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WfcAwMh, G»., NwiaLtr 28, 1828
Consolidated ia 1S7I
Number 15
3.M*C. and Gordon Meet on
Grid For Thanksgiving Classic
>i»rcm
:i( j [jj va | in Eattl* for Oumpioa-
,(,ip Honors. Gal* Crowd Ex
pected to WitoOM Gome
GORDON PRIMED TO WIN
1 prop school classic of
brings together two
js that fyive been rivals for
v years has lost none of its col-
hi- year, and the greatest crowd
h t season is expected to pack
P nport .M'-morial field when the
!ts of G. M. c. and Gordon Insti
nct t.n the gridiron in the great
military classic on Thanksgiving af-
:oth t arns ha\e come down to
finl-li with (excellent records.
i are victors over Riverside,
jonplas and Locust Grove, and are
ntirally even terms for the
Thuisday.
uh Cecil who directs the Gor-
cflin lives from one season to
text tr. brat G. M. C. He
n't give less than his right eye
cat the cadets and has his team
lifted and primed to come to Mil-
id leave victorious.
• foach-s Broadnax and Rentz .tent 1
heir team through light work outs i
eek for the final game in Mil-
llle. All members of the team •
- -d -hape, reports show and
effort v.-ill He mnde to turn
the invading horde that
in Milledgeville Wednesday
and take up their headquarters
; the Baldwin.
cool weather has been
and a great crowd is ex-
o witness the game. G. M. C.
olorful team of many stars
I be playing their last game
; Milledgeville.
G. M. C.-Gordon game has
r. annual affair for many
Gordon has been victorious
MR.W.A. MASSEY
CALLED BY DEATH
Well Knows Busmen Men Diei
Wednesday After Long Illness.
Funeral Services Thursday
Mr. Wm A. Massey, one of Mil-
lodgeville’s best known merchants
and citizens, died at his home in this
city Wednesday morning, November
27th, at seven o’clock.
During his illness of several weeks
he received the tender ministration
of loved ones, phy.-icians and nurses
he battled against the grim reap
hut his strength gradually yield-1 take the place of ”br. L. W. Lee,
ed, and the end came peacefully and "’ho declined to be a candidate in
quietly.
The funeral services will be held
at the Methodist church this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 2:30 o’clock, and
CITY ELECTION
NEXT WEDNESDAY
M. E. Pennington for Mayor. L.
H. Andrews, S. D. Stem!-ridge
and J. R. Smith Aldermen
The elcetion for Mayor and three
Aldermen wil be held at the City Hall
next Wednesday, December 4th.
The ticket nominated in the pri
mary held several months back will
he named without opposition.
The ticket is as follows:
For Mayor—M. E. Pennington.
For Aldermen—L. H. Andrews
S. D. Stembridge and J. R. Smith.
Mayor Pennington will be named
for a second term; Messrs Andrews
and Stembridge wil succeed theni-
the Board, yirnl Mr. Smith
HISTORY TROPHY
WONBYGA.U.D.C.
Mrs. Beeson Directs Work and
Presented Handsome Cop Given
for Best Historical Work
Mrs. J. L. Beeson was informed
this week by Mrs. Trox Bankston,
retiring President of the Georgia di
vision of the U. D. C.» that the
Jeanne Fox Weinman cup is to re
main in Georgia for another year.
This cup was presented to Mrs.
Bee?on who directed the historical
work in Georgia for the past two
years. The cup is the handsomest
or .all U. I). C. trophies and is won
by the state that excels in historical
work.
• first year Mrs. Beeson had
the school children of Georgia write
‘says on Alexander Hamilton Stcph-
is and last year Bcnjarri.t Harvey
ill was the subject for the
contest
Beeson has received
grntulations from many friend-
very happy that the trophy will
J be sjent to Georgia for the second
[time. She has expressed thank*
County Must Share in Cost
. If G.S.S. Road Is tobe Paved
ALUMNAE GIVEN
BIGWELCOME
Former Students Arrive for Home
Coming Thanlugiving Day and
Remainder of Week
Highway Department lunei Order
After Work ea Part ia City is
Stopped. Last Week
COUNTY TO ACT TUESDAY
After work had been ordered stopp
ed on the Milledgcville to Sanitarium
road last week, the State Highway
Department passed an order Tuesday
resume this work provided the
unty will shnre half of the ex-
the primray.
