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II . rtii'MC YrVIII Federal Union Established in 1829 \0LUMt. AtVIII. Southern Recorder " 1819 MJWffiillf, Ga.. May 24, 1928 Consolidated in 1872 Number 40 CADETS TO END YEARTUESDAY Qnie Plav Oprni Commencement. Band Concert Tonight. Senior Play Feature of Friday T ar .. with its wierd notes will ...ur; the end of the thirty-ninth ..-j-jai session of the Georgia Military f.D.'Ct next Tuesday .afternoon and •fv. ra! hundred cadets will start their .me to enter into another vaca- The Grammar Grades presented Cinderella’s Reception in college au- ium Wednesday evening to lerly usher in the commencement ram. The parent was a huge ess and the hundred children tak- ing part, excellently acted and carried nut the story. The teachers of the I crammer gltados had the show in Tonight, Thursday, Major Oster- nnd his band will (rive their an- concert. The band this year is used of thirty young men and e of the best organizations the echoed has had. Mm. Edith Miller . soprano, will he .in added at- n to the program. The Senior play. The Chnrm School, ill he the feature of Friday’s pro- ram. The show under the direction • Mrs. T. A. Reene is a three act ■medy and is one of the funniest lows the dramatic club has given -curding to critics. The Commencement sermon Sun- iy morning and the declamation- mtc-t Monday will occupy the pro ram for the two days. Monday and Tuesday the cadet •mpanies will enter into the competi- v,- drills. Spirit is n- ng at a | fcizh pitch and unusual ‘ est i# be- iniTested in this feature. Graduating exercises of the | F<.rty-\inth Commencement of the ieorcia Military College will he held wx: Tuesday morning. Orations nil* be delivered by cadets '■•y«i Wynn, and Seaborn Lawrence. The i.accalaureate address will bo ered by Hon. Thomas J. Hnmil- ;:or of the Augusta Chronicle. l Ii'. Hamilton besides being one of I • .ding editors in the State is | ■f Georgia's most influential and j " ir.ent citizens. It can be safe- predicted that he will bring a -•m message which will he an inspi- v.ion to the young men and women f the graduating class. Mr. Hamilton will be presented to r.c audience by Dr. J. E. Kidd, his cr.-..nal friend and .associate on the Vm.H-ra-.ic State Executive Commit- 10 folhiwing are the graduates: Brown, Cordele; Guy Can- •f Kentucky; Warner Cox, bridge; George Davis. Doug- Charles Perry Dean, Ma- Barnard EUsberry, Quitman; f reeman, John Groves and • :i Groves of Lincoln*on; Rob- Garbutt, Savannah; Henry God- • >• mdersville; Oscar Kimsey, Robert Odom. Wnynerboro; • ; Patterson, Bartow, Fla.; t \\ inston Reynolds, Green#- • * “!"r Salter, Savannah; Phillip "'■‘‘I. Cedar Springs; Hoke Continued on b.ek p.,«.) A bank robber MAKES ESCAPE Dean Prisoner At Stnte Finn '" s In Stolen Automobile During Downpour of Rain k,Tl Dean, who was sentenced to >l; ‘‘e Prison Farm from Dekalb made his escape early Wed- afternoon. •an with a number of convicts n the Farm, was working on the ;" Jnds »t G. s. c. w. During a “ y downpour of rain he escaped ’ m the watchful eye of the guard, Wt ‘ nt 'cross the sreet from the h mpUs an, l made his escape in ’‘"' T ' ,k ' t roadster of Mr. W. H. V’** which has been left atand- In front of Mr. Reeves residence, stealing the automobile Dean L ‘ c 'ty while the rain was falling rrents. YOUTH DROWNS IN OCONEE RIVER Attempts To Swim Strum At Fralejr’t Ferry and Drowns. Body Recovered Saturday Willie Clay Simpson, 23, was drowned in the Oconee River late Friday afternoon when he attempted to swim the stream .it Fraley's Ferry about eight miles from this city, a rescue party laboring over twenty hours before the body was recovered about one o’clock Saturday. Young Simpson with Tom Turner were driving a truck for Dennis Cox of this city and were on route to the Central of Georgia Lumber Company when the fatal .accident happened. When the pair reached the ferry, Simpson elected to swim the river while Turner took the truck across on the flat. After taking off his shoes and hat he dived into the stream and was within u few feet of the opposite shore when he went down. Attempts were made to reach him before he sank for the last itme, but they failed. Rescue parties went to the scene and began draging the- river for the body. The efforts were futile until Saturday about one o’clock when a member of the party caught the body with grappleing hooks and brought it io shore. Mr. Simpson was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Simpson who reside near Ennis store iti Hardwick. Inter ment took place in the city cemetery Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. F. Mc- Cluney officiating. He is survived by his parents, one brother and three sisters. He was a member of the Baptist church and was considered one of the best boys in the Hardwick com munity. His sincferc character had won him many friends. R the c n serving a long “" k "Abery In DeKalk county. COMMITTEE NAMED TO PUN ASSOCIATED CHARITIES Cilircni At Man Meeting