller. Lee Heyman. J. T. Zachery. Chas. E. Hill. Griggs Zachery.
TEAM No. 7 R. C. Freeman, captain. George Zachery. I.ee Herzberg1. W. Trox Bankston. Jim Wallace.

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Dr. C. O. Williams. TEAM No. 8
J. A. Avery, captain. W. C. Hudmon. Grady Webb. B. J. Mayer. Dr. Hash McCalloh. Sam Herzfeld.
TEAM No, 9 Joe Herzfeld, captain. N. L. Atkinaon, W. H. Huff. T. E, Barker. John Horsley. Roy Freeman.
TEAM No. 10 Henry Hart, captain. J. L. B. Barrow. R. B. Dixon. C. E. Wrlght. Walter Jacobs. G. W. Neal.
LONG CANE E. P. Cook, captain. John M. Fomby, secretary. R M. Davldson. Panning: Potts. H. N. Brady. L. H. Traylor.
WEST VERNON J. W. T. Glass, captain. W. T. Cofteld, secretary. G. S. Edmundson (captain U. W
W.). H, J. Henderson.
BETHEL Dr. T. W. Taylor, captain. J. S. Hartley, secretary. H. C. Woodruff.
HOGANSVILLE DISTRICT TEAMS Hotfansville Proper TEAM No. 1
John W. Wilkinson, captain. H. B. Darden. D. J. H. Heflin. B. A. Hogan. H. H. Ware. Rev. Irby Henderson. J. P. Askew.

W. A. Trimble. Ben O. Askew.
TEAM No. 2 JOB P. McLaugtolin, captain. L. B. Brazell. W. E. Johnson.
THAW No. B A. B. Anrlerson, captain. John W. Smith. H. W. Zachry.
TEAM No. * J. M, Mooty, captain. Carl Birdsong. B. W. Robertson.
TEAM No. S C. C. Hay, captain. W. L. Martin. Ed Todd.
TEAM No. 6 G. G. Daniel, captain. C. A. Smith, Jr. W. W. Frederick.
TEAM No. 1 E. W. Johnson, captain.
R. B. Briscoe. W. P. Wilks.
TEAM No. 8 H. W. Brown, captain. R. W. Trimble. P. H. Darden.
HARBISONVILI.F, TEAM No. 1
Dr. J. H. Walker, captain Frank Wllkinson, 0. A. Shank. Earl Fling,
TEAM No. 2 J. O. Cleveland, captain.
R. A. Smith. Ed Hammett.
COLORED TEAMS FOR TROUP COUNTY
LaGranffe Proper
TEAM No. 1 L. S. Wlngfield, captain. Andrew Rutledge. Tom Sewell. Rev. W. T. Mackey.

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TEAM No. 2 H, H, KIlHngsworth, captain. Addle LIndsey. Queenle Flowers. Her. J. A. Rtchle.
TBAM No. S Alonzo Hlnton, captain.
Rev. T. Seine. E. R. Snellings.
TEAM No. 4 Jamea Richardson. Dr. Wm. Dateher. Maud Phllpot,
TEAM No. a Mrs. D. K, Harrison, captain. Mrs. L. L. Harrison. Mrs. Horace King1. Mrs. C. L, Saine. Mrs, Frances Kelly.
WEST POINT PROPEH Joe Scott, captain. I. A. Coppege. Ben Gibson. J. W. Thompson.
HOGANSVH-LE PHOPEB W. B. Woodall, captain. E. J. Knieht.
W. C. Amos.
MOUNTVILIE
J. A. Grlgrgs, captain. L,. J. Towns. K. M. McCutchen. B. J. Towns.
W. Evans. L. W. Lakes.
ANTIOCH S. A. Boyktn, captain.
SAIEM C. C. Anderson, captain.
POOL'S MILL J, D. Hand, captain.
McLENDON'B
A. W. Wilkinson. captain Cook Mosley.
LONG CANB B, J. Broxton, captain.
E. W. Cannon. Edwins Llgon.
W. L. McCard.

WEST VERNOK George Alien, captain.
HAHBISDNVIL LE
Sam Willoby, captain. ROUOK EDGE
Bea Burts, captain. G. TV. Dallis.
Green Morrison.
O'N'EAI.'H
E. W. Baggs, captain. .COLOREB WOMAN'S COMMITTEE COITNTV-AT-LABQE
Mrs. D. K. Harrison. Mrs. L. L. Harrison. Mrs. A. S. King. Mrs. C. H. Kelley. Mrs. C. L,- Lane,
STANDING COMMITTEES LaGrange District SPEARING
Frank P. Longley, chairman Dr. A. B. Vaughan. Dr. S. E. Wasson. Rev. J. G. Herndon. Rev. Robert T. Phillips. Rev. M. R.. Gaddis. Rev. T. E. Fuller. Rev. T, Z. B. Everton. Hatton Lovejoy. Arthur H, Thompson. M. U. Mooty, C. W. Coleman.
PUBLICITY T. H. Nimmons, chairman. W C, Key.
L. P. Jones. J. C. Prattler, Gene Spearman. M. M. Dicfcinson. John H. Jones.
Paul Fleeth. L. N. Wilson.
S. G. Caudle. H. L. Dozler. J. A. Murphy.
W. H. Milam. PARADK
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Howard P. Park. G. H. Sargent. F. F. Rowe. Miss Dulic Hudson. J. O. Alien. Misa Daisy Davies. Mrs. T. H. Nimmons. Mrs. H. H. Childs. Mrs. W. A. Holmes. J. A. Baugh. Jr. A. Culberson. W. S. Dunson. C. L. Smith. W. H. Turner, Jr. Ira B. Grimes. Boyd N. Rags dale. C. W. Ooleman. J. O. Blackmon. S. H. Diinson. Dr. Henry B. Park. Frank P. Long-ley.
AUDITING T. J. Thornton, chairman. J. R. Harrison. L. H. Adams. Barring-ton J. King. Grady Traylor.
STENOGRAPHIC Frank Brittain, chairman. T. Walker Tucker.

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Julian Starr. George Forrester. Ben 2. Holmes. Frank Tatum, Jr. W. C. Key.
West Point District SPEAKING
Rev. W. T. Smith, chairman. Rev. S. P. Speigel. Rev. W. G. Crawley. W. P. Thomas. C. W. Sharman.
PUBLICITY J. A. Avery, chairman. W. Trox Banks ton. W. Grigga Shaefer. John R. Scott. Horace Lanier. John J. Hagedorn.
Hoffansville District SPEAKING
T. A. Clower, chairman. O. W. Prather. Rev. Irby Henderson.
PUBLICITY Dr. C. S. Burden, chairman. W. G. Davis. A- C. Hayes. W. P. Arnold.

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CHAPTER V.
Liberty Loans
THE first offering of government bonds authorized under the war finance law, popularly known as )the ''Liberty Loan," was made in May, 1917. During the second week in. May, M. B. Wellborn, chairman of the board of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, made an appeal through newspapers and other avenues of publicity for subscriptions to this bond issue, declaring that "the outward expression of American patriotism, should be, 'I OWN A LIBERTY LOAN WAR-BOND.'" This, the first campaign for funds with which to wage America's war against Germany, owed its success largely to the inherent faith of the American people in their government, because the campaign was carried through on the patriotic spirit of the people, -without the need of such vigorous efforts from those powerful organizations of committees and teams which fought veritable battles, with discipline and force, for the success of subsequent bonds campaigns, especially those following the second Liberty Loan. It was during the second Liberty Loan campaign that the vast need for organized efforts on the part of our established working teams of citizens was felt.
Troup county had no quotas in the first and second Liberty Loan campaigns. Our people had no particular goal, set by official hands, towards which to move. Their only object was to do their full share, and they did it. It is true that subscriptions to these loans were not as general from all classes of people and all com munities as were the subscriptions to later bonds issues, but it is probably a fact that such was as true throughout the whole nation. It must be remembered that the World war was as much one of publicity as it was one of bayonets and shells. The support ren dered by the people at home in the war, "to the utmost, without stint and without limit," was due to their wholesome knowledge of the war and the principles for which America fought. At first this knowledge was not in the minds of all the people, in that broad sense which afterwards moved them to the joy of universal sacri fices. While newspapers and public speakers were quick to reach cities and towns, it took some time for a publicity campaign to

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penetrate rural communities. Thus we know that rural communi ties responded about as quickly to patriotic calls as did cities and towns. These patriotic calls simply were slower in reaching rural communities, which was a natural condition.
COTTON MILL OPERATIVES BUY BONDS Nothing was more striking, during the entire period of the war, than the eager spirit with which cotton mill operatives in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville joined in every movement to help win the war. Their loyalty to the government was estab lished at once, and their patriotic spirit proved perfectly in keeping with the long recognized superiority of Troup county's cotton mill people as citizens and workers along constructive lines. As early as the second week in June, 1917, subscriptions to Liberty Bonds of the first issue were being reported from various communities of cotton mill operatives in the county. In reporting forty subscriptions from operatives in one mill village, The LaGrange Reporter said on June 15, 1917: "Bonds of $50.00 de nomination were sold to the operatives, the mill carrying them for the small weekly payment of one dollar. The men were eager to buy, and the generosity of the mill enabled them to purchase $2,000.00 worth at once. Helping people to help themselves is one of the finest ways of doing business that has ever been known." This comment refers to the noble, liberal policies adopted by cotton mills in the county in dealing with their employees, which explains partly the high type of American citizenship -which prevailed in mill villages of the county at the beginning of the war, and played a large part in the making of this county's magnificent war record. These mill villages contributed in various ways to America's war strength. They gave many brave men for fighting, as well as money and general moral support. Identified in this worthy manner were the people in all of the county's mill districts, in cluding the villages of the Dunson, Unity, Unity Spinning, Elm City, Hillside, Valley Waste, International, Dixie and Park mills, in LaGrange; International mills, in Hogansville; and various mills in the neighborhood of West Point which, while not strictly in Troup county, were large factors in the record of West Point dis trict.
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thrown squarely behind the people in their support of the war, as was illustrated in an imposing manner in Liberty Loan cam paigns, during which our banks not only invested directly in bonds, but placed their funds at the command of the public for the pur chase of bonds on easy terms at low rates of interest. Our banks made it possible for almost any citizen to buy at least a fiftydollar bond through a plan of ten per cent, cash payment and the balance in small monthly, or quarterly, installments, as desired by the purchaser. As a result, thousands of men, women and children bought bonds, accomplishing the double virtue of saving money and giving the government financial strength with which to pursue the war. The Troup county banks which employed their great resources for such a high, mutual benefit of both the people and the govern ment, and also placed their whole working organizations at the dis posal of all campaigns for war funds, were as follows: LaGrange Banking & Trust Company, LaGrange National Bank, LaGrange Savings Bank and Bank of LaGrange; Hogansville Banking Com pany and Planters' Bank of Hogansville; First National Bank and Citizens' Bank of West Point.
In the second Liberty Loan campaign, with which we are dealing at this point, the banks did what at that time was an astounding thing; they subscribed directly for a huge portion of Troup county's Liberty Bonds. People sat up and caught a new vision of the serious nature of affairs and the genuine value of Liberty Bonds when, at the close of the second campaign, it was announced that two LaGrange banks alone, the LaGrange National Bank and the LaGrange Banking & Trust Company, had bought bonds to the amount of $100,000.00. The actual value of Liberty Bonds as investments had been a matter of common argument up until that time, but these purchases, and similar manifestations on the parts of other banks in the county, established at once the firmness and safety of Liberty Bonds as direct investments. It is seen readily that our banking institutions proved themselves deserving of undying honor in their establishment of war bonds upon a basis of public respect and sound valuation, and in their generous assist ance to all people, both high and low, in buying these bonds.
Troup county bought $80,400.00 worth of Liberty Bonds in the first campaign; and in the second campaign $288,250.00 worth of bonds were bought by the people of this county. It should be un derstood distinctly right here that nothing but bona fide purchases

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were reported in any Liberty Loan campaign in Troup county, from first to last. No subscription ever was counted except upon pay ment of ten per cent. cash. This does not mean that nearly all of our bonds were bought on deferred terms. On the other hand, the mass of purchases were straight cash deals on the part of our people who were willing to place their entire resources, if necessary, at the prompt disposal of their government. But in no case was a Liberty Bond sold, or even reported as sold, without payment of at least ten per cent, in cash, with the balance in installments. The writer, knowing the nature of a part of the subscriptions for bonds reported in a few instances from some parts of the country, and having in mind that Troup county's reports showed extremely large subscriptions far above the quotas assigned, wishes especially to record as an absolute fact that all of Troup county's reports of subscriptions to Liberty Loans were based closely upon actual pur chases as set forth in this paragraph.
PERMANENT WAR DRIVE ORGANIZATION IS BEGUN On preceding pages a list of leaders and teams comprising
the famous Troup County Liberty Loan Committee is given. This represents the permanent organization which, formed in a funda mental way in the Red Cross Fund drive in June, 1917, was active throughout the war for the triumph of all patriotic campaigns. But it was not fully organized until after the first two Liberty Loan campaigns. During the second Liberty Loan campaign a solid nucleus was formed for this magnificent permanent organization. This nucleus, under the county chairmanship of R. C. Key, was composed of the following small committees, as announced on Oc tober 12, 1917:
For LaGrange and community: J. E. Dunson, Jr., H. D. Glanton, P. G. Awtrey, A. H. Gary, Ely R. Callaway and R. C. Key.
For West Point and community: W. C. Lanier, R. C. Freeman and J. A. Avery.
For Hogansville and community: W. E. Johnson. These men were given enthusisatic assistance, of course, by vol unteer teams composed of enterprising men, women and children. The permanent Troup County Liberty Loan Committee which won national fame was completed as much through necessity as it was brought about by the natural efficiency of a people who were accustomed to success along all lines. As stated at the beginning of this chapter, few people except

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those in towns were reached in the first two Liberty Loan cam paigns. It became more and more apparent that, with calls for war funds following one another in close succession, all of the peo ple must be brought into touch with the dynamo of war. Even in towns there were many who, reading few papers and being among the class of people which does not keep abreast of rapid events, needed to be reached. The small force of workers which had merely called upon a selected number of business concerns and wealthier people in the two first campaigns was not equal to the task of covering the whole field, and it was evident that the whole field must be covered, for it would be manifestly unfair to this selected list of subscribers and highly unjust to the masses of peo ple not to give everybody a chance to have a part in the war. Up until that time it had been little more than pastime for Troup county to do her full share, but nobody knew how long the war would continue, and it was certain that a continued call upon a few people would place upon them at some time a real burden which should be distributed among all of the people, and a burden which all of the people surely would feel honored to carry. Our leaders had foresight, and they solved the problem of harnessing up the entire county in war work through the organization of a perma nent committee including a number of energetic, influential citizens in every district of the county.
The idea of reaching all of the people was more than justified by the sensational results of the third Liberty Loan and the second Red Cross drives which followed in March, April and May, 1918, in which the county's quotas were more than doubled and the whole nation's praise was won. Taking account of ourselves, we realized that this was overdoing the jobs, and that a pace was being set which in time would exhaust even our vast resources of wealth and leave the patriotic spirit of our people futile in despair. There fore the renowned Troup county organization was kept in reins in all following campaigns, so that the county's resources might be maintained upon an even balance which would enable our people at all times to do their full share. Notwithstanding this wise con servatism, however, all quotas in the campaigns which followed were oversubscribed, and some of them were exceeded by large margins before the teams could make their first reports.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE Plans for the third Liberty Loan drive were started about the

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middle of February, 1918, when it was proposed to have an organ ization over the entire county for a "house-to-house canvass and button-hole missionary movement." At a meeting of citizens in the directors' room of the LaGrange National Bank on Saturday afternoon, February 16, formal action was taken to enlarge the per manent Troup county committee for war funds drives. With H. D. Glanton as temporary chairman and Roy Dallis as temporary sec retary, a body was formed which should be remembered with intense pride by all Troup county generations to come. This body was based largely on the nucleus which had shaped itself early in 1917, in the first Red Cross campaign, and had developed gradu ally in succeeding war drives. On motions by F. C. Ferrell and
Judge E. T. Moon, Ely R. Callaway was elected county chairman; J. A. Perry, county secretary; J. E. Dunson, Jr., chairman for LaGrange district, with H. D. Glanton as sub-chairman; W. C. Lanier, chairman for West Point district; and W. E. Johnson, chairman for Hogansville district. During the next week two meetings of these officers were held and the work of organizing full committees for all districts in the county progressed rapidly. Within less than three weeks this work was finished, and on March 8th, under the heading, "U. S- Government Finds Troup People at Guns," The LaGrange Reporter announced the full membership of teams for LaGrange, West Point, Hogansville, and the local districts of Mountville, Rough Edge, O'Neal's, Salem, East Vernon, Antioch, Pool's Mill, McLendon, Long Cane, West Vernon, Bethel and Harrisonville. It was at this time that Troup county's patriotic spirit swelled to that elegant height at which the nation marvelled through the following months.
Troup county now recognized nothing as being too big for her power of accomplishment. Her home people had the same in domitable spirit with which her boys were marching to victory in France, and very soon the boys in the trenches began learning through newspapers of what fine things the home people were doing to help win the war. Letters from these boys were full of praise for the "folks back home," and it was clear that all of the pride and inspiration was not on this side of the ocean.
A great meeting of Troup countians occurred on Saturday after noon, March 16th. A committee composed of Ely R- Callaway, J. E. Dunson, Jr., H. D. Glanton, T- H. Nimmons, S. H. Dunson, J. J. Milam and John H. Jones went up to Atlanta as late as

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March 6th and, with fire in their eyes, succeeded in prevailing upon Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, S. Guyt McLendon and Commissioner of Agriculture J. J. Brown to speak at this meeting. "I cannot resist the temptation, although the press of engagements is close," declared Governor Dorsey when the invitation was extended. Troup county's earlier achievements were known to the governor. "Ag gressive LaGrange, the patriotic capital of Troup county, Georgia, is making extensive preparations for a great Liberty Loan rally to be held March 16," commented The Atlanta Constitution, and continued: "LaGrange and Troup county have made an enviable record in patriotic work since the war began. They have exceeded the amount asked of them for Red Cross and Y. M. C. A. work and have contributed far more men than their quota to the great volunteer army of the United States. Further, the people of Troup county have already subscribed to over $300,000 worth of Liberty Bonds and now they are preparing to do even more." This com ment, by the way, emphasizes the mighty triumph of Troup when she made the "even more" a full subscription of over $870,000, much more than twice her quota, for the third Liberty Loan.
Both floors and the balconies in the court house were filled to overflowing, and many people crowded the streets, at the meet ing on march i6th. The blood of our people was running swiftly. News had just arrived that Private Clay W. Dukes, a former em ployee of Dunson Mills, had been wounded in action, which meant that Troup county blood actually was being shed. Another factor in the vast enthusiasm of our people right then was the speech of Sergeant Verne Marshall, a machine gunner who had fought with both the French and American forces. He spoke on Saturday, March gth, and gave our people their first deep breath of that mysterious, burning force which seemed to electrify the men who had been under German fire.
SERGEANT VERNE MARSHALL While this record must be confined to Troup county, we believe mention of Sergeant Marshall is not out of place, because he un doubtedly constituted a powerful factor in the psychology of Troup county's exercise of Americanism. Sergeant Verne Marshall was, to human eyes and ears, the highest type of patriot. He looked fine in uniform, but nobody could charge him with being merely a uniform model; he had no gun, but nobody could imagine him afraid of the whole German army; he smiled, but his smile was the

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smile of courage and determination, burning with supreme faith in the right which he held above all personal privilege; he was over here talking, but he had been over there fighting, and those who saw him knew that he would rather be over there fighting than to be here talking, except for the fact that his noble fighting alone, and that of an army small by comparison with the kaiser's hosts, could not win the war; and he had to be over here awakening the American people, when the vast craving to be in the trenches, fight ing for the world's freedom, was stamped upon his face in letters of fire.
Sergeant Marshall's man-to-man talk marked the forceful be ginning of a new, systematic patriotic speaking campaign through out the county in which Chairman Frank P. Longley and his capable speakers' committee rendered most important service in all campaigns. Dr. S. E. Wasson, pastor of the First Methodist church of LaGrange, swept the flames of war interest high with the eloquence and zeal of his addresses on important occasions. He and other members of the speakers' committee, as set forth on a preceding page, worked faithfully under the direction of Chairman Longley. They worked constantly during various cam paigns, going day or night, as directed, into all parts of the county. From time to time Chairman Longley secured special speakers of great prominence, and provided for feature talks by officers from army camps. A few of our own boys, home from army camps or; visits, made talks before the public, examples of which were the splendid four-minute talks made at local theaters by Carl Edmondson while he was at home from Camp Wheeler in April, near the close of the third Liberty Loan campaign.
TROUP COUNTY SETS PACE It developed in the third week of March that Troup county was being recognized as a model for all other counties in Georgia, in the matter of organized war work. W. C. Wardlaw, chairman of the Liberty Loan executive committee for the Sixth Federal Re serve district, wrote to Chairman Ely R. Callaway, of the Troup county organization, requesting five hundred copies of a letter head being used by the Troup county committee, upon which appeared a full list of working teams. Chairman Wardlaw sent these letter heads out to hundreds of counties in the states composing the Sixth district, and they suggested the manner in which many other suc cessful county organizations were made. Writing to Chairman Cal-

