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, RF *D by thousands • . R of PEOPLE • ! In progressive BaMwla • ic MniatuMtcovbcv MEETS JDK 7TH Executive Committee of Baldwin County to Hold Meeting to Ar range for Primary. The Democratic Executive Com- mitsec. of Baldwin county, will meet cn Saturday December 7th, to adopt rules nad regulations for the primary to !*» held early in the new year to nrmir.ate all county officers. The call has been issued by the secretary. J. C. Ingram at the in struction of the chairman. Dr. Rich- ] aid Binmn. The meeting will be ht Id at the call of the committee. All court.- officers will be nominat- i;l including Sheriff, Ordinary, Clerk :if Superior Court. County School superintendent Tax Collector. Tax weaver. Ccunty Treasurer, Coroner, rhe committee will set the time for andidates to qualify, voters to -wr and the date of the date of the MHIfJferiHr, Gi„ November 28, 1835 Consolidated la 1172 METHODIST PASTOR RETURNS G. S. C ALUMNAE RETURN TO I CAMPUS FOR ANNUAL HOME COMING i ilunderds of Former Students Ex pected to Comr to Milledgeville I Today for Home Coming. NUMBER 14 primary. The committee is composed of two members from each precinct in the county, except MUIedgeville and Hardwick, who have three mem bers on the board. COL. JENKINS NAMED PRESIDENT OF KIWANIS Officers Elected for New Tear at Meeting Last Thursday. City Council is Entertained. REV. HORACE S. SMITH Returns to Miledgevillc as pastor f the First Methodist Church. This week-end is Home Coming at G. S. C. W. and hundreds of alum nae are expected to return to the college today to join in the festivi ties which are m charge of the local alumnae with Miss Louise Smith, president of the Association, as chairman. The program will open with Ves per services in charge of the Y. W. C. A. this morning. At noon a Thanksgiving dinner will be served in all the dining rooms in honor of the alumnae. Following an inspec tion of the campus, the visitors will attend the football game at G. M. |C.. and at 4:30. a reception will be given at the Mansion honoring the new teachers on the college faculty Friday the chrpe! services will be charge of the alumnae. Mrs. Mil OLD AGE PENSION MEETING HELD RepreunUtive in Coulits of Sulk District Cither Here for Old Pension Support, CITIZENS TO ATTEND jUn I p pn k\PT ROOSEVELT HOME hIIX. J. L. uKAIVI C0M,NG,N ATLANTA gy THREE METHODIST MINISTERS ler R. Bell, will make the principal RE-APPOINTED TO CHURCHES addrere - The annual pllmierase to Members of the legislature front the counties In the Sixth Congress ional District and other reprosonta- dtizens from each district met here last Thursday night and dis cussed plans to h-ve enacted the old age pension bill in Georgia. The last session of the legislature passed the old age pension bill by a -thirds majority in a constitution al amendment to be submitted to the people, but the Governor vetoed the ure. The courts now have a pe tition to enforce the Governor to ‘ the question on the ballots in rvxt Genera! election and give early ln ,hc the people the right to decide the Mayor Home asks every citizen question at the ballot box. that 00,1 Possibly get away Special Train Will Leave Milledge- ville at Six O’clock and Return Friday Night. A special train will leave Mil- ledgeville Friday morning at six •’dock for Atlnata nad on bornd will •c several hundred MUIedgeville people enroute to the Home Coming Celebration for President Roosevelt. :omobiles several hundred others will go to Atlnata and join in the biggest celebration Georgia has held. Col. Marion Allen and Congressman Carl Vinson went to Atlanta Tuesday to assist in final plans for the celebration. The parade starts at 11 o'clock and the speaking will be at Grant Field at one o'clock. The Millodge- ville train will leave Atlanta at 10 o’clock Friday night and arrive here Rev. Col. Joe Jenkins was elected presi dent of the MUIedgeville Kiwanis Club at the annual election of offic ers on last Thursday. Cel. Jenkins was named to suc ceed Mr. Joe Andrews, who was thi head of the dub for 1935 and will retire January 1st. Mr. Andrews re- ouested that the club vary its tom of electing a president for two vears and not name him for a end term. The club has enjoyed r*‘ its most sucesesful years under the leadership of Mr. Andrews. Applications for membership were received from Prof. Cornelius, Mi 1 . Frank Evans, and Mr. Wilson Mason. Mr Fred Stair manager of thr Georgia Power Co., was named vice- president of the club and the follow- in" Board of Directors was elected: Frank D. Adams. Jcc T. Andrew", TV. H. Amall. Ed Robinson. Father McNamara, Chas. N. Chandler, and J. L. Sibley. The club had Mayor Horne and the members of *hc City Council ?s their guests at the luncheon Thurs- j *he Gcspel. day. I These three r The final meeting of the year will! n most cordial be held