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THE UN ION-RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, CA-, MARCH 1*. IMI
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19. 1931
I the past few days. A jail from which J army here at that time, giving as
I prisoners can evidently escape at i reasons tJizt it did nothing- n
; their will is not fulfilling the pur-! than open another church here and
j pose for which it was erected. The that we believed that, while welfare
Baldwin county jail is an antiquated work was closely aligned with the
structure anyway, and should be church and required the sanction of
| moved from where it now stands. the church and other religious or-
ganizations, it should be carried on
GOOD TOWNS by the legally appointed welfare «o-
In an open di»cii«aion that took ciety of the state, free from relisiou*
place in one of MilledReviUe’a and ,ec-nrian alignments,
business house, last week in which! R«- John Yarbrough opposed this
participated several travelling men, >ove a did othi* ministers, but
the question arose, “Which
best towns in Georgia that are visrcea j
by them?”
the {many of ur have our reason clouded
; visited , by the flaming pictures that only
of people arc cupable of
their op-
pictunng.
The Salvation Army has with
drawn its work here. They have
!.ot seen fit to make their reasons
public. But they have left many
debts here that should be paid and
many questions unsettled that should
o hold this organization
The Legislature has agreed i
uurn next Saturday.
The prospect* are that will be
largely increased deversification ii
crops this year over past seasons.
They were universal
'inion regarding several cities, viz.,
Griffin, Rome, Albany and Colum
bus. When asked as to their opinion
why these cities stood out as good
towns they stated first, because they
have good forms of city government,
and their people are all working to-Jb<
ward a common goal under the lead
ership of a city manager. , ' , * ard lhat We did when the >’
This ttatement was a good endorse-, Here, as far as their ability to serve
ment to this plan of government for <" the crowded centers of popula-
these men travel every section of the ; tlon aro concerned,
state and they know good towns when There are many people in this
they see them. ; county now who are vagrant-. Many
Milledgevillc would go forward as, of lh<m are without work, not Le-
she never has before under a city cau * e the >" wish to be but because
manager. The burdensome taxes!they cannot find jobs, but there are
would be relieved, good service j others who have thrown themselves
•ould be rendered by every depart- <* n ‘ htl public because they have no
of government and there would | d< ‘ 5 ' re to get^a job and are abso-
that lutely content to beg and live
These men will be the type that can
do farm work. They will be good
field hands and can really make a
farm produce. orNth Carolina
adopted this plan when they discon
tinued convict on the highways.
It would be foolish and expensive
to abandon the farm here. This pris
on should ..e left as it is and in
dustrialized, by the addition of an
other building for shoe making and
poss’bly cloth manufacturing. The
prisoners that are at the farm now
cripples, invalids and persons en-
ly unfit for farm labor. It
aid be foolish to put them on a
farm and expect them to produce
anything.
Judge B. H. Dunnaway has faced
this handicap in a most commend
able manner. He has tried in every
way possible to create some work for
these cripples and sick prisoners to
continue]do. He has started chicken raising,
the same | He has built flower beds, he has laid
In the person of Hon. Marion j
Allen Baldwin county has “ ]> v0 -! bp lhat , piri[ f |>r , 1( , re „ ivl .„ eH1 tt ,, t [ lutely content to lice and live in a
proKreaaive and able rcprescntat.vc ^ rof|ec . i(- inflopnce lh rcn R h-! I»nd to mnuth fashion. Thia latter
in the legislature. . | out lhe bounds of our city. i'ype comes under the jurisdiction of
The City Manager plan is a fair thc cit Y Police. They should not tol
ir city.
The certainty of arrest, trial, con-i 1,,e
. . , , , A , - system of government that means
viction and punishment will be ef- | , u (Vw>
fcctive in breaking up violation of
law. There
could not be done in Baldwin county,
if the majority of law abiding citi
zens stand four square for law en
forcement.
Thc Democrats of thc South will
never consent for a plank demand
ing the rcppal or a modification of
the Volstead ^ act to be written
the platform of their party. Both
th£t Republican and the Democratic
parties are devided on this issue, and
it is quite probable that the prohibi
tion question -will be straddled by
both of them in thc next campaign.
It places at the helm
. ... ;u business executive who not only
reason why this; , ,. A ...
{guards every expenditure, bnt gives
full value for every dollar of taxes
placed ii* the city treasury. It is a
recognized fact 1 throughout this
country that the city manager plan
is the most economical plan and the
most servicable plan of government.
orate vagrants .and it is their func
tion to see that these people move on
hack to the counties from which
they came. This week there was such
u person in the city, walking around
begging. The police could liava
taken this case in hand and handled
it with little trouble.
The state of Georgia has a regu
larly constituted welfare organize-
| off small vegetable gardens, he has
•tarted raising quail and other wild
life for the game and fish depart
ment. All this was done to create
jobs for these people who cannot
work in the fields. The improvement
has bfeen rapid at the farm and it is
certainly a tribute to the ability and
leadership of Judge Dunnaway.