Sunday Night Choose Committee To Work Out Organization Manifesting their interest in the effort of the City Father’s and the Kiwatiis Club to organize an Associat ed Charities in this city, several hun dred citizens met in the Chautauqua tent Sunday evening and choose a mmittee of citizens to work out plans for the perfection of the Aa- lociation here. Church' services had been called by the pastors of the city to bring together the people with the view of ig ideas exprened by the rank and file as to their wishes in the matter. Col. Erwin Sibley had previ ously been chosen and by ncclamn- was declared the chairman of the meeting. The five ministers of the city ex- iressed their desire to see such an organization here and in brief speeches outlined the plans that were n their minds. All of them cited •xamples of cases where charity had been solicited an dthe person later found unworthy. They discussed the organization from the Christian veiw und told the people that it was the only solution to relieve the burden lhat was placed on many people here. Prof. E. H. Scott presented a reso lution, that was adopted, suggesting thut a man from each profession and less be selected to meet and plan the organization. An amend- t introduced by Mr. Adrian ic added the five ministers and lady from each denomination to this committee. The committee chosen was as fol lows: E. E. Bell, W. J. Chandler, W. L. Fraley, Dr. Sam Anderson, Erwin Sibley, P. N. Bivins, R. W. Hatcher, L. C. Hall, G. C. McKinley and S. D. Stembridge, Reverends, F. H. Harding, Conlin, H. D. Wnroock, J. F. Yarbrough and Geo. B. Thompson and a lady from each denomination. Chairman Sibley will call a meeting in a short time and complete all plans for the organization. Brilliant Exercises Will Mark Close of G. S. C. W. Thirty-Seventh Annual Common: eneat Will Witsew Graduation of More Than Four Hundred Brijht Georgia Girls. Exercises Close oe Monday Jane 4th MINUTE BOOK PEABODY GRADS The program of exercises for the Thirty-Seventh Annual Commence ment of the Georgia State College will be among the most interesting ever held in the history of that institution. The graduating class, which will go out from the halls of the college will be the largest thut ever left the institution, and the number receiving degrees will surpass any of previous years. Friday afternoon. June the 1st, the Senior Class exercises will be held Thi# program will be in charge of Miss Mynellc Otwell, the class song will be rendered and the class poem, history, and other essays will be rend. Saturday afternoon, June 2nd, the Normal Class exercises will be held, under direction of Miss Catherine Allen. A most interesting program of songs and readings will he rend- Snturday evening the Alumnae re ception will be held. It is expected that a large number of the Alumnae will he present. A business meeting of the Alumnae will be held prior to the reception, officers elected and other business transacted. Baccalaureate Sermon The Baccalaureate Sermon will be delivered in the Auditorium Sunday morning June 3rd, at 11:30 o’clock by Dr. Henry H. Sweets, of Louis ville, Ky. Dr. Sweets is one of the leading Presbyterian ministers in the South, und is deeply interested in the cause of education, being the executive secretary of Christian edu cation of the Southern Presbyterian church. He is an eloquent and forceful speaker. Dedication of Memorial Hospital The Marvin M. Parks Hospital will be dedicated and presented to the College by the Alumnae Sunday af ternoon, June 3rd. The presentation will he made to the Board of Trus tees by Miss Mary Brooks, president of the Alumnae, and accepted by Judge Richard *B. Russell, president of the board. The dedicatory ser mon will be preached by Dr. Warren Candler, Senior Bishop of the Southern Methodist church. Bishop Candler was President of Emory College when Murvin M. Park** gradu ated from tbit institution, and they were for years the closest friends. Dr. Candler is one of the most schol arly and eloquent pulpit orators in the United States. Y. W. C. A. Services Services will be held by the Y. W. C. A. early after the conclusion of the dedication. Graduating Exercises The Graduating Exercises will be held Monday morning, June 4th, at 10:00 o’clock. Certificates, degrees and diploma,- will he presented *o more than four hundred students. The Baccalaureate address will be delivered by Dr. Spright Dowell, who is recognized ns one of most outstand ing educators and Buptist ministers of the South. He his recently ac cepted the presidency of Mercer Uni versity, and his address will he an inspiring and helpful one. Monday afternoon from 2:30 to 3:00 o’clock the doors of the class buildings will he thrown open, and the public will have an opportunity of inspecting,the work done in the various departments of the college during the year. This will bring to a close the Commencement season. one of. the most successful year: in the history of G. S. C. W. MRS. REESES PUPILS TO CIVE RECITAL