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BALDWIN COUNTY [N5 f ITUTION t VOLUME Cl Established in 1829 Milledgeville, G»., February 26, 1931 NUMBER 28 J.M.'C. Joins Junior Base Ball League Teams of G. I. A A. Form Dixie Prep Lf ague. Pratice Begins >t G. H. C. Monday G. M last Frkitf 10 , nc> ; with five prep Gi i. A. A. at a meet- the Dixie , a ;j League, the season to '! ot March. r. H. Renta .• tated that "% jbnroe, Madison, Clarks- ^ i (Jordon w ould be the teams !l- Irk'-jf with G. M. C. Coach , gjrr-m i- e working out the egin the middle :i Play four j b ; standing and batting 1 he kept and a pennant rded the winning team. T. II. Rents has called the candidates at G. M. C. for firs*, practice on next Monday. • three Ic.ter men from last and the Coach will build Yonce, Steele, Watson, and Vaughan are the inis, Roberson and Wilhite are letter men who will try for the H C. ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET lr. L f. Hall, president of the G. C. ahnmi a--:>ciation, has call- of the executive com- • a-sociation for next evening when plans for the the commencement of the June, will be made. •ting will be held at the Mr. Stewart Wootten at dock. Committees will be meeting and other de- •orked out. The active to bring the former students itk here will egin the following District chairmen have been ad- d of the plans and a larg' ndar.ee ip expected. MR.C.T.CARAKER HASPASSEDAWAY Well Known Citizen Died Monday Night. Funeral Served Held Wednesday Afternoon POULTRY SALE NETS OVER $500 2438 Pounds of Poultry Sold at Co-operative Sale on Wednesday Neting $508.22 JPERINTENDENT BIVINS ORDERED TO HOSPITAL bounty School Superintendent P. "ivins left Tuesday for Atlanta ' he entered the Veterans FIos- Xo. 48 where he will under- treatment for several weeks. Mr- Bivins fea s been in ill health E " Mtl »nd the doctors hove r«! him lo the hospital. Mrs. I \ irrrhary of the Board of sill be in charfte of the «*mat, c * rtist on lyclum program at collece Tie n „ T . , • t ., , ■• rceUtn program at G. C. ' Hr! announced for March ‘-‘U-nt-thirtv with Miss Gay dnrn ^ artist, ns the MacLar(. n j s a nu>it: talented _ MM ‘-ram; Mst. She stages - e. w 'thout assistance and 1 vr».j one r f the greatest • the stage. IRST CAIt load of pontiacs Received . “ ' car load of Pontiac auto- Pni u l ’r- rcce,v ed this week I’ 1 • immerson, the newly city - here . ° hah lM!en Buick ken on ., st,t ‘ raJ years and has * Product 1 ' ;! m ’ t . h j er Gen ' ral M °- ’^theBuick rn t,0n t0 repre ' Company. as soci a °, I , F ' cers training Bit p * TI0N WILL MEET <J ^' Cera Association 1 m <*ct at the ^ SUrch^tu Hal1 Thursday "•Wa"-.?:,.”, 7:48 °’ clock - f .l ‘ ‘."tteider, Executive «*.. “ 5Ul Infantry, Al- ra:r > r. e p. ^‘uak on Summer ytar Mr. Charles T. Caraker, M'Jledgeville’s well kno.vn citizens, j died at hi- home in this city Monday right, February 23rd, n few nrnutes after ten o’clock. Mr. Cnraker had be.?n confined to hi-, home by illness a*>out two months, but his condition did not ! c- come serious until Saturduy. when h»» was stricken with paralysis, at which time he became unconscious, remaining in that condition until hip Immediately after he was stricken his daughter, Mrs. Henry T. Law rence, of Albany, and Dr. Chas. T. Caraker, Jr., of Oklahoma, were notified, and reached his bedside be fore his death. The funeral services of Mr. Car aker were held at the Methodist church, of which he was a member, Wednesday afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. Frank Quillinn of ficiating. The remains were buried in the city cemetery, the pall- hcarer> being: Messrs. E. E Bell. M. S. Bell, G. C. McKinley, L. C. Hall. E. C. Kidd. Otto M. Conn. R. B. Moore and W. W. Miller. Mr. Charles T. Caraker was the • oldest son of the late Mr. T. A. Car aker and Mrs. Mary Mickeljohn Caraker, and was born in Milledgc- ville, October 28th, 1800. At the age of fourteen years, he accepted a position in the dry goods store of the late Mr. P. J. Cline, and clerked for him a long number of years. He later held similar positions in this city, and Macon. For a number of years past he has been engaged in the accident and life insurance business, having the management of a large territory, be ing nt the head of a number of agents. Mr. Caraker was an interesting and entertainirg talker, and was congenial and social in his nature. He had a large acquaintance through out Georgia and the country, as his insurance business carried him into all sections of the South. The greater part of his life was spent in Mil- ledgeville, and he was known by the people of this city and surrounding