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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
/0UU ME 18. NUMBER 17.
Established October 12, 1S01,
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY MORNING, Oct. 5,192I
$1.50 a Year
i. BRISCOE WALL
STILL QUITE ILL
londilion Considered Un
changed Tuesday And
Hopes For His Recovery
Are Very Slight' «
•Hi con iitiem of Mr. Briscoe Wall
red unchanged at a lute
flUr Ttfstlay afternoon and hopes
ir jjj.. recovery were not very
right.
Cor mot*- than a week Mr Wall has
ien critically ill and it is consider,
j remarkable that ho has held on so
v itho t showing a marked
liange in condition. Some three
erts ago he commenced to suf.
j, . [ r oin infection that had set in
wound on the foot and later gau.
dev eloping, necessitating the
umputatic i of the lower part of the
mb.
Attendin'.' physicians are strongly
t the opinion a decided change will
Jme'about in the condition of Mr.
fall v ithin the next day or two
larked signs of improvement of
;unite for the worse are expected to
laced before (lie end of the day
liur.dey. • the ailment is not one
the lingering sort.
Since Mr. Wall was t'ored to
id ergo iin operation his friends have
:pr(1 muoli concern over his con.
tion ami daily inquiries have been
ade daily as to the progress of his
icovery Many expressions of regret
ere h ad on tho streets Tuesday
hen it was learned that little hopes
ere entcrtaini ,1 for his recovery.
Only at times Mr. Wall reaches the
ige of consciousness and ho shows
of ci nsiderable weakness,
ould hi:, condition change for tho
tter his recovery will be repaid, it
said
$50,000 RECIVED {FARMERS DISCUSS
FOR FARMERS HERE
Government Has .Placed in
Hands of Col. Jos. E. Pottle
To be Loaned to Baldwii
Farmers.
As an allotment ol a.fund amount
ing to several millions of dollars pro
vided by the goverment to assist
fanners during the present depress
on, the sum of $50,000 has been placed
in the hand of Col. Jos B. Poult for
distribution in Baldwin county.
As long ns this fund lasts, any far.
mt*r applying for same may obtain
reasonable loan by furnishing satis,
factory collaterny. This finnncla
provosion, if evenly distributed, \vorld
probobly amount to loan of as much
ns $25.00 to till the farmers of the
'• unity, including croppers and land
owners.
However, it is understood that first
class security is required in order to
obtain a loan from this fund, though
it is considered that the amount will
aid considerably in bringing about
relief to quite a few of Baldwin’s
farmers. It is calculated that the aid
to come from this fund will be quite
general, even though the actual loans
bo to made to a conpartively small
number of land owners and farmers.
GROWS LARGE AMOUNT
OF LATE SNAP BEANS
An unusual sight was witnessed on
the streets in Millcdgeville Tuesday
morning when a small size wagon load
of fresh, snap beans were passing
through the city to be placed on tho
market.
These vegetables were grown by
Mrs. W. R. Veal at Deepstep. The
load was sold at the flat price of $2.00
per bushel long before the demand in
IRS. HINES OUTLINES CHILD WELFARE
PROGRAM FOR CLUBS TENTH DISTRICT
[resident of Tenth District Federation Women’s Clubs
Sends Message to All Club Heads.
I-Mib. Edward R. 1 lines, president of
l e Federate Woman’s Clubs of the
[nth (ougrosional district, has ad.
Jesse,! a letigthly and valuable mos.
P' t0 t :e h ml* of all clubs iu the
ttiict coiii-miing children's welfare
K ‘ ssaK ” : 11,1 U»e program out.
It'd by Mr Hines uro given in full
Plow, us follows;
pr president:
J’' s " m <v rcmcmii r, wo anno u_
f' 1 at the May convention in Mill.
t!l:| t our .district would
'"al.ze in the Five C's next year: '
I Civics ' 1 " nut-,, jfitlzeuship, Child
( nnil Co-operation.
