Newspaper Page Text
THE MHXEDGEVILLE NEWS
OLUM
E 21. NUMBER 35.
Establish' October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, # GA„ FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1922.
$1.50 A YEAR.
ARMERS’ cooperative sale is to
TAKE PLACE IN MILLEDGEVILLE JUNE 8
Representative of State
bureau o f Markets Will
■| a ve Charge; Present Pros
es Very Favorable.
Thv.rs J ne lias been defln-
.i v a, jtled upon as the date on
dch tli'' co-operative auction sale of
i stock "ill be held in Milledge-
e f 0 r the fxrmers of Baldwin coun-
jnd the counties adjoining, if the
;ter care to participate in it. Two
| oa ds < f hogs and one of cattle
re already been practically assured.
ii S . un i: is now being fed out and
d lor the event. It is antici-
d that a considerably large'-’ nuw-
than ha already been listed will
entered in the sale. There is no
11, th number which can be en-
d if a farmer has only a single
id in- rati bring it In and it will he
[h.d and granted and he can be
uvd nf .1 fair treatment as though
ta, so' 1 ii g a hundred head,
r. W. \V. Webb, held represntt.
i of the State Bureau of Markets
!>■ in c'.iarge of the sale and lie
an. i • to have graders and buy-
in t'.i gri und, and the stock will
the highest bidder accord-
;o grade.
ie advantage of co-operative sales
t it enables the man with only
head of stock to group his ani-
with those of his neighbors, and
e the advantage of mass or car
quantity, which makes the offer-
inactive to buyers and induces
to pay the highest price consis-
wi.h the market demand. The
of the sale, which of course
not lie great, will be pro-rated
the entries according to num-
ind only the actual expenses in-
will be assessed. Mr. Webb
Id a number of very successful
in ditt> rent sections cf the Btate
ivejtnik producers have been
pleat il with the prices he has
iA. Hog and cattle prices are
low than they have been for
man. months, and here is an
uniiy for the fanners of this
lo start a movement which
erk to their advantage, not only
present case, but in the future,
ey will have a visual denioustra-
. the benefits to be derived from
ration, and 1 hope this sale will
y the h inning ol a great many
In the f. ture. It Is strictly ln-
ipon the farmers to make
|ale a success in order that the
e may become a perpetrating
and every farmer who has his
Interest ana that of his county
hould participate In the,
and actively urge his neighbors
likewise. The county agent
unable to put this Eale across
be has the farmers’ active as-
e. and it should lie the pride
attire of every one to person-.
■ that the sale is carried for-
a a successful consummation,
tilings start from small begin-
Baldvln is a natural livestock
nr i stand convicted as an
*tent judge. Some of the fin
s're prospects in Georgia lie
her domain, and 1 unless we en-
i e the raising of lievsitock and
the Boll back to its original
'1 fertility where crops can be
economically we are burying
lents which have been given us
ndeinnmg ourselves to a p«r-
st&te of poverty,
ers are urged to list their stock
“tie with Messrs. R. S. Al-
hanrtles Bros, or the county
who will supply them upon in-
1th any further details needed.
L. E. SWAIN,
County Agent.
COMMENCEMENT IS
ON G. M. COLLEGE
Junior promenade This Even
ing a Big Social Feature.
Graduating Exercises Next
1uesday.
Commencement exercises marking
the closing of th 0 1921-22 term of
the Georgia Military College are nov
it' progress and according to the
present outlook the event will be
easily up to the standard of former
occasions of the kind held at the in
stitution.
The junior promenade to take
place Friday evening of this week
will ho the big social event of the
commencement. In attendance upon
this occasion will be quite a number
of visitors from various sections of
Georgia and other adjoining states.
The prom will be held' on the college
campus and' preparatory for the af
fair special wiring is being done for
he purpose of placing lights allo t
the premises.
In the college auditorium Thursday
evening the baud concert was given
to a large and appreciative audience.
Major Godfrey Osterman, director of
the band and one of the most highly
trained musicians ever employed at
G. M. C., has done splendid work in
instructing the members of the band.
This is the general opinion expressed
by many who have observed the tal
ented manner in which the members
of the band fill their places with !he
musical organization.
