Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 29, 1928, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFederal Union Established in 182i* vrx/IIl Federal union tst VOLUME AL> HI* Southern Reco.*der MiOedfcnC^, G»., Muck 29, 1928 Consolidated in 1872 Number 32 Is S CONVENTION HERE APRIL 8TH City h The Afternoon ■ jv „f :t Sunday Schools of - rr i f ,.f the Washington •**'’ ’ r ci.it ion will be held at chur h in this city Sunday \ t ,ul Mh. commencing at ” The fallowing program has bee o nVInek devotion and son ; w j by Rev. J. L. Lawrenc ,, Report of Vice I’resident. it—Roll Call: one minute rt if Superintendenst. n a. 1 Standard, why and How led by Dr. E- T. Holmes. ;0—Other Problems—Open Con te led by I> M. Rogers, mi of Treasurer—L. C. Br Treasure Trove Hunt Great Success Members Hear Results at Exchange Bank unts. l t in expected that the rally will fir,., a number of Sunday School crkrrs of the Washington Associa te to the city. mTRY"SALE APRIL FOURTH Pint of Season To Be Conducted At Georgia Depot Under Same Rules As Past Baldwin Countys first poultry sale the vrason His been announced r Wednesday. April the fourth, by junty Agent E. A. Nesmith who has adc all arrangements to conduct the ,le. The cars will he at the Georgia epot from eight o’clock in the mom- ig until four in the afternoon and if *nme rules thnt governed the lc« la«t year will' be applied ng.nm i* year. The Birds will be brought •the car. weighed and paid for. The «a!c> last year were very pro- itablf. ail birds sold bringing good rice*. Mr. Nesmith plans to put on ' r er*l sales during the season. Prices have not been secured on he poultry for the coming xile, but he hirhest market is always secured w. HOLLINGSHED HOME | PUCE AGAIN CHANGES HANDS Old Mansion Sold By W. C. Evans, Jr. \ Evans. Jr., has sold the I home, purchased by him > ago, to Mr. R. W. Hatch- pects to move his family i] early date. one of the most elegant d was built by ■vealthy planter < I T r befoi The 1 the ' fooUHNOR TO ATTEND MEETING OF KIWANIS FRIDAY M» B. To Moke Of- Hd * i lo Club. Supper To B. At 7:30 1 Guerry, Lieutenant. 1 "rein Kiwanis, will k . ' ial visit to the Milledge- I ’" Friday evening at 7:30. I ‘‘Try wil speak to the club L !,v ities of the Georgia Ki- r \ large attendance is cx- j greet the prominent South ‘ !f orney while here. the guest of ; Mis. Culver Kidd. f M p? Saga GLEE CLUB SHOWS " n tRE WEDNESDAY NICHT biee n • ^ L “ or * f ' a Agricultural fd :v . * f Dahlonaga, Gh.. show- p* rf " nf ' rt ‘ Wednesday, a matinee M,..—■ at the Georgia State ng T ° r *«■»« and in the even- Tht . .. r: ‘ orgia MP'tary College. lu ■ 3ow ' ‘•ppeared here under the «elviin/’ f ,be B - Y - V - u - » n 'l Cnpt. . ‘ '« er 8. President of the young m.p Union witl » hi » assistants put 11 8a,t ‘ c f tickets. An ap- “ ve auJlc "« beard the dub. MISS MYRA BARNES MILLEDGEVILLE Photo by Ebcrhart. MASONS DRIVE OPENS APRIL 1 Fundi To Hospital At AHo for Tuberculous Children To Be Solicited. Local Lodge Or- The campaign for procuring $250,- 000 for the erection of u hospital and equipment for the Tubercular chil dren of Georgia ns •» part of the sanitarium at Alto will begin April the firri and will last ov period of three weeks. Although the campaign for the building and furnishing the building is being sponsored and directed by the Masonic Fraternity of Georgia, it I* announced thnt solicitation for funds will be made out side of the Fraternity and all people will be , Mutical Organiratii given the opportunity to make dona-! C ral Seasons, tions. The Masons are sponsorins I Comp vement for the general good of [ Miss Myra Barnes Wins First Prize With Mrs. T. B. Dennard Second Opening of Treaiure Chut Find, Hundred, of Subscriptions Earning Votes Running Into Millions NEARLY ONE THOUSAND NEW SUBSCRIBERS ADDED Union Recorder And Aides Cemphmeuled for Fairness of Greatest Erenl of This Nature Em Held lu Baldwin County Cheers and applause greeted the »se of the Union Recorder Treasure Trove Hunt last Saturday night, when a great throng gathered at the Exchange Bank and in the street in front of the hank, waiting eagerly, despite the heavy downpour of rain, until