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ft. Will. c tin. -■rill. ■»-' the* i A >i i ws in The New 'in ».i« it in Th News * .u v it’s so Thfll m i, B • in * 1 • i ■■ medium in this se of Georgia, larges circ laiii.n i i win munty of any p • I "C. McAUl.l FE. Editor, il E. McAULI K, Associate. ADVERTISING RATES:-DI»|»1b> 25 cents per inch, special discounts for time an 1 spnec. R'-odiag notices five cents ner lin" hrovi r each insertion. Subscription $1 (Mi Per Year. Saturday, Janunry 30, 1009 Clubbing Offers For n limited time wo offer to our subscribers the following inducements and they will be fully carried out- Tbe News and Southern Agricultur ist, both for $1.09. The News nnd Home and Farm, one year for $1.26. The Nows und inland Farmer, weekly for $1.60. The News and Southern Cultivator for $1.50. The Nows and New Yorl: World 3 — timet — >1 —week, for $1.76. The News and Semi Weekly Allanti Journal $1.75. THE TRIM. OF GEO. H. BELL. Profession American game. lie lire) I 1 No man is at his neat in a fog. No man deserves to use who is not a climber. More men are drowned in the wine cup t,han in tno ocean. Does a man gut his tlnancial rating by the wuy his wife dresses? “Just look! There goes Jones’ wife)’’ Forget the chill and damp of th"se low lands. Hurry across the vallcv to the hills beyond. Some men are content to eat beef- tongue and ox-tail tioup all their days juat to Make tongue and buckle meet Some folks have such n dread of so clety that their religion is no more than a system of restrained doubts, Sometimes it is hard to tell a lots match from a first-class blulf. Maintain ns good an opinion of your self as the facts in the case allow. it is safer to be a first class 'tinker than a second-class philosopher. The sense of being forgotten by these you love is next of kin to death. To criticise the management of the state sanitarium,to attempt to discredit the correctness of the alienists em ployed there, to endeavor to refute any statement made at the hearing given Geo. H. (Bell in Milledgeville Wedneadav is not the purpose of this ' sketch. There is no doubt but that the men, the medical expert) in attendance at the state sanitarium, are honest in j their opinions and conscientious in the 1 statements they made to the iurv. But | the public, the men on the outside,those who listented to the recital of the case ‘ with unflagging interest, are of the " i Geo. H. Bell should ha- been [released. This is undoubtedly public sentiment, openly expressed. As a matter of fact- the public are of the opinion that the testimony of the experts, with the possible exception of one incident, was to effect that Bell was sane. So consequently there is really no reflection on the evidence, or the management of the institution. On the other hand there are many people disposed^to criticise the opinion of the jury as rendered by their verdict. It is quite a different thing to te out in the audience, for when a juror stands in his place he often sees things in a different light and must weigh evidence in the balance that knows no flaw. These men of Milledgeville stood up to their duty as they saw it, despite the fact that they must have known public opin io 1 n id sentiment would be against them. This trial is over, Bull goe3 back for tho time being, but there are many con vinced that he will be liberated sooner or later. This is a matter of opinion that muy bo erroneous. But be thut as it may let the public in this matter keep up tho cause of right and in the end all will come out well. In the meantime criticisms on the jury, or any phase of tho case are out of the question', for in placing lone’s self in the .position oc cupied by either of the parties at in terest in the case it is doubtful If there would have been one slight difference in tho action taken throughout the whole. Tho conflnment of a man in the state sanitarium who in sane and' healthy ust be something beyond description. ut if this be true of Bell he can stand it a few days longer’ as ho appears to have stood it remarkably well during the past two years, or more. - We need less advice on how to get a job and more on how to hold one. Over the bodies of her martyrs the world has stepped to freedom. The hands of modern commercialism lire stained with blood.