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arris and Carswell Sweep Baldwin County
• REAP BY THOUSANDS ■
In Progressive Baldwin 1
and Sarrouudiag
Southern recorder
Milled,evtfle, Ga., Sepiemtxr 11, 1930.
NUMBER 4.
M. C. OPENS
ANOTHER TERM
Iraal Exrrciltl Will b« Held in
.Audiiurium Next Monday
Morning at 10:00 A. M.
he Georgia Military College open*
for it* 11130*31 session Wednes-
morning.
I The attendance of both local and
ding cadet* is large. The bar-
will be filled, the number of
, exceeding that anticipated by
George S. Roach, the president.
• local attendance in the prepa-
department goes into the hun-
comporing the boys and girls
MillrdgevflleNtnd Baldwin county.
Grammar School
'hr grammar school building is
iirdrd to its capacity with Milled-
ille children, every grade being
>d. The children on their arjval
c met by the teachers, and were
lv transferred to their classrooms
Juior College
will be n number of both
rdng and local cadets to enter
Junioc College this year. A fresh-
i class of about thirty members
nlicipated.
An Abl- Facnlty
here are several new members on
faculty this year, and Col. Roach
onfident that he has assembled
ible and efficient faculty as there
be found in any school in the
The remainder of '.bis week will
taken up in perfecting the organ*
alien and alignment of classes.
Next Monday morning at ten a. m.
irmal opening exercises will he held
the auditorium.
The students will be welcomed to
.e college by Col. Roach, and talks
•ill be made by the ministers of the
ity and others. The pcoDlo of Mil-
dgevillc and Baldwin county ar.e in-
tAl to attend V.vfse exercises.
NINE HUNDRED AND NINETY
FARMS IN BALDWIN COUNTY
Census reports issued by the De
partment of Commerce this week
gives Baldwin county 995 farms
unci t cultivation.
In comparison with figures is
sued in 1925, there was an in
crease of twenty-eight farms, the
1925 record showing p67. In 1920,
however, there were 1,53G farms
under cultivation, which gives
Baldwin county a loss of 541
farms in the ten year period.
A farm, for census purposes, in
cludes all the land which is direct
ly farmed by one person, either
by his own labor alone or with
the assistance of members of his
household, or hired employees.
When a landowner has one or
more tenants, renters, croppers,
or managers, the land operated by
each is considered a “farm". Any
tract of land of less than 3 acres
used for agricultural purposes,
which produced products to the
value of $250 in the preceding
calendar year, is classed a “farm .
Blowouts In Paving To Be G. S. C. W. GIRLS
Repaired,Council Announces
Representatives of the Harwood-,The MvDougald Construction com-
Beebee, municipal engineer, who had P.ny whojnid the pavintr will re
charge of the pavnB for the Cty of pair these place, at an early date.
MilledBoville, spent this week inspect*; Their representatives anted that na
in K the pavinB throuBhout the city soon ns they came hero to begin
rd'.ng the blow-out, that have work on paving the Sandersvllle
cau-ed bumps and broken place
many streets and have mud.; a re
port to the city council.
The engineers stated that these
bad places were unavoidable end
were expected to : certain extent.
highway they would come to Mil-
ledgevillc and make these repairs.
The |blow-oi|ts have caused bad
and inennveninet bumps in several
places in the residential sections. Bed
cracks have also shown up.
WELCOMED HERE
Largest Enrollment in History of
the College When First Chapel _
Exercise Is Opened.
More than thirteen hundred Geor.
764 VOTERS TAKE
PARTINPRIMARY
Harris Given HI Majority. Can-
well Gels Big Vote, Defeating
Rivers by 21Z.
Baldwin county '
BAPTIST W. M. U.
CONVENES HERE
Churches Represented in Washing
ton Association Send Delegates
to One Dav Session
WORKMEN BUSY
ON GAS UNES
CITY TAX RATE
TWENTY DOLLARS
The Value of Property Including
Corporations is Three Million
and Forty Thousand Dollars
The city council at its meeting
Monday night fixed the tax rate at
twenty dollar, on the thousand, the
same as the levy was last year.
