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THE MILLEDGEYILLE NEWS.
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VOL. V 1 1 1. NO. 46.
MILLEDGEYILLE, GA.. FRIDAY, AUG 13. 1909.
$1.00 P-er Annum
STATE CONVENTION JR. 0. DAM.
LARGEST IN HISTORY OF ORDER
1. D. Kldley Heads The Organlzotion
This Year. Banquet Tuesday Night
Was a Splendid Affair In Every way.
The annual ’conventon of the J r. O.
SU. A. M. for the state of Georgia, met,
in Milledgeville Tuesday and Wednesday
and the gathering wasone of the largest
in the history of the order. The citj was
filled with delegates, nearly 200 ac
credited representatives being admitted
to the convention hall. While the conv-
mitte in charge of the reception of the
delegates had a larger crowd than was
expected and there was a little difficulty
in arranging accomodations still every
body seemed to be immensely pleased
with the visit to Milledgeville. The
nett annual meeting will be at Talla-
p Kjaa.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing vear: T. D. Ridlev,
Dalton, state councilor; J. F. Finley.
Atlanta, vice councilor; E. R. Dilling
ham, Atlanta, secretary; W. R. Dale,
Atlanta, chaplain; W. W. Shep
pard. Savannah, conductor; E. S.
Belding, |Augusta, warden; .lohn W.
Kersey, Newnan, inner sentinel; L. J.
Bailey, Griffin,outer sentinel; J. T. Mc
Mullen,of this city, is on the press Com
mittee.
Thetfeature of the convention from
a public standpoint was the banquet of
Tuesday night tendered by Milledgeville
Council No. 10, to which more than 200
guests were invited. The banquet was
served in elegant style by the young
ladies of the Baptist church and the
work won praise and admiration from
scores of the visitors who gave expres
sions to their sentiments in this par
ticular.
Col. Stetson Sanford presided at the
meeting and during the entire evening
delightful speeches added pleasure to
the occasion. Among the prqminent
speakers of the evening were D. J.
Bailey, of Griffin; H. A. Langston, of
Dalton: T. D. Ridlev, Dalton; Walter
Sheppard, of Savannah; E. B. Hubbard,
of this city; Albert M. Adams, of Chat
tanooga; M. H. Abbott, past councilor,
and several others. Col. Sanford pre-
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Bloadwnrlti-Stcnibrldge-Co. Making a
tiood Record In Trade And Pros
pects For New Business.
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Managed by an enterprising young
business man the firm of Blood worth-
Stembridge-Company is making a good
record in business circles in Milledge
ville and the surrounding territory.
They propose to more and belter busi
ness in the near future and to accom
plish this purpose they have purchased
a full line of high grade goods of all
kind carried in a store of the character
thev operate. Fair treatment has won
many new friends for the store and dur
ing the coming season they ask a trial
at the hand of new customers and they
feel confident they can convince any one
of the value they give.
The success with which the concern
has been favored is but testimonial
from the people of the good will and
esteem in which fair business dealing
is held here. During the next month
they will sell their present line of goods
at remarkably low prices and the new
good coming in will giye one special op
portunity to make a careful and satis
factory selection of the most up-to-date
materials. The firm of Bloodworth-
Stembridge-Company is regularily in
corporated and promises to be an im
portant factor in the commercial life of
Milledgeville.
1 Married Club to
Banquet Wednesday
Arrangements have been completed
sided with splendid success. Mayor whereby the “02 Married Club” wi',
Boll was scheduled forthe place but was gather at u banquet at. the Baldwin
called off on important business. |next Weunesday at 3 o clock. Only
The deliberations of the order were j the bona-fide members of the club will
completed Wednesday anl the dele- >e present and thoss who cannot susta- j
gates left for their homes Wednesday lin their claims of eligibility by initiation
■ 1 will be summarily expelled after meet- \
TORT GETS TOE BIGGEST STATE I
FAIR FOR (TABS
Macon Fair Association Plans TeniDays
of Interesting Exhibits And Baldwin
County May Como First.
Georgia people will find the state
fair to be held in Macon Oct. 27, to
Nov. 6, one of the largest and most
interesting in the history of the state
fairs, according to authentic informa
tion from the management. The prizes
for county displayshave been announced
and the first prize is $1,000, while the
second best obtains $750 ami the third
beat $5C0. The next three get $200 each
and the next three $100 each, The best
individual display gets a prize of $150.
Secretary It, W. Jemison, of Macon,
will supply the full list.
Baldwin county will probably win
first pYize and for this reason much in-
te-eat is centerod in the fair here.
Nov. 4 will be the big day at the
fair as President Taft will be a visitor
at that time. Gov. Jos. M. Brown will
also visit the fair. Airships, fireworks
at night and othor numerous attractions
will also be part of the program.
Whites And Blacks Will be Separat
ed. Spirited Debate In House
Over Amount of Appropriation.
The Georgia legislature Friday grant
ed $8,000 for a new building at the
state reformato.y after a spirited fight
to prevent it. Representative Carl
Vinson asked for an appropriation of
$25,000, but for a time it seemed as if j
nothing would be granted, but on the
plea for the separation of races it was
finally agreed to give the sum named.
