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BHWjrrik, C.., Junary 1», 1M5
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NUMBER 20
CITY FATHERS
PLAN TOR YEAR
Ifcm of Two Cooirifafo Prt
ml Coflrtioo of Font Mcd-
■I of Tear.
The City Council met Monday
night for the first time in 1835 and
outlined plans for the new year,
naming officers, adopting a budget,
and taking other action necessary at
the first regular meeting.
Mayor J. A. Horne briefly review-
ed the past year and asked the co
operation of the council members
In making 1935 Mi’ledgevilie’s great
est year. Due to the illness of Aider-
man Stewart Wootten and Bloomer
Dumas only such action was taken
that was absolutely necessary at the
first meeting. A second meeting may
be held later in the week but prob
ably not until next Monday night.
Due to the absence of the aldermen
the election of a successor to Mr.
Culver Kidd, recently resigned, was
withheld.
City Clerk and Treasurer read a
report of the year which reveal e-’
that the city had lived within its
budget and had a balance of $69.20
on hand. All bills have been paid
and practically ten thousand dollars
on the city’s floating debt during the
year. The city now has a debt of
$45,948. besides a bonded indebted
ness of over one hundred thousand
dollars. Mr. Ham stated that city
bonds were now quoted several dol
lars above par. The budget for 1935
amounting to $37,350 was adopted.
This is an increase of $973 over the
previous year.
The council authorized a commit
tee to study proposed improvements i
by the construction of a new mod
ern jail as recommended by Mr.
Ham. The new jail if approved will
be one of the modern, escape-proof
type and will be on the ground
‘ floor of the city hall.
The street committee was autho
rized to purchase a road mainten
ance machine at a cost of $2,699. The
city has used this new type scrape
for a month on trial.
All city officers were re-elected
-with salaries the same as last year.
The officers are: Judge E. R. Hines,
attorney: Mrs. Fannie Smith, as
sistant clerk and treasurer; Frank
Broome. Chief-of-Police and Fire
Department; T. J. Darden, Marshal;
Messrs Goddard. Brake and Cox.
police officers: J. H. Thigpen, street
superintendent: Thad Ashefield. as
sistant: J. W. Ivey, sexton of ceme
tery; Lamar Ham, superintendent!
water department: W. C. Hartman,
engineer: Julian Mays, foreman. Mr.
Ham was re-elected clerk and treas
urer and Judge George Ca r penter.
recorder at a previous meeting.
The council authorized the instal
lation of a new police alarm and
a telephone box at the corner cf
Wayne and Hancock streets. They
also approved a new map cf thr city
cemetery and complimented Mr. L.
H. Andrews for bis work in working
over a new record of the interments
in the cemetery.
Plans for the opening of the
bridge were discussed and a
mittce named to call on Gov<
Talmadge on Friday.
The council will approve the li
cense ordinance and name
cessor to Mr. Kidd at the next meet
ing.
annum!”meeting of first
NATIONAL BANK STOCK
HOLDERS
Jon. HHtchlnson Re-elected Presi
dent of National Bank. Annual
Report Made.
Stockholders of the First National
Bank met Tuesday afternoon
offices o T the bank and after hearing
a report of the year’s work named
officers and directors for 1935.
Jon W. Hutchinson was re-elected
president and cashier of the bank.
Officers and directors named w
,T. a. Home, Vice-President: J.
Home, W. H. Rives, W. E. Robin
son. Jr.. Ralph Simmerson. and Jon
Hutchinson, directors: Ruth S.
Huichinson, Assistant Cashier; Job'
W. Napier. Assistant Cashier and
Bookkeeper; Erwin Sibley. Attor
ney.
The report of the year’s work
showed splendid progress of the
bank. Mr. Hutchinson expressed,
confidence in the new year and pre
dicted one of the most successful
years in the bank’s history’ f° r 1935.
NEW SUPERINTENDENT VISITS
STATE HOSPITAL
Dr. John W. Oden, newly elect
ed superintendent of the Mil-
ledgeville State Hospital, visited
the institution on Tuesday and
talked with staff members. Dr.
