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SHOPPERS BUSY BUYING FOR XMAS DANCEPROGRAM FRIDAY EVENING titutt FIRST BRICK OF NEW DORMITORY Merc- nts Here Read) For Trade. Mark for Interpretative Dance Will Be Laid Friday Morning hundreds Coming From Written bv Mrs. Hines to Be Public invited. The Board of Other Tcwr: Presented for First Time Directors To Be in Session CITY ELECTION E. A. LEONARD VINSON READY HELD WEDNESDAY DIED SUDDENLY WITH MANY BILLS M. E Pennington Named Mayoi Well-Known Employee of The Several Major Bills of National And Dr. Sam Anderson, J. A. | State Sanitarium Passes Av. p.y Scope and Many Minor Bills With Stroke of Paralysis gevillc Shopping district has The Pig \ onged with busy people this 1 that mil be shopping completed | Robert Harbi iture of the program | Th«' fir- ven Friday evening ni auditorium by Misses ir and Martha Ridley earlie, The stores here are filled with hoi may goods and the great variety and unusually attractiveness of them j* attracting people from every sur rounding county who find the goods hire of the best quality and on par with the larger cities. In the Union Recorder thin week are many advertisements from the business houses here. The readers attention is callde to them. The wise shopper always reads the advertising because many gift problems ca: solved and it always assures them that these stores are the ones where the best cun be secured. The unusual large volume thut being carried this week by the Union Recorder is convincing evidence of the wonderful stocks that the stores here have to offer. We can not urge too strongly upon the people buying in Milledgeville, outsiders are finding their wants supplied easily und the clerks are .anxious to serve and sist in making selections. Mb ledge vi lie will be the shopping center for many thousands in the next two weeks. The ru3h is on and as the days pass it will be the great er. Buy Now, git the best selections and be sure you make your shopping lists from the Union Recorder ads. PROMINENT MASON ADDRESSES LODGE HERE Master of Georgia Here Tuesday Night. Supper Served At Club Koomi Past Grand Master Chas. L. Bass who is at the present in charge of Masonic Welfare Work, visited the local lodge Tuesday evening and de livered an address before that body. Before the address in the Lodge rooms the -members gathered in the club rooms fo the Masonic building and were served a dinner. A com mittee from the lodge had the supper in charge which was served by sev eral ladies. Past Grand Master Buss was pres ented to .he Lodge by Worshipful Master F. R. Hargrove. His address was interesting and eloquent. He reviewed some of the work of the Georgia Grand Chapter and spoke of the part the local lodge played. The visitor is one of the most dis'.inguish- • <! ma: ons in Georgia and is familiur with every phase of the wrok. His elm .nsight and broad opnion gave to this lodge one of the most interest ing -uUtresses that has ever been de livered here. Worshipful Master F. R. Hargrove, who was instrumental in bringing Mr. Bass here, has served the lodge dur- nig the post year as their head. During the year he has had many distinguished Masons deliver address es on Masonry to the club. They huve been most beneficial and in structive. His desire to greuter familiarize the members of the fra ternity has beta realized in the men that he has arranged to speak here. The Lidge has shown a substantital growth under his leadership and he has m de one of the most active and popul; h:cds that hus had this high honor. in mui. •‘Youth*' wich was written and dedicated to MDs Robert Jester Harbour by Mrs E. R. Hines, popu lar Mill< dgeville Club woman. The music was written by Mrs. Hines and in introducing it to the Millcdgi-ville people it will be the*first tint i-thut Miss Harbour has given the dance to th epublic. This story of “Youth" gives a splendid chance for thi stolen: of Miss Harbour to show to its best advantage, the art of pos ing and expressing the various emo tions being one in which she excells. These emotions from surprise, won der, joy fear, horror, dispair, on to delight and esctacy as an ending. The story can be closely followed by the uudiencc, so vivdi is the in.erpreta- tion by Miss Harbour. It is planned by the Pntter-Spflrer School of Dramatic Art to present this interpretation at a recital to be given by that school during the spring in the wonderful uuditorium of the Atlanta Womans Club and Mrs. Hines will go up to be present at the second presentation of this The entertainment Friday evening at the college will be a rare treat for the people of Milledgeville. The local artists, Misses Lucie Davis and Junita Ingram, who are assisting in program are very talented and their rtetdings that will be worked in the program are very fine. Misses Harbour und Ridley are considered two of the most talented young ladies in the south and their programs have deiighted many lurge audiences in the larger cities in th.