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Milled gerille, G», February 28, 1935
LIEUT. DECKER
TOCOMETOGMC
Army Officer From Fort Be lining
Hu Been Reqoetted u P. M.
S. k T. by Cel. Jenkins.
Col. Joe Jenkins asked the War
Department this week to assign
Lieut. George M. Decker to G. M.
C. as professor of Military Science
and Tactics to succeed Capt. Frank
S. Mansfield, who completes a five
year tour of duty at the college next
June.
Capt. Mansfield will go on foreign
service and will probably be sent
to the Phllipine Island, he stated
this week. During his tour of duty
here G M. C. has been made an
honor school.
Col. Jenkins asked that Lieut.
Decker be sent here at once so that
he might assist In the preparation
for honor school inspection early in
April. The cadets begin work on
the honor school inspection about
the middle of this month.
Lieut. Decker has been at Fort
Benning for the past four years
with the 29th Infantry, considered
the outstanding infantry unit of the
army. He has served as athletic
officer in addition to his military
duties and coached the football
teams. He has a wife and two chil
dren and has been in the army
since 1923. He is a graduate of La-
Fay cite University.
The request from Col. Jenkins for
the assignment of Lieut. Decker will
probably be granted and orders will
go forward at an early date for him
to come to G. Mf C. He has been
highly recommended as one of the
superior officers of the army. Con
gressman Carl Vinson and Col.
Reed. Corps Area R. O T. C. Com
mander have added their requests
for his assignment here.
COUNTY’S OLDEST CHURCH
REORGANIZED AT SERVICES
SUNDAY
Old Montpelier Church Reopened
Br Rev. W. C. Bortd With Large
Congregation Present.
Montoelier church. Baldwin coun
ty’s oldest church, closed for many
years execeot occasionally when
special services were held, was re
opened Sunday morning at reorgan
ization services conducted bv Rev.
W. C. Budd. pastor of the Midway
Methodist church and circuit.
Rev. Budd preached to a congre
gation numbering more than a hun-
„ dred and a large nmrb**r pledged
themselves to revive the church and
make it a vital influence in the
section over the river.
Members of the Board of Stewards
and trustees will meet next Sunday
nnd complete reorganization plans.
Prof. Strother, of the Union Point
school, has been named Sunday
School superintendent, and plans arc
being made to have Sunday School
each Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Mr. Budd will conduct ser
vices every fourth Sunday and a
cordial invitation i« extended to all
persons in east Baldwin to attend.
The board of stewards consist of
W. W. Stomhrideo. R. G. Smith.
Tom N. Smith. Mrs. F,. R. Collins
and J. W. Scott. Jr. The board of
trustees are: S. D. Stembridge. W. W
Stembridce. W. J. Havnie. R. G.
Smith and Mrs. Thomas E. Pugh.
TODAY LAST DAY TO
PURCHASE AUTO TAG
WITHOUT PENALTY
Auto owners must get the»r "or-
ders off today for their 1935 auto
mobile tag. or pay $4.60 for the
lag instead of $3.
Order must be mailed before
midnight tonight if the penalty is
to be avoided. Delinquents must
pay the sheriff $1.00 and sixty
cents additional to the revenue
department if the tag is not
ordered today.
Mr. Ben Harrison, co-owner with
Mr. Jack Edwards of the Dodgo-Plv-
mouth agency in this citv. is spending
this week in Detroit, Mich., whore
he will confer with Dodge officials
and inspect the large Dodge plant
in that city.
Mr. Harrison will witness the
manufacturing process of the fam-
Dodge and Plymouth cars and
trucks and familiarize himself with
every feature of the automobile. He
will return to Milledgeville the early
Part r r ncx t week.
'-atermelon growers of Baldwin
countv met at Coopers on Tuesday
fo this week and discussed plans for
tlic coming season and marketing
control.
The mooting was arranged by
Farm Agent L. R. Langley and forty
growers were present. C. G. Gar
ner. extom-inn specialist and L. I.
Skinner, district agent, were present
and discussed with the growers plans
to curb production and market this
years crop.
Baldwin county is one of the
large melon producing counties of
the state and has been a profitable
undertaking with farmers in the
southern part of the county.
