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UNION RECORDER, MIU-EDCEVILLE, GA., DECEMBER IS. IBM
INFLUENZA WARNING
VISITED BY
On account of the Influenza Epi
demic prevalent throughout the coun
try, our people cannot too care
ful in observing every wife guard
and precaution.
Dr. Sam Andersot, the Commis
sioner of Health of Baldwin county,
has issued the following warning:
Some characteristics regarding IN
FLUENZA.
It is probably the most highly con
tagious of all diseas-a, and certainly
the mo.-.t rapid in ;« spread.
The cauacative i.erm is as yet un
known ,but beginning in the respira-
COMERY BURIED FRIDAY
W-iMcnown Your
Away in Alia.
Illness. Eldest
Mrs. W. L. Ro,
(Co
Mrs. Katie Rossee Montgomery,
wife of James Montgomery and form
er resident of Milledgevilk, died in
Atlanta Wednesday night as the re
sult of pneumonia.
Mrs. Montgomery's body was
brought to this city Thursday evening
and c arried to the J. A. Moore Fun
eral home. Funeral services were con
ducted Friday afternon at 3 o’clock
* j |>y Rev. J. F. Yarbrough, pastor of
tory tract, it rapidly spread, b - v |lh( . Muthodiit church,
mean, of combing and spittm*. I Befor( , hcr „ arria(te Mra. Mont-
It probably does the greatest HU-j|j 0nier y was Mias Katie Rossce, eld-
MAN damage when in a mild form, J egt daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
insufficient to require going to bed, | Roaype Her marriage to Mr. Mont
is thought by some, and many, ,. omer y eldsct son of Mr.
: A Dir? thv ..
because they were white.
On the walls are heavily framed
pictures of men who have held office
in the lodge. Several of these we
recognized as prominent Milledgeville
men whom wc know. There were
pointed out to us the pictures of Dr. j cotton production i.« improving every
T. F. Green, who waa the first j year, and certainly Baldwin county is
* jperintendent of the tftate sani- holding her “end of the bargain”
“It has been proved that under
normal conditions, one bale of cot
ton can be easily grown on one acre,”
aa:d Mr. Adrian Horne, when he was
questioned about the past season's
crop. “This was unheard of a few
years ago,” he said.
Mr. Horne is of the opinion that
tarium, and Mr. Adolph Joseph, who
once proved that he could add faster
than an adding machine.
In the northeast corner of the room
at the secretary’s desk, wc were
shown some very old record books
and Bibles. The largest of the Bibles
way published in 1816 and was most
likely the first or.e used by the lodge.
Its pages are yellow and worn at the
edges and some of them are loose.
There is another Bible which was pub
lished in 1817. In i: the original price
and the END RESULTS ARE THE Montgomrey, united two of Putnam
VERY WORSE FORMS OF HEART coun ty’s oldest families who had come
DISEASE, BRONCHO-PNEUMONIA; ^ Milledgeville to make their home, j $ 1 • is marked,
and tuberculosis (IN A GALLOPING jjifa Rossee was graduated from The earliest records of the lodge j
FORM.) g. M. C. where she gained many which are on file are dated 1827. j
IN some way not yet understood by friends by her pleasant manners. | After we had looked at these, Mr.
in this production. This season’*,
yield of cotton is one-third of last
year’s; but die quality has been
greatly improved. This improvement
is due to the use of a greater quanti
ty of a better grade fertilizer.
“There are other things that are
being produced which are raising Bald
in county’s status as an agricultural
section. Some of these are tobacco,
nuts, varied fruits, and the products
of dairies and truck farm,” said Mr.
Home.
| SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE FOR
HOLIDAYS DECEMBER 21
Mr. N. Bivins, County School
“7 , ' "7 Ir, ™ us . y ■ 7 , r nm |jr.n, . " , ’ I Superintendent, has announced that
medical science, it almost complete- She is survived by her husband,! McMullen opened another record , . .. .
ly DEVITALIZES THE HUMAN three small children; her parents, Mr. j book, a book eighteen by twenty-four | th ® 8 J* ho °“ 7j[ 0U jS! j"*!; u
BODY, which if fortunate enough to ant j Mrs. W. L. Rossee
recover from the initial attack, is Mrs. E. R. Hooten; and
susceptible to every and any kind of G f other relatives,
disease. ———
teachers
HAVE OUR PEOPLE FORGOT- ANNUAL U. D. C. CONTEST
TEN THE HORRIBLE INFLUENZA I ANNOUNCED
DAYS of 1917-1018? I
THE MORE PEOPLE THAI’! -' Ira - J - L - BcMon ’ sUte chairman
HAVE A DISEASE. THE MORE » f tho u - D - C - announced at the
VIRULENT IT BECOMES. October convention in Atlanta, that
... „ . the subject for the state U. D. C.
