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C S. C. W, TO GET
BUILDING FUND
to U»iT«*i*7 Syatcn Ap
pro vr-J by Ca«rt» awl G. S. C.
to Cot f:7S,M0.
Approval of the ioan of $2,8 J 7,-
li to the University S/stem
^ontia war fivon by the Supreme
Coart In** Saturday and the Board
rf Regents win meet Friday to sign
^ necessary papers to make the
(lawi available at once.
TV Georgia State College for Wo-
^ rill receive $75,000 as a grant
lid |200,000 as a loan for the
action of two buildings. Plans
Vve already been approved for the
gilding* and work will be started in
the early fall, 1* S. Fowler, Bursar
e{ the college, said. One of the
losings will be located on the north
a mpus facing Montgomery St., and
trill be used as a faculty apartment
The other builling will face
W’lkinson street. This building
trill be a Health and Physical Edu-
on building and will have a gym-
iuir and swimming pool on the
p-r.jnd floor The building will be
... of the mo.tt modern in the na-
;n for this type of instruction.
Pr. Guy Wells, president of the
liege, was absent from thd city
then the news came that the PWA
•ould ho granted the university
i, but he had previously stated
evVrything was ready for
action to begin as soon as the
was made available. The work
ve employment to n large num
ber of people.
Sowthere Recorder
Fo4oro| £aUUUU j
Judge Park Held
Special Term Of
Court Monday
Four Negro Bo,. Arro.tod tor Burg-
Urizing Grocery Stores Son* to
Training School.
Judge James B. Park held a special
term of Baldwin Superior Court
Monday to hear the pleas of guilty
of four Negro boys arrested by City
Police last week for burglarising the
,0- K. Grocery.
J. W. Sanford, Elbert Veal, Clif
ford Slaughter and Foster McGee
pled guilty to the charges and
Judge Park sentenced them to the
Georgia State Training School for
Boys.
Policeman Cox and Chi«f Broome
arrested the boys last Monday fol
lowing their robbery of the O. K.
Grocery and an attempt to enter the
A&P store the Friday before. The
Negroes confessed following their
arrest. A fifth boy was implicated
but has not yet been arrested.
Miiiedgcvule, Ga., Aigul 2, 1934
CuuMlidutW iu 1872
NUMBER 50
REEMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE
HAS MEETING AND PLANS
DRIVE HERE
Mftcct to Be Opened in V»Hw»r Sec-
tini of The County for Unem
ployed to Register.
The R••-employment National Ser-
re Committee .-net at the court
use last Monday and perfected
in.« to get all unemployed in the
toanty registered and take steps to
*cure jobs for them.
Col. Erwin Sibley was named chair-
an of the committee. Lincoln Mc
Connell, state director, Ben Bethune,
district manager and E. G. Scott,
service officer attended the confer-
Offices for the registration of the
unemployed will be opened at Judge
Bertie Stcmbridges office, R. H.
Irey. Cooperville; J. E. Chandler,
Browns Crossing. The office at the
Oil Mill of C. E. Smith will continue
registration booth. All- unem
ployed who have not already done sc
urged to register, making sure
to state their special qualifications
for any certain job.
Several rerponrible Negroes will
be named this week to receive the
registrations of unemployed negroes
h the county. It is the hope of the
committee that many of the now
tmployed can be placed in jobs.
KtGRO ARRESTED FOR
TELEPHONE ROBBERY
Charlie Miller, n Negro, was
* ? ><1 Monday by Sheriff Haynic
Chief Broome, charged with rob-
Milledgeville Telephone and
‘rraph Co.
Hg'-r prints were found on the
drawer at the Telephone Co..
‘y Mr. Jerome Bnbb. and later when
.Vegro was arrested it was found
it they corresponded wrrth Mil-
. The Negro entered through a
and rifled the drawer of
*2P.00.
IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE
AT black springs church
Improvements are being made at
.* rlc Springs church in East Bald-
Ughts have been installed, a now
f°°- has been built and the interior
now being remodeled. Mrs. Under-
’^ vi - Mrs. Ralph Siirfmerson and
Margurite Simmcrson have
n’aed the work.
nty and city officials
To MEET NEXT WEEK
regular session of the City
' w'Jl be held next Monday
The County Comminsioners
0 f Education will meet
'uesday.
BLUES WILL RETURN FROM
CAMP SUNDAY MORNING
’Two Wwki Spor.t at Camp Fottar
Near Jacksonville, Fla. Local C<
pa ay Makes Good.
The Baldwin Blues will return
from Camp Foster next Sunday
morning after two weeks spent at
the National Guard Camp near
Jacksonville, Fin.
The two weeks of extensive mili
tary training has been very beneficial
to the young men who have been well
and happy. Capt. F. R. Hargrove will
lead the company from th^ Central
depot next Sunday morning to the
armory where the men will be dis
charged.
During the camp the Baldwin
Blues have made a very fine record
and on all occasions have stood out
in tlfeir drills and military muneuv-
ONE THOUSAND MORE CATTLE
EXPECTED IN COUNTY AT
EARLY DATE
•17 Western Beef Cattle Here Al
ready Been Received Here. I
Hundred Came Thursday.
One thousand mom beet cattle
from the drought stricken west will
come to this county for pasturage,
Form Agent Langley has been ad-
Six hundred and seventeen cat
tle have already been received. Last
Thursday a shipment of four hundred
arrived here and Monday they were
sent to the pastures of Dr. H. D.
Allen, Frank Watson and George W.
Hollinshead. The cattle have been re
ceived at the Georgia depot and held
for inspection and inoculation to he
sure they are germ free before dis
tribution to the pastures. The plan
now Is to fatten the cattle and then
slaughter them for canning and dis
tribution to the needy. Baldwn coun-
yt farmers and faming officials look
with favor on the plan to trade the
stock for local scrub cattle before
butchering.
The remainder df the cattle are
expected to arrive at intervals dur
ing the next ten days.
ATTENDING FARM CONFERENCE
IN ATHENS
Farm Agent L. R- Langley aci
panied members of the 4-H Club's of
Baldwin county to Athens Monday to
spend this week attending the con
ference held there.
The club members accompanying
Mr. L»n(rtey were: Ethel Brookin,.
Sarah O'Quinn, Boauford Torrance.
Horace Brooks, and B. A. Hodges.
Various demonstrations will be
held for the young people during
the week.
MAYOR HORNE TO ATTEND
CONFERENCE IN MACON
Mayor J. A. Home will attend a
conference of ^Georgia Majfors in
Macon Thursday. The Mayors will
plan a drive for home rule, hoping
to have legislation enacted at the
next sssion to permit this change.
FIRST FRUITED COTTON
A boll of cotton fully fruited was
brought to town from the farm of
Mr. John Shinholster on Wednesday.
Mr. Shinholster will soon pick out
n bale for market. He had the first
bale in this county last year.
WORK STARTS ON
IRWINTON ROAD
Comity Circa Coatnct foe $5,799
to Mike Start oa Coarinctwa
of New Road la Wilkiam.
The County Commissioners receiv
ed a contract for $5,700 from the
State Highway Department Tuesday
for work to be done on the new
road leading to the Wilkinson county
line.
The first contract will only provide
for a small portion of the work. Ad
ditional contracts ake exacted
monthly until the entire road is fin.
ishel, Chairman O. M. Ennis stated.
Work will be started south of
Camp Creek bridge and the first
allotment wilj be sufficient to cut
the new road through the hill aoi
of*this brilge leading to Scottsue
The entire right-of-way has been
secured for a 100 foot road from
Hardwick to the Wilkinson county
line. The road has been completed
from this point into Irwinton.
This road is a section of the Wood-
row Wilson Highway and leads south
to Dublin.
Judge George Carpenter held
brief session of City Court .Monday
•afternoon. The docket was an
usually light one.
