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Official Organ
Baldwin
County
the milledgeville news
Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
VOLUME SEVENTEEN
miiMBER THIRTY
Established October 12, 1901.
First Day Carries Baldwin Over
The Top In Big Red Cross Drive
MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning, May 22, I9I8..
$1.50 a Year
$4,500 Subscribed At Big
Rally Held Sunday After
noon—Judge Emory Speer
Speaker At Meeting.
$5750 BEENSECURED ' ”
' ' FOR ORGANIZATION
Subscriptions Almost- Doubl
ing Quota Had Been Receiv
ed By End of Day Monday,
First Day of Campaign.
A* an evidence cf the fact that the
hand of mercy is extended freely and
willingly by the people of Baldwin
county and that patriotism reigns su
preme in these parts, it would have
teen only necessary for one to have
spent Sunday and Monday in this city
and the several communities in this
county.
fii the second big drive to raise
funds for the American Ited Cross.
Baldwin county has already subscribed
to nr re than double her quota and
before the end of thid week the total
figures are expected to reach un even
higher mark than those already re
ported.
The principal move in securing the
iunds for the great relief organization
was made Sunday afternoon when a
mass meeting was held at the Metho
dist church in this city in behalf of
the measure. At this meeting Judge
Emory Speer was present as the main
speaker of the occasion. The noted
Jurist spoke in strong terms of the
great work of the American Red Cross
and his address was commented upon
u being a master oration.
lu conclusion of the address of Judge
Speer Prof. Kyle T. Alfrlend, presid
ing over the meeting, called upon the
audience, composed of more than a
thousand people, foT subscriptions to
|go to the benefit of the Red Cross with
in thirty minutes pledge cards had
been signed for over fifty per cent.
|more than the amount called for in
imaklng up Baldwin county’s quota! In
ithe drive for $100,000,000 to make up
the amount asked for by the great hu-
|nan1tarian organization. The total
mraised at this meeting amounted
14,448.35, while the county had been
iked to appropriate only $3,000.
Chairman A. J. Carr, of the local
chapter Red Cross, Monday appointed
leveral committees to immediately can
Milledgeville for the purpose of
mher swelling the funds of the or-
mlzation and before the end of the
i) additional subscriptions amount-
to $l,,4u9.75 had been secured,
isse committees and the amounts
'tallied by each were as follows:
I Mrs. J. L. Beeson Committee, $281;
• and Alfriend Committee, $372;
" Hutchinson Committee, $166;
rs ' E- R. Hines Committee, $137; M.
Bel1 Committee, $149; Mrs. M. S.
111 Committee, $97.75; Mrs. A. C. Me*
| nley Committee, $85.70.
Including the subscriptions secured
,he ni8ss meeting held Sunday at-
p 0 "" and the amounts reported by
'arums committees at work Mon-
'I' 1 total turned over to the troae-
■ Mr. 1). s. Sanford, Monday even-
aggregated $5,758.10. These sub
P i " ns . however, did not include
amounts secured by the commit-
at »ork in four of the county pre-
: :,s,h district, 319th district,
1 district and the 321st district.
11 * ,er in eluding the State Sani-
1 Als o, it might be stated that
Portlun of thp subscriptions of
ton* were included in
U1 sum reported. This latter
'•'hes in (| le Union p 0 | n t corn-
le p'Q lich is exceptionally active
r e po Cr ° SS drlv * for funds ' hnv-
i,.. n , e<l * 12i> at the meeting here
“hernoon.
J*J* r to obtain the names of
i and 8 " lblng ln ,he county pre
hair 10 t0la * alnoun ts secured,
W U, ni ® n of eac h of these commit-
ren ° expected to make their
J°. n ( 8 *o Treasurer D. S. San-
L n 6 fr ,Ban Saturday evening.
, h „ of those having subscrib-
lots ted f r0 ® 8 ,Und and tl,e
Ktvtn by each will be found
e follo " inK list only includ-
, names and subscriptions
«n , urned Into the treasur-r
i r , , en ' * 10 °: H. Andrews,
ll, ' T ' A1, en, Woman's Club.