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laway, Chairman Wardlaw said in part: "I am very much im pressed with the wonderful organization which you have perfected in your county, and I do not believe that there is a more complete organization in the entire Sixth district. Your people evidently have a full realization of the seriousness of the present crisis, and yours is one county where I feel that we will get excellent results."
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN DRIVE A SPECTACULAR EVENT
It is doubtful whether there was a man or a woman, or a child of school age, in Troup county who had not felt the new atmos phere of wide-awake loyalty to the government in the war crisis by the latter part of March, The news of Troup county blood being shed on foreign battle fields, together with the rousing nature of the mass meeting at the court house in LaGrange on March i6th, had set everybody's nerves on edge. War took the center of the stage. War activities no longer were indulged in as pastime, or as mere secondary exercises of citizenship. Our people were a solid mass of profound interest, and they were eager to plunge with whole souls into whatever might quicken America's march to vic tory. This universal interest among our people depended solely upon proper leadership for effectiveness, and this leadership had been whipped into readiness for action in a masterly way. It took its first broad step in the staging of a mammoth patriotic parade in LaGrange on the opening day of the third Liberty Loan cam paign, Saturday, April 6th.
Troup county did many great things during the war, but her Liberty Loan parade in April, 1018, stood out distinctly as a dis play of patriotism the glory of which will hold a place in our mem ories second only to the gallantry of our men in actual land, ait and naval service. It will hold such a grand place in our mem ories because it was more than a supreme display of our enthusi astic loyalty at home; it occurred as an outburst of patriotism simultaneous with more concrete evidence of the sincerity of this celebration in the form of a full subscription of Troup county's quota of Liberty Bonds on the first day of the drive, before the hour of the parade, two o'clock that afternoon. An extra edition of The LaGrange Reporter early that morning carried to the many thousands of people gathered in LaGrange the news that LaGrange had won national honors by a full subscription of $416,600.00 worth of Liberty Bonds, $85,000.00 more than her quota of $330,-

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700.00, at the stroke of nine o'clock a. m., the official opening of the campaign. Chairman Ely R. Callaway had sent a telegram to Secretary of the Treasury Wm, G. McAdoo, in Washington, which said: "At the stroke of nine o'clock LaGrange, Georgia, has pur chased four hundred sixteen thousand six hundred dollars' worth of United States Government Bonds, Third Liberty Loan, exceeding its quota by eighty-five thousand nine hundred dollars. They were taken by fourteen hundred and five individuals and every sub scriber has made the required cash payment. The telegram was recorded instantly."
West Point and Hogansville districts subscribed their full quotas on the opening day. Large subscriptions from subdistricts in rural communities played their parts in the quick success of the cam paign in the main districts. All of this news, carried in the extra edition of The Reporter and read by the people gathered in LaGrange for the parade, made everybody jubilant. Enthusiasm ran mountain high.
DESCRIPTION OF PARADE
The writer believes that a description of the famous Liberty Loan parade, as carried in The LaGrange Reporter on April 12, 1918, will make good history. The description follows:
"Taking nearly two hours in constant march to pass the re viewing stand on the east side of Court Square on Saturday, April 6, the LaGrange division, army of loyal Americans, composed of over ten thousand men, women and children of every class, both white and black, entered upon a drive against Prussian autocracy which has won nation-wide praise.
"Over twenty-five thousand people passed into the streets cov ering the entire line of march, from Depot street, down Main street, around Ridley avenue, Smith and Church streets, and up Broad street to the First Methodist church. Court Square held thousands of cheering people, while eager, burning eyes witnessed the parade from every window and from, the tops of all buildings.
"Heading the parade was the regimental band from the 327th infantry, Camp Gordon. There were elaborate and imposing floats innumerable, of every type that the fertile imaginations and liberal treasuries of various business interests and civic organizations could provide, typical of the spirit of Americanism and 'downwith-Kaiserism' which has enveloped LaGrange and Troup county like a June sunburst.

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"In the reviewing stand were U. S. army officers, speakers of the day, and representative leaders of the several organizations which had to do with the splendid patriotic event.
"Among these speakers were captain F. S. Chalmers and Major Eugene Murphy, U. S. A., of Camp Gordon, and Dr. S. E. Wassoa, of the First Methodist church. Hon. W. A. Reeves was master of ceremonies.
"The parade was organized and commanded by Jarrell R. Dunson, with aides and division commanders as follows: F. T. Reid, G. H. Sargent, James Newsom, T. J. Thornton, F. B. Gardner, John D. Faver, S. W. Thornton, Arthur Thompson, T. H. Nimmons, F. P. Longley, J. E. Dunson, H. C. Fincher, John H. Jones, S. Y. Austin, Horace Lanier, F. F. Rowe, Mrs. T. H. Nimmons, J. A. Baugh, C. L. Smith, Henry B. Park and G- H. Lennon.
"With thrilling strains from the 327th infantry band, to gether with the Alabama State band and the West Point band, and with the throb of drums and the blare of bugles from a drum and bugle corps from Camp Gordon, the parade swept into view a few minutes after two o'clock, marshaled in imposing form by J. R. Dunson and commanded in perfectly organized divisons, each re plete with floats and banners which lifted before the gaze of en thusiastic thousands emblems and phrases indicative of this sec tion's determination to 'do or die' in everything that may help to win the war.
*'As the first division, commanded by Superinteadeat F. F. Rowe, of the city schools, with A. H. Thompson as aide, came into line with the reviewing stand and the first section, composed of Dixie mill school children, lifted tiny hands in salute, everybody knew the parade was a success. This divsion, composed of the city's schools, exemplified the noble interest in the nation's war for the salvation of suffering humanity -which has been developed to a high degree throughout the realm of childhood, even down through the kindergartens of LaGrange. Tiny boys and girls wore all sorts of uniforms, including those of the Red Cross, our Euro pean allies and our own soldiers. There were little housewives bearing banners for food conservation, together with young farmers on horseback, carrying pitchforks and hoes. And the little fellows displayed a regular meaagerie of pigs, cows, chickens, etc. There were seven sections, made up of Dixie mill schools, with Miss Floyd in charge; East I^aGrange schools, with Miss O'Neal in

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charge; Unity schools, with Miss Mattie McGee in charge; Harwell avenue schools, with Miss Lulie Hudson in charge; LaGrange high schools, with Prof. J. O. Alien in charge; Southern college, with Dr. Hatton in charge; and LaGrange college, with Miss Daisy Davies in charge. The college floats -were especially attractive.
"Division number two was composed of the women of LaGrange, commanded by Mrs, T. H. Nimmons. T. J. Thoraton and J. D. Faver acted as aides. The float which headed this division was typical of a war-stricken world supported by the Red Cross, soldiers, bankers and farmers. There were other fine floats which cannot be described fairly--and, anyhow, everybody in the world
was there to see them. The Red Cross chapter, the Woman's Council of National Defense and the Woman's club could not be complimented too highly upon their showing in the parade, and upon the excellence of their floats. The two sections of this divi sion were in charge of Mrs. W. A. Holmes and Mrs. T. J. Tbornton.
GREAT SHOWING OF THE CITY'S MILLS "Magnificent beyond all comparison and far beyond the powers of expression given unto mere print, the divisions made up prin
cipally of eight LaGrange cotton mills constituted a grand parade within themselves. The whole-souled spirit in which the citizens of Southwest LaGrange and various mill villages on other borders of the city entered into the parade, -working night and day to per fect some very distinctive and creditable floats and orders of march, gained wide applause. Many beautiful and expressive floats were furnished by the enterprising mill people, who covered every phase of war affairs, from canning, food conservation and knitting on through guns and soldiers and all the way to the capture of Kaiser William and leading him through the streets of LaGrange in chains. One float in the Unity mills division even. showed the Kaiser in a casket, accompanied by an undertaker.
"Perhaps a float which would have won first place if given a vote by the thousands of people was that constructed and carried by the employees of X*aGrange mills. It was a miniature of these mills, which was marvelous in its likeness to the original and be spoke much hard labor, careful attention and ability on the part of its constructors. Another feature of this section was the Mothers' club, some of the members of -which had walked two
miles to participate.
"Division number three was commanded by J. A. Baugh, with

Beautiful Scenes
from the
Parade of Americans
In LaGrang,e on Saturday, April 6, 1918

THE WORLD A-FLOAT
A float representing the world, held high and safe by Mrs. Ely R. Callaway representing the Red Cross; H, D. Glanton as the banker; H. C. Fincher as the farmer; and Sergeant J. H. Howard, Jr., as the soldier. Mrs. I. C. Doe, as "America," was steering the world safely through the fray on the ship of "Liberty."
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Photo by Snelson

FLOAT OF DUNSON MILLS
This ominous affair represented an American "tank," on the fewiw^ ttaft- It was a masterful achievement as a float, and won warm recognition.

KING OF FLOATS
LaGrange mills excelled in the unique distinction of its float, a wonderful miniature of its building, constructed by its employees. No wheels, no mechanism, no driver--nothing could be seen except this building as it rolled majestically along in the parade.

Photo by Snelson Davis.

UNITY COTTON MILLS FLOAT
Seated on the front of this float was C. V. Traitt, and over his head was a banner reading: "Unity Cotton Mills--Spa1* t'le Kaiser with a Liberty Bond." This was only one of the many very beautiful floats furnished by the enterprising people of Southwest LaGrange.
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F. B. Gardner as aide, and was made up of LaGrange mills, with C. D. Scott in charge; Dixie mills, with A. Culberson in charge; and Dunson mills, with W. S- Dunson in charge.
"Dixie mills employees, who have rallied generously to the sup port of Uncle Sam in every instance, had some unique floats. Their banners were impressive, one of which attracted much at tention by its inscription: 'We Will Do Till It Hurts; Uncle Sam First.'
"Dunson mills came near breaking up the parade when it rolled into view, headed by a monster 'tank,' The 'tank' was a very good imitation of the original terrors of European battle fields. Some of the Dunson mills children carried a banner with this command: 'Lick a Stamp and Help Lick the Kaiser,' which was JM the interest of War Savings Stamps.
SOUTHWEST LAGRANGE "Southwest LaGrange made up division four in huge numbers of employees and their children, commanded by Prof. C. L. Smith, with Jas. Newsome and Col. S. Y. Austin as aides. It was made up of seven sections, as follows: Southwest LaGrange Improve ment Association; S.outh LaGrange schools, Prof. C. W. Coleman in charge; Unity Cotton mills, W. H. Turner in charge; Elm City Cotton mills, Ira B. Grimes in charge; Unity Spinning mills, Boyd Ragsdale in charge; Hillside Cotton mills, J. O. Blackmon in charge; Valley Waste mills, Otto Crane in charge,
"The floats of these sections were like the unfolding of a pano ramic view of fairyland. The Junior Red Cross auxiliary of Southwest LaGrange schools marched around a lovely float bearing a pretty little Goddess of Liberty. There was another float show ing a stalwart young 'man behind the gun,' and a bunch of little girls moved forward with a banner reading: 'We Can to Can the Kaiser.'
"Considerable fun was generated by a small float in which a goat of militant mien was caged, upon which cage was inscribed: 'Got the Kaiser's Goat.'
"Another splendid accomplishment in the way of a float was that upon which a weaving machine was in full operation, making tent cloth with which to shelter United States soldiers on the battle fields of France. This float was furnished by Hillside employees.
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loyally behind a float bearing an Uncle Sam and a Miss America sitting majestically upon a bale of cotton.
BOY SCOUTS "The Boy Scouts of LaGrange had another caged goat which they claimed to be the Kaiser's own, and also Von Hindenberg's. They tramped past the reviewing stand with heads thrown high in a salute that bespoke undying service for their country.
BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS REPRESENTED "Division five was composed of business and professional men of LaGrange and farmers of LaGrange district, commanded by Dr. Henry B. Park, with Jesse Carter and H. C. Fincher as aides. Hatton Lovejoy was in charge of the business and professional men's section. The principal float of this division was that in which the world was supported by the farmer, the soldier, the banker and the Red Cross nurse. "The auto fire truck, bearing the expert fire fighters of LaGrange, followed this float. In close order came various other floats, among which were one furnished by the Troup County Board of Health, upon which Dr. M. F. Haygood, health director, had placed this striking declaration: 'Kaiserism and Disease Must be Defeated;' a mammoth display of home-raised food stuffs by E. Q. Gaddy Company and another by McCaine Brothers; an im posing float by Hudson Hardware Company, bearing the bannercommand, 'Halt the Hun;' a splendid display of food stuffs by the LaGrange Grocery Company; several floats furnished by the Cash Exchange, upon which were shown fine specimens of grain, hay, hogs, cows and other things that have been grown and should be grown in larger quantites in Troup to help defeat Kaiserism; some impressive displays of home-raised things by G. H. Myhand; and the offerings of Hills and Dales, including magnificent cattle of the Holstein and Shorthorn breeds.
COLORED BRIGADE "The colored people of LaGrange made up the sixth division, commanded by Rev. G. H. Lennon, There were three large sec tions of this division, one composed of the colored schools in charge of Prof. C. H. Kelly; one composed of the colored lodges and organizations in charge of Dr. I. T. Epps; and one composed of colored women in charge of Dora Moore. Their most striking banner was that which said: 'German Autocracy Cannot Live as

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Long as We Have Our Lives to Give;' and it brought forth cheer
after cheer as it was carried along in the endless tide of staunch
colored citizens. Their floats were indicative of a spirit of interest
and loyalty which is a priceless asset in this country's righteous
war, and were in handsome keeping with the manner in which the
colored people have rallied to the cause of Thrift Stamps and
Liberty Bonds.
FLOATS DEFY ALL WORDS ov WRITER
"When the parade started this writer thought he had a soft snap, just simply jotting down the floats and banners as they passed the reviewing stand. Pretty soon the point of his pencil was flashing fire, and then--he flung the thing down in despair and opened the 'windows of his soul,' to let that greedy tyrant have his fill of the grandeur of patriotic display; and before long even his soul was tangled up in the myriad flags, floats, frills and fashions of thousands of marching men and women--quite as badly tangled, in fact, as are his metaphors in attempting a description of something the half of which he barely was able to retain in both notes and memory.
"There were floats within our memory which cannot be men tioned for lack of space, and there were floats, quite as attractive and worthy as any we have mentioned, which have gotten mixed up in the shuffle by our memory. There was a battleship float, for instance, with Mrs. Mary Mobley as the lovely Goddess of Liberty, an aeroplane float or two, a float carrying a score or two of de lightful and delighted LaGrange children, and--well, what's the use? It was all a dream, anyhow. We don't believe it really happened, and after having written this article of wild fancy, we expect a com mittee of citizens to wait upon us Friday morning with a request that we accompany them to some calm retreat where we may recover from the mental strain consequent to hearing Ely R. Callaway talk about what LaGrange and Troup county would do if the United States were in a state of war and hearing Jarrell R. Dunson's plans for a parade which he hopes to stage some day by way of proving that there isn't anywhere else except Troup county. We dreamed it all happened Saturday--or didn't we? Twenty-five thousand or more people will answer that question clearly for scores of years to come."

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TROUP THRILLS AND NATION APPLAUDS
An honor flag for the nation at large had been offered by the U. S. treasury department for the city which reported properly the first subscription of its quota in the drive for Liberty Bonds of the third issue. When County Chairman Ely R. Callaway's tele gram as quoted on a previous page, to the effect that LaGrange bad oversubscribed her quota the very first minute of the cam paign, reached Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in Washington, Associated Press reports flashed all over the country. According to The New York Globe, the telegram from LaGrange gave Presi dent Wilson a thrill. That paper quoted the president as follows: "If the minimum had been put at six billions (the president was referring to the third bond issue as a whole), it would have been reached easily," said Mr. Wilson, as he pawed over his pile of telegrams, looking for one from LaGrange, Georgia. "This town," he said, "is going to be way up in the running for first honors. Listen: 'LaGrange, Georgia, delivered to W. H. Toole, chief of bond issue department of Federal Reserve Bank, on stroke of nine o'clock, eastern time, subscriptions amounting to $4 16,600 to third Liberty Loan Bonds, representing 1,405 individual sub scribers, on which initial payments have been made. This ex ceeds the quota by $85,000.' "
One Washington newspaper dispatch, dated April yth, said: "At the Washington theater last night, which President Wilson at tended, and where he gave a thousand-dollar subscription to the Liberty Loan, the speaker who called for subscriptions specially mentioned the feat of the people of LaGrange, and the Georgia town was applauded to the echo."
Two other towns in the United States ran closely with LaGrange in this contest. They were Ironton, Ohio, and Southborough, Massachusetts. There was a lively contest before the officials in Washington. County Chairman Ely R. Callaway went to the national capitol, -where he joined Fuller E. Callaway, of LaGrange, who was in Washington on business at the time. With the assistance of J. E. Dunson, Jr., chairman of LaGrange district, with whom they kept in almost constant telegraphic communica tion, the two LaGrange men succeeded in getting the fact defi nitely established that LaGrange had reported her full quota on the very first second of the campaign, and had observed every technical requirement in making this report. But the contest was

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waged so strenuously by the two towns in Ohio and Massachusetts, that, for political reasons which were worthy of highest considera tion, LaGrange again demonstrated her loyalty to the Democratic administration by consenting to the proposal that no national honor flag be awarded.
As a matter of fact, LaGrange did all that was possible to win the honor flag. She could not report before the campaign opened, and she did report instantly upon the stroke of nine o'clock. Other towns evidently did the same thing, although with not such strict observance of the technical rules in reporting; and there were still other towns which subscribed their quotas quite as quickly, but did not succeed in making their reports instantly. There was another town in Troup county which had this expe rience. West Point, the flourishing city -which, under the leader ship of W. C. Lanier as district chairman, led LaGrange a neckand-neck race in patriotic affairs throughout the war, and who proved herself worthy of quite as high honor and praise in every instance, was not a second behind LaGrange in the third Liberty Loan campaign, so far as subscribing her quota went. Comment ing on this point, The LaGrange Reporter said on April i2th: "West Point district, by the way, deserves some sort of honor flag, as do other districts in the county. West Point oversub scribed her quota voluntarily before the campaign opened, and the fact that on some technicality connected with her report she may be eliminated from the national honor flag race does not take from her the glory of having been one of the first towns in the United States to -come bounding 'over the top.' "
Local honor flags were awarded to LaGrange, West Point, Hogansville, Long Cane and other districts.
Many thousands of dollars' worth of Liberty Bonds were bought in the county after the opening day of the drive. Every local district in the county oversubscribed its quota. Chairman Ely R- Callaway reported finally that the county had purchased $870,550 worth of bonds, thus more than doubling its quota of $384,800. These bonds had been bought by over three thousand individual people in the county.

COUNTRY DISTRICTS MAKE WONDERFUL RECORD
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of which J. T. Hairston was captain, tripled her quota, and Long Cane district, with E. P. Cook as captain, oversubscribed by far on the first day of the campaign, and these were merely examples of what nearly all of the country districts did, and what they would have done in the first two campaigns for bonds if they had been given the opportunity through a broad organization of workers.
During this campaign lively patriotic meetings occurred in. all of the country districts, and the fine spirit with which hun dreds of farmers went to work for the Liberty Loan was truly inspiring. The first meeting of this kind in the county was in the Baptist church of Long Cane community on Tuesday night, March 26th. John Fomby presided over this meeting, into which fiery interest was thrown by the speeches of several prominent LaGrange men and such well-known West Point citizens as W. C. Lanier, Mark McCulloh, Rev. W, T. Smith and Rev. W. G. Craw-
ley. Meetings of great success were held during the next week as
follows: Sunday night--Antioch district; Monday night--Rough Edge, East Vernon and McLendon districts; Tuesday night-- O'Neal and Salem districts; Wednesday night--Rough Edge (County Line) and West Vernon districts; Thursday night-- Mountville district; Friday night--Big Springs district. Meetings were held that week in Pool's Mill and other districts.
On Thursday night of the same week Hogansville district, of which W. E. Johnson was the efficient chairman, held a meeting of citizens which was characteristic in its enthusiasm of the splendid spirit with which the people of Hogansville and surrounding com munities rallied to the flag throughout the war. At this meeting stirring addresses -were made by Rev. Irby Henderson, of Hogansr, ville, and Dr. S. E. Wasson, of LaGrange.
Mass meetings were being held frequently by the people of the various cotton mill villages in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville.

WOMEN RENDER VALUABLE SERVICE
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Troup county's war activities at home, and nobody is more de serving of a special place in this chapter than are those magnifi cent women who, under the splendid leadership of Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., county chairman of the Woman's Liberty Loan com mittee, rendered constant, tireless service in these campaigns. It will be seen in our account of the Liberty Loan parade on April 6th that the women and girls of the county were quite as ener getic in behalf of the Liberty Loan as were our men and boys. Women's' teams sold a large part of the Liberty Bonds for which Troup county received credit. The personnel of these teams ap pears in the list of the permanent Troup County Liberty Loan
committee.

