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CaMlM»u4 in 1872
NEW THEATRE TO
be built soon
n F Mirtm Sptai Day H«r* L
% re p»r.tioa far Madam Tkemtre
Building. •
r Martin .president of Martin
tf^tres Inc., owner, of the Colonial
«P«“ !e '"’ 1 * mn °‘
—day in lbe dty n '* kil '* 1
T®, he construction of a new t
in Milledgeville.
., r yurtin came here from
j fr8 the construction of a
i“L* bouse he. inat been
jj-d .nd w«a opened Monday.
fLfcnt of the company Mid plans
Sheen finished and it was the hope
the company to he pin conotiuc-
L i„ the immediate fotnre.
The purchase of a centrally local-
. ioco Of business property is non
under negotiation and the sale will
10 concluded soon whereby the
theatre pronle will acquire the Her,
drick- property on Wayne street.
TV purchase price wes not
sourced. The present buildin E
V demolished and an entirely new
stedern structure will be ereo
„ t several hundreds people.
The theatre manager else stated
that vaudeville will he added to
procram when lie new theatre
completed. Frank D Adam-, local
sianacer. stated that no definite an
nouncements were ready to be mode,
but it was positively decided to erect
0 r-w huildinq and the property had
be-n acquired. When the wirl; will
V started was not ready for
noun cement.
i Dub-
The
TWENTY-SEVEN FAMILIES ARE
BEING AIDED IN THS COUNTY
Farm Rehabilitation Program
crtiitt and Work ProfrnuM
Rapidly With New Daal.
The farm rehabilitation program
recently inaugurated under the di
rection of the FERA is growing and
making splendid progress. Twenty-
aeven families are now being given
aid in effort to improve and aid
agriculture.
The original program allctcd
families and this figure has been
trippled with the possibility of
other inciease in July. Under the
plan farm homes are being improved,
farm implements are being furnished
in many instances mules and
are being provided. The plan
re-estalrii"h the family on the
so that they can be self sup
porting and be taken from direct re-
f rolls.
DR- GUY H. WELLS TO
ARRIVE NEXT WEEK
Dr. Guy H. Wells, newly elected
president of G. S. C. W., will ar
rive the latter part of next wtek
to assume his duties as head of the
college on July 1st.
I)r. Wells is expected to make
I'veral important announcements
on his arrival. Between now an<
September he will visit several lead
universities in the east and west
to -ot ideas for the new program
to he inaugurated tot the college
his administration.
J. L. Beeson will become
Trident emeritus and it is under-
«0'.i] will teach one or two classes
m tho department of chemistry.
CEORCE DUBOSE DIED IN
SOUTH BALDWIN FRIDAY
r ge DuBose, aged 52, died at
•' 5 home in South Baldwin Friday.
lir ’ n 15th. The funeral nnd burial
WT.icr. were held at Oak Grove
• f thodist church and cemetery Sat-
ur ca v morning, June 16th.
DuBose’s life was spent in the
heiphhorhootl in which he died, where
" iraged jn fanning.
is survived oy his wife, three
” 1 -* i-°uie and M. DuBose, of this
Wtiniy, and Ernest DuBose, of Ma
il one brother, B. P. DuBose
county.
M this
JAM « McMillan operated on
,N ATLANTA WEDNESDAY
-if. Tames McMillan was operated
p? y-lnesday, June 20th, at the
J*'Jmont Hospital in Atlanta for an
! 0n on,J W® l«ff* caused by
. ' "nirv received several years ago.
• r - McMillan will be in the hospital
* ever *l weeks.
Masons To Cebbrabe Centennial Of Occupancy
Of MasIn This City On Friday
NUMBER 43
Masonic Building In Use IOO Years
W. M. IOO Years Ago
JUDGE IVERSON HARRIS
200 BEEF CATTLE
TOPASTUREHERE
Cattle fram Vest te Arrive ■
Coaly Next Week. WiH Be
Reined Vkea Droeyit Eads.