The value of vhe taxable property
of the city, including corporations,
is $.‘1,040,000. The returns show a
decrease from last year of $100,-
VINSON NAMES
HIS DELEGATES
Convention To Be Held in Augusta
Next Wednesday To Nomi
nate Congressman.
fc-iegntes from Bnldwin county to
<’ongressional Convention in Au-
i-ta next Wednesday. September
have been named by Congress-
an Carl Vinson.
The convention with delegates
■•ni the eight counties in the dis-
i« t will nominate Congressman Vin-
n unanimously. After the nccept-
iv .speech by Mr. Vnaon, the dele-
will be entertained at a lwir-
cue as Mr. Vinson’s guests.
The following are the delegates
Baldwin county: Dr. Richard
■ mn, Mr. Jere Moore, Mr. Frank
U, Mr. R. W. Hatchet, Mr. Jule
anl. y, Mr. W. A. Walker. Hon. Car- hope of th
le Giles, Hon. J. H. Ennis, Mr. J. complete r
■ Willis. D r . R. E. Evans. Hon. E. | this year
Hines, Miss Martha G. Thomas
r. Otto M. Conn, Hon. Marion A1
Dr. E. A. Tigner, Hon. F.rw
Mr. J. C. Ingram, M
LEGION NAMES
NEW OFFICERS
J. F. Bell, Jr., Elected Commender
of Morris-Little Post.' F. R.
Hargrove, Vice Commander.
J. F. Bell. Jr., wits named com-
mander of Morris-Little Post No. 0
at an election of officer last week
when the closing year’s work was re
viewed and plans made for the com
ing year.
In addition to Mr. Bell the post
elected F. R. Hargrove. Vice-Com
mander,; John Holloway, Adjutant;
A. G. Harris. Chaplain; Jim Hogan,
Sergeant-at-Arma; H. S. Wooten, Fi
nance Offcer. '
Dr. W. M. Scott retired ns com
mander of the post and read the
year’s report. Many civic undertak
ings were accomplished during the
administration of Dr. Scott.
Mr. Beil stated that it wn- the
v staff of officers to
•nt for the memorial
^ to undertake other
movements. Plan* for the new year
will |»t presented at the next meet
ing of the Le
..zed Tuesday evening and the
Pipes Are Being Laid in Rental- j neater part of Wednesday was eon-
. c .. e is sumed in classification und regi-trn-
tiai Section. Lines from Ma- L, on
con Ncuing Finish.
The District Roily, lor the First
District of Baptist Women's Mission
ary Union, WashinBton Association
held with the Milledgeville church
on Wednesday, September 3, begin
ning a f 3 o’clock.
Mrs. L. C. Wall, secretary Third
district, presided and Mrs. J. H.
Langston of Milledgeville gave the
devotional, reading passages from
the life of Jesus, emphasizing our
need of prayer.
Mrs. Floyd Hendrickson, president
of Milledgeville W. M S., welcomed
visitors, and Mrs. A. L. Rav of
Beulah church responded.
The program was given by the
Milledgeville W. M. S. and consisted
of demon-trations by the Sunbeams,
led by Mesdnmes O. A. Thaxton nnd
W. J. Chandler; G. A.’s led by Mrs.
Walker Blackwell; and R. A.’s with
Mrs. J. H. Langston lending.
Reports were then made by repre
sentatives of societies present, show
ing the .advancement made, and any
special work which each W. M. S. or
young people’s societies were doing.
Mr-. E. H. Scott of Milledgeville
then gave a splendid talk on “The
Lesson of the Leaves", illustrating
by the use of a branch of beautiful
ly colored nutumn leaves Dr. L. E.