the final count of the credits and the prizes awarded the successful winners. To Miss Myra Barnes goes the hon or of winning the Chrysler Sedan with a record breaking credit total, closely followed hy Mrs. T. B. Denn ard with nearly as great a total. The full und complete statement of the judges .appears elsewhere in The work done in the last few days was enormous and the results obtained can best be shown by the use of the Union Recorder as ar vertising medium for all future needs. Nearly one thousand subscribers was added to the already largest list in Baldwin county due the biggest and fairest campaign of this nature ever attempted in The official judges, Messers, Otto Conn, A. C. McKinley ami Joe An drews took charge of the sealed Treasure Chest at 8:00 p. M. after smafihing the box open began the official count with every hunt member present while her credits were being checked. Thousands and hundreds of thousands of credits had to be checked to make sure of the correct standing. The selection of the judges proved to be an admirable one, and to them the Union Record er extends its feliciations and thanks. Shortly after ten o’clock the judges announced that the final check up had beer, completed and as Col. Marion Allen came to the cen- *cr of the bank to make the announce ments a sudden hush came over the audience which a moment before had been iense with expectancy. Then the reading of the names be gan starting with the members receiv ing commission checks on up to thi winners of the main prizes. As each name was called out there was mighty cheer from the friends of the members. The demonstration \ fitting climax to the greatest event of this kind the community has MERCER GLEE CLUB TO SHOW HERE APRIL 7Th all childi pital when completed will be open to every tubercular child. The local bulge of Masons has be gun active preparations to open the drive in Baldwin county. John W. Riley, Worfhipful Master of the lodge entertained several members of the lodge at a supper last Friday night and outlind his plans for the cam paign here. Team captains were ap pointed and the lodge organized to solicit the funds. All Masons will first he given the opportunity contribute and then a canvas will made over the county. The » folio L. 11. Andrews, E. !- Barnes, Jr., F. H. Coleman, George Davis, E. R. Gholson. F. R. Hargrove, W. I). Hardy, O. D. Herndon. E. II. Jack- Bon, W. D. Morrison, M. E. Penning ton, J. R. Smith. W. D. Stembridge and E. D. Taylor. The work on the hospitul will be gin May 15 and will be conpleted in early fall. With a program which has received he unlimited endorsement and ac- laim of every audience where it has •ecn seen this season, the Greater •lercer Glee anti Instrumental club rill show in Milledgcville the night f April 7. The club recently returned from a uccessful tour into South Georgia ind parts of Florida. The program, vhich is termed as the best which has to been presented by the club for sev- i‘ill j «• ral seasons hv many who have seen to j he performances, gives a varied be entertainment, interesting all the through. Some thirty-five men compose th< club und twenty-four of the per formers sing in the chorus. Othe comical and educational nature. BASE BALL PRACTICE BEGUN AT G. M. C. LAST WEEK All doubt ns to arrival of spring was eliminated lawt week when sound of the crack of the willow against the horse hide resound ed from campus of G. M. C. and Couch Slap Rcntz and his young base ball hopclings began the first prac tice of the season. Over a score of candidates report ed at the first call for practice, with only two or three familiar faces of the last seasons organization being among the first lot. With Roberson, Cantrell, Johnson and Patterson of las* seasons squad, Coach Rcntz will bend hi= efforts to build a champion- hip eleven. MRS. T. B. DENNARD GORDON Photo by Eberhart. SENIORS GOING ONANNUALTRIP Member, of G. S. C. W. Graduatnc C!au Goia, To S. C. Neit Monday The Senior Class of the G. S. C. W. will leave next Monday morning on their annual trip for Charleston S. C. They will go via Augusta, and from that city to Charleston. They will visit the Magnolia Gardens, Fort