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*il I 3 I; gii'^ , RT THOUSANDS • IStiion-ftrrortirr fclE CM. Federal UjUea Established In Southern Recorder " iSIS MilMicnife, Ci„ Jumry 31, 1»3C (MMild la ini I. CASKS FOR HJ.M’KINLEV |sl Made to War Dept, far l Guy McKinley M Profe Military Sciet.ce and Tactics. | Joe Jenkins, president of O. requested the War Depart' m assign Maj. Guy McKinley | as Professor of Mlll- • and Tactics, to succeed [frank Mansfield, who will |de his u nr of duty here this request was made following ing of the Board of Trustees v afternoon when they un- y approved the action of | Jenkins. . McKinley is a native of MIl- ville and Uie sm of Mr. and |-G. C. McKinley. He entered f during the war and has Ince that time. He is reco- s one of the most efficient the « d at Fort Sam Houston ir. Jo is a graduate of G M. C. been ambitious lo come back t alma mater for a number of Mansfield is concluding hU ear at G. M C. Since enm- Milledjjeville the college has iven honor school rating for | successive years. Tfte military ; most efficient and G. M. been recognized as one best military schools In on. Maj. Manrt'ieH suggested y rollero officials that they r PMST, since he ex : > | transfer to other duty. The Is for an officer to * *ars. blit Maj. Mansfield has I retained here due to his |lid record. | Jenkins said he expected the K'M of the appointment of (McKinley in a short time, but' not come to the college September. .JOHNSON HOWE TO MARKED WITH TABLET Home of Mr. O. M. Ennis feted bv Committee on Ancient .'larks J. L. Beeson h*<s received a I fmm the committee on And- idmarks saying that only one eld homes in Milledgeville uiven a bronze tablet and 5 home of Gov. Herehel won. when Milledgeville 'apital of Georgia, now the °f Mrs. Oscar Ennis. p inscription on the tablet must | n thirty words or preferably mmittee has decided on the c inscription: *‘ a ' 1ho summer home or r Herschel V. Johnson. The institutionalist. leader of Secession. • in my judgment. I m;irv • iiigianco." Erected by •m?it« ,. n Ancient Land ed the Robert E. Leo Chap- . Dr,l, ehtcrs of the Con- RIOR court adjourned ust Thursday i, Far tson adjourned L ” f U f iior Court shortly nf- end ' \ Thursdav ;,nd brought Wednesday night as The Union- Recorder went to bed, a snow storm was in progress that gave promise of blanketing the city before morning and furnishing a sufficient supply at’ snow for the young people to have plenty of fun. lbs temperature began falling late Wednesday afternoon and about night fall the snow was here. A steady, silent fall was covering the city and at times it came in regular down pours. This Is the second snow of the winter and unices clouds brighten, Mil- ledgevllle will be visited by the art snow In many years. b Geo CITY SHIVERS IN WEEKS COLD Iqr WMt u4 FiKkf TlKnnomc- <*r Keep Peeple of County SKnerkf far Put Week. Baldwin county has been in the grip of a cold wave for the past week with thermometer readings below 'ree/Jng since last Wednesday, the low coming Monday when 15 decrees i.*ere recorded. For mure than a month extreme cold weather has prevailed and be fore one ?old snap has passed an other arrives to keep people indoors and shivering to keep warm. While the sun was shining most of the week, the temperature remained low and little relief was looked for. Mrs. W. G. Lockhart raid Monday was the coldest day of the week, the thermometer falling to 15 de grees, but climbing to 42 before the day had passed. The lew and high thermometer readings os recorded by Mrs. Lockhart, keeper of the gov ernment reports, for the past week are Wednesday, 22 and 55; Thurs day 18 and 39; Friday 22 and 42; Saturday 36 and 47; Sunday 24. and 49; Monday 15 and 42; Tuesday 21 and 39. Last Thursday was the cold est day of the week with an aver age temperature below freezing. The cold wave has prevailed throughout the nation, and cities of the northern section have been ice bcund fer several days. Wednesday a cold wind and cloudy skies prevailed, but the temperature was slightly higher. A BALDWIN COUNTY ' INSTITUTION NUMBER 23 Col. Marion H. Allen Named Roosevelt Campaign Manager Error ^ toSH." b ”‘ errors will creep Big News ~ _ appear* „„ °T thc ,nsidc ■Th. I-,' n ' ldv ertiscment I-WD-, D '' par,mcnt Sion 0. tv;; . ' aI ' advertised for ■ . ‘ ihouId rvpid $1.00. a.niis they a r( . Tt]p I ( ,| ’**» run before I «». » we call d in r„n *" * ho fact Rrad , ’"11 and C i done lead „r and ' "'W'O wonder |*-'1 ihorc „ l for s , ' " <* Boys r ‘ And there are fnr ,r S ' al " 0d 1,1 S2 ' 9e fnr S1.9P .. ’ rallies a r „ , * B ‘ M K t read ti, pr,wd al Stun. th<! entire ad and erlnt o."