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1rz ■ . OF PEOPLE ©he Mnicm-Rceoriiet' BHOnOahM « VOLUME CV. MiDedicTiBe, G»., March 7, 1935 Consolidated in 1872 NUMBER ZS government aid INSPECTS LANDS Considers Purchase by Govern ment of Several Hundred Acres ef Sub-marginal Land Here. V. Webster Johnson, senior j r nictrative assistant under the \ vnent several days in Mil- i - : lle inspecting lands and dis- SM|S1 , w ith citizens the possibility !h0 mirrhase of several hundred r , of sub-marginal lands in this v ty the government. 71 tends were in the 105th and 318th districts and arc what are as sub-marpinal land, that glands that have been washed in i t r h. r ; ,nd the soil erosion has Deen ! rh an extent that thev are al- for planting. The eov- ’•nment will purchase this land, j".’, , it ou t nf production, and bv careful planning rebuild it so that cd n >roductive and IP The lands will be reforest- hc ditches filled and the erosion ■pped The land will probably be ;cmment park untn thn land is readv for use again v y,i,-h will be several years. Johnson will recommend the purchase nf this land. The Kiwanis ! nub and leading citizens have en- 1,! .d ibe plan. Mr. Johnson came „, r , n t tht* request cf Congressman ail Vinson and also inspected I lands in Hancock. Twiggs and Wil kinson counties. viwanis to HAVF. FARMERS CLUB AS GUESTS ON THURSDAY Alerting to Be Held at Baptist Church. Georgia Cherokees to 1 Pla.y. The Milledgevillc Kikanis Club will meet «.n Thursday at one o’clock at the Men’s Bible Class Room of the Baptist church. President Joe Andrews has announced. This will be the first meeting at the church and the luncheon will ho served by the circles of the church. The members of the Pro gressive Farmers Club will be the honor guests at the luncheon. The feature of the program will L> c f v , ral . ' lections by the Georgia Cr.ef kces. an orchestra of G. S. C. IV. girls directed by Mrs. Nolle Wo- ir:ck Hines. A number of new members are spotted to be added to the rolls it this meeting. NEW DOCTOR NAMED TO STAFF AT STATE HOSPITAL 1 >r. Frank Holder Succeeds Dr. E. W. Schwall as Junior Physician at State Institution. .. Frank Holder, of Jefferson, hnr n named to the staff of physicians the Milledgeville State Hospital John Oden, superintendent, an- nr-'-d this week. > Holdrr is a graduate cf The •idi I nrd the medical school of the i ty of G t!i T T nivprsity hospital nd hast .n d for some time. >. •: 'dor succeeds Dr. E. W. LIEUT. DECKER SOT AVAILABLE AT PRESENT Congressman Carl Vinson was advised Wednesday by the V'ar Department that Lieut. George M. Decker was not available at this time for duty at G. M. C. Col. Joe Jenkins saifl he hoped that it could be arranged for Lieut. Decker to come here as the college was anxious to have him and that he would make further effort to get Lieut. Decker detail ed here as Profeosor of Military Science and Tactics. Cooking School Opens Next Wednesday Afternoon 30 clock COUNTY AGREES ON JAIL SALE College Told That OUrr is Ac ceptable, if Present Building Can be Salvaged. The County Commissioners spent most of Tuesday studying plans for a new jail and changes for the Court House, after informing thb Board of Regents that the offer for the jail would be accepted if the county was allowed to salvage the present jail building. This offer will probably be accepted by the board this week. The commissioners discussed with several architects plans for the new jail which will be constructed in the near future. An option on a lot on Montgomery has been secured for the location of the jail. This lot faces south and is just back of the Bass potato houses. A modern jail will be erected with a residence for the sheriff on the -ground floor. Plans to be submitted some time in the next few days. It is expected that the Board of Regents will reach an agreement with the county in the near future and that the terms made Tuesday will be accepted. The commissioners also studied plans to remodel the court house but decided to delay this work until the jail job was finished. The eighth annual Electric Cook ing School sponsored by The Uninn- Recorder. will open next Wednes day afternoon at three o’clock in the G. M. C. Grammar School audi torium for a three day session. Miss Gladys Baker, noted food authority and home economist of the Universal Range Corp.. Ne\v Brittan. Conn., will have charge of the school. Miss Baker needs no introduction to Milledgeville house wives. she conducted the school last year and is a native of Hancock county. Her classes last year were of unusual interest and if import ance to the home builders of Mil ledgeville. Miss Baker has planned an elabo rate program this year and will give new ideas in food preparation and the economical management of the home. She has been secured through the co-operation and courtesy of the Georgia Power Co. An added feature of the School this year will be a model home dis play arranged by Purchase & Sale Company. In this display the women of this section will be shown new types of home furnish ings and