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U>WIN COUNTY 'institution „ No*** 4 Utiion-Kccorticr » read by thousands 4 In Proir^Mi™ BaMwia •nd Swwufoi VMJL® < Milledgeville. G»., October 9. 1930. NUMBER 8. fair Opens For Week Abovr 10. Ar.r.f. \jj.i Georgia Fnir opened morning '"or the annual week . with one of the largest . , . row*U in history in ut- ; ,v was school day nnd .ut the afternoon hundreds of flocked the midway where iturday the fair will .lays. Judging will iriSQB will be award ed a numln r of games i.its this year, while small, i::ily good. Community ex- ..idividual displays show uct of Baldwin county. In and poultry buildings, the .wings of pure bred stock *r> are made. The growth ng and poultry raising are in these displays. Marker on Sidney Lanier Room To Be Unveiled Oct. 28 On Tuesday afternoon. October 28, the U. D. C. will unveil a marker on the room formerly occupied in old Thalian hull by Sidney Lanier, Geor gia’s great poet. The room has Jieen gi.«n by Mrs. H. D. Allen to the U. D. C. for this purpose and appropriate exerchcs have been arranged for the occasion. The room will he furnished with fur niture of the- war period and will be kept as n show place. Mrs. David Ferguson is in charge of the program which will be at tended by not only members of the U. D. C.. but the public. The U. D. C. have asked those who have relics of the war period that can be placed in this room to give them to the chapter for this purpose. OPERA TO OPEN LYCEUM SEASON FRIDAY EVENING Preston Arkwright Invited To Address Mass Meeting Mere A resolution passed by the City Council Monday evening at their reg ular meeting invited President P. S. ArkwrRht of the Georgia Power Co. to come to Milledgeville ami address a mass meeting of citizens un the de velopment now in progress on the Oconee River. The council stated that it was ru mored that this work would be held up due lo opposition by land ow to the company in the sale of small strips of land thatwill be covered by the back waters from the dam. The Council declared it to be their policy co-operate with the company their work and wouid urge citixens to offer every assistance. The council plans to call a mass meeting of citizens to hear Mr. Ark wright. They have usked him to lay the plans of the company before the citizens. Mr. Arkwright has not given ans wer to the invitation of the council and consequently no date for the Garden Club to iCo-operate In Prosperity Week Celebration Cadets Working For Madison Game October 17th The cadeti of G. M. C. began prac- *es this week for the next game on the schedule with the Madison Aggie eleven on October 17th. Coach Wallace Butts has one of the strongest teams in the history of the school und many already predict the G. 1. A. A. championship for him. Coaches Hooks and Rentz are working their young cadets hard for the game which will be the second I. A. A. game of the season nnd the mott important as far as the pos sibilities to win the championship i this yenr are concerned. \i. M. U. HELD MEETING ON OCTOBER FIRST ■ Mebrating Home Mission Day, the 'oman’s Missionary Union of the ipti-t church held an all-day nteet- - mi Wednesday, October 1st. Mrs. S. Sanford was in charge of the ogram which was as follows: Morning S«*»ion 1. Song, “Jesus Calls Uf.” 2. Prayer, Mrs. D. S. Sanford. 3. Devotional, John:15—Mrs. L. E. Roberts. • 4. The place of State Missions in V nomin: tionul program—Mrs. F. R. i?.! pass. note of iching and Training, Mri Fir. Lyc< Numbci the Gcorgii The Bohemian Girl" the popular and enjoyable opera, will be Mine by brilliant cutf on Friday evonine. October 10th., to formerly inauitu- the Lyceum n State College for Wot The company presenting the op era is an all-star one, made up of opera singers of first rank. It ha* played many of the larger cities to large audiences and Mr. Thaxton. fa culty member in charge of lyceunt. has been advised that the singers arc every one of experience ami splendid training. I The opera Friday will open a bril- i liant season at the Womans collide Many outstanding musicial number- have been booked in addition eral lectures and shows. G. S. C. . Mrs. F. W. Hendrickso; “He Is Counting On You M. U. and State Missic A. T. Martin. le the Perishing