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the milledgeville news
VOLUME 21. NUMBER 39.
Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVIU.E, GA., FRIDAY,
JULY 14, 1922
BONO MONEY BEING
SOUGHT FOR G. M. C.
Petifion of Mandamns Asks
For Sum of $24,000 Raised
By City in Bond Issue
A pet t on of mandamus has been
applied for by the Board of Trustees
t f the Georgia Mil.'tary College
aamst the Mayor and Aldermen cf
tli 'City of MUlledgeville in which the
trustoos of the 'college ask th e court
to instruct th e city cf Miik’jgevilie
to turn over to the r board the sum
cf $21,000. This money was raised
lty th e sale of bonds and oriinally
intended to be expnded in the erec
toin of a barracks and grammar
school.
The hearing in this petition is set
tor Thursday, July 20, before Judge
Parks, in this city.
"When interviewed in regard to the
above petition Mayor Bell stated
that it is not the desire of the Mayor
and th e Board of Aldermen to with
hold this money from the Georgia
Military Collegia as might be the con
elusion drawn by many from the fact
that mandamus proceedings 'have
been issued. Steps have been taken
■solely to insure that Cue city athjri
ties are entirely wltEih the law in urn
mg over the funds to the Board of
TruBtees ) and also that the trustees
Of the college are within the.'r rights
in using this money to meet current
obligations now nesting on the ool
lege rather than devoting it ~to the
purpose- for which it was originally
intended.
Mayor Bell st*Ju.d that this step is
of the utmost Importance to the
college, as the latter is the property
of the people of Milledgeville and
that any chtsen~who may feet hat
the request of the Board of trustees
lor raborfty to dispose of this money
Id the manner indicated, as an im
proper one, has the right to appear
before the Judge ° n the date set fi r
the hearing a.*M Voice his objections
$1.50 A YEAR.
CROP ESTIMATE
«f COTTON MADE
Washington, July 12.—Proposals < f
a larger - cotton crop than last year
sere seen in the first forecast of the
season announced today by the De
partment ot Agriculture. The yield
estimated on the condiUon of ihe
crop June 23 was forecast at 11,065,-
000 bales which compares wltn a pro
duction of 7,953,6*1 bales last year;
13,439,603 bales in 1920; 11,420,762
bales in 1919, and!, 12,0*0,532 bales in
1018. ,
The condition of the chop on June
25 was 71.2 per cent of normal, and
hprovement over the report issued
the month previous when it was plac
ed at 69.6. The condition compares
with 69.2 per cent on June 25, 1921,
and with the ten-year average of
76.9.
The acreage deVoted to cotton th's
year was placed by the department
at 34,852,000 acres, an increase of 10
per cent over the area planted to
cotton last year.
Partial Return to Normalcy
“The increased acreage,” a state
ment issued by the Department of
Agriculture in connection with the
forecast said “is regarded by the de
partment as a partial return to nor
mal condition resulting from hetter
prices and low stocks.” Increases
in acreage are shown in all states
except South Carolina and Georgia.
The big carry-over of stocks from
last year has been cut in half and
surplus cotton has practically disap
peared.
"Improved condition of the crop is
the result of better weather condi
tions prevailing in the western states
during the past two weeks. In ihe
eastern states where there have been
excessive rains, a decrease in condi-
t on has occurred.
“Boil weevils are reported more
numerous this year than ever before
in the history of the American cat
ion liuiiustvy. In the southeast the
damage is already reported as con-
Merable,
BIG DAMAGE SUIT
WON BY_GA. R. R.
Morris Flax and Max Miller
Sue for $30.Gl>0 and Get
Award of Only $2,000.
The July term of the Baldwn Su
prior court convened Monday morn
ing at ten o'clock Judge Janies B.
Barks presidm. lev. -H. D. Wa.rir.ek
offered a short prayer and tine grand
jury was then -organic.d with the fol
lowing officers: T. H. Clark, foreman,
<- ulver Kidd," secretary and W. K.
Stiles, Bailiff.
An interesting feature of the day
was the admission of Mr. Marion Sib
icy to thto local bar.
After the judge had delivered his
charge to the jury the civil docket
was 'taken up. The great number of
civil cases on the calendar has occu
past the entire week and the criminal
docket wll not be coachd untl Monday
day July 17. A numbr of evil cases
will be passed over until the next
term of court in order to get the
criminal cases cleared up at this
sitting.
