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Number 27
VOLUM XCK
Baldwin Superior Court
In Session This Week
'£■' SASSLST SERVICE star
Appeals for New Trial. Robert
Ross Tried for Murder
RAINFALL AT W.C.T.U.LEADERNew Buildingfor Colored Pat-
PEAK FOR YEAR HEARD BY W0MEN _ tients Open Monday at G.S.S.
CLEARR9ADT0
Heaviest Rain of Year Recorded Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, Political
Last Friday and Satnrday. Three j Leader of Siate Republicans
Jud Janic.s B. Park opened an
l-nurr >! session o{ Baldwin Su-
_ , ...irl Monday morning in an
'ffort to dear the heavily congested
c docket that crowded the
court in its .January term.
Solicitor Jo® B. Puke was relieved
b ‘col. Carlisle Giles Monday morn-
_«.* n he was forced to remain in
me «ni*n in
hi* hotel ruum with a severe cold.
Co! g:!f^ disposed of only minor
, a ^ B in t!ic first day’s work of the
u" ck Two distilling cases and an
other n-inor cose were called as the
firs work of the court.
Tuesday morning the case of Ollie
Aldridge, Baldwin farmer, charged
with assault with intent to murder
j; m Angles last July, was called. The
case consumed the entire day and a
li.njr line of witnesses were called
Anpl esand Aldridge had some differ
ence about watermelon shinment
and Aldridge made an attack on
Angles and Aldridge had some differ-
showed. Arthur Allen jointly indict
ed with Aldridge died during the
January term of court.
The jury returned a sealed verdict
late Tuesday night 1 and Judge Park
received it Wednesday morning. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty of
stabbing another, which is a misde
meanor Judge Park pronounced
sentence after the noon recess, fine-
ing the defendant $250.00 and giving
him a twelve months suspended
CoL Marion Allen representing Al-
dridr- ■'! <1 motion for a new tcigl.
v. opened the trial * of
P . r; v,. charged with the murder
the farm of Mr. T-.
F.. Pu:.T: !: January. Kigg>ind Rom
had "a di-m.i-- r.ver’irefny jftpc,
widen, c . d and Ross shot King
The
jury was tie-
ng the case tonight (Wcdnes*
nd it was expected a verdict
be reached in a short while,
case of Mias Darnell© Seal
called Thursday, the Solicitor
WELCOME PRES
Meidauies Irwing and Roimr
Given Cordial Reception Here.
Address Woodrow WiUon
Chapter Monday
Mrs. Wm. N. Irwins, of Boston,
Mass., National President of the Ser-
vice Star Legion, and Mrs. L. P. Ros
ser of Atlanta, State President, were
given a cordial reception here Mon
day by the members of the Woodrow
Wilson Chnpter of the Legion, at the
home of Mrs. David Ferguson.
The distinguished women a
tour of the principal chapters of the
state a.id their coming here was an
outstanding event in the circles of the
women's clubs of the city.
At the meeting Mondny afternoon
Mrs. Irwing and Mrs Rosser were pre
sented to the chapter by the Presi
dent, Mrs. Chas. L. Moore. Mrs.
Irwing, spoke on the larger scope of
Service Star work and to hat it meant
to our country. She reviewed the
history of the organization and in
most charming manner told of the
work the league was doing in *
national way. She expressed her de
light with the south and the unusual
cdrdiality and hospitality of the
men of Milledgeville. Her address
emphasized the need of more chapters
in the state.
Mrs. P.osser followed Mrs. Irwing
and spoke of th* immediate ncedr. of
:he disabled veterans and their fami
lies. She told of the werk being done
in this line and urged
ccntraicd effort to rclltvethi-suffer-, jj ame Dr Ha [j jyj enl b er Board of I "it,
Inch Mark Passed When Rain
Falls Two Davs
The high point for rainfall was
reached Inst Saturday for a forty-
eight hour period when three and
thirty hundreds inches were recorded
by Mrs. W. G. Lockhart, keeper of
the Government weather records in
this city.
Rain began falling early Friday
and continued through Snturday with
out a let up and sent streams out of
their banks and made traffic a prob
lem. The heaviest down pours came
Friday while a steady drizzle con
tinued through Saturday.
The creeks and rivers in the county
showed a steady rise during the day
and although bridges were not dam
aged, many roads were under wi
for several hours. Camp Creek
the lower river rood and the Scotts-
boro road rose high out of their
banks and made it impossible to
verse these roads into the city.
Fishing Creek and the Oconee Riv
er did not reach flood stage, but
were high in their banks. The Oconee
river reaching a stage of 18.8 feet.
