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Milledgeville, Ga., February II. 1926
oh tinted in 1872
No. 27
ORK BEGUN ON OUTING PARK
HIGHWAY NORTH IN PROSPECT
llCW wl1 D r t TinH T OF N RO»o' l TO "'iNVES... It. WITH C1TV TO * CBAMMER SCHOOL BUILDING ' SLT.OLf FOf. IL'.VU.G LTBEET IN.
c0 Srcv causeway over of making out'nc'Tark ° ver T" 0 Hundred folleRc Men and Women T o ™ H , b “™ * t °^ CE : WIL . L TERSECT !° NS "bcistration
ro’ek open TO traffic. out of city s prcperty. Be Guests of G. S. C. W. and G. M. C.
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS TO HOLD CONTRACTLET BONDEU-CUON
CONFERENCE IN CITY FEB. 12-14 FOR BUILDING ON MARCH 17TH
OCCUPANCY
coun- Purstuin
'P'dly overcome with by Mayor J. Enni^ , committee 1 PROMINENT SPEAKERS TO BE PRESENT
octi i of the new rood . of the Kh i» Clnh headed by J. C. |
Eatontnn from this city j Cooper will t
The fi. M. C. Building Committee. Tiie Ciiy Uiuncn, tnift week, offic-
of the City Council Wednesday if-jially called the election to give them
let the contract to Mr. J. the authority to issue $25,000
,d the rcmplrt
t the coueewny, n77h7'n ‘biPtv'of Churches, Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis 1 ? rh “ B ": , w *" ln ”*“"’ G “~ b "" d ’ ° f ci, v " r wiw*evine,
“ . converting i , _ the erection of a modern school to be used in paving the street inter-
e campus of the col- sections in the city. The voting will
lege at a cost of $20,500, the work take place, at the City Hall, March 17.
to be commenced immediately. The bonds will pay for the paving
The committee headed uy Mr. L , of the street intersections, which
Andrews and composed of Messrs, cannot be included in the Baby Bond
■ek and the Oconee tract of la‘ —owned by the city
u public outing park.
V Highway Department has be- The property, known as Moran’s
the building of the new raid Sp r mgs. has been in the hands of
line t.» the north from here which j the city a long number of years,
link in the proposed Wilson Me- having been purchased for the
morial Highway and will connect ter supply of five springs
•cntly completed road land. The tract is abont
Clubs To Join in Entertainment of Guests ^ building
I
More than two
| of Georgiu’s most
people will arrive
i afternoon for the
ith the recently completed road **»»u. me tract is aboat six , ° f t * le stuJ,,nt Volunteer Union to Second Session—Saturday
lesdi'jt from this county line .to Ea- * from the city and is considered oh* * ue8t * " f the two colleges, theming 9:00-10:30 o’clock.
th}.
tent- -
eiu-'i t
Th.
road will be short- °f nature’s beauty spots in this j ar, d *he
great extent and will in county. Efforts have been made to ° f the city ’
ut down many of the bad Purchase the timber rights on this *^* 88 0, ’ u
t of the main features oflnnd, but the city has delayed selling. I Secretary i;
nr of this raid is the The Kiwanis committee will meet lhe tam PUs
hundred and fifty , the Conference:
enthusiastic young! First Session—Friday night
in the city Friday 8:00 n’elnek. followed by a brief »>"l j'„ n "iTatihinaon and'Ft! il' Wall had
naal conference informal reeeption. |,e V ,„a bid. Bubmlttnd to them and
| recommended the proposition of Mr.
Chafin, which \bns accepted by the
' organization!
nilrond crossings. w ’*th the Mayor and Council and if College und pas'
read "ill enter this city under f bey find this property suitable and •‘“ tu< * ent Voluntei
:ulvert near the Georgia South-.is advisable to build this park, nc- con ^ erence
Power Company’s steam plant t,on **11 he taken to do so. Col, ** U8 * H ” en ** ven
, th:i« .lodging the crossing at Sibley, President of the Club, ap- of l ^ e
ruaoo plant. . pointed J. C. Cooper, E. H. Scott, city * Th ‘ 8 confel
je riuseway over the Oconee, D- 51 .Rogers and E. T. Holmes, a vr , aI , yea ™ ®*° ari
•hr been completed und-is now. committee to investigate this pr<
for traffic. The construction 1 j‘*ct.
is still hu«y widening the fill
the road is being used. The
'letion of this project marks a
> needed improvement. The
Saturday
o’clock.
