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rKW** 1 "* or raortJi S3) < 13ttion4ten>rDer A BALDWIN COUNTY With Ow Om H-hlt • Yaw PitiMwi te JUMECVL KSK.'^£ 1 * ha * kt4 WMfenle, G»., Juurr 23, HIS CiwMhlii to ltTt NUMBER 22 i JURY ENDS * cua!Mmmu - WEDVAY (jestmeoU Re*d i» Crwt Wrd- , ; ,diy Moranf. R«o—d lploymf Traffic Officer. , January im Grand Jury of vvn Superior Court adjourned lesday morning and brought to 4 session that extended over t erf six daJ' 5 - who jury read their presentments ■open court Wednesday morning 1 Judge Fcrtson discharged them „ furthc.- duty. j. w. Hubbard foreman and Stewart Wooten ary rf the jury. . jury recommended that the nee commissioners employ a tfic office and that a motorcycle purchased to patrol the highways ’ . county in order that auto night be enforced. The jury re- l especially to the violation of laws, driving without lights F faulty brakes. L e jury also recommended that [county policemen be paid $100 Ltf.lv and bo furnished an auto- nt.on was called to the lav by the legislature last year, became operative January 1st required all business and be registered at the cf the Ordinary. This law be enforced the jury stated and css was urged to register ordinary- now. \y.a IRELAND NEW lESlDEWT OF PROGRESSIVE FARMERS CLUB Piet ( hipman Ipaaktr si wtinr Saturday. AdvuoUaa Uve- e Precram far FfITi. E. Ireland of the Baldwin Ccniy * Farmers Club with of the new year on last xfcy at the home of Mr. Roland in Coopers. Ireland was named the new Ident at the December meeting ^presided at the meeting Satur- at the home of Mr. Roland Ireland was named the new Ident at the December meet- ■Saturday. Mr. Ralph Simmrson 1 n -imed vice-president of the | and D»-. Dawson Allen was re- secretary. • the conclusion of a delirious served by Mrs. Ivey. Miss Coleman and Miss Mildred :»rtcl. the business session I held. A letter was written Mr. [ Lan *i , «y expressing regret that OR. W. H. FAUST BAPTIST TO HAVE HOSPITAL CONFERENCE HERE MONDAY Atlanta Pastor to Speak at Rally to Be Held In Interest ol Georgia Baptist Hospital. Baldwin county Baptist are invit ed to attend a rally to be held at the Firtf. Baptist church at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning in th« interest of the Georgia Baptist hos pital, Rev. James M. Teresi, has announced. Rev. Dr. W. H. Faust, pastor of the Gordon street Baptist church, Atlanta, will be the principal speak er at the conference. Ministers and laymen are cordially invited to be present and the ladies are especially invited. Dr. Fault is one erf -he state' outstanding Baptist ministers and has an important message for all Baptist Rev. Teresi said. Roy L. Kelson is chairman of the Hospital fund for Baldwin county and JcaefJh A. Moore is regional rice-chairman for this section. The President’s Birthday Ball will _2 a social event of unusual im portance next Thursday evening at nine o'clock at the Echetah Coun try Club. Ticket sales began today for the party on the birthday of President Fraklin D. Roosevelt which is being given as a benefit for the Warm Springs Georgia Foundation and for the aid of local cases of Infantile paralysis. Seventy per cent of the money raised by the balls next Thiraday will remain in the local tre isury and aid in the event an intmtile paralysis epidemic should beet me prevelent in this county as it did in North Carolina last year. The local committee directed by Mi. Miller S. Bell, chairman, arc planning to make the ball this year one of the happiest occasions ever given in MUledgeville. An interest ing program of entertainment is be-j HUMS PLAN YEARSPROGRAM Flower Festival ■ Swriaf Wil Be Froaeted by CU. Other Chic hipre*cwatt Seifeited Members of the Milledgcville Ki- wanis Club suggested a number of civic improvements to be sponsored by the club during the coming year, chief among them a spring flower festival, which was proposed Col. Jce Jenkins, president of the club. T.ie club is now actively engaged m an effort to have a side walk , placed along the road from South from the county and Wayne street to the state hospital, absent from the meeting. The The club has asked the highway de- jhon nf Mr. J. L. Sibley for: partment to have this work done, 0 routing was accepted.j stressing the importance of this ^. Cook the new 'farm agent walk as a protection to children and other pedestrian:; using this road. Col. Erwin Sibley, who brought die need of this sidewalk to the at tention of the club urged that it be a major project this year. Other pro jects proposed are a playground for Milledgcville. improvement of Jar- rett's spring property, more prompt collection of garbage disposal, a sign at the cntarancc of the city pointing out places of histori«al interest to be seen in Milledgeville. new' hotel for Milledgeville. mark ing