the latter part of Dccei. Rev. H. H. Joan Succeeds Dr. W. II. LaPrade ms Presiding Elder of Augusta District. Rev. Horace S. Smith will pastor of the MUIedgeville Metho dist church; Rev. R. C. Shea, the MUIedgeville Circuit, and Rev. W. C. Budd the Hardwick church for an other year. 771680 reassignments were announced by Bishop Ainsworth Sunday afternoon as the annual ses sion of the North Georgia Confer ence in Atlanta was brought to a Rev. Mr. Smith will commence his third year as pastor of the Mil- Icdgeville church and his reappoint ment was expected, as his work here during the past two years was most successful. He is fully established in the confidence and esteem of the people of the city, and wiil mence the zeal and earnestness. the graves of Dr. M. M. Parks and Dr. J. Harris Chappel, former presi dents, will be observed after the chapel service. Miss Louise Smith cordially invites all the Baldwin county alumnae to all thi programs. W.P. A. PROJECTS ARE APPROVED $14,298 Appwtd for Water Maiu, Side WtRu. Jail loi- prsrcewata. The Works Project Administration approved last Friday $14,298 for MUIedgeville projects to be avail able immediately. The projects announred by the year with renewed Atlanta office were: $3,592 for wat er mains; $7,906 to reconstruct four miles of side walks; $451 to remodel the city jail and $1,349 for the c struction of a community center. Clark Lamar Ham said the city had on file other applications but the work which had been approved would be started as soon as possible The additional water mains will be laid in the northern section of the city not now served by the water b c | department. has gone in and out before the I The four miles of unpaved side people he has screed, and preached | walks are in all sections of the city. I Under the plan of the city the paved listers will be given ! side walks will be available to cit- nd sincere welcome z c ns at 6 "O' l° w cost, by the members of their churches j The remodeling and repairing work and ccngregatioi Glicus SPENDINC THE WINTER Rcv - H H Jo1 Shea will also The meeting here was to inagurate plans to establish old age pension clubs in each county in the state. It is expected that a general mass meeting will be held here later in the year, when every citizen will be invited to be present and establish a county wide organization. Hon. Ed Rivers, speaker of th Georgia House at Representatives, and a strong advocate of the old age pension law, was the principal speaker at the gathering here. Cel. Marion Allen is one of the attorney the old age placed on the ballot and is leading in the fight for this legislation in Georgia. The federal government has al ready provided an old age pension fund, which must be matched by the states. In order for Georgia to participate in this federal fund, the proposed constitutional amendment must be passed. tend the Heme Coming celebration He will bt with the group of Geor gia May dent. The largest crowd evei to assemble in Georgia is expected to greet the president CONTRACT LET FOR COUNTY JAIL :.."SZ,’Z.2£ZZ bad to Contract New Conte Joil uf Sheriff Retidrate. mence his third j ear on the Mil- ledgeville Circuit. He is an earnest and consecrated man and preacher and is held in high regard by the members of the congregation of the churches he has icrved. Rev. W. C. Budd will enter his second year at the Hardwick, Oak Grcve and Montpelier churches. His pastorate has been fruitful LAST MEETING OF CITY C0UNC1I. TO BE HELD NEXT MONDAY New City Governing Body Will Take Office on January First. Mayor Horae Ends Term. IN MIL! EDCEVILLE who during the c nee. The cell blocks will be enlarg- ; pastor of St. Pauls cd and made safer. I Mcthcdist church in Atlanta, sue-, The construction of the ccmmun- ~ " _ reeds Dr. W. H. LaPrade as Prcsid-1 j ty center will be the erection of a "" ros '* r_° T,S * w*?* Elder Augusta District, j community house and play ground Ulnlrr Months on Fair Grounds, lhp CO ming year he will visit | in ernjunction with the Morris-Lit- o be Opened in February. , the c h U rches here at least four times t j e Post a « the American Legion. ^ and preach and hold the quarterly —— Bond Bros., throe ring circus. 1»» I ccnt-awicM. Ho is recounted ns one established winter headquarters tnl, , he s ,.. ongcst and ab!pst prcach . illedccville. ! crs j n the North Georgia Conference, ! _. < L Sh ™ , has TT10Ve . d its P”*?*!? 