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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
gtt^SSS^L
tv *1 Jhed October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, May 10, 1918.
$1.50 a Year
America is rushing
SOLDIERS TO FRONT
\ eX Authorizes Statement
That More Than Half Mil
lion Have Been Despatched
This Year.
??7 000 MEN HAVE * *
1 BEEN DRAFTED TO DATE
|War Secretary Announces
That There Is No Shortage
Of Machine Guns Nor Any
Shortage In Prospect.
WMhinrtnn- May 9.—More than
I h ill ii American soldiers have.
Isent to France. Secretary Bak-
• today authorized the statement that
lliis forecast to congress in January,
that 500,000 troops would be despatch-
I ,. ( | to France earlyi in the present year,
n0 w had been surpassed. Mr. Baker
f dictated the following statement:
•In January I told the senate com-
FIRE DESTROYS
OIL MILLS HERE
«*■>*
Flames Saturday Night Result
In A Loss Of Manufacturing
Plant And Probably Hun
dreds Of Tons Of Seed.
About 9 o'clock Saturday night fire
broke out in the manufacturing plant
of the Milledgeville Oil Mills, located
near the Georgia Railroad depot and
FRENCH OFFICERS
REVIEW CADETS
Special Drilling Exercise Sun
day Afternoon In Honor Of
Maj. Bellot, Lieut. LeConte
and Sgt. Courrierre.
The faculty and students of the
Georgia Military College, and Milledge
ville as a whole, had the pleasure of
entertaining three prominent French
officers, who are now
DIXIE HIGHWAY TO
GET ASSISTANCE
V. D. L. Robinson, Of Chat
tanooga, Secretary of Dixie
Highway Association Here
Tuesday—Gets Support.
A conference was held by Mr. V. 1).
L. Robinson, of Chattanooga, secre
tary of the Dixie Highway Association
and the county commissioners of Bald
stationed at Win county, along with a number cf
Camp Wheeler, Sunday, Dr. and Mrs.'the business men of Milledgeville, rel-
Walker, of Macon, accompanying the ' ative to that part of the highway pass-
military men on their visit here.
BALDWIN’S FEDERATION OF CLUBS
DOING MUCH BENEFICIAL WORK
$1,570 SECURED FOR
ARMY Y.M.C.A. FUND
Out Of A Subscription of $ 1 ,-
610 For Baldwin, Only $40
Failed To Be Turned In To
Transmitter D. S. Sanford.
A better record could hardly be pre
sented by any county in Georgia than
Baldwin county in the matter of rais
ing funds for the National Army
Young Men’s Christian Association
ing through this county. The object
The Frenchr officers and Dr. and of this conference was to secure the
Mrs. Walker came to Milledgeville to Indorsement and financial assistance
resulted in compete destruction of the be ‘ be Btmsts of Maj. Geo. Donaldson^ in further improving the populnr au-
entire industry, including the building of tbe Georgia Military College fade-, tomobile route coming through Mill- and certainly none can boastt of a bet-
containing the machinery and about and wl 'ile here the distinguished edgeville and this section of the state ter paid up subscription.
I,o00 tons of cotton seed. Also, a large visitors were entertained at lunchou | During Mr. Robinson’s stay in Mill-1 the late fall of last year a canvat
quantity of cotton seed hulls, lint, and at tbe college barracks, Mayor and edgeville he secured the pledge from was made in Baldwin county for the
other valuable products, were lost cn Mrs - Miller S. Bell, Judge and Mrs. the people of Milledgeville and Bald-
account of the fire. Jo ' ln T - Allen and the college faculty win county to subscribe a pro rata
Members of All Clubs In The
County Attend Meeting Me
morial Day And Form Fed
eration of 16 Clubs.
securing of subscriptions to the army
Young Men’s Christian Association
| u » I i wuilg .ill,ll n i Illlnllilll lit < 1U1I
j When the fire was firsts discovered beinR present as guests on the be- sum in raising $5,000 in Georgia for and the total amount promised by the
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in the building the flames had made cas i° n - the promotion of the- Georgia Dixie
but little headway, it is said, though Following the uncheon given the pro Highway Association,
mittee that there was strong ltkeli- by lhe (ime a call WM put jn for the minent French military men, including The? following committee was nam-
hood that early in the present year flre department and the firemen reach- Ma i° r Bellot, Lieut LeConte and Bar- e d to look after the details of raising
500,000 American troops would be de- e(1 tbe Bcene a i mo st an entire aide of Kent Curriere, the officers accepted an Milledget file's part of the Georgia
ipalched to France. 1 cannot either tlle main macilinery building had been ln vitation to visit the Georgia Normal Fmid to go to the promotion of the
nor, or perhaps iater, discuss the num- enveloped by the flames. As soon as and ‘ndustrlal College, later returning highway:
her of American troops in France, but ifl a firemen reached the mills it was to tbe m IH‘ ar y college.
