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IWWffviHe, Cat., Juw 19, 1931
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Number 44
F ft. HENDICKSON New Military
HAS PASSED AWAY
Well Known Business Man Died at
Macon Hospital Tuesday Moru-
hif. Funeral Thursday A. M.
Mr. Floy* W. Hendrickson passed
Tuesday morning at the
Georgia OiHethorpe Infirmary in Ma-
•tin Mr# Hendrickson had been ill
s , vera l » before going over to
tb,- hospital for treatment,
j, rri-.ru's and friends hoped that
thi . m.itment received there wq#hl
re h»m to his usual health
mkI strength. Monday evening he
, u - rapidly worse and the end came
, rly Tuesday morning.
Mr. Hendrickson had lived here
> a number of years coming to
h‘ home with his grandfather,
Mr. Simon Wheeler, who moved to
?!v county from Indiana. He at-
t. ’ !rd G. M. C. and after leaving j
Capt. Frank Mansfield to Relieve
Lieut. »V. L. Nuh as Professor
of Military Science
Healthcade to Arrive Here Next
Tuesday Morning to Spend Day
Newspaper Mea and Members of State Board of Health Will Be
Royally Entertained. Dr. T. M. Hall Heads Delegation of
Citizens to Meet Guests
Capt. Frank Mansfield, new pro
fessor of Military Science and Tac
tics, at G. M. C., arrived in the city
Tuesday morning to releive Liut. V.
L. Nash who has been ordered to j
Philadelphia after serving four years
at the college.
The military officers came to Mil-
ledgeville directly from Fort Benn-
ing where he completed a special
course at the Infantry school there.
He spent two or three days ip At
lanta at the Fourth Corps head-
ouarter for instruction before com
ing to Milledgeville.
Capt Mansfield has been
-I he
1916. II.!
ngngcd in farming, then United States Army
a graduate from Tenneessee Miu-
and
i rating for
gallantry. He is unmnrried and will
make bio home in the cadet barracks.
Col. Roach stated that Capt. Man -
field was one of the outstanding
officer eligable for' service here,
having a splendid military record.
Mving to the city where he
• • n the seed business. He was j tnry Inst tuto and is a
industrious energetic and I Bowling Green, Ky. He
, hlv honest in his dealings I >ng the world
•a follow men. distinguished
]}. survived by his wife Mrs.
Smith Hendrickson, four sons,
1' Uoy, Howard and Harold a
r Mrs. Robert McMillan, one
gi n i child Bobbie McMillan, hi*
ni -ther, Mrs. Phila Hendrickson, of
K, manna, Ind., two brothers. A. L.
Hi ndickson of Chicago, H. C.
Hendrickson, of Loganspprt. Ind.
Mr. Hendrickson was vice-presi
dent of the Baldwin County Fair As-
. iation and wa> active in promot
ing the fairs ever since the orgnniza-
The funeral services will be held
at the Presbyterian church Thursday
morning at 11:00 o'clock, conducted
by Rev. A. G. Harris. The pall
bearers will be. Judge B. H. Duna
way, J. E. Chandler, Bloomer Dumas,
L. C. Hall, Gorge Tumell and G. C.
McKinley.
Trophies Won By
G.M.C.WIII Be
Shown On Tour
Col Roach, Coach Rentz, Maj.
Muldrow and Mai. Whatley
for Georgia-Florida Trip
Trophies won by G. M. C. the past
year, six in number, will be shown
throughout Georgia and Florida dur
ing the summer by the four repre
sentatives of the colloge who will
make an extensive campaign interest
ing prospective students in G. M.
F.T. A. SPONSOR
PLAY GROUND
Majors Leighton and Philpot Have
Charge of Recreation on G. M.
C. Campus Each Afternoon
Under the direction of the P. T.
A. of G. M. C. a play ground hos
been opened on the rnmpus of the
boys college under the supervision
of Maj. Leighton and Maj. Philpot,
members of the faculty.