Next Sunday morning services in
all the churches in Milledgev.'lle wiH
be called off for the purpose of af
fording the citizens in Milledgeville
to attend the services to be held in
the college auditorium. At this time
Lr. .). C. Wilkinson, pastor cf the
Pint Baptist church of Athens, for
merly pastor of the Millea’geville Bap
tist church, will preach the baccal
aureate sermon. It Is expected that
the college auditorium will be crowd
ed to its capacity on this occasion.
The next thing on the program will
SENIORS G.N. I. C.
MAKE ANNUAL TRIP
lwo Hundred and Eighty
Young Ladies and Several
Members of Faculty| Spent
, Wednesday in Macon.
According to custom of the last ten
twelve years, the 1922 senior class
of the Georgia Normal and Industrial
ollege made their annual trip Wed
nesday.
The two hundred and eighty young
ladles, with President Parks and sev
eral members of the college faculty,
visited Mlaeon on this occasion. They
were provided 1 with five special vesti
bule passenger coaches operated over
the Central of Georgia Railroad, leav
'd? Milledgeville at 8:00 Wednesday
morning and arriving in Macon at
9:30.
The senior class members all reg
istered at the Dempsey hotel upon
their arrival in Macon. They made
the Dempsey their heurquarters for
the day.
Shortly after reaching Macqn the
young ladies, mad e a visit to Mercer
University. To make the trip out to
Mercer they were provided' with sev
eral special street cars. Dr. R. W.
Weaver, presicteut cf Mercer, made n
Jiort address in welcoming the young
ladies to their visit to the institution.
Dr. M. M. Parks, president oZ G. N.
md I. College, responded to Dr. Weav
er’s address.
A number of the young ladies vis
ited Wesleyan College while they
wore in Macon, being present at the
chapel exercises which took place
•hcrtly following their arrival.
At noon the class officers and a
lumber of the other seniors were the
guests at a Georgia products dinner
given by the members of the Macon
iiiwanis Club. The president of the
■ W'” Miss Virginia Daniel, on behalf
of her classmates made a short ad-
di4Bs in expressing appreciation of
the courtesies shown them by the Ki_
wenians.
Dr. \V. J. Little, of the Kiwanis
club, spoke of the pleasure afforded
the members of the organization in
having as their guests the young la
dies from G. N'. and 1. C., at-the same
time presenting a handsome basket
arsenate here than
in the state where he
calcium
county
visited.
Cotton for a long time has been
.lie South's chiat money crop, and
.he agricultural authorities tell us it
always will be, for the reason that
we have a section peculiarly adapted
lo its production through advantages
of soil and climate, and while the
o; flowers to the class president. At l use of calckm arsenate to control
be the declamation contest which | the luncheon entertainment the young the boll weevil is more or less ex-
will take place at 10:30 o’clock Men- ( ladies donated to the Georgia products perimental in this section, it has
day morning. Monday afternoon a I dinner a very appropriate song writ-(passed that staj
MR .EMMET HINES
IS HIGHLY HONORED
BIG SALE ARSENATE
TO FARMERS HERE
Twenty-Two Thousand
Pounds of Insecticide Pur
chased For Combatting the
Boll Weevil.
(By L. E. Swain, County Agent.)
I wenty-.wo thousand pounds of
calcium arsenate was sold to Baldwin
bounty farmers in Milledgeville May
J2ndl This insecticide for boll wee-
il control was brought to Milledge-
ille by the Georgia State Board of
Intomolcgy in co-operation, with the
Jcorgia Railroad, and issued or it to
farmers at a net price of nine cent;
per pound.
It was an interested rnd enthusi
astic group of farmers who gathered
iTound th 0 car on Monday to secure
i supply of the material. The writer
was struck by the optimistic attitude
>f these farmers, and their sanguine
faith that with the help of this po s-
n they were going to make a crop
ot cotton. Practically all of them
Mated that if hard work and proper
application would produce cotton
key expected to turn the trick.
