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Official Organ
Baldwin
County
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEW
fcR 30, 1917
iiME SEVENTEEN
lU -o seven
IMBER
Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, November 30', 1917
LKS MEMORIAL
SERVICE SUNDAY
J. M. LITTLE MADE
LIEUT.-COLONEL
BU al Lodge of Sorrow Will
n. Held and An Impressive
Program Will Be Rendered
.Address By J. W. Bales.
r „ eu iar annual Lodge of Sor-
Tlie , bv all Elks throughout
r bse ;i; clothe first Sunday In
16 C “ U “. wi n be Kupressivelly car-
* e l)V the MiUedgeville lodge of
> ed ° ' and Protective Order of
enevolent
jts Sunday
afternoon at tw6-thirty
■clock in the
Grand Opera House.
the occasion of the
Th. orator of
J s Memorial exercises Sunday will
Pk ' , Io hn W. Bales, of Rome. Mr.
;h0 is one of the leading at-
0 r his section of the state-, is
“speaker of unusual ability and his
to be delivered here will no
,j to with a great deal
Hon
lales,
Formerly Commandant of the
Georgia Military College and
Well Known Through out
This Section. ^
WHEAT PLANTING
TIME IN BALDWIN
carried out by the
The
rendered
idress
t be listen
lf interest by bis hearers
This servic
provide Elks will be one of the
J03 ( beautiful nocassions of the kind
M ry arranged in ibis city, the entire
l„,U rrram to.be composed of
be most attractive selections in both
■ocal and instrumental music,
jstruo’.entul music will bo
U a splendid orchestra and the vocad
lelirns will be given ’.71 solos and
artets.
Each year the Elks Lodge of Sor-
s I* abended by large audiences in
jAvnip and owing to the un
holy attractive program planned
ir next .Sunday the services will in
H probability bo attended by a full
udienen.
*AF MUTE ASKS NOT
named a committee to be put in full.. . _ .
charge of. the poo! with iA. W. Thonip- one a ‘-bnoon...
son-in-law of District,
bn 1 J. Mulligan, and
herself deaf and- (hitnb.
■e children, ;
and that the draft
i lie at once hurried to
inrters to report to G,
i.l, chairman of the ex*
But he didn’t go t.o
son,
& Ohio, as chairman.
has made It one of the finest of his
The pooling plan for a glut uco fet Jvho , 3 ^hle career, says the' boy
tracks, locr motives, cars and employes heara ti<M some day and in-
in the congested ranters. L-will;no! ^ ^ theae .^rlbs-are nothing
go far, even .be mil- mcre tll g n th e i'artlstie-Temperament"
st of tl
he’s
en't t-e i-x
hington
et him sent
Conic;, is
Ire Chief
i!rs. Conley
hoy huu* II
When (', n
ladcuuolii i
isirici !rr.>'
Tank fl 'Jo:
mpticu h.„
s exempted. ' ~ ^
“Can't tako you, Mr. Conley,” wrote
,U1 .Mr. McDonald on a piece of paper.
“Why not?” wrote Conley'. Although violation of the anti-trust act.
ota 'ly deaf, lie can articulate fairly
ell, but preti rs to write for sake of With regard to the entrance of
"curacy. - - \ “graduates and undergraduates” of
“Because yt u are defi? and dumb, G. M. C. to 3rd Officers’ Training
TO EXEMPT HIM
Boston, Mass., Nov. 26.—“Silent”
Joniey—so everybody in Jamaica
lain, South Boston and West Rox.-
try knows Frederick T. Conley is
{o.871 and l”lh on Division Fifteen’s
r ft. He is deaf and ddmb
nipt; “but “Dummy” just
x.muted, anil has nsked
t j waive exemption and
An advance in the rank of J. M.
Little!, formerlly commandant at the
Georgia Milityy College here, hr.',
been made and he 1b now Lieutenant
Colonel, stationed at Camp Jackson,
In Columbia, S. C.
The announcement of Col. Little's
advancement will undoubtedly be re
ceived with great interest here and
there is little doubt but thpt he will
soon achieve the full rank of Colonel.
For the past two years he has been
in the Phillipines, where he rendered
signal service to the government.