If the legislature wants to do the
btst thing for the state, they will buy
a new farm for the able bodied men
to work, but they will industrialize
the present prison so that the pris
oners that are at the farm now
Le put to work regularly. It is
no need to move the tubercular*
the women who can continue
farm the present farm lands.
Milledgeville people are delaying ^ on « supported by the state. If Mil-
the progress of our city by not tak-
definite step* to change the sys-
of our government. Progress is
being hampered, and we are making
effort to lift a heavy tax burden
from our shoulder. If the plan
ledgeville needs a welfare worker,
get the state to furnish such a per
son. This will make possible per
fect harmony and co-operation. It
will place in this office a well train
ed person wno knows every angle of
ould be required to work out the
financial problems in which our city
culd ultimately
lead to a city that would take the
{lead in Georgia for "good towns.”
The G. M. C. Alumni an
dents of MiUcdgeville and Baldwin
county can make the reuni
held at the approaching commence
ment one of the greatest events ever,
seen in MiUeteville. All that it 1 COUNTY WELFARE AGENCIES
will take i» co-opi-ration and aErtc.. Th '- recent (Ic-cinion of the County
matic work. There are Kindred, of Commia ioncra to withdraw the fifty
•x-cadvta who will h, ylad to return do,l,r n,orlthl >' Payment for charity
hero to meet their frienda of days in thi * county wua not only wise, in
Rone by. A plan should be worked thot il P lac “ th “ b "‘> rd ™ record ns
out to five the re-union the great- j ®Pn“»«l to doling funds from the
est publicity po-aibie. public treasury, but it places the re-
. I sponsibility of charity and welfare
The Union-Recorder want* to *ce| work whcrc il rightfully belongs.
Baldwin county become one of the | The people of this county have
most prosperous agricultural coun-lnever failed to measure up to the
ties in the State. This can be done I responsibilities that have fallen upon
by the farmers adopting and carry-1 them when matters of charity wire
ing out a systematic program. The concerned. The cry of distress nas
land of Baldwin county can be made never gone unheeded, *and those who
productive, and there is no reason were wards of the county have al-
why every farmer should not make: ways been cured for. Agencies of
hi* farm self-sustaining. He can mnny description- including benevol-
adepted today, many months work and * 8 n °t concerned with
•ing the red flag of prejudice m
people’s eyes, but whose aervee it
is to find out where the needs are,
place orphans in homes, take chil
dren front irresponsibile parents, see
thzt the unfit arc taken from society,
and clean up holes that should not
exist
On the other hand if we believe
that we can handle this work as we
have in the past, let the ministers,
the Red Cross and other civic or
ganizations < form a welfare society
and appoint a Baldwin county per
son to take care of the necessary
investigations and relieve the dis
tress.
This is a question for thc people
of this county to settle, and it should
l e done so in a common sense man
ner without a lot of silly, cheap
reasoning being injected.
have a garden, a small orchard,
era! milch cows, a flock of hens, a
few hogs, raise his food stuffs, and
then cultivate a few acre* of cotton
TO THE ENVOY
Envoy Scovill, the man who the
Salvation Army sent to perform
Christian service in this county and
has since been repudiated by this
same organization, has made an at
tack on The Union-Recorder and one
at its editorial writers. This at
tack was made through the columns
of the Milledgeville Times and was
marked as advertising, which under
the cheapest rates would have cost
in the neighborhood of fifty or sixty
dollars.'
Our first impulse was to ignore
the entire thing since the type of
argument and sense of the whole
article dealt in personalities and slan
derous tactics, and«we do not intend
to enter into a countroversy with
Scovill either through the news
papers, if the Times has more space
that they wish to donate to such a
cause, or otherwise. It is not only
against the policy of this paper, but
our better judgment tdlls us that to
argue with a person of Scovill’.. type
is impossible.
The people of this county arc al
ready too familiar with the reasons
why the County Commissioners de
cided to discontinue the donation of
fifty dollars monthly to the Scovills.
The Salvation Army repudiated him,
andrthcre were many other questions
that came up that were not answered
the satisfaction of the Commission-
Sir.ce the responsibility has been
placed at the door of this paper and
its editorial writers, we appreciate
the exalted opinion in which the in
fluence of »ir paper is held, but we
do not inti..., to claim all the credit,
because we would display the same
sort of exaggerated ego that was in
evidence throughout the article di
rected at u*. We would reflect upon
the intelligence of thc County Com
missioners by making such a claim.
However, we do think the Commis-
■ieners acted wisely in not opening
.he county treasury to Mr. Scovill.
Mrs. Scovill s name was also signed
to the article. In this we have no
comment to make other than express
surprise. We are not surprised that
thc Envoy would be so loose and ex
travagant in His statements. We feel
sure that he has raised himself in
the estimation of our people and his
Christian attitude will gain for him
the crown of glory that we have
been denied by him.
