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tfADSV ®5e Utticm-ftrrorfoer A BAIAMM COUNTY « VHICwOmI VOLUME cv. otSTtoW ballottuesday. C,,eral Electin Not Tania?, No«mber SA. AS hnMi fill OpetJ fn V«ha Voters in Baldwin «H.nty will go „ .w. polls again next Tuesday to „d their ballots in the general eleo- tvhen the state ticket oirinat- J in the primnry of September wffl S orriciaJly elected. Txr ticket will have only the nageratic ballot headed by Gov. SL* Talmadge printed on it. ££ have been no Republican or L-endent candidates to qualify. Z leeetlon will be more or less c forrwhty since no contests have de- alopcd and a big vote is not expect- constitutional amendment (J | appear on the ballot which will ssitate the only scratch on the r t. The amendment allows the , nf Griffin to increase its bond- debt and in purely a local mat- judge Bertie Stembridge. Ordi- nrv. has completed all plans for the dtetion and every precinct will be Milledgeville to Welcome "Cade” damages sought for mans DEATH CAUSED BY FALL AT BRIDGE Widow of Late H. M. Sweat Sae (or $69,504. Contractors and In suranc* Company Defendant*. Mrs. H. M. Sweat, widow’ of»i mer resident engineer of the ifte Highway Deaprtment who illa-d hr. June while inspecting nstruction of the new bridge span- g the Oconee River, has filed suit Baldwin Superior court for 569,- 14 damages as a result of her huo- ind's death. Cornell-Young Construction Co., Btractors in charge of the bridge; t Maryland Casualty Co., and I. Fann were named defendants in e suit. The petition alleges that Mr. Fann ad betn hired by the construction bun. off the tops of led piling in a coffer dam at the idge site, and that in doing me from his torch so weakened • support of a ladder that it fell ien Mr. Sweat attempted to hurling him about 25 feet to the ittom of the excavation. The accident occurred on June 19 Mr. Sweat died three days later. Sweat is represented by the of Sibley and Allen. STATE LEGION COMMANDER TO BE ARMISTICE SKAKER Nwm to Be Held Monday Nee. lMfc Iwlctd ef Armktfae Day Nev. life. De Lacey Allen, of Albany, who assumed office as State Commander of the American Legion, at the close of the National Convention in Miami Thursday will make the Armistice Day address at Milledgeville on Monday, November 12th, under au- spicies of the Morris-Little Post Number 6 here. State Commander Alien will outline his plans for the Legion in Georgia during the com ing year at that time. The program is being arranged by Mrs. Sam Terry. President of the Legion Auxiliary here. Commander Ben E. Harrison of the local post will preside. The exercises will be held in the auditorium of the Geor gia State College for Women and will be followed by a parade of the students of both colleges and all civic organizations to the Fair grounds where Commander Allen will officially open the American Legion District Fair which com mences that day and runs the bal ance of the week. Milledgeville Masons have been uding the meeting of the Grand Ife of Georgia which was in ses- i this week in Macon on Tues- and Wednesday. A number of members of Benevolent Lodge ■ been in attendance at various s during the meeting. Mr. Joe Moore, past Grand Mas- °f the Grand Lodge, has st- Jrfed throughout the session. Past lers of Benevolent Lodge who attended are: F. R. Hargrove, _ B Wood. L. L. Beck, J. T. Mc- Jkn. Sidney L. Stembridge and jn Riley. Joe T. Andrews, pres- 1 Master of the lodge and Joe ■^-t. an officer of the lodge, have 1 torn in attendance. being rapidly carried new ’-loving picture ir*-’-.' bc : -” erected in R. E. Martin. The I be beautiful in design and I’- 1 * 0 "'ith two floors—on the ! r will be the lobby and rooms, with office rooms '- ,p ond floor. 'ditorium will be attractive ' ' ;,t *ng capacity of more than v'nd- "* building when completed will ^to unusually handsome struc- a credit to the city. JJ* GE OFFICIALS ATTEND 1 ' ATIONAL CONFERENCES G u.v Wells has been absent ’he city this week attending ■iucational conferences held 1(,L: sections of the state. f, !rly part of the week he Lyons for the first district He was accompanied by Little and Miss Giissie ■tor in the week they at- ; be fourth district confer- Waycross. Miss Clara Mor- p ded this meeting, day and Saturday Dr. Wells ' Part in a civic education -p to be held in Atlanta. °f the faulty will also at- conference. BAPTIST TO MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR ELECTION Deacons and Officers