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THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEWS.
VOL. IX. NO. 7.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., FRIDAY, [Nov. 19,. 1909.
$1 .CO Per Annum
II PH
Methodists Close The
Church Year This Week
Special Legislative Committee Has
Completed tiriiJ And Report Will
lie Rendered Sonellme Soon.
The third (tires ligation of tho Geor
gia state sanitarium for this year
ended Monday night and tl.e committee
will render their opinion as soon as
possible, tlhose who heard the testi
mony at the special investigation are
quite confident that the result will be
highly favorable to the institution. The
investigation throughout last week and
Mondav was filled with dufi routine
questioning and at no time did the
situation assume an interesting aspect
from the public standpoint.
Ty Ccbb Spent a Few
Hours Here Tuesday
Tyros Raymond Oobb, star baseball
player of the Detroit team and one of
the best known man in th«United Stati t,
spent a few hours here T tesday morn
ing eoroute to Geo. Stallings’ farm near
Haddock. As usual he was the center
of an admiring group during his stay
here and with his characteristic timidity
the famous play s'.i e 1 at everything as
much as possible.
Cobb is one of the highest salaried
players in the world, in fact there is
hard'y any player who receives more
compensation for his services. He has
just signed a contract for throe more
years with Detroit whereby he receives
something over ($.500 a year for the
five month ( work.
He came over from Augusta in a
liupmobile, a machine which he hand-
les.ia that city and he is selling many
during his vacation period.
The conference of the North Georgia
division of the M. E. church is being
held in Atlanta this week and last Sun
day was the last sermon of all the
preachers in their old charges. Fol
lowing the custom of the church scores
of the preachers will be charged, but it
is quite certain that all preachers here
will be returned.
Rev. Ford McRee has spent hia third
year here and is in great favor with his
congregation. In addition to this fact
in his favor the erection of the new
Methodist church under his anspices en
titles him to the honor of remaing ns
a courtesy of the church. Rev. B. P.
Searcv has only been here one year
and he will undoubtlv be sent back.
The pulpits will be vacant next Sun
day, but the Sunday following the new
church year will begin.
Meet Me At The
Bazaar Children
Papa and Mama Doll announce the en
gagement of tbeic daughter to
the wedding to take ptaco on
the afternoon of D *c. 6th. at half past
three o'clock, at tha Red Men’s Hall,
Every child in Milledgeville invited.
Admission 10 cents. The bride will
be in R. H. Wootten’a windnv a week
before the wedding.
ILL INVESTIGATE
8. E.
Negro Boy Killed His
Sistsr by an Accident
Moving Picture Siiow
Now in Miliedgeviile
The Jordan brothers, of W rightsvillo,
are now operating a moving picture
show in Millcdgevillc and will put up a i
Ordinary A. R. Walton lo Look Into
His Sanity—Hearing to be Had
Monday, November 22nd.
Ordinary A. R. Walton of Richmond
county will on November 2‘‘nd, investi
gate into the sanity of R. E. Dunning-
ton, who is being held in the county jail
charged with shooting at another. His
attorneys have taken this step in his
case and his three nearest relatives
have accepted service in the case that
has been brought against him.
Dunnington has only been awav from
the state sanitarium for the insane
about five months, and it was about two
months ago that he baffled the officers
and made good his escape when a dozen
of Sheriff Clark’s men were around his
house.
The investigation will be held ortte
week from next Monday and it Dun
nington is found to be crazy, then he
will be slnt to Millodgeville again „foi
treatment. His keepers and attend
Fleming G. Dubignon lj. M. ELLIOTT TO HANG
Nearing Great Divide IN LAGRANGE FRIDAY
Messages from the bedside of Fleming
G. duBignon yesterday state that he is
gradually losing his grip on life and
that the end is only a matter of a short
time. He has been suffering for manv
months, but it is only recently that his
condition took such a decided turn for
the worse.
Mr. duBignon was at one time one of
the most prominent jurists in Georgia.
