The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, September 11, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOfficial O'? an v Baldwin County lU c seventeen ff forty-six. •THE tyULLEDORVII .1 R NEf WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 191». /# Established October 12, 1^01. MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning", September II, I9I8. Biocratic Primary Election Will Take Place Today, 11th or, Governor, Congress- State Senators, Repre- latives And All State e Officers. ION OUTCOME TO OF MUCH INTEREST vick-Hai ris-Howard and i0n .\Vatson Races Cen- 0 { Interest—Liveliest ipaign In Years. is election day in Georgia gin will ''lose one or more of t interesting campaigns ever lace in tbis state, eople of Georgia will today be pon to elect a United States G vernor, and all State House Including members of both if the Legislature. ■eatest local interest to be the matter of nominating an Her will be that of naming essntan from the Tenth dis- ween Congressman Carl Vin- homas E. Watson, l eal interest will also be the matter of the judgeship the Ormulgee circuit, with ward R. Hines and Judge Park as opposing candl- this place. e election of county officers, the place of representative v commissioners, will attract ention from the voters of ■ornty. as each of the places warmly contested, iplete ticket to be voted upon s follows: ernor—Hugh M. Dorsey, retary of State—S. JB. Me- WM. H. BURWELL SPOKE HERE FRIDAY Was Heard By Number of Milledgeville and Baldwin County People In Campaign Speech For W. J. Harris. Hon. W. H. Burwell, member of the Legislature from Hancock county and ex-speaker of the Lower House, came to Miiledgeville Friday afternoon and delivered a magnificent address to a number of citizens of Baldwin county in behalf of William .7. Harris, candi date for the United States Senate. The address of Mr. Burwell was de livered in the court house and al though the weather condition was Quite unfavorable for the gathering together of a large crowd, he was was heard by a hundred or more of the representative people of the coun ty, his hearers composing people from Miiledgeville and the rural districts. The nature of Mr. BcrweH’s address was that cl appealing to his hearers to lay all other matters aside for the present and consider the matter of co-operating with the national ad ministration foremost of all, that there is but one great question before the Ameijican people at this particular time, and that this qhestion is that of winning the war tn which we are engaged. He urged the people to vite fer William J. Harris on account of | the fact he felt that Mr. Harris would * render h more satisfactory service to President Wilson than either of the other two candidates. Mr. Burwell urged his hearers to consider the great responsibility rest- a Year Men Of Nation Between 18 And 45 Years To Register Tomorrow Those Coining Within These Ages Will Give Their Names As Subject To Be Drafted Into Army. MILLIONS WILL BE ADDED TO MANPOWER Recent Act of Congress Makes It Necessary For Men To Register With Local Boards All Over the Nation. i JL Millions of men of America will to- all men having failed to reach their merrow give their names to the Gov ernment in compliance with the re cent act of Congress calling upon ail men between the ages of 18 and 4.1 years to register with the thousands of exemption boards throughout the country. This does not mean, how ever, that those coming within for mer draft acts will be required to register again. Baldwin county, as in every other county in every state in the United States, will register Us man-power as demanded by the Government and forty-sixth birthday will come within the new registration act. In this county places of registration of the men between these ages will be fixed in every regular voting pre cinct and the isglstrars will be on duty in each district in the county from 7 o’clock in the morning until 9 o’clock at night. A special request will be made by the board of registrars for the Mlll- edgeville: district asking that regis trants make it their business to regis ter at any time during the day in order to avoid an unnecessary rush. .enry B. Strange. , irney General-Joe Hill HaB ing upon the Bhouldere ot the pre8i ‘ dent, that the prosecution of this war was necessary and that no citizen of the United States could devise a means of winning the war in any manner other than by man-power and force. He contended that it is necessary for every American citizen to throw his shoulder to the wheel and aid and en courage the administration in every way possible. In furtherance of