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at Mi!:«4c«vilU, Ga.
R. B. MOORE—EDITOR
JERE N. MOORE—Baiiaat. Mgr.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Oh Yaar fit©
fora.
Th« work was well worth the ia-
veatmer.t and brings the tax digest
, true and correct guage of city
property values. No doubt it would
pay the county to peraue a sh
course for there is no doubt much
property in the county that is not
on the tax books and if a
thorough check was made them
would be added to the county reve-
needed dollars.
Advertising Rata, .a Applka
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF COUNTY
THURSDAY. JAN. 11. 1N4
Don’t borrow trouble this year.
Remrtnber that duty well perform
ed brings ita own reward.
It will not be long now bofore
political rumors will start to circu
late.
The true friend is the one who
knows all your fahilts and likes you
just the name.
Ewrjbody started the new year
with a spirit of optimism that did
not exist the first of 1933.
Congress is in session and the
leaders state that the policies
President Roosevelt will be g
rapport.
During the year 1934 the mer
chants of Milledgerille wi| lfind the
columns of Tha Union-Recorder a
splendid medium to contribute to an
increased trade.
THE NEW PRISON FARM
SUPERINTENDENT
While we regret to see Judge
Dunaway leave the county, for
has made a good, substantial citizen,
we are happy that his change to a
new job. provides one for one of
our own farmers and best citisens.
Roland Lawrence, a native of this
county, will give the state efficient
service and make a .splendid superin
tendent for the prison farm. It ia
the first time a Baldwin farmer Has
been selected for this position. He
is not only a successful fartner but
a man experienced in handlnig and
dealing with violators of the law.
He has splendid capacities
his new position with credit.
He carries with him in his new
work the best wishes of his fellow
eitisens.
vide within • f«w W u n,ea *
act now. An extension of sewage
lines will become an economic neces
sity within s few years if the hex ‘.th
of the city is to be protected. The
construction of a new court house
will be necessary. A buildng suffici
ent to house all county offices would
save the county enough in rents to
take care of much of the interest. If
we are to keep G. >M. C. in the pic-
strhool of first rating,
IMPROVE THE ROADS IN THE
CEMETERY
While the city and county are he
rn practically remodeled by C. W. ... _ .. -
A. worker., w. hope Uttl «M<UU«
will b. done to U>. road, ia Ike City C *”" ,T «*
cemetery. Theec roads have washed
and become exceedingly rough aad
rt it ig possible to have tbi
included in a C. W. A. project, we
would be glad to
The cemetery here is one of tha
most beautiful in the country. It io a
The President does not attempt to
paint an optimistic picture, but
states conditions as they are. He
asks for this unpresedented peace
time expenditure in an effort to re
store this nation u> normal times.
Conditions are now worse than
they were during the war. We are
waging a fight for our own people.
We arc spending this money to save
lives instead of taking them, so the
present deficit should not alarm
when we consider the reasons the j money must be spent there. Our city
money is spent. The national credit ’ school system is already taxed and
is sound and will remain safe under an enlargement of this absolute
the President’s program. I necessity is not fhr distant.
We are rebuilding and by rtbuild- We need the improvements, peo-
ing we must adopt a live and let'pie need work. For every dollar we
live policy. We can help make the! spend the federal government will
new era successful by using oci spend five. This is a bargain no wise
thought and experience. The grab-1 man can resist The federal govern
ing of all we can get away with ia ment is putting out millions to pro
passing it. It has failed miserably, j vide jobs and increase buying power
The sprit of the Roosevelt new deal to start the wheels of industry
is for all to enjoy life in their ca- j normal bs^s. Cities and counties are
pacRes. Let us mil live and serve and' asked to provide a small part of the
ksppy day* are ahead. j money needed for the improvements
*n»e spending of money ia a part as an evidence of good faith. The
of the program and there is not. federal money is there for us, If we
need for alarm. The national income j don’t use It, aome other community
in norma! times is 90 billion. It Is [will and within a few years w e will
certainly wise to spend ten billion if. have to provide the entire amount
we can restore this normal income for these improvements must
to tha nation. j ^de sooner or later.