Roberts, pastor of the Milledgeville
church, gave the closing address, us
ing as the basis of his remarks
Psalms 20:5—"We will rejoice
thy salvation, and
our God, we will jet up our banner. 1
oters gave Sena-
Bia Birla wore in’the Mditorlnm “of I tor"W. J. Harris are,
the Georgia State Coliese far Wo. in the twee far the Untied State,
men Wednesday when the firet chop -Senate and George Carswell a 212
el exercise, were held on 1 the cob ( majority in the Governor a race after
Icbc officially opened for the JOSH- the votes in the state primary Wed-
31 session. jnesduy had been counted.
Dr J. L. Beeson announced that The interest centered in the race
the enrollment was the lament in ; for the Senate and Governorship and
the history of the college and that the final vote, for other
ail available dormitory .pace had not been counted hut early tabjla-
...... taken. The beauty special or- tion, indicated that Moore would
i.-s Bertie Stembridge will go to
nta Friday to attend a meeting
of the Executive Board of the Amer-
Legion Auxiliary.
•y. Mr. J. C. Ingram, Mr. J. C. j -
■or. lion. Gcu.Be Carpenter. Mr. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE WAS
■y Herndon. Mr C. li. Coxwetl. SUBJECT SUNDAY NIGHT
Henry Roberts, Mr. H. H. Dun-
B. L. Layfield, Mr. Mor-
>-on, Mr. Walter Stem-
J. Carr, Jr., and Lamar
ADETS BUSY WITH
FOOTBALL PRACTICE
Rev. J. F. Y*
Chr
i To Ob..
The last of the Sunday evening
union services was held at the Meth
odist church Sunday evening. Rev. J.
£ -.h Hook. Cat. Down Souad Aft- F- Yarbrough preached a forceful
-• w . . Sch.d- sermon on observance of the Sabbnth
dr b . „ ,o Day. He pointed out that the law
Begin. Sept 20 jn keepin([ . acrc J the Sabbath day
. ... . , , ■ , .q.n was openly being violated in Mil-
footban W am wire ledgeviiie. He referred to the fact
,erZ r\r TcZZ 2£ llnZ: waSr.f" y rtn7.h. S2 The .am, ...... re-— -
sr ri \*r cz*s: i
rzaz:: «=£=
tions of the churches of the churcheB state in the Union. The officers we
to*worahp quetly and peaeefu.ly dur- taken *-*•**£££'1
ing Sunday service, on account of at Fort McPherson. B.ldwrncoumy
open garage, ,nd go. sUt.on., .uppiied her sham -
He closed his sermon with an ap- were in this firs P of ^
peal for a united Christian sentiment them came fr m
"y thin
Th,- s,
nund received a cut Wednes-
a ft«*moon and signal drills wer?
un> Scrimmages are scheduled
” inn next week. The candidates
numerous with few veterans of
yur’s team on the field.
Pipes through which gas will be
conveyed into the residential section
of Milledgeville are now being lnid
Columbia and Montgomery
streets.
The network of ptpe lines will be
laid on practically every strea' in
the city where there are residences.
w of workmen, which num
ber almost two hundred, are ditch
ing along the curb lines and fitting
in the pipes at u rapid rate of speed.
The first pipes in the city limits
were laid on Montgomery street be
ginning at Stembridge’s store.
Workmen are progressing rapidly
with the Hue toward Macon. It has
Jbeen estimated that gas will not be
turned on in Milledgeville until late
in November or early December.
The crew of workmen his been in
creased in the effort to finish the
lines in the shortest possible time.
The work is done in clock-like preci
sion, the ditching crew working
ahead of men who are doing the pip
ing and then retracing their work
| filling the ditches.
Warehouses in the rear of the
People’s Hardware company are
1 used as a storage place for the sup-
| plies and are accommodating the
\ headquarters of the workmen.
! The new store to be occupied by
! the Gas company has been renovated
and is ready for their occupancy. It
is understood that the offices and
1 retail store will be opened in about
Ie 0 f t | sixty days.
The program during the chapel ex
ercises was interesting and the sev
eral hundred young women received
a cordial welcome to the college and
Milledgeville.