Cold Weather Period Elimi
nates Danger of Hessian Fly
And Other Troubles Grow
ing Great Cereal.
TO CUT PASSENGER
AUTO PRODUCTION
Advisory Committee of Coun-
taf t M. GREEN
GOES TO PENN.
cil of National Defense De
cides That the Step is Nec
essary.
IF POOLING FAILS
Jv S. MAY OPERATE
Farmers throughout this section are
now busily engaged in preparing land
and planting wheat. Probably the
largest acreage in the history of this
section will be planted this fall and
winter.
The recent cold weather has elimi-
•inated danger of attacks by Hessian
flies and other Insects and the farm
ers can now plant with little danger
of any trouble. ■ ' .
It Is pointed out that thorough pre
paration of land, fertilizing and other
details of special character will prove
doubly vallulable just at this time and
in this way the farmers will be doing
much to help themselves, thelt .sec
tion and their country in'the present
Prominent Physician From the
State Sanitarium Will Leave
First of Next Month For Im
portant Post.
Dr. E. M. Green, director of clinics
at the Georgiy State Sanitarium will
P0STOFF1CE SALE
OF CERTIFICATES
Local Postoffice to Sell War-
Saving Certificates and the
Thrift Stamps After Decem
ber 1st. i
Government Officials Discus-
r.ing Railroad Question to
Re Ready in Case of Eventu
alities. ' i-.i
“THE LAW OF THE LAND”
AT STAR THEATRE TODAY
Washington, Nov. 26.—Government
operation of the railroads during the
war loomed as an increasing possibil
ity today the minds of officials who i
with the railroad heads are trying to
A more devoted sweetheart never
laid his heart at fair lady’s feet than
lime, Petrova’s latest adorefc'Who Ap
pears with her in her new Paramount
Picture, “The Law of the'Land,” adap-
ted from tha play by George Broad-
t burst. i
Always at her bock anti call am
leave for Pennsylvania the first of
next month to assume the superinten-
dency of the state hospital for-the In
sane. The announcement has been
Washington, Nov. 26.—Drastic cur
tailment of passenger automobile pro
duction, which has keen talked of
since the manufacturers were called
into conference recently with the ad
visory commission of the Council of
National Defense lias been found nec
essary, according to expert advisers fact that he leaves Georgia will be of
o| the commission. Facilities of the great Interest throughout the state,
pjj&nts wete said today to bd sufficient -, The position that Dr. Greene takes
(or handling Government work now is one of the most important in the
in sight and steel manufacturers have United States and is a recognition of
gflven assurance that they can supply his splendid abilities in this dirpe-
aH the metal needed. i tlon.
A statement last night by Judge ■
Lovett, proority director of the War SERVICE FOP
Every man, woman am^ child fn Mill .
edgeville regardless of his or her name '
are to be given an opportunity to in
vest in the great world war.
Realizing that the Liberty bonds,
even the $50.00 notes, were beyond
made previously in the News and the I the roach of thousands of persons
who would have been glad to make
such an Investment, the government
will, beginning December 1st, put on
Industries Board, that he did not con
template an order shutting off freight I
cars from the automobile industry, j
Twfls prompted by exaggerated reports
THANKSGIVING DAY
sale a war-saving certificate stamp.
This stnmp is to be»sold for $4.12 dur
ing th§ month of December 1917, and
January, 1918, and the purchaser will'
receive a certificate for $5.00, redeem
able on January 1st, 1923, five years
hence. The 88 cents represent the in
terest Uncle Sam will pay the pur
chaser on these certificates.
