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VOLUME XCVU
Federal Union Established in 1829
Southern Recorder ’* lniu
Millcdgevilic, Ga.,
DR. M.M. PARKS
FUNERAL IN COLLEGE AUDI-
TORIUM. BISHOP CANDLER
PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO LIFE
OF GREAT EDUCATOR.
The funeral services of Dr. M. M.
Parks, president of G. S. C. W.,
were held in the new auditorium of
G. S. C. W. Sunday morning, Jan. 2.
. The remains were carried to the
auditorium from the mansion, the
family residence, to the auditorium,
accompanied by the members of the
Acreavcd family, the members of the
faculty, as active pa!l*bcarers, the
members of the Board of Trustees,
honorary pall-bearers, members of
the faculty, Bo&rd of Stev
Methodist church members
COUNCIL NAMES
CITY EMPLOYES
Late t'hoto of Dr. M. M. Parka at His Desk
AN AGO) CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY
ALL OLD EMPLOYES ARE RE-,
ELECTED. FRANCHISE FOR !
GAS PLANT CONSIDERED AT |
MEETING MONDAY NIGHT.
City!
The annual meeting of th'
Council brought few changes in the
city employes for the new year, all
of the present force being retained
with exception of the engineer at the
water plant.
Mayor Ennis and his board of Al
dermen reviewed the past year’s
work and are entering the new year
in splendid financial shape. During
the past year a big block of bonds
were retired, new road machinery
of j purchased, improvements made at
the the water plant, additional lots clear-
; bc-
Alumnne Association, students of the ) cd at the cemetery, paving v
College, members of the Kiwanii|g>m and many other changes aero
Chin, Knights of Pythias lodge, A. : added to make MilledgevMe a mod-
T. O. fraternity, officers of the state city.
institutions located here, and a num- Milledgeville’s bonded indebted-
brr of leading educators of Georgia, ness has been greatly decreased, this
acting us an honorary escort. decrease having to be made from
In the auditorium had assembled j present tax levies, there having been
wd of people from all 5
of the
sinkir
fund made by past
ople
Milledgeville The following
the officers
• George Carpenter, Recorder.
' i R. T. Baisdcn, Cerk and Treasurer,
r | W. J. Haynie, Chief of Police.
Policemen—Frank Broome, J. M.
Murphy. Paul Smith and J. W. Rob-
- \ erts.
J. M.
join with the p
in paying tribute to the memory o:
one who had served his state am
generation so faithfully and well.
The casket was placed on the stag*
surrounded with the largest numbei
and most beautiful floral offering.
Bishop Warren A Candler. Prcsi- erts.
dent of Emory College, when Dr. Head of Fire Department,
Parks was a student and graduated Murphy.
at that institution, preached the fun- Engineer of Water Works, D. B.
oral sermon. He was assisted by Dr. Wester, succeeding Mr. Tom Smith,
Elam F. Dempsey. Presiding Elder who did not seek re-election,
of the Oxford District, and Rev. J. F. j Mr. Wester comes highly recoin-
Yarbrough, pastor of the Milledge- mended, having had an engineering
ville Methodist church. J course at Carnegie Tech and for the
A quartet composed of Miss Alice j past few years has been in Pitts-
Lenore Tucker, Mrs. E. R. Hines,: burg. He is a native Georgian.
Mrs. L. P. Longino and Mrs. Edgar
Long, sang two of the favorite songs BASKET BALL SEASON GETS
of Dr.‘l arks, “Abide With and
“Oh Master. Let Me Walk With
I MR. CHAS. R. HARPER DIED AT
HIS HOME IN MIDWAY SUN-
I day AFTERNOON AFTER A
LONG AND USEFUL LIFE.
Mr. Chas. R. Harper, one of Bald-
l win county’s oldest and most respect-
: eel citizens died at his home in Mid-
i way Sunday uftemoon Jan. 2nd.
Mr. Harper’s last illness was only
a few days duration, and was due to
a general giving away of his vitality
j on account of extreme old age. His
passing away was quiet and peaceful,
as he closed his eyes and gently
| breathed his last.
The funeral sendees were held at
: th« Methodist church Wednesday
morning at eleven o’clock, Rev. J. F.
Yarbrough pastor, officiating. The
i pall-hearers were: Dr. E. W. Allen,
1 Dr. J. I. Garrard, Messrs. M. S. Bell.
L. S. Fowler, S. I). Stembridge and
j H. S. Wottten. The members of the
Board of Stewards of the Methodist
church word honorary pall-bearers.
