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a THE MILLEDGEYILLE NEWS. VOl. V I 1 1 . NO. 37. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY. JUNE 11. 1909. $1.09 Per Annum COMMISSIONERS GF COUNTIES TO HOLD ROAD MEETING VERT SOON Chairman McKinley, ui Baldwin coun ty, And Judge Eve ui Richmond Formulating Plan Fur Auyusla Highway. Monday Mr. Guy C. McKinley and Judge Wm. F. Eve, of Richmond county met and discussed the construction of a splendid road from here to Atlanta and they decided to call a meeting of the commissioners of Baldwin, Hancock, Warren. McDuffie, Columbia and Rich mond counties within the near future. The meeting will be held at Sparta or Warrenton at a date to be selected Inf er. The route will be the old Milledgeville road which is already well established between here and Augusta. Judge Eve stated he would gravel the entire 19 miles in Richmond county and this is almost one-fourth the distance. Judge Eve is also in favor of having the big road from Atlanta to Augusta to conic by here and there peems to be no doubt now but that Milledgeville is in line to receive some of the good things she so richly deserves. 1EPRESENTATIVE CAUL HU ID (i. N. I i. COMMENCEMENT WAS El Increased Pay Fur Ssnllarlum Em ployes, Division of School Fund And Memorial to Congress. Savannah Antuist Tells in Morning News Wha! Prospects Are For Road From Here to Augusta. BALDWIN COUNTY TO HAVE RURAL PHONES A — Movement Under Way May Result In Great Advantage to Formers i A J ' Around Be CUy. A work which will bo very beneficial to Baldwin county farmer* and others living in the rural districts has just been stated here by the owners of the local telephone exchange. The movement is one looking toward the establishment of community phone exchanges, all lines leading to the central exchanges here- The system has been installed in Hancock and great advantage is derived from the phones as it saves much travel and is splendid in an emrgencv. The President Frank C. Battey, of the Savannah automobile club came over to Milledgeville this week from Augus taking the old Milledgeville road from here to Augusta. He was well pleased with I he prospect and concerning the road he hail the following to say in the Savannah morning News. “With Mrs, Battey 1 left Augusta for Milledgeville. 1 found the roads be tween those two places good, bad and indifferent. Some parts were very fine, some were inexcusably bad. The Mil ledgeville road out of Augusta shows some very fine places. Further out it is not nearly so good. We found the roads through the corner of Columbia countv fair to poor; through McDuffie county about the same. We found ex cellent roads through part of Warren county, and very bud roads in another part. In Hancock county it was the same, but better on the average than in Warren county. In Baldwin .county they are building splendid roads, and seem to be very energetically at work I on that line. “In the main through that region there is either too much clay or too much sand. There are too many bad bridges over ditches and small streams, nearly [always accompanied by bad bumpy places on either side of the ditches. There must be, in order to have fine roads in this middle belt, the proper mixture of the sand and clay. Clay must be put in sandy spots and properly mixed,and gravel or sand must be put on the clay hills and slopes which are slippery enough to skate a hog, let alone an automobile. If the wishes of representative Carl i Vinson, of Baldwin county, are carried ; out Milledgeville will benefit materially | through an increased aj propriation tor the sanitarium and the divison of thu state school fund will.be accomplished Mi. Vinson in discussing these important | questions had the following to say. I "I hope to convince the Legislature that the State has in the very inade quately supported the Sanitarium. It is important for the State to make a increase in the annual appropriation for its support. The sums uppropiiated for wages should be increased at least 20 per cent. The increased cost of the necessaries of life and the value and importance of the service rendered, makes the increase of the wages of the employes imperative and I s Kill app a- before the appropriation committe and urge the general appropriation bill carry this increase and I believe that the committee will see the justice of the I demand. But should 1 fail to get the committe to take that views 1 will in sist upon this Increase on the floor of | the House. “I ha"', .lready brought this matter! ^ will be learned with regret by many to the attention of the Chairman of the | ' :l Milledgeville that Miss Sarah Gilman Board of Trustees and I hopo to have **as resigned her position at the college that body's support before the com- J t0 accept u placu at the Decatur Or- mittee. The general appropriation bill Phanage. wilinotbe reached in the House until the Miss Emma Whatley, who has been last two weeks of the session and during I connected with the college for 14 years the early part of the eeaMorrl wilt try j gSk. liiVin umou in umtrimoni- and present to all the memners reasons a ' ITields, according ,to authentic re ports. Hon. Carl Vinson Kepi'csculal From Baldwin Co. G. N. I. COLLEGE TV*. why the employes wages should be in creased.’’ Mr. Vinson was asked in regard to his Dosition on the diyison of the school fund between the races and he said: “I am investigating that question and have framed a bill that I will present at the beginning of the session, which 1 believe is entirely within the right of the State |to pass under the United States Constitution, and at the same time it is perfectly fair to both N|ces. work is under way around Stevens Pot tery and at Cooperville it is understood Mr. Olin Echols is arranging to start i pouring rains, such as 1 drove through a local exchange. There in no doubt a few days ago. it is almost impossible but that if the phones are once establish- for an autmobile to stay in the road ed they will be highly prized. even though equipped with tire chains. j I would advise any man who want's to travel in an automobile in the red clay region not to do it unless, the roads are Baldwin is doing beautiful work grading her high clay hills and in dry * n substance provides that each race weather these are as fine as any boule vards on earth, but after long, steady, Miss Maude Gillette goes to Denton, Texas, to take a place with the state Normal and Industrial college. Miss Josephine Marshall resigns to take a post graduate course in domestic arts at Columbia college. Miss Brooksio Stillwell, of Montezu ma, who graduated this year comes back here in special work. Miss Belle Eovvorn and Miss Flora Condor alto will be with the college next year. Both ■ are gradauates of the past term. Och- the m ikb—bm jggar.wujv'. ^ shall bear the expenses of the education I or vacancies will be supplied soon, of its children. The bill provides that A* t * le teachers not resigning have been the school fund shall be divided between j r -' e ' octo< ^ ^ or mother term bv the races in the ratio the taxes paid bv j ( k Jart l Uustess. the one bears to the taxes 'paid by the , "t. . POTATOES BT THE PE.GH dry or at least partly so. riu —JUST RECEIVED CAR- Genuine “Durham” SMITHING COAL This coal is high in car bon, contains no sul phur and is free from all impurities. Send us your orders. Eowier- I lemister Coal • UoniDany Phone 152. will give you the results of its effect ' had It been in operation in the year 1905 (these being the latest a vailable statis- ] tics) in Baldwin county. There was in 1905, $11,621.50 expended in support of the public schools in the county and of j ON YESTERDAY MORN, j “ t:“ ZZZ\ $>3,836.40 The ratio of the white taxes | to the negroes wan 10,917 to 1 and had I I the school fund been divided in that j j prorato, the negro seboo's would | I have received $985.21 instead of $3,836 - 40 and the white schools would have received $10,646.39 instead of $7,786.20. It will be seen that the negro schools TWO FUNERALS HERE The unusual occurrence of two funer als practically at the same time was the record in Milledgeville yesterday morn ing. The first was that of Mrs. James Pritchard, of Macon, which occured at 10:30 o clock. She died of paralysis I and leave fours children, John, P. and RAISED DOWN IN HARLEM The Columbia Sentinel Has The Following to Say of a Dis tinguished Citizen of Harlem. 9 Miss Viola, of Macon, and Mrs. John Braxlev,of this city. She was 65 years I have receive ' 1 $2,861.19 in excess of : old and a former resident of Milledge- tfie ‘ r P ro P ortion ate share under the I ville. I bill I propose and hope to make a law. j The other funeral was that of Mr. " ^ have made an investigation of the H. C. Hunnicutt, also formerly of this \ con< htions in most of the other counties city. He died in Macon at the age of J" the State and find the discrepancy in 50 years, leaving a wife and five chil-' the ma J° rit y of them even larger than j dren, besides several sisters and broth- 1 j ers living here. j Harlem’s boss potato raiser send us ■ a specimen of his new crop-aboat the size of a large size broojn straw. If I this is a fair sample of his crop he will probably make “most a peck." We commend him to the favorable consid eration of the editor of the Milledgeville News. By way of explanation it may be re lated that some years ago the writer gained considerable local fame by writ ing a description of this same potato grower and the memory of it lingers on. TIE GREATEST IN ALL IIS iilSTIY Addross of Ex-Gov. Filtaw Was a Masterpiocc and Every Fealure ol Closing Exercises W as Pleasing. Beginning with the Junior Ih smennde last Saturday eve,and ending with the alumnae reception Tuesday t