TROUP EXCEEDS FOURTH LIBERTY LOAN QUOTA BY ABOUT 8200,000.00
Late in August, ipiS, amid the turmoil of a political season in which hot contests were being made for congressional and United States senatorial seats--a campaign which stirred Troup county to its depths,--it was announced that a drive for Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue would commence on September aSth. Notwithstanding the fever heat of politics, our people at once placed their shoulders behind the next Liberty Loan. Within a week after the announcement, Troup county's Liberty Loan or ganization was demonstrating its high efficiency through the prompt laying of plans for the success of the next drive.
Voluntary subscriptions for Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue were coming in from all parts of the county a week before the opening of the drive. After having been wildly extravagant in her response to three preceding Liberty Loans, Troup county found herself in the serious position of facing a quota in the fourth drive of $795,000.00, which was more than twice the amount of the largest of her previous quotas. This quota was distributed over the three main county districts as follows: LaGrange district, $555,900.00; West Point district, $176,900.00; Hogansville district, $63,100.00. But the eyes of our people did not waver from their goal of doing more than their share, however large their share might be apportioned. Troup county's future generations should thrill with pride over the glorious fact that, placed in the serious position we have just described, their county had bought volun tarily, without direct approach from soliciting teams, nearly half

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of its quota of Liberty Bonds by the morning of September 27th, the day preceding the formal launching of the fourth drive. In LaGrange district alone voluntary subscriptions to the amount of $275,000.00--about half of its quota--had been made two days before the formal opening of the drive.
That was just a starter, so to speak. Troup county could not wait for the day set for the beginning of the drive throughout the nation. With about half of her quota already subscribed vol untarily, the county aroused herself to such a high point on Fri day, the day preceding the opening of the drive, that by Friday night the whole county had exceeded its entire quota by more than $15,000.00.
Words cannot touch the true brilliance of that celebrated Fri day's achievement on the part of Troup county. It roust be re membered that, as we have stated heretofore, Troup county had been lavish in her subscriptions to previous Liberty Loans, all of which rendered her tremendous quota of the fourth campaign a most serious proposition; and therefore the manner in which, she actually exceeded her fourth quota even before the drive had started in other sections of the country was nothing less than heroic.
It is not necessary to explain how Troup county again was the talk of the nation, and how newspapers were flashing the news of this county's latest and grandest patriotic triumph in every corner of the country.
Friday, September 27th, 1918, was a red letter day, and its memory will warm the hearts of our people for a long, long time.
well as in LaGrange district, people were afire with the spirit of victory at any cost, and there -was no hesitancy on any side.
A huge blackboard had been erected on Court Square, in LaGrange. As swiftly as subscriptions were reported from teams, they were recorded on this blackboard by J. C. Prather, and a great bell sang forth the news. On the side of this blackboard was a register, thermometer style, upon which an arrow indicated the rising amount of subscriptions. The bell was kept ringing constantly, and the arrow continued rising swiftly, until late in the afternoon the high mark of the full quota was passed.

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Ely R. Callaway, county chairman, immediately telegraphed a report to W. C. Wardlaw, chairman for the Sixth Federal Re serve district, to the effect that 369 individuals in West Point dis trict had purchased $183,600.00 worth of Liberty Bonds, exceeding that district's quota by $6,700.00; and that in LaGrange district the quota had been exceeded by $9,050.00, 1,636 individuals hav ing bought $565,050.00 worth of bonds; and that the county's quota had been fully subscribed. Chairman Callaway also issued a statement as follows:
"I am deeply grateful to the district chairmen for West Point, Hogansville and LaGrange districts of Troup county. At West Point, the forces under Chairman W. C. Lanier swept over the top in fifty minutes from the time they started the drive. At LaGrange, Chairman J. E. Dunson, Jr., and his forces went over the top early in the night. At Hogansville, Chairman W. E. John son and his forces responded quickly, and the county was safely in victorious charge of the fourth Liberty Loan campaign. Our people are with our boys and the government to the end of the
road." Chairman Callaway went to Atlanta about this time in response
to an urgent appeal from the national United War Work Cam paign organization for him to serve as campaign director for the state of Georgia, and the finishing up of Troup county's fourth Liberty Loan drive was left under the direction of S. H. Dunson, as vice chairman for the county. Mr. Dunson rendered a final report during the third week in October which showed that Troup county had purchased $991,700.00 worth of Liberty Bonds of the fourth issue, which exceeded the county's quota by the large amount of $195,800.00. This, in the light of the serious conditions to which we have referred, was probably Troup county's most notable
achievement in all of her war drives.

TROUP COUNTY'S TRIUMPH IN "ZERO" HOUR OF VICTORY (FIFTH LIBERTY) LOAN
When the armistice was signed and hostilities between the world powers had ceased in Nevember, 1918, there was general relaxa tion from the severe strain of war on the part of all peoples, and the people of Troup county were nothing more than human, so that they, too, were somewhat affected by the overwhelming psychology of the world situation, and they wondered within them-

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selves if their record would be sustained in the fith, or "Victory," Liberty Loan drive which was to open on Monday, April 2ist,
1910. Our people knew that they had set a swift pace for them selves, and they were aware of the renown which their county had gained. They were conscious of the fact that the eyes of the na tion were upon Troup county, and that a failure in the Victory
Loan drive would reflect, quite as naturally as unjustly, even more discredit than would result if the county had been not so success
ful in previous drives. Many of our people had bought so much more than their shares of Liberty Bonds in preceding campaigns that they would have been justifiable in ignoring the last call; and it was feared that this fact, coupled with the natural relaxa tion which prevailed everywhere, might result in something less than that elegant success to which our county had been accustomed. Thus we shall understand the boundless joy which filled the hearts of Troup county people over the final results. This was a pro found demonstration of the priceless qualities of citizenship which
formed the fundamental foundation for a great county.

THE IRRESISTIBLE FORCE OF TROUP'S RECORD With these problems in mind, leaders in the county's war work became extremely alert and took stock hurriedly. Seeking an official statement concerning just what Troup county had done in the first four Liberty Loans, Chairman Callaway received this letter from Sixth Federal Reserve district headquarters in At lanta :
"Atlanta, Ga., March 28, 1919. "Mr. Ely R. Callaway, County Chairman,
"LaGrange, Ga. "Dear Mr. Callaway:
"In reply to your letter of the 26th instant, I give below fig ures for Troup county for the four Liberty Loans past. You will note that there were no quotas allotted in the first and second loans, so only subscriptions are given:

QUOTAS First Loan ___________ $ _ ____ Second Loan ____________ _______ Third Loan ___________ 384,800.00 Fourth Loan ____________ 795,900.00

SUBSCRIPTIONS $ 80,400.00 288,250.00 870,550.00 991,700.00

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"Trusting this information is what you desire, I am,

"Yours very truly,

(Signed)

"WM. BURCKEL, Executive Secretary."

Thus it appeared, in official figures, that Troup county had

exceeded her combined quotas in the first four Liberty Loans by

at least more than fifty per cent., in bona fide purchases. The

county had exceeded the total quotas in the third and fourth drives

by the actual amount of $681,550.00. It developed that this was

$30,750.00 more than the quota allotted to Troup county for the

fifth, or Victory, Liberty Loan, which had been placed at $650,-

800,00. In other words, in the first four drives Troup county

had bought, and paid for either from the pocket books of indi

viduals or through her own banks, enough Liberty Bonds to make

up her full quota for the Victory Loan, with $30,750.00 even then

to her credit as an oversubscription.

Troup county might have been pardoned for stopping right

there and waiting for other sections of the country to march to

the front and do their full duty in paying the war bill, but Troup

county did not dream of doing such a thing, as much as it was

feared by some individuals that other individuals might assume

that attitude. In the Victory Loan drive, to the glorified amaze

ment of even ourselves, Troup county accomplished the mammoth

task of exceeding her full quota on the opening day, being again

the first county in the state to go over the top; and thus our own

practical conclusions were swept into the discard by our people's

supreme spirit of self-sacrificing Americanism, and Troup county's

record in war loans was completed with flying colors,

HOME-COMING CELEBRATION LAUNCHES DRIVE The opening of the Victory Loan drive was made the occasion of a magnificent celebration in honor of Troup county's heroes who were returning from service in the country's land, air and naval forces. This celebration occurred on Thursday, April xyth, and was featured by a parade of World war soldiers and sailors, Confederate veterans and Boy Scouts, which was commanded by Captain D. A. Leman, who had just returned from service with the American forces in France. A rich barbecue dinner was given in the evening to the Confederate and World war veterans, this dinner being served, under the direction of Mrs. W. A. Holmes, by the ladies of the Red Cross, the D. A. R., the U. D. C., and the Confederate Memorial association.

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^^orking I earns of Soldiers ana Sailors

Captain Leman organized a number of teams of soldiers and sailors to assist the regular Liberty Loan organization in selling Victory Bonds. These teams were composed as follows:

Dr. Henry B. Pa Harvey Caudle. A. E. Jones. Ralph Clark.
Davis, captain. [ Bennett.
Smith.
'. Emory Park, captain. . H. H. Hammett. . Hugh Hadaway. . Wm. P. PhilHliippss. . R. S. O'Ne

rayloi irry Henncas
T. Daniel.
Duke Davis, J. T. Thomas Roy Dixon. Charles Gibso
TEAM No. Seay, captain. G. P. J,,e_n.k..i,,n,,s. I,. N. Peters. Edwin Wood. Alfred Dunson.

TEAM No.
Cooper Davis, captain Battle Jones. Alma Wilson. Claud Spinks. Calvin Parker.

Cason J. Callavi Dyal Mulling. I.O'Vic Spinks.
Caudle

Henry Mitchell, Paul Hammett. Paul Hutchinson. Walker Tucker. Krwin Lehmanii.

Jack Ande

captain.

C. I,. l.askley, J. C. Dyar.
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WEST POINT LEADS COUNTY AND COUNTY LEADS STATE
West Point district took first honors in the Victory Loan drive, which opened formally at nine o'clock on the morning of Monday, April aist, igig. W. C. Lanier, chairman for West Point dis trict, notified County Chairman Ely R- Callaway soon after nine o'clock that his district had oversubscribed its quota of $166,100.00 by $400.00, within forty-five minutes. This extraordinary news was telegraphed to the treasury department in Washington at once, and Chairman Callaway received a telegram during the day from Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Franklin, in which West Point was congratulated as follows:
"Treasury department extends its congratulations to Mr. Lanier and his committee on the results of the first day's subscrip tions at West Point, whereby the entire quota was raised in fortyfive minutes. * * * I have also received the fine report from Chairman Dunson to the effect that his district has oversubscribed its quota."
As indicated by this telegram, LaGrange district, with J. E. Dunson as chairman and H. D. Glanton as vice chairman, had followed closely upon the heels of West Point, having reported subscriptions amounting to $439,450.00 early in the day. This ex ceeded LaGrange district's quota of $438,700.00 by the sum of $750,00.
Chairman W. E. Johnson and his HogansviUe district gave strong support, as did rural subdistricts, and very quickly Chair man Callaway was able to report Troup county's quota fully sub scribed.
When it developed during the day that Troup county again had won first honors in the state, and had won new fame through out the nation, our people were amazed. Instead of having merely held her previous record inviolate, Troup county had attained to a new and higher distinction in this, the most difficult task of the whole war.
High tributes were paid to Troup county by newspapers all over the country, and officials of the Liberty Loan committee of the Sixth Federal Reserve district praised the county in telegrams as follows:

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"Atlanta, Ga., April 21, igig. "Ely R. Callaway, Chairman,
"LaGrange, Ga. "Congratulations on results of LaGrange and West Point. We always count on you for first day's inspiration.
"McFADDEN."
"Atlanta, Ga., April 21, 1919. "Ely R. Callaway, Chairman,
"Troup County Victory Loan, "LaGrange, Ga.
"Telegram received. Congratulations are again in order for LaGrange, West Point and Troup county. You have always gone over the top. Vou have always got there first, and this has been confirmed in the present loan. Your city and your county are the first to report complete sweep and oversubscription. Hearty congratulations are due to you and Mr. Dunson and other mem bers of your committee.
"McCORD, "Chairman War Loan Organization."
Our people had done more than their duty, and they were happy. Out of hearts that were throbbing powerfully with love and loyalty, they had given strength to their country in full meas ure and running over. Troup county, instead of following the pat tern cut out for her by the directors of war loans, had made a larger, grander pattern of her own, and it is to be shown by all Troup countians in the future that this pattern did not exceed the true proportions of our county's stature in noble, progressive citizenship.

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CHAPTER VI.
PART i
TTKe Red Cross
Troup county made haste in taking up war work under the American Red Cross, and the aid which was rendered by our people through this avenue should stand as a holy memory in the minds of all Troup countians. While the country excelled in its proportion of boys in the fighting service, and in the vast generosity with which it invested its material wealth in the vital business of war, it felt a call deeper than that which lifted up cold, definite victory as our goal. That call was the call of suf fering humanity, and it touched a swelling chord of human sym pathy in our people's hearts. Victory was our battle cry, but humanity was our song of noble ideals and invincible right; and as this song vibrated through the hearts of Troup county people, they worked, day and night, to aid the American Red Cross and other war work and relief movements.
The American Red Cross was not a stranger in Troup county at the beginning of the war as declared on Germany in April, 1917, by the United States. This county had been co-operating with the Red Cross in its work for the relief of suffering human ity in the foreign war zone before America was directly involved. As an example, back in December, igis, Troup county people made liberal purchases of Red Cross seals; and early in January, igi6, Mrs. W. A. Holmes, of LaGrange, who had directed the sales of seals, received from Red Cross national headuarters a letter of hearty appreciation.
TROUP ORGANIZES LIKE MAGIC Troup county became a Red Cross organization of great effi ciency almost as if by magic. The LaGrange Red Cross chapter was organized at a mass meeting in the court house on Wednes day afternoon, May 30, igiy. This meeting was presided over by Judge F. M. Longley, and the work of organizing was directed by Willis J. Milner, Jr., of Atlanta, who was associate director of the Southern division of the American Red Cross.

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With Mrs. R. O. Pharr as chairman of the nominating com mittee, the following officers were elected to form the first or ganization of LaGrange chapter:
Dr. Henry W. Terrell, chairman. Mrs. T. J. Thornton, vice chairman. R. C. Key, treasurer. Mrs. John R. Sterling, secretary.
Executive committee: Mrs. Enoch Callaway, chairman; Mrs. P. G. Awtrey, Dr. Mary Brewster, Hatton Lovejoy, John H. Jones and Frank P. Longley.
Several hundred LaGrange people paid the entrance fee at once, and LaGrange chapter had a very large membership within a few days.
LaGrange chapter was declared a national unit in a letter dated Washington, D. C., June 9, 1917, from Eliot Wadsworth, acting chairman of the American Red Cross, to Dr. H. W. Terrell, local chairman.
Troup county's first Red Cross chapter was launched in this manner. In the meantime, Dr. H. W. Terrell had been appointed Red Cross director for the sixteenth district, which was. Troup county, and he was quite actively behind the launching of organ ized efforts in West Point and Hogansville, as well as in LaGrange.

WEST POINT CHAPTER ORGANIZED
West Point followed within a few days in the organization of a Red Cross chapter. The West Point people organized their chap ter in the same fine, broad style with which they accomplished every patriotic step in the war. A special edition of The LaGrange Reporter, on June 19, 1917, said:
"West Point is running under a full head of steam for the Red Cross, Uncle Sam and Democracy. Not satisfied with the accomplishment of an organization nearly four hundred strong within forty-eight hours after the movement was launched there, through the instrumentality of LaGrange chapter, West Point de cided to stage a record-breaking meeting in that hustling city on Monday night. LaGrange got right into the band wagon--and West Point has some band wagon, too--and sent a huge delega tion down there."

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West Point chapter began its work with the following officers: W. C. Lanier, chairman. Mrs. Arch Avary, vice chairman. C. K. Wright, treasurer. Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, secretary.
Executive committee: Mrs. J. C. Lanier, chairman; Mrs. M.
M. Hagedorn, Miss Bertha Heyman, Mrs. N. C. Poer, Mrs. W. S- Freeman, Mrs. G. A. Huguley, Mrs. George Lanier, Mrs. E. L. Cumbee, Mrs. M. P. Dixon, Mrs. J. C. McKemie, Mrs. A. D. Fer-
guson.
AUXILIARY IN HOGANSVILLE An auxiliary to LaGrange chapter was organized in Hogansville during the third week in June, and at once became active in a most creditable manner. The Hogansville auxiliary started un der the leadership of Rev. Irby Henderson as chairman; Mrs. J. H. Heflin, vice chairman; W. E. Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. A. D. Philpot, secretary.

TROUP SUBSCRIBES MORE THAN THRICE RED CROSS WAR FUND QUOTA
With thorough chapter and auxiliary organizations in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville, Troup county was in readi ness for the Red Cross War Fund drive which was begun on Tues day, June 19, 1917. In this campaign the people of our county were allotted a quota of $8,000.00. jn the first day of the cam paign they lifted high the remarkable standard which Troup county was to follow in all war fund campaigns; they exceeded their quota by more than $1,000.00, giving outright to the Red Cross War Fund over $9,000.00, of which West Point subscribed over $5,ooo.oo, or more than half. Ere the close of the campaign Troup county had given the sum of $27,000.00, more than three times her quota.
Public meetings were held at various points during the week preceding the opening of the drive, at which warm enthusiasm was manifested. On Friday night and Sunday afternoon lively meet ings were held in the court house in LaGrange. These meetings were attended by huge delegations of West Point people, accom panied by their brass band. A large body of LaGrange people at tended the rousing mass meeting in the auditorium at West Point

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on Monday night, and a number of LaGrange Red Cross cham pions helped in the staging of highly successful meetings in Hogansville on Tuesday night and in Mountville on Wednesday night.

COTTON MILL PEOPLE TAKE THE LEAD It is a fair estimate, based on lists of subscriptions published in newspapers, that over seven thousand Troup countians con tributed to the first Red Cross War Fund, a large number of whom acted voluntarily. Most of these subscriptions were in small amounts. It is probable that between three and four thou sand cotton mill operatives in LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville made contributions to the fund. These operatives certainly contributed in a manner which placed them at the top of the list. They gave more than Troup county's entire quota. Subscriptions of nearly the amount of the quota were reported from LaGrange mills alone, and the subscriptions from the mills of West Point and Hogansville were in full proportion. Of course a number of rather large subscriptions from superintendents, managers and other officials were included in these reports, but the operatives subscribed generously as an almost solid mass of inspired, pa triotic people.

HOGANSVILLE RESPONDS GRANDLY

The Hogansville auxiliary chapter, which had not been organ

ized until Tuesday night, the opening day of the campaign, and

was placed at the great disadvantage of starting its campaign a

day late, won the admiration of the entire county by reporting

subscriptions amounting to Si,800.00 on the very next day.

At the end of a six-days campaign it was shown that sub

scriptions to the fund had been made as follows:

LaGrange ___________------_------------------------$18,360.73

West Point _______--_--_____---- ---- ---- 5,goo.oo

Hogansville ______________________ 1,800.00

Mountville _____,,_________ ---- -------- ----

38.50

TOTAL _______________________$26,099.23 Within a few days further subscriptions brought the amount up to $27,000.00.
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When an oversubscription of her quota was reported on the open ing day of the drive, the following telegram, from national Red Cross headquarters came flashing to LaGrange:
''Washington, D. C., June 20. "Ely R. Callaway, Chairman,
"LaGrange, Ga. "Patriotism and enthusiasm of Troup county has thrilled every member of the war council. You have struck a pace hard to fol low, but typical of real Southern spirit. We are with you.
"W. R. LUNK, "Secretary for War Council."
Great metropolitan newspapers over the country commenced praising Troup county in highest terms. "Troup county, Georgia, is making a brilliant record for itself in the splendid manner in which it is giving expression to its patriotism," declared an edi torial in The Atlanta Constitution on June 25, 1917. The Con stitution continued: "On registration day, June 5, Troup offered for selective conscription more young men in proportion to its population than any other county in the state; which in itself was something to be proud of. But it is equally liberal with its cash, for it has to date subscribed to the Red Cross fund more money in proportion to its wealth than any other Georgia county. Its record in both respects is all the more remarkable because there are no large cities in the county; and it denotes a fine patriotic spirit upon the part of a financially prosperous, equally generous, rural population. * * * And a gratifying feature of the sub scription is the large number of citizens of the county participating in it. In subscriptions to the Liberty Loan, too, Troup made an enviable showing. Both as to military registration and contribu tion of dollars to meet the demands of the nation and humanity, Troup has set a glorious example before her sister counties of Georgia."

