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THE UNION RECOHOU. MILLEDGEVILLE. C> . FEMUARV «. I»J«
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Published Weekly ss Thursday
at Milledgeville, Ga.
R. B MOORF.—EDITOR
JttZ N. MOORE—Baainees II
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
, Yaar tl-50
Months .75
Advertising Rata* fur niched mm
THURSDAY. FEB. 6, 1930
cmr council holds keonc i a ^ riRATION
MONDAY NIGHT' 1 Georgia Fair Assoc la-
The City Council in regular ses-
>ion Monday night pined an or Vr
appropriating $10.00 for the illiter
ucy campaign now being put on
Baldwin county.
An order was i.H-ued to chert the
block on Washington street between
Liberty and Wilkinson streets arc!
the block on Columbia between Han-}
cock and Gre*n_ These streets will
immediately be put in condition so
that they can I* opened to traffic.
No action wa« taken regarding the
petition of insurance agents to re
duce their taxes. This matter was
tabled pending a ruling from the
State Comptroller General.
Five hundred feet of fire hose
were purchased at the meeting.
il the Committee of Milledge-
ville citizens handling plans for the
Annual Convention of the As ocia-
tion of Georgri Fairs which meet*',
here next Wednesday and Thursday,
Ft b. 12 and IS, respectfully urge
and request all citizens of Miiledge-
ville for the following co-ojK-ration
and assistance:
t irtSniM-Cjimlina Chemical Cor|Mirulion
Copyrisbi 1930
THE PASSING INDIVIDUAL
Much has l.en suid recently of,
the chain store and its influence on
Anuri-ar busine s. So much so that
there ha- i een a gestural uprising
again-t the chain method of doing
business unu its tendency to choke .
out the individuality in business to
day.
Th • MilledgcvilU* Merchant.- have
banded together to fortify them-
aelves against destruction. It is an
oiganiration of men who arc interest
ed in the welfare of the community
and whose whole interest is that of
making a bitter and greater city. It
is not their intention to try through
foicc to git people to tendr with the i
independent and stop trading with ,
the chain store, bu| rather to appeal j POSTAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE
. patronize the , To REMAIN OPEN AT NIGHT
POINTED HEELS SHOWN AT
COLONIAL WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY
Through error The Union-Re
corder of last week announced the
pelure “Pointed Heels” starring
William Powell and Helen Kane
for Friday and Saturday at the
Colonial. This pciture is being
shown on Wednesday und Thurs
day. It i- one of the best pictures
of the year, introducing new
songs and dances in all color.
‘Seven Days Leave" with Gary
Cooper, the star of the Vir
gmian is on the bill for Friday
and Saturday instead of Wed
nesday hnd Thursday.
to their civic loyalty
store keeper who through his labors!
has built a city here and given to the
The Postal Telegraph ofifee will
remain open until eleven o’clock at
night instead of closing at eight, Mr.
B. W. Hartley, manager has. an
nounced.
YOUNG WHITE MAN WAS
ARRESTED MONDAY MORNING
rest of us many advantages that we
enjoy today.
Centrilization has been the idea of
business and government since the
civil war. When peace finally came,
the control of Government went in
to th: hands of a tew, and since that
time there has bren a rapid growth ! —
to , Bovcrnraert opcmUid for privi-l J *«* Barnt “- “ yo “" B wh,U ' m » n -
Jcce und not for the Brent ntnooer of “ mat ‘ ;l M °" d “Y b >‘
Sheriff Haynie, charged with larc
eny from the house. Barnes had
been working for Mr. Chns Cnrmanni
i’.i the SouLh-wu*tern part of the
ounty, and was givrr up hi- job.
Before leaving ho went into thej
home of Mr. Carmanni and stole a
pistol and pair of pants. When ar
rested he hud the pistol concealed on
his person.
Wfth this centralization of Govern
ment, their grew rapidly a centraliza-
t>on of business. Today, individuality
is bring destroyed. The little shop
keeper and the little farmer arc be
ing “washed out" and with them the
only means of permanent prosperity.
