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Union ^Recorder.
volume xcvn
hgB.tagUlH.Wh l«. t Millcdgevilie, Cl.. uecembcr 24. 1926
Consolidated in 1872
No. 19
PRIZES AWARDED
CLUB WINNERS
BALDWIN COUNTY CLUB BOYS
a rE REWARDED FOR THEIR
EFFORTS PAST YEAR. GOOD
REPORTS MADE.
The following prixes have been
awarded to the Junior Agricultural
Clubs in Baldwin county. The award
ing of these prixes has been deferred
to give each member plenty of time
to make reports.
Cotton Club
For best general club work, Jumes
E. Threat, $10; prize given by the
Baldwin County Fair Association.
Jantes completed his club work in cot
ton. conforming to all regulations.
His yield was 640 pounds of lint cot-
Best exhibit of two stalks of cot
ton at Fair, Paul Chandler, 1st, $3;
Yates Green, 2nd, $2; and James E.
Threat. 3rd, $1.
Corn Club
For best general club work, Gres
ham Torrance, $10. Gresham's yield
was 53 bushels on one acre.
Best exhibit of ten ears of com at
Fair, Walter C. Green, 1st, $3; Al
ev. 2nd, $2; James E. Threat,
Poultry Club
Best general club work, Blanche
Green, 1st, $5; Charles W. Torrance,
2nd, $3; Nina Prosser, and lone
Scott, both a third place, $1.50 each.
P>t Club
Best individual Pig Club work,
Grady Hurt, 1st, $5; J. C. Green,
2nd. $3.
The following cash prizes were
given by the Progressive Farmers
Club of Baldwin County.
A prize of $4 won by Henry Miller
in Cotton Club work. Henry made
tLe highest yield that was made by
a club member, and also the greatest
BOYS INJURED
SUNDAY MORNING
GEORGE GOFF NARROWLY ES
CAPED DEATH WHEN CAR
DRIVEN BY LAWRENCE BEN-
FORD HITS WAGON.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Did 17 TV A M TA beautiful services at .merchants en ioying
lurlX IL/ilfl IU PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GOOD HOUDAY TRADE
MEET CULVER
CADET MARKSMEN TO ENTER
TOURNAMENT. CULVER RIFLE
The Star and the Cross Sunday E»i
inf Witnessed By Lar|e Crowd
A special Christmas
Chrisl
TEAM HAS WON NATIONAL l hclJ “< tlw Prc.byterian church Sun-
HONORS j«»y cvcn * n R at which the Star and
__________ [Cross were given in Pageant.
Riflemen of G. M. C. will begin I Numerous quotations from the Old
the preliminary training next week Testaments, telling of the
ush as there are only two more
hopping days left in which to make
elections before Christmas Day.
The Union Recorder is being print-
d on Wednesday this week in order
of | hat the force may have a few days
for the tournaments and competitive |prophecies of and the coming
shoot., that have been outlined for jChri.t into the »orld ond His death off. The day dawned clear after a
them by Lieut. Nash, professor of | U P°" "><■■ cross were rend by the pus- .rain Tuesday night and the indicu-
net profit, but did not conform to all Ij|ilitary Science and Tactics. j tor ’ Rev * Geo. B ThompMn. Itions arc that there will be several
regulations of the Fair Association, | The CuIv( , r Mnitary Academy of I Tht ' reading of the passages were ! d*)™ of sunshine,
which rendered him ineligible to com* Culvfir ln( j wil , be thl , ftr8t school interspersed with beautiful and up-! Regardless of whrther it rains or
pete for prizes offered by the Aaso- ^et in the Competitive ehootii. jpropriate songs rendered by the reg- [ he sun shines, the streets and stores
ciation. Henry’s yield was 805 Thjg schoo j j, aK won national honors i u,ar and a *P«cial choir of children will be thronged with buyers from
with its rifle teams and is considered l who had bcen thoroughly trained, low until a late hour Friday night,
one of the most finished military mu8 ' c was delightfully sweet. The stores of Milledgeville
pounds of lint
A prize of $4 won by Herron Far
mer in Corn Club work. Herron's
yield was 63 1-8 bushels on one acre.
Herron made the highest yield of
any club member in corn, but failed
to comply with Fair regulations, and 4U1
therefore was ineligible to compete outlined is very difficult and | tionB vcr >’ ia ’Pressiv<
for prixes offered by them. j the competition is keen. The Hearst | Tb « church was filled with
Two prixes of $4 each were won 'Trophy tournament has also been en- , d ** nc * who were delightfully enter-
by Alton Ivey and Tom Hall Farmer | tered. There will be two teams ti
BIG DINNER AT
THE SANITARIUM
PREPARATIONS MADE TO FEED
5000 SATURDAY. TURKEYS
AND CHICKENS REQUIRED
NUMBER NEARLY 2000.