The new term will commence the
first of January.
, There ar? twenty-five voters quali-
the remains vill be laid to rest on the | fied by registration, and the polls
family square in the city cemetery, j w ill open at nine o'clock i
The pall bearers will be Me. sra. M. j i nK „m| close at four.
I s - Bell. Otto M. Conn. R. B. Moore. I At the clo-e of the year Mayor It
i n* ,*?■ J ' C - Gl " lnt ’ ni1 A - 1 ' Peninjrton will submit u report of the ! the state who entered into the
Butts. The honorary escort will he i 0 f„r irs „f thl . city f ,„. the year 1323. j test so enthusiastically.
! the Board of Stewards of the Metho- j
dist church and Messrs. A. J. Carr,
| C. H. Whitfield and C. E. Caldwell.
William Abel Massey was born ir
Washington county seventy-five
years ago and in early youth came to
thi* city, with his mother who had
been left a widow. He attended
school and grew to manhood
days when this section was passing
through the reconstruction period.
And during these years he learned
valuable lessons which stood him well
through hi- life, forming the habits Announcement was mnde this I t
of honesty, industry and thrift w “ fc hv Mr - rh “ H wt,ll,ir ''' 1 "™* i - 1 *
Mr. Massey had for a long number
of years been in the grocery business,
which he conducted successful. He
known for his honest dealing,
Train? coming into Milledgeville
Wednesday night and early Thursday J
morning were filled with alumnae of 1 pense.
the Georgia State College for Wo- The order which halted the pav-
and highways were Inhabited by ing work came from the district en-
many automobile coming hero for the gineer when he learned that a part
Home Coming celebration at the col- of this road was in the city limits.
mainder of the. Contracts were lot to pave the road
I from the Wayne street paving at the
* Fair grounds to the State Hospital.
-1 After the base from the Bland Lum-
thc pa t two years, after G. M. C. i and courteou.- .and kindly treatment
•n through a period of five or j of his customers. He was quiet, un-
Unusual intere.-t centers pretentious and methodical in his
Milledgeville Milling Company
Begins Manufacture Dairy Feed
Local Plant Addi Feed Mill to Corn Meal Production. Snapped Corn Alto
on Market, Consuming Large Amount of Corn in TMs
Section. Cold Storage Plant Asset to Section
gam? and people
>ucbout Middle Georgia are ex-
re for the game.
Time for starting the gridiron
ic has been announced for tv.-o-
-five. A parade of the student
:tnd band will be staged at two
ck. During the halves a .‘pecinl
r ‘V he given by n picked-squad.
manner, and habits, and performed
the duties of life faithfully, impress
ing all who knew him with his sin
cerity of purpose to do that which
as right.
Mr. Massey early in life joined the
'ethodist church, nr.d was devoted
» its interest and welfare, giving
liberally to its support. He Tind been
! a member of the Board of Stewards
ERSANENT CHRISTMAS TREE many years, and rendered valu-
HATED BY Y. W. AT G. S. C. “ blc *■•*«*** ■"
week by Mr. Chas. H. Whitfield presi- 1 ground together. .Mr Whitfield
dent of the Milledgeville Milling Co., stated that hundreds of bushels of
that a feed mixer was being installed corn had ben purchased from the
the mills near the Georgia depot farmers of this section to mill thi-
and that at an early date Baldwin product.
bounty made dairy feeds would be In a separate part of the building
put on the market. the Whitfield Grocery Company is
For many years.producers of a fine operated. On u recent inspection of
quality corn meal, the Milling Com- j the plant, it was learned that
lege during the
week.
Dormitories are decorated in cli
and college colors. Students ure »
c ted and everything is ready to open j her Company to the Hospital „a U
a three day program of enU.tain-j been put down and grading work
d young ladies from the lumber yard to the city
ment centered ar
v.ho in other days were students
the great college.
