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Milledgeville, Ga., November 7, 1929
Conaciidated in 1S71
Armistice Day To Be
Celebrated Monday
Strong South Georgia Eleven Meet
Red and Black Team on Grid
iron in Holiday Classic
BOTH TEAMS
B££.£L" CADETS BATTLE
Held a'. Memorial Gates
A BANQUET IN THE EVENING
Members of Morris-Little Post of
um'ivun Legion and their Auxili-
-v will celebrate Armistice Day
j’.nday, with a gala program that
r |; i.cjrin at two o’clock when the
C M- r. cadet*, their hand, and mem-
rr , ,f the Legion and Auxiliary
taCt . i parade.
The brief exercises which will be
a t the Memorial Gates, the en-
■nsct to the Legions Memorial
.'•ati-im, erected to their comrades
k. paid the supreme price in the
war, will begin immediately uf-
, r th parade Rev. A. G. Harris,
Chaplain <>f the Legion, will make
principal address, and CoL Er-
SiMey will preside.
H. Holloway, chairman of the
mittee of arrangements, stated
,t was the hope of the Legion
the day would be one of rejoic-
ard that every person in the city
■I join to make the day a success,
m m!>cr.s of the Legion and the
:i ry have been requested to be
M. C. at one forty-five when
parade will form and move off
* .» o’clock.
t h :■ evening the Legiomires
!■• the guests of Dr. W. M.
r. < mmander of-the post, at a
iuet at the home of Mrs. Trea-
WORK BEGINS ON
HOSPITAL ROAD
! nday ha* been declared a
•inal holiday and the last session
the State Legislature named the
: a ■■tale holiday and the mer-
nts here will observe the day. It
jnderstood that all stores will
<- at one o’clock,
it three o’clock in the afternoon
i holiday attraction, the G. M. C.
i-isl team will play the Norman
Park t« um, the leading team in
loath Georgia.
conference™
MEET NEXT WEEK
Surveyors Complete Work and
NORMANMONDAY Paving Immediately Follows
Number 12
CLDBS PLAN XMAS
TREES IN CITYj
Federated Club* at Luncheon
Expect to Erect Two Large j
Trees in Down Town Section I
WORK TO BE DONE RAPIDLY ASK CO-OPERATION IN PUN
Surveyors have completed their
task in making ready the road to the
Milledgeville State Hospital for pav-
POWFRFUI and £ r '‘ ld ' n K work will commence
Friday to get the road ready for the
Monday afternoon „ tthree o'clock, I {""‘"S * :hlrh wUI ( “" ow
rmistice Day, the Cadet Gridiron y '
arriors of Coach John a v Ttr-mA. Th, ‘ Bew paved
nax and Coach Slap Rentz, meet the
strongest team in South Georgia the
Norman Park Institute eleven, on
Davenport Memorial Field in what
promises to be one of the greatest
prep battle in many seasons.
A great holiday crowd is expected
to pack the stands to watch the bat
tle and it is certain it will be plenty
colorful. During the halves the ca
dets will stage -in exhibition drill.
Just prior to the opening of the
game, a brief Armistice Day program
will be staged at the gates that mark
the entrance to the field.
Norman come- from its South
Georgia home highly touted as the
champions of that section of the
State. They come to Milledgeville
with a long string of wins, boasting
a powerful jrunning attack and a
ill connect
with the paving
go out the avenue to the tenter
building where a loop Will be made
■around in front of the new L. M.
Jone- Hospital building and go back
the
belo
the hoi
of
Dr. George Echols.
The grading work that will i>egin
Friday will raise the fill at Fishing
Creek and improve the road inter
section at P.land's Lumber Company.
The avenue road will also be cut
down in places and th.' steep grade
made more gradual.
Pacing work wrijl commence as
fast a- the grading is done, the High
way Engnerrs stated. The base will
be laid a- soon as a short stretch
has been graded. It »•* understood
Plans were made at a luncheon
given by Mrs. E. R. Hines. President
« f the Federated Clubs of Baldwin
county, to decorate Milledgeville dur
ing the holiday season, erecting two
large Christina- trees in the down
town section .and decorating the white
way posts.
Representstves of the nine clubs
in the city were invited to the lun
cheon and M’t. Hires presented the
plans. The city has been divided in
to four sections and Mrs. Pearson
Berry. Mrs. G. A. Lawrence, Miss
Lclia Lamar and Mrs. M. H. Bland
have been aimed chairman of these
*■ notion-. Mrs. J. I. Garrard has been
named chairman at the State Hospl-
Red Ci oss Charity Fund
Drive Starts Tuesday
CITY PROHIBITS | Committees Ready to Solicit Foods
FIRECRACKERS
BIG RESPONSE EXPECTED
Ordinance Pa»«ed Monday Will'
Not Allow Sale of Any Kind of • Committees as-igned
Fire Works During Holidays
of
rdinance prohibiting the -alt
in the city of fire crack
r.dle-
othi
orks
of the
tal. It
the clu’s dei
:ry imie place i
to have
• Christ-
T>mes. Two large trees will be
placed i n the Exchange Bank corner
ind the A*P corner.
onths will •
d< fei
The
■d thei
coaches have groom-
arefully for the garni
and are ready to send their best bet
against the invaders.
