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MilleditiiBe, Gi., Nonmber 23, 1»33
Con>011(1*tad is 1872
Government; [Aid Projects Sought for Unemployed
DR. N.P. WALKER
DIED MONDAY
IjjjfJ Psychiatrist Puwi Awsy
following Short Illness. Funerxl
Tuesday.
Nathaniel Pierce Walker,
Clinical Director at the HRledgevilU
Sale Hospital and a member of the
Eiff of phyvciann since 1901, died
home at that institution Mon-
j. afternoon, November 20th, at
■o o'clock, after Bn illness of oev-
„•! dir-
The funeral services were held at
the residence Tuesday afternoon at
'clock in the presence of a
eoucoursc of people, who assembled
::n in paying tribute
t life had touched and bene-
Sttrd thousand! The services were
(mducted by Rev. Frank Quillian,
>r of the Milledgeville Methodist
torch and Rev. John F. Yarbrough
the Elberton Methodist church,
(r. Yarbrough pa*|d a beautiful
titrate to Dr. Walker, ai
a life woric.
The remains were laid to rest in
he cemetery in this city, the officers
sA members of the staff of phyaf-
iiBi acting as honorary escort and
tilbcarerM. The funeral aortege that
ecempanied the remains
•artery was a long and imposing
b& As the remains of Dr. Walker
me lowered Into their last resting
ice hundreds Miood with bowed
tidj and sorrowing hearts.
The floral offerings were numer-
■. being silent testimonials of love
ad esteem from those who had
anm Dr. Walker, and appreciated
m for the work he had done.
niel Pierce Walker was born
Putnam County Mkrch Elat,
S76. his parents being Dr. Nathaniel
Walker, and Mrs. Rebecca Ed-
irds Walker. He attended Emory
o’Jege at Oxford, and then studied
the Medical College in Augusta
a which institution he graduated.
In 1901. soon after his graduation
m that institution, he came to the
te Hospital, and after serving as
interne he was elected to the
*ff uf physicians. He began to
special study of mental
. and soon became skilled
a physician and psychiatrist,
id hij ability as both was recognix-
L For a short time after the death
i« late Dr. L. Ml Jones he acted
uperintendent of the hospital,
d eleven years ago when Dr. R.
9*int was elected to the Super-
tendency nr the institution, he was
°'* D clinical director. He revolu-
Bined tie treatment for mental
am! instituted occupation-
theraphy for treatment of certain
of mental cases, and his experi-
as * ‘n this work proved highly
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Dr. Herty s Dream Comes True;
Paper Made from Georgia Pine
Experiment* and Year* of Stady
Successful as First Car Load of
Newsprint is Made.
Dr. Charles Herty saw bis dream
of making newsprint at a low cost
trom Georgia pino trees come true
on November 2nd, when he stod in
a Canadian mill and saw a car load
of newsprint paper run through the
machines made from pulp from Chat
ham county pine trees.
Dr. Herty was satisfied after all
tests had been made and every
periment was just as he had hoped
it would prove. Back to Georg’s
catne the nap»r and Monday
daily newspapers printed their edi
tions of that day on paper made from
Georgia pine.
The experiments began several
years ago when Dr. Herty declared
he would devote »x months of every
year for the remainder of his life
to develop Georgia’s resources. The
Pine tree was the first object of
experimentation. He has worked for
hour, without stopping. He has work
ed against odds, for only a few
months ago he saw Governor Tat
ra ad ge take from him the money the
state was giving to aid him in his
work. Facing dEjcontogement at
times, working into the night, be
eontinaed, until this month he stood
fn a Canadian factory and saw this
flream come true and Ms labors
Crowned with succes,.
Dr. Herty baa done this work
without reward cxeept the satisfac
tion ef knowing that he has been
suecea(fu1 and aa a result of this
success Georgians will be given the
benefits, and additional wealth will
come to tbetn.
Every -test baa been given the
paper. Its cost of manufacture Is
very low. The strength of the paper
is superior to other news paper.
There are more sheets to the ton. No
fault could be found. The satisfac
tion that came to Dr. Herty was
great and he smSfcd very happy
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FARMERS ADOPT
BETTER COTTON
Meeting East Week in Browns
C-ossHif Community Selects
Better Cotton.
DR. CHAS. HERTY
TAX COLLECTOR
URGESPAYMENT
Payment of Cmrent aid Past Dne
Taxes Urged by Mrs. L D.
Smith in Drive to Get Reveaae.
