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i 0L11UE XCX diSlEttikM m \fiS Milledgeville, G*., Anftut 22, 1929 ConaolidaUd ta 1S7S Number I HID ON RIVER IS PURCHASED CITY PRIMARY PASSES QUIETLY AS 54 VOTE > N. oasands of Acre* are Bought fast Month. Power Dim On River Rumor Fifty-four voters went to the City Hall Wednesday and east their vote t nominate a mayor and three alder man to represent the Democratic IHJ1AN shoals to be site primary in December. — Msyo.' M. E. Pennington, Alder- u- past several weeks uttor- men L. II. Andrews. J. R. Smith and ,, been busy obtaining ab- s. D. Stembridge were nominated, n property along the Oconee Marion Allen, Frank Bone. Dr. T. Baldwin, Hancock and Put- jj. Hall, John H. Holloway. J. A. „*it> the land being purchas- Mayfield and J. R. Stanley were n t,.r -hed for a development named the executive committee of made on the river at Fur- the party. The nomination La virtual- ml*, it is rumored. ly an election. an d ;.a being purchased in One vote was cast for Frank Bone, r- presentativee of a de- Mayer, T. H. Clark, Harry Bone and company, it is unauth D. W. Brown, Aldermen. This ticket ......ored that a dam will be uja» disqualified under ,the rules governing primaries. G. S. C. and State Sanitarium PRISON CHANGE COUNTY SCHOOL Given Appropriation Increase |$ ADVOCATED TEACHERSNAMED a r :ll.j c ft. All U.ld.. C;.Lft Killed in Senate. Allen Making fight An Col- in both the Sanitarium and Georgia Stat lege for Women apporpriations has b.en granted by both houses of th*: legislature in their consideration of the bill to supply funds lor the states needs during 11)30-31. The Georgia State Sanitarium will get,a $300,000 increase in mainten ance funds for the two years, one- third of the amount being paid in 1930 and the remainder the next year. The Georgia State College for Women will receive $25,000 State little hope is entertained rcral thousands this week CALL ACCEPTED BY S.C. PASTOR he river at and above Fur- c. Definite announcement ! ,-n given out regarding the ‘ i the date of begining and . the cost. Rev A. C-. Harm Vr ill Come to Fill both tides of tin i the legislature is making every possible cut without adding additional money to the states expense. Coi. Allen is making every effort to carry this through and he will try to have it put back when the hill is brought back to the house for consideration of the senate’.* changes. The passage of this bill in the hou*e gave proof of the Baldwin solon's great ability. Special appropriation bills have not yet been Considered. Several special bills including fund.* for new each year for maintununce than was 1 buildings at the Sanitarium, a libra- given last year. ' ry for G. S. C. and other funds will The appropriation bill which pass- come up before the close of the ed the house carried a turn of $10,- . t .ssion Saturday night. 000 per s tar lor two years for the | CoL AUcn nI f v i*cd the Union Re- Geonria Military College. Th '» »•* I cordor in „ wire that the p» eliminated in the Senate committee room however. There is a chance to the local measures had been get this money back into the bill but lished. , -nrthased and options taken •..rkl other .tracts. ARM boys enjoying week at state college Pnlpit of The Presbyterian Church ASSUMES PASTORATE SEPT. 8 B * ■ -" W. W. Moran^and Ten Futt Farmer. Spending We« School in Athen. Rev. A. G. Harris, of Senecca, S. C.. has accepted the pastorate of the Milledgtville Presbyterian church, and will assume his duties not later than Sept. 8th. Rev. Mr. Harris visited this city upon an invitation of the Pulpit Committee, of the ' Presbyterian church, ami preached at the morning and evening sendees pf Sunday, August 11th. The members of the Committee and of the church were most favorably impressed with his personality, and the Intellectual and spiritual depths ot his discourses, that at a congregational meeting held Sunday. August 18th, they ex tended him a unanimous call. A message wa received in the city Sundav from Mr. Harrs that he had i-Tied the pastorate ol the Senoc- chutch, and would accept the call to this city, and would perfect ar rangement- to assume the pastorate by Sept 15th. Mr. Harris ha been pastor of the Senecca church for the past seven ,1. years, and is held in the highest es teem and confidence by the mem bers of the congregation and the peo ple of that city. He is recognized a* ie of the ablest Pre ? byterinn min ers in South Carolina. The members of the Presbyteri::tf I church -and ihe people