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VOLUME XCVUI. Milledgeville, Ga., January 19, 1928 Number 22. Sanitarium Plans Building Program Board Discusses Plans for New Negro Building. Bids Asked for Material For Psychiatric Hospital Pbr.s were discussed at the regu lar Quarterly meeting of the Board Trustees of the Georgia State Sani tarium, today (Thursday) for the erection of two new buildings, the v rk on a Psychiatric Hospital to be gin immediately. All members of the board were present with the exception of Dr. Lit tus Saunders of Commerce, who was detained because of illness. Rou tine matter* were disposed of during the session. The Board plan the erection of a tiw building for the negroes, this structure to cost approximately $150,000. Other new buildings will probably be added in the program. Plans were practically closed for the building of a new psychiatric Hospital This building will be of brick and tile and bids will be receiv ed for this on February 15th, at the next meeting. The chosen site for these buildings ha.* not been made known as the board is going slow in making the .‘election. They are planning many years in advance as they proceed with their undertaking. SIXTEEN QUALIFY FOR ELECTION * i -J • Tax Collector, School Superinten ds, Coroner and County Coin. Have Opposition Lag before the closing hours for candidates_to qualify for the coming election for County officers in Bald win county sixteen Had paid the necessary entrance fees to J. C. In gram Secretary of the Democratic Executive committee, lest Saturday January !4th. The books closing at 5:00 o’clock.' Those paying the entrance fees were as follows: For Ordinary—W. H. Stembridge; Hcrk Superior Court, J. C. Cooper; •Sheriff, S. L. Terry; Tax Collector, Ben J. Bass, J. A. Rogers; Tax Re ceiver. Briscoe Wall; County Supt. Schools, P. N. Bivins, S. A. Boone; County Treasurer, Otto M. Conn; Coroner, E. R. Gholston, G. I. New ton: County Surveyor, L. M. Hall; County Commbwioner, (1 place to fill)—W. D. Giles, M. C. Harring ton and O. F. Moran. The election will be held February M5th. SUPREMECOURT $20,000 FIRE HEARSARGUMENT EARLY SUNDAY ich the heights »ub- Um class and Mr. k most heartily cvcr- > of every kind- appreciation in this CADETS WIN PLACES ON G. I. A. A. ELEVEN Attends Meetii Ne: Month While in session last week,, the officials of the Georgia Intercollegi ate Atheletic Association selected the the mythical all G. I. A. A. foot ball team for the year, Guy Cantrell and Jack Tunnell, stars of the G. M. C. team winning places. Tunnell and Cantrell were consid ered two of the best players in asociation and in choosing them the coaches who had directed teams play ing G. M. C. during the past season were high in their praise for these wo young men. Coach Rentz attended the meeting last week in Atlanta where plans were made for the coming year. A new constitution is being drafted. The Monroe Agie*,were declared the association champions for football, and two new schools were admitted, Mnrist and G. M. A., both of At lanta. The Basket Ball tournament will he held in Macon February 29th, and March 1, 2, 3. WOMAN HAS CAPACITY OF A CAMEL Yesterday an Atlanta woman claimed in court that she was in the abit of drinking a half gallon of •hi.skey each day. The judge fined her $200 and will allow her twelve lonths to thiuk it over. DR DEMPSEY WILL HOLD QUARTERLY CONFERENCES 0Ff >' > of Methodist Church*, of C hy and County Will Meet Satur- day and Sunday Flam F. Dempsey will fill the l uii’it «t tiie Methodist church next ruing at 1 1 :S0 O’clock. In ion he will call the First Quarterly Conference together. 1’r. Dempsey will hold the MU- " ,L '' ‘ille Circuit Conference Satur- By m rning at eleven at the Circuit Midway Conference willl be the church Sunday night ’ ■* -ermon by Dr. Dempsey. ?AST h ‘GH PRIEST HARPER presented with watch n ers of Temple Chapter No. ' F were installed the evening ' mury 10th, by Past High Priest Moore. One of the pleas- eventx during the exercises was ! r< '''t.