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Established October 12, 1901, MILLEDGEVILLE, GE0RGIA> Friday Morning, August 24, 1917
[JEST GOOO ROADS MEETING EVER HELD
li GEORGIA IS EXPECTED HERE SEPT. 3RD.
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| Official Organ
j City of
11 Milledgeville
$1.50 a Year
ES, ALLISON TO
ttenb gathering
Commissioners, the
oUB ty Commissioners, and
eprerentatives of Automo-
lc Clubs Coming
(PROVE THE DIXIE
aghway IS OBJECT
missioners asking that
ads de put in first class
iA pE before the tour of
5PECTI0N IS MADE
biu'iost pood rotids ’mooting
,Georgia is expected to take
^ jinietU cvillo one week from
jkiiuhiy. September 3rd, when
M. M. Allison, president of the
Hl'uliway association and Edi-
0-1; Howell, of the Atlanta Con
i'and Editor AV. T. Anderson,
Macon Telegraph, commissiou-
tho Dixie Highway association
Drain, will meet large delegations
o’l roads enlhrsiasts from every
on dm eastern division of the
Highway between Atlanta and
nail.
;ijes the officials of the Dixie
ay association, the meeting to
lld i,ere on the 3rd of September
,e attended by the members of
l0 ards of county commissioners
the route of the Dixie Highway
, en Milledgeville. and Savannah
Iso between hero and Atlanta,
a large delega’ion will come
rom Atlanta, Savannah and Ma-
represent the automobile clubs
:h of these cities.
organized effort is being arrang-
interest many of the private !n-
;ial citizens in the various coun-
long the eastern division of the
•ay and the mayors of all the
are being called upon to take
jtive interest in the movement to
the gathering to be held here the
repr'sentative body of good roads
ates over assembled in Georgia.
Baldwin County Club has al-
joined in the effort to get the
along this division of the Dixie
av in first class condition be-
resident Allison and the Georgia
issloners make their inspection
if the route and it is expected a
o the authorities in each of the
es along the line of this branch
e made from members of the
cads promoters of Milledgeville.
gathering to be held in Mill
pie to figure on plans of further
|ving the Dixie Highway will be
n in the G. N. and I. College
irium and during the period cf
ce ting several prominent speak-
ill make addresses in behalf of
ovement to he so thoroughly
• red. Among the speakers will
esidont M. m. Allison, of Chatta
Highway association; Editor \V. T.
Anderson, of the Macon Telegraph,
apd Clark Howell, the latter two men
commissioners from Georgia of the
Dixie Highway association.
A delegation of wide prominence lo
attend the meeting will be the mem
bers of the commissioners highway
department of Georgia, information to
this effect having already been receiv
ed in Milledgeville. Thi3 board is
composed of Judge T. E. Patterson, of
Griffin, chairman a member of the
prison commission of Georgia; Judge
R. E. Davison, chairman of the prison
commission of Georgia; E. L. Rainey,
member of the prison commission; C.
M. Stralmm, of Athens; R. D. Knealo,
of Atlanta; G. M. McCall Is," of Atlanta,
and G. H. Yancey, secretary, Atlanta.
The following letter from Editor
Clark Hoxvell to Dr. E. A. Tigner of
this city, will not only be read with
interest by the peoplo of Milledge-
ville and Baldwin county, but it will
evidence just how significant this
gathering will be and indicate the con
sideration being granted by the good
roads officials in their efforts to make
the meeting a big success:
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21,. 1917.
Dr. E. A. Tigner, Milledgeville, Ga.
Dear Dr. Tigner:
I am attaching herewith mani
fold of letter being sent by me
today to the chairman of every
board of county commissioners on
the eastern division of the Dixie
Highway between Atlanta and Sa
vannah.
I have also sent a similar let
ter to the mayor of every county-
seat city along the route.
I am glad to know that you peo
ple have taken active hold of this
matter, and I will be greatly dis
appointed if the Milledgeville
meeting is not on of the best good
roads meetings ever held in the
state.
The main thing for your people
to do now is to go to work and
organize all the counties on this
. division between Atlanta and Sa
vannah, and get representative
delegations from every one of
them.
Would, suggest that you take
this matter up at once with P. C.
