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THE UNtON-RECMDER, MILLEDCCVOU, U, JANUARY 11 im
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THURSDAY, JAN. it, IBM
I “THE BiGGEtT BUSINESS IN THE
“The Government of the United
States is the biggest business in the
world."
So speaks David Lawrence, editor
of the United States Daily, in a
hook just published, “The Other
Side of Government.”
That the political side of govern
ment is the bigger side as far as the
. public is concerned, but that
Tin- value of Terrell county's farm figure show? Is it a reflection on
products for the year 1929 was $4.- our school system? Or does it re-
000. 000. veal a condition that we have been
—— indifferent to?
It in pomible for taxes to become There is no excuse for it. Baldwin
such a burden that they canr.ot be county has maintained a splendid
borne by the people. school system throughout its history.
Kv:ry educational advantage has
A Grand jury investigation has hren offered th? people here and that
found evidence that the municipality they have not taken advantage of
of Atlanta is honey-combed with **•*■* opportunities is nobody’s fault
. except theirs. People who are
: ; illiterates in this county excite no
hoi- *ymp-ithy from us for it is inexcus-
kirk able, but there is a fault some where
ILLITERACY IN GEORGIA
The figures presented by Htn. M.
I . Duggan. State Superintendent of
Schools, showing the number of
ill.ieratuK in Georgia, i^ appaling. To
think that there are 328,888 people
in Georgia ten years of age or ovv
who are illiterates is enough to
bring about an awakening that would
-turtle the rest of the nation.
The Kiwani. club has started a
program to reduc- this figur:-. It is
their plan to get children in school business side is in reality of far I
and influence a revival throughoutigrantor importance, is one of the]
the state that will create within the!points made by Mr. Lawrence. }
people a yearning for education i.nd How true this is can be i hist rated |
training. ; by our own local government Once
Baldwin county, Georgia's tduca- a year or so we get all steamed up
tional center and a county noted for about politics—just before clection-
its culture and charm, stands 105th time—and then we go on about our
among 154 counties of Georgia. In business and forget all about govern-
Baldwin county there are 3,018 peo- ment until the next election. But
pic who can not read or write and i the sen-ices of government must be
totally ignorant. What does thi*land are being carried on all the time.
Chemical Corporation
V-C Is Quite Proper
trol the soiling price
■ cost of productlo.i
Senati r Hefflin. of Alab
ted his party, and he hai
coming when the I)eni6t
doer against him.
s shut the un< J until this is dug out and
| troyed this
John Geiger, a Toomsboro
chant filed a voluntaiy petitio
bankruptcy in the United States
trie* Court in Macon Monday.
! Georgia stands forty-seventh and
but for Alabama we would be at the
bottom. This is disgraceful. We
j have rrid so before ard it his been
i said by others. This question of
JrBcph McBride Hunnicutt, who illiteracy has been often discussed
held the honor of beinir thr first hoy “'“I *e have too frequently acccpt-
baby to be horn in Atlanta, died ed 11 “* » condition that cannot be
there last Thursday. He was 81 remedied and let it po at that
ysras < f ape. ! The Kiwanis propram if. a pood
' one. It will greatly help and will in-
Gov. Hardman has a hard time fluerc: many to seek after ail edu-
getting rid of office holders. Th? cation. It will bring many children
Hon. Peter Twitty of the Game and into school that are now out Start-
Fish Department is the latest that ing them in school isn’t all there is
refuse, to be fired. , too it but keeping them there is a
— greater problem.
Hon. Fermor Barrett, one of Geor-. Last year between the first and
gin’s most prominent members of the;second grade, 37,000 Georgia chil-
houu of i epresentativer-, was killed dron were lost from school. All of
in an automobile accident Sunday, these did not die or move from the
near Washington. Ga. rtate. Their parents did not force
. them to return and school was not
The late Liout. Col. Allen S. attractive to them sa they were Io?t
Fletcher, of the Philippine coiutabul-1 and will grow up to keep our illitcr-
r.ry, i - said to have been “wor-1 ate record still at the peak,
shippel" by Mohammedan Moro In addition to convincing the par-
tribes of Mir.adanno and Sulu be-; ent of the wisdom to keep their chil-
cause “‘hey knew him to be fearless dren in school, there is another
and believed him to be impartial and j pha?e of the work for consideration,
fair." A pood msn pone. j w , a trlli „ cll pr j ro ,ry teachers is
cs::ntial. The number of teachers
Cincinnati, Ohio, has the reputa- J in Georgia who have not even had
tion • f being one of the best govern- High School training is mi-prising,
ed cities in the United States. It has [ While many of these may he natural
a commission form of governmentj teachers, it is essential that highly
city manager. There are a trained teachers be employed in ‘he
Georgia which primary grades.
