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MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA
THE MILLEDGEVII.EE NEWS. —
WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 22,
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J. C. McAULIFFE, President.
H. E. McAULIFFE, Secretary and Manager
AWAKENING TO THE NEED OF THE COUNTRY.
The splendid showing already made by Baldwin county
in the matter of raising funds for the American Red Cross
is demonstrative of the fact that a new phase of the war
situation is being taken by our own people right here at
home. We are beginning to realize just what is confront
ing us and if only the same viewpoint is taken throughout
the country as is evidenced by the people of Milledgeville
and Baldwin county, we can look for that much eari’.erl
closing of the great conflict in which we are now engaged.
And while we have not as yet reached the stage of par
ticular serious thought in connection with the deplorable
war we have been forced to enter, time is bringing us near
er to this very point. We are huving picturized to us the
.state of wounded men lying in military hospitals in a dis
tant land, and when one cf us grasps the true meaning of
such a condition being experienced by our own boys, a lur-
ther realization is evidenced over the country.
The cries of men in distress with no one to admir.fstei'
comfort and relieve pain is hard to hear when far away.
We take no pride in making this statement, but the facts
are there, nevertheless. The closer distress comes t3 our
doors, the more serious we become, which is but natural.
But, after all, why should we trifle in the least in per
forming a duty thrust upon us? Nothing short of the word
negligence w.'.uld answer this ques.ion, and when we be
come so careless as to neglect measures that tend to aid us
in carrying on this war to a success!ul end, we are in no
less degree tramping upon our own rights as free born
American citizens.
The p°ople of Baldwin county who have so liberally con
tributed to the cause of the sale of Liberty Bonds and the
American Red Cross have bestowed upon themselves an
honor that carries with it no insignificance. Not alone
have the successes of the undertakings occasioned com
mendations of great merit, but the spirit bringing about
the accomplishments has been worthy of no small amount
of consideration.
People of every walk of life in Baldwin county have been
instrumental in carrying oyer the top ur quota of funds
called for in the second drive to raise a hundred million
dollars lor the American Red Cross. This noble piece of
work, accomplished before the end of the first day of the
campaign, is demonstrative of cur possibilities and the sac
rifices made in order to bring about this accomplishment
is a matter of great credit in which we all should feel
proud.
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We have permission to eat mutton. But how are we go
ing to get the mutton unless we eat the dog that ate th$\
sheep?—Columbia Sentinel.
We were talking to a very modest and refined preacher
the other night and he was telling us about some of his
experiences with the fair sex since he began traveling four
years ago. He stated that he had changed a great deal
since he first started out. He said that the first year tr
two of his travels he would look every young lady he met
In the face, but that he didn't do this any more. We could
not refrain front asking him if the change of styles had any
thing to do with his change in observation. He very mod- work 0 f the Red Cross ever heard in
e3tly changed the subjpet, but Just ’ewixt us, we believe
they did.—'Lagrange Reporter.
MR. J. D. HOWARD MADE
RED CROSS ADDRhaS
He Is Heard Sunday By A Large Con
gregation at Baptlat Church In An
Appeal to Support Great Relief Or
ganization.
In the absence of Rev. J. C. Wil
kinson, who has been attending the
Southern Baptist Convention, in Hot
Springs, Ark., during the last 10 days,
Postmaster J. D. Howard delivered one
of the most stirring addresses on the
The women biffed the college of bishops when they ve
toed the resolution of the general conference giving them
laity rights, by having their friends to override it by a two-
thirds majority, and will have all the state conferences to
approve It by the necessary majorities. We have never
been able to understand why a woman shouldn’t have equal
rights and privileges with male members of the church, as
they have always been its mainstay.—Lawrenceville News-
Herald.
The fellow who is so persistent for his “rights’’ that he
will defy law should remember that without law he would
have no established rights.—Henry County Weekly.
