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Milledgevi^e, Ga., January 2, 1930
Consolidated in 87S
Number 20
CAFE owner
LEASED MAIN
BUSINESS SITE
r* Year Lease on Me*
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Hancock
. deal which involved the
* 1 f t i, e Met ombs building on
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RAIN RECORD FOR Funds Due State Hospital
1929 GOES TO TOP Expected At Early Dai e
72.1 T i Inches of Rain Were Re
corded During The Year By
Julian Lockhart.
Records recorded by Julian Lock
hart, Government Weather Registrar,
will piace 1929 in the records as a
wet year, 72.15 inches of rain fail
ing during the three hundred and
sixty-five day period, establishing
,<! of five years 1 what j ,believed to be a record for
Announcement Made That Money Amounting to $250,000 Would
Be Paid Early in Year. Dr. Swint and Mr. Bivins Make
Trip to Atlanta. Hospital Cripled for Lack of Funds
ANNUAL MEETING
MILL’VILLE BANK
Stockholders Hold Meeting on
First Day of Year. Two Prom
inent Citizens Added to Board
by Mr. Paul Zo- i
Wv»*d This w<
* ‘ Zter os the Boston Cafe, and
owner of the
the county.
effective
The average ram fall for Baldwin
county is 49 inches and when the fin-
all recrods had been brought,together,
the figures showed that this figure
, c** r
T. L McComit
... .
1 n, lease will b „ ... .
Senior 1st of this year. Mr. Zo- , n( , bppn a i most doubled during the
Jetss h« stated thit he will make p!osin|r yca r. Two freshets visited
njprpwncnta on the exterior and ^ tbe CO unty,
interior
Hope that the money due the Mil-
ledge ville State Hospital from the
State would be paid early in the year,
was expresed by State Oficials this
week, and after a visit of Dr. R. C.
Swint. Superintendent of Ur
have kept the work of the institu
tion at normal. The tremendous
task of operation make*' avaiibale
money necessary and the failure of
state to make payment* promptly
have greatly handicapped the offi-
the exterior
,f the building amounting
„ several thousand dollars.
He ha-
_ to the oc- j j
, ))f tht? building. The pres-;,
>res lotated there are the A.
Tea Co., The Southern Dry ; ,
Co.. Dr. Dennis Turner and ,
J. i. Brake.
7 • j- rated that he had a!- 1 .
i the spring and one
the early fall, doing great dam-
, c to roads and crops and contribut-
ig in a large measure to the big
»in record of the year.
Thi figures show that the short
mnth of the year had thi greatest
iinfall. February had 12.19 inches
ecorded during her twenty-eight
pital and Mr. Homer Bivins. Stew-1 cials.
ard, to Atlanta this week to conferj Local bank- have been able to help
with State officials it was under- finance the institution during the
stood that the money would be sent; period that the state hn> been un-
as soon as possible, although no defi- n b!e to pay promptly,
nite date was set. The Hospital is the states largest
Funds due from the State amount! institution and it operated on a large
to $250,000 the first of Janaary. | sca j P> j 8 n city within itself and
The maintenance appropriation is I ^ bp S yppji eg necessary to supply the
00,000 per month and with the . nee( j s 0 f t}, p patients is a big item,
exception of $50,000 paid at Christ-j*p bp c ] 0 , p observers of the work at
mas time, three months payments j t j lP Hospital marvel at the fine
are due. (>irit that has been maintained, and
The hospital has been crippled tbp excellent way in which the affairs
•fficiai
rith- j
* the dry i
-It
p of the most
Mr. Zolotas
ment- that I
vt to make I will have i
inblc business site,
he A. & P. Tea Co., have
announcement, but it is
fcood that they will not be
ccupants of the building.
