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UNION RECORDER, M1LLEDGEVILLE, CA., MAY 31, 1»M
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| OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY
j THURSDAY. MAY 31. 1928
CONGRATULATIONS
We Uke real genuine pleasure ir
welcoming the Exchange Bank intr
the rank-, of the older busincMS enter-
priw- of the city, this fianrial institu
Address Hon. Thomas Ham
ilton to G. M. C. Graduates
The following address of Hon. I minutes, which may It .d you at •
Thomas Hamilton, editor of the Au* to say that I haven't much on
guata Chronicle wan made before the mind, and you would probably be
graduating class of G. M. C. on last rect. hut Thomas Jefferson set u
Tuesday morning. j illust ious example of coming quick- Christianity. I
too much so-called learning that tends
toward irreverence, to lack of respect
for those things that are Godly and
spiritual. I speak tu you. not as one
who .sermonizes or who has any right
to do so, but one whose strenuous
career has run almost the full gamut
of humun experience, and one who
is so full of faults and foibles that |
he would hesitate to criticize others, |
but one who has a deep reverence f«r j
Commander Byrd j
Ladies and Young Gentle-1 !>'
I ha\V been thinking for
time of what I might way to yo
would assist you in carving your own
individual futures. I have wondered
if my wealth of experience, gained
through twenty-two years of hec*ic
struggle, can aid you in striving to
ward the goal of success, and let us
assume that each of you desires to
succeed, and will devote your time
and your talents to that end. Lot
me hasten to add, however, that I
come not among you with any boast-
■nty-five * P r '^ e l ^ at roiffbt lead you I
mpletcd Jtwenty-five
years of constructive and well earn
ed service in Milledgeville.
The Union Recorder, the father of
Milledgeville*s business life, only a
short tine hack pulsed the century
mark and we offer felicitations to
this younger institution on its splen
did record of uchi
The E
in li'O::
life
that I consul
it success, for I do not, a? least
yet. but I hope that I have made
r progress. If I may he pcrinitt-
through good health and other-
, to continue, I dare to hope that
ay attain success in my chown
ts splon- l* nc ’ * have a habit of saying that 1 nn { |, t .
1 1 shall consider my own career a deci-1 .,, H j „ n
rhimi:.' Blink »-.» .-nraniz.-.! d " d su ' c, -» “"'S' “ he " Th " 'iiL-ustn . h( . h ,. ur ,
lufL-pIy thri.uiih th. infill fliroim-k-. of which I have the hnnor,,,.
the point. walk reverently and sorrowfully be-l
! Tni- is pernaps, the strangest and hind the casket of Floyd Bennett as
tome I most rambling baccalaureate address *he band played “Nearer My God to .
that j of jumbled words and highe sound-, Thee,” and the next afternoon thu. ,
own 1 ing phrases or leaves your ears ring- gallant German, Baron Von Hucn- ^
ing with platitudes. 1 shall not give feld - P™yod al the ff»ve of Bennett (
you any lengthy code to live by nor in Arlington, our great national feme-1
submit to you a list of “Don’t*” that ter >'- not afruid, or ashamed,
you may follow and be certain of therefor.. to acknowledge your loyal
ty and allegiance to a God on High,
and remember atheist, agnostic,!
skeptic and infidel .all turn to Him
in thut last awful hour.
I salute and congratulate you [
have the spirit >' ou,, K Indie- and young gentlemen of I
nf service. I would be must unhappy th< * nf
i f I thought success lay in the mor
accumulation of dollar.' or in bavin
“the applause of listening senates t
command.” A man may he wort
millions, or another may pack senat
galleries and yet neither he succes
sense, for there car:
cess without nervier
cannot he of service withoii
right. What do I men
doing for othe
After all. what is success? I am
rot certain that I know. I rather
think, however, that it is progress
toward a worthwhile objec
oration that needs men
land women of the finest minds and
hearts. Science and invention tuny
seem to have reached the highes. state
of perfection and it may nppear that
there is nothing left to he done, but
there in and you will have a part
re and energies of Mr. Otto Conn - to , ’ 1 ' , ‘ Jllor ’ ,s lbo South & greatest | f Mr f„ m ily, friends, church, commur.i
.. 5* new Pr-sidcrr of the bank newspaper and my beloved city of, tv . nation and all mankind. The man
e grow th that the Irak has shown Augusta a metropolis of 250,000 pco- j who cannot think in terms of hi*
inde- d commendable and shows *'**'• ,,,,d ll,en P a l ,l ' r and m y c ' t >” i community, for instance, is worth
results of fine management, sin-1"' 1 * not ,,ut report morc P ro * nothing to that community, it mak«
cere purpose and keen forethought
and unlimited energy.