of Milledge- ELAM F. DEMPSEY WILL . ;n„ will give Mr. Harris and his PREACH SUNDAY M0RNINC family a cordial welcome to Mil- j ledgeville. PRISONERS TO MAKE AUTO TAGS | (fei'ser hrtsM p* S'-*? Fnm to Make Automobile Tags for Georgia J.T.SHEALEY De WEDNESDAY r. future farmers of Baldwin tty aril Mr. W. W. Moran left day morning for Athens to spend ,*k at tii'- State College of Agri- urr studying farm problems. Re- : that have been received from it the week is proving rofitable and enjoyable. The young men were ‘elected from n a score of applicants for he trip last Saturday morning. The -port ored by the Georgia Rail- . Khranis and several citizens of •y. Hr. Adrian Horne and Mr. ry. district, agent from the .- transported the young men pens Mondny. ring the week the young men aitm-s demunstratiohs and re instruction in the latest meth- ■ young men attending the are: Paul Chandler. Walter . Marvin Gindin. Joe Yates i. Otto Torrance, Nishet Law- . Harris Hodges, J. C. Green, ard Collins, Paul Torrance. Funeral Services Will Be Held at Moore’s Funeral Home Thurs day Afternoon Auto owners will purchase Geor j Mr. John Thoma* Shcaloy died at gia made tags i r - 11*30, the n.achin ibis home Wednesday, August 21st, cry to manufacture auto tag. has | about twelve o’clock, after a long been installed at the State Prison j and protracted illness. Farm near here and the first of the 1930 tags will be made early in September. t Twenty prisoners at the farm will be required to operate the plant that will be opened about the first of next month, Judge B. H. Dunnnway stat ed this weak ns the final work was being done to make the plant ready for immediate operation in order that the 431,000 sets of tags might he complete when the first requests are received by the Secretary- of State in January of next year. The new tag that will be the first made in the new department will have a gray back ground with black numerals. The entire operation from curing the steel sheet to paint ing the tag is by machinery. The large cutter is the first machine in the"row. The tag is cut out. :ent to the next mneihne for the large num bers then to a machine to stamp Georgia 1930 .and the border and then to the painting vat. The paint 1 baked on the tag and then the Another Section, Capt. Ennis Shows New Principal Named at Coop- erviQe Junior High G. S. S. TAKES PRISON SITE TRUCK DRIVERS ALSO NAMED In conference lot week with incm- 1 Baldwin county nubile school, will ire ,.f both hou.es of the state open the 1929-30 term on Septcm- legislature, Capt. J. H. Ennis out- her 11th, Superintendent P- lined a plan for the development and Bivins has announced and at the improvement of both the State Sani- same time gave out the list of teach- tariuni and the .State Prison Farm, ers for the Junior High, Elementary plan as contemplated was and Primary* Schools, given by John Hammond in the Mi-! A teachers meeting will ho held n Telegraph and quotes Capt. on September 10th prepartory to the inis ns follows: ; opening of the schools. Plans are be- Mr. Ennis said the plan contem- ing completed for the openings over the designation by the gen-} the county, eral assembly of a special body, au- .The following ftatement from thorizod and instructed to make in- : Supt. Bivins office gives the n».ncs vestigation and formulate a report of the teachers for the county to be submitted to ihe next session schools: on the advisability and desirability j Mr. T. V. Smith, a graduate of of the following proposition: That Mercer University, will l»e principal the present property used for a at Coopervillc. Mr. Smith has had -tute priron farm be turned over to j several years of experience and has the state sanitarium. This would, mado good in the profession, provide, Mr. Ennis said, for complete Mr. B. J. Wells will return to Mid segregation of the races at the state way; and Mr. Holland Strother will sanitarium. The purpose would be return to Union Point, to utilize the prerent building* at. the I The other teachers are as fellow*, state prison farm and remodel fienij Midway- Mrs. B. J. Wells, Mrt. Cora so as 10 make them available for. Holt. Mi>* Marguerite Simmerson, asylum purpo»es. Overhauling and Miss Inez Murphy, and Mis:. Lois rehahilinting the buildings at the Smith. sanitarium now used for Negroes so Union Point—Mrs. Holland Stro- they may be used for white patLnts, thcr, Miss Evelyn Wilson, and Mrs. thus affording ample space for both Richard Smith. race* for many years. | Coopervillc—Miss France* Baker, The 'second proposition would be Miss Louise Pnrker. Miss Louise the investigation nnd selection of a Bloodworth. and Miss Selma Sherror. — i —- suitable prison furm site at som> Elementary School* The funeral services will be held ot jj Cr location in South Georgia, ami Scottsboro School—Mrs. \ C. lis (Thursday) afternoon at three thc establishment on it not only of Johns, Principal; Miss Rosa Bowdoin, is bantu on in*- - .... . ‘ , numbers are painted. After this the ley. Pondo, Cal.; and COTTON MARKET TAKING ON LIFE o ciuck, ui .uuurs: * r uueiui ixwuit.