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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOLUME 18, NUMBER 28. Established October 12, 1901. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., WEDNE8DAY MORNING JANUARY 25, 1922
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BUS LINE TO MACON
IS BEING TALKED
Obscure Petition Presented
To Macon City Council is
Creating Conciderable Iu-
; terest in Central City,
The Macon News Carried the
following article in Us Sunday morn-
B g edition and the same will doub
ts be read with a great deal of
interest in MilledgeviUe.
“An obscure petition, presented to
t Uy council two weeks ago, for a
permit to operate a jitney bus be
tween Macon and Milledgeville, is
the cause of considerable interest
locally for those who are interested
in the development of intrastate
travel and the establishment of in
tercommunication within the state,
, ee in this petition, the initial step
in what may prove to be a big
chain of communicating lines that
will open up the country districts as
s o other development has sines
Georgia became a state.
It Is the first Jitney line to oper
ate with Macon and a distant town
as the two objectives, so far as can
be learned, and it has possibilities
that cannot be ignored In a survey
of the fut re of the territory that
lies about Macon, Central City ot
the Kntire State.
Thsre is one other line of travel
estai li-xhtd, an express line that
operates between Maco n and Fort
Valley, and it is reported that this
will soon be augmented by a pas
senger service with buses that will
open up the outlying districts to
fast and frequent communication
with Macon.
Those who are watching the sit
uation profess to see the dream of a
big chain of intercommunicating
buses, developing as the years go by
to a finally great and complete
system that will put the larger cities
of the Macon district and particularly
Macon, in close touch with every
farm in the thirty counties In this
dirstrict.
It is looked upon as the only
chance that there is for a develop
meat of communication between
points that lay at a considerable
distance apart and it is receiving
encouragement from every side in
order to promote additional ven
tures in the same field until Macon-
linked with every town of any
size within a radius of sixty miles,
GROVER GILMAN IS
SERIOUSLY HURT
Assaulted in Barber Shop
Tuesday Evening By Tom
McCoy and May Lose Right
Eye as Result.
Shortly after six o'clock Tuesday
evening Tom McCoy, said to bo an
employee at the etate sanitarium,
was placed under arrest after having
assaulted Grover Gilman, employed
on one of chairs in the barbershop
of W. I. Johnson,
The difficulty took place in the
Johnson barbershop. It is said that
McCoy was in an intoxicated con
dition and struck Gilman on the
back of the head with a pistol, the
latter falling to the floor in an al
most unconscious condition. As
Gilman fell to the floor it is said that
McCoy jumped on him and continued
the assault.
According to the physician called
into dress the wounds of Gilman,
the assaulted man, will probably lose
The physician stated that the won
sight of his right eye. The physi
cian stated that the wound indicated
that one’s finger had been thrust in
to the eye of Gilman arid likely des
troyed the mai n nerves necessary to
insure Bight.
McCoy was placed under arrest by
Policeman Murphey. The arrested
man furnished bond to appear before
the recorder’s court on a charge of
disorderly conduct.
G.M. C.GLEE CLUB
GOES JO SPARTA
Local College Students to
State Entertainment in Sis
ter City Next Kriday Night.
Band to Accompany,
The Georgia Military College Glee
club will go to Sparta Friday even
ing to put on an entertainment in
the high school auditorium.
The entertainment will be put on
'■aider the auspices of the Sparta Ma
sonic lodge. The glee club will be
accompalned on the trip by the G.
M. C. band and it Is Understood con-
s'.derable preparation is being mode
>y the people of Sparta to give the
young folks a royal entertainment.
Those behind the movement In
Sparta to have the G. M. C. glee
ub appear there are giving wide
publicity to the occasion and on this
account it is expected that the school
auditorium will be filled to its ca
pacity. It Is quite likely that a
number of young people from Mill-
edgeYille will accompany t)be stu-
dent musicians on the trip.
ROOMS FOR RENT
Two rooms completely furnished
or i nfurnished, suitable for lignt
liouskeeping, can be had by youn;
couple without children. Also, one
extra bed room suitable for gentle
man. Centrally located. J. C.
BASTON, 506 W. Ha n cock St.
CONGRESSIONAL
PARTY COMING
joint Committee on Short
Time Rural Credits Will
Visit Atlanta Thursday
Governor Is Invited.
Atlanta, Jan. 21.—The Joint con
cessional committee on short time
fuial credits, composed of five mem-
bers ihe house and five senators,
"hi be in Atlanta next Thursday
far a couple of days, and will hold
a Public hearing or two in the senate
•hainbers in the state capltol.
