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THE MILLEDdEVILLE NEWS
Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
Uekthvear;
[mbeb
fifty.
Established October 12, 1901,
fpilST CHURCH
10 BE ENLARGED
0 { Erecting New
s Been Abandoned
Present—More
; Provided
Edifice
For
oom
Idea of erecting a new Baptist
Pi n Milledgeville has been aban-
lAor the present and in order to
I e I t a means of relief in the
kfSwded conditions in the
* t worship, the deacons have
i, ; fir a special meeting of all the
th members to take place in the
| ! re\t Sunday night to provide
■'settle u P on l )liinH for the enlarginB
I. reseu t building.
I „ tiic to the Ph.ns under con-
I hI at present, the church will
¥ l ed about forty feet In depth,
T hia on to he used us a Sunday
V„ d S for the seatinB of
c 'e attending church also,
ineial request is being made by
l ,1 Lon' of the Baptist church to
L rhu-ch membership to he in at-
Id nee at the meeting Sunday night
Ifinallv decide upon the actions to
1 in providing means to bring
inti more comfortable condition.
L (ev , nt arrangements are com-
and definite decisions are met
lords to enlarging the church at
foeetina Sunday night, work will
jpoaunenced in the undertaking as
Us the material for the building
I be received.
(JURE PLAY WITHOUT
Ihuc, squeeze or kiss
jipre’s a story without a hug, a
Beze or a kiss."
, did Monte M, Katterjohn re
ly present to C. Gardner Sullivan
■working xanuscript of “Bawb’s o’
1 Ridge," Triangle-Kay Bee play,
llich Bessie Barirscale is the star.
Iran's reply was, "I don’t say it
done, but you've got to show
|tthe story—a fantastic c-omedy-
i of the romantic Blue Ridge
Uas accepted and produced, and
[erjohn now feels entitled to com-
i his work.
I the Colonial Saturday. Also a
e Comedy.
■nr
■SUM FOR
WORLD'S SERIES
|iost Quarter Million Re-
at Comiskey Park in
fiicago for the Three Big
pies
! ato. Sept. 26.—Nearly $200,000
h and checks had : een received
ai Coiiii-key Par',: in payment
‘serrations for the first three
»of the -,-orlrt sorb's '-'Inch opens
iturdav. Ocio! or d. Necessarily
Pan of litis sum must be ro-
as it re-resents requests for
'l"'- s ous while tile capaci-
te pari, is or'.y ftii.OOO,
ou ”h elitl-orate plans have been
itc-d to pro cm worild series’
from falling imo ;he hands of
rs. all the ler.din ticket brokers
1 a.’ii)i signs offering $2..10 for a
llckM r -nti JT..VI for a $r«. box
| k ATTHE label on your
AND SEE IF YOUR SUB-
ITION HAS EXPIRED. IF IT
■pay up.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA Friday Morning, September 28, 1917
$1.50 a Year
CONCERT BE GIVEN
BY MANYCHILDREN
Youngsters in the Grades of
Both the Georgia Military;,
and G. N. and 1. College to
Be in Attraction Oct. 5th
A concert to be participated in by all
the children in the grades of both the
Georgia Military College and the Geor
gia Normal and Industrial College will
be given In Milledgeville at the Grand
Opera house, October 5th, for the ben-
etit of the orphan children of France.
The concert to be arranged will be
directed by Miss Jennie M. Weller,
music teacher la the G. N. and I. Col
lege, at which time a hundred childis'h
voices will be heard in singing the bat
tle hymns of America, the songs the
American soldiers are singing in the
camps today, and the heart-thrilling
“Marsellaise."
The attraction to be put on is being
promoted by the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution and the members of
this organization are asking that ev
eryone in a position to do so attend
the special occasion gotten up for the
purpose to help out in I he cause of the
dire need of France.
Miss Weller, who is directing the
entertainment to be given next Friday
nigrt. Is giving much time and pa
tience in carrying on the practice for
the concert and the occasion promises
to be one such as will prove highly en
tertaining to those present on the
evening of the event.
NITROGLYCERIN
DEMOLISHES MILL
After Store Is Robbed Part of
the High Explosive Is Hid
den Between Stones at Grist
Mill at Batesville
Albany, Sept. 24.—Word reached
here today from Batesville, near the
Georgia line in southeast Alabama,
that a grist mill there was blown to
pieces Saturday by nitroglycerin that
had been placed between the mill
stones. .1
. is'.Jwlioved the- exp^siw
pl&Neif there by safeblovfers, who blew
the safe of a store nearby, owned by
C. B. Warren. When the mill was
started up the next morning the explo
sion which ensued wrecked the mill
and severely Injured three negro em
ployes. The robbers got only a few
dollars from the blown safe.
