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HAPPY NEW YEAR 'IaU.w.n county l^Tin-'TON Oam With Om* Pat> | ic Y-- latmrm* ul&ttJIXtt&vbtt Milledgevi^e, Ga., January 2, 1930 Consolidated in 87S Number 20 CAFE owner LEASED MAIN BUSINESS SITE r* Year Lease on Me* StafcM*. Coraer Way ” e Hancock . deal which involved the * 1 f t i, e Met ombs building on 'T'Zl Of w.yr.- ar.d Hr ” 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