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MR AKTniJK J. CARR
Milledgcville suffered .in irrepar
able loss on Monday, July 15th,
when Mr. Arthur J. Carr passed
away after giving more than sixty
years of his life to the upbuilding
of this city and county.
Mr. Carr entered business when a
young man and he always looked
forward regardless of how strcnu-
the times became or how diffi*
TRIALS OT AN EDITOR
Eleven editors, one of whom we
are which, of the state were decora
ted at the press convention in Car
rollton last week with buttons com
memorating they having been in the
newspaper game for fifty years
nore. We highly appreciate the <
iideration given us. Guess the next
decoration any of us will get will
crown. You know Jim Williams
cult the tasks might have been. He,says no editor will go to hell
builded and in the building he leaves
a definite imprint on this genera
tion that will live after him.
Mr Carr
OFFICIAL ORGAN or COUNTY
Thursday, july i§, 1935
orthy of
his convictions
and steadfast in his faith in his
feliowman and the God that made
him. Kipling’s description of Gunga
Din best fits him. “He was white,
clear white, inside."
Mr. Carr grew up in this com
munity. After completing his educa
tion Here, he studied at a business
school in New York and returned
here to continue business with the
late. Mr. W. T. Conn. Thirty-two
ago. he established his
business which bears his name. In
all of his dealings he was known
a fair, honest man. and by the
methods that exemplified hlB life, he
built a great business that has grown
and today is one of the largest
wholesale hou c **s in the state,
in the Mr. Carr gave much of his time
to the Baptist church and its inter
est. He would never take the credit
for work well done, but rather
mained in the background and in his
humble way. gave both of his time
and talents to the upbuilding of the
church
Mr. Carr enjoyed a clever story
and liked to tell them. One of the
things he enjoyed most was the con
tact with his business friends in the
city. He alwavr keefc in close touch
with daily events and had
mate knowledge of the r
had a keen sense of humor and made
it a policy to ree the pleasant things
in life.
Mr. Carr literally grew up with
The people of Georgia generally Millcdegeville. Hr took an active part
would like to see the row between j ln evory movement that would pro-
the State Highway Commission and 1 motc prosperity of the
the National Government ended. j mU rutv and nothing brought him
pleasure than to see his friends
success.
A good man has gone.
The people seem to grow more
and mere indifferent to the observ
ance of the Sabbath.
The man who lets his jealousies
of a business opponent control him,
has many unhappy hours ahead of
him.
The faithful were on hand for the
Governor's July 4th rally. But the
enthusiasm wasn’t there, judging cmplitied the true spirit of fine
write-ups
Persuit of pleasure seems to reach
its heighth on Su..day. judging from
the empty church pews and the I
number of people that are on the]
highways.
CHILDREN’S CRIME HOUR
Listening, as we do, to repeated
complaints of parents who object to
the penny-dreadful type of broad
casting that comes over the radio to
their children at supper time we
wonder at the shortsightedness of
many advertisers and radio stations.
Concern over this type of pro
gram finds reflection not only in
The statements published in last the .11 will of potential customers
week's issue «.r The Union-Recorder toward the sponsors and the adver-
show that the b-.nl:s of this city j Used product, but also In a state-
are having a most successful mid 1 mont by Anning S. Prall, chairman
summer business. of the ITodcral Communications
— mission. Mr. Prall is certain that
Milledgeville is more fortunate some of the dime novels of the air
than most of the smaller cities in | arc injuring children. And he offers
Everyone can be a booster for his
home community and should
There are advantages for everyone
if they will only look around and
fee them.
he gets his share of it here. There'
but one o*her place for us to go.—
The Ogletnorpe Echo.
GEORGIA FIGS FOR PROFIT
From the Savannah Press
J. Barnett Napier, of Tennessee,
is coming to Georgia to make
interesting experiment. He
brought from Mrs. C. G. Gonekie
of Smithville a tarm of a little 1
than 100 acres. He proposes to grow
figs on this tract in a large way and
for commercial purposes.