The organization is more than a
play ground; it might he called a
Junior Athletic Club. Not only do
the boys play under supervision
from three to i
eck, but they
Georgia newspaper men. repre
senting the leading dailies of the
state and officials of the State Board
of llciihh, members of the first
Georgia Healthcade will arrive in
Milledgeville at noon Tuesday to
pend the day here as the guests of
he city and the Baldwin county
Board of Health.
The Healthcade has been on the
read two week: visitifig the thirty-
six counties in the state who main
tain u full time health department and typhoid
and operate under the Ellis Health being made
The camp of the Allied Engineers
where the largest dam in the state
Is being erected will bring the days
visit to a close. ^Ir. C. D. Riddle,
Superintendent of the camp will
have the visitors as his guest;
supper.
The new Furman Shoals develop
ment will be of special interest to
the visitors since much research work
is now in progress under the direc
tion of the Board of Health. Mnliarial
(I precautions ar
Belie\ed to be the first cotton
blooms in Baldwin county appear
ed in the fields of Mrs. D. J. Ben
nett Wednesday.
Mrs. Bennett lives in East Bald
win and found them while busy
poisoning.
F. H. Coleman
Named Master
lOth. Masons
law. progm to prevent the growth of
The delegation of Milledgeville t the mosquito fro mthe back waters
citizens will meet the party at tw’ve of the dam.
o’clock at Browns Crossing whore} Baldv in county w*s oj.e of the
they will form an escort and bring I first counties in the state to adopt
them into the city in time to attend the Ellis Health law end has been
chapel exercises at G. S. C. W. a leader in health measures. The
A barbecue dinner at the Mil- j figures on file so a great decline in
ledgevilie Stnte Hospital will he the typhoid and other communicable
first entertainment feature on th'- ! diseases since the estahlihment of
program. After the dinner, which i the department in this county,
will be presided qver by Dr. R. C. I Dr. BailyMhe new health officer
Swint, the delegation will be shown j is expected in the city to assist Dr.
through the hospital. The State
Prison Farm and Boys Training
School will come in for a visit be
fore the health disciples visit G. M.
C. to he slrhu'n through the boys
school.
T. M. Hall, chairman of the county
Board of Health, in explaining health
matters in htis county.
• Dr. Hall arranged the program of
entertainment for the visitors.
Rev. A. G. Harris Addresses Con
vection Held in Gordon Wednes
day. Degree Team Takes Part
F. H. Coleman, past Grand ^aste
of Benevolent Lodge No. 3, wa
named Worshipful Master of th
10th District Mason« at the distric
convention held in Gordon Wednes
day.
The convention was attended by a
large delegation of Milledgeville
Masons to he present for a most
interesting program that was ar
ranged by J. T. McMullen, Secretary
and Treasurer of the Association.
Mr. McMullen
Atlantid Ice
Turns on New
Ice Machines
New Electrically Equipped Plant
Begins Operation This Week.
25 Ton Daily Capacity
vrlop strokg bronze hodien, quick
and alert minds, and a distinction be
tween the right and wrong.
The P. T. A. are furnishing part
of the play ground equipment. A
committee of mother- under Mrs.
Ritchie, have seen to it that many
mothers were notified about the or
ganization.
rndtrujetion »n l>ox.ing, baseball,
mskctball, football, Lennis, swimming,
wrestling, setting up exercises and
"col. Clcorjre Roach and Coach T. | trock ’ arc »«' red - Major, Philpot
H. Rentz left Monday morning for |
Jacksonville, Fla., where they
Electric current iwas turned on
the ne wice machines at the Atlantic
Ice and Coal company this week and
for the first time, tb all electric ice
plant is new operating at full time.
The machinery that has been in-
five afternoons j .stalled is of the very latest design, j
given talk* on I Mr. W. H. Arnall, manager of the |
Sportsmanship and Scouting. The }y C al plant declared it to be through- j 1
instructors hope to see the boys de- | jy modern and has been placed to New Refrigeration Equippment
Editor K. B. Moore has been
at his home since Tuesday suffer
ing with a digestive disorder.
