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Organ
^Baldwin
County
MKRMILLEDGEVILLE NEWS!
Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
Jmfortv-sIven.
Established October 12, 1901.
t son Defeats Watson by Both
County Unit And Popular Vote
MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning, September 18 19I8.
geville Man Gets 16 Out
}0 Convention Votes and
3 Against 5010 Popu-
Votes.
ballot cast
IN TENTH DISTRICT
the 17,102 Registered
oters, There Were Only
0893 Votes Cast—Vin-
i Gets Six Counties.
essman Carl Vinson was re-
_ Wednesday's primary by
convention and popular voites
Thomas E. Watson.
are twelve counties in the
Congressional district and a
if thirty convention votes. Out
convention votes Vinson won
sixteen against Watson’s four-
ihe two men splitting even in
her of counties carried. ’There
o counties in the district carry-
re than two convention votes,
pon county', with four con-
votes, and Richmond, carrying
atson carrying the former and
the latter covnty.
n's total popular vote regis-
3, a3 against Watson's 5,010,
majority of 873 in favor of the
bent
vote in each of the counties
follows:
e County-
son 393
328
Watson’s Majority 65
'ia County—
RE-ELECTED TO SEAT,
IN CONGRESS
$1.50 a Year
Tenth District Congressional
Convention Here Thursday
Delegations Will Meet In Mill-
309
170
Vinson’s Majority 139
County-
272
183
Vloson'8 Majority 89
County—
-1320
- 750
Vinson's Majority 561
don County—
896
-859
"atson’s Majority 37
i County—
m 537
■” — 226
a tsons Majority 311
County—
* 310
atson’s Majority
’ County—
'atson's Majority
County
695
590
.543
206
■""ft Majority 337
County
*‘ w * Majority
1 bounty
n 8 Majority ...
^0Unty-_
Sons Majority
'"•on
*t«o n
92
358
590
186
Congressman Carl Vinson was Wed
nesday re-elected to a seat in
Congress. He wa6 opposed by Thos.
E. Watson, of Thomson.
G. N, & I. COLLEGE
BEGINS 28TH TERM
One Thousand More Students
Arrive In Milledgeville Mon
day To Attend Popular
Girls’ School.
The twenty-eighth annual term of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College was commenced yesterday
morning with an enrollment of prac
tically one thousand or more young
lady students.
The girls commenced to arrive in
Milledgeville Monday morning prepar
atory to the opening of the college
at 8:30 o’clock Tuesday morning. All
during the day they continued to come
in on every train entering the city
and by 11 o’clock at night they were
here by the hundreds, all the college
dormitories being in readiness for their
arrival.
At the formal opening Tuesday
morning, a number of representatives
citizens of Milledgeville were present
to greet and welcome the new coming
students. Several short addresses
were made in expressing to the young
ladies the pleasure afforded the peo
ple of Milledgeville by their return
•o become a part of this city.
The enrollment of students at the
girls’ college this year is just a lit:io
greater titan the past college season
or at any time heretofore, though it
was found necessary to secure a little
additional room before the increased
number coul 1 be accommodated. On
top of the fact a few additional stu
dents have been given the opportuni
ty to enter the college, hundreds of ap
plications have been turned down on
account of lack of room to care for
them.
Since the arrival of the cadets at
the Georgia Military College and the
young ladies at the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College, Milledgeville
has taken on much new life and the
people of this city unhesitatingly ex
press themselves as being highly
pleased in having the more than fif
teen hundred students invade and
again become a great part of this
place.
edgeville For the Purpose of
Declaring Carl Vinson The
Nominee.
OCCASION WILL BE
LARGELY ATTENDED
Many Prominent Men From
Notable Old Tenth Will Be
Here to Take Part Iq What
Is Expected to Be Big Affair
The congressional convention of the
Tenth district will take place in Mill
edgeville Tuesday of this week for
ihe purpose of declaring Congressman
arl \ inson's re-election as a member
of the lower branch of the national
law-making body.
The delegates to come here from
the various counties of the district
will probably begin to arrive Wednes
day night, though most of them will
more than likely come to Milledgeville
in automobiles early Thursday morn
ing.
There will be thirty delegates em
powered to cast their ballots for the
nominee and out of this number six
teen will come here instructed to name
13,000,000 MORE
MEN REGISTERED
On Same Day Great Drive
Was Launched —Patriotic
Demonstrations Throughout
The Country.
Washington, Sept. 12—Thirteen
millien men, probably more, the force
from which will come the reserves to
win the war, were registered today in
the second great mobilization of the
nation’s man power.
As the men were moving in every
city, town and hamlet over the coun
try, to add their names to the roll of
the 11,600,000 who had registered be
fore, the nation's fighting army over
seas was hurling itself against the
enemy in the first distinctly American
offensive operation on the western
front.