He has recently concluded
planting of 2,000 sugar celestial fig
trees. He %xpects them to begin
bearing in three years' time. If he
carries out his expressed ideas he
will, before he gets through planting
have 20,000 trees. He. of course, does
nc* propose that the fruit from
these trees fhall be eaten immediate
ly. The product is to be largely ca
ned. The Albany Herald says he
building a fig preserving plant
at Smithville, which promises to be
of the wonders of that immediate
section. The plant will preserve the
fruit and manufacture fig syrup and
other fig products. A bakery on the
premises will make fig newtons,
fig candy, fig bake and kindred pro
ducts.
The market for the products of
these hundreds of trees is to be
found in the cast and middle west
for the most part. The promoter tells
the people of the Smithville section
they are living in the part of Geor
gia that can produce figs as fine as
those grown anywhere in the United
States. . .
We wish the piemeer. if he is a
pioneer, fig grower every success in
icw venture.
Georgia, in that it has two splendid
and moderly equipped hospitals in
charge of skilled physicians.
When pleasure is put ahead of
your job. you will soon find that
you have nothing but the pleasure
and it is short lived. And one thing
sure, pleasure won’t pay bills.
the Reminder that “about half
dozen stations have been taken off
the air in recent years for failure to
live up to the proper standards of
public service.
The resentment against this type
of program is not of the negative
sort that is received and forgotten
indifferent shrug;
The constitution of the United
States has been amended in the past
with out bringing disaster to this
country, and it is probable that
amendments will be made in the
— battled parent
The Union-Recorder
the eP.’crt to organize
club in MUldegeville
cessful. A number of games
help break the monotony of
summer.
hopes that
*a baseball
ill be sur-
dangerous ad
versary for any institution,
ter how big. to face. School officials
and educators in general have
peatedly emphasized the demoraliz
ing effects 6: these programs. High
ly strung children are keyed up t<
an uncomfortable pitch by radio
shrieks and horror stories; and
the most phlegmatic child is a
have his vocabulary corrupted and
his standards w raped in formativ
years by what might well be de
scribed as the Children’s Crime Hour.
I Many of these programs are
Governor Talmadge. in spite rf his | nuisance to parents also, and to
activity against the administration, j degree which it is hard for adults
•hildren of their
does not announce what his plan:
are. There are some folks who think
he will enter the presidential pri
mary against President Roosevelt.
Th'* constitutional amendment
creating a lieutenant governor in
Georgia, will mean one more office
holder. The people will probably be
careful in creating a new officer to
be only a “Yes Man" to the gover-
be
appreciate. Once a child’s sympath:
has been aroused by the sponsor of
a product, it will plead and beg
incessantly for the purchase of that
product. In a current radio sequence,
children were made to believ
though it was net actually stated,
that purchase cf a certain article
would aid the fictional hero in se
ver- | curing money to pay for the neces
sary operation on his ailing mother!
I The sheer impudence of an appeal
3 a | to any child in the homi
ould parents’ heads, in behalf of an ariver-
•iade tised product might be enough to
the sponsors pause: bu
Accidents
minimum if every auto driver w
realize that the roads were not r
for his or her benefit only. Ot
have rights and courtesy in auto j bined with the ill of;
driving is just as admirable a virtue | grams upon the child,
as courtesy in social contact. j Professor llussc or New York Uni-
— versity and others, and the resent-
We wouldn’t take a pretty for the I ment enkindled in grown-ups, it
New Jersey senator that shut Hooev {would scorn th; t. even f advertisers
Long's mouth a few days ago and no not. the radio pc
* would also like to have sroi
guy that took a poke at his jaw. It
was a pity that the blow didn't land
the Louisiana pest in the hospital
The Constitution has been amend
ed before and it can be expected
that amendments will be offered
again. Some politicians would make
you think it is a crime to even men
tion such a thing. Certainly changer
that have taken place since the
original document MW written
necessitate changes and a mend-
msnts from time to time.
that b<
.•ould take head in their own inter-
rt.—Christian Science Monitor.
Nothing is s
al debt and t
Express.
Tt »- dutv 0 f every motor 2 -
* drive carefully and cautiou-’*
ri’ore are **Mirely too manv ace?
dents. The Grand Jury should not
of the law’s esn-'^ •
—a *„ griving a car wh s >»* 1
der the influence of whiskey.
DON'T IGNORE THE BOY
(By Elbert Hubbard)
I have profound respect for boys.
Grimy, ragged, toushed boys in the
street often attract me strangely.
