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Lead «t rnocsANns; ^ OF PEOPLE 3 proer«**lvc Baldwta * and Surrounding Counties OUJME CM Federal Unisn Established in 1829 Southern Recorder 1819 !®lWfe«Ut, Ca., Fthrury 27, 193S CouoUlited la 1*78 NUMBER 27 [nior College Basket Ball MAJ. M’KINLEY FARM BOYS FORM Tournament Opens Today: ASSIGNED HERE COUNTY4-HCLUBS |M C. Plays First Game at Nia* j'cfctk ToaifKt. Twelve Teams aking Part in Tournameat. SAM J. WHATLEV ;h aU plans perfected, of.icta: I;, oorji. Military College an today they were ready for oeipna Of the basketball touma- Athletic Association of iar Colleges here Thurs- art at 3:30. to-mament will officially C la' Thursday afternoon at ■ahen Middle Georgia College ( -. h Young Harris College. Ivina this opener. Reinhardt E.nrf.n will play at 4:30. •kurvis' "isht .it R o'clock. Brew- L Parker CoUeee will ^cet South SlaU . College. This safmo flowed at 9 o'clock with - *.]jyins Norman Junior The c-iT7ie 5 Friday will be sa.r.e hours as • afUTHOt will h« Saturday morning. lower v:r.r.er> at 10 o’clock and ■ bracket winners at 11. me for third ;>lace will he 3 o'clock Saturday night :,y the championship garne ; Barnes. chairman of |g M. C. social errmittee, an- teday that a dance would • ;n honor of the visitors In inasium immediately after 1 game Saturday night. The ; teams will have G. S. C. W. ieir sponsors. These spon- selected by the members •ions teams. They will be .* every game. Joe H. Jenkins, president of C. announced Saturday that tournament would be held afternoon at 2 o'clock for coaches, teachers and other 1 officials. Golf balls, with the j year. 5 of winners placed on them. I G. M. C. GRAD. TOi Army Officer to Come to GO TO ANNAPOLIS G.S.C.W to Get Federal Funds For Dormitory and Building Bill of Ssnitor Ruwll Providea for Arcoiatainti of Graduate 1j Naral Academy. Senator Richard B. Russell ad vised CcL Joe Jenkins that a bil hnd been approved by Congres providing for the appointment of graduates of Honor Schools to United States Naval Academy. The bil! of Senator Russell given unanimous approval Thursday and provides for the ap pointment tC graduates to the naval academy from honor military school The honor school rating ax so makes possible the apointment of a gradu ate to be selected by the college to the United States Military* Academy at West Point. The college sent first graduate to West Point last July, and it is understood that under the provision of the new bill the appointment to the naval academy will be available this year. G. M. C. has instituted a special course to prepare students for the service schools and a number of .ca dets are preparing to take the en trance examinations as Congression al appointees, although the gradu ate from *he college selected honor school appointment is admit ted without examination. Twenty apoir.tments will go to the honor schools each year for the naval academy and there are from 20 tc 26 honor schools selected each year. There are only 10 appointments to West Daint available which neces sarily makes the appointments to the military academy eve-*- ^ther I b- Z the Lv'r T H. Rentz. athletic direc- I appointed several G. M. C. in s's to the tournament ccm- Wednesday. These commit- a Kennedy and Dorougli, Bryar. n- j Rentz. registration •mes; Thorne. Ray Gunnels, Har: and Osterman, ticket Barr.--'. Rentz. Porter. Mul- sr.d Brannon, entertainment; ptl -/. Kennedy and Dorough. in- •md Colcnel Jenkins. ! of representatives from Jiur.ior colleges playing in the will be held at a local Friday morning at 11 o'clock, representatives will draw up t rules and regulations for jAthletie Association of Georgia Colleges, which was organ- COMMITTEE NAMED FOR FARM PROGRAM IN BALDWIN COUNTY Meeting Held at Court House Last Friday Largely Attended. Commit tee to Co-ordinate Local Plans. Baldwin county farmers assembled in the court house last Friday and planned for the new farm program ahead, offering suggestions that would lead to a more stabilized and orofitable agriculture. Farm Agent H. V. Cook gave the following announcement at the con clusion of the meeting which named a committee to work out a co-ordi nating local program: At the group planning and dis cussion meeting of the farmers neld last Friday the following commit-1 tee was appointed to co-ordinate local plans for the purpose of de veloping a national adjustment pro gram and a national policy of con- G. M l 10 Enlist in Fun Boys Oryani- C. Early in Muck, War Depart-; zatioi. Officers Named in Three ment Advises Authorities. Districts. 