counties. He will be missed for a long time on account of his familiar figure and social qualities. In early manhood he married Miss Stella Haas of this city, and she, with three children. Dr. Chas T. Caraker, Mrs. Henry Lawrence and Miss Doro thy Caraker, survive him. He is al so survived by one sister, Mrs. James Yarbrough, of Sav»»rnah; two brothers, Mr. Reese Caraker, of South Africa, and Mr. Robert Cnr aker, of Florida. Over five hundred dollars went in to the Baldwin county poultry rais ers pockets Wednesday when the first co-operative poultry snle of the season was held under the auspices of Farm Agent L. R. Langley. The ear Getz Poultry and Egg Corp., of Greenville, S. C., was plac ed on the tracks at the Exchange Bank corner at nine o’clock and a dozen people were ready to dispose of their poultry. During the day 2438 pounds were sold netting the sellers ?. r »08.22. In nddition to this the man in charge of the car left ?26.U0 in Milledgcvillc for feed pur chased to take care of his purchases until he could get them into New York. Agent Langley has been busy several weeks culling flocks for the sale and the poultry told Wednes day were birds that had been culled out. Friers brought the highest price, 24 cent-, per pound. Hens brought 15 and 16 1-2 cents while roosters were bought at 8 cents. Rainy weather prevented many people from selling their poultry, but Mr Langley declared the sale a suc cess. Colored Agent Brown also helped in the sale. COOKING SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY Miss Antes Burke, Noted Food Expert and Home Economic Authority, to Conduct Schcol RELIGIOUS CENSUS WILL BE TAKEN NEXT SUNDAY Pastor, and Laymen of Vai Churches Will Atcertain Number of Members Among White People of City The pastors of the churches of the city have arranged to have a reli gious census of the white residents of Milledgevillc made next Sunday af ternoon. This work will be engaged in by all of the churches, and the city will be so divided between various com mittee.-, that the work can be done rapidlv and completed in a short while. The people of the city are urged to remain at home Sunday af ternoon until they are called upon by the census takers. The object of this undertaking is to ascertain the membership of the various churches of the city, and those of our people who are not members. This work is looked upon as very important to the pastors and the churches, and it is hoped that it can be accurately done. The Union-Recorder’s second an nual electric cooking school will open promptly at three-thirty next Mon day afternoon, March 2nd, to con tinue through Wednesday afternoon. Miss Agnes Burke, noted food ex port, of the Wfcstinghouse Electric company, will have charge of the demonstrations and will give instruc tions in the latest cooking methods. Mi s Burke comes to Milledgevillc for the first time. She has a nation al reputation and will give Millcdge- ville housewives the advantage of her experience in the preparation of foods. The recipes to be used have not been announced, but the pro grams each afternoon will be varied and interesting. The school will be held in the I-cgion Hall on the second floor of the Electric Maid Bakery building. The programs will begin promptly at three-thirty ard the ladies of the city and county are urged to be on time in order that they may be seated and can register for special added at tractions. The Unioli-Recorder recognized the value of the schools to the house wife in helping to solve the prob lem of foods and how to prepare them economically. It is the pur pose of this paper to give instruction in balanced diets and in time snv- Co-operating with The Union-Re corder are the Georgia Power Com pany, Watkins Place, Bell Grocery G«»., Whitfield Grocery Co., Johr Conn, Co., A. J. Carr Co., Purchase and Sale Co.. Electrik Maid Bakery, Adams Electric Co., Chandler's Vari ety Store ,and J. H. Ennis. The school is free and i« open to all laoiei* of Milledgeville, Baldwin county and neighboring towns who use Milledgeville as their trade cen- Members of the Robert E Lee chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy will act as official hostess during the school. Farmers to Gather at Court House Today DR. SWINT NAMES HOSPITAL NEEDS Hospital Head Addresses Letter to Legislators Asking for Imme diate Relief Marketing Plans Will Be Discussed and Plans Made to Supply Demand for Farm Produce In a lette: i the i mbers of the State Legislature, Dr. R. C. Swint, -uperintendent of the Milkdgeville State Hospital, outlined the needs of the hospital nnd urged ihnt some action be taken immediately. Dr. Swint showed