1 he fight has become so vigorous
that many government officials are
urging legislation to curb the chain
CLEVER PLAY TO BE PRESENT-
ED AT C. S. C. W. MONDAY
NIGHT
In other parts of the country,
notably in Kentucky and Louisiana,
legislators are asked to take step, to
curb chain stores. In Kentucky, Gov
ernor Sampson, in his message to
the legislature, declares that “many
of our old, substantial, independent
merchants have been and arc being
driven out of business by the activi
ties of the chain store business, which
like great octopu.-es, a!re reaching
their long, viper-like tentacles into
every nook and corner of our coun
try to suck the life blood from our
ht me people engaged in business.'
The governor goes on to say thnt
ninny, if not nil of these concerns,
are owned by* foreign capital; are | EAS T ERN STAR VISITED BY
operated-from fon-ipn office; pay. GRAND WORTHY MATRON
little or no tuxes; depo.it their mon
eys temporarily in our banks and
“A Message From Mars" is the
title of the three .act comedy drama
to be given at the Georgia State Col
lege for Women on next Monday
evening, the show is given under the
direction of the Lyceum committee,
Prof. O. A. Thaxton, chairman.
The comedy has scored a big hit
wherever it has shown, and Prof.
Thaxton believes it is one of the best
that the Lyceum course has offered,
The story relates many interesting
and funr.y incidents.
TUESDAY NIGHT
move. ,t „„ t„ headquarters through Mr „ Hooch, Grand \Y
the next mud;.pay low salaries; fight I Matron , „ r thl . order of the Ea
our local business people: invest ln! st>r ma d c an ofifeial visit to
A11 personr having available rooms
at their home are requested to tender
them to the Convention Committee
for Wednesday night, Feb. 12th. All
Hotels are crowded to capacity and
o.-signmente to homes are now be
ing made. Please call Mr. King at
the office of the Milledgeville Tele
phone Company, Phone 499, imme
diately, giving him the following in
formation number of per.-ons that
you can lodge on Wednesday night,
price desired per person, your tele
phone number.
Visitors will pay a reasonable
price for lodging and the committee
h not asking for free accommoda
tion.s.
Automobiles
Every person who possibly can'
spare his or her automobile for an j
hour’s sightseeing tour of the Metro
politan District of Milledgeville is
equested t<> have their automobile at
the Baldwin Hotel at 5 P. M. Wed-
dny afternoon, with the driver. A
ir of points of interest around
Milledgeville and the State Institu
tions will be made, and a large num
ber of curs will l-e needed for use of j
the visitors.
Flags and Decorations
AU merchants are reque ted to
re their street flags and other
-orations displayed us early as
posslBle Wednesday morning, keeping
them so displayed through Thursday !
This will be by fur the largest Con-;
ventinn ever brought to Millcdgc-
ville, and we will appreciate the co
operation of .all citizens in handling
situation.
Respectfully submitted.
The Convention Committee
R. H. WOOTTEN, Chairman.
Grade, Staple. Character
.oasurod by the
to this demand
its quality,
mod by official
» color or brie!
‘ 'ginning j>ro,
lUers only the xneas-
n erodes and over 34
::.uully recoenlzed.
iii to these, cotton
::ds on other factors
i o» tlio lilier. cross-
xidy. Shane. flexibility,
i. and relative uni-
but
ifhur
Feuvr Wild Farms
If the kecianintlon Bureau
uhlnrton he i Its way. no m
glneeruu: work will be done
KRS. FELTON LEAVES FUND TO
EDUCATE GIRL AT G. S. C. W.
it
Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton.
Georgia’s Grand Old Woman, in her
iviji whirh was probated last week,
et asih: a fund of $G,G00 to In- used
is educating one boy and one girl
•arh year, the young lady to bo sent
to the Georgia State College for Wo
und ‘he young man to the State
.University.
The fund was left in trust with
the Secretary of State and the inter
est each year will go toward the edu
cation o fthe young people.
