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• CNION-ElCOUin. WtUMIVIUt. OA-, MAT Mb UN
PUBLIC PLEDGE
FOR ALL MOTORISTS
w m be fewer automobile
dcnts this summer if every
• will take a public pledge
k v« safely.
V must not have another year
■ i ; j4 w hcn 35.500 lives were
accidents on the highways,
riisi not have a second six
, f 1935 like the first months,
alter a good start toward
■ accidents in January and Feb-
March showed an 11 per cent
, ase over last year,
i ,iion season is here, and mil-
c t people in millions of cars are
t he roads- Women drivers and
i. young drivers and old,
and slow: in
>ld. big cars and small;
go 1
i-Tand lxii - up hill and down;
dr" pavement and wet; around
n .. arr< " narrow bridges, over
r «d crossings—all are going
..-•where and all hope to arrive
can—i.* they will all drive
re arc many hazards on both
iroots and country roads—but
od driver is always alert to
ha-ard-. Gars are faster—but brakes
;tcr and more eficient for
, v.< y stops. Roads are far from
perfect: traffic engineers look ahead
day when there will be a
id separation bewteen oppos-
. of traffic—but meantime
no line means what it says:
t. your own side of the road,
are sharp curves, and dips
;de oncoming cars—but only
speeds whore he cannot see
Few highways in the open
are sufficiently lighted at
and pedestrians walk in the
here sidewalks have not yet
irovided—but the wide-awake
>-t who “drives ahead” to the
.f his headlights’ beam, and
< his speed to what he can
y see. is seldom a killing mcn-
LOCAL AFTROVAL MUST
PUCEDE LICENSING
OF SEEK BY STATE
(By G. N. 8.)
Georgia state revenue commission
! began accepting applications for
willing to make;beer licenses on Monday at 10 A.
M., under direction of R. E. Mathie-
all dre
this public promise to try to
their own lives and the lives of other json, revenue commissioner, after
pc'.'sonr- drivers, pedestrians, chi!- 'regulations for the control of beer
dren and thereby cut down the j had been drawn up by the commis-
number of motor fatalities. Jsion.
The seal of safety is printed on The commission reaffirmed the
this page, in its full size—a white | provision in the law that beer shall
SEEN AND HEARD
THE PAST WEEK
Hnu of Urei htat* Pick'd Up
Here led IVre By Newt Grib*
erer of lb* Won Hneife.
It is reported that large number
of requests for catalogues are be
ing received at G. M. C., and that
applicants for entry next year, are
being enrolled.
lie ‘act of the matter is that the
the tires, the fuel, the head-
its. the brakes are better and
■r than the roads, and that the
ds are better and safer than the
.•ers. The human element is the
v one that cannot be controlled
efficient engineering— and that
s safety straight up to the driv-
themselves.
There is. of course, a lunatic fringe
drivers who create hazards, for
'mselves and everyone el;k\ as
•y rush on their heedless way.
v •'ire the ones who race trains for
i .nlroad crossings—and eventual-
losc. They are the ones who fail
•'Vs to signal that they are going
:: n They are the ones wiio drive
while drunk, and fall asleep at the
heel, and pass on curves and at
le creSt of hills, and hit pedestrians
d run away, and smash into trees
:d poles and walls and even into
buildings beside the roads. They are
the 5 to 10 per cent of drivers v'ho
e rc-pon.sible for 90 per cent of
I accidents.
-Among safety workers it is axio-
aiic that accidents don’t hapnen;
‘ >' iirc caused. It is equally true
it m st accidents on the highways
- preventable. Preventable if every
’ ■n t will publicly take the pledge
t'd keep it at nil times:
“I Will Drive Safely.”
Tne Ladies’ Home Journal has had
Pledge designed as a symbol
safety, for display on the cars of
in a field of red; the pled
itself. ‘‘I Will Drive Safely,” letter
ed in a circle of blue. It is a promise
that we hope all motor-owning n
ers of the Journal will be first to
make—to demonstrate their public-
spirited leadership in this national
effort to save lives.
You may cut the seal out of this
page; or you may get it from your
motor-service station, perhaps, or
from your local motor club, or from
your insurance company, or your
gas station. Then stick it to the glass
inside the lower left-hand comer
of the rear window of your car, be
hind the driver’s seat; or to the tire
cover, or elsewhere on the rear of
the ear. where it will be visible to
every other driver as he overtakes
you. as a token of your intention to
drive carefully.
In some states it is against the
law to put any sticker on the win
dows of a car, and in those states
this Journal safety symbol should,
of course, be placed on some other
part ol the car.
“I Will Drive Safely.” . . . But
how? Here are the simple rules, writ
ten for the Journal and published
first in last month’s issue:
I will know the driving customs
rules of the road in whatever region
I may be driving.
I will give understandable signals
of what 1 am going to do.
I will place my car toward the
center of the road and slow down if
I am going to turn left. I will place
it at the curb and slow down if I
am going to turn right.
I will signal mv direction with my
hand according to the
proved by the state I a
I will at least extend my arm out
the window to indicate that I am
about to do something different.
I will know my car and keep it in
safe condition, so that it will pars
any motor-vehicle inspection. ^
I will mentaly “drive ahead.” so
that I will always have time to make
whatever decision may be necessary.
I will suit my speed to conditions
to *ho traffic: to how far ahead I
can see; to the state of the read: to
the time of the day: to the number
a: hours I have been driving.
I will choose the safest routes and
times for travel.
I will never pass a car near the
crest of a hill or on a curve.
I will never crowd slow-moviiv
vehicles or join processions of cars.
I wil always stay far enough behind
so that when the way is clear I
shall have speed enough to pass any
vehicle in the minimum time.
1 will train myself to drive auto
matically, so that I will never hav
to think what I should do in an
emergency.
