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Federal Union Established in 1
Southern Recorder 1J
MiltdftviHc, Cm., July 12, 1928
Consolidated in 1872
Number 47
VOLUME XCVIII.
TRIO INDICTED BLUES ARRIVE
IN ANGLES CASE ATCAMPJACKSON
Work on Legion Memorial
Will Be Started Next Week
L L Smith, J. W. Hubbard and
Fountain Hardy Indicted by
Jury. Trial Set for Next
Monday
this
J. W.
jjl „] indictment against
{Jubl>urd, Fountain Hardy and L. Ia.
Snjth, in the alledged flogging <»f
Jim Angles, Baldwin county farmers,
fur ;y in May. The bill charged the
m, ■ with asr-ault with intent to mur-
The investigation of the flogging
affair began Monday afternoon and
'.•ntinued through Tuesday. The
:,ill was returned Tuesday afternoon.
Angles and his wife were principal
witnesses to appear before the jury.
;»r. J. W. Mobley, Jr., nn<l several
Mirroes who lived near the spot
where Angles received the beating
appeared before the jury.
.1 u'lge James B. Park ha.-- set the
ra .,. for Monday morning. Solicitor
Bake, who will handle the prosecu
tion. has subpoenued a large number
f witnesses. Allen & Pottle are
have
representing hte defendant,
case. Over eighty witness
been called to testify in the case
Monday.
It is expected that the greater por
tion of Monday will be required to
select a jury.
Angles was taken from hi# home
in South Baldwin early in May and
carried into the woods near his home
ami severely beaten. He accused the
three indicted men who have denied
any knowledge of the .affair.
Leave Gty Sunday Evening on
Special Train. Camp Ready
And Training Has Began.
Division Encamped
The Blues entrained here late Sun-
day afternoon and departed Sunday
night on a special train over the
Georgia Railroad. The train arrived I
at camp Monday and the erection of !
tents immediately began. The trip f
was broken by a short stop over in j
Florence, S. C., where the men were
served coffee.
The area allotted to the division has
been converted into a tented city,
every branch of the service being
represented at the training camp.
The Blues company street is ideally
located, being in the center of the
camp, and is easily aceesable to the
camp theatre, swimming pool and
other amusement places in the camp.
All of the men are in a happy mood
and have entered into the training
enthusiastically.
The camp this year promises to be
one of the most interesting since the
guard was organized. Units from
the | North and South Carolina and Geor-
D. P. MYR1CK
DIES SUDDENLY
Gtir.o ‘ of Meriwether Neighbor
hood Passes Awiy With Heart
Attack Early Sunday Morning
Mr. Dudley P. Mvrlck, died at his
omc near Meriwether Sunday morn-
•r nlx'Ut four o’clock. His death
a- due t.. heart failure, with which
truck wa# hard
it if thought that he over
ngth, as he had been suff- '
a heart weakness for some I
gia make up the division with every
braneh of the service represented.
The manuevers will take on the form
of a diviMon .and different war prob
lems will be worked out. The Gov
ernors of the three states will at
tend a special review at the camp
next week. A sham battle bringing
into action all outfits will also be
staged before the camp is disbursed.
CHIRAPRACTOR TO OPEN HIS
OFFICE IN SANFORD BUILDING
Dr. H. E. Stanford, Gradnoto of
Palmer School Coming To Millodgo-
▼ill*. Formerly From Tifton
Georgia
Ur. H. E. Stanford, graduate of
the Palmer School of Chitopratic at
Davenport, Iowa, and former resi
dent of Tifton Georgia has opened
offices in the Sanford Building and
will prntice his profession here.
Dr. Stanford is a honor graduate
of the Ty Ty Georgia High School,
and the Berry School at Rome, Ga.
Losing his health he became interest
ed in the science that restored it and
begun the study of Chiropratirs. He
, . _ , was prerident of his class and valedic-
, th,;c,ty Sutui- ^ whe „ cr .,, luated at Dav , npI , rt
"f" t ™ Ck ° a : 1 f“' hos and made „„ unu.ual record at the
° r I rchool. He is a member of the Delta
Sigma Chi Fraternity.
