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V0U UME 18, NUMBER 21.
Established October 12, 1901.
Milledgeville, Ga., Wednesday Morning, Nov. 30, 1921
augustaheavyiit
BY FIRESATURDAY
Total Damage to Buildings
and Stocks in Early Blaze
Saturday is $1,831,000
With $915,000 Insurance.
Aupuaa , Ga., Nor. 27 —Plans were
being made tonight, it was learned,
to rebuild property destroyed early
Saturday morning when fire swept
part of two downtown business blocks,
causing damage estimated by imur-
ance companies at $1,831,000.
It w as authorltaUvely stated that
certain interests are forming plans
to build a modern fire-proof hotel ob
the site of the Johnson building,
which was destroyed. Definite an
nouncement of this is expected in the
next few days.
Buildings are also planned for the
6 ltes of tho Albion Hotel, and the
Harrison and Chronicle buildings, it
was reported.
Insurance liability of $916,150 on
the buildings, fixtures and goods burn
ed, was announced. Additional poli
cies on which no definite information
wa savallable are expected to run the
total insurance to more than a mil
lion dollars.
More than a tlor.en streams of, wa
ter were played on the smouldering
ruins until late today. The five-story
Harison building, which was entirely
gutted by the flames, collapsed Snn-
day afternoon after the bricks hud
been cooled by the constant stream
of water.
The Augusta Cthrouicie will keep
its record of conescutive publication
unbroken despite the destruction of
its plant. It will publish in the plant
of the Augusta Ilorald.
The Albion Hotel and the Johnson
building were a total loss. The Ge
nesis Hotel and several other build
ings were partially burned.
There was no loss of life.
MISS EUGENIA HOWARD
HONORED BY STUDENTS
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. How-
G. M. C. TO PLAY
TENNESSEE PREPS
Local Athletes Will Leave
Wednesday for Nashvillt
Preparatory for Saturday’s
. Game.
The Georgia Military College foot
ball team, declared champion prep
team of Georgia, will leave this aft-
arnoon for Nashville, Tenn., to begin
preparations for a game to be played
with Morgan Prep School, of Fay-
atteville, Tenn., Saturday afternoon.
The G. M. C. athletes, with Coach
Hardage, expects to arrive in Nash
ville Thursday morning. Before tho
game to be played Saturday on a
Nashville athletic field, the local
aggregation proposes getting In por-
•ft ‘ -Itv, n r" v tet mn' « u n
sweep with their opponents.
This is probably the first time G.
M. C. has ever had a football team
to go out of Georgia to put up a con
test with a champion prep team from
another state. The cadets have sim
ply run away with every team they
have tied up with this season, and
■hey haven't passed up any prep
chool in Georgia.
T e game to be played between G.
M. C. and Morgan Saturday will at
tract the interest of football fans in
the two states of Georgia and Ten
nessee. Those really know football
and are familiar with the power of
.he local players feel confident thai
.ho Georgia Military College will 1>‘
more famous a week from today than
«, is now, so far as turning out :*th-
:;tes are concerned.
BIG MUSICAL COMEDY
> AT GRAND THEATER
Coming to the Grand Theatre Tues
day, December G, is "Listen Lester,” a
musical comedy by Gariy L. Corl,
George 12. Stoddard and Harold Orlob.
this production form a '. appy cc-mbl-
iati a of a rollicking kind calculated
to catch the public fancy. That itjjfill
MR. J. C. DORN HERE
FOR RECUPERATION
Milledgeville Bov. Student
At Sorinp Hill College, Se
riously Iniured in Football
Game, Here Until lanuary.
Mr. John C. Dorn, son of Mrs. L>. M.
Dorn, o fthls city, arrived in Milled ge-
ville Monday from Mobile, Ale., where
h6 is a student at Spring Hill Col
lege.
Mr. Dorn’R coming to Milledgeville
on this occasion Ib for the purpose
of recuperating from serious injuries
received in a football game played in
Mobile October 28, between Spring
Hill College and the University cf
Louisiana. He expects to remain here
until the first part of January.
For more than three week* Mt.
