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.'.EAD BV THOUSANDS •
. OF PEOPLE
, .nd S.rrcuB
Couatiu
Hltiott-;
A BALDWIN COUNTY 1
INSTITUTION
voaME CIV
ICE AND SNOW
BLANKET CITY
SthrJir Santo Bra* Mott
DtupMtble Wentto of Tie
m*r-
Traffic was practically at a stand
rtili Saturday and Sunday when the
CT tire county along with the re*t of
Gcorr* covered in a blanh t of
ice and snow that began falling early
Saturday morning and continued
iJiroujrhout the day.
The thermometer dropped to 20
dtfTtes daring Saturday and.did rot
go ibove the 28 marie throughout the
itj. High winds Friday night fore-
wld the approach s ng cold weather
mi Saturday morning a fine sleet
tu falling. This continued through-
cot the day. Highways and streets
ffcre a «hect of ice and traffic was
practically at a stand still. Pedester-
im> found walking difficult, and
the streets were practically desert
ed most of the day. Despite
treacherous condit'on to the aafety
of talking, few accidents •
ported, although a number of people
fell to the ice. Automobiles
traveling with candles burning close
to the windshield to melt away the
iheet of ice that formed to prevent
clear vision.
Sunday the thermometer began to
ri#e and reached 34 causing the ice
to her n melting. The slush and melt
ing ice ••ontinued traffic difficulty
and a majority of the people in the
cPr spent the entire day in doom.
Tie Inw '.hprmometer reading for
Sunday was 22 degrees.
Monday brought clearing skies and
ranrirne again and the Tee quickly
mef.ed Tuesday and Wednesday
were clear and the spring like atmos
phere of the previoua week had re-
The white picture that had been
made by the ice and snow brought
a real winter scene to Georgia, the
first in aeveral winters. Children
joyfd playing in the snow, and the
rtnden** at the colleges had the time
of their lives. Many of the students
•re fr p Florida and were witnessing
a mow for the first time in their
ihree. Sleds were made and skit’s were
manufactured, and the young men
and women at college here spent Sat
urday and Sunday in play.
Tht* weather wgs the most winter
like of thf year. Although the thcr-
n*"a»etrr hnd reachd a lower mark
the week before, the weather was
mn-h moif disagreeable Saturday
•nd Sunday.
MUltdjeriBc, Ga., Febrnxrjr 15, 1934
C»J!duW i. 1<72
NEIGHBORING MASONS TO BE
IN CITY TUESDAY NIGHT
° B * Ho.| t, Washing
Adjoining Count;.,
Benevolent Lodge No. 3 F. 4 A. M.
will on next Tuesday night, Febru
ary 20th, bo host to the Washington
and adjoining counties Masonic Con
vention. The local lodge has made
arrangement lor a moat interesting
program and refreshments will be
served in the club rooms. John W.
Riley, is master of the convention
•nd will preside. Joe Grant is secre
tary and treasurer. It is expected
that there will be a large number of
out-of-town Masons in attendance.
VINSON TELLS OF
SEED MAN PLAN
owicmu Ezpkto Pronto)
of Seed Loans Under New Gnv-
NUMBEK 28
GSC to Open Nursery Scnool
In September, Property Acquired
The Georgia Slate College for Wo
men has acquired the property on
Montgomery street formerly the
home cite of Mrs. Sadie Bright for
the establishment of a Nursery Schoo
as a department of the college to be
opened when the fall semester be
gins in September, Dr. J. L. Beeson
stated Wednesday.
Efforts are being made to open
the school at the beginning of the
spring semester if the CWA project
now pending la approved. The col
lege will definitely begin the oper
ation of the new department in Sep
tember, however.
The school will be open to chil
dren between babyhood and the
school age. It will fulfill a
long needed department in the col
lege Dr. Beeson said, xplaining that
plana for the school had been under
consideration for several years.
