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MASONIC NOTICE
Election of officer* of I
auncil No. 4. R. & S. M. t r.e*
ty, 7.:30 P. M. Supper.
P. N. BIVINS. I. M.
J. T. McMULLEN, See.
TAX NOTICE
On account of I)rc. 20, heing
Sunday, I will keep my tax Ih <
open Monday, I)ec. 21st.
BENJ. BASS. Tux. Co!.
.rat to her loved onr.and on infant son, her father,
•hy of «*ur entire pro- brother, Col. Marion Allen, und tv
iut t** them. sisters, Miss Isabel Allen and Mi
red by Copt. Brown W. T. Garrard, Jr.
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fections.
2—1 lb. Packages Fancy Table Raisins' 45c
2—1 lb. Seeded or Seedless Rdisins — .....25c
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1 lb. Medium English Walnuts 30c
•;f rl lb. Best Brazil Nuts 30c
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Quantities—Fancy Apples, Sweet Oranges, Large Yellow Bananas,
t arpe Juicy Grapefruit, Delirious Grapes.
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Dcccml;;r 17,'1925
After An Illness of Several Weeks This
Well Known Citizen is Called to Rest
Funeral Services Friday Morning
REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO
THIS CITY SUNDAY. FUNERAL
AT RESIDENCE OF FATHER,
JUDGE JOHN T. ALLEN.
Mr. J. W. McMillan is dead.
Milledgcville mourns the death
.f one of it* most prominent citizens.
This well known and highly respected
citizen quietly and peacefully passed
' K nv at his home on South Jeffer-
jn " ._ ree t a few minutes after nine
-clock Wednesday morning. Decern-
er 16th. *
Mr. McMillan, on his return from
v , ;t f hi* “Id home in Glasgow,
was stricken with a throat
fj-,, .;. upon his uirival in New
t .j!. and after reaching home on
if. • .- 1“, was confimd to his home.
fl , p.mistration of physicians . ami
,< : • m-< failed to stay the disease,
ui gradually yielded to the grim
■u.- ; . 21. realized that the end was
..nd expressed a readiness to go.
„;..ialt p 4 ei«ar;iti«ms and giving
The death of Mrs. Benita Allen
Brown, wife of Capt. Loyd D. Brown,
w hn | which occurred at Fort Benning early
Discolored employ
funeraland burial service in a body
Mi. McMillan was a man of broad
Mon and had great faith in the pos-
i -i bill ties of this section, and its fu
.ure development, and .was always
j ready to give of his time and means
| tor its upbuilding.
lie was will informed and was
! most i nterlaining in conversation,
j -ling always pleasant and affable in
' ais relation with his fellow man, di-
rumung’ any question which migh:
li'.itions as to his wishes relative ««• -t '.-e ir.telligrn:iy j .-id forcefully, an.j
h« last rite* of his burial. j relating an anecdote most interes:-
The funeral services will be held ; tng 4 y, which, was always made more
t tin- Presbyterian church Friday : u by hia Scotch accent.
. -riling at 11:30, Rev. T. G. Watts j IIe W * R a „ u iidcr and believed in
<: c i-ting. The •remains will t>e j ogress and advancement, a»5d hi*:
.Jed in the family squaree in the I ;;a fejj c yJI , n - t was manifested when
zty cemetery. Mayor J. H. i Ennis • jj e occasion presented itself, being
h;=- issued a proclamation, requesting ; u hvay.- ready t« contribute to civic
the merchants to clo.*c their store*i^ rapn ,vement and betterment, He
a;.*! suspend business during the a s charitable anq
hi ur of the service. 1
Mr. McMillan was bom in Gins-
g -.v, Scotland, May oth, 1850, and
when eighteen years of age he came
to the United States arid made his
home in Philadelphia. A short, while
afterwards he returned to Scotland
be preheat at the marriage of his
lifter, lie then came back to I’hil-
a.iclphia, and lived for a year. From
there he came to Georgia and located
in Madison, engaging in the building
luisness. Over forty years ago he
v as awarded the contract to furnish
brick for the building for the color
ed in. one at the Geiiipsa State San.
barium and came here, establishing
a brick yard on Cemp Creek. When
this contract was finished he dccid« d
t» f.>me to Millcdgevillp and make
irate toward the colored
worked for him. ana they held him [Saturday afternoon caused profound
m the highest confidence and esteem, j 1orrow throughout the city.
