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Baldwin
County
iTHE MILLEDQEVILLB NEWS!
Official Organ
City of
Miliedgevllle
*0dooO '«)
erx* 1 " • - m, 1901.
II, & I. COLLEGE
CLOSED FOR XMAS
dre[!s of Students Leave
Tiicsdav For lneir Homes
Various Parts Of The
State to Spend Holidays.
Georgia Normal and Industrial
closed Tuesday morning for
ONLY I200 NAMES
ON RED CROSS ROLL
Decidedly Less Than One Half
Of Number Expected Have
Paid Their Dues For 1919.
— MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA. Friday Morning, DECEMBER 20, 1918
$1,50 a Year
The Red Cross Universal Member
ship campaign began actively all over
Baldwin county the past week. Early
report do not encourage the belief
that the people fully understand the
neer accommodations at a | great ,m P or ‘ance of this wonderful
We r.te Presldnt Parks announced \ worlc - 0n *y 1 200 people have re-
ier aa - sponded to the roll call and 3000 is
fhristmas holidays.
to inability to secure suit-
odd'be dismissed Tuesday and that counly 8 quota - At ' least 1800
the college students
Mrs. E. R. Hines an dthe musicians
who so icnsblflshly seconded her ef
forts, made a triumph of the*Charity
Concert at the Baptist Church last
Sunday night.
These concerts of which Mrs. Hines
W "' a 7 ■!'r a rt nassenger cars had more P e °P Ie n >ust find the heart to Was the orlginator ' have become a
p* lal It for their benefit An Join ,n the sreat charity in order to' CUSt0m of thia clty ’ a free win offer -
U secured for tneir Deneiu. _An- ' n«r helm* a fnaturo tw
lt place this county in the proper col
umn as supporters of this worthy
cause.
Good reports have come from most
of the country committees. The sani-
CHARI1Y CONCERT
DECIDEDSUCCESS
Handsome Sum Contributed
By Congregation To Make
A Glad Christmas For Chil
dren in Needy Circum
stances-
ever before. , *
The arrival of the hundreds of G.
and 1. students at their homes
t bo do. bt the means of bringing
gout many happy re-unions all over
(HR1STMAS CAROLS TO
BE SUNG NEXT SUNDAY
Annual Occasion Will Again Take
Place cn the Campus ef the O. N.
and I. College at Five O'clock In
the Afternoon.
ng being a feature. The returns from
these free will offerings are used to
make a glad Christmas to children
and others in the community who
may be in more or less straitened
circumstances.
The concert this year was more
elaborate and more enjoyable than
MISS MARY SIBLEY
SUDDENLY PASSES
Lovely Young Daughter Of
Mr And Mrs. J. L. Sibley
Died Saturday Night, Vic
tim Of Pneumonia.
Miss Mary Sibley, daughter <yf Mr.
and Mrs. Jas. L. Sibley, of this city,
died’ at the home of her parents short
ly before eight o’clock Saturday night,
after a short suffering from pneumo
nia. She became ill Tuesday evening
DR. D. W. BRANNEN TO LECTURE ON
“PERMANENT PEACE OF THE WORLD”
TO PRESENT CHRISTMAS
PROGRAM NEXT SUNDAY
Children And Doung Folks Of Pres
byterian 8unday School To Give En.
tertainment At Three O’clock In
The Afternoon.
m secured
Her reason for thia concession
understood, was on account of the
,d the young lady students had not
a an y vacation during the fall and
secount of their uninterrupted and
.. . work they were permitted to tarum and Midway gives a most ex
home a co-iple of days earlier for cellent r «P° rt . «>ough Miliedgevllle
btatmaa. * ***** UPher ( 0bli r tl0n ,i aay that have preceded It. The con-
A special train accommodating five “ d T " ag ° f ‘ gregation was larger, and the collec
sndred of the students left over the the Red Cross In every home in this tioQ greater thaa pKvioug on# .