1 an: glad lo be able to say that the evident that the manufacturing plant. At five o’clock in the afternoon the
was doomed and an effort was at once French officers reviewed a -drilling
made to save the large storage build- exercise put on by the cadets of the
ing containing the hundreds of tons Ceorgia Military College, the drill be-
of seed, though even this effort was in S carried out in honor of the distin-
fruitless. guished visitors. Following the drill-
The flre having started on the south in B of the cadets the French officers
side of the big mill, the flames start- highly complimented the showing made
age of light or heavy types of these ed eating way to the cotton seed by the military itedenta.
weapons either in France or America building, which was a comparatively After tha parade of the cadetfe, Ma-
no shortage is in prospect. new structure. The conveyor extend- J° r Bellot, standing from the steps
Mr. Baker said there had been no Ing across the street from the manu- °f the rear entrance of the college
question brought up us to the supplies facturing plant to the seed house building, addressed the student body of
of light type Browning guns, which could not be saved from burning by the college, appealing to the |
were ctming forward in quantities, the small streams of water played n,en to ra «he a provision to render aid
It may not bo known to every one *
(hat on April 20, after the Metdorial
Day exercisos at the court bouse, rep
resentatives from fourteen of BuM-
win county’s clubs remained and de
cided to form a county federation oC
clubs. Since that time one rural com
munity club and one Milledgeville club
have come In, thus making a total of
18 clubs—in fact all the clubs in Bald
win county.
| Before concluding the meeting the
following officers of the Baldwin Coun
ty Federation of Clubs werp elected:
President, Mrs. J; iL. Beeson; Vice-
President. Mrs. Harper Tucker, secre
tary, Mrs. J. F. Miller; treasurer, Miss
Anna Belle Webster. '
This feat of uniting all Baldwin
county clubs into one large body was
accomplished through the work of
Mrs. E. R. Hines, president of the
Milledgeville Woman’s Club, and slio
Wlli have this accomplishment to re
forecast I made In January has been
surpassed."
No Shortage of Machine Guns.
As a result of a personal investiga
tion cf machine gun production during
the past few days, the secretary an
nounced that there is no present short-
He would not say whether shipment
of these guns to France had been
started. As to the heavy Brownings,
he said:
"Early manufacturers’ estimates as
to the production of the heavy type
perllitbs were more optimistic than
was Justified. The estimate of the ord-
on It by the firemen and for this rea
son, especially, no one had hopes of
saving the thousands of dollars werth
of seed.
Besides the building, machinery
and contents of the oil mills, fire lean
ed across to three negro dwellings
and brought them down to ashes,
to the stricken children of Fraiu o.
vj guns have been produced and there
is every indication cf forthcoming
production in increasing and substan
tial numbers.’’
nance department in January has been while eight freight cars loaded with
and is being met. Some of these hea- ccrn J bay, stock feed and other val
uable products were practically de
stroyed. The freight cars were plac
ed in the railroad sidings between the
oil mill plant and the frei lit and
passenger depot of the Georgia rail
road.
The (ire Saturday night resulted in
the greatest loss from the same cause
taking place in Milledgeville in prob
ably 20 years or more and at one time
it seemed that other valuable proper
ty would be lost front the flames. On
ly owing to the stillness of the atmos
phere saved the Georgia depot on the
north side of the oil mill plant, the
fire getting Into freight cars just a
few feet distant.
For two or three days following the
flre cf Saturday night, contents of the
oil mills were still burning and fire
men wera kept busy about the re
mains of the plant during the entire
day Sunday.
The best estimate obtainable as to
the loss front the flre Saturday places
the price of the burning of the build
ing and all property destroyed at
something between $250,009 and $300,-
000. Of this amount were saved about
$150,000 to the owners of the plant
by insurance carried cn the building,
machinery and co.ton seed.
Would Not Amplify Statement.
The secretary chose his words about
the troops in France with tha utmost
care. He would not amplify the state
ment in any way and specifically ask
ed that tha press refrain from specu
lation as to what precise figures his
euarded remarks covered or as to
"hat possibilities of early additional
increase in the force on the other side
there might be.
