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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
me 21.
NUMBER 37.
Established October 12, 1901.
HMER SCHOOL TO OPEN MONDAY
VITH LARGEST ATTENDANCE RECORDED
dormitories Will Probably
Completely Filled When
Commences This
sion
ir.
HACKS of g. m. c.
RENTED for summer
p ia n5 Have Been Corn-
led For Term and Dor-
c ies Prepared For Oc-
incy.
lW ins dosely the closing o£
st annual term of the
t Normal and Industrial Col-
jll . the opening next Mon
ti,,. ;, N. and I. C. Sunn -er
n v rccepted as a forego’c
;„n that the at-.-ndance at the
. . •l this year xwll he the
t over recorded since the in-
on was (ommencel live years
riv sufficient applications
been received to insure filling
available space in the col-
•ntilories.
lition to the G. N. and I. C
lories the barracks of the Gc-or-
jlitary College have been rent
the six weeks of the summer
in order to provide room for
;e number of young men who
come here to take special
According to the present
this building will be quite
etelv occupied.
urnmer school students will
ee in all probability to ar-
Milledgeville Sunday after-
ami continue to come in dur-
day Monday.
ALL-DAY SERVICE
HOPEWELL CHURCH
Larg e Crowd Expected to Attend the
Song Services and Big Dinner Will
Be On Grounds.
The people of the Hopewell church
community have arranged for an all
day service next Sunday and It is
expected that several hundred will
be present on the occasion.
Both in the morning and after
noon song services will be held and
to further preparations for the'event
Prof. J. C. Linderman. one of the
leading musicians of South Georgia
has been invited to lead the singing.
Prof. Linderman is a resident of Mc
Rae and he has notified the promot
ers of the all-day affair that ho will
be jaresent.
At noon a basket 1 dinner will be
served on the grounds and in keep
ing with former occasions of the
kind taking place at Hopewell, the
feast will doubtless be sufficient to
satisfy the appetites of tlae hundreds
exepected to be on hand. The pub-
lie is cordially invited to be present
and participate in the song service
and dinner.
AND I C. BOARD
ISSUES STATEMENT
Express Appreciation of
ndid Achievement* and Co-ep-
un Extended by All Hands.
i term ot the Georgia Normal
nliistrla! College coming to a
with the graduating exercises
Monday was especially charac-
bv an enrollment of over
tudents—by earnestness of
on die part of exery one of
-bv their loyalty to the ideals
institi turn, lay the largest grad-
< la?s ever sent out of a Geor-
ollege, by the splendid co-oper-
uf the faculty, by the efficient
economical management of the
f this institution by Presi-
i’arks:
board of directors in session
illelgeville, Ga., June 3th, wish-
show their appreciation to all
ad part in providing these won-
results issued this public
mf, nt of thanks, to the Gover-
of the State for his Interest in
school, to the members of the
ral Assembly of Georgia for
bind approval and support, to
dent Parks for his wise loader-
to th P anenabers of the faculty
their unselfish co-operation, to
alumna- for their loyal devotion
ideals of the college, to the
nit body for their fine spirit and
fstness in their work, to the pa-
f»r their helpful and sympa-
attitude, to the public at large
•heir confidence and oft express-
»mmendatloias of the operations
Institution. With all of this
& I. College has growia to
infi- entlal factor in the edu-
n of the people of the state and
0Vet for the college your contin
endorsement and confidence. In
^ "v pledge to you that the in-
l ' on "ill endeavor to do its full
Inn of
Is obi
Sia.
fund:
KlCIIARn B. RUSSELL,
K - It. BARRETT,
T K. ATKINSON,
•' L. BRITTAIN,
K - A. TIGNER,
H. DAVIS,
•MILLER S. BELL,
U,I| N' B. HUTCHESON,
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE
FROM FIRE TUESDAY
Colored Drug Store and Meat Market
Heavy Loserls From Early Morn
ing Fire—Building Not Much Dam
aged by Flames.
Shortly after four o'clock Tresday
morning Policeman Mays discovered
a fire that had broken out in the
building occupied by Jack Davis'
meat market, that finally resulted In
a loss estimated at around $11,000 to
$4,000. / '
The firemen responded to the
alarm in sufficient time to check any
great amount of spread cf the flames.