One of the moat stubbornly con
tested evil cases in the Supenor
Court tfor years was that of Morris
Flax and Max Miller aaginst the A
railroad:. Flax and Miller asked for
C. 1.. Railroad, lessees and 1 A. J.
Bechum engineer on the Georgia
railroad.’ Flax and Mller asked for
Judgments of SI5.000.90 euch for in
juries sustained in July 1921 when
a Ford truck in which they wore rm
ing collided with a passenger train
at the Eatonton dirt road crossing on
north Columbia street. The two plain
tiffs were In the local hospital for
several weeks and appeared In the
court room on crutches. They were
represented by Allen ft Pottle and the
Tsitlroad company By Burwell and
Fleming, the' latter of Sparta, and
Sibley and Sibley of this city.
Court eat on the case until half past
ten Wednesday night and the argu
ments of the attorneys consumed the
gi Via ter part of Thursday. The Jury
was out several hours and gave Max
Miller Judgment in tWe sum of 9875.00
and Morris Flax $1125.00.
The grand Jury adjourned until
Monday morning at n'ne a. m. and
Judge Parks released the traverse
jury until Monday morning.
PROMINENT REPUBLICAN
IN CITY TUESDAY
Mr. W. C. Parker of Elberton, who
is chairman of the Republican Educa
tional Association was in Mtlledge
vill e Tuesday on busness connected
w th that organaztion. While here
Mr. Parker intimated that develop
Pints in the local post office situation
■ri ght L e expeetd in the near future.
There are three candidates for the
postmastership on th eligible list..
u.ven in order of theT rating they ar®
Mr. J. D. Howard, Mr. J. B. Sibley
and Mr. Olin Robinson.
MR. MARION SIBLEY IS
_ .ADMITTED TO THE BAR
Mr. Marian Sibley of this city, a
graduate of the Georg a. Military Col
lege and of She University of Illi
nois has been admitted to the bar
with legal offices in this citty. ,
Mr. Sibley paassed a splendid ex
amination for admission to ih e bar
and the presentation of his application
was one of the interestnc feiatures
of the Superior court on Monday mor
ning. He was presented to the court
and the bar by his brother Col.Er.
win Sibley in a short address aand
luq jaaot eqi JO jjeqaq no pouioo|.i.w
association by Judge Joseph E. Pot
tle. After the address of welcome
Judge Parks complimented Mr. Sib
ley on the excellent showing made
by him in the examnaaton which
took place before him in Greensboro
last week.
The nationwide strike of Railroad
shopmen has not affected the local
fc iiuation up to the present time.
1 h«re has been no interference with
'he local labor supply or In th move
mp nt of trains and none Is ant!c-pai
‘'•f- The Georgia Railroad has a few
’ 'ifs that are inneed of repairs tied
p hut this is the only noticeable ef
,p ct of the strike.
B. J. FOWLER DECIDES NOT TO BECOME
CANDID/^ FOR CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
-
zille Maft'v
Former Milledgeville Man . -t£ .
Re-election as Representative of Bibb County.
Conclusion to Seek
Atlanta July 12.—Representative
Ben J. Fowler, of Bibb county, w-U
net be a candidate for Congress from
the Sixth distr.ct, in oppos.t-on to
Congressman Walter Wise, because
of the unfinished state of that pub
lic duty to which he has devoted
hinv’sclf the past number of years.
Mr. Fowler, who has been strongly
mentioned as a congressional candi
date, teday issued the following state,
rient:
"Although sufficient showing of
friendship and support has been
made to me to indicate conclusively
that I would have an excellent chance
to be elected to Congress from the
Sixth Congressional district, and af
ter a great deal of thought, I had
practically made up my mind to en
ter the race, I find! I can not gain my
own consent to leave unfinished that
work to which I have devoted nearly
my whole time the past eight or nine
years; a work which lies nearer my
heart than any public servlcel have
ever been called upon to perform—
that of securing for the people of
Georgia tho exercise of tholr Inher
ent right to vote upon the issue of
removal of -the State Capitol to the
City of Macon.
Capitol Removal Question.
“I find there is a strong likelihood
that the bills in the Legislature sub
mitting this question to a vote of the
people—whose verdict expressed In
that vote should and must be con
clusively binding for the future on
all people and factions in the state—
will be passed: In the present session
of the Legislature. There are the
best of reasons for that belief.
