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THE UNION.RECORDER, M1LLEDGEV1LLF., GA-, DECEMBER 10, 1031
A CHRISTMAS LEGEND !;
Q UAINT anil curious are souie i!
of the old monkish stories
about the first Christmas. One • j
of the charming legends relates .j
that at the moment of the Na- *•
Uvlty everything and everybody *!
stood still. The birds (mused J1
for an Instant In mld-ulr. rivers - J
reused for the time to flow—In £
short, all the movements of men
and things everywhere were sus
pended for a brief space. The
spells of witches and wizards
suddenly earn*, ineffectual—an
idea which was, r.o doubt, at
the root of Shakesi»eare's refer
ence to Christmas time as being
so holy that then "no fairy
takes, nor witch hath power to
POPULATION GAINS IN GEORGIA
PRISON
, Appropriation W.i
Many a. Are No«r
Tha Farm.
Chriitma, Joy, Often
Develop Into Sorrow
C HRISTMAS isn't always a happy,
festive occasion, says the National
Safety council. For some It Is synony
mous with sadness rather than glad
ness. Do you recall that case a year
ago when, on the visit of old Suntn.
flimsy decorations cuught fire, two, lit
tle lives were sacritlced and a home
destroyed? Many other people were
Injured while celebrating the birthday
of Christ In various parts of the coun
it would seem thut Christmas Joys
in many homes are destined each year
to lie turned suddenly Into sorrow.
Causes are easily traced. Usually the
use of lighted candles on the Chrlst-
raus tree or In the window of the
home; flammable decorations; falls oc
casioned while decorating the tree; the
use of defective electric equipment;
the giving of knives, guns or other
dnugerous toys, to little children; and
iu some sections of the country the
use of fireworks.
Little things you say? Perhaps, yet
each year these circumstances leave a
trail of tragedy. Celebrate Christmas,
of course, but temper your festivities
with commou sense precautions.
After all, there Is something doubly
tragic about a Christmas accident'
Somehow It Just doesn't seem to fit
Into the Christmas picture. Nor does
It harmonize with the spirit of peace
on earth, good will to men.
Swedish Christinas Day
Dinner Important Event
C IIKIStSiaS dinner In Sweden since
time immemorial has been the sub
ject of the special cure and thought of
the Swedish housewife. A typical
Christmus day dinner Is this: A con
somme, boiled fish with potatoes and
fried buttersauce. bum with fried pota
toes, mash of apples and sweet plums,
porridge of rice nnd milk, and “klen-
ets" and Jam.
The rice pudding Is made of the very
best rice, well conked with milk and
water, and. according to tradition, an
nimond, but only one. lias to be hidden
In the porridge before It Is served
Lucky the boy or girl w\o finds the
almonJ; It is said that they then
should be married within the year.
The last dish of the Christmas dinner
la the so-called “klenet,” a special lit
tle pastry made In various shapes and
boiled In butter and served hot or cold
with Jam. These traditions are still
kept la every .Swedish household, and
everybody agrees that there Is no real
Christmas without these traditional
dishes.
Rickard II Entertained
in Bif Way at Yuletide
G limsTUAS celebration or Old
England are Inextricably Inter
woven with the earlier Tttletide ob
servance of the Celta, and many of
them have a pagan origin,* writes Isa
belle Florence Story’ In the Washing
ton Star. It was In feudnl times, how
ever, that the observance of Christ
mas, still called the Tule feast,
reached its greatest magnificence. Old
records tell that King Hiclmrd II gave
a great Carlstmas feast at Littlefield
In the Fourteenth century at which
2,000 oxen and 200 tons of wine were
consumed, ltut this monarch was ac
customed to entertaining on a grand
scale, for every day 10.000 person*
dined at his expense, nnd It Is said
thut he employed 2.000 cooks. Those [
surely were the good old day.
Chairman E. L. Rainey of the
State Prison commi&iiion told Gov.
Russell the Milledgeviile prison farm
was caring for nearly twice the
number of men the legislature ap
propriated for and that only 79 per
cent of this appropriation had been
paid.
Chairman Rainey appealed to the
governor for maintenance funds.
He said after his conference with the
governor that the population of the
Milledgeviile prison farm had prac
tically doubled since the 1929 legis
lature made appropriations for the
calendar year of 1931.
