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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOLUM
E 21. . NO 41.
Established October 12, 1901.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1922
CHILD LEFT HERE
BY HIS FATHER
l R. Humphries, Giving His
Address as Atlanta, Leaves
Twelve Year Old Son At
Baldwin Hotel.
$1.60 A YEAR.
WILL NAME TICKET
FOR COMMISSIONERS
Mass Meeting Held At Court
House Wednesday to De
cide on Candidates to Put
In Field.
Without the knowledge of the ad
dress ot a single relative or friend,
numpnnes, age twelve, is a
lonely guest of the Baldwin Hotel in
this city.
Two weeks ago last Tuesday Bob
bie was left here by his father, L. It.
Humphries, who guve hfi Address-
es Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Humphries loft
MilUdgeville at 11:40 o'clock the
morning of July 11th to go to Gor
don. it( was th£iundensa,nding that
he was to return to Milledgeville the
evening of the day he left here.
For more than two weeks Bobbie
has daily looked for the return of his
father only to retire at evenings In
disappointment Jnflornrdlon liaA
been received to the effect Hum
phries registered at the hotel in Gor
don the day h e left Milledgeville for
luncheon and the night of th e same
,;uy Ik spent at the hotel in Tennille.
As to where he went after U'.s depart
ure from Tennille th e morning of Ju
ly I Util, nothing has been learned. It
is said that he paid his hotel bills at
Gordon and Tennill e before making
his departure.
Humphries came to Milledgeville
the evening of July 6th and register
ed at the Baldwin hotel as L. R.
Humphries and son, of Atlanta, Ga.
1: is said that during his stay of sev
eral days in Alt]ledgev.lle he was
engaged in taking orders from house
keepers for crockery ware though the
name and address of the firm manu-
facurng the product he was offering
tdr sale could not be learned. When
leaving here lie failed to pay <hfs
hotel bill and since his departure
the twelve year old child left behind
has been cared for daily by Mr. C. E.
Bonner, proprietor of the Baldwin.
Those informed of the manner ot
the departure of the missing man ex
cess themselves as being] at a loss
as to why he has nev e r returned to
his young son. According to the
child, his mother died when he was
two or three yeftrs of ago, and h e says
that during the last two or three
years his father kppt him i.n the Pea
cock Boarding school, in San Anto
nio, Texas. H e further says hat he
lias fiv e older brothers residing in
the state of California, though he
does net know of the exact address
ol either, neither does he know of
the address of any other relative or
friend.
According to Bobbie he has been
traveling over th e country with his
father since early in May when he
finished the last term of school. The
child seems to possess manners of
splendid refinement and while he
talks freely of the disappearance of
liis father li e does not appear to be
wrought up over the idea of being
left behind to face the world as he
comes to it. When questioned as to
whether or not he was uneasy about
the disappearance of his father, Bob
bie merely expressed himself as be
ing somewhat puzzled and in his e x
pressions he shows no signs of emo
tion or excitement.
Por the first few days following the
disappearance of Humphries but lit
tle intention was paid to his failure
to return to Milledgeville to join his
son. However, as time passed on it
was deemed advisable to mak e some
smt of effort to look iqjn) the cause
of the continued remaining away of
the father of the child. A long dis
tance telephone message was had
from the hotel at Gordon. Here it
was learned that Humphries regis-
b red fer luncheon the day he left
Milledgeville and that he left the
same evening for Tennille. A mes
sage from th e proprietor of the Ten-
'bile hot e l stated that the missing
Kmn spent the night of July 11th
’here and that he checked out the
following morning.
Mihi'n jt w'as learned that Humph-
rles left Tennille all trac e of him was
lost and his whereabouts has been
Unknown, so fnr as local authoritie
,lr e concerned, since. Bobble states
''■at he and his fath e r resided at an
aparnient lious e in Atlanta for a
'•■'I; b(f ore th e y enme to Milledge-
'dlc, though the little fellow does
1 ” know the number nor on which
!/ eet apartment house is located.
,|p child came here without a
'h.nicn of clothing and the proprbv
,rir °f the Baldwin hotel has bo^r.
