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Official Organ,
City of
Milledgeville
MILLEDGEVILI F. r.F.ORGIA, Friday Morning, July 27, 1917
Established October 12, 1901,
FORTY;
Annual Return of Tax Re
ceiver Lane Shows Decided
Progress in Wealth of the
County ' /
Recent Rains Give a Rapid
Growth to all Plants And
Prospects Are Favorable
For Bumper Yields.
Hundred and Ninety-six Are
Required Number Is to Be
Given in List From Whichi
Selected
To Pay for the Murder of His
Wife Seventh of September.
Attorneys Will Appeal His
Case . fc .u.. .... j /
According to good authority, the
first call from Baldwin county to
make up the quota of soldiers to be
provided in accordance to the select
ive draft bill will Hake 135 men, 37 of
this huimber having already voluntar
ily Joined the army,' the remaining
number required from this county be-
The general rains falling in this
section during the past two or three 1
weeks have remilted in the growth of i
all plants almost beyond surprise and !
the indications now are that the yield .
of cotton, corn and oilier agriculturial
productions ( in Baldwin county and
this section will be greater than at any :
time during the last several years.
In most every section 'ftie gencial
crops have been worked out to a finish
and the farmers are beginning to
study out their plans for the planting
of fall grain;*, even before the gather
ing of this season’s crops.
With the general advance in cotton (
and all kinds of grains the prospects
are that this immediate section will"!
produce the most
Charles F. Polk, who was found guil
ty of murder in the killing of his
wife by, a jury serving on the case
f*hur4iay, was Saturday morning
given a death penalty by Judge Jas.
B. Park, the date of the execution set
for September 7th.
As soon as Polk was sentenced- to
be hanged his attorneys filed notice
of their intention to appeal the case
and lake the matter to the supreme
court. Sibley & Sibley and Judge
■ Jm T. Allen, all local attorneys, re I
presented Polk in his trial during the
past week.
Just before Judge Parle passed sen
tence on the convicted man he in
quired cf Polk at* to whether he (Polk)
had anything to Stay as to why sen
tenced should not be passed upon him.
“If yeti are going to hang a.man, for
God’s sake hang htmi on the truth
and not on lies,’’ Polk answered.
The first men to’be called to select
the required number from' will be
twice the number to bo demanded and
in the event the exemption board is-
unable to obtain tho quota as required
by the government another call will
be made to complete the number to
go from Baldwin county, t
The men to be selected from this
yield of county will came in the order of the
of ..the new selective di’aft plan in the draw-
ntry, providing no backset in the. ing of numbers as took place in Wash-
■ of a drought or oilier disaster is ington cn the 20th of this month. •
3r d ec l. The first white man to be called be-i
@ fore the' exemption board in Baldwin. ,-
WERNMEMT NEEDS count,;,- will be Mr. G. P. Shepherd, his
, number being the second drawn in the-
MANY STENOGRAPHERS ..i»cti-e draft, drawing, number 458.
_ | The first' hundred and ninety-six >
-Tho 'supply of men to be drawn from this county will
- - be notified to appear before the ex
emption board during the next few
days and those standing the physical
examination will be granted seven
days?—to 'file reasons why ithey should 1
be exempted on other grounds. For
Instance, if one is examined at noon
Atlanta,
qualified \ stenographers and typewrit-
ers is not'equal to the. demand. Vjjfcsi
number of--vacancies in the dopart-
nor.ta.l eertycc- ( Washington, D. C.) is
so groat that at present air who pass
the examination, which is held/weekly
'n the principal cities, aro t’ertif.ed
for eppbintment, and the need in the
field service (positions outside cf (
Washington, D. C.) is scarcely less nr- j
gent. Eliminations are hold fre
quently. |
A number ,of men who can operate
a typewriter will be needed in the va
rious army offices In Charleston, S.
C„ and Atlanta, Ga., an& these ra/en
will be appointed through the type
writer examination'for the field serv
ice, so-called, at a salary of $1000 a
vfear.
As a patriotic duty, qualified per
sons are urged to apply. The exami
nations have been simplified by emit-'
tinp the tabulating test, etc. Full in
formation .and applcation blanks can
be obtaindd frohi the. secretary, local
civil service board at any first or sec
ond class post offlcle, or from the sec
retary. Fifth Civil Service District, 202
Post Office building, Atlanta, Ga.
REV. S. H. B-IMGN WILL
. PREACH AT BETHEL
Kev. S. H. Dimonv of Acwort.h, for
merly pastor ,of the churches of the
Baldwin circuit in this county', will be
here next Sunday and will preach at
the 11 o'clock services at Bethel
church.