Dorn was confined in a hospital in
Mobile. While playing with the
Spring Htll varsity team against the
University of Alabama team he had
the misfortune of having his skul! se
riously fractured, later suffering con
cussion of the brain and hemorrhage
of the right eye. For six days he was
totally unconscious and for a time it
was feared that he had but little
chances for recovery.
After serving in the United States
navy for a period of four years, young
Dorn entered Spring Hill College the
beginning of the present season. On
account sf the splendid athletic train
ing resolved in the navy he at once
made good on the Spring Hiil College
varsity football team.
FRENCH ARE TESTING
DENATURED ALCOHOL
AS AUTOMOBILE FUEL
Paris, Nov. 28.—A "national fuel”
for automobiles and internal combus
tion engines, that will make France
less dependent upon other countries
for gasoline, is being sought by gov
ernment and private laboratories.
Many tests with denatured alcohol
GORDON IS EASILY
BEATENJY G. M. C.
Barnesville Students Prove
Easv Marks in Path of
^oot- of Local Athletes ir
Game Thanksgiving Dav.
One of the largest crowds ever
witnessing a football game In Mil
ledgeville was here Thursday to
watch the Georgia Military College
defeat Gordon Institute to the extent
of piling up a score of 53 to 0.
It is estimated that between tv/o
thousand and three thousand people
witnessed the contest between the
two prep teams Thanksgiving Day.
From tho beginning the contest ap
peared one-sided and looked as if
though a bunch of college athletes
had come in contact with an aggrega
tion of high schools boys.
In reality, however, Gordon stands
toward the top la. prep athletics In
Georgia and second only to G. M. C.
The records of the two teams are
credited with the large number of
fans here Thanksgiving day to watch
the contest.
The score against Gordon Thurs
day by the G. M. C. team was quite
a disappointment to a large number
of fans coming here from and around
Barnesville, though all soon admitted
that the locals had easy sailing in
coming out winners. Wein the game
was commenced the visitors wont in
with a determination to hold down
their opponent', and evidenced the
fv-t that they were somewhat confi
dent of being able to carry out thoiv
ideas.
There Is nothing left orr the rsgu
nr schedule for G. M. C. this season
and for the winding up the cadets
will go to Nashville, Team, this we k
o contest with tho Morgan Prep
•bool, Tennessee's prep champions,
lor the prop championship of the
South.
the fund for these tests. Another fund
and benzol added in small quantities
to gasoline havo given good results.
A week of competition with vari- 1 of u like amount has beon made avail-
ous formulae will be held at Benziers I able by parliament for laboratory ;u 1
in February, 1922. Private interests I rood tests under the supervision of a
havo contributed 400,000 francs to parliamentary commission.
ard is Elected President of Moot
Parliament Organized at Shorter
College tlie Past Week.
Another honor was given to Miss
Kugouia Howard, daughter of Mr. and
•Mi . .1. D. Howard, during the past
wk. when she was elected presi
dent nr a moot parliament organized
amongst the students of Shorter Col
lege.
Recently .Miss Howard was elected
one of the debaters of the senior class
of Shorter, which is considered the
highest honor paid a student of the
college. |>i the election of officers of
the moot parliament, Miss Florence
‘Turner, of Covington,' was named
secretary.
'li - Howard has scores of friends
in Milledgeville who will be Interest
ed to learn of the splendid recogni
tion accorded her by her school
mates.
also hold this fancy is ..proven L> the
fact that this play ran for an entire
-ear at the Knickerbocker Theaer in
New York, ,
The action takes place at Pain-
Beach, whither Colcnsl Dodg-* ha*
goue accompanied by his dStight -r.
Mary, to escape front a woman whom
-e had been courting lit New ' ork
and who now threatens him with a
brench of promise suit if he does
not pay her heart balm. At the same
hotel is a Mrs. Mumm awaiting the pr-
i rival of .lack, her young fiance and
while waiting she.falls in love with
1 Col. Dodge, who reciprocates her af
fection.
i There Is a flip hotel clerk, a de< Idcd-
| ly fresh porter named Lester, a fe-
’ male detective, a package oi letters,
j.nd all sorts of complications that
comprise the real story and which are
'! straightened out finally in a satisfac-
I tory manner.
