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IWALLACE BUTTS
" PLANSGRID MAP
Arranged fat
jjfisoou practice* Start Sept,
jit to Build New Tub,
Uointr f° ur veteran* of his last
tU f undefeated team as a nucleus,
o«ch Wallace Butts began last week
„ building of his 1933 grid raa-
’ ne . Although school does not open
stil Sept G, Coach Butts and the
of the squad, who reside in
'»n are working out each morn-
e on Davenport field in an effort
ho get into shape by the time regular
B setice begins. The four veterans
10 will return this fall are Wilhite
hundred and ninety pound er.d
o showed much promise last year;
irtman, a full back; Troutman,
d; and Comber, guard. Wilhite, a
Jl rangy hoy has picked up some
ton poind- dur'ng th? summer and
•hculd prove to be a bulwark in the
tdtt line this fall. Hartman is a
fallback with plenty of drive and
ith last year's experience behind
■n he should live up to all expeeta-
. Hartman is an exceptionally
man for his weight add last year
the key man of a triple reverse
most effectively by the Butts-
Troutman can be used either at
or i-rkle being a boy with
>ltnty of heft and height Towards
rhf end of the season last - all he was
■ much improved player and show-
id .‘ign- of developing into a first
lineman. Combes has been
•witched fro m the backfield to guard
i; Coach Butts He saw little ser
vice la-1 year, but seems to be well
itted for hi* new position and Coach
tutts expects to use him as a regu-
Although only a few letter men
re returning, Coach Butts is ex
erting to have in several new play-
r< who will plug up the gaps now
acin: in the line and backfield. In
pile of the fact that a host of resu
lt's were lost by graduation, the
ope sheet points to another XJ. M.
. winner for this fall.
FOWIER PARTY TO RETURN
FROM CHICAGO FRIDAY
Special Traia Wil| Arrive Abo
Tpa-tkiity After Weok Spo;
Visiting World'* Fair.
The Fowler Tours special tra
wiU arrive back in Milledgeville
about ten-thirty Friday morning
from Chicago with about forty Mil-
lcdgcville people on board after
spending a week at the Century of
Progress Exposition.
Letters that have come back have
reported a week of activities and
hf party Has literally “taken-in”
Chicago and the exposition.
In Tfiie 'Milledgeville party are:
Mr. and Mrs. Lynwood Smith, Mist
Floride Allen, Mrs. F. C. Penuel,
Prof. 0. A. Thaxton, Misses Frances
Bene, Harriett Campbell, Beulah
Thaxton, Virginia Cooper, Mr. Joe
Cooper, Talbert Cooper, Mrs. D. C.
Albert, )Kn Louise Albert, Miss
Louise Morris, Thomae Meadows,
Gay Hitchcock, Ali,sses Con
stance and Nell Day, Mrs. W. E.
Ireland, Miss Dorothy Banks, Dr.
Geo. Echols, Culver Kidd, Jr., Miss
‘{ess Bell, Mrs. J. M. Hall, Wright
McKnight, Geo. T. Morris,, Miss
Pope Combe, Miss Florric Moye and
Min Mamie Torrance.
COTTON CHECKS
EXPECTED HERE
Agent Langley Said AH Acceptance
Blanks Had Been Received and
Checks Shodd Begin Arriving.
Milledgeville, Ga., August 24, 1933
Milledgeville Business Houses
Are Operating Under N. R. A.
More Basinets Howes Come Un
der Blue Eagle. Baying Cam
paign is Launched During Week
Couauiidated in 1*72
Farm Agent L. R. Langley expects
the firft batch of cotton checks in
payment of cotton acres that have
been plowed up to reach him during
the week.
Agent Langley has received all
acceptance blnnks which indicates
that the prices and other agree
ments had been accepted by the
government and that checks would
follow shortly. All of the blanks
from this county were accepted and j
none of them were returned for a !
■illative schedule as arranged j s i nK | 0 correction, the agent said.)
