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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1907.
C0L1EGE 1EEIIIG
II
tie New State College.
About Twenty Five Thousand
lar« was Raised at the High School
Auditorium Last Night and Much
More^Was Added to the Amount
Today.—Committee 8till at Work.
(From Thursday’s Dally.)
The meeting which was held
the High School auditorium last eve
ning was one of the most enthusiastic
that has been In this city In a long
time.
It was called for the purpose of
taking further action In regard
the State Normal and Agricultural
college which the state is to estab
lish In this city. Many of the most
prominent business men were were
In attendance in spite of the fact
that the evening threatened to
inclement and there were services at
several of the churches.
Col. J. M. Wilkinson presided
over the meeting and Prof. R. B
Danie’ v'as secretary. Col. \V S
West, who was the father of the bill
in the Senate which created the 'coL
lege, made, a short 'tilk telling what
the bill proposed and what the col
lege woujd be. He showed how much
value it would be to Valdosta, from
the financial point of view, and he
also spoke of its advantages as a
character builder, and from the moral
and intellectual viewpoint.
Col. West’s speech was greeted
with much enthusiasm, and Prof.
Daniel was next called upon,
showed the amount of money tW new
school would bring to Valdosta and
also the amount which would prob
ably come each year in improvements
for maintenance, etc. Prof. Daniel
. -Gox/ioiox Smith’s
| the legislature next
South Georgia attached, but that Val
dosta would have to contribute liber
ally in order to secure them.
Subscription lists were then open
ed an :1 Col. W. S. Wtst was the first
contributor. He, for his car-line com
pany, donated a site and $2,500, mak
ing about $7,000 or $8,000 in all.
Other contributors followed, Mr.
George Varn being the largest con
tributor. He gave $2,500 and after
wards iVised it to $5,000. There were
several contributions of $1,000 each.
Every person in the house gave some
thing, the amounts ranging rom $25
up to the .figures named.
Before the meeting adjourned about
$23,000 had been raised. A commit
tee consisting of Messrs. J. F. Fen
der, D. C. Ashley. A. Converse, A.
' T. Woodward and J. H. Powell was
appointed to tnlle the matter up to*,
day and raise the amount as much
( as possible. This eojmhitte was out
this morning and spent the day mak
ing a close (Janvass of the town.
Nearly ten thousand . dollars wan
added to the list before noon, and sev
eral of the largest' property owpers
met at the First National Bank and
Instructed Col. West to wire Gover
nor Terrell that Valdosta had offered
an eligible site for the school amt
would add $50,000 in cash to roe
amount, these citizens guaranteeing
that sum. ,
It 4s understood that the site of
fered is a little over a mile from the
court house and between Pine park
and the Strickland mills. The lot Is
on high, rolling land and capable of
8AYINQS AROUND SARDIS.
'Mil TEIPEIH
WANT
New§ Happenings, Personal Mention
and Gossip from that Section
Sardis. June 26.—We regret to say
that our prospects for a good crop
look gloomy on account of the dry
weather. Our crops'have been do- ■—
-r we “ nnm ,he dry “' Baltimore Was He Starting Point
Mr. M. T. Carter, Jr., has torn
down his old dwelling and Is now
making preparations to rebuild. His
home Will be one of the nicest in our . How ■» Originated and Spread to Oth.
locality. He expects to have It com- Communities 8ixty Years Ago.
pleted by August 1st j
The school at this place opened ’
June 17, with about 40 students on
hand. Prof. W. T. Duke Is our prin
cipal, and is doing a great deal of*
interesting work. There are nearly temperaB<!e campaign of alxty years
50 pupils on the roll now and more ag ° 18 taken from the DaW8 °“ NeW8:
8 AN OIL REFINER.
Many Confirmed
Rescued, and Abstinence Became
an Issue in Campaigns.