T. A. Reese, ivo for Thee. A. T. Martin, o attend the Div Louisville, Mrs. B president of Et Ho-.v the W. M. U. tu at ion :n Georgia .hon (State Secre : on Young People's Work, Christian (State ader). i for : : Mis Dr. S. L. McGee, bead of the de partment of French at G. S. C. W., is at work on a French book soon to be published. The title of the book ’Ancien Regime by F. Funck- Brentano. Dr. McGee is editing it collaboration with Dr. C. C. Spik< We •sity. Dr. McGee is one of the ablest structors on the faculty of the G* gia State College fo- Women am splendidly equipped for his posit ..s professor of French there, having spent three ami a half years France, being enrolled as a stud' at the University of Montpelier for two years. He is an authority or French literature, customs nnd char acteristics, ami the appearance of hi: book will he of great interest t< French student*. By Nelle Womack Him ie Milledgeville Garden Club up the challenge thrown by on Curry of the Colonial Thea- n which he declares that a Pros perity Week for the Good Old Town of Milledgeville would do a great bit wiping out the “Hard Times” cry. The writer went in person to see >lr. Curry and expressed the ‘belief that no other one thing would do us much toward making the skies bright- on making lutiful. Mr. Curry agreed with us, to together, the Colonial Theatre and the Garden Club extend to the county at large a most cordial invitation to make of the last two weeks in this month :• Time of Prosperity. During this time we wish everybody to get the correct mental attitude—there is more in that than you will acknowledge. Beginning October the 20th—Hr. Curry will have installed in his love ly theatre a new machine—and they tell me it is the “last word” in talkies. He will be ready for the “Big Open ing" that ushers in the new machine on Thursday, Oct. 23rd—and these last tluvo days will complete tin- first week of our Prosperity Fort night. We should all be there for the opening show—and give Mr. Curry “a big hand." To put that amount of money in that kind of a mat-hire shows what he thinks oi Milh-dg* will be Jays, oi • lolla ■ fif" \ if yo • lay there will be any where from ten to fifteen prizes drawn for but only those who buy dollar tickets will be allowed to draw. All nam-s of those paying dollar and Securing a ticket from Mrs. Yarbrough, or one of her will he plat from that box each day at tl school and the have their mini full list ill be draw conclusion of the nes lucky enough brought out will Your name will be if you do not hap pen to be present, so be sure to pay your' dollar und get your ticket your name will be in the box the FIRST day. No one may receiy than one prize. That is fair to body. There w'U be around on d.ed dollars worth of prizes given— these are (o be donated by friends of the club will bo published lut« The above just tells you a little about the plans, much more will fol low. There will be exhibits, in charge of Mrs. W. F. Little and a splendid committee. Tin* Garden Club hers will have their fall flower ex hibit at this time, Mrs. Frank Bone chairman. Mrs. Roger Swint is chair man of the committee on prizes and Mrs. Y. II. Yarbrough on tickets. A list of chairmen and full com mittees will be published later. Now this Garden School is but the begin ning of a campaign to be put on by the Garden.Club to interest every body in this little city and county in Tchooi! I ,l “ ntin >-' B 2' cr “ l fln ' v ' ,s ill Ik- conducted by Mr... Fletcher whe ” S0NK bcfolv ' >•“ Crown of Decatur, G:.., an " ot kn “' v il - b “ 1 >" *° oul m " 1 ,I,B On hi* return from Atlanta Mon day. Mr. M. L. Curry, munnger of the Colonial Theatre, annoumced the purchase of new sound equip ment for the Theatre nt a cost of four thousand dollars. The new equipment will he in stalled about, Odtober 20th. Mr. Cury state.! that it was his pel- modern improved sound equipment and is ?o designed that nil mech anical sound* are eliminated. The sourll is produced from the film nnd not from records a* are now used. The addition of the new equip ment at the Colonial will pl* r e the thontre on a par with tho more elaborate ones iji the city*. Mr. Curry stated that ‘t wnfc his po- icy to give the people hare the best in amusemei^t so that