The radets have scored 170 points
to their opponents 19. and have one
of the best prep teams in Georgia
this year.
that not more than foi
be necessary to finish the work.
The order to nave the road wa-
issued by the Highway Board la-t
Wednesday and work hud begun Fri
day morning.
MR. EMMETT L. BARNES DIED
IN ATLANTA TUESDAY
A wav Af tar Lc„
OFFICERS FOR MILLEDGEVILLE
METHODIST CHURCH NAMED
NEW MINISTER
TO BE WELCOMED
immett L. Barnes died at his
Atlanta Tuesday, November
terly Conference Held >th, after an illn« ss extending
Year’s Work Not j through stveral months, » the re-
Completed j *ult of a stroke of paralyi
B.i
unty, i
Postponed Services to Be
Sunday Evening at Baptist
Church
The Fourth Quarterly Conferei
,f the Milledgeville Methodist church th greater
hi Id Sunday Afternoon by Dr. lodyoville.
Slant F. Drmptry. Prrtidintr Eldrr i ha rnaared
I of tha Oxford Dintrlct. Tha raport. and was rartntnh
Held j read showed that the Sunday School | city’s substantial
and Woman’s Missionary Society > ars ago, he w.
were doing splendid and successful | make hi- h-
the grocery husi
ifc Gun Pov
passed at the regular sessi.
City Council Monday night.
The Council in pa sing t
■nee stated that fireworks constitot-j
a fire hazard and that the noises were
objectionable, and based the reason
for the pas-age of the act on this j
.-tatcment.
Miters w.re purchased from the j
Badger Meter Company sufficient j
to put a meter on every water line |
in the city. A minimum rate of
by Rev. John F. Yarbrough will be
gin a drive Tuesday morning for
funds for the Red Cross, the organi
zation through which is operated the
ch&rity work of the city and county.
Under the plan adopted last year
the R d Cross ha- been designated
the official charity organization of
the county and all charity work would
be operated and carried on by the
Red Cross. It was also determined
that only one drive would be made
eac\ year and that funds would be
raised then to meet the charity need*
throughout the year.
The drive will open Tuesd-
ing and it i- the desire
mil tee to conclude th rk .
week’s time. Mrmbersh • the or
ganization is secured at dollar
and it is hoped that etc citizen
will take this dollar n -.bership,
however larger eontributi: • .are so-
P. M. Roger-, President «»f the
Baldwin county chapter, stati d ‘hat
•i goal of four hundred members th
$3,900 has been set for this years
$1.00 has been charged to a great
number of water users, without hav
ing a mi ter attached. The new
meter, will be installed where there
ar. now no meters and the
from which the meters were purchas-I
•••■I agreed to take their pay from the
excess collections that would Ih> made *
•fter th.- meters were installed. Ini
other words, as explained by the!
City Clerk, after th'
stilled the people w
eurine water at the minimum rate!
of $1.00 will have th
ed through a meter and the increase!
in the pric of water to them will he
sufficient to pay for the 200 meters ,
purchased last week. -■
Th, Council mV .in oo to,,r.l Buddy R 0|w , , nd N.nty C.rrull
Uk community Christ map tree
which the Federated club. will placi
in the down town section.
FAMOUS STARS
AT COLONIAL
I held 1
Methodist Ministers and Laymen
Will Attend The Annual Session e. Roberts, the new pastor of tl
of North Georgia Baptist church, to th • city, was poi
poned until next Sunday evening, <
I! • J. F. Yarbrough, pastor of account „f th ,.
M. !i dgeville Methodist church;
J. H. Farr, pastor of the Mil
lie Circuit; Rev. Mr. Roark.
■ of the Midway charge; Dr.
T. Wynn and Mr M. S. Bell a-
»• !' -.rates from the Oxford Di«-
i \| •• s. I *
te lay leader of vhe Oxford
i t. will go to Atlanta, the early
■f next wi k to attend the an- j
-ion of the North Georgia
f r. nre. which convenes writh the ■
’ Methodist church November
Mr Yarbrough has served a- j
eathii
ondH
Late Sunday afternoon rain began
falling and at the hour for services
it was. pouring in torrents, and the
pastors of the city thought it he*t
that the welcoming services be p **t-
por d, and so notified Mr. Robert-.