Chas. R. Harper was born in Put
nam county April 22nd, 1841, but
when he war a mere lad his parents
moved to Baldwin county, and set-
i tied in the Merriwether neighbor
hood, and it was there that he grew
to manhood and spent the greater
part of his life. In early manhood
he enlisted in the Confederate army
- and rendered the Southland heroic
service during the war between the
States. He passed through the war
unwounded, having several narrow
escapes, bringing back to his home
t the end of the war a hat through
•hich there was u bullet hole.
______ Returning from the war he made
DEAN NAMED TO SUCCEED DR. SPECIAL TRAIN ARRIVED IN AUTOMOBILE IS DRIVEN OFF hi, horn, on the .'arm uml lie
PICTURE TAKEN ONLY FEW WEEKS BEFORE DR. PARKS FATAL VISIT TO FLORIDA
DR. BEESONTO GIRLS’COLLEGE T.O. BRYAN’S
HEADG.S.C.W. OPENED MONDAY CAR IS STOLEN
PARKS. FILLS UNEXPIRED
TERM. ACTING PRESIDENT
UNTIL JUNE.
AFTERNOON. GIRLS VISITED
FLOWER COVERED GRAVE OF
THEIR LATE PRESIDENT.
WHILE OWNER WAS IN POST
OFFICE. RECOVERED LATER
AT HODDOCK.
Thee.”
Dr. Yarbrough read the ninetieth
T'salm as the first lesson, and Dr.
Dempsey from the .14th through the
58th verse of the 15th chapter of
First Corinthians, and offered the
prayer which was beautifully word
ed and touching with its earneitness.
Bishop Candler announced as his
text the 36th verse of the 13th chap
ter of Acts, "For David, after he had
served his own generation by the
will of God, fell on sleep, and was
hid unto his fathers, and saw cor-
: uption.”
Bishop Candler spoke of his great
'eve for Marvin Parks, which
that of a father towards a son
All-Stsri
Dr. J. I.. Beeson, Dean of the The Beauty Special, loaded with a
Georgia State College fur Women, j thousand Georgia girls, arrived Moit-
was designated acting fesaktoot day afternoon at 2:20 aa scheduled
UNDER WAY THtfWE0C|£"“tU" S
of Directors of the Coliege at a ' "*•>' bp«n !‘laum*d by thi
meeting held lart Sunday afternoon - -coaMd Preakient before the school
after the funeral of Dr. Parts. c-ua..: for tie h.Tklnyr.
Dr. Beeson h«, been a member of While the young Indie, were a:
the faculty of the college over thir- h- me for the holiday,, their beloved
ty year, and ha« on previous occur- President. Dr. M. M. Parks, was tok went 1,1 h ‘» n “'*- ' Vhllp he
ions acted as president of the college. b V death and when they returned was in the office three young men
having served while Dr. Parks filled ** seemed as if they could not realize took possession of the automobile
nd grasp the fact that a great trag and drove out of the city on the Ma
con road. When Mr. Bryan return
ed to the street and realized that his
the girls filed from the automobile had been stolen, it hap-
cocahes and found awaiting them th<
professors of the college, but minu
The Indoor Scaron of G. M. C. will
' be ushered in Thursday when the
I Locust Grove five will journey down
to meet the Red and Black basket-
eers in the first game after the hoi-
idoys - ! Indent. He is head of the dipart- «*F l ”“> b « f * llen «•>* college. Then
The Baptists have a fast team and j mcn( of chemistry and Dean of the »»* ■»"<* dMay »"' 1 sa<| -
will make a most interesting game j Libcral Arts Department of the col- n< -' !
for the Cadets. They are expected , j e(fe
to be strong contenders in the G. I.
Mr. T. O. Bryan’s automobile was
stolen Saturday night but was recov-
ered at Haddock an hour or two of-
erwards. - ^
Mr. Bryan, who works In the
reight department ut the Central
railroad depot und lives nearby,
drove his automobile to the.business
section of the city. He left it stand
ing in front of the poFt office and
office of .State School Superin-
this season.