COOKING SCHOOL
MARCHJ3T0 15
Miu GMn Biker Will Cwdid
Three Day School Apia TWil
Year.
Milledgeville and Baldwin County
housewives can begin now making
plans to attend the annual Cooking
School sponsored each year by The
Union-Recorder and they can circle
on their calendars and date books
March 13. 14 and 15. the days the
school will be conducted.
The paper is especially proud and
happy to announce that Miss Gladys
Baker, one of the nations leading
home economist and food experts,
will conduct the school again this
year. The ladies of Milledgeville
will remember with pleasure Miss
Baker, who is a native of Hancock
county and conducted such delight
ful classes last year. Miss Baker
comes back with one of the best
programs it has been the pleasure
of the Recorder to present to the
home makers of this section and
each afternoon she will have most
interesting subject and lessons.
The school this year will be more
elaborate than ever before. It is the
plan of the Recorder to make this
school of great benefit to every
housewife in solving many of their
home making problems. A complete
model kitchen and many other fea
tures that will assit in beautifying
and improving the home will be
shown. And in adidtlon to this a
style show after the school each af
ternoon will be an added feature.
Every woman in Milledgeville.
Baldwin and surrounding counties
is invited to the school this year.
Miss Baker comes to Milledgeville
from the test kitchens of the Uni
versal Range Corp in New Brittian.
Conn., where she has been all win
ter testing new recipes and cooking
features. Her services have been
secured through the courtesy of the
Georgia Power Co.
The Parent- Teachers Association
of G. M. C., will co-operate with
the newspaper in conducting the
school and the classes will be held
in the Grammar school auditorium
each afternoon a t three-thirty. The
newspaper asks that the time be
kept in mind. Each lady is also ask
ed to bring three of their favorite
recipes the first afternoon, each re
cipe to be for an entirely different
mrse in the meal-
The Union-Recorder cordially in-
ites every lady to attend and the
sponsors are confident that the time
•ill be most profitably spent.
CADETS TO PLAY IN JUNIOR
COLLEGE TOURNAMENT
AT YOUNG HARRIS
Play Begins Friday in Northern Di
vision. Coach Butts Will Take Ten
Players.
Coach Walace Butts will leave
Friday morning with ten players
to enter the Junior College basket
ball tournament to be held at Young
Harris College Friday and Saturday
of this week.
The teams of the northern sec
tion of the state will meet at Young
arris while a similar tournament
,vill be held in South Georgia and
the winners of each tournament will
meet later for the state champion
ship.
The opposition of G. M. C. in the
opening game has not been announc
ed. The cadets have had^a fair sen-
i. playing in and out ball. Coach
Butts expects to have the team
primed and ieady for the games
this week-end with the hope of win-
thc division championship.
MAJOR JARMAN RESIGNS
FROM G. M. C. FACULTY
Major Milton Jarman, professor
' shop and mechanical drawing at
. M. C.. has resigned his position
id will leave this week to accept
a position as engineer with the
Tenneessce Valley Authority.
Col. Joe Jenkins said his suc
cessor had not been named but that
he would have a man here to take
over the classes Monday. Maj. Jar
man came to the college last Sep
tember.
G* M* C* Coaching Job Still a
Matter of Interesting Speculation
No decision has been made re
garding the selection of a coach at
G. M. C. to succeed Wallace Butts
who goes to Male High School at
Louisville, Ky., in June.
Col. Joe Jenkins said about forty
applications were on his desk and
everyone of them were being seri
ously considered and that no ele-
minations had been made. He said
he would ask the Board of Trustees
to meet some time this month and
all of the applications would be laid
before them and the elemination
piocess would then be started.
With the assignment of Lieut
Decker to G. M. C. for military duty,
the college may name him head
coach and select an assistant. At
any rate nothing has yet been done.
The list of applicants includes
many outstanding high school and
junior college coaches in the state.
A number of former college
have also asked for the job.
Among those applying for the
job arc:
Graham Batchelor, former G. M.
C. and University of Georgia star;
Bud Harris, coach at Georgia Mili
tary academy; Bobby Kooks, former
G. M. C. coach, now at Valdosta.
Albert C. Middleton, Murfresboro,
Term.; Cotton Harrison, former Mer
cer star, Asbbum. Ga.; Hobart
Hooser, Lake City, Fla.; Walter (Big
Six) Salter, Dawson, Ga.; Willis
D. Hewis. Ft. Deposit, Ala.; Skeet
Horner, Clemson Collegb, South
Carolina.