The representative, Mr. J. P. Free
man, who was in charge of the car,
paiu the Baldwin eounty farmers the
compliment by stating that they
seemed better informed, and knew
more about what they were doing
and expected to do with the materia
than any farmers he had come il.
contact with s nee he had; been out
on the road. He stated that the av
orage farmer in most other places did
aot seem to know now much of the
poison hs needed, nor had he made
p his mind how to apply it. This
mcertain , attitude was not reflected
lieie. lie further stated that with
.he exception of one county, which
lad planted four times the acreage
ol this county, he had pat cut rnorrl man well versed in his Prefer don. Or.
COMMENCEMENT AT G. N. & I. COLLEGE
TAKE PLACE WEEK FROM TOMORROW
Son of Judge and Mrs. Ed
ward R. Hines, Tech Stu
dent, Awarded Commission
In Reserve Corps.
Mr. Emmett Hines, son of Judge and
Mrs. Edward R. Hines, a student of
lie Georgia School of Technology, has
teen awarded a commission in the
United States army reserve corps.
The commission given to young
• lines is duo to liia splendid work in
.lie It. O. T C. of Tech. His commls-
don is that of second lieutenant,
■ htch is considered a high, rank to
,e awarded n yo.ng man during Hie
into of peace when there are so many
.veil trained! soldiers that might be
;elected as commanding officer.’,..
The'friends in Milledgeville of Mr.
lines will he much interested to know
of the recognition given him by the
higher up officials cf the military de-
paitment of tho government.
Alumnae Reception Will Be
Big Social Feature Marking
The Close of the College
Season.
BISHOP H. J. MIKELL
WILL PREACH SERMON
Graduating Exercises Will Be
Held Week F rom Next Mon
day; 260 Will Receive Di
plomas.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER
AT STATE SANITARIUM
Mr. C. E. Miner, of Gainesville, it
Named by Board of Trustees as As
sLtar.t to Capt. T. H. DeSaussur:.
To Take Up Duties June First.
At a recent meeting of the boar>
of trustees of the Georgia Slate Sail,
tarlurn Mr. C. E. Miner, of Galnesv.lle,
was elected as an assistant to Capt
T H. DeSauBsure, civil engineer at thi
institution.
Mr. Miner is reputed to be a vomit
MY SCHOOL ROOM
IS NEARLY FINISHED
I Sunday school room, being
al the Baptist church Is near-
■fpletion and Is expected to be
P or c pancy by next Sunday-
P'wtient is on foot to obtain a
l" p "il,ince at tho mon’s Bible
a nduy morning to mark the
'd the new Sunday school
I T!k ' '"Hiding, an annex to the
’’l" 1 luiie spacious and
"■ed for accommodating
rhool class.
pHlCKENS WANTED
Market for a number of
hens. See, telephone or
' O. Bryan at Central
5-26-3.te
drill exhibition will b e p.t on in the
baseball park by the cadet battalion,
.'.ienday evenings play entitled "What
Happened to Jones” will be staged
a the college auditorium, in accord
ance with past custom.
Tuesday morning at 10:30 o’clock
tiie graduating exercises will he held.
The address of the occasion will be
delivered by .Judge Walter E. Georgia,
of Vienna, one of the most fluent
speakers in Georgia. Witnessing the
event will be scores of friends and
relativs of those who are to receive
their diplomas.
In tho afternoon Tuesday drilling
contests will take place. The three
companies composed of the entire ca
det battalion, will he on the field to
contest for three distinctive honors.
These contests embrace the best
drilled man in the cadet battalion, the
best drilled squad and the best drilled
company.
iflte captains of the threo compa
nies have been particularly active dur
ing the last three or four weeks in
glvfrtg the cadets drill practice pre
paratory for the contest to come oft
Tuesday afternoon. Company A has
as its captain J. B. Malpass, Jr., Thos.
J. Cook is. captain of Company C aud
Simon P. Kehoe is captain of Com
pany B.
A BEAUTIFUL RUG
PRESENTED G. M. C.
The Woman’s Club of Milledgeville
has presented to the Georgia Mili
tary College a most beautiful art
square 9x12 to be used on the chapel
stage. This rug was greatly needed
and the beautiful one which Mrs.