Therefore the ministers and con
gregation* of the churches will unite
next Sunday evening in service-* at
the Baptist church, and welcome the
new pastor to the city.
LEGION AUXILIARY MEFTS
WITH MRS. W. M. SCOn
work. The financial repi
made as it will wot be perfected un
til the close of the Conference year.
The following officer* were elect
ed.
Stewards
R S. Alford, Dr. E. W. Allen. H.
G Banks, E. E. Bill. J. F. Bell. J. F.
Bi ll. Jr.. M. S. Beil, H. G. Bone. Rus
sell Bone, I>. W. Brown. Ih\ Richard
Biaion, A. I. Butts. Chas J. Conn,
Otto M. Conn, T. B. Duma . J C.
Grant. J. L. Harper. E. C. Kidd. E.
R. Hint**. G. W. Hollinshaad. Dr. L.
P. Longino, W. A. Massey, I». F.
Montgomery, W. H. Montgomery, R.
B. Moore. Dr. W. M. Scott, S. D.
Stembridge, W. W. Stemhridge, Dr.
E. A. Tigner, Dixon W'illiams. H. S.
Wootjcn. R. H. WoottM, W. T.
Wynn and Dr. Y. H. Yarbrough.
Mr. T. B. Dumas was the only new
oil*.
rith the i
r.t of the State.
The death of Mr.
rrow to a large n
res and friend* her
membi r him a
SALVATION ARMY
OPENSWORKHERE:
Form*! Opening to B-e Held Nov. 1,1
17. Down Town Office to Be
Opened for Headquarters
ray-
i nml man
Mr. Bari
Method! *t, and
Stars in Vitaphone Attraction
Tku'sday and Friday
Illusion," an all talking Vita-
phone attraction featuring Buddy
Rogers and Nancy C.arroll, will fea-
thc program at the Colonial
re Thursday and Friday of thia
Singing, dancing and talking all
make thi- one of the great pictures
«f the year, with two star- that have
become popular in Milledgeville.
Tha opening "talkie” attraction at
the Colonial last week featuring A1
Jokpa, packed the theatre for three
d*y* and M *. Curry Stated that he
was highly pleased with the splendid
• ith the Milledgeville I.ixigf.
The funeral and burial service*
tare held in Atlanta Wednesday
Mr. Barnes is survived by hi* wife.
rh<» was formerly Mias Willie Rob-
rt . «f thi* city, and seven ’’ildren
■
lames, E. L. Barries. Jr., Louis
tarnea, Mr- Kemp Ingram, Misnrs
ara and Fvelyn Barnes. He also
>avea a sister. Mrs. F. J. Stembridge
Sunday Sch' I Superintendci
t. Bell.
Ijiy -tic- - S H->». h
QTI7ENS TO HONOR NATIONS
WAR PRESIDENT MONDAY
NIGHT
-.■it
The Salvation Army has •
M llcdgeville to begin work
the needy of the county, and
' ther social service work unc
leadership of Envoy and Mr-. Ed-1 p,. t \fi1lcdgeviii .
w in P. SeovilL I Tuesday *‘T» . Black Crow,
Weekly meeting will be held on j another hit and Mr. Curry was pre-
the street* and indoor services will, luring for a record h<*u«e Thursday
I conducted at the Opera House. : nd Friday when the two young star*
The official opi ning service will be, cine in th. ir latest all talking at-
N-vember 17th. All ministers and tractions.
reprp-entative- of civic organisation- J n « telephone message from Mr.
w ll be invited to thi* service which rurry Wednesday from Atlanta,
will mark the formal opening of the where he is purchasing picturse, ho
Salvation army. 1 announced siim »f the attractiona
Envoy Scovill stated that a d*»wn ,i l . tl w j|l p,. h<>wn between now and
" «« oflfce would be opened and all ,h,. fjprt of the year. They are:
relief cate* would be handled ‘-Might," “Th Virginian," "Katur-
tFrough thi office. Dnati'ute r»-< dlty Night Kid” with Clara B<.w,
wdl be ; ported to the officer there. • !, r „adw»v Scandals of 1930 -Gold
Until th: offi.e < twn<d the umy |Hgg,-r.< f Br-«dway." “W.-!*.cme
u .rkers can b. reached through the r " with Harold Lloyd. "Fart
•'•Hre station. The two workers here , . “Sweetie" “On With tho
• xpert » . be culled U all kinds of - “Say it with S ngs" with
rharitab. and needy work, adminis-
taring t«* the aick ard downcast . ••Four F'-athera” is the feature
The ■ ffb—rm will conduct aarriews Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday.