tatrai Railroad for Macon at nine clty -
Vcloclt Tuesday morning. Special 0ne of the surprising things of the
,rs going straight through to Augua- ““P® 1 * 11 is the Indifference of the
Savannah, Athens, Covington, Al- colored people, whom the Red Cross
iy and Oordele were also provided. ha * served so faithfully and well in
The student body of the college the war.
year numbered one thousand and An old gentleman came Into the
„ session was in almost every re- rest room last Saturday and gave his
pf C i even more successful thsn at Mlar He was asked by Miss Em-
time in the past, the number of aon wbo had solicited him. He re-
ms ladies enrolled being greater Piled: "No one. I saw the notice in
the paper. I want to help n the great
The children and young poaple of
the Presbyterian Sunday School arc
busy practicing this week, under the
before she passed away the following superintendence of their teachers, for
Saturday and the short duration of the Christmas entertainment that will
her illness tended to broaden the be g ivea Sunday afternoon at 3
shock brought to her family and nu- o’clock.
merous friends, as her life was taken
Mtay so unexpectedly.
Miss Sibley, on account of her
Pastor Of The Presbyterian
Church Will Handle This
Subject In His Pulpit Sun
day Evening, December
29th.
It Is understood that the latter
amounted to about one hundred dol.
Iars. One of the tellers who counted
the collection Is au-thority for the in
teresting circumstance that in the
plates there were about fifty one-doL
l&r bills. Two of these were very
Both individuals and nations are
deeply concerned to prevent another
war. The world 1 is sick of wars. On
every hand there is a desire for seme
concerted action that will ensure a
lasting peace in the earth.
No doubt, in the opinion of the best
informed people, this is la reason for
the visit of President Wilson to Eu
rope.
If other wars cannot be prevented,
this in his opinion, the part this na
tion played in this last war was in
vain.
A league of nations Is the one way
to preserve a lasting peace. What is
this league of nations? What Ideas
What will It Involve? Can
Tbe program will Include some fine
instrumental music, several recita- I
tions both by Individuals and by'
splendid disposition and charming, classes, a solo by Miss Hattie Allen,
personality, possessed many friends and a visit from Santa Claus,
in Miliedgevllle amongst the younger) News has been received that Santa
•et and the heralding of her death *111 have his pack, but will not empty
brought a shadow of extreme Borrow, ^ ft t the exercises. He is said 1 to be
Into many homes In this city and sec. ® n b ' s wa Y to Armenia and Syria, but I are j n
tlon. She was favored with the ad-. 8 top for several months at the ^ prevent war?
, miration of her associates and ac-. •cbool.
quaintances in a degree rare!}' equal-1 *PR® program that has been prepar
ed In any community and 1 when it wus ed b amusually attractive, and doubl- ^
learned that she was so very ill the 1*®® a Invge congregation will be pres- j,j m ( 0 gj ve a lecture on permanent
thoughts of her many friends center- ® n t the auditorium at 3 o’cock to p WCe aD( j the league of nations,
ed upon her in the hopes that she ® n J®) r U* exercises. j After giving the suggestion coneid
would withstand her suddenly devel* Tke offering that will be made will eratlon, he has decided to give a lec.
. .. , : ; .. ' oned ailments go to the starving children of Armo-
much the worse for wear, but their, . _ (
value was unimpaired. There were I The constant care and attention of nla and W™- _
several two-dollar bills in the plates, ber Phy*lci»ns were all in vain andj
It le understood that Dr. D. W.
Brannen has read widely on this suh-
i ject, and 1 several have suggested to
while the the half-dollar pieces, quar«
ters, ten-cent coins and nteklea, not
work.” How many more heairts like to gpeak of were innu mer.
4k *‘ *“ able. It was altogether a represents*
that in that Baldwin county might be
asked with propriety.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL
CLOSE TODAY FOR XMAS
After A Very Successful Session,
Children And Teacher* Will Sue-
pend Their Duties Until
Monday In January.
The public schools of Baldwin
eouety wW.co»fL.*0 a close today in
concluding the first half of the 1918-
1919 term.
