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VOLUME XCVII
..Federal Union Established in 1829
bouthern Reco.-der ” 1819
Millcdgcvillc. Ga., March 17. 1927.
Number 31.
PROMINENT MAN
DIED THURSDAY
JOHN CONN. PRESIDENT OF EX
CHANGE BANK AND HEAD OF
GROCERY FIRM DIES AT HIS
HOME. BRIEF ILLNESS.
Mr John Conn died at his home in
this city Thursday morning, March
17th. about 3 o'clock, after a brief
illness H's passing takes away from
Millcdgeville one of its most inflnen-
tial citizens and prominent business
men A citizen who held the respect
and confidence of the people among
whom his entire life has been spent,
. business man who was careful,
painstaking, honest and fair in all
his dealings and whose word was his
bond. His passing has caused univer
sal sorrow, us it is realized our city
has suffered a great loss.
Mr. Conn was the oldest son of
the late Capt. W. T. Conn, and a
scion of a family who have for gen
erations filled an important place in
the social, church, fraternal and bus
iness life of Millcdgeville. He was a
member of the first graduating class
of G. M. C. and a graduate of Em
ory college at Oxford. After finish
ing at the latter institution he re
turned home and went to work in
the grocery store of his father as a
clerk, and learned the business thor
oughly. He soon became a partner,
and in a few years the business was
changed from a retail to a whole
sale store, and he later became sole
owner, having an extensive trade.
When the Exchange Bank was estab
lished he became a large stockholder
and was named President of the insti
tution, which post he held at the time
of his death. He was a sucessful busi
ness man and owned considerable
property in the business section. He
was prominent in the Masonic Frat
ernity, being an active Knight Temp
lar and Shriner. For several years he
has served on the Board of Trustees
of the Masonic property in this city.
A few years ago he retired from the
board of Trustees of the Georgia Mil
itary College, having served on this
body for along number of years. For
a time he was a steward and trustee
f the Methodist church, which he
had been affiliated with since early
childhood. He has never asked any
political preferment but at one time
was elected an Alderman. He resign-
this office after serving only a short
Mr. Conn would have been sixty-
two years of age next month. In
early manhood he married Miss Hat
tie Powell, who died a few years later.
By this marriage he is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Richard Binion.
Ho leaves a widow, who before her
marriage was Miss Mae Farmer, and
a son, John Conn, Jr. He is also sur
vived by three half brothers and
four half sisters. They are Messrs
Thomas, Otto, and Charlie Conn;
Mrs. S. H. Bryan of Asheville, N. C.;
Mrs. L. L. Griner, (if Fitzgerad; Mrs.
Thomas Morton of Gray; and Mrs.
Russell Bone of this City.
Daring Thursday a large numb*
of people have called by the resi-
d“nce to express their sorrow and
; > in path y to those who have been be
reaved.
The funeral will be held at the
residence at four o’clock Friday
afternoon, and by a proclamation by
ayor J. H. hnnis, during the hour
the stores Will be closed and all bust-
A NOTED ARTIST ! EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF RAILROAD BAND BOARD DELAYS
HERE NEXT WEEK
FRANK SHERIDAN OF THE NEW
YORK PHILHARMONIC OR
CHESTRA TO GIVF RECITAL
FRIDAY NIGHT, MARCH 25TH.
Frank Sheridan, of the Mannes
Music School and a memDer of the
Philharmonic Orchestra of New York,
will give a recital or. Friday evening
March, 25th during the convention
of the State Federation of Music
Clubs that convene here next Wed
nesday.
Mr. Sheridan is a noted Piano Art
ist Soloist and is considered one of
the finest musicians in America. He
is here at the expense of the
Cable Piano Company and the Mason
and Hamlin Company, who are also
furnishing two Grand pianos for the
Mrs. Baily, State President of the
Federation, when told of the coming
of Mr. Sheridan, stated that she was
thoroughly pleased and that the del
egates would hear one of the finest
artists in the country.
Mr. Sheridan wil give his concert
n the College Auditorium at 8:30
’clock on Friday evening.
MUSIC CLUBS TO CONVENE ON 23RD TO GIVE CONCERT
PROMINENT VISITORS HERE
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHl
To Be Served. Guest.
The Plantagenet Commar.dery of
Milledgeville have completed plans
for the annual inspection on next
Tuesday evening when they will have
reir guests the most prominent
Knight Templars in Georgia.
