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Friday, Oct. i5, 1909
Loyalty Tn Thu Third Parly.
— 1
Did you ever stop to think what, vas‘
importance duty assumes when stretch
ed to the limit? In every phase of life
duty presents itself with more or less
vividness, but even the b''st of usofton
fail to follow its dictation when the
third party ih absent. How magnifi
cent it is then to know that we can
lind somebody always ready and
willing to stand the test of duty. The
most rare things we find in life come to
the surface under strange circum
stances and some of the deepest
thoughts are evolved in momenta of
frivolous gaiety. Prose ted an id suel.
Hur.windings impressed with equal
forcibleness, the cn I of du'y presents
a higher, nobler aspect than we ever
fancied.
Suppose you didn’t 1 veil know the
third .party, had never had occasion
to give one single thought to them, is
it likely you would pause at the thres
hold over which most of your com
panions had crossed? Would you stop
to tliir k that off yonder, In some dis
tant town, or some rural community,
tin re dwelt n third party, unllnown to
yo", but to whom you owed a solemn
obligation by divine injunction? How
few of as do these things, how nigh to
pro ml i ur do (hose rise who do them.
And yet here in our midst wo find them
from time to time. They are the oases
in the defeit of existence, they are
revivifying in every way and cause us
to 1 oa’ize that all the saints didn't live
hack yonder in the past, but that today,
Ajtrimd, shout us we lind people just
as goid us ever lived, tile deuceudants
of -
“Thf lir.lgl.tV.cnt of tho knUrhtly race,
Who mho# the «h >k of tiUl.
1 iw\ 1* kepi the lumpNof chivalry,
/ liuh. .11 the iNirUafrold."
ft Word nl Appreciation
1 tu
the fact that The News,
eimi under its present management,
which it bus been row nearly one year,
lias received a very liberal support und
the good will of the people of tho City
of Milledgeviilo and Baldwin county,
we feel th.it it is our special duty to
on leaver to express our most sincere
appreciation for the many kind deeds
an I favors shown us during this period.
Wlnlo wo realism, as all others do, it
1. impossible for us’or any one else to
please or succeed in getting everybody
t' agree with us on ail points, we must
say ' >t is our intention to bring out
ti igh ido of every question, and
in id wait, so that we may be
oeghly convinced that it is a nee-
oes-itv fir the general public good,
before wo make any step for any
change contrary to the wishes of any
particular person.
it is our intention to work for the
welfare of the people in this city ami
territory in general and we feel that
1 e can do a ;r. at deal towards this if
< e can only wea ve the support of the
ood peo th .t we have heretofore
recci/ed.
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A Conception of God
By EDMUND VANCE COOKE
How glibly, how greasily man says ‘‘God,”
Yet the wisest savant is the merest clod
Whose mind cannot compass this handful of sod
From his own little earth. Here it is, newly-grassed;
Every grain of its sand is molecular-massed;
Every blade is an epic, serene, unsurpassed;
Every cell of its life holds a secret so vast
That tiie mind staggers hack at the riddle aghast.
As a grain ol this sand to its planet, so, too.
Is our earth to the tangle of suns in our view.
And beyond? And beyond! Man must ever despond
To pronounce anv word save another "Beyond!”
Aye, we scan anil we seaich, we dispute and discuss.
But Infinity still is Beyond, with a plus’
Our star, in the streak of the sky, merely floats
As a speck in the sumbeam, a mote among motes.
Swarming round on this mote is the infinitesimal
Insect too small to express by a decimal,
Myriad-ciphered. Its place in the plan
We can can only conjecture; we call it a man.
Yet this germ of humanity crinkles its knees
And with orotund voice and a nominal “Please,”
He cajoh s the Omnipotent, salving his views
With some second-hand praise and some gossipv n>ws,
And flattered Infinity then is requested
To alter His Plan thus and so, as suggested!