Oden was a member of the staff
before taking the office as super
intendent of Gracewood and has
many warm personal friends on
the official family of the state
hospital. He will come here Jan.
15th to take charge.
Department of Justice Agents I REV. JAS. TERESI
Reveal Plan to Rob Stores Here ACCEPTS CALL
DR. JOHN ODEN
HOSPITAL HEAD
Succeeds IV. R. C. Swart as Sap-
mateadeat of Mifeditrifc
State Hospital.
Dr. John Oden, superintendent of
the school for Mental Defectives at
Gracewood, was named superinten
dent of the Milledgeville State Hos
pital to succeed Dr. R. C. Swint at
a meeting of the Board of Control
held in Atlanta last Friday.
Dr. Oden, a former member of
the hospital staff here, will assume
icw duties on Januaiy 15th.
Dr. Oden will be succeeded by Dr.
W. Schwall at Gracewood. Dr.
Schwall has been a member of the
staff of the local hospital for the
past several years.
Dr. Oden was elected after being
nominated by Gov. Talmadge for the
position. Dr. Swint was nominated
for re-election by Col. Marlon Allen,
local member of the board.
Dr. Swint has not yet announced
his plans for the future but indi
cated to friends that he might locate
in Atlanta opening offices as a con
sulting psychiatrist. He will go with
Mrs. Swint to Miami, Fla., to spend
several weeks before beginning work
again. He has been connected with
the hospital 24 years and has been
superintendent since 1928, succeed
ing Dr. L. M. Jones. He is a former
president of the Kiwanis Club and
active member of the Baptist
church.
Dr. Oden came to Milledgeville as
member of the staff of the State
Hospital from Pierce county where
he had been county physician of
Pierce county and the City of Black-
hear. He served in the war at Fort
Oglethorpe. He made an unusually
fine record as superintendent of the
hospital at Gracewood. Dr. Oden has
many friends in Milledgeville who
ill welcome his return. He is fa
miliar with the details of the in
stitution.
The Board of Control will meet
here at an early date, probably next
Tuesday when Dr. Oden takes
charge and elect members of the
staff and other officers of the hos
pital. Those officers arc elected oi
the recommendation of the superin
tendent. It is not expected, that Dr.
Oden will make any changes in the
present personnel.
Agents of the Department of Jus
tice and detectives from Atlanta and
Macon spent several hours of Tues-
in the city in conference with
Chief-of-Police Frank Broome and
Sheriff W. J. Haynie relatives to the
recent round up of a gang of mer
chandise thieves that had been
operating in Georgia several months.
The leaden of the gang were
apprehended and placed under ar
rest a few weeks ago in Macon when
a quantity of dry goods and other
stolen merchandise were found in
a store. The secret operatives re
vealed to the local police authorities
plans that the gpng had laid to
burglarize several stores in Mil
ledgeville. The gang ha«I spent sev
eral days here some time ago and
had gone so far as to observe thd
activities of the night watchmen on
duty at several places and to lay
minute plans for their robbery.
Names in the cases were asked with
held by the police officials.
The secret service men stated that
they believed the gang had been
broken up and that all parties were
now under arrest, but if the gang
had not been apprehended Milledge-
ville merchants would have been
the victims of a series of burglaries
that would have been disastrous.
The secret service men urged the
local police to install a complete
finger print department and in the
future to make a complete history
with finger prints and photographs
of all arrests made.
BIRTHDAY PARTY SOLONS OFF FOR
bank statements issued
In this issue of The Union-Re
corder the statements of Milledgc-
ville’s four banks are published,
and the attention of our readers is
respectfully called to them. The
statements show a large increase in
deposits over the past year and a
much improved condition in all de
partments. The statements are a
strong barometer to better tim**"
GAIN SHOWN IN
POSTRECEIPTS
Over Two Thousand Dollar In
crease Shown in Sales of Local
Post Office.
