Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 03, 1927, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 Pinion $£ccordet» federal Uniaa EstabliBhed in 1829 VOLUME XCVII iuuthorn Ktoj.-ler ” Milledgeville, Ga.. MARCH 3. 1927. Consolidated in 1872 No. 29 G M. C. TEAM WINS A TROPHY BEST RECORD in the fourth CORPS IN RIFEE COMPET.- TION. SCORE IS CONSIDERED UNUSUAL. AWARDED LATER. The G •lar< d the rj JI. c. Kifli vas de- , er of .the Fourth _ , which were complet- “/cntriM from einht Southern The team's score was 7,803 out of a possible 8.000 and WttS much hich * ‘er than the winners of second place. The team of ten men have made un- U al records on all stages of the and their record is considered one of the best in the Union. Sergt. Wootten, the team coach, stated that the unusual accuracy that had been shown by his team was a ir.str- Tc | t,. him He is highly pleased with the results. earn will fire the Culver next week and then enter th.- competition for the Hearst Tro phy. Another high mark in the Fourth Corps has been set by the cadets who for the past four years have won the cup for excellency over ull schools ip the Fourth Corps. A strong bid will be made for the Hon or School recommendation this year. Col. Howell will come down for the annual inspection in a few weeks. The JOS. A. MOORE HAS BOUGHT OLD SAM KRAMER HOUSE Ur.Jos. A. Moore has purchased ihe oid Sam Kramer house on the corru r of Washington and S. Wayne ■tmi from Mr. J. I. Gore, and will remodel it for aresidence and under taking parlors. The trade made be- tv.ce.'i Messrs Moore and Gore in cluded the exchanging of house and lot on Wilkinson street which belong ed to Mr. Moore. The house which Mr. Moore pur chased is located within a block of the busines center, and will be trans formed into n home and with modern and up-to-date - Undertaking apart- nmta, which will be in every way a credit to the city. Work is expected to be commenced ftt an early date, ind the house made ready for occu pancy in the early summer. LARGE SUM GIVEN LEGION MEMOR’AL D. A. R. AND SERVICE STAR DO NATE $500 EACH TO FUND. SITE TO CHOSEN ON G. M. C. CAMPUS. LIKE CAPITOL. The D. A.R. and Woodrow Wilson chapter of the Service Star Legion donated $500 each to the Memorial Fund of the American Legion the past week, place the post nearer their goal to begin work on the proposed monument to the ex-service men of the county. The Legion are making an effort to get the corner lot on the G. M. C. campus, oposite the City Hospital as a site to erect the Community House and Library that has been proposed as a Memorial to the ex-service men. The I). A. R. have given a lot that they have on the campus but the Le gion are anxious to change the loca tion. It is expected that this difficul ty’ will be cleared up and plans for the building will be drawn. The same style of architecture ns the Old Cap itol building hns been adopted. SPONSOR FOR C. M. C. TEAM IN TOURNAMENT IN G. I. A. A. Black Coach and Mrs. T. H. Rentz are the proud parents of a fine baby girl, born at the City Hospital on Sunday afternoon and has been named Jean for her mother. Coach Rentz left Wednesday for Macon to enter his team in the G. I. A. A. tournament that opened ther Wednesday afternoon, while in the City Hospital the team sponsor will watch the progress of the tourna ment with keen interest. The coach declares that she is the finest, most beautiful and charming young -lady that has ever acted in this capacity for any team, anywhere at anytime. EATONTON WOMAN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL HERE SUNDAY BISHOP IKE , HERE IN MAY HEAD OF ATLANTA DIOCESE IS TO PREACH COMMENCEMENT SERMON AT G. M. C. TO CON FIRM CLASS AT THAT TIME. The Rt. Rev. H. J. Mikell, Bishop of the Atlanta Diocese and one of. the South’s leading ministers, has ac cepted an invitation of Dr. Holmes to deliver the baccaulaurate sermon of the Georgia Military College on May 29th. On Sunday evening of the same date Bishop Mikell will conduct ser vices at St. Stephen’s Espiscopal Church, making his annual visits* tion, confirming and receiving those who will join the church. Bishop Mikell has been a annual visitor here for a number of years and has many friends in this city. His coming here in May will be watched with interest by the people of this city. The two Espiscopal Bishops of Gerogia will come here within a week’s time of each other, Bishop Reese delivering .the G. S. C. W. commencement sermon the week fol lowing Bishop MikelFs visit here. SEWING MACHINE OFFICE OPENS MARCH 14th. Mr. J. Cj Henderson. Bookkeeper WtL Come From Dublin The district office of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., under the man agement of Mr. J. C. Henderson will open March 14th. In this new ar rangement Mr. Henderson will have under his management the agency of seven counties. Miss Ida Mae Evans, of Dublin, has benn made book keeper. Miss Evans is now at the office in Macon, studying the system of book keeping used by the company She will comfc to Milledgevillc on the 14th of March and take charge of the clerical work. Mrs. Henderson will continue in charge of the hemstitching depart- BOARD REJECTS SITES FOR CAMP COX ANNOUNCES NO SELEC TION MADE FOR 1827 EN CAMPMENT. ONE OF MUCH IMPORTANCE. ATLANTA, Ga.