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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS.
VOL. VI 11. :M0.41
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.. FRIDAY, JULY 9. 1909.
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MlLLEOGEVtLLE WM «. of P. Ml New
Officers Monday Night
OVER MACON'S TEAM
Big Bank Dividends Being Paid Out
And Fruit Is Bringing Much
Money to People
Around City.
Although it is nearing mid-summer
the business interests of Milledgeville
is not feeling anything akin to a depres
sion and the enterprising merchants are
well pleased with results being obtain
ed now. The fruit crop is bringing in
quite a quantity of money and farmers
around the city have much to spend.
The Elberta peaches and watermelons
will also be ready for sale within a
short time.
The six per cent semi-annual dividend
of the Milledgeville Banking Co. has
just been declaied and this puts in cir
culation approximately $3,01)0 in Mil
ledgeville. The bank has had one of its
most successful seasons up to now.
The Merchants and Farmers Bank will
probably meet week after next and a 4
per cent semi annual dividend will be
declared. The Exchange Bank pays
its regular annual dividend the first of
next year and it will be one per cent
larger than usual, according to present
prospects.
All these things indicate that Mil
ledgeville is haying one of the most
prosperous years in its history and it
will be oniy a short time now before
staple crops will by moving, adding to
local business.
#. H. HALL, FORMERLY OF
MILLEDGEVILLE, BANKRUPT
Placing his liabilit e i at $3,100 and
has assets, including personal property ^
at $260, W. H. Hall, tormerly of this
c'ty, who operated a plumbing estab
lishment and other business here, filed
a petition in voluntary bankruptcy last
Saturday. The petition was adjudicat-
»1 and referred to the referee in bank
roptcy.
Milledgeville concerns suffer most of
the lost, according to authentic reports,
several sustaining claims of $’0 to 5100
against the man who failed.
SANITARY WORK
CAUSING A ROW
Citizens Hebei Because City Authori
ties Arc Enforcing Cleanliness
Without Partiality to Any.
Milledgeville is in a turbulent state
on account of the strenuous efforts be
ing made by the city authorities to have
the city cleaned up on all sides. The
first trouble came when cases were
Socketed against property owners for
not connecting with sewers when on
the line and following this tenants were
brought before the recorder on charge
of maintaining surface closets in viola
tion of city ordinances. Many of the
leading property owners declare they
will not be forced to connect with the
sewerage system and will fight the
matter through. However, it is gener
ally understood that the city is correct
in its position, for health is considered
paramount, above property, and any
thing detrimental to the health of the
public may be condemned not only unj
der the city laws, but also under the
state laws, consequently there is no
course open to the property owners but
for them to comply with the demands
of the city.
The movement is one of the most
commendable ever made by the city,
according to the opinion of many and
there seems to be no doubt but that
everybody will comply with the regula
tions as soon as they are convinced of
the advisability of the city enforcing
rules for health protection.
Monday afternoon the G. M. C. base
ball team, in an eleven-inning game,
won from the Macon Ameteurs by a
score of 3 to 2. The contest was one of
the most interesting of the season and
the play was full of excitement. The
game marks the conclusion of baseball
for this season under the auspices of
the local baseball association, accord
ing to a statement of the secretary,but,
of course,several games will be arrang
ed for the summer through other
sources.
Brown’s Crossing Team
Down Sanitarium Crowd
Tuesday afternoon by a score of G to
2, the sturdy ball players from Brown’s
Crossing defeated the Sanitarium team.
The game was an entertaining one and
the victors propose to cross bats with
the Milledgeville team as soon as a
game can be arranged.
The following officers of Milledgeville
Bodge 128 were installed last Monday
night bv Deputy Grand Chancellor, F.
M. Gobert, with the exception of Mr.
R. B. Moore Vice Chancellor elect, who
willbe installed on next Monday night
July 12, 1909.
J. J. Wootten, Jr., C. C.
Livingston Kenan, Prelate,
F. M. Gotiert, M. at A.
J. Daniel, M. of Work.
Chauncey Adams, L G.
Tom Hughes, 0. G.
