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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