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I : riday, Dec. 10, tyoq
A dollar In the pocket Is better than
1» o mi the 101 r.
Bolng prelt.v Is merely n matter of
pride, pretense mnl practice.
Tiio trouble with n woman Is that
when she gels e\en she Is never mills
(led to stay that way.
1 ton 1 ly Hording the money It n ({rent
cure for gquenmlKtinrss.
Ono reason wtiy so inatiy of us can't
rtnnd prosperity Is because wo can't
liiul Its hldlnit place.
People who are crippled In the head
liavo a hard time mid little sympathy.
Wo owe n great deal to ourselves,
fmt some things nro mighty hard to
collect.
Retting each Individual define tho
Word for himself, nohody Is mean
Very few people really like to v.'ort,
lint all think they do.
The spirit of Christmas cheer ought
to be abroad ut this season.
Forgiving and forgiving should be
state state of man lit, this time.
We nro traveling a common road,
leading to the same goal, why be proud?
The Btarof hope is brighter now Ilian
ever, but some folk look at it with a
smoked glass.
The time for kind words and consola
tion is at hand, but everybody ought to
be that wuy ull the year.
When it’ll bo Christmas all tho time
we shall not know the heartaches, pains
and weariness of the rest of the year.
One of the hi "iii ihle facta of exist
ence is Unit i ntt .y folk must go on
and n it know C o joys of the cumin,
Xmas lime.
We dislike to mix and mingle business
with tlie sentiment heieon, but don’t
you know it take a little money to
•perate this paper?
You have a tiurt in making The Nows
a goal pap r. II it doesn’t suit you
a: k yourself if you have done your
part.
The News is a big paper this week
and we trust you’ll persue it carefully
and see how much work it took to make
it up.
A WORD ABOUT MR. i. F. DELI.
After fol'owing business for 29
years a time far longer than the usual
allotment of man —Mr. J. F. Hell has
started out on a new careei. There
is no doubt but that the average man
would put aside business after fe.low
ing it so successfully, but not with Mr.
Bell, He is just beginning to branch
out into lurger field where he can serve
more liberally than heretofore, llis
sterling worth and unqestioned honesty
lias won for him friends among those
who differ with him on questions of
public nature. No one doubts his
sincerity or dares to attack his integ
rity. for they are established.
In selling nut his retail grocery busi
ness and embarking in the Wholesale
business with Samuel Evans, Sons &
Co., Mr. Bell start i a new work, but
one which he is admirably equipped to
manage. Being intimate with every
branch of the business he will be in
position to give his future customers
eve-v advantage of retail experience
at wholesale rates, so to speak, and
they will profit thereby.
in merchandising there is opportunity
to serve the people as directly as doe*
a representative, a judge, or any other
public official. Doing it well is the
whole thing and there is no doubt in the
minds of those who know but that M".
Bell will serve his customers better
than ever and the enlarged business of
Samuel Evans, Sons & Co., will bring
to Milledgeville new prestige from tho
commercial standpoint.
Tile littleness oi Some Men You Know
The world is filled lull of pitiable things, but of them alt the small man,
not in stature, but in mental and moral ca’ibrc, is the most pitiable. They
area banc to progress and all that is goo'b It is to be regretted that
any conmuni’y should be inflicted with men ol this type. It does not take
more than two or three to start an endless amount of unfavorab'e coin-
meat that creates undesirable impressions for a time. But there is another
thought hack of these minor forces that blocks the efforts made in thisdirec
tion. It is that/which we characterize as highest and best in humanity,
that which strives to i:| build rather than tear down , The fire of manhood
must lie aroused to some extent when the flagrant attacks are launched to
unthinking and unsuspecting public, the people who have given no thought,
or consideration to the topic in hand. It is an easy matter to commence
an agitation when the people are net concerned in the aflair except from
the standpoint of the idle, curious nature that is more or less inherent in
mankind, hut when you get tnem to realize that there is some unknown un
dercurrent at work that is seeking lor personal aggrandizement and gain,
whether it be to the detriment of the other man's character or motives,
whether it be right or wrong, so the point is carried, then you reach the
stopping point. It is easy to follow a path somebody else has blazed, but
getting back in the right is a departure that requires a man.
