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THE MILLEDGEVILLE
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Official Organ
City of
Milledgevllle
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Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, October 5, 1917
$1.50 a Year
liberty loan Baldwin negroes
IlMPAIfiN BEGIJ^ TO CAMP GORDON
o'\ By Mayor Mill-* S. First of Baldwin’s Quota to
I as Chairman, Cr >* mit- 1 Leave This Morning For At-
Will Blake Ever £Effort lanta to Enter the National
Secure Pro Rata Early Training Camp
corn! liberty Bond
sae ° i i'i'c-d 'States govern
. (1 ‘ present war has
I throughout the
section is being
Mi'
phow
r til
carry on
couiineiu
: ' uJ 'ninvhuse their pro rata
ipon ' ^
* cl tir-t liberty Bond issue,
'V' m itine of this year, the
viib and Baldwin
, ia u very enthusiastic
.. natnotism and loyalty to
Manner in which they
government war
IKJ . 1 .. on the second
'iji pi. called upon to re-
a11 v to the cause.
en im’cr ^ Beil ims received an
: ,iu as chairman of a
,„ P /toma!m sales of Liberty
fuaiuwin county and he will
I'sitleralile lime and energy
»“ rl ‘ j.iake an early sale of
enor«.
joriionmcm.
Li has appointed a subscrip-
jaimittee for Hie securing the
tiie liberty Bonds, and also a
tv commit me to serve in pro-
tljo undertaking of securing
ds asked for by the government.
- r everyone will be expected to
.'{till part in encouraging en-
ic support in obtaining pui-
for the bonds to carry on the
publicity committee appointed
or Bell, as general chairman,
ve in placing 1 lie matter of the
Bend issue before the people
ldgeviilo and Baldwin county
impress upon them the import-
their actions in rallying to the
f tiie government at a time
lie country is in need of mil-
dollars to carry on the w r ar in
ve are now engaged,
tend will be sold by the govern-
ad secured by the government
1 bear interest at the rate of 4
it per annum, therefore afford-
opportunlty for an investment
i as the government under
we live and the placing cf sur-
nds in a way such as to insure
In dividend.
subscription committee anpoint-
Slr. Beil will solicit purchasers
: Liberty Bond issue and each
ir will devote a part, of his time
if:rt to secure the sales of Bald-
unty's apportionment witliin the
wo or three weeks, at least,
i a view of increasing the pres
Its of the Liberty Braids, Mayor
as issue! the followign state-
lo the peop’o of Baldwin county
lag co-operation and serious con-
tion in th“ matter of putting
atoney they may have to spare
be tr miry of the government.
.0 further
RE-BUILDING HAS
BEEN COMMENCED
Barrett Building, Recently
Burned, Will Be First to Go
Up in the Section Recently
Destroyed By Flames
I. D. HOWARD NAMED
POSTMASTER HERE
Senate Confirms His Appoint
ment Wednesday Evening.
Will Probably Take Charge
Within Next Two Weeks
The first of the colored men to leave
Baldwin county to enter the national
army training camp in compliance
with the ’selective conscription law
will go from here to Camp Gordon at
8:30 o’clock this morning over the Cen
tral Railroad.
The first call for colored men from
this county is for seventeen in num
ber and they reported at the court
house in Milledgevllle yesterday after
noon and they were given quite an
ovation by a number of white citizens
from this city and Baldwin county.
Before the colored inen leave to
lake their places at Camp Gordon this
morning they will receive a filled
basket of .smoking and chewing tobac
cos' and other, gifts that will add to
their pleasures, all as a gift of the
white people of this city and county,
collections having been taken up to
further swell the donation.
The colored men ordered by the
war department to report at Camp
Gordon this afternoon, leaving here
this morning, are as follows:
Moses Anthony, .Joe Harris, .1. B.