Congressman Gordon Lee, of Geor-
fiia. Is a members of the committee,
8| 'il has written Governor Hardwick
informing him of the committee’s
Pans. The committee requested
ongressnmn il.ee to invite Governor
Hardwick to present his views re-
Mrdlng the chances needed in the
oderal Farm Loan act and the
eilerul Reserve act to make them
moru helpful to the farmers.
Governor Hardwick has been glv-
much thought to this subject in
fvcent months, during tho crisis
1 fough which the farming interests
0( Uoorgiu huve passed, and will ac-
<e l't t ;e committee's Invitation to
^ 8e nt his views.
PECAN CROP SELLS
FOR $1,125,000
Georga's peacan crop in 1921 sold
lor a total of $1,125,002, according
to a statement recently issued by
the United States Bureau of Mar
kets. The 1920 crop sold for $929,-
000, an ncrease of $200,000 having
been rcorded during the past year,
in spite of the fact tiat the crop
generally was not as good as for
the previous year.
Pecan orchards are Increasing
throughout "Ventral Georgia and .'lu-
con is rapidly developing as a pecan
center. Local concerns are han
dling large quantities of pecans at
wholesale and retail, and mall order
shipments have been forwarded to
all sections of tho United States
Local candy manufacturers are us
ing pecans In new confections novel
ties and are planning other peacan
specialties for tie future. A large
demand has developed for small
packages of pecans paced in boxes
ready for mailing.
William C. Demlng, secretary of
tlie National Nut Growers’ Associa
tion, In a recent statement had the
following to say concerning the im
portance of the peacan and the fu
ture of tho nut Industries:
“Three great American nut in
dustries have grown up during re
cent yoars, the peacan Industry in
Georgia and Persian walnut and
almond Industries In California."
Mrs. T. J. McAuliffe, of Augusta
is spending sedeval days with t'.e
family of her son, Mr. H. E. McAu
liffe.
Mayor Miller S. Bell left Tuesday
for a stay of several days In New
York and other important cities in
the east.
Mr and Mrs. T. H. Clark left Wed
nesday in their automobile for points
In Florida, where tljey will spend
the remainder of the winter.
SEED IN BULK
BUY YOUR GARDEN SEED IN BULK, SAVE MONEY
ALL SEED INCLUDING POTATOES, PEAS, BEANS
AND ONION SET8
Culver & Kidd Drug Co.
“OF COUR8E”
PHONES 224 and 240
MANSION LOT TO
. NET $1,535,000
Bib of Massell Realty ’Com
pany Accepted for 50
Year Lease on Graduated
Scale, Must be Confirmed
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 23.—The bid ot
the Massell Realty Company, of At
lanta, far a fifty year lease on the
governor's mansion lot at rtachtree
and Cain streets, was accepted Sat
urday by the committee of the
easing commission tb which the
matter had been referred. The com
mittee’s acceptance of tie btd is
subject to confirmation by the coin-
mission, which win be called to
meet this week.
The Massell bid was a grad a led
scale aggregating a rental of $!,-
535,060 for the whole period. Dur
ing tho first tsn year period the
lessee guarantees to expend $100,009
the rental will increase $5,000 h year
for each ten year period unt.l tile
fifih, when it • will be $43,500. Tho
lessee guarantees to expend $100,000
in twelve months and an additional
$250,000 in five years thereafter.
Tho lessee Is to put up at once a
certified check for $5,000, and on
closing the lease will make bond for
$100,000 to carry out the terms of
commission will receive tho right to
the lease contract. The leasing
commission will receive the right to
approve or disapprove tho leoseo'a
plans for improvements.
Though specific details were not
disclosed to tho committee at «!'to
meeting Saturday. Iff was st.it d
by Author Burdett, representing the
Massell Realty Company, that the
i lan of the lesse was to put up at
once a building of moderate height
vith walls and foundation strong
cnought to carry ten stories. This
was corroborated later by Den. .1.
Massell. president of the Company
W. F. Winacoff, owner of the
Austell Building and Wlnecoff Ho
tel, was the next highest bidder.
He offered nn aggregate of $1,530,000
on a graduated' scale beginning
at $35,000. a ’year and increasing
$5,000 a year in each ten year pe
riod until the fifth period, for
which had offered $43,000 a year
He mado no guarantees as to the
cih&ractcr or cost of Improvements
he would make.
J. R. Smith was the third and last
bidder. He offered an aggregate of
$1,250,000 on a graduated scale be
ginning at $5,000 a year, and guar
anteed to expend $500,000 for im
provement within two years.
