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.1 * • Tlte, MLLiiilli «U'U WORKING MILLECGEVILLL'S STREET! ®W«ra| thF»» kill# 1 sfflFF •• this w • !<' w* in The N. v in W^i • , r *ee it in *n Nev \ If ■ >w It's so T* 1 ne S r*- *'• ’y. ’1 n rt« * rn -'tlum In tii ctl. 11 of * •o-triit. largest dr • 1 itlor> In M/il •wirt county of •ny paper! A17LIFKE, Editor. |J E. '’cAULl FFE, Asaoclnte. ADVERTISING RATES:-Ws^lny Hi cents tier inch. sifccial discounts for time arrt Kimrr. Reading notices fiv# cents oer lino brevier, each insertion.’. r= Subscription $1.00 I‘or Year. Saturday, January 16, >909 ,c r Clubbing Offers For a limited time we offer .to oar smbneriberx the following inducements •<»d they Will be fully carried oat- Ttje Neva sod Aou^iern. Agrieultur- » ‘ “IfaWher, weekly The problem of properly working the streets of this city has caused an end- l»*x amount of discussion since the progressive movement to have convicts per- woman, form the task was started. The question of grading in many instances may re' — The lay of the land, to use a familiar term, makes it possible for the work to be 1 lovers, done easily according to plans mapped sut by the good roaas division of the United States department of agriculture, but it may not apply with equal force t > streets. The question of uainq convicts i.i settled and consequently there is really no use for further argument on this point. The plan will be somewhat of an ex periment here, but it is established in many of the leading cities where the best streets are found. The city gang is an Important adjunct to street*improvemen* where the practice is in vogue and when once started here it will be continued- Statistics show that it is an easv matter to guard convicts in the cities and the percentago of escapes is small compared to those in othtr places where they) 'are not confined. With the facilities provided for this purpose Milledgeville will no doubt bs able to handle its crowd of fifteen convicts with admirable ease. The preliminary plans have been made, nothing now remains to be done, but to get down at the root of the trouble which causes bad streets. In this city there are twoer’three obstacles to be overcome, one of them being the antiquated so- called dummy line, but whether these can be surmounted or not yet remans to be seen. What you don’t need is dear pri ?». > a»d Farm: one cAjRivi Newtf Vid for 11.60. The News and New York World 8— , ’ t ‘twins-a—woek. for »v vi. The a'nd Semi—Weekly Atlanta Vtln^ 'tfSUtl t .vlitrrhn .1..-.il;: r .1 ■ ■ A >W BOiOALL OM. ' year ago day A before *yesterda y • diyder JtxndaW, poet offthe south, died at his home in Augusta. How tjkte and the hoUV.'doolrun through the , f,+ : • gwoghaat day, as Shakespeare said.-how V' snetnory dwarfs the grgat things and / ’ ffiMdAken o^lhe past, v It & a brauti- -' <bfdav4hen he died, flie waatern Ay SC lowed with beauty aa the laat rays ro- JleOtdd glpribualhinga ffom the horix W beyond mortal view, marking thf f |ggtting/lX thu sufl of a great 'Hfe,i jiM . Xtarkneac cam* on as a blinding mift and ■liirfbifrow coVerikt-iil, ' ' * * ' *’ * , Jty Maryland,’' Clearer to him than than Georgia and Rich mond county, and the whole south the 1 Aid after the |fp««ftf Ttys, g(tor f fyn'of lil^and struggle#, her waa rp- '<c4fnised among his own people ana over tjis whole country. His heart was tear, tlar, his sofcl Wail sweetly gentle and he :vKi\ yras a mao who itresaed the highest and fOittlagt things of life.,. V # iBat how few remember him now a , ‘' tthag did then, lie did hoi fiJU to . gain eminence among men, ho ohojfc rather to plod the narrow way and en Jjghten the world through selected channels of literature, But the work he accomplished will last to bo a prec ious jewel In the crown of the nation . tong after the world of smaller things lias vanished into the dust of valueless bauble*. Andthe day they laid him to vest! <jhly southern skies could shed such fastre over the sad scene, only southern songs could soften tha harshness of .