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53 SJjc Huifttt-ltrrori&er
MilMcniHe, G»., Jm Zt, 1931
CkuoIU«M ia 1(71
Number 45
MALARIA survey
NOtv IN PROGRESS
Mosquito babratory Hit Been Set
Up and Every Precaution
Being Taken
\ demonstration of the nnti-mala-
p.ctivivioi beiror practiced in con-
. t . Witli the Oconee hydro-elec-
„U- development of the Geoqri*
j.,. ... company now being conatru.**:-
. n ar xnicdtrevUle was a feature
* . ^ u . k • iilledgevilk Tuesday
, .tde of the State Dr-
tent < f Health.
f „r,,v. - a tour of other point* of
if,t . -t of the city the visitors were
the site of the new tie-
four miles north of Mil-
where a dam i« being con-
ill
the
Bumper Crop
Prediction of
Melon Growers
First Car Expected to Go Forward
Early in July. Last Year’s Yield
ot 515 Cars to Be Increased
Melo:
outh j
Baldwin are predicting a bumper
crop this year, as they are anxiously j
waiting the first shipments which will j
go forward early in July.
Five hundred and fifteen cars were J
shipped from Baldwin county last
year and leading growers are of the
opinion ^hat this number will be '
doubled if no unforseen handicaps
tuke place.
MERCURY BREAKS THERMO
METER AS 120 IS REACHED
That all heat records were
broken Wednesday was unques
tioned when the thermometer on
the store front of the M. F. Davis
Dry Goods Co., passed the 120
mark, as high as the thermometer
would register.
A thermometer hnnghg on the
First National Bank Building and
ou of the rays of the afternoon
sun reached 110.
HEAT WAVE GOES
PAST 100 MARK
Lai
rtifi* in! l ike in Georgia. OfflV-:
over 12.000 acres and with a
ire enpac ity of over five billion
feet of water, the Oconee lake \
<• I ■ »*r than all of the storage |
combined in the Georgia Pov- J
many's chain of hydro-electric j
irments on the Tallulah river
-th Georgia. The dam will be
t long and TJO feet high and
c' lr.pletod in. 1921 the develop-
v.. 1 have a capacity of 60,000 j
ive precautions tha; will
ihe new L»ki from becoming
Blooming in AU Secbon,
eers, Inc., the firm which is
•ding the development. A- a
f this work .•> large force of
re is now engaged in clearing j Baldwin county farmers are pleas-
the entire area to be covered by the | (>{ j with crop possibilities, statements
lake of trees and other vegetable ! from lending grow
mtter. A total of more than 6,000
res already has been cleared, and
when this phase of the work Is com
pleted a total of nearly 16,000 acres
will have been cleared at a co«t of
nil hundred thousand dollars. De
caying vegetable matter floating on
the surface of water provide* a
breeding place for mosquitoes and
i potential cause of trfl\ible r will
eliminated.
The work, however, will not be
limited to the clearing r-f the land.
Hottest Day of 1930 Recorded
p brought pratically | Tuesday When Mercury Reaches
hundred thousand dollars to the 105 in Shade
farmers of the county and the in-1
dustry took first rank for the year | Beneath nn unrelenting sun that
The acreage was greatly increased j clmo t srnrehed. MHledneville citi-
thia year and the same superior j zon , Tuesday, watched the mercury
quality melon will he produced. emv | up p „t the 100 mark and
Market conditions indicate good reach 105 in the little shaded l>ox
prices, buyers have already suggest- j ;h ut j, gept hy Julian Lookart for
Uncle Sam.
On the sidewalks not so well -had
ed the figure given out hy Mr. Lock-
art would not hold good and although
there was no accurate record kept,
it is the belief that 108 was reached.
It was another day of sweltering bent
that began last Thursday when 90
was the official recording on the
thermometer. Every day since
Thursday the mercury has hovered
just under 100 or just above.
The record Tuesday was the high
est since 1925 when the thermome
ter passed 105 in September. The
heat record is far above the average
for this time of the year.