The floor in the dining room of
Atkinson Hall on the G. S -C. W.
campus is-being replaced with a tile
and concrete one. Many repairs
being made on the campus during
the vaction season.
Ginncrs in Baldwin county are get-
ing everything ready for the season
ahead. The Bankhead bill will place
on the ginners many new responsi
bilities and they have been attend
ing a number of meetings to get
all details and instructions.
Mr. R. G. Smith, who has been in
business over twenty-eight years, op
erating a general store and gin, says
the first bale of cotton has never
reached the market before August
1st and never later than August 15.
Mr. Smith thinks the crop this year
will be unusually light. He says the
dry season has been very damaging
and his own farm will be far below
the normal yield.
Work was started Monday tu pave
the road leading to the new
bridge. The lime rock base is being
poured and the workmen are also
busy pouring the center pier .The
contractor* hope to finish the job
by Christmas.
The watermelon crop is on the
wane and soon the final shipments
will be made. This delectable fruit
has been very delicious this year
and greatly enjoyed. The shipments
from Baldwin county have brought
good prices.
Work is progressing rapidly on
...3 new homes of Mr. King and the
Catholic Rectory. Work will be start
ed on the Parish House of the church
next Monday.
A large crowd attended services
Bethel church Inst Saturday when
3 presiding Elder Dr. LnPrade
preached. A delicious dinner was
served following the preaching ser
vice ard the conference was held in
the afternoon.
The candidates are beginning to
make their rounds now. Judge Bo>-
„..., cf Carrollton, candidate for
Judge of the fcourt of Appeals, was
Tuesday meeting our peo
ple. From now until September there
will probably be a number of the
aspirants for office passing through.
Walter McDonald, candiatc for Pub
lic Service Commission, also passed
through town. Mr. McDonald ir
blind, l>ut has been on the confmsi-
for a number of years.
BASTON HATCHERY WINS PRIZE
Baston’s Hatchery was awarded
fifth prize of $25.00 offered to the
Wayne Feed dealer making the most
attractive display of Wayne dog
feeds in the show window.
Mr. Baston used toy dogs of all
breeds and the bags of feed to make
window. The prize was awarded
this week.
DR. WEBBER DIES
AT HOME HERE
DeUk Came ScMcaljr FaRnriaf
a Heart Attack Early TmJay
Maraiaf.
Dr. George Harris Webber, head
of the Department of Psychology at
S. C. W. and prominent in the
fraternal life of the state, died sud
denly at his home in thia city early
Tuesday morning.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock at
the First Presbyterian Church with
Rev. A. G. Harris officiating. A
large assembly of friends paid tribute
to tho beloved educator and hand-
floral offerings bore mute trib
ute to the esteem in which he was
held. Interment was in the City
Cemetery. The following acted as
pall-bearers and honorary escort: L.
S. Fowler, M. R. Bell, F. E. Bone.
L. C. Hall. J. O. Sallee, Erwin Sib
ley, Thomas Meadows. John Riley,
George Carpenter, J. L. Beeson, G
C. McKinley, Kenneth McMIilan, G
E. McWhorter, O. M. Conn, George
Tunnell, Dr. Guy Wells, W. T. Wynn,
O. A. Thaxlon, Dr. E. A. Tigner. E.
E. Bell. M. S. Bell. E. H. Scott, Dr.
R. C. Swint. Dr. George Echol". J-
L. Sibley and L C. Lindsey. The mem
bers of Benevolent Lodge, F. A A
M. and Eastern Star also formed es
cort.
Dr. Webber is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Bessie Webber, a nativ*
t»f Charleston: two brothers, Walter
Webber, of Charleston. S. C., and
John Webber, of Ellaville. S. C..
rister. Mrs. Lottie Welbourn. of Co
lumbia, S. C.
Dr. Webber hnd apparently been
in good health and had made all
plans to leave on his vacation thi»
week. He suffered a heart attack
fcarly Tuesday morning and the fam
ily physician spent more than
hour with him. When the Doctor left
he thought his condition was much
better. Mrs. Webber remained close
to hi» bed side and thought her hus-
‘-and was growing stronger when the
second attack earnl* shortly after
eleven o’clock which resulted in
death
Dr. Webber came to Milledgeville
about eight years ago from Summer
ville, S. C., where he had been sup
erintendent of schools for nine years.