Two hundred bead of fine beef
cattle will arrive in the county next
week from the west to be pastured
until the conditions caused bv the
drought in the west have improved
and they can be returned, L. R. Lang
ley was advised when he was called
into Atlanta Tuesday.
The plan to ship dairy cattle in
to the state for salt and distribu
tion to needy families has definitely
been abandoned The beef cattle will
be pastured in this county
Mr. Langley was called into At
lanta ‘Sunday and advised of the
plan and he immediately secured pas
turage for six hundred cattle. Fif
tc-en thousand head will he shipped
into Georgia and plaecd in various
sections of the state. It was thought
that five or six hundr-d would be
shipped here. The cattle will begin
rolling Saturday and are scheduled
reach here about the middle of
next week Mr. Langley will make
plans during this week for the pas
turage.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Beeson have
moved back to their home on Co
lumbia street, leaving the Mansion
where they made their home while
Dr. Beeson was president of G. S.
C. W.
Dumg the time they lived in the
Mansion they restored the building
and furnishings to the charm and
dignity of the ante-bellum days. The
history and significance of the
home were close to their hearts and
they tried in every way to restore
the charm and beauty.
Abit Nix To Be
Guest Speaker
On Program
Members of Benevolent Lodge
No. 3, F. &. A. M., Temple Chapter
No. 6, R. A. M., and of the Su
preme Council No. 5 will join Fri
day evening in celebrating the
hundredth year of the occupancy of
the Masonic building here.
Abit Nix, Senior Grand Warden
of the Grand Lodge of Georgia, will
be the principal speaker of the
casion which will be attended by
Masons from all sections of the
state and high officials in the Grand
Lodge and Grand Chapter of Geor
gia.
Joe T. Andrews, Worshipful Mas
ter and John Riley, High Priest,
have charge of the arrangements.
A barbecue supper will be served
early in the evening preceeding the
formal program which will be held
in the lodge room of the Blue
Lodge.
The program in the lodge roon
will have historical significance in
that the Worshipful Master, Joe
Andrews, who will make the ad
dress of welcome is the great
grand-son of Judge Iverson Harria,
the master of the 1 *ge when the
building was first occupied.
Andrews and Dr. T. M. Hall,
grandson, will present to the lodge
a portrait of Judge Harris.
Another feature of the program
will be the presentation and unveil
ing of a group poitrait of the three
living past grand officers who
members of the lodge. Joe A.
Moore, past Grand Master and Past
Grand High Priest, J. F. Bell, past
Grand Commander asd now a mem
ber of the Grand Chapter and H.
S. Jones, past Grand Commander of
the Grand Commandery, will make
up the group in the picture. This
picture will be presented by I)r. J.
C. Wilkinson and will be accepted
by Mr. Andrews.
The address of Mr. Nix will cli-
ax the program* Mr. Nix is on
interesting speaker. Hon. Guy Luns
ford, Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, will also be
present.
During the program Mrs. R. E.
Long and Mrs. L. P. Longino will
give musical numbers.
The Masonic building is one of
the most historic in the city. Con
struction w*is begun in 1831 with
funds provided from n lottery
authorised by an act of the legisla
ture. Three years ago the Masons
celebrated ihe laying of the corner
stone. During the long history manv
famous Georgians have received
Masonic degrees in the lodge
here.
The meeting this week is expected
to be one of the largest attended
nd most important in the Masonic
history. Elaborate plans ar* being
made to make the occasion a great
success.
Principal Speaker
BUSINESSMAN
ENDS OWN UFE
PM Wood Fatal to Fiord Fred-
mkk. FbhvI Swricci HeU
Floyd Frederick, prominent broker
•nd business man, was found fatally
wounded at his home late Monday af
ternoon and a eornoners jury Tues
day morning rendered a verdict that
he had met death by his own hands.
Mrs. Frederick and Mrs. Lewis
Home returned home from the mov
ing pictures late in the afternon and
found the body. Mr. FYederick had
been dead more than an hour when
found, physicians said.