»f the
emp'rature
nly 1.96
i fallir
pital has bee
of funds. T
- that the moi
i that debts mi
ar, and the lo>
kept progressing,
t is believed that the back money
. due will be sent to the hospital
rapidly as funds are received in
Lanta. The urgent nt ed of this
ion has been forcefully presented
th officer- of the state.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Milledgevillc Bank
ing Company, "Milledgeyille** Mil
lion Dollar Bank" was held Wed
nesday afternon, January 1st, in the
offices of the bank. A statement
of the condition of the bank for the
work of the year was prese
the stockholders. Resolution!
preciation were voted the
management of the bank
itockholdere for thi
bowing made. Th.
550 DIXIE MEN
WILL BEGIN DAM
IN ICY OCONEE
Furman Shoals Camp Completed
—Excavation to Begin—
Roads Made
By A.
BEAUREGARD
traction Company)
Undaunted by the cold weather,
the Dixie Construction company is
pushing work on the development
of ap- the Georgia Power Company's
active new 60.000 horse power hydro-eloc-
the trie project at Furman Shoals, on
mngnificient the Oconee river. Large and ‘mall,
iiness of the more than 100 buildings have been
uhi'jv mi mmm tuv ..lost satisfac- completed and are being used for
lory and the largest in the history housing, to store supplies and to pro
of the institution. This bank was j vide camp and plant utilities for the
organized in 1884 with a very nnall organization.
capital, the originnl shares only cost- Most of the efforts of the con
ing the stockholders seventy-five per I struction forces up to his time have
cent, the other twenty-five per cent baen concentrated on the camp,
was paid out of the earning-. t>f the , Building-,
bank the first two or three years of ; bunk houst
ration. There has be
•idend- declared am
ckholders amounting
eighty-
first capital stock.
hun
cash v.alue of this
I'd dlnlars pe- ten
itructures necessary to the
] operation of an independent com-
■ munity, are completed. One consid
erable item in this work has been th -
! making < f nearly two and one-half
1 the Iasi
, The cold-
under- "j,,
MISS PFRTIE STEMBRIDGE
TAKES OFFICE OF ORDINARY
nth of the y
r vf the year was December
•n the thermometer dhlnot go
34 throughout the day. The
coldest weather recorded was on De
cember 1st, when the mercury went
down to sixteen.
The hotest day of the year was
15th when the thermometer
to 103 the reports showed.
Perhaps
ore help-
of <
OFFICERS FOR ’30 [ EXE8CI5E ON 7TH B:
Performed Thi* Week
FATHER OF 12
KILLS NEIGHBOR
Miss Bertie Stembridge took office
Ordinary of Ba Jwin county last I
Thursday afternon, after taking the
r r a t*.
Park.
One of the first officials act- of
Miss Stembridge after taking office
was to 'sane a marriage license to a | Raldwin Ilnd the father o( twelv
your* couple from Washington
Murder of Baxter Franks on
Christmas Day
county nnd perform the marriage
ceremony. Miss Stembridge has al
ready performed three marriages,
two of them negroes.
Mis* Stembridge went to Greens
boro where Judge Park administered
the oath. She returned in the af
ternoon and immediately took over
The duties. She has given the office
an orerhaul'ng, re-arranged the
filing uses and record < and it looks
like new in the offn* .
Tom Brantley, farmer i
Baldwin and the father of
children, is in jail, charged with the
murder of Baxter Franks on Christ
mas day.
Sheriff W. J. Haynie
to the scene shortly after the killing
and placed Brantley in jail. The
killing occurred at Frank’s home dur
ing the heighth of the holiday cele
bration*.
Information secured by Sheriff
Haynie showed the two men had
been drinking and had had a falling
out, while Brantley was on a visit to
the Franks home. The quarrel re
sulted in a fight which ended
front of the Franks
1 Jiiv/iju nnniLu |
all these years of confining
he legitimate nseds «>f
immunity thus, having a part in
' I building up the financial interest of
All Present Employees of City Re Officers for New .Year to Be | Milledgeville. 11 a,st * *“* 8 "J 0 ” 1
named to Their Posts at Meet Installed With Public Ceremony. I "J^nthe"'officer* thought "the loan
mg Monday Banquet to Preceed Exercises ' safCi regardless of »ho the applicant
' was or what the financial '•ondition
The last meeting of the City Coun- plans are being perfected for the | () f H, e cuU |,ty.