Road dnmaged from washing
amounted to a big sum Mr. Edwards,
the road engineer, stated and much
work will have to be done to bring
‘he roads back into good shape. The
work of the Macon road was held
up and will delay the completion of
this highway several week.
and W. C. T. U. Lecturer
to Speak Here
Mrs. Mary Harris Armour, Re
publican Committee woman from the
State of Georgia and noted temper-
lecturer, made an address to the
women of Milledgeville this after
noon, (Wednesday) ;;nd is scheduled
addresses Thursday at the
Georgia State College for Women and
the Georgia Military College.
Mrs. Armour in her address today
spoke to the members of the W. C.
T. U. and the women of Milledgeville
in the Men’s Bible class room of the
Baptist church. The room was
con.'ortably filled and heard Mrs.
Armour speak on the prohibition en
forcement and temiu-ranee.
Mrs. Armour will soeak at the
chapel service of u. Sn. C. Thursday
morning and later in the day will .ad
dress the young women of the Geor
gia State College for Women. While
in the city she is the guest of her
relative, Mrs. W. T. Garrard.
Mrs. Armour represented the
Democratic party at their Houston
convention and later became the Re
publican committee woman from
Georgia. She made n Berios of
speeches over the slate during the
Presidential race for the Iloover-
Curtis ticket.
MACONBY AUG.
Macon-Grav Section to Be Finished
in Thirty Days. Gray-Milledge-
ville Section to Take Six
Months
Three Story Structure Piled With
Colored Female Patieuts. Trus
tees Make Inspection of
Building Wednesday
GRAND TURY AFTER TWO WEEK
SESSION ADJOURNS MONDAY
ds and bridges i
Health. Commend County
Commissioners and Ask
for Tax Change
The Grand Jury adjourned Monday
cek’s session
FOOTBALL GAME
HERE MARCH 1ST
G. M. C. Cadets to Play Madison A.
& M. as Part of Spring Training
Program. Coach Broadnax
Bti-y With Eleven
Things will he reversed on March
t'np 1st, when the G. M. C. cadets
will piny the Madison A. & M. foot-
*' a 'l game, tin- usual time for the
krst baseball game of the senson.
The game will be played ns a part
"f ho spring training program of the
h» and need of the veterans of t!
Intetwar and their families.
At'the conclusion of the addresses
a reropBbn was given the visitors.
Delicious refreshments were served
end the two women were presented to
the ladies of the Woodrow Wilson j afternoon after a tw
chapter and their guests in a more in- in January and n recess session Mon-
formal way. j day of this week, reading their
The officers of the American Leg-! presentments before Judge James
ion Auxiliary were special guests at j B*. Park who ordered them published,
the meeting Monday. Mesdames The following are the General
j Griffin and Jos. B. Duke of Entonton j Presentments, the reports of the
j were among the out of town guests [ county officers and committees to
present.
fini
line -on the first day of next
ill start a new thing under
football in the spring never
‘'•n tried in the south before
h Jnhny Broadnax is break-
i e as a trial and with a view
'g it an annual affair if it
incially profitable.
Boadnax opened snring
January and has sent his
for next year’s eleven
!, y work outs daily,
have been staged often
Mcsdamrs Irwing and Rosser were
the guests of Mrs. H. D. Allen while
in the city. They were taken on an
automobile tour to the historical
points of interest and to the State
Institutions.
L S. FOWLER TO TAKE PARTY
ON TOUR OF EUROPE
rty lo Sail for En|
On Leviathian. R
George Wa»hingtoi
the »
eady
the
i team has taken f
g and a real hone
■ of football is wiii
Exn 's fertilizer plant
to BEGIN OPERATION
on* I - ’’ ^ nns begin the
l* n k' s fertilizer plant next
V- 1 spr * n K or d® ra * Ho clos-
a u W ‘ h ‘ ne St te Sanitarium for
. 0 ,or ^is week for immediate
•Mivery.
In i;, fertilizer has become an im-
’ n: industry in this section and
r * station for high quality.
Ge!L EnW * 8tat€d ^ he ■»”<*
tv.** farmer* much money and
un . *“■ out Put this year would be
U P -o - standard.
L. S. Fowler, Bursar of the Georgia
State College, will sail with a party
of forty on board the Steamship Le-
viathian on June 29th, for England
and a tour of Europe returning to the
State in August.
Mr. Fowler is personally conduct
ing the tour and will have charge of
all arrangements. He has plans to
visit England, Belgium, Holland,
Germany, Switzerland, Italy and
France. The personelle of the party
ban not been announced a? the full
number required have not been sign
ed up.
The trip across tie ocean and re
turn will be made on two of the fin
est ships afloat.
HEW
The Elcctrik Maid Bakery opened*
its doors Wednesday morning and in
quick rime gave away five hundred
loaves of bread to the first customers
coming to the store.
