The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, August 07, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text^HTHE MILLEDdRyil l F NEWS Official Organ City of Milledgevifle , oL ume seventeen HUMBER FORTY-ONE. Established October 12, 1901. I75 GEORGIA GIRLS ASKED TO ENROLL FOR SERVICE WITH U. S. oung Ladies 0* Refinement an d Education Offered An Opportunity To Serve Their Country During War. Georgia is being asked to furnish volin g ladies of refinement and Iscation. between the ages oof J9 and to serve as nurses during the iriod of the war ’ enrollm ent head- jters having been established in various cities throughout the ate. The Roonl in Mtll&dgeville has m designated as headquarters in ils city aw 1 evHr >' y° an S lad y being t gitMieti as to enable her to en- II j[ this place is being urged to do at once. ■The United States must have 25,- 0student nurses now—student nurs- ito release graduate nurses for work the front. Without more student ses graduate nurses canno* he t to Eur pe and our wounded men U suffer tor want of nursing care, the stale divisions and tht county I local units of the woman’s com- ttee to supply these student nurses. The Graduate Nurse, is estimated that the army alone r «quire a total of 25,000 graduate es by January 1, 1919. Already id of this number havt been with in from civilian practice for serv- in military and naval hospitals, ce the Red Cross has just called i00'•additional. ft is an imperative litary necessity that every graduate it not needed at home should en- military service. Graduate nurses only he released by recruiting student nurses. Graduate nurses only be supplies by filling the ring schools connected with our pitals. he prosecution of the war demands every such training school he filled by student nurses to thefr imum teaching and housing ca- Ity. Yet the demand for women ither branches of war service has leted the numbers of students tak- trainisg lor nursing until they are that of normal times. Ttat is needed is the enrollment ie United States student nurse re- ie »f 25,000 physically fit young let) between the ages of 19 and 35 ing full high school taining wher- possible, and preferably college tag. Candidates should not be ted, however, for lack of having itated a high school course. Kollment in the United States eat nurse reserve means that the Mate will hold herself ready un- >Pril 1,1919, to take training when is offered an assignment in a train- school, unless she has in the otiiae entered other government service The committee oon nurs- if the Council of National Defense bt responsible for calling candi- to the civiliaft hospitals and the eon-General’s office will call the 'dates fer the army school oof n 9- Those registering for obth °' s will be placed on °oth lists *"11 be called where the first need 8 'he greatest importance that ‘ ates "hull enroll without, re- u,n as to tlio school, so that they 1)6 placed wheer the greatest vxists 'pin refore, two groups enrolled preferred and defor- Ti' p preferred class, which does i,s pledge for service, will t&iened first, and in offering as- len ' s till possible consideration ' ' iVf ‘ n I" prefeences stated. Tlie T *d 1 lass rnnsists of persons who a< an assignment only when Pyrenees are met. dll'-tton so frequently asked, p s ball tlu> Georgia girls go who ■ ,0 vlnoine student nurses, Mrs. n '"P ieM "Where they will go 1,1 ,le determined 'until the peri- ®hrollnient Is over and it is seen a ' an ' '''roll and what their sta- Then at once certain train- °"' s "'b be designated, where ,"" uu 11 w, ll be provided for, not " ,r,iillln S, ubt in housing and Protection. Ir ‘ M 'nt it obvious that there ** If ia or an - v Iralning schools in mtt of Georgia where 373 '"nen could be trined with- “’"-ements ebing made ahead “cconunodation,” ^ WOOD FOR SALE. t(' e a quantity of cord , quick sale, which I aellv 7 promptly at $4.75 , de| w«ed. Tele- J- H. ENNIS GOVERNOR GRANTS ' P0LK_A RESPITE Man Sentenced To Hang Next Friday Has Been Given Time For Hearing Before Prison Commission. Charles F. Paik, who was seinten- ced by Judge James B. Park on July 9th to be hung next Friday, August 9th, has been granted a respite by the governor for the purpose allowing the case of the convicted man to he heard before tht prison commissioners of Georgia. The final limit of the respite grant ed extends to September 20th and the case will