PLAN OF SOLICITING TEAMS IS SUCCESSFUL
Finance committees were appointed to handle the Red Cross drive for the various chapters and auxiliaries. These finance com mittees worked under the county chairmanship of Ely R. Callaway, with R. B. Dixon as chairman for the independent chapter in West Point, and the idea of handling the campaign through teams of

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solicitors, under the leadership of captains^ was put into effect. Thus the germ of efficiency started its growth into what later became the permanent Troup County Liberty Loan committee. It was found that these working teams transformed the soliciting of subscriptions from a mere job into the happy sport of ener getic competition, and it is a fact that during this campaign and all of the war drives which followed the men and women who composed these teams found rich delight in. their noble activities. They looked forward to each drive with as much eagerness as any athletic enthusiast ever experienced on the approach of a contest between champions.
PERSHING DAY CELEBRATION
Troup county was overjoyed in the success of her Red Cross efforts thus far, and she could not resist the temptation to cele brate. Her celebration took the form of an elaborate parade on Friday night, June 25. This parade was commanded by J. R. Dunson as marshal, and was almost, if not quite, as imposing a spectacle as the great Liberty Loan parade on April 6, 1918, a description of which appears in a preceding chapter dealing with Liberty Loans and may be taken as almost covering the Red Cross parade- An extraordinary feature of this parade was the division which marched at its head, under command of W. C. Lanier, em bracing West Point and Hogansville units. Following the parade appropriate exercises were held on Court Square, with W. A. Reeves as master of ceremonies. Many thousands of happy Troup countians participated in this celebration.
SECOND RED CROSS DRIVE SAME BRILLIANT STORY Every campaign for war funds in Troup county was practi
cally the same elegant story, so far as results went; and the same, too, as to methods and measures, because our people had fix&d upon a system of handling patriotic affairs which could not fail, based as it was upon an indomitable spirit of loyalty to country and love for humanity. Therefore we might cover the second Red Cross War Fund drive by merely stating the main facts that Troup county was allotted a quota of $12,000.00, fifty per cent, larger than the quota in the first drive, and that this quota was oversubscribed largely on the opening day of the drive; and that by the end of the week's drive the county had subscribed

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over $32,000.00, or more than two and a half times its quota. But it was only natural that our patriotic campaigns should assume a variety of those small details which gave fascinating color to our people's achievements, and, properly preserved, will lend luster to the memories of generations to come.
Drives for war funds were coming thick and fast, and the sec ond Red Cross campaign was almost a continuation of the third Liberty Loan campaign. This drive was handled by the Troup County Liberty Loan committee, which had reached its permanent proportions. One or two changes were made in leadership, so that in directing the drive J. E. Dunson, Jr., served as county chairman, with Ely R. Callaway as secretary and H, D, Glanton as cashier. It must be kept In mind that the leaders in drives were not neces sarily officers in the Red Cross organization proper. Dr. H. W. Terrell was county chairman of the Red Cross. The permanent organization for conducting drives for war funds was nothing other than a distinct army of highly energetic and deeply inspired pa triots who, under command of chairmen who served alternately from time to time, conquered every financial problem which was placed before the county by the war.
Announcement was made during the third week in April, igiS, that the second Red Cross War Fund drive would come on May 20, and that Mr. Dunson would direct the organization which at that time was selling Liberty Bonds. During the second week in May the stage was set for certain success in this campaign.
On Monday afternoon, May 20, the drive was opened in LaGrange with a mass meeting of citizens from all over the county, at which strong talks were made by Captain James Hutchinson, a British war veteran, and Mrs. Charles Fuller, of Atlanta, a general field secretary of the American Red Cross. Mrs. Fuller distinguished herself in this and other war campaigns in Troup county, and won a place of affection in the hearts of our people by her splendid talks at public meetings and her constant, worthy efforts in our behalf. She proved her true fondness for Troup county people by responding to every call for assistance.

COTTON MILLS AGAIN AT FRONT
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paign. A full day's pay or more was subscribed by g8 per cent, of all cotton mill people.
RURAL DISTRICTS GIVE LIBERAL SUPPORT A noteworthy feature of this drive was the generous part played by rural districts. Those in the main LaGrange division subscribed
as follows:
East Vernon ----- ---- -- -__ -- ___-- ---- ---- ---- --$283.00 Mountville _______________-__-___- 228.00 Harrisonville _----_------ _- -- __ -------- ---- ---- - 120.00 O'Neal's __----_-----__------------------------------ 84.75 Rough Edge _______-______----__-- -- ___ 81.50 Salem ___________________.----__---------- 50.00 Antioch ___-----------__ ------ __ ---- -- ------------ 40.00
Pool's Mill, McLendon, Long Cane, West Vernon and Bethel communities responded in the same admirable manner. The cap tains and teams in all of these subdistricts proved their fine metal beyond any doubt.
Other significant points in the campaign were the fine results from colored teams, under the leadership of Rev. G. H. Lennon, from whom subscriptions amounting to 8747.73 were reported; and the characteristic accomplishment of ladies' teams, through whom came a large portion of the total subscriptions,
Chairman Dunson made the following final report of sub scriptions for the county:
LaGrange (including subdistricts).________$_3,236.67 Hogansville (auxiliary) _____-_____,,--__ 1,500.00 West Point (including subdistricts) __________ 8,075.00
TOTAL ______-______________-..$32,811.67
It will be observed that the Hogansville auxiliary district, led by Rev, Irby Henderson, had tripled its quota of $500.00 (later subscriptions brought Hogansville's total amount up to $i,867.25) ; that West Point district had nearly tripled its quota of $3,000.00; and that LaGrange district also had subscribed nearly three times the amount of its quota, which had been fixed at $8,500.00. Thus the same story; and the same national praise and honor.

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$5,470.00 IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Seven months elapsed between the second Red Cross War Fund campaign and the Red Cross Membership drive, which was launched on December 16, igiS, by the permanent county committee of workers. In the Membership drive, J. J. Milam served as county chairman, with Jarrell R. Dunson as assistant chairman; and G. H. Sargent acted as assistant director of details. Otherwise the organization was the same as in the second Red Cross drive. In the meantime, several patriotic campaigns had filled the interven ing months with constant service upon the part of Troup county, and the fact that the Membership drive placed a quota of only $5,000.00 upon Troup did not lessen the huge task this drive. embraced, because this amount called for as many individual mem bers as it required dollars. The job was to get five thousand in dividual subscriptions of a dollar each from Troup countians, and thus the Troup county committee, under the leadership of Chair man Milam, went forth on December 16 to accomplish a task which, while not so imposing in its objective of amount in dollars, was just as big and broad in scope and quite as intricate in detail as had been any previous war fund campaign; and it met with quite as happy success, taking into consideration the foregoing condi tions.
Two mass meetings were held in LaGrange, in the Grand the ater, during the week preceding the drive. One was on Monday night, December Q, and the other occurred on Sunday afternoon, December 15. Enthusiasm was pumped into the crowds of people through talks from J. J. Milam, J. R. Dunson, Judge F. M. Longley and pastors of churches as follows: Rev. J. G- Herndon, First Presbyterian; Dr. A. B. Vaughan, First Baptist; Rev. R. T. Phil lips, First Episcopal; and Dr. S. E. Wasson, First Methodist.
Chairman W. C. Lanier and his West Point campaign commit tee, of which R. B. Dixon was director, were extremely active in laying plans for the success of the Membership drive; and so with Hogansville and other committees, and teams in minor dis tricts.
Such high energy was thrown into this campaign that more in dividuals probably were approached than in any other drive for war funds of any nature. Troup county's quota was oversub scribed on Monday, the first day of the drive, and Chairman Milam made a final report of 85,470.00, representing as many individual

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memberships. According to reports, Atlanta and Savannah were the only cities in Georgia securing more members than LaGrange.
A colored auxiliary, with hustling teams operating under the leadership of one of their well-known church pastors, Rev. G- H. Lennon, came up with a magnificent report which added mate rially to the success of the drive. Their report embraced over 700 memberships.
No reflection is carried in the comparison showing that, in this drive, it took the far-famed city of Atlanta two days to se cure 8,000 members for the Red Cross, while Troup county alone had secured over 5,000 members on the first day. This meant not that other cities and counties were falling far behind, but that Troup county and her towns of LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville, and even her smaller districts, were running far ahead. As one prominent newspaper remarked editorially, it seemed "to be Troup county's way of doing things."

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WONDERFUL WORK OF RED CROSS CHAPTERS AND THEIR WOMEN SOLDIERS
The women of America rendered signal service in the war against Germany and the central powers of Europe. They deserve a star place in history because of their force in the struggle. They proved themselves more than mere companions of the peaceful fireside; they showed themselves capable of working valiantly on fireswept battle fields; or of surrendering comforts in nursing wounded soldiers behind the scenes of battle; or of giving quiet, tender aid to dependent families of soldiers and sailors, in humble places where there was no limelight of prominence and public glory; or of toiling ceaselessly in wrork rooms at home, at the sac rifice of all those things which had been assumed to be essential to the existence of frail woman. It was a grand adventure for our women and girls, and they proved their stalwart bravery and vast strength in a manner which must have been amazing even to themselves. Their war record gives substantial proof of their worthiness in many fields of active citizenship, and is conclusive

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evidence of the fitness of their claims for the right of exercising citizenship to at least the degree of having a voice in the shaping of those policies which shall fix the ideals of future America. That was one of the great benefits which justified the frightful price of victory. In the white heat of war the women of America were welded into a mighty influence which shall be of sublime value in the expansion of civilization.
Troup county's famous record in war affairs was gained as much through the patriotic efforts of our women as by the grand heroism of our men, and just as Troup county won distinction in the war sphere, to that same extent Troup county's women dis tinguished themselves among the women of America. These women, including young ladies and even school girls, were active every minute during the war. They gave powerful support in every movement relative to the war. It so happens that our principal mention of their work falls naturally under the heading of Red Cross chapters; but it must be understood clearly that what they did in their central field, the Red Cross, was merely an example of what they did along every line of war service, from assisting military registration boards on through the program of Liberty Loan, War Savings Stamps, United War Work and other drives for war fund.s.
It has been shown that women were prime factors in the or ganization of Red Cross chapters in the county. From the instant these chapters were formed, our women and girls made their work rooms into enormous machines of production. They manufactured thousands on top of thousands of surgical dressings, and made huge numbers of sweaters, socks, blankets, comfort bags and va rious garments .for which the government was calling urgently. They gathered enormous quantities of old clothing for destitute people in war zones, rendered vast help to dependent families in local fields, fed large numbers of soldiers through their canteen branches, and did many noble things in the general scheme of war affairs.
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gical dressings, knitting and sewing were formed instantly. Work rooms were opened, supplies were installed speedily, and within a little over a month large shipments of surgical supplies were being made to the supply service department in Atlanta. The excel lence of these supplies received complimentary recognition in that same pleasing measure which greeted Troup county's triumph in war fund campaigns- The first week in October, 1917, found news papers commenting upon the work of Troup county's Red Cross women, as an example of which we quote from The Atlanta Con
stitution:
"The Red Cross chapter of LaGrange sent into the Red Cross house a splendid package of everything needed in a hospital-- every garment and article perfectly made and perfectly folded. Of all the exhibition on the opening day, this display was most com plimented."
Therein it appears that Troup county, on the opening day of the surgical supply house in Atlanta, was taking the lead. Too much praise could not be heaped upon the women who were doing this work.
Letters of a high complimentary nature came frequently to Troup's Red Cross chapters from Mrs. John W. Grant, director of the Southern division's woman's bureau, and other division
leaders. A letter from Mrs. Grant to the Hogansville auxiliary chapter,
during October, 1917, established the true merit of that town's Red Cross efforts. With only 150 members at that time, the Hogansville chapter's work rooms were making shipments of
large lots of first-class surgical dressings.
West Point, as was her nature in every patriotic movement, was winning praise in the same manner by the great volume and fine quality of her production from Red Cross work rooms.
Final reports as published further on are conclusive evidence of the worthy record made by our women in this respect.
Expeditions of conscripts, the boys who were leaving for train ing camps, were entertained by our Red Cross women in a rich spirit which these fellows remembered affectionately all through

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their great adventures. Barbecues and luncheons took the form of love feasts, and the local Red Cross did not permit a single body of drafted boys, white or colored, to leave without some mark of profound honor in which they were held by the folks at home. The first instance of this kind was a barbecue served by the Red Cross at Hills and Dales on Saturday afternoon, September 8, igiy, for Troup county's initial expedition to the training field at Camp Gordon.

JUNIOR RED CROSS AUXILIARIES
The children of many schools formed junior auxiliaries and remained active in Red Cross work throughout the period of the war. They did some important work along every line for which they were fitted, accomplishing much in campaigns for Thrift Stamps and in the sending of Christmas boxes to soldiers and sailors.

COLORED AUXILIARIES
Some splendid things were done by colored auxiliaries to the Red Cross in the county. They assisted in making surgical dress ings and in other phases of the work. While they did not produce results on a large scale, their interest was shown to a gratifying degree, one instance of which was a musical concert and play rendered as a Red Cross benefit by the LaGrange colored auxili ary, under the auspices of the LaGrange U. D. C., in the audito rium of Southern Female college on Thursday evening, August 22, 1918.
Attention was given to the Red Cross work by women in va rious rural sections surrounding LaGrange, West Point, Hogansville and Mountville, as indicated from time to time in news letters to county newspapers from Big Springs, Abbottsford, Gabbettville, Stovall and other communities.

RED CROSS COVERED BROAD FIELD
Troup county's Red Cross chapters--which, as a matter of fact, constituted a hub around which Woman's clubs and other woman's organizations were spinning in patriotic activities all during the war--covered vast ground in the march towards victory. They penetrated every crevice of need for service in the war. Their

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women were at the front in all emergencies. When the call came in November, 1917, for the conservation of man power, these women were energetic in their support of a "tote-your-own-package" cam paign. They helped substantially in food and fuel conservation, sold Red Cross Christmas seals, raised funds for helping destitute families both at home and in war-stricken countries abroad, sent books and games for the entertainment of disabled soldiers and sailors in hospitals, and did magnificent things along every avenue for the relief of suffering humanity and for the defeat of Prussianism. Their World war record is a golden page in the history of Troup county. This record, in main part, is stated definitely in official reports which will bring this chapter to a close.

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Report of I_a Grange Chapter
OFFICERS FOE 1917 Dr. Henry W. Terrell, chairman. Mrs. T. J. Thornton, vice chairman. R. C. Key, treasurer. Mrs. John R. Sterling, secretary. EXECUTIVE; COMMITTEE:: Mrs. Enoch Callaway, chairman; Mrs. P. G. Awtrey, John H. Jones, Dr. Mary Brewster, Frank P. Longley, Hatton Love joy.
OFFICERS, OCTOBER 1917 TO OCTOBER 1918 Same as in 1917, excepting place of secretary, in which C. M. Awtrey succeeded Mrs. Sterling, and with the executive committee changed to this formation: Mrs. Enoch Callaway, chairman; Mrs. T. H. Nimmons, executive secretary; Mrs. John R. Sterling, Mrs. W. A. Holmes, Mrs. W. S. Davis, Mrs. W. R. McCall, C. W. Coleman, J. E. Dunson, Jr., Frank P, Longley,
OFFICERS 1918-1919
Dr. Henry W. Terrell, honorary chairman. W. H. Turner, Jr., chairman. Mrs. R. M. Young, vice chairman. R. C. Key, treasurer. J. R. Harrison, secretary. Mrs. T. H. Nimmons, corresponding secretary. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: J. E. Dunson, Jr., chairman; Mrs. Enoch Callaway, Mrs. W. A. Holmes, Mrs. W. S. Davis, Mrs. W. R. McCall, H. D. Glanton, Frank P. Longley.
STANDING COMMITTEES FINANCE: Ely R. Callaway., chairman; membership same as that of permanent Liberty Loan committee. EDUCATION : Mrs. T. J. Thornton, chairman; Mrs. W. H. Turner, Jr., Mrs. H. S. Wooding, Mrs, H. C. Fincher, Mrs. T. G Polhill. ENTERTAINMENT, CANTEEN AND RECEPTION : Mrs. W. A. Holmes, chairman; Mrs. Ernest Stallings, Mrs. Sanford Dunson, Mrs. R. M. Young, Mrs. B. P. Holmes, Mrs. Ely Callaway.

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CIVILIAN RELIEF; C. W. Coleman, chairman; Frank P. Longley, Dr. W. R. McCall, Miss May Bagwell, Mrs. P. G. Awtrey, Miss Clara Vaughan, Miss Kate Floyd.
SPEAKSRS: Frank P. Longley, chairman; Dr. S. E. Wasson, Rev. J. G. Herndon, Rev. M. R. Gaddis, Rev. R. T. Phillips, C. W. Coleman, Hatton Lovejoy, John H. Jones, M. U. Mooty, A. H. Thompson.
CONSERVATION: Mrs. I. H. Lane, chairman; Mrs. D. C. Floyd, Mrs. R. S. Mills, Mrs. Henry Reeves, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Mrs. J. H. Wright.
NURSING: Miss Freddie Wade, chairman; Miss Frieda Wal ters, Miss Grace Hudson, Mrs. M. N. Poole, Miss Corinne Pope.
PUBLICITY: T. H. Nimmons, chairman; John H. Jones, M. M. Dickinson, J. C. Prather, H. L. Dozier, W. H. Milam.
MEMBERSHIP: Mrs. J. K. Dunson, Jr., chairman; Mrs. Chisolm Ferrell, Mrs. John Hamilton, Mrs. J. J. Milam, Mrs. Harry Callaway.
JUNIOR AUXILIARY : F. F. Rowe, chairman; Miss Lula Hud son, J. O. Alien, Miss Kate Floyd, Miss Mattie McGee, Miss Willie O'Neal, Miss Clara Vaughan, Miss Flemmie Ward.
WORK ROOMS PRODUCTION, ENTIRE WAR PERIOD
An official report shows that the Red Cross work rooms, under the direction of Mrs. Enoch Callaway, with Mrs. W. A. Holmes as supervisor of surgical dressings and Mrs. J. L- Schaub super visor of hospital garments, produced for the entire war period the following supplies, in numbers as stated:
Hospital and soldiers' garments and supplies, 4,162.
Surgical dressings and supplies, 28,ogo.
Knitted garments, 535.
Reclamation work: Garments mended, 630.
For Belgian relief, 1,004 garments.
For three weeks the Red Cross rooms were turned over en tirely to the committee on civilian relief, during the Spanish in fluenza epidemic in the winter of 1018, and at this time several thousand face masks and other gauze dressings were made for local use, of which no accurate account was kept. The committee

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on civilian relief rendered magnificent aid during this epidemic and at all times according to general requirements.
launches were provided for every consignment of drafted men and for hundreds of service men while in LaGrange. On Thurs day, April 17, i9ig, the LaGrange Red Cross chapter served a fine barbecue to soldiers and sailors at a home-coming celebration, an account of which appears at the close of the chapter on Lib erty Loans.
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Report of West Point Chapter
OFFICERS
W. C. Lanier, chairman.
Mrs. Arch Avary, vice chairman.
C. E. Wright, treasurer.
Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE;: Mrs. J. C. Lanier, chairman; Mrs. M. M. Hagedorn, Miss Bertha Heyman, Mrs. N. C. Poer, Mrs. W. S. Freeman, Mrs. G. A. Huguley, Mrs. George Lanier, Mrs. E. L. Cumbee, Mrs. M. P. Dixon, Mrs. J. C. McKemie, Mrs. A. D. Ferguson.
STANDING COMMITTEES
Woman's Work^-Mrs. J. C. Lanier, chairman. HOSPITAL, GARMENTS: Mrs. Clarence Hudmon, chairman; Miss Vollie Askew, Miss Alice Askew, Miss Florrie Johnson, Mrs. E. J. Collins, Mrs. Lee Herzberg, Mrs. George Harris, Mrs. Jamie Hud mon, Mrs. W- C. Lanier, Mrs. John W. Williams, Mrs. Mary DeLamar, Mrs. J. T. Zachry, Mrs. John Horsley, Mrs. Sam Herzfeld, Mrs. Mark McCuIloh, Mrs. Winfield Williams, Mrs. Nolan Stanley, Mrs. Wra. Huff.
FINANCE: Mark McCuIloh, chairman; R. B. Dixon, chairman war fund; George H. Lanier, R. C. Freeman, J. A. Avary, N. I. Atkinson, C. E. Wright, Phil Hagedorn, A. C. Booker, George H. Zachry, W. J. Kirby, Phil Lanier, Joe Herzfeld, John Hagedorn, Amos Huguley, George S. Cobb, Horace Lanier, Dr. J, M. Poer, R. W. Jennings, George S. Harris, O. G. Murphy, L- Lanier, F. L. Branson, C. Kirkpatrick, M. M. Hunt, I. M. Scott, J. T. Johnson, L. P. Heyman, C. E. Hill, Henry Hart, Dr. Hugh McCuIloh, Dr. C. O. Williams.
SURGICAL DRESSINGS: Mrs. Hugh McCuIloh, chairman; Mrs. Hugh Hill, Mrs. Mary DeLamar, Mrs. George Zachry, Mrs. S. M. Fuller, Miss Daisy Zachry, Miss Alice Zachry, Mrs. Jette Potts, Mrs. A. C. Hooker, Mrs. L. F. Pritchett, Mrs. Henderson Huguley, Miss Emma Adams, Mrs. Albert Nicoll, Mrs. John Scott, Mrs. Jack Davis, Mrs. John Horsley, Miss Vollie Askew, Miss

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Mary Willie Askew, Mrs. B. J. Mayer, Mrs. L,. D. Askew, Miss Alice Askew, Mrs. Ed Booker.
M&MBERSHIF : Miss Bessie Smith, chairman; Miss Ruth Crawley, Miss Lilyan Wright, Miss Marguerite Adams, Miss Mary Zachry, Miss Marie Cumbee, Miss Caroline Curnhee, Miss L,oucile Barrow, Miss Marion Woodyard, Miss Mary Eunice Horsley, Miss Marie Miller, Mrs. Arthur Baker.
PUBLICITY: W. Trox Banks ton, chairman; C. H. Adams, N. L- Barker, Jr., Dr. C. L. Alien, Harvey Flemming, Miss Mary Booker, Mrs. N. C. Poer, Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, Mrs. Clarence Hudmon.
PACKING: Miss Mary Willie Askew, chairman; Mrs, S- M. Fuller, Miss Bessie Smith, Miss Mary Zachry, Miss Susie Hayes, Mrs. Wade Morris, Mrs. Loula Cooper, Mrs. Mark McCullori.
KNITTIIYG : Miss VolHe Askew, chairman; Mrs. Jim Lanier, Miss Mary Willie Askew, Mrs. H. H. Greene, Sr., Mrs. C. E. Wright.
JUNIOR AUXILIARY : Prof. W. P. Thomas, chairman; Mrs. Bryant Dixon, Mrs. George Lanier, Mrs. John Poer, Mrs. Eunice Winston, Miss Bessie Smith, Mrs. George F. Erwiii.
CONSERVATION: Mrs. Fred Shaefer, chairman; Mrs. E. L. Cumbee, Miss Marion Woodyard.
CANTEEN : Mrs. Norman Poer, chairman; volunteers from time to time.
FIRST AID: Mrs. Will Fuller, chairman; Dr. Hugh McCulloh, Dr. Tom Gauntt, Dr. J. M. Poer, Mrs. N. C. Poer, Mrs. S. M. Fuller.
CIVILIAN RELIEF: Mark McCulloh, chairman; C. W. Sharman, John Barker.
WORK ROOM PRODUCTION AND GENERAL ACTIVITIES West Point chapter's membership reached a total number of 54Work rooms produced supplies as indicated in numbers below: Hospital and soldiers' garments, under the direction of Mrs. Clarence Hudmon, i,6Si. Surgical dressings, under the direction of Mrs. Hugh McCulloh, 8,018. Knitted garments, 609 sweaters, 346 pairs socks, i scarf, i pair wristlets, i helmet, 2 blankets.

