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SECTION
NEWS
Official Organ
City of
Mllledgevllls
.UME SEVENTEEN
llEjER 8IX
Eatabllahed October 12, 1901,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, November 23, 1917
$1.50 a Year
. 0. W. Brannen Paid Honorsi.4Jlv %TEAM WINS
By Members His Congregation^^ SIX TO S
Local College Football Tei
Away With Dahlone-
sbyterian Pastor bTender-
w Beautiful Silver Service
a the Occasion of His 25tlis
astorial Service.
Chapter One.
n s evidently a gala occasion fet
Presbyterian Church last Sunday,
10 t "only were graceful ferns .and
ous chrysanthemums arranged in
ning profusion about the choir and
t stands, but there were gracious
s from glowing hearts manifest
ghout the large congregation as-
led for the morning service. The
, am ] deacons were conspicuously
ed on the choice front seats, ang
'the roll was called of all menir
of the church now living in the
nunity, scarcely one man, woman,-
ild failed to respond. Dr. Brannen
^solution to be sent to those
of the congregation, now enlisted
ar country's service. This was to
iffect that we were honoring, lov-
and praying for them, and was
ed by a rising vote from all pres-
When the offering was taken,
an outsider would have realized
it was a Silver Anniversary.
chink, Clank, chink! How the
heels went in! And then, trans-
d to a shining, white basket, Mr.
Sibley carried them to Dr. Brarp-
explaining that they were but a
t token of the appreciation of hU
le for his long term of service
ig them, and also of the love and
m they felt for him and Mi’S,
nen. The card attached expressed
,m« in writing and also the dates
1917."
e minutes of the last twenty-five
i were written in column order
le blackboard. They showed that
192, there were 120 members en-
Since then, there has been an'
yearly increase of seventeen
r8, the total additions number-
118. Many however, having died
ived away, the roll now totals 252.
192-93, the church paid in $1,488'
year It has paid $4,688. During
enty-five years it has contribute^
causes 868,899.
Brannen read the same passage
the 6th chapter of Joshua that het
at his first service in 1892. Ho
chose the same text—“And the
le shall ascend up, every man
!ht before him”. His talk showed
is people had kept the spirit of
*t and how they had failed io
It, and closed with ah earnest
of re-dedication of himself and
lock to Christ and His cause.
Be The Tic That Binds” in
which the congregation joined
iOlr, appropriately closed the
hour of worship. _ —>
Chapter Two
we again at the Presbyterflan
and it is the hour of evening
No Billy Sunday has not re-
H to an >' of our mental invita^
focome to Milledgeville, but,nev-
ess, the church is corwded and
face is alert with interest. Dr.
• Dr. Wilkerson, and Dr.
® are on the pulpit stand, and
ls - Baptists, Methodists,
! 8hyterians arc gathered before
The music is especially choice
lClude8 one of Mr. Chas. Conn’s
■Wo sooes. At Dr. Brannen’s
r - Wilkerson reads the 13th.
of First Corinthians and
a11 leads in earnest prayer.
lQ en expiai :ia that each subject
1 6 vari ous speakers enshines
u, h. Co). Livingstone Kenan,
fesentatlve from the Episcopal
Presents "The Church of To-
0 J - D. Howard of the Baptist
at o n to]la Ug wtlat t ^ e c j, urc i,
,0 expect from it’s mem-
w Bolll ‘S J, °ore from the Meth-
hers brings out of hiding the
ln the Church.” Mr. L. C.
'of.Kyle Alfriend, standing
, , Prest) y'erian people, picture,
' ,lr Neighbors,” and the oth-
rsn n lUr °' 1)r ' K endall and Dr.
a re both solicitous of speak-
1 r ' ,! ' an nen, in his modesty,
° m ,he opportunity. Dr. Wll-
a, D in tlie closing prayer.
Jt-ur' imil < * after uuother'twen-
tui ( isu" t Dl ' Brannen ’ s ministry
GEORGIA SOCIETY
MAKES BIG
Live Possums on Broadway
(The World, November 10, 1917.)