Joel Kennedy, Carlisle school,
Bamberg, S. C.; Arthur Venable,
Vidalia, Ga.; W. O. Moody, Boys'
High school, Atlanta, Ga.; and Wil
liam E. Bowman, Jefferson City
Tenn.
NEW THEATRE IS
NEARING FINISH
G*U Owning of The Campm to
B-- Middle of Morch. Vanderille
to Be Feature.
Manager Frank D. Adams has
announced that plans arc under way
for the grand opening of The Cam
pus, Milledgeville’s new $50,000
theatre. The opening date will be
about the middle of March.
Plans for the opening are under
the direction of Mr. F. D. Adams,
Mr. Joe T. Andrews and Col. Marion
Allen. The theatre will be opened
for inspection in the morning and
the premier opening will take place
in the afternoon with a feature pic
ture and five acts of vaudeville. In
the evening Mr. Roy Martin with
a number of distinguished Georgians
and theatre magnates as guests will
officially and formerly open the
theatre. Mayor J. A. Home, Col. Al
len. and others will be on the pro
gram.
The new theatre Is nearing com
pletion. The seats have been in
stalled and thp workmen are now
busy puting on the finishing touches.
The Campus wil Ik* one of the fin
est motion picture houses in the
South with a seating capacity for
thirteen hundred people. The thea
tre will be available as an audi
torium when such use will not inter
fere with the theatre programs.
Mr. Adams said he had not yet
heard from Oliver' Hardy, famous
movie star and native of Milledge
ville, who has been invited here for
the opening. It is understood he is in
tin- midst of making a picture and
it will be impossible for him to at-
OUTSTANDING LEADERS
ON KIWANIS PROGRAM
Abit Nix and Mrs. Mildred Seydeii
Will Be Guest Speakers.
Joe T. Andrews, president of the
Kiwanis Club, has announced a
series of interesting programs for
the club next month.
On March 7th. the first meeting in
March. The Georgia Cherokees, an
orchestra composed of G. S. C. W.
students under the direction of Mrs.
Wile Womack Hines, will feature
the program.
At the second meeting. Hon. Abit
ix. of Athe.is. one of Georgia’s out-
handing leaders, will .‘peak. Mr.
ix is well known here and h ; s ad-
ress will be of interest to every
citizen. , _
On April 4th Mrs. Mildred Sey-
>11. feature writer on the Atlanta
Georgian, and one of the leading
eiAfcpaper women in the nation,
•ill be the guest speaker.
Other outstanding leaders will ap-
enr on the program of the Kiwanis
Ciub.
M. S. H. NURSES
GRADUATE MCH 8
Dr. Rylud Knigkt. Paitor of
Ponce de Leon Bantirt Clmrch
Biccnlnnreate Speaker.
Graduating exercises of the Train
ing School for Nurses at the Mil
ledgeville State Hospital will be held
Friday March 8th. Mrs. Mae S. Jones,
superintendent of nurses, has
nounced.
Dr. Ryland Knight, pastor of the
Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, of
Atlanta, will deliver the baccalaure
ate address to the class. Dr. Knight
is one of the souths leading preach
ers and his address will be of
usual interest. The exercises will be
held in the assembly hall at the
hospital at eight o’clock in the e
ing.
Mr. E. E. Lindsey, of Rome, chair
man of the Board of Control, will
deliver the diplomas to the gradu
ates and Dr. R. B. Gilbert, a n
her of the board, will present
class pins. Dr. John W. Oden, sup
erintendent of the hospital will pre
side. Following the exercises the
members of the class will be honui
guests at a dance and reception.
The members of the class are
Misses Millred Check, Katherine
Hussey, Eunice Olivent, Martha
Sanders and Vera Warren.
Announcement was made this
week that Massey’s Service Station
had been named Firestone Tire deal-
. for Milledgeville and Baldwin
mnty.
The station is under the manage-
ment of Bill Osborne with G. W.
h as assistant. The new tires are
. on display at the Texas station
a full line of sizes are carried
the convenience of the auto
The Firestone is one of the lead-
brands of tires.
