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2 VOLUME XCVH *“ ms Milledgeville, Ca., Thursday, August II, 1927. Consolidated in 1872 Number 51 iheaustralian BALLOT SYSTEM Has Been Recommended by Two Consecutive Grand Juries and Will Become Operative. >j*Ij Australian ballot system is now effective in Baldwin county. The act provides that the law shall be- » onu . operative in a county when it recommended by two consecutive 'rar.d juries of such county. This has been done in Baldwin as the prand juries sitting: at the January . im l July terms of Baldwin county The ac‘ provides for a secret and private ballot at all elections held in the state; to make it the duty of certain -iflicials to provide rooms, booth, r inclosures at certain poll* jng place.-, and to protect the secrecy and purity of the ballot; to provide for the furnishing of official ballots for all elections general and primary, provide regulations for the con- duct of all elections, imposing cer tain duties upon the managers and clerks; t<> make provision for the as sistance of disabled and illeterate voters; to provide penalties of this act by voters, electors, managers, clerks or other officials; to make it un!awful for any election official to ,-olicit votes, or to prepare any bal lot different from instructions given by the voter or to give out informa tion concerning elections while the election is in progress, to make pro visions preventing any publisher, printer or other person engaged to print ballots from furnishing any likeness or form there of to any per son other than as provided in this art. and to provide penalties for lation of the same; to provide < pensation for the official charged with the duty of carrying, this i into effect and for other purposes. COMMITTEE O.K. G. S. S. FUNDS FnJ of $580,010 fo Improvement,. Dr. Swirt With Trustees Effort Committee. The house appropriations commit tee placed their approval State Sanitarium bill Tuesday, in creasing their maintenance to $1,- 200,000 and giving an additional fund of $580,000 for improvements. Dr. R. C. Swint and the Board of Trustees of the Sanitarium appeared before the committee on Tuesday and made their request for the essary money. The committee unanimous in their approval of the bill. There were twenty-nine of the committee present and all of them voted in favor of sending the bill to the house as written. Eighty thousand dollars of the ad ditional fund will be used in improv ing the water plant and the $500,000 will go to building funds and other improvements of the institution. Dr. Swint stated that he was very favorably impressed with the recep tion given the Sanitarium requests and that the members of legislature generally were very friendly toward, the institution's needs. J. T. GHEESLING PURCHASES MEAT MARKET ON WAYNE The J. T. Gheesling Dry Goods Co., la?t week purchased the msat market of Jack Davis and will oper- ste the business, having employed an expert meat cutter. During the patt year the J. T. Gheesling Co., composed of Messrs. Gheesling, Babb and Gholson, have opened an additional dry goods store Wayne street and the purchase of the meat market was another part of their expansion program. We expect to operate a grocery store in connection with the market, *U»ted Mr. Gheesling, and wish to L.-.-ure our customers that we will fcivc real service. Jack Davis will remain in the e P% of the new concern, buying c tie arid running the slaughter pen. •The Gheesling company has made niany expansions since its organiza tion and have other plans toward the development and growth of their UK. ANDERSON ENTERS THE ALDERMANIC RACE Public Hullk Law, of Factional Alicn.ont. ^ r - Som Anderson has announced •' candidacy for alderman in the 'Onur^ cUy election and makes a i .iirt ..atement in this i«Aio ofc th ' L'""u Uccorder. . r - Anderson stresses the need ' «rood health laws and pledges his '* ‘ rt * to bring about certain re- Be also makes the statement ‘j 31 • 1 ii’ free of any factional ‘‘■'Lirr.ent an d “ making the race on ,J * ! merits and qualifications and d. ,endent upon any other aid. e ‘lares that he will leave the ' J the factional lines are drawn -n , 11 becomes necessary to align •ovh any 5^ Q f raen tQ income elect- J,r - Anderson has rendered the and county invaluable service health commissioner and is a Jj'kng man thoroughly qualified to the office. Mrs. Eula Stanley is spending aev- *| al tf ay* Of this week in Atlanta, pending the wholesale millinery . ay * »nd selecting her fall and ■nter hat*. by BLUES TO GO TO TARGET RANGE ON AUGUST 29TH Barbecue a ad Target Practice to Feature Days Outiag. Fancy Drill. The Baldwin Blues will go to the target range on Monday August 29 for their annual target practice and barbecue it was announced at their drill Monday night by Capt. H. B. Ennis. New targets and range house have been completed in the past few weeks and Capt. Ennis expects to get excellent results from the day'i odting. The ^company will march over in the early morning firing the two and three 1 hundred yard ranges before the noon hour when barbecue dinner will be served. The company will have several guest the dinner. In the afternoon a fancy