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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS
VOL. VI 1 1. NO. 45.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. f FRIDAY, AUG 6, 1909.
.00 Per Annum
PROPERTY SHOULD
OE HANDLED RIGHT
II You List Your Houses For Sale or
For Rent You Will Get Good Re
turns And Eliminate Worry.
There is hardly anything more bene
ficial to a city than live real estate men,
men who will push the cityard bring out
its resources, encouraging development
and helping people along generally, in
this respect Bloodworth & Bloodworth
have made quite a remarkable record in
Milledgeville nnd it is undeistood that
they nave listed with them for sale and
for rent property approximating a total
value of $100,000. This is proof con
clusive of their ability in the work they
have undertaken,
Many times a property owner dris
not know the real value of a tract of
land, or a city plat and it is
well to have some expert judgment on
the matter in many instances. Besides
this there is the loss of time, worry and
other cares incident to the business and
all this can be virtually eliminated if a
good real estate man handles the prop
erty.
Bloodworth & Bloodworth are ashing
for the patronage of the peoplejstrictly
on a business basis, believing they can
save money to anv one who has prop
erty to sell and if one should wish to
buy, of course, they are also in position
to sell, many times at a bargain, for
fequently owners list their property in
order to make a quick sale. If one
wishes to keep close to a good business
proposition they should see the enter
prising real estate dealers.
Richard N. Lamar
Died on Saturday
y WAY BELOW AVERAGE
Prominent Citizen ol
Crosses Over The River After
Life of Service to Community.
Dying almost in harness, with per-
COTTON CONDITION
El
Report Monday Showed
Condition of 71.9, Which Was
Slump From Record of Years
The skyward trend in cotton received
severance marking remarkable devotion i more impetus Mondav when the official
SIXTH DISTRICT
«. S M. COLLEGE
Issued and Pros
pects for Prosperous Season
Bright and School Is Good.
The progress being made by the S'xth
District Agricultural and Mechanical
College equals thnt of any of the schools
of like character in the state and the
to duty, Hon. Richard N. Lamar, county , report of the department of agriculture
school commissioner of Baldwin county, j issued its estimate of condition of' the ,
passed quietly away at his home here crop on July 25, the date fixed for re- [now catalogue just issued shows that
early last Saturday morning after fight-''urns. The figures posted showed a ROod^vork has already been accomplish
ing a hopeless baitle against the in- condition of 71.9, which was down bolow
roads made on his body by disease of the record of the past 10 years and us a
ed. ljrof. M. B. Dennis is principal of
the school and lie is assisted by a splen-
Splendid Increase
In Baldwin Taxes
According to the tax returns gath
ered by Receiver E. P, Lane the pros
perity wave didn’t miss Baldwin county
so far after all the hard times cry of
last year and the increase in tax returns
over the previous figures amounts to
9121,793. The taxable property owned
by white people is placed iu $2,375,238
while the colored population owns prop
erty to the amount of $267,877, which
is an increase of $54,407, or approxi
mately 20 per cent and is regarded as a
good showing for them.
some months’ duration. Despite the
fact that he realized his condition to be
serious he kept at his work until the
very last and was at His office two days
before his death.
He was born in Baldwin county 64
years ago and his first service to his
country was as a Confederate Boldier
where he made a splendid record. He
was at one time ageni of the Georgia
railroad here, represented Baldwin
county in the legislr ture in l»85-86, in
1888 he was elected county school com
missioner of Baldwin county and held
the office for 21 years, or up to the
time of his death. He was appointed
on the original board of directors of the
G. N. & I. college and was secretaiy
and treasurer for a number of years.
He was also a deacon in the Baptist
church here and his funeral was held
from there Sunday morning, Rev.
Lamar Sims officiating.
Mr. Lamar is survived by his wife
and three children besides one brother
and three sisters, the former Mr. L. J.
Lamar, of this city and the sisters Mrs.
McCaw and Mrs. Rodgers, of Macon,
and Mrs. Middleton, of Seattle.
In the death of Mr. Lamar the city
and county loses one of it* most notable
men and there is no doubt but that his
work will be soreiy missed.
result cotton climbed skyward, although
high prices were already prevailing.
The market closed Monday at an ad
vance of 40 points.
The whole South was bullish, even in
the face of high prices and buyers over
the whole belt rushed orders to buy pre
vious to the report and as a result hur.-
drods of buyers for speculation owned
cotton when the report camo out and
consequently made thousands of dollars.
When the crest of the atlvance came
farmers over the state sold freely and
as a result over half the crop of the
state has been sold at over 12 cents per
pound. This evidently means prosperi
ty for all this section this fall. Tuesday
prices declined to the level,'of Saturday.
