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Established October 12,1901. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, November 23, 1917
COMPLETE LIST OF THE WOMAN’S ORGANIZATIONS OF CITY
$1.50 a Year
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aine s of Each Are Given Below And
An Outline ot The Nature of The
purpose of Each
[G MATRON’S CLUB
bA BY club of our city
a year old but able to get along
well—thank you—this club
’every two weeks and is of a
. social nature. During Urn
er _as most dubs will do—inter
ior dragged because so many
, ambers were out of the city,
flth the opening of school back
Ke it leaped-and now it’s meet-
lave been more regular than
of any other Club Some
lie most — nay —seventeen of
lost charming matrons of this
ie included in the membership—
ou see there are just seventeen
auch to their regret—they have
Mrs. Price—for a while at least
they hope she may return some
The members are President:
,ff. S. Myrick; Mesdames E. E.
;Frank Bono, Harry Bone, Otto
■John Day, K. W. Hatcher, Cul-
iidd, .1. E. Kidd, Arch McKinley,
JcComl). J. A. Price, Wister
John Sibley. .1. C. Ingram', W.
ison and .1 C. Cooper.
CY HART CHAPTER Di A. R.
By Mrs. J. L. Beeson
Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R.
tonized on Feb. 7, 1900, and
dristened Nancy Hart, fourteen
iter.
first officers were: Mrs. J.
Chappell, Regent; Mrs.' Jea-
Harvey Cone, vlee-Regent; Mrs.
Compton Miller, Secretary;
Leola Selman Heeson, Registrar;
Mary Andrews, Treasurer.
Its organization up to the pres-
file. s chapter lias been an In
teresting and useful and patriotic lit
tle band.
For the year 1916-17, it has a won
derful record under the leadership of
Mrs. H. D. Allen, Regent.
The following are the officers: Mrs.
H. D. Allen, Regent; Mrs. Regniald
Hatcher, vice-Regent; Mrs. J. L. Bee
son, Secretary; Miss Clara Williams,
Registrar; Mrs. John Hutchinson,
Treasurer.
Visit of State Regent.
At the September meeting at old
Fort Wilkinson at which Mrs. Ha-
wood McCall, the State Regent was
present, the statement was made by
her that she had not even one sug
gestion to ofler as to the improve
ment of the Nancy Hart Chapter, that
it had always done more than had
been asked it.
She paid a beautiful tribute to the
fehapter for making with bronze tab
lets, first our historic old capitol and
Governor’s mansion, and then for plac
ing a bronze JabletJ embedded in
granite on the site of old Fort Wilkin
son, on the one hundred and fifteenth
anniversary of the signing of the treaty
with the Creek Indains at this place,
by which the very land on which Mil-
ledgevllle stands was acquired.
A Pagean—Cradle of Milledgeville
Now 7 that pagantry is becoming a
fad in the United States, the reason
being that we like to realize the pro-
pie and conditions of those olden times
on which a glamour of poetry and
romance vests, Milledgeville has her
pageant material awaiting her.
-The celebration of the consumma
tion of this old treaty at Fort Wil
kinson composes in beauty, and inter
est with that of William Penn or of
James Ogelthrorpe.
On the morning of May 23, 1802
runners from the Indian chiefs arriv
ed to inform the commissioners that
everything was ready- for their re
ception.
"May 24, the commissioners went to
the square and were seated with all
their attendants. The chiefs of the
upper and lower towns having met
at some distance from them, moved on
in a body, two men in front dancing
the eagle tail dance, to music, accom
panied by the voices of all the men
and women. As soon as They arriv
ed at the square; the commissioners
moved to a place prepared for them,
where they were touched by the wings
in the hands of the dancers. Behind
General Wilkinson was a small pit,
and a white staff standing by ti; they
brought a bow and arrows painted
red, showed them to the commissioners
then broke them, put them into the
pit covered them with earth and with
a white deer skin; the3e great chiefs,
representing the upper and lower
towns, wiped the faces of the com
missioners with a white deer skin,
spread the skins on a log, and then
sat them down. With the other skins,
they covered the commissioners, and,
after the embrace of friendship, ad
dressed them: Efan Hanjo, for the
upper Creeks. We this day, a fine
one for the occasion, a clear sun and
sky, must oiir friends, brothers and
fathers, to take them by the hand,
according to the custom of our fore
fathers, as old as time itself. We
have at the foot of the General buried
the sharp weapons c-^war, which were
in use In old< times, and such as we
have, our white deer skins are placed
on the seat of our friends, and wp
cover them with the .same. We add
one more emblem, a pipe.*’
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AaRON BURR
“In March 1807, Aaron Burr, while
M.
under guard, crossed the river near
Fort Hawkins, which had. Just been
built and garrisoned. Burr and his
guards were drenched and chilled by
the freezing rains when they reached
the river. He was captured below
the Tombigbee river in Alabama, and
was required to ride horseback at the
rate of forty miles per day. The
guards and their prisoners crossed all
the rivers in canoes in which their
camp equipage was placed, and by the
sides of which their horses swam, un
til they reached the Oconee, where
at Fort Wilkinson, they crossed in
the. first Ferry Boat they, had seen on
the whole route and a few miles be
yond that river, they were sheltered
by the first room—a house of enter
tainment kept by Mr. Bivlng.” J. C.
