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FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 28,
..THE MILLEOGEVILLE
NE^VS
MILLEDGEVILLE Ga
THE iv3!LLE03£ViLLE NEHS
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H. E. McAULIFFE, Editor and IVfgr.
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($:>('0).
Hnvo you notlc:i the Quality of the water the city .s'
g ving us these days? No matter how high the r ver may!
get. the water flowing thru the city main3 is clear and'
: pure as tho fresh from a mountain sprng! Many people*
' in this city have been able to see the bottom of a full [
bath tub for th e first time In their experience. It .'3 no
longer necessary to screw up, ybur couraeg and the cor-!
tiers of your nose before Indulg ‘ng in a glass of city water, j
1 The average man (lnds t much more easy to kick than to
I praise, but that there are exceptions to every - rule, is pro-
1 en by tho fact that a committee of c!t Z113 called on tha
■ Mayor last Saturday night at his home, for the sol e pur
pose of compl'mentlng him and tho city adm nistration
on the wonderful improvement in tho city water.
Whether you know it or mt, Milledgav'll? has t'n 0 Rio3t
up to (late water system In tho state of Georgia, and we
are getting water as pure as ; t is possible to deliver.
3T. PATRICK HAD
NOTHING ON THIS
Atlanta, Ga., July 26.—St. Patrick
in his palmiest days had nothing on
F. 'W. Weldcn, oS 74 Homo avenue,
and Miss Connie Freeman, of 78 (
Home avenue, who are reported to
have k Hod twenty-six rattlesnakes
Monday morning in Mr. Weldon’s
front yard.
Miss Freeman called The Journal
to tell of the wholesale slaughter.
"Mr. Weldon was trimming his
hedge,” she said, “when a snake
crawled from the underbrush. Mr.
Weldon killed it v th a stick and
had turned it over to examine t
when more began to pour out cf tho
hedge.
‘‘In a few minutes the place vva3
literally swarm ng w.th snakes. Long,
short, tlt'n.
fat. Me. Weldon found
the
and called for me to assist him 1
found a short axe in the rear of
house and began hack ng on them
“Mr. Weldon abandoned ih-
he picked up at first anl
num-
stick
obtained a
shotgun w'th which he U;ji ed
birs of them.
“There must have been a
them. . All turned out to b
but most of them were ver
However, the older cue put
he had a terrible job on his hands j strenuous struggle.”
»53t of
'aiders
f young
up a
THE FLIM FLAM KLAN
For two or three years we have from time to tim e heard
a great deal of the KuKlux Klan, but out of all that has
come to us w e have heard of nothing worthwh !e that the
organization has done. We have frequently heard It said
that the Klan was gotten up for the purpose of benarttilng
comm unit es in which the various orders are establ shad,
though nothing has com e to our ears complimentary 10
any of the orders of the general organization.
We have our own ideas about the order pf the Ku Klu.
Klan and we are going to express at least enough of then,
to tet ne pjhiv know where we stand on tb 3 subject and
to give an outsider a little of our v’ewpoint of the Inside.
Of course, there m !?h t h e a great many thngs we could
say in opposition to the Kus, but we feel that a few of the
main pointers should b e all that is necessary to shed light
sufficient for the public to sit up and take notice.
Well, to begin with, we w.ll say that accord ng to out
ideas the t.o e . Ku Klux Klan
is altogether misleading. However, when the orgar.iza-
g.011 was planned th e purpose of lutchlng onto a sensation
al sort 01 name was the foremost in the minds of those
doing the getting up, and it has developed tnui the orgau.-
zers qu te well had an eye fer business, for it must hi
said that bus ness has been quits satisfactory to th PRO
MOTERS, even in face of the depression wh'ch we hav
experieued in constructive lines during the last two or
-. A
In nt:r opinion ni ghty little effort has come from tin.
canipu.gns mat have been waged u-aiiist ,he Ku Kim.
