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VOLUM XCIX
MilkdgeriBe, Ga., March 14, 1929
Consolidated in 1872
Number 30
•onthern Recorder ..." 1819
Federal Union Established in 1829
iEDERAL AID TO
FARMERSSOUGHT
fc!d*m Farmers to Get Part of
Rflief Fund. Commute; Named
to pass on Loans. Application
Blanks Received
j on \v, Hutchinson, J. H. Ennis
j Georpe W. Hollinshcad were to-
nanif* a committee to pass on
- - to farmers in Baldwin county
- entitled to receive Federal
'under th. recen. six million dot-
appropriation made to relieve the
r of the south-eastern states.
Mr. G. C. McKinley received au-
ritv t0 appoint the committee nf-
V.. had taken the matter direct to
,1 authorities. Under the' loan
...tton farmer can borrow eight
per acre, the securities re-
ir,.,) under the loan net is a crop
net was designed to aid the
l., r who could not procure local
. and who was facing a no crop
nr else leave the farm. The
nittee appointed for the work in
win county will receive applica
tor th loan and will secure
I
loans will be made from the
l<} m i Land Bank in Columbia, S.
very effort is being made
em through as rapidly as
, that those needing financ-
ejrin work on their crops,
leader the loan plan, many idle
expected to be cultivated
t r arreare of cultivation is
thin had Heen anticipated
• predictions.
|Mr. McKinley was of the opinion
t all farmers in the county need-
loan could get this aid if
• nteps wei)_* taken'. He
re- farmers who need assistance
heir application to the com-
).VMi$$IONERS FIND ROAD
DAMAGE LIGHT
' Brid-e, Damaged. Fill. Washed
in Several Section.. Macon
Road Work Delayed.
nad damage following the heavy
' of the past few weeks were
parativcly small to other frseh-
:hat have visited the county and
Commissioners at their meeting
t Saturday viewed the survey with
. a larger damage expected,
bridges wer»- damaged, while
I roads were washed away in
ctions and the repair bill will
large figure, according to
\ Kiehway head, Mr. Edwards. The
e,t damage was done at the
to river, while other streams ac-
*'l ^ or a considerable destruc-
11 work on the Macon highway
* hren delayed since the first of
eRr and little progress has been
r - on this road due to the ex-
* commis-ioner* are anxious for
" J completion of this road so
’-b^Sandersville highway can be
■ •r the paving that w".l lead
ltrh here to Louisville.
■DGEVILLE men named on
board of trade
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BASEBALL PRATICE
BEGINS AT G. M. C.
Cadet Team in First Work Out for
Diamond Seaton. Fa.t Nine
Expected Thi. Year
The first work out in preparation
for the 1929 Baseball season came
Monday afternoon, when Coaches
Johnny Broudnar, and Slap Rentz
sent the candidates through a long
batting pratice .and field work out
The schedule this year has not
been worked out to completion but
Gordon, Riverside, Lanier and Mon
roe are included in the scries of
games that are to be played here.
Several Freshman teams will also be
brought to Millcdgeville for games.
Tho baseball schedule this year
will be the first in two years, work
on the athletic field making it im
possible for games last year.
A strong, fast, hard hitting team
is expected to grow out of the crop
of candidates that have reported for
the early work outs. The pitching
staff is representing a problem al
though the candidates arc numerous,
the full worth of them is not known
G.S.CHASFULL
SPRING PROGAM
Senior Trio. Field Days and Mtnic
Week With Commencement
Close Behind. Occupy Woman’s
College Attention
With a full program of activities
scheduled for the final months of the
Georgia State College for Women.
The students will return from their
Spring holidays Monday to enter up
on -the closing period of the school's
thirty ninth session.
The Senior Class will leave April
1st for a two day visit to the Mag
nolia Garden. The trip will include
a visit to Fort Moultrie nnd old Fort
Sumpter, with the class banquet at
a Charleston Hotel. Over three hun
dred young women will_ make the
trip.
Field Day on the campus will be a
feature of April. Miss Miller the
atheletic director is plann.ng a gala
program of events for the annual
field day. The four classes will par
ticipate in the program.
May will bring the annual Music
Festival, with one of the most inter
esting programs in the history of this
celebration. The Freshman class
with a chorous of over three hun
dred will present an Operetta and the
Senior Normals are included on the
program for a special presentation.
The entire music department will
lend itself to the week and Miss Alice
Lenore Tucker, director of music
plans to bring pratically every stud
ent into the week.
The few remaing weeks will be
filled with many social functions on
the campus.
The commencement program as
announced by Dr. J. L. Beeson will
bring two prominent men to Mil
lcdgeville. Dr. L. R. Christie, pas
tor of the Ponce de Leon Baptist
church in Atlanta, will deliver the
Bacculnurate sermon and Dr. W. H.
