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I HE VALDOSTA TIMES, ■tURDAY, MARCH 10, 1906.
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SEA ISLAND GROW
ER WRITES.
South Carolina Planter Tells ol tbe
Organization There.
Ho Tells Why the Sea Island Grow*
era Combined and Refused to Ex
port their Seed—He Also Relates
tlon of the combine will cause a de
crease In the acreage on one hand
and lower the grade of the cotton
grown on the other, as it appears
that Georgia and Florida can only
grow a good grade of cotton by get
ting “fresh” seed from South Caro
lina.
There Is no doubt that more sen Is
land cotton is produced than is need*
ed. or at least, that so long as the
supply so nearly meets the demand
that the prices can be manipulated
to favor the buyers. Either condition
must work disastrously fo the Inter
est of the growers therefore the only
relief is to lessen production and it
Is at this the planters or South Car
; olina are aiming by their det'ermlnn-
How the Growers of That State A Ion not to sell seed.
Bettered Their Cond.tion by Hav- j The planters here regard with
« ! much interest the actions of the cot*
mg One Salesroom Established. ' , ... . ,, , . .
, ton association of Valdosta and hope
Some Intlde Information on the , that the same success may reward
Subject I their efforts as our efforts to main-
I tain pi ea during the past senso i
Ed Is to island, s. C. March 7. has rewarded us To last season
Editor Valdosta Times: Of course j there were several commission hous-
It ly known through tioorgla and) 08 ln Charleston who sold the South
„ , . Carolina cotton crop, which was con'
Florida by the cotton planters of , , . .
al igned to them for sale,. and of
1hc*e states that the sea Island cot | ,. ( , ur , e lhcl0 ws8 qulte „ C0 mpetltlt.-|
tou planter of Southe Carolina have among these several houses to sell
combined not to sell any seed of sea cotton which of itself without! the ef-,
Inland cotton out of the state. So ef- * crls *he buyers had a depresy.-u?
, . . . . . . .. ... 1 tendency on the market; but Inst
factual has been tills combine that ' .. . . . . ..
season the planters persuaded these.
even the United States department Be veral commission houses to estrvh-
of agriculture was unable to obtain ilsh one sales room and employ one
thoed for distribution this season. salesman who under a directorate
This notion of the Southern Cnro- nlBjo “P of onc member of Mich com'
mission house would sell all of the
cotton.
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Monthly Meelirg Will Be Held This
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lira planters is a measure they have
adopted with* the hope of preserving
This, it will be seen, immediately
the life of their Industry which the eliminated all competition to sell
decline in price of cotton during the j and n sured a stability of prion*
ra*t two seasons, together with the j which have never been so sustain!
Increased cost of production serious* , before.
Iv threatened. The labor of the cot- j Of course no fancy prices resulted
ton belt has become very inefficient j from this measure but the planters
on one hand and demands anl com-j know that the best prices were ob-
mauds higher wages on the other. I talned that could have been under a
Tills condition of labor and the de- depressed market and in fact the 'Us #
dine ln the price or cotton aroused I parity of prices between South Car*
the planters to the fact thar unless olina cotton and sea Island cotton of
they could grow cotton cheaper and Georgia and Forida was greater this
get more for it their business was season than it has ever been. The
rone. So they bestirred themselves result of the move has been so satis
fy discover what coul 1 be done to factory and is so promising for the
'save it. with the result of the forma- future that It It meeting the approval
tton of this combine not to sell seed even of those who for n time doubt-
oat of the state. ed it expediency.
This was the only measure they j j m. La Roche,
could devise that promised any re j ——— ■ . ■
'lid. as labor is in such a condition Just a little while now and the
that there is no hope of cheapening baseball players will make the candl*
production. It is hoped that the ac dates look like wax figures.
Several Matters of Importance Will
Come Before the Board, the Elec
tion of Firemen Being Among
Them—Mayor Roberts Held Ses
sion of His Court This Morning.
(From Wednesday’s Dally.
The mayor and council will have
a meeting this afternoon at three
o’clock to attend to the regular rou
tine matters and also to look after
any new matters that may come up.
It will be the first meeting the
new council has had, or rather the
first regular meeting, as the meeting
at which the new men were sworn
in could hardly be called a regular
meeting.
The session will be devoted to rou'
tine matters, such as the payment
of bills, hearing petitions, etc.
matter of the deepest interest will
be the election of a fire chief and
members of the fire department.
There are quite a number of appli
cations for these positions, but there
is nothing to Indicate who will
the lucky ones.
It is also understood that the new
administration will be confronted
with the task of providing better ar
rangements at the city prison. The
present prison is totally inadequate
and has been for six or seven years*
The cells are small, cramped and
clammy and it often happens that a
negro has to be turned out to make
room for a white man, or vice versa.
In view of the inadequacy of the
prison, the bedding has to be used
by both whites and blacks.
The city prison is a disgrace to
Valdosta and the humane instincts
of the people of the city. The mat’
ter will be brought before the city
fathers at their meeting this after
noon, in all probability, and the
chances are that some provision will
be made for better accommodations
for those who have to be incarcer
ated there.