Whitfield Grocery Company Open
Store In Macon December First
I-Wol Concern Will Invade
lerrilorv and Wil'
■ivor to Inetease Sales
°* Products Here.
11. Whitfield, president of
> hi Grozety Company, has
announcement that the
" heads will open another
store in Macon the first
ihor.
Whit field store will han-
th" \t
made
concci
ole
of i) c ,
The
le wholesale groceries and produce
,;f every kind an 1 it is proposed to
greatly Inc-rcaso the sales of flour and
meal manufactured by the Milledge
ville Milling Company. Preparations
far the opening of the Macon store
havo been under way for tiro last sev
eral days, it is understood.
Details as to who will be in char
of tiro Macon store of the Whitfield
Grocery Company and the organiza
tion plans l ave not been given out
o Id not be obtained Tcesdav.
WE SELL
Window Glass and Putty
£et our prices.
Culver & Kidd Drug Co.
"OF COURSE”
PHONES-224 and 24t
HOW A REnUATIEH CAN BE ACQUIRED
BY THE FARMLRS OF BALDWIN COUNTY
The Growing cl Poland China Hoes Exclusively Will Onen
Ud an Avenue That Will Extend Far and Wide and Lead
to Independence.
Since coming to Baldwin county
aad looking over the situation from
aa agricultural standpoint, and the
necessities of the community, I have
been struck with one opportunity
b.w being overlooked, which, if put
iat. effect, would bring riches and
• wo 1th to the county.' 1 refer to tb«
1 p.sicbility of pure bred hog p.educ
tion.
Baldwin county is already gaming
some tegree of recognition -is a Po
land China hog county, and if this one
thing could be .exploited with energy
until pure bred Poland Chinas are
grown on every farm, then the coun
ty would not have to worry about liie
boll weevil and where to find a mer-
ket for products grown on the farm
I am not '’advocating the exclusive
breeding of Poland Chinas because
tuts 5iog is my favorite among the
different breeds. 1 hold no brief tor
tho Poland China, and very, tilt ly if
;i:e situation win different 1 woul 1 n t
leot (his breed, but becat ,-e such ; n
excellent start has been mode in tin*
county, and because this bread seem!
o.vrwholmlngly the favorite, and m '”
popular than any other, 1 thin): ii
,should bo adopted for the county and
its production pushed wll'k -nthu-
slasm and business-like perseverance.
The very fact that the county < ould
advertise to the world that it i.ii- id
no other breed of hogs but Poian 1
Chinas would have a pronounced
mental effect upon would-be pun l i
ars, and bring results which no other
ori of advertising cot Id.
Wo are living in an age of spcci-d-
-izivg. and much is being said an i
written on the standardizing of prod
ucts. Why should this councy noi
;pei iulizr in the raising of or.e tire ■ I
of hogs?
On the I !e of Jersey, off the toast
of Knglnnd, where the braedin; of
Jersey cattle has probably reached
the acme of art and skill, no other
breeds of cattle are allowed there
This island is so jealous of the renu-
a:i n they hold for breeding ine
iersey cattle that beeves before being
exported to tha island must first be
slaughtered, consequently the whole
world knows about ttie Isle of Jer
sey, and the outstanding individuals
they breed bring fabulous prices. \
county is not so isolated as an island,
yet it can go a long ways in acquir
ing a reputation for growing only mo
breed of live-stock.
