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VOLUME 18 NUMBER 17.
Established October 12, 1901.
CAMPAIGN BRINGS OUT ATTENDANCE
OF 2,963 TO SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA WEDMSjAY MuRMuG. May 4, 1921
$1.50 a Year
1798 Whites Present Sunday
Morning, While Atten-
tlan At Colored School
Numbered 1138.
baptist church has
LARGEST INCREASE
However, Attendance With
Colored Schools Shows
Biggest Per Centage In
crease Than Whites.
.In nil probability thero wan never
a time when as many people uttemlcd
Sunday school in one day in Milledgo-
villo as turned to this religious aer-
vico (luring tho day last Sundayy.
For two or three weeks a campaign
was waged to got the people out to
Sunday school tho first Sunday in
May. The campaign was put on by
tho local Kawanls club. The drive
was headed by Mayor S. Bell, Messrs.
p. s. Sanford, L. 0. Hall, T. E. Bono,
Hr. Bernard Cline and Dr. J. L. Bee-
,-oa The automobile committee con
sisted of l)r. Y. A. f.’ttle. Messers.
.1. \v. Hutchinson and B. B. Adams.
As a result of this universal cam
paign 2,936 people were out Sunday
to attend Sunday school. The atten
dance with the white Sunday schools
in all the churches aggregated 1798.
This was an increase over the aver
age attendance for the month of April
of 1258.
The total attendance with all the
colored Sunday schools numbered
1131, while the average attendance
during the month of April was 330.
this shows an increase of attendance
over the average in April of 8U8, a
greater general per centage increase
than shown by the white Sunday-
schools, evidencing the fact that the
colored race has not shown an oq: al
amount cf interest regularly in Sun
day school work as shown by the
whites.
The last Sunday in April a delega
tion made short addresses to all tne
Sunday schools in tint city urging a
record breaking attendance the first
Sunday in May. Also, during the cam
paign an house to house convass was
tmido in behalf of the object, the
whole object being to stimulate regu
lar Sunday school attendance in Mil
ledgeville, the idea first being intro,
dared by Dr. .1. t'. Wilkinson, until the
first < f May pastor of the Millodge-
'ilb- Baptist church, and backed up
by the Kawnnls club.
White Sunday School
The Baptist Sunday school during
the month cf April had an average
attendance of 213 2-5, while tho at
tendance last Sunday was 456, an in
crease of 113 per cent.
The average attendance of the Cath
olic Sunday school during the mouth
' f April was 22, the attendance Sun
day being 34, nn increase of 54 per
cent.
The Episcopal Sunday school bail
:| n attendance Sunday of 32, while
'he attendance during April averaged
1". the increase being 220 per cent.
Tim Methodist Sunday school dur-
'' April hud an average attendance
‘t 216, increasing the number Sun
'i'ty to 441, showing an Increase of 104
per cent.
The Presbyterians had nn atten
dance of 105 Sunday qj against an
average of 79 for April, coming up
"itlt an increase of ]0S per cent.
Tlu* Sunday school classes at the
' - V a |. College ha dan attendance
MIDWAY COMMUNITY
CENTER Will MEEk
plendid Program Has Been Arranged
For Monthly Meeting to Take Place
Thursday Evening at the School
House.
The regular monthly meeting of th«
Midway Community Center to bn held
Thursday evening promises much in
terest and according to present pros
pects, a large attendance might well
be expected.
For this occasion a splendid pro
gram has been arranged. Before the
holding of the regular business imet-
ing the following Interesting program
will be rendered:
“What I Am Worth to My Commu
nity—Miss Mary Willis, Q. N. & 1 C.
Student.
Poem Recital—Miss Adams.
Address—Mr. John Eiis.
Reading—Miss Xewton.
Exercises—By the Children.
Distribution of prizes for greatest
improvement in writing.
$50,000 BRIDGE
BEEN COMPLETED
HANDSOME CONCRETE STRUC
TURE OVER LITTLE RIVER IS
MADE READY FOR TRAFFIC
THIS WEEK.
CITY PRIMARY BE
HELD NEXT WEEK
The handsome bridge that has been
underway of construction over Lit
tle river for the last several months
has been completed and is now r
for traffic.
Tho bridge is just seven miles ''.in'.
Milledgevillo on tho lino between
Baldwin and Putnam counties. It is
cn the main road to Eatonton, Macil
son and all points north of this cell; -
'Far bridge was built at a cost of
$50,000 and is constructed of concrete
and rteel. It was b lit under the
porvlslr.n cf tho state and federal
highway commissions.
Tho cost of building the bridge \ a‘
borne by equal appropriations front
Baldwin and Pulliam counties an:
the state and federal highway •on.
missions.