LEE’S BIRTHDAY
OBSERVER
Appropriate Exercised
Thursday in Paying
bute to Name of Not
Southern General.
The birthday of General Robert E.
Lee was appropriately observed in
Milledgeville Thursday when a splen
did program was carried out In tho
auditorium of the Georgia Military
College. The iprogram rendered
was gotten up by the members of
local chapter United Daughters of
the Confederacy.
The exercises were commenced
shortly after ten o’clock. At ten
o'clock the cadet battalion ot the
Georgia Military College, under the
command of Commandant R. G. Co. s-
•ley marched to tr.e court house to
from an escort of tie Confederate
veterans of Baldwin county to the col
lege auditorium and immediately up
on the arrival of the heroes of the
sixties the following program was
rendered
Music G. M. C. Band
Prayer Rev. C. M. Lipham
Song—Georgia — Mrs. L. P. Longl-
no, Mrs. Edgar Long, Mrs. E. R.
Hines.
Song—Tenting Tonight G. M. C. Glee
Club.
Reading The Little Rebel— Miss
Marah Sanford.
Solo—In the Uloaming —Miss Mary
Alice Napier.
Introduction cf Speaker—Col K. T.
Alfrlerid.
Address Rev. H. D. Warnock
Song—Dixie Audience
Benediction Rev. Thos. G. Watts
Music G. M. C. Ban!
Following tho splendid progrim
rendered in paying tribute to t e
name of tho Commander-in-chicf of
the Confederate army, the members
of R. E. Lee Chapter United Daugh
ters of the Confederacy served »
delicious luncheon to the Civil war
veterans of Baldwin County.
FARMERS TO GET
BETTER CREDIT
Washington Representative
dj^fff Farm Bureau Speaks at
^^ffhjence and Holds Out
%yof Betterment'
W
Florence, Ala., Jan. 21.—Congress
will pass IpglslaUoil before long
which will give farmers* access to an
intermediate form of credit running
from six months to three years.
Gray Silver, Washington representa
tive of the American Farm Bureau,
predicted to delegates to the conven
tion of the southern group in ses
sion here today.
The Federal government for the
first time recognized diet coopera
tive movement when it made it pos
sible throug'h the War Finance Cor
poration for the Farmers Co-opera
tive Association to borrow direct
from it, he said. This was not done
without a stiff fight by the farm
bureau, he added, as directors of tho
old corporation and the Wall Street
interests fought It at every turn, he
charged.
Reports of conditions and form bu
reau activities were made by the va
rious representatives of the 15 south
ern states.
The night session was given over-
entirely to the appointment of the
permanent commlttoes to handle
ouestion3 of particular nterest to
members of the southern group.
TWO SCHOOL BOYS ARE
HELD IN SAVANNAH
Savannah, Ga., Jan., 23.—Two
Chicago lads. Henry McClelland and
John Burman, in t eir ’teens, are be
mg detailed today at police barracks
kero awaiting the arrival of school
officers of the Kentucky Military In
stitution to be taken back to school.
Instead ot going home for the
Christmas holidays, they declared
they decided to quit school on ac
count of tile “fierce hazing custom in
vague” and make a trip to Florida.
Trey visited Florida and their funds
gave out. A tourist brought them
to Savannah and they registered with
between them exactly 6 cents In cash
at the principal hat el.
Needing money they ’phoned their
pare n ts and piled up a bill of $-i'
for tolls over long distance, It is said
then their tourist friend checked out
without settling their bills. Thus,
they came to the attention of the lo
cal police department. Their pu:-
ents have been notified and the school
officers will come for them Ibis
week.
We have satisfied hundreds of cus
tomers with coal this season. Gur
sales have exceeded our expectations.
Our Blue Gem Jelico at $10.00 per
ton is as good coa^ as can be bought.
Our Harlan Block coal, large lumps,
is the best coal for the money, $9.00
per ton, on tho market. Rhone your
orders to 485. 461 or 239. We want
your bualnesa.
The Ennis Ice A Fuel Wks.
DR. W. L. BOYETTE HAS
OPENED OFFICE HERE
Former Member of Atlanta Dental
College Faculty Arrived in City
And Commences Practice With Of
fices In The Horne Building.
Dr. W. L. Boyette, a native of
N. C„ has secured offices in the
llor n e building here and commenced
the dental practice.
Until recently Dr. Boyette was a
member of the Atlanta Dental Col
lege, having decided to leave the
institution to do general practice. He
came to Milledgeville directly from
Macon.
During the European war Dr.
