The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, January 18, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE MILLcDGhV w r Established October 12, 1901. 1,112 MEMP, M ON RED /iOSS ROLL f irs. Miller S. Bell, PROMINENT VISITOR AT THE G. N. & L COLLEGE Dr. Ernest Burnham, Head of Depart* msnt Rural Sehoote of Michigan, Commends Work Being Dane. Shows Mudl Ac- „ t ivity-Wlth the Daldwin State of Michigan, County Chapter. j report Just issued by Mrs. Miller, ' , chairman of the Baldwin Coun- United States In visiting the various Chapter American Red Cross, in* ^ colleges teaching rural education and b <i e9 many interesting facts show*; while here he took occasion to pay a ClU decided progress of the local haghly deserving compliment to Dr. Dr. Ernest Burnham, head of the department of rural achoola of the spent Thursday In Milledgeville visiting ihe Georgia Nor mal and Industrial College, Dr. Burnham is on a tour of the lag tlie organization and probably no city In Mr. M. Parks in his management of the size of Milledgeville has the famous girls’ school In this city. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, Januc y 18, 1918. $1.50 a Year HUNDREDS SUFFER FROM COLD WAVE Severe Storm Hits This Sec tion, Unroofing Buildings and Doing Other Damage— Temperature drops to 13°. MAN AT METHODIST CHURCH biiAlit CROP IS HIT HARD BY COLD WAVE LowTemi jerature of Satur day and Sunday Will Prob ably Necessitate Replanting of Lands in Wheat and Oats. DR. N. R. THOMAS HAS COME TO MILLEDGEVILLE Well-Known Physician of Mineral Bluff Hat Arrived In City to Bo gin Practice of Medicine. N. R. Thomas, a well-known and reputable physician of Mineral Blulf, has arrived in Milledgeville and open ed an office In the Sanford building for the practice of medicine in this Noted Composer and Golden Voiced Singer to bo Here With Hie Daughter. Mr. Charlie D. Tillman and his ac complished daughter will lead the mu sic at the eMtbodlst Church nest Sun day. „ |' At Sunday-school at 9:30 will be the The most severe wind storm visit- first appearance of the noted singers, ing Milledgeville and this section in ( Then at the 11 o’clock service a short r y D Lfra "nTnVnYglfa^dlLTres 1 ^! TS ** he,d ** • thi “ • 6Ctk,n e8Caped 8erlous ,nJury ' years experience 'in' the practice of iLlderaZ damigefoiled resu, ‘of the hour will be devoted to the from the continued cold weather of medlclne and 8urgery and comes to wake of the frSful huS^ne l^hip of God In song. [December and the first few days In thl8 city wlth a reputation as being About 4 o'clock Friday afternoon the '«. *i, U j,° n nieet,ng wl11 be be ’d at tbo January the cold wave beginning last weI1 up ln tbe med i ca i profession. tll e State me i »“•- * About 4 o clock Friday afternoon the { Methodist church at 7 o’clock in the Friday night and continuing through I n...*— Mde a more splendid record. | He expressed himself as being won- heaviest rainfall recorded here in many evening, where the ccogregatlons of Sunday night following caused a dif- Ttl€ quota of members fo the Bald- derfully surprised at the work being | years fell for about 30 minutes, flood- the other churches of the city are In- ferent aspect concerning the proniis- lu chapter was set for 1,200 in num- carried out here and declared it to be Ing the city to a greater extent than vlted to Join in the meeting and hear fag grain crop and tho chances are ter ami already 1.182 of this number the only college he had visited that ever before known by many of the the good music. The pastors of the I much of the land will necessarily be tas been secured, a shortage of only required all graduates to complete a citizens of Milledgeville, a severe wind ( various churches have conferred on plowed up and replanted. | course in rural education. This fea- accompanying the downpour. the matter and there will be no serv-1 In some instances, it