The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, December 04, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextEDEATH IS, F. POLK PAYS PENALTY nWIN COUNTY MAN HANG- Pn FRIDAY FOR THE MURDER 'tfHlS WIFE IN JANUARY Iineteen and fifteen. let Y. Polk, who Mi given aer. , trials in answering the charge of tu wife in January, 1*15, was ued here Friday afternoon for the be committed. E e execution took place shortly af. ,ene o’clock, tho death penalty be- I pa> d an enclosed scaffold In | Baldwin county Jail, only the rifl, a physician and an undertaker [jessing the affair. I polk was sentenced to hang follow- tr ial at the regular July term of ’ a Bidwin superior cowrt this year, , judge appointing a date for his jcutan, which was to take place In , early fall, owever, an appeal was Le to the governor to grant a res- UEUT. J W. ANDERSON PULLED IN FRANCE SON OF WELL KNOWN MIL ledgeville woman claim! datS? DEATH CHARGING in FORCES AGA,NST GE RMAN Official dispatches from the war de partment during this week announced the death of iLeut J. Wilcox Ander son, son of Mrs. Mamie Andlrson ma tron of the Terrell Hall dormitory 0 t the Georgia Normal and Industrla. College, and one of the best known and highly esteemed women in the city. Upon learning of the death of Lieut Anderson many expressions of sym pathy were tendered the young hen mother, and she has scores of fri ai ls and admirers hero who were grievt-d to learn of the radness brought i > lex Some of the details concerning ;he manner in which I.leut. Anderson met death are given in a letter written by Lieut. Grayson to one of his friends , in order to give the attorneys of i in Atlanta. The letter In question is , condemned man time to put in a i before tin prison commission fer I Icunmiutatiou of tire sentence. The j Lpeal was granted and the matter | ully brought to the governor for ac- L though the courts were sustain- i all the way through. | Before being sent to the scaffold to I death malty for the murder | | his wife, Polk tried for both mur-1 and insanity, the juries on the j returning verdicts unfavorable j L the defendant, though a number of 1 Lucians he’d tc the contention that L man's mind was deranged. ! | it will he remembered that Polk his wife with a revolver While »as calling on one of their neigh-, irs in the neighborhood of Midway, ^hen- they re si ;ed i after having had miderable domestic trouble. After ! crime was committed he was im- kediately hr. tight to the Baldwin Bunty jail, where he remained for [early four years bfore being put to |eath In compliance ],"lth the orders ! the courts. • ' j \ — Su ; JANIE WALL WITH MiLLEDGEVILLE BANK DRV1ER AS-.i j i ANT BOOKKEEP ER OF Ti.E GEORGIA NOAMAL ANL) INDUS! RIAL COLLEGE | ACCEP i S POSITION WITH MIL- IXOOEN 1,-Gt; BAI IKING CO. Miss Janl - Wall, until the closing |tf the school .erm this year assistant bookkeeper i the Georgia Normal & Industrial College, has accepted a po sition with Ha Milledgeville Banking Company haying taken up her new pi'its Monday of this week. Since the at ter part of the summer, libs- Wall h id a position with the [clerical department ot the govern- pent in Washington-, I). C. She is Cognized as pi ssessing unusual abil- reproduced below; T have not written before now be cause I have been very busy and am In the hospital again. This time it is a bullet wound in the arm and leg Both are ffesh wounds and healing nicely. ,, , i ■ >J “I guess by now you have heard the sad news of Wilcox Anderson’s death The last 1 saw of him was a few min utes before 1 went over the top with my company. He was then with Head quarters Company. About an hour la ter I was brought in wounded and iLeut. Jarman, also of Headquarters Company, told me the sad uws. He said he and Wilcox were together in the light, and when he looked around Wilcox was dead. He never knew what struck him. A machine gun bul let got him in the heart. I have cer tainly regretted his death for you know Wilcox was one of my best friends. H was in the thickest of the fight and met his death like a man. “It was a hot tight that morning. I have never seen anything like it, but the beys were still going forward when 1 was brought In, and from the papers I see they are still going." This letter is dated Oct. 2", an 1 Lieut. Anderson’s