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MllLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, Friday Morning, August 17, 1917
ALVA TURNER SHOT
SHERIFF TERRY
COLLEGE TO
SEPTEMBER 12 m
SchcolTor Young La- /teriffs Victim Believed to
L Commence Ter..-' Have Fired Shot Monday
[Greatest Numbev^jf Night that Resulted in Jos.
ts Ever Enroll'#* L. Simms’ Death Next Night
ol' the Geor-
••.91S cauilogue
T . nil Industrial College
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Its
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s the opening and’
]. ; r institution of
ndreds of young
I,,-, will attend the
<c;i?on. The begin-
•j conmienee Wed-
12th.
mcr applications
uvery section of
;nc ladies seeking
• i"Illv favored col
li,. Georgia Normal
will open with
enrollment of any
rin !i:i
MAKE TOUR OF
DIXIE HIGHWAY
Georgia Commissioners Con
fer with Local Highway
Committee — Meeting Will
Probably Be Held Here
BIG INCREASE OF
J. CARRMMPANY
>ig Wholesole Grocery Con
cern Now Shipping Goods
in Carload Quantities to Its
Customers
,i.jj:ion of the large now
['!<■ noted young
0 v , j|i i,,,.on the 1917-1918
,!, j i. i! i.i.proved condi-
pH, general conditions
mWf hat crowded for
, , ;:l ;•■ r mnl of additional
. n . v l .hiding will go a
•iwards cliininating the
. ( ,f pro' i,1 ins a place
nude u!.
i nrciling for the corn-
ii iin to arrive in Mlil-
rini: d o days of Septem-
|i,l liiii, which is just three
nest Monday and Tuesday
-n df ilia young ladies will
Icrrard to with a great deal
llr; all Milledgeville.
Iliiisi.
Alva Turner, a white man about 27
years of age, was shot and almost in
stantly killed near Deepstep, in Wash
ington county, by Sheriff Terry, of
Baldwin county, about 4 o’clock Tues
day afternoon.
At (he time Turner was shot he was
resisting arrest on a warrant sworn
for him, charging him with carrying
a concealed weapon.
While it is said no direct evidence
had been obtained identifying Turner
as the guilty party, he was strongly
suspected as being the man wanted
fer the crime of shooting Joe Simms,
a.country merchant operating a small
si ore about four miles east of Mill-
lily in the en-j edgeville, it being known that he had
made it hi^ business to remain in the
particular community for several days.
It is said Simm3 made it a habit of
:arrying several hundred dollars about
his place.
This crime with which Turner was
suspected as being the guilty party
was committed at 8 o’clock Monday
night. .From the best information ob
tainable, it seems that the person
went to the front door of Simms’
store Monday night after the 'piacs
had been closed and called for the
merchant to open the door. Stems re
sponded to the call and when the door
was half opened the man leveled
single-barrel gun, •Simms slamming
the door back shut. At this juncture
the party fired the gun through the
door, "the shot inflicting wounds in the
left .side of Simms’ body, from/which
he died at 1 o’clock Wednesday morn
ing. The purpose of the criminal was
to rol> the merchant, it is presumed
Turned, who served a year sentence
on the chaingang in Baldwin county
about two years ago for theft, was
considered a dangerous character and
had been noticed about the premises
of Simms during the last two or, three
days. Monday morning he went to
negro house about two wiles from
Simms’ store and ate breakfast. Later
during the day, it is said, he went
back to the home and stole the negro’s
gun, presumably to commit the crime.
At the time Turner was'shot he was
at the home of his father. Sheriff
Terry, accompanied by two deputies
got out of his automobile a few hun
dred yards away from the place and
slipped upon the accused man. Sheriff
Terry approached the back side of the
Turnor home just before the deputies
walked up to the front. Turner, rec
nizing the deputies ran into the house
grabbed his pistol and attempted
escape through the back. Being ap
proached by the sheriff as ho reachde
the back door, ha drew is pistol on
the officer while attempting to flee. At
.this point the sheriff ordered Turner
to halt, Turner advanced a few yards
further and turned on the sheriff again
with his pistol and as he did so tha
onicer opened lire on him with a Win
chester rifle, one shot entering Ihe
man’s arm and another through the
head.
Simms, who was shot Monday night,
lived less than thirty hours after the
difficulty took place. Simms was a na
tive of Stewart county, having moved
to Baldwin county about seven years
ago.
