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f mon "volume xcvn. Southera Recorder " > 1819 federal Union Established in 1829 Milledgeville, Ga., Thursday, September 8, 1927. Consolidated in 1872 Number 3. oldest otizen PASSED AWAY Han Church Friday Morning. Interment in City Cemetery. ... funeral service! of Mr. Ed- , I' [jjiit' will be he^| at the .... . r ian church Friday morning, , ’ 0 i lock, and his remains will rred in the city cemetery, people of Milledgeville and county will join in paying :e to Mr. Lane for he had spent nir life in this community and t a worthy citizen and a faith- jblir officer, and he died honor- I respected by his fellow citi- M Lane died at his home in this c ir- .Vcdnesday night, September 7th. .bout 11 o’clock after an ill s’r. Lane was 88 years of age, a>, was Milledgeville’s oldest citi- it :. He was the only surviving mem- her : the Baldwin Blues, when that company left the city in 1861, to : :he army of the Confederacy in Virginia. He made a brave, true and li.va! soldier, performing duties and facing danger without fear. il, received wounds, the scars of which he bore to his death. At the clo-tr of the war he returned home, ar d with his other comrades, whose liv. riad been spared, took his place in r building the devastated land ar.u restoring peace and order out H*- was' a bookkeeper, and held n--- t risible positions with some of Milledgeville’s prominent business c.iiuerns. He was elected Tax Re- cfiv- r of Baldwin county a number ars ago, and held that office c : aitively until his death. Mr. Lane was a member of the JJje- vie rian church, from his eariy jrnr-, an* several as an elder for nvsry years. He was loyal to his church, and his profession of faith w i- • M-mplified in his daily life. Mr Lane was a member of Camp (;e..rc>- Doles, No. 730, U. C. V. fill ed l. . office of secretary for a long : ni One by one the Confederate Wt-rans are answering their last call, and going to join their com- r. on the eternal camping ground, here will be none of them left, •heir memories will always be ch- - hed. Lane is survived by Mrs. Lane, . Mr. Edward Lane, a daugh- !iss Caro Lane, and a sister, M Mary Lane. DR J. L. BEESON CONTINUED VS ACTING PRES. G. S. C. W. GRID SEASON OPENS SEPT. 24 Lanier High to Be Opponent in Curtain Raiser. Practice Started Tuesday. Fifty Candidates An swer First Call on Cadets. Football enthusiasts rejoiced Tues day, when the first sound of the “thud" of toe meeting football re sounded from Davenport field, when Coach Slap Rentz began his initial practice of the season with more then fifty candidates present. With the opening game only three week* in the future. Coach Rentz has entered into a strenuous training pe riod to condition the men for the opening tilt. The Lanier squad has been active for a week and are ex pected to be in condition earlier than the cadets. They have returned many letter men and are certain to be strong contenders for the honors of the G. I. A. A. this year. The first practice Tuesday found a few of last year’s varsity back for this season. Capt. Petterson, Cantrell, Odom, Tunnell, Smith and Chandler were in uniform ready for thL‘ go. Moore, Beck, Jordan, Barnes and Echols of the last year scrubs reported to the coach for the con ditioning period. Among the new men who look promising are Powell, Woolfolk, Gunn, Graves and Smith. The schedule this year will bring to Milled~evi!l.> the best teams in the state. Riverside, University School, Monroe. Gordon, and Lanier are *cehdulcd for M il 1 e d g e v i lie games. » Coach Rentz and Lieut. Nash are working hard to bring the men into shape for the heavy grind ahead of them. ENNIS SELLS ICE FACTORY The Atlantic Ice & Coal Corpora-1 The Largest Attendance in the tion Buy Local Plant for $56,- History of the College Is Ex- 000. To Begio Operation at yccled. Everything Is Ready for Am Early Date. Coming of Student Body. G. S. C. W. WILL COLLEGE WANTS OPEN WEDNESDAY THE COUNTY JAIL A deal was closed today, where the Atlantic Ice & Coal Corporation, of Atlanta, became the owner of the Ennis Ice and Fuel Work*, the pur chasing price it is understood was $60,000. Mr. Ennis, owner of the ice com pany, confirmed the rumor that had been heard as to the sale of the plant. The Atlanta firm also purchas ed the interest of the Stevens Ice Company here. Capt. Ennis stated that the new concern would take over the plant immediately, but that his customers having ice books would be protected. All ice books would good until they had been usid up, stated Capt. The Atlanta people have recently purchased several ice plants through out middle Georgia, and are forming a chain of factories over the state. The local plant will supply several neighboring towns. Officials of the new company have been in the city thi* week looking over their new purchase and will make some few improvements. CADET PUBLICATION TO BE ISSUED BI-MONTHLY Lieut. Vernon L. Nash has c6m- pleted arrangements and will next week begin the publication bf the KAY-DET, a bi-monthly newspaper telling of the activities on the Geor gia Military College campus. The paper will