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1 FLOUR mill to
IE OPERATED HERE
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jtaiion In Two Weeks.
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next two weeks Mill-
[STtlle
ir mill.
fill have in operation a large
the capacity of the plant
hundred and fifty barrels
be one
The mill is now being com-
ted by the Mllledgeville Milljhg
„nany and "ill be the only plant
the kind in some thirty or forty
e6 of this city.
„ expert flour mill operator has
secured to operate the new plant
here and as soon as
dill is put in operation the farm-
section will be notified of
rtingements having been made
g their wheat into uour.
new flour mill Is of the most
u type and every efTort Is now
made to rush its completion ill
to encourage wheat growers to
* for a larger wheat crop duc
tile next season. It lias been dera
ted that the growing of wheat in
South is very important, during
period cf the war especially, aim
ae to this end, partially that
pled the management of the Mill'
grille Milling Company to erect
new plant.
e hour mill is being erected near
tracks of the Georgia Railroad,
orth Wayne street, in the same
Ang with the grist mill of the
dgeville Milling Company. The
plant will be operated by Mr. I. R.
verton. who has had many years
irience In the business,
e machinery installed in the plant
man.factured by cne of the lead-
dour mill manufacturers in the
xy and will be suited to turn out
lost satisfactory product obtain-
rWILLIAMSDiEb
V!NG AID TO OTHERS
Clark Howell, Jr., of Atlanta,
Attended Funeral in France,
cf Former Miiledgeville
Death.
Clark Howell, Jr., Company
Infantry, now in France, re
wrote a lett- r to friends
in which lie told in graphic
ge how Capt. Jewett Williams,
use regiment, and son of the
11 ward Williams, of Macon.
li'C ir. the trenches. The fol-
an excerpt from his letter:
beare yesterday I attended
"wal of Captain Jewett Will
a city about 25 miles from
ot hne. As you no doubt know
k:h«l while on an observation
the trenches. About 2 o'clock
morning he was in ‘.No Man’s
* i ' 1 ' a wiring parly, his
a sergeant repairing d
siring when a German liar
The entire parly froze.
u Be cuiul bare was urea
a rain of machine gun
1:0 ut 'vUrh went through
'il.iams' pocket containing
' 01 his wife and little girl.
rEeants s,uu l helmet was hit
ordcrh s legging torn, but no
resulted to them.
“ lh of Captain Williams.
' ,Hn & Picked up by the ser-
ordtrly he said: ’I am all
I* 5 “tunned -look, alter the
11 British soldier.'
lD ’ very dark great difficulty
Entered in getting him over
' "'re, tlie men not being
r, l the gup and ij| s H teel
58 lust befor ■
MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning, July 10, 1918.
SUPERIOR COURT
NOWJN SESSION
Hall Of Justice Began Opera-
tion Monday Morning And
All Civil Cases Probably Be
Disposed Before Week-End.
The Baldwin Superior Court, July
term, began operation Monday morn
ing at 10 o’clock, with Judge James
B. Park presiding and Hon. Doyle
Caampbetl serving in his official ca
pacity as solicitor general.
The docket at this term of court is
not considered a very long one and
it Is said the court will not be in ses
sion for a very lengthy period. The
civil docket is now being disposed of
and this feature of the court will in
all probability be finished up before
the end of this week.
The clearing up of the criminal
docket will tate place immediately
following the disposal of the civil cas
es and the whole session will be shirt-
er this term than usual, it is said.
There are no cases cf either civil
or criminal nature of importance to
wine up for hearing at this term of
the court and for this reason no spe
cial interest will be centered around
the court rooms during the progress
of this particular session.
$1.50 a Year
“MURDERED WIFE”
RETURNS TO HOME
Sill Wilson, of Blount County, Ala
bama, Who Was Serving Life Term,
Now Free Again.
Montgomery, Ala., July 8.—Bill Wil
son, a well known citizen of Blount
tounty, serving a life sentence in the
Vlabnma penitentiary for the murder
of his divorced wife, was granted a
f.ll parden today by Governor Hen-
Jerson following the return to that
county of the woman he was alleged
to have killed and her complete iden
tify.