Emminent Sir John P. Weisiger;
Rt. Emminent Sir Perry L. Black-
shear, Past Grand Commander of
Georgia, of Atlanta; Emminent Sir
Chas. S. Wood, of Savannah, Grand
Recorder of the Grand Commandery
of Georgia; Emminent Sir Josiah
Clark. Grand Treasurer of the Grand
Commandery of Georgia, of Augus
ts Past Commander Long of Atlan-
t; and Robert L. Coling, of Atlanta,
ill J>e the prominent guest attend
ing the inspection.
At seven o’clock a dinner will be
rved the guest and members of the
Commandery, which will be followed
by the inspection and work in the
Temple degree.
DEATH OF MRS. HARD1E
Mrs. H. E. Hardie died at the home
of her daughter Mrs. Ben Morrison
North Jefferson street this morn
ing. after a long illness. She is sur
vived by her husband, one son, and
daughters, Mrs. Morrison, and
Charles Fowler. Mrs. Hardie
a member of the Baptist Church
and her lif® was one of service to her
200 Delegates to Arrive
In City on Wednesday.
First Meeting Wednes
day Night. Noted Wo
men To Attend.
Delegates from all parts oi Geor
gia will arrive in Milledgeville on
Wednesday afternoon and evening
for the opening session of the Eighth
Annual Convention of the Federated
Music Clubs of Georgia, which will
convene at the Methodist church at
8 o'clock, Mrs. W. P. Bailey, of Sa
vannah, Ga., President of the asso
ciation presiding.
Addresses of welcome will be de
livered by Mrs. E. R. Hines, Miss
Fannie Virginia McClure, Capt. J.
H. Ennis, Dr. E. T. Holmes and
Dr. J. L. Beeson. At the conclusion
of the brief opening session, the Mil
ledgeville Music Club artists will
give a concert in the College Audi
torium. The remairder of the week
has been filled and a most busy ses
sion is promised. Business sessions
will be held in the morning hours,
while the evenings will be given over
to musical programs, featuring the
G. S. C. W. Glee Club, G. M
Band, Sapio of New Yorw and Bea
trice Horsburg of the G. S. C. W
faculty. Noted Georgia Artists and
a noted pianists of Boston.
The delegates will be met at
trains by members of the music
clubs, the Kiwanis club and city of
ficials, and will be shown to the
idences in the city where they will
be entertained.
Miss Fannis Virginia McClure,
president of the Senior Club, of this
city has been chairman of the pro
gram of arrangements for the con
vention and has everything in readi
ness. The convention here is expect
ed to be the largest and most suc
cessful ever held in the state.
Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelly, Nation
al president, and Mrs. Cora Cox Lu
cas, president of the Southeastern
states will attend the convention and
will address the delegates. Many
other interesting speakers are on the
lecture program, among them are
Prof. George H. Webber, of the G.
S. C. W. faculty, and Prof. Bailey,
instructor of pipe organ at Wesleyan
and orgai ist of Christ Episcopal
church of Macon.
The pv.olic has been invited to all
the evening entertainments and mu
sical programs, while the morning
and business sessions are closed
the delegates.
CLINE TENNILLE ERECTING
HOUSE ON ENNIS HEIGHTS
Mr. Cline Tennille will begin this
week the erection of a modern seven
residence on the peak of the
Ennis Heights and will complete the
house within a few months.
The Ennis property is in the north-
st section of the city and is one of
the highest points near the city, mak
ing it an ideal residential section.
The stork will arrive Friday after
noon at 3:30 with the base ball
son for 1927, when the G. M. C. 1
will meet the 10th A. & M. nin
ihe local diamond.
Coach Slap Rentz has had about
thirty candidates galloping around
Davenport Field for the past
weeks and is rapidly whipping them
into shape for the coming grind.
Milledgeville fans are eager foi
the crack of the willow and to feel
the scorching rays of Old Sol ir
bleocher section.
MR. J. A. CASH DIED ON WED
NESDAY AT Cm' HOSPITAL
Black Spri
Mr.
Church Thu
Cash died at the City
Hospital Wednesday, March 16th,
shortly after 12 o’clock.
Mr. Cash was carried to the City
Hospital Saturday, suffering with
pneumonia and an acute attack of
appendicitis, an immediate operation
found necessary. He rallied from
the operation, but pneumonia contin
ued to baffle medical treatment, and
experienced nursing, until his vital
ity gave way, and he yielded to
grim reaper.
Rev. J. F. McCluney conducted the
funeral services at Black Spring
church, Thursday afternoon, in
presence of a large gathering of
the friends and acquaintances of’the
deceased. The burial was at the c«
etery at the church.