>10 x? Rle AUen ’ * 10 > John 8 -
torVhM? Am ° M ’ ,10: John T
|; . '‘hildren. $60; Mrs.’ C M.
i. *’* , 1 Athnn tiAt /-i * j
V
at Athon, $10; c. M. Ad-
ra K. T. Alfriend, ff>; K
• *16; Malcolm C. Alfriend,
,i. A, * end - Jr.. f|; Mnr>’ Al-
* 1 atherine AlfHend. $1;
J. P. Blackwell, $1; c. H. Bonner,
$100; R. T. Baisden, $25; J. p. jipp
$25; E. E. Bass, $125; I)r. and Mrs.
Beeson, $25; Dolly Bayne, $3; Janie
Binford, $20; Miss Cora M. Beck, $20;
August Bay man, $25; Miller R. Bell,
$5; Frank Bell, $5; Olive Bell $10;
Mrs. M. S. Bell, $10; M. S. Bell’, $25;
D. W. Brannen, $20; Mrs. D. W.
Brown, $15; Ruth Bayne, $1; Mrs. J.
M. Bayne, $1; Martha Bayns, $;;
Catherine Bteson, $l; c. E. Bonner,
$10; J. M. Bayne, $10; J. M. Burae,
$25; Rebecca Benford, $5; Lucilo Ben
ford, $5; Lucy Brown, $5; R. H. Chand
ler, $20; A. J. Carr, Jr. $5; Mrs. E It.
Cook, $8; Cox School, Washington
county, $2.10; Mrs. P. M. Caraker, $1;
T. H. Caraker, $10; Mrs. T. H. Clark,
$10; W. F. Croley, $25; Miss C. B
Carrington, $5; Miss Lois Crawford.
$5; Otto M. Conn, $25; J C. Cooper
$25; Guy D. Compton, $25; T. I'
Clark, $25; John Conn, $25; T. C
( arr, $25; C. J. Carr, $25; Louise are
Francina Cook, $5; A. J. Carr, Sr
$100; D. A. R„ $20; J. T. Day, $5,
Mrs. J. T. Day, $5; C. C. Dooly, $20;
Inez Ellison, $20; .Miss O’nora Ennis,
$10; W. R. Ennis, $25; Warren Ed-
j wards, $25; Exchange Bank, $5o; Flor-
rie Ellison, $5; Mabel Evans, $10; P.
| J. Fiemisttr, $25; First National ultiik
$50; Mrs. F. Finney, $5; A. L. Gaith
er, $5; Mr. and Mrs. Good, $10; W. T.
Garrard, $50; Glee Club O. N. fc 1, c„
25; John W. Hutchinson, $50; E. R.
Hines and family, $25; Mrs. I. M. Hoi
ton; Mrs. H. M. Hurt; Airs. C. C.
Hurt; C. C. Hurt, $1; C. T. Harper, $1;
Mrs. John W. Hutchinson, $10; Mrs.
L. C. Hall, $10; L. C. Hall, $26; Mrs.
J. A. Horne, $26; J. D. Howard, |Z5;
O. R. Harper, $25; J. M. Harris, $25;
Mrs. T. H. Hall for Woman's Club, $5;
Clara W. Hasslock, $25; Mrs. E. R.
Hines, $25; Wm. L. Harrison, $10;
Carlyle Ingram, $5; Dr. L. M. Jones,
$100; Elizabeth Jones, $1; Mrs. L. M
Jones, Sr., $10; A. Y. Jordan $10; T.
8. Jeanea, $50; Mrs. A. Joseph, $25;
Mrs. L. M. Jones, Jr., $5; L. M. Jor
dan, $50; Katie Jordan, $6; Robert
Kenan, $10; Dr. T. M. Hall, $23; C. T.
Caraker, >25; M. H. Bland, $25; Leo
Joseph, $60; Samuel Evans, Jr., $2".;
E. E. Bell, $50; Culver and Kidd, $50;
Dr. G. L. Chapman, $5; J. C. Ingram,
$10; H. Goodman, $10; R. E. Dong,
$10; W. F. Little, $25; Albert Lugand,
$5; Mrs. J. F. Lingo, $5; Dr. G. A|
Lawrence, $25; Chas. Love, $1; J. W.
McMillan, $100; Montgomery McAfee,
$5; Misses N. and M Moore, $5; Mrs.