-ition of a beautiful gold ' h u> Pa* High Priest T. C. Harp- Thc nrcsentation speech was Me by Dr. E. T. Holmes, and was lously received by Mr. Harper, face of tho watch carried on it 1 T | Pn \ b J' ,m nf the past High Priest. p* t will alu-avs be cherished m«m:nto by Mr. Harper. HORNE ESTATE TO ERECT NEW BUILDING Two Story Structure To Occupy Burned Site. Ben.on Bakery To Occupy Build on Completion Representatives of In*urimce Co’s, carrying coverage on the Benson Bakery building completed their ad- hiftment Wednesday and plans have been made by the Horne Estate own- rs of the property to begin the im mediate construction of a two story brick building to take the place of the three story building burned last Sunday morning. According to Mr. John W. Hutchin son. who has the building in charge, the work would begin immediately and that a modern building would be built. The Benson Bakery will occu py the building on completion. The construction will be finished within the next sixty days. TRAFFIC LAWS TO BE ENFORCED MONDAY Chief Haynie l..ue. Order to Auto Own • nd Pede.triar Traffic Law. A. To Chief-of-policc W. J. Haynie ha- issued orders governing traffic with' in the city today, rigid enforcemenl to begin Monday morning when * special officer will he asigned to this work. Decision of Judge Pork on Circns Case Appealed to Higher Court 1 Col. Allen Argues Growing out of a decision handed down by Judge James B. Park, in which the Ellis Health Law was held to be without power in Municipalities, an appeal was made before the Su premo Court Monday by Attorney Marion H. Allen in an attempt to reverse the lower coucts ruling on this matter. The case grow out of an injunction filed by Dr, Sam Anderson, Health officer of Baldwin, to prevent the appearance of Walter Mains Circus here last November. A restraining order was issued by Judge Park, fol lowing an injunction taken out by the circus through heir attorney C. B. McCullar. The case was hoard in Monticello by Judge Park on the day the circus wap scheduled to show and Judge Park in his decision de clared that the Ellis law was void in a municipality. Representatives of the State Health Department were in the city at the time and were interested in the case. Col. Marion Allen and C. A. Giles who were representing Dr. Anderson filed their appeal before the court some time ago and this case was argued Monday. The decision of the Court will he handed down within the next few wreks it is supposed. This decision will determine whether the Ellis Health law is operative within in corporated cities and towns in Geor gia. Fire In Heart of Business District Destroys Building. Other Build ings Threatened Threatening to destroy the heart of Milledgeville business diHtrict, a fire completely gutted the three story brick building on Wayne Street, housing Benson’s Bakery, enrly Sun day morning; the flames had swept through the entire building before discover}’. The fire supposed •• have originat ed in the oven room of the first floor of the bakery completely engulfed the building before the fire company was called. Miss Ellie Todd, who oc cupied apartments over Carr’s Em porium, a milliner}* shop adjoining the bakery, was awak. ned by the roar of the seething mass, about four- thirty Sunday morning and imme diately turned in the alarm. When the fire company arrived the flames had broken through the roof and were rapidly sweeping over the en tire structure. Miss Todd and the other occupants of the millinery store. Mrs. Bagwell and Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Todd, made their escape without injury. Effort was directed to cinfinc the blaze to the Benson building, every available portion of fire fighting ap paratus was directed to the burning building. The fire department of the Georgia State Sunitarium, head ed by Fire Commissioner, W. S. Jett and Chief Steve Wright, responded to the call and added other streams of wa er to the blaze. The building of (Continued off back page.) Tobacco Acreage Assured Baldwin THANK YOU Recorder • extended Lord 1928 en of prosperity. IMMENSE TRAIN LOAD ATTEND GRAND OPERA More than 900 students of the Georgia State College for Women witnessed the final engagement of the San Carlo Opera Company in 11 Trovatore in Macon Saturday night, January 14. The Beauty Special composed of ten coaches left Mil- lcdgeville at 6:15 Saturday afternoon that the soil here excels the tobacco hearing G. S. C. W. girls and sixty Baldwin County Sleeping Over A Gold Mine Says Expert. Many Guests At Kiwanis Chib Friday Night An enthusiastic group of farmers and business men. meeting with the Kiwanis Club Friday night, took ac tive steps to foster tobacco raising in the county. Mr. L. C. Hall, vice-president of the club presided in the absence of the president, Mr. Frank Bone. There were a large number present at this meeting as the Kiwanis