BOLL WEEVIL CAUSES
SERIOUS DAMAGE
ESTIMATE OF FIFTY PER CENT
SHORTAGE IN NUMBER OF THE
SOUTH GEORGIA COUNTIES, AL
THOUGH FLANTED LATER
Moultrie, Sept. 26.—Census bureau
figures showing the amount of cotton
ginned in Thomas. Mitchell, Baker,
Worth and Berrien counties, prior to
September 1. gives a fairly good line
on the activities of the boll weevil this,
Hie second year of ils invasion of the
territory named.
In every one of the counties the
crop appears to lie fifty per cent
smaller than it was last year and while
the fact that it may be some later than
it was in 1016 tlie decrease in the
number of bales ginned is largely due
to I he boll weevil, those who have
studied the situation say. Practically
no cotton will be planted in Colquitt
next year.
METHDBIST WILL
HAVE NEWSSERVICE
Cameo Sketches . of Modern
Christian Heroes Will Be a
Part of Program to Be Car
ried Out at Evening Service
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
■ SPEAKER BE HERE
j..- s
Miss Maud Younger, of New
York City, to Deliver an Ad
dress in Milledgeville on Oc
tober 26th
The young men and ladies of the
Methodist church and Sunday school
will give snap-shot sketches of mod
ern Christian heroes at the services
to be held next Sunday evening and
the occasion will no doubt prove high
ly interesting to all witnessing tne
program to be carried out.
The exercises arranged for the even
ing services will also include a num
ber of sacred, vocal and instrumental
selections to be rendered.
The leading church workers are In
tensely interested In having a large
congregation present Sunday night
and as it is the object to continue the
special service each Sunday evening
for several weeks, it is believed the
beginning of -the occasion will be
largely responsible for the success of
the entire occasion.
U-BOAT MENACE NOW
BEING CONTROLLED
NO SUPPORT IS FOUND FOR RE
PORTS THAT BOCHE SUBMA
RINES WERE OPERATING OFF
AMERICAN COASTS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 24.—Unless
some new outbreak of submarine ac
tivity develops, many officials are sat
isfied that the situation is fairly well
under control. Encouraging results
have been obtained through convoying
of fleets of merchant craft, the loss
having been reduced to less than one-
half of one per cent. The employ
ment of smoke screens, kite bal
loons and other detection devices also
has shown good results and progress
is being made with the reduction of
smoke from merchantmen and by
painting ships to make them almost
invisible at a distance through a peri
scope.
Admiral Benson, chief of naval ope
rations and acting secretary in the ab
sence of Secretary Daniels, today in
dicated the department's purpose to
make known more of its accomplish
ments hereafter than in the past.
Admiral Benson said the department
had ,be%i unable to find any support
(Hf reports that. German suWnlkrtnes
had begun operations off the American
coast. The department, however, is
ready for any emergency.
MACON TO BORROW
AND PAY SALARIES
Macon, Ga.. Sept. 26.—With every
administration alderman in place city
council last night received the official
report of the election managers of the
recent water commissioners’ ra.-e and
declared Ben-1,. Hendricks elected.
On resolution from the finance com
mittee, $20,600 was borrowed from the
Macon National Bank as a casual de
ficiency t onav salaries of e:rployes of
the city. The loan is until December
1, ni:.
We now have in our Print
ing and Stationery Depart
ment more than One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Commer
cial Envelopes of various
grades for our fall business.
The Milledgeville News
Renew your subscription TODAY.
hog killing weather
ALL THE TSSVSE 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 go.
Cold Storage Department
^hone 181, N. Wayne Street.
; t . Miss Maud Younger, one cf the most
speakers c£ ina Naiicnal Vvom
..n a p*.ny, ami (.nairman oi tne con-
-.ireSfe.unj; ioooy ol uiat party, will be
■-o- Milledgeville on Friday, October 26,
and Will address a meetn g on that day
to, stimulate interest in favor of tne
coming vote in congress cn the amem
ment giving women the right of sui-
frage.
hiss Younger Is. going to make
tour by motor of the larger cities o
Georgia and will be accompanied b.
Miks .Marion May, of New York, anc
formerly ot Atlanta. .Miss May an
her sister, Mrs. Robert Adamson, wiie
of the fire commissioner of New Yorn
city, have for several years been land
ing workers there in the cu .se
woman's suffrage.
