The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, May 19, 1922, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE JfJLLEDGEVILLb NtWS VOLUME 21. NUMBER 34. Established o/ t 12. 1901. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1922. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA EMPLOY £ WILL HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC HEP| THIS YEAR Nearly One Thousand to Come Here on Special Train Ol Fifteen Coaches to Spend Day- The employes of the Central ef (I, curia Railroad shops in Macon will come to Milledgeville this year for (heir annual picnic and all-day out ing. Preparations for the picnic are al ready well underway and it is plan ned to have the occasion take place iv,it weeks from next Saturday, Juuo rd. However, the exact date for the holding of the annual affair has not fully decided upon. Mr H. H. Clark, of Macon, chair man of the special committee dele. u:111 .1 to seek a suitable place for holding the picnic, was in Milledge- \ille the first of this week for the purpose of making arrangements for the severaj hundred shopmen and their families to come here for their ail day outing. The use of the grove ni Mr. G. C. McKinley, on the east side of the Ocone 0 river, was tender, rd Mr. Clark and at this place the picnic will in all probability be held. Mr. Clark stated that a train of Mi" n passenger coaches would be n nulred to bring the huge crowd to Milledgeville on the occasion of th-- unn al picnic. He stated that Satur day, Ji ne 3rd had been practically divided upon as the date for holding the picnic. Probably from seven hundred to one thousand persons will make up the party coining here for the day. Th • gathering will in all likelihood bn the largest ever to assemble in Milledgeville for such an event. While Mr. Clark stated', that the exact date for holding the picnic had not been definitely decided upon, he made known the fact that the place had been settled upon. He stated that the big crowd world most posi tively come to Milledgeville and that its coming would be Saturday, June 3rd, or a day during the following week. Many of the visitors to Milledge- vilie vm this occasion will doubtless spend (iuite a bit of their time while here in visiting the several large state institutions in and around the city and places of units al historic interest. MRS. T. H. DeSAUSSURE SUCCUMBS WEDNESDAY Well Known and Highly Esteemed Woman Passes Away at Her Home In Midway After Short Illness. Funeral Thursday Afternoon. The many friends in Milledgeville and this section of the family were Uriel' stricken Th* rsday morning "lien it was learned that Mrs. T. H. I'eSaussure passed away Wednesday night. On account of her brief illness, Mrs. rb'rbuissure’s death was unexpected by her many friends. She was taken ill Monday of this week and while it was realized' that her condition was somewhat serious, her (jeath being so ■tear at hand was not anticipated. by a large number of friends in ■Milledgeville nnd this 'entire com- enmity, Mrs. DeSaussure was looked "I 1 n as being a woman of a fine dis- p it ion. The many friends of the :l! iiy spoke as a unit of their grief the news herald of the death "t 'his beloved woman. Mrs DeSaussure was reared In Aiken. S. C. She came to Mllledge- Mile with her husband about forty ago. For many 'years Mr. De- ■ re has held the position of 1 b . f engineer at the Georgia State Sanitarium. sales her husband the. deceased j arrived by three daughters. Mrs ' ilam Furman, of Easley, S. C., :,mi Mrs. Keith Furman and Mrs. G. 1 McWhorter, of this city. Also, she 1 five grandchildren, one brother 1 "tie sister, Mr. John Hutson and Bessie Hutson, of Aiken, S. O. Ik funeral was held' Thursday al- in at four o’clock from the ra»l- tlie services being conducted 1 Uev t. G. Watts. "fluent took place in the Mill- ' ' ille cemetery. STATE PRIMARY RULESADOPTED Practically No Changes Are Made By Sub-Committee. Assessments, Small Sum Over Last Year’s, Are Fixed. Atlanta, May 17.