Dr. Stanford has spent .uome time
traveling through Middle and South
Georgia with a view of locating to
Construction of Will and Gates
Around Athletic Field Gets
Under Way. General Drive
To Start Next Week
Construction of the American
Legion Memorial to the World War
Heroes who died in action, will be
gin tJ»ia week under the supervision
of Jon W. Hutchinson, the work to
cost approximately $8,000. The
morial will be u hollow tile wall <
pletely encircleing the G. M.
athletic field with three entrances to
the field, each entrance being murk-
ed with a memorial gate, the style of
.architecture being designed along
(rmilar lines as those murking the
entrances to the campus.
The Legion committee direci
the drive has made a brief cunvas 1
to several of the leading business and
professional men of the city and hav
met with splendid response, accord
ing to Dr. Richard Binion, Chairmnn
of the committee. The general driv
will begin next week, a general car
vas of the city being made and ever
citizen being given the opportunity
to contribute.
The American Legion Auxilliary
this week turned over a large sum oi
money to the committee tc
be used on the memorial. The Auxi
liary has been very active during the
past few years .and hjive raised
large sum of money. This contribu
tion way made to the committee with
an expression from the Auxilliary to
cooperate in every way to make the
drive a success.
The Legion memorial drive
been given enthusiastic endorsement
by club heads and prominent citizens.
The undertaking has been described
as worthy of the endorsement and
financial support of every citizen and
the committee has met with enthusi
astic asistance jon all sides. -
Dr. Binion has had several com
mittee meetings this week and everj
detail is being carefully worked out
The architect# drawings and plan:
have been approved and the actual
work beginning this week it is hoped
by the committee that the memorial
will be completed early in Septembe
»ere h„d »t
• •k-eville Methodist church ' wu } )t . cnl
-nine „t 11:30 o'clock. I*
n Fan-. „f th, Milledxevillc | ““ ™ °
for choosing lilledgeville
se of its progressive spirit
infidence of the peopl.
the
the i
emetery.
’ 'lowing acting as pall-bearer#:
■' Edwards, Robert Harper, J.
»‘ , sr.d, Luther Herring, Paul Law-
Tl Thos Humphries and S. D.
bridge.
Mr. Myrick was a son of the late
Mrs. John E. Myrick, and
rn near Merriwether fifty-five
! r * He is survived by his
• on.| two sons, D. P. Jr., and
lyrick; three brother#, Harvey
: «f Thomasvilte; W. S. My-
hikeland, Fla.; and Gus My-
Dordon; and three sisters,
* Hi,- Myrick. of Gordon; Mrs.
'■ -’H. <.f Round Oak, and Mrs.
( * r»el! f of Albany.
/ l.vrick. with tne exception of
y<-urs, spent his Jife in this
•-‘f! l c- -u nty, as a youth he attend
" M. College, and after
■ ’ c maturity he worked for a
urn a,i Georgia. He later
’ » thiy city and engaged in
^‘• ufucture of soft drinks, and
P as t several years been en-
Pl*ce j- n f *- ,ninS at th * 0,d home
NEGRO KILLED HIMSELF
SATURDAY WITH SHOT GUN
Willis Davis T«k
tag Himself
The Mouth
Mnh.
Wr ' J kiflc
father. a
Merriwether. In early boy-
he joined the Bethel
d " t church.
He was a hard
a kind husband and
'-n f 00<l neiKhbor * an <f a quiet
Jntim.. fricndS kcenly *****
Urnt,, y passing.
The ,
n . um Hats of the Middle
L,-.. n - • 1>,r ‘ct Fair Association has
tnb u -i on n * y 0ntl Sre ready * or dis "
u - ,, u can * et one from
• ‘u-ndrickson.
Willis Davis, a negro. Saturday
morning placed the muzzle of a shot
gun in his mouth, pulled the trige
and tent a load of shot crushing
through his head.
