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I * VOLUMN NO. 3. MANUFACTURERS TO MEET IN ATLANTA Good Program ‘for Tenth Anny A Convention of Georgia Manufacturers. Announcement is made that the Tenth Annual Convention of the Geor gia Manufacturers, will be held this year in Atlanta. This meeting which immediately follows the convention of Cotton Manufacturers of Georgia, will be at The Atlanta Biltmore, Wednes day 10:00 A. M., May 13th. The Arrangement Committee has extended invitations to outstanding figures in National industrial activ ities, and has acceptances from C. B. Auel, Vice-president of the VZestinghouse Electric and Manufac turing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pi., and L. A. Downs, President of the Central of Georgia Railway Com pany. Mr. Auel, who is also President of the National Safety Council, will discuss the safeguarding of appliances as it reacts to the advantage of man ufacturers. Mr. Downs will take up the subject of co-operation between the Railroads and the Manufacturers. The Program in full follows: Wednesday 9:00 A. M. Registration and renewal of acquaintances. 10:00 A. M. —Meeting called to or der by President Robert Gregg, At lanta, Ga. Invocation—Rev. J. Sprole Lyons, Pastor, First Presbyterian church, Atlanta. Address of Welcome —W. R. C. Smith, President, Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. Response—Mr. W. J. Vereen, Moul trie, Ga. President’s Address— President Robert Gregg. Treasurer’s Report — Mr. A. P. Tripod, Atlanta. Secretary’s Report— Mr. Joseph P. McGrath. Greetings— Mr. George S. Harris, President Cotton Manufacturers’ As sociation of Georgia, and President, Exposition Cotton Mills, Atlanta., who ’will bring greetings from his As sociation to his brother manufactur ers. Address— Mr. C. B. Auel, Vice president, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pitts burgh, Pa., and President of the Na tional Safety Council, who will talk to the delegates on “Loss to Industry through Failure to Safeguard Appli ances.” Address—Mr. L. A. Downs, Presi dent of the Central of Georgia Rail way Company, Savannah, Georgia, who will discuss “The Spirit of Co operation That Should Exist between the Manufacturers and the Railroads. Informal talks by Hon. Robert S. Parker, General Counsel of Georgia Manufacturers’ Association; Chair man of the Board, Mr. W. B. Baker, and others. These talks will be fol lowed by reports of nominating com mittee and election of officers. After adjournment of the morning meeting the conventinon will recess to ’i .90 P. M. when the annual dinner !bo held. Mr. Eugene R. Black, President of the Atlanta Trust Com pany, will be the principal speaker cn this occasion, which will conciuiio meeting. The present officers of the Georgia Manufacturers’ Association are: Robert Gregg, President; W. B. Baker, Chairman of the Board of Directors; W. J. Pierpont, Savannah, Vice-president; Thos. M. Brumby, Marietta, Vice-president; T. J. Cal low’ay, Milstead, Vice-president; F. B. Gordon, Columbus; A. P. Tripod, Atlanta, Treasurer; and Joseph P. McGrath, Secretary. OVER 250,000 NEW MEMBERS ADDED TO BAPTIST CHURCH Atlanta, Ga., April 27.—A total of 269,073 members were added to Bap tist churches throughout the South during the past year, says a state ment made by Dr. E. P. Alldredge, of Nashville, statistical secretary of the Southern Baptist convention. The year proved the most successful in the history of the denomination from the standpoint of membership, the report says. Os the total increase in member ship, the report shows that 209,676 of these new members were received in the various churches through bap tism, while it is also pointed out that a total of 434 churches were founded; 969 Sunday schools with 155.236 pupils: 1,646 Baptist Young People’s Unions organized with a to tal of 51,044 members; 907 church houses; 187 pastor’s homes; $14,616.- The WilKinson County News Seniors Honored at Reception Given by the P.