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VOLUME CV.
goatherd Recorder
MilMgtville, Ga., February 14, 1935
ConMildatcd la 1872
NUMBER 2>
NEW OFFER MADE D.A.R. TO MARK
WALLACE BUTTS
Considered os Coach of LooisviRe,
Ky., Male High School. Will Go
to Kentucky Satvday.
Wallace Buttes is one of four
coaches being considered by officials
«rf the Louisville, Ky., Male High
School t» head Coach, and the popu
lar G. M. C. mentor will go to Ken
tucky Saturday to confer with the
officials.
Coach Butts received word several
weeks ago that his name had been
suggested for the Job and was asked
for his record and other information.
This was immediately sent and Coach
Butts has heard nothing further un
til this week when he was advised
that all names had been eliminated
except four and that he was being
seriously considered for the post. He
will go to Louisville Saturday to
confer with the officials relative to
the job.
The Louisville Male High School
has an enrollment of several hun
dred students and is one of the larg
est high schools in that section of
the country. The teams are rated
highly and the attendance at games
each year mounts into the thousands.
The school has developed many of
the great college athletes of that
section and Coach Butts has been ad
vised that it is one of the bigest
coaching jobs in Kentucky and ranks
next to the University in import-
Coach Butts has made an enviable
record as a coach since his gradu
ation from Mercer. Since coming to
G. M. C. four years ago his teams
have gone through each reason with
only three defeats. Coach Butts said
if he was elected to the job he
would accept
BROWNS FARMERS TO PLANT
STONEVILLE COTTON AGAIN
Bettes Cotton Association Held Meet
ing on Monday. Authorities Speak
at Meeting.
The farmers of Browns Crossing
Community expressed themselves
Monday afternoon at a public meet
ing in favor of planting only Stonc-
ville cotton in 1935. Eighty-five
farmers in attendance at this meet
ing. with the exception of four, ex
pressed themselves as being highly
pleased with thi3 variety of cotton
in 1934 and all agreed to plant their
entire crop to Stonevlllc seed this
It is the hope of the officers of the
Browns Crossing Better Cotton As
sociation that the four farmers op
posed to this movement plus any
others who may not have attended
meeting, will fall in line with
the majority of fanners of this com-
: munity in planting this one variety
i of cotton.
i Mr. E. C. Westbrook and Mr. C. A.
REV. A. G. HARRIS WILL , McLendon discussed the advantages
SPP4K TO STUDENT BODY • n f one-variety communities and
OF PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE j -y lfnvc d by charts what a number
| of these communities in Georgia did
Rev. A. G. Harris will spend next j in 1934.
week in Clinton. S. C.. where he will 1 Steneville seed are more plentiful
deliver a series of eight addresses | than they have been before and can
before the members of the faculty. | be obtained at a reasonable price.
FIRE DESTROYS RAILROAD
CAR AT GEORGIA DEPOT
BUu Friday Night Caused by Ex
ploding Lamp Destroys Sleeping
ed death late Friday night when
lamp exploded in the sleeping car
of an extra gang near the Georgia
Railroad depot and practically de
molished the railroad car.
The Negro men. who were mem
bers of the repair gang under fore
man R. S. Smitterman working on
the road leading to the Furman
Shoals dam. were in the car for
the night when the lamp hanging
from the ceiling exploded and set
the car into a mass of flames. The
negroes escaped without injury. The
city fire department hurried to the
scene and extinguished the flames.
The car was on a siding near the
depot and was practically destroyed
by the fire.
ROCKLANDING
Historical Spot Will be Marked
With Boulder and Bronze
Tablet.
Plans are being made by the
Nancy Hart Chapter D. A. R. to
permanently mark Rock Landing!
one of the most historical spots In
Baldwin county which was recently
located.
The executive board of the chap
ter has laid plans to have this cere-
money in the near future. Miss
Floride Allen, regent, announced this
week. A speaker of national promi
nence will be invited here for the
occasion. The county commissioners
have been asked to build a road
leading to the landing and when
this Is rinished the marker will be
placed and unveiled. .