Another matter that will come up
for consideration Is ln regard to the
election of a .recorder to preside
over the mayor’s court. \ This mat
ter was considered several years ago
and the city charter was changed so
as to provide for a recorder. The
present council, it is understood is
favorable to the plan of relieving the
mayor of this work and electing a
regular recorder for the service.
Another matter will be the selec
tion 'of a bank for the next year, this
usually being done through bids from
the various institutions hera
Just what other matters- will come
before the new board remains to be
seen. New boards usually represent
new policies of city government, and
it is highly probable that 1 the pres
ent board will begin to “show its
hand" at the meeting this afternoon.
Mayor Had Court Today.
Mayor Roberts was summoned to
the city hall this morning to try
two or three cases against violators
of the city ordinance. Among the
number was a negro named J. H.
Alaskas, of Waycross, a deaf and
dumb negro who was accused of
drunk and disorderly conduct at the
depit. Mayor Roberts heard the evi
dence against him and assessed a
fine of $2.50.
Wip Mitchell, under the same
charge, was fined $5.
Adam Roberts was accused of
getting in a scrap with his wife and
was fined $5. All of the fines were
paid.
RAILROAD OFFI
CIALS HERE.
G. S. IF.
Clock Hands Are Stopped.
Wist is the matter with the hands
on the north side or the city clock?
They went wrong several months
ago when the hour h?nd got an hour
or two faster than the hands on the
other dials. In a little while it was
three or four hours faster. A po
liceman explained it by saying that
a pigeon had taken shelter there In
order to keep out of a heavy rain.
Two or three weeks ago the hand
was adjusted and remained right for j
few days, when suddenly it and j
the minute hand beth stopped and j
refused to work at all. Tne hands j
on the other sides are keeping time J
all right, but the north-side hands
as motionless as the figures on
The dial.
combination of big stick and
pitchfork ought to be rather formid
able ia a fight
Georgia Southern Officials Also Ex-
| pect to Let the Contract for Their
j New Depot Today—Roads to Build
j Better Connecting .Facilities. Be-
j tween the two Depots.
1 (From Wednesday’s Daily.
1 VieePresident and General Manag-
j er Parrott and Superintendent Grady,
of the Georgia Southern and Florida
railroad, and Division Superlntend-
j ent Bennett, of the Atlantic Coast
j Line, are in Valdosta today and have
j had an Important consultation In re
gard to matters of local Interest to
both roads.
It is understood that the roads are
going to put an end to the policy of
refusing to handle certain shipments
that come over the other road and
which jhas been very annoying to
the merchants and other receivers of
large shipments.
It is understood that the Atlantic
Coast Line will commence at once
to improve its track facilities here
and that a double-track “Y” will be
built connecting the two roads. This
will make it much easier to make the
transfers of freight and it will re
move one of the causes for the rigid
rules that have been adopted in the
past.
Contract for New Depot.
It is also understood that the con
tract for the new freight depot for
the Georgia Southern road will be let
today. Many bids have been put in
and a number of contractors are on
the ground, but there were some de
tails that were to be gone over fully
before the contract is made. It was
thought that this could be arranged
today but it was not definitely decld*
ed. Mr. Grady expressed the hope
that the contract would be let and
that work would begin at once.
The erection of the passenger sta
tion will come later, but preliminary
arrangements may be taken up at
once. The city officials‘have done
their part in the mntter and It is be
lieveJ that tbe railroad officials will
not delay the matter of building the
depot longer than is absolutely nec
essary.
It is better to make one man laugh
than to make a hundred weep.
Nervous Women
Their Sufferings Are Usually
Due to Female Disorders
Perhaps Unsuspected
A MEDICINE THAT CURES
Can we dispute
the well-known
fact that American
women are ner»
|vous ?
How often dowe
hear the expres
sion, “I am so ner
vous, it seems as if
I shotild fly;” or,
“ Don’t speak to
me.’" Little things
'annoy yon and
make ycm irritable; you can’t sleep.
I yon are nnable to quietly and calmly
perform your daily tasks or care for
yonr children.
The relation of the nerves and gen
erative organs in woman is so cloee
that nine-tenths of the nervous pros
tration, nervous debility, the blues,
sleeplessness and nervous irritability
! arise from some derangement of the
organism which makes her a woman.
Fits of depression or restlessness and
irritability ; spirits easily affected, ao
that one minute she laughs, the next
minute weeps; pain in the abdominal
region and between the shoulders)
loss of voice; nervous dyspepsia; a
tendency to cry at the least provoca
tion-all these point to nervous pros
tration.
Nothing will relieve this distressing
condition and prevent months of pros
tration and suffering so surely as Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. M. E. Shot well, of 103 Flatbnsh
Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y,, writes;
“I cannot express the wonderful relief I
have experienced by taking; Lydia E. Pink-
ham’s Vegetable Compound. I suffered for
a long time with nervous prostration, back
ache, headache, loss of appetite. I cculd
not sleep and would walk the floor almost
every night
“I had three doctors and got no better, and
life was a burden. I was advised to try
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound,
and it has worked wonders for me.
• “I am a well woman, my nervousness Is all
gone and my friends say I look ten years
younger.”
Will not the volumes of letters from
women made strong by Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound convince
all women of its virtues ? Surely you
cannot wish to remain sick, weak
and discouraged, exhausted each day,
when yon can be aa easily cured as
other women.