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THE UNION-RECORDER, MILLEDGEVILLE, CA., SEPTEMBER 7. IIS)
I DoingsOver Georgia
1MB STATE AT LARGE
A Weekly Letter of News an
Cl—nt Eichuively to Mnat-
ken of Ga. Newgaper Aliases
deaths in Georgia than in 1931. Mr.
Maddox pointed to the large decrease
in deaths from typhoid fever as re
markable and predicted still further
decrease as the result of the use of
vaccines. Tynhoid fever deaths show
ed a decrease in 1932 of 30 per
cent from 1931.
The election of Mr. Maddox
chairman of the State Board
Health when the new board was
By JOHN W. HAMMOND
Stuff Wr n Ga. N«w«pap*r Alliance panized last week placed hhn in this
position for the second time in a long
career of public service.
will be started at a comparatively
early date, thus providing employ
ment for many thousands over a
leriod of years.
Mr. Woolford, accompanied by
Hollins Randolph, counsel for the
canal commission, and W- S- Lee,
engineer, of Charlotte, North Caro
lina, appealed to Secretary of Com
merce Roper for a loan of $125,-
00.030 for construction of the ca
nal. While no one in Washington
■made any definite commitments Mr.
Woolford stated that Secretary
Just a paragraph about this
column. One edi.or f riend expressed rhairman of the 0 | d ^ard at the Roper apparently was much interest-
opinion a i » p . • time it was abolished and had been j e d in hearing details of the project,
one line will ever be wnt on in he for ye . rf and r. c EUis, well I The fact that so many jobs would
eo nmn o an ^ ... . i known business and professional.be created by the canal construction
LOST—Gold lUasaMd Claw*. ia
Blaa Casa. Batwaaa Prv.hyt.rUr.
Charcb and Ebarkart Stadia. Re
ward. Pbone MJ-L
WANTED TO RENT—Two borsa
Farm. Co.plaialy Faacad, Goad
Housa a ad Goad Pastor., Witkia
Tan Milaa of MUIadgavilla. Writ.
"Farm" Cara af This Papar-
FOR RENT—Famish ad or |
vaaianl to hath. J
R. Lawraaea, 304
Pfaona 14C-L.
nature. When the
reflects
leader of Americus, are the only lay- gives Mr. Woolford hope that work j
- ' C ,, C R0 ' . . « The being Mentis!*, doctors or druggirtaj The proposed canal would tra-:
T" en !oi j in'in ' Mr - Maddox ’ ,rho P*® 1 president verse 166 miles, running through the |
re er is e __ of the American Bankers Associa- Okefenokee Swamp, beginning at the i
I.™»t,o».»dl.wnib.^Th„c doi, Uf, olootod o» SL , W River l.|
chairman of the board of the First Georgia and crossing Florida, and |
National Bank. He is chairman of iding at a point on the Gulf of
the NRA drive in Atlanta and has Mexico just south of .St. Marks. It j
long teen a leader in public wel- would effect a saving in distance I
fare endeavors. of 500 miles. Provided the govern-1
The report .-ubmitted to the new ment loans $125,000,000 for the con- j
j purpose at any
a friend or decry an enemy.
Another express on of opinion hns
been that the column will be all
right “if it doesn’t drift into propa
ganda.” He.c's the answer: The
writer doesn’t ‘handle propaganda
, u j ,, board by Dr. Abercrombie drew the -miction of a ship and barge canal
for any y. a > r prnise of the new chairman. Among {rom 20,000 to 30,000 persons would j
> be of interest or information to
the general reading public can be
found it s offered for print as in
formation. Such matter is written
free, and if it comes in the category
«»f “tainted publU'ty” there isn't
money enough to buy one
this column or in the news
of any Georgia Newspaper Alliance
newspaper, for that matter. When
ever comment may he made on any
news item included in the column,
such comment is sincere and has no |n promoting bet-
purpose of forming your conclus- f..-ui- .he
other things gratifying decrease in He employed for a period
malaria cases s :hown. This is at- years. Provided only a barge cannnl
tributed to a large extent to the fact built at a cost $49,000,000, this
that in two years (1931 and ’32) inter to be enlarged to accommo-
over 1,000 miles of drainage ditches date ships, from 15.000 to 20,090
were dug and 760 ponds covering ->rkers wopld be employed for three
columns 13 ’” 3 ~ acres were drained. | years.