In other words, the government aslc
work out-a plan for- relief of fho East-! brin sing horsmuggy “drorings’ of he:
era traffic situation., Apparently it is "elf of sticky packages of taffy-ad
conceded, that if the pooling system this and more is Ted Sawyer, the
about To he undertaken by the rail- seven-year-old boy who takes the part
roads themselves does not solve the | ^ er son ’. .,
problem, {he Government will take This is the youngster’s first appear-
over.'the-o^eration of the roads as one 1 ance before the camera aifd he is
syBtem. I more than enthusiastic about it. He
Vic?presrdants ^ the. Eastern lines ;» kes ‘‘<*>se ups” of himseW and his ^ ^ „ U1I
met hero today with members of the | ® a ° R Tvithin a tew .automobiles for private use.
railroad board in tfio East of as much. roels of hlmself 8itt,n f withi “ a fe ^
of 'the^totire'trackage amb <%dpment fest of the camera and peacefully, ab-
sorbing a five-pound box of taffy like
as is considered practicable. They
the one Mme. Petrova bought him
vice president of the Baltimore j' - ^rdptor ARufrica Tourneur, however,
’■ - wh6 directed the’-production and who
A Charity Concert to be participated
of what the Government intended to j n by all tho churches in MiUedgeville, the citizen to lend it $4.12, Ip be used
d(i» in restricting the manufacture of w fii be held at the Methodist church five years, and in return the govern-
so-called non-essential products. The next Sunuday night under-the auspi-! ment will give the citizen an order
Automobile ' Industries Board has ' ces of ths MRlodgeville Wc-.nan's Club | for $5.00.
placed before the Warl Industries Board for the purpose of raising a fund to' Since many r-eople will complain
a‘plan to transfer overland all cars g0 to the poor and unfortunate of this that they do not care to', have their
■intended for private" sale within 1Q0 community. v 1 savings tied up for a period of five
Ujilfis of .tho factory and it was sai-f T j 1(? gpnegrt will to under tho s”.- yGars w i:hout an opportunity to ,get
there was no reason why the radius pollen of'three committees’ appoiii- thelf monsy back wbea it is needed,
-of transfer might not be extended as ted t0 , ooH after - the ,j et p; n3 - of ^ tl?e fiov era ment has deeded to reileom
Mr as read conditions will allow. I p rogram lo ) je c^rrlOiJ put! Th.e’ mu- ‘^® se certificates-at any time afier the
The experience gained in sending slc committe . B c h a irafeii wiil be Mrs/ ffiircharaf'paying ifi^hpldfr thd' ; pur-
overland to the Atlantic seaboard all ( John A Slbl ^ ( thQ Commuiijty Com-. chaB - e ‘ irIce of plus-accrued in-
the trucks made for the army-will t>'V miittee’s chairman Mrs. E.‘ A Timor tel1 ways notice being required,
studied by the manufacturers; who tha social^^bvice Committee’s! Uegiftnlng Feb. 1st., the $5.00 cer-
pect that material lreliof in- Gie irans-* ciialnnan will be Mrs W F " Little i tlflcates will cost the purchaser $4.13,
portation situaiion will result. I , , „ , , ,, ' , , 'on March 1st., they will cost $4.14,
• A specially interesting musical pro- . „. , , . ,
Some plants already have, reduced' gram . haB ^ £en prepared' for -the ChanI-^' ®° -V advancing a cent each
voluntarily their output of passen&r ly . Concert,, particularly 4ue-tp the;, 4,#4 -
cars. In this connection it is pointed I fact' the occasion will be attended' >y’• J 11633 ^iflcAtes will bo rplace.d on
-p-A that the Unted States Is the only j aU the various denoMrlat.Wof the f ® at yh ® local Postofilce December
country in the world now producing cUy the congregation is expected t „l 1 st ” “ u ' a they may ^deemed _or
f$ll the Methodist- church to its seat- t; '
. .. ~ . . . i United States,
ing capacity..
Mrs. Nellie Peters Black, president
of the Federated Woman’s Club's of
Georgia, will come down from her
home in Atlanta to deliver a short
and interesting address at - the meet
ing'-Sunday night. Mrs. Black is con-
te permitted
road heads admit, as to threaten the
revenues of any lines nn-1 this is (he
point advocates of Government opera
tion emphasize is illustrating tho need c j leg
for government operation. Under Gov-
eminent supervision the roads could
pool their profits, which under pres
ent. circumstances would constitute a
which ,ika murder,' wifTTut
Saturday “Fighting in 'France” tak
en on the battlefield and fil^the tfen-
v i Automobile plants are jiow making
various kinds of niunitions f including
depth bombs used so effectively by
destroyers in hunting submarines.
