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THE MlLi.EDGEVILLE NEWS
OL. Vlll. NO. 15.
MILLEDGEVILLE. GA., SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1909.
$100 Per Annum
IN ANNUAL MESSAGE MAYOR BELL ADVOCATES
CITY OWNERSHIP OF WATER AND UGHT PLANTS
AND RtCOUN I S RAPID PROGRESS OF THE CITY
. u old contract the lights were not provid-
lb mum utxporitti»i rublic Document «j the «ty on moon light nights; but
Ever (vied,hi. _ hiblit ol Tte ,S“
every night in the year, this entire ser
vice being given at a coat slightly be-
Clty pBupie Ah. Told ot Expansion
of Vunlcipalil).
To the council assembled in annu a
session Thursday might Mayor Miller S.
Bell presented one of the most complete
reports on the eity gnvemment ever
low the former cost.
5—The service of the Ore department
has been improved by the addition of
new equipment, by the installation of an
electric system for alarms, and by the
transference of the headquarters to the
present rooms in the new City Hall.
The piece of land purchased by
read by the citizens of M.lledgeviile former administration as an addi-
and one of the first of its kind ever mad* tion to the City Cemetery lias been en-
G. M. C. Opened Witt.
Good Prospects
Wednesday
public here.
In the message of the mayor citv
Ownership of waterworks and electric
lighting plants are advocated. E\,
tension of sewerage, working of streets
by convicts, permanent street improve
ments, better aide walks and many othei
important branches are full covered-l?° r working She public streets, whereby
The report in full is as follows;
Miltedeeville, Ga., Jan. 7. UK'S.
To the Board of Alderman,
pity of MWedgeville. Ga.
ientlemer;—At the conclusion of tbt
m year of our official duties and ne-
onsibilitiea, and before entering upon
i ner year, I deem it proper and expe
dient to submit for your consideration .
detailed statement <f the financial con
dition of the City Government, includ
ing the reports of the heads of yarrows'
City Departments, wnich I append herte-
to as t part.ef this report, and which J
trust will burnish information which
mill prove af service. In submitting
this annual report to you. I shall avail
myself of the privilege of making such
comments and suggestions as seem pra
yer and for the best interest of our City.
It has been .the policy of our admin
istration, (as you w^U know) since we
entered upon .the duties of office, to
keep the public, advised of the affairs of
this eity, realising that public office is
s public trust,-anti that the tax payer is
entitled to kooav.how this trust is being
the City willeecure the services of ifif-
teen convicts at a cost very much low-'
er than now paid for eight day laborers.
9. —The bended indebtedness of the
City has been reduced $1,200.00. in
addition to-Shis. $2,780.50 has been paid
as the in tonest on the bonded indebted
ness.
10. —The Georgia Military College has
been supported as follows; $2,07<L5Q
has been paid on notes for money bor
rowed forithe uso of the College previ
ous to the year 1908; $4,800.00 has been
appropriated and paid for the running
expenses of the
year. Also the
received $700.00.
KENLLTii UlJKlXi; 1008.
During the past year, the following
results have been accomplished;
1. —▲ sew ant beautiful City Hall has
been erected at a cost of $13,031.35. to
2. —The street department of this city
baa 1 bees reorganised and furnished
with new equipment, including three
nhies, three wagons, two wheel
(crapes, two drag scrapes and four seta
it harness.
3. —The streets have been kept in as
oed conditiou as possible, mucn impor-
ant filling in and grading has been
iont, while numerous bridges have been
■ebuilt and repaired.
4. —A new and improved contract has
>een made for eleetri' lights under the cal newspapers.
closed with a substantial iron fence, am
the land has heen divided into lots,
which are now available for sale.
_ 7w» During the twelve months just
«nde^, the use-of the city sewers ha;
heen greatly extended, and there has
been a todkl of 161 connections made.m
„8.—A new plan has been nmuguruud
le College during the nast
te Eddy High setivol has
11. —The Baldwin Blues have receiv
ed $300.80firom the treasury.
12. —We have good reason for gratifi
cation at pfce splendid order that has
prevailed in Millodgeville throughout
the entire year.
There has been an absence of public
gambling; drunkness has been rare,
and the enforcement of the prohibition
law has had its beneficial effect upon
thecammonity.
13. —A new system of bookkeeping
has been established in the office of the
City Clerk aad Treasurer.
14. —As far as possible the citizens
have been kept informed of the City’s
affairs by a asasr meeting and by pub
licatim of such facta, financial and oth-
erwtae, as might preve interesting to
the tax-payers.
da!.’
AUDIT 4»F BOOKS, 1007.
As will he recalled by you, one of our
first official acts was to employ the Joel
Hunter Company to audit the City
books for the year, 1907, and make a
statement of financial condition of the
City at close of business Dec. 31, 1907.
Upon the completion of this report a
citisens moss meeting was held at the
Court House and the report submitted
to the people, and later published in lo-
Spltadld Attendance aid Unusual In
tens! Shown nl School. Mnny .