exhibi tion drill will be staged in the bus iness section by a picked squad. The squad met the Barnesville picked squad at camp and ran them a close competition for honors. It is a splen didly drilled outfit and will stage drill that will be worth seeing. H—k. The Boys Cotton and Corn Clubs of Baldwin county are represented at Camp Wilkins, Athens, this week by Gresham Torrance, Allen Knowles, Pearl Chandler, Robert Pearson, Mod- ison H. Montgomery, Holland Pearce and Albert Lee. They left the city Monday morning, accompanied by Farm Agent Nesmith. They will be given instruction on many important subjects while at the camp. Mr. E. E. Bell and Mr. Miller R. Bell left today for New York, where they will spend the next ten days or two weeks purchasing the dry goods and ladies’ ready-to-wear for the fall and winter trade. Mr. E. E. Bell has been to New York perhaps as many times a» any merchant in the state, visiting the markets twice each year. He is rec ognized by the wholesalers as a most experienced dry goods merchant. He knows the dry goods business from bottom to top and is a careful buyer. STATE FARM OFFICIALS HAVE SALARY INCREASE GIVEN The senate last Monday voted an increase to the State Farm officials Superintendent, $2,500; warden, $1,800; bookkeeper, $1,500. These increases can be made or not at the discretion of the Prison Commission. DEATH OF AN AGED NEGRO. Charles Bryant, perhaps the oldest .legro in Baldwin county, died at Stevena Pottery. Sunday. His exact age isn’t known, it is certain that he waa over one hundred yean of age OIL MILL UNDER NEW MANAGEMT Enterprise Hu Opened Far Seiut And Wifi Give Emplnyueat to About One Hudred Foflti. The Milledgeville Oil Mills has been reorganized and opened for the season. Mr. T. C. Robinson, of Livonia, has been named as manager. He is an experienced oil mill man, hav’ing been connected with the Southern Oil Cotton Co., of that place. Mr. P. E. Williams, who was with the mills the past year, will be cash ier. He recently accepted a position as bookkeeper of John Conn Co., wholsale grocers, but the owners of the mills, knowing his worth, made him a flattering offer to return to them again. He has accepted the of fer, and will give up his present po sition within the next week or two. The superintendent will be Mr. Fred Strickland, who comes from the Empire Cotton Oil Co., of Cordele. He is an experienced and well qual ified man for his potation. Mr. C. E. Smith will continue with the mill, filling the same position he has held in the past. He is well known in the city, as an encrgtic, hustling young man. The mill will give employment to about one hundred people, making Us payroll add to the financial busi ness life of the city. FIRST COTTON HERETUESDAY W. H. Stine. Grows First Bole, Weighed SIC Pooods, sod Sold at 19*4 Certs. TOLL OF WEEVIL IS QUITE HEAVY Reports from all sections of Bald win county are quite unfavorable for the cotton crop, as seasons have been adverse to its production this year. Almost daily warm showers practically every section of the © ty, a wepther condition altogether favorable for boll weevil infestation, the situation as to the damage to the cotton crop has grown quite serious within the past two or three weeks. The same weather conditions that have aided infestation have prevent ed farmers from doing anything much to save their crops. Poison has been washed from the plants before it could have any effect in killing the weevils and the ground has been kept continually too wet for light plowing to cover fallen squares and thereby kill the grubs in them. So the weevils have had it their own way with most favorable weather for their propagation and devasting work. They are reported in certain sec tions and on certain classes of land worse than in other sections and on other classes of land. In all sections of the county and on all classes of land the pests arc to be found in alarming numbers and it is yet to develop how much dam age they have done and will do. It is thought by some that future developments will show greater dam age than is now apparent- It is fear ed that, owing to the abundance of many squares and bolls that have been punctured by weevils have lived und now have appearance of being all right, will later show the ages of the pests by rotting or becoming “squshy.” If that should be the case in addition to the large percentage of squares and bolls that have been destroyed outright by the eevils great will be the disappoint ment of growers when picking time There are a few extra early crops the county upon which a fairly good crop of bolls developed before 'ils made their appearance and from which it is confident from a half to two-thirds of a crop will be gathered. There arc not very many of these though, so that the hope of j the county this year producing slim. But for the fine promise of other crops the farmers of the county would be weighed down with de spondency over the farming situa tion at present. Baldwin’s first bale of cotton of the season arrived in Milledgeville Tuesday. The cotton was grown by W. H. Stinson on the farm of Col. Joseph E. Pottle and was ginned at Coopeift ud Ivey’s gin in Coopcr- ville. . The bale weighed 516 pounds, and was bought by Mr. R. E. Long at the warehouse of Horne-Andrews Com mission Co. for 19 V4 cents. The second bale arrived Wednes day, and was grown by Mr. T. E. Hawkes, who lives in the southwest ern part of the county. The second bale weighed brought 20 cents per pound. The first bale this season arrived a few days before the 1926 bale came to market. The bale last year waa sold on August 17th and in 1925 the^ first bale came to Milledgeville on August 4th. The cotton, crop haw suffered from excessive rains and die unusual in festation of the boll weevil, and It is understood that the crop will be short by several hundred bales. PRISONERS SAW WAYTOUBERTY With Aid of Hock Sows, Noted Criminals Moke Getaway Float State Priiaa Wednesday. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION HELD AT BF.THEL WEDNESDAY The Baldwin County Sunday School Convention, which was held at Bethel church Wednesday, was largely attended by Sunday school workers from all section of the coun ty, an^ a pleasant and profitable ses sion was held. Interesting talks on various Sun day school topics were made by State Superintendent Webb, Mrs. I. R. Rozar, Rev. H. D. Warnock and oth ers. The morning devotional wob led by Miss Mary Farr, and the after noon by Mrs. S. A. Cook. Superintendent Webb stated that Baldwin county had rendered the best report made by any of the as sociation and Baldwin way made a Gold Star county. At the noon hour a splendid din ner, consisting oi barbecue and most tempting viands, was served. The fol lowing officers were elected: President, Mrs. B. B. Anderson. Vice President, Wm. Peeler. Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. I. L. Barnes. DitXnct Presidents, Mrs. * R. H. Harper, Mrs. C. C. Sutton, Mrs. T. E. Pugh, T. M. Allen and W. D. Mor- M. Markowitz, Roy Wilson and Bill Jones, noted criminals, sawed their way to liberty from the State Prison Farm, near here, Wednesday night, making a complete getaway and the ceaseless search that has been made through the day was fruitless, according to prison officials about noon today. That the men had outside help in escaping from the small cells in which they had been confined for previous attempts to escape, was cer tain .arid Judge Dunaway. M. Mark owitz, who was sent to the prison pounds and | last fall from Fulton county to serve a five-year sentence for embezzle ment made his escape shortly after his arrival at the prison and was placed in solitary confinement. Wil son, a life termer, and Jones, serv ing a 20-year sentence for robber- ry, were placed in the cells with Markowitz on the Fourth of July af- tre they had made an effort to leave the farm. The cells in which the prisoners were confined were the ones used in the old Maron jail and were installed in the prison a few months ago. Markowitz used a hack saw to cut the bars to the cell in which he was locked. He then prized the locks of the cells in wnich Wilson and Jones were confined and together they cut through the steel cage, giving them liberty to the prison. They then went went the prison window and saw ed the bars there and with blankets pulled themselves over the barbed wire fence enclosing the men's build ing. Prison officials and city officers believe the secaped men stole the Hudson sedan of Dr. Scott, which was taken from his garage during the night. The automobile of Mr. Emmett Barnes was stolen but re turned and the officers think some person who was familiar with the escape had gotten the Barnes car and had used it to bring the men from the prison to Milledgeville. An attempt was made to take the auto mobile of Dr. Binion, but finding this car locked they abandoned it af ter rolling it from the garage and went to Dr. Scott's residence taking i Prof- NEGRO WANTED IN MACON CAPTURED HERE MONDAY Waltar Hill ImpUcmtod ia Shooting Scrap# ia Um Bibb City. NEGROES HELD P01S0NCHARGE Prt Prtuk m Water Backrt ef Milm Camaftaa. Deprty Taf fy hrcttifmte, the Cue. Ola and David, negro youths, were arrested Monday night by Deputy Sheriff J. T. Terry, following an in vestigation of the alleged attempt to poison Misses Em and Carrie Car rington. at their home near this city. Misses Carrington had sent the young negroes to the spring for a fresh bucket of water and were in the act of taking a drink of the wa ter when they found that it contain ed potash. The negroes admitted to the officers that they had poured a can of lye into the bucket, the boy laying the blame on the young girl and the girl saying the boy was guil ty of the charge. Mist* Em Carring ton had taken a drink of the water and swallowed a few drops before she could spit it from her mouth. Dr. Anderson accompanied the of ficers to the Carrington home and examined the water and stated that it was lye that had been used. He also treated Miss Carrington for the burn she had received. Dr. Ander son stated that there waa sufficient quantity of the lye in the bucket to have killed Miss Carrington if she had swallowed any of the water. The young negroes are being held in the Baldwin county jail awaiting a preliminary hearing. The two children lived with their parents in a house in the rear of the Carrington home, and were employ ed by the ladies to run errands for them and do odd jobs about the house. Walter Hill, wanted in Macon un- red charges of drunkenc-ss and im plicated a shooting affair in the Bibb city, was captured here Monday night and turned over to the Macon police Tuesday. Hill was chased,by the Macon po lice after a shooting scrape that took place in a negro settlement about tw.. week. .