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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWSf
Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
SSBBSSffi""'
Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA. Friday Morning, November 9, 1917
$1.50 a Year
COUNTY E^.1 TO 1 DR. ELLISON GETS 1 STATE TO EMPLOY ! MR. HARRY G. BONE
5E HELD NEXT WEEK FEDERAL POSITION ■»»»■*>■««■»-
prizes to Be Offered for Best Prominent Milledgeville Physi-
Agricultural and 1 Livestock’ dan Leaves This week For
to Be Placed on Exhibition Atlanta To Enter U. S. Pub-
Here Next Thursday
ma il exhibit of livestock and Dr. William A. Ellison, one of the
iculturaial products of Baldwin leading physicians in Milledgeville,
**" will be held in Milledgeville has been appointed by the government
county
sdny o( next week, isov. J.om, w uu a position m tne united £
livery farmer ln th « county pn> publ,c health service, leaving
. eith r of these items are urged Wednesday morning for Atlanta where
dUC bring them to Milledgeville' early he is to begin his new duties.
NVcdi-csday morning Nov.. 14th, in or- J Dr. Ellison, besides holding the
^Co Biake a display of their pro- position of health commissioner for
iucls ; j Baldwin county, was employed' by the
T hc exhibit to be held here Thurs- state as physician at the Georgia re-
v will not bs purported^&s a coun- fonmatory and county physician for
fair but an a fere-runner for a fair this county, before entering the federal
tT 1(1 or g a n;zed here for the fall of health service.
next year, and for this reason as much At the meeting of the county com
interest ns possible is being scught in missioners held Tuesday of this.week,
the ratter. j Dr. Geo. L. Chapman wrs appointed
Howev r, h number of small and successor to Dr. Ellison fear Baldwin
,(tractive prizes will be awarded those county.
'making the best exhibits of both live-1 i n the departure of Dr. Ellison from
5t -k ami agriculturial products to be Milledgeville, he has many friends here
put on display here Thursday, probab- who regret to learn of his leaving this
j y t ho most handsome of these prizes city. an( j be carries with him the best
being a Shorthorn bull to bo wishes of hundreds of acquaintances
awarded by tbo Central of Georgia a nd admirers.
[nilroad far the beat calf to be exhibi-
ted by the twenty ftv 3 members of the
Idwin County Calf Club.
Besides the exhibit Cf livestock and
agriculturist products to be reviewed
here next week, a large display of
canned g,oda will be put on exhibi
tion and prizes will be awarded for
the best production of such articles j fourth street theater.
a will come under this inad also. A ^ _____
mall po >try shew will very likely pj 0;;e (be j arge crowd that turned out
Duties At Both State Prison
And Reformatory To Be
Placed In The Hands Of Dr.
Guy D. Compton
>s‘ -
Owing to the resignation of Dr. Wi
A. Ellison as physician at the Slat
Reformatory and the decrease in
number cf inmates at the Institmtio:
the m ember a cf the prison commission
has turned this work over to DJ*. Gu^
D. Compton to handle in connection
with his work as physician.at the slate
prison farm.
According to advices furnished by
tha members of the prison commis
sion, it is their object to economize .££.
much as pcesible during the period of
the war especially and in view of tiie
fact there are boys at the state r ^
formatory than usual, they have placed
the two places 1 nthe hands of one
physician. r
He Is Named By State Fuel
(Administrator Hardman To
Handle Coal Situation In
Baldwin County
Mr. Harry G. Bone, a prominent
young business man of this ci’y, was
Saturday appointed by Dr. L. G. Hard-,
man, state fuel administrator, to look
after the .coal situation in Baldwin
county.
Mr. Bene, whe- is connected with the
Oconee Brick & Tile Company, has
had quite a great deal of experience
in the handling of coal for the company
ho is connected with and he is there
fore unusually well qualified to look
after the situation placed in his charge.
