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MiMferSU, G». r Uj IS, 1S34
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NUMBER 47
Grand Jury Refuses to Approve JURY INDICTS
Employment of County Police; MACONBANKERS
2709 BALES OF W. L. ABen, R V. jokurm, J. H.
COTTONALLOWED
j. Adjourns Wy
^ ltr Esien»»« larnbiabMi
0 [ Counly Affair*.
T-i j-ldnin County Grand Jury
d Tuesday afternoon and
“V ,heir brief prcsentementa to
* te ,rt. Judge Park dismissed the
* „ «ith the thanks of the court,
rie jury spent four days of last
,nd two of this week in an
-tody of county effairs.
?7a-sed a resolution commend-
*e ( county commissioners for
dtf effieii-rrt and economical meth-
^ 0 ^milling the county's affsirs.
1 .. solution followed a study of
* corn'i- government and question.
■ tk( . commissioner*^
ptScr resolutions passed urged the
rmsionem to employ a ma
taux in the collection of advalorem
a^o, and that the county do not
eaploy a county policeman.
The county commissioners previ-
| pt <!y announced that no action woudl
If taken regarding a county police-
can until the grand jury met and
[ that their action would be baised on
! tke jurys decision in this matter, and
Jince the jury did not recommend
, policeman for the county, the com-
tj>ii?ioners will not name a man now.
Mr. R. W. Ivey was reappointed a
nember of the Board of Education.
CADETS RETURN FROM
R. 0. T. C. CAMP
Troty-three cadets of G. M. C.
tetani Thursday from Camp McClel-
I land where they have been for the
ix weeks attending the R. O.
[ T. C. ttmp.
i jeung men made a splendid
[ record danng the six w eeks training
«d won many honors. Due
f to the fact that there were not
I MOafh Junior Units present the G.
I M. C. representatives were placed
| ia the advanced courses to compete
n : or units which are the big
| colleges of the South. Their record
right at the top despite the older
«d more experienced competition.
The young men returning from the
nn P are as follows:
iiarv n H. Baugh, Lewis A. Bran-
t«i, Warren S. Burkholder, Herbert
| -V Chandler, Joseph Coleman, Wins-
I K® Combes. Cason Darden, Wllmer
I towns Thomas Edwards, Mburice
[ Fner. Robert Green. Jr., Roy Hen-
i. Emmett McComb, Lonnie
I Martin. Thomas Meadows, Jack My-
I rick, Louis Norwood, William Fand-
Albert Seifert, Guy Smith.
I George Underwood, Marvin Wheeler.
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j STUDENTS TO RECEIVE
GOVERNMENT AID AT G.S.C.W.
One hundred and twenty students
T :: ' e ^'ven a'd by the F. E. R. A.
lending G.
| ^r®. The young
* ait! after it is shown that they
ttaot receive an education othcr-
• It allotment is made to the
- " ‘ ,0 admit the students nnd
I for tho m certain types of em-
|.Nojir.ent on the campus.
, application for enrollment at
lii .j for the next term is far
1 1 . of ,a ’ year and Dr. Guy Wells |
r aiuch encouraged over the
Ho anticipates a capacity
"ent for the coming term.
BuUcrJ AUotnent AmoniKfd
b F™ Agent Unglejr. Piper*
Expected Within Few Dajrt.
Under the Bankhead Cotton Act
farmers in Baldwin county will be
able to gin 2709 bales of cotton free
of tax.
Each farm will be given an allot
ment by the County Committee on
ti»e same basis that allotments were
made in the cotton reduction and
land rental campaign. In case of con.
tract signers the allotment may he
the same or may be less, which is left
to the judgment or the committee.
Non-contract signers will he required
to furnish the committee evidence of
their past acreage and production
as a base can be established. The
papers for the ginning allotments
have not been received, but it is ex
pected that this work will get start
ed within ten days.
Farmers must have ginning certi
ficates before carrying cotton to the
gin. The gincr will attach n Govern
ment Tag which is tax free. As soon
the ginning certificate is used
Up, the tax will be 50 per cent the
•aluc of the hale and not less than
6 cents per pound.
A GOLF PROFESSIONAL
EMPLOYED BY COUNTRY CLUB
H. O. D«vi. W
m«nt of Cou
This Week.