ENTERS WAR
il AUTOCRACY
)ec!aration of War
Germany and Aus-
[it Into Effect at 10
f: a. m. Tuesday
Wg. it—Reuter’s Limited
oHiciaiiy informed that
liitvla.ro;! war upon Ger-
tria Hungary, the dec-
Iting from M o’clocjc , this
lived in Washington
V H. Aug. 14.—Official
Ik.’-As (ieelaralion of war
Ausiria-Ilungary was
Bayh; tin- Chinese legation
Jpatciios from Peking.
|L" Kwcntfcmh nation to
: ■ do- entente coun-
L- '0!;tnil powers. The
1 l.im -o government
r 1 u G.-ramny and Aus-
'•as reach*-h August 2
1 "f the members of tho
-ici' ..I by Peng Kwo,
111 oi ihe republic.
H1 ' 'ninnies now in the
M m ihe entente follow:
"■ Tfiinee, Russia, Uni-
l:n - Italy, Japan, Ru-
■Miinienegro, Greece
Ifd- Nui Marino, Siam, Li-
H. M. Allison, of Chattanooga, presi
dent of the Dixie Highway associa
tion, in company with W. T. Anderson,
editor of the Macon Telegraph, and
Clark Howell, elitcr of tho Atlanta
Constitution, commissioners of the
Dixie Highway association from Geor-
ia, will- beV.n a tour of the two Dixie
Highway routes, the Central and East
eru, about August 30th, according to
dvicea received here Thursday.
While making the tour of the two
highway routes Presidcn Allison and
Commissioners Anderson and Howell
will hold important meetings in im
portant cities along the lines, th
first of these meetings to be held in
Waycross August *31.
Commissioners Howell and Ander
son communicated with the Millcdgc
ville committee of tho Dixie Highway
Thursday regarding tho possibilities
of holding a rousing meeting in thi
city September 5 for tho purpose of
creating local interest in tho upbuild
of the Dixie Highway in this im
mediate section.
In the communication received by
the local Highway committee from the
Georgia commissioners, it was stated
that the government had under ad
visoment tho plan of building a mili
tary road from Macon to Savannah or
from Atlanta to Savannah. Should
either of these roads be built especial
ly for military purposes, the route
world come by Milledgeville and for
this reason it is believecl the gather
ing called for by the commissioners to
be held here September 5 will arouse
much interest and enthusiasm - and
consequently result ,in a large gathe:
ing of the people if this immediate
section.
Tlie matter of complying with the
request of Commissioners Howell and
Anderson in asking that a meeting be
held in Milledgeville Is being taken up
by the local committee and further d»
velopments concerning the subject
will likely be made known within the
next few days.
DONALSON IS TO FIGHT
THE WATSON PETITION
$1.50 a Year
LOCAL EXEMPTION BOARD HAS
SELECTED QUOTA FOR THIS COUNTY
A representative of The News had
occasion, to go down Wayne street
Wednesday morning, and in passing
the A. J. Carr company, noticed
quite a let of goods being leaded in-a
freight car, and as all reporters are
nxious for a bit of news, the writer
stepped' and inquired of Air. Carr,
president of the company, as to how
ntsiuesa; was, etc.
Mr. Carr, being a rather mode
aaa, some difficulty was experienced
n getting at facts, but lie was finally
drawn out, and what lie had to say
was an feye ope ner.
Mr.- Carp went back nearly one year
or to btf exact, November 15, 1916,
which Buie lie changed ills busin
from th^jold way, thirty to sixty days,
to a cagh basis. He said he had
lliought : for a long time that by mak
ing this.change -ho would increase hit
business' largely. However, ho said
that the-increase was beyond his mos;
sanguine expectation. Every day and
month the business lias been an in
crease over any previous or corre-'
spondiag day or month in the past
nd now the sales are so large he
finds it necessary to load cars at hie
sloio in .addition to hauling to the de
pots by drays.
Tho car he was loading Wednesday
morning had goods for Devereaux,
Sparta, Mayfield and Thomson, on the
Georgia railroad.
He stated that in buying goods in
large quantities and paying cash for
them, ho bought cheaper and the bene
fit derived from this was passed on td
his customers, which they appreciate;
hence, the growth of his business,
He also said that the success of his
company was largely due to the effi
cient anti loyal support of his well
known "Salesmen and office force.
THREK Bi3TRI€TS not
TO HAVE ELECTION
MANY STUDENTS TO
ENROLL AT G. M. C,
Attendance This Year to Be
Greatest Qi Any Year Since
College Was First Estab
lished
The 1917-191S term of the Georgia
Military Coiloge will open this fail
.vi:h the largest number of students
ever before enrolled by the institu
ticn, the nearest number comparing
with the opening to bo hold throe
weeks from next Tuesday being that
of the past colle'ge season.
■ During the past’five years, the Geor
gia Military College, under the man
agoment of Col. O. IL Horton, ha;
continued to grow in popularity and
from season to season the students
attending the institution during this
period have increased in numbers.
The present outlook cf the cclle
attendance'- thisi year indicates that
-bo barracks will be filled to tho limit,
besides a number of students resid
ing in the city.