The following in regard to a great
Bill to Ee ablish Crude 8eed Oil Re-.
f finer at the Teck 8chool. '
Atlanta, Ga., June 27—One of the:
first bills J to be introduced in thej
General 4.ssc«mbly, which was orga-j
I
nized hero yesterday, will be that of ■
Hon. J. B. Boyd, of Spalding coun
ty, which i is designed to foster one
of the greatest Southern industries.
It is projx>aed to appropriate ten
thousand j dollars through the usual
channel Cor the establishment of a
crude cbtton seed oil refiner in con-
Drunkards Were nection irith tho Georgia School of
'Technolojy. This proposed branch
of this school will be designed to fa
miliarize ( a body of young men with
the possibilities of cotton seed and
its by-prcjducts. One of the main
advantages of the creation of this
coming In.
Messrs. L. A. Kinsey and A. H.
Westberry, of the Long Branch sec- P® 11 ^ 11 ®®
tion, are boarding near here and at- tlle United States
Baltimore was the starting place
of one of the most remarkable tern-
NEW SPRING NEAR
BIMRING
Splendid Sulphur Water Flows From
The 8pring it on the Lowndea Court-
ty^8ide of the River and wa« a
Great Panacea Forty Years Ago.
It*, Connection With the Valdosta
Timea.
Ware county and visited that spring.
The water was so beneficial to his
health and tho people whom he me^
here were so clever that he purchaa
ed lands in the Clyattville district
and afterwards came to Vald03ta and
established the old South Georgia
Tim&s, which later became The Val
dosta Times.
So, the old spring, which is men
tioned above, was largely responsi
ble for Major Pendleton’s removal to
Lownd2« county and for the present
ex4stence of this paper.
Col. Estill Much Better.-
Savannah, Ga., June 27—The con
dition of Col. J. H. Estill, proprietor
the Savanntfh Morning N’*wj,
I which has been such as to cause the
greatest uneasiness all over the state,
_ w : . . . baa Improved very much In th > past
A spring affording the best sulphur ten (laya R „„„ a|)|d ^ ba qu)ta
water has been recently walled in probable that Col. Estill will entirely
new branch of the Technological j near Blue Springs, aud as soon as recover his health. His phylsca!
school la to disseminate a general possible this sulphur water will bo condition Is splendid and with a tit-
and detail knowledge of cotton seed piped to the Blue Springs Hotel for Be longer rest It is believed that he
ad 1 the history of crua ' lla *- It Is proposed to do so drinking purposes. w,| l be almost as well a a ever. It
crus es n .by training young men so they will Tills spring Is In the bed a' the wl " 1,0 welcome news to the many
0ne evenlng ,be able to net up and operate mills withlacoochoo river, and comes up Mends of this prominent Savannah
tending school Mr Kinscv is hoard April. 1840. six men, all of them heavy . wherever conditions may Justify and through a crevice In the rock that lan throughout tho state to know
tenuing school. Mr. Kinsey drlnker , met , n cha30 - a TavernTtSS warrW. covers the bed of the river. This that he is so much better.
the principal drinking place of the| Th0 Cotton Seed Crushers AssocI- spring Is no new thing. Somo forty
temperance revival was go-| at,on °* Georgla ' *hlch concluded its y ear8 ago It was found and a pump
p 'third annual and most successful con- was placed In it by Capt. Gaulden.
Ing with Mr. Jaa. Carter and Mr.
Westberry with Mr. Tally Carter. I
Messrs. J. G. Carter and Tommy c * ty
Do Not Be a Burden.
r __ It Is a sin to deprive oneself of en-
Sauls were among those who went to ,ns on ln the clty a * the U “ e ’ aBd 0B !ventkm on Tuesday, will be greatly father of Bev. W. T. and Dr. T. S. Joyment In life and liecoin- a burden
Vildo-ta Saturday I tbe “ lBnt la que8tlon a fa ™ ou ' benefftted by this ppopcttal cotton Gaulden. A bath-house was -built on lo oth ers through Indlgortlon.
