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Southern Recorder
Milledgeville, Ga., November 6, 1930
NUMBER 12
County Commissioners WRY PROBING
Employ Farm Agent
New Man to Take over Work De
cember lit Experienced A(ent
ana Highly Recommended.
I K. Langley was named farm
m . a Bid win county by the
r, ur.fv <'ommissionera at theiC/
mectifv Tuesday and he will take
chi!- 1 of the work on December
Mr. Langle;
has liad several years
:he farm work and is
ly recommended by officials of
College of Agriculture,
he comwi 'oners have had the
*. r . ■ losidcratioir* for sev-
- ard at their meeting
ard appeals for the
c inpl«:
the
by
Given under my hand and seal,
this 4th day of November 1930.
M. E. PENNINGTON, Mayor.
R. T. BAISDEN, Clerk City of
Milledgeville.
Kiwanis Club,
. F-rin < iul* and Dairymen of the
county. T. L. Asbury of the Col-
i nf Agriculture, Jones Purcell
o: the Agricultural department of
the Georgia Railroad and G. E. Mc
Whorter of the Central of Georgia
Railroad also appeared before the
commissioners and urged that the
agent be employed in this county.
Mr. Langley was also in the city
•*nd the commissioners discussed
plans with him for. the work this
year. A progressive program will
be undertaken and the commission
er- urged l" * _.w tc -c -porat*.-
with the new man who had pledged
hi.< be-t efforts for the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Langley w ith two l
children will come here December. Regiment Moving by Motor -Coll
in from Madison, Georgia, where he voy to Reach Gty Nov. 25th
8erving Enronte to Camp McClellan.
A PROCLAMATION
In us mush as the celebration
of Armistice Day is to be under
the auspice, of the- Morris-Little
Post of the Amreican Legion and
its Auxiliary with appropriate
exercises.
Whereas, This is the anniver
sary which pratically ended the
most hideou-Iy cruel war in the
history of the world, it behooves
nil of us to celebrate it, nut only
with our enthusiasm, but with
heartfelt jubilation and thanks-
Therefore. I, M. E. Pennington,
Mayor of the City of Milledge
ville, do hereby proclaim Tuesday,
Nov. 11th next, to be a legal holi
day for the city after one o’clock,
p. m., and ail merchants are
earnestly requested to close at
that hour and thus help make this
joyful occasion a great all-round
DEATH OF BOY
Edna Horton, Thirteen Year OM
White Boy, Found Dead in
House of Docia Sea.
BAPTIST TO OPEN
REVIVAL NOV. 16
Rev. L E. Robert, Will Preach
Twice Daily. Song Lender to
Direct Chortu Singing.
Legion Plans Gala
Armistice Celebration
Armistice Speaker
Coroner C. I. Newton and a jury
| will continue their investigation to
day into the death of Edna Horton,
; thirteen year old white boy, who was
found with a silk stocking tied
nround hi- neck in the home of Do- j twice dai
cia Sea, a white woman, who lives jin the r.irn::r
about six miles over the river late the evening.
Tuesday afternoon. j Arrange me r
Sheriff TV. J. Haynie »■> cn!U-d i to hnv< ' Mr - :
perienccd and
the house 'about seven o’clock
Tuesday and was told hy Mr*. Sea |°
and her son. iiobert, a man about -10 l ' R ‘ c,t >
years of ,-u.v. who was also in the "" B
house, that the hoy had taken hi- of
own life. Sheriff Hay
lately summoned the Coroner and an
investigation was begun which has
lasted throughout today, Wednos-
Annoum mint has been made hy
Rev. L. E. Roberts that revival ser
vices will begin at the Baptist church
on November lfith with service'
uring the week at ten
ng and seven-thirty in
nts have been nyul?
8. P. Rowland, an ex-
essful song leader
eetings. All cl
lend the
luring the meet-
churches
.'ited
living with
erU stated thut all
the city had been in-
the meetings and that
was his hop • and the desire of his
i*mbcr.-hip that all denominations
<uld participate.
Every effort will be made to make
b meeting- inspiring and helpful,
r. Roberts stated.
ARTILLERY UNIT
TO ENCAMP HERE
has lived foi several
rni agent of Morgan county.
Young Horton
the Sep.’s since his father’s arrest
on whiskey charges several weeks
’ago. His body was found by Lonnie
| Heater when he stopped by the
[house late Tuesday afternoon. The
I hoy was seated on the floor with
a stocking tied around his neck
with one end hooked on a nail about
| three or four feet from the flo»r.
