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VOLUME LXXXII. F«4«r»l Uaiaa Eitabliih*4 ia itan Recorder “ “ ifi« Ceatolideted 19ft. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIAJ MARCH 26, 1R12. NUMBER 42 EDNESDAY, MARCH 27th, IS CLEAN-UP DAY FOR MILLEDGEVILLE HESKMCE BALDWIN BLUES MADE A SPLENDID SHONE ion. Carl Vinson and Capt. J. H, Ennis Will be the Candi dates for the Office. Baldwin county is going to have an Jinteresting race for representative at Itlie primary in August. In this issue Capt. J. H. Ennis has an announcement of his candidacy. Hon Carl Vinson, the present rep- tespiilntive. is a candidate to succeed himself. 4 Both of these young men are popular nth the citizens of Baldwin county, land know how to win and hold friends. |Tliev will make an active campaign, each will put forth their utmost leffort to be the winner. INarrow Escape from Drowning. Little Ernest Richard, the youngest Ison of Dr. J. C. Richard, had a narrow |escape from drowning last Thursday, id if it had not been for the heroism lot lames Aldred would have lost his llife. The boys were on t e banks of Fish- ling creek, near where this stream emp- ■ tie*; into the Oconee river, and younp I Richard accidentally slipped into the Iwiiter, which was ten feet deep. James lAldrtd immediately jumped into the ■war. r and with heroic effort succeeded lin getting his companion back on the |tanl;s. Dr. Richard expresses the highest ap- Iprifiatiou of the heroism shown by lyonng Aldred. Painting Signs. Mr. Walter Cone, of Macon, spent . • rul days of the past few weeks in It • city, and lias made some very at- |tractive signs in the windows of our merchants. Mr. Cone is an old Mill ie lgeville boy, and has won quite arep- |ntation as a sign painter. His work is I of the very best. Major Palmer Speaks in the Highest Terms of Company and Record Made. The annual inspection of the Baldwin Blues was held last Friday evening by Major Palmer, of the United States Army. Major Palmer made a thorough inspection of the arms and equipment of the company during the day, and in the evening the company was drilled in the manual of arms and the field man euvers. The company made a splendid showing, and they were highly compli mented by Major Palmer. The Baldwin Bines is one of the oldest military organizations in the state and all of our people are interested in seeing the company’ maintain a high standard. Capt. Ennis gives much time and thought to the comoauy, and is held in the highest confidence and esteem by the members. The young men who compose the membership of the Blues are true and loyal. I, Q. Headache Powders, 10c at Cul ver & Kidd’s. A Mad Dog Scare. this There was a mad dog scare city last Wednesday morning, A dog having every sign of the rabies passed through the business section on Wayne street, and bit several dogs. He was followed and efforts made to kill him, but he made his escape. Later in the day two dogs showing signs of being mad were shot. One of the dogs bitten by tho dog which passed through the city was Mr. Samuel Evans little black terrier and lie had it killed. NEGRO CAUGHT II IN ITTEMFTEHIHARY Night Watchman Seals Arrests Him at the Store of Mr. W. H. Montgomery. Do you drink COCOA? If to, why not drink the best? Huyler's of course, at Culver & Kidd’s. SSS5KS3 SELECT COTTON SEED FOR SALE. Having to buy all my planting seed last year, I bought four varieties from select growers. The Poulnot from Jas. M. Smith, Smithsonia, Ga. The Toole from J. S. Nixon. Augusta, Ga. Cleveland Big Boll from H. P. Stenheiner. Brooks. Ga Broadwell Double Joint from E. S. Vinson, Millodge- ville, Ga. (Second Year from Broadwell.) We have reserved some of the best seed for planting purposes which we wili sell for $1 per bushel. Planters wanting any of these varieties will please advise me right away. It will most assuredly pay to put $1 an acre in good seed. Broadwell is small boll, prolific and very early. Toole is small boll and medium in maturity. f Cleveland Big Boll very easy to pick, has long staple. Pooulnt is large boll and best storm resister of all. DIXON WILLIAMS or J. A. RAPE, Westbrook Farm, Meriwether. Ga. PHONE 515 5c Night Watchman Seals caught a negro burglar last Wednesday morn ing about 2 o’clock, as he was pre paring to enter the store of Mr. W. H. Montgomery .