ELM TREES ARE NOT
SUITED TO COMMUNITY
JUDGE ALLEN HAS
BEEN REAPPOINTED
^ Elm trees are probably not suitable
for shade trees in Milledgeville, accord
ing to the opinion of Prof. W. W Chase,
of the state department of entomology,
who came down to see about the dead
trees in the city. He states that ex
amination will have to be made in de
tail to discover the direct cause of the
trouble and an analysis of the soil may
be necessary to arrive at definite con
clusions. H >wever, he is of tho opin
ion that elm trees are probably the
worst in the catagory of trees and oth-
ei*; will be better to plant. Further in
vestigation wil! be made.
Fur Four More Years DIstkignJshBri
Milledgeville Jurist Is Named to
Preside Over County Court.
WE SELL
Granin; “Rei Asli” Jellica
LelitO Valle? Antlwtte
Rnrtain Smifi Coal
Stove wood cut and split
any length.
In his ap((ointment8 to judgeships last
Tuesday Gov.Joseph M. Brown appoint
ed Judge John T' Alien, of Miiledgw-
ville, to another term as judge of the
Baldwin county court;, beginning Sep
tember 3, next. The term is for four
years from that date.
Judge Allen has served with much
satisfaction in the same position and his
friends in this city and over the whole
county are glad to see him named for
the place.
SOUTH CAROLINA
LAND OF DROUGHT
dhj tfacuity.
There is no doubt 1 ut that the school
dftfeoTves the patronage of the people
and being located at Barnesville it is
easily accessible to all parts of the ter-
riUttv.
I
The Baldwin Blues Are
Back Hale And Hearty
Jr. 0.0. A. M. Wi
beHereNextWeek
ET
Merchants Asked to Decorate For Oc
casion Ami Scores ol Delegates
Are Expected to bonie.
Tho state convention ot the Junior
Order of the United American Me
chanics will meet in Milledgeville next
Tuesday and Wednesday and more than
100 appointed delegates are expected to
gather here. Much interst iu always
attached to the annual meetings of the
order, which is one of the youngest in
the country,but has a growing member
ship and the coming of tho convention
here will mean much for tho city. An
added interest to the meeting this year
is the fact that Mr. J. T. McMullen,
well known in fraternal circles and a
citizen of Milledgeville, is a candidate
for stale Vice Councilor of the order.
Merchants and other business houses
are asked to decorate their places of
business in lienor of the convention.
They will bo here for two days.
PoslmLstcr Sibley, Mr. Kidd And
Olliers Working to Tut IKHIedgevilla
on M;iln Rome la AlJante.
Milledgeville is coming to the front f
ns one of the leading points of interest
in the state and it is provihg the Mecca
toward which all automobilists turn
when they want to make a trip across
the atate. As the result of newspaper
publicity awakening the people as t.«
the resources, scenes and advantages if
the city decided advancement is being
made.
The Savannah Morning News Tuesday
in speaking of the proposed trip from tha".
city to Atlanta by the |>athlindens had
tho following to say concerning Mr.
Sibley's idea of the road to be mapped
From a week’s camp on St. Simon's
Island the Baldwin Blues [returned last
Sunday morning and every one of the
soldier boys had u great und glorious
time down by the seaside. Everything
possible wusdone for their comfort and
while the experience was a long wav
from that which comes inwarstill it gave
a taste of | open life and the boys were
tanned as though they had been on a
real campaign.
Cr.f-ITniiia and his officers declare
tho trip was great and'not a man who
was on the journey has entered a com
plaint of any kind and that is regarded
as highly favorable to tho manage
ment and to the deportment of the men.
CITY ELECTION TO
BE HELD THIS YEAR
Ministers of Three
Churches to he Away
The city election for Mayor nnd the
Board of Alderman will be held-in Mil-
ledgevillc this year. The city clerk will
also be elected. Sometime in the near
future tho city white nrimury executive
committee will meet and decide on a
date for the primary and the regular
election will occur on Saturday Decem
ber 4. Some interest is already being
manifested in the election an ] while
there is no indication of a general con
test there will be opposition for some of
the minor offices.
The Baptist, Methodist and I’resby-
terian churches will be without minis
ters here Sunday .owing to engagements
of the preachers in each church to de
liver sermons elsewhere. The Episco-
I
I pal church will hold usual services and
j the public are invited to attend services
| there as shown by the church notice
eisewhere.
Miss Gertrude Sutlivon
Died Thursday Morninn
Private Slocks Increase In Prepara
tion For Mouth's Prohibition.
Tag
Day Was a Great
Success Wednesday.
Tag day for the new Methodist church
was a great success Wednesday and the
valiant workers tagged everybody in
sight, realizing some $49 on the day’s
work. Red tags predominated for the
day.
Columbia, S. C.—At sundown Tues
day every dispensary in South Carolina
closed its doors, some of them probably
permanently, the others for a period of
three weeks or a month. The sales of
liquor on the eve of the drought are re
ported to have been large. Two weeks
from Tuesday every wet county in the
state will have a chance to speak on
the liquor question, each for itself alone,
and the voters are expected to profit by
the fortnight’s experience in prohibi
tion territory.
