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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS.
VOL. SV I 1 1. NO. 32.
M LLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, MAY, 7.1909.
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GREAT HIGHWAY FROM AUGUSTA
TO MILLEDGEVILLE PROJECTED
Augusta People Will Give Aid In Every
Way to Make old Milledgeville j
Road Once More Famous
. J. F. BELL
Already interesting from an historic-,
al standpoint the famous old Milledge-
yiile road from Augusta may become The grand Chapter of Masons which met
still more notable within the next few in Macon last week conferred special
months. The good roads campaign j honors on Mr. J. F. Bell, of this city,
new well under way in Georgia makes by making him Grand Master of the
it imperative that some well known
roads bs wiade into leading highways
and in this connection none stand ahead
of the old Milledgeville road. When
Second Veil, a gret distinction in the or
der. Mr. Bell is Past High Priest of
the Temple "Chapter No. 6 and this is
the first time the Temule Chapter has
Mllleagevitie rouu. " ...
. _ . , been honored with a state olfiice since
this city was capital of Georgia the road
. I the war.
coming from Augusta was one of the !
most famous in the south and today it
The honor given Mr. Beil is very
9 in ine soutii auu ,v i
... ... , 'deserved as he is an untiring worker
the Milledgeville road and
and the.Masons here are in exceptional
good shape, owning approximately $40,-
000 of property in Milledgeville and they
are striving in every" way to upbuild the
city, morally, spiritually, socially and
financially.
is known as
from it much good advertising is deriv
ed-at present. With the improvement
of the road greater advantages would
•come.
Richmond county has already made
its portion of the road the best possible.
The section through Columbia county is HesIdonoe Por Sale.
•in excellent shape and McDuffie needs i
. , . xx , „ Nice residence in Milledgeville, on the
but little improvement. In Warren' , * „ „
, . , , . hill, hast Side home of W. H. Hall,
and Hancock quite a good deal of work
.... „ | Good shade, street, fences, neighbor-
might be necessary, while in Baldwin! ’
,. . . , hood, city water and sewerage. Price
county the proposition would be carried ,
out by this county.
ELECTRIC PUT'S
PIS SICS TOW
Baptist, Methodist and Presbyterian
Organizations Will Gather tn
Annual Outing.
A splendid time is expected by the
members of the Baptist, Methodjst and
Presbyterian Sunday schools today.
Each Sunday school will hold their
annual pic nic ana arrangements hitve
been perfected in each instance to make
the day delightful for all attending.
The Baptist will gather at Bantus’
Spring, the Methodi-ts at McKinley's
Place and the Presbyterians at!Carring-
ton’s. The Kpiscoal pic nic was held
some two weeks ago. Conveyances will
leave the respective churches at 4?
o’clock and every effort possible ha*
been made to provide for transportation
for all. It is expected that some of the
wagons will leave as late as 9 o’clock’.
There is little doult but that an en
joyable day will be spent and hundreds
are looking forward to tho day with
pleasure.
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i$l.K50. Apply to-
, t i Mrs. W. J. Vaughan.
Mr, Fred B. Pope, a member of the .
board of commissioners of roads and re-) * , ,
, , . , . er who bring their automobiles give
wenue of Richmond county, state* that ~
, , , n i impetus to the movement ana the run
if it is possible under the law Richmond
.... . ^i, A from Augusta to Milledgeviilt will ©«*
county will be willin* to contribute * .....
pa .j i ltf _i only a pleasure tnu, revolutionizing the
liberally in constructing the road by al- r *
. . travel of today, to say nothing of the
lowing the use of part of its machinery
, _ i „„ tho time when the old stage road was in
and convicts to grade and fix up the
bad places anywhere in any county us "" ...
du Tbe counties concerned can do no bet-
where needed. Richmond county
, , . , i ter than get together on the proposi
knows the worth of good roads and the | * * H
,, , .... . I tion and act m a co-operatfV-e manner
people there are able and willing to help ...
and within a few months the road will
any such movement. ...» . .
, , . ,be constructed from one end to the
ttThey contemplate making a splendwl
outer. It will mean great things for
this section and will no doubt receive
the hearty support of all citizens who
are in favw of progress.
oad from Augusta to Savannah also and
state that if the road from Augusta to
Milledgeville is completed it will only be
a short before it is extended from Mil-
ledgaville to Atlanta and incidentally
the connecting link would be budded
from here to a point where the Augus-
ta-Savannah road runs and then con
nection would be had all afound.
