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THE MILLEDG EVILLE NEWS
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UMBER.
Established October 12, 1901. MILLEDCEVILLE, GE0RG1 Friday Morning, August 3I, I9I7
40,000 DAMAGE BY FIRE HERE
EARLY HOUR TUESDAY MORNING
l» LIVES
ern
ret t Building and PI? ^ of
Jeanes & Robinson /lirned
HOLE BLOCK vas
ONCE THREATENED
- ,s SUPPOSED TO HAVE
lR 0 , rNA TED IN BUILDING OC-
0RI BY JEANES & ROBIN-
son! n D ext to CITY hall
biggest loss by lire in Mllledge-
I in many years occurred here at
ear] v hour Tuesday morning.
The origin
-PF
of the tire was first dis-
fered about 2:15 o’clock Tuesday
* a nd due to the fact no one
° r ,ened to be on the streets at this
rticutar hour except night police-
th e flames had gained conso
le headway before the fire alarm
JS sounded in calling out the fire da-
nment.
w breaking out of the fire was
, observed in the rear of the build-
occupied by Jeanes & Robinson,
, l0 ,he city hall, the origin of the
„,es being unknown, though it Is
lieved to have been brought about
a spontaneous combustion.
As soon as the fire department ap-
red on the scene, which was less
„ five minutes after the alarm was
t in, heavy streams of water was
cte’d on the flames, though it was
possible to check the conflagration
reaching the two-story Barrett
lying and the three-story Elks’
b building. Continuing from the
„ of Jeanes & Robinson, the fire
ept everything In its path, includ-
she cotton office of Capt. J. H.
Is, the Milledgeville Ice Works’
ce, the Western Union and Postal
legraph offices, the Milledgeville
rd of Trade and the barber shop
Wright and Walton,
wing to the rapid spread of the
early Tuesday morning practically
thing in the way of furniture or oth-
fixtures were saved from the ruins
the buildings in the path of the
es and the total loss by the con
ation Is estimated at between $30,-
and $10,000. v '~ ’
t one time it seemed that the en-
block in which the fire originated
doomed to destruction, though
ugh well directed aims of the fire-
n, the flames were checked from
ping the narrow alley way between
Elks' building and the wholesale
retail drug store of Culver &
d, the Star theatre and the hard-
e and furniture stores of the D. W.
wn company. Only for the sub-
Hal fire walls between the city
and the building occupied by
nes k Robinson, this former hand-
e building would have been includ-
in the ruins of Tuesday morning,
'lien the fire had made its way to
three-story Elks’ building, the
i" 4 began to roll high in the air
f°r the still atmosphere
■ 'tie train business section of
ledcovilio would have been endatT-
; ei i' The hundreds of people ap-
Uu on rn-. sirt'cts to witness the
'"• l ' lire kepi a close watch-
>lt‘' Mazo to spread in other
Tim Masonic building, the
THROUGH FLAMES
The Stars and Stripes Waving
Over Elks’ Building Goes
Down Untouched When
Flag Pole Burns
A remarkable feature in connection
with the big fire here early Tuesday
morning was that of saving an Amer
ican flag waving over the Elks’ build
ing, the base of the pole burning in
two and “Old Glary’’ falling over at a
slight angle across the sidewalk, lodg
ing on the telegraph, untouched and
unharmed.
The hundreds of spectators witness
ing the fire freely discussed their re
grets of having to see the beautiful
flag go down in the flames to be de
stroyed, as it seemed such was the
destiny of the Stars and Stripes on
this occasion, being surrounded by
fire on every side and underneath,
But if the American flag is as safe in
Europe as it was Tuesday morning,
and certainly the circumstances could
not be considered as unfavorable, the
American soldiers called upon to go
to the front In the far east might well
feel that they will be overwhelmingly
victorious on every occasion.
Though the several buildings In the
path of the flames Tuesday morning
were completely, destroyed, <l 01d
Glory" was found to be waving after
business activities had commenced
later in the day, swinging over the
sidewalk betwen the remaining brick
frame of the Elks’ building and the
telegraph wires on the side of the
street..
