Union recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1886-current, February 20, 1936, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TexteAD Bf 1B0CSASM ; ' OF PEOPLE , „d S ttomuUM , Iollme cm. Federal Union Established in l**q Southern Recorder ” lgn Milled;,viUt, Ci., February 21, 1936 CouolUaM la 1171 MJNTY PRIMARY SSES QUIETLY L Nominate All Coiutfy Offie .s for Four Year Tenn. Snail Rote is Cait. I,. countv officers were nominat- T Wednesday for a four year ■ Baldwin county's regular I nmar y passed quie'ly with all ic^cts opened except the 103th ote throughout the county v light only 92 votes befog he 320 district, the city pre- >ld weather and the tact it there was no apposition to the many of the voters at B r homes. Ihe oficers nominated for the four term beginning January 1st are J C. Cooper, Clerk of Su- T Court: Judge Bertie B. Stem- o Ordinary: William I* Har- «... Shenff. p. N Bivins, Super- Indent of Baldwin County School*; L \f conn. TVnasurer: Mrs. L. D. It:: Tax Collector; Rriscoe Wall, r Receiver; G. C. McKinley jty Commissioner; C. I. Newton, wr: Calvin Rice, county sur- fce nomination is equivalent to AH of the • fficers that i-en the nomination are in- Jibents u-ith the exception of Wil- rison who succeeds W. » Sheriff, who declined Iseek re-election. ^11 precincts in the county were med and the election was quiet. Allen Opens Roosevelt Headquarters NUMBER 26 ICE TOURNEY OPENS FEB. 27 ! tf State. Best Tens aad ICrowd of Followers Come Hare I for BuketfoaH Tmmul Ifith 12 cf the best junior college gketball teams in the stale fight- : out for the championship, levers of Milledgeville have a treat in store for them when imor college tournament opens |G. M. C. Thursday afternoon. • . and ends Saturday night, 1 T. H Rentz, athletic direc- ••t G M. C.. and Col. Joe Jenk- '• P^ident, stated yesterday that trrthing was in readiness for the jitors. Each of the 12 teams will ’ *" men - making a total o J . isitors 132. Many support- | of each team are expected to be 1 lor the games. It '«s completed yesterday on I 6 M «>mnaoum. Floor, and goals have been corn ed. T'.e floor, in par- "jam-up" shape, ac- Maj. Babe Florence. G. Marion H. Allen, manager of the Rocsevelt campaign in Geor gia. is shown conferring witn members of his staff after opening headquarters in Atlanta. Seated beside him is Mrs. Mary F. Mur phy, office manager. Standing are Mrs. Gladstone Williams (left? and Mrs. Mae W. Jcwers, clerical assistants. (Associated Press Photo) Congressman Carl Vinson Writes Farmers of Agricultural Program FARMERS TO MEET Marion H. Allen Busy at State FRIDAY MORNING Campaign Headquarters in Atlanta Program Planning Meeting to Be Held at Court Home and AH Farmers Inerted. A program planning meeting of the farmers of Baldwin county is to be held in the Court House Fri day February 21st at 10:00 A. M. to discuss the agricultural program and obtain the fanners' opinions. These opinions will be summariz ed and used as a basis for formula ting a long time program for agri culture. Many interesting charts on the trend cf fanning in Baldwin coun ty and the United States will be presented. These charts show in graphic form the story of farming this country, many cf them going back to 1820. A committee from this group wi’J be appointed to make recommenda tions for a long time program based the facts brought out at the dis cussion group meetings. Their re ports will be compiled in the State Office of the Agricultural Extension Service and forwarded to Washing ton to be considered with similar reports from other states. All farmers and those interested in farming are invited to attend. A number of farm authorities will attend the meeting. F trm Agent Cook has announced an.i the meet- is expected to be one of the most important ever held in the interest of farming in this county. MRS. M. F. DAVIS FUNERAL FRIDAY Belayed Vann Puses Away Eatly Tbvsday Mseaiag Fal low** Short Dbess. