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The demand lor wheat has s:nt the piic: of that great cereal skyward.
It is a pity that speculation too is adding to th: trouble. The big operators
of the c ainiry have turned from f otto i and whcit today is king on the
boards of trade. A short crop this year may mean flour at ten dollars per
barrel. That is not a high price, not near as much as bread is worth, for
bread is the start of life, but think just what it means? Add to such a state
Miis section) of Georgia, largest [of aflairs a ihort corn crop over the country and try to fathom what it will
circulation in Baldwin county of
any paper!
J. C. McAULIFFE, Editor.
H. E. McAULIFFE, Associate.
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I mean? Coin at a dollar and fifty cents per bushel aud fionr at ten dollars
per barrel will not sound very poetical to the cotton farmer, nor the city
folk, but think what it will mean to the grain farmers of the northwest.
They are already riding in autos over their splendid farms and day by
day their wealth is increasing. The wealth is not necessarily confined to
the great grain belt, but farmers here who grow corn can make money just
as well and besides this they can benefit humanity by placing something to
eat within their reach. A hundred j ears ago bread was an item in the bill
j of fare, something charged up to the man who ate it. Nowadays it is a
matter of minor consideration. McCormick made such a thing possible by
his invent on ol the reaper.
People now are figuring on substitutes for wheat and corn in feeding
the world in the years to come. Harold McCormick, one of the great men
who is now controlling the International Harvester Co. told the writer little
more than a year ago that he expected to sea the question solved in some
way within the next few decades by the development of wheat that would
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anl they will be fully carried out-
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ist, beth for $1.00.
The Naws and Home and Farm, ine | double the yield, Thai may be, but the question of the present is what
shall we do today?
We are born advocates of providing for the homes of the country. The
larmer who tails to raise grain and hay this year may be a rank failure in a
financial way, tor even twelve cents cotton cannot buy flour and corn at
prices that tnay soon be predominating. Lookout for your own interest and
be sure to plant an extra lot of corn, plenty of cowpeas and in fact something
of everything that can be used to hold down the expenses on the farm and
in the home.
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The News nnd Southern Cultivator
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The News and New Yorl. World 3 —
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The News and Semi—Weekly Atlanta
Journal $1.75.
(Saturday, April 24 iooo
If you wfere April’s lady,
And I were lord in May,
We’d throw with leaves for hours
And draw for days with flowerg.
Till day like night wore shady ^
And night were bright like day;
If you were April’s lady.
And 1 weie lord in May.
- Swinburne.
The pic nlc season is at hand nnd
afterwards comes the peaches and
watermelons. What’s the matter with
bluckberricti also?
Sunshine, fruit and flowers us n dc-
doseription could be aptly applied to
Georgia now, but we need the showers
along with other spring time blessings.
The Atlanta Journal of last Sunday
carriod an excellent article on the pro
motion of Cuptuin James M. Little, of
this city. They also used a photograph
of the genial eflleer.
I’EfT
There is talk of a state law regulating
the speed of automobiles on the public-
highways. And there's some talk, too,
about enforcing the local law on the
same subject.
Next Monday will be Memorial Day
and it is well tiiat all should honor the
memory of the Confederacy, for there’ll
never be another nation like it.
Pessimists saw ruin to the state j
through loss ef revenue from the liquor j
tax when the prohibition campaign was
being waged, but now the near-beer tax
about equals the liquor tax of other
days.
A IIAHSH CRITICISM.
The report that is given out by a
Barn?sville papor concerning the college
games played here last Monday and
Tuesday is undoubtedly the unkindest
cut that has been handed to Milledge-
ville in some time. The games were
played fairly and squarely and none of
the rules were violated except when a
certain visitor walked into tru diumond
Tilt EDITOR OF THE LOCAL WEEK
LY NEWSPAPER.
Down in Augusta Tom D. Murphy
ranks as the Nestor of local journalism.
He is known thoughout the country us
one of the most original writers in the
South and that is saying a great ileal.
to register some sort of a kick and he He knows every phase of newspaper
was wearing no uniform. life and he is at the helm of the
The game Tuesday would have been ,,, . ,
J Chronicle now as managing editor. And
won by Milledgeville, but for one single
costly error. From the standpoint of
playing the local team simply outclass
ed the visitors. As gentlemen there is
no team in the state which can surpass
the G. M. C. team and the harsli criti-
ciem given in undeserved.