It has been quite a hard matter to
obtain money for any purpose from the
state of Georgia this year and the victo
ry in this case is considered quite a not
able one and will moan to the manage
ment of the reformatory.
CURBING AND PAVING
STARTED ON STREETS
Notable improvements are under wav
on Milledgeville streets just now. Grad
ing is In progress on Hancock street and
the work of paving will be commenced
soon. Several cars of curbing have ar
rived and the paving material is also
expected to come rapidly as needed.
The first paving to be done will be
from the court house to Wayne street
on Hancock street and then it will be
taken up on Wayne street,going by The
News office up to the Baldwin hotel. A
decided improvement will be witnessed
as soon as the work Is completed and it
speaks volumes for the energy of Mayor
Bell and the aldermen.
FOR REST.
My half acre lot on Baldwin St. large
barn, stable and shed on it. Address,
Miss Laura B. Paine.
407 Grant St. Atlanta, Ga
IMPORTANT CHANGES '
IN THEME LAWS
The Georgia legislature has passed
the most stringent game law in the his
tory of the state. By its provisions the
office of game warden, designated as
State Game Commissioner, is created
with a salary of $2,500. County game
wardens will work under th e state of-
fle al.
j7iu most important changis are'
The hunting seashn for quail is from
Dec. 1 to Mar. 1, making it a month
shorter than now. The dove season is
curUiled two months .making it begin
on September 1. Other changes are
not important
Purchase And Sale Company Now
Sanitarium Employes Get Harsh
Criticism From The Investigators
Ready to do Business Commensurate
Willi Ornwlng Demand And a Visit
la New Stare Will be Interesting.
! Addressed, resolutions, motiorv and
other accomDanyingdetails|neces3ary to
i complete the program for a regular
■ banquet will be in order. Of course,
| only the gentlemen members of the club
I will be present as some of them would
be embarrassed on account of lack of
ability to induce the proper feminine
member to accompany them.
The ‘09 Married Club is a topic of
state wide importance now and branch
Genii! "Eefl Ash” Jellito
Lehiih Valiev Aettaelle
Dnrham SilMi Coal
Stove wood cut and split
any length.
With just six months of incorporation
to their credit the Purchase & .Tale Co.,
of this cltv, has made remarkable pro
gress. They haye ou’grown the first
) place of business occupied by them and
| recently moved to the old stand of E.
i E. Bass and the place has been thorough
j ly remodeled to suit the new business,
j The basement and two floors are filled
I with house furnishing goods of all kind
clubs are being organized m various j anJ the m03t fa3ti(Jiollg cftn have lheir
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Phone 152.
j towns in the state as the result of the
I initial movement here.
Baldwin County Farmer
Sells Big Lot of Cotton
I Last Saturday Mr. John Barrett, of
j this city, purchased 70 bales of cotton
j from Mr. John Kennedy, a prominent
j Baldwin county farmer, paying 12 5-16
cents per pound. The transaction was
one of the largest in the season direct
j with a farmer and Mr. Barrett paid a
j little more than $4,500 for the lot of
! cotton.
night arid Thursday morning. The re
ception tendered the delegates by the
local order was of the most acceptable
character and tho convention here this
year will be long remembered.
wants supplied in this line.
With a buyer of 14 years experience
and purchasing in car lots they have
been enabled to obtain goods at the low
est possible cost. Every department
of the store is thoroughly organized and
consequently it is an easy matter to ob
tain just what you want when you want
it. Standard lines of goods characterize
the store and among the various ass >rt-
ments are found:
The famous “White” sewing ma
chines, High Point and Grand Rapids
furniture in complete bed room suites,
diningroom furniture, hall furniture,
kitchen furniture, iron, brass and en
amel bedsteads, art dresser, musical
goods of all kind,Axminister and Wilton
rugs and art squares, parlor suites,hall,
window and other tapestry and furnish
ings, chairs, trunks, cloaks etc. A
special department is that of mattress
and springs where a complete line of
combination and bonded felt sanitary
mattresses, special heavy wire and iron
bed springs are found.
Additional warehouse room is occu
pied by the company and a complete
line of the standard high grade “■Hack
ney” wagons and the “White Star”
buggies are kept in splendid shape. The
line of harness handled by the Purchase
& Sale Co. is also complete in every de
tail. Guarantees accompany all goods
sold and tho company unlertukes to
remedy every complaint made against
them, but iri view of the fact they sell
stanlari linos, but little trouble is ex
perienced in this wav. Their motto is
the best for the money and they are
turning and established title as “The
modern home outfitters.
The arrangements in the store are
most modern and the interior inviting
at all times so that the place is really a
delightful one to visit even if not done
with a specific view to purchasing and
the general public is cordially invited to
call and inspect ti.e premises, being
assured of most courteous treatment.
The Reformatory a
Farce Says Braimen
To Savannah Morning News Milledge
ville Minister Declares Something
is Radically Wrong Here.
In an interview purporting to be the
genuine coming from Mr. Brannen,
pastor of the Presbyterian church here,
the Savannalr Morning News of Tues
day says:
“Tho state has no reformatory at
Milledgeville,” says the Rev. D. W.