- You can invariably measure a man’s greatness by his enemies. Make yourself worth while. Justice is the measure of absolute compensation. By the time you clean your own back 1 yard you will bo too tired to talk about •weeping the other fellow’s. ;« JOE BROWN’S INAUGURATION. Concerning the inauguration of Gov- 'eraor-elect Jos. M. Brown, of Georgia, the Augusta Herald, which paper was a warm supporter of Hoke Smith, has th« following to say in an editorial: “Mr. Brown has indicated that he wishes the inauguration to bo simple. He doesq’t want any pageantry, no grent parade, no show to ape royalty such as is growing more and more to be the custom in inaugurating presi dents and governors. He has given his friends distinctly to understand that his induction into office is to be marked by no fanfare or b’are of trumpets, but that it is to bo n simple ceremonial, be coming a democratic form of govern ment.” “In making this announcement Mr. Brown is to le commended. It will be a good beginning for his administration. It will be an indication that there will be no idle show, no waste of effort, no hollow sham, but that his administra tion is to be business-like and democra tic." •"* “Well decided, Mr. Brown. Stick to this. Throughout your administration let this be the keynote of your action, and you will have the people behind you. Your administration wilt be a blessing to the state, and Little Joe will be es teemed by the people as one of the big gest governors the state has had.” SUBSCRimON TIKE AGAIN. This is the season when most of the subscribers of The News come and bring, or send us a dollar. It amounts to only a little bit to each subscriber, but. Dear Reader, you are the grains of sand making The NewB what it is today. A whole lot of the readers can stay away and not send in the dollar and we will feel it. Suppose a whole thous and of them are that way, and they are, you know it causes us to feel sore ly the necessity of asking for a little assistance in this respect, but we are sure no one will take offense, for the reqpest is not personal, though made to the individual. We want this little expression, of appreciation, this token that encourages one to give the best in heart and soul to to the cause of the public, to come from every reader who really, wants a good paper. We are going to give our time, our highest aims, our best thodghts to this paper. We believe in it because we believe in this citv this county, this section and this state. Give us a little help, extend your aid and in return we will devote every dollar to making a bigger and better paper. This is no! a demand, it is not even an appeal, but a straight, plain story that surely will bring response. There are other bills besides the amount due for subscription that a paper must always carry and in this connaction it is icedless to state that attention to those details always is necessary. A determined thief usually gets what fee is after r — ■Oie inevitable destiny of the cur is the pound. « The man who really does things does them in his own way. It is thi sterility of ir.differeneej that disgusts us. Character is the product of antagon isms. There is a peace that rests on points of bayonets. SUMMER TIME IN WINTER. Those who can tell us about- “One morning fifty years ago, When apple trees were while wit* 1 fragrant blossoms-” May*bo able to recall weather like that which has prevailed in Georgia during the entire winter, but folk who can scarce recall events of only twenty years ago are nonplussed when they endeavor to determine the cause, or to forecast tho ultimate outcome of con ditions which have existed during the past few months. Winter has actually entered its decline, as the season is counted, and yet in many sections ot Georgia the reports are to the effect that spring grasses are growing and in many instances cotton and other sum mer plants arc growing luxuriant. It is told that here in Baldwin county there inay be found some old cotto#l stalks putting forth new foliage and the tender blossoms are showing u This is the condition today, but of course the time is at hand when a sud den change may blight all prospects of a continuance of the growth. In Mil- iedgeville the trees are budding, th grass and clover covers the ground ir. many places, the scars of earth are being healed by the coatings of green, the birds are singing a spring carol, tho farmers are beginning to think of real active work, the heart of mania turning toward higher things, the lad and lass are delighting in fresh blown flowers that come only in the spring time-love time. But serciously speaking it seems that unless the unpurallelled conditions con tinue through the remainder of the winter the welfare of the country is greatly endangered, for the peach crop is advancing beyond its proper stage at this tim os the year and the killing of the buds means tho loss of millions to Georgia. Later on, too, may come the blighting cold, which will affect the cotton and other crops during the spring when balmy, sunshiny days should pro vail. Still after the time of danger has elapsed there will