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Official Organ
Baldwin
County
THE
NEWS
Established October 12, 1901,
M1LLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, lulv 20. 1917
Resentments of
the grand jury
Prohibiting Op-
jting Slot Machines (Mn-
ceri of County Make Re-
, rt s 1, Grand Jury
.rand juryT.r the July term of
1 ‘i, superior court convened
u h 'v afternoon and turned over
“ Mr - J ;
t report of the grand Jury, no
,,actions were noted eoncern-
MiimefTdations and
liniponant
|report so
oflifei
conipHniGntarx.
() f operating slct mn,-
jury Bpo’clally-unade-
■ n practice nnd rec-
violations of the
; , m l those operating
directed to discon-]
. warned of the fact)
after such violators of the
before the court to an-
, ant recommendations
t l, G conditions of tho
were all exceedingly
Irabh
, die grit
tints of
tended that s.
Iba stopped :
[machines hr
same and b<
I here
L brought
j tie charge.
|e general ie;
|is as follows
me Honorable
Sir:
of the grand
udge Parks.
tht
Grand Jury drawn for
„ 0 f t!:c Paid a In County Su-
... r , cl - i17, beg leave to suin'
with our report:
ave carefully disposed of all
■ amle l 1 s by our able So-
„.. a ;i matter.; brought to our
Ion pertaining to the interest of
unty.
recommend that the Juvenile
established by Judge Parks,
itinued;
bed, that the optional farts of
is Health Law as adopted by
■met Grand Jury be adopted by
,dy.
ecoamiend the appointment cf
P. Mvrick to succeed hlmsolf
ember cf the county ^ehool
of edrcaticn. . . . £,■■
lecommend.
that the Court ap-
he saxe coumiixtee to examine
cks of Mr.
\Y. H. Hall, Justice
Peace of 3:
Oth district, and re-
the next
Irand Jury, he hav-
ed to present his-books to the
Jury dttrin
the term.
teg to attac
h hereto and make
i of these presentments the re-
K the seve
ral committees ap-
I hy the Fx
retuan to examine
■lie offices
and records of the
lar.-i 1 :m:-
of various cfficers.
ft it was called to
Intioti that
th.-re were operated
1c- n:y sh t
luuehines.. We sub-
1 ah Per- i
;.n > were reported
I'lto -.. li
and stated to thorn
1 "anted i
> handle theTnatter
■K::. i. i ■
.1 most eonsidei'ate
1
t. was a violation of
I 1 " .'!•■...
any game of chance
1. y
di:"uutiiiue the^op-
|°f such i:
m hait-s and get. rid
■ hi once we would not go int o
■ -a!
I"'":-:'-
'in' Sheriff to bo
■‘■t 1
out if tlie use of tho
■ :ir '' vsitin ed and to have
$1.50 a Year
DRAFTING -PLANS
BEEN^ANNOUNCED
Drawing of 687,000 Men
Will Be Commenced in
Washington at Nine-thirty
OXlock This Morning
\
Washington, July 19.—Nine-thirty
o’clock tomorrow looming in a commit
tee rop'.v of the senate office building
h", been fixed as the itme And p|r.ice
for >he war army drawing.
Washington, July 19.—Ten million
are registered in the United States for
war service—G87.000 are needed in the
first Call for the national army. Who
shall go first?
This question is asked and the
method by which it is to he answered
outlined by Prdvost Marshal General
Crowder in an explanation issued to
day cf the grdat drawing about to be
held in Washington. The scheme is
so simple that the drawing is one set
pf a thousand numerals and another of
cloven will fix with absolute equality
of chance the order in which every
one of the ten million registered shall
report to his local hoard for examina
tion and subsequent exemption or ac
ceptance for military service.
Since the average exemption dis
trict registration is 15,000 and there are
4,557 districts, the average number of
men listed with each Operation of the
drawing 'machinery will he about 10,-
000.
General Crowder announces, also
that local hoards will he Instructed to
call 200 per cent of their quota at the
first call to provide for probable ex
emptions. That means that 1,374,000
of men w il be notified to appear for
examination within the next few days
If more are necessary they will be cal
led for ad needed by the kcal boards
in the order provided for in the draw
ing.
The drawing will probably take
place tomorrajv.