George Goff, fourteen year old boy,
narrowly escaped death late Satur
day night when the wagon in which
he was riding was hit by an automo
bile driven by Lawrence Benford,
throwing him into the road, crush
ing his leg and badly bruising his
head and body, the horse being killed
in the accident.
Young Goff, accompanied by Ed
win Martin, was driving a one-horse
wagon delivering groceries ' for Mr.
Grover Adams and was traveling
along Montgomery street in front of
the residence of Mr. Albert Lugand
when the car struck 'the horse,
knocking him several feet and throw
ing Goff and Martin from the wag
on. the horse dying a few minutes
after the accident. Y’oung Goff and
Martin were hurried to the hospital
by a passerby where it was found
Goff had received a crushed leg and
otherwise badly bruised. Mar
tin’s foot was mashed.
A warrant was sworn out by Mr.
G. M. Goff, father of the young boy,
charging Binford with reckless driv-
ng and violation of automobile or-
linances. Benford is out under
bond.
schools in the country. The fourth ’[Solos were sung by Mrs. Edyth Mil-jed with Christmas goods for the
Corps Area match which will be en- j^ cr Gibson, and Miss Cornell Wilhite, 'grownups as well as the kiddies and
tered by the military schools in the j™° church was beautifully and ap- an extra corps of clerks has been ad-
Corps will be the second competition Prop^tely decorated. An illuminat- [ded to the regular force to wait on
for the Cadets. The course of Are ]~ _Star and Cross made the decora- :thc trade.
Santa Claus will make his annual
for the best showing made in both
Cotton and Corn Club work. Alton
Ivey comes first with a net profit on
both his cotton and corn of $86.64,
and Tom Hall Farmer second with a
net profit of $84.42.
The Farmers Club is almost entire
ly responsible for club work in Bald
win county, they have sponsored the
Cotton and Corn Clubs for two years
and the Cotton Club for three years.
Mr. Jos. E. Pottle who is secretary of
the club has arranged for financing
these clubs through the First Nation
al Bank.
The following prizes were given
by the merchants of Milledgeville:
One one-horse Vulcan plow given by
the Peoples Hardware Co., and won
by Herron Farmer in Corn Club
work. Value of prize, $10. One
Feeny Hand Duster, gi%’en by Woot-
ten Chemical Company, and won by
Willie Copeland in Cotton Club work,
value, $3.75. The Hatcher Hardware
Company ~ives a prize of
e in this meet.
Lieut Nosh has arranged a target
range just across the creek bridge
and will begin machine gun and au
tomatic rifle fire early next week. Lo
cal students will take advantage of
this practice. The team to shoot in
the tournament will be chosen after
the holidays. All of the preliminary
rifle fire will be on the new indoor
range just completed at the Military
school.
dience who
tained, and joined in the spirit of
worship, which characterized
service.
visit some time during Friday night
and the hearts of the little ones will
be filled with joy Saturday morning
*hen they rise with the dawn to see
what old Santa has brought them.
A menu that would tickle the pal-
ites of the most fastidious has been
■pranged for the state's unfortunates
on next Saturday, Christmas Day,
at the Georgia State Sanitarium,
when nearly five thousand people
jvlll be fed..
To prepare "the meal he* required
much thought and time by those in
charge. 1500 chickens and 280 tur
keys will be killed ond dressed for
|the special feast; 60 boxes of or
anges, 50 barrels of apples, 1000
pounds fruit cake, 250 pounds of
pound cake, 65 boxes of raisins, 2500
pounds nuts, 550 quarts of cranber-
ies and 80 bushels of sweet potatoes
will be used in this one meal.
The patients will be given recre
ation and entertainment during the
day and everything is being done to
make it u most happy occasion fer
them. The following is the * menu:
On Saturday, the Feast of the Na
tivity, commonly called Christmas
Day, there will be the usual services
at SL Stephens Episcopal church at
eleven o’clock. The public is cordial
ly invited to attend and celebrate
the birth of Christ by worshiping
Him on this day which commemor
ates the Gift of God’s Son to the
world.
F. H. HARDING, Rector.
A CANTATA GIVEN
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
dered
“The Greatest Gift,’’ a Chrfctmas
Cantata, was rendered at the Meth
odist church Sunday afternoon by a
choir of select voices, in the presence
of a large and appreciative audience.
w _ Cole | The Cantata was a most difficult one
bined, spreader" cultivator and ■ but was melodious and beautiful. It
side drop*:*
value $15, to the
boy jwas sung with n spirit that partook
cot- of the Christmas season, and was
making the best showing in both cot
ton and corn and cotton club work. I thoroughly enjoyed,
winning of ,ther prizes no debar in Those making up the choir were:
awarding :hia prize. The implement j Sopranos Mcsdamcs Edgar Long. L.
was won by Alton Ivey, who won the IP. Longirio. W. A. Massey, E. Dar-
■'’armers Club prize of $4. .row; Altos, Mesdames C. J. Conn, E.
