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A BALDWIN COUNTY
INSTITUTION
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IHi<|wi^ G*., Aaprt M, 19)4
editors of Sixth to Meet
Here Friday Afterrloon
, « of the Sixth Congression-
^ -mct will assemble here Fri-
*> tor the first rtgulir
0*- M nce organization in the
b** ,_nd an interesting program
wW-i planned, with Senator Hich-
M r Russell. Jr., the principal
snJ 3 ‘
5P !!, meeting will be belt
Tr . country Club with the'
session scheduled to begin
JS-thlrtar. Code Problems, re-
especially to compliance will
ZfL main theme of the meeting.
'tZ,tardy. editor of the Galnea -
“T Stum and Georgia repreaenta-
' ,he national labor con-jnlt-
"y,he Graphic Arts Industry and
* ... representative on the Ns-
S' Editorial Association will
on the relation of the N. E. A.
S .he Georgia Press. Gordon
aapman. of the SandemrUle Pro-
will speak on code compli-
ince and enforcement. O. W. Pasaa-
ant regional code administration
will discuss the recent re-
ns of the code and other mat-
... of interest to the editors. Roy
JlrGinty. editor of the Calhoun
cj. will speak on publicity con-
°The address of Senator Russell
,-hich will deal with the recent ses-
lion of the national congress, will
be delivered after a barbecue sup
per is enjoyed. The Senator's address
will be the feature of the program.
About forty editors from over the
district are eyoeeted to attend the
meeting.
TO ADDRESS EDITORS
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HON. RICHARD B. RUSSEL!-, JR.
NEGRO KILLED IN SOUTH
BALDWIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Clairburn Williams and John Henry
Bonnrr Charged With Cutting
John Roach to Death.
Clairburn Williams and John
Henry Bonner. Negroes, are in the
• jail, having been arrested by
Sheriff Haynie on warrants charg
ing them with murder.
The crime with which they are
charged took place Sunday after
noon at Black Spring church in the
Southern part of the county when
Willizn Roach another negro was
cut to death. The cutting followed
i row. which took place between
die negroes. Coroner Newton held
in inquest and rendered a verdict
that Roach's death was the result of
knife wounds inflicted by Williams
and Bonner, and that the same was
murder.
THREE TRUSTEES OF G. M. C.
WERE ELECTED TUESDAY
Col. Marion H. Allen. Mr. Otto
M- Conn and Dr. M. F. Stembridg-
elected members of the Board
rf Trustees of G. M. College for <
tern of six years, to succeed them-
at an election held at the ritv
■* :1 Tuesday. August 28th.
There were twenty-two votes
Polled out of a registration of thirty-
and the ticket was named with-
, opposition. The three trustees
•wried are deeply interested in the
Wcess of G. M. C., and will enter
jp® thtir new terms when th« fu-
progress of the college is most
GOVERNMENT NEEDS FIFTY
FARMS IN BALDWIN COUNTY
E. H. Dawns, Farm Supervisor,
Scekiac Acres for Rehabilitation
Program In County.
E. H. Downs, farm supervisor for
Baldwin and Hancock counties, i:
seeking fifty farms for the govern
ment on which can be placed re
habilitation families.
Mr. Downs is seeking thirty acre
farms to be rented by the govern
ment. The government will take
over the farm, make needed
pairs, provided a three year
tract can be secured. Mr. Downs
said that about twenty families had
been placed on improved farms in
the county a:,d that the additional
farms would be utilized this fall.
Cattle that have been applied for
to be placed with the families on
the rehabilitation farms have not
been received, but it is understood
that herd of Gumseys will be sent
here by the government for these
farm and exchange for scrub cat
tle. This will greatly improve the
dairy cattle of the county.
Promising.
** Srt'DENTS TO BE GIVEN
AID AT G. 8. C. W.
•H students at G. S. C. W. will be
« aid by the federal government
r®* thc n <*xt term. Dr. Guy Wells
•“weed this week.