DR. R.'C. SW1NT WILL
SUCCEED DR. GREENE
Board ,of Directors of State Sanita
rlum Elects M e mber of Staff to Po
sition Pilled by Dr. Greene.
Dr. R. C; Swint, for several ysars
To'ehab el children, or the working
man, who 'is unable to fnvest wen
$4.12 in a certificate to have a hand
in prosecuting the war, the postbffice
will sell what is known as a thrift
stamp. This stamp, sells for 25 cents,
. ... . . , r and the purchaser is given a thrift
j.sidered one of the best read women , , ... .. . ,
r _ , , ... V stamp card with 1G blank spaces to
In Georgia and her talks are always!, ! , ,
. „ . , ... , , - , , insert stamps. When lb stamps have
! listened-to with much interest by her . \ . . ..
‘ ... beon Purchased, the buyors can add
hearers and the announcement of (he
fact that she is to deliver an address
hero on thn occasion of the Charity
Concert will in all probability add de
cided interest in the- event already
orry, bm that’s the rule,” replied the Camp, the War Department decides
''airman, via pencil and paper.
'trite io Washington to waive tho
uk, ’ wrote (’only, “I want to serve.
01 Perfect in everything else. My
'ites willing. She says ‘Go.’ My
ather-in-law will help in case I don’t
eni * enough. Don't turn filO
viLV'T, 1 h “ Ve t0 h6ar t0 be an bates.
•or, do I? And see here—” and
/' (on,p >' 'old ilie chairman a few
, lnps ,ll!U "-Hdo him rub his eyes,
kre’s the story: • . - ’
^ tonley, who j s only a young follow,
ai " a >' s made plenty of imoney—
"ore than ninny men with hearing and
°ice. H c
as follows:
War Department, A. G. O., Novem
ber 22, 1917. To the Examining Of
ficer Third Training Camp, Georgia
Militarry College, MiUedgeville, Ga.
1. Only students who are now ac
tually in attendance at the institu
tion can be considered as undegrad-
inks every day at a shoe
:ac '°U, wher. h
is considered an ex-
"OTkimui. He was formerly -
rail play
H*
18 an inv
«8. He
ruise
cr of repule, playing on many
PUy lea 8ues in New England. But
entor he has bebn a big suc-
'uves today for a week's
to at ‘ V>e "'loundland with a man
j,.., 8 ' 0s,inR out an anti-submarine
icc n n ,
and knows en eine8 thorough-
.. Is a '"arine engineer of note,
onvil* * nvc ’ ,an ical knowledge, he is
y. would be of gresrt help to
government
He has
hi K'' offleia
ardin:
By order of the Secretary of War:
JOHN H. GREGORY, Jr.
Adjutant General.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
To the Officers and Members of
Imperial Council No. 10 Jr. O. U. A.
Hardwick, Georgia.
Dear Bros:
Our National Council has issued a
Thanksgiving Proclamation, designat
ing Sunday, Dec. 2, 1917, as a day
set apart for Junior’s Thanksgiving
and prayer.
Every ip ember is requeted to at
tend some place of divine worship on
this day to give our expression of
gratitude to Almighty God for his
benefits unto us as a nation and a
people, while thanking him for the
invented a new shell which 'prosperity, success and blessing* we;w tom a a meg.
als are nuttim? ran have eftjoyed ns an Order. . * . m...
M'xe. Petrova at* the Star Theatre a member of the .medical staff of the planned.’■ /
Friday who appears in ‘‘Tho Law of Georsia ‘State Sanitarium, lias been: Thore attending the concert Sunday
elected chemical director of the insl.i- ( night will be requested to bdng with
tution to fill the vacancy caused by them a small free will offering."
the recent resignation of Dr. -E. M.
the Land” by George Broadhurst.
DR. GREENE’S LEAVING i
REGRETTED BY CHURCH
Greene, who leaves .'the, place the Entire Frond, Town is Being Renew
first of December to take up the su
perintendency of the Pennsylvania In-
cd by D. A. R. Society.