As feul administrator for this coun
ty, Mr. Bene will keep in close touch
with these ln need of coal and should . . „ .
a shortage of supply be forecasted it| as oen ca 0
EACH SCENE KEEPS THE
AUDIENCE ON ITS EDGE
“Joan thy Woman,’’ a thrilling and
picturesque ph • to-drama, is now being
flashed on the screen at the Forty-
During each
scene of Cecil 'B. de Mllle’s maste’Ji
included in the county exhibit
along with the other Uots to bo
arranged to show just what Baldwin
County is producing-in her rural co
itions
The small county exhibit to be got
[ton up and to be held here next week
till be generally supervised by Mr.
Ijao. E. Odum, farm demonstrator for
[Baldwin county, and he 13 now busily
|wgjt£od in wak&g suitable arrange-,
nenls (or buildings and grounds to
handle the display of the various ani
aals. poultry and agricultural pro-
Iducts as will be shown on the oc
casion and the success to be'achieved
fill be considered s?riously as to tho
thance for bolding a real county fair
|n Baldwin during the fall of next
icar.
ln coiiKldernting the holding of
World.
This picture at tho Star Theater on
DR. T.R. KENDALL LEAVES
TO ATTEND CONFERENCE
to ree the opening performance was
kept on edg; from start tc- finish. The
richness and variety of the views,
which were made in California, makes
the picture rank among the leaditig
films yet produced.
The story begins with an English
soldier finding a rusty sword in a.
tr«Mh. This antique blade causes
hint to dream y.X the great Joan of Arc.
Tim Joan of Iht- (irieam is splendidly
done by Gerajdiiio Farrar, This nota
ble .star thrilled the audience in thb
spectacular scenes." When she
taken before the King to ofTer herself
as the leader of his armio3 and whon
bho galloped along the hills, followed
I by the hosts of Charles VII., ready to
charge the enemy,-the auditors were
I greatly moved. Thy photoplay also
, shows vividly the siege and capture of
fcounty fair here next year, it is the tbe f or tress of Orleans,
fbject of Mr. Odum to pame a date J Q rea t applause greeted the photo-
pr thy event lit such a time as would drama> and It ought to play before
hake ii suitable to place the exhibits! ca p a clty houses during its stay at th;
In display at the Southeastern fair, Forty-fourth street.—N. Y. Evening
ft Atlanta, and the Georgia Stale fain,
Macon. This fair, if carried out
Iccorling to the plans now being look-' Thursday, November 15th.
forward to, will be amongst tho i
lest county fairs to he held in the'
Jtate nml many attractions will be
looked far the entertainment of all
lisitors tn come here to take in the
Inhibition.
|ln making preliminary arrange-
Penis for the rounty exhibit to be
|eld next Thursday, Mr. Odum as
jamed several committees to look af-
fr different features of the necessary
Ifirk to be carried out. These com-
Vbees are ns follows:
[General Superintendents: Dr. E. A.
I'Sner and M r . .las. L. Sibley. Sr..
1 department Superintendents: Ar-
|t>Rmients:. Messrs, Erwin Sibley, C.
Hwper, F, K. Watson, Warren Ed-
| ardH ’ B I'. Adams, Jr. and G. C. Me-
Tlnley,
I Agricultural Displays: Dixon Wil-
F'«. Geo. \v Mciiinehead, Jr., J. O?
[ er '^- E. E. Bass, Wm. Torrataco
f Dr - 0- F. Moran.
r IVe Stock: Messrs. J. Frank Miller,
f ry Tr " an,ir . W. H. Collins. Thos. E.
r !h ’ Robert Stembrldge, C. II. ’Bon-
p and Dr, n . D. Allen.
Ilia S: ' D - Howerd, H. B. Mc-
" „ * K K dasn. O. H. Tnunell, R.
Hah her, w t. Garrard, J. H.
Jtllls. \ , -
llidies C ommittee: Mrs. Terry Trea-
■ "iss Mamie Jones nnd Mrs.
