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CatablUhed October 12, 1901.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9.1921
$1.50 a Year
farmers to have
largej/ieeting
Plans Are Underway to Se
cure Farm Demonstraor.
Cooperative Watermelon
Growing Be Discussed.
Th0 of leers of the Baldwin County
i arm Bureau have announced that
ns c n foot for the holding of
1 b W gathering of farmers here next
Saturday. March'12th.
The purpose of this proposed meet-
loc of the farmers is to discuss mean.
“ securing for Baldwin county a
farm agent lor the coming orop grow-
jug season.
Already subscriptions for
veral hundred dollars for the em
ployment of an agent has been m-
tur ed to date. It is anticipated that
u0 trouble will be experienced in oh
mining the balance needed.
With the private subscriptions that
are expected to be obtained the ap-
prorrlalon matte by the government
to go to tlij employment of an agent
in Baldwin county will be sufficient
lirst class and well
NEARLY ALL TAXES
HAVEJEEN PAID
Countv Has Less Than $15,-
000 to Collect and the Gty
$7,500. City Has Been
Lenient With Taxpayers.
Baldwiu county and the city of Mil-
ledgeville have a fine showing in the
matter of the collection of 1920 taxes.
Tax collector Lawrence stated yes
terday that he had less than $15,000
on his books and that pracUcally av-
ery dollar of it was good, a large per
centage of the amount due the county
being by some of the large holders of
property who have already tendered
checks payable within the near future.
When tax collector Lawrence began 1
NO MONEY NOW
FOR ANY PENSIONS
Commissioner Lindsey Wrtes
Ordinary Stemb ridge That
Does Not Know When
Money Will Be Ready.
From a letter to Ordinary Stem-
bridge from J. W Lindsey, Commis
sioner of pensions, it looks as it the
Confederate veterans, or some of them
at least, will have to wait Indefinitely
for their pension money this y-ar,
though the comlsmsioner says “they
will be paid sometime."
Tti*- letter to Judge Stembridge
says:
Dear Judge:—
Under date of December 3rd. 1920,
the collection 'of taxes there was'a statement was issued from this o£-
between $130,000 and $140,000 to bo fice for the information of that class
collected.
The city lias been linUnt with the
taxpayers up to the present time and
has not pushed their collections ind
no fl fa's have been issued for ibe
city. There is due the city now loss
than $9,000 and Clerk Harper is ntu'l-
:o employ
1. arm'd man. In the event a sufi'M ing out letters that this amount must
ul appropriation is obtained and be paid by March 21st or a fl fa will
nn agent finally employed the agent be issued. The city has not needed
t p bo m ui ev the supervision of Gte the money up until this month, hut
'uirmun or a committee appointed the beginning of the sewer work »v-
p, i 00 ] { a fter the work in the county, Squires the colection of ull taxes this March 1st next."
t h proposed. It is understood that month. Of the amount due the city At the time that statement was
sueli arrangement "ill facilitate the Mayor Bell says that less than $100 given out, none of the pensions were
»jrk and insure u systematic manner is doubtful, as has been the case fer due ut$d unpaid except the "new"
li( ari.ing out the object of a farm the past several years, the books cf pensioners approved and to be paid
ucnionstnitor. the city showing that less than this for 1920, but at this time all of fie
Anotehr object of the meeting to be amount is the average. pensioners of every class, both "n-w"
held Saturday is that of taking up J Under the law tho county tax cob and old are unpaid for 1921.
the advi.-ability of plant'ng a larg? ■ lector Is compelled to issue a li fa My requisition to pay the “new"
acreage of watermelons in the county, j for every taxapyer not paying his state class for 1920 has been filed with
A definite ccnel uiott to plant f. and county tax by Dec. 20th. Tho, the Governor since October the 23rd,
large watermelon erep was practically mayor and council of the city regulate I payment 1920 but for want of money
reached several weeks ago, but the last pay day for city taxes. I in the. Treasury with which to make
since tho information has come to | There are a large number of co-n- the payment, he cannot draw his war-
ties in tho state who have paid less rant to meet the requisition,
than halt their taxes according ti| I am ready to file requisition for
newspaper reports, so Baldwin and
Mllledgevllle taxpayers should feel
good over the present showing.
