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THE UNION-RECORDER. MiLLEDCKVILLE, GA„ MARCH «, mil
BOOK REVIEWS
B r DR. ALICE C HUNTER
Amriite Preftuor mt Eifliih Georgia State Callage far Won
THE AMAZING WEB
By Harry laapkoa Keoler
E. P. Dutton A Co.. Now York. 1930
York. An expert in crime stages an
immense movement for the sum of
$42,000, employing many inonccnt
people, and pulling off his program
in broad daylight. One iupe:ta
irony in the incidents of the plot
where an expert performs instantly
problems like multiplying 4667 twice
by its: If. Marvelous, too, Is that
traffic expert who can reply at once
to the half second as to time neers-
in Chicago from one
JURORS DRAWN FOR MARCH
TERM COUNTY COURT
Mr Keeler has evolved a mystery
of 5J2 pages which holds the read
er's attcr.t.on to the la*t word. It
ts a tuiprising feat in this day lo
have created a mystery novel with
so many new twists and unexpected
turn.. a no publishers claim that The
Amazing Web is probably the first sary
fiction : f this sort to employ uta- house number to another in a differ
vian. A present day descendant of erent part of the city, by bus. Taxi
Captain Kidd is killed by a shoot- olevated, or foot, calculating even i
ing devios hidden in a Chinese box the differneces in periods of the day. j
that was made by Captain Quarlbu'h Hut surely that idea came out of
who had been marooned on a desert New York where all the inhabitants
island by Captain Kidd and deprived I boast of their expert handling of
of a share of the spoils. | traffic.
The Author knows how :o .compii- Mr. Keeler is a genius for details. I
cate details, icreato suspeiue, and That Chinese box manages to be the
interweave characters. He creates| most mysterious of all mystery boxes
the days of Pandora's secrets.
The following Jurors have been
draw;, to serve during the March
term of county court which meets
the fourth Monday in March:
Simpson, Chus. E.; Carr, A. J.;
Brown. J. T.; Johnson, J. C.; Wil
kinson. Geo.; Hall, R. S.; Torrance,
R. G.: Smith, Richard; Adams, Clif
ton: Gilman, Grover; Ivey, J. W.;
Hutchins, Harris; Ro.-see, W. L.;
Webb. M. E.; Spivey, C W.; Rich
ardson, W. B.; Blood worth, J. L.:
Jackson, B. J.; Brake, W. J.; Newton.
J. W\; Vaatch, C. X.; Digby, W. L.:
Chandler. J. E ; Overman, Jno. P.;
Shy, Homer; Adams, J. J.; Ennis,
W. T.; Goddard, J. R.; Watkins, A.
W.
E. R. HINES,
Judge County Court,
Putnam County, Georgia,
Prosiding.
NOTHING UNUSUAL
An automobile horn blew a thill
blast of wanting at the street inter
section of Wayne and Hancock, to
whoever might be crossing, and look
ing up’ I saw what I thought at first
to be a loading test for an automo
bile, it waa a big Nash Car, with the
rear seat full of folks, for three or
four little heads peeked out from
the side windows, and the face oi
an old lady was clearly seen among
them. On each front Fend:r was a
crown boy, and last. I lokoed at th
driver’s seat and then it all dawned
on me in a flash, for it was none
other than Envoy E. P. Scovill, and
there beside him was hi- faithful lit
tle wife, .miling the mile that won't
me off.
We had missed them, for a little
while from town, and in that short
space- of time, they proved again that
they are ever on the alert in their
mission of ministering to the sick
and needy, as well os solving the
pruu.cvi nunareas of unfortun-
i:es, who daily are brought in touch
vith the Salvation Army. In this
case the:* good people had received
a tip that there was a woman and
three small children walking on the
Macon Highway, and they went out
to investigate, and found two groups
of folks, from the same family, walk
ing on the road, they were tired,
travel stained and in most part
weary, and the story told was that
they wore bong lured to Auguita,
Ga., by the promise of big wages,
when in fact the Envoy loaded them
in his car, brought the mto MiHedge-
vllle, and phoned to Augusta, where
it was found that there was no job
for them at all.
The Salvationists also found that
these people were Macon, Ga., sub
ject*, and that if they were allowed
to stay in Milledgeville, they would
become Milledgeville’s dependents,
and with this in mind they were tem
porarily cared for, and again loaded
into tbc big Nash car, and were soon
on th, road luck to M.con, Ga.
» job even at am.ll ’ Th „
Salvation Army workers arc on th.
Job, and in a quiet way ,n ^
own, they are savin, the City « nJ
County no email turn of money, t J
would other wise be spent to car
for ca.es like a, this one, w m h
not for their well trained eye f or Uri-
welfare work.