CLARA KIMBALLYOUNG
AT COLONIAL THEATRE
POLK’S CASE NOW
IN HANDS0F y JURY
.Charged With Murder, His
Chances Depend Upon the
Verdict of 12 Men Now Out
to Render Decision
The trial of Charles P. Polk for the
killing of hist wife the morning of Jan
uary 19, 1915, was yesterday aftei-noon
place entirely ’ in the hands of the
twelve jurors drawn to serve on the
case, thq questioning of all witnesses
and the arguments of the lawyers for
and against the defendant coming to
a close a few minutes after four o’-
clpck 1
The first trial of Polk came up for
hearing here in Jply, 1915, at which
time he was found guilty of 'murder,
GENERAL RAINFALL
HITS THISJSECTION
Steady Downpour Comes in
Good Time to Revive Grow
ing Crops and Farmers Are
Elated Over Prospects
his attorney at that time entering
plea of insanity in behalf of the ac
cused and a new trial' being granted
the defendant
During the regular July term of the
Baldwin superior court last year the
trial of Polk on the plea ofl nsanity
came up for hearing and at that time
lie was adjudged sane by the jury I yield in this section will bo the great
The first genei-al rain falling In this
section since March commenced in a
down-pour Tuesday afternoon and con
tinued, with slight intervals, through
out V^idnesday and Tbusrday.
The . growing plants of every kind
had reached the siago when they 1 re‘
quiredi a season of rain and the steady
falling from thelclouds this week have
|caueed the farmers, of this county
and section to become highly elated
over their prospects for a good corn
and cotton crops, as,well as a big pro
duction of other products, such as
peas, velvet beans, hay etc.
The general conditions! of all kinds
of crops in Baldwin county so far this
year av'o considered to be decidedly! suspended
above the average and provided no' court,
back- set is recorded during the next! order of
Many Georgia
Will Visit Millville
FREEDOM ORDERED
FOR 201PERSONS
Order Is Entered by Judge
Speer in Federal Court, Car
rying Out Proclamation of
the President.
Macon, Oa., July IS.—By an order
entered, in United States district court
yesterday Judge Emory Speer gave
full freedom to 201 persons held un
der suspended sentences of federal
court in the southern district of (Geor
gia. Tho order was ill compliance
with a recent proclamation of Presi
dent Wilson, granting amnesty to every
defendant in the United Stdtcs under
entenco of United States
Sntte
ONE OF THE MOST NOTED AC-
TREESES OF THE DAY TO BE
SEEN IN,“THE PRICE SHE PAID”
HERE TUESDAY, THE 24TH.
selected to decide upon the case. This
decision of the trial jury only sustain
ed the original verdict of the jury try
ing Polk on the charge of murder and
consequently the lawyers of the defen
dant asked for an altogether new
trial, which was granted.
The third trial of Polk, which came
up for hearing this jveek in the regular
July term, of court, was commenced
early Wednesday morning, the defen
dant being allowed to address the jury
as long as he so desired In his own
behalf Hik argument in his own de
fense was commenced just before noon
Wednesday morning and before' he
concluded his pleas he had taken up
five hours and forty-five'minutes, going
into detail .concerning many years of
Ills life and finally leading up to the
killing of his wife in the home of ope
of his neighbors In Midway more than
two and * Half VeaYsligor^’ '
At the time Polk kil(ed his wife he
was employed at the state sanitariqm,
having moved here a number of years
ago_ from Jasper county, being very
well known in this section
Polk was represented in hip defense
by Judge John T. Allen and Sibley and
Sibley, while Judge E. R. Hines’ and
J. J. Bull, .the latter of Oglethorpe,
served as the prosecuting attorneys.
At a late hour Thursday evening the
jury tied up on the case had made
nc report indicating the early return
ing of a verdict J
u'dge Sober was sent
three or f?rr weeks the agricultural 1 10 the office of (he United States dis
trict attorney, and Assistant District
Attorney Wallace Miller is preparing
a list of the '.men wtfo ara affected by
it. Mr. Miller stated yesterday that
est noted in
years.
this section in several
STIRRING ADDRESS
BY WM. J. HARRIS
Newspapermen Are Royally
Entertained at Thomasville.
Talks by H. M. Stanley and
W. G. Sutlive
Thomasville, July 17.—The address
at Hon. William J.* Harris, chairman
of the Federal Trades Commission,
Visiting Committees of State
Sanitarium and State Prison
Farm Will Arrive Here To
day
BOTH LOWER AND UPPER
HOUSE BE REPRESENTED
BOTH COMMITTEES WILL RE--
MAIN HERE THROUGH SATUR
DAY—WILL
BIG STATE
REVIEW WORK
INSTITUTIONS
Following the annual custom of
Georgia's lav.-inaking bodies, a visit
ing .committee from both the lower
axlcT upper houses of the'legislature
will arrive in' Milledgeville at. 11:39
o'clock this morning to review the con
ditions of the State sanitariuu| and
state prison farm. They will cere
direct from Atlanta.
There will probably be as many as
cue hundred men in the,body, includ
ing the two committees, a scnatoral
delegation hnd a committee of rep-
resentativfes and on their trip to Mil-
ledgev’.lle they will probabdly be ae-
many of the entes are old and the 'com pained, by several prominent news-
defendants are In most Instances ob-1 paper men.
seuro persons. There ^xro 201 sus- Representative J. H. Ennis, of this
peneded sentence defendants in tae county, will be included in the visit
s':', thorn district, and tho order of ing committee of the House of Rep-
Judge Speer will he good news ‘o them
as full privileges are restored.