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The junior auxiliary produced 308 garments and comfort bags. The negro auxiliary produced 30 garments.
For Belgian relief, 2,000 garments.
For base hospital, 351 pieces of linen.
Christmas packages, 154. Nut hulls collected, 11,050 pounds; tin foil, 50 pounds. Lunches provided by canteen committee for 56 soldiers and 20 sailors.
Fourteen completed the course in first aid. In civilian relief, 30 families were assisted and one nurse was employed during the epidemic of Spanish influenza, late in 1918. During the period embraced in this report, July 14, 1917, to July 14, 1919, West Point chapter collected and expended for material and supplies the sum of $5,137.00. Rev. W. T, Smith and other members of West Point chapter assisted in organizing several other chapters and auxiliaries. West Point chapter crowned its record in handsome style with a big homecoming barbecue for returning soldiers on July 4, 1919.

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Report of Hogans-Oille Auxiliary*
OFFICERS 1917
Rev. Irby Henderson, chairman. Mrs. J. H. Hcflin, vice chairman. W. E- Johnson, treasurer. Mrs. A. D. Philpot, secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: Mrs, W. A. Trimble, chairman; Mrs. Jno. Wilkinson, Mrs. C. T. Hightower, Mrs. J. S. Jones.
OFFICERS 1918-1919
John Wilkinson, chairman. Mrs. W. J. Hogan, vice chairman. W. E. Johnson, treasurer. Mrs. A. T). Philpot, secretary. Executive committee same as in 1917.
WORK. ROOM PRODUCTION
The record of Hogansville chapter's work rooms is as follows: Hospital and soldiers' garments, 380. Surgical dressings, 1,032. Knitted sweaters, 7. Woolen blankets, 2.
Towels, 108. Dresses for Belgians, 25. A special fund of $50.00 was provided for hospital shirts.

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CHAPTER VII.
Vvar Savings Stamps
W. C. Lanier, of West Point, was chairman of the permanent Troup county campaign committee in the drive for War Savings Stamps. In directing this drive he chose as his assistants: J. E. Dunson, Jr., of LaGrange, county vice chairman; Mrs. T. H. Nimmons. of LaGrange, county vice chairman for woman's teams; Mrs. W. C. Hudmon, West Point, assistant county vice chairman for woman's teams; Ely R. Callaway, chairman of LaGrange district, with H. D. Glanton as vice chairman; S. Y. Austin, of LaGrange, industrial superintendent; and an executive committee composed of W. S- Z>unson, J. A. Baugh, Jr., and J. J. Milam, of LaGrange; Mark Me Cull oh, of West Point, and W. E- Johnson, of Hogansville. Chairman Lanier, recognizing the gigantic problem of the War Savings Stamps campaign, went further in the expansion of his organization by appointing Harry W. Callaway, of LaGrange, as county chairman of a special merchants' committee. Mr. Cal laway was assisted in getting remarkable results through this com mittee by these men as vice chairmen: T. H. Nimmons, of LaGrange ; W. J. Kirby, of West Point; Hugh Darden, of Hogansville. Several colored teams worked effectively under C. H. Kelly as county chairman and Dr. I. T. Epps as chairman for LaGrange district. Thus the Troup county committee was organized upon an extremely broad scale for the War Savings Stamps drive, all of which was most fortunate, for this drive offered many obstacles, principal among which was the prevailing, and erroneous, opinion that War Savings Stamps were not as good investments as Liberty Bonds.
Chairman Lanier and the Troup county organization of teams marched into the difficult task of cither correcting this false opin ion in the public mind, or overcoming it by main force and en thusiasm, in order to sustain the county's record. Within them selves they knew that War Savings Stamps were not only fine, sound investments which the people should make to help win the war, but that they were far better than mere investments in that they would construct among our people a spirit of systematic

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thrift and saving; and so the campaign was full to overflowing with wholesome principles and warm inspiration for leaders and workers.
Troup county did the job. The usual speaking campaign was conducted over the county by the committee of which Frank P. Longley was chairman. On Tuesday afternoon, June 2 5, Hooper Alexander, district attorney for the Northern district of Georgia, delivered a stirring address at a huge mass meeting in the court house at LaGrange. People became aroused in a surprising manner, and voluntary subscrip tions commenced piling up. A woman's mass meeting was held in West Point on Wednes day, June 26, to launch the War Savings Stamps campaign. It was arranged by the Council of Defense, the Red Cross chapter, the W. C. T. U., the U. D. C-, the D. A. R., the Woman's club and various church societies. Inspiring talks were made by Mrs. Harry Hermance, of Atlanta, and a number of West Point women, including Mrs. Clarence Hudmon, Miss Vollie Askew, Mrs. Trox
Bankston, Mrs. Norman Poer, Mrs. Arch Avery and Mrs. J. C. Roper. War Savings Stamps amounting to $14,520.00 were sold at this meeting alone.

OPENING DAY--"OVER THE TOP!"
The title of this little book should be: "On the Other Side." Troup county kept "over the top" all the time. The writer has worn out all of his resources for saying "over the top" in differ ent words. He finds himself working harder to find fresh words
by which to avoid the well-worn slogan, "over the top," than he is having to work in keeping facts and figures fastened down in consistent form. At this point he is very tired, late on a summer's night, therefore it will be said simply that Troup county went "over the top" in dashing style with her War Savings Stamps sub scriptions on the opening day of the drive, Friday, June 28, 1918, and the nation kept praising us.
LaGrange and West Point districts reported full subscriptions of their official quotas of $189,680.00 and $68,000.00 respectively on the opening minute of the drive; but they had voluntarily in creased their offical quotas by more than fifty per cent, so that LaGrange district, for instance, was struggling for $300,000.00 in stead of $180,680.00. and West Point was making an extraordi-

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nary attempt in proportion. This, at first glance, appeared al most insane, and yet the final results proved that such a move on the part of our leaders had been prompted by a noble, profound motive. They had exercised conscientious foresight. They under stood the vein of doubt in the public mind concerning War Sav ings Stamps, and they estimated that all subscriptions would not result in final, bona fide purchases. They -wanted Troup county to do her share in the actual purchase of War Savings Stamps, and so they planned for excessive subscriptions. It developed in the end that Hogansville had subscribed for War Savings Stamps
to the amount of approximately 843,000.00. Troup county had subscribed for the amount of $540,000.00; and had made actual cash purchases of only $380,000.00 worth of stamps. This re duction from subscriptions to actual cash purchases occurred all over the country, with the result that those counties and cities which simply subscribed their quotas did not appear as having bought their quotas of stamps in the ultimate round-up, while Troup county came in at the finish neck-and-neck with the few counties which headed the list by reason of having exercised broad foresight. In August, igi8, Troup was one of three counties lead ing in the state, the other two being Clark and Newton. On De cember i, 1918, Troup county had purchased a high per cent, of her quota, the actual cash purchases reaching $237,005.00, while the state of Georgia as a whole had made bona fide cash pur chases of only $13,337,998.00 worth of stamps, against its quota
of $33,000,000.00.

POSTMASTERS WORK FAITHFULLY
Postmasters and their assistants proved highly efficient in handling War Savings and Thrift Stamps during the whole period of the war. This was one of the several large tasks added to the regular system of post office service, and the fine manner in which Troup's postal organizations performed their difficult duties was worthy of distinct credit and praise.
The postmasters for Troup were as follows:
LAGnANGE: Robert Hutchinson; resigned late in 1918 and suc ceeded early in 1919 by W. L- Turner, former assistant.
WEST POINT: Mrs. M. P. Dixon.
HOGANSVILLE - William F. Jones.

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ABBOTTS^QRD: G. S- Edmundson. BIG SPRINGS: James W. Combs. GABBETTVU.LE; : R. M. Davidson. MOUNTVH.I.E : G. I. Wells. TRIMELE: R. W. Trimble.

WAR SAVINGS STAMPS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The record of our school children in purchases of War Sav ings Stamps was a matter of much public pride. They began their campaign with Thrift Stamps in February, 1918, and by the middle of that month, as an example, the LaGrnge high school pupils had an average showing of eighty-five per cent, purchases. Up to June 3 the purchases of Thrift Stamps by pupils of LaGrange high school had averaged 824.25 per pupil, and every pupil in school had purchased in some amount. There were 211 pupils in the high school, and they had a record of one hundred per cent. The Literary Digest stated on June 8 that the highest report from any school in the country had been $22.50 per pupil, which made it appear that the high school of LaGrange had the national record so far. F. F. Rowe, superintendent, and his able assistants pushed the campaign through every school in the city, and a splendid rec ord was made. Superintendent Walter P. Thomas did the same thing with his West Point schools, the 350 pupils of which bought War Savings Stamps to the amount of $5,336.00.

RURAL DISTRICTS SHOW MUCH INTEREST
J. W. Andrews, food administrator, and W. C. Acree, farm demonstrator, were volunteers in the War Savings and Thrift Stamps movement. They did an admirable part in the campaign, combining the sales of these stamps with their work in organizing wheat clubs over the county. Their first splendid achievement was the organization of a wheat club at Pine View church on Monday night, May 6, 1918, at which stamps were sold to ninety-five per cent, of the club's members. Similar clubs were organized with the same success in numerous communities.
The War Savings .Stamps campaign was doubtless the most cumbersome, intricate war problem with which our people had to struggle, and any success at all was a great success.

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CHAPTER VIII.
Other War Funds
Every campaign for war funds launched in America by the government, or by any religious or nonsectarian organization what soever, met with the same prompt support and generous response from Troup county that was manifested by the county in the Lib erty Loan and other drives which we have described. These mis cellaneous calls were almost innumerable, so that scarcely a day passed without Troup county digging deeply into her pockets for contributions to some worthy cause or another; but she never grew tired, and her loyal spirit of glorious, joyful sacrifice never re laxed for a moment.
We have stated thoroughly how all war fund campaigns were handled, and to deal further in these details is unnecessary, how ever interesting the repetition might prove to minds that never become dull in reading over and over again the story of stalwart Americanism. We shall proceed as briefly as possible with the actual record.
LIBERAL GIFT TO Y. M. C. A.
Troup county contributed a large amount to the Army Y. M. C. A. in its mid-winter campaign of 1917-18. On November 19, 1917, a public meeting was held in the court house in LaGrange at which the people gave 81,097.00 to this fund, and within a few days $5,000.00 had been given by LaGrange people. West Point gave $2,000.00 at the same time, and Hogansville gave 8750.00, making a total of $7, 750.00 contributed in this season from Troup county. In February, 10.18, Troup county did the remarkable thing of heading an Atlanta Y. M. C. A. fund of $30,000.00 with a subscription of $2,000.00.

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UNITED WAR WORK CAMPAIGN
Troup county was asked to give $17,500.00 in the United War Work campaign, November 11-18, 1918. This campaign was a national drive for the sum of $170,500,000.00, to be apportioned among the war work and welfare organizations as follows: Y. M. C. A., $ioo.,ooo,ooo.oo; Y. W. C. A., $15,000,000.00; National Catholic War Council, $30,000,000.00; Jewish Welfare Board, $3,500,000.00; American Library Association, $3,500,000.00; War Camp Community Service, $15,000,000.00; Salvation Army, S3 ,500,000.00. Georgia's quota was $1,585,785.00, and Troup county had the distinction of furnishing the state campaign director for this fund in the person of Ely R. Callaway, who had headed many of the county's previous patriotic campaigns with such marvelous success; and Mr. Callaway proceeded to direct a state campaign which won as much national admiration as had the campaigns in Troup county.
C. W. Coleman was chairman of the committee in Troup county which waged such a vigorous drive that the county nearly doubled its quota. H. D. Clanton was county vice chairman and J. J. Milam was county treasurer; Hatton Lovejoy was chairman of LaGrange district; R. B. Dixon, chairman West Point district; and B. A. Hogan, chairman Hogansville district.
Troup was the first county in the state to raise its quota, al though our report went in simultaneously with that of DeKalb county on the first minute of the opening day. This county's' quota was exceeded by far on the first day of the drive, and within three days our people had pledged to the fund the amount of $29,699.00. $31,000.00 had been subscribed at the close of the week, and every district and subdistrict in the county had exceeded its quota. Quotas were apportioned as follows:

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LAGRANGE DISTRICT LaGrange proper __________-.____$io,25o.oo Mountville ______________ 350.00 Rough Edge _,,_-- ---- ____-- 200.00 O'Neal's _______________ 200.00

Salem ________,,---_---_---- East Vernon __________________ Antioch ______________--

200.00 200.00 100.00

Pool's Mill _,,___,,_____________ McLendon's _______-_____

100.00 100.00--$11,700.00

WEST POINT DISTRICT West Point proper_______--$ 3,500.00 West Vernon ,,___________-- 250.00 Long Cane ______-~_____-- 300.00--S 4,050.00

HoGANSvn/LE DISTRICT Hogansville proper _ -- -------___$ 1,500.00 Harrisonville ____________ 250.00--$ 1,750.00

Total quota for Troup county-______-$17,500.00
Keeping up their record in elegant style, the woman's teams secured a large part of the United War Work subscriptions in Troup. In LaGrange alone the women raised $5,141.00, with stu dents of LaGrange Female college pledging $1,541.00.
The brilliant success of this campaign was achieved in the midst of a severe epidemic of Spanish influenza which swept the entire county, commanding a frightful death toll.
Troup took a leading part in this campaign throughout the state. In addition to furnishing Ely R- Callaway as state cam paign director, this county gave additional state-wide support in a distinct service from W. C. Lanier, of West Point, president of the Georgia Bankers* association, who made an urgent appeal di rectly to every banker in the state for help in the United War Work drive; and John H. Jones, editor of The LaGrange Re porter, worked in Atlanta during the weeks leading up to the campaign as state director of newspaper publicity, associated with E. Y. Clarke, chief director of publicity for Georgia.
In addition to the portion of the United War Work fund which went to the Y. W. C. A., Troup county gave $100.00 in April, 1919, to that organization. As in this instance, the county gave addi-

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tional support from time to time to other organizations which were represented in the United War Work campaign.
La Grange was asked in. September, 1917, to give $200.00 towards the American Library association's army library service. This fund was raised by a local committee composed of Ralph Clark, chairman; Mrs. Harvey Nimmons, Mrs. W. A. Holmes, Miss Vivian Holmes, Miss Corinne Jarrell, J. A. Murphy and Ely R. Callaway. Mrs. T. J. Thornton, acting for the local Red Cross chapter, conducted a campaign in November for second-hand books for use through the A. L. A., and a similar campaign was con ducted on a broader scale during the spring of 1918 by Mrs. Clif ford L. Smith, who had been appointed chairman of the A. L- A. movement in the Fourth congressional district.

JEWISH WAR. RELIEF
A special national campaign for funds for the relief of six mil lion starving Jewish people in war zones was begun on December 10, 1918, with Dr. S. E. Wasson as county chairman, J. E. Dunson, Jr., as county treasurer, Hatton Love joy as chairman for LaGrange district and Lee Herzberg as chairman for West Point district; and during the ensuing week the sum of $4,592.25 was contributed from the county, with $2,741.50 coming from LaGrange and $1,850.75 coming from West Point. Their quotas had been fixed at $2,000.00 and $1,000.00 respectively, and these quotas were oversubscribed at the opening minute of the drive.

CHILDREN OF AMERICA'S ARMY OF RELIEF In December, 1917, W. S. Gibson, of the LaGrange police force, put his good efforts behind the Children of America.'? Army of Relief fund, which was being raised for the benefit of suffer ing, starving children in Belgium and other war-blighted countries. His success was most gratifying, 8203.26 being contributed by the people of his city.

FATHERLESS CHILDREN IN FRANCE Another worthy movement was that in which Troup county, with Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., as chairman, gave very substantial proof of its interest in the campaign to aid the fatherless children of France, during the fall of 10,18. Likewise, during the second week, in January, 1919, liberal con-

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tributions were made to a national fund for the relief of starving people in Armenia and Syria.

SALVATION ARMY HOME SERVICE FUND
Late in March, 1919, Troup county became active in behalf of the Salvation Army Home Service fund, a drive for which was announced to take place during the week of May 19-26. E. F. Bandy came down from state headquarters in Atlanta and took up the work of setting plans in operation. H. C. Fincher, of LaGrange, was appointed chairman for a zone composed of the counties of Troup, Coweta, Carroll, Meriwether, Heard, Talbot and Harris, and as such Mr. Fincher got busy at once and organ ized his zone to a splendid point of efficiency. He appointed C. W. CoJeman as chairman and J. J. Milam as treasurer for Troup county, which was assigned a quota of $3,500,00. The county's district chairmen were W. H. Turner for LaGrange, R. B. Dixon for West Point and W. E. Johnson for Hogansville.
This was not a war fund campaign in the strict sense. It was a fund for the Salvation Army's home work. The Salvation Army had announced that it would adopt, as an after-the-war policy of
expansion in its valuable work, an annual drive for funds, this an nual drive to take the place of the canvassing of tambourine girls. Troup county loved the Salvation Army and our people's appre ciation for that organization's war work was so deep that, not withstanding the war was over and they had given from the bot
tom of their pockets to every cause, they eagerly oversubscribed their Home Service fund quota on the first day of the drive. On the closing day of the drive it was announced by Chairman Coleman that the county had subscribed $4,883.10 to the fund, with sub scriptions amounting to $3,674.00 from LaGrange. 1,030.00 from West Point and $179,10 from Hogansville. For a few days after the campaign voluntary subscriptions kept coming up in La-
Grange, West Point and HogansviUe, until the county's total sub scriptions at last amounted to $6,000.00, or nearly twice the amount of our quota.
This, absolutely the last formal drive for funds which might be connected directly with the war, found Troup county and each of her districts keeping the swift, magnificent pace which had been set right in the beginning of the war period--oversubscribing quotas

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with the opening of drives and never letting up until they were ex ceeded by from fifty to three hundred per cent.
Numerous and sundry subscriptions and donations in the inter est of victory and humanity were made through miscellanenous organizations in the county, mention of which will be made under a separate heading.

