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Miftedfevile, Ga., Joe 28, 1934
CaaialMatW ia 1S72
NUIVBER44
New Members Added to Faculty I
of 6SCV', Dr. Wells Announces
DR. WEILS STARTS
DUTIES MONDAY
p. Hoy Ttylor to Be Deu of In
struction »t CoBefe. Two New
Departments ire Added.
Gu p H. Wells, president of the
Borfia St'tc Collegu 1 or Women,
lline0 ii this week the sppoint
. 0 f three new members to the
follepc faculty to be heads of newly
ited departments.
, r Wells described the new
outstanding: in tbe field of educa-
_ n aT ,d ably fitted for the
iork t&gned them.
Hoy Taylor will come ta the
ctlleec as Dean of Instruction and
fcrtd of the department of Social
Sciences- This department is n
rk in the college and takes under
supervision the departments of
•ioloey and psychologry. Dr. Taylor
n es here from the South Georgia
State Teachers College at States-
rore. He is a man of unusual ability
d leadership, Dr. Wells said.
Ip- E. G. Cornelius will be the
-ad of the newly created depart-
neni of Secretarial Science. A de
will be given in the future in
-tcrial work and will embrace
the department.' of bookkeeping and
r.ngraphy with the present heads
these departments as assistants.
Dr. Cornelius comes here from the
estern College, Wingfield.
Kansas. He is doing post graduate
ork this summer.
Dr. Harry A. I/tle has been named
■ntrsrt man in the field. He w ? ll
*ep in dose contact w‘th G. iS. C.
rrsduates now teaching and doing
other work. He will be a member
of the Department of Education. Dr.
Litt!» recently received his Ph.. D,
froTi Columbia University.
previously announced Miss
Ethel Adams will join the faculty of
tk coil^ye as Dean of Women.
The new department heads will
■ne fn JHIdgville in September.
CARL vinson RETURNS
HOME FOR VACATION
from Sixth to
Visiting Conftit
Cong re ** Ends.
Congressman Carl Vinson return-
to Milledgeville Saturday to spend
a) months visiting with his con-
■nt- throughout the S ; xth Con
ional District.
Congressman Vinson declared the
if'fion of Congress just closed
e mo 1 '•onstructive and important
th» history of the nation. He stat-
H that Mr. Haose^elt was i
Popular than ever before and that
the new deal meant recovery for
During the last session Mr. Vin-
chn^man of the Naval Affa
Committee, succeeded in haring e
‘od his bill to bring the navy
•once pact strength. He also led
her major legislative acts chief
isr them was the bW to guaran
,f >me loan bonds.
jrn g the summer Mr. Vinson
2' :t rtiro «o’bout the district and
" ‘ ; veral speeches. OfPcies w : ll
^ "‘pined at his homo. Mrs.
1 Arrive later to spend
•rnmer.
HIOHWAY department
? IRWINTCN road work
i-yj Marion Ennis
^ ■ Hatcher appeared befon
^ >’ department Wednesday
lx t,: " immediate approval of the
•v and resurfacing of the road
Hardwick to Wilk'-n*on county
i as the Irwinton road.
w ays have been secured
county everything *s ready
work to begin. Mr. Ennis.
rr , ‘ 11 °f the county commiaaion-
iv ? 15 nr1t,n g that the approval of
w °ri he given by the highway
rane ok at once.
P. : pk-
IV A' AT HARDWICK
begins next sunday
vr,t services will hop-in noict
** !l * l be Hardwick Baptist-
^'■nd cont ; mie for two weeks.
’ • h*. McCluncy, pastor in
* ia5 »nounced
"'‘us Hughes, of Hartwell.
rr mh at two services dailv
.. . o’clock and
. " p ty. The public is cordial-
N«w Presided of G. S. C. W. WiH
Arrire Meade,. Dr. Beeson Be
comes President Emeritns.
Dr. Guy H. Wells will arrive in
Milledgeville next Monday to take
over the duties as president of the
Georgia State College for Womer
The newly elected president has
made many visits to Milledgeville
since his election in March ard has
acquainted himself with the work.
