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.man VOLUME XCVII DSEL'V2£t* m * in lift Milledgeville, Ca., Thursday, August 4, 1927. Consolidated in 1872 Number 50. STREET PAVING TO BE CONTINUED “tjrffisfcfr Be Re«nH«“* Th.- P»>i"S P r, ’ 1!r “ n ’ in ,he City ». m be cortiniKd for time - come, a* the City intr Monday nfc< ore .mts as follows: J m “ )n 'j|,.MB«mery »tre^ running at‘ Jefferson Eibert, block. Greene street from Wilkinson to Jefferson street, two blocks. Tni..! takes in section from Darien Hotel to north entrance gate G. M. College. Osh- Mock on Wayne street, be tween McIntosh and Montgomery Two blocks on Liberty from Han cock to Washington streets. One block on Greene leading from Liberty to Wilkinson streets. One-half block on Jefferson from where paving stopped to Wall St The County Commissioners their meeting Tuesday unanimously vot.d requesting the city to pave one block on Wilkinson street. This block runs from Hancock to McIn tosh streets and abuts the court house and jail yards. also l, t . ^ practicable. .e, however, the .lledgeville Railway u . v placed in the center of the stree., and the tracks on Han cock street removed. LIEUTENANT NASH MAKING PLANS FOR GREAT SCHOOL Military Department to Uodortak* Active Program Through Year. Rifle Team to Bo One of Boat. Lieutenant Nash in discussing the prospects for G. M. C. the coming year stated that the military depart ment would have another active year. Plans being made to enter a rifle tram in nil competitions of the corps. The preliminary training will be begun immediately after registration and the cadets will be whipped rap idly into shape for a successful year. The Hearst matches, corps matches and national matches will be entered again this year by the rifle team. Sergeant Wootteen, the team coach txpects to rival last year’s record which is the best the school has ever had. Lieutenant Nash is planning many activities for the students, giving them entertainments and other ac tivities to keep them busy. He pluns a crack drilled platoon that will com- P te in the state meet to be held in Macon in the spring. ; - mpany athletic competitions will bring about much activity on the campus. Teams in all the sports "ill be developed and prices will be offered the championship teams. SERVICE STATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL SECTION A committee from the Kiwanis u, ‘ ■PPeured before the City Coun- " n Monday evening petitioning at '“'^y t< create zones in the city 0 MilledgeviUe so that the erection ° . stations in the residential *** ,on the city might be prohibit- . »mtter was referred to the tll > attorney for an opinion, wheth- an "fdinance passed for the pur- would be legal. Board of Education Announce Elections County Toockora Named at Maotiag This Wook. Lilt lucORiplots. The Baldwin County Board of Ed ucation, at their regular monthly meeting Tuesday elected teachers for the coming year leaving several va cancies yet to be filled. Cooperville: Rev. J. L. Lawrence, principal; Miss Louise Hicks, Miss Hattie Richardson, Mias Roslyn Stripling and Mrs. Martha Davis, as sistants. Midway: B. J. Wells, principal; Mrs. B. J. Wells, Mrs. Cora Holt, Mrs. V. W. Burton (formerly Miss Bessie Adams), and Mias Lois Smith. Union Point: (Principal to be se lected ); Mrs. R. L. Prosser, Miss Lcola Newton,. and Mrs. Alice En nis Smith. Meriwether: Miss Lanette O’Neal, principal; Miss Mattie Lou Ivey, siatant. Scottsboro: Miss Louise Parker, principal; Mias Bessie Richardson, assistant. Baldwin Primary: Mrs. F. E. Wat- Black Springs: Mrs. J. H. Under- Hopewell: Mi*b Joyce Godard. G. M. C.: Supply, Miss Florence Cole, Miss Margaret Yarbrough. Supernumary: Mrs. Gladys Ash- field, Miss Margaret Simmerson, Miss Ola Mae Spivey, Miss Louise Blood- worth, Miss Leila Collins, Miss Su sie Hutchens, Mrs. Clara Torrance, Mrs. Henrietta S. Mitchum, Miss Arietta Kitchens. Teachers for the other schools will be elected at a later date. NEW TRAFFIC LAWSPASSED Haauck id Wayat Stmts Made Baalerardi. Trafic lata Theta Stapa. Jrfmaa Oh Way. The City Council at its monthly session Monday night passed ordi nances making Hancock street a Boulevard, requiring all traffic com ing into this street to come to a com plete stop before entering or cross ing this thoroughfare. The new law was instigated at hte conclusion of the paving prograih. Hancock street is one of the busiest thoroughfares in the city and boule- •ard stop signs will be placed at all streets leading into this street. Wayne street has also been made a boulevard and all traffic coming into this street will be required to stop before entering it. Hancock has the right of way over Wayne, however, and traffic along Wayne will have to op before entering or cros* : ng Han- Jefferson street has been made a le-way street, requiring all traffic along this street to move to the right. The