Improvements Will be Y
Bade This Spring
TWO SHOOTINGS
ONE WEEK F00
I 0EI1MTY.
\m Occwred |in CKy Limits ol nil
edgevtlle and The Other Naar
Brawn’s Crosslng-The Story.
PRES. M. IH. PARKS IS
MADE SECRETARY
OF EOUCATiIRS
Miss Lillian Rule Also Honored r\
Convention ol Southern Education!* 1
Association Reid In Atlanta.
Saturday afternoon late Hattie
Brown, generally known around town
as Hattie Juokaon, was shot near the
The Georgia Military College, one of 19«** ia railroad depot by Charlie
lbt> t“»st kaown schools in the state,
commenced the Now Year tern Wed
nesday with excellent attendance.
Seme improvements have been made
during the holidays and later mote wjII
corns.
The tnty of Milledgeville is doing
everything possible to advance the od-
uaatioruu interests of the community
and this work is having a desirable ef
fect in many ways.
During the Spring a good baseball
team will probably be developed and
the coming of toe Newark team to tb>
city m> doubt means much in the way o
an advertisement for this section.
T”
Despite the Fact that I90S was
a so-called Panic Year, still we
did the
Irargest Easiness
In Bar History
It shows people of Milledgeville and Baldwin coun
ty appreciate good goods at the lowest possible
prices.
We take occasion to thank our friends and to wish
hem a Happy and Prosperous New Year, as
suring them we will do our best during 1909.
Chandler
Brothers
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES
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The report shown that the sum of $3,-
960.M was turned over to this adminia-
trativn as a cash balance. It also shown
that ns against this cash balance ther <
were outstanding unpaid approved cur
rent bills for 1907 ot- $2 344 71
Nefte for fire hose, 875 00 & in
hit. due on City Bond* 157 60
Dec. salaries for officers 476 66
Unapproved accounts 46 05
Borrowed money for
use G. M. College 2 078 50
Total - - ' $5 976 {2
It will be observed that after the
above items were paid, that there ex
isted an indebtedness ol, more than $2,-
000.00.
AUDIT «r BOND ACCOUNT.
In levying taxes, the law requires that
(axes shall be raised for three separate
and distinct purposes, vix:
1st.—School fund.
2nd,—Bonded indebtedness.
3rd.—Ordinary current expenses.
The law further requires ; that then 4
three funds Bhall be kept separately and
that one should not be used for the oth
er. However, in making -a personal
audit of the bond account for the past
twelvo years (since 1896} the books of
the City showing that the sum of $3,-
113.49 had been taken from the
bond account and paid on the ordinary
current expenses, thus leaving on the
books a deficit of $3,113.49 on bond ac
count at the beginning of nur adminis
tration. Therefore, it was found neces
sary to increase the taxation levied for
tne ordinary expense account in order
to pay back the deficit in the bond ac
count; consequently this left a smaller
amount available for current expenses
of the City this year than would have
been the case otherwise.
Beeves, The trouble was «f domestic
rtjtture and during a quarrel Reeves be
came enraged and fired on the woman,
■sing a 44 calibre pistol. She died al
most instantly and Reeves fled. Both
were, of course, negroes.
Bloodhounds were a re rom the
state farm, but no trail -coaid be de
weioped when they reached the scene,
due probably to the fact that so many
people had been around.
Monday morning the second shooting
occurred on the Wilson piece about 9
miles out. Drury Watson was shot by
Lee Bonner and while Ms death was
not sudden, yet the woand was pro
nounced futali Sheriff Terry went • at
once in pursuit of Bonner. They were
also negroes.
New Officers Are
Niifid For Ttie
l0. of U. H.
. -r - if • »,
leoevoienl Order el Untied Hearts
Doing Rood Work nod Starts Out
no Tie Nee Year Prospirously.
Pres. M. M. Parks, of the G. N. & 1.
college here was elected secretary oi
the Southern Educational Associatin'
which was held in Atlanta last wee!
Miss Lillian Rule also of the (real ini-1 -
tution was named secretary of the d.
p&rtment of manual arts.
The honors conferred upon the Mill-
MT. PLEASANT WiiGE
B. Ol (IF U. H. HAS
NEW OFFICERS
At a recent meeting Mt. Pleasant
Lodge No. 2 B. O. of U H. the follow
ing officers were elected for the next
tarm.
J.W. Hubbard; Chief Commander*
S. M. Patterson; Vice Commander, J.
T. Hoover; Past Commander, C. L
Patterson; Secretary, J. S.| Pearce;
Trees., J. W. Batson; Priest, J. S.
Combess; Usher, W. L. Allen; Inside-
Watch, Richard Ailei.; Outside Watch..
The lodge is in a fiouri ing condit
ion, and plan '• e been adopted to
AUDIT OF SCHOOL FUND ACCOUNT.
