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VOLUME XCVIU.
Nuabcr 20.
New Council Holds
First Session Mon.
D,. Lee Named To Sacceed Mr. M.
E. Pennington. Committee!
Named AH Employee!
Mayor M. E. Pennington and three
,Mermen were sworn into office
Monday morning and convened for
the first session of the new adminis
tration Monday night, Mayor Penn
ington taking the oath at the evening
i ThsTfirst business of the new city
1 governing body was to name a suc
cessor to Mr. Pennington who had
resigned as Alderman to take over
the Mayor’s duties. Dr. L. W. Lee,
popular dentist, was elected to fill
this unexpirrd term, which is only
half completed there being two more
years before Mr. Pennington would
have finished as Milledgeville alder-
Mayor Pennington, in assuming the
duties as the City’s chief executive,
in a brief address to the council mem
bers urged upon them co-operation
and a concentration upon the duties
at hand to make the administration n
successful one, striving to serve with
the best interest of all the people.
He immediately named committees
for the new year, which are as fol-
Financo—J. T. King, Chairman,
Aldermen Lee and Horne.
Streets—Adrain Horne, Chairman,
Aldermen Andrews and King.
Water—L. W. Lee, Chairman,
Aldermen Anderson and Stembridge.
Fire—L. H. Andrews, Chairman
Aldermen Lee and Anderson.
License—L. H. Andrews Chair
man, Aldermen Lee r.nd King.
Land—Stembridge CWairman,
Aldermen Andrews and Horne.
Police — Stembridge Chairman,
Aldermen King and Anderson.
Lights—King Chairman, Alder
men Stembridge and Andrews.
L, Cemetery —Andrews Chairman,
Alderman Horne and King.
• Ordinance — Horne Chairman,
Aldermen Andrews and Stembridge.
Sewers and Sanitation—Anderson
Chairman, Aldermen Andrews and
Stembridge.
fhc council adopted the licen
••rdinance, making a few minor chang
is in last year's fees. A measure,
making the failure to pay license
fees a misdemeanor, was passed.
The new council or<{f?red the lay
ing of sewers of Greene and Liberty
streets, connecting the line from the
Methodist church corner with the
main on Green street. A sewer line
^‘ill also be laid on North Wayne
street so that the line from the Parks
Memorial hospital can be connected
from Montgomery street with the
Wnyn e street Newer line.
Many other measures will Ik* taken
up at the next meeting of the coun
cil which will be held first Monday
in February unless Mayor Penn
ington should call another session.
COTTON REPORT SHOWS
DECREASE IN BALDWIN
Cotton Reports issued by the
department of Agriculture for
1927 show a decrease of over 2,-
000 hales ginned during the clos
ing year in comparison to the 192o
figures.
The report shows that 4,945
bales were marketed in 1927 while
there were 7,G25 ginned in the
county in 192C.
EXTREMECOLD
PREVAILS HERE
POLITICS OPEN
COUNTYPRIMARY
Two Se«k School Commisuoaen
Job. Two u Race for County
Commiuionrr
Politics opened this week in the
coming county primary when Dr. S.
A. Boone announced for County
School commissioner in opposition to
P. N. Bivins who is offering for re-
election and Morris Harrington de
clared he would oppose Dr. O. F. Mo
ran for the office of County Com
missioner.
Other announcements coming in
this week are Bcnj. Bass for Tax Re
ceiver, Otto Conn County Treasurer.
These men are offering for re-elec
tion and have no opposition.
Mr. Bivins, tile o resent county
school superintendent announce* his
candidacy for re-election. He sites
hi* record in this office to ihe voters.