park in the center of this street will be beautified, grass and CENTENNIAL EDITION WILL BE PUUSHED THURSDAY AUG. 18 C*W B«m Cmp« id Fnt StttiM, to Be hated Next Week. Te Renew Paper* Preyreu Over Ceatery. Newspaper, Are Beiay Reserved. The Union Recorder is' preparing its Centennial edition to be publish ed on August 18th, reviewing the history of the paper, the city, coun try and business development over a period of one hundred years. Mr. Hugh P. Brannen for a long number of years with the Macon Telegraph, who has been spending his vacation here has been assisting in preparing the copy and much of the data is now ready for the press. The edition will review much history recording facts and data relatives to the development of the city. Old File* Intereating. The files of the paper running over a period of a hundred years have been carefully examined and many interest Tories found. The paper will be rich in historical facts and one of the most valuable papers that has ever been published. The Chamber of Commerce of the city will take five hundred copies of the paper to use in advertising the city and county and hundreds of ex tra copies will be mailed over the state. Order* for extra copies are be ing received daily and the editor urges those desiring these copies to reserve them now as a limited sup ply will be printed. Call or write this office for your extra copies. The Union Recorder has been one of the most potent factors in Mil- ledgeville’s development and her his tory is interesting. The tales that were told in the sixties and different war periods bring to light many chronicled facts and this edition will be filled with these stories. Th* GwirMT, Sml* ProaiaUat mmd Spook** Afro* a* to NmJ. ATLANTA, Ga.—That soma im mediate relief for conditions at the Georgia Sanitarium for the insane at Milledgeville must be provided at the present session of the legislature was agreed by Governor Hardman, the < Milledgeville on the 25th of August, president of the senate and the coming here from Eatonton, where speaker of the house of represents- the annual press association will be tives, at a conference just held with held. SLAP RENTZ IS VERY OPTIMISTIC Crest Scum oa Gridiro, Antici pated. Fire Great Eleven, Com ing Here. Cssd Teem Expected. Slap Rentz while in the city the past week-end expressed unusual en thusiasm over the coming football season and expressed his belief in a successful year on the gridiron. Five major elevens in G. I. A. A. circle* will come here Lanier High will be first of the quartette to ap pear before the local fans, coming to Milledgeville in October. Riverside will make her first appearance here oil the gridiron in a long number of years on November 6th, U. S. B. will be the opposition on November 11th, Armistice Day. Monroe will come here later is November and Gordon Institute will form another holiday opposition on Thanksgiving Day. This will give Milledgeville five great games and a chance to see some of the great col lege stars of the future in action. Coach Reiftz stated that a small nucleus will return around which he expects to build a great team. The schedule is one of the most trying ever undertaken and a great rei strength will be necessary to go with fiying colors. The candidates will be assembled a few days before the regular school session begins for a preliminary training period. The season will open the last Sat urday in September with one of the minor elevens of this section. A. R. C. of Augusta will be played ir Richmond city about the middle of October. Other important G. I. A. A. contenders are on the sched ule. Lieut. Nash will again assist Coach Rentz in the coaching. Coach Rentz is now in Lakeland, Immediate Relief Is STATE EDIT ADC Necessary Sanitarium ulAlE U/llUlw HERE AUGUST 25 C«Mf to MilsRgssMx Fraa Ea* Mw to SH Day. Nkc sf Fir* Orgaaiiali— Georgia's newspaper men will vide iwers planted in the center parks. The new traffic laws will be rigidly I Fla., attending the Wallace Wade enforced, dated the chairman of the | coaching school, and expects to gain police department on the council and ion as the stop signs are placed the enforcement will begin. many new ideas from the great Uni versity of Alabama mentor. Mrs. B. A. Bass happened painful accident last Friday, i Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bonner, who : have managed the Darien Hotel for j the past several years, will giv she fell and dislocated her right hip. up lhe firgt of September. Mr. Hein- Wor k has begun on the JEFFERSON STREET PARKS The city street supervisor began Cp ° rk Monday on the parks in the ,‘ nt " r °f Jefferson street sodding _.