There are two local organizations 'n
Vil'edgeville, viz., the Klwanis Club
and the Young Businessmen’s Cl ;•>,
and I am sure both of these organi s.-
Uons would welcome the opportunity
of doing something constructive f r
the community. Here is mi opportun
ity lor putting Baldwin county on t.
map in a constructive way l>y ge-
ling behind this idea, and talking th „
matter over with your farmer frien s.
showing them tho advantage, wMm
r/ouIU accrue to-them and tho conn
If an organization could take
redit for doing only this one thing
or the county it would have j rati
fied its existence, and be a lasting
monument to its reputation. Persoi-
ally, 1 feel that If I remained in Bald
win county five years, and could s y
n leaving it that due to iny efforts
Poland China hogs and Jersey cows
were being bred on every farm, 1
would consider thnt I had amply "nrn
ad my wages, for prosperity would
low in * golden stream to every
farm, a fixed market for hog) and
caitle established, and one more nun-
ey crop added to the farmers' bus !, :<.s;
activities. ' NJ
L. H. SWAIN,
$1.50 A YEAR
FRUIT GROWING \Hg
GEORGIA ON WANE
Census Report Shows Big De
crease in Number of Trees
in State as Compared with
Tpn Years Ago.
The census reports show a large
decrease from 1910 to 1920 in the
number of fruit trees In Georgia, says
the Extension Division of the Geor
gia State College of Agriculture, al
though there was a decided stimula
tion in orchard planting during the
pnst four years.
The reason, probably, for this de
cline in fruit trees in the state of
Georgia is more or less due to the fact
that the small fru.t grower and the
average farmer have given up tho
ra'sing of fruit to the connneidal
grower-who has sufficient equipment
to combat the infestation of ntmer-
oi s Insects and disease.’, and, also,
the knowledge of growing tho fruit.
The Increase In the number ol fruit
and insect pests attacking the home
orcahrd has caused many farmers to
neglect fruit production. Pruning
and spraying are esseatial to the pro
duction of good fruit but any farmer
can soon learn how by a little study
of the subject.
The special equipment necessary
for orchard management is noi ex
pensive, but this cost may bo reduced
by purchasing it cooperatively wltu
a small group cf neighbors.
The following fruits are recommend
ed for home orchards for Middle Geor
gia:
Yellow Transparent, Horse, Early
Harvest, Terry, Winesap, and aYtes
apples, planted thirty feet apart. S.-k-
el* Keiffer and LeConte pears, plant
ad thirty feet apart. Mayflower,
tlreeusboro, White English, Hiley,
Carmen, Georgia Belle and Elbarla
peaches, planted eighteen feet apart
Celestial and Brown T.-rltey figs
planted 18 feet apart. Ilyakume and
Goshlo persimmons, planted 18 feet
apart. Stuart and Schley pecan-,,
planted 54 feet apart. Black Heart
and Early Richmond cherries, plai t-
dd 18 feet apart. Wild Goose and
Abundance plums, planted 18 fret
apart. Concord, Delaware, DlattiOml
and Niagara grapes, planted in io.vu
10 f >et apart and S 1-2 feet In row.
Scuppernong'j and Thomas (Musca
dine grapes, planted ten by sixti ea
feet. Early Harvest and Erie black
berries, planted 10 by G feet. Lucre-
tin dewberries, planted ten by six feet.
Aroma, Lady Thompson, Klondike and
Missionary strawberries.
To The Church Going
People of Millegderillc
We are undertaking -to hold regu
lar weekly services at the courthouse
in your city, sin o wo have no church
building there, i-i order to giva , nr
Primitive Baptist gills, who are .it-
tending school at G. N. Ar I. ('. tile
privilego of their own denominational
services wlillo they are away from
their homo church. These meetings
ore held at considerable Inconvenience
r.nd expense to our ministry and peo
ple, w o arc behind the movement.
There burdens are cheerfully borne,
however, in the hope that, wo will not
only s-unpV the spiritual minds of o ir
r.Tls, but that we may enlist your ii*
t rest also and hare in yo r cooper
ation In strengthening tho icauce of
an- Master. "No man liveth to him
self” Is the testimony cf the word.
Our people stand for law and order
Wo seek to maintain a spiritual man:
bersliip and a (onta-tn,~ humble do
votlon to God nn 1 His cause In x'e
earth. Our ministers' who are sup
plying these services are consecrated
mail of God, who do not ripen 1 their
tim > while in the pulpit lu dismal •-
lug "fashions” amt news topics, nor
rasping the people a.bout tho short-
I --* in collections, but (hey “preach
'he word." We have beon having a
lifferent minister every Sunday, but
nay ave some of them return for
‘liter service:). We contemplate noi-1-
’”g scn'lcea for a full week bou‘
iie first of January, next. O'- r serv-
- at present are held at 11 a. ri.