Judge Speer’s Order
Judge Spcer’d order was as follows:
“It being called to the attention of
the court that on tile 14th day of June,
A. D. 1917, the President of the United
States issued his proclamation, declar
ing and granting a full amnesty and
pardon to all persons under suspended
sentences of the United States court,
liable to penalties where' said sen-
“The Price She Paid,” one of the
most popular Alxerican novels ever
written, with, Clara Kimball Young,
the favorite of all moving pictui-e ac
tresses, will ho the Selznick-Pictures
feature offering at the Colonial Thea
tre next Tuesday. The story is that
of Mildred Gower, a young woman
who has been reared in luxury, 'and
finds herself almost penniless at the
death of her father. It is necessary
that she make a “g:cd match,” and
because of tho taunts of relatives sue
is finally forced to marry a multimil
lionaire manv years her senior. She
finds herself little more to him than
a fine piece of furniture which he dis-j Baldwin county will
plays to his friends to gratify his pride I tamed at a splendid, and well prepar-
and she leaves him. A former sweet- ed barbecue to be given them by Mr
heart provides her with money to en- Walter C. qreene, one of the mos
able her to study-for an operatic'Prosperous and up-to-date farmers of
FARMERS CLUB TO MEET
WITH MR. W. C. GREENE
PROMINENT FARMER OF MERI
WETHER SECTION WILL ENTER
TAIN PROGRESSIVES WITH A
BARBECUE SATURDAY
Tho Progressive
Farmers’ Club of
be royally enter-
for all guilty parties, career, but she makes little progress.
the section of Meriwether,, Saturday.
Saturday will be the regular 'month
i C ° ,Umend «•»« these present-1 until another man, Donald^ Keith ^ ^ Qf| tW Farmers . club
Published in the two local; Bhows her that success is to
hie amount not to exceed
6 hollars each bo paid for
'lication.
fh til i>;
llionur fur tit
Id Jure
•'press our appreciation
able charge to
inti cur thanks to our
L, t0t lor the assistance he so
y tendered this body.
JR(J ' CONN, Foreman,
J ' NORMENT,
SAM ('. PATTERSON,
J - T - I’LOODWORTH,
J ' 0. COOPER,
M - A. GLAD1N,
J- bLOODWORTH,
T - TREANOR,
R. davis,
T ' S. JEANES,
M ' H. BLAND,
R - >-• wall,
UEN 'h bass,
c - T - PROSSER
C ' E. IVEY,
T - KING,
I '°‘ ,N L. HARPER,
EtPllARH IVEY,
"• G - EONE, Sec.
|,rei *‘ntments he
amended and spread
of this court, July,
ed only through delf-denlal.
then learns that she never was le
gally the wife of tlje multimillion
aire, as he had a wife living in an
(asylum. Finally she achieves her
ambition and is free to marry the
.man of her choice. This picture was
directed by Charles Giblyn, who has
recontly joined the Selznlck forces.
She and in keeping with their past custom
MR. j: C. POUNDS HAS
JOINED THE U. S. NAVY
AFTER HAVING EFFICIENTLY
SERVING NINE YEARS IN THE
NEWS COMPOSING ROOM,
SWERS COUNTRY’S CALL
AN-
the members of the organization will
have up for discussion various mat
ters pertaining to the present needs
end requirements of farmers.
During the past several months the
.members of the Baldwin County Far
mers Club have given special study to
the unusual conditions arising on ac
count of the war activities and much
discussion along this line is being
! brought up at each of the meetin
held during the past spring.
The members of the club will begin
to metet with Mr. Greene about ten
o’clock Saturday. morning and a gen
eral business meeting will take plate
just before noon.
Washingto’ . the address of Hon. H ^- ^
•% •♦cwnaflxisiofcar • or-oasi-
merge and labor. Atlanta, on “Geor
gia’s Labor Situation," and that of
Editor W. G. Sutlive, of Savannah, on
“Defending the Pun,” comprised the
regular program scheduled for this
morqing and though very different iu
their nature, the talks wore all listen
ed to with ( close attention.
This afternoon at 3 o’clock a long
line of automobiles filed up in front of
the Elks’ club, where the meetings are
being held, and the visitors were tak
en, first through the estate of John F.
Archbold, of New York, and fro- n
'here through Greenwood, th'e estate
of the late Col. Oliver Payne, of
New York, now the property of his ne
phew, Payne \Vhituey, of New York.