3 Dr. LaPrade was assignee, to Trenit> ; church in Atlanta. Next Monday the present city council will meet for the last time before a new council, that is newly elected councilmen, will take office and begin the adminstration of the affairs of the city. Mayor J. A. Horne will end a four ar term. His administration has been cne of the most progressive the city jail wlij'bTtertcd'at I and ' h0 ,f y t ha ’ 5" r had. The laws a the city have been followed in the levy of taxes and all obligations have been met and the city's debt has been materially re duced. The administration of Mayor Horne will go down in the record; as one of the best MUIedgeville has nto the Fair grounds and will be here until next spring when they '£££*' on ll " : clrcui * ° vcr CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD The show has a number of auto- cu,biles used to transport the show. Acl|on D , m „ ratl , „ Ratified at Election. Twelve Voters Qualified. PRAYER SERVICE OBSERVES DAY had. Judge George Carpenter will take the office of Mayor on January 1st. He comes into this office with long experience in city affairs and high y qualified for the trust and re-. w possibility. He will take over the f« I work when the last meeting of the ir Beloved Citiiea Panes Away at Home on Satorday. Funeral Services Held Sudsy. Mr. John Clark Grant, one d Mll- ledgevillc's most beloved and re spected citizens, pissed away quiet ly at his home on Saturday morn ing after an Hines? oi several months. Mr. Grant wan stricken in the late summer, but rallied and was able return to his work, and although t as active as previous months, he came to the city daily and took part in the management of thc jewelry businesi which he established here in 1909. Mr. Grant was stricken a week ago and although his condition was critical, death came suddenly and unexpectedly. Funeral services were held Sun day at the First Methodist churcti with Rev. Horace Smith, the pastor, officiating A Urge gathering of to welcome thc presi- friends assembled to pay final tribute tc this good man. Floral offerings banked the altar in silent testimonial of love and esteem. A choir sang two selection* dur ing the service, songs that had been Mr. Grant’s favorites. Rev. Mr. Smith who came back to MUIedgeville from the session of the North Georgia Conference in Atlanta, paid tribute to the life and character of one of the most faithful members the Methodist church has ever had. He said that Mr. Grant’s favorite text was. -Seek ye first the King dom of God, and his rightousness and all these things will be added unto you.” This was the motto of Mr. Grant, the minister said, and exemplified his life. Mr. Grant was loyal and devoted member of the church. He was an active Steward and he was ciways present at the meetings $ the. board and had lening Tart in its wo-k. He was active member of the Men’s Bible Class and for a number of yean was President. He was present every Sunday when the class as sembled and an inspiration to th-? other members of this group. He regular attendant at the Wed nesday night prayer service, and al though often the only man present, he never faltered in his devotion to the church and its work. Mr. Grant came to Milledgeville from Putnam county in 1909 and began operation of a jewelry store here. He was a man that adhered to the highest ideals of business prac tice and was fair in every dealing with his fcllowrr an. One of the greatest tributes that could be paid him, was the respect and admiration citizens of every walk in life had for him. A native cf Newton county, he learned the tra^e of watch maker and devoted his talents to this work,* coming to Eatontrn and later mov- Milledgevillc. In young man- The county commissioners special session TTiesdsy awarded the contract to R. A. Bowen, of Macon, ■for the construction of the new Baldwin county jail and sheriffs residence. The comnris':x*fs are erecting the building wi*h federal aid and i will secure a grant at approximately thirty thousand dollars for the build ing. The new building will have a modem home for the Sheriff of the ccunty on the first floor and the cell blocks on the second floor. TTie building will be of brick and one of the most modem in the city. The ccunty purchased a lot on Montgom ery street when the land adjoining the G. S. C. campus was sold to thc college and the old jail tom down. The contract awarded yesterday will be approved by PWA officials before work begins. It is expected that the first dirt will be broken within the next two weeks. The Board of Education at a pecial meeting Tuesday opened bid? for the construction of a new school at Midway and to repair and re model the Union Point, Cooperville and Eddy High Schools. Harry Abel, of Macon and H. E |hord he married Miss Ida Williams, Ragsdale, of this city submitted I who proceeded him to thc grave. Supt. P. N. Bivins said thc I 77ie interment was in the dtv contracts would not be . awarded j cemetery. Membe rs of thc Board cf? ithin ten days. Thc work provide;; | Stewards of the Methodist church ir the construction of a new build- j and thc Men’s Bible class acted as an Midway, and new school au-jhonorary esccrt. The active pall- The elephants, lions, tigers and other wild animals are caged and are be ing taken care of daily by about 75 neople, who will be here