how to furnish their homes conveniently, beautifully and eco nomically. A modem kitchen show ing all the late devices for labor saving will be shown. This display will be one of the most unique and unusual of its kind ever presented. A feature at the close of the classes will be a style show. A group of Milledgeville’s most charming young ladies will model the newest creations in spring fashion. Tikis fea ture will be of special interest and importance to the women of this section. The school is abosolutely free and every woman in Baldwin and ad joining counties is invited. Many souvenirs wil be presented each af ternoon and refreshments will be served. Classes begin at three-thirty each afternoon and will last for one hour. The school will be held Wednesday. Thursday and Friday afternoons at the same hour. The G. M. C. Parent- Teacher Association will assist in the school and will* have committees to act as hostesses each afternoon. Each lady is asked to bring two or three of her favorite recipes some time during the school. It is re quested that the recipes be for a different course in the meal. Miss Baker has written that she is especially happy to come back to Milledgeville and cordially invites her friends to meet her. ppronriation impossible, vnliable in 1936 if pass- L*n:*tc* and signed by the was introduced as a when the lean from the was made impossible | purposes. G. S. C W. will get is ORDINANCE TO PUT ALL WIRES UNDER GROUND READ SECOND TIME City Council In Session Monday Nirlil Urge Passage of Burgin Bill. The City Council in session Mon day night at the regular monthly meeting read for the second time the orainance requiring that all electric, telephone and telegraph •ires be placed under ground and •ill at the next meeting take the cw law under consideration for passage. The law requires that all wires in the business and main residential sections be placed in under-ground rabies and that the poles in the city be removed. This ordinance was considered for the first tine sevo ■ months ago and a nun icr of council- havo declared in favor of its ge. which indicates the ordin- will become law. The council approved a resolution urring the members of the house from Baldwin county and the srn- aU from this district support the Burgin bill which provides that : rtricllv local legislation be left to the municipalities and counties to decide by referendum. The council granted a petition from G. S. C. W. to close a block « r Clark street in front of the M:m- rinn on the night of March 15th so that a skating carnival might be staffed by the young ladies. Other routine matters were dis posed of at the meeting. CONDITION OF EDITOR R. B- MOORE IMPROVED Mr. It. B. Monrr. editor or The Union-Recorder is rcoainine his strength at his home and his eondi- tion is greatly improved. Mr. Moore has been confined to his bed for about two weeks, and his absence frrm the office has been sreatlv felt G. M. C. AND G. S. C. FACULTIES TO MEET ON BASKETBALL COURT Col. Joe Jenkins and Dr. Guy Wells to Be Star Performers in Game Thursday. Thd mrirt interesting basketball game of the season will take place at the G. M. C. gym Thursday night when the G. M. C faculty plays ih- men of the G. S. C. faculty. Dr Guy Wells will play forward on the G. S. C. W. team and will he I'tiarded by Colonel Joe Jenkins J of the G. M. C. team. Other mem- • hers of the G. S. C. W. team will be Dr. Sidney McGhee. Dr. Harry i Little and Dr. Cornelius. Earl Rob- [ rrson “Whitcy” Eebrhart and Rev. Shea, beside!; Colonel Jenkins, j Coach Wallace Butts. Colonel Joe j Muldrcw. “Babe" Florence. Ben | Rryar. Slao Rcntz and Major I Durough will perform for G. M. C. All the players on the two teams were stars in their college days. For the last several days they have j been assiduously training to MR. ED ROBINSON NAMED OLDSMOBILE DEALER IN MILLEDGEVILLE Young Business Man Takes 0\|t New Dealership This Week With New Models on Display. Announcement was made this week of the appointment of Mr. Edward Robinson as the Oldsmobile auto mobile dealer for Milledgeville. Baldwin and adjoining counties. Mr. Robinson has been in the automobile business for several years handling the Chrysler-Plymouth cars. He wil continue to handle these cars, adding the new Olds to his line. The new models are striking in appear ance and marvels in performance. Mr. Robinson said, and the public is cordially invited to inspect these famous cars. Capt. J. H. Ennis was unable to return to Atlanta this week to resume liis duties at the session of the Georgia Legislature and was confined to his bed. On Wed nesday he was carried to the City Hospital. While his condition is not considered critical, a severe cold which developed into bron chial pneumonia has caused mem bers of the family and physicians to become greatly concerned 1 . His condition was considered good today. » Thursday . Emission fee of ten ccg .reed students of the t’ . ns and adult admlssio Judge Bertie Stcmbridge received check Monday to pay the pension- et in>rs of Baldwin county 830. each for, light ic month