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UNION RECORDER, MILL EDGE V1LLE, GA., OCTOBER II, 1W
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BY JERE N. MOORE
To satisfy my own curiosity I con-
ducted a Blind Fold smoking contest
with two of my friends as the vie-
tims. It took a bit of persusaion to
get them to allow themselves to be
put through, but after reminding
them that ^uch men as Adolpji M n-
jou, Richard Bathemless. Bab
and other notables for the :
publicity, had done likewisi
consented. Being unable to offer
them the same money consideration
recorder employee has nar
row ESCAPE
A PROCLAMATION
Mr. S. D. Bristow, pressman and i
nter in the Union Recorder office,
1 u narrow escape last Thursday ( rotei
rning when his arm was caught | held
the big cylinder prenit that p
•spa pel
ten had i
ived for their | >r
verbal persuns-
The Journalism clus>» from G. S. j
'. W. was in the office and Mr. Bris.
ow was feedisg the first run of the
•aper. Hi* rhirt sleeve caught in
ne of the wheels in the {press snatch-1
' of ii.g his arm into thj turning wheel.;
hey The pre.-s was stopped and serious in- j
juries avoided. Mr. Bristows arm,
und badly bruised but not!
Submitting a proposed amendment
, the Constitution ot Georgia to be
ited on at the General Election to be
Tuesday, November 6, 192S,
■rdment to Paragraph 1 of
•rtion 7 of Article 7 of the Consti-
itlon of Georgia, so as to provide for
lowing the City of LaGrange to in
vase its bond 'd indebtedness, in ad-
operotlng a waterworks system tor
the City of LaGrange. may incur a
bonded indebtedness in and in addition
to and reparate from the amount ot
debts hereinbefore in this paragraph
allowed to be incurred to an amount
In the aggregate not exceeding the
sum of five hundred thousand ($500,-
000.00) dollars, and such indebtedness
not to be incurred except with the as
sent of two-thirds of the qualified vot
ers of such city at an election or elec-
JIGANTIC egg
Rossville, Ind., Sept 29.—(Auto-
caster)—Mrs. Burt Shapp has re
ported at Dayton the discovery of
an egg measuring eleven inches one
way and nine inches the other.
P.utb
to and separate from the amount tions to be held as may now or may
its heretofore allowed. hereafter be prescribed by law for the
incurring of new debts by said City of
LaGrange
Sec. 2. Bo it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that whenever
the above proposed amendment to the
Constitution shall be agreed to by
thirds of the members elected to each
. . ., , of the two Houses of the General Aa-
moral Assembly j 8embIy aQd the 8Amo haB en _
proposeu a tcre( j on Journals, with the ayes
By His Excellency,
L. G. Hardman, Governor
State of Georgia,
Executive Department,
August 27. 1928.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
VARIETY MERCHANDISE
STEMERIDGE& COMPANY
PHONE 352-J
1UIJ RAILROADS BACKBONE of j WHEREAS. The General Assembl
We had five different brands of TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM , at its session i . iereu on u»e.r juu.u
clearere« ind after each smoko, Mr. SAYS J. J- PELLEY 'amendment to the Constitution of this ukeu the the o^mor
Georgi* Hein*l Mobley. who was l State “JT *S h H «d he I. hereby author!** and
none other than the first victim, 1 Thai the railroads will remain the
would take a draft of black coffee backbone of this country’s transport
and try another. His taste for to- tion system it* the assertion of John
bacco was not so keen however he j Pelley, President of the Central of
did succeed in picking out two of the Georgia Railway, in a statement pub-
five a? he puffed away. His favorite jjshcd today. This will be the case,
of the five happened to be Chester- „ays Mr. Pelley, regardless of the de
field, which does not run true to vdopment attained by other forms of
form, when we take the statements transportation, such as the water
of the above mentioned gentlemen as ways, bus or truck lines and the air
authority on good cigarettes. I carriers. He states that these can
Mobley contended however that he supplement but cannot replace the
knew his cigarettes, as he had smok- railroads.
ed everything from rabbit tobbacco “Advocates of other forms of
to corn silks, including nil the fam- transportation” the Central’s presi-
ous American brands and those of dent says, “frequently bas* argu-
several foreign countries. I ments for support and development
Well it all goes to prove my point of thone other forms—bus or truck
of argument that the taste of a ciga- iin<. s using public highways or boat
rette is of very little difference and lines using natural or dredged water-
that advertising is the thing that ways—upon the plea that the rail
makes us demand a certain brand, roads niay prove unable to meet the
When we get down to the taste of increasing transportation demands
them it makes little difference. (hat will result from conlinucd d«-
' vclopment of the United States.
