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©he Hniatullerortier VOUMCCV. BHWjrrik, C.., Junary 1», 1M5 c»—iinnr< k irn 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