i B. Goodson, General 1 Saturday
f the Y. W. C. A., on o’clock,
of the Georgia State i Saturday aiterm
rning—11 U)0-12:00 ;
. after;
plan by. the property owners, which
is the method to be used to pay for
the paying. The Baby Bonds will
be issued to each property owner
where the paving is to he done, al
lowing them ten years in which to
once und would have the building; make the payment for the work,
mpleted and ready for occupancy ( 1 nc city plans to have a construe-
luring its be- > lion company supervise the work,
prvNueni of the Party. , ing ready in September when, the using the convicts now employed to
Union, invited Saturday night—7:30 o’clock. full term opens. do the Jabor, The only cost to the
ieet here and she Sunday morning—9:30-11:00 The building is to be modeled af- property owners will be for the ma-
p i'ffrty support o clock. ; ter the old f’apitol building in style terial used,
nd people of the 11:30 o'clock—Regular Church and architecture. It is to contain )
i;00 o’clock i n the summer, thus i
■enijee.
the
ha*.
and i
of road i
hnblv i
the
AUDITOR BUSY
ON CITY BOOKS
» will begin at an early date
fill crossing Fishing Creek
ill probably be completed in
fht earn summer. This road with
th,- pniposed changes will take out
rruded and resoiled making
i«<n a splendid pieee of high-
ATLANTA COMPANY MAKINC
AUDIT OF CITY CLERK’* AND
WATER CO.’S BOOKS. STATE-
MENT TO BE ISSUED.
Georgia Railroad. Friday oftfcrn.
oral the cars will be placed in
business section of the city. A ci
mittee from the Chamber of C<
The registration books opened at
Conference Speaker j twelve claw rooms, steam heated and j the City Hall this week and will re-
ntilated with electric j main open until ten days prior to
room. Clunk rooms j the election. Registration has nl-
ncement Sunday afternoon — 3:30 o’clock. rith private lockers for each pupil reedy begun and interest both for
<5:00 o’clock—T W. C. A. Vesper ar ‘* alsn to ** built - The building isjnnd against the bond issue has been
SfTvtoe. | to be erected on the spilth campus manifested.
*• Clogini? Service—Sunday niuht ' fm'nK Wnvnc Street. j The ravin, program i, » pragmaa-
7:30 o’clock. | The auditorium as had been prev-
d the benefit deriv- will occupy the pulpits of the differ-1 thoroughly
i ml tr ““> il »«■, many and when Mi» en t tharch,». j li K hts in «
Goodson made tht
that.the young people would gather
here again she received the endorse
ment of the people.
ipecial train will arrive via lb. 7:30 o'clock. 1 The unditoriuin
'•on I CoL Erwin Sibley has been named iously planned will not be built in
the chairman of the reception Committee the building ut present, but Mr. A»-
>m- from the Kiwanis and Mr. George f drew * is of the belief thnt the funds
f«m- Tunnel! will h«'nd a similar copimib-1 f«r this work can be secured it an
i the Chamber of Commerce.
*o men have secured the cars
transportation of the dele-
moperating heartily
mercc, Kiwanis Club, City Officials, tee fro
Ministers of the different churches,! These 1
and Y Members at the College will for th-
meet the train and show them to the gates
Methodist church where the meet with the students of the colleges.
iad and Ami;, r — , , ' will be held. The youn K people will Mis, Goodson and Mina Clifford
l.r street run sirni^ht Z r , TZTi- i M ^ Taylnr. Prcmdvnt of the V. W. C. A.
the Asylum Avenue. This road ^ T* 1 !«nt homes where they will be enter- at the G. S. C„ have been busy this
.1*1 a link in the Wib..» HiRhway. nnH wil| probably"mak! tteir S ‘. W ' “'” l C '. M ' «•* p‘»"« •" «•»
■a thro tilth Scottsboro has^also [ t b e c jty officials Saturday. n f the deleave
| The audit is being made of the The Conference
books for the past two years'
i nddit
farei
step and it is the city fathers*
' pave the principal thorough-
SPLENDID LECTURE
FOR KIWANIANS
ARMY OFFICERS
Prof. Frances D«
)Glimpses of Asi
, Friday Night.
* Several Yean
The Will
this
since the Ennis edministratK...
Hiahway will be the into An Jlu ,| it „. JS mad#
: route to Florida when enm- , hc , inle Mayor Kurds took his seat
and the County Commission- for th( , B „, ttrMi „ nd b , fl)re
• t !•-.! «ed the value of hsv- any .statement to the public a
V Uunsi travel directed thru „ udit iB being mnde.