Funeral services were held Wednes
day morning from the residence,
Rev. A- G. Harris, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, conducting the
ce. The grave service was con
ducted by Father T J .McNamara,
he Cath^ic church. The follow-
acted a* pall-bearers and hon
orary escort- Mo«*rs. M. R. Bril, F.
R. Mnlni*.-. C. J. Corn, E. K Pell.
J. F. Muidrow. Dr. Richard Biniin.
’. Cline. W. A. Walker, T. H.
Clark, H. G. Bone, J. H. Ennis. R
W. Hatcher, A. J. Carr. A. F. ta-
ner, L .S. Fowler M. II. Bland.
Mr. Frederick came to this city
from Macon several years ago and
entered the borkerage business. Two
years ago he was a candidate for
the legislature. He was active in the
business, social and professional life
and made many warm friends while
He is survived by his wife who
was Miss Mary Home, two sons,
Owen Frederick, of Portsmouth, Va.,
Floyd. Jr., of this city, his mother,
Mrs. Frances Frederick, of Butler.
Ga.; two sisters, Mrs. Martin Chap
man. of Butler, Ga., and Mrs. J. D.
Owens, of Macon.
ATTENDING SUMMER SCHOOL
Marvin Hall and Curtis Veal are at
tending summer school at the Uni
versity of Georgia.
CONGRESS ENDS .
BUSY SESSION
19 Major AttwfM—k af tk*
73rd Csafina Oatfawd. New
Deal Wei « Way.
The second session of the 73rd
Congress became history Monday
night when adjournment came after
rapid fire closing session. The
w deal program outlined by the
president was made law and many
major changes were effected.
The irfajor accomplishments of
the 73rd session were:
1. Made record appropriations of
$5,pOO,000,000, more than half of
which was set aside for aid to the
destitute. The sum amounts to *40
for every man, woman and child in
the United States.
2. Passed the stosk market control
■bill bringing the nntion’s securities
bxchanges under federal regulation.
Passed reciprosal tariff bill au
thorizing President to reduce or in
crease tariffs 50 per cent and make
“Yankee’* trade agreements wiih
other nations.
4. Passed gold reserve act reduc
ing gold content of the dollar to
59.06 cents and estabtishiny a $2,-
000,080,000 stabilization fund by
setting the price of gold at $35 an
ounce.
Passed silver purchase bill au
thorizing nationalization of silver
and establishing a bi-metallic reserve
composed of 25 per cent silver nnd
75 per cent gold. Use of legislation
is discretionary.
6. Passed general revenue bill
providing for taxation revenue of
$417,000,000 annually.
7. Passed communications control
bill placing the nation’s’ radio, tele
phone and telegraph systems under
federal regulation.
8. Passed administration air mail
bill establishing a new policy of ail
•mail contract awards and appoint
ing a commission to study the mat
ter and report back to the next
congress with recommendations for
corrective legislation.
9. Passed treaty navy construc
tion bill authorizing prescribed by
London naval treaty.
10. Passed farm relief measure—
p one year; measure bringing cat-
ton production to 10,000,000 bales
>ne yaar; measure bringing cat-
under the agriculture adjust
ment act; hill placing sugar produc
tion and importations on quota
basia.
11. Passed Home Owners Loan
Corporation bill guaranteeing bonds
of the HOLC and providing $200,
000,000 for rehabilitation and mod-
000,000 for rehabilitation and mod
ernization.
12. Crime bills—giving federal
govemmest power to act and pun
ish cases of organized crime by in
voking the interstate commerce,
mail and national banking laws.
13. Passed bill giving Philipine Is
lands independence.
14. Passed bankruptcy
providing for adjustment of
nicipal and corporation d
through revision of the present
bankruptcy laws.
15. Passed a bill extending for one
year temporary provisions of fed
eral deposits, insurance bill and in
creasing government guarantee ol
deposits from $2,500 to *5,000.
16. Tassed regular appropriation
bills.
