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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOLUME 21.
NUMBER 38.
Ertablished October 12, 1901.
orrv
JUNE 16, 1922.
31.50 A YEAR.
in vestigation of state prison farm
BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE IS COMPLETED
five Superior Court Judges
Conclude Their Work of
Looking Into Management
Of Place. _ _
RETORT be turned
OVER TO GOVERNOR
Rec inmendation of Improve-
mc nt of Premises Will Like
ly Constitute Principle of
General Report.
Tl, • complete investigation of con-
,| : ii,hi existing at .'the State prison
I'.uin and the conduct of the officials
of t::, ■ place towards the prisoners
concluded Wednesday afternoon.
The committee, composed of five
Superior court judges, appointed by
tie, •: nor Hardwick, commenied their
work Monday morning. The commit
tee was composed of .Tmlgs Moses
Wright of Rome, Judge R. C. Bel! of
Cairo. Judge Mathews of Macon
Judge Henry C. Hammond of - Au-
gusta. and J.ulge VV. E. H. Searcy, Jr.
ef Griffin.
The investigation was commenced I
Mi a lay morning with the questioning
ot witnesses summoned to. give evi-
ilence relative to the conduct of tlie
prison officials and tbo existing con
ditions at the prison. A number ct
• \ prisoners and outsiders familiar
with the 'affairs and management of
the prison were brought in to give
testimony.
The investigation was the outcome
of certain charges brought about by
J. Christie, paroled from th e state
farm In May. The charges of Chris
tie were published in the Macon Tele
graph on several occasions and as a
result a committee was appointed by
Governor Hardwick to go into the af
fairs of the place and prepare a gen
eral report of the finding. The
i-ltargi s of Christie embraced alleged
abuses of the prisoners by the guaids
and officers of the prison, lack of at
tend! it of ill inmates, unsaniiaiy
conditions of the .prison surroundings
and other irregularities.
Tli t proceedings of the investigation
wore continued in the Baldwin co.ntv
uniri house from Monday morn ng
until Tuesday at neon, after win h
lime the jurists went to the state
farm to obtain testimony from cer
tain pi isoners and others called in
Inter to be questioned.. The mein
tiers of the committee took In the en
tire surroundings of the buildings on
the farm and a complete investiga
tion was made as to the sanitary con
ditions of the premises. That tlie
general report to be rt tillered the
Governor by the committee will em-
bra e recommendations for various
improvements to be added to the
buildings and the election of a new
water system might be accepted ms
a foregone conclusion, according to
expn salons that came from the com
mission.
T alimony after testimony render
ed the committee during the investi-
- 1 •.a bore out the fuel that but few
u tlie charges made by Christie were
"ell founded. That the buildings at
'! • prison farm are in poor condition
ana inadequate for the ■proper hot s-
■ ' i inmates at the prison hospital
'■ tacts, even the officials did not
Also, it was generally at-
•dgedt by tlie officials that the
system in use at tlie place was
factory, though attention was
'cl to the fact that at least se
thousand dollars would be re-
1 J to build a new system or put
' (•lier shape the one now in use.
• investigation of the hospital
ali i) the fact that the building
- too small for the occupancy of so
a number of patients usu'.'lly
tmtl in the place, that the build-
seriously in need of repairs and
Miniishitigs of the place are in-
'•■ l, e. The inmates of the hos'i 1 -
" 'i'e careft'Uy questioi/ed by the
le t s of the investigating | c .m-
,|| e and without exception the
''ten, Mr. W. L. Proctor, was spok-
-hly of for the treatment they
d from his hands 'the patient
'' last place visited by the lnvee-
' b committee was the women's
g of the farm. Warden Ethe-
1 "as complimented by the ment
or the splendid sanitary comb-
"id clean appearance of the
1 og and surroundings while ih ■
of tire piaie stated thut they
GEORGIA LAWYER
WILL MOVE HERE
T. D. LUTHER RESIGNS SOLICI-
TORSHIP TO LOCATE IN “BEST
TOWN.’’
(From Greenville, S. C. Herald.)
Resigning the solicitorship of his
county, Thos. Don Luther, of Mill-
edgeviile, Georgia, comes to Green
ville to engage in the practice of law
and will be associated with the firm
tf Messrs. Martin and Henry. Mr.
