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THE MILLEDGEVS
,,-lUME seventeen
■Member TWENTY-SIX
Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday lvioming, April 26,
AMERICAN TROOPS IN BATTLE
AGAINST THE GERMAN FORCES
By Successful Operation On
Northwest of Festubert, a
Post Captured By Enemy on
April 22 is Recaptured.
EIGHTY-FOUR
PRISONERS TAKEN
Hard Fighting Develops, Be
ing Preceded By Heavy
Bombardment — First At
tack Is Thrown Back.
YOUNG MAN WRITES
BACK FROM FRANCE
Sergeant J. T. Ferrell, A Mill-
edgeville Boy, Now “Some
where Id Ejjance,” Writes
Friend Here Of Army Life.
• ^
Sergeant J. T. Ferrell, son of Mr.
and MrsIfT. T. Ferrell, of Midway,
and who Jtined the Baldwin Blue:--,
Company E, Second Georgia Regiment
with the call of mobilization of Am
’erlcan soldiers in June, 1916, prepara
tory to patroling the Mexican border,
is now “somewhere in Franco.”
This week Mr. B. B. Adams, Jr., ol
After three weeks of preparation In
the Somme, during which;<time their '
launched an offensive in Flanders the*i
Germans have resumed their hammer
ing at tlife'front of Amiens. For days
there has been heavy artillcdy firing
along the northern sectors of the Som- j this city, received a letter from youn;,
salient, and finally the German in- Ferrell giving a few details of arm
fantry began their attempts to advan
ce on the line passing Villiers-Bretoiv
neux, Hangard, Hailles and Castel.
The first attacks were repulsed, but
subsequent attacks contcred abcut Vil
le-s-Erctonncux, have caused a British
withdrawal, from this village, accord
ing to a report from Field Marshal
Haig. This marks a German gain of
about a mile.
Villero-Erctonneux is about cloven
iriles directly east cf Amiens and 13
the northern end of the latest fight
ing front. it is situated between the
Somme and Luce Rivers, and, while
it is flanked cn the South by low lying
grounds, it is backed by rolling hills to
the west and nortwest.
With the American Army in France,
I April 94.— There is slightly increased
aitivity of the enemy artillery in the
[region of Tout, but the number of
shells falling on the American lines is
Istill below normal.
Fifty enlisted men and non-commis-
Isioned officers are ;n their way to
America to help the Liberty Loan.
Americans in Battle*
i’aris April 94.—Thn battle e.n the
|v.hole front south of the Somme and
|on tile Avre lasted all day and still
ccntim 1 s, according to the War office |
[announcement t night. The Germans
Igained a footing in the woods to the
bprthward of llangard-En-SunteiTe
land also in Hie Eastern outskirts of
the village, which the French are des-
(rately defending.
Several enemy assaults were shat
tered near Hailles and attacks at Sen
nit Wood and Hill 89 also failed.
[’Hie statement says:
"An Inreinn:.; bombardment of
the Franeo-Amerlcan positions
south of the Somme end on the
Avre was followed by a German
attack, carried out ail along this
Iront by considerable forces at
o’clock in the morning. Tlio ef
forts of the enemy wore directed
against Hangautl-Eri-Santerro. the
regi n of Hailles und Senecat
Wood.
“South of the Avre the battle,
which lasted all day, continues at
the present hour. It was particu
larly stubborn in the region of
Hangard. After tv series of furi-
t.-. aubs the enemy succeeded
lining a footing in the wood
•with f Hangard, as well as in
the western outskirts of the vll-
IttRe which ot t troops are desper-
a,c| v defending,
‘he lighting was less violent
in the neighborhood of Hailles. I
Several enemy assaults directed
fiainst thp rid^e east of the vil
lage were broken down by our .
Hfe and cur ctunter-attacks.
'farther to tho south the Ger
mans were similarly checked in
their attempts against. Senecat
Wood and Hill 82, which remain- |
I ( 1 entirely in our, possession.
On the right bank of the Meu-
se ar UUery was quite active.”
U. S. Troops Located.
The reference tn the official state-
'■'nt issued by the French War Ot-
definely locaites the American
"' Its which were moved from the
'"‘"hern sectors of the battle line to
far’s of the front which were hard
f' r, ' sse d during the great German drive
["rough Picardy.
