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VOLUME XCVUI. southern Recorder******* 1 *" m ill! MiBedgeTiBe, G»., Febraary IS, 1128 Consolidated in 1872 Number 26 ARCH MCKINLEY SERIOUSLY HURT Falls From Forch Toesdiy Night Receiving Blow In Back Con dition Improved , McKinley. one of Millcdge- i i_ r .,. • (.rominent young vuen, 'airn*Jv • vnped death Tuesday pped on the back , rr< „f his home, falling on his teck. :■■■ •> injuring himself painfully. jlf McKinley had finished the evening meal and was hurrying to reach Miledgevill.- in time for an ap pointment He started down th* back step> that were wet from the rains ciurir.tr the day, when his feet dipped from under him, his back striking the steps with terrific force. Physicians, who were hurriedly sum moned feared serious internal and back injuries at the first examina tion. but later dovelopements show •jiat although the injuries were painful, they will not be permnn- «t and that Mr. McKinley will re cover completely within a few reeks. Mr. McKinley has been agent for the Georgia Railroad for a long num ber of years and is prominently identified in the religious and social life of the city and when the news of his accident had been broadcast over the city, scores of people became interested in the out come. G. M. C. DRAMATIC CLUB i TO PRESENT COMEDY PI., To Be Given Uil Week In Mrs. Dennard Leader This Week MRS. ANNIE H. McCOMB DIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON he of Milledgc And Prominem Away After Treasure Hunt Interest Grows As Members Bunch For Lead Practices have begun on, “The Whole Town’s Talking,” the three act farce comedy to be presented by the Dramatic Club of G. M. C., the l»t week in February- The show ■ wrier th direction of Mr*. T. A. W. One of the big features of the i uiil be a special chorus which '* composed of some of the most popular young ladies in th? city, trti* fay that the show is a scream from start to finish and college au thorities expect it to be the most fopular show ever given by the stud- Minis Carroll Butts and Mamie Norwood take the principal female ">lb. with Guy Cantrell, Duane Wil- Fon and W. O. Kimsey taking the principal male characters. Mrs. Annie II. McComh, widow of the lute Mr. H. E. McComh, dic'd at her home in this city Tuesday af ternoon, February 14th. Mrs. McComb had been in ill health for several years, with a malady that baffled skilled medical treatment, but she bore her suffer ing with fortitudo and cheerfulness, nnd only a few days prior to her passing away was it realized that death way near. The funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Geo. B. Thompson, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating. The remains were buried on the family square in the city cemetery, the fol lowing acting as pall-hearers: Messrs. G. C. McKinley, L. C. Hall, Lamar Ham, J. F. Bell, L. H. Andrews anu W. L. Ritchie. Many beautiful floral ofefrings were placed on and around the casket. Mrs. McComb before.her marriage was Miss Annie Hendrix, the oldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mm H. E. Hendyix, and her life was spent in this city. Her father was one of Millcdgeville’s leading mer chants, and she received every edu cational advantage, attending Lucy Cabb, and other select schools. In young womanhood she was marired to Mr. H. E. McComb, one of Mil- ledgcville’s proment business men. Mr. McComb died several years, , , _ ,, _ „ . , , . - I week in the person of Mrs. T. B. aRo. In her younRcr years she took „ , t a most prominent part in the pocial and civic life of the city, and was always well known and popular with Two Week* Remaining of High Credit Offer Means Best Time To Help Favorite—No New Entrants To Be Accepted After Saturday WHO WILL LEAD NEXT WEEK? Below is the alphabetically arranged list of members in the Treasure Trove Hunt with the comparative credit standing of each, based on business turned in from Thursday Feb. 9th, to and includ ing Wednesday Feb. 15th. At no time during the Hunt will the actual credits of each member be published. Name Address Credits Arnold, Miss Eva; Devoreux 570,000 Barnes, Miss Myra; Millcdgcvillc, 585,000 Bridwell, Miss Maybelle; Toomsboro, 579,000 Cook. Miss M.; MilledgcvilU-, .... 584,000 Dennard, Mrs, T. B.; Gordon, 586,000 Dozier, Mm Edwin; Milledgevillc „ . 585,000 Garrard, Miss Alma; Deversux, — 569,000 Choi son, Mrs. W. L.; Milledgeville, 58:1,000 Hall, Mrs. J. F.; R. F. D. No. 3, Gordon, 583,000 Hall, Howard; D:vereux, .. 576,000 Home, Mrs. Willette; Milledgeville, 583,000 Tanner, Mrs. O. L.; Milledgeville - . 