The fact that Mrs. Feltcn selected
the Georgia State College for Wo-
non is a high complimest to the
ollcge.
been dcunulnod. There used to bo
strona asrocir.rnt over reclaim
ing more wild laud. The Depnrt-
und Its reclamation would only udd
to tho “marginal” land that agri
culture Is now burdened with. It
seems hko other.* are co mine around
denier und consumer. I recom
mend. sell, and use V-O.”—F. A.
Smith, Dealer, Mcltuo. Go.
BIG BUSINESS
“An Idea of the present status of
large-scale cooperulive market Inc
In the Unitod Flutes can be sained
from tho fact that more than iso
furinors’ marketing associations
eucli transact mi unnual buslnus
exceod’nc *1 OOO.UK). Five or rlx
have on annual business approxi
mating S50.U00.0nn each. Two have
passed the $80 000.000 mark. Yot
only about one-tblrd of our farm-
members. As a
keep on farming i Ln old v
is due for some mlr.hty lu
knocks.
"A Constructive Start”
“Aftor many yours of contention
we have at lost me-io a cotia tractive
start at ngrlcul uicl relief wlu'i the
passodbyOorcrersfn tl-ioi n.' lcclo
Farm Board.
"Any program for impro-r-.tnl
should betfn with the -al r:*tts. It
need net t e expi .jf col. -• -,c*>
ers nil* appreciate the importance of
B. Youngblood.
Eight .States Figlit Erosion
Eight aouthweetem rictes hare
joined hariGii t c t' : o<> i! •'ton to
prevent flirt! r v. cm T' ft
represontu..ic* xn~c ti- t kto-
culture, f-. i—by
to have told tno conference about
entire count-j lu vkim tho agri
cultural l"r.tls havr« beer, practically
denuded by soil erosion.
Single Variety, Pure Swd
"In Californio, where highly
ccr.lzed fruit Industries have b«tQ
developed, cotton growers are um,
that a standardized product b n*.
essury and havo recognized the mq
for community organization t«
maintain pure seed. An organiza
tion of one-variety cotton growers
has maintained Itself Ir. the Coach
ella Valley of California since loco,
and many other communities in
the irrigated valleys are now plant
ing only one variety of cotton.”—
O. F.CocK.Yearbook of Agriculture.
Cotton seed should be ptomtod m
soon as the ground is warm
to insuio prompt germination.
Nothing is gained by planting In
Makes Pound for Pound
“The TTorth Carolina Experiment
Station found that u pound of sued
cotton was produced for every
pound of fertilizer used up to 1.000
pounds per acre. Similar results
,*s.
./O
liuvv been obtained a
stations In other states. An agrosMH
ini3t at one Nation says that the re
mit!; indicate blgh quantities are
I - nctlGuble. The danger lies In using
t<<» little rather than too much
f .utilizer.”—Ward H. Sachs.
Although cotton cultivation is pro-
r ressiag In the basin of the Niger
lver. In Africa, says the New York
Vim
: long the Senegal River. This ter
nary is nearer the coast und
"would lessen the cost of cotton
r eed and fertilizers that must now
-e transported many miles In
creased during tho 20 years I ha
used these goods. When 1 use V-C
know I will have a successful croc
—R. L. Buthca, Louisville. Go.
> VINr.INIA-CABOI.lf
COItPOBATION i
METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIE-
TY MEETS MONDAY AFTERNOON
The Missionary Society of the
Methodist church met on Monday af
ternoon at the church parlors. The
meeting was a most interesting and
a lnrjfe number were present. Mrs.
E. D. Dozier l<*d the devotional ser
vices and Mrs. C. L. Moore, Presi
dent, presided during the meeting.
no properly und prey upon the pub
lic in divers and ?undry ways, all to
their great profit and to the hurt of
our people who pay the taxes.”
Governor Sampson urges our law
makers to appoint a committee* from
tach house to study this subject and
e if suitable legislation cannot be
adopted to protect the home people.
It is generaly
diffc*ont typi
the
locul chapter Tuesday night.
A bai.qurt was served in her hon
or in the early evening prior to an
inspection ihnt was made of the.
chapter. Mrs. Beech in a short ad-
diess congratulated the local officers
on the work that is being done.