• ml 3 p. m. We cordially invite yea
to meet with us. Our girls anil -a:
ministers will appreciate vour res
:nco.
T. K. SIKES.
RELIEF COMMUTE
SENDS BACK $36,31
West Point Citizens Refund
Ten Per Cent of Contribu
tions Made bv Citizens of
Milledgeville.
Maor Miller S. Bell is in receipt of
a check from the citizens relief com
mittee of West Point for $36.31 as a
refund of the contrib tion made by
the citizens or Milledgeville In the
ease of the disastrous flood that visit
’d West Point last year.
In a letter addressed to Mayor Bell
he West Point citizens' relief com
mittee expressed much appreciation
'or the consideration shown the peo
ple of tie West Georgia city by the
citizens of Milledgeville and stated
that the liberal contributions received
from various cities more than covered
the requirements to hold down serious
suffering as a consequence of the
flood last year. All citieB contributing
to tho cause were reimbursed ten per
cent, of the amount of the contribu
tions.
7710 cjttzens of Milledgeville con
tributed I363JO to aid in holding down
suffering amongst the people of West
Point following the big flood there.
The check received by Mayor Bell
covered ten per cent of this amount.
Mayor Bell lia-t stated t at ho !s at
a quandary as to what disposition to
make of tho refund received from the
West Point flood relief committee
There were probably two lr. ndt'ed to
three hundred pooplo contributing (•
the fund sent from Milledgeville, I he
individual contributions ranging from
25 cents upward.
In a conference with several Mil-
ledRevUle citizens suggestions of ex
pending the $36.31 for the relief of
the needy here at this time were ad
vanced. Mayor Bell agreed tli&t t.e
suggestions off ered were well founded
and stated that such a plan would be
pursued In all probability.
However, in tho matter of dispos
ing of the refund received from (lie
We3t Point citizens. Mayor Beil stated
that he stood ready to refund ten per
cent to Individuals of the amount con-
ilit-j-d ti th -1 flpod sufferers last
ar. bit that it would be uncapsary
;• tho contributors to make such rc-
tuo-t. as the individual contributions
-or? to small to consider notifying
the various contributors.
CLEAN UP DRiVE IS
ON HERE THIS WEEK
Woman’s Club Sends Out
.Aoneal to All Citizen tc
Clear Premises and Hein
Help Beautifv Citv.
The Woman's Club ip sponsoring a
general clean up movement of ail
premises in Milledgeville this week,
the principal objects being to bring
abort a more healthy condition and
the beautifying of the city as a whole
Mrs. Dixon Williams, prostdenr 'A
the Woman’s Club, lias unnomreed
tlfat Mrs. Miller'S. Beil was mailo
chairman of the clean up campaign.
Vrr. Williams i-i urging the people
to cooperate with Mrs. Beil t> (he ful-
I st extent and hope is expressed that
before tho week is over . !1 yauls
and general surroundings or ;:,1 homes
Will present a marked improvement
•if appearance.
At the request of the president ot
too Woman’s Gull), Mayor Mii! r S.
Bel! has issued the folio?, imr state
ment in endorsement of the- move
ment sponsored by the organization
of public spirited woftiei'-
Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 28, 1921.
■ To tho Citizens of Mllledgeyillef
I The Woman’s Club of Milledgeville
has designated this week as ‘'Clean
Up Week.” As mayor of the city i
desire to most heartily endorse this
enterprise and to officially request
our people to earnestly co-operate
with the ladies in their efforts to thus
bcautjfy our city. Tho trash wagon
drivers of the city will gladly move
all trash that Is placed in the streets.
Respectfully.
MILLER S. BELL. Mayor.
If you want to go to Florida and
take a chance at making some big
money this n°xt year, s--- J L. >vb-
ley.
County Age.at.
Yiimlla. Ga"