death must have oc curred a few days before that. The place is not mentioned. LOSES HIS UFE IN FRANCE. LIEUT. J. WILCOX ANDERSON SON OF MRS. MINNIE ANDERSON OF THIS CITY, INCLUDED IN THE CASUALTY LIST OF THE AMERI CAN TROOPS IN FRANCE. THANKSGIVING FULLY OBSERVED IN THIS CITY STORES CLOSED AND PRACTICAL LY ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED IN RECOGNITION TO THE NA. TIONAL HOLIDAY. Milledgeville observed Thanksglv- REV. REMBERT G. SMITH PREACHED HERE SUNDAY NEW PASTOR OF METHODIST CHURCH ARRIVES AND TAKES UP WORK IN FILLING HIS AP- POINTMENT IN THIS CITY. Rev. Rembert G. Smith, the newly appointed pastor ot the MllledgeriUe Methodist church, arrived here Sun- day to preach his first sermon to a congregation in this city. The family with their household furnishings, reached Milledgeville Saturday morn ing, and upon their arrival they were met by a number of the members of the church. As the new pastor of the ’Methodist church, Mr. Smith’s sremon Sunday was hard by a large congregation, especially considering the weather conditions, and he is being cordially received by the people of this city. ELK r h !0 ANNUAL LODGE SORROW IMPRESSIVE CEREML. .IES HELD SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AT WHICH TIME HON. SAM OLIVE MADE APPROPRIATE AD DRESS. MAYOR BELL APPOINTED DELEGATE TO S. M. C. NAMED FROM GEORGIA TO GO TO BALTIMORE TO ATTEND THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON GRESS, DEC. 8th to 12th. The annual lodge of sorrow of the local lodge of Elks was held Sunday afternoon in the opera house, a spen- did and enjoyable program having been carried out on the occasion. The speaker of the occasion was Hon. Sam Olivet, of Auusta, and one of the best known men in Georgia. His address was very Impressive and appropriate to the occasion and he was heard with a great deal of in terest by all ot those attending tbe occasion. Although the weather conditions »were very unattractive and disagree, ble the memorial service was attend ed by a large number of people, in cluding a large number of the senior class of the Georgia Normal and In dustrial College. The music was furnished by the Georgia Military College orchestral Also, a number of vocal selections were included on the program and Mayor Miller S. Bell was this week named a delegate by Governor Hugh • M. Dorsey to attend the Southern added much to the impressiveness of Commercial Congress to be held in giving day almost to the letter and I Baltimore, December 8th to 12th. practically all business wa3 suspend ' »• «tr • Rood's, tjrug hardware STOLE $20,000 OF LIBERTY BONDS? Macon Ga., Dec. 1.—(Special.)— Charged’with stealing $2,000 worth of Liberty Bon^s from tlie Richard Whitney Company, Wall Street brok ers, of New York, a man giving the police th name of Edward Jason Hunt er was arrested here tonight as he waa leaving a local hotel. At police headquarters he refused to discuss the matter, but later, of* 'nd in tho various positions she | fleers, confessed to the robbery, say furniture stores being closed through out the day. Tue pc-opie were entertained by a -ootuaii game placed by the Savannah High Schcol and the Georgia Military College teams. Otherwise, tho day was spent in quietude and outdoor recreation, quite a number taking oc casion to go to the country on hunt ing trips. PRESERVATION LEAGUE FORMED BY COLORED RUFUS T. BEivr.tf, WORKING NEGKO RACE FOR DE- PARTMENT OF v'-.au.t, • * W a. v . O .L UiifHMlYrtlj Rufus T. Buuett, one of the best known nuioes in Georgia and employ ed by the United States dopar.muiu of Labor, was in Milledgeville Tues day tor the purpose, oi looking alter the labor sie-ation amongst his race m atoiiwln county. Bennett appuiateu a committee of colcYed citizens here to head a Sell Preservation Loyally League, the go ject of the organization and the uu'e-s Ut the tame wi.l ue to encourage em ployment and to ubo.isk a,t idK-aess .nu-migst the c-offd people in order to bring about bet er eoudiiiuns on ti.e part ot all local manufacturing enterprises, farming interests aud oth er industries. This appointment is quite a com pliment to the mayor of this city, in view of the fact only a few Georgian are being named as delegates from the occasion, The program as was rendered was as follows: March, G. M. C. orchestra: opnin ceremonies ritual; opening ode. lodge m o; sol', “Salve- Regina,’’— this state to the important convention; I (Buck) Miss Tucker; “Aoratlon.' which will be uttended by a wen:' j (aBrnard) G. M. C. orchestra; solo of prominent men from all over tbe “Ave Marla,”—(Millard) Mrs. Long' entire south. no; “Heart Throbs,”—(Arnold) O. 1" iilsycv Bell has not decided posltivi i C. orchestra; introduction; address ly as to whether or not he will be Bro. Sam Olive; “A Deep Sea Ro- afcJt; -to fill thj appointment. mance,”— (Lake) G. M. C. orchestra; duct, “Whisp’-ring Hope.”