When the Georgia Society de
cided to have its annual dinner {at
the Hotel Biitmore on Nov. 15,
with Eire Commissioner Adamson
presiding, and a menu consisting
entirely of the products f the dear
o(d[ Cracker State, such as corn
bread, yams and the like, every
body said: “Fine—but the big
thing will have to be ’possum!"
And when it was decided to have
•possum, everybody said "Fine!” r
again, even the Secretary, Powell
Crichton, who is a lawyer in the
Equitable Building. And he wrote
South for a supply of ’possums
sufficient for 300 hungry Geor
gians.
(Interval of a week.)
“Express package for you, sir,”
said a uniformed person to Mr.
Crichton in his office yesterday.
“Sign here.”
“What is It? ’ said the lawyer.
“Fifteen live—and wild—animals
fn a crate,” said the expressman.
“Don’t know what they are, but
they’re bitin’ hell out of each other
—and me—and squealin’ and goin’
on. Where’ll you. have ’em?”
Then Mr. Crichton remembered.
“Can’t you store them some
where?” he said. “There are no
acco-modations for 'possums in the
Equitable Building.’
“I’m through,” said the express
man. 'Tim fed up with them beasts.
Out on the sidewalk goeB tha
crate.”
Mr. Crichton-went down and had
a look. The ’poBsums were doing
everything the man said. He got
an inspiration and finally Induced
the driver to take the beasts up to
the Diltmote matted “H5Id~ , ‘Jor'
banquet.”
The hotel had no particular ’pos
sum suites, but took a chance, and
sent the animals to the basement
in care of Frank Maloney, the"
r - steward. Frank, studying up on
’possum lore, learned that their fa
vorite food was Georgia persim
mons. Finding the hotel just out
of that fruit, he searched further
into the literature of the beast and
found he tasted better after being
dead and iced for a time, bo last
night Frank executed the -whole
fifteen, promising that they would
be just right for the banquet.
Another consignment is to arrive
to-day, but there are two persons
who want nothing to do with
them—Powell Crichton apd the un
identified expressman. ~~
eorgia Products Dinner in
New York a Great Day For
egation in Game Those From The Empire
liday Afternoon.* State of the South.
proven beyond a doubt On last Thursday which we all re-
1 team”at G. M. C. Just- member as Georgia Products Day the
very time an enthu- Georgia Society, of New York City
came together for a dinner at the
hotel Biitmore—covers being laid for
to a game ha finds a
rmament of the grliL
ere are no more two hundred and fifty.
! find—all the members of this team of'
ours have proved that they belong to
| a stellar crowd.
] At the game on last Monday every
thing seemed to be in favor of our
boys despite the fact that Wingo ar.d
Graybill were still unable to take - a
part, one with a hurt arm the other
still on cruthes. There was was a gcod
.crowd to yell the hoys on to victory
1 and the presence of the G. N. I. C.
Girls spurred every player on to do
his best. The result was very satis
factory, -as we walked away with the
goods to the tune of twenty-six to six.
The line up was: %
R. T3.—Sibley.
R. T.—Bennett. •
R. G.—Crossley and Findley
C.—Milton.
j Vou Bo °ST YUR STATE?
V ir Y0U D0ING FOR
™ c HURch?
1 Have Found What Eiery-
body WANTS.
Many are asking for a hundred
acre farm closerin and well located. I
have just what you want, the hundred
acre farm running from the Eatonton
Road back to Central Railroad known
as the Case farm. You can have here
just such a farm as My, Lewis Andrews
owns. It is just beyond the two rnlle
post an theleft . Act quicklly if you
want it, I will not be able to hold it
/nany days. ' .„ $
A four acre tract, more or less, on
Hancock street at the foot of River
Hill, almoat a block front—runs back
a block. Not much of Buch land now to
be had, you can make four bales of
cotton on it next year, or you can
build houses on it. Price $600.00
320 acres more or lesB, In Wilkinson
county, Joins Mr - Jo ° Youngblood on
two Bides, 2 miles from Ivey. Station
2 good dwelling houses, one with four
rooms one with five rooms—3 barnes
and one two room tennant house. 80-
acres under hog wire fence, one mile
Through the efforts of our State
Chamber of Commerce, contributions
for this dinner were shipped direct to
this hotel apd from the menu we have
read,,old Georgia “did herself proud”
in the Bending thereof.