is said, enough iL^rLTsuddcn^rise I * v * T* ° f ' he ° th ° r churche8 ’ of the * rowln * grain - on heav y land ' i - slclans already In Milledgeville have temnerature I '' Everybody Is cordially invited to was left undaamged to warrant a fair bcen kept on the Blnce the thln . temperature ever experlnccd hre took , the services, both morning and even- crop and if the present indications nln _ out of tbe medical nrofessicn and place and summerlike weather pre- 1 ing end an especial Invitation is ex- continue favorable no interference 18 members. Although the unusually large grain clty and 8ec tlon. crop planted in Baldwin county and I Dr Thoma8 i8 a physician of several IVlday night and continuing through | During the past several months number of physicians in Milledgeville have entered the medical corps of the United States Army and for this rea son especially Dr. Thomas’ locating here will be a matter of interest to the people of this section. The phy- The report of Mrs. Bell, addressed ture of the Georgia Normal and Indus Mr Erwin Sibley, president of the trial College caused considerable fav- locai chapter, covers every detail of ( orable comment by Dr. Burnham. the workings cf the organisation since j It is the purpose of Dr. Burnham, . .. „ the lack of men to handle the sltuatU It was first established. Her report to write a series of articles concern-, vailed for at least an hour or more, | tended to the evening service. A will be made in such Instances In th? hflR b „« n observable to some extent. ing the work of the various colleges ( the mercury rising to 67 degrees. Fol- warn church and reception Is assured way of planning to sow the lands In ( Dr Thomas expects to move his follows: Mr. Erwin Sibley, President, Milledgeville, Ga. throughout this country teaching rur- lowing the unusual rise ln temperature all who attend, al education and he stated, while here, a very severe wind storm took place, | Mv Dear Mr. Sibley: that unless he made new discoveries doing much damage in the way of rack-, MJ7U7 SFRIAI STORY IN U Is with pleasure that I submit tho he would be forced to place the Geor-1 ing small, weak buildings, tearing following report as chairman of the gia Normal and Industrial College in roofs away and felling chimneys and Red Cross committee: a class to Itself, so to speak, as none other obstacles in the path of the hur- THE NEWS THIS WEEK The Baldwin County chapter of the of the colleges he had previously vis- Red Cross was organized on the 24th ited Included a course in rural edtt- of April. 191T. With the recent mem- cation with all graduates of the in terchip campaign our number has ln- atltution. creased until we have 1,182 members; spring again. | In view of the fact quite an Increase In the acreage of grain was made by the farmers In this section during the past fall, the killing of the crop by the recent extreme cold weather will family to Milledgeville within the next two or three weeks, or as soon as he is able to make suitable arrange ments in the way of securing a some. LEE’S BIRHDAY TO BE CELEBRATED SATURDAY 1,200 being Baldwin county’s quota. We have 24 members who subscribe tc the Ited Cress magazine. The dues are paid to the treasurer of the executive committee of the so- Ex#rc,M * at °P era Houi « Commemor- clety and the funds handled by tho | • tl "8 Birth of South’s Chieftan. woman's department to carry on their | work .re appropriated by the execu- ' tive committee and turned over to them from time to time as require ments demand. Two first-aid classes have finished courses; one under Dr. W. A. Ellison, 16 in number; one under Dr. W. F. Tanner, 17 in number. All of these received Government' certificates of proficiency. A surgical dressing class was conducted by Mrs. E. C. Duval, of ranged: Next Saturday, January 19 exercises will be held at the opera house, com memorating the birth