cil for 1929 was held Monday morn-1 pu bli c installation of the officers of Mr Miller S. Bel', who has had
ing and officers of the city were ! Benevolent Lodge No.
named for the year 1930, all present | w hich will be held or
employees Be': g renamed to their | evening, January 7th.
present posts. i L. L. B"ek succeeds W. H. Baum-
Mayor Pennington opened the . gartel in the chair of Worshipful j banks j n Georgia
session and the only business trans- Master and a new corps of officers; tbp pj-egident.
acted was the election of the office I will be installed in the lodge. Grand: jj r jp^ jp. Bell succeeds himself a-
holders for the year 1930. The fol-, Junior Deacon Jo.-eph A. Moore of the Vice-President,
lowing were the officers named. the Grand Lodge of Georgia will have ' Two new directors were added to
roads.
Begin Offerd.
ting
the
K. T. Buisden, Clerk and Treasur
er; P. E. Williams, Superintendent
of Water Works; F. M. Broome, Chief
of Police; J. H. Thigpen, Policeman
and City Marshall; T. J. Darden,
illediNight Policeman; J. M. Murphey,
YOUNG GEORGIAN NAMED
CAPTAIN OF ARMY
FOOTBALL TEAM i Brantley shot with
pistol, kiding his neighbor instant-
Ckarle* I. Humber. Son of Mr. ly. Brantley claimed self defefase.
Policeman; D. M. Cox, Policeman;
T. J. Thomas, Supt, Streets; J. W.
Ivey, Supt, City Cemetery; J. M.
Murphey, Truck Driver Fire Depart
ment; F. M. Bfoome, Chief of Fire j plans, and any
Department; Nat knight, Assistant
Truck Driver; Robert Ashefield,.
Hardwick Dent, Craftor. Tanner. | C. \SKET BALL SCHE*
charge of the installation officers
and will preside at the ceremony.
Prior to the induction of officers
a banquet will be served in the cjub
rooms ,all Masons and their wives
benig urged to attend. The event
promises to be one of the outstanding
of the Mnsonic history in this city.
J. T. Andrews is in charge of the
event and is making the necessary
desiring to make
rvations will call or see him.
camp utilitia. recently completed is
the filtration plant, which, although
small, is up To date in every wry.
Built primarily for the use of the
permanent guardians of the Com
pany's development, its coagulant
process treatment will safeguard ade
quately the health of the construc-
The 560 men on the rolls at pres
ent are preparing to eettle down to
a winter schedule of building the
& A. M-1 thirty-nine and one half years of i first cofferdam in the icf waLirs of
Tuesday : continaoUB BeTV \ ce w j t h this strong | m dconer. Through :he winter
i hank nnd who has holped to make months, approximately 1,500 lineal
it one of the safest and soundest | feet will be constructed. Turning
rtion of the camp, cf-
} be concentrated on the
building of such important plant re
quisite as the mixer house, the
crusher and compressor installations
end the cement silos.
Cleaning Work Progre.M.
Before the first of the year, Frank
Smith, an-istant superintendent, ex
pects to complete the laying of nearly
one and one-half miles of railroad in
Milledgeville, i the railroad yard near the site, in
. and of the addition to two miles of connecting
the board. Dr. Thomas M. Hall and
Mr. Miller R. Bell. These two citi
zens are among ti’e most popular men
in our county, Dr. Hnll is a life long
resident of Milledgeville and enjoys
the love of all her Mtizens. Mr. Bell
likewise was born
graduate of G. M.