Kilsey, Vatter Edwards, Bennie Gib
son. Sam Pearson, John Smith, Jess-3
A, Baltimore, Wingfield Parks, Calvin
'Jackson, Washington Ridley, John
Glenn, Lc.vett Kelley, Ben Satchel,
Willie Johnson, Joe Reeves, Frank H.
Ford.
In the event any of the above named
fail to report in an answer to the or
ders the following alternates have
been ordered to be on hand to filled
their places:
Genie Putnam, Willie Freeman,
Robt. Parker Marcus F.rcwn, Mi'oo
Hicks, Charlie Ward, -Richard Ed
wards, Herty Wilson, Christopher War
ren, Cicero Davis.
MARGUERITE CLARK AT
THE STAR ON MONDAY
? Penple
s lb'?
ness deal
inr war strength:
Baldwin County:
ic io close a good
t must have the
train, feed and
■ its boys in tiie ranks, and
10 propertly do its part in
a’-aiiv t autocratic dom-
irhl. The people
last- the government. Tills
war mid tho g ; vernipent is
vow. Ours is the
he Lost democracy
must land in this
■trugalo for the liberty of
vorld
• 01 I'u'lo Rom stands the
v, our commerce,
'.indlesu resources of field,
Mil mine, and tiie history
fncdnin and achievement,
'.urn lias issued his call
inr money. The second
r:v Bond issue is offer-
ami as solid
itself and
'°” buy a bond you make a
nvestment of
lit* yonr interest coupons
iae ’be millionaire.
a lmml and go into partner-
vmir government,
ymi are a farmer, a mer-
" r "dmr business man. the
n are now reaping
<>f your raw mate-
nianufaciured products
Mle lollars in your pock-
"ise you should invest
n <l save. But above every
■onsideraiion. your govern-
R in need and
help.
They
> r p, vi
with
her -
Profit
Ibo s K i„
is calling on
fan not
light for it you
' , an ’i” your pnrt in the
a l0 7’l'o result of which
our liberty and the liberty
. •'"'"■on and the liberty of
ns of the world for all
Manager Frank Adams, of the Star
theater, announces the appearance of
Marguerite Clark on Monday In a
screamingly funny comedy entitled
“The Amazons,” and showing the
dainty little star as a hoydenish Eng-
glish girl, swaggering about in boy’s
clothes rind* full of pranks-and always
getting into scrapes. Those who have
seen Marguerite Clark in “Miss George
Washington” will hardly recognize the
mischevious, boisterous lad, as the de
mure lady of “fib," yet the same ele
ment of humor and fun rims through
the picture, and Marguerite Clark
again proves her fitness as the leading
screen comedienne. This picture will
be shown Monday only.
BIG CROWDS HERE
19 ATTEND CIRCUS
Satiny Day and Selis-FIoto
Circus Brings Thousands
Here to Spend the Day Mon-’
day - -*•-•.
Monday was'a busy day in Milledgo-
villo. Everybody and all their kin,
from miles around, came to town io
take in the Sells-Floto circus and to
spend the day otherwise in having a
jolly good time.
Monday afternoon, it was estimated
that some six or seven thousand peo
ple lilted the big circus tent out on the
Ennis lot on the corner of Elbert and
Montgomery streets, while Monday
morning the streets in Milledgevllle
were crowded with throngs of people
waiting to see the big circus parade.
MR. J. XHORNE GOES TO
BALTIMORE HOSPITAL
Mr. .T. A. Horne, ex-mayor of Mill
edgevllle and one of the most promnent
business men of this city, lef *
week for Baltimore, where he went to
muiereo sursic&l treatment.
While the condition cf Mr. Horne is
not considered serious, it is probable
that he will ho out of the cit> Rr
several weeks on account of the con
dition of his health.
Work has been commenced in re
building in the section recently de
stroyed by fire, the first structure
reached by the workmen being that of
the Barrett building, the wreckage
from this place having already been
removed and the premises put in
proper shape for the carrying on of
the work of the carpenters and brick
masons.