J t the tubercular . amp at the State |, ,. M „. s d r, ct from Atlanta wh^u .•
i Sum
the Cob
!i i preacher* serve a charg'*
• .:i ".cutively. During these
he hM walked uprightly, and
' -d the -Go-pel. fully esUhlish-
‘ tr-. If in the love and cunti-
-r hi* p.npte.
Mr. T’-.srk ha* finished hi*
:h< Midway Charge.
. . ,i !."«♦ and consecrated
r. and a deeply religious T
greatest interest in the
King session of the conference
r* in the election of delegates
he General Conference, which
nes at Dallas, Texas, next year.
A - ROGERS BUYS STORE OF V.
W. FAULKNER
,r J. A. Rogers has purchased
r -eery store of Mr. V. W.
■ r, and assumed it* manage-
Tueaday miming.
Ir Roger* i* well known through-
lUldwig county, .and will ap-
! *' the trade of *he public. He
4f* v » his customers courteous and
Mention, and carry a full
irrocerlsa.
outline of the State
iho *-iiih president, Mis* Bertie
Stembridge.
Mr*. Henson sp-*k ..f th. arehabili-
tation work. Lhe outlined plan* for
< hilalmgs «khf t*
erans and told of the need among the
windows and orphan* of veterans.
Mr*. H. B- Enni*, poppy «l<* chair
man, told*of the plans for the sale
Monday when they expected to ex
ceed all previous years.
Mr*. George Carpenter told of
the plana to mark all graves of ex
soldiers in the county and other his
torical work.
Mr.«. T. A. Re-«e, program chair
man, spokt on the spirit of armistice.
A special feature on the program was
• piano solo by Mr*. Lawton Lovett.
Mr. E. E. Bass is serving on the
Grand Jury in th- United SCUtea I
ourt In Macon this week, end Messrs j
Cha* N. Chandler and W\ L. Ritchie
on the traverse jury.
CADETS DEFEAT RIVERSIDE IN C S. C. CIRIS OFF FRIDAY FOR
GREAT G4ME LAST FRIDAY HOLIDAY
public
attend.
..up
ille
rth
r th.
the hom
• I. hrate in honor
fOMFDY TO BE GIVEN AT G.
C. LYCEUM FRIDAY
“The Big Pond" a cleaver three
act comedy will be the Lyceum off- wrvK . e of America’* great !*r#u-
ering at the G. S. C. auditorium dent
Armistice Day will be observed in
our city on that date and it will very
- , - .. | appropriate to have thia commemora-
f«tu„ p,rform*ncpa .f tW | tr l , ul , w w „ dr „»
Wilson follow in the evening.
of Ri\
«.pp»:
mng.
The show has i
many noted actors.
POPPY SALE TO BE HELD
MONDAY
Under the supervision of the
American Legion Auxiliary Mon
day, Armistice Day, will he cele
brated as Poppy Day. The red
flowers will be *«»ld and the funds
will go to the IHsabled Veteran*,
their widows and orphans of the
World War. Mrs. H. B. F.nnia is
chairman of the sale and with a
large committee wlU handle the
work Monday-
After the dinner a program ha*
been arranged which will include a
paper by Mrs. F« -guson, followed by
a mu-ical number and some *h ir*
! voluntary speeches and perhaps a
! radio broadcast of the New Y.»rk j
| celebration.
Should any of out citi*en-> de*!re
to join in thi* event they ire re
quested to communicate with eith r
Mr*. David F'ergoaon or I>r. E. A.
Tigner before Friday nigh* f *h»*
—k. November ttfe.
* ...
raid.. the G.
M. C. cadets marched to a 4S to 0
victory lai-t Friday afternoon on
Davenport field.
Three minutes after the game had
started, the cadets had a seven point
lead on the visitors and continued t<*
pile up the score rntU the game end
ed in an overwhelming victory for
the boy* of G. M. C.
Riverside had an ordinary team,
not up to the standard, bat a t« am
that will win many gassei. They had
fighting spin tand did not give up
despite the crushing defeat. The
team displayed superior
coaching and greater knowledge of
the game.
The victory for G. M. C. vai ihr
fir<t over a Riverside team in sevens!
years, and th» wtudenta duly cele
brated the victory. A parade
through the ‘tterta, ended by a big
bond fire
Hgain Saturday BRonkudg b>aded with
hundred* of Geor--
u. ihcir homes all 9
the week-end.
The holiday will begin
and end Monday night. The j
ladies will spend Armistice Day *1
h.»m - and Monday night the special
trsin will roll in again to bring hack
these students to begin again with
their college work until the Christ,
mas holiday-, which h not long away.
The town student* will be out of
uniform duriMg the three day rest and
enjoy th. holiday.
Frank Vim-
gee of tho
rb-t A A I* S; ore*. *pent
of Tuesday m the city,
a «n of the Ute Mr.