I 1 * bn Mile that at our next eon.
| im ° n in T, ’i"iille, we will use these
P tiling,
! they aim
p ruii(;n.
make our reports on,
•over the work of the
>'°u lake them in a
pc to
'he things that I would
end in these ways, so
tf coming jn full may
i ■! mir district is well organiz.
11,111 ' ' v, ‘ are trying to have a
, 1 program for our work.
of the programs 1 am
11 merely suggestions, to be
1 11 ’"' 1 •■'■on fit, iiut as district
1 l ’'"''Id liki> to see the Five
1 "vi "i carried out in some way
r ' 1 ah In our splendid district.
or,l, r to make it a little clenror, I
a,ldlnK these suggestions:
Ih include any improve.
" <>r community, especial,
'lib (umpclgiij ^However,
thine ad ,.(] i,y your president
j 1 "' ll", more than any oth'r
' U lv ''ah to select one un.
I t’IVU
P'tt of i
I sightly spot in their town and im.
prove it, taking a picture before and
after, say in October and in May, so
that she may have these pictures to
make slides of some time In the
future.
COUNTIES: Everything you can
do to help Improve your county, first,
to organize a county federation, if
you haven’t one; to organize a teach
er's club, and to sponsor the ri ral
schools by helping these teachers, en
tertaining them, and co-operating in
every way possible. Through your
county federation work the communi
ty service, learn to know everybody
meet end sing tegather, you will soon
lie able to love each other and work
togothor l'or the good of your county
The only way for us to get our dis.
trict on the piano we wish it and keep
it there. Do you wish to keep our
title of “Tho Banner District of the
State?" Then work for it.
CITIZENSHIP: Am sending sugges
tive programs for every month in the
club year, and this study 1 would roc.
ommon ! to be every month, aside from
your regular meeting, it is most im
portant, I do not need to tell you
that. If we are going to take up this
responsibility, do let us do so.with a
clear mind mid ail understanding
which will enable us to do it tho right
v/ny IjCt us not rush into things, but
study, and go slow.
CHILD WELFARE: Am sending
program (suggestive) also for entire
year, and hope you will be aide tc
have these either In your club (If you
(Continued on Society Pafle)
WAY OF OPERATION
Interesting Talks Made At
Largely Attended Meeting
Saturday of Farm Bureai
Members.
Tho Bailwin County'Farm Bureau
hail a great meeting last Saturday Two
outstanding farmers of the county
were present and made talks on the
methods used by them in operating
their farms. These men were Mes
srs. E. S. \ r inson and \V. T. Garrard.
Mr Vinson told how he managed to
make twenty-two hales of cotton his
year on twenty-five acres of land.
He explained that his only additional
cost was the amount he spent for the
calcium arsenate, which ran about
?G.(iu per acre, and the labor of pick-
ng weevils off while the plants were
small. lie advocated the use of from
800 to 1000 pounds of commercial
fertilizer per acre, then cultivate
rapidly and follow religiously th
government instructions in regard to
the vse of poison.
Mr Vinson was enthusiastic In his
remarks of the results he had obtain
ed in growing cotton. He mn.'e an
even better record last year, so what
he lias done with cotton did not just
happen; he made it happen. Mr,
Vinson is a remarkable man, being
beyond seventy years of age, hale and
vigorous as a man of thirty-five or
or forty.
Baldwin County is to he congratulated
in having a farmer of this type, whom
she can cull her own, nnd his record
and the results he gets in farming
should be an inspiration to the other
farmers of the county.
Mr. W. T. Garrard is a different
style of farmer from Mr. Viusou. He
hanCles a large number of tenants on
_his plantation, and decided two years
ago vhat It was lolly for him to try
and make cotton with tenant labor;
he commenced the growing of peanuts
eliminating cotton entirely from, his
program. He states that with pea
nuts, coin and other food crops it is
possible for a tenants family to culti
vate moro acres than under the
old system of cotton production, that
the expenses of growing these crops
[arc nothing like as greaL and there,
fore, the hazzard is not so great. He
takes the position that the peanut is
a food crop for man and beast, and
that the oil mills are as anxious for
it a:; they ever were for cotton reed,
and also that the confectioner enters
the market for the crop in corip ti.
ticn with the oil mill He spoke of
•.nailing yields of 40 to 50 Uvshels per
acre and anticipates receiving at leas!
