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VOLUME XCVII
Federal Union Established in 1829
Southern Recorder “ l8lU
Milledgeville, Ga„ February 10, 1927.
Consolidated in 1872
No. 26.
FARMERS MEET
CALLED FEB. 15
GOOD SPEAKERS ON THE PRO-
GRAM. MARKETING IS TO BE
CHIEF SUBJECT. OTHER LIVE
TOPICS TO BE CONSIDERED
Farm Agent E. A. Neamith ha»
called a meeting of the farmers of
the county for Tueedey, February
15th, at -which time he has arranged
speeches by Mr. T. L. Asbury,
rlct Agent Co-operative Frten-
Work, his subject being Live
stock Production; W. F. Turner,
lorticuiturist. Central of Georgia
Railroad, subject of Marketing
Peaches; and a representative of the
Georgia Cotton Growers Association
the subject of co-operative mark-
. Nesmith urges every farmer
and person interested to be present
and hear these men on the various
subjects. Marketing is considered
ne of the most important items in
nv business .and these men will
ring to the farmers of the county
jc fruits of their experience, which
isis nothing except the time to hear
;em. Too much stress has ben plac-
I on production for the amount that
is been placed on products after
hey have been produced. The great
roblem with the farmer is market-
ng after the commidities have been
iroduced. The farmers will do wise
• these speeches to avoid over
>roductio» and over marketing.
The meeting will be held Tuesday
t the court house at two o’clock.
Mr. Nesmith has called the meeting
with the view of helping plan the
crops the coming year that will yield
the best market and avoid over pro
duction and on the other hand a
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF A STATE
" -T. ASSOCIATION COOK BOOK
>>e H. Tabb, Household Sot
P». C. S. C. W., Chairman
The Tenth District Section.
rook book, entitled “The P.-T.
the Kitchen,” is to be publjsh-
d by the Homo Service Department
the Georgia Branch of the Na-
>nal Congress of Parents and
JHchers.
This book will carry out Parent-
'eacher ideals in term of food and
trition. There will be 12 sections
charge of 12 Home Economics
xperts, who will test recipes, and
■ontribute. Scientific advice in re-
ar d to children’s diet, balanced
ieals, and service recommendations
>11 also be made as to equipment,
1 to manufactured food products.
Signed contributions are wanted
om every P.-T. A. member in Mil-
dgeville and the Tenth District, not
» > recipes but advisory suggestions
• ti\o to the needs of modem
*ery. Recipes may be cleverly
»med i n honor of contributor, or for
a'orite P.-T. A. official, etc.
Our section, school groups, enter-
ud, involve a big P.. T . A. ideal.
, Ur - voun K People should have more
at h ° m "’ a " d
“ nice * iu > «upp-r on
hafing dish ,. r *riii. nr f ‘ £ , .
>ke and then *°,
»dge gome P Rte o{
tut '°a and hot bacon
t. am > the glee club or some
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you
8 and holiday
»l»o candy
»R. JOHN USURY DIED Tiifc
[oAVATSTAreslwS,
n Employed at SaniUri
on * Number of Year. r ' Um
Mr. John Usury died at the hos-
al at the Georgia State Sanitarium
‘esday morning after an illness eg.
'"ling seven weeks. He had been
declining health two years.
The funeral Iservires were held at
'■ Jos. A. Moore’s Undertaking Par-
on Tuei day afternoon, the Rev.
! Warnock officiating. The inter-
"t was in the city cemetery.
•Ir. Usury was about seventy
' s of ago, and had been an em-
■ at the State Sanitarium a long
Lumber of years. He is survived by
[“* w 'fe and four children.
KIWANIS TO AiD
LEGION MEMORIAL
WILL FURNISH BANQUET HALL
AND KITCHENETTE. EXPEND-
ITURE TO $1,000. PLANS GO-
ING FORWARD FOR VETS.
The Kiwanis Club at a meeting of
the board of directors last Tuesday
night appropriated $1,000 to be used
in furnishing a banquet hall and
kitchenette in the proposed Commu
nity House and Library, which is to
be erected by the American Legion
as a memorial to the veterans of the
world war.
The Kiwanis in this undertaking
propose to furnish everything nec
essary for a banquet hall and kitch
en. The Legion was informed of
this act cf the Kiwanis and they are
going forward with all plans neces
sary to erect the building. Other clubs
are expected to donate money or aid
in other ways in erecting the build
ing.
