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Volume LXXVI
Federal Union Establiahed in 1839
Southern Recorder “ “ i8ig
|con« 0 iid»ted 1873. MILLEDGEVILLE, GA., JUNE 12.1906
Number 51
“THE SERENADERS.”
Mi Elaborate Production And a Great
Hit Next Monday Night.
The full east for this gigantic even
will number 300 people And each one
DID NOT SELECT LOCATION. MR. SIMS LEAVES FOR EUROPE.
The Methodist Failed to Settle Upon The Baptist Pulpit Will Be Filled by
Site for New Church. Rev. Mr. Kieth.
The members of the Methodist church; r \Rev. Lamar Sims left Monday morn-
failed Sunday morning to select a site ing for a visit to Europe. His tour of
th^DroducGon. aU Ttie^e^en^wiir < be r the ' f ° r * lieir new buildin K> and a tinai vote I the Old Counery will extent through
- - will be taken Sunday, June 24th. several months, and he will not return
The members are deeply interested in ; home until the latter part of September,
this important subject, and on Sunday H e carries with him the best wishes,
morning the church was crowded. , , „ , .
The report of the committee appoint- not the members of Ins own
ed to select a location for the edifice col, K™K atlon but the people of our
recommended that it be erected on the I ' Utir ° tow ?\
parsonage lot, at the/timer of Greene Baptist pulpit wlU be flUed by Rev. M.
and Liberty streqfc/^ L ' Kelth * a y sbad ent at the Louisville
A large number of the members favor '” lin, V2r..... ,
the present site on the campus of the “'r™ has promised that while on
Georgia Military College, and at the his tnp he will write several letters to
greatest ever hold in Millodgeville and
the G. M. 0. has every reason to be
proud of the great array of talent that
will be seen to advantage on this occa
sion. The staging and effects will be a
duplicate of the beautiful effects seen on
the New York stage.. The greatest in
terest and the wildest enthusiasm pre
vails in the cast. ‘The Indians’ num
bering fifty will be a fierce looking lot
and they as well as the Jack O’Lanteru
chorus have their work down to a fine
point. One of the striking scenes will
be “Cheyenne” with a chorus of 100
voices, all beautifully costumed in wes
tern attire even to the belt lasso and
pistol. The love making in this scene
be a good trip to many of the gal-
young men of Milledgeville. Mrs.
i r . J. P. Atkinson will sing the leading
iart in this scene.
The Horse Song which has had such
phenominal success at the Hippidronie
u New York will be reproduced in exact
uplicate with heavy Chorus and simil-
ir action. This part will be sing by
iss Mattie Sibley. The dance of lillies
Iwill be a beautiful scene. The whole
tage is arranged in a setting. of Easter
allies and the large chorus has some
leautiful work, this part will be sung by
iss Ruby Jones.
Some hard work has been put on this
iroductiou and we are going to have a
reat treat on next Monday night.
The sale of seats will open Friday
loming at !i o’clock at Barrett’s drug
Itore and we would advise an early
ilectios for the house is going to he
acted.
NOTICE:—My supply of Daniel
lineral Spring water was exhausted
gain last week, but a shipment soon
|ame and another shipment is in transit,
»arrive today, (Tuesday).
W. H. Robkefs.
meeting Sunday they opposed adopting
the report of the committee. The lines
of the two sides were sharply drawn,
and those opposing the change made
every effort to defeat the report.
The following Is the report ot the
committee as read by Col. Joseph E.
Pottle:
To the Pastor in Charge and to the
Members of the Methodist. Church
South, at Milledgeville, Ga.
At an authorised meeting of the quar
terly conference, the Pastor, acting in
place ot tlie Presiding Elder, was em
powered to appoint a committee wliose
duty it should be to take general super
vision of the matter of constructing a
new Church building in the city. Act
ing upon that authority the pastor ap
pointed the undersigned uader the law
of the church, a law about which there j Court house
can be no debate it was the duty of this 1 ' The 'committee is unanimously of the
committee to make a thorough investi
gation as to the character, cost and loca-
tlie people of Milledgeville and Baldwin
county through the columns of tho
Union Recorder.
views meet tho approval of the majority
of the church membership or not, wo
deem it our duty under both the letter
and the spirit of the law of the church
to make a recommendation and to give
oar reasons therefor.
On tlie question of location of the new
building we have carefully considered
four proposed sites:
1. —That upon which tlie present
church is located.
2. —That upon which the present par
sonage is located.
J.—The South-West comer of Han
cock and Liberty streets.
4.—A lot on tlie property occupied by
the G. N. & I. College, West of the
A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
Has Been the One Just Past in the G.
N. & I. College.
^ Commencement G. M. C.