.Mr. Dimon was moved from this
f.aurity’by his church about three years
'ago aaB - during the time lie served as
pastor of the Baldwin circuit he won
the admiration of the members of all
aiid his return to
Protracted services to last a tveek
will be commenced at Mt. Pelier
church , next Sunday interning at 11
WORK ON DORMITORY
IS AGAIN IN PROGRESS
of his. congregation:
preach at Bethel at the morning ser
vices next Sunday will no doubt be
learned with a great deal of interest.
Mr. Dimon is now serving his first
year as pasfor of the Methodist church
in Acworth.
HOG KILLING WEATHER
ALL THE TIME WITH US
with hogs Heady to kill can stop
j Farmers
the feed expense and also get ahead of high
cost of meat. We furnish the cold weather
GEORGIA PRODUCTS GO.
Cold Storage Department
hone 181, N. Wayne Street.
We are offering a large stock
of fruit jars at the very LOW
EST PRICES, quarts and half
ballons. R. G. Smi*h & Co.,
country the same ac
tho people living ir.
towns now have th
the twenty-
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Official Organ
Baldwin
county
. Six Members From
House and Senate Visit
The State Sanitarium And
State Prison Farm
committees appoin-
composed of fifty
farm,
of the senate and house
pfln t Friday and Saturday
over the conditions at the
.■me,. io visit the state
arrived here Friday rnorn-
Tho legislati'' 0 . . ,
T .-it the state sanitarium and
Id to " s11 “
late prison "
L nrernber?
t Georgia, s
(ere looking
Ijig institutions.
I The cow
* nI!#1, '”! r ; lU ,lie afternoon the mem-
..., automobile trip over the
, v tied by the inmates of the
' , i: iJ poll their return they
C(! |;,n wards in the different
of the place.
Ilnihe early evening tho sanitarium
I 'hoard the reports of the
Tester s of tli
Jers toon
|rr.i
istimtio
sanitarium, which was
jvC(1 j,, a most favorable manner
7 f;, r as the management of the
•as concerned. However,,
Ej. unjust od the general overcrowd-
’ccnditiomv at the sanitarium, oc-
sion°(1 b; the confining of unfit sub
lets within the institution, caused
Vim little criticism of the custom as
carried on by flic officials in some
up counties in the state. This
(ho existing circumstance:?,
s , a:cr.-ii-vv. will be brought up
;f ,jon befc.ro the legislature dur
j tire present, sesDion.
Tho majority of tbs members of the
fcta f-.rrt vi 1 - ins committee did not
[ach Miliedgovillo until Friday even-
; and S:f rday they spent mest of
s day taking in the conditions at the
:m and visiting the different build-
|gs of the prison, including the re-
jiutory'and the prison farm hos-
N-
[At neon the m embers of both the
jnitarium committee and the prison
Jrniconimitteew.'ere served a splendid
rlcctie dinner in the ball of the men’s
n/d/ng oi the penitentiary. The
.rbecne was prepared by employes of
1 prison fam; and supervised by of,
'alt, of the institution.
After the members of the two legisla-
'e visitinjr committees had feasted
p chairmen of tho committees were
lied upon for short addresses. In
few well spoken words. Chairman
inis, of the prison fanrj committee,
iclared that his first visit to Mill-
gevillc ami the famcc-3 u ate in-
tutionshero had brought to his light
state ot affairs existing in Georgia
ver before thought of &o far as he
s concerned. “[ must say that I am
stsed and delighted to know that the
infer! unate of every class
’ are being cared for and
oh a humane manner
here today.’”, said Mr,
a hod also referred to
and Industrial Ccllege
valuable educational
c 'i"ia tind stated that
deny the institution of
a;Id result in handicap-
1 1 the one college
11 much to advance the
a and welfare cf the
The annual return of E. P. Lane,
tax receiver of Baldwin county, was,
after a laborious season, completed
and expressed to Hon. William 'A.
Wright, comptroller general of Geor
gia, Friday. Compilations of the digest
shows an increase over 191G of nearly
$100,000.
The resultsi are as follows:
White poll tax, $965; colored poll
tax, $638; increase of G9 polls. Law
yers, S; doctors, 30; dentists, 3; arch
itect, cue—all the same as last year.
Acreage cf land, 153,873; in 1916, 157,-
229; .'decrease in acreage, 1456, but an
increase in value of $1GG0.
In city property a gain of $30,388
was shown. State and national banks
$19,673; increase for 1917, .$11000.
Money, notes, accounts, etc., $222,022;
for 1916, $221,073. Value of merchan-
dist. of all kinds., $206,SOS; in 1916,
$222,216—a decrease for 1917 of $153.
