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Milledgevilie, Ga., August 22, 1935
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NUMBER 52
BOUNTY TAX RATE, CITY TAX VALUES Farm Agent Writes on Soil
$ SET AT $20.00 SHOW DECLINE, Erosion and Conservation
Program in Baldwin Co.
nunissionFrs Approve Same Rate
as Past Year at Special Meet
ing Tuesday. Police Continued.
Property in Milledgevilie Valued
at $2,021,460. A Loss of
$155,571.50 Over 1934.
Property returned ar.d ssessed in
Milledgevilie for taxation amounted
to S2.021.4C0 according to Clerk La
mar Ham. after the city tax acces
sors had completed their work this
week. This figure dees not include
the property of public service cor
porations which have not yet been
returned.
The 1934 property valuations
amounted to S2.177.031.50. which
shows a loss in the 1935 valuations
amounting to $155,571.50. This loss
is due to a reduction in valuations
made by the city tax accessors who
have been in session for the past
several weeks.
The property owned by white
citizens amounted to $1,855,060 and
| the returns on Negro property total
ed SI 66.460.
The tax levy for the city ha? not
Commissioners were
iday and Tuesday of
ensider a number of
err that had been de-
e tegular meeting the
Sue to the absence of
,n by illness,
card was present and
r ihe next year was
“veci jjy the board and set at
: ’ iinie figure as the past year. The
riv rate is $15. per thousand or
-j Is w j t h an additional special
, ( 5 mills or »• on thc thous -
school purposes. The special
• taxes were also levied in thc
.« malitia districts as provided
"flections in the several districts
d these special levies will remain
p 53 "state lew will be S4. per
• d or 4 mils which will make
Icvv in Baldwin county ! been announced, but it Ls under-
$24. per thous- stood that It will be the same ai
r all purpose-
last year.
LEGIONAIRF.S AND AUXILIARY
MEMBERS TO ATTEND
STATE CONVENTION
Three Day Convention Wilt Open In
Macon Today. Baldwin Delegation
to Have Prominent Part.
Members of the Morris-Little Post
cf the American Legion and the
Legion Auxiliary go to Macon today!
to attend the State Convention which '
state legislature did not
ippropriation bill, and a
sion wlU be necessary
uropriation bill be passed
Merc taxes can be levied, the com-
ssieners have made the usual levy
4 anticipate no trouble from those
ason in this county.
Sam Terry. Jr., resigned as a
'ourtv Policeman in the county and
tic c mmisfoners namejl Fred Vin- j cpcfi «- j or a three day session,
on to svxccc im. r - *5^ j Commander Ben L. Harrison with !
blnmcd lack .-!ro-oper»Uon by other j rommandEr ol<!ct ^ Richard Bi „..
caumy cnltrcOTcnt officer as the 1 wU , hcad , he Boldwin dc le K a-
rraenn 'or fcu rc-umation. The com- - U()n whlch inc i udcs Ed Reel, Joe
misucaers continued Lonnie Mlnorl^ slowart Woottra and d,.
in office a* County Policeman. Mr : £dw , n ^ A11 ; c?ion members arc
M.o«r taring been electa «everel | inv)ted attend , nd „ is expected
fmor.thj am. thai prac tically every member of
.V-smu O. M. Ennis, chairman; G. ^ post win ^ present .
The Auxiliary delegation is com
posed of Mrs. Sam Terry. Miss Ber
tie Stembridge and Mrs. Edwin
Allen with Mrs. W. S. Jett, Mrs.
George Carpenter and Mrs. C. L.
Moran as alternates. Mrs. Terry will
have a splendid report to make.
Judge Stembridge has served on the
state committees for several years
and this year wilt head the Ameri-
The farmers d- Baldwin county
are fortunate in having the CCC
Cr.mp beys and officials located in
this area. These people can be of
considerable help to each individual
farmer in this county who is inter
ested in the control of soil erosion.!
A farmer who ?« interested in soil;
erosion must join the Baldwin coun
ty Soil Conservation Association, 1
for which there are no charge^
through the office of L. R. Langley.