—(i : r tho-ne) Mr*-. Longlno and Mr. Conn- -reading, “Thanatopsls,” — (Bryant) Miss Wilkinson; “Roman of tlio Ros es,”—(Trinkaus) G. M. C. orchestra; closing ceremonies, ritual; doxol'g- lodge and audience; benediction, Dr. J. C. Wilkins jn. DR. RICHARD GIN-ON HAS LOCATED HERE WELL-KNOWN YOUNG PHYSICIAN OF SPARTA, ARRIVED IN tvi LEDGEVILLE THIS WEEK TO BEGIN PRACTICE OF MEDICINE Dr. Richard iBnion ,who noeds but : V/fIRELEY2F. l c '0 OOfl IHtlo inh-t.iueUon to ;h people ol th e j ’* * rtcni TUIC city and county, has moved to Mil ledgeville to begin the practice of medicine in this city and conniv. Unti the first of this week Dr. Ein- icn was one cf the most poon young physicians in Hancock county and it is generally conceded that Sparta lias lost a highly prized a-i llicrity on medicine, while the neoplo of this city and county gains him ae a welcomed citizen. Dr. Binion has openod his office in the-Opera House building m Hnn-o i: street and he lias already started his professional d-.ties in this city. i MEN THIS MONTH The committee appointed is com- REV. C. M. VERBEL COMES |ity held heretofore she has given Inch service as to cause her to oh- |iiin a reputation of unusual value. Miss Wall lias many friends in Mil* seU'.lo, won during her several Ifcars stay in this city, who will be |ieep]y\ interested in learning of her [coming to this place. PARITY CONCERT TO BE AT BAPTIST CHURCH 0“ Sunday evening, Decfember 15th, “ H-u o’clock tho annual Union I harlty- Concert will begiven, the free l v '*i offering to be used- for reliev es the needs of Christmas time. The I “ '-ill In turned over to a commii- | ,ee <onsisiIng of tlie preachers of the j 1 '' “kbsted by any one they may I 18h >o call upon. Thi- M sic t'lub has generously of- I * red tf 1,0 away with their “sing” for I ls month in order to help with this l'°tiii rt The full program will be pub- ,s t’ 11 in tlie papers next week. pERTAlNiViENY TO BE g *VEN at CAMP CREEK lug he worked as messenger for the Wflitney Company long enough to gel ihe Package of Rends, which lie later exchanged for bonds of smaller tic- nomination. T’e says In* had a pal in the d' .al, \vv*o is somewhere in Virginia wi.h thov.t half of the tsTufs stolen In New dert “ king to see that no idleness York. “My religion,'' he t Id officers, tolera toa to see that uo idleuc!.; “is to steal mi'iions when you get -i | t0 ] era ted, declaring tha posed of six of the most energetic colored men in the county. The; aic Dr. J. F. boddie, Dr. U. W. Dyer, \. M. Davis, Samuel U. AicCoaib, Jasper Hitchcock aud Dr. L. L. Miller. in the. furtherance of fulfilling his duties, Bennett impressed upon tu<s committee the importance of co-oper ating with the government in the be be would TO TAKE UP HiS CHARGE NEW PASTOR OF MIDWAY C!R. CUiT ARRIVED TUESDAY AND WILL PREACH KIS FIRST SER- MON AT OAK GROVE CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY. Washington, Doc. 2.—Demobiliza tion plans ot the war department were outlined today by Brig. -Gen. Lord, o’, the quartermasiers corps at a hear ing of tho h:uso appropriations sum- I committie which is seeking to do- 1 termine what part of war appropri ations may be red. rued to the treas ury as a reuult of the end of the war. | Discharges are already being issued General Lord said, and in December i is expected to release abput 150,000 men. This number will be increased 50,000 or 100,000 monthly until in June the last month -of the current fiscal year, when it roaches 500 000, thu wit ness said. REV. F. D. VAUGHN HAS PASSED AWAY VICTIM OF PNEUMONIA WHILE ATTENDING CHAPLINS* SCHOOL AT CAMP TAYLOR, NEAR LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Rev.