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VOL- 21, NUMBER 45. the milledgevili r news ' ■ " f-»~Z 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, I ' ITION WANTED — A young ' "f education and refinement de- II ■utuatiou as private secretary to *' ' "f retired business man or \vo- 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. • FOR SAtLE—One Fordi touring body with pullman feature, converts into hod. Ideal for cnmpl** or touring Sleep in your own oar. Body in good shape. Brice 525.00. Apply U. G Glass Motor Co. Fresh pigs feet, fresh pork sausage ami boiled ham at Emmett Barnes. 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. TSPECIAL -THIS WEEK CASH ONLY $1.00 Durham-Implex Razor 10c 50c Durham-Duplex Blades AT Culver & Kidd Drug Company -OF COURSE” Phones 224 and 240 39c