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CHAPTER IX.
TKe ^X^oman*s Club
The Woman's club was a powerful national institution for years before the United States declared war upon Germany. The pro gressive spirit of a town was marked as much by its Woman's club as by its organized body of business men, for the Woman's club had grown to be a great, good influence in every up-to-date city, and in many small towns there were thriving enterprises of this nature.
LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville possessed priceless assets in the form of Woman's clubs when the war burst upon us, and these clubs were composed of intelligent leaders and efficient work ers along general lines to such an extent that it would have been impossible to wage a war, or take any part in a war, or proceed along any avenue of vast public concern, without the active co operation of our Woman's clubs. Therefore it was natural that our Woman's clubs should form a part of the main foundation for Troup county's extraordinary war record.
It is not in the least surprising to see that Troup's Red Cross chapters were, in large part, reorganizations of Woman's clubs into special bodies for particular purposes; and, of course, embrac ing such good institutions as the U. D. C., the D. A. R-, and various woman's civic bodies, church societies, etc.
We find that Woman's clubs in the county were taking steps towards Red Cross work before a single Red Cross chapter was organized. Two weeks before the LaGrange Red Cross chapter was launched, in May, 1917, sewing circles for war service were being formed by a committee of the LaGrange Woman's club. Participating in the first meeting of this kind, on the afternoon of Wednesday, May 16, were Miss Helen Reeves, chairman; Miss Dora Lane, Miss Sara Baugh, Miss Ruth Gaffney, Miss Lola Daniel, Miss Allena Wodall, Miss Isolene Powers, Miss Nannulet Baugh Miss Mary Spinks, Miss Margaret Phillips, Miss Sara Segrest, Miss Vivian Holmes, Miss Miriam Fisher, Mrs. Frank Harwell, Mrs Mary T. Mobley, Mrs. Sterra Young and Mrs. John R. Sterling. Other meetings for the same purpose were held prior to the organ ization of the Red Cross; and they were fostered by Mrs. Chisolm

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Ferrell, Mrs. John C. Carter, Mrs. I. F. O'Neal, Miss Grace Lane, Miss Sara Lane, Miss Venola Woodall, Miss Julia Reid, Miss Mabel Edmondson, Miss Marion Edmondson, Miss Carrie Fall Benson, Miss Kit Seay, Miss Lucy Smith, Miss Martha Mitchell, Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, Miss Adelaide Park, Miss Nancy Park, Miss Virginia Hatton, Mrs. Frank Smith, Mrs. Eugene Spearman and many other women and girls. This statement is merely to show with what force the LaGrange Woman's club threw itself into the Red Cross movement, and applies to the women and girls of West Point and Hogansville as broadly as it refers directly to the women and girls of LaGrange.
From that time on through the whole war period, with a con stancy which exemplified in the highest the magnificent American spirit of our women, Troup's Woman's clubs, as well as her other organizations of women, applied themselves with sublime intensity to every phase of war work; and while most of their efforts were through the channels of the Red Cross, we shall remember that they were distinct fundamental factors to which our thoughts must turn with warmest pride.
The record of Woman's clubs is embraced in the record of Red Cross chapters. To state what was done by Woman's clubs on an independent basis is to state simply the smallest possible fraction of the war work accomplished by members of these bodies. Bear this strictly in mind in the face of the statements which follow.
LA.GRANGE WOMAN'S CT.UB otfS'iCERS 1917
Mrs. Clifford L. Smith, president. Mrs. V. R. O'Neal, first vice president. Mrs. L. D. Mitchell, second vice president. Mrs. John R. Sterling, recording secretary. Mrs. A. H. Thompson, corresponding secretary. Mrs. W. A. Holmes, treasurer.
OFFICERS 19 r 8 Mrs. H. H. Childs, president. Mrs. Albert S. Dunson, first vice president. Mrs. C. V. Truitt, second vice president. Miss Helen Reeves, recording secretary. Mrs. T. G. Polhill, corresponding secretary. Mrs. W. A. Holmes, treasurer.

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OFFICERS IQig
Mrs. Howard P. Park, president. Mrs. L. D. Mitchell, first vice president. Mrs. V. R. O'Neal second vice president. Mrs. R. A. Verdier, recording secretary. Mrs. Eugene Spearman, corresponding secretary. Mrs. W- A. Holmes, treasurer.
In addition to rendering large assistance in Red Cross work, war fund campaigns, food conservation and every phase of patriotic movements, to the extent of many thousands of dollars and count less hours of faithful work, the LaGrange Woman's club, with a membership of about 180, helped win the war in an individual manner as follows:
Books and magazines to soldiers, 800. Fund for blind soldiers, $96.00. Support of two French orphans, $72.00. Value of Easter box, $60.00. Value of box of skirts for French refugees, $400.00. Value of comfort bags for soldiers, $250.00. Value of Christmas stockings, $250.00.
WEST POINT WOMAN'S CLUB
OFFICERS igiy-igiS
Mrs. W- Trox Bankston, president. Mrs. Bryant Dixon, first vice president. Mrs. Ranee O'Neal, second vice president. Mrs. Jamie Hudmon, recording secretary. Airs. Mark McCulloh, corresponding secretary. Mrs. C. O. Williams, treasurer. Miss Bertha Heyman, auditor.
OFFICERS ioi8-igig
Mrs. W- Trox Bankston, president. Mrs. Bryant Dixon, first vice president. Mrs. Ranee O'Neal, second vice president. Mrs. Mark McCulloh, recording secretary. Mrs. Mary DeLamar, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Bernard J. Mayer. treasurer. Miss Bertha Heyman, auditor.

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The club had a membership of 124, and practically all of the members were active in Red Cross work. The club's room was given over to the Red Cross for surgical dressings work. Members assisted the food administration in .securing pledges and enforc ing them, and helped the home demonstration agent in can ning club and food conservation movements. Members of the club also were on teams to sell War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds, and individual members bought about $25,000.00 worth of Liberty Bonds and about $8,000.00 worth of War Savings Stamps. The club bought a flag for the city auditorium at a cost of $50.00; sent nearly 500 books and $17.00 in money for the army library service; 308 jars of jelly and preserves to the convalescent soldiers at Fort McPherson; 239 towels to the Fort McPherson hospital; $53.00 to the General Federation Soldiers Recreation fund; and, as a club, bought $500.00 worth of War Savings Stamps.
HOGANSVILLS WOMAN'S CI.TIB
OFFICERS IQI6-IQI7
Mrs. John Wilkinson, president. Mrs. A. B. Anderson, vice president. Mrs. Ernest Johnson, secretary. Mrs. W. F. Jones, treasurer.
OFFICERS 1917-1018
Mrs. J. D. Walker, president. Mrs. J. H. Heflin, vice president. Mrs. Herbert Word, secretary. Mrs. B. A. Hogan, treasurer.
OFFICERS iQiS-iQig
Mrs. J. F. Askew, president. Mrs. A. C. Hayes, vice president. Mrs. Ernest Johnson, secretary. Mrs. B. A. Hogan, treasurer. The club bought a $50.00 Liberty Bond, besides furnishing a number of able women workers in various Liberty Loan, War Sav ings Stamps and other war fund campaigns. It gave $10.00 to the milk fund for Belgian babies; and made i knitted comfort, i wool quilt, 10 cotton pillows, 75 bandages, 6 knitted sweaters, 26 feather pillows and 150 towels for war use.

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CHAPTER X.
Miscellaneous Organisations
CHURCHES
The divine quality of patriotism was manifest In all of the churches of Troup county during the war. America was fighting for the right, and faith in God was faith in our cause against Prussianism; and, while believing that "God helps those who help them selves," our people recognized God as the supreme Commander-inChief in the war for humanity's liberty and peace. With this as their underlying principle, our churches and their various auxil iaries were in material touch with the war at all times.
Contributions to numerous war causes were made from various churches of every denomination. They gave men, money and sup plies. There were service flag exercises in nearly all of the churches. In igiy their activities along patriotic lines became manifest with the work of Woman's Missionary societies, Baraca and Men's Bible classes in Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues and Baptist Young People's Unions, Episcopal women in bazaars, and countless other branches of church life. Collections were made for blind soldiers, old clothing was gathered for the relief of people in foreign war zones, war orphans were adopted, testaments were provided for men going into army and navy service, and many other things were done to help in the survival of good from the war.
Pastors and leaders in church work were identified prominently in all Liberty Loan, Red Cross and other patriotic campaigns, as will be observed in our description of the various drives and the lists of committees and teams.

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WAR WORK OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES AND SUNDAYSCHOOL AGENCIES, LA GRANGE
Support of seven French orphans __________$ 245.00 College girls' war work fund ___--_______ 1,500.00 College girls' Belgian relief fund __________ 50.00 West Side Players ____________________ 60.00 Little girls' play _ ---- -_-.______ -- -- ___---- -___ 10.00

TOTAL ______________________$1,865.00 These agencies embraced twenty home service workers, had one registered nurse at Camp Lee and furnished one registered nurse and four Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross workers Tor overseas service.
SECRET ORDERS It is a self-evident fact that Troup county's secret orders and fraternal societies are composed of high type people. As individual organizations their patriotic activities during the war "were not pro claimed to the world, but their energetic loyalty was not to be doubted, because their people were to a great extent the same people who were waging such victorious war fund campaigns for Troup. At every point in the war we saw Masons, Elks, Odd Fellows, Red Men and members of all such institutions doing their high duty as Americans, both on battle fields and in spheres of home work.
ORDER OF EASTERN STAR The Order of the Eastern Star, a woman's auxiliary of the Masonic lodge, was identified by organizations in West Point and LaGrange. These organizations furnished many active workers in patriotic campaigns and in general war work. Below is a partial record of their services:
Cash to Red Cross, 885.00. Liberty Bond purchased, $50.00. Writing for registrations, 48 hours. Work at Red Cross, 932 hours. Pajamas and operation gowns made, 16. Knitted garments, 60.
SCHOOLS
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the War Savings Stamps campaign and in Red Cross work. Our schools were dynamos of energy, so to speak, in every phase of war work. Under the direction of Miss Bessie Lowrey, county canning club agent, and W. C. Acree, county farm demonstrator (later succeeded by C. G. Garner), great advancement was made in food conservation and agricultural expertness, through the organiza tion of clubs and classes in schools throughout Troup. School super intendents and teachers were constantly alive to the great princi ples of Americanism and the proper guidance of boys and girls in patriotic interests and endeavors, so that even small children were frequent purchasers of Liberty Bonds and contributors to funds for war welfare movements. County School Superintendent J. B. Strong, Superintendents Clifford L. Smith and F. F. Rowe, of LaGrange, Superintendent Walter P. Thomas, of West Point, Super intendents O. H. Hixon and T. A. Clowcr, of Hogansville, and all school principals and teachers in the county had reason to feel rich pride in the record of our young Americans.

UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY The United Daughters of the Confederacy had two chapters in Troup county, one in LaGrange and one in Hogansville, and to them was due a generous measure of credit for the preservation of that elegant chivalry and valor with which the county threw itself, body and soul, into the World war. These women, with fervor and affection, had devoted themselves to a lifelong work of rendering all honor and glory to the gallant heroes of the Confederacy in the Civil war. With a thin line of surviving veterans, they were in evidence with impelling enthusiasm at every turn in war events. Below is given a narrow glimpse of their direct service in the late war.

LAGRANGE CHAPTER No. 121, U. D. C.

OFFICERS 1917

Mrs. R. O. Pharr, president.

Mrs. C. M. Awtrey, secretary.

Miss Mattie McGee, treasurer.

OFFICERS igiS

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Mrs. Henry Reeves, president.

Mrs. T. G. Polhill, vice president.

Mrs. J. J. Milam, secretary.

Mrs. J. L. Bradfield, treasurer,

Miss Mattie McGee, historian. . ...

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OFFICERS igig
Mrs. Henry Reeves, president. Mrs. T. G. Polhill, vice president. Mrs. R. A. dandy, secretary. Mrs. J. L. Bradfield, treasurer. Miss Mattie McGee, historian.
This chapter had 120 members, and its war service was as fol lows, exclusively:
Knitted garments for soldiers, 200. Other garments for soldiers and hospitals, 100. Red Cross fund, $90.00. War relief fund, $25.00. Liberty Bonds purchased and sold by members, $25,850.00. War Stamps purchased and sold by members, $12,069.00.

FORT TYI.ER CHAPTER, U, D. C., otf WEST POINT
OFFICERS
Mrs. W. B. Higginbothem, president. Mrs. I. M. Scott, vice president. Mrs. J. C. McKemie, second vice president. Mrs. W. G. Shaefer, treasurer. Mrs. S- M. Fuller, recording secretary. Mrs. Helen Herzberg, corresponding secretary. Mrs. Osceola Smith, historian. Provided four hospital patients' outfits, value $100.00; con tributed $50.00 to the Alexander Stevens memorial bed in a hos pital in France; provided a picnic dinner for soldiers in camp at West Point. Members of this chapter purchased and sold Lib erty Bonds in the amount of $30,533.50. The chapter organized a camp of Sons of Confederate Veterans,, with a membership of 71. Fort Tyler chapter had a membership of 150.

DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
No heights of magnificence in patriotism have remained un explored, thanks to the bravery of men and the faith and love of women. All that America fought for in the World war was riveted to that foundation of tradition which was represented by

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the Daughters of the American Revolution, only one chapter of which was in the county, that being at West Point. But they did not stop with traditions; they did material things in the present, as indicated by the following brief statement:

CHATTAHOOCHEE CHAPTER, D. A. R., OF WfiST POINT
OFFICERS
Mrs. Claud Melton, regent. Mrs. Belle Baker, vice regent. Mrs. John Horsley, recording secretary. Miss Mary Booker, corresponding secretary. Miss Maud Johnson, treasurer. Mrs. N. L. Barker, historian. Miss Alice Askew, auditor. Mrs. Bernard J. Mayer, chairman war work.
This chapter, with 2 7 members, contributed $42,00 to buy a V'ictrola for the hospital at Fort McPherson, and sent two boxes of flowers and 32 glasses of jelly to the convalescent soldiers at this hospital; contributed $2.00 per capita to the national organ ization's Liberty Loan fund; gave 50 cents per capita for the re building of Telloloy, France; gave $5.00 towards the Crawford W. .Long memorial bed in a French hospital.

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
The Confederate Memorial association is one of the oldest pa triotic institutions in LaGrange. With Mrs. C. E. Gay as presi dent, no other officers have been elected in recent years. Mrs. Gay was assisted in the association's work by Mrs. Eugenia Nix and Mrs, W. A. Holmes.
Mrs. Gay resigned from the presidency of this organization late in April, 1919, when it became clear that the war was over. She had directed the association's noble work for forty-five years, and had been the chief factor in the unveiling of the Confederate monument in LaGrange and in the placing of three hundred marble head boards in the city's Confederate cemetery. The association held annual memorial exercises for the Confederate heroes who had passed away. These exercises during the World war were impor tant factors in the spread of patriotic enthusiasm among our peo ple.

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BRASS BANDS HELP ON OCCASIONS
The West Point brass band, and the brass band of Dunson mills, in LaGrange, became prominent in campaigns for war funds. Troup's huge celebrations would not have reached such vast pro portions and such heights of enthusiasm without the assistance of these hands, which responded to every call. Their memberships were as follows:

LAGRANGE;--DUNSON MILLS BAND

Prof. T. Altobellis, director. W. T. Burke, manager. A. A. Stone, treasurer. Annie Davis, cornet. Riley Burke, cornet. Dana Gibson, cornet. Ethel Burke, cornet. Willie Lee Abner, alto, Ira Potts, alto. Tom McRea, alto.

Virgil McRae, alto. Claude Stone, tenor. V. J. McGuire, trombone. Kate Burke, trombone. Heyard McRea, baritone. Frank Walker, bass. A. A. Stone, bass. Will McDaniel, drummer. Hubert Dukes, bass drummer.

WEST POINT BRASS BAND

Prof. T. Altobellis, director. Dr. T. E. Barker, manager.

Sion Griffin. Bufford Haggood.

Shaefer Heard, sec. and treas. Jesse Haggood.

Phil Hagedorn.

Parker McKemie.

Zach Hagedorn.

Pearson McKemie.

George Heard.

Harold Herzberg.

Joe Power. Hubert Cumbee.

G. C. Boynton. L. F. Peake,

Ernest Stripling.

Julian Beall.

Redmond Forrester,

W. H. Carson.

Lewis Kirby.

Lee Guinn.

Will Kirby.

Kennon Foster.

Cooper Kirby.

W. P. Jackson.

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WHO SHALL NUMBER THEM? Who shall enumerate the multitude of miscellaneous chan nels through which Troup county's patriotism poured over the gigantic wheel of service and helped to quicken America's triumph? We shall know always that Troup county's men, women, boys and girls were at the front in all of those enterprises and institutions which were marks of culture and progress when the war began; and we shall be able to boast that in not one of these channels did the stream of patriotism run low.
There were clubs and societies of all kinds, and not the least of these were the Athletic clubs in LaGrange and West Point, through the processes of which Troup county was enabled to send many young men into army and navy service with superior physi cal and mental qualities. The highest tribute to be paid these clubs lies in the significant statement that their memberships were exhausted in the rush of their gallant men to the battle front.
There were Woman's Christian Temperance Unions, which adopted French war orphans and rendered other services for the cause.
Minor war organizations were given support day by day. In West Point, for instance, Mrs. Hugh McCuUoh and a special com mittee raised $128.00 for woman's hospitals in war-stricken coun tries, while that city had been asked to contribute only $100.00. A Senior Bridge club in West Point, with Mrs. Belle Baker as chair man, gave a silver tea and realized $72.00 for the purchase of a Victrola for convalescent soldiers. In March, igiS, Ed Turner and W. L- Hardy collected from. West Pointers the sum of $90.85 for the Atlanta Journal soldiers' tobacco fund, and something over fifty dollars -was contributed by LaGrange people for the same fund. West Point was asked to buy $100.00 worth of Smlleage books, but that city responded by purchasing twice the amount, through the efforts of a committee headed by J. A. Avary as chairman, with Willis Johnson as treasurer.

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EMPLOYMENT BUREAU FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Troup county got ready right after the signing of the armistice to meet her returning soldiers and sailors with hearty handclasps. Upon a call from M. U. Mooty, chairman of the Troup County Council of National Defense, a meeting was held in LaGrange on Monday afternoon, December 16, igiS, at which a Troup County Employment Bureau for returning soldiers and sailors was organ ized. The organization was perfected as follows:
Dr. S. E. Wasson, chairman. Judge F. M. Longley, first vice chairman. C. N. Pike, second vice chairman.

AnvisoEY BOARD: W. H. Turner, Jr., I. B. Grimes, B. N. Ragsdale, J. O. Blackmon, W. H. Jones, F. P. Longley, F. B. Gardner, W. A. Holmes, A. Culberson, W. S- Dunson, Howard P. Park, H. D. Glanton, A. H. Gary, R. L. Render, Harry W. Callaway, F. H. Truitt, A. P. Cook, I. C. Doe, S. Y. Austin, T. B. Moncrief, Morris Goldstein, Max Hagedorn, }. A. Baugh, Jr., A. E. Daniel, Horace Lanier, P. E. Redding, J. B. Daniel, C. N. Pike, A. S. Adams, S, G. Woodall,
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE: T. H. Nimrnons, A. S. Adams, M. M. Dickinson, J. C. Prather, H. L. Dozier, W. H. Milam, J. R. Dunson.
This bureau proceeded at once to provide against the failure of any returning soldier or sailor in search of employment, and it is a gratifying fact that there is no case on record of any such man's inability to secure employment of a nature for which he was fitted. As a matter of fact, Troup county's men were industrious before they went into the fighting service, and nearly all of them found old positions awaiting their return.

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CHILDREN'S INDEPENDENT CLUBS
Frequent references to the patriotic endeavors of boys and girls have been made in various sections of this book. We could not begin to record all of the things done by our county's children in war movements. They organized many little clubs for inde pendent service. An example was the club for the support of a French orphan, organized in January, 1918, by three girls, Nelle Childs, Isabella Morgan and Claire Hill, together with eleven other girls, each of whom paid dues of five cents per week. The work of these girls consisted of sewing and knitting, and they labored steadfastly on a basis of industry and thrift, declining even the serving of refreshments by their mothers.

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CHAPTER XI.

Boy Scouts

When The LaGrange Reporter asked "Where are the Boy Scouts?" on May 18, 1917, it sounded a call which resulted very quickly in the beginning of a boys' patriotic campaign which did not cease for a moment during the war--a campaign of young Americans which was one of the main arteries in the broad service of Troup county in the national cause of liberty.
Boy Scout troops were active almost at once in LaGrange and West Point, and never a Liberty Loan, War Savings Stamps, Red Cross or other war fund drive came without finding the Boy Scouts of these cities playing a conspicuous and valuable role in the system which brought Troup's magnificent achievements and gained praise from remote corners of the country. They sold Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps in large amounts, secured
many subscriptions to various war funds of a general nature, con ducted clean-up campaigns with wonderful results, collected old books, nutshells and tinfoil, assisted in food and fuel conservation and in various manners made themselves the pride of the entire citizenship. There were two troops in the LaGrange Boy Scout organization, of which Dr. Henry B. Park and Herbert Stuckey were masters. West Point had one troop, of which John Scott and Roy Stanley were masters.

