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WEDNESDAY MORNING JULY -0
THE MILLEGGEVILLE NEWS
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THE MILLEDGEViLLE NEWS
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H. E. McAULIFFE, Editor and Mgr.
?! e l
was ever con.
rtaln parties to i« it dawn and do
t e board of public welfare of
state cf
Georgia's Board of Public Vv e:fare
No more redi i Jous preposition
tliH.ii ti e p rposo c
away wi‘.
Georgia. ■
Tin r .ten! ion has fflms that this commonwealth cf
our.-, is it ! ah!” to provide the small sum of fla.t/OO to b.»
expeu ”.l in keeping up a department for the pe.tection
of unfortunate c Lidice and the Incoverlng of immorali
ties that : light d ivelop should it bsceme known that !•-°-
tecllcn lei ! been lifted from around unfortunate Inv 1 pa
as victim -, cf circumstances. The introduction of t>- h
an idea i- a:; redicul us a# to claim that we '. .unnot afford
to h >ld < oarts to check the waves of crime.
in a lr-ngt’y editorial the Atlanta Journal deals with
this proj -<t in a most forcibl manner. A portion cf the
Journal's editorial on ho subject is given below.
Iu>ng will Georgia c uember with pity and burning
heart the little children of the I. rror jdouae
tlrouyh it stooJ upon a highway leading to the
capital, wait unchallenged
met. >t chanc
which,
State's
and unu. cpected. By
were its cruellos dltuit-jed in th<S ebbing
v, iui i- of 1919; and then, but for proofs infaillidle, the
public would not have believed so dark and strange
an evil could have been. That a woman with as mo-
ih ri. .< name a "Naomi and or husband, as meek
a body as Uriah It op hints if, .cou’.d maintain in the
i; . c .1 an orphans’ heme a dan of t rture for -elp-
I. to is and urchin ; could gather goodly sums from
i,. iiu.liable not undiserimlnating, and thus deprive
wi.iihy causes of tr -tded support; could get guardian-
:p of lit 1” ones whose right to kindness and luoih-
t- ■ j though they w ere, was as sacred as the tk -est
child's, and could use them, unquastioued by the. law,
a, bio.o chips in a sordid, crooked game that this
i b in Georgia seemed incredible. In some
dim age and "some far land of witches and orge3 it
mi ,nl havc been, but in generous, enlightened Geor
gia'.’ ; i'iie eviden. ■, however, was heart'smklngly
plaii onto investigation began. A six-year.old
show d how he was blistered and then, raw from top
to I , coated witi.i turpentine; another, how ho was
was tied baud and loot and beaten; au thor, how a
bub. g’.il, scarcely three years cltl, was plunged into
a li > of icy water by way of punishment, and held
there until her lips turned purple and livid and she*
could no longer cry - - - For more than a year
tile lieu . of Horrors and h dd its black secrets.
From that discovery and a swift far-sweeping wave
of pity and revulsion sprang a department of our State
Government, which today is threatend with abolish
ment- the Department cf Public Welfare. Not only
.to render impossible a recurrence of such cruelties
and Impost was it created by a Legislative act
of 1919, but also to prevent it ndry abuses, to mend
Inefficiencies, to protect and encourage deserving in-
stuti nr. to increase the ftuitfulness of the millons
expended for purpose,- c urita'.de and humane, to see
to it that those little lives and infinite hopes of whom
a great Tcai c-r said, "Of such is the kingdom of eav-
on." shall not lie trampled under foot. We do not
wonder that the t ousands of members cf the Georgia
Federation of Woman’s Clubs uigod the State's estab
lishment of this endeavor. We do not wonder that
the Gei rgiu Mothers' Congress, the Leag.« of Wo
men voters, the Parent Teacher Ass- ciation and the
Georgia Baptist (' nvefttlon indorsed it. We do not
wonder C at representative business bodies like the
llctary Clubs, together with jurists, educators, and
special undents of social problems, give the work of
the Department of Public ■Welfare whole-hearted
commendation. But we wonder that in the face of
t ie essential service it performs, its ab lislunent
should ever have been proposed.
family and ;wt/.e, A year ago.' th? correspi ndent writes,
it seemed impossible that war between these co- ntrie
could b • avoided, so determined was c.vh to have its way.
Ultimatum had been exo tinged and armies were on the
march. Then the (League of Nations intervened.
Neither was asked to ccoipr mice a principle or a right,
but simply to submit the case to competent end impartial
judges, meanwhile lefraining from hostilites Loath as
they were in that fiery moment to use reason instead of
blov.-s, the dl.'.i! ants at len.tii . consented, and the peace
frl a biitr.umu began. 'lire process itself was In no wist
new. Stores o. times in the Lst one hundred ai d six.aeu
years th? United States and Great Britain have submitted
ur judicial -ettlerrunt all manner cf isouos aris lig betwe-u
-hem, and not once-In that long age Los cither rattled
sword rgainst the tlier. But the crux of the Sweden-
1 aland mr.t.er b 'fell when the ail Unitors decide^, rgainst
he claims: cf th' former rul stronger nation. It was ;
sole disappointment to Sweden. \V at if she had reject-'
ed the vsrdi.t? Would not the efflcu v of the League and
f in.ornaticnal com t- have beta brought into grave
doubt if not ridicule.’ Cut she accepted it, and scored the to
y a vic.ory for 1, man progress and human hope incom
parably grentci i an itiy her arms cculd liavo won.