Commander Wood and his commit
tee have formulated many plans for
the house and will at an early date
begin the active drive to raise funds
for the erection of the building. In
the proposed jflan the building will
have a commodious library and
rooms for the different organizations
in the city to meet. No one organi
zation will monopolize the buildling
which will be open to the whole com
munity. A board of directors with
members from the different clubs v.ill
have control of the house.
T. C. CARR'S AUTOMOBILE
STOLEN SATURDAY NIGHT
Abandoned By The Thieves Abou
ve Miles From the City When
Gasoline Gave Out.
Mr. Conn Carr's Chevrolet auto
mobile was stolen Saturday night
from in front of the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Carr, where Mr.
Carr had left it after driving down
from Eatontpn to spend Sunday at
Sunday morning the car was dis
covered by Mr. Fred Vinson stand
ing in the road near his residence,
the Hopewell church neighbor
hood. The car had been driven
there, and abandoned when the gas
oline gave out Mr. Vinson reported
his discovery to Sheriff Terry, who
out after it, and brought it to
the city. A satchel, containing
clothing which was in the a< toino-
bile, had not been molested.
HEAD OF MUSIC FEDERATION
IS DELIGHTED WITH PLANS
r». Bailey. State Head. Glad of Op-
ortunity to Come to Millod C eviHe.
Delegates to Be Entertained.
Mrs. Bailey, head of the State
Federation of Music Clubs, has ex
pressed her delight in a letter to Miss
McClure, precedent of the local club,
the plans that sre being made
for the convention which will meet
in March.
rs. Bailey tated that she was
thoroughly pleased with the progress
made and believed the greatest con
vention since the Federation organ
ized is forthcoming from the Mil
ledgeville meeting. Miss McClure and
her committees have practically com
pleted plans for the entertainment of
the delegates. Th meusical programs
that are to be given are the finest
the Federation has heard in any city
and the contest are expected to at
tract much more interest.
The Kiwanis Club has donated to
the entertainment of the guests and
will have charge of the transporta
tion from the depot.
Parlor. Work Begun For Opei
Work has begun on the Ladies’
Parlor in the- Colonial Theatre for
the occupancy of a Beauty Shop,
which will be under the management
of Mr. Cnrry.
The room just off the Colonial
lobby will be fully equipped for this
■ork. The shop will be exclusive to
ladies and will be operated by com
petent beauty experts and experienc-
en in ladies hair cuts. Mr. Curry
expects to open the new business
ithin a few weeks
SITEHERE CHOSEN ASONE OF THREE
BE INSPECTED BY WAR DEPARTMENT
DALTON AND ATHENS OTHER CITIES LEFT IN RUNNING AFTER
INSPECTIONS BY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS.
THE FINAL DECISION TO BE MADE IN ABOUT A MONTH BELIEVED
Effort Mado to Have Camp Ready by Jnly for Summer Encampment of the
Georgia Regiment*. Milledgeville Ha* Fine Chance.
After u series of inspections of
the differer*. Bites in Georgia for the
location of the National Guard Camp,
Col. L. C. Pope, as chairman of the
committee of inspectors, recom
mended to Gen. Cox that the gov
ernment officers from the war depart
ment look over three sites in the
state before they decided as to the
permanent location of the National
Guard Camp.
The three sites named by the
board were Dalton, Athens and Mil
ledgeville and It is believed that the
officers from the war department will
make their inspection at an early
date so that the camp will be ready
for occupancy by July. It is believed
that work will begin on the chosen
site of the erection of permanent
kitchens, etc., within a month. It is
not known when the officers will
reach here, but the Chamber of
Commerce and its committee headed
by Mayor Ennis are ready to con
tinue their services toward locating
the camp here.
During the past week end several
members of the committee have vis
ited the Milledgeville site and they
expressed themselves as being high
ly pleased with the Milledgeville of
fer. It was generally believed that
Milledgeville would be recommended
as the place for the camp but this
belief proved unfounded. It was hop
ed that the committee would agree
on one site but owing to diversity
of opinion it was decided to recom
mend the three named.
The recommendations were turned
over to General Cox and he in turn
sent them to the Fourth Corpse
Headquarters and it is believed that
one of th* rites will be eliminated
by this board before the final rec
ommendations are made to the War
Department. The final decision will
be made by the War Department
’who are to construct the camp.
AUTO GOOD ROADS TRAIN MEETING WILL BE HELD TOR
COMING HERE NEXT TUESDAY NEGRO FARMERS OF BALDWIN
lutomobila Built Like Train Travel
Over Counrty in Interest of Good
Road* Here at Ralph Simtnarsona.