SUMMER SCHOOL AT
G. N. I. C._S1X WEEKS
Term Will Commence Tune
14th and Continue Until
lulv 25th. Details for
Holding Term Completed.
of pensioners who were approved and
are to be paid tor 1920, under the
"new" pension law passed in 1919,
for the payment of which, for 1919.
an appropriation of $475,000.00 was
made by the General Assembly 'or
1920.
It was stated: "under these unusual
conditions, we are forced to say to
tliis class of pensioners that the Gov- tion work, domestic scienca, cooking
ei nor and Treasurer have no assur- ^ and demonstration work, domestic art
ance of being able to pay them before i —sewing and millinery, alge bra, ge-
The date for the commencing cf
the summer school at the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College has
keen decided upon and preparation!
for the term are already well under
way.
The term will commence June 14th
and continue for six weeks, ending
July 25th The summer school this
year promises a large attendance and
bulletins are ready to be sent out to
those interested in attending the iu-
aitution. The mailer of expense st
acked to students attending the
school have been definlely decided
upon.
The summer school will embrace
thirty-eight courses of study this year.
The courses Include education, psy
chology, teaching, primary methods,
special -methods, rural school prob
lems, educational tests and measure-
ments, state examination, demonstra-
banU that the increase in freight rates
on this product lias come about
another phase of ctnditions is to be
looked into, it is said that this in
crease in freight amounts to from
>10.00 to $50.00 on the single carload
and wuuld dig deeply into, any„ii£&£i(
that might have originally been fig
ured m.
Besides the farmers expected to at
tend irtit meeting, !u nil probability
i large number of the business men
of Milledgevilla will likely be on
hand. The chief production of thin
section lays to ngiiculture and fer
such reason everyone is intensely
interested In what is going on or pro
posed f r the good of the farmers.
KIWANIS OFFICIALS
GUESTS OF 1. H, HALL
Beard of Directors of Local Civic
Organization Entertained at the
Darien As Gueits of Enthusiastic
Member.
T.e board of directors cf tho Mil
ledgeville Kiwanis Club were royally
entertained Mondy evening at a splen
did dinner prepared for them at The
Darien.
The Kiwanis officials were tlio
fleets of Mr. I. N. Hall, one of the
tnthuBiastlc members of the local
ll ub. At this gathering a number of
important discussions were taken up
■hid besides the business end of tlio
meeting the occasion proved to be
fdy enteitaining from a socle
standpoint,
0ne of th« main matters taken up
sl this meeting was the appointing of
a toinmittee to look after arrange-
twntB for sending a delegate to tho
ationsi Kiwanis Convention to be
l>«ld in Cleveland, Ohio, June 21 to
* ' Mother was the appointing of a
■ tmmittee to appear before tho Mil*
7 m tUe city conned to urge the
of R'gn* at aU roa( j croaR | ng
idln 8 to Mllledgevllle.
Those attending this meeting of the
,‘tonin officials were President V.
Ben 1 hV\. T RuW ' 8etmarr; E K -
' K H. Wootten, A. C. McKinney.
Mail, G. I. Hiller and I. H, Hall,
conclusion of th« gathering those
WeBem to express thank, to
GREETINGS TO HARD
ING BY KIWANIS CLUB
Preeident Hlmeelf a Kiwanian Re
ceive. Message From Mllledgevll'e
Member^ On the Day of Hie Inaug
uration, March 4th,
A feature of the weekly luncheon
Fridfty of the Milledgeville Kiwanis
Club was me passage of a resolution
to send to President Warren G,
Harding a telegram of greetings on
his inauguration day.
The meeting Friday was in every
way an unusually Interesting one.
Another feature in connection with
the weekly gathering was that of ap
pointing a committee to secure n
freight traffic expert to work In con
junction with Hawkinsvllle and Dub
lin The purpose of securing the traf
fic expert is to obtain u lower freight
rate for Milledgeville.
There were several prominent vis
itors from Macon to attend the lunch
eon.