Fair, honest endeavor always has! a ,s
its reward and We feel sure that the j P r °f> 1 *
presen. officials of the bank look th, ‘ a,|v
hack with pride upon their record, *bis
and are proud and happy over the | >' wUn ff
position that has been atu
forward to further
The greatest single ideal lb t I
would urge you to work for is w .-U
peace. The holocaust that came •' *m
1914 to 1918 must not occur again,
for another world war would just
about blot out civilization. Death
dealing devices have now reached
such n state that millions of non-
conihatants, women and children,
may he slaughtered by a few high
difference how much money
nt ~ ! has »nd it often happens that th<
t possible to induce you to : nunc money a man possesses, and plosive bombs dropped from lofty
all mistakes, or accept all therefore, the greater opportunity he altitudes. The thought of such is
giv.-n you by your eiders, has for using it wisely, the poorer to ° terrible to contemplate. There
to are not different from citizen he is. fore, dedicate your lives to the cause
-ole the world over. And it j urjje you y« un g~pe«plc to’ Wor * d P l ‘ JH 'e anti let America lead
II that you do not do everything ma j ii SIur ifires, if need be. t..' } ,f- the uny ' " c h ' jV< ‘ been laggards
then
MR. HARDING HONORED
The Episcopal church has again
honor d Rev. F. II. Harding rec *>r
of St. Stephens Episcopal church, the
local minister having been named WM,, j“
Dean of the Convocation
routhern section of the Atlanta Dio.
cere of the church.
The many and v
Harding occupy much of his
,dd,r » nd conservative head, c „ llo|r( .. Many succeed
» houl ' 1 ' for h,,d with-,,I .-..lleue education., hut thit.k
henth and Coattnander Byrd listened „ f „ hat thl!y couW have d „ ni . ba(|
- autiatu and conservative people. th ,. y c „, lp( , c triim . d . Naw a „ d
■ Kajcle would not have flown |hcre may a caw „. b< , r „ y,,.
nod Byrd and Floyd Bennett , ark r „ lle| . ( . cducation n1akt . H „ nt .
O, have soared over the top mori . , UCCMnlfu | , haI1 ir he had
■•orld. 3 oath .« enthusiast,,-. |lut , hat d(M , 5 happen oft( ,„ ,
adventuresome and will not would UOfl . y „„ tn thi[lk
-d. I snluate youth in all Its ov , r what vou , vanl to d „ and take
■ K , “ r y “ ml " ,sh }. c " u, ‘! plenty of time to decide. Many hoys
waste some of their best years try-
he lawyers when they should
the 1,01
he den
, , .. , ,, majeMty
d duties of Mr., . a . . .
call back twenty years myself. And
if I could turn hack the pages, I
this "busy I ">”"y "“ 5,ak "- 1 have been btisiVess men. nr preachers
I '" : *d,-. and would put even more steam wbl .„ th ,. v Ht ,„ uld h> „ bct . n tl , ;lt . b( . r .
lore energy and more enthusiasm in-
the office that has come
add numerous duties te
man. Mr. Harding came into this!
Diocese only a few years ago but his I
ability, energy and wise judgment j
hat,- moved him rapidly to the front In attempting to speak to 70". to.
With all hi, commanding .o.eisvts] -'"V- ' illustrating one of the
Mr. Ih.rdit.g ,1,11 fiotls to devote | P-iats I wish to emphasize, and that
hts lit--l interest to his people, those I'-', learn to speak in public, and do
whom he serves here. His church in | » «> opportunity. When I' rirh( .
high school and college. I i s jj ow
become proficic
because we did not follow Woodrow
Wilson’s lead, but even now it is not
too late.
! And I will leave with you a thought
so beautifully .expressed by Sir
Walter Scott and which to my mind
typifies the spirit that has made
America -*i world leader in almost
every line:
“One crowded hour of glorious life
Is worth an age without a name."
Whether you agree with this or
not, think it over, for you may re
ceive an inspiration.
newspaper men when they should
j have been farmers, for instance.
| Of course, it is obvious that there
I art* no short cuts to success in any
line. Show me the man who sudden
ly comes from poverty to apparent
e time* out of ten I will
nan who is riding to a
renewed interest and he has revived i negiected m become proficient as , f«||. The ladder toward permanent
and given the breath of Ifie to the speaker and have never banned. Tlmt | .uccesg is difficult. On its succe-iv.-
Sparta church that has been dead j' s wb Y * am “Iwaya frightened when | rungs are hard
Milledgeville has
called
speak, and I ;
L*'»urage, self
This i> indeed a tribute to any man
and a splendid example of uselfish
service. Mr. Harding has always ex
emplified those principles of sincere
Christian sendee .and devotion.
The trusts that have been given
him are well placed and are worthily
and gracefully worn.