Wednesday both Mr. Moore .and
his assistant Jere Moore were
absent from the office, due to
illness, making a throrough cov
erage cfYa’l news impossible.
official
of the district organization for many
years.
John W. Riley responded to the
nddres. of welcome in behalf of the
visitors. At noon Rev. A. G. Harris
of the Presbyterian church, delivered
the principal address of the one day
In the afternoon after the election
of officers, (he degree team of
Benevolent Lodge put on the Masters
degree in full dramatic form. The
team is one of the best in the s
STUDENTS BUSY
ON G.S.C. CAMPUS
I •
Lirgeit Enrollment in History of
The Colle|e. Second Week Be
gin! With Student, Buy
Summer school at G. S. C. W. en-
tred into bte second week of the six
veeks term with every ntudent husy
.t work and the larges tenrollmeht
n the hi.*tory of the college on the
campus.
Moving pictures and special pla^s
esented by the various departments
in the college have been the °nter-
tainm-nt features while many inter
esting lecturers have been gh'en dur
ing the chapel hour.
I)r. E. II. Scott, director of the
summer school !. highly pleased with
the spirit of co-operation the stu
dents have shown, l'hc lnrge en
rollment which c<>mo3 as the rpsult
of much untiring work by Dr. Scott,
was another source of pleesure to
the Dean. •
The students have taken hold to
the courses of study with great en
thusiasm and the new features that
hav been added are proving popular.
The pratice school js filled wih young
pupils from the city.
Dr. Scott stated that Fourth of
July plans were in the making but
in the mean time the students would
visit G. M. C. and on next Tuesday
would entertain the Healthcade at a
special chapel hour.
The office of President J. L. Bee
son and Bursar L. S. Fowler is busy
making plans for the fall opening.
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Bel! Remodels
Interior of
Grocery Store
MASONS TO HELP
ORPHANS HOME;
Celebration of Twenty-fifth Anni
versary to Be Held Next Tuesday
at Special Meeting
.‘■pend several days to begin a tour
of the peninsular state. The Hears*
Trophy, the Dartmouth Cup, t’«
Fourth Corp'e Aren Trophy, and t u
Squad Trophies will be shown in ti e
display window of a lending depart
mert store of Jacksonville. The dis
play of the trophies will be a great
feature this year. -
Maj. J. F. Muldrow and Maj. S?.i
'Vhntley left Milledgeville Monday
: r Augusta and North East Georgia.
Th' four representatives will be on
the road throughout the summer.
ER. HELTON MOVES DENTAL
OFFICES TO MILLEDGEVILLE
Opel
Hot
Building
Mr.
•I. R. Helton, for a long num
ber <.f yeans praticing dentist of
Gordon, has moved his offices here
and will occupy a suite in the Opera
House Building which has recently
beer, re.nodeld.
Dr. Helton will move his family
here the first of next month. He has
! laced new equipment in his office
: nd will begin pratice the first of
next week. Dr. Helton is an ex
perienced dentist.
HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE COM
MITTEE MEETS WEDNESDAY
Member* of the Executive Com-
m»tt*e of the Board of Trustees of
the Milledgeville State Hospital held
their regualr meeting Wednesday
when they purchased supplies for
the ensuing quarter.
planning to take the
club on a hike and all day picnic Sat
urday at Fort Wilkinson. Twice :
week the boys arc taken to Cox’i
Pond for swimming.
The enrollment of the club has al
ready reached thirty-.-ix and will
probably pass forty before the end
of the week. Any mother that hn^
a play-loving boy should get in touch
with those in charge immediately.
The club will doubtlessly become a
yearly affair and much good should
come from it.
LEGION AUXILIARY NAMES
MRS. REESE PRESIDENT
Other Offic ~lec».d ml Meetin,
La.t Tueel Delegate. Named
to Stole Convention
Mrs. T. A. Reenc tons named presi
dent of tlie American Leftion Auxili
ary last Tuesd-y afternoon at the
meeting held at the home of Mrs. M.
M. Croom*.
Other officers elected were: Mrs.
