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©be ttniotullctorter VOLUME cvl CSS^&t**^ ‘"S3 WifrnJ.. Ca., Arngmi 21. 1>SS NUKR I ALONZO SIMPSON TAKES OP LIFE Go Wtmi m Ot*. Alonzo Simpson, assistant manager pf uie Echetah Counter Club, was found . minute, .ft*- two o'clocit Wedn«d*JT by Johnny Daw- «m . nefro eddy boy. frlM lifc- ]K3 in the caddy houae of the coun ts dub noth a «un dint wound in his left chest. The negro boy called Mr. L«wis Norwood. life guard at the nrin- mi „g pool and Mr. Boy Alford, Jr. manager of the club, who went into the small dressing room of the ciddy house and found the body Mr. Alford srid he had left Mr Simpson only a short time before and be seemed to be in good spirits, al though he had been feeling badly (or several days, but had said he tt . a5 “feeling much ibetter today." w hen Mr. Alford inquired about hia rendition. The body was brought ta the funeral home of Mr. Moore. An inquest was held by Coroner C. I. Newton at the club house betore the body waa moved and the jury returned a verdict of ••micide.” . ... Mr. Simplon returned to the club from the home of his mother. Mrs. A. Simpson in this city, about one- Ihirtv. Enro ll-: his rar had a punc ture and he left it at the filling sta tion of Mr. Bill Harrison. Mr. Jimmy Estes rode him ♦« the club in his car and he said , f 3impson took the shot gun, a tw«l ¥ guage doAle bar rel. from his own car and held it while they were rising to the club. There was no evidence df a rea- son for the act. Mr. Simpson was dressed in hlte pants and white «birt and evidently waa rianding when he fired the Satal shot. Mr. Wiori said he had talked with him \ not acre tl. in twenty minutes Le tov the young man killed himself. There were no notes or messages found in the club or on the person of Mr. Simpson. Mr. Simpson was the youngest son cf the late Mr. Alonzo Simpson and Mrs. Simpson. He was a quiet, unassuming young man, who had made many friends by his accomo dating manner. He worked for sev eral years at Allen’s Invalid Home. He is survived by his mother, one brother. Mr. Tom Simpson, of Dub lin. two sisters Miss Mary Simp- sen and Mrs. Lynwood Smith, of this city. Funeral services for Mr. Simpson will be held Thursday afternoon at four-thirty at the Catholic church. Father T. J. McNamara will conduct burglars enter aw STORE SUNDAY NKHT Cut Hole in Back Wall and Take Merchandise and Cash. Police Working on Case. Burglars gained entrance to the IP store No. 1 some time Sunday fcuht by digging a hole through the '•■ck wall a* the store and carried *ay a small amount of cash and merchandise. Ur. M. H. Groover, manager of the said the burglars turned over ft ttyihing in the back storage room kkng for money after they had f®* in the cash register and found ” enpty and open. Flour, meal and fa *‘- of goods were turned over in ** floor. The hole was cut through <n eight inch brick wall and was kttly large enough for a man to llietze through. P'-lico Chief Frank Broome and ' itr iff Maynie investigated the rob- rv L!id while no arrests have been Sf " ■ v< ral clues have developed. A ladder was near the hole where le burglars entered the storfe. Board OF education TO MEET TUESDAY Thc Board of Education will meet ts:iay *»t 11 o’clock, the regular * mh, y meeting date of the board. J*| ans for the opening of the school • on Sept. 9th will be completed . lh '° meeting. A teachers meeting truck drivers meeting will be d 'he latter part of next week by **• P - N. Bivins. City Council Plans Big Improvement Program With W P A Funds MERCHANTS PLAN FOR FALL TRADE MilledgeviUe merchants are plan ning for a record fall business this year and are going forward with every detailed preparation to be ready to take care of the business that is expected to come to Mil ledgeviUe. New merchandise is arriving daily. Practically aU the merchants have been to the northern and eastern markets and purchased large stocks fer their stores. They are back home checking the new goods and arranging their new stocks. The stores here will present the most attractive and varied assortment of merchandise in many years. The people of Central Georgia are invited to visit MiUedgeviUe stores. The people of MiUedgeviUe and Baldwin county are especially in vited to inspect the stocks here first, and the merchants are confident every need can be met. Many changes are being made in the business arrangements of the city. Two new stores are opening in remodeled buildings and several have changed locations. Rose Store wiU open in the completely re modeled Conn-Woods building about October 1st. Chandler's will move into their new and modem store the first of next week. Holloway’s has moved into the Fraley Hrarmacy building while Fratoy’s moved next door into their new attractive build ing. Wootten’s