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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOL 21. No. 51.
Established October 12, 1901. MILLEDGEVIU-E, GA., FRIDAY, , OCT. 20, 1922.
$1.50 A YEA
X
News Contest No?ifing
■—Workers Enthusiastic
Stage
Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Lawson
Won the Ten and Five Dol
lars in Cash Prizes.
Any Determined Worker Can Take the Van of the Race
While the 150,000 Extra Votes Are In Effect
These Votes Will Be Smaller After Next Tuesday.
WOMAN IN JAIL
IN JACKSONVILLE
Mrs. William, Before Her
Maria^e to Capt. MacGow-
an, Faced Six Embezzle
ment Charges In Florida.
STANDING OF CANDIDATES
Mrs. W. H. Collins ..250,030
Mrs. Robert Lawson 248,500
Miss Marjorie Ennis 245,500
Miss Lokolla Hardie 201,000
Miss Martha Echols 150,000
Miss Eloise Brown 126,500
Miss Helen Myrick 125,000
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The first period known as the ‘‘op
portunity period," of the News' Auto
Contest, ended Tuesday of this week
at 1 p. in., and the cash prises of $ 1 0
and $5 offered to the candidates turn-
l^.p in the greatest amount of sub
scription business from beginning of
the contest were won by Mrs. W. H.
Collins, of this city, and Mrs. Robert
il.awaon, of Hardwick, respectively.
Now while the first period's results
do not tell the way the wind blows as
to tlie linal winners, they do indicate
the caliber of the workers, and The
News’ race haB developed workers,
anyone of whom may be‘the final win
ner. "Watch them during the next four
weeks.
150,000 Extra Votes.
During the time between Tuesday,
October 17th, 4 p. m., and Tuesday,
October 24th. 4 p. m„ Is the second
period of the News 'contest and In this
period 150.01M) - Extra Votes will he
given for each $15.00 In subscription
luisiness turned in.
There will be no limit to the num
ber of these coupons. You can win,
Try to become a millionaire in votfes.
Cnderstand these Extra Votes are in
addition to the regular ballots.
The next period, 125,000 votes will
be given for each $15 in business.
Now that opportunity period is over,
please don't feel that if you didn t
be quite as well during the first pe
rio.l of the race as you wished, that
• all is losi.” To be perfectly frank,
il.e results tints far in the race could
have been a great deal better. The
In Id has not even been ‘‘scratched.
There are in this elty and on the sev
en rural routes supplied by this post-
( nice over 700 peopple taking The
News who are in arrears. These sub
scribers will gladly pay up and renew
if approached by our workers. Why,
that FORD CAR can he won 1)5’ se-
curing the payent of these delinquent
Hbiicribers. Furthermore, there are
at least .1,000 families In Milledgevillc
aid Baldwin colinty and not over a
third are taking the county’s leading
|, •per—Th e News. The subscribers
that can be secured would more than
»i:i the car. Put the News in every
home—that is the object of the man
agement in risking $1,000 in prizes
and (ash.
Another Cash Prize.
'I'o the workers turning in the great
'■ 1 number of renewal subscription)
1 r the week ending October 24th, at
* p. m., a CASH Award of $5.00 will
1 given, but don’t neglect new sub
scription? to win it, for it is vote'
*1 at will win this car.
ATLANTA, Ga„ Oct. 18.—The dis
pstrous collapse of her romance and
marriage with Capt. Hilliard V. Mac-
Gowan, her third undivorced husband
was not the first social cataclysm to
engulf pretty, dark)eyed Mary Louise
DoVoe Williams, late figure of fash
ionable life in Columbus, Ga., it was
'earned Saturday.
A year or more before she met Mc
Gowan she' spent a period of months
in the Jacksonville, Fla., city jail, ac
cording to police records available,
awaiting trial on six charges of em
bezzlement following a season of lux
ury and social recognition. The fash
ionable Seminole Hotel there, where
she had stopped, prepared for a time
to press action on an unpaid hotel
bill, but finally relented, police said.