Mrs. L. D. Smith, Baldwin county
tax collector, joined In tl
wide movement to collect
and past due taxes during the next
thirty days and urges the eitisena
of thia county to make every effort
newt the payment of
The state income has been
ly reduced due to the nonpayment
f taxes and the state Comptroller
han mailed a letter to all tax collec
tors urging that every effort be
mode to collect all taxe s possible.
The income to the state has been so
materially handicapped by the non
payment of taxes that the continu
ance of many government functions
is greatly handicapped.
Mrs. Smith has made a special
appeal and urges the co-operation of
the citizens at this time.
COTTON MARKET ABOVE
CENTS
'HONE RATES
ORDERED CUT
‘foebon in Business Phone
n harpes fo Become Effective
December 1st.
" l’ 1 ’ 1 ’ 1 - Service Commission
a reduction in the rates of
* Hcphones in Milledgeville
'8 December 1st
phone rates single line
reduced to $3.50 from $4.00.
•vere reduced from
■ Residential rates will
j“ u in * ttme.
**"•’ J T K'ng and J. T. King,'
i *evT* r< ^ before t ^ 10 commis-
rp Pra| w “ e ks ago and presented
itc r" f tn ° ctym ? an y- K was
, I ? Ut that the telephone rates
^ s ct m 1919 and had
« advanced even during the
njy u< Periods. A general rate
'tstTi'" 1 or( * ere< I throughout
ih'n y tllC c ° mm '* 9 'on and all
W '■’’ropanle* felt the knifo
Service commission,
ik-i V° nty of the telephone com-
J*' 1 rat€s reduced. The
. has a large invest-
rj) n 1 ci ‘y and has a most
• * n d up to-datc plant. Many
t' have been made in
1 Fears
ty lines
5° to $3 o,
An improved type of cotton seed
will be planted in a big portion of
Baldwin county next year it was de
eded at a meeting of farmres of
the Browns Crossmg community at a
•meeting last Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. M. E. Webb. Mr. G. E. Mc
Whorter. Mr. I* R. Langley and Mr
Willard Williams were named a com
mittee to purchase 500 bushels of
Stoneville No. 2 cotton seed to be
plant'd by farmers who attended the
meeting Inst week. The new cotton
will mature rapidly and haq a longer
•■•taple than the variety thnt has been
planted in the county for several
veara. The type known as half and
half was adopted a few years ago
because it was nn early fruiter and
would mnture before the boll weevil
began 'migrating. The farmers be
lieve they have selected a tye that
w ll fruit as early as the half and
half, and has an inch staple.
It bar, been pointed out by
authorities that the half and naif
cotton has practically ruined the
market here. The new type cotton
will make it possible for the farmer
get a bigger price for the staple
next year.
Farm Agent Langley said he hoped
all the farmers In th. county would
adopt and plant thus longer staple
cotton next year. 1
GEORGE ROM AUTO DAMAGED
BY FIRE
The bufik coupe of Mr. George
Ro„ »lii*tl>' d-.rn.rtd l>X J”
Wednesday about noon. The tire
alarm was sounded but the blaze was
ouVJy extinguished. Geoige Ross.
Jr., received minor burns in an at
tempt to extinguish the blaze.
Cotton market quotations Wed
nesday were a few points above 10
cents. The market has shown a slow
rise all the week but was slightly
off from previous higha.
Dr. Swint and W. E. Ireland
Re-elected Superintendents
Board of Control Orders 113 Cat
from Roll of Employees at
State Hospital.
Over the protests of Col. Marion
Allen, member of the Board of Con
trol of the 6th district, 113 em
ployees ol the Milledgeville State
Hospital were ordered dismissed at
a meeting of the Board of Control
in Atlanta lant Friday.
The board re-elected Dr. R. C.
Swint ns superintendent, of the Mil-
lodgev-lle State Hospital and W. E.
Ireland superintendent of the Boys
Training School. The dismissal of
Dr. Swint was predicted before the
meeting, but the board re-elected all
institution heads with the exception
of the superintendent of the Con
federate Soldiers Home.
The board acted on a report made
by E. E. Lindsey, who was named
chairman of the board, in directing
a reduction of Dr. Swint’s salary
and the dismissal of the more than
one hundred employees. It is esti
mated that $100,000 will be raved
by the hospital with these reductions.
Mr. Lindsey made a personal inspec
tion of the hospital and went over
the entire operating cost and em
ployment list. At the meeting Mr.
L’ndsey was elected chairman and
Mrs. Ada Healey, vice-chairman.
Mrs. A. M. Hill, of Greenville, was
elected secretary of the board suc
ceeding Mnt Lucy R. D. Fieklin.
Mrs. Hill was elected at a reduced
salary.
