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BALDWIN COUNTY
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VOU-'ME Cl
Southern Recorder
Milledgeville, Ga., November 27, 1930
NUMBER 15
farewell Services Held Sunday
Night for Rev.Jno. F. Yarbrough
gjjsters and Congregations of
City Unite in Bidding Methodist
Minister Good Bye
Rev. John F. YarLrough, who
this week for his new Held
of labor *• West Point, after serv
ing P n8 f° r °f the Milledgeville
Methodist church four year;*, was bid
bye at union services held at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
The large edifice was filled to its
HOME COMING ON
G. S. C. CAMPUS
'G.M.C. CLOSES ARTILLERY UNIT Church Services to Mark
SEASON TODAY ENJOY ViSITHERE Thanksgiving Day Celebration
Cadets Face Ancient Foe Gordon
Institute in Pinal Game of
1930 Season
Riding the crest of another suc-
Former Graduates to Come Back cesaful season that has placed them
to College on Thanksgiving nn the threshold of the G. I. A. A.
Day for Celebration
the 1980
Band Concert and Search Light
Demonstration Given. Flag
Raised at G. S. C.
New Methodist AMnister
Mil-
championship,
Col. Frar.k Taylor and his
ment of Coast Artillery left
ledgcville early Wednesday morn-
cudets ing after a most enjoyable night here
final football game of during which thdy delighted hundreds
ml their opponent of people with a band
jne wiki vu»«.v iu *ui 0( Georgia will come bafck to the a r ,
mr-cily l>y th « r coplc ot Milled^ campu , of Gi s c w today to be ™ ,ny Y .iTV the I x^n'T* ",
vUle. "h" a»d learned to know and prwnt f„ r th< , annuel |, ome t “ m! ih * cadeta facc d * -1 Milled.-,wiHe
iarch light demonst
f 1918 we
ltve Mr. Yarbrough for the
who
progress i:t the Bapti-t church,- Rev.
L. K. Roberta, pastor of the Baptist
church: Rev. F. H. Harding, of the
Episcopal church, and Rev. A. G.
Harris, of the Presbyterian church,
spoke in the highest terms of
their appreciation of Mr. Yarbrough,
a:id the tie of brotherly affection
that had existed between them. They
had always found him sympathetic
and ready at all times to unite in
carrying on God’s work in the com
munity. While they spoke in the
highest terms of Mr. Yarbrough
their praise was not fulsome, but
their words w*cre earnest and sin
cere. which made the services im-
Mr. Yarbrough in a short talk
spoke of how the ministers and peo
ple of Milledgeville had taken him
into their hearts when he came to
the city fr.ur years ago, and his as
sociation with the ministers had
been pleasant and helpful. He had
always found them ready to co-oper
ate in all good works. He would car
ry with him memories of association
with them that would always bu
spiring and a blessing in his life.
present for the annuel home coming
of the college and to participate in
class reunions and other festivities
that have been arranged in their
honor.
I The alumnae will rule at G. S. C.
) through Saturday. On Thanksgiv
ing day, special dinners will he
served in all dining rooms, and mu-
>ieal features will mark the dinner
hour programs.
On Friday afternoon, the Bald
win County aimunae will entertain
at a tea in the college tea room.
Friday evening tlie junior class ban
quet will be held at the Baldwin ho
tel and other class groups will gath
er at thi* college.
The chapel exercises on Friday
will be in charge of the aimunae and
a special program with outstanding
members of the association sched
uled for addresses.
The Y. W. C. A. will also have
an alumnae service during the Home
Coming celebration.
The college is expecting many
former students to return to the
campus. Class colors w.ll decorate
the dormitories and u great cele
bration is planned.
Gordon Institute, rivals for
acted in
early ^Tuesday aftcr-
The first troops of the regi
Victory today, Thanksgiving. will I ment arrived about noon and n.et
mean that beyond question G .M. C. |Capt. "rank S. Mansfield to corn-
will be the team to play Savannah plete plans for the reception of the
for the southern championship. Seats men who were to arrive Inter in the
at Davenport field arc expected to gigantic ; rmy trucks,
be at a premium, for the reputation Shortly after three o’clock ‘the
of the cadets has spread far and first trucks arrived and for more
wide, and fans throughuot this sec- than nn hour the long line passed
tion have heard with what power and
illurivcness the cadets have won
game after game.