The new business is most attractive
according to the customers who visit
ed the store. Cakes, cookies and
pastries of all varieties were on dis
play and the improved electric meth
ods were shown to the visitors.
Messrs W. H. Reeves and Jon
Hutchinson, manage” of the new
bakery, are being congratulated for
the excellent quality of their product
and the fine presentation of their
new enterprise.
appear next week:
General Grand Jury Presentment*
January Term. 1929
To the honorable James B. Park,
Judge Baldwin County Superior
Court:
We, the Grand Jury drawn for the
Janua»y term of Baldwin county
Superior Court desire to submit to
you our report.
May wo take this opportunity to
than* the officers of the court or
their co-operation and assistance.
While our session has extended
I over a number of days we have gone
into such matters that have come be
fore us and have diligently discharg
ed our duties.
It is with pleasure that we appoint
Dr. T. M. Hnll a member of the Bald
win County Board of Health to suc
ceed himself. He has served the
county faithfully and given his time
and thought to the improvement of
health conditions in our county. We
wish, as a body of Baldwin county
citizens, to thank him for this ser-
The committees appointed to ex
amine the books, offices, and prop
erty of the county have perform
this duty, going thoroughly into i
records of the county officers ai
the reports of these committees t
gether with the reports of the office
are made a F !il of theKC minutes.
We wish to commend the Coun
Commissioners for the improvements
made in roads and bridges and for
the employment of an e>
engineer to supervise the
I Jury in this county, death has taken
| from us an officer of the county and
a faithful employee of the court
hou.-e.
In the passing of Sheriff Sam
Terry, we have lost a most compet
ent county officer. He was a cour
ageous man and faithful officer and
his death was a distinct loss to our
county.
Bran'.Icy Mills, though a colored
man, had served the county faithfully
for a long number of years and we
think it proper that this jury take
cognizance of his sudden passing.
We recommend that the Sheriff
investigate the slot machines being
operated over the county and see that
these operators adhere strictly to the
law in the operation of theBC ma
chines.
We recommend that our foreman
and secretary be paid $4.00 per day
and our Bailiff $3.00 per day.
We recommend that these present
ments be pub)., ed in the official
organ of the county a a cost of
$40.00.
We recommend that the case of
Matthew Lingold charged with per
jury be nolle prosequi
(Motion)
“In view of the fact that the state
tax auhtorities have made it known
that th efinancial affair* of the
State are in a deplorable condition
and are in need of skilled effort to
remedy the same which condition af
fect every county
ing that or our own, I move that the
grand jury in its presentments recom
mend that the county commissioners
call upon our county attorney to co
operate with our representative in
devising Mine plan or means where
by relief from this financial situa
tion may i>e realized by proper legis
lation when the General Assembly
convenes this year and that we re-
rfav.-\. our representative to lend his
best efforts to the success of such
legisln ion.
I further move, that we suggest o
Thirty days of good weather and
the Mnron to Gray section -of the
Milledgeville to Macon Toad will be
finished and open to traffic
work being pushed on the stretch
from Gray to this city.
state .highway engineers stated
Tuesday that .he Macon-Gray section
would be completely finished
thirty days good weather prevailing.
The lime stone base has already been
completed but this must thoroughly
dry out before the surfacing
done, the engineers stated.
The lime stone bnse is being placed
on the Gray-Haddock section and will
continue on through to Milledgeville
rapidly as possible. Good weath-
and this work will be finished in
months, it is understood. The
ns of last fall and late summer
greatly hampered the progress on the
paving that is now being done and
the engineers believe that a break in
:her conditions will find the road
completely paved from Macon to Mil
ledgeville by next fall.
The detours from this city to Ma
con have been a menace to autoist
during the heavy wether that hns pre
vailed throughout this month. Traffic
over this road has decreased consid
erably, but busses have continued to
run and little delay has been caused.
The road that is being paved will
be of a lime stone rock base with tar
and an asphalt treatment for the sur
face. The highway department
claims this to be good paving and a
type that will ttnnd up and last
definitely. The plans of the depart
ment are to continue the paving
through this city to Louisville, mak
ing a complete link from Angus 1
Macon.
MACON EDITOR ACCEPTS
U. D. C. INVITATION
Mark Etheridge Will Make Memor
Eulogy on April 26th. Exerci**
to Honor Confederate Dead
Mark Etheridge, Managing Editor
of the Macon Telegraph, accepted
invitation from the Daughters
Confederacy to deliver the Memorial
Address at the exercises to be held
April 2Gth, honoring the Confederate
dead.
Mr. Etheridge was extended the
invitation last week and accepted in
a letter to the president Tuesday.
He has made an impression as an
editorial writer and is known through
out the state for his clear insight in
to the history of the south.
The exercises Memorial day will be
elaborate, featuring a dinner at the
Court House, parade and ;he address.