The medical authorities are trying to
scare us out of eating corn bread by
telling us some of the secrets of that j and success in
dreaded disease, Pellagra. And this tiser.
after twenty five years experience—
personally—with corn bread and butter
milk.
BLOODWORTH EUR CONGRESS.
Some of the newspapers me already
beginning to discuss the probable can
didates for congress from this district
in 1910. We set 1 no reason why a cam-
naign should be precipitated this far in
advance of the primary, but we write
this to emphasize the fact that the logi
cal candidate of the people and the logi
cal successor of the present incumbent
is Monroe country’s distinguished sen,
the Hon. O. H. B. Bloodworth.
Last year Mr. Bloodworth made a
clean nnd splendid race and the change
of forty-eight votes in one county and
sixteen in another, would have given
him the nomination. His friends are
loyal and enthusiastic and say that the
prize so nearly won in the last campaign
must be captured in the next.
Mr. Bloodworth is energetic, worthy,
able and honest. Ho is a clever, clear
headed, courageous southern gentle
men. He is of the people and for people
and we predict that they will nominate
and elect him next year.
Just after the last primary, in speak
ing of the remarkable, clean and al-
most-successful rece he ran, we closed | country—when 1
our editorial with what we now repeat:
"Here’s to Bloodworth for congress
1910!" Monroe Adver-
yet in spite of all this he has the follow
ing to say about the local weekly paper,
one like The Milledgeville News for
instance:
Saturday Evening
A party of young men members of
the Elks Club will entertain a number
of their young lady friends at supper
Saturday evening and quite an enjoy
able time is promised all who are invit
ed. The young lady guests will include:
Mrs. Geo vV. Perkins, Mrs. Sher
man, Misses Kirkpatrick, Campbell,
Roberts, West. Gilman, Brewer, Crook,
Wright, Barksdale, Jones, S. Whita
ker, O. Whitaker, A. Center, S. Cen
ter, McCullough, M. Barrett and L.
Barrett.
The affair will be one of a series
which has been given by the Elks dur
ing the past few months.
**i
AN ESTIMABLE CITIZEN
•OF BALDWIN COUNTY
With the approach of memorial day
interest in anybody associated with the
Confederacy increases and recently Mr.
W. R Durden, who was a good old
rebel,celebrated his golden wedding. Mrs
Durden is 67 years of age, while Mr.
Durden is 70 and they know a great deal
about the ups and downs of the period
of the civil war. On the 22nd of March
they celebrated their golden wedding,
having married on that ciate in 1859.
Ho is a membtr of camp Doles, U. C.
V. having served the Confederacy as a
member of the famous 54th Georgia re
giment, witnessing the siege of Fort
Sumter and surrendering at Greenes-
boro, N. C. conseqtently he saw four
years of service.
Mr. and Mrs. Durden have four chil-
ron a-i i twsnty grandchildren living.
A WORD TO OUR FRIENDS.
We want to call the attention of
many of our subscribers to the fact that
their subscription has expired and it is
time to renew. We are trying to get
out the best paper of its kind publish
j edcin Georgia and we want the co-opcr
BOWLING 18 SPLENDID AT
THIS SEASON
Though the weather is hot at times
now and one is inclined to follow the
Why not provide a few swings and
some chairs for the court house lawn?
It’s one of the best parks imaginable
and could be used to great advantage in
this way. I.et's investigate the matter trend of the tired feeling of spring time | most eKac tj nK and when the examining
and if the county i.n't able to do it '*• wi " ** better part of va,or | has finished with the record sure-
whv we can beg enough monev tor the to wear away the languor contingent ^ ^ satisfactory too.
purpose. upon the advent of summer and con
"To run a couutry weekly —t&v finqy
the paper, the bigger the town,the bet
ter—is a situation that any man might
covet. And which many of us on the
big papers no covet.
The position is ono of groat respon
sibility—in many ways more exacting
that the duties on a great metropolitan (
journal.
