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I m mile m A Matrimonilcss City in Georgia. _ I There is no doubt about it in the m nd of the conceited bachelor editor of the Cnt*imd through tho Millert**viii* pwtodle* ■> Milledgeville News, but that this editorial item could be converted iirtoa feature nwl m»ucr. | g j or y an( j go |,j w gome 0 f big magazines—maybe the Woman’s Home Com panion or the Ladies’ Home Journal—this isn’t free advertising—but anything that is good enough for the millions of readers of those journals is ffitod enough _ ... | for the thousands of readeis of the Milledgeville News. In today’s issue we The News you know it a *" AH this week’s news in The News and when you sec it in That means reliability, Best advertising medium in ttils sectiom of (ieorgin, largest circulation in Baldwin county of any paper! J. C. McAULIFFE, Editor. H. E. McAULIFFE, Associate. ADVERTISING RATE?:-Display 25 cents per inch, special discounts for time an i space. Readiag notices five cents per line brevier, each insertion. Subscription $1,00 Per Year. Saturday, March aO, 1909 Clubbing Offers For a limited time we offer to our aubscribers the following inducements and they will he fully carried out- The News and Southern Agricultur ist, both for $1.0”. The News ur.d Home and Farm, one year for $1.25. The News and Inland Farmer, weekly for $1.60. The News and Southern Cultivator for $1.60. The News and New York World 3 — time's—a—week, for $1.75. The News and Semi—Weekly Atlanta Journal $1.75. 9999999999999999 ♦ o 9 A LULLABY. 9 ♦ (By Carls Brooke.) 9 ♦ O wandering wind, I pray (hoe 9 ♦ fold thy wings. 9 ♦ The whlperlng trees are call ♦ ♦ log thee to rest, 9 ♦ The sky grows dim, the noisy 9 ♦ birds are still, 9 ♦ And softly aleeps my buby at 9 ♦ my bronst. 9 ♦ ♦ ♦ O restless ton, whoso waters 9 ♦ wan and cold, ♦ ♦ Fret the brown rocks with an- * ♦ gry moon white crest; ♦ ♦ Hush them, 1 pray, to ilttlu lap- 9 ♦ ping wave, ♦ ♦ For softly sloops my baby at ♦ ♦ my hroast. ♦ ♦ 9 ♦ O guardian slurs, half hid by 9 ♦ floocy oloudlolB, ♦ ♦ Your watch tiros now I pray ♦ 9 make manifest, 9 ■9 No other light have wo within 9 9 tho rhaniber 9 ♦ Where softly sleeps my baby 9 9 at my breast. 9 steal from the productions of Beatrice Fairfax a little storv originally entitled, "It’s an Awful Thing to be an Old Bachelor,” to which we maliciously added, "To Say Nothing of an Old Maid.” This story is truth in its highest sense, somebody has said, for we haven’t quite finished reading it yet, and even if we had one of our tender years would scarcely know whether its statements along this line were true or not. They say experience is the only teacher that can learn anyone anything about love and matrimony and kindred ills that beset man kind—that is to say men and women. But during the decade, if one may call such a periodby that name, of the 'ast three months, there has not,'been a* marriage solemnized in Milledgeville and prospects are poor for an increase along this line, for with one or two exceptions, notable to say the leasts there is a marked lethargy in matrimonial lines. Not being a student of nuptial affairs, being engrossed in others, however, far less pleasing, in our estimation, it is exceedingly hard to derive a conclusion whereby we may solve the problem of matrimonial stagnation in Milledgeville. Surely it cannot be for lack of young ladies, actual residents of the citv, for Milledgeville boasts—or can boast—of the oldest families of the statg, the blue blood of the common wealth, and back of these great ancestral claims-stands the beautiful womanhood, or rather maidens—not wishing to cast any Insinuations whatever upon those arrived at the age where it might be inferred that it is “An awful thing to bo an old maid”—and from them surely some of those men of sterling oharactor and fine sense of honor, coupled with Southern chivalry and keen business ability, could select a flower from the fairest on earth, and in duce her to join hands “for better or for worse until death do us part.” Standing aloof from this record, thanks to our modern educators, Milledge ville has another record of which the state and the nation may well be proud. From that great institution of learning —the Geoigia Norn al andyIndustrial College—hundreds of home makers are going out. fitted to perform the highest dutieB of life in the nooiest truest fjgnse, going out to build up a new regime that will lead on to higher civilization. From them the people of their commu nity, and the people from the state at large, expect the greatest things and in them these expectations will