Wilson was convicted in 1915 fol-
owlng the disappearance of his for
mer wife and child. The bones of an
hilt and child were found in a cave
nd played an important part in the
trial. Experts from the Smithsonian
Institute were tailed in, their testi
mony being that the bones were too
old ofr th:3 generation.
Ds
GERMAN PRISONERS AS ROAD
WORKERS NOT WORTH PAY
lie got back to
I here hts orderly
Parapet lo get the liei-
fostrained by British
° ( rj||" t " UIIt of / the steady
Sches.
to the
11 «as
Fulton County Finds The Experiment j
Not At All Profitable.
German road workers are not worth
SI.25 a day in the opinion of Chair
man W. M. Poole, of tlie Fulton coun-
I ty commissioners, who recently hire,!
jtho German prisoners to work on tho
! roads, and who knows now from ex
perience.
Every one of the three squads hired
has been fired, although tlie first two
were taught to do the work. When the
third brand-new squad was sent on the
job and had to be taught front the
start Mr. Poole fired litem on the spot.
Mr. Poole said that it took n fore
man about a wee kto get the men to do
the work as it shot’Id be done, and if
the county force spent all their time
teaching tho Germans how to work
they did not accomplish much work.
“They are not worth $1.25 to the coun
ty the way they work.”
RALPH SATTERFIELD
GETS PLACE OF PAGF
Little Son Of Mr. And Mrs. J. L. Sat
terfield Honored By Members Of
Ceorgia Legislature By Making Him
Messago Bearer.
DEAN OUT OF RACE;
- ILLNESSjS CAUSE
Gainesville Candidate for Uni
ted States Senate Unable to
Remain in Contest on Ac-,
count of Illness, i
Atlanta, July 9.—Col. H. H. Dean,
of Gainesville, today Withdrew from
the race for the United States Senate.
The following announcement from
Mr. Dean was made public in the Kim
ball House—general headquarters for
all the candidates — shortly before
noon today:
To the People of Georgia:
My continued sickness for the
past two weeks convinces me that
I have not the physical strength
to complete the race for the Unit
ed States Senate, and this forces
me to withdraw at this time.
While I am considerably im
proved, my physician tells me that
to continue the campaign, es
pecially during the hot summer
months, would bring another
break-down.
With the solid backing of my
home section and very numerous
assurances from every other sec
tion of the state, I feel that I
would have a most excellent
chance to win if I cculd stand the
physical strain incident to an act
ive canvass.
With heartfelt thanks to my many
friends fer their generous support,
Sincerely,
(Signed) H. H. DEAN.
Backers of the three other candi
dates all claim that his withdrawal
will be of material help to them. The
Harris people are confident that prac
tically the solid Dean following will go
to |Harris, since they are strongly
opposed to both Howard and Hard
wick, which was the fight Mr. Dean
was making. The Howard people do
not claim ajiy considerable pick-up as
quite natural, since the battle between
Howard and Dean was a pitched one.
t'he Hardwick people are making
claim to a large slice of the Dean
following and appear to be quit’e juhi
!ant that .Mr. Dean is out of the race,
while at the same time they express
sympathy for his physical condition
Frcm a non partisan standpoint a
reasonable conclusion, based on know
ledge of the situation generally, it
hat Colonel Dean's retirement unques
ionably adds strength to an apprecia
ble extent to the Harris camp.
SPLENDID RAINS
FALL heremonday
Steady Down-Pour Monday
Night Was Much Welcomed
By Farmers and Truck
Growers of This Section.
Jugt In the time of need, a steady
down-pour of rain fell in Baldwin,
county during the early part of the.
night Monday and by Tuesday morn
ing tke farmers and truck growers
of this section were blessed with a
season exactly suitable to their taste.
Crops of all kinds had begun to need
a good season of rain in order to keep
up the krowth of all growing plants
and as a consequence of the down
pour Monday, all crops are keeping
up in fine shape and If no set-back
is experienced later in the season,
the chances are a larger yield of corn,
cotton and all other crops will be har
vested in Baldwin county this fall
than at any time during the last de
cade.