be presented to tht prison commission during the first part of next month. During the last week a petition has been in circulation asking that Polk’s sentence be commuted to a term in the pentitentiary. it is said that eight or more of the jurors serv on the jury that convicted the con demned man signed the application recommending thfe commutation of the sentence from a death penalty to a lile term in the pentitentiary. Also many other prominent names have been attached to the petition in ques tion. DR. PARKS RESIGNS AS PRESIDENT G. N. I. Board Of Directors Decline To Accept His Resignation, However, And Matter Is At Standstill For Present. The icsignation of Dr M. M. Park', as president of the Georgia Normal and Industrial College, handed to the board of directors of the Institution Tuesday of last week, was an unthink able suggestion in the minds, of ’he college officials and the matter was acted upon contrary to the intents of Dr. Parks’ proceedings. In other words, every member of the board of directors flatly declined the acceptance of the resignation handed them by the lopular educator. The heralding of the news that Dr. Parks had placed his resignation as lend of the Georgia Normal and In ti^ strial College was received with i great deal of regret by many friends if the institution all over the state, luring the first day following the an nouncement that Dr. Parks had indi- •ated that he proposed leaving the ollege hundreds of telegrams poured in from every section expressing deep -egret at his acticn together with the sarnest hope that he reconsider his step. These messages bore words of appreciation of litis broad and far- reaching work in expanding and de veloping the college, making his name famous both as an educator and a bus iness administrator of the first rank ihroughout the South. The friends if Hr. Parks and of the college throughout the state—and these in clude the alumni—are earnest in the wish that he may, for the sake of tlie Goorgia (Normal and Industrial College and of the young womanhood if the slate of Georgia, decide to re main here and still add to the fame and great name of this valued Insti- ution cf learning. As to what further course Dr. Parks proposes taking in connection with his resignation as a end of the college, no information has been given out. However, the friends of both Dr. Parks and the Georgia Normal and Industrial College are bringing about a great deal of pressure in an endea vor to obtain an expression indicating that the much loved and admired con structor of educational affairs decide to remain at his old post. MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning, August 7, 1918. MAYOR BELL DELEGATE TO K. OF P. CONVENTION Accompanied by Mrs. Bell, He Leaves This Morning for Detroit to Attend National Gathering of Pythiane. Mayor Miller S. Bell, accompanied by Mrs. Bell, left this morning for Detroit, Mich., where Mr. Bell will fill the place of a delegate from the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of Georgia, this honor having been con ferred upon him severa weeks ago. Mayor Bell, as a past grand chan cellor of Georgia, is one of the most widely known Pythians in this state MEN 18 TO 45 TO REGISTER SEPT. 5 New Manpower Bill Introduc ed In Both House and Sen ate and Early Passage Is Urged By Crowder. Washington, August 5—WUfc an ur gent recommendation from Provost Marshal-Gtneral Crowder that it be en acted without delay and a suggestion that September 5 next might be fixed as registration day for approximately 13.000,000 men throughout the country the administration’s manpower bill re quiring the registration for military service of all men between the ages of 18 and 45 years, was introduced in tlie Senate and House. Unless immediate steps are taktn to provide additional men, General Crowder said the weekly registration of men as they attained twenty-one ytars ol age will be necessary to fill lie draft quotas after September 1, when only 100,000 of the 191S regis-’ rants will be available. To Consider Dill Today. Upon the introduction cf the bill ( hairman Chamberlain announced the Senate military commiuet would meet •tomorrow to consider the bill. He said lie did not think hearings would he necessary and only three or four days should he required to report the bill. Chairman Dent, of the House committee, said since only three mem bers of his committee are in