The program will ope
morning when the Y. VV.
hove a special Vesper service and
welcome*to the alumnae. Thanksgiv
ing dinner will We served in all the
dormitories and the former students
w 1 he honor guests. .Tuesday of this week requiring the
Friday morning the chapel >er- county to bear hulf of the expense,
vices wil be turned over to th:* alum-
paving was pratically complete, the
order to hold up the work on the sec
tion in the city was issued.
Dr. It. C. Swint, Mr. O. M. Ennis
and Mr. L. H. Andrews appeared
before th* highway hoard last Thurs
day in a:, effort to have the work re.
The hoard issued their order
pany has ndded new equipment to
meet the growing demands for dairy
feeds in this section. Baldwin and
surrounding counties are showing a
steady growth in dariying. the presi
dent of the companj' stated, and it
is the plan to mill a high gride feed
for dairy cattle. The machinery is
now being installed and the feed will
be placed on the market about the
first of the year. Tests runs arc
w being urnde.
offices had been constructed and that
larger storing space had bfcen ac
quired by this department. The
grocery company servo- the mer
chants throughout this section of the
state.
In the basement of the building
a modern cold
ed. During last week hundreds of
pounds of meat were brought here
from Wilkinson and other counties
The plant . ’«*ke«, it
nae and many prominent speakers
will take part in the exercises. Fri-
:lny afternoon the State association
will have a tea from four-thirty to
•“-thirty. In the receiving line will
>e President and Mrs. Beeson. Miss
Rosubpl Burch. Mbs Mary Brooks,
Miss Mary Burns nnd Mrs. A. C. Mc
Kinley with the twelve district chair-
Friday night .it the Baldwin Hotel
the Junior-Senior Banquet will be
of the most brilliant events of
the week. On Saturday morning the
Baldwin count/ a’umnae will enter
tain at a reception in honor nf the
visitors.
The
regular i
of the expense,
to the county will
about $3,500. At the
ting of the county com-
icxt Tuesday action will
• the‘hoard in regard to
be taken b
the work.
Th- city gets out from under any
responsibility of the road under an
order passed List Jnly which turned
the road at Fish .g Creek and the
Oconee Rjyor over to the county as
a state highway project.
The section of road in question
extends from the Bland Lumber Co.,
to ‘be end of the city paving at the
Fair grounds. Work raising the‘fill
and grading this road has been in
progress several day. nnd was near
ing completion.
Qarrol.
i Front
Be Sun
' ve growing Christmas tree
1 be ready for the students of G. :
f - W. in the future, the Y. W. C. j
hr.ving planted a large cedar in
■' Terrell Hall to be used each
r during the holiduy season as the
The new feed will he sold htrough- possible for the farmer to s.i 1 hogs
meeting whhTbiTde! \ I COUNTY ORDINARY STRICKEN
mind throughout Georgia. until the meat can he cured. The j WITH HEART ATTACK
The milling company has recently cold storage plant now is nccomo- j
pdaced on the market bagged snapped j dating many farmers and hundreds Judge Stembridge Reported Better.
Tkis
of feed that
1 is being preserv-
Thi* tree
who
planted Monday nf-
christened “Mis
ti beloved mem-
le colit • faculty and a lead-
ll ‘ V v.ork. The tree wn<s
Mr. Frank Watson and was
to the campus through the
"f f’apt. Burke who had the
"<l *»nd planted.
night cf December 16th,
• indent body will form
' -h lighted candles march
He walked uprightly before
| his fellow men. and there was none ,
‘ | who could say aught against him. In j” ut * tat *
; his death Milledgeville has lost n
I good, trustworthy and substantial
J citizen, and the Methodist ,-hurch a
faithful and loyal member.