110 farm boys of Baldwin coun ty have joined the 4-H Clubs and have this week perfected the or ganization d! three groups in the county. Farm Agent W. Y. Cook has map per an interesting program for the young men and they arc enthusias tically entering into the work. During the week officers have been elected by the county* groups at Cooperville, Union Point and Mid way and are as follows* Cooperville—Sibley West, presi- president; Joe Martin, vice-presi dent: Herebert Torrance, secretary. Union Point—Ed Medlin, presi dent; Howard Pounds, vice-presi- aent; Weldon Brookins, secretory. Midway—Allen Smith, president; James Da vis. vice-president; Dick Moore, secretary. Maj. Guy C. McKinley, United States Army, has been assigned to duty at G. M. C. as Professor cf Mil itary Science and Tactics to succeed Maj. Frank Mansfield and will ( here to assume his new duties early in March. Col. Joe Jenkins has been advised by General Van Horn, com mander of the Fourth Corps Area. When it became known that Maj Mansfield would not be returned to the college. Col. Jenkins requested Maj. McKinley as the new military instructor and was advised Monday that the appointment has been made. Maj. McKinley is now at Fort Sam Houston Texas and will be relieved of duty there March 1st. He will arrive here about a week later. Maj. Mansfield will not be relieved until June 1st, it is understood and has not yet been advised to his fu ture duty. Maj. Mansfield concludes six years at the college and during that time the military department has been brought to a high state of efficiency. The college has been de signated Honor Military School for the past three years. Maj. McKinley will assist the school authorities in planning and preparing for the honor school in spection early in April. Maj McKinley has been at Fort Sam Houston since completing a tour of duty with the 29th Infantry at Fort Benning. He is recognized as ore of the most efficient officers in the army. He entered the service at the beginning of the war and served over sews. Mrs. McKinley and daughter will come with Maj. Mc Kinley to MiiledgeviUe. He has many friends in this city where he was bom and reared. He is the son cf Mr. and Mrs. G. C. McKinley. Col. Jenkins expressed keen pleas- •e when the news came that Maj.! McKinley had been assigned to the college. He said that the school re gretted exceedingly to loose Maj. Mansfield who had worked so tire lessly Tor the interest of the school, but he felt the college fortunate in having Maj. McKinley come as his iccessor. Maj. McKinley will be the fir? 4 , graduate of the college to serve as head of the military department, al-, though G. M. C. has the largest [ number of graduates in the armv of any military school in the nation. • per capita considered. FUNDS FOR HOSPITAL NOT YET AVAILABLE, LINDSEY SAYS Atlanta, Ga., Feb., 26—(AP)— Chari man fi. E. Lindsey, of Board of Control, said he had received funds for charitable institutions but there were reports that checks drawn cn warrant had not cleared banking channells. It was understood most of money turned over to defacto treasurer J. B. Daniel yesterday were aloeafced moneys and there was not suffici ent left to meet the check for Board of Control. Banks here are now holding up payment of all riate checks pending decision of courts as to who is legal treasurer. GOLF TOURNAMENT PLANNED AT ECHETAH CLUB Announcement was foacle this week of plans for the annual spring Golf Tournament at the Echetah County Club. The ladies’ tourna ment will be held* April 15-30 and the men’s tournament will be from April 1 to 30. Mrs. H. D. Allen. Jr.. Mrs. R. H. Reynolds and Mrs. J*xm Holloway are the ladies in charge of the ar rangements for the ladies tourna ment. Qualifying rounds must be in by April 5th. The comittee for the men has not yet been named. f5 members are eleg’ble tc take Dart in the tourna ment and there will be from 4 to 0 flight?. Quahfying scores must be •r. bv March 25th. * 4 Roy Alford. Jr., club manager, urges all member? of the club to take part in these tournaments. HOMEMAKERS TO MEET HERE Partat Teacben Speuor Hmh Mikag and Parent Education Conference Merck 11, 12-13. Fundi to Be Provided for New Dormitory at Collide and Aba Heabb Education Snildinf. The building per gram for the Lrivcraity System of Georgia as provided by a RWA grant recently authorized by the federal authorities, b c will receive funds for a new dormitory and a health and education building. The federal grant totals $827,00*1 rmd wa* authorized following a visit to Washington by Chancelor San ford Clark Howell. J r .. and Marion Smtih. members of the Board of Regents. The college has already approved Plans for Uie health and physical education building and the founda- tion and first unit was started with the construction of the indoor swim ming pool. The dormitory is an ad ditional project This money fa njw available but ha* been held up uaffl the state financial sihiation is settled. The fed eral authorities have announced that no funds Win be sent to the state for highway or RWA grants where the state or its departments are in volved until the status of the treas- ury