of General Rob ert E. Lee. The exercises will begin at 10 o'clock and will be under the auspices of the Camp Doles chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy. Col. J. H. Marshborn, president of the Georgfa Military College, will de liver the address of the occasion. The following program has been ar- Macon. who came to U3 for 10 lessons and gave of her time nnd energy free ly. Eleven pupils completed this course and will receive certificates and become instructors. They are: Misses Henrietta Conn, Olive Bell, Bessie Bland, Frances Hall, Ellen Jo seph, Pauline .McKinley, Elizabeth Jones; Mesdames John A. Sibley, Y. H. Yarborough, O. C. McKinley, A. C. benediction by Rev. J. H. Flye. McBinley. Two night classes have been working, no under Miss Henri etta Conn, and another under Miss Mcud Williamson. Each varying in number of members. Miss Frances Mull conducted a class in Sparta. We have prepared, | acked and sent to headquarters the following: iming 4-0 bandages of ^ E Leo lo be be]d at tbe opera house. o'! lim, s and 60 hos P' tal shlrts - All comrades arc urged to attend. of l r i 7 ,,,ming ,<044 bandag * s i ■ W. T. CONN, Commander. of specified kinds and 30 hospital Shirts. One box rlcane - F,r,t ln,talm<nt of “The Ranch at the re8U , t ln much damage in dollars and Following the severe wind Friday Wolverine” Appears This Week cents and to recover the loss will necs- night came one of the most remark- j To Continua Several Months. sttate quick action and much w.ork able drops in the temperature ever | on the part of the farmers. known in Milledgeville, the mercury M. & F. BANK ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR Owing Lo the decided Increase In At the recent meeting of the stock holders cf the Merchants & Farmers Bank for the election of officers for At the request of a number of sub- falling 53 degrees in 12 hours. Here scribers. The News this week begins g ra lns of all kinds the damage dc«e is the range of temperature between Publishing a high-class serial story b the cold wave of the week w|11 , )C ^ following men 6 "T" .™.* y ■‘’‘iT WOl, "':r »*"> “ »■> » u» SlTm" h.r. i l., the aerlike weather prevailed, and • ritten by B. M. Bower, one of the i 088ea w m b e a problem to contend a ff a < r8 0 f the institution• *-- taost noted writers of Western fiction airairs or tne insiiictton. o’clock Saturday evening: — wruers o, vvesvern acuon with durlng tbe next few day8 . , offlcer8 _ John T Allen . pre8 |dent : 6.00 P. M. —67 “ the coentry. | Howeever, It Is almost certain that r c Ha ii ca8b ier- John T. Day as- 6:30 P. M —66 The author of this story has given tbe set back caused by the general 8 | 8 t an t cashier- Frank Bivins, collect- P Ml 66 ““ Cb 8tUdy ‘° t thC 7h Ch C ° U r7 ? freezeu P wtl1 run ,nt0 the tens of or. The directors named were John 9:00 P. M. 39 tbe famous West and the people to be .thousands of dollars ln Baldwin coun T Allen L N Callaway Dr. H. D. 10:00 P. M 32 * oun d there and tbe fact that there is ty and tb j s 8e ction and with the pros- Allen lorn T Day J F. Beli and L. 11:00 P. M .30 • ucb Mttle similarity the story to be- c f favorable weather Just ahead n ji a ii 12:00 M. 27 *ln this week will be so different from lt , s hoped much hoadway wn j b e * 1:00 A. M 24 W 1 ® life «> f th,s seetkn as tc create a made ln coplng with t he situation. 2:00 A. M to great deal of interest to the reader. ( 3:00 A, M 19 “The Ranch at the Wolverine" will. 4:00 A. M 17 k® continued In The News for a num- I Music by G. M. C. orchestra, under direction of Major Ostermann; prayer by Rev. J. H. Flye; song by students of the G. N. & I. College led’by Misd Tucker; declamation by Mr. Roden- bery, of Mercer; -music, G. M. C. or chestra; presentation of orator, Col. Marshburn; song by Mr. Charles J. Conn; music by G. M. C. orchestra; CAMP DOLES, U. C. V. A meeting of Camp Doles N. 730, United Confederate Veterans, will be held at 10 o’clock Saturday, January ! 