Mr. Bivins has brought about many
Temperature Down To Low Level j thT <?"e ?ouX
I are given a high raitng by the State
1 Board. Dr. Boone came to this coi*n-
I ty several years ago and entered the
j drug business. He wa» a school t« n-
cher up until that time and is well
I versed in school affairs. He is ->pu-
Registering Seven Degrees
Above Zero—Freezing Wet-
ther Several days
Th t . temperature in the city Mon
day morning January 2nd. registered I vcr
seven degrees above zero, as shown h»r with the people of the county,
by the thermometer kept at the home . Dr. Mornn has served on the Board
of Mr. R. H. McComb, who records county commissioners for several
lh e weather for the Government years, and has been active in the
Bureau. This is twenty five degrees I county’s interest. His opponent, Mr.
below freezing. It is reported that Harington is a prominent farmer and
other thermometers registered a-s low
aa four degrees.
This was by far the coldest weath
er of the season, and was unusual in
its intensity for this section.
The temperature began falling Sat
urday, as the wind, following a down
pour of rain, switched to the north
west, and by the time the year 1927
I was ready to take its departure it was
| freezing cold. Sunday morning
i dawned clear, but the temperature
! continued its downward course
throughout the day, and made Jan-
juary 1st and 2nd, the coldest days
j that have been experienced here
; since January 6th, 1924, when the
temperature might have been just a
The
citizen of Baldwin county.
The other officers offering for
re-election are making the race with
out opposition.
L. H. ANDREWS TO TALK AT
MEETING R. E. LEE CHAPTER
The K. K. Lev
Chapter of thi
Daughters
meet at the home of Airs. J. L. Bec-
•^on next Tuesday af.ernoon at
J:3Q o’clock. This is a mo. i import
ant meeting aa a number of qu.ctions
"ill be discussed.
V. the conclusion of the business
no "ting Mr. L. H. Andrews will de
liver a talk. Mr. Andrews has much
interesting data relative to the his
t°ry of the Confederacy, and it can
l>0 expected thBt his Uilk will be a
most entertaining one.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET
TUESDAY
Th© County Commissioners held
* e 't first meetircr of the new year
Tuesday, and were kept busy with
routine affairs.
Mr. O. M. Ennis 13 chairman of
t e Board and the other officers are:
Judge E. R. Hines, Clerk and At-
rney. Ur. Richard Binion, Physi-
™*n: R. N. Ashefield, Warden and
Road Superintendent; R. F. Adams;
>'»rd man in charge of the Commiss-
ury; the guards are Dock Neal. Wsl-
,er Gile. and Wm Patteraon.
d great inconveniences i
s throughout the city,
r pipes were frozen up. and it [gift and
impossible to get water for for th •
* little 1
hold purposes. There
activity as those who were not com
pelled to do so did not leave the firc-
The temperature continued below
freezing Monday, and some time
Monday night or early Tuesday
morning there WuS a light fall of
snow, which did not linger long.
COL. JOSEPH E. POTTLE
TO DELIVER ADDRESS
The Sixteenth annua’l Efficiency
meeting of the Central of Georgia
Railroad, which will convene in Sa
vannah on the 18th, of January, will
have as one of the principal speakers
on the program for this occasion Col.
Josiph E. Pottle, one of Georgia’s
most able and distinguished n*-
torneys.
CoL Pottle representing the legal
department of the railroad will ad-
dre«s the gathering of more than
900 railroad men as one of the princi
pal speakers, .-haring honors wi !•
Senator Waller F. George.
CAPT. ENNIS PRESENTED
WITH WATCH BY COUNCIL
As an expression of their esteem,
the City Council presented Mayor
J. H. Ennis with a handsome gold
watch at the final session of the out
going city council last Saturday
night.
The presentation was made by Col.
George Carpenter, Recorder under,
the Ennis administration. He brief- <
ly expressed the love and csfeem of
the council members and praiNed '
Capt. Ennis for his excellent record .
Capt. Ennis received the j
turn thanked the council j
operation and good work
during his administration.
Capt. Ennis retired an Mayor of
Milledgeville after four years of serv
ice. The paving program was ac
complished under his regime and a
mo>t progressive era has found its
growth u 1 ring th e Ennis administra
tion.