Reports coming In from the rural
sections are to the effect that most
farm lauds have been well cultivated
and that little undesirable vegetation
is segn in any section.
ALEX W. STEVENS IN CITY
FEW HOURS ON MONDAY
Caan^date For Judge Court Of Ap
peals Calls On His Friends Here-
Great Nephew Of Alex H. Stevens.
Aley W. Stevens, cf Atlanta, candi
date for judge of the Court of Appeals
was in Miiledgeville for several hours
Monday, calling on his friends in this
city and bounty.
it will be remembered Mr. Stevens
vas a candidate for the place, he is
now seeking two years ago and al-
Jiough be received the highest vote
'or one of the three places to be fili
al cntlra Court of Appeals benches
it the last election, his nomination
.t ;hc-convention was turned down
ind one of the candidates receiving
i smaller vote was named.
Since the election of two years ago
wo appointments have been made to
11 vacancies on the Court of Appeals
ranches and Mr. Stevens says he lias
•rnsented to again become a candi-
'.ate with the belief that the people
vill ratify their former ballot when
he next election comes off, Septem
her 11th.
in th
( aat
nnd machine gune fire,
trenches the orderly
*teh lltempte ^ to car fy him
6r ,() t,le dressing station,
1[ i ranches were too nar-
a nted, they came out of
the r c ' ,rrlei1 htm to the
0 , k,,e8s amid a hall of
he " ‘*y to the station he
1,1 'ms the most impress-
r 8een - At the head of
as our band, followed by
min 8 "’™' Then came the
an " ttry w »Ron wrapped in
and covered with
eat 'h side of the wagon
unts who WBre P al1 *
w lbe„r" a8 ° ne ° f them ' Aft ’
Aum rs ,hero came a long
1 0lPcer8 followed by
Master Ralph Satterfield. Hie young
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Satterfield
_iias been honored by the members of
the Georgia Legislature by making
hint a page of the lower house, the
place having been secured through,
the Instrumentality of Legislator J. H.
Ennis, of Baldwin county.
Ralph is now in Atlanta attending
to his duties at the state capitol nnd
he is making himself popular with all
tlie members of the Georgia law mak
ing body.
route to the cemetery British and
French soldiers stopped and stood at
attention and saluted. French wom
en crossed themselves and many
brought out flowers and placed them
on the coffin. The escort fired three
volleys over the grave.
“We expect to move about 200 miles
soon."
The first operation for appendicitis
officers. All aten* «h» was performed at St. Luke’s hospital,
1 weng the £ >enve| . | Colo., In January, 1885,
Final Figures On 1917 Cotton
Crop Show 11,302,375 Bales
Washington, July 8.—Final oiiieial
figures on the 1917 cotton crop, an
nounced today by the Census Bureau,
place the production at 11,302,375,
equivalent 500-pcund bales, the small
est crop since 1909, excepting that of
1914. Sea Island production was 92,-
G19 bales.
Notable increase in production in
Arizona and California was shown.
California with 67,000 bales, and Ari
zona with 21,000 bales, both growing
13,000 bales more than the previous
year.
Louisiana made the most notable
increase in the main cotton belt, with
the largest crop since 1907.
Only two counties produced more
than 100,000 bales. They were llol-
iver County, Miss., 110,000 bales, and
Ellis County, Texts, 105,471 bales.
Other counties which led in their re
spective states, were: Madison, Ala..
Jefferson, Ark.; Alchua, Fla.; nurlte,
uu.; Caddcparrish, La.; Dunklin, Mo.;
Johnston, N. C.; Garvin, Olcla.; Or
angeburg, S. C.. and Shelby, Tenn.
GOOD
PAINT TIME.
PRICES
PAINT
TIME
The above Is true. We have bought
both lead and mixed paints before the
last advance, sc we can give you good
prices and
NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO PAINT
We handle only the lead made by the
National Lead Company, known as
Dutch Hoy Lend, which is the stand
ard of the world.