ight, the eighteenth commencement of the Geor gia Normal and Industrial College prov ed a success throughout. Fifty five young ladies received their dip lomns as reward fer their years of untlrii g study and half a thousand other students were benelitted by the impressive exer cises hold each day of the commence ment. Bishop C. K. Nelson, of the Atlanta diocese of the Episcopal church deliver ed the baccalaureate sermon Sunday morning and during his discourse he made reference to the great work for upbuilding of human character in every way that would come from the woi k being done by the school. The last of the Y. (V. C. A services wore held Sun day afternoon and Monday was devot-d to the general inspection of the work of the college students which was placed on display in Chappell Hall. Tuesday, graduating day, was, of course, the greatest of all days. The young ladies taking part in the program carried out every detail with splendid success. Gov R. B. Glenn, of Norlli Curolina and Chancellor David Barrow, of the University of Georgia, Were the guests of honor for the dav and Gov. Glenn delivered the commencement ad dress. He eulog'zed the management of tl e school, spi ke in glowing terms of tl e work being accomplished there, gave splendid advice to the young ladies and from his great store of knowledge I e LOCAL OiL MILL The Milledgeville Oil Mills, managed by Mr. Roy S. Alford, will probably have a prosperous seuson, judging by preliminary preparations of the manage ment. A new cement roof will be put over the boiler room of the mills within the nexl fr\> weeks and extensive im provement;! will be made in other ways. This will put the local mill in excellent shape and they will be enabled to handle their Inisi a ; i:i the mist m > lern way, paying good prices for the ruw seed to farmers in this territory, distributed a wealth of a Iviee to all his hearers. Ho spoke for an hour and thirty minuies and during the whole time he kept his audience keenly inter ested. From the critical standpoint it is doubtful if ever a more impressive ad dress has ever been delivered at the college. While it was frequently filled full of emotional expressions yet. it was to the point, practical and well taken. The inflluence of such a talk will go a long way through life with those who heard it. The annual concert Monday evening was a continuous brillianL performance and the chapel was crowded with visi tors who repeatedly applauded the par ticipants in the event. Wednesday the last of the crowd of students left the city and before anoth er week most of the teachers will be off an vacation, President M. M. Parks is already busy answering applicants for admission to the college and already preparation for next season s work is under wav. mmm fhere’s a % Loud Call ? M m For buii ling materials of real quality. Materials that are waul they are supposed to be. We are answering that cull every day and it is significant that those who buy once always come here again when they need more. •.Don’t you think it a good scheme to buy your build ing materials where s o many experienced builders get theirs? Willingham Sash & Door Company i J 457 THIRD STR^T. . MACON. GA. i 1 Baldwin. Indeel the negro schools have been receiving about one-fourth of At Cost for next 30 days a Hats. Flowers, a n Ribbons, MISS ELLEN FOX Fruit and vegetables fresh at C. E. Greene’s. CUV GARAGE 8 SUPPLY CO. WILKINSON ST. Automobiles rented, stored and repaired Supplies of all kind, including Fiske and G. Sc J. I ires for autos and mortorcy** cles, alksizes and styles. S. H. ARMSTRONG, Gen. Mot. Jim- K. ol 1\ Officers The annual election of officers of the school fund when in fact they are ( Knights of Pythias held last Monday entitled to less than one twentieth of it. j night resulted in the election of ail old “I have also prepared joint House offic-rs except that of Vice Chancellor, j and Senate resolutions, memorializing, Mr. R- B. Moore, succeeding Prof. J. I Congress and requesting the delegation M - Walker who left Wednesday for his Q of Georgia Congressmen to support North Carolina home, measures looking to the preventing of! Mr. Geo. W. Barr won the watch j speculative deals in the cotton and grain ( charm for obtaining the most members exchanges in the United States and to during the recent contest and Mr. F. —— - m. Gobert was awarded a medal for be- (ContinueJ on page 4.) ing a member of the order for 3C yeaig. Kodak Time! The pleasures of Kodak ing ii.ie known only to those who nave tried it. ,, , ■ . This is the most inviting season to use them. 1 icm- occasions,the woods, growing crops romp ing children and animals are at their best in the spring. We have them ficm $2.00 to $20.00. Portrait attachments fui 60e. Catalogs upon application. Ask for “The Kodak on I he Foum.’’ DIXON WILLIAMS J eweler. “it is ail right, if you buy it from Williams.”