BASKET BALL SEASON
TO OPEN NEXT WEEK
Rod and Black Fixe Ruin, Practice
GOVERNOR NAMES
THREETRUSTEES
C. C. Brutley, Join T. Braider
Aid Dr. Laetaa Sudan Re
turned By Gorenor Hirdnun
C. C. Brantley, of Valdosta, John
T. Brantley, of Blackshoar, and Dr.
Laetus Sanders of Commerce were
e-appointed ns members of the Board
of Trustees of the Georgia State
Sanitarium by Governor L. G. Hard
man last week.
Mr. John T. Brantley and Mr. C.
C. Brantley have bene members of
the Board for several years. These
men though hearing the same name
are not relative, but both are prom
inent citizens of South Georgia.
Mi*. J. T. Brantley i
Mr. C. C. Brantley
the Board. They ai
interested in the Sni
and have been ins'r
advancement and j»r
nurses home was mi
John T. Brantley.
Dr.
xnder
Fire Destroys Home
of Capt. J. H. Ennis
DEATHS FOR YEAR TOTAL
FORTY-SEVEN
Deaths in Milledgeville for
1927 .showed a decrease over the
•previous year, forty-Nevcn being
recorded in the registrars office
for the year while there were
nearly sixty in 1926.
There were 14 white people and
33 negroes to die during the
year. These figures are for the
city district only.
LEE’S MEMORY
TO BE HONORED
un-expired term of Dr. Rawlings
about a year ago and his re-appoint
ment came as no surprise to his
friends.
The Board at present is composed
of the following members: Dr. T. M.
Hall of this city. Mr. E. E. Lindsey
of Rome, Mr. P. H. Gambrell of Ma
con, J. C. Jarnigan of Warronton.
Alfred Newell, of Atlanta and Walter
H. Pittner of Athens, with the three
newly appointed members.
The Trustee body is rendering a
great service to Georgia.
Rev J. L. Yarbrough WiU Pay
Tribute - To Memory Great
Chieftain At Exercises
Jannua/y 10 th
PROF. MILLIGAN SUCCEEDS
MAYOR K, L. MERCHANT
Prof. J. C. Milligan has been
ch wnwy Dr. E. T. Holmes to suc
ceed Major* R. L. Merchant, who
has resigned to go in business in
South Carolina. Prof. Milligan is
a graduate of Emory University, and
taught in Camilla. He comes
highly recommended by Dr. Cox,
Resident of Emory. He will report
or duty Monday morning.
Lieut. V. L. Nash has been named
is Commandant of the Cadet Batta-
ion, and will have charge of the Bar
acks, making his home there.
The memory of General Robert E.
Lee will he honored in this city on
the nnnivermry of his birthday, Jan
uary 19 th.
Thene exercises will he held in the
nuditorium of G. M. C., under the
auspices of the R. E. Lee Chapter of
the Daughters of the Confederacy
Mrs. M. H. Blnnd, President of the
Chapter, is arranging a most interest-
! ing and entertaining program.
The address will be delivered by
Rev. J. F. Yarbrough, pastor of the
Milledgeville Methodist church. Mr.
Yarbrough >* an eloquent and schol
arly speaker, and his address will be
one well worth hearing. •
A full program will be an.-nunced
in next week’s Union Recorder.
Eub M«u| Blue Drim Capt
Aad Mn. Eaais Fran Hum.
, Freeing WnAer Hamper!
Capt. and Mrs. J. H. Ennis, their
granddaughters Majorie and Helen
Ennis and Mr. Harper Bothwell, a
boarder in the Ennis home, barely
escaped with their lives last Wed
nesday morning, when they were
awakened at 3 A. M., to find their
home burning, and the fire rapidly
gaining headway, the stairway, their
only avenue of escape, being in tho
path of the roaring fire.
