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m0tt 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.