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■——PW— 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 ® i 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 ■ J 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. -v • -v ~ m.