We handle Spencer Kellogg’s oil,
the best made.
house STAINS
BARN PAINTS BUGGY
floor furniture
Send us your name,
if you are ruptured, send Culver
* Kidd, Miiledgeville, Ga., your name.
Good time to plant Culver & Kidd's
Prize Turnip Seed.
Any time after the Fourth of July
for the planting of Culver & Kidd’s
Prize Ruts Baga Seed.
Grocerymen, Notice
WE HAVE JUST PRINTED A SUPPLY OF
SUGAR PLEDGE CARDS
BOTH FOR HOME CANNING AND PRESERVING AND
HOUSEHOLD USE
TO BE FILLED OUT BY YOUR CUSTOMERS AS REQUIRED BY THE
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION
WE ARE 8ELLING THESE BLANKS IN RETAIL QUANTITIES AT
WHOLESALE PRICES
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
CHAS. F. POLK TO GO
GALLOWSAUG. 9TH
Man Charged With Killing His
Wife Sentenced to Death by
Judge Jas. B. Park Mon
day Afternoon.
Charles F. Polk must at last pay
the penalty of death for the killing of
his wife in January, 1915, the sen
tence to the gallows having been
passed by Judge James B. Park at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
It will he remembered that at the
time Polk killed his wife, the latter
was making a short call on her neigh
bors at Mldwayfl near the state sani-
tarum. In a spirit of anger, appar
ently, Polk walked into the room
where his wife and her friend were
engaged in conversation and without
notice or warning, the now convicted
man opened fire, killing his wife in
stantly.
The following July Polk was tried
and found guilty of first degree mur
der, his attorneys at that time filing
a plea of insanity, resulting in a new
trial on this ground. The trial brought
about on this plea resulted in the
jury sitting on the case returning a
verdict contrary to teh arguments of
the council for the defence.
In July, 1917, Polk was tried a sec
ond time for tlie charge of murder,
this trial having been granted fol
lowing his trial on the insanity plea.
At this time the Jury engaged to try
J olk rendered a verdict of first de
cree murder, the court at that time
passing a death sentence upon the
convicted man to take place in Sep
tember of last year.
After Polk was found guilty a sec
ond time, his attorneys, Sibley & Sib
ley and Judge John T. Allen, made an
appeal to tho higher courts ior other
recourse, though the former verdicts
were upheld, necessitating a second
sentence to be passed.
Before passing the death sentence,
Judge Paras asked the ccnvicted man
if ho had anything further to say in
defense of himself. At this time Polk
rose to his feet and again contended
that his act in killing his wife was
justified, declaring, declaring, “I have
suffered equal to death already and
any sentence you may pass upon me
will not add weight to iny burden of
many months duration."
Prior to passing sentence upon Polk,
Judge Park called upon PMk s attor
neys and nuked if they had anw state
ment to make regarding the ca39. The
attorneys stated that they wished ns
much time as possible before the date
of the death sentence, whereupon Au
gust 9th was set for the day for Polk
to pay the penalty for his crime.
The sentenced man’s attorneys will
go before tlie governor with a plea
for the commutati; n cf his sentence
to a lifetime imprisonment in tlie
penitentiary, the only recourse now
eft for Polk.
DfST. CONFERENCE
Ministers And Laymen Of Ox
ford District Here For Three
Pays Conference, Beginning
Tuesday Night.
The annua! Methodist conference of
the Oxford District is being held in
Miiledgeville Ihis week, the first meet
ing taking place in the Methodist
church last night at 8:30 o'clock, at
which time Dr. Thomas J. Christian
preached the opening sermon of the
occasion. This meeting marked tho
beginning of tlie convention with a
good attendance, though a number of
the ministers and laymen of the Ox
ford district will not arrive until this
morning.
The first business meeting of the
conference will be held this morning
at 10 o'clock nnd at this time practi
cally all tho delegates, numbering
more than one hundred, will Ira on
hand. The total number of delegates
listed to attend the conference was
upward of one hundred and fifty,
though some few will be unable to
be present.