his purpose in ad vocating Mr. Harris for the Senate, Mr. uBrwell stated that in view of the fact this candidate had been tried by the administration and considered fc'alker. kte Treasurer—W. J. Speer, nptroller General—William nmlssioner of Agriculture— m. file Superintendent of Edu- L. Rrittain. ^missioner of Commerce and M. Stanley. Immissioner of Pensions—J. ■ in view cf the fact the President had I expressed Ills approval of the princi- Ison Commissioner—Alex E. IE. Patterson. |llroad Commissioner (For . , .. . term of former Commis-b uite valuable and , °nti P. Gray, ending Decern IWohn T. Botfeuillet. , , , ... . fc full term beginning De-'^ 8 ° f Mr ' Harris ' 1,0 C< ’ uU1 »° si ivel > 1919)—John T. Boifeuil- see no rea80n wby , th ® P *° ple Georgia could see fit to do otherwise ' than to send to the senate a man who would undoubtedly work for the accomplishment of the one important undertaking before tlie American peo ple—that of winning the war. Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign To Commence September 28th Meeting To Be Held At An t arly Date To Complete Plans For Big Subscription Drive In Baldjinn County. PUBLICITY MEN HAVE BEEN^NAMp) FOR WORK Dr. Edward A. Tigner Will Have Charge of Publicity Work And Will Be Assisted By Regular Publicity Committees. froad Commissioner (to suc- SsHillver)—W. Trox Banks- D. Price, Vo'lney Wil- In order to prepare the way for an united effort in Baldwin county for the Fourth Liberty Bond Loan, which be gins September 28th, it is necessary that the people get thoroughly Inform ed. The plans for the campaign have not been completely worked out, but they will be similar to those employ ed in the floating of the Third Liberty Loan, which was successful. The Baldwin County Committee will hold a meeting at an early date to nap out complete plans and organize each district in the county so that everything will be ready for the sub scription drive. Prior tc this date the Publicity Committee of the county will be act ive distributing in every part of the county the advertising matter that the Government furnishes for the Fourth Liberty Bond campaign. This committee has already been named and on it are men from every part of the county who will assist in giving conspicuous publicity to ali lit erature and posters. p, i States Senator—John R. Ihomas W. Hardwick, Wil ly Howard, Emmett R. Shaw. P cp Supreme Court (To suc- H <’■ Atkinson) Full term immry i, 1925—Sartluel C. Supreme Court (To suc- P''C Gilbert) Full Term end- 1, 1!I2.'p s. Price Gilbert. e ^-'Py me Court (To sue- t r H. George) Unexpired lanuary I, 1921—Walter °" r t of Appeals (to sue- 1 1! iCoyles i full term end- '• ■ Nash R. Broyles. ! ' lllrl f Appeals (to suc- w Tll >' lenklps) full term aar S- 1, 1925—W. Frank ' 0!lr ' «>f Appeals (to 8”C- 1 odworthi unexplred ni! 'tonuary 1, 1921—0. H. frdi. °' lrl of Appeals (to sue- • I.'.rwell) unexplred term '' i. 1921—Frank Har- lV S tephens. ’ n ‘"ive in Congress ll,! ' tr i | ' of Georgia—Carl l° mas E. Watson. Superior Court Ocmulgee *• Hi| ies, James B. Park. ''" Twentieth district Georgia Military College Has Opened For The Term of 18-19 MRS. E.R. COOK GETS LETTER FROM SON Lieut. Edmund Cook Gives an Outline Of Some Of the Con ditions In France—Old Men And Women In Fields. A letter of much interest was re ceived this week by Mrs. Ellison R. Cook from her son, Lieut. Edmund Cook, Who is now with the American forces in France. The letter above referred to is printed in part below: Dear Mother Mine: We are “somewhere in France.” "Somewhere” you know is that place we have read so much about. France is a very beautiful country, —what with its vari-eolored fields, the well built, well kept roads. Really the roads all suggest that they should be called avnues for they are all bor- Many Students From All Parts Of the State Arrive To En roll Their Names At The Institution. FORMAL OPENING TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY- Attendance At The Institu tion This Year Exceeds Any Former Term, Taxing Col lege To Its Capacity. College life opened up again in Mill- edgeville yesterday when the formal opening of the Georgia Military Col lege took place in beginning the 19l»- 1919 term of the popular and rapidly- growing school. The enrrlhnent of students on the- opening day of the college was the largest ever recorded and naturally brings about a brighter prospect for n successful year than at any time in the past. All the college dormi tories are completely filled with stu dents and in order to accommodate These men will also help the solicit ing committees secure bond subscrip tions when the campaign opens on September 28th. The publicity com mittee is as follows: County Publicity Chairman—E. A. Tigner. Mllledgeville--J. O. Bloodworth, R. B. Moore, H. E. McAulilfe, Malcolm Fiemlater, J. E. Kidd 115th District—Homer Barnes, Guy Torrance, j? 0. Lundy 106th District—George Underwoed, Furman D. Posey, Jim Moran. Browns Crossing—J. E. Chandler Allen Stiles, W. R. Speights. Meriwether— Robert Harper. Wal ter Greene, Charlie Winn. Midway and Sanitarium—D. C. Leap- trot, Robert Taylor, Robert Brannen, O. M. Ennis. Cooperville and Stevens Pottery— Jim H. Gladden, Dr. G. E. Bighara, Olin Echols. Jim Lee. , Pine Grove-C. H. Moore, Grover’ how . 