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T mmm mutt 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.