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon for Mrs. M. F. Davis, who passed away at her home on Wayne street early Thursday mon- ing, February 13th, after an illness of only a few days. The death of Mrs. Davis came as a great shock to her friends through • ! cut the city. While she had been in : declining health for several months, her serious illness was of a short duration. She had been ill with in fluenza only a few days, hut her condition was not thought alarming until Wednesday aifd death came early Thursday morning. Rev. James M. Teresi, pastor of the Baptist church, conducted the final rites which were held at the Baptist church at three o'clock Fri day. In the presence of a large gath ering of friends .the minister eulo gized the life of this devoted Chris tian woman. Mill-bearers were Messrs. George Barr, Dorman Hardy, W. D. Adams. C. W. Smith. R. H. Wootten. W. L. Rossee, Clifton Adams and W. H. Bau mg artel. In terment was in the city cemetery. Congressman Carl Vinson, who has been in the forefront in the fight to aid the farmers cf the country, as a member of the Con gress and . a jtronfe* advocate cO the bounds, I am advocating that a new farm program be immediately pass ed by Congress providing sufficient funds’ to pay cotton producers to devofe fit least 30 percent of their Roosevelt policies and program, hav ccttfht land' to aoil-cor.serving and i intimate knowledge of conditions soil-building use in 1936, and I ; and the purposes of the congress to pleased to advise you that pass legislation to substitute for the thurt time such a program will be AAA. enacted. In a letter addressed to the farm- j i t a ff or ds me much pleasure to ers of this county Congressman Vin- : inform you that Congress has just sen advises with the farmers about ! appropriated $45,000,000 for mak- the future farm program. ! price adjustment payments on ^ 1110 ccn, P Icte lext of ,he lctter the 1935 cotton crop. The adjustment follows: i uayment j s to see that you get 12c 14th February. 1936 j for ycur cotton. Every farmer who To the Farmers cf Baldwin County: j nrrduced cottcn in 1935 is eligible As you knew, the object and pur- ! for a price adjustment payment on pose of the Agricultural Adjustment j h 5 s 1935 production up tc the amount 1 was to establish and maintain ( of his allotment in 1935. To get such balance between production and, payment it is not necessary for a consumption ard tr bring up farm producer to have been a contract 1935, and it is not neces- i producer to agree to ente* attract at any time in the purchasing power tc the same level the price cf commodities buy; to place agriculture on an equality with industry and to give tc the farmers protection equivalent to »hat given industry by the tariff; and to com pensate the farmers for reducing their acreage. Unquestionably the farm program j contact your County Agent j has been of great benefit to the cot- j a.- possible in order that the money signer n into a c future. Forms are available in the rlfices of County Agents for making appli cation for price adjustment pa>- ments. I would suggest that you basketball coach. B Tor the entire series be SI.00 for adult3 and j ton producers. The farm value of j appropriated Cor the price adjust ments. John Law- J cotton and cottcn seed in Baldwin ment payments may be distributed al boy. is in charge cfl county in 1932 was $119,924; •« for Milledgeville Tick-| 1933; it was $225,074; in 1934. $324.- M C m ** purc ' j ased at the j 724; and in 1935. $314,888. or ar. -i n? ( j av * Ce ' or a * the gate the.crease of 194 per rent over 1932. )u t °' the Same. Persons This increase in value of cotton cents a ' rlcPts ^ char 8* and cotton seed in Baldwin county C y p 8arne ’ was announc- j was brought about by the farm >«terday. The champ- j program. In addition to this in creased value in eottor. and cotton seed there has been paid direct to the farmers of Baldwin county ren tal and oenefit payments in tha amount of $115,97®. However, as you know, the Su preme Court has set aside the farm program on the ground that it was unconstitutional, and In view of that decision, Congress has repealed the Bankhead Cotton Control Act Therefore, there is now no law con- trollng in any way the freedom of any fanner to produce and sell as much as he wishes of any agrlcul- Middle George tural c ” mmodltT ' >*n pUnt two the best ament will dash. niBh,: wiu boldine th ‘' rrS ° nS ’ CXC<?Pt * Ule season tickets. for tho tournament were Athlftip tT ' mmitteo meeting of I Junior r „ nciation of Gecr- iron Pl ullp|! es which met in M f J ,0 ’b Major Rentz. of 1 rhairnum of this com- ere ** * or the touma- II olav lie ' Kppd ed." Each team C - drew vl POn ° nt as drawn G. »Hl ™“' 1 Par lt Collette, rsdav niPht n, f s stp ang team afternoon r ' c,ock - Thurs- at the earliest pcesible dite. The prosperity of our farm popu lation is a matter of national cern. It is the most important ques tion before Congress and the c try and I am intensely desirous of seeing a program enacted which will be of lasting benefit to t farmers. Yours very