is determined. When this money is released to the Board of Regents, it is understood ill be immediately be- that The recently enacted Garbage Ordinance by the city council will become defective Monday March 2nd. The requirements of the new law are outlined in a special an nouncement elsewhere iu this pa per. The attention of our reader? are called to this new law and their cooperation is invited by the city officials. " Macon Feb. 1 : of an ‘ all star” team and individual player will be rommitfee composed of,.. . . , ... Jenkins. Major Rentz. Bob tinuwl improvement of ^culture. R Stephens, sports writ- \y ** ’.imament officials. Bill Sam Glassman. ' eam winning the champion- Sa}ur day night will be * r a dutiful sterling silver ■*<* member of the champ- ’ «3m will be given a sterl- “ Pr basketball watch charm. uil1 ** awarded J -or..r.b f irst , ^^ament. 1 lowing junii looking forward to a continue* planning of total production with market requirements so as to aid farmers in securing a fair share of the natural income; (2) Conserva tion of soil resources of the nation and the development of the sound Congresman Vinson Outlines Benefits of Administration Tb the people of Baldwin County: I desire to call to your attention some of the benefits this Adminis tration has been to the people of cur District. The farm value of cotton and cot ton seed in the District in 1932 was S3.384.928. and as the result of the Administration Farm Program this was increased in 1935 to $8,717,742. increase of 157 per land use program: (31 The centra- 1932. In addition to the increase in lization and simplification of ad- I the value of cotton and cotton seed., justment procedure: \ there has been paid direct to the G. W. Hollinshead, N. R. Jackson 1 farmers of *he district $3,616,684 in A. H. Paschal. R. W. Ivey. C. F. rental and benefit payments. Owners Loan Corporation. The Federal Emergency Relief Ad ministration has made expenditures in the District for unemployment re lief in the amount of $5,603,594.21 The Public Works Administration has approved 240 projects in District costing $4,048,312, giving employment to 5223 people. A Resettlement Program is und< way in Jasper. Jones and Putnam Counties and 115.000 acres of sub- marginal lands will be acquired. The cost and development of the project calls for an expenditure of $1,496,009 and will furnish employment colleges will! — nament: Gor-j • ('ftHoge, \orman Junior. Riley. M. E. Webb. G T. Harrington. To aid farmers who were Trnable to I about 1600 people. J. L. Sibley and J. B. Moran. obtain credit elsewhere, loans were! The establishment 4 Ge Allege. Bowdon ’o’le-TA ^° uth . One of the female lions IT ^ Barton Bros. Circus is : ^r A bS,' Partner o, - N’orth Gvor- , Thc forming liens that «>u> w.i and the babies are now two week*- old. Raising lions is captavity is very difficult, the Irairver states, but he believe? the babies are now well on their way to become real King of the Beasts. '•AMED ON 'eghtabu: (ommittee Sibley has four CCC 4461 fanners in the amount Camps in the District has been of great value in furnishing employ ment and in soil erosion work. There will be paid to the service men in the District $3,109.- 839.93 in settlement of the bonus, timable value to the people of the From the .above you will see that this Adiminstration has been cf ines timable value to the people of the Sixth District. * purchase feed, seed and fertilizer, j To assist in refinancing their ith the , f arrns th e Federal Land Bank has is now lho; mafle j oans to 1176 farmers in the baby cub?. j r , moun t of S2.798.860, and in addition of eight per- the Larid Bank Ccmmissioner ha- with the show, made loans to 1265 Carmcts in the amount of Sl.477.933. In order to prevent foreclosure- and to otherwise aid home owner*. 1280 loans have been made in the amount of $2,819,662.64 by the Home truly. CARL VINSON named * , ‘ invention com-1 Georgia Vegetable .;; r ;" r,,iar - ^ a??oc« a - Xncon or. Monday and discussed many im- J • ? to the interest of ,.,* Uck ,armer s- Mr. Sibley „ . n;t ' k * row *T in this coun- ’“T" 1 important in the Nation. The City Council will meet Mon day night in regular session The business is expected to deal with a number of routine matters, and nothing of unusual importance was expected to come iiefore the board. Clerk and Treasurer Lamar Ham u a? announced. Supt. P. N. Bivins announces that the Board of Education will meet the February payrool next First Tuesday as usual in spite of the con troversy over state finances in At lanta. The Board will hold its regu lar meeting on Tuesday of next 11EUTENANT GOVERNOR OF KIWANIS TO VISIT HERE Mr. John T. McKenzie, Lieuten ant Governor of Georgia Kiwanis. will make his official visit to the MiiledgeviUe club cn Thursday March 5th. Col. Joe Jenkins, presi dent cf the club hzs announced. Mr. McKenzie is a prominent busi ness mar of Montezuma. All mem bers of the club are urged to attend the meeting next Thursday. The Georgia Congress of Parents 'd Teachers announces a three day co.iference on homemaking and pa rent education to be held at the Georgia State College for Women at! MiiledgeviUe on March llth, 12th I W.P.A. PARENT EDUCATION " llth, both Homing and' ^ES HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL afternoon meetings will be devoted ,., _ to discussing problems of Home-1 Pn » ru »» Cisco Bach making. 