MEMBERS LAGRANGE BOY SCOUTS OE AMERICA, TROOP No. i

DR. H. B. PARK, scout master. JOE PRATHER, assistant scout master. CLARENCE WHITE, scribe and treasurer.

Gaoup 1 Clarence White. Maynard Phillips. Frank Longino. Arthur Holtrey.

Sam Hill. Louis Mitchell. John Seay. Jerome Wood. Paul Smith.

Marion DeLoach. GROUP 2
Albert Dunson.

Robert Scgrest. Ansel Cook. Joe Young.

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MEMBERS LAGBANGE BOY SCOUTS os1 AMERICA, TROOP

HERBERT STUCK.EY, J. O. ALLEN, assistant sc T. W. TUCKER, assistant K. W. ROLLING, DAYTON FISHER, scribe a
BEAVER PATROL
Frank DocM, patrol leader. Henry Pike, assistant leader. Henry Billinghurst. Howell Wrig-ht. Arthur KIchardson. Calder Vaus-han. Willis Strit-kland.
Bow WHITE PATROL
Dayton Fisl , patrol lead Roy Raj% av-^.os.tant leader. Clarence Bowls, David Cassaday.
William Vorus, patrol leader. Joe Sparks, assistant leader. Keith Caldwell. Joseph Childs.

Albright. Robert Da., Fuller Call; Leslie Dallii
Daniel, patrol le; :5en Haralson, assi^
O. J. Power. Chas. Waller. Frank Clark.
WOLF
Tarpley Andrews, patrol F-ugeiie Wliite, as: Dan Edwards. Ralph Scott. Robert Priddy. William Albright. Lamar Moor*Joe Ilollings rth.

MEMBERS WEST POINT Bov SCOUTS op AMERICA, TROOP ;

ROY STANLEY AND JOHN SCOTT, scout

JOHN HIGGINBOTHEM, scribe and

F.DWIN CUMBEE

HARRIS McKEMIE, patrol lead-

John Cumbee. Charles Kirby. Columbus Huguley. Harold Huguley. Cameron Sellers. Elmer Chandler. PhilHp Baas. Douglass Miller Luciiis Wehlon.

Calvin McCulloh Hugh McCulloh, Jr. Roy Harrell. Willie Nunn. Ben Hill, Jr. Fred Lawrence Hill. Harold Hasedorn. Horaca Johnson.
Charles Houston.

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CHAPTER XII.
Special Organizations
All of the glory for winning the World war does not go to those organizations which provided funds for the government's op erations, nor is exclusive honor due to those official bodies which constructed a victorious army and navy, neither is sole credit due to the ultimate pride of all Americans--the mass of heroes who did the fighting, some of whom paid the supreme price of patriotism. It is equally true that our hearts must not warm alone to the rare sentiment attached to those welfare organizations which ac complished such splendid things in behalf of suffering humanity, in the way of relief work. There was another phase of war service which deserves honorable mention because of its vital connection with America's brilliant triumph. This phase embraced several organizations into which was thrown the ability and energy of many fine citizens.
COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DEFENSE
An abundance of limelight was not thrown around the work of the National Council of Defense, in which Troup county was identified in every possible manner. But this organization accom plished many things of high value to the country during the war, and things which will remain of distinct value in the years to come.
The Council of Defense was organized for Troup county at a meeting in West Point on Monday, January 21, 1918, through the efforts of M. U. Mooty, of LaGrange, who had been appointed chairman by Governor Dorsey. County School Superintendent J. B. Strong, W. Trox Bankston, Steve Dickson and Mrs. W. G. Poer assisted in the organization, Mr. Bankston being elected secretary.
On March 23, igiS, at a meeting in LaGrange, a Troup county unit, Woman's committee, Council of National Defense, was organ ized in response to a call from Mrs. Samuel Inman, of Atlanta,

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chairman of the Georgia division. The following officers and chairmen were chosen:
Dr. Mary J. Brewster, permanent chairman. Mrs. Norman Poer, vice chairman. Mrs. T. J. Thornton, secretary and treasurer. Mrs. J. L. Bradfield, recording secretary. Division chairmen for county: Mrs. J. E. Dunson, Jr., Liberty Loans; Mrs. Clifford L. Smith, War Library Service; Mrs. J. L. Askew, registration for service; Mrs. Chisolm Ferrell, food pro duction and conservation; Miss Flemmie Ward, women in industry; Mrs. R. S. O'Neal, child welfare; Mrs. P. G. Awtrey, social service agencies; Miss Viola Burks, health and recreation; Mrs. W. Trox Bankston, educational propaganda; Mrs. R. M. Young, home and foreign relief.
Mrs. Norman Poer, chairman West Point district. Mrs. John R. Sterling, chairman LaGrange district. Mrs. John Wilkinson, chairman Hogansville district. Mrs. H. R. Slack was elected chairman for the county unit soon after its organization, when Dr. Brewster was called away from the county for an indefinite period. Mrs. Albert Dunson became chairman for LaGrange district when Mrs. John R. Sterling left in the late summer of igiS for Y. M. C, A. service abroad; and at the same time Mrs. T. G. Polhill became recording secretary. The business of the Council of Defense was to observe men, women and affairs, and render service along general lines towards the end that no phase of war work and no detail of our nation's affairs should suffer for lack of support. Troup county's unit did its full duty, rendering aid in Liberty Loan, Red Cross and other campaigns, and working diligently for the success of such move ments as those for food and fuel conservation, daylight saving, 100 per cent. Americanism, volunteers for general war work, etc. Mrs. Slack, as chairman of the women's committee for Troup county, worked strenuously during the early weeks after the war for the preservation of records among all woman's patriotic organ
izations in the county. In the reorganization of the Council of National Defense im
mediately after the war, for permanent service, a national field division board was formed, composed of thirteen members from the country at large. Fuller E. Callaway. of LaGrange, was ap
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FOOD ADMINISTRATION
Phil Lanier, of West Point, was administrator for the county in the matter of food conservation. J. W. Andrews was adminis trator for LaGrange district, Mr. Lanier served as administrator for West Point district, and Hogansville district had as its ad ministrator C. L. Hightower. The county food administration received such loyal co-operation throughout every community that the highest tribute possible is paid this organization in the fact that the narrative cannot be extended by a description of violations and enforcements of food regulations.
The Troup County Food administration was established during the latter part of IQI?. Its efforts were for increased production of food crops, in which our farmers did their utmost to help in a practical way; and for the proper distribution and conservation of food supplies, in which our wholesale and retail merchants, as well as the consumers, were loyal to a remarkable degree. As stated on preceding pages, pig, poultry, corn, wheat and canning clubs were established with rich success in nearly all country schools.

FUEL ADMINISTRATION
The Troup County Fuel administration, established in the winter of 1917-18, had to cope with emergency conditions all through the war, and its success was due to the constant, intelli gent efforts of G. H. Sargent, of LaGrange, administrator for the county-at-large; S. V. Austin, administrator for Southwest LaGrange cotton mills; J. M. Mooty, administrator for Hogansville; and Mayor John T. Johnson, administrator for West Point, suc ceeded, when he went abroad for V. M. C. A. service, by Arch
Avary.
Our people faced almost constant coal shortages each winter, and the administrators handled the situations with expert tact and efficiency, with the result that there was very little, if any, actual suffering for lack of fuel. Gasoline shortages were handled with like success, although the point was reached once or twice where the running of automobiles on Sunday had to be prohibited. The greatest crisis was in the coal famine of January, 1918, when relief was obtained only through the loyal sacrifice of cotton mills and manufacturing plants in closing down, coupled with the precise

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system developed by the administrators for the distribution of meager shipments of coal. It is doubtful whether anybody ever yet has fully realized the huge value of the fuel administration, hecause it was simply human for us to grumble over the incon veniences and discomforts of coal shortages, instead of swelling with appreciation for the manner in which more trying discomforts were
being avoided.

COMMUNITY LABOR BOARD
With John H. Jones as chairman, a Troup County Commu nity Labor board was established in October, 1918, as an unit of a national organization of this type, headed for Georgia by H. M. Stanley, commissioner of commerce and labor. Two other mem bers, T. J. Thornton and L. B. Wyatt, were on the county board, which was required to make a monthly survey of the labor situa tion among textile manufacturing plants and other industries of particular interest to the U. S. War Industries board and the U. S. Department of Labor.

SHERIFF AND POLICE
In an early chapter it has been shown that S. A. Smith, sheriff of Troup county, was, according to the national system, a member of the Local board which provided this county's quota of men for army and navy service. Sheriff Smith and his deputies, L. V. Shouse, C. V. Bell, Roy Wilson and J. G. Roberts, during the war, kept a careful eye at all times upon passing people, with a view towards protection from alien enemies.
The police corps of LaGrange, West Point and Hogansville were squarely behind the job of enforcing Americanism and loyal citi zenship, and served with fine efficiency in the apprehension of doubtful persons. They conducted strict campaigns for the regis tration of aliens in January and June, igiS. In October, igi8, they attended carefully to the enforcement of the "work or fight" law, although it is needless to say that there "was little occasion for efforts along this line among a people who were universally industrious and patriotic.
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a German gardener employed at Hills and Dales, was arrested, not as an enemy, but merely as an alien, by Chief F. T. Reid, of LaGrange, at the order of the government on March u, 1918. Beauhel was to have married a LaGrange girl on the following Easter Sunday, and he cried lifce a child when arrested.
In this connection it must be said that Troup county's several citizens of more or less German blood proved loyal to the utmost throughout the war.
About the first of June, 1918, eighty soldier boys missed train connection and were stranded in LaGrange. Chief Reid, by a great effort, arranged for sixty of them to continue their journey on a freight train, and provided for the entertainment over night of the remaining twenty in LaGrange homes, with the co-operation of the R.ed Cross.
Chief Reid and his force of men won much praise by their ef ficiency in handling the immense crowds of people in LaGrange at the celebrations which have been described heretofore.
Chiefs J. P. Griffin, "Buck" Jones, C. V. Mahoney and B. R. Jackson, of the West Point police, and Chief R. W. Moore, of the Hogansville police, together with their capable corps of men, ren dered worthy service along the same lines during the years of the war.

PUBLIC OFFICIALS
The administration of public affairs by county and city offi cials during the war period was with highest consideration for our government and its victory over Germany. Local politics was forced into the background where those higher interests were at stake. An attempt to discuss this matter in detail would be to enter unwisely into a narrative of vast length, and not strictly in keeping with the particular nature of this book. Nothing but confusion could result from an attempt to cover briefly the shift ing personnel and intricate records of public officials; and, any how, they are recorded safely in county and city books and files.

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CHAPTER XIII.
; of Patriotism
There are mental reflections which thrill the minds of Troup countians almost to the point of intoxication. If our minds could grasp in one broad, instantaneous sweep all of the glorious memo ries which shall revolve forever around Troup county's World war record, our pride might reach wild, dangerous proportions, how ever justified it would be. But the human mind has its limitations, therefore our memories must be confined to a gradual process which, at its best, never can reach completion, because the bril liance of some memories in any hour will blind us to the elegant memories of the hour before; and so our memories shall revolve unceasingly, and our eyes shall gleam with a degree of wholesome pride which does not intoxicate, but exhilarates and inspires us to the constant pursuit of progressive citizenship. Thus Troup county's World war record shall prove the foundation for grand achievements by our people in the years to come. For Troup county's World war record is a magnificent standard by which our citizens always must measure their ideals and spirit of enter prise. No man or woman with a vein of self-respect could prove unworthy of such a record. This is sound logic which should be instilled in the rninds of our boys and girls from year to year, and which our boys and girls should cherish in their hearts as the most precious heirloom, that could be bought with the combined mate rial and physical resources of their forefathers. The men, women, boys and girls of Troup county during 1917-18-19 proved their merits as superior patriots and citizens. It belongs to the men, women, boys and girls of future years to prove by their attain ments that this generation's achievements were not in vain.
Inasmuch as the mind of man never reaches a circle of perfect comprehension, who in all the world could expect us to assemble in a complete record everything of a patriotic nature that occurred in wonderful Troup county during the war? After all, we are glad that we must fail in this respect. It is a happy thought that Troup

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county's World war activities were in "good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over."
We shall gather a few more grains of facts, and then let us delight in the abundance of our harvest, rather than worry over what was left behind.

FLAGS WITH EVERY BREEZE
After war was declared it appeared that every breeze brought floating into some church, school, club or society a new national or service flag.
On Sunday afternoon. May 6, 1917, the raising of a flag was made the occasion of a big patriotic meeting in the auditorium at West Point. The flag was provided by the Woman's club of West Point, and was raised by Misses Maggie Wade and Zelma Hammond. W. Trox Bankston was master of ceremonies, and a special musical program was arranged by Mrs. Robert Hogg, with the as sistance of the West Point band. Rev. W. T. Smith and Rev. R. B. Morrow offered prayers. Addresses were delivered by John T, Johnson, Mrs. J. A. Avery, W. P. Thomas and Mark McCuIIoh. Service flags were raised later on in nearly all West Point churches.
Early after the declaration of war a flag was raised with splen did exercises in the center of Hogansville's main street. In the summer of 10,18 a service flag was raised in the Methodist church of Hogansville.
Martha Washington Inn, Southwest LaGrange, was the scene of thrilling flag-raising exercises on Saturday afternoon, May 19, 1917. J. B. Strong, county school superintendent, made an ad dress, Miss Nell Harmon read an original poem, Mrs, Harvey Reid rendered a vocal solo, and the flag was sent up by little Miss Vir ginia Woolford at the bugle signal from Byron Mallory.
Dixie mills school children rendered a beautiful program on Friday, May 18, 1917, when a flag was raised by J. E- Howell. Each person present was presented with a tiny flag as a souvenir of the occasion.

COUNTY SERVICE FLAG
Judson J. Milam and a number of other people began a move ment for a giant steel flag pole for LaGrange about June i, 1917. This movement resulted quickly in the purchase of a sixty-foot

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steel pole which was erected on the grounds of the federal build ing, on Main street, and a handsome flag, 9x12 feet in size, was raised with appropriate exercises. Later on work was begun to raise a service flag on this pole for the county at large. Miss Jeannette Wilhoit, Miss Carrie Nix and Miss Vivian Holmes se cured a fund for this purpose, and on Sunday evening, May 19, 1918, a great crowd of people, headed by members of the Red Cross in uniform, attended the raising of the flag, which was sent up by Misses Wilhoit, Nix and Holmes, assisted by little Miss Frances Porclier. The exercises were really a grand celebration. An address was delivered by Dr. S- E. Wasson. Prayer was of fered by Rev. R. T. Phillips, and a huge chorus of forty voices, under direction of Miss Viola Burkes, led the audience in singing
the national anthem. Newspapers over the country commented upon this service
flag, which was 10x15 feet m s*ze and held at that time 800 stars, as being the largest in the South.
In March, 1918, the LaGrange Athletic club raised a service flag with forty-three stars. At that time no other organization of any nature in the city had a service flag with that many stars. The number of Athletic club men in the service kept increasing until the club was forced to disband.
On Sunday morning, March 31, 1918, a large service flag was raised in the First Methodist church of LaGrange. Dr. S. E. Was son delivered the address, and music was furnished by the LaGrange college glee club. Features of the exercises were readings by Miss Mardel Taylor and Miss Dorothy Rogers, LaGrange college students.
The First Baptist church of LaGrange dedicated its service flag on Sunday morning, April 21, 1918. Prayer was offered by Dr. A. B. Vaughan; a quartet was sung by Mrs. J. L. Bradfield, Mrs. Chas. D. Brady, G. H. Sargent and C. W. Coleman; Mrs. W. C. Key sang a solo; and addresses were delivered by C. W. Cole man and John H. Jones.
A service flag was raised in South LaGrange Baptist church on Sunday morning, May 5, 1918, with exercises composed of several songs by the church choir, prayer by Rev. S. G. Woodall and ad dresses by the pastor, Rev. W. P. Cofield, C. W. Coleman and John H. Jones,
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Friday afternoon. May 10, with quite a celebration, at which Frank P. Longley was master of ceremonies and addresses were deliv ered by Henry Reeves and C. W. Coleman, of LaGrange, and W. C. Lanier and Mark McCulloh, of West Point, The flag was raised by Miss Evelyn Freeman.
The people of Hogansville's cotton mill village had an en thusiastic meeting at which a service flag was raised on Sunday afternoon, June 23, 1918, the address being delivered by M. U. Mooty, chairman of the Council of National Defense.
Salem Sunday-school raised a large service flag on Sunday morning, July 28, 1918; and on the second Sunday in August this flag was dedicated by the church through exercises conducted by the pastor, Rev. M. M. Walraven,
The Baptist church of Stovall community enjoyed exercises conducted by Rev. Wheeler, of Winder, and Rev. Bartlett, of Nel son, on the occasion of its service flag raising, Thursday night, July 18, igi8.
Tecumseh Tribe No. 2, Imp. O. R. M. (Red Men), raised a service flag at its hall in LaGrange on Sunday afternoon, July si, 1918. Dr. S. E. Wasson delivered the address.
These were mere examples of what nearly every church, school, secret order and club in Troup county did in the matter of national and service flags.

LA GRANGE HOME GUARD
Dr. Henry B. Park, a veteran of the old LaGrange Light Guard, with the assistance of about tbirty-five young men of the city, organized a company of men in April, 1917, for military training under the name of the LaGrange Home Guard. This movement, of course, was swallowed up by the draft system which carried so many of our men into training camps.

PUBLICITY--NEWSPAPERS, BANNERS AND SIGNS
It would not be proper for the writer to make any claims con cerning the value of newspaper publicity as contributed by and through the newspapers of the county in war drives and patriotic movements, but it is not improper to recall that all leaders and workers in these drives and campaigns evidently placed high faith in this medium, judging by the manner in which they required

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newspaper publicity, and relied upon It, in vastly increasing meas ures with each succeeding step. The public was appealed to in this manner through the county's three newspapers, The LaGrange Graphic, The West Point News and The LaGrange Reporter. Merchants and business men bought outright many pages of space for the exclusive advertising of Liberty Loan, War Savings Stamps, Red Cross and other drives. In the matter of columns of news and editorial space actually given to these drives, The LaGrange Reporter ted all newspapers in the state (and in the entire coun try, so far as we have been able to ascertain), based upon propor tions as to size and frequency of editions. It should be under stood, however, that newspapers everywhere were extremely liberal.
John R. Guinn, of LaGrange, painted hundreds of banners and signs which were highly effective in appealing to the public for support of war funds.

GENERAL PUBLIC MEETINGS
HogansviHe people were stirred by the news of one of their men, John I. Todd, having been killed in action, and a public meeting was held at which a water oak was planted as a memo rial to that hero. By public subscription a fund was raised for erecting a monument to his memory.
West Point observed Thursday, May 30, 1018, the day set apart by President Wilson for fasting and prayer, with one of the most impressive religious services ever held in that city. The meeting occurred at ten o'clock in the morning. All business houses were closed and the auditorium was filled with people of every denomination. Rev. W. G. Crawley, Rev. W. T. Smith and Rev, S. P. Spiegel conducted the services. Thereafter it was a custom in West Point for school bells to ring and mill whistles to blow at ten o'clock every morning, as a signal for all people to pause for a word of prayer for the success of the allied armies in their fight for Christianity, freedom and Democracy.
In April, 1917, a number of attentions were shown the U. S. troops who were camping in West Point, among them being a basket dinner, barbecues and a Sunday afternoon religious meet ing. A barbecue was given on Memorial day as a joint tribute to the Confederate veterans and service men of the World war.
One of the most beautiful patriotic incidents in Troup county was the outdoor play, "Our Debt to France," given on Mr. and

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Mrs. Chisolm Ferrell's lawn by a number of talented LaGrange children on Monday afternoon, July 15, 1918. A voluntary of fering on this occasion netted $21.50 for the benefit of Belgian orphans. The story, which was given in the form of a historic pageant, was written by Miss Carrie Fall Benson. Music was fur nished by Miss Marian Edmondson. The children participating were Amy Lane, Alice Ferreli, Margaret Lehmann, Margaret Ed mondson, Dora Ferrell, Mellie Connally, Mary Clark, Nettie Whatley, Lillian Clark, Jean Clark, Glover Robinson, Lamar Dodd, Grover Dodd, Sarah Clark, Emily Clark, Isabelle Morgan, Frank Clark, Blount Ferrell, Jr., Callaway Alien, Fuller Callaway, Jr., and Sarah Connally.