truly, CARL. VINSON. M. C. much as they want to of any crop with the full knowledge that there will be no tax levied on any part of t*arr.7 '° r c<>,,e R es will [ the crop. ,Hf ‘Tbiurs- However, if you expect to git a ’ Gordon Mili-jfair price for cctton in 1936. ** will p '-r.hvY?t nT1 ' in Junior Col-1 be necessarx' for cotton Genre';, p ' * nior College. J themselves to hold th^i * Cellf.jf, ’’ West Geor- j within hrmnds. There w • p,,ji ( ’ Co,lwje< South carryover of eight to ni Middle Geor-j hales oj cotton on August ;n; , Hn 1 ^ nr ^ cr Junior,larse crop of cotton this Baidwi College, ana, such a carryover will mean f re-1 grey, reprefenting the publications " ’ ^ oll «?e. The turn to 5c cr 6c a pound. ? of G. S. C W. ard the department p be | To compensate the farmers f rr j of Journalism at the college, will holding 'their cotton crop within [ also be present during the institute. Georgia editors are spending the remainder of this week in Athens where the annual institute is being held. The editors will hear Webb Mil ler, United Press correspondent, who returned last week from Ethi opia and Buggs Baer, humorists and columnist with the Hearst papers. Jere N. Moore, vice-president of the association and associate editor of Hie Union-Recorder, will attend the meeting. He will take nart on the program on Thursday. Mr. Lonnie r ducer« i Martin will spend Friday at the in- '’''reaae I stitute and Mr. George Haslam will Govemrr Talmadge extended the h*» a i also be in attendance as represen-1 time to purchase a 1936 automobile million j tat’vcs fiom The Union-Recorder, tng without penalty until March 1st lO'-fi * | Ur. end Mrs. William T. Wynn and The order was issued last Saturday, ir with I Misses Betty Reed and Evelyn Au- The Governor said, this the sec- SIBLEY IS HEARD BYMERCERIANS MiMgmfc Haa Offm ‘Rotm- *t»a miw (M ia Mum. Erwin Sibley. MUled*«*-iUe attor- ney, addressing the Roojevelt dub of Mercer university Monday night, oflAered ‘‘restoration with Rooaevelt or retraction and dissolution with the old-line Republicans.” He pointed to the Hoover admin istration as the “do-nothing regime” and said that in 1932 it waa “Roose velt or revolution." Mr. Sibley is a law partner of Marion Allen, manager of the Geor gia campaign for the re-election of Rooaevelt Reduction of unemployment to nine millien under President Roose velt from an “all time Hoover high” of 13 million was cited by the at torney. The failure of 5.000 banks in 1932. compared with four in 1935, also t cited. Re-Balancing American life It was the problem of rebalanc es entire American life that .._j facing President Roosevelt in 1933,” Mr. Sibley jaid. “The bal ancing of the national budget only one phase of the problem. Mr. Roosevelt attacked the problem •from the bottom and went direct to the creat mass of American petple ctituting. in a large measure, agricultural clas:, and the small merchants. While direct relief went to the forgotten man, millions of dollars of relief went to the rail road and insurance companies and other large corporate bodies." he added. Roosevelt Leaders Named Mr. Sibley pointed to various Mercer graduates in congress, who are enthusiastic supporters of Presi dent Roosevelt. He called particu lar attention to Senator Walter F George and Representative Carl Vinson and Eugene Cox. In conclusion, Mr. Sibley urged the students to go out as progressive Americans and “play the game of American life with the ideals exemplified by cur all-Amer ican leader. President Roosevelt." Beautiful and numerous floral trib utes were an attest to the love and esteem in which Mrs. Davis was held. Mrs. Davis, before her marriage to Mr. M. F. Davis, cne of Milledge- vilie's leading and popular mer chants until his death in 1931, was Miss Agnes Sloat. a native of Peek- skill, N. Y., where she was born January 23, 1872. „ » She came to Milledgeville when a young woman and attended the GJf.Z.C., now G.S.C.W. She wen many LomI Aitorsey 0p«, RooMveit Drive. Spoke Orer Radio Friday. Atlanta. Feb. 20.