County Agent, in order to receive
this help.
When the farmer joins the local
Association, thc- County Agent will
give his name to the Soil Erosion
Officials at thc Camp and the Camp
Officials will in turn contact the
The Soil Division will make a de
tailed soils map of each coopera-
. r’s farm. On this map* the boun
daries will be shown, streams, ditch
es. slope of the land, pasture area,
vooded area, and other things will
be indicated on this map.
After thc above mentioned map is
completed, the Agronomy Division
will contact the cooperating farmer
and the farmer and official will
work out a cropping program for the
individual farm which is agreeable
to both the fanner and the Soil
Erosion Service. This program will
he as simple as possible to make it
and yet control soil erosion. The
Soil Erosion Department realizes
that each farmer has his own indi
vidual problems and for that rea
son, they intend to disturn the co
operating farmer’s program os little
as possible.
After the two above steps have
been made. Ure Engineering Depart
ment will .amish experienced men
to run terrace lines cn fields need
ing terraces. The boys will be able
tc epon the outlets of these terraces
and ouild spillways for the water
at the end of tr.ese terraces in ad
dition to being able to build check
dams in gullevs and badly ertded'
places on the farm.
in addition to thc above service
offered to farmers, the Department
agrees to furnish plants for any area
of the farm taken out of cultivation
and planted to forests. In this are
thc Department will furnish th'
seedlings and set them.
In other areas on the farm where!
the farmer wishes to keep out o
cultivation for a period cf years, thc
Department, will furnish legume seed.
Kudzu plants, or similar things to
control erosion on this area, and al
so build the soil at the same timr
The only tiling the farmer is ask
ed to do is to cooperate with the
program and throw the terraces.
The boys are not allowed to do the
actual dragging up of terraces.
All the above services are offered
to cooperating farmers in this area
,'ree of charge. Already forty farm
ers have indicated their willingness
to cooperate in this program, and it
is believed that many more will take
advantage of this opoortunity at an
early date.
STATE TO STUDY
POWER PROPOSAL
Investigation to Be Made to De
termine If State Will Furnish Insti
tutions Here Power.
A survey to determine the feasibi
lity of establishing a state-owned
power plant at Milledgevilie will bo
made oarly next week, it was an
nounced by E. E. Lindsey, chairman
of the state board of control.
With the approval of Gov. Eugene
Talmadge. the beard recently asked
Harry P. Mciklcham, of Lindalc, Ga..
make the survey.
Lindsey said Meikleham proposes
to study the matter at Milledgevilie
with his engineer. Corner^Turley.
If thc plan is considered feasible.
e state will negotiate with the
federal government for work-relief
money, possibly matched by state
funds, to defray costs of the plant.
Lindsey estimated it would cost be
tween $500,000 and S750.000.
Power from the plant would .’ill
the needs of the State Hospital for
the Insane, the state prison and
other institutions at Milledgevilie.
We believe the state could save
considerable money with its own
plant," Lindsey said.
RURAL ROUTE CHANGE IS
ANNOUNCED BY DR. TIGNER
Citizens of Coopervllle and Vicinity
Will Get Mail on Milledgevilie
P.no:r 2 Instead of Gordon Route.
h Sentcmber 1st citizens of I canism committee at the convention,
penille and vicinity will get She will also couecil with the state
I thru the Milledgevilie office, leaders in adopting policies to be
ed by R. F. D. Route No. 2. Mr. : followed. Mrs. Allen has also been
Fd Ethon. carrier. prominent in the
rhis nmmended route takes these
irons from the Gordon route and
I* ‘.hem on Milledgevilie Route 2.
which is lrngthered to meet the
A petition for this change was
e seme months ago by the citi-
of this section of Baldwin
’•tv. who desired a quicker mail
■ce with Milledgevilie. Recently
Ivev Route No. 1 was absorbed
hv the Rural routes out from Gor-
and McIntyre.
j Fhe local postal officials welcome
r* np v. patrons.