19. Automobiles, etc., $59,830; 1916,
41,490; showing a gain of $18,340
Cotton and ether products, $94,110;
$1916, $70,125. Here is shown a gain
of $23,985. Iron works, foundry, etc.,
$2-7,965; 1916, $27,815; showing a
slight increase of ($150. Capital in
vostecd in mining, etc., j$l7,500; ir
1916, $16,700—a gain cf $S00. House
hold and kitchen furniture, $121,164;
in 1916, $116,650; an increase of $4506
aVlue of watches, jewelry, etc., $ 10^
32; in 1916, $10,722; showing a small
;ain of onlyt'10. Horses, mulest cows,
tc., $121,164; value in 1916, $180,968;
decrease of $59,804. Dogs, $914; in
1916 $681; a gain of $233. Wagons,
boggiest plow tools, $44,207; in 1916
$43,347; a gain of $860; cotton, corn
and annual crops, etc., $4170. All oth
er porperty not heretofore enumerat-
3d. $9164; in 19167, $8940; an Increase
of $224.
f leeted in
1 io nd o;
Tito
[orgia Xom
[being tl, P i
’"hi h
I would tie-.
lulling tl,a;
f Pr °^ '
|org:;i J ■
rial i or,j,
pain ran K Ily
Itorv
STdondiil
I f highly
all the sev
(l around y
r °f boil, th
« havtn
Atlanta Is to have a great automo
bile racing classic this year,' as Bar
ney Oldfield, master driver of tho
world, and Ralph De Palma, idol of
the speed saucers, will meet there in
three racing duels of 25, 15 and 10
miles next Saturday afternoon, July
2S, at the Southeastern Fair Grounds,
to decide the world's dirt track cham
pionship.
The Atlanta clash cf these bitter
enemies of the racing «realm will be
the third and final one in a series of
three match-races. Barney defeated
his Italian rival at Milwaukee two
weeks ago, and Ralph made Oldfield
eat his dust at Detroit July Fourth.
Bbth would sacrifice almost anything
tq vanquish the ether in this last meet
ing which will crown a new dirt track
champion, and racing fans all over the
country are looking for sensational de-
.velopments when the pair of speed
”ijgs * *
meet in Atlanta next Saturday.
PROTRACTED MF.ETW
AT MT. PELIER CHURCH
FIRST OF SERVICES TO BEGIN
1 NEXT SUNDAY MORNING—MEET
INGS TO BE HELD TWICE DAILY
DURING THE WEEK.
BUILDING WILL PROBABLY BE IN
READINESS FOR OCCUPANCY
THE LATTER PART OF SEPTEM
BER.
Tl’.a new $50,000 dormitory of the
leorgia Normal and Industrial College
will probably be. in readiness for oc
cupancy tho latter part of September,
work on tho building being resumed
this week after a considerable delay
ccasioned on account of inability to
secure brick necessary to carry on the
work- ' ,
Same three or four weeks ago sever
al canjoadb of brlclc were shipped
here by 1 the contractors furnishing
tho material nnd were turned down on
account of inferior quality. ’i^ii'>
■curted an intermission in tlic construe-
cl :u of the dormitory and gonsequent-
',- will bring about a delay in the com
pletion of the building.
o’clock.
Rev^ A. A. Tilley, pastbr of Mt. Pelier
announced this week that the protract-
ed services world continue through all
of next week, the meetings to be held
twice dailV. in the morning at 11
o’clock and at 8 o’clock in the even
ings.
The pastor and other church workers
of Mt. Pelier are going to endeavor
to provide some special music for the
carrying on of protracted meetings
and a special invitation will be extend
ed everyone to attend, the services
each dya.
The beginning of the services will
take place promptly at the hours set
for the meetings and the pastor will
urge everyone to be present as’prompt
ly as possible.
Twenty-two oilier St'aios now
library- commissions, which are
** IhroujJ]
1 Mortn; ]
of the special refor-
followed Mr. Dor
res?, placing much,
cmarks concerning
being carried out
nagers of the refer
.a prison farm."
ui for the short ad
r, arly afternoon - Sautr-
early afternoon Satur
; iimonted the officials
al rtate institutions in
ledgeville, every raern-
Sl 'uate and house com-
mi! a visit to the stale
■ ate reformatory and
n farm.
stay in Milledgeville,
visiting committees
11 io go over the grounds
1 ’he buildings of tho Geor-
nn ; Industrial College avd
n.bers expressed them-
LIBRARY BILL TO COME
UP AT THIS SESSION
BILL PROVIDING $5000 CIRCULAT
ING LIBRARY FOR BENEFIT OF
RURAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE
INTRODUCED
have
con-
d- cling a system cf traveling libraries
having, appropriations from the state
ranging from $$000 to $50,000. Several
Southern states are already doing this
work with great success, notably Ken
tucky and North Carolina,- the legisla
ture of North Carolina recently appro
priating $$8000 for the'work. Georgia
DRAFT CAUSES A BIG
INCREASE IN.RECRUITS
Washington, July .26.—Under stimu
lus of the draft, recruiting for the reg
ular army showed a decided increase
yesterday, bringing in 2294 with four
districts yet to be heard from. That
makes the total obtained since April
1, 159,007, leaving .only 23,891 to he
obtained to bring the regulars to war
strength.
t ^ ion, oi oiirri'iiLj , - ficfiiui
Get my prices on fruit jars. Rcckiedge; j. r, Taytcn c
r mi in/ Ion Wilson, of Douglas, a;:
i will save you money. L. U.
