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Milledgtville, G*., Jane 22, 1933
Consolidated i
Construction^ Oconee,
l Bridge^Federal Project
Uloney from Federal Public Works
Program to Be Used. Engineers
Here This Week Locating She.
Construction of the stoel and con.
bridge over the Oconee river
«•!! begin as mon a< the highway
ii-putf is cieared. Fund-: have been
n3 ,ie available from the *10,000,000.
. ,.:r-nt to Georgia from the Fed
eral public works- fund which was
ciun out this week.
r Mr. Marmelstein, Engineer oi the
highway department, has been here
»11 this week locating tin site of the
bridge and sc unding the river for a
nick foundation on which the piers
w: l! i„. laced. The new bridge will
1, several feet above the present
bridge which will be used whit: the
n ,.«- bridge ir. under conrtruction.
Ti e engineers plan to make the new
bridge about seven feet higher than
•he floor level of th? present bridge.
By placing the brdige in the pro-
j,. -,d -ite, the approach from Han-
cock street will be straight into the
bridge and the curve at the east side
approach will be eliminated.
The plans and specifications will
be drawn and as soon as the high
way board is established and the fed
eral funds are sent to Georgia the-,
work will begin. The new bridge
will cost above one hundred thous
and dollars, and will have all the
improved constri ction. It will be
several feet wid ;r than the pres
ent bridge.
Congressman Vinson succeeded in
placing the bridge in the Federal
program.
j. t. McMullen named
ASSISTANT POSTMASPER
INDIANS HERE
F0RTW0GAME3
Albany Team to Coine to Daven
port Reid for Thursday and
Friday. Columbus Foe Saturday.
Albany’s Indians will come to Mil-
ledgeville Thursday for a two game
scries with Milledgeville’s Blues,
playing the first game on the day
of their arrival and the second on
The Blues took a double-header
from Macon Tuesday to start the
week and then journeyed to Albany
for a game in the South Gerrgia
city. The two teams came back to
the home orchard of the Blues for
the pair of games.
With a strengthened team Coach
Butts has placed the locals in the
thick of the fight for the first half
championship. A pitcher has been"
added in the person of Rhodes and
EPPS has returned from St. Louis.
Foster, Vanderbilt star, is now pa
roling the right field garden.
The hurlers for Thursday and Fri
day will be Epps for the opener and
Clark for the second day battle. The
Thursday game will be the first holi
day scent the Blues have had in
the'r home park and for the next
seven Thursday afternoons they will
be in their own back yard.
Saturday Columbus will be played
in Columbus and Tuesday and Wed
nesday Amerjcus will be played on
the Amcricus diffirnnd.
The Milledgcville team is one of
the best in the league and is now
playing winning ball. The game
Thursday should draw an overflow
crowd. President Tennillc especially
'•’vited the ladies to the games this
weak.
Long in The Service of Millodgeville
Po»t Office I. Elevated to Po.t
Vacated by E. B. Jackson.
?■ - "’aster E. Aj Tigner announc- j
‘ Mondpjr ti*i J_T. UcMttllon has ,
been named assistant Postmaster to
■••‘<1 Ed B. Jackson who has been
nsnied Postal Inspector, and will !
leave July 10th for Cincinnati. I
Mr . McMuUen has 1,een in thp ! Popular Young Ladv Win. Diatinc-
■'" ' , rv,ce for a !on K of , lion in B „ uly show S t«*rd hy
: and has boon a clerk in the j p. T . A Friday Night.
km! off re during that time. He is I
' qualified for the new post and 1 Miss Frances Smith
CARL VINSON
RETURNS HOME
Say* Session of Legislature Great
est Country Has Ever Had.
Praises President Roosevelt.
Congressman Carl Vinson return
ed home from Washington Tuesday
and is talcing a needed rest after the
strenerous legislative session since
arch cth. when the^ Congress wa i
called into extra session by Presi
dent Roosevelt.
Congressman Vinson praised
President Roosevelt and declared the
closing session of Congress the most
progressive and beneficial to the na
tion that has ever been held.
