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UNION RECORDER. MILLEDGEV1LLE. GA.. FEBRUARY 14, 1929
JAMES L. IVEY—ONE OF OUR
OLDEST CITIZENS
Mr. James L. Ivey passed his
eightieth birthday, December 24th.
Thu* he is among Baldwin county’s
and Milledgcvillc's oldest citizens.
Mr. Ivey was born and reared in
the Southern part of Baldwin county,
his father being Mr. Chaa. Ivey,
at that time owned thousands of
of land in that section.
HISTORIC RECORDS LOST
DURING WAR GIVEN TO GA.
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(Atlanta Joi
Several historic records of great
interact and n Georgia history long
of print
: e executive department Wednes-
When the war between the States ,j-jy \, y ..he son cf * surgeon in Shcr-
came on young Ivey was a mere lad, rnan » g a rmy, who took the documents
but he remembers well many w h t -n the state capitol at Milledge-
happenings at his home when Sher- v jjj c wa5 ransacked during the War
man and his soldiers were in this between the States,
section on their famou' march to the The document* were brought to At-
sea. lanta personally by Leonard B. Her-
One day the latter part of No- r j c ^ > „f Grand Rapids, Mich., a rfia-
vemher or the first of December, tive G f Myron T. Herrick, United
1864, a number of soldiers rode up states ambassador to France. They
to the front of the Ivey home. They bad been in the custody of Mr. Hor-
jumped from their hordes and walked r | c k’« father, II. J. Herrick for more
into the house. They ransacked the than sixty years. On the fly leaf of
house, taking every thing in sight; t he history was a notation that Mr.
among the articles carried off were Herrick had taken them from the
two watches, one of which was the Georgia capitol when he was surgeon
property of young Ivey. He never f or one of General Sherman's divi-
saw his watch any more, hut has of- s j on s on the march to the sea.
ten wondered what became of it. “My father did not steal these rec-
For three or four days following ords," Mr. Herrick said. “He found
the home was visited daily by Shcr- them scattered on the floor of the
man's soldiers, and all the chickens capitol and put them in his preket
and hogs were carried off. On one to preserve them. Later on, believ-
of these days the father was com- j nK that they would be of historic
pulled to give up what money he had. value to the state of Georgia, he ask-
He possessed a large quantity of ,.,j m e to return them to Georgia, and
Confedcra'e money. This money was i am doing so on my first visit to
in a pocketbook, which had been given this state.’’
him by a Mr. Dcitz, a book hinder in The history is a large volume, pub-
Macon. He gave it over to the soldier ijshed in 18, r »4. It is called “Historical
demanding it, .and stated that he Collections of Gerogia.” The state
prized the pocketbook very highhly as library has one copy of the book, but
a gift from his friend and reques'ed there arc few others in existence,
its return. The soldier took out the The other documents returned in-
moncy and returned the pocketbook. eluded hand-written copies of acts of
Mr. Ivey has kept it until this day as the Continental congress in 1787, a
an heirloom, and it is still well pre- CO p y of a treaty with Great Britain,
served. a copy of the grant of territory north-
There wns a quantity of seed cot- WePt n f the Ohio river, and other
ton in the ginhouse, and a Yankee records sent to Georgia by the na-
officer threatened to burn the gin tjonal government
house and cotton but he was per-
suaded by 'he owner to remove the
cotton and hum it, and leave the gin DOG RAISES KITTENS
house standing. WHEN MOTHER DIES
To the elder Ivey belongs, perhaps,
the distinction of shipping the first “jjiir Green, one of Georgia’s
car load of water iaclon« out of tho moat aotcd prisoners was made a
State. He shipped two car loads of recently of a eat and four
melons from Stevens Pottery to Ma- shortly after he had received
con in the late summer of 1865, thp animal>i tht . oU Mt was killed
and offered them for sale. and younj . kittens, only a few
The melons were unloaded from wccka ol(Ji |cfl mothcrle s s .
the cars and placed by the railroad Thcy hod , )arcly „ pcncd their eyes
tracks, where they remained all nittht an(| 0|d Bil| wa , lvtrricd as to the
youa K Ivey standing conrd. A Ynn- ^ method of raising the young cats,
kee Colonel from Ohio, purchased tho Ha had an 0 , d shcphcrd dng that had
enure lot next day, and they were a of plippil!a aad the <lo( . im .
reloaded in one car and shipped to modiata]y ad opted the kittens. They
his home. took to their new mother and
Tho elder Ivey took tho money and norscd and caiad for th em us
went to a sale of Cavalry horses, _____
which was being conducted by the
Yankees and purchased three of
them. He .and his son, and a neigh
bor rode the horses back to their
home in Baldwin county. In getting 0
the horses out of Macon they had to
lead them through what w*ns then 0
known ns a “hou«e bridge” over the 4/
Central Railroad as they were not ^
allowed to use the pontoon bridges
the Ynnkey’s had placed .across the ~
Ocmulgee river. 0
Mr. Ix'ey has spent his life in Bald-
win county with the exception of a 0-
few years, whrn he lived in Wilkin-
son connty. He is a member of the ^
Primitive Baptist church, joining nt 0
Camp Creek church years ago. He
has strong convictions, which may be 0
looked upon by the present genera- ^
tion as antiquated, yet he clings to
them with the belief that they arc
right. He is firm in the conviction
that Faith in God, hard work and
economy will solve the pi-oblcms of
oday.