I We hope the city, county, and
SHOALS DAM I school authorities will act at once,
IMPORTANT TO RECOVERY map out their program and go after
The suggestion that has keen made th * M BMded fundl for P****™t-
by Mr. J. L. Sibley and endorsed by
city an excellent Mec u ti, e «*
«”» of hi. time Md *7< B.
e the city «ove™m e „ t b ^“t U
■Mie every depertment
M it should function He J? 4 ' 1
time and ^
*’ » public servant and ^
everythin* pswrible to
city hall
without changing the charter. The *
only trouble about the present set
up is that this administration will
not remain in office permanently
and their successors con immediate- make the city government l4l * 0!
? y change back to the old aarelcas to make every den»v*J!._. *}* r
.^pending way if they so desire. We
sincerely hope the citizens will give
thought to a commission form of
government during the next year.
The present administration has
shown the way and how well this
system applied to government func
tions, and it seems that the thing to
do now is to take steps to keep it
that way, and the only solution is
the city manager system-
The revision of the property tax
values, the set-up of a efficient
bookkeeping system, the application
of responsibility where it belongs,
the co-ordination of all departments,
and the budgeting of city expendi
tures, have aQ contributed to make
MMedgevfto'a government mare
efficient and to give to the tax pay
ers greater service for the money
the people,
e^d.n.f.ou in tW . pp(lfc ,
The budget system
economical operation
dty>. affcsra. It i. . , ornri £
uod we hope thet lz
T» lUyer Bum. Md th?
Band rapport for the Mv»n«_™
ZSiTEZzzrZt
The recent Iwt of the ten best
dressed women has recently been
published. The average husband
thinks his wife is in this class when
he Kets the bills.
Court will be in se«s : on this week,
end upon the grand jury there large
ly rests the responsibility of investi
gating conditions in the city relative
to the violation of law.
hallowed spot with practically every
faaiUy in this eounty and
quently there ia not an hour in the
day that people will not be found in
the cemetery. The condition of the
roods makes auto driving uncom
fortable and we beMevo the resur
facing of these roods is an import
ant matter for consideration by the
C. W. A. " ’ rn
UP TO TREATY STRENGTH
As the date approaches for the
expiration of the Washington naval
limitation agreement, the great sea
t. 7 77 I " 7" _ .. I powers are rivaling each other in
l .v * .*, ,0Ur ° "“P *• *•*, strength". ,.p.„ ,Urt-
! . "* ti0n - Wh " ,eJ - Ui it by announcing ,h, would bo
or.1 doptunt c-.rantee cortifio.to. onwillill , to on ft. s „ort
wore tanied, the brake* here wereL nd thc fmmoM 5 -5-3 ratio. The
•mono tho fret Ir, tho nnlion lo ro. Unit( , d d<!cided t)ult in
cetve them. After the harking Siolf-
da\-v last March, the banks here were
among the first in the nation allow
ed to reopen. Wle are proud of our
banks They have been the bulwark
of safety and integrity throughout
the years and have a most enviable
record. Their annual statements
show they are enjoying a continued
success.
that c
■ she had better quit fooling
d move up squarely to the maxi-
jm tonnage the ratio of 5 permit-
r her. Then Great Britain, “alarm-
” at the gigantic naval programs
of her two chief sea rivals, decided
also to "build up to treaty strength”.
Thus the fun began.