STREET PAYING WILL
COMMENCE BN MONDAY
The first car of gravel for surfacing
the streets of Milledgeville arrived in
the city Thursday morning and next
Monday grading will commence. Ar
rangements have been about completed
for transporting the material to this
point and good streets will soon be had
here.
Splendid Entertainment
Try Shoo-Skeeter25c. Culver &. Kidd.
Not tile money made
B UT the money saved
piles up the hank ac
count for the education
of the children. Buy your
coal NOW under the fa
vorable market condition
and save money.
Gome and TaiK
the matter over with us
and we will tell you why
Slate Council Jr. 0. U. A. H
Will Meet Here Next Bull
Milledgeville will De the Meoea Ter
members of the Jr. O. U. A. M. aejrt
month and the state council of the or
ganisation will be held here on Aug. 10,
11, next. Much interest is centered in
the meeting by the local lodge anil Mr.
J. T. McMullen, who is deputy state
councilor now is prominently mentioned
for the place of state councilor, which
is the head of the order in Georgia. In
addition to the position he holds with
the state organization Mr. McMullen is
recording secretary of the local lodge,
and his friends are working hard to
have him elected.
WONDERFUL VALUE OF
ALL AMERICAN EliGS
ADJOURNED TERM OF BALD
WIN UD. SUPERIOR GOUilT.
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State of Georgia, Baldwin County.
Regular July Texm .1909 of Baldwin
Superior Court, having been postponed
by Hon. H. G. Lewis, Judge of said
Court, until the First Monday in No
vember, next; I am HEREBY autho-
riz.ed to NOTIFY all Grand or Traverse
Jurors^ by publication, that they are
excused until the First Monday in
November, next; therefore govern your
self accordingly.
Tms the 22nd. day of June, 1909.
Jos. C. Cooper,
Clerk of the Superior Court.
Bids Wanted for Hay
Bids will be received until Monday af
1 ternoon, July 5th, for the hay as its
stands on the campus of the G. N. & I.
College, both front and rear. Success
ful bidder will be expected to cut and
' remove hay from the grounds during
j the week ending July 10th. Bids will
close Monday afternoon, July 5th.
Leave sealed bids at President's office,
, marked “Bide for Hay.”
The Buromi of Animal Industry of
the Department of Agriculture hns
just Issued a circular bv Milo M.
Hastings presenting the results of a
study made during the past year of
the conditions surrounding the pr iduc.
tion and marketing of eggs, with a
view to determining the causes of de
terioration In quality and consequent
loss. It appears that there is an enor
mous loss due to the spoiling of egg.',
which could be largely prevented oy
Improved methods, and In this article
the causes of such loss are pointed
out and suggestions made for remedy
ing them
According to Mr. Hastings, the
bulk of the poultry wealth of the
United States is to be found on the
general farms of the Mississippi val
ley, Some Idea of the.growth of the
poultry Industry on these general
farms hi shown in the case of the
VUlte of Kansas, where exclusive poul
try farms are practically unknown,
>vt liie value of poultry and eggs
■ imid has increased over a million dob
i iasst e«ch year for the past five years,
{ The total loss to the egg trade
I cinited by needless deterioration runs
Into large figures. The cameH of the
losses anil their estimated proportion
to the total crop value are summed
up as fellows: Dirty egg-i, per cent,
breakage. pi r cent, chick develop
ment or Ii at- d eggs, per cent.;
shrunken c.r held eggs. 5 per cent.;
rotten eggs, 2.5 pi r cent.; mouldy or
bad flavor, 0.5 per cent. Total 17
per cent.
Tho loss from chick d -velopment or
In tiled egg:-, Is probably gp-ater than
from any other source, and is especial
ly heavy during the summer In th"
noiitli and Wes;, wh-re it amounts to
25 or 20 per cent, of the eggs pro
duced during th » heal' d season. The
responsibility for heated eggs is al
most wholly with the farmer, al
though the rural buyer and the
freight handler are in nowise inr.o
ct n t.