Practically a'.l Milledgeville busi
ness and induftry is under the Blue
Eagle or ready to go unuer upon the
adoption ! code* now pending be
fore General Johnson.*
Genera! Miller S. Bell, head of the
NRA committee, said Wednesday
that a canvas* of the city showed
splendid oo- operation on the part
of employers and that many jobs
had been opened to the unemployed
with promise that many others will
be given jobs Sept. 1st. The com
mittee of three from the American
Legion under the leadership of the
commander. Dr. Sarm Anderson,
made a complete survey of the
business and industrial section and
assured that living wages would
be paid all employee?, jobs for un
employed will be created and others
had been or will be given work. The
assurance of co-operation with the
government was practically unani
mous.
Employers were warned that they
must adopt the code by September
1st and that government authorities
were expected to check up and see
that the plan of the President was
being carried out.
During the week Mrs. E. R. Hines,
head of the woman's sales commit
tee, urged people to begin buying
and to patronize Blue Eagle stores
and industries. The committee
making a canvass of th* city and
people are asked to sign the con-
summer's pledge. This buying cam
paign will be continued through the
week.
At the Colonial Theatre moving
pictures were being shown urging
people to “work for all and all for
work” and to give their co-operation
to the President in the war or
preseion.
The merchant.) have asked that
pay rolls to state employees be in
creased as a co-operative measure to
speed tne return of prosperity here,
and help this large number of peo
ple in this county “do their part"
in meeting the rise in all commodity
prices.
The Blue Eagle is in evidence in
Practically every store window and
merchants are rapidly bringing their
business to comply with the adopt
ed codes. The merchants are urged
to follow the spirit and letter of
codes and help bring back prosperity
by giving employment to people
A-ithout jobs and to increase
.vages. This must be done if the
NRA is succebfuL
EMPIRE STORE MOVE. INTO
BASS BUILDING ON HANCOCK
Dry Good* Store Mtupd by
T. N»k Octuple. Building Form
erly Occupied by Slehkut'*.
The Empire Store, managed by
Mr. M. T. Nash, has this week moved
into the building on Hancock St.,
formerly occupied by Steinbachfa.
The Empire Store has been located
on Wayne fetreef in the building
across from the Baptist church and
was opened about a year ago.
full line of dry goods, ladles and
nun’? furnishings and shoes will be
■■old by the store. In an advertise
ment in this issue, Mr. Nash an
nounces the move and the policies of
the store.
JIM LUM'S LAUNDRY DAMAGED
BY FIRE AND SMOKE
A small blaze was dUcovcred in
Jim Lum’s Laundrmy early Sunday
night, but was quickly extinguished
by the fire company that responded
to the call immediately.
The blaze was hidden in the cell-
ng and the firemen had some
trouble in reaching it, but succeed
ing in puting out the fire without
much damage to the laundry. Lum
was absent from his place whqp the
fire was discovered.
BLUES CLAIM
LEAGUE FLAG
Bines President Says Other Teami
Have Left League and Forfeit
Cbn.
i follows:
Oglethorpe Frosh, here;
n wton-Parker, here; Oct.
Frosh; Oct. 20, open;
Douglas, (pending); Nov.
an Junior College; Nov.
’-ice) Middle Ga. here;
Ga. State Teachers Col-
•50, (Thanksgiving) Gor-
UNION RECORDER
IS ACCREDITED
Tarter Member of Organization
of Select Group of Georgia
Weekly Paper.
-" • I'nion-Recorder has been se-
tr 'i as one of Georgia's accredit-
w -’Uio by being named a char-
number of the Georgia News-
" Alliance of Accredited Week-
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icekly
I he new organization
by many of the state's lead-
kly editors who have brought
•° organization a relect group
from every section of the
1 organization will work
Cr -he interest of the weekly press
>nd ha set up an Atlanta office
•at w II solicit advertising and
an< ‘‘ e a publicity bureau.
Th” Union-Recorder has a record
' achievement, operating more
-an one hundred years and is Mil-
edr-vil!,.', oldest business house.