Luther says he is giving up ^nis prac
tice in Georgia and! th c office he held
ill that state because of his desire
to become established in a city such
ns Gretnvill 0 now is and promises to
be—the greatest in the South.
Mr. Lt ther is not a stranger in
Greenville, having had a number of
friends here, who gave him a glad
welcome. He is a native of North
Carolina, having gene from Buncombe
county to -Georgia upon finishing his
law course at the University of North
Carolina, in 1918, and has been suc
cessful during th e short time he lies
practiced his profession. He says,
"I have nop come to Greenville just
to practice law, but to be a booster
as' well of what I find to b e the nost
progressive, thriving and'in every re
spect, desirable community I havt
ever seen. The Greenville spirit is
as irresistible to (the newcomer as is
'.he breathing of its pure, healthful
uir."
3 Counties May Get Tax
On $1,000,000 Property
Sparta, June 15.—-If investigations
by the Hancock County Board of Tax
Equalizers, now under way, are as
fruitful as the board expects, accord
ing to a statement by one of ks mem-
iters Thursday morning, approximate
ly $1,000,000 of taxable property to
bo prorated between the co.mties of
Greene, Putnam and Hancock will be
unearthed.
The property is the power rights
of Charles P. Howe, civil engineer
jf Americas, on the Oconee river,
where the three counties interesect
A ccmmittee from the Hancock tax
board has called on the boards of
Greene and Putnam and found them
ready to co-operate in getting the
property on the lax books at a fair
valuation. In the meantime the mat
ter is being taken up with H. Full-
bright, state tax commissioner.
GOVERNOR REFUSES
CLEMENCY TO NEGRO
PROF. J. N. HADDOCK IS ELECTED
HEAD OF GEORGIA MILITARY COLLEGE
Emory University Graduate
Will Arrive in Milledgeville
Monday to Take Up Duties
Here.
Prof. J. N. Haddock, a graduate of
F.tnory University, has- been elected
president of the Georgia Military Cii-
lege to succeed Col. Kyle T. Alfriend.
The election of Prof. HadHock was
by a unanimous vote of the boat’d of
trustees of the college.
Th e new president of G. 1 M. C.
tunes to Milledgeville from Carroll
ton, where he was superintendent of
the pi blie school embracing upwards
of eleven hundred students. He had
been re-elected superintendent of the
Carrollton public schools, though he
had not signified to the trustees there
that he would, accept the place.
Prof. Haddock, besides being a
graduate tf Emory University, has
had a post-graduate course at the
University of Chicago anj taken
courses at! various summer schools
throughout the country. He has
served as principal of the Americas
and Brunswick high schools and is
quite ntversally known throughout
Georgia as a leading educator.
Commencing next Monday Prof.
Haddock will take charge of the af
fairs of the Georgia Military College
and will start at once a campaign to
bring about a large enrollment cf
students for the term of 1922-23. His
family will come to* Milledgeville in
the near future, also.
Prof. Haddock came to Milledgc-
vlile Thursday to confer with the
board of trustees of the college an 1
stated tiiat he was enthusiastic in the
bell f that the Milledgeville educa
tional institution could be brought
up to the foremost ranks of South
ern prep colleges.
Jim Mensem, convictel negro mur
derer, who recently escape! from a
mob in Wilkinson county which Was
bent on hanging him, and was later
recaptured and placed in tho Ibbb
county Jail, will pay the penalty for
his crintei Friday when he will be
hanged at Irwinton, it was announ
ced Thursday.
Governor Hardwick. after listening
to a plea for clemency from John U.
Cooper, of Macon, who declared the
negro's escape was an act of Provi
dence which did not intend that the
negro should hang, reft sed to inter
vene. Mr. Cooper further stated that
tile gallows which) had been erected
for tho execution was blown down
recently by the wind and that other
intangibly tilings had happened which
pointed to Providence intervening.
v ere afforded the host of treatment
coming to prism <■ is
The general report of the findings
will be made up and rendered to Gov
ernor Hardwick during the next week
or ten days, according to members
if the special investigating commit
tee. The report will be prepared by
the chairman of the committee. Judge
\V. E. H. Searcy, Jr., and copies will
be sect to the various members of
the commission for approval or criti-
m. before it is forwarded to tlie
Governor.
in all likelihood the report will
embrace recommendations to be sub
mitted to the legislature for a spe.'al
appropriation to be used In the con
struction of a new hospital buildit a,
c. nsiderable improvements for '.he
other buildings on the place ««>1 the
erection of a new and more adequate
water system, an increase in the sal
ary of certain officials with the view
of bringing abort greater efficiency.
