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UNION RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., JANUARY 19. 19M
UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., JANUARY It, ItZS
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THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL THE PARENT’S PART IN THE
THEATER SAFETY PROGRAM
From 1879 to 1926, the Shake- Safety has become hte slogan of
spear Memorial Theater at Stratford many Americans, bu tfew people are
on Avon occupied a unique place fully awake to their duty. Not until
among the world’s monuments to its parents become safety—minded can
men of genius. It served as a living the youth of our country be safe,
and inspiring tribute, and built for Nearly eve’-y daily paper gives one
i itself a reputation of the highest or more accounts of tragic deaths in
' order in the eyes of Shakesperians some home. Burns from open grates
! and drama lovers the world over. wounds from "unloaded” guns; pois-
| When it was destroyed by fire on on given unintentionally from an un-
. March 6, 1926, plans were mad- for labeled bottle; fractured bones re
in nation-wide movement to encour- suiting from the use of broken roller
Jage participation in the rebuilding skates; and explosions caused by the
and endowment of this theater. The careless use of gasoline or kerosene;
' American Shakespearian Foundation these are a few of the most common
[was formed for the purpose of pre- accidents for which parents are re
writing 81,000,000 as America’s part sponsible.
Lf the $2,500,000, which is sought Schools are doing a big part in
only 347 days until WALTER GEORGE MORE THAN | for the reconstruction and endow- helping to train pupils that safety is
ment of the institution. The orgna- the best and only plun. But the home
ization is now working to raise the exerts a greater influence in a
money. child’s life than other institutions;
George Bernard Shaw, greatest of therefore parents must develop a
the contemporary play-wrights, i* one safety-conscience in order to safe-
of those who are loudest in their pro- guard the lives entrusted to them. Is
tests against the activity of the it not time that club women and K
American Shakispeare Foundation. T. A. workers begin a definite pro-
He says that since Shakespeare was gram for educating parents along
English, England alone should have i safety problems?
the privilege of rebuilding a me
t* more brains a man has tha
inclined he is to stop, look and
.—Tarvelers Magazine.
P business man who can't rule
ife can at least dictate to his
obb County Times.
:<ap I
The city beautiful movement
would be helped considerably if some
men would shave more often.—Se
lected.
A FAVORITE SON
Senator George is more than s
favorite son. he is more than a se
lect son of the South—he is a nation
al character worthy of the best place
in the heart of the nation. Walter
George is young, fearless, aggress
ive, noble, national. Washington,
Jefferson. Wilson succeeded because
they were for the nation—not sec
tional. Then we should rally to
George not because he is a Georgian,
or a southerner, but because he would
make the nation a great President.
ROBERT EDWARD LEE
iouthem people can perform no
ater duty or pleasure than pay
ing tribute to Robert E. Lee. Today
they honor his memory—a rich
legacy to all the world.
Lee is considered the greatest mili
ary genius in America. Yet he was
ibove all things human. Never was
i commander more devotedly loved
and honored by his soldiers. A priv-
• once said, upon discovering that
• had been talking with Lee, “I felt
that I had been more impudent than
the devil himself but I didn’t feel
like letting no common person speak
* for days to come.”
en these virturcs are minor
ns for honor, because his per-
the door in bedroom .Upper, »nd . | < ' h “ rac “ !r “ dearly th.t
tdourhy apron, if it were not for th- ’°>' s * -Northern .Titer, "The North
stenoKrapher ,he knows he left at ! whom he fought now hold,
A flapper is a young lady who j
sows her wild oats and hopes to
goodmss th ecrop will be a failure.
—Exchange.
Paris fashion dictators decree dolls
for men. They will be baby dolls
but will not have to be fed.—Select-
Many person* do not have opin
ions on anything, but there are
enough others who seem to have
opinions on everything.—Times Jour-
Competition is the life of trade;
many a woman would meet him at
the office.
* An Englishman says that British
women are growing prettier all the
time. Thi* isn't true of the Amer
ican girls. There isn't any room for
improvement.—Eastman Times Jour
nal.
The Englishman should make a
visit to Georgia.