Although there has been suffering
from the hent, there have been no
victims from sun stroke or over heat-
FARMERS LIKE
CROP OUT-LOOK
Storms of Saturday Do Little
Damage in County
i throughout the
indicated.
Lttle (Jnmage *
.•as done by the high
winds and rain storm which swept
across the county late Saturday af
ternoon. Some corn was heat down
■ hy the driving rains but not enough
j to prevent it growing out rgain.
| Cotton is blooming in all sections
■of the county and many* farmers are
j making plans to market the first
I hale of cotton. July 28th has been
as the day for the initial bale to
i romp to the warehouse here. The cot-
specin! "mosquito laboratory" has . ton v , rop flourishing under the hot
en set up in one of the buildings | sun and h . jnid nights. Boll weevils
1C Georgia State College for
?n. by courtesy of officials of
-chool, and from these head-
■rs efforts arc being made to
■ out all enses of malaria in a
•\ surrounding the site of the
A special staff of trained
tiring the section embraced
. mile from all points of the
done less damage although a
■cus poisoning campaign is b'e-
shorelir
the
to make blood tests of all
living in this section anti
Ling free treatment to any one
■d to he infected with malaria. c ? un * y
opportunity to rid thi
free
also
small percentage
Corn, peanuts, potatoes and other
marketable crops arc expected to
bring a high yield. While farmers
: , re not allowing their optimism to
run away with them, their belief that
thi year will be a good agricultural
year is certainly evident.
At least two cars of peaches are
expected to be shipped from this
Vegetables have been
plentiful during the year and the in
here as well as the retail
finding their demand fer
garden products easily met.
•rji-irfected
und.
The same sendee is fels<
rker at the developmef
■ :nhers of their families, a
•*r« than 1.000 persons.
Through there and other i
is h.T:« -ed that malaria wil
■triplet <!y stamped out in the
•n which includes large part-
’ ‘win. r -‘nr.Tr and Hancock i
■beins LIEUT. NASH STANDS BAR EX
AMINATION IN GREENSBORO been announced.
MERCER HEAD
TO SPEAK HERE
MASONS OBSERVE
ST. JOHNS DAY
Augusta Man Delivers Eulogy to
Patron Saint. Orphanage Re
lief Presented to Member*
Mast its representing lodge- 1 from
Gordon. Toomsboro, McIntyre and
other neighboring citie- gathered with
members of Benevolent I<odge No.
3 to pay tribute to the patron saint
of the order, St. John ami to make
plans for aiding the Orphanage of
the fraternity in Macon.
Mr. E. Ryan Johnson, of Augusta
and Dr. Geor ; Harris Webber paid
tribute to the life of St. John and in
most interesting addresses set forth
th* ideals of the order. The history
of the celebration of St. Johns day
was al-o reviewed.
Mr. John Riley, past Master of the
Ledge .presented plans for the re
modeling of the Orphanage in Macon.
He told ,f present conditions there
and urged immediate action on be
half of all Masons to help improve
the home that is caring for many
children.
At the conclusion of the meeting
lefreshments were served in the dub
rooms.
HOSPITAL NEEDS
CASHAT ONCE
Complaint Made to Governor by
President of Board. Salaries
Not Paid and Other Fonda
The failure on the part of the state
of Georgia to pay appropriations of
more than $500,000 to the state hos
pital for the Insane at MilledgcvUle
has placed that institution in a posi
tion that makes it imperative that
relief he obtained, according to a
Tetter addressed to Governor L. G.
Hardman Vy John T. Brantley, presi
dent of the hoard of trustees cf the
institution.
! Mr. Brantley points to the fol-
Pr. Ssrinbt Dowell to Address Sum- lowing facts: "The st-.tc owes the
racr School Students Today, hospital today *255.000 on the ap-
Thursday, in Auditorium , ^thS, due and which it'
Dr. Spright Dowell, President of, ir turn °' vos to 1,1 ,s ' _
Mercer University, and on# of the "Th - state also owe:-, it *26 in
states outstanding men will speak <>n the special appropriation had for
today Thursday, before the student-
Fair Directors HEATHCADEIN
To Meet CITY TUESDAY
Next Monday Sm> „ Croup Roya |j y Entertained.