to Be Elected. Decision to Be Reached Concern ing Pastor of Chnrch. The members of the Baptist church will hold their annual conference >n next Wednesday evening at the :hurch following the regular week day prayer service. The members of the Board of Deacons will be named and ail officers elected. A decision will also be reached con cerning in the election of a pastor of the church. The annual meeting is usually held the first Wednesday in October, but was delayed this year when Rev. L. E. Roberts announced that he would not seek re-election as pastor of the church and expected to retire from the ministery. On last Sunday the workers coun cil of the Baptist Sunday school voted to recommend the following officers to the church confer*!ce for election for the coming year: James McMillan, Superintendent; Joseph A. Moore and Joe F. Mul- drow. Assistants; T. D. Daniel, Sec retary; Mrs. L. C. Wall, Mrs. Bessie Lawrence, and Miss Gattie Patter son, Department Heads; Mrs. Roy Nelson, Jr„ and Miss Louise Jeanes, Pianoists; Sam Terry and H. B. Chapman, Choristers. The recom mendation is tantamount to election. Officers, Deacons, Ushers and De partment Heads will be named at the conference. It was stated that no decision had been reached regarding the call of a pastor of the church. It is understood that the resignation of Mr. Roberts will be accepted and a committee named to recommend a new pastor of the church. GHOSTS WALK IN MILLEDGEVILLE WEDNESDAY, HALLOWE'EN NIGHT. In keeping with the custom that has been handed down from genera tion to generation, Wednesday night was the night for spooks, and ghosts to prowl and Milledgeville had her share as Hallowe’en was celebrated throughout the city. The prowling of ghostly figures and the antics of youthful pranksters were in evidence a« soon ns the shades of night btgin to fall. The children made great sport of the occasion and in their costumes they went about the city making merry. Manv parties celebrating the oc casion were also in progress through out the city and Hallowe'en was celebrated in gay fashion. The stud ents at both colleges also enjoyed the occasion. Barbecue Will be Served Visitors With Four Capitols* Motorcade Milledgeville is ready to welcome several hundred visitors who con gregate here at noon today, Thurs day, in celebration of the comple tion of the all paved route from At lanta to Savannah. The motocaders come from Atlanta. Savannah and other cities in Georgia to join In the big celebration sponsored by the Atlanta Constitution and Savannah Morning News and !*ess. Mayor J. A. Horne will head the del •Ration nf citizens who will go out to the Eatonton highway at elevein o’clock to meet the caravan from Atlanta that wil lhave Sena tor Richard B. Russel, Jr., and Gov. Eugene Talmadge in the party. The caravan will come into the city along Columbia street led by the Milledge- vllle delegation and a police escort. From Columbia they will move down Hancock to the buisness sec tion and then to the G. M. C. cam pus where CoL Joe Jenkins, the faculty, Capt. Mansfield and the cadet corps will salute the digna- taries as they pass through the grey clad column that will deploy on either side of the road. The cadet bar.d will secrenade the visitors as they pass by. The old Capitol build ing, erected as the permanent capitol of the state, will be the point of inter est to the visitors at this point. From G. M. C. the procession will pass the one time home of Senator Wil liam G. McAdoo and then go to the G. S. C. W. campus where over one thousand Georgia girL will cheer them and then serve a delicious dinner to ti/e gi"-rts. Otiier points of interest in Mil ledgeville will be viewed including the old Governor’s Mansion as the line of cars pass out of the city on to Savannah. Mr. J. L. Sibley has charge of the program of enter tainment. He has arranged for all the school children to line the c pus of each college and give a lute to the visitors. Stunts which depict Milledgevllle’s brilliant his tory will be given during the visit of the guests. Other members of the entertainment committee are Capt. Frank Mansfield, Dr. E. H. Scott, Dr. W. T. Wynn ar.d Maj. Godfrey Osterman. Leaving Atlanta in the early morn ing the motorcade will arrive in Milledgeville about 11:30 after stops in Covington, Madison and Eatonton. The reception committee will be composed of Mayor Horne, Col. Joe Jenkins. Dr. Guy Wells, R. B. Moore, V/. G. Johnson, O. M. Ennis, Dr. O. F. Moran. C. C. McKinley, Bloomer