“ paper has worked continuously
f ’ r the best interest of Millcdge-
and Baldwin county.
' an honor that The Recorder
appreciates in being selected as one
weekly newspapers in
• Nat
HARDING RETURNS HOME
an,| Mrs. F. II. Harding and
returned from Hend-
C., where th»y have
■ a month on their
and he expected the first checks
every mail. The government will
send out 100,000 daily.
About $255,000 will be paid to the
farmers of Baldwin county for the
cotton that has been plowed up. In
addition to this money many farm
ers’ have taken options on cotton
under the plan offered by the gov
ernment. Many farmers took the
straight carh settlement while others
The Georgia State League came
an abrupt end late Sunday night
when the Barnesville team withdrew
after announcing previously tbpt
they would remain in with Millcdge-
ville and Ma-on. Early Iasi week
Ameriius and Montezuma made it
known that after Aug. 19, the;’
would not be al le to continue due
to lack rf fmarces. A* soon ss this
was known Milledgeville, Macon ar.,1
Barnesville made arrangements to
continue play until Sept. 4, the date
set at the beginning of the season
by the league director; as the final
day. This arrangemont would have
-one through had not Barnesville
pulled out at th» last minute. With
mly th» two clubs left, Millcdge-
straigni earn iniucureuw
divided the fee between the cash j ville and Macon did n«t deem it
and option plan.
BELL AT EASTERN
MARKETS
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Bell and Miss
Janie Binford left Saturday morn
ing for New York, where they are
.-pending several days, selecting and
purchasing fall and winter Ladies'
Ready-to-Wear and other lines of
goods for the E. E. Bell Dry Goods
Co.
Mr. Bell ha? for a long number
of years, with a few ’xccptions.
visited the Eastern markets semi
annually and has a large ncquaint-
ice in the wholesale dry goods
i-inoss circle? of New York. He
an experienced dry goods man.
d always selects his stock with
greatest care, with a view of
meeting the demand of his custom-
and the trading public.
■ any longer and so
the league came to a close. Due to
circumstances the league did not con-
'•me until the date set as the of
ficial closing and hence no cham
pion of the second half edn be
named. In spite of this, however.
Americas has proclaimed themselves
- champion of the second half and
-r : l| play Montezuma, first half
-ramps, as such.
Mr. R. H. Lawrence. Acting Presi
dent of the Milledgeville Club, nutde
it known Monday afternodn that
• Milledgeville team had not dis-
'.nn led, hut remained ready
ICE CREAM FIRM
TO OPEN BRANCH
FARM MORTGAGE
OFFICE OPENED
L H. Andrews to Handle Applica
tions for Loans in This County
To Fanners From Government.
Ivey-Turner Ice Cream Company
Leases Whitfield Bnildinr fo.
Milled jeville Branch.
Ivey-Turner Ice Cream Co., of
Macon, lias leased the Whitfield build
ing on Hancock street L, open a
branch of their business in Millege-
v'lle on September 1st.
The building is being remodeled
and refrigerator rooms are lie'ng
built. The plant here will sell ice
cream at both wholesale and retail,
and will have a group of young
ladies to serve the trade
ing the building also
Hall’s Drug Store who will move
from their present location on Wayne
street next week. Mr. Harris Hall
will he the manager of the new
business that will employ six people.
The interior of the building will
be entirely remodeled nnd nttrac-
tivc fixtures installed. The front
w ! ll be painted white and flood lights
will be installed to shine on the
building.
The Ivey-Turner Co., is one of
the largest ice cream manufacturers
in the south and with the announce
ment that they w : ll open a branch
hern will bring to Milledgeville an
other leading industry. Tne opening
announcement will be made next
week.
The Harris Hall Drug Co. will
carry a complete line of drugs and
drug sundries.
U. H. Andrews, secretary-treas
urer of the National Farm Loan As
sociation in this county, has opened
offices to make farm loans and re
finance mortgages through the Fed
eral Land Bank System.