Teachers who have been trained
number of
have this form of government, and
they are moving forward, meeting
all expenses nad putting a surplus in
the treasury.
It looks as if the people of Mil-
ledgevillc are getting to be non
church goers. The members of the
va nous churches in the city do not
•*'.;e::d services cn Sunday morning
jr evening. If they did the churches
would he filled their capacity at
these erviees. Thr re is nothing
comparable to the preached word in
tuilding up Christian characters.
regardless of elections, politics or
anything else.
Remember y/hat happened im
mediately after the war when Wood-
row Wilson was ill and incapable of
tran-acting any public business for
a long period of time. Did govern-1
ment stop? Headless though the I
national government was, there was I
harjly a ripple in official circles; j
things went on just the same. Mail I
was collected add delivered as usual |
percentage of right gues. es, our bat-j
tie ships continuqjl to sail Liu- seas, ■
not a soldier stopped trilling in nnyi
army camp.
Government, it must be realized. |
has reached the stage where it is be- j
yond politics, in the ordinary every j
day tense of the word. Government
ha,* assumed too many burdens, it bus
become too complex, for the monkey
WTench of politics to interfere with
the machinery. Highly trained speci
alists must carry out particular jobs.
This does not mean government is
no longer democratic. By no means.
It simply means that today govern
ment is too big a thing for the voter
to grasp in all its details—for any
body to grasp in all its details, for
that matter. You don’t suppose for
one moment that President Hoover,
master of detail as he is, knows
everything that’t going on in the ad
ministrative organization of which
he is th« head!
Today the job of the voter is to
determine policies by electing men
to office who will carry out his wish
es. Those policies may or may not
affect the detail of administration.
It is important to realize this. It
is important to know when you go
to the polls that you are deciding
the future policy of your govern
ment. It’s not a question as to
whether Bill Smith is a good fel
low, but a> to whether Bill Smith’s
ideas on the business' of government
will result in better or poorer pave
ment on the streets. You see what
Bill Smith actually thinks is n mat
ter of some consequence to you.
Think of government in these
term.- and :t will begin to mean
something to you.
Can Grt Official Gratlin"
Next Sunday the anniversary of
the birthday of General Robert E.
Lee will bo ob erved, and it will be
reaiuod afresh how few of the men
who followed that gallant lender are
1 ft. There are only five or six ofjTHI
them in Baldwin county, and a ma
jority of that number are in such
f elite health that they will not ho
able to join in paying tribute to their
b lov.'d chieftain. It is. therefore,
to be most earnestly desired that the
pe ople of Milledgcville and Baldwin
c< unty will fill the auditorium of
t! Baptist church next Sunday af-
tt. noon, and join in honoring the 1
ir. mory cf the immortal Lee. |
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r.o that they understand child psychol
ogy. Teachers who can awaken in
the pupil a desire for school. Teach
ers who can train and teach and yet
make the pupil like it and come hack
for more. These are the kind of
•i’achcrs Georgia needs and until |
his standard is raised, there will be
p. continued increase in the number
of rhildien who remrin out of
rcfaool.
The program to eradicate illiter
acy in Georgia needs much study and
an not be gone into without it. The
var’Jtus method,; for improvement,
all of them having telling influence,
must be adopted and we cannot
eliminate illiteracy by mcr ly talk-
ling about it.
G. S. C. JOURNALISM CLASS
Dr. Wynr. and the members of his
class in Journalism will have charge
of the editorship of The Union-Re
corder next week and the editors
take pleasure in turning this edition
r to the splendid group of young
The da-.. :
i old,
organized by Dr. Wynn
the number of student,
course has increased and
»ry of the prohi-j the wonderful training gi
'itiun law will be observed today, ' nartment has been of great value
Thursday). At thi time the most dis- to the profession in this state. Many
?:•<! subject in the United States of the young women have gone out
‘ this law. There -are those who Into the field of Journalism and suc-
The te nth i
. ,> mules to the United
rti of cotton examiners at
ms. Houston. Galveston
rk. or to tho appeal board
xuminers at Washington.
has more than doubled since 1020.
says B. Youngblood In The Country
Gentleman. Almost a million bale.i
of cotton ure now usod annually by
these industries alone.