Younce, the "little giant” of Bobby
Hooks’ backfield, will be the big at
traction for those who like broken
field runs and hard off tackle
drives. His play this season has
marked him as one of the great
backs of the Georgia association.
Coach Cecil brings a powerful
team to Milledgeville. Every man on
the team is heavy and powerful, and
It is with this superior power that
he expects to march over the red
and black for victory in the final
game.
into the city. They parked along
South Wayne street and the men
were given access to the buildings
at the fair ground, where they put
up their bunks for the night This
plan pleased the men who declared
the previous nights spent in pup-
tents had been most disagreeublc.
One of the large search lights and
sound detectors were placed on the |
G. S. C. campus and hundreds of
people gathered around to see the' 8
Rev. Frank Quillian
REV. FRANK QUILUAN WILL
PRFACH SUNDAY MORNING
New Methoditt Minister and Family
WiU Arrive in City Friday. Cor
dial Welcome Await* Them
Methodist]
The
lolutions
Roberts,
chase & Sale Co., Find Combi
nations oa Safes Broken
following r«
read by Rev. Mr.
adopted by a rising
Since the North Georgia Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church South has recently appoint-
of Brother Yarbrough and his fam-
torate of the Methodist church
West Point, Ga., and since that ap
pointment necessities the removal
of brother Yarbrough and his fum-
ily from our city, and from the pas
torate of the Methodist church here.
We. his fellow-pa*tors of this City,
together with large congregation
from sill our churches, assembled in
the Baptist church here, on the ev
ening of November 23rd, 1930, ex
press our sentiments, to him and his
family, and to his church in West
Point, and to the people of thnt city
R*nors||y, in the following terms:
b r“t-—That we sincerely regret
Him brother. Yarbrough and his fam-
Hy are moving from our City.
Second—But that we recognize
that he. iin d thov, are going in re-!™ 11 irora * ome
sponge to thq call of God. and in dan,a « ed the 5af *
loyalty to the principles and prac
tises of thr:> Church.
Third—Thai we desire to thank
brother Yarbrough and his family,
and to thani. God, foi; the four years j th* m a tip a- to who
• f their liv. and services here. couW have been - ^
Fourth—That without regard to they ,earned that tht * Tt
denominational ii ne s or religious nf. P° nv bad bepn entered 1
It will be a game in which brains
Mill be matched against brawn. The
shifty, fast, deceptive play of the two cornet solos that
cadets will be pitted against the
steam rolling line of the red and
white of Gordon.
Gordon and G. M. C. have play
ed on Thank.-giving for many years,
I to date G. M. C. has the edge in
games won. Last year the red and hundred voices joined in the r
black won handily, but not until Gor- j ai W' ; " ra *
don had‘held them at bay through-I At eight-thirty Wednesday
Coca-Cola Co., Ice Plant and Pnr- ,out thc firat h “ lf ”" d bad acor ' d th,! ‘«Dn»-"tai band with
YEGGS ATTEMPT
SAFE ROBBERIES
late methods of defense against ‘Lurch as pastor this comma year,
night air raids. 1 will preach his first sermon in this
The refrimental band gave a can- next Sunday mDrnln K •* 11:30
cert in the college auditorium under ° c ac *
he direction of Theodore Bringert. i Mr ' < I ml ' ,a " and h, “ ,am,ly wdl
The proaran, was a most deliahtful ” r ™ e J MII ‘' d f viUe t,ra "
Staff Sat Dabnev rendered ^ id,y ’ and wil > '*
»st en d,a * we * c ®®* no * onl,
joyable. The Sergeant served ’in the ! **" ° f 1 the M ' thodiat 1 _
Marines with Mr. P. E Williams. bul by thl ' of th '' '' ntlre clty '
The concluding, number "The Slur “ r ‘ ? mllmn “ "eoanixed as one
Spnnaled Banner- was suna by the i * h '. l “ d,n * m'nl-ter, of the North
student body of G. S. r. w. and the G " orK ' a Conference, and a '’ r " Hcher
auditorium vibrated as the sixteen nf ,c,mlarly an “ ! ‘P lritual aUala -
tional
touch down*.