Dumas, Culver Kidd, J. H. Ennis. Marion Allen, Carl Vinson, O. M. Conn, Judge E. R. Hines, Judge Bertie Stembridge, Erwin Sibley, E. E. Bell, R. W. Hatcher, J. C. Cooper, C. H. Whitefield, Carlisle Giles, Frank Bell, Dr. Richard Binion. George Carpenter, and A. J. Carr, Jr. Dr. E. A. Tigner has directed the publicity for the motorcade. Other committee members assisting in ar rangements for the motorcade are: T. H. Clark. Miller S. Bell, Jon Hutchinson. L. N. Jordan, F. F. Starr, Jr.. William Fraley, Jon Hutchinson, David Butte, W. H. Ar- nall, W. J. Haynie, Cason Black, Jim Smith. W. B. McKinnon, J. T. An drew’s. R. H. Wootten, W. L. Ritchie, C. J. Conn, Marion Ennis, J. F. Bell, Jr„ H. S. Wootten. Ralph Simmerson, C. N. Chandler, T. H. Rentz, and E. R. Hines. Mrs. C. B. McCullar, Miss Elizabeth Mangham, Jere N. Moore. Milledgeville will be the outstand ing city on the trip from Atlanta to Savannah. As the first permanent capitol of the state, Georgia was cradled here and probably the out standing events in the states history ere enacted here. The Atlanta motorists will be met here by Savannah cars and the mo torcade will proceed on to Savannah with many entertaining events plann ed for the party there. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Sibley, Mr. and Mrs. John Shinholster. and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bivins will join the motorcade here and represent Mil ledgeville on the remainder of the trip. From Savannah the motorists will go to Jacksonville, Fla., for the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday. Commemorates Road Completion The “Four Capitals” motorcade celebrates the completion of the di rect. all-paved route between At lanta ar.d Savannah, which was com pleted last week with the final sur facing of the last link between Madison and Eatonton. Mayor Thomas Gamble, of Savan nah. first suggested the motoradc which was taken up and sponsored by the Savannah Morning News, thrypgh its publisher Herschel V. Jenkins. and The Constitution through its editor, Clark Howell, in co-operation with the Atlanta Mo tor Club. Mayors of all cities en route joined enthusiastically in the plans and formed themselves in an execu tive committee in charge. The new "Four Capitals” highway provides a direct route, less than 300 miles in length, from the present capital city of the state. Atlanta, through two former capitals, Mil ledgeville and Louisville, to Sa vannah, first capital of the common wealth. It passes through the most his toric section of central Georgia, as well as a section rich in agricultural resource and natural beauty. It is expected to bring thousands of ad ditional tourists to Georgia every year, from all parte of the country. Fart 1 day at Sthtdala Baal ■ Yean. Coach Wallace Butte will rtart his G. M. C. cadets on the most difficult part of their schedule Saturady when they journey to Columbus to play Fort Benning in the first game in November to begin a difficult se ries of games. The November schedule is by far the most difficult a cadet team has ever undertaken and brings to Milledgeville the outet&nrf'nf Jun ior College elevens of the state. Fort Benning has a much improved team and will give the c adets a hard battle for victory. Coach Butte will take the entire squad, cadets will play the midd iyHVhls Returning to Milledgeville the cadets will play the Middle Georgia College team from Coch ran. This Is one of the strongest teams in the state. This game comes Friday Nov. 9th. The following Friday the powerful team from Georgia State Teachers College, a four year college, of Statesboro, will be the opposition. On the next Fri day Carlisle School for Boys, of Bamburg, S. C.. meet the cadets and on Thanksgiving day, Gordon Institute will be the opposition. Every one of these teams are point ing for the cadets and have boasted that they expect to win. The coaches of these teams say their season will be complete if they can defeat the team coached by Wallace Butts. The fans of this section have real games in store for them. As a matter of fact few games will be played in Georgia that will afford the lover of foot ball a more desirable op portunity to see good teams fight to the finish. Coach Butts is anxious to complete a perfect season and with the sche dule ahead, is a bit disturbed. The college officials are expecting capacity crowds for the remaining games. Interest Growing in Approaching