Dixon Williams, president of the
club, has sent in its name is greatly
appreciated. Visitors at the com
mencement will have the pleasure o!
seeing how much the rug has helped
the appearance of things. Col. Al-
friend in the name of the college has
extended to Mrs. Williams and the
dub most grateful thanks.
Tomato and sweet potato
Emmett L. Barnes.
plants
ton by Prof. Joseph Derry,
known Georgian.
During the diay the young ladies
were afforded tho pleasure of visiting
the several points of interest In Ma
con. They were shown all sorts of
courtesies by the citizens of Macon.
They were easily distlng islied on ac
count of the fact that they wore their
senior caps and gowns during the day.
At seven o’clock Wednesday even
ing the two hundred and eighty young
ladies were entertained at an enjoy
able banquet at the Dempsey hotel.
This proved 1 the feature of the day,
so far as genuine pleasure was con
cerned.
For the banquet the young ladies
wore their solid white uniforms and
according to expressions of mnny who
witnessed the affair it was one that
would attract the attention of every
passerby. The social event v/as one
of genuine pleasure to all those pres
ent. Speeches were made by Mr. i
Hoke Shirley, president of the Mercer j
University senior class; Mr. P. T. An
derson, editor of the Macon Tele
graph; Judge Richard B. Russell, of
Winder; Dr. E. A. Tlgner and 1 Presi
dent Parks.
Short speeches were made by a
number of the young ladles, as fol
lows: Miss Virginia Daniel, Rome;
Miss Calentfa Marron of Clinton; Miss
Cynthia Tompkins of Newnan! Miss
Catherine Parks of Milledgeville; Miss
Rachel Shaw of Graymont; Miss Lo
retta Sparrow of Hawktnsvllle; Miss
Helen Browder of Milledgeville; Miss
Janie An Id of Elberton; Miss Helen
Green of Camilla; Miss Mary Wiley
Jones of Waycross; Miss Geraldine
Floyd of Chipley; Miss Mattie Mun-
day of Jonesboro; Miss Bernice Mc
Arthur of Americus; Miss Lydia Kim
brough, Decatur; Miss Sarah Hudson,
Newnan; Miss Alta Martin. Tifton;
Mirs Ruth Durden, Summit.
About ten o’clock the special train
over the Central of Georgia Railroad,
provided for the transportation of the
young ladies left Macon. They ar
rived*^ Milledgeville about 1130
o’clqck.
Sweet Peas For Sale. Phone 139-J.
in some other sec-
well tions, and it is grattfyns to ncte that
j wo have a group of farmers who are
wide awake to conditions, and are
taking advantage of the experiences
of other sections and the demonstra
tions already made.
The results obtained by our farm
ers in their efforts to raise cotton
this year will he watched with a
great deal of interest, and the col
umns of this paper are open at all
times to render them any assistance
in our power.
UNION SERVICES
SUNDAY EVENING
Members of All Congrega
tions to Assemble at Baptist
Church to Hear Dr. J. C.
Wilkinson.
account of the fact the work and re
sponsibilities of the engineering de
partment of the sanitarium continue:
to increase each year it was deemed
advisable by the board of trustees U
obtain efficient assistance to Capt
OeSaussure.
Mr. Miner will arrive in Miiledge
-• i 11 e the tlrsi of Jane to take up hi:
•uties at tho Sanitarium.
DR. PARKS EE SPEAKER
CGRDELE SCHOOL CLOSE
Dr. M. M. Parks, president of the
Georgia Normal and Industrial Col
lege. has accepted an invitation to de
liver the commencement adresses oi
the Cordele and Thomson high schools
The graduating exercises of the
Cordele school will take place Tues
day of next week, while tho Thomson
school graduating exercises will he
held Friday, June 2nd.
SELLS FORTY PICS TO
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUE
Next Sunday evening union services'
will be held at the Baptist church,
the pulpit to be filled by Dr. J. C.
Wilkinson, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Athens and former pas
tor of the local church.
Members of the congregations of
the various churches in the city will
attend the services Sunday evening.
Sunday morning Dr. Wilkinson will
preach the baccalaureate sermon at
the Georgia Military College com
mencement and he accepted an invi
tation to hold union services at the
Baptist church the following evening.
