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THE UNION-RECORDER. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.. DECEMBER 24, IM1
Thirty Years Ago
The Union Recorder
December 24, 1901
I The second great commandment
happiness and joy to the hearts of
fell yesterday and
Agent Meriwether and his assist
ants are kept on the move these
days handling the large number of
packages going and coming through
the Southern Express office.
Last Saturday morning the
thermometer stood at 9 degrees In
this city. The oldest inhabitant don't
remember colder weather.
The bursting of water pipes has
be' n one of the serious disadvant
ages of the cold weather. Many
joys cluster around the old well of
bygone days. Old well, we still love
thee, well.
enunciated by the one whose birth-
dry is being celebrated was that of
Jove towards your fellow men. The
love that does not manifest itself
in kindness both in words and deeds
is indeed shallow and of no avail.
A merry and happy Christmas to
you all!
Old Santa Claus will be here to
night, already the children in their
imagination here the sleigh bells
ringing.
Let your heart be glad and
joyous even if old* age is bearing
heavily upon yours.
May joy and happiness be yours
during the Christmas season.
j 1931 has only eight more days I
• write its record into history.
Nearly all the merchants of MU-
ledgeville are excellent young men.
There are, however, a few men who
have been in business here 25 years
or more, viz: Joseph Staley, W. T.
Conn, Fred Haug, W. and J. Caim-
ker, C. H. Bonner, Peter J. Cline,
Adolph Joseph, H. E. Hendrix, W. H.
Roberts.
You can bring happiness to your
self by making others happy during
the Christmas season.
Everybody on the rush making
their final purcaases for Christmas.
To-morrow is Christmas day.
The weather was so cold Wednes
day night that Mayor Horne order
ed the doors of the guard-house un
locked and told the prisoners to go
home.
Mr. Henry Goodman spent last
Tuesday in Macon on business.
trip I
Mr. L. J. Lamar, the efficient
Steward of the State Sranitarium, is
an early riser. He goes to his work
on the six-twenty o’clock Central
train every morning.
Mr. W. J. O’Quinn, one of East
Baldwin’s prosperous farmers, killed
thrie hogs Monday, the 16th inst,
which weighed 10-41 pounds. The
heaviest tipped scales u -176 pounds.
Dr. LaPrade, Presiding Elder of
the Augusta District, has announced
the following dates for holding the
first quarterly conferences of the
Methodist churches in this city and
county. Milledgevillc church Jan
uary 10th; Midway at Midway, Jan
uary 31st; Milledgeville Circuit ct
Hopewell, January 29th.
These dates will mark the first
conferences Dr. LaPrade has held
, here, and his visits are being lock
ed forward to with interest.
Mr. R. A. Bailey, owner of the
Open Air Fruit Company, received
a check for $30.00 this week from
Tom’s Toasted Peanut Factory for
the best limerick of the week on
Tom’s peanuts.
The limerick r as as follows:
A prissy old mai 1 named ooler,
Said no man could fool her.
But after eating Tom’s
She attended some prom's
Now sha can even hula-hula.
Mr. Bailey has had his pictured
used on all advertising of the pea
nuts and was the proud recipient of
the prize. His limerick was promin
ently used in the many displays about
the city.
J. T. ANDREWS, District Afcst
“Je/ferioi Stawiird Life
luvuce Co."
THE GREEN HtWi SAftUWILn
SHOPPE
The Piece You’re Looking for
Service With A Hop
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“NOTHING BUT INSURANCE’
Phone 473
C. H. ANDREWS k SON
BOSTON CAFE
—WHERE EVERYBODY EATS—
Be Convinced
Try A
BEAL WESTERN STEAK
At a meeting of Benevolent Lodge
No. 3 F. & A. M. last Friday night,
the following officers were elected:
A. M. .’ackson, W. M.; K. C.
Bi aid, Sr W.; J. F.. Kdd, Jr. W.;
J. J-taii Tr.; Herry Goodman, Sec;
A. H. & archant, Sr. D.; J. F. Bell,
Jr. D.: John Conn. Sr. Steward; T.