Sumpter and other points of interest around Charleston. They will he given n cordial welcor Charleston .und all places virited. They will hold their class banquet a! of the hotels in Charleston. They will be accompanied by i bers of the faculty and several of the matrons. The young ladies looking forward with pleasant antici pation to the trip. The return trip will be made Tue day night, and Milledgivlle reached early Wednesday morning. FARMERS CLUB OFFER PRIZES School Children Offered Peine fer Beet Euay on Baldwin ProdacU. May 4 School Sing Day “Baldwin County Products’* is the subject that has been chosen by the Fanners Club for an essay in which ,ull children attending n school in Baldwin county out side of the city of Milledgcville will he allowed to compete for handsome prizes, which lit be announced later. Mrs. E. R. Hines, President of the Federated Club, who are sponsoring the Annual School Sing, arranged with the Fanners club to put the essay contest on und will announce all rules and judges not later than next week's issue. The prizes will be awarded on M/iy 4th, which is probab ly the date the sing will be held. Plans are being made to make the sing this year the largcrt ever. All clubs arc being nsked to co-operate and contribute to the entertainment for the day. The school children will their program at the G. S. C. W., auditorium in the morning and will have .a basket dinner on the G. campus at the noon hour. A special matinee will he shown at the Colonial in the afternoon. It is Mrs. Hines plan to mnke the children have a big day of fun, and to arrange a program that will make this clay the gala day of the year for them. All schools in this city and county will take part in the days program, which will bring together more than eight hundred Baldwin county chfl- ’<* schedule has been announced, d< lay on preparing the diamond rfering with the exact date of the ning game. GEORGIA TENOR TO SING HERE DURING MUSIC WEEK SPECIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD AT BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. T. F. Callaway of ThomaaviHe To Preach Durni C Service., mencmg April 15th Rev. II. D. Wa ?d that REV. J. F. YARBROUGH TO PREACH IN ATLANTA I Rev. J. F. Yarbrough will leave the first of next week for Atlanta, | when he will assist Rev. Felton Wil liams, pastor of Calvary Methodist ‘church, in a series of evangelistic of i ROBERT GRANT DIES IN PITTSBURG, PENN., TODAY Eldest Son of Mr. and Mr*. E. L. Grant Will Be Brought Home . foi Burial Mr. E. L. Grant Received s telegram today announcing that his son. Robert, had died - Pittwburg, Penn., after an illness of a few days with pneumonia. Mr. Robert Grant was the oldest son of Mr. and Mr.-. E. L. Grant, and grew to manhood in this city. He hns for some time pa*t made h home in Pittsburg, where he wai connected with the Chamber of Com merce. His remains will be brought here for burial. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of their friends here. RULES FOR ESSAY ANNOUNCED BY MRS. HINES •n of County To Writo Artie!a Baldwin County (By NalU Womack Hina.) At the request of the Baldwin County Federation of Women's Clubs the Farmer's Club has consented to offer a przie for the best article on Baldwin Couijty Products, this to be awarded nt the annual sing which will probably take place on Fri^ny the 4th ol' May. The prize will be a five dollar gold piece, and the following are the rules which will govern the contest. 1. Any child attending a school outside the city limits may enter con test. 2. The article is to be not shorter than four hundred words, and not longer than six hundred. 