-T.A. The Senior class and parents of Gordon High school were delightfully entertained last Friday evening by the Parent-Teacher Association. Sen ior colors and roses were artistically used in decorating the auditorium where the guests spent the evening delightfully chatting and playing games. A contest was given for the ladies and one for the men. Miss Charlie Fox won the prize for the ladies and Prof. Watkins, the prize for the men. Delicious punch was served throughout the evening. At eleven o’clock ice cream and cake were served. Toomsboro Local News Mr. and Mrs. Levi R. Cason, Jr., and children spent Tuesday in Macon. A simple, impressive exercise was held Sunday afternoon at Toomsboro cemetery, paying a tribute of honor to the heroes of the ’Sixties. A flag and wreath of roses were placed on the graves of the Confederate soldiers. Mr. Mosely delivered the memorial address. Special music was rendered and readings were giv en. A committee of the Robert Tooms Chapter U. D. C. (Miss Ad diegene Cason, Mrs. A. W. Gregg and Miss Maybell Bridwell) planned the program. Miss Luie Walton of Willard, Ga., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. H. C. Kelley. J. O. Gregg left Wednesday for North Carolina where he will be for some time. Mrs. Arthur Branon and son of Macon are visiting her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Dixon. Miss Birdie Starnes, who is at tending school in Sandersville, spent the week-end at home. W. I. Thigpen attended the mem orial exercises at Gordon Friday. Mrs. F. B. Chambers entertained the Mission Study class on Tuesday afternoon, the*study being that of Mark, Luke and John. After an in teresting session, delicious refresh ments were served. COURSE IN COACHING ON TECH CURRICULUM Atlanta, Ga., April 30.—A course in athletic coaching is the latest ad dition to the curriculum of the Geor gia School of Technology. This course will be open to coaches and athletes and will cover organization and ad ministration of athletics, atn’.itic equipment, care and treatment of athletic injuries, conditioning of ath letic teams and instruction in all fundamentals, offensive and defen sive, of individual and team play. Included in the list of instructors in the summer course wih be: Coach W. A. Alexandu-, football; Conch H. F. Hansen, basKeiball; Ciaen R. A. May, baseba : i Coach Geo. C Griffin, track; Dr. Leroy Childs, care and treatment of i: u”ies. aid A. A Doonan, basketbail rules. Auxiliary lectures by celebrated coaches and officials are now being arranged and should be completed be fore the opening of school. School will be open July 27 and run for four weeks. Registration is now open and those desiring to enter should regis ter at once. A complete bulletin de- S bribing the course in detail can be secured upon application to A. B. Morton, dean of the summer school. The Mediterranean is described as being “full of American millionaires.’’ property in Nashville; §2,450,642.77 increase in coiurmuu.ns tv . v.i ,i.e [ church expenses, gnd 469,535.97 in crease in offerings to missions and benevolences, making the advance in offering to all causes §3,920,178.74. “With the gains of the past year,” ays the report, “the total figures on the nu^nbers and resources of South n Baptists are given as follows: 986 district associations; 27,517 churches; 19525 ordained ministers; 3,763,862 hurch members; 21,570 Sunday ehools with 2, ’ ,953 pupils; 17,665 B. Y. P. U’s. with 546,193 members; 48,415 W. M. U. organizations with contributions for the year of §3,638,- ' 374.10 to the general denominational 'program; 20,318 houses of worship; 3,097 pastor’s homes; §141,737,127 in vested in local church property; $27,- 496,460.86 contributed to local church expenses and $9,863,153.80 given to missions, education and benevolences, making the total contributions to all objects $37,359,614.66.” SEN. HEFLIN SPEAKS AT MILLEDGEVILLE South’s Greatest Orator and One of Its Greatest Statesmen. United States Senator J. Thos. Heflin will speak on the G. M. C. campus at Milledgeville at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May sth. Senator Heflin will come to Mil ledgeville as the guest of the Kiwanis club, and the lecture will be free to all. It is an assured fact that a great audience will greet the South’s greatest orator, and all those who hear him will be convinced that he is one of the South’s greates states men. Senator Heflin has been a member of the greatest law-making body of the world for many years, and while in the United States senate he was the author of the resolution making the second Sunday in May “Mothers’ Day.” Senator Heflin has spoken to aud- iences over the United States, and at each place he has received the plau dits of the people. Be sure to go and hear this noted orator. The place is G. M. C. cam pus at Milledgeville. The time is 3:30 p.m., Tuesday, May sth, 1925. EPISCOPAL CHURCH AT LONG BEACH CHOSEN FOR WEDDING Long Beach, California. — St. Luke’s Episcopal church at Long Beach was the scene of a beautiful wedding on Friday night when at 7 o’clock, Miss Ruth Patton cf this city and Downey, plighted her troth to Burton L. Brooks, of Gordon, Ga., with the rector of St. Luke’s, the