The committee appointed to draft
the telegram of greetings to President
Harding was composed of Dr. J. C,
Wilkinson, Dr. J, W. Good and Prof.
H. T. Ruhl. President Harding Is an
active member of the Marlon, Ohio,
Kiwanis Club and as such the tele
gram sent to him carried the wish
that the great "builder” guide him
during big administration. The tele
gram In full is as follows:
Kiwanian Warren G- Harding,
President of the United States,
White House, Washington, D, C.
Greetings from Milledgeville, Geor
gia, Kiwanian.. May the Great
Builder of the universe guide you as
you embark upon the momentous du
ties of the Presidency of the United
States.
Milledgeville Kiwanis Club,
H, T. Ruhl, Secretary.
The committee appointed to look
after the securing of a traffic expert
for Milledgeville is composed of A. J
Carr, chairman; J. W. McMillan,
tho payment of those on the “cld"
roils who received their money lor
1920, but there is not yet sufficient
money in the Treasury to make I ha
payment. There is an appropriation
of $1,250,000 made in 1919 to pay
this class for 1921, but the inerta3as
of $25,000 for all who were paid at:
much aB $90.00 in 1920, exceeds the
appropriation by several thousand
dollars. The law provides that this
class must be paid by May 1st, In
each, year, but the appropriation for
them for 1921 is not sufficient, even
if funds were available to make t!,-"*
payment.
No appropriation was made by the
General Assembly in 1920 to pay any
of the "new" pensioners for 1921.
Bvery pensioner entitled to a pen
sion for 1920 will be paid some time,
but Just when that will be we cannot
knew, and this applies also to those
who are entitled to a pension for 1921
1 repeat that it is altogether unnec-
cessary to waste time, stationery and
postage in making and answering in
quiries as to when the payment will
ba made, for there will be no delay
when the money Is in the Treasury.
The interest of the pensioners are in
the hands of their friends, and no one
regrets the unfortunate condition
more than myself and none feels a
greater interest In the good people
who are waiting so anxiously for the
money that is due them by the state.
This information should be posted
at the door of your courthouse end
while there are no funds with which
to pay for its publication in the news
papers, I feel sure that the newspa
per men throughout the state will be
glad to do this as a favor to the Con
federate veterans and their widows.
Your friend,
J. W. LINDSEY,
Commissioner of Penslonj.
d|(j 7? 0f , the Ofca ® , on for the splen- ( Frank E. Bone, Lewis Flemlster and
entertainment.
1 Oeo. H. Tunnell.
ometry, arithmetic, primary number.;,
reading, language and grammar, com
position, ’Knglisl: literature, American
literature, Latin, history, manual
training, drawing, baskets, agrieul-1
tore, biology, chemistry, geography,
physics, laboratory experiments in ag
riculture, hygiene and health, physical
education, athletics, games, music,
public school music and lectures.
Courses will be provided for those
wishing to prepare fer state exami
nation, to have certificates extended,
preparing for college credits, short
practical courses for teachers and su
perintendents. These taking college
work and college credit work will re
main throughout the antlre six weeks
of the summer school term, whila the
short courses for teachers will re-
qr.ii e only two weeks.
BOLL WEEVIL CAN
LIVE THROUGH GAS
INCOME TAXRETURNS
DUE NEXTTUESDAY
Reports Must Be in Collec*
tors Hand bv the 15th.
Partnerhips Required to
File Returns Yearly.
Reports to the government of In
come tax for 1920 must be in the
hands of Che Collector of Internal
Revenue, Atlanta, by midnight March
16th or to a Deputy Collector.
From all reports this will be th-j
lightest year for both returns and
amount of taxes paid since the first
war income tax law of 1917. This is
brought about by the low price and
the holding of cotton and the decrearo
in value of merchandise on hand at
the close of the year and the stocks
of manufactured goods and raw ma
terials held by the mills.
Mr. McLoughlln, deputy collector in
charge of this district has made ' it
trip to Milledgeville and will not re- j
turn before the 16th. The income'
tax office will be open in the postof-!
fice building in Macon until the ex-1
plratlon of the time. This office is t
in charge cf Division Chief A. A. Ack-
lin and the public can get assistance
from his men there. He also carrier
a large supply of all forms and can
supply any blanks needed.