A1 Smith tolls the farmers of this There is no ground for such a be-
country he will work out a program lief.”
for their good and will do everything Mr. Pelley calls attention to the
to rejuvinate and add new life to the f ac t that the railroads are now hand-
agricultural prosperity of th’.s coun- ling considerably less traffic than in
try. and he adds that he will not wait -their peak year of 192(1 when freight
until March to begin, but will start shipments reached unprecedented fig-
just as «oon as he is elected. He is ur?e . Great as was the traffic in
one man that has never failed to tha year, he says, the railroads could
carry out a promise, according to the have handled even more with the
New York people who hnve relied on famo efficiency, general reliability
his promises for more than eight and absence of car shortages that
y*» r *- characterized their 1926, as well as
- his promise ind this safe sane their present service. He declare.-,
program as outlined :-hould be enough that with their present equipment
to win th-? vote of every farmer in and facilities the railroads could
the-- United Sta'.es, because of ml handle at least twenty per cent more
people that need help and some kind freight than they are now hauling,
of solution to their problem, they are In closing he says: .
“The public should not be misled
The Republican party, as they have } nto thinking that there is need of
done cvriything else that relates to artificial development of other foi
the masses, has thrown the farmer of transportation because of any
by the way side, while they have fav- danger that the railroads may pr.
ored the big moneyed interest of the unable to meet this country’s tra
country, turning all profits and bene- portation demands. If the roads
f.ts of the farmer over to a favored allowed to earn a fair rate of return,
few. who have pilaged and profiteer- rat e sufficiently high to enable
- J ‘ the fanners expense. them to attract the needed capital,
and Georgia farmer.* are they will continue able to supply the
t kind of transportation this country
i needs. The allowing of such a rate,
N rather than the artificial or forced
The popular fiction among the so development of competing forms of
called younger set, so I .am inform- transpor:ation, is the best insurance
ed, is the magazine known ns Smart that can be taken out against a fail-
Set and Dream World. I rend one of tire nr breakdown of our trnr.sporta-
these Drear.-. World books once. I was tr.tion system.”
enroute to Atlanta and found this
magazine on the seat, left there I COACHES ATTEND G. I. I
suppose by the person who occupied IN MACON LAST MONDAY
it before I boarded the tram. The
main -mry was the inside facts of the Coaches Johnny Broadnax. Slap
Judd Gray, Ruth Snider murder. Rentz. Babe Florence and Col. Geor-
Nothing was left for your imagina- g;; Roach representing G. M. C. nt-
tion, the whole thing was pictured as tended a meeting of the coaches and
plain as if you were witnessing the heads of the schools in the Georgia
horrible crime or some of the par- Infejeollftrinte Athletic Association
ties of Rath and Judd before they in Macon last week,
finally decided to do away with old The football schedules were dis-
man Snider. ■ cu-«ed and plans made for the play
» nttract (he young off for the championship.
State as set forth in an Act approved
August 23. 1927, to-wit:
LaGRANGE WATERWORKS
BONDED DEBT.
No. 363.
An Act to amend paragraph 1 of sec
tion 7 of article 7 of the Constitution
of this State, as now amended, so as
to provide for allowing the City of
LaGrange to Increase its bonded
indebtedness, in addition to and
separate from the amount of debts I re j ec tion
hereofore allowed under said para- state
Instructed, to cause said amendment
to be published in at least two news
papers in each Congressional District
in this State for a period of two
months next preceding the time of
holding the next general election.
Sec. 3. Be It further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the
above proposed amendment shall
submitted for ratification or
the electors of this
the next general elec-
graph under certain circumsiancee. I tton ^ after publication
for the purpose of purchasing, re- proved for In the second section of
pairing, or building a waterworks l th , g Act> la the several election dis-
Baldwi:
io exception.
system.
