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VOL- 21,
NUMBER 45.
the milledgevili r news
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Established October 12, 1901 “ ‘ ~~
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA, F. ''S, ' SEPT. 1, 1922.
IIORTHCLIFFE’S
WILL CONTESTED
) Caveats Entered Against
Prebate, London Learns.
LONDON tIMES MAY
FALL INTO NEW HANDS
Other Papers Speculate as to
Probable Future Owner.
I
LONDON, Aug. 27.—The ownership
0 [ tlif London Times and the policy
ot Lord Northcliffe's leading news
paper, were (questions which domi
na ted to-day's newspapers. Inctden
dally, ii was learned that there is to
be a contest over Lord Northcliffe's
»ill and (three caveats have been en
tered aglnst its probate. It now de
velops tl'at Ixird Nortbcltffe made two
wills, one dated March 22, 1919, and
another shortly before his death, of
which the sole executor is Lady
Nojthcliffe.
The admitting of the will to probate
will end all speculation concerning its
contents. There are those who be
lieve that Lord Northcliffe took steps
perpetually to dominate the policies
of the Times because of some sort of
organization similar to the Rhodes
trust, or the Rockefeller foundation.
It Is is generally agreed that if Lord
Northcliffe shares in the London
Times are disposed of In the open
market, there will be~a scramble like
that of 1908, when Harnsworth, by
his strategy, barely nosed out ArthUT
Pearson as a successor to the Walter
Interests who controlled the newspa
per for a century.
Speculation at to Buyer.
James L, Garvin, in the Observer,
mentions possible buyers of the
Times, naming Sir John Ellerinan, the
•ccond largest shareholder in the pa
per, and Lord Rothmore, Viscount
Northcliffe's brother, who, if condi
tions permitted, would buy the Times
tor bis heir, Esmond Harmsworth,
Garvin also considers Sir William
Berry as a prospective buyer. Sir
William la alap a power in Fleet
street as the owner of the Sunday
Times. Among Garvin’s guesses Is
1-ord Beverbrook, owner of the Ex-*
press, whose development in recent
years has been comparable with that
of the Daily Mail. Three or four oth
er "dark borseB.” among them foreign
publishers, have been mentioned, (but
Garvin suys that any attempt by out
siders to get control of the Times will
fall.
The Express asserts that Lord
Northcliffe's estate is estimated a,t
MOO,000,000 pounds, on which heavy
death duties must be paid. This will
likely c ompel the trustees to dispose
ot certain of his interests and there
fore it is anticipated that control ot
the Times will eventually pass into
other hands.
*Will Fight Latest Will.
An interesting turn was takdii in
Wd Northcliffe's affairs by the en-
oi letters of administration to the
tering of three caveats against the ad
mission of the will or the granitng
Northcliffe estate. This will prevent
the c.d ministration of the estate until
the persons entering the caveats have
been heard. Appearances to the
caveats were made by Henry Preuss
and an old friend, and by Sir George
Sutton, who was chairman of the
Amalgamated Press. Arnholz and
button are executors and trustees of
the Will dated March 22, 1919. Lord
Kiddell's News of the World is au
thority for the statement that Just
before his death Lord Northcliffe exe
cuted another will, of which Lady
Northc liffe alone is executrix.
A writ of summons has -been issued,
IIun beginning a suit to decide whict.
"f tl-. will* shall be admitted. The
, ‘ r ' t '-'ill is ibeing put forward ou the
grounds that Lord Northcliffe was of
unsound mind when the second will
" iis ' Xecuted, and that this is that it
1,1 if-1 he- decided by court if the case
t ,r "c cods. The News of the World as-
Mrl that the probating of the will
■ las more than a private interest for
’h"ei Its decision depend the owner-
slll P and policy of the whole North-
cliffe press,
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AcU’ross Box 2*56, MiUedgeville,
G.M.C. COMMENCES
TERM WEDNESDAY
Faculty Has Ben Completed
and Everything Ready for
Opening. Dowis Expected
to Direct Athletics.