W. M. Scott, 1st Vice-President; Mrs.
T. Baiaden, 2nd Vice-President;
Mre. Jere Moore, Recording Secre
tary; Mi s Bertie Stcmbridge, Corre-
spending Secretary; Mrs. K. G. Mc
Millan, Treasurer; Mrs. C. B. Mc-
Cullar, Historian: Mrs. L. L. Beck,
Chaplain; Mrs. Lewis Horne, Serg
eant-at-arms.
Mrs. Reese, Miss Stembridgc, Mrs.
E. W. Allen and Mrs. George Davis
named delegates to the state
convention to meet in Gainei t-ille
July 2. 3, 4.
Mrs. K. G. McMillan is the re
tiring president of the auxiliary.
increase the daily capacity and
increase the freezing time. The old
steam plant has been made obso
lete and done away with.
Mr. W. II. Arnall who has been
manager of the Atlantic Ice Co.,
since beginning operation here sev
eral years ago is being assisted by
Mr. Paul Farr. A i
dow ha3 been recently constructed to
show the refrigerators sold by the the grocery
company and the addtion of the now
machinery places the plant ay one of
the best in the state.
MR. J. C. COOPER NAMED
COUNTY OFFICERS HEAD
Baldwin County's Poptila:
Clerk Selected Preside.
Stale Jody
Answering the summons of the
Grand Master of the state, Mason*;
of Milledgeville and Baldwin will
hnve a special program in celebrn-
Added. Famishing, Rearranged ° r thc 26th annivenmry of the
founding of the Masonic Orphanage,
on next Tuesday evening, June 24th
at eight o’clock. Irwinton, Gordon
and Toomsboro Lodges will also meet
Aicro, joining with the local lodge to
make the celebration one of the out
standing of the year.
T**~> special speakers will appear
on i program that has hfecn an
nounced by L L Beck, Wor-hipful
Master of the Lodge. Dr. George
Harris Webber and Mr. E. Rynn
Johnson, of Augusta, will speak dur
ing the anniversary program.
A special appeal has been made to
Masons to enlarge the Orphanage
and to improve buildings on the
ground. Mr. Joe Moore a trustee of
the ho.ue will also bo present at thc
meeting next Tuesday.
and Painting Done
The installation ef one of the larg
est refrigeration plants in the city
with u handsome display counter by
Mr. J. F. Bell, : ontributed in a large
display win- ™ ens urc to the remodeling program
that is nearing completion on the in-
Mr. J. C. Cooper, Bald*., in Coun
ty’s popular clerk of court, was
elected president of the county
officers association at a meeting held
in Thomasville the past week.
Mr. Co-,per has been a member of
the association for a long number of
year-, many of which he served a.-,
secretary. He during his tenure of
office worked deligently und suc
cessfully for the upbuilding of the
association. He retired under pro
test of the members who had great
appreciation of the work he did.
Mr. Cooper Is recognized as one
of the most careful, competent and
painstaking court clerks in the state,
and his popularity with his fellow
official- has been won by a pleasant,
personality and cordial manner.
The Union Recorder predicts that
under the direction of Mr. Cooper
county officers association will,
enjoy progress anti advancement.
SINGING CONVENTION TO BE
HELD LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE.
Workmen have been husy through
out this week re-arranging the inter
ior of the store. Storage shelves
have been changed, display counters
re-arranged and tlie entire inside of
thc building has been painted. The re
arrangement of the interior furnish
ings i inke possibkHjpore display room
and greatly improve* the appearance
of the store.
Mr. Bell has been in the grocery
hut-mess in Milledgeville for more
than a quarter of a century. His sen
Mr. J. F. Bell, Jr., became associat
ed with him in 1920.
Recently many imported lincB have
been added to the stock of staple and
fancy groceries making it possible
for Milledgeville people to purchase
a line of fancy pickles, preserves,
etc., notrTound elsewhere in the state.
In commenting on the change Mr.
Bell stated that it was the desire of
he and his son to have thc best*store
in the state nad that they had added
the improved refrigeration equipment
and made the other ch-nges to serve
their customers bettor and to make
it possible to carry a larger and
more varied stock.