Here in this particular we want to direct the attention on the people of
Milledgeville fo affairs that concern them as citizens of the municipality and
individually. We want them to go down into the depts of some things that
have come to their ears, magnifiel by somebody with a purpose that is not
for public good, nor even for personal exoneration. The aim and purpose
ol The News is to magnify that which is good, to scorn the things of low de
gree that eminate from sources to which honorable men would not stoop.
In considering things o! this character trace every'hing to the origin ai d
you will find that narrow minded men, who know nothing of the sorrows
and the great trials of the world, and who measure the scope ol the w< rid
b/ their owe limited horizon, arc directly responsible for encumbering hi in
anity with an additional load of care. These are the men who never do
anything for the community at large, neier give up anything for uplifting
mankind, never go out of their pathway to allay the pain of the suffering,
never raise their hand to stay tlie arrow that is poisoned to the hilt and which
they know is calculated to result in irreparable injury.
On the contrary they are willing to add to a stigma, no matter how un
just it may he, no matter from what traivial misunderstanding it atiscs.
Tiicv seek to hold up their opinion to the public as being from the disinter
ested standpoint while in reality it Is founded on a basis as foul as the dis
mal depths of inconsistency can ever allow a thing to stand . These stories
rob honest effort and high intention of their worth and place a complm.en,
in the light of a demonstration of spiteful meanness. And in more than
one particular it is known to us that min who have openly violated their
trust, almost trampled on their solemn oaths, have had a hand in dispensing
some of these stories.
But standing above the petty things ot life, we are thankful that there
are tnen here, by far the greater number, who as individuals are worth a
thousand of the other kind whom we have been unfortunately forced to
dignify with mention in these columns. We are thankful that some of these
men have risen to snorenie heights and tolil in simple, yet eloquent langu
age, of their freedom from mingling with these little things and by their
actions and wools have clearly shown that they measured up to another
s'in lard, one so high that iliere is no comparison. While we do not claim
that som 'In re m tlie real " o' human progress we do not err seriously, still
above p . I e con end that intention has been high, following the example
of men who are around us and who have gone before, striving to do ihe
best we can in a limited way, ar.d with the hope we entertain for pardon,
we extend to the others—the transgressors in our right—the same commut
ation we would crave under similar circumstances and with such a state
ment we close the chapter ot sorrow.
How The Fee System Operates,
There is no doubt but that a lot of court ofllcia’s, and some who are not. will
oppose nt all times an effort to abolish the undesirable fee system now in
operation in the court, county and police systems of the state. The News has
for some time been advocating such a step, however, as strongly as it could and
several newspapers over the state have taken up the movement and are shoving
it along. The Macon News recently said:
It was ielated in tho news reports last week that Mr. Chauneey Groves
paid into the till of the city court tlie sum of one thousand dollars to
liquidate the ffno imposed by the court some year or so ago on Mr
Cornelius O’Connell for causing the“blind tiger” to pass out the “eye
opener” to congenial souls who thirsted likewise to get "blind.”
It would go lar to pay Cornelius pro rata share of the jail, the court
house, the police an 1 the other expense which the criminal class pile up
on the community. Of course, there would not he much left of it if
Cornelius was hit so hard that he had to go to Milledgeville and board
for a year or more ut tlie public expense until he recovered his right,
hearings.
But, hold on! Cornelius tine does not go into the public treasury, it
seems, to repay in some measure the expense Cornelius has been to the
community. It is to he divided, it appears, among the court officials
Who attended to Cornelius’ case. A pleasant little arrangement, truly,
where one side foots all the bills of the business and the other side rakes
in all the revenue What an ideal scheme, to be concerned only with
the credit side of the ledger and have somebody else take care of its
debit columns!