40 Mothers Receive
Diplomas in Citizenship
New York, June 15.—Some carry
ing crying infants, others leading
laughing kiddies by the hand, 40
mothers received diplomas in citizen
ship at the Flay Day exercises of
Public School No. 4.
The class for mothers only Ins
been in session for 10 months, start
ing in the morning a half hour later
than the children's school and letting
out half an hour earlier.
The youngest graduate was 18, the
oldest "mere than 50.” Among those
to take th e highest honors was Mrs.
Yetta. Shpritcer. mother of live chil
dren, the eldest 26. She has been
in the United States 15 years, but
never learned to talk English until
joining the Americanization class.
MRS. M. A. PITTMAN DIES
AT HOME OF DAUGHTER
Mrs. M. A. Pittmann, 87 years of
age, died Thursday evening at the
homo of Mrs. C. L. Morris, after an
illness of several weeks.
Mrs. Pittman was a native of Ir-
v/inton and it was there she spent
most of her life. During recent years
tdie spent a great deal of her time
with her children. Before her mar
riage she was Miss Martha Bush, a
member of one of Wilkinson iountj's
most prominent families. She was
married first to Mr. William Stubbs
and after the death of Mr. Stubbs
she was married to Mr. Pittman.
The deceased is survived by two
daughters, Mrs. f. iL. Morris of Miil-
etlgeville, and Mrs. Wilboume Fuller
of Pinora, and two sons, Mr. R. E.
Stubbs of Macon, and Mr. J. L. Pitt
man (of Fitzgerald.
Tlie funeral was held Friday after
noon, the services being conducted by
Bishop W. N. Ainsworth. The re
mains were interred In th e ctiy cem
etery.
SOCIAL CIRCLE LOSES
$15,000 FROM BLAZE
Social Circle, June 14.—Fire dam
age estimated at $15,000 was suffered
in a blaze originating in a storage
house at 2 o'clock this morning. The
flames spread rapidly, consuming one
business lit use and a residence and
for a tint® threatened the entire busi
ness district, but was under control
by 2:30 o'clock. Edward L. Sheppard
owned of the storage house; W. L.
Huff, owner of the residence thut was
restroyed, and J. W. Brooks, proprie
tor of the shoe shop that burned,
were the principal losers.
MR. G. D CASE DIES
SUDDENLY MONDAY
PROMINENT AND HIGHLY ES
TEEMED LOCAL CITIZEN SUC
CUMBS SUDDENLY AT HIS
HOME AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
Shortly after nine o'clock Monday
morning the news was spread broad
cast over Milledgeville of tlie sudden
death of Mr. Geo. D. Cas c anj the
.eceipt of the message brought a de*
, ;',e cf sadnoss to every citizen item
Mr. Case had been in failing healt;
for three or four years. Seven.1
months ago lie was forced to ren.f.u
hi; po.iiiion with the revenue depart
ment of the government a,s inspector
of narcotics on account of his weak-
-Ucd condition. For two or three
mi uths of this year he was confined
to his room, though licpes were held
out lor liis improvement.
During the last tlv'es or four weeks
Mr. Case- was able to be out a part
of tho time and for such reason his
sudden death came unexpectedly. His
death was dt'.e (to heart trouble.
'Mr. Case was 65 years cf age and
a native of Milledgeville. He was
the son of the late Dr. find Mrs. Geo.
Case, his father at one time being a
well known practicing physician ill
this city, lie was a graduate of the
University- of Georgia.
When compa ati\ely a young man
Mr. Case entered the drug business
in Milledgeville, having been a mem
ber of the firm of Culver, Case &
Kid J. Later he established a drug
bus'noss here of which he was the
role'owner. Tie retired from busi
ness about ten years ago and a short
time afterward3 accepted -the pool-
t. on with the revenue department of
thc government ar, inspector of nar
cotics, his work in this capacity em
bracing practically every section of
Georgia.
