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product amounted to the amazing'
value of one hundred and thirty mil*'
Hon dollars. This takes no account 1
of the great increment in stock rais
ing, of the varied and magnificent
forest products from hardwoods and
pines, nor that surprising Industry
for mining kaolin for porcelain, en
ameled brick, chinaware, terra cotta,
sewer pipe, etc.,, extending across the «. «. m , - , ^ u
state from Augusta, via Milledgevllle, flu WuS lOUflfl U][II]fl CH OlBDS dl
Macon to the hills along the Chatta- "
hoochee, nor the marvellous water
powers on unfailing streams which
have been only partially developed.
When we consider that In the year
1900 Georgia ranked fourth in the
United States in the production of
unbleached cotton goods, that In 1904
there were 122 cottonseed oil mills
in the state of which the crude pro
duct was valued at more than ten
million dollars, when we contemplate
the magnificent and life-giving sys
tems of railways whose steel tracks
connect the most remote homes of
the humblest farmer with the great j property owner, was shot In
mporiums of commerce and trade, some time during last night
when we think of the 39 nat|onal and
2lf> state banks with an aggregate
capital of $18,432,885 and reserves of
$9,000,000, and deposits of more than a ne *»ro man and woman, Petsr E cr
TRAGIC DEATH'
iiuyiu iiuuoui
Negro Men and Woman Arreoted or
the 8hoo»lng and are In' Jail onthe
Charge of Murder—Both Deny the
Shooting and Intimate
Committed Suicide—Their
Not Believed.
Lyons, do., Doc. 13—J,
a prominent liveryman i
JUDGE SPEER TO
GRAND JURY.
The Feature of this Morning in Die
Federal Court Here.
The Eloquent Jurist Delivered a Mas
terful Charge to the Jurors on the
Majesty of the Law and the Import-
ance of its Malntainarce—Court
Took Recess Until Tomorrow.
Judge Speer's charge to the grand
jury was the feature of the morning
In the federal court, and'a more elo
quent charge has not beeif heard in
this city before.
* Quite a number of ladies lica.d It,
and many others intended 10 be on
han^but a confusion as to the hour
at tlhicb court was to open deprived
many Indies, as well afl men, of the
pleasure of hearing. It was general-
ly thought that court wouM open at
ten o’clock, but the judge desired to
let the grand Jury get an early start,
so court was opened at nine o'clock.
After the charge to the grand pury
several civil matters were taken up
and disposed of after which a recess
was taken until tomorrow morning In
order that the grand Jury might have
time to investigate some matters that
will come before that body. It is
thought that the criminal docket will
be taken up tomorrow.
Charge to the Grand Jury,
Judge Spoer's charge to the grand
Jury was at follows:
Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the
Grand Jury:
The purpose for which courts of
Justice are created Is evdr the better-
tnent of the people. They do not as
semble to Impose arbitrary penalties
or to Inflict uijneccssary suffering.
Penalties they Impose, It Is true and
the suffering of tho Individual results.
This however Is all done for the greht
est good of the greatest number. Civ
ilised government through all ages
have divined no system so effective
for the protection of mankind In life
liberty, property and the pursuits of
happiness as the administration of law
through the courts. It Is Also true
that' a people who have most at stake
should bo ev«-r| more rigid and reso
^uto and exacting la the on
'W:
i Esquimaux wlio shlvdrfrtyffilils hut otTUtntlon. ' No pdflgftsr mads a bet-| Mn t i UL
Ire under the arctic Circle. Imvo littleIw Imniteeent then that which edit- of crlmli _
need for laws. They aKf!little to 1 bates the mind frf* Its youth. Thero j reflected upon terrors of the law.
protect. On the contrary^' a ^people. ®**o <fies« who claim that Mnce ‘hojEven that witty'old rascal, Sir John
such as ours, who have been.enftowed property of large means cannot bo j FalstafT, speaks of his resolution as
by a benign Providence wltti all the j taken for the support of tho humble “fobbed wltb the rusty curb of old
blessings of a prodigal nature a id! and the poor that by a prlty or reas-1 father antic, the law.” Ah, It Is a
who have multiplied immeasurably onlng such men should not he taxed j curb, a sharp and bltlng'one pressing
their native wealth by thl skillful op* to educate the children of tho poor the chin of many a hard mouthed
plication of the principles of agricub ! Never was fallacy more egregious,
ture, manufacture aud commerce, ac*. All nre alike taxed for th-’ purpose of
cumulate a mighty heritage whit^i sanitation and there is no sanitation
nothlm? but the law can nrotect like the sanitation of the mind. All
nre alike taxed to keep from our bor
ders those deadly epidemics which
sweep away millions of the people,
and there is no epidemic otto half so
deadly as tho epidemic of ignorance.