and Mrs I A Kins-,. w , r e horter was booketl to I> r I® ach at seed 0 H school. At tho final session the banks of tho river, and many Th0 backaches, htudaches. distress
visitors to our section Tuesday I ot . ^* e lo , Cal ahurche8 ; Tha slx \ wln *'iof this convention, M. S. Harper, of j.c ars this spring was visited by a aft0 '' <">""«• ' 0 ss of appetite, gulping
Mrs B W Corbett and'her dauffh-’ r bbe ™ Bt ° “ dl3C “ 88lon regard '! Atlanta, was elected President; Thos. |„ r g e number of people In search of '■!> of undigested rood, etc., are not
ts7 Mta l! h o« r Z ^ ,blS d0mln,e ' and *" l he end ‘i Eggleston, of Atlanta. Treasurer; health from this sulphur water, and aa "M'- stomach tablets
Monday I was P r °l ,08ed tnat ° ne of tliem go to ( Fielding Wallace, of Augusta, Secre-. this spring was noted for- its cura- ,ffied f °r a few dayH before meals will
Mr I A Klnrev attended the " Mr hlIB ‘- d r8P ° rt UP ?,“ M * ^ ,ar)r ' °"e of the chief actions taken tlvo powers’ After a while tho bath- 80 strengthen tho digestive organs
tinging society at Wlaenbaker school C0UrS<> tt>e otker8 - , Thls C ”““‘ by the convention was the Increasing house and pump were washed away ‘hat you an eat anythin? you want
- - - “ ' • tee was incensed to four and the of as8 essment of mlllB that have more and for many years the spring lms without fear of distress or resulting
house Sunday Iquartet journeyed to church and came ^ ^ preMe8 from *5 to 110, g^e'to waste.' . |sickness.
was ln our section on business Tn!s-1“ ^ leaving the others to remain as at; The Blue Springs Improvement I A. B: Dlmmock has so much faith
day. I
Perkins, of Jennings, <ba C k much , impressed.
“Its report led to an exhaustive dis- This will give the assocl- ‘ Company,, knowing of/his spring and the mer,ts Ml-o-na that he will
There will be»oreochlne at Sardis' CUS8 !° n of l ?* e rum ^y 11, aad tlw flaal ation more funds with which 'to work its large percent of sulphur set about * eI1 und ®r Kuarantee to refund the
A week°or a " d beUer 1>r °^ t the a9SOClat,OB •» agalB « "> 8 ” a "<> 8a *at m ° Be)r ‘ B Ca8C 11 d °“ 8 BBl Bare '
July. Also the protracted meeting^ tatar they organized as the Wash- 1 Irn^l^niMl off the'aMd down mihe
will begin there on the first Sunday. lngt on Temperance Society, with Wll- Wriah „. chaDel DebltlniI socletv. roC k anj built a concrete wall arotmd
In August.
jllam Mitchell, one of the members
Wrights’ Chapel Debating Society.
The Young Mens' Debating Society
! aXt — e ~ p » rk :«* • l “ , Y: J*t**i>d of cm*se,
Georgia college of this charac- a ® 00d m#Br of B * w ' u attend -
ter, with, an experiment station for
to sny that we fee. propd .over ourJ woi ; id ^ out . hlre a hall . dram up JaD e To meeting was
neighboring countv. Lowndea going crowd and teI| their stories ln turn, 'one 0 f the most Interesting held since
They began to make converts and to th e society was organlied. The sub
attract public attention. In eight ject and speakers were as follows:
months their little society had 3001 Resolved: That country lie Is more
members. Most of these members desirable than city life. Affirmative,
wpre reformed sots. |j, A Kiniey, L. A. Kinsey and Ear-
"Pretty soon the movement began negt Fender; negative, Roy M. Prlne,
to spread to other cities and branch Moydj C. Sewell. |G«b. Culbreth;
societies were formed, tn 1841 more L , j KIn s ey , Cohn' Ritter,
than 5,00 delegates met at Saratoga, Thomt* J. Prlne
N. Y„ and organUed the National tCJaUsIou was rendered In favor
Temperance Stgfietyr- -Wveo—
nldreans—Pollard and Weight—were 0 nt’r.
appointed agpnts to canvass the es t __
country for members. Within a few j 7hat ^.an’rias more' Influence over
months they Induced 24,000 men to than money. We will meet again
sign the pledge. Mr. Hawkins, an- SalMrday afternoon before the '
other missionary, made 50,000 con- Sunday In July.