"Very careful deliberation upon
this hill, the actual and most Impor
tant work in connection with the
Capitol Removal movement will then
bare been reached, and from that
time forward until th« final act has
been accomplished there will be
need for my continued sendcee upon
the assignment which the people of
-Macon and Bibb county, and this sec.
t;on, some time ago placed in my
hands. Even after the vote has been
cast by the people of the state there
will necessarily be important legisla
tion to enact to transfer th e capital
from Atlanta to this city, and I feel
it my duty to remain at my present
post until that work has been done.
For these reasons I shall not enter
the race for Congress from this dis
trict.”
It Is understood that Mr. Wise will
be opposed by Judge James J. Flynt,
ct Griffin, and J. B. Jackson, of Jones
county. 'Mr. Fowler’s statement as
quoted above is practically his def-
uite announcement for the Legisla
ture to succeed himself.
VETERANS HAVE
RECEIVED PENSIONS
MR. CECIL ARGO IS
PAINFULLY HURT
Mr, Cecil Argo brakeman on the
Mtlledge ville Ralroad, slipped and
fell from the cab of the engine and
suffered severe injuries about the
head. The morning was excessively
warm and when the tranf stopped In
the business section of the city, Mr.
Argo climbed into the cab for a drink
of ice water. He became suddenly
faint and fell Trom the oab to the
pavement, getting a severe cut over
th e left eye. He was removed to
Dr Binfon’s office and examination
showed that h e suffered no o-herin
jure*. . . i - It A - ft jL'Xw
MISS COOK’S CLASS
— MAKES FINE SHOWING
The Confederate veterans and -the
wdows of veterans in Baldwin conn
ty have received their pension money
for the present yar. Judge Stem
bridge states that the sum of $6 460.
00 forwarded to hi in by the State
Treasurer has been paid out and ev
ery veteran has been provided fer
with the exceptoin of three who are
expected- 'to come in on Saturday.
Under the law of the 3tate each
veteran te entitled to a pension of
$150.00 per annum, tyut when the last
appropriation was made for thm
purpose the individual allotment was
cut down to $100.00 pen- annum. On
this basis the Baldwin county vet
erans have been paid up to date.
HOMER MARCHMAN IS
LODGED IN Jj^IL HERE
Last Saturday night Chief of Po
lice Burke arrested J-iomer March
man with two gallons ot contraband
in his possession. Marchman had
tho liquor cached out in a clump of
hushes on Poplar street and was In
th act of removing it from tts hld'itg
place when he was apprehended. Ho
is now m th county ja 1 awaiting trial.
In alighting from his car early
Friday morning In front of the hos
pital, Dr. Richard Binton stun bled
over some satchels and was thrown
Jieavily to the street. 'His left ankle
was thrown out of place and tho lig
aments badly torn, necessitating ’he
use of crutches for some time.
Tht annual exhibition of the work
of the students at -Mbs Callie Cook’s
fcciiooi of Ceram C Art at Midway
took place Monday afternoon aui was
well attended by tho publ.c, a great
many people coining cut from Mil
ledgeville.
M:ss Cook’s School is in session
for just one month in summer and
the student who completes the month
is given four credits at any college
or institut ion having a department
devoted to this art. Miss Cook is a
recognized artist of exceptional mem
and has been awarded many pre
mhims in past yeans and has charge
of the department of Ceramic Art at
Wesleyan University. The class is
conducted in her own home and
each pupil is given her personal at
tentlon and instruction and encour
aged to develop her own ideasi in de
s'gn and color. The pupil furnishes
her own material and at tho close
of the season has th e products of her
handiwork to dispose of as she de
sires. All of the work exhibited
Monday was of unusual beauty In fin
sli land design and if any set ot
piece seemed to stand out more
prominently than the rest It was
thru Its particular appea 1 to the
taste of the observer rather -than be
cause ot any superiority over the
balance of the exhibit. There
were hundreds of plleces cf decor
a'ted china, and among them six mas
five, beautifully decorated! punch
bowls whos monetary value ran well
into the hundreds. The remarkable
feature to the wrtier who has no tech
ntcal knowledge of cerema art was
the fact that 14 the short space of
one month, working eight hours a day
the student could reach tile state
ct perfection where she could turn
out work of such excellence.