| The negro, when interrupted in His work, had torn a shutter from one of the windows, and in a few minutes more would have beeu on the interi or of the store. Officer Seals left the corner of the Joseph Dry Goods Co , and walked around in the direction of Mr. Mont gomery’s store. He saw the figure of a man slink away into the dark ness of an alley in the rear of the store, as ho approached. The officer went to the home of Mr. W. H. Montgomery and woke him up. While the latter was dressing the for mer hid in the shadow of an electric light pole and saw the negro climb upon a gate near the window. Keep ing himself in the shadows, the offic er approached within a few feet of the negro, and covering him with his pistol, ordered him to surrender. The negro seeing thatbeliad been caught surrendered quietly and hand-cuffs were placed upon him by Mr. "W. H. Montg< mery. When he was arrested, the negro was barefooted, having pulled off his shoes, which were found near by. The negro was a stranger in the city, and gave his name as Jim Jackson. He claims to have come from Han cock county, where lie had been working in a saw mill. He is about 21 years of ag®, and is live feet 10 inches high, weighs 165 or Propounds He has had the tip end of the fingers cut off. He wears a No. JO or 11 shoe and walks pigeon toed. The reason of the above description is that there is an idea that the negro is wanted elsewhere. DAY FOB CLEANING UP Citizens Urged to Join in ^Move- ment That Means Much to the Health of City. Tomorrow, Wednesday, the 27th, is clean up day. Every citizen of Mil- ledgevllle is urged to join in this move ment and clean their premises of all filth and trash. This is a reasonable request and should meet with the hearty approval and co-operation of all citizens. It means much to the city to be given a thorough cleauiug at this time by the removal of all trasli and filth from (he city. To do this it is necessary for all of our citizens to lend their enthusiastic co-op eration. The people will remove all trash and filth from their premises and place it upon the streets and the street force will haul it away. This is the beginning of a movement for a cleaner city. The sanitary com mittee has announced ttiat they are go ing to make every effort to get the city clean and keep it in a good sanitary condition. Let every citizen join in this move ment Wednesday, March 27th. . REFINED TALKING PICTURESAT PALACE Wednesday Program Unusually Good. Both Talking and Moving Pictures. Today and the balance of this week the Palace will show refined talking pictures with change in program daily with regular program, and no advance in the price. Program “The deputy Outlaw” featuring G. M, An derson by H. A,,—a great western drama. “Tars Ashore” a corkinn good comedy by Luben and the Talk ing pictures too. G, M. C. BOYS TWO GAMES OF BALL Defeat Lanier High School and Sparta. Last Game Was A Very Close One. ODD FELLOWS WILL Moth Balls ami Bod Bug Poison at Ennis Pharmacy. Effort Being Made to Locate at the Bland Home in Midway. The Georgia Military College bate- ball ream, under the Instruction of coach Hammond Reynolds, has devel oped rapidly and is now playing good ball. The first game of the season was played with the Lanier High School of Mat on Saturday aftai uo . n and G. i\T. C. won. Monday afternoon the,’ crossed bats with Ihe Sparta team. This game was an exciting and inteicsting one and was warmly contested from the opci. ng inning. It was a good game and was thor oughly enjoyed by tho f pectatoiv. Tile toilowing in the game by inning: ING10 RAISE MOREY FOR CHURCH Ladies and Sunday School Will Make Contribution To New Church Easter Sunday. The first Sunday in April is going to be a great rally day for the new Meth odist Church. For the past several months the ladies of the church have been diligently and enthusiastically at work for the enter prise. (This does not include the work being done by the various bands.) Several months ago 25 cents was placed in the hands of every lady, who would tako one. They were asked to use the money to the best advantage, audjseefwhat amount they conld raise bj^Easter Sunday. Quite a large num ber have beeu at work, and from what we can learn every 25 cents has grown. The promise is that quite a [large sum has already been made, and the end is not yet in sight. Later the Sunday Sciiool was eulist- ed, and all of the teachers and pupils will make a contribution. Many of the children are at work. A nice amount is promised from this source. The Methcdists are going to make every effort to complete their new church. They are getting anxious to see the work finished. Tlie talks delivered by Prof. J. C. Wardlaw to his class at the Methodist Sn.idav School every Sunday morning are interesting and instructive. The young men of the Methodist congrga- tion and city are invited to join the class. Liquid Yeueer. Grate Polish, floor stain, silver polish, Bonamt, etc. for spring cleaning at Ennis’s