Miller.
15®°"* ,hr different Items for which
r 8 * 1 " l,e offere<J are 88 follow:
'u * ,illf ,n be exhibited by the
r ers „f ti,o Baldwin County Calf
^ <na Shorthorn bull, value $150.*
i ** ar <bd by the Central of Geor-
I For h 0kt i
■ sars of corn exhibited
|Por 1 " t >et named.
’ best stalk of cotton, prize not
named.
v* inti it of dairy and beef cat-
al1 r,| und agrlculturlal exhibit.
1 cf chickens. ' "
m
PECAN TREES ARE IN
VERY GRAVE DANGER
Valdosta, Ga„ Nov. 7.—According to
S. M. McMurran, a demonstrator from
t' o United States') Department of Agri
culture,. the vast pecan interests
through this section of Georgia are se
riously thretened with total destruc
tion from fault pruning.
ln the area of Georgia fu a lino
running from ThoaiasvHle to Way-
croas, along the Atlantic Coast t-ine,
Railroad, thexe are thousands of acres
of land devoted to pecan culture, rep
resenting an outlay ot thousands of
dollars. Mr. McMurran says that in the
reesnt years when pruning became
necessary, it was not proberly done,
permitting attacks from beetles and
fungi which is developing iuto heart
rot. He is conducting demonstration
work showing the people how to avoid
this, and if his advice ie proberly heed
ed this vast industry may be saved
from destruction.
Owning to the oner —
in' pecans tiirougri the territory ‘graft-
tioned, the wprk- being done, by the
government *is considered of vast ini
portance and those who have their
money in it hero that the work has
commenced in t*me to have the trees
DR.E.M. GREEN WILL
LEAVE SANITARIUM
Clinical Director Of Georgia
Insane Asylum Accepts Su
perintendency Of Pennsyl
vania Institution
MASS MEETING FOR
‘Y’WORK NEXT WEEK
Big Gathering To Take Plact
In The Opera House To Stir
Interest In Campaign To Be
gin Next Week > !
will be his duty to immediately make
such reports to the state feul adminis
trator.
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
SOON TO BE PUBLISHED
MAYORS'MUST STOP
CONFISCATING COAL
Garfield Refers to the Action
of Ohio Authorities as Being
Nothing Short of Municipal
Robbery
Washington, Nov. 7.—Wholesale
confiscation of coal 1-v Ohio mayors
and city ofllclals was denounced t >-
. . . ^ , day by officials was denounced tc-
PA8TOR OF METHODI8T CHURCH day by the fuel administration, which
GOES TO LAGRANGE TO'ATTEND | is considering immediate action unless
ANNUAL MEET AFTER VERY the practice is discontinued; Invesit-
gators have reported that in some
SUCCESSFUL YEAR HERE ^ raIIr01ld tracks were torn up to |
— prevent whole train loads of coal from
Dr. T. R. Kendall, pastor of the First moved
Methodist church of Milledgeville, | municlpal r ' bber y,” said a
left Tuesday morning for LaGi^n^e, fuel a dmlnlstratica statement today
where he went to attend the annual. ot ob j y ha8 disarranged shipping
meeting of the North Georgia Con-j bu t. has caused unnecessary hardships
fereneo of the Methodist Episcopal in other states and in ether 0’^'
towns. As an exampler Four corloads
rj*£3S5i?i5r. car* c:
NEW BOOK, WITH ALL NAMES
AND NUMBERS CORRECTED TO
DATE, WILL BE OFF THE PRESS
WITHIN NEXT FEW DAYS
' A nexv telcpnone directory- of the
Milledgeville Telephone company is
now being gotten out by The Mill
edgeville News and will he ready for
distribution am-engst the patrona of
tho telephone exchange within the
next wrrJk or ten days. - \
The type matter for the new tele
phone directory will be placed in the
forms for printing d ring the first of
the coming week and tha composition
is now being prepared for the book
let. Anyone desiring a special name
under which their telephone Bhall be
listed will beam in mind that they
it make such specifications at cnee
' Hhe jtarttcular tnstrtihtloTis
id the office of the MilledgrfiviHe Tele-
tienb eompauy or to' The Miliedg.o-
ville News.