Charles I. Humb'-r, a Georgian,
of the reighboring cou
in jail
estigation
Ch*rlr, Humber, Who Lives Franks was buried
Near Thi. City, to Lead We.t ' Cooperville, Rev. T. J. Ru
Point Team in 1P30 j ing the burial rites,
Brantley is being hel l
1 pending a Grand Jury : .n'
„ y which will be held the second week
"i Putram, was named captain of m January. His family of nin-^
the fo-nball team of the United children have become wards <»i the
St:it( S Military Academy, at a meet- ctunty it was learned, Mm. Brantley
,n K of the team on the train enroute being critically ill. The officers of
from California. ! the Salvation Army took them in
Chat bn Humber has been guard charge and provided for their wcl-
<»ti the West Point team for three fare,
and next year will conclude his
Thomas Delgato nnd Paul Hurt, Fire
men; D. M. Cox, Driver of Sweeper;
j Thad Ashefield Sanitary Man.
home, wherfej ^ hp Attorney and Recorder of
a thirty-eighr tbp c OU rt will be named at the
first meeting of the new Council
which held its first meeting Wednes
day. Mayor Pennington and Alder
men L. H. Andrews, S. D. Stem-
bridge and J. R- Smith took the oath
of office entering office as new
number jf the Board having been
• •looted to fill the place left
by Dr. L. W. Lee who refi
DULE ui>ENS JANUARY 10TH
o Berin Police After Holi-
Good Schedule Outlined
or Cagers Thi* Year
"" r at th, military academy. Hr G. M. C. WILL OPEN FOR SPRING
«.-d,d*G y Rc JTca^L 11 termmonday
tty grammar school. He
°f Mr. Chas Humber
Dennis Station.
All Foi
' Garrard,
Garrard.
His record on the Army team has
n excellent and the honor given
m ,s " he k‘Rbest in the command of
* mates.
schools in county will
OPEN NEXT MONDAY
'"rtL P “ b, .“- Khon '-- »h«h closed
20th. L,‘ r ' ,tmas lwl 'days December
Monday for tll:! sprinp term
mtendent 6th ' Scho{)1 Super-
witb the prcC Vas W** 1 * ratified ( ....
during the fall L" * * ‘ n 1,10 8choola c°Hege
:1 ? forward to imi "T-‘ Snd ' 9 look-
'i t#. k«»L e. “P'^nd-.d work being tation of G. M. C.
Received
The Georgia Military College will
resume for its spring term Monday,
January 6th.
The attendance at the college
during the fall session was good, and
it is expected that ail of the cadets
boarding in the Barracks will re
turn. Col. Roach. President of the
college, has received several new
With the G. 1. A. A. champion
ship in football on the shelf the G.
M. C. cadets will settle down to
basket ball practice upon their re
turn from the Christmas holdiyas.
The cadet, will open the season in
Milledgeville on Friday night Jan-
o j unry 10th, with the crack Southern
if! Business College of Macon furnishing
*• ‘ the opposition.
With only Crockett and Thompson j
back from last year’s quintet.
Florence will have to depend on new
men to round out the Red and Black
Five for 1930. Batchelor, Chnmbless,
Turbyville and Bridges arc promis
ing men for the new edition of the
G. M. C. cages.
Games have been scheduled with
Riverside, Monroe, Gordon, Colum-
fmanXl’“wtcmint' ivill bo" pre- hs Hi(;h School aad Norman Institute
understood, wWA assure the fans of Mlllodire-
1 ville of some good basketball games.
selves on the board.
The new Council will hold their
first meeting Monday evening for
the transaction of business. Com-
\ which Council members
during the year will be read
, and the closing year’s work review-
! ed. The new tax act will be adopt
Cadets Expected to Re- ' ^ levying business licenses. The
.1 New Application* annU al message of the Mayor giving
University of Georgia, and by his, track already laid from the Georgia
friendly attitude has won the esteem j railroad to the site. Trestles for the
of *• host of friends. Mr. Bell is yard and plant railroad to the cx-
rapidly coming to the front in bank-) tent of 600 lineal feet, already have
ing circles, his ability was recogriz- been built and are visible proof of
ed bv the Georgia Bankers Associe- the results of concentrated endeavor
tion when he wa, made chairman of, in this phase of work,
the Middle Georgia Division of this! Over and above the men engaged
Association. The other members of| on the construction of the dam
the board are composed of Milledge- j proper, under the leadership of H.