Miss Manic Scott wins a box of *R. Hines, J. H. Farr and Miss Doro-
*"'iitman’s Pink Perfection candy. thy Banks; Tenors, L. H. Andrews
riven by Boone’s Pharmacy, for [and T. T. Hardman; Bass, C. J. Conn
Poultry Club work. Ellie Chandler and E. Harrow; Pianist, Mrs. M. M
wins the Putnam Brooder, value
M.,., given by L. N. Jordan fur
I otiltry Club work, and Miss Ruth
RaMi won 50 pounds of Sunshinu
Poultry feed, given by L, D. Smith
for poultry club work % Curtis Veal
•'.on a fountain pen, value $2.75, giv-
?, n by R. H. Wootten for Pig Club
Parks.
EX-SOLDIERS AT SANITARIUM
ARE REMEMBERED
Several members of the Auxiliary
of the American Legion went out to
the Georgia State Sanitarium Tues
day afternoon to visit the ex-soldiers
The Merchants and Farmers Bank at that institution. Carols were sung
responsible for a Pig Club in Bald- by Mrs. W. T. Garrard, Jr., and Miss
i County. They furnished funds Cornell Wilhite, and refreshments
ith which to purchase the pigs, as were served.
pay inoculating costs and I Filled socks were left at the insti-
>>uy a certain amount of feed to tution to be delivered Christmas
liment that on the farm. morning.
A CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL
Light the candles on your trees of hopes.
This is Christinas.
Let hearts refresh and take joy and glad
ness to those who are heavy laden.
This is Christmas.
Listen closely for the melody in all crea
tion because it is there for those who will
hear. Have all know that duplicity is dis-
armyed by the gazing eyes of
Love •which comprehends on
ly that truth is all in all.
This is Christmas.
And—’tis Children’s Day
the day which should resound
with the echoes of their
laughter—a true reflection of
the child of God whose birth
day it is.
Carry gifts. Let Love
shine. Happiness is in the
heart only when we arc giv
ing —Love.
None is too old—nor none
Forget the trials of the day or the hour.
Know that this world of ours is governed by
a wisdom far beyond the comprehension of
roan. Even as the swallow’s fall is guarded
—so arc you—and yours, all mankind, and
he who learns the peace of ever-rehance ou
Him, will have no fear and can well afford
to make this day of days one of rejoicing
and praise giving.
Christmas chimes are ring
ing throughout this land of
ours and to a most favored
people. They are echoing
thru our meadow land and
great marts of commerce.
We, a free people, made
so through our faith in Him
—must never lose the under
stand.ng that it is the democ
racy of our religions, giving
to every man his right to
worship in his way, which
too young to gaze into die starlight night and * ^ cs each succeeding Christmas further
see again the vision of the manger. Feel that p roo f Q f His Mercy and His Goocbess.
spirit of Him. the Ch id King—jesus.
He brought to us an everlasting heritage of
Love—Peace—Hope.
Set aside the frown and hold out a hand
of hearty welcome to ban a Claus. It is the
spirit ot Him you welcome.
* .one shall perish.
Tis Christmas.
/ .wake and salute the happy mom.
i Krill again in the joy of service—and the
or fellowmen.
The new and old Board of Direc
tor* of the Kiwani* Club were enter
tained on Tuesday evening at a din-
ler given by Col. Erwin Sibley, past
president of the club at the Baldwin
Hotel.
There were about twenty member*
of the board* present when the an
nual report of the year was given
and plans for the coming year were
discussed. The meeting was one of
the most enjoyable event* the Ki-
ranli have hold during the year.
CHAPTER ELECTS NEW
OFFICERS FOR It27
Mr. L. C. Wall wa* Thursday nil
elected High Priest of the Ro
Arch Mason* at their annual el
tion last Thursday night, succeed]
Mr. Tatum Harper as the head of 1
Chapter.
| The member* of the chapter g*
cred around the banquet table
Thursday evening for this electfc
Installation of the officers wil! co
in January when the new offie
will be installed and the wives of 1
members will be their guests. 1
following were the officers named
L. C. Wall, High Priest.
W. D. Stembridge, King.
F. R. Hargrove, Scribe.
F. H. Coleman, Captain.
J. C. Ivey. Principal Sojourner.
W. D. Wood, Royal Arch Capta
P. N. Bivins, Sentinal.
Mr. Tatum Harper, the retiri
High Priest, is one of the most u
Masons in the City. Under
administration the Chapter ha* <
joyed a big growth.
NEGRO WOMAN PAINFULLY
SHOT
Lou Ann Jenkins, an aged col
woman, was shot with n blank
tridge pistol Monday and pain:
wounded. The shooting was don
a young negro girl. A shot or
had been placed in the cartridgi
a brother of the girl who owned
weapon. The shot or bullet st
the woman in the thigh and caus
painful wound which had* to be g
attention by a doctor.
Baked Turkey and Chicken
Sage Dressing, Giblet Gravy, M
Potatoes, Hot Rolls and Bi
Cranberry Jelly, Fruit Cake an
pies. Oranges, Canday and Nuti