He was often in the public eye, being
one of the leading democrats of the
south. He is an universally beloved
citizen, and countless numbers of peo
ple will watch with anxiety his fight
with the Grim Reaper
First Cold Weather
Of Winter Yesterday
'I'he first touch of real winter was
experienced here Thursday morning
when the thermometer dropped way
down in the tube, the freezing point be
ing reached for the first time this sea
son. Of course, Imt little damage was
none here, except lo flowers and some
(lie crops
Much interest has been manifested in
Milledgeville and throughout Goorgia in
the case of J. M. Elliott, of LaGoange-
who will hang to day for murder. Every
resource of skillful lawyers has been ex,
liausted, every appeal of relatiyes and
prominent people has failed. After
many respites he will pay with his life
for the crime with which he is charged
unless something turns up at the last
minute to save him. Tho hanging will
be one of the few of white men to take
place in Georgia in many years.
at
Next Wednesday night a spcr.ii.l
Thanksgiving service will be held at tho
Methodist church hero and Rev. Ellison
R. Cook, of Sparta, will address the
Power And Light
Day And Night
The Oconee River Mills has put on
the day and night service without in
termission for both light and power.
For the lu>t moth the day current has
only been operating until midnight,
beginning again at. six o’clock in the
morning, but now it is continuous.
Thero will be no more need for lamps
if you use electricity for tht[light it will
be there all the time. In addition to
this they are prepared to operate sew
ing machines, fans und other small
power affairs and furnish heat for
smoothing inns and other purposes.
Now is time to get in line and give
encouragement to the progrtssivencss
of thi3 concern.
Street Work Tied up by
Closing Down of Plant
unis say that he is not of Bound mind. Harden plants, virtually all
Dunnington’s testimony in the in-1 being already gathered.
vestigution of the sanitarism last week j •
created much interest throughout the
state of Georgia and especially in Mil-
ledgeviile.
Serious Fire Promptly
Chocked Monday Night
A blaze that threatened to assume
splendid line of motion pictures here, I largo proportions occured at the Hen-
furnishing entertainment of high class, drix Housvu operated by Mrs. Emmiy
The show will be operated in the second j Jackson, Monday night. Tho fire was
flour of The Milledgeville News building discovered just at two o’clock in the
and everything will be arranged for the morning and had assumed a serious
Oild Follows to Have a
Splendid Entertainment
cimfort and convenience of the public.
NEW OFFICERS OF
METHODIST CHURCH
The 'll'! story of not knowing tho gun
was toad id is claim id to be response
for the death of Annie Ward, sixleen
years old, at tho hinds of her brother,
Cka'lie Wart',1 ,st Sunday nssming. The
•hooting occured on the farm of Chief
of Pol'eo, J. H. Lawrence, in the upp*<r
part of tbu county. The eu:■>»..! j <1
shot e r.-ro I th • gi.-l’a Vft eye m l .b/.
died i 1 itantlv, Tho n *gn bo sa.v I,,*
brotter place the empty gen in the
corner a av or two before and in spirit
of fur: was playing with the gun, pulled
the tigger and death followed. It is
reported that the father of the children „ ,, . .
had borrav/ed a shell and put it in the Bell. Dirtnet Steward
gun after it had been placed in position
by the brother of the boy who did the
shooting.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference of I
the Methodist church of Milledgeville
was held Thursday afternoon at the
parsonage. The following Stewards
were re-appointed for the inew year:
W. T. Conn. E. E. Bell, M. S. bell,Geo
TV I raitley, John T. Harper, G. W.
H.di.nthead, J. E. Ffidd, \V. A. Many.
D. F. Montgomery, R. U. Moore, M. M
Parks, S. D. Stembridge, J. C. Ward-
law, Dixon Williams, R. II. W out ten,
Dr. .1. M. Whitaker.
Capt. W. T. Conn was re-elected Sun
day School Superintendent and Mr. M.
nspoct before the firemen arrived on
the scene. However, it was confined
almost entirely to the kitchen and in
short order the ilaines were iu-a&.*e<i
by the firemen, the water pressure
being splendid for the occasion. It was
deemed unnecessary to remove the
furniture fir.im the building. The loss
was comparatively small, but being in
the midst of a business black it was
an exceedingly dangerous conflagra
tion.