Club enter tained the Farmers Club as well os other visitors and farmers of the county as their guests. Dr. Sam Anderson was very hearti ly received into the club as a new The chief speaker of the evening was Mr. W. C. Fields, tobacco ex pert of North Carolina, whoNold the club what an excellent opportunity they had for the raising of tobacco. He said,” Baldwin county has per fect soil for the raising of bright tobacco. He went further to say MR. AND MRS. RUSSELL BONE COL J. E. POTTLE IS RECOVER- ENTER SUIT IN BIBB COUNTY INC FROM OPERATION On Ac< of In of Thi. City Well Known Attorney Suffe, f for $13,500. I Attack of Appendicitis L rie* Received , Friday Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bone, of this city, through their attorneys Jones & Johnson have entered suit in the Bibb Superior Court against C. M. Huguley for $13,500. Mrs. Bone is suing for $10,000 and Mr. Bone for $3,500. These suits grew out of an automo bile accident, which occurred in Jones county near Grey the past sum mer. This accident was caused by a large truck belonging to C. M. Huguley, running into two automo biles, one of which had previously been wrecked. One of these cars struck Mrs. Bone, while she was standing on the side of the road awaiting the return of Mr. Bone, from Grey, when he had gone for as sistance for those who were in the wreck. Mrs. Bone was painfully and seri ously injured, and for several weeks Col. Jos. E. Pottle is it gaining hi* heal h and strength, after undergo ing an operation for appendicitis. Col Pottle underwent the opera tion last Friday morning at the City Hospital. There were no complica tions. and he rallied promptly. His condition has steadily improved, and he is getting along well. Col. Pottle is one of Milledgeville’s leuding attorneys and citizen*, and his hundreds of friends were deeply interested when they learned of his operation and inquiries a* to his condition re numerous. The news of his continued improve ment was joyously received not only in this city but throughout the State. citizens of the city. Upon in Macon, the students in a double file proeeded through the terminal Mtation which was filled with crowds of onlookers composed of friends and relatives. The Kiris received a greut welcome as they marched up Cherry Street to the uuditnrium. The syntlhi try of Die girls’ white waists and brown skirt* 1 made a love ly sober background for the many brillant and varied colored attires of the remainder of the audience. At the conclusion of the per formance, the girls returned to the train where were assembled again 1 >ng lines of friends who bade them rood-bye. “Babe Ruths,” apples, and songs were enjoyed on the way prec ondition. CAPITOL FIREBUG CAPTURED To secure a “thrill" lured John J. Fisher, ex-policeman of Washington, IX C., to set five to a number of building*. During the fires that he started the fire department used five million gallon:, of water. ME.vlORY OF GREAT CONFED ERATE LEADER HONORED All traffic must move to the right at all times, and at r.o time will cars he allowed ‘.o turn in the center of a block, was stressed in the police order. Cars will not be permitted to park in the street unless they are headed into the curb at a forty-five degree angle. Boulevard stop jign* mus be obeyed and all ’peed laws must be obeyed. The officers of the city have been instructed by the Police Committee of the council to bring this enforce ment into effect Monday. U. D. C. Sponsors Impressive Pro gram In G. M. C. Chapel Today Rev. Yarbrough Delivers Address The auditorium of the Georgia Military College was the scene of n most impressive program Thursday birthday of Generul Robert E. Lee, Commander-in-chief of the Confed erate force* The stage was decornt- d most appropriately by the Daugh ters of the Confederacy, the Con federate Stars and Bar:* and a pic- f Lee being used. . John F. Yarbrough, of the Milledgeville Methodist Church, ora- of the day was introduced by Rev. H. D. Warnock, Rev. Yarbrough’s address was delivered with his charac teristic seriousness, simple eloquence, and honest convictions. A fitting tribute to the south's immortal chief- tian. As Lee's life and deed* were recounted, the audience followed thoughts of the speaker with pride. The M-eake, onduded hi* address jiatio of Gci I^ee’s life and character, and the reading of Ben Hill’s familiar tribute to this man, who is recognized by all the world as the greatest military Several musical numbers udded a pleasing touch to the pro gram, given under the auspices of tie Daugh'ers of the Confederacy. The G. M. C. band played a medley of old southern airs concluding the number with Dixie. Under the direc tion «f Miss Alice Lrnore Tucker, the Sophomore glee club of G. S. C, W. sang several beautiful selections, among them was Kiplings “Recess ional." Mrs. Chax. Gibson delighted the audience with her clear soprano voire, singing “Carry Me Back to Old Virginia’’ with much feeling. Her due*.