Tuesday, January 16, marked the
anniversary of making the Eigh-
tenth Amendment a part of the Con
stitution. The past eight yearn have
meant prosperity for individuals,
cities, states, as well an the entire
nation. These have been prosperous
years; what will ttu next eight years
DOES MILLEDGEVILLE NEED
ONE?
Mr. Citizen, if you are willing for
continued ball games on the streets;
if you are willing to burden the two
colleges with scores of irresnonsible
groups on the campuses; if you are
willing for girls to parade the streets
for a good time; if you are willing
for boys to hang on street-corners;
if you are willing for pecan groves
to be emptied for amusement; if
what was good enough for us forty
years ago is good enough today—no
forward step is needed. No park is
ner. -isary for playgrounds!
Other towns have parks. What
Milledgeville is wonderfully bless
ed with grassy level spaces, and in
viting hill-sidts. Why not secure for
the children a well-located park be
fore commercialism destroys tht
beauties of nature .and plants ten
ant houses, shops and mills upon the
wonderful out-doors—the God-given
school for his most wonderful crea
tion—a little child?
Why not a park for Milledgeville?
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES
Three problems are agitating the
public mind. (1) Should the inaugu
ration day be hanged to January
the first. (2) Should th* term of
office h- lengthened to six years,
and (3) Should the President be in
eligible for reelection? First, it
seems a long wait to select a Presi
dent in November and allow hi into
take office in March; second, four
years seem too short for a good
President and all too long for a poor
one; and third, six years is long
enough for the office to wear out
any President. The old adage, “Let
well enough alone,” will not suffice
in this case; for things are not well
enough wtien we have only one ex-
president living today.
loving remembrance
South.” His services after the war
president of Washington College
ve the truth of all virtures at
tributed to him.
Napoleon has been shown up as
deficient in one or more respects,
critics even pick flaws in George
Washington but none can bring re
proach upon Lee, the ideal soldier,
the perfect gentleman.
HOW ABOUT THE FEBRUARY
GEORGIA DINNER?
Are the loyal housewives of Mil-
ledgevile and this vicinity planning
Georgia products dinner for Feb
ruary? Those people and organiza
tions sponsoring this movement which
begun on New Year’s Day have sug
gested a strictly Georgia dinner the
first Sunday in each month. The
suggestion should be adopted and an
effort made to plan the best meal of
e year for February the fourth.
Such .a plan fully executed would
help the farmers, merchants, hankers,
octors .and lawyers of all *ections
here the practice is observed. Every
ne of the 1,000 homes of this little
city is accustomed to extras for the
Sunday meal. All of these ana more
should be Georgia products. Will
you do your share?
People usually get what they
seriously want in life. When the
housewives, who are the chief buy
ers begin demanding Georgia pro
ducts of their grocers, their wants
will be supplied.
All together for Milledgeville,
Baldwin county, and Georgia!
It is true that the little town of
Stratford, in England, gave Shake
speare to the world, and to this quiet
place his tradition will always cling.
But it is also true that Shakespeare
belongs to no age or nation, but to
the world for all time. It seems,
therefore, that all nations should
have a part in establishing a monu
ment to a genius who is so unmis
takably universal.
POLITICAL PARTIES
Is the Democratic Party becoming
worn out? Does the fact that since
the War Between the States it has
given only two presidents to the na
tion point to an answer? These are
questions that arc causing deep
thinking on the part of some of our
more serious-minded citizesn today.
The need o fa strong party is most
keenly felt at the present time. Both
Democrats and Republicans nt-em to
be trying to evade the all-important
problem of the day—the prohibition
question. But why? Can not th*
issue be settled? It must be settled,
and the question that naturally
arises is “Will a Third Party help?”
Will a third party, composed of
men with the determination and the
courage to face the i*ue, help? Un
less the existing parties wake up to
the fact that there si no way to side
step the issue, and that the sooner
it is settled the better it will be for
.all concerned, there may be a real
Third Party in power.
BALDWIN COUNTY PRODUCTS
The state is wisely advocating
Georgia Products Dinner the first
Sunday in each month during the
year 1928. Suppose w e use the sec
ond Sunday for a dinner of Baldwir
County Products. Merchants, farm
ers, housewives—all would be bene
fited. The second Sunday in Febru
ary is a good time to begin.