Monday he will begin his official
duties. He comes to Milledgeville from
Statesboro where he was very popu
lar. He has a splendid record in edu
cational worfl and as he enters his
work ut the college here a new era
is anticipated by friends of the col
lege.
Dr. J. L. Beeson closes an admin
istration of many accomplishments,
and becomes President Emeritus of
the college. He has been actively
connected with the college for thirty-
seven years and has been a big fac
tor in building the splendid institu
tion which has served thousands of
Georgia girls. His retirement is in
recognition of valuable service
rendered.
Dr. and Mrs. Wells with their
children will move imrredaitely into
the Mansion where they will make
their home. Dr. ..aid Mr* Beeson
have moved to their home on Colum
bia street.
During the summer Dr. Wells will
spend much time traveling in
interest of the college. He will visit
number of the leading universities.
He enterc upon his work to make G.
S. C. W. the outstanding university
for women in the South.
NEW DOCTOR TO JOIN STAFF
OF MILLEDGEVILLE HOSPITAL
Dr. Rob.rt F.rrrll WiH Become A.
aociated With Dr. Binioa and Dr.
Wood. Jaljr l.t.
Dr. Robert Ferrell will come to
Milledgeville July 1st to join the staff
of the city hospital and to become as
sociated with Dr. Richard Binion
and Dr. O C. Woods in the general
..practice of medicine and surgery.
Dr. Ferrell graduated at the
University of Georgia Medical school
in 1931. He interned at the Univer
sity hospital and for the past year
has been resident surgeon at the
Macon Hospital. He is recognized as
an accomplished surgeion and ha-
done n number of successful major
operations. He will assist Dr. Binion
and Dr. Woods in the practice of
medicine and will be an assistant
surgeon on duty at the hospital for
emergency cases. He comes to Mil
ledgeville with a fine reputation and
highly recommended.
The City Hospital is recogirzed
as on of the finest in the Smith
with a staff equal to that of nianv
of the lager hospitals. In recent
months the hosp : tal lias been crowd
ed and the demand for admission is
PLANS GO FORWARD FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF THEATRE
Manager Frank D. Adams stated
this week that plans were going for
ward for the construction of the new
theatre building here and that work
would probably be started within a
few weeks.
The new building will be located
«.i Hancock street on the present
site of the Hendrick* house that wiM
down. The new building will
have store rooms, an attracitve
lobby with lounging rooms and a
main auditorium td accomodate over
five hundred people with a large
MR J- T. KING CONSTRUCTING
NEW HOME
Work was started this week on
ie construction of n modern bunga-
iw on the lot adjoining the G. S. C.
mct r ce House and across from the
■owler Ajrhrtments. The home »
r-irnr l.u s lt b" Mr. J. T King, who
purchased, th
FOURTH OF JULY
TO BE OBSERVED
General Holiday Will Be Celebrat
ed. Parties at Ecbetah Club and
Sprint Lake.
WRECK FATAL TO
MRS. GEO BRANDT
Milledgeville will celebrate the
Fourth of July in customary fashion
next Wednesday with every business
house in the city closbd and a gen
eral holiday observed.
Mayor Horne has officially de
clared the holiday and ordered all
offices of the city closed. The holi
day will be the occasion of mnny
family reunions, barbecues by clubs
and other events to make the day
a happy one.
The members of Spring Lake
Hunting and Fishing Club will have
a fish fry and barbecue at six
o’c’lock in tbe afternoon. Th : s will
be one of the feature events that
the club stages during the year.
Tuesday evening the Echeatah
Country Club will have their annual
'Fourth of July dance. A special or
chestra has been secu.-ed for this
occasion and every member is ex
pected to attend. A number of out-
of-town visitor sattending the
totion golf tournament will be special
guests. On tbe 4th the tournament
will be in progress with several priv
ate picnics the order of the day
The John Milledge Chapter S
R. w'11 entertain the member;
the D A. R. at a barbecue dinner
at Indian Island Farm. A special
speaker will address this meeting.
At G. S. C. W. the fourth will bi
observed in festive style. A holiday
will he observed and in the nf1
noon a barbecue dinner w-ill be se
cd to be followed bv a dance.