The work of Miss Sue Ellen Mor
ton, -instructor of art- at the South
Georgia college at McRae Ga., gave
evidence of wonderful talent tn lus
tre work and Japanese study.
Thewor k of uMfss Billy Sibert o
Palatka, Fla., was (especially noted
'for the beauty of desgni. A.- da'nty
breakfast set by Mies L.essl e Dorsey,
was the center of admiration. A din
ner set of one hundred pieces dain
tily and beautifully decorated was
exhibited as the work of Miss Cather
ine Beeson of Milledgeville. Miss
Beeson has completed this set
during this session of the class. A
breakfast set in green and silver
with a convntlonal cen^r-. was ex
liiblted by Miss Lulie Malpass of
Milledgeville.
At. the close of school Miss Luclle
Burnett will go to New Ycrk to con
ti'nue her studies and will open her
own studio in Tampa, Fla., this fall.
Miss lxiis Hooper will resume her
stud’ies in Nashville Tenn. Miss
Maggie Giliis will open a studio in
Greenville, S. C. Miss Lollte Fraley
of Milledgeville, will continue her
studies thru the fall and in her leis
ure moments will operate the fir
ing kilns at Miss Cook’s studio for
those who may desire to make use of
them.
The writer is not competent to
Judge the work ot these talented
young women upon its merits but he
confesses to a love for ell that wheih
is beautiful dainty and exquisite and
judging the exhiobt of Mss Cook’s
class from that standard, it certain'/
left nothing to be desired. Those
who compose the class are Misses
Sue Ellen Morton, Gray, Ba. Lrcile
Burnett, Tampa, Fla., 1-ois Hooper
Waverly Tenn.; Nona Jordan, Hen
dersonvtile, N. C.; 1-etha and Carlot
ta Brigman, Valdosta, Ga.; Carolyn
Parker, McRae, Ga.; Maggie Gdlls,
Wrihtsville; Lessee Dorsey, Billy
Sibert, Palatka Fla.; Sara Dunbar,
Byron; Maneal Tucker. Royston,
Ga.; Iris Bland. 'Catherine Beeson.
Lulie Mail pass, IiatreJle Acrtee. Syl
vester, Ga.; May Asbury. New Or
leans, Lollie Fraley. Milledgeville
Ga.
BILLY SUNDAY CLUB
MEMBERS HERE
Atlanta Organization Mem
bers and Others from Macon
Business Men’s Evangelistic
Club Here Sunday.
A -iltlegal on from the Billy Sunday
Club oi Atlanta, together w.th mem
bers of the Business Men's Evaangs-
listic Club of Macon eaame to this
city and assisted in conducting the
cervices in the various churches
throughout the city. in the alter-
non a masg meeting was held in the
Prcdbytefian church and was pre
sided over by Mr. Burden of Macpn.
'lit objects of the club was expluiued
by Mr. Burden who said that he
thought a similar organ zation in M li
lt dgevll 0 could accomplish a wonder
ful amount of good throughout the
community. The members are all
business men who take this meihod
to spread the gospel by their person
al testimony in behalf of theMaster.
The visitors were apportioned to tho
various churches and state Institu
tions and services were held in both
departments of the State Farm and at
the Boys ’ Training School. Had
there been time to advertise the
coming of the legislation mo-re gen
eral attendance would have greeted
them in the local churches. -However
their talks were characterled by
tbeir deep sincerity and the desire
to be -oof service mads a lasting im.
presslon on tbeir congregations.
SUMMER SCHOOL CLOSES
SUCCESSFUL TERM
The Summer school at the Georgia
Normal and 1 Industrial College, will
come to a close on Friday, July 21
and tho thousand or more students
who have completed -the course will
depart for their homes Friday after
noon and SaSturday. The closing erxe
ciseo wR mark the end! of the most
successful summer school in point
of numbers and th* work accomp
lisbed* last the school has ever con
ducted.
lAst Saturday night the students
in Terrell Hal hed open bouse and
offered a splendid program for tt.e
entetalnment of their friends. Each
one of the twelve congressional di
trets n the state was represented by
group of students who presented a
short program.