Smith.
LOOK,AT THE LABEL ON YOUR
spends $2,700,000 a year on/the com,.PAPER AND SEE IF YOUR SUB-
of
presi-
IVe 8 as
rprHvui
! i!| g utterly and agreeable
,J '-h uo*
:lt the magnitude of the
Geur;’j;
| T college for young ladles
The H; C
illedfrv
”' )f u- ct the committees loll
'etiirj 1 ;
,,ur:n S 'ho afternoon and
nnd in their depau-
■■Prcs.-nd tiieir hearty ap-
H(3 f
110 many courtesies ex-
::i ‘'"ring their stay in Mill-
ir 5-1
■77 ■
.
b-ttitig room and kitchen
h >
i ’'"Uficte. and- other items
■ ! furniture, Sept. 1, 1917. j
-
■ .:<!■' SOin ° indoflnike time,
f- i. ./
' ling. See 1110 at once.
1 nee.
Atlanta, July 26.—One of the most
important bills before this session of
the general assembly affecting tho
state as a whole is the bill providing
for an appropriation of ?’>900 to bo
spent by the Georgia state library
commission in establishing and main
taining a system of circulating -or
traveling libraries fob the rural com
munities of thq state. This bill has
been endorsed by the Georgia state
Federation of Women’s Clubs of winch
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black is president
and by the Georgia Library associa
tion, of which Chancellor Barrow,
the University of Georgia,
dent.
if this bill is passed it will mean
that any rural community in the-state
can have the loan of 50 or more books
cn any,subjects desired for a period
of three to six months and at the end
of that time can exchange this collec
tion fi r another 50 books, these helm,
sent on to another community. Sues
:t system would mean much to tho ru
ral sections of Georgia as SO per i ent
'of the population of Georgia live in
tho country. Tho purpose of this bill
is to'give to the people living In the
3 access to books that
t\jo cities
mon schools of the state, teaching her
children how to read and this bill
would provide' than with boqks to
road.
The bill was introducod In the house
by Mr. Garland II. Jones, of Coweta
county; Mr. IV. II. Dorris, of Crisp,
rnd Mr. R. C. Kills, of Tift. The bill
is now before the public library com-
that, already oxjst in the towns. ,
■ * • i ,
mitteo cf the exse of of which
Jcesoph Law is chairman and will
probably coma before the appropria
tions committee in a few days.
At the
COLONIAL THEATRE
J FRIDAY, JULY 27
Jesse L. Laoky pnesent Mme. Fe-
trova’in
> “THE UNDYING FLAME"
SATURDAY, JULY 28
“THE DARK ROAD”
Thomas H. Incc Production
MONDAY, JULY 30
Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in
“FRECKLES”
Froijn the 1 .by'Sene Stratton Porter
! TUESDAY, JULY 31
WM. A. BRADY FEATURE
Balance of week’s program to be
announced later.
SCR'PTION HAS EXPIRED.
HAS. PAV UP-
ELEVEN RECRUITS ARE
ENLISTED AS REGULARS
Macon, July 26.—Thursday eleven
recruits wcer accepted at the recruit
ing station of tho regular army. They
were asi follows:
B. W. Dowd and C. D. Harrington, of
Ty Ty; W. F. Mobley, A. V. Jouts. and
H. P. Harrell, of Tennille; M. L. Blan
ton, of Surrency; - Reginald Wood, of
cr, of Dublin; Al
ii d Willie Sut
ton and Dewey Edenfield, of Gray-
mont.
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258
Eugene Myrlck
458
Pierce) Shepherd
.4
H. B. Roborts
1095
A Moses
783
J. C. Davis
1117
C. F. Riley
837
R. H. Allen
337
L. Williams
676
B. 'E. Harrison
275,
R. Ingram
609
J 1 Pitts
564
J. Harris ■
945
J Nelson
59G
C. W. Argo
636
H. S. Carr
548
J. Veal
126
J. B. Kelsey 1
784
V. Edwards
755
B. Gibson \
107
Guy Lewis
48C
Sam Pearson
692
John Smith
COO
John Crawford
373'
George Finney
775
General Johnson
615
Joe Cicaicnis
S10
Joseph /Humphrey
507
Clifton Wilborn (
309
M. Williamson
437
Charley Finney
G04
Oscar McAfee