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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS. VOL. ;v I 1 1 . NO. 28. M LLEDGEVILLE, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 10 1909. $1.00 Per Annum BIG REDUCTION TO BE MADE IN MILLEDGEVILLE TAXES THIS TEAR Mayer Bell States That Property Holders Will Have to Donate Less Money This Year to The City. News that will be of general interest to everybody in Milledfreville is the authoritative statement from Mayor Miller S. Beil that the city tax rate will be greatly decreased from what it was last year. It was necessary to impose an extraordinary rate at that time in order to make good an accumulated de ficiency in one of the deyartments of the city goverment, but this has been wiped out now and besides this over half the indebtedness on the new city hall has been paid otf. The inauguration of the convict sys tem on the city’s streets will obviate the necessity for heavy expenditures on this score and it is calculated that better results will be achieved l.y the convicts than by. free labor. While extensive improvements of material nature will be continued it seems that the people will feel the burden of taxation lightly as compiled with last year. This will no doubt add greatly to the valuation of Milledgeville real estate and in a short time the city’s income will still bo up to the record breaking standard of last year. ill III HI UPHOLDS WOMEN Here Unit Week WM. A. McAdoo, Millionaire President Great Ceow.ls Expected Every Day ol Hudson Terminal Company, j And All Preparations Are Complete Provides tor Women Passengers For The Gala Occasion. PRES. REYNOLDS TO HE Tilt SPEAKER He Will Deliver Commencement Ad dress at Greeiii shorn tllijh School This Year. President Wm. E. Reynolds, of the Georgia Military College hero, will make the commencement address at Greenesboro High School this year. He will take for a subject: “The education- al awakening in the south.’’ Those who know Prof. Reynolds realize that he is well acquainted with the conditions in the educational world and his address on this occasion will no doubt be one of much value to those who are so for tunate as to be present at the com mencement exercise of the school. STATE FARM COTTON WAS SOLD WEDNESDAY Mr. N. B. Ellison, a well known local cotton buyer, purchased the last year cotton crop of the state farm Wed nesday, Tho output was about 475 bales and it classed strict middling for 9 5-8 cents per pound. The transact ion involved the expenditure of approx imately $2:!,0 | )0 and was one of the larg est deals to be made in the state for sometime. CONVICTS WORKING ON CITY STREETS Preparations tor Paving Wayne Will Soon bo Made and They Are now Busy Making Improvements. Strenuous efforts on the part of May or Bell and the county commissioners has resulted in the city of Milledgeville securing fifteen convicts to improve the city’s thoroughfares and within u com paratively short time there will be a notable difference in appearances here. The convicts came the first of the week and were immediately put to work opening up streets in West End where a new residence section will soon be thrown open to the public. The first work to be done in tne cen tral oortim of the city will be to grade and excavate Wayne street and pave it with cobble stones and gravel. Ar rangements are already under way for this work to Btart and it will not be long before it it commenced. Call C. E. Greene for pure Groceries. Sand For Sale I will deliver good, clean, white sand on short notice for yards, walks or cemetery squares. Phone 272- Itobt. H. McComb. Repairing, engraving ami optical work i promptly done. We will fix you up right- DIXON WILLIAMS I The Jeweler, Wm. A. McAdoo, who was born here and is well known to many local citizens, is showing the streak of southern blood in his make-up by providing sep arate cars for ladies. Ths following concerning him will no doubt be read with much interest here: Mr. William A. McAdoo has won the plaudits of all New York, especially fpf the women there, by his latest innovat ion on his subway—attaching a trailer to each train for the exclusive use of women, in the endeavor to protect them ir. that they are not strong enough to fight their way through the crowds of men into thecareduring the rush hours. President McAdoo has also installed side doors upon his great subway, and for this, too the metropolitan journals are complimenting him. Mr. McAdoo is a Georgian, from the Milledgdville section. Mr. W. Mansfield Booze Now Telephone Manager The spring