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• Y..n D.«“' ion «» Public
Union
In Procreative Baldwin
and Surrounding
VOLUME Cl
Fnl.r.l Union E.lnbli.k.d in
Southern Record*—
Milledgeville, Ga.. November 6, 1930
NUMBER 12
Garden Club Begins Campaign for City Beautiful
Edited by Nelle Womack Hines
Plant and Be Pleased
Garden Club Selects Slog
A CIVIC CREED
an
Thnt Milledgeville has lifted her-
| self out of the small-town cla.-s dur-
i intr the last si-, -ral years—of that
w no one can have a doubt. Visitors
to our city never fail to express
thj. ins; Ives a.- being delighted with
the I'.anty of our town, and while
we who live here know this to be
true, never-the less, we realize that
ther are spots about and around
that ^adly need looking afte
also know that everybody
knows this—and still it scents to be
nobody’s business. To use a very
old. suying—"a ehain is just as
strong as it- weakest link**— we
might say that we could not aspire
to being a “City Beautiful’’ until we
had cleaned out and covered up with
pra-s. shrubs and flowers, those var
ious places that so badly need help.
Most of us know that the approach
es to a town or city seem to be no
body’s business—and on these it
s ems that our attention should first
be centered. We are sure that
each and evejy citizen will look after
his or her own back and front yard—■
and that will leave some organiza
tion with the help of the city to see
about the others.
The Garden Club has just finish
ed the School which was th«* opening
wedge for the campaign for Civic
Beauty which we hope to put on in
Milledge\ille and Baldwin County.
The president of the Garden Club
poured before the City Council Illt:i
•ntly and made a little speech^ to y
Plant Now!
Nelle Womack Hines.
Milledgeville, Georgia.
I believe in My Home Town as
a place that should be made health-
I ful, beautiful, and spiritual by the
I people that dwell therein—
I believe that it is every man’s
right to live in harmony with his
neighbor and among pleasant sur
roundings—
Experts agree that fall is the ideal
time to move trees and shrubs. Why
wait until the rush of spring, when
conditions are so much more favora
ble in autumn? Here are some of
the advantages of moving in the fall:
1-The soil is warm and workable,
a condition for which you may often
wait a long time in spring.
2. Fall rains provide plenty of
moisture without making the ground
soggy as it is likely to be i.i spring.
>re time in fall, for
tasks that demand
Fall lingers into
spring comes with a
me for planting
3. There is m
there are fewer
your attention,
winter, whereas
rush and the t
quickly over.
4. Plants moved in fall are well
settled and thoroughly rooted by
spring. They are ready to start
lew growth long before conditons
ire favorable for spring planting.
5. Your favorite varities may be
old out if you wait until spring. In
fall there is usually a more complete
election.
I therefore believe it is my duty
to boost my Old Home Town by do-
ivr 1 can to promote healthful
ernutior . to foster the Spirit of
Good Fellowship, to back up home
enterprises, to make a charming
backyard, to love my neighbor as
myself and respect his rights by-
keeping my chickens out of hi# gar
den.
sen successful
failures,
commercial es-
b. Nurseries are so rushed in
.‘ring they cannot always make de-
at. the time most suitable 1** .. ..
.. ----- j up Oil the Idc-a. und suggest
and which have be
The proprietor o
tabllshment keep., records of the
year’s transactions to enable him to
check his stock more readily. If
you have kept a record of your gar.
dening experiences through the year,
you will find it a valuable asset to
ward making your inventory com
plete and satisfactory.
Fall I. The Time To Take Stock
Don’t wait until spring to "take
slock" of your garden. There Is
too much to be done then that simply
i annot be put off. The garden
work will demand all your time and
the sugge-tion of Marion. I sec more folks riding in cars in you End little leisure for chcck-
Curty of tht Colonial 'Theatre j this city than even before, and the U P nn<i “'“king new plans. Full
that everybody quit talking hard | four soda founts never lack for ‘ 8 tbe ideal time to i.j this, for you
times and think prosperity that j something to do. If Pa isn’t drink-! can * ben review a delightful year of
caused the Garden Club to take him j ing dope—Ma is having an ice cream gardening in retrospect and see just
Prosperity Season
School a Great Success
Garden School Idea Arouses In
terest and Enthusiasm
TAKE
OF
— ‘ALL ^ * 8 tbo combined opinion of all
who attended the Gurden School
An inventory is an ssential purt which was held the last three days
of a successful business, for it in- 1 , f last week, that no occasion in the
dicates just what nrticles have been j history of our city’s cl’h work hus
the most profitable. Which have 1 ver been more successful or enjoy-
moved slowly, and which have failed °d. From the time the first nieet-
to bring the anticipated results. j was called to order on Thur.-day
If your garden is to be a ubcess- afternoon, Oct. 31st at 3:30 o’clock
. : il one—one that will bring you the! -until the last moment on Saturday
catest amount of beauty and con- afternoon when Mrs. M. 3. Bland in
tentment—you must occasionally behalf of the club, thanked Mrs.