It is probable that the Elks Club
building, in the path t.f the recent
flinr.es, will be gone over and put in
shape for re-building within the next
two or three weeks and by the first
of the coming year the whole vacant
place will lucre than likely be finished
up with buildings of a more attractive
and modern type.
NEWCONCERNTAKES
THE FORD AGENCY
Benson Motor Company Will
Handle Business Hereafter
in Making Sales of Ford Au
tomobiles .
The Benson Motor company, with
Mr. F. M. Bsnson as manager, has
been established in Milledgevile for
the purpose of handling the Ford autci-
mobiies, the concern having al
ready begun the operation of the busi
ness.
Mr. Benson, the manager of the Ben
son Motor company, comes here from
Atlanta, though lie was formerly a res
ident of Milledgevllle for several
years, having been connected with the
Callaway Lumber company during the
time of his stay in this city prior to
his going to Atlanta.
The new concern handling the Ford
automobiles was epened n’.p for busi
ness Monday morning and the com
pany will operate exclusively In mak
ing sales of Ford automobiles.
Though no final decision has been
reached concerning the perament lo
cation of the Benson Motor company,
they are now located on the east side
of Hancock street, In the building for
merly occupied by the Purchase &
Sales company.
COTTON REACHES
HIGHEST POINT
Market Here Reached 26 1-4
pCents Thursday, and the
' Staple Is Put on Sale at the
Highest Price in Many Years
THIS COUNTY MAY
HOUHAIR HERE
Farm Demonstrator James E.
Odum to Urge Movement to
Hold a County Fair Here on
November 14th and 15th
W.lth cottcn already selling for more j According to the plans of Farm Dem-
thau 25 cents per pound, the market; oastralor James E. Odum and others
price °f the staple advanced an even interested in the movement, Baldwin
hundred points Wednesday, shooting, county will probably have\at least a
•pn ! s .. ;..
The senate Wednesday night con
firmed the appointment of Mr. J. D
Howard as postmaster at Milledge-
ville. succeeding Mr. R. B. Moore, who ',» j j county win prouaqiy nave \iu i
has filled the place since July 1st, 1913.1 the <i otations up to 26 1-4 cen.s tor Bma ]j s j ze county fair this year.
The appointment of Mr. Hc.ward as • middling grade. i a i.* ™ <w t.
postmaster at Milledgeville was at the
request of Congressman Carl Vinson,
the recommendation having been for
warded to the senate several months
ago.
The- confirmation of Mr. Howard’s
appointment as postmaster here by
MRS. J. S. BONE DIED
IN ATLANTA FRIDAY
One of Most Widely Known
and Beloved Women in Mill*
edgeville Passes Away
Quietly After Long Illness
for the product in many years.
While the market closed Wednesday
ao u , at 26 1-4 cents per pound, the quota-
tlie sonata means that he will take i tions for Thursday brought a decline
charge of the prstofllc’e within the in the market of ... points, bringing
next two or three weeks, or as soon as the price back down to 25 1-2 cents,
proper, papers can be signed and re
turned by the postmaster general.
BAPTIST GHURC}!
TO BE ENLARGED
$5200 Subscribed at Meeting
Sunday Night and the Work
,/WiIl Be Commenced at an
Early Date
At a ’largely attended meeting held
at the Baptist church Sunday night,
the congregation decided upon the
plan of enlarging the present building
instead of building a new church as
was planned several months ago.
The present building will be extend
ed In length, providing a Sunday
school section in tho rear of the
church, which will also be used as
seating room for the congregation dur
ing the regular hours of worship at
the church.
It is estimated by the church officials
that the proposed improvement on the
church will necessitate an expendi
ture of something like $10,000 and
work on the structure will be com
menced within the next few weeks
and will he pushed forward until the
new addition is entirely completed.