When you are asked to contribute to the Red Cross, don’t
—for the love of your country, plead that you can’s do it
because you have bought Liberty Bonds. Buying bonds is
a matter of investment. Contributing to the Red Cross is
a blessed privilege.—Dalton Citizen.
LAUNCHING SHIPS AT
RATE OF ONE A DAY
DOLEFUL LETTERS CAUSE MANY DESERTIONS.
In an address at a luncheon In honor of Hon Josephus
Daniels, secretary of the United States Navy, given in At
lanta last Saturday, General Sage, commander of Camp
Gordon, stated that he had had occasion to review a large
number of army desertion cases in the recent past, and
that he had come to the conclusion that shout 90 per cent,
cf them were due to doleful letters written by mothers,
wives, sisters and sweethearts at home.
General Sage urgently requested that all present try In
■ery way they cot:ld to persuade the people “back home"
to write the boys who have gone to the army cheerful let
ters. They need letters of encouragement. A fighting
nan’s efficiency is greatly crippled when he receives a dole
ul letter from home. He can’t put his heart Into the fight
vlien he thinks that matters are not what they ought to
be with the home folks.—Telfair Enterprise.
The individual who hasn't sacrificed anything or given
r t'Mnp ip" ne venous war (lenind- and still centers a'
on -elfish pleasures, must feel mighty little and insignlfi
cant.—Jackson Progress-Argus.
Pocltry is the only class of domestic animal which is
suitable for converting the kitchen waste, fight where it is
produced, in the city, into wholesome and nutritious food
m the form of eggs and poultry meat.
The late Major Augustus P. Gardner, whose death at
Camp Whec-ler shocked his fellow Congressmen and the
nuu-n, used to go in for yachting.
A rich and snobbish Bostonian once came to pass the
week-end on Mr. Gardner's yacht. The yacht was modest,
and the rich man, looking at It, snifTed:
“.Mump,” he said, “I thought it was bigger than it is.’’
“No,” said Mr. Gardner, “It's no bigger than it is."
Recently an esteemed citizen dropped into a tonsorlal es
tablishment to have his alfalfa reaped, and being somewhat
weary he soon fell asleep. For seme minutes the barber
made valiant attempts to proceed, but finally he paused
and gently shook the man in the chair.
"Excuse me, sir," he said, “but would you mind coming
out of your trance for a little while? I find ii) iraposdiblo
to shave you while you are asleep.”
“Impcssible to shaft me while I am asleep!" responded
the customer, wond.eringly. "Why is it impossible?"
"Because,’’ explained the barber as softly as possible,
“when you fall into slumber your mouth opens so wide that
I cannot find your lace."
THE STEADY $UB$CRIBER.
How dear to my heart 1$ the Steady Subscriber,
Who payS in advance at the tirSt of each year;
AVho SendS in MS money, and doe$ it quite gladly,
And caSt$ round the office a halo cf cheer.
He never SayS "Stop it, 1 cannot afford it."
Nor "I'm getting more papers now than I read,"
But always SayS Send it, the family like$ it;
In fact we all find it the thing that we need."
How welcome hiS letter whene'er it coineS to uS.
How it makes our heart throb, how it makeS our eye$
dance.
We outwardly thank him, we inwardly bleSS him,
The Steady Subscriber who pa>$ in advance.
—Linotype Bulletiii
Nn reading the papers we become so much accustomed to
figuring in millions and billions of dollars that it almost re
onciles us tc paying thirty cents tor fifteen cent banan
ias.—Columbia Sentinel.
Don't 'm
Meantime, don't forget the backyard garden
igine for a moment that the urge is any less than ! I'
year. If anything, there is more vital necessity that t„jc'
ear every available foot of ground hi made to produce
Not only is there a scarcity, but transportaticn diffi
ood.
cultfes render this shortage more acute in that they make
t difficult to transport from one point to another in this
country. So that in TTie coming season, the community that
dees not raise its own food stuffs may face the impossibil-
ty of obtaining them, even though they have the money to
pay for them, from the simple reason that the railroads are
too over-burdened to haul them. If you raise your living
you will be sure of it. If von d no* v-«i -* least face the
possibility of a scarcity.—Columbia Sentinel.
