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SECRETARIES EOR
It Is Quite Likely Tbat There 11
Be No Big Contest.
Precedent of the Poet Quarter of a
Century May be aet Aside and New
Men Put Forward In Place of North
ern and Bolfeulllet—Should Conteat
Arlae, the Reault Might be In Doubt.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30—A close
frteDd of Mr. Cabanlss, In discussing
bis candidacy for the offlce of sec
retary of tbe state convention; said
today that,while It was true that Mr.
Cabnnlea was a.' candidate for the
secretaryship of the state convention
to be held at Macon, It was not true
MERRITT NOT WORRIED.
Johnson’s Claim of Being Elected
Not Treated 8erlously.
The friends of State School Com
missioner W. B, Merritt are In no
wise disconcerted over the claims of
Hon. Mark Johnson, of Baldwin, that
he has won the race for the offlce
which Mr. Merritt now holds, says
an Atlanta dispatch.
Commissioner Merritt was out Of
the city yeoterdgy, attending a school
rally at Crawtordvflle, but his secre
tary, Professor J. N. Rogers; stated
there was no doubt on the face of the
returns so far received that Mr. Mer
ritt has been renominated by an Jpver-
whelming vote, which will be shown
When the offlclal voto Is tabulated and
Announced . -■
While It Is known that Mr. John
son carried several counties, It Is
also asserted that he Is claiming a
nuntner of counties which the. ofll-
clal vote shows went to .Commission
er Iflerrltt by over 480 majority.
Some of the counties made no re
port on state school commissioner
while many others stated simply
■Wright and Merritt win” without
giving any llgures. An Inspection
of these reports, Professor Rogers
says, shows that Mr. Merritt will
have a large majority of the counties
In the state convention.
VALDOSHA, ga.,
EMBER, 1 1906.
..[DOGS ON A
MAN’S TRACK.
that be would be.a candidate tor the
office of secretary of the senate.
It Is generally conceded by those
who have kept up with the political
situation since the recent primary
that Hon. Henry H. Cabanlss of Ful
ton, and Mr. E. L. Martin, of Bibb,
will be the secretaries of the dem»
cratlc convention In Macon when it
assembles next Tuesday, the 4th pros.
That Mr. Cabanlss Is slated for
one of these places there can be no
doubt, for Hon. Hoke Smith’s official
organ has stated that he will be put
forward for one of the secretaryships
of the state democratic convention
that Is to meet In Macon, September
4th.
The suggestion of these two names
Jfor secretaries of that convention j Clark Howell
has brought on more talk to the effect 1 John B. Estlll .
that It may mean that these gentle j James M. Smith..... ,. .
men may respectively oppose Hon<| (According to the offite
■-Charley Northern for secretary of the . Hoke Smith received a majority of
senate and Hon. John T. Bolfeulllet '25,043 votes over all of his opponents
for clerk of the house. (and bad a plurality of 60,201 votes
In naming these men as secretaries over his nearest opponent, Judge Rue-
of that convention an unbroken prece- sell. His plurality over Clark How-
dent for over a quarter of a century jell was 72,777.
will be set aside. Ever since Bill Commission Meets September 12.
Harris of Worth, and Mark Hardin ! The next meeting of the railroad
of Bartow, became secretary of the 'commission will be held September
E Til $4.1
0KMJ1.0GO.
of 10c od (he (1,0
. Below Last Year.
more than enough votes to Insure
their re-election.
Vote In the Primary.
Chairman M. J. Yeomans has
made public the consolidated and of-.
flclal returns from every county In . . ., . . ... .
. . . : . | upon her she doubled back toward
Georgia for tbe gubernatorial prl- .J.
mam, a, I..* W........ m.. I™ Camp.
The race led from the Haynes place
to the river and back to the Jones
She was Chased tor Five or Six
and Was Caught In a Pond
8ho Had Taken Refuge—Worm
Declared that the Other Women
Had Formed a Plot to Eeoape With
' Her to Lead.
(From Thursday’s Dally.
' Callie Rogers, one of tbe negro
women on the county chain gang,
made a break for liberty yesterday'
but she was captured later In th^
(day after a bard chase with the
county dogs.
The gang was working out near
the Haynes place when tbe woman
decided to "light a rag.” She had
een gone some little time when her
absence was detected and the dogs
were put on her track.
That she Is fleet of foot .was demon
strated In the race that followed.
She swept across elds and swamps
toward the river like a bird and when
she found that the dogs -were gaining
mary of last Wednesday. The vote I
for each candidate tor governor fol
lows.