Virit Slate Institutions and
Judge Dunnawiy Calls Session to p ower j) eV eIopemenfc
Name Vice-President and Treas-
urer. Fair Plans to Be Made A small hut an enthusiastic group
■ of men, members of the Georgia
Judge B. H. Dunnaway, President Healtheade, were met on the outskirts
of the Middle Georgia Fair Associa-, 0 f the city Tuesday and a caravan
tion, has called a meeting of the di- ; 0 f automobiles escorted them to the
rectors to name two officers of the j campus of the Georgia State College
association .and to perfect plans for for Women.
the fair to he held in the fall. Led by Dr. T. M. Hall a group of
A successor will he named to Mr. business and professional men with
F. W. Hendrickson who served the members of the city council gave
hoard as Vice-President until his j the deeiplcs of health a cordial wel-
denth a few days ago. A treasurer j romP within the gates of Milledgeville
will he elected also, resignation hy Jin d throughout a crowded day royal-
Mr. J. T. King leaving this office
vacant.
The plans for the fair have not
been completed and the directors are
anxious to get all details ironed out
for the big fall festival.
A. I P. LEASE
CHANDLER STORE
Chain Grocery Store Find* Other
Quarters When Pretent Location
Is Refused Them
Announcement ha- been made that
the Atlantic & Pactific Tea Com
pany, the nations largest chain of
grocery stores, has leased the build
ing now occupied hy Chandler Bros.,
one of the oldest grocery firms in
the city.
It has been understood that the Tea
company was seeking a location for
several weeks since Mr. Paul Zolota-,
who has taken a long term lease on
the McCombs building denied them
a renewal of their present lease. Mr.
Znlotas has not announced who will
occupy the store left vacant by the
Tea company other then that he will
open u sandwich shop in a rorti»n^"**U*r
of the room.
Mr. W. J. Chandler stated that he
had not made plans and was not ready
to announce ju»t what he expected
to do.
The building is owned by Mr.
Lewis Flcmister, who stated that «
one year lease had been given the
A. A P. company.
hich
of the summer school of the Georgia
State College for Women.
Dean E. H. Scott will pre er.t the
educator to tha young ladies at the
chapel services. Dr. Dowell is con
sidered one the leading authorities on
educational problems and is also a
brill.uni orator. The visit of Dr.
D» .veil is the second University presi
dent to come to the campus since
the :-ummer session began.
"Faculty student night Wednesday
evening was the entertainment fea
tures were on program but hav
building.- in 1027.
owes to contractors foi
ing. Also $34,882 < n a
pre printion in 1927 for
needed enlargement of ii
ply. Work on this featur
ed pending payment.”
Can't Pay Intel
r,nc hulid-
pecie.l np-
. seriously
MR. JOHN CONE NAMED
RECORDER OF ATLANTA
Mil
Ira per I
Offic
ly entertained them.
At G. S. C. W. an audience of
thirteen hundred Indies were waiting
to meet them. Dr. T. F. Abercrombie,
head of the state board qf health, vvas
the principal speaker and although
brief, he told the teachers something
of the work going on in Georgia. Mr.
A. A. Acree, publicity chairman ftf
the department of health; Dr. Glen-
ville Giddens. malaria expert: Mr.
L. M. Clarkson, chief engineer of the
health department and Mr. Jack
Tubb, ‘tatc news editor of the At
lanta Georgian were in turn present
ed to the audience. An inspection
of the college property followed the
chapel exercises.
Out at the State Hospital, a de
licious barbecue was waiting for the
visitors. The long tables had been
arranged in Yarbrough park and a
barbecue with all its accessories,
cooked as only Morgan Thompson
can cook *t, was served the visitors.