Klan, for the simple reason the wagers have, la lea to ge.
at me roots ot the main evils of the organization. In oin
opinion, and we are so strong 11 it until w e Kel that tv.
liav, n t a coance to miss, this order was gotten up prima
rily for the purpose of arranging some schem e for operat
ing a Him Ham game. We are quite well satisfied, too
that thg purpose as was set for.h ui the beginning of this
organization nave been vary well carried out and that the
carrying on is still in progress. Th*s purpose we hav e ref
erence to is that of Him naming the people by sendng cu,
in many directions from general headquartrs of the Ku
Klux Klan a bunch of representative money-getters to go
to the people and induc e then! to establish local cr sut
ordinate orders. Along with this inducement the charter
members have been mildly given the undestanding that t
great per cent of the turds der ved from dues of ndiviJua
members must b e laid aside to be forwarded to headqttr.i
ters before a charter is granted.
It is up to the intelligent man to look (o the comnitiiu-y
in which he resides for protection and it is up to each
individual <?ommunty to do ts own bulding. Likewis
the promote! s of a Han Ham organization more than likely
look to then- own interest befor e they take into cons‘del
ation the question of serving those in latant (jommuui
ties, and it is not at all likely that consderation of hose
in far off communities are ever given erns’deration .more
titan is necessary in order to work a gam e successfully and
witho utquite a bit of suspicion, to say the least of it. A;
long as the law allows such maneuvering, what more ca’
a man expect to ilo than to look out for himself wlter
someone comes around and 1 knocks hint loose front
dollar Dill v Hit ilie tn lorstanding that he is to be given
back twenty-five per cent of the amount as a sort cf broth
erly offering. \vhil e ‘the savnty-fiv per cent, of the am mu
turned over to the money g e tter is passed up to head
quarters to b? div'ded later antongs tha promoters,
When we come to think about it, the public is in neeu
of lots of protect‘on^aga nst yuiasites and it might
be said that the representatives of the order of Film Flam
triers are well up on the list of professionals engaged in de
ce'ving the people. When the law permits it, what more
can any of us do than express our opinion concerning the
workings of the Ku K^ux Klan of today. We are at leant
given the privilege of saying what we please as to the
merits of the organization and so long as the promoters
cannot com ( . back at us and say hat they are due darnag
for in]uring THEIR BUSINESS, there nothing to be
feared from the hands of the law of the land.
If the field representatives of the Ku Klux Klan are
paid so much for each member signed up and for each
versation, we can’t see any room for doing more than ex
taking money from these influenced by their line of con
versation, we can’t see any room for dong more than ex
pressng our Individual opinion of the transactibns made
Naturally, we are ’nclined to want to see alt the man pow
er In this country ret in action to do constructive work
However, as we all believe in freedom of trade and fre e dom
of speech, we cannot see any particular rcom for bringing
about organization action to prevent a man from paying
any sum he sees fit for becoming a member of the Ku Klux
Klan, he Film Flim Klan, th e Order of Humbuggers or
any other money raising organ zation.
How easy is the task of the modern wr ter and how
meagre the resultsof his labor.
H e may sit in his easy char with folded hands ami
speak his thoughts intc th e distograph and they pass on
to the typewrter, the linotype and the ptess, th,. prnted
v.-ord coming hack to him while he is still speak ng. Spread
out before hm avo tha loves andths expernces of the
-'-orld's great m::i and the history cf all the times for him
to study.
There are boclm by the million, yet most of them are
rot. There are newspaprs by tha thousand, and v-t the
really great journalists can be counted upon ona’s ngt-s.
’-hoo's of literature and Journal'sm are in every city, but
what author is now living whrs e works w ll stand th> rst
of tme and be read by future generations? Can you name
one?
greatest masterpiece of all I terators, the most per
fect specimen of repertoriai work when ther e were .10
Miocls cf books or newspapers such as ',ve hav e now and
writing was ' r w. It is the first thir
teen verses 'n the first chapter of the Gospel accord ng t
St. John. Here is the mo3t perfect gem iff all literature,
not an unnecessary word-, not a repetit'011, beaulful in its
dignity, wonderful in its simplcity; the whol e wonderful
dory of creation and th e history of the ages is set before
-.’ou in a few simpl e words, complete, compact and beau-
t'ful. This ts the product of no mortal mind. It is the
inspired word of God.
The last sess’on of the Baldwin Superior Court was
most expensive one and dra'iud the county’s finances tc
’he last drop. Four murder cases were disposed of. In
directly connected with them all was stump rum. It oc
curs to us that when Baldw-’n county did away with her
county policemen ns a matter of economy she adopted a
mighty poor method of cutting down expenses! It is a
matter of record that the county policeman more than
-aid his salary in fines and was a source of revenue to
the county. Jurors bring in no revenue.