AN OBSERVER
At Lexington, Ga., Grady Howard
simply just got tired of the depreda
tions of mice in R. F. Brook's rtor ,.
and one day last week armed himself
with two parlor rifles and started a
crusade of extermination. Within a
few hours he had thirty-seven of the
doents in a pile rtadv for buria..
It is hardly to be accepted that he
got all that were in the store, but he
balance probably concluded that
flight was better os one has bem
seen or heard.
of reality by locality. The
story starts in UrosxfvHe, lCaa.-as,
centers in Chicago, and .••iludeH tc
Omaha PlatL-mouth, and St. Paul.
Most mystery stories Jack pro
gression lor the leading characters
aro criminals who stay criminals and
never make convincing change
progression. In this novel the hero
is a lawyer who blunders in his first
case and lets an innocent client go to
the penitentiary. David Crosby de
termines to redeem himself from his
failure. He goes to Chicago where
be learns the work of a crmt.nsl
lawyer by one highly proficient and
rises to so high a reputation in the
great trial of the story that the prose
cuting attorney in that first great
success of Crosby makes him an offer
of a partnership with a return of
$60,000 a year. The young lawyer
is at the same time progressing in
character and steadfastness.
Seme spectacular incidents serve
to remind the reader that crime is
very daring in Chicago and New
This and many other facts in th*»
'-ook show the youthful writers how
they can make new creations in fic
tion from their general reading and
observation.
On- does not expect good charac
terization in a mystery story, al
though the detective story may yield
ore lifelike por^ait The Amaz
ing Web conveys an astonishing nun- ;
her of clearly drawn characters.;
Even the exceptional seem real when
one reads. Of course, there is pres- I
**nt the love interest with a happy
outcome through numerous difficul
ties but this clement is neither senti
mental nor ultra modern. The
melodramatic is present, at time so
marked that the reader can foresee
many weeks reel for the movies,
arising from a screen version of Mr.
Keeler's very clever and satisfying
story into which he has crowded ma
terial enough to make four mystery
stories of the average type.
Old Capitol Square Trans
formed into Garden Spot
Tract, Stnfckry amd FWwm
Hat* Beta fluted by Women >
Organization
Flowers, shrubs and beautiful
young trees, mingled with the state
ly elm , and oaks some of which
bear marks of u century, contribute
their bit to making the campus of
the Georgia Military College, one of
the pictucsque spots of the state.
Always famous for the beautiful
trees, the old capitol square has
more recently come into prominence
for its beauty becnu.t of the wonder
ful work that has been done by the
Parent-Teachers Association of the
college. They have covered the bare
spots, that have been made by the
passing of years, with flowers, shrubs
and young rtces.
Iiess than tnrcc years ago, when
the new grade building was com
pleted, the women who had formed
an organization to help build a bet
ter school formulated as one of their
major programs the beautifying of
the campus, which was rapidly be
coming bleak and bare as the old
trees gave way to the elements and
fell under the ax when disease had
Mapped their life.
The first gruat problem was to
grade the southern part, fill ia many
ditches and cut out hills in a few
places. Judge B. 11. Lr.nnaway con
tributed his bit with a force from the
State Farm. They worked for several
weeks to prepare the land.
Capt, J. H. Enni gave fertilizer
sufficient to g.t the land ready so
that the plants which were to be set
out would lind life giving qualities
in the soil.
This completed, planting was be
gun. Around the grade building
evergreens were planted, flowers
were Mt out and many beautiful
trees put in the earth.
After the Legion had completed
then- bcailtiful new memorial the
women turned their attention to this
magmificient addition to the cam
pus. At the gates and around the
walla more trees were planted.
Cedars, spruce end ath were placed
in the soil here %x& there. Instead of
bare wall, the red brick is broken
with green leaves of a tree to make
this section of the campus more at
tractive,
that are already growing. Thus lit
tle by little the bare spaces have
been converted into groon, plants
and the old campus, famous in his
tory and educational circles, is even
1 beautiful and continues as one
of the -how places of Georgia.
Many women have helped. Many
have dug in the dirt to make all this
possible. Many have contributed in
many ways but the greatest amount
of cied't must go to Mrs. N. P. Wal
ker. Mrs. Walker has rooted and
urtured the young plants until they
.•ere ready to be set out She has
given time 1 and thought in the
landscaping design. Mrs. Walker
has given unselfishly and she has
found a rich reward in the many
plants and trees that now adorn the!
campus.
Mrs. R. B. Moore is President of
tho P. T. A. and it has been under
her administration that the program
has been worked out and the ladies
have generously co-operated to make
success. She has given her time
and talent to realize the success of
this program. And while the plana
have not been finished, they arc so
well under way, that tho Parent-
Teachers can well take pride in the
work their hands have wrought
Mrs. George Roach, the wife of
the Preadlent of the college, has co
operated in the work and has done
much to make it a complete -uccess.
Others have tirelessly worked and we
repeat, the campus of G. M. C. is- one
of the beautiful places in Milledge
ville.
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