At present preparations are heir,
made in tho way of putting the colleg
barracks in first class shape for the
opening cf the school in September
decided improvements belq'g added to
tho place for the convenience and
comfort of the Students.
SENATE CUTS SCHOOL
FUND TO THREE MILLION
Ilia 11-
‘VANS THANKS
IATOR HARDWICK
F; "• 1'-, Aug, 15.—Judge
-' ai! --. of the supreme
P" r ' ia , "hose nomination
| s ‘ ri <t judge for ihe south-
-da, is pending be-
"us in Washington
| l:ro of tiie senate to hold
■ Sess '° n this afternoon
Prevented his confirma-
H S °' l "> d at the office of
f nas ' v - Hardwick and
P 1 or his attitude in the
l,' 1 " 'abed and paid his
t t,orne > - General Gregory.
j MILLING CO. IS
[Ting new OFFICE
filing company,
^ (, oorgi rt railroad on
„ S .' n ' ot ’ 18 erecting a new
r Ihe,r Plant in which
K I! ’iH and storage
inducted.
■,he°7 CnCed ° n '” e new
1,1 Plant the first of last
Jw, ' P , ntire, y completed
V fe "' da l's and when
"'-11 equipped in every
CONGRESSMAN VINSON
SPENDING WEEK HERE
ARRIVED IN MILLEDGEVILLE SAT
URDAY TO BE GUEST OF HIS
PARENTS AND FRIENDS WHILE
ON SHORT VACATION
Congressman Carl Vinson, of the
Tenth District, is here for a stay cf
a week or ten days with home folks,
having arrived in Milledgeville batur-
day evening.
Congressman Vinson has been in
Washington almost regularly since
the opening of the regular session of
congress in November of last year,
the national assembly being called in
extra session early in April to remain
ill Washington during the period of
tho war existing with Geormany.
Since Congressman Vinson has been
in Millegdeville he 1ms had the pleas
ure of conversing with numerous
friends in this section of tho Tenth
IMstrict. He will probably return to
Washington during the coming week
to join his colleagues in the various
problems now facing the national ad
ministration.
United States District Attorney
Earl Donalson will leave Friday ‘or.
Mt. Airy, where on Saturday morning
he will represent the government in
the habeas corpus proceedings insti-
.uted before Judge Speer to test the
djraft act.
1’lie government is asked to show
cause why Albert Jones, a McDuffie
county negro, should not be released
front custody. It is alleged 'lliat he.
is confined in the common jail of Rich
mond county under the draft act,
“which is unconstitutional in that it
contravenes the thirteenth amendment
to the constitutionT providing that
neither slavery nor involuntary servi
tude, except as punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been
convicted, shall exist anywhere within
the United States or territories.”
The petition was filed for the ne
gro by Tom Watson, who in the Jef
fersonian, lias been bitter in attacks
the government and the selective
draft act.
^ *©/
AMERICAN HARVEST
HANDS TO CANADA
LOOK AT THE LABEL ON YOUR
d&dfr and SEE IF YOUR SUB
SCRIPTION HAS EXPIRED.
There will be no election for school
trustees on Aug. 24th in the districts
of Midway, Coopervilte and Salem.
This change is brought about by the
fact that there is no expiration of
term of office of the present trustees
in the above districts. Their commis
sions do not expire this year.-
This in no manner affects tho ad
vertised election in the other districts
in Baldwin county, namely: Mope-
well, Scottsboro, Meriwether, Union
Point, Brown’s and Black Spring.
Election for trustees in these districts
will be hold as formerly advertised,
on August 24th.
The county school superintendent
authorizes this, statement and the pub-
iT.C attention >3 called to this an
nouncement.
For Sale—One good buggy horse,
practically new rubber tire buggy
and set of good harness for sale at a
bargain. See the Milledgeville Oii
Mills.
Atlanta, Aug.j 15.—The senate this
morning passed the general appropri
ations for common schools, after cut
ting the appropriation to throe mil
lions, as recommended by the appro
priations committee of the house. Ap
propriations for higher education, this
is the University of Georgia, and its
branches, etc., were left practically
unchanged as there had been, no ip-
crease by thef house over the recom
mendations of the house appropria
tions committee.
The bill was immediately sent back
to the house where it is expected all
changes will be agreed upon promptly
thereby avoiding and extra session.
LOCAL MARKET GETS
FIRST BALE COTTON
1917 GINNING SEASON COMMENC
ED SATURDAY, MR. J. R. NOR-
MENT, OF SCOTTSBORO, FURN
ISHING THE STAPLE
The beginning of the 1917 ginning
season was commenced in Baldwin
county Saturday at Chandler Brothers’
ginnery, .Mr. J. R. Norment, of Ihe
Scottsboro community, furnishing the
fleecy staple.