Where Taxes Should Be Decreased
Where Increased.
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this city at 11 o’clock Sunday morning.
The congregation listening to Mr.
Howard's address filled the church
completely and each hearer was deeply
touched by the remarks of the speak
er. Included in the audience on the
occasion were two hundred or more
young ladies of the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College and a number
of the cadets of the Georgia Military
College, as well as a large representa
tion of the citizenship of Milledgeville
members of the Baptist church and
other visitors.
The Farmer’s
Share
Live stock is marketed from
farmer to consumer at a lower
cost than almost any other farm
product.
Washington, May 18.—Wooden ships
have been launched at the rate of
more than one a day for the past four
weeks. The shipping board announc
ed today that just seventeen wooden
craft aggregating 60,000 tons furden
had been added to the American mer
chant Mercantile in the first seven
teen days of this month.
The United States Department of
agriculture reported in 1916 that the
fanner gets for his cattle “approxi
mately two-thirds to throo-fourtl is” of
the final retail price paid by the con
sumer for the resulting beef.
Under normal conditions, the farmer’s
share of retail prices of various farm
products is approximately as follows:
Butter 71 per cent
CATTLE 66% to 75 per cent
Eggs
Potatoes
Poultry
Fruits
65 per cent
55 per cent
45 per cent
35 per cent
The difference between farmer’s price
and retail price represents the necessary
expenses of packing, freight and whole
sale and retail distribution.
During rfg period of ih* IFnr. we wifi not oell
American Midget Marvef Milli
jM/rp**' Jin toenpply the local needn of n commit-
uity, or our Government, with Jlo-ur and feed.
J^O YOUR BIT. Help the Gov-
eminent by saving the freight
on wheat and flour. Relieve the rail
roads of thin unnecessary congestion by
establishing In your community one of
these wonderful American Midget Mar
vel Roller Flour Mills.
And Make Money,Too
OUR FRIEDNS.
We call them Sammies.
The French people call them Nos Amis—pronounced no-
zamee.
When our soldiers began tc arrive in France, the French
people hearing the expression Sammies, at once decided
that we were trying to say Nos Amis, but rendered it Sant-
mie.
Nor, Nos Amis is French for OUR FRIENDS—and we
are beginning to learn that when the French people an
«»v n Aqpwr;is poe.
Of course, too, one hears everywhere the argument that
tax s are aireauy ,oo high and ought to be redrced
There Is no doubt about It. that taxes for certain puW
poses ought to be reduced, but in attempting the reductin
of taxes, let us be sure that we make our cuts in such (
way that the people will be better off and not worse 01
tor pur “economies." In affairs of government as well as
in private affairs we need to remember the wise words of
S lomon himself: "There is that scattereth yet increas-
eth; and there is that withholdeih more than is meet, bui
it tendeth to poverty.**
Let us illustrate A very thoughtful student of Na
tional affairs said to ub this week: "The curse of our
country is consumptive credit. I buy on credit a pair of
shoes or a suit of clothes or a sack cf Hour or an. expen
sive clock or i?tano or a pleasure car, and when I come to'
pa>. the thing I bought has earned nothing to repav the
debt. That, is consumptive credit—a sort we ought to dis-
rourage. On the ether hand, there’s a business man who
norrows to buy better equipment or enlarge his plant or
a farmer who buys an extra horse or a piece of labor-saving
machinery or improved seed or more livestock—and when
ho comes to sefling-time, the thing he bought has been
pr, ducing something to pay the debt. It has more than
earned the interest and has earned something for paying
off the principal. That is productive credit — a sort wc
ought to encourage. All over Europe merchants and bank
ers have learned to discourage consumptive credit and en
courage productive credit. The South must learn to do
the same thing.’