Coroner Newton was notified and
held an enquest, .and the verdict of
the jury was that Davis had
death at his own hands.
Davis lived near the city limit:
the northern section.
HEATH SUIT THROWN OUT OF
COURT
Judge James B. Park sustained a
general demurrer filed in answer to
the suit of Mrs. Thelma Y. Heath
vs. the Georgia Railroad, throwing
the case out of court.
Mrs. Heath sued the Railway com
pany for injuries received when she
fell on the track of the company on
the cornet of Wayne and Hancock
Street# last spring.
TOBACCO BEING CURED
The tobacco crop of Baldwin
cuonty is being gathered and the fol
lowing have ytarted curing: They
are Messrs Fred Hall Bob Prosser
and Frank Riley, and all of them
have made good crops- according to
Demonstrator Blackwell.
COL
Col. Geo. S. Roach returned home
Wednesday, after u two week’s
vas in North Georgia for boys to at-
tned G. M. C. While his trip
was interfered with by the rains, he
secured several applications. He
thinks the prospects for a good at
tendance is promising.
Col. Roach will go to Atlantn Fri
day to attend a meeting of
.-taff of Gov. Hardman.
Mrs. Nolie Boyer, of Linton, died
in the City Hospital Saturday night
after an illness of two weeks.
The remains of Mrs. Boyer were
carried to her home in Linton, ami
the funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon Rev. Mr. Maxwell
officiating.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Pearl Cook and Mrs. Cnrrie Boyer,
and three brothers, Clifton Boston
and Lee Osborn, all of Linton.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilson, and
Messrs Arthur Butts and G. L. Log-
gin spent Saturday in Atlanta, where
they were awarded the seventy-five
dollar prize given to the district sell
ing the larges tr.umber of electric
refrigerators during the recent cam
paign. The Milledgevlile district won
second place.
The suit of Mr. and Mrs. John H.
Holloway for damages against the
city of Milledgeville was settled by
the City before Judge James B. Park
this week, the city paying all court
and giving Mr. and Mrs. Hol
loway $500.
The case hay been pending in the
courts several years, the suit having
been filed to recover for injuries re
ceived by Mrs. Holloway in an auto
mobile wreck.
BRIEF SESSION
SUPERIOR COURT
Convent, Monday and Diapoae* of
Civil Caiei. Adjourns Wed-
neiday Until Next Monday
for Crimna) Docket
After a three day -ession of the
Baldwin Superior Court convened
Monday morning. Judge James B.
Parks adjourned the c-urt until next
Monday morning when the crimnal
docket will be disposed of, only a
small number of cases being on the
calendar, the trial of the three men
indicted for the flogging of Jim
Angles taking the center of the -'age.
The Grand Jury organized Monday
morning with Capt. J. H. Enni#, fore
man and Jon. W. Hutchinsni
tnry. Judge James B. Park:
ebarge to jury stated that he had
been advised by citizens here that it
would be wise to postpone c<
til August due to the fact that the
farmers had been delayed in their
work and needed every day to ad
vance their crops as rapidly a# poasi
hie, but since the rains had come anti
the farmers could not work, he would
continue court as scheduled.
In his charge to the jury he vigor
ously condemned Dogging and labeled*
any person who participated in such
an affair u coward -and despicable.
He also stated that it had been
brought to hi# attention that there
had been a lobby working among the
jurors and that such practice
dangerous to justice and law. He
urged the jurors to conscientiously
perform their duty and cited to them
certain luw that he usked them to
read after going to their jury goom.
The Grund Jury has rapidly dis
posed of its duties and will adjourn
next Tuseduy it is expected, after the
presentments are read to the court.
The committees arc out and will
make their reports to the foreman
when the jury reconvenes next Tues
day.
The Civil docket was unusually
light and consumed only a short time.
The crimanl docket is yet for next
Monday.
CITY REPEALS
GASOLINE TAX
Law Passed Levying One Cent Tax
on AM Gasoline Repealed.