L° n A l'ril 10 dispatches from both the
r ' n h and British headquarters In
1 unce reported the arrival of Am-
1 ®n troops. This was prior to the
"hen the French extended their
f‘ <B f,l, VA 0 the north of o.Mntdider.
* rench official statement may In-
■‘te that the Aemrlcans did not
north when the British forces
lile “ever there” on the other side o:
the ocean.
Sergeant Ferrell, it is understood
left the United Stated with the Rain
bow division during the early part ol
last tali. His letter to Mr. Adams is
as follows:
Somewhere In France, March 14,
1918.—Dear Mr. Adams: Since a y ar
rival in France, several months agtNI
• have wanted to write you, but I have
been st busy with my work here that
I have not heretofore had time.
After a safp, but rather exciting trip
of 12 days over the ocean 1 arrived in
France, having come over on one of
j the largest and finest ships afloat.
| After landing we were p.t in box
j cars about one-third the size'of the
i cars we have at heme and with a sup-
j ply of cold boar.s, hard tack and
i “ern Willie" we rode for several days
Back of the lines where we were sta
tioned ter awhile until we could get
fully equipped.
As soon as winter came on and the
snew began to fall regularly we be
gan hiking and-believe me, we surely
1 d el cfo ’eofffe nMtiftg nil along the way.
Wo were diluted in smtilf cmrtr
towns and slept in barns most of the
time.
PATRIOTS
MEMORIAL MY BE ALFB EN)
OBSERVED TODAY! -siH£
0
OAK [DATE
Col. J. H. Marshburn To Be 1 M’^dcreviUe Man, Widely
Speaker of Occasion, While, known Educator, Has Stal
Splendid Program Will Be
Rendered.
In MilledgevUie and all over the en
tire South today will be observed in
niemery of the Confederate dead and
ed Definitely He Will Be In
Legislative Race.
Prof. Kyle T. Alfriend, whose an
nouncement as a candldjUa for the
Legislature from Baldwin county ha
WRIGHT
DIESSUDDENLY
Widely Known Citizen of This
City Succumbs Suddenly
Monday Afternoon While
Working In His Garden
Many friends and a number of rela
tives of Mr. Chancey M. Wright were
grief stricken late Monday aiterryjon
when news was spread ever Milledge-
vtlle announcing. tho fact that htis
widely known and highly esteemed cit
izen had suddenly passed away after
an attack of heart failure.
During the first and middle of the
afternoon Monday Mr. Wright had
looked after some business matters
and later he returned to his home t
do some work in his garden, just back
of his residence cn South Wayne
street. Shortly after liis return home
his body' was fo; nd lying on the
ground where he had been working,
by Mr. Julian Stanley, who rushed to
the aid of the dying man.
First discovering the condition of
Mr. Wright, Mr. Stanley called to hi 1
to ask what tho trtuble was, though
no answer "was given by tho former.
At this instance Mr. S.anlev called lit
other parties, who assisted him in go
ing into his home Mr. Stanley am:
the other men coming to the aid o'
Mr. Wright discovered that the latter
was in a dying condition.
1 Soon after Mr. Wright was taken
into his home a physician was hur
ried to his side. When the medical
adviser reached the home it was
found that Mr. Wright had bern tho
victim of heart failure^ and that his
body was lifeless.
At the time of Mr. Wright’3 death,
he was in his seventy-second year, 1, i
ing a native of Millcdgeville and a life
time resident of Baldwin county, v/i .:
the exception of the time he spent as
a soldier in the Vlvll war.
1 During tho early part of Mr.
Wright’s life he was engaged In ti e
mercantile business In Mllledgevi'lo
and In this way, especially, he bee v.
widely knbwn„ throughout Baldv.i
3IST DIVISION
SOLDIERS HERE
Men Composing 106th Motor
Section Ammunition Train
Come From Camp Wheeler
aad Spend Afternoon Here.
Mllledgeville had its first soldier
camp Wednesday of this week when
125 men from Camp Wheeler arrived
here at 2 o’clock In the afternoon to
spend the greater portion cf the re
mainder o fthe day.