«wch an occasion, only the purfu no o doulhern Sower* could sweeten the bit terness of death, only the achievements Some men pray in the meeting-house and then prey in the market places. ■m THE FIRMER AND THE 'GRAIN CROP. |n1AbatMr column of The Nows today carries the statement that.it is quite prohibit that more drain and hay will be brought to Milledgeville thix springt han evef •hefore in same period of-time. Mr. Farmer think-about thin, Mr. Merchant cpaslder .it. Does it par? 1* it worth the price it brings? Merchants are you jrKyTrpore than willing to sacrifice the pfofit ydu Will derive from it in 'o^der to jtpsve proafrerdy at home and in surrodr.difig country? Every live, progressive merchant, every banker, every commMen houss, every warehouse, and in fact everybody really interMtetT in advancing the' com munity will advise you tq prow oarn and forage. TtTsastep which means in- dependehce, metnW happiness'a**hmne, tfieans big trade for the t**r/>, rae*n* debts all paid up. *" ,. ^ake a iodk Around you, Brother Farmer. See how the map io* getting on w ho raises the things he needs at home: 3e«f how his family is supplied, how his buildings sre fixed ul>, examine into hit credit With the merchant and yea’ll 1 the difference. This is the oM'opportune Mme to study tha matter, it ia time to prepare for the comiag of spring.t^e ($cl wit>v R <®r a big coraerop. .. ft is not yet too late to plant some wintgf.graip. • . * * THE AGE DF GRAFT,' Nearly every epoch in history' has some particular distinguishing feature. Nowadays t)je universe is so elorely joined it is almost iippo—IMs to discern tha dominant qh'^facters mBooneing the ; THE JML&gf OUR BAMt * * Financial Institutions are Damei Without them no community prospers The resources of a aectian are musses ed bjr.pm busipess of ito banket The DFWgresaivetwea of people is indk-atW future of the World- The great-Topa. i>8Mh* msamntiin which the co-npernm : 1 related citi- *» found of action, the breadth of it possible f *r a great many things hap pening in. far ajpay seethes to he brought home to the most |pn within a few ipure of Probably the present day may tarmed the era of graft, or-of of graft. Hardly a man whe dims tHings «aa escape some ' along this has. It Springs-up at is applies to men from home m plaoes, it exists in every little and in every large city, it among statesmen In the national governments and it irttviSabiy creates a lot of public comment. Unfortunately many of these-charge* are brought agsnst the innocent^espsad against a helpless man, but it is good to see a man like Hon Benj. R_ Tillman rise up to defened against such a lor mid- able man as President Hsuaevekt an opinion as to the merit of thaattaek. or the defense still it does seeimastrange that this man, this southerner of the type thst cares more for home, for hon or, for love nod the things that go to make life nobler, higher and grander, should get down into the wily ways of Every man journeys to ward a king dom where-he is to be either the king or the vassal. The sneieat recipe f6r rabbit-pie al ways began;"First catch your rabbit.” Truth is aw elastic substance. Life, therefore, is made op of transformat tions. - A real comrwdbahip ie where heart, come to know each other ia aolfering and in joy. ,• There are but ft,w central sans-the taoot of ua are ooip aatuMtss.' It were infinitely better to suffer keenly than to feel nothiqg at aB. Here’s to the fisllow wfc* (eib for bread-end does it because ha- here his At last rharaoter never siasa above dtsplnwoof thought.'- • Baking Powder. Comes from Grapes The only baking pow der made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar imitation baking powdkrr are made from harab mineral acids and iaava in tba food nnbaaltbful psopartias FOR SALE. 7S Ten Shares Capital Stock, Milledgeville Banking.Company? — \ iP lyt\' ’ ;. JOHN CONN. money bouses. ■’'"MRIedgeyfllr's banks are preaperouav * Itppjf buainaas and ape* great foctere in helping upbuild not c«iy tfrw city, hot the surroundiug counter - B tfgakl bwageud Men fer the paaple karesall.thrvr money that is not. needed Kycry dollar pub in the make prosiK-rigy. On* tittle ancoant may oat amount •» muck it fe tree, but suppose a thousand: mew hwrp jsat emty m hundred recH- that woo Id mean StOU.Ogt, which wrjuito n aim fcrssj commosuty lb hsvwtlod up- swlmly. There m a degree of uncertainty in> averytbmg and mantj ocople Hm-nkcpti* ml about patting nsSncy in bunks, bat hurgknre are more ant to get money kept at berec, eagwciallv in the runai distrirU. than it is to be mispiaceed. in banks. Another feature aboot- is I Nothing can harm>you hut ywareelf- Pray not lor' coimfort hit pea*, far A great many fires- are canoed receipt system which a paid oheok m- friction between a building arei aa So—rbrdy has aaidithat Baiter is turned arrong sidb - out One’s final judge is one's mB. Direa and Lazarus-the annua a f fast, the des[>cration of