A my wortnns here! Save you:
tardons by using DIXIE BRAN
Wl.CU’M ARSENATE. Guarantee:
:ot to burn the plants. For Sale by
Culver & Kidd Drug Co., and Knni
I’.-.u rmacy.
Mayor Miller S. Bell Stands
For Re-Election Without
Upposition—baisden, r»em
ister, Wall Qualify.
The Democeratic primary for the
election of a mayor and three alder-
nen will be held Wednesday of nex.
■lay llth, as ordered by the city Dem
ocratic executive committee at a
.nectlng, of this body held March l'th.
Mayor Miller S. Bell qualified as a
candidate for re-election and he will
go into office for a seventh term
without opposition. Messrs II. T.
Baisden, Lewis Flemister and Ilobt.
u>. Wall will stand for re-election and
vVednesday being the last day for
the entrance candidates Is develop
il that these present aldermen will
go back into office without opposi
tion.
The ballot to be cast n >xt Wednes-
will carry the names of Frank E. Bone
D. \V. Brown, L. N. Jordan II. E. Me-
tuliffe, D. S. Sanford and J. R. 3tuu
ley ns candidates to become mumbei
•>f the citv democratic executive com
mitteo, there being no opposition c.
the ticket in this instance.
Mayor Bell will be re-elected for i
term of two years, beginning tlu
first of next January, bis present
term continuing until December 3.
1921. The three aldermen to be re
elected will go into office for term;
of four years each. The other three
aldermen. Messrs. J. E. Kidd, R. S.
Alford and M. E. Pennington will con
tlnue in office until December 31. 1323,
they having been elected in the pri
mary held in 1919 for a term of lou-
years.
There lias been but little discussion
concerning local politics since the
date of the approaching primary wn=
set. evidencing the fact that the peo
ple as a whole are well pleased wltu
the showing that has been made by
the preseut city officials. The pri
mary nest Wednesday will ‘in s-L
likelihood be passed off very quite),
on account of the fact that every can
didate whose name will appear cn the
ticket will go into office without op
position.
According to much expression is it
he concensus of opinion that few
•ities. if any, in Georgia have made a
bowing during the last decade equal
,o Milledgeville, This position is
akeu particularly in view of the fan
o many improvements have been re-
•-orded by the municipality and a* the
ume time t’.ie city tax late Las beer,
mid down to a point b.dcw the ex
pectation. of al! citizens.
NtW Fah„, Alien I
HLKE J^HIS WEEK
Mr. L. E. Swam Arrived In
County lvionciu/ to v^om
mettue v,oiiv rts ba.uwi..
farm bemonscralor.
Mr. L. E. Swam, Baldwin county's
*«w t'^iai ueuiouS.i aior, arrived here
• onday to cumourn, e hia duties o.
-ssistuig the farmers of ih • county
.it their work of diversification
methods and outer matters coming u,
jelore tho men of the rural section...
Mr. Swain comes to tho county wlu
.he reputation of having had uiucn
experience in the matter of orgulliz
ng various club3 for the promotion
of the agricultural and livo stock in
tlustries and making profitable sale,
of all productions on the farm lit
expects to commence this week to
organize clubs among the boys
Baldwin county and ho Is especially
enthused over the idea of creating uu-
ur al interest in the matter of rais
mg pure bred livestock.
Division Supervlslor T. L. Ashbury
ecctnpained Mr. Swain to this couu-
y .Monday and they were both met
y a number of business men of Mil-
edgeville and farmers of the county,
‘reliminary arrangements for Mr.
.wain’s work were taken up. but. be
ore going into final details it •> as de.
Uled to arrange for a meeling to b
aeld in Milledgeville next Saturday
fternoon, at which time every mem-
aer of the Baldwin County Farm Du-
eau will bo expected to be present.
To tho meeting to be held Saturday
svery farmer and business man in
.aldwin county will be Invited. The
.athering will take place In the court
■ouse and the hour for holding same
.as been set for 3 o’clock. A this
ime a general program will be work-
id ip for organizing various clubs
mil the general promotion of the,
farming interests of the county.
ANNUAL tiboVLutiuu oHtumJAY OF
FlULiiMIUI ut-UJj a Dill SUCCESS
The
Colored Sunday Schools,
colored Methodist Episcopal
church had a Sunday school atten
dance Sunday of 330, while the aver
age attendance during April was only
4S 3-4, showing a per centage increase
of 512.
The African Methodist church had
a per centage increase of 128, the
average in April being 112 as against
256 last Sunday.
Flagg Chapel had an average at
tendance of 6S during April and Sun
day there was an attendance of 362,
an increase of 432 per cent.