Mr. C. J. Haden of Atlanta, first
president of the Georgia Chamber of
Commerce, and Mr. W. T. Anderson;
editor of the Macon Telegraph and of
ficial representative of this organiza
tion in this occasion; were two of our
well known Georgians who were pres
ent and who sat at the speakers table.
A .very appropriate souvenir of the
occasion was presented to all the
guests—this being a > little paper, The
Georgia Cracker, in which there were
extracts from the daily papers of our
state telling cf this dinner, who was
to be present, who spoke, notices as to
what would be acceptable for tha menu,
and even lists of things already prom
ised. There were also several poems
from Georgia pens; Frank Stanton, of
G.M.C. AND PORTER TEAMS
BATTLE HERE THANKSGINING
MR. WILBEUR VINSON TO
GO TO FT. LEAVENWORTH
SECOND SON OF MILLEDGEVILLE
FAMILY TO ENTER MILITARY
SERVICE—BROTH R OF CON-'
- GRESSMAN VINSON.
L. G.—White.
L. T.—Neville. -
L. E.—Allison.
R. H.—Scarboro.
F. B.—Sinclair and Rowson
L. H.—Cheves (Capt.)
Q. B.—Parks.
Ad has already been stated-
whole team starred but specially goi
plays were made by Bennett, Alliso:
Scarboro and Parks, while Wynne
Fullback and Long as Tackle on the
visiting team did some fine-work. Whit
ney of Davis, Ga.—was referee-while ’ TBe menu was printed on Georgia
“Kid” Simpson acted as Umpire. j ™» d & P a P er * rom Georgia pine furnish-
!)> jw. 1 lilt don! It >8 bonitiiuUy gotten "up and
course, that beautiful one “Here’s Geor-
written specially for and dedica
te the Georgia Chamber of Com
merce; “A. Song of the South'* by V.
C. Rankin of Atlanta; and “A Georgia
Mule”—this poem being printed else
where in this edition.
Georgia and Tech.- To say tie least
we could make things Interesting.
Hurrah-for-G. M. O. and Coach Rawson.
The speakers of the occasion were:
Mr. Robert Adamson, toastmaBter;
Hon Byron Newton on “New York, the
Gateway to American”; Hon Martin
..dPAnoiit/miu I W. Littleton on "America after the
MR. JACOB VAUGHAN J War": Hon. C. J. Haden—“The New
MAC PACCCn AWAY Georgia"; Mr. W. T. Anderson—“The
liAO rAODLU AW A Emplre state o( the South ,.. Miss
Louise Walker, of Atlanta, made a
On last Sunday, in Spartanburg, S. Bpec i a i trip to New York to sing sev-
C., where he had been visiting his era i gongs on this occasion,
son, Mr. A. A. Vaughn, Mr. Jacob N. | The BUCCOBB 0 f this affair was due
Vaughn died. Accompanied by this. mo8tly tQ the untlrlng efforts of Mr.
son, the remains were brought to thl«| powell Crichton the Secretary of the
city for burial, reaching here late Georg , a Soclety ^ it , B th ru his
Monday afternoon, the funeral taa ng WndneB8 i n sendlug us a copy of the
place Tuesdar morning. Mr. Vaugha "Georgia Crad]ter „ and a , 80 ft mtmu
was eighty-eight years of age and had j ^ w<j are eaaWed to Bhare this news
lived practically all of his life in this j w|th our readera . A n extract from
county,. where he and his wife had .'The Georgia Cracker”—ln turn taken
-a m I J- la nimwItfA/l hlf
scores’ of friends. He is survived by
bis'wife, and two sons, Messrs. A. A.
and John Vaughn.
from Snow Hill School house, pasture
well watered. Place known aB J. H.
Day farm. Price $3,160.00.
- two one hundred acre tracts near
Carrs Station known as the J. J. Carr
and Jim Pound farms.
417 acres, more or less, known as
the Russell Cox farm. Also 161 acres
known as the W. R. Cox farm, and
246 acres known as J. B. Cox farm.
All these tracts touch each other and
caxf" be sold seperate or in one farnj.