*** and preparing the ground , shrubbery and flowers ^rk way. 1 tie city officials plan to so _ that will day green all > r ’ flowers that bloom in mil w m *l*o be planted. The city 1 to make this one of the most l ^active streets la Milledgeville. •ill be some time before she will be able to walk. Her friends sym pathize with her. Mr. E. G. Grimes, who is now a member of the police force of Ocalla. Fla., is in the city visiting his moth er. Reports from Ocalia are that he makes that city an active and alert officer. SUPT. BIVINS APPEARS BEFORE COMMITTEE OF ASSEMBLY Messrs. P. N. Bivins, R- H. Hoo- ten and R. H. Harper went to At lanta on Wednesday to appear be fore the appropriations committee of the general assembly in behalf of .he Rural Schools of Baldwin county, lese gentlemen made up a commit- from the Board of Education put up a strong plea for the aid schools here. del Mobley, owner of the Darien, has leased it to Mrs. J. M. Busby, of Waynesboro, who will assume its management on the first. Mr. and Mrs, Bonner will continue to make their home in the city. Dr. E. A. Tigner is ha ring the W. H. Roberts house on Clark street painted and made into two apart ments. The house is one of the best located in the city. NEGRO MAN DROPPED DEAD. Coroner C. I. Newton was called to Stevens Pottery on Wednesday morning to hold an inquest over the remains of Henry Williams, a negro The facta developed at the in quest were that Williams dropped dead. The verdict of a jury was that his death was due to natural cause. SCHOOL TRUCK DRIVERSNAMED Eight Trodu Required to Take Children to School,. Three on The G. M. College Route. The Baldwin County Board of Ed ucation at their regular monthly meeting last Tuesday named the truck drivers for the different school districts in the county. Eight trucks will be used, three of them bringing children t< College route. The following truck drivers were selected: 1. Union Point-Black Springy J. W. Stevenson. 2. Union Point-Harmony, E. W. Torrance. 3. Humphries - Meriwether - G. M. C., T. C. Humphries. 4. Pleasant Grove-G. M. C., W. C. Buckner. 5. Salem-Hopewelt-G. M. C., R. W. Martin. f 6. Cooperville and Pinegrove, W. M. Kitchens, Jr. Cooperville and Camp Creek, F. D. Pearce. ^ ' 8. Coopcrville-Mt. Pleasant, Theo- 1 H. Lcviae Hariag Stare Made dore r. Brookins. Ready fee Jay Dry Geed, Ba»- the board of trustee* of the sanitari which held a special meeting in Atlanta The absolute safety limit of pop ulation, 5,000 patients^ was reached last week and the trustees directed Superintendent Swint to admit no more applicants except as vacancies occur by death or discharge. Besides the resident population, more than 600 patient* are out "on fgurlough" and entitled to return at any time. County ordinaries are now being forced to commit insane men and women to the county jails until such time as room for them is provided at the state sanitarium, and numer ous complaints are being received at the capitol and at the sanitarium that confinement of innocent un fortunates with criminals is a relic of the dark ages. While there has been a request by the trutxecs for appropriation! running to more than a million dol lars for providing new buildings, it is realized that it is hardly possibli to obtain such a sum under present conditions, and it is expected thut the problem will be solved for a time by erecting buildingj for negro pa tients upon the “colony farm" at the sanitarium. This will provide for white patients after the negro building* are renovated. Governor Hardman indicated deep interest in the program during conference with the trustees t promised th*w next message to the legisture would deal with the sit uation fit the sanitarium and that he would urge that prompt action be taken. STORE TO OPEN ION SEPTEMRER1 9. Trilby-Scottsboro, Jesse Scott, Jr. These drivers will be required to furnish good trucks and equipment, and follow all rules and 'regulation! for the safety and comfort of the children. DR. L. M. JONES AUTOMO BILE STOLEN SUNDAY NIGHT Dr. L. M. Jones’ Buick sedan wa* stolen some time Sunday night from front of his residence on Colum bia street, where he had left it. Ef forts to locate the automobile have proven useless. is believed that the car was stolen by negroes who were in the city Sunday from Florida. The au tomobile in which they came had on Florida tag, and was abandoned here by them. News reached this city today that Mr. W. H. Roberts was seriously ill at the home of hiB daughter, Mrs. men. Wil Be New Sleek. Mr. H. Levine, who will be with the dry goods store to be opened in the city September lBt by Mr. Har ry Jay is in the city. Mr. Levine is directing workmen in remodeling tHe ttore house va cated by the Finney Dry Goods Co. this week. He is having the interior repainted and shelving and fixtures placed. The store will be ready for busi ness by September 1st, and will be stocked with new dry goods, ladies’ ready-to-wear, shoes, notions, etc. These good* will be purchased in the eastern markets and shipped di rectly to the city, and by opening day will be attructively displayed. Mr. Levine