Children placed In the school will be
ed
The departments of Home Eco
nomics, Health, Fducation and
Psychology will do research in con
nection with the Nursery School and
w^ll make aciewficitic experiments
and observations.
The Nursery -School will give the
teachers college a department essen
tial to teacher training and will be
of great benefit. Dr. Beeson said. The
children attending the school will be
admitted free.
As soon as the deeds are deliver
ed to the college and the final pur
chase is cotummated, plana will be
made to remodel and improve the
&ouse before It is occupied. The
house is close to the present practice
school building and will be conven
ient to the college. Several new t
era in connection with this depart
ment will be added to the college
iowrnor Talmadfe Select* Mr*. J.
Howard Eani* and CoL Marion
Allen for Committee Appointment*
Governor Talmadgc announced the
appointment of Mrs. J. Howard
Ennis and Col. Marion Allen to ’
Buy Georgia Association, a new
ganisation that has been set up
the state to promote the use o.
Georgia products.
The Governor named a committee
of thirty leading citizens of the
state to foster the organization of
the new association. The plan is
adopted from that of California and
will set up an organization to stimu
late the sales of Georgia products.
MRS. BEESON
CATUOI!r FniTHR TO VISIT
MILLEDGEVILLE NEXT WEEK
Richard Reid, Editor of The
BalUtia and President of Tho
Cholic Pre** to Como Horn.
Mr. Richard Reid, one of the na-
tom outstanding newspaper men,
*ill come to Milledgeville next week
before the Nancy Hart
Chapter. Daughter American Revolu
tion. and while here will speak at
I rflB Po! exercises of the two col-
Mr R"id is editor of The Bulle-
” r •! tmper of the Catholic
c ' ' jr( ' 1 °t Georgia, and is president
V ’ * °nsl Catholic Press Afi-
? "" Re ! d will spenk
• o,..,. Wn Mngton. He is an intcr-
' n,r honker nrd a newspaper
of unusual ab lity.
140,000,000 so that the govemm«
could loan money to farmers i
crop production and harvesting di
ing the year 1934.
Mr. V : nson stated that under t
provisions of the bill, no loan coi
be made to any applicant until it
Fatisfactoritly proven that he h
been unable to procure credit fit
a Production Credit Association
from a private lending institution
amount that <
circumstances justify a loan not 1
pose of preparing or assisting i
paring any papers for an app
i a misdemeanor.
be handled as it wag last year.
LEGION TALKS OF PUNS TO
Matting Tbiiraday Night Largely At
tended end Committee* Named *«
Perfect Several Plana.
f m scientifically cared for and observ-
faculty.
>• Smithsonian Institute to Examine
1 Indian Mounds Near Mere,
^ Representatives of the Smithson
ian Institute, of New York, will come
to Milledgeville early in March to
examine the Indian mounds found
on Indian Island Farm near this
city.
One of the mounds was opened
•overal years ago and a number of
Indinn relics have been found on the
> farm The Sm thsonian authorities
have been in Macon witnessing the
work that has been in progress
opening the mounds there and Mr.
John Shinholster, owner of Indian
island Farm, where the mounds are
found, has been in conference with
officials of the institute and ha*
been assured that they will come on
a visit of investigation to his farm
early in March.
G. S. C. W. Asks for CWA
Funds to Aid Students
Application has been made to the
ment of the student’s expenses in
collt-je.
Applications from students unable
to otherwise attend college are now
being considered and additional ap
plications are coming in rapidly.
Should the above appropriation
pass the student* will be allowed
part-time work, averaging $15 per
month; then it will cost only $12 per
month additional for their total ex
penses for board, room and tuition
The college is emphasizing teacher
training, secretarial training and fiv»
fields in home economics, as well a
other types of college work.
■
State College for Wcnnen for an
allocation of federal funds to give
work for 100 or more young women
in order that they may attend col
lege.