The officers are located in the
old Home Andrews Commsiaion Co.,
building on the second ftw. The
loans are available to o'l farmers
to liquidate indebtedness on the
farm, to provide improvement? on
the farm and to provide funds for
general agricultural purposes. Mr.
•n ,i ( Andrews has already had several .. . , ,
vill he Harris ... ,, I gia may obtain the money. I
applicants nnd Is forwarding them i _ . , , .
, , , , . thoroughly convinced we cannot ob-
directly to the land bank for accept- . ., .
tain the money the way tho gov
ernor desires. Then as one member
of the delegation, I am in favor of
accepting it as Franklin D. Rooae-
velt suggests. I am intensely in-
1'•rested that the road work be com
menced as early as possible to help
rcl’eve unemployment in the state
and I for one do npt propose to hag
gle over terms while thouiiands of
people are out of employment in the
state.”
NUMBER 1
VINSON URGES'
GA. ROAD FUND
Congressman Attends Waik-
infton Conference nnd Urges
State to Quit Haggling.
Congressman Carl Vinson attend
ed the conference, of the Georgia
congressional delegation in Wash-
ington this week with Secretary
Wallace and Thomas MacDonald, of
the federal bureau of roads, and
urged that the 10 million road fund
be made immediately available for
Georgia and that th. plan .luggest-
cd by President Roosevelt be accept
ed.
President Rbosevelt suggested
that the fund bo sent 10 Giorgia to
be spent under the supervision of a
federal engineer. Governor Talmadge
declined to accept the money under
this plan. The dispute over the fund
has been in progress since Gover
nor Talmadge declared ‘martial law,
ousted the highway board and put
in a new board of his own selection.
The Georgia delegation met in At
lanta and went to Washington to
confer with authorities and it was
stated that Mr. MacDonald would
draw un and submit the terms on
which the fund would be released.
Congressman Vinson issued tho
following statement:
“Senators Gcnrgo and Russell
Congressmen Owenr, Tarver, Deen,
Castellow, Brown, Parker and myself
had conference today with Secre
tary Wallace and Mr. MacDonald
with reference in the immediate re
lease of the road fund to the state
of Georgia to present the organized
state highway department. The del
egation reiterated its insistency that
the money be turned over without
any restriction such as was sug
gested last week to Senator George
by the department,
.‘My personal opinion is that the
department will not act favorably
upon our request. A memorandum
is heing pa-pifed Ijg (bo secretary
’rr the President stating specifically
the manner in which the department
i* willing to turn the money over to
the present highway department.
Personally, I am no longer concern
ed about procedure by which Gcor-
t is the plan of the government
liquidate for the farmer mortg-
is so that they can be taken from
banks and thu* provide additional
credit facilities for business and
dividual*. Mr. Andrews Faid thnt he
was anxious to aid the farmers in
■ccuring thir money and wil
nailable at all times to fill out the
necessary blanks.
T. B. CLINIC TO
BE HELD AUG. 31
SCHOOL TRUSTEES ELECTED
FOR FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Unofficial returns show that the
following were elected trustees in
piny until the fourth of Sept, j the several school districts:
R. H Lawrence, Browns Crosring
C. R. Torrance. Coopcrvtlle.
ited that tho.oposed champion
hip series between Montezuma and
BASEBALL
The Milledgeville Boy Scouts
meet the Troop 23 Scouts of Macon
in a baseball game on Davenport
Field Friday afternoon. This will be
the second meeting of the two teams
Macon having won the first en
counter. The Milledgeville boys have
bene practicing during the last few
days and have improved consider
ably. The team will be stronger than
the one which was defeated by the
Macon Scouts last week and shoulo
come through with a win. Those boy?
who w'll comprise the Milledgeville
team are: Leslie Combe*, Horace
Atkisfon, Alexander, Billy Mc
Combs. Will Braxley. Tom Johnson
A. P. Ivey. Warren P-.tterson, and
Charles Carter
Americas was in violation of the
vague rules and that if an attempt
vas made to play the game, as a
means of determining the champion
■ am of the Georgia State League,
i injunction would be filed by the
Milledgeville managers. He cited
he paragraph in the constitution as
'ollows: “Thi championship season
hall extend from May, 17, 1933,
through Sept. 4, 1933, with a split
-eason ending July 18, with the win-
Dr. H. W. Schenck WiH Conduct
Two Day Clinic at Court House
Thursday 31st and Sept.