carnival will bo held in | Milledgeville all next week, the Barkoot Amusement company putting on the attractions under the auspices of the Baldwin Blues. Fifteen splendid shows and five free acts daily, including the | high dive by Matt Gay will constitute the attaactions. The Royal Italian 1 Band will make music for the gala ^ week. j Tho show comas well recommended j and this week it bus been playing in j Atlanta. A large portion of the pro- 1 coeds there was given to the boys high [school club building and it is under- | stood that they derived some $2,090 ‘from the show. The same amount, prorata, of the proceeds hero will go to help the Baldwin Blues. There is no doubt but that hundreds of visitors will be in Milledgeville every day and while the country round about may be quite busy still everybody will find time to come and Bee the carnival attractions.' ISADORE MINDER, INMATE OF THE PENITENTIARY, TRIED TO SUICIDE USING SCISSORS, BUT HE FAILED lsadore Minder, sent to state farm here ten years ago for killing Andrew Mahoney in Macon, tried to commit suicide a tew days qgo he stabbing hinA- self with a pair of scissors. He inflict ed several ugly wounds and for some time his life was despaired of, but now he seems to be pr grossing nicely. Minder killed Mahoney with a pair of scissorB and while he was incarcerated in the Macon jail awaiting trial he en deavored to lull himself in ihe same manner in which he did in the pentitan. tiary. Large Sums of Money Represented in Deals Consummated Here inuring Week Succeeding Mr. C. W. Richter, who resigned to enter partnership with Mr, Emmett L. Barnes in the grocery busi ness’ Mr. W. Mansfield Booze has been made active manager of tho M'.Venge- ville Telephone Co. He was formerly supervisor of the physical property ol the concern and he will still retain this place in addition to his new duties. The appointment was made by Presi dent T. L. Parker Thursday. Mr. Booze is working hard to increase the efficien cy of the local telephone servic and ex pects to do much along this line soon. FIELD DAY AT G. N. I. COLLEGE MONDAY WEEK ! Guorqla Lasses Will Indulge In Many Gaines and Contest for Supre macy In Sports Will be Star Features. Chandler Bros SOLE AGENTS FOE 44 MUM WIDOW FLOUR” t Merry Widow is not only a catchy name, but is t a patchy article, in the way of a high-grade, self- * \ rising Hour. Let us tell you about it. | COFFEE—TEA 1 Gold Medal Coffee and Lipton’s Teas furnish J the best drink to be had in the city at moderate cost Fancy Shelf Goods. We carry a full line of fancy goods and our prices defy competition on the same grade and quality. FEEDS—SEEDS. If you want the Yjest feed for your domestic an imals, we have it. We also carry a large line of gar den and field seed at under prices. PHONE 52 Chandler Bros. MILLEDGEVILLE. GA. Real Estate Will Be Valuable Here Intense Interest Manifested In Im pending sales o! Splendid Pro- party and Public Investigates. The large number of financial trans actions occurring here during the past week has stimulated interest and ac tivity in every line of business and a new era of prosperity is beginning to dawn in the opinion of most people who have been studying local conditions. In this connection real estate always figures ahead of everything else of a stable character. In The News today may be found a plat of one of the most desirable residence sections of the citv and it is destined to become very val uable. Mr. J. O. Bloodworth has been for tunate enough to secure this property so he can ofTei it to the public 11 auction and this will be done on the first Wed nesnay in May, next. The plat and de scription of the property is given so the public may investigate thoroughly and be ready to purchase bv the dav set for the sale. The city has its convicts at work in that section and it. is univer sally regarded as a coming locality where property will increase in value. With tho coming of new industries, the widespread interest in the schools here, the general progressiveness of the section around the city and in fact all the forces of nature seem to combine to make Milledgeville a city of the future and it will no doubt be a good thing to get in on the ground floor. Field Day at the Georgia Normal and Industrial college one week from next Monday will be quit an event of inter est to those interested in the great work the college is doing. Man / specia games will be plaved and it is announc ed that every ciass will be represented among the participants for champion ships in the various contests. Basket ball, potato