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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS.
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VOL. 1*. NO. 1
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, Oct. 1, 1909.
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BAPTIST 1 HART
Annual Services of This Nature Com
mencc Sunday Md Continue
For Several Days Here.
Rev. Lamar Sims pastor of the Bapt
ist church here, has perfected plans for
the annual protracted services here and
they will begin Sunday. Rev. J. Dj
Winchester, of Atlanta, wfll preach
Sunday.
Mr. Winchester is one of the most
able ministers in the Baptist church and
there is no doubt but that his sermons
will be well received. A cordial invita
tion is extended the general public to
attend.
Dr. Atkinson Inspected.
Tuberculosis Hospital\Z
DAY CURRENT FOR J
CITY STARTS NOW
Dr. John 1’. Atkinson visited Augusta
last week for the purpose of examining
the tuberculosis hospital there was to |
•furnish data for the construction of a j
similar institution here for the state
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While in Augusta Dr. Atkinson was | hir ' bouquets in greai profusion, all
the recipient of many courtesies from °t which we folk here in Milledgeville
•friends there and the local papers hand' know lie deserves.
Nn More Hours Of Darkless And
•Power Can be Secured For All
Purposes From Electric
Company
The time will not come again when
the lights will go out in Milledgeville
and any time during the night or day
hereafter the electric bulbs will send
out penetrating rays of light when the
current is turned on the 'line. The
electric department of trie Oconee
River Mills has completsed its lines
throughout the city and to the state
sanitarium and consequently Mi'.ledge-
ville now has a splendid system.
Every form of lighting power and
heating will be furnished 'by the com
pany and from the curling iron to the
cook stove, from the one candle Power
ghl to the brilliant arc light, from the
tiny raator to drivs the churn, sewing
machine, or parlor fan to the mighty
machines to drive all sintl of manufac
turing enterprise*, all may be furnish
ed. Electricity is a wonderful thing
and this city to\7 has its share.
J.S.
Another Primary
To Decide The Tie
Distinguished Jurist of Ealonton En- CApt. Geo. W. Caraker.And Mr. Roy
ters to Rest After Illness Extend- 1 S. Alford Must Contest For Cuun-
Ing Over Many Months
Judge Joseph Sydney Turner, aged 45
years, well known in Milledgeville, died
at his home in Eatonton Wednesday
afternoon at 11:110 o’clock and wus buried
Thursday morning. Judge Turner was
head of the prison commission of Geor
gia and known over the state as a man
of marked ability.
Judge Turner is survived by his wife
and five children and the whole state
sympathir.es with them in the loss they
have sustained.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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We a,re in the “Race”
for your Coal orders
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Baldwin Hotel is Npw
UiuierNew Management
Begenning today the New Baldwin
hotel will be operated by Mrs. S. E.
Brannan, formerly of Hawkinsville.
She comes with an enviable reputation
and there is no doubt but that she will
maintain a high standard for the popu
lar hostelry.
Mrs. Emmie Jackson, who has boen
leading hotel keeper here for a long
number of years will operate the old
Central hotel under tho name of the
Hendrix House ami sh e will make it an
up-to-date place. The house has been
thoroughly rcnftvatod and painted and
Milledgeville has now reached a point
whera it
hotels
should meet with success.
Meeting For Methodist
Church Next Sunday
The meeting at
Sunday morning v
teresl of the new ■
on which will cornu
io Methodistchurch
I he held in the in
ure!) building, work
ne soon Some in-
cll Second Thursday In October
The city democratic executive com
mittee met at citv hall at noon Thurs
day and -declared Miller S. Bell duly
nominate^ for mayor, Walter W. Stem-
bridge city clerk and treasurer, M. A.
MeCraw, J. E. Kidd, U. L. Wall and
J. C. McAuliffe for city council.
In tiie case of the tie for the sixth
position oh city council between Capt.
Geo. W. Garal er and Mr. Roy S Alford
it was decided that another primary
should bet held October 14, next and
the polls^be opened from 8 o’clock
to 1 o'clock. Tho same managers who
acted in the regular primary were
named.
T.iere is no doubt but that there will
bo mu.'li interest manifested in the con
test to decide tho rie and results will bo
watched by the public.
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NOTH E OP PRIMARY.