* out hundred applications
Zu , '' ceived Which far ex-
^ the allotment to the college. A
'"mposed of Dr. Wynn.
C , xton a nd Miss Mary Bums
■TO selected the list to be admitted
^ !Ve federal aid. The enroU-
will be the largest
Mr. Seaborn Lawrence will be
principal of the school at Haddock
at the approaching session, having
recently been elected to and accept
ed that position.
Mr. Lawrence is a degree gradu-
c of Emory University and for the
past two years has been principal
of the school at Deepstep, having
resigned to accept the Haddock
school. He is the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. G. Lawrence, of this
city, and is a young man of high
character, and manhood, and is well
equipped to fill the position to which
he has been chosen. He will carry
with him to his new field of labor
the best wishes of all our people.
WHITE MEN PULL
A HOLDUP HERE
Mr. ud Mr,, w. B. Fraaki Held
Up el FilEag Station Wednee-
day Morning.
Three white men riding in
Pontiac Sedan drove into the filling
station of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Franks
on the Sandersville road Wednesday
morning and after having their
filled with gas and oil held
couple up and took about $12.00 in
cash from them.
Franks, who reported the stick-up
to Sheriff Haynie, said the men got
11 gallons of gas and two quarts of
oil. When they were told the amount
of the bill, thev threw a gun in
Franks face and told him to hand
over his cash. They rifled the cash
drawer and took several packages
of cigarettes while one of thc men
held a pistol on Franks and his wife.
Thc men jumped back into their car
and hurried away.
Franks came to town and reported
the robbery to the Sheriff, who
notified neighboring towns and made
a search for the men. They have not
been arrested.
Voters Here Saturday, Sep&Bth
MARION ENNIS TO SPEAK OVER
RADIO
Col. Marion Ennis, active in the
Pittman campaign, will be one of
the distinguished Georgians to speak
station W. S. B. Thursday night
at eight-thirty in the interest of the
campaign of Judge Pittman.
Teachers Will Be Ghrea Special
Social Science TraiMa|. Dr.
John Wheeler to Confer Here.
Dr. John T. Wheeler, professor of
education at the State University
with an executive of the FERA will
come to Milledgeville one day this
week to confer with Dr. Guy Wells
on plans for the special six day
course to train unemployed teach-
in Georgia to take over the adult
educational program that will be
launched in the state at an early
date.
Over two hundred teachers will
matriculate at G. S. C. W. Septem
ber 10th for a week’s course in so
cial science. When the course is
completed the program to place 1100
teachers over the state for adult
training will be launched. It is plan
ned by Supt. Collins of the State
Department of Education to place
the teachers in ever> county to con
duct classes for adults. The federal
government has appropriated $69,-
000 per month for nine months for
this program.
Members of the college faculty
will direct the training program. Dr.
Wells said.
WILL INTRODUCE PITTMAN
!
JOE ANDREWS TO ADDRESS
EATONTON KIW'ANIS
Joe T. Andrews will be the guest
speaker at a regular meeting of the
Eatonton Kiwanis Club on Thurs
day.
Mrs. W. D. Hardy Named
Acting Relief Administrator
Mrs. W. D. Hardy, who returned
Saturday from Chicago where she
has been studying social welfare
work at the University of Chicago,
immediately called into Atlanta
and named Acting Relief Adminis
trator of Baldwin county elective
September 1st to succeed Mirs Ethel
Helscth, resigned.
Misse Hlseth, who has directed
the relief work here since the gov
ernment took over the administra
tion over a year ago, tendered her
resignation last week. Miss Hclseth
n a vacation and her resigna
tion was announced a tew days
later. There was no reason given
as to the cause of her retirement.
Mrs. Hardy has been connected
with the relief office as a case
worker for several months and early
in the summer left for Chicago to
study. She is an experienced and
trained social worker and well ac
quainted with conditions here.