17. Passed administration substi
tute labor resolution aimed at halt
ing the threatened steel strike and
averting other industrial conflicts.
This was ‘Ynust” on President
Roosevelt’s list.
18. Passed bill to pay compenra-
tion to widows ard children of war
veterans who served before Novem
ber 12. 1918.
19. Passed *580.000.000 direct
loans to industry bill to finance pri
vate corporations.
ENGINEER FALLS
AT RIVERBRIDGE
H. M. Sweat, HEgfcwiy Eagiseer,
ia Critical Cocrftioa at City
Httplal.
H. M. .Sweat, highway engineer,
was serionsly injured Tuesday af
ternoon when he fell into a hole
that bad been dug for a concrete
pier that will support the new
bridge at the Oconee river on the
east side of the river, while on an
inspection visit of the work in
progress on the bridge.
Mr. Sweat was rushed to the City
Hospital where he is in a very se
rious condition, physicians said.
Several bones were broken and it
wag believed his back was fractured.
Mr. Sweet ia division engineer of
tho state highway department, pnd
was making a regular inspection of
the work. Holes had been dug on
the east side of the river in which
concrete piers will be set to support
the bridge approaches. The bottom
of the hole had been filled with
rock to produce a rock foundation
and Mr. Sweat was inspecting this
construction when he lost his bal
ance and fell thirty feet into the
hole. Getting him out was dif
ficult, but he was rushed to the city
hospital for treatment.
INVITATIONS MAILED FOB
TOURNAMENT IN JULY
Golfer* From Neighboring Citioa
Will Take Port in First Invitation
Tournament at Echotah Club.
Invitations were mailed this week
to tv/o-hundred golfers in neighbor
ing cities to take pari in the Eche-
tah Country Club’s first “Invitation
Tournament” which will be held on
July 4th and 5th.
Qualifying rounds will begin on
July 2nd and plans have been made
for special entertainment for the
viisting golfers while here. On Mon
day evening a swimming party will
be given the visitors and Mayor J.
A. Home will make the official wel
come of the city.
The match play will begin at 1
o'clock July 4tb.
Prizes are being offered the
player making the low score and
a hole in one. A eup will be award
ed a team of four making tha low
est score of the tournament.
On the evening of July 4th a
danre will be given in honor of th«*
visitors. Letteis from a number of
Georgia cities have indicated inter-
est and it is expected that a large
number of out-of-town golfers will
take part Jn the tournament
George Fisher chairman, Rev.
Horace Smith, Wilson Mason and X.
H. Reynolds are members of the
commttee on arrangements. Cul-
Kidd, Billy Jett, Bill Fraley and
Col. Erwin Sibley are members of
the entertainment committee.
Wind storms accompanied by
heavy rains continued to do damage
throughout the county. A deluge
early Monday morning caused dam
age to county roads and crops in
several sections.
REV. SMITH WINS ECHETAH
CLUB GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
—•r Flight. Will Com ti
During this Week. Prism
Awarded Newt Week.
Rev. Horace Smith won from Wil
son Mason in the 36 hole match play
for the Echetah Country Club golf
championship on last Friday. The
score was 7 down and six to play.
Matches in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th
flights will be completed this week.
Dr. Dawson Allen is scheduled to
play Maj. Fred Josc-y for the 2nd
flight championship Thursday, but
a default to Dr. Allen Is probable
since Maj. Josey has left the city.
A. D- Yates will meet L. H. Feese
;n the semi-finals of the third flight
and the winner will play Red Mc-
Kright for the flight cnamponship.
In the 4th flight Culver Kidd and
Billy Scott will play Thursday af
ternoon for the championship in th : s
flight. Culver Kidd defeated Carl
Massey and Bill Scott won from
Johnny Overstreet i' the semi-finals.
The tournament ill be finished
this week and the cups an^ other
awards to the winners will b** made
i Momdaj week.
Unusual interest has been shown
throughout the tournament and the
play has been unusually close and
exciting.