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VOUUME XCVIII.
Southern Recorder M
federal Union Established
Milledfevillt, Ci., Thursday, November 24, 1927.
(SEAT GAME ON
GRIDIRON TODAY
Ancient Rivals Meet at 3 O’locak
!n Last Foot BaU Came of
Season for Red and Black
C and Gordon, ancient riv-
■! ( >et on the gridiron this after-
• Thanksgiving Day, in their an-
I foot ball frame of the season.
The «>. M. C.—'Gordon frame has been
Turkey day feature for many years.
The two teams closing their sea-
, . ft re overly anxious to make the
Irn.-h a pood one. Their past records
re pood and regardless of the games
the pa**, the teams are to decide
,hich school i« the superior, which
• a? important to them as who wins
r G. I. A. A. championship. Old
nduates of the competing schools
ill be here for the game, to cn-
i*urage their alma maters on to vie-
•ry. for the struggle.** and battles of
Thanksgivings are still vivid in
tie memory' of the old men and they
ill fight many a Turkey day game
ver on the side lines.
DR. M. F. STEHBRIDGE
| NAMED TRUSTEE G. M. C.
Succeed* the Late L. M. Jones a* a
Member of the Board.
At a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of the Gc orgia Military Col
lege held Monday afternoon. Dr. M.
F. Stcmbridgc was elected a mem
ber to fill the unexpired term of the
late Mr. L. M. Jones.
Dr. Stembridge is one of the lead
ing dentists of Millcdgcvillc, and is
deeply interested in G. M. C., hav
ing received his academic training
at that institution. He is a member
of the American Legion, having
pone over the seas during the world
war. He will bring much enthu-iasm
and determination to contribute to
the upbuilding of G. M. C. on the
board.
The stage
nil i
■ the
of the season. One
f th- large* crowds in many years
. expected to he present when the
histle of the referee announces the
irst kick off. EIxtru seats have been
. vided f«»r the crowd.
Kid Cecil and his Gordon team
ved here Wednesday night and the
i*nner Mercer star reported his team
: condition and ready for the game,
lany Hrillant stars are on the Gnr-
-n ‘ am and they will display a
-rnatile a'tack.
lh-pite injuries that have been
ir.T. will start his regular tin -up.
acr :1, Patterson, Fat Smith and
'2': r !l will be playing their Ia*t
. 'or G. M. C. Those men haw
-tars all **a;on and are cjtpect-
< to put uptheir greatest game in
toir final appearance.
Ar extra box office has been built
modatc the expected overflow
h'li a down town office will be
pen until time for the game. Auto-
iobi!tfs will be permitted to enter the
n the east side. Tickets for
e- will he purchased at the gate
they will enter,
cials for the game have been
red as follows- Jack McDon-
-i referee; Kay Tipton, Mercer,
ni'.'if •; Slew Dunn, Mercer, Head-
ne-man; Hop Mnrgna, Mercer. Field
RED CROSS DRIVE RECEIV
ING POPULAR APPROVAL
Workers Busy Securing Membership
I The drive for the American Red
Cross is in progress and is being re
sponded to readily, according to
Mih*scs Sarah Allen and Mae Asbury
who have the direction of the mem
bership campaign in charge.
Mr. D. M. Rogers. Chairman of
the local organisation has announced
that the Red Cross has called for
clothing for the suffers in the recent
Mississippi flood. He has been asked
U* secure all the clothing possible
and ship it to Ntw Orleans where
it will be gathered from all sections
of the country and shipped to the
points' where the need is pressing.
Mr. Rogers will give information
to all interested.
The membership drive will be con
tinued until Christmas. The mem
bership fee is $1.00, and the young
ladies who have the drive in charge
feel Confident that Baldwin County’s
quota will be reached without trouble.
The Red Cross Christmas seals will
go on sale next week. This fund is
used in fighting tuberculosis.
HOLIDAY TO BE
OBSERVED HERE
Thanksgiving Service! to Be Held
Thursday Morning at Preiby-
terian Church.
i Thanksgiving day will be general
ly observed ; n this city.
The banks and stores will be
cloned, and all business suspended.'
The hou- for holding union services
has been changed from 7:30 o’clock
in the evening to 10:30 o'clock in
the morning. These services will be
held at the Presbyterian church, and
all the people of the city are urged
to unit,- in them. There will also be j
F.rvices at St. Stephens Epispocal
church at the same hour.
In af.ernoon a game of foot
ball betw.en G. M. C. and Gordon
Institute will be played on Daven
port field. It is expected that this
game will bring a large number of
out-of-town visitors to the city.
A regular Thanksgiving day din
ner will l>? ,«crved in the dining halls
of the G. S. C. W. to the student
body. The dining hall will be beau
tiful -in their decorations, us the
young ladi*\- vie with each other in
decorating the tables. A large num
ber of the alumnae of the college
will come here to spend the holiday
at th* ir alma mater. There will be
several class banquets held.
REV. YARBROUGH OFF TO
CONFERENCE IN ATLANTA
NEWMOTORLAW
ON AUTO TAGS
New Tag, Muit he ou Car by Feb-
-jary Firit Say, New Law.
$11.25 Minimum Fee
ATLANTA, Ga.—Motorists, take
notice. Georgia'*- new motor vehicle
registration law not only increases
the difficulty of the correct rating
of your car but—and this is import
ant—you will be required to obtain
your 1928 number one month earlier
than you did lust year.
The new law requires that all mo
tor vehicles must be registered and
license numbers obtained ‘on or be
fore the first day of February in
each year.” as pointed out today by
Hon. S. G. McLendon, secretary of
Mr. McLendon also called atten
tion to th? fact that the new law
repealed the provision which based
license fe, s upon the N. A. C. C.
horse power of the engine and now
requires that all passenger cars,
busses, hearse* and ambulances
shall pay a fee of “50 cents per
hundred pounds (or major fraction
thereof) gr«»s> weight of vehicle,
minimum fee. $11.25.”