Time have been repeated official
announcements, however, that the
Government is bending every energy
to rushing men across to back up the
allied lines in France and officers di
rectly in charge of the transportaticn
have expressed satisfaction with the
progress being made.
There are indications that the war
department has'adhered strictly to Its
policy of equipping fully before his
departure, every man sent across. That
is the first consideration in checking
off supplies of clothing and arms.
Secretary Baker’s conclusion ns to
machine guns fellows on tli^e heels of
pessimistic statements by members of
1 ongress in this regard. In the dis-
cussion of the prodiction of Browning
machine guns, contracts for other
'vpes both here and abroad, apparent
ly have been lost sight of. These con-
'tacts preceded tiro placing of orders
f t the Brownings and that supply
"as designed to meet the emergency
until the new gun was available in-
quantities. I
I he present practice of brigading
American units with French an llrif-
ls h divisions, it is pointed out, makes
the artillery question less pressing us
an immediate independent supply.
I he allied divisions to which the
REV. J. C. WILKINSON AT
GRANITE HILL COLLEGE
Baptist Minister Of This City Preach
es Commencement eSrmon At the
Tenth District Agricultural College
Sunday.
BURWELL i^UITS
SENATORIAL RACE
Will Not Be Party To Creating
Split Loyalty Vote, He Says.
Withdraws in Favor of W.
J. Harris.
Atlanta, May 9.—Declaring in ;
statement he gave to the papers to
night he would not be a party to cre
ating a split lcyalty vote in Georgia,
that it was evident from the Macon
Telegraph's exposure of the facts of*
the colloquy between the president
and William Schley Howard that the
administration was anxious end eager
that the issue be clearly drawn he
tween William J. Harris and Senator
Hardwick in the approaching senat'
race, W. H. Burwell, of Sparta, to
night withdrew his name front era
sideration as a candidate for the s?:t
ato seat. In d ing ^o he annotircml
he would actively: support W. J. Har
ris as the admmistralion candidate
and the man to beat Hardwick.
Mr. Burwell’s statement, following
a eonleronre with political friends and
supporters here today is as follows:
’’Since the publication of the report
from Washington to the effect that r.s
between lcyal democrats who might
desire to become candidates for the
office of United States senator, the
president would have no choice and
would refrain from ‘injecting himself
into the situation.’ I have been con
sidering entering the race, and have
been very deeply gratified by the as
surance of support I have had from
Dr. E. A. Tigner, chairman; Messrs.
G. C. McKinley, J. E. Kidd, H. S.
Jones and Dr. T. M. Hall.
Mr. Robinson, who is now niaaing a
tour of the Dixie Highway routes in
Georgia in raising Georgia's quota, ap
peared before the Baldwin counts
commissioners Tuesday afternoon and
gave an account o fthe progress which
has been made upon the construction
of the Dixie Highway. Secretary Rob
inson stated that by fall there w*’’
a hard surface all-the-year road all the
way from the Gre^t Lakes to .h-.j o.
gia lino at Chattanooga, and that tlv
roads in Georgia, in the winter, fui
nish the only obstacle to the com pic
tlou of a highway unsable for u'l pu"
poses, including commercial atwl i il
Itary traffic, every month in the| year;
Mr. Robinson left Tuesday afternoor
for Macon, tvhero he will be for tin-
next few days aiding In a campnlrn t<
raise that city’s quota of the Georgia
fund.
JUDG SPEER WILL
SPEAK HERE MAY 10
subscriptions amounted to $ 1 ,t> 1 ii.ttr
Siam these subscriptions were receiv
ed Mr. D. S. Sanford, who was appoint
ed to transmit funds to the general
headquarters, has secured from the
subscribers the sum of $1,570.20, a
shortage of the actual subscription of ?” rl Ht 0 0,11,1 1,lstr ‘ ct meeting at
■“-rta next week.
only $40.75,
Since the subscriptions were made
to thq/army Young Men's Christian
Association fund, Mr. Sanford bus da
voted no little effort in reminding the
subscribers of their obligations am’
though Itis time and work devoted tu
tlu* cause went .without compensation
no greater accomplishments could
have been expected under any condi
tions. Further, Mr. Sanford is Justly
credited^ with his untiring labors l:i
behalf cf the great organization, the
Me Ccet that there are tnen’and
boys, us well as women and girls in
this federation Is most pleasing. When
every individual works for the uplift
of his school and his community arid
his county, results are s :re to fellow.
The reports of the nine rural com
munity clubs have been tabulated and
attention is called to them here:
The salp of Liberty Bonds amount
ed to $23,135; the sale of War Saving
stamps amounted to $1,745; the sale
of Thrift Stamps amounted to $284.50.