Co-op Turn to Research
“One of the most significant de
velopments Is the ntt-ntlon given
by tho cooperatives to research.
Twenty or more associations have
research departments. The use of
crop and market Information by
these organizations Is placing them
In the forefront among merchan
dising concerns."—W. Jf. ha&ne.
Secretary of Agriculture.
» dozen could de-lint.
•"We are now selling five times a
ueh V-C as a few ;c. 3 ago.“-
\:i £ Thoruxtton, Skltnvith. Va.
Better Use for J\;or Lends
“Much cf the poorer land which J
now produce-, at a loss con b- profit
ably used lai tho grovtl
per‘..'re er.d rotln. fo- which there
ure excellent pros pox ts of expanding
markets.” Dr. It. C. Knight, U. S.
Dept, of Agriculture.
™\to Thick Cotton Pay,
Clow spaced cotton will fnj.j
earlier end produce larger yieui,
than thinly spaced cotton, aa.
nounoer P. H. Rime, plant breeder
for tho State College ex per linen:
station at Ralelah, N. O. Mr. Ki me
s tho .station's tests have proved
yields are obtalribd when the hlUj
c .o ; paced 8 to 12 inches apart In the
row, with two or three plants to the
h’.ll. An earlier crop results when
-V-O-
High Analysis Best
.f high-analysis
Demon strut!
fertilizers undi
Is to show farmers and fci
dealers tho false economy c
low-analysis noods Just been
tlon will show
mcndatlom *
experiment station;
cultural authcrltlo:
i per acre mean
"Thue are adout 100 different
species of cotton. Of tbeso. only two
ore grown In the Unlit d States—Sea
Island and the short-staple varieties
of Gougpium hirsutum. Of the latter
species there are
period. This Is especially Important
under boll weevil conditions, for the
weevil gets most of tho bolls formed
otter August 15 and soinetunai
eftrr August I. Leaving tho cotton
thick in the row prevents the ex
cessive vegetative growth that
usually re.su Its in late fruiting and
heavy weevil damage.
Chon your cotton os early as pos
sible. Mr. Kime advises. This gives
tho plants more room, loosens the
sol! around them, gives them an
cnrllor growing start. Block the
cotton out a hoe's width.
AT YOUR SERVICE
In the head office of Vlrglnia-
Corollna Chemical Corporation at
Richmond, Va.. there is a bureau
that stays mighty busy answering
Questions from farmers and giving
advice about soil management. It
is the V-O Agricultural Service Bu
reau. Have you ever needed It? Is
any big soil management problem
bothering you and your neighbors 0
The Bureau Is there Just to be of
service to you. your county agent,
your community, i/se It freely.
V-O
“Once sold on V-O, they are al
ways V -O customers. * '—Wm. Arpw,
Jr.. Dealer, Lebanon. N. 7.
> V11C1NIA.CAROLINA CMMICAL COftFOBATIOI* •
THE CITY FINANCES
Mayor Pennington and his Board
of Aldermen, at the opening of their
new administration, should make a
clear and comprehensive stat« ment as
!o the afafirs of the city. The citi-
have a right to know the condi
tion c.f the affairs of thei -ity,
.o it- liabilities and assets, u..d from
what sources the money is received
and how it is expended.
There are few if any citiznes
know the amount of the city's indebt-
ss, and the plans the City Coun-
avc to reduce it. They do not
t how much money has
into the city treasury, and for
causes io ha been disbursed.
Th, Mayor and Council an. public I d ^ ^ ^ „ f a chud> wh0
lo thoy "erve'to T th.U u.oy''arcI mUSt W '* s
•iven an account of their steward-
Machine Shop
A WORD TO THE WISE
BRING US YOUR MACHINE SHOP WORK AND WELDING
We do it as good as be done matters not how complicated. Mr. Roberts
has 28 years experience and competent to take care of any kind of job that
you may have. :
GIVE US A JOB AND BE CONVINCED
J. C. IVEY
My son and I have disolved partnership effective the first of this week. I gave
him a truck and he is now operating independently. I make this notice so that
there will be no misunderstanding regarding accounts and work done by us.