GO TO BED STORIES
By Farmer Smith
“Wha*. nrc you children all dressing
up for this morning?” asked Mrs.
Rabbit, when she pecked into the chil
dren’s room.
“Why, Mother dear, this is Lin
coln’s Birthday- Have you forgotten?
I am surprised!” answered Bobbie.
“Excii'i' me,” said Mrs. Rabbit.
“You se«. I have so many things to
think of that I forget, while you
children have only your school.”
The I til in the Rabbitville school
house was Still ringing as the bunnies
scampered «ut of the house all dress- j
ed up in their Sunday-go-to meeting
clothes. On the way they were met
by Tcssie Squirrel, who was also
arrayed in her “bestest” outfit |
“Are either of you going to speak
a piece?” asked Tessie, almost out of
breath from running.
“No-0-0,” hesitated Bobbie. “Are
, but it is very short,” replied
Piano tuner—“I called to tun© the
Lady—“I did not send for you.”
Piano Tuner—“No, but the man
next door did.”
GEORGIA GREETING CARDS
By Nolle Womack Hioea
ON SALE—WOOTTEN’S STORE
“What i
sity.
isked Billie, all qu-
“Wait and you will get a great sur
prise,” said Tessie, as they went up
the Rabbitville school steps.
The sun was shining full in the
school room when the exercises be gan
hen all those who had to speak
pieces were through, the teacher said:
"We will now hear what it was that
made Abraham Lincoln great. Tessie,
will you tell us?”
Te'sie Squirrel walked upon the
platform amid a profound silence and
said:
The thing which made Abraham I
Lincoln great was his LOVE.” |
And .as the bunnies went home. |
Billie said to Bobbie: “Let’s tell
Mother what made Abraham Lincoln
great.”
pplied her brother. “I
nat makes Mother great!”
FOR SALE—One
Ben Bai
did her own. The kit’ens have grown I
and the old dog still has a strong
affection for^them. i
Bill Green has become known os'
a friend for dumb animals. He takes.
in every stray cat .and dog and now ]
ho has a large collection of them in
addition to a number of bantam and.
game chickens.
•*!
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P. s. Ajlkwright, President
Not Formally Introduced he indignantly commanded.
Uncle Nehemiab, the proprietor ofj “Tell him yo’self,” said Araani
ramshackle little hotel in Mobile “He’s a puffect stranger to me”
ras aghast at finding a newly arrived .
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Auto Owners
An Important
ANNOUNCEMENT
For You
I am taking over the management of the College Hill Service
Station and Garage and this is your invitation to come to see
us. Gas, Oil and Dope with all the other things your car needs
—washing, battery recharge, tire service and mechanical ex
pert repairing. Mr. W. H. Stembridge will have charge of
the station and will have complete supervision of the garage
with experienced mechanics to do the work.
We solid your patronage with a promise of prompt, courteous
service and a first class job all the time.
COME TO SEE US
T. H. ENNIS AND
W. H. STEMBRIDGE
HOW MANY CHICKS
WILL YOU. RAISE?
horn
Mich
he is respected by his fellow citizens.
ED ROBINSON ATTENDS
CHRYSLER SALES MEETING
Ed Robinson, Jr., Chrysler Dealer
in th*s c : t»\ sprn‘ several days of the
past week in Atlanta attending a
special meeting of the agencis of the
The meeting wns one of the best
held in several months stated
Mr. Robinson and plans have
been madr for *he spring sales cam
paigns. The Chrysler has taken
world lendershi panel with the product
that we have we expect to again
break sales records. People who know
Chrysler will find the car even better
Mr. Robinson was accompanied by
Mr. W. E. Newsome who is in charge
•*f service at the Robinson garage.
He took * course in adjustment and
servicing the Chry ler.
Mr. Newsome has been with the
Chrysler agency several years.
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Merchant Tailor
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T HE number of chicks you raise de
pends to a great eitei.! epos your
ability to Prevent Disease, and SANI
TATION Is the practice upon which
you must rely to PREVE5 F DISEASE.
Healthy, vigorous poultry can only be
raised under sanitary conditions. Coe-
c’diosis striker suddenly without w arn
ing ... It is especially destructive to
chicks from 10 days to 3 meoths of
DIOSIS
age. The deadly get ms are micro
scopic end multiply ’**ft great raptdity-
Countless million:; of them ore dis
charged In the droppings. The infected
chick cannot be cured—but the disease
in most cases can be preveute l. i>se
Lewis’ Lye and boiling water. Ask your
county agent or the editor of this
paper, or send to us for a free bulletin
on Poultry Sanitation.