be fulfilled, It’s a sort of a solace to think thot this is true. Whoever has had the pleasure of being intimately'acquainted with a G. N. & I. student knows that their influence is for good in their home community and nobody expects anything but the best from them. That is, from those who left the college within the last three or four years—the bachelor editor maintaining a strong denial of any Ultimate acquaintance with those older, for instance, any who might perchance know what “An awful thing it is to be an old maid.” By wav of conclusion, let just a line be added to convey an impression of the correct type and a sentiment from tho heart, and that is, while there is some fun and raillery interwoven in the above, yet back of it in the serious strain there is truth —truth which not even we old bachelors and old maids can deny. So there! VISITORS PRAISE OLD MILLEDVILLE Noted Sporilnj Writers Give Mlll- edgevllle Great senJ-afl in the Northern Papers and Will I robably Come Back The sporting writers accompanying the Newark Baseball team to Milledge ville are sending back glowing reports of the Georgia city to their home papers and incidentally they nra se the Bald win for its Service. Th- following is from the Newark S.ar and will be read with interest: Milledgeville U very pretty when the sun is shining and the grass sprouting out, but on a rainy day, such a business! It is a great country, though, and its going some when you can go into the dining room and see an ortnge tree in full bloom and bearing good sized fruit. Several of the players have offered to buy the tree. The Georgia Military academy, whose baseball team Bud Sharpe has been coaching and which will plav the Ben- gals a series of games, is a public school and composed of young Geor gians from all over the state. Every thing is on a strict military basis, their Baking Powder ^/Sbsotutcly Pure Renders the food more wholesome and su perior in lightness and flavor. The only baking powder made from Royal Crape Cream of Tartar. MILTON FILED BY LOCAL MEN Messrs Kidd and Bell Seek In Pre vent Mr. Hatcher From Building on Alley Said to be Public. A bill of injunction was filed against Mr. R. W. Hatcher Monday by Messis. J. E. Kidd and E. E. Bell seeking to restrain the former from extending his store back so as to stop up the alley every move is governed by the notes of ' running through by the city hall fri m the bugle. A regular army office* has I Hancock street to Greene street. It is command of the cadets and they put up J alleged in their application for injuric- a fine appearrnce when on parade. i tion that the alley in question is a pub- j iic one. They are represented by- Hines and Vinson. Judge Lewis granted a temporary in junction in the case and set the first Monday in April as the date for hear ing evidence in the matter. The Oconee River Problems ♦ O Lord of earth, and sea, and 9 9 stars, and heaven, 9 9 Come to our home tonight and 9 9 be our guest; 9 9 So In the dnrkncss, which Is as 9 thy shadow, 9 Shall softly sleep my baby at 9 ♦ my breast. 9 ♦ 9 ♦ 99999999999999 ♦ — ■ - ♦ 99999999999999 ♦ 9 9 WOMEN. 9 *9 Oh, the gladness of their glad- 9 9 ness when they're glad, 9 9 And the sadness of their sad- 9 9 ness when they’re sad. 9 * But tl'i' i v lnd*'"s , i rtf their glad 9 ♦ ness a ml the sadness of 9 ♦ uu ir HiictnoHH. 9 9 An> as nothing to thoir had- 9 9 ness wluui they're had. ♦ 9 9 9 Oh, the shrewdness of their ♦ 9 ahrowilimss whon tl ovro 9 9 shrew d. ♦ 9 And the rudeness of their 9 9 rudeness when t’l ro ► 9 rude 9 9 But (he shrewdness of their 9 9 PhroxNtliH'PH. ami tho rmle- 9 9 ness of their rude in 9 9 Arc* an not him; to thoir good- 9 9 nos** whon thoVr-' maul. * 9 — Mrs. II H. K , in Hum • and 9 9 Farm. 9 9 9 9 44444444444 9 9 9 ♦ 4444 < 4<994< 9 9 9 ♦ o 9 A JERSEY POEM. 9 ♦ O yet good Jersey breeder A'ho 9 9 are strictly up to-dat 9 9 Get out bovine tooth-brushes 9 ♦ and early morn and Into 9 ♦ Clean up the "tousles" of flu 9 9 eows the greatest in tin 9 9 world. 