He said the Glass Stcgal bank-
ing bill was the greatest piece of
legislation enacted. Under the bill
bank deposits will be guaranteed and
j the Congressman declared that it
would un’fy the hanking system of
the nation and make the banking
business safe to the people.
The Congressman also said the
Industrial bill would prove of great
benefit to business and while the'
agricultural bill was experimental he
believed it would raise prices and
p’ace agriculture on a sounder and
more profitable basis.
Before leaving Washington Mr.
Vinson was assured that the Oconee
river bridge would be constructed
from Federal fund* and that the
Warrenton and Madison roads would
be finished.
A branch hank of the Heme
Loan system will be established in
the Sixth district and home owners
will have the opportunity to bor
row from these funds.
Mr. Vinson w'll spend the greater
part of the summer resting. He said
that he believed the country would
be well on the road to recovery be
fore late summer.
CIH GRIPPED
BY HEAT WAVE
Thermometer Reaches 106 Mon
jay, Tuesday and Wednesday
to Break 1933 Heat Record.
Plan? for Plowing up j
Cotton to be Discussed
MISS FRANCES SMITH
AWARDED HONOR AS
“MISS MILLEDGEVILLE”
- 'dany friends throughout the
" n '.v w-ere pleased with the an-
"jncement of his promotion. He is
•rnent both in religious and fra-
rnity affairs of the community.
Mr McMullen has taken over the
work no assistant postmaster
<1 is being assisted by Mr. Jaek-
n learning the rontine and de-
l>r. Tigner stated that he was
' ready to announce Mr. McMul-
successor in the office.
CALENDAR FOR JULY COURT
SET BY LOCAL BAR
Members of the Baldwin county
selected
“Miss Milledgcville” by a greup of
out-of-town judges Friday night
when twenty-seven young ladies
representing various Milledgcville
business houses competed for the
honor of representing the city, in toe
state contest to be held in Macon
in October.
The program and pageant was
sponsored by the P. T. A. and a de
lightful entertainment was given.
Before the judging was held a pro
gram of music and dancing was
given.
A feature was the tap dance by
little Miss Beulah Holton. Mr. Neil
Brannen and Charlie Aiken sang two
A hent wave that has gripped the
nation sent the government thermo
meter in Millcdgevillo well above the
hundred mark aud set a heat record
for 19.1.1 and came within two points
of the all time record for high tem
perature in Milledgcville.
Mrs. W. G. Locknrt, who keeps
weather statistics for Millcdgeville
said ,'Chc government thermometer
which is kept in a little house, reach
ed 102 Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday and that a thermometer that
hangs on her porch reached the 10C
mark about three o’clock in the af
ternoon. The mark established thin
week set the record for 1933 and
came within two points of the all
time record of 108 set three years
ago.
Threatened showers have failed to
break the wave of heat and weather
forecasters see no immediate relief.
The intense heat hu caused many
deaths throughout the nation and ha*
been damaging to crops in thin sec
tion, although cotton has trived and
is shewing good progress.
COL. C. A. GILES SUFFERS
PAINFUL INJURY
Col. C. A. Giles, solicitor of the
Csnnty Court and prominent attor
ney, suffered painful injuries Sat
urday night when he made' a false
step and fell.
CoL Giles 'had taco "S pulled
loose and his leg injured, lie has
hown some improvement but ha
been confined to his bed since th<
fall.
Talmadgeanti Highway
Board in Big Wrangle
The
betwi
madge and the Highway Department
which has been in progress since
April has reached the following
Governor Talmadgc ordered the
Commission to fire five engineers;
they refused to comply.
Govea-or Tal- gineers; put Judd Wilholt, the rc-
ning member, in control
commenced the payment of road
employees.
J. W. Barnett and W. C. Vcrcen
'he ousted members filed an injunc
tion petition in the Federal Court
Wednesday seeking to regain con-
Governor falmadge then took ( ro j of the * department. Judge E.
charge of more than two million dol
lars of the highway fund, removed
it from the banks and placed it in
the vaults at the Capitol, and placed
members of the National Guard to
guard it.