their patronage might be merited. Know ing Milledgeville people to be lov ers of fine music he wanted to get the most improved roachinec eleminate all mechanical sounds. New Drill Field GMC Drill Ground «t G. M. C. to be En larged, Four Companies Are Receiving New Uniforms With attendance the largest that it has been in several years. Capt. Frank S. Mum field, P. M. S. & T. the Georgia Military College has organized four companies and is busy with the early training of the cadets. The new uniforms have, been re ceived ami before Sunday the entire ballallion will wear the cadet gray. Capt. Mansfield is enforcing strict military diciplino nnd ha* won the confidence of the cadets. The cadet officers huve been named an* thn omplete battallion or*-. nizatiorf has mb peifeeti .I. The Board of Trustees have made plans to construct a new drill field. entire northca: tern section of the campus will he leveled and .sodded within the next; few weeks. This new field will also be use*: as a practice round for the athletic teams. ville’s future. Beginning the week of Oct. 27th— the Garden.Club will commence the work of getting ready for the Three- Day School which will be staged Thursday, Oct. 30, Friday. O. Dr. Wallace Rogers. Missionary cretary of the North Georgia Con ference. preached at the Methodist church in this city Sunday morning to a large congregation. Dr. Rogers’ sermon was based on the life work of Christ nnd the mis- of the church. He presented his theme eloquently and forcefully and held the close attention of his hear ers. He was accompunied to the city by Mrs. Rogers and they were guest* nt dinner at the home of Rev. J. F. Yarbrough. RAMBLER IN AMERICAN WRITES OF FORMER MILLEDGEVILLE PEOPLE Rar*$*er in SundayV . American had the following comment about two of Milledgeville’* former residents. John A. Sibley John A. Sibley, uhose persuasive eloquence has won many a hard fought legal battle, showed promise ■xpert rdencr and pbu school of Lan iardening. This school will h i the afternoon at 3:30 those ays, and will be in the Amcric ion Hall. Next week this pap> urry the plans more indetail. The school will be open to ai heap. eld beautiful will make orth a million ) this ditch of despondc-i | —plant a tcn-cei i seed—and wake nckuge of flow RICH. Mrs' T. L. McComb Makes Unique Gift To HistoricarMuseum Ga. 1 State College The remains of Mr. R. T. Long, father of Mr. I!. E. Long, were buried in tho cemetery in this City i°f <*ill In epeeelmwldnB curly Sunday afternoon. The funeral service* were conducted by Rev. A. G Haris in the parlor of the Funeral ’ h ! Ul ''|Home of .1. A. Moore. Mr. Long died at the home of h:s daughter, Mr*. R. G. Jennings in Ma con Friday at the age of 75 years. He is survived by the following chil dren: Mrs. R. G. Jennings, of Ma con; Mrs. J. II. Roberts, of Valdosta; Mrs. C. W. Roberts, of Washington. D. C., Mrs. J. B. Lowe, of Au^ust-i; Mrs. N. B. Wcathersby, of Washing ton, D. C.; R. E. Long, of Milledgc- ville; R. L. ng. and W. C. Long, of Macon. By Mrs. J. L. Be. intcrestnig relic of the past is! parts, ift of Mrs. T. L. McComb to|vided Georgia State College for he say n. It is a large lock nnd key 1 which shhi and di p-art imposed of Non us: Mary Bell G , Arthur, Quitmn The power that li part of the Military college, of Dr. White, which stood championship of th. c the home of Mrs. John Conn! was amiss loti Mei f this city, the nrds it i of of the local students State Cobcge for k, class representa- n and plans made for organization of the group. Mrs. J. T. and President J. L. r plans and urg- rder that the one d th. J an Heirs. !5 r Round Oak; N. wnan; Elirab. Fannie Wortham Jones and Emil; Marian Power. V Norwood, Milled; Th Womar the Methodist week of stud good froi light r» n thei g young ladies were motives: Mi** Eliza* i, freshman;‘Mis* Eu- sophomore: Miss Lucie Miss La Vera Morgan, GL ltY OF FORGING progressive heid a special j planted t:::c K ENTENCED 3 YEARS B. Park • Ga tl nap of Mille. fast stepping backs High Blue Jackets, oi and outgeneraled the Cadet: kno- that tin faced moved down on Clark where it now stands as thi Mr. und Mrs. Bolins Moow. «*» th<Mr Drrt _u. roernmn oi A third part of the old mansion 1*^° >' ear * to *• went into a house, built on the sit.