Embezzlement Charges
The embezzlement charges result
ed from a venture into business by
the charming young woman, police In
formation declared. Lingerie was
what she sold, and th 0 victims of the
enterprise were half a dozen influen
tial Jacksonville women whom .the
persuaded to back her venture, ac
cording to the record.
She had gone ^o Jacksonville to
prepare for the birth of her child
early in October, 1920, after her hus
band of that time, Hugh Williams,
had deserted her in Atlanta hotel,
according to a charge she made in a
livorce petition. It was the child
which saved her from a prison term
some months later, police said.
What became of the child is not
known. The mother was alone when
die oair.e to Atlanta soon afterward,
and she registered at the Kimball
House as plain Mamie Williams, of
Anniston, Ala., It is believed to be in
the custody of a sister in Jackson
ville.
Dispatches from Jacksonville Satur
day pointed out that the present
situation of the girl, outcast by her
third husband’s family in Los .'nge-
les and renounced by him, was a pa
rallel of her situation of two 5 ears
ago.
She won her way back then by
acting and marrying MacGowau,
obtaining for tlie numien the shield
f bis wealth and social position.
OVER-SUBSCRIBE
NEW BOND ISSUE
Government Proffered Billion
More Than Required —
Bonds Are for Thirty Y aers
At 4 1-4 Per Cent.
WASIIINCTO N, Oct. 15.—The
Treasury’s new offering of $500,000,
000 of 4 1-4 per cent 30-year bonds has
been over-subscribed by approximate
ly $1.000,000,000, it was announced to
day by Secretary Mellon. Books for
cash offerings closed yesterday.
Subscriptions for which 4 3-4 per
"cnt Victory notes for December 15
Treasury certificates are tendered in
payment, will be received and allot
ments will be made In full until Oc
tober 21. Approximately $150,tF | 0,000
of such subscriptions hav e been al
lotted in full under the terms of the
offering.
Subscriptions received to date, ac
cording to reports, wer G said to ag
gregate more than $1,560,000,000, of
which about $1,400,000,000 represent
'd cash subscriptions. Of the cash sub
scriptions, more than $325,000,000 was
in amounts not exceeding $10,000 for
any one subscriber and these 'have
been allotted in full,\ leaving only
$175,000,000 or thereabouts, to be dis
tributed among the five other clusses
as follows:
Subscriptions for more than $10,000
but not exceeding $50,000 allotted 40
per cent hut not less than $10,000 of
any one subscription.
More than $50,000, but not exceed
ing $500,000 allotted 20 per cent but
not less than $30,000.
More than $500,000, but not exceed
ing $1,000,000, allotted 15 per cent
but not less than $100,000.
More than $1,000,000 allotted 10 per
ccu t hut not less than $150,000,
$10,000 DAMAGE
BY FIRE_MONDAY
Flames Break Out In Horne
Building Damaging Furni
ture Store Stock And Fix
tures of Several Offices.
WORK IS HALTED
ON NURSES BUILDING
I
Work on Sanitarium Building
Is Again Held Up Awaiting
Further Funds for Carrying
On Work. !
Fire of unknown origin broke out
I'l the Horne building, a three-story
brick structur e on Hancock street,
Monday night and resulted in an esti
mated damage of about $10,000.
The tire started on the second floor
of the building, apparently in a closet
adjacent to the dental offices of Dr.
W. L. Boyette. Discovery of the blaze
was made shortly after 9 o'clock,
probably more than an hour after all
occupants of the building had left
their offices.
V lien the fire department arrived
• he conjested flames had created such
s dense smoke as to render impossible
Invasion of the building by tho fire
men. Th(, damage sustained was due
to the torrents of water poured Into
the building in checking the flames
which threatened to rapidly sprep^l to
td.iofning buildings.
The flreogirianted fione ETAOINN
Tile fire originated in a closet lo
cated almost in the center of the sec
ond story of th 1? building. The dental
offices of Drs. W. L Boyette and M.
I. Stembridge were seriously damaged
by water, as were the m *dical offices
of Dr. Richard Binion, all located on
the second floor of the building.