/
The honor of rescuing the flag went
to Mr. L. H. Word, district lineman
foreman for the Western Union Tele
graph company, of Macon, who arrlv
ed in Milledgeville at 6:30 Tuesday
m-crning to arrange new quarters for
the company he represents. Mr.
Word climbed the telegraph pole, it
self Half burned and on which the flag
had lodged, and safely and carefully
brolight the Stars and Stripes-to-safe
ty, unharmed and unconquered,
though it seemed that its return to
safety was a matter of Providence.
$15,000 BUILDING Dl
Official Organ
City 1 of
Milledgeville
V
$1.50 a Year
BIG DIXIE HIGHWAY MEETING WILL
BE HELD HERE NEX1 MONDAY, 3RD
LEGAL TANGLE OVER
ADJUTANT GENERAL
Joe Hill Hall Says That Gov
ernor Cannot Appoint Capt.
J. H. Ennis of Milledgeville,
to That Position
The three-story Elks’ building,
shown auove, was the last structure
destroyed in the path of the conflag
ration early Tuesday morning. When
the flames had reached this building,
it seemed for a while that at least one
pi Milledgeville’s most valuable busi
ness blocks was doomed, though with
a stepdy flow of several streams of
.ter directed on the burning struc-
jre, the firemen succeeded in check
ing a further spread of the fire.
430 BALES COTTON
RECEIVED TO DATE
S. CONVENTION
SMEET AT HADDOCK
Already $60,000 Have Beefl
Turned Loose Here in the
Sale of New Staple and Seed
This Season
>eakers From Milledgeville
ITo Take Prominent Places
On Program to Be Carried
Tut Saturday and Sunday
Before the close of the day Thurs
day, Milledgeville had received 436
bales of new cotton, according to the
statements given out by the ware
housemen in this city.
Since the very beginning of the cot
ton season, which commenced about
two weeks ago, the staple and seed
have been placed on the market as
fast as received and the prices obtain
ed would aggregate something like
$60,000 for the entire lot to date
brought to this market.
The averagfc price of cotton for the
last two weelcfe has ranged around 22$4
cents per pound, while the seed has
been bringing about' 85 cents per
bushel.
Jones County Sunday School
ivention will meet at Haddocks for
two days’ session tomorrow, Sep-
aber 1st, at which time prominent
akers from Milledgeville will take
portant parts on the program to be
fled on the very interesting occa-
First National bank, the Horne-Ar.-
drews building and The Milledgeville
News building on the opposite side of
the street from the conflagration were
closely watched and no sign of a blaze
was discovered in this section during
the period of the fire, with the excep
tion of a burning awning.
The insurance carried on the Elk3’
building was $S500, the Barrett build
ing, $2000, each less than half the ac
tual loss. A small amount of insur
ance was also carried cn the furniture
and fixtures of the offices destroyed by
the fire, though in no case was the
at the amount of insurance sufficient to cov
er half the loss sustained.
The rebuilding of the burned section
will probably be commenced within
the next ten days or two weeks,
though it will be necessary to await
the adjustment of insurance before
this work can bo started.
STORES OPEN ALL DAY
THURSDAY HEREAFTER
YESTERDAY WAS LAST DAY OF
HALF HOLIDAYS GIVEN BY THE
MERCHANTS DURING MONTHS
OF SUMMER
The closing of mercantile establish
ments for a half day holiday on Thurs
days during the summer months came
t.: a close yesterday and hereafter all
stores will be open all day during each
day in the week.
During the past two or throe years
it has been a custom of the merchants
in Milledgeville to give each Thursday
atternoon to their employes for an
outing and recreation during the
months of July and August, but begin
ning with next week every day and nil
day of each week the clerks and oilier
employes will be called upon to an
swer (lie call of the busy season.
he convention to be held at Had
dock .will be of an interdenominational
nature and every Sunday school .’n
Jones county will be urged to attend
tlje meeting.