1 The fact that dentists and pharma Mr. Woolford expects to return
cists, in addition to medical doctors, to Washngton soon in an effort to
aie now 'members of the board, arrange formal hearings on the
brought from Mr. Maddox the pre- application for a loan for the canal,
d'etion that the board “will render The project recently was discussed
husines, I increasingly valuable services to the
,o„, b ”“”" I h..lth coodition. ond thereby
right.
1„. ; dreatiy improve the happiness of
' our people and the economic w “'-
fmre of our state.”
Member* of tiic .tew board in ad- ‘ GEORGIA LASS TELLS ’EM
i for you. That’
and your individual
dusively. Form your
ions.
Fraa Saad and School Boobs i
The Georgia Relief Commission,' v Vr
* C. A.i“ ol Hoach-
of the feder»l rrl.el r,«d. .. «£ ,£“ ArilMlo.1 Dr.
ho. dev,re. . plu (or provd-, ^ ^ p £ M „.
. \ -hall, of Atlanta; Claude Rountree
.1 of Thomasville; M. H. Vam, of At-
[I lanta; R- P. Sullhran, of Savannah;
Head, of Zebulon; W. A.
Mulherin, of Augusta; H. W. Cle-
• ! ments, of Adel; C. T. Thompson, of
Millen. and A. R- Roxar, of Macon.
Watch for “Screw Worm*’
Dr. J. M. Sutton, the state veterina-
rian, ia sending out a warning to
j : live stock producers, to be guarded
in efforts to check a spread of what
ith President Roosevelt by n dele
gation of Georgians and the Presi
dent is said to have expressed him
self as being much interested In the
proposed development.
ing free seed f« r home gardens to
those people who want to help them-
aalves, but have rot average oppor
tunities. The same board is now go
ing into the matter of undertaking,
as far as it can, to make some pro
vision for school books for poor
children whose parents can not i
ford to buy them. That, of course, is
limited. Both efforts are highly
humanitarian and ought to be ap
preciated. Information can
from the local committee in your 11
county, from the welfare worker in know
your county, whose name will be ' J* «*» has hecn
given by the chairman of your coun-,^« a - He J burial "of~aliI saying that she shuts her eyes when
ty commission, or by writing Miss ,lner *
<i.y Shepper.on. .he executive score- carcasses without delay. Wh.
qi-te Cnnitol. i m*mal is found with an nbrasion
a contro»cr»» ! cut the wound should be immediate-
tWHot^tCV Hm. », 'y with mm form of (ly re
least, of the highway controversy' pellent.
,-erdict of the trial jury in ! Relief for Electricity User.
.. -• Huchannan. which Bcginnn.g with September 1. do
mestic and fcommercial consumers
.’arted
l By Gaargia Nn
More glory for old Georgia. This
time it’s a platinum blonde from
Macon who, through her plain and
fancy osculation (commonly called
.kisking) proclivities, has advanced
hcnvlf to the finals in a marathon
at Coney Island, New York, accord
ing to the United Press.
When interviewed. Miss Betty
Burns, the Macon blonde, admitted,
according to the United Press, she
which ha.l been in training for the event
heavy, ever since she got the first fruit jar
He advises immediate diposal I dents on her nose. She is quoted as
‘ carcasses without delay. When any j she kisses, prefer married r
. . t - » j _:<l .w iiHmatnn nr prefers cold weather kissing t
i hot weather.
by a
Supc
hold Chairman J. J. Maugham .
legally entitled. to^ will, of^ectric^ ^ ^ ^ bce „
i appeal. If so there 'coking for. Under an Act of Con-
-rcss the three per cent electric'ty
tox which has heretofore been pass
ed on to the consumer in his bill is
probably find
preme Court .
is reason to doubt the question in
volved—whether or not Captain
Barnett lias any legal title to that
seat—will ever be finally adjudicat
ed by the higher tribunal. The ap
peal probably would not reach the
Supreme Court before October.
Cases of that nature are seldom if
ever decided within 90 days, and the
Barnett term expires, under terms.
of th. Act croAting tke Highway, '"""TV
Board, foe lut of December. There | the M mt of November
is, therefore, the high chance by tho
kin*-
(By Georgia Newspaper Ailia-
Atlanta, Ga.—The plea of their
alleged victim saved Ross Hatcher,
jr., and Charles Hadi-n, Macon
youths from the electric chair. Re
sponding to the plea of the young
i woman in the case. Governor Tal
i’. by provision of law, to be paid mndKC commuted thcir dca , h scn _
the electric companies. j tences to life imprisonment with the
In this state it is estimated, that rcmark that hc hop#s .- the
■ill take $275,000 of the cost load
off the shoulders of the consumers.
