Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

B f B f UNION RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., AUGUST 12, 1929 HERE’S HOWE MILLIONS OF BRICK MADE BY | predation. Another thing the McMillan process EDITORS NOTE:—lli« !ol. lowing *tory |» from (1m pen of BY E. W. HOWE * member of th* Jnmnlura "The Sage of Potato Hill" Claao of th* Georgia Sut* Col- An old unused building The Poor—Napoleon—Women Again | cge f or Women last year. The plant was formerly the pottery build I often think the poor are like chil- Union Recorder publishes it mg. Pottery is not made by the dren who have never grown up. It is with particular pride and plena- company any longer*. There a common charge against a certain ur « f or it relates th* accomplish- increased demand for brick proportion of adults (far too large I ments of a f'rm that has been father abandoned pottery making, that they have children's minds; that linked in friendship to the Union “But he loved that kind of work, their bodies developed after twelve. Recorder for almost half a c*n- He was un artist and was always do- while their minds did not. tury. ing >ome modeling himself." Miss The poor msy be likened, also, t • by MARIE LONG McMillan laughed as she said, “He a man who has worked at a trade ull .Many buildrigs in Georgia and tried to make an artist of me and his life, and never Itarned it. Life i- Honda are made of brick from the would get me to try modeling all a trade, with foremen and superin- Milledgcville Brick Works company, sorts of things. I remember trying tendentfc of superior skiil because of founder of this plant was a to model a festoopn of r< experience or intelligence. y .ung man from Scotland who loved vase one time,” she added. hi- native country so that he sent to Mr. McMillan was such a strict Napoleon never wed muc.i if hi* Scotland fora cornerstone to be used , prohibitionist that he would not al- wives had lovers ... But it makes a j B a Milledgcville church which he | low jugs to be made in the pottery- common man mighty mad. built. This would have been very profitable “My father settled in Georgia and his children told him that sirup For more than a hundred years whrn he came to America because was put into jugs. His answer to there have been attempt, to explain h> . ,„ ved the history of the South”, this was, “I know, but more liquor Napoleon Bonaparte ... 1 can ex- aid M i s 3clle McMillan, vice-presi- | is put into jugs than sirup," and he plain him in hulf a dozen lines: In ,j rnt> gecretary,' and treasurer of the | would not manufacture jugs. life, he Milledgcville Brick Works Company In the office of the company when she wag asked the history of several pictures of Mr. McMillan. He the plant which is located just on j was a handsome gentleman with the nutshlrt .‘of Milledgeville on the | snow white hair and short white Oconee river. beard. Over the largest of these James Wilson McMillan left his J pictures is draped the flag of Scot- home in Glasgow, Scotland, to come 1 land and the American flag, to America when he was twenty-one "My father loved Scotland," McMillan, and he loved Amer- proud of is that we have the same customers from year to year. Thert has never ben a dissatisfied custo- thc dirt picked up at birth marvelous geni as a soldier—as Charles Dickens picked up marvelous genius as a novelist. As age advanced, both men lo«t their power; youth was a part of their marvelous combination, nnd, without it. both so id und did „, Amcric , „ hen he twenty-one things that would have disgraced t .a Hc rpent his f|„t winter comm. :.e t fotl ... 1 say tu you that jp Philadelphia before he came to heredity i- the greatest thing in life. Mli(Ufon> Geottf ,. In Madi.on, in If you are not doing well, either you he mude his first hrirlt. He are wrongly placed or are not he. h#( j ] ear ncd the process from hi" havi tg y uraolf in the ordinary foth|!r „ ho „„ a i mi ider. “A few years after he settled in Madiron," continued Mis- McMillan, requently said there has not ^ate needed brick for two new- all history, a woman phil- buildings out at the sanitarium and one distinguished for cor- my falhpr canu . down to ppt thc candid thmking, ns may be cl ^ tracL He bore ,( \ n , the Camp und reds of men. | Creek and Oconee river section until this mean? Certainly h<> found t j,e right clay, and. of t-mcn do not engage deep- ,. ourM>t he knew good clay. Then he Rile bricks that are in the two con- e3 valcsceat buildings over there at the private andi ^^m.. print wealthy and influential Madi- Mr. Albert W. Foster, writ essentials. aid of ! ly in lif . and thereby gain suficient knowledge to become reflective. Does it mean t.mt, women. .refuse to acknowledge facts of lif.? I have know-n less than .. dozen really candid women; I have rarely known a man of overage in-'in with Mr. McMillan when hc cstab- pcd , 0 (II part , 1>f Georgia ___ tejligencc who was not. Thi. differ- lithed this plunt. On Miss Me- P | orida {r0In tWa plant every year, once cannot lie accounted for by sex. i Millan’n desk there is a picture of lapd mnny UMd hcrc jn jjilledgeville. The brain-, of men and women must Mr. Foster which belonged to her A i any Q f t i lr | lnc ^ uaed ica, too, so I thought it appropriate to have both flag- over his picture. The Scotch flag was sdnt me by my aunt who lived in London. It is a linen flag, ae you see, because my aunt knew it would last longer than a silk one and could be washed, On one wall of thc office is a pic ture of Robert Burns’ home which was probably placed there by the man who loved his native land. He further proved his 1< huilt the Milledgeville Presbyterian j church by ordering the corner stone from near John Knox’s birthplace. "I want the stone to be there.” he said, “so that I can see a little bit of Scotl^od every time I pass." There are millions of brick ship- - about the t It may be a poor