The Big Auto Locomotive of the
Kelley-Springfield Tire Co., traveling
over the United States in the inter
est of good roads will come to Mil
ledgeville next Tuesday for the day
making its headquarter;* with Ralph
Simmerson.
The big auto is built like the 20th
Century Limited in the front with
observation cars in the rear and is
said to be one of the most unique
and interest motor vehicles on the
road. It is a sight to behold, accord-
:o Mr. Simmerson, who will con
duct the tour in this county.
The car left Cincinnati last year
and is making a zigzag tHp over the
United States, observing the roads.
A report will be made when complet
ing the tour and maps and other in
teresting data will be got out by
the time company regarding routes
and road conditions.
The car will be on exhibit while
here and every person will find it in
teresting. It was especially designed
for the trip.
ie men of the Presbyterian
church will gather at a dinner this
(Thursday) evening. The dinner will
be served in the Masonic Club room,
and at its conclusion talks will be
made. Questions relative to the
church will be discussed, and acted
Wm. W. Hatcher, the colored farm
demonstrator, has .arranged for a
meeting of the colored farmers of
this county to be held at the court
house Saturday afternoon, February
19th, at 1 o'clock. Forty-five minutes
will be given for general discussion
to the farmers.
Topics of interest will be discuss
ed among w«,ich will be diversified
farming, fertilizers and how to apply
them, beautifying the home, better
health on the farm, etc.
Among the speakers are Prof. Alex
House, vocational teacher of agricul
ture in the public schools of Wash
ington county; Mr. E. A. Nesmith,
farm agent of Baldwin county; Ma-
mye Westley, home demonstration
agent of Bibb county; Mrs. E. A.
Nesmith, formerly home demonstra
tion agent in the extension depart
ment; Prof. P. H. Stone, state agent
for negro extension work of Geor
gia; Capt. J. H. Ennis, mayor of
Milledgeville. Short talks will be
made by others.
Every colored fanner, farm wo
man and club girl and boy, and their
friends are invited to be present.
The Woodrow Wilson Service Star
Legion will meet with Miss Mary
Simpson next Tuesday afternoon
February 15th., at 3:30. Each mem
ber is requested to bring a letter re
ceived during the war.
THE BIRD MAN COMING TO
THE G. S. C. W. ON TUESDAY
Charles Crawford Gorst, the bird-
nan who is to appear here on the
evening of February 15th, at G. S.
C. W. auditorium, Lyceum attraction
rare combination of naturalist,
bird-imitator, lecturer, author and
The fact that Mr. Gorst is a poet
fcaa discovered in a recent letter
sent to his lecture manager in answer
to a request to describe his unique
feeling in being able to converse with
the birds. The reader may judge of
the poetic merit of the following
“I cquld not fully tell of ray joy
in singing with birds. As witnesses
could testify, I have made them do
strange things. In silent woods I have
sung and started a general chorua.
The Browu Thrasher has flown to
for a singing contest. Th** hawk has
answered my scream and swooped at
me. I have called a maider Redstart
away from her lover and brought
him in anger after her. Like a baby
Song Sparrow I cried for food; its
fidgety mother brought me a green
worm.
“On a solitary Canadian lake my
imitative laughter decoyed a pair of
swimming grebes to me through the
reeds. I have stood in the dusk of
giant redwood forest and called the
Varied Thrush down .a long pillar of
light from the wood's high roof. In
Florida when I mocked the Mocking
bird I brought upon him an unde
served beating from another!
“I have chirped crickets out of
their holes and into combat. Once
when I out-trilled a female toad'
‘adored’ she left him and came ou
of the water to me! I have been hunt
ed by the giant Pileated Woodpeck
er. In the cool twilight of northern
woods 1 have stood beside vine-
wound columns under high green
urches and sung heavenly evening
hymns with Hermit Thrushes. From
a high cliff, on a black Autumn night
I have called up to migrating birds
and heard circling voices came down
•and murmur, ‘Are you there? Come
with us!’ And I have longed to go.”
At the celebration of Georgia Day
Saturday by the school children of
Macon, the Georgia Land Song will
l»e sung by the children as one of
the features of the program. Mrs.
Hines has been invited to the exer
cises to lead the singing.
The Better Films Club, of Macon,
have undertaken to observe the day
in the Bibb city and will have a pro
gram at the Rialto theatre, where a
Georgia film will be shown In addi
tion to other interesting features.
Mrs. Hine« composed and wrote
Georgia Land Song several years ago
and since that time it has become
nationally famous. The State P.-T.
Association has adopted it as their
Georgia song and many other socie
ties and organizations have recog
nized it as one of the sweetest Geor
gia songB to be written.