An increase *n sales at the Mil
ledgeville Post Office amounting
S2.2fi6.74 was made in 1934. reports
made by Post Master E. A. Tigncr
Total receipts in 1934 were $32.-
022.62 as compared with $29,755.81
for 1933. The only quarter in thi
year to show a decrease was th<
first quarter endrng March 1st wher
sales amounted to $7,214.78 as com
pared in 1933 to $7,586.40.
The final quarter ending Dec. 1st
showed the biggest increase of the
vear The sales for the final three
months was S9.277.97. In 1933 for
the same period the total sales
$8,761.94. Other quarters for
shown as follows for 1934:
June. $8,335.73; September. $7,194.14.
In 1933 the sales f ir the same periods
June, $7 286.81; September.
$6,120.73.
The postal receipts is a strong
indiration of business conditions in
Milledgeville. The Post Office-
ports ari
meter a
circles.
FOR ROOSEVELT
Sent* af Parties la Be HeU as
Ccaaty Wffct of JaiWUT 39tk
for Warm Sfrinfi Fosmdatioa.
Proper medical and orthopedic
treatment is to be brought to suffers
from infantile paralysis in every
state with the proceeds of a series
of benefit parties to be held through
out the country In honor of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s birthday. January
30th.
The Birthday Balls for the Presi
dent will be directed in Baldwin
county by the same committees who
successfully staged the parties a
year ago. Mr. Miller S. Bell will be
general chairman assisted by the
following committee leaders:
Music, Roy Alford. JV., DeWitt
Rogers, Decoration, Mrs. Johnn^V
Overstreet; Patronage Soliciting and
Tickets, Miss Floride Allen and
s. O. C. Woods; Special Feature,
L. Sibley and L. H. Andrews,
Floor Managers, Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Reynolds: Refreshments, Mrs. Frank
Bone: Out of Town Invitations and
Publicity, Smith Tarrer; Publicity
and Assistant, Dr. E. A. Tlgner.
Each committee chairman will se
lect members of the committee to
serve with them.
The main ball will be held at the
Eehctah Country Club. Mr. and
Mrs. H. S. Jones will direct the
ball at the State Hospital and Dr.
Guy Wells and Mr. L. S. Fowler
will provide for a party at G. S.
C. W. Col. Joe Jenkins will have
rharge of arrangements for the
dance at G. M. C. It is also planned
to have a President Birthday party
at each of the county school com
munities. Messrs. Strother, Langley
and Markey, principals of the schools
at Union Point, Cooperville and
Midway, will have charge of ar
rangements for parties in these com
munities.
A gala program will be planned
in observance of the day with the
birthday pariies in the evening the
main event.
At President Rosevelt’s suggestion
no part of the fund this year *
go to the foundation. Seventy per
cent of the money will remain
the community raising the fund for
the rehabilitation of the handicap
ped children in that community.
The thirty per cent will go to the
President to be used by him
widening the research efforts aimed
at wiping out the disease. Presi
dent Roosevelt will broadcast
address the nieht of the parties.
Mr. Bell and the committee e
ranging the program urge the co
operation of all the citizens to make
the birthday celebration honoring!
the President and in the interest of
relieving suffering humanity,
great success.
BUILDING and loan meeting
TO BE HELD THURSDAY
The Baldwin County Building and
loan Association will hold its
nual meeting of stockh«*dcrs for
the election of officers on Thursday
evening at eight o’clock at the City
Mon w
A committee composed of May
J. A. Home. Joe T. Andrews. I
Richard Binion. Dr. Guy Wells and
Col. Joe Jenkins will go to Atlanta
Friday to invite Governor Talmadge
members of hts staff and the n
bers of the Highway Board to the
opening of the new bridge that
spans the Oconee River.
The committee was named at
meeting of the city Council Mon
day evening.
G. M. C. BEGINS SPRING TERM
WITH INCREASED ENROI.T,’"
Seven new students enrolled at
G. M. C. after the Christmas holi
days to give the institut’on an in
creased enrollment over th' fnl
term. 364 students are now enrolled
at the college.