ntory and determine Grown for her splendid lectures, the
Avoid this inconvenience
about what the club hoped to do and by planting in fall,
asked for the co-operation of the
city. We were assured that all it Life moves so swiftly nowadny
could do to help would be done, and ihnt you cannot afford to lose an
we are sure that this will encourage other year of garden beauty by de-
the club in its undertaking. Later laying your planting until spring.
— *he president appeared before the Garden moving time is here—plant
Middle Georgia Fpir Association di
rectors and asked for their co-opera
tion. The directors were most inter
ested, commended the idea, and said
that they would do what the Club
suggest* il toward improvement and
beautification—especially on the plot
of ground between the side walk and
street.
It is the intention of the club to
call on every street in the city to
follow a certain plan which has been
adopted by the club. We all know
that when riding thru a town or
'* see a certain plan car
ried out—we know that it was done
by all the people being interested
and each one doing his part. We
do not need to say that only this
sort of team work will bring success
One plan is as follows. Be
tween the side walk and the street,
we wish everybody to plant several
water-melon red crepe myrtle bushes. 1
Each street should have a certain
space between said bushes, so that
this fall!
MR. CURRY
We will have to hand it to Mar
ion Curry—he either has the great
est faith in the future of Milledge
ville or he just loves to give every
body a great treat. The new ma
chine that he has installed
great* t interest and enthusiast
manifested. Some who came tho
first day, returned the second and
the third with friend? who could not
? - sist the accounts of the wonderful
happenings.
Mrs. Fletcher Pearson Crown of
Decatur, a landscape architect was
the conductor of the school, and
won the hearts of everyone meeting
her, by her charming personality an-’
the attractiveness of her presenta
tion. Not once during her three
lecture- did she lack for n word, and
so well correlated were her steps
from one thing to.another, that ever
those who had no experience in gar
dening found no dificulty in follow
ing her. Her lectures were illus
trated by colored slides and plane,
and each day a bulletin hoard added
to the interest of the lesson. Mrs.
Mh^t changes yon would like to] Grown was particularly charming
’makT ‘ anwre*
Befo.-e planning new additions! 3moc k that made one long to go out
(and who does not plan to ndd some- an(1 bu >’ 8omp exactly like it. The
thing "next year”?) you will mo>t day, the club presented her
make w *th a lovely basket of flowers, and
der—and the pictures he har been matched the G. M. C. battalion pass
having since this machine came—; b >’ a * ew minutes age—then
have been the equal of any
house in the state. Not only does
Air. Curry keep his place In an up-to-
date fashion, but he is a regular
booster fo» our town, and never miss
es an opportunity to try to help roll
the ball along. He surely deserves
* big hand’’ for putting Milledge-
le on the map with such a Movie
House, and those who have been
to Macon from all the surrounding
towns—now come to. He de*
°w a plan. Maybe about: patronage of our good people who
r twenty feet apart, but i like good show
' i* can be decided by the people will get it. The appearance of the
n g on that street. Now is the j Colonial does much to make that
to idant the sooner the bet- part of the town most attrnctiv
r and by all means before and at night when the lights ai
nNtmas. Janqary and Febru- turned on, who says we don’t look
walk ^ mucb ra-in and bad: like a little Atlanta?
to . r sometimes it is impossible; Mr. Curry is hand and heart In
hn« ,, apy * bm ^ at all until spring our campaign for making our city
and then it is too late. ‘ more beautiful, and has done much
bridal to encourage the Garden Club
fifteen
also -
reath
mirej
, together
.. kell—or forsythia.
rith the
Hoot
Kethc-r. and in the early
plu<
r^J 111 -»k. our little city
L . |j... r " re!t teouty. We wish
J;;"* cver y »treet to have
* mil ke oat their plan
cording
hush of c
the above—plant
and
,T, yrile—and the next
—twice j.
* HI .