Rock Landing was the point where
the Indians forded the river before
Milledgeville was established and
later became the dock for boat land
ings. This was also the site for a
trading post and much important
history has been enacted at this
point. The rock at one time jettied
out into the river and was access-
able at all times, regardless of the
rise of the river. The Oconee chang
ed its course as the years passed
and the rock was*covered and lost
to view. For many years the search
was carried on to locate this landing
and about a year ago, a party in
boats led by Dr. Childs, of Macon,
located the landing again.
The D. A. R. have marked many
historic places and It has been a
part of their program to see that
these points, valuable to history
can be permanently marked. The D.
A. R. expect to place this markei
within the next two months.
and student body of the Presbyl
Colleee.
It ron« been the custom or this
institution for some years to invite
leading Presbyterian ministers of the
South to deliver these lectures. An
invitatie 1 to deliver the lectures was
extended Mr. Harris last year, but
lie was forced to decline on account
of illness. In addition to the oppor
tunity nf speaking to the faculty
and student body of this fine col
lege, he will have the opportunity
to see throe fine Milledgeville boys
—Edw^n Andrews, Earl Winn and
Paul Harmon. He will be the guest
in the home of an old friend. Dr.
John McSween.
Mr. Harris will leave next Mon-
t - : ' v and return the following Fri-
Any farmers in the county who \
StonevOle seed should leave t'
riders at the County Agent's office
City and County May Combine
Jails If Proposal Is Approved
The city and county may combine
jails when the new proposed jail is
completed, it was stated this week.
The City Council has under con
sideration a plan to enlarge, Pe-
model and improve the jail quarters
in the city hall. This proposed
change was recommended to coun
cil several wevks ago by Mr. La-
Ham and it has been accepted
with the expectation of working out
details in the near future.
Members of council have talked
over a plan tor the city and county
to cbmbine Jails when the new coun
ty jail Is constructed. The county
has under consideration an offer
to sell the present jail property
and it is probable that thus offer
will be accepted in March. Several
options have been secured on prop
erty for the location of the new juU.
The council ir embers think it
would be economy for the county and
city to combine their jails and it is
probable that the commissioners will
discuss with the dty the matter so
that details may be worked out If
this is done the plan to build new
jail quarters at the city hall will be
abandoned.
Veterans Will Receive
Pension Checks Today
Miss Bertie Stembridge, Ordinary, j neral expenses of pensioners ndmit-
is expecting to receive today or to- ; ted to the rolls prior to 1930 will be
morrow checks for $127.00 for each ■ naid regardless of the time of death.
Confederate pensioner on the rolls in j Neither the funeral expenses or
1330. These checks were mailed out! pensions of pensioner admitted to
of Atlanta Wednesday, A. L. Hen- j the rolls since 1930 are affected,
son, State Veterans service officer, Henson said.
announced. He said that statutes recently en-
Witjows or veterans who were on | ac ted do not affect the status of
the rolls a
who died s
ed in the payments also, Henson
the close of 1930 butj widows who
? that time are includ- j 1881. and that
said. These checks are to be mailed
out regardless of whether the pen
sioners have been put on the rolls
in their own right or whether they
have been admitted to draw only
back pensions due at the time of
the veterans’ death, he added.
When this payment is made, fu-
married since
authority has yet
been granted to place them on the
rolls.
Money for these payments comes
out of the 52,000,.000 in highway
funds diverted by the legislature
for payment cf Confederate pension
ers and school teachers of the com
mon schools.
OPENS HOSPITAL
DR. W. M. SCOTT
MRS. WM. L. HORNE PASSED
AWAY MONDAY MORNING
Fnneral Services Conducted Tues
day Afternoon at Joseph A. Moore
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ella Green Home, widow
of the late Mr. Wm L. Home, passed
away Monday morning at the Scott
Hospital, where she was taken a
few days previous from her home,
after becoming seriously ill. “
The funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock
in the Chapel of the Joseph A.
Moore Funeral Home, Rev. James
M. Teresi, pastor of the Milledge
ville Baptist church officiating. The
interment was in the city cemetery',
the following acting as pa 11-bearers:
Messrs. D. W. Brown, W. F. Mostel-
ler. W. B. Wood, Walter Green of
Milledgeville; S. J. Myrick. of Had
dock and Malcolm Green, of Macon.
Mrs. Home was formerly Miss
Ella Green and was bom seventy
years ago in Hancock county, where
she grew to womanhood.