The greatest damage sustained on
account of the breaking out of tlie tire
fr II upon the stock of furniture of the
Baldwin Furniture Company. This
damage was principally due to the
large volume of water that was poured
fnto the second and third stories of
flic building and coming through to
file ground floor. The Baldwin Furni
ture Company occupied the entire low
er floor of the Home building.
The lire mad e but little headway
and should it have been possible t)
have gotten at fhe flames with the
chemical hose probably $500 would 00
have covered all the losses that would
have been sustained. However, prac
tically all losses by all occupants of
the building are covered by insurance,
MR. W. W. STEMBRIDGE
GIVEN NEW DUTIES
NURSES GRADUATE I REGULAR CHAPLAIN
AT SANITARIUM AT SANITARIUM
• ■ ■ ■
Eight Young Ladies Receive! Dr. Carl W. Minor Has Been
NAMED AS GENERAL SANITARY
INSPECTR AND SALVAGE OFFI
CER FOR THE STATE SANITA
RIUM IN ADDTIION TO OLD DU
TIES GIVEN HIM.
Their Diplomas at Fitting
. Exercises Held at Institu
tion Wednesday Evening.
Graduating exercises at the Geor
gla State Sanitarium School for
Nurses were held Wednesday eve
ning and eigjit bright young Indies
received their diplomas as a reward
for their diligence in study and work
it the institution.
The graduating address was de
livered by Dr. Geo. N. McDonnell, of
Waycross. Dr. McDonnell is recog
lized as one of the leading physicians
>f south Georgia, and those who had
the opportunity of listening to his ad-
dicss Wednesday evening declared it
to be one of the most interesting dis-
ourses ever delivered ut the institu
tion on a similar occasion.
Mr. John T. Brantley, president of
the board of trustees of tlie sanita
rium, made delivery of the diplomas
to tlie young lkdr graduates. M\ C.
0. Brantley, of Valdosta, secretary of
the board of trustees, made delivery
of tlie class pins.
Tire graduating execlses were wtt-
icssed by large number of people. All
the members of the board of trustees
were present and many expressions
were heard declaring the event tlie
most impressive ever held at the in
sititutlon.
The execises were commenced at
eight o’clock and concluded about
ten. At the conclusion of tlie formal
program arranged for the occasion
all visitors were served delicious
punch and cake.
The young ladies receiving their
diplomas Wednesday evening were
Misses Corneliu Johnson, Gertrude
Ham. Regina Strickland, Cora Bin-
ford, Grace Fierce, Nannie Fordhum,
Myrtice Druby and Ruby Godfrey.
Tho nurses' home will be given the
name of Brantley building, so named
ii. honor of Mr. John T. Brantley,
who has for muny years served as
: president of th£ sanitarium board of
; trustees,
f When the building is completed it
j will provide quarters for tile entire
1 staff of nurses and will provide three
hundred extra rooms in the main
I building of the Institution for the; oe-
npancy of additional patients.
Elected To Fill Position of
Chaplain and Welfare
Worker at Institution.
At the meeting of the board
Mr. Walter W. Stembridge. who has
for the past several years held the
i position of steward of the colored do-
°f partment ut the Georgia State Sani-
trestees of the Georgia state sanita
rium held Thursday it was ascertain
ed that no fluids are available at tlia
tarium. has had placed upon him as!
-litional important duties.
At th„ meeting of the board of trus-
time -for further procedure of work tees n ( the sanitarium held this week
| m the nurses building, now well un- \j,-. Stembridge was delegated to
j dor construction at the institution. I eive as general sanitary inspector
I Several weeks ago work was re-1 and salvage officer fit the institution.
I sumed on the building and continued j 1'hese duties Imposed upon Mr. Stem-
| until the roof and principal exterior, bridge are additional to the position
work was completed. The building, ot steward of the colored department
of the place.
GREAT BRITAIN PAYS
U. S. $50,000,000 ON
INTEREST ACCOUNT
WASHINGTON. Oct. > s Great
Britain today paid the American
government the first installment in
terest, on account of tho four billion
five hundred milllon-dollar loan made
to that country during the wqr. A
' heck for $50,000,000 was delivered
tlie Federal Reserve Bank of New
7 ork by J. P. Mogrnu & Co., for the
account of the British treasury.