-, n prison farm such ns Rev. J. F. Yarbrough officiating. His tained at Milledgeville remains will be interred in thc city 1 —* *— •— —' — cemetery with Masonic honors. Mr. Shcalcy was forty-two years of age, and came to Milledgeville -everal years ago, as manager of the Rogers Store. He afterwards held positions in local grocery stores which business he knew thoroughly. He was pleasant and affable in his manner, and won the confidence of the people. He continued as n clerk, until compelled to seek^ other em ployment on account of ill health. He was a member of the Milledgeville Methodi-t church nnd of Benevolent Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M. Mr. Shealcy is survived by his wife, two daughters, Evelyn and Emily; two sonp. Wm T. and John A.; his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Shealcy of Macon; four brothers, Wm C. Shealcy. of Deland, Fla.; H. R. anil P. C. Shealey, of Macon; J. L. Shea main- Assistant. make| Meriwether School—Miss Lanette for other necessary forms | O'Neal, Principal; -Miss Mattie Lou work in addition to farm- Ivey, Assistant. Primary Schools Baldwin . Primary—Mrs. Robert Ashficld, teacher. * Black Springs—Mrs. J. H. Under- >od, teacher. , HnpeweH—Miss JeSrie Richard- n, teacher. Salem—MHeh Evelyn Humphry, “ ... . tcnchcr. White Field* Seen in All Section;; Truck driver* for the various of County. Big Increase routes have been named as follows: Expected Next Week W. Cotton, of Macon. With thc cotton market not yet month old, crop prospects cor. tinue reasonably bright with a prom- •f a large increase in cotton thir year. To date seventy-three hales have _ jen marketed in Milledgeville. ." * " x| t * a representing about fifty growers. Bister, Mrs. , nll it,„ rn nnrt nf the ir Elder Will Hold Third Itrly Conference at Midwi in The Evening FAIR PREMIUM LIST RELEASED -lam F. Dempsey, Presiding f the Oxford District, will at the Milledgeville Mctho- | . m xt Sun,l “F "">"*«• Bio Fall Celebrr ion Week of Oct. I hold the third quarterly , " fice in the afternoon. •t-mpsey will preach at the church Sunday evening, and inclusion of the services hold PAVING CASE HEARD MONDAY 7 to 12- McClellan Shows to Be Midwp r Attraction Pietributinn of the Premium I.i t i of the Middle G. iruin Fair which is to he held thc wick of Octol.tr 7 to : 12, wa berun tlii eweek, nod plan.. peine made for the larcest fair 1 vet he'd here. . McClellan shov.j will furnish thc ay attractin' for the week nnd ncultural i.isplay, will he en- j larged, several other counties enter- Taxalle Property is Valued i" 1 ” ,h " iY RETURNS MOW DECREASE — tag is rounded and packed for ship ing to Fie Secretary of States office. The plant co>ts the Hate about thirty thousand dollars and »t ha- been estimated thi.t the first three years supply »»' <" r J 1 "" 1 from the saving to the state. *10.- 000 per year is the estimated sav in- Georgia when the plant be- -in', operation. Approximately 401- Judge Order 000 sets or tags will have to be mad each year. of Paving October 15 ng the* legality of the made against property holder* for paving in Milledgeville. •y- argued the case last Mon- | Madison before Judge James I B. Park, who ordered briefs filed by . n in Rid ' September 15th. and announced hr Asks Citizens Co-operation in Kio I ding City of Mosquito. Destory Cotton in the southern part of the [county has fhown the greatest ad- I vance and pratically aP the cotton I thus far has come from this section. Cotton was bringing seventeen cents per lb. for an average Wcdncs- day morning. Ginners and Warehousemen were v meeting a big increase next week Briefs Filed and ’. lh f J» WCTlf ^ _» . _ . . ... tion picking their craps. Promise^ decision on Ule^auly DR. WILEY WAGS r,:: MOSQUITO WAR:-" GRAND SECRETARY DELIVERS LECTURE BEFORE MASONS J. W. Stevenson—Route 1, Black Springs to Union Point. W. E. Fowler—Route 2, Harmony •o Union Point. T. C. Humphries—R—* * wether to Milledgeville. W. C. Buckner—Route