19, at the Court House for the pur pose of attending tho anniversary ex ercises cf the birthday of Gen. Robert REV. T. H. GIBSON DEAD. Bev. Thomas H. Gibson died at a 5:00 A. M.— ....I? her of weeks after the beginning of wnitar ium in Atlanta Mondap morning 0:00 A. M. ...16 the serial and In order to supply sub- at the ag<J of 75 vearg Hfi wa9 fop 1.M A. M —*'4 acrib ®«‘ 8 "‘ttLWOflsibfa mining Issue Mt thodist minister and 8:00 A.M. .13 * «““ b ®r of eStra copies will be was pa8tor pf t „ 0 Ba]dw(n 9:00 A.M. 15 P r ‘nted containing the first instal- about 25 or 30 years ag0 His w|fo 10:00 A. M ly^ment. j was Miss Alice Bayne, of this city, 11:00 A. M 19 If you are not a subscriber to The and B ji e and children survive him. 12:00 . M.-j 19 News let us have your subscription 1:00 P. M 25 this week and thereby obtain a ctpy 2:00 P. M 27 cf each issue of the paper containing 3:00 P. M 28 , “The Ranch at the Wolverine.’’ The 4:00 P. M 27 story itself will be worth the sub- The report rendered at the meeting: Indicated great progress on the part of the bank and the stockholders were well pleased with the outcome of the bnslness during the past year. MR. P. A. THOMPSON 6:00 P. M. 2. 6:00 P. M. 2! 7:00 P. M seription price of the paper for one year, let alone the advantages acord- ed ycu 1 y having your liom paper cue tc you regularly. “BILLIE SPLINTERS” SUCCUMBED MONDAY Of this sum $192.49 has been expended •< "t.t lining 1,69,, bandages ] eav i ng cas h cn hand, $293.72. A 1 sPPCineu kinds and 6 hcspital One of Most Noted Characters In B Id- win County Will Be Missed from Streets as Fuel Supplier. SUPERIOR COURT WAS ADJOURNED TO FED' Will Reconvene Second Monday February to Finish Business. shin tte ln!ul,> f»id sent 25 undergar- ■ Vnts for ti:< ’ over-sea orphans. ^ Tlls I n; i ed Daughters of tho Con- '‘ kraiy l7:*.vo through the Red Cross or ‘<! hospital outfit. fhe Daughters Revolut proper voucher is held for all expendi- Aa announced in The News las: werk ! Judge James B. Park spent ihe first part of this week in the city hearing i such cases as could be disposed of without juries. After hearing a 4cw motions he adjourned court . mil tho Mr. W. J. Quinn, better known as “Billie Splinters,” died at his .ittie home in the southern part of Baldwin tures. In addition to this Treasurer county Monday and his passing away McKinley reports: will cause the non appearance on the Chapter No. 2—(McAdoo) 'streets of Milledgeville cf one of the second Monday in February. Total amount raised $962.74 most universally known characters | >j> b8 following jurors, drawn for the Total amount expended 551.26 ever residing in this section. January term, will serve in the spe- j Leaving cash on hand $411.48 | For a period of 40 years or xore c j a j Bess j on; Also that chapter No. 1—(Baldwin “Billie Splinters" made it his business j Grand j urors _\\-. W. Mcran, C. W. County) has raised $786.75; expended to supply numbers of people in Mill- g nnlS j c jj Whitfield, A. It. Phillip:-, $464; cash on hand, $322.75. [ edgeville with lightwood splinters and Anderson, J. T. Pettigrew, W. There are many interested w:men other fine fuel and his frequent trips p. Overman, John W. Stexbridge, who give their time tc the work of (o this city caused him to obtain the Q eorge w. Underwood, W. H. Hall, the local Red Cross and its interests title of which he was so familiarly - w B RIcbardsoni w. L. Ritchie, J. F. in Milledgeville have grown and ex- known. I Ivey, E. C. Kidd, W. R. Ennis, W. A.' lloe( . sent upon attest di- tended w ith enlarged vision and it Is | The exact age of Mr. Quinn is not j Ma5sey> w> u Speights, Louis J. ,\ n , , ' ,i<!rs at Cam P Wheeler ^ hoped that it will continue to do so known, but it is presumed he was su C1(nej j Hootten, W. M. Rice, J. C.; 1 ,er ol