^ r 1,3 Bte No. 1 eni a. i9 36 CADETS PLAY CORDON ON BASKET BALL COURT FRIDAY NIGHT Strong Junior College Five U Give Cadets First Test From Junior College Team. The strong five from Gordon Milli- tary College, Bamcsville, will come to Milledgeville Friday to play the cadets of G. M. C., a basket ball game Friday night at eight-thirty in the college gym. This will be the first Junior Col lege five the cadets have played this year. Gordon has a fast five end believed to be one of the strong contenders of the Junior College championship this year. Maj. T. H. Rcntz said the gym nasium would be heated and he urged the sports lovers of Milledge- ville to see this game. He express ed the belief that it would be one of the fastest and closely contested games played here in years. Coach Babe Florence has brought his team forward very fast and from game to game they have showed marked improvement. The game Friday will find the team at their best Regular admission prices will be charged. A committee of 28 Georgians se lected by the Georgia delegation ir Congress, representing every con gressional district in the state, un- amiously selected Col. Marion H Allen to direct and lend the cam paign in Georgia for the rc-n-ml- nation and re-election of President Roosevelt, at a meeting held in At lanta last Friday. Col. Allen was in attendance at the meeting, having been selected by Congressman Carl Vinson to oe present as the representative from the Sixth Congressional district. He accepted the appointment after President Roosevelt and Chairman James A. Farley had wired their approval and congratulations. Col. Allen will go to Washington Friday to confer with the congres sional leaders and call on Chair- nan Farley and the President. On his return to Georgia he will make plans to open headquarters in At lanta as a center fer the campaign activities. The selection d.’ Col. Allen has met with state-wide approval and iettrrs and telegrams of congratu lation have come from every corner cf the state and from people of every walk in life pledging their support to him In the campaign ahead. Col. Allen has been prominent fer a number of years in county and state politics. For four successive terms he had been elected a mem ber of the state legislature from this county, receiving an overwhelming majority when elected two years ago. He was a member of the State Board of Control for four years and has served in other capacities in state politics. He was chairman of COL. MAIUON H. ALLEN the legislative committee to welcome President Roosevelt to Georgia on the Home Coming occasion for the President last November. He has al ways been a loyal Democrat and a staunch supporter of President Roosevelt. Col. Allen will go to Atlanta in i short time to establish headquart ers and will spend several weeks there. He is recognized as the man in the state Cor a job of this kind. He has loyal friends in every county in the state and is well vers ed in political affairs of the state. The friends of Cci. Allen and citizens generally expressed gteat pleasure in his selection and the honor he has brought to his home city and county. BALDWIN YETS LOOK FDR BONUS $24*.141.42 Wa Be DMboted to Li-scrvicc Me. ia fcUwia Ce^jr ij Bent Pajraaat. World War Veterans of Baldwin county are jubilant and happy over the prospects of receiving their bon- us from the federal government in the amount of $249,141.42. The house and senate failed to sustain the President’s veto of the measure and Monday the bonus be came available to all ex-service men when the senate voted 76 to 16 to override the President. Application blanks will be available at the local post o.'fice within the next few days, certainly by the 1st of next week. These blanks must be filled out and in due time the veteran, if his application is valid, will receive bonds in $50. denominations. These bonds can be cashed in after June 15th or held until maturity in 1945 and draw 3 per cent Interest. President Roosevelt urged veterans to hold their bonds, unless It abso lutely necessary that they cash them, ana if they did cash them to use the money for necessities. Baldwi-i veterans who will receive the bonus bonds number over Chief at Police Frank Broome said i<© arrests had been made for the robbery of the offices of the Mil- ledgeville Telephone Co., and Ralph Simmcrson. The burglars entered the offices Saturday night January 18th by breaking through windows, but wore unsuccessful in their attempts for robbery. A few pennys were taken from the cash register at Ralph Simmerson’s. The Men of the Presbyterian Church will hold their first meeting of the new year Friday night at 7:30 o’clock in the Masonic dining hall. Dr. James Teresi