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THEiVALDOSTA TIMES,
CHRISTMAS NEAR
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TheiRain Today Will Force Heavy
Tomorrow Promises Colder Weathe
and Friday and Saturday Will Bring
the Great Rush in Trade and Bus!
ness—Extra Efforts to Handle the
Heavy Trade.
The heavy rain of today haa seri
ously cut off the shoppers ,but the
outlook Is for better weather tomor
row and next day, which means that
much of the trading that would have
been done today will have to go over
until then.
The Christmas trade has already
been enormous, though the merchants
are looking for a still heavier busi
ness the last day or so before Christ
mas comes. The merchants know
their trade so well and know the class
of goods which their customers will
want that they can figure on Just
how much more trade to look for.
They know who have done their shop
ping and who have not and, as as
tute business people, it is part of
their business to keep all of these
things In mind.
The railroads, the express office
and the postofflce have all Increased
their forces for the holiday rush. The
Express company Is usually over-run
with business on Christmas and they
Will try to handle It with reasonable
promptness by putting on more men.
The postofflce will increase the num
her of carriers and will make those
already at work do double duty In
order to get out the enormous amount
of mail to be handled.
But most of the rush with the mer
chants will be over Saturday night as
Christmas day comes Monday and
only the realization of the occasion
will be left—the happiest part the an
ticipation and the preparation, being
over.
There will be thousands of dolla-.s
spent in Valdosta for Christmas
goods this week, in spite of the weath
for the Christmas spirit seems
to be in the air. a*
The Southern Submits Reasons Why
Its Rates Should Not be Cut.
The State Railroad Commission
has now heard from all of the roads
whose rates Mr. Brewer, of Griffin,
and Hon. J. Pope Brown, of Hawkins-
vile want reduced. The roads them
selves cannot tell accurately how
much less they would suffer but the
Southern figured that its loss would
be at least $110,000 a year.
Mr. L. Green, Freight Traflc Man
ager. the official who has charge of
the freight business all over the
Southern, made answer for his com
pany last week. Mr. Green who is
one of the greatest rate experts in
the country began his argument by
showing how much the Georgia Com
mission has reduced rates in the last
twenty-five years. He took up lum
ber and shows by the records that
the freight charges on it has been re
duced In Georgia about one-fifth
There are various ways of doing
some things. One way to reduce
rates is to increase the minimum
car-load—that is to make the roads
haul more freight for the same mon-
This is one way. Twenty years
ago $5.00 paid for handling 4,000
bricks ten miles. Today $5.00 will
move 8,000 bricks 12 miles—that is
the roads have to haul twice as many
bricks a longer distance to get the
same money.
Twenty-five years ago it cost $1.44
to ship one ton of fertilizers 10 miles
in Georgia. Now it costs 72 cents
on the Southern. That is just one-
half. Today the Southern would haul
a ton of fertilizers entirely across
the state for $1.44.
Flour, grain, hay, beans, live stock,
cotton peace goods and one hundred
other articles were taken up and
their rate history was given by Mr.
Green. ^
The Commission has very seldom
made general sweeping reductions,
out it has been trimming the rates
a little here and a little there year
after year. All freight shippers un
derstand of course, that for purposes
of rate making, freight is divided in
to commodities. There are first, sec
ond, third, fourth, fifth and six class
es and then there are lettered class-
ECEMBUK 23, 11)05.
His Alleged Nephew is Said to be Ex
pecting a Small Fortune From Him
and Has Been Spending it in Ad
vance — Creditors are Becoming
Anxious About the Rich Uncle.
Does anybody know anything as to
the whereabouts of Hiram Mills the
alleged uncle of H. C. Mills, the own
er of “Mills Salve?”
Hiram Mills is alleged to be a very
old man, between ninety and a hun
dred years of age, and very wealthy.
It is alleged by H. C. Mills, who
claims to be his nephew., that most
of his fortune at the time of his death
will go to the nephew. It is also al
leged by the nephew that a sum of
something like ten thousand dollars
is to come to the nephew at once to
aid him In his present needs.
The nephew is the owner of Mills
Salve, which is said to be a very good
remedy. When he first came to Val
dosta he bought a lot on the Georgia
Southern tracks and made a partial
contract for the erecion of a three-
story building to be the home of the
salve making Industry.
It Is also said that he bought many
things about the city and contracted
for real estate, all to be paid for as
soon as the rich uncle could come to
Valdosta.
As yet, “Uncle Hiram" has not
shown up and the creditors who have
parted with their wares expecting him
to come along and make things all
right are becoming worried.