—Adjutant Gener al Charles H. Cox has announced thut there will be no permanent campsite for the National Guard of Georgia selected in time for tho an nua! encampment of 1927. The matter is one of so much im portance to the militia as well ns to the community where such a perma nent camp would be located, the adjutant general says, that every care and precaution against a mis take should be taken before the fi nal selection is made. Several tenders have been made, by as many localities, all of which have been under investigation and consideration by tho military depart ment but. General Cox says, there is not time in which to conclude the negotiations, secure allotment of funds for construction of a perma nent camp, and make ready the camp before the time for the 1927 train ing school, and for that reason the matter will be carried over for the time being, or until there is ample 'opportunity to weigh each proposi tion made on its individual merits, and measure these to the permanent needs of the militia of the state. LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION GOES OVER THE TOP March Ovrc the Ove, Top Month. 12,( Morris-Little Pc ut Still Driving The Sunday School ’ Vorke. inner Pastor of the Baptist Church Pases Away After Long and Useful Life. A telegram received by Mr. A. J. Parr on Tuesday morning announced the denth of Rev. A. J. Beck in Sara- 11. Fla. -Mr. Beck is well remembered here hy our older citizens, as he served a* pastor of the Milledgevillc Bap tist church several years in the early 1880 r. While in the city he was greatly beloved by our people, as e was an earnest and consecrated preacher, and both by precept and example exerted a wholesome and up- • ting influence in the community. He married Miss Edith Ailing, a sister of Mrs. A. J. Carr and Mrs. L. M. Jones. She and several chil dren survive him. Mr. Beck was widely known throughout Georgia and Florida hav ing served as pastor of Baptist church- . He had reached a ripe old ege. and his death ends a life that has been filled with good works, and i hey will live after him. The remain wore interred in the •-metery at Sarasota, Fla. C M. C. ELIMINATED FROM THE G. I. A. A. TOURNAMENT ’ V| th hopes again shattered for ,\ G. I. A. A. Championship the C. cadets returned home after u' defeated and eliminated from tournament. University School •’< d the victor 44 to 39 in the um<? * n w hich G. M. C. -partici- in the tournament. Rentrmen put up a noble d wont down after a desper- -'“ffgle. Miss Leonora Thompson, a young imnn of Eatonton, was rushed to the City Hospital here Sunday aftcr- i in a serious condition after the automobile in which she was riding had been wrecked near Eatonton ear lier in the afternoon. Miss Thompson was riding along the highway near Eatonton in a Ford car with companions when another Ford driven by a negro ran into them, knocking Miss Thompson to the ground and running over her body, crushing the jaw injuring her back and breaking the left arm. When Miss Thompson reached this city her condition was very serious, and although she rallied from the shock her condition is still grave, ac cording to attending physicians. FORMER STUDENT AT G. M. C. IS IN ATLANTA ORCHESTRA Raleigh Pert, who graduated from G. M. C. the past June, and is now a student at Oglethrope University, has been elected a member of the Atlanta orchestra as a Sousaphonist. The orchestra is one of the best in Atlanta, and gives a concert over W. S. B. every Monday night. Young Pert, during the years he was at the G. M. C. was u member of the band, and received his musical training under Major Osterman. He also be longed to "the baseball and football A Workers Council of the Baptist Sunday School will be held March 7th at the Sunday School rooms, bring together the teachers and of ficers of the church to promote more efficient teaching. The council will be of important interest to all the Sunday school workers of the church. Mr. Joe Moore, the superintendent of the schorl, and his corps of teachers have a splendid organization and are doing a great work among the young people of the city. MIDSHIPMAN TAYLOR MAKING FINE RECORD AT ANNAPOLIS Dr. E. T. Holmes, President of the Georgia Military College, Monday received a report of Midshipman R- A. Taylor, who went to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis Md.", nftor graduation at G. M. C., and the report showed that young Taylor stood number 112 in a class of eight hundred and that his high est grnde was in French, which was 3.