Now a “cry of alarm “against the
menace” of Japanese rn.val activi
ty . __ ties comes from Italy. “Japan today
Prarmpy IWuraolin, believf, th.t ; nv „ dl .„ C hin»; m „p ircd hy
eetrrtne rara murt bo used to .void h , t „ di , ht pIln tmtl0rrow
" rro ' 1 against white men”, aaid the Mar-
‘‘exasperating’’ Germany and
vokin," her into on open rad r«h-|~[, <5^0 Modiii del 'vMeoUo,
Ira. pvtnrw. of re.rn,.ment. th.t, who h „ , om , co „« ct : on | r
H*ior 1. U prownt .ucoerafully with th( . (Gu , M
punmln*. It „U led none th. 1« whrt?) n.v.l b«d*ot. And Franc.
t« w,r » nd “>« pet | will undoubtedly .oon be th. ii,ht
van ra. o n* .elf to rum-; Rnd br , m to ntren*th.n her Modi-J lo come,
ora .rarat frara. eu^icion ,nd th. ,.rran..n fleet .,.in.t poraible .1-
other mental attHudes suitable to'. - - —
the development of war-minded
populations.
the dam at Furman
Aoula ia not only a constructive and
important suggestion, but one that
will aid materially in the recovery
program that ia now in progress.
The federal government has al
ready started the Tennessee Valley
development which the Prestdeat and
h*s advisors eay is one of the great
est program* in the new deal lookii«
toward permanent improvement
the nation.
The emnpletion of the Furman
Sfeoala dam will make available to
the southeast sufficient current to
operate whatever industries that may
come here. With the prospect*
paper mill* coming to this section
the movement south in the cera
mic industry, the demand for cheap
current will rroatly Increase. If this
dam is completed, the attraction to
these industries will be even greater
to this section. If timea return to
normal, w e believe that the construc
tion of paper mills and the manu
facture of coated paper in this sec
tion will be a strong probability.
Soil erosion ha* been a great
meance to farming in this section.
This one thing ha9 done as much as
anything to make the firms of this
section poor. Thousanck of tons of
dirt are washed to the sea by the
Oconee each year. The dam would
be a flood control measure that
would restore to the farmers thous
ands of dollars in fertilizer costa.
Mr. 3ibley and the Kiwanis with
the city and county officials are
commended for their effort. This
movement is one of the most import
ant that has been started in th : s
county in many years and If it is
successfully carried through, it will
mean not only employment for about
one thousat.l men for two or three
yearn, but it will mean a return to
the people of this section for yotrs
essential improvements.
1 tack by the Yellow Peril. Then the
j race will be on in earnest, al! in-
j sp red by the agreement at Wash-
| nigton to “limit” armaments.
Add to that Germnay’s breaking
j up of the so-called Disarmament
Good news continues to
of Ormany, American Ambassador ^
Wiilira. E Dodd, joinln, with th.|con^ r ,nra ,'t cl^r. “bec'ura ..
envoy of Gn.1 Bnt. ha. pn>U*t-| „ outd nol h „ „ „ >rm , , nd
ed «r»in« Cermray’. .etion 1. ra-, h .« ,„ od for thought wh i.h i.
due,n r raterrat p.ymonU on foreim L ur , prodllc . i„i. rn ,,| on . 1 indi .
hra. .nd traued jhat oeww^.per pr , |on ohJ „, of
rMHirt 1 rhllarl ■ "l'nilo/i w<n yw I n i»* 1 • ,
sment conferences seem* to be, not
to determine how small armaments
to be, but how big, in order that
report* called a "veiled warning”
that such action might, undermine
Germany’s credit rating among the
nations. Now if Germany would
only cease payments altogether, may
be her future credit would be com
pletely destroyed and she would be
unable to obtain loans to fight the
war that Hitleri* mad cohorts are
nations may later “build up to treaty
strength.