he edited by mem bers of the student body and will curry much interesting news. The staff of editors have not been elected but this will he done this week. >»rd of Trust** ’•-Elect Him at Meeting Held ia Atlanta Friday. Dr. J. L. Beeson was again elected Ding president of G. S. C. W. at a eeting of the hivard of directors Id :n Atlanta Friday night. Dr. Beeson was named as acting esident of the college after the ath of Dr. M. M. Parks, and has tinued in charge since, as Dr. S. " rose Shurie. who was elected nt declined to accept. ■ members of the board express- • mselves ay highly pleased with Ministration, and again named acting president. Beeson has the college thor- -rganized for the opening of ion next Wednesday, and ■ the dormitories of the col- -d to their capacity. He-son is an experienced edu- tcacher, and under hi* di- ■ college will continue to at the high standard it tently maintained. edgeville boy to PTAIN MERCER ELEVEN ue Butts. Mercer football left, Milledgeville Monday i the football practice period Baptist school in preparation coming season. Butts, elected last fall by • way enthusiastic hs to the for the coming season and : " Mercer wouM have a good He is one of the greatest ends has produced and will make ‘‘•■rccr eleven a great leader. • :t, ‘ believes he Is enterting his >’car and that he la in the • hysical condition he has ever LARGE NUMBER BARRACKS BOYS More Thu Hundred Out of Town Boys Are Attendinf Georgia Military College. More Expect ed Daring the Week. The number of boarding cadet* at G. M. C. has reached several over one hundred. Thus making the num ber far in excess of what it has been in several years. The boys commenced arriving in the city Tuesday morning, many of them coming in automobiles, accom panied by their fathers and mothers and other relatives. The barrack* were in good condi tion for the reception of the boys, and supper was srrved on Tuesday iiight. The barracks this year f wi!l be in charge of Major Merchant, who comes to G. M. C. from Riverside Academy. He will he assisted by several other professors in the col lege. There will be a number of cadets to arrive by Monday morning. The number of boys in the bar racks is highly gratifying to all our citizens. The year just opening .is ex pected to be one of the most suc cessful in the history of the college. There will be a singing at the Cooperville Baptist church Saturday' night at 8 o'clock, and all invited. There will be regular preaching aer- iccs Sunday morning. The Georgia State College for; Women will open for its 1927-28 ses- sion next Wednesday, September 14. j The student body will arrive in the j city Tuesday the 1.7th. coming from i all sections of Georgia. During that i day they will come to the city in au tomobile- and in special coaches on | the Georgia and Central railroads, j "The Beauty Special” will reach Mil- ! tedgevillv from Macon at 6:30 n. m., bringing the great majority of the young ladies. During the past week the college has been the scene ’of great activity, making final arrangement* for the opening. Dormitory rooms have been j assigned and the students given final instructions. There will he no confu sion as each of the girls will know jthe dormitory and nun\ber of the • room in which she will stay, and her | trunk will be numbered accordingly The opening exercises will be held Wednesday morning, and the student body will gath.r in the auditorium, here they will be welcomed to the city and college. Work will be taken immediately afterwards, and classes assigned. The dormitories will be filled to their capacity, and several hundred applications have been refused ad mittance. CITY COUNCIL HELD MEETING Reg*v Maalfcljr Sesiiw ManJty Evening. S e v e r al Ordinance! Were Pored, And the Paving li to Be Continued. The City Council held n busy ses sion Monday night, and transacted a large amount of business. They passed an ordinance prevent- ng jay-walking on Jefferson street. This ordinance protects the parks gain.it being walked ucross. An ordinance w*as nassed order ing the paving of two blocks on Greene street from Jefferson to Wil- Zone No. 10, paving of 210 feet on North Jefferson to Wall street. Zone No. 11, Jackson street from Montgomery to overhead bridge. Passed a resolution highly commend ing the Harwood Beebe Co. for the manner in whic v they had managed and dir.cted th t paving of the a ordinance fixing the time limit that an automobile might he parked n the streets at twelve hours. It was ordered that the city treasu rer be authorized to resume pay- lent to charity ward of City Hos- KIWANIS CLUB DISCUSSES BATHING POOL IN THE CITY The Kiwanis Club at their meet ing Friday night discussed the build ing of a modern swimming pool in the city. It was unanimously agreed that it would be a good thing to do. A resolution placed the matter in the hunds of a committee, who will make investigation of the advisability of undertaking the movement and „ee if it would meet with the ap proval of the citizens, and whether co-operation from other sources could be secured. MISS HUMPHREY RESIGNS /ROM FACULTY G. S. C. W. Miss Cecil Humphrey