Dr. Swint was elected for a term
of two years last October and will
serve until 1936, aa fixed by law.
Mr. Lindsey also recommended
that money be borrowed to pay some
of the hospitals long standing debts.
Col. Allen opposed tine reduttiion
in tiiC number of employees at the
hospital. He cited the splendid
ord of the hospital and its low op
erating cost. He also pointed out
that at this time every offort was
being made to give people employ
ment and not to reduce employ
ment. In his argument Mr. Allen
cried reports •f’rom ,the American
Medical Association which showed
that the large number of patients
were being cared for by a compara
tively small number of r.ttendanta
and nurgea
Mr. W. E. Ireland Wu again elect
ed head of the Boys Training School.
Mr. Ireland has made a splendid
record in directing the afairs of the
institution, and is recognized as one
of the best authorities in the South
juvenile delinquency.
JUDGE DECIDES
PAVING CASE
ROADS PAVING
ARE IN PLANS
Tea Items are Mentioned and
State Approval is Sought for
Immediate Work.
Father McNamara Pleased _
With Success of Relief Drive
Two events that have transpired
within the past five days have con
vinced me that those of our peopb
the people of Milledgeville an
Baldwin County, who have not a* yet
contributed to the drive for funds
for human relief would, if nn op
portunity were still afforded them
to do so. I firmly believe that tbore
who have not a* yet contributed
either in money or in foodstuffs
have failed to perform this serious
duty, not because of a lack of
sympathy with God’s poor and needy
but rather because of a contrary
conviction that no great need exist.
In the interest, therefore, of those
who have thus far failed in the
satisfaction of this patriotic and re
ligious duty I would ask them to
weigh these two event* to which I
refer and then ask themselves if
they can still continue to turn a deaf
car to the cries of God and Country.
The first event to which I refer
that magnificent tribute that the
right thinking people of Georgia and
South Carolina paid our President
on la«t Saturday in the city of Sa
vannah. Those of the good people of
these States who found it impossible
to attend on thi< celebration pa’d
their tribute through those who
came. As I s^t in that vast throng
of 40.000 which crowded Savannah’s
municipal stadium and l’stened with
to the words of —
the admiration that I have always
had for die man reached the heights
of reven nee. As his thought becami
manrfefjt through Vs speech I could
almost sense the heartbeat of this
glorious leader and each beat seem
cd a cry for the poor, the suffer
ing and the oppressed. I could see
that here was a loadrr whose speech
was not prompted by vain senti
mentalities nor by political expedi
ency but whose speech was the re
sult of conviction* arrived at by a
great mind, aided by a keen power
of observation of human events.
Here was a leader who loved his
people and seerag them suffering
sufered with them,—a leader who
had faith in bis people and actuated
by that faith believed that the more
fortunate of his people would rally
to the support of the less f' rtunate.
Can it be that there are some in
Milledgeville so calloused of heart
that they would cxpreftied faith in
this leader by voting for h'm and
then refuse to anpport him hi the
very plides which prompted their
vote. I, p< rsonnllv do not think so,
and because sueh la my thought I
have decided that a complete report
u r Drive will not be published
until toe first week in December.
Mr. Rcjsevelt has told us of our
country’s need and further he ha*,
our leader, told
Announces Decision in Favor of
City and Mcongald Construc
tion Company Monday.
Judge Janies B. Park gave hlq de
rision in the case of E. E. Bnas et
al versus the Mayor and Aldermei
of the city of Milledgeville and th'
McDougald Construction Co., at the
opening of the afternoon session o f
Baldwin Superior Court Monday af
ternoon. In hi* decision the Judgr
dismissed the temporary restrainim
order which had been granted thi
property holders to prevent the aali
of property for tho non-payment o'
paving oasejments and sustained th-
general demurrer of the defendant
to the allegations in tho petition o’
the plantiffa in which certain illeg
ality were alleged.
The decision wag a voluminous
document and practically an hour
wma required for the Judge to read
hi* conclusion* ia the ease. This
temporarily bringa to aa end the
caae in winch more than one
dred property owneni of the dty
were involved It is understood that
the caaa will be appealed to higher
court* and prevent a final dedrton
in the care at the preeent.
The principal facta in the decision
of Judge Park were that the prop
erty owners were too lata hi com
ing to court with
and the allegations were art
ent to grant a permanent restrain
ing order. Merer* Smith and 8mitfc,
of Macon, who repraqmt the prop
erty holders, have made no announce
ment a* to what course they will per-
sue.
The paving case has been in the
courts for more than two years and
on several occasions prior to this
caae the Judge hoe found in favor
of the city and construction com-
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OTYDlTCOf
IN TWO YEARS
StatemcDt luted by City Clerk
Ham Last Wedaeaday Shows
City Debt Reduced.
