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VOLUME XCVL
Milledgeville. Ga.. January 14, 1926
Consolidated in 1872
$25 000 BOND ISSUE FOR PAVING COURT CONVENED FARMERS MEET SOUTH’S CHIEFTAIN TO BE
TO BE CALLED EARLY IN MARCH LAST MONDAY ENTHUSIASTIC PAID TRIBUTE NEXT TUESDAY
City Officials Take Action For Paving Of
Streets in City. Baby Bond Plan To
Be Used In This Undertaking
FIRST NATIONAL
MR W. F. LITTLE ELECTED RPOMINENT SPEAKERS AD-
FOREMAN OF GRAND JURY.
AND JUDGE PARK DELIVERED
A FORCEFUL CHARGE.
DRESS FARMERS ON PROGRAM
FOR COMING YEAR. LARGE
ATTENDANCE PRESENT.
The City Courcil at it* session
Monday night took definite action in
regard to the paving of the road*
in the city limit* and will call a bond
ifsue on the fir*t of March for
$25,000 to cover the cost of the pav
ing of street intersections.
' The Council has adopted the Baby
Bond plan for the paving program.
TO FINANCE BOYS
On Tuesday morning, January 12,
the farmer* of Baldwin county held,
very enthusiastic meeting in the CADET INSPECTION
court house at Mi Hedge ville The
Fitting Program To Mark Celebratibn Of
General Lee’s Birthday. Col. Erwin/
Sibley To Be Principal Speaker —
The January term of Baldwti
perior Court convened Monday i
in « tpn -'“dire ■>««• B. » very ratnu.im.tir mcetirur in tlu>; VALTE. J liUBrE* 1 1UIN On next Tuesday momlnir. U.n 19
I’nrk PrvddjniT. rnurl heuse nt Millrdgcvillr Thr - THIS MONTH Mill ' d K t ''«>' will Pn.v it, trRrnte. to
T cru " d >«r* nrpnniird ny ".crimp »pnn.nrrd by .hr Extra- 11,151 1Wr ’ 1 M thr South', enslcst chleft«m Ornrr-
-hv election of Mr. W F Little a, »"'n Ihvi.ion or thr Suite Collette »| Rtll)trl g u ., wlh „ u
Sponsor Boy*’ Cotton foreman. S. D. Stc-mhridge a* see re- of Agriculture, who secured a num Col. Rowell, Inspecting Officer of c i M>!i j n ^ au j|t or j uni t j, p Geor*
Pres. Pottle Announcei k ,r >' an, l " * n . K. Stiles a* bailifT. 'her of'very prominent speakers for 4th Corps Area To Be Herc a Military College
a, , ,. , ~Z ~ * The program has been arranged
( ol. Frank Rowell, Inspecting Of- .
... „ .. a. . .. *na the exercises sponsoied by the
Daughters of the Confederacy. Mr*
Will Ad
Club, Vi
-— Before the delivery of the charge the occasion.
The First National Bank of thi* Kev * «*• Pettigrew in an earnest Professor T L. Asbury, District
dty, a« it Itas^dune the past two prayer invoked divine blessings upon .supervisor of County Agent-, gave a fiver of the Fourth Corps Area
This plan has been ured by many years, will finance the boys’ cotton * bt * court. eery interesting talk on a “Balanced the United State* Army, with head- jj \y Hatchi
small municipalities and found to be ar *d corn clubs again this year. Judge Park in opening his charge Farm Program.” The subject of u Quarter* nt Fort McPhersioti, will
highly satisfactory. The plan i* to The Formers Progressive Club of re ^ err °d to the fact that Baldwin balanced farm program is of such arrive in this city the 27th to make
sell the Baby Bonds for the proper- Baldwin county took up the ques- coUni >" w ' a!S law abiding, and that breadth that Mr. Asbury barely had ^e annual inspection of the Gcor-
ty* owners in front of whose prop- -lion of organizing a cotton club were few criminal cases on the time to intro.luce the topic What K * a Military College cadet Corps,
irty the paving i» to be done and to among the farmer boy* of the coun docket. is meant by a balanced agricultural Capt. E. T # Bowden, P. M. S. and
allow them to pay this money back in ty in 1024, and the officials of the dodge Park urged the grand jurors program? It means, says Mr As- T., at the college has made prepara-
installnients, 10 per cent each First National Bank .agreed to fi- *° d ’’ duty without fear, favor bury, a system of procedure by tion for the arrival of the inspect- Soldier
President; Dr. E, T.