Those who have never heard a mod
ern, up-to-the-minute woman orator of
great intellectual force and nutio;
wide experience will doubly enjoy lis
tening to .Miss Younger, whether they
favor giving women me right of'i
frage or not.
Miss Younger hopes to address not
only those ot her own sex, but the men
of Milledgeville and particularly the
political leaders of this section anci it
oy any chance Representative Vinson
should lie in the city at the time of her
meeting, she will doubly welcome him
in the hope of winning bis vote in con
gress lor the following amendment to
the constitution of the United States:
"Sec. 1. The right of citizens cf the
United States to vote shall not be de
nied or abridged by the United States
or by any state on account of sex.
"Sec. 2. Congress shall have power,
by appropriate legislation, to entorce
me provisions of this article." '/
Miss Younger and .Miss May will be
entertained while in this city by Mrs.
David Ferguson.
NEW DORMITORY IS'BUILDINGS TO BE
NEARLY NJMPLETEB 1
Most of Building Is Now Being
Occupied by Students and
Work Being Rapidly Pushed
to a Finish
KULTUR’S LATEST IS
“FLAMING BULLETS”
WOUNDED MEN HAD TO BE ROLL
ED IN, THE'-MUD. BY COMRADES
TO EXTINGUISH ^FLANIES-^SET
British Headquarters -in France and
Belgluffl, Sept. 25.—It is reported that
the British battalions that captured
Shrewsbury forest and Bulgar wood
to the east of the former place, in
Thursday’s drive, experienced a new
kind of German frightfnlness. The
advancing troops are said to have been
fired on with "flaming bullets.” These
bullats set' the men's clothing afire
and in several instances, according to
the account received here, wounded
men hud to be rolled in mud by their
comrades to extinguish the flames.
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE
BAPTIST CHURCH:
• ••■■ -
Next Sunday night, at 7:30 o'clock,
a meeting of the members of the Bap-
list Church, of Milledgeville. will be
hold at the Church, and every member
is expected and urged to lie present.
Final plans for the enlargement ol
Hie Church will be adopted and it is
imperative that you be present.
This is a matter of vital importance
to each member of the Church and you
sho-ld attend and take part in this
final step to provide room for our in
creased Congregations and 'o provide
up-to-date rooms for our Sunday
School.
This notice is given by direction o,
•he Deacons and Trustees of the Bap
tist Church, and what ever action is
taken Sunday night will lie binding up-
-n all the members of the Church and
it is hoped every member will he pres
ent to take part in this undertaking.
Plans and figures will lie presented
at this meeting, and final action
taken, and work will be started on
this addition, as soon after Sunday
night, as possible.
This is without a doubt the most im
portant meeting ever railed for the
members of the Church to assemble,
and the members should realize its
imp rtanee and give their presence
Sunday night. Septcmt or 30th, at 7:30
o’clock.
By order of the Deacons and Trus
tees of the Baptist Church.
We have a full stock ol
Typewriter Ribbons, one and
two colors, for all makes of
machines. Also, Carbon Pa
pers and Second Sheets.
Phone 312, The Milledge
ville News.
FOR SALE—One good mule, hut poor.
\ >i years old; price $100.00, One good
nub-, but blihd. 8 years old, price
,.i. |.. It. Smith.
LOOKjjAT THE LABEL ON YOUR
PAPER AND SEE IF YOUR SUB
SCRIPTION HAS EXPIRED. IF IT
HAS, PAY UP.
The new handsome -dormitory of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial college
is being rapidly completed, most of the
building already being in shape for oc
cupancy by the young ladies,*students
of the institution.
Owing to a delay having been occa
sioned by the delivery of inferior mate
rial by tile contractors furnishing ma
term! for tlie building, work was de
layed sonic two cr three weeks during
'he summer, causing sente decided in
convenience on the part of the college
However, during the last three or four
weeks forces have been employe!
throughout each day and a part of
each night rushing the completion of
the dormitory.
'The prospects now are that bttildin
will be completed entirely within the
next two or three weeks and within
short time the grounds and surround
ings will be cleared and p.ut in an at
tractive condition, adding much beau
ty to the views cf the college bull
ings.
RE-CONSTRUCTED
Elks Club and Barrett Build
ings, Recently Destroyed by
Fire, Will be Re-built Within
a Short Time ^
137,0(10 MEN GCSKG
TO GUARD UNITS
Secretary Baker Issues State
ment on the Probable Meth
od of Reorganizing Needed
Troops
Washington, Sept. 26.—There is lit
tle doubt now that a large deficiency-
of,men will be shown ri-hen reports on
the first increment of. the national
nrmy—687,000 men—have been'made.