Governor Talmadge, after a tem
porary restraining order had been
ucd by Judge Humphries of At
lanta preventing his spending any
of the money, declared martial law
and placed the National Guard on
duty with Adjutant General Camp
in charge; discharged J. W. Barnett
W. C. Vereen, and the five en-
Marvin Underwood in the United
States District Court permitted at
torneys to file the papers but took
no further action immediately.
The contest is one of the most
interesting that ever took place in
Georgia, nnd the people of the state,
regardless of opinion, aro watching
the fight and awaiting the resul
with great intenijty.
$10,000,000 federal appropriation
for highway work in Georgia will
not be turned over to the state until
an agreement is reached.
THREE ANNOUNCE
FOR ALDERMEN
L- H. Andrews S. D. Stembridge
Seek Re-election and Stewart
Wootten Seeks New Place.
Farm Agent Langley Gets Details
at Athens Meeting Today and
CaHs Meetings of Farmers.
Farm Agent L. R. Langley is in
Athens today where he will get all
details regarding the cotton plans
adopted by the Gocvernmcnt looking
toward a reduction in acreage and a
boost in cotton prices.
Plans have been made to call meet
ings of farmers to discus* the vari-
ous plans after they have been
worked out by a general committee
named by the agent The agent issued
the following call to the farmers and
announced the time and place of
meetings to be held throughout the
county:
Will W« Plow Up Cotloa
All farmers, white and black, are
asked to meet at cno of the follow
ing places for the purpose of dis
cussing the cotton allotment work.
Meriwether School House Mon-
dny 2fith, at 10:G0 A. M.; Browns
Crossing. Chandler’s Store, Monday
20th, 3:00 P. M.; Coopers, School
House, Tuesday 27th, 10 A. M.; Un
ion Point, School House, Tuesday
27th, 3:00 P. M.; Millcdgeville.
Court House. Wednesday 28th, 3:00
ers. P. M.
Mr. Andrews has served on the Details for carrynig on this work
board for ten years and hits been ' V **I be gotten at a meeting to be
especially interested ! n the improve- held in Athens this week and con-
ment of the cemetery nnd has also tractr, arc expected to be hero by the
werked toward the improvement of Hme of the above meetings,
the fire department which commit-1 Attend one of the above meetings
teo he heads on the council. Mr. »nd be prepared to do your part to-
Andrcws has In progress a pro- ward helping the future cotton price,
gram of improvements at the ceme- e ■ _ L. R. LANGLEY, Geuntjr Agt.
The first candidates to announce
for aldermen in the city primary to
be held August 2nd, were L.
Andrews and S. D- Stembridge, In
cumbent^. who seek re-election and
Stewart Wcotteii, who announces to
fill the place left vacant by W. H.
Arnall who declined to run.
The candidates announced endors
ing a strict business administration
and "conomic management of the
city’s affairs. Mayor J. A. Horne has
announced for re-election as the
citys chief executive.
The city primary will be held Au
gust 2nd and there arc to date one
candidate for Mayor and three for
alderman. The registration books
clore July 13th, and to date 66 have
registered to participate in the vot
ing which will nominate the offic-
Elsuwhere in this paper la printed
the complete proposal of Sectary
Wallace which proposes optional
plans. The plans will bo put into
j effect us soon as possible.
following cotton committee
j'-will work with Agent Langley on
tcry and arks re-election that ho
might complete this work.
Mr. Wootten enters politics for the
first time and in 'making his
ncurcement endorses a strict i
nomic program and the application f
of business principals to government, j
He is a native of this city and ha»! : ih ” l' 1 "" **> «<i°PtOd.
been prominently identified with tha*' * LaniA R- W. Ivey, C. R-
businossi and social Bfo of (he com- Torranc «- M. E. Wabb, W. C. Green,
munity si«ce he returned from the , « , ‘ n "holster. Cordon Hocntcn
- slid F. (,’• PonuJS.
late i
Mr. Stembridge has bet
board over seven yeVrs and lias
been faithful in his duties
i niy one meeting of the council dur
ing that time. Mr. Stembridge
been the head of several important
-• mmittce3 and has been urged hy
many friends to mnke the race nf-
ter he declared he would not seek
FEDERAL HOME LOAN FUNDS
TO DC AVAILABLE
FOR PAVING DEBTS
Congressman Vinson Says
Owners Can Borrow From Gov
ernment to Pay for Paving.