T. K. Myrlck, $10 R. B. Moore, $10;
'ir. n nd Mrs. W. H. Minor, $10; Jos.
A. Moore, $25; Cater Myrlck, $5; C.
L. .Moran, $5; Mrs. W. R. Moore, $5;
Miss McKinzie, $50; G. C. McKinley,
$25; Mrs. W. S. .Myrlck, $25; W. A.
Massey, $25; M. and F. Bank, $50; J.
F. Miller, $50; Mrs. H. E. McAullffe,
$10; H. E. McAuliffe, $15; Mrs. J. H.
Malone, $10; Walter Minor, Jr„ $1;
W. S. Myrlck, Jr„ $5; W. S. Myrlck,
$100; T. L. MeComb, $100; .Miss M. S.
Mathews, $15; A. C. Mcj^inley, $25;
J. H. Marshburn, $25; Miss E. L. Mur
phy, $16; Miss Alice Napier, $25; M.
M. Parks, $25; A. R. Phillips. $25;
oJs. E. Pottle, $25; Warren Patterson,
$1; Mrs. F. A. Powell, $15; W. L.
Ritchie, $25; Mrs. I.. P. Richard, $10;
Airs. G. G. Reid, $10, W. H. Rives, $25;
W. E, Robinson, $25; G. G. Reid chil
dren, $5; Felton Rice, $5; 'Mrs. T. A.
Reese, $5; J. W. Scott, $25; Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Smith, $15; Olivia Smen-
ner, 10; Miss Ruth Stone, $10; Mrs.
J. L. Sibley, $10; Mrs. Roger Swint,
$10; Mrs. D. S. Sanford, $10; Irwin
Sibley, $50; Miss Blrtie Stembridge,
$5; Miss Agnes Stembridge, $5; W. H.
Stembridge, $10; W. D. Stembridge,
$5; Mrs. W. D. Stembridge, $5; J. Fj
Stembridge, $25; George and Sara
Stembridge, $5; D. B. Sanford, $5;
Marah Sanford, $5; D. S. Sanford, $50;
Mtb. C. W. Spear, $3; Jessie Scott, Jr„
$5; R. C. Swint, $25; Rrs. R. G. Stone,
$25; Eugene Sibley, $1; S. W. Thorn
ton, $25; T. Treanor, $25; Miss Mar
tha G. Thomas, $25; Mrs. L. H. Thom-
1, $5; Virginia Tunnell. $25; Mrs. E.
A. Tigner, $10; E. A. Tlgner, $20;
Union Point Community Club, $125;
Geo. W. Underwood, $25; Mrs. S. J.
Vaughan, $5; E. S. Vinson, $50;‘Miss
K. Wilkinson. $25; J. D. Willis, $8; A.
J. Wall, $16; Mrs. C. H. Whitfield, $10;
Mrs. Julia P. West. $15; R. H. Woot-
ten, $10; Mrs. R. H. Wootten, $10; R.
L. Wall, $25; Mrs. Dixon Williams,
>25; Janice Ward. $6; W. A. Walker.
>25; J. C. Whitaker, $25; Maud Wil
liamson. >15; Mrs. J. B. Williams, >20;
W. L. Zachery. >65 Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Norment, >20; John A. Sibley, $25; R.
C. Robinson, >25; Miss Lizzie Robison.
>25; C. W. Robison, >25; Dr. L. W.
Lee. >10; Chas. H. Whitfield. >25;
Planiagenet Commandery, |2>>-
G. N. AND I. SENIORS
ENJOY CAMP VISIT
’Young Ladies Given Trip To
Camp Wheeler By Citizens
of Milledgeville And Sur
rounding Section.
One of the most enjoyable and en
tertaining trips »^er given a Senior
class of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College was that given to the
class of this year when they were mo-
iored t„ Macon aSturday to visit the
different departments of Camp Wheel
er.
The automobile transportation for
the more than two hundred and twen
ty young ladies was furnished by the
citizens of Milledgeville, Baldwin coun
ty and other adjoining sections. The
line of cars were something more than
sixty in number and including the
members of the faculty, students and
mends cf the young ladies, probably
hree hundred people made the trip.