Thursday and Friday night of this
week were “stunt nights” and repre
sentatives from each county in the
state entertained, th eschool and the
visitors with an Interesting exhibit
The chapel exercises on Monday
morning were coutfucted by thirty
five teachers from Emmanuel county
and on Wednesday the represtnt.a
tives trom Whitfield conducted the
morning services.
FACULTY OF G. M.C.
HAS BEEN CHOSEN
C ol. J. N. Haddock, President
Will Submit List of Proposed
Teachers to Members board
of Trustees.
Col. J. N. Haddock Pres'dcnt. of
G. M. C. returned 1 from Sparta Wed
nesday and states thaat he was very
succssful n enrolling a number of
students from that city. Col, Had
dock has completed the d'flleult task
cf picking his faculty for the
coming year but has not yet submit
ted tho list to the Board of Trustees
lor their approval. He will leave
b'r'day morning for an extended trip
into tho eoulhi and southwestern
part of the ntate In theintereBt of the
college and expects to enroll a num
her of students from that section.
Col, Haddock expects to be away
for aat least ten dayR. He is well
pleased with the outlook for the com
ing year and enthusiastic over the
future of the college.
ENNIS BILL HAS
BEEN APPROVED
The Ways and Means Committee
of the house of representatives of
Georga Legislature has agreed to
recommend the deficiency upproprla
tion bill introduced "by Capt. J. H.
Ennis calling for $1000 000 to cover
r.xpcndtures over and above the reg
ular appropriation • made for the
State SRntarium.
■ The committee took no action on A
bill introduced by Capt. Ennis askng
for $29,000 to remodel the Ice plant
at the sanitarium. An enquiry as to
the manner in which the affairs of
the Sanitarium are conducted was car
rled on by the committee and Dr. L.
M. Jones was questioned In regard to
the charges that the Sanitarium ot
{deals have refused to accept Insane
persons In some cases and have re
tamed others to the counties from
which they dame.
Dr. Jones testified that he had been
given dkistructioM bp the Governor
to return harmless patents to their
reapecAve counties and receive in
Uteri place the more violent ones that
must be kept under restrant. This
r.ctlon was mad« necessary by the
overcrowded condition of the insttu
tion and it has enabled the author!
ties to cut down the number of in
mates from *,097 to- 2 900.
Prof. Kyl-i Alfrend his returned
from Boston, Mass., where be attend
od the eonvon’oin of the National E
ucatlona' Association a- represents
tive of the Georgia Association
Vinegar that saves your pickles at
40c gal. Emmett L. Barnes.
B. Y. P. U. NEWS
This Union has been press.ng for
ward with amazing rap-dity during
the past few months. It has suc
ceeded n attaining th e A. A. 1 stand
aid which denotes a union of very
high 'standing. It has assisted in
organizing a B. Y. P. U. at Hard
wick recently. f ]
ll^ist S»im|iy afternoon- a demon
stratlon program was rendered at Sa
em church by this union. It is pro
(table that a B. Y. P. U. will be or
ganzed at Salem at an early date. Af' (
ter visiting Salem the Milledgeville
leans- returned home and held their
regular weekly meeting. A goood
program was witnessed by a large
number of the summer school ctu
dents who Joined heartily In the song
service. Their cooperation is high
ly apprecated.
“Carlos,” a traveling vaudeville per
former, gave an exhibition of his
skill in extricating hmself from a tli*
flcult positon before a crowd of on
lookers Tuesday afternoon. He was
tied hand and foot and placed in a
straight jacket and suspended by a
rope from a derrick on the roof of the
Colonial Theatre. Hanging head
downward, he easily slipped out of
bis fastenng isawsn da cnifwy cmfw
his fastenings and was lowered safe
ly to the ground. His performance
attracted a considerable audience
and was an interesting incident in
Court Week.
S. A. Boone spent Thursday at Ur
plantation in Toombsboro, and shipp
of two cars ot watermlon's to Cincin
natt.
Water ground country meal at Em
mett L. Barnes.
Mrs. John H. Holloway, who was
seriously Injured in an automobile
wreck cn the outskrts of ths cty, the
afternoon ot July 4th, is resting easily
and the physicians who are attending
her state that she has a chance tor
recovery. At the time Mrs. Hollo
way was injured her condition was re
potted to be so serous that little
hopes for her recovery were enter
tained. Rports from he-r bedside
were to the effect that she had paused
a fairly restful night and that her con
ditlon Is somewhat improved.
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