'estrian of any age.
ship. The Union-Recorder knows
that the statement ha? been made
that the books of the treasurer arc
always open for public inspection,
but that is not the question. The
people of Milledgcville are entitled
to a clear comprehensive accurate
statement as to the financial condi
tion of the city. Mayor Pennington
and his Board of Aldermen owe such
a statement to themselves as well as
to the public.
CHILDREN IN TRAFFIC
(D.w.on New.)
Children of today have inherited
sponsibility in less degree than the
ndult. Courts interpret law accord-
logical reasoning. They hold
that the child does not share
ponsibility v.ith the driver of a i
tor car.
A child on its way to school
elsewhere should be made safe
every intersection. Children fre
quently cross streets without look-
ery direction.
General Shaw offers the one and
only remedy in a single sentence
when he remarks that the only way
to prevent war is to stop fighting.
A Chicago hotel has had three of
its rooms closed by the officers of
the law for a period of one year, be
cause they were occupied by a boot
legger who sold liquor.
stood that she cossiders her requil
ments much more than they were
few years ago, since her outlyi
possessions have increased in ai*
and France is holding her head h : “
in the air than it was when
World War broke out, or wh<
America entered the war.
Governor Hardman seems to have
forgotten the) Confederate Veteran*
That does , am | their widows, who draw pensions,
call for the penalty of being j The State is due the pensioners their
knocked down and maimed or killed money for lagt quater of 1929, and
autopiobilo. The responsibili- ’ what is due them this year. The
ty of the child’s safe crossing is that
of the driver of an approaching car.
There are exceptions of course,
their fathers and mothers These will alwayr obtain. A child
knew. Daily they must run may dart suddenly into the path of
But in a great majority of
here one is struck down it
lnim that the law is ineffective and
th;*t it has resulted in bringing about The Union-Recorder is very much
a choatic condition as io the obser- pleased to have the opportunity of j the gauntlet of speeding traffic. The
vance and enforcement of flaw. On co-operating with Dr. Wynn in this {great majority of humanity it l- t
th? other side there are those who work and helping to train these young w'heel these days, and is mevinp rapid- n,a >’ found that driver responsi
bly that prohibition has been a great wemen in this work. It is the hopejly over improved thoroughfares. That
blessing .to the country, and made of the editors that the experience j was unknown 25 co 30 year-, ago.
itself felt as a great Blessing in the will be valuable to them and that in Yet the child on the way to school
life of the country. The day is not writing the news, etc., they will or crossing a street ought to have a
far distant when this law will be f nd their work pleasant and cncour- resonable amount of safety guaran-
mr re rigidly enforced, and more and aging to continue in this line for a teed it by the motoring public should-
morc public openion will condemn career. fring most, if not all, of the respon-
the patron of the bootlegger. The The people of the city and coun-1 Ability for the youngester’s welfare,
prohibition law has been written in- rv .and the merchant* are asked to There cannot be to employ the ver-
to the constitution of the United '-o-operate in making this issue of naculir, a 50-50 division of responsi- it
States •tnd it is there to stay. the paper most successful bility between a motorist and a pad- lug.
bility is not lacking.
Mr. John D. Rockefellor celebrat
ed hi? Christmas by giving the South
ern Baptist churches $500,000, and
the report comes from the secretary
thit while no strings were tied to
the gift, Mr. Rockefeller thinks that
the Southern Baptists should match
equal sum of their own giv-
. • . •Il •
cral pdnsioners in Baldwin
county, who are “bed ridden” and
need. The State should treat the
old veterans with more consideration.
Approximately three and a half
million veterans of the World War
had applied for “adjusted compen
sation” certificates when the time
for filing expired last Thursday
night. The applications had an ulti
mate potential value of around $3g
500,000 in insurance policies, parts
of which might be converted into
cash.
The government of France
willing to join in a redaction
ir moments, but she wants R and
THE BEST WRECKER IN TOW
If you don’t b.li... tbi,. cJI 300
netd on. .nd W. on
out anywhere. J«*t !>*•
RALPH SIMMERSON
Ben Davis, the Atlanta negro <
[■-politician, reported to the P°jj
Saturday that he was fired upon
times b.v a would-be assassin V
night. He does not know who it ’
shooting, but be says he had )
come in from a negro lodge,
he had been in a heated
with some of the members,
lieves they followed him up V
purpose of taking his life.
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We haw* a big
RALPH SIMMER**
D-h.