STATE OFFICERS OF D. A. R.
SPEND TUESDAY HERE
S. C. W. end Attend Hid
by Nancy Hart Chapter
to S. A. R.
The Baldwin and Wilkinson coun
ty finging convention will meet with
Macedonia Baptist church in Wilkin
son county on the fifth Sunday in
June. All singers and song lovers
arc invited to attend with djimer and
their song books. %
TAX ACCESSORS COMPLETE
WORK THIS WEEK
Baldwin county’s Board of Tax
Accessors completed their work
Wednesday afternoon.*
Thc total taxable property as
shown by their report is $-1,343,-
000.00, an increase over last years
figure by several thousand dol
lars!
This report does not include
the taxable property ’ of public
utilities.
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MR. D. L. ROBINSON DIED
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Aged
Quie
Citizen Passes Away After
Life. Funeral end Burial
Friday Afternoon
Mr. D. L. Robinson, sjffert 04
led Thursday night "at Allen's
Invalid Home, at which institution
he had been a nurse for. more than
fifteen years. He was ill only a few
days prior to his passing.
The funeral services were held in
the chapel of the Jos A. Moore’s
Funeral Home Friday afternoon at
four r'clock, Rev. J. F. Yarbrough
officiating. The remains were in
terred in tlj£ r'ty — 5 * '• the pall
bearers *T>eing: Mess. ° £ c Driver,
Lonn’e Meeks, Cha/- ^ ~'.7, M. G.
Jones, L. V*. r-nith nnd S. D. Stem-
bridge.
Mr. Robinson was born and grew
to manhood in East Baldwin, where
he engaged, in fnrming. He was a
quiet citizen and sympathetic in his
nature. Those who came under his
care during.the time he was a nurse
at Allen’s Invalid Home were
thoughtful! ministered to. He was
faithful in the discharge of his duties,
and the' services he rendered were
appreciated by Drs. Allen.
He is survived by one sister, Mrs.
W. H. Stcmbridge of this city; two
brother.-, Mr. Geo. F. Robinson of
Macon, nad Mr! C. F. Robinson of
Marshnllville, and a* large -number of
other relatives.
M. L. DUGGAN VISITS G. S.
C. W. SUMMER SCHOOL
H.r
tendent of Education
School Supervisor
Last Friday
M. L. Duggan, State Superintend
ent of Education with Prof. W. L.
Downs, new state school Superrisor
visited the G. S. C. W. summer school
last Friday.
Dr. Bee*on met the two education
al officials and showed them through
the college. They attended several
classes nnd at eleven o’clock went to
daily ‘Chapel ,exercises. (Both
Mr. Duggan and Mr. Downs spoke
to the students.
Mrs. Bun Wylie, State Regent of
the D. A. R. with two other officers
of the «tatc organization spent Tues
day here as the guest of Mrs. J. L.
Beeson, state historian.
Mrs. Wylie was accompanied by
Mrs. Thomas C. Mell, State Direc
tor the children of the American
Revolution and Mrs. Eli Thomas.
Regent of thc Atlanta Chapter and
for twenty years a member of the
State Board.
Mrs. Beeson honored her visitors
with a luncheon at noon Tuesday
whan ?he had as her guests thc
offeiers of thc Nancy Hart Chapter
and the past Regents. Th« high Maj. J. F. -Muldrow, new mem-
officer* attended the chapel services her of the G. M. C. faculty, received
notice Tuesday that he had been c
In the l.ite afternoon .the Nancy missioned a Lieutenant Colonel in
Hart Chapter ^entertained the mem j th Reserv e Corpse of the United
hers of the Sons of American Revo- j States Army.
Iution at a picnic supper at Fort j Maj. Muldrow served during the
Wilkinson anj had the viaiting offic-I World War with distinction and has
ers ns honor guests. l>een a battallion commander in the
reserves since the Armistice, fte
Judge E. R. Hines returned from jwaa a major during the wav.
■Mftai