Influenza is all over the country, . . . ,„ ran
all over Georgia. AND THERE ARE fT * !? Z9 " "* t,K
PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED llfe of BenJ “ mln H a > HU1 -
CASES IN MILLEDGEVILLE THIS In “ rcccnt interview, Mrs. Beeson
MORNING. Clou ease, would bo n “P okc enthusiastically of the contest,
conservative estimate).—It is of a ' ,Last yMr ’ thc sch ° o1 hHldren dis-
had type, ANY TYPE OF INFLUEN- P layed mu th interest and we are ea-
ZA IS BAD. pecting still better results this year,"
THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE abe “ ,dl
TO STOP THE SPREAD OF “FLU” Tl,c COnU, " : sponsored by thc U.
and to protect yourself and others. B - c - of Gcor *' U - Mr - A - A -
.1. Ovoid public gathering., (Here ,,wncr of thc Bbde Com P» tar ll0lh
is the finest means of spreading it.) boys ond Kiris, >0 offering a free
2. Thos.’. in position to create “holarship, which will cover the tui-
public gatherings should not do so tlon ol u 8ummcr session at each
IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR camp ’ 10 the * rltCr< ° f thc be8t ' 5 -
PELLOW MEN AND LADIES. Sa> '“'
(TO DO SO WITH A FULL KNOW- “ Both Dixie camps are well-known
LEDGE OF THE INFLUENZA throughout the State. They offer
SITUATION would nut only be in- w ° nd « rful advantage, to the boys and
considerate, but would not be far Horac,,nck "ding, 8 » 1 " ,, "> , '8.
short of mal-intentions and selfish- bikin|fl *" d ° tber 5port * ,ri ' enJoy -
neflR _) cd, and many useful things are taught
....... , | explained Mrs. Beeson, smiling.
3. If medical science knows so
little specifically about INFLUENZA 1 . It J realized last year,’ con-
how can tiro laity take tho responsi- U "“ cd Mrs Bec50n ’ that tbo s "'“ 11
WUty of diaregarding their warning., ch,ldrc " would Jo*’ ‘
and carry on in the face of something c0 " tcat , 8, " M the high school boys
that they know less shout! I “ nd k,rla “°“ ld thcm ’ «" d *°
J. WHEN IN THE PRESENCE prcvent tbis a s ° ld modal ' vil1 bc
OF OTHERS—COVER YOUR a ' v ' Jrded *° th,: winncr in thc fifth ’
MOUTH WITH YOUR HANDKER- alxtb ’ aad aov< ' nUl Krud "' Th<!
CHI.^F when coughing—If you must ‘ a,t ,a . pat .. pnb . y
SPIT on your handkerchief, NOT ON tbr °“S h °“ t ‘ hl > « UU '
THE FLOOR, NOT ON THE SIDE-' “Because of thc great number of
WAJ.KS ANI) STREETS, NOT ON ox ccllent essays sent in by the Pea-
THE WALLS. You owe that to your bo<j y high school, G. M. C., and the
fcllowman under an obligation of junior hiKh “h® 01 * of the county,
good manners, and to grossly violate * be ^ chapter of Milledge-
such ethics, is either UTTER ignor- | viUejmdowed " *’
ance, or TOTAL INDIFFERENCE, ‘ J ’
which is nothing less than criminal.
(Hardly a day passea but tliat thc
Health Officer secs great splotches P ro ^‘table things
of bloody spit and pus on the post ( * lone '" declared
office steps, the streets, sidewalks' al1 1110 Gcor K‘ a people display
and stairways leading to the various much enthusiasm as Mrs. Beeson, the
offices and he has no apology to contest will undoubtably be a big
make to anyone for thc remarks con- cess,
cerning such.) I
5. When you feel bad, GO TO
BED, call your family physician IM
MEDIATELY, and FOLLOW HIS.
DIRECTIONS TO THE LETTER. I
There is no economy in failing to'
call a physician when you are sick,'
and especially if there be the slight- :
Vst possibility of INFLUENZA or’
and other pulmonary disease.) j
IN THE FACE OF THE HOR-j
RORS OF THE INFLUENZA DAYS o
OF 1917-18, LITTLE SHOULD BE £
SAID TO ALL SENSIBLE O
CITIZENS.—Those who have damag
ed hearts, and those who have lost
loved ones by TUBERCULOSIS r
suiting from those terrible day
NEED NO WARNING.
IT is hoped thut everyone will C
opera‘.e in preventing any furthi
spread of the disease, and that it wi
be UNNECESSARY to institute a!