The meat market was almost com
pletely destroyed and considerable
damage was don e to the stock and
fixtures of the Old Capitol drug store.
The buildings were damaged com
paratively little by the fire and can
tr remodeled without much expense.
The stock carried in the drug store
was damaged considerably from the
water poured onto the flames.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, JUNF Q JOOO
j-.pt xodoon O X_
91.50 A YEAR.
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES INVESTIGATE
CONDITIONS AT STATE PRISON FARM
Special Commission Has Been
Appointed to Render Opin
ion As to the Management
Of Institution.
The special commission, composed
of five Superior court judges, will be
in Milledgeville next Monday to go
out to the state prison farm to make
an investigation of conditions there
iind prepare a report to be rendered
to the next session of the Legisla
ture. The investigation will be com
menced at ten o’clock .Monday morn-
ng, and the report to be made after
the Investigation is completed will
be filed directly with Governor Hard
wick.
This investigation comes about at
the request of the members of the
state prison commission and is the
outcome of certain lengthy criticisms
of the conditions at the state farm
by J. Christie, paroled prisoner from
th e institution.
It was feared the personnel of the
commission might have to be chang
ed in one instance, because Judge
Henry’ A. Matthews of the Bibb Su
perior court is engaged in the trial
CO-OPERATIVE SALE
HERE BIG SUCCESS
Practically $6,000 Worth of Live
Stock Put on Sale and Disposed of
Thursday.
The biggest single sale of livestock
to ever take place in Baldwin county
took place here Thursday afternoon.
The cooperative sale brought to
Milledgeville buyers from various sec
lions add the bidding was lively from
the time the auction commenced.
The hogs scltl at an average of ten
cents per pound, while some of the
cattle- brought upwards of five cents
per pound.
There were placed on sale two car
loads of cattb' and two extra large
carloads of le gs. Tho prices paid
for b'-th tho cattle' and, tho hogs
were top notch, according to Mr. W.
W. Webt, of the state bureau of
markets, who came here to conduct
the auction.
Th? auction of the cattle was held
at the cattle pen of Capt. J. H. En
nis, who vol.-ntarily offered his prem
ises for th9 conducting of tho auction
Tlie hogs were sold from a lo-t erect-
G. N. AND I, C. CONCLUDES MOST
SUCCESSFUL YEAR IN ITS HISTORY
280 jYoung Ladies Receive
Iheir Diplomas Monday
VC'hen Impressive Exercises
Are Held.
MANY VISITORS HERE
FOR COMMENCEMENT
Parents and Friends of Stu
dents Here From All Parts
Or Stale to Witness Closing
Exercises.
of the Willingham case, hut Governor 0 j nC ar the Georgia Railroad depot.
Hardwick held a conference with j ^ j S understood that tho hogs
Judge Matthews in Macon yesterday disposed ol in the sale will be. ex-
and it was decided if the other mem- ported to Cuba. Tho cattle will be
service and try to live up
nations to the people of
MASONS TO MEET
HERE JUNE 21ST
Convention of Lodge Representative-,
Of Tenth Diatrict to Take Place
Week From Next Wednetday.
The annual convention of the Ma
sons of the Tenth Congressional dis
trict will take place in Milledgeville
week from next Wednesday, June
21,
Thei convention wil 1 be opened
with a business session at 10:30
o'clock. At 11:30' otelockl the, dele
gates will hold a public exorcise in
the auditorium of the Georgia Mili
tary College.
At 1 o'clock a barbecue dinner will
bo served on the campus of G. M.
f olloge. The barbecue will be given
by the Milledgeville lodge while the
families of Masons will be expected
to serve a basket dinner at the same
time.
Tho business session of the annual
gathering will take place in the af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. At this
time Social Lodge No. 1 of Augusta
will confer the Follow Craft Degree
It is expected that at least one hun
dred delegates from the lodges of the
district will b e in attendance at this
meeting.