About That Registration Law
There used to he an obi adage concerning a certain class of men in
which it was stated that when they (ell out it was time for honest men to get
oge’her, or words to that effect. The Macon Telegraph and the Augusta
.(ironic 10 vc been together so tnci h hi re during the past two years till
1 sectns sttange that they should disagree, But they have and the regis-
.ration law it toe cause of all the difficulty. We give some of the conten-
10ns Itetewith, not to take sides with either, but to present some facts to the
public: The Telegraph contends—
(1) If a busy man calls and pays his taxes and forgets to
ask fur the voters’book for the purpose of registering himself,
or -Signing," the collector may or rr.ay not call his attention
to it. There is no specific provision for the taxpayer to return
later and register. Therefore it is safest to register when one
paps his taxes.
(2) A poor men 60 years old, or more, who has been unfor- «
tunatc, who has no property on which to pay taxes, now at an
advanced ago, is relieved of poll tax There is no provision in
this law for his ‘automati;," or other way cf registering.
(3) Then the poor white man who only pays a poll. Most of
that class have the idea that the payment of that tax is simply
a fee paid for the right to vote, and they are not apt to care or
think about it until they begin to read in the newspapers about
the coming election, and »o hear the public speakers discuss it.
'Then they learn about the issues, take sides and when to vote;
but they learn loo late that they have been ‘‘automatically”
disfranchised.
(4) There is no provision in this law for the registration of
young men wh 1 come of age between the time of the closing of
the books and the election,
(5) There is another class to whom the Nashville (Oa )
Herald calls attention—those who do not read the newspapers
at all, and many of whom cannot read. These and many of
this class in the mountain regions and in the wtregrass-
The Chronicle replies.-
(1) This ‘‘busy man" has the months of October, Novem
ber, December. January, February and March within which *o
wake up and remember that he is a voter and can quality as
such by registering.
(2) The same reply appears to dispose of No. 2. A person
who lias no taxes to pay and yet who is a qualified voter simply
takes the oath and registers, and this he may do at any time
before April 1st.
(3) The same reply also applies, in part, to objection No. 3.
A person owing no taxes, except his poll, surely ought not to
require more than six months to learn that it is his consitution-
al duty to pay that poll, and that he cannot legally register un
til lie does so. The Telegraph Seetns to think that he should
be permitted to continue to sleep over this duty until his slum-
bets are awakened by the rude noise of the election heeler.
f 4) The Telegraph is simply in error in thinking that no
provision is made for registering a young man not yet twenty-
one where he will become of age before the election. The act
of 190S does not repeal the old registration law. It is “An Act
to provide additional regulations for the registration of votA
in this state.” When it says nothing on a subject the old law,
as it is written in the Code, stands.
What renders The Telegraph's position even more weak is its persistent
harping over the fact that A man must he registered “six months before the
gennciat election." Why not b>f fair and simply say “four months before
the primary?” The Telegraph knows that the “general election” has noth
ing to do with the choice of public officials in this state, and that the real
voting is done in the nrini’rie«, which takes p'ace in duly or August.
I Ite Chronicle has already shown that the purpose ot the new registra
tion law is to purify the ballot in Georgia; mainly by putting an end to the
payment of a voter's taxes bv candidates and campaign committees—in
short, the purchasing ot votes If the time between registering and voting
were cut down to four weeks, in stead of tour months, this padding of the
registration list and purchasing of votes would go on as it has in tbe past —
to the everlasting disgrace ol the state.
WASTE.
It is a Wori That Does Not Applv
t” Good Advert/sins".
”No one ever reads advertisements,”
says she scoffer. “I never do.”
Manv peoole do not read adverties-
raen’s. That is a fact beyon I dispute,
and the advertiser, whethe'- he uses
newspaper or magazine, inevitably
nays for many insertions of his an
nouncement whore his argument can
not possibly affect the reader. And
this is waste.