There is no doubt but that this will be
done sooner or later and consequently
connot lie regarded in the light of a
dream. The fact that Augusta is a
Mecca for northern visitors every wint
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Commencement
PLAYS
A DOUBLE BILL
By G, M. College Stu^
dents and Tlie Fam^
ous Players' Club.
! MilMpille Opm House
Mon. Night, May 31
1 “A Case of Suspeip
•sion"
(As n Curtain Raiser)
I By Junior and Senior
Classes.
A College Prank Dram-
| atized.
'Short, Breezy, Snappy
LOCAL MAGISTRATES
ATTEND CONVENTION
Georgia J ustices of the Peace and
their constables.will hold convention in
Macon May 27, next, and Messrs P. W
Brown, of Milledgeville, and C. B.
Harper, of Scotcsboro, will attend. The
purpose of the convention is to
memorialize the legislature on defec
tive laws governing minor com* and
to ask for amendment of same. Another
purpose will be to form a state organi
zation to make a higher order through
out the state.
Messrs. J. Tom Rodgers, W. A.
Poe and R. F. McCowen, of Macon,
constitute the commmittee and they
will provide badges to all attending. A
regular low rates has been granted
all railroad* of Georgia.
GOV. HOKE SMITH MILL SPEND
TWO DAYS IN MILLEDGEVILLE
s New Light and Power
Plant is of Immense size rnd
Means Much to the City.
The new electric light and power
plant of the Oconee River Mills is near
ing completion and when it is finished
this city will have one o f the most mod
ern and largest electric plants in the
state. The new dynamos are in dupli
cate, the engines are great machines of
power and beauty and when fn opera
tion they will be entrancing to a lover
of progressive methods and modern
conveniences.
The new i lant .will be equipped to
furnish heat, • light and power and as
soofl as conditions warrant the move
ment heat an J power, together with a
lay current will be put on. The gener
al public here cannot grasp what this
means to the city, but it will be clearly
demonstrated within u short time after
the plant gets in operation. The man
agement of the company will be right
up to date and there is no doubt but
that it will please everybody. A visit
to the plant will be most interesting and
those who wish to visit the place mav
rest assured they will receive courteous
treatment while going over it.
BIG LAND SALE
A GREAT
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“FPen, Maids, and
MalcHffiakers”
Jp-to-date 3-act Comedy
By G, M. C, Players'
CLUB
WARRENTON PLAYS
0. M, UIERE- TODAY
Crack Basclmil Aggregation Will Con
test With Local Players For Nine
Innings Tills Afternoon.
On the diamond of the Georgia Milita
ry college this, Friday, afternoon the
baseball team of the Warrenton High
school will cross bats with the boys of
the G. M. C. 'The game promises to be
extremely interesting and will no doubt
draw a large crowd.
The Warrenton players defeated the
G. M. C. last Friday in Warrenton by a
score of 2 to 1, but the game was one of
the cleverest ever witnessed in that
town. The crowd witnessing the play
numbered over a thousand, according to
reports.
The game this afternoon will be call
ed at 3 o’clock and it is quite propable
that a large crowd of folk attending
the Sunday school pic nic will come back
into town to witness the game.
Carries No Leston-Poinls No Moral
lust Funny 'That's All
Opera House,
Monday'Night,
May 31st.
DR. 3CARRITT SPEAKS
TO B. Y. P. U. TONIGHT
A special service of the B, Y. P. U.
will he he'd this Friday night at the
Baptist church and Dr. W. S. Scarritt,
rector of the Episcopal church will ad
dress the audience. The Union has in
vited the Epworth League to the meet
ing and it is quite probable a large
crowd will lie present.
The address of Dr. Scarritf will no
doubt be vere interesting
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West End Lots Brought Splendid
Prices And Milledgeville Folk
Realize City Is Growing.
Local real estate in in big demand and
the city has great future stretched out
before it. This was clearly demon-
strated in the sale of the West End lots
last Wednesday afternoon. The Schell
property was put on sale at auction by
Mr. J. O. Blood worth, the enterprising
young real estate man of the city, and
within a few hours over $H,000 woith
of real estate changed hands, conscr
vative local business men being the
purchasers in most instances, while a
few outside folk participated in the
affair. This coming on the heels of
two or three big sales lasti year shows
Milledgeville is fast assuming a place
among the leading cities of the state.