For more than four years Dr. Wil
kinson filled the pulpit of the Mill
edgeville Baptist church arid during
his stay hpre he won many warm
friends and admirers. Tho fact that
he is to preach two sermons here
Sunday will be learned with a great
deal of interest and doubtless he will
have two large congregations to listen
to his messages.
He have a complete assortment of
high grade Milo Brand Typewriter
Ribbons and Carbon Papers, Phone
212, The Milledgeville News.
The Boys’ and Girls’ Pig Clubs of
Gordon county this week purchased
from the Georgia Products Company
of this city forty Poland China pigs,
six weeks of age. The purchase of
these pigs Involved $400.
It is stated that the farmers of this
North Georgia county are determined
to get ahead of the bo’l weevil and
it was with this view that the large
purchase of pure-bred hogs front the
Baldwin county farm wab made.
The thirty-first annual commence
ment of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College will be held com
mencing Saturday of r.exi week.
This year the largest graduating
class ever turned out by a Georgia
•dacationul Institution will come from
the O. N. and I. College. T"o hun
dred and eighty young ladies will re
ceive their diplomas front the institu
tion when the graduating exorcises
are held ono week from next Monday.
It is generally believed that com
mencement at the young ladies col-
( lege this year will be one filled with
j u great deal of interest and attended
by many visitors, including parents
aud friends of those who will receive
their diplomas. It is quite well un
derstood that a large number of the
mnae will ho here Saturday of
next week .o' attend the alumnae re
ception to oo held at the Mansion, the
home of Dr. aud Mrs. M. M. Parks.
In the neighborhood of three thou
sand young women have received di
plomas from the G. N. aud I. College.
Out of this number it is believed that
not less than three hundred to five
hundred will be here to be present
at the alumnae reception. This will
be the big social event of tne com
mencement season and it is one
which is always looked forward to
with lots of interest by members o'
former graduating classes. It is look
ed upon always as a certainty that
the attendance of alumnae recope.nt;
will run into the hundreds.
The commencement sermon this
year will he preached by Bishop H.
J. MAtoll, head of th e Episcopal dio-
cese^of Atlanta. In all probability
the service will be held at the Meth
odist church.
Tito complete program as will be
carried out during the commencement
is given below:
Saturday afternoon,
Class day exercises.
Saturday evening,
Alumnae reception.
Sunday morning, June fourth--Bat-
ulauroato sermon.
Sunday afternoon, June fourth Y.
\V. C. A. exercises.
Monday, June fifth, 9 A. M.-—Meet
ing Alumnae association.
Monday, June fifth, Id A M.-—Grad
uating exercises; delivery of diplomas.
Monday afternoon, June fifth—Ex
hibits of college work.
Notice to Teachers
The list of books for the 1922
Reading Course may be obtained front
the office of the County School Su
perintendent). Teachers idesiring to
renew their certificates by examina
tion should get this liBt at once. The
examination will lie given August 4
and 5. P. N. BIVINS, C. S. S.
5-26.8te
Subscribe for The
News. $1.50 a year.
Milledgeville
June third—
Jim third
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
REPRESENTATIVE HERE
Mr. S. W. Dendy, a well known rep
resentative of the All-South Christian
Endeavor Movement, secretary of the
organization, was in Milledgeville on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- While hore Mr. Dendy spoke to the
student body of the Georgia Normal
and Industrial College. Sunday he
addressed three congregations at the
Presbyterian church, at 11:30 o'clock
in the morning, 4 o’clock In the after
noon and at 8:30 o’clock Sunday
evening.
Mr. Dendy Is covering various com
munities throughout the South in an
endeavor to arouse universal interest
In th e Christian Endeavor Movement.
His audiences here were very full
and his hearers were very much im-
preaaed with his addresses.
SOPEE! SOPEEi.
Half Pound Bars of Armour’s Buttermilk, Witch Hazel, Rose Gly
cerine or Almond Cocoa, One Thousand 20c Cukes
10 CENTS EACH
PHONE 224 OR 213GUICK FOR YOUR SUPPLY
Culver & Kidd Drug Company
"OF COURSE”
—.J