Demonstrations of patriotism every
where marked the registration. Long
before the appointed time for the reg
istrants to ebgin their work, lines of
citizens were waiting to enroll. All
day and until well into the night, men
passed through the registration places
Congressman Vinson as the legal nom
inee in accordance with the rules of' and Provost Marshal General'crowder
the Tenth District Democratic Execu- is confident that when the returns are
tive Committee. It is expected that
the first abilot of the delegates will
be unanimous in naming Congressman
Vinson as the nominee to succeed
himself, as 1 he is legally entitled to a
majority of the convention votes in
the beginning.
The convention will be held in the
court house at 11 o’clock and in al!
probabilities every available seat in
the regular court room will be taken
by the delegates and many visitors
who will be on hand as interested
spectators. After the conclusion of
the convention, the delegates will be
invited to attend a barbecue to be
given in their honor by Congressman
Vinson, the feast to be spread on
Treanor’s grove just over the Oconee
river.
The delegates from the counties car
ried y Congressman Vinson were nam
ed Saturday afternoon and each was
notified of his appointment.
The delegates and alternates named
are as follows:
Hancock county: W. H. Burwell and
R. L. Merritt, with Jesse Trawick an 1
T. B. Hightower, alternates.
Richmond county: Judge E. H. Cal
laway, M. C. B. Holley. Inman Curry,
Tom Barrett, W. P. White and J. C.
McAuliffe, with Frank Turner, F. A.
White, Ralph Wills, Gerrge C. Schnu-
fele, Sam F. Carlington and J. F. Farr,
alternates.
Taliaferro county: Gordon Jones and
Jack Lee, with Ralph Golucke and
Will Barnett, alternates.
Columbia County: H. B. Mundy and
John Lamkin, wiih A. L. Morris and
L. E Blanchard, alternates.
Wilkinson county: George Carswell
and W. A. Jones, with R. L. Stubbs
and Judge Joseph Butler, alternates.
Baldwin county: Judge John T. Al
len and Judge Edward R. Hines, with
J. H. Ennis and D. S. Sanfcrd, alter
nates.
in they will i' aw that there were
few who sought to evade their duty.
In all the reports of the progress of
the registration received during the
day at the provost marshal general’s
office there was no suggestion of any
disorder. And none had been expect
ed, for officials had been confident that
the deeds of the fighting men overseas
had stirred the nation to the highest
pitch and determination.
With registration day now history
the next move o' the draft machinery
will be in t*i-j iwiberlng serially of
the registration cards. Until that work
is completed by the local board* the
drawing of the order numbers which
will determine in a measure the rela
tive standing of the registrants, can
not be heid.
In the meantime, however, question
naires will go forward to men between
19 and 21 and 32 and 36, so thqt they
may be classified and some of them
thus made ready for call in October
after the national drawing is held.
Complete reports from the registra
tion are not expected by ProvosJ Mar
shal General Crowder before Saturday.
These will show the total number of
men registered as well as the propor
tion of this number to the estimate
in each district and many from the
basis for activity by the department
f justice in rounding up those who
have evaded the law.
In this connection, officials today
again called the attention of regi-
trants to the fact that the lfw requires
that they carry their registration
cards at all times so that rpon de
mand of an authorized police official,
they can produce it.
ALFRiEND WINS OUT IN
THE LEGISLATIVE RACE
Fourth Liberty Loan Campaign
Begins Saturday of Next Week
BALDWIN COUNTY
GOES TO HARRIS
McLendon, Walker, Patterson
Price and Harwell Also Get
Majorities of the Votes Cast
Here Wednesday.
William J. Harris carried Baldwin
county for the United States Senate
by a majority of 185 votes over his
next highest opponent, Senator Thom
as W. Hardwick, the Harris vote be
ing 415 against Hardwick's 230. How
ard received 88 votes, Cooper 16, and
Shaw, 2.
Clifford Walker carried the county
for attorney general by a majority
cf 16 votes over Joe Hill Hall.
S. G. McLendon received a vote of
487 as against 252 balloted for H. B.
Strange for secretary of state.
Judge T. E. Patterson defeated A. F.
Keese in Baldwin by a majority of
199 votes.
J. D. Price carried the county for
railroad commissioner by a majority
of 159 votes over Volney Williams,
while W. T. Bankston received 102
votes, 139 less than did Williams.
Judge Frank Harwell carried the
Whirlwind Drive Will Be Made
In Baldwin County To Go
“Over The Top” Within a
Short Period.
MILLER S. BELL WILL
AGAIN BE CHAIRMAN
Chairman Bell Has Named All
Committees For Carrying
On of Campaign to Raise
Baldwin’s Quota.
Preparations for the drive to raise
Baldwin County’s quota of the Fourth
Liberty Loan have practically been
completed in a manner which prom
ises going “over the top" in short or
der.