This application has been made un
der a bill now before congress which
provides part-time employment for
students atrfove high school grade
who desire to attend college and are
unable otherwise to do so. The bill
.provides work at 30 cents an hour,
averaging $15 per month per student,
which will be applied to the pay-
EMORYDEANTO
COTTON ACRES
PREACH AT dS.C
REDUCED BY 2800
Dr. Frukla Puker Vi Deliver
Beccalaaremte Serai* to G. S
C. V. Gradutee.
Dr. Franklin Parker, Dean of the
Candler School of Theology at
Emory University, will deliver the
baccalaureate sermon to the gradu
ates of G. S. C. W. on June 3rd, Dr
J. L. Beeson has announced.
Dr. Parker is a leading divine of
the Methodist church and is also an
4C3 C—Imh in Sip* to Re
dact Acreage ■ Coaaty Tto
Year UaJer Tvitoa Pita.
433 Contract, have been signed by
Baldwin farmers to take out of cot- '
ton production 2800 acres of land
in the county. Farm Agent Langley
said Wednesday as *he final day for
signing-up for the 1934 cotton pro
Auction program was reached. ,
It was expected that about fifty *
APPROVAL of CAPITOL
building AND GOLF
PROJECTS EXPECTED
H Kennedy. district supervia-
T * 0 f CWA projects, spent
*y in Atlanta conferring with
fo off 'rials and mid he believed
. Ur dr *' n ng projects, the project
, r , rp ” 0vato l he old capitol building
. d to rebuild the Eche-
°-ntry Club golf course would
•approved not later than Monday
" nrk ™u1d be started at once.
. ^ onn ^dy aaid he was anxious
l-.. v r theM Projects approved and
■v. * ” owwnred they would go
"""• 0, b<*r nrnjects in the city
«* nnd-r mn«fderatio n for sub-
r*H rt * te »nthoritlca at an
** t] y date.
° r *"CHT WITH
Tv WH,SKe * MONDAY NIGHT
” ’’ n wns arrested Monday
_’. r Darden snd God-
rv..,* j ,V| *' nnor ! n his possession. A
„ out for him, and
* Placed In the county jail.
Commander Sam Anderson said
the Morris-Little Post of the Amer
ican Legion reorganized at the meet
ng last Thursday night when 39 ex-
■ervico men were present and plans
were discussed to secure funds for
he erection of a permanent club rfnd ......
•* fnr the letrio'i outstanding leader in educational
community house for the legion. •, „ ,
The next meeting- of the Legiou c,relax Ho fa recogmzed
will he on Thursday night. Feb. 22nd j 'V best preacher, m Southern
The meetinc will he held at the -tethodi
orfiee of C. B. McCullar, and later
the meetings will be held at the
amusement hall to be erected or
Macon highway by Mr. B. Little Lay-
field.
The Leiron planned a number of
activities which will he carried out
during the spring- month.
COL. SIBLEY ATTENDS BA*
COMMITTEE MEETINC
IN ATLANTA LAST WEEK
Colonel Enrin Sibley, Chairman
the Executive Committee of the
Georgia Bar Association, attended a
meeting of the committee held at the
Capitol City Club in Atlanta, Geor
gia, last week, at whidi t me the
time and place and the program for
the annual Convention of the Bar
Association were determined.
Mr. Sibley reports that the Con
vention will b- held on May the
Sis’, and June 1st, and and 2nd, and
plans are being made for tho con
vention lo meet at Sea Wand Beech,
Brunswick. Georgia. A special sub
committee w II go to Brunswick with-
the next few dsys when prepara
tions will he made wi’h the manager
of the C!oirf* r Hotel for entertain
ing the convention.
Dr. Beeson announced last week
that Governor Tahnadge would d>
liver the baccalnureate addre«s at
the graduating exercises on Jun
1st, but other deta : b< and plans havt
not been completed.
Mrs. Agnes Cochran Bramblett, 01
Forsyth, one of Georgia’s outatam
poets, will visit Milledgeville this
week-end and will be the guest of
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Wynn.
