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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATUEDA*, APRIL 15, 1905.
AN ALLEGORICAL SATIRE;
Or the Fruitless Pilgrimage of the Qeorgia
Railroad Commission to Valdosta.
And In the days of the springtime
it came to pass that great was the
need for new and improved places of
abode for those who did travel into
foreign lands, and the people cried
aloud as with one voice for relief.
And certain of the rulers of the
land said unto the people, “We will
journey afar off into a country called
Atlanta, and we will call upon the
servants of the people, called the
Railroad Commission of this great
state, and we will get them to come
into our country, see our needs and
grant to us the relief sought.”
And they made the journey, an<T in
the night time, and great was the
trouble they encountered from
strange sights, missed connections
and diverse troubles to the rail cars.
ble structures erected? Do but grant
us this favor and we shall arise and
call you bleessed.”
And the commission did look one
to the other and marvel at the nerve
of these people In making so strange
a request.
And sitting at the right hand of
the commission were the chosen
guardians of the railroads. They had
come from afar off, and to them the
words of the people of Valdosta were
a strange tongue.
And then arose Pope, of the tribe
of Brown, and he spake words of
praise, and his voice was soft and low,
like unto the purring of a feline, and
his words were as honey from the
bee, “All these things will I examine
into when I have returned to the
great capital from whence we came,
NASHVILLE'S BIG FIRE
THE CAPITAL OF BERRIEN HAS
ITS FIRST CONFLAGRATION.
And they said to the people: “Be land I hope in due time the good peo-
not afraid, we have seen the great pie of my country, and your fair city,
protectors of the people’s interest, shall have what they can get. We
and they will soon be with us in per- are powerleess to act, but you shall
son, and we shall have what we wish, | see what you shall see. Nay, nay, I
and they will grapple with the great | say unto you, be not hasty, for these
problems now confronting us as a'railroads are a poweer in the state,
community.” and you shall see what you shall see.”
After many days it was heralded ’»y > And then did the people applaud
tie town crier: “Behol 1, the great j long and loud, and cry out, “Great is
Railroad Commission of Georgia Pope.”
cometh.” j And little Joseph,, he also of the
And they arrived in all their glory tribe of Brown, did arise and spake
in the gilded palace on wheels, and j words of comfort to the assembled
they were clad in purple and fine lin- multitude, saying: “Be of good
en, for they had but yesterday feast- 1 cheer, for ye may yet at some time
ed in the City by the Sea and sat at \ get relief, but I do not think you will
the banquet board until a late hour, any time soon.”
And when they had come in our| And the people murmured one to
midst a great shout went up, and the the other.
people exclaimed as with one voice,' Then did the meeting adjourn, for
*Lo, we are to have our wishes grant- said the ruler, time Is fleeting, and
ed at last; have we not with us the the great and mighty Commissioners
great and mighty Railroad Commis- live a long way off, and must be pre-
sioners, who have seats at the right
of our mighty ruler, Joseph?”
And they were .straightway conduc
ted to the publ*f meeting place in the
bgntre w o£ tfie city, and criers sent
forth Into the highways and byways,
shouting, "Oh, ye people of Valdosta,
gather ye now at the public meeting
bove the average community, for
ave we not at ibis time the great
and mighty _ Railroad Commission
1th us?” .-T .
’Ami"me" gooTTpeopTe did flock as
paring for their Journey. Let each
go to his home ana remember what
has been accomplished for the good
of the country and city this day. And
the people did depart, saying one to
the other, “what has been done, what
will be done, where are we at?”
And forthwith the commissioners
lace, for behold we are blessed fari*trosee, girded up their loins and de
parted, with the chosen guardians of
the railroads, saying: “Whither shall
wo s^a JWfrast our nets this day; we
it a:e wstefil
of this country, and we have this day
An Early Morning Blaze Last Tuesday
Swept Out the Leading Business
Portion of the Place—Tho Losses
Which Were Sustained.
Nashville, Ga., April 12.—Fire at 3
o'clock this morning djAtroyed the
following property In this city:
H. B. Peeples & Son’s stock, dam
aged by removal, $J,500; fully cover
ed by insurance.
H. B. Peeples, loss on two brick
buildings, $500; fully covered by in
surance.
Telephone Exchange and Hendricks,
Smith & Christian’s law office, in Pee
ples building, $200 loss on each; no
insurance.
M. S. Shaw & Co., damage to stock
by remoyal, $500; no insurance.
All of these are in the Peeples
building.
A. W. Patterson, new brick build
ing, totally destroyed, loss $2,000; no
insurance.