*The Baldwin county committee will
again be headed by Mayor Miller S.
Bell, who served in this capacity dur
ing the campaigns of the Second and
Third Liberty Bond campaigns, while
Mr. A. J. Carr will also serve as vice
chairman of the county committee.
The bond sale is to begin promptly
the morning of September 28th, the
date already set by the Government,
though there is a good deal of prelim
inary work to be done here before the
big drive takes place.
At the direction of the Gavernment
county for a place on the bench of Mr. W. J. Rauland, who has been
the Court of Appeals by a majority delegated as one of the chief pro
of 43 votes over Alex W. Stephens, moters of the sale of Liberty Bonds
Harwell getting a ballot of 396 as in the Sixth Reserve District, will vls-
against Stephens 353. it Milledgeville next Friday, Septem-
Ht ber 20th, to instruct the Baldwin coun
ty committeemen as to the actual
plans of the Government in waging
the Liebrty Loan campaign. Mr. Pau-
land has written Chairman Bell to
urge every person appointed on a
committee in connection with the
Fourth Liberty Bond sale to meet him
at the court house Friday morning
at 10 o’clock. Mr. Bell has in turn
requested every member of the various
committees to put aside all personal
agairs at this time in order to be
, present on the occasion in order to
The Washington Association of the' hear the p , ans ag w)1 , be , aJd out by
Missionary Baptist Church of Georgia lhe visiting overnme nt official.
is being held this week at Sisters .
u «_ ut * The organization has been perfected
Church, in Washington county. '. ,
here along the lines suggested by the
The association will eb in session Government
for two days, and will come to a clo o I _. . _ , .
. „ . . , The women under the leadership of
tonight, yesterday being tho first dav I tI 1
. .. , .. . . , Mrs. H. D. Allen, are expected to be
of the meeting of the church workers. I
n.. ... ... t, .. . . , .. active in co-operation with the men
The Washington Baptist Association . . . , , ,
, „ and to take a leading part in this
is composed of all the Baptist church-, , ,
u , ... , . . , , (treat work and will be given full
es of Hancock, Washington and Bald-
WASHINGTON ASSN.
MEETS THIS WEEK
Baptist Churches of Baldwin,
-Hancock and Washington
Counties Holding Conven
tion Yesterdy and Today.
win counties, with Mr. A. W. Evans,
of Sandersville, as moderator; Mr. H.
D. Chapman, of Sparta, Clerk; Messrs
J. D. Howard and D. S. Sanford, of
this city, are members of the execu
tive committee.
Among the representatives going
credit for the showing they make.
The individual quota or card ludex
system will be used during the cam
paign. A card is to be made for each
individual firm or corporation who
should subscribe for 'bond*. Caro
will be used by the Executive Commit
tee in apportioning the amount of
from the Milledgeville Baptist church i bonds they are expected to b ,, y . a card
to attend the association are Rev.
5883
-5010
873
tf erg(i .' f,i ,i,1K statements as
i'i.v voto. One re-
" !l "atson, 5995: Vln-
‘other ia u-
'•''-Watson 695;
"'eiuion vnta
Y; r ,c remains un-
" u, i W’atson, 14.
* #n ‘gom e
r Vs Cafe.
HIGH PRICE OF LUMBER.
makes it more imperative than ever
that all barns, outhouses, dwellings,
wagons, buggies and agricultural im
plements should lie painted. Fortun
ately we have on hand a limited quan
tity rl barn paint suitable for till that
we have enumerated above at $2.35
per gallon. Moss green and red are
the two colors that we have. If you
are interested and intend painti i r. we
advise purchase at once. Wo have
medium priced house paint we cap
s’ d for 82.50 per nnllon. CULVER &
KIDD. OF COURSE, owners of K. K.
Liver Fills.
$5.00 in Gold for the four largest
Turnips or Ruta Bagas grown from
our prize seed.
Culver S. Kidd again offers to oive
$5.00 in Gold for the four largest Tur
nips or Ruta Bagas (without) the
tops grown from our prize seed. The
turnips must tie d* llvered on or be
fore 12 M., November 23. 1918.
iMcnt a War Garden Now.
Cabbage, Pollards, Turnips, Beers.
Rap.- Lettuce. Mustard. Spinach. Hu-
ta Bagas. Carrotts. Culver & Kidds,
"Of Course.”
REV, CHARLES BASS
ON SINKING SHIP
Methodist Minister Who For
merly Lived Here Was Sur
vivor of Transport Recently
Sunk By Submarine.
The friends of Rev. Charles L. Bass
will be interested to learn that he is
among the survivors of the transport
which was bound for France and
which was recently torpedoed by a
German submarine.
Rev. Mr. Bass Is a nephew of Mrs.