9 When the land is too wet to plow and the rainy weather prevents farmers from working they want to come to Milledgeville and spend their money, buy things they need at horns. When the Oconee river, like most others in the stBte, gets up to the point It reached for several days recently, it prevents folk over the river from getting here. It works a hardship on Milledgeville mer chants and on ihe citizens ot Baldwin county. It is stated that it will take at least $10,003 to Pridge tho intervening spa£e between high water mark and the present bridge across the river. It is a right costly proposition and both the citizens of Baldwin county and the citizens cf Milledgeville, it is understood, balked on the matter last year. To make a city of Milledgeville and to accommodate the people over the ‘•t^| iriver. it must be done. Baldwin county and Milledgeville, perhaps, can ill af ford to go into this work, but it aeema to be an imperative task that soyner or later must be performed. Clarke countv has issued bonds in immense, quanti ties to cover improvements on its roads and bridges and though it has scarcely been more than a year since the work was started, it is declared that advantages arising from the improvement has already more than offset the cost. It would cost Baldwin county and Milledgeville-$600 per year in the way of interest to float |>onds enough to build the bridge. It would mean $600 per week to Mill- edgeville business men in times of high water and it would mean $600 worth of time saved to the farmers of Baldwin county if they could come to town while they were Idle on the farms. This is no plea for tho bridge, it is a simple statement of facts and it up to the people to say what shall be done. Think about it from the common sense and economic standpoint and figure out iust how much it will be worth to the people at large. OF BEAUTIFUL MILLINERY. The hotel at which the team is stop ping, the Baldwin House, is one of the finest in the state. There is another hotel here, but nothing is too good for the tigers, acconiing to their popular j manager, and we all have the best of! “ everything. If ever there was a man JJj [ [1 FOX’S E1SPLAY who knows how to promote the most necessary thing in a ball blub—harmony — that same Wolverton is the man. He is always looking to see if there is not something he can do for the bunch, and to sav that they appreciate it would be putting it mildly. They are just crazy over him and his orders are carried out cheerfully and to the letter. There is no spirit of anything but strict atten tion to training and close observance of rules, and it ia altogether the cleverest and finest bunch of fellows ever gotten together. This iB r.ot only the opinion of Manager Wolverton, but also that of every one with whom they come into contact. TO THE PUBLIC. The campus of the Military College has been posted by the college author- ties with the view to breaking up all unnecessary paths. We earnestly re quest the citizens to co-operate with us in Ithis matter liv keeping on the walks and then avoid further trouble. Respectfully, The Campus Improvement Club. ♦ Until they look tiko shining gems 9 ♦ In a lass's mouth impenrl- 9 ♦ ed! 9 9 For the Jersey cow must take 9 9 the lead in this as other 9 9 things, 9 9 Be clean and good and whole- 9 9 some—bovine angel with- 9 9 out wings! 9 9 You’ve potted her and cared for 9 her till she's a queen re- retim'd. Till she's a gentle damsel, most fastidious of her kind So keep her like her product, the best and highest brand— The sweetest dairy lady that on all fours walks the land! We have copied the above l»oem from tho UhTsey Bulletin; It was written by the Bulletin Poet. Is Life Worth Living? When you hear this question asked by a man or woman, with lips curved downward and voice attuned to dis content, you may set that person down as supremely selfish. He or she asks practically, ”ls life worth living for me?” Worth living? Of course it is, so long as there is one single other soul in the world. If the querist were the last ot his race, then indeed the answer might well be “No;’, but while there is an i her human bein ( for whom we can do a favor, or whose interests we may advance, life is indeed "worth living.” Friend, when you find yourself de pressed and inclined to think that life holds nothing for you, look around you (not very far .way), and do the very first favor for another that comes to your hand. It may be a very small one but do it; and keep on, day by day, hour bv hour and minute by minute, working for others, for truly this alone makes life Worth living. HOUSE FOR RENT. Six-room house Jefferson street, good condition, reasonable rates. Apply, to Baldwin County Collecting Agency. Visitors galore and many customers have |visite<f the millinery establish ment of Miss Ellen Fox during the past few days and they all universial in their declaration concerning the display of beautiful goods she has made up for this spring's tradfe-. Some especially tasty hats are among her designs and one of these is the new poke shape and another of the empire style. Of the scores of hats in her place it is almost impossible for one to select tha special"* design wanted, but there is such