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?HE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
Official Organ
City of
Milledgevllle
bliched October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, January 25, 1918.
$1.50 a Year
(HPT BRITTAIN URGES SCHOOLS
3 OF GEORGIA TO HELP COUNTY
r tv Superintendents Are Asked to Form Auxiliries for
Ral Cross—Will Addess Meeting in Macon Jan. 29.
,r con Jan. 22.—Superintendent of
J adon M. L. Brittain returned to
, r.nitul this morning from Cedur-
" e where yesterday, he delivered
‘Patriotic war-time speech at what
a ‘‘ was the best and most en-
J n l s iic thrift stamp meeting of clt-
has ever seen. The spirit,
v^ihiMin says, was particularly fine.
Addressing himself in part to the
.Mr. Brittain advised the
0 f, nnies, working “Odd jobs’’
all investing the money in thrift
stamps
to participate in a
jun
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ta"i
SHORTAGE OF COAL
AT SANITARIUM
One Thousand Tons Will Be
Required to Furnislv Insti
tution Through Season and
No Bids Obtainable.
$90,000 BUILDING
FOR SANITARIUM
Contract Has Been Awarded
For a Three-Story Brick
Structure For Caring of
Many Negro Patients.
At a meeting of the board of trus- A meeting cf the white teachers
tees of the Georgia State Sanitarium of Baldwin county has been called for
COUNTY TEACHERS
TO MEET SATURDAY
Will Come Together at G. N.
& I. College For the Pur
pose of Discussing Educa
tional Plans and Ideas.
1 goes to Macon on the 29th
thrift stamp and
or Red Cross mass meeting.
i, lar letter which Mr. Brlt-
ding to all town, city and
county superintendents of education,
h( . urges especially that each of them
give every possible assistance in push-
jn . the thrift stamp campaign; ex
pressing gratification for the manner
(n , >,.,11 die teachers and superintend
ents met the call to aid in food con
servation. Liberty Loan bond sales
and every other patriotic movement.
He says: It is right and proper that
we should take part in these things
ami the man, woman or child who
fails to do so in response to his coun
try's call is not only a slacker, but
will r aret it as long as life lasts,”
Asking that--«aeh superintendent,
with his corps of teachers, aid In the
forTation of school auxiliries, Mr.
Brittain says:
"1 have no apologies or regrets to
make in asking your interest in behalf
of a new line of endeavor—the Ameri
can Red Cross. In response to re
quests from our schools people in many
pattn of the country there has been es
tablished a junior Red Cross mem
bership, especially for teachers and
pupils. A school auxiliary can be per
formed whatever an average of at least
25 cents per pupil is raised for Red
Cross work. This is kept, hovfever,
at the school in the treasury of each
auxiliary. These funds may be used
for th. purchase of Thrift Stamps, in
promotion of food conservation and all
supplies that may be needed as sug
gested by the regular local Red Cross
Chap'or.
On account of the unusually cold
weather existing continuously since
the beginning of the winter season,
the regular annual supply of coal at
the Georgia State Sanitarium is be
coming exhausted and the institution
is expected to run a thousand tons
short before the expiration of its pres
ent contract, which takes place April
first.
Recently applications for bids on an
extra supply of coal were mailed to
numerous coal dealers throughout the
coal mining sections and so far no re-
eponse has been received from any
source in answer to the numerous ap
plications sent out.
The tSate Sanitarium’s consumption
of coal annually averages about 10,000
tons and is contracted for on yearly
contracts, beginning the first of each
April.
When the present supply of coal at
the big State institution is exhausted
and the contract now held is expired
as to what services can be secured for
the furnishing of fuel remains to be
seen.
Thursday the awarding of a contract,
for the erection of a new building for
the caring cf many negro patients was
a principal transaction of business.
The contract was awarded to J. F. De-
pree Sons & Co., of Home, for ?^,-
253.00.
The new negro building to go up
at the sanitarium will be a throe-s.ory
brick structure to be erected on the
next Saturday morning at 9:30 o’cloi k
to take place In the rooms of the Ru
ral Education department cf the Geor
gia Normal and' Industrial College for
the purpose of holding general duscus-
sion concerning tho work being car
ried out with the various schools of
tho county.