.He took an active interest in the
affars of the G. S. C. W., the Pres
byterian church and fraternal life of
the city He was an active member
of the Kiwanis and has represents
the local club on many occasions. He
was also actively identified with the
Masons, Eastern Star and Knihgts
of Pythias.
A month ago he was elected Aa-
aoeiate Grand Patron of the Grand
•apter of Georgia Order of Eastern
Star. He was a past Worthy Patron
bf the local chapter, and worked ac
tively in all branches of Masonry.
Dr. Webber was an Elder of the
Presbyterian church and Clerk of
the Session. He has represented the
church in all of its higher courts, the
Augusta Presbytery, the Synod of
Georgia, and the General Assembly.
At the recent meeting of the assemb
ly he represented the Synod at this
conclave. His devotion to duty was
in all the churches work and
Interests.
As 1st Vice-president of the Na
tional social science fraternity of Pi
Gamma Mu he had made a wide repu
throughout the nation.
Canning Plant May Be Located
Here By the Government
RAINS BRING RELIEF FROM
-HEAT WAVE
Rains early this week brought
relief from one of the moat severe
heat waves this section has ever
experienced. For more than two
weeks the thermometer registered
dose to or above one hundrcl.
Crops have been scverly dam
aged by the heat and dry weather.
Rains were general throughout the
county and the crops have been
given relief also. Rains are com
ing too late however to help many
of the crops in the county.
PATENTS APPROVED ON
AUTOMATIC GATE
INVENTED NEAR HERE
W. S. Snelgrov* 9t«c«iv«* All Rights
' New Type of Automatic Gate.
W. S Snelgrove received notied
from the government today that pat
ents had been granted on an auto
matic gate invented by him a year
ago.
Mr. Snclrgove went to Washington,
D. C., with Col. Marion Ennis in
ffune 1933 and asked for patent
rights on the gate. The notice c
to Col. Ennis Monday that the pat
ents had been grantel
The gate was built nt Mr. Snel-
grove’s home and has been in
cess'al use for several months. The
gale slides back as the vehicle ap
proaches and after passing through
$loses automatically. People who have
peen the gate operate ray it is the
last word in automatic gates.
Mr Snelgrove expects to begin the
manufacture of the gate at an early
date or to sell the patent rights to
some company new operating.
REV. HARRIS OCCUPIES
ATLANTA PULPIT DURING
THE MONTH OF AUGUST
Services will not be held at the
Presbyterian church on next Sunday
due to the abaence of the pastor Rev.
A. G. Harris, who has gone to At
lanta to preach at the First Presby
terian church during August.
Rev. Jlr. Harris announced that
on the second Sunday Col. Joe Jen
kins would occupy the pulpit at the
church and on the fourth Sunday
Rev. J. M. Branch would be
preaeher. tegular Sunday School and
Y. P. L. services will be held each
Sunday.
iwaan Caanattce, A|«at Lwf.
lay aad Otkar Citiiou Aik Le-
catiai of Uait Han.
L. H. Marlett, representing the
FERA, spent Monday hero in con
ference with a committee of tfcu
Kiwanis Club and other citisenx re
garding the location of one of the
government canning plants in thia
city.
The Kiwanis committee composed
of Erwin Sibley, J. L. Sibley and
Dr. H. D. Allen met with Mr. Mar
lett and went into the matter with
him. Sites were inapecetd for the
location of the plant and cold ator-
age facilities were also Inspected.
ife Atlantic Ice St Coal Co., ad
vised the committee that they would
immediately make available xuffid-
cold storage space to meet the
demands in •'vent the canning unit
was located here. Capt. J. H. Ennis
also tendered the use of his abatoir
for the slaughtering of the beef.