* south. The proceeds from the entertain ment will go to the Woodrow Wilson chapter of the Service Star Legion. Admission of $1.00 and SO cents is being charged. rick of the laid with appropriate Dec. 'clock. Prior •*th dormi- Collejre trreises 11:45 Horne arH J. T. King, cn Aidenmcn Mr. E. A. Lei r«l died iday the laying of thi* brick a meeting of the Board of Direc ors will b ( . held. The Board is composed »f Judge R. B. Russell, chairman; Messrs. T. E. Atkins. M. S. Bell, Earnest Camp, Wm. H. Dari*. M. L. Duggan, Judge John B. Hutchens and Dr. E. A. Tigner. The meeting of the Bcvird is a regu lar meeting, which is held during the fall session .t the college, and rou tine business will be transacted, and matters of importance to the institu tion considered. Thi* exercises attending the laying of th efirst bricks of the new dormi tory will, he n tended with greut ■inter, st to the members of the Board, the Faculty and student body, and the public in cordially invited tc attend. Th* dormi ory will be of the same architectural style as Terrell Hall, and will have a rooming capacity of about three hemuired and fifty .students. GEORGIA TECH GAME TO BE SHOWN AT COLONIAL Complete PUy By Play of Great Southern Classic In Both Slow j the ter And Fast Motion ! Christi | The Milledgeville people will have the i f u | or day. This thi re wer only t n city elec as due t the only citizei qnaiify t ovot eby registering thi? indifferi'ic:- was due to the fnc that the primary, whirh was held several weeks back definitely settled who w.re to l»e the M.iyOr ami Aldermen. Mr. M. E. Pennington was elected Mayor for a term of two years, and Dr. Sam Anderson, Messrs J. A. Horne and J. T. King were, elected as Aldermen for a term of four Th.y will be sworn into office January 1st. V at the C is stricken HOLIDAYS AT G. S. C. W. COMMENCE DECEMBER 21ST raul Sprc al Will Run O'clock Carrying Studei Hemp To Spend Chrii TWO NEGRO BOYS ARRESTED FOR BURGLAR1G1NG STORE narged With Entering Store of R. Malpasa Night of Nov. 30th opportunity ^o see the Great South ern Gridiron Classic that was played in Atlantu last Saturday between Tech and Georgia on the screen next Friday and Saturday. The Colonial will be the third theatre in the state to have this pic- It was shown Saturday night after the game at the Howard anil the early part of this week in Athens and Manager Curry secured the pic- re for Milledgeville this week-end. The great crowd, the Student sec tions, the bands and the game will all be shown. The cameramen were stationed at advantagioux points and will give the picture in both slow und fast action. The great run of Tomason and other players will be The Colonial will show the pictur ! three times Saturday night. Chas Warren and Manson Mosley, wo negro boys, about sixteen years f age, have be;* narrested by the police Office™, for liroakinit into und FARM AGENTS RETAINED robbing the store of Mr. F. R. Mui- FOR ANOTHER YEAR ss on the night of November 30th. j Two coats, three pair of pants and | The County Commissioners at the; - r of shoes, which were taken j meeting Tuesdny decided to continue on» the store, were found in possess- i the service of Mr. E. A. Nesmith and n of the boys. They could not I Wm M. Hatcher as farm ngmtx fo/ make a $500 bond, and were locked ! mother year. e county jail. Mr. hVsmith has been farm agent • entrance to the store was made I of Baldwin County for several year.-, by breaking a large glass in the front | und has rendered the white farmers of the store. valuable services. Dr. .1. L. B.eson, acting President j of the Georgia State College for | Women, has Announced that the! Christmas holidays will commence at I that institution December 21st. The Beauty Special will leave this city ut 10:30 o’clock he morning of j the 21st. carrying all of the students I who have not lost any time during the term, to their homes to spend the holidays. n has been a most success- he attendance being the •ry, and splmdid isfacto ork be H. G. BONE NAMED CHAIRMAN JS0ARD OF STEWARDS OfKcU. of Mothodi.l Church Hold The Board of S cwards of the Methodist church h;ld their first meeting of the new conference year Introduced by Tenth ConjresMutn Congressman Carl Vinson r. turned to Washington and with the opening of Congress Monday introduced many important bills before the Low er House, the majority of them with a view of aiding the cotton farm er and bringing about a higher price on the souths main crop. The bills are of National import ance and Mr. Vinson will receive the hearty support of his colleages op these measures. The following is a brief fo the muin bills that Mr. Vin son has become th.