Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, December 21, 1933, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textofpeotlk . k ( gfi S*r* I uv A BALDWIN COUNTY • WIOi Ow O— H.,4,4 ’ - j« 21, 1933 Inativuywill „ BE CELEBRATED I ted Services to Cestor Arad 1 irti of Ckrist Next S—dsy. j^ces ChrisbBU Dty. yy Nativity of Chriat will be the I .otfi! theme of church services in I ^ the churches Sunday with special I chwtmas services at the Methodist I »tJ Presbyterian churches on Sun- 1 j,y tfternoon. Christinas day ser- I ricw *ill ‘ c held at fit. Stephens I Epacopa! church on Monday, Christ- I tu d»y. with Rev - F - H. Harding, I the Rector, in charge- Tin's will be | the only service to be held Christ- uu to'- Services at the several churches In I ^ c ity and county will feature the I j^jh-ity celebration, with special I aaical programs and special ser- bcu by the pastors. On Sunday afternoon at fivo •'dock a Christinas Cantata will be I pm at the Presbyterian church. I In. Mildred Porte: ,«nd Maj. B. A. I ftomc have charge of this program | which will include the Christmas I ercla sung by the aenlor and Junior I dun. The public is cordialy fn- I cM to thia eervice. I At r'x o’clock a WMto Christmas lygnm will he given at the t church under the direction of * C. L Moore. Bov. Horace Smith a tell the story. The Other Wloo ch dam of tl NUMBER 18 Government Engineer Here To Discuss Improvement of Airport JOE T. ANDREWS NAMED MASTER OF BENEVOLENT LODGE TUESDAY NIGHT A. W. McCormick, of the U. S. Department of Commerce, aeronauti cal division and C. W. A. airpont engineer, will discuss with the May or and Council Thursday afternoon and the Kiwanis Club Thursday evening plans to improve and en large the Case-Fowler airport in this city. Funds have been provided through the Civil Works Adirfnistration to imporwe airports in municipalities. Mr. McCormick will lay pla « be fore the council for this worn here will ask their approval. The Ki wanis Club, who were instrumental bringing Mr. Slctfarmick here, have him as the guest speaker and talk with hhn about the airport plans. Th egovernmnet has made the funds available for airport construction and imporvement with the hope that ade quate landing fields can be construct ed throughout the country. Mr. McCormick said the C. W. A. would foumish the necessary funds for the work. Eighty per cent must be spent for labor. Milledgeville is on a direct air lino from Atlanta to Brunwick and when the field is improved it will probably mean that air services will be made available to this city. Highway Board Plans Paving Columbia St to Eatonton Road It is expected that the State High way Bepartment will order the pav- of the Columbia stree section of th* Milledgeville-Eatonton highway when the next contracts are award ed to complete an all paved route from Milledgeville to Atlanta * and connect this city with a paved road from Atlanta to 8avannah. Tho highway department has al ready ordered the gap between Madi- tho Colombia ntraet section is fin ished a ribbon of paving running I processional that will elaae the I pifnen. Them gifts wlB ga to Mw I prof the county on Christmas day. I tests will be snag with Mfn. M. It Ms presiding at the piano and M- i*fc. Mimas Mary I Pkjd Pennington and Cortona [ Mason will give reeding* appro- I pate to the occasion. At the Baptist Sunday School tally mornings, a ' an program will bo nil tree for the poor will feature this program and each dam will pro- life rifts. The Phitathea class durre of this program. At midnight Sunday night, mass I will be said at the Catholic church, Rer. Father T. J. McNamara, priest, ia charge. This program will be the first religious service to usher in F Christmas day and celebrate this [ great event on the Christian cnlcn- fer. Throughout the city Christmas day I will t* 1 generally observed. Family P reunion; are being planned through- on: the county and many people will a to Milledgeville for the holi- I fen. Old Rant* Claus will be the featnr** of tt e day for the children, *rd plan, have been made tp pro- I vlfe for the poor so that there will I not be a home in the county that | Santa Vil| foil to visit. The social festivities of the day I rill center in a dance at the Echetah J C!:b Christmas night. Ail business will be suspended and The paring to the MiHedgeriUe city Malta wfi? mean the rerout ing of the road from the business section to the Eatonton highway. The new road will tie the Eatonton road to the Miscon route at the corner of Montgomery and Columbia streets. A winding road with several bad curves out of the elty to Eatonton will be eliminated T%« highway board will to all probability, adver tise for bids during this week for Rm Columbia street work. MBVdgeriBe has already shared In toe