Unless a married man's net income
after deducting business expense ex
ceeds $2,000 a return is not required
and the same to a single man who ha3
an income of less than $1,000.
If during the year a corporation, in
dividual or partnership pays as much
as $1,000 to a man for salary, rent ov
interest this mu3t ba reported to D.e
government on forms 1096 and 1099,
This is necessary whether any tax is
due oy not and is in no way a part
of an income atx return.
Every partnership and corporation
it required by law to make an income
tax return whether a logs or gain is
shown by their books. Time are t>.
large number y>f| partnerships who
have never filed returns and they tre
being traced by government men and
returns made and penalties assessed
in practically every case.
Erroneous Storv to Effect
That Armv Gas Would Be
Used to Fight Weevil. De
ar tment Corrects Error.
SPECIAL
ALL THIS WEEK AT THE
HALLS PHARMACY
Melba Love Me Face Powder 69c cash
GET IT AT HALLS
J. L. Webb, acting in charge cf
Southern Field Crop Insect investiga
tion, Bureau of Entomology, United
States Department of Agriculture, lias
officially denied tho statement made
in • recent newe article which nu t
been given wide circulation over the
United States that the Chemical War
fare Service of the army, in coopera
tion with tho Department of Agricul
ture is preparing to exterminate the
boll weevil in the coton belt by the
use of poison gas.
“There is no foundation for the
report; no plans have been made or
are in contemplation by the Depart
ment of Agriculture for the use of poi
son gas against the boll weevil.
"Several times since the signing of
the armisUce the theory has been
put forward that the poison gases de
veloped by the army could be advan
tageously employed in combating tho
boll weevil. It is safe to say that no
one who understands all the factors
and condiUons Involved has ever con
sidered the plan feasible. A little
thought devoted to the subject will
make clear the fact that the release
in cotton fields of the South of vol
ume! of deadly poison gas would be
to menace the life of every human
being and animal within its reach.
Furthermore, ita effect upon the boll
Bishop Klnsolvlng. of the Panama vmtU wou1(] ^ problem aUcal.
Congress, sold, "the black man in our -Observations made by experts of
south has made more progress during this bureau indicate that a heavier
the last fifty years than Latin Araeri dosage of gas would be necessary
ca has made in four centuries." to k ‘» ln8ecta ar ;
^ . sometimes quite tenacious of life **na
Mtlledgevfle 1a hoping in many ^ ^ ^ wlth3tand condltSons . hat
j ways In this work. Can we do more? WOU ] d absolutely be fatal to human
Has your servant nn attractive vine nf«
shading her front porch? It you own
DARIEN BANK BLDG. BE
CONVERTED INTO HOTEL
Work of Remodeling Will Be Returned
Within Next Few Days and Will
Probably Be Completed Within
Two Months.
The work cf remodeLug the old
Darien bank building will be resumel
within the next two or three days, it
was announced this week by Mrs
John Mobley, owner of the property.
Several weeks ago this work was
commenced and a part of the build
ing was put into shape to be occupied.
The Blue Bird Tea Room was opened
up In the place and has since be
come very popular.
Mrs. Mobley has been so impressed
with the portion that has been cc
cupied as to cause her to reach the
conclusion that the logical thing to
do is to proceed with the work that
was commenced before Christmas last.
The building, when completed, will
.be turned into a modern hotel.
There will be some twenty or thirty
rooms In the building and each will
be attractively, finished. The furni
ture to be pint into the rooms win be
superior, in all probability, to that
installed In tbe average hotel.
DON’T FAIL TO SEE
MICROBE OF LOVE
Everything Will Be Readv Fri*
dav Evening for This Wide-
- lv Advertised Entertain
ment. Best Local Talent.
Everybody Is going to see the “Mi
crobe of lx>ve“ FTiday night. Them
has never been such an entertainment
in our city and it is to be put on jn
Macon the same night we have it
here. They are advertising It very
extensively over there and every pa
per wo pick up we see where it has
been staged ln some place and proved
a -howling success" Get ready to
come—tickets on salo at Colonial on
Wednesday morning, secure yours as
^on as possible as there will probably
bo a rush. Everywhere It has been
put on reports say tbe house did not
hold tho crowd that came to see it,
so you had beter got your seats ear
ly and avoid the rush.
