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¥ I'iad ar i RnioiuRrtorikr vouiecv. Ga, Mr 25, 1N5 NUMBER « BANK DEPOSITS, SHOWJNCREASE iDcpoiHi ■ F«r Baaki Ur 0»ta OKlIaMIhw^Mn Siace Lart Mr- prospect* lor good business nr ./all are mod encouraging as imL- ■ cated by present financial and bank- ling conditions. The largest deposits |in Milledgeville’s banking history ■ are shown by report, issued the first I of this month in July statements. Deposits in the four banks of Mil- lledgeville have increased $183,452.95 he past year. Deposits as of June , 1934 were $1,834,689.04. The de- ts as of June 29th 1935 totaled J$ 1.998,140.99, an increase in twelve I months of over one hundred and I fifty thousand dollars. With practi cally two million dollars on deposit lln this city, indications are that bush ■ ness prospects are bright. J The increase in loons has been I small, the reports show. This is due in part to the fact that numberous | government agencies are making loans on farm lands and homtes. I which have taken out of the banks, I what might be termed frozen loans n manv instances. The banks In this city have out 1 standing records and are in splen- I did condition. They were the first | banks to open following the banking rs ago and are all members l d: the Federal Depotsit Insurance ■ Corporation. The directors and offic- ? handling the afafirs of the banks ■ here are outstanding men and the I records of the MilledgevUle banks e a tribute to not only the men charge, but the people In this CITY OFFICIALS URGE COOPERATION IN FIGHT ON MOSQUITOES Inspection WUl Be Blade of All Property and OrflaiMN Regalr- The street and sanitary commit tee of the City Council, H. S. Woot- ten, chairman, urges the coopera tion of all citizens in the enfc merit of public health laws to effect control of mosquitoes. The city is spraying all streams and places where stagnant water Is found. All side streets will also be cleaned during the week. The prop erty owner, especially owners of cant lots, are urged to destroy all weeds, empty cans, old automobile tires and other places where mos quitoes can breed. The councilman also called attention to empty cans and cases in the cemetery, and ask ed owners of cemetery lots to change water daily to keep down mosqui to breeding. Mr. Wootten said the sanitary of ficer, Capt. Darden would make inspection of the city this week and all violators of sanitary laws would be docketed. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ON HILL SOU) THE WEEK Itfrs. .Van Barksdale Miller s Former MeCiaw Home vamm\ Come Here to Live.- ’ Mrs. Nan Barksdale Miller, a form- • resident of this city and [Miami, Fla., this week purchased the stop. - house on the corner of I McIntosh and Columbia streets form- I erly owned by the late.Mr. and Mrs. |M. A. McCraw. The resident is located in one of I the most desirable sections of the I city and is considered a most valu- I able piece of real estate. The pur- I chase was made from Mr. Arthur J. I Carr. Jr., who has owned the prop- •veral years. The price of the | property was not announced. Mrs. Miller will come to this city lo make her home and will occupy his home. Mrs. Richardson, of Montezuma, and Mrs. Ware, of Coral Gables, Fla., sisters of Mrs. Miller and also natives o.* this coun ty. will come back to Milledgeville and will make their home with their sister. The three ladies have a wide Cir cle of friends in this city who will give them a cordial welcome back to Milledgeville. REVIVAL SERVICES BEGIN AT MONTPELIER CHURCH SUNDAY A scries of evangelistic services will begin on Sunday at Montpelier church in east Baldwin. Rev. W. C. Rudd will preach at eleven o’clock and throughout next week the vices will be held at eight o’clock each evening. The public is cordial ly invited. Rev. Budd will preach at the Hardwick Methodist church Sun day evening. KIWANIS WILL FETECADETS Wert Pairtm to Be Skowa Irter- erttof Peat* at WUedfenlle lid Served Cold Driala. When the members of the first class from the United States Mili tary Academy. West Point, N. Y., ar- in Milledgeville next Wednes day they will be met by a bevy of Milledgeville young ladies who will serve the young men iced cold Coca- Cola, a “set-up” of the Kihranis Club. The cadets will come into Mil ledgeville 450 strong from Savannah and will go to the G. M. C. bar racks where they will be served dinner by a staff of cooks from Fort Benning. The cadets will travel in type fast army trucks and immediately after their luncheon they will be taken on a sight seeing trip of Milledgeville as they leave the city. The Kiwants plan to have the group of young ladies meet the young men and assist in entertaining them while here. The stop-over Milledgeville will be as brief possible, the army having announc ed that the trip from Savannah tc Fort Benning is a test trip to de termine the speed with which troops be meved with the new type trucks. The young cadets, future officers of the army are members of next- i senior class at the academy