"The country editor is close to hia
subscribers; bis patrons are his per
sonal acquaintances; his paper must
be the paper of all his people; so par
tisanship; no discriminations: no flesh
of one and fowl of the other; no ik-
voritism—must be conducted sw the
big papers ire conducted, only miseso.
The editor the country weekly must
make the paper the mirror of his entire
community—all the factions, all the
isms, sll the parties.
“He must never forget that there
are two sides to every question, and
that the weak has the same right to
have his side presented as has the
strong. There is hut one exaction-
get the facts straight, without fear or
favor, and the person helped and the
person hurt will stand by him.
“Aik 1 all that ought to open up tome
the pick of the country weeklies of the
want to get ace,
I oughtn’t it?"
But folk down there wont let Mr
I Murphy leave Augusta and so his hopes
. for local editorship will prove futile.
I When they need another recruit to help
j along with the make-up of the Book of
1 Life over on the other side of Jordan
i then “T. D. M.” will lay down his pen
and join the star staff over there. But
j just yet he’s obliged to stay with khe
! folk at home. When ”30'’ is passed
j in he'll be found steady at his desk with
eipy enough ahead to satisfy the
ution of our friends through their sub
set iption and by this token give us their
moral support. We receive many words
of encouragement and this makes us
think that our struggle is worth while.
Here’s a letter:
Lagrange, Ga. April 19, 1909
Editor News,
Milledgeville, Ga.
Dear Sir:-
Enclosed please find $1.00 for mycub-
scriptioo to your paper for one year.
Yours truly,
S. W. Thomun.
And here's another good one, too:
Soperton. Ga. Apr. 17, *001
Dear Mr. McAuhffe:-
Enchawd you will find one dollar for
on* year’s subscription to The Milledfce-
vrhe New*. So please start the paper
at wide U>-
Yours iruly,
F. E. Acres.
THE GROWING UF WHtAT.
seqently all folk should engage in some
! sort of exercise. In this connection the
The development of the cotton need loc , ted acrog8 th .
products trade is now engaging the at ^ ^ ^ Newg officc furnishe8
tention of the cotton oil men io every i .... . .
, V a method whereby exercise and sport
section of the south. Last Monday and ... , , -
1 will combine to solve the problem cf
Tuesday Georgia cotton seed crushers , ..... ... , _
1 uesuuy k that tired feeling and it may ward off
together with many farmers and busi- j ,. . , , ,
logeuici — ! a doctor s bill. It will be found a de-
ness men, met in Athens and discussed . , ... .
ness men, lightful place to spend awhile and Mr.
the auestion. Mr. Roy S Alford of the ,, _ ..... • . . ..
uie q ‘ , Van Brunt will treat you right. He
Milledgeville Oil
gathering.
Mills attended the
also has a bowling alley in operation in
Fatontoa now.
The Georgia peach is surely safe now
and think—Geogia watermelons are on
the way, too.
The most highly refined and healthful
of baking powders. Its constant use
in almost every American household,
its sales all over the world, attest its
wonderful popularity and usefulness.
A HIGHI.Y APPRECIATED
LETTER OF ENDORSE
MENT FOR THE NEWS.
The News has received the following
valued communication from Mr. Simp
son, one of our mo3t ‘enterprising sub
scribers and we wish to present it to
the public with our thanks for same:
Editors Milledgeville News:
The spirit of enterprise which your
most valuable paper has manifested
along all lines is worthy of all commen
dation. I wish to offer a word of praise
that should long since have been spoken
by all who have civic pride in their slate
and in the development of home in
dustries. Your readers have found
much interest and a real delight in the
editorials that inspire a spirit of
enthusiasm for new enterprises, par
ticularly that of poultry raising, an in
dustry more profitable and far more
pleasant than many people think. You
are doing a good work in awakening an
interest in this all important industry,
and I for one. wish to say go on with
the good work. It is an all important
industry, a work of world wide import,
for articles of food for the sick chick
ens and eggs are absolutely necessary
in Our modern life It is an industry
that should be encouraged by every
possible means because peculiarly
adopted to our chraate and resources.