A boy is a man in the cocoon—
you do not know what it is going to
become his life is big with many
possibilities.
He may make or unmake kings,
change boundary lines between the
states, write books that will mold
characters, or invent machines that
will revolutionie the commerce of
Every man was once a boy. I re
member a slim, freckled boy, was •
bom in the “Patch” and used to pick
up coal along the railroad tracks In
Buffalo. A fbjv months ago I had
motion to make before the Supreme
Court, and the hov from the “Patch 1
was the judge who wrote the opinion
granting my petition.
Yesterday I rode horseback past
field where a boy was plowing.
The lad’s hair stuck out through the
top of his hat; his form was bony
•kard; one suspender held
trousers in place; his bare leg and
?re brown and sunburned
and briarscratched.
le swung his horse around just
I passed by. and from under the
flapping brim of his hat he cast a
quick glance out of the dark, half
bashful eyes and modestly returned
salute. His bark turned. I took
Tty hat and sent a God-bless-you
down the furrow lane after him. Who
knows?—I may go to that boy to
borrow money, or to hear him
preach, or to beg him to dd.'end me
lawsuit; or he mav stand with
unhastened. bare of arm. in
white apron ready to do his duty
'bile the cone is placed over my
face, and Night and Death come
creeping into my veins.
Be patient with the boys— you ara
dealing with soul-stuff.
Destiny awaits just around the
corner. Be patient with the boys.
GEORGIA pORGE S AHEAD
Indication of further improvement
m business conditions in, Georgia
contained in the report from State
Auditor Tom Wisdom showing that
revenue of the state climbed sharply
during the first six months of 1935,
as compared to 1934.
The state collected SI.200.000
more money up to July 1 of this
year than was collected during the
first six months of last year. Total
revenue collections or the state from
January 1 to July 1 this yeai
amounted to S14.128.803.81, com
pared to S12.919.384.28 for the simi
lar period of 1934 and $11.362.240.6(
for the same months in 1933.
Of the state collection this year.
$4,747,749.90 went into the general
fund for the operation of the state
government and $9,381,054.72 into
allocated funds for the construction
of highways and other purposes,
Fuel oil taxes brought the largest
percentage of Increase, growing from
S6.714.382 in 1934 to S7.415.351 in
1935. for the six months period.
Motor vehicle license fees increas
ed from $1,080,495 for the first half
of 1934 to $1,119,619 for the first
half of 1935.
General property tax collections
dropped slightly from SI.094,585
1934 to $1,020,918 in 1935.
Occupation and franchise taxes
dropped from S774.712 in 1934 to
$751,102 in 1935.
The state income tax. which
amended by the last legislature,
brought in an estimated $1,450,000
for the first six months of 1935 1
pared to $1,067,000 for the similar
period in 1934.
The cigar and cigarette tax col
lections increased from $459,000 to
$497,000.
Agricultural fees collected by the
Department cf Agriculture grew
from $192,000 to $210,000.
The insurance premium tax show-
1 an increase from S518,655 for the
first six months of 1934 to $676,900
r 1935.
Other income was derived from
various sources such as poll taxes,
professional taxes, inheritance taxes,
insurance fees and the like.
Observers see in this gratifying in
crease proof that Georgia is rapidly
forging ahead of the depression and
predictions are being freely made
that within a comparatively short
time business conditions will be
very profitable basis.—Valdosta
Times.
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
Elditor Union-Recorder
.r:
Lives of great men remind us of
many things. T recall years ago see
ing Mr. Arthur Carr, Prof. O. M.
Cone. Capt. W. T. Conn, and Mr. J.
W. McMillan walking down the
street together,, and to my young
mind thoughts of the Four Horse
men were present.
Exemplifying all that was best in
human society these men impressed
me and to this day I have often
wondered if any community had pro
duced four better citize.is.
When one died I felt that the
•ery foundation of our local civili
zation was crumbling, and now that
all four are «one I hesitate to ex
press my emotions.
B. C.
CHRYSLER - PACKARD
PLYMOUTH
SALES AND SERVICE
W. E. Robinson, Jr.
Mr. J. P. Humphries, one of Bald
win county’s well known farmers,
celebrated his 82nd birthday on last
Friday, July 12th.