It is understood thl8*inornlng that
one of the creditors has letters from
various places which indicate some
doubt as to the truth of the state
ments in regard to he rich uncle, and
this creditor is threatening to take
legal steps to get stralgh with his
es, A., B., C., D., etc. The Commts-
mission often takes an article from' debtor
a higher class and puts it Into a low- In , he meant|me a
it tlfc People of That Section are
Doing These Day,.
ik, Ga., Dec. 20.—Mr.
Smttti'taaa rece.ntiy moved to the
le vacant by Mr. W.
and!Mr. J, R. Doughtery has
to! the place vacated by Mr.
Splvy Is preparing to
to Coffee county.
Jones, of Ray’s Mill, was
a visitor hbre Thursday.
Preparations are being made for a
Christmas iVee entertainment at New
Bethel. Everybody Is cordially In
vited. I
My. and airs. W. B. Parrish made
a business Sfip to Valdosta Friday.
Swindle made a business
county Saturday.
1 odge, of Valdosta, was
o Thursday.
. Shaw made a business
FARMER’S APPEAL
TO ALL PEOPLE.
Growers on the Z9Hi.
trip to Vald< ita Saturday.
Farmers In this section are losing
many of their bogs with cholera.
The boys tit King’s Chappol hare
bought a football. We are expecting
to have ahmeyun Christmas.
The boya here had a football game
one day last Seek. Messrs. Eugene
Mathis, Caiill,Aldiid Mansfield Smith
on one aide and Messrs. Perry Swin
dle, Johnnie Mathis, Frank Shaw and
Lonnie Smith oh the other side. The
former side real
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Shaw visited
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Smith Sunday.
Several of our pepole attended
church at vieaiant Sunday.
Messrs. Marcus Shaw and Lester
Knight, of Lois, were visitors here
one day last week.
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Fine Pointer Dog Killed.
Chief Dampler killed the Hue point
er dog betonglnc to Mr. J. C. Wil
kinson this morning, the dog havjng
shown signs ofc hydrophobia. The
animal had bin acting strangely for
several days and- this morning It was
foaming at the mouth and having all
of the appearances of hydrophobia.
Mr. Wilkinson l&Jte* that It be kill
ed and was present when Chief Dam-
pier fired the sbgt{Which ended its
life.
— _ ,ght Interest-
one. This reduces the rate on lng atory seems likely to be unfolded t*
that article. All commissions so - . .. e.. . .... — 1
this, but Georgia’s has worked
a great deal more than
^WEDDED IN NA8HVILEE. t
A wedding of more than usual In-1 South Carolina and 351 that are low
.neighbors. This state has 261 ar- 6oe what we ahal , aee
tides with a lower classification than
Atlantic
Birmingham ntrirkn; and by It
conductors of t\e road will re-
the goods." At any rate, we shall celve. an Increase It pay In
jj°: But, if jejWaJt aJttttsjWldWfhay be and
.tae t ^uncW - ®ram” will*show up “with the
Conductors
Waycroi
agreemei
Organizer W. W. Webb Calls Upon
the Farmers, Merchants, Bankers
and Business Men to Lend Their
Aid to the Movement to Advance
the Interest of the Cotton Growers,
The County Sea Island Growers As
sociation of Lowndes county has call
ed a meeting for Friday the 29th
Inst, at which time they have planned
for a big rally of the farmers, and I
make a special appeal to’every farm
er to have his farm represented at
the meeting, and also appeal to all
our merchants, bankers, warehousmen
fertilizer men and of every interest
friendly to the Sea Island movement
to have their business represented at
the meeting.
Let us all, of our great Lowndes
county, come together at this meet
ing.
We are to have the Hahlra Plow-
boy band, which will furnish music
suitable for the occasion and will have
the oest speakers that can be secur
ed.
If you are a farmer you cannot af
ford to fall to attend for it Is for your
protection. If you are a merchant,
come, if a banker, or if you are only
a citizen that is friendly to the inter
ests of your section come.
Let the 29th be a day that will
bring all our people together at the
court ho'use. The early morning
trains will stop at Hahira to take
the people from that section. Yours
truly,
A Farmer.
SHORT SESSION AT ALBANY.
Judge Speer Finished the Busings
There in Three Hours.
The semi-annual session of the
United States district court was held
in Albany Monday and only three
hours was required to dispose of the
accumulated business of the last six
months. The court officials, with
the exception of Marshal George
White, returned to Macon that night,
and there will be no further session
of court until after the holidays.