has moved on the east side of Wayne street, Skinners will open their new shoe store on Saturday of this week. Other merchants have repainted and rearranged their store and every business man is most optimistic with the expectations of doing a big bust- Vfcit Millrigevilie’s stores now -oull find what you want at to- price you want to pay from furni ture to a nlc-nac for the horo^ clothing for the entire family and every other need you may have. GOVERNMENT SCHOOL OPENS MONDAY FOR TWO WEEKS One Hundred and Fifty Emergency Education Teachers to Take Special Course at G.S.C.W. A two weeks school for the struction and training of Emergency Education Teachers, who are taking part in the new educational pro gram and youth movement in Geor gia. will open at G. S. C. W. Mon day morning. 150 teachers will attend the school ,/hich is under the direction of the Department of Education and the federal education group in Georgia. The teachers here will receive special courses in nursery school op eration and adult education. The school is operated as a WPA project by the government. The col lege will furnish a part of the teach- and the government will send to the campus a number of lecturers. The school will continue through September 14 th. SUNDAY NIGHT SERVICES CHANGED TO EIGHT O’CLOCK Announcement has been made that beginning next Sunday evening ser- ices at the churches will be at tight o’clock instead of eight-thirty, the hour of meeting since last spring. The attention of the people is called to this change in the evening hour. STORES CLOSE AT ONE FOR LAST TIME TODAY The stores will close at one o clock for the last time today. Throughout the summer the stores have closed at one to give all em ployees a half holiday. With Sept, lit at hand and the fall trade rtriy to begin, the practice of the half In mbm to an end. Engineer Employed at Special Meeting to Plan Program The City Council took stops at a special meeting Wednesday morning to launch an improvement program that will effect every section of the city and bring about many marked changes for the expansion and bet terment cf the dty. Mr. J. D. Teague, Jr., of Winder, an experienced engineer with WPA programs, was employed by the council for a period. 30 days with the provision that he take over the job for an indefinite period if toe program progressed satisfactorily to the council. Councilman Stewart Wootten, L. H. Andrews, T. H. Clark and Mr. Lamar Ham, City Clerk, spent Tuesday in Athens where they con ferred with Mr. Glass, head of th' WPA in this district. Mr. Glass recommended Mr. Teague to the council who came to MiUedgeviUe and accepted the job to begin work on Friday of this week. Mr. Wootten, who has been inter ested in the program, said the city expected to push the program as 'apidly as possible with the hope of having the first project started in the early fall. At a meeting of the council Mon day night, Mr. H. G. Haynes, who was the city engineer when the city was paved, talked with the council about the WPA projects and sug gested that an engineer be employed to work out the projects. Mr. Haynes explained the enure WPA program to the council. Mr. Ham said the dty expected to pave a number of roads and side walks that were now unpaved. One «f the Important features of the plan is a health Improvement program that will close a number of open branches and drain ditches in the dty. Hie council also plans the ex tension of water mains and sewage lines in the program and probably the construction of a play ground in the dty. Mr. Ham said the plans were only tentative bpt the ^engineer would immediately begin the necessary survey and make the needed appli cations and recommendations to the city council as rapidly as possible. Mr. Ham also said that the city would work with G. M. ~C. looking toward a number of improvements at toe college and that the engineer would be available to assist in work ing out this program for the col lege. G. M. C. hopes to secure one or two new buildings, a gymnasium and renovation of the oid capitol building. The planned program of the city will be the most far reaching and extensive MiUedgeviUe has ever un dertaken and will bring about a number of important and needed im provements. Mr. Ham said the entire council was enthusiastically behind the en tire program and hoped to bring into the city a large appropriation from the federal government. NEW SHOE STORE WILL BE OPENED ON SATURDAY Modern Store With Complete Line of Shorn for All The Family to Be Opened in Sanford Building. Another store will join Milledge- ville’s business section when Skin ner’s Shoe Store opens Saturday in the Sanford building in the rooms formerly occupied by Stembridge’s. The store is under the manage ment ot Mr. Arthur J. Skinner, who has had many years