- author and will urge passage: A Concurrent Resolution authoriz ing that there be placed in Statuary Hall a statue of Alexander H. Steph ens, and that the thanka of Congress be tendered to the State of Georgia for the contribution of the statue of one of its most eminent citizens, il lustrious for his distinguished human itarian service. A bill to prohibit .the Secretary of Agriculture, cr any of the Bureaus »f the Department of Agriculture, from issuing or causing to be issued any report, bulletin, or other publica tion, or give or cause to be given any statement for publication containing any prediction with respect to cot ton prices. A aill providing that the Depart ment of Agriculture shall take an ac tual census of the number of acres planted in cotton each year. This measure has the endorsement of the Department of Agriculture and pass ed the House at the last session, but failed to be considered in the Senate on account of the filibuster. A bill to take calcium arsenate from the dutiable tariff list and FRANK BONE WILL , HEAD KIWANIS CLUB enger rates to the same aslftywra lo nFcbruary 28th, 1920. Elected Precedent At Meeting Held A bill providing that whenever u nigh in the infirmi •riu State Sanitaricn taken for medical an attack with paral; At the time he * Leonard 'was at his office in ihe building, where he performed the du ties as Secretary to Capt. T. H. DcSnussure, engineer,for the institu tion. He fell from the chair in which he was sitting unconscious and re mained in that condition until h* passed away. The funeral services were held a the Midway Methodist church Sunday afternon. Rev. J. K. Krjiy and Rev. W. B. Mills officiating. The remains were buried on the family square in the cemetery in this city. Mr. Leonard was seventy-six years of age, and had been employed at the State Sanitarium for nearly half a century. He was an honest and up right man. and performed th-* duties of life fathfully which won for him the confidence and esteem of nil who knew hir.:. He was one of the first members, .-ind assisted in the organ ization of the Midway Methodist church and served as Steward und trustee of the church for a long num ber of years. He is survived by Mrs. Leonard and five children: L. S. Leonard, of Macon; Mn. H G. Dickinson, San ford. Fla.; Mrs. W. E. Lumpkin, At lanta; Paul Leonard, Femandina, Flu.; and Miss Lila Leonurd, of Hard wick, nine grandchildren, and one brother, C. F. Leonard, of Kennesaw. <Gu. With his pasing the State Sanitari um has lost a faithful employee and Baldwin county a good citizen. Frdisy Night. Other Offic Named Prioi the bus r'sier supper "*Rt v. J. F. Yarbrough i.lk outlined his plans f< Tb e “ollowing officers •d: Ciairnun—Harry G. Bone, \ airman—R. B. Moore, Treasuri D. Stembr:d«re, Secretary—i : A resolution was adopted inctr g the officers with the pistoi ako committee alignments. The budget and < v cry men canvas system wag adopted, for The following officers wore elect ed at the meeting of the Kiwanis Club held Friday night. ? an 1 President Frank E. Bone, Vice- president; L. C. Hall, Treasurer; ,h ur t Forest E. Wysong. ecar.! Derectors—H. G. Bone, Culver •lee;- Kidd, E. H. Scott. Dennis Turner, W. E. Ireland, Dr. Francis Raniels and y. Dr. H D. Allen, Jr. J' District Trustee—Erwin Sibley. ^ The Secretary will be elected at the meeting of the Directors. These officers will be installed at j one of the January meetings at ° which time lad ion nite will be observ ed. veteran of the World War has been classified as being permanently and totally disabled, that the Government shall pay him in a lump sum the amount of his adjusted Service certif- Bills providing for the buiMing of post offices at Sandersville and Thomson, Georgia. | Hatcher has served j farmers well and has i fruitful. colored APRON SALE AND BAZAAR The Woman’s Guild of St. Stephen’s ;>iscopaI church will hold their an- : uni apron sale and Buzaar at Fra- Pharmacy Monday Dec. 12th. ’ verybody asked to come. The Closing Out Sale of the My- rick-Holloway Company has attract- •cord crowds to an event of thie kind, people coming from many see ing to take advantage of the unusu- ■Jow prices that have been offered. The Myrick-Holloway store as an- >uneed last week is closing out their isiness here. It is one of Millcdge- ,-ille.H oldcs*. business house*. Mr. J. E. Tinsley of the Kelly com pany hus been in charge of the sale and his methods of advertising and selling have been admired by the many visiting the store. He is a high calibered sales agent and has added much to the sale. Mr. John Holloway manager of the •tare has not made his plans known but his hundreds of friends in this section are hoping that he will re main in Milledgeville. A TON or PECANS SHIPPED W. IRELAND ADDRESSES W. C. T. U. Mr. Sam Patterson .