We tux tho strong and healthy for
the ruppo** of hospitals for the weak
ar.d th* 'ck, we tax the sane to mxv
vide t;..i....iun.s for tho insane. e-
this afternoon. It seems from i
counts that the shooting was dos3y
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600.000.000 dollars who can question and Molly Harper, on whOM .Wit
that within our borders wo have | porch the body of Mr. Dlx waa li th], |
treasure worthy of that eternal vlg- j Dukes and the Harper womsn.ijb
Hence on the part of the upright,; arrested early thla morning nodi'
fearless and conscientious Juror with-1 now In the Montgomery county/J
out whoso nctlvltles not one dollar charged with murder,
of this vast aggregate of wealth
safe, without whose devotion to tho
principles of civil liberty tho free
dom of men, women and children Is
Insecure, and all that makes life
worth living may wither like the
prophets’ gourd. In the genesis of
that old time religion, which In the
simple words of tho Inspiring hymn,
"Is good enough for me,” we are told
that God said "Let there be light and
there waa light." A benevolent gov
ernment through lta Incomparable
mall facilities and the benefleont rur
a] free delivery system, brings the
fructifying and educative presence of
the newspaper press each day In the
year to the homes In the remotest
coves of tho Blue Ridge or the most
Isolated solitudes of the wlregrass.
Supremacy of Education.
Our public school system embraces
7,736 schools, 10,360 school teachers,
and 490,103 pupils, with a school fund
of more than 33496,700. Our untlr
Ing and excellent superintendent of
public Instruction In Georgia, Mr.
Merritt, contributed I believe by your
own beautiful city the service Jpf
Both stoutly deny the char;
saying that Mr. DIx shot
Dukes said Mr, Dlx was
shoot him and In scuffling^
from being shot the pistol was
The people do not believe
the woman's or man’s
would have been almost
for Mr. Dlx to have fired
The affair has created no ttj
dtement In Lyons today
EVENTS..
MISS ALICE HA8 PR
Presldsnt’s Daughter Finally Gets
Her Trophies from Orient;
Washington, Deo. 18—The presents
and trophies of Miss Altoe teggjpMf*
trip to the Orient were placed Jn her
possession Friday. They arrived
about five weeks ago but were given
their turn In examination andL sp-l
prnlsement, which was conclude&Has-
terday. • ^
A messenger from the Whlto House
paid the required duty and tifiay an
express van brought the twenty-seven
boxes IS tllC White House.
nothing but the law can protect.
The during freebooters who lived lii
solitary peels or castlos nmld the
moss hags on the borders of England
and Scotland might well exrlalra with
one of their poets,
-Let hint take who has tho power.
And let him keep who can”
bnt how Is It with the vigilant, fear
legs and happy people of tho prosp< r.
oua state which Is the object at once 1 u* then toloratc In our prosonco the
of our pride, our devotlou and our ■ blind giant of Ignorance and In the
love? Can w© admit the criminal groping* of his resistless might ono
of whatever rank or degree to un- day and that not distant he will twist
whipped assaults, either upon tho life [the gnarled and resistless slnows of
the liberty or the property of the j his mighty arms around the pillars
people? With as little prudence would I of the temple itself, and like the
the people of Rome admit the devour- j blind Hebrew giant, will overwhelm
Ing swarms from the Northern hive all in crushing and awful d structlon
who by successive invasions reduced
to nothingness, that proud empire,
which under an Antonlne or a Trajan
But while we educate the minds of
our people, and God grant the day
will soon come whon every bright
comprehended the boundaries of the 1 eyed boy and girl In Georgia can tell
civilized world. Ours is Indeed a to a fnrthing what was the cost of
goodly heritage. From our northern her father’s crop, or what wero the
boundaries, where the purpling de- annua! expenses of her mother's ta
clivltles of Tray and Yonah blush In Me, God grant that to each one may
glory ns the sun god touches them come *the happiness which makes tho
with the radiance of his parting smile poet exclaim,
to those rich plains which environ "My kingdom to bo a kingdom is
this southernmost City not far from So great a Joy the.vin^ l And.
where the thunders of the Gulf spray As doth exceed all other bliss,
the snowy blossoms of the magnolia ■ That God or nature hath designed."
and the golden fruitage of tho orange,; The Protection ©' tho Law.
there are not less than olght climatic Lot ns not forget that while we nre
belts. Of these the lowest has a’educating the minds, we. must edu-
mean, annual temperature of less than ; onto tho characters of the peoplo.