—Rules governing the state primaries this year were adopted) today by the subcommittee with practically no changes in the old riiles, save those necessary to bring them up to date and dying the assessments sufficient to meet the actual expenses of holding the elec tion. The stato convention is called to assemble In Macon October 4, at 10 o clock a.m., unless there be a run- over primary, in which event it is to by held October 11 at the same hour. The sub-committee meeting *was attended by Chairman W. J. Vereen, Secretary E. W. Jordan of Sanders. ville, Judge J. J. Flynt, Judge Charles L. Bartlei, »J. A. Brannen, Janies K. Jordan and! 'Mrs. J. Hinton Clark of Atlanta. Absent members of the ■ommittee were Howard Ennis, Grov er Edmondson and Mrs.- Marie L. My- rick. By law the date of*the first primary is September 13 and if a run-over is necessary in the gubernatorial race, that primary is to be held October 4. Insofar as is shown at this time, defi nitely, there is hut one candidate for Governor, with prospects that ^Iiere may be one other, but with no devel opment th) s far that there will, at any event, b 0 more than two candi dates, which would! indicate there will be ho necessity for a second primary, leaving it all but a certainty that the stale convention will be held the first Wednesday In October. Assessments Are Fixed. Assessments were fixed at $260 on each candidate for Governor, and *160 each on all candidates for state house officers, which is Just a little above the last election assessments, n .view of the fact that there are fewer candidates to run this year and ■et the expenses will be the same. Candidates other than for Governor vere assessed $125 before. The time limit for filing entries for iny of tho races is fixed to closi inly 1 at midnight, Eastern ttme, the ->ntry to be in the hands of the sec retary, E. W. Jordan, at Sandersville, >y that time. The county executive committees t'e to meet in th<#respective county court houses at noon the day follow, ing tho first primary, consolidate the returns and declare the results. For governing the actions of the execut.vp committee, rules were adopted providing that twenty-five shall constitute a quorum and speci fically declaring that no member shall be allowed to participate ill any meeting by proxy. On all* questions u majority vote shall control and the chairman is empowered to fill all va . fancies on the committee. To sticfi vacancies now exist and these will bp filled by Chairman Vereen within the next day or two. The rules governing the composi tion of the state convention, which remains unchanged, provides that the delegates to that convention will be $21,700 ALLOTTED BALDWIN COUNTY Federal Land Bank, of Co lumbia, Advises Col. Jos. E. Pottle of Funds For Bald win Farmers. There is available from the Fed eral Land Bank, at Columbia, S. C., to the farmers of Baldwin county for the quarter ending June 3uth the sum of $21,700. The foregoing information was received Sati rday by Col. Joseph E. Pottle, who is secretary and treas urer of t.'.e 'Baldwin County National Farm Loan association. In a com munication prepared for publication and furnished Th 0 News, Mr. Po'tle outlines just what is required to se cure a loan from the appropriation allotted this county. The communi cation follows: On the 13th inst. I received e written communication from tho Federal iLand Bank of Columbia, in which they advice that that bank Las allotted for the farmers of ‘this association $21,700.00 on land leans for the present quar ter. This letter instructs me to inform the public that no nppli. cation will be taken except from actual farmers and that persous having any other occupation than farming are not eligible for loans. In other words, the owner of the land nr. at actually work it him self or by wages hands or by s are croppers. I am instructed to take appli- cat oils up to the amount of $21,- 000, and these applications must be lit the hands of the Federal Land Bunk at Columbia-not later than June 5th, and oarlior, Jit practicable. I will be glad, therefore, It farmers who can meet the condi tions above outlined, will com e to see me and make their applica tions as early as possible. When the applicant 001003 to my office, he will please bring the deads under which he hclds his land. Rpspecfully submitted, JOS. E. POTTLE, Sec.