Babbage plants at
s nies.
Emmett
« » m • 1
200 BALES OF COTTON
• LOST IN $35,000
FIRE IN ROBERTA
ROBERTA. Ga.. Oct. IS— The
largest fire in the histprv of Bob rta
occurred last night when W. F. An
dre ws warehouse, containing 200
bales of cotton; Johnson’s garage,
the postofflee and Bankston & Webbs
furniture store were destroyed with
a Joss of approxlately $35,0(fl>, eover-
i d insurance.
4 SKELETONS FOUND
WHILE EXCAVATING
RICHMOND. Va., Oct. 18.- Work
men Monday unearthed four skele
tons while excavating for the new
stale office building in the southeast
corner of the capitol square. The ap
pearanco of the bodies would indicate
that they had been buried in a stand
ing position. Just as soon as the nlr
struck them the bones % crumbled. The
skulls were more than a quarter of
an inch thick. One skull appeared to
be perfect.
was commenced about three years
ago and work was held up after the
framing had been erected on account
of insufficient funds with which to
complete tlie building.
At the last session of the Georgia
j legislature an appropriation bill was
| passed providing funds with which to
j complete the nurses building at the
| sanitarium. However, the funds have
: not yet been made available, though
it is understood that tlie money can
bo had within the next few months or
soon after the state treasury has re
ceived returns from taxes collect ;d
SEVERAL ATTENDING
KIWANIS CNVENTI0N
Several members of the Mllledge-
ville Kiwanls club are in Savannah
Ibis week attending the annual state
wide convention of the Kiwantans.
Those going from Mllledgeville as
{chosen delegates to the state con
v( ut ion are Mayor Miller S. Hell. I'
S Sanford and R. H. Wootten. The
delegation left Mllledgeville Wednes
day evening and will he gone until
Friday, at which time the convention
(oiues to a close.
Mllledgeville has one of the strong
est Klwiuits clubs in Georgia con
sidering the size of the dtv. The club
was organize two and a half years
ago, and has maintained a large num-iof them have
her of active members since. (health.
Mr. Stambridge will httve upon
him the duty of seeing that all the
premises of the sanitarium, are kept
in a sanitary condition. Also, he will
have authority to go about the placi
and collect up all materials that are
pot being put to use and to make
disposition of same in the most pro-
fitables manner possible and to make
report of all findings to the trustees
ot tlie institution.
The additional wink that lias been
placed upon Mr. Stembridge is a new
procedure on tho part of the sani
tarium trustees and it is believed by
tlie hi eh officials it will r; suit in
decided material benefit.
ALL COLLEGE GIRLS
TAKE TYPHOID SERUM
One thousand young ladies, stud
cuts of the Georgia State College for
Women, have been vaccinated for
typhoid fever and tlie most favorable
feature in connection with this story
is all tlie students have fully recover
ed from the eflects of the serum.
During tliel /ist two or three years
.but very little sickness has existed
in the Georgia Stale College for Wo
men. At ali times every moans of
protection against any sort of epide
mic are employed at the colioge and
particularly since the school opened
in September the students, almost ail
njoyed the best of
INSURANCE ADJUSTERS
ARRIVE IN THE CITY
LOSSES INCURRED BY FIRE OF
MONDAY NIGHT WILL BE MADE
GOOD WITHIN FEW DAYS—AP
PRAISERS,TO REACH HERE TO
.-O OVER MATTERS MONDAY.
Insurance adjusters representing
.lie various insurance companies hal
ing policies on the fixtures and stocks
ot nietrhaudlso of all occupants of the
Horne building which was partially
gutted by flames Monday night arrived
in the city Thursday.
It is understood that.claims of the
physicians and dentists having offices
in th,, building will he settled Friday
Also, the insurance carried on the
building itself, will foe settled for this
week, it is thought.
Appraisers will arrive in tho city
next Monday to arrive at the amount
of damage done to tli (J stock of mer
chandise of the Baldwin Furniture
Company. Mr. J. C. Ingram, one of
the proprietors uf the furniture store,
stated Thursday that u large amount
of new furniture had been ordered to
ro-stock the store and that the concern
will be in shape for handling regular
orders within the nqxt ten days or
two weeks.
