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1THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
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Officlal Organ
City of
Milledgayillo
VOLUME SEVENTEEN
NUMBER five
. Established October 12, 1901. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, November 16,1917
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OUT NEXT \'MK’S ISSUE
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scient 'AdveSgll^
Matter
V
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PAPER TO BE UNIQUE
IN EVERY PARTICULAR
probably the first edition
OF ITS KIND EVER PUBLISHED
IN MILLEDGEVILLE AND MANY
EXTRA COPIES BE PRINTED.
if you are interested in anything
pertaining to a newspaper, you are go
ing to have the opportunity of skow-
ing just exactly where your interest
lies during the next few days.
Beginning tcday, The Milledgeville
Xe,vs office will be in -the hands- of
the members of the Milledgeville Wo
man’s club for practically one week,
as these ladias have taken unto them-
teiv-s the-'poBition for this length of
time and they will handle all of the
editorial and needs matter and the
principal advertising end of the busi
ness.
Tlie issue cf The News to be got
ten out next week by the Woman’s
Club will be unique in its entirety and
probably the first Issue of its kind
ever gotten out in Milledgeville.
Mrs. Edward R. Hines, as president
of the Milledgeville Woman’s clubt
will act as business manager in get
ting out the special edition and other
members of the organization will oc
cupy their special positions in the
work, such as reporters, editorial writ
ers, news editors, etc.
Every regular reader of The NewB
will no doubt look forward with
considerable Interest in.^ receiving
their issue to come to them- next Fri
day, November 22nd.
With the exception of carrying on
the regular business of the Job depart
ment, the mechanical tbrce of the pa
per will be busily engaged for the
next weak ip carrying out the work
placed with,them by
of ladles.
COUNTY EXHIBITS
A BIG
MINISTERS NAMED
FOR METHODISTS
Appointments Made For Mil
ledgeville and Baldwin
Churches at Conference
Held in Lagrange Last Week
•The meeting of the North Georgia
Conference, held in LaGrange last
week, named the various pastors to
serve the various Methodist churches
in Baldwin county during the coming
year and the pastor to serve the Mill
edgeville chare was also appointed
at the same time.
Dr. T. R. Kendall, who has filled
the charge of the Milledgeville Me
thodist church since the conference
of November last year was returned to
carry on the pastorial work-in this
city for another year, which fact will
be learned with a great deal of In
terest by all the church membership.
The Baldwin circuit, In charge of
Rev. A. At Tilley during the past’
two years, will be supplied by the
same minister again for a period of
another twelve months. Mr. Tilley
has served his various congregations
in a most acceptable manner since his
coming to this county, according to
many reports, and the membership of
all of,his churches will no doubt be
delighted to learn that he is to be
with them again next year.
The., churches comprising the Mid
way circuit will also have their pulpit
filled by the same pastor now serving
the congreati ns Rev. Z. Speer , hav
ing been named again for the work.
Mr. Speer has been serving the Mid
way circuit the first of the year, hav
ing been sent here at the Umqto
fill a vacancy. .
All of the pastors named for tho
various Methodist churches ip the
county will be here next Sunday to
m the.ir.'reguUrRUlpJts; Dr. Krfnda*
Mtendin^ the Billy Sutf;
day revivals In Atlanta,' having an
nounced that he wpuld bo here Satur
day to be hi readiness to fill his pul
pit Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
BUILDINGS SWEPT
BY FIRE GOING UP
Reconstruction of Elks and
Barrett Buildings is Now
Under Way and Will be
Pushed to Finish.
OR. LAWRENCE IN
SERIOUS SMASH-UP
Gets Leg and Arm Broken
When Auto Turns in Ditch
. When Enroute From Macon
f j—Others Slightly Injured.
The Elks Building and the Barrett!
Building, the Interior of both destroy
ed by . one of the most devastating
25 YEARS PASTOR
OF CHURCH HERE
Next Sunday Dr. D. W. Bran-
nen Will Have Served Pres
byterians Here \ Quarter
Century.
.While returning from Macon where
they had been to take in the state
fires Recorded in. Milledgeville In a,. Thursday afternoon, Dr. G. A.
number of years during the latte£, Lawrence, had the misfortune of sus-
part of September, are now . being WW a broken le S and arm - MeS8rB
rapidly re-built and the work will be
pushed, forward on each until the
James Harris, Briscoe Wall and Thos.
(. Pugh suffering slight Injuries about
|/uuaiv,14- XwA u lii U UU vCtvit «,
finishing touches have been complex the bod >’- when tbe automobile driven
hud owned by Dr.^Lawrence plunged
Into a deep gully on the read about
*ix miles out of Macon.