The teachers and children of the
five collection, and a credit to the
congregating
Those who took especially promtn*
eat parts in the evenTag’s services
were: Organists, Missas Weller aod
Ennis; violinists, Mrs. J. S. Allen afid
Harold Moore; pianists. Mrs. C. H.
Friday they commenced to feel a fear
that her end was near at hand and
with these facts falling upon the ears
of her many friends and the friends
of the family, greater beacme the
anxiety for her welfare and the hopes
BAPTIST REVIVAL
TO BE CONDUCTED
ture oq this subject on Sunday nigbt,
December 29—the last.JSunday night .
of the year.
Perhaps no subject le more hasy to .
the average Individual, but none
touches every one closer than this
subject.
By request, this advened notice in
given that'every one who is so deep-
that her condition would chance for £) r ^ ^ Hamilton To Come ^ concerned In both the present end .
the better. However, she continued
to grow weeker until her end came,
the absent members of the family
having been summoned to her bed-
Jennings and Mins Urban. In adK|l, ** d ®-
tion to these there was a large cho*hr The fnueral wee held from the real.
m dan/iA llnn/lav affnnwv\n at tllMA
The people of Miliedgevllle and this
lommunlty will participate In the
tinging of Christmas carols again this
year. The event will take place on county will have a holiday to last un
the campus of the Georgia Normal m the second Monday in next month,
ind Industrial College Just in front January 6th, after having concluded
ot Terrell hall dormitory. 1 0 ne of the most satisfactory and In
The singing service will commence ev ery way successful sessions of the
it five o'clock and will probably last pu bUc schools of Baldwin. The
between thirty minutes and one hour, schools have been steadily in opera-
Those expressing their willingness to t ion without an interruption since the
loin the choir for the occasion will j ay u,ey were opened and the county
be asked to meet on the steps of Ter- board of education have expressed
tell hall at 4.45 o’clock In preparation themselves as being highly pleased
to the occasion. w lth the smoothness in which the
The children of the community will 8C hools have been carried on during
be expected to meet at the Methodist {h e several weeks of the present
cbnrch at 4.30 and form a march to term.
•be designated place for singing the j
wels. They will form a line Just In
time to reach the grounds at five
o'clock.
A beautifi J Christmas tree adorned
Tlth scores of ligh’s of various colors
*'11 be arranged for the occasion.
Tb* crowd, as usual, will surround
'bio "tree of light” and many songs
•pprvprinte to the beautiful occasion
be sung.
—
ef the w
Ruth Stone, who Is a member
REWARD NOTICE
Will pay liberal reward fer Infor
mation leading to recovery of a white-
grey female hound, Btrayed or stolen
from my home Nov. 24 th. Was
brought from Gray, Ga„ Jones county.
Address H. B. Martin, Route 2, War-
renton.
-ta-
Mr. Charlie Conn, of New York, who
has been studying at the University
—„ m . ,. of Georgia, came yesterday and will
1* it home, the schools having closed spend the holidays with Mr. and Mrs.
011 iccount of influenza. I Otto Conn.
aycross public school faculty.
choir that sang several selections to
the enjoyment of the congreagtldn.
The reettattona of Mrs, Hines
Miss Henrietta Moran, and the po»tq*ij
of Mrs. Williams Were very delightful
features of the entertainment.
As a whole the program was per
fectly executed and many went 1 for
ward after the exercises to congratu
late the performers and Mrs. Hines
for the part they had so unselfishly
played.
The various ministers of the town
were present and conducted the de
votional part of the exercises.
The collection is now in the hands
of a committee who are makng a sy
stematic canvass to obtain the names
of all who should have a part in the
gifts of the Yuletlde.
MO —
CONDITION OF MR. E. N. ENNIS
NOW SAID TO Bfc IMPROVING
Rodent reports from : .hs bods!.'.*
E. N. Ennis, one of the leading finan
ciers of Baldwin county, who has been
ill with influenza, is to the effect that
he is improving and will probably es
cape any f. rther serious develop
ments.