a diversity of shapes, colors and sices even the most fastidious can be pleased and new hats are com ing in every day. CHAFING DISH PARTY AT OLD UAPITAL CL|J0 i A pleasant evening Saturday last was the result of a chafing dish party given by the members of the Old Capital City Club. The party was chaperoned by Dr. and Mrs. John P. Atkinson and the following young folk were in attend ance: Misses Eleanor Solomon, Nettie Cone, Olive Roberts, Helen Maxwell, Ruby Jones, an 1 Mi.s Jeness. Messrs. Royal Bethune, Bardy Tante, John Sib ley, Charlie Brown, Kenneth Atwood, Malcolm Flemister, Wynton Troutman, O. P. Richardson and George Richard. The occasion was one of much pleas ure and will long be remembered by those who were present. HOUSE FOR REST. A clean, well-located house with all conveniences. Mrs. W. H. Armstrong. and With the com tin of the windy March days also comes renewed in terest tn the poultry yard. 949999999999999 The low per cent of mortality in the chicks hatched these days more than offsets the larger per cent of fertility in later hatches. Fishing tackle at R. H. Wootten’s. Seed peanuts, onion seta and garden seed of all kinds at Emmett L. Barnes’. A fact is worth nothing to one person — and hundreds of dollars to another. There are some facts of that sort in to day, ads. It pays to get the best quality, low prices, quick delivery and a desire to please is what a customer finds at J. F. Bell’s Pure Food Store. One thing is sure the ad. that does not appeal to your self interest will not •*pav” the advertiser. Aluminum Codkirtg Utensils just re ceived at R. H. Wootten’s. Buy a garden rake or hoe from Hatcher—see window. *l’he right person will not know that vou want to buy It, or care whether you want to sell it, unless vou adver tise. Olives and pickles in bulk and bottles always to be found at C. E. Greene's Green stuff Is a scarce article these days. Steamed clover and leaves are a good substitute. The clover con tains lime and other elements thit Increase ess production. PIANO TUNING BY HERMAN WOOD. 1 am not a builder of Pianos but if I had been 1 don’t think I would be tun ing now. If my work has been satis factory in the past I would like to do your work in future. My work pleases music teachers and those who have made a special study of music. Tuner at G. N. & 1 C. Herman Wood l will be here 3 times a year. All kinds of vegetables, fresh canned, at City Grocery Co’s. Idle Hour Nurseries are represented ; in Milledgeville by Culver & Kidd. Kodak films developed and printed at Finney Racket Store. Two vacMit lots 70x210 for sale, one- j half block oV G. N. & I. Emmett L. Barnes. dormitory. FOR SALE. Tomato, Beet and Lettuce Plants. C. W. Richter. Agents for the idle Hrur Nurseries, and when giving us your orders you buy at the nursery prices Culver & Kidd. ergbodgs \gazine Ever had trouble of your own with a hired man ? Read “The Late John Wiggins” in this month’s EVERYBODY’S, and laugh over the other fellow’s trouble. Did you know that more funny short stories are swapped from “The Chestnut Tree” than from any other similar collection anywhere? Every month you can find one that you’ll laugh over till vou get the next. Wet EVERYBODY’S and see. R. H. Woottcn. MAGNIFICENT DISPLAY flF FINE MILLINERY. i Millodgeyille Milliners may move mysteriously in maneuvering the trim mings an i decorations for the spring hats, but the oxcellen’. display of Misses Keil and Ivey in their opening Tuesday and Wednesday beggars a description at the hands of an expert in this lino, much more so to a novice. The flowers were simply exquisite and the line of elegant trimmings were exceptionally charming. The millinery trade of the Misses Keil and Iveyjiaslbeen splendid this week and throughout the entire season ;they wil continue to get in more new goods, al ways keeDing up to the latest style and maintaining quality at all times. If you have not visited their place then do so at onec and if you have not made your apring selections go and see them at once. You will certainly be pleased. Fresh shipment Dove Brand ham just received by W. H. Leonards Thurs day, price 15 cents per pound. Finney Racket Store sells the famous D. M. Ferry garden seed in packages. Augusta steam-baked bread every day at Emmett L. Barnes’, I Five pounds of choice coffee and seven | pieces of China-ware at W. H. Leonards for $1.25. Choice evaporated apples and peach es. Citv Grocery Co. For country produce, call Chandler Bros, phone 52. Try a sack of Sunshine Flour from City Grocery Co. Young Man Are You Saving Money? —Every 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.