Section 1- Be it onacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Georgia, and it is hereby enacted by
the authority of the same, that para
graph 1 of section 7 of article 7 of
t»»e Constitution of this State, as now
amended, is hereby amouded by adding
at the end of aald paragraph the fol
lowing: Except that the City of La-
Grange, from time to time as neces
sary for the purpose of repairing, pur
chasing, or constructing a waterworks
i, including all necessary pipe
line, pumping-Btatlons, reservoirs, or
anything else that may be necessary
for the building, constructing or op
erating a waterworks system for the
City of LaGrange, may Incur a bonded
btedness in addition to and sep-
e from the amount of debts here
inbefore in this paragraph allowed to
incurred, to an amount in the ag
nate not exceeding the sum of five
hundred thousand «$300,000.00) dol
lars, nn>l such indebtedness not to bo
ourred except with the assent of
ro-thirds of the qualified voters of
.Id city at an election or elections
lie held r.« may now or may hero
ic? bo prescribed by law for-the
curring of
sf LaGrange;
ot the Constitution when amended
ail read as follows:
Barograph 1. The debt hereafter
Incurred by and county, municipal
inration, or political division of
this State, except oh In this Consti
tution provided for, shall not exceed
seven per centum of the assessed val-
le of all the taxable prrperty therein,
ml no such county, municipality or dl-
islou rhall incur any new debt, except
for temporary loan or loans to supply
casual deficiencies of revenue, not to
ixceed one-fifth of one per centum of
lie annual rulue of taxable property
therein, without the assent of two
thirds of the qualified voters thereof
at an election for that purpose, to lie
held as may ho’ prescribed by law;
but any city, the debt of which docs
uot exceed seven per centum of the
assessed value of the taxable property
at the time of the udopt'on of this
Constitution, may be authorized by
: is the
What th.
people I do not know unlos.-
sex lif? that is pictured in i
form. It would be far mor.
able for them to spend th<
with their hands folded instead of
clouding their brains with this vile
stuff and stimulating their animal
pas-ions with this kind of literature.
> und. This
a deed that possibly
direct bearing op the fu
my one single accomplish
ment of many generations.
Lindberg another hero who .“-pared
no effort and feared no disaster
brought the new continent disc,
by Columbus closer to the old
would attempt to regulate the read-1 ^ e can little realize the h'
ing of the young people, but parents! two men faced and although
*4tould devote more thought to the Wt * "° u Ll not take any of the glory
things their children read than they * rom the A ' r hero, Columbus stands
do. I: in not whether it is right or ou * as *^e most wonderful of all ex-
anv timi
amount of said debt three per centum
:h assessed valuation; except
that the City of Augusta, from time to
time, as necessary for the purpose of
protection against flood, may incur
a bonded indebtedness upon its power-
producing canal and municipul water-
orkB, in addition to the debts here
inbefore in this paragraph allowed to
incurred, to an amount in the ag-
•gate not exceeding fifty per centum
of the combined value of such proper
ties, the valuation of such properties
to be fixed as may be prescribed by
law, but said valuat!
a figure five per ceti
tricts of this Bute, at which election
every person shall be qualified to vote
who la now entitled to vote for mem
bers of the Geueral Assembly. All
persons voting at such election in
favor of adopting the proposed amend
ment to the Constitution shall have
written or printed on their ballots,
'FYw amendment allowing City of La
Grange to increase 1U bonded indebt
edness for waterworks system,” and
all persons opposed to the adoption
of the amendment shall have written
>r printed on their ballots the words,
AgalnBt the amendment allowing the
City of LaGrange to increase Its
bonded indebtedness for waterworks
system.”
Sec. 4. Be It further enacted by
the authority aforesaid, that the Gov
ernor be and ho Is hereby authorized
and directed to provide for the submis
sion i f the amendment proposed in the
first section of this Act to a vote of
tho poopic as required by tho Con
stitution of this State in paragraph 1
of section 1 of article 13. and by this
Act; and if ratified, the Governor
shall, when he ascertains such ratifi
cation from the Secretary of SUte,
to whom the returns shall be referred
:s of election
ral Assembly
to count und ascertain the results, 1b-
buo his proclamation for one insertion
In one or the daily newspapers of this
State, announcing such results and
declaring the amendment ratified.
Sec. 5- Be it further enacted by the
authority aforesaid, that all laws and
parts of laws in conflict with this Act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved August 23, 1927.
NOW. THEREFORE, I, L. G. Hard
man, Governor of said State, do issue
this my proclamation hereby declar-
that the proposed foregoing
amendment to the Constitution is
submitted for ratification or rejection
to the voters of the State qualified to
vote for members of tho General As
sembly at the General election to be
held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928.
L. G. HARDMAN,
Governor.
By the Governor:
George ' Carswell,
of £
ADMINISTRATTOR’S SALE
GEORGIA, Baldwin County.