But if Cornelius, fresh from Milledgeville. or his backer for Cornelius,
can afford to pay one thousand dollars to excuse him from the service
that he would otherwise have to do for the state, there must be some
method in Cornelius' madness. It may be s simple business transaction,
after all, to pav a one thousand dollar fine to do business where one is
guaranteed against competition. Many a shrewd dealer would be glad
to pav a one thousand doilar license tax, call it fine or what not, for a
monoply or semi-monoply of the business. But where does the public
come in if the license tax or fine does not reach its exchequer? A Chain-
gang sentence without alternative would not bring any more money into
the public till, but it would come mighty near stopping the "tiger”
business where applied, and this is the real object that the public is
interested >n.
These are mere suggestions, however, of the ra lically defective charac
ter of a judicial system that makes the officers of the law dependent in
w hole or in part for their maintenance upon what they may wring from
the culprits who fall into their hands. It would be nothing more than
natural if they should lose sight of the chief objects of the law to deter
crime and to punish criminals in the more personal and absorbing calcula
tion as to how much each case would yield in tho gross or in the net.
UT US TAKE TIME.
Let us take time for the good bye
hiss. We shall go to the day's work
with a sweeter spirit for it.
Let us take time for the evening
prayer. Our sleep will be more re-tfui
if we have claimed the guardianship oi
God.
Let us take time to speak sweet,
words to those we love. By-and by,
whsn they can no longer hear us. our
foolishness will seem more wise thur
our best wisdom.
Let us take time to read our Bible,
its treasures will last when we shall
have ceased to care lor the war of
political parties, and rise ar.d fall of
stock, or the petty ha] uenir.g of the
day.
Let ua take time to be pleasant. The
small courtesies, which we often omit
because they are small, will some day
look larger to us than the wealth which
we covet, or the fame for which we
struggled.
Let us take time to get acquainted
with our families. The weaith you are
accumulation, burdened father, may
be a doubtful blessing to the son who
is a stnanger to you. Your beautifully
kept house, busy mother, can never be
a hr me to the daughter whom you have
no time to caress. —Exchange.
Gordon." cws Notes.
Dr. R. E. Evans returned Monday
from a ten day visit in Kentucky.
Mr. W. A. Jones and C. C. Johnson
were in Jones County tho first of the
week.
Mrs. B. S. ( Fitspatrick visited Mrs.
Z. T. Miller .^atuidiy.
Local And Personal
Friends of the family will be pained
to learn of the {feath of Mrs. J, D.
Walls, which occurred in Eatonton last
Saturiay. She was mother of Mr.
Eddie Walls, of this city, who is
employed by Tne News.
Father Hamilton spent last night at
Powerville and will spent tonight in
Columbus, and will pass through the
city Saturday en-route to his Middle
Georgia Mission and he expects to
return next Monday week.
Mr. J. F. Bell spent Tuesday in
Macon.
Miss Allcho Eve. Teacher at Ivey,
spent Saturduy afternoo i in Gordon
The willing workers (The Radies of
the Gordon Methodist church) are Tun
ing a Bazaar at the Old Drug Store and
ve Oysters every Saturday after
noon and evening.
Mr. E. 1'. Miller spent Sunday after
noon at Ivey.
Mr. S. R. Owen has resigned his pos
ition with the Southern Exptess Co. at
Macon and accepted a position w ith the
People's Bank at this place.
Mr. C. R. Carswell and Cuyler Den-
nard, of Macon, visited Gordon Sunday.
Miss Claudia Wall, of Milledgeville
was the charming guest of Miss Janie
Elam last week.
Pro. W. S. Johnson returned from
Conference Monday night and is well
pleased with his new appointment.
Rev. Percy T. HoHiway has been as
signed to the Gordon circuit this year
ind comes hiuhly recomendn 1 ai '.t ing
an excelcnt Chnstii.n gentleu an.
M rs. Grover Bloodworth and Grover
Jr., are visiting home folk at Sharon
and will be gone until after the holi
days.
Mr. T. E. McAuliffe. of Harlem,
visited his brothers here Sunday. Miss
Ola McAuliffe is also visiting Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. .McAuliffe.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Montgomery
spent the day in Macon last Friday.
A private car passed through Mil-
ledgeville, Ga. last night on the Georgia
H, R. coming from Augusta. Ga. with
the contingent of the guests for the
Duncan-Cohn Wedding s lemnized in
Macon on Wednesday night. In the
party were Mr. and Mrs. William K.