(Robert Sea, Docia Sea, Mae Crooms
and Inez Temple were in the ad
joining room it was stated when
th** boy was alleged to have hung Election Tuesday Results in Gains
“ ,• . . , in Senate and House Seats
The testimony that has been given , _ „
before ihe jury ha* uot been re- *>y Democratic Party,
vealed but it was believed thut war- 1
rents would be taken Thursday The Democratic party had g*inc
against one and probably two "«r. I seven seats in the United Stat
sons charging them with the
DRIVE FOR RED
CROSS TO START
The 69th Coast Artillery, an anti
aircraft unit, will encamp here on
the night of Nov. 25th, the regi
mental commander has advised May-
M. E. Pennington and requested
DEMOCRATS GAIN
IN THE ELECTION DR. HERTY HAS
MADE DISCOVERY
der of the hoy.
Effort to Secure Members for
Great Organization To Be Open
ed Here Tuesday, the 11th.
VOTERS DEFEAT
AMENDMENTS'
The regiment, moving by motor
convoy expects to arrive here eartly
in the afternoon and leave early
the following morning. There will
tu o i • * x he 75 trucks, 17 trailers and 20 pa--
The Red Cro.-s Drive for members .... . . .
.ill open next Tuesday, Nov. 11th. cnrs ,r "" ! ‘ p0 ? *»'»•
The drive will be un ler the immed- , c !’ len are . tlntr _ ri0 \ c ronl
direetion .,f Mr,. K. B. Moore. Abcrdccn Prov,nR Cr °“ nd - Mar H“ nd
Pre-ident of the P. T. A., and she land 40 Com '’ McClc " aa - Ala -
ill be rendered valuable assistance ' Capt. Frank S. Mansfield
by the members of that organization, , been designated as chairman of the
tnd other committees. I welcome and arrangement eommit-
Mr. D. M. Rogers, President of the tee and will make all plans to re
local Red Cross organization urges ceive the troops,
the people of Milledgeville and Bald- The commanding officer stated
vin county to remember that fifty in his letter that the people of the
ents of every dollar in membership [city would be welcomed to the camp
roes into the local treasury to aid in and that demonstrations of the latent
carrying on local charity work. types of antiaircraft armament
organization [would bc lnadc . Maneuvering | Rain fell throughout the day and
three inel. gun., maehine gun* and on|y a VMy smal] vote w „ po]lcd .
Senate and thirty-three seats in
Hou-c with the election in several
states still doubtful and the proh
bility of the party gaining control
of both houses and a stronger pos
sibility of the seats being evenly di-
ided wit’jw the Republicans.
Georgia watches the election with
much interest since there were no
~ “ contests before the people in this
Only 174 Cast Ballots at General state und the straight Democratic
Election Tuesday. Cold Rain ticket was voted in. The eyes of
Prevents Voting j the i’ eo P ,e of the om P' re Ktate were
'trained especially on New York/ II-
hundred ^ no * a and their sister state Alabama,
en-t in I The rseult of the election in all
three states was entirely satisfact
ory to the Democrats. Governor
Franklin Roosevelt who is u res
ident of the state part of the time
was re-elected Governor of New
whelming majority.
In Illinois J. Hamilton Lewis, a na
tive of Augusta, Georgia, was elect-
There were only
y four ballots cart in
Baldwin county in the election held
has .Tuesday.
The Red Cros
Uiat is worthy of the enthusiastic
>upport of every man, woman and
litutional amendments
were defeated by the voters of
Baldwin county at the polls Tues
day when the Democratic nominees
of the state, district and county
were officially elected.
Thu I-ankford amendment which cd t0 tha Uaited s J at « Sc " ate
provided for an ineome tax levy ... h, > vr ' m ‘ n »PP aaaa ‘- «”■ McCorm-
overwhelmingly defeated recei
only twenty favorable votes.
ould also be shown
doe* a great work in alleviating I*.?, . Thc "'>™<" ltal baad tabulatVd
Offering humanity. If there i* a a 80 K '' 1 ' “ conccrt - cinct.
'li-aster this organization is on nand 11 ** understood that the Fair
*'th funds, food and trained nurses Founds will be secured for th- PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN WIN
» administer to those in distress. cam P site and that the regiment! NPW^PAPFR PBI7F
There i» no possible way of know- W ‘H be met b y.» committee of citi- L r “
ig when this community may be 2en * and the commanding officer
kited hy an epidemic and a disaster «nd hi^ staff entertained,
hen the services of the Red Cross
ill be needed. YOUNG PEOPLE TO MEET AT
a „ R "' i 0 ”” * “S?"* 1 or ; BAPTIST CHURCH SATURDAY
nation and is thoroughly and
compactly organized, and goes, where
11 needed. It responds prompt-
.* ’ an, i is one of the greatest organ-
,2a t"-n* i n W orld to meet emerg-
enc,< ' brought by disaster, and has
aaved untold suffering to humanity.
he people of Milledgeville and
B.idwm r by p>yinR n mtm
ship fee of one dollar, will plac
half . of th « 4 amount in a local com
™umt y chest t« be used by local mei.