G. C. May. M : dway.
R. G. Hooten, Union Point.
G. W. Edwards, Scottsboro.
Thc.'O citizens were elected with-
:it solicitation on their part, as it
i not customary for any candidate
. offer for election. The cfcction
ms held last Friday, August 18th.
PETITION FOR P. E. WILLIAMS
PAROLE HEARD THURSDAY
C. B. McCullar, attorney for P. E.
(irft tall mntin, the 1 WillUm^ |r«« to the Pri.on
inner of the e.eond US to Md. ”onnnta,on Let Ttanfey. . pt*
i signed by several hundred peo
ple asking that P. E. Williams be
paroled. Mr. McCullar also present
ed several letters from leading citi
zens asking that Williams be releas
ed. The commission will announce
their decision later.
champion club of the league.'
He further said that under this
rule the season has not ended and
therefore no championship ‘eries
could be played by teams thi. had
withdrawn from the league. He al
so stated that since Milledgeville j
was the only team that began when AT BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
the season opened and was still a p ev l. e. Robert*, pasto^ of the
member of the league, that it had a g»ptist church, has announced as the
right to claim the State Champion- -ubjeet of hia discourse Sunday
shm and thereby claim? the champ- morning: "When Jesus Fought and
ionship of the Georgia State League Won a Great Battle for A Little
for the Milledgeville club. Gir1 ”'
Dr H W. Pchen.-k, of the State
Board of Health, and an authority
on tuberculosis, will come to Mil-
ledgcvDle August 31st to conduct a
two day Chest C!in : c for the pur
pose of examin'ng pcifonr. with
symptoms of ‘uberenloFls or who
have been In contact with an active
case.
Dr. Clara Barrett spent several
Hays of last week here with Dr. O.
F. Moran making arrangements for
the clinic and about sixty people
indicated their desire to see
Schenck on his visit here. The clinic
is under the direction of the State
Board of Health and is a part of
extensive iwogram in the fight
against tuberculosis.
Dr. Moran said that Dr. Schenck
was an authority on tuberculosis and
diagnosis and urged all the people
of the county who wished to take
advantage of consulting him to be at
tho Court House on either Aug.
31st or Sept. 1st
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET
The Baldwin County Board of
Education will meet on Thursday,
August 24, at ten o'clock A. M
id an adjourned session from August
r *h. Unfinished routine business
—tit be transacted at this time.
JEWISH MISSIONARY WILL
PREACH SUNDAY NIGHT
Native of Palestine Will Occupy
Baptist Pulpit at Uaiou Service*.
A. C. Fcllman, born, reared and
partly educated in the city of Jeru
salem, will talk at the union ser
vices at the Baptist church at 8:30
o’clock Sunday evening. He will dia-
curs Jew's Problems, Zioniss and
the Jewish situation in Germany.
Mr. Fillman has been a Mission-
ary among the Jews for eighteen
years, and has done a good work.
He is a most interesting talker.
The ministers extend a cordial
invitaiion to the public, especially to
the Jewish cit'zena to attend.
MACON PRIEST TO CONDUCT
SERVICES HERE.
Father T. J. McNamara left Wed-
nerday for a months trip that will
take him to Chicago, Buffalo and
New York, before retaining home.
During his absence Father Clarkson,
of St. Joseph’s Catholic church, Ma
con, -will conduct the services at the
Sacred Heart Catholic chunh here
and the church in DuMln.
Father McNamara expects to vialt
‘he Century of Progress Exposition,
take a boat trip to Buffalo to spend
ome time and then go to New York
-•fore returning L,on.e. This will
be alls first vacation since coming
Milledgeville.
FVther Clarkson is well known
here and has visited the local pariah
■ften.
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