- G. M. C. was the heavier team, hut >•:' Mr. T. L. McComb’* own home, the lighter and speedy Jackets pilled '■ When he built hi brick home he : opt a margin of 12 points in the fir.-t moved the old hou- to an adjacent half to clinch the game before the or of Coach Bobby Hoota’ eleven While attending the Univer sity of Georgin, he was a ready hand at debate ami was a star on the de bating team. His co’U-giatc fame in this line won him tl.e position of class orator at commencement. He began his practice of ! w at Millcdge- ville and came to AUa.r’n in 1918. He was vice president of the Ameri can Bar Association in 1922, and among his prized possession* in his associate membership in the New York City Bar association Mr*. Frank Denni* Mrs. Frank Dennis, of Katonton, has among her most prized possess ions a reii fox scarf, and she wears it wehenover she goes out. This beau tiful scarf, perfect in texture, was formerly the coat of one Br’er Fox from the original Brier Patch of Unci? Remus near Ka*onton. Mrs. Dennis belongs to the Fox Hunt Club of Putnam County nnu is the only woman in the county who rides to the hounds. th< subject for study i.u* meeting will be h-1.1 3:30 o’clock with Mr On Tuesday year. Th.- fi on Monday at . C. L. Moore, n the meeting , with Mr . I!. F I-unST un,l ;lny with Mi-. M. M. Purto. i of the MORE THAN A BALE TO ACRE who sion of court. He ••irier Rogers, on .hree f forging checks. The ne- ■i guiity and sentenced years in the peniten- H. Montgomci one of Baldwin County's farmers and dairymen, small acreage in cotton this and ha.: already picked more than 'u hale to the acre nnd has not finished. Mr. .Montgomery b^liev raising cotton isited Mlllcdgevilb Mr. T. L. McCi when Lofayette The old lock and key is taken from . all the sol- ore of the origin. 1 d^ors, and is ned on Green both pretty and unique. The yld ate House. j outside of the old “Crusaders Cross.” mb says that ( door is ulsp unique. The gift of !d mansion was Mrs. McComb will occupy a prolo ng Governors’ • inent place in the College Meuaeum. ; Bell DR. WYNN ADDRESSES STUDENTS and 300 students peak at Vespers lost “Gcttiing the Most otbly Check." Dr. the student* in his v and introduced a idea* concerning the of both time and money. Pum.c Rigsby prerided and after Math. * * * heard Dr. Wyi Sunday night Out of My Wynn addn own pleasant g/eat many expe praye after he- ba. provided "teril ttS eholr"M by Clair* Hander., offered of food stuffs. beautiful selection. t a meeting of the Pap nt-Teach- As: ociation last Thursday after noon, plans were made to furnish ilk for the children of the grammar grades of G. M. C. ne parent organization will co operate with the Medical Auxiliarj of Baldwin county in this work. Keeping the child physically fit was the subject of discussion at the meet ing Thursday. Col. George S. Roach the principal speaker. • ix ••• >uld get to-w orking. Just after the fourth quarter be gan, Savannah held for doi Jacket*’ ball on their own 30-yard line. The "Geechi •»" started a play over right tackle but tackled when he hit the tu the ball plunked out of his hand II into the arm.* of Small* y. big 220-pound tackle of the Cadets, be fore it hit the ground. Smalley had a wide open Held nnd wobbled 35 yards for G. M. C.’a score. A pass wa» good for the extra point. Johnson, Bell, Warmack, Futrelle and several ether back., were .out standing for Savannah, while th work of Shore at center was good. For G. M. C., Alexander Younc- and Smith were the biggest offensiv x. “Red" Watson’s line play wa good. A c rowd of over 1,000 pcoplo wit- : sed the contest. Mr. J. R. Crosby, who was a con ductor for years on the Camuk and Mm-on brunch of the Georgia Rail road, died at his home in Macon Sat urday. Mr. Crosby has been connect ed with the Georgia Railroad for years, and was well known by a large number of Milledgeville people who rode on his train to and from this city and Macon. LITTLE AGNES GIBSON WINS and it IN AMERICAN LEGION CONTEST In the American Legion contest which clo.-ed Saturday afternoon Ag ue*, the little daughter of Mrs. Edy*h Miller Gibson, Miss Milledgeville. She more than 10.000 vote*, and awarded a diamond ring. Agnc bright and sweet little girl, success made her happy.