Many old alumni are expected
to return to the campus. Students
who were here years back, when thc
rivalry war much keener than now
are sure to return and many of them
will be stars of teams that won fame
for the school on capito] hill. Such
names n- Burson, David. Bradford,
Kent, Everidge, and Batchelor will
probably be heard again, hut this
thc side lines.
a high pitch. The
great spirit meet-
d the air tingled with CHRISTMAS SEAL SALE TO
1 their
Yeyymen were busy in Milledge-
ille during Saturday and Sunday
nights making attempts to enter three
without success, and police
still searching for a clue of
identity Wednesday.
The party who did the work was
idcntly an amatur, because he quit time c
each job after he had knocked the j Interest is
combinations off and found thnt by students held
doing this he could not get entry into : ing last night i
the safe. He was smart enough 'he spirit of youth
however to cover up any signs of the eve of ;hc gi
identification, -working with gloves A stream of humanity will begin p A Sponsoring S«
i so that no finger prints could pouring into Davenport field early 1 Help Fight Tuber
used to trace him up. this afternoon, and G. M. C. will go Death* in County 1
The police were notified Sunday j * n *° ^ as the favorites. I
that the safe of the Atlantic Ice and ~* Under the direction
Pool Company hail boon entered ami SCHOOL FINANCES IN GOOD ant Tenchera Aaaeciath
that the Coca-Cola Company had a CONDITION SAYS SUPT. rale of Chriatm.
SERVICES AT BAPTIST
CHURCH CLOSES SUNDAY
pany of the Artillery men and the
battallion and band raised
for the first time the United States
flag on the pole in front of Terrell
Hall. The pole was the gift of the
Georgia Natural Ga>. Company and
the initial ceremonies were most im
pressive as the llag was pulled
the top of the long staff.
The regiment left Milledgeville | addition to leading the choir and, . . , ,
for Griffin hich in their praise of c-oopr,-rational ampin*. Mr. Rowland mala »tt™ct,on
the hoapitality of MilledpevilU. pro- ha. orp.:~d a rhonia of nlmoat on,. 11,0 d,mnc tnbl '' Thuraday.
ple - hundred hoys and piria, that he ralla
The special services that nre be
ing conducted at the Baptist church
by the pastor, Rev. L. E. Roberts
continue to grow in interest and at
tendance.
I Dr. Roberts is being assisted by
(Mr. Rowland, who conducts the song
| and praise part of the
Holiday Declared and City to Give
Thanks at Special Services
During Day
Services at the Bpptist and Epis
copal churches will mark the cele
bration of Thanksgiving in Milledgc-
ville as the entire business life will
be suspended and people through
out the county enjoy u full holi
day.
At ten o’clock at 'the Baptist
church, union services will be held
in keeping with the custom that was
begun in 1671 when the first colon
ic. of America decided to meet at
a church and give thanks for the
benefits of the closing year. The
first president of the United States,
George Washington, in a proclama
tion declared thc last Thursday in
November Thanksgiving day when
the nation should kneel in divine
sendees to give thanks to God for
the blessings of the year. Since
that time thc day has become a un
iversal hoiilay and each succeeding
president ha» called on the people of
the country to celebrate Thanka-«
giving.
At the sendees at the Baptist
church, Rev. A. G. Harris will preach
special sermon and other minis
ters of the city will take part in the
At eleven o’clock at St Stephens
Episcopal church, Rev. F. H. Hard
ing wiH conduct the usual Thanks
giving service of his church. The
public is cordially invited to both
services and it is expected that
large congregations will be present.
During recent years, football has
become the big holiday feature.
Mibedgeville has always attracted
many hundreds of people to :he city
for the annual game between G. M.