NEXT FRIDAY The pupils of Mrs. T. A. Ree«e will Rive a recital in the collefe audi torium neat Friday evening at 8:30 o’cleek. The public ia cordially in cited to attend KIWAN1S HEAR WELFARE NURSE Miss Kaufman Speaks To Civic Club At Meeting Friday. Employ ment of Nurse Considered Miss Rhode Kauffman, represent ing the state departmen . of public welfare spoke before the Kiwanis Club last Friday evening in the inter- eft of social sendee in Baldwin coun ty, and hte proper handling of Miss Kaufman was presented to th< luh by Dr. Dawson Allen, head of me Underprivileged Child Com mittee of the Club. The subject of Miss Kaufman’s talk to the Kiwanis Club was “Economy Through Public Welfare.” She point ed out that the State Departmen of Public Welfare’s primary job was stimulating local communities and agencies to the proper care of de pendency and delinquency in its early states. By sicentific methods and at small cost families and indi viduals can he helped out of their poverty and crime and give to the S ate ju?t that many r..ore produc tive families and citizens to add to the wealth of the state. The lack of i-nich methods by the individual communities results in permanent beggars, criminals .and insane to he cared for at tremendous cost to the state and local community. “Constructive tretament by the community at the first sign of family breakdown or juvenile deliquency represents a small investment of money with big returns in citizen ship. Neglect or blind non-compre hending treatment usually represents .as much, if not more, original out lay of money and the result of the investment is a continued and a grow ing cost to the local community, per petual doles of relief to families, almshouse care for the aged, jail and court co‘t year after year for the maturing criminal; and continued and growing cost to the state in re formatory, penitentiary and institu tional care at the end of the road.’’ Mias Kaufman told of counties which are spending enough on so call ed pauper relief, almshouse and on care of children needlessly in jail to more than pay for constructive wel fare service. She cited specific start- * OF 1811 FOUND State Librarian Finda Minute Bank of Board of Commiuionen of Glr from November 1811 Dr. E. A. Tigner was advised this week by Mis# Ella May Thornton, State Librarian, that an old minute hook of the Board o fCommissioners from 1811 to 1816 had come to light to state library and that it had been turned over to the department of arch vies .and history. Dr. Tigner on n previous meeting with Miss Thorton had manifested much interest in the early corporate history of the city and he was ad vised of the unusual find. Mr. Tig ner turned the matter over to Mr. I*. II. Andrew# who is making an effort to secure the book for the city. The book that has been found the only one of the record books of the eity that is missing, all of the city’s records subsequent to 1816 in the city’s posseession and the council i# anxious to secure this PLANS MADE FOR WHITEWAYDANCE Street Dance To Be Festive Occasion To Celebrate Erection of New Lights on June 4th Dancing couples and new bright lights will as n spirit of gaiety to the occasion of the pushing ip of the switch to illuminate Milledgevillc's new white way lights which now line six blocks rj Milledgeville streets. The street dance having been planned for June 4th, by member# of the city council. The Georgia Power Company who have given the lights to the city will assist in the celebration with tb°ir hand from Atlanta. Thp Power Com pany musicians will come down in a big truck and will he the guests of the city while here. The public is expected to take part in the celebration which is being planned by Mayor Pennington .and Mr. M. L. Curry. A block in the business section will he roped off for the dancing and a gala occasion is expected to grow c::t cf the celebra- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS SATURDAY TO PUN FOR PRIMARY Chairman Stembridge Calls Meetia At Court House At 11:00 O’clock Entry for State House Offices To Open The Baldwin county democrat! Executive Committee will meet Sal urday morning at 11 o'clock at th court house, according to Secretary Ingram who issued notices to the mi‘tee members following a call by Chairman W. W. Stembridge. The committee will adopt all rules and make plans for ibc primary that has been set for Sept. 12th, by the Democratic Executive Committee of the state. Entrance fceB for all candidates will be set and other husi- nesfi transacted. The members of the committee 105;h District. J. H. Underwood, S. H. Blizzard. 115 District, T. E. Pugh and Gor don Hnottcn. 318, M. E. Webb and R. H. Lnw- llarper. 319th M. E. Webb and R. H. Law- 320th, Dr. Richard Binion, J. C. Ingram and Bart Wilson. 321st, W. W. Stembridge and E. 322nd, C. R. Torrance and T. A. Torrance. 