A. F. Bullard, loss on brick build
ing, $3,500; Insurance, $1,500; loss on
stock of goods, $8,000; insurance,
$4,500.
Masonic lodge, in the second story
of Bullard building, $1,500 on build
ing; insurance, $1,000; regalia, $500;
no insurance.
- Knights of Pythias lodge, $350; no
insurance. / '
Odd Fellows’ lodge, $350; no insur
ance.
Alexander & Anderson, loss on of
fice building, $360; no Insurance. This
office was occupied by Dr. F. P. Key
and Alexander & Gray. Dr. Key’s loss
is $1,000; no insurance. Alexander &
Gary, $200; no insurance. f
Ancil Mathis, $200; no Insurance.
A. E. Bullard, loss on warehouse,
$250; no insurance.
A. W. McKenzie, mechanic tools,
$150; no Insurance.
John Webbs, tools, $100; no insur
ance.
J. H. Walters, photographer, loss,
$250, with no insurance.
This Is Nashville’s first fire. Citi
zens worked heroically to save other
property. The fire is supposed to be
of incendiary origin.
* man to the meeting place. There caught the *si)ckers’; now let us te
as great solemnity, for many there [part and catch the trout.’ 1
7ero who had never been permitted i And they forthwith gave orders to
Vgaze upon a real Railroad Commis-'have their gilded palace on wheels
j made ready for the occasion, and they
And they stood around and mar- did go away, even unto the lakes of
▼eled, and some did spit on the floor,
as humbling themselves. And after
awhile did the speaker for the city
arise, lift Up his voice and say, “We
are of great faith, and may we not
ask of your honorable body that the
miserable abodes known to the an
cients as depots now being used by
those who travel, be abandoned, and
in their places decent and comforta-
Ocean Pond, and cast their nets, and
many were the fishes caught that day.
And it came to pass that the people
shook their heads and marveled as to
what had been accomplished, and the
prophet spake to them, saying: “My
children, hearken to the wise men of
old, and remember this, ‘He that mon-
keyth with a tuzz-saw will surely get
cut.’” PEE DEE.
8ENATOR McLAURIN MUST PAY.
Verdict for $41,639.26 Against Him on
Note He Gave.
Charleston, S. C., April 11.—In the
United States circuit court today a
verdict of' $41,639.26 was found
against ex-Senator John L. McLaurin,
WILLIAMS OPENED FIRE.
Killed
and
State 8enator Hipp
Wounded a Deputy.
Cullam, Ala., April 11.—State Sena
tor R. L. Hipp, an attorney, was shot
and instantly killed, and Deputy Sher
iff J. H. Dunlap probably fatally
In the suit of the International Trust j wounded by John W. Williams, twen-
Company, of Baltimore, on a promis-: ty miles east of this city today,
sory note, the verdict being fonnd by The officers had gone to the Hipp
the Jury upon the iustructions of the • place to oust Williams from a tract of
court.
As president of the Brunswick and
Birmingham railroad and vice-presi
dent of the Brunswick and Western
Construction Company, Mr. McLaur
in gave his persona! notes to the trust
company.
Counsel for the defense endeavored
to show that McLaurin had been de
ceived, but this was not deemed suffi
cient to Invalidate the written obliga
tions. •
Farmers 8hould Be Proud.
f Tie farmer should feel proud of his
fesslon, as it is one of the most
•^dseful and necessary occupations. He
land which he had lost In a lawsuit.
When the men approached the house
Williams shot Hipp in the head, kill
ing him instantly, and shot Deputy
Dunlap through the breast.
Williams remained in the house,
whistling, and said he would stay
there until he died. A posse of for
ty or fifty men from Cullman has gone
to the scene with vehicles to bring
back the dead and wounded.
Williams is a man of large family,
and is about 50 years old.
The Thinker* and Worker*.
A hundred thinkers grow gray a-
thlnklng; a hundred discoverers grow
does not Bit on the ragged edge of old a-discovering; a financier comes
doubt as to the permanency of his along, grabs the theories and tho
position. No master has a mortgage finds, hires folks to straighten ’em
on his labor or his products. He is a out, and rides his automobile while
king among men, and his home is the the poor fellows ^>f Ideas eat mush
abode of contentment. He studies the and water by the roadside. The men
laws of natnre and derives mainten- who do brain work get the crust-
anco from her bounteous stores; crumbs which fall from the commer-
times are hard and laborers are clam- clal sponge-cake. Brains are poor col
oring for work, he has plenty of bus!-, laterals to raise money on.
ness to occupy his time. If the farm- -
er commences with small capital his Interstate Commerce.
