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GEORGIA
Located in Berrien County, in the finest agricultural portion of the state, soil suitable for almost any crop—Corn, Peas
Peanuts, Potatoes, Wheat, Oats, Rye, Especially Sugar Cane and Long Staple Cotton, which is now worth 18 to 20c.
We have increased in population in three years from 150 to 1500 people,
We have now under way more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars worth of buildings. We will do
population within the next eighteen months. COME TO SEE US. IF YOU CAN’T COME, WRITE US.
SOUTH GEORGIA LAND & INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, milltown,Georgia.
fiunwiAJi
What We Are Offering.
All the banks’ holdings
clustering the new college
building, inclusive of all
holdings along Broad street,
South avenue and Oak
street, with other undivided
property now being survey
ed in the incorporate limits
of Milltown.
All good, high, dry build
ing property, no swamp or.
waste lots included; many of
these lots we have been of
fered at private sale $150.00
to $200.00. We are out for
the fair thing, however, and
make no reservation of any
property belonging to us. .
Remember we invite your
personal investigationof this
property.
, Or refer you to
Bank of Milltown as to our
financial standing. Rev. W.
W. S. Stewart as to truth of
our statements.
Oar Plan.
Is to keep this property
from getting back into the
hands of a few, as it has ever
been until now.
To this end we are divid
ing it into lots of about onb-
fourth acre inclusive of
streets, and to sell them in
blocks of five or less to each
person.
Same to be done by allot
ment about the first day of
October next
At the low price of $35 each.
Remember we are selling
you no sandbeds that we se
cured at a price of $1.00 per
acre, but a lot in one of the
best little towns in South
Georgia that has increased
1.000 per cent in population
within three years, and with
the expenditure of over one
hundred thousand this year
do you think it unreasona
ble to say that on the date
of salo every lot will be
worth the money and many
of them ten times as much.
Don't throw thlfi aside. This prop*
arty will all be sold quick. Over 200
lots sold right at home In ten days.
Do It now. Get In the swim and
double every dollar you Invest In
South Georgia dirt.
OIL KING’S DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT
AMAZES HIS FELLOW PASSENGERS
Claps His Hands With
Delight When Vessel
Outstrips Another.
By WILLIAM HOSTER,
Staff Correspondent on Board tha
Staamsr DautacHland.
By Wlraloaa Telegraph.
On Board Steamship Deutschland, at
Ben, June 2, via Babylon, I., June 2.
—John D. Rockefeller arose early to
day, and, after a bath, rub down and
« cup of coffee, hastened to the de
emed promenade deck. With power
ful glasses, he scanned the horlson.
"Are we still leading the Provence ?’
he asked, entering democratically Into
a conversation with a seaman. The
assurance that the French liner re
mained far aatern pleased him mighti
ly. The race has been a matter of
unconcealed Interest to him.
Mr. Rockefeller Insisted upon being
laken to the engine room. He, how
ever, waved aelde a courteous assls-
•ant engineer, who started to describe
I he working of the machinery.
"This Is not my first sea trip,” he
•aid. ”1 was told all these things be
fore.”
He Amezts Psssengers.
Mr. Rockefeller, accompanied at dif
ferent tlmea by varloua members of
his party, and alwaya by hla secretary,
"pent a busy first day at sea, sight
seeing aboard the giant ateamshlp.
His smszement and delight were al
most childllks. Hs was like a school
boy on the first day of a long-await
ed vacation.
Paasengera were amaze.) by his ge
niality. They did not expect that a
man who had amassed a billion dol
lars by the hardest end sharpest of
business practice would prove, on ac
quaintance, so unaffected and Ingen
uous. He eat op late Thursday night,
disregarding the protests of Mrs.
IW-kefeller and Miss Bpellman. her
•liter. Dr. Bigger added hie disap
proval also, when Mr. Rockefeller de
clared his Intention to elt up on deck
ond watch the race. After some dis
cussion, a compromise was reached,
Mr. Rockefeller consenting to envelop
himself In sn overcoat.
Claps Hands in Delight.
When the Deutschland had over
taken' LaProvence, he clapped hie
hands and laughed aloud. Then he
retired. He probably was the earliest
passenger on deck Friday morning.
Dawn acarcely had broken when he
arose. _ . . .
Mr. Rockefeller wee Informed that
MJas Helen Gould, of New York, was
a passenger on the Deutschland. The
ract seemed-to Interest him. particu
larly when he learned that Mlsa Gould
had booked her passage unites an as
sumed name. It Is the consensus of
opinion that shs Is en routs to Paris
to taring back to America her elsler,
Anna, the Countess DeCestellene.
Miss Gould Is uncommunicative to the
few persons with whom she has con
versed, and can not be approached for
purposes of an Interview.
He Praisse Cheese.
Borne good-natured discussion arose
at dinner last evening, when Mr.
Rockefeller ordered cheeee. In re
sponse to a fellow-pasaenger'a ques
tion. he reiterated hla frequently ex
pressed views es to the health-giving
qualities of this, his favorite article
of diet. He Is as loyal to.cheese*on
sea as on land.