$1.00 per bushel for his crop this year;
his conservative estimate is that li
will harvest over 20,000 bushels, a.’.d
that every tenant on his plantation
will more* than pay expenses. This
is a remarkable performance for i
man whose operations are as exten
sive as Mr. Garrard's. There is no
doubt tl at Mr. Garrard’s remarks
created a serious impression upon his
hearers, who gave him close atten
tion.
Air. Garrard had the c.ouraga to
break away from cotton and strike
out on an uncharted sea. nnd lie has
succeeded. Mr. Vinson had the cour
age to stick to cotton and by applyiiv:
approved practices in the handling
of his crop, he has succeeded.
The performances of these men urc
the bright spots in the darkness which
shrouds the business of present day
farming, and their work should lead
encouragement to any farmer who
feels that there is no outlook or iii-
ture to his b"siness.
L. E 3AVAIN
County Agent
DID YOU KNOW?
Waxes
JOHNSON’S Dves and
Paints \
Are Carried Bv
CULVER & KIDD DRUG CO.
Phones 224 and 240
House For 75c a Room.
^ Course 1 '
Fumigate Your
The County Board of Education
will receive bids to build additions
to tho following school buildings;
Ccopervilie, Scottsboro, and Union
Point Any one desiring to bid may
obtain further information from the
County School Superintendent.
Thor.o wishing to obtain hunting
licenses may obtain same by applying
at the Fir.-1 National Bank.
FUNDS Tii BE RAISED
FOR OLHETERANS
Tag Dav is Planned to Raise
Sum Necessary For Trans
portation of Heroes -to
Chattanooga
The R. 13. Lee Chapter Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Sons of Veter
ans of Camp Dan 1). Sanford at a
meeting held this week, decided the
best plan to raise sufficient funds to
send "Our Veterans” to the Re-Union
was a "Tag Day”, and on a day to bo
named. Young Ladies will tag every
one in the City with a small Con.
fererste Flag, and the money con.
tributed on this day will go to defray
the expense) of those Veterans of
Camp Doles wjm are unable to pay
their own way.
It is said that many of these Vet.
oraas want to make thi3 trip and at
tend the r-junicji and visit once
more tho battle fields around Chat
tanooga, and owing to many causes
they are not able to meet these ex.
penses (hems Ives, nnd the Daughters
of the Confederacy and the Sons of
Veterans are going to try and raise
t least $150.00 and pay the expenses
of as many of the O’.l Vet rails a
will go.
Thera has been provided a smaii
Confederate Flag and these flags will
be pinned on the Clothing of those
contributing, and this will mean
that you are "Tagged" nnd have made
a contrlb"tion.
It is believed that every ono will
catch tho sprit and sentiment and give
something, in order that ihe Veteran
of the county might attend once more
a re.unjon beforre they“Rest under
the Shado of the Trees".
If the people will respond liberally
to this call of tho Daughters of the
Confederacy to raise this fund, a doi.
b.r Contributed by- any Citizen would
b*> suffleent, but this does not prevent
any one from giving more, ot he or she
desires.
Get ready for ‘ Tag Day" and meet
the Young Ladies with a smile and a
dollar and give the Old Veterans
trip to thi re-union, where they will
meet Comrades of the long ago, and
live again in tho days of the Sixties
is the spirit behind t':e project to raise
the fund.