I Take Over Managc-
try Club Golf Course
C. -McKinley, president of the
Echetah Country Club .announced
this week that H. O. Davis, of At
lanta, has been employed by the club
manager and golf professional.
Mr. Davis comes to the club high
ly recommended and has been the
professional on duty at the Key
course in Atlanta. He will arrive
Monday and take over the work.
Wilson Mason last week won the
Invitation Tournament after he had
defeated Mr. George Fisher.
Five former officers and em
ployees of the Franklin Savings and
Loan Bank of Macon, were indicted
by the Baldwin county Grand Jury
Tuesday charging a felony in con
nection with the sale and offering
for sale storks of the bonk in this
county in violation of the Georgia
securities law.
The five men were indicted last
January charging a misdemeanor
and the Solicitor General, C. S. Bald
win, Jr., asked for the second indict
ments this week to make the offense
a more seridus one.
The indictment charges that the
men offered for "ale and sold stock
of the bank in this county without
proper licenre from the state au
thorities and in v : dst?on of the law
of the state governing the sale of
securities. TMie Franklin bank has
been taken over by the state hank
ing department s ! nce last January
and some of the officers have left
the state.
Johnson and Wright appeared in
court Tuesday afternoon and asked
for a continuance of the trial which
was granted by Judge James B.
Park until next January. The men
were released under a five hundred
dollar bond.
BALDWIN BLUES
LEAVE FOR CAMP
Troop Tran Will Take Local Com
pany to Camp Foster Next Snn-
dav for Annual Encampment.
Fisher (was .low mcdalidt. lAutfcrey
Jones won the second flight and
Billy Alford the third flight Rev.
Horace Smith was consolation flight
winner.
The Baldwin Blues, Millednreville'
historical military company, will leave
Sunday for Camp Foster near Jack-
sonville, Fla., to speiid two weeks
on the annual encampment of the
company.
The company will entrain Sunday
evening and will go to Macon where
they will join other companies of
the 121st Infantry for the trip to
Mr Jacksonville. Capt. F. R. Hargrov
COUNTY DIGEST
SHOWS DECREASE
$3,353,955. Valae of Property ia
County is Returned on County
Tax Digest, Receiver Announces
Mr. Briscoe Wall, Tax Receiver of
Baldwin County, announced that the
taxable value of property in Baldwin
county has been returned and as
sessed at $3,353,956 for 1934.
This figure shows a decrease of
$55,160 in the value of the property
over 1933. In the last four years the
taxable value of the property in the
county has shown a loss of practical
ly a million dollars. Mr. Wall stated.
The vauatbn for 1933 was $3,29R.-
796. The tax accessors have just com
pleted their work and Mr. Wall is
making all entries to turn the books
over to the Tax Collector on the
first of the month.
ENNIS IS APPOINTED BALDWIN
FARM CONCILIATOR
Will A.si.t in
lama Of Fai
A heat wave that has grl
the county since last week has
the mercury above 100 Showei
Wednesday cooled the atmosphere^
a few degrees, but little prospect
is held for a material drop in
temperatures.
The reports recorded by Mrs.
W. G. Lockart show the high
temperatures were: Saturday 101,
Sunday, 100, Monday, 103 and
Tuesday 102.
COURT BUSY WITH
CHIMNAL DOCKET
Adjournment to Come Friday, So
Kcrtor Say*. Murder Trail on
llranda; Scheduled.
Baldwin Superior court will ad
journ Friday afternoon and bring
to an end the regular July term of
court. Solicitor General C. S. Bald-
wil. Jr., who is conducting the prose
cution of the crimnal dcckct this
week, has announced.
The court has been busy with a
crowded criminal docket since Mon
day morning. A number of cases
have been tried involving varied
crimes. The Grand Jury adjourned
Tuesday after returning additional
indictments.
The murder trial of Sandy Wright
set fo r Thursday. Wr’ght.
Marion Ennis has been appointed
conciliation commissioner for Bald
win county, and will have charge of
the Frazier-Lemke farm debt bill, nn
amendment to the national bank-
huptcy act. It will be his duty to as
sist farmers in rearranging their
debt payments and avert foreclosure kaR
on form propcrtic, throw* orronp- R killed T(mi Milrhc ,,.