Seventeen national guard divisions
must be brought up to war strength
and several special service forces or
ganized out of this reservoir, so that
the number of drafted men remaining
at-tbe-cantonments hardly will be suf-
fjdaht-To drganiztf'the sixteen national
orb"’ ’.ivir.i m- at a fuH strehg^titB.
Whether incomplete divisions will be
formed or a call for men issued has
riot been indicated.
Secretary Baker said today that
definite figures as to the number of
national army men it would be neces-
say to transfer to the national guard
were not available.
The fighting strength of the new di
vision is now lixed at 27.500 men. The
seventeen, guard divisions on that
basis will have a total strength of,
437,000 men.
The guard probably brought into
the federal service a total of not more
than 300,000' men. It will take there
fore at least 137,000 national arnr*
men to fill up the guard division. An
other 100,000 cf the national army will
go to the air service, and certainly as
many more to other special services
that would leave not more than 250.-
000 men to form tlie sixteen national
army divisions, which should have a.n
aggregate war strength of 433,000.
With the adoption rf (he European
guard regiment which was to be in
cluded in a divisoin had to be expand
ed. Regiments and parts of regimen's
are bring consolidated to furnish the
3600-man regimental unit now desired.
The guard consolidation has brought
upon titc department a new source of
trouble. Numerous colonels and regi
mental staffs of the guard are certain
to be left without commands, since the
number of regiments has been reduc
ed. Tltis has already proved af r it-
fnl source of protest from state offi
cials. The policy of (lie department,
it is said, will lie to find places for
such guard officers in other forces as
far as possible and desirnble.
CATTLE FOR SALE
We have for sale 150 head of cattle.
Some good milkers. Chandler Bros..
Milledgeville, Ga.
The buildings iri the path of the
flames originating In the livery
stables of Jeancs & Robinson,
next to the city hall, about a month
ago, will soon be under way of re-con
struction, according to the plans of the,
property owners of this immediate seq
tion.
As will be remembered, one by
ing owned by Mr. R. H. McComj/. , ’(d
occupied by Jeanes & Roblnsop 1 . %‘as
completely destroyed by the ft p'As at
the time the fire occurred the
Barrett and Elks’ Club bulh'J* <s were
almost left in ruins. The i’<r.ranee on
the entire property has b/v*- settled in
full and it is the intentR*frof the own
ers of this property td’j&Ogin re-build
ing as soon as the plans for the work
can be completed, which will probably
be about three weeks.
The buildisg of the Elks’ Club will
probably be four stories when it is
re-constructed, instead of a three-story
building, as it formerly stood. The
architects are now at work on the
plans of the building and will be ready
for submissoln within the next few
day.'.
BA1NBR1DGE BULLDOG
STOPS A RUNAWAY
MULES PULLING WAGON CON
TAINING THREE CHILDREN ARE
BROUGHT DOWN WHEN THEY
MAKE RECKLESS DASH
Bainbridge, Sept. 23.—T. J. McMul
len, of Donalsonville, in this county, is
the owner of a bulldog deserving a
Carnegie medal, if such an award
could be made to dumb animals. Mr.
McMullen’s dog was recently the
means ,of saving the life of three small
children.
.Mr. McMullen was driving into Don
alsonville, with the dog following
closely behind his buggy. Just ahead
of him was a two-horse wagon, in
which three children had been left
whjle the driver wont into a nearby
house for something. The mules be-
can
roa
to try him on the runaway mules. At
the given word the dog rushed down
the road and grabbed the lead mule by
the front leg, forcing him to the
ground. The other animal was brought
to a stop, and it is believed that three
human lives were thus spared.
COTTON SEED GOES
TO $I_PER BUSHEL
Makes a Rise of Sixteen Cents
Within Less Time Than a
Week—Cotton Is Steady at
24 Cents Per Pound
A material advance of sixteen cents
a bushel occurred in the cotton seed
market during the past week, the price
for the products jumping upwards to
$1 per bushel, weight of thirty pounds.
Tito principal advance in the price
of the seed took place during the pres
ent week, beginning Monday, each day,
almost, a slight steady advance being
noted.
Since the middle of the past week
cotton market has stood almost with
out a variation at twenty-four cents
per pound, though frequently some
slight changes in the price were reg
istered, first a decline and then an ad
vance.
FOR SALE—Seed oats, Fulghum or
Rust. Proof. About sixty bushels
seed wheat and one good horse. L. M.
Jones, Supt. 92S2t
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 V/OOLEN 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 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
OF BUSINESS OVER EXCHANGE BANK AND LET ME SHOW YOU JUST
V. HAT 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 451