be the same good old times in Georgia and in Baldwin county Tho people will no longer wonder at thi seasons, the routine duties of life wil take up time and things will go on a before, leading to better things an h appier moments in the days to t>e. Don’t quit the fieW when slander is rife. In the final shift you will be the | victor. A man may die wounds ao one of which would prove fatal. Every man ought to be bigger than the ' office. Even's tray disc JVfr the man but can- uot create him. Only the truly great can stand alone. Some are even majestic in their solitari ness. A borrowed suit rarely ever fits well. By the east window of every heart grow the thorns. Bj cheerful There is no valley whose outer border* are not touched by the hills. Midway Minings ltev. McDermont, pastor of Midway Methodist church, will preach a special sermon Sunday night, January 31, for the young people. Miss Lillian Harper of Midway spent several days of this week visiting rela tives and friends at Devcreaux. Mr. Ray McKinley spent last Sunday in Snarta. Miss Evie Fierce spent several days in Macon last week. Mr. Alex Hawkins is very iil at h s home in Midway. Mi*B Bertha Wood spent last Sunday with her parents at Cooperville. Mr. Ellis Summers of Cooperville spent Sunday in Midway. LOCAL NEWS Capt. J. II. Ennis spent Tuesday in Atlanta on business. Messrs. J. T. I’inney and W. J. Mathis of Haddocks spent Wednesday in the city. Msi Annie Wood is spendir.g the week with friends in Sandersville this week. Miss Lena Dunham will leave Sunday to visit friends and relatives in Dublin and Vidalia. Mr. B. W. Miller of Jacksonville, Fla. spent Sunday in the city. Miss Alice Harper of Meriwether spent Monday here with hor sister. Miss Fannie Scott, of Atlanta, is visiting home folk here. Mrs. Jarratt Scott, of Thomson, visit ed here the past week. Superintendent Hollow ar, manager of the street force, is in Athens attend ing the good roads conference for a week. Practical demonstrations and lossons in road building Were given at ffho University of Georgia there this week and it i* expected that Mr. Hol loway will learn many valuable points to be put into use when permanent im provement is started on Milledgeville streets. Look at our Valentines aud Valetine Post Cards befure you buy. Culver & Kidd. It will be a great day when the social tides of the age sot towurd useful effor instead of wilful waste. bushels onion sets and all kind of garden seed at Emmett L. Barnes. It is a mighty hope that makes men. And they shine brightest who break through the rifting clouds of fear The fit survive-the unfit perish. M^Celery, Cranberries, Cream Cheese and Macaroni at Emmett L. Barnes. I doubt every man’s worship of the Diyine until first he kneels at the shrine of some poor old human. Don’t trade a morsel of love for a while wagon-load of garbage. Some of us have done that to our sorrow. JBp-Give me an order for Hay, no dust, no mud. Emmett L. Barnes. 65 different designs in Valentine Post Cards at Culver & Kidd’s. The House Across The Street. I see the lamplight, as the evening wanes, Ir. shadowed gold against the window- panes; I watch thv inmates moving to and fro, Y-st know not whence they come or where they g >. In this vast wilderness—the city's heait— Remote are we. although not far apart. Unlike me may be, and yet much the same— The transient puppets in life's complex game! —Wm. H. Hayne in the Munsey, AbsolutelyJET Grape, give Pure the chiqf ingredient, V the active principle, ( and healthful .ess, to j ROYAL BAKING POWDER Ibjolulely T*ure ^Insures wholesome and deli cious food for every day in every home No Phosphate* No Alum Robson & Evans IF THERE'S EFFICACY IN Advertising in THE NEWS They wanted cowpeas last week, spent a small sum advertising with us and could have bought a thousand bushels. Now they have enough. The News will bring you business if you haven’t got enough. Advertise With Us 1 Young Man Are Yon Saving Money? —Even’ young man of the right sort expects some day to marry, to own a home and to start in business. The first thing a man should do is to open an ac count with a good strong bank and make a start. All things considered, there is no better place than The /Milledgeville Banking Co. Ask About Dividends That’s Money Coming Back. Be sure and get the standard policy of New York State THAI’S MOST IMPORTANT. Does the other company give it? That Means Safety To You. Investigate before taking insurance on your life and and you’ll use EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE Leads in dividends, is most Reliable. Ask us about it right now. J. C. McAULIFFE, Manager Macon District, Milledgeville, Ga. WE WANT GOOD AGENTS IN 12 COUNTIES.