They are just beyond Mr. Charlie
Fowles farm on road to Sandersville.
I can sell you the 824 acres for $9,000,
or add 127 acres to the tract making
951 acres for $10,000, if you have ten
thousand dollars, Invest it right in this
tract you will never regret it The
most money that I ever made was in
buying a thousand acre farm at low
price, .cutting it into smaller farms
and selling at a profit. You can do
the same thing.
James L. Sibley
ATTENTION COUNTY SCHOOL TEACHERS
As was written you several weeks ago; Dr. Tigner has consented for
you to have half holiday that you may have the privilege of hearing
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black speak to the Woman’s Club on Monday after
noon, Dec. 3rd., at two o’clock.
Place will be announced next week look out for it-or when you
come in, go to the Rest Room and there you may find out.
Don't fail to come-you have a cordial invitation from the Uub and
will receive a hearty welcome from it's members.
Come-we are having it early to suit your convenience and have writ
ten Mrs. Black that you were to be present.
She is expecting you. Come, and bring a friend, if you will.
signed, " ~
i • • THE WOMAN’S CLUB v Z
from The World of November—speaks
for itself—and you.^ill do well to read
it—reproduced in thid* paper. It Is
headed ■•‘Live Possums oh Broadway” :
Here’s to our Georgia Friends ln
New York—tmay they soon see the err
or of their way—we need them “back
here.”
Also elsewhere in this paper will
be found.a letter of greeting from the
Georgia Society f New York, to the
Milledgeville Woman's Club—and it
will also speak for itself—read it.
MRS. BUCK WILL
ADDRESS WOMEN
■ ■
Prominent Georgia Woman to
Address Milledgeville Club
Monday—Teachers of The
County Invited.
The Woman's Club Is looking for
ward with the deepest interest to the
visit of Mrs. Black to them, as it has
been a pleasure long wished for. Mrs.
Black will arrive in the city on Sun
day'and be present at the Charity
Concert at which time she will make
a talk. The concert will take place
ou that evening, Sunday Dec. 2nd, at
the Methodist church. The best mu
sic talent of the city will take part on
the program.- On Monday Mrs. Black
will address the Club—place to be an
nounced later. The teachers of Bald
win county are invited to come. Many
will remember that Mrs. Black has
visited our city before and that she is
a forceful, interesting speaker, beside
being so greatly* beloved by the women
all over the state.
It will be of great interest to the
friends of Lieut. Wilbur Vinson to
learn that he has received his com
mission as Lieut, and reports to Fort
Leavenworth on the twenty-fourth. As
we have heard, Mr. Fred Vinson is
now in France. Both of these young
men are sons of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Vinson, of our city, and brothers of
Congressman -Vinson and our whole
town is proud of the record they are
making.
WHITFIELD PROMOTED
TO LIEUT.-COLQNEL
MILLEDGEVILLE MAN GIVEN HIGH
RANKS IN ARMY AND IS NOW ON
GENERAL STAFF OF OFFICIALS.
Another of our boys who has re
ceived deserved promotion is Major
Robert Whitfield, but now a Lieutenant
Colonel on the general staff of the U.
S. Army and has charge of the move
ments of the troops from this country
to France. Col. Whitfield ls the son
of Col. and Mrs. Robert Whitfield
whose home was in this city and he
is a graduate of our own G. M. C.
Mr. Charles Whitfield whom we know
so well, is his brother.
W. J. HARRIS SPENDS
SHORT WHILE HERE
\ ’ •
Chairman of Federal Trade
Commission Was a Promi
nent Visitor to Milledgevifle
Wednesday Afternoon.
Hon. W. J. Harris, df Washington,
D. C.. passed thru our city on Wed
nesday and was warmly greeted by
his many friends and admirers. Mr.
Harris is Chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission and’ is one of the.
most popular men in our National
Capitol. It is a well known fact that
he stands close to our President, be
ing a warm personal friend of the head
of our administration. Mr. Harris has
already announced his candidacy for
the Senate against Hon. T. W. Hard
wick. He was returning to Washigton
after a short stay in our state.