that much mon ey is now due and that the hospital is greatly over crowded. He showed that the growth during the past ten years had been rapid and that the hospital had not expanded to meet this increase i nnumber- of patients. It was pointed out that the L. M. Jones Hospital Building is still un occupied due to the fact that over seventy-six thousand dollars are still unpaid on this building, and there are nb funds to purchase the furnish ings and meet the increase of em ployees. necessary if the building is opened. Dr. Swint urged that the future needs of the hospital be considered when the matter was taken up. He showed that the growth would bo steady and that iome method must be adopted to take care of this growth. The letter, which was written at the instruction of the Board of Trus tees, urged that another hospitul be established in nnother section of the METHODIST MEN WILL BE GUESTS OF OFFICIALS rRIQ4Y|.‘ AUXILIARY AN DLEGION TO GATHER AT JOINT MEETING Supper to Be Served by Auxiliary and Get-together Meeting to Be NEGRO IS CHARGED WITH MURDER WHEN BABY IS DEAD Zoroner. Jury Return. Verdict Mo day When Baby i. Born Dead Aftei Mother is Beaten LS T|\- rved. «/rch°st CU5SES Tu quail have hl> reports • pagj ( ,een unusually Frank Calhoun, a negro man, i* in jail charged with murder, after a coroners jury decided that the death of a baby was caused by a beating given the mother, Annie Myrick, be fore the baby was born. Calhoun gave Annie Myrick a se vere beating last Thursday night and she had him arrested under a war charging assault with intent to murder. The baby was born Monday night dead, and Coroner C. I. Newton held an inquest which resulted in Cal houn being charged with murder, the jury believing that the death was caused from the beating the mother received. The negro is now in the county jail. W. C. T. U. TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY The W. C. T. U. will meet on next Tuesday afternoon at four o’clock at the home of Mrs. M. M. Park ; . All members are urged to be pres ent. Mr. Harry Bone was initiated a member of the Kappa Alpha frater nity o fEmory University on Tues day night. Harry Bone, Jr., was n member of the fraternity and the members took this means of showing their love for him by making his father a member of the fraternity. The act was un precedented and was made po-sible by permission o." Birhop H. J. Mikcll who is Knight Commander of the fraternity. It was a distinct honor to Mr. Bone and a wonderful tribute to his sen that these young men elected him to their fraternity. Mr. Bone lecply appreciated it. Members of the Morris-Little Post of the American Legion and the Auxiliary will gather at the Legion Hall tonight, Thursday, for a gen eral get-together meeting. The auxiliary will servi i supper to the Legion members an«. a dance will be enjoyed. Business matters of both organizatons will be dbcus- sed nnd plans made for the work of the spring months. The meeting is expected to be one of the happiest occasions of the Tfce Morris-Little Post of the American Legion will move their club rooms to the rooms over the City Bakery this week, it has been announced by Commander J. F. Bell, Jr. MISS MARY BROOKS SPEAKS BEFORE TEACHERS ORGAN IZATION Miss Mary Brooks, assistant principal of Peabody High School, delivered an address before the teachers of McDuffie county at n meeting held in Thomson last Fri day. Miss Brooks talked on Teaching Method* and her address was most interesting and instructivev HOME OF MR. AND MRS W. L. HARRISON DESTROYED BY FIRE A fire of unknown origin complete ly de*troyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Harrison on the Sparta- Sandersville road about nine-thirty Saturday night. Mrs. Harrison and her children were in Cordele visiting relatives and Mr. Harrison was in Milledgeville when the flames were discovered. The blaze quickly swept through the house and nothing was »>aved. The entire household contents were de stroyed. Th»> house and contents were insur ed by C. H. Andrews & Son. MRS. WALKF.R TO ERECT BUNGALOW ON HANCOCK ST. Mrs. Lucy P. Walker has let the contract to build a seven room wood en bungalow o.i East Hancock St. It will be occupied by Mr. R. W. Brunan who will move his family here from Camilla, Ga. Mr. Branun is well known here os a thoroughly reliable and highly successful busi ness man. He owns several Spot- Cash Grocery Stores in different on* of the state. The male members of the Metho dist church, over sixteen yenrs of age, will gather as a get-together meeting next Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting will be a social one in its nature, and