The object of- the Telephone com
pany in calling special attention to
to listing of the'telephones in the new
I directory is to suit the convenience
of the patrons of tho telephone ex
change to the extent of placing the va
rious telephones under such names
as the subscriber so de-sires, whether
any particular telephone appears in
the name of a firm, busienss concern
or a personal name.
The new directory will go tc press
the first of the coming week and any
changes-derlsed must be called to the
attention of the management of tho
Telephone company or The Milledge
ville News within the next two days.
Dr. E. M. “Green, clineial director
of the Georgia state sanitarium tor
the. past several years, has resigned
his position hsre to become superinten
dent of .the Pennsylvania Hospiita.’J
for the Insane, located at Harrisburg, 1
Penn., his resignation to go into ef
fect the first day of December.
During the more than t9n years in
which Dr< Green has been connected
with the state sanitarium here* he has
been recongniz;d as ene ot the lead
ing authorities In the south in the
treatment- of mentally det^mged pa
tients and on numerous occasions he
other Institu
tions of the character if the one he is
connected with to furnish advlcos.
Dr. Greene is a native Georgian-and
has lived in this state practically of
his life and his departure, with his
Wife and children, f nrnv_M 11 led go v il lc,
will bo learned with a great deal cf
regret by scores of friends ln this
city. • ,
The successor to. Dr. Greene has not
yet been named by tho board of trus-1
A mass meeting to bo attended by
hundreds of interested citizens will
be- held in the opera house here Sum
day evening at 7 o’clock to stimulate
interest in Milledgeville and Baldwin
county in the bik campaign to begin
the firs’t of the coming week to raise
funds for the National War Work
Council of the Young Men’s Christian
Association.
Th& meeting Sunday night will be
one of marked, interest and several
addresses will be made in behalf of
the movement, which will be general
all over ahe. United Stalls, to raise
935,000,000 tc- be used in caring for
the so-ldlers of this country, both those
in America and in Europe. The
principal address of the occasion will
De delivered by an army- officer, who
will be her© from Camp Wheeler, in-
Macon.
A meeting of the Executive commit
tee of the local Rod Cross Chapter 1
was held Thursday night to discuss
plans fc-r making the campaign here
next week for the big ”Y’’ drive and
tees of the sanitarium, though the, , 7 , , ,, ,
re, matter °Wil>g tO the f ft Ct thO PBOple Cf Mill-
body will probably net on th; matter
at their next meeting^ to be held on
the 21st of thi3 month.
The Pennsylvania Institution to be
headed by Dr. Grcono 1g rue cf th;
largest of Its klitd In that state, there
being somthlng over twelve hundred
Inmates confined Within its walls.
Geraldine Farrar in “Joan
the Woman,” at the Stai
Thursday, Nov. 15th.
$|3,000 LIBERTY
BONDPURCHASE
Prominent Devereux Farmer
Subscribes Liberally To War
Loan Measure In Second
Liberty Loan
Mr. A. S. J. Kennedy, one of the
most prominent farmers in Hancock
county,, residing near Devereux, made
a purchase of 915,000 worth of Liberty
Bonds through the Milledgeville Bank
ing Company to apply cn Ihe Second
-Liberty Loan Issue,'this being one cf
tho two largest apprepriatiens to be
received in Millodgeville to apply to
the great war measure.
Also, Mr. J. B. Kennedy, brother to
Mr. A. S. J. Kennedy, and also well
known and prominent farmer of th -
Devereux community, made a purchase
of 98,000 worth of Liberty Bonds, tho
purchase of the brothers together
amounting te a total of 923,000.