Thc Union-Recordor feels perfect
ly justified in every word that has
been pointed regarding welfare work
in this county. The endorsement
that has been given these express
ions by citizens in every walk of life
is indeed gratifying. We do not
pcct everyone to believe as we
this matter the expressions of
approval have been almost universal.
There are many things concern
ing the work of thc Scovills that
have been kept from the public
knowledge. We have based our state
ments on facts entirely free from
personalities, without trying to in
flame prejudice.
The Union-Recorder will Le safe
guarding the interest of this com-
jThe Salvation Army has ended that)they are unfit for farm work, for-inanity long after Mr. Scovill has
The county jail is evidently in a year’s work. There has been no rc-jif farming is to be done right, it is gone. Welfare work in Ralwin
pr..,r state of repairs, which should port. They have withdrawn their I hard work. county does not need the director-
be looked after by the County Com- support. We would insist that the We are of the belief that a new ship of the Scovills. We have far
missioner* at an early date as pos- army send her leand give a full re-1 farm is necessary to take care of the more competent people already liv
able. One prisoner has escaped port. * several hundred prisoners that will ing within our gates. !
twice and another one once within We opposed the coming ol. the be turned back from the highways. JERE N. MOORE.
The I Union-Recorder commend*
most highly the Trustees of the Geor
gia Military College for re-electing
Col. Geo. S. Roach as President of
that institution. Col Roach is not
only an able administrator and edu
cator, Lut is a high toned Christian
man, with lofty ideals, which leave
their impress upon the minds and fo
hearts of the students, under hi* ! i>‘
cart. His administration of the past '■ wt ‘ have met those needs that have
three years has been most success-! fallen upon us, making it plain at
ful, and the effectiveness of the col- J all times that we want an indu*-
lege in the educational system of the {trious people who are willing to help
State has continually increased. He themselves, but when • adversity
ent fraternities and the churchc:
functioning to see that there is no
want or suffering that does not find
relief. There are deeds of charity
and acts of kindness performed every
day by the Masons, The Junior Order,
The Woodnfen, the Elk*, and other
:imilar organizations that come to
the attention of only those who are
charged with this responsibility.
The Union-Recorder holds to its
position that charity in Baldwin
county has been well taken care of
many years, and while w
encouraged begging and
comes, we will not turn a deaf ear.
More than a year ago the Salva-
ion Army came here and made a
survey of the needs of charity and
welfare in this county. About
thi* same time the state welfare
The Union-Recorder i* confident * society made a similar survey. Both
that a majority of the citizens and ’ of these organizations issued reports.
has gathered around him an able
faculty and corps of teachers, and
G. M. C. has become recognized as
the leading Prep and Military school
in the State.
tax payer* of Milledgeville are in ; The welfare report was a confidential
favor of a city manager form of one and the army made theirs pub-
government Under thc direction of | He. The army estimated that sixteen
g trained man, the finance* of the'Hundred dollars was sufficient to
city will be placed or. strictly a busi- j carry on this work. They also stated
ness basis, and economically man-1 that this sum would be sufficient to
aged and expended. V.very business take care of a regular worker in the
enterprise that is successful has a I county. This report also stipulated
a trained man at its head. Surely that all fund* would be handled
running a city that expend^ thous-1 through a central offic? and that a
ands of dollars is an enterprise that full report would be given of the
^ demands the services of a trained expenditures when a year had pass-
The cities that have adopted ® d - This report further declared
thc business manager form of gov- 1 that, if the people subscribed this
ernment are in splendid financial 1 amount, they would not be called on
condition. | for money again during that year.
A NEW PRISON FARM
Th, Georgia Legislature has pas*,
ed a bill to purchase a new farm
in another section of Georgia for
the purpose of placing there all
prisoners of the state to farm the
lands to be purchased.
The mater of purchasing a new
farm was agitated when the State
Highway department announced that
they would no longer use convict la
bor and therefore several hundred
prisoners would be sent back to the
state farm, the unloading of these
prisoners on the farm would have
have bcen im l ,os *ble under present con-
loth, l d '*' ons * ^ or already the buildings in
use are crowded. Knowing that to
bring back to the farm here the.-e
prisoners was an impossibility, the
legislature went into the matter to
try and decide the best course to
follow, and their decision to pur
chase a new farm was reached.
The present farm has never been
a paying proposition as far the state
was concerned. There has hever
been a time when the farm has pro
duced enough to take care of the
food supplies for the prisoners and
stock and thus its value as a farm
has been severely condemned. The
reason for this failure is two-fold.
Thc fertility of thc land has not
been all that it should be. With no
irrigation and thc impossibility of
preventing the plant food and ferti
lizer from washing away from one
year to the next it has been almost
impossible to Luild up the land
and make it fertile. Another fact
to be considered is that a m&jorit.’
of the prisoners sent to the farm
here are those that are unfit for road
work. Surely if they are unfit for
road work, it is equally as true that
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