1 e “ joyed tho . parly Adams, Charlie Minter. Scottsb:ro and Trilby—J. R. Nor- ment, M. A. Nolan, W. B. Richardson. dered by very beautiful trees, about , the extra number .of students this the size of our elms. Every road Is a j y fiar one ot the Horne apartment highway, hard surfaced and built to houses on East Greene street has last centuries. I wonder how manyj been secured for the purpose of pro- years It will be until we folks ln| V * dln S rooms. America can boast of such roads. | The full corps of teachers for the We are billeted In a little French new t0rm ail re P° rted duty with village a considerable distance from the openln » of the college and while the front. A little village of quaint the faculty th,s year wUl bo composed old stone housflp, quainter old people of a number of new teachers, the new and inquisitive litle folks. The young forcea added are educators of state- men are all away and I suppose the w * de reputation, while as is weir young women are engaged in war known c ol. J. H. Marshbrn is back work too. to fill the place of president of the tn- The fields seem to yield a plentiful , 8tltut * on ' harvest but it’s quite a problem for | The °P enln * of the co,Iege y68te ^ the old men and women to gather day Presented an attractive scene and their crops. They have very little the enthusiasm amongst the students modern farm machinery and do most and Acuity indicated strong co-opera- of their work by hand, although l ‘ion for a wonderfully successful term.. We have quite a time of it Jn ca jjj ng upo n parents throughout the -ra- MR. EUGENE B. HARRIS LOSES HIS LEFT ARM Friends of Mr. Eugene B. Harris. ,!r., who remember him as an ex-G. M. C. student, and who is now a mem ber of the 151st Machine Gun Bat talion, will regret to learn that it has been necessary from the recent wounds lie received t amputate his left arm. The many friends of Mrs. .1. C. Wil kinson will regret to learn of her mother’s death, which occurred at the home of her h sband, Mr. Baldwin, in Wasliingt n, Pa. "tative front 1 'Mfrlcnd, E Baldwin P. Bor- 1 5 r " missioneni (Three) ’ 1 (1 - Etheredge, Ben Uini* y. \v, Moran, r&’ovvn Shoes l^^nteed. Hendrickson. Are HIGH PRICE OF LUMBER. makes it more imperative than ever dial all hums, outhouses, dwellings, wagons, buggies and agricultural im- nlen.ents should he painted. I oriun- atelv we have on hand a limited quan tity’ f barn paint suitable tor all that wo have enumerated above at spZ.-a per gallon. Moss green and red are (he two colors that we have. Ii >'»• r - Interested and intend palntl i- dviee purchase at once, lium nrioed house si II lor $2.50 per gallon. ( 1 KIDD. OK COURSE, owners Wo have nainl we can CULVER * of K. K. Liver Pills. G, N. !. C. OPE IS m NEXT TUESDAY Students Will Begin To Arrive Monday And Formal Open ing Will Take Place The Following Day. The Georgia Normal and Industrial Collage, widely recognized as x the most popular school for young ladies In the South, will begin its 1918-1919 term next Tuesday morning, Septem ber 17th, with practically one thou sand students enrolled. During the day Monday students will ebgin ta arrive from every section of the state and by Monday night the whole student body will have arrived for the term. The regular formal opening of the •allege will take place at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning, at which time a lumber of visitors will he present to welcome the young ladies to Mill o Jgeville. The student body this year will hr norap sed of a larger number of girl students than at any time in the his tory of the college, though the insti ; at ion was taxed to its normal capac ity during the last term, after the completion of the new college dormi tory. *5 00 in Gold for the four largest Turnips or Ruta Bagas grown from our or<*c seed. Culver & Kidd again offers to give sffY'sa.Wr - - Cabhage. Collards, ym P*. » Ram-, Lettuce. M“atnr.t. Spin la Bagas, Cnrrotts. Culver ,\ "Of Course.” TRAINING