The new Public Service Commission
has issued a rule nisi to all electric
cause
why
_ ither charges should not be reduced,
time'the'h'ighcr'court eo^d'p.m up.; ."J -here U going to J. . m u'-
on on oppcol the contro.cmy would. rrul .utcroct w.toh.ng who the
. | utilities’ nnnwer to this rule will be.
l T«hhod not, tvhen it 1. ho.rd . prime foo.ur,
at thi, wTitiug. been ony further of the mutter „ gong to he ho.
dcvelmrmrn- in remcet to the $10.- 'nr and how tne state commission is
000,000 fodt-m.t rood fund hoing ; ooing^ luto ftot problem of fixing
released to the present Georgia
thorkies. That tnatler, though,
most likely going to untangle
self about the time this is printed, commit,
- --aluations has bi"ome the chief bone
timtions on all these companies.
Since the so-called "service charge”
| .11. done away with by the old state
matter of utilities
The money belong —
) the federal govern-1 contention,
a matter of
Georgia, not t
ment, and while there is a
GEORGIA BOARD TO HEAR
will reform.
The victim of the attack which
occurred in the outskirts of Macon,
August 26. 1931, wrote the governor
some time ago urging that the lives
of the two men be spared. She said
that their electrocution would haunt
her the rest af her life, and felt that
life sentences would punish them
sufficiently for their crime.
DO YO WANT A THRILL?
If to, ask for a demonstration i
the new Chevrolet Six '33.
L. N. JORDAN
principle involved whether this state prN .| nNS
,oould be treoted - .It the other PLFAS FOR PENSIONS
states arc treated—at the same time , '“y
distribution of that fund is very Atlanta, Ga A special board of
much desired by the 75 per cent of ] rev j PW j s meeting in Atlanta
counties in which it must he spent, f j der ^283 applications of veterans
There is still good ground to believe of the world War for pensions.
:t will be forthcoming very shortly The board is composed of H. D.
now. ' Bunn, Waycross D. C. Chalker,
Pahlic Health in Georgia Hawkinsville; G. A. Dean, Folkston,
Not only has the death rate in and two veterans’ administration
Georgia decreased but the births members. Dr. Sidney H. Glow and
have increased as well, this state Louia j Bmmcrt. of the Nashville
recently having won the distinction regional offee. The board will re-
of being the only state in the union ma j n ; n negjion until all work is
showing any tain in its annual -ompleted and every case has been
birth rate. Echols county, by the^ given consideraton it was stated.
way, had the honor in 1932 of hav-
ing both the lowest death rate, 4
per 1,000 population and toe high- J®® 3 FOR THOUSANDS
e«t birth rate, 10.9 Ter 1,000 popu- SEEN IN CANAL PROJECT;
1st ion. I WOOLFORD IS HOPEFUL
These and other significant facts
were revealed in an interview with (®F Georgia Newspaper Alliance)
Robert F. Maddox following his elec-
tion as chairman of the newly or
ganized Georgin State Board of
Health, and
Abomrombio. .toto commimionor of „„„ „ uoiri.ro^o
’ PflVPrTHtlAnt ntfioiol. Iwo
NOTICE
The Globe Optical Co., (A. B.
Cook) is now located in the San
ford building on West Hancock
street. High grade eyeglasses sold
at reasonable prices. Write or
fir circular. Reading and distant
glasses.
Shivering
with Chills
Burning with Fever
Sort Rmlimf for Malarial
In 1932 there
Atlanta, Ga—T. Guy Woolford,
chairman of the special committee
, _ __ t— sponsoring the Atlantic-Gulf of
Til Mexico • ship and bar K° canal, has
a » »nmm •• " returned #Vom a confereMe with
government officials in Washington. I
Don't try homemade treatments or
newfangled remedies! Take that good old
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. Soon you
will be yourself again, for Grove's Taste
less Chill Tonic not only relieves the
symptoms of Malaria, but destroys the
Infection itself.
The tasteless quinine la Grove’s Taste-
■ Chill Tonic kills the Malarial infec
tion in the blood while the iron It con
tains builds up the blood to overcome the
effects of the disease and fortify against
further attack. The twofold effect Is ab
solutely necessary to the overcoming of
Malaria. Besides being a dependable rem
edy for Malaria, Grove's Tasteless Chill
I T
Was
1,037 fewer hopeful that actual construction work
nu> . coy lor i ,
with l Tonic is also an excellent tonic of general
use. Pleasant to take and absolutely
harmlesa. Safe to give children. Get a
bottle today at any store.
Watt!
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from their
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September 7*8*9
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