M. Hall, Jr. Steward; Rev. D. W.
Bran lien. Chaplain; A. J. Wall,
Tyler.
May the Christmas Spirit
.Seasons
Messrs Carl Vinson and Leon Cal
laway are at home from Mercer Law
School to spend the holidays.
(The following was written by the
late Mr. Jere X. Moore, who edited
and published {the (Union-Recorder
a long number of years. It was his
last Christmas greeting, as he passed
from his earthly labors, October 21,
1902.)
•‘The Union-Recorder wishes its
readers a joyous Christmas!"
“May health and happiness, peace j
and plenty be and abide with you;!
may good digestion and sound sleep
bless your days and nights, and may
you rejoice in muscular strength and
physical well being; may your hearts
be glad with the noble impulses of
love and friendship, and may your
minds expand with kind thoughts for |
the good of humanity, and your so
cial relations be a trust for the bet
terment of man; may you look on
the uright side of earth, and keep
in the middle of the road to Heaven;
finally, whate’er betides, may you
be sustained by an unswerving trust
in the mercy of a Risen Saviour, ar.d
give an unfaltering allegiance to
th-* Prince of Peace.”
So fill your lives on Christmas day,
thal you shall be rich with its
bhssings and happiness through
out the comng'ycar.
NeXT time you ate oat
of fix u the result of ir
regular or faulty bowel
movement, try Thedford’a
Black-Draught for the re
freshing relief it gives
thousands of people who take it
Mr. E.W. Cecil, a construction super
intendent in Pulaski, Va* says:
"When I get
Btipsted. my head aches, and I
have that dull, tired feeling—just
not equal to my work. I don’t
feel hungry and 1 know that I
need something to cleanse my
system, so I take Black-Draught
We have found it a great hel^. M
Sold in 25-cent packages.
ThedFord’s
If /i
{/rectmqj
Steinbach’s
Monuments
Any Style and Any Price
Cash or Easy Payment Plai;
Prices Installed Or Otherwise
First Quality Goods. Anyone Desirit
A Monument, Memorial or Slab—
See Me Before You Buy.
Price. Right
ROBERT CAWTHORN
The Season’s
GREETINGS
At this season when the hearts of young
and old alike are made glad we wish to
extend to all our friends and customers
our sincere wishes for their happiness
during this the Chiistmas of 1931.
Looking back over the past year we find
much to make this a season of great
happiness for us and to those who have
contnbuted toward this most successful
year, which is noaring a close, we are
indeed grateful.
May joy and peace reign in every heart
on Christmas Day and may the year ahead
hold many wonderful things in store for
ail oun friends.
Purchase & Sale
Company
A. W. WATKINS, President
For Good Biscuit
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Phone
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The Perfect Coni.
who has)!
Unfortunate is the n
• loved that his fellow
onfidence in his sincerity of pur-
The city and rural .onil carriers
will he* heavily loaded with mail
when the leave the post office to
day.
I>i. appointments comes to all, and
happy is the one, who learns early
to hear them cheerfully.
The task well performed today
makes the one tomorrow easier to
accomplish.
ing place in Milledgeville during
the Christmas season are bringing
BRIC}( rhatclinkL,kg Steel
Ar. Made by th. "McMlLLAN” Pruc.it
BURNT IN OUR CONTINUOUS KILNS
There is No Waste in Our Bricks.
Wm Make Quick Shipments in Any Quantity.
RICH GL0 FACE BRICK—FIRE BRICK—COMMON BRICK
Milledgeville BrickWorksCo
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA.
Established 1883 by J. W. McMillan.
Mrs. J. W. McMillan, Vice-President
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
Is the Sincere Wish of The
Baldwin County Building
and Loan Association
SAVE FOR A HOME IN 1932
This is The Sanest Piece of Advice We Can Give to The
People of This County. Money Saved and Invested in A
Home Is The Safest W ay Toward Peace, Happiness and
and Prosperity.