has resigned r position as instructor in health the G. S. C. W., and accepted a position at the Geor; ia State Sanita rium. She will he connected with the health clinic at that institution, where she will inaugurate a new work recently established there. Miss Humphrey is recognized as one of the most talented young wo men in the state, and after her grad uation at G. S. C. W. she became a ‘teacher in that institution and has since taken special courses of study at Harvard and other universities. The work she will undertake at the Sanitarium is a most important one, und requires skill, talent nad expe rience, all of which Miss Humphrey is endowed with. Her resignation was uccepted with th. keenest regret by the authorities of G. S. C. W., as her worth wa recognized, und she was held in tin highest estc;m by the members of the faculty, and study body. VOTERS SLOW TO REGISTER Om Hudred tad Thirty-six Ready For Gty Election. Entrance for Candidates Nearing Close Must Be Qualified by Fifteenth. Int> rest in the coming city pri mary has failed to reach any degree of enthusiasm and the registration books are gaining little recognition from the citizen* of the city and to- daic less than 200 are ready to cast their vote for a mayor and three al dermen in the city election to be held October 26th. The time for the qualification and entrance of candidates is drawing to close and next Thursday, the 16th, will find all candidates ready for the final stretch. To date there are five candidates for aldermen and two for mayo*-. No great issues have been entered into and the race is running pcac« fully along it* way. Four years ago in the city election there were over 1,000 qual :r ed vo ters, and according to these figures there ere over 800 people who are failnig to take advantage of their franchise. Need Land ll Site fer New Dor mitory. Pleu for Baldiaf Be ing Made to Cere ‘for Three Hundred and Fifty Stndejti. The county commissioners at their regular monthly session Tuesday h.ard a committee from the board of trustees of the Georgia State Col lege for Women in reference to the *ale of the present jail site to the college for the location of a propos ed new dormitory. Mr. Miller S. Bell, Dr. E. A. Tig- ner and Dr. J. L. Beeson were the committee representing the college. Mr. Bell stated to the board the ur gent need of the college requiring the jail property as a dormitory site. He sited the benefit the increase in numbers of students would be to the city and county by the addition of dormitory. The fact that the jail was too close to the school and undersirable was also brought out by Mr. Bell. Thr plans for the new dormitory are already being made said the col lege trustee, and it is our desire to build the college us a great benefit to the progress of the county. We are being hampered in our progress, continued Mr. Bell, and unless we add a new dormitory to the already splendid plunt, more than seven hun dred girls will he turned away dur ing the next year. Georgia girls want to come here to school and we must provide for their needs, ab the aid of the county commissioners would be gr.ntly appreciated, con cluded Hr. Bell. Dr. E. A. Tigner, board member, and Dr. J. L. Beeson, acting presi dent. also made brief statements os to the necessity of the college ac quiring the property adjoining the campus. The commissioners stated that they would consider the matter'hut that they would withhold any statement for sev.ral days. The county’s inter est must be guarded, stated Chair man Ennis, while we are anxious and ready to aid the college in every way possible. I THE COTTON MARKET. The best cotton was selling in Mil- ledgeviile today for 24 cents per pound. A few bales brought as high as 24 H cents. GHEESLING STORE NOW IN THE MIDST OF A BIG SALE irned W.dne.d.y Dry Good. Firm Offer. Stock at Sal* for 10 Days. Th.- Gheesling Dry Goods Co. en- red into their big "Word of Hun- ’’ Sale on Wednesday »>f this week ith a large crowd of prospective tyers were waiting for the doors The Gheesling Co. issued a specie! circular last week advertising thi sale and quoting prices. Messrs G!:e; t ling, GhnUon, Babb and Ricket son, owners of the store, are pleased with the large number of buyers I swarming the store. The sale will | continue through next week. ; The sale is being conducted under . the direction und management to E. j J. Zimmerman and George H. Schef- ter, of the Southern States Sale Sys- t. m, of Atlanta. They are experienc- • d sales people, and have made the >«or* a veritable sc.ne of bargains, where are attracting buyers from all section* of the surrounding country. To csrry this sale to a successful termination the Gheesling store has secured the surviccs of additional clerks so that customers will receive prompt attention in securing their wants. The customers are finding the goods sold at advertised prices. MILLEDGEVILLE TRADE CENTER Merchants Here Lead Section in Values and Prices. Fall Business Opens With Milled gevik as a Shopping Center. With the first big week of cotton selling Milledgeville’* fall business opened with a great rush lust Satur day, and the