.v.v.....', | A movement is now on foot to inter*
At the highest point in the cotton es(; a number of the prominent, farm-
market this week, ths fleecy staple ers in the county in getting up a num-
brought just $132.50 per bale of uOO jj er cl - attractive exhibits of ngricul-
pounds (lie highest price registered t ura ] exhibits, including corn, cotton,
1 potatoes, tomatoes, canned goods of
every description, and also hand work
cf various kinds. The exhibits to bo
asked for vvl also include livestock,
poultry, and in fact everything that is
raised and produced on a farm in
Baldwin county. \
The proposed fair is to bo held Pi
Milledgevllle during two days in Nov
ember, the 14th snd 15th, tho exhibits
to bo piaced in tho Evans warehouse,
on Greene street,
If a fair showing is made in the fair
to bo gotten up here next merith on
such short notice, it is likely an im-
de.-taking will bo launched to begin
preparations for a regular county fair
to be held here next year, as It is gen
erally believed that Milledgeville is
one of 'lie most ideal places in Geor
gia for holding such an exhibit.
Mr. Odum proposed to got squartely
behind the work in getting up the fair
to be held here next month and he is
going to urge all the schools through
out the county co-operate to the extent
something in the way of
Mrs. J. S. Bono, one of the most,
widely known and beloved women in
Milledgeville, died in Atlanta early, .
Friday afternoon her funeral and in- > £ To be'placed in helping out
terment taking place in this place on | ^ digp1nyg
Sunday afternoon. . I Also, as many of the county teach-
Mrs. Bone had been in decllnin.. | erfj Rnd studentg aa can attend are go-
health for several months before hei , ^ ^ bg asked to . come to MiUedge-
deatli and spent se.eral "eeks in tli. i fi„ r | n!r ot1 p of the days of the fair
hospitals in Macon and Atlanta in order to^reate as much enthusiasm
treatment during the period ol hei ill-, interest as o^mic in the support
and interest as possible in tho support
of the undertaking.
AMERICUS MAN HAS
INVENTED DETROYER
> com
minit in„ nnd
’ sr rintion at nt1( .
make
*• IMlrR.
tours vorv trulv.
•’H-LKll S. BELL,
ollnv
Chairman,
the committees
FIRST FOOT BALL
GAME HERE TfSEAY
G. M. C. and Lanier High
School to Contest Their
Strength on Local Gridiron
Tomorrow Afternoon
The first game of football to bo play
ed by the Georgia Military College tliis
season will be staged on the local field
tomorrow afternoon when the cadets
will tie up with the aggregation from
Lanier High School, of Macon.
Since tiie opening of the college this
fall, the G. M. C. team has been kept
busy practicing each /afternoon and
while there are several new members
mixed up in the line the showing al
ready made by the cadets would indi
cate" tho probabilities of a stiff scrap
for their opponents coming in contact
with them this season.
The game to be played tomorrow
afternoc-n will be praticularly interest
ing on account of the newness of the
two teams, thorgh the local bunch of
players are determined to present
themselves in the style of “old timers.’’
BROWN WANTS BUREAU
TO MARKET COTTON
CENTS
POUND FOR COTTON
Lowndes Farmer Stores This
Year’s Crop in Valdosta
Warehouse to Await Higher
Prices.
ness. ,
During July Mr3. Bone underwent
treatment at a private sanitarium in
Macon and after remaining there fer,
several weeks her condition was con
sidered somewhat improved and later
she visited in North Carolina for re
cuperation and while she was away
she was again taken seriously ill.
About a month ago the highly es
teemed woman was taken to an Atlan
ta hospital for further medical atten
tion aim while hopes were maintained
for three weeks before her death her used in
the European war, has been perfected
by an Ameriecs man who will shortly
demonstrate it before war department
authorities at Washington. A. A. Beav
ers, the inventor, laid the secret de-
THI3 INVENTOR CLAIMS HE CAN
DESTROY SUBMARINE MENACE
IF HIS SECRET EXPLOSIVE IS
ADOPTED
F W. Henrickson, J. D. Irvin, J. U-
Torrance, M. C. Harrington, W • «•
Combes. J. H. Marshburn.