573,000 Taylor, Mrs. E. D.; Milledgeville, 560,000 Try and pick the Grand Capital Prize winner now but don’t pick a quitter, “A Winner Never Quits. A Quittur Never Wins.” The members of the Union Re corder Treasure Trove Hunt are get ting well started on their journey to “Treasure Island” for the choice of the many valuable prizes in the trea sure chest, including all the honor that goes with such an achievement. A Naw Leader A new leader is announced this __ JN*' cake sale which was to have •awn place on Friday the 17th, has ***n postponed. Watch for the date some time in wch. people. She was a life long member of the Presbyterian church, and n regular -attendant upon its ser- viccw, as long a* her health per mitted. Sh? was an active worker in the Missionary organization of her church. Mrs. McComh is survived by one son, Mr. R. H. McComb, and several grand-children, and two sisters, Mrs. J. C. Jackson of New Orleans and Mrs. R. J. Raney of Kansas City. Dr. John D. Melt, President of the Georgia Baptist Convention, preached at the Baptist church in this city Sunday morning. Dr. Mell’s discourse was on Chris tian Education and was addressed to the student body of whom his congre gation way largely composed. His sermon was a scholarly one, and was listened to attentively. AGRICULTURAL institute to BE HELD HERE FEBRUARY 23RD K**»nis Sponsoring Diversified Program. To Have Experts Here For Institute. Fanners From Adjoining Counties Invited Farm r* ] counties will davV M,,| edgeville nex$ Thurs- Furi) ,ruary -3rd, to attend a 4 m.r s Irititute. sponsored by the if. . ! C r Uh ' n ration with • "ie .-.Hope 0 f Agriculture, the f -Program will open at h ^ Uwday morning, with about Un r d farmers in attendance. **Prt.vntativ . . farmer* and promin- ^ citizens frof Hancock, Baldwin * a j nf Wilkinson, Washington tnam counties have been in ti, j ? 1Pre *° r Institute, wit], n5t 'tutc is being sponsored krnj* W prom °t* n g diversified i Q <JL and 5n creasinr the interest Soil hnf’ poultr y an «t tiog rising, one 0 f ‘ 4 , d,nfir and fertilizer will be all d,, ftc Principal features of the I hark pro,rr,,n * T ^e farmers will tt, t .lJ* sch001 again, have actual I r °t*nd » n thera 10 P*ct u res, share in ‘Pinion, or di8ca88ion » hear the l^oavor °* Pert * ,n thcir Un * ot I Plan, ... Uia th. .ill. B ° in * ,orw * rt Colonial Theatre, Manager Curry giving the sen-ices of the picture house for the occasion. Round table discussions and lectures will Be con ducted during the remainder of the day. Experts from the Collrge of Agriculture will be here. Fertilizer, Cotton, Dairying, Tobacco, Poultry, Stock, and other topics will be dis cussed by the speakers that have been secured for the day. Similar institutes will be conduct ed in all sections of the state under the direction of the Kiwanis Clubs. An agricultural program was adopted by the club at the last state con vention and one of the chief objects for this year will be to aid the farm- era by promoting diversified farming and creating markets for their pro ducts. It has been pointed out by the committee working over the pro gram that market conditions must necessarily be improved and the Ki wanis have undertaken the task of developing markets for farm pro ducts, wheih wHl insure a profitable price. Farm Agent E. A. Nesmith and Geo H. Ternnell, Chairman of Agri cultural Committee, are mapping out the program for the institute, mak ing all arrangement* to put over one of the biggest events this county has Dennard of Gordon whose work the past six days has given her this coveted position, however she is very closely followed by the rest as only a small margin separate* the entire list of those who are active. 2,000,000 Credits Up to the present time only a few long term subscriptions have been sold that could have established a lead for someone .able to obtain them. For instance, ten 5 year subscrip tions or five 10 year subscriptions earn two million credits with the club and grand club credits figured in. These figures arc based on first period credits, which are the high est of the entric hunt, and right now only two weeks remain of this high offer. Every reader should pick a fnvorite and show their support in the form of a subscription. This should be done now while the credits count the moat and when the help is needed. After Saturday, February 18th, no others will he admitted to member ship in the Treasure Hunt and that means the few already entered will have to work a little harder than they would if twice as many were striving for first honors. The territory- served by the Union Recorder has not yet been scratched from the standpoint of possible sub scriptions. Hundreds of people now- reading this paper have so far failed to renew and