public works building pro gram in the award of a contract for the Oconee river bridge. The Columbia street gap will be graded and the curve to toe rood eliminat ed before the pariag work is dean JOE T. ANDREWS Joe T. Andrews was elected Wor shipful Master of Benevolent Lodge No. 3 F. A A. M. at the annual elec tion of officers Tuesday night. Other officer* rfmaed were: Joe L. Grant, Sr. Warden; J. T. McMul- leng, Jr., IWhrden; Wilson Y. I Sr. Deacon; Alvin L. Tanner, Deacon; J. B. Maipaaa, Sr. Steward; Joe A. Moore, Jr., Jr. Steward; J. R. Smith, secretary; J. T. Day, treas urer; J. A. Benford, tyler; J. T. Mo Mullen aad John Riley, member* of governing hoard for a term of tw* years. Rev. L- E. Robert* woe ap pointed chaplain for the next year. Mr. Andrew* was named to mo oted Mr. Sidney U Statohridge. who served aa Master toe part year. Mr. a splendid report V--r: will he observed as a gen- ***! holiday, ^ r °' F T 0' ! PVAMEWT will. END THIS WEEK J '”' 3 G ’»"t Win. Second Flight P'"* ai- j Lamar Ham, Third. Fi.h- *• H *V« Play Final.. The Echetah Country Club golf ‘feHiam. "t will come to a close wed; when George A. Fisher an Hoy Hayes play for the cham- I^nship „ f the c , ub | n the fir8t n «*t brackets, ^ play off was scheduled for l,ut rain interfered and ' riiampinngjjjp round will come at ,* w fete th : s week. In the sec- m! f ' El ' ,a,ne ’ , 'Grant defeated yfr 1 • Fr '' ! Jo * ey for the champion- dJ* !" h ‘ irroup. Mr. Lamar Ham •«.***'? Mr ' Arch McKinley in the - f r play to receive the cup r 'l' 5 division. The club “Dub” an announced. "“! interest hn., been shown , to 'irnsmcnt this year and already been started for r tournament in the spring. 'l-'v three Sheriffs met at the ’ F if P They were Sheriff Pas- ■''num county. Sheriff Prcs- of Jones ounty. and J- Havn\-. of Baldwin riff Hawk ns was nc- hv County Policeman G. S. C BUILDING LOAN APPROVED Bags Early at Jiamary or Facakjr ApuM, President Roosevelt placed his ap proval on the application for a loan from the Board of Regents for more than three million dollars to be spent on new buildings and repairs at col leges in the university system. Con- grersman Carl Vinson advised The Unipn-Recorder of the President’s action last Friday. The Regents plan to spend $292,- 000 of the fund received from the Public Works Administration on the construction of two buildings and in making improvements on other buildings at G. S. C. W. Dr. J- L. Beeson said that plans for a faculty apartment costing above a hundred thousand dollars and a gymnasium with swimming pool in the basement had been approved. Construction of these buildings will be storied early in the new year for completion be fore the next school term begins. The new apartment house will face Montgomery street on the north campus and will be located between !he Paries Memorial Hospital and , the Peabody High School building The design and architecture will ho similar t» other buildings on the J campus, harmonizing in finish to the genornl plan of Corinthinn arrivtcc- .ture started hy Dr. M. M- Park' The gymnasium building will be erected on the cast campus and will fnce Wilkinson street. The plnns for these Bmild ngs have been approved hv the Regents. What repairs will be made have not been definitely announced. FARMERS TO HEAR MEAT AND FLOUR TAX EXPLAINED A meeting of the forme" of B" u - »-in countv will he held at the Cov House Thursdav to hear the ta” "i meat. meal, and Dour cmlsined Mr \1Jrn Moore, of the Internal Reve nue denartment. wi*h offices In M"- con. will c<yme here and crnlsio th" new nrocersinr tnxe* to the farm- ... All farmers ond business men Verosted are inw'ted to attend this P O A^D EXPRESS OFFICE IN XMAS RUSH TEN PROJECTS ASKED FORCWi M SafuatRni ta ABnt bdtoM ia New P^rrl G. S. C. Camp is Faviaf Aba Askei Ten additional projects have been sent to state headquarters for ap proval by the local Civil Works Ad ministration, S. D. Stembridge, di rector, and approval is expected during the week and work will be started immefi'ately after Christmas. Included in the projects asked for approval is the hard surfacing the road from the hospital avenue to Allen’s Invalid Home. This project will provide employment for a large number of people. This road will be graded and a crushed rock base will be laid. The county will furnish the material and the machinery to do the work. Also included in the new projects is paving for the G. M. C. campus. This will include the side walks and the roads. The local authorities have urged especially that these projects be approved for immediate work. Other projects asked for are: F.e- novat : ng mattresses for G. S. C. VT In sewing room; furnishing janitro'. services for nil puH'c buildings; con sti action of plsv ground ni Trainin ' School; Rock j. tty at State Hosp tal water plant to divert river flow mo intake well; widening nnd soilin ’ Tonmsboro road: a play ground nt Jarrett’s Springr and a municipal rimm'ng pool. Mr. Stembridge said that the projects had been sent to Atlanta and he believed they would he immediate, liy approved nnd returned to him the* work might be started. The wq’edgrvip* ereneed vnl"l tb* holiday r MAYOR HORNE AND COUNCIL TAKE OATH In compliance with the City Char ter. the City Council held a spec'al session Monday evening to admin ister th” oath of office to the new Mayor and three aldermen. Mayor J. A. Home took the oath n< Mavor and January 1st enter* his second term Messrs a D. Ster.