The party left Milledgeville about
’ o clock in the morning and arrived
t Camp Wheeler at 11 o’clock, fe-
.■mining until 4 o’clock in the after
noon. During their stay at the camp,
the young ladies and other members
of the party were the guests of the
118th Field Artillery.
At noon the camp visitors from Mill-
edgeville were entertained at a de-
lightlul luncheon prepared by their
hosts and the soldier boys were given
credit for being ideal entertainers and
providers.
Following the luncheon ;he college
girls and their friends were escorted
over the entire military camp by th9
soldiers. They visited every depart
ment of the army Young Men’s Chris
tian Association, hospital and other
places of special Interest and not a
minute was lost so far as actual en
tertainment was concerned.
From the time the Signified Seniors
reached the army camp, they were the
center of attracUon wherever they
could be seen and It la stated that they
were seldom out of sight of even a'few
of the thousands of soldiers.
About four o’clock la the afternoon
the young ladles and their chaperones
prepared for their return to Mllledge-
vllle and as they departed they ex
pressed themselves as having spent
one of the most enjoyable days of their
lives. Likewise, the young men sol
diers spoke emphatically that the vis
it of the college girls meant more to
them than they could find words with
sRfT.l?-( xz fiflffffl Nd-.BtofiYOeor
which to apply to the occasion.
COMMENCEMENT AT
G.M.C. BEGINS TODAY
College Season Closed Friday
And Junior Prom Will Mar k
Beginning Of Commence
ment This Evening.
Tho Georgia Military College ended
the most successful term in the his
tory of the institution Rriday evening
and tonight the annual commencement
of the scliol will be commenced by the
Junior prom, which will bo held on
the . ollege campus.
Since Friday afternoon, at which
time the college classes were dismiss
ed, tlie members of the faculty have
been engaged in making examinations
I preparatory to holding the graduation
j exercises. The graduation ciuss this
, year is the largest ever turned out by
! the college, there being seventy stu-
: dents to receive their diplomas.
On of the main features of the com
mencement program is the bacala re-
i ate sermon which will be preached on
I next Sunday by tUshop Warren A
Candler, one of the most noted pulpit
I orators in the South. The coming o:
Bishop Candler to preach at the col
lege will mean no less than a packed
audience. His sermon will be deliv-
j ered at 11 o'clock in the college chap
el.
While the complete program to be
curried out during the commencement
was published in The News, of last
week, tho Biime is repeated below for
additional reference:
Wednesday, May 22, 8 P. M.—Junior
Prom.
Thursday, May 28, 3 P. M.—Band
Concert.
Friday, May 24, 4 P. M.—Recital,
Music eDpartment.
Sunday, May 26. 11 A. M.—Sermon
by Bishop W. A. Candler.
Monday, May 27, 10:30 A. M.—The
Speakers Contest for Medals.
Monday, May 27, 4:30 P. M.—Battal
ion Exhibition Drill.
Monday, May 27, 8:30 P. M.—Senior.
Pray, Grand Theater.
Tuesday, May 28, 10:30 A. M.—
Graduating Exercises. Oddress by Dr.
8. V. Sanford, Athene.
Tuesday, May 28. 4:30 P. M.—Com
petitive Drills, four company drills,
four squad drills; contest ln man 'al
of arms for gold medal.
G.M.C. SENIOR PLAY
ON MONO^ NIGHT
“A Pair o l
°f
ONE BILLION FOR
R’Y IMPROVEMENT
BAPTISTS TO MEET
NEXT IN ATLANTA
Hot Springs, Ark., May 19. — The
next convention of the Southern Bap
tist Church will be held in Atlanta, Ga.
beginning Wednesday after the second
Sunday in May 1919, according to a
report of the committee on time and
place made public here today. •
The committee selected Dr. M. E.
Dodd, of Shreveport, La., to preach
tho annual sermon with Dr. B. C.
Henning, of Elizabeth City, N. C., as
‘he alternate. El Paso was the onlv
other competitor for the next meeting
place.
Many of the visiting clergymen to
day filled the pulpits of the local
churches.
HONOR ITALY’S ENTRY
INTO WAR NEXT FRIDAY
Italian Flags To Be Displayed And
Flowers Will Be Worn In Honoring
Her Anniversary Az An Allied Na
tion.