ANDREWS CONSTKUCT-
P t additional warehouse
e Horne-Andrews Commission
ii: trurting an additional
for the storage of cotton,
building is located only a short
>m their main warehouse
of the home of Mr.
fcsance
lllthe re;
Hoi
ft* building will be only a tempo-
head of the child welfare
committee.
The Legion convention will create
much interest and the locnl post is
expected to have one of the largest
delegations in the sta** present.
WALLACE BUTTS LEAVE FOR
MALE HIGH
Wallace Butts. Jr., left Monday for
Louisville. Ky.. where he resumes
his duties as head coach at Male
High School.
Coach Butts went to Louisville
last spring and conducted spring
training. He wil begin practice for a
hard schedule on Sept. 1st. Coach
Butts carries the best wishes of his
friends here, who will watch his
career with much intenst
COUNTY EMPLOYS
CIVIL JNGINEER
Surveys Will Be Made for WPA
Projects. First Sarvejr Calls far
Paving to Allen’s Invalid Home
The County Commissioners fol
lowed the suggestion of Mr. Glass,
district engineer in charge of WPA
construction in this section, and
have employed Mr. Roger Stem-
bridge as county engineer to make
the necessary surveys that are re
quired to secure WPA funds.
Mr. Stembridge is a graduate of
the United States Military Academy
and an experienced engineer. The
first survey to be made will be the
road leading to Allen’s Invalid Home
beginning at the intersection of the
road to Irwinton and ending beyond
the hospital. This survey will be
made as quickly as possible and
formal application made for a WPA
project to have this road paved. The
commissioners are anxious to get this
project through.
The commissioners have a num
ber of other paving projects in mind
including a change in the route of
the Eatonton road into Milledgevilie.
They also are planning to ask for a
; ewage and watei system for Hard-
vick. ' .
Plans are practically rea'iy for the
enlargement and improvement of the
Court House budding. Application
will be filed for this work at an
early date. .
Mr. Stembridge will begin nis
•ork at cnee.
STORES CLOSE AT ONE O’CLOCK
FOE LAST TLMF. NEXT THURSDAY
Next Thursday August 29. will be
the last day of thc summer that the
stores will close at one o’clock for
G.S.C.W SUMMER
SCHOOUMSES
Dr. Wj™ to Address Gridmtet
Nwkrisi 65 h Fririej. FERA
School Open Sept. 2nd.
The final session of the G. S. C.
W. summer school closes Friday at
ten o’clock when Dr. W. T. Wynn
will deliver the baccolaureate ad
dress to the graduates before 65 de
grees and diplomas are awarded.
The exercises Friday bring to
close 12 weeks of summer school
which have been highly successful.
The first term of six weeks attract-
cnrollment of a thousand
and thc second session had over
three hundred students.
Dr. Wynn, who is head of the
English department, is a most inter
esting speaker and his address will
be of unusual interest to the stu
dents. Dr. Guy Wells will award the
degrees.
In the class o', graduates are the
following Milledgevilie young ladies:
Miss Vivian Iris Brookins. Miss
Evelyn Holt, Miss Mattie Lou Ivey.
Miss Marguriete Simmerson. who re
ceived the Bachelor of Science in
Education Degree.
FERA School Opens
On Sept. 2nd the two weeks school
sponsored by the FERA opens to
| train workers in adult education and
nursery schools in Georgia. The
school will have about three hun
dred pupils and a number of out
side instructors.
^ structure. All warehouses in | n half holiday. The stores began to
filled with cotton and close thc first Thursday afternoon m
■ sary last year to rent June and have closed for a half ho.i-
additional buildings for the day each Thursday since that time.