ASTERN STAR MEETING TO
E THURSDAY EVENING.
The members of the Eastern Star
re urged to attend the meeting
which will be held on Thursday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Ma
sonic Hall.
FIRE RISK RATES CUT
FOR MILLEDGEVILLE
Reductions of 15 per cent in the
cost of fire insurance in Milldegc-
ville were authorized Monday by an-
louncemcnts made by local Insurant
The 15 per cent reduction, an
nounced by the Georgia Inspection
and Rating Bureau, will apply
'brick mercantile buildings and their
contents." the announcement said.
The reduction is effective at once
but is not retroactive on existing
Agents here estimated that $5,000
•ould be saved insurers of this class
of property by the reduction.
The new rate announced by the
Georgia Inspection and Rating Bu-
applies within the city limits
of a large number cf cities and towns
in the state. All those which have the
“first class rate” for the risks are
affected.
Better loss experience in Geor
gia was said to be responsible for
the change.
On Friday night an Oyster Roast
will be given at the home of Mrs.
T. Treanor as a benefit for the
Catholic Rectory fund.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this supper. A bountiful sup
ply of oysters will give every one
all the oysters they can eat.. An
admission of fifty cents is charged
rind the oysters will be roasted from
7:30 to 9:30. You may go out any
time during these hours and help
vourself.
Father McNamara said the funds
would be used to help clear the debt
on the new Rectory recently built
in this city.
EDITOR R. B. MOORE
CONFINED TO HOME
Editor R. B. Moore has been ab
sent from his desk this week due
to illness. His condition has been
ouite critical, but it is thought that
he has shown improvement today.
Mr. Moore has been at the Recorder
office every week for the past fifty
years, except when confined to his
home by illness.
COTTON RENTAL
CONTRACTS HER1
EON
Cotton Program for 1935 to Be
Worked out Early Next Week.
Acreage Not Yet Announced.
Farm Agent L. R. Langley has
been notified that the 1935 land
rental contracts arc enroute to his
office and should be received later
this week.
Agent Langley plans to call the
cotton committee together early
next week and work out the 1935
program. The acreage allotment for
this county has not yet been
nounced, but it will be a small in
crease over last year. The contracts
operate under the Bankhead bill,
the government taking cotton land
out of production by renting the
idle acres. Agent Langley said each
fanner would be notified by letter
when to come to his office to fill
out the contracts.
After contracts are signed they
will be checked and approved by
the cotton committee before being
sent to Washington.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO
GO FURTHER INTO NEW
COURT HOUSE PUNS
Regular Meeting Tuesday Will Bring
Before Commissioners Jail Ques
tion Also.
The County Commissioners will
hold their regular meeting Tuesday
at their offices in the Court House.
Many important matters will come
before the board. Additional plans
for remodeling the court house will
bo considered and steps will proh-
ablv be taken to get this work
definitely in progress early in the
spring.
A number of options have been
secured on property on which the
county jail can br located and these
sites will be considered. The i
missioners will also go further into
the matter of selling the jail site
to the Board of Regents for G. S.
C. W. The crftnmtssioners will not
reach a final decHtUi on this c
tion next Tuesday, it is understood,
but further step? will be taken to
reach an agreement and either close
the sale or consider a counter pro
position.
All regular routine matters will
also be disposed of at the meeting
Tuesday.
*?AIMY WEATHER ENDS AS
MERCURY DROPS TUESDAY
If'~h Winds With Icy Coat Sends
Thermometer Down to 24 Degrees
Wednesday Morning.
An icy blast from the north east
Tuesday night and Wednesday sent
the mercury ^tumbling to the bottom
people awoke Wednesday to
find freezing weather again.
The balmy and spring like days
of the past week were brought to
end with a rain storm Tuesday
morning when A?. inches of rain fell
few hours. The rain was in tor
rents most of Tuesday morning and
kies began clearing at noon. The
thermometer began dropping in the
afternoon and by night fall the
freezing weather was on hand.
Hie high, icy winds continued to
>w through Wednesday, but be-
t to subside during the night. A
-ond freeze Thursday morning sent
the thermometer a few degrees lower
than Wednesday. The temperature
’ill begin to rise after today and
•armor weather for the week-end
in prospect.
