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THE MILLhDGEVlLLE NEWSf
Official Organ
City of
MllladgavIMa
Established October 12, 1901.
mayor MILLER s. bell delivers
ANNUAL message before council
Report Show* Much Progrew
Bumf The Part Year and
The Coalition oi City’* Al
laire Are Most SatUfactorjr.
facts of every nature
COVERED in report
Many improvement. Shown During
*2 Pa st Year, Indebtedness De-
creased and Tax Rate. Are Als.
Lowered.
Monday morning Mayor Miller P.
Bell delivered his tenth annual mes
sage before the City Council and as
the chief magistrate of the City of
Mill»dgcvill<? his report shows much
, e?B having teen made during the
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Covering ev
ery detail of the City's,
affairs the Mayor had before him the
facts showing just what had been ac
complished in the way of public im
provements, the new additions to the
City’s property and many other mat
ters making up a favorable report of
the general conditions of the City.
Although many Improvements were
cited in the message read by Mayor
Bell before the City Council, he was
able to call attention to the fact that
another decrease In the tax rate of
fifty cents cm the thousand had been
made during the past year. Also, it
was shown that much progress was
being made in the way of looking after
the outstanding indebtedness of the
City and that the Mayor and Aldermen
were keeping in mind the general wel
fare of the City’s future.
The annual message delivered by
the Mayor for this year is published
complete as follows:
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA* Friday Morning, lanuary 4, 1918.
INCOME TAX WILL
' BE EXPLAINED
Government Official Will Ex
plain The Matter At A Meet
ing To Be Held at The Court
House Saturday.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.. January 1, 1918.
TO THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF MILLEDGEVILLE, GA
Gentlemen: This morning begins the administration of our municipal
affairs ter another year. The record for 1917 has been closed. In begiul
nns another year's service as the administrators of the public, to whom we
shall at all times be responsible for a faithful discharge of our public duties
it is entirely proper that we give an account of our stewardship.
As Mayor of the City of Milledgcville I take pleasure In submitting my
annual report of the affairs of the City for the past twelve months.
This report is made not only for the purpose of refreshing your tninds
,3 oilii ials, hut for the more important purpose of rendering an account to
citizens generally. /
As citizens and taxpayers they have a, right to know how the affairs V.f
City arc being conducted and what is being accomplished in each de-
ittment of the City.
In submitting this report I shall, as heretofore make suggestions and
‘Commendatl ns as to policy and general scope of the work for another
It is highly gratifying to your Mayor, as I am sure it must be to each
if you, to have been re-elected to office another term without Opposition,
ills evidence of confidence on the part of our citizens in us as public of-
fcials should stimulate us to renewed determination to prove ourselvqs
crtliy of their trust.
Great progress has been made this year by our municipality (Rotwith-'
tiding the unusual conditions that have confronted our people. The fact
iat o .r great Government Joined the Allies in the early spring in the fight
;ainst ihe tyranny of Germany and her autocratic class rule has made
•eater demands upon every class of our people than at any other time in
le last generation.
Vet the year just closed has been one of wonderful prosperity b> many of
sr peorlo. Our banks report a larger sum of money on depcsit than at
)' previous time, our merchants have enjoyed a greater volume of business
d the products of the farm have been marketed at higher prices than
or before in a half century or more.
Tlie era of prosperity has reached Milledgevllle and “ffve should thank
for ills wonderful goodness and benifleience.
The continued policy of our administration of managing the affairs of
k- ( it\ so as to live within our income, and at the same time keep pace
r, '"' r "ell-governed communities, has met the approval of our citizens
- iiudd be constantly kept in mind 1 by each of us in planning our work for
coming year.
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Financial.
A careful study of the annual financial statement for 1917 shows that in
I r,spccts it is the best that we have made during the past 10 years,
fee has been made appreciable progress in several departments of the
ninistratii^i during the year, the affairs having been handled with efilci-
p' a nd maintained at a high standard.