Army Young Men’s Christian Assoula- »i m , , ...
v Alnwst every community club boasts
tion and it Is generally conceded that
his efforts and actual accomplishments
are worthy of the highest pruise.
The general report Just made pub
lic by Mr. Sanford Is as follows:
Report of D. S. Sanford appointed to
receive and transmit the funds sub
scribed to the Army Y. M. C. K. to tho
General Headquarters.
The Mm of $1610.95 was subscribed
by our cltisens to this funds as fol
lows:
bubscrlbed from the City
| (White! 38,f3
j Subscribed from the City
1 (Colored) (i».7'‘
■ Subscribed from State Sani-
.. I tarium 197.51
Widely Known Georgia Jurist Subscribed from County-.L.- 10 00
To Come To Milledgevilie
To Deliver Address In Be-
Haif Red Cross Campaign.
1610.9!
Paid by the Colored people
0 I
Judge Emory Speer, United States
court judge for the Southern dbtrii.
of Georgia, has accepted an invitation
extended ha biy tho Baldwin county
Chapter American Red Cross to come
to Milledgeville to deliver an addres-
here on the afternoon of May 19th,
Sunday.
The address to be delivered lieu
by Judge Speer will be made in behalf
of the national campaign for Red
Cross funds, which begins Monda)
morning, May 20th, all over the enti;.
Unted States.
The campaign to be waged is Bald
win county for the raising of funds for
the Red Cross will be commenced in
a systematic manner on the fitst day
of the campaign period and ev rv per
son in Milledgevlllo and this ount.v
will be called upon to make a contri
bution in behalf of the cause. A gen
eral committee and s’ub-coninlttce.
will be called upon to push trie move
rnent in raising Baldwin's quota of th
Paid by State Sanitarium
Paid by County
Paid by City
G9
197.50
10.0'
1293.29
1570.2T
every section of the state. Develop- hundred million dollars to be raised ir
ments, in the meantime, as brought United States.
to light by the special correspondence The principal object in Inviting
of The Macon Telegraph from Wash- Judge Speer tQ make an u ,idress her.
ington las week, leave no douln in WRg , hat of aro uslng Interest in thf
Granite Hill, was preached Su:iu..> •..>
Rev. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of tho
Milledgeville aBptist Church.
Tho sermon of Mr. Wilkinson was
delivered at 11 o’clock Sunday m rn-
Americans are assigned already have ing and the local pastor returned to
Milledgeville and filled his regular an-
•Its artillery necessary and the fa't
that American infantry is added to
Hiem does not mean a proportionate
increase in guns.
First Official Utterance.
Today’s statement regarding the
movement to France Is the first official
The commencement se-nen at tt
fenth District Agricultural College, at n,v mind b,lt that Mr ’ VVllson earne8t ' t Rd Cross fund drive which commonc are getting them
ly desires the flection of Mr. M l eg , he next day following his speech
Harris, and without reservaiion 1: In
dorsing him to the I'jral democrats
of Georgia. Knowing this to be true,
I would not, for the gratification ot
my personal ambition become a party
to any division of the loyal deT'orat-
ic vote under the t:n stial conditions
now confronting the party in Georgia.
Feeling it is the highest patriotic du-
Unpaid by City 40.75
The sqm of $1570.20. less $10.00
paid for use of Opera House, liaf mm
transmitted to the General Headq.ic.: -
ters, and for which sum I ho.d re
celpts. —
We would like to make Mllledgcvllic
a 100 per cent city and if thoso v. ho
did not subscribe to this fund, and
these who xlid not pay their s.ibso-ip-
(ions will subscribe now and pay their
subscriptions and make up this $4u.
75, It would ho appreciated b> r '.hi
committee and by General Headquar
ters. *
The Army: Y M. C. A. Is doing a
great work, and is best evidenced by
the Soldiers of tho Army, who testify
as to its wortli and work.
The General Headquarters aro in
need of money and men to carry cn
this work.
They are calling for 2000 m“n n
month to enlist in the Army Y. M. C.
A. for the- duration of the War and
of Red Cross workers and a Junior
Red Cross auxiliary and to date they
have reported 789 pieces for the Red
Cross, counting Belg an baby layettes
and patch work quilts each as one
pjece.
Ev%ry community haB raised funds
for the Improvement of Its echo !
house and school grounds. Encyclo
pedias, volley balls, ptetdres, water
coolers, flag poles, flowers, gardens
and gallons of paint and oil figure in
the reperts and one small club sent
$11.30 for American and Syrian relic’.