of January 1935. ; will I There are four veterans and I 3 in- thirteen widows on the roll. Plans j will ere being made to pay up all back j ! due pensions at an early date. CITY AUDIT IS READONMODAY Report Shows Financial Status of MiHedz?viI!e Greatly Improved in Year. The auditors report of the affairs of the City of Milledgeville and the water department was read at council meeting on Monday evening and showed an improvement in the financial status during the year. The report covered the operation during 1934. Current liabilities of the city are S79.202.70, a reduction of $8,429.49 in the citys debt since the last audit for the year 1933. The report showed uncollected taxes amounted to S34.117.04. Collec tions from all sources during the year amounted to S45.845.57. which was an increase of $2,043.20 over collections for the year 1933. Expen ses for the year 1934 were decreas ed S9.190.21. The city lived within the budget planned at the beginning of the year, without an increase in ♦axes or the curtailment of services. The bonded indebtedness has been reduced $3,600 and the floating debt S9.042.4R. The council exnrcssed satisfaction in the condition of the city’s affairs and pledged a continuance of the rigid economy program. Mr. Lamar Hem. clerk and treasurer, was com mended for his work. NEW MOVIF. HOUSE TO OPEN MONDAY MARCH 18 •Bmdway Bill” Wfth Myma Lojv nrd Warner Baxter to Be Onenin* Feature. Stage Show Scheduled. The Campus. Milledgeville’s new theatre will be opened Monday r Torch l Pth to the public. Manager Frank D. Adams has announced. The premier opening will be a gala event and plans are being made for several hundred visitors in the r'ty for the day. Many leading theatre magnates Yyill accompany Mr. Rov Marlin to Milledgeville and all managers of Martin theatres will be here. The cneninff show will feature “Broadway Bill” with Myma Loy inri Warner Baxter rn the screen. The stage show will l>e Boh Davis t:l Flashes. A companv of e will present feature acts and dances. COTTON GROWER CAN GELPAPERS Contracts Will Be Submitted to State Board of Reviews for 0keh After Approval in County Blanks tor making 1935 cotton contracts for cotton farmers on land cn which cotton contrac* has previ ously been made are now in the county agent’s office. Necessary blanks for growers who had a 1934 cotton contract have not yet been received. Cotton growers who desire to make a contract on land notecover- ed by a contract are requested to secure all necessary information for making the contract and present this at the respective community headquarters which are at Brown?. Coopers. Union Point. Mcrriwethcr, and Scotlsboro The information required oefore a contract can be executed is as fol lows: Number of acres planted to cotton from 1928 through 1934 to gether with the number of bales and number of pounds lint for each year beginning with 1928 through 1P34. The total number of acres in the farm, the number of acres in culti vation. the location, and the owner of the land over which a contract is to he made must be furnished. In addition to this information the number of acres planted to caeh ether individual crop must be given for 1933 and 1934. Cotton growers who made a 1934 centract will be notified bv letter as soon a*- the nccesrarv blark*- are rereived for renewing this contract. Producers who made a 1934 cotton contract and have made no change in and on the farm will be reaulred nniv to execute one additional blank to he attached to and to become a part of the original contract. Cotton growers who made a con tract in 1934 and have increased or dr ereased either by purchase, sales or rentals will be required to make additional contract*; for 1935. Three who made a contract in and violate this rentract in 1935 „>*11 he reaulred to forfeit all rental check*: received in 1934. Tn order to receive acreage allot ment « for the county all contracts must be submitted and aporoved by the sta’c board of reviews. Every cotfori fnnner is urged to secure at once the number of bales of cotton produced, the average y'eteht of Hot nor bote end the acreage planted to cotton In IP” and 1934. This information is re quired and must be furnished be fore a contract »nn be completed. Union-Recorder Plans County History Edition of Paper •oted now being made for the j >f special edition of the it. at an early date j >rding of ombnt principals he arrival of the Every niece nf be ing shined, buildings are being cleaned from top to bottom and no details are overlooked to be ready for a perfect score when the test C.asrcs will be suspended each afternoon beginning Monday of next ek. Col. Jenkins has not been ad- • ‘- c ed who the officers will be. Mr. Moore’s friend* will be glad to‘know that his condition is show ing improvement and it is hoped h will return to the office in a short negro killed and one INJURED AT SAW MTLL Julian Sutbbs. a negro man '"? s killed and Ormand Bonner, anmii- rr Negro, was injured Wednesda> when a log rolled off a truck while being loaded on me platation of Mr. ,T. L. Pettigrew. The Negroes