"e have been able to reduce the tax rate 50 cents on the thousand dol-
have met all of our current bills promptly; have paid all maturing
Ns and interest on ail outstanding bonds of the City; made \libornl ap-
ppriations for the support and maintenance of the schools, both while
comred. Also, wo have added a valuable purchase of additional laud
r Tauner property) to our City Cemetery at a coat of fl,501.0#. We have
chased the McComb lot west of and adjoining the City Hall and paid
[ Eame !lt a cash price of $3,900.00. This lot to be used as a locat|on| for
pew l ire Department Building, while at the same time by the purchase of
P m.penji adjoining Jlte City Hall this beautiful building Is more per-
| ^ Protected front fire and also will appear to a better advantage.
1 * lave added to the equipment of the Street Department by the pur-
01 twr> mules and four wagons. We have added many yards of eje-
dewalks to the residential section of the City. We have paid for u
’ f ■' :l ap of *he City, at a cost of $350.28, which will prove h most val-
‘Vi in finding property that has heretofore escaped taxation; and we
[. 11 >°ar without one penny floating debt against the City, and with
“ sma H debit balance of $240.00. ■
Streets.
A large amount of street work was done during 1917. The dirt
p and sidewalks have been maintained in better condition than for many
(w.m The wor jj 0 j putting down cement sidewalks ip Ifho residential
Mr. J. A. Drake, a special repre
sentative of the United States gov
ernment, Is in Milledgeville this week
for the purpose of explaining the In
come tax proposition to the people of
Milledgeville and Baldwin ecunty.
A general meeting will be held at
the coujrt house fiext Saturday at
eleven o’clock at which time Mr.
Drake wijl give a complete explana
tion of the income tax law and will
show just who the law touches. The
meeting will be held fer the solo
purpose of affording a convenience to
those being effected by the income
tax, Including farmers, business,
professional and salaried men alike.
Every feature of the income tax
will be dealt with by Mr. Drake in his
■explanation Saturday and those who
are likely to be effected by the law-
are urged to be present at the meet
ing.
$1.50 a Ya
CITY OFFICIALS
TAKE OATH OFFICE
Miyor Miller S. Bell Enters
His Sixth Term At Chief
Magistrate of The City of
Milledgeville.
CITY PURCHASES
THEM 0MB LOT
Buys Lot Next To City Hall
For The Purpose of Erect
ing An Up-To-Date Fire
Department.
The vacant lot belonging to Mr. It.
H. McComb next to the city hall was
purchased by the city Friday at a cost
of $3,900 for the purpose of erecting
a modern and up-to-date fire depart
ment.
The lot purchased by the city is
now vacant on account of the struc
ture having been destroyed by fire
during the latter part cf the past
September, the place at that time be
ing occupied by Jeans & Robinson,
sale stables and automobile 6ales
room.
On account of the high cost of buiiil
ing material and labor,•tho city will
not attempt to erect the fire depart
ment headquarters on the new lc t
just purchased until some lime in, the
l'ututrc.
However, when the work is com
menced by tho city in building the
fire department the officials propose
to furnish the place with modern
equipment such as will add to the
safety of property against any pos
sible loss on account of fire.
Tbe City Officials for the City of
Milledgeville for the ensuing term met
at Ote City Hall Tuesday morning to
tqke their oaths of office. The officials
included the Mayor and six aldermen.
Mayor Miller S. Bell entering upon his
sixth term as the chief magistrate oi
thla city.
Preceding the acceptance of the
oath of office by the several city of
ficials, Mayor Bell read his annual
message before the City Council of the
past year, citing the progress of the
administration during the year 1917.
The officials taking their oaths
Tuesday the first day of January,
were as follows: Mayor, Miller S.
Bell; aldermen, R. T. Baisden, Leo
Joseph, j. E. Kidd, C. P. Schell, Ju
lian R. Stanley and Robert I.. Wall.
The officers elected for the present
year by Mayer and Council, follow
ing their acceptance of the offices to
which, they were elected, were as fol
lows^
Livingston Kenan, City Attorney;
John T. Burke, chief of police; J. W.