Boyette served with the United
State dental corps. Upon his re
tirement from the army service he
went directly to the dental college
in Atlanta. >
Mr. Joe Collins, son of Mr. and
W. H. Collins, and who has been with
the state highway department driv
ing th^ last several months, is in
the Hall-Little sanitarium, havi n g un
dergone an operation for appendici
tis. , j,
URGES DEATH PENALTY
IN SERMON ON DUPREE
Rev. J. W. Ham Calls Any Other
Course Travety On Justice
RECEIVERSHIP FOR
(VibULTRIE PHONES
Fudge Thomas Appoints W.
A. Pringle of Thomasville
to Take Over Affairs of
Consolidated Company.
Mtoultrie, Ga., an.. 21.—The Con*
solidated Telephone and Telegraph
Company, owners of the exchange in
Moultrie and in a number of their
towns in south Georgia, is in the
hands of a receiver. The receiver*
sltip was granted by udge W. B.
I'liomds, of the Southern Circuit,
who acted on a petition filed with
liim by the Citizens Bank and Trust
Company, which holds large note
against the telephone company.
W. A. Pringle, of Thomasville a
large stockholder and one of the of*
fleers of the telephone company
was named receiver. There will he
no charges in the personal of tho
operating officials, it was stated.
The receivership is believed here to
have been precipitated by the tele 1
phone strike that started in Moul
trie when the corporation put Into
effect increased rates authorized bv
tho railroad commission early last
year.
The strike grow to such propor
tions that it was claimed that more
than half of t':c- talephones n Moul
trie were ordered removed. Berlin
Pavo and Foerun also jo'n~d in the
f ght. In Me* ltrle people In large
numbera are still doing without tel
ephones rather than pay the increase
in rates.
Atlanta, Gr.'.j Jan. 23—Tho re
markable incident of a minister ot
God asking the public from his p '.pit
to have a young criminal put to death
occured here tonight. Rev. John W
Ham, pastor of the Baptist Taber
nacle, long note® for 33nflat!onalism
from ms pulpit end such stunts as
counting all the holes In Peachtree
street, called on the man-made law to
kill Frank DuPrce, confessed mur-
lerer, on t e gallows. Rev. Ham, in-,
his sermon upon tho boy murderer,
n advance of that unbiased trial re
quired under a inan-made law of les
ser Christian Eplrit than the Naza-
rene’s, passed his own judgement on
DuPree, saying: “Anything less than
capital punishment for him will be a
travesty upon j- stice. His repentance
is false, for it did not bgln until the
handcuffs were on hini." ^
He added: “Life has become so
cheap that murderous gangs compos
ed of men and women sit together in
cheap hotels and deliberately plan
campaigns of robbery that necessari
ly involves murder if tho campaign
succeeds. This is premediated mur
der in the impersonal sense.
"A United States judge of New
York State, addressing the bar, made
the startling statement recently that
on a percentage basis of population,
Memphis, Tenn., holds the greatest
record for crime In tho United States
and Atlanta came second with 52
homicide cases with not a single In
stance of capital punishment meted
out.’’
BRITTAIN BOOSTS
THEWILSCR FUND
State School Superintendent
Urges Teachers and Pu-
r>ils in the State« to Help
With Memorial.
Atlanta, Ga., iTa'n.21.— Dr. M. L.
Brittain, state school superinten
dent, on Saturday issued a state
ment urging school authorities and
school pupils throughout the state to
co-operate in * the Woodrow Wilson
Foundation. The statement follows:
“Some of the colleges and schools
of Atlanta and vicinity during tho
past week have been assisting l:-t
raising the Wilson Memorial Fund.
Inquiries hav^come from others
who desire to take part in this great
movement, dear to tho heart of all
who believe in universal peace ami
tho great ideals Immortalized by
President Wilson. I hope the school
authorities, both city and county,
throughout Georgia will give to the
parents and children w'.’.o believe in
these principles tho opportunity ot
contributing to the memorial fund.
Each of the forty-eight states will
take purt in it, and Georgia, where
he lived during his early years, will
not be behind the other qtates in the
union in furnishing its quoto to coni-
momornte fie ideals of the leader
who gave his health and strength
In tho effort to attain that millenial
time when wars shall be no more.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
The kind of service we render equals the High
Quality of the Coals we handle.
Promptness and carefulness characterize our de
livery service, and a lacking in these essentials finds us
eager to correct the fault that causes the complaint
Both words of appreciation and of criticism are
welcomed—we are helped by both in making this busi
ness one of real service.
Fowler-Flemister Coal Co.
PHONE 252
“THE COMPANY WITH THE COAL AND SERVICE"
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