Congressman Carl Vinson promis
ed Ws assistance in locating the
plant in Millidgevilte. The govern
ment has already announced the lo
cation of s43verai of the canning units
that will be set up over the state to
the beef that will be available
from the cattle that has been ship
ped here from the west. A plant has
not been established in the district
which Milledgeville is located and
ce the cold storage space has been
made available, the committee con
siders the chances for the plant to
be established here as good.
If the canning, plant la set up in
Milledgeville employment will be
given four hundred people. Beef cat
tle '.nipped from the West and lo
cated in this division will be stauh.-h-
tered and then canned. The canned
beef will be distributed to the needy
during the winter.
Col. Sibley said Mr. Marlett went
into every detail necessary to estab
lish the canning factory here and
while no assurance had been giv<m,
Milledgeville could fulfill every re
quirement. ,
C. O. Morris, who was injured in
fall fran the river bridge, is show
ing gradual improvement at the City
Hospital.
Mr. Morris sufferel severe injuries
when he fell more than forty feet
while building side walk boxinr. His
condition was thought critical and
recovery almost impossible, but he
has shown improvement and will
probably recover.
COACH BUTTS TO CALL FOOT
BALL PRACTICE FIRST OF
SEPTEMBER
Coach WHlince Butts returned from
a trip through Florida Monday and
announced that candidates for G. M
The death of Dr. Webber brought j C.’s football team would report for
sorrow to a large number of our practice the first week in Septem-
pcople. He had closely woven himself! ^er.
with the life of the communtiy and j n, e first game on the sphelule will
h*s contributed much to the upbuild
ing of this city while a citizen here.
REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN AT
BLACK SPRINGS SUNDAY
Revival services will begin at Black
Springs church next Sunday morn
ing. Rev. Mr. Cloud, of Atlanta, will
preach twice drily throughout the
week
Rev. J. F. McCIuney, pastor of the
rhurch, has announced that services
will be held at 11 o’clock A. M.
and 8 P M. each day. The public
is invited.
be played Sept. 22nd and only thre
-peeks of practice will be possible Le
Tore the sen son opens. The number
of candidates for the team* is
)>octed to be unusually large with the
attractive schedule arranged which
includes a trip to Annapolis to play
the Navy plebcs.
The Jury" Commissioners of Bald
win County will meet on next Mon
day to go over the jury lists of Ok
county, adding names to the box and
taking out names of persons who
have movel away or died sinqp the
last revision.
The members of the commission
are: J. F. Bell; L. H Andrews. W.
S. Wood. John Holloway, C. B. Ivey
and W. H. Stembridge.
NEW CUm PRO TO GIVE
LESSONS FOR JUNIORS
■w »• Cirb i. Cm Fre. CMf
•traction «t Coootrjr Chib, H. O.
Dovk Aimwn.
H .0. Davis, new golf pro at the '
Echetah Country Club, has announc
ed that beginning Saturday he will
give free instructions for boy* and
girls under the ages of fifteen.
The clashes wll begin »t nine
’’clock. Balls and club« will be pro
vided by the club for the youngst-
s.
Mr Davis has announced that im
provements have been made on the\
green and clay cups have been in
stalled. Number 4 hole has been
made a dog leg hole with the chang
ing sf the length and par of th : s
hole. Week-end tournaments will be
held each week with prizes for the
winners.
SERVICES AT EPISCOPAL
CHURCH DISCONTINUED
THROUGH AUGUST
Rev. F. H. Hording, Rector of St.
Stephens Episropal church, has an
nounced that there will be no ser
vices at the church during August.
Rev. and Mrs. Hardng will .<pend
the month in North Carolina where
they will visit relatives.
FAMILY OF COL JENKINS TO
MOVE HERE NEXT WEEK
Col. Joe Jenkins, new president of
G. M. C. will bring his family here
next Monday to make their home.
Col. and Mrs. Jenkins have two
ns, 12 and 16 years of age. Col.
Jenkins and family will occupy the
ipartments in the Old Capitol build
ing.