A warning was issued by health
officials urging citizens not to go
the water within an hour after eat
ing.
The stores will remain closed
throughout the day to give all ein
ployees the opportunity to observi
and enjoy the holiday.
INVITATION TOURNAMENT
STARTS AT ECHETAH CLUB
The Echetah Country Clubs first
annual inriiat'bn golf tournament
wiul begin at one o’clock Wednesday
July 4th with a large field of
tries participating.
Invitations have been mailed golf
ers throughout the state and the re
sponse indicates a large number of
players from every section.
Practice and qualifying rounds will
begin Monday and last until i
Wednesday An itertainment pro
gram has been arranged for the
vs'iors throughout their stay here.
Monday evening a swimming party
w : ll be given and Mayor Horne will
deliver the address or welcome. Tues
day evening a dance will honor the
visitors.
George Fisher. Rev. Horace Smith.
Wlson Mason and R H. Reynold* arc
the commttee in ri’arcr: of arrange-
Misses Ollie Mae Donaldson and
Frances Brake Severely Injured
When Car Collides Willi Track.
Mrs. George F. Brandt, a former
resident of this city, of LesVagas,
Nev., died early Monday morning’at
Macon hospital from injuries receiv
ed late Sunday night when a sedan
vas driving collided with a pro
duce truck on the Macon road near
Gray.
Mis« Ollie Mae Donaldson, a nurse
at Allen's Invalid Home and Miss
Mary Francci Brake, a stenograph-
at the Home and a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brake, com
panions of Mrs. Brandt, were serious
ly injured.
Miss Donaldson and Miss Biakc
were both taken to the Macon hos
pital. Miss Brake returned here bun-
day night and a is suffering from
head injuries and bruises. Miss
Donaldson received severe cuts and
dismissed from the hospital Mon
day night.
The three women were returning
home after a visit to friends in
con. The two trucks were enroule
from Danville, Va., to Sycamore,
Ga., to get a load of produce. A. B.
Riley was driving the front truck
and said he pulled off the road
lei the car pass, when he heard the
crash. The rear truck had started
around the front truck when the
cars collided, it was stated. Owen
Mercer was driving the second truck
and has been ordered held on n
der charge by Sheriff Hawkins, of
Jones county. Mercer said be
the front truck pull out but did not
see the approaching car until
crashed into his truck. The sedan w
badly crushed.
Mrs. Brandt recently came frt.m
Nevada to visit her sister, Mrs.
Marion Watkins. Her husband wai
employed at the dam under construc
tion on the Oconee river and she
made her home here until a short
time ago. Her husband is now w<
ing on Boulder Dam in Nevada.
Marion Watkins went to Macon
Monday and had the body brought to
Moore”s Funeral Home here. Funeral
arrangements had not been fom-
nleted Wednesday.
It w«« announced late Wednesday
night that funeral services for Mr*.
Brandt would he held at five o’clock
Thursday afternbon Tnc i Moore’;
Chapel.
HEAT WAVE BRINGS HIGHEST
TEMPERATURES OF YEAR
MUledgcvillc's first heat wave
shows no signs of a let-up.
The highest temperature was
reached Tuesday when the ther
mometer reachd 99. Temperatures
ranged high throughout t'.ie nights
and citizens have sweltered under
a scorching sun since last Thurs
day. Saturday and Sunday 98 de
grees were recorded and Monday
97 was the highest.
Weather .feyeasters predifct a
continuance of the heat wave for
several days.
PARISH HOUSE
TO REJECTED
Catkolici to RebniM Present Ret-
t«7 ud Also Punk Home on
Lot Adjouinf Ckuck.
BEEFCATTLEON
WAY TO BALDWIN
Two Hundred Heed to Be Pastured
Here for Several Weeks bjr Fed
eral Government.
Two hundred head of beef cattl
om the drought stricken west will
arrive here some time this week to
be pastured for several months by
the Federal Govorirment and then
turned when rehabilitation program
will permit.