- bridee. L H. Andrews and H.^ S- Wootten *ook the oath as aldertner. They will assume their duties Jan- unry 1st- A special couPt'I session w r ll be held on the first day of Jan- uarv and the new officials will take chnrge. At tho m meting Monday th" coun cil authorized the police cemm-tt"" to employ anoiher’noPeeman for th" hoVd-v* fo- TVght dU«v. Th" eOOO- r :i j,|ho pnnroved burning Cv- wh te wav lights during the holid^" Prisoners Attack Judge Dunnaway Fritaam Ha Vu Back to Fan, lihip Sa|Mr- ■ato^Ml. Malta Escava- Judge B. H. Dunaway, superinten dent of the State prison near here, is recovering from injuries he re ceived last Thurnjpy night, when two convicts he was transporting back to the prison, beat him, took his car and forced him to accom pany them back to Atlanta where he escaped wnile the prisoners were hold’ng up another car to make their get-away. Judge Dunaway was overpowered near Madison late Thursday after noon while enroute back to the farm with T. B. Burma, Durant Shadix Evans, all escaped convicts. Evans did not take part in toe at tack. bnt ran tack to Mediaon and reported the kidnaping of Judge Dunaway to the police there and to Nashville, ef the lodge activities year aad at toe eoaclusioB he was presented a Past Heater's jawcl in a ring. The ledge thanked Mr. Stem- bridge for hie interart in making the dosing year ono of the mo* Ad toe ledge has enjeyad. Mr. Andrews has bees indentified with Masonic affairs far a aamhee of year* and haa filled all the chain leading to the Master’s office. An nteresting feature of hie election tho fact he was elected Master, on the one hundredth anniversary of the election his great grandfather, the late Mr. Iverson Harris, to this same office. Mr. Harris was the first mas ter of the lodge after the preseat building was occupied. Mr. Andrews is a young man of splendid ability and leadership and the Masonic fra ter n't y can look forward to a most successful and fruitful year under his direction. COTTON OPTION BLANKS ON HAND Ftnam tl) Sun Plant, Get AdditiMll Fond, (or Flora* Up Cotton. ’34 Stools Rerared. Farmers of Baldwin county who plowed up cotton last spring and took options on 'fcotton at s x cents per pound will sign the nece-sary papers this week to have the cotton d -iivered to them in the form of a receipt from the Agricultural Ai justment Administration. The blanks have been received this week by Farm Agent Langley and will be distributed to the farmers. Many of the fanners of the county who agreed to plow up cotton took opfons on cotton at six cents pet- pound in payment for the acres plow ed up- TheJjlanks that will be signed this week will give the fanner the right to authorize Secretory Wallace to sell this cotton and send them checks in payment, or they may hold the cotton and borrow ten cents per pound on it. There will be sev eral thousand dollars worth of options signed. The new blanks for 1934 reduc- t : ons have been received. The farm ers will reduce their cotton a cer tain percent based on a five year average. Public meetings will he held throughout the county to ex plain the p’an enrly : n Janttarv and the Wnnks will then be distributed for sign'ng. DECEMBFR HFAT FCCORD REACHES NEW PEAK The temnerafure of c ””d-- -- nndav rcgVorerJ in the nWm -ealrne - n r"eo«-d o f n n.-mher e years for De-ember weather. Roland Lawrence To Be Named Prison Mead Report Says juyerintomUnt. IV prison*«1 o» th* hack awl, ia NM way nlrtsri their haa* raft* and beat Judge Dana- way ever th* b*ad forci-g him to stay'tlw .ear. After taking Us pistol, they toe* toads him drive them on to Macoa and into Atlanta, where to* gas was esaaatod. The Swo men jmayad oat ta a rrwdential rtr**> •ad told «y aaatonr.eq^tejjyMto wore riding Mr. nnd Mm. flans Smith. WMk this hold ay *aa ta oragrM* Judge Dnnawny mndn his escape and went into an apnrtmont and called the police. The two men took the Smith car and left and al- ihmigh police have instated a south wide search they are st ! ll at liberty Judge Dunaway came hack to his home Friday morning and was con fined to his bed for several days re covering from toe