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COUNTY ©Jje Union-Rrtwrftetr * READ BY THOUSANDS • OF PEOPLE • mmd Swrcrtiii MiMftYa*, (U, Jwt 5, ItM CmmIIAM to im * Number 42 C.H.B0NNER PASSED AWAY Ml Known Citiwn From How* Attack Morniof. Fonerol Succumb* , Monday Tuesday hay*. H. Bonner pas>ed away - h0Ilie in this city shout 8r an Monday morning, June 2: Botinfr‘had beer, in feeble J “‘ . r|bou t two year?, following b c: appoplexy. from which he 5101 recovered. His death, how- t . , ht . result of heart attacks, anu . suddenly and unexpect tte funeral sen ices were held al i. residence Tuesday afternoon al je ,‘ciod. Hr. Elam F. Dempsey j j.', Yarbrough officiating, ains wi ^e interred. on the city cemetery. Tx paH bearers were: Messrs, tr S. Bell. H. T. Cline, J. J e. C. X. ( handler, J. F. Bell, Jr. T. 0. Bryant Tt* honorary escort was mnde up forty-five of MilledgevQle promi citizens and business men. Cbrlcs Haynes Bonner was born ,G*i?Bett county. May 22nd, 1866, pcr.Ss being Thomas Haynes 2 «r, ud Mary Ann Denkens Bnzfr. His fath- r was killed ir iehzk at Vick* tmrg, Mississippi iilffehting unde.’ the Confederate if, jnd sleeps in nt unknown grave w. but the son has erected a stone his memory on the square in ctery in this city. His mother t to Milledgeville with her i he was a young boy and the under of his life was spent here, widowed mother sacrificed, and ■rwent privations as she gave . tendercst care to her son, who his early years began the task of ing her by earning what money uld to add to the pittance that through her efforts. The first Regular job h? held was in the office the Federal Union of wT.ich the Mr. J«?rre N. Moore was fore- i at the time, and he earned his : money to carry home to his her. After a few years he left office and went to work in a (Continued on beck page) ndustrial Art | Display G.M.C. Unusually Fine Dot Done By ClHtu Briaft ] tSihest Praise hum Vinton Who Inspect Display Herds of highest praise and com- from the lips of hundreds of visitors who this ispected the display in the al artf building at G. M. C. r the direction of Maj. Phil- •lass of forty cadets have i busy this year in the shops at college and the accomplishments shown during the week. Arranged in rooms, the various * of furniture were most at- lvel V a *i<i artistically shown. A r rooni suite, breakfast room ■ ■ - ar.il bed room suite were in- :n the display while many odd were placed at intervals in Mirge shop room. u >nning -pccial recognition were: work—Marvin Hall; - E. J. Solo- «»*>*—Marvin Hail; | ^ rolier j. c. i VC y; Radio Table ; Book Ends—Jack End Table—E. L. Hart; Stand—Renfroe Marcus ■ • '.oven work—Marvi I " ld V y‘ rk - Ship Model— E. 15 Powder Box—Marvin I Smcair., J***—Jordan Ennis; Tahoret y j f Xor wood; Magazine Stand— •• l&om; Best TolpnHnno Tnhln I is/ „ H SCOTT ATTENDS MEET- 1 c OF MERCER UNIVERSITY TRUSTEES Dr. p H. Scott attended a meet- I Merc-1 .I* 10 Bo “rd of Trustees of I *ft«m niVereity * n ^ acon Monday be,- an<1 night. Dr. Scott is I C. tv lh< * Ttachcrs College at G. I e»tr,ry; p n<5 ono °* ^e leading edu- Bh. n . J* He is also a prom- ^tn-; ha, n 7 r t * 1e baptist church, r v E r ( . t . m a arc, ‘ vision for the ad- 1 ttnd pro ‘ rresa ° f Merc « r Loving Cup Cadets Gift To Lieut. Nash An expression of love and esteem for Lieut. V. L. Nash came from the G. M. C. cadets in the form of a loving cup Tuesday morning when at the graduating exercises the mili tary instructor was presented a part ing gift from the young men of the cadet battallion. Under the army rul?, four years at one station is enough, and four years at G. M .C. have come b end with Lieut. Nash and he has been assigned to the Quartermaster corps. During the four years at the col lege the military department gained mtfny outstanding Achieve ments. Four straight years, the G. M. C. representatives have won Fourth Corps cup fo. the highest average at the summer camp*. Rifle tropheys have been won and other meritorious award*, have been pre sented to the college during the ad ministration of Lieut. Nash. BIDSASKEDFOR EATONTON ROAD Allied ERfineers line Pisysiei Work to Coatncton. New Bridge at Little River Proposed changes in the Eatonton- Milledgeville highway and other roads in this section were issued to select list of contractors this week by the Allied Engineers, Mr. C. D. Riddle, superintendent, announced this week. Bids will be received on the work about the fifteenth of this month and a contract awarded. The work will begin immediately and completed during the early fall. The proposed plans require a new bsidge at Little Rivfer. The new bridge will be sixty feet.high, twenty feet higher than the present bridge. New approaches will be erected on either side of the bridge. The road bed wil Ibe changed for about a quar ter of a mile, it is understood. The change in the highway has be come necessary by the erection of the dam at Furman