By virtue of an order granted at
the October term, 1928, the Court
of Ordinary of Baldwin County, will
bo sold, at public outcry, on the
first Tuesday in November, 1928,
at the court-house door in said coun
ty, betwen the legal hours of sale, to
exceed I‘he best and high .st bidder for
GEORGIA STATE
EXPOSITION
MACON
October 11 - 20
County Agenst Agricultural Displays,
Big Dairy Cattle and Swine Show,
The State Pouh r y Show, Southern Rabbit
Show, State Game Dept. Exhibits, State
Forestry Dept. Exhibits, Macon Kennel Club
Dog Show, Bibb County Flower Chib, Show,
Georgia Boys and Girls Clubs Exhibits, Georgia Vocational
School Exhibits, Georgia College of Agrchilture
Exhibits, Woman’s Home Achievments, Commercial
And Industrial Displays, Etc. Etc.
The biggest program of Amusements and
Entertainments ever brought to Macon for one event, including:
Dodson’s World’s Fair Midway Shows — Rides.
Erma Barlow’s Circus Revue Free Acts,
“Buttons” the High Diving Pony Free Act.
Mabel Cody’s Flying Circus Aerial Stunts,
Band Concerts and Fireworks Program.
Dakota Max Wild West Shows,
Spceial for Saturday, October 20th, Ringling
Bros. & Barnum & Bailey’s Combined Circus.
COME TO MACON TO THIS BIG GEORGIA FAIR
Reduced rates on all lines of travel.
“LAUNDERED TO PERFECTION!”
That’s what you’ll exclaim joyously when you
send even your daintiest things to us for wash
ing and ironing. Sheets and pillowcases, table
cloths and napkins as well as the sheerest silk
stockings and lingerie are laundered to perfec
tion here. 'Phone 440 and our driver will call.
Milledgeville Laundry
and Dry Cleaners
PHONE 440
wrong with me, but whether it is wise
or foolish for them do these things.
All of us think of things we do in the
light of whether it is right or wrong
or what the other people of our ac
quaintance will think. It is the re
sult that should count most und if we
would get it down to a basis of
whether these things we are apt to
do that people class as wrong or
right, are wise or foolish we would
really be better off is our humble
opinion.
This month brings to mind the fact
that there was a man named Christo
pher Columbus who lived, for we
celebrate the discovery of American
on October 12th.
The story of Columbus is inspir
ing and magnificent. It is the story
of a brave pioneer who dared to
prove to a world that this saxth pas
Now we need not fear ‘‘the edge
of the world,” science and improved
methods of travel have removed these
buguhoos. We who do not have to
encounter the difficulties he encount
ered and .should not be swayed from
the spiritual by the mechanical and
scientific discoveries of this age. The
soul of man is more important than
his accomplishments.
SPECIALIZED
SERVICE—
C. H. ANDREWS * SON.
"N.lMa, Bttt ImW
cent, on which shall
represent Ihe net revenue per annum
produced by the two such properties
together at the time of said valuation,
and such indebtedness not to bo in
curred except with the assent of two-
thirds of the qualified voters of said
city nt an election or elections for
that purpose to be held as may he
now or may hereafter lie prescribed
by law for Uie incurring of new debts
by tho said City Council of Augusta:
i except that the City of West Point,
from time to time as may be neces
sary for the purpose of protection
against floods, may incur a bonded
indebtedness in addition to and sep
arate from the amount of debts here
inbefore In this paragraph allowed to
be incurred, to an amount in the ag
gregate not exceeding the sum of
seven hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars and such indebtedness not to be
incurred except with the assent of
two-thirds of the qualified voters of
such city at an election or elections
to be held as may now or hereafter
prescribed by law for the incurring
of new debts by Bald City of West
Point. Except that the City of La-
Grange, from time to time as neces-
jary for the purpose of repairing, pur
chasing or constructing waterworks
system, including all necessary pipe
line, pumping-station*, reservoirs, or
anything else that may be necessary
for the building, or constructing or
the following described property,
to-wit:
One house and lot situate, lying |
and being on South Liberty Street I
the city of Milledgeville, Ga.,
known and distinguished in the plan |
of said city as part of Lot No. 1 in
Square No. 59; bounded on the North
by lot formerly owned by Mrs. Lucy
P. Wagon, now owned by Miss Eliza
beth Jones; on the East by Liberty
Street; on the South by Mra E. J.
Flemister and on the West by A. J.
Carr. Sai dlot fronts on Liberty
street a distance of 64 ft. and 8 in.
runs back in a westerly direction
of equal width a distance of 118 feet
This October 1, 1928.
E. J. Flemister, Administrator of
the Estate of Mrs. Mary A. Thomas,
deceased.
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