As the end of two years of city
government under the administra
tion at Mayor J. A. Horne nears a
close. City Cleric Lamar Ham an
nounced that the municipal indebted
ness had been reduced by practical
ly $20,000 derpite the fact that the
revenue to the city was about $17,
000 less thnn it was in 1931.
The floating debt of the city ha*
been reduced $11,234 during thei
year 1933. In 1932 this debt wa s rc-|
duced $8,320. During this period the
ad valorem tax levy has been
duced $10,700.
The city has operated without bor
rowing money during the two years
end hna never failed to meet their
pay rolls. The credit of the city is
in splendid condition Mr. Ham state !
and city bonds are aelfng at $103.50.
The city government has been
pc rated on a strict businef* basis
under the management of Mr. Ham
and ha* lived within the budget each
month. Mr. Ham has been acting in
a business manager capacity. Mayor
Horne and the council members,
[\ H. Clark, L. H. Andrews,
E. C. K dd. T. B. Dumas. W. H.
Arnall and S. D. Stembridgo deserve
much credit.
City and county authorities have
taken action to avail the local gov
ernment* of the opportunity of se
curing funds from tho federal gov
ernment for the purpose of increas
ing employment by puting men to
w .rk on rtreet and highway pro
ject*.
C. A Phillip*, maintenance super
visor of the State Highway Depart
ment n:et with commissioners and
city authorities and discussed tho
proponed project* and placed his ap
proval on them and asked that they
be immediately sanctioned by state
authorities.
Tho recommendations have been
sent to the state highway depart
ment and the work wll begin within
a short time. All the work will come
from the federal government under
the Civil Works Administration and
approximately 05 per cent will go
be advanced by the government for
for labor. A maximum of $5,00 will
any one project.
8. D. fitembridge vm named
county Civil Works Administration
MiprerWor in thin county by tele
gram Tuesday and took over Us
duties on Wednsariayi
The city ha* •sakad for $5,000 to
be ased in fcaprovtog, grading, sail
ing and improving unopened aid*
walks and streets within the dty
without specifying any certain
Hi* oooaty had wind that the
following projects be approvad:
1- A hard surface bass of crush
ed stone 10 inch*, thick on the MU-
ledgeviDe-Irwid$on road known as
state route 29. The hard surface base
to begin at th* dty limit* and con
tinue to the over head bridge of the
Centra] Railroad in Hardwick.
2. Betterment work on tine state
paved road on route* 22 and 2-1
from the ea*t end of the Oconee
R'ver bridge to the intersection of
tho Spnrta-Milledgeville and Sand-
nrsville-Milledgeville highways. Hiic
woric consists of sloping the banks
of the cut*, widening and Rhaping
the shoulders and illuminating the
curves and repairing and resetting
guard rails.
3. Betterment woric on state
paved route No. 22 beginning at
Gordon’* filling station ind ending
at 300 feet beyond Proctor’s Tour
ist Camp, a distance of 7 miles. The
same work will be done a* in No. 2.
4. The same work as in No. 2 and
3 on the paved route to Eatonton
begin’ng at the eity limits and end
ing at Little River bridge.
5. Hard surface the road on
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[. LEON CALLAWAY ACCEPTS
POSITION IN ATLANTA
r President
Mr. Leon Callaway ha* accepted
a position with the Home Owners
Loan Corporation with ofDcies in
Atlanta and left last week to assume
s new duties.
Mr. Callaway ha» offices Hi the
Western Un'on Building and has an
that it in the I important position in this new gov-
, back P*ga)
I erment department.
RAinwiN rmiRT
IN BUSY SESSION
Guilty Picas Taken by Judge.
Grand Jury Adjourns After
Gearing Docket.
Baldwin Superior court continued
a busy sesaion and will probably not
adjourn for the week until Friday
afternoon.
Judge Park called the court to
order Monday at ten o clock and the
Grand Jury retired to their room.
A number of indictments have been
disposed of by them.
Monday the judge handed down
his decis'on in the paving case and
then called the case of Green vs.
Dr. E. W. Allen, a suit for damages.
Tuesday night the jury returned a
verdict in favor of Dr. Allen after
only a few minutes deliberation.
Judge Park took the following
pleas Wayne Smith burglary, 12
months; Charlie Adams, simple lar
ceny; 12 months; Clifford Kind,
simple larcency, 12 months; Ham
Mitchell, 2 cases of burglary, 12
months each.
The court will continue through
r.exl week when toe criminal docket
will be called.