shoals by the Geor gia Power Company. The back water and lake would inundate the bridge at Little River and a portion of the road, thus the new bridge will be erected and the road bed changed, r. R. C. Porter is the head Great ThrongjW itnesses Con- fering of Degrees at G. S. C. Kii Lacy Gage Makes hfmmi AMna. Biskay Candler Prude* Great Sanaa aa Saaday. EikMi Skew Work of Calegc far Ike Year G. M.C. Alumni Name LC. Hall New President Otker Officers Ckaaaa at Baaqart Maaday New. Pinas Made at Eadaw Cluir to Prof. Caae An enthusiastic group of G. M. C. Alumni named Mr. L. C. Hall presi dent of the association Monday even ing when they gathered around the banquet table for their annual meet- nig. Other officers elected were: Capt. J. H. Ennis, 1st Vice-President CarroU Spence, of Camilla; 2nd Vice-President; Dr. R. W. Bradford, 3rd Vice-President; C. J. Conn, Treasurer and Mrs. David Fcrgv. Secretary. The meeting was punctuated by enthusiastic speeches by members of the association and in a resolution adopted at the close of the session, special effort wifi be made to bring all former students back to the cam pus next year and to make the event one of the outstanding in Millcdge- ville’s history. The association pre pared to launch their plans immed iately toward the end that several hundred of the students be persuad ed to come here next year. Retiring President R. H. Wootten presided during the session and pre sented the severnl speakers on program. Mrs. David Ferguson in her usual happy manner read specially written toast which y greeted with great approval by the Alumni. Capt. J. H. Ennis. Mr. L. C. Hall, C. L. Wootten, of Shellman, Ga., Carroll Spence of Camilla, Col. George Roach and R. B. Moore, made brief speeches during the banquet. Plans are underway to endow a chair in the Junior College to Prof. Oscar M. Cone, who probably had the greatest influence on the college of any man who has been a member of the faculty. A committee was named by President Hall to, make immediate plans for the undertaking. H. S. Wootten was named by Mr. Siity-tkrec CuAuted T«J«y M«™i«g. CoMpetitnre Drill. Attract Ml to teed . committee or r -- - - - — - bership which was ordered to bfegin work immediately. It is the hope of Mr. Hall and his associates to make the Home Coming in 1931 an out standing event and work will begin this week on the formulation plans, etc. In a rising vote the association thanked Mr. R. H. Wootten for his service in helping organize the as sociation and in making possible the first Hume Coming celebration. The Richard B. Russell Auditorium was rilled to overflowing Monday morning when more than four hun dred Georgia girls were presented their degrees and diplomas al the Georgia State College-for Women by President J. L. Beeson. ,Thc thirty-ninth annual commence ment was brought to on impressive close. Miss Lucy Gage, of Peabody College in Nnshville, T**nn., deliver ed the literary address to the gradu ates. Miss Gage in advice to the young graduates who go out as teachers, stressed the necessity of making their work interesting to the student, and of teaching something of life to the pupils. She spoke of the restlessness among students today and how this unrest could be overcome. Her message to the young ladies was most inspiring. ' Dr. J. L. Beeson conferred the degrees at the conclusion of Miss Gage's address. The class was the largest that has gone’ out from the college. • At the beginning of the exercises, a portrait of Dr. J. Harris Chappell, first president, was unveiled and pre sented to the college. Mra. Diron Williams made the presentation speech and the curtain covering the torium opposite that of Dr. Parks. On Sunday morning Bishop War ren ^1. Candler, Dean of Methodist Bishops, delivered the Baccalaureate sermon. An impressive musical pro gram had been arranged by MBis Alice Lenore Tucker. Bishop Candler made a strong plea for a revival of religion and a turn to Gcd in America. The close attention of the large audience was held throughout the sermon as they were imp-e^sed by the magnificent oratory of the great minister and his wonderful knowledge of the Bible and biblical history. He compared the ancient -Ter.uselum to America when Chi'ist lamented the fact that its peo ple had forgotten God. The audience recognized Bishop Candler as one the South’s greatest thinkers. Sunday evening the Y. W. C. held a special alumnae service in the auditorium. On Saturday evening annual alumnae banquet was held Mr. Miller S. Bell was the principal speaker of this occasion which largely attcnJed by former students from all sections of the sta' Last Friday and Saturday the class day exercises were held in the after noon. Each class presented a gift to the college. On Monday afternoon the buildings handsome oil painting *was drawn j were open to the visitors and hun- back by Miss Cornelia Chappell, daughter of the late president, assist ed by