•n«. Wilson Memorial
audit of the city’s books tained _
rpp " rt c ; ” in .»tge«;umhe'; .mV^r'rnd"'^ z
»he he!if«^Thej? both reliize the big ;
will open its sen- job ahead and are working zealous-
Friday night at 8 o'clock snd ly for the success of the meeting,;
rli'Tf L^ MUSIC CLUB TO
l '««l highway paving plan should
he Icgi'Viture and be ratified
people, the Baldwin county
soiild I.«* i.ady for work.
| The Kiwanis Club at ^ts regular
LEADING OFFICERS OF 121ST weekly dinner will hove the oppor-
INFANTRY TO BE HERE TO tunity next Friday night in hear
INSPECT BLUES, INSPECTION Prof. Francis Daniels. Professor of
ON FEBRUARY 26. Languages at the G. S. C. W. t give
r _ | his lecture on Glimpses of Asia.
Col. Pope, Commander of the 121st; I'rof. Daniels his spent several
Regiment, Col. Kimbrough, of the years in Europe and the Kiwanians
United States Army, Capt. Becker j may well anticipate a treat Prof,
regular army officer and Col. Ben j Daniels has delighted Kiwanis audi-
Watkins of the 121st, will accom- ci.ccs before and his appearance <
HON. W. B. HILL i
IN CITY TODAY
Be Bought Fi
The Senior
will continue until Sundny night. I The committees from the Kiwanis'
Some of the most prominent speak-1 and Chamber of 'Commerce serving in I
ers in the work will Ik* present and .the reception and transportation are:
;uin R many interesting lectures and ser- j Chamber of Commerce—G. H. I
cond mens will be heard. The Confer- Tunnell, Chinn.; Jere Moore. H. S.!
encc will be held at the Methodist jWootten, P. N. Bivins, E. A. Tigner.'
|church. Each program and meeting | Kiwaai. Cluh— Erwii, Sibley, j c t . Baker, mating officer, [the program will be received with
w.ll be entertaining and the .peak- Chmn.: W. T. Wynn. J. H. Er.ni», R.; hw for th , annml | i,„pection of the pleasure by the Kiwanians.
SELL TICKETS "*Tk r,ll /n* ! Mtr ” Ct ‘* e mf0^n ' i ‘ tl0, ’• “■ WMt'en. R »• G M Baldwin Blue. Feb. 20th. The Kiwanis will meet promptly
SCJul* I K Mill a The following .. the program of Rogers. J, C. Cooper. H. D. Allen. | Th „ Baldwln Blu ,„ Ule past ye.rj nt 7:30 „ tht Baldwin Hotel dining
were second highest in the regiment r0 om Friday night,
and are bidding strong for the high
est honors this year. Th»* officials of
the regiment accompanied by th*-
army officers assigned with the Na
tional guard are very much Jntereirt-
the company here and wishes
in Play Shi
Member* ol
ie Club A*
They Will Be Given A
rs will give instructive information. H. Wootten. R. B. Mo.
The following is the program of Rogers, J. C. Cooper. H. D. Allen.
DR. CHAS. H. HERTY OVEN
WECOME BY BOYHOOD FRIENDS
of Sta
• Board of
his. e. r. Hine,; chairman — f^uncheon Given at Hotel: Views Scenes of Early <? the showing made.
committee, Mesdamen E. E. Bass. T.
S. Jeans, F, H. Harding, and Emmett
Barnes, jr., announce that the tick
ets for the Passion Play to be given
under the auspices of the Senior Mu
sic Club on Thursday and Friday,
Februnry 18, and 19, can be secured
Club
from any of the above committee
at once. The prices are within the
! reach f>f .ill—fifty cents for all over
twelve years of age—twenty-five
cents under. All the members of
the club are pledged to sell so many
tickets—then next week—beginning
with Monday—there will be two sta
tions down town, one at Culver &
Kidd, the other at Fraley’s Pharma
cy, where some member of the com
mittee will be for several hour? in the
morning and afternoon. Don’t fail
to buy a ticket for every member of
.'the family.
There will be eight performances
Eddy High School here hw.! -beginning at three o’clock
Walter B. Hill, special »u-
'■< the State Board of Edu-
. r ''" r ". duty'is to look after , , -
"ties, f cdtored . rtoohl, ° f th ' Mu
•‘■e-ting the Gener.il Education
' irtl 5*<’W York, nnd !’.« Rosen-
v “! Fun.l which goes to the im-
I r "‘*-nifnt ttf colored public schools
>l nt ‘"day (Thursday) in the city.