But is waste of this character con
fined to advertising? By no meansj
It cost the average advertiser onetenth
of a cent per copy to insert his announce
ment in a publican.
It costs the same advertiser from 50
cents to $1 to send a salesman to make
a call.
But can a salesman be sent out to
canvass without waste? The answer
is, No.
Some of those on whom he calls are
out; some refuse to see him; others re
fuse to listen. The man who says ro
one reads advertisement would stretch
the truth no further if he said no one
listens to salesmen.
A man in buying space in the news
paper occupies a position in many re
spects similar to a man who rents a I
store. PcrhatM the rental of the store
is $5,000 per year. Is the store always
full of customers? By no means. In
many stores at this time of the years
you will find no one but the clerks.
This, of course, represents waste-
waste of rent.
They S ay that in a battle it takes a
man’s weight in lead to kill him, so
many shots m'ss the mark.
The man who comlemns advertising
because he does not read it might be
called a consummate ass. but we would
not think of using language so violent
We merely state that he is suffering
from an anaemic condition qf the brain
cells. —Athens (O.) Messenger.
REFLECTION 01 A BACHELOR. |
From the New York Press.
A girl proposes to a man by making 1
him do it to her.
TOMORROW.'
A dizzy. glowing waste of ruddy sand
Horixoned Hke» yellow tropic aea:
A stream's dry tsef. wftfc cottonwoods that stand
... , , Far-scattered, droopinr. Here the land ia free
When we d"n t knew how to appre’..... ... . . . .
f ' ( 3ut thla poor hut whose window-hotee nenmand
ciate a thing We BHeer at it. I Two hundred miles of desert, seems to ms
A man tries to control his children Its owner’s prison, exile, living tomb. And he?
before he has learned to control him- And he? Two hundred mites of smiling plain.
self.
A complimeut to a woman is a prom
issory note to pay her ten more or
she’ll think you cheated her.
A Reckless Moment.
One of the soldiers at fort Washing
ton, on the Potomac, was recently
given leave of absence the morning
atter payday, says Life. When his
leave expired ho didn't appear. The
papers recorded, however, that he had
been very busy, the range of his ac
tivities being comprehended under the
title of “Plain Drunks.”
He was brought at last before the
commandant for sentence, and tho fol
lowing dialogue is recorded:
"Well, Murphy, you look as it you
had had a severe engagement.”
“\es, sur.”
“Hava you any money left?”
"No, sur.”
“You had $35 when you left the fort,
didn’t you?”
"Yes, sur.”
"What did you do with it?”
“Well, sur, I was walking along and
I met a friend, and we went iuto a
place and spent $8. Thin we come out
and I met another friend and we. spint
$8 more, and then I come out and we
met another friend and we spent $8
more, and then we come out and we
met another bunch ot friends, and 1
spinx $8 more—and then I comes home.”
“But, Murphy’ that makes only $32.
Wnat did you do with the other $3?”
Murphy thought. Then he shook his
Dead slowly and said:
“I dunno, Colonel. I reckon I must
have squandered that money foolishly.”
The hoard of county commissioners .
ham been petitioned to construct a
r.e-v roMd from the Garrison road to I
the Dave Hill place and connect near 1
the mill. They will act upon it at their
neat meeting.
Mr. Hearst has got to run for Mayor
of New York again, whether he wants
to or not. An interesting circum
stances in connection with New York
politics is how that man Hearst has
grown on the town during the past
few years. It hasn't been so very
long since a great many safe and sane
New Yorkers looked upon the exotic
from California as a mort undesirable
citizen and dangerous person. They
used to frighten their children when
they were naughty by threats that
A well known Baldwin county farmer 1 Every official in Milledgeville is ' Heat st would cath them it they didn’t
w rites to an Atlanta papei asking how ' willing to do everything possible, but | wa tch out. To their minds there was
We resent this there is a limit to human accomplish
ment. Co-operation does more.