through the winter. The manager stated that next spring when the show began plan ning to start out again, the people of the rity would be admitted to see the mnnagerie and when the show NEXT WEDNESDAY Union Services at Method* Church and Service* at Catho lic and Episcopal Churches. eld council and the first of the new I ditoriums at Union IA>int. Cooper- bearers were: Miller R. Bell, Fur- is held on December 31st. But thcjville and Eddy School for Negroes [man Bell, Jr., A C. McKinley. Joo meeting Monday will be the last jin Milledgeville. |Muldrow, DeWitt Rogers, Ed Rob- regular meeting r.f thc present coun- inson, Ben Harrison, C. E. Ray and cil. [ SCHOOLS TAKE HOLIDAY Gaither Banks. Aidermen T. H. Clark, T. B. j J Mr. Grant is survived by the fol- Dumas, and J. C. Hasten will take The schools of the ccunty closed •lowing children: thc oath <*.* office for a new four Wednesday for the Thanksgiving M|fI Minnic 0rant< Mrs . Johnnie year term. WhiV they have served I holidays and will not epen again'overstreet, of th)S city; ^ Mark In the past four years, they become; until Monday. ! Fcw . of Macon; Mr. Joe Crant and council by vrture of their elec-1 The of Supt. Bivins will be Mr James Grant, of Milledgeville Thanksgiving Day will be observed with prayer services at the churches t The election of a Mayor and three of the city and a jj peop ie ; , re invited aldermen will be held next Wednes- to attcnd these services and to join day at the city hall, to ratify th? in pray ers of Thanksgiving as de nomination of the Democratic pri-1 crecd by the proclamation of Presi- mary of last August. dent Roosevelt. tion next Wednesday. The members j dosed Thursday and Friday, nt unu wnen uie tmiwi n«nnl vntimr hours b T m° n services will be held at the w h 0 hav "■»- rendy thy «.* 1 ^ Methodist church a. 11 o’etek. The y< . ars servc u An(t „, would bo siven In MillcdReville. At|' vl11 be ° .f ] members of thc Baptist. Methodist stcwart Wc ui t0 n and S. D. Stcm- tho present no one is admitted to h? cast at ,hc C y 11311 V °“ n8 prC ‘ and Presbyterian churches will join | br)de< . see the ?how. cinct. . . ..Jin this union service. Rev. Horace Xh f anticipated ! a °r;or"de™“ ,ot ■ Smlth p ™ h - I changes in L nresonTc, of cBy cm- NOTEn ^ “ : u, x hcl ^ ,h ^n- SrEAK HERE __j n r4 ..^ c mf . n u . Pre “>pal church at 11 o clock. Rev. F ' H. Harding will conduct the prayer service and preach. Services will be neld at the Cath olic church Mayor. Thc aldermen selected are J. C. Baston, T. H. Clark and T. B. Dums. The: nominated in the Democratic pri- n Hickey, U>e im lasl August, which is cquival- sprak at the auditorium oTo. s^c!' cnt 10 * tertlon - Th * voUn * Monday evening Dec. 2nd ratify these ^ ^ merely at 8:15. Mr. Hickey'"""" lyceum attraction. Bom in Social Circle. Mr Hickey oW " J “ mla0 ' has risen rapidlv a j 3 — S £££ r,nUST,AN Sunday School at 10:30 a. m. Sun day morning and the mid-week T. Dav and will Jonn I prayer service at 7:30 are the ser in the city. h * U ** t whU,J 1 vice * at the Christian church this Poetry Society of America. He now Wves in Atlanta. P. M ^ Hi :i Cy Jf.. r ! ,atoi to »*"- John t (:30 when mass ana i Th e m any frie-nds of Mr. Jesse i communion will be said by Father Bone t D know that he is ill McNamara. in the Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.; Thc people of the city are cordial- 1 Mr. Bone’s condition has shown i ly invited to these services today. ( improvement since he went to At Milledgeville will be crowded with, lanta last week. Mrs. Bone is spend isitors and many banquets and ether entertainments are planned ln the homes of the community. Hunting is one of the big event! on the programs of many for the observance of the day. ing several days with him In At lanta. Mr. Bone is one of Middle Geor gias leading business men and one of Milledgeville’s outstanding eiti- WITH OUR ADVERTISERS •oupd the Christmas is just irncr. Plan now hepping in Milledge- ;ded with holiday merchandise. The selection is most varied and the prices are veiy low. Shop now and fhep in Milledgeville. Make the Union-Recorder your guide to greater values. The mer chants of the city will pre.-ent many attractive buying oppor tunities in the Recorder during the next few weeks. and Mr. John Grant, of Moultrie. Prof, and Mrs. Holland Strother took the children of Hardwick to Warm Springs Saturday to see the* little White House. Georgia home cf President Roosevelt and to see thc work that is being done at the foundation in the treatment of in fantile paralysis. The students of the Midwav school made the trip by bus and left here early Sati rday morning. They had a wonderful time and came back to their hemes highly pleased with the trip and joyed w ith the-' sight of the White House. They were shown every courtesy by the officials at Warm Springs. Prof. Strother is principal of the