The Spinsters meeting, Mls3 Susan
Myrick, president, is one scream af
ter another. The Bachelors meeting.
Dr. W. H. Allen, president, is so fun
ny you can hardly stand it, especial
ly ‘when Mr. H'enpcck, (Mr. GlasB) is
making his address to them on the
evils of married life and Mrs. Hen
peck, (Mrs. Lodrlck Jones) appears
on the scene.
The garden party where the Mi
crobe is administered and the bache
lors fall in love with 'the spinsters
will be worth the price of admission
and the “Left Over Club" with its tele
of woe is tho best thing you, ever saw.
We can't say too much about the
“Melody Maids," ten of the prettiest
girls in the city who sing songs ull
tho way through.
We are fortunate to have Miss Sa
rah Bowden, of Thomson, Ga., aa our
coach. Mies Bowden Is a beautiful
young lady, most attractive and will
make a hit In the ahow i» Madam lly-
i man Cupid, tbe dispenser of the Mi-
| crobe of Love. Billy Bachelor, Dr.
| W. H. Allen, just can't be beat. We
all know how Mra. Lodrlck Jones can
"take tbe cake" and that Mr. Glaus
makes a reputation for himself In the
last show—they will appear as Mr.
and Mrs. H-enpeck.
Get ready to come and bring the
family—forget about the boll weevil
and “11 your woes—you won't have
any when you have gotten all those
laughs that are coming to you at the
Microbe of Love Friday night at 8. -\Q
o'clock.
NEGRO PREACHER HAS
FIGHT WITH SNAKE
A LITTLE MORE HOME
MISSIONARY WORK
EGGS FOR SALE
Eggs for hatching from flue strain
of .’Rhode Island Reds at $1,50 tor 15.
MRS. T, TKEANOR,
tq such os extent that a good crop of
oetton cun be raised. It should be
pointed out, however, that the only
purpose served, by tbe use of this
poison is its effect upon the weevil.
It will not Insure a good crop of cot
fo r If conditions aie such that a good
crop could not be raised If the weevil
were not present."
Irwntion, Ga.—^larshal Wright, a
negro preacher living here barely es
caped with his life in a death battle
with a huge’ rattlesnake.
in burning off a pasture about half
a mile from Irwinton, tbe negro grop
ing through the smoke was almost
paralyzed by the fearful singing of
the big monster's rattles almost un
der bis feet, but he managed to leap
aside before the deadly fangs struck
him.
Although an old negro, and tremb
ling from the sudden fright, Wright
seized a large stick and struck at
the snake which had resumed his coH.
Whereupon the snake again sprang
at the negro, barely missing him. Tho
vicious reptile, then attempted to ad
vance again, but the old n6gRS. finally
landed a lucky blow, crushing tbs
snake's head.
He measured neax six feet in lengt-b
and had twenty rattles*
—: • >
MR. W. 8. MYRICK HERE.
Mr, W. S, -Myrick, who recently
mode his departure from Mllledge-
vllle to go to Lakeland. Fla„ to be
come engaged in the mercantile bitti
ness arrived in Milledgeville Monday
to spend a few days with his family.
Mr. Myrick, during the twelve years
of his business career here, made
many friends who welcomed him on
the streets Tuesday morning.
property rented to negroes, are the
surroundings sanitary?
Signed,
CHAIRMAN PUBLICITY COM
The Woman's Missionary Society of
the Methodist Church,
Le vs do your Job Printing.
" This bureau has developed a plan
of boll weevil control which is safa
and effective. The plan Involves the
use of arsenate of lime (a potash,)
which Is dusted upon the cotton plant
by means of machinery manufactured
for the purpose. Eradication of the
boll weevil is impossible. It Is possl*
ble, however, by means of this poison
to keep down tbe number of weevils
PAINT-VARNISHES
ALL REDUCED
Get Our Prices beore buyiny—
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