Grand Master Joe Bowdoln of the
Grand Lodge of Georgia and Past
Grand Master Charles L. Bass, Grand
Secretary Frank Baker and Grand
lecturer Grey Thurman are expect
ed to be guests on the occasion.
hers of the commission did not insist
on beginning the work this week,
Judge Matthews would be able to
serve, inasmuch as he would undoubt
edly be through with the Willingham
case by the end of the week.
Wednesday Judge Henry C. Ham-
mend of August; Judge W. E. H.
Searcy, of Griffin; Judge -Moses
Wright, of Rome, and Judge H. C.
Bell, of Cairo, met the Governor in
his office at 11 o’clock and for mors
than an hour the gentlemen went
over the entire situation. In that
(•( nference it was decided that the.
actual inquiry at Milledgeville would
be deferred until Monday In order
to meet conditions which confront
Judge Matthews.
File Report to Governor
The commission is instructed solely
to make a thorough inquiry, deter
mine whether or not there is founda
tion for the charges of Improper
treatment of the prisoners, whether
there is mismanagement or inhuman
Ity, and to file its report with Gov
ernor Hardwick.
Since the first publication of the
Christie letters, making charges
against the system, and more partic
ularly since the letter to the Gove
nor from the Prison
.-hippedl to Some nearby packing
plant.
The sale of both cattle and hogs
involved practically $6,000, Mr. Webb
stated before leaving Milledgeville
late Thursday evening. Mr Webb
declared that he believed that a great
opportunity was in store for Bald-
i county and this section to. en
gage extensively in the raining*' cf
live stock on a highly profitable ba
sis.
Quite a number of the hogs placed
i sale came here front Wilkinson
county. All those putting up stoc.,
and sold in the auction expressed
themselves as bring highly pleased
over tlicir receipts.
STORES WILL CLOSE
THURSDAY AFTERNOONS
All Local Merchants Agree to Give
Their Clerks Vacation once a Week
During Remainder of June, July
And August.
The largest number cf graduates
ver turned out so far by a Georg'a
ducational institution was made a
part of the records cf the thirty-first
;r,n of the Georgia Normal and In-
lU3trial Collage which canto to a
lose Monday of this week.
Monday morning at 10 o’clock the
i duating exercises were held in the
auditorium of the big educational is-
stitution condr cted by the state for
advancing education amongst the
oung women of Georgia. There were
seated upon the stage 270 young la
kes who were rewarded for tlieif ilili-
, nit studies by being given diplomas.
The (-allege auditorium on this oc
casion was filled to its capacity by
iiuiid-rcds of visitors who hail come
•ere to see their daughters and their
listers graduate. On the outside of
. mt-iu college buildings were hun-
eds of others who indicated their
e.-dre to witness the all Important
i'll, but for lack of more tpaee they
cculd not gt-t on the inside. The
great crowd of visitors coming to
Milledgeville to be present cn this
occasion filledi every hotel and prlv-
te boarding house In the city.
CERAMIC SCHOOL
TO OPEN MONDAY
Sixteen Pupils Have Filed Appli
cations ror Admission to Classes
to Be Taught by Miss Callie Cook.
According to present prospects the
ceramic art school conducted by Idiut-s
Callie Cook will have an title uially
large attendance tills year.
The school will he open for receiv
ing students next Monday, June 12th.
Already sixteen applications arj on
file ana will be admitted with the
beginning of the summer term.
This- is the second term of the
school established by Miss Cook and
according to the present outlook It
is quite likely that the number of
students to come here for instr.uct'on
in ceramic arts will double that of
the season of last year. Those who
have signified their Intention to en
ter the- school with Us opening Mon
day are as follows;
Miss Nona Jordan, Hendersonville,
N. €.; Miss Lois Harper, Waverly,
Tnnn.; Miss Luclle Burnett, Tacpa,
Fla.; Miss Billye Sibert, Palatka,
Fla.; Miss Brigman, Valdosta, Ga.;
Miss Sue Ellen Morton, Gr.y, Ga.;
Miss Maggie Gillis, Wrightsville, Ga.;
Miss May Asbury, New Orleans, La.;
Miss, il.issie Dorsey, Pinehurst, Ga.;
Miss Iris Bland, McRae, Ga.; Miss
UiaTolyn Parker, McRae, Ga.; Miss
Clmrlotta Brigman, Valdosta, Ga.;
Miss Maneal Tucker, Royston, Ga.;
Miss Ora Brake, Culverton, Ga.; Miss
Sara Dunbar, Byron, Ga.; Mrs. Geo.