Settles Injunction Pending
Before Court
An order repealing the one c«
:as tax act passed by the City Col
il about a month ago, was passed at
: session of the Council this w
settling an injunction that had been
filed before Judge Park by the T<
Co., Gulf Refining Co., and L. N.
Jordan.
The law was passed in May to levy
one cent tax per gallon on
gasoline sold in the city, and had
been collected only once, this money
>g been refunded since the law
repealed. The gasoline com
panies operating here filed a bill of
injunction against the city, and a
mpornry retraining order wus
sued. The case was to be argued
before Judge Parks next Monday.
Since the law has been repealed the
injunction has automatically been
'ithdrawn.
JUDGE HEARS
RAILROAD SUIT
Derition To Be Made Witlun
Thirty Day*. Argun,at, Pre
Muled in Brief*. Injunction
Heard
The injunction feature of the
equitable suit of Mrs. A. H. Paschal
vs. the Georgia Railroad was heard
before Judge James B. Park Tuesday
afternoon and evening, Col. Erwin
Sibley presenting the argument for
Mr#. Paschal and Jones, Jones &
Johnson of Mncon and Hines
Carpenter of this city representing
the railroad. Judge Parks granted
the attorneys the right to present
their argument in briefs so that he
might consider and hand down n de
cision within the nex^ thirty day
Mrs. Paschai filed #uit and an
junction against the railroad several
weeks ago. The injunction would
stop the railroad from operating its
trains in the streets of the city, and
was the only feature argued.
Col. Sibley contended the railroad
had no right to accupy the streets of
the city, citing ns hi# authority that
the right originally granted the Old
Capital Railway Co., hud never been
legally invested in the defendants.
The surpoposed sale being void, being
directed by Judge Seaborn Reese,
who resided out side this circuit and
without authority of law, evidence
was also shown that original authority
litnited the road to the operation of
small diminutive engine noiseless and
smokele. \ known as dummy engine,
and that the present freight loco
motive was operated without legal
thority.
Mr. Sibley also cited the fact that
the railroad was using the streets
freight yard# without authority .and
that the Mayor and Council had
perfect right to stop it at any time,
and if they did not property holders
who abutted the tracks could do
Mr. Sibley cited the- actions of Monte
zuma and Acworth for this authority.
The Railroad counsel contended that
the railroad had full authority fro
the Mayor and Aldermen of the city
of Milledgeville to operate their
trains. That the city had passed
giving them rights to operate their
train a# is being done, and that that
they had taken no action without thi
consent of the city authorities. At
ordinance passed July 5th, of. thi:
year was introduced which ratified
and confirmed all acts pertaining to
the Railroad company.
Judge Parks decision is expected
to he handed down within the
thirty dnys. The case has created
much interested and i# expected
bring to a climax the railroad sit
tion within the city.
Rev. G. I. Hiller, former Rector of
the St. Stephens Episcopal church
low of Lakeland, Fla., is spend
ing several days in the city the guest
of Mr. Frank Bone.
Mr. Hiller has a large circle of
friends in this city who gave him a
cordial welcome back to the city. He
has been to Seattle Washington
where he attended the meeting of
Kiwanis International. He has been
active in the civic organization for
number of year# having served as
Secretary of the local club.
The city fire department answered
n call Monday morning when
funeral hearse of the Joseph A.
Moore Undertaking Parlors caught
fire while standing in front of thi
Massey Service Station.
Mr. W.arrcn Welch drove the truck
to the station for gawoline and had
finished filling the tank when it
suddenly caught fire from a match
benig struck near by. The hearse
wus driven into the street and
covered in flames when the fire <
puny extinguished it.
The hearse was enroute to the' fun
eral of Mr. Dudley Myrick.
Honoring Rev. G. I. Hiller, ol
Lakeland, Fla., Mr. Frank Bone i‘
entertaining the members of the Ki
wanis Club this afternoon at a barbe
cue at the home of Mrs. T. Treanor.