Subscription Committee
A. J. Carr, chairman; E. E. Bell. D.
K. Sanford. Dixon Williams, L. C. Hal ,
;" v “ In bringing about j gr. O. ;F. £’ 0 ™ n ' Co R nn H D , U t^iThu-
'•" IPr 'v Bonds in Bald- Q- ‘ Sn ^ d ;, 0 ;^ :,, r" lt F N Ennis.
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Publicity
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Moor:
r ">an. J. F. Kidd,
nrrard. J. R. Nor-
1 L. Miller. J. H.
'• E. Chandler: K.
F. D. Ari-
l o. Blood worth,
R allerfield, Leo
Br. E. M. Greene,
Dr H D Alien. R. W. Hatcher. DAV
Brown. W. S. Mvrick, E. E. Bass, B L
Frnlev, C. O. Ennis. T. E. Pugh J. S.
Lunday. Wm. Croley. George Under
wood, Sam Chandler, Jos. E. I ntt J a ’
Jno T. Allen. M. M. Parks, K. 1- Al-
frieml. Dr. L. M. Jones. Terry rreanor
i P Ponner. A. N. Torrance. m.
Rice, C. R. Torrance. A. C. McKinley.
J. O. Ethridge, R. H. Harper, 1 .
Williamson, George Holiinshead.
Atlanta, Oct. 4.—The creation cf an
ofiicial marketing bureau through
which tci obtain correct estimates of a i
fair and equitable price for cotton is ‘
advocated by J. J. Brown, commission
er of agriculture of Georgia, instead
of the fixing of the price of cotton by
the federal government.
Mr. Brown has just returned from a
preat convention of cotton growers,
state commissioners of agriculture, di
rectors of market bureaus, officers cf
farmer’ unions, farmers, merchants
and bankers hold in New Orleans,
where the advisability of fixing a mini
mum price for which the southern cot
ton growers should hold their 1917 crop
was discussed at length.
It is the opinion of Mr. Brown, that
cotton should be worth 30 cents a
pound before the 1917 crop lias been
consumed.
SALESMAN WANTED
Lubricating oil. grease, specialties,
paint. Part or whole time. Commis
sion basis until ability is established.
Man with rig preferred. Riverside Re
fining Company, Riverside, O. It
Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 4.—Twenty-nine
bales of long staple cotton, aggregat
ing 12,270 pounds cf lint, and eight
and a half tons of cotton seed, was one
day's contribution to commercial ac
tivities in Valdosta by R. W. Eason,^ a
farmer living near the city. -'ir. Ea
son refused seventy cents a pound fer
bis cottcn und stored it in the ware
house and sold his cotton seed for
sixty-five dollars a ton. In a meas
ure this is a sample of farm lilo
in Lowndes county. Mr. Eason has
about ten more bales of cotton which
bo will bring in, and be says the en
tire lot must soil at seventy-five cents
straight through and will stay in stor
age until the price reaches that point
As he raised large quantities of food
stuff, hundreds of hogs and many cat-
tlo on his farm, naturally he is in no
hurry to sell cctton at a price that does
not suit him.
Since Tuesday there has been an
entirely new atmosphere on the cotton
exchange in Valdosta. More cctton is
coming in and prices have been rising
gradually but steadily since that time.
There were frequent refusal of sev
enty cents a pound for cotton yester
day. Several now buyers, among
them. Messrs. Ben P. Jones. J. R-
Dasher, William Hodges and J. J. Joy
ner. and this has given new zest to the
activities. Those who do not trade in
spots, but stand around the exchange
watching business, are making side
bets now that cotton will pass seventy-
five cents by Saturday, and there are
net very many takers on such oilers.