ville’s leading business men and who e. Davis, more than 250 men in the
have had many years of experience basin clearing organization are tak
as directors of the bank. They are j nK a bite out of the 10,000
Messrs D. W. Brown Frank E. Bone ucreg to be cleared. Timber has been
and E. E. Basa. removed from nearly 1,500 acres a»
After the meeting of the stock- the present timo.
holders the new board met and elect
ed the follownig officers and em
ployees: Miller S. Bell, Cashier: Mill
er R. Bell, A st. Cashier; Miss Willie
Boggus, A-sistant bo the President;!
E. J. Fie mister and Mrs. Elizabeth |
Malpass, Bookkeepers; S. C. Stubbs, I
Clerk and Collector. Col. Frank W.
Bell was again elected attorney for Student Body Will Return T®diy.
the bank. Resolutions of sympathy i Beauty Special Coming in
were pareetl on th, death of Mr. B, I Life The Afternoon
I. Fraley, who was a director of the I
bank for over a quarter of a cen-| ^ (u)ljdayi( at G s c w win
tur y* , . _ be over Friday, January 3rd.
Dr. Hall and Mr. Bell succeed Dr. | Th( , rtudent hod fin „rrivc to-
sr. trtJI J «»- XX— the
G. S. C. W. WILL
OPEN ON FRIDAY
sented, it
BANKS CLOSE SUCCESSFUL i mother of mrs. w. l. har.
YEAR THIS WEEK ‘ crove passed away Thurs
day
both by
the *
t?achei
Milledge ville’s four banks will
close their year's work this week nnd
the annual meetings of the stock
holders will be held next week, when
applications, and it is expected that reports of the years activities will be
there will be an increased number made and officers elected,
of boarding cadets. The four banks will show spien-
The morale and scholarship of the reports, and excellent dividends
never higher than they ^ be dec i, re d. The splendid fi-
the past session, and the repu- . , hnnlrc will hr ‘ -frnT * v
.nfCUr.. nnn of the best nanC ‘ al ° f ^ u | MrS - '
J. E. Kidd and Mr. Fraley .
board.
day (Thursday) the greatest
her coming on the “Beauty Special.'*
which will reach tl;« city late thin
and pupils,, prep schools
!' rtended.
the
192S COTTON YIELD DOUBLES afternoon. The dormitori^ will b«
PREVIOUS YEAR t filled tonight.
I Friday morning studies wiki be ro-
The cotton yield for 1929 in Bald- sumed, and work will be canned on
win county more than doubled thut as If there had been no interruption,
of 1928, reports from the depart-1 The college » having the mo«j2
Mrs. iV. L. Hargrove has the ment of Census indicate, the record successful term the attendant- bo-
sympathy of her many friends on; showing 5,520 bales ginned in 1929 ing the largest in iU history,
.account of the death of her mother, 1 i n comparison to 2,772 in 1928. | Tho first .^emister will end tec first
Mis. L. C. Holloman, which occurred! The comparative figures show a of February, and a number of stud-
near Entonton Thursday of last week, double in the increase for the year, ents will have earned their degrees.
Mrs. Holloman was one of Putnam while the figures summing up the en- Their places in the dormitories wiD
county's well known and oldest resi- tire state show a very small increase, bo filled from the application-■ that
denis, having reached the nee of indicating that many counties were are already on file.
ghty-elgbt yenrs. Mrs Hargrove, short in their crops. —
Hirvon. Mr«. O’Neal K : rk- Tho acreage was Increased this The financial leader
South' l has B been brought to the attention of the pub-j WlfirJ a , : nnd Mrs. F. R. liar- year and weather conditions aided i
Pr- the reports to be issued. j grove attended th? funeraL the good yield that wa recorded.
l of the
try have announced Shat prosp«
,and progress will continue this jw