American Legion District Fair Hundreds of residents of Bald win and adjacent counties are mani festing a great deal of interest in the coming American Legion District Fair which will be presented here by the Morris-Little Post Number 6. and its auxiliary’, commencing the week of November 12th. Agricultural and htmo demonstra tion exhibits arc now being entered rt the Fair office. Persons who will operate cold drink, ice cream and lunch booths are also registering at W T. CONN SONS CO. MOVE TO THEIR NEW LOCATION The W. T. Conn Sons Co., have moved their stock of wholesale groceries from the store building m the center of the business block on South Wayne street to store on North Wayne street opposite Wayne Hotel. This move gives this well- known firm railroad facilities which will prove advantageous in handling their stock. ‘'•'Commencing next Sunday evon- "itai? services will bo hold at the Presbyterian. Baptist and Methodist •Au'ichcs at 7:30 o'clock. This change ilso effects the prayer meeting ser vices at the Baptist and Methodist Churches. the Fai offic Farm crops, livestock. 4-H club work, home demonstration work, business houses and practically every other kind of endeavor in Baldwin County will be represented in the exhibits. Free acts, continuous all day at tractions on the midway of the Bar- Brown shows, industrial exhibits and many other features are being -arranged for the fair, which will begin Monday. November 12th and last through Saturday, November 17th. With the following special days at the Fai?: Monday—Opening day, November 12th. State Commander’s Day. Tuesday, November 13th is school children’s day for all Baldwin coun tv and surrounding communities. All children will be admitted FREE, up until 0 p. m. All shows and rides will be 5c to the kiddies on this day • ily. Wednesday. November 14th. Jub- lee and Community Day. Thursday. November 15th. G. S. C. W. Day. 10:00 A. M. Awarding of Ribbons. 2:00 P. M. G. S. C. W. girls ar- The Fair Grounds for several hours in the afternoon, probably from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. will be re served for tiie G. S. C. W. girls. The public will be admitted all other hours. Friday, November 16tii, Governor’s Day— An interesting program de- piciting the progress that this sec tion has made recently not only along agricultural lines, but along educational and industrial lines, etc. Saturday, November 17th—Farm ers Day. Maj. Brayan’s "B” team at G. M. C. will play the Gordon Institute •“B” team Friday on Davenport Field. The cadets went to Branesvillc last Friday and lost to the Gordon cadets by a score of 6 to 4. This close score indicates a closely con tested game this Friday. The game starts at three o’clock and an ad- mi srii-n of 25 cents will be charged. FIRST LY8EUM NUMBER AT COLLEGE SATURDAY NIGHT "'Tie first lyccum number of the 1934 season at G. S. C. W. will be presented Saturday night at 8:30. The Curtis String Quartette will present a varied and entertaing pro gram. The members of the quartette arc highly trained musicians and the program will be a most enjoyable one. A limited number of seat; are available to town people. Prof. O. A. Thaxton has charge cl the enter tainment program at the college. NUMBER 10 PW A APPROVE LOAN TO G. S. C. Cxtract (M by fWteriw Writer hr <2,117.MB BriU- ixf Firi fer Uamnity Syria*. U was announced Sunday that negotiations had been complpetqd by Chancelor Philip Weltner and ^the public works administration had approved the loan and grant of 82,- 817,000 to the University System of Georgia and the money would be immediately available for the con struction programs at the various colleges. The loan and grant has been sign ed and only details remain to be worked out before the money Is re ceived. G. S. C. W. will receive funds sufficient to construct two new buildings and make repairs and improvements on others. The gymnasium, physical educa tion building with swimming pool will be the largest project. This building on the east campus will be the finest of its type in the south. The plans call for all modem ap pointments including laboratories, sun rooms, etc. On the north cam pus the apartment building to house faculty members will be constructed. All that remains before the money is received and construction begins is to have the papers and plans ap proved whereby the college will pay the money back. The school officials stated that all details regarding the part of the loan and