While here Mrs. Bramblett wii
speak before the literary clubs of G
S. C. W.
more contracts remained to be sign
ed, and Agent Langley said then'
would be practically one hundred per
cent co-operation on the part of th-’
farmers of Baldwin county with th
new government program of‘cotton
reduction. There will be planted In
the county approximately 7.000 acres
of cotton. The reduction has been
based on a five year production aver-
age.
The contracts will be forwarded
to Washington at once. Checks for
one-third of loan of 3 1-2 cents per
pound of lint cotton will be paid
tween March 1st and May 30. An
other payment will be made in Sep
tember of 1 3 4 cents and the final
payment will be made in the late
fall of one cent per pound making
a total of 4 1-2 eent per pound that
will be paid for the cotton taken
from production.
LOCAL CITIZENS NAMED ON jl]DC IMADITOOCII
BUY GEORGIA COMMITTEE UU\iJ. lit A KH.VSKI.I,
WILL BE HONORED
Pwtnit of Motto of torn Sob-
>to to Bo UbtmM oaMotto’g
0BJ ■ Utory BtoUtof.
Tha unveiling of the portrait of
Mrs. Ina Dillard Ruaaell has been
Vt for the afternoon of the second
v»nday in May,—Mother's Day—
1 4^111 he held in the auditorium of
th %Jna Dillard Burnell library
Bu. Ong on the campus of the Geor
gia O 1 * College for Wotaten. Tho
Portr. ^was painted by Mr. Vernon
Laytor. of Sandenville and was ac
cepted by the committee sometime
eince. The exercises of the unveiling
are being worked out by the com-
raittee with the controlling purpose
fllTCT GDC JLYTD of >im P 1! city and brevity end in line
yU£ul *■■ IaAwI*IV with the wishes of the family.
Mrs. Russell is the wife of the
Chief Justice Richard B. Russell of
the Georgia Supreme Court, who un-
til recently, was a member of the
Board of Regents and previously for
a long number of years was Chair
man of the Board of Trustees of the
Georgia State College for Women
and also of the Trustees of Ihe Uni
versity of Georgia. She is ‘he Mother
of United States Senator Richard B.
Russell, Jr. Many of her daughters
arc graduates of the College and
who, as students, distinguished
themselves.
The portrait represents the volun
tary contributions made by the
friends of the Russells and of the
College. The Portrait Committee,
consisting of Miss Magg e Jenkins of
Dooling, Georgia, an instructor of
music at the college, and Dr. J. L.
Beeson, President; Mrs. E. W Allen
and Col. Erwin Sfbloy, of Milledge-
ville, Georgia, was appointed by
former Chairman of the Board of
Regents, Mr. Hughes Spalding, to
make provis : on for the portrait.
While the exercises will be open to
the public, special invitations will
be sent to the contributors to the
portrait fund.
Hntory CU Sp«aam Gearfia Prt-
piB at G. S. C. W. Mara tub
■town Sabjert of Talk.
N. W. H
Not only G. S. C. W.—not only
Baldwin County and Milledgeville
but the whole state of Georg'
proud of Leola Selman Beeson. Ap
pearing as the guest speaker at the
Georgia Day Program sponsored by
the H'atory Club in the Auditorium,
Tuesday at chapel time, Mrs. Bee-
ion endeared herself anew to
many friends and the student body
of the college. Having won for her
self an enviable reputation as a stu
dent of history, the P'.story Club was
nroud to be able to secure ner for
this occasion. On the stage were the
officers of th : s club. President.
Oline Chapman, Greensboro; Vice-
President—Frances Dixon, Colum
bus; Secretary—Sue Mansfield, Bay
pity, Texas, Treasurer—Patricia
Madden, Concord; Chairman Program
Committee—Mary Alice Ingram, of
LaGrangc. Proceeding the talk by
Mrs. Beeson, the jun : or orchestra,
under the direction of Miss Hors-
brugh gave several attract've num
bers, these young folks proving each
time they appear in public, what
plendid work they are doing.