..‘ 0raEe of government cotton. With “
op arriving thc additional WORK STARTS ennxi
‘ K “* *»> made nocesary. WATER TANKS SOON
majority of the farmers are “ T assistant
“W advantage of the 12 cer* Mr. Harvey ^
^mmem loans which necessitates district engineer in charge of WPA
“* sl «e- Of cotton. ; projects in Baldwin countyhe
- expected to receive the money ror
^SBVTKRtANS WILL the ccnstruction of the wash water
tanks at the city water plant daily
and that thc work would be read,
to start within a week after funds
were in hand. The money is now to
Athens, district headquarters, and
will be released to the county as
1„ as a few details are worked
“Mr. Powell said he Ob expend
to receive the money for the new
within m ****
CALL PASTOR SUNDAY
con sregational meeting wfll be
dt the Presbyterian church
,-j committee will make
_ eport recommending the call of
r,r t°r the church.
lr.j’, A ' c McKinley said all mem-
f->.“ rrr lir «cd to attend and the
new policeman on city force
The City Council has granted Mr.
Tom Brake, who wa? on night duty
as a policeman, an indefinite leave
of absence due to ill health and
has named Mr. Emery Allen as his
successor. ,
Mr. Allen is a young man and
tor several years has been with the
line crew of the Georgia Power Co.
He is a brother of Mrs. Stacey
Hfistew and Mrs. Bloomer Lawrence
NOTICE FOB TOWN AND COUNTY
CADETS
Measurements for uniform will be
taken on the mornings of the 29th
of August Thursday, and 30th. Fri
day. beginning at nine o clock, at
G. M. C. If you intend to purchase
new uniform, please come and have
your measure taken.
OFFICERS MAKE FEW AKRE«S
Both city and county officers had
a quiet time over the week-end.
The dty officers made onlv three
•nwrts. while countv officers took
in custody five violators.
SPARTA MINISTER TO PREACH
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Fred Stroud, pastor of the
Presbyterian church in Sparta, will
preach at th? Presbyterian church
tonight. Thursday, at eight o’clock.
All members of the church and the
public are cordialy invited to hear
him.
Rev. Stroud comes here at the in
vitation of the pu’pit committee.
BRANSON CHANDLER GIVEN
JUNIOR COLLEGE CERTIFICATE
Branson Chandler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Chandler, of Browns
I Crossing, was awarded a Junior
Coulcge Certificate at the graduating
exercises of Mercer University on
Monday.
Mr. Chandler has been attending
summer school, at Mercer since com
pleting his studies at G. M. C.
PREACHING AT MONTPELIER
SUNDAY
Rev. W. C. Budd will conduct ser
vices at Montpelier church Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock. Tlie publ’
is cordially invited.
TOMMY SULLIVAN NAMED
MANAGER OF ECHETAH
COUNTRY CLUB
Golf Pro. WUI Take Charge of Club
Sept. 1st. Comes Here Highly
Recommended From Macon Club.
Tommy Sullivan, a young blue
eyed Golf Pro that rose from the
ranks of the caddies, has been named
manager and Pro at the Echetah
Country Club and will take cha-ge
of the club September 1st.
Sullivan comes to Milledgevilie
from the municipal course in Macon
and prior to going to Macon
Moultrie. Mr. A. C. McKinley, pi
dent of the club, said Sullivah
selected after careful investigation
and that he believed he was
the best men in the South ?<
job here.
Bobby Norris, sports editor of the
Macon Telegraph makes the follow
ing comment on Sullivan:
‘‘You will like Tommy Sullivan.
He has an engaging personality and
he has played golf with all of the
big shots. Played for 15 years. He
knows all the answers, and you will
like him.
Mr. Roy Alford. Jr., the present
manager, will continue with the
club as assistant to Mr. Sullivan.
wt>.
CITY FACES BIG
HOUSESHORTAGE
As Moving Titne Approaches Many
People Having Difficulty in Lo
cating Places to Live.
MilledhcVillc fac« a serious
house shortage th! fall, if reports
that come to this office from peo
ple who arc trying to locate homes
for the fall are true. Many changes
in residences have been mado neces
sary and these people are busy seek
ing places to live *o that when the
time comes to move they will have a
'rod! over their heads."