—(AP)— Marion Allen. Si :e Campaign Manager for President Franklin D. Roosevelt’* re-nomination and re-election, was joined this week at state headquart ers by G. Ed Maddox of Rome and Prank M. S< arlet of Brunswick. Both members cf the committee of 28 appointed by the Georgia Congres sional Delegation. Alien opened headquarters in the Henry Grady Hotel at Atlanta, using volunteer workers. Earlier he had made a radio speech from station WSB urging the re-election of the President Allen said pledges for cooperation in the campaign were coming to headquarters by mail, telegraph anrf telephone in response for his re quest for assistance. Organization oL* the President’s force?;, opposed by Governor Eugene Talmadge. himself a presidential aspirant, is being given intense at tention. The Roosevelt manager indicated increased pressure will be brought on the state democratic executive committee, headed by Hugh Howell, a Talmadge Lieutenant to secure a statewide Presidential Preferential Both Maddox and Scarlett volun- (Coo United on back page) P. T. A. SPONSOR MEETING HERE Hom Hilda* C*afcreate la Be HeU at C. S. C. V. MmA II, 12, ua. * A Home-making conference will . . , . . „ . ** held at G. S. C. W. on March >'• * — ««■ »• conference wil. to Mr. Davis she was active in the religious and social affairs of the city. She was a devoted mother and kind neighbor. Her many benevol ent deeds won for her friends every walk of life. She was a me ber of the Baptist church and was active in the women’s work of the church. She is survived by the following children: Mrs. Robert Brake, Tampa, Fla., Mrs. J. W. Davis, of Atlanta; Mrs. Julian Harper and Miss Lucy Davis, of this city; Me*srs Frank and George Davis, also of Milledgeville. She is also survived by number cf grandchildren '■‘siting | ond, would be the last extension he would grant and said the penalty cf $1.60 would be envoked on March INJURY FATAL 70J.T.1TOEARY Promment Fanaer Diet Wedaei- dar From Injuries Received When Mules Ran Away. Mr. John T. McCreary, prominent Baldwin county farmer, passed away at his home Wednesday morning, death resulting from injuries receiv ed Tuesday when a pair of mules ran away while Mr. McCreary was hauling wood. Mr. McCreary was hauling wood near his home when the mules be came frightened and ran, throwing him from the wagon and badly in juring him. He was brought to his home and death resulted about noon Wednesday. Mr. McCreary is well known throughout the county. He was bom and reared in this county and spent his entire life on the farm. He frequent visitor to this city where he made many frineds. Funeral services will be held Thursday. Feb. 20th at 2:30 p. m. at Salem Church and interment will be in Sand Hill cemetery. He is survived bv his wife who as Miss Bumie Snipes, three sons. William A. Claude L. and Clarence McCreary and one daughter, Miss Alma McCreary. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Beeson, o* Clear Water Ala., who have been the guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Bee son have cone for a short visit to Mississippi before returning to their home. be sponsored by Georgia Congress of Parents and Teachers and Geor gia Home Bconomics Association. The purpose of the conference is to contact students in the college Parent-Teacher leaders and mem bers. The meetings will be held in nis Recreation Hall. Special speakers for the occasion will be Miss Sow ers. National P. T. A. speaker and Miss Cora Winchell. National Home Economics s-'eaker. A full program of the conference will be published later in order that ell who are In terested may plan to attend. G. S. C. W., its Home Economics Department and the local P. T. A. organizations win oi ofifdal hos tesses. A number of other organiza tions in the city will be asked to co-operate with these hostesses ar”' and help make the conference a suc- and help its members to enjoy their stay in Milledgeville and go away with pleasant memories rtf Milledgeville’s people and their hos pitality. It is planned to honor the guests with a luncheon or reception dur ing their stay here. It is also planned to carry them over the city in cars and show them places of interest It the earnest wish of the P. T. A. leaders that Milledgeville citizens will show these visitors every court esy due them. The executive board of Peabody T. A. appointed the following general committee to make plana for the conference: Miss Gussie Tabb, Mrs. Guy Well?, Mrs. F. W. Hendrickson, Mrs. La mar Ham. Mrs. George Carpenter. (Contfoaed on back page) WITH OUR ADVERTISERS Marv interesting annojnee- ments are made in the advertise ments this week. It is always im portant to read them, but never more important than this week. The practice of reading the ads just as ot..er news in the paper is read is the wise way to read a newspaper. We tell you right now you are missing a big part of the paper if you fail to read each ad. note the bargains offered and make it your business to patronize the advertisers. Shop through the columns cf The Union-Recorder.