The soldiers coming here composed
the one hundred and sitxh motor sec
tion ammunition train and they came
into Milledgevllle on 17 large ammuni
tion trucks. The men were members
cf the thirty-first division and were in
charge of three army officers.
The officers in charge of the men
coming hero Wednesday for an outing
Were Maj. P. S. McClung, Capt. Ofiy
E. Barnes and Lieut. Joseph B. Wil
kinson, all of tho thirty-first division,
and the men forming tho ammunition
train were of C -a: .panics A and D.
As soon as the soldiers arrived in
Milletgeville they pitched Iheir small
tents’ on the campui of the Georgia
Military College and began making
preparations lor lunch, after having
taken r trip without a single stop from
Camp VVheelhr, seven miles beyond
Macon, to Miilcdgeville. Each ammu
nition truck carried with it front sev
en to eight men and the big macliitV’s
came into Mllledgeville within throe
hours after
Camp Wheeler.
As soon as the soldiers arrived in
Mllledgeville the citizens of this city
began at once to make preparations
for showing the visit lug men in uni
form a good time by inviting them to.
take automobile trips over the city
and other places of Interest. About
two hours after iho troops arrived
they were invited by the young ladie3
of the Georgia Ncrmal end Ind strial
College, through President M. !4’.
Parks, to visit tho iuntltution and at
4:30 o’clock they were served delight
ful punch by the students or; tho col’
lege campus,
tho trlpj was begun fro u
appropriate program has been pro
The French people have been very I pared pj be carried out.
| kind to tts, but things over this way The Metr.orial Day address to be d *-
c.re very high and oataoles are very • livered here today will be made by
scarce, t'.u re fore seme of the more 1 Col. J, II. Marshburn, president of the
pessimistic boys are not as well pleas- j Geo*ia Military College, andTrho was
od as I am. ! invited by tho R. E. Lee chapter Unit-
Right after Christmas we began hilt- - ed Daughters of the Confederacy sev-
mg again, and later we began a hard \ oral weeks ago to take this important
the remaining heroes of the old Con- WA ,W^xperted-l«r.lh^f two <* unt * * bl * section .-AlmoKt'b^ore thd^Wierg bad time
federate states and in competing ar tbree wee ] ts j, as n a de the informal , 110 8tate '. or “ vf ' ,a ye, ra, ur 89tl ] e . on tholr camping grounds
rangements for the occasion here .an 8(ateme „ t that his name wi „ niost the administration of President CT v* c;ir , men d to be floodwl wlt!|
schedule of work, which was very
helpful to nr. as it hardened us to tho
life over here and fitted us for the
work cf a real soldier in France.
1 have been all the way, now, in this
v: r. 1 know what it is to have an
arm of shirt squirrels on nrc- and I
have become accustomed f the con
stant bombing of the big g ns; 1 have
detected the familiar smell of gas and
have deen some of the Boches that
were recently captured by the Ameri
cans.
The French think we arc great. It
seems as if they expect us to win the
war for them right now. And they
say we are very courageous and very
ambitious.
I am learning to “parley Francais
trez bon” and when the war is over I
think I'll come home and teach French
to the kids.
part on the program to be rendered.
At 10 o’clock this morning t'ac mem
bers of Camp Doles will bold the'r
election of officers at the ccttrt hour -
and the same time the appointment of
delegates to Confederate reunion will
bo made. At noon the Veterans will
be served a splendidly prepared lunch
eon which has been prepared !•»• 1
local chapter United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
At 2:30 o'clock this “afternoon the
■Memorial Day exercises will be cox-
menced by the forming of a proces
sion of the Cadets of the Georgia Mil
itary College, headed by Capt. Charles
M. Allen, who will serve qs officer of
positively be listed under this heading
on the ticket to be voted on at the
next Primary election.
The final decision of Pre.f. Alfriend
to become a candidate fftr representa
tive from this county brings forth the
first announcement to be made lor
this place and so far as general ru-
niore are concerned his name is the
only one being mentioned as even a
pr spective seeker of this particular
office.