THE
THE
Many ar e debating whether Ruth
Elder is worthy of the nation’i
praise. What characteristic caused
her name to be brought before the
eyes of the world? Was it a highly
courageous spirit that desired to be
the first woman to cros* the 'big
pond” by plane, or true qualities of
American womanhood? It was not
her moral virtues that brought her
into the limelight of human interest
for national praise, but her name was
brought to the public on account of
her courage in attempting to accomp
lish what no woman had dared to do.
Neither her past nor her future rec
ord of conduct can alter or erase
from the pages of modern history the
fact, that she was the first highly
courageous American woman who at
tempted to cross the Atlantic by
plant.
COURTESY
Throughout the years gone by,
southerners have boasted of inborn
politeness and hospitality. In the
days of long ago, men of the South
were knights to the ladies, and chil
dren respected their elders and
showed this in little courtesies.
Although these courtesies still
dominate the Southland to a certain
extent, they are not being observed
so closely as in olden days. The
southern gentlemen of the long ago
type are fast disappearing from our
citizenship and are rapidly being re
placed by thoughtless young shicks.
It is no unutaial occurence today
to see young men seated in the
crowded street cars while ladies are
forced to stand in the aisles, jostled
about from one side to another. Al
so, too often young men fail to re
move their hats while in the presence
of ladies, a courtesy always strictly
observed in the Old South.
Groups of children today pass their
i elders in th« streets and utterly
ignore their presence, sometimes
refusing to recognize an acquaint
anceship. They jeeringly speak of
their parenst as “the old lady” and
“the old man.”
All of these examples indicate
great change that is spreading ov
our country. If we still desire t
title "Chivalrous South", steps mi
be made immediately to counteract
the discourteous habits that are being
practiced by the prenent generation.
ARE YOU HAPPY?
Are you happy? Have you found
your place in life? Do you like y
work and enjoy doing it? It is your
duty to be happy. Unfortunate is
the person who goes through life and
never finds happiness. His life is
like a piece of work that is never
completed.
To try to perform the day’s work
joyfully and joyously is a habit worth
striving to obtain. Whether in the
home, in school or in an office, a
happy countenance will go a long,
long wry. Your load grows lighter
if it is cherefully borne, depression
does not clutch you if you are happy.
This world is a good place to live
after all and by facing obligations
and working with a joyful attitude,
happiness will strike the farthest
mountain and rebound back to you.
WHAT PRICE EDUCATION?
A word to college boys and girls:
Have you ever thought that it re
quires sacrifice on the part of your
parents to send you away to col
lege?
If their income is comparatively
small, do you know what it means to
them to provide the money for you
to go?
Putting you through college may
deprive your parents of the money
they should have in their old-age
lund. When are you going to pay
it back?
Is it any more than right that you
should consider your necessary ex
penses which -are advanced by your
parents as u debt you owe?
If you know that you are to be
compelled to pay back, as a real
obligation the money spent on your
college course, you will be more apt
to reduce unnecessary expenditures.
Don’t excuse yourself from this
obligation by saying that your par
ent* owe you an education.
They do owe you what they can
give without crippling themselves
financially in their old age.
There are many broken homes to
day because too much has been spent
on children who have made no efort
to reimburse their parents.—Atlanta
Georgian.
The Augusta Chronicle recently
published an article entitled "Baby
a Textbook.” The story runs: In
Pennsylvania there is a school where
the children of the fifth and sixth
grade* are taught the care of a baby
by actual experience. Dr. Sarah E.
Mawle has borrowed a real smiling
nine-months-old baby girl to demon
strate to the girls—who will be the
mothers of the future—proper care,
including feeding, and clothing of
infants. At the same time the boys
are instructed how to construct the
proper crib for the baby, build com
fortable chairs, and appreciate a well
ordered home. The children are de
lighted with the experiment and Dr.
Ma has successfully introduced
pari..ihood and homemaking into the
curiculum.
Such a plan so well executed de
serves approbation. Why not spend
time training boya and girls for the
duties requisite to making a home?