Everybody Invited. 1
neighboring county, Lowndes,
dry.
Mr. A. w; Carter was a visitor to
our part of the county Sunday.
The Parmafo' Union met here Sat
urday aftefnoon and we are (as union
people) expecting a good time at
Statenvllle July 2nd, at our public
picnic. There will be speaking and
all are Invited
There la to he a grand picnic at
Mr. Tally Carter has plenty of fine
watermelons, if they are back in
V
the field.
For Practical Education.
Savannah, June 27—The more to
have a School of , Commerce and
Trades. In Savannah was given a de
cided ldTpcttis last night when Hon.
George T. Cann. Judge of the superi
or court and who is the father of the
movement, met with a committee from
the Chamber of Commerce and out
lined his plan. At Is that the city
and County Join ln the movement to
have a school where the commercial
branches and the trades will be
taught. It Is believed that the city
would lend Its aid to such a mqie-
. .Mggt all nres-
; it as being of great lntor-
"Our next subject Is: Resolved:
Fine Rains In the County..
'The fine rain In tho southern part
the spring twelve feet long and nine °‘ " le c °unty yesterdny did a great
feet wldo at the base. This wall will *' ea ' °‘ g °°ti to growing crops.
be carried up above high water mark,
and the water will be pumped to the
Springs Hotel., )
This water is very strong ot sul
phur, and Is said to bo stronger than
the water of White Springs, and equ
ally as strong ns Hampton Springs.
The flow, though. Is not as great as
either of these springy, % but It Is
sufficient to supply plenty of drinking
water and water for bathing purposes
for those who desire a sulphur bath.
—Quitman Advertiser.
verts In New England alone. I
"The next year two more Baltimore-1
IE—-Vickers and Small—left for the .
west to preach the new crusade. At
Pittsburg they made a sensation and j
hundreds of drunkards signed the!
pledge. At Wheeling, Cincinnati and .
St. Louis they met with equa\ suc
cess and within six months It Is said,
they rescued 17.000 confirmed drunk-!
ards. In Baltimore the parent so-!
elety grew. In Jess than two years;
from 300 to 4.000. I
"Such a revulsion against drinking
The spring referred to above Is on
the Lowndes county side of'the river,
and It may se said to bo responsible
4th.' for the existence of The Valdosta
I Times In n large measure. Major P.
C. Pendleton, the founder of Tho
L. A. KINSEY, President. Times, came to this section from
did not rain very hard here, bat what
tell did much good. The rain cooled
off the air so thoroughly that thicker
covering was needed on the beds, hut
the mercury went up In the nineties .
again today. That is a pretty good
sign that we will have more rain.
Ths Little Negroas Relessed.
The five little atoms of humanity
who were caught In, Chief Damplert
drag pet yesterday morning were re-
lowed later In the day. They were
too-amall to be prosecuted end they
were krfdstetl to frlf ARB 'IBItU. 'Phey-
promtsed never to -pester" anybody's
water melon patch again.
Despite the Ignoralty of wealth, we
have observed no let-up In the efforts
of mento got It
«* - »«- -ov,r beefi known before In the
ter will s'oon be presented to council.
and
Timmons—Felder.
The marriage of ,M|ss Mary Cato
Timmons and Mr. Hugh Felder,
which takes place at Monroe next
Thursday, will be an event of much
Interest here. Mr. J. W. Bowman
will accompany Mr. Felder
Thursday night will entertain
bridal party it [Kin their arrival In At
lanta with a beautiful dinner party
at the Piedmont hotel. The marriage
will be a very quiet one. Mr. Felder
will arrive here with his bride Friday
evening and they will live on North
tjourt Street.—Quitman Free Press.