Plei*“- nr.t Grove to Milledgeville. R. W. Martin—Route 5. Salem to Milledgeville. W. C. Ivey—Route 6, Pine Grove *o C’aoperville. k D. Pierce—Route 7, Camp Creek to Coopervillc. T. R. Brookins—Route 8. Mt. ?lrr-jnt to Coopervllle. Jesse Jones—Route 9, Trilby to Scottsboro. Stewart Barnes—Route 10, Coop- erville to Milledgeville. W* P. Ennis—Route 11. Mont- , ;ii_. to Milledgeville. W. M. Kitchens, Jr.,—Route 12, i ine Grove to Milledgeville. ink W. Baker u Heard by Larg Audits;? Tueftdav Ev Ma.cnic Club Breeding Places is Order Th $3,050,000. A Loss of About $130,000 taxable* property of Millcdge- $3,050,000 as shown on the • after the atressors had com- l their work. - I-oKsible, however, that there it decrease of several thous- lo llnr<r from this amount, ns hai> 'non objections rai«od by *• property owners to the value "y the assessor*. • ' tlui* of property returned is *130.000 le>? than the returns This loss is due to the fact • ral enterprises that were in here last year, the Mil- Oil Mill, being one, arc tl ; nable this year. W.rhington county v.-M net have a fair this year and it is expected that the planter, of that sretron will en ter theie products into the exhibits. The people of this county are heing invited to participate. The Putnam county farm agent has sigmfie intention of .placing an exhibit. Plans arc being made to make tha fair the largest yet SERV, ^cS^t«>AV Rev. S. B. Ogle, of Nashville Tcnn.. will preach at the Baptist church next Sunday morning is one of the leading Baptist ministers of Tennessee, and eloquent and scholarly. The public is invited to hear him. War is being waged on the* quitoes in Baldwin county. Dr John Wiley, county health officer, declar ed and asks the co-operation of the people in destroying breeding places Streams, ponds and stagnant water have been prayed with oil by the health officer during the past week. Officer Thigpen of the city health department is assisting in the effort to rid the city of mosqui toes. All visible breeding place* have been sprayed with oil. The city wiH begin cutting weeds from side stree-s and other places. Dr. Wiley has been assured. An appeal has been made to the people to empty all containers hold ing water, to punch holes in can* and clear property of all weeds and other places where mo quitoes can breed. In audience that filled the club m:: of th? Masonic building Tucs- • evening heard Frank W. Baker, ... jnd Secretary of the Grand Lodge heard Monday was that j Q f Georgia i would be given by October ' G.S.C.W.WILL OPEN SEP. 11TH i Jeff- of zQvernl property holders cr on street who refused to pay The lecture dealt with the history charges made for paving in front of „f Masonry and was illustrated with their property and filed illegality of g C terioptican slide*. View* of the assessments against collection of the Masonic hospita lat Alto for Tuber- cost*. cular children w’as also shown and About one hundred propeity hold- other work that is being done by the s have taken action to prevent tht? fraternity was related, collection of the paving cost* on Worshipful Mas.er W. H. Baum- illegality grounds. cartel of Benevolent Lodge No. 3, Hammond and Kennedy of Au- presided at the meeting and Mr. gusta and Frank W. Bell of this city John Riley presented him to the represented the plaintiffs in the case audience. and Hines A C arpenter, Allen & — — Pottle and Sibley L Sibley repre- BLA1NS CONDITION IS STILL it*4 the city. CRITICAL The condition of J. H. Blaln interesting let- C} U( j en i Body T» Arrive Dormi- lznt3, Sept. 10th. F** al Infor mation Mai!e Oat The formal opening of the Geor gia State College for Women will be held Wednesday, Sept lltli. The students will arrive at the Doritories. Tuesday, Sept. 10th. Thc dormi tories will be filled to their capacity, as thc number of applicants to the college has far exceeded the num ber that can be taken enre of in the boarding apartment*. Final instructions are being mail ed out to the student’s this week. These instructions are explicit.^and i prevent any misunderstanding confusion upon arrival at thc col- PAMPHLET OF FAIR PREMIU|I5 tinue. critical, reports from the Hos- Mr. F. W. Hendrickson request., pital in Macon stated. Mr. Blxit. i all interested to call at hla store nnd -ufferin, from a pistol wound mjt- - pet . pamphlet containin* the list of nfferinp from a pistol wound re- -nie PraeUco Soho^ will open premium, for the upproachin- f-.ir. | ee' -d Ur* IV-dr-sday a'-emoon. W-dne day, Sept. 11th. . 1 ..a, •