As soon as the accident occured,
r. Lawrence was taken from the au-
mobile in which he was driving and
laced in another machine and rush
ed in making both of the structures
even more attractive than they wero
before the conflagration.
The work on the Barrett building
was commenced several days ago. and
the tearing away of the ruins of the
Elks Building, adjoining, was com-
menced the latter part of the weekf d t0 a b ™Pital in Macon where he
and the carpenters are now engaged ;>* at once glven the best medical
in placing frame timbers in each 0 tM& tloa and wblle Ills in ^ rleB were
the structures kdecidedly painful it was' scon ascer-
The work in re-building the build--/ tained by the physicians that he was
WILL ACT AT ONCE
FOR THEJ30NSUMER
Hoarding of Supplies in Geor
gia Will Not be Permitted
by State Food Administra
tion. i i
The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
pastorate of Dr. D. W. Brannen of the
First PreBbyirian Church of this city
will be observed Sunday morning and
evening.
The event is unique In Milledge
ville history. This pastorate far ex
ceads in length that of any other of
any denomination since the town has
been in existence. The next longest-
pastorate was that of Rev. J. W. Balt
er, who served the local Presbyterian
church for seventeen years. Rev Don
ald McQueen was pastor for nearly
thirteen years.
In all the state there Is but one
other Presbyterian Church that has
had a pastor longer. That church
Is at Marietta. So far as is known
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14.—If there are
any stores of provisions, feed or food-'
jstuffs hoarded In warehouses or im
properly In storage for anybody’s ac
count in Georgia, as has just been
found to bo the case in some, other
States, the United State food adminis-
tratoion for Georgia will immediately
find" it ent and apply the remedy pro
vided in the regulatons which have
been approved by the President.
Announcement is made from the
administration’s offices here that an
investigation will at once be made of
all large warehouses and storage
places in the State, to determine
whether or not there has been or Is
now any hoarding, or holding of food
stuffs in large quanities for the pur-
ings In the fire swept section was W no imanner fatally Injured. The denomination that has had the same
delayed rantil a few days ago on ac-!. other thre0 companions of the Mill- pastor for bo many years,
count of fire Insurance adjustments- edgeville Physicians were able to re : | At the services next Sunday morn-
and the devising of plans in doing- tdrn to their homes here the same. j ngr the names of taose who were
the work over, though every arrange-* afternoon the unfortunate happening members of the church then and who
ment has been completed now to car-’! took P Iace - thelr ln J urieB mostl y be \are still’ living will be read. Also
ry the job through to a finish, with* Bllght brulBeB about the llmbs - | the present roll of members will be
the exception of the section covered f Prlday afternoon fllowlng the called, so thht every member may an-
by the building occupied by the livery BmaBh ' u P of b,s automobile resulting S wer to his name. Those who are
I there is not a church of any other p 0ge 0 f having speculative effect upon
stable of Jeaues & Robinson. > ia ^ 3 t0 tbe four 0C<!Upant8 ’ ° r ’
The Barrett buildhiir and Elks. ^wrence was brought to his home In
living elsewhere will be omitted.
the market. —
The administration in this State is
now getting into shape its machinery
for policing Georgia and administer
ing the food control regulations in
conformity with methods laid down in
Washington.
Cannot Hold Stocks
If it is found that any unduly large
The Barrett buildtog and , - —- —
Building will probably be completed' j tb |a city where he has jince^rested as serving the church now will occupy
by tbe first of the coming year ai
will add attractively, when finished to
the particular’secetion of the city in
which -they are located.
WILL OF THE LATE
JIM SMITH FOUND
Mr*. Fannie B.
Agriculturial Displays and
Numbers of Exhibits Sur
pass Expectations — Many
Prizes Awarded Contesants
One of the most attractlvo displays
of agriculturial products, - canned
Bools, hand w-erk, poultry and llve-
siock ever put on exhibition in Mil-
ledgcville was seen here yesterday in
llaklwin county placed in and about
Hie county court house."
ilu- cunty curt liuse.
TH ugh the idea of holding a county
exhibit m .Milledgeville Thursday had
been in effect -only a few weeks, less
tlian a month, as a matter of fact, the
slu -' - s of tho undertaking was far
gic-u-r than was expected and the
hi.-ii-st displayed by hunderds of citi-
*- *»« especially noticable.
1 1 Mu lobby of the court house were
nuinbi-rs of attractive displays of agri-
'■ultmial products, fancy hand work,
'bina iiaintings and weed work, all
attractively arranged in a most sys
tematic manner and the various ar
ticles exhibited made a docidely credi
table showing in every particular—
More than a score of coops of pul-
’fy and several dezen head of IW-e-
stoek, included in the latter being
•torse and nuile colts, cattle, goats,
ll0 Bs, etc., were placed over the oourt
bouse yards and the animal show as
* wbo1 ® was probably the best seen
•tere in many years.