The 1922-23 term of the Georgia
Military College will be commenced
nekt Wednesday morning and accord
ing to ^present prospects the student
enrollment will be equal to that of the
past season, Col. J. ,H. Haddock has
announced.
The (faculty- of the college has'’'&l-
ready been completed with the excep
tion of a director of Athletics. It is
expected that Coach W. H, Dowis, as
sistant director of athletics the seo-
son of 1921-22, will be ere again this
season and take charge of the ath
letics end of the Institute.:. Major
Dowis has already partially agreed to
accept a place elsewhere, though he
has expressed himself as being willing
to return to G. M. C. Whether he
conies to G. *M. C. or not depends on
his release from the instituion he has
negotiated with already.
The following is the faculty that has
been chosen to teach at the college
for the term commencing nfext Wed
nesday and confirmed by the board of
trustees tftis week:
Head of barracks and teacher of
science, R. T. DeFoor. He is an A. B.
from Mercer, and has been principal
of the Cenennial High School in
Pueblo, Co., for the past several
years. He is a good mau. Age, 35.
Teacher of history, H. C. Haynes.
A. B. and A. M. from Mercer Several
years experience.
Teacher of Mathematics, Cahnning
P Haynes. B, S. from Citadel Sever
al years experience. Taught last year
ir the Charleston, S. C., High School.
Teacher of English, Miss Mary Lou
ulver. Graduate -of G. N. ft I. C.
Has taught in the G M. C. before, and
Is well known'-feere.
Major Moore will teach the Com
mercial department.
Major Dowis will be here to teach
and to do the coaching.
Major Godfrey Ostermau will direct
the band and do teaching as last
year.
Commandant, Captain Edwin T.
Bowden, of Tennessee. He is a cap
tain in the army, and has served sev
eral years in Mexico, Europe and
China. Lately he has been stationed
in Camp Dix, N. J.
Miss .Gertrude Treauor, teacher of
music.
Miss Elizabeth Brown, secretary
and bookkeeper.
Sergeant Wooten will be here agin.
Principal of the grammar school de
partment, Miss Julia Moore.
Sixth grade, Miss Cassie Simpson.
Fifth grade, Miss Agnes Stem bridge,
^Fourth grade. Miss Mattie Moore.
Third grade, Mrs. Mamie Pitts.
First grade, Miss 'Eunice Bell.
MAYOR MILLER S. BELL V»K‘S
ON RECENT TRUSTED ELECTION
$1.50 A YEAR.
To the People of MiUedgeville:
Permit me as Mayor of .your city to
say a few words regarding the educa
tional and financial affairs of the peo
ple of MiUedgeville.
While I was absent on a long trip
to California in accordance with a plan
made two years ago, and in perform
ance of official duty as Supreme Rep-
representative for Georgia to the Su
preme Lodge Knights of Pythias,
some complete changes have been
hastily made in the educational work
of the city and without full discus
sion and full information on the part
of the public.
Before leaving on the trip, I 'stated
that I was not opposed to a bill which
would ask for the election of the trus
tees of the Georgia Military College
by the people of the city.
This is democratic and the'ne-
have a right to a free choice of their
representatives.
To the surprise of myself and oth
ers, and to the Indignation of many,
at the last hour it was discovered that
the bill took away the democratic
rights from the people, in that 'it did
not allow a free cLolce of represen
tatives, in that it did not allow equal
rights .to ail, but that it specifically
excluded all city ^officials, aldermen
and paid employees from being eligi
ble to serve as a board member and
alBo citizens sixty-five or more years
of age.
It would have appeared much fair
er to the people if this bill in full
tad been published in the local pa
pers for the benefit of the Milledge-
vllle voters to read and discuss be
fore it was quietly enacted into law.
The full details and provisions of
ihe law were not known to the vot-
rra, except to an exclusive circle, until
after the bill had been passed and
signed as a law.