' ,r iiill was here investigating the
r ‘W>l of Hjgh school, and
••“dying the situation. The Rosen-
V ‘ ! * >«* available to those
1 "hich belong to the county
“ r< * public schools system, and
arm-unt thnt is given towards the
' iii'it. iif school buildings is $1,500.
' f ’ r •■ml Education Board of
1 >rk contributes towards equip-
Thu-
Youth, Closing day With Public Recepti
At Cl. M. C. Auditorium. Delivers
Interesting Address.
Th- officers will be the guests <
Capt. H. B, Ennis while here.
BOY WANTED
We want a bright young white
boy between 15 and 17 years of age,
who is willing and wants to learn
the printing trade, work ,;ght. Ap-
| ply' lo "Union Recorder at once.
Dr. Chas. H. Herty, who has won three o’clock in the afternoon. Hence I
distinction as a chcnpst throughout the plans for a delegation of citizens
the United States and Europe, wus with the G. M. C. Band to meet him
given a cordial and enthusiastic re- at the depot were necessarily a hand-
ception during his visit Tuesday to nned.
Milledgeville, the city of his nativity The hour for the luncheon at the
and boyhood days. Baldwin Hotel was delayed until [
The friends of his boyhood and. 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, and
school days and a number of older, upon, Dr. Herty’s arrival he found
citizens joined enthusiastically in awaiting a number of friends. When
welcoming him back to his “old home he entered the dining room be was
town,” making his stay here one of given an enthusiastic reception. As
pleasure .ind causing him to realize ■ the crowd gathered around him and
that the people of his native city, j shook his hand, he with one or two
were proud of the success that he j exceptions called their names. Many
had attained. I he had not seen in twenty-
Several months ago when it was ( five or six years. Dr. Herty then be-
learncd that Dr. Herty was to attend tame Charlie Herty. and began living
the Ceramics Convention in Allan- j over his boyhood days as the memor-
nts for i
suppo
hi** problem will probubly be
Ud ,. ut „„ thftt the school will
•ligiMo to receive gifts from
s< * funds.
* I: *' G. M. C. basketball team ti
•counter the Moultrie High team
-"-day night and on Friday night
“ meet the fast five from Boys'
'*h school of Atlanta. Both of
.■*** ore leaders in their
ited by a local board of | Thursday, Feb. 18, two that after- ta during this month. Rev. F. H. j > e * °f the part were recalled
• i recognized hv the rity! noon - nn( * during evening beginning Harding, President ind Secretary of; Messrs. R. H. Wootten, Dr. T. M.
d Board of Education us • ’ e'en-thirty, and another at nine, the Chamber of Commerce, extend-j Hall, Dr. J. I. - Garrard. J. O. Wall, E.
chnol of i he cil nr cl ;:r fnr uncb <* a .v. it can he* easj- ed him an invitation to come to this P- John W. Shinhostcr ind G.
irrnnged for everybody to go at city during his visit to Georgia. This H. Myrick. Charlie Herty in re-
■ me time. invitation was accepted and as the j sponding. expressed his pleasure in j
Perfom.ae* d» Las* j time of his visit drew near Mr. Hard- a K®*n being in his home town, meet- j
On both Thursday and Friday ev- « n «. aatl :Ir - n - H - Wootten. Vice in * friends of bye-gone days and
ring only at the seven-thirty per- President of the Chamber of Com- • recalled several incidents at G. M, C. j
formance there will be special music merce, b« *»an planB to give the dis- ° ne the incidents at the dinner |
furnished by the Music Club under tinguished visitor a royal and enthu- WM the presentation to Dr. Hertv
T WO GAMES HERE THIS WEEK! the direction of Mrs. M, H. Bland, I riastic reception. They were joined by Mr. L. H. Andrews of a picture j
Chairman. Mrs. Bland is planning * n these plans by the boyhood friends 1°^ th «? Baldwin Blues taken on April 1
to have a processionol of a vested °f Dr* Herty and other citizens. 1 * HTN. at which time the company
choir, and other music will be vocal Dr. Herty was expected to reach! was * n command of Capt. R. B.
solos of a suitable character and the rity on the midday Central rail- Herty, father of Dr. Herty. Among
violin solos by Miss Margaret Wilder, road train Tuesday, but he failed to j the members of tbe company who
Your ticket you buy will admit you catch his train in Atlanta and was are now living here were Mr. T. L.
- nTIT .- _ to any of the eight performances, compelled to come here in an automo- McComb, 1st Sergeut, Mr. W. A.
Uon «- and there will be no reserved seats.; bile, <leUying his arrival until about I Continued on last page
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