' ’’hosed upon to make every provls
the unfortunate youngster
At a mass meet ng held in the
Court House at ten o’clock on Wed
nesday morning, some of the repre
sentative cit Zens of Baldwin county
,ook steps towards the selection of
tines candidates for the office it com
miss.oners of roads and revenue in
Hi s county. The object of th 0 meet
ing, was Ho selbet three suit
able men for commissioners whose,
names would be presented to the vo
ters of this county at the coming
primaries. The meeting was well at
tended considering th e fact that the
notices relative to it were mailed u
ju3t a day before the date set. Bran
tically every milMia district in tin
county was represented in the body
that gathered n the court room. Mr.
J. W. Stembridge was elected chair
man to preside over the meeting and
Air George Holllnshead, secretaary.
Several iVsqlutioi^r were. int:to-
duced in the course of the discussion
but were not acted 1 upon at this time.
One of th e most notable cf these
was a resolution by Mr. W. W. Mo
ran, in which it was suggested the.
the county encage the services of a
qualified civil engineer to take
charge of the road construction and
mainta’nence in this county, said en
gineer to serve under three commis
sioners whose salaries were to be
fixed at $1.00 per month, each.
A resolution was finally introduced
by Mr. W. T. Gerrard to the follow
ing effect: That three men be ap
pointed from e ach militia district 'll
the county and that they be instruct
ed to confer with the voters in their
<i.strict and determine among them
selves the names of three men who
would make ♦ritelligent, competent,
worthy and progressive county com
missioners, that having done so
this committee report its findings to
the citizens at a mass meeting to be
called ip the court house at a later
date, and that citizens at ts'a meet
ing, pick from the list of names sub
mitted by the district committee, the
names of three men to be presented
to the voters of the county at the
coming primaries as candidates for
th e office of commissoners of roads
and revenues.
This resolution was passed and
adopted and the date for the final
mass meeting was set at 10:30
o'clock on the morning of Friday,
August 4.
The committee from the various
militia districts whose duty is will
be to submit the names of eand'-
dates from their district is as follows
105 District, W. W. Moran, J. H.
Underwood and Ed Collins.
115 Ijisjirict, O. F. Morti|n, John
Stembridge and T. E. Pew.
318 Dlsrict, W. 1. Harper, Dixon
Will'ams and Howard Miller.
319 District, P. W. Williamson, J.
E. Chandler and J. H. Stripling.
320 Dlsrict, W. T. Gerrard, A. J.
Carr and E, E. Bass.
321 District, Jim Rogers, George
Ross and Morgan Thompson.
322 District, W. H. Humphries, Wm
Rice and W. A. Huff.
1714 Disrict, Frank Riley, CC. U.
Young and W. B. Richardson.
The meeting then adjourned' sub
ject to call on Friday, August 4, to
receive and act upon the report of
the committee appointed.
DR. PARKSM C. BILL HAS
UP NEW WORK SOON I'ftaoED THE HOUSE
President of G. N. and I. Col
lege Commence Duties State
School Superintendent First
cf August.
Dr. M. M. Parks, tif.en years presi
dent of the Giorgia Normal and In
dustrial College, and who was recent
ly appointed state school superintend
cut, will commence his new duties
the first of August.
A leave of absence of Dr. Parks for
period of ono year was agreed upon
by the members of the board cf trus
tees of the G. N. and I. College at a
meeting held Wednesday of this
week. During absence Dr. Parks will
serve he state school system by suc
ceeding Dr. All, L. Brittain, the latter
having resigned to become president
of the Georgia School of Teclinolo-
It is the purpose of Dr. Parks to
take up his new work tjie first of
next week. He will occupy offices 'in
the slate capitol building and will
probably leave Milledgevile for An-
"anta Monday or Tuesday next.
In leaving the G. N. and 1. College
for an absence cf one year after a
stay here of mare than fifteen years,
Dr. Parks has been free 1 in express
ing his deep interest in the Institution
of which lie has been instrumental
in bringing to the highest posable
•andard. He sated that he felt per
fectly sure that the plans already
mapped out for the term cofamenc-
ing next September are such as to
insure no interruption in the prog
ress ot and the work of the college
and that th e institution will be con
ducted in a perfecly satisfactory man
ner.
Dr. Parks wll be succeeded by Dr.
J. L. Beeson, who was elected Wed
nesday by the board cf trustees as
acting president of the institution.
Dr. Beeson has been a member of tha
faculty as instructor in chemistry
for practically a score of years and
h e is therefore well acquainted with
the system of conducting the college
as employed during the administra
tion of Dr. Parks.