»t hoove" 8 t * 1C 0011 ^ or charity here
and aiding a
carrying
Mary CHri
mn| People at Rally Si
will Address
the Milledgeville pre-
Awarded First Place in Home Mis
• ion Newt paper Contest. “Neigh
borly News” Paper Title.
In Alabama Senator Thomas
Heflin was decidedly defeated by
the Democrats of that state.
Thc revolt against Republjfcan
rule has been practically nation
wide and in almost every state the
Democrats have shown gains.
First prize in the Home Mission
newspaper contest of the Presby
terian church was awarded to the
Mis-ion Society of the Milledge
ville church, over entries from the
churches in the United States.
All young peoople and their par-1 <]•},<, pa p e r was named "Neighborly
CT *at organization in
1 Krcat work.
ACCIDENTLY kills'
rtdently shot
Tampa. F! a .
Darden, had l_
N'l killed himself at 1
ents of the Baptist Church have
been invited to a rally at the church
Saturday afternoon at three-thirty
when Miss Mary Christian will de
liver an address on young people’s
work.
Miss Chrsitian is secretary of the
state organization of young people
and is a most interesting speaker.
Mrs. T. A. Reese who is in chaige
of the young people’s work in- the
church urges all young people and
their parents to be present at the
meeting.
CARRS EMPORIUM REMODLING
STORE
News” and was made-up and written
by the women of the society. The
name was suggested by Mrs. I* C.
Hall. I
The staff of editor, is as f°|'««: .trick™ Tnd'
As.-ociate Editors, Mrs. T. H.
Rentz, Mrs. Geo. Webber; Editorials,
Mrs. Geo. Carpenter; Columnist*,
Mrs. Mamie Pitts; News Editor, Mrt.
Jackson Lane Edwards; Local Nows
Editor, Mrs. C. P. Crawford; Social
News. Mrs. RoWL McMillan; Letters
to Editor, Mrs. W. L. Ritchie; Fea
tures, Mrs. G. C. McKinley, Mrs. J.
C. Jennings; Art Editor, Mrs. J. O.
Sallee.
SMALL BLAZE DOES LITTLE
DAMAGE AT STATE HOSPITAL
Fire Caused from Defective Flu
Kitchen of Male Ward.
Quickly Extinguished.
Fire did little damage to
kitchen on the white male 24th '
shortly after noon Wednesday at the
Milledgeville State Hospital.
The blaze was started from
defective flue and was burning in
the ceiling when the alarm
sounded. Portions of the tin roof
were torn away and the blaze quick
ly extinguifhed although water, did
damage.
The building was a wooden frame
used us a dining
and kitchen for patients who
employed in farm work.
DR. YARBROUGH TO AD
DRESS P. T. A. THURSDAY
Psychiarist Will 5y«nk on Child
Truiaia* at G. M. C. at Fear
O’clock
Work has begun this week to re-
a! «d Mrs. Moore | model the Interior of Carr* ’Emk
* u ?Hral and**V ' • f ° r Tam P a - The ‘ P 011 * 11 ™ of Fashion.
Hi; take pl a ’ Urial ° f Mr ’ Darden ■ 'New shelves and show cases will
• to-da • 'It' 1 Sharon ’ hi* former be added and the entire interior
ho at-i * , UMda y) • Mrs. Moore j given a new coat of paint Tha
’I a thy of her friends! store is staging If reduction ||alq
I during the remodeling period.
FLAG POLE BEING ERECTED
AT G. S. C. W.
A flag pole, the gift of the Geor
gia Natural Gas Company, has been
finished and will be erected on the
S. C. W. campus this week. #
The pole is steel and will stand
in front of Terrell Hall
Dr. Y. H. Yarbrough will deliver
i address before the Parent Teach-
s Association Thursday, afternoon
at four o’clock at the G. M. C. grade
building.
Mrs. R. B. Moor£ president of
the organization, urges all mothers
to be present at this meeting. Dr.
Yarbrough will discuss child train-
Parade at Two O’dack ta Bcfia
Celebration. Qnimbj Melton
to Deliver Addreu
Next Tuesday, November 11th. has
been declared by Mayor M. E. Penn
ington an official holiday and all
Milledgeville is expected to join the
members of the Morris-Little Post
of the American Legion and their
auxiliary in the celebration of
Armsitiee Day in the most gala fash
ion since the first celebration twelve
npo.'
Promptly at two o’clock thc pa
rade, which will begin the celebra
tion, will leave the G. M. C. campus
jnd march through the sti^ots to the
Methodi-; church where the exercises
will be held. A half-holiday has been
declared and all stores arc expected
to close at one o’clock.
A brief memorial service will he
held just before two o’clock at thc
flng pole on the G. M. C. campus.