Mr. Case was for several years
president of tbe Geotfgia Pharmaceu
tical Association and for quite a
while h c served as a member of the
State Board of Pharmacy. Few men
anywhere had more friends than did
* r. Case, as he was quite universally
jjbown and, held in thc highest esteem
I™ many persons throughout Georgia.
During his career Mr. Case served
as a member of the city council of
Milledgeville and for years he was a
member of the board of trustees of
the Georg'a Military College. He
was looked upon as ono of Milledge-
ville’s most public spirited citizens
and always evidenced his interest in
matters pertaining to the welfare of
tlie public. As a prominent Mason
lie was known throughout the slate.
The, deceased is survived by his
wife and one daughter and one son,
Mrs. W. L. Ritchie, of this ettv, and
Dr. Clark Case, of Atlanta.
The funeral services were held
from the residence Tuesday morning
ni. eleven o'clock, tho services oeing
conducted by Rev. T. G. Watts. In
terment was in the city cemetery.
GREATEST NUMBER OF STUDENTS EVER
ON RECORD AT SUMMER SCHOOL
l- V
Attendance Will Probably
Reach Upwards of 1300
This Season According to
Outlook
MORE STUDENTS ARE
ARRIVING DAILY
All Dormitories and G. M. C
Barracks Are Filled to Ca-
pacity and More Room Ma>
Be Needed.
Judging from the number of stu
ds nts already enrolled tit the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College Bum
mer Scho; 1. the attendance this year
will excel Hurt, of any previous year
by at least two huidred or more.
Although a complete check-up on
tho entire number reporting here up
to Thursday had not been fully made
tut, it is estimated that the enroll
ment already is above 1200. Thurs
day additional studients were arriv
ing an the various trains coming into
Milledgeville and the outlook at this
time indicates that probably 1309
will be on record by the beginning ot
next week.
The dormitories of the college and
the barracks building of the Georgia
-Military College, the latter having
been leased for tho summer school
season, have been filled to their ca
pacities. In the event many more
students report for admission daring
the next few days it Is quite prob
able that some difficulty will be >x
lul. K. T. ALFRIEND
MAY BE CANDIDATE
HEAD Or GEORGIA MILITARY
COLLEGE PROBABLY ENTER
RACE FOR STATE SCHOOL SU
PERINTENDENT.
It is quite generally understood
that Col. Kyle T. Alfriend. president
ol' the Georgia Military College for
the la«t two years, will in all prob
ability be a candidate for state sch:ol
sap ‘rinteiulont to succeed Hon. M. L.
Brittain, present Inc.unbent.
During the last day or two Col. Al-
i iiqd has been out of tha city ami
.10 statement could ba obtained from
him as to whether or not ho 1ms def
initely made tip ills mini! to make
tho race fi.r the head of the public
schools of Georgia. However, it is
quite well known that lie lias had un
der advisement for the last three or
four months becoming a candidate
for Hie place when the next primary
takes place. /
Col. Alfriend is wid.ly known
throughout Georgia as one of the
foremost educators of the state. Ite
for years served as secratary of tho
Gtorgja Education association and
until last April ho was pres'.dlont of
tho as&ociat'ion for two terms.
For several years Col. Alfriend was
superintendent of tho public schools
in Dublin. He was for quite a wltilo
tho head of Lanier High Saiiool in
Macon, later going to Satvannah to
accept a position with the public
schools there. Seven years ago lie
rnnte to Milledgeville to accept a po
sition on the 1 faculty of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College and in
perienced In providing room ft r them
The school was formally opened 1920 ho was elected president of tlie
Tuesday morning and at the open ng
there were more students present
than ever attended a s: miner school
Gtorgta Military College.
Col. Alfriend 1s a native < f Han
cock county and until ht^ conlpii ted
session at the college before. Each his education he resided in SpaTta
train coming in'o Milledgeville Mon- with his parents. He is a graduate
day brought on an average of one of the Georgia Military College and
hundred students and in all there it was ati this institution he rom-
weie ten trains over the lines of
j both the Georgia and Central of Geor-
. gia railroads.