Zorn, Thomaston, Ga.
The merchants of Milledgeville
have agreed • to close their stores on
Thursday afternoons of each week
Commission, jfor the remainder of J: ne and tne
asking that a body of selected out- months of July and August, comma-
elders look into the matter, Governor cing Thursday of next week.
Hardwick has hud 1 a large number of J This plan Is In keeping with an
letters from people throughout the arrangement that lias been carried
state. It is understood he discussed ! 0 ut here during these three summer
much of this matter with the com- months for the last several years,
mission of jurists Wednesday. ,Those having signed the aggnement
Every comment made on the solec- are as follows:
tion of tho special commission to han
dle the prison criticism has been
highly commendatory.
n| Directors of Georgia Nor-
k 'nffiistrial College.
Leaver re-elected
R fus W. Weaver, who
lent of Mercer Univer-
- 1 institution for four
1 elected for eight years
VtR. C. A. GILES NAMED
COUNTY SOLICITOR
Young Attorney is Appointed by
Governor Hardwick to Fill Unex-
pired Term of Mr. T. D. Luther.
Commission Now Effective.
Mr. C. A. Giles, a well known yo-ng
attorney who has been practicing
law in Milledgeville for the last four
years, was Friday oppointed by Gov-
91 nor Hardwick (to the positicn of
solicitor for the Baldwin county
court.
The appointment of Mr. Giles is
for the uncxplred term of Mr. T. D.
Luther. Mr. Luther recently moved
from Milledgeville to Greenville, S.
C., where he has opened lav.’ prac
tice.
E. V E. Bell, Myrlck-Holloway Co.,
Goodrich, A. Goldstein, Finney Dry
Goods Co., M. F. Davis, Gheesilng &
Ricketson, Misses Keil & Ivey, Mrs.
Eula Stanley, R. H. Wootten, Boaz
Shoe Co., Baisden Shoe Co., Williams
K Ritchie, Grand Jewelry Co., Union
Dry Goods Co., R. W. Hatcher Hard
ware Co., Baldwin Furniture Co. anil
P. W. Brown Co.
MR. W. T. GARRARD, JR.
TO OPEN SHOW ROOM
Mr. C. T. Garrard, Jr. has announ-
overnor Thos. W. Hardwick made ced that ho i8 planning to open an
the principal address delivered dur- automobile show room in Milledge-
ing the grad atlng exercises. The vi n e ag 8O0n a8 he locates the most
Governor paid a high tribute to the ^.girable place obtainable,
college and referred to it as a great i T h e 8 h 0 w room will be i aed exclu-
and important factor in the further- lively for the displaying of new
nee cf education In Georgia.. 'outomobilee, Including Packard, Hud-
Diplomas Delivered l FO n, Essex and Bulck cars. The
In conclusion of the program car-:, (Unrter8 w jh pro bably be provided
ed out at the graduating exercises, ‘within the next week or ten days,
isidint Harks made a farewell ad- Garrard states,
lress to the members of the sen : o-’
lass of 1921. Judge Richard B. Rus-
h-11, president of the board of direc
tors, also made a short talk to the
young ladies.
The delivery of diplomas -to the 280
young ladies was made- by Dr. Harks
MR. GROVER GILMAN
OPENS BARBERSHOP
Mr. Grover Gilman has opened a
n w barbershop In the place formerly
in a very happy and impressive man- occupied by the grocery store of Mr.
tier. Several mothers who had o. C. Watkins, in the Ohlman build-
daughters in the large class of grad- j n g.
nates, were touched to say something
of the wonderful acccmplishments of
the G. N. & 1. College.
Going buck somewhat to the begln-
Mr. Gilman Is a barber of a num
ber of years experience and he will
have associated with him Mr. J. E.