At the meeting to be held Saturday
County School Superintendent E. A.
BIG GALE HERE OF
WAR SAVING STAMPS
Many Demands Are Now Com
ing In To Local Postoffice
In Support Of Latest War
Measure Appeal.
Mere than $2,000 worth of War Sav
ings Stamps have been purchased
through the Postoffice in Milledgevllle
up to Thursday afternoon, according
to a statement given out by Postmas
ter J. D. Howard and the sales of the
little certificates are continuing lo in
crease each day, it was also stated.
FARMERS TO GET
NITRATE SHORTLY
Secretary of Agriculture Has
Announced Plan For Distri
bution ol Product From Far
off Chile.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 21.—The
Secretary of Agriculture today an-,
nounced the plan for the sale and dis
tribution of the 100,000 tons of nitrate
of soda for fertilizer use purchased
■ under the provision in the food con-
trol act, which authorizes the Presi
dent to secure nitrate of soda and to
south side of the present main negro j Tigner and the corps of teachers will
building and will be so constructed as go into detail concerning the work lo
to make room for 500 patients. j be carried ofit in the various schools
The appropriation for the erection I during tho remainder of the term,
of this building was provided at the ! Also exchanging of ideas for the bet-
NEW PHYSICIANS
AT SANITARIUM
last sesion of the Georgia Legislature
in July last year and when completed
will serve to a great advantage in the
way of improving the present crowd
ed conditions with the negro patients
it the institution, as well as to make
provisions for the future.
Every effort will be made to begin
erecting the building within the next
two or three weeks and the contract
ors will be urged to complete the work
in as short time as possible.
HP. J F. BELL PLANS TO
ENLARGE STORE BLDG.
Cfis.vay Building Purchased La3t
F U Will Be Decidedly Enlarged
* 1 Wilkinson Street
Entrance.
The Cull away building on the corner
of Wilkinson and Hancock streets,
* 1 lui. i-i i,y Mr. J. F. Bell during the
' ras ' !a|! will lie considerably enlarg-
ol and converted into two separate
stons, on;. ( 0 f :iCe Wilkinson street
and the oilier to front Hancock street,
as it now stands.
’•In; adiliti. n to bo added to the
building will be an extension running
fa t front the rear of the present build-
in? a.ul when finished will measure
‘ 11 ''ins like one hundred feet in
length.
1,11 front section of the Callaway
Wilding is at present occupied by the
^ tandard Oil Company and will bo
^virti., separate from the storejo be
1 d in the rear of the structure.
Dr. J. W. Owens, of Black-
shear, and Dr. R. G. Stone,
of Hawkfnsville, Put On
Medical Staff at Institution
Two new physicians have been nam
ed on the medical staff of the Gccrgia
State Sanitarium during the past week,
Dr. J. W. Owens, of ltlackshear, and
Dr. R. G. Stone, of Hawkinsvllle, both
having already arrived at the institu
tion to begin their duties.
During tko last several weeks a num
ber of tho physicians formerly holding
positions on the medical staff cf the
Sanitarium have joined the medical re
serve corps of the army and for this
reason it was feund necessary by the
officials of the institution to seek re
placement of these men. Dr. E. S.
Saye, formerly of the sanitarium med
ical staff, has been ordered by the War
Department to go to Washington to
enter the medical reserve corps and
Drs. Y. A. Little and J. K. Pettit, also
former physicians at the sanitarium,
are at Fort Oglethorpe in the army
medical corps.
Drs. Owen and Stcne, the two new
physicians at the sanitarium, are well-
known in the medical profession in
Georgia and the securing of their serv
ices at the sanitarium adds much to
the efficiency of tho number of phy
sicians at the big State institution.
NEWS TO DISTRIBUTE
SEED TO FARMERS
The Milledgeville News this week
received a quantity of garden seed
from the Guvcrnrant at the request
of Senator Hoke Smith, with the re
quest that same be distributed among
the farmers of Baldwin county and this
section.
In a personal letter to The News
Senator Smith has requested that this
office kindly advise the farmers of the
fact that they can secure their seed
here, same having been forwarded to
this paper as a distribution centre.