Mrs. W. E. Ireland, who haj also
been In Chicago studying, returned
Saturday and has been named head
of the rehabilitation work Jii thc
county. Other changes in the office
may be announced later. K '
Until September 1st, Mr. Buddy
Doster has been acting Relief Ad
ministrator.
FIRST BALE OF BALDWIN
COTTON EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE THIS WEEK
Farm Agent Langley has re
ceived four hundred interim
certificates which will be used by
Baldwin farmers to permit cot
ton ginning until the Bankhead
script arrives.
Mr. Langley will issue thc in-*
terim certificates at once and the
first Baldwin bale will be ginned
this week. These certificates will
permit the cotton season to open
in this county. Large quantities of
cotton has been picked out of thc
fields awaiting the gin permits.
Several bales of cotton from other
counties have already been gin
ned and placed on the market
here.
Mr. Langley said the script
sheets would Ir mailed out as
soon as possible and for farmers
not to come to his office seeking
them.
DR. GUY WELLS WILL TALK AT
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Dr. Guy Wells. President of G. S.
C. W.. will speak at the Baptist
church next Sunday morning at
11:30 o'clock in the absence of the
pastor. Rev. L. E. Roberts. Dr. Wells
will be heard with great interest, as
he is a forceful speaker, and it will
be the first opportunity the members
of the Baptist congregation and the
public have had to hear him.
Rev. L. E. Roberts will spend
Merchants Ready for Fall Trade
With Arrival of New Goods
New fall merchandise has been
arriving for several days and mer
chants of the city have been busy
checking and placing in stock the
new merchandise to be ready for
the opening of fall business.
The stores here will have the most
implete stocks in Central Georgia
• ready and anxious to i
ABIT NIX WILL
ADDRESS VOTERS
Speak at Court House at Pitt
man Rally Sep!. 8th.
Abit Nix. distinguished Athens
lawyer, who polled 80,000
the gubernatorial campaign two
years ago. wilL speak at thc Bald
win county Court House Saturday
Judge Claude Pittman will bring
to a close one of the most strenu
ous campaigns u candidates has ever
waged for a high public office when
he comes to Milledgeville on Satur
day September 8th to address the
voters of this section.
Judge Pittman is one of the
forceful orators cl the state and a
campaigner of the old school. He has
been heard by thousands of peo
ple duriiig his speoking tour of the
state which has called for as many
as four speeches a day on several
occasions. He has a strong platform
in the interest of the people of Geor
gia and while he will present his
hopes and desires for the people of
the state, he will also take occasion
to bring to the attention of the
voters conditions in state affairs.
Plans are being made 'or a ca
pacity audience when Judge Pitt-
comes to Milledgeville. The ad
dress will be delivered In the court
room at the Court House at 7:30
'dock in the evening. Loud speak-
rs will be installed in order that
every person who attends ihe meet
ing may hear.
The address here will bring the
speaking tour of the leading oppon
ent of Gov. Talmadge to a close.
COOPERVILLE SCHOOL HOUSE
ENLARGED WITH TWO ROOMS
Schools Ready to Open Sept. 11. No
Chance In Text Books for Grades.
Work will be completed this week
i the construction of an addition
two rooms to the Coopervillc
school house and all will be ready
for the opening of school Sept. 11th.
Supt. P. N. Bivins has announced
that there will be no change in text
books for the first seven grades. The
enrollment is expected to be the
largest in many years.
SCREW WORM ENDANGERS
COWS PASTURED HERE
the demands of the buying public
Several merchants hav * attended the I Sept. 8th. at eight-thirty,
eastern exhibits and pe.^onally se- great Pittman for Governor rally
lected their stocks. The new
chandise is now on display and is
most attractive.
Political Campaigns Reaching
Fever Heat as Election Near s
With two weeks remaining before
the grand march to the polls by
Georgia voters, .andidates for local
and state house offices increased
their .activities and the campaign is
rapidly reaching fever heat.