Bificrerc'.”'. between little count:;?.-' rue proverbially the
hardest to c aipo.se. If the League can prevent a figh,.
between I-inland and Sweden when eaca is bustling . for
tlio oth.'i throat, the iikel.' ?jod is that'it will not f.G.
given a tiir <;1irii ;s, in largq conroverdfe3. There has
been a van Jo; ! i f talk during the lust two years on what
a l.o. gee of N'a-i nt might do; but .more interesting' aiid
..urc imp., ;sn-e yj-t n is tv.at it has done.' '
•i ► •
"BREATH-SUCKING” CATS
From Tli? Colunkius Enquirer Bun
i , t • ■ ■ snob a thing as the ''breath-sucking” flit? No
'o. bt you, as well as the rest of as,.have been hearing all
your lit'* that cats are danger:us to babies because they
'su- k' ; way the r breatu. This was the t^le i a old dar
kies eu the plan. Jons u-it'd to tell, and they b la ved it.
They Had particular emphasis on it. Wo believe, how
ever, lUut their fear of a black cat was far more pronounc
ed than that of any other.
Hc/wevei, tl. ughtful pej-ple gave little attention to what
they regui Jed as u supersition.. But a story comes from
Atlantic City, New Jeisey, under date of July 11, that
might be regarded as being in t J nature of pioof of the
-•intention of the ‘.d-time daFkies. rbcut black cats. Here
s the story:
Awakened in the dead of night by a whimpering, gasping
sound, Harry Walters, of N’c. 21 South Georgia avenue,
discovered a huge black cut perched upon the 1 chest of
his 9-ini.mths-old daughter. Paralyzed with horror for -h
aslant, and filled with rage t«a next, La grasped the ani
mal, twisted and broke its neok and hurled it through u
in do w.
The baby was unconscious and barely alho. A physi
cian was hurriedly summoned, H it it was only after a half
or of steady work th** the infant was resucitated.
Talcs of c?ts inhaling cblldi'on’s breath have nearly al
ways been classed v.itli fairy yarns, but Walters’ strange
axperienco i. verified by the physician. Walters is the
head operator and assistant man riser c f t u Criterion
Fhcatre here. I iis infant daughter, according to custom,
ilecph at night in a crib drawn close to his bedside The
cat did not belong to the houseUold, and must heve enter
ed. he laid, through an' pen window on the first floor
After killing it, h ■ called Dr. Milton S. Ireland, who resi
les near by, and who succeeded in restoring t ie child.
Of course it is not only possible, but entirely probable,
that the presv re cf the cat on the chest of this baby had
. ,1):,'I’.utt. !y nothing to do witu the condition in which it
was found. It is more likely that it was due to some func
tional ot or;: nic trouble of the child rather than to the
presence of the cat.
At the same time, lowerer, it is not a gt od plan to per
mit strange cuts in the bedrooms, because cue never
Knows into what places nor where it ntay hwe been to get
some disease germ. We .still have our doubts about the
breath sucking” part cf the story.
White elephant
ON SHERIFF’S HANDS
Thoms n, G , July 18—Sheriff
Adkins had a rlsloner on lii.s hands
last week that proved to ba n “white
elephant.” The man was arrested
and put in jail .for making liquor.
• After getting C o man in jail the
eriff and othej- cemfyy oLflcVB
segan t: wonder what they would a
, iih him. Ha was old and dacrepld
:ould not woik, and the prospect of
iiis paying a fine was cut of the
question.
Before ti e arrest was made, h:w-
evJr, the man was given the. alterna*
live of leaving the county within a
;iv>n time or subiritting to arrest.
Instead cf leaving, he sent the sheriff
word to coin? after hint. This t o
sheriff did, and the prisoner seeme
very well satisfied and at home when
he was ‘place in jt'ilf lie could oat
^hree square areals a day and "would
-d ubtless l ave been perfectly con
tented to stay on.
Saturday the officials, devised a
means cf ridding the county of the
expense of keeping him, which would
have cor t upwtird of $1050 to board
him to the time his case would come
off. So the officials signed his
bend and told him he was free until
his case canre up. But he was re
luctant to go. It was as though he
had found a happy home at the coun
ty jell and disliked tho idea of giving
it tip. They got him’in a car and
drove down town, but it was come
time before ho could be persuaded
to get out.