MILLEDGEVILLE PAVING PARTY
One hundred yearn ago, or maybe
a few years more or less, a resolu
tion of five page* was introduced be
fore the City Commissioners, then j
the official governing body of Mil
ledgeville. urging that steps be taken
immediately to improve and beautify
the streets of th,
tion has at Inst been carried out and 1 ,t>s
the suggestion th*t was made a ccn-! tba
tury ago ha> been fulfilled
picture <
This rcanlti. I lk *' u "' "< » r *’»’ h -'™-
chemical* would have prevented
I can hear him now. "Mr.
Hamilton, please translate,” and
Thvrv i . nothing lh,., h„ ,hown' 1 wouW ohli ' r - hira “ ml
motv -n-ere«iivvn.-,« nr added t.* thv ! sonM ’ti m es I w«ulil not. hut !„•
beauty of Milledgeville ,hnn the “'""S' 5 nice “ boul iL
pav.,1 Stp -'IS and the ul.it,- »av But " f" b « k '» lhis N'eaking
post.. It has been an impetus to add uddiliun to learn,,,.-
new beauty and make improvement. ho “ “Peak. ills,, learn how- to
on every lot and home in the city. | hri *' r| y Y,,u c “> n r<, “ d ,h -'
Few of u. can go l-ack now and I feelaration .-f Independence in ail
necessary deliberation in ten minut •
That is one of the greatest of huni:pi
even recall such unpleasant memories; ‘hwumonts, so please tell me why any
of dust and mud. Every thorough-j man 81,01,1,1 ta,k tu an audience over
fare in Milledgeville is now a boula- thirt >’ minutes. In fact, thirty min-
vard of In.nuty and attractiveness. 1 ute8 18 entirely too long and then-
adding in untold measure to the|*^ lou ^ d be a lau a ff®* nrt preachers
heahh and happines.% of our people. 1 an d eommeneement ora’.nrs talking
The party that is being planned I ,nort * tbun twent >' minutes. I shall
for next Thursday night i' a fitting j ,lotaln Y° u 1 ' l! ' twelve
culmination to thi, work. The tukLi, kind wt:h all Georgia taking part
untertaken haa naturally met »-me| and v;e h „ pi . lht , npsl
npposr ion and placed har.lsh.ps in a. Mimd:iy „ in „ nlv „ f„ r ,. runner tn
few quarters but we all point to ouri tbi , „, ore elaboniU , abd speci n c ,Uy
streets w.th pride and eery citizen | planm . d evc ,„,
within the city as well as the rural Th) . party „ cxt Monday for
districts are ready to rejoice and cc!, . p( , opK . „ f a „ SMtio „ 5 of tbo >tat#
brate this fine accomplishment. j a , w-ell as Milledgeville and Baldwin
Pr. E. A. Tigner first had the vis- county people. We \re to be host
ion of a beautiful pagent, and wo to some of Georgia’s most distinguish-
hope this has not been given up. of ed citizens and we arc sure that Mil
depicting the growth and develop-1 ledgcville, us she hay always been,
ment of Milledgeville in pantomine. will be a graceful and charming
There is no place in Georgia with the hostess, throwing open our doors to
wonderful background for such n J our visitors and every citizen e:
historical pageant. Milledgeville rich ing their energies to make the i
in historical tradition would be the 1 ing from other towns have a mosl
fitting sc$ne for a gala celebration of joyable time.
. I ™ 1 -denial, loyalty, perseverance, while
my f,rrt commencement address (ita baw . mus( I;(llu ., ty and inttvrity
r q I ^ he fundamental principles of
honesty and integrity should not have
to he stressed. But I would call your
attention to one smlly neglected vir
tue. which should be a cardinal prin
ciple in every life, that of loyalty.
It is one of the greatest elements in
human character nr : s all too rare.
As for personal nabity, I would
connsel you to get all your moon
shine from the effulgence of the
moon and not from a bottle. It i. no
test of manhood to he able to stand
up with a pin* of extract of corn on
Vour interior. If there was ever
I'uch a theory, it has hern exn|.-|, I.
And may I sum up this tilth- : d .
by telling you of a danger that con
fronts us all, and especially young
people who drink deep at th Pierian
Spring? And that iy the danger of
I could
from Dr. Holmes,
teacher* I ever had who gave me an
inspiration.
And may I not digress just here
long enough to pay a tribute *o him,
my old Latin professor, I beg his
pardon, not old, hut my former Latin
professor, who can look into and
read the heart of a boy. He was
immaculate in attire, at Mercer Uni
versity twenty and two years ago,
his hair way coal black, and even now
prematutely gray, his eye was keen
l_j >nd his step was alert, as they still
ire, and in fact I do not yee much
hange in him except his hair, and
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Box Chocolate Cherries Ic the two packages—
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Silk and Rayon lingerie—All Silk Bloomers, the best value
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Teddies. Slips and Pajamas in varied colors, heavy quahy
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of their color* and the uniqueness of
their designs, each of which has a
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To see these Cheney Cravats is to
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You’ll want to make your selections
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