The conference will be presided
ever during the three days session by
Bishop H. M. DuBose, of. Nashville,
Tenn. Dr. DuBose is considered one
of the most able ministers of thd
Methodist Episcopal church and the
delegates and visitors attending the
conference will have the opportunity
of hearing this distinguished pulpit
orator cn several occasions.
DAPTIST CHURCH
BEEN ^COMPLETED
New Addition Has Been Fin
ished And House Of Wor
ship Enlargement Sufficient
For Larger Congregation.
The work of enlarging the Baptist
church in Miiledgeville has been com
pleted and the house of worship now
has sufficient room to seat almost dou
ble Its former congregation room.
The finishing touches to the ex-*
tended part of the church were com
pleted during the last week when tho
church organ was placed In order and
a few miner details looked after on
the Inside of the building.
The newly erected portion of the
edifice is finished on the same order
as the original, with the exception
cf the pulpit, the choir loft and the
location of the pipe organ, all an im
provement over the old plan. The
overhead of the interior harmonizes
with the old part of the church and
tho auditorium otherwise duplicates
the former finished effect, with the
exception of the side entrances to the
Sunday school rooms.
The church as it now stands has
proven surprisingly satisfactory to all
the church membership and the cost
of the enlargement is quite small^
considering the general Improvement.
Within the next few days new pews
will be placed in tho church to take
up the extra space provided and as
soon as this provision is made the
house of worship will be suitable to
accommodate the large congregations
i.enuiiig Hoi-vices during the months
ho colleges in MilleJgevllle are ia
session.
Government Officials is Fired
For Pro-German Sentiments
Cleveland Abbe, Jr., Editor of Month
ly Weather Review, Diemiteed for
“Well-Known Sympathies For The
fo. H er.w tStfrh. n Government.”
Washington, July S.—Official cor
respondence made public today dis
closed that Cleveland Abbe, Jr., ed
itor of The Monthly Weather Review,
recently dropped from the Govern
ment service, was dismissed becausd
of “his well-known sympathies for the
Imperial German Government."
Transmitting Secretary Houston's
brief letter oi dismissal, C. F. Marvin,
chief of the weather bureau, wrote
Mr. Abbe.:
“The reasons for this action aro
contracted altogether with ycur con
duct and generally well-known sympa
thies lor the Imperial German Govern
ment. -A searching inquiry of your
Innermost heart in respect to your at
titude toward the United States Gov
ernment must convince you that pa
triotism and genuine loyalty to tho
United States are absolutely incom-
paiihie with friendly •• entimeat f;r
Germanism."
Replying lo what be termed the “un
just and even insuliing accusations,”'
Mr. Abbe declared:
"Ycu know I have always dist'n-
guished between the German people
and the actions of the Cermau Gov
ernment since 1911. * * * I ask
to register my indignant denial of any
friendliness toward or sympathy for
the Imperial Government of Germany,
and my abhorrence of its official act3.
I also repudiate indignantly the sug
gestion that l'have or could have any
thing in common with what is now
currently known as Germanism.
“It should not be necessary, but f
once again do protest my sincere,
genuine and undivided loyalty to the
United States and its Government, Us
ideals und particularly its published
objects in this war.’’ ,
SIDNEY LANIER’S SON
IS LAID TO REST
Macon, July —Funeral rervlces)
for Sidney l.anier. sou of the late
Sidney l.anier, Macon poet, whose
dca'h occurred June 26, wire he’d
Inst Friday. Ho was buried at Gre:n T
wich, Conn. Mr. Lanier died at Camp
Lanier, Eliot, Maine. He was 48
years eld.
The ministers and laymen delegat
ed to attend the conference are b<-
ing entertained in the homes of Mill*
edgeville, the committees appoint'd
to look after this feature of the con
vention having been kept busy as
signing the visitors to the families
who are to entertain them since yes
terday morning.
In 1914 Japan exported 9,000,000
pencils and in 1916, 168,000,000.