Among the business disposed of by
the court at Albany was the confirm
ation of a composition in the L. W.
Mims case.
A hearing was also had In the pe'
tltion to set aside referee’s decision
in the matter of the Bank of Ran
dolph. The matter was taken under
advisement by the court.
Mr. H. M. McIntosh was appointed
jury commissioner for the Albany
division of the southern district of
Georgia.
Will Hold Christmas Services.
There will be services at the Prlmi*
tive Baptist church next Monday
morning at 11 o’clock. The servlets .tot same? / Very
— 1,1 .beTlapptwyiiltto'.^the Christmas’ f
season.
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Miss Helen Williams, of Adel, spent
exact! yesterday and today in the city on
proportion to that recently granted j her way home, after a visit to Mill*
the engineers and firemen. town.
A Negro's View of It.
Editor Valdosta Times.—Please al
low me space in your valuable pap^r
to say a few words to my people of
the negro race. There seems to be
much excitement and unrest over the
Hon. Hoke Smith’s promise to dis
franchise the negro in the state of
Georgia, though I think that there Is
little reason for such a feeling. There
are enough noble minded white voters
in Georgia to shield her from the blot
that such action would cast upon her
civilization. If nof, then we should
accept, tbp quietly, for God is
the fixer of the destiny of men and
we should not forget that he Is work
ing .or the ultimate good of all peo
ple.
If we are to be disfranchised, there
is no power on earth that can prevent
it; if we are not to be disfranchised
all of the Hoke Smith’s in the world
cannot accomplish that end. Let the
act of disfranchisement be right or
wrong, the promoters will be reward
ed for their work In the end. This
question should be patiently consid
ered and Its settlement should be
reached on the line of the Goldon Rul®
—do unto your neighbor as you
would have him do unto you. Is It
right for myself to vote and then de
prive. by statute, my n«ig&fc>r to do
Master Edgar Henderson has
turned to the city to spend his vaca
tion with his parents. Edgar is one
of the bright scholars at the Presby
terian school at Blncksh*»n v
terest was that of Mr. R. P. Sweat,
of Sparks, to Miss Annie Dona An
derson, of Nashville, last evening. The
ceremony was to have occurred at
the church at Nashville, but owing to
the inclement weather It occurred at
the home of the bride’s parents. Rev
Comer Woodward, of Sparks, officiat
ing.
Mr. Carlton Brooks, of this city,
vas best man and Mr Ansil Parrish
vas one of tne attendants. After the
ceremony a brilliant reception was
held and the w'edding party took a
special train for Sparks, where the
happy couple took the “shoofly” for
this city. They left, this morning for
points in Florida.
The groom is cashier of the bank
■of Sparks and formerly held a posi
tion with the Citizens bank here. His
bride Is one of the fairest young wo
men in # Berrien county anti both of
the young people are deservedly pop
ular. as was shown by the large num
ber of wedding presents which they
received
These are Them Coming.
• Abounding with fun, new music,
new dances, pretty girls handsomely
gowned, a large and costly Investi
ture of new scenery brightly illumi
nated with novel electrical effects,
without an overburdened- plot, Is the
story of “A Pair of Pinks” In a nut
shell. But it requires two hours and
a half of incessant activity and hila
rious fun to complete the adventures
of Percy and Harold as two sly.
stealthy Pinkerton sleuths In search
of the mab who wouldn’t laugh. Dur
ing various intervals of the “trial of
humor” the audience is cheered on
In the pursuit by big musical num
bers. big dancing gatherings, big cav
alcades of pretty girls. In fact every
thing is accomplished in numerals,
Once in a while a lone artist may be
discovered in the attempt to deliver
a solo, but the big chorus usually In’
terferes with a vim and closes the
solo Incident. Get your seats early
for the performance. At the Valdos
ta theater on Friday evening.
Married In Court House
Notary Public ex-Offlclo Justice of
firmly believe that Georgia’s rates the Peace altas PoUce commissioner
er than Alabama’s. The railroad men
are unreasonably low. They show Wa „ er Pee pies was called upon yes-
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that all of the state’s around her al
low them to charge more than the
terday to perform a marriage cere
mony In his office at the court house. •
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Georgia Commissions’ tariff, and j The ' couple are connected with the I 4 *
they insist that rates in Georgia rent- (Qenera , Amu8eme nt Company the +
groom being the balloonist and the •
bride his assistant. ^
The groom’s name la J. H. Murray ’ ^
ly ought to be raised. Mr. Green re
minded the Commission that last
February rates were reduced from
the North East and West to Georgia
points. Then In. May the Commis
sion’ reduced all class rates from At
lanta, Athens, Augusta, Brunswick.