^7 on a ha«is of B. This is a splendid record and is highly creditable to Midshipman Tay lor. MORRIS-LITTLE POST HELD ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING Be Erected. The Morris-Little Post, of the American Legion, held a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce room on Thursday evening, and enjoyed a luncheon. The meeting was one of the best attended and most enthusi astic held in u long time. Plans were discussed as to the erection of the memorial and com mittees were appointed to decide up- The treasurer was instructed to send flowers to Mrs. Kenneth Mc Millan, President of the Auxiliary, 1 who is ill at the hospital, having un dergone an operation for appendici tis. The flowers carried with them an appreciation of the work Mrs- Mc- Millm and the auxiliary had done for the post. t A resolution was passed thanking Dr. Sam Anderson, health officer, for the splendid work he did in prevent ing the spread of smallpox and other contagious diseases. DR. J. E. KIDD OUT AGAIN. I)r. J. E. Kidd, who was ill several days, as the result of weakness fol lowing a heart uttack, is able to be out again. His friends gave him cor dial greetings when he visited the business section of the city. March has been designated as “Over the Top Month” by the Geor gia headquarters of the American Legion and a goal of 12,000 mem bers has been set. Tfie local post has gone over but are still driving for every ex-service ninn into thw or ganization. A supper will be given all ex-ser vice men" in the county who are not now members of the Legion, at which time an out of town Legionnaire will be here to speak to the men. Gen. Walter Harris, of Macon, has been invited for this occasion but it is not knwon that he will accept. Any ex-service man who would like to attend this meeting, send your mime to J. H. Holloway, Adjutant of the Morris-Little Post, and he will ndvi.se yon when the meeting will be. Seventy men are now on the local post’s roll and Commander Wood and his co-workers are anxious to bring this number to round figures making it 100. Fight of Health Doctor to Check on Smallpox Epidemic and Splendid Result* Commended by Post. Dr. Sem A. Anderson, Comr ‘a- ioner of Health and active member f the American Legion here was ommended by that body in a resolu- ion introduced by Legionnaire Mob- py at their meeting held last Thurs- Mr. OLD SOLDIERS GRAVES MARKED TABLET MARKING MAJOR BOY- KIN’S GRAVE TO BE UNVEIL- EED BY D. A. R. MARCH 13TH, CEREMONIES AT 3 P. K With fitting ceremonies the Nancy Hart Chapter, D. A. R., will unveil a marker on the grave of a Revolu tionary soldier, Major Francis Boy kin, on Sunday afternoon at* 3 o’clock March 13th, at the burying place on the old family cemetery on the Shin- holstcr place, about ten miles from this city on the Sandersville road. The chapter has invited the pub lic to attend this ceremony and are especially anxious for the descend ants of Major Boykin to be present. The murking of this old grave will place a lasting identity to posterity of the resting place of another of the Revolutionary heroes. The local chapter has placed several of these grave markers in the county and oth er tablets marking historic buildings and land mnrks. Re, •An inspection officer of the regu lar army will come here on Match 16th for the annual inspection of the Baldwin Blue, according to or ders that have been received by Capl. H. B. Ennis. The dfficer will make his inspec tion at night, the company using the business section for the maneu vers. In the rating that was given last year, the lo'-al company was ranked second losing first plare by only A few points. A strong bid is being made this year, as the com pany is at an unusual high grnde of proficiency, taking into considera tion the past years. The inspection will start at eight o'clock on March 16th, and the pub lic has been invited to witness the SIBLEY IS NAMED C.C SECRETARY FARMER AND BUSINESS MAN TAKES OVER OFFICE MARCH 1ST. CLOSELY IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE. WILL REORGANIZE. James L. Sibley, farmer and re*l estate man, was the past week named secretary of the Chamber of Com merce succeeding Mr. Minter, who resigned several days ago, and has taken active charge of the office. Mr. Sibley hns been Identified with the agricultural and business life of the city for a long number of year* and has been closely acquainted with the people of tne county, haring serv ed for more than 12 years as post master. There is no man in the coun ty who is better acquainted with the resources and advantages of the county than Mr. Sibley. He is espe cially suited for this work and splen did results are expected from his ad ministration. A reorganization of the body will come in a few weeks when the an nual rally will be held. The Board of Directors and other