3. The nrtcile must be mailed on Saturday April 28th, and addressed to Mrs. E. R. Hines President of Baldwin County Federation Milledge- vitle, Georgia. There is a state wide campaign on the interest every body in Georgia Products and to urge their u«?. This is a splendid time to bring this a little nearer home and turn our at tention to what Baldwin County can do for those who live within her lines. It is hoped that many of our Bald win County children will enter and the teachers nre urged to stimulate the interest and sec that each school ha- at least one contestant. No school is limited as to the number of con testants entering. will r. Solon Drukenmiller, no*ed Georgia tenor, will appear here dur- the Music Festival to be celcbrat- in May, singing the leading rolls Esther and Faust which will be presented during the week. The National Music Week celebra- m to be sponsored l»y the Senior uric Club of Milledgcville will be e of the most colorful programs of music ever staged here. The club members will give a program, the G. M. C. band, local nr'.ists and the Glee clubs of the college are included on the week’s celebration. The Freashman Class, under the direction of Miss Alice Lenore Tuck- will give the Cantata "Esther. 1 The music in this Cantata is mori, uppeal- g and will no doubt climax the week's entertainment. The Sopho- i Normal class of nearly four hundred voice* will sing the opera Faust, with several assisting artists. the Bapt 5th. of the church Sunday. April These services will b by Rev. T. F. Callaway. | First Baptist church at Thomasvillc. Rev. Mr. Callaway is one of the leading ministers of the Baptist church and has a wide reputa tion as an evangelistic preacher. He is scholarly, eloquent and forceful, and his coming to Miluledgeville will be an important event in the religious life of the city. The singing during the services will he led by Mr. Bush of the Home Mission Board of the Baptist church. He is a sweet and talented singer -and will organize a choir of the singers of the city. ! Mr. Yarbrough is a forceful an j effective preacher, and the sermot delivers during revival servici pointed forceful .and eloquent. A NEGRO WOMAN FOUND DEAD Addie Cleveland, n well known colored woman, wsa found dead at her home Wednseday morning. She was over seventy years of age, and was a uervant in the home of the late Mr. P. J. Cline man/ years. She had also been a servant in a number of other homes. She had .a large number of friends among the white people of our city. The Service Star Legion met at the home of Mrs. N. P. Walker on Tues day afternoon, Mrs. C. L. Moore, [the president, j residing. After a prayer by Mm S. A. Cook, the min utes were read, and the treasurer’s report given. A few business matters were j navy, brought up. Lieut V. L. Nash had ( Commander Strickland is now sta- heen selected to talk to the Legion.! tioned in Atlanta with headquarters His subject was the “Maintenance! having under hi? direction securing of Peace." His talk was an unusual-1 recruits for the navy from Georgia Lieut Commander G. B. Strickland of the United States* Navy was in the city Wednesday afternoon, coming , here to visit Mr. Felton Rice, who is ! at home recruting men for the The Milledgeville branch of the American Association of University Women will meet with Mm L. J. Rozar and Mbs Lilias Myrick at the home of Mrs. Rozar next Monday af ternoon at 4:00 o’clock. STORE Messrs Paul Zelotas and John Pe- troulas have purchased the store building in which they operate the Boston Cafe from Mrs. T. L. Mc- Comb. This store is centrally locat ed in the business section of the city and is a valuable property. — — ly fine one, and much appreciated by the large numbers ladies present, by request of all, Lieut Nash con sented to let it be published, so it will appeur in an eurly issue of the Ui Recorder. Mrs. Walker served a delightful course of refreshments at the close. Mrs. G. C. McKinley, Mrs. D. W. Brannon and Mrs. Mattie Bivins were appointed a committee to choose officers for another year. The posts for the white way have arrived in the city, and the work of erecting them will be counutuned is a short and Florida. Several weeks ago Mr. • J. B. O’Quinn lost his overcoat, and placed an advertisement in the Union Re corder, asking for its return to him. A week or two went by, one day a negro man brought it to him, stat ing that his wife bad gotten hold of a copy of the Union Recorder and he waa reading the paper when he notic ed the advertisement. The advertis- ing power of the Union Bceorder is far reaching.

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Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, March 29, 1928, Image 1