I will be courteous.
I will remember that it takes two
to cause any accident in which I am
involved—and that the blame is al
ways partly mine.
It is in the public interest that
these rules should be observed, for
such a record as we have been piling
up year after year can lead only to
be limited to G per cent alcohol by | grain crop,
volume. It also decided that no state
license? for the manufacture or sale
of beer will be issued until local
authorities in the communities have
licensed the applicants.
Brewers must pay a state license
fee of $1,000 and. if they sell di
rectly to retailers, and additional
fee of $500. Wholesalers must pay
$500 and retailers $10.
All brewers and wholesalers and
all retailers, except those who buy
beer exclusively from Georgia manu
facturers will be required to post
bonds of S5.000 each.
The state will levy a sales tax of
$1.25 a barrel. A barrel, as defined
by the commission, is 13 cases of 24
bottles each. The tax thus amounts
to approximately five-twefths of
cent a bottle.
Countic- and cities have the right
to levy taxes, but both
the same dealer.
Reports from all sections of Bald
win county are that prospects for
crops are most promising, and that
the farmers arc weli up w*th their
tJNiVEKsrnzs observe
BIRTHDAY OF GRADY
Tribute was paid to Henry W.
Grady Memorial collection pf letters,
manuscripts, photographs, and other
original materials and the Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism at the
University of Georgia obesrved the
ith appropriate exercises.
i not tax
Blackberries are ripening, and are
being brought to the city, and sold
for 10 cents per quart.
The Georgia Military College will
close a most successful year with the
Military drills next Tuesday after-
The dress parades and concerts by
the G. M. C. Cadet Battalion and
band for the past several Sunday
aftemons have been witnessed by
large crowds. The parade and con
cert next Sunday afternoon will be
th last of the year, and the num
ber of spectators will be greater than
on previous occasions.
Mr. J. M. Youngblood, one of the
Union-Recorder’s oldest subscribers,
paid the office a visit last Saturday,
and advanced the date of his sub-
Emory’s memorial collection, which
Professor Raymond B. Nixon of the
Emory journalism department will
use in writing the first full-length
biography of Grady, required more
than a year to assemble. It includes
the menu card of the c nner given
by the New England Society of New
York on December 22, 1836, when
Grady delivered his most celebrated
speech, “The New South.” On the
back of the card, penciled in Grady’s
handwriting, are a few notes which
Eddy High, the schol for the col-1
Judge Bertie Stcmbridge. ordinary
of Baldwin county reports that ap
plicants for marriage licenses are
few and far between these days.
ored children of Milledgeville. is
closing with appropriate exercises.
The commencement sermon
preached Sunday by Rev. Grigg’s,
pastor of the C. M. E. cLurch, at
Flagg's Chapel, and concerts and
graduating exercises are being held
this week. Emmc-t* Wes* is Principal
of the school, which has been largely
attended and successfully conduct
ed this year.
severe restrictions on the great gift
of automobilitv that has broadened
our whole national outlook.
Mere than that, it is in the private,
cplfish interest of
that the highways
individual
. ihould be made
safe for travel. And this means that
every motorist
his
fully recognize
personal re-
o excuse for
sponsibility. Powt
bad manners.
We know that the number of acci
dents can be reduced, because it has
been done. Among school children.
Among commercial drivers. In cer
tain cities where public opinion has
beeme aroused. And what has been
accomplished in Milwaukee, in Pro
vidence. in Fort Wayne, in Dubuque,
in many other cities, can be done
nationally too.
I be done this summer,
throughout the nation, as motorists
make a public demonstration of this
personal pledge, and at all times live
Mr. Miller S. Bell will spend to
day (Thursday) in Atlanta, attending
a meeting of the State Democratic
Committee. Mr. Bell was recently
appointed a member of the commit
tee from the Sixth Congressional
District by Chairman Howell.
It is reported that the harvest of
•heat in Baldwin county, has been
larger this year than in a number
of recent years. The government
nted one hundred acres of land
the-Latimer place in South-east
Baldwin, and a number of farmers
throughout the county smaller acre-:
to their solemn promise:
I Will Drive Safely.
Ladies’ Home Journal,
AT STUD
Dam, Allie Thompson.
Henry Payne—Route 4
■From July
Refreshing Relief
When You Need a Laxative
Because of the refreshing relief it
has brought them, thousands of men
and women, who could
aflord much more ex
pensive Inxntives, use
Black-Draught when
needed. It Is very eco
nomical, purely vegeta
ble, highly effective... Mr. J. Lester
Roberson, well known hardware
dealer at Martinsville, Va^ writes:
“I certainly can recommend Black-
Draught os a splendid medicine. I
have taken it for constipation and
the dull feelings that follow, and
have found it very satisfactory.’*
BLACK-DRAUGHT
Make Summer Driving Safe
Have your car checked at our shop.
Expert Mechanics and Experienced Ser
vice men ready to get your car like new.
We have the complete Bear-Alined Equip
ment to stop wobbly wheels. This job is
done according to factory specifications.
We are equipped to give you every auto
service. See is now and be equipped for
Summer Travel.
RALPH SIMMERSON
WRECKER SERVICE DAY OR NIGHT
Phone 300. Night Phone 572-J
■P
WM
The vegetable gardens throughout
the city have been unusually pro
ductive this year, as large numbers
of our people have cultivated gar
dens most successfully, and have
enjoyed the fruits of their labor.
The large number of out-of-1
visitors will come to Milledgeville
within the next two weeks to wit
less the commencement exercises of
I. M. C. and G. S. C. W.
The police of Milledgeville did not j
find it necessary' to make an ar- ■
rest the past week-end. and then?!
docketed at the Re
corder’s court Monday afternoon.