An incident ot the fire was the dis
regard of some of the firemen of
orders from • i! ! il sou r» and Firornen
Skinner mV. ib.rm were vim pended
without pay for fifteen flays. Jesse
Daniels and liardy Tar.t were appoint
ed substitutes to fill their places for
the time being.
Cheese, maecarom ' *
pickle at. J. G. Bearcen's.
el mixed
“David and Jonathan” will be pre
sented in dramatic characterizations at
tho Odd Fellows Hail Tuesday night at
8 o’clock by Newton Boers under the
auspices of the Lodge. Mr. Beers is
known as tho chief of impersonators
and in his presentation he distinctly
portrays the famous characters con
cerned in the play ho presents and his
entertainment never fails to delight
everybody. Ticket* may be procured
from W. W. Miller.
The work of fin! hirg the paving on
Wayne street ha:t ti-'en tied up for at
congregation on the subject of Thanks-j time by the closing down of tho crush-
giving, A splendid program lias been , i„ (c p | un r furnishing the granite fonn-
thc
caeion and Mis
arranged for
Weller will be in
end of the affair
diallv invited to attend and an enjoy
able evening is promised.
ion stone and ibe paving dust. It is
barge of the musical j understood that tho material was
'ilio public is cor | furnished by the Georgia railroad and
just what arrangement have been
made to comptote work has not been
announced.
Arrangements are now pending
whereby grantc to finish paving Wayne
street, may be obtained from Grante
Hill, near Sparta, and if it is secured
the work will be finished within a week.
Or. E. M. McDonald Praises
Georgia Slate Sanitarium
IS IMPORTANT IN ALL THINGS
EE ME and save money on your magazine and newsraper sub-
acriptions. I give lowest club rates. Success and Wo- .. ,r
) man’. Home Companion, both one year for - - $!.Ud
Ladles Hume Journal and Saturday Evening Post, bolti 1 yr. $3.G0
.MAW OIUER ATTRACTIVE OFFERS OX AI.L MAGAZINES.
MALCOLM CONE
Agent For All Magazines. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
FouniSar ef Crittenton
to ifes Sons to Hast
I - -
It will be learned in Milledgeville with
| micii regret that Charles N. Clittenton
j is dead. A Crittunton circle is active
j here and in Augusta there is one of the
j seventy three homes that the famotit
millionaire established for the rescue of
! unfortunate women. Air. Crittenton
died m San Franciuco Tuesday night
after an illness of a week, thecuuse be
, itig pneumonia. He wag 76 years of
, a :e.
Two Local Concerns to
Operate fly Electricity
Right up to the front in a progres
sive way, two Milledgeville concerns
have just Btarted operating their machi
nery by electricity. These arc the
Edwards Bottling Works and The Mil
ledgeville News. The News has al
ready begun operation, being the first
concern in the city to start at ing the
power current continually. A now
modem power press hue a'so been adder
to the iob department, the very Lit t
designs in typo, the highest class print
ers. paid tne largest salaries, among
them being Mr. J. C. Hicks, formerly
connected with the Chronicle job office,
of Augusta, and employed < n leading
daily newspapers, arid Mr, Ed. Walls
also experienced, the establishment
feule cafe in its claim for superior work
, In addition to this the office carries |
three times the amount of high class I sha,! as I' oaa -
paper, envelopes and printing office A s *" !end “ J supporting: company
supplies usually found in an offlice of carrie ' ) - th<! mounting is brand new and
Declaring that ho was wonderfully
impressed with the immensity and the
splendid management of the Georgia
State Sanitarium here, Dr. E. M. Mc
Donald, chief house surgeon of the Gra
dy Hospital in Atlanta, added another
laurel to the institution and its manage
ment. Dr. McDonald visited the asy
lum Tuesday. He haB a sister attend
ing the Georgia Normal & Industrial
College here and whilo he was dispen
sing praiso to the Sanitarium ho did not
forget to mention that he believed the
College to bo one of the best in the en
tire country.