One hundred of the cattle will be
pastured on the farm of A. J. Carr
the outskirts of the city and one
hundred head will be placed on ihc
farm of C. E. Smith near Merri-
wether. The cattle have been taken
from farms in the west where the
recent dry season destroyed feed
crops and dried streams which c
many cattle to die. The government
took them over in order to save them
from dying and ere • ripping them to
?he rfnuth. Fifteen thousand head
wHl he shipped into Georgia.
Just how long the cattle will be
kept in pastures here is not known,
but Farm Agent Langley stated that
they would remain here for several
months. The cattle are all fine bred
beef cattle varieties.
Father T. J. McNamara, priest of
the Sacred Heart Catholic church,
announced this week that construc
tion had been started on the rebuild
ing of the rectory that was recently
destroyed by fire and m addition a
Parish Houae will built.
Plans drawn by S. Brown of the
firm of architects of Denis and
Denis, of Macon, were recently ac
cepted. The contract was awarded to
\ Lang, of Sandersvillc, after
bids were 'advertised Jn the local
papers. Materials, insofar as possible,
will be purchased locally and lo-al
labor will be employed.
The plan calls for the removal of
the present parsonage to the adjoin
ing lot and reconstructed into two
apartments, one to consist of living
and dining room, kitchen, three bed
rooms and bath. The other apart
ment will have living room, dining
room. Kitchen and two bod rooms
with connecting hath.
On the present site of the parson-
e n modern pnrish house in th*s
EngPfch style wfll be constructed.
The new structures will represent
investment of several thousand
dollars nddit'onal and will be among
the mo*t attractive residential build-
in the city.
HIGHWAY FNtttiFFR JMFS FROM
INJURIES RECEIVED BY FALL
H. M. Swat Died Friday Night and
Faneral Services Were Held Snn-
day in Werrenton.
Hubert M. Sweat, division engineer
of the state highway department, who
critically injured Tuesday of last
week when he fell iq a hole while
specting the new bridge at the Oconee
•. died at the City Hospit-il Friday
night and funeral services were held
Sunday in Warrenton.
Mr. Sweat rallied temporarily from
the injuries but despite every medi
cal attention, he lost ground rapidly
Friday and died in the early
Mr. Sweat had been inspecting
the work in progress
. ecentl
be modern :
ptail.
CITY TO WAGE CAMPAIGN
AGAINST OWNERLESS DOGS
Plans will be rapidly formulated __ ^
to begin July 1st to rid MiHedgevil • j bridge and had climbed down into
of stray and ownerless dogs. City I thirty foot hole to look over the foun-
Clerk Lamar Ham has announced. : ( j a tj on f or one G f the concrete piers.
Over one hundred dogs were g ven j n climbing out the ladder broke and
the inoculation against rabies at the be fell hack to the rock covered
City Hall Wednesday. The city w 11
impound very dog that ha* not be«-n
inoculated or the owner has paid
city licensee Mr. Ham >-a'd th«r
were too many stray dogs 1>
off the refuse in' ash'c cans and tbn'
these dogs would be taken ut> and
disposed of unler^ tbe owner pa : d
the' fee and had it inoculatd.
Th" danger of rabies has been
aouiided by hca’.tb authorities
througoufc the state and M : lledgovilTe
w'll he freed of unsafe dogs, Mr.
Ham said.
BALDWIN COUNTY CENSUS OF
BIRTHS BEING TAKEN
A urvey is being conducted by
♦he Federal Bureau of Census in co-
operat'on with the ’ State Board of
Health for the purpose of securing
nr* er imeration of births in the
Cill
er K’dd h-s b»en named e
for the county.
bottom, receiving internal injuries,
lacerations and a number of broken
Funeral services were held in
Sparta Sunday and interment was in
Warrenton. Mr. Sweat was promin
ent in the work o* the Baptist church
the American Legion and Masonic
fraternity.
_ He is arrived by his wife, two
daughters, h's mother, three sisters
and one brother. Mr. Sweat was re
lated to Mrs. Joe Moore of this city,
by marriage
ATTEND FAMILY REUNION
Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Wynn, Miss
Mary Mildred Wynn and Lawrence
Wynn attended the family reunion
of the McCarty Clan wh'ch was held
at Houston Lake Sunday. One hun
dred and four members of the family
present and came from Los
Angeles to Miami. It was a meat en
joyable affair.