After all that is the biggest privilege
human beings posse*: having a real
THE SUPPRESSION OF CRIME
With the increase of crime there
is a general tendency on the part of
youth to indulge in kidnapping which
leads to the destruction of the lives
of the victims in many horrible ways.
Rcgardle* of the cause of tre in
crease in kidnapping, there should
be a halting point and efforts should
he made to abolish the crime. If the
parents of children hope to feel
proud of their heirs, it is very es
sential for them to conteract in some
way the craving for money and to
extinguish the desire for thrills which
come through publicity.
Whether there is a craving for
money, manslaughter, publicity, or
adventure; insanity seems to serve
as a talking point and a loophole by
which Che criminals strive to clear
themselves in court.
Some have confessed they thought
they could escape; others read books
which created a desire for murder;
while others were "idle" and needed
something to do.
Does this mean that we Should go
rattling the saber all the time? Not
•t all. It simply means that as hu
man beings w e should look before and
not after and bear in mind the high
injunction, “If any provide not for
wn, he hath denied the faith and
ia worse than aa infidel.”
The fact that a physician was tacit
ly upheld by a coroner’s jury for al
lowing his patient to die without at
tempting t ocounteract the effects
of an overdose of a dangerous medi
cine is proof that men of today think
with Shakespeare, that "mercy is
mightiest in the mightiest;”—an at
tribute to God himself; and earthly
power doth then show likest God's
when mercy seasons justice.”
The question that immediately
arises is whether the action way one
of mercy, since no one has the privi
lege of deciding whether the life of
another is worth the living. The doc
tor’s course seems cold and brutal
when viewing the case from a religi
ous angle. He probably, by his act
of allowing the dangerous medicine
to take the life of his patient, let
the golden opportunity of saving a
soul as w*ll ns a life pass him Ly
His patient suffered unremediablc
pain from dn-psy and heart dsicase.
Upon visiting him, the doctor found
that he. in ar. efort to be released
from pain, l.ad taken an overdose of
a dangerous medicine which resulted
in. his dca-h. Wes it the humane
thing to counteract the poisonous ef
fects of the drugs and renew the
suffering, or let him rest in the sleep
that he to desired?
It is considered an act of cruelty
to allow dumb animal* to suffer from
unremediablc injuries. The humane
societies advocate a quick and a pain
less death. Shall the doctor be cen
sured or commended for allowing his
friend of twenty years’ standing to
take bis own life as a last resort to
escape pair.? Was he not justifiable
in letting the suicide rest between
God and the offender?
WHERE IS THE YOUTH
OF TODAY HEADED?
All over the United States serious
attempts are being made to better
understand hte nature and courses of
criminal conduct, the remedies to be
applied, the social hearing and deal
mgs with law breakers. The striking
fact as regards some kinds of law
violation is the extreme youth of of
fenders.
In contrast to those who feel that
the youth of the twentieth century is
irresponsible, untrustworthy and gen
erally lacking in morale, there arc
others who are equally as positive
that the present day young people
of America, although asserting
claims to freedom as never before,
as honest and responsible as
those of any former generation.
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, president
of the federal council of churches of
Christ of America, lays stress upon
the domeftic unit and the character
building value of the home. If there
is fault in young people, Dr. Cad
man is able to trace it mainly to
similar faults of those who are old-
He thinks that vohng people
wish to fuce life frankly *nd openly
and to be shown what things are
most vital and worthy of acceptance.
Somewhat forgetful of their own
shortcomings, the older groups in
nearly all countries deplore the ex
cesses and illict behavior of the
younger ones. Discipline, however,
consists in remonstrance and fault
finding, rather than helpful advice as
one would expect.
Was Hickman, then entirely at
fault?
WHO IS LINDY?
There have been columns and
pages written about him; there have
been songs and poems written to him;
there have been features and edi
torials written in his praise, but
why? and who is Col. Charles Lind
bergh?
He is not a mere aviator; he has
proved himself a true master of the
air. He is not only courageous, but
his self-confidence is probably un
equalled. He is not merely an am
bassador of good will among nations,
but he is the example by which indi
viduals are inspired to higher ideals
and more worthwhile aims.