“This means that the gross weight
of each car i.- the basis for fixing
the license fe*-, and not the engine
horse power." said Secretary of
State McLendon, who also is motor
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Tribut* Paid to Momory
Who had Died Duri,
During the services at the Metho
dist church Sunday morning a silent
tribute was paid to the memory of
the members who have died during
the present Conference year.
As the names of each were called
by the pastor nonie member of the
fumily of the deceased went forward
and placed a white flower in a vase
on a table at the chancel.
The members who have died during
the year were: Dr. M. M. Parks, Mr.
C. R. Harper, Mr. C. C Shouse, Mr.
John Conn, and Mrs. John B. Mai-
GAME SEASON
OPENED MONDAY
chicle
Retu
td He.
The members of the Milledgcville
Council of the Junior Order of Amer
ican Mechanic^ will attend services
.at the First Baptist Church Sunday
eve ning in a body, a special Thanks
giving Service being conducted for
them by Rev. H. D. Warnock.
All members are urged to be a
the l.odg: rooms ut seven, o’clock to
;r<> 1-, the church in a body.
Rev. John F. Yarbrough, pastor of
the Milledgcville Metodist Church
left for Atlanta Monday to attend the
session of the North Georgia Con
ference, which held itn first session
Wednesday morning.
Mr. Yarbrough will make a splendid
report for the years work to the con
ference. The church membership has
Increased and the attendance at all
the cervices ha« been large, there
has been great activity in the mem-
b rship in carying on the work of
' the church, the Sunday School and
| the Woman’s Missionary Society have
made splendid records. The finances
of the church are in splendid condi-
fix the cornet fee in 1928, all ques
tions on the application blanks must
be answered. If one question only
is. left unanswered it may be neces
sary .o return the application be
fore proper registration cun be
made.”
All Ford passenger cars, model T,
and all Chevrolet passenger cars
made since 1922. pay the minimum
rate $11.25, hut on all other makes
of cars, as on the Chevrolet* prior
Mr. McLendon said.
All licensed auto declares, all
sheriffs and clerks of superior court,
many garages and banks, have been
furnished by the secretary of state
with a book containing the legal
weight and fee of ever make and
ty’s Health Officer, was stricken with
pneumonia Thursday night of las
week. He realized th:* disease wus
developing rapidly and a phyi
was hastily summoned and a nurse
called. He was quite ill for several
days, but responded to ihe treatment,
and while confined to his bed, he ia
greatly improved.
The Junior Order of A:
Mechanics will attend srrvicej
Baptitt church next Sunday e
in their annual Thanksgivii
Cue Plentiful a, Hnatcfi Begin
Seuen. First Day Find, Many
WWi Day and Gaa.
The first day of the Quail season
found the fields and woods in Bald
win County filled with hunters and
the anxious sportsmen who have
watched the coming of the day with
anticipation were ready for the first
day of the season allowed by Geor
gia law. Last Monday, November 21
the first day of the season
According to reports from all sec
tions of the county, game is plentiful
and there should be no trouble in
DR. SAM ANDERSON HAS BEEN | killing the bag limit in Baldwin.
ILL. IS CONVALESSING i Bird dogs seemed to know the day
had arrived and showed even great-
Dr. Sam Anderson, Baldwin Coun- I or enthusiasm than the many hunters
Re-
H. D.
Wa
ock
preach a special sermon to them. The
members are requested to meet in
heir lodge room at 7 o’clock to
inarch in a body to the church.
TWO GALLONS OF LIQUOR
FOUND IN NEGRO’S HOME
The officers raided the home of
Julius Coopt r, on East Elbert street
Sunday, and found two gallons of
whisky. Cooper wus arrested and put
in jail.
G. S. C. W. TO CELEBRATE
WITH THANKSGIVING DINNER
The vuriouH dining halls on G. S.
C. W. campus will be the center of
the students interest Thursduy.
Most of the decorating will be
left to the girls, who will decorate
their own tables, by doing
will be the chief note. But Thanks
giving colors, biought out by gayly
colored autumn leaves and ertpe pap
er, will predominate.
Turkey
Cranberry Sauce Dressing
off with the break of day
Monday.
Stmta Gam* Law.
The open season and bag limit on
Gocrgia game follows:
Quuii—Nov. 20 to March 1—20 in
noe day.
Doves—Oct. 16 to Jan. 31. (Same
zr. federal low)—20 in one day.
Wild turkeys—Nov. 20 to March
Summer or wood duck—Sept. 1 to
Jan. 1—25 in one day. (Federal law
prohibitu shooting any time).
Migratory duck—Sept. 1 to April
20—50 in one day. (Federal season,
Nov. 1 to Jan 31.)
Woodcock—Sept. 1 to Jan. 1—26
in one day. (Federal season March 1
to Dec. 31.)
Snipe—Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.—25 in
one day. (Federal season same).
Marsh hens—Sept. 1 to Nov. 30—
25 in one day.
Cat squirrels—Nov. 20 to March 1
—15 in one day.
Foxes (r.d and gray)—Sept. 1 to
Jan. 31. inclusive.
Dees—Nov. 1 to Dec. 31-—2 in one
aeaxrn. EvpyvperBQT<MMIi a deer
must report the fact in writing to
the county game warden within five
days. Failure to do is is a misde-
mennor.
Opossum—Oct. 1 to Feb. 1.—Li
cense necessary.
Rabbits—Unprotected, but license
net Hfmry to hunt.
Wild pheasants, grouse and fox
protected until Nov. 20,
1930.