Mid-term examinations will be
started this week while preoorntions
go forward for the annual Inspection
of the cadet battallion. Col.
Jenkins sa*d everything pointed to
a most successful term.
ATLANTA FDAY
Col. Marios Alia, aod Copt. J.
H. Ennis to Be Present for
Opening of Legislatere.
Col. Marion Allen and Capt.
H. Ennis, Baldwin county’s repre
sentatives in the House of Repre
sentatives of the Georgia Legisla
ture, will leave Sunday for Atlanta
to be present at the opening session
of the General Assembly on Mon
day morning.
Both legislators pledged thf*m-
selves to support measures that
would be to the interest of
state and would especially guard
well the welfare of the institutions
here.
Col. Allen said he had no planned
program and although he expected
to introduce some legislation he
could not at the present give out
the nature of the bills he would
espouse. He said he would do every
thing possible to take care of the
institutions and the people of this
county.
Capt. Ennis said the only bill he
planned to introduce at the pres
ent would be to require the state
to pay interest on past due debts
of the state hospital since 1931. He
said he would work for the Institu
tions here and expected to go to At
lanta. pledged to do faction.
The session of the Georgia legis
lature, which opens next Monday
morning, is expected to be the most
heated in a number of years, al
though it is predicted that the
iority of the members will be rub
ber stamps of Gov. Talmadge. The
$3. teg must be ratified, the dis
charge of the highway and public
ervice commission approved in ad
dition to manv important pieces of
legislation to be acted on including
reform, the prohibition question
a change in the term of office
for Governor.
Baldwin county will be represent
ed in the senate by Judge Goodwin,
of Sandcrsville. who represents the
20th Senatorial district composed of
Baldwin. Washington and Hancock
dies.
New Baptiat Master Wil Case to
Ckwri Here om Fekmary lit.
J-
Rev. J. M. Teresi, pastor of the
Baptist church at Vienna, will come
to Milledgeville February 1st to ac
cept the unanimous call of the mem
bership as the pastor of the First
Baptist Church.
The acceptance of the call by
Rev. Teresi was announced at ser
vices of the church here on last
Sunday morning. The pulpit com
mittee recommended Rev. Teresi to
the church after Rev. L. E. Roberts
had resigned, and at a conference
the church voted unanimous to call
the Vienna pastor.
Rev. Teresi and his family will
move here Febriiary ls| and he
will occupy the pulpit at the morn
ing services on February 3rd.
Rev. Teresi w-i reared in Madison.
Ga., and attended the High Schoool
there. Following his graduation he
attended Mercer University and was
an honor graduate in the class of
1921. He made an unusually high
record at Mercer and the college
nual of that year makes the fol
lowing report of his record: Presi
dent junior class. ’19, ’20; president
student volunteer band, ’20; presi
dent round table, ’20; president
student’s advisory council, *20, ’21;
associate editor Mercer Cluster, ’20,
’21; vice president Y. M. C. A., ’20,
’21; champion debater, ’21; member
Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.
In 1921 Rev. Mr. Teresi entered
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary of Louisville, Ky., and
graduated in 1924 with the Master
of Theology degree. While in the
seminary ne filled a pastorate at
Stile, Ky. His first pastorate follow
ing graduation was at Wadlcy and
Midville. At the end of one year
he was called to the church at Mil-
len and was pastor there for practi
cally 'our years when he was called
to Vienna where he has been al
most six years. Rev. Teresi has been
moderator for the Houston Bap
tist Association fa? The past two
yean. He is r-*w serving his second
term of five years as a member of
the Executive ‘Committee of the
Gerogia Baptist Convention. Mrs.
Teresi is also active in the work of
the church and lias served as Young
People’s Leader of the Houston As
sociation for the past two years.
The new pastor and his family
will be given a cordial welcome to
Milledgeville.
SUPERIOR COURT
TO openhondaY
He W> B. Park WM Praifa
Ore, Two V«fa Sums. CM
Docket Cold Fint.