The family of Dr. Parks will con
tinue to reside in Milledgeville and
his children will continue ther stud
ies in school here. 'He will of course
make frequent visits to Milledge
ville and in this way keep in close
work with,the workngs of the G. N.
and I. College which he will again
head after a period of one year dur
ing which time he will hold the office
of Btate school superintendent.
Bill Providing For Change In
System Electing Board of
irustees Gets Favorable
Action Of Legislature.
The bill calling ror a change in the
system of electing trustees ol the
Georgia Military College has passeu
the house of Representatives in At
lanta and read lor the lirst time :it
lire senate. No opposition to this
bill has developed from any source
and its passage is assuied.
Capt. Bluffs’ b.lls call.rig for an ap
propriation cf $20,01)0 for tli e Boys’
Training School and $151),OOU for the
Stat e Sanitarium have net yet been
reported out of committee. Wh le
some opposition has been made to
these appropriations, Capt. Ennis
hopes to get them through and state.,
that he is certain that an appropria
tion of $110,000 will be made for the
purpos 0 of completing the nurses
home at the sanitarium. This build
ing is a partly finished, condit on
and its completion wjl place all the
nurses employed at the insEtut on
under one roof, materially releiv.ns
the congested condition at the sani
tarium.
The bill asking that the name of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
DR. BEESON NAMED
TO HEAD G.N.&I.C,
Well Known Member of Fac
ulty For Several Years to
Serve College as Acting
President.
College he changed to the Georgia
State College for Women, has been
passed thru the house and will evi
dently be passed by tile serial.'.'.
Stand 20 Yards Apart,
Each Fires 4 Times,
Neither Man is Kit
Gainesville, Ga., July 24.—A shoot
ing affn’r occurred Saturday me ru
ing two miles from town, at tlio Ad-
derholdt place, in wheih unprecedent
ed markmanship was in evidence.
Warren Sullins, white, and Tom Rog
ers, colored, were the participants.
Twenty yards was the distance and
Sullins, using a capable Smith &
Wesson, fired four times at Rogers,
while Rogers, using a Savage 44,
fired six times at Sullins. Neither
was hit.
Th e sheriff's office being not'fled
’mmediately turned out a full force
Upon seeing the officers, the fend
ing parties patched up their differ-
ences and made a break for safety.
Bailiff Sears and Will Crow, made- a
direct chase, while Sheriff Crow and
hs son, Frank, cut in another direc
tion to head off the runners. After
a chase of fiv e miles the fug'tives
were outwlnded and caught. Both
were landed in jail.
A meeing of the Board of Direc
tors of tlie Georgia Normal and in-
justr at College was he,d \V»Jnosday
morning. At this meeting Dr. J. L.
Beeson was appointed Acting Presi
dent of the Institution to seive in
Dial capacity during the absence cl
President M. M, Parks, who was
recently appointed Slate Superin
tendent of Education, by Governor
Hardwick. President Parks will liil
the unexpired term of Superintend
ent Brirtuin and has been granted a
year’s leave of absence lor that pt-
pose. /
The members of tlie Board of Di
rectors present at Wednesday’s meet
ing were: Judge Refund Russell,
chairman; lion. MiJIer S. Bell, secre
tary; Hon. E. It. Barrett, Dr. E. A.
Tigner, Judgp W. H. Davis.
The hoard found that the affairs of
the College are in excellent shape, j
and are unanimous in the belief that (
everything will run smoothly during!
tlio comtog year. It is understood |
that the general division of duties
at the College will be under the fol
lowing officials: Dr. J. L. Uee3on,
Acting President; Dr. J. W. C-coil,
Secretary; Prof. E. H. Scott, Regs-
>•; A!r. L. S. Fowler, Chairman.
Committee oil Dormitory Supplies:
Prof. O. A. Thaxton. IItad Normal
Department, Miss L. G. Burfit, Prin
cipal Praciob School. Miss Ophelia
Torre, Head Housekeeper. Mrs. E. II.
Bezier, Head Matron.
PICNIC ENJOYED
BY S. S. STUDENTS
Children ol Baptist Church
Go to Brooks bpring Wed
nesday on Annual Outing
and Have Great Time.
BIRMINGHAM POLICEMEN
JOIN IN SEEING TRAIN
THE FALL VEGETABLE GARDEN
Negro Is Shot Dead
At Neighbor’s Home.
ion for
Sparta, Ga., July 25.—While, it is
alleged, he was trying to enter the
home of Tom Jeans four miles Ire in
this place at 2 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing, Jule Hunt, was shet and killed
by the former. Both ar e said to he
industrious negro farmers. A coro
ner’s jury is holding an inquest.