Wasliin- tou it was doubtful whether the bill could be acted upon before the House reconvenes on August 19. Suggestions made on the Senate floor by Senator Curtis, of Kansas, that the Senate abandon its program of re cess and perfunctory sessions until August 24, if the bill can be favorably reported by the committee within a few days were endorsed by eSnator Chamberlain. However, Senatt lead ers now in the city said any plans to this effect would be held In abeyance until the committee could determine just how much time would lie neces sary for a thorough discussion of the bill. Means 2,300,000 Eligibles. The bill would amend the present selective service act so as to require the registration of all men, between 18 and 20 years and 32 and 45, in clusive. While the total number of men in the latter classes would total 10,028,973, General Crowder estimates the total number who would be eligi ble lor class 1, would only be 601,23(5, owing to exemptions for dependents or industrial and physical reasdn:-. Between 18 and 20 years his estimates show that 3,171,771 would register, while 1.787,609 men would be eligible fer class 1. Weekly registration of youths at taining the age of 21 during the next few weeks was proposed by eGneral Crowder as the only means of obtain ing the 200,000 men to be called to the dors in September. This could lie done by Presidential proclamation and would add 80,000 to the number of men available. Only 100,000 Now Remain. After carrying out the program for July and August, General Crowder pointed out that only 100,000 of the 1918 egistrants class would be left on September 1, for subsequent calls. ‘‘The second and more difficult question,’’ General Crowder's stale - ment adds, ”is how can we supply on time the one hundred and fifty thou sand men required lor each of the suc ceeding mrnths of October November and December? The British-Canadian treaty would help out to tlie ertent— it is estimated—of about 50,000 men, which is not even considered the con ventional ‘droop in the bucket.’ “A minimum period of 90 days is necessary to enroll and classigy all the men registered. We can no', therefore, wait for the completion of class one, but must take men irres pective of their order number as fast as they And their way into class 1." $1.50 a Year 68 COLORED MEN SENT TOJVHEELER A, Total Of 131 Have Been Sent From This County Dur ing a Period Of One Week, Monday’s Draft Largest. Sixty-eight colored selectmen were sent from Baldwin county fo Camp .Vheelir Monday morning, making a total of one hundred and thirty-one Irafted from here during a period of less than one week, sixty-three hav- ng been entrained here Tuesday morning of last week. Tlie.-e men were entrained at ten o clock Monday morning and ordered to go to Camp Wheeler over the Geor gia Railroad. The men drafted into the army .Mon day were as follows: James Nelson. Henry Miles, Jr., Luke Johnson, Sol Henry Screen, John Icnes, Will Yeung, Griffin Palmer, Will Mattson, Robert Julian, Dave Hitch cock, Tim Reynolds, Shod Vinson, Parham Densley, Robert Clemmons, ial S inford, Mike Haddock, Richard Johnson, Willie T. Steele, Joe Wig gins, Arnbrus Myrick, .Leonard Wool ork, Jes ;e Chandler, John Reeves Jacob William Ray, Fred Lamar, John ienry Jones, Otha Butts. Oliver Sim- u ns, Joe Adams, Richard Choice, Julius Ray, McKinley Dennis, Robert Calhoun, Richard Preston, Claud Jams, Proffessor Vinson. Jesse Wai ter, Leo C. Steele, John Young, Silas •Morris, Charlie Samuels, Brady Broad- ls, Peter J. Williams, DeAlphus Ward, 3am Hall, George Walker, John Henry Williams, Stanley Hill, Charlie Ford, Lucky Harris, Charlie Buck, Thomas Dean, Tom Greene, Bonner Butts, An derson Easton, Sam Roper, Mose Lan drum, Frank Meminger, John Kenne dy Steele. Eugene Neal, Philip Nor wood, Terrel Austin, Tom Sanford, Lu cius Huff, Brady Amos, Samuel lis ter, U. L. Rocker, Bennie Trawick. -New Mackerel, new graham flour, new Cuba molaaaet at EMMETT L. BARNES'. Cloves, Spices, Tumeric, Cinnamon, Mustard Seed, and Celery Seed for pickles, etc., Culver & Kidd, Of Course. and on several occasions he has been favored with the distinction of rep resenting the grand lodge at national conventions of this order. Mr. and Mrs. Bell will be gone for a period of two or three weeks and they will visit a number of interest ing places in the North and East be fore their return, / u Casualties Now Coming In From Offensive Drive ADDITIONAL LIST BRINGS DAY’S TOTAL UP TO 700—AVIATION TRAINIING FATALITIES VERY FEW. Washington, D. C., Aug 5.