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THEiVALDOSTA TIMES, CHRISTMAS NEAR r at 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. * 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. IV 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- + , * *;• -!• -i* + 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. • + 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. «£■■■., - A -JV.LUUtf Subscribe for The Dally Timet.