THE PROMISED LAND
This is a Land of the Free--but, too, our fore fathers have called it the Home of the Brave. The lowest of us must recognize the truths that blessings should inspire gratitude; that freedom is a duty to the extent that it is a privilege; that government is a responsibility equally great; and that Liberty demands the highest obligation in the blood and life of her people.
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Prosperity: The House of Bondage
(From, an Address in 1916)
The American is the favored of all men. The citizens of no other country enjoy such liberty, such opportunity, such unbounded prosperity as are given to our people. But some of us are being permitted to drink too deeply of the cups of progress and achieve ment. We forfeit all rights to our sublime Eden by devouring for bidden fruits. Gold is becoming our God, and we are staying drunk on the insidious wine of power through superorganizations of classes and masses. Intoxicated thus, in our mad rush onward many of us lose sight of our true, sane principles of progress and wander into the wilds of greed.
Greed may be uprooted and killed, but it never can be reconciled to liberty. Permitted to flourish, it bears the bitter fruits of tyranny and bondage. It poisons men, ruins nations and disrupts the world.
One foggy day in April, 1912, I found myself in a party of Americans aboard an ice-bound steamer on the Atlantic ocean. After several hours the dense fog lifted, and, standing on deck, we gazed out upon a vast field of ice, dotted here and there with towering icebergs. The sun shone forth, shattering beam after beam against flashing mountains of ice. Occasionally a broad ex panse of emerald sea heaved its restless bosom into view. We forgot danger; we were enraptured by this radiant vision. Three days later we landed in New York, slept through a peaceful night and arose the next morning to read the horrible news of the Titanic disaster, in which sixteen hundred people had been lost in a wilder ness of ice, which to our party had been a garden of dreams, be cause of their irreverent tribute to the false god of gold.
*** Many Americans have abandoned themselves to the wine of prosperity. A crisis is near, yet, with spellbound gaze upon their red-hot gods of gold and class power, those who are slaves to themselves are sending their children into the fickle space of life with undeveloped wings of noble ideals, and dependent spirits.
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out into empty space and proceeded to teach it how to fly. For awhile the mountain side rang with the encouraging calls and the fearful cries of mother and child; and a master of the air was in the training. But presently the mother saw a lamb far below, and in her eagerness for a juicy morsel of meat she veered downward speedily, leaving the little eagle fluttering helplessly in midheaven. Its desperate efforts only made the fall to earth less precipitate until, only a few yards from where the shepherd stood, in a tangled thicket, it ceased to beat the air--and it lay before him, a lost child, bleeding, with broken wings. The wise shepherd bore the young eagle down into the peaceful valley, where he took tender leaves and fresh, cool twigs, and with a handkerchief bound the broken pinions snugly in place, and then he left the winged prince of the heights where it might awaken to the refreshing music of a merry brooklet.
Several weeks later the shepherd was taking an afternoon nap on this mountain side, when he was awakened by a mighty rush of wings and an exultant shriek. He sprang to his feet and peered over the valley, into the light above. A young eagle was soaring into the free heavens of its ideals, away from its world of bondage. It seemed to grow larger and larger as it arose. After awhile he detected in its claws a waving something against which the sun's rays leaped in red and blue flames. Onward it flew, assuming nobler proportions and quickening its speed. Higher and faster it mounted, over the hills of filmy vapor and through the azure seas beyond. As it shot past the burning sun, the waving object in its claws was unfurled. The curtains of Heaven were drawn aside by two radiant angels, upon whose alabaster foreheads shone the words: "Liberty," and "Loyalty;" and while the vaulted skies throbbed with the music of seraphim and cherubim, the stars and stripes were planted triumphantly upon the threshold of paradise, the snowy curtains dropped gently, and eternity had enveloped the Bird with Broken Pinions.
America's flight into the future will be no less glorious than this, if, during the next generation, her people will endeavor as eagerly to banish greed and discord as they have struggled during the last generation to amass wealth and class power. It is for us to say whether our children shall be princes of noble action and thought, or slaves in the blistering arms of a blind god of selfish ness.

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War: The Wilderness of the World
{From an A ddress in 1916)
From where the proud Alps lift their gray heads and sound the cry of war to where many millions of cherry blossoms are bathed in the red blood of gasping, dying stars, men who have sung are being shot, leaving for their women no solace but a river of tears that surges onward into eternity.
War is no new thing. It is old--as old as the rumbling voice of history--and its thunderous tones roll on into the impenetrable mist of the future. Its germ thrives on the jealous growth of nations and the delirious prosperity of men.
Peace propaganda is just about as old as war; but war has out distanced peace doctrine in development by leaps and bounds. The allied emperors flooded Paris in 1815 with proclamations of ever lasting peace. One hundred years later the sons of these emperors were" directing the most ghastly war in the history of the world, and even until this day the European war flaunts its bloodbedraggled rags of flags in our faces; and each envious ruler, ob serving the gory flags of his neighbors, drags his own flag through deeper oceans of blood and lifts it} dripping in the air, to proclaim his savage glory.
People of neutral nations, knowing there must be a limit in warfare, as in all things else, have exhausted patience and even have bowed their proud heads in the ashes of humiliation, praying for peace, yet what seemed to us to be the limit has been reached time and time again, and we have been kept busy setting new limits.
We agree that war has gone too far, yet war sneers at us over its shoulders and goes still farther.
There could be but one guarantee against war, within the power of man, and that would be the amalgamation of all nations into one vast republic where there would be no wealth and no poverty, no swine, husks and fatted calves, no silks and no homespuns, no athletes and no cripples, no genius and no insanity, no treacherous diplomacy among men and no secrets among women. That is as possible as the feeding of the moon and the stars, the sun and the seas, the winds and all chains of lightning to a sick kitten.

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To destroy the germ of war would be to destroy the world by war, wiping out of existence all human ills and all selfish instincts.
But the germ of war may be segregated to that part of the world where abounds that filth of treachery and greed upon which it thrives, just as the germs of disease are confined by modern medical science to the districts where they first are born. Medical science of to-day marks a boundary line between disease and health, between filth and cleanliness, and says to disease: "We cannot exterminate you. You are a permanent evil. But we have built up a neighborhood that is clean, and we have fortified it against your onslaught." And disease must content itself to consume the vitals of the community to which it is restricted, until that community is exhausted, knowing all the while that somewhere else in the world there is another body of people who have grown indifferent to the dictates of medical science and are becoming an unsanitary com munity upon which it may prey and continue its existence, mini mized though it may be. Thus the science of upright and inde pendent government may say to the germ of war: "You cannot be obliterated by the hand of man. You, too, are a permanent evil. But we have constructed a government whose skirts are clean. You shall not touch it." And the science of government may go still further and proclaim to the world that it will not reach out its clean hands to touch any other government that is infested by the germ of war. In this manner the germ of war will be reduced to a minimum. It will be compelled to devour only that section in which it is pampered by greed and perfidy, knowing that ere that prey is consumed some other body of people will have disintegrated into a carcass of putrid prosperity and discord.
Medical and kindred sciences employ not only preventative methods, but they keep in reserve a formidable stock of ammuni tion with which an invasion of disease may be repelled. They pro vide further safety by branching out and arming themselves con stantly with the most improved instruments of surgery, because they know that no man can develop such purity of blood, or such physical strength, as to be immune to the ravages of disease.
What would be our answer to-day to the man who would advo cate the retirement of all spiritual, physical, medical and surgical guardians of health, the spilling of all medicines into the seas and the destruction of all instruments of defense and attack against germ and disease?

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War is the most atrocious and unrelenting disease that gnaws at the minds, bodies and souls of mankind. Its germ stands in awe of nothing but independent minds and loyal hearts intrenched behind the quinine of powder and the lancets of ready bayonets.
In this wilderness of the world there are miasmal swamps of greed and envy of which civilized people must beware. We of America are stepping rapidly towards greed. Greed is the swamp which we must drain of its filth, if we would pass on in the joy of a chosen people to the meadows of healthy peace and happiness.
Some men, arrogating unto themselves the world, endeavor to grasp it in their brute hands and plunge through the unexplored jungles of destiny, to the hopeless heights of their selfish ambi tions, indifferent to the God of charity and without regard for the bleeding torture of a terrified humanity which they trample under feet, feeling as did General Pillow as he marched to Belmont to be defeated by the Yankees, that they could "whip hell and give 'em two weeks to fortify,"
By day we have the sign of the cloud that promises rain for every harvest; and by night we have the sign of the fire of liberty to learn, to love and to sing. We shall not want. But we must be patient, otherwise we may never walk, in freedom among the vineyards of our lofty ideals. Impatience and greed may bar us from the promised land which, our eyes behold.
Every man fashions himself according to his ideals. Whether it be smoldering wealth, rich genius, cold oppression, or smiling liberty---whatever our minds dwell upon, of that shall we partake, honestly or dishonestly, as we shall choose.
This is the doctrine I live by: "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." I build my hopes and my ideals upon it with a faith as strong as an eagle's wings. If I am wrong, it is the im pulse of youth; it is not the perversity of old age. I may never reach that radiant realm where my feet would be caressed by the forget-me-nots and buttercups of genius and contentment, but if not, I trust it will be solely because I shall have been outdistanced and crowded out by the hosts of my fellow men who will have excelled in a spirit of honest intelligence and divine charity, and in patriotism for our country.

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Service: The Fire of Faith
(From a Service Flay Address on April $1, 1918)
One year and fifteen days ago President Wilson saved you and I, our children and our children's children from perpetual shame before the world--he asked Congress to declare war against Ger man conquest and "kultur."
In 1914, at the beginning of the war, the kaiser had held up to the ridicule of his people England's "contemptible little army." When America entered the war the kaiser was too busy protecting himself against England's "contemptible little army" and her allies in Europe to throw any sarcasm in our direction. But within our own good country there have been some counterparts of the kaiser who have been capable of nothing more decent than ridicule and sinister criticism.
What has America done? When America entered the war on April 6th, 1917, to preserve her national honor and to hold inviolate the pure rights of human ity, America was as an infant in development of military strength. America had not desired war with any nation, and fearing that temptation of power which makes militant the man of pugilistic supremacy, America had maintained only a nominal army. But war came--it was thrown at us, and struck us directly in the face with a backhanded blow which, if America had ignored it, would have caused all future generations of Americans to curse their forefathers and turn scarlet with mortification at mention of their country's name. There are two truths which every worthy American should have set firmly in his heart: America has no cause to apologize for her showing in development of military strength within the last year; and America's destiny and the peace and safety of every American home in future years depend totally upon our country's every resource, both human and material, being molded into a gigantic missile with which to strike Germany at once. In our first year of war our army has increased from 212,000 to 1,652,000 men; our navy has increased from 82,000 men to 352,000; over a half-million of these men have carried guns to the battle lines in France, and Provost-Marshal-General Crowder

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says "we hope to put 1,500,000 men in France this year;" and the cost of our first year of war, with all of this marvelous develop ment, has been only $12,000,000,000, against the sum of $20,000,000,000 which our government had expected these preparations to cost us. We have cause to feel proud of our government.
The situation now is critical. Nothing could be more conclusive proof of this terrible fact than England's acknowledgment of her dire extremity in extending the draft age to men of fifty, and in some cases fifty-five, and cancelling all exemptions.
Our failure at this time to throw ourselves without reserve into the war would rob the word, America, of all noble meaning., and would prove ourselves lacking in a conception of our human and divine responsibilities.
Man, with his many wonderful senses and faculties, is the most superb creature in existence. Of the peculiar species there is none nobler, none worthier, than the undaunted American country man. He knows no superior. His royal insignia is the muscle and brawn of a laborer. Beneath his sturdy bosom lies a heart which throbs proudly with each flutter of the stars and stripes. His castle is a peaceful structure beneath the stately pines, or the whispering oaks, and his resources are in the fertile soil.
All nature conspires to make the American's habitation a veri table Eden, and his existence a chain of sunny dreams.
But in recent years there has sprung up among the hopeful peoples of the world a monster who strives now to grasp this chain of sunny dreams in his ruthless hands and break it into fragments
of misery and despair. And now, like Moses of the bullrushes, as a nation which has
emerged from the wilds and has been reared to magnificent man hood by the princess of Justice, we are called by the burning bush of Supreme Duty to throw off the yoke of prosperity's bondage and lead the enduring masses of the world safely through the wilderness of War into the valley of Peace and Freedom. These service stars, and two millions more throughout the country, to gether with over twenty millions more which are beginning to twinkle through the firmament of courage, indicate that our na tion has answered the call; and these stars shall shine as brightly through the natural lives of Americans as the stars of Heaven shall
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the utmost, force without stint or limit," and Prussianism shall "die by the sword" with which it has reaped many a peaceful field of humanity. The tyranny of the German kaiser shall not prevail.
As our boys board their transports and glide out of the harbor of New York past the Goddess of Liberty, I imagine a new light is swept into their wistful eyes, a new chord is sounded on their vibrant heart strings, a new grip of purpose is welded into their vigorous hands, a new courage, as great even as the valor of Washington, or Lee, or Dewey, possesses their souls, and each knows that, although he may fall in the first charge against the brutal enemy, by his bravery of ideals and his noble attainment to the honor of one of these stars he will have done more for his country and his God, and will have lived longer in his few moments of illustrious heroism, than many of us who shall have remained here in peace and comfort until our brows will have been shot with the frost of tranquil age.

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The Heirloom of Patriots
(.From an Editorial on February S3, 1917)
Patriotism is faith in one's country and love for one's country men.
Faith embraces love and hope. Faith must not be confused with confidence, for faith is like the pure sunlight, warming and inspiring one, while flaming con fidence sets the mind on fire, and oftentimes burns up the heart and consumes the soul. Confidence incites boldness, assurance, self-reliance. Faith inspires loyalty, trust, courageous sacrifice. Napoleon Bonaparte had confidence in himself. He tramped over the Alps and invaded Italy, conquering through confidence in himself and confidence instilled into his strong soldiers. He crushed the armies of Austria with confidence. He swept the plains of Egypt with confidence. He repelled the sons of Prussia with con fidence. He shook the foundations of the world with confidence; and with innate confidence he annihilated himself. George Washington had faith in Godj and in the stirring hearts of humble humanity. He led rugged patriots through sleet and through snow and suffered hunger with them at Valley Forge, all through the strength of faith. He repressed the oppressor, not through confidence in himself^ but through faith in the in vincible spirit of right. Through faith he extricated the Colonies from the rapacious grasp of King George. He laid the foundation for the greatest nation on the globe and bequeathed to its citizens freedom, by which, when he died, he was silhouetted high against

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the horizon of honor, where the universal breath of love swept back all clouds of doubt and made sublime his march into eternity.
He who in timidity fled from the hall of congress when John Adams nominated him for commander-in-chief of the army of the Colonies more than excelled the courage of Caesar, or of Alexander the Great, or of Napoleon, when the red-coats came. His was not the battle for self; it was the struggle for justice and for humanity. Pure faith made him the conqueror.
Love, Loyalty and Liberty--these rays gleam softly from the glowing gem of Faith, which George Washington set deeply in that chain of history which binds century to century.
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Woman
Out of the burning heart of woman a still, small voice has wooed man to paths of honor and achievement. There never has been a fall or rise of man in which could not be traced the fine hand, or the refined heart, of woman.
It is true that woman caused the fall of man, but at that time she was only the frail rib of man. Since the days of Eden she has developed a backbone of her own.
We stand to-day before woman, awaiting her blessings or her abuse. We cannot predict which we shall receive, because we do not know what type of woman we shall choose in each new emer gency of the times. Yesterday we wanted a woman who was mis tress of the oven and the spinning wheel; to-day we desire an atmosphere of feminine frills and fancies, rather than a woman in practical flesh and blood; and when some voice calls for a woman who will cause a flurry in the world of affairs, rather than weave zephyrs in the vacuum of our imaginations, we lift our torches of prejudice in the air and blind ourselves to the purer light of reason, forgetting that, as some man has said: "There is no statute of limitations against principle, and principle must prevail over prece dent; for principle is immortal, and blooms with perpetual youth, while precedent is mortal, and dies with age, decrepitude and decay."
With hands lifted in horror, we call attention to the terrible fact that few women of intellectual accomplishment, and a very small per cent of those -who are graduates of colleges, ever marry, forgetting that this exercise of intelligence is a dark reflection upon ourselves. If woman must be kept ignorant to be lured into matri mony, then we must tremble for our homes and for the perpetua tion of the race, because woman has tasted the apple of intelligence,

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and her appetite never will be appeased until the tree is stripped bare; and if intelligence is such a fatal apple, and all earth cannot
keep woman from devouring the entire crop, it is high time for every man to begin praying for a modern Eve for whom he may fall, otherwise he may be left, famished and forlorn, in the barren
sphere of his antiquated prejudices.
If college training makes old maids, there is nothing left for man but to spread his cloak upon the ground so that the old maid may pass without blemish along the highway of her aspirations;
for that type of an old maid is self-made, and if we saJute the selfmade man, why should we not lift our hats to the self-made maid?
But I am opposed to this waste of gentle woman, after all, and
I propose that we place our arms around this waste and convert it into an improved product of civilization that not only will in spire us, but will help us to accomplish things. This is an age of efficiency, when men are supposed to burn the midnight oil to avoid loss through any waste, and I know of no waste more desir able to hold than the waste of woman.
If left to develop alone, a woman's intellect may be only cold intellect, but if cultivated with consideration and care, it may be blended with the most ardent and undying affection; for love that stumbles along through the darkness of ignorance may become tired and crippled, but love that glides forward in the radiant sun light of knowledge never will falter.
Let us not frown upon intellectual woman, but rather appeal to her intellect for love's sake, for knowledge is human, while love is divine; and woman is both!
The fireside of the heart does not mean necessarily the be nighted hearthstone of the home, although woman may rest assured that there is no light which can excel the charm of the hearthstone's mellow glow. Neither will a broad view of the world smother tht fireside of the heart, nor will it dim the charm of the heartstone around which man and woman join hands in faithful understanding.
If woman desires to place her immaculate hand of approval upon the shoulders of such men as shall bear the massive burden
of affairs, we would better clasp the other hand of loyalty to home and hold it in faith and affection, rather than force her to tear both hands away and grasp the burden of affairs, to bear alone

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upon shoulders that so easily may be transformed from pearl into granite.
During the year 1916, in England alone there were over five hundred thousand women with man's sweat upon their brows, mas tering crude labor not only to supply cool bandages for the torn limbs of their fathers, sons and brothers, but to make guns, shells and armor with which their men might gain victories and wrest glory from the iron hands of the god of war.
The women of all warring nations were guarding ardently the hearthstones, the fields and the castles to which their glorious survivors might return in the halo of heroes. The laws of right and justice demand that such men as these shall share their glory, and such liberty and power as they may maintain, with such women as these.
Who will say that the women of America are not so loyal, capa ble and efficient as their sisters across the seas? We know that they have displayed greater enterprise and intelligence in times of peace, and we know that with the sweep of war their sympathetic patriotism pervades the nation like the breath of spring. There fore let us remember that the most precious gift of man to woman is the gift that anticipates her rights and her desires, and forestalls her demands, and let us "Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates."

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TKe Modern Man and an Old,

Old Principle

(From an Editorial on December 39, 1916)

In the history of man thousands of years have budded and

blossomed, full and rich, only to be plucked by wanton hands and

set in voluptuous vases of self-satisfaction until their petals of

opportunities have withered, shattered and fallen into decay.

Thousands of years, too, have been woven into garlands of

glory to immortalize the names of progressive men.

Each year, by its waste or its wealth, has exemplified the ever

lasting doctrine that "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he."

The man who is sufficient unto himself and revels in the

selfish impulses of one day without thought of the next, or of his

fellow man, has nothing to acquire, and having something without

effort will live to see it lose its luster and its joy.

Who breathes noble ideas with each forward step and steps,

forward with each new idea plucks a rarer, more precious cluster

of opportunities with every swing of Father Time's immutable

scythe.

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Everything in life is a flower to the modern man who peers

with hopeful eyes over the plains of the present into the garden

of the future; and the flower proper is the least interesting of

all--it is a thing of mere beauty and fragrance, only emblematic

of the vital flowers of the soul, which have the infinite quality of

action. The modern man is hopeful, and he has unscathed faith in

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AMERICANISM

the quick survival of clean intelligence and enterprise over ignor ance and lethargy.
Faith and hope are his rarest flowers. Doubt and despair are weeds. Viewed from the tangle of these noxious parasites, the future is a maze of impenetrable undergrowth. Seeing thus, hopeless man stoops low to enter the future, and ere he knows he is little more than a beast, roving in savage lust for only that which will appease his beastly in stincts for the present and soothe his hot blood so that he may linger in brute contentment in that social or political filth with which his sphere reeks. This creature is not a modern man. He is a creature of darker ages. At heart and in mind he is a beast. His are animal instincts, and he is employing modern methods to gratify them. If he were truly a modern man he would seek modern, noble attainments. He is a prodigal who strives to gratify selfish impulses in the present because, blinded with envy, he doubts his power of accomplishment in the future. He craves social eruption and political disruption, and moves among common swine. The modern man considers every worthy thing, every flower of attainment in the garden of the future, his for the steadfast journey and the honest plucking. So, you see, there is a vast distinction between the modern man and the beast modernized. And the world, Mr. Man, is beginning to draw that distinction.
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The true modern man, his heart burning for honest conquest in a world of upright endeavor and his eyes lighting the way for his dauntless steps, will grasp each new year by the stem and will march steadily forward with head lifted high, until that year is his own full-blown glory and the most wonderful flower in the wreath of his career.