It was evident this morning, when
Mr. Rockefeller made his customary
early appearance on deck, that the
' s- kanertrla In him.
AT THE THEATERS
voyare la proving beneficial to him.
There Is a healthy color In his checks,
and a sparkle In his eyes, telling more
eloquently than words that he Is not
•Irk man, and la enjoying every minute
of thf trip.
Mute Pupils Pass Through.
The more than one hundred pupils of
the Georgia School for the Deaf passed
through Atlanta* Friday en route to
their homes. They attracted much at
tention by their line appearance and
soldierly bearing. They took various
trains from this city to their homes.
At the Casino Next Week.
Vaudeville, In a new and delightful
fashion, will be the offering at tha Ca
sino next week.
The does of vaudeville offered since
the opening of the season has been
satisfactory, it le said the bill for
next week will eclipse any Impression
the acts have yet made for this cl
of entertainment.
The feature of the bill will be the
military octet and the Girl Behind the
Baton. There le no doubt but that this
number le really ona of tha big ipacUt-
cle features of vaudeville. Thera ara
twelve people In the number. They
•re mueiclans, vocalists end novelty
entertainers. The act will be offered
In three scenes, showing the camps
of all nations, and permitting special
ties by several of tha members. This
act la booked for a solid year, and
later will appear for return engage
ments In the hlgh-claes vaudevlllt
houses of the new Kelth-Procf.or com
bination. A great deal of scenery h
carried by the combination, and It li
believed the novelty will be one of
the features of the Casino season.
Another novelty will be the u.ntrlhu-
tlon of the famous European artist.
Asra. who has but lately come to
America. This man Is a Juggler who
departs from the old routine, end he
wilt Interest people who admire dev-
700 OLD BILLS HANGING
OVER THE LEGISLATURE
Should No Other New Business Develop
Georgia Solons Will Have Enough
to Keep Them Busy.
Porto Rican
Cigar.
"Get 'em" at
D. B. HOLLIS.
The Herald Square quartet. In a se
ries of comedy Ideas; Lewis end Green,
comedians who know how to be fun
ny. and the Demuths, whirlwind dan
cers, with the Cameregraph with new
pictures make up the bill.
There will be performance .ell week.
In accordance with the usual sched
ule.
I VE QUIT GAMBLING,
SAYS BtOHABD CANFIELD
By Private Leased Wire.
New York, June 2.—”1 hare quit
gambling for good,” said Richard A.
Canfleld today. “I quit when Jerome
•mashed my house. But' that's got
nothing to do with me now. I have
sold my Newport place to Bucklln and,
of course, everybody knows I sold my
Forty-fourth street house. I would sell
the Saratoga place for a bargain, and I
will give any of you fellows a howling
commission If you'll srrsnge It. Yes,
It's all over for me now.”
Canfleld has bought the house ut No.
• East rifty-flfth street, oppoelte the
Hotel St. Regie, and says he will make
It his residence. At No. 1 live. B. H.
Herrlman. Mr. Canfleld referred to
him as "Eddie."
S HOULD no other grist come to
the legislative mill than the ”un
finished business” from last ses
sion, there Is more then enough of that
to keep the house and senate huetllnr
for the full fifty days, and still leave
•ufllclent for the next general assembly
to grind on.
Nine hundred end twenty-seven bills
and resolutions originated In the house
alone lest summer, end enough more
In the senate to bring the grand' total
up to near 1,100. Of this hugs total
only acme too passed successfully the
gamut to completed enactment.
On Wednesday, June 2T, the lest see
•Ion of the present general assembly
will open. In the house there are MO
bills for a third reading, many of them
Important general legislation.
The other business Is for a second
reading, tabled bills and resolutions,
those with unfavorable committee re
ports and others referred to committees
and not reported back.
Awaiting Third Rsading.
Below are given soma of the more
Important measures for a third read
ing:
By Mr. Blackburn, of Fulton—A bill
to establish police patrol In rural dis
tricts.
By Messrs.’ Slaton. Blackburn and
Bell, of Fulton—A Mil to amend the
constitution so that the legislature
shall have authority to add additional
Judges of tha superior courts.
By Messrs. Blackburn and Flynt—
A bill to prevent the marriage of whites
and negroes to each other.
By Mr. Blackburn—A hill to amend
section KOI, volume 2. code till, re la-
re to who shall manage banks.
By Mr. Bell, of FuIton~A bill to
establish ofllce of stats pharmacist.
By Mr. Hall, of Bibb—A bill to create
state auditor.
By Mr. Hall, of Bibb—A bill to pro.
vide for assessment of property re
turnable to comptroller general.
By Mr. Steed, of Carroll—A bill »:.
provide for election of county school
commissioners.
By Mr. Boykin, of Lincoln—A bill to
prevent dealing In future stocks of cot
ton. corn, etc.
By Mr. Wright, of Rlchmoajl—A Mil
relative to buying and selling voteu and
voting Illegally.
By Mr. Felder, of Bibb—A bill mak
ing penalty of burglary at night death
penalty.
By Masers. Butts, of Olynn, and Dun
bar. of Richmond—A bill providing that
telephone companies shall have same
privileges as telegraph companies.