races and the sports of similar nature will ho indulged in freely by the girls. Quite a large crowd of people always go out to witness the struggles among the lasses and this year will be no ex ception to the rule, in fact there seems !o be greater interest manifested than ever before. The program for tin day includes nearly all the daylight hours and there is no .doubt but that a tired, though happy crowd will dream of the future after ihe day’s excitement is over and the stars of night come out to look down upon the hotly contested bat tle field where victor and vanquished will sleep arm and arm in piecs an 1 love Alnmt $50,000.09 Involved in Soles Occurring in MilleJgnvIllo Within the Past Few Days. Business activity was never more no table in a local way than it has been during the past ten days in Milledge ville. Tuesday tho Caraker estate was sold at public sale and brought approxi mately $9,000. Mr. Sam Kramer pur chased the stock of goods in the store, Messrs. Kidd and Bell bought 10 negro tenant houses and 11 acres of land and Dr. O. L. Wells secured two dwellings. The stock of the Josepii Staley store wuh sold Thursday to Messrs. Lyle and Wallace, of Atlanta and Covington and brought somewhere between $5,000 and $0,000. The purchasers will open up one of the most modern hardware establishments in Middle Georgia and they propose to fill every want in their line. The new firm will no doubt re ceive a cordial welcome to Milledgeville. The sale of the cotton grown on the state farm last year amounted to $23,- 000 and virtually all this money will bo put in circulation here. Other minor deals swells tllo total up the neighbor hood of $60,000 for the week. INTERESTING GAME OF BALL LAST MONDAY Tho second baseball game of the sea son waif played here Monday between the Georgia-AIaUama Business college and G. M. C. aggregations. ,The score resulted in zero for the visitors while the local boys piled up the score to 9. The batteries were: Martin arid Montgomery for the visit- o s, Ellison and Reynolds for G. M. C. GREAT PLAY AT OPERA HOUSE MONDAY Local Dramatic Club Will Repeat “All A Ml:;!ake" and Many New Feat-' ures Will be Added tu It. For the purpose of removing the re mains of Capt. Beekcom from Smith’a mount to the city cemetery, the G M. C. Dramatic Club will present the popu lar and successful play. “All A Mis take," at the Milledgeville opera house and there is no doubt but that a large crowd will be present to witness the performance Monday night. The entire troupe could well be class ed us experienced players and they will excel all former efforts. Instead of band music there will be an excellent orchestra. A feature of the plav will be the party of Duught srs of the Amer ican Revolution alt its ing in colonial and court dresies. The object of the play is one u liver.- ally regarded as com mendable in the highest and will no doubt receive cordial support at th* hands of the puLlic. + \ THE EASTER PICTURE “Easter Lillies,” a beautiful p.cture, I symbolical of EaHter, has been finished I and is now on exhibition in the show case of- MISSES ELLISON. Quite a crowd witnessed the game, j The next game will be between G. M. , C. and Gordon Institute sometime in the ne ir future. Sr - j Mr. A. S. J. Kennedy,of Dovereaux, was here Friday. CHAS.C. SMITH GOES FREE IN ALBANY Milledgeville Man Wbo Was Arraigned For Killing Fireman Not Indicted by Jury. It will be received here, no doubt, with much interest, the information that the grand jury of Doughtery county Wednesday exonerated Chas. C. Smith, formerly of this city. He was up before them on charge of killing George Sullivan, an Albany fireman, last summer. The jury reviewed the evidence brought before them and de cided he was acted in self defense and so failed to indict him. Mr. Smith is the son of L. D. Smith, Sr. of this city and he has two brothers, Messrs L. D. and R, G. Smith living here. He (Jia a nephew of Ordinary Stembridgc also. GOING TO BUILD? If so, be sure and get our 5* PRICES before placing ar your order. We supply every- JE* thing for building «* and painting. ge Write For PRICES % % Willingham Sash £. Door Company % *2 457 BROAD STREET. - - MACON. 3A. gj i wmwmwm wmwm wmm wwwk wH If You Are Invited to a Wedding You want to be sure that present you select is not only suitabU and in style-but the right quality. We know the quality of our goods—and our experience will help to make your selection easy. Then too. we deliver the package in keeping with the occasion DIXON WILLIAMS J eweler. “It is ail right if you buy it from Williams.”