Rev. Perry G. M. Austin, officiating. The church was a bower of spring blossoms for the ceremony which was preceded by a brief organ serv ice. Lohengrin’s Wedding March played by Mrs. F. Lloyd Coney, was ..the signal for the entry of the wed ’ ding party. The bride was bewitch ing in a gown of white Geoigeiita beaded in crystal and mirror beads and veiled with misty lengths of tulle falling from a coronet of orange blossoms. Her flowers were all in white and she wore a beautiful chain of onyx and crystal beads. Mr. Brooks was in uniform as he is connected with the serveice in the capacity of pharmacist mate in the U. S. Navy. He is the son of Charles C. Brooks, of Gordon, Ga., and has been in the service for the past three years. The wedding date paid a charming compliment to his family as the groom chose the birthday of his only sister, little Miss Lillian Cloytle Brooks of Gordon, who on March 27 was 13 years old. The bride is a Native Daughter and has many warm friends in this city where she spends much of her time with her father, Ben G. Patton, and also in Downey where her moth er, Mrs. Lucy Maddox, resides. I After the charming church cere ■mony Friday the young people re ! paired to the home of the bride’s j uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. F. Ray ’ Elsey on Molina avenue. Long Beach, where a reception was held in their honor and where the guests were given an opportunity to see the as sortment of beautiful gifts with 1 which the marriage was recognized by friends of the happy couple. When appropriate refreshments were served the bride performed the age-old cer emony of cutting the wedding cake i ere it was served with the ices. j Mr. and Mrs. Brooks will remain ; .as guests of the Elseys for a few , days ere Mr. Brooks leaves for a 'cruise to the Hiwaiian Islands. Dur- j ing his absence his bride will be in j । Santa Anna with her father, Mr. I Patton ,and after his return the, young people will make their home in San Diego. Among the guests at their wedding |on Friday were Messrs, and Mes- I dames F. Ray Elsey, A. C. Chaudit, ; Ben G. Patton and sons, Jimmie and Ben, Jr., Albert Sprock, Chester Riley, F. L. Steele, Mel Nidban, Jas. P. Steele and daughter, Dorothy, Mrs. Arthur L. Kubitz, Mrs. Sarah Shut tleworth, Mrs. H. Sauerman, Mrs. Ruth M. Levy, Cecil P. Brooks, Messrs. Albert Storm, U. R. Lango and Sam W. Shuttleworth. The French government has as signed 20,000,000 francs for relief of shipowners hampered by the 8-hour day law. > A cottage at Edmonton, which , Charles Lamb, the essayist, occupied I for two years, was recently sold at । auction for $4,000 to a young woman. IRWINTON, GA., May 2, 1925 NEW COURT HOUSE IS ABOUT FINISHED Building is Credit to Wilkinson.— Judge Butler Will Be First Jurist to Hold Court. . The new court house about finished. . Nothing remains to be done except .nstaning ihe tiling system for the ■ Clerk and the Ordinary. 5 The new house is a credit to the । county, and the people should appre i ciate it. > । It is supposed that the May term > of the county court will be held there s instead of the old school house. Judge Butler will be the first jur ist to occupy the judges’ bench. MAKING MONEY FROM GUERNSEY MILK COWS ’ (G. S. Chapman) Sandersville, Ga., April 25.—Last week a friend of mine took me to ; task for advocating dairying in Ge r ■ gia, saying that he would go into the c..ttle business himself if he could 1 make money at it. As a result of ■ this conversation the writer had a ; talk with W. H. Howell, manager of I Fern Crest Guernsey farm, at this i place and asked him the direct ques ! tion whether or not the dairy of 1 which he has charge is making mon ' ey. As an answer, he showed me the books and told me about recent sales of cattle which they had made. ; Believing that this information would i be of interest to farmers of our coun ; ty and Georgia at large, I obtained i permission to publish the prices re • ceived for animals sold recently. , A foundation herd, consisting of a ; registered Guernsey bull and five . purebrevi Guernsey females, was re • cently sold to a man in northern Ala i bama. The bull brought §560 and . the heifers, at an average age of i one year, were sold for §3OO each. ; About nine months ago a doctor . in Atlanta bought three high grade . Guernsey cows from Fern Crest that . had been milking. 