SHOOTS SELF AND
DIES FROM RESULT
Young Peter Cline Lingold
Passed Away Wednesday
After Having Accidentally
Shot Himself.
Y. W. C. A. AT G. N. & I. C.
This organization has a membership made good
of nearly eight hundred young ladies
and every member wide awake Miss
Evangaline Clements of Mineral Bluff
is president and with about twenty
odd committees under her supervision
nothing escapes her eye. So far this
has been a record year.
Strongest Teams In Two Sta
tes to Battle In Football
Game Here on Thanksgiving
Doy.
The Georgia Military College will
have another chance to battle with the
Porter Military Academy, of Charles
ton, when the champion team of South
Carolina comes to Milledgevillo_next
Thursday, Thanksgiving day, for the
purpose of tying up with tho local -*1-
lege aggregation.
So you fans can now get busy and
let’s give our boys the biggest crowd
and the best side line support, to say
nothing of the bleachers, they have
ever had.
The fact that G. M. C. wdn from Por
ter last year does not mean that it is
obliged to happen again, but we be
lieve it will. You see, Porter has had
a whole year to practice—the team
was a fast proposition then—and know/
ing what , they are going to buck
against, they are apt to come with the
determination to.“Win or be skinned.”
Let’s not let Porter do the first, al
though we may be the means of them
being the seend. Anyway, let’s pull
fc-r G.. M. C. and make a touch dow^
eviry two minutes.
WOMAN’S GLIIB GETS
OUT THIS PAPER
Entire Composition Is the Pro
duct of Milledgeville Wo
man’s Organization—Suc
cess in Every Particular. ♦
iJToday, for 'the first time in the his
tory of this old county of Baldwin,
will it’s people read a paper edited en
tirely by women.
There was once upon a time in this
city a paper owned and edited by! Miss
Ellen Dorth, Afterward Mrs. Jaines
Longstreet, but this-edition has been
gotten out by thb Woman’s Club of
Milledgeville who did everything but
set the type anid run tha press. They
could have done that also—if it had
been necessary. For fhe past two
Weeks—only for that long has the
preparation bsen going on—the great
est Interest has been manifested con
cerning the venture, and varied have
been th speculations as to the probable
result.
The members of the Club have ral
lied to tho support of those who had
the matter ln chqi’fce in a most loyal
way, and if. the effort that has b9en
made to get out a paper that was both
Interesting and attractive is crowned
with success, it will be because of
this support. Ai to the Club, it’s work,
it’s hopes,, it’s alms and it’s ambi
tions—the whole paper speaks.
VINSON RETURNS TO
TAKE UP HIS WORK
Peter Cline Lingold, age fourteen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. j. p. Lingold, re- Xenth District Congressman
siding seven miles south of Mllledge- D__l.x_ W-L! I.
ville on the Irwinten Road, died Wed
nesday afternoon at one o’clock cf
blood poison. This was caused by an
accidental gun shot wound which he
received two weeks ago. Late one af
ternoon—it was November the second
—young Lingold was returning home ed
from squirrel hunting and on his way after a visit of
stopped for a few moments at the his father and
borne of his aunt, Mrs. Mary Akeridge
Goes Back to Washington to
Take His Seat After a Visit
to His Home Here.
Congressman Carl Vinson return-*
t. Washington City Wednesday
six weeks with
mohter in the
city. During his stay here Mr. Vinson
As he picked up his gun to leave, the made it a point to visit every county
weapon slipped from his hand drop- in the district that he might confore
ping on the steps, and discharging! with his friends concerning matters in
wounded his ankle. Only three hours which they were intterested and learn
before his death was his condition in what way he might be able to help
considered serious. The sympathies ot them along. ; No Congressman hug the
all who know of this sad occurance name of standing for the things tha
go out to the bereaved parents. are approved by his district and look
ing out in every way for the interests
bis friends more than our represen
tative Carl Vinson. He has certainly
WHAT ARE YOU
your community?
DOING FOR
Congress will convene the first Mon
day. in December and it Is probable
that the session will last well up into
the summer.
For Sale—One good nine-year-old
m.ule, weight about 960 pounds, for
sale at a bargain. See Mr. Donnelly
at the Postofflce.