- Fleming D. Vaughan, until about eight years ago a citizen of this city, passd away Thursday morn, ing in the hospital at Camp Tayllr, situated near Loulsvtlle | Ky. His death was brought about from pneu monia, following influenza. Mr. Vaughan had been in tralnnig for a haplaln only two weeks, hav. Ing left his church in Winnsboro. 8. C. ( to enter the chaplains’ training school at Camp Taylor. eBfofre decld- ng to enter the army service he had been pastor of the South Carolina church for a period of about five Sunday afternoon accompanied by Chaplain Barbree, of Camp Taylor. Mr. Vaughan having been born and reared In this citj, was well *kni > wn , years. Six weeks ago, Mr. Vaughan w«b forced to undergo a v.ery serious op eration for appendicitis and we a com pleting his recovery from • n.'ment at the time he was a h in fluenza, later develop ne , nonla. The remains arrive - vllJe SundRy afternoon, ace.omn nl »d by- Chaplin Barbree, of Ca no Tor. Mr. Vauhgan, having bee '• ■> and reared in this ci’y ‘mown by the people of Milledgeville, nncf scores of his friends v ere shocked with grief upon haring < ’’ ' 'a p-using away. He leaves his widow an 1 ‘hreo children, his mother Mr- Sn'i’e J. Vaughan; two sisters, Mrs. R. E, Stembridge and Mrs. F. P. Golucke, of this city, and two hr '.hers, Mr. Dan C. Vaughan, of Washin^on D. C., and Mr. W. J. Vaughan, of Thomas- ville. The funeral was hid f-ny” t^o Pres byterian church Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and was conducted by Dr. D. W. Brannon who -as assisted by Dr. Rembert C. S-nilh. east-r of the Methodist church, and Chaplin Barbree, of Camp Tn.-lor, Kv, Intor- , ment took plase in the city cemetery ED AWAY MISS MAY SEVENTEEN . TER Or Ink. TE1NN1LLE, Li- CUMBS Ai- ikit inIGHT -UGH. . >/. K. >, LUC- .^i»E3S chance.” j mean as much to the negro as t:u With Hunter when he was arrested 1 wk | te Inan t0 become employed anc -.'r>fc a man who ngistered as Sanuiol ^ 0 j d s teady jobs. Hrul-icns -n t( Hartford, Conn. Hue-1 IB. icr was preparing to leave in an aa’o for tin Springe, - Ar k- men 1 rP being Jelnined pending advices from tb? New Y'f- rulhorities. -pw— An box entertainment in the way of a niipper will be given at the Far- (Deffl' i. . P 1 n °n meeting house in the *"!" (rook community next Friday tish '. Decembr 6th. or( 'naion la being looked for- k l ° Wi,h a great ’ deal °* ,ntere8t lion 1,1 * n particular sec- enu- ° f , ,he < 0 unty and doubtless the laro" lm " Pnt "*** ^ attended by n drii/ " ll Pr ° f ,ho Pntrons and chil- ' ° f ’* le Famp Careek school, as •ill/? , w *" go *° ItnproYlfiK n<'l house and putting In additional J ssa, 7 furnishings. *ard RESTRICTIONS COTTON SHIPMENT ARE REMOVED Washington, Dec. 2. Restrictions on the shipment of cotton from interi or points for export will be remove by an order to be issued tomorrow by the Railroad Administration Senatoi j gra pj, era # McKellar, of Tennessee, announced to night after a conference with Direc tor Chambers, of the Railroad Admin, istrution’s division of traffic. Removal of the restrictions, Senator McKellar said, will permit SCO NEWSPAPER MEN OFF l‘J "Cuviirt" flALk IBEli Hoboken, N. J., Bee. k—The United States transport Orizba sailed , for Brest today with nearly 500 uewis .a- ,.1-r correspondents from all parts ct the country on their way to “cover' the coming rente confences at Ver sailles. The party included several news paper-women und a score of motion picture men and newspaper phrto- Rev. C. M, Verdel, who was ap pointed to take up thp pastorial work of the Balwin circuit, succeeding Rev. Z. Speer, arrived Tuesday with hi: family. He will preach his first ser mon as the no wpastor of the Mid win circuit next Sunday morning at eleven o’clock at Oak Grove civ rch. Mr. Verdel and his family, were, warmly received by the people of the Midway community, the han dof wel come being extended on every occas ion of his meeting new acquaintances. The family of Mr. Speer, the for mer pastor, will leave this week fer ’ Eilijay, where h goes to take up Uls new pastorial duties and they will carry with them the best wishes of many friends in this county. The people of the Midway com munity were deeply saddened Sun day evening upon hearing of the sad death of Miss Muy lennille, the sveuteen year old daughter