BANKHEAD ACT
CURTAILS CROP
2,709 Bales of Cottoa Allowed in
BaMwin Coatj for f*aiay
Withoat 50 Percent Tax.
The amount of cotton that may
be ginned in Baldwin county tax-
free under the Baqkhead compulsory
cotton control act, was announced
Friday by iSecretary Wallace. The
figure was set at 2,709 bales which
reduces the crop in this county by
about one thousand bales over
year’s crop.
The quotas were announced after
a careful Audy of each county’
production record from 1928 t
1932. It wqs also announced that
if counties were dissatisfied appeals
could be taken to the administration
within, 15 days.
Individual producers In each coun
ty will be required to submit apnli-
cations for allotment to the county
by production control comm : !ee i
Ing the J r record of production for
the base period. Blank* for the/e
application* w'll be received w’thin
n few days. After the allotments are
made farmers will be issued tax ex
empt cert-Teates for the number of
bale* in each farmers allotment and
at marketing time tags will be given
which must be attached before the
cotton can be sold or shipped. All
cotton produced In excess of the
allotment w : H be taxed 60 per cent
of its market value. The bale* were
calculated on a bars of 478 pounds
per bale.
The Baldwin county allotment was
is follows: 1.294,810 pounds of lin*
rotton and 2,709 bales of 478 pounds
let weight.
Members of the county control
comm J ttee are: M. E. Webb. W. S.
Wood, C. R. Torrance, and Gov
5 tmi*b. CommnnHv committee* w’ll
be announced later.
PfS H4RPKON NAMF.D
COMMANDER OF THE
AMERICAN LEGION
:tion of Officers Hold at Annual
uling Last Thursday Afternoon.
Ben Harriaon was "mimed com
mander of the.Jtforrb-Little Post of
the American Legion on last Thurs
day afternoon to succeed Dr. Sam
Anderson, who ended a successful
year as the post commander.
The Legion gathered at their an
nual outing at the country home of
Mr. C. E. Smith and a most delight
ful occasion was enjoyed. Other
officers named were: George T. Mor-
lst rice-commander; Sidney L.
MeGtee. 2nd v,ice-commander: Jbe
Grant, adjutant; Rev. A. G. Harris,
chapla-n; Joe Muldrow. hstorian; J.
P. Hogan, sargeant at arms. The ser-
officer of the post will be an
nounced later.
Prohleui* of the veterans were din-
cussed and plans for the new year’s
work were outlined.
UNION DEPARTMENT STORE
OPENS PUBLIC BENEFIT SALE
*Tn an announcement carried in
this week’s issue of The Union-Re-
•order. the Union Department Store
mnounces its semi-annual Public
Benefit «a]e.
Mr. A. D. Yates, manager of the
store, stated that drastic reductions
had been made and many attractive
bargains are offered in order to clear
the stocks for new merchandise. At-
on is directed to the two page
advertisement in the second section
of this paper. It will profit every
ader to go over this advertisement
' well as every ad in the paper and
take advantage of the unusual bar-
» ♦hat are being offered.
MR. COOK CONTINUES ILL
Mr. W. A. Cook continues serious-
ill at his home in Wes* Baldwin.
iere has been on material eban«*e
bi his condit’on within the pa B t few
days, ard his loved one* are winch
ing at h-s heds-dc with np* -nl??'-
tude.
3P. O. r. WOODS NAMED
PRESIDENT OP MEDICAL
SOCIETY
At a rerent meet’ng of the BaW-
rin County Med : cal Society Dr. O.
C. Woods wrs named president.
Dr. Woods is a member of the staff
of the C'tv Hospital and : s associated
'th P*. Richard B'nion J n the urac-
•r of medicine and surgery. He is
le of the city’s most popular doc-
R. H. Reynold* secretary of the
Echntah Count Club, annouftr^d
that construction of rn*n shelters
at several noints on the golf conne
would begin at once and be rendv
for the invitation tournament next
peek.
’ Tn '« -heltpr* will be built and do-
•f»*rd *he «> , tili bv Prnlev’* Pharmacy
and the Atlantic Tee and Coal Co.