•hiring the afternoon yesterday the
Judges were busy in determining Just
* l,u awards would go to for the
various displays of every nature plac-
ed ° n exhibition and while they had
hot finished their work at $ late hour,
of tho prize winners were
•tamed before the big crowd toft the
grounds. The judges for tho livo-
►lock and agriculturial displays were,
• r - H. p. Howard, district supervisor
1 1 'he Tenth Congressional district,
* nd , ' Ir - G - R. Skinner, of the State
( Ollege of Agriculture, while Missss
'tsicck, Dyson and Edwards, of the
■<mrgia Normal and- Industrial- Col-
° Ke ’ ac ted as judges In the domestic
‘-meuco exhibits.
r he prize of a Shorthorn yearling
'' "'° d by the Central of Georgia
tl j" road T or the best calf raised by
DRIVE FOR Y. M. C. A. IS
BEING MADE HERE
f
$1200 RAISED IN MILLEDGEVILLE
DURING THE FIRST DAY OF THE
CAMPAIGN—$3,000 WANTED IN
BALDWIN COUNTY
In a campaign to raise funds here
for the army Y. M. C. -A., four com
mittees appointed to solicit the people
of Milledgeville in behalf of the cause
rqised $1200.00 Tuesday to add to the
$3,000,000 asked of the United States.
Another general campaign is to be
made throughout Baldwin county in
order to complete the raising of the
amount of $3,000.00 and an additional
appropriation will he expected of the
people in Milledgeville and they will
be called on again within the next
few days. ' v
So far, only a small precentage f
the people in Miiledgevillo have sub
scribed to the Y. M. C. A. fund and
those who have failed to make an
appropjoriation in behalf cf the mve-
ment will be expected t do their “bit”
before the campaign Is ended.
A separate committee, outside of
the four appointed to solicit fends in
Milledgeville, has been named to can
vas Baldwin county and every man
who is financially able to make a do
nation to further swell the fund be
ing raised to provide comfort and
moral entertainment for our soldiers
will be looked to do his part.
Calf Club went to Clifford H. Miller,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Frank Miller.
The second prize offered fer the
best calf raised by a member of the
calf club went ta Alva'-Torrance and
the third prize to Edward Torrance.
Throughout most of the day domes
tic science demonstrations were car
ried on in the court house by MisseB
Eda Lord Murphy, Annie Ruth Wise,
Verle Brown, Katherine- Jones ahd
Annie Potts, members of the G, N. &
I. College faculty.
Speaking of the general appearance
and arrangements of the county fair,
Mr. R. J. Davidson, special represent
ative of the Atlanta Georgian, stated
that the showing made was equal to
that of' any lb the state, taking Into
consideration the short time in which
the exhibits were gotten up, and he
declared that he had never seen more
interest displayed in connection with
e mu >nbers of the Baldwin county a slmtllar undertaknlg.
Athens, Nov. 13.—An - (unexpected-'
end was brought today to several
years of litigation over the $3,000,000
estate of the late Col. James M. Smith,
millionaire farmer cf Smithsonia, Ogle
thorpe County, and one time candid
ate for governor, when announcement
was made of the. finding cf a will bear
ing December 4’ 1885, as date of exe
cution. The will was probated In
the court of orndinary of Oglethorpe
County, at Lexington. It was drawn
by the late Judge Alexander S. Erwin,
who was also name'd as one of the
executors.
Under the will found today Mrs.
Fannie B. Schehane, of Greensboro. Ga
tbe only surviving child of Robt. A.
Smith said to have been the deceased
millionaire’s favorite son, will receive
the bulk of ths estate. The chief
legatees were Robert A. and John T.
Smith. ""John T. Smith died without
leaving an heir, while Mrs. Schehane
is the sole heir left by Robert A.
Smith.
Two' nephews, Judge Erwin and
Judge David W. Meadows, were nam
ed by the will as executors. Judge
Meadows is the only, one surviving
and thus becomes sole- executor of
the estate.
Found in Old Papers.
The document was *ound last Satur
day by J. P. Mitchell, manager of the
James M. Smith estate at Smithsonia,
while he was looking through some
old deeds and papers at the Smith
heme.
When Colonel Smith died and no
will could be found a long court fight
began,, after .which the .matter was be
fore the State courts, the Federal dls
trict court, and the United States
circuit court of appeals, to turn. As
matters stood at’ the time the will was
’found Saturday, most of the property
has been converted Into cash white
the various claimants were awaiting
a hearing before Federal Judge Emory
Speer on the question of heirship.