After the dinner an inspection of
*hc new L. M. Jones hospital build
ing was made. This new building, al
though not yet open for use, due to a
shortage of funds, is the most hand
some hospital .in the country, was the
opinion of many of the doctors. Dr.
P. C. Fwint showed the group of
they marveled at >thes completeness
or detail end the.splendid arrange
ment of the floor, plan.
Dr. N. P. Walker and Dr. V'. H.
Yarbrough led the party to the
Green building wher- they witnessed
the patients at Work in the occupa
tional therapy department.
From the Hospital, the mot'.rcadi
directing the county tour, went by
Allen’s Invalid Home and then to
the State Training School where Mr.
W. E. Ireland took them through the
two buildings there. Sanitary con
dition:. were found in excellent «hape
and nut with complir
isit
» the
cd fe-
Mi
Marie Aftreith,
and On Evo of De
nl of phin, Array C
PhiUdel- the National .
[ifies »t | scouts i« spend
nb.i
vernl
He called attention to the small
operating cost of 66 cents a clay for
each patient and the fact that the
ho nital has no funds to pay interest
costs which the failure of the ajato
to mrke prompt, payment •- has forced
nol I on it. The building program tvas
done on authority of the executive
officials, it was stated. . ,
presenting; _ . my.
of g:rl | “ In L -V' President Brantley herc
nv .. n tjjj. j continued, "the legislature took cog-1
of this
» Cone.
■ elect-
further irrurance against ma-
nfter the dam is completed and
r- filled with water, plans
spraying of the lake with r.il
nr intervals to complete the
n : nation of the mosquitoes.
work is being done in co-
C -n with and under the super-
f the State Board of Health
the expense of the company
‘-be development. (
vities ■ *
J he Lieut. V. L. Nash ‘tood the bar |
• ‘ oc- ! examination before Judge James B. ;
Park in Greensboro or. Wednesday,)
♦h* eve of his departure for Phila
delphia where he ha* been *rsigred
to the Quarter Master Corps of the
pdditio
Ease# of this situn'
[ ing the payment
BALDWIN BLU7.S RECEIVE ,i
TYPHOID SERUM MONDAY lital for the payment of intcre
furnishing it.
vile department- of the State Prison
nder the direction o£ Judge B. H.
>unnuwav followed immediately. The
rater supply, methods of handling
ood and other health requirements
irere inspected.
A -top over at G. M. C. for the
isitors to see Georgia’s old :tate
„ouse and from there the group went
>n,icd the reunion tare two yew, to Fuma „ shoa |, wt ,;, r e Hr. Riddle
ro nnd lx a frequent v.xitor m the ^ charK< , M(1 st|(lwcd th ,, rl thr.mith
He haB many boyhood friends tlnl[] A rlde , ronnd the carap
gave the visitors an opportunity to
how tremendous the undertak-
Mr. John Cone, a native
cit r nnd brother of Miss Non
nwitron of Atkinson Hall, wn
ed Recorder of the city of At ♦.» 'n
the municipal elections held last
week.
Mr. Cone attended G. M. C. am'
is an enthuriastic alumnus. lie at
tuntii n by leprniix- j. c SMITH REMODELING
- 1 STORE OVER RIVER
R. G. Sri
■nodelir
Carapa
M.
P lai
for Camp
i Bu»i
RKic
for Rifle M*
"Thi
Ihe.
last
son, Jur'oi
Thursday t
PWlidelphia
his fo:
of this
r COUNTY COURT HOLDS ER'EF
SESSION MONDAY
Mrs. Nash and their | To j, e ready for the annual two I
L leave Millcdgeville ; wce i cs cam p which comes late in
their borne in | j c j y> t }, e members of the Baldwin i
t ut. Nash concluded ' B j nejl wetP Inoculated with the ty-1
at G. M. C. the first pj to j ( j sl>rum Monday night by Capt.
month. I Harrington of the medical staff of
j the 121 *t regiment.
JACKSON KIV/ANIS TO VISIT The- company rifle team ix busy .