The flag will fly at half mast
throughout the morning and at fif
teen minutes to two a squad will fire
the three volley salute In tribute to
those who died during th evar while
, in service.
! In the parde will he floats repro-
jsenting the Legion. Auxilliury, U. D.
€., W. C. T. U., S. A. R. and D. A.
IR., Red Cross, D. A. V., Kiwanis,
Medical Auxiliary, A. A. U. W.,
i Salvation Army ni 1 Music Clubs.
| The G. M. C. cadets and their band
.will head the parade with the Bald-
I'Yin Blues marching in the column.
All school truck.- and school children
of the county will also take part in
the parade. Special decorated cars
will ride the speaker and officers of
thc Legion.
At the church. Commander J. F.
Bell, Jr., will preside during the pro
gram which has been arranged hy
Mrs. Edwin Allen and Mrs. T. A.
Reese. Father Conlin will deliver
the invocation.
A pageant will be presented by
Ihe Legion Auxilliary to open thc
program. This pageant has been!
under the direction of Mrs. W. S.
Jett nnd Mrs. Reese and is most
colorful and beautiful. More than a
score of children will take part.
H. S. Wootten, past commander
of the post, will introduce hi- batta
lion commander of war days, Hon.
Quimby Melton, editor of thc Griffin
Daily News. Mr. Melton fought with
Commander Bell, Mr. Wootten, Col.
Muldrow, and others during the war.
one of the state's outstanding
editors and a distinguished legion-
aire. He will deliver the principal
address of the occasion. Mr. Melton
will be the guest of Mr, Wootten
while here.
During thc program several musi
cal numbers by the G. M. C. band
solo by Cadet Paul Smith
will be rendered. Mis* Maggie Jenk-
8 is in charge of this feature.
Mr.*. Harris, of Sandersville, State
President of the United Daughters
scientific research plant, one such I of the Confederacy, will he present
a- nowhere exists in Georgia now [ exercise nnd at the concius-
By Which News Prine Can be
Manufactured t From Slash
Pines of Georgia.
Dr. Charle* H. Herty, a native of
Miiledgevilli-, nnd a graduate of thc
Georgia Military College, has an
nounced that he has discovered n
proces- of making news print from
Georgia pine, opening for this i
ion a Hew industry long drenmed of
hut always believed beyond hope of
cc-mplishment.
In making this announcement hc-
for the chamber of commerce, of
Atlanta la-t Wednesday, Dr. Herty
among other things said:
“This is the first time so for as I
am aware,” he said, “that slosh pine
has been made into this grade of
white paper.”
"Experiments now under way, hut
not completed, indicate that the
panic thing can be done with long
leaf pine.
I obtained these results through
experiments in paper mills perform-
threugh the courtesy of my
friends. If the south is going to
put its 150 million acres of cutover
lands and abandoned farms to profit
able reforestration, you have got to
be able to answer the questions of
thc paper manufacturers as to what
your tree* will do.
“You have got to go into research
and get the answers quickly. If I
can, grt the results I bring here
througn courtesy experiments, it is
worth your while to establish a
for this purpose. The work must
he done in the true research spirit,
which gets to the truth, and makes
its results public to the world to
let everyone profit by them.”
Dr. Herty said *J»at for each 200
mature trees produced on a refor
ested acre about R00 young trees,
•uitabie for pulpwood, would be
moved in the regular course
thinning out
Dr, Herty has become one of the
nation* noted chemist and a wizard
of thc laboratory. He makes his
home in New York, but has centered
great deal of this effort in solving
chemical problems in his native state.
ion present Mr. Stewart Wootten a
service cross from the organization
which ihe heads.
The members of the Legion will
stand on the steps of thc church and
review the parade. The entire pro
gram is centered around the vet
erans.
During the evening the legion will
entertain the auxilliary at a dinner
dance at the home of Mrs. T. Trea-
nor.
Commander Bell has made a
special appeal to all ex-service men
to attend the exercises and join in
the celebration.
CADETS PLAY MONROE AG
GIES ON NOVEMBER 14tk.
Red Barrooa Tea. will Be Neat Fee
ef G. M. C. Teen. Gene
Played Here.
Coach Red Barron’s Monroe Ag
gies will be the next foes of G. M.
on the gridiron.
The game will be played on Fri
day November 14 th. * The Aggies
the^ big barrier in the path of
the cadets on their march to the
G. I. A. A. championship. It is
believed that G. M. C. will get into
the p!cy off !f th;y defeat the Bar-
Mrs. Thelma Heath, who has been
conducting a clothes cleaning and
pressing plant in this city, has filed
application for voluntary bank-rupt-
She lifted her liabilities at
several hundred dollars more than
her assets.
Mr. Harry Bone entertained the
directors of the Echetah Club at an
elaborate dinner last Thursday even
ing. The occasion was a most de
lightful one.