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P • THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS. VOL. :v I 1 1. NO. 23. IVALLEDGEVILLE, GA., SATURDAY, March. 6, 1909. 100 Per Annum l BE Bud Sharps, First Bassnun of New ark Team. Who Will Coach G. M. C. Aggregation, Cams Last Monday. BUSINESS SHOWING IMPROVEMENT IN ALL LINES Local Banker States Financial Condi tions Are Bright And Traveling Men Say Trade Is Brisk. CATHOLICS TO ERECT Mr. Joseph StaleylFARKERS UNION TC ft The Newark baseball team, which | traie great throughout this section, | said a traveling man, who :s well known ( over ttie state. It ia not confined to any one line of business, but is improv- j iiy in every instance, so psoplo can re- The financial situation is pleasing over ti e whole countrv. said n prom inent local bank official this week, and prospects are for one of the most active years we have had for seme time. ' i Reports from the east and west are to will do spring practice work on the dia-1 e (j eC { ^at money is moving rapidly mond of the Georgia Milftvry c.liege | an j f ree w will arrive here next Monday and they will be here for a month. There will be about twenty players in the bunch, managed by Cant. Harry 5. Woiverton. Bud Sharpe, first basemen of the team, accompanied by his wife, arrived in MilledgeviUe last Monday and at once started coach work with tho G. M. C. team. He will continue it through out his stay here. U is expected that juite a splendid teuir. will be developed from the local materia! and much in terest is being manifested in the team. The coming of the Newark team will add quite a bit to the life of the town and duriag thoir stay here some exnibi- tion games wiU be palled off between them and the Now York Highlanders who are ia Hwim training under the management of Guo. H. Stallings, own er of the Newark joint. Rev. Rlctinnl Hamilton, ni Millcdgc- vlllc, Has Jus! Purchased Splendid Lot There And Work Slails Early. Over three thousand dollars has been subscribed toward the construction of a new Catholic church at Dublin and Rev. Richard Hamilton, of this city, ivEio is You can say business is brisk ami | in charge of mission work for the Mili- He Was a Leading Citizen ol Mil edgevllle And One oi The Oldest Masons in The Whole Stole. FOR COUNTY Mr. L. Bonnel Pomeroy And His Organ Rental edgeville district, has just concluded negotiations by which he secured one of the most desirable lots in that city fc r the building. Mr. M. V. Mahonov, a leading official • ally b>rt for better times, Tor business | 0 f W nights viCle and Tennilie raib men are the index to conditions of the j roa j bus been made treasurer of the Misss Louise Fer.'ell, iMr James Ingram, Mr. Andrew Tdwards and Mr. Miller NiMtet attended the i'atonton dance Wednesday evening Mar. 3, 09. hresh garden need .of All kind. : Eastern Irish potatoes far seed at W. H. Leonard’*. country at large. From these reports it seems that therens to be a general revival within the next few weeks antfi.t will no doubt be greedy welcomed in MilledgeviUe as well os elsewhere. J. C. McAulifle, editor of the Mill- ♦•dgeyifle News, after two weeks coo- finemaat to his raom with measles is able to be out again. H. E. McAuliffe, associate, however, has succumbed to the infectious disease ar.t is now at the home of his parents at Harlem, pro- sresafcc very nicely. Wanted Position. By lady, who is capable and willing to do anykind of honest work in good re- spectacle place. Hoasditreping, expert snletfiudy or office work- Address X. Y. Z. Care News. Most Desirable Residence Prop- —erty in Milted geville,Offered— FOR SALE!! —iFront 200 feet ,ojn .Columbia street, runs back 210 feet. Magnificent old Colonial Fuwne with all con veniences. TFiis property is centrally located i« the most fashionable recidenoe portion of the city. Of fered for sale for the first time and sold because owner will remove from die citv. A.pplv at once to W. S. SCOTT, new chuch and it is expected thnt building will soon commence. Father Hamilton has already received several plans from urt Intents in different sec tions ot the country and as soon as pos sible work will be started on the new edifoe. MiLLEDBEVILLE STILL KEEPING LIVELY ME Many improvements are going on in MiMedgovtte this spring and margy new structures are going up in the citv. The new mostoflice wfll soon bo started and the new Msthodict church •ia also •aether structure te go up. Mr. B. I. F'radey if! preparing to erect a hand* swale