Rev. Hiller is visiting Mr. Bone,
stopping here enroute to his home
from Seattle Washington, where he
attended the meeting of Kiwanis
International
Miss Babrarah Hall of Atlanta, is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Hall.
REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN
FOR ELECTION G. M. (
TRUSTEES
The registration books are open
r an election of three members of
the Board of Trustees of the Georgia
Military College. The books will
lose August 8th.
The election will be held August
28th. The trustees whose terms ex
pire are Marion Allen, Otto M. Conn,
and M. F. Stembridge.
A. L. GAITHER
DIED SATURDAY
A Confederate Veteran Pane*
Away, After Long and Uaefnl
Life. Funeral Held Sunday
Afternoon
Mr. Augustus Longstrcet Gaither,
passed away nt the home of his
daughter, Mrs. O. O. Banks, Saturday
morning, July 7th, after a long and
useful life, having served his genera
tion faithfully and well.
Mr. Gaither had been in declining
health for some time, as his utrength
gradually yielded to the ravages of
old age, but his In-t illness extended
through only a few day*. It was rea
lized that the end was near, but his
death brought great sorrow to his
loved one#, who ministered to him
during his last days.
The funeral services were held at
the Methodist church Sunday after
noon at four o’clock, Rev. John F.
Yarbrough officiating. In his talk
Mr. Yarbrough paid a tribute to the
life of Mr. Gaither which he said
spoke for itself. He then referred to
the debt of gratitude the present
generation of the South owed to the
men of the old South* and the Con
federate soldiers, who had borne hard
shipp and privations to build a great
and prosperous Southland.
The remains were laid to rest in
the city cemetery, the following act
ing .as pall-bearers: Messrs. H. G.
Banks, W. E. Ireland, Olin Banks, A.
W. Watkins, S. D. Stembridge and
J. C. Grant.
Mr. Gaither is #urvived by one
daughter, Mrs. O. O. Banks, and the
following grand-children: Messrs H.
G. Banks, Olin Banks, Mrs. A. W.
Watkins, Mrs. W. E. Ireland, Misses
Dorothy and Ruth Bank#t of this city;
Mrs. O. E. Herndon, of San Antonio,
Texas; Mias Florric Harwell and Miss
C. B. Branham, of Covington.
Mr. Gaither was born in Newton
county, June 4th, 1845, and was a
scion of one of Georgia’s most
prominent families. Before he reach
ed his majority the war between the
States came, and he enlisted in the
Confederate army, and went to the
front to protect his Southland, from
the invasion of a foe. He tuw ser
vice in many of the battles and made
a brave and true soldier, knowing no
fear where duty culled.
He survived the bloody conflict and
when peace was declared he returned
to his home in Newton county, and
took up the work of rebuilding his
(Continued *»n back page)
HEAVY RAINS
DAMAGE CROPS
Rain Fall In Jnly Over Seven
Inchei. Five Inches Fall In
Three Day*. Wet Year
Heavy ruins continued throughout
all sections of the county thi# week,
doing dumage to crops and property
according to reports coming in from
different sections, while reports
from the office of Mr. R. H. Mc
Combs, Government recorder of
weather conditions, showed that over
seven inches of rain had fallen in
July and that the first half of 1928
had reached 28.98 inches.
Over five inche# of rain have
fallen during the past three days,
weather reports show, the heaviest
down pour coming Tuesday night
when 2.21 inches fell in les» than
twelve hours. 1.60 inches were record
ed Monday night.
1928 has been clas#ed as a wet
year according to Mr. McCombs.
"The total inches from year to year
rarely even varies running around
forty inches,” said Mr. McCombs.
With one half of the year gone
about thirty inches have fallen, leav
ing only ten inches for the next six
months if conditions run )true to
form.
The continued rains that have been
almost daily since early spring have
greatly damaged crops and have
placed farming conditions at a great
handicap. While crops are not com
pletely demolished and the out-look
is not as gloomy as the average per
son would suppose, the crop produc
tion will be small, is the report from
Agent Nesmith. Sugar cane and
watermelons thould show a good
yield says the agent.