experience in the shoe business. For several years ho was rn the read for a leading shoe ccvncem. The store will be Milledgovilles only exclusive shoe store and a complete "tine of shoes for men. women and children will be shown. The store has been remodeled throughout and new fixtures and shelving have been-installed. Mr. Skinner invites his friends to visit the new store. MR. GLEN HARRINGTON INJURED IN GIN Mr. Glen Harrington, a promin ent farmer of the Hopewell com munity. was injured Saturday when he had his hand and fingers cut in a cotton gin at Coopers Mr. Harrington was brought to the City Hospital where his injuries were treated. The injuries will not be fatal, but Mr. Harrington re mains at the City Hospital. He will not loose any of his fingers it is thought. WORK BEGINS ON WASH WATER TANK TODAY First WTA Project In Baldwin County b Started Employing Eighteen Men. Work begins today on the con struction of the new wash water tanks at the city water plant. This is the first WPA project to be started in Baldwin county and will give employment to 18 men for sev eral weeks. The project calls for the expenditure of about $3,000. The project which provides for the construction Of the new county jail is expected daily The project has been approved and all plans are ready so that immediately on the arrival of the money work will be started. COUNTY ASKS FOR PAVING PROJECT A»pfc»H.» FM WIU WPA Pin Rm4 fnm Rm4 An application was filed with the WPA Tuesday by the County Com missioner* for funds to pave the road from toe Irwinton Highway leading through Hardwick to Alien’! Invalid Home, a distance ot about one mile. The district engineer said he would forward recommendation for ap proval of the project* at once and hoped to have the funds available within a few weeks so that work could be started. The commissioners have also filed application for funds to remodel and enlarge the Court House. This pro ject calls for the expenditure of about $30,000, and will require about six months to complete. The plans approved by the com missioners will remodel the building both inside and out and will also add a number of offices which will be used by county officers now housed outside the court house. Approval of these projects has been been requested as quickly as possible so that the men on WPA rolls can be put to work. Supt. P. N. Bivins and the high school principals of the schools in the county attended a conference of the National Youth Administra tion which was held in Macon on Wednesday. The federal agency proposes to give financial assistance to nigh school pupils in order that they may attend school. Detailed information on the plan can be secured at Supt. Bivins office. High school pupils will be given aid by the purchase of books, lunches, care fare. etc. Applications for this aid must be filed at Mr. Bivins office at once. Union-Recorder Begins lo6th Year of Service With This Issue DR. JOE SMITH JOINS STAFF OF CITY HOSPITAL Graduate of Emory Unlrc«fty School of Medicine WU1 Begin Practice Here Sept. M. Dr. Jce P. Smith, of Atlanta, Ga.. graduate of Emory University in the class of 1933, will move to Milledge viUe on September 1. He will be as sociated with Dr. Richard Binion and Dr. O. C. Woods in their prac tice. Dr. Smith will reside In the City Hospital. Dr. Smith served a year’s intern ship in Internal Medicine at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta and ro tating service of one year at Grady Hospital. Dr. Smith will do general practice of medicine and will give |the major portion of his time to diagnostic and T ntemal Medicine. Dr. Smith com. to Milledgeville with excellent recommendations. 40SP1TAL PLANS TO ENLARGE DAIRY HERD Plans Calls for Addition of Many Cows and The Practice of Baying MUk Another year has passed in The Tnion-Recorder’s uninterupted record of public service and this issue be gins the 106th volumn. From year to year the paper has grown as times have changed and today is one of the best equipped and most modern weekly papers in the state. The past year has seen many improvements in the equip ment and plant of the paper. But toe most satisfactory progress of the year to the management of the paper has been the large increase in circu lation which evidences the continued popularity of the paper throughout this section. The Union-Recorder is happy take its place with the other busi ness houses of the city to work for toe advancement and progress of MiUedfrrille and Baldwin county. We are interested in every person every business, every firm and every undertaking in the county and it is always a pleasure to be a part of any worthy enterprise. As the new year begins the editor and every member of the staff of employees pledges a continued ef fort to give Milledgeville the best newspaper