John Andrew Cash was born
Breman, Ga., forty-two years ago,
and grew to manhood there. He
came to this city in 1908, and en
gaged in the furniture business, for
a time. He then went to Macon and
resided in that city and Bibb county,
until 1919, when he returned and
has since made his home in this
county and city. He engaged in
farming for a year or two until an
accident three or four years ago
cost him one of his limbs, and he
then commenced .the operation of a
saw mill.
Mr. Cash was one of Baldwin
county’s well-known citizens, and
w’as energetic, honest and reliable.
He was a member and a deacon of
the Black Spring Baptist church,
and superintendent of the Sunday
school. He was held in the highest
confidence by all who knew him, as
th$y recognized that he wbb striving
.> vatk in the path of Christian
living, sustained by a faith in Him
“whom to know a right is life ever
lasting.”
Mr. Cash is survived by his wife,
who before her marriage was Miss
Adah Hooten; several brothers and
sisters and other relatives.
GEORGIA RAILROAD ORGANI
ZATION OF AUGUSTA AND
ATLANTA TO GIVE JOINT CON
CERT SATURDAY NIGHT.
The Georgia Railroad Band, of
Augusta, one of the finest musical
organizations in the state, with the
orchestra of the central office in At
lanta, will give a concert at the Col
lege Auditorium on Saturday evening
as a part of the Lyceum season of
G. S. C. W.
An added attraction with the band
will be the appearance of Chester
Wickersham Kitchens, grandson fo
Charles A. Wickersham, general
manager of the Georgia Railroad and
president of the A. &. W. P. Rail
road. \oung Kitchens is a talented
musician and will give an original
act as a part of the concert.
The band will feature forty mu
sicians, while the orchestra has a
personnel of twenty members. Both
of these organizations are considered
unusually fine and will uttract a
large audience.
THE ELKS BUILDING WILL
BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK
OFFICERS MAKE BIG STILL
CLEAN-UP THIS WEEK
Three Bij Stills Captured. Tw
Raid. Five Men Jailed
Which
Credit
the City.
The Elks building is nearing com
pletion as the finishing painting
touches are being put on.
The building is a splendid three-
story structure, and is a credit ot
the city, being by far superior to
the one destroyed by fire. On the
first floor are three store rooms, or.e
of which will be occupied by the
Adams Electric Co., and one by the
Postal Telegraph Co. The second
floor will be used as club rooms by
the lodge. From these rooms a
comfortable balcony will extend sev
eral feet over the sidewalk. The top
floor will be a comtr- iious lodge
room, where will he refurnished with
paraphernalia and furniture.
The Elks Home in MfUsdfC^Qe
will be among the best in the state.
CountyPoliceman J. T. Terry and
officers Smith and Broom in raids
last Friday and Tuesday of this week
made a big clean-up of stills in
county, capturing three moonshine
factories and with them five opera
tors, three.of them white men.
Saturday morning the officers
went into a section near Meriwether
and captured a 40 gallon still with
180 gallcns of beer. The still was ii
operation when the officers arivei
and Jean Myrick, Jr., and Willi-
Huff were brought back and put ii
jail.
In the afternoon, a still was found
about a mile off the Eatonton high
way near Merriwether. The still
in full fling and th-ee white n
Howard Dubose, Tom Avery,
Marshall Bryant were captured,
sixty gallon steamer was destroyed
with 180 gallons of beer and 2
Ions of whiskey.
On Tuesday the officers went
the river and found a still on the old
Treanor place, back of the target
range. A negro man was guarding
the place when the officers arrived
and was arrested and brought back
here. On the return to the city the
officers had a wreck and it was
eral hours before they could return
to their find and when they did they
destroyed the 75 gallon copper still
11 sixty gallon barrels of beer and
a small keg of whiskey. The oper
ators learned of the officers first vis
it while they were bringing the negro
here and did not come in as had been
expected.
PRES. EECTION
DR. BEESON SERVICES EXTEND
ED UNTIL SUCCESSOR NAM
ED. SEVERAL CONSIDERED
AS DR. PARKS’ SUCCESSOR.
Although they met last Saturday
in Atlanta to elect a president of
the Georgia State College for Wo-
succeeding the late Dr. M. M.
Parks, the board of directors of the
local institution adjourned after a
four hour session without naming a
head of the school, continuing the
services of Dr. J. L. Beeson, who is
w acting president until July 1st.