Mrs. E. A. Tigner and Miss Annie Harper. Dr. J. L. Beeson re ceived the gift on behalf of_the col lege. The portrait hangs in the audi- dreds of people filed through the halls t owitness the year’s work. The exhibits in the art department and the Peabody Pract'**' school Company C Wins Sabre As iG. M. C.. Closes 51st. Year Large Crawdi. Medal* Awarded Stajcab at Grtdultog Eierciie,. Dr. Wallow Spill Company “C” under the command of Capt. Williams Thompson awarded the coveted prize “a shiny sabre” Tuesday afternoon to bring to a close the fifty-first annual mencement of the Georgia Military College, after sixty-three' had been graduated in the morning and many prizes had been awarded. Friends and relatives of the stud ent** packed the college auditorium to hea- Dr. W. W. Watkins deliver the t- erary address and to see sixty- tnrcc diplomas presented, by Col. George S. Roach. Sunday morning Dr. R. C. Long, secretary of education of the Presby terian church, deliver the haccalau- rcate sermon. The sermon was one of the most impressive that iias ever been given here. The noted minis- outstanding orator in the Presbyterian church, held the close attention of his audience. Dr. Watkins address was one of vice to the young graduates. He ve them an insight into many fu- re problems ami stressed high ideals and a strict adherence to duty. .mrinccr in nhnr K o of the preHmi- is „ raembcr , he work necessary to mnke the . „ T? _. :i „ , „ change. TIME FOR ENTRY OF CANDI DATES CLOSED TUESDAY j«pt. J. H. Ear’ : lor S.nolor: Col. Mari ob Aller. for Representative G. C. McKinley for Commissioner The time for the payment of assess ments for candidates to enter the for nomination in the primary to be held Sept. 10th. closed Tuesday. Capt. J. H. Ennis qualified to en ter the race for Senator from the twentieth Senatorial District; Col. Marlon Allen for Representative of Baldwin county, and Mr. G. C. Mc- kinley for County Commisisoner. Col. Carl 'Vinson qualified some time ago as a candidate from the tenth congressional district and Judge J. B. Park for Judge of the Ocmuigec Circuit. Rev. John F. Yarbrough spent sev eral hours of Friday, attending a meeting of the Trustees of Wesleyan college, of which body he is a mem- faculty of Emory University and most pleasing speaker. At the conclusion of the address by Dr. Watkins Tuesday, Mr. R. B. Moore, president of the Board of Trustees of the college, presented the awards to the honor students. Williarfi Burron, Jr., was awarded the scholarship medal for the highest standing in his class. Dudley Myrick student and presented a medal. Hugh King, a young man from Sa vanna!?, won the Barracks medal given by Hn. Jon Hutchinson in honorj of her father, the late Julius Horne. Other medals for proficiency in essay contests, declamation, military competition and athletic evehts were also presented and have been men tioned in ther articles in this edition. Lieut. V. L. Nash presented the military certificates which entittled the young men to a second lieuten ancy in the Reserve Corps. The competitive drills which were staged in the athletic field on Mon day and Tuesday attracted hundreds of enthusiastic supporters for the various companies. The floats repre senting each company were beauti ful and brought forth much praise from the large crowd. In t'.ie individual drill, Corp. Fink- ley. oi Jacksonville, wa* awarded the prise as the best drilled cadet in the battallion* Corp Finkley a member BALDWIN BOYS FORMCALFCUB T« Registered Cews aid Celret Broafkt late Coaaty Bjr Farmers CM and Kiwigis Baldwin county calf club has bedn established in Baldwin county with the introduction inito the ty of ten registered cows and calves under the direction of the Progress Farmers Club and the Kiwanis Club. Dr. II. D. Allen, Mr. H. G. Banks j j s next to the oldest SUMMER SCHOOL OPENSTUESDAY Largest Emsfcisat ia History Ex pected. Freadeat ef Uanenity ef Fla., to Make Address Summer School Of the Georgia State College for Women will open next Tuesday morning with the larg est enrollment in the history of a summet session, Dean E. H. Scott, director of the school has announced. The official opening will he held Wednesday evening when . Hon. John J. Tigcrt, president of the University of Florida and former United States Commissioner of Education, will addresti the studdnts. The public has been invited to hear the noted educator. A most impressive program has been outlined for the summer schooL The entertainment* features will be numerous and many noted lecturers will come to the campus during the six week’s session. New courses have been added to the corriculum and a number of additions hsve Been made to the college faculty. Several special courses are being offered especially for teachers, school principals and executives. All indications point to the most successful school the college has en joyed. More than thirteen hundred students will come to Milledgeville