Just as our climate and lards are finely
adopted to the raising of fruit and cot
ton, so in like manner the climate and
lands of Middle Georgia are pecufirry
adopted to the raising of poultry. 1
speak from the stawjpoint of ex
perience ami am happy to sav that
that experience has been a success.
I think it probable others have been
West cannot continue to produce bread
enough for the increasing population of
the world, and regions m which the
cultivation of wheat was abandoned be
cause the West could produce it more
cheaply will resume that industry. The
world must have bread if other crops
mrv neglected.
; equally successful in their experiment
and would take pleasure in telling your
readers what success tney have had in
this important industry. I would be
glad to hear from such persons and to
co-operate with them. The demand for
eggs, and for the different kinds of
poultry is so great, not only here but
throughout the South that it has been
utterly impossible to supply the de
mands. There is therefore plenty of
room for others to enter the field to
| raise chickens and eggs, turkies,
guineas, ducks etc. Start out with a
determination to furnish the market
with nothing but the best, and as is al
ways the case 'he buyers irrthe market
will come to you in preference to others.
I wish to praise in the highest terms
possible your article entitle! “Raising
Pure Fowls.” That article contains
key note to the secret of success. Buy
for your farm none but thorough bred
fowls.
Raise for the market nothing
but thorough bred fowls. It is always
a mistake to mix the breeds, whether
in poultry, or in horse raising, or in
fruit raising, keep in line with these
taws of nature, and your poultry ex
periment will be a success and your
profits greater. How few persons know
the fact that the eggs of a thorough
bred sell for more than do eggs of com
mon ordinary poultry? But such is a
fact, such egg3 bring the hard cash al
ways, and more of it than other eggs.
In this way’ the thorough bred chicken,
and the pure blooded turkey has ofte*
paid J.be merchant’s and doctor’s bttt to
my certain knowledge. Would the
reader like to read the latest and best
in the science of poultry raising? If so,
then read the article "Poultry and
Mortgages” in the Milledgeville News
of April 17th. Go on with the good
work you have given an impulse tsy and
we shall delight as heretofore to came
to you for new Inspiration.
Sam Simpson.
Few* the Nashville Banner.
1* the days before the Civil War near
ly every Southern farmer raised enough
wheat to supply Hour for home cootunip-
tioa. In these days the old water mills
flourished in the south and there was
one wii every available creek,
in the cotton regions these mills all
went into decay and no more wheal
was planted after the war. Cotton
was soaring in price and all the land
was demanded for its cultivation. It
was then that the Southern planter be
gan, as the popular expressitm ran, “To
keep his smokehouse and corn crib in
the Northwest.” He got most of his
flour from the same region. The great
plains of Minnesota and Dakotas pro
duced wheat in abundance and the great
mills of the North shipped here flour of
a better quality than the old water mills
could make and cheaper than they could
afford to make it.
But if the price of wheat gets up to
wards the $1.50 mark and is maintained
at something like that figure the South-
Poultry needs to be well supplied '! ern farmer will reduce his cotton aere-
with both lime and gravel. Keep these a jj e an j plant more grain. The pictu-
thlngs within, easy reach of the birds. | ,. . ... ,
Keep both lime and gravel regularly . r«*<J ue water ml a have gone never
In the poultry house durpig winter, to return, but more modem pattern
Gravel helps the fowls to digest their ,., , ... . c _...
food. The lime Is said to be best giv- wouW be built in the South,
on In the form of oyster or clam | More grain raising is bound to come
■JSL -and then P ° Und ' in the South some day. The bountiful
—D. W. Brown
UEAUEn IN
COFFINS AND CASKET
| Well Equipped in this Department and I
j Carry a Full and Complete Line |
■’Phones: Nos. 65 and 254
me Milledgeville Ming 6oniDanu
Has
received a
letter of congratulation
from “The Financier” of New
York, the largest banking newspaper
in the world. The Financier has compiled
its ‘‘Roll of Honor Banks,” approximately
there areTwelve Thousand State Banks
in the United States. The Milledge
ville Banking Co., appears on
th9 “Roll of Honor” as
FOLLOWS:
Ranks First in City,
Ranks Sixteenth in State,
Ranks Two Hundred and Thirty-fourth
in United States.