Holmes will act as Master of Ctjrq-
monies. • ' '•’*
This method
ntt!:r the east come in small pay- the directions of the farm ap
Ru ''* and does no*, place the city The bank supplied the money for
■finder a heavy indebtedness. The boys to purchase seed,‘■fertilizer.
- will furnish the labor to do the cium arseuate
work fret* and the only
i-ection with th«- paving id the mater
ial used
A Contract was let with the Har
well-Bel i-e Construction Conipiiny. of
Spartanburg, S. C.. to make the sur-
vev and \o upervfee the work. They
wBl come here some time at an ear'v
note. All the
Viote- were promptly paid when the
crop was gathered and sold. The
past year u cotton and corn club
were financed by the bank equally
successfully, the past year.
The membership of the ch’b the
or sentiment and declared that the which the farmer can follow and not ing officer and has put the cade
administration of he law wus hinder- have to touch his cotton money to through a period of training that
ed and delayed on account of a sick- buy the necessities of the farm th it will make them proficient in eVery
ly sentimentality. ' “Id be profitably raised at home, form of military tactic*. Capt. Bow.
The surest ami most effective way If the farmer is buying meat nnd den is very anxious to maintain the
of stopping lawlessness is the real- lard out of his cotton money then hi* samp record for excellency that the
ization that the courts may be do- inning operation* are out of hai- school gained at the R. O T C. sum
Col^ Erwn Sibley will make the
address fr: the occasion. He will
pay a tribute to the life of Lee, the
Lee, the Statesman, nnd l4.\e,
Col Sibley is a most
ended upon to enforce law, in all a
ises where the evidence wurrnnu ti
•nviction, and tha* the higher cour.s h
and begin the preparation for as fa
i all probability be greater this ye
<>ik.
td to make the call for the
issue and it is hoped thi* elev
en be held the first of March
•n'.traction begun by the mid.
much attention thin
gunizxttinn of clubs i
uiatc agriculture, an
106 LIFE TERMERS RECEIVED
IN 1925 AT STATE PRISON FARM
the sentence* provided by h
recommended by jurors.
Judge Park suid that Jury -ervir.
should be regarded as a duty an>:
that the various exemptions provid
•d should-no: be taken ndvautagi
of eXLipt in case.* of absolute neci
sity. pointed nut the duties
the grand juiors as set forth in tl
•ode
< «rt. II. Ennis introduced th
h,n b'jvinr the city tug authority *ti
,J ** t * 5 ‘“ Baby Bond plan in the le
Une hundred and six life ter
pri; oners were received in Georvii
Immediately uftc-r the com
of Judge Park's address the
ii«*ck**t wan culled' *Vhen thi
docket is completed court will
If he is having to buy <
1 the family and livestock •
m his system should be chanced t f > !
:i care of the needs of the farm.
i| the farm is not producing suffi*
milk, butter. egg;< and poultry to
-• ,a ko fare of home need* the system
balance. The question *f
‘ orebad and the home gar.
F . den was touched on also. The main
- point emphasized by Mr. Asbury was
f to live at home and board nt th** same
v !'l«r . If th*s is practiced the cot
ton dollar will |»> practically uu-
ii touched at the end of the sea-.n. he
Lrosacd the
lot ala
rn mer camp the jrnst year
*n Col. Sowell visited the school the
-• last term and was very much plea ed
If with the work done here. He cu
ni grntuluted the student* upon thr
to excellent showing and gave ther.i
m liigh rating with the war department.
*f Honor school* are named upon the
r_ recommendation of Col. Rowell t
in is hardly possible that local school
n>- should gain this distinction due to
the lack of da - room equipment but
a this handicap is being rajudly wiped
it- out and effort will be made to get »n
it- the honor school cluss. within toe
next few year*' G' M. C. has always
hi Id the honor in military profie-
i'-ncy and the same fine record will
be kept this year.
eloquent speaker and hi* audience*
get much fond for thought when he
makes nn address
The Hattie Pottle Chapter of the
< hildren of the Confederacy wjl|
have a principal place on the pjtQ,-
r «m and will be one of the feature*
of the ciitertainir.'-n!. The U. D. .C
Chapter ha* urged them in the payt
1 they arc to take and requ. ,r '?d .bg : v
help in the arrangement of the prt>r
The Cadet BataUion and Bund will
sene as escort to toe veteran* from
the court house to the college chap-
pel. Maj. Ostuman and hi- orcru-j*
tnr will fua-i h music for the occ^
The Chapter especially invite* t)\e
Cotifeden*: • VeUrsir* to ulUnfl
these exerctce*.