The fire originat'd in the first
floor of the house, rinrtir.g between
the dining and living loom and rapid
ly gained headway. When the fire
company arrived Lhe flames were
sweeping through the down stairs
The fire, of unknown origin, haJ
been burning several minutes when
Miss Marjorie Ennis was awaken'd
by the denH<> smoke that had filled
the house. She immediately call
ed her grandfather, who after
arousing the other members of the
household, made their escape. Their
only protection from the Icy weath
er were blankets they had snatched
from their beds ns they rushed out of
the house.
Th e fire company was called but
the intense cold that has prevailed
for the past several day* had frozen
the fire plugs and after the company
had arrived several minutes elapsed
before water was thrown on the burn
ing home, the fire gaining head
way rapdily. The company did ex
cellent work, saving the reaidence of
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Reese and Mr.
and Mrs. John Riley whicji ytrre oniy
a few feet from tho Ennis home.
The estimated loss is about $10,-
MA mo B 1 MFDrUAUT i 000 " hich w “ I ’“ rtly c " v '' r<,<1 "' Lh
iHftJUIV R. L. UltnUIAn I , Ipsurance. Many valuuble collections
RESIGNS FROM CMC FACULTY j of a life time nnd treasured gifts were
taken in the fire’s toll. A silver ser-
:ept*
Weeks
Be F.i
Col. Pc
twenty-five year club of the railroad,
having represented them for the
more than v quarter «f a century.
He is recognized ns one of the most
eloquent oratory in the south.
The efficiency meeting is an an
nual event with the Central and all
agenty with department heads will
attend hto meeting. A dinner will
be served those attending.
Mr. Geo W. Hollinshcad, one of
Baldwin County’s most progressive
farmers and best known citizens, is
suffering from the pain and incon-
enience of a broken arm. The acci
dent occurred Sunday morning, when
he was endeavoring to crank his au
tomobile, after the starter failed to
work.
The G. M. C. Basket Ball team re
sumed practice following the Christ
mas holidays this week, making
ready for the opening of the indor
season next week when a Macon
team will play here.
Few of last year’s team returns,
hut Coach Rentz believes he will have
a fast five on the court this year.
Many new stars are’ being developed,
nnd when the G. I. A. A. Tournament
begins in March Coach Rentz will be
in the running for the Championship.
N'o definite schedule is b: ing mnde
Pi's year but Coach Rentz promises
ten games, bringing some of the bes*.
prep tram*' in the state here. Mon
ro . .Savannah High, Mercer Fresh-
nu n, Tifton Aggies and other prom-
ient South Georgia teams will be
brought here. Lanier will be left
off the schedule, this year, due to the
fact that they refuse to come to Mil- : ed her progress in her illm
ledgcville. I deep concern.
News has been received by office.-.
of hte 326ih infantry, living in this J ^
city, that the regiment would train
at Fort McPherson during two weeks
of August thin year.
The 325th is a Georgia regiment
and many of .he officers are living
in this city, having served with this
outfit dux ing the world war.
MISS CATHERINE SCOTT IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
Member of G. S. C. W. Faculty
Spin
Mei
Developei
Miss Catherine Scott, member of
the English faculty of the Georgia
State College for Women, is in a
serious condition at St. Josephs Hos
pital in Savannah, Cerebro-spinal
Menigitis having developed follow
ing a minor Sinus operation on her
nose several days ago.
Mb* Scott went to Savannah at the Methodist Prea
beginning of the Christmas holidays Southern Par
o have what was believed a minor Will Ai
operation. The Meningitis complica-
Mnj. Robert L. Merchant, English
instructor of G. M. C. handed Presi
dent E. T. Holmes his resignation on
from the Christmay holi-
weok, the resignation to
take effect at once.
Maj. Merchant has accepted a po
sition with a prominent Brokerage
firm of Summerville, S. C. He will
leave the city as soon as his successor
hay been named, which will proba’ 'y
be within the next few weeks.
Maj. and Mrs. Merchant came
here last fall and since that time
have made many friends . Thy bar
racks have been in charge of Maj.