were brought to the City Hospital but Stubbs died before he reached Milledgeville. Bonner is in a serious condition. ical facts the de- »f the city and county not jet printed. The compiling of records and preparation of copy is in the hands cf Mrs. T. H. Rente, who has made an exhausted study of county rec- □d old ] nd in1 cd many of the older citizens in gathering the information which has been written into vividly interest ing stories. The edition will he devoted principally to the period when Mil- lcdgcville was the capitol of the state. This was the most stirring period of Georgia’s history ar.d as capitol of the state most of the pro gress and development originated here. The stories that have been written by Mrs. Rcntz are thrilling, and will hold the intense interest cf every reader. The Union-Recorder states without fear of contradiction that from a historical standpoint this will ho one of the most importin' and valuable papers ever published in Georgia. Orders have already been received extra copies of this paper and these desiring additional copies are urged to file their application at cnee. A limited number of copies will be printed on book paper fo. filcing and those who desire to pre serve the valuable records for fu- Many gallics of type hr. •ady been set and others a i the process of preparatic ■sorvation of advertising ? One of the features will be a pic torial section showing Milledgeville in its infancy and' its gradual de velopment to the present thriving metropolis. Another feature will be a section of biographies in which the story of Milledgeville’s early settlers and the people who have pioneered to build a greater Mil- icdgcville will be told. The edition is not the ordinary’ type of special edition designed to a revenue builder, but is one that has been planned to preserve much valuable history that will be iost to posterity if not made perman ent by the printed word. Many old- er citizens, who will not be here fer long, have been interviewed and have told many facts that will be printed for the first time. The Union-Recorder, an institu tion that has been in existence al most since the first settler came here, felt that it has a duty to per form to preserve this valuable in formation, thus this edition was The date of the publication will be announced later. Any person h ring old pictures, or information about the early history of the city- are requested to send them in at Mr. Adams has announced that , h 10 ■ rd 20c: rtight. TO" and 25c students. - -s in- ov r 1 ’ 15c to all shows. The admission to •hr. balcony for Negroe” will be 10c and 15c. At the evening performance Mr. Martin. Mr. Adams, and Mayor Home, with a number of Milled ge- villc’- citizens v ill appear on Urn rtape r.rd a formal ceremony will take place to officially open ‘he new play house. The new theatre is one of the finest in the south and will sea*. 1300 p'ople. In every appointment it is modern and beautiful. Dr. Guy Wrlls. president of G. S. C. W. attended a rally of the Cham ber of Commerce in Statesboro on Tuesday nicht and delivered the princinal speech of the delightful Dr. Wells was accompanied by Mr. Joe Andrews and Col. Envin Sibley, who also made short after dinner speeches. Invited to attend the ban quet were Dr. E. A. Tigncr and Jerc Dr. Wells spoke at the chapel rv- crises cf the South Georgia Teachers College in the morning. ESCAPE ARRESTED U . i^iA Height Wolfolk, one of the sev eral negroes that rsjppcd from the Baldwin county jaiFa few weeks ago war arrested in Atlanta Tues day and Sheriff Haymc brought him back to Milledgeville Wednesday. Wolfolk wab awaiting trial for stealing an automobile when he e-\ -tned. He was one of the leaders in the jail break. Mnj. Tom Bryan, of Waynesboro, a brother of Mnj. Ben B^yan, has been named to the G. M. C. faculty to succeed Mai. Jarman, resigned, as professor of Mechanical arts. Maj. Bryan came to G. M. C. Monday and will have charge of the shop and classes in meehani.cal draw ing for the remainder of the school year. He is a graduati of Georgia Tech and an experienced teacher. Judge George Carpenter had a busy session of court Monday after noon when twenty-six cases were called in the city Recorder’s court. The majority of the charges were for drunk \r.d dir r Al hough six had been rounded up in a crap prrSBYTFJHAN DEACONS MEET The regular annual meeting of the hoard of Deacons of *he Firs* Presbyterian church will be held Monday n*pht, March 11th at eight o’clock in the Sunday school room of the church. Election of officers will be held. All deacons are urged to be present. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION The Union-Recorder has been highly pleased with the continued response to a request to “pay your subscription." During the past week forty people have been in and paid in advance, while a large number of new subscribers have been added. The Union-Recorder brings you all the local news and is your guide to economical and success ful shopping. Attend to this matter this week. Remember a valuable premium for the asking.