ORGANIZE BIBLE CLASS
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A special Men’s Bible Class has
been organized at the Presbyterian
church, and its immediate object will
ho to take up the the study of "The
Cre,d of Presbyterians." Mr. J. L
Beeson has been elected president of
this class, anj Col. Kyle T. Alfrlsnd
teacher. This will be an intensely
interesting study in which all me)
hould he interested. This is th-
opportunity you will have to leant
many things about the Presbyterian
church—what it has dono in history
and what it is still doing you have
wanted to know ull your life. it
will bo well worth any sacrifice you
may make to be present at the class
from 10:15 to il a. m. for the next
few Sundays. You will find it one
of the most profitable studies of your
life.
Tho groat English historian, Green
(who was not a Presbyterian himself)
said, “Beyond doubt the modern world
is rooted In Calvinism—which is
Presbyterianism. Other historians’
testimony is equally strong. If this
is true, then why is it? What Is
there in the Creed that has largely
shaped modern civilization. Come
to the class, and lets get an under
standing of the matter.
Endeavor to be present next Sun
day morning at 10:15 at the opening
lecture. This is important, .is we
will study the creed itself. The
pastor of the Church, and tho P.esi.
dent of the Class urge all to be pres.
ent.
Thns. Gordon Watts, Pastor.
Dr. J. L. Beeson. Presidtnt of
Class.
PRISONERS WORK
WAY THROUGH BARS
Ten Men in Baldwin- County
Jail on Verge of Escaping
When Their Attempts Are
Discovered.
FlU SALE—Brood sows with litters
of pigs. Also feeder Ehoats, over
stocked. Beat tho boll weevil with
hogs , YOUNG & TALLEY !i-2S-2tc
For the first time in many year
a serious effort was made Tuesday
afternoon by prisoners in the Bald
win county jail to work their way
siilsthrough irons bars to freedom.
There are ten men in the jail, one
of the number having a death sen
tence hanging over his head. About
four o'clock yesterday afternoon,
while Sheriff Terry was out of the
city. Mrs. Terry heard n peculiar no.se
on the prison floor of the building
and upon investigation the utVrnr t
to escape was revealed. The men
when their motives were discovered
had worked their way through the
prison bars and had gotten out into
tlie hall way and were at the time
endeavoring to tear their way th.' ugh
tho outside windows of the prl >n
building.
Mrs. Terry made a l urried trip to
the court house to inform Clerk of
Court J, C. ooper of tho actions of
the prisoners. The warning \ as
given barely in time to get offeera
on the scene before the men mad
their jump to safety. The window
sills were being torn out and an at
tempt to tear away the brick holding
the iron bars had been commenced
when the officers reached the prisci:.
Evidently the prisoners had been
given outside assistance by havnig
passed to them an iron bar used to
lift a section of the top of the Iron
cage erected in the center of the
prison building The appearance of
the hole through which the men made
their way into the hall way evidences
the fact that strenuous efforts were
made in accomplishing the breaking
of the jail cell. Imrge iron bars
were actually wrenched into pieces
and showed signs of more than one
man having participated in the pro
ject.
Eight of tho men in Jail had sue.
cessfully landed themselvPs into the
open hallway when they suddenly
discovered that the chances of their
liber bearing fruit had vanished
like chaff before the wind. Very
shortly they stood facing the barrels
of guns instead of inarching through
the hallway of freedom and the whole
number were mortified to find them
selves being forced to again occupy
the cells they had just vacated.
Out of the ten prisoners In the
Jail there is included one white man
of Spanish nativity. The white man
happened to bo one of the oight who
had advanced to the open hallway of
the prison building when it was dis
covered that an attempt was being
made to break Jail. As to who took
the initiative in the procedure there
was no way to tell, as each.prisoner
openly declared they knew nothing
of the affair, ail making the plea that
they were innocent of tlie charge.