In Milledgeville and Baldwin county
as in other sections of the United
States, Italian flags will be displayed
and flowers will be worn by citizens
in honoring the European nation on
the anniversary of her entry into the
present great war as a member of
the allied nations.
Everv man, woman nnd child will
be expected to go to their places i f
business Friday morning with some
kind of flower pinned to their cloth
ing for the purpose of paying respects
to this nation huving joined arms
with us for the purpose of upholding
the freedom of the world.
Mn —
FOR SALE — Brabham peas in fine
condition for seed, $3.50 per bushel.
(Signedl I,. M. JONF2S, Superintend
ent. Milledgeville. Ga.
RED CROSS
WORK DAY
MAY 20-27,1918
Woa’t you five one day’s Pay during the week of
May 20-27 to the second War Fund of the American
Red Cross, to help care for our sick, wounded and dy
ing boys “Over There,” who are giving their all, every
day, for us?
We neew One Hundred Million Dollars for this fund.
Every cent contributed will go t> the aid of our Sold
iers, Sailors and Marines, and our allies’ Soldiers and
their dependent families.
Everyone must help—Won t you sign the petition,
when passed in your office, to give one day’s pay to this
great work?
If you are 100 per cent, patriotic you will—and you are
“A Net of Mercy—In a Sea of Misery
ONE DAY’S PAY
To Help It On Its Way.”
:s” Is The Title
To Be Staged
^C> students of Local Mili
tary College.
The senior play to be staged by the
members of the senior class of tho
eOorgia Military College and entitled
“A pair of Sixes” will be seen her>
Monday night, May 27th, tho rehears
ing for the entertainment having been
under way for more than 10 days, al
ready.
The attraction has proven quito
popular wherever it has been shown
and most places tlie audiences seeing
the play have filled the houses, which
fact indicates a large attendance for
tlie show Monday night. The stor
of “A Pair of Sixes" deals with the
personal troubles .of two business
partners who are unable to agreo ir.
the handling of the affairs of the par
ticuiar business, each one thinking
his individual ideas are unexcelled.
After three years of disagreeableness
they reach a decision to dissolve part
nershlp and after calling in a lawyer
the latter finds that neither of hi;
clients will listen to his sugges: Ions.
Finally the lawyer gets the consent
of the two partners to play one hand
of a show-down in a poker game and
the loser in said game agrees to be
come the servant cf the other for a
period of one year. This Is a part of
the acts to be shown ln the Georgin
Military College Senior play.
The cast of characters, in the order
of their appearance, are as follows:
Krone, their bookkeeper, Cadet Tur
ner.
Miss Parker, their stenographer,
Miss Nannie Claire Lingo.
Office boy, Cadet Lowe.
Mrs George B. Nettleton, Miss Olive
Amoss.
T. Boggs Johns, Cadet Milton; Geo.
B. Nettleton, Major L. M. Moore, bus
iness managers.
Toney Toler, their salesman, Cadet
Easterling.
Miss Flomntce Cole, Miss Henrietta
Moran.
Mr. Applegate, a business man, Ca
det Brannen.
Coddles, an English maid of all
work, Miss Lucy Bland.
To Spend As Much This Year
As In The Las: Three Years
In Order To Put All Lines In
First Class Condition.
MR. D. S. SANFORD WILL
NOT BE A CANDIDATE
The following statement is issued
by Mr. D. S. Sanford relative to his
stand In refusing to become a candi
date for the Legislature from Bald
win county:
To The Citizens of Baldwin County:
I wish to thank the several friends
who have solicited me to run for the
Legislature from this county and who
have speken and written so nicely of
me. I appreciate the kind words and
the interest on the part of these
friends, and 1 regret that I cannot
comply with their wishes.
At this time I have no ambition to
go to the Legislature if it were pos-
sible”for me to be elected, and feeling
that way I could not do myself or my
family Justice.
Up to this time I have seen no an-
nci ncemenl for either branch of the
Legislature from this county, (It be
ing Baldwin county’s time to nomi
nate the Senutori and for one time in
the history of our county, let the of
fice seek tho man and not the man
the office. Let the people select the
man or men they want for these of
fices, and select the man who repre
sents your views on the public issues
of the day, and who Is allied with the
belter thought of our day and time.