The bale, of cotton ginned for Mr
Norment weighed 435 pounds iind was
sold immediately after it was deliver
ed in Milledgeville for 2G cents per
pound.
For Sale—One now drop-head seven
drawer Singer sowing machine ;,i
sacrifice price. L. D. Smith.
Sixty-Five of Number Have
Been Been Reported to Dis
tract Board as Legally Call
ed for Service
SEVENTEEN MEN HAVE FAILED
TO RESPOND TO NOTICE TO AP
PEAR BEFORE LOCAL EXEMP
TION BOARD
Baldwin county’s quota of men to be
drafted into the national military ser
vice has been obtained by the local
exemption board, sixty-five of this
number having been reported to the
District No. 2 for the southern district
of Georgia as having duly and leghlly
called for the military service of the
United States and not granted cxemi>-
tion or discharge.
The full quota required of Baldwin
99 men, according to the local ex
emption board, the first sixty-five of
thin number being obtained in tho
rut call fer draft and this number
-■ reported to District Board No. 2
the southern dfi-trict of Georg! i
J or -lay cf this week.
'Ihe r maining- number required t->
ocrj.ph.:c the quota lias been selected
out of iho men whose names appeared
in the second call and who appeared
before the local exemption board tin
latter part of the pyst week.
Out of the men notified by the local
exemption board to appear for exami
nations there were seventeen to fail
to show up, and who will, according tu
the military rulings, be drafted into
he army and placed into the front
ranks of tVe military divisions.
The first sixty-five men to be report
ed ds accepted by the local exemption
board and having failed to obtain ex
emptions or discharges are as fellows:
Anthony Moses, Gordonr Joe Har
ris, J. B. Kelsey, Vetter Edwards, Bea
nie Gibson, Sam Pearson, Milledge-
ville; John Smith, McRae; Charlie F„
Finney, Ivey; Jesse A. .Baltimore,
Gordon; Edmund R. Hootten, Wing
field parks, Hunter Green, Harry L.
Chandler, Milledgevilfe; Calvin Jack-
son, Ivey; Washington Ridley, John
Glenn, Lovett Kelley, Bon SatcheL
Willie Johnson, Joe Reeves Frank H.
Ford, Marion Stembridge, Genie Put
nam, Ralph B. Heath, Willie Freeman,
Robert Parker, Milledgeville; Soaton
Finnoy, Stevens Pottery; Marcus
Brown, Mlllcdgevillo; Charlie H.
Moore, Haddock; Miro Hicks, Hard
wick; Charlie Ward, Meriwether;
Richard Edwards, Herty Wilson,
Christopher Warren, Cicero Davis,
IJilledgeville; William Jaeger, Hard
wick; Willie Harris, Jasper A, Land,
Preston B. Killings, Jimmy John Mc
Coy, Milledgeville; Jimmie Stanley,
Hardwick; Esco Hayes, Charles S.
Morris,’ Joseph W. Chambers, Arthur
Foster James L. Pennington, Mill-
edgeville; Perry Green, Meriwether;
Herman 11. Taylor, George T. Thomp
son, Dudley. Jackson, Lonnie T. Tem
ples, Milledgeville; Milas Burton
Carrs Station; Henry Miles, Jr.,
Patrick Bonner, Jr., Brown’s Cross
ing; Ed Smith, George Brown, Sam
Richardson, Frank Ha’ddock, Jr., Hor
ace Boyd, Albert Whitaker, Willie L.
Gholston, Henry P. Carr, DeWitt’Ra
ley, Paul Brantley. Jake Brookins, all
of Milledgeville.
WILL HELP DOMINION HARVEST
WHAT WILL BE SECOND LARG
EST GRAIN CROP IN HER HIS
TORY
Washington, D. C„ Aug. 14.—Twen
ty thousand American harvest hands
will help save Canada’s grain crop,
and nearly half'as many Canadians
will dig potatoes in Maine under a:i
arrangement reached today by repre>
sentatives of the American and Can-
aditton governments. Immigration reg
ulations will be suspended by both
countries to permit the labor to cross
and recross the border.
American harvest labor, working
northward with the grain season, has
stopped at the Canadian line hereto
fore and scattered to other pursuits
throughout the United States. The
agreement made today contemplates
their crossing to take tho places of
thousands of Canadian workers who
this year cannot go to the western
grain Helds because of the labor
shortage throughout the Dominion.
Canada is counting this year on a
300,000,000-bushel yield of wheat—the
second largest the country has grown.
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 furnish the cold weather
GEORGIA PRODUCTS CO.
Cold Storage Department
Phone 181,
N. Wayne Street.