Pharmacy. K» RISING SUN SELF-RISING FLOUR. AND KII1S HUSBAND Hattie Lewis in Jail With the Charge of Murder Hang ing Over Her. Hattie Lewis shot and killed her hus- oand. Mack Lewis, last Sunday about twelve o’clock. The killing took place on Mr. J. W. Hooten s place in East Baldwin, and Mr. Hooten arrested the woman, brought her to this city and turned her over to Sheriff Terry, who placed her in jail. Coroner Oaraker was notified and went out Monday morning and held an inquest. The shooting occurred at the home of the negroes, and there were no eye wit nesses to the tragedy. The evidence gathered, however, showed that the killing was without provocation, and the coroner’s jury returned a verdict of murder. Toe woman will be tried at the July The Odd Fellows of Georgia are go ing to erect a home for their indigent members and orphans somewhere in Georgia. A movement has been started among tho Odd Fellows of this city to locate the home here. It is proposed to raise an amount of money sufficient to pur chase the Bland home in Midway, and ffoer it as a site for the location of the home. The home will finally cost between 150.000 and $1CO,OOU and will be made an ideal place. The Cabinet of the Grand Lodge will meet in Macon Wednesday, when the question of locating the home will be considered. The inmates of the hatne will be cared for by the Odd Felloes of the state, and a large sum of money will be ex pended annually for this purpose. A committee of citizens solicited sub scriptions Monday und quite a nice amount was subscribed. It would be a benefit to Milledgeville if the home should be located here, and those who are interested believe that there is a strong possibility of this city securing tin home if our people would make a united effort to this end. DATE OF TEACHERS INSTITUTE CHANGED WiJI be Held Thursday Friday at the Court House. and State Superintendent. M. L. Duggan, has written County School Commis sioner Bullard ttiat the dates for hold ing the teachers institute would be changed from tho 29th and 80th, to the 23th and 29th. All of the teachers of the public schools of the county are expected to attend. Many interesting subjects will be dis cussed, and the institute will be inter- e ting. The patrons of the schools are iL ., mm v jmSBBPMBBMKBPCCT t.*Ui of COQft Oil tllC chftTJlJB of IDUrdcr. , liAitCtl. Milledgeville AB II PC A R 7 re a nor, 2b 4 0 0 2 1 El wan, If 4 1 0 0 1 Ellison, c 4 J 14 1 2 Penny, rf 4 0 0 0 0 Rhodes, lb. 4 2 11 0 1 J .inier, ss 4 1 0 1 0 Tin nth, 2b 4 1 i 2 0 .‘uller, rl 3 0 0 0 0 Sanders, p 3 '• ' 4 0 Total S 17 10 5 Do You Find*! Difficult To Read By Artificial Light do any a good Spuria Mullnly, c 5 0 12 Burdick, 3b 4 1 J IJallii. 2b 4 1 1.1 0 1 Boyctt, ss 4 Pounds, lb 4 Holt, p 4 Reese, cf 4 Darden, If 4 E. Reese, rf 4 Total Summary:—Struck out by Sanders, 13; by Holt, 11. Base on ball by Sanders,0; by | Holt, 2. Three base hits, Ellison, 2. Left on bases, G. M. C. 5; Sparta,6. Next Monday a game will be played with Stone Mountain. Tho boys are going to have a hard fought game, but the are going in with the determina tion to win. They will put in hard practice this week and will enMeir the game with enthusiasm. What is needed now is for the cit izens of Milledgeville to get behind G. M. C’s crack team a*d cheer them on to victory. Let the people of this city encour age the boys. Let everybody know that G. M. C. iq the oride of the city, and let the boys know that they have thd people of Milledgeville right at their back. The following will be the line up In Monday’s game. 1 reanor, 2nd base Tunnell, 3rd baqe. Ellison, catcher. Penny or King, right field. Rhodes, 1st bane. Lanier, ss. Swan, left field. * ?? *" Fuller, center field. Sanders, Finch and Andrews, pitch ers. ; Or to sew ? Or to work that require deal of Eye Work? Headache follows accompa nied by dizzy sensations. It’s your eyes without doubt. The symptons are well known to opticians, and they mean that the eyes are weak, or they have been overworked. Let us investigate. It is al most a certainty that glass es are needed. ; If you ■will come in some day and we will tell you all about it. > r '-- " H-WI - r. . •. y \ ' >- Wj* v* . • tv* id. h u-ih- FdtVii » ’*'■ : £- - J'?M M-'i We fill any Spectacle Prescription and dupli cate any broken lense. Dixon Williams Jeweler and Optician. “It's All Right if You Buy It From Williams.** I have for sale the most desirable hous e s and l°ts t h at are on the mar ket at this time. I often have pro perty that can be bought, but that I do not advertise. . Don’t buy until you see me. I also have choice farm property for sale. J. L. SIBLEY. 1