By Mr. Portsr, of Floyd—A bill to
prohibit the manufacture and sale of
cigarettes.
By Mr. Stovall, of Chatham—A res
olutlon to appropriate 116,000 to erect a
monument to James Oglethorpe.
By Mr. Calvin, of Richmond—A bill
to amend coda defining vagrancy.
By Messrs. Hardeman and Holder—
A bill to provldo for tho Isolation ol
Insane consumptives.
By Mr. Kuseell—A resolution to ap
propriate 160,000 for state exhibit at
tha Jamestown exposition.
Anti-Lobbying Measure.
By Mr. Wright, of Floyd—A Mil to
compel legislative counsel or agents to
register with the clerk of house and
secretary of senate. (Antl-lobbylng
measure.)
By Masers. Kelly and Wright, of
Richmond—To revise election laws.
By Mr. Buchannon—A bill to provide
local option In countlee with dispen
saries.
By Mr. Calvin, of Richmond—A Mil
to amend boll weevel act.
By Mr. Bleed, of Carroll—A Mil to
protect purchasers and dealers from
fraudulent short weights.
By Mr. Whitley—A bill to compel
vaccination of achool children.
By Mr. Perry, of Hall—A Mil to
make It a misdemeanor to bet on re
sults of primary elections.
By Mr. Wright, of Floyd—A bill to
prevent the adulteration of food.
By Mr. Brlneon—To prevent cruelty
to animals.
By Mr. HsIL of Bibb—A bill to cause
railroads to be Incorporated under the
general laws of the state.
By Mr. Lumpkin—A bill to regulate
running of automoMlae on public roads
of the slate. •
By Mr. Hnll—A Mil to nuke an ap
propriation for an cqutMrian statue of “
General John B. Gordon. °
By Messrs. Covington and Moore
drunk on cere of any kind.
By Mr. Richardson—A hill Increas
ing the number of elate senators.
lit Mi William", tie Tim'"
bills amendliiK tho divorce Inws.
Ill’ Ml Mi MIc liii.’l l hill nhollehlllK
fees of solicitor generals and placing
them or, salaries.
By Mr. Wright, of Floyd—To pro
hibit the purchase of Intoxicating li
quors In countlee where It le unlawful
to eell them.
By Mr. Alexander, of DeKalb—To
extend the W. and A. railroad to the
Atlantic coeat.
Anti-Pass Bill.
By Mr. Hall, of Bibb—A bid to pro
hibit railroad, telegraph, telephona or
express companies from giving passes
or franka. (This Mil was lost In the
house by ona vota and then put on the
calendar for reconsideration.)
By Mr. Hliulta—A compulsory educa
tional Mil.
By Mr. Williams, cf Laurens—A bill
Increasing pay or members of the gen
•ral assembly from St to ST per day.
By Mr. Flanders—A bill to make It
unlawful to vote In primary unleea
qualified registered voter.
By Mr. Green—To compel elreet
railway and steam railroad* to supply
separata compartments for ths races.
Many Important bills and resolutions
received unfavorable committee re
ports. One sought to do away qrltb
Hunday excursions. Anothsr sought to
•msnd the primary election laws.
large number were referred to
standing committees and never saw
daylight again. Many provided for ap
propriations and several for constitu
tional amendments. Ona measure pro
vided for the amendment andscodloca
tion of the common school lawe of
Georgia. A bill by the three Fulton
members sought to create a Judicial
circuit of DeKalb county. There are
bills and resolutions Innumerable, end
It would be Impossible to name them
all hers.
CARNEGIE MAKES GIFT
TO SOUTH GEORGIA
Hj.nrlnl to The Onnrglao.
Mrlta©, tin.. Jan© X—Tb© Month Georgia
College bo© rompIntMl tb© fourt©©utb jesft
of its blit or/. Recto*© of tb© Jar*© num*
tier of hoarding pupils dsHlf the p«*t j©ar
tb© trustee* hsr© arranged to bnlhl at norm
A tw ©ntr-flr© room itlrls’ linrniltorr st a
©oat of 910,000. Of this nin<*njit S?.'** was
sutHkrlfMNl st tb© meeting of ilie* trust*
Two tin * )Kan*l dnl tors bos •>©© n given
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your summer vacation, drop a
postal with your address to the
circulation department of The
Georgian, and tha paper will be
mailed to you at the regular
carrier rate to city subscribers,
of ten rents a week. When no
tifying the office In title man
ner. add your homa address alea
BANK PRESIDENT DIES
IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Special to Tha Geoi
Wilmington, N. (
A. Croft, president
Mayeavilla, & C- a
known commercial
Month, died her# fen
n complication or d
want will be hera p
Mr. Croft laaves a
tars.
2 Georg*
Hank of
f the beat
i In tha
n of
Attend Plumbers’ Con
Inspector Adam Reach. <
of health, will attend the
of mastar plumbers at Ai
on Juna tb, as a delegmt
mastar plumbers of Atlanta
bill to mako U a misdemeanor to be OOOOOOOQOOOOOOOQQOO
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