Claiming Justification for the homi
cide, Jeans came to Sparta early
Tuesday and surrendered to Sheriff
J .1. Jackson. - '
R is understood that a prolonged
and strenucus effort will be made to
locate Humphries or learn the cause
of Vs continued disappearance. He
is deccribed as a man of about fifty
years of age. henvy set and measur
ing about five feet and ten inches in
height and according to Ihe state
ment of the child he left behind he
served wih a rank of major in th
recent war.
Almost every one who gardens at
all, plants his garden in the early
spring and has mor e or less vegeta
bles to early summer. But, relative
ly few hzve a good fall garden.
' It requires more eff° r t on the part
of the gardener to have a fall crop
of vegetables than <t does to hav fc a
summer garden, for a number of the
plants must be started while the
weather is hot and possibly dry, de
manding extrem eacr e to nurse the
young plants along through unfavora
ble weather conditions.
Tina \Oeorgla Experiment Station,
for a number of years, tested out a
large number of the newly introduced
vegetable crops as well as conducted
cultural and breeding work with a
number of well known species.
Crops For Fall Use.
Irish Potatoes: For a fall crop of
Irish potatoes, they should be plant
ed about the middle of July. August
1st is not too late to plant to the
southern half of the state. Use Look
out Mountain, C.'^aen Mountain, or
cold storage seed of laBt year’s crop
of Irish Cobbler, Bliss or Early Rose.
Tomatoes: The plants should he
set lo the field about the same time
the fall Irish potatoes^ ar e planted.
They will bear until frost, at which
time the vines may be pulled up and
hung up in a protected place for
the fruit to ripen on the vines.
Snap Beans: Such bush var'et'bs
as the Extra Early Refugee, Valen
tine and the Stringless green pod
may he planted up to the first week
In August.
Snlad Plants: Such crops as let
tuce. spinach, mustard, rape, Chi
nese cabbage, endive, and chard may
be planted during the month of Au
gust and early September. The seeds
are sown continuously in the dr 11
and the plants thinned to the prop-
Birmingham, Ala., July 24.—When
police answered a riot call at the
iLouisv^ll-ei and Naahvfl,1e railroad
shops at Boyles early this morning
they found a crowd of ^approximately
250 men, women and' children armed
with sticks and a mighty suave
spokesman. They were waiting for
a work train taking workmen Into
the shops.
’’Whats the trouble boys?’’ Chief
of Police Fred McDuff called, piling
cut of an automob’je.
’’We’re just plain, simple country
folk who want tb see the train g.)
by,” the leader of the crowd replied.
"That’s all right?"
"Fine," said the chief. “We wan:
to see it too.”
So they all watch e dthe train go
by. There was no disorder.
The annual Sunday School p.cnic
of the Baptist church was held on
vteuuvsuay. At an eany hour the
i lihurtu h.guii lo gu.h-jr iu Hunt of
the church, impatient lot the auto-
mob.las and trucks that were io car
ry them to the picnic grounds to ar
rive. Over two hundred boys and
gins were uf the church whin final
qrrangtnit nt.s hail' been completed
and the cars were lined up to receive
them;
The happy youngsters were finally
assigned to the various caffs, the
lunch baskets loaded on a big truck
and the expedlt'on set out on the
long drive to Brooks Springs, >tlie
silo choson for the picnic. As they
passed thru the streets, bubbling
over with happnoss, they
very pleasing sight.-
The swimmng pool at
Spring, the chute Hie chutes and the
various forms of amusement were
well patronized. Dinner was served
on (lie gioumls and after a long and
Jcyous day of pleasure, the little
chaps came back, tired tut happy
and wall satisfied. Yii.* excursion
was a succer3 in every respe *.
mgde a
Brooks
"*’11
VISIT RFFORM
SCHOOL IN NORTH
er 'distance after they, become well
established. )
Cabbage and Collards: Seeds from j
these crops may be sown as late
the last week in July and the plants
transplanted to the field as soon as
they are large enough. Where the
soil Is well prepared, the seeds may
be planted in the field where the
crops are to grow, and the plants
thinned out after they get a start into
growth.