.The City Bonks at [the close of busi
ness Dec. 31, 1907, reflected that there
should be to the credit of the School
Fund tbe sum of $4,800.63. In malting
an examination of this account I found
that in 1906 and 1907 that $1,702.52 had
been expended from the City Treasury
orr tne Cadet Barracks building of the
Georgia Military College in putting on
Mansard roof and installing steam
heating, which amount was not charged
to the School Fund, but was charged
to Ordinary Current Expenses of the
City. I also found that the Board of
Trustees of Georgia Military OP
had not paid annual rental for year
1905, 1906 and 1907, amounting $1,-
800.00. I brought this to the. attention
of our City Attorneys and asked if* these
items were not legitimate Charges
against Lhe money levied for school
purposes; Their written opinion was
that these items were proper chafes
against the School Fund Account, and
by your direction were so charged.
When this was done and the money
which had been borrowed for thfuse of
theGoilege, viz: $2,076.50 was charged
to the school fund account, instead of
this account showing a credit balance
of $4,300.63; it showed a debit balance
of $1,278.39.
At a regular meeting of Midway Lodge
No. I B: O. of U. H. held last Monday
evening the following officers twere
elected to serve for the ensueing term:
Com. ia Chief, T. H. Gilman; Vice Com,
J. F. Brookins; Sec’y, C. F. Polk; Aset
Sec’y, C. B. Smith; Treasurer, J. A.
Hubbanl; Usher, M. L. Thompson;
PrieBt, Rev. O. P. McDermont; Inside
Watchman, H, B. Fiury; Outside
Watchman, C. W. Gholston.
i, TRUSTEE J
E. B. Hubbard, A. F, Baumzartel and
G. C. Gilman.
JUDICARY
Chief Justice, E. B. Hubbard; Associate
Justices, Rev. O. P. McDerment and
C. B. Smith.
Under the head of good of the Order
several brothers made some very in
teresting and instructive talks.
On the second Sunday in January*
Bro. O. P. McDerment has ag^reed to
receive the Lodge in a body at his
church in Midway, at which time he
will preach to the members a special
sermon, all members are urged to meet
at the Hall at 10 o’clock a. m. on that
day wnere they will march to the church.
The Iiodge is now in a very prosper
ous .condition, having about 125 mem
bers and a surplus of $120 in the
treasury.
jJfK
Card of Thanks.
We wish to taka this means of ex
tending to ail oar friends and neigh
bors, who were so kind and helpful dur
ing the long sickness and death ot our
dear sitter Leila Mandersen, our sin
cere and heartfelt thanks and appreci
ation and assure them that it will be
always remembered.
Yours truly,
Mr. and Mrs. J. f. Brownlee.
edgevillo educators constitute quite u , increase their members i p during the
distinction as there were over 6001 next term.
leading educators present at the con I .0. I. Patterson Secy.
vention. The meeting was undoubtedly j .
cne of the greatest of its kind ever 1
| education and give one best fitted tex
the race.
held in the south and many important
points were brought out and among the 1
most important topics discussed was ! Most of the papera read beforo
that of negro education. ’ 1 association were devoted to industrial'
Sopt. J. H. Phillips, of Birmingham and t «‘ :hnica > tra ning and there was a
public schools, disscussed the question pr 'P onderarfc «‘ pf advocatea for P ractl ~
in a complete way and brought out th, Cal worlt in a11 d ’ ’ ls -
four salient points of the negru ti edu- Those atte il>.ig from L •.}, •}.& 1,
national life, via. the short period for college were:
development of the mind, the necessiiy President M. M. Parks, Dr. J. L,
for practical and technical training of Beeson, Prof. H. J. Gaetner, Prof, I..
the negro/that the country schools H. Scott, Mrs K. H, Scott, Mihs Alice
supported locally was nest for the Napier, Mias Lillian Rule, Miss J. I.
negro, and lastly that it was the duty Roswell, Miss Elizabeth Falls, Miss
of the south to manage the negro’s Jennio Walker,
Mill of C rctiinstance
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In this city, as everywhere, the Mill of Circum
stance is grinding away 24 hoifrs. a day—and, today,
it may be grinding YOUR GRIST. It may be
turning one of the incidents of this town’s daily life
into an opportunity for you —into an advantage for
you. ' .
When a merchant gets caught in “the Mill,”’
and is pressed for cash, YOU benefit in the enfor
ced sacrifice of some of his stocks—that is, YOU
BENEFIT, if you keep posted on what is going on
“at the Mill" by reading the ads. in The News.
1 he owners of things—automobiles, securities,
businesses, machinery, horses and carriages, type
writers, office fixtures, houses, books, pictures—get
into this old “M:ill of Circumstance," and out of their
troubles come your opportunities. They pay the
toll.
Incidentally, it’s better to watch the ads, in The
News and to profit by the products of “the Mill"
than to get caught in it yourself. Although, it-your
turn should come, an ad will usually get you but
safely.
niLLEDGEVILLE
News.
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The Right Goods
Thanking you for the old/years business,
Wishing you a Happy and Prospferous New
Year, we assure you “It’ll still be all right if you
get it fromMT
DIXON WILLIAMS h