thousands of new sub scriptions remain to be taken during the next two weeks before the credits drop in value. Treaaura Trove Topic* A very unusual situation exists this week with two members tied for second place and three tied for fourth position with little difference between any of the active members. The Hunt manager haw been ask ed many times to give e.n opinion about who will win the Chrysler Sedan but this is the first time he has told anyone. He says, “the winner will no doubt be the one that works the hardest from now till the close of the first period.” Does that tell anything? The member from Gordon, Mm T. B. Dennard, takes first place this week coming to the top from mid w-ay on the list last week. The right work will keep her there, but she has a lot of competition. Mrs. J. F. Hall is one of the ladies tied for fourth place. She also has shown considerable improve ment coming up from seventh piece lest week by doing thr kind of work that spells success. Miss Maybelle BridweU has active ly rtarted and though in only fifth place today, her friends believe that nest week win find her among .the loaders. She ran do it for she has COTTON DEMONSTRATION TO BE ON FERGUSON LAND iree Acer* Turned Over To Agent Nesmith To Plant Different Varietie, e f Cotton Three acres of land that had been turned over to the Kiwanis Club by Mrs. David Fcrgunon several week* igo will be used as a cotton demnn- tration field, was the decision reach 'd by the club at .a meeting last Friday night. The land was given to the club to be used for planting tobacco, but it found that this could not be done, and the plan of using the field cottqn demonstration plat ha» been taken up with Mrs. Ferguson. The club has instructed Agent E. Nesmith to tak e over the land cl plant three varieties of cotton, and to carry forward the cultivation. proposed to have the farmers watch the cultivation methods used and to observe the progress. Each will be handled differently, that valued experience can he gained, nnd the farmers can decide on the best methods of cotton growing. The friends of Miss M. Cook will be pleasantly surprised this week when they find her name in third place in sixth place last week, her quiet, hard and consistent efforts have Lrought her to the top. Miss Eva Arnold, Mrs. O. L. Tann er nnd Miss Alma Garrard arc not as high in the standing -as they should be and with a little more effort forge to the front. Howard Hall, one of the ne members of the Hunt has a showing, being in nixth place with oifly one weeks work. Howard get to the top if he applies himself and we believe he will do just tftat. One thing and another ha* kep Mrs. E. D. Taylor from doing th* fine work that everyone knowj is capable of doing. Though standing is somewhat lower than ln.*4 week there is time to bring it back towards the top during the next few Miss Myra Barnes jumps from fourth to ticing for second place this week by getting the sort of busi ness that means credits. As it is credits that win prizes the rest had better watch Miss Myra. Mrs W. L. Gholson is one of the ladies also tied for fourth place and considering that she has less time than some to work on the Treasure Hunt her showing is alright. Her work is consiste* which means everything in the nn&l analysis. Mrs. Willette Horne dropped from second, to fourth in the standing, be ing tied for that position with Mrs. Gholson und Mrs. Hall. An increase of effort in the next few days will bring her nearer to the top. Mm Edwin Dozier who lead the Hunt last week just missed it again this week, being tied for second with Miss Barnes. Holding her own this way fog two weeks is a real achieve ment and her many friends believe that «he will never be out of the big prize cluss. GEORGIA NEWSPAPER MEN AT PRESS INSTITUTE Edi:or. 5 panditt, Thee. D.jra In Mncon At School. Merer nnd W«.|.,nn Open Door, To Fo.rth Estate Georgia Editors, members of the Presw Association, are in Macon this week, back at school, the depart ments of Journalism of Wesleyan and Mercer opening their doors to the members of the fourth estate for a four day course in featue writing, (ditorials and news gathering, the clasaea being conducted in the morn ings with round table discussions go ing on in the afternoons. The Macon Chamber of Commerce were host to the editors at a dinner at the Dempsey Hotel Wednesday CLUBS VISIT COUNTYSCHOOLS Georgia Da; Programs Given At All Schools In Comity Last Monday By Women’s Clnbs “Georgia Day’’ wns enthusiastical ly celebrated in Baldwin County’s schools, when committees from the Women’s Club* of the city visited the schools last Monday and put on pro grams, featuring poems, songs and stories