Brannon, pastor of tho Presbyterian
Church at Milledgeville, who is in Sa
vannah for a few days.
It will be remembered that Rev. Mr.
Brannen, at the meeting of the State
Sociological Society in Atlanta in 19J8,
created quite a sonsation when lie told
of conditions at tho reformatory. His
reply to a query about the state re
formatory from a Morning Nows repre
sentative last night at the De Soto,
where he is stopping, is the opening
sentence.
“There is a so-called reformatory,”
lie continued. "There is in reality a
juvenile prison tarm, in which white
boys an I negroes are housed in the
same building. They have no manual
training whatever, and no systematic
education, even in the primary branch
es, and no equipment at all for a real
reformatory. There is but one small
building whore there ought to be three
or four at the least. There is absolule-
ly no scLmtifio effort toward the refor
mation of the erring young sent to the
so-called reformatory from all over the
state.
Tho fact that negroes and whites are
together in |the same building is con
trary to Anglo-Saxon principles. These
conditions are well known to everyorte
around Milledgeville, and hav hr n
discussed through various portion j if
the state. In the minds of all who
| know the present institution, for a liny
[ to be in tho reformatory is to lie in the
penitentiary. There is just as great a
stigma for a boy to L>e in the reforma
tory as it exists to-day as it is for him
to bo in the penitentiary.”
(Jinrterly Meeting,
The Third quarterly conference for
Baldwin Circuit meet at Bethel church
Saturday before fourth Snnday—Aug.
21. Preaching by Presiding Elder Dr.
C. E. Dow man of Oxford at 11. Basket
dinner. Official session ati2. You are in
vited. No seryicee Sunday.
Mr. Jack Edwards made a flying trip
to Sparta Thursday.
TUBERCULOSIS WARD
FOR T!IE SANITARIUM
Dr. G jorge Brown, a member of the
legislative committee appointed to in-
vestigate conditions at the state sani
tarium here has written a strong card
to the Atlanta Journal advocating the
establishment of a tuberculosis ward at
tha institution. Tho movement is in
keeping with the general de.nanJ over
the whole country.
It is stated that no special arrange-
mants are in force hy which the tuber-
Help a! Institution Receive Brunt ot
Attack And Slate Asked to Provide
More Money to Run Place.
Atlanta, Ga. —In the report by the.
investigation board appointed by Gov
Hoke Smith to examine into details of
operation of tho state sanitarium th*
employes of tho institution receive the
blame.
All tho criticisms of the investigating
committee go to tho character of the
help employed, which is baid to be poor
ly paid and inefficient, and none to the
general management of the institution.
No fault is found with the food given te
patients, which is said to be excellent^
and well directed to their needs. The
buildings were found to be in good con
dition witli the exception of the hospital
and colony buildings. There was much
defective flooring in the Powell an#
negre building.
The report says: — Tliereare practical
ly one hundred attendants in the male-
buildings; with few exceptions, the
class of men filling these positions i*
not satisfactory. The fact that twenty
per cent, of them have beep discharge#
within two years for cause, speaks more
emphatically of the unsatisfactory type
of men employed than anv words coull
do. Within the last two years, there
were discharged for mistreatment of
patients, six; neglect of dutv, three;
stealing, three; insubordination, thres;
drinking, and fighting, two.
“On examination under oath, these
men appeared absolutely unfamiliar
with the ruloB. On the witness stan#
they were untruthful, and, in the whole
first day’s examination, there was net
a man but swore that ho had never seca
a patient mistreated or any rules vio
lated, this evdri when they were pry-sent
in tho wards where offenses wore ccm •
rriitted us was afterwards proved. On*.-
ol them van intoxicated during the in
vestigation, while giving testimony.
“Tho compensation paid attendants k
net' ill i . t > \ltract the class of mao
of Ibe ; >r ... a ti s for those po
sition*. •• w eor.i ler the class at.
men enpl i. ej r e .po ii ibl'i for much of
tho I oub! ’ . n i iu|-, i i. dlie Wards, m
rucemmen i that thd trust^ds Increase -
tlie aalurie.i to u p >iiit of attracting a
better class of employes. False econo
my 'practic' d a t the expense of secur
ing belter attendants is a vital wrong.
We consider the fitness and res ponsi
bility iff ll ■ attendant as of no lei -i 'im
portance than the attending pnysic an.”
There is no criticism of the ft male
nurses who were found to bo c;., able
and conscientious.
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Mr. W. T. Conn, Jr., manager of the;
Millcdgoville Buggy & Furniture Co.,
underwent a successful operation for
appendicitis Tuesday morning at the
hands of Drs. Atkinson and Hall and in
dications now point to his speedy recove
ry.
cuiosis patients are separated from the
others and tho step advocated by Dr.
Brown will remedy this defect.
A Lot of People
Should wear glasses who don’t.
That is a sate statementjto 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. HOW ABOUT YOU?
DIXON WILLIAMS.
Jeweler amt Optician
“It is all right if you buyTt'from Williams.’ - .