are going to Fort Benning. the largest infantry school in the world. >e the new type of war chines in action. President Joe Andrews, of the Ki- anis Club, said the club wanted to let the cadets, who come from every state in the union, see Georgia’s most historical city and let them have example of real southern hospitality and at the same time show them a group of the prettiest girls ii MRS. CAR AKER DIES WEDNESDAY Life Laa| GHna of MilWfirilo Punt Awiy Aftir StMit At tack. Foaral Srtricet TWifiy Mrs. Mary Estell Caraker. widow f the late Mr. Chas. T. Caraker. died at her home in this city Wed nesday afternoon after an illne* of only three days. Mrs. Caraker was stricken Sun day afternoon with a cerebral herm- orage and did not regain conscious- Shc gradually became weaker and passed away quietly Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services will be held at tke chapel of Joseph Moore Thursday afternoon at five u. Rev. Horace Smith officiating. Internment will be in the city ceme tery with the following acting pall-bearers: O. M. Conn. L. C. Hall. N. Chandler. M. S. Bell, R. H. ■Lawrence. Roger Stembridge, < Conn. J. C. Black. J JI. Ennis. Mrs. Caraker was Miss Stella Hass before her marriage to Mr. Camker and has been a life long resident of this city. She would have celebrated her 66th birthday Nov. 3rd of this year. She is survived by the following children: Dr. C. T. Caraker. of Dun can. Oklahoma; Mrs. H. G. Lawrence, of Macon. C.C.C. CAMP WILL HAVE FULL ENROLLMENT BY AUG. 1ST BaDdlngs are Completed and Prac tically All Fnpplles Have Been Received for Arrival of Men. Baldwin county’s Citizen Conser vation Corps camp near Stevens Pottery will be populated with over hundred young men by next Thursday when the main body of CCC troups arrive at the camp. A small detachment has been busy since’late June "^constructing the camp that will house the CCC boys. The buildings have been fin ished. a water and light plant in stalled and equipped, and other equipment added to make the camp modern city with all conveniences for the young men. In the party will be a number of soil erosion experts who will have charge df the work. The work of the young men will be devoted tirely to soil erosion projects. The camp has the appearance of an army enntonement and the daily routine will be similar to that of the a camp except there cr no drills and the work period is devoted entirely to constructive work. 6. ML C TO HAVE BIG ENROLLMENT CaL Jm Jaakia, Planed W*k Pi«f«b far 1S3S-36 Tana at G.M.C. Wkick Opeu ia Stfi. Col. Joe Jenkins, president of G. M. C„ took time out Saturday and Sunday from his traveling program and visited his office to check up prospects for the enrollment at the college for the next term. The presi dent Is highly pleased with the pros pects and expects an enrollment that will fill the barracks beyond its capacity. Additional boarding Quarters will probably have to be secured. CoL Jenkins returned from vasing tdur through South Geocy gia and Florida and brought with him a' large number of applications for enrollment. The inquiries ing to the office which are being handled by Mrs. Elizabeth Brow- are greatly in excess of previous years. Coach Graham Batchelor and Maj. Joel Kennedy, new members of the faculty, are also soliciting students and are meeting with suc cess Coach Batchelor has been in Georgia and Maj. Kennedy in the Carolinas. Coach Batchelor plans to call the football candidates for the football team to practice the first of Septem ber. The cadets will face a most difficult schedule with the second game of the season coming with the Naval Academy plebes in Annapolis, Maj. Kennedy and Maj. Ben Bryan will assist Coach Batchelor. The college will open on Septem ber 11th for the regular term. Stu dents will arrive the day before. COUNTRY CLUB PLANS INVITATION TOURNAMENT Final plans will be made for tl.e Echetah ’qbuntry Club invitation golf tournament which will be held at the club in August at a meeting of the club golf committee Friday. Major J. A. Home. George Fisher. Rev. Horace Smith. Wilson Mason and R. H. Reynolds are the com mittee in charge. Rev. Alford, Jr., the club manager said invitations would be mailed to over two hun dred clubs inviting ther.i to send a team to play in the two day tourna ment. Prizes will He offered the winning club and also the Iota* medalist. The tournament cammilttee will arrange a program of enteraainment for the visitors while the touma- nent Is in progress. CITY AND COUNTY ASK PAVING U/pi MONTY K AS COMPROMISE FOR FERRY Wifi lUUlWi 10 ROW Services will be held at the Hard wick Christian church on next Sun day at if a. m. and 7:45 p. m. Rev. Cunningham, the pastor, will preach and the public is Invited. EDUCATORS ATTEND CONFERENCE IN ATHENS Dr. Guy Wells. Dr. Harry Little. Dean Hoy Taylor' and Prof. O. A. Thaxton attended ttfe educational conference in Athens the past v Dr. Wells and Dr. Little ’ speakers on the program. Grave of Capt Abner Hammond Revolutionary Soldier Found Here