THE NATIONAL BUDGET
The President of the United
Btates has presented to Congress a
•o vigorously preparing. If you are T** 7!,, V
.n optima devoid of .11 «« of th “ ,or lh * *»*
realities perhaps you may get a
gleaiu of hope from that prospect.
ture of the largest sum of money
that this nation has ever appropriat
ed during peace time, and by calling
for this expenditure the national in
debtedness will reach a new h'gh
A JOB WELL DONE
Mr. J. F. Bell, Jr., ia nearing the j
f'aiah of a p ? «ce of work that will ( Thc pubhe debt aft4r the
prove *f great vahio to the city. Dur- j $26,500,000,000. This was the larg»
ing the past two months he has been ( ert deficit the nation had ever huUt
assigned to a spec al job and the re- i up The expenditure of the money
suit* of his eRfcrte have been moot 1 called for by the President will send
satisfactory. He has gone over the the deficit to thirty-two b : llion.
tax books of the city, located prop-j The question that has been asked
ertv, checked against the ownership, time and again since the President* ...
and searched out property that w* r budget message is, can we afford it? ^th the program and
not on the di*e»t. Th. rwult h.» Th, mrara*. of th, Prwident vra, „ hecn . h>ndl ,., p pr „. pn ,
i.,n th.t h, h.i suceded in .ddinu frank ,Ut.ment of .ff.in.- It wiu c!ti „ ,„ d cnunti „ from pr ,, pi „_ (ho
to the property \alues about *42.- the first real clear and straight-tfor- opportunities afforded.
n 00 in nmpertv that tiie e»tv was ward statement of conditions that M»ny projects are need
not receiving any revenue from be- this nation has had in some time. Project' that we will hav
President Arkwright ha* already
shown hi* willingness to co-operate
and has declared the Power Com
pany desires to reaitme the work, if
the funds can be secured. Every ef
fort should be made to have tho
worts started and we urge the Con
gressmen interested and the two
senators from Georgia to lend their
aid.
TIME FOR ACTION
The federal government is doing
everything in ita power to relieve un
employment and restore buying pow
er. Millions of dollars are being
made available for public works in
this effort and the federal govern
ment ia asking the co-operation and
support of every community in the
nation.
If you happen to be out of sympa
thy with this program, talk to one
of those who hav* been out of a
job, we mean a real worker, * man
who wants food, clothing and above
all a job, not a dole. The man who
ha* gone day in and out looking for
work to provide for his family and
then see what your attitude will be.
The South has been criticised for
not asking for enough of this fed
eral money. They say we have a
poor complex, we have oeen poor
so long. It is true some of the s*at«
leadership has been out of sympathy
way hav
A FINE BEGINNING
Miklodgevill* enter* into the
year with ita affairs in a most
cellent condition and the prospect*
for a mo* successful and profitable
year
Dosing the past two years there
Have be«n applied to the affairs of
the etty strict bosinasa principles
and th* result* have been extreme
ly satisfactory to tbs citixen*.
nothing rise had been done, it would
bo to the lasting credit of that ad
ministration that the dtp govern
ment was reorganised and made to
serve the people mb re efficiently
and in a more business like manaer.
We called attention to the people
a few yean ago the importance of
applying busHtese ideas to the city
government. We urged that the City
Manager system be adopted and
attempted to point out the advanti
■ges of such a system. Today we
h«ve the cRy manager p]*n j n op
eration as near u we could have it
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Pay County Taxes
NOW
AND SAVE COSTS
I h»»* bea infracted by the Coortjr Uvramnam n pn.
«*d at once w*> coUccdoa of prat <4* Mate aad county
taxa. Al property owner, who have not paid lU. tun 4
for tbe year 1933 are ur(ed to cal at my office at ONCE
aad SAVE further OOSIS.
I ALSO have al unpaid tax fi. faa. for 1931 and I93Z By
payin* thera PAST DUE taxe, NOV k Wll uv* you a<L
ditiooal COSTS.
Your prompt co-op, ration will be appreciated.
w. J. HAYNIE
Sheriff Baldwin County
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On* Ntflnnlffil
Tag Ordsr Blanks
Department
our mechanics check your car regularly-
We w* be glad to fill out your tag order
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