- Iwrtollment payment* of faldcbt-j oth , r Ntgro ol pint . Rid|r „ , bout
two months ago, the indictment
: charge*. This is the only murder trial
i of the court. The trial of A. E.
Schaefer, also indicted for murder,
has been continued by agreement to
the January term.
Katherine George, the negro girl
who robbed a number of housi
SUPT.B.M. GRIER
SPEAKERATGJLC
i H«W to Gnfaatc at Wo-
■ C*A*(« *■ FritUy. Six Mit-
Mfcvile Giri* ia Chm.
Diplomas and degrees will be
awarded graduates of the Georgia
State College for Women on Fri
day July 20th, when the annual sum
mer session will come to a close.
Supt. B. M. Grier, of Athens, an
outstanding leader in primary educa
tion in Georga, will he the baccalau
reate speaker. L>r. E. II. Scott, di
rector of the school, will preside dur
ing the program. The degrees will
be conferred and diplcftnas awarded
by Dr Guy H. Wells, president of
the college.
Immediately after the graduation
exerciscc the students at the college
will leave for their homes and the
six weeks summer school will be
ended. Members of the college facul
ty will leave the following day for
vacations and study before the fall
semester begins.
In the class that will graduate Fri
day there arc six Milledgeville young
women who arc as follows: Bachelor
of Arts Degree. Catherine Treanor
Cline, Bachelor of Science Degree,
Susie Poole Butts, Evelyn Anne Bone,
Emmie Moran Cook, Inez Murphey,
Mary Elizabeth Willis.
? that each
edness.
Provisions of the Inw
commissioner shall serve for >
year under $500 bond, and shall
ceive $23 for each case handled. A
farmer who places his affairs In
the hands of a conciliator must pay
a fil'ng fee of $10, but no other ex
pense is incurred unless it fc neces-l WestEnd^ few weeks ago.'
”‘ i to the State Training School for
Girls in Atlanta. She pled guilty
TEACHERS NAMED
FOR 34-35 TERM
Board of Edocaton Announces
Election Following Meeting Last
Week.
MRS. MARTHA SIBLEY HONORED
WITH NEW POST IN EDUCATION
Mrs. Martha Sibley l;-s bean elect,
ed Slate Supervisor of Schools for
the state of Maryland and wfl begin
her duties at an early date.
Mrs. Sibley received her Masters
degree in Juno from New York Uni-
creity nnd has been teaching ir.
Maryland for several weeks. She
formerly taught
will be in command and ail arrange
ments have been made to take
company. The Blues are one of the
crack companies of the regiment and
they arc expected to make a fine
record at the camn this year.
The following is the company r
ter:
Captain—Fermor R. Hargrove.
First Lieutenant—William Thomp-
Second I : *»utenant—Malcolm S.
Wilson.
First, Sergeant—Harry M. Har
grove.
Sergeants—John L. Anderson. Cur-
tls L Bass, John M. Blackwell.
Jpne.4 P. Hogai John A. Holloway,
I CO'.
-ihLEY REEMPLOYMENT
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
^ ^''ttone, district manager
* rec ®ployment office, announc-
■ fcwin
Mrs. Sibley has a wide circle of
friends throughout this °tate^ who
will be interested in her recent sue-
lesses. She is the daughter of Mr- J-
L. Sibley of this city and a sisitcr
of Col. Erwin Sibley and Mrs Jose
phine Jennings.
FOWLER SPECIAL LEAVES
FRIDAY MORNING
The Fowler To>
leave Friday morni
where a '
lontinuing
tern trip.
The list of passengers
yet available but
.Tames E Fowler, Leo R. Grimes.
Joseph F. flfeCloney.
Privates First Class—John W.
Baugh. James Harry Braxley. Paul
D. Chandler. Man-in T. Cheney, Acu
M. Collins. John A. Eubanks, Louie
Evans Fowler. Lonnie E. Martin, Of
car Meeks, Eugene B. Vin*on.