"To save the millions of dollars
which are carried down our sewers In
the shape of bad eggs," say Mr. Hast
ings, "we must have, first, a cam
paign of education among egg pro
ducers that will show every farmer's
wife that when eggs are allowed to
remain In damp nests, under broody
hens, or in hot kitchens, there is a
loss in quality which means an actual
loss in money to herself and neighbors
and secondly, a system of buying eggs
that will as nearly as possible re
compense every producer who sells
eggs exactly in accordance with what
those eggs are worth. Above all
elBe, the infallible rule concerning the
marketing of eggs is for the farmer
to sell his eggs as soon as possible-
after they are laid."
The profits of the city retailer are
by far the largest item in the market
ing of eggs. An approximate idea of
the profits of the various handlers of
eggs may be obtained from tbe fol
lowing figures showing the elements
Red Men’s Barbecue to
be in McKinley’s Woods.
The Red Men of Milledgeville have
perfected all plans for their barbecue
which will beheld July 22 and every
thing points toward one of the most en
joyable events of the season^when it
comes off. The committees in charge
of the various details have succeeded
in carrying out plans outlined and the
•’.flair will be he'd in McKinley’s wot ds,
just ovel the river.
There is no doubt but that a large
crowd will be present as the Red Men
have more members in Milledgeville
than any other order and besides this
the members ure at liberty to invite all
their friends and neighbors.
IMPROVE FERTILITY
OF THE OLD FARMS
It is Quite Necessary That
Something Be Done To
Kelp the Ground.
No farmer ought to be satisfied with
leaving fils farm a little worse oft
with every crop- He ought to leave
It a little better off. He ought to
supply the nourishment In one form
that ho tukes from the soil In an
other form. Consider the soil ol
your farm as your bank. You mutt
put into it a little more than you take
out of it if you want to preserve your
credit and protect your future.
Do not be satisfied with being a
poor farmer. If you are going to
be a good farmer you oihki know,
what the best termers are doine
everywhere and tho best farmers,
either through commercial fertilisers
or through domestic fertilizers oi
through their plant crops, are enrich
ing their soils year by year.
Remember that with each crop you
harvest you have taken some lngriSt!
er,t out of tho soil that must be re
placed if you are go,fig to malutolh
i he fert lilty of our fai in.
Intelligent tiling", Intelligent fann
ing, leaves a farm better every year
after you have harvested your crop,
but If you are constantly drawing on
i lib ri.-ources of fertility and put ling
nothing In Its place, the value o*
your farm will steadily decline.
Cultivate crops, therefore, that in
crease Hie boll’ll fertllii) ; farm wisely
and sagaciously, wasting nothing;
then add to the soil some comtner-
clt! fertilizer to make good any of
the loss. Study the subject with
your neighbors, with your county con
ventions and societies, with the direc
tor ot your experimental station. Find
out what your farm needs and give It
what will make the next year s crop
greater.—Home and Farm.
of cost of a dozen eggs purchased by
a New York consumer:
Cents.
Paid to the Farmer In Iowa....15
Profit of the country store .... 0
Gross profit of the shipper 75
Freight to New York 1.5
Gross profit to receiver 5
Gross profit to Jobber .* 1.25
Loss from handling l.b
Gross profit to retailer 4.5
Cost to consumer 25
In the opinion of Mr. Hastings
the greatest handicap to the egg
trade is the general store, with its
custom of bartering merchandise for
eggs. The storekeeper reckons his
profit on goods as more than his loss
on eggs. He does not try to enforce
improvement upon his patrons by buy
ing on a quality basis, and with tbe
advantage his peculiar position glvs
him he keeps tbe other egg buyers
from doing so.
Through energetic offoits of several
Milledgeville ladies a Colonial Concert
will be given at the Opera House to
night and one of the moat fascinating
entertainments in the history of the
city will be given. Notice of this ap
pears elsewhere in The News und tli"
following program will be rendered:
“The Baby and the Fly” Molloy
"Geography” J Gaul
Solo—“The Old Sexton” Russel
MR. CHARLIE CONN.
Sextette—"The Spring Song” Wagner
MISSES POTTLE, JONES AND
HARPER, MESDAMES ATKINSON,
PARKS AND 1UNES.
Solo—“Last Night” Kjerulf
MRS. EDWARD R. HINES.
Quartette—The Postillion” Molloy
MESSRS. BROWN, CARR, FLEMIS-
TER AND CONN.