Who is Lindy? He is a hero, than
whom there is no one more adored;
he is a living example of chivalry,
simplicity and high standards—an in
spiration to the youth of all lands.
CHARITY PROVED UNKIND
Now Orleans’ police are anxious
1° Ret in touch with a former young
beggar man of about twenty-two
years of age.
This young man plead at the door
of Mrs. Herman Leiser for a pair
of old shoes. He claimed he was
just out of the hospital and was in
a destitute condition. Mrs. Leiser
requested her sister to give him a
pair from the closet.
When dressing for the theater in
the evening, she looked for her
jewels which she had placed in her
husband’s shoe for safe keeping. Her
horror was sincere upon finding that
the shoe which contained $7,000
worth of jewels had been given to
the ragged beggar auau
THE SWORD OF ROBERT LEE
By Father Ry* B
Forth from its scabbard, Put „ .
bright, ***
Flashed the sword of Lee!
Far in the front of the deadly fj-L t
High o’er {he brave in the cau*. J
Right, ^ °*
Its stainless sheen, like a bea Co
light, a
Led us to Victory,
Out of its scabbard, where, full long
It slumbered peacefully, ’
Routed from its rest by the battle’s
Shielding the feeble, smiting the
strong,
Guarding the right, avenging the
wrong.
Gleamed the sword of Lee.
Forth from its scabbard, high in air
Beneath Virginia’s sky—
And they who saw it gleaming there,
And knew who bore it, knelt to swear
That where that sword led they would
dare
To Follow—and to die.
Out of its scabbard! Never hand
Waved sword from stain as free
Nor purer sword led braver band.
Nor braver bled for a brighter land.
Nor brighter land had a cause so
grand.
Nor cause a chief like Lee!
Forth from its scabbard! how we
prayed
That sword might victor be;
And when our triumph was delayed.
And many a heart grew sore afraid.
We still hoped on while gleamed the
blade
Of noble Robert Lee.
Forth from its scabbard all in vain
Forth flashed the sword of Lee;
’T is shrouded now in its sheath
again,
It sleeps the sleep of our noble slain,
Defeated, yet without a stain.
Proudly and peacefully.
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH
THOSE RESOLUTIONS MADE
ON JANUARY 1?
Have you, like thousands of others,
discarded those New Year resolutions
so firmly made only a few weeka
ago?
• The formulation of New Year reso
lutions is a custom that has been
widely observed among the people
of our nation for many years. As
soon as the New Year is ushered in
amidst the din of whistles, bells, and
horns, that same old question is al
ways put to you, "What resolution*
are you going to make?”
Then you, in order to keep up the
conversation, begin hurriedly to
think of some worthwhile habit you
might endeavor to make for the com
ing year.
"I believe I will attend at least one
church service each Sunday.” But
when a rather cold Sunday morning
rolls around, you say, "Oh, it’s too
cold to get up to go to church this
morning. I’ll stay home and read the
papers, but I will certainly go to
night. And when night rolls around
you have entirely forgotten about
church became some of the friends
a”e planning to come around to lis
ten to the radio.
So goes the New Year resolutions.
By March, you are entirely unaware
of the fact that you ever made such
things.
A certain Episcopal rector in his
sermon on New ears Day offered
this suggestion: Instead of making
numerous resolutions which you
know will sooner or later be broken,
why not make it a habit each night
before retiring to take an inventory
of your life each day. See what
things you have accomplished during
the day that are worthwhile. Then
throw away those things which you
know profit you nothing, and spend
the next day in only worthwhile
things.
The majority of New Year resolu
tions amount to very little; how
ever, it is never too late to begin fol
lowing the above profitable sugges
tion.
LOOKING TOWARD THE LIGHT
I asked the roses as they grew
Richer and lovelier in their hue.
What made their tints so rich and
bright?
They answered, "Looking toward the
light.” —Anon.
DO RIGHT
There never has been a gre
fallacy perpetrated upon an ui
specting humanity than “When
Rome do as Rome does.” You 1
right to do as Rome does ur
Rome does right.
"How did Linbergh manage to
make that long trip without any
stops for motor adjustments?”
"Well, when h« passed over Scot
land the bearing* naturally tightened
Ufi.”