Battey, president of the Savannah
Automobile club, and ask him to
have his club well represented.
Be sure to get the Eatonton and
Madison people interested. This
meeting should mean a great deal
for them for'this will be the first
inspetien’ of the link between At
lanta and Milledgeville by Madi
son and Eatonton, and if it stands
the test, it will inevitably become
the most traveled route between
Atlanta and Savannah.
Please keep me advised as to
what you are doing to push the
meeting to a success.
Yours very truly,
CLARK HOWELL.
The following letter written by Edi
tor Howell has been addressed to (he
members of the boards of county com
missioners in the counties along the
eastern division of the Dixie Highway
from Milledgeville to Savannah:
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 21, 1917.
To the County Commissioners:
As you have probably seen in
newspaper reports a meeting ot
the Atlanta-Savannah division of
the Dixie Highway is to be held in
Milledgeville Monday, Septem
ber 3.
President M. M. Allison, of the
Dixie Highway association, is to
make an official inspection of the
route, and ho has requested the"
two Georgia commissioners; W. T.
Anderson of Macon, and me, to
accompany him.
Ho will probably be accompan
ied by several other directors of
the Dixie Highway asosciation
from other states.
Wo are very anxious to have the
Milledgeville meeting a thorough
ly representative one, with the
county commissioners and promi
nent citizens from the intervening
counties between Atlanta and Sa
vannah in attendance.
This will be the first inspection
of the Atlanta-^Eatonton-Milledge-
ville link of the Dixie Highway,
and I am sure that you will appre
ciate the importance, not only of
living 'the roadway in as good
condition as possible between now
and the lime of the tour, but also
of having your county adequately
reprecented at the Milledgeville
meeting.
Let me suggest that you talto
the matter up at once with your
leading citizen and put the matter
before them accordingly.
With best wishes, I am,
Very truly yours,
CLARK HOWELL.
G. N. & I, COLLEGE
TO OPEN SEPT. 18
New Dormitory Will Be Com
pletely in Readiness for Oc
cupancy With the Begin
ning of New Term
CAPT. ENNIS URGED
FOR ADJT. GENERAL
His Friends Are Insisting that
He Become Successor to
Adjutant General J. Van
Holt Nash
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The formal opening of the college
Jclasses of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College for the 1917-1918 term
ill take place Tuesday morning, Stp
ember ISth, the .dormitories of the
nsti^ution to be opened on the 17th.
Ov.-ing to a slight delay in comple'
ing tho new co’lege dormitory the
date of the opening of the collegq ha
been changed from September 12th to
The above date, though the new build
ing will bo in copiplcte readiness for
occupancy at the time the institution
Is opened.
SPEER UPHOLDS THE
CONSCRIPTION ACT
Federal Jhdge Renders Deci
sion at-Mount Airy in Ap
peal Made by Watson as a
Test Case
MIDWAY SCHOOL TO
OPEN SEPT. THIRD
Rev. L. J. Lawrence Will
Head Big Public School and
Other Teacher for Institu
tion Selected
Slice the resignation of Adjutant
General J. Van Holt Nash to enter
the second officers’ training' camp the
matter of the appointment of Capt.
J. IT. Ennis, of this city, to succeed
General Nash haa been agitated
throughout tho state.
Many of Captain Ennis’ friends are
rging that the adjutant general’s
place be tendered him and scores of
his acquaintances over the state who
realize his ability as an army office
are calling for action of the samo
t turc.
For moro than fourteen y
The delay in the opening of the
dormitories and coilegq classes will! tain Ennis has served ns an
in no manner affect the original plan the Baldwin Blues and durii
of opening the training school at tho j riod he was often recogn^
radcs ; ranking officer in the
fcollege and nil of the first nine
Jjelow the college classes will open of Georgia.
September 12tli, as formerly announc-j Since the time Cap’J-* Ennis .enter
ed in the college catalogue. cd the military lifio hd^fs given much
The student roll at the Georgia Nor-j time and study In thoroughly familiar-
mal and Industrial College this year izing himself with military affairs and
will be the recording of the largest I his unusual manner of obtaining mili-
Tho Midway school, the largest pub
lic school in Baldwin county, will op
en its 1917-191S term next Monday
week with Rev. L. J. Lawrence aa
principal of tho institution, all the oth
er members of the faculty having al
ready been elected also.