A lity primal v to decide the tie be
tween G. VV. Caraker and R. S. Alford,
both of whom received an equal num
her of votes in the regular citv primary,
Sept. 29, lid).), is hereby called, to be
held at City Hull in Milledgeville, Ga.
0<!t. 14_, 19 U) and the polls will be open
from 8 f.i’clbck a. m. to 1 o’clock p. in.
The managers will be tho same as in
the ,regular primary and only the two
contestants named are eligible for place
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CITY DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY PASSED OFT
SMOOTHLY WEDNESDAY WITH LPT VOTE
Ten Candidates Contested For Six Positions nn Council And AicCrav, Kidi r ,
Wall, Fowler And McAuliffe Elected, While Caraker And Alfcrd
Tied For Sixth Place. Bell And Siembridge Ker.omdialed.
The city democratic primary for the
nomiration of mayor, city clerk and
treasurer, and six city ceuncilmen.
was held here Wednesday.
Hon. Miller S. Bell was re-elected
mayor and Hon. Walter W. Stembridge
was re elected clerk and treasurer.
The contest for city council created
quite a good deal of interest as there
were ten candidates in the field for the
six places to be lilloVl Messrs. M. A.
MeCraw, J. l4. Kidd. R. L. Wall, S. B.
Fowler and J. C. McAuliffe wore elect
ed by large majorities whilo the sixth
place was a tie hctweon Cupt. Geo. W.
Caraker and Mr. ltoy S. Altord. Capt.
Caraker is one of the present council-
men and Mr. Alford is a well known
young man here, manager o? the Mil.
'edgevilie Oil Mills.
Tho election passed off with quietude'
which indicated that the people wefri
satisfied that the result would be satls-
[ factory to the general public. -The
number of votes cast was within 60 of
j the registered number and the registra
tion was almost equal to that of a couple
j of.yenrs ago when the race for all city
j officials wus considered warm.
| The advancement of the city frt all
. lines during the past two years baa;
I been r 'markable and th re is no doubt
: hut that the newly elected councilracn •
j will readily fall into line for anything
that tend: toward the advancement of
the city’s I iterests.
IS Rates of Cotton is
Made on 12 Acres Here
0. (!. U. H. Anil Formers
Onion to Build
»Ubt. By order of the executive
it SUM. AtMlIv sustain two goqd J. E. Kidd, Chairman,
, consequantly Mrs. Jackson J C. McAuliffe, Secretary.
STOLEN.
Fioin train No. 70, Central railroad
between Macon and Milledgeville, a coat
with very dark stripe, cut p'ace on right
hand corner. Letters and other things
in pocket, reward to finder. C. W.
Wingfieid, Care Southern Express Co
Macon, Ga.
Phone 152
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every ton
goes into
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of our coal before it
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REPEATING :
would do
Mrs. E. D.
For Kcnl.
i, .... ... .1 Three to four fannsfir non
formal talks wnl be given and tho exact
. . , . . , , ed) 11*2 miles of Milledgeville
statu > of affairs w.il lie made public. I
| The situation is well in hand and the
members and the public contriouting to
the work purpose to make the new
structure one.of the most beautiful in
I the state. Those connected with the
j work os well as Inc public arc invited to
attend tb muting.
wanting farm (and
examine. Apply tc
Milledgeville, Ga.
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Mr. J. N. Butler, well known here Mt. Pleasant I.odge No. 2 of the Be
am! operating a small farm near F'sh-| n9V0 i 0il t Order of United Hearts and
ing creek, is breaking Baldwin county’s the members of tho Farmers Umon in
l ccurd for cotton growing this season, the community have uniLod in n laud-
From a plat of 12 acres of ground he able offort to build a hall in which to
has already ginned 12 ■ bales of cotton, hold their future qieetings. More than-
has another picked and will get three
more, this making a total of 16 bales.
This is a demonstration of whut can
be done by intensive farming and the
enormous profit from fcuf'h a course The record made by Mt, Pleasant
'usily discernible. Tho cotton, together
with tho e.aed should l.ring around
$1 209 for tiie crop giving easily .$1,000
net profit.
Burning nut and slack is not
a pleasant task, 60 we screen it
out of our coal and save you
th's trouble.
There is econqp^y in buying
this kind of coal.
Phone as your orders and
you will get the best in quality
and preparation.