Now the same principle here illustrated holds good In
the matter of taation. What we mi st do is to reduee oon-
sumptive rather than productive taxation. And education
is a productive tax—the most productive of all taxes It
will so train and help our pec pie that they will he able to
expenriUure"brlngs! n0re * rom —sed ^.epey' the
On the other hand, it Is true that we have too many con
sumptive taxes. We have too many public officials and
public expenditures that virtually eat up tax monev with
out furnishing any adequate return. The very countv for
example, which we were trying to encourage to vote an Id
he n U ,aX ' ° nly tn have Politicians Shriek about
the need for economy and lower taxes—this verv coun-
t> only a few months ago dedicated a magnificent new
courthouse costing nearly a quarter of a million dolbtrs
The mere interest on this investment amounts to thousands
for hv'Ih” 6 year— a large fraction of the amount called
for by the proposed school tax. Yet not one of the present-
c. f iy adxoeafes of economy led a fight against the erection
of this courthouse. In our opinion, it is a poor advertise
ment for a county that It can afTord to build palaces to
sawrafflS'' i "‘
sumptive taxes—while we are willing to be taxed till R
helhh f ° r P ^ h ' iC . srho ° l8 ' ,he PPWif roads, and the public
health—productive taxes. Let’s keep in mind this co nd
principle of taxation: Discourage consumptive taxes
courage productive taxes.
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Our Service Depart
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Owensboro, Kjr. (216)
Swift & Company not only performs
the manufacturing operations of pre
paring cattle for market in its well-
equipped packing plants, but it pays the
freight on meat to all parts of the
United States, operates 500 branch
distributing houses, and in most cases
even delivers to the retail butcher. All
this is done at an expense of less than 2
cents per pound, and at a profit of only
about % of a cent per pound of beef.
Large volume of business and expert
management, make possible this indis
pensable service to the live-stock raiser
and to the consumer, and make possible
the larger proportion of retail prices
received by farmers.
Year Book of interesting and
instructive facts sent on request.
Address Swift ft Company,
Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois
Swift & Company, U.S. A.
7hey Always Look Right
nounce friendships such friendships are as lasting as the
Rook of Gibraltar. Their sincerity Is proved by the fart
that they are taking our hoys tntc Iheir HOMES—and the
PTench home circle is the most difficult of access In thi
world. You may do business with ». Frenchman nianv
years, yet never enter his home.
that the ^ ‘‘ 8, of the world shall finally call
k *L C f h 8 soldiers Nos Amis, it will, in all seriousness, he
nesl , thlnK8 ,hat l ’" n <*>nie out < f the war, and
^^^hing we can ti© most proud of
^^Buagine a nation whoso soldiers
■fs’n as OUR FRIENDS'
we live up to the mark No ■
—Exchange.
will be
universally
Vnis have set for us?
^ ou can count on FITF0RM clothes to keep the smart
look they have when new. That’s because they are
made only of the best materials, by the most skilled
workers, aiming always to maintain the standard
which has won for FITF0RM the recognition of good
dressers as the best young men’s clothes in America
today.
En-
Tho Irishman and the Scotsman arc usuallv verv good
chiuis out in the trenches, although tl.ev are mlfes anTn
in the matter of temperament. ap ‘ irt
I he Irishman is all for the present and let the future
fmnr Car Vf ,Re f- but the Scot8,na n is full of care for the
future and in every way cautious and canny
Here isi an example of their different temperaments-
I at and Sandy, reconnoitertn.' mi,..a ‘ u . .'
New Fa bricks, New Models
And prices that will please you by their reasonableness.
. . „ , - reconnolterlng round nn old farmhouse
found H wpr w-Hrv chicken. Fat was overjoyed He was
sick of bully and biscuits. was
Ktt ‘ d P>t *‘ Sl ’ re ' a
may’lay"an' egg" Sand-V ‘ “ Uet ' 8 “ till tomorrow. It'
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The W. S. Myrick Company
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