J. C. McAULIFFE NAMED
. FOR FOOD COMMITTEE
HE IS NAMED BY HERBERT C
HOOVER AS EXECUTIVE COM-
MITTEMAN FROM THE TENTH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Atlanta, Ga„ Oct. 2.—J. O. McAulific,
business manger of the Augusta Chron
icle, was this week apointed by Herb
ert O. Hoover as n member of the Geor
gia Campaign Executive Committee,
from the Tenth congressional district,
to take charge of this, state’s part of
the nation-wide plan for food conser
vation. *
The first meeting of the Georgia
Campaign Executive Committee on
f< oil conservation will be held in At
lanta Wednesday of this week, nt
which time plans will be provided for
the working out of a svstem to handle
the food situation InGeorgla.
condition was considered as rpnderin
her chances almost hopeless. (
The nows of Mrs. Bone’s death was
received as a distinct shock to her
devoted husband and children and the
many friends cf the family in this city
were deeply grieved to know of the
sorrowful occurrence.
Mrr.. Bone is survived by her hus
band, Mr. J. S. Bone, and three sons,
Messrs. Harry G., Russell arid Frank
E. Boric, and also one sistsr and two
brothers, Mrs. Eliza Williams’, cf Ea-
(onton, Dr. G. R. Glenn, of Dahlonega,
and Rev. J. W..Glenn, cf White Plains.
The funeral was held from the Meth
odist church at 3 o’clock Snuday after
noon, conducted by Dr. T. R. Kendall,
interment takiu
Rev. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of the
Baptist church here, has returned
home from Macon, where he has been
during the past two weeks conducting
a revival service.
The services at the Baptist church
next Sunday will be held at the usual
hour and Mr. Wilkinson will be pres
ent bo fill the pulpit.
tails before department ofilcials some
time ago, and today received an invi
tation to visit Washington.
Ho will leave in a day or two, and
expects before returning to convince
officials of the advisability of adopting
his device. He is a native of I^ortii
Carolina, and has resived in Americas
for several years.
The invention, he says, is designed
for use against airplane and subma
rines and is so powerful as to make
untenable an area cf approximately
one mile. It Is made to be fired from
place in the city cein- j any coast defense rifle or naval gun
of five inches or larger caliber, and
may be handled without danger. Ho
will request that the demonstration of
bis device be made at sea, and is con
vinced, if adopted, it will end the sub
marine 'menace within thirty days aft
er American and allied ships have
been equipped with it.
The device contains no new chemi
cals or unknown explosivos, but the
inventor declines to disclose any of
the secrets connected with its cou-
str' etion. Detailed plans and draw
ings of the mechanism have been pre
pared and will bo taken to Washing
ton by Mr. Beavers, where they will be
examined by army officials prior to the
demonstration.
etery.
The following acted as pallbearers:
Messrs E. E. Bell. Miller Bell, Dr. T.
M. Hall, Dr. Harris Yarbrough, Messrs.
G. C. McKinley and Otto M. Conn.
SEV. J. C. WILKINSON IS
BACK HOME FROM MACON
FOR SALE—One good mule, but poor.
9 years old; price $100.00. One good
mule, but blihd. 8 years old, price
$50.00. L. D. Smith.
MR. FARMER;
I am GOING TO MAKE AN APPEAL TOiYOUR BETTER JUDGMENT.
NnW | AM A TAILOR WITH THIRTY-TWO YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
MEASURING, CUTTING AND MAKING CLOTHES. I DEAL WITH THE
l ARGEST 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
ENABLEShem to buy at a lower price than the average
wholesale merchant and therefore can SELL at a MUCH
Tower price, another reason is that i do all my ^ 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
OVER BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER FOR A FA’
-UIT OR OVERCOAT. ALL I ASK IS FOR YOU TO CALL AT MY PLACE
OF BUSINESS OVER EXCHANGE BANK AND LET ME SH0W
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