Fend. Cut Short
The prison farm has received only
79 per cent of the 1929 appropria
tions schedule which was made, he
said, on the basis of a population of
about 500 inmates, whereas the pres
ent population is above 875.
The population is steadily showing
an increase, he added.
“Doubling the population almost
doubles the maintenance expense. It
doubles the cost of feeding, of medi
cine and of guards. But if we could
get back due appropriations I believe
we could get along.” Mr. Rain
ey said after the conference. Back
I due appropriations were listed by
| him at about $20,000. Governor Rus-
' sell said he would approve a main
tenance warrant just as soon as the
condition of the treasury would per
mit it.
Death- Cell. Nead.d
State prison officials say that some
new death cells are needed.
Leland Harvey and Jack Martin,
bandits, who are doing long terms,
have been confined in the death cells
ever since their recapture after their
last break from the prison farm.
Martin was brough back from De
troit
“If we give them an inch they’ll
try to take a mile,” said a prison of
ficial this afternoon. “They are in
the death, cells for an indefinite pe
riod, possibly for the rest of their
lives.”
Auburcy Smith, Harvey's former
“pal," who occupied the death cell
in which Harvey is confined, has
been transferred to the tuberculosis
camp nt the state farm. Doctors say
that his health is failing rapidly.
DR. MEADOWS HONORED
Dr. Thomas B. Meadows, Profes
sor of Psychology at the Georgia
State College for Women, Milledge-
villc, recently received from the
General Board of Christian Educa
tion of tl^e Methodist Episcopnl
Church, South ,at Nashville, Tcnn., a
diploma qualifying h)im as an in
structor in the Standard Training
Schools.
Dr. Meadows has had years of
training for this task and as recog
nition of his work in Psychology,
together with his specific prepara
tion in Sunday School work, this
diploma was awarded.
TACKEY PARTY BIG SUCCESS
Mattie Bivins Sunday School Clan
Enjoy Social.
I wasn’t there but they do tell
me they all had the time of their
young lives. The Mattie Bivins Sun
day School Class of the Methodist
class met at the home of Mrs. O.
B. Twiliey on Friday night Nov. 27,
and HOW? They say you would nev
er have recognized the demure la
dies who trip into the class on Sun
day morning in those creatures who
paraded in that contest as to who
was the “tackiest,” and Mrs. Author
Torrance won out. They also say
her own children wouldn’t have
known her. Tl^e hostesses were S.
D. Stembridge, Mrs. J. J. Jones,
Mrs. J. H. Thigpen and Mrs. O. B.
Twiliey.
The red lemonade was artistical
ly served in a tin dish pan and each
visitor brought her own tin cup.
With this were the most delicious
gingercakes (like grandmother used
to make) and red checked applet
(like grandfather used to grow) and
red stick candy (like Santa used to
bring.) The home was decorated
red and whfite—and all the folks
had to say a Friday afternoon
speech. It was wondreful! To cap
the climax they had a spelling bee
(like grandma and grandpa b
used to be in) and Mrs. Sam An
derson won the prize for standing
up last—she is a smart woman.
After they get thru all this fun—
they settled down to brass tacks
and attended to some business—that
of electing officers for the
year. The result was'as follows;
Teacljbr—Mrs. M M. Parks; Presi
dent—Miss Ethel Montgomery; Vice-
president—Mrs. Sam Anderson; Re
cording Secretary—Miss Sara Nel
son; Assistant Rec-Sec—Mrs. W. A
Massey; Cor-Sec and Treas.—Mrs.
Alfred Ellison; Asst. Cor.Sec., and
Treas.—Mrs. lone Bass Deans. So
cial Service Chairman—Mrs. J. J.
Jones; Chairman of room committee
—Mrs. J. H. higpen. And they told
me I was the press agent—so here
I am. I’ll never get over missing
that affair.
NEGRO 4-H CLUB ACHIEVEMENT
WENT OVER BIG
C. O. Brown, County Agent
The Negro exhibit at the fair
ground was very good. The judger
of the community exhibit were Mrs.
I* R. Langley and two of the Home
economic teachers of G. S. C. W.
The judges felt the xhibit as a whole
was a most creditaable one.