-Treas. >11.50 A YEAR. M’RAE’S CHICKEN SALE IS SUCCESS Successful Bidder is W. D. Price, Son of Former Com missioner of Agriculture 25,000 Fowls Disposed Of. McRae. May 16—A big crow was here Saturday for probably the lar gest and most successful poultry sale ever conducted in Georgia. Nearly la.OOO head of chickens, turkeys, tuineas and geese were sold. The successful bidder was W. P. Price, son of former Commissioner of Agriculture J. D. Price. In addi tion to the poultry more than 120.) dozen eggs were sold. Mayor Max L. McRae had all poultry buyers sibmlt their bids four daya ago, in dvance of the sale, in order that ellers could know in advance how nuch to expect for their poultry, hould they market it Iters' Saturday The bid submitted by Mr. Price, which was the successful hi 1. was as follows: Hen. per pound. 20‘j selected from among the friends and <. eil ( S ; fryers, 32 cents: masters, Hf‘j supporters of the successful candi date for Governor on the basis of two delegates, and alternates, for each member the county has in the House of Representatives, and such dele. ^ates shall be instructed 'to east the ■ounty vote for the successful candi- lute in the state primary. RESIDENCE WANTED > 'lesiroils of renting a 6 or 8 1 residence, desirably located, id like to obtain possession at if pcssible. Telephone 354. WOMAN MURDERED NEAR TENNILLE ON THURSDAY News was received in Milledgeville Thursday afternoon, of the murder of Mrs. Elizabeth Kitchens, a r t’al mall carrier out of Davisboro, near Ten. nllle. Mrs. Kitchens was only 20 years of age and a bride of one month. She was shot to death by negroes while en route to Harrison from Davisboro. I* was reported that the negroes guilty of the crime had been captured and would probably be lynched be fore Friday morning. The object of the killing was robbery, according to the belief of those in touch with the circumstances. pound, waters, cents; stags Wty cents; turkeys, 23 cents; ducks, 26 cents; turkeys, 25 cents; geese, 6 cents. Eggs, 20 cents dozen. In addition to the poultry sale, three carloads of hogs were sold, to taling in all some 300 head. The hog market has been stronger, and the top prices of the year, 10 and 12 cents per pound, was paid as a basis for the tops or firsts. LARGE ATTENDANCE OF CHILDREN HERE Gathering Friday Was Sur prisingly Large and Enjoy able Day is Spent by Hun dreds of Little Fellows. Those interested in making the af fair a genuine success were favorably surprised! at the magnitude of the gathering of children in Milledgeville Friday marking tho closing of the public schools cf Baldwin county. The number of children, parents and teachers in attendance upon the occasion this 'year practically equal ed the largest crowd ever coming 1kiv to participate in a similar event. < omiupiii ng early Friday mornining anil continuing until practically oleven o’clock children can:e here v ith parents and teachers from all ! arts of the county. The affair proved a big success from every standpoint. /\t eleven o'clock the big crowd gathered at the Baptist church for song services. The ch rch was filled to its capacity and some were forced to remain on the outside of the building on account ot being unable to get seating room. This feature of tho program for the day was presided over by County School Superintendent I’. N. Bivins. The program of the service held .at the Baptist church was as follows: Music—G. M. C. band. America—Schools and audience, invocation—Rev. H. D. Warnoelt. (al Fair Georgia (arranged by Miss McClure)—All schools. th) Your Flag and My Flag—Ry. ler—All schools. "A Story”—Veasie—Girls from all schorls. (a) "The Soldier’s Chorus”—Goun od—All schools assisted by .Miss Murphy. (b) "Over the Summer Sea”—Ver di (The Rlgoletto)—All schools. (in memory ol our friend Signor Enrico Caruso) “Doll Song”— H. L. Grove—Eliza. eth Watts. “The Woodpecker"—Nevln—1st, 2d tnd 3d grades. Music—G. M. C. hand. "The Mo nt&in Shepherd's Song"— Abt—Special Girl's Chorus. The Sailer’s Anchor—Newton—Mr. Conn and hoys from all schools. fa) "Old Blaclt, Jog"—Foster—All schools assisted by Mr. Conn. (b) Swing Low Sweet Chariot- Folk Song—All schools assisted by Miss Murphy. (c) Listen to the Mocking Bird- Winner—All schools. A surprise for the County Schools— tirs. H. P. Tucker, president of the '’ederated