El Bethel Sunday school had an
average attendance during April of
15 1-4, the number present Sunday
being 79, recording an increase of 127
per cent.
Union Baptist church had a per
i t ntago increase of only 38. th
dunce during April being 33
against 47 last Sunday.
The colored Presbyterian
had a Sunday school enrollment of
94 last Sunday, while i o average dur
ing Api'il was 52. Tito per centage
increase was 80.
Tin? Sintonville Methodist church
had n i Sunday school services.
attc-n.
1-4 ns
church
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SARGENT’S DOG REMEDIES
Dog Gor.e Gscd Stuff
Get it at Hall’s
WE DELIVER
EXPERT ENGAGED TO
ORGANIZE FARMERS
tiAx^i 1 Hull i IU in
li* i m/i) i
»'ill Comm.t.. . 2'W G q Uuti. i
When Board As.,omolea Tv5.*7.eeKL
From Today As U cocosor lo 2mlgr
Johnson.
Dr. Thomas M. Hallj who was two
weeks ago honored b ■ Governor Hugh
.1. Dorsey by belt: . tpoin ed a tn-’in
ber of the board of trustees of the
Georgia state Sanitarium, will emt-
irnce his official uuties two weeks
from today When the members will
hold their regular monthly session f. t
Mky.
Dr. Hall’s appointment was mad)
ollowing the death of Judge Richard
Johnson, cf Gray, who bad served on
‘.ho board for a number of years. The
friends in Milledgeville and through
out the state ol' Dr. Hall are congra
tulating hint upon his appoinlin m-
and they are quite well satisfied thui
he governor could not well i.iado ;.
better selection In filling Ilia place
eft vacant on the board of trustees
if tho sanitarium.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BE CONSOLIDATED
ims. Harper lucker Elected
rtcoiuciu, succeeding Mrs.
.. id, L/cuoou utner Offi
uers ixarneu.
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE
$10,000 TECH FUND
A campaign was started in MiJ-
ledgoville and Baldwin county ibis
week to raise $10,000 to be appropriat
ed to the Georgia School of Technolo
gy, the amount lo be raised to go in
!; lping out n drive that is being made
i rrj* e $5,000,000 for the big state
lueational institution engaged in
clinical training of Georgia boys.
The city of Atlanta has agreed to
>ise $1,500,000 of the niottay to be
raised in Georgia, leaving a balance
$2,500,000 to ha raised by the rest
of the state. Financiers in tho city
of New York have agreed to appro
priata $1,000,000 to the institution,
provided Georgia raises $4,ihjO,000 for
ho purpose.
Mr. Frank K. Ben?, secretary of Hie
Occneo Brick & Tile Co., bos been
named io serve as chairman of the
omniittee to solicit funds ill Baldwin
ounty in the Tech drive.
.in. ARTHUR DAVIS WILL
MOVE TO FLORIDA SOON
Mr. Author Davis, who has ben en
gaged in conducting a music house
in Milledgeville for tho last two or
three years, ha;t made arrangements
to move to Florida to eu; age In r
similar business.
During the last few day Mr. Davis
has been in Lakelond and already he
has made arrangements for a build
ing In which he proposes to carry -n
hi.; business. He will probably move
bis family and stock of goods from
'•'in Igeville during the next ntonib
. r six weeks.
The Georgia Cotton Growers assa
eip.ticn, which is beginning a cam
paign for the inauguration of the
Sapiro plan for marketing cotton in
Georgia, has employed A. A. Elmore,
of Spokane, Wash., the expert organ
izer who supervised the organization
cl' the wheat growers in the north-
west, to take charge of the organiza
tion work in this state, according to
announcement Monday by C. E. Tato,
state secretary of the association.
Secretary Tate announced that Mr.
Elmore left Spokane Monday, and
will roach Atlanta Thursday or Fri
day. The work or organization of the
farmers of Georgia will then be push
ed as rapidly as the various counties
of the state can be visited, bo declar
ed. . ,
A state-wide organization, with a
local branch in every county, is the
aint of tho officials of the Georgia
association. Secretary Tate announc
ed. A contract fer the marketing of
a minimum of 300,060 bales of cot
ton, to be signed not later than Jul>
15, Is another aim of tho organiza
tion. In the event this amount of
cotton has been signed for by July
15, the association plans to handle
the 1921 cotton crop in the state. In
the event tho minimum number of
bales l’.as not been signed for by July
15, the work of organization will be
continued until January 1. 1922, and
the association will begin to function
with tho handling of next year’s crop.
Secretary Tate said the association
is laying plans to have appropriate
legislation enacted, making the cot
ton contracts to be sought by the
organization binding on all parties
couoorned. Similar action is being
taken by the cotton growers in all
other states, he said.