officers will be named. WILLIAM MOORE IN ATLANTA FOR PHYSICAL EXAMINATION Withou Mei i Probably Complied i To Have Recital. Thirty Da The MoIIer organ purchased by Dr. Parks for the New Audito rium of the G. S. C. W., has arrived and installation has begun which will be completed in probably thirty days. The organ is to be one of the fin est of its size in the South, costing $25,000. The keyboard will set in the pit at the stage will be the pipes will be installed in the arch windows on either side of the auditorium. A noted organist will probably give a recital in the auditorium when the installation is completed. It is hop ed that the organ will be ready for the Music Convention the latter part of this month. his untiring efforts to check the smallpox epidemic that threatened the county a few weeks ago, and praised him for the splendid and fearless manner in which he handled the situation. The many friends of Mrs. W. H. Roberts, regret to learn that she re cently dislocated her right hip by an accidental fall. Mrs. Roberts recently left this city and went to Augusta to make her home with her daughter. Mrs. Henry Chance and son Mr. Tom She has reached a ripe old the injury she has received is a se rious one. Her friends here, and they are many, as her long lifeffias been spent here, wish for her a sjK'cdy Joe, son of Mr. J. C. Cooper, is in the city hospital recovering from an operation for appendicitis. Mr. Coop er received a message Friday eve ning that his son, who was in At lanta, attending the Technological school, wus ill with an attack of ap pendicitis, and, accompanied by Dr. Richard Binion left immediately for that city. They brought him to the hospital here for the operation. Joe in popular with the young folks, and they arc all glad that he is on the William Moore, cadet major of the G. M. C. batallion, is in Atlanta this week at Fort McPherson standing the physical examination for admit tance to West Point having received the principal appointment from Con gressman Carl Vinson for this post. Cadet Moore’s record at G. M. C. was sent to the Academy officials by Dr. Holmes and he iH being ad mitted without conditions and with out examination. The physical exam ination came necessarily Cadet Moore was second honor man of the senior class of G. M. C. the past year and has been at the Military School this term taking a post graduate course preparing for his entrance to the Academy. If he is given the o. k. of the medical board he will enter West Point in July. Citixens Make Up Fund for Cadets On Rifle Team. Winners of 4th Corps Matches Prospect. Business men made up a fund on Tuesday to purchase medals to be presented the fifteen members of the G. M. C. rifle team in recognition of the splendid record they have made during the corps matches which have just been completed. The team score was 7,803 out of a possible 8,000 which was the high mark for the Fourth Corps compris ing schools in eight states. DEATH OF MRS. W. B. HARTLEY vay AUXILIARY TO SPONSOR PLAY. The American Legion Auxiliary have formulated plans to sponsor a play entitled "Cupid Up-to-date.” The play will be given April 26th, Roberts, j and will be one of the best ever wit- ige, and j nessed in this city. PENSION MONEY RECEIVED. Judge W. H. Slembridge has re ceived the pension money for the »eting of Confederate veterans. He has paid a the Parent-Teacher Association will number of pensioners, but there are be held Friday afternoon, March 4, a few who have not yet received at the G. M. C. auditorium. An ni- their money, and they are requested onthly Mrs. B. W. Hartley died Tuesday morning about 11 o'clock after an illness of more than a week with pneumonia, at the home of her sis ter, Mrs. D. M. Williams, in Vienna, Ga., where she had gone to spend a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Hartley came to Mil- ledgeville a little more than a year ago, Mr. Hartley being manager of the Postal Telegraph office in this city. Since coming here they have made many friends, who will regret to learn of her death. She w surviv ed by Mr. Hartley and four small children, Gordon, aged 7 years; Eu- latia Berryle, 5; Bruce, 2; and an infant a week old, and other rela- The sympathy of our people go out to the bereaved family. ‘sting program has been arr jnp- j to ed. COUNTY OFFICIALS MET. The first Tuesday wa3 the first day of March. It was sales day, and several pieces of property were sold. The Connty Commissioners held their regular monthly meeting, and ordered bills paid and let contracts for supplies. The Board of Education met in the office of School Superintendent Bivins, and transacted routine busi ness. Superintendent Bivins is ex pected to receive a payment of school money from the state on the 12th.

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Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 03, 1927, Image 1