40 degrees and the highest between that education even more than Ignor-
70 and 80 degrees. Indeed there is ( ance without character and high mor
but one climatic belt lu the whole al aud law abiding principle is de
United States which does not enter
and Influence.
Georgia’s Amazing Wealth.
For the.single year 1094, with a
production of 1.879,744 bales I of cot
ton, 47.334,913 bushels of corn, 2,564,-
050 biqhels of wheat, and with the
fruits ciFYfxteon million trees yrhlch
In a normal season will develop
twelve million bushels of fruit tmsur*
passed In its glowing beauty and\de-
tlcious flavor by any the world has
ever known and the aaccharlne glo’
ries of our South Georgia cane whose
premonitory rfUtet are even now
Hke an army wfUTwIpera, It la esti
mated that in agricultural and horti
cultural products alone Inst year our
|BR!
structlve to everything tor which
men have entered the social bond. In
tho formation of character much U
done nt home much in the school
house, and much in the courthouse
Very great men, very wise men, men
whose names are as faml’lar to Amor
lean citizens ns household word*
have for centuries held that opinion
By virtue of the laws enacted by
such men the highest types that Amei
lea has ever afforded, you are brought
here to aid, not merely to punish the
guilty, but by furnishing an example
of righteousness In your Investiga
tion and of certainty In the convlc*
tlon of the criminal, to give Innum
erable object lessons to
scoundrel But for our postal laws
there Is scarcely a post offleo In a
hundred counties that would not be
robbed In less than a week. But foi
tho laws agalnat counterfeiting the
coin and treasury notes, millions ot
spurious counterfeits In close imita
tlon of the public money which pays
for your cotton, or for the wages of
your labor would bo In the hands of
tho Innocent as soon as moulds and
dtes of the coiners or press of the
cwuntcrroitcr could put them forth,
But for the laws against illicit distil
lotion, there is scarcely one of those
sweet, safe, rural homes In our south’
land, the abiding places of trustful,
Innocence and virtue, which would
not bo endangered by Infuriated
scoundrels, who saturated with cheap
and poisonous illicit whiskey would
be worse than brutes without dis
course of reason.
The Task of the Juror.
Yours then Is no Idle task. You
are hero by your investigations to
make widespread the gladsome light
of Jurisprudence. You are here to
perform a grave, public duty, and said
Thomas Jefferson, when a manta*
sumes a public trust he should conald*
ed himself ns public property. in
that lofty sense then this grand Jury
is the property of the people. Ton
are devoted to the special task of
protecting us from those who would
injure us by assailing the laws for
the conservation of all those mighty
Interests which the people of the
whole country have in the affair* of
the general government. Then lift
up your eyes and lift up your hearts
to the measure of your responsibility
Who can question your righteousness
and your victory on all Just and hope
ful lines,
"For right is right, since God Is God,
And right the day must win; v.
To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin."
Unique Parade Next Saturday
You have seen Rlngling Brothers
grand free street parade and many
of you have seen the Shriners In their
triumphant tour of the city, but If you
fall to see the great parade next 'Sat
urday you will miss the event of the
season. The midsummer carnlmds
will fade tnto insignificance by he
aide of It. it will be the moet uni iuo
of all the paradee. Watch oat for 1 -
G. A. Carswell Co,
«AT1
SUCCESSORS TO
W. H. Mashburn,
.
'
Headquarters For
Goods
This store, as it has long been recognized to be, is still
the leader in Holiday Goods and Novelties of every kind.
This season we have the handsomest line .we have ever
carried. It is not only comprehensive, but the line is new,
showing beautiful and useful goods in both foreign and do
mestic manufacture.
The limitations of space prevent our attempting to name
the hundreds of articles we are daily receiving, but holiday
shoppers may rest assured of finding here presents appro
priate for ladies, gentlemen and children of any age.
We cordially invite you to call and look through the line,
and the earlier the better.
G. A. Carswell Co.,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
Queen Quality
Shoes.
Full Line Winter Styles
Our Fall and Winter styles and weights of this famous shoe
for women are now in. This season’s line is a surperb one in
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very respect, and we want to ask our lady friends to call and
ee the display while it is ^unbroken.
Our large" stock of Men’s and boys’ shoes is also very
complete.
W. T. LANE,
Valdosta,
Gorgia.
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