After her marriage she camr to
Baldwin county to make her home,
living near Meriwether where Mr.
Home engaged in fanning. Since
the death of Mr. Horne, a number
of years ago. she has made her home
in Milledgeville. She is survived by
two sons. Messrs Julian and Wil
liam Home, of this city, and one
daughter, Mrs. Walker Whaley, of
Alma, to whom she was a devoted
mother. She was sustained by an
abiding faith in a Divine Providence,
and her life was a blearing and
helpful influence to those whom it
touched. She was a consistent mem
ber of the Baptist church.
COMPLETION OF NEW THEATRE
IS GOING RAPIDLY FORWARD
scon HOSPITAL.
OPENEDTUESDAY
New Thirty-five Room Hospital
Opened for Public Inspection.
Doctor’s Offices in Building.
Scott’s Hospital, the new thirty-
five room hospital recently built by
Dr. W. M. Scott, was opened on
Tuesday to the public.
During the day visitors were ad
mitted to inspect the new’ building.
Friends arranged a shower for the
hospital and the callers brought
gifts of every description to supply
the building with many needed
necessities. A purse given by busi
ness men bought supplies for the
kitchen.
Tiie Jeans home on Jefferson
street was purchased by Dr. Scott
several weeks ago and was remodel
ed and converted into the hospital
building. The house is furnished in
modern hospital equipment with
operating room. X-Rav room, nurses
quarters and diet kitchens.
Dr. Scott began the praett
'ork of
has been
ill be lost.
will be opened
law
Ret
MILLEDGEVILLE CIRCITT AND
MIDWAY CONFERENCES
ANNOUNCED
The first quarterly conference of
the Milledgeville Circuit will be
held at Hopewell church Saturday.
Dr. W. H. La Prado. Presiding Elder
of the Augusta District, will preach
at morning services, and the confer
ence will be convened after dinner,
which will be served on the grounds
Rev. R. E. Shea, pastor, urges a full
attendance of the officials and
Midway Conference Sunday Night
The quarterly conference of the
Midway charge will be held ,T
v i.irht at 7:30 o’
w n bv Dr. LalTade. Rev.
lack respect not only for 1 w C. Budd. pastor of the church,
for lawmakers as well. i will be present at the conference,
rotative Marion Allen, of „nd a full attendance of all the
reported to police Monday ; officials and members are urged to
which he valued j be in attendance.
stalled during the next week. On
the main floor will be heavy up
holstered seats and on the balcony
floor will be the regular opera
seats. The building wrill have a seat
ing capacity of thirteen hundred.
The interior finishings will con
sume much time, but a large force
of workmen are kept busy to finish
the building on time.
The two stores on either side of
the main entrance have practically
been finished and the marque on
the front with the handsome neon
lights has practically been finished.
Workmen will also begin laying
the carpets and floor coverings dur
ing the week. The slow
finishing the building
stai .ed, but no time
Manager F. D. Adair
ed. and the building
rarlv in March.
With the opening of th
theatre, road attractions and
ville will be brought back
lerVovillo. A lai
built in the thea
he installed at
dressing rooms
the stage.
DR. W. B. CHILDS TO ADDRESS
D. A. R.
~ ' . j T)i\ W. B. Childs, prominent Ma-
CHASII OF DIRIGIBLE MACON ! ron denljst anc j authority on early
RECAI.LS VISIT HERE GeorRia history, will lx? the guest
Shortly after the riant silver air L pcakcr at the meeting of the D. A.
monster, the dirigible Macon ha " r. nox t Tuesduy afternoon,
been completed and christened tor mooting will be held at the
our sister city "Macon" the ship home of Mrs David Ferguson at
came through Milledgeville , three-thirty with Miss F.ettv Fergu-
direction of Congressman Carl Vin- , ,. on Miss Martha Thomas. Mrs. John
«on. The crarii nf the monan-h of the j S hinholster and Mi's Katherine Scott
air Tuesday night recalled that visit ^ j oint hostesse
to Milledgeville by the queen of the | to brin>T
Work on Milledgevillc's new fifty
thousand dollar theatre is nearing
the finish, and the management Is
plannig to open the tedding be
tween March 11 and 15th.