Mr. Humphries is enjoying good
health and lives on his farm in East
Baldwin where he actively attends
to the farming duties. He has on
several occasions walked the nine
miles to this city.
Mr. Humphris has a host of friends
who wish for him continued good
health and happiness'.
LOST— 1M pma4 rack cfckfceo
feed. Last between AAP and G. 8.
C. W. Library.
CARD OF THANKS
The children of Mrs. J. B. Mc
Millan wish to express their deep
appreciation for the kindness shown
to their mother during her illness
and death.
Thank you,
MRS. J. S. COMBES, MR. J. F. Mc-
MILLAN, MR. W. J. McMlLLAN
MR. M. F. McMlLLAN.
A Personal Service
This bank gives to each individual depositor a personal service,
whether the account he large or small. We are proud of the
many customers of this bank, who began doing business with
us when the doors first opened for business. It makes us know
we have made friends. You can do nothing better than estab
lish a connection with this hank today.
Merchants & Farmers Bank
CAPITAL $80,000 SURPLUS $80,000
Milledgeville, Georgia
Two Great Problems of Life
Life insurance, if maintained at full value, will help to solve
the two great financial problems of Kfe:
Dying too soon! Living too long!
C. H. ANDREWS & SON
•‘NOTHING Bin- INSURANCE"
CHANDLER'S
Featuring Cool Summer Rayon
Panty 10c.
You won't understand How we can offer this outstanding value
at this price.
OTHER SELECTIONS OF BRIEFS
PANTIES - STEP-INS 15C-25C
Slips 39c. ,
A Value You Won’t Find Often—Full Cut Quality Rayon
CHANDLER’S VARIETY STORE
5c-!Oc-2Sc-$l
RAILROAD "BARGAINS” FOR THE
SUMMER TRAVELER
Deal . in rail transportation has brought not only
such innovations as air-conditioned passenger cars for the comfort
o* the public but bargain rates—railroad fares being now generally
lower than ever before.
The voluntary rate reductions made by the railroads in 1933
have been continued, ranging as low as 1 1-2 cer.Ls a mile for coach
passengers. In addition, low rate summer excursion fares offer
still further inducements to “ride the railroads."
Among the most attractive “bargains” offered the railroad
patron are the through rail-and-water fares over the Central of
Georgia Railway to Savannah, thence by ship to New York or
Boston via the Ocean Steamship Company, or to Baltimore or Phila
delphia v:a the Merchants & Miners Transportation Company.
From the standpoint of comfort, interest and economy the
traveler, whether on business or on pleasure, can make no better
investment of his travel money than by using this rail-and-water
route. Ships sail from Savannah in the late afternoon, permitting
day trip to Savannah. Meals and berth aboard ship arc included in
the fare, at no extra charge. The boat trip gives two delightful days
and three nights at sea, out of sight of land. The ships are modem,
comfortable and safe.
Other bargain fares include the regular summer excursion
rates, circular tour rates and others—Tull information as to which
will gladly N? given by any Central of Georgia agent or passenger
representat
All through Pullmans operated by the Central of Georgia and
its connections between points in the North and West and points in
Alabama. Georgia and Florida are completely air-conditioned. Its
local sleepers between Atlanta and Savannah are pre-cooled before
departure from those points this system proving its effectiveness
last year.
Air-conditioned buffet-lounge coaches are operated on Central
cf Georgia daylight trains 1 and 2 between Savannah, Macon and
Atlanta—and are available in either direction lor those using ships
to or frem Savannah. Within the next few weeks other air-con
ditioned lounge coaches will go into service on the Central of Geor
gia daylight trains 1 and 2 between Macon, Columbus and Birming
ham.
There was never a time when the railroad passenger got as
much for his money as at present, and it is on that basis that the
railroads solicit patronage of the traveling public.
Constructive criticism and suggestions are invited.
H. D. POLLARD. Receiver.
Savannah. Ga., July 16. 1935.
COMING EVENTS
GRADUATION
WEDDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
Prepare yonnelf by maluny
yaw •election, from o« rteck
ef Worthy Gifte.
We aril wekoae aa tpputoai-
ly to «how yea.
Williams & Ritchie
JEWELEIS AND OfTOWETOBTS
Milledfevilit, Ga.