Eve'ry member of the board was
present and they unanimously agreed
that the election should be postpon
ed until July 1st, at which time a
meeting will be held. Some twelve
fifteen names were considered by
the Hoard, but it was believed best to
wait until the full facts could be ob
tained about the many persons whose
names were considered.
The board is thoroughly satisfied
with the service rendered by Dr.
Beeson, in as much as they were sat
isfied with the progress the school
is making under his administration.
The following names were con-
Among those who have been prom
inently mentioned for the presidency
of the college are Dr. J. L. Beeson,
acting president; Dr. John W. Good,
head of the English department of
Agnes Scott college, and former head
of the English department of the
Georgia State College for Women;
Dr. E. V. Hollis, former president of
the Georgia Normal college at States
boro; Dr. W. C. Wardlaw, of New
York, former member of the faculty
of the Georgia State College for Wo
men and former superintendent of
the Atlanta public schools; Miss Ag-
ness Harris, dear, of women at the
Alabama Polytechnic Institute at
Auburn, Ala., a sister of Senator
William J. Harris and an alumnae of
the Georgia State College for Wo
men ; Dr. E. H. Scott, dean and
member of the faculty of the Geor
gia State College for Women; Dr.
R. E. Park, head of the English de
partment of the University of Geor
gia; Dr. Preston Brooks, of the fac-.
ulty of the University of Georgia,
and a Dr. Heimiller, of the faculty
of the Teachers* College of the Uni
versity of Texas.
The meeting of the board Satur
day was held in the supreme court
room at the capitol and every mem
ber was present. The members are
Justice R. B. Russell, chief justice
of the Georgia supreme court, pres
ident; Miller Bell, of Milledgeville;
Dr. E A. Tigner, of Milledgeville,
Judge John B. Hurheson, of Jones
boro; Judge W. H. Davis, of Waynes
boro; Ernest Camp, of Monroe; T.
E. Atkinson, of Newnan, and Dr.
Fort E. Land, state school superin
tendent and ex-officio member.
Dr E. T. Holmes and Mr. R. L.
Wall spent Sunday in Macon, where
they heard Dr. Jasper Massey, pas
tor of the Tremont Temple Baptist
church, of Boston, Mass., preach. Dr.
Holmes and Dr. Massey were class
mates at Mercer University.
GA. R. R. BAND HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
JUNIOR ORDER HAD SOME
PROMINENT VISITORS HERE
State Vice Councillor J. F. Ma-
oney and State Secretary A. Dwight
ease ' vere Present Monday night at
•« meeting of the local council of the
■'unior Order of American Mechanics
*, WitnesRed th P initiation of a big
JT mt0 the order - Vice Councillor
:: a,on ey “dressed the order, after
lru ' initiation nn.l I. ....
initiation and spoke highly of
Plenddi progress that was being
' " b y the local council.
di ""v was served and
a ore made by Secretary Dease,
• ••orge Carpenter and Mr. Daw-
"ilson. There were about fifty
PARKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
PLANS ARE PROGRESSING
The Geonria Railroad Band, pic-I March 19th. The band l» compo. d
ired above, a ill be here, aponrored of more than forty members and »ill
by the Lyceum Committe of the G. be accompanied by the General Oflice
C. W. on next Saturday eveninR | Orchestra from Atlanta, which haa
about twenty-five muaiciana. Both of proirrama. and their commit perfor-
tln*se groups are well known through
out the state for their delightful
iced In Savannah, Saturday
W"
Endorsement is being made all
over Georgia to the Parks Memorial
Hospital being planned by the Alum
nae to be erected on the campus to
the memory to the late Dr. Parks,
work to begin in June.
Miss Mary Brooks, President of
the Association and Miss Katherine
Scott were in Savannah the past
week and organized a G. S. C. Club
the Port City and assisted in get
ting the Memorial drive underway.
Mrs. Daisy Stubbs, Mrs. Rachel Shaw
Stubbs, Mrs. J. A. Hutton and other
prominent Savannah women have
taken charge of the drive. A banquet
was held at Thunderbolt at Hannons
Lodge Saturday evenin and a entusi-
astic reception was given the plan as
outlined by Miss Brook?.
The Atlanta Club has subscribed
$15,000., Thomasville, Macon, Moul
trie, Grifin, Newborn and other cit
ies have organized and are putting
over large quotas.
The local Alumnae Club met last
Friday afternoon and c'mpleted
plans for the drive in this county.
Mrs. Culver Kidd. President of the
Baldwin Club is actively interested
to be one of the ; an j j, as the cooperation of all
best attractions of the season. the Alumnae in the County.