Kilpatrick will deliver the commence
ment address to the senior class on
Monday, the final day of commence
ment.
The Log Cabin on Govarnment
Park will be finished by commence
ment and many festive scenes will be
enacted at the girls play ground.
The hut is *i gift of the class of 1920
and the contract has been let for its
: erection. The hut will be of rough,
hewn logs, and will occupy the cen
ter of the five acre recreation park
now being cleared up.
CC_ TY COURT CONVENES
FOURTH MONDAY IN MARCH
Baldwin county will c.-nvcnc xt
10:00 o'clock the four h Monday in
Marco, Judge E. R. Hines will pre
side, and Solicitor Carlisle Giles will
represent the State in criminal cases.
The following jurors have been
drawn to serve:
Hooten, R.; Osborn. R. W.; Moore,
Jos A.; McMillan, R. W. Jr.; Durden,
R. L.; King, J. M.; Greene, W. C.;
Ti-dale, A. W.; Zacknry. Walter L.;
McDaniel, J. T.; Bass, W. A. N.; Mc
Adams, .1. I.; Wilson, Bart; Bowdoin,
M. N.; Veal. O. F.; Moore, R. B.;
Mathis, Reid; Mintcr, C. R.; Strip
ling, J. H. Sr.; Miller, W. W.; Ennis,
C. O.; Babb. Preston; Glass, H. S.;
hitchin?, W. M.
STORE ROBBERY
HERE IS SOLVED
Arrest of Member, of AntomobUe
Thief Gee; in Macon, Bring,
Confession of Bnrglnriiing
Mr,. Borne’, Store
LEGISLATOR IS
HOLDING PLANS
State institutions Command! At
tention. I'Wants Chair Moved
WiB Follow Grand Jury
Favors Tax Reform
Several weeks ago the store of
Mrs. Homer Burnes in the eastern
part of the county, was entered by
burglars,. and robbed of a large
quantity of merchandise. The rob
bers left no clue of their identity. A
few days since the police of Macon
made arrest* of automobile thieves.
Chief of Police Watkins, of Macon,
was in the city Monday, and stated
that one of the men arrested had
confessed that he was a member of
the gang ‘hat had robbed Mrs. Barnes
store, and gave information of where |
a portion of the goods could bo j
found. In his confession the man al- I
so acknowledged being implicated in
the theft of several automobiles in
different sections of the country. He
further stated that two of the cars
were in or near Milledgcville, where
they had been left.
Chief of Police Watkins was here
Monday, and with the local officers
made a search for the two cars, but
failed to find any trace of them.
The investigation of the Macon
police led to the arrest of two men,
giving their names as Prue Benson
Alias Joe Harvey Harris and John
H. Harris, Alias Joseph Costello,
Alias Fred Thomas. In the confes
sion obtained from one them the gang
had a headquarters in Atlunta, where
they had a store house where they
carried their loot. The two men have
been carried to Atlanta, where they
are wanted.
With the burden of representing
four state Institutions resting on
him. Col. Marion Allen, Baldwin
Representative, had drafted no defi
nite measure for introduction in the
Georgia lower house this summer,
and was wi.hholding all plans pend
ing conferences with representatives
of the Institutions.
While he was certain of making an
effort to move the electric chair
from Millcdgeville, he realized the
handicap in passing such a measure
and although he expects to press the
passage of a bill to remove the chair,
he readily sees the opposition that
he will meet.
“The four institutions ma’ntaincd
by the state in this county will con
sume much of his time and the care
of these will require many bills,
especially before the appropriations
committee, and other bills will come
later he stated.
The Grand Jury in its last session
passed resolutions asking the Bald
win solon to back und urge the pass
age of a tax reform measure, and
Col. AUen stated he would follow
this suggestion and lend his effort
to bringing about a tax reform.
Col. Allen was of the opinion that
it was far in advance to say just
what he proposed to do and that no
definite steps had been taken to draft
any bills for the summer session,
and that he had no plans to an
nounce.
Milledgeville Scores Hit In
Radio Broadcast from Macon
Program Goes Over Big A* First of Series to Be Given by Middle
Georgia Towns. People Here Urged to Bring Cap to
Milledgeville
“Millcdgcyville on ithe Air" Iain
Monday morning at the noon hour
scored a big hit and many letters
have come in congratulating the
local artists and the Kiwanis club
on the excellent program given over
W. M. A. Z., the Macon Broadcast
ing Station.
Dr. George Harris Webber, presid
ing at the microphone presented the
program and acknowledged the phone
calls and telegrams that came in dur
ing the hours broadcast.
Col. Erwin Sibley, Mr. L. C. Hall,
Col. Georg** Roach and Dean E. H.
Scott were programed for brief talks
on Millcdgeville, G. M. C., the State
Institutions and business in the city.