1714th, A. N. Allei. and J. W. Hubbard. RECEIVE DIPS. Twesty-two Young Ladies’ Receive Diplomas From High School. Wednesday Eveaiag Twenty-two Milledceville Kiri, •re awarded their diplomas Wednes day night froln the Peabody High School, bringing to .a close the twen- ty-srvenih annual commencement of the High School of the college. Rev. John F. Yarbrough pastor of the First Methodist church, deliver ed the literary address to the class. He congratulateed the young ladies on the completion of the first step in their education and gave them much sound advice. Miss L. R. G. Burfeitt, principal of the High School, presented the young lady graduates with their diplomas. Dr. J. L. Beeson also made a brief speech to the class. Miss Elizabeth Paschal, the first honor graduate of the class delivered the valedictory address and Miss Mil dred Vcatch made the salutatory ad dress, Miss Nell Coleman read an essay on Alexander Stevens. All three of these papers were splendidly written. The members of the class are: Antoinette Arnold, Dorothy Barr, Mildred Bnumgartel, Bess Bell, Thel ma Coleman, Nell Coleman, Lucile Darden, Lucy Davis, Mary Eberhart, Catherine Gilman, Myrtlce Gilman, Margaret Grimes, Cnrol Jordan, Marie McCombs, Geneva McMillan, Elizabeth Paschal, Marteal Smith, Mary Frances Smith, Eva Simpson, Ella • Thompson, Elizabeth Tucker, Mildred Vcatch and Rosa Young- Rev. George B. Thompson will de liver the Litarary address to the members of the graduating class of Sparta High School next Tuesday evening. He will preach the com mencement sermon to the graduates of Katonton High next Sunday morn ing. Mr. Thompson i« a scholarly speak er and will deliver an interest speech on both occasions. The poultry sale held Wednesday was interfered with by the rain. The total amount of poultry sold was 1020 pounds for which 2204.16 were realized. Heavy hen# brought 21 cents per pound, and fryers 32 cents per pound. There will not be any services held at the Methodist church Sunday morning, but the evening services will be held at 8:30 o’clock. The pastor. Rev. J. F. Yarbrough has announced that nt that time dele gate's will he elected lo the district conference, which convenes at Con yers the latter part of June. NEW MANAGER NAMED FOR AAP Mr. A. N. Danner, of Macon, was placed in charge of the Atlantic tc ; Pacific Tea Company here Tuesday ] of this week, succeeding Mr. O. H. | Herndon, who has been connected 1 with the company here several years. J Mr. Herndon wns given no reason ' for the change, Tea store officials ' checking him out without notice ac- I cording to Mr. Herndon, i Mr. Danner has been a successful I manager for several years and comes I to Milledgeville highly recommended. The Farmers Club met Saturday at the home of Col. Jos. K. Pottle with one hundred per cent member ship in attendance. Crop condition# were discussed, and a business meet ing held. The members were served n most elegant dinner by Mrs. Pot tle. assisted by Mrs. W. P. Berry. The dinner consisted of the most tempting viands, nnd was most taste- ly served. Never was the fellowship of the club more throughly realized and enjoyed. HEAVY RAINS THIS WEEK Today Thursday is dear and the sun is shining. This is the first clear day this week. There were heavy down pour# of rain Monday. Tues day and Wednesday, showers falling both during the day and night. It U estimated that the total amount of rain reached four inches. Hail fell in some sections of the county Tues day afternoon, streams of the county Have overflowed their banka. A dark and foreboding cloud' swept over the city Sautrday after noon about dusk, bringing wind thunder and lightning and rain. The velocity of the wind reached cyclonic proportions, and caused the crowd in the business section to scatter and hunt safety. In some sections of the city limbs were blown from the trees, a number of telephones were put out of commission. There was a heavy down pour of rain Monday night, while the per formance at the Chautauqua tent was in progress. The Iqrge crowd prerent was some what alarmed by the electric storm, which accompanied it, but quietly witnessed the perfor mance. The rain continued after the conclusion of the show, and the crowd had to brave the weather while re turning to their homes. Later in the night there was an other downpour of rain. The Union Recorder is requested by the authorities of G. M. C. to state that tfcs dances advertiaod as G. M. C. MARION ALLEN NAMEDTRUSTEE Succeeds Fatter G. M. C. Board Who Resign, Dae To II Health. Board Organised For Year. Col. Marion Allen, prominent at torney, wns named to succeed his father on the Board of Trustees of G. M. C., following the resignation of Judge Allen due to ill health several weeks ago. Col. Allen is a graduate of the Military School and has accepted the honor and was formerly sworn into office the past week. Judge Allen was chairman of the Board of Trustees and has been a member of the board for more than a quarter of a century. He has been a potent factor in the school's pro- grees. lfr. R. B. Moore eras named chair man of the board to anccoed Judge Allen and Mr. Chat WUtfMd was named vice-chairman awaedlag Mr.