C. and Gordon.
Many people will take the field
for a day’s hunt. The holiday of
fers the opportunity to £)|0M rjiiw
iness to get their first hunt of the
season. The sun rise Thanksgiving
is expected to find many huntsmen
with their dogs in thc field.
To carry <^ot the custom of the
day in their entirety, muny will gath
er round the festive board and
sumptous meals will be served and
Thanksgiving will also be a day*
of feasting. Turkeys have gone to
the slaughter during thi. week and
thc bird that is symbolic of Thanks-
Thcs
his “SUNSHINE SINGERS.
young people sing each evening tri
OPEN HERE NEXT WEEK ««"-*«"■ ta seven-thirty, and i
FEDERATED CLUBS TO CELE
BRATE BIRD AND ARBOR DAY
of Sc.l.
iter. Chief Frank Broom
embers of his force immediately be-
in a search and investigation. They
>uld find nothing that vould give
tm a tip a* to who the operator
n the day
i Oil Com-
’ having the
had
n attempt to Bnck Appropri
d School.
open
Be Lo*
> Oper-
: St*
Mr. B = »
; !iatii
Jock knocked off the front di
lave had in them good
nd« and neighbors; and in broth-j the offlce -
Yarbrough a faithful minister of Nothing had been missed from any
us Christ, and a good and safe : of the offices. It was evident that
and leader. I the same person or persons did all
ii—That we reassure hrother I three jobs. In the Coca-Cola plant
Through and his family of the " “
rn ’ I hice they iuive held, and shall
in this or
Th«* fir
States wt
Supt. F. N. Bivins announces that 1 practice 1
the ,-chool finances in Baldwin Coun- * n
ty are in good shape’and that he .tuberculos
can lose thc back appropriations due Were W M
from the State for 1928 1929 and Th<’ fi*nili
Seal, wi!
week, the funds derive
in fighting tuherculosi
nty.
seal sale In the Unitei
held in 1907 and the
s Become universal.
iere were 82 death from
in Baldwin county. 30
and fifty-two colored.
Different Club* to Have
Pro-ram* to Be Put
County School.
Charge of
fro i
the seal sale will i
the safe.
havir
tools ha found in thf
them on thc floor by
he found it wasn’t
into it. The same
found at the Ice plant.
On Sunday night a burglar t
still operat
ty without going
Mr. Bivins sta
that the Resoluti
1929 Legislature
appropriations wa
hole had been j ruled by Attonic
burglar used J when they were
school- of the
et to the meet
ng* Thes? new choruses, togethei
vith the old standard hymns that are j
are the congregation to receive these
wonderful im-uupro in jprmnn that! plans hav< ,,cr " by
rp bejnp delivered by Pastor Roberts MrH -. IL <i. Swint. president of the
wipe daily; 10:00 A. M„ and 7:30 i K< <b' r »ted Club, of Baldwin county,
>. M. The meetinpa will continue for lht ' ‘■ |ul '* »f 'be city to have
hronph Sunday. vharpe of propramx at the county
schools on December 5th in celelVra-
tion of Bird nnd Arbor Day and
Uncle Remus Day.
Thc Garden Club with Mr«. E. It.
le* a*- chairman will go to Coop-
ille; The P. T. A., Mrs. R. B.
Moore, chairman, Midway; A v A. U.
W„ Miss Steele chivirman. Scotta-
boro: Medieal AuxilUsy, Mrs. R^W.
Bradford, chairman. Union Ifoint;-
mu * W. C. T. U., Mrs. M. M Parks,
'‘ b . Chairman, Meriwether.
# ' n ‘; The programs will feature the life
t| u ‘ of Joel Chandler Harris and his
Uncle Remus stories und other
j EMORY GLEE CLUB .TO SING
HERE SATURDAY NIGHT
Prc-
«t G. S. C. W.