vil said' Mr. Asbury also
vil importance of club worl
. - - ad- ”f keeping the farm b<
e the pus! year and the ques- prison farm during the year 1925, jonrn until Monday morning when on the farm. We hear
' paving ha* been a much dis- the prison commission has announc- the criminal docket will be called, bringing people from the „..r in ,„:n
indications are that there will our state to develop the abandoned
be many cate» to try. and worn out furnis Mr Anbury
said. This is uil very well, said the
speaker, but if we ran keep the farm
boy on the farm our problem will
olv’e itself. To keep the rural
'•d girl «* n the farm they must
(*- given a rhance to learn that there
nfortable living there for
them -Otherwise they are going to
-ek some other line of work, nnd
t! v cannot be blamed for it Lets
-ive the rural boy and girl a chance
•ight into the agricul- Former Member of G S. C.
•ussed one several
Preliminary preparation* have been Df this number 25
iM.ilc J*y..the street force and .the Iffisimcrs-and 81 nmrrm
nain thoroughfares of aim city are Ninety-five men wen
eady for paving. Curbing hn« been farm during the year
ilaced und the street* graded
VETERAN OF 60’s
R. W. HATCHER
TO ATTEND MEET
• no ni.lowing is ti'f program:
Selection, G. M' C. Orchestra
Prayer, Rev H ‘l» Warnock.
Song, G. S. C. W. Stud< nt .
Reading. Mrs. T. A Reese.
Selection, G M. C. Orchestra *
Bonnie Blue Flag, Childrui of the
Confederacy
Address, Col Erwin Sibley.
I Selection, G. M. C. Orchestra.
Ur", fcnluri- ..f th, radio i» that Tlu- ..Id tint, Crafadcrate and
u can tunc ..IT u-lthoul cmhnrca.*- nrill, Chfldlfn of the Confederacy.
Benediction, Rev H. C. Emory
Friendship doe* m>t call for recom-
Only its counterfeit keep*
balance sh»et*.
BURIED HERE TO BE PRINCIPAL SPEAKER AT
GREATER NEW YORK MEET
OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF
HARDWARE ASSOCIATION.
Gen. J. G. Holmej, of New Orleans,
Died Here Last Friday Night.
SENATE PRESIDENT CONVINC.
ED THAT NEED IS IMMED1
ATE. TO ENDORSE BEST PLAN
FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
Although ho did not encourage
Governor Walker in the call of an
extraordinary session, Capt. J. H. En
nis has let «t he knoU n that he I*
decidedly in favor of doing some-'
tiling to provide for the early com
fiction of hard surface roads in the
y purpose." said Capt En
whatever I can to ad- ville
General James G. Holme*. 85
year* of age, who was an officer in
the Confederate army and a general
in the Confederate Veterans organ
ization, died last Friday night at
Allen’s Invalid Home and was buried
in the city cemetery Saturday af
ternoon.
General Holmes was born in Char
leston, S. C', and*served with dis
tinction ' in the Mjpr between the
state*' He entered the Confederate
army a young man.
General Holme* -came to Milledge
■ (treater
turnl possibilities of Georgia nnd then
be able to pull him
MISS EUBANKS fAGF SFA^ON
WRITES SONG OLrlOUll
OPENS JAN. 22
Song Accepted By Publitlrars
M”. R. \Y' Hatchi- ^ ^ ^
Saturday for Indianapolfs. Indiana, j........ f
t« |.n-j.lr at th, annual mratini! Of i n ,, , . M.«i Carolyn Euhunk., of Griffin,
th,. Foard ..r G„vtrnor« ..f th. V.i-] , Mr ' , ' ' Auncultur.-.l „.,d furnu-rly t. |...|.ulur mumbt-r uf
ti'.nal If.-tnil H.rduar, "-...t-ia.l,,,.. itailru.d, talk- , h , 0 . S. C. W. faculty ha, h„d ..