cf Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Teuniile, of tha,t place. Miss Teuniile had been seriously ill only a fw da>s aud only unti a short time before her death was her condition >vdnsidered x sefyous. She i wus a bright and charming young Washington, Dec. 2. General 1’esh- -i u( ]y mjj possessed many friends, ing formally reported today the cros,-| whom she had wtn lht; adIui rauon of AMERtCAN ARMY SOW IN GERMANY -ifr- The corroirt'ndcnts wore given a two-day start on the George Washing ton, va'ch is schedule to leave Tues day with President Wilson and his party because the Orizaba is a slower Friends of Lieut. Powell Allen, who has been stationed at Fort Screven, will he Interested to learn that he will soon be mustered o:t of the ar>-- and will continue his studies hi the Friends of Dr. L. W. Lee will regret trill countries except the neutrals con tiguous to Germany and Austria. Heretofore, bills of lading for sh.p- mnts wero limited tfl the saboarc- .Subscribe ^tew for Christmas Maga zines. Order now «"d avold dela>. KYLE & MALCOLM ALFRIEND, Agents. boa‘ Tlie George Washington is ex-, to know that he is ill at the home cf his mother in Gordon. Dr. Lee and family went over to spend Thanks giving with his mother and he became ill while there. shipment from Interior points in the pocted t0 ove rhaui the Orizaba sh rt-; South of cotton to all allied and neu- Jy before , he arrlva l at Brest and a lively race for port is anticipated. 7" , j We have a large quantity of varied assortment*, putty and springs. CULVER A KIDD, Of Course, an Beet pulp, bran and shorts, cotton seed meal and hulls at, EMMETT L. BARNE3. ,J 11 Suits made to order from $25 to $40 at George W. Barr’s, the Popular Price Tai lor. Phone 451-J. ing of tho American army of occupa tion into Germany. His communica tion, dated Sunday, follows: ‘The third American army cressed tlie frontier today and reached tlie genera 1 line AU'ertag-Wiutershooii- Masthorn-Mulbaeh - Cordel Treyes Konz - Saai burg-Taben.” Mi DECEMBER MEETING i OF WOMAN'S CLUB * — ^ The December meeting of the Wo man’s Club will be held next week the time and place to he announced in papers. It will be a “welcome” meeting for our new members cf which there will be about ten cr twelve. They will be guests of honor at the little social half-hour which is to follow the program—so that all may have the peasure of meeting them. We also hope to have with us Mile. Therese Pottecher, who is the French leather at the G. N. and I. C. newly arrived, and who will be on the program at this time. Watch the pa per next week for full particulars, cd make your plans to come to this meet ing—rain or shine, sleet or snow. The hospitality committee for this meeting will he Mesdames J L. Sib on account of her lovely disposition, and all join Die lamiiy in iheir hours ot extrema grief. The funeral was held from the resi dence Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock the luneral being conducted by Rev. R. A. Edmonson of Atlanta, former ly pastor of tho .Methodist church iu .Milledgeville. Dr. Edmonson was as sisted by Dr. Rmbert O. Smith and Rev. Z. Speer, while .Mr. Ellison it. Cock, superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school at Midway offered a few words in eulogizing the deceased for the splendid character and dis position she possessed. Interment took place in the city cemetery in Milledgeville. Miss Tennilie is survived by her parents and three brothers, Messrs. Henry Cline and Harris Tennilie. -*«- Mr. Emmett Hines returned to the Technological school in Atlanta Sun day after spending a few days hero with his parents, Judge and Mrs. E. R. Hines. He was a member of the S. A. T. C. at Tech, but now that tho was is over, he expects to return to his regular collegiate duties. NOTICE 1 Have you a pot plant you could ley ( chairman; Homer Bivir.s. Oaoi spare f or t h e G. M. C. dining tables? Stembridge, Lucian Lawrence, J. E Pottle, J. T. Allen, W. A. Massey, L S. Fowler Livingston Kenan, John Conn and J. A. Moore. If so send to Mrs. Johnso' c.t the Barracks. Any pot plant you send Letl j will be greatly appreciated. Committee G. M. C. tablej.

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The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, December 04, 1918, Image 1