The following is the program of exer-
cise» for tlie Twenty-Seventh Annual
Commencement of the G. M. C:
Sunday, June 17th —Baccalaureate
’Prof. M. M. Parks’first years as Presi- SermoU * by ~ Kov ‘ J ’ T ' Pln,,kott ’ D ‘ D -
dent of the G. N. & I. College has been * °lhK e Chapel.
one of marked prosjierity.
The attendance has been the largest
in the history of tlie college, and in
addition to this over one hundred girls ‘
have been turned away for lack of room.
An appropriation of $25,00( i has been matic Entertainment,
secured from the legislature for an In- Tuesday, June 19th, 10:00 a. m.—Au-
Mouday, June 18th, 10:<Ht a. m.—An
nual Contest in Elocution.
Monday, June 18th, 4:80 p. m.—Bat
talion and Extended Order Drills.
Monday, June 18th, 8:00 p. m.—Dra-
dustrial building.
Mr. Carnegie has offered $15,000 for
a library.
Plans have been made to ask for a
new Dormitory.
A large number of prominent visitors
have been invited to the college during c | iurc ] 1
the year, and much interest and entliu-' ’
siasm lias been created for the college, j
Tlie commencement just closed was
one of tho most successful in the his-®
nual Oration, by Judge James M. Griggs,
M. C.; Presentation of Certificates; De
livery of Medals.
Tuesday, June 19th, 4:80 p. m.—Prize
Drills; Dress Parade, t*
reverences her past, and is
hopeful for her future, will with one
accord join ill tlie effort, which can
mean nothing but good for tlie church.
... „ , the city and for our children and our
tory of the college from every view children's children,
point.
we should pause before running couuter-
to the spirit of that wise provision.
Again, just as no individual would
voluntarily tfuild a house on land owned
by another and under a permit to do
tion of the new church.
Tlie oommittee has undertaken to the
very best of its ability to discharge this
opinion that the laws of the church pro
hibit the construction of any church
building on land tlie absolute fee simple
title to which is not held by the church
authorities. The law, as laid down in
The
A FISHING CROWD.
following i»arty left this city
sterday morning for a ten days’ outing
tLord's Lake: Messrs. C. M. Wright,
. T. Crawford, A. D. Nisbet T. H.
broker, C. W. Richter, Juo. J. Woot-
|uaud R. H. Wootten. They will
i joined the latter part of the week by
ofs. J. M. Pound and J. C. Wardlaw,
1 Messrs. K. C. Bullard, and J. J.
Jnotten, Jr. and/teward Wootten and
lurplipy Pou
Fire a( Dr. Crotey’s Residence.
|Last I riday night, a few minutes af-
twelve o’clock, Mr. W. J. Barnes,
D boar ds at the residence of Dr. J. G.
oh'y, was aroused from his slumbers
P»d his room full of smoke, aud a
E® tire near one of the windows,
ukiiiff the whole house was in a
•<. he rushed to the telephone and
Inuoned tlie fire department. He
I" r, ' turil ed to his room aud, with the
Jstance of Mr. Lodrick Jones, who
■ rooming with him, extinguished the
"hich originated iu some ctotii-
Barnes had a trunk aud
damaged.
a few
resixmsibility with a view solely to the the Discipline) clear]y emphatically
welfare ot the membership present and crea tes this prohibition. This of course
to coiae. eliminates from consideration the lot
It is unnecessary, we trust, for ns to West of the Court-house, even eonced-
say in the outset that no member of this |inRthatit is otherwise available, be-
eomiiuttee lias now, or lias ever had the caug0 of course the state would not>
least purpose or desire to dictate to fcLe j md probabl could not make au abs0 .
Church in regard either to the character lute fee 8imple conveyanC e of this lot to
or the location of the building. Each ! the elmn . h But after makillK M thor .
ough investigation practicable we are
convinced that this site is entirely uua-
mernber of the committee fully under- i
stands that their action is advisory only
and that it has no binding force what
ever. We trust we are loyal enough to
the splendid character of our great
church, and to its glorious history and
traditions to bo thoroughly in line with
the rule which declares that in this most
important matter of building a new
church,the body of the church, its entire
vailable.
The committee is also of the opinion
that tlie probable cost of a lot of suffi
cient size on the corner of Hanoock and
Liberty streets is prohibitory. As near
ly a6 we can ascertain such lot could
not be secured for less than about $3,
000.00. Tlvere are other considerations
membership, is the final authority under | winch reudcr tl)ig lof uuavailable at this
time, even if the purchase money could
be procured.
It will be seen tlierefore that tlie com
mittee i6 limited, as the church will be
limited, to consideration of the present
site aud that of tlie present parsonage.
We all understand that thero are con- , „„
promise of still greater good for the B i derat j OUS which appeal strongly to | the charge of not a cent to the building
future, ali declare that tlie local body of the old site . Tile history of the oId ; fnnd
Methodists should have a new building • cburcb j K f u p 0 f tender sentiments '
in keeping with tlie high character ot w ],ich 6 tir jj ie heart* G f a ii 0 f ug> whose
supervision of the quarterly conference.