•»f which he i* president. *. ° U ,V f pro uction. The pro- ! «, n j ri the word* and music of Which
Mr. Hatcher will go from ladiannp- 1 ! K ” ' t?ry r '* kv were written by her accepted by
«!i* to New York city to attend a j
meeting of the National Hardware j
Council which meet*
BASKETBALL COURT TO BE DEO.
ICATED THIS MONTH. FAST
LANIER FIVE TO FORM THE
OPPOSITION TO CADETS.
than a.month
that cil
January 21 to 22. He hn* heen v
vited to deliver the principol sped
nt the annual banquet of the Metr
politan Hardware Arsociatiun -
rk and Brooklyn
| body 1..
but there a
i:i which I
• inexperienced man to
I am not advising any
T. to livestock product on.
c a number of instance*
ould advise one to grow
the
fm. “ •» of <1* feebk- health, and hi, death came ^-. J h ' ld “ th ," H ”V' c ''"""» d «
held Saturday
i the Episcopal church.
CV' F H. Harding conducting the
services and hi* remain* were inter-
know wha't red in the city cemetery
survived by ' t.ne brother
Friday night. Jan 22
Mr. Hatcher is serving a* the Pres
ident of the Hardware Assoc’xtion
with dintinction and is considered
one of the most outstanding hard- () u el ,ti on
ware men in the country. H, know. ht . Mjd ^
the retail uaam and the condition .f j, dl , |r ' ah|l ir
th, country and i» in fr.-at demaml |>rBcUcal , lt
- inter.at of th, state when the af>-e a prolontfetf illne,!
w-don m«-ts and I do not believe The funeral
e ,s t.i be an unnecessary afterm
wa-te of time after the
called to order “
n upt. Ennis d>
Plan or plans will be brought befora .« .s
k e legislature f or the providing of Edward Holme*, of Thomnsville. Ga.,
harH nUe r Com P* t *t'«>n of the nnd several nephews and niece* in
h „ r . f. a “ Ce ^ road * in the "rtate, but Macon, and other parts of Georgia. ....... .... ..
Z bl n U r** ‘b® quwtion will be He was an uncle of Mrs. Andenmn C,t >* thv ,att4fr P “ rt ° f th,R monlh
Pr,nc,pal bu *«nes* at hand when who was matron at Terrell Hall fr
aw.ma er* meet. He realizes several year*.
fine and althouRh^has'nA^pled^ HARDING IN LIMELIGHT RECENTLY
V-mself to support any bill that might ATTENDS MEETING ’ Wlh ° nt ‘ S ° nR: Writtr insta,|pd as
be introduced, he will endor.^j the!
bill that will best provide fnr *k.-'
’ Chmn. Field Work Atlanta Diocete
Official dedication of the new alutft-
pu’ ' shing house «»f New York, and na^jfport* arena and opening of CM
has een placed on sale at all flte' 11»2(I basketball season will be staged
music house* In the country, Mr. R # at the new court on the campus J»n_
ii Women selling it here. uary 22, when the fast Lanier fivq
The title of the song is “Wish- of Macon meet the G. M. C Students,
ing” and it has met with fwpular ap- Old enemies in every form of jpfljri.
the country. Many the G. M C. Lanjer game nromjac.s
including It In their to be the hottest contested game
9
|*roval all
vuudevillf i
program. Miss Eubanks* has numy the season. The Lanier five has b r e
friends in this city and over the state the stone in the path of G. M
befog
business, be 1 raid. * Mr. Uy»-
haw used the Lunsford farm nt Cov
ington, Ga , as an example. Mr
Lunsford is producing around :$85,
00 worth of beef cattle ■per'acre on
land that i* practically untillable, haVe hoard the n6w* with much championship march for several
and land that would probably not pay While „ student al the sons and the G. M C.
in anj nt er crop than livestock. Mr. Georgia Static College--ahe di*tin- primed for thi* victory. ;r—
jisiaw a o went into the dairy uu i B h«r^.her*elf with her piand - mu. The basketball court I* rapid?*
us l* equa y- hazardous g j c ant j entertained ‘-Many- Milledge- nearing completion and the archk
ascs n large Herd v ||| e audiences When she had re- tects promise it* completion within
most cases is im- c ,.j ve d her diplomu in music she en-, the next ten day* Fitting dedte*-
. tered the faculty as an accompanist tory exercise* will be held the night
concentnifolVn i a »L 0n ***. t0n ° f " nd tocher of piano. of the Lanier game and every effort
concentrates and two ton* orluv oer ■ sc- , • , . _
a » , • . . •* being made to have a record'nt-
year. At least one ton of the hay prod act, can be marketed best hy tendance. The court
NEW YORK SONG WRITERS
Confers With Church Board
Paving program without causing
greater tax increase and burden up
»n the people It U hie belief that R( ... . „•
H Pi." whereby the revenue can be / thi< H “ rd ' n,; “ r ’' nt
raiw-d will be formulated and Gear-
via’* greatest need supplied
he conferred with other clergymen t .ff or t.