TYPEWRITER RIB30N3
W-'. keep in stock at all times
a complete line of high grn<'
typewriter ribbons for al
make machines.
The Milledgeville News
Phone 312
Black Springs, Union Point
and Mt. Pelier School Be
Combined - Also Scottsbo-
ro and Trilby.
At a meeting of the county board
of education held Tuesday nn agree
ment was reached to combino Union
Point, Mt. Pelier and Black Springs
public schools and a like action was
taken in regards to Scottsboro and
Trilby schools.
It is understood that work will he
commenced on now buildings at an
early date for tho consolidated
gchqols in order to have them In rnrd
Iness for the term to begin next fall.
Tho buildings will In erected by
funds t.? b? derived by private sub
scription made by the people of the
communTttes in which the schools
are located.
One school building will he erected
to accommodate the children that
have been attending Black Split).,s.
Union Point and Alt. Poller schools.
Tne question of the location of the
school is yet to be decided upon.
Also ono building will be erected
to take tho place of the Trilby amt
Scott- boro schools. The decision as
to the location of the building to be
erected by these two communities iz
yet to be made.
Too purpose of consolidating these
public schools is that of planning a
great degree cf efficiency In teaching
and to raise tho standard of the
schools. In view of the fact tne build
ings are to ba erected by funds
hrovgh private subscriptions, the
question of voting upon the measures
done away with.
FREE AUTOMOBILE*
On another page of today’s paper
s an advertisement of the A’ gusta
lernld, Augusta, Gu., offering to give
five big automobiles, other prizes and
ish payments to all those who will
help increase t'bd subscription list of
the Herald.
The total prize list is well over $14,-
000. If you want one of the five cars
write to the Augusta Herald, Augusta
Ga, today.
splendid t- kugram
is carried out
Interesting Addresses Deliv
ered, Song Services and
Flag Raising Big Feast
For Crowd.
(By Mrs. J. L. Beeson)
The e ij a aa.-.itg that one leader
s worth a thousand soldiers, and the
Baldwin County Federation is begin-
ing to realize the truth of K.
On Saturday at our grci>: Union
Point meeting, Prof. M. L. Duggan
brought a real educational message
to our people.
What happened in twenty.fo, r
hours? In the Black Springs school
district) through the work of Mrs.
Howard Underwood, the signature of
every man in the district (with the
exception of one whom she failed to
see, but whom she meant to see)
graced a petition to the Baldwin
County Board of Education for a con
solidated school.
This good news was sent to Mrs.
Harper Tucker, our new Federation
President.
This community shows what other
communities should do and tlm.-i win
a fine consolidated school which
would be the pride of the count'.
We welcome among us such work
ers os Mrs. Underwood.
__ •
The new officers of the Federated
Clubs of Baldwin County are
Mrs. Harper Thcker, President.
Miss Mlarie Jones, Vice-President.
Miss Annie Hurper. flee, and Trotis
Where could Baud-viu county. ,>r
any other county in our state, find
more able women.
Wo know that they .vili not only
deserve success, but bat they wi’l
win it.
On Saturday, that flue Union Point
Community added ttew laurels to i's
crown of accomplishment.' Wo U»v<*
never bad a finer gathering or finer
community singing, or a fitter flag-
ruistng, or a finer educational mes
sage, or a finer barbecue and picnic
dinner or finer hosts and hostesses.
It was a perfect day.
Delegates from the. following clubs
..ml schools went to tho Union Point
meeting: Midway, Union Piont. jl< r-
iwo.her. Harmony, Black Springs,
Salem, The Woman's Club, Tne Wood
men's Circle, The Hill Club. The- Nan
cy Hart Chapter 1). A. It., the It. E.
Lee Chapter, U. D. C., the Music Club,
The Young Matron's Club, Th? Junior
Music Club, The Girl Scouts and Thu
Teachers' Club. >
Tho Federation boosts of Miss M' -
C'lur '. great wcrklt In our county.
It will soon be claiming Ml-. Tuck.-r
also.
It was she who played all the e- -,
companlmcnts at the Union Point
meeting.
The school children sang their
•iongs. Mr. Chas. Conn sang with tins
school boys and community singing
was a spoeial feature of the day. lit
addition, Miss Anne Kidd sang q solo,
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Conn, a dra-tt.
and Mrs. E. It. Hines and Mis Mc
Clure a duett.
(Concluded on back page)
Paint Your
The Weather Soon will be too hot for the best results.
Material and Painters furnished. Work taken by con
tract or hour.
CULVER & KIDD DRUG CO.
“Of Course” Phenes 224 and 210