The general indications are that the
cicy will see an era of prosperty within
the next few years that will put it
ahead of anything in its history. Tlje
sale was a big success from every stand
point. The purchasers were satisfied
and in several instances lots changed
hands within twenty four hours at a
much increased price over what they
brought at the auction.
AUTO HOADS MAV
SOON WEB STATE
Road Proposed Between Macon and
Augusta. Other Routes Will Also
Be Laid Out. Atlanta to New
York Project Progressing
ATLANTA, Ga. -Stirred by the
lammoth movement now on for the
construction of a great national high
way from New York to Atlanta, Prison
Commissioner Wiley Williams has con
ceived for the employment of surplus
convicts a plan that may play an im
portant part in the state’s future. Com
missioner Williams proposes the con
struction of two great Georgia highways
quartering the state, one stretching
from the Tennessee border on tho north
through Atlanta to Valdosta op‘the
south, and the other from Columbus on I
tho Chattanoochee at the west across
the state through Macon to Augusta on
the Savannah at the east. ’’The state
can do this work with the surplus con
victs,—such convicts as the counties
don’t want,” hays Commissioner Wil
liams. ‘‘It is quite possible that a
number of counties will, turn in, their
convicts a year ifrom now,—will tuvn
them back to tho state at the end of the
year, saying they have no more w ork
for them' or prefer not to use them,
We could easily utilize the convicts so
lurried back in building those same state
highways that I describe.
Some new roads would have to be
surveyed, but not many, for we could
avail ourselves of the countv systems
and in the main both the north and
south highway and the east and west
highway are there right now, waiting
to be amalgamate! throughout their
length into one continuous whole. The
state prison department will build these
two roads if it has any surplus convicts
and if I can mako my fellow commide
ioners see the matter as I do.”
Alter Delivering Commencement Ad
dress He Will Visit Stale Insti
tutions Here and May
Speak !o P. N. & I.
Gov. Smith will spend 'wo days In
Milledgeville when he comes to deliver
the commercoment address at the G.
M. C. on June 2, next. He will tint
the state saniturium, the reformatory
and state farm and, of course, the G.
N. I. college. He will probably be ask
ed to make an address at the L.tter in
stitution on the morning of his secant
day in this historic old city.
Gov. Smith has many personal frienl -
in Millei'geville and he will receive a
cordial reception even from his pntiticul
opponents here and quite a crowd will
be present to hear his address, which,
will be a new ono dealing with ihe soutln
in the sixties. While heisin Milledge
villo Gov. Smith will be the guest oL
Mrs. Ferguson for most of tho time.
thresher for sale.
One good Farquahar grain thresher
for sale cheap. Apply to,
Robson & Evans.
Exercises at G. M. C.
Wednesday Impressive
The bible and flag presented to the GA
M. C. Wednesdnv by the Jr. O. U. A. M.
was the occasion of quite impressivo
ceremonies. Cel. Jos. E. Pottle ami
Col. Carl Vinson made the addresses
und the response was by Premdept W.
E. Reynolds, of the college. The whole
affair was a splendid one and will be re
membered for a long time by those
present.
X-RAY MACHINE WILL BE
USED IN MILLEDGEVILLE
Dr. John P. Atkinson and Dr. Tom
M. Hall have purchased u X Ray ma
chine jointly and will use it hereafter
when needed in their Dractiee. This,
city will be one of tie few in tho state
supplied with such apparatus anil m»
doubt it will add greatly to tho efficien
cy of the already splendid work being
done by these physicians in thoir co
operative method.
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The Central of Georgia railway of
fered prizes on each division of the road
to the agent handling cotton best i.i
loading it and Mr. A. D. Nisbet, the
popular agent at this place won first
prize for the Savannah division. The
prize is 125.00 in gold and a week’s
vacation with pay. The award is con
sidered -quite a honor in railroad circles
and those who know Mr. Nisbet’s sys
tem are sure it has been justly award
ed,
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ing toMilledgevillelhe has been untiring
in his work, making many friiends and
entering readily into the life - of the
Since com-so ithland.
Kodak
Time!
The pleasures of Kodak
ing aie knew,, only fw
thwie who have tried it.
.... -, This-is the most inviting
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lrg children and animals are at their best in the spring. We have
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J eweler.
“It is all right if you buy it from Williams.’
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