That Georgia farmers are not so “sot* in their ways as
■e were went to believe and that they hav 0 not surrend-
d to the lioll wevil is ev'.lenceed by the following: Last
red o the boll weevil is evidenced by th e following: Last
ium arsenate 'n their battle with the boll weevil. Up to
he present t’me. they have consumed ’a this year’s oper,
tion, a total of 1.901,000 pounds of calcium arsenate, in*
other words seventy-four cars of poison. The educat onal
work of the State Agricultural College and the county
lemonstrators is most certainly beginning to bear fruit,
ikew’se th e poisoned cotton.
We have had the feeling that something was amiss t A
familiar thv ll that has never failed to br'ghten the dull
days of mid-summer is lacking. Just what it was we did
not know unt 1 it dawned cn us today that it is about
t ine for the advance man of the circus to make his ap-
aearanc 0 and decorate the bill boards and th barns with
; h:r,o wonderful and colorful works of art that have been
m essential part of our existence and happ ness for the
last thirty years or more. What’s the matter with the
cuss anyhow?
W Q don’t see the name of Baldwin county’s representa-,
tve in the state legislature cropping out in the accounts of
all the scraps, filibusters and investigations that are
taking up the time cf this session, hut we notice that eve
ry once in a while some bill cf his comes out from com
mittee. We are wili ng to bet a bat that in the long run
ho will get what lip was asked to get. He would rather
have him bring home the bacon than a pocket full of
newspaper clippings.
Everybody has gm e to the mountains but the editor,
and lie can’t go. lip has come to the conclusion that
ho average man hereabouts harbors th e belief that a
newspaper is merely operated for the sole purpos e of hiing-
ing a direct, not merely indirect, income to th e commu
uily.
If they won’t agre P to move the cap’toi to Macon why
not compromise on MllledgeviUe? W e can offer every m-
ducement that Macon can and then some! Perhaps that
perplexing matter of state finances could be cleared up,
°nce away from Atlanta, for we have one or two Insttu-
tions in this neighborhood that ar e shining examples of
economical and efficient management
From the numbsr of want ais. appearing in the loca
papers for residences we are inclined to think that some
one is overlooking u bet. Either w e need' more homes in
this town or else the MilledgeviUo landlord does not know
that the war is over!
Th c re were a lot of the old timers at the conven
tion and at the same time there were a number who
were missed 1 . Jim Williams ot Greensboro was not
there, but he sent two very attractive daughters to
represent him. Claud Methvin of Eastman was not
present, nor was McAuliff e of MilledgeviUe and Au
gusta. These two past presidents were missed by a
great number of people. Th e Atlanta Georgia editor,
Jim Nevin. did not come this time because of the fact
that th e Georgia Legislature was in Besson. Johnny
Spencer of The Macon Telegraph was not on hand,
and this so moved Editor Rucker of Alpharetta that
he had a composite poem prepared by a number of
the apostles of th e bard read o the convention, ex
pressing regret at Mr. Spencer’s absence. Camp of
Vetter did not come, nor did Bacon of Madison. Will
Bnin°r. of Washington, was frightened off because
he was asked to read a paper. We missed several
others from this convention* whom w e trust will, at
tend the next one.
% We appreciate the expression by our Savannah contem
porary. It is consoling to know that our failure to ap
pear upon th P scene at Quitman was noticed, especially
is this true on account rf the fact that we have suffered
quite a disappointment because we were unable to fulfill
our wishes to go down and join the fellows on the annual
occasion this year.
July 27th To August 12th
have Been Looking For Has
The Occasion You
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SALE
OF
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During a period of more than two weeks we
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reasonable reduction. When you buy a Manhat
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and here’s how we have reduced them:
$2.50 Shirt
$1.65
7.00 Shirt ____
4.95
3.50 Shirt
2.25
8.50 Shirt ____
____ 5.85
4.00 Shirt
5.00 Shirt
2.85
3.45 .
10.00 Shirt
6.95
6.00 Shirt
4.25
12.00 Shirt
8.35
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