At midnight Tuesday an especially
stringent liquor law went into effect
providing a fine of at ieast $100 or im
prisonment for three months or more
for first conviction of the illegal sale of
liquor and imprisonment for one to five
years without alternative fine for the
second offense.
Georgia Peaches
All Been Shipped
CAPT. J. II. ENNIS TO
The last of the commercial crop of
Georgia peaches has been shipped out
of the slate and through the Georgia
Fruit Grawers Exchange 2,062 cars
were sent to northern markets. Grow
ers received greater net revenue from
the crop than ever before as the dis
tribution was properly done.
After an illness from fever i vering
a period of a month Miss Gertrude Sul
livan, of Savannah, who was on a visit
to Dr. Allen's, died yester lay .homing.
She was considered somewhat improved
Wednesday but during the night she
grew rapidly worse and died at 1G
o’clock.
Miss Sullivan was a charming voung
lady only about 29 years of age and
during her visit here made many friends
among the young folk arid her untimely
death causes much sorrow. The body
will sent to Savannah this morning and
the funeral will be held there.
Writing to a Savannaliian who is go
ing on the trip, Mr. James L. Sibley,
postmaster at Milledgeville, and ona of
the most enthusiastic good roads ad
vocates of tho state, says:
“Replying to your letter as to the Lest
road from Milledgeville to Atlanta, 1
would strongly advise that you goby way
of Madison after you leave Eatoaton. 1
have a friend here who tried the Mimti-
cello road last week, and he states that
it is no good. Others who tried the
bee line to Covington have always founf
it inferior to the road by Madison.
“My car has made the run from At
lanta to Milledgeville bv the way ol
Mudison at twenty miles per low
average.' This is about ten,tnHes lr<ng-
er than tho bee route, but it is a much
better road. If you will let me kjtow
when the Savannah party is coming and
when you leave Randersvillo, I will meet
you at the county line with our county
chairman, who will ride with youacrcei
Baldwin county and take notes on our
county, making such changes ~ub art
suggested.
“I am satisfied that 'Washington Co.
will submit what they call the lower
roa'L one mu have not traveled, i ux-
11 i I- (. n- mil beite- road tha*
'he >-n u < J by you before. They com
mence ! work on the lower road'to-day.
1 itm sure the Muynr of Sandorsville
will be glad to meet you at the county
line and note the improvements yoa
suggest as you travel across his county
If I have tho time I will go over the
j route to Madison, Covington and hack
| by Machen, and see if they have mad*
| iho direct road as good as the one by
1 Madison.”
FOR KENT.
My half acre lot on Baldwin St. Targe
barn, stable and shed on it. Address,
Miss Laura B. Paine.
407 Grant St.
G. ET. I. Appropriation
Only Fund Not Cut
In the house Tuesuay virtually every
appropriation made by that body was cut
when the bill was placed on passage ex
cept that of tl’.u G. N. & I. College here
t anta, Ga. j af)( j ^, e g[ ate Sanitarium ulso at MiL
j ledgeville.
Miss Roberta Smith, of Dublin return-. All other state institutions suffered?
Miss Ellen Tatum is
Dead Gut in Midway.
ed home Wednesday after a delightful from the knife of politics and a general
visit to Miss Claire Greene. decrease was made.
Miss Ellen Tatum, aged 70 years, sis
ter of Mr. C. R. Haper.of Midway,died
at Dr. Allen’s sanitarium Wednesday
night after an illness covering a long
period. She was also sister of Mrs. G.
A Lot of People
BE RANGE OFFICER
Mr J. G. Thomas, living near Scotts-1 W. Hawkins and has one brother in
boro, exhibited some sweet potatoes in Baldwin county, Mr. Herbert Tatum.
weighed a pound each. These potatoes; church and the funeral was held Thurs-
1 day. To the family, f*iends extend
Quite a distinction has been confer
red upon Capt. J. H. Ennin, of the bald-
win Blues. He has been appointed a !
i are selling for $2.00 per bushel now and
| it’s easy to figure big returns on the
crop arid it is a credit to Mr. Thomas to
follow this plan in his work.
sympathy.
We believe in doing business in Au
gust right along and if you’ll pay us a
range officer to the state rifle shoot at j atate range officer to attend the nation-1 dollar tor The News a year we’ll give
Atlanta and leaves Sunday to be gone ! a l rifle contest and his friends here will a pair of scissors worth the money and
J four days. He may be named as a be glad to see him named for the place, the paper is worth twice as much.
Should wear glasses who don’t.
That is a sale statement^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 tha 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. IIOIV ABOUT VOL’}
DIXON WILLIAMS
Jeweler and Optician
“It is ail right if you buy it from Williams