The complete program has not been
worked out, but definite announce
ments will be made later.
The crowded condition in the col
ored department at the Georgia State
Sanitarium was partly relieved Mon
day morning when the new three
story building was opened and 420
colored female patients were march
ed into one of the most modern
buildings ut the mammoth Insane
hospital.
The gray stucco structure was fin
ished a few weeks ago nt a cost of
about $1G5,000, completing the first
link in the building and enlargement
program that was launched at the
Sanitarium about a year ago. The
Psychiatric Hospital is being rapidly
pushed to completion, construction
having been started about two
months ago.
Members of the Board of Trnsices
in session Wednesday inspected the
new building and placed their ap
proval on it. It is entirely fire
proof and has been completely furn
ished throughout The rooms ore
comfortable and the recreation halls
are sufficiently large to take care
of the patients.
Members of the Board at the ses
sion Wednesday were: Messrs John
T. Brantley, C. C. Brantley, P. H.
Gambrcll, A. C. Newell, Dr. T. M.
Hall, Dr. Lcatue Saunders and Dr.
H. W. Show. They were in .‘«ssion
during Wednesday and carried out
the regular routine of business.
The congested condition at the
Sanitarium had become acute and fol
lowing n-comcndutions by Dr. R. C.
Swint and other members of the
staff, the Trustees launched the
building program. They have finish
ed the first link with the colored
building and the water main improve
ments and are now erecting the hos
pital. The hospital will fill one of
the most vital needs of the Institu
tion, the officials stated.
ROAD REPORTS
STOP TOORIST
Augusta Anto Chb Advises Toariit
to Take Other Routes Betide,
Tkroagh Milledgenfle and
Macon
the stale includ- KIWANIANS WILL HAVE
LADIES AS THEIR GUESTS
Friday Night's Gathering of Club
Will Be Interesting. Gue»ts Will
Have Full Charge of Program
A report issued by the Augusta
Auto club regarding the road* lead
ing through Milledgeville arc errone
ous, was the statement of A. C.
Tennille, manager of the Southland
Coaches this week, and much tour
ist travle has been «’verted from this
city by the statements that the roads
in this section are impassable.
The auto club ha* advised all au
toist coming into the that city to
take other routes into Floridu, Mr.
Tennille stated and we are loosing
much tourist travel. Last week they
issued a report that it was imposs
ible to get through to Macon by Mil
ledgeville in a head line story in an
Augusta paper, the bus man .showed.
Mr. Tennille was of the opinion
that these reports could be corrected
with the co-operation of the Milledge
ville civic clubs. He stated that his
busses had made their regular trips
and that he had tried to correct these
statements whenever possible.
Friday night will he “Ladies Nile” C jjy jq SURFACE
, the Ktwanian-, and a great time j \^L UNPAVED ROADS
(Co.
. back page)
FAMOUS HUMORIST ON G. S. C.
LYCEUM
Jess Pugh, noted humorist and
platform lecturer, will appear here
Tuesday February 26th, at the G. S.
C. W. auditorium as a Lyceum num
ber of the college.
Jess Pugh is a premier entertainer
and has appeared here before with a
Chautauqua company and delighted
large audiences He is kuown as a
render ef rare ability and is consid
ered one of the best attractions the
college will have.
LEGION TO SPONSOR LOCAL
TELENT SHOW IN APRIL
“Dollar Bill” will be the local tal
ent show to be put on April 12th,
by the Morris- Little Post of the
American Legion, according to the
Legion nfficlals who are sponsoring
the show.
The play will be directed by Miss
Louise Riley and is a musical comedy
that has scored a hit hi several Geor
gia towns. The east will be given
j; being anticipated. The ladies will
nave charge of the program, and it
can be expected that it will be a live
ly one. It has been proven in . the
past that he ijidies of the Kiwanians
are versatile when it comes to putting
on a program that will keep the men
guessing what was coming next.
The meeting will be held at the
regular place, the Men’s Class room
at the Baptist church, and at the
regular hour, 7:15.
The Senior Music Club will meet
Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock nt
the homo of Mrs. M. H. Bland. Mrs.
J. L. Beeson will have charge of the
program and all members are urged
to be present.
Work to Bf-!i Th:, Week Grading
and Surfacing St-ecU That Have
Not Bws Paved
Work was started this week on the
surfacing and grading all street-* In
the city that have not been paved.
The chert similar to the Augusta
chert of rock and tend will he used
in the surfacing treatment
The Council authorized the work
this week and the street committee
began making preparations for the
work to begin at once. The dirt used
in the surfacing will be taken from
city property at the stand pipe.
In the plan to resurfnee the streets, .
it is believed eighty percent of the
work now necessary to scrape and
k»p the tmtt win be .ftwinaUd.