The scats in The Campus, the new ^
name of the th*atre. will be in- medicine at Deverenux following his
has boei
■ and scenery wil
early date. Tin
•c located unde:
Milledgeville citizens felt
in the big ship, since Cungrcssmi
Carl Vinson, chairman of the Nav
Affairs Committee, had in a w
been responsible for building it. ai
neighbor
The cr
off the
quilt
•tides for sewing to
emigrants at Ellis
thread and
other
Island.
Dr. Child’s ..ubjcct will be. “Rock
Landing Fanvrus Revolutionary
Poin* «,n Oconee River.”
Members of the S. A. R. will be
special guests at this meeting.
1RWINT0N ROAD
WORK CONTINUES
56,000 Additional Contract Gina
by Hifhway Department This
Week.
Capt. R. W. Almand has a big
squad of workmen busy building tha
new road from Milledgeville to Jw
Wilkinson county line leading to
Irwin ton, and with the additional
contract of $8,000 awarded the coun
ty this week by the highway de
partment, much progress will be
made toward completion during the
month.
The work was started in the fall
when the highway
awarded the county a small
tract. Since that time five additional
contracts have been given the county
and the work has progressed wvll
half way toward completion.
The new contract will enable the
county to complete the cut through
the steep hill south of Hardwick and
finish the culvert over the creek near
Hardwick. The road has been prac
tically finished to Scottsboro.
The highway has boon asked to
pave the road from the State Hospi
tal avenue through the village of
Hardwick and this contract m*» be
let during the next few weeks. When
the Irwinton road is finished it will
be ready for paving.
The road is being built at a profit
to the county, it was stated. Cant.
Aim and said the road wr^ild
best in the state when
completed.
graduation at the University of
Maryland school of medicine. He
on the staff of the University Hospi
tal and Johns Hopkins for a short
time before coming to Devereaux
to practice. He served in the World
War and ter years ago came to Mil
ledgevillc to practice. He is a fel-
lrw in the Southeastern Surgical
Congress, which is an outstanding
honor.
The new hospital was opened T |
the admission of patients last week
ind a number of people are up' 1
treatment there. On the staff of the
hospital with Dr. Scott will, be Dr.
R. E. Evans, who has practiced here
Dr. Scott has moved his offices
into the hospital. Mrs. J. C. Eth
eridge. who hns been office manager
for Dr. Scott since he came to Mil-
lrdgcvillc. hns charge of the offices
at the hospital.
Mr. L. M. Digby is head nurse
and she has as her assistants Miss
Mabry Grimes. Mrs. C. J. Thomp
son and Mrs. Nora Norris.
The r.nening of the Scott Hospital
gives Milledgeville two modern hos
pitals The City Hospital with sixty
rooms has been in operation for
over twenty years.
DR. DONALD RANKIN NOW
HEAD OF ALTO HOSPITAL
Member of Milledgeville HosoHal
Staff A r re pis Promotion Loot
Thursday.
Dr. Donald T. Rankin, for the oast
ten years a member of the medical
staff of the Milledgeville State Hos
pital has accepted the aopoirtment
as acting suocrlntendent of the
tuberculosis hrispitnl at ;Mto and
left last Thursday to assume his new
duties. Mrs. Rankin and chilli «u
will join him later.
Dr. Rankin succeeds Dr. M. F.
Haywood who has been given a
leave of absence nnd probnblv will
not return to the hospital. Dr. Rank
in wmc here from Blnckshcnr about
ten years ago. He has made many
friends at the hospital and In Mll-
ledgcvillo.
Dr. John Oder, superintendent of
the Milledgeville State Hospital, said
he was not ready to announce Dr.
Rankin's successor, but would, make
recommendations to the Board of
Control at .an carlv date.
Dr. Rankin is the second member
of the State Hospital staff to be
named superintendent rf one of the
other eleemosynary institutions. Dr.
E. W. Schuall having been promot
ed to the superintendency of the
School for mental defectives at
Graccweod when Dr. John Oden was
named head of the State Hospital.
Georgia Day will he celebrated in
the rebools of Baldwin county on
Friday afternoon nf this week.
Committees representing the D. A.
R.. the Music Club and the U. D. C..
will go to the schools of the '•aunty
and give special Georgia Day pro
grams. This is an annual custom
with the clubs and is always a most
entertaining and instructive occas
ion for the school children.