by famous Georgia men. The Parent Teachers Association, D. A. R., U. D. C’s., Woman’s Club, Music Clubs, and other women’* organizations arranged the program* that were given. Poems of Frank L. Stamton, Geor gia’s Poet Laureate for a number of years were features on the program* Sidney Lanier and Joel Chandler Harris were also given prominence in the observance. The programs that were arranged were both interesting and instructive and in many of the schools, the children took prominent parts. Mrs. J. L. Beeson gave an interest ing lecture at the Cooperville school Alexander H. Stevens. The U. C. are offering a prize to the pupil writing the best essay with the it Southerner’s Life as the sub ject. County Superintendent P- N. Bivins cooperated with the club women in putting the program on. PUPPET SHOW One of the most unique and enter taining shows in Amcrcia today. The Puppet show will be given in the G. M. C. Auditorium on March 2nd, for the benefit of the Parent Teacher Association. Don’t forget the date and come out and see this wonder ful show. evening with more than seventy-five editors present. The meeting will close Saturday with a dinner-dance given by the Macon Telegraph. The Union Recorder is being repre sented at the meeting by Jere Moore. DR. KIDD ATTENDS MEETING OF STATE COMMITTEE Dr. J. E. Kidd a member of the State Democratic Executive Com mittee from the Tenth Congressional District, attended a meeting of that body in Atlanta last Saturday. Dr. Kidd favored the Chamlee idea in the selection of delegates to the Democratic National Convention, and took a prominent part in the delib- errations of the body. He made an eloquent and forceful plea for the adoption of the Chamlee resolution, and the report from Atlanta, is that he was the recipient of many heart; congratulations. FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN IN PROGRESS HERE Lamar Ham, Director of the Fire Prevention Campaign., in.. Baldwin county, reported progress in his work in urging the people of Milledgeville and Baldwin county to decrease the number of fires during the coming year over that of 1927. The fire prevention campaign is being conducted all over the United 8tate* and is meeting with great BIVINS, MORAN AND NEWTON WIN IN PRIMARY WEDNESDAY Interest In The Schnoi Snperintendent. Connty Coroner Rnce Great. Other Officers Nominated WHheat Opposition The officer^ of Baldwin County to be elected in November for four years, were nominated at a Democra tic Primary held Wednesday, Feb. 15th. There were only three contests in the Primary—P. N. Bivins, was op- powed by S. A. Boone for School Sup erintendent; O. F. Moran for County Commissioner by W. D. Giies and M. E. Harrington, and C. I. Newton by E. R. Gholson for Coroner. The polls in the country precincts opened at nine o’clock A. M., and closed at three P. M., and the Mil- icdgeviile precinct at seven A. M., and closeJ .at six P. M. The primary was conducted under the Australian Ballot Law and the votery went quietly to the polls pre pared and cast their ballot*. There were few voters who remnined at the polls during the day. In the afternoon rain began fall ing, and when the returns from the country precincts were telephoned in to the Court House, the rt suits were watched with much interest All of them were in soon after six o’clock, and the crowd which had gathered awaited the final count at the city precinct Thc results, when the last ballot had been coun d showed that for County School Commissioner P. N. Bivins had defeated his opponent by a safe majority, and that for County Commissioner O. F. Morrfn had won by a majority over his opponent*, and that C. I. Newton was re-elected Coroner. The managers of the election and the Dimocratic Executive Committee met at the Court House at twelve o’clock Thursday, and the votes con solidated. The committees announc ed the following as the nominees: Sheriff—S. L. Terry. Clerk of Court—J. C. Cooper. Ordinary—W. H. Stembridge. County School Supt.—P. N. Bivins. County Commissioner—O. F. Mo- Tax Receiver—Brisro N. Wall. Treasurer—Otto M. Conn. Coroner—C. I. Newton. Surveyor—L. M. Hall. VOTE TABULATED BY DRISTRKTS 105 116 318 319 320 321 322 1714 TOTAL School Supt. P. N. Bivins 7 S. A. Boone 7 Co. Com. W. D. Giles 2 M. E. Harrington 1 O. F. Moran 10 Coroner E. R. Gholson ...... 2 C. I. Newton - 11 Sheriff S. L. Terry 14 Citrk J. C. Cooper 14 Ordinary W. H. Stembridge 13 Tax Receiver Briscoe Wall 14 Treasurer Otto M. Conn ...... 11 Co. Surveyor LEU1 ... 14 maunm 61 40 26 452 137 90 41 3 3 207 199 25 2 10 11 169 124 83 60 30 15 389 143 22 13 8 4 228 184 14 89 84 25 420 142 101 100 43 29 656 8S1 111 104 43 29 658 335 114 lg