On Saturday night the Macon Ail-
Stars, a team of old college and Y
| stars will play the Cadets. The Ma-
then spoke of the life of David and | con is lcd b T w - L - “Young”
said that ho lived not as a warrior, i Sailing, the victim of the punches
but on account of the songs he had, of UeLoney in the Yankee Stadium
written. He told of the great edu-! Ias t summer. Stribling is a star
valors of the South and Georgia and I basketeer and is a big drawing card
Continued on last page i * or tbe M“ con * ads -
— Some of the best prep teams in
REV. GEO. B. THOMPSON ! the 8tate wiH a PP ear in Mfl,ed * e -
I)r. Bee
embe
i has be
of the student b
•ed by
the
faculty of their hearty cooperation
in carrying forward the ideals and
principals of the institution.
■mdy anil sm il* n R ^ act * ^ r - P“rica.
During the afternoon the entire
student body went to the cemetery
to view the flower covered grave of
Dr. Parks. Their eyes were stained
r\ \\ CMMtc MAHC .with tears and they were grief strick-
0. M. ENNIS MADE th( . #rst realization that Dr.
CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSIONERS Prak, was dead. Before coming back
| iere they found it difficult to believe
The
The!.- Pr.
TO PAY TRIBUTE TO LEE
The anniversary of the birthday of
Gen. Robert E. Lee. January 19th,
will be celebrated in this city with ap
propriate exercises.
The exercises will be held under
the auspices of the R. E. Lee Chapter
of the daughters of the Confederacy,
and the members of the organiza
tion are now preparing the program.
Rev. Geo. B. Thompson, pastor of
the Milledgevilli
ville this season. The Cadets will ] The County Commissioner*
leave in a few weeks for a long road the h* -9 * meeting of the new
trip into South Georgia, meeting the! Tuesday
representative teams of that section
I0EL I. FARMER
The
that their beloved president
dead and when they saw his last rest
ing place it prostrated them wit!
held grief.
year I The hundreds of flowers were still
M. Ennis began resh and the young ladies saw th«
elected chair-j many expressions of sympathy that y° un *
of the Hoard for the next two came from all parts of the South.
I The first chapel exercises w
during the year held TuetJ. •• merning, Dr.
pened that Dr. T. M. Hall was at the
post office and they were quickly in
Dr. Hall’s automobile on the trail of
the thieves. They overtook and pnss-
ed the car near Haddock and went on
to the place to secure assistance of
an officer. The stolen car stopped
at a filling station to get gasoline
and the young man driving the car
was placed under arrest. The other
two young fellows who were with 1
him left the car before it reached
Haddock.
The young man arrested gave his
name us Jack E. Stone, claiming to
be from Miami, Fla. He stated that
he did not know who the other two
and was ignorant
to their whereabouts.
Stone w*ns brought back to Mil
ledgeville and placed in the county
anew. On January 18th, 1866, he
married Miss Annie E. Tatum and
they would have celebrated their six
ty-first marriage anniversary' the
16th of this month.
Mr. Harper was a man of robust
constitution, energy and de*ermina-
tion and made a success of tunning,
accumulating a Competency. About
twenty-three years ago he bought n,
home in Midway and moved his fam
ily there, but it was only within the
past few years that he gave up act-
Mr. Harper joined the Methodist
church in early life and for years hi*
membership was at Bethel church,
the church of that denomination at
Meriwether. He served as a mc-mbev
of the Board of Stewards of that
ehurch and was recognized as on*
of it* mainstays, giving largely of
his time and means to it* support*
After moving to Midway he moved
his membership to the Milledgeville
Methodist church and served as q
Trustee and member of the Board of
Stewards until his death.
He was a man of strong religious
convictions, and was a regular at
tendant on church services. He urai
honest, upright man, a good citit
, a loving husband and father, and
he has gone to his reward after ^
long and useful life, leaving a good
name as a heritage to his children.
Mr. Harper is survived by Mra.
Harper and three daughters, Mra
Geo. W. Griner, of Wright City,
Oklahoma, and Misses Annie and
Mabry Harper, and one son, Mr. Ta
tum Harper, of this city.
DIED IN MOULTRIE carry forward :heir program of Beeson presiding, and the sadness of j tr ‘ e<< in Super ‘ gy QUARTERLY CONFERENCES
-- road building. ! this service was indeed noticeable. ! ior court which will convene next j IJllr _ _ _ f
The highway leading to Little Riv- Dr. Beeson spoke briefly of the Monday. OF METHODIST CHURCHES
er the boundary line between Bald- death of Dr. Parks nnd told the - j
win and Putnam counties is nearly young ladies a memorial service CI , DCDinD rru UT Will B * H,W B * Dr - EUra F -
• Fish-
finished
church will deliver the address and
pay tribute to the life and character
it Gen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. Thomp
son is a graceful speaker, a scholar
nnd student, and his address will be
an eloquent one.