I do not believe that there is a man
in our county in this day of great sac
rifice. who would refuse to serve in
any capacity, if the majority of peo
ple Would rise and request him or
elect him.
Kyle T. Alfriend has every qualifi
cation for a seat in the house of Rep-
rsseutatives, and would make an ideal
Representative, and one whom wo
would rightly be proud of. He should
be elected unanimously without oppo
sition and as one citizen of cur coun
ty who would like to see his type in
the Legislature, intend to support him
and ask all other citizens to rally to
his support, and discourage opposition.
Respectfully submitted,
D. S. SANFORD.
Washington, May 19.—Railroads un
der government operation this year
will spend nearly a billion dollars for
additions, betterments and equipment,
or approximately three times as much
as iu any one of the last three years.
Total capital expenditures appro
priated by the railroad administration
as announced today are 937,961,318,
of this big sum $446,771,000 will bo
spent for additions and betterments,
such as stations and other property
improvements, $479,686,000 for ship
ment-cars and locomotives already
ordirsd through the railroad adminis
tration; and $18,203,000 for track ex
tensions.
The figures disclose Diretcor Gen
eral McAdoo’s determination to let the
railroads make nny improvements
' which they had neglected during the
last three years through permitting
tracks to run down and postpone all
, p.ssinle projects requiring tho big is-
c-Hi.al. It D shown also t!)at
the ra. :nad administration Is not en
couraging mvcii extensions of lines
during the war emergency railroads
asked this year much more than was
actually approved, and the railroad ad
ministration eliminated >349,000,00%
or nearly one-fourth of the propcsals.
In paring down the budgets to thlB ex
tent, the administration made it plain
that most of Its decisions may be re
considered later in the light of any
growing necessity or lack or need of
betterments.
In general the eastern trunk lines
given were generous sums for Im
provements and equipment to enable
them to better handle the great flood
of traffic to the Atlantic seaboard tor
movement to Europe. In many cases,
however, the budgets were out sharp
ly.
Government to Supply Fart Capital.
start of the capital will be supplied
by tlie gorernment {tom the >5,©^-
000,000 revolving fund of the railroad
administration, although advances will
repaid eventually by the Individual
roads wherever posstble, railroads'
will finance their own enterprises
without government aid.
Examination of the roads budgets
has been directed by Robert S. Lovett,
chief of the railroad administration’s
division of capital expenditures, and
John Skelton Williams. In disapprov
ing certain items, Director Generaf
McAdoo adopts the same policy for'
railroad*, which, as secretary of the'
treasury, he asks other business inter
ests to adopt us a war meastirA
Not only does tho railroad admlnis-
tra'ion exercise a restraining power
over railroads’ expansion cf capital
projects, but It also has authority to
compel railroad to make certain ex
tension which upp«ar necessary.
LOST OR STRAYED—One black male
mule, 4 years old with bushy '"tale, and
oqp dark brown mare mule, 7 years
old. Partlea holding theae mules please
notify Carlos A. Roberson, R. F. D. No.
3. Milledgeville, Ga.
THANKS CITIZENS FOR
TRIP TO CAMP WHEELER
President M. M. Parks and Members
of G. N. & I. College Senior Class
Ask The News To Convey Their
Deep Appreciation.
To the good people of Milledgeville,
Baldwin county and surrounding com
munities who so generously furnish
ed their automobiles to enable the
college faculty «nd members of the
Senior Class of the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College to visit Camp
Wheeler, President M. M. Parks and
the young lady students have asked
The News to convey their deep ap
preciation for the very kind Nvors.
Offers were made by car owners ln
the various communities surrounding
Milledgeville to convey the college
girls to the military camp in accept
ance of an Invitation issued the young
ladles by the young men soldiers of
the one hundred and eighteenth field
artillery, which brings forth the fore
going expression from Dr. Parks and
the members of the senior class of
the college.
or
FOR SALE — Several good
Grade calves. Phone 101
168. Oconee Live Stock
and Dairy Farm.
im
FOR SALE—One good mule ln first
class condition for sale. See or
write C. H. Bonner, Milledgeville,
Ga.
WANTED—We are In the market for
your beet cattle and bogz. Highest
market prices paid. W. H. Montgom
ery’s Market