-hipped a ton of i pecans to a Bartlesville concern Tuts- The monthly meeting of the W. day ufternon. Mr. Patterson has a ; C. T. U. was held on Tuesday after- large Nusscry, which produces a j noon at the home of the president, variety of large and highly flavored j Mrs. W. T. Garrard. Af*rr the «»p-r pecans. I ing song “America .*• J Miss Selma Sherrer led t PRESIDENT OF CENTRAL RAILWAY WILL VISIT CITY Will B. Th. Guc.t. of Kiw.ni, Club Hon. J. J. Pelley, president of the Central of Georgia Railway and his assistant, Mr. Jack McCartney, have accepted an invitation to be the guests of the Kiwanis club in this city some time during th.* month of January. President Pelley and Jack McCart ney will receive a cordial welcome in Milledgeville, as they arc connected with one of the South’s greatest rail way systems, and are doing a great work in developing all sections of Georgia. They are interested in Mil ledgeville and Baldwin County, . Mail Early Say Post Office Employees as Rush Begins al. She very imprcsivciy read the branch of their road traverses this Postmaster Cline and Co-workers Ready For Rushing Business. Early Xmas. Mail Started Stamp’’ which gets he parcel to city of the addressee by expediti ns and a Special Delivery stump j U. 14th chapter of St. John and gave inspiring talk from these verses. The union was fortunate in securing Mr. Willium E. Ireland as the speake: of the afternoon. His splendid work as the Boy’s Training School touch with the work of the W. early. The members of th eBaldw n Coun- Farmers Club will be the guest of J. L. Sibley next Saturday at the 1 .amber of Commerce room. I The men of the Presbyterian lurch gathered at a dinner Thurs- h evening of the past week. The fairs of the church were discussed, i.-id a good fellowship enjoyed. STILLS DESTROYED OFFICER J. T. TERRY BY During the past two montiis special officer J. T. Terry has captured and destroyed six stills, and a laige quantity of beer, and arrested eight men connected with operating the stills. He has also arr&stsd several .otorious bootleggers. Postmaster Hugh T. Clirt* to impress upon the public thi sity of shopping and mailing At this season of the year the o.* mail increases approximately 200 percent and facilities are tax.*d to the utmost in handling and <jeliver- ing Christmas mail. Christmas Day falls on Sunday thir year and the Postal Service observe: Monday ns a holiday with one city delivery terminating at Noon. There will als5 be a Rural Delivery Mon- rpy, Dec. 26th, since Sunday and a holiday come together. There is a feature of the servic- that the public generally is unfam:- liar with, “Special Handling” of par cel post can be had by affixing a twi nty-five cent “Special Handling Handling st mediate deli\ Special cai afte: .houltl be exercised in packing and wrapping parcels for mailing. Valuable mail should be registered or insured. Fragile and perishable articlesanhovld be indorsed to show nature of contents. Parcels may be indorsed “Please do not open -ntil Christmas.” All shopping and mailing should be don. sufficiently early so that all Christman mail will reach its desti nation in ample time " be handled and delivered on or before Saturday :>rc. 2«th. Th:., w:!’ mean that -• a; presents, card: and letters from relatives and friends will all have been received by Sunday, Christ- iia: Day. In January the Union will havi their Annual Roll Call. The pavmen if duts will be one of the feature) .f this Roll Call. The chairmen <»1 the different committes are requestec je that their committes pay the?: i and are present at thi* racttir.r;, Dusiness matters of importance w r. brought before the Union before adjournment. territory. Mr. G. D. Myrick, one of Bald win county’s oldest and best known citizens, has been critically ill th? past several days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Chas S. Winn, a: Meriwether. Mr. Myrick is a member of one of Baldwin County’s oldest families, and will be eighty years old next A;:r:i. He is a Confederate V'eUran, ar.d Commander of Camp Doier.. Grc-.t concern is f-It about hi* condition by physicians and his loved ones. G. M. C. CLOSES FOR HOLIDAYS DEC. 21 ST The Georgia Military Collect, will close the afternoon of Dec. 21ft, for the Christmas holidays. A special will be attached to the night train of the Central of Georgia Railroad large number of Cadet* will leave for their homes on that train. I the Conveniton, and is recognized The fall year has been a successful | one of the leading Bnpt.;; REV. H. D. WARNOCiC ATTEND ING BAPTIST CONVENTION Rev. H. D. Warnock, pastor of tbe Milledgeville Baptist church i. att. ing the Baptist State Convention. Mr. Warnock is a member of one of the most important committees af of the