>»' Aood.Uoa met Tee.d.y end on *"' 1 B ° H,y
■ the calendar for tie firat w.ek «■« ‘ d ““- H >™"
"art which convene, on Jnly G '“" 1"
, show with a rfnt jntitled Irish Com-
V calendar contain*, a large j ™ dian ' ® ot Smit j| Kave an
*cr of civil cases .which arc to interpretative dance what
ri <d the first week. The crim- L-yed by the aud.ence.
docket will be called the second , The judges selected “Miss Mil- !
k of the court. | ledgeville” and Mr. Joe Andrews j
— _| presented the loving cup and con-
SERVICES AT BAPTIST ' ferred up-n her the title. Miss Mil-
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY ! ledgeville will go to Macon to com
pete with representatives from other
cities for Miss Oglethorpe and a ten
day trip to the World’s Fair.
Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs. John Smith and is popular
with the young social contingent of
the city.
CANNING EQUIPMENT FOR TENTH DISTRICT MASONIC
COUNTY HAS BEEN RECEIVED CONVENTION MET WEDNESDAY
The canning equipment for the The Tcnth Ma „ on j c strict Con-
county ha- arrived and Farm Agent I vent j„ n assembled at Gordon Wed-
L- R Langley. Miss Emmie Riley and ; nesday. Several members of Benevo-
Mr. George Tunnel), of the Red , | cnt No. .1 F. & A. M. r.f thir
| Cross, have appointed committees c j ty werl . j n attendance. Addresses
each neighborhood in the county , were delivered by Rev. J. M. Branch,
to make arrangement* for the time o[ Davis'oro; Judge Butler of Ir-
MRS. W. E. MINOR WILL BE
BURIED AT BUCK SPKINGS
Former Resident of Hancock County
Pawed Away in So^ennali Tuesday
Morning al Age of 73 Yean,
The remains of Mrs. Molly Gar-
rard Minor, widow of the late Wm.
E. Minor, will be brought to this city,
n d the funeral and burial services
will he held at Black Springs church
Friday morning, Juno 23i d, at eu-eu
o'clock. Rev. J. F. McCluney officiat
ing.
Mrs. Minor passed away Tuesday
morning in Savannah, where she was
making her home with her daughters
after several months of ill health.
Mrs. Minor before her marriage
was Min, Molly Garrard, of Hancock
county. In early womanhood she
married Mr. Wm E. Minor, who
paused awsy a few years ago. Their
in Hancock county a few
miles east of this city, and as she
frequent visitor to Milledgc-
Loans will bo availi ’« from the
$2,000,000,000. Federal .Ionic Loan
fund to residents <f Milledgcville
for the purpose of paying paving as
sessments, Congressman Carl Vin
son stated on his arrival here Tues-1 home
Mr. Vinson said the money could
bo borrowed at five per cent on a vflle. She had many friends and i
fifteen yea- ffmorti.-atic n basis, and quaintanees here who regret her
would be available with ; n two weeks, death.
A branch of the home loan bank will! Mrs. Minor was a member of the
b' established in Macon, the Con-' Black Spring Baptiqt church, for s
_ The regular servicer will be held
Baptist church next Sunday
I'astor, Rev. L. E. Roberts,
" " W 'N have the following as the
- .i' c-ts for hi:-, sermons:
1 :m —« A Comparison of The
1 New Deal and The New
nont.”
' Did to
W rid"
—"What The Love of God
,ea ns. and Will Do to The
F R - liARGROVE STORE
ROBBED LAST WEEK
TV st °re of F. R. Hargrove was
entered last Tuesday night and ci-
f* ri ,tH were taken by the burglars
• r, i *20. in cash. The burglars en-
1 through the back of the store
■ ft through the entrance. Only
cash and cigaretli were taken.