Prof. Alfriend is recognized as po
sesing unusual ability as a speaker
and for many years ho has- given
much study to legislative matters,
which his friends say particularly fits
him for a jitce in the Legislature from
Baldwin county. Too, the now known
candidate Is being urged to enter the
race on account of the fact that tho
regular position lie fills would in no
manner interfere with his duties as a
member of Georgia's law-making body
and that he would be in a positijwi to
be on band at all times to represent
the day. The line of march will . ,
. . . ... , his people at times wlmn important
tend to the cemetery and will be head
ed by the G. M. C. band, the cm! 1
corps acting as an honorary escort to
the Confederate Veterans. Also, sev
eral hundred yo lig lady students n
We don't suffer for the want of food t'he Georgia Normal and Industrial
College will take part in tho genera:
procession.
Upon arrival at the cemetery the
formal exercises of the ocacsion will
be commenced with Mr. Otto M. Conn
acting as master of, ceremonies.
The program as wRJ be carried cut
this afternoon in honor of the heroes
as we are expecting Fritz to wake us of the Sixties is as follows:
up early in the morning with his big j 1. Music—G. M. C. Band,
guns, I'll close for a time. 1 ! 2. Prayer-Rev J. H. Flye.
Give my regards to all and tell Bill 1 3. Song-Georgla Normal and In-
or clothes at all and the Young Mens
Christian Associations all over Franco
are a great help to us.
The malls over here, however, must
be overrun, because somehow or ot.i-
er I don't get that letter my gTl
wrote me as soon as 1 had hoped to. 1
1 Well, iho candle Is nearly ou! and
matters were scheduled to conic up.
So it can be understood (hut pol -
lies have ■ nee more rtrclied the local
communities and the candidate enter
ing the arena on this occur': -, is b
ing boosted freely o;i every hand a
one especially suited to fill the place
he is seeking.
M R: lALLWINME*!
CALLED /! MY
l baid to answer my letter.
Respectfully,
SERGT. J. T. FERRELL,
Co. C, 151, M. G. Bat., A. E. F.
Via New York.
dustrial College Students.
4 V Declamation—Mr. Robert S.
Roddenberry, Jr.
5. Song—Georgia Military College
Quartette.
6. Music — Georgia Military
lqge band.
7. Introduction of orato
M. Conn.
8. Address—Col. J. H. Marshburn
Fourteen Young White Men
Will Leave Milleageville
and Baldwin County This
. Morning For Camp Gordon.
Col
-Mr. Ot'o
*•<1 the
| Cr 't'itmii
Position to which they wore
y assigned.
FRIZES OFFERED BY
D. A. R. BEEN AWARDED
Miss Mattie Mae Torrance Get* First
Honor and Miss Johnnie Martin The
Second Prize For Writing F.ssay.
The prize offered recently by the
Nancy Hart Chapter, Daughters of the
A i erican Revolution, was last week
awarded to Miss Mattie Mae Torrance
and Miss Johnnie Martin.
Although the Daughters of the Am
erican Revolution offered only one
prize for the best essay written cn more See me.
Georgia heroes and heroines cl tho • PWWIS
(Continued on P*9« »•) i J*
land, lie he’d the pos'tlcn as po
master at the Miilt dgoville pest offi
while during tlie latter years of his
life he lived a retired life, with the e .
ception of looking after his farming
interests in ijgis county.
As a tribute of respect of the* de
erased well and favorably known tit
zen, Mayor Miller S. ■ Boll iec.ied a
proclamation Wednesday lnornin;
calling upon tbe badness lious.s o
Milledgevllle U. cln-o their doors dur
ing the time of the funeral.
Mr, Wright leaves his widow anti
one son and a daughter, Capt. Edmund
A. Wright, who is stationed at Cam)
Wheeler and Mrs. Andrew J. M<
Knight, of Baltimore, all having ex
tended to them Hie heartfelt sympa
thy of scores of friends in Milled w
ville and this entire section.
The funeral of the deceased too!
place from I he residence at 10:9'
o’clock Thursday morning, Dr. !). \V
Brannen conducting the exerri ‘
The pall bearers were Messrs. B. !
Fraley, T. L. MeComb, George W. H
linshead, Sr.. 11. II. Adams, Sr., i! II
Wootten and J. C. Whitnlcer. Pita
ment took place in the city c /.nctev,
ATTENTION SONS OF VETERATU.