As a mailer o’ convenience to the
Government and the fa. mers The Mill-
edgeviile News has gladly consented, to
terment of the school system will
take place with Superintendent Tig
ner and the teachers and while the
work now being accomplished is of a
mest satisfactory nature, much study
is being given in behalf of greater pro
gress with the rural schools.
Plans for holding a school rally in
Milledgeville during the spring will
probably be decided upon by Super
intendent Tigner and the teachers at
their meeting Saturday and a date
for the occasion will likely be named
also.
FUEL SITUAT ON
IKPROVEU HERE
Very Little Suffering Has Been
Caused On Account of In
ability to Obtain Necessary
Coal in Milledgeville.
As a saving plan and an investment J t0 farmers for cash at cost,
in the safest insurance possible to ob- J A circular in which the plan is fully
set fortli is being mailed today tot the
county agents who will receive orders
tain, War Saving Stamps tire rapidly t
being recognized more widely each day .
by these who were unable to invest in
the Liberty bond treasures Rtn! many
are taking the advantage of putting I
away little savings each week in thi3 .
way.
War Saving Stamps issued by tho
Government are being sold in. such a t
way as to materially aid in tho carry- t
iug on of the war in which tilts coun
try is engaged and in no less degree :
tiie purchaser is making a wise in- •
vestment. The money invested in
these stamps bears interest at the rale
of four per cent., compounded quar- :
terly, and backed by tho most reliable
security in the world, that of the Unit
ed States Government itseif. i
The sales of War Savings Stamps 1
by the lecal Postoffice has increased
to such an extent here of late as to
reach the four hundred mark each d n y
which is equivalent to $500 when the
investment, or lean, as it might be
termed, reaches maturity in 1923.
Another attractive feature in refer
ence to the purchasing of War Sav
ings Stamps is offered in the way of
enabling the purchaser to obtain the
remittance on the stamps from the
Government, should he become herd
for the nitrate and transmit them ‘.o
Washington.
The f. o. b. prices at ports will he
$75.50 a ton, fara.ers paying the
freight charges frem the port of ar-i
rival and the State fertilizer tag fee.
Tho plan is that in each county where
there is a county agent to have the
agents associate with themselves three
or more local business men in each
community, who, will serve without
compensation to assist them in the
sale of tho nitrate. In each county
where there is no county agent a com
mittee of three or more local business
linen will be appointed. A farmer liv
ing in such a county who desires to
make application for nitrate of soda
should, if he does not know tho ad
dress of the local committee, address
an inquiry to the State director of ex
tension for his State. Tho postoffico
address of the director of extension in
each State is given in tho circulau
The ships carrying the nitrate will ha
directed for the most convenient ports,
including Charleston, Wilmington, Sa
vannah, Norfolk and Baltimore. Rep
resentatives who will serve without
compensation have been or will be se
lected to handle the shipments at these
Although some two or three hun
dred orders for coal have been on the
waiting list with the Fowler-Flemister
Coal Company for at least two months
or longer and a general shortage cf
look after the matter of dealing^ i “ el has ex J 8ted in Milledgeville al-
Government seed and in order to as
certain the requirements of the farm
ers of this section, it is requested
that applications be made for allot
ments as early as possible. Should,
the supply now on hand become ex
hausted application for an additional
shipment will be made with the view
of receiving same in time for this
planting season.
TWO NEW TRUSTEES
NAMED FOR G. M. C.
Messrs R. L. Wall and C. F. Barrett
Have Been Added to Board to
Succeed Mr. George D. Cace
and Late Hon. J. A. Horne.
Two new members of the board of
trustees of the Georgia Military Col
lege have been named to take the
places of the late Hon. Julius A. Horne
and Mr. George D. Case, the latter
having recently tendered his resigna
tion for the place he held.
The two new members elected were
Messrs. Robert L. Wall and Charles
F. Barrett.
most since the beginning of the w.n
ter season, very little suffering has
been occasioned here during the en
tire several weeks of the extreme cold
weather.