JORY RETURNS NOT GUILTY VERDICT IN FRANKS CASE After deliberating more than ten hours, the Jury trying the Mrs. Cattle Franks Booth charged with the murder of Luther Maddox Central Railroad employee, return- verdict of "Not Guilty” about Thursday There is romance oftentimes in finding an old grave, as was proved on Tuesday, when Mrs. George Tunnell, Regent of the Nancy Hart Chapter, Mr. Bloomer Dumas and Mrs. J. L. Beeson stood on the site of the old Abner Hammond home, and found in the garden where he was buried one hundred and six years ago. the “dent in the ground”, and the stumps of the big cedars at the head aqd the foot of the grave. Abner Hammond was on® of five The ease consumed all of Wed- distinguished brothers in ‘ he ' Rl 'T V’nrk was started this week at thp state prison on the 1936 auto- T -' r >biles for Georgia. Mr. George Fisher, who has charge of. the plant nid the order this year calls fr 425 000 tag Beta. The 1936 tag will be a reversal o ,Mp 1935 tap in color. The new tag will be blue with gold numerals. Hie : ut° tags have been manufactured the prison for six years and each year a reduction in the costs per * a C has been shown, Mr. Fistu *® id - Last year 424,499 sets were Manufactured at a cost erf .066 per tag. The last year that the tags purchased from au outside concern '' the state the cort was 12.4 cents. Mrs. Booth shot Maddex in a fit of ealous anger while the defense de clared the shooting an accident. Mrs. Booth made a statement declar ing the shooting accidental. MRS. LAMAR TO CELEBRATE 85TH BIRTHDAY The Union-Recorder joins the many Wend, of Mrs. I* J. Um* In wishing for her a happyb.rth- day on next Sunday. July 2tth when she celebrates her 65th birthday. Mn. Lamar has been in declining health several yearn W keeps ™ Interest in affairs. She is one of the county’s oldest citizens. when he was 20 years cld. His Baldwin county descendants arc Mrs. A. F. Latimer and Mr. George Holinshead and it is due to the former’s discovery, that the grave could be located. Both of them. Mrs. Latimer and Mr. Hollin- shed have made a deligent search, but Mr. Dumas knew the land. Formerly, the Abner Hammond house stood on the .stage coach road leading from Fort Wilkinson to Fort Hawkins, the remains of which may still be seen. Abner Hammond became Secretary of State and it was he who on Oct 8. 1807, accompanied the troop of horsemen from Washington. Ga., in bringing the Treasury and the Pub lic Records from Louisville to Mil ledgeville. the new capital. In 1829, when going from capitcl to his home across Fishing Creek, which was greatly swollen, he was drowned. His horse, riderless, appeared at his home, and after search, his body was found. On a count of the high waters he could not be buried in Milledgeville ceme tery and the grave was madi the garden. Years passed, the land went into ether hands and the house fell into decay. But Mrs. Latimer was told by ar old family servant, who now is 9< years old. who lives in Rome. Ga. that Abner Hammond was bttrta near Fishing Creek, at the old house, and if "old Mariah” had actually been with those who found th< grave.- she could have giv City and County Suggest Paving from MUledgevtlle to Dublin as Cmm- 1 rimlif for Balk Perry DkpnU. Congressman Carl Vinson and Governor Talmadge have been asked to pave the road from MUledge- vUle to Dublin ms a means o f bring ing to conclusion their misunder standing over the Balls Ferry bridge which has held up nineteen million dollars for Georgia’s highway de partment. Congressman Vinson wants the bridge at Ball’s Ferry and Gov. Tal madge says he will not yield despite several comprimises suggested by Congressman Vinson. All *hi* time Congressman Vinson is holding up the payment of money for highway construction in Georgia and says he will not yield one inch until the Balls Ferry bridge is included In the highway program. City and county officials have both written the authorities suggest- I ing the paving to Dublin as a means to settle the dispute. COURT ENDS JULY TERM SATURDAY Special Term May Be CaleJ. Ccart CU»« After Twe Week, Wark WHk CrhsRil Deckel. Judge James B. Park adjourned Baldwin Superior Court last Satur day after two weeks devoted to the trial of crimnal and civil business the docket of the court, but when the court session ended a crowded crimnal calendar had not been dis posed of. Judge Park discuss the possibility of a special term of cougt for week In order to clear the heavy crimnal docket, but made no decis ion. ’Die second week of court was devoted to the crimnal business. Two murder cases consumed over three days. Judge Park said that all prisoners held in jail had been tried and that all cases on the docket the defendants were out on bond. Aftei more than a day o7 delibera tion the jury trying the cases of the state vs. C. R. Buttersworth failed to reach a verdict and Judge Park declared a mistrial. Buttersworth was tried under indictments charg ing assault with intent to murder and unlawfully pointing a pistol at