Tho Midway school, though operat
ed under tho supervision of the public
selmol3 of Baldwin county, will begin
about six weeks before the regular
Vipie for the opening under the public
chcol system, tho earlier opening be.
ing due to a local school tax being
voted and levied for the purpose.
The full corps of teachers for the-
Midway school are as follows: Rev.
L. J. Lawrence, principal. Misse3 Ag
nes Stembridgo, Mattie Vaughan and
Jceaio Alien.
attendance ever before known at the
Institution, though the college has
grown from year to year in both the
attendance of students and general
Increased popularity.
Already plans are under way for
getting tiie grounds and dormitories
of the'college-in first class shape for
the formal opening of the school an-J
the prospects arc this year will mark
still greater success for the G. N.
and I. College.
C. H. WHITFIELD BUYS
COLONIAL THEATRE
'MOVING PICTURE HOUSE SOLD
AT RECEIVERS SALE TUESDAY
FOR $3865—JUDICIAL DECISION
NOT YET CONFIRMED
Tenn., president of the Dixie from Atlanta to Milledgeville and
Mount Airy, Aug. 20—F 'deral Judge
Emory Speer upheld the selective
army law in a decision rendered ^Sun
day night to the effect that the law is
constitutional.
The decision was the result of an
appeal made by Thomas E. Watson ns
a' test of the law. At a hearing here
Saturday Watson, in tho case of An
bert Jones, a McDuffie county negro,
charged with violating the law, made
a plea that the statute was in contra
vention of the involuntary servitude
clause of the federal constitution.
Watson submitted a brief and E’arle
Donalson, United States district nttor
ney for the Southern district of Geor
gia, made a brief argument in behalf
of the government.
Judge Speer took the case under ad
visement without delay, rendering his
decision last night.
■ : 'TiiiiM ”
HOG KILLING WEATHER 1
ALL THE T8EV1E WITH US.
Farmers with hogs ready to kill can stop
the feed expense and also get ahead of high
cost of meat. We furnish the cold weather
GEORGIA PRODUCTS CO.
Cold Storage Department
Phone 181, N. Wayne Street.
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The Colonial theatre was sold at
receivers sale Tuesday at noon for the
sum of $3865, the property havln
bheh advertised to He disposed of at
•public auction for several weeks be
fore Eale was made.
The theatre was sold to Mr. Charles
H. Whitfield and" as no judicial dec!
sion has been rendered confirming the
sale of the property he has not an
nounced as yet to what course he shall
pursue in carrying on the moving pic
ture house.
200 LEGISLATORS" ASK
PARDON OF MRS. GODBEE
LOYAL DAUGHTER OF IMPRISON-
ED WOMAN STILL V/ORKING IN
HER BEHALF—DORSEY TO CON
SIDER MATTER THIS WEEK
Atlanta, Aug. 20.—About 200 of tb
233 members of tho genera! assembly
of Georgia have signed a petition re
questing Governor Hugh M. Dorsey
!o issue a pardon lo Mrs. Edna Per
kins Gcdbee, who is serving a life
sentence in the state prisom farm a
Milledgeville for killing her former
husband, Walter S. Godbee, and her
former husband’s second wife, in front
of the Millen postoffice in the summer
of 1913.
The presentation of (he petition to
Governor Dorsey will take place in a
few days, and in the outcome of the
petition there is more than usual in
terest because of the fact that Govern
or Dorsey’s principal plank in his
campaign platform was opposition to
the exercise of executive clemency.
Mrs. Godbee had been divorced from
Walter S. Godbee and he had married
again. He and his secand wife were
living in Millen. As they emerged
from the Millen postofilce one after
noon in the summer of 1913, the first
Mrs. Godbee met them and opened
fire with a revolver, killing them
both. She was tried and sentenced
(o life imprisonment. She claimed in
her trial that her former husband had
rruelly mistreated her, that he had
taken her money and property away
from her, and that after his second
marriage ho had constantly harassed
and humiliated her.
