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* ’ ■ ■ -4 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