The speeches were interspersed with
musical numbers.
The Baldwin couhty song com
posed by Mrs. E. H. Scott opened
the program which was followed with
a novelty number, Miss Theresa Pyles
whistleing. The song of Mrs. Hines
wus sung by a trio, Mrs. Hines, Mrs.
Edgar Long, and Mrs. Helen Longi-
no, Mrs. Helen Long sang a
solo. Miss ^Beatrice Horsbrough,
violinist was also on the program
during the broadcast.
Seven other Georgia towns will
broadcast during the coming week
and a cup is offered for the best pro
gram. Votes will be taken and the
town receiving the ’"rgest vote will
win the cup. The voting will begin
next Tuesday and the people ’ a are
urged to send their votes.
The Milledgeville hour was spon
sored by the Kiwanis club.
LOCAL DOGS WIN
SHOW PRIZES
Dog* Owned by Dr. Edwin Allen,
and Messrs Jack Edwards and
Gaither Banks Win in
Macon Dog Show
"Dixie” a pointer bitch owned by
Dr. Edwin Allen was the winner of
two first prizes this week at the Ma
con D >g Show, while three other
dogs owned by Dr. Allen and Messrs
Jack Edwards and Gaither Banks
Dr. Allen entered two dog.-, the
pointer bitch and "R'.'X," Irish Setter, j
tha- also won two prizes in the Ken- |
nel Club Show in Mmon. "Roy" the
pointer owned by Mr. Jack Edwards
won first prize in novice dogs in
the pointer class with the Alien poin-
er winning first in the novice bitch
das* - . Plaza’s Joe, owned by Mr.
Banks, won first prize in the English
setter class.
The Milledgeville dog* won first
place in their class and were pre
sented ribbons at the final showing
Tuesday night at the Macon Audi
torium.
Dr. Allen nnd Mr. Edwards were in
attendance at the show and present
ed their dogs before th.- judging pits.
Dr. Allen is a breeder of bird dogs
and has u rare collection of setters
and pointers. *
RAIN FALL HITS
AT HIGH RECORD
March to Be Known u Wet Month.
Three Year, Leader of Twelve in
Rain Fall. Firat Twa Weeka
Record Breaking
March has taken firat rank in the
rain fall records for the pant three
years and is striking at a new hig 1,
mark for the number of inches of
rain, with more than fifteen inches
for the first two weeks already r -
jcorded.
! Thirty-six inches was a high rcc-
1 ord set three years ago and with the
J month barely filing good. Warty
j half this figure has been reached,
j The month was introduced in n
shower and down pours of last week
sent the mark up in the teen*. The
continued rains this week have made
the mark continue to climb and
weather predictors believe the past
record has been shattered, for a
similar period.
March has been known as a wet
weather month and an examination
of records over a number of years
show that March leads all months for
moisture. The record for the en
tire years generally runs around the
same figure and it is often divided
equally among the months.
THE BEAUTY SPECIAL
WILL RUN SATURDAY
The G. S. C. W. Students Will Go
Home for a Short Holiday
Leave At 7:45 A. M.
The student body of G. S. C. W.
are looking forward with jubilant
expectation for the coming of the
week-end for the spring holiday com
mences bright and early Saturday
morning, and they will have the op
portunity to visit their homes.
"The Beauty Special” will leave
Milledgeville over the Central of
Georgia Railroad at 7:45 o'clock Sat
urday morning, and make connection
with all out going trains in Mncorf.
There will be hundreds of girls on
this train, but there will be those
who will go to their homes in auto
mobiles, their relatives coming
through the country for .hem.
The holidays will be over Monday
evening .as the students must be ir.
their dormitories Monday night so
as to be ready for lessons Tuesday
morning.
INSPECTION OF
BLUES FRIDAY
Lieut. Mickle to Make Annual
Inspection of National Guard
Friday Night. Inspection to
Be Public
The Baldwin Blues, under the com
mand of Capt. H. B. Ennis, will be
given their annual Inspection Friday
\ night by Lieut Mickle, specially as
signed army officer with the National
Guard of South Carolina.
The inspection will be a public af
fair, the company being reviewed in
the business section. Ratings of past
years have placed the compuny high
in the State guard forces and the
inspection this year is expected to
find the company rated high agasO*
The rifle and personal inspection
will be made in front of the City
Hall, weather .permitting and the
drills will be carried on Hancock
street. The company will be form
ed in the armory at eight o’clock to
receive the inspecting officer.
Maj. Matthews, commander of the
5th Battallion of the 121st Infantry
of the Georgia guards will also be
present for the inspection. Other
high officers of the regiment are al
so expected to attend the inspection.
Capt. Ennis and Lieutenants F. R.
Hargrove and E. B. Jackson will
have command of the company and
will direct the drills of the company.