Hoke Smith..
Judge Russell
senate and clerk of the house, re
spectively. it has been the custom
for these officers to act as secretaries
of the democratic convention.
Should these gentiemen contest
with Messrs. Northern and Bolfeull
let, there would be considerable con
jecture as to the Anal outcome. The
latter have the bulge, so to speak, as
they have been campaigning for sever
al months, and If the former should
come out It would be due almost en
tirely to the moral effect of the over
whelming Smith victory.
Messrs. Northern and Bolfeulllet,
It Is said, are not losing any Bleep
over this anticipated opposition, as
both of these gentlemen, so U was
stated, have already pledged to them
12, at which time two Important
cases will come up for consideration.
One of them Is a complaint filed by
the people of Boston, Ga., of discrim
ination In the matter of freight In
favor of Quitman, Valdosta and Thom-
asvllle. The other is the complaint
made by the Georgia Marble Retail
Dealers Association of excessive
relght rates. The association claims
that the rates give the Vermont quar
ries an advantage over the Georgia
granite.
and Gornto places, a distance of
nearly six miles, which was covered
In less than two hours. The woman
took refuge fat a pond on the Gornto
place and When cans
on a leg, psenFukiWixi^i hu j.l wi
moccasin, wfileh had aiso crawled
upon the log to get a little sunshine.
The woman had not seen the snake
but when her attention was called
to ltjlihe plunged back Into the water
that'was nearly up to her chin and
began wading to the shore.
She said the other wonlen had
agreed to escape at the same time
and that she had been chosed to lead
the pace. She was carried back to
the camps and It Is probable that she
will not make another attempt soon.
Superintendent Taylor says that
the woman put up one of the best
races the dogs have ever had, but
that they had no trouble In catching
her. as they got an early start after
her.
] MR. DIMMOCK’8 BROTHER.
Well Known Citizen of Atlanta Paso
ed Away Wednesday Morning.
The Atlanta Journal hnd the follow
In* to say of the death ot Mr. W.
R. Dlmmoclt, a brother of Mr.
E. Dlmmock, of this city, In Atlanta
yesterday:
"W. R. Dlmmock, secretary of the
board of water commissioners, and
a lieutenant In the governor's horse
guard, died Wednesday morning a
few minuses before C o'clock at his
home, m North Jackson street, after
an Illness of about two weeks.
‘Mr. Dlmmock was a victim of a
blood clot on the brain, which was
discovered a few days ngo by his at
tending physician, Dr. C. E. Murphey
This was followed by paraylsls of the
throat, and for the last 48 hours, the
condition of Mr. Dlmmock had been
regarded as hopeless.
Mr. Dlmmock was one ot tbe most
popular of tbe city officials. His con
stant courtesy and characteristic
nly $150,000 of Special jhajjgoprla-
tlona of Legislature Will be Need
ed Thie Year—Increase In Three
Year* Jn State Amounts to Hundred
and Forty Millions.
■ - S '
(From Thursday's Dally.
The 1 state tax rate for the year
i9od has been fixed. It will be
f4.60 On the $1,000. Last year It
Thi’ ftite this year would In all 'modesty made all of hla associates his
probability have oeen made $4.90, cl09Mt ,rIeDda ' and erer T ° na who
the same as last year but for the ca “ a 10 con,nct wlth hlm waa attract -
fact that tha $450,000 special appro- ed by tha ,UMl, l” e ln whlch «<*“-'
prlatlons ‘made by the legislature at -® d always to live.
Its last session, only $150,000 will be ’ He waa a most competent public
imnUVfTill year servant and thoroughly understood the
The remaining' $300,000 will have dul ‘ aa of his Important office,
to be paid next year. To do this ' ° e “f aI Mana * er Park Y
Comptroller General Wright I. of “ ld Wednesday morning that "Bill"
tbe opinion that next year the rate “ *» was familiarly known
will iv. to hi fixed a little higher waa one ot tha “ 0,t ' ovabla “ d the
than &e one fixed today. i mo,,t comile,ent ment he ever ,aw '
Comptroller General Wright say. ! J*’ST* t““a'
that within the past three year, prop- bcr oft f ° ( racs Methofltot church and
arty valuation, hare Increased ln ,« P™ml»ent secret society man. He
Georgia $140,000,000. which fact not "«• a Maaon and a Knight of Pythm.
only .hows that the people ot Geor- Ia <*• “ “I?."'