Miller, Mrs. Charles Pl.inizy, Mrs.
Harriet Phinizy Mays, Mrs. Ferdinand
Phinizv, of Athens, Ga., Mr. John
Cohen and the Hon. C. Henry and Mrs.
Cohen of Augusta. Ga., tho parents of
the bridegroom.
Mr. Palmer Greene, of Cordele,
visited Mr. Robert Greene Sunday.
Father Hamilton paid his respects to
the party as they passed through Mil-
iedgeville.
Father Hamilton was a guest at the
Duncan. Cohen wedding Wednesday
night in Macon.
Fine boxes of cigars for Xmas,
ver A Kidd.
Mr. J. W. Butler, who was hurt in
the Newell house fire, is slowly im
proving.
Rev. R- L. Wiggins, Sr., father of
the pastor of the Methodist church
here. Rev. S. P. Wiggins, visited this
citv Tuesday and Wednesday. He was
born out near Scottsboro and was
quite familiar with Milledgeville many
years ago. He is now pastor of the
Methodist church at Midville.
Friends of Mr. are Mrs. Will Braxley
are congratulating them upon the arriv
al of young Miss Braxley, who came to
stay Sunday.
The Baptist Young People’s Union is
preparing to present a Christmas pro
gram on Sunday night, Dec. 19th. The
exercises will be different from those
held on the same'occasion last year, but
they will be up to the usual standard.
A collection is to be taken for chari
table purposes. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Be sure to go to the Court House next
Tuesday night Dec. 14th to hear one of
the finest platform speakers of the
day,—Mary Harris Armor.
A large line of Christmas box station
ery from 25 cts. to $2.50 at R. H. Wcot
ton’*.
The Gordon merchants have the larg
$t stock of Christmas Holiday goot
ver brought to (Jordon and are making
some nice dispalys with some.
J. W. Hooks has arranged a Christ
mas tree at the store that is loaded
with Holiday goods of every description
and makes a fine display.
;|SAMUEL EVAiL, M k CO.
60TT0N.BR0KERS AND WAREHOUSEMEN
Mr. G. E. Price of McIntyre was here
Monday on business.
Wotk on the New Paper Plant at
Gordon will begin with in the next few
davs and they hope to l ave it in oper
ation before very long.
Every Accommodation and Convenience for
Our Customers and the Trade.
HIGHEST PRICES’, PAID FOR COTTON
Your Patronage Solicited.
Our Merchants are informed that
Paper Mill will buy all of their pas*!
hoard boxes and waste paper of every
kind.
Mr. Joel McCook, a spry young bach
elor of Ivey, was entertained by Miss'
Laura Gene Miller Monday.
I)r. Walter M. Lee preached a very
able and impressive sermon at the Bap
tist Church Sunday evening.
W. EiPOWTTT
nEALEn I3W
COFFINS AND ^CASKETS
| Well Equipped in this Department and
1 C any a E ull and Complete Line
■’Phones: Nos. 65 and
Mr. J. W. Hooks was in Macon Tues
day. un
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Mrs. E. A. Perkins was in Macon i
Friday.
Bro. J. F. Jackson continues to buy
cotton and has bought several bales this !
week.
It is whispered that we are to hav
more than one wedding in Gordon soon.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
VIA CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY
Low Rate Excursion Tickets on sale
December 17, 18, 2R 25, 23, 24 , 31, 1909,
and January 1, 1910. Return limit
January 6, 1910.
For rates and information relative to
train services, sleeping and parlor car
service, etc., apply to nearest Ticket Capital
Agent. 1 **
ompletely equipped with ample
apitaS and long established
onnections in leading cities of the U. S.
Je MiliudQcvliiB BaiiKino GoniDanu
GF MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
Continues to solicit the business of re
sponsible people, promising all the
courtesies, that are usually extended
obliging and carefully con
ducted banking house.
Surplus and Profit
$50,000.00
$85,000.00
Fine boxes Xmas stationery.
& Kid i.
Culver D. B. SANFORD,
President.
MILLER S. BELL
Vice 'Prcst. rr.d Cttfc'cr.