Many citizens have been in
dignant at the undemocratic and se
cret method employed to get con
WALKING IN SLEEP,
BOY FALLS TO DEATH
FROM HIGH WINDOW
SAVANNAH, Aug. 27.—Monroe
Hodgkins, 14 yea> old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry B. Hodgkins, fell from
the third floor window of his home,
318 E. Gwinnett, Saturday night and
died shortly afterwards at a local hos-
ptial. The lad was walking in his
sleep and stepped from the open win
dow of the room, fulling head fore
most to the ground. His skull was
•crushed by the fall and he failed to
regain consciousness.
ire was a well-known youth and of
a prominent family here. He return
ed two days ago from French Broad
Camp. North aCrolina, and had been
very active in the Boy Scouts, Y. M.
C. A. and other organizations.
This is believed to be the first case
on record in this city in which a som
nambulist was killed while walking
In his sleep. •
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that the matter was handled in a per
fectly democratic andl impartial way.
Upon my return to MiUedgeville af
ter an absence of only four wejks,
I find the bill has (passed the legis
lature, tiie election has been called,
no registration of voters required,
and a complete change mltle in the
affairs of the college. All in less than
one month. Why such haste?
Frankly, the change relieves me of
an extra official load, which I had
been trying to help carry honestly,
economically, openly, fearlessly and
faithfully in the interest Of all the
people of MiUedgeville. At present,
unless ,it becomes necessary to make
my record clear, I do not care to ex
press any further opinion or make any
personal comments, believing it best
to allow the present officials a proper
oportunity to carry on the work.
But 1 do demand the right as a pub
lic official to state some financial
facts, and to show how I had stood for
a more business-like and efficient man
agement of affairs.
For more than a year, I have con
tended that instead of pulttu; mar:
burden on the tax-pavers jf Milledge-
vl’le, that the College ought to get
enough students from outside to be
more largely self supposing.
Several years ago, Just before the
fire, when the College was more sui-
cessful in getting enrollment, the
boarding attendance ri-.a over three
hundred, and this successful manage
ment brought a revenue Instead of a
deficit to the College.
1-ast year the enrollment ran down
to an average of about one hundred,
and the revenue decreased.
In discussing the full financial mat
ters. and the urgent need for improve
ment, 1 was open, frank and sincere
in my dealings with the (board, the
public, and the officials of the College.
1 have not published all these fig
ures, not desiring to agitate the mat
ter more than was necessary. Whi’e
I have never been a member of the
finance committee of the board, y**l.
I always endeavored to help them and
the College in its financial difficulties,
and am sure that every one of the
old board will cheerfully hear testi
mony of this.
Briefly, I will give a few figures.
Last year the city paid from
its treasury for mainte
nance 5 7,100.00
The county board of educa
tion 7,550.00
The matriculation fees were
about 11,000.00
Other fees, library, athletics
breakage, etc., about 2,000.00
The city paid to retire G. M.
C. School bonds and inter
est about 4,400.00
In this connection, I have felt that
It was not fair to the taxpayers ol
MiUedgeville, and not fair to the lit
tie children in the lower grades to
spend such a small part of the income
on the children of MiUedgeville and so
much of the income on the faculty ol
the higher classes, composed large
ly ’of outside pupils.
The tax money should be spent eco
nomically in educating the chtldrei
of MiUedgeville first. The schools
are for the children and not for offi
cials or faculty members. The money
should get the proper results. It
should be efficiently managed and
give the taxpayers a return in the edu
cation of their own children flTst.
My Idea has been that to maintain
a well paid faculty and officials for
the higher classes of boarding stu
dents, there ought to be more income
brought in from outside students by
having a larger enrollment of such
students.
This would let the local tax money
go to the education of the MilleJge-
ville children, which certainly seems
fair.
Personally, no one can successfully
deny that I have given liberally, gen
erously and freely of my time and ef
fort for the welfare of G. M. C.
Time and again, in the midst of ft-'
nancial storms, I have come to the
rescue of the college as ail the formet
board will agree to. I have backed
the college officially, and I have per
sonally signed notes of large amounts
to help caTry the college over a cri
sis. 1 have repeatedly arranged loans
when other banks refused.
In January, 1919, the barrack*
were burned and the future of the col
lege seemed almost hopeless. . Drop
Jtrol, and some citizens will never feel ping other business, 1 struggled night
and day on the work, begging the stu
dents to remain. I telegraphed tc
Washington for an order to get neces
sary tents, beds, blankets, cooking
utensils, etc., and in less than twenty-
four hours Camp Cone was establish
ed, and the college ran on without in
terruption. By fall the new barracks
worth moie than $50,000.00, was com
pleted.