GENERAL QUARANTINE SO NEAP.
THE HOLIDAYS.
For the GOOD of ALL in Baldwin 1
county, I issue this warning, and f
trust that i". will be unnecessary to
employ more drastic measures, in or
der to protect YOU, and to protect
MINE.
COMMISSIONER OF HEALTH,
Baldwin County.
. .istvr, i inches, and we found in thc beginning I clo “ for ' ha Christmas, holidays
number „f it the date 1864. Had wc read j Fr,day ' D ' ccmbcr „ 21 ' * nd
' in this, which is filled with beautiful 1 Wor on anuar y ~
script, we should have learned what' Ri te 1372.
On the wall opposite these there is
Urge portrait of Zachery Taylor.
In the opposite corner of that end | It must have been that the larger
of the room and to the right of the. the frame the more dignity it would
high wooden, hand carved chair in add to a picture for this one is wider
the East, there is a low, quaint, old j and thicker than all the rest of thc
fashioned organ—the kind you have j thick heavy frames. It is made of
to pedal. I wonder who plays it. I ( huge pieces of pine bark,
forgot to ask how Inog it has been After we left the Chapter room we
there but it looks ancient. climbed the remaining part of the
Then we went into the room where stairway up to the rotunda. From
the LaFayctte chair is—the chapter • there we went into a small storag*
room. Over the entrance to this room at the side and up a narrow
room is on inscription in Hebrew, steep ladder to the roof. Here
There arc more Hebrew lettcru at the taw all of Milledgeville just as
bases of the six columns which sup- liprht and smoky dusk were settling
Of all gifts,
a new motor car
. . of all cars a
new Buick .. the
fullest measure
of Christmas
cheer you could
possibly give to
your family . .
The Silver Anniversary
BUICK
With Afarferpicce Bodies by Fisher
RALPH SIMMERSON
When Better Automobiles Are Built. . . Buick Will Build Them
Alexander H. Steph-
medal to be given annually
inner in theye schools. I think this
; one of the loveliest 'and mbs 1 .
chapter hu
declared Mrs. Beeson.
port a large rectangular arch that (
fills the center of the room.
“Translate those inscriptions and
you will have all the secret of the
Chapter,” said Mr. McMullen “One
lime I brought a Jew through here
I and he read every bit of the writ- j
ing. He was a Mason but not a mem-
ber of the Chapter.”
A large elaborately carved chair j
holda a similar position in this room;
as in the Blue Lodge and on either'
side of it arc two smaller chairs. Just
off the platform on which these j
chairs are and on their right is the I
chair in which LaFayctte sat It is
upholstered in dark red mohair and*
does not look at all ancient.
The members are as proud of this
chair at* the Alexandria, Virginia
lodge is of the chair used by Wash
ington in 1788-89, when he was
worshipful master. His chair was in
use fo»- 117 years and now it is in
a glass case and is taken out only for
special ocassions. There are pictures
of this chair and the Alexandria
lodge on the wall in the Blue Lodge
and one unconsciously makes the com
parison.
Three framed original charters
hang in the Chapter room. The one
of the Council of Royal and Select
Masters is so very old that the paper
is yellow and most of the writing is
faded so that it cannot be read. The
other two charters are of the Royal
Arch, issued in 1826 and the Scottish
• the town.
Little Jack Homer sat in
a comer
Eating his birthday cake;
His face shone with joy,
As he cried out, “Oh!
boy!
Omega’s the flour to
bake!”
Ba different. Give yoer picture
fer a Christmas present. Eberhart’s
Studio.
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SUGGESTIONS
FOR MEN—
Hunting Coat
Fishing Tackle
Hunting Pants
Shell Vest
Pocket Knife
Shotgun
Rifle
Flashlight
Razor
Razor Strop
SUGGESTIONS
FOR BOVS AND GIRLS 1 —
Baa.ball Glove
Boxing Gloves
Air Rifle
Knife
Hoi
Raz.
Tools
Radio Accessoric
Golf Sticks
Golf Balls
Pliers
Fishing Rod
Thermos Bottle
Watch
Scout Axe
Scissors
Foot Balls
Baseballs
Skates
Tool Chest
Tennis Racket
Tennis Ball
Air Rifle Shot
Shotgun
Riflo
Basket Ball
SUGGESTIONS
FOR WOMEN—
Carring Set
Casserole
Brass Fire Set
Fire Dogs
Roaster
Redio Set
Nut Crecker
Flashlight
Percolator
Electric Waffles
Electric Heeter
Electric Toaster
Curlers
Thai
Jar
Horae Sharp it
Perfection Stove
Radiant Haater
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