171111 program has been ar- i the “‘"etioo of Mrs. ranged by the State Home Econo- DrMrton Tlu> "“" mic chairman. Miss Clara Lee Cone, j " Home Economic Supervisor of the ~ hc W ‘ ** ^ Parent Education Atlanta City Schools. The program 1 ur,d ' r •*» direction of Mrs. for the Home-making conference 1 ctraytoIV Hfttnas, . moots every will be announced later. | " I ’* njrsda y afternoon -rrm 3 to 4 at On March 12th and 13th. the eon- 1 ,t,e P ‘ W ’ A * S^-ing Room, fe’enco will be led by Miss Alice 1 Last week 8 - eit s Peaker Miss Sowers, Specialist in Parent Educa- ° De " Mooro - Supervisor of the Na- *ion, from the National Congress ol' tinnal Sccuri *y Survey, talked on the Parents and Teachers. Washington | Federal Security Act and exnlain- D. C. ‘ j ed Die purpose and benefits to be In 1334 and ’35. the Georgia Con-l 0iVOn Under the ° ld -**» IVns'on- gress of Parents and Teachers was!" hat means cve G' American, so fortunate as to secure Miss Soiv-!!T. d *° ever >’ c * ( ' r8ian - ers for somewhat similar ccnterences i 1 ’ e ,. k '. ' " * her addre ® w»» in other sections of the state, which 1 Gratltudc meetings were widely attended I Ano,her 8- speaker. Miss Rosa- Through training and experience | bcl EurcK teacher in ^ Haal:h Dl *- Mlss Alice Sowe,a is well eouiooed I partment at G - s - c - w - assisted for her work a: a parent edumtio, J b> '. ° f hw ClaM , «« a specialist. A native of Ohio she re sp,cndlrt demonstration of the first reived her Bachelor of Science De- Steps in nursil1 * in the homa - The gree in Home Economies at Miami C,aS ? 7“ !nstni «4d in the proper j University, and her Master of Arts I 0,1 04 ‘ ,re P arin - ' ,nd applying ire ■- Education at the Univor-j mUS,ard plaater5 ' high Degree sity of Cincinnati. Shp school hfime economics teacher Ohio. As a Spelman FeUow at Cor nell University, she did work toward the Degree of Doctor of Philoeoph (Ccntinued on last page) UNION ANNOUNCES PLANS TO REMODEL STORE THROUGHOUT Interior of Old Joseph Store to Be Modernized Mr. C. N. Chandler Announces. Plans have been announced by Mr. C. N. Chandler, owner of Thc Union Department Store, to com pletely remodel the interior of the building on the comer of Wayne Hancock street, known as the old Joseph comer. A sale is now in progress and at the conclusion, the interior of the building will be entirely changer and modernized. New fixtures will be added and Mr. Chandler state? that the store will be one of the most modem and attractive in the city. young men assigned to active ditty with c c. c Lieutenant? Lonrie Martin. Lewd* orwoOd nr.d Roy Epps, officer* ve rve corps, were ordered to active dutv and reoorted at Port Moultrie S. C.. Tuesday .‘or two week strain ing before being assigned to duty with CCC camps. All of the veung men are gradu ate* cf G. M. C. Lt Martin has for oast several months been con nected with Thc Union-Recorder o? reporter and advertising solicitor. H: 1a.? established him?elf in the con- idenee of the business peopl- of omtrmnity and he has many f.**enJ? K ere The tour of duty is for six months. stupes: also an easy and practical way of making bandages, sterilizing them, packing ir fruit jars and keeping on hand for emergencies. A recreational program is put on every week by the students of th« Physical Educational Class at G. S C. W.. under the supervision of Mrs. E. V. Jordan, Jr., teacher in that department. These classes an* sponsored by the Nancy Hart Chap ter. O. A. R. A bright sun. blue skies and gen tle breezes have prevailed through out this week and Spring is here, so the weather forecasters say. Remem bering the past however, many ex pect another drop in the temperature before the real warm days begin and continue. But the sunny, warm day? of thf? week have beer, welcomed on al» sides. WITH OUR ADVERTISERS Spring has arrived. New Mer chandise. new ideas and new plans are being announced by the merchant? and business houses Shop through the columns of The Union-Re-order. Yot will find many new suggestions, many startling price reductions, many unsual buying opportunities and much information to your profit. The merchants invite vou to visit their stores, see the new merchandise ariving and find the outstanding values that are bein'* offered. The guide and index to all your needs is the advertising columns of The Union-Recorder.