guess, but I be-! is this inscription, “Mr. A. W. Fos- lieve the difference due to this:'ter was a generous hearted, liberal Sine- the daw-n of civilization cer-! minded, true friend of the writer, J. tainly and pcs ibly somewhat earlier, I W. McMillan.” womiq have been flattered; that hasl "My father bought Mr. Foster out been man's weapon in soliciting their before very long and until 1912 the father. On the back of the picture | pia statc Sani^um, their new hot- plant was owned by him alone. At that time he made it into a stock company. The plant had to be en larged because they needed more kiln room. Father bought the pat ent of the llaigh kiln, an English in vention, and installed one of them. This new kiln was a great saving. Since the organization of this company they have never failed to dividend. The stock holders are people who live in the com munity, and all of them seem to be satisfied, as the itock seldom ever changes hands. During the boom in Florida .when there was an embargo on the City of ient trucks and hauled brick from this plant. j “We shipped millions of brick that paid the men: of the things in life .year, and of all that nun.ber-there said to be great, the men have as un, not one single complaint.” said great a lead, almost as in philosophy. J Miss McMillan, and it certainly is a Would candid thinking pay the record to be proud of. "In fact, women? fnvors: on the other hand, men have perpetually traveled the war path, and know the truth about themselves. Men art actually better than the public estimate of them, for libels told by oppoting warriors have come down to u- with history, along with the exaggerated compliments for men. There is no page of print, old or new, not ovei praising wo criticising nun more than they dc- Men arc cindid. and become phil osophers occasionally, because long experience has convinced them of the practical value of truth: women, who nev.r become philosopher.-, still be lieve troth distorted in the interest of women, may be ef value to them. Candid thinkim seems ved several letters of special ap- oital, and all the brick used new building at Allen’sMnvalid Home were furnished by the Milledgeville Brick Works Company, also, those for Park- Memorial Hospital, the new class room building, and the new dormitory at the,Georgia State College for Women. Mr. Kenneth Glndsonte McMillan, son of the late J. W. McMillan, has been president of this company since his father’s death in 1925. He, in addition to being n "real clay man,” is also an inventor. Many of the labor saving machines at the plant arc of his invention. One of the most interesting is the device that marks the name, “McMillan” Mil ledgeville, Ga., on each brick. BELL’S Final Sale Of All Summer Dresses Mostly all pastel shades and short sleeves—all former prices disregarded. We need the rocm for new f a || dresses. About 50 sleeveless dresses in pastel shades. so me Navy with white dots, sold for $15.00, $10.75 and $8.75, your choice of the lot at $5.00 20 printed chiffon and georgette dresses, mostly long slevees, sold up io $16.75, to close out ai $8.50 15 summer coats left. Solid Navy, sport coats and silk coats, sold up to $35.00, your choice at $16,75 If you Want the Best Shop at E.E. BELL’S xxxxxxxxxiixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxtttttt CARD OF THANKS We deeply appreciate the kind ness shown us during the illnefs and death of our dear wife and mother. May God’s richest blessing rest up on each and every one. L. L. SMITH AND FAMILY i St. See It's « bargain 602 5- Wayu J L. Sibley. I «1» not know. It may be that their be»t plan is the one they have adopted even though there is not philosophy in it NERV0USSUFFERIN6 Lady Says Sb Took Cardan, Felt Batter la a Few Weak,, aad Steadily Gained Health. Moscow. Ohio.—“I had been In awful, bad health for months and months," says Mrs. Cynthia Staton, of this place. "My nerves were ’all to pieces,' and I was all run-down. "My back hurt all the time, and I had to drag myself around the house. My legs ached and I worried all the time. I could not stand the least noise. The least little thing upset me. "One day, I read a Ladies Birth day Almanac that my husband brought home, and I thought I would try the medicine I read about In It—Cardul. “1 began taking Cardul. and in a few weeks I felt myself getting much better. I took It for several months, as I was steadily gaining In health. When I finished tairw Cardul. I felt fine. "Since that time, thirty years ago. I have taken Cardul several times when I needed a tonic to help build ■ me up, and It has always helped me. I give It to my daughters and I have recommended It to others. I tninir It Is a fine medicine.” Great numbers of women, of all 1 ages, have written to tell how they * have been helped back to good I health by falr,T ig CarduL J/c-216 COAL is an ancient discovery, but consumers of our various grades are continually discovering its stored-up wealth. Rich in carbon, but poor in ash—sums up the reasons for the general satisfaction rendered by our coals. Our service is a match for their quality, too— it’s up to scratch. FOWLER-FLEMISTER COAL COMPANY - SCHOOL SUPPLIES VAK1KTY MERCHANDISE ABRIDGE & COMPANY PIIONE 352-J Ready to Gin ixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; We turned on the current last week and from the first to the last bale we will serve you with a smile. It costs us extra to do this, but we count on you to appreciate this fact. - Our machines are in first class condition and it is conceeded by all that our samples are of the very best. Our help are experienced Ginners and their am bition is to please all. We will pay you in cash at the Gin for your seeds and our prices will always be in line. , NOTHING BUT NEW BAGING AND TIES WILL BE USED ON YCUR COTTON YOUR PATRONAGE WILL BE APPRECIATED Chandlers Ginnery J ;xxxxxxXXX:xxxxxxxxxixixixxxxttttxixxxi*