in the state. We ap preciate the generous patronage and friendship of the past and invite uie continued support of the peo ple of this section. The Union-Recorder has a record of public service of which we are proud and « heritage that calls upon the present management to give toe best of every effort in order to main tain the high standard the paper has Plans are being made to build up the State Hospital dairy herd to sufficient size to cleminate the pur chase of milk from neighboring dairies, it was announced this week. A number of cows have already been added to the dairy herd, and It is understood that other pure bred nilch cows will be purchased from time to time until the production will be sufficient to meet all the hospi tal needs. At present the hospital purchases a large quanlty of milk and butter from neighboring dairies. This in come has been an Important factor in the dairy industry in this county. NEXT MONDAY 18 LABOR DAY Next Monday, the first Monday in September, is Labor Day and a holi day will be observed by the four banks and the Post Office. Other business will continue as usual. The banks and post office will remain closed throughout the day. CONGRESSMAN VINSON EXPECTED HOME TODAY Congressman Carl Vinson is ex pected to arrive at heme today to spend several weeks. Congress adjourned Monday night, and although no direct word has been received from the Congress man. his parents said he would ar rive at home today. Congressman Vinson will begin conferences with friends through out -1 STAR TO BUILD POWER PLANf t«r l —m‘.|ji. Hal, „ Gap. TV* Caakal lima* aaj Fmnr PW W Sdh. Following a survey of the Stole Hospital last week by Mr. H P. Meikleham. of the Peppered MUM, Undale and Mr. 4)pMr Turley. TRgtneer of the mills. m mi mis Ben waa made to the Governor by E. E. Lindsey, chairman of the Board of Control, that a central haathg plant and electric power plant be built at the hospital. Engineers are studying the plana and will draw the specifl rattans m that application can be made for a WPA project to construct the plant. The plant will coat about $750,0M. Under the plans a bleeder typto turban will be installed to genfral# the electricity and the exhaust wiB be used to supply the steam needed for heating, cooking and the laun dry. A saving of about $40,000 an nually can be effected by toe near set-up it was stated. Under the plan all pipes and wires will be placed under ground. The power will coat practically nothing, the engineer stated. It is planned to furnish poorer for the Womans College, State Prison and Boys Training School from the plant. G.M.C. READY FOR BIG ENROLLMENT CaBcfe Open m StptfWr 11th. Kfii ScWtl «4 Cdbn Ste- Vh to Rcfiater Sept. M. With a week remaining before the Georgia Military College begins the 1935-36 term final plans are being completed by Col. Joe Jenkins and his staff of assistants to welcome the largest enrollment the college his had since the days of war pros perity. Applications on file from boarding students is far ahead of last year, when the college had 150 boarding students. Applications have come from all sections of Florida, Geor gia, Alabama, the Carolinas and a number of northern and western states. Cuba will send a large num ber of students this year. Registration for high school and xsllege students will begin on Sept. Pth and the first classes will be held September 11th. Town and county students are instructed to register Monday Sept. 9th. The college will operate as a full junior college this year, the work for the second college class beginning at the opening of school. G. M. C. will offer freshman and sophomore college work to the students this year and will award junior college certificates. The barracks has been put in readiness for the students, and meals will begin Monday when the stu dents who will try for the foot ball team arrive. Col. Jenkins is highly pleased with prospects for the t-*rm and antici pate one of the most successful years the college has ever had. Grammar School Opens Sept fth The G. M. C. grammar school will begin the new term on Monday September 9th. All students are ex pected to report at nine o’clock. Two sessions will be operated, school opening at 8:45 in the morning and closing at four in the afternoon. :e to the absence from the city -veral members of the Presby terian church the congregational meeting held last Sunday was post poned until Sept. 8th when the mem bership of the church hope to call a The meeting Sunday was called to select a pastor, but Mr. L. C. Hall, chairman of the pulpit committee, and other prominent members of the church are away on their vacation and it was decided to delay the meeting until the second Sunday in September. Judge George Carpenter was named Mcderator and W. B. Mc Kinnon clerk of toe session.