Butler’s Historical Record of Maccn
and Central Georgia.
Home of Nancy Hart
The Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R„
owns a half interest in the site of
Nancy Hart’s home and it possesses
a part of the very tree on which our
war-woman hanged the warriors. This
woed will be made into a handsome
gavel. Seme day, when this cruel
war is over, this Chapter hopes to
mark appropriately the site of Nancy
Hart’s home, and wo have awaiting us
a most beautiful inscription, wrtiten
by our beloved former College Presi
dent, Dr. J. Harris Cbappel.
Old Oglethorpe University and Sidney
Lanier.
There Is no lack of historic places
for the Nancy Hart Chapter to mark
There Is the old Thalian Society
Building, with Sidney Lanier’s room
in it, a part of old Oglethorpe Univer
sity, now Dr. Allen’s Sanitarium. Wo
feel that as Georgians we will honor
■ourselves by placing some reminder
or memorial of him who so honored
not only Georgia, but our entire conn
try, oY-'him. who was filled with the
-■ "--jaar*'
“beauty of holiness” or ‘the holiness
of beauty" as it pleased him.- some
times to express it.
Joel Chandler Harris Day
The Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R.,
urges County School teacher to ob
serve December 10th, as Joel Chand
ler Harris Day, as the 9th, his birth
day, comes on'Sunday.
As long as there are children in
the world Joel Chandler Harris Sto
ries will be real and enjoyed. “Brer
Rabbit,” Brer Fox, "Brier Bar’’ and
“de udder creatures” have made his
name Immortal. Frank^Stanton says:
Jsel Chandler Harris “has made the
lowly cabin fires-light the far windows
of the world.” Let Georgia have a
Joel Chandler Harris Day.
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History of Baldwin County
. The Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R„
wish to call special attention to their
History of Baldwin county, which will
be publshed soon. •
Mrs. S. A. Cook is our Historian
who has this history in hand, and
this fact bespeaks an interesting
book. We wish every citizen in
Baldwin rccunty to possess one.
•• French Wai^Orphans Adopted
The Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R,
has adopted two French Orphans, a
little boy named Georges Dranet and
a little girl, whose name Is soon!* to
be sent to us.
OUR GIFT ACCEPTED
The Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. ft,
was fortunate enough to have Its jel
ly, accepted by the Navy Department.
It was sent to Charleston. 8. C, for
the men on the hospital ship on which
Lieutenant David Ferguson will servo.
THE UNION BIBLE STUDY CLUB
There Is probably no greater factor
for good In the entire city than the
Union Bible Study Class, whlch ls
non-sectorian organization of women
for the systematic study of the Holy
Bible. The club was organized in
January of this year under the excel
lent and efficient leadership of Mrs;
T. R. Rendal and its first meeting
was held in the spacious parlors of
the old executive mansion with Mrs.
M. M. ParkB. At this Initial meeting
there were thirty-nine ladies present,
a goodly number for a start And from
which the attendance has grown in
numbers to more than one hundred
and the interest of the membership
has intensified to a point of energetic
enthusiasm.
This class holds Its meeting by .
special Invitation at the'homes of its
members, on every Tuesday mornng, I
During the past Summer, several of
its meetings were held under the
stately old trees on the G. !M. .C. Cam
pus, where the club enjoyed the open •
air sessions which lent to the com
fort of these gathered for the meet;.
ing..
Mrs. Kendall has for a nurrfber of
years conducted these Bible Study?•
Classes in the towns and cities !nj|j
which she has lived, and possesses not
only a wonderful knowledge of Bible
but Is endowed with a God given abil-><-.
ity to infuse interest and enthusiasm '
into her audience.’ That the women’ !&.
of thisjfcity a*e given an opportunity
to sit under her in the study of the
Bible is a privilege and an opporttun-
Jty that cpmes as. a great blessing to
thenv .utia the lnfluen6e of the good k
results will live in the lives and in
the homes for years to come.
THE.COMMUNITY CLUB OF THE
STATE FARM DISTRICT
On Oct. 3rd./1917, at 2:30 p. m. The ~-
ladles come together In a body at
the - State Farm School House and
there organized themselves into a club
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ANNOUNC EM E N T
We beg to announce that
on Nov. 15th, we opened a
Complete and Modern Ford
Repair Department, for the
exclusive purpose of giving
service and' making repairs
on Ford Cars in Baldwin
County. This department
was opened in the basement
of our present location No.
109 Hancock St.
Mr. Homer Thompson,
who has had years of expe
rience in handling and repair-
ing of Ford Cars is in charge,
and is ably assisted by a corps
of expert Ford mechanics,
who will use only Genuine
Ford made Parts. All labor
operations will be done on a
regular Ford basis, with a
fixed price for every job, and
all of our repair work is guar
anteed in every respect.
When your car needs at
tention, send it to us and get
the benefit of real Ford Ser
vice.
BENSON MOTOR COMPANY
Authorized M&cC Dealers
m VKIVSBSAL CAB
TELEPHONE 354
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.