After Dr. Beeson had made the
usual welcome as head of the col-
re, Mr. Miller S. Bell and Dr. E.
Tigner. members of the Board of
Trustees, spoke to the students. Rev.
L. E. Roberts, representing the four
churches, gave a welcome address.
Miss Katherine Scott spoke on behalf
of the alumnae as president of the
association. Miss Mary Moss, secre
tary of tha Y. W. C. A., and Miss
Hunt, student president also
gave a welcome.
The Y. W. C. A. held their open-
g exercises Wednesday evening nnd
other activities have already begun
in the campus.
The students are already busying
themselves in their work.
• ther
ed on
Refreshments
the lawn of the church.
The churches represented in this
district are: Milledgeville, Dcveraux,
Beulah, Midway, Friendship, Black
ngs and Harmony.
KIWAN1ANS TO GO TO
JACKSON FOR MEETING
Baldwin in the Secretary of
State race; Napier for Attorney Gen
eral: Harrison for Comptroller Gen
eral; Atkinson for Supreme court
Duggan for School Superintendent;
Broyles for Court of Appeals; Tal-
madge for Commissioner of Agricul
ture; Johns for Prison Commission-
and Hunt for Pension Commis
sioner.
In the final vote tor United States
Senate Harris polled 471, Slaton
370. In the Governors race the vote
was as follows. Carswell, 460; Holder,
2G; Perry, 3; Rivers, 248; Russell,
27.
News from the state indicated a
.jn-over between Carswell and Hol
der. Harris has defeated* Slaton by
i overwhelming majority.
There were no local contests. Capt.
H. Ennis was nominated for Sen-
or of the 20th Dstrict; Col. Ma-
on Allen for Representative, and
__r. G. C. McKinley for County Com
missioner without opposition.
SCHOOL BELLS
RANG OUT TODAY
County Schools and City School,
Hove Capacity Attendance
First Grades Packed.
MR. W. A. WALKER CELEBRATES
BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
MISS BERTIE 5TEMBRIDCE
TO ATTEND BOARD MEETING
Representatives of the M
lie Kiwanis club will go t
n next Monday to attend
iy eonventon of the state
Dsi
t Gov
r F.rw
Sibley
the addre-N of welt"
chich will come from the president
>f the Jackson club. Dr. Duwson Al-
en and Dr. G. H. Webber are the
delegates from the local club end
Miss Stembridge is chairman of j| r , George Tunnel! anti Mr. Marion
e American committee and one of stembridge are the altcrnntea.
e leaders of the ex-service men .- |
ixiliary. She is past president of Mr. R. L. CURRY SELLS HOME
the local chapter of the auxiliary. Mr. M. L. Curry has sold his home
Last year Miss Stembridge gave j across the river to Mrs. M. J. Mur-
0 m edals for general excellency phy. Mr. Curry bought this place
American history t.mong the pu- some months ago and made it one
nils at G. M. C. nnd G. S. C. W. ; of the prettiest and most attractive
She has arranged a most interesting in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Curry
program for Americanism work in will occupy apartments in the Raph-
the state this year. ael ‘
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Walker enter
tained a number of fronds at a bar
becue dinner Friday. The occasion
for the happy gathering „was the
seventy-seventh anniversary of Mr.
Walker’s birth, and as their guests
gathered they were given a cordial
welcome by the genial host nnd host
ed nnd they extended congratula
tions nnd best wishes to Mr Walker.
, , , ...... The home of Mr. and Mrs. Walker
Scb°ol W I, mag ago.aim Baldwin th( . ui ,, t and m0 ,t
•”* Wednesday and hundred, of k ntly 7 n th , rity . ond lhc
children ware hark in rla " Leum-re of Mr. Walker', birthday
ready to begin the year s work. . „„„„ n i BB -
City and county schools were h:,s madt ' thc * . . y P ,
packed to their capacity when the!ant annual gatherings similar to vhe
first roll call was made Wednesday | one he ,i ,,r,da >-
morning. The first grades w-ro over- After the gue-ts had spent an hour
flowing with smiling young faces as in conversation, dinner was
several hundred children enrolled for announced, and they were ushered
the first time. into tho dining room, where they
The G. M. C. grammar school open- found awaiting them a dinner com-
’ ed with n capacity enrollment as did posed of barbecue. Brunswick stew,
° the Peabody Practice school. The and other tempting viands, which
I j pupils were made up lurgely of city were most tastily served and thor-
: children, although trucks brought in nughly enjoyed.