S. A. Cook, a sen of the late Dr.
Charles iL. Bass, who was a practis
ing physician at the State Sanitarium
ami a grandson of Dr. Thomas S.
Green, who was at one time superin
tendent of that institution.
Mr. Bass was appointed to army Y.
M. C. A. work by the North Georgia
Conference in November of last year
and since that time he has been sta-
• ! ned at Camp Gordon, until recent
ly, when he left for overseas duty.
— (n
Wc have enlarged and improved our
cafe in order to give yoa first elas3
service. MONTGOMERY’S CAFE.
Defeats Mr. R. B. Moore, His Strong
est Opponent, By A Majority of 113
Votes—E. P. Berry Receives 63 Bal
lots.
will then be made for each prospect
C. Wilkinson, Dr. George L. Chapman. I and the8e oard8 wM1 be divlded among
Dr. N. R. Thomas. Mr. J. R. Lawrence. • the mpmbera of the committees and
Mr. J. W. Roberts, Mr. I). S. Sanford, ’
Mr. J. D. Howard. Mr. A. J. Carr, Mr.
E. E. Bass, Dr. L. M. Jones, Dr. It. C.!
Swlnt, Mr. T. H. Clark, Mr. Artli r
Davis and Mr. and Mrs. W. A.. Walk-1
er.
Prof. Kyle T. Alfrlend was elect d
to the 'Legislature from Baldwin coun
ty in Wednesday’s election by a ma
jority of 113 votes over Mr. R. B.
Moore, the next closest candidate in
this particular race.
The Legislative race was three-cor
nered and the votes received by each
candidate were as follows:
Kyle T. Alfrlend 404
R. B. Mocre 291
E. P. Berry i—. 63
$10.00 FOR A NAME.
Ten dollars will be given to the man.
w man or child in Baldwin county
who suggests the, name selected by
the stockholders for the NEW HOS
PITAL.
Conditions:
1st—Only one name can be submit
ted by one person.
2nd Names must be mailed to John
W. Hitchinson, care of First National
Bank, by October 1, 1918.
3rd—In case more than one person
chooses the name selected the prize
to be divided.
F r further information address,
DR. T. M. HALL, Miliedgevilie, Ga.
Eat at Montgomery's Cafe.
J. B. ENNIS WAS ELECTED
TO THE STATE SENATE
Present Member of Legislature From
Baldwin County Named For Upper
House In Election Held Wednesday.
No Opposition.
J. H. Ennis, at present a member of
tho Georgia Legislature from Baldwin
county, was elected to a seat in the
State Senate with ut opposition in the
election held Wednesday.
Captain Enuis has served Baldwin
county in the Lower House of the
General Assembly since 1912 and
since that time he lias become one of
the most popular members of this
branch of the Georgia law-making
body. With the except! n of his in
itial entry as a candidate for th"
Legislature, lie has gone without op
position. signifying satisfaction having
been rendered his constituents.
From the day Representative Ennis
announced that lie would lie a candi
date for the Senate from the Twenti
eth district, not even a rumor came
about of any possible opposition to
his candidacy, which within itself was
evidence of his pop larity with the
people of this senatorial district,
which comprises the counties of Wash
ington, Hancock and Baldwin.
- |
Eat at Montgomery's Cafe.
definite report is to be made upon
each individual. If a person refuses
to buy at all or is unwilling to sub
scribe for the amount of the bonds
| which in tho opinion of tile committee
|he should buy, tlie sub-committee will
'return the card, stating thereon the
| reason given. Such cards will then
[lie turned over to a special committee
who will at once take the matter up
with the prospect and endeavor to
get the matter adjusted.
An intensive campaign will be put
on and the committee hopes that the
quota assigned to Baldwin county will
be raised during the first .two weeks.
The Government believes that with
the card system that the people will
be educated to the point where, In fu
ture campaigns, committees will mere
ly have to notify (he people how much
each individual allotment is and they
will come to the committee and fill
their subscriptions rather than wait
to be called upon by the committee.
The following committees have he°n
app: inted in completing the organiza
tion for the purpose o;' carrying o :t
to a suecessf 1 end the sale of Bald
win county’s quota of Lierty Bonds:
County Chairman, Miller S. Beil.
Vice Chairman. A. J. Carr.
Executive Committee for 320th D -
trict: C. H. Bonner, O. M. Conn, V.'.
T. Garrard, E. A. Tigner. L. C. Hall. J.
W. Hutcheson, J. W. McMillan. Mr .
H. D. Alien, A. J. Carr, Miller S. P-vl.
Publicity Committee-—E. A. Tin r,
R. B. M ore, li. E. McAuliffe. G"orgo
P. Donaldson, K. T. Alfrlend, P:°ve
Thornton.
Spankers Committee—D. S. S&nlori,
(Concluded on back page.)