briuk store near where the post office willfce located and this wilt be qaite an addition to the town. The new «lectric light plant will soon be completed; improvements arc being made on the residence of Agent Siisbet of the Cemral railrcad, and in short MifledgevHe is progressing right nicely along all lines. After reaching the agorot’ four score and five years, a time far beyond the allotted span of man’s life, Mr. Joseph Staley, who was born in England, died in Milladgeyille last Saturday after noon. His funeral, with Masonic rites, occurred Sunday afternoon and was at tended by a large number of friends. Mr. Staley’s illness was short duration and his death was directly attributable to pneumonia. In addition to being prominent in lo cal, social and business affairs Mr. Staley wax one of the oldest Masons in the atate'of Georgia, having been a member oft the organization for fifty years and treasurer of the local lodge for thirty years. As a Confederate soldier he served with distinction as 11 member of the Bladwin Blues in 'he Army of Northern Virginia. He held many important public positions dur ing his life, including the mayoralty of Millodgevillo, and in all places he serv ed with distinction, acquitting himself with much credit. He was a member of the Odd Follows and Elks and religieuly ha was a mem ber of St. Stephen's Episcopal church, from which institution his funeral, con ducted by Dr, W.S. Scarritt.took place. The interment was in the city cometery. Mr. Staley is survived bv only one child. Mrs. Charles M. Brake, but he also left tlir«»- grandchildren, Mrs. T. H. Caraker and Messes. Staley and Charles Brake. In the death of Mr. Staley MilledgeviUe loses another of its old and .honored citizens. Flans MaUc In Oma up Regular Cot ton Depot In MIHIedgevlllo This Fail Anti Hints:! H< s Been Secured. BaldwinS county members of the Far mers Union have laid 7plans to handle their cotton through their own ware house this fall, according to authentic information. It is understood that the place formerly occupied by the Homo- Andrews Commission Co. ujill be utiliz ed by the Farmers Union. It seems that the Union lias a ware house in Eatonton which has given great satisfaction and the results ob' tained there led the local union to in vestigate the possibility of establishing a warehouse hero Ths union is building warehouses ail over the country and they appear to bi more determined than ever to carry oul their plans during the coming year There is little doubt but that their ae tion in planting cotton and handling the crop will be felt throughout the world this season. 1101 KL FOlt KENT. Centrally located, buth and modern conveniences, 16 rooms, besides two kitchens. Apply Mrs. W. M. Wilson. i. ?" ■ B | __ it BS*aaa»rA^Kc;s..v.».n;?drda-a*ssa5£^t.r..'»i*A3i:Aarvuwwtaa!;'.. ; «K»Si»»S'.ja3Mi;.'.j«5rs.:a Chandler Bros. DEALERS IN STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES Horse, Cow and Chicken Foods. The largest buyers and sellers of all kinds of Country Produce, Chickens, Eggs. Etc. Buyers and sellers of all kind of I J eas. We pay the highest cash prices. We sell at prices that can not be lowered for the same quality of goods and the same number of ounces to the pound. Yours for fair and honest dealings, PHONE 52 Chandler Bros. MILLEDGEVILLE. G A. LOCAL NEWS W. D. Grain, the negro collector at the Port of Charleston has resigned his position audit become effective Thurs day. A movement is now on foot to have the Georgia legislature meet every two years instead of every year. And this despite the fact that the Jaw-maker* can hardly get through their business in annual sessions. Sanford Moreland, the negro chat- feur of the late Ben L. Jones, of Macon, who ran over a lady in Jonesboro, Ga. last December, was convicted last week of involuntary manslaughter and sen tenced to one year on the chaingang. Messrs. E. E. Bass and Chas. W.. ^Finney are in New York this week buy ing goods for their establishments. E. Greene hand!on the best bread. Thos. W. Hardwick, after serving about a dozen years in congress, was halted by a policeman at the capital one day last week and charged with be ing a boy trying tq steal into congress. • Dr. F. W. Wolfe, the well known optician who has been doing much satis factory work in MilledgeviUe while liv ing in Warrenton, will move to this city shortly and make MilledgeviUe his future home. He will find a cordial re ception awaiting him, no doubt. Following the capture of Andrew Ford in