Roberts and J. W. Ivey, members of
police force; J. T. Thomas, street over
seer; R. H. Chandler, city sexton; Wal
ter Btown, H. K. Brown. J. L. Black,
Willif'Mahone, R. E. Long, A. W. Tis
dale, firemen.
Mr. Jchn L. Harper was again elect
ed by the Mayor and Council as city
dork Tor a term of two years, be
ginning the first of January this year
and ending December 31, 1919.
NEW LIFE RETURNED TO CITY AS
HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS RETURK
G. N. And I. College And
Military School Begin Their
Second Half of College Term
This Week.
ARRIVING TRAINS ARE
CROWDED FOR TWO DAYS
BALDWIN GINNED
11,117 BALES
43. M. C. Opens Thursday and G. N.
And I. College Will Gegin AH Claes
es at Eight o’clock This Morning.
ROOMS FOR RENT—Four up-stairs
rooms for rent. Telephone A. A.
Tilley.
Miss Sara Rogers, of Sandersvillo,
is the guest of Miss Anne Kidd.’
Dr. J. W. Good To Succeed
Dr. Vittum At G. N. And I. C.
Well-Known Southern Educator To Be
come Head of the English Depart
ment of the G. N. & i. College.
l" 11 "' ls continued in accordance with aiy recommendation last ycaf.;
H ' 1 s-quare fiet of ceynent walks were laid. These walks^are tho
u i:Ui os the wo iks heretofore put down, viz: Seven feet wide. Tho
r '“' '"Hr was done cn both .sides of Columbia street from Han-nd.'
|w.'B":,„. ry; a , so on si(Jes of piurk from Hancock to Greene itndt on
1 "l Wilkinson fropi Hancock to Montgomery and on west aid/-
11 " i ir(>:n Hancock to McIntosh and on East Hancock from Jefferson
<rrr n anl^H
on Elbert from Hancock to Greene. The plan of the proiw
l! *' : ruishing the material and the City doing the work was followed,
ll "*i wet of sanitary sewers have been added to tho system this
*18ion tlHViflir Imnn marln nn V!orl l<yfl'orflnn . TIllS
having been nmdo.ou North Jefferson street. This gives
""nersVJn ,1hat • sfeY-^i&tf^jfio advantage of connection with our
s ' v "inl hundred lcfcds of surface soil have been placed on out’
-ar, the
.Sintonville road an\J the road leading to the Ocon^it
1 ' Company were-the principal rogrip surged
r pf sidewalks have been graded' an 1 filled in. a- - great deft)
' ! " ao 11 dark, Columbia, Liberty-, Baldwin and Scriven streets.
"notion bridges have been kept in good condition, extensive
cn the bridge on Jqfferson street; the bridge over -double
1 'nidge on pine street. One new bridge lias beeu built on the
I'Cick and Tile Company. About I.StK) feet of surface drain
'* down at various points in the City.
IP ' on nearly all of cur streets have been gleaned at interv. «
In tho sr turner the street force devoted i ctfiBidereyMei
,,j ■' 1 “<U from the streets.
a nd|. pl 'nklor has been in use almost constantly during dry
- ‘ !P s,rect sweeper has been used to good advnnUfte is the bus-
Dr. J. W. Good, formerly of Tennes
see, arrived in Milledgeville this week
to accept the position as head cf the
English department of tho Georgia
Normal and industrial College, suc
ceeding Dr. Edward M. Vittum, who
recently resigned to accept the pas
torate of a church in Iowa. •
In the addition of Dr. Good to the
faculty of the Georgia Normal and
Industrial College tho institution is
foriHnate in securing tho services of
one of the best known educators in
the South and as head of the English
department he will no doubt prove a
valuable asset t6 the institution'.
Before coming to tho Georgia Nor
mal and 1 Industrial College, Dr. Good,
holding’a PH.I), degree, was a' promi
nent member of the faculty of tfie ’Uni
versity of Kansas ftnd ho is widely r>
eognizod as a man of scholarly, at
tainments.