The great difficulty experienced here
on account of the lack of fuel has been
a matter of inconvenience in an effort
to conserve both coal and wood, oc
casioned by some delay in the opera
tion of. enterprises, both mercantile
j^jul manufacturing. However, v/i\h
the persistent efforts of Mr. Lewis
Flemi3ter, manager of the Fo-.ier-
Flemister Coal Company, enough coal (
has been secured for Millef cviiie unprecedented value of $19,413,349,381
up, by making application with a 10- places,
days notice. In this event the pur
chaser is paid for his loan at the rate
of 3 per cent, from the time of his In
vestment in the stamps.
According to the estimate of the
Government, the sale of one War
Saving Stamp is equivalent to the ex
pense of caring for one soldier for a
week and figured on this basis (ho
sales of the stamps through the Mill-
edgeville Postofflce each day is suf
ficient to maintain an army of 100 men
one week.
Farmers will make application for
nitrate upon blanks furnished by the
county ageuts or the local committee.
Applications must be signed and re
turned so as to reach the cotf. y
agents or members of tho local com
mittees by February 4. As the nitrate,
under the law, can be sold only fur
cash, the farmer will bo required to
deposit the money covering the c;st
of the nitrate he wishes with the local
bank, association or individual to be
designated by the department. The
orders will be transmitted to the de
partment, accompanied by the amount
covering the same. If tho quantity of
$19,443,849,381 In 1917 i nitrate that can ho secured will fi 1 all
FARM CROPS OF U. S.
Washington, Jan. 22.— Farm pro
fit- ts of ii, 3 United States reached the
from time to time to keep business op
erations going without any real inter
missions.
During this week several car loads
of coal have been received by tho lo-j
cal coal dealers and coal trucks have
been kept busy all the while in deliv
ering apportionments of the fuel to
those in special need and with the
prospects of the weather moderating
to some extent it is hoped that the!
situation has been cleared up to such
an extent as to prevent further dif
ficulty in securing accommodations of
dealers in material for supplying fir-m
lastVeir, an increase of more than $!\-
000,000,009 over 1916, and almost $9,-
000,000,000 more than in 1915.
An estimate announced by the De
partment of Agriculture shows crops
were valued at $13,610,462,781 and rep
resented 70 per cent, of the value of ail
farm products. Animals and animal
products were valued at $5,833,386,599
in 1917, an increase of almost $1,500,-
000,000 over 1916. Value of ail farm
products for 1917, it was stated, not
inclu l ug the value of aniocnls and an
imal i. oducts shows Illinois first, Tex
as Eocond, and Iowa third.
orders, each farmer will secure the
amount he requests; otherwise, it will
be necessary to allot tho nitrate to
those applying for it so that all may
I participate on equal terms in Its dis
tribution. None of the nitrate will be
sold to dealers, either directly or in-
I directly. It will be sold only to farni-
( ers directly for cash, nt cost, and gen-
( erally net in excess of the amounts
used by them hcretofiro.
The Government is making every
effort to reach the farmers who desire
a part of this nitrate, but states that
it will be impossible for the county
agents or other persons to visit every
individual farmer and urges all who
desire to purchase nitrate to get in
touch with their local county agent
or a member cf their local committee.
In the United States there are 1 10,000,000 loyal Americans—all, we might say, in the family of our own U ncle Sam.
And Uncle Sam needs money—your money—everybody’s money. He doesn’t ask you to give it to him, either; he wants to borrow it
and pay interest for it, and he offers the best security in the world.
Maybe you didn’t have $50 or $100 to lend Uncle Sam in Liberty Bonds; but surely you have 25 cents. I f all of us buy one Thrift
Stamp just one apiece—that will amount to just $27,500,000, and if everyone of us buys $4.12 worth, from time to time for 16 times, that
will be $453,200,000. Think of it! ...
Pin money does help, doesn’t it? It is getting to a point where every man—ev^ry woman—every boy—every girl—must make it their
business to help in this war—the most important thing on earth.
Like Liberty Bonds, the War Savings Certificates hear 4 per cent, interest. On January 1, 1923, each certificate will be worth $5.
These stamps are exchangeable at face value plus accumulated interest at any time between now and January 1, 1923.
You can buy Thrift Stamps from your mail carrier or at the Postoffice.
Buy your first one to day.
This is the first of a series of ads paid for and donated by
I-•XCHANTF RANK THE MERCHANTS & FARMERS BANK
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. ™E MILLEDGEVILLE BANKING CO.