another. The two cases were tried at the same time bv the same jury. J. W. Ayco Wilkinson county farmer, was ordered to pay all costs in trial in which he was charged with assault with intent to murder plus $10.00. Aycock was driving a truck that struck the mule of Rev. J. F. McCluney on which his son was riding. Eli B. Hubbard of Irwinton defended Aycock. The jury recom mended in their verdict that Aycock be punished as for a misdemeanor and the judge imposed the fine. Solicitor General Shop Baldwin will discuss with Judge Park later the advisability of a special term of court to clear the crimnal docket. If the special term is called, which is not probable, it will not be held until late fall. EXPECTED DAILY H. J. PmR, Aairtaat Krtrirt EspMCT Say, EnryRisg RcsAy to Btfai Prajada. The way is cleared for full speed teed on Baldwin county's Work Progress Administration pro! act* and word from Atlanta is expected daily for work to start, H. J. Powell, as sistant district engineer, in charge of work relief in this county, said. The local office is already to trans fer people from the relief roils to the WPA. The construction of s jail by the county and wash water tanks by the city have already been ap proved and the money appropriated. All that now delays the atari Is word from Miss Sheppereon in At lanta that says the money is in hand. Mr. Powell said he hoped to get the work started not later than Monday morning and e very detail was completed for the work to go forward. The office here has marked time for several days awaiting in structions. Mr. Powell said over a hundred people will be given work immediately. Workmen will be paid wages from $19. to $75. monthly. SUMMER SCHOOL OPENSjND TERM, Practically Tfcrce HhM Sta- fcata Earofej for Sacowl Half of G. Si C. Samar Ten. BURIAL SERVICES TO BE HELD TOMORROW FOR FORMER RESIDENT Burial services will be held to- For the first time in history the G. S. C. W. summer school is con tinuing for twelve weeks and the second half began Monday morning with practically three hundred stu dents enrolled. The first half closed Friday when graduating exercises were held and Dr. Hoy Taylor de livered the principal address. 285 students were registered far the first extra term the college has held and this number is ex pected to reach 300 before the week is out. This is a splendid enrollment, due to the fact *hat the last term always attracts a smaller number of students. Dr. Guy Wells said practically the same courses would be offered the second term. The faculty is smaller than the first session faculty. Dr. Wells said a get-together party would be held for the students on Friday evening and other entertain ments would be given during the six weeks period. The session will come to a close August 23,'d. a week earlier than previously planned, but classes will be held on Saturday. Dr. Wells is most pleased with the enrollment and the outlook for a most successful term. Announcement was made this week by Dr. Guy Wells that a de gree in music would be offered by G. S. C. W. in the future. The department oC music has been enlarged with a complete conserva tory for instruction. This is the first time the college has offered a full course in music leading to a degree. In the department are Dr. Max Noah. Mrs. Wiles Homer Allen, Miss Alice Lenore Tucker, Miss Maggie Jerkins. Mrs. Nelle Womack Hines, morrow afternoon at three o’clock Miss Beatrice Hosbrough. Courses the city cemetery for Mrs. Chandos Haney, of Manchester, Ga. Mrs. Haney is remembered here as Miss Ethlyn Gillespie, daughter of Mrs. Dassah Gillespie, who made her home here with her mother for many Th' fr'er.ds of Mrs. Hancj^and her family are asked to meet at Moore’s Funeral Home where the body will be brought before the commitment services. Mrs. 'Haney was thirty years of in voice, violin, In this weeks issue of The Union- Recorder Chandler’s Vafiety Store announces a big Removal Sale. The event is staged in preparation to move into their new store about Sept. 1st. Mr. Chandler said the sale would > and died at an Atlanta Hospital be store wide and every item will Wednesday morning. Death j following the birth of a Mrs. accurate description than when she said “the grave is a dent in the ground between two big cedars.” There is to this day, that dent in the ground between two large cedar stumps, eight feet apart, and strange as it may seem, this spot has never had the cotton furrows in the big, from the news field run across it . L. & B. Haney is survived by her husband and little son, William Scott Haney, who is now three days of age. her mother, Mrs. Dassah Gillespie and one sister. Miss Elizabeth Gillespie. The friends of the Gillespie fam ily were greatly shocked and grieved Mrs. Haney’s be drastically reduced. The sale will continue through the next few weeks. LEGION TO HAVE CUE TODAY The American Legion will have a barbecue today at the farm of Mr. C. E. Smith near Merriwether. The cue will be served at two o’clock and all tegtonaires are Invited. MM