STRONG CONTENDERS FOR GIAA TITLE
GEORGIA DAY
TORE OBSERVED
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES TO
PUT ON AT COUNTY SCHOOLS
BY FEDERATED CLUBS, FRI
DAY. L E A D E R.S. FOUNDERS
ETC.. WILL BE TOPICS.
Hear a million long birds say,
Every day in Georgia Day,
Every one in Dixie Land,
Some now seem to understand
Its great to be a Georgian.
The great Empire State of the
South ita leaders, founders, poets,
statesmen and resources will be
eulogized in song and story Friday
afternoon in all the county schools
when the women of the Federated
Clubs will put on programs bearing
out the idea of the day.
In 1904 an effort waa made by the
Joseph Habersham D. A. R’s. of At
lanta to have a Georgia Day but not
until 1909 did the bill pass the Geor
gia legislature setting aside Feb. 12
to be observed as Georgia Day. The
bill provides for the observance of
the day by exercises relating to the
state and ita history in all the public
school to better acquaint the chil
dren of our state with its history,
resources and great men and wo-
The State Department of Agricul
ture has sent out that year to the
schools a list of topics for the ob
servance of Georgia Day which are
as fellows:
Georgia poets, statesmen, soldiers,
industrial leaders, the story of Geor
gia’s birth, Georgia 'education, re
sources, crops, soil, climate, schools,
five great women of Georgia, Story
of Tomichichi and John Wesley.
Georgia Cr**d.
I am a citizen of Georgia, and the
United States, a great commonwealth
of the world’s greatest land. It is
my duty to make an honest living
and my right to be healthy and hap
py. It Is my privilege to help others
also to'secure these benefits. I will
work and play fair. I will be polite
to old people, and kind to the un
fortunate and to my little brethren
of the field and of the air. To the
best of my ability, I expect to make
Georgia a clean, banutiful nad law-
abiding state, for this the best ser
vice I may render to the land that
has given me brith.
The G. M. C. Basketeers, pictured
above are expected to be a strong
contender for the G. I. A. A. title
in the tournament which, opens in
Macon on March 1st, since their
grand march of last week by winning
eight straight games, defeating the
strongest in the association.
Th- red and black five under the
tutelar- '' liiip Rentz has blossom
ed forth as one of the strongest fives
in the state and many of the dopsters
are picking them as the title holders
for 1927 in the basketball kingdom.
The team had rather a bad beginning
losing most of the early K“*" es
seemed to have found themselves
and are now in top form with all the
ear marks of champoins.
On the five this year are several
likely looking all G. I. A. A. players.
Slack Massey, the little captain of
the cage artists, has been outstand
ing ail season as one of the best in
the state. He is fast on the floor, o
dangerous shot and a splendid guard.
His dribbling ability is one of his
outstanding traits. Sanford, Burnette
and Hines are also likely looking all
star players.
The team will meet Gordon, Riv
erside and LaGrange High before the
tournament next month.
COLF COURSE
Sooner or Later Milledgeville Will
Have a Golf Course. Why Not Now?
The best crop that any country can
have is the Tourist Crop.
It pays its own way from start to
finish no advances, no collections six
months after the rations have been
eaten, no credit from the banks, no
guano notes, no “six weeks dry
drought in August to spoil the fine
out look, no over-production to break
the prices, after you happen to make
something.
Yet the tourist crop needs some
thing to insure a bountiful harvest,
one of those things is a Golf
Course.
’ course it requires good hotels,
and good roads, but folks who can
pay their own way, want some kind
of entertainment, and nothing seems
to fill the bill like a Golf Course.
If the hotels, filling stations, pic
ture show, and the folks who like to
play would get together they could
c.’.sily build as good a course as any,
for this section Tyill grow grass and
that is one of the essentials.
It has occurred to me that the best
thing would be to have the Boys’
Training School, build and maintain
this course on some of that hard
looking farming land that they have
in cultivation on the main highway
to Macon. It would advertise itself
to all travelers.
The golf organization could pay
rent for the use of the land to the
institution, and it would pay better
than trying to grow crops, and the
boys could act as caddies, and put
them in touch with the general pub
lic. This might be well for the boys,
as well as for the institution for the
purpose of the school is to give the
boys a chance to again mingle in so
ciety and not feel that they have
been set apart for life from ali the
rest of us.
Think this matter over you wise
heads, golf enthusiasts, reformers,
business r.en, go-getters, etc.,—
though every one was included un
der the head of “Wise Heads.’’
J. L. SIBLEY.
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