Lena Rivers at The
Opera Rouse Monday
There are a few attractions that come
to tho tl.tatrea tb it me in the way uf
sf ap'es to a merchant; attractions
upon which both the public and the
theatre management can bank; the one
for entertainment and the other for
profit, and these two always go hand in
hand. Such an attraction is Miss
Beulah Poynter’s version of Alary J.
Holmes’ popular novel, "Lena Rivers,”
v/hich will he seen at the Opera House
for an engagement of one night, Mon
day Nov. 22nd, with Miss Edna Mar
tins kind.
The Edwards Bottling Works is also
increasing its capacity, turning out
high class goods and right up to the
front with the most progressive bot
tling companies of the state, manu
facturing a varied line of drinks of the
best quality.
See Moran & Wilkerson's Advertised
Rev B. P. Searcy and Rev Ford in another column in this issue. This
! Me Roc are attending the Methodk-t | hustling firm is reaching out for business
conference in Atlanta this week and and if good goods, low prices and fair
there will be no preaching at the dealings count for anything they will
Methodist church here Sunday. *L
Got Glass VatefisSsr
of the bast, and the electrical and other
effects are of the best and most ap
proved type.
Seats on sale at Hawkins Drug store.
Central Schedules Are
Slightly Changed Here
Beginning at once the Central of Geor
gia’s schedule* are somewhat changed
at Milledgeville. By reference to the
advertising columns it >"i!l bo observed
that the trains ieaye earlier than here
tofore.
Telephone Company Has
Absorbed Western Onion
One of the largest deals in the his
tory of modern business was closed
Tuesday, according to New York dis
patches, The American Telephone and
Telograph Co. has absorbed the Western
Union Telepraph Co, The present
capital of the A. T. & T. Co. is $300,
000,000 and that of tho W. U. is $125,-
000,000 and $40,000,000 in bonds.
The transaction leaves the Postal
alone in its glory ns an independent
concern and officials Of that concern
aver they will still remain independent,
but the Mackay interests are closely
allied with the eompnny absorbing the
Western Union. The new concern will
have virtually $1,000,000,00f|capltal.
the fiEt.nrn roi'rri! ks
SEEN POSTPONED BV ti.M. C.
The play known as “The Gilded
Youth,” which was to have been pre
sented by the (i. M. C. i’luycrs Club
tonight lias been indefinitely postponed.
The reason given by the management
is considered sufficient and the next
play at the Opera House will be Lena
Rivero, on Monday night next.
’■ l 1 ( W-.Q .><*_ ,>,
T cu can always count on us to have Real Val- 8-in. Bowl $2.75
ues in Cut Glass. Each year we have a better value than we had the previous
yezr. 1 his teasen wj eie offering you fuel. v_'ues as these; 8 inch howls at
$2 72 and $?.( 0 ret or six tumb’ers at $5.00; 10 nch vaie at $3.00; mayonaise at
$4.00; 8 inch pitch ;r at $3.75; 7 inch fern Juh .5.00; 6 inch ban lied r.rpp'e $1.75 "
Let us show you our stock
8-in. Bowl $3.00
Q.IHS. jeweler
MOODY ORTH SALE IN
EATOYTON BIG SUCCESS
Y E S !
YES!
YES!
There are some people
in Milledgeville who are
not using—
“It is all right if yc u buy it' om Williams.” ~
It will be news of much interest to
Millodgeville folk to learn that tho s^Ie j
of city lots in Entonton by Messrs. |
Bloodworth and Bloodworth yesterday |
was a great success. Approximately |
$4,000 was paid out for the 37 lots Dlac-!
ed on sale and the result was highly
satisfactory. The fact that the firm
only undertakes good propositions,
something that will give the public
value received, insures for them the
highest consideration and this gives
prestige lo any affair with which they
are connected. The success of the Eu- U
tonton transaction will be learned about b
with pleasure by scores of friends of B
t'.c er.Urpii»:ng firm here.
MBSUZEaYSaHEMQETJuSa
coal. Good people
too—and that’s the reason
we keep on adver tising.
“Our coal makes warm
friends.”
F
owier-
lemister
coal
Phone 152.