Columbus, Dalton, Macon. Rome and
Savannah to 1G of the leading cities
In Georgia.
Commissioner J. M. Brown has es-
and the bride was Miss Bessie M.
Werkhelser. The license was secured
from the ordlnar’s office and
couple went across the hall and had
Judge Peeples to perform the cere
mony.
The couple have been about the city
for a week or more and are very nice
tlmated that the reductions of last, losing people, far above those who
February will amount to *912.000 ] are usually found In their line of bus-
per year. j i ne8 s. They will probably remain
Mr. Green declared that all of the!
reductions made this year in Geor-
Parnell Carried to Prison.
J. J. parnell, who was convicted
here last week in the Federal court
of counterfeiting, was carried to At-
lanta this week by Deputy United
States Marshal Walter Godwin. Par
nell’s motion for a, new trial did not
amount to much and he will probab
ly s. rve but his sentence of one year
and one day.
gia will cost the Southern R. R. alone
at least one million of dollars. He
stated that very much a greater part
of the money earned by his road in
this state comes from Inter-state
state traffic and he cited figures to
show that the net earnings front
business from within Georgia, or In
ter-state traffic, are not enough to
pay the cost of operating, improve
ments and to meet the taxes in Geor
gia. In conclusion, he said that If
the Southern was put In class A.,
proposed, the Company will have
deficit of nearly $150,UjO a year
Georgia business.
here until after Christmas.
Caught a ’Possum In the Streets
’Possum hunters are said to be so
thick In the country about Valdosta
that the ’possums have had to come
to the city for protection.
Last night while Mr. J. F. Bailey
was going home on Patterson street
and when in front of Mr. H. C
Briggs’ residence he saw something
trotting along In front of him, but
in the darkness he thought It was a
dog.
About that time a negro came
along with a lantern and “shined the
varmint’s eyes.” He saw at once that
it was a full-grown, sassy-looking
possum, in excellent condition for a
Christmas dinner.
The negro captured the ’possum
and carried it home with him declar-
ing that It was the greatest luck that
had ever befallen him.
On the first day of the hunting sea
son a large covey of partridges were
flushed on Patterson street, they hav
ing evidently come to town to get
away from the hunters. This ’pos
sum probably did the same thing.
Jackson Bib'e School Closed.
The Jackson Bible school closed its
fall term yesterday afternoon, and It
Is understood that it will not resume
work after the holidays, owing to the
illness of .the principal. Mr.
Jackson, who Is the leading spirit In
the school, has been In California
for some time for his health and Mr
Haynes, who has been In charge of
the school, has been advised by Ills
physicians to give up that kind of
work for awhile. The school has
had a very successful term, having
had many more pupils than were ex
pected. Wbetner or not the school
will open again depends very largely
upon the health of Mr. Jackson.
Leonard May .«ot Come Back.
There la a difference of opinion as
to whether Leonard Rawlings will
come from the penitentiary, pending
the hearing before the United States
supreme court, or not. Some of the
authorities say that the super cedaaa
only stops him from service in the
penitentiary, but that he may be held
there pending the hearing. His law
yers are of the opinion that he will
have to be brought back here for
confinement In the Jail. The sheriff
and county officials have not been
definitely informed about this as yet
Stole Coat From Room
Some one entered the room of J.
T. Davis, at Mr. Norcross’ house,
next to the Ashley-Paln Manufactur
ing Company, yesterday, and stole his
overcoat and other articles. There
is no clue to the thief.
r. J. B Chevia, of Fort Valley, Is
In the city today.
MERRY
MERRY
XMAS!
XMAS!
To our many Friends
and Customers: We
wish you a happy and
contented Christmas
and ask for you many re
turns of the joyous oc
casion.
If you have delayed the buying of that suit of clothes
you intended to get by Christmas, you need not be at all
worried about getting it.
WE HAVE THE GOODS YET.
It would take more than the rush of oneJ[ holiday week to
break our stock sizes. We still have a complete stock of
clothing for men and boys. Always the best, of course, and at
ONE PRICE TO ALL.
Men’s Suits and Overcoats $10.00 [to*$25.00
Boys’ Suits and Overcoats $1.75 to $7.50
M. A. BRIGGS, VALDOSTA, GA.
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