Every member of this oommittee k en
thusiastically of the opinion that the
magnificent accomplishments of our
church in the past, its great influence
for good in our State and nation, its
vigorous and aggressive present, its
J. E. Kidd, Chairman,
Jos. E. Pottle,
R. B. Mooke,
Miller S. Bell,
Jere M. Pound.
The law of tho church referred to in
the above report is contained in the
merely, so no church should expend its J Discipline under the general heading:
funds on land owned by tlie State. The Churches and Church Property, and is
church should own absolutely its proper-; as follows:
ty. Prudence dictates this course, and J "In future we will admit no charter,
a wise regard lor the future makes it devise deed or conveyance for any house
imperative. Fortunately we own a of worship to be used by us unless it
plot of ground. It belongs to our contains the‘‘Trust Clause” or be in
church unconditionally and no power conformity thereto. Each Annual Con-
can alter or qualify our ownership. ference is authorized to muke such mod-
We hold the deed to the parsonage ilieatiou in the deeds as it may find tho
lot, a lot 140 feet by 160, a lot ample in different usages aud customs of law
size, and in every respect suitable for a require in the different states and terri-
chnrch whiijh will be an ornament to tones, so as to secure, the property firmly
the city and an honor to our member- 1 bv deed and permanently in fee simple
ship The present parsonage can be , to tlie Methodist Episcopal Church
moved, in our opinion, after a careful 1 South; but in all conveyances of ground
and thorough investigation, to tlie East for the building of houses of worship or
side of the lot, put in a proper coudi- upon which they may have been already
tion of temporary ropqir mado entirely built, let tlie trust clause be inserted at
suitable as a residence for our pastors the proper place.
at not one cent of cost to the church "The trust clause shall be as follows:
building fund. Iu trust that said premises shall be
We have solicited the opinion of an used, kept, maintained and disposed of
expert on this subject, aud iu his opinion j as a place of divine worship for tlie use
the bricks which can be made available 0 f the ministry aud membership of the
after removing the parsonage will be Methodist Episcopal Church South; sub-
of sufficient value to pay the entire j ec t to tlie discipline, usage aud
THREE FINE 6AMES.
cost of the removal and repairing. Of
course this contemplates a temporary
min
isterial appointments of said Church,
as from time to time authorized aud
ference within whose bounds the said
premises nre situate."
condition for it must be apparent to us declared by tlie General Conference of
all that iu any event it is a question of 8a i d church, aud by the Annual Con-
a few years when the present old par
sonage must give way to one more con
venient, more modern, more sanitary,
and more attractive. But this can well
be left for settlement for a few years.
It is thus easily apparent that the
change of site for our new church from
land held by us only by permission to
land owned by the church, bought and
paid for by the church, can be made at
G. M. C. Wins Two Out of Three From
the B. H. S.
A series of three games was played
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last
week between tlie Boys High Scliool
team, of Atlanta, and tlie G. M. O.
team.
The cadets won two out of three, and
had to play ball to win.
The B. H. S. team, by their gentle
manly conduct, both ou apd off the dia
mond, won many friends in this city.
FIRST INNING.
Rice, first up for B. II. S,, got four
wide ones. Out trying to steal second.
English fans. Lockridge fouls out to
first, Jones making a pretty catch. No
runs.
Reynolds out. pitcher to first. Jones
hits two-bagger over third, the first hit
of the game. Van Burcu fans. Jones,
caught at second. 1 hit, 0 run.
SECOND INNING.
Smith flies out to center. Park out,
second to first. Lockhart fans. Noth
ing doing.
Barron fans. Hawse singles through
third. Whildeu lays down a bunt, but
Hawes is caught at second. Ponce Rey
nolds fouls out to first I hit, 0 run.
THIRD INNING.
Calloway fans. Camp out, pitcher to
first. Honicut flies to third. Still noth
ing.
Hutch out, pitcher to first. Stem-
bridge safe on shorts error. Hammond
Reynolds gets hit. Jones gets hit too,
filling the bases. Van Buren hits to
secouil, and is safe, Stombridgo scoring.
Trying to score, Reynolds, H. is out at
plate. In a chase between second and
third, Van Buren gets third and .Tones,
scores. Van Buren out trying to score.
() hits, 2 runs.
FOURTH JNNING.
Rice fans, followed quickly In Eng
lish. Lochridgo safe on a misjudged fly
to Burenville. Smith out on long fly* to
left, Hutchinson making a beautiful
catch. Nothing.
Barron pops up to pitcher. Hawse
hits over right Hold fence for two bases.