Yen- regular meeting will be li
nt room 117 Sanford building, April 96
jut 10 o'clock A. M. A full attenda
is expected, matters of importance .•
come up. Election qf officers at this
time. L. KENAN, Adjutant,
1). S. SANFORD, Commander.
WAR RELIC TRAIN TO
BE HERE NEXT MONDAY
A special train carrying hundreds q r
war relics, including guns, shells,
bombs, schrapnel, helmeta.,gas mask.*,
trench tools and other war curio, in
charge of French, Canadian and Unit
ed States soldiers will be In Milledgn-
ville from 8 to 10 o’clock next Mon
day morning.
The officers on this train will dem
onstrate to the people of Mllledgeville
different gifts from the citizens of
Millcdgeville, including post cards of
local scenes, refreshments, cigars, etc.
At 9 o'clock Wednesday evoni iq
tho men began packing their tents
preparatory to their return to Camp
Wheeler and before the hour of 10
o’clock Ihey bad passed through tho
business part f Milledgevllle and
were well on their way to their regu
lar camp.
During the late afternoon Wednes
day after the soldiers had been i:>
Mllledgeville for several hours tho
meh took great pleasuro In express
ing their deep appreciation fer tho
many cocrtesiqs shown them while
here, many of them declaring that
they had never before known r.f such
a aeceptlon they hnjj been given.
SANITARIUM 'BAND
m OFFPAY ROLL
At Meeting cf Board of Trus
tees Hold Pa.it Week Ded-
Reached To Discon-
M uiduns’ Pay.
sion
ti
A*, n :
Fourteen additional young white
men were called yesterday afternoon
to answer to their preparatory to en
training for Cajpp Gordon this morn
ing, several hundred people being
iVesent to witness the unswering cf | an( j Baldwin the use of inaehine guns
the roll call and to bid the boys God r iq eB an( j other light ordnance. A(o
9. Song Georgia Military Collo„i epee( j (speeches will be made by men who
uartette. After the roll call of the young men I h aV e been “over there” and martial
10. Delivery of Crosses of Hon r w jj 0 were ordered to answer to their mu ^ c an( ) patriotic songs will ho
Mrs. Joseph E. Pottle. names to further complete the quota heard when this train arrives in Mill-
11. Music—Georgia Military ( ° ' f rom Baldwin county under the select-
lege Band. lv0 j ra f t i aw> a stirring address was
12. Benediction—RTv. J. H. Flye. made by Hon _ j D Howard, who urg-
i 7 7~ ed tho men called to defend their
V/ANTED 1 am in the mar- <-oun*ry to go to the front with the
ket for any number of hogs, greatest of courage with the assurance
ai ..1 J if I n n* they had the best wishes of their
Also cattle. It you have one, peoplP to be be ht n d. in response
to Mz. Howard's address, Mr. Erwin
(Continued on Page 5.)
edgevllle.
The war relic train will be statloil'd
on the tracks of the Milledgevllle
Railway Company In Jlto heart of the
business section of the city.
WANTED—We will buy a few hun
dred buehele eene eeed, Early Am
ber, Golden Top, Honey Dew, etc.
GEORGIA PRODUCTS CO.
ny of the Irani of trus-
:■ •-.< tf ilio me Banitarl m held hern
. . els, i ; a nb< rs ofethat I ody
!- del io iiicohLiuue maintaining a
bend f r the in ru.tes of the institution
so far a-, uppr nidations from the state
were concerned.
During the last several years a num
ber of the regular employes of the
state Sanitarium huve devoted a part
of their time In furnishing music for
the sr.*tftarlum patients and for this
service the members of band have
heretofore received a small compensa
tion from the stqte treasury. This
feature of expense in operating the sun
itarium will no longer exist, accord
ing to the action of the trustees cf
the institution.
The decision reached by the trus
tees of the Sanitarium to discontinue
an appropriation for the maintenance
of the band at the Institution applies
to the period of the wmr only and after
this time the members cf the obard
propose to again create a compensa
tion for musicians.
The object of the Sanitarium trus
tees in diaContlnuing tho appropria
tion for a band at the place was for
the purpose or curtailing us much ex
pense as possible until the close of
the war. the members of the board
contending that such gffi expenditure
was not altogether necessary In car
ing for the patients.