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UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FEBRUARY 21, 1929
WITHIN THE CITY
(BY MISS D1DDY)
Who am I? Well ta! e a guess. It
is better that you not know so don’t
embarass me and the editor by trying
to find out
Miss Janie Binford and Miss Susie
Bass came back from New York last
week and they brought with them, ex
cept it came on th efreight train, a
big stock of spring goods for Mr.
Bell. They are happy over the many
beautiful things they bought and are
bragging mightly about their wonder
ful finds in Gotham.
> busi
i his trade.
You will be wise to visit him I know.
He, like myself, believes in trading
with the home man and he tries to
keep everything the woman wants and
some of the things men want so they
won't have to go elsewhere to do
their trading.
Marion Allen is making his plans
to go to the legislature this sum
mer. He is taking Mrs. Allen with
him, so Milldcgeville society will be
minus this popular young couple dur
ing the summer months.
Marion Allen should be ut home
in the Georgia general assembly. He
lived around the capital many years
and he married the daughter of one
of Georgia's most distinguished repre
sentatives. A rare combination to
give him power and influence in his
effort to serve our county. He
possibly has more responsibility than
any other legislator, with four state.
institutions to care for, but he Is |
capable of the task and we will watch
his record on the floor of the lower
house with interest
Jon Hutchinson is a versatile fel
low, nobody can deny. He is bank
cashier, urchitcct, builder, and now
a big bread and cake man.
lie had the time of his life at the
Legion party last Tuesday night. He
played Many Many Stars like the
Kiddies do and I believe that he would
have kissed every person in the house
if the game had lasted long enough,
and despite his heavy figure he jumps
rope with ease.
Jon Hutchinson is a character nnd
he makes Millcugevillc a mighty good
citizen.
The Legion kid party was a most
happy occasion. The
rich and Bob McKlrath wot
prize at a baby show. He
his wife dressed as a nurse and they
took the part off fine. Boh is one of
these clever likeable chaps that keeps
everybody in a good humor and the
Legion party w’as added to by his
presence.
Bessie Wallace Reese with her hus
band, Tom, were at the Legion affair,
and we are more than glad to have
them back in Millcdgcvillc. The}
were in Macon about six months, you
know and have come back to us
live. They arc u valuable asset
any town and you can bet your boots
they missed Milledgeville too.
Mrs. Slap Rcntz has two of the
most adorable children
had them out for a walk several af
ternoons ago and I can’t remember
when I have seen a more attractiv
trio. The latest arrival, “Little
Tommy” is a precious little fellow
and I must say he resembles his fath
er, Slup, the popular coach at G. M.
THE TOWN DOCTOR SAYS
Many Cities Liko Tops? Have "Just
Crowed”
In the past, the mental genius of
the entire country has been devoted
o invention, and the creating and
studying of scientific manufacturing
and production methods—a mechani
cal age with very little thought, com
paratively, t.o the analyzation of the
community. Now it is recognized
that for further expansion of busi
ness it is necessary to give the same
kind of constructive thinking to towns
and the individuals ms!.lrg up the
community as has been accorded in-
What was, isn’t! The museums are
full of those things thought indispen
sable a few years ago. Consider the
;.ur or the Tyranno
saurus that had the strength of a
sttam engine, or the Gigantossurus
that was over a hundred feet long and
ns big as a house, as an example. They
ceased to serve a useful purpose—
there was no reason for them so they
ceased to exist.
These things that were, but are
not now, did not know they were
“slipping,” could not help themselves,
so cannot be blamed—they could not
think, therefore a warning of their
pred'eament was useless. Men indivi
dually and collectively are capable of
thinking: therefore, tif {they, their
• theii
i the
edge of the old order of things, they
alone are to blame. Having the pow
ers of comprehension, a hint as to the
new order of things should be suffici-
Yet, man with all of his b
t those things in his makeup that
tends to make one picture those crea-
' tures of the long ago. With some, it
' is procrastination and prejudice,
! while others it is just plain every-
I day refusal to thipk! •
There is a new order of things.
I Look around you—you will see it on
! every side. Business, industry, know
j it—you can't help but recognize it.
! But look at your town! Has it kept
pace? Most towns have just ridden
along on the crest of the wave—like
Topsy’s. have "just growed,” with
little or no thought, consideration, or
analysis that is vital to continued
growth, expansion and prosperity.
A town is a business—your busi- 1
ness. You are a part of that busi
ness the -ame as an employee is of
an industrial plant Your bread and
butter defends on the continued
growth and prosperity of that busi
ness, and regardless of your station
in life— regardless of the job you
hold, the work you do or the busi
ness y<*u are in, you are responsi
ble.
As an employee of a manufactur
ing plant you are a part of it: you
must do good work, you must be sold
on the product made or you are fired.
The better the work you do, the
more you make. As a part of your
town, tin same is true.
You should know about your town
—it is yours, and what you do goes
to mak- it a good town, a progressive
Y01
think your town is not a good town—
mayhi- it isn’t: maybe it is "oldfash-
ioned.” maybe :t has “just growed”
—but what have you done to make
it any different? A town is just as
big as the people in it, and you arc
the people!
It is not the opinions and habits
of the few shining lights that make
a community. True, there must be
leaders, but when big industries con
sider your town for location of a
new factory, investment in present
enterprise, etc., it is the people in
general they .are most interested in—
you and all the other people like you.
Never in the history of this country
j has the smaller city—your town—
I had the opportunities that it has to-
! day. Big business is looking to the
; smaller city as it never has before.
• The town or city that prepares itself
I for big things will greatly profit, and (
every individual citizen will be bene-'
fited—but the town must be ready.
The way to be ready is to be at work
— (building up the morale, aggres
siveness, customer ut-itude and sales
manship ability' lof the "clerks”—
citizens—of the community)—not by j
erection of monument or idle talk on
"Town Boosting”—but by constiuc-
tive thinking to do something, get
something, achieve something,—to j
climb out of the rut. to have a city
that is the best in the land in which
to live, work, play .and make money
—to have a city which has eliminated
:he "oppressive ugliness’’ of dormant,
inactive civic pride.
What are you going to do about
it?
For Sale
40 cords good wood, cut in |
four foot lengths.
One Eight Horse Gas Engine i
Make me an offer on same.
J. A. HORNE
This Town Doctor Article, om
series of fifty-two, is published by
the Union Recorder in co-operation
ith the Milledgeville Lions Ciub.
THE PROMISE
You Made Yourself
Tlie first of hte year, to be on time every morning will be
a lot easier to live uo to if you are sure of your clock.
Westclox ring you up on the dot. From $1.50 to $475,
regular and luminous dials.
WILLIAMS & RITCHIE
Jewelers Milledgeville, Ga
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