Wliilden singles, Hawse crossing the
rubber. Reynolds, D., fans and Whil-
den swipes tlie second station. Hutch
fly out to short. 2 hits, 1 run.
FIFTH INNING.
Park out on line ball to Jones at first.
Lockhart and Calloway fail to connect,
Dick retiring them in short order.
Stembridge fouls to catcher. Rey-
(Continued on fourth page.)
the church
While we have our views as to tlie
location of tlie new building, and while
we earnestly disclaim any purpose to
control tlie opinions of the majority,
and while we sincerely declare our pur
pose to devote out time and our means
as far as possible to making the move
ment a glorious success, whether our
JUNE WED D I N G S
No piece without
| the trade-mark
° n 1113 <f en ulne.
can be most appropriately decorated
witli ::::::::: : :
Cut Glass, Sterling Silver,
and Hand Painted China, such as you
will find at Dixon Williams’. Also
the young girls and young men gradu
ates will delight to wear some of our
Handsome Selections
suited to the occasion. The public is
cordially invited to look at these goods,
aud let us assist in the matter of selec
tion. Its alright if you buy it from
PlXON WILLIAMS
loved ones have been borne thence to
tlie eifj of tlie dead, * whose children
have assumed the obligations of the
church, and who have been actors iu the
sacraments of the church, we fully
understand how dear every timber in
the old structure which has withstood
the storms of nearly a century’s winters,
is to us all.
But there are iu our opinion consider
ations which far outweigh these,
tender and as inspiring as they are.
In the first place there is absolutely
no doubt whatever that the placing of a
new church on or near the site of the
old, is violative at least of the spirit of
the law of the church. The present
church was constructed about the year
1822 after the passage of an act of the
legislature permitting the use of a
square plot of ground containing a half
acre for that purpose. It is probably
trne that under that act of the legisla
ture we have the legal right to perma
nently occupy that plot of ground for
church purposes. It is also probably
true that no act of tlie legislature iu the
future could operate to deprive us of
its use or iu any way interfere there
with, but when we remember that
since that act was passed, and sinco the
church was built the best brains of the
church and the highest authority in the
church, the College of Bishops, has
taking counsel of years of experience,
declared that thereafter no church
building shall be built on ground held
by other than absolute fee simple title,
There are other reasons which move
this committee to tho opinion that it is
to the welfare of the church to pursue
this course. We are building not for
the present, nor for the next quarter
century, but probably for the next
hundred years. We cannot look into
the fnture and see what it will bring
forth, bnt one thing is certain that if
oar city develops in any substantial
manner whatever, it must develop
territorially to the West and the North.
It is not fantastic to say that it is with
in the bounds of probability that oar
old city will increase in population
within twenty years to 10,000 souls. A
fair percentage of those will be Metho
dists and it is certain that at
seventy-five per cent of those will live
& points distant from tlie present
church. We are building for the
majority of the rank and file of the
churoli for the decades of the distant
future. We are bound by every law of
justice to consider for their comfort,
welfare and convenience.
Other reasons will readily occur to the
thoughtful and we will occupy no
further time iu detail.
- In conclusion we desire to report with
all the emphasis that we can command,
that we make this report as the consti
tuted authorities appointed to consider
aud suggest. We have done so unself
ishly, faithfully, and with no object in
view except the good of the church. If
tlie majority differs from us our ardor
for the new church will not abate one
fVhit, aud we earnestly trnst that every
man, woman and child who loves the
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STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
EXCHANGE BANK
Located at Milledgeville, Ga., at the close of business April fith, 1908.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts
$70,228 80
Demand Loans
2,300 00;
Overdrafts Secured
674 73
Overdrafts Unsecured
1,330 14
Bonds and Stocks owned by
tho Bank
3,000 00
Banking House
None
Furniture and Fixtures
057 37
Dne from Banks and Bankers
in the State
2418 03
Due from Banks and Bankers
in other States
2,680 04 !
Currency
<(,505 00 |
Gold
200 00
Silver, Nickles aud Pennies.
2,423 46 »
Checks and Cash Items
296 081
Total
$92,409 31 j
liabilities
Capital Stock Paid in $25,000 00
Undivided Profits, less Cur
rent Expenses and Taxes
Pa ‘d. <(,844 40-
Due to Banks and Bankers in
this State 270 82
Individual Deposits Subject to
Check 00,294 08
Is otes and Bills Rediscounted. None
Bills Payable, Including Time
Certificates representing
Borrowed Money None
$92,409 81
STATE OF GEORGIA, County of Baldwin.
Before me came Otto M. Conn, Cashier of the Exchange Bank, who being
duly sworn, says that the above and foregoing statement is a true condition ot
said Bank, as shown by the books of file in said Bank.
o . , . .. . OTTO M CONN, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 13th day of April 190ti
E. P. GIBSON, J. P.