70 days. At the ; time they were sold the three were . giving 18 gallons of milk a day, an . average of six gallons per cow. They brought an average price cf 5183.33. , He was so well pleased with these three cows in comparison wi.h cattle > bought from some other farms that . he sent a check for §375 for an 18- ! months-old registered Guernsey heif । er that he had never seen. He was , so delighted that he was reported to . have said that if his cattle bought from certain other farms were worth r what he paid for them, this heifer ' was worth several hundred dollars i more than he paid for her. Week i before last this same man came to Fern Crest and selected a pure-bred Guernsey heifer for which he paid , §3OO and a 15-months-old registered ■ Guernsey bull at §SOO. For months he had been a great admirer of the pure-bred Guernsey cow, Itchen Ranter’s Constance 110118, which cow was held at §I,OOO. . At the time of his last visit Con , stance had given birth to her fourth calf and on two milkings a day was giving approximately six gallons. Since her calf was well worth ?“00, ! he was told that he could buy Con | stance for §750, which price he ac -1 cepted immediately. Constance has given approximately 13,500 pounds of | milk and 600 pounds of butter-fat in 1 a year. She has produced a little more than eight gallons of milk a day. She is cheap at §750, for with milk at 15c a quart she produced §942 worth last year. Figuring milk at ten cents a quart ' and the calves at what they actually j sold for and deducting the cost of ' feed and labor on the cows and their ! calves, three cows in the Fern Crest herd have actually made a net profit of a little more than §I,OOO each in 12 months. From these figures it is clear that even though the prices paid for Guernsey cattle are high, it is easy to make a profit on them from the sale of their milk alone. The de mand for Guernseys is such that the I cows and young cattle can be sold • for good prices which means a good profit for anyone who wishes to en gage in dairying. ICE HOUSE FOR IRWINTON Mr. 11. F. Haywcsd is building a new ice house near his present score in Irwinton. He is making prepara tionS* >to accommodate the people of Ir winton with ice during the Summer months. Mr. Haywood is to be commended in building this house and furnish ing the people here with ice. The .house will be air tight, and sanitary. CHRISTIAN CHURCH HAS HOME-COMING DAY The third Sunday in May has been selected by the Christian church of Toomsboro as “Home-coming Day.” The large, newly constructed Sunday school rooms will be dedicated on this day. Dinner will be served and there will be an interesting program for the entire day. On the third Sunday in May, 1885, this church in Toomsboro was ded icated, and on this occasion Mrs. T. H. Bragg, of Irwinton, acted as organist, and it is hoped that she will act in this capacity on the home ' coming day. I Everybody is invited to come and a cordial welcome awaits you. Gordon Local News Mrs. Gilly Powell of Atlanta visited Mrs. J. VZ. Hooks last week. Colquitte Johnson, who is attend ing school at Emory University, was at home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Stuckey of near Danville, attended the memorial exercises Friday. J. E. Stokes has been confined to his room with mumps for the past week. Mrs. Collie Nelson, as delegate of the Gordon Auxiliary, attended the district meeting of the Womans Mis sionary conference at First Street Methodist church at Macon. Alex. Boone and Col. Butler of Ir winton attended the memorial exer cises Friday afternoon. Miss Pearl Byington attended the Womans Missionary district meeting in Macon last Thursday. Among those attending quarterly meeting at Laurel Branch last Wednesday were Mrs. Belle Baker, Mrs. Fred Lockhart, Mrs. Daisy Pad | get, Miss Pearl Byington and Mrs. J. ■A. Lockhart. They reported a splen ■ did sermon, a delightful dinner and [ an all round good day. Miss Esther Bee from Augusta was the attractive guest of Miss Hannah Isenbcyrg last week. Sol Isenburg has bought out the commissary of the Georgia White Brick Co. and will put in a good stock of goods there to be able to serve the many employees. The W. M. U. of Gordon Baptist church met Monday afternoon. Mrs. : Duese from Texas gave a very inter ■ esting talk about her work in that ; state and the importance of a W. M. iU. We are always very glad to have , Mrs. Duese with us. Miss Lucile Hunnicut of Macon । was the guest of Mrs. George DuPree last week. Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Lee and son, Mayblary, of Macon were down Sun day. Abe Fogel of Augusta visited Mr. and Mrs. Sol Isinburg Sunday. Buford—Playground to be estab ‘ lished including swimming pool, swings and slides. Gainesville—Streets being improv ed and sidewalks repaired throughout ; city. Atlanta—Atlantic Coach Company 'organized as subsidiary to Georgia Railway & Power Company, to oper iate busses to such sections, of city 1 as are served by street cars. MclntoshWork on state road project between this city and Mid 'way to start. Toccoa—East Georgia Power Co. to build transmission line from this city to Augusta, a distance of 112 miles. Coterie -Ground broken for §150,- > 030 Churchweii hotel. Mid" . y—New road to be construct ed to Atlantic Coast Line crossing. Georgia will soon rank as on? of a' 1. .mng tobacco-growing states if present progress in south Georgia is maintained. < ■ r icon—Large tabernacle erect d in this city. Savannah—Proposed bridge over Ogoechee river to cost §70.000. Mulen—Local paving district being organized for work on Savannah to Augusta highway. i t . .ambus—Street car system to be replaced by busses, according to ’ - nt plans of local traction com pany. | FARMERS & MERCHANTS DANK Gordon, Georgia. । For the many patrons that we have, we are operating jin which to deposit funds. We have combined safety Sihis bang to give them something more than a safeplatA with courtsey and survice. SAFETY—COURTSEY—SERVICE. DEPOSITS INSURED. B I. B. STINSON PRES. F. S ENGLISH CASHIER ONE THOUSAND ACRES ARE SOLD Part of the Dußignon Plantation Is Sold to W. B. Richardson. One of the best signs of the revival of interest in the farming lands of * this section, is the purchase by Mr.< W. B. Richardson, of this county, of 1,000 acres of the famous Dußignon plantation near Scottsboro. Mr. Richardson was only five years old when his father died, and like many other boys born during the war, he had to, at a very early age, face trying conditions, and was employed by Mr. Dosh Turk, when a mere lad, to do farm work near this same Du j Bignon plantation, always consider ed one of the outstanding places in this section of Georgia, as it was the home of a former governor of the state, as well as the widely known : Dußignon family. At about the age of 22 Mr. Rich arson married Miss Dolle Barnes of Scottsboro, and commenced in a very modest way to farm, as a renter, part cf this same Dußignon plantation, never dreaming that the day would ‘ come when its choicest lands would I become his own. Never of robust body, but endowed with wonderful energy, and good • judgment, in spite of seven and eight cent cotton, Mr. Richardson in a few i years accumulated enough money to purchase 400 acres of the J. L. Sib ley plantation in the southern section of Baldwin county. On this 400 acres in the last 30 years, with straight farming, he has made a fortune, and for some years has, perhaps, carried more money on deposit, than any citizen of this I county. I The fact that he is reinvesting I some of his deposit money in farming I lands, should be a good pointer to 1 others and is a splendid indication I that his thoroughly practical mind I realizes that Georgia lands are, at I present prices, splendid investments. I J. L. SIBLEY. 1 Milledgeville, Ga. MEMORIAL DAY IS OBSERVED- I The Wilkinson County Chapter, I United Daughetrs of Confederacy, en- I tertamed the old Confederate vet- I erans Friday, April 24, with a basket I dinner. The old soldiers, their wives, I and the invited guests were seated at I a long table on the Methodist church I lawn. The long table groaned be- I neath its load of good things to eat-J ' Hot coffee, and ice tea and other I iced drinks were served these beloved I veterans and guests, after which al short program was rendered. z | “Dixie” was sung by the audience, I Mrs. Eric Miller at the piano. H Greetings from U. D. C. by Mrs. I ; J. W. Hooks. I J. W. Hooks; from the Methodist! Missionary society, by Mrs. T. A. I Gibbs; from the Paptist W, M. U.,8 by Mrs. Paul Lee. I Quarterre by Misses Florence! Hartlay, Colquitte, Irene Skelton,! j Kelly. ■ Address by Rev. Pharr. 3 Benediction. H Navigation Opens on Lake Erie. I The steamers of the C. & B. Line! will commence to operate daily be-B tween Cleveland and Buffalo on Tues^ day, April 2Sih. These steamers wiliH leave Cleveland and Buffalo everjH night at 9:00 (Eastern Standard -tme), arriving at opposite terminus^] of the line at 7:00 the foilowil^B morning. H Reduced automobile rates will in ctAcc this season and many tour^! are already arranging their iti.-.M w ... so as to include this delight*^ lu. night's ride on Lake Erie. M B.v. wn.ii— t'av.rn.ih Electric jHI . . w. :• i o. completes construction o^! ircns::i’is;cn line to new steel mills.H| At.ama—New water mains to b^! ins .a.;cd in Stewart avenue. Ml NUMBER 52