Jacksonville last week, Geo Barton the famous yegg man, who rob- bed the bank of Sharon, Ga. escaped from the tower in Atlanta and recently secaped from the state penitentiary was caught in Birmingham Monday. Ford and Barton made their escape from the state penitentiary here the middle of January. » Miss Rowena Taylor of Macon is the attractive guest of her sister Miss Sarah Taylor at the Manson. GOOD Mr. J. 0. Blood worth Goes In Real Estate Business vv fyr* The Presbyterian church, in the esti* mation of many, js to oo congratulated in securing Mr, Leo Brnnell Pomeroy, the famous organist, to give one of his brntedro itals. Last Monday night he delighted a largo audience with hiff masterly work :u the organ and it is ioubtful if anything approac’iii g his work in this particular v as »ver 1 eard in MilledgeviUe be'ere. His touch is fiat of an expert and his manipulation of vhj organ shows I e is fam 1 a; with ovary part of the instruma it. Without mentioning the splendid sink ing of Miss Maxwell and . Mr. Conn a report of the reclt: 1 would bo incom plete. In their vendition of the song, “Hark, Hark. My Soul’’ they carried >ut every part well and won the admir- i tion of the entire audience. H. MOTS OPENS PLATE IN ROME It will be news of importance to the business and social friends of Mr. J. O. Bloojiworth to know that he exoects to go into the real estate business within a short time. He has sold out his interest in the Bloodworth-Stembridge Co., and will devote his whole time to other work. While many of Mr. Bloodworth’s friends regret to see him quit ihe dry j good business they wish him much suc cess in his new work and there is no doubt but that he will attain it as he has already made a signal success in this line of business. He is one of the best known voung men in the county and deserves success in its full meas ure. Well Known Lojttl Piumber Will Hr- (irate Business There and Con tinue Establishment Here. ■■iPCl Mr. V. H. Mosb. who has been opera ting u plumbing establishment here since the installation of the sewerage system, will open a place in Rome, Ga. this week. He will continue his piaco here in charge of Mr. James Hogan, who has been with him for the past two years and iB thoroughly familiar with city work. Ho will keep up this end of the line, though Mr. Moss will make oc casional visits here. Mr. Moss has huilded an enviable re putation for himself in his work here, and there is no doubt but that he will soon win favor in Rome, especially if he is given a trial at work. His many friends here regret to see him leave, but they wish him uli kind of snccess in his new place. Mrs. Putnam, mother of Mrs. D. Sanford, of this cicy, is quite ill. Old Capital Citv Club Gives Nice Entertainment. \ fbw couples, chaperoned by Dr, and Mrs. John P. Atkinson, enjoyed a very pleasant evening at the old Capital Mias Louise wull, of McRae, visited City Club last Tuesday evening. Splen- IS NOT Expensive - It is an investment that pays handsome dividends, while poor, indifferent stuff creates a bad impression, and is a dead loss. We Do The Good ...Kind,,, - Ask us about it next time—we keep up with printing styles for your benefit, and can tell you what’s what. —We have printers of highest standard, also keep on hand the best of paper. See us—by phone or our representative will call. THE ffi JOB OFFICE 'Phone 38. her parents here Sunday. Mri R. K. Matthews, superintendent of the Putnam Mill and Power Co., of Eatonton, was in MilledgeviUe Tuesday. Hammond Reynolds who was formor iy a catcher on the local baseball team, is here for a few days practicing with the G, M. C. team before joing the Sav annah club. He will play with the Savannah aggregation this year. Ogcechee River Roe at J. H. Ennis' did music characterized the occasion, Misses Maxwell, McArthur and Kirk patrick entort lining the crowd in this particular. A Chafing dish course was served and those present were: Miss Helen Maxwell and her guest Mrs. Thomas, of Griffin, Miss Julia McArthur, Miss Roberta Horne, Miss Louise Ferrell, Miss Oliye Roberts, Miss Kirkpatrick and Messrs, Roy Bethune, Kenneth Atwood, Walter Gautier, Win- ton Troutman, Archie McKinley and Malcolm Flemister. addition to Dr. and Mrs, Atkinson. The entertainment was the first giyen by the new club. We Have The In Enamel. Handy and Veil Pins—also a big Assort- L ment of Ladies HeD Pins (buckle shapes). A GOOD STOCK TO SELECT FROM- DIXON WILLIAMS . J eweler. “It is all right it you buy it from Williams.”