. /veinAt siastlo Knight of Khodassan. Mr.
gin ate In a most prosperous condl- nimm . ® .. A . iM
tlcn, but speaks volumes of praise Dlmmock waa years of age. He
jfitde manner ln which the af- »° rn ln ““
Z have been manor and came w **• Unlted State, when
• Vitif »wa vaava fiM Va* m QUlXlbOr
and 'ttftlif probable
rate wllf-be fixed at that
lng to the unusually heavy exi
Incident to criminal trials this year.
It I. doubtful If the commissioners
wll be able to make any reduction In
the rate.
President Palma’s desire for peace
without bloodshed may make It nec
essary to abed more blood. He had
better stamp out that. Insurrection
and then grant amnesties.
Notice.
All parties are hereby notified that
will not be responsible for any
debts contracted by my son, Rlc tard
Fry. E. Y. FP.Y,
Aug. 17th, 1906. 8-17-wlmo
LEWIS WIN8 IN THE THIRD.
IME Sill 10 BE
10 CHARGE.
I Take Canirol of
Exposition’s Sanitailon.
Owing to the Government'# Extensive
Participation In the Coming Expo*
sltlon the Official* Will Take Charge
of the Arrangements for Promoting
Good Health and Sanitary Condi
tions.
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 29—Owlug to
the government's extensive participa
tion In tbe Jamestown Exposition to bo
held on the shores of Hampton Ronds
Va., In 1907, officials at Washlng-on
have determined to put tbe supervision
of the sanitary arrangements under
government control.
Following up this decision, Surgeon
General Wyman, of the United States
marine hospital service, bae appoint
ed Surgeon Rupert Blue, ot that ser- -
vice, ns sanitary officer of the James
town Exposition. Dr. Blue's detail
on this work was to take effect same
time ago, but on acoount cf bis por
tion on a medical hoard that waa in
session at Washington, he had Men
unable to report for duty at the ex
position until recently.
In connection with his work Sur
geon Bine said^ “It li as necessary
for me to be present-, while the build
ings are being constructed as after
wards, as the Installation of proper
sewerage arrangements ventila
tion apparatus Is of great Importance.'*
drain age system bow
"• 'and it is promised
"rnriwnUiMi
f*i’nPunpiur Out.
Marriage at Adel Last Night. j might ariag-lYom the !
Messrs. Charlie Jones and Dan sanitary conditions.-
Thompson of the Briggs Hardware j At the time of the San Imindsco
Company, went to Adel last evening J disaster, when that city was In a
to attend tbe wedding of Mr. Jones', state of general demoralization, and
sister. Miss Luln Jones, to Mr. Mel- when It seemed.that contagion would
Won Over Dudlsy Hughes by Nearly vln J. Thompson. The Interesting break out there, and perhaps add oth-
a Thousand Votes. ceremony was performed at tho'Apmo
Over In the third district Congress- of the bride’s parents, Mr. and \'J9.
man E. B. Lewis was nominated to Mi W. Jones, by Rev. Mr. Tlpplns
succeed himself over his opponent, of the Methodist churcb.
Hon. Dudley M. Hughes, of Twiggs, A large crowd of friends and ac-
by a majority approximating 800 Id qualntnnceB were present to witness
tbe entire district. The vote was con
solidated under the majority rule
adopted by the committee.
Congressman Lewis' majorities
are as follows: Macon county 406;
Pulaski, 260; Wilcox, 300; Dooly, 388;
Crisp 258 and Loo 8.
Mr. Hughes’ majorities are; Tay-
the happy event. The bride Is an
excellent young woman and -is one
of Adel’s prettiest and most $>pular
belles. The groom Is a prominent
young business man who has tbe es
teem of all who know him.
Tbe couple will spend a few days
at Blackshear, Savannah and other
lor 40; Houston, 263; Crawford, 145; | points and will return to Adel In
Twiggs, 216; Sumter, 60; Webster, | abount two weeks to make that place
12; Stewart 48; and Schloy, 27. I their home.
er terrors to what the fire and earth
quake had already caused, Surgeon
Blue wbs dispatched post basts to
the scene of the trouble and Immed
lately took charge of the situation.
The entire work was under- his care
and by heroic measures a ssrlous out
break of fever was prevented.
The exposition li being ballt very
mucb like a small city or town and
It Is the Intention of the marine hot-
pltal service to equip each building
with all the devices known to modern
sanitation and Surgeon Blue Is es
pecially commissioned to advise with
the architects and builders ln thin
particular.
HARLEY HARDWARE CO
Headquarters for all Kinds of
Hardware & Builders’ Material
VALDOSTA,
GEORGIA.
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