The increase in the number of
faculty members r.t G. S. C. W. the
coming term, who arc asking for
large apartments or houses has been
measure responsible for thc
house shortage, although a number
of other new comers to Milledgevilie
have taken all the available places
to rent.
There ore a number of small
apartments now available, but for
the family that needs a house or
large apartment, the problem is a
serious one. Practically every day
or two of the-e distressed seek-
of a home have called this office
asking for help. There are no vacant
houses now listed in the “For Rent”
columns and only a limited number
of apartments.
A number of new families will
.me here this fall to take advantage
of the educational opportunities af
forded. while ethers are coming in
government employees connect-
I with the WPA offices.
Milledgevilie has shown a mark
ed growth in recent years and the
demand for houses and apartments
has steadily increased even though
a large number of new homes have
been built.
Moving time is not far off and tlm
changes will be quite a few, so those
without places to go have only r
few apartments left and as far as
have been able to find out, no
avtSes. If you could talk to * fev
of these people trying to get a place
to live, you would see how serious
the problem really is.
W. W. STEMBRIDGE NAMED
ASSISTANT ENGINEER
Announcement was made this week
that Mr. W. W. Stembridge. who has
been supervisor at the State Hospital
for a number of years has been
named assistant engineer to Mr. W.
S. Jett.
Mr. Stembridge has been at the
hospital for the past 25 years and
the promotion comes in recognition
,t long and valued sendee. He ha
j wide circle of friends throughou
the county who will be interested in
Mr. Stcmbridge’s appointment. He
is a member of one of the county’s
oldest families and before going to
the Hospital was city clerk of Mil
ledgeville.
SERVICES AT HARDWICK
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Rev. W. C. Budd will conduct
■rvices at the Hardwick Methodist
church on Sunday evening at 8 p. m.
Sunday school will be held at 10
o’clock in the morning. The public
is invited.
REVIVAL SERVICES CONTINUE
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Revival services will continue
through next week with Rev. Duke
Jones, the evangelist, preaching
twice daily, at the Hardwick Chris
tian Church.
Curtis Hayes is leading in the
singing and song serveies are held
before the beginning of each
vice. On Sunday Rev. Mr. Duke will
preach at 11 o’clock and 7:45, p.
The public is cordially invited to
the services throughout thc revival.
Pvt. Y. E. Woolard, of Fort Bragg.
N. C- who was injured in an acci
dent last weak, is improving at the
City Hospital.
PROSPECTIVE SALE OF LOT
PROVOKES CONTROVERSY
City Connell Will Have
Monday to Decide Whether
Grant Filling Station
Thc prospective sale of the lot on
the comer of Montgomery and Co
lumbia streets, owned by Misses
Louise and Kathleen Hawkins and
adjoir ; the home place of Capt. J.
H. Ennis, provoked a controversy
that will bo settled bv thc City
Council at a special meeting on Mon
day night.
Capt. Ennis has filed a petition
with councit to prevent the use of
this lot as a site for a filling sta
tion in the event it is purchased by
Mr. L. A. Fowler or Mr. Chas. Fow
ler, of this city. The sale of the
property by the Misses Hawkins has
not been actually terminated, it was
stated, but is ready to close when the
dispute is settled.
Capt. Ennip appeared before
council Monday night and asked
that the right be denied Mr. Fow
ler to construct the filling station.
The council deferred action and
asked all interested citizens to ap
pear before them at the meeting
next Monday.
The lot which is in question is in
the heart of a residential section, but
at the intersection of the highway
from Eatonton and Macon.
BLAZE DESTROYS SMALL HOUSE
TAie fire department was called to
th? home of Mr. Sam Bland on
Wilkinson street late Friday after
noon. A small house in the back
yard of the Bland home, which was
occupied by the cook, was destroy
ed by the fire.
Last Friday a special train brought
to the Stevens Pottery CCC Camp
near this city 168 members of the
Citizens Conservation Corps who are
now in camp ready to begin a soil
conservation program in this county.
With the CCC Campers are a
number of soil erosion experts. Hie
camp la a regular dty and the
young men like their new out door