next Monday evening and the regis- trsftipn ^Bl be$n eally Tuesday. Classes will begin Tuesday although the complete schedule will not be worked out until Wednesday. Dr. Scott has mapped out a well rounded program and will greet the students on their arrival. M. 6* F. Bank Elects Allen New President Mirin H. Aim SkchA Filler u Head tf Fauacaal ImIRUm Gty’i Y«agc*t Priiifat Marion H. Allen was named Presi dent of the Merchants A Farmers Bank at a meeting of the directorate board last Wednesday, succeeding his father, who retired due to ill health after more than a quarter of a cen tury in the presiding ct T ir - The name of Mr. Allen was placed in nomination by Mr. L. C. Hall, Vice-President and cashier and was seconded by Mr. John T. Day, co- vcie-president of the bank. Mr. J. F. Bell, chairman of the hoard of directors, also seconded the selection. Col. Allen has been on the board for more than five years and has been deeply interested in the bank's affairs. He is the youngest man in the city to hold this important post. Succeeding his father who has been an outstanding figure in the banks history, CoL Allen is recognized as one of the county's most progressive and influential citizens. In the legal and political life of the county and state he has gained wide recognition. The Merchants & Farmers Bank the city and of Company C also won commanded | an j chas Torrance purchased the has been one of the most dependable financial institutions in the state for a long period of years. the squad that won the picked squad drill. Capt. William Thompson was presented the sabre for the best drilled Company. CnpL James Brown of Company A wru* awarded the medal for the work he had done throughout the year, having been designated the best all round captain in the battallion. Col. George Roach declared the closing year a most successful one and slated that plans and Carlisle Ingram were given hon- ing made for the fall term opening, orable mention. Cadet Major Alton | in September when C. M. C. will be- Lnrnes won named the best nil round j gin Junior college work. GRADUATE NURSES WILL MEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON The Third District of Georgia State Association of Graduate Numea will meet at three o'clock Saturday, June 7th, at Brantley Hnll at the Milledge- ville State Hospital. A fall attend ance is expected. SERVICES AT COOPERVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY The regular services will be held at Cooperville Baptist church next Sunday. Rev. Mr. Barrett will preach. Saturday evening there will be a sing held at the church. The public is invited. This (Thursday) aftrnodn a large number of the stores will close at one o’clock for the remainder of the day. This custom will continue through the summer months. The people of the city are requested to keep this in mind, and make their purchases early in the day. Major Godfrey Osterman left Wednesday to join the Shrine band, which will accompany the Shriners their trip to New York and Toronto, Canada. . COLUMBUS ELKS TO PRESENT LOCAL LODGE WITH GIFT Date,.lira Here Wednesday Ni,ht and Eipmi Appreciation for Hospitality Shown Delegates ten registered c*»ws and heifers and brought them here during the week after the Kiwnni- and Farmers Club had made plans to help the hoys of •this county secure registered dairy rtock toward imifroving the drfjry herds of the county. The boys purchasing the stock were Yates Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Green, an unusually fine and high bred 3 year old cow; Wil liam* and Qlenn Harrington, otnc yearling each; Benford Torrance, one yearling; W. T. Weaver, Jr., and James E. Weaver, Jr., two young calves. The committee stated that the four remaining calves would be sold If there were young men or boys de siring to purchase them, they could make application *o either one of the committee or Mr. George Tunnell who is also co-operating in securing the registered stock. The two civic organizations made plans several weeks ago to aid Bald- boys to secure the registered and calves and organize a calf club. The dairying industry has be-1 Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Farr and M come one of the leading projects in I Baker Farr are visiting Mr. and Mr the county and unusual interest is Lawson Blanks and Mr. and Mr. being shown. „ [!>oc Veal sMd Miss alary Farr. * Members of the Columbus Lodge of Elks were in Milledgeville Wed nesday night and presented to the Milledgeville Lodge a handsome gift in appreciation o* the wonderful hospitality shown them while in the city for the Elks aonvention. John D. Odum, Exalted Ruler; A. B. King, Secretary and members of the Macon Lodge were present for the presentation. Mr. Odum mad the presentation speech and Capt. H- Ennis responded, receiving gift on behalf of the lodge. A most delightful and interest program was given by the local lo in honor of the visitors. HUH