Investment Is sure to increase, for the j The fact Is that nearly all business
earth often rewards the husbandman, transacteed In the United 8tates, ex*
a hundredfold. The proper manage- J ceptlng small retail trade, has become
meat of small undertakings leads to interstate commerce in character,
larger enterprises. The well-filled When a manufacturer and merchant
jfarm produces abundantly, and the sends out his circulars and letters so-
armer always has a surplus to sell llciting trade to other states he Is en-
liat makes him independent even in gaged in interstate trade. Interstate
trenuous times. The farmer is the commerce is not merely transports-
mndatlon of the commercial prosper- tlon; it Is business that covers more
y of the country. (states than one.
Sentence Commuted to a Fine.
A dispatch from Atlanta to the Sa
vannah News contains the following
information:
The prison commission today rec
ommended' commutations of sqntenoe
eUhcd clemency In half a dozen other
cases. Ezekial Buckine, of Ware
county, sentenced to servo twelve
months for larceny, had his sentence
commuted to a fine of $100. Tho ap
plication for clemency by B. K. Cross,
of Ware county, who was sentenced
to serve six months for Illegally sell
ing liquor, was declined. All of the
cases considered wore small one.;.
The governor will act on them tomor
row.”
BOY8 ROBBED A BANK.
Young Boys Oetj$72 From Flr.t Na
tional ct Moultrie.
Moultrie, Oa., April 11.—Three ne
groes, about U cjr It years old, were
placed In jail hero this morning
charged with robbing tho First Na
tional Bank, Thp boys were engaged
to sweep out thp bank yesterday af
ternoon, and after they had finished
their work the pflh eres of the bank
missed $72 from-the cash. Suspicion
at once fell upefn the boys, and the
police were notttae.i.
When Chief I West arrested the
boys they confessed taking the money
and carried hint to where they had
hidden It. AU of the money was re
covered except ^1.50, which tho boyi
had already sppnt.
Next Vikit to Valdosta
Will Be
Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday,
April 24,25 and 26.
THREE DAYS ONLY.
Examination free un
til further notice.
SATISFACTION CUARANTEtD
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good druggists sell it.
50 Doses
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Every Owner of a Talking Machine or Phonograph
Should write at once for NEW RECORD LISTS, and Itcc-p in touch with
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MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION.
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Coffins
and!
3D. S. TKTXI1S03^T,
LIST OF JURORS
Drawn for May Term Lowndes Supe
rior Court.
Graud and Travorse Jurors drawn for
May term, 1905, by Ills Honor Robert
G. Mitchell, Judgo of said court
GRAND JURORS.
O P Wetherington,
9 B Martin,
William Vickers,
W R Massey,
8 8 Hollers,
.T B Varn.
Hiram Monk,
H F Tillman,
L M Btanfill,
O T Corbett 8r.,
F D Clifton,
’ *! Dasher,
-. Dampier,
Traverse Jurori
JamcH High,
8 B Barfield,
Robert Black,
K R Barber,
IjDsTi.i.
J D Zeiglar,
Traverse Jurori
K Y Fry.
W P Dorongh,
I N Davis Jr..
H T Dampier,
F B Bradford,
R B Daniels.
J L Fletcher,
Louis M Folsom,
T J Folsom,
J H Morgan,
" ” 'foore,
- . Jiclntyre,
J M Dees Jr.,
A B Burnett,
Paul Daria,
A K Dim mock,
Q R Dukes,
J F Todd.
W 8 Fender,
O R Ashley,
O A FireaHh,
Newton McLeod,
J T Smith,
L W Shaw.
—First Week.
F M Estridgn,
Ewell Brown,
Marion Zipperer,
O H Hightowe
A .1 Folsom,
F W Dodge,
-Second Week.
J N Deminings,
J M Folsom,
F M Fletcher,
J A Albritnin,
J M Youngblood,
Louis L Bray,
T O McLendon,
Weat Bloodworth,
Smith Deen,
O L Thigpen,
H D Jones,
B H Brinson,
B E Deakle,
H J McMillan,
K I. Turner,
M M Blanton.
Tax Receiver’s Notice.
I will be at the following precincts on
dates given below, for the purpose of
receiving tax returns for tho year 1906:
Naylor, - - April 3, 12 and 24
Cat Creek, “ 18 and 25
Hahira, - “5, 14 and 20
Club House, - “ 17 and 27
Ousley, - - * “ 7, 18 and 28
Clyattville, - - “ 10, 20 May 1
LakePark, - - “ 11,21 “ 2
Darsey’s School House, - • “ 3
Dasher, - “ 4
Valdosta on all Saturdays, and daily af
ter rounds are made, until books close
on June 1st. C. S. BACON,
3-7-maylO Tax Receiver.
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