A special drilled squad will al*o go
through a series of military move
ments for the reviewing officer.
The company hns a full strength
peace time quota of men.
P. T. A. SPONSORS BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT
Games Thursday and Friday Nigh*
Between Company Team. Will
Attract Interaat Here
The Prfrent-Teachers Association
arc sponsoring the Inter-Company
Basketball Tournament which opens
Thursday night in the G. M. C. Gym.
The tournament will begin at 8:00
o’clock with Company D, playing
Company B, Company A, will play
C, following the opening game. On
Friday night the looseTb of the
Thursday game" will play at eight
o’clock ard th winners of the night
before will play for the champion
ship after the first game.
Tickets are being sold by h.
rod
t is being created in the games. A
price of 15 and 25 cents is being
charged.
A banner will be presented the
champions at the conclusio: of the
games. An .all Battallion team will
be selected from the four teams by
Coaches Rentz and Broadnax.
CONGRESSMAN VINSON AT
HOME
Congressman Carl Vinson is at
mediately after adjournment of Con-
home, having come to the city im-
gress last week. He will remain here
until the middle of April, when he
will return to Washington to attend’
the extra session of Congress, which
has been called by President Hoover
to convene April 15th.
SURVEY TO BE
MADETtiURSDAY
Conditions in County WiB Be
Investigated Bjr Representative
of Red Cross and Citizens
To Determine Needs
A survey wil be made of Baldwin
county today (Thursday) with a
view of ascertaining existing con
ditions relative to the needs of sec
tions effected by the disastrous
weather conditions of last summer.
Mr. John Clark, who is detailed
to invesstigate special disasters for
the American Red Cross, will be
here, .and will be accompanied in
making the survey by Messrs D. M.
Rogers. Adrian Horne. Gee. H. Tur-
nell and Rev. J. F. Yarbrough. They
will first visit the Southern section
of the county, and as far n« possible
make a detailed investigation of the
condition*. The survey will be made
for tho purpose of ascertaining
whether the conditions existing de
mand assistance from th” Red'Cross.
E. E. BELL ENTERTAINS
STEWARDS AT OYSTER SUPPER
Bu.In.i, Meeting Held b» Methcdi.t
Board After Fcut. Many Que.-
tion. of Importar.cc Dlccoi.ed
The Board of Stewards of the
Methodist church held a called meet
ing Tuesday evening, nnd were
guests of Mr. E. E. Bell at a delight
ful oyster supper, which was served
by Mrs. W. T. Little’* Circle.
The supper was thoroughly en
joyed and Mr. Bell was given » —
Ing vote of thanks.
Attention was called to the fact
that Mr. Bell became an official in
the church about a half a century
ngo, and had always been faithful
and loyal to the church, serving it
as a trustee, steward, Axensuyer, and
prhor, and his UhiwaiiSpdni u»pp»rting-
the church.
Reference was also made to Mr.
Bell as .a progressive wide awake
citizen, stacking up with every move
ment of progress.
The Stewards in the business meet
ing, which followed the supper, dis
cussed the finances of the church,
and the best method of impressing
upon the membership the importance
of paying their quarterage promptly
each Sunday or a; least monthly.
Lists of the membership were made
and divided among the Stewards with
a view of collecting up the amount
sufficient to meet the indebtedness
of the church to the first of March.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the advisability of n-estab
lishing the old bell, so that it could
be rung for all church services. This
question was enthusiastically discuss
ed especially by the older members
who remember the sweet tones of the
bell, when it was in the tower of the
old church. It was decided to revise
the roll of the membership of the
church, at a conference of th? mem
bers to be called by the pastor.
REV. J. L. LAWRENCE
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Rev. J. L. Lawrence County School
Superintendent of Wilkinson county
and a well known Baptist minister,
is desperately ill imports reaching
this city state.
Mr. Lawrence was corripJ to the
Georgia Baptist Hospital in Atlanta
Wednesday from his home in Irwin-
ton I; M to J a Mo m ft fa Im
ported that his cor,di.ion is critical,
but it is hoped that tre-tm r.t at the
hospital will be beneficial.
Mr. Lawrence is well known in
Baldwin county. He is a son-in-law
of Mr. W. B. Richardson; pastor of
the Black Spring (Baptist church,
and has served as principal of the
Midway und Cooperville schools.
-AYMEN WILL HAVE CHARGE OF
SERVICES AT METHODIST
CHURCH
Rev. J. F. Yarbrough will leave
next Monday morning for Augusta
where he will spend two weks, con
ducting revival services at St. John’s
Methodist church.
Mr. Yarbrough will be ab>ent from
the city on Sunday 24th, and the
morning services at the Methodist
church will be in charge of Col. Geo
S. Roach, lay leader, who will ar
range the program for the servicp