Mr. Massey wn< twice married, his
j first wife being Miss Luticin Harrell,
died a number of years ago. His
id wife, formally Mbs Lelia
j Cbtendorff survives him. He is also
I • urvived by several nieces and a!
| nephew who reside in Atlanta and,
; Macon. Among these Is Mrs. Delia
l Carroll, of Atlanta, who was at his . J . ^
bedside during his illness. Services Wednesday Ni^ht Calls | Hour’s Battling With Six-Foot ^
Mrs. Massey, has the deepen sym- Qty to Tbanksyiving for I Specimen Seems Like
Blessings of Year 1 “Two Weeks”
Several hundred students are ex
pected here for the Home Coming
celebration which was made an an-!
nual affair several years ago. The HOME COMING OF MEMBERS
different class groups are expected OF PHILATHEA CLASS
to have meetings during the three |
day convention. Ninth Anniversary to Be Held al
Among the prominent women and Baptist Church Sunday Morning
<i f°nncr students who wil] be here ^
f fln ,! ! “P. 0 ™ » I -Mrs. Fred Smith of Augusta, former- Tin* members of the Philuthea
ly Miss Julia Bethune. Mrs. Smith Class of I fie Baptist S. S., wifi on
will be the principal speaker at th? next Sunday morning at ten o’clock
Vesper services on Thanksgiving celebrate the ninth anniversary of the
From Offic
Tuetda;
CITY OBSERVES jSAILFISH LANDED
THANKSGIVING BY GEORGIA DR
Judge
pathy
• people
KIWANIS TO NAME OFFICERS
AT MEETING FRIDAY
(Mia
Herald )
nd foi
•cle .
y| ng Chri
H. Hai
istmas carrob. This
1 i- being arranged by the Y
direction of Miss Annie
I tough try. More than one
•and voices will he in the chorous
** enrols.
4 trot * W >H be decorated
, Take
sident’i
au> win doubles cotton
YIELD OVER 1828
*». Go
•nd Nib. Haadrod Mor
mned Thi* Yaar Tkaa
"ernmeat Report Skawt
bill!
win
unty’s cotton yield for
, paw>d that of 1921 by r
tWo thousand bales, doubling
^ r "I‘- , f *mparitive figures issued
government show.
> 2 r, , report s <‘nt out shows for
. n . a * r -132 bales have bqen
33 2 tf, ° 1928 f*K urCs »to ow
♦C' 1 county ranks loyv
•Id which wa x a quar-
o ... *hu n bales in excess of
Milledgeville and Baldwin county I
•ople have paused in their activities I Dr. H. D. Allen of Milledgeville,
.,d.y to riv. lh.nk. for the bIe«in KS r-»" •*»«•
,lday while fi h:ng from the stem of
• if the >riir ,n to o «n .* a jrt nera ( ( lv ,.h artl . r t, cal Wnhnn. ciprnmand-
holiday throuchout thi- county. | e(J by Capl LonBle CanlpWL
Wi-dncrdny evoninu nt the 1-re by-, Dr A , I(-n wu fiBhin! . with Marion
terinn church, a union service I Siidey, nttorney, when the entch was
i niiicugciniv .held in commemoration of the | made. The anglers left the city
[ new oflcers for the coming year at custom j,y our pilgrim fathers, ’yacht docks at 2 p. m., and two hours
their meeting next Friday night. Rev., services were brief lAit impres- 1 latqr the sailfish struck the bait
F. H. Harding heading the ticket ^ ^ g Roberts, pastor of i while they were fishing off the
which has been announced lor vote., tfce p irat g ap ti 8 t church, was the | Roney Plaza.
The catch was 6 feet 6 inches from
the tip of its bill to tail and weigh
ed approximately 140 pounds, con
sidered perfect for an hour’s battling.
When asked ho.v long it required for
him to I*nd the sailfish, Dr. Allen,
who has been attending the medical
convention, said: “About two weeks,
I think.”
It was his first fishing trip in Mi-
W. II. Stembridge was ri
ported resting easy today after h
had suffered a heart attack at hi
office Tuesday afternoon and had t
be carried to hir home
His condition was considered sei
rave concern was felt fo:
•y by hundreds of
throughout the county The
that he is better are received with mrmh ,
much gratification.
organization of the class by holding
a home coming of its members.
The following program has been
! Song—“Oh Zion Hosts.’’
r 1'rayor—Rev. L. E. Roberts.
r ‘ Greetings—Miss Ruth Stone.