It is not known yet whether the in
surance company will take over the
| damaged stock of furniture or settle
I the claim on a basis satisfactory with
the owners of the stock of merchan
dise.
The hoard of trustees of the Geor
gia state sanitarium at their meeting
held Thursday of tills week decided
to employ a residence chaplain for
(he intstitution.
Rev. Carl W. Minor, nt present
Pastor of the First Baptist Churcn
of Americas was chos n as chaplain
for the sanitarium. It will also be
the duty of the chaplain of the insti-
tution to serve as general welfare
worker qf the place. He will be pro-
' ided a residence at the sanitarium
md will he a regularly employed of-
iccr of institution.
Heretofore, tho nitarium inis urn-
Joyed a chaplain for part tim^oiil.v
to conduit sendees each Sunday
afternoon, it lias been tlie custom
to elect alternately pastors of the
• tiripus churches in Mllledgcvillp to
fill this place. During this year Rev.
T. O. Watts, pastor of the Iocal'PriM
byterlan, lias boon serving as chap
lain- of the institution.
MR. BEN RUSSELL DIED
IN MACON THURSDAY
FORMER WELL KNOWN CITIZEN
OF BALDWN COUNTY SUC
CUMBS SUDDENLY — FUNERAL
AND INTERMENT TO TAKE
PLACE HERE FRIDAY.
Mr. Ben Russell, formerly a well
known citizen of Baldwin county, died
suddenly Thursday morning at Ids
home in Macon, his death being dm*
to apoplexy.
Mr. jlussell moved from Mfllndge-
\llle to Macon twenty-one years ago.
He wus born and reared in Hancock,
county, having lived to reach the ago
ot 75 years.
Th 0 deceased is survived by three
sisters and nine children. His sis
ters ure Mrs. IS. A. Leonard, of Hard
wick; Mrs. Ira West, of CoopervMtc
and Mrs. John Hudson, of Hard wH*,
The children of the deceased are Mis*
Katie Russell, of Macon; Mr. C. A.
Russell, of Andalusia, Ala.; Mr. U. M.
.Russell, of Memphis, Term.; Mrs. Wal
lace Butts, of Mllledgeville; Mr H. V.
Russell, of Atlanta; Mrs. T. K. Major,
of Macon; Messrs. W. H. and F. A.
Russell, and Mrs_ M. J. Russell, of
Macon. ’
When a resident of Mllledgeville
Mr. Russell was looked on as one of
tin* substantial citizens of this county
and since moving to Macon he has
i lalntalned the same reputation.
Tlie funeral was conducted by
Revs. Ii. I). Warnock and C. M. Lip-
ham Friday afternoon at three o'clock
front tho residence of Mr. Wallace
Butts, interment to be in the Milledg -
vide city cemetery.
TAKES FIRST PRIZE
SANDERSVILLE FAIR
OCCUPATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF
STATE SANITARIUM IS GIVEN
BLUE RIBBON FOR BEST DIS
PLAY. OF RUGS, BASKETS. AND
SWEATERS, ETC.
Tin* occupational therapy depart
ment of the Georgia State Sanitarium
\yc n first prize for its display put on
the past week at the county fair held
at Sandersville.
The display was composed of hand
made baskets, rugs, sweaters, and
numerous other articles artistically
made up. Tho occupational therapy
(b partment of the sanitarium is di
rectly in charge of Mr. W. \V. Stetn-
l-rldge and under the supervision ot
Miss Amy Oxford.
,The dispaly put on at the Sanders
ville fair was termed as unusually re
markable by many spectators and ro
ller t great credit upon those in charge
of the carrying on of the work.
PLANT
C. & K. Prize Turnip Seed
Ko.OO in (»ol«l (liven for Four Lar|it‘N(
T'iiriii|iM ItiiiMpd From Our Need
‘ Culver & Kidd Drug Company
“OF COURSE”
^ Phones 224 and 240