"Pother—and in this
the year spring
town Will i . PVery street in -ou*
show. jj r ' a veritable flower
nursery I '. , 1 “ rdan —who has a
Station, u_ ,0n * lhe Georgia R. R.
Crep. m * offered to furnish tho
two yea- u f ° r forty cents each —
melon r ..,i ' plant> —°* water*
md every * Ure to « et that)
five cent. *!f e yo . U pay 8CVen '
vou the -nir He also give
a great th ® forsythi » at
'-crested in Z°\ H " “ “ uch in -
Ur plans to make our
the undertaking.
JOIN THE RED CROSS
city more beautiful and is surely
doing more than his part.
Later, various committees will be
appointed to sponsor the approach
es to the city—we cannot yet un
dertake a "mile of anything’’—but
if we luck well with our start this
fall, we will all f*el encouraged to
•»ke on more next time.
If you really arc interested in the
appearance of your own place and
if you care about the repuation of
month of November be the starting Johnnie is liiking a hot-dog,
point of this Prosperity Season. The ! Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jake can
club had made plan., for this Gar- between times and buy lemon-
den School, the Colonial was plan- and pink lemonade. You hardly
ning to install a wonderful new talk- ee a mun on the street unless he likely Nnd it necessary „
ing machipe—and everybody in town , has either a cigar or a cigarette, somp changes It may be that Gail- the ,ast Mrs. VV. Little
practically, was either putting a new and soon all the ladies will wear Hrdias would blend in the border brou * ht a parting gift in the
frmt on their store or adding a base- a flower on Uie lapel of their winter better than the Coreopsis Perhaps Kbn P‘* °f a string of bead.-, "Job's
ment—or a second story, or paint- j coat. So—where are the hard times? tbp Golden Glows and Hollyhocks Tpars ”—grown by the side of her
ing up inside and oqt, or building, They must mostly be in your mind bavc lx* er i too top-heavy or bushy as ,ovcJ y >‘ly pool. Mrs. Crown was
something entirely new. Now—J.as Mr. Curry sugests—so let’s stop a background, and a vine-clad fence | vcry ^ racious in her little speech of
imagine a town with all that thinking and talking them—if you w ouid serve much better Some of you” and added that she had
have a dime instead of a dollar use tbe ^hruhs in the foundation plant- never conducted a school thnt had
a nickle of it to buy some seed, and in * may have giown out of bounds K 'y cn her more Pl pa »ure or more new
you will get the most returns for an< l f °me similar types will have to ^ r * cn ds.
your money, of any nickle you ever be substituted If certain plants 0n Thursday evening, Mrs. Crown
spent. are not doing well, it may be that nnt ^ ^ rB * Mines, the president of
Mr. Man—go home and say to tbe >’ are in a location that is too thL ‘ c | ub and ber hostess during her
your wife—“Here honey here is ,iam P. °r too shady, or too crowded B . Uy in tbp cit y« wpre Kuesta of the
five dollar -go and buy something tbc ‘ r proper development. They Eiwanis Club at the Baldwin Hotel
to plant—a.. . I will give you some sb «uld be moved and plants adapted at a barbp cue supper. The visitor
next week.” She will be ter- i to tbat particular location moved in | bad been invited to speak to the club
going on daring to talk hard times?
Never in the years that the writer
lived here, has she Neen more things
going on thnt would point to pros
perity than at this very moment. We
somewhere abou* thirteen hun
dred Georgia girls at the Georgia
State College for Women, and
fou:
big companies and the band, ribly tickled if she don’t drop dead. | their P^ces.
‘ AI! S...
check up
Thanks to Everybody
Favors Given by Merchants and Friends
Help Put Over Garden School
Well—the much-looked foi
Garden School in over and
body will be looking out the
results. The fifty members of
the club "stood by" and helped make
a wonderful success by first work-
g—and then being present, there
»re many visitors from out of
ivn as well as Milledgeville women
10 were not members, that did not
iss a day. The thanks of the club
go to the American Legion for the
of the hall, and to the various
committees headed by Mrs. Frank
Bone and Mrs. W. F. Little, who
decorated with autumn boughs and
flowers. While it was not a flower
show—there were some "bouquets”
this oleasion and shared honors
Bloom ! witb Mr - Hilburn of the Natural Gas
As you check up on Inst year’s gar- Company, who also made n brief
den notice whether or not there was Mrs. Crown was invited to
something in bloom throughout the v ‘ s ** G. S. C. W. at the chapel hour
entire Reason. To know the greatest on p ' rida " ar *d make a short talk to
pleasure and beauty your garden can tbc student body, and was enthu-
offer, you will want the gayety and !iiastica lly received. Saturday, Mrs.
cheer of flowers, not all at once Grown and Mrs. Hines were guests
early in the season, but week after Mrs. Roger Swint, for lunch.
everything from a pound cake to
tring of black and crystal beads; I wee * t * from the first plucky Snow- ' “
from a box of candy to a pair of| dro P to tbo ,ast staunch Chryaan- tb " con ‘f e rs give pictur.