Privates—Alexander, George W
Barnes. Alton F.; Baueh. Josenh R
special w’ll Beck. Dorsey: Braxley,
for Chicago Frank: Butts. Will
•ill be spent before
seventeen day
number of Mil*
• .•—-.-in omce, announc- yet avnimu.v — - *,.»._
* *' - ' k that he had named Col. -ledgeville people expec o mn
chairman of the Bald- ' ‘ ,n lh<?
count v
P - Bell. Jr. t
. SiHey ,1
K* «« de
I
Lu«ir
'•onimttee to succeed J.
resigned.
stated Wednesday that
decided whether to ac-
t or not, but that if
I t* L , * did not interfere, he
™»bly Wou , d
take the position.
O-VlNc
Ccl 'ntr
JENNY INSTALLED AT
Y CEUB for kiddies.
/'' :1 • Jenny has been installed
r our,try Club for the chil-
°- the •members. The merry-go-
I 1 has the usual horses and char
an d has proven very popular
little boys and girls.
the 1
trip. Interesting points
visited after the
World's Fair. T!
to Milledgeville early in Au-
will be visited after the party takes
inthe Worid's FairTheparty will
return
gust.
SECOND SHIPMENT OF CATTLE
SEC EXPECTED SOON
loads of cattle from the
epected to arrive in the
»cek. The 119 head re-
...l-od' last week have been plneed in
* r.. on the farm of C. E. Smith,
have been no loase. In the
hut a number of increases
the r arrival here. Six calves
smec t he,r . n ! __ thp w<>ck . The sec-
Four
West ai
county this
ond shipment
w j]| probably number
the same a« the first.
Charle*
Combes,
Copeland. William T.:
Downs, Wilmer M.; Dunn. Robert
T.: Edwards, Vivian T-: Gilea, Mnl-
oolm H.: Green. John C.| Hattaway.
Thomas H.: Harris. James: Hendrick
son. Roy G.: Holton. Archie D.; Hor
ton. Walter: Humphries. William C :
Ivey, Jack; Josey. James E.; Lee.
Cecil J.; Lee, Edwin C.; L-e. Win
fred E.; Meeks. Jack; Myrick. Jack
A • Norwood, .Tames I..: O’Quinn.
James A.; Prosser. Thomas H.:
Pierce. Fleming D.: Rice, Calvin W-:
Trnnille, Arthur C.: Tennillc. Wii-
iiur if-: Thomas. George L : Smith.
Goorgo; Sims, John I-
D R WELLS ATTENDS P. T. A.
CONFERENCE IN STATESBORO
Dr. Guy Wells attends the confer-
cnrI . of Parent-Teachers Associations
n t Statesboro on Tuesday evening.
p r . Well* was the principal speaker
„• n banquet, g'ven at the Teacherr
Coll* gp there.
sary to appoint a trust
If the conciliator fails to work out
a payment plan satisfactory to credi
tors the farmer may take advantage
of the Frazier-Lenke act by which
a moratorium may be declared for
five years on farm debts. Under this
provision the farmer may retain pos
session of his property by payment
of as little as six per cent on thci jjn,. Herndon and her sis-
principal and interest of his indebted- w
three counts.
Harvey Wynn, on trial for assault
with intent to murder, was given a
sentence of from two to three years.
Wynn was driving the car that collid
ed with the car of W. C. Herndon
the Sandersville road, seri
ness each year.
Judge Bascom Deover named Mr.
Enn r s to this new post and he will
be glad to confer with farmers need
ing his service. Mr. F. *'is is one ol
the county’s leading y«ung attor
neys.
DR. WELLS SPEAKS AT GEORGIA
COLLEGES
Dr. Guy Wells was the principal
speaker on Friday at the dedication
of the Rural Center at the Stat<
Teachers and Agricultural College
for Negroes at Forsyth.
Or. Monday Dr. Wells spoke before
the students of West Georgia Col
lege at Carrollton. Dr. Well* i?
recognized ns one of tbc outstand
ing educators in the South and a
leader in the new educational pro
gram in Georgia.
The Tax Accessors of the City of
Milledgeville ore now in session and
going over the tux returns of the
city. The members of the hoard arc*
Joe T. Andrews. Hugh T. Cline and
J. F. Bell, Jr. They will finish their
work early in August.
ter. Motion for a new trial has been
filed.