.1. J. JONES
TRUCK GARDENERS TO ATTEND
MACON MEETING
Members of the Truck Garden
committee of the Farm Agents steer
ing committee will attend the meet
ing of Truck growers in Macon on
Friday when a state wide organiza
tion will be perfected to develop
the truck gardening of the state to
produce more of the state’s needs.
Members of the committee are: J.
L. Sibley ,W. E. Ireland. W. C. Green
and J. R. Goddard. Farm Agent
Langley will also attend the meeting.
All persons interesting in gardening
and truck growing are urged to at
tend.
Baldwir
that hii
:it S75. nnd a hat valued at $5. „„„
311 at , hc Capitol
v.hile he was m another chamber
attend,on a meetioc. _ AtIanta
FARMERS CLUB TO MEET
FOURTH SATURDAY
The Farmers Club will meet on
the fourth Saturday this.month n-
stend of the third, the regular meet-
inn dnv. Or. h D. Allen, secretary,
has announced. The nicetinit will be
held with Mr. W. E. Ireland at the
Boys Training School.
P\ME COTTON COMMITTEE
RE-EI.PCTFD AT MEETING
W. S. Wood. J. R Torrance and
Milton Webb were re-elected as the
general steering committee for the
1935 cotton program at a meeting
of tnc* district committees at the
Court House Saturday.
The committee are prominent
farmers of the county and handled
the cotton program last year. The
district committees will annrove con
tracts in their respective districts and
send them on to the general commit
tee.
CHAPFL SPEAKERS AT G. S. C. W.
Dr. S. I. Ingram, president of the
West Georgia College, will speak at
chapel exercises of G. S. C. W. on
Thursday. Dr. Ingram will spend the
dnv at the college.
On next Monday Prof. Mark Smith,
of Thomastnn. will Ik* the speaker.
Prof. Smith is a leading Kiwanlan
in the state and is recognized as one
of the best school rr.cn.
MOTHER OF MRS.
DIED MONDAY
The friends of Mrs. J. .T. Jones will
rrLTct to learn of the death of her
me!her which occurred on Monday
M the home of her daughter, Mrs. A.
MRS. FRANK DENNIS SPEAKS | t T . Collier, of Macon.
AT G. S. C. CHAPEL j Mrs. Mary Dooley Rouak was 78
Mrs. Frank Dennis was the princi- j years of age and a native of Siloam
nnl speaker at a Georgia Day pro- n here her husband was a prominent
gram given at G. S. C. W. chapel j farmer. Funeral services were held
eyorciscs on Tuesday. i at Greensboro on Tuesday and inter-
Mr*. Dennis spoke on “Uncle ; ment was to the family lot.
Flue
'olio
the
NEW PASTOR SPEAKS
AT COLLEGES
Rev. J. M. Teresi. the new pastor
of the Baptist church spoke at chanel
exercises nf G. S. C. W.. on Monday.
Rev. Mr. Teresi was introduced by
Dr. Wells.
history club under Dr. Amanda
Johnsons direction, gave a skit por-
froving many of the chara-ters of
Unde Remus.
Mrs. Dennis is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Jordan and one
of the stat outstanding women.
She is former director of the chil
dren of Confederacy in Georgia and
is now 1st vice-president of the
national organization of U. D. C.
Her address was most interesting.
MANY STONEVILLE COTTON
SEED FOR SALE
The farmers in Baldwin County
who planted Stoncville cotton last
veer and who kept these seed pure
* the gin. now have about 4.009
bushels for sale. These seed are free
from black seed and trash. They are
being offered for 51.00 per bushel.
Farmers who wish these seed for
n! anting purpose* should make ar
rangements for same at an early date
before the local supply is exhausted, j
SCHOOL TAX ELECTION LOOSES
IN COOPERVILLE DISTRICT
The voters oi ihe CoopervlUe
School district, comprising the 1714
and 322nd matiltia districts, voted
Tuesday not to levy a special local
school tax.
The special election was catted by
Judge Bertie Stembridge. Ordinary.
Fifty-two votes were cast: 21 favor
ed a local school tax and 3! opposed.
A two-thirds majority was neces
sary to carry the election, but the
question failed to gain n majority.
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