HOUSING IMPROVEMENT
DRIVE TO BE LAUNCHED
HERE NEXT WEEK
Officia. from Federal Housing As-
• orintfon to Come Here for Mas"
Meeting.
Citizens of Milledgeville have
been invilc-d to attend a niuss meet
ing on Thursday January 17th in
the Citv Hall to bear an authority
from the Federal Housing Admin
istration explain how loans can b r
sccurcd for improvements and re
pairs to homes in this city and
county.
Mayor J. A. Horne lias called the
meeting following a conference with
the officials in Atlanta on Tuesday..
The new housing program has b-
launched throughout the state and
the meeting here will open a drive
*o ret people to make repairs, r-
model and imnrove homes, business
houses and other property in this
city and countv. Loans for this work
can be secured through the banks
from the government at a low rate
of interest and the people are be
ing urged to take .advantage of the
opportunity for needed work on
their homes.
The government authority will
ernnlnin in detail the housing plan
and how loans may be secured.
F.verv oerson in the countv who is
interested is urged to attend.
Mayor Horne said the local com
mittor would launch a drive at this
meeting in an effort to increase
building activities at once.
The friends of Mr. F. R. Hargrove
will regret to know that he
tlnues ill ct his home.
FERA EXPECTING
CHANGEINWORK
Only Employables are New Given
Relief. County Borden of Direct
Relief Cases Increased.
The- FERA authorities here are
antacipating a change in the program
of activities the first of March or
probably before following the an
nouncement of the President to
change the FERA to the PWA.
The FERA is now handling only
employable cases and all cases of
direct relief have been turned
to the counties. The investigations
are made and if it is found the
family or person applying for relief
can be given a job the office then
recommends that they be given
work, otherwise the case becomes
direct relief and is turned
the county agency, which is in this
county the Red Cross.
The local Red Cross office said
the demands for medicine, food,
clothing and other needs by unem
ployables had greatly increased and
a need for more money would be
. certain before the year w
The Red Cross office is now provid
ing direct relief for a large number
of families.
It is expected that under the
program to be announced later the
rumber cf projects for employment
will be increased and the federal
government will urge more civic im
provements of a permanent nature.
The farm rehabilitation program
'<s greatly broadened and whereever
possible families are placed
farm and made a loan to provide
the necessary tools, animals, etc.
to successfully get a start at farm
ing. These loans are to be repaid.
Thirty-five families have already
been placed on farms in this county
and it is understood that this
ber will be greatly increased dur
ing the next few weeks.
Mr. Glenn, district supervisor, said
the new district offices would be
opened in the Dumas building this
week.
Baldwin Superior Court will cob-
ene next Monday moraine at tea
clock for a two weeks mmimv
Judge James B. Park will begin a
new term as presiding officer over
the court for the two wesks.
The Grand Jury will immediately
organize after the charge of the
court and begin its deliberations.
The jury is expected to complete
its work within s few days. Ite
civil docket will be called after tbs
court is organized and a crowded
calendar will consume the time of
the court the fint week. Many cases
have already been disposed of and
ft is expected that the work of this
division will be concluded by
Thursday afternoon.
Solicitor General C. 8. Baldwin,
Jr., will have charge of the criminal
division which will be called the
second week. He will be busy the
first wteek presenting indictmedW
to the Grand Jury.
The following jurors have been
called for service during the taro
weeks court:
Grand Jarors
L. S. Holsey, M. S. Bell, T. A. Tor
rance. J. C. Johnson, Weyman
Smith. J. F. Bell, R. E. Long. A. C.
McKinley. C. B. Lavender, F. R.
Hargrove, Emmet L. Huff, W. L
Ritchie, J. G. Bloodworth, J. V.
Lee. Richard Smith. Jr., R. W.
Hatcher. L. C. Hall, R. B. Moore, T.
E. Hubert. C. E. Smith, T. B. Cox-
well, J. A. Mayfield, D. C. Leap-
trot. Howard I. West, Bart Wilson,
C. R. Torrance, W. E. Hodges, C. B.
Ivey, J. P. Overman.