The Root Crops: Seeds of such
root crops as turnips, beets, carrots,
winter radishes, parsnips and salsify,
may be sown any time during the
month of August and early Septem
ber. The seeds are sown continuous
ly in the drill and covered very light
ly. The rows should be just far
enough apart to i^ennit cultivation
with a mule and harrow, scrape—
possibly 28 and 30 inches will be
sufficient,
On|ons: Shallots, nest oiffons
and other multiplying varieties
should be put out In late July. They
will make good growth in the fall
and afford green onions for winter
use. Sets of SJver skin, Vellovv
Danvers, Globe etc. may be put out
in late September or early October,
to make onions the following spring.
In planting all these crops take
care to make the soil fertile. Heavy
applications of stable manure and
poultry manure supiDemented with
commercial fertilizers are good. .
H. P. STUCKEY, Director
MR. JOE HILL HALL
BURIED ON SUNDAY
A sweet po.ato curing house with a
capacity of 2,500 to 3,< 00 bm hels of
potatoes is being construct d
at tlie Uoys’ Training Schrol
Th e work i sbeing done by the boys
and it is planned to have the house
crmpleted in time to take care of the
present crop of potatoes. Sufficient
potatoes huve been planted so that
with a fair yield, there will bo enough
to care for th e wants of the institu
tion with a surplus to sell.
Mrs. Ortan W. Manson, Superin
tendent c f the Boys’ Train n<; School
leave on Thursday for a month's va
cation in New York state. Mrs. .Man.
son carried with her a letter of Jntro-
luet bn f.om Governor HatdtVick to
th e Governor of New York Stute and
v ill spen 1 a large part of her vaca
tion inspect ng the various institu
tions for bays in that state. She will
vls't the George Jun'or Republic, a
town governed entirely by boys and
also S'ng Sing, the New York State
penitentiary, returning to M'Uedge-
ville about September 1,
APPLYING CALCIUM ARSENATE
TO KILL THE BOI2L WEEVIL
Macon, Ga., July 24.—Men and wo
men from all over the slate, friends
i/i lion. Joe Hill Hall, were in Macon
Sunday afternoon to attend his fu
neral, which was held at St. Paul's
Episcopal church at 6 o’clock. The
members of tho Macon Bar Associa
tion attended in a body.
Jlr, Hall’s death oocurred Satur
day at his home In Cherokee Heights
after an illness of about two weeks.
He was well known throughout ihe
state as a lawyer and legislator.
The honorary pall bearers from the
Macon bar wore: Judge H. A. Ma
thews, Malcolm Jones, Judge C. L
Bartlett, J. Ellsworth Hall, Judge
Will Gunn, Hugh Chambers, John P.
Ross and Lloyd Moore.
The active pall bearers w^re: E.
Barnes, J. J. Higgison, Bob Flour
noy, A. T. Small, Louis Pellew and
Dr. W. J. Little. The ritual of tlie
Episcopal church was read by the
Rev. Charlies H. Lee, rector. The
floral offerings were many. Burial
was in Rose Hill cemetery.
At the meeting of the Bar Asso
ciation Sunday morning a commit 1 oe
was named to draft a memorial to be j
spr e ad on the minutes of the super-
'or court paying tribute to Mr. flail.*
A calm atmosphere is the most im-
1 ortant thing to be considered when
r.I plying calcium arsenate to cotton
to control the boll weevil—mor ( . im
portant than dew or other moisture
on the cotton plants. This statement
Is made by th e specialists of the Uni-
|tod Spates Uepartmeni of Agricul
ture who, at tlie Delta Laboratory at
Tafllulah, La., worked out. Uie cal
cium arsenate system of control.
Success depends, they point out, on
setting all the plant su: faces thor
oughly covered with the fine particles
of poison dust. The dust comes out
of the machine in a cloud and hangs
in the air for some time before set
tling. If the wind blows during this
time, much of it never settles where
it is wanted 1 , but drifts beyond the
cotton to other crops, or to weed
patches, or is dissipated by the wind.
K is not always possible of course, to
get a perfectly calm atmosphere at
the time the d-unting must bo done,
but the specialists urge that ’he ab
sence of wind be made a primary
considernt'on.
Washington, July 26.—Th e farm
vopulatlon of th United States, on
January 1, 1920, was 31,614,269 or
29.9 per cent of the total populotion
of the country, according to returns
of the last census announced today
by -he census bureau.
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