The pig show was one among the
best ever put on in the county. Six
pigs coming from the Perdue com
munity weighed 2400 lbs. Thirty
pigs were exhibi.ed by club boys
from all parts of the county. The
agent reports that twenty pigs were
placed in fyames that haven’t killed
any meat in ten jReara The agent s
using every means to induce Negro
farmers to grow what they at at
home. During the past month the
Negro agent has conducted three
community fairs, two in Jones and
one in Baldwin county. There were
2618 negroes in attendance at the
three fairs.
C. O. Brown, Negro agent wishes
to make the following statement:
“I want in this Public way to ttyuik
the merchants and friedns for the
hearty cooperation given in making
the work among Negro farmers
worth while.” P. H. Stone State
agent for Negro work and Pres. Hu
bert of Savannah were highly pleas
ed at th eresults and responce the
agnt is getting in the county.
The outlook report for 1932 is
out. All negtu farmers are urged
to get in touch; with th agent be
fore making plans for next years
Christmas
For
^•Holiday
Feasts
Finest of Quality
2 weeks off
COLLEGE LIFE OF FOUNDER OF
HOME ECONOMICS PORTRAYED
Friday morning in the chapel <
rises at the Georgia State College
for Women, Milledgeviile,. the Home
Economics club presented an inter
esting program portraying the col
lege life of Ellen H. Richards,
founder of the Home Economics
Movement.
The devotional was led by France*
Williams, who briefly outlined the
life of Mrs. Richards. Her college
days were next dramatized by Evelyn
Poole as grandmother; Marie Patter
son, Mary Posey, Hazel Bivins, Vir
ginia Smith, and Vasta Smith as col
lege girls; Frances Rudasill, Carol
Reed, asd Dorothy Maddox as high
school girls; Anna O’Leary, Mary
Ivey, and Margaret Muse as chil-
STUDENT OF G. S. C. W. IS
ENJOYING TRIP TO CHICAGO
Miss Mabel Gladney of La&range,
a student at Georgia State College
for Women, is enjoying a free trip
to Chicago which was awarded her
by the Chattahoochee Valley Exposi*
tion for her outstanding 4-H Club
work last year.
She writes of her visits to Field
Museum, Art Institute, the Univer
sity or Chicago, Hull House and the
Ghetto.
Of the more than 12000 4-H boys
and girls in Chicago, six girls and
four boys are from Georgia.
GET READY NOW—All lends of Fruits, Nuts and Candies at
Special Prices—
Bake Those Cakes With Ballard’s Obeliak and.Make No Mis
takes—Its The Perfect Cake Flour—
24 pounds 95c
Purchase & Sale Co.
Grocery Department
Buy Anti-Freeze Now
DU PONT ANTI-FREEZE
METHANOL
I, Better. Complete Protection at Low Co«t
$1.00 per Galloa
W. E. Robinson, Jr.
CHRYSLER—PLYMOUTH SALES & SERVICE Phone 3S1-L
Gifts of Usefulness and Beauty At
Carr’s Emporium
.-Thn'Problem of what to give'Mother, sister of the girl friend is easily
Solved at our store—
NEW EVENING DRESSES
HOME MADE CAKES TO ORDER—
Fruit Cakes, Nut Japanese. All kind
Layer Cakes, Brown Bread. Mrs.
A. J. Skinner, Phone 229-J.
Cold Weather
After this Rain
Better let us send up that heater for you and get it ail set
up before the other one gives out in the midst of a cold spell
*—or right at Christmas. Prices from $5.00 to $100—See
them. We also have Gas Radiants and Circualtors—
R. W. HATCHER HDW. Co.
Wholesale and Retail
HOSE
All the new shades. A gift
always appreciated.
$1.00 up
Fop the Holiday Festivities
They are beautifully styled
and the materials are of
the finest quality.
$10 to $20
BAGS
Beautiful leather and cloth
Bags styled for every occas-
GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS
In boxes of three. All linen
of beautiful quality. Exqui
sitely trimmed.
—50c to $1.00-
GLOVES
Long ‘evening gloves or the
-hort sport gauntlets. KM
and Suede.
—$1.00 up—
—-
KniL.
Step-ins.
Dane Sets. VjW 1
Beautiful QuaL / If A1
ity Silk and f £ A
Gifts for baby too’ Dresses
Bootees and many other at-
50c m
tractive gift* for the baby
Up
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