P
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lemister
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Phone 152.
A Card oT Tuaiifc
For Kent.
Two nice 6 room houses in desirable
of Mill vi >12.50 at
815.00 per month, also two I room
houses near Georgia 11. H depot, price
$8 09 per month, aii nice new houses-
Applyto-W. A Walker.
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Thursday afternoon Judge, Lewis
granted bond to Mr. William Croley in
the sum of $10,039 in 1 it war im media te-
ly signed by friends acceptable to tiie
sheriff of Baldwin county. Mr. Croley
" a ; released at onw a . i it is stated his
physical con litlon is very poor.
half the sum has been raised and the.'
best of fueling exists between the two
orgitnuuUi.ns, both Striving to lift high
er tho wm k of co-operation and unity -
Lodge li; O. U. H. is considered quite-
remarkable, for a little more that a.
vear ago it was organized with ten-
members and has flourished under the-
management of Commander J. W. Hub
bard, Priest hi. M. Patterson, Secretary/
W. K. Combass and Treasurer J - S.
Pearce.
Plant > ia ,;»ier'i; genu
ine appler seed .oats.
For sale by Mormo &
A n d r o w 3 G o mmissio n
Co,
Old buggies • rep-.' 1 r.:.d paipteif,.
will wear and look lil o no .v < nes. Prices-
reasonable. E. Bo’.kei.
We claim that you can
find here the precise ar
ticle you are looking for
In Watches,
In Clocks,
In Rings,
In Chains,
In Brooches,
In ('ut Glass,
In Fancy China,
In Diamonds,
I n Gems of A LL Sorts.
Judge these by the highest
standard that you know of.
Judge them by the best that
you ever saw anywhere.
Judge them a* to quality, de
sign and price.
Then we will abide by vour
deciiion with confidence that you
will decide that we are worthy
of your patronaze.
Oar New Good. Are Coating In
Daily— We lurlle Tear Inspec
tion.
DIXON WILLIAMS.
“It is all right If yon Bay from
WILLIAMS.”
We derire to thank our friends and j The many frien is of Mrs. S. F. Den-
neighbors for the kindness shown us | wn wi u hg jd^hte-J to learn that she
mother, j j s ril pidly improving and will probably
soon bo up from long illness.*
ffffy f ' '
fOgi is
during the illness of our dear
We trust that none of them will ever
have need in time of trouble and may
there be no sorrow when they cross the
bar, and dwell in their last resting place
forever. Mrs. Wm. McDaniel.
Death of Mrs. T. S. Bock.
At her home in Wilkinson county,
Mrs. T. S. Beck died last Saturday.
She wac 80 years of age, a member of
the Methodist church and known every
where as being gentle and lovable.
She left eight children to maurn her
death, to whom the people of the entire
community extend sympathy.
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Up Before The Bar.
N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts
field, Vt.. writes: "We have used Dr.
King’s New Life Pills for years and
find them such good family medicine we
wouldn’t be without them.” For Chills,
Constipation, Biliousness or Sick Head
ache they work wonders 25c. All Drug-
' gists.
Dr. E. A. Tignerhas about completed
his splendid new dwelling. It is of the
bungalow style and marks a new de-
partue in architecture of the residences
of Milledgeville. The house is beauti
ful and the interior is arranged in the
most stylish manner making the home
an ideal one.
Mr. J. O. Bloolworth spent Monday
and Tuesday in Washington and Wilkin
son counties attending to some real es
tate deals, mostly in farms.
October Hampton’s and Everybody’s
magazine on sale at R. H. Wootten’s .
Mrs. Adolph Joseph and daughters
spent Monday in Macon.
Mr. ana Mrs. Edmond Shurley, Mr.
and Mrs. Will Shurley and MTss Ander
son, of Warrenton, spent Sunday with
Dr. and Mrs. John Shurley.
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A 50c Aquarium and two Gold Fish will he dv^en II
away ftext Monday morning, Oct. 4th, at 10
o’clock, with every package or
RexallTooth Paste, £ 25c |
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE
The sale will commence at 10 o’clock and last until.
all are gone. None w ill be set aside or saved.
To take advantage of this offer you must
he on hand, Remember the hour
and price, 25 cents Cash.
John Vinson
The Pexall Store
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