—Of the American soldiers wounded in the Matne-Aisne offensive probably lese than one in twenty will die from their wounds, more than four-fifths will be returned to service, and only 14 per cent, will be discharged for disability, according to a statement of the chief of staff today based upon tlie official ly attested experience of the allies during the four years of war. Casualties among the Ameritean troops in the severe fighting in which hey have been engaged since July 15 when the German offensive was launched and halted at the Marne, are now being reporttd in the daily lists rom General Pershing, tho gh no estimate of the total has yet been re ceived. —New fat mackerel, home-made gra ham flour and Cuba molasses at * EMMETT L. BARNES’. FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. Geniuses, Discoverers and Wonder oV.’rkers have racked their hrajns, and burned the candle far into the night to discover labor saving device conveniences, and many other things f; r your comfort and for your good. Among all of the Wonder Workers of the World, there has been none that has given more pleasure for the amount of money invested than the discovery of tlie Flash Light which is now named Daylo, and the one thing that has given us great pleasure in selling. We have a very large assort ment suitable for all demands and fer different size pocket books. Our renewal department for batteries, globes, etc., is large and at your serv ice when needed. We refrain from telling you how many hundred of these celebrated Daylo Lights we have sold in the last few years. When once used, you would never be with out. if bo that you could get another. Sold and recommended by Culver Kidd. Of Course. 35 KINDS OF FACE POWDER. It is with pleasure that we announce to users of face powder that we have the above assortment and believe we can please anyone who is in need of same. We also carry 10 different Rouge or Face Paints. Culver & Kidd, Of Course. —We HAVE IT, PHONE US. EMMETT L. BARNES', RACE IS BEGUN TO GAIN NORTH BANK OF AISNE SPECIAL MEETING TO ORGANIZE S. SCHOOL People of the Union Point Community To Heet Sunday Afternoon To Carry Out the Plans Being Promulgated. A large meeting of the representa tive peoplle of the Union Point Com munity will take place next Sunday afternoon in the school house of tlmt place for the purpose of organizing large and wlide-awako Sunday school. This meeting will also be attended by a number of the citizens of A1 ill edgeville, among them being Mr. L. C. Hall, who Is president of the Baldwin C unty Sunday School Association Those visitors have been asked to lend their presence and advice in car rying out the undertaking to gel a lcrge attendance at the off-start of the proposed Sunday school, which is now being promulgated by the citizens of Union Point. The meeting Sunday afternoon will ake place at four o’clock and every me in the entire community is being noted to get ready to lend their pres nee and influence in order to add as aiuch interest to the occision as can icssibly be aroused. Class 1 Will All Be Exhausted In Aug. Atlanta, Aug. 5.—The practical cer tainly that the entire class I of selectmen, both those who registered in 1917 and those who registered In 1918, will be exhausted in Georgia by September 1, developed today in the announcement of new calls by Major Joel B. Mallet, selestive service law officer. FIVE WHITeTwILLBE DRAFTED ON FIFTEENTH Small Quota Will Be Called From Here To Enter Training School At Gainesville, Fla., Thia Month. The next draft for selectmen front this county will be made the 15th cf this month when five young white men will be called to enter the mili tary training school at Gainesville, Fla., there being no other demands placed in the hands of the local hoard by the war department at this partic ular time. However, it is very probable that another call will be made for addition al men from this county before many more weeks. The call to lte made the middle cf this month will lie of a different nn- t re from the demands heretofore made for se!ectin°n from this county and the five young white men to go .rom here will lie the first to enter a miversity training school. MRS. S. D. STEMBRIDGE IN SINKING CONDITION Tlie many friends of the family will