Br ginning next Sunday, the first
Sunday in March, the evening ser-
iccs of the churches in Millcdge-
11c will begin at eight o'clock in
stead of seven-thirty.
This change has been customary
with the arrival of spring and longer
nnd the first Sunday in March
has always been the day when the
change becomes effective.
Next Sunday evening services will
be at 8 o'clock.
L. F-. Turner, of Vidalia. has been
ransferrod to Milledgeville ns head
•desman for the Milledgeville dis-
rict of the Georgia Power Co., to
uccecd Mr. J. P. Chapman, who was
promoted to succeed Mr. Julius Holt.
Mr. Turner and his wife and three
children will arrive in MWedgeville
today to make their home. Mr.
Turner has been with the company
several years and is considered or
of their best salesmen.
GEORGIA TO VOTE
PROHI ISSUE
NUMBER 27
Hoom Adopt, Local Optioa Plaa
By 112 to SZ Vote. May IS*
Day for Voting.
The Georgia House of Representa
tive* Tuesday approved a liquor re
peal bill by vote of 112 to 52 and
passed a bill to legalize wine* and
beer Wednesday.
Col. Marion Alien voted against
and as quoted by the press said ha
would continue to vote dry in pref
erence to permitting liquor to flood
the campus of the schools bertv
Capt. J. H. Ennis had not returned to
Atlanta and did not vote on the
question.
Provisions of thfc bill passed by
the house for * state referendum an
the dry law repeal are:
State-wide referendum by popu
lar vote ou May 15, 1185, for rati
fication or rejection of the act.
Separate county elections fifteen
days after date of general election,
upon a petition of one-tenth of the
registered voters in the county to
see if county wants legal liquor.
If county votes wet, governing
bodies of municipalities, or county,
may elect to operate municipal li
quor stores.
Act administered by State Reve
nue Commission, which issues per
mits at $10fi per annum.
State levies 10 per cent gross
sales tax, proccds for the common
schools.
Municipalities may levy license
fees up to $1,000 on manufactur
ers. $500 on wholesalers and S2S0 on
retailers.
Liquor must be sold in unbroken
packages and cannot be consumed
on premises where sold.
Bill docs not apply to beer and
The revenue commission may at
its own discretion restrict salec of
liquor to within corporate limits of
towns.
LENTEN SEASON BEGINS NEXT
WEDNESDAY MARCH 6TH
Ash Wednesday, the first day of
Lent will be observed in the Catho
lic and Episcopal churches on next
Wednesday, March 8th. Announce
ments of the hours of service are
published elsewhere in this paper.
Ash Wednesday is the first day
of Lent and begins the forty days
before Easter. Services will cele
brate this season in commemora
tion of the last days spent on earth
by Je6us Chris', and the public is
cordially invited to attend the Len
ten services.
NEGRO BOUND OVER ON
ASSAULT TO MURDER CHARGE
Lnke Hartry Attacks Mr. Joe Mas
sey In An Attempt to Rob Sunday
Night.
Judge George Carpenter bound
Luke Harty. n Negro boy, over to
iperinr court Monday afternoon on
charge of assault with intent to
murder. Hartry was arrested bv
Chief Broome after he had made
attack on Mr. Jot- Massev early
Sunday night in an attempted rob
bery.
Mr. Massey, who operates a store
i the Eatonton highway, had lock
ed his store and started to the home
of Mr. Tcasley where he has n
i. when the attack was made.
The negro was in the store when
Mr. Massey checked his cash and
put it in his pocket. The negro left
v minutes before the store was
closed and when Mr. Masesv was
about thirty yards from the build-
hr made the attack, striking the
store proprietor with a large rock
the heart. The blow stunned
Mr. Massey, but he got up and ♦*-
negro then struck him in the back
and fled.
The negro has been a patient at
the State Hospital and is subiert
fits. His father Dave Hartry assist
ed in the search after Mr. Massey
had told the police who the Negro
e nec-o is held without bond
pending a hearing later in the week.
two men. six davs ner
.emnloved at the munici-
t which is being construct
ed under the direction of the local
FFPA nff'eo.
The work of constructing two cris -
cross runways was started last •
and is about slxtv per cent
plete. The job will be finished in
July it Is expected.