lunger. A “poll” *.s aiHght iFit pultayau out 06 the groove of shifthw Inherited mJlfens soa^etints nsh eas of has sight to make a living. I’atreaiixe thn banks, gel laanev Ikon* tScrn, i>ut money in them, .talp sserU- the pmqierity af the countrqy by dbutg your part. | suranrt polwy,. I beg to thank the people pf : Milledgeville for their hearty • approval given concerning the sate of my lot for $ site for the government building, ft is centrally located, cheap at $7,- 500100 and is the most suitable site for the purpose in the city^ The public have certainly spoken to Mr. Bartlett in no uncertain terms concerning the matter and again t want to express my appreciation for the co-operation. SINCERELY. of a noble soulherr mnn could rob the j money-making and forget, the apmt | that has been growing up within him grave of its victory. His memory maybe fading from the (winds of some, but as it fades it leaves traces of the gold of honor in tho dark night of the past when the south was climbing out of the abyss of uncertain ty and a thousand lyears from now, if the world stands to that time, his mem ory' 9til1 M ttS th ® K r *- 8S all these years. Roosevelt roamed the western plains as a cowboy while Tillman plodded the weary way of the titter of the soil over in South Carolina, h,«th had splendid chances to develop the physical and mental abilities, but somehow southern atmosphere and southern surroundings on the green hillside, and if eternity has 1 tend to breed h higher feeling than that dawned on the lanl and tho sea Randall | which leads t> graft, or change^ of will be a poet-laureate in one southern sections. of the graft, and Tillman-well Tillman ia : man brought up under such conditions. •'The source of power is in human emotion in human desire. Men get what they work for, anjj in just the measure they work for it. The meas ure of sucoess is the measure of de aire,” If you sre inclined to be somewhat peraiatent in anything you undertake BENEATH THE SBO ! SUNMT SOUTH Un n Veteran’s Dylngj Bequest Grant ed by His IMeafe. Character-!* no more- thnn an in wrought idbsd witte a.ore «r less perfect ion. In the-sunset dteys. tb* mind, weary- with years of UetL turn* for rest, W« feed oratrea.ursdi atoretu TO LET COLUMBUS, Ga. J!an. t( The dying _ request of J. M. Forter. of Massachu- * For Business Purposes setts, that he be busied in the south waa ;* granted this afteenoon when he was * laid to rest in the Masonic lot at Lin- wood cemetery K' the members of that fraternity He came here six years ago to be- Dollars have no handles on -them — they're hard to gel hold of. The beet substitute for dollar-h indies is a know! edge of where and when and how Jo i , . ... , , , . ,, come superintendent of one of the large buy things and this knowledge te thel . K j cotton mills in Columbus. He died last night at the City Hospitol where he had received the tenderest attention portior. of the ad-readet. the Masons. He was a from member of Advertising Space “WITH POWER!” Youmr Man Are You A good manv people would prefer and do not reverse >ourself when it j n *w»P*P® r without mwu to one without j j 0< ig e Waltham, Haae. comM to the matter jf advertiaing.your aJ *- succeas is Msured. The fanner who is sure that see<l too costly a thing to use in adequate "akbUc service.” "saves the time of | quamiUes belongs to the same school of , when he camehere. Hewa, un-, thrift and finance as the moi chant who ia sure, married but leaves relative^ in Musa-, I that advertising costs too much. ! ehusetta. ♦ A NY legitimate business en- ♦ ♦ Z_\ terprise may “rent” adver- ♦ ^ ( a tising space in this newspa- • per "with power”—the one He- * ♦ pendable motive-power for “run- - 4 ning" anv business that can be madi e to run—the power of PU tJ- LICITY, A atore’a advertismg is a part of it’s ♦ Space may be secuml acyord- 4 ing to your requirments—much or j Mr. Foster was a uni . a veteran and 1 member of the Grand Army of the Re- j 4 Tt** 1 1 * | preference for “much if you A I public, but he fell in love a-ith the | ♦ hope to do “much’ business w the shopper and promotes •carefulness in buying : Apply to the News.: Saving Money? A % j£ % >4 >- t r V —Every young man. of the right son expects some day to marry, to own a home and to start in business. The ffrst thing a man should do is-.to open an ac- count with a good strong byik ank make a start. All thing sconsidered, there is. no better place than The Milledgeville Banking Co. IP! STTN'CT r RI’ 1