Mrs. Beeson was introduced
LEGION GUESTS OF AUXIUAtr
AT GEORGIA DAY PARTY
>r. Gordo* Singbtoa
Speaker a» Gathering Tneaday
Night. Party Gala Affair.
BOXING AND WRESTLING CARE
AT G. M. C. FEB. 23
Coach Butts is sponsoring anothei
box : ng and wrestling card at the G
M. C. evm for Friday night Febru-
ry 23rd. The feature of the car*
ill he a wres*l»n«* match hetweet
Swede O’son, of Mercar and Muf
of G. M. C. A1 Dev no. of
*»ver w ! H wrestle Buster Adam«
•«»i* two hours of enter^ainmen
w*M he given during the amateur
The friend* of Mr. E. N. Ennis
arc glad to know that his condition
is improving following an illness
since Sunday. Mr. Ennis was stricken
suddenly early Sunday and although
bla condition was thought serious,
he has rapidly improved. Monday ho
was brought to his home in this city
from Oconee.
established at Fpring Place,
Mrs. Beeson has studied Georgia
*o, five interesting art’cles
?rning the Homes of Famous In-
ians in Georgia appeared on the
litorial page of the Atlanta Journal,
rr. Beeson has served as historian
•r not only the local chapter of the
D. A. It. but during the years of
1981 and 1932 she was named State
Historian, which automatically made
her a member of the National H
torical Committee.
After her talk, Mrs. Beeson w
presented a lovely basket of gold
rose and pink snapdragons, in a green
basket tied with green tulle. These
flowers were sent her by the four
classes of the college, and were pre
sented by the presidents of the*
classes. Miss Virginia Tanner, presi
dent of the Senior Class, made the
short presentation talk.
BLIND EVANGELIST IN CITY
R. K. Fennille, with his dog which
leads him, arrived in the city Wed
nesday to spend several days and
preach i t the state prison Snnday.
Rev. Fennille and his dog are
known as "Dad and Dude” and they
have traveled in twenty-four states.
He has been preach’ng in prisons
and jail* for thirteen years and has
r thirty-five thousand converts,
home is in Athens, Tenn , and he
travels by hitch hiking and his do**
leads him. He is an in’erestln-
character and wears the convict
garb when he preaches in the pr's-
Carrying out the plan for a Geor
gia Day celebration by every legion
post in the state to emphaisize the
use of Georgia products, the Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary entertained
the members of the Morris-Little
Post at a Georgia products dinner on
Tuesday evening at the Echetah
Country Club.
The honor guest of the occasion
was Hon. Gordon Singleton, of the
state department of eduction and a
k-ad'ng legionaire of Georgia. Dr.
Singleton spoke on the four point
program which its now before Con
gress in regard to legion legislation
His address was interesting and in
structive.
The ball room of the dub was
decorated in the national colors and
the Valentine mot f. The guests were
seated at one table and an all Geor
gia products dinner was served.
At the conclusion of the dinner
Dr. Euri Belle Bolton, head of the
legislative committee of the nuxTary
introlced Dr Singleton. Following
hia address Mrs. George Carp’erter
and Miss Floridc Allen took chargo
and gave a most enterta’ning pro
gram. The program was started with
a stunt entitled "Gathering in tho
Nuts”. Miss Dorothy Smith and M ! ss
Marjorie Sykes gave a beautiful
Spanish dance. Miss Martha Harrison
sang two solos, accompanied at * v •
piano by Miss Evelyn Groover. Mhj.
T. H. Rent* gave a toast to Abra
ham Lincoln and Father T. J. Mc
Namara gave a toast to George
Washington.
After the program danc'ng was
enjoyed until a late hour.
Burglars Monday night forced au
entrance through a window in
rear of the store of Mr. F.
R. Hargrove in West End and stolo
quantity of tobacco and cigaratts
and one dollar from the ca«h reris-
»er. The burglars left no clew* as to
their identity and they have not aa
yet been apprehended by officers of
the law.