Audit
Emory University Glee Cli
orgia State
aid in the fight that is being waged |
i debt against the great white plague and I appvar. in
s that he knewj^ people are urged to buy. ditorium of th
adopted by the ; — ll*«» frr Women on Saturday
i legalize the old-^AST QUARTER PENSION ing. The concert is unde
null and void as; MONEY RECEIVED* j supervision of the Lyceum comm
General Napier I Judge Bertie Stonbridpe. Ordinary I lee. Prof. O. A. Tharton, chuirman. intprestinp topic,,
dopted in 1929; Baldwin county, received Satur- The clQb ia known W “The South'* j
plant and left jand that he at once charged them | ,la >' a check for $1500.00 to be dls-! Sweetest Singers” has arranged a
the safe when off of hi., budget. He further stributed among the Confederate most delightful program. Among
» easy to get states thnt if the 1929 and 1930 ap-! Pensioner* of Baldwin county for the feature* will be the Little Sym-
iition was ’Qronriations are paid in full that we t,,c last quarter of 1230. |phony r.ichestra. Mr. Asbury Farr
ny trouble in Bald- Since the last quarterly payment and Mr. Harry Bone, Jr., of thi'-
two of those who were pensioned cjty are both members of the club.
Tie Emory Glee Cluh
ii t r ^ ^ ant-x.^p —. fourteenth succeisfol
ice; and wej door - He tried to iret in the safe at ing the next year as local t.«
,1 a U f that ir. | thi» place by knocking off the combi- coming in very slowly.
»*t PareY nation. He left this job exactly a->!
con.mm. u, hold in
and > ', Jr pea;.;,,.
Sixth--That we congratulate
j < l P'dnt, as a whole, on having
r uth er \aihri,ujfh and his family as
• the Moth odist church there
pastor, th -; thp Purchase Sah Con-nan- by | He call* on everj citizen to help have died—Mrs. W. H. Roberts
t having him breakin K out a ">ndow over the back him in keeping down exnenses dur- Mr - Ben Brookins, and one has I
,T - *-■— 1 *“ —‘ •- »-t« -* 1 *• • — > .added, Mrs. Elizabeth Goodwin.
j Judge Stembridge has aLout i
pitted the payment.
| propriations a
: will not have
LITTLE DAUGHTER OF MR. AND
MRS. BRITT NARROWLY
ESCAPES DEATH
this ye
he had the other three,
MEN TO GATHER A man named Groov
-^aiAi
AN QUET TUESDAY NIGHT U P b Y tbe P oli
^.._ I held until We
eb r L ! ‘ r .%»*-• Presbyterian (dence could b
entertained at a ban-(him.
RALPH SJMMERSON BUYS MIL-
picked LER PLANTATION MR - LEE
Sunday night nnd Sale of the Miller plantation on SALE 1 :
*day but no evi- the Macon road to Mr. Ralph Sim-
stablished against merson was announced Wedne>day
| by Mr. J. F. Miller.
L
JORDAN ATTENDS
MEETING IN ATLANTA
air. L^e Jordan returned thl*
eek from Atlanta where he at-
tended a meeting of the Chevrolet day, obi
Tuesday night at the! Chief Broom said that not a single The plantatic n contains 295 acres of tht Atlanta district,
the Mansion. due would be found but that his and is one of the largest in the, T he feature* of the new Chevro-
•nnual get-together of force was keeping a i-harp look-out j county. Mr. Simmersoq has not M were presented at this meeting. ■ .
and he believed that the person who announced his plan, relative to the ^ J * rd V> « of the leading | *d bo care free for th? next four but that she was badly Ln
entered the stores had left the city, [cultivation of the place. j dealers of the sUte.
Little Jo epi-.-ne Britt, tne baby
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
an ,l Britt, narrowly c.v.-aped death Sun-
i day afternoon whe.i she fell out of
hn; her father’s car while traveling at a
rati* of forty miles an hour.
j| r . and Mrs Britt were on their,
j SCHOOLS TO OBSERVE way' to Macon and were about eight
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY miles from Milledgeville when the
The schools throughout the coun- rear door of their F >rd came ope
will be closed Thursday and Fri- and the little girl fell out. She was
Thanksgiving holiday, thrown several feet and when pick-
The schr.ol- closed Wednesday at- i*d up by her father was badly
until Monday morning of scratched but medical examinations
k. and teachers and pupil" proved that no bones were broken.
church and
- in ff if anticipated.
j days.
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