The convention will be in session all
d^g&turday and Sunday- and Ajjylen-
did --program has been prepared for
the purpose of suggesting such meth
ods as will Tie of material benefit to
all those having the opportunity to be
present.
Col. Erwin Sibley and Prof. Kyle T.
Alfriend, of Milledgeville, will attend
dm convention and will take promi
nent places on the program to be car
ried out during the two days’ session.
Saturday morning Col. Sibley will
address the convention, using as his
subject, at the time, “Practical Plans
for Putting New Life in the Sunday
School.*” He will also make another
address Saturday afternoon on “The
Sunday School Teacher’s Prepara
tion.”
Prof. Alfriend will make two ad
dresses during the day Sunday. Sun
day -morning he will give a talk on
"The ’Teen-Age Bey and Girls,” and
Sunday afternoon he will address the
convention on the subject, "The Aduit
Biblo Class.”
There are thirty-three parts on the
program to bo carried out during the
two days the convention is to be in
session and every effort is being made
to make the occasion the most suc
cessful of any event of its kind ever
undertaken in .Tones county.
HOG KILLING WEATHER
ALL THE TIME WITH US. 1
Farmers with hogs ready to kill can stop
tiie 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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GREAT-PICTURE A
COLONIAL THEATRE
the TANKS IN ACTION AT THE
CATTLE Or THE ANCRE TO BE
CEEN IN MOVING PICTURES
HERE MONDAY, SEPT. 3RD
Tito Coknial theatre, in this issue of
The News, anr^unces the coming to
this popular moving picture house
one of tho most romarkale pictures
ever produced, “Tho Battle of the
Micro.’’ This picture has just been
e ntred and will be shown here next
donday, September 3rd.
■ The Battle of the Ancre" picturizes
in a most remarkable manner the ac
tivities of the world’s most modern
warfare, released as an official British
r picture only a short (time past.
This picture is composed of live reels,
operating one hour and a half, show
ing every vital scene in tho remarks
b’.e overwhelming victory of the Ancre
battle, including the actions of the
giant British tanks, cokssal war mon
sters and other important methods
are carried oil In the big World War.
Mr. Culver Kidd made a business
trp to Atlanta Friday.
Many Influential Citizens front
All Counties on the Eastern
Division Expected to Be in
Attendance
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PRESIDENT ALLISON
WILL ATTEND MEET
Macon, Aug. 30.—Not a little inter
est has been aroused among local mil
itary men by the announcement from
Atlanta that Gov. Dorsey has granted
Adjutant General J. Van Holt Nash
leave of absence to attend the officers'
training camp at Fort Oglethorpe.
While in state service as adjutant-
general, it will he remembered, Mr.
N + ash ranks as y. brigadier general. At
the training camp he’s just a plain
private in the employ of Uncle Sam,
subject to duty Cor one year, five
years or for life, according to his en
listment papers, if the government
sees fit to commission him. And the
spectacle of one's holding down a job
as brigadier-general while serving as
private in the service of the United
States is at least a bit out of the or
dinary, It is pointed out.
Not only that, but it's against the
law, accordingly to not a few local mil
itary men who have looked into the
matter. In support of their contention
they cite paragraph 31 of the state’s
revised military law, which was en
acted in 1916. The paragraph reads:
Vocation of Commissions—Any
officer, active or retired, who ac
cepts a commission or enlists in
any 'military organization of this
or any other state or country, shall
thereby vacate his former commis
sion.
On entering the training camp,
General Nash had to enlist, and this,
the paragraph above expressly states,
forfeits the commission he held, it is
asserted. For, omitting the reference
in the paragraph to state troops, tho
paragraph would read, it is gjiown:
Any officer who accepts a commis
sion in any military organization of
-this or any other country, shall.there
by vacate his firmer cttejimiBston/b
Joe Hill Hall, ivhen aSked about the
matter yesterday, stated that he has
thought from the first that the govern
or’s action in granting the adjutant
general leave of absence was without
legal authority. In his mind, "Mr. Hall
says, there is not the slightest doubt
but that the adjutant general’s office
is vacant and has been from the min
ute General Nash signed an enlist
ment card to enter the training camp
at Chickamauga Park.