Mrs. Godboe’s daughter, Sarah, who
Is now Mrs. Griner, of Kansas City,
has worked hard to secure a pardon
for her inotheh. The prison commis
sion of Georgia has recommended a
pardon, but Governor Harris did not
grant it.
WANTED—Small second-hand safe
in good condition and a bargain. S. J.
Guyer, Hctel Dinkier Macon, Ga.
tary discipline of those under his com
maud has always attracted widespread
attention.
Immediately following Adjutant-Gen
eral Nash’s resignation as the adju
tant general of Georgia, Captain En
nis’ name was favorably mentioned In
many quarters ns General Nash’s suc
cessor and here of late influential
press support is being giveta the move
ment.
As to whether or not Captain Ennis
proposes to accept the appointment, it
(he place is offered him, which will
more than likely be done, he is not
favorably inclined to express himself
just at this time.
STAR THEATRE OPENED
MONDAY AFTERNOON
TYPEWRITER FOR SALE
Are you anticipating buying a type
writer? If you are, we have an L. C.
Smith, a standard machine, practical
ly ns gco<^ as new for sale at less than
half price. This machine goes at first
opportunity, • so if you are Interested
it will pay you to co-mo to The News
office and look this typewirter over at
ance.
The •Milledgeville New3
Miss Genevieve Joseph is the guest
of relatives in Devereux for several
days.
Tho new Star theatre was formal
ly opened here Monday afternoon un
der the management of Mr. F. D.
Adams.
The old Star theatre was opened up
in Milledgeville in the fall of 1913 by
Mr. Adams in the same building he is
now located in and during tho sever
al montlm lie operated tho business.at
that time ho was very cuccessful in
carrying on tho enterprise.
Since the Star opened Monday tho
house has been patronized freely by
the people of Milledgeville and owing
to Mr Adams' sveral years experience
in the moving picluro business he
states that he believes he is in a posi
tion to know what class of pictures
tho people of this city prefer and ta
tho end he proposed to work to.
We have a full stock of
Typewrite? Ribbons, one and
two colors, for all makes of.
machines. Also, Carbon Pa
pers and Second Sheets.
Phone 312, The Milledge
ville News.
G. N. L C NOTICE TO
BALDWIN COUNTY STUDENTS
1
All applicants for admission to the higher classes of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial College in Septem
ber, should call at the President’s office on Friday
morning, August 24th, at 10 o’clock if convenient.
The College dormitories will open on September- 17..
However, the training school for the first nine grades
below the College classes will open'on Wednesday
morning, September 12th.
MR. FARMER:
I AM GOING TO MAKE AN APPEAL TO YOUR BETTER JUDGMENT.
NOW, I AM A TAILOR WITH THIRTY-TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
MEASURING, CUTTING AND MAKING CLOTHES. I DEAL WITH THE
LARGEST WOOLEN HOUSE IN THE WORLD, THEIR MAIN HOUSE IS IN
NEW YORK; ALSO, HOUSES IN CHICAGO, PITTSBURG, CINCINNAI, ST.
LOUIS LONDON, ENGLAND, AND PARIS, FRANCE. SO YOU CAN READ-
ILY SEE IN WHAT ENORMOUS QUANTITIES THEY MUST BUY, WHICH
ENABLES THEM TO BUY AT A LOWER PRICE THAN THE AVERAGE
WHOLESALE MERCHANT AND THEREFORE CAN SELL AT A MUCK
LOWER PRICE. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT I DO ALL MY OWN SELL
ING, MEASURING, ETC. NO CLERK HIRE. HOUSE SENDS OUT NO
TRAVELING SALESMEN. WHICH IS A BIG EXPENSE, AND EVERY CUS-
TOMER WHO GIVES THEM AN ORDER HAS TO HELP PAY. ARE THESE
NOT FACTS?
THINK IT OVER BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER FOR A FALL
SUIT OR OVERCOAT. ALL I ASK IS FOR YOU TO, CALL AT MY PLACE
OF BUSINESS OVER (EXCHANGE BANK AND LET ME SHOW YOU JUST
WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT 1 CAN DO. 1 HAVE CONVINCED HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS; WHY NOT YOU?
YOURS VERY TRULY,
GEO. W. BARR,
THE POPULAR PRICED TAILOR
CLEANING AND PRESSING PHONE 46t