*o, but succeeded In .rated the prison authorities, “and m.kin* his esc.os. The Mlll.rWiII. ' ^ ^ consUnt gu „ d his i The persons who were aiding from the outside were familiar with the location of the residences here and had plotted the maneuvers before the prisoners arrived. Judge Dunaway and Capt. Burke investigating the escape learned that one of the men had given the guard who was on duty at the cell a glass of tea earlier in the evening, that had been drugged. The guard stated that he had never slept as sound his life, and that he was sure there was something in the tea that made the aleep sound, as he had had ble in sleeping for the past few weeks. Further investigations showed that the hole cut in the outside steel cage had been done several days before the escape pnd that it had been seal ed up with soap from the outside. The three men have been the worst prisoners we have ever had, 1 making his escape. The Milledgeville police have been on the watch out for the negro and Monday* night found him in a house in West End. The Macon police were notified and Tuesday Chief of Police Ben T. Wat kins and Chief of Detective Burns, of the Macon force, came over here and carried the negro back to Macon. MRS. HORACE BLIZZARD DIES IN CITY HOSPITAL Mrs. Horace Blizzard, of Hancock county, died at the City Hospital on Wednesday. The funeral services held at Friendrtip church on Thursday morning, Rev. H. D. War- nock nffialrtiag, Revival services will begin at the Cooperville Baptist church next Sat urday, August 13th, at 8:30 p. m. eastern time. Rev. J. F. Ray will do the preaching, and Rev. W. E. Browne, of Jacksonville, Fla., will conduct the song service. Services will begin promptly at 11:80 a. ni. and 8:30 p. m. You are urged to at tend. them.” Jones, who was sent here in 1909 under a 20-year sentence has made three previous escapes. The cells in which they were fined were searched .twice a week and it was certain that some of the prisoners were giving assistance to the men in their escape. Mr. T. H. Caraker was in the city Wednestiay, and he received a cordial welcome from his friends. He will move his family from At lanta to Philadelphia the latter part of this month. Mr. Caraker holds a responsible position with the A. and P. Co., which takes him into all factions of the country. CITY TAX ASSESSORS. The city tax assessors are in ses sion, going over the returns of the taxable property. The board is com posed of Mann. W. F. Little, J. R- Staakpt pad Adrian Homo. NEW FILLING STATION. A filling station ia being erected at the forks of the Midway and f by the Pu-Aa Oil Co. DR. ANDERSON WARS ON MOSQUITO BREEDING PLACES Health C*aaiuwi«r With Saaitary Officor Active Thi. Week. Dr. Sam Anderson, health com missioner of the county has been ac tive the past week with Sanitary Of ficer Broom in destroying mosquito breeding places and oiling stagnant water caused by the recent rains. Dr. Anderson and Officer Broom have made an inspection of the city and are rigidly enforcing sanitary laws. Vacant lot» and side streets have been cleaned of their weeds and property owners have been required to clear their places of old tin cans and other articles that will hold wa ter furnishing a place for the mos quito to breed. Dr. Anderson urges the co-opera tion of citizens, requesting that they keep their property free of rubbish and weeds. All cans Miould have holes punched in them before being thrown away, says the doctor, and if this is done we can have a mosqui- toeless city. SPIDER GIVES POISONOUS BITE TO MR. C. TRAWICK WoU-Koowe Tooog Mam of Hmocock Bocomo« Ubcomcmvs Wkom Bit. Early last Thursday morning Mr. Clarence Trawick was bitten by a spider on the nose near the corner of his right eye, and his system was seriously poisoned. At the time Mr. Trawick was going from his home at Linton to his saw mill driving an automobile truck loaded with ne groes. He felt a sting and with, his hand killed a little black spider, which had inflicted the bite. Soon after reaching the mill red wtelps began to break out all over his body, and he returned to his home. His ■ father, Mr. Baxter Trawick, brought him to Dr. Seott'a office in this city quickly as possible, so aB he could receive medical attention. By . the time he reached the office he became unconscious, and it took heroic ef fort to restore him to consciousness. He was given treatment by Dr. Scott and carried to the City Hospital, when after spending the day, he had sufficiently recovered so that he could be carried home. SERVICES AT UNION HILL. Rev. J. H. Farr, assisted by Rev. W. B. Mills, is conducting revival services at Union Hill church, ia Southwest Baldwin this ‘week. Mr. Mills is pastor of the Midway church and is an earnest preach** Bis a*r- i are bring 1 ly by good i