An interesting program of music
and recitation will also be rendered.
rill be made
The remains of Mr. Joel I. Far
mer were brought to this city Wed
nesday from Moultrie where he died work is going forward on the road
early Wednesday morning. They to Scottsboro. The highway to Ma-
Prcsbyterian I wer e carried to the home of Mr. Pier- con is also progrt
Frazier near Hopewell church. '• The reads in Baldwin county are
The funeral and burial was at Camp in better condition now than they
Creek church Thursday afternoon. | have ever been. R. N. Ashfield, su-
vvould be held later.
SUPERIOR COURT WILL
Mr. M. S. Bell and Dr. E. A. Tig. CONVENE NEXT MONDAY
»er, local members of the Board of —
Jirectors, were present at the chapel Few Civil «nd Criminal Ca»e» on
ervice and talked to the student The Docket*
ody.
Supe
will
PROF. WYNN TO TALK TO
MEN'S CLASS NEXT SUNDAY Primitive Baptist church.
her of ye
native of Bald-
vv to manhood
rural route car-
rural route four for a num-
Mr. Farmer w
dn county and
He
well known
throughout the county. ’ He is sur
vived by his wife and several chil
dren, several sisters and brothers.
faithful member of the
Prof. W. T. Wynn, of G. S. C. W., j The University Women’s Club will
will tench the Men’s Bible Class at Monday afternoon at 4 o’clock
the Methodist Sunday School next
Sunday morning. Prof. Wynn is a
■•plendid Bible student and a most in
teresting talker. The men of the
Hass, of the church and any citizen
Ho may do so is invited to come out
-nd hear Prof. Wynn.
•vith Mis« Bolnnd at the Darien Ho
tel. The subject of the program
will be Holland, Belgium and Spain.
The program has been arranged by
Miss Crowell, Chairman, Mrs. Dan-
els and Mrs. Sam Anderson. Every
member » urged to be present.
ell..
perinteniient looks after them
The Commissioners will continue
their progressive policy as they hav
elected a farm agent for the
farmer.*- and one for the colon
mers of the county.
Monday morning at ten o’clock.
There are not many civil or crimi
nal cases on the docket and it is ex-
to , peeled that not more than three day*
VETERAN RAILROAD MAN AT
TENDS FUNERAL OF DR. PARKS
Mr. Sam Wilkes, of the Georgia
and West Point Railroads, was in the
city Sunday to join in paying tribute
to the memory of Dr. M. M. Parks.
Mr. Wilkes stated that the offic
ials of his mad held Dr. Parks m the
highest confidence and
nd citizen of
Georgia, anil felt that the slate had
suffered an irreparable losr.
Dr. Dempsey will preach at eadi
of these Conferences and his vi4t
here is being looked forward to witjh
great interest He served the Mfl-
edgeville Methodist church for four
years, and has many acquaintances
large, land friends in the city and county,
the j but there are two negree. in jail ! »*■ Dempaey i, recognized a. one
charged with murder. Solicitor Joe of *>>' mr '* t aloijuent and scholarly
work the civil docket
••y Next Saturday and Sunday
Dr. Elam F. Dempsey, Presiding
Elder of the Oxford District will
pay his first official visit to the Meth-
dist charges of Milledgeville anfi
Baldwin County Saturday and Sun
day, Jan. 8th and 9th. i
The Conference of the Milledfft-
ville Circuit will be held at Matildja
Chapel, Stevens Pottery, Saturda^.
The Milledgeville church Sunday
morning and Midway Sunday aftet-
white P-Went Sibley in deference |^“ n ™t weei.'will be con.nmed
d far * the SSMTlS FHdTevemltrying the civl, dochet.
ing, Januarv 14th, at which time the I Judge Jas. B. Park will prea.de
regular luncheon will he held. The I and immediately after the court la
ladies’ night planned for Friday i called to order and the grand jury » l
right hue been called in indefinitely. | organized will deliver his charge.
Dr. E. T. Holme,. G. H. Webber. | After the grand jury retire, t- -
I_ c. Hall, J. c. Cooper and Frances]
Daniel were named a committee to '
Iraft suitable erpres.iun, of aympa- | The criminal docket
hy and of the loaa sustained in the I but there are two negro ...
, .. f ; charged with murder. Solicitor Joe ° Ule
:r:rt h. p ^ a—— - - - *
he c | ub to the grand jury. v^oiuerenceb.
! be called.
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