several scores into Milledgeville from At the conclusion of the dinner
‘ the rural sections. ! talks, expressing sentiments of -rood
II All county schools were crowded, will nnd beat wishes for the host
'■ i Supt. Bivins stated, nnd the most •..ore made by R. B. Moore. Rev. L.
"■ successful school term >n Baldwin E. Roberts, Rev. A. G. Harris. Rev.
ld ! county hi tory has begun, was the J. p, Yarbrough, Mr. C. T. Carakcr
and Mr. W. H. Rovers. The host ex
pressed deep appreciation for the
kind words jpoken.
Thc following were the guests:
C. T. Gufakjcr, R. H. Lawrence.\V. B.
belief of Mr. Bis
G. M.
. CADETS GIVEN
WELCOME TO CAMPUS
Baldwin Eighty-Second Vet
erans To Attend Convention
Veteran, of the Eighty-Second Dl-
«ion who live in Baldwin county
are making plan, to attend the con
vention of the Division which will be
held at the old training ground,
Comp Gordon, on September 25 and
The 82nd figared prominently In
battle, heroes.
Dr. Y. A. Little. Stewart Wootter,
J. F. Bell, Jr., Col. J. F. Muldrow,
Dr. Edwin Allen, Lyverick Lingo,
John Holloway, and others are vet
erans of the famous division. These
men expect to go Back to Atlanta
and out to Camp Gordon where they
spent many hoars in preparation for
the bxttles in France: Argone, SL
Mchiel, Chatteaux Thierry, now hta-
The cadets of G. M. C. were given
a reception at the gymnasium on the
campus Tuesday evening.
he spacious building was decor
ated in the college colors and a
charming group of Milledgeville
trirls assisted n entertaining the new
. Punch was served from an ap
pointed table which was most artis
tically decorated.
Mrs. George Roach and the wives
of other faculty members arranged
for the entertainment.
veterans.
The reunion is to be a gala occa-
on and Baldwin county is proud of
these veterans who will be promt-
tnese veterans wno ^
nent in the entertainment of the rla- - Em ,y ***"
GAITHER BANKS MOVES TO
FARM ACROSS CREEK
Mr. and Mrs. Gaither Banks and
their little daughter, Caroline, are
now making their home at their
farm across Fishing creek.
Mr. Banks owns one of the larg-
Mebiet. Chatteaux Thierry, now hU- £ ‘^‘Z^bTZ
tory-making battie., remember three
came the owner. He hee remodeled
the home there end made many other
improvements.
ichardson, J. R. Stanley, V. H.
Rivers, Rev. A. G. Harris, Rev. L.
E. Roberts, Rev. J. F. Yarbrough
and R. B. Moore, Mrs. Howard Pa-
tillo, of Atlanta, Mrs. N. L. Coates,
Mrs. D. S. Sanford, Mrs. W. A. Mas
sey, Mrs. J. T. Stewart. Mr*. L. F.
Roberts. Miss Helen Roberts, M<sn
Laura Shurley. and Mrs. J. R. Stan
ley.
Thc Union-Recorder joins Mr.
Walker’s frends in congratulations
nnd hopes that many more brthday
anniversaries may come to him.
Service* at Presbyterian Church
The regular servicea will be held
at the Presbyterian church next Sun
day.
Sunday School at 10:00 a. m.
Morning services at 11:30 o’clock.
Evening service* at 8:00 o'clock.
Rev. A. G. Herri#^ wfl! preach at
both the morming and evening ser
vice*.
Mr. Seett presented the