SCHOOL AT G.N.I.C. OPEN ; TODAY Teachers Arrived First of Week Preparatory To Open ing Grade School of Popular Educational Institution. The Training School of the Georgia Normal and industrial College, Includ ing classes of the lower grade stu dents, will begin the regular 1918-19 term this morning at 8:30 o'clock. Tho teachers for this department of the college arrived the first of this week and the entire roll of little stu dents will report promptly this morn ing to take up their studies for the „inlng season. Mr. Norman Dale, of Columbia Tenn., is spending a few day's here. Miss Kate Thrash and her m tiier have returned to Milledgevillo. They will live in the home of the late (’apt. Conn. Miss Florlde Allen is at home for her vacation. ' ROLAND ELLIS SPEAKS HERE BEHALF HARDWICK Prominent Macon Attorney Delivers Address In Court House Yestei-day Afternoon To Voters of Baldwin County. Hon. Roland Ellis, of Macon, and an ardent supporter of Senat"r Thomas W. Hardwick, delivered a political speech in the court house here yester day afternoon to a number of Baldwin county voters, his audience being com posed mostly of Miiledgeville people. The address of Mr. Ellis was de livered in behalf of Senator Hard wick in the latter’s race for re-riec ticn. Mr. Kills is considered ono of tho most forceful speakers in this section of the state and his address delivered her was listened to with a great deal of interest by his hearers. have seen several American reapers and binders. I have'a room In a littlo stone cot tage “around the corner.’’ It is very comfortable indeed. The bed is very like the mountaineer variety of much feathers. My landlady is quite an old woman but spry and takes an intense interest in me. n our conversation. I was invited to tea for last Sun day evening by the wife of a Govern ment official here and you can imagine Madams speaks English and, by the way, is my French teacher. She acted as in terpreter and entertainer for her guests. I had a most delightful eve- n ng. They were much interested in my story of grandfather Singleton’s expedition to California in search or gold in 1852—of things as they are in the States and of the war and w ha’ the Americans tiro doing. We aro still in training far -behind the lines and of course do not know when we shall move forward and lake o r places in the lines. Everything seems to- work to and prepare u-s for that day when we shall he put to the test. You might ho Interested to know that 1 have been appointed regimental munitions officer of my regiment, which bids fair to be some job when wo are in action. I shall have charge of the regimental ammunition train:; the drawing and proper distribution of many kinds of ammunition and pyrotechnics. It’s a job that requires i.,solute delivery of the goods—there’s no other question considered—troops Too, many visitors were present on- the occasion and the whole audience' indicated great interest in the welfare on' the popular and rapidly growing institution. The beginning of the new term of the Georgia Military College was evi dence of the fact that the popular president of the school had been quite busy during the summer months •*> *r.- state and handling a great amount of correspondence coming to his desk to be answered. The members of the faculty for the term commencing yesterday are as follows: History—Major G. W. Walter. English and Oratory—Major G. P. Donaldson. Science—Major W, R. Tucker. Commercial—Major L. M. Moc-re. Mathematics—J. T. Newton. Language and Coach—Major C. Tol bert. ,1Venro ar.1 Mathematics—Major W. E. Quoencr. * Baud Director and History—Major C. H. .Tennison. English—Miss C’Nora Ennis. Seventh Grade -Miss Lo's Crawford. Sixth Grade—Miss Julia Moore. Fifth Grade—Miss Agnes Stembridge Fourth Grade—Mind Sadye Hum phrey. Third Grade—Miss Mattie Moore. Seccnd Grade—Miss Josephine Be- thune. ' First Grade—Miss Cassie Simpson. annot fight without munitions, you know. My heart’s best love to nil you dear ones and a special message to father. Devotedly your boy, EDMUND. OTTO COTTON, the great money crop of the South, is being brought to the market. This Bank invites the accounts of farmers of this and surrounding counties, offering every advantage of a well regulated Bank. It matters not to us where your che-.k for cotton is payable, we will handle over our counter without cost to you; either pay cash or open an account on our hooks. Capital and Profits Resources $105,000.oo $400,000.go Exchange Bank yr . safe 1 * i.hMj

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The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, September 11, 1918, Image 1