D?odara Cedars; from n bottle of themum. Fall U the time to make
perfume to a twenty-five pound nek tho cban *os t b «t will enable you to
of Agrico; from an order for "fine- bave flowers in. bloom during the
er-wave to a pair of Xandinas; from tntir e season.
a half dozen passes to the Colonial Take stock of the shrubbery bor-
Theatre to a fifty pound sack of d<i rs, not only from the standpoint
tinted
ery posskle shade of green.
While checking over the shrubs for
their color harmonies of foliage and
flowers, take note also of the ul
timate size and height. If a tall
grower is planted where a dwarf
Vigoro; from an order for a coat tbe ‘ r fl° wer ** but also with ref- wou * d be more suitable, or a low
cleaned to a pair of watermelon red orcncv to their foliage. In the £ row iiur variety is lost behind larger
crepe Myrtle; from a colorful apron I flowerin * shrub 8 there are varying sbrub s, make note of these now so
or dre ?s to a pair of Thuya Oriental- * had J^ of j W™’ f adia K to yellow, j tb® ^necessary change
is; from bulbs to vases; from bath I
brown and crimson; the broad-leaved made at the proper time,
evergreens range from the dark When *ak:ng stock of the planting
salts to hair cut«. Thru Fraley's green of the Ligustnuns to the red alB0 make a careful study of the de-
Pharmacy, Nutting sent a box of and bronze of the Nandinas, while | Bi * n of tbe Harden. It might be
exquisite pink roses-while Idle Hour “i T — I an improvement if the walks
there that might have drain a priaef b '“ Culver and Kidd aent a mattni- took homj their pla^"'” ""“j mo Jed to .“a
A* h^IpoT-et amende pines I ro,e. the" f^rat ‘day.'^d 'tZ I «*— "bout
regular Christmas Tree, put
up by the Georgia Power Company
which also gave the club a set of
Christmas Tree lights for a favor to
ve away.
Mr. Adams of the Adams Electri
cal Co. did a splendid bit by install
ing the lantern and fixing up onr
lights for the machine which was
used for the pictures.
That the merchants and other
friends of our ctiy were interested
this Garden School Idea, was cer
tainly an assured fact, for each day
visitors to the school went home
beautiful city—now is the time bearing wonderful favors which had
to show it. Let everybody get to been presented to them by the var-
wort , I loos stores of our city. There was
handsome yellow
the second day. Stubbs of Eaton-
ton sent two handsome Xindina
Guerry of Mcaon rave six pair of
large, handsome shrubs, while our
own Mr. Jordan wa« so generous in
his thought that the president of
the club had to insist that he cut
down the list he first planned to
send to be given away. A full list
of these favors were print^cl in this
paper last week. In all—there
were about one hundred favors given
during the school, and when one re
members that among this hundred—
all shrubs were given In pairs—it can
be estimated that there were at least
sixty handsome plants. There v re
part in making the school a the pool,
chrysanthemums' success. It would be impossible to I
name them all-
Have ■ Plan
few line" I No matter what change, arc neca-
wil. have to do the work. I hope nary, thi» ia the ideal time to plan
everybody sees them and reads them. Iien't trust your memory—
them-and take, them to heart. ; you'll find it much easier to make a
T il ‘ tlC . ket ,. COmmitt «' beaded by ; diagram of the garden and .ndicate
rs. i. A. A arbrough, did splendid thereon the changes you have in
work-one member telling me that 1 mind. No plant should be placed,
*he had no trouble at all—that peo- either in the original planting or in
pie even phoned her asking for tick- the re-arrangement, without first
That speaks well for the Gar- j considering its relation to the whole.
Long may that I
den School Idea.
Idea stay with us—but grow
Deeds. And may tbe Deeds blos
som around and about this lovely
little city of ours until we may
be spotted by tbe air-planes by the
tplendid colors in our gardens.
If you make a diagram it will help
you to visualize the garden as it will
appear when the changes have been
made, and will enable you to make
only such re-arangements as will
preserve the original balance an<t