Clubs. Remarks—County Supt. I*. N. Btv. ns. (a) Blest is Thy Land Fair Geor gia'—Derry- -All schools, lb) Dixie—All schools. Star Spangled Banner- Key—All cliools and audience. Following the program carried out. 1 the church, the children, teachers tnd parents proceeded to the court house lawn, where a sumptuous has ket dinner was enjoyed by the groat gathering. During the dinner hour the G. M. C. band flemished splendid music to add pleasure to the occa. sion. Early in the afternoon the hun. <ired8 of children were presented vith free admission to the Colonial Theatre, this feature of the all day ffair being highly enjoyed. BOARD EDUCAtlON MEET NEXT WEEK Call Meeting Will Be Held Friday, May 26th, For Ar ranging Payment of Teach ers Salaries. CALCIUM ARSENATE CAR HERE MONDAY Georgia Railroad to Place Boll Weevil Poison at Dis posal of Baldwin Farmers at Wholesale Cost. (By L- E. Swain, County Agent.) As previously published in the col* sirnns of Tho News, the car of calcium t donate, which is being sent out by fie State Bureau of Entomology over -fie lines of the Georgia railroad, will be in Milledgevillo Monday, May 22nd. Farmers who aro growing cotton and Intend using Calcium sir- senate to coutrol t^e boll weevil, can obtain any quantity of this material desired at the car door at a price of 9 cents per pound. There will be no freight charges to pay. Cash or cer tified check in payment will he uc- ct pted. Arrangements have boon nado with the Georgia railroad and A. J. Carr & Co. to have the car witched to tho spur track of t'e latter concern. This spur is central ly located in the heart of the city .ltd convenient to every one in Bald win and surrounding counties who .visit to secure a supply of the cal cium arsenate. As the cur will be n Milledgeville only one day, and us t is-practically impossible, with any alety, to produce a crop of cotton vltlioc t the use of calcium arsenate, would insist upon every farmer, who us planted cotton, to obtain his ten on's supply of the poison from this ;ar. Mr. B. R. Coad, of the Delta Lab- ratory, at Tallula, La., who devel- ped the method of poisoning the weevil with cnlclum arsenate, makes the positive statement that ho car. iruduce a 100 per cent cotton crop death. >n any one’s lund, anywhere in the I The funeral of Mtr. Pennington was ^outh, wILi the use of calcium at- held tne year to the day prior to senate, with the boll weevil present, that of Mr. Pennington. Fkillowing irovided the same land would grow a the death of Mrs. Pennington the 00 ;ter cent crop without the boll health of Mr. Pennington commencel •veevil. This is encouragement in- to fall him and gradually he grew leed from the highest uuthorlty ve ( weaker until the end came, lave on this subject, and as Mr. Fond j The deceased is survived by three has made no secret of his method sons, Messrs. M. E., J. C., Jr. nnd what he has done and is doing, every J L. Pennington, of this city; four "Otton farmer in the county can do daughters, Mrs. W. H. Donaldson, V floUawiES closely this tnsr.'s niaUi. Mrs. W. H. Smith. Mrs. W. G. Smith sdS. and Miss Fletcher Pennington, all of Cotton production has now become Millo Igeville. Also, he leave’s five u highly specialized business, and (sisters and one brother, Mrs. William The members of the Baldwin Coun* y Boaril of Education will meet F>i. lay of next week, May 26th, for a pecial session. At this meeting of the board of education will be made arrangements for the paying of salaries of tho teachers of the Baldwin public schools Aiso, other business will be tuken up relative to the winding .up of the school term coming to a close next week. The delay in hcldiqjr tho special called meeting is due to the illness of Mr. C. R. Torrance, chairman of the board, and Mr. P. N. Bivins, the county school superintendent. VIR. J. C. PENNINGTON HAS PASSED AWAY Well Known Citizen Dies Tuesday Afternoon After Lingering Illness Of One Year—Had Been a Resident Of Milledgeville Fifteen Years. Mr. J. C. Pennington, age 72 years, tassed away at his home here Tues. dpy afternoon at two o’clock. Mr. Pennington' had' been ill for practically a year before hie death came. Until a short time before the end tamo it was not consiuered that his condition was critical. Mr. Pennington came to Mllledge. 