Mr. Ennis has been confined to his
bed for several days and for a while
it was feared that he would possibly
contract pneumonia, though hopes for
his sneedy recovery are now enter
tained by the attending physican and
friends of the family.
dance Monday afternoon at three
o’clock, the exercises being conducted 1
of Dr. D. W. Brannen, paator of the
Wesbytcrlam church, of which ahe
waa a devoted member, and undated
by Rev. J. C. Wilkinson, pastor of the
Baptist church. Her six older broth-
ers, John, Erwin, James, Joslah and
William acted as pall bearera.
The deceased Is survived by her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Sibley;
seven brothers, Messrs. John A. Sib
ley, of Atlanta; Jas. L. Sibley, Jr., of
Detroit, Mich.; Erwin, Joslah, Wil
liam, Marion and Allen, of this city,
and two ssters,! Mrs. Mattie Sibley,
of Milledegville, and Mrs. Harry B.
Jennings, of Spartanburg, S. C.
The members of,the family are re
ceiving the heartfelt sympathy of
scores of friends In their hour of ex.
treme bereavement.
Interment took place Monday after
noon In the city ceemtery In Milledeg
Ville following the funeral exercises.
Here Next Month To Hold
Protracted Meetings.
Announcement hue been mode of a
two wnahn revival service to be held
at the Baptist church next month, be
ginning Sunday, January 12th.
Dr. W. W. Hamilton, auparintendent
of evangelism of the Home Mission
Bogrd of th* Southern JBaptist church
and for several Vears pastor olf the
First Baptist church, of Lynchburg,
Va., will be here to conduct the re
vlval meetings and 1 fill the pulpit
daily. Hei will be accompanied
his trip to Miliedgevllle by Mr. James
W. Jelks, who la well knovfn through
out the south as a foremost leader of
choirs and he possesses a voice that
will attract wide attention.
Dr. Hamilton Is a minister widely
known over the country as a man
possessing unusual ability as a pulpit
orator and the fact that he is to come
to Miliedgevllle to conduct a revivul
future of our country ma^ make ar
rangements to be present at the Prea-
bytertan Church Sunday night, De
cember 29.
806 SOLDIERS PASS
THROUGH THIS CITY
Two Special Train* Handed far Camp.
Din,. N. J„ Carrying 400 Baolt to
Ba Muetared Out Upon Yhdlr Ar.
rival.
Two special passenger trains carry
ing four hundred soldiers each passed
through Miliedgevllle Sunday after
noon.
The men were from Camp Wheeler
and were on their way to Camp Dlx,
N. J., where they will be mustered
out as rapidly aB possible. Tbe trains
wer# headed for Augusta, from which
place they were routed to go direct
to their destination.
The soldiers Bent away from Camp
Mr. George Grlner, grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. C. R. Harper, has written
to his grandparents advising them of
to the position of captaincy. Captain
the fact that he has been promoted
Griner’8 home is In Oklahoma, though
he has been on the battle fronts in
France for several months and on
several occasions he was in the thick
est of several important battles on
each occasion being fortunate in com
ing out without wounds.
will be learned with a great deal of wheeler Sunday were from the dtf-
interest by those acquainted with his f er ent units, but lt is understood most
Bplen'fid reputation. of them were from tbe development
Mr. Jelks, the music leader, will battalions. They probably arrived in
arrive several days before Dr. Ham- New York Tuesday morning or In the
llton reaches the city for the purposo afternoon of that day.
of organizing a choir for the meet- As the men passed through Mill
ings. edgevUle, they indicated their great
All the churches In Miliedgevllle Joy In being able to return to their
will co-operate with the Baptist homes. According to a statement is-
church in the revival meetings, as has sued by Major Harry P. 8tlckley, one
been the custom with the various dh- of the commanding officers at Camp
nominations here for years. The Wheeler, the principal work In de
several pastors will become active in mobilizing the men would be the mat-
behalf of the work and they hope ter of classification,
that In the beginning of the year there t
may be a great revival
churches of this city.
in all the' Mrs. N. B. Ellison spent Monday
and Tuesday in Atlanta.
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Miliedgevllle, Ga.
Wayne Street.