it is expected the time will be spent most pleasant ly- x The men will be the guests of the Board of Lay Activities—the Board of Stewards—at a dinne which will be served by the members of the circles. At the conclusion of the dinner several talks will be made by the pastor and laymen. Mr. R. L. Ramsay, Lay Leader of the North Georgia Conference, will be present, and is expected to make a short talk. It is hoped by those who are mak ing arrangements for the meeting and dinner that every man connect ed with the church will be present. LAW FIRM TO OCCUPY OFFICES IN SANFORD BUILDING Sibley and Allen Will Have Office* in Suite Occupi--J by Sibley and Sibley The new law firm of Sibley and Allen, which becomes effective March 1st, will occupy a suite of rooms in the Sanford Building that occupied by Sibley and Sib ley. The firm has rented an additional >om and will have a library in ad dition to their private offices. Col. Erwin Sibley and Col. Marion Allen announced the formation of the part nership last week and Col. Allen will move his offices to the Sanford Build ing. Farmers o fBnldwin county will gather at a mass meeting at the Court House at eleven o'clock today, at the call of Farm Agent L. R. Langley, to discu-s plans for a mar ket center here nnd outline a pro gram to meet the demand for farm produce in this city. Mr. Langley called the meeting following a survey which was made last week at the request of the Ki- wanix club. Mr. Farmer, market ex pert from the college of agriculture, and other officials of the state col lege will be here *o discuss markets plans to supply them when created. Mr. Farmer conducted the survey here which revealed that farm pro duce were shipped into this county last year valued at six times the en tire cotton crop. He believed that the farmers of this section have a great opportunity and that Milledgc- ville should become one of the big market centers of the state. Mr. Farmer showed how valuable a mar ket center can be to the farmer. Mr. Langley is endeavoring to interest the furmer in this problem and he hopes that they will work out a plan after the meeting Thur.-day. Mr. Langley stated that the meet ing would be entirely informal and that all farmers were urged to bo present and help in the discussions. The meeting is expected to he one of the most important ever held here, nnd it was stated that if the Jan materialized to establish a market bureau that it would result in -ev- I oral thousand dollars going into the farmers pockets. y * a The program will begin at eleveli to Be Held “'dock and will not last more than ie hour, it was stated. Farmers of this section are urged to be present. Mr. Langley declared that it was a farmers meeting, call ed to assist them in a solution of a problem. Business men of the city are also invited, the agent stated. Temperance Lecturer To Speak Sunday Mi** Mary B. Ervin Will Deliver Lecture at Baptist Church on Safeguarding America’s Future Miss Mary B. Ervin, a temperas ipeaker of national reputation, v speak at the Baptist church m Sunday evening at 6:30 o’clock, n joint meeting of the members the Fipworth League and B. Y. P. Mis» Ervin has a wide experiei and understanding, of people antFc< ditions, having traveled extensiv throughout the United States a Europe. She speaks forcefully a eloquently, and holds the nttent of her audiences, as she discus most intelligently the prohibit: question. The people of Milledgeville a Baldwin county are most cordia invited to hear Miss Erwin ,as i has a mei-sage for all of our c : tiz< both young and old. "Safeguard America’s v utui will be the subject of Miss Ervi KIWANIS TO ENTERTAIN BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS Meeting Thursday Night Will Be Centered on Market Program. Each- Member to Hava a Guest Mr. D. H. Chapman, State School Auditor, spent Monday and Tuesday in the city making an audit of the bonks of the county school superin tendent. MUSIC CLUB TO MEET The Music Club will meet on Sat urday, February 28, at 3:30 P. M. in the auditorium of G. S. C. W. The program includes a' discussion of and r-clcctions from a Beethoven Sym phony. The Kiwanis Club! will have special guests at their mei Thursday night businevs men farmers, each member of the having been instructed to invi business man or a farmer as guest. The program of the club wil informal and the guests will ♦heir ideas on the market pros which the club is festering. Miss Ann Wiggins, national secre tary of the Y. W. C. A., spent Tues day on the G. S. C. W. campus where she wa*» the gu^st <:f Mis.- Mary Mo*r. She spoke at the chape! exercises and met with the Y. W. C. A.