From Greenwood' the party went out
to the State experiment station where
liey were,’’served with south Georgia
watermelons., by Ira Williams; who
proved hims'elf as great an expert in
judging that luscious Georgia product
as he is in telling whether an ugly
little black bug is a bona lido boll
weevil.
Entertained at Club
Leaving the farm after their refresh
ments the editors were shown another
millionaire estate, that of J. W. Wade,
of Cleveland, Q. PYoai there they
went across to the Glen Arvien Coun
try 'Club and enjoyed refreshments
served by a number of th'e lady mem-
pieriod between the date of imposi
tion and June 15 1917, and to all. per-'
sons, defendants in said court, in
cas.es where (pleas of guilty were en
tered or verdicts of guilty returned,
prior to June 15, 1917, and in which
no sentences have been imposed.
“It is, .upon .motion .of the 'United
States attorney, ordered that-tho clerk
of this court is! hereby directed ( to re
cord a statement in each and every
case in this district embraced within
the President’s ‘grant of emnpsty and
pardon to the. effect that said case is
closed upon the dockets of the court
by the proclamation of amnesty and
•pan2.:n, issued by the President, on
June 14, 1917.”
berg of the club, and were afterward
entertained with an enjoyable musical
program. As t lie entire afternoon
was given up to pleasure there'was no
attempt to attend to any business un
til the, .meeting tonight.
With the present meeting of the a3
sociation coming in time of the great
world war which has 'affected the
newspapers in many ways and given
them many problems to handle in
their work and publication, this meet
ing is one of more than usual interest
and importance and tho members so
realize. Before it adjourns there will
probably be same important measures
discussed bearing on these problems.
resentatlves and he will be an ac
tive fifeure in the entertaining of his
colleagues .during their stay in this
city. Both committees will remain
In Milledgeville throughout the day
Saturday.
The committee .appointed to visit
(the state sanitariam will probably
go direct to the institution for^lunche-
on t.oday upon their , arrival in Mil
ledgeville, as they will be engaged in
visiting the different departments of .
r tlf^ Vartcais’fiuil’din'g dur&g this att'er-
non. i
The state farm visiting committee
will arrive either'at 11:30 o’clock-this
morning or late this afternoon and will
go to the Baldwin Hotel where they
will have rooms during their slay here.
It is probably that arrangements
will be made to sert'e a baijbecue. to
Jioth the senatorial and legislative
visiting copaimittees on the campus of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial Col- .
lege or the peorgla Military College
Saturday at noon. However, it lips
been tho custom heretofore that the
two separate committees the sanitax--
ium committee and the prison farm
committee, to be entertained fer this
occasion by tho officials of the two
institutions and it is possible that tills'
idea will again be carried out tomor
row, although the matter of 1 a joint,
entertainment has been under advise
ment and somewhat discussed.
After the committees appointed to
visit the departments complete their
worjc here they will make special re
ports of the conditions of the two big ’
institutions and will present same to
the general legislatives body in At
lanta during {lie coming week.
For Rent—Suite of rooms with pri
vate bath, suitable for housekeep
ing, at my residence on North Jeffer
son St. Mrs. A. B. Scott.
Jam i'
EKl.i
"tnt-rm.
B. PARK,
Judge, O. C.
oral.io
Up
Brand
r'tted
•>ury, Bald-
J ul.v Term,
011 Page four.)
Mr. J. C. Pounds, who has held a
position in the composing room of Tho
Milledgeville News continuously for
the past nine years, loft Monday to
join the United States navy, Leaving
Atlanta Thursday for Norfolk, Va.
During the number of years young
Pounds held a position with The News,
beginning as a mere boy, he proved
himself diligent and efficient, always
loyal and steady in the carrying out
of his duties. He developed decided
speed in the carrying on of the wqrk
imposed upon him and ixe was always
untiring in his efforts to faithfully per
form his duties.
I Monday morning Mr. Pounds wen
j before an examining officers in Macon
j and TuesUay he left Milledgeville for
! Atlanta, where he passed the final ex
amination admitting him to the navy,
advising Thq News Thursday that he
was leaving for his new post of duty
in Norfolk, Va.
The departure of Mr. Pounds from
the force of The News means the tak
ing from the place a young man
whose place will be hard to fill. \
We are offering a large stock
of fruit jars at the very LOW
EST PRICES, quarts and half
gallons. R. G. Smith & Co.,
“Across the River.”
I_qqT—l new 36x4Goodrich Silver-
town cord tire, .mounted on rim in
flated. $5.00 reward if returned to The
News Office.
HOG KILLING WEATHER
ALL THE TIME WITH US.
Farmers with hogs ready to kill can stop
the feed expense and also get ahead of high
cost of meat. We furni$h the cold weather
GEORGIA PRODUCTS CO.
Cold Storage Department
Phone 181,
N. Wayne Street.