Everybody felt sorry for the old
fellow, but no one seemed to be
able to offer a solution of his case,
which was probably the first of its
kind and the most puzzling that a
sheriff of this county has ever had
to handle
GEORGIA—Baldwin County.
Genie Andrews vs. Arthur Andrews
Libel for total divorce.
The Defendant Arthur Andrews is
hereby required personally or by at
torney, to be and appear at the Su-
peilor Court, to be 1 eld in and for
said county tn the Second Monday
in January next, then and there to
mstver the plaintiff's demand in an
action of com,plaint, and in defat It
thereof the Court will proceed as to
Justice shall appertain.-
■Witness the Honorable Jas. B.
Park, Judge of said Court, this 2Qth
day 'cf June. 1921.
Service ^p.on the -.de.femlcnt Ar
thur'Andrews to he perfected by pub
lication—under end by virtue of an
ordor issued by the court U ude r
of July 11th. 1921.
This the 12th. day of ,: |
J. C. COOPER, cieik
date
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by dealers
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
The County Board cf Education
will receive bids to build additions
to the following school buildings;
Ccoperville, Scoitsboro, and Union
Point. Any one desiring to bid may
obtain further information from the
County School Stuperin^ndent.
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give tire mileagf
at die lowest eost
in history
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CONTROL OF THE PRESS
Fr< m ID? Editor and Publisher.
The charges that the leading newspapers of the country
are controlled by this interest or that, end that most of
them are susceptible to bribes if approached in the right
way, are as old as the newspaper industry. Because of
their influence in the b iness, political, and social life
of the nation they liaive been and always will be objects cf
attack. Every blackleg, swindler, or their who as been
shown up by the press, every hypocrite who been unmask,
ed, every criminal whose record has been published, is
t ;e natural enemy of the newspaper and industriously
circulates charges cf this character.
Politicians whose trickery and subserviency to bosses
ha ve been made public by the dailies and country weeklies
take particular delight in making viciw is attacks upon '
them in their stump speed es. Authors ami writers who I
have failed to succeed or whose productions have been
severely criticized by the press find that they can attract
attention to themselves by accusing the newspapers of
criminal acts of every conceivable nature. They have no
difficulty in obtaining h hearing among members of clubs
and ether organizations to which they belong
There are doubtless among t 1 ' e 25,000 newspapers and
magazines published in the United States a few that are
not honest, just as all men are not honest, but the rank
and file are above ft epicion. During the last twenty-five
years not a single newspaper of standing lias been convict-
od of bribery or fraud, alt :, urli during that period numer
ous investigations have boeiv made of their editorial and
When we stop to think of the luxeurles consumed in j business relations with the public.
Newspapers are “controlled,' but tjie control is vested
in the men who own them and \vh
cise that power.
Georgia and on which an iusign'.ficent tax col Id well be |
placed, it is absurd to hold to the contention that this 1
state <unnot afford to get aside such a sum tot such a that no newspaper can achieve
:ave a right to oxer*
It is an axiom in the world of Journalism
permanent success that is
not devoted unselfishly to the service of the community
, A newspaper that is run for the purpose of manipulating
j stocks and for "working" the public for the benefit of
I prhate personal interests is soon discredited. Its utter
| unices are regarded -la suspicion; it loses public confi-
donoo. and when it loses that it might as well shut up
• op and fj out of business until it repents of its sins and
, lms sufficient capital to keep i, going long enough to win
' back what it has lost.
| AJan.l Islands is a historic victory for the cause of world
ptar.ee of the. decision of the League of 1 V ' 1 ’' rs " lllst * ,e onest, must be fair, must serve the
. ' oumu "d.vtf 'hey would become molders of public onln-
Aatmn . court in her controversy with Finland over be ion and builders of business prosperity.
worthy purpose. Far less t an one cen per annum from i
each pi r .on In this state will provide for the maintenance j
of this all Important measure. Could we spend such a
small sum and hi any other way afford us a greater pro- !
tectior. and satisfaction.
O
AN ACHIEVEMENT OF THE LEAGUE
Sweden's tu
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T^jECAUSE we put the utmost quality into this
one brand. Camels are as good as it’s pos
sible for skill, money and lifelong knowledge of
fine tobaccos to make a cigarette.
Nothing is too good for Camels. And bear this
in mind! Everything is done to make Camels the
best cigarette it’s possible to buy. Nothing is done
simply for show.
Take the Camel package for instance. It’s the
most perfect packing science can devise to pro
tect cigarettes and keep them fresh. Heavy paper
—secure foil wrapping—revenue stamp to seal
the fold and make the package air-tight. But
there’s nothing flashy about it. You’ll find no
extra wrappers. No frills or furbelows.
Such things do not improve the smoke any more
than premiums or coupons. And remember—you
must pay their extra cost or get lowered quality.
If you want the smoothest, mellowest, mildest
cigarette you can imagine—and one entirely free
from cigaretty afteftaste,
It’s Camels for you.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,’Win.to B -S«l.m. N. C.