busin.sj. section was crowded all during the day with peo ple from Baldwin and neighboring The Milledgeville merchants have an unusually attractive display of fall merchandise and are offering most attractive price* to the thrifty buyer. That Milledgeville will be a great trade center has been indicat ed by the early buying und the un usual number of people who have visited the city during the past week. The Milledgeville warehouses are offering highest market pricts and the tr« nd of the cotton farmers is toward Milledgeville. They find ex cellent service by the warehous: men and ginners and the price i* higher than in other towns in this section. In discussing the fall business with Milledgeville business men a most optimistic feeling has been ex presses!. As u whole they feel a most progressive time is in prospect and that business will be good. The class of merchandise and the friendliness of the Milledgeville bus iness men make this city art attrac tive trading center. None of the lurg- gre*shre and livelier business men. It is wise economy for the people of Baldwin county to buy here and ccnfin^ trading to this city. Mr. M. H. Bland, one of the oldest and best life insurance men in Geor gia, will leuvc Saturday for Pennsyl vania. where he goes as a guest of the New York Life Insurance Co. He will be feted and dined with a number of the other agents of the company. The occasion is the meet ing of the $260,000 club. 48TH YEAR OF G. M. C. BEGUN Bif Earollmnt at Miliary ScWL Stray Faculty ul Cent Year Expected. Eathuiasn a ad Fine Spiit of the Stadeeti The Georgia Military College open ed its 48th year Wednesday morn ing with the largest enrollment In several years. Thursday morning in the college chapel a brief welcoming exercise was held during which Mayor J. H. Ennis, Col. Edwin Sibley, Rev. H. D. Wnrnock, Rev. F. H. Harding, Rey. John F. Yarbrough and Rev. George B. Thompson welcomed the students to the city and the churcheR The members of the faculty were introduced to the students by Dr. Holmes. Lieut. Vernon L. Nash pre sented to the college the two cups won by students representing the college at the R. O. T. C. camp the past summer. In a few brief state ments Lieut. Nash told of the excel lent work done by the students dur ing the encampment and commented upon the fact that the school had won the general excellency cup for five successive years. R. B. Moore, vice-chairman of the board of trus tees, also welcomed the students. Friend* of the school and officials are predicting a most successful year by reason of the enthusiasm and fine spirit of the students enter ing the school and the strong facul ty that has been as*embled for the'’ year’s work. All the new instructors come with high degrees and with teaching experience. The members of the faculty, who are returning to the school have been profitably employed during the summer months. Major Ostarman has been instructor of a large sym- pdoity orchestra At Clear Lake. Ia.. lie returns to the school ss the band instructor and expects to develop a great musical organization. Coach Rentz returns from Coach Wallace Wade’s coaching school, and is at work on the football squad. He expects to build a winning machine. Lieut. Vernon Nash has organized the military department and will ap point cadet officer* next week. The corps won seven trophies for excel lency the past year and this record will be cclipBed, is the hope of the military instructor. Three hundred and twenty-five cadets are expected to make up the batallion. Five com panies will be organized. k - - MILITARY OFFICERS HERE MONDAY FOR BARBECUE Regimental Commander and Execu tive Officer Spent Day Hern. Col. Lewis C. Pope, Col. Felton Whitaker and Capt. James Burke, of the 121st Infantry, were visitors in the city Monday, attending the bar becue of the Baldwin Blues and wit nessing the firing on the target range. Col. Pope, the regimental com mander, and Col. Whitaker, the ex ecutive officer of the regiment, look ed over the range with th* view of bringing other companies here for target work. It was their op.nion that the Baldwin Blue rang wa' the best in the state and it had a natural location for a larger range to accommodate a regiment. The two officers were delighted with the score.-, being made by the company. , A feature of the day's instruc tion was the automatic rifle instruc tion that was given by Capt. Burke, tegular army instructor, assigned with this batallion. The* Milledgeville police department wa* invited to witness this firing demonstration. In the afternoon a squad of the company gave an exhibition drill in the city and were presented wr'.th a check that had been given by M:\ Charlie Bonner to the company. The drill was an excellent demonstration of fancy* movements. The high score of the day’s 3fir .; hud been tied for by Sergeant E. V. Jordan and Private Eugene Hitch cock. Both these men had made a 46 out of a possible 60. TEACHER’S FATHER DIES. The friends of Miss Eura Belle Bolton, teacher of education at G. S. C. W., will regret to learn of the death of her father, which occurred at Parrott on Wednesday of this week.