)For fifteen years as a board mem
ber, and longer than that as a citizen
of MiUedgeville, I have freely and
generously given my time and efforts
to help finance aud promote the in
terest of the college and my work has
ilways been clean and open.
1 appreciate heartily the hundreds
if kind comments I have recently re
ceived for my past efforts, ’some not
knowing the facts may have disugred
or criticized.
Koine ot' the rumors are so redicu-
lous as to -be humorous.
Every official gets both praise and
blame, but I believe nine-tenths of the
people who read this will give me the
credit for having served the college
sincerely, efficiently, honestly, faith
fully and fearlessly.
Respectfully,
MILLER 3. BELL,
Mayor, City of MiUedgeville.
MiUedgeville, Ga., Aug. 29th. 1922.
P. S. Permit me to give the people
u word of explanation regarding the
$47,000.00 fionri money, which they
voted for erecting the barracks and a
grade building. Of this amount $23,-
500.00 was spent in erecting the bur
rocks, and $23,500.00 remained for the
erection of a grade building.
Some think this money should be
used -by the trustees to pay debts,
while others think the money should
sacredly be kept for the purpose of
erecting a grade building.
From, the personal standpoint I am
glad and willing to help the college
out of debt.
From the official standpoint. I hesi
tated to divert the people’s bond
money voted for the building for any
other purpose, and withheld action
until we could get a full legal direc
tion. i
i But since the court declared, under
the circumstances, that it would be
legal, and since the court has direct
ed the Mayor and Aldermen to turn
this money over to the trustees for
the payment of debts, we stand ready
to comply with the order of the court
as soon as the proper papers are pre
settled.
MONROE JURY'IN-.
DICTS FIVE MEN
Raines, Unice, Herndon, Mc
Swain and Wood Indicted.
3ILLS ARE RETURNED
BY MONROE COUNTS
3ail Denied by Judge Searcy
to Those Arrested.
MACON, Aug. 31.—Five Macon Men
ere indicted for murder ty the Mon-
oe county grand jury at Forsyth yes-
orday in connection with the lynch-
■ig of John (Cocky) Glover, negro
layer of Deputy Walter C. Byrd and
wo negroes.
Indicted were:
Troy Raines, grower.
Nathan f’nice, soft drink dealer. •
Gordon Herndon, mechanic,
H. L. (McSwain, loan agent anth In-
urance man.
D. L. Wood, hotel clerk.
The first four were lodged in the
libb county jail lact night at 8:30 by
! heriff U. C. Bittlck, of Monroe coun-
y. Wood, against whom indictments
ire also pending in the county, had
ot been located. Bibb county sber-
ffs have not been able to' locate him,
■ither, and it is believed that he has
ffected his escape for the time being,
t least
Judg W. E. H. Searcy, informed on
ong distance phone at Forsyth lBBt
light that the men bad been arrest-
d, ordered them held without hail,
e took the position that the Indict-
lents were returned on a capital of
fense and the defendants were not
lailable.
McSwain Arrested Firet.
Sheriff Bittlck and his brother, Dep-
ty Sheriff L. C. Bittlck, rushed to Ma-
on immediately after the indictments
'ere handed to them by the grand
iry at 3:30 o'clock. They came im
mediately to the office of the. sheriff
, t Bibb county and enlisted the aid of
eputies in locating the met:.
McSwain was first taken Into cu*
>dy and sat in the sheriff's office un
*.H the round-up was. completed at i
'clock. Sheiiff Bittlck placed a call
ir Judge Searcy after he had made
le arrest and received ids Orders.
Solocitor General Emmett Owen
lid he woudn't be surprised If one
r two more indictvents are return-
d by the grand jury, which \\ ill «be In
essiou the remainder of the week.