MILLEDGEVILLE THURSDAY J ^ j
ra-o-c on the river has been re-mod-! J
Delegation cf C*t.*en. of J.eloen | ^ ^ ^ 11|unid , y «<
several -members of the company
ppronrintion has not
the building is still
room the non-use of
little short of a
edy.
irgia Will Be Welcomed Here
The board carrot order a w ^°^ c ' merchants and farmers of the coun-
-a J - - discharge of it sorely afflicted ^
patients, nor will the state require Roach and Coach Rentz creat-
it to da so. Society would not toler- e( j muc h interest in Valdosta and
r.te such inhumanity. It is not P° R * j Jacksonville last week when they
sible to trim the c'-st very much he- mBrc h ef j j n to these two cities with
low the present 6-> cents. It is im- ,. j x handsome trophies which have
keep the doers of the i jj een won j,y the school lats year,
hospital open even though admission ^vatch G. M. C. grow. The men pro-
Mr. Riddle. conducted
ir. explaining in detail the methods
iployed to construct the gigantic
lcrete dam which will make the
UrOCtfy 3IDMUTBT in. ‘...cr I lake fa, the
The interior * i the building is he- A delicious supper; in .the mere hall
ing repainted and new htornee she!- of the camp brough the days program
ve and display counters are being lo a c | ose> ^
added. The work will he cumplettd
this week.
Mr. Smith is one of the progressive
n| y Court, Judge
siding, Held a B
Monday Morntne
Cast
both the crimnnl and
docket were disposed of. So-
u ■ •' Carlisle Giles represented the
" unty in prosecution of the crim-
i n ;' 1 'l"‘ket. All the cases were of
1 M, ‘ ma ny friends of Mr. John Day
m.’- 1 to know that his-condi-
on has improved. /
A delegation of citizens of Jack-
son Gerog'n, repre-enting the Ki-
wanis cluh of that city will come to
Milledgeville Thursday to attend the
meeting of.the Milledgeville cluh.
The Jacksonians are expected to
arrive here early in the aftmoon nnd
wll bt met by a delegation of the
local club and shown through the
city. The meeting will be held in
the Baptist church and an interesting
program has been arranged in honor
of tfce visitor*.
with Capt. F. R. Hargrove go to the
^ The camp will be held near Jack
sonville the latter part of July and
a full strength company will make
the trip.
UNION-RECORDER EDITOR
CONTINUES ILL AT HOME
Editor R. B. Moore has been absent
from the office throughout this week,
illness forcing him to remain at his
home. Hi* condition is improved.
to it be severely restricted. The only
remedy is in your hands and the
hoard begs you to apply it-’
HENRY MORAN CONDITION
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Reports from the City Hospital
Wednesday stated that the condition
of Henry Moran were slightly im
proved and that lathough he contin
ues critically ill, there is a chance
for recovery.
Mr. Moran has boon in a critical
condition for several days.
nioting her future
hut are energetic,
gressive men.
re no slouches,
videawake, pro- j
Mr. John R. Marsh, chairman of'
the Public Relations Department of i
the Georgia Power Co., and Mr. (
Channir.g Cope, field representative
of the company, spent Tuesday ini
the city and accompanied the Health-
cade on its visit to the institutions j | big joke in his embarassment.
herc. I - l
HEALTHCADE’S BATCHELOR
PET BLUSHES BEFORE .300
GIRLS
Jack Tubb, State News Editor
of the Atlanta Gecrgian.Ahe only
batchelor member of t2e Georgia
Hoalthchade. cculd only bow
Llush when he was made to face
1300 Georgia girls in the audi
torium of G. S. C. W. Tuesday
morning.
It was a dingy trick, no doabt
framed by Mr. Acree, when Dr.
T. M. Hall presented the sleek and
slim little newspaper man. He
squirmed his way to the front of
the stage made a (graceful) bow
and beat a hasty rerteat, mutter
ing under his breath words that
would no doubt have brought
blushes to the face of those who i
niruites before had
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