The five candidates for the two
— | places as representatives of Bald-
Sunday at Powcllton. where he will j w j n j n the state Legislature
preach at home-coming and dcdica-. are the final stretch with
tory services of the Brptist c ” urc £ | an increase in activity. Marion Al-
there. Thc Powellton Baptist church
is one of htem most historic in tl
state, and the services Sunday w
be largely attended, and the occa
jf an > years, the authorities I ion will be a memorable
THURSDAY HOLIDAY
TODAY
•usiness houses of the city
*<' fcJ!' l ** e ^alf holiday which
' r acticed throughout the
Tijj' Thursday afternoon,
to.--. , ''olidays have been the
' r the summer months for
>‘ears, to allow the clerks
Payees to enjoy a vacation
TWENTY CAR LOAD OF CATTLE
TO ARRIVE THURSDAY
Farm Supervisor E. H. Downs, of
thc FERA. has been advised that
twenty car loads of beef cattle would
arrive Thursday to be pastured in
this county. There will be over eight
hundred head in the lot. Most of the
new cattle will be pastured at John
Shinholser’s Georger Hollinshcad
and the Georgia Power Company
farms.
Construction of New
Theatre. Begins Monday
• E McEachren. Valdosta con- ! the Hendricks house is tom down
_ . v:! > rnme here Monday to! thc last wooden structure in the
1 ' dishing the old Hendricks | business section of the city will dis-
. Uncock street in prepara- sapear. The new building wdll be
' instruction*of the n™ one of the most attractive in the
:V‘:' ,’rc building iat is to Sy and will cost S18.000 Two store
M by the Martin Theatres. r0 oms will be in the building in
n'/n ° f the Colonial - addition to the theatre auditorium. w
D Adams, manager of the interior furnishings and fixtures (worked out and the plan will be
%'S, r,y‘fan. | cost approximately 825.000. I
len and Capt. J. H. Ennis, incum
bents. are offering for re-election
on their records and are also favor
ing many major changes in Georgia
laws. Rev. J. F. McCluney, who
served one term in the legislature a
few years ago, is asking the support
of thc people on his record in the
house. C. B. McCullar and R. L. Carr
the other candidates ate waging ac
tive campaigns. Mr. Carr spoke at
Simpson Hall Wednesday night and
outlined his platform which in
cludes abolishing the Board of Reg
ents and Board of Control.
The three candidates for County
Commissioner are quietly calling on
the voters for support. Dr. O. F.
Moran, incumbent, is opposed by J.
O. Etheridge and J. E. Weaver in
race. All three candidates are
well known throughout thc county.
In the race for thc several state
house offices, friends ol* the candi
dates here are making a strong ap
peal for votes. The fir.xt candidate
to speak here was Ed Gilliam, candi
date for Governor, who addressed
the voters several weeks ago. He
was followed closely by Tom Lin
der. candidate for Commissioner of
Agriculture, who is the dirt farmer
candidate in the race.
Friends of Judge Claude Pitman
have announced plans for a great
rally on the evening of Sept. 8th
at the Court House when Jfidgic
Pittman wil speak. Hon. Abit Nix,
of Athens, will also speak on this
program.
The Talmadge Campaign commit
tee in this county arc urging the
voters to go to Macon Monday to
hear yieir candidate.
Next Tuesday Columbus Roberts,
candidate for * Commissioner of
Agriculture, will speak here. Mr.
Roberts is waging a vigorous cam
paign for election.
Other candidates have visited here
from tine to time shaking hands
ith the voters.
TliP campaign is expected to grow
in interest from now until the pri
mary on Sept. 12th.
FERA CATTLE CATTLE TO BE
TRADED FOR SCRUB CATTLE
Farm Supervisor E. H. Downs has
been definitely advised that the
FERA pure bred beef cattle sent
here from the drought areas in the
west and pastured in the county
■ould be traded for scrub cattle
wherever desired.