* with Mis* Louise Albert was one of the feature numbers on the program. Rev. George B. Thompson lead the prayer for greater men to follow in Lee’s footsteps and Rev. F. H. Hard ing pronounced the benediction. MASONS INSTALL OFFICERS FOR 1928 Beauty and Chivalry Unit* At Meet- in* Tuesday Night. J. W. Ril.y la Worshipful Master Tuesday evening at the Masonic Building the Mamins and their wives and sweethearts enjoyed a magnific ent turkey dinner and witnessed the installation of the officers for the yuar 1928. Owing to the absence of Grand Master, Ruymond Daniel, W. D. Stembridge performed his duties. The officers are: Worshipful Master—J. W. Riley, Senior Warden, W. H. Baumgartcl; Junior Warden, L. L. Beck; Secre tary, J. T. McMullen; Treasurer. J. T. Day; Senior Deacon, George Davis; Junior Deacon, W. B. Wood: Senior Stewart., O. D. Herndon; Junior Ste wart. S. L. Stembridge; Tyler. War ren Welch. * Brief inspirational talks North Carolina and South Georgia. He stated that there are two hundred varietie* of tobacco and thut the vuriety best suited to the type of soil should be planted. He (Continued on back peg*.) JURY LOOKS INTO VOTING Grand Jury Examines Code Cov ering Voters Lift. Future Elec tions To Be Watched Closely Following the completion of their regular routine work, the Grand Jury of the January term of court, read before Judge Park their general pre sentments, Tuexday afternoon shortly after the court had convened for the afternoon session. Judge Park commended the jury for their speedy action and the man ner rn which they handled the busi ness before them. The presiding officer expressed his desire to see the counties of his circuit go for ward agriculturally and insisted that j the citizen* co-operate in bringing about a return to the farms of this section. The Jury wa* discharged with thanks from the court. W. I,. Ritchie, Secretary of the Jury, read the findings. In their presentments a recommendation was made that the county retain the pres- (Continued on back pa**.) made by a number of the ladies and ^ r ‘ an< * ^ rs * F ranc >» M Mr. J, T. Minor died at his home in Macon thi* (Thursday) morning, at 5 15 o'clock. Mr. Minor was a son of the late \ Han- Mnsons pre*en\ A handsome ring was presented to the retiring Wor shipful Master, F .R. Hargrove. The group unanimously voted to have ladies’ night* more often.* A LARGE ORDER FOR TOBACCO NETTING The success of undertaking the culture of tobacco in Baldwin county. bee i ed. order for 16,000 yard* of tobacco plant net ting has bei n placed with Mr. E. E. Bell. W hen thi* order is received it will perhaps, h e the largest single shipment of u cloth ever reci ived by a m« reliant here. The amount in volved in this transaction is $900.00. BIGGER BETTER BALDWIN FAIR Messrs T. B. Dumas. W. J. Chand ler, W. E. Ireland, F. W. Hendrick son and C. B. McCullar left early Wednesday morning to attend State Fair Association to Ik? in* session at Columbus, Ga., Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Dumas, said on leav ing. “We will bring back plans for beat fair and carnival Baldwin ha* known.” ck county and was sixty-t of age. He attended the Georgia Military College from which institu tion he graduated with honors. He was known and held in high regard by a large number of Milledgeville and B’lldwrin coun’.y people. He was a brother of Mr W. H. Minot and Mrs. Fannie Simpson, of thi* city. He is survived by several other sis ters and brothers, a tfidow and sev eral children. Mr. Minor was connected with the United States Railway service for a long number of years, ar.d whs recently retired on a pension. He was an honest man. and he walked uprigh'ly before his fellow men, and performed the duties of life faithfully. The funt ral will be held Friday afternoon, and the interment will be in Rose Hill cemetery in Macon. President Coolidge is returning from a good-will tour to Cuba. He was received everywhere with enthusiasm.