injuries. Several teeth were knocked out and his head and face were badly bruised and lacerated. Mrs. Dunaway was notified that Judge Dunaway was in an accident Madison late Thursday after- l and with her daughter. Miss Lucille Dunaway, went to Madison where she Was told how her husband had been token. Several hours past ed before the new* came that Judge Dunaway had effected his release and was safe. M*t Dnw., va G. t. faiA ,S# Prim. Caft. Practer to Swap M, ViA W. W. Brat Roland Lawrence, Deputy Sheriff of Baldwin County, said Wednesday that he had not been officially noti fied of the proposed change ta the superintendent’s office at the State Prison Farm, as reported in the daily papers Wednesday. The story stated that Judge B. H- Dunaway would be transferred to the new prison at Reidsviile, and would be succeeded by Mr. Lawrence. The riiumor has been abroad for several weeks that a change would be made at the prison, but no defi nite announcement has yet been made. M)r. Lawtoifce will ta the choice as Judge Dunaway’s succes sor, is certain, and the announcement of the change, which will become effective early in January, ia expect ed daily. Hie announcement stated Judge Dunaway will be Mat to the new prison which ia bring built in Trt- anll county. Ha has been at th* prison for It y*gn aad has mad* auay Improvement*, aad Mtahlak- tag s gMd rtteii Tto report, aa paMUtod Wednen* idy, ata* Mjn that Warden W. L- Proctor will exchange places wfth Warden W -W. toned, *C tto Tntor- **rt*d to hta and weald to aa- ■•■■aM wRhia a few .day*. tor several y*ara. H* toe bees a deputy sheriff of Bahfwt* county for • auanhir ef years aad ton a fin* record aa aa enf nr Foment officer. is a antirs of tan meaty WALLACE BUTTS COliSIDERED AS COACH AT OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY Wallace Butt* conferred with President Jacobs, of Ogle thorp University, and Frank Anders"! athletic director, this week regard ing the position as head foot ball coach at the Atlanta University. Coach Butts has not said what de cision had been reached or whether he will accept the job if he is offer ed the contract, Coach Batts went to Atlanta after the Oglethorpe offici als had written him and asked if he would consider the job. Wallace Butts has made a splen did record as a coach since graduat ing at Mercer, where he was a star for four years. His first job was at Madison and he coached a G. I. A. A. and southern championship team his third year. Com : ng to G. M. C. he- has won the state Junior Col lege championship two years in a row. The hend coach at Oglethorpe resigned and when the college head' began to look for his successor they immediately considered Coach Butts Col. Roach has agreed to release Coach Butts from his pre-ent con tract if he nrcent” the job. wh’cb w ! !l renuire b : m to renort .Tnnnp" - 1st. Coscb Rut‘« nor th" offieMe f)-.tethr.rn- have £-jv«*n out s definite RED CROSS TO PROVIDE FOR POOR ON CHRISTMAS Plans are being made by Miss Emy B lev. head of the Red Cross rtnef offices, to provide for the poor of the county on Christmas day. There arc now ninety families on tho relief roll who are receiving benefit from the Red Cross fund. Food and clothing will be provided and toys for the children in the destitute families. DR. J. C. ADCOCK TO OPEN DENTAL OFFICES HERE Dr. J. C. Adcock, for several years a member of the staff of the Mil- ledgevillc State Hospital, has an nounced that he will open offices in this city on January 1st for the prac tice of Dentist Dr. Adcock will have offices in the Kidd Build'ng formerly occupied by I)r. E. A. Tigner. * LEGION AUXILIARY TO REMEMBER EX-SERVICE MEN CHRISTMAS Boxes of food nt»! clothing will l»e sent to the ex-service n.en at the State Hospital for Christmas. Mrs. George Carpenter, rehabilitation chairman, has this in charge nnd boxe.< will he prepared and sent the men at the hospital and prison. WORK STARTS ON BRIDGE BY JANUARY 18TH C. E. Smith, head of the un employed offiee in this county, has been advised by Connell- Young, Macon contractors, who were low bidders to build the new bridge over the Oconee river, that they will want a large number of workmen early fn January. The number that will be employed u not stated but both skilled and un- sk’Iled labor will he given jobs. The wori- will he started not later than January 15th, It Is under stood. The highway department will award the contract within the next fe.v days. Mr Smith now has more than one thousand names on the unem ployed roll. Th's list includes those who are now employed on C. W. A. projects. The bridge work will be taken from tho list in Mr. Smith’s office entirely:

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Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, December 21, 1933, Image 1