will be the principal speaker. Circle five, with Mrs. George Carpenter as chairman, is in charge of supper arrangements. Miss Mag gie Jenkins, churrh choir director, will have charge of the musical pro gram. In additirn to the address of Dr. Teresi, short talks will be made by Colonel Sibley. Judge Carpenter and Mr. Joe T. Andrews. Officers for the new year will be named at the meeting Friday night A large crowd is expected. KIWANIS CLUB TO MEET NEXT THURSDAY The Milledeeville Kiwanis Club will hold the firri meeting of Feb- ’•nary at the usual hour on next Thursday. The meeting will be at ♦he First Bantist church. Col. Jenkins said an interesting program is planned. TOURNAMENT TO BE ARB) HERE Janar CoRcfe Bukct Btfl Tm ■nt lo Be Plumed at Micm Meetiif Wdij of TUi Week Plans will be made for a basket ball tournament of Junior College teams at a meeting of representatives of a dozen junior colleges in Ma con Saturday of this week. Athletic Director T. H. Rcntz, Coach Babe Florence. Col. Joe Jenk ins and Coach Graham Batchelor will attend the meeting represent ing G. M. C. and plan to extend invitation for the tournament to be held in Milledgeville. All details for the tournament will be worked out and if the Milledge ville invitation is accepted, about 12 ♦earn', representing the junior col leges of the state will come here in February and play a series of games to determine the champions of the junior colleges of the state. Maj. Rcntz said he believed the Milledgeville invitation would be cepted. The tournament will be of the biggest athletic events c held here and will attract several hundred people to Milledgeville for the series ol games. JUDGE JAMES B. PARK NAMES BOARDS OF REGISTRARS Judge James B. Pork announced the reappointment of the Board of Registrars of Baldwin county as follows: Jere N. Moore, W. H Stembridge and Frank E. Bone. The board will meet next week to make a supplementary list of qualified voters for the Democratic primary February 1 19th. They will meet again in May to make the per manent list of voters In the county who will vote in the general elec tion during the next two years and the state primary in September. Baldwin countv farmers assembled .•■t the Court House T’lC'tdnv morn ing and heard E. C. Westbrook, cot ton expert from the crlleee of agri culture. discuss “One Variety Cot ton.” Mr. Westbrook urged the ti«e cf ere varietv of cotton in Georgia. The experiment of the use of onK one variety has been in progress in ♦his cruntv several years. Jones p ureell. swine expert, also spoke al ,v, e meeting which was sponsored hv W. Y. Cook, new county farm agent. FRED WRIGHT IS BADLY WOUNDED Mcchaaic of McKinaoa Motor Co., Striooftjy Womac4 AcdJeal- oOy by Shot Co. Wt4x*4*y. Fred Wright, mechanic at the McKinnon Motor Co., and well known in this city, was seriously wounded Wednesday about noon when his shot gun accidentally dis charged while out hunting. Mr. Wright went down to the fishing club on the Oconee river near Oconee Clay Products Co., to hunt. When he got out of his car he took his shot gun and placed the butt cf the gun on the ground, it acci dentally discharged and practically tore off his left arm. Pete Lundy, who was near-by, called for help and Luck Moss, who was also hunt- camc to the aid of Mr. Wright and brought him to the Scott Hos pital. Attending physicians said Mr. Wright might lobse his IKe due to the less of blood. They said the arm was practically tem to pieces and hope to save it was slight. • Mr. Wright has many friends in Baldwin and Wilkinson countie? where* he has spent his life. He has been with McKinnon Motor Co., for reveral years and is recognized as an expert mechanic. He has been prominent in the work of the Junior Order for a number of years. Late reports from the hospital said a blood transfusion might be neccs inrv. but he was resting as comfort ably as possible. MR. GEORGE DAVIS MOW WITH FARMERS WAREHOUSE Popular Young Man U Be Asaodal- «4l in Management of Farmers Warehouse, C. E. Smith Announces Mr. George Davis, one of Milledge- vill’s most popukif young men, has accepted a position with Mr. C. B. Smith and will be associated* with Mr. R. S. PattiUo in the manage ment of the Farmers Warehouse. For the past several years Mr. Davis has been assistant to the farm agent and has handled the cot ton control papers and checks. He is well known throughout the coun ty and «s well acquainted with the farm problems and program. The Farmers Warehouse in addi tion to supplying storage facilities for the farmer handles all kinds of fertilizers and Thornhill wagons. Mr. Davis will be glad to greet his friends at his new location, which ho •’umes February 1st. MISS 8ALUE LOCK ART BREAKS HIP The friends of Miss Sallie Lack- art will regret to know that on Wed nesday morning she recelbed n broken hip in a fall. The accident was most painful and Miss Lockart was taken to the City Hospital. She recently recov ered from a serious illness and she dipped and fell while walking in the home*. COMMANDERY TO BE INSPECTED FEBRUARY 25 Announcement was made this week that Plantagenct Command- cry No. 12, Knight Templars, would hold their annual inspection February 25th. The inspecting officer will be Sir Knight J. C. Newton, Grand Cap tain General of the Grand Com- mandery. Plans are being made for j banquet on the night of the In spection. 