'ille with his family fifteen years ago, having prior to that time resided in Newton county. Sinco he came to Milledgeville he created many friends who were saddened to learn ef his hap-hazzard methods of grow'ng ii will no longer succeed. The fvmer vfio does not follow the rules is do ng worse than nothing in-trying to iroduce cotton. The price of cotton is gradua"y •limbing upward, and with the Toods and unseasonable weather over the >elt the crop has secured * very bad start, the outlook being for ano’her small yield, which of course will nut urally cause tile price to be Ihlglr. lur best, authorities say that t'i>re will be sufficient cotton to moot tho next crop, but with tho production of another small crop the world stands with a cotton famine staring it in the face, and under these ciro in- VEGETABLES COMING FROM LOCAL GROWERS 39 NEW MEMBERS METHODIST CHURCH Cleag, of Social Circle; Mrs. R. A. Eakes, of Alinio; Mrs. James Bin. ferd, and Mrs. Pierce Robinson, of Atlanta; Mrs. B. W. Binford, of Mill, erigeville, and Mr. W. B. R. Penning. Itn. of Covington. The funeral was held from the Methodist church Wednesday after. mon at four o’clock, the services be_ ng conducted by Rev. C. Ml Lipham. rtorment was In the Milledgeville •cmetery. MRS. ANNIE MUNSON DIES AT SANFORD, FLA., HOME Mrs. Annie S. Munson, daughter of stances the cotton farmer in ‘.life lire late Mr. John H. Stembridge, dtpil section si: of Id commence his fight on [Wednesday at her home in ‘Jttnfjrd, (lie boll weevil with a great deal of Ha.. announcement of her death '.lav. encouragement, and he shoDld do everything in his power to produce cotton. Now that we have gone to the trouble and expense of planting he crop we should leave nothing un- .one to secure a maximum yield. FIRST PEACHES LEAVE The merchants in Milledgeville are low receiving from local growers va. •ions vegetables ami according to present indications there will he no occasion during the nSxt several weeks for the shipping Into the city < f truck from other sections. Quantities of Irish potatoes, snap beans, cabbage and various other 'ferns aro being brought to market here now almost daily by Baldwin county farmers. The quality of these vegetables is excellent. -sThe revival services held at the Methodist church by Dr. S. R. Belk came to a close Friday evening. The meetings, which were in pros- resB for almost two weeks.resulted in the addition of 39 new names to the church membership roll. Also, several confessions of other faiths vanie from the meetings. At the mfeeting concluding the general sendees exivresaiou uan*e rrom several sources or the appre ciation of the splendid services reti dehed( the community by Dr. Bell. Rev. H. D. Waniock, pastor of the Baptist church, and Rev. T. G. Watts pastor of the Presbyterian church spoke in words of praise o? the good that had come from the meetings and declared that tho two weeks of la bor of Dr. Belk would amount to much to Milledgeville in the future. Ing been received Thursday morning by Judge W. H. Stembridge. Mrs. Munson was born and reared Milledgeville, her father having serv ed as tax collector of Baldwin county for a number cf years. Shi was re. mo inhered by many friends of her childhood duys here. The body will be brought to Mill- GRAY LAST MONDAY ledgeville F’riday morning for inter ment. Burial will he at the Mill- edgeville cemetery. The deceased is survived by four children, two sisters and two broth ers. The brothers and sisters are Dr. H. H. Stembridge, of Waynesboro; Mr. James Stembridge, of Los An geles, Cal., find Mrs. Fannie Munson, of Sanford. FTa., and: Mrs. Ellis, of Macon. The hour fbr the burial has befit set at eleven o'clock FYiday morning. i I Gray. May 17.-—The first car of i lieaches for 1922 from Jones county I were shipped from Bradley Tuesday. There will be two more cars from the county during the week. There will not ho more than four earn of Mayflowers tills year against 16 lust year. The Oneeda will he moving in about two weeks. 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The Milledgeville news. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1901-19??, May 19, 1922, Image 1