PRESBYTERIAN MEN TO
HAVE QUARTERLY MEETING
the
and place for canning days in each
community nnd these committees
ore at work.
At this time it is repo, ted that
suitable fruit.: and vegetables are
not available due to the dry weath
er, but the recent rains have brought
new life and it is expected that great
quantities of fruits and vegetables
will be canned during July and Au
gust.
The Men’s organisation of
Presbyterian church will hold their
quarterly ■meeting on Friday even
ing at the Echctah Country Club.
A barbecue supper will be served
by the circle of Mrs Robert McMil-
Ian and afterwards a delightful pro- • road will make an all paved route to
gram will be given. Mr. Joe An- Atlanta. Work is now neanng the
drews is president of the organiza- j finirh cn the road from this city to
tion and has arranged an interest- S-arta and the comp jetton of toe
ing program f r the entertainment Warrenton section will P va J* *
* * rect all paved route to Augusta.
FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE
AVAILABLE FOR ROADS
IN THIS SECTION
Including in the road work to be
done with funds from the federal
government are the roads to War
renton and Madison.
The ccmpletion of the Madison
winton, and Jos. A. Moore,
ledgeville. Augusta was selected as
the next place of meeting.
The following officers were clect-
T. B. Ivey, i f Augusta. W. M.
B. Butt*, Gordon, Ga.. Deputy
M.; J. W. Riley, Milicugeville,
W.; W. H. Fowler, Warrenton, Jr.
Wr.; M. M. Gordon, Sparta, Sr. D.;
Sol Isenberg, Gordon, Jr, D.; W. D.
Page, Augusta. Sr. S.; J. E. Wiley,
Thomson, Jr. S.; J. T. McMullen,
Milledgcville, Treasurer.
A sumptuous dinner was served by
he Gordon Lodge.
LEGION BARBECUE POSTPONED
The American Legion barbecue
scheduled ftr Thuosday afternoon
at Mr. C. E. Smith’s, plantation has
been postponed until further notice.
There is an epidemic of whoop
ing cough in the city, and cVldren
i a number Of homes have contract-
(1 it
said. The loans can
made specifically for the paving
arsorments, it was declared.
A NEGRO SHOT LATE SUNDAY
ATERNOON
Sambo Butts was ::hot and pain
fully wounded Sunday afternoon by
another negro, Geo. Easlcly. The
bullet passed through one of Butt’s
legs nnd lodged in the other, and he
was breoght to the city hospital for
treatment The shooting took place
on the farm of the late Mr. Wm.
Rice in the South-western part of the A. and Willi
ity. Sheritf Haynie was notified
long number of years, and she was
lu'thful and loyal to ita teachings.
She was a devoted wife and moth-
■ r, nnd a kind neighbor and friend.
She is survived by four daughters,
Mrs. Howard Middlebrooks, Miss
Annie Clyde Minor, Mrs. L. C. Un
derwood, ail of Savannah, and Mrs.
C. Courson, of Devcroaux; two sons,
Mr. M. E. Minor, of Miiiedgeville,
and Mr. A. W. Minor, of Oconee;
one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Floyd, of
Atlanta; four brothers, Henry and
Marion Garrard, of Devereaux; B.
Garrard cf Atlanta.
and went to the scene, but Easley WILL REYNOLDS INJURED
had made h : s escape before
officer arrived.
the
LAW STUDENTS TO TAKE
EXAMINATION
AT STEVENS PLANT
Will Reynolds, an employee of
Stevens Refractories, was injured
Monday when an emory wheel broke
at the plant and strnck hhn in the
head, according to information m-
Four residen's of Millcdgeville plan received here.
*o take the Bar examination for ad-1 • Reynolds was brought to the City
1 ..i-sion to the practice of law 'n Hospital where his injuries were
Oorgia, on June 28th, before Judge treated. His condition is consider-
Park at Greensboro. ed serious.
where to shop? read union-i
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