Solo—"Japanese Love Song” Thomas
MISS RUBY JONES.
Quartette—" 1 n the Gloaming’’ Harrison
MESSRS. BROWN, CARR, FLEMIS-
TER AND CONN.
Solo—"For all Eternity” Mascheroni
MRS. J. P. ATKINSON.
Sextette—The Lost Chord Sulhvan-
Bartlett
MISSES POTTLE. JONES AND HAR
PER, MESDAMES ATKINSON,
AND HINES,
TOO MUCH RAIN IS
HURTING ALL CROPS
Poaclics, Colton iind Other Crops in
Baldwin County Snfferhng From
Surfi.it ot Moisture.
While crops are doing remarkably
well in this section of the state too much
rain lias been falling during the past
two weeks. Grass runs rampant in
some of I lie fields and much hard work
confronts the farmers before the grass
is all cleared out. The corn crop seems
to be doing exceedingly well and the
hay crop is in lino shape.
Peaches are rotting as tho result of
excessive moisture and the chances are
the crop of Elbcrtas will he materially
injured unless rain ceases shoitly.
While the bad weather continues cotton
is soaring skyward and twelve-cent
cotton is now a reality. Reports froin
• >r the wh-do cotton belt show ting
the crop here is better that the average,
n many sections of the belt hot, dry
weather prevails, but in the Mississippi-
valley floods ure experienced. Over
most of Georgia ideal \vc3lher condi-
tions prevail.
aid Men Installed -
Their New Officers
The Red Men of Milledgeville, Cliap-
pell Tribe No. 83, installed new officers
last Thursday night as follows:
R. L. Wall. '.Sachem. ;
Frank A. Hall, Prophet, i
N. B. Ellison, Senior Sagamore,
Geo. P. Brantley, Junior Sagamore.
D. T. ButteipKeepor Wampum.
J. A. Jones, Chief of Record.
SPECIAL REWARD
Will be | a : d for return of gentleman’s
engraved silver handle pen knife, mis
placed or lest latter part of last week.
M1LLEDGB VILLE NEWS.
COTTON SEED OIL.
NEW YORK.—Cotton seed oil was
firmer Saturday on scattered cover
ing of shorts, speculative buying of
new crop months and in sympathy
with strength of cotton. Crop new*
was bullish. Crude oil ^practically-
cleaned up. June 5G0a5GG; September
G02n604; October 602a003. Prime
crude 453a4fi0; prime summer yellow
5fi0,i5GG; prime white SiftaGdOj njfrne
winter yellow 590*Gt’0.
Escaped Convict Was Brought Back
To Baldwin County by His Father
*.'j .
it is a story bordering on the remark-. The negro was Bi nt up from Bibb
able, but last Saturday afternoon Jabez county for involuntary manslaughter
Lamar, a negro convict, working on the , ,
s and he still has about two years to
public roads of Baldwin county escaped I
from the guards anJ made good in his
getaway. Monday morning his fath
er, an honest old ante-bellum negro
irom Bibb county brought his son back I serve hi i timo. Those who have been
to the county authorities end turned j made ac 1 nint i 1 with the story regard
him over to serve the balance of his >t as quit: remarkable and without pa
t-arm. I rallel xq this section.
In lirin r\rn liis boy- back to'the
cliaingan j tho old man stated that he
wanted his son to obey the law and
Panto this iii your hat so
its to reinurnbi-r the hate.
Sat., Noy. 20, 1909
we will give $5.00 in'’gold for the four largest
turnips, without the tops, raise ! from our seed.
GULVEF? & KIDD
rxssExrjzvxsBzt
A Lot of People
Should wear glasses who don’t.
That is a sale sti,iement£to make.
Our experience has been that people do not give the first
signs of coming eye troubles the prompt attention they
should.
They seem to put the matter off as long as possible, and
it isn’t the right way to do, not by anv means.
We are always ready to attend to the examination of your
eyes. We have a long list of satisfied customers to our
credit. HOW ABOUT VOLT
DIXON WILLIAMS
Jeweler and Optician
“It is ail right if you buy it from Williams.”
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