If the Infinite Microscope sees him the while,
Let u» hope that Infinity knows how to smile.
—American Magazine.
Down in Columbia county, Georgia,
Steiner Branch shipped 6,500 pounds
of watermelon seed at one time. It
txk 42,000 melons to make ’em.
to cure peavine hav
going uwav from home for we can tell
you about it. Cut it when it is ready
if the weather is fair and the sun shines
and you can keep it alright.
Devil’s Tall A Good Thing.
From the Independence (Kans.) Re
porter.
“Papa,” said a youngster, “has the
devil got a tail?” “Some folk say;
so,” answered the father. “That must
be nice.” “Nice? And why?” “Be
cause he can tie it to his little boy’s
cart and pull him along. ’
Of orchard, meadbw; wood, carana tria cya
The noble high-road... pa.-i.inir held* of grain*.
Converge in nobla avenues: and hfsffe
Above him chimney* riae, and ateeplea. fatp
To win him bread and irodlineaa.
And why
Embrace today and lit the bleat tomorrow Ite?
— Roy Tempt* House.
The man who controls a store’s ad
vertising controls its volume of basin ass,
its growth, its "chance” in the -store-
race;
A Great Jollier.
Hope is a jollier. Perhaps
Has fooled you some.
It gets the boys expecting joy*
That never come.
— Philadelphia Bulletin.
A Columbus man claims to have the
smallest store in Georgia. It goes
without saying that he doesn’t adver
tise, for no man who advertises could
continue to have a very small store.—
Augusta Herald.
“It isn’t every woman that can wear
a Mary Jane,” says the Rome Triimne-
It wouldn t have required much more 1 Herald. That probably explains why
persuasion in your ad. to have brought some 0 f them are so strongly opposed
fifty more buyers to your store today. to it ._Augusta Herald
The telephone system has the reputa
tion of being the worst in Georgia, but
sooner or later we are going to have an
improvement, just watch.
The world needs sunshine and show
er*, but Milledgeville needs progressive-
If you are one of th« two people
necessary to a real estate transaction,
let a want ad. intrcJuce you to the
other one.
\ 1
If things don’t work out rigw tin e
nesaon the part of the pe- pie and it’s will change all, perhaps new and'better
coming fast. Are you for it? j things will come. Whatever yotj. do,
don't whine about things.
Every good store should be a busy ! V
store and is, if there's not something! v.,„. n r>
wrong with it’s advertising.
These are simple lines, but we hope j
they’ll touch the spot and make some 1
New stc'_of wall paper at- RdTH.
Culver & Kidd’s.
Wqolten’s,^
Fish frod at
It. II. Wootten will guarantee fi n
white enamel steelware against all tests
body think about what they can do and a „ d he h'.ndl^s th* kind by al! institu-
what they should do for the city. tion In this line of business.
omplstely equipped with ample
apital and long established
onnecticns in leading cities of the U. S.
T D6 Miiiedoeviiie BanKino GoniDanu
OF MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
Continues to solicit the business of re
sponsible people, promising all the
courtesies, that are usually extended
by an obliging and carefully con
ducted banking house.
Capital
$50,000.00
Surplus and Profit
$85,000.00
D. B. SANFORD,
MILLER S. BELL
President.
Vice Pres’t. and Cashier.
only one other evil influence beyond
Hearst—the chap that Lewis Morrisor.
made famous. Now some ox these
same staid old conservative New York- J
This is the busy season and Milled- * re 8 > uin R at Hearst’s feet ard
geville and Baldwin county is in better eating crumbs of political wisdom out
Those who are said to know declare j condition, when viewed from the indi- of his hands. It’s a droll world, gen-
cotton will take a tumble after today I vidual standpoint, than ever before. tlemen!— Savannah News
D. W. Brown—
DEAlLEFI 11ST
COFFINS AND V £ASKETS
Well Equipped in this DepiTrtm~ent and
Carry a Full and Complete Line
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