Several of them who began work i N . ew * reached here Thursday that
with him when the enterprise was es- ^ r ** Brown was in the hospital and
tobli.-hed are still in the employ of j vvou,d have to undergo an operation
the company, and in one instance
A CATASTROPHE NEW 4 *'
SOON AVERTED
tarium last Thursday ew Representative Fives to Appear Here
E.MNO causes^xctement. During Cage Season. New Structure
There came near bring an awful j
catastrophe at the Georgia State i
Sanitarium Thursday night of last:
week.
A large number of the patients hud
Nearing Completion.
___ Work An the hew basketball court .will also help in the drive and the
•mtherrd in the amusement hall "to on,i F ymnasium at the Genr = ia Mil-j Athletic Board headed by Mr. W. U
witness a picture show. The film Uary h nca ™X completion j Ritchie, is sure they wfll get the
suddenly burst into flames, and for and W,U be reud >' for the °P« nl "* ->f| games for MillcdgevilU; next year.
appendicitis, a?id her sister. Miss! several minute* pandemonium reign- tbe caKo Krmion at tbe College upon j The G. M. C. basketeers nave been
working there.! * Fa hcl Allen, left to be with her. i «L
will attend the j Prida y » message was received that
*he was in a serious condition and
"ol. and Mrs. Marion Allen left im
mediately for Fort Benning. Late
•Viday night Mrs. W. T. Garrard, Jr.,
who remained here with her father,
lodge John T. Allen, who it in feeble
health, was telephoned that
hoped Mrs. Brown's conditii
• lightly improved.
it looked n« if there would 1 ,i!< ' " f . ,h< ' *» d ™« fn>n> ^e. rolled for practice by Couch Kent*
was awaited Saturday. Hi la.
and friends here hoped and
• k in the aftermx
ntclUgcr.ee that .
i, brought the
!\e had passed
rad
way.
The remains, accompanied by
f upt. Brown, Cfapt. Btybc, mid Lieut.
Vinson, reached the city Sunday on
the early Central railroad train und
were carried to the home of Judge.
Allen where the funeral
held by Rev. T. G. Watts
Christmas holidays. j nnd a lary* squad of candidate* have
The building is being built under i reported. One of the best team* the
the rupee vision uf Mr. John Hutch-! school has boasted In many season*
in? on and will bp modern in every , is predicted. Only four lettermen
lrtail. Th<. basketball court will be are returned tn the squad this year
;r" f regulation size and will have a these being Sanford and Massey, for
•ating capacity of 10U0. Dwwinj. j ward*; Stovall, cqnter, and Thomp-
•enw will Lp built nt each • nd . ' : 'on, gunrd. Varsity men of 102»
)«• building with ihowcrs for the | lost are Ebchart, forward: Bass, cim-
hilc i v M:ing team* und the local athlete ., ter. and Langford, Guard.
' Th building is being ericted ca t New men who are showing up well
f th.- u cade mb* building end will include Jack Jones, of Dawson, Gs.,
:<.'r. the Davenport field so that t who is a candidate for a rrtnnie^
"f imi f-r Ike niaehin-..- end c:,n •» u ' ld f " r ,ruird h » r *^ * nd » * ' d -kot owl
•►a,I**. They will nl*o provide two ba * eba * i and football acaaona. an exceptional floor man: Rnberjoa
"ore exits from the amusement hall Opening Janusry 9 and Him* of Milledgeville and Glaw-
. The opening of the new co-.rt wiil »on. Gray, Ga., forwards, and Eth-
CANTATA AT METHODIST ^ ‘^ nnuar T b, when the Moultrie ridge and Minor, guards.
CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING Scb "‘ d ^* Vc V ‘B1 be the qppon. The G. M. C. schedule for 1926
•; a horrible disaster end that many
•f the patients would be seriously in
ured or burned. The phyrieinn* and
‘t'.imdnntK prerent acted promptly
rd wisely and soon lied the fire
b*r control, and the munagempn
he patients well in hand. Only a
as *' w <-f the patients suffered miner
an {injuries.
usdy further \ Tht ’ «*®cuUvo committ
ion Wednesday took prompt
to prevent any airrPar ore
■v. and v. ill have an asbesto
High School Five '
of the Red and Black cage team, follows:
Sunday evening at 7:30
, , , i. v*. nuns ai | —•
i his mean* half-past ten o'clock. Hundreds of' SbaI1 Reign.” The music of the
The South Georgia tram is the last Ville.
Vi..ck, iho choir of the Methodi«. t 1 ’ 1 * 1 hich 'hampion. uf that Jnn. !l—Moultrie ninth at Mi'leditc.
■ hureh will preen: n vert- hcnutl- ,<,cli » n of the state and the team thi« Jail. l“— Vienna Hirh at \ ..'nna.
fui Chri-tmaa Cantata, "A Kinjr 5 '" r t<in:1 ’" Kl ' d ot W»etl«Uji the Jan. 16—Norman Inrtitrte at Nor.
i faith nnd 1
lo.e who needed hi, a.«l,tanee Me .„ d „ pothered
,r.d aid. He war of the Preabytt^- t ri i, utt . to. the —
a regular coutril
• of the church
in this city.
McMillan loved poetry and
i the past season; man Park..;
join in paying
j Cantata
i. unuaualiy awee, and tne-Z „ The j nil " 0r T 1 ! 11 !-• - .Moultrie at Me,A
In the find half. ehnVneier, “" d ™ tri '- „ ,
to old t*r tomcat apocar | kecomir- more Jan. 22—Larirr B or,-EM. a. MU.
■I eir propheeim roncernlntr the i each rri- ledkeville^ ;
| -arrow. The remain, were intme'd ; 5hil " 1 ' «»» » >» -me. and the la:. | !'" d "" W ,h "' “ '" I c " UrS b ^ J,m - 2<-S"Vannnh Illph at Hd-
— the family square in the city cons- tcr ba ^ °f tbe Cantata is giv
of Lhei
,>r j pathy to tho:.:- who were' in great
ir that a big c».ur;
* j isd it h expected thn* t**«
t eipts will far exceed ' all
ledge ville.
Jnn. 28—Monroe Aggies at Mon-
. McKinley and G. C. McKinlev. The
land, anj was a member of the Rob- .loril Offerings were a it nnd
n Rcr„» Society of Geonria. ' nautiful and were .
!’e was n member of the Kiwanis r rom loving friends.
Tiun, and was u regular attendant; Mra. Brown was the -econd daugh-
at lhc mee>t * n S* and luncheons, and ler „f J u dg e and Mr*. John T. Allen.
^ l,, v las: meeting of that urganiza- ’ 3n d grew to womanhood in this city,
lion was ici-Jected u member of the She graduated at the Georgia State! .
Board ..f Directors. His presence I College for women, and in 1919, she PoBlmn,lcr Hn *f‘ n T - Otoe ha*
was always an inspiration to the ' W ns married to Ccpt. L*>yd D. Brown, R,:uIt ' a,! arrar.gements-to handle the
member:, a, hi. ioeial seaial rpir.t , t , ht . u. S.'Array, and who had l ’° ,id “- v n,ail1 ' ** rircn.^rly a, porai.