The Kennedy brothers are consider
ed to be amongst the mfftij.- successful
business men and farmers 1 nthis sec
tion of the state and their actions ln
edgeville and Baldwin county have
shown their .desires to do their ph.it
In the campaigns occaslonod by tho
war, It Is expected the results In the-
caliing on the citizens beginning Mon
day will prove successful in the oy-es
of the most sanguine.
The members of the local chapter
Red Cross, composed of Mayor Miller
S. Bell, D . S. Sanford, H. E. CcAuliftc,
A. J. Carr, J. II. Enn's, Leo Joseph
and L. C. Hall, made final decisions
as to how to go about the manner cf
securing the funds and the organized
effort to be carried out during the
entire week next week will be com
plete In every detail.
GETS HAND SERIOUSLY
CRUSHED IN CANE MILL
YOUNG HUGH HARRINGTON, SON
OF MR AND MRS. M. C. HARRING
TON, BARELY E3CAPE8 LOSING
HIS fRM
Just beforo noon Thursday, Hugh
Harrington, ago 14 years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Harrington, residing
about six miles west of Milledgeville,"
happened to a painful accident when
ho had hts hand caught in a sugar*
cane mill, crushing his forefiner com
pletely and seriously Injuring his
thumb.
Just how young Harrington happen
ed to get his hand caught, he himself
seemed unable to explain, though it is
presumed he was engaged fn frying
so liberally supporting the government ^ ma j{ e somo adjuatment of the rollers
in the Liberty Loan measure has at the tlma
caused a great deal cf favorable com
ment in this soction.
Wanted—Will buy anything that you
have to offer from the farm. Call
181.
^enunTsLuy'uuUrlng fn his [other town a short distance away had
Ubors to gain the confidence of his] stopped the train and confiscated
congregation and to further religious four cars for its own use.
to unload the promised coal, but an-
causes on very hand;
On account of Dr. Kendall’s absence
from the city, there will be nc services
at the Methodist church next Sunday
though the annual conference wifi
be ever i ntime for him to fill his
pulpit next Sunday'week.
Best pen of turkeys.
Best exhibit of ladles, fancy work.
Best exhibit of canned gcods.
BeBt mule under three years of age.
Best horse under three years of
age.
There will be^three classifications
of hogs for which prizes will also be
offered.
Every ettizen In Baldwin county will
be Invited to attend the county exhibit
to be held during the entire day Thurs
day and it la the hopes of the manage
ment to have everything in readiness
for the occasion by 9 c’clook.
HOME FOR SALE
S.
Near Steveni I’-Uory, The J
Bone place 1-4 mile of station.
Six rooms besides bath and kitchen
water works. Two acres of ground
fenced two in woods and 10 acres in
cultivation, one and half acre of pbcan
trees. Large tract of land near this
home now offered for sale so a far
mer can locate here and increase the
size of place. It is now well suited
for traveling man or most any one
else Price 93.700 terms given.
Also many new farms for sple.
J. L. SIBLEY.
I
“Joan The Woman/’ at the
Star Thursday, Nov. 15th.
Admission 35c.
As soon as thfl young man v^as seen
injured his father immediately put m
an automobile and rushed to Milledge
ville and placed in charge of a physi
cian and Thursday after ho was re
ported as getting along nicely.,
j
ARE YOU A PATRIOTIC FARMER?
If so you will see that your soil is especially prepared for at
least three acres of wheat. This is wheat planting time and
every true farmer should plant enough wheat to supply his
own household. Three to five acres, properly cultivated,
will take care of the average family. ,
We have the best wheat that could be bought, all ready for ~
delivery o you, Va. grown blue stem recleaned, also Georgia
grown recleaned whcat. We also offer a limited supply of
home grown Fulghum Oats, Texas Rust Proof, good, heavy
and clean. The price is right. Call 181 and we will see that
you get what you want.
GEORGIA PRODUCTS COMPANY