Rebuilding the Big Plant.
, Mr ' J - p - Coffee has organized a
company with a capital of 125.000 to
rebuild the large plant which was
destroyed by fire several weeks ago.
easy drainage. It la also admirably, 1110 charter for the new company
adopted to agricultural use, will be asked fop In a few days. The
This offer from Valdosta Is much charter memblrs are, besides Mr.
larger than was contemplated by the ( Co,r00 . Col, W. S. West, Mr. p. D. Du-
state when the bill was adopted pro-. Eose, Mr. J. F. Stapler and Mr.
Tiding for the college here, and It la Arthur Harris,
fully as large as the trustees of the 1 The company will build a large
school thought that Valdosta ahonld Planing mill and work shop and the
raise. They thought that a site and,P Ian t will ultimately become as large
fifty thousand dollars would be about: a » ‘he one srtilch was destroyed.
right. t I
' It Is generally believed that Valdos- j The Horae Ran Away,
fa's action today settles the question Prof ' Patten ' a horse ran away this
as to the location of the school, and morn,ng - starting from a point on
that work upon the Institution here 'Y aI,e 5 r ,atr00 t and running toward
will be undertaken before another “ e ^ a '*’ ‘ un, lng into Ashley street
Christmas rolls 'ronnd. ' amd stopping near Webb's store.
To Col. West. .Mr. C. R.. Ashley 11,6 anlmal Ia usually too good na-
and Mr. Ed. McRee, one In the sen- ‘ ur ®d to think about running away,
ate. and the other two In the house, and * s ,a| d ‘hat |t was Its better
Is due the credit tor the location of na ‘ ur © that prevailed upon It to stop
this college In this section. And Val- before any damage wa« done.
dosta’s energy and enthusiasm will ; ;—
help to'make It, within a few years, ‘Vhlttington sells L. ft M.
one of the greatest of Southern col- P a,nta ' a Pints and qnarta at half-
leges. ! gallon price.
history*of the world. The Kentucky
legislature passed a law practically
driving all tho distilleries In tho state
out of business, and Its members
Joined tho society In nobody. In,
Washington a congressional branch
was formed, and dozens of bibulous
lawmakers were roped ln.
"The country whs cold-water crazy.
Abstinence was thundered from ev
ery pulpit and b -came an Issue In po
litical campaigns. Saloons put up
their shutters and bartenders became
temperance stump-speakers, ft seem
ed- certain that the -rum dragon would
be killed, and that It would stay dead.
“But before long It began fb sit up
and frisk Its tall, and before the ’40»
had passed Into'history the people of
America were drinking ns much
ever before. The presidential elec
tion of 1848 made cold water seem
Inadequate and stale. Back-sllder«
became Innumerable; lawyers found
loopholes In the pledges; the saloon
business took a new lease of life;
there dawned the renaissance of
rum.
Condition of the Crops.
Reports from the country Indicates
that cotton and corn are badly In
need of rain, though there was
pretty good shower out toward the
McKey and Hightower places yester
day- The Indications are that more
rain will fall and It will be welcomed.
Corn Is suffering a great deal and
cotton needs rain. The stalks 'are
small, but they are well fruited.
The little shower of rain that fell
yesterday afternoon saved the city
over fifty thousand gallons of water
last night the consumption of water
being that much less than for several
nights. It Is hard to estimate how
much good It did to vegttatlon.
Don’t Go It Blind.
A T this time of Spring Suit buying "Don't Go I
Blind"—don’t rush Into the first Clothing,Store
you come to and lay doyn your $10, $12 or $15,
and take a suit Just because the Salesman says It's
"cheap" at the price, etc.;
O PEN your eyes a bit and look around, and, per
haps, you’ll be surprised to learn what your
money will buy, If you go to the right Store—that’s
It—“right store.”
W E want tojjbe put to the test—we want our
Clothes compared with other kinds for, when
this is done, we always make a sale.
M. A. Briggs,
Valdosta, Georgia.