and numbering streets with name plates, erection of welcome signs on all roads leading into city, and a general program to help beau tify Milledgeville in every way. The club has pledged their ef forts in all these projects which iook to the advancement of the city and countv. Plans for the flower festival which the club expects to make a county wide celebration and have the gardens of Milledgeville opened to visitors from other cities, will be announced later. Dr. C. M. Zattau. Jr., was receiv ed as a new member cf the club. Judge C. J. Perryman, who was pre siding over Baldwin Superior court was guest of the club. His address was most inspiring and he urged the club to devote its activities In the interest of underprivileged children. Martin Whitley, soil I engineer and assistant to the I awnt ’ were introduced to the tsked the co-opera- k ,he club members and plcdg- " best efforts for the interest farming in Baldwin county, t speaker was Mr. Paul lean of the Colelge of He told of the import- , farm sanitations in the ^•ral program of the state Turratulated the Baldwin club splendid record. Mr. Chap- a ' ocat?d a well balanced and home program for the farm- . ° rf bov -’ two western avp ^dents at the State ^studying mule raising ation o.‘ bringing > back to their home •make the mu l e industry nt eadmg programs. Mr. \ :a,d he believed the hu, rou, d produce all r u,Ps needed. •otting was well attended i 1 most enthusiastic Kn , s "ANOEn ANADIAN goose I young i l tt ’ ^ Uas out hunting od - ° n . thc °eonee • Jcceeded in baggin four ' geese the smallest weigh- mds dressed. ' • of one of the geese was , ,™ d - °" 'his band was Wtowin*. ’ Writ,- Jack G.,nnd.,. in Cod, Mark 11*22" 5 K " d he 'H'-J written Mr. Veterans of this County Will Receive over $200,000 Bonus Baldwin county veterans of the; World War will receive over two | hundred thousand dollars when the bonus is paid, it was estimated by Mr. John Holloway, adjudant of the Morris-Little Post of the American Legion. The senate passed the baby bond bill Tuesday by a vote of 70 to 16 and all that remains before the bill reaches the President’s desk is for the house to concur with the senate on their pirn of payment. Tills will be quickly done, it is predicted. Whether the President signs or ve toes the bill, it will become law. for there is enough strength in thc two houses to over ride a veto. Under the senate plan the veterans v'ill be paid in baby bonds. 1'cflin- ning next June 13th they can turn these bonds in at thc past office and receive the cash, or they can hold them until 1945 and c. aw 3 per cent interest. Mr. Holloway said the highest certificate held was $1,590. Many veterans in this county have certifi cates valued above $1,500. Mr. Hol loway said there were over three hundred veterans in this county. UNION-RECORDER AGAIN NAMED OFFICIAL GAZETTE FOR CITY Thc City Council in special ses sion Wednesday evening again named The Union-Recorder thc official organ of the city. This is an honor deeply appreciated. All official notices and advertisements cC the city will be published in this paper. President’s Birthday Ball to Be Gala Affair Next Thursday STORM DAMAGES PROPERTY HERE Tropical Haricine Saturday Hifht awl Swidiy Morakf Followed by Cold Weather. ing planed and while dancing will be the main feature, everybody will have the opportunity to enjoy the occasion. Every citizen in the county is in vited and urged to buy tickets for the ball, whether they attend or no». The ticket committee will call on the citizens to sell tickets dur ing this and next week. Much en thusiasm has already manifest it self and it is expected that a record crowd will attenp thc party thfc year. While the people of the city and county are enjoying the party at the Echetah, the students wil! dance at the G. S. C. W. gym. This ball will be one of the most brilliant of the college year and the students are enthusiastically looking for ward to the President's Ball next week. COL ALLEN TO PLANCAMPAIGN Ural Attwaey is Mswber of State CowwiHee Thet WB Meet io Atlanta to Ploo Campaign Col. Marion Allen was named o* _ committee of Representative Geor gians to nominate a Roosevelt lead er in Georgia by the members of the Georgia delegation in congress. Col. Allen is a member of thc committee 'from the sixth congres sional district with Judge Ogden Pearsons, of Forsyth. Two members from each congressional district and four from the state at large make up the committee that will meet in Atlanta to select a chairman and plan for thc Roosevelt campaign for re nomination in Georgia. The congres sional delegation has asked that the state committee call a primary to select thc Georgia delegation at the national convention for President Roosevelt. Col. Allen Is a staunch Democrat and a loyal suporter of the