Almost every club formed has ex
pressed its thanks for help rendered
!• M ky our wonderful teachers from
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
c ...l. s Cleaton, Miss Weller,
Miss Able and the domestic science
teachers have -accepted invitations
f r nm these clubs and have been .i
source of helpfulness and insplj-atl n.
While rejoicing over such a report
as this, let us not stop.
Let us have a community club
around every school house In Bald
win county. Let us make our coun’y
the best county in our great state.
JUDGE HINES DELIVERS
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
Speech of Prominent Milledgeville At
torney A Feature Of The Closing
Exercises Granite Hill School Tues
day.
pointa.ent here at the Sunday evening
services.
_ ^ Let Milledgeville do its part, and
Judge Speer is a man possessing above alf, when we make a subserip-
unusual oratorical ubility and due to tion to this fund, or any other, pay
the fact everyone will be asked to help It, and make ’Milledgeville a 100 pe:
in raising funds for the Red Cross, an cent city.
urgent request is being made to have j suggest, in the future, the ntt-n
a filled house to hear the distinguish- and amounts it all subscribers to
ed jurist. funds' for public Charities, or War
The Tenth District Agricultural col
lege, located ut Granite Hill, has com
pleted its term, the commencement ex
ercises of the institution having closed
Tuesday of this week.
The commencement at -the agricul
tural c: liege this year was well at
tended. especially on tho day- of the
graduating exercises, many ’parents
and friends of the graduating class
coming from vurlotiH points of tho
Tenth congressional district to wit
ness the occasion.
An important Hnd interesting fea
ture cf \he closing of the school this
year was the literary address deliver
ed Tuesday morning by Judge Edward
R. Hines, of Milledgeville. During
the courst of his address Judge Hines
stressed the Importance of a greater
agricultural production und u more
practical method ol farming, such as is
being taught by tho Granite Hill col
lege. ,
The commencement concluded T.:cs-
The address of Judge Speer will be Work be published, and that a final afternoon and the students at-
ed and eased the shipping and embark
ation situations.
The effect of Mr. Baker’s nnnounee-
"tterance made during the war indl- ment | U Germany and Austria, if it is
<aUng even Indirectly the number of allowed to reach those countries, will
>“«n abroad. The first force to go be watched with interest. There is
over was never described except as a little doubt that the German general
"‘vision, although as a matter of fact staff has known that some hundreds
“ vnts constituted in two divisions, of thousands of men have been sent
*°on after its arrival on the other side, aertss by the United States, but the
The fact that more than 500,000 have sl»e of the force has been carefully |
j delivered at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, report be made and published, and let
ty of the citizens of this state to de- . ^ (he people know who are supporting
feat for re-election our preseni junior ^y A yTED—Bring your fre:ih eggs to these great Charities.. March 3. 1918
Respectfully Submitted
D. S. SANFORD.
Appointed to receive and transmit
tending the college left for their hemes
representing every county in the dis
trict.
senator, I will, with every effort and
Influence at my command in deference
to the wishes of the president, sup
port the candidacy of the Hon. W. J.
Harris, the undoubted choice of Mr.
Wilson.”
FOR SALE—Several nice reg-
istered bulls.. Phone 101
none this year also shows the accler- kept from the rank and file of the Qr j fig Oconee Live Stock
a '«d ra,te at which the men have been German arm), as well as from the clv-j
Moving forward aince (he winter pass- IHm» population. i® j
t
AV. H. Montgomery for j) eBt prices
WANTED—Wo are in the market for
. . ... . . „ funds of Army A. M. C. A. at Milledgi
your beef cattle and h.gs. Highest
... rllle, Ga.
market prices paid. W. H. Montgom-1
ery's Market.
WANTED—We are in the market for
your beef cattle and hoga. Highest
market prices paid. W. H. Montgom
erys Markif*. *
FOR SALE—I HAVE 100 TONS OF
It PER CENT ACID WHICH I WILL
SELL CLOSE FOR CASH.
J. H. ENNIS.
OLD FALSE TEETH WANTS?)
DON’T MATTER IF BROKEN
We pay up to 15 dollars per set Also
cash for Old Gold, Silver and broken
Jewelry. Check tent by return mall.
FOR SALE—Several good
Grade calves. Phone 101
ICO f\ I C»__L Goods held 10 dsys for sender's tp-,
or loo. Uconee Live OtOCK proval of our offer. Mazer’s Tooth
and Dairy Farm.
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