R. W. HATCHER CO.
OPEN MACON STORE
LOCAL CONCERN WILL OPEN AN-
OTHER HARDWARE STORE THE J
FIRST OF AUGUST WITH E. C. j
MILLER AS MANAGER. !
The firm of R. W. Hatfcher Hard
ware Company .has made all arrange
ments for the opening of another
store in Macon the first of next Au
gust.
The store established in Sparta
several years ago will be continued
and with the one to be opened In
Macon the firm will conduct three
stores. The headquarters of the
combined businesses will he continued
In Milledgeville.
Mr. E. C. Miller, who has had
charge of the Sparta store since its
menced his career as an educator.
Col. Alfriend is a graduate of Pea
body College. While a me'mlier of
the faculty cf .the G. N. and I. College
he served Baldwin county In the
state legislature.
HUNDREDS ENJOY
BAND CONCERT
SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS
COMPLIMENTED AND HIGHLY
ENTERTAINED BY MUSICIANS
THURSDAY EVENING.
COL. POTTLE HOST
VISITING JURISTS
SUPERIOR COURT JUDGES ON
PRISON INVESTIGATING COM-
MITTEE ENTERTAINED AT A
LUNCHEON MONDAY.
The several Superior court judges
composing the investigating commit
tee appointel by Governor Hardwick
to look into existing conlitions at
the state prison farm, were guests of
Col. Jos. E. Pottle at dinner Monday
evening.
The well known jurists accepting
the hospitality of Mr. Pottle included
Judges Henry C. Hammond of Au
gusta, Moses Wright of Rome, Henry
A. Mathews of Macon, R. ('■ Bell of
Cairo and W. E. H. Searcy, Jr. of
Griffin. Other guests of Mr. Pottle
on this occasion included Judge -h 1m
T. Allen, Capt. J. H. Ennis and Em
mett Barnes, the latter ot Macon.
Probably more than a thousand stu
dents of the Georgia Normal and In
dustrial College Summer School en
joyed a concert! given Thursday even
ing on the lawn of the old Gover
nor’s (Mansion, given by the MTIcdge-
ville Band.
Tho event was a delightful affair
from every standpoint and the mu
sicians were highly complimented by
the large number of people present,
establishment will go to Macon when Uesides the summer school students
the new business is open there and
LOCAL VETERAN
REACHES AGE 83
Mr. E. P. Lane, one of tho oldest
citizens of this city, celebrated liis
June 9th,
Mr. Lane served in the Conf<vlerate
and in aho oldest member of Camp
Doles U. C. V.
He is tax receiver of Baldwin coun
ty and is stiil as capable as a young
man.
will take charge of the place as gen
eral manager. A new building is
row being ©veiled for the new Macon
store and it is said it will lie ready
for occupancy ill time to start busi
ness the first of August.
3abc, Rolling Off Bed,
Is Caught Between Iron
Posts; Chokes to Death
Rome, June 13.—-The 9-months-r Id,
child of Mr. and Mrs. Posey Walldin,
of this city, met an units' al death
late this afternoon, when it was left
alone in bed asleep, when the moth-
ed went after her town chillren, who
had gone into a pasture to play.
The child, either accidentally rr in
seeking to get off the bed, rolled be
tween two metal posts, surrounding
the bed, and caught its head in such
a way that it choked to death. When
the mother returned, she found it
dead.
present, there wore quite a number
of Milledgeville people present and
all expresses! themselves as having
enjoyed! a most delightful meeting
Delicious lemonade was served on
the occasion by a number cf tlie
young ladies of the summer school.
The refreshments were served on
the lawn.
A tiumbet; of duets by Misses Janie
and Fieeta Ross added decidedly to
tlie pleasures of tho evening for the*
large crowd present. A feature of
the program carried out was a most
unusual recitation given by little
Maryiin Hardin, tho tittle six-year-
eld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Hardin.
FORSYTH PAVING LAW LEGAL
Forsyth, June 12.—Judge W. E.
II Searcy. Jr., of Griffin has render
ed a (Incision that the bend issue re
cently voted for tlie purpose of pav
ing the streets of Forsyth' was leg
ally carried.
STATIONERY SALE
33c Lyric Linen (all colors) 19c
At
Culver & Kidd Drug Company
. “OF COURSE”
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