Presi dents. He led the legislative com mittee to welcome the President to Georgia in Novmber when the home coming to the president was held. He ha? pledged his best efforts in the interest cf the President and is prominently mentioned as the n to take the Roosevelt leadership Georgia. NEGRO PLEADS GUILTY AND GETS LIFE Jim Reeves pl-*d guilty to murdrr before Judge Blanton Fort son in Baldwin Superior Court Monday ana was given a life sentence. Reeves stabbed another inegro man to death a few weeks ago. TOTTON SPECIALIST TO SPEAK AT FARMERS MEETING TUESDAY E. C. Westbrook Will Talk on One Variety Cotton at Meeting of Farmers Next Tuesday. E. C. Westbrook, cotton specialist, connected with the extension ser vice and farm agent work, will be the chief speaker at a meeting of cotton farmers next Tuesday mom- g at 11 o’clock at thc court house. Mr. Westbrook will discuss One Variety Cotton and has much val uable information on this subject Every farmer in the county is in vited to the meeting and Farm Agent W. Y. Cook urges the farm ers to attend. It is believed the dis cussion will be of benefit to all farmers. The new county agent has begun his work and is making an effort to visit ail farmers as soon as possible. He urges farmers to ccme by his office with their problems if he has not reached them. COURT WILL END THURSDAY P.M. Wj( BUatoa Fertr*, of Tk( Went era Crrat fiuilw Dor- io| TW Ci ini'ill Docket. Baldwin Superior court will reach on end of the two weeks session on Thursday afternoon, it was stated Wednesday, as the criminal docket began to draw to a close. Judge Blanton Fortson, of the Western Circuit, has been on thc bench this week when the crimnal docket was called. Judge Fortson served in the absence of Judge Jobes B. Pork, who remained at home due to the continued illness of Mrs. Park. Judge Fortson has dispatched the business of the court with speed and the crimnal docket is nearin* a close. Judge Fortson is recognized os one of the leading jurist of the state and his exacting manner in the operation of the court has impress ed the court attendants. During the week a number of cases have been tried involving min or offenses. In addition to the trials a number of pleas have been taken. CADETS TO MEET GEORGIA FRESHMEN ON BASKET BALL COURT TONIGHT Coach Babe Florence Drills Team for Hard Game With Athens Froah. Game WUI Be Good. The Georgia Freshmen will bring their basket ball team to town to night to play the G. M. C. cadets in their gymnaisum at 8:3b o’clock. The game is expected to be one of the best of the season and Coach Florence has drilled his squad hard this week in preparation for the game. Fans who missed the game last Friday night missed one of the best games ever played in M.iledgcville. The cadets were battling a team of •college stars representing the Ma- i Y. W. C. A. The game was nip and tuck all the way and ended in >re of 33 to 30; Coach Florence has a number of young stars cn his and their play has been ex ceptionally good. Thc game Thursday (tonight) will bring two strong teams into play, a fast game is expected. The gym will be heated and an admis sion of only 25 cents is charged. The sunshine always follows the i g t in and the people of this section ere enjoying a bright, warm sun Monday and Tuesday after thc worst rain and wind storm followed by freezing weather that has visited this section in many years on last Saturday night. The storm did damage in every section of thc county, but forUuiatc- o lives were lost and thc dam- was only slight, but infecting practically every home in the county. The Oconee river was at a high point Sunday when 28.86 feet were recorded. The river had spread into the low lands and property owners along its banks were busy saving lumber, logs and cattle. Central Georgia Lumber Co., whose mill is near the river on South Green* street, lost logs and lumber in the high v'ater. Some damage was done to the Milledgcville Brick Works, who also have a plant near thc river banks. Roofs on practically every home in the county were damaged. A number of out-houses and bames were demolished. Trees and shrubs were uprooted and blown down by the high win* while limbs were scattered in ever direction. Workmen were kept busy all day Sunday at the State Hospital mak ing repairs. The roof of the Green building was practically tom off by the high winds. Roads and bridges were damaged by the washing rains, but in the main the roads held up well and there were no bridges lost. A num ber of side roads in the county were submerged for a time by the swolen streams. The greatest damage was done on the lower river road when the fill leading to the Camp Creek bridge below thc state Hospital dairy was washed badly. The county road forces under Capt. Almond were quick to get to work and practical ly all the serious damage has been repaired and the roads are In good .