Merchant this year and hp has been
in close touch with the direction of
the school. The school officials ac
cepted hiy resignation with regrets.
Major Merchant’s sucessor has not
been nnmed but Dr. Holmes will se
cure « man for this position at an
early date ay possible.
MISSIONARY INSTITUTE WILL
BE HELD HERE SATURDAY
vice that had been presented to Capt.
Ennis by the Georgia Senate when
he retired as President of th-? body
and a silver * set that had been pre
sented him by the City Council were
destroyed in the flamei;
Mrs. Ennis hurriedly gathered
many .articles of jewelry from her
dress* r among them being a watch
that was presented to Capt. Ennis
last Saturday by the City Council up
on his retirement from the Mayor’s
office after four years service.
CupL Ennis had recently begun to
completely remodel his home. A new
roof had been added and u new front
was nearing completion. The en
tire interior had been gone over.
Few people were at.racte l to the
blaze, the intense cold keeping a few
of them back, while many were not
aware of the fact that there had been
n fire.
Hundreds of people offered a»-
siytunce to Capt. and Mir. Ennis
when the news of the disaster hud
spread over the city.
LADIES NIGHT AT KIWANIS
NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT
Fr.nk Be
President. Othe:
Officially Sw<
Be Installed As
Of fie
Deration and for several days little Mn<
ope wa« entertained for her recov-
ry. The latest reports from her bed
ide are that .*he is improving and
: is believed by physicians that Bho
The preach'*!
ary In*
’clock.
This
the M thodis
urday t
ivill hri
«the
SPRING TERM SUPERIOl
COURT STARTS MOND2
Judge Ju. B. Park Will Preiide
Both Civil and Criminal Docket!
Will Be U*kt
The spring term of Baldwin Su
perior Court will convene Monday
morning, January 9th, et ten o'clock.
Judge Jos B. Park will preside, and
Solicitor Joe Duke will represent the
Miss Scott is one of Milledgeville’s :i number of the preachers and
popular and talented young women in< ? laymen of the Oxford District,
and her circle of friends hav* watch- and interesting topics relative tc
with wor k of the church will be discussed.
There will also he several promi
nent ministers to attend the Insti
tute. Among them will he Dr. W. G.
Cram, General Secretary of
Board of Missions. Dr. Cram
great leader in Southern Methodism,
and is a noted speaker. Dr. Elam
F. Dempsey, Presiding Elder of the
Oxford District and Dr. S. P. Wig
gins, Missionary Secretary of the
North Georgia Conference will also
be here.
The Methodist and members of
other denominations of Milledgeville
and Baldwin county are invited to
attend the Institute. During the
noon hour a luncheon will be served
by the ladies of the local church.
State in all criminal prosecul
Immediately after court convenes,
the grand jury will he organized and
Judge Park will deliver his chiarge.
The civil docket, which ’will be
called immediately after this, judges
charge, is a small one, and wjjil take
up only a few Jays. (
The criminal docket will fcot be
taken up until the second week.
As the opening meeting of the
new year at whjch time the new
officers and directors of the Kiwanis
Club will be installed, the wives and
lady friend.of the club members
will be the guests of the club at the
annual Ladies Knight banquet.
Mr. Frank Bone will He installed
as the New Club president .succeed
ing Prof. W. T. Wynn. The new
President comes up from the Vice-
Pres.idcnt’s chair, having previously
served as director and Treasurer of
the club. He will be .worn in the
ofice with due pomp and ceremony,
the installation program being in
charge of si special committee.
The dinner will be served by the
Ladies of the Baptist church in the
Sunday school room.
CHURCH/NOTICE
The eight o’clock service at St.
Stephen’s Episcopal church will be
discontinued during the month of Jan
uary and February, there being only
the 11:30 morning service during’
three months. The unusual cold wea
ther making this change necejuary.
REV. F. H. HARDING, Rector.