Mrs* '-flood p'cf'HVnpanted her htu
band to Milledgeville and they will
be' wdrrffly welcofhed by Vhe people
of- this city, r.h well' as'by the Coi-
ego students and faculty.
FOR SALK—-One milk row with
young calf. J. 1). ERWIN, it. F.
I). .' i. J. MUIcdecvil! -. Georgia.
MI»»5Sftnnie Grant spent Christmas
week in Macon, the guest of her sis
ter, Mrs. Mark Few.
A considerable increase in the
population of Miltedgeville was inado
Wednesday and Thursday when
hundreds of Btudents of the Georgia
Normal and Industrial College and
the Georgia Military College returned
to this city to begin their studies for
the second session of the present col
lege season.
A number of the students of the
Military college began arriving in
Milledgeville during the afternoon
Tuesday and by Wednesday night
practically every member of, the vari
ous classes had registered at the col
lege barracks. Thursday morning the
entire college faculty reported at the
usual hour to again take their places
and the second half of the college sea
son was commenced without a -jingle
hitch of any nature.
Thursday the young lady students
of the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College came in on special trains over
the Central of Georgia railroad and
special coaches over the Georgia Rail
road and with the beginning of the
night the college dormitories were fill
ed and each room lighted up to add
new llie to the surroundings of the
noted educational institution.
This morning at 8 o'clock the girls’
college will be formally opened for
the beginning of Jhe second half of the
.1917.-1918 term and almost without a
single exception every student will an
swer to the roll call and take their
places in their respective classes.
Baldwin county has giraed' l|ll
more bales of cotton up to December-
13 from the 1917 crop than the crap*
of 1916, the same date of the month
year before last
The total number of bales ginned -
from the 1917 crop and reported De
cember 13 laat year was lf,t\l brie*
aa compared with a report of
given December 13, 1916, from the-
1916 crop. N
Tho price paid for cotton during,
the present season has f averaged'
something like 50 per cent, higher
than the price paid last season for the
crop of 1918.
In round figures it Is estimated th«
the difference In the yield of cottar*
In Baldwin for the year of 1917 over
ihat of the ye.:r of 1916, with the dtt-
ferdnee lif the price paid for (ho-
fleecy staple, amounts to somet>tig
In the neighborhood of a half mllllom
dollars. -1
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WANTED—100' cords of dry pine or-
green oak and hickory wood cut to
stove wood lengths. Address P. C*
Box 26G, Milledgeville, eGorgia.
Realizing the great advantages al
forded In the way of adding new Iffe-
to the city by bringing Into their midst
hundreds of young people all Milledge^
ville welcomes the return of the stir-
dents of both the Georgia Normal amf
Industrial College and the Georgia Mir-
itary College.
This year the two well and favora
bly known educational Institutions irr
Milledgeville are favored with unusnai’
favorable prospects, the entire enroll
ment of students being larger than-,
ever before and the indications arc
tho i .vo colleges, for young ineu and
women, will experience success he*
yond comparison In the State or the
South.
To The People of Baldwin
And Adjoini
Are you still feeding high priced corn to your hogs
that are ready to kill? You cannot afford to do this
with corn worth $1.75 per bushel, and going higher.
Why not kill your hogs now? We have ready for
delivery just what you need, the cold weather and the
salt that will save your meat.
YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE ANY CHANCES
WITH MEAT NORTH 35 CENTS PER POUND.
We will cure your meat for a very small sum. Why
wait on the weatherv .continue your feed expenses and
after all take chances. You run no risk when you store
your meats with us.
We Cure Your Meat And Return it to •-1
You in 30 Days.
Phone 181 and lei fell you adout our process/
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TliE WOMEN’S UNION
BIBLE CLUB
Will nice; next Tuesday at 10 o’
clock in the Knights of Pythls Hall,
as the guests cf Mrs. Ellison.
eorgia
COLD STORAGE DEPT.