-nape again’ on will be before the week is out provided the clear weather continues. The storm began late Saturday afternoon and increased in velocity as the night progressed. About ten o'clock Saturday night a driving wind with torrents of rain swept thc county. Thunder and lightening prevailed but the storm subsided to return about three o’clock Sunday morning and for more than an hour raged again. Mrs. W. C. Lockhart said in the twelve hour period 4.62 inches of rain fell, the heaviest rain that har fallen during a similar period in many years. The skies cleared Sunday, but an icy north-west wind continued to blow. Monday saw the thermometer drop to 23 degrees. The wealther had moderated Wednesday and the weather profits were predicting ► rain. MR. M.H. BLAND PASSES MONDAY Proniuat Bncu Mu Fun Awiy Ural HotpitaL Fan eral Service* Held TaeWa, Mr. Marshall Hall Bland, promin ent business man for many years, passed away early Monday morning at a local hospital following an ill ness of several weeks. Mr. Bland has been In declining health fer several years, retiring from active work as agent for the New York Life Insurance Co, a number of years ago. He became .xitically ill last week and was car ried to thc hospital where the end came quietly in the early morning hours of Monday, j Funeral services were held Stephens Episcopal Church Tuesday morning at 11 o’ctodc. Rev. F. H. Harding, Rector, conduct ing thc simple service of the church. Interment was in the city cemetery. Hundreds of floral tributes bore a testimonial to the esteem in which Mr. Bland was held by his fellow ctizens. Serving as pall bearers were: Messrs Harry Bone. Frank Done. Miller S. Bell. O. M. Ennis, J. C. Cooper and Dr. Edwin Allen. Am honorary escort accompanied the re mains to its final resting place and were as follows: J. L. Sibley, Ho mer Shy, George Bell, E. B. Bass. M. R. Bell. J. J. Morgan. C. L. Moore. G. C. McKinley. E. E. Bell, E. W. Richardson, J. F. Bell, Jr, Dr. W. M. Scott, Dr. L. P. Longino, J. W. Overstreet Dr. J. I. Garrard. Dr Y. H. Yarbrough. Mr. Bland is survived by his wife, who was Miss Ruby Taylor, d? Knox ville, Tenn.. three daughters, Mb. Harold Moore, of Lyman, S. C.. llii* NEW FACULTY MEMBER NAMEB-AT G. M. C Col. Joe H. Jenkins, president erf the Georgia Military Gollegn, an nounced today the addition of Mir. Theodore Hart of Macon to the G. M. C. faculty. The overflow number of students this year made the new addition necessary, according to Colonel Jenkins. Mr. Hart is a graduate of Lanier High School and Mercer University in Macon. In 1925 he received his M. A. degree from Columbia Uni versity He has taught at Auburn, Lanier High School. Monroe High School, and the University of Rich mond. In 1933 he was admitted to thc Georgia Bar, and practiced for two years. Mr. Hart comes Mo G. M. C. from the Tupelo Military Academy in Tupelo, Mississippi. Mr. Hart will be connected with the history and English departments. He is expected to arrive in Mil ledgeville Thursday. MR. EBER PEARSON PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY WEDSESDAY Baldwin Farmer and Cwrt BaNff Dies as He Boards Train at Loaf ers Coming to MtlledcewiDe. WITH OUR ADVERTISERS With the new year and its new opportunities come new oppor tunities for wise and economical •hopping ir the advertisements of The Union-Recorder. Every advertisement tells a story of its own, either in prices cf unurual importance, or an interesting presentation of other advantages in buying. It is al ways to your advantage to read the ads care.’ully and we hope every reader will not lay the paper aside or consider their reading completed until they have read the ads. Make 1936 your biggest year by shopping through thc columns of The Unicsi-Record or. Mr. Ebcr Pearson, 66, one of Bald win county’s best known farmers, died suddenly Wednesday morning as he boarded a train at Coopera to come to Milledgcville to attend court as a Baliff. Mr. Pearson suffered a heart at tack as he stepped on the train at Coopers and death was immediate. He was a baliff of the 322nd dis trict and had served in the superior court for a long number of years. He was a prominent and successful farmer of south-east Baldwin and spent practically his entire life in this neighborhood. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3 p. m. at the Coopers Baptist church and interment will be in the Coopers cemetery. Rev. J. L. Pittman and Eled Will Green will conduct the services. Mr. Pearson i* survived bv his wife, who was Miss Mattie Berry, a daughter. Miss Mabel Pearson, one son. Robert Pearson, 3 sisters. Mrs. E. A. Mcore. Forest Park. Mrs. M. O. Newby. East Point. Mrs. Park Strickland. Atlanta and one brother, S. R. Pearson, Nashville, Ga.