luelters of appreciation 1 as long as the needs of humanity de- years or more of age. Every year, Grant _ R L n en f ro ' ived front soldiers get Tji, c>nl nut b Y our chapter. ( , WC8 ' nilll,1K ‘>ass has ' made 11 'days in the week. The hospital shirt3 has been seen on the streets calling tier ' 0110 ' vrls "ets, one muf- may be taken home to he made and on customers of his own seeking tho c’oih " 1/0,1 "* pcs - one dozen wash a i 8 o the muslin bandages, b.t the sales of lightwood splinters and the -.j,' 11,0 fiuiies Unton, through gauze werk can be done only In tho weather seldom became too severe for »Mer Slnno ' furnlshotj their own work-room, therefore there is work him to make tho trip to town with I-. s l> t,i !'l ■ ' Ule !,n<1 Kave ,0 l, s 14 hos- for each and every woman either in long horned ox and delapidated wagon T,1 ° Woman’s Club of the home or in the work-room, and lt loaded with a few ara s full of Uindli: g i n rai . 111 llas ver y kindly aided us should be deemed a privilege, an op- fuel. , raiM ns funds Remains of Former Citizen Buried In This City Saturday. Mr. P. A. Thompson, a former resi dent of Milledgeville, died ln Atlanta and the remains were brought here for burial last Saturday. I The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Ker.dall, pastor of the Methodist Church. Mr. Thcmpscn had once been em ploye! iho ueorgla Railroad In this city. BISHOP MIKELL AT EPISCOPAL CHURCH MUCH WOOD NggpED All The Wood That Came In Satur day Sold Readily, There were a number of loads of good wood on tho streets of Milledgc- ville last Saturday and they went like hot cakes at goed prices. A few loads have drifted in throughout the week, and in each instance there are more buyers than supply. Many mere loa i3 could ho Fold, as there are many anxiously looking for wood to appear and no load stands around the streets waiting for custo mers as was the case a few years ago. Phone us, we have It. EMMETT L. BARNES Loose Leaf Ledgers, Post Binders and Fillers. The Fam- of the American ! kave one Christmas box ' Mntainirp. H lnd i vIdual boxog , 49 Christmas tlie home cantonments ^ boxes, also 8 individual ' f "f which wo get no credit, 1 “■ c tii, se The Rt. Rev. Bishop R. K. Mikell, of' the Atlanta diocese, delivered a ser mon at tho Episcopal Church here last * Qu5 “Cesco” Line. Let US show Sunday, but ewing to the inclemency 1 of the weather the congregation was not as large as it might have been. Tho address to a union eongregatti n whi.-I was to have been given at the evcn'ngk hour was called olT owing to the i-ad weather. you the many advantages af forded by the use of a modern index loose leaf ledger. THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS " e sen- t 0 F rance b°xe3, aD boxes DO YOU WANT TO HELP? bare be* fifi” Loxc inand. since the first recollection of many j w T Hlne3> A G . McKinley, J. Ben I The work-room Is kept open many of tho grown-ups in Milledgeville ho ; Harper> w j chandler, It. T. Baisden J. S. Bone, L. B. Babb, Sr. Traverse Jurors—R. W. Martin, T. C. Carr, T. L. McCotnb, Leo Stubbs, H. E. McAuliffe, M. S. Bell, R. B. Mocrc George D. Case, W. W. Childs, J. J. Jones, W. D. Bone, J. T. Wagner, J. H. j Now is the time to show what you think of your town. If you have any pride for your town B. B. Adams, Sr., and want to be one tc help out in the movement to make it more beautiful and healthful get to work right now. Get your premises in good shape for the Inspections that are sure to come and then think what you can do to beautify thorn as well. Have you or dered ycur garden and flower seed? That Garden. course you have. You just didn’t think really how bad it would look to the passer-by. And new, since we have started this campaign, they are going to talk about you, If you don’t get in line. That’s an assured fact. Bet;er hurry! Mayor and Council to be Guests At this next meeting, Friday—today —at 2:30 P. M., the Mayor and mem bers of tlie City Council will meet with Pcsey, G. J. Adams, Jerome Babb, W. C. Tennillc, Frank Hone, R. W. Hatch- Junior r p j , ■ * *• at tbj ( . 