A large delegation from Macon was
also present at the meeting Tuesday,
ded that there Mrs. John Riley is Worthy Matron
f chain store, | nm | M r . L. C. 'Vail is Worthy Patron
and one part of the problem of tho, of thc | oca ] chapter.
legislators would be to find out'
which arc thc vicious ones and which GROCERY STORE FOR SALE—On
i that deserve protection >
of the laws.
The Milledgeville Independent Mer- j
chants Association, Inc., is asking the 1
citizen to do all that he c.*m to keep
his money at home. The citizen that
wants to see his community pro;per, ;
that wishes his children to onjoy 1
fall freedom to do business as he has
done, that has the desire for indivi
duality in American business to con-’
tinue, then he or she must declare '
much CHAIN-STORE
agitation, and the HEAVY TAXES
imposed on Retail Merchants doing
more than thirty thousand dollai
year. I’m offering for sale my Mil-
*edgeville store, Spot Cash Store
(Bonner's Old Stand), also one at
Qu'f.mM oftsr.dting as Branan A
Marchman. If interested, address
R. W. BRANAN. Camilla, Ga.
HOME OWNEI ■ - HOME OPERATED
L. D. SMITH
“The South Wayne Grocer”
Fill your pantry from our shelves—nowhere in the city can
you find such a complete line of staple and fancy groceries—
and the prices give you the opportunity to make big savings in
your grocery bill.
We are as near you as your Telephone—Two hones 418 468
Deliveries anywhere in the city.
NOTE THESE EVERYDAY MtlCES
Gold Medal Flour V., Lb $U5
(Plain or Self-Rising)
BEST FLOUR VALUE IN TOWN
Seed Irish
..._ . —itoei—Solid
und abide by the principles of the pH „, ri , h , MODERN
independent merchant. GROCERY COMPANY.
There is evidently a strong senti
ment in Baldwin county tha fc the
court hou.e and jail sites should be
sold to the. Georgia State College for
Women, as it has been recommended
by sevreal grand juries. There is
no question but that Baldwin county
should bave a more modern court
home and jail, and it is equally true
that the G. S. C. W. p could use the
sites upon which the pi . m i.uLd-
ir-s: cincd in beaut : fying und en
hancing the value .und usefulness of
thnt in titution. Dr. M. M. Parks the
late Preridert of tho cf-Mege, erhen
he first began his great building*
paign saw the advantage that would
come to the coUige If an .ngreement
could be reached by which tb^ co
ty would transfer its property to thc
college. Nothing should be done
locally to hinder the growth and i
fulness of Georgia’s great school for
the iducation of its girls.
Crab M«at Large Tin
45c
BEECH NUT FREE DEAL
Rex Nat OW
25c lb.
Buy any two items—Got one
FREE.
Room Date Medium
SatnM
Small Peanut Butter 10c
Extra Large 35c
Tall Cau
20c
Prepared Spaghetti 1 lb. Car.
15c, 2 for - 25c
Grapefruit Monarch N
o. 2, 25c
Jam—Grape er Apricot 7 1-2
oi. Glaaa. - -.20c
(Ready to Jartre)
Macaroni Ph*- 10c
Now Showing
PEWTER GREY
For 1930
Pewter grey is a new shade that Hart Schaffner & Mark style
observers, artists, and masterwravers created from the rih
greys in the antique pewter of old museum pieces. It*s here
all the best of the new styles. Generous shoulders, single and
double breasted suits that "trim in" at the waist and hips. Thi
price to pay for extreme value is
$32.50 to $40
John Holloway
THE MAN'S STORE
VIGORO
V A product of Swift A Company
Complete plan t food for latcn*, garden* Jiower*, *hrub*, tret
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES EVERT DAT
L. D . SMITH
The Great Plant Food
Begin now to use VIGORO on Tree, and Shrubbery, h si
them off with a good healthy growth that will cany tj
through rtying summer heal and droug' *hs.
USE IT FREELY
R. W. Hatcher Hdw. Co.
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