has come to the city to stay, and hopes to move his family here at an early date. Mr. Jay at this time is in a hos pital at Gainesville, but is regaining his strength, and expects to visit the eastern markets within the next two weeks, where he will purchase goods for his Mliledgeville, Gainesville, Ea tonton and Greensboro stores. The editors are expected to ar rive here early Thursday morning, and will go immediately to the Old Capitol building, where the associa tion was organized about fifty years ago. The Coca-Cola Company, of Mil- ledgeville, will serve the newspaper men cold drinks upon their arrival this generous offer coming through Mr. T. H. Clark, the local manager. Mayor J. H. Ennis will deliver the address of welcome to the editors and some of the prominent members :of the press will make short ad dresses. The editors will then be taken on a tour of inspection of the state in stitution* and other interesting points here. Dr. Swint and the offi cers of the State Sanitarium will en tertain the visitors at a barbecue dinner at the noon hour when the scribes will be given an opportunity to see something of the work being done at the great institution. In the afternoon the editors will leave on the Central train for Tallu lah Falls, where they will spend the week-end at Press Haven in the Georgia mountains. The Georgia edl% tor* own a number of cottager near Tallulah Falls and an annual outing is held there. The visit of the editors here will mark their return to the place of their organization. The late Jere Moore, editor of the Union Recor der, whb in a large measure respon sible for Ills M^RIRUjpn of the association and inVitcd them here for their first meeting. The associa tion met here again in 1895, accord ing to the files of the paper. The Milledgeville Kiwanis Cjub and Parent-Teachers Association of G. M. C. and other organizations among the ladies will assist in the en tertainment of the guests. The editors will arrive Eatonton on Tuesday and will some here on Thursday. The Eatonton Kiwanis Club bringing them here in cars. DR HOLMES IN FLORIDA IN INTEREST OF G. M. COLLEGE 'ill Spend Month in Flower Stain. Jain* Prof. Mnrchont. Who Ha* Bonn Active There. Dr. E. T. Holmes left thi* week for Florida, where he will spend the month of August in the interest of joining Prof. Marchant, who has been active there since early in June. Dr. Holmes expects to visit the principal points in Florida. The ap plicants and inquiries this year have been unusually large from Florida, and the school president expects to call on people making inquiries while there. Before leaving Milledgeville Dr. Holmes stated that prospect for a large enrollment was bright and that the school expected to open with a full barracks in September. Eatonton Men Buy Milledgeville Cleaners Messrs. J. O. Rosser and W. S. Edwards purchased the Milledgeville Cleaners business here the past onth from Mr. Frank Williams, since, and on account of old age and weakened constitution, his condition has become critical. His grandson, E. L. Barnes, Jr., and his family to Augusta today. Mr. Adrian Horne announce as a candidate to fill the place of one of the three aldermen, who are to be nominated in the October primary. Mr. Horne is the eldest son of the late Mr. J. A. Horne, who served as mayor of the city a number of years. He is engaged in the ware house business and is a progressive citizen. l 4- Farr. Mr. Ivey is well-known in the neighborhood of Union Hill, and will be heard by a large congregation. Rev. Jas. A. Ivey will preach at Henry T. Chance in North Augusta. J Union Hill Methodist church Sunday j who opened the plant here several Mr. Roberts had a fall several days , morning for the pastor. Rev. J. H. j months ago, and have taken over the operation of the plant. Messrs. Rosser and Edwards come here from Eatonton, where they have been the past five years. They are originally from South Carolina, com ing to Georgia in 1922. The two new additions to Milledgeville are live and progressive young men and will maintain the same high standard of efficiency that the firm has estab lished its reputation upon. The two men believe in Milledgo- ville and think it one of the Hi and best towns that they have ever lived in, and they haye lived in many South Carolina towns. They have on- tered the business life of the dtf with progressive ideas and will make their busiaess go. GETTING GINS IN SHAPE. The operators of gins throughout the county are busy getting their machinery, etc., in shape ready for the opening of the season. It will not be long now before the fin* bale of cotton will be brought to the market. PROTRACTED SERVICES. Rev. W. B. Mills is holding revival services at Round Oak church in the southern part of the county. The at tendance has been good, and interest shown. The services will be brought to a close Sunday afternoon. jM