Eugene Harris, a negro convicted
bf first degree murder for the iuur_
do of his wife in August of last year,
stated that he had not left his prison
cell to enter the hallway. Harris
lias hanging over his head a penalty
of death, though he declared that he
could not climb to the top of the pris
on cell on account of his weakened
condition. Tho white man in tho
jail appeared very nervous and with
out being questioned stated that the
negro prisoners were bound to place
the charge of jail breaking at his feet
On account cf the condition of the
prison, after the breaking through
of the cells, the prisoners were held
under guard by Policeman Murphey
and two special duplies. The jail
will doubtless be repaired at once and
an investigation made as to how the
prisoners came into possession of
instruments (hat would enable them
to carry on the mischievous work of
breaking through the iron bars.
Evidently the prisoners were aware
of the fact that Sheriff Terry was
out of tre city. Tuesday, or there
would not had been made an attempt
to make escape in the broud open
day light. The men were first seen
working at an outside window on
the north side of the prison building
According to Mrs. Terry’s statement
COTTON FOLCAST
Estimated That Production
This Year Will Fall Short
More Than Six Million Biles
Below Average.
Washington, Oct. 3.—Further de
cline in the condition of cotton during
September resulted in a reduction of
500,000 bales in the forecast of pro
duction issued today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture which pine s tho
total crop at 6,537,000 equivalent 500
pound bales. The condition on Bep.
tember 25 was given at 42.2 per < art
of normal indicating a yield of 1 MO
pounds per acre.
A production of 7,037,00O equivalent
500 pound hales was forecast last
month from the condition of the crop
on August 25, which was 49.3 per cent
of a normal, while in August a pro
duction of 8,203,000 bales was fora,
cast, based on the cdndttton of '.be
crop July 25, which was 64.7 per cent
of normal.
Last year tho crop was 13,439.503
equivalent 500 pound bales and its
condition on September 25 was 53.1
per cent of normal, while tho tin
yr-nr average production is 13,052,-
256 halos and the ten year average
condition on September 25 is 04.2 per
cent of a normal
MR J. POPE BROWN NOW
IN CHARGE STATE FARM
Mr J. Pope Brown, recently appoin
ted superintendent of the stat" prison
farm to succeed Capt. J. M. Burke,
arrived in Milledgevillo the latte"
part of the past v.ook and ha* com
menced his duties here.
Mr. Brown is widely known
throghout the section surrounding
Pulaski county, his former home as
an unusually successful farmer nn.l
business tnnn otherwise. The pro
gress at the state farm un-1 i the
new superintendency wilt doubtless
he watched with a great deal of in
terest by many who know of Mr.
Brown’s ability in handling such an
Industry.
SAYS RAILROADING IS
ATTRACTIVE AS EVER
Savanah Ga., Oct, 3.—That rail
roading is as attractive as ever, that
its opportunities nd rewards are
equal to those of any other business
is the contention of W. A. Winbum,
president of the Central of Georgia
Railway. In «n advertisement pub
lished iu newspapers along the lines
of the Central of Georgia,, Mr. Win
burn brings out soma interesting ar.
garments in support of his statement
In taking this position tuts railway
presidtnt is at variance with tin
average man who rarely has sou
thing to say in praise of the vocation
in which he is engaged. Few fath
ers want their sons to follow in their
business footsteps. If tho average
man has anything favorable to say
about his trade, business or profession
lie dates it back to "the good old
days." r . s
But tliis is not tiie caso with trans
portation. says Mr. Wilburn* Ilo
affirms that opportunity, compensa
tion and adventure in railroading
equal or exceed those factors in oth
er businesses. Admitting that rail
way romance, no longer $ nters
around the frontiers of civilization
he suggests that the railroad man
may find a more engrossing pursuit
in solving the big problem of develop
ment of the country's resources.
There are more than ten thousand
employes on the Central of Georgia
Railway and its executives and of
ficers have practically all come from
its own ranks. Of the men filling
executive positions one was a ticket-
seller, one a rodman, a third started
his railway career as a station clerk
and several wero stenographers. This
would seem to indicate that the door
of opportunity is open to the young
man of energy and ability.
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she saw one negro and the face of
the white man when she discovered
the attempted breaking oi jail.