Devotional—Miss Selma Shcrrer.
Talk, "What the Philathca Class
Have Meant to Me.’’—Mb* Antoi
nette Lawrence.
° Song—Quartette.
" Cln.s I’lifm—Ml»» Ella Muil,»n.
Talk, “How the Junior Philathe.a
Class Can Help the Church—Mr. T.
H. Clarke.
Prayer—Mrs. C. B. McCullar.
Class Song—Class.
Reading of messages from absent
Miss Lillian Dollah, Class
President.
MR - NAT KNICHT RETURNS
PICTURE TO BE SHOWN TO MJICK AGENCY HERE
AT THE COLONIAL
Will Sup.-.!.. Rap.ir Departv.rnt of
Milledgeville Kitvoninns will
The followinir ticket has te*™ P ut | pr i nt i™| .peaker and in n inert clo-
r>... c* II Uqnino’. r '
With The Show.”
ingiag. All Talking Sc
•t Colonial Three D«
Dane!
The Ralph Simmer.
Leaves Telephone Company
... nomination; Rev. F. H. Harding,
President; Dr. E. H. Scott. 1st Vice-
President; Dr. Francis Daniels. 2nd
Vice-Preaidcnt; D. M. Roircrs, Treas
urer; Dr. G. H. Webber. District
Trustee; Directors, L. V. Jordan, J.
A. Horne, Geo. Roach, M. R. Bell,
Erwin Sibley. Georpe Tunnell and
Dr. H. D. Allen. Jr.
The ticket will be elected unani
mously Friday It is understood.
Mr. L. C. Hnll will retire as Presi
dent after n most successful year at
the head of tho civic organization.
Rev. J .1- Rutland and family are
expected to arrive in the city today
(Thursday) from Tipnall. Mr. Rut
land.is the recently nppointed pastor
of the Milledgeville Circuit
quent way he praised the custom
and recalled the many blessings of
this generation.
On Thursday morning
Episcopal church a special Thanks
giving service is to be held. Rev.
F .H. Harding, rector will conduct
the prayer 'service and preach
special sermon.
Thursday morning hunters «
er the county will take to the field
and spned a part of the morning >*»
this sport. In the afiemoon at G.
M. C. the cadets will play Gordon
Institute in a football game and over
at G. S. C. W. the young ladies will
welcome to the campus n-iny former
students. The Colonial Theatre will
also have a special program-
ami.
The first technicolor picture to he
shown in Milledgeville will be seen
at the Colonial Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next wek.
'On With The Show’’ is in full
natural color and i.s said to be one
of the • most spectacular show* un
der the new regime of talking. The*
picture shows a complete musical
comedy and many song favorites are
introduced in the picture.
The remainder of the week, Nancy
Carroll and Buddy Rogers will be the
stars in the “Dance of Life”. This
o an all talking, singing* danc
ing show.
NOTICE TO BALDWIN COUNTY
ALUMNAE OF G. S. C. COUNTY COURT IN SESSION
The Baldwin county alumnae of
the Georgia State College for Women
invited to a tea. Friday, Nov, County Court was in session Mon
27th, from 4:30 to 6:30, the tea! day. Judge E. R. Hines presiding. I to the inclement weather. The date
roam on the G. S. C. W. campus. j with Col. Carlisle Giles, Solicitor. Six , for the ne:;t meeting has not beau
MISS KATHERINE SCOTT, Pre*. misdemeanor cases were tried. announced.
Mr. Nat Knight, for many year-
forema nof the rt-pari department of
the Ralph Simmcrsou Buick Agency
has returned to his post there from
the Telephone Company where he was
temporarily associated in the con
struction of lines in the city.
Mr. Knight will have superv sion
of the repair department an • will
assist in the direction of the manage
ment. He has been in Milledgeville
several years and has a large number
of friends. Mr. Simmerson announces
the return of Mr. Knight in an ad
vertisement expressing his great
SERVICE STA r LEGION POST
PONES MEETl, a.
The meeting of the ‘Woodrow Wil
son chapter of the Service Star Lo-
postponed last Tuesday due