Relationship of Colonel Smith to
Zodoc Smith is confirmed by the will.
Provision Is made for the payment
of $1,000 cash each to one hundred
tenants living *on the Smithsonia pro
perty; that Robert A. and John T.
Smith, nephews, receive 3,000 acres of
land each; that $10,000 be paid his |
half-sister, Mrs. Mary W. Jones, now
deceased, and $5,000 each to John L.;
and George Smith, half-brothers, now
deceased. !
Bequests amounting to about *50,-•
000 are made to friends. >V .V; , J ,
mfortably as could well be expect-
it though he has suffered somewhat
ifi-om the considerable pain brought
about by his wounds. The remaln-
der of the party are all able to be
put and take charge of their regular
business duties.
How The Accident Occured
When the car driven by Dr. Law
rence, and occupied by Messrs. Pugh,
Wall and Hards, -also, plunged into
be wbb trying to' avoid a
smash-up In a head-on collision with a
^pfiiaTeA be d.irectely : iaalpg^tha-
automobile containing the MJlledfce-
ville party.
When Dr. Lawrence observed that
the approaching truck was so near on
them, he abruptly turned his machine
to the-right side of the road and as
he did so the Buick car dashed fore-
meat inter-' a ditch, supposed to be
about ten feet deep and equally as
wide. The car was rammed into the
far side of the bank of the ravine,
throwing the four men forcefully
against the machine.
HOME FOR SALE
Near Steven a P . itery, The J. S.
Bone place 14 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 pecan
trees. Large tract pf land near this
horre now offered for sale sc 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 $3,700 terms given.
Also many new farms for sale.
J. L. SIBLEY.
front pews. If possible, ^ie two old
est members of the church will be
brought to the sanctuary, if only for
a part of v the service.
The evening services on Sunday
will be. equally' Interesting. Five
addresses will be given by'representa
tive men, three of them -from stoter
churches ta the city. The subject
discussed Will be:
'Eplgeppal Greeting: “The Church
and Today." ... .
Baptist Greeting:. "Whht the Church
Must llave' frpm Every Member.
^-- Methodist -'Greettagn-J ”31aekers : v ih
the Church.” . / K , >.
' Presbyteria^ Response : Our Neigh-,
hors.
Concluding Word: “Our Future Pro
gram.’’
Special invitations are being sent
to all resident members of the Pres
byterian Church, and it Is believed
that all who are, not sick will answer
to their names wlien roll Is called.
The friends of the church are also
invited to be present at the services.
COTTON SEED MARKET
MAKES SLIGHT DECLINE
The elders and deacons who are 8tocks <* food feadstuf havo bectl
bought up and held off the market it
will be required that they at once bd
put on sale. If any such goads were
bought twelve months or more ago
tor speculative purposes and have
been held up. are now being lieldeup,
the holders will be required to sell
such stocks at tho price of twelve
menths ago,'or whatever ported they
were bought, plus only a reasonable
refit.
The annpuncement from the food
admirilstratioii .offlco herq' carries the
statement that the administration will
figure profits on a "cash and carry’’
?. and'that, tillsdmsK of trade .
isaction's hy the consumer^will be
encouraged ’generally, all dv.ar the
counify, Where'credit and dfellvdry
by"Tho. dealer Is demanded Hhe pun-
chaser will be expected to share p
reasonable profit to the dealer, for the
luxury of credit and delivery.
The enforcement of the United
States fcod administration regulations
will bo carried forward in Georgia,
through that department’s Georgia of
fices, beginning at once. It Is par
ticularly daslgned to meet and control
trade transactions wherein there may
be any effort to accumulate large
quantities and particularly the mat
ter of speculation. In a word it will
take up where the producer leaves
off and the consumer begins.
The cotton seed market has been
on the decline for tfce last few days!
and the price being paid for the pro- Wanted—Will buy anything that you
duct is just 15 cents per bushel under
the .market of about two weeks apo.
Pho best price paid for cotton seed
this season ran the market mp to $1.20
per bushel, though the oily prducts
have to offer from the farm.
181.
Call
We now have in our Print-
had dropped down to $i.o5 before the' anc ] Stationery Depart-
middle of this week. ” . r\ if l J
ment more than Une Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Commer-
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ARE YOU A PATRIOTIC FARMER?
If so you will see that your soil is especially prepared for at
least three acres of wheat. TJjis is wheat planting time and
every true farmer should plant enough wheat to supply his
^ own household Three to five acres, propejrly cultivated,
will take care of the average farnily.
We have the best wheat that could be bought, all ready for
delivery o you, Va. grown blue stem recleaned, also Georgia
grown recleaned wheat. 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