' The following resolutions were read sane Asylum at Hassisburg,
and unanimously adopted by a rising j The election of Dr. Swint, as cHTni-
vote of the members of the Presbyte- cdl director of the Sanitarium, took
rian church lalst Sunday in expressing place Wednesday, the board of trus-
regret of the departure of Dr. E. M. tees of the institution naming him for
Green frern. this city: I the place.
Whereas, Dr. E. M. Greene, a mom-; ,
her of this church, has accepted a po-i SUPREME COURT RECESSES
sition in another state and is soon to' Washington. Nov. 26,-TfTe Supreme
leave our city for his new field, ! Court today receaeed until December. loloy, on the Aisne, which has suf- \ light house-keeping rooms. Call Nows
Resolved, that we, Hie members of 10. * V fered heavily during the war. j Office.
•the congregation of the MiUedgeville , ■ ■ —■ ■ . —
Presbyterian Church; greatlly regret
that he and his family are to leave
We realize that the church is los
ing an efficient officer, a liberal con
tributor to its causes, and in him
and his family faithful members of
our congregation.
We congratulate tho officials of
Pennsylvania in securing the services
of so able a physician and so excel
lent a citizen and we commend him
nnd his to the citizens of that state
as in evefy way worthy of their con
fidence and support.
We extend to Dr. Green and his
family our best wishes in their new
home and pray that God’s ^richest
blessings may go with them and rest
ARE YOU A PATRIOTIC FARMER?
Gainst
«H,.(i
, " , s aro Putting before- the have efijoyed ns an Order. I Explo.ive. Mu.t Secure Fed-
.... totaled Now thereto™ to. Llc „„„,
1 ‘ l,0 "is and niron.ft h„ i„. this Proclamation the members of
and aircraft. He In
*ork fnM 8h " M after two evenings’.
ssfm I1R . " ,B roatl h'B of unsuc-
has ihv. '' 01 '’'boats by liners; be
,Wo kitchen utensils in
nnw; lin autoihobile and
,0 °k : ' n 'l he lias other
planned. At any rate,
mvi-iii
c ° n>a 'nn ,,
en ?ine
this Council are requested to meet at
council chamber on Sunday 19
tho
A Federal license is now required
the United States for the’ legal
a m Dec 2. 1917, and go in a body .in ....
’ ,, ai.-ji. riim-ch I possession-of explosives, any person
1 Services^will be conducted by Rev. having l
E. R. Cook of Hardwick, Ga.
Every member that is in reach of
j the Council is expected to be present
#e »tan,| . '"T'' y bocauso he ,s and'thoso'that are not in reach are
*hv R hould bo ’ —
• “c Can'i
SOVor
er niiieii t
tv. " as
lbiu ks u t . .
t serve,
no reason
and he hopes the
fat her 1,1 ,aK0 him. His grand-
111 the civil war, ajid h»
rsht t0 he In this one.
expected to attend some Church or
place of worship near them. " am >
Fraternally yours in the bonds of
V. L. &P. Signed:
D. C. Leaptrott, Reed. Secretary. ^
license therefor being subject
fine of $5,000 and imprisonment for
one year.
With the strict enforcement of this
law the Federal authorities hope to
prevent explosives falling into the
hands of evilly disposed persons, and
to put a stop to all further dynamite
plots,
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 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
r < v!
12 cents to that sum, which is $1.00,
a^d secure a war saving certificate.
LIEUT. ANDREWS INAITVERTENT-
L‘Y LEFT OUT OF THE ROSTER
The daily papers in publishing tho
roster of Georgiy young men who re?
csntly graduate! at Fort Oglethorpe,
the name of Hugh Ector Andrews, of
MiUedgeville. appears to have been
left out. Mr. Andrews is a graduate
of the Georgia Military College with
the rank of first lieutenant and ad
jutant of ,cadets, he Is also a graduate
He has a
The Daughters of the American
Revolution have “adopted” a French
town. The members of this organi-' of th s Georgia University,
zation, who have already given more ; cc.r mission as second lieutenant field
than $2,1000,000 for war work, are j artillery, and ordered to report at
raising money to build houses and ( Camp Pike, ,Ark., Dec. 15th.
buy furniture, live stock, and farm- j
ing implements, for the village of Til- WANTED—Two or three furnished
-ffi