1 ross has been orgnsized way this great w~rk and when women ro!ie K , " u ’ la •''’ornial and Lndi’strlal realize that in sharing ln tho work of auxji,.' ' r,1<les - also in the college an ' the Red Cn«s they are carrying tho to buy materials. A portunity, even a duty to aid in every auxin “filler ti Able tli and son 'he foil. Seven I. •hire, o; ( 01 surgU. etc. A following 'be lccal Red Cress and ■ 1 "nt leadership of Miss have done excellent work ''■rough l ' le local chapter, ’ containing 200 hospital '■ate-rs and various kinds 1 dressings and bandagos, nessage of American aid and friends ship to six nations and that the: will be'saving llttlo shreds of happiness | city for many years and the sight So marked was his regular appear- i er j c wb i, aker> j, m. Hutchins, J. anco on the streets of Ihe h. e'.ness ard . R 0 .Q u | nn _ M q Wood, D. P. Dobbs, residential section of Miller geville, B j Medlln, Frank Shealey, Terrance post-cards of “Billie Splinters and j ^F aB> ^ Darnes, E. F. Bloodworth, his team have been on sale nt t K e B p- 0W i 8r kerning D. Pearce, Sam drug stores and news stands in th: - Moran Jr > a. N. Bass, J. T. l.oster, C. W. llor:on, F. W. Hendrickson, B> n tho club nnd we are going to have a It will be a great help, and we will grand lime. Members, do not fail to all have to have one this year. If you be present. Wo need every one of haven't the room for a flower garden ycu. Surely it's your business to be as well, be sure that you plant some there and to show these gentlemen that flowers along in your garden and you you are tntcresti d in your town and f M ‘' in I desire to make the Thero li|lanc *al report: , * 1,18 Passed through my hands na!r,,,a n a total sum cf $486.21. for those whom tho war lias robbed of much that they cherish, that they uro saving lifo then the work of t.i lied Cross cr.nnot suffer. Th<- Rod Cross - has asked lO.i'tiO Americana to become partners ln this work. Are wo d Ing our duty? Reapoctfuliy submitted, MRS. MILLER S. BELL, Chairman fled Cross. he old man’s photograph, with his ox Gnus0j B j f- ra ] ey , j. \v. Marchnan. and wagon, reproduced into the print. F M Fj nney> t. H. Huff. R. G. Tor has brought one to sight one of tb' ranee, S. TO. Palmer, J. W. McMillan, most familiar scenes In the home city ^ Warren a. W. Tisdale, Elisha of many who haw long since moved sfmmoI18 j B Stanley, J. P. Hcrx- away from this place. pliries. Mr. Quinn hud lived in tlie settle-^ ■ will doubly enjoy it. If you can't even do that, get ycu soino window or porch boxes—they surely pay enough for the trouble. Then think of the pleasure it will give the passerby. Everyone notlceq these things—you may bo sure they do. Watch Out. want to co-operate with them In ev ery way possible. They are interest ed in this movement and believe that wo want to help. Let’s show them that we do, and you cannot begin bet ter than to come to the mcctiug this afternoon. Bring Your Dues If You Haven’t Paid. Yes—for that trash you fame very j This is very necessary. We want to nearly putting out on the sidewalk a get all the books straightened, so don’t day too soon. Don’t dc that this week forgot, nnd everybody, bring a new member. Como on time. That's tbe meat in which he died all <f hi* Hf® j Pure Cuba Molasres, Country Geor- [- -but keep It bidden until time for it and he roared a family of several 0 | a Cane Syrup at ; to be put out. Don't let people think first thing to do to begin to help, children. 1 EMMETT L. BARNES. you haven't any pride, because, of, * THE WOMAN'S CLUB.

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The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, January 18, 1918, Image 1