rtgreat to learn that Mrs. Sidney I). Siemiirldge remains critically ill at ;ne home of her mother, Mrs. H. R. DeJarnett, in Putnam caunty. Tho last news reaching Milledgc- ville concerning Mrs. Sternbridge's condition was to the efreet that her passing was expected almost any hour and that her physicians had lost all hopes of her recovery. REST ROOM Milledgeville, Ga. For our friends—you are welcome. Come to town, make yourself at home and bring your friends to the Rest Room. Supported by the City and County Government, Merchants and Inter ested Friends. WOMAN'S CLUB. Great German Supply Base Now In Franco-American Hands, Town Having Been Carried By Assault. The German retreat continues un abated with the Allies everywhere n hot pursuit. Apparently, the situation now has resolved itself into a rase for the nor thern bank of the Aisne river by tho Germans, which have been evicted from strategic positions alcng ti.-'d Vesie river, in the center of the line and directly east of Rhelms wh'.h seemingly renders necessary that they put the Aisne between themselves and their pursuers as quickly as pos sible in order to escape furl her large losses of men made prisoner. Just how large this bag of captives is at present cannot be reckoned, bat unofficial advices from Paris asucih that when the figures are made pub lic they will thrill tho Allied woi'l. General Pershing, in his communica tion, says Americans alone have taken 8,400 prisoners and, in addition, 153 guns. Fismes is Captured. After hard fighling the Americans and Frenrh have succeeded in taking from the Germans the important town of Fismes, once Germany's great am munition and supply depot, midway on the railway between Soissons and Rhelms. while to the east nt a number of places along the Vesie river the French, have crossed the stream, driv ing the enemy northward. East of Soissons Allied troops have negotiated the passage cf (he Aisne to tho north ern bank o£ that strtam where they are in a position to harass the enemy as he endeavors to straighten out his line In conformity with that running nothwestward. OPENING COTTON BEINGOBSEVERD Mr. J. R. Norment Has Fully Developed Crop, which Is Due To Early Planting And ■ Constant Cultivation. That early planting of cotton pays, despite possible touches of frosty weather which are sometimes encoun tered through taking a few chances to get. in an early matured crop for tho purpose of beating the boll weevil, the p(nk boll worm and a few other ene mies of tho fleecy fiber which Is cloth ing the folks here at home, the allies and a few other friendly or neutral peoples as well as helping to manufac ture gun-cottcn with which to extin- g ish forever and eternally the Pest of Potsdamnet'.on and the unhappy house cf Hapsburg, is amply demon strated by the experience of one of Baldwin county's most enlightened and progressive farmers, Mr. J. R. Norment o 1 ' Sccttshoro, who plante 1 the staple in March. For a time, Mr. Norment says, owing to cold and un favorable weather, it looked as if his crop would be killed, but he gave it a good working and it managed to bang on during the frosty period. Now his cotton has a very heavily develop ed crcp of largo bolls, a good many of which are now opening, and by the end of this week it is probable that he will begin picking. The chances are that Mr. Norment ill get the first bale in Baldwin coun ty, as he has been doing for several seasons past. His example in the line of early planting with a view to early laying by will probably cause others to do likewise; in fact, they will have to take this step to follow the way he has blazed and keep up with the trend of pregressive agricul ture. Crops in general in this section were never more promising in prospect, pnd while a little deterioration is more than apt to set in in localitUes where the sell is sandy, still an ex'ey-- tionally heavy yield of lint Is already assured. Corn, potatoes, peas, velvet beans, sugar cane, etc., are all in fine condition, and the general field crops of Baldwin are as good as they have been in years. Eight barrels pure Georgia Cane Syrup, one barrel new Cuba molfl'ses at EMMETT L. BARNES’. Sec about your supply of printed or ruled paper. It will assure you of no delay to order in time. Kiaiu *.

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The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, August 07, 1918, Image 1