The court has had a large num
ber of cases charging robbery this
term. The crimnal session has been
one of the busiest in years.
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE AT
M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
Dr. W. H. LaPrad* to Praacb at
Morning Services of Church. C»n- j
ferenee in Afternon.
The Board of Education in special
session last Wednesday elected teach
ers for the Baldwin county school
system for the term of 1934-35.
Supt. P. N. Bivins said the perso
ns]] was practically the same as last
year and that he believed the county
had an unusually strong teaching
staff.
Plans arc being rapidly perfected
for the next term and during Au
gust truck routes and drivers will
be settled.
The following are the teachers for
next t«rm:
Cooparvill*
Mr. L. D. Langley, Principal; Mr.
A. Bloodworth, Assistant Princi
pal; Assistants—Miss Thelma Cole-
Miss Betty Snead, Miss Evelyn
Humphrey, Miss Iris Wilkinson.
Midway
Mr. G. H Markey, Principal; As-
sisrnts—Mrs. B. J. Wells, Mrs. Em
mie L. Cook, Miss Evelyn Holt, Miss
Marguerite Simmerson, Mrs. Robert
Asheficld, Miss Inez Murphy, Miss
Elizabeth Fraley; Mrs. Dennis Ivey,
Supernumerary.
Mariwathar
Mattie Lou Ivey, Principal;
NAT HARDING REPORTED
IMPROVING IN MACON
Nat Harding, the son of Rev. nnd
Mrs. F. H„ Harding, is muchly im
proved following an. operation at the
Middle Georgia Sanitarium in Mu
on Saturday. The young man
has been in a critical condition for
several days but it is thought
that he will recover.
MONEY ORDER FEE
CHARGED
Post Master E. A. Tigner has an
nounced that effective August 1st
fee will be charged for cashing
money orders drawn on other offices.
The fee will be the same as that
charged hy the office for issuing the
money order and will be chnrged
all money orders except those
drawn on the office cashing the or-
Dr. W. H. LaPrade, Presiding El
der of the Augusta District of the
North Georjrfn Conference, will
preach at the Methodist church next
Sunday morning and will conduct! Miss Mable Pearson, Assistant,
the regular quarterly conference on j Scottaboro
Sunday afternoon. I Mrs. Dixon Williams, Principal;
Rev. Horace Smith, pastor of the ! Miss Rosa Bowdoin, Assistant,
church, has cordially invited the: Union Point
public to attend the services on Sun- j Mr. Holland Strother, Principal;
day morning. Dr. LaPrade is one of Ass : stants—Mrs. Holland Strother,
the outstanding preachers of the | Miss Mildred Veatch, Miss Louise
Methodist church. j Morris, Miss Mamie Torrance, Jr.
At the conference Sunday after j Eddy High School
noon reports of the various depart-! T. E. West, Jr., Principal; Mamie
ments of the church w II be made. Anderson. Frances Pritchard, Annie
and matters of interest to the church Waller, Arzella Reese, Sallie Davis,
will be discussed. | Magnolia Willis, Genie Andrews,
Dr. LaPrade will preach at the Ellen Shirley, Rosalie Lofton.
Hardwick Method ; st church Surday|
evening at eight o’clock and hold the 1 YOUNC MEN SENT TO C. C. C.
conference •following the servies. ' CAMP FROM COUNTY
Rev J M- Guest, the pastor ha* an- ■
nounccd. Twenty-seven Baldw : n county boys
Saturday the conference will he W ere sent to Soperton, Ga, early
held at Bethel church and Dr. La-1 Tuesday morning where they will be-
Prade will also preach. come members of the Citizens Con-
' .srvatian Corps. The young men were
MR. R. B. MOORE IMPROVING AT recruited through the FERA office
HOME HERE a nd have been sent to the camp for
Mr. R B. Moore, scrior editor ol" six months or longer.
The Union-Recorder, is regaining his j The boys left here before day
strength and his condition is great-, Tuesday morning via truck. This is
ly improved. He has been at his home the second enlistment in the C( C
for about ten days and for several from Baldwin county,
days hu condition was critical. It is
hoped that he will return to his de.*-k
within a short time. The expressions
of interest and kindness shown Mr.
Moore are deeply appreciated.