the Atlanta diocese and Bishop
Mayor of the City of New York and
another installed a* husband of a
possible heiress to the Mackny mil.
lions, we may look for a quick reviv
al in Tin Pan Alley' "Yes We may
not Get the Bananas” might be «n
Atlanta where apprbpirate title for a new Berlin
should be of some'good legume, such feeding
u‘ cowpcaa, soy bean*,'corn, oats, etc. There is no better feed for growi
About two-third* or three-fourths of chicken* bring a premium on the
the concentrates should be produced, market' Skim milk is also a good
on the farm. Thi* can come from ■*upplemcnt to corn in feeding hogs
velvet bean*, corn, oat*, etc. In ad- ; say* Mr Upshaw. With a combi-
dtion to the concentrate* and hay the • nation of this kind in operation the
cow mu*t have good pastureage if ^ farm is growing richer each year and
she j* to pay the maximum profit. In even though the price declines a llttl.-
fact the profit cannot be had with., the cost of production i» growing
out pa.riurage. This require* one-sc j Ics* because of the richness of the
Now if you are con- f soil.
A , w „, , emplating going into the dairy bus-: Mr. W. F.-Tucker, Agricultural A"-
Cnpt. Ennis believes that much H. J. Mikell upon the Field Extra- duties with the church and the chair. '»<“» remember that feed makes milk ] ent fur the Central of Geortria Rail,
vuod wli be accomplished for the sion work of the ehurch. he heinp manship of many impnr'ant commit- ,nd 10 it 1 ' 1 Profit this feed must he road, talked on fruits and truck. It
, ,, , , —. —— v will be modern
pigs . and, chickens. | „j th comfortable seat, for the sp«.
"" ~ tat or*.
Some of the best five* in the state
have been scheduled for Milledge-
ville nnd the fans here have before
them an opportunity to see a* good
basketball a* can be had. This pop
ular sport {* growing in nuhlic a*i-
proval over the south and the Mil-
ledgeville people are getting in on
the ground floor t
An effort will be made to stage
the G. I. A. .A' tournament hare
next spring.
state and will urge rapid action and chairman of the Field Committed." tees. The organization of the church ’ r ® wr | hom ‘‘ far a * pos*ible
a strict application of the state’s , Rev Harding has formulated a ' and many other progressive stops is best done by using i cream
needs be carried out in the Senate plan, organizing the vestrymen of have been the fruits of his labor. separator and marketing the cream.
*>ver which he presides the 'diocese into a unit,’ asking each Rev Harding announced that It is best for the beginner to sell
church to'appoint three men from f Messrs. Frank Bone. J R. Normant ' our cre * m and not try to sell the
A progressive citizen should not euch parish to serve on that board and Jcre Moore have been appointed cream sweet until he get* some ex-
L-e! content to criticise, but should j It is his plan to have the vestrymen 'to the Diocese Vestry Board from St perience in the care and handling
willing to put his shoulder to the to meet twic.* each year to discuss ] Stephens church. A meeting of the of milk' lUone is to sell cream from
u hee1 and aid in advancing the in-;the problems of the church. ^ Vestrymen will be held in the near his farm he must naturally look for
'-rut of hi* community. Rev. Harding has many secretarial ! future which-these men will attend, a market for the skim milk' This
looks, a* if we are all .going to $cll | anything ca
you that all farming operation* are investment.
gamble, said Mr. Turner. The
growing of fruits and truck is a real
poker game. However, there is no
line of business that does not carry
some element of risk. The growing
of fruita Is especially hazardous be
cause It means the tieing up of cap
ital for a number of years before
If i
the game he had better go aWw *t
first else he will be disappointed In
the end Lot* of people have in*t
out with fruit because they did not
realize the trouble it takes to care
for an orchard. Naturally when this
work piled up they were unablif r fo
Continued oa Editorial '