grant to G. S. C. W. are ready and would be for warded for approval immediately. The college officials hope to begin construction before the first of the year. MR. LAWRENCE B. BABB WAS FAMFULLY INJURED FRIDAY Wan-known East Bekiwte Farmer Fans From Wagon Loaded WHh Cam and Soften Head Inter Mr. Lawrence B. Babb, om Baldwin county’s oldest c«^?ens and farmers, is at his home in the north eastern section of the county, suf fering from painful injuries sus tained Friday, when he fell from a wagon loaded with corn. Mr. Babb, who is eighty-two years at the time of the accident was set ting on a load of com, which wa being hauled to his bam from the field. The roughness of the yard at the bam caused the wagon to into a rut, and Mr. Babb was thrown heavily to the ground. His head struck the wheel cutting a severe gash on the side of his head and causing bodily injuries. The injuries arc quite painful, but it is expected that Mr. Babb will recover if there should be no compli- YOUNG MAN KILLED WHEN CAR CRASHES INTO MACHINE Montkello Man Killed Instantly and Another Suffers biteriea to Head Sunday Night. Morris Ozbum, Monticello, Ga„ Ga., young man, was instantly killed and his companion Charles Minter was seriouslv inhired, Sunday flight when their Ford sedan crashed in to a steam shovel used in the con struction of the Irwinton road near Scot ta boro. The young men disregarded a de tour sign placed about a mile above the place of the accident, it was stated. Ozbum was driving the car and had his head badly crushed when the car hit the shovel of the gigantic road machine. Minter drop- ner into the foot of the car and al though he suffered a broken arm and a gash in the face, the act saved his life. He is in the City Hospital. METHODIST HEAR EARLY HISTORY OF THEIR CHURCH 4M Gtardi 8—toy to Oteamaia of Seagal OmtoatoL The Sesqui Centenlal of the Christ mas Conference of the Methodist, which was held at Baltimore a hun dred and fifty years ago was observ ed at the Milledgeville Methodist church Sunday. A moat interesting review of the history of early Meth odism in Milledgeville was read by Mrs. Wm T. Wynn, who is a great granddaughter of Bishop Capers, who filled the pulpit in tills city a' a pioneer preacher. This review is published elsewhere In this paper. Rev. Horace S. Smith, the pastor ind as the basis of his sermon 'Eentering Into The Labors of Others." He spoke of the many ma terial blessings being enjoyed today Leaders Oullinc Details for Drive to I that had ro,n ° from ^ labors of cations. PLANS MADE FOR RED CROSS DRIVE AT MEETING TUESDAY t Charity Needs Leaders who will direct the Red Cross Roll Call on November 11th, gathered at the Court House Tues day and discussed plans for the drive that will be launched Armistice Day. Otto M. Conn, who is director of the drive, and Dr. E. H. Scott,' dis trict chairman, explained the plans to make the drive this year suc cessful. The ministers of the city were p r esent and will have charge of the drive in their respective churches. Each avrch will be responsible for its membership. The churches have each been assigned a quota. After January* all charity work and relief needs will have to be met by the communities, it has been an nounced Tile budget for the charity of this county is the largest in a number of years and the 'drive for the comunity chest will be an portant one. BAPTIST WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION WILL MEET MONDAY. The Baptist Woman’s Missionary* Union will meet on Monday after noon at 4 o'clock at the Baptist church. those who had gone on before. He told of the spirit of sacrifice that had been made by the pioneer preachers at Methodism, and the great spiritual awakening- that had ie to the church. The sermon fived the closest attention of the congregation, and was enjoyed and appreciated. At the evening service Mr. Smith gave the heart of John Wesley’s ser- the "Character of A Metho dist.” Thirteen hundred students .march ed through Milledgeville last Friday afternoon enroute to the Oconee river meadows where the' annual outing of the Georgia State College for Women was held. Enroute the students were given sugar cane, peanuts ahd apples. Wad ing in the river was enjoyed and ar. night began to fall, a bond fire was built and the students assembled around the big blaze to give the college yells and sing songs. Many interesting stunts were also staged. After supper the students wound their weary way homeward.