Traverse Jerers
1st week begining January 14th.
J. T. McCrary. W. P. Ennis, D. F.
Montgomery. Lee Wood,. Sam J.
Humphry. W. M. Kitchens, John W.
Riley, Preston Babb, T. J. Wall, W.
Hemphill, Mark Yarorougli,
Lawrence Bloodworth, M. N. Bow-
doln, T, L. Wood, O. F. Veal. /L C.
May. J. B. Hfl&entLck, D. C. Califf.
Lynwood Smith, J. T. Andrews,
Robert L. Marsh, R. N. Ashfield, La-
Ham, Louis Horne. J. B. Cox,
Jr., Joe W. Martin, J. T. McMullen,
C. Lugand, O. O. Banks, W. C.
Tennlllc, Charlie E. Simpson, V. W.
Faulkner, C. D. Bonnell, W. C. Mc-
Dade, Edwin B. Cooper. Paul Farr,
G. B. Cormanni, W. P. Overman, R.
S. Hall, M. R. Bell Shelby Ether-
edge, L. L. Grimes, A. J. Collins.
Jcre N. Moore, Alex H. Stewart,
Clifton Adams, John H. Holloway,
Robert F. Branan, Albert H. Erwin,
T. M. Brake. Leon H. Medlin, W. B.
Richardson, Jr., T. B. Dumas, Grady
Pennington, Preston Medlin, S. F.
Wright, Frank Malpass, D. B. Wright,
John Roger Smith, J. Roy Davis.
2nd week begininc January 21st.
C. F. Coxwell, J. H. Holder, John
. Day. Jjilius Holt W. Iverkor*
Smith, Oscar W. Stembridge. S. A.
Lynch, Dennis Ivey, Arthur E. Bon-
Tim Bloodworth, A. C. Mc-
Dade, C. W. Spivey. II. G. Bone,
George W. Edwards, James McMil
lan. Robert L. Garland. Roscoe
Simpson. William C. Buckner, Rob
ert L. Nelson. Lewis FlemLster. Sid-
Stembridgc, J. H. Stripling,
Jr.. Russell Bone, W. L. Gholson,
Hugh D. Harrington. Louis A. Smith,
E. J. Edwards. W. C. Evans. H. R.
Gordon. C. N. Chandler, J. W.
Chambers, W. L. Harrison, J. U
Weaver. Joe Hough. W. W. Stem-
bridge, T. T. Hademan. J. E. Hum
phries, Roy L. Hayes, W. W. McDade,
Alexander Britt. W. H. Stembridge,
C. T. Snead, Julian Etheridge, R. G.
Smith. Homer Shy, Tom Hall Simp
son, B. F. Humphries, W. W.
Weaver. L. K. Stevens, H. G. Mc
Millan, P. C. Bean, John O. Cooper,
G. W Villyard, H. W. Little. L. A.
Puckett, Frank E. Bone. R. J. Mc-
Eirath, W. D. Morrison. Fred A.
.Mercer. J. I. Martin. John W. Shin-
holster. John G Williams. Emmett
Giles, J. I. McAdams, Charles A.
Ivey, Joe B. Martin, Ernest Mat
thews. J. E. Chandler, A. H. Rischal
and M. T. Nash.
BAPTIST W. M. U. BOARD
The executive board of the Wo
man’s Missionary Union of the Wash
ington Baptist Association will meet
here on next Tuesday, January 15th
in joint session with the mens ex
ecutive board.
Mrs. Bessie Aldred. of Sanders-
ville. is superintendent of the wo
men's organization and Rev. J. F.
McCluney. is leader of the men’s
croup. Mrs. E. H. Scott, head of the
W. M. U-, will act as hosiers.
Plans for the annual meeting to
be held at Mitchell in March will
be made. The members of the two _
bodies comprise reDresentatives from
34 churches and 56 organiz-’^ps in
the Washington associatf The
visitors will be entertaine qfc a
luncheon at the church at nooflr