Complete plans have not been
•orked out but details
C.CC. CAMP NEARS FINISH
The construction of thc camp on
Ennis Heights (o house fifty mem
bers of the Citizens Conservation
Corps is nearing the finish'and it
is understood the young men will be
brought fiere from Crawfordville
next week.
The camp consists of a barracks,
mess hall and bath house. All con
veniences are being installed for the
comfort of the boys who will spent
six weeks here doing reforstry work.
Farmers of Baldwin county re
ceived a warning to be on the look
out for infections among their live
stock caused by thc screw worm.
The fly which produces the screw
worm Invn came into the county
from South Georgia and Florida
and not by the cattle brought here
, from the West. It has been proven
Distjagabbed Athens Lawyer Will and conclusviely shown that the fly
was here before the cattle came. The
western cattle offer an opportunity
for the infection, the sores that were
made by the brand. The fly will
blow a wound on any animal and
lay eggs. The eggs hatch into thc
screw worms within a few hours.
The worm is white and shaped like
a screw. Boring into the flesh it
makes the wound larger and larger
and deeper into the animal.
When thc screw worm infection is
found, the authorities suggest that
the wound be cleaned out and chloro
form poured in. Thc wound should
be washed with a disenfectant and
painted with pine tar. thus keeping
the flies away.
About twelve cows in the FERA
herds have died from the screw
“ orm “ nd authorities are taking
and support Judge I ever y Precaution to prevent further
will be held.
Mr. Nix is a brilliant orator and
has made several speeches here in
the past. He is one of the most con
vincing speakers in the state and
plans arc being made for a capacity
crowd when he comes here in the
interest of the campaign of Judge
Pittman.
Mr. Nix recently announced his
intentions to
Pittman and was named president
of the Clark County Pittman for
Governor club. He has been speaking
over the state for Judge Pittman on
several ocasions appearing on the
ime platform as he will do here.
Mr. Nix is a grand officer in thc
Masonic lodge, a leading Rotarian
and active in the religious and fra
ternal life of the state. He has many
warm friends in this county.
disaster. The flys are blowing the
wounds caused by the brands which
has made the FERA cows especially
susceptiablo.
The footings for- the center pier
of the Oconee river bridge were
completed this week and the con
tractors are now ready to begin with
the main support in the center of
the river.
The engineers predicted that traf-
jfic would be turned on the new
The Board of Education and [structure before December 1st. The
County Commisaioners arc planning steel workers who wilt build thc
i Nursery School for Hardwick In | m0 ,„ section of thc bridge have
'-operation with the FERA. Supt. bTCn notified and they will begin
Bivins has announced. moving equipment this week.
The co-operation of the people of | The base for thc road on either
Hardwick ic urgently requested. Miss j side of the bridge has been finish-
Annfe Harper is assisting in thc or- cd and over half of the concrete
ganization of the school also. railings have been finished.
Registrars Certify to I8IO
Qualified Voters for Primary
The Board of Registrars certified
to the list of qualified voters in
Baldwin County who will participate
the Democratic Primary on Sep
tember 12th. The total number on
the list was 1810.
This figure is less than the num
ber qualified for the primary two
years ago. The largest loss came
in the 321st and 320th districts,
which are the biggest voting pre
cincts in the county.
The following are the number of
qualified voters in each precinct:
105. Underwoods. 11 male. 2-fe
male; 115th. Union Point, 66 male.
33 female: 319th Browns. 32 male.
12 female: 319th Mcrriwethcr. 26
male, 13 female: 320th Milledgeville,
490 male. 4 7 4 female; 321st Hard
wick, 305 le, 153 female: 32nd
Coopers. 78 .,iole. 30 female; 1714
Scottsboro, 55 male. CO femaie.
It is expected that the voting will
be heavy in all precincts with inter
est in local contests taking on life
and the gubernatorial camnaign
drawing added interest.