Reports from Atlanta state that Ma
jor M. J. Daniels, of Griffin, is acting
in General Nash’s place during the lat
ter’s absence. When asked where the
money to pay Major Daniels was to
come from, Mr. Hall said he liasn t the
slightest idea. Certain, he said, no
provision can be/found in the bill ap
propriating $35,000 for the mainte
nance of the national guard during
the coming year which would justify
any such expenditure. -
In speaking of the agitation for the
appointment of Capt. J. H. Ennis, of
Milledgeville, to the adjutant general's
office, Mr. Hall expresses the .opinfou
bat the governor carinot legally ap
point the Milledgeville man. State law,
lie points out, prohibits the appoint
ment by the governor of any member
of tile legislature lo any office during
the term for which the legislator was
MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN OF
EVERY CITY ON ROUTE INVITEE*
TO LEND THEIR PRE8ENCE IN
BEHALF OF THE OBJECT
What Indicates the biggest good
roads meeting ever held in Georgia Is
the gathering of hundreds of influen
tial citizens who are planning to come
to Milledgeville next Monday morning,
September 3rd, to formulate plans for
further Improving the eastern division
of the Dixie Highway between Atlanta,
and Savannah with Milledgeville as
the main and conttal city on this par
ticular route of the famous cross-coun
try road. (
Judge M. M. Allison, of Chattanooga,
president of the Dixie Highway asso
ciation, will head the big party to
meet here Monday and accompanying
him will be Editor W. T. Anderson, cf
the Macon Telegraph, and Editor
Clark Howell, of the Atlanta Consti
tution, the two well known newspaper
men coming as Georgia commissioners
of the Dixie Highway association.
Besides the Dixie Highway associa'
tion officials, the county commission
ers from each county on the particular
division of the highway will be in at
tendance at the meeting. Also, th®
mayors and councilmen of each of the
cities and towns along the route have
been invited by the Baldwin County
Dixie Highway Club to lend their pres*
ence on the occasion for the purpose
of creating additional Interest in the
object of better road building.
Among other distinguished visitors:
having-been invited and urged to at
tend the meeting are the members of
the Rotary clubs of Macon, Atlanta
and Savannah and the automobile
clubs of each of these cities.
As a whole, it is believed that more
interest has been manifested already
in the good roads ipeeting to be held:
here Monday than any slmif-
similar gather
ing ever planned in the state or the
South and for this reason it is believ
ed a larger representative body of
good roads enthusiasts ever assemb
ling in Georgia will he witnessed at
this meeting.
The meeting, as published in the
last issue of The News, will take place
in the auditorium of the Georgia Nor
mal and Industrial College.
•s.
COLONIAL THEATRE HAS
AGAIN CHANGED HANDS
The Colonial theatre, recently pur
chased by Mr. C. H. Whitfield, again
changed hands Saturday when the
place was purchased by Messrs. M. M.
Flemister and W. H. Rives.
The Colonial is now under the man
agement of Mr. Edmund Reid, former
ly of this city, and well known here as
the introducer of real moving pictures
in Milledgeville,■'having carried on the
business here very successfully for a
number of years before returning to
tako up his present position.
elected. And this law, Mr. Ifall feels
certain, would bar Captain Ennis jest
as completely if he resigned frony^the
legislature as it would if ho remained
a member of that body.
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, AMD PARIS, FRANCE. SO YOU CAN READ
ILY SE'e 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 MUCH
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 FA
SUIT OR OVERCOAT. ALL I ASK IS FOR YOU TO CALL AT MY PLACE
CF BUSINESS OVER EXCHANGE BANK AND LET ME SHOW YOU JUST
WHAT I HAVE AND WHAT I CAN DO. I HAVE CONVINCED HUNDREDS
OF OTHERS: WHY NOT YOU?
' . YOURS VERY TRULY,
GEO. W. BARR,
THE POPULAR PRICED TAILOR
CLEANING AND PRESSING
PHONE 45t