>lr. Owen said that he did not know
hen Judge Searcy would set the
ases for trial, but that believed
he judge would cot a special week
t an early date to hear the cases,
he (Flint circuit Judge and'solicitor
re booked up for court from now un
it the middle of December, and if a
pecial session is held, it will have to
e taken from one of the other conn-
ies other than Monroe.
Wood's Apprehension Sought,
indictments are pending in Bibb
ounty against all of the men Indict
'd by the Monroe grand jury except
Troy Raines. Nat! an Unice is under
bond in this county for assembling
.’or the purpose of lynching, rioting,
■nd carrying a pistol concealed; Gor
ton Herndon is under bond for assent-
ling for the purpose of lynching and
tor rioting; McSwain is under bond
or assembling and for rioting; and
1. L. Wood is under bond for rioting,
issetnbling for the purpose of lynch
ing and for carrying a pistol conceal
cd. -scte*
Deputy sheriffs of Bibb have sent
lotlces all over the country notifying
other officers to apprehend Wood up
on sight and to return '-’ini to this
county. Additional notices will be
sent out ‘by the sheriff of Monroe
county.
The Monroe county jury has been
in session since Monday. Announce
ment was made Tuesday that no in
dictments would be returned until the
SEVERAL SUFFER
LACTEAL POISON
Six Children Become Serious
ly 111 from Drinking Milk
Thursday Morning. All
Now Improving.
Four children of Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Terry and two children of Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. RobersoY, all residents on
Wall street, were made seriously ill
Thursday morning from Incteal pois
on
Shortly before noon the children
were given a glaBS each of fresh but
ter milk that had been mtjked from
me cow. In about an hour after be
ing given the milk all became desper
ately ftl and a physician was imme
diately summoned to administer treat
ment. <
For several hours the six year old
(on of Mr. and Mrs. Terry was con
sidered in a most critical condition
and It' was feared for a time that he
nad barely a slight chance of recov
ering from the poison shock. All six
of the children became highly nause
ated and developed considerable fever
wjthln less time than two hours af*
ter driuKing the milk and throughout
the 4*y all were considered in a rath
er serious condition.
The children subjected to the poi
son were constantly visited -by a phy
sician Thursday, though at a late
hour In the evening It was considered
that all were out of danger.
it is presumed that the milk be
came poisoned by the cow having eat
en certain weeds, though whaterer
might have been the cause It is look
ed upon by the attending physician _
and members of the family that all
had a very narrow escape.
NOTICE OF MEETING
There will be a meeting at the
Court House, MiUedgeville, on Sat
urday, September 4th, at 3:00 o'clock
n the afternoon. This meeting is ft.-r
the purpose of selecting a date for
be next co-operative sale in Septem-
>er, and to take up with farmers ne;r
.’Urate and fertilizer requireuimt.i
iCi the coming year.
It is hoped that the farmers of the
ounty will attend this meetingc, and
tarticipate In the discussion, as wo
feel it will be to their intereat to do
so.
C. U. YOUNG, President.
the Jury had adjourned, but
the plun was altered when evidence
said to be conducive that the men in
dicted were in the vjynchlng party
wa s introduced.
At least thirty piwt have appeared
before the Monroe county grand jury
in connection with the affair. Most
of them had previously appeared be
fore the liibb grand Jury.
Shooting is Reviewed.
The affair that lies a? the base of
thy (lve riurder indictments and t*)n
Indictments Jn this county o:i less se
rious charges took place at ti:10 on
the afternoon of July 29. Deputy Sher
iff Walter Byrd and two other depu-
uties went to a negro pool room on
Broadway to arrest Cocky Glover, a
bad negro, for disturbing the peace.
Glover shot and killed Deputy Byrd
and two negroes who were in tho
pool room at the time. He made his
escape. Tuesday, August 1, early in
the morning, he was captured at
Griffin after he had shot a policeman.
Spalding county 'officers rushed him
toward Macon. A mob intercepted
the party near Holton. *took the ne
gro, carried him across the line Into
Monroe county and lj/nched film. •
The Bibb grand Jury wur called into
special shhhIoh on the morning of
August 7 and has been in ^session
fffnee, returning indietme.'/ts for the
purpose of lynching, rioting and car
rying concealed weapons.
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