.r.... ■ e ,,,,,0 ,yn»ta«v^nce. „revloa,ly tauaht a. the OwrA. “*«*»«.*, patnnu n f **
I:, established the MiUedpevffle Mr. McMillan measured up to a Military College. ,,fr ' ce to K,Ve attt *nHon to the ma*l-
Iri. k Works, and bought a home, h'gh standard as a man and a citizen There went out from her life an in;r of thl ‘‘ r P a « ka S c *» wrn P them
heeomiw a permanent re.ideat la,. d hi. place in thi, community will mfl-jcnce which imparted happine- f " curc ' 5 ' > nnd m “ n e ” rl> '- Tk* !»•••
f:he city. Prom that tiny untd hiJibe herd to fill. He will be mined and ehcerfulneM to other, and h<
! “’h he was prominent in the af- :„,d the work he wrouaht here triil' presence wa
ai: - of rite city nnd contributed ahray, be remembered. benediction.
• A. Tournament To Be Invited
delegation from this city will
Scripture ,lor,-.hroueh. tt( , n(1 th ,' „ f lht 0 . ,. A . tm .
2*.*—Rh* d *e«‘W» at GnlnertSBn.
Feb. 5—-Lanier Boys* High at’Ma-
Board in Macon in February i
Feb, 13—Boys* High of Atlanta, at
carry t
at the Cantata. Everybody is <
‘“k , ^ * t0 I ,reM,n *- to j invite the Tournament here next Nea- Blilledgeville.
beautiful presentation of o„r Jem, | „ n . MllJ . ( , r ., „ Enni . „ J S , s ._Rh.e CT ide at Milledee.
quested to join in this effort and it 1* ville.
a certainty that he will. The Cham- Feb. 24, 25, 26 and 27—G, I. A. A.
ber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club tournament at Macon.
j * Iy to its life nnd progress.
!!r. McMillan knew the brick bu?-
- - thoroughly unj under his mail-
i-ment a high clas< brick was made,
i ihe demand fi>
i always n blessing nnd
possessed a per.
il* business grew and enlarged, and
five m thirteen years ago it wai
corjiorated. ’ Mr. McMillan contin
d its management and directed iu
fairs. Additions were made, in-
'■uri*-, its output. It in now one
the host known enterprises of its
'•*1 ia the state.
y r. McMillan *
Mr. McMillan is survived by Mr*, -duality from which there radiated
McMillan and the following sons and ‘he graces of womanhood that a erf-
daughters: Messrs. Robest McMillan uni: ually attractive. Refined, cul-
if this city. Ne.nl McMillan, of At lured and endowed uiih u nature that
produce hmtn. Jim McMillan of ihU cirv ber a icruc!..mnicM of manner
« ni “ d :n„k.m i- '.. that won the love and esteem of ait
who knew her, she. will be missed in
ihe home, the social • nnd religious
f the community in which she
office department ha« announced tbit
all the employes will be given u hoi-
: dny Christmas day.
Mail your packages early, and th.-y
will reach their destination safclv
and ir ue for Christmas day.
Piutald McMillan of. Griffin, Ken
neth McMillan of this city. Miss Bell
McMillan, Mrs. J. W. .Mareluv.an of ’jjf,
Cuiumbus, Mrs. A. W. Tisdale. Mrs. j lived.
Bertha Davenport, Mrs. Geo. Bayne, | She was a member of the Presby- i
of Macon, and Mrs. Dessie McMillan,Jterian church in this city, with which
several grandchildren and a si«Ur • bl * brcnme connected in early Ii
•She was a devi
fair and consid. ! residing in London. ; ler, wife* and
j timely taking
great bcr<
GIFTS
i he purpose of any gift is to please the one who teceives it.
’flake uVyour gift counselors and yn’Il be sure to please.
At this store you will find the right gift for eVery member of the
family—for every friend and acquaintance—young or old.
Come and See them. There is no obligation to buy. Just look.
WILLIAMS & RITCHIE
JEWELERS (Cash Only) MILLEDGEVILLE, GA.
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