28 HOME LOANS MADE IN BALDWIN COUNTY A report issued this week by the Home Owners Loan Corporation re versed that 28 loons were made by federal agency in Baldwin countv totaling S70.554. In addition to these loans, a num- ?r were made for improvements to hrmes here. A. W. «’a-TKINR VISITING FfTUjuiTURE MARKET Mr. A. W. Watkins, president and •naneepr of Purchase ft Sale Co., is ■’nerding several days oi this wee'' *•♦ H'”h Pefnt. N. C., where he will the venter furniture mart now 'repress. r. Wn»irins will view the displav« ’ending furniture manufactur er thp nation and will make •bases fer. the store here. ROOSEVELTBALL EVENT TONIGHT BriHiut Swial Affair aa BirtMay of Prnideat Ran*, Faf far h- faatile Paralym Faghl. “Dance and bo gay—that weak legs may walk” tonight at the Pfeeul- dent's Birthday Ball at the Echetoh Country Club. The third annual President’s Birth day Bali will be one of the most brilliant social events of the winter season tonight and a large gathering of people is expected to celebrate the birthday of the President and raise a fund to aid in the fight that is being made against infantile para lysis. Committees have been busy for the past two weeks planning for the celebration and tonight at nine o’clock the ball will start. l$»e Georgia Cherokces will furnish the music and an interesting entertain ment program is planned. Chakman M. S. Bell said the ticket sales had been most successful and indicated n large crowd in attend ance at the dance. During the ball the dancers will doum* to listen to a greeting from the President ever the radio. At G. S. C. W. n dance wilt be given '.’or the students of the two colleges here. This dance is under the direction of Miss Ethel Adams ad Mr. L. S. Fowler. ’♦’he monev from the ticket sales will go to the local fund to aid in fertile naralvsis victims and the Warm Snrings Foundation. Seventy nor cent remains in the local treas- BAFTI8T MEN HOLD BI-MONTHLY MEETING The men of the Baptist church, an organization of laymen, held their second meecting since organization Tuesday night at the Men's Bible class room of jthe i^iurch. v Col. Joe Jenkins, president, pre sided nt the meeting which follow ed a delicious supper ae-ved by one of the circles of the church. Cbl. Jenkins announced the Hollowing executive committee to arrange for programs and make other plans. Wilson Mason. Carl Massey and L. L. Bede. Impromptu speeches were made by J. Poole Chapman, Chr! Massey. Warren Welch. Joe Muldrow and Roy Nelson. The meeting was most enthusias tic and interesting. Mr. -» joper is secretary of the organization. H. S. Cox, Deputy game protec tor, warned Wednesday that the dove season in Georgia will close at sundown Fridov of this week, Jan. 31. The bag limit is 25 doves daily. The quail season extends through March 1 and the limit is 15 per day and 30 per week. Open season on rabbits is open the entire year with no bag limit. Foxes may be hunted at any time with dogs. A license is required in all cases. "We have enjoyed our best dove season,” Mr. Cox declared, “and the sportsmen have helped us material ly. We are indebted to them for their fine spirit of co-operation.” DR. WELLS SPEAKS AT EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE Dr. Guy Wells will attend a meet ing of college heads to be held in Macon Friday of this week. Dr. Wells will speak on the pro gram, discussing federal cid to stu dents. WITH OUR ADVERTISERS The end of the first month of the year is approaching and mer chants are offering big special values to the buying public. This issue contains many inter esting announcements. Read over each ad, check the many values that mean money saving oppor tunities and buy new*. Its your big moment to lealize just what bargains are. The ads of the merciiants are their story and every ont- u. ti.^.n are interesting. Make it your business to read every ad before you lay the paper down. The Union-Recorder is your shopping guide to greater values and greater buying opportunities.