Hall, who has also been engaged in
NEW PHONE DIRECTORY
TO SOON BE ISSUED
C T. SNEAD BREAKS
LOCAL POLITICAL ICE
Well Known Baldwin Farmer Has
Made Public His Candidacy For
County Commissioner.
CONGRESSMAN VINSON
IS HERE ON VISIT
Congressman Carl Vinson arrived
in Milledgeville Friday to spend sev
eral days here with his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. E. S. Vinson, and to have
the pleasure of being with his
friends in Baldwin county '
While on his visit to Georgia on
this occasion Mr. Vinson was not af
forded the opportunity of seeing and
can versing with his friends all over
tho Tenth district However, he by
chance me* quite a number of the
of the board of trustees I representative citizens from the eoun-
' ’Hion. m e5 of the district.
For the first time the political ice
was broken in Baldwin county this
week when Mr. C. T. Snead, a well
known farmer made known publicly
that he will be a candidate for one
of'the places on the board of county
—— -commissioners.
ALLIGATOR OFFERS So far even rumors of prospective
TO FIGHT MACHINE candidates for county offices have
I been quite mild and not even a pres-
!ent officeholder has made known
Sylvanla. John H. Lovett. of S>1- that j, e wi j] 8tall( j f or re-election. The
van la and S. B. Bocth of Savannah. J announcement of Mr. Snead is the
when driving along the -c-ad abo it a Hirst that has eoin e out for a county
ml'e from Brie- cre-rt, were ton office.
ning of the program carried out dur-j barber work in Milledgeville for Key
ing the commencement, Saturday eral years,
eveinng an event of great pleasure
took place when the members of the
G. N. & I. C. Al”-mnae Association
met in annual session at the home
of President and Mrs. Harks. Thera
were hundreds to attend this meet
ing and the affair afforded a grosl
joy to the former graduates of the
college in being able to come togeth
er once more upon the grounds of
their schcolhool days. Music was
furnished during the evening by tbs
Milledgeville band under the leader
ship of Prof. Nash.
Sunday morning at 11:30
The Milledgeville Telephone Com
pany has announced that it will is
sue a new telephone directory within
the next ten days or two weeks.
The new directory will include all
telephones Installed to date of pub
lication. Those who plan to have in
stalled a telephone will bo able to
have snnio listed in the directory
o'clocK soon to come from the press if order-
tixr-ted by a six-toot alligator th-'.
occupied the middle of tho road anil
refused to get out of the way. It
even showed fight when the car got
close to him. The two turned back
to Jasper Eastmead’s house, where
they borrowed a shotgun and a pis
tol. Upon returning they found the
alligator in the same place and kill
ed him. He was tied to the rear of
the enr and dragged into town.
The next nearest thing to politics
are rumors to the effect the friends
of Mr. Guy C. McKinley are insist
ing that he allow his name to bt
used for county commissioner. How
ever, Mr. McKinley has net stated
publicly bis disposition in this ri it
ter. He has served on the board o!
county commissioners several years
and many of his friends are desirous
of seeing hint go back into the office.
the baccalaureate sermon was preach
ed by Bishop H. J. Mikel] of At
lanta. This service was halil 1 at the
Methodist church. The church was lit
erally crowded with the members of
the graduating class, a small per
cent of the other students of the
college, visitors ami as many local
friends as could get on the inside
of the bunding.
In conclusion of the general pro
gram carried a t during the com
mencement, the hundreds of visitors
were afforded a great pleasure Mon
day afternoon by reviewing th large
number of exhibits of work dene by
the students of the college. This af
ford ?d an opportunity to see in a
ed within the next two or three days.
concrete way the sple'ndid work that
is being done at the institution and
of the wonderful training the young
ladies receive..
It is estimated that several thou
sand people went through the col
lege buildlings to see the hundreds
upon top of hundreds of useful things
that had been made by the students
themselves. The exhibition included
pieces of almost every article that
goes into th e household, while the
work done in dressmaking anil the
domestic science departments caught
the eye of all in a very impressive
way.
SMOKE NORMA MARTINEZ HAVANA CIGARS
After 8 years hack to 5 Cents
At
(ulver & Kidd Drug Company
"OF COURSE"
3 ; V Phones 224 and 240
