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THE. VALDOSTA TIMES,; SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908.
SLUMP IN VALUES
THIS YEAR
A HARD WON BET.
The Corporalien Taxes are Already
Less Than Last Year.
L«t Year was the Banner Year of
Georgia’s History—Several Rail
roads Report a Falling off In Val
ues for This Year—Fear of Falling
off In Other Lines.
If corporation tax returns furnish
any Indication, it would appear that
Georgia tax values are going to dhow
something of a slump this year.
However, that Is not an unusual
thing following a financial upheaval,
and on the contrary It would be rath
er remarkable if tax values on any
class of property should show an In
crease over those of last year.
Last year was the banner year in
the history of Georgia tax returns,
when nearly SCO,000,000 of property
values were added to those of the
year before. Nearly half of the in
crease came from corporations alone.
Then came the panic. As a result
rather a decrease than an increase
Is expected this year. Corporation
values are dropping off and It Is con
sidered beyond question that farm
values will do the same thing. About
the only thing expected to hold up
In values is city real estate and this
1b usually the result of official tax
assessors putting their own values
upon it.
Of the large railroad system whose
returns have been received at the
office of the controller general, those
of the Central of Georgia show stall
ing off of 10 per cent., or $2,000,000
off last year's total of $20,000,000.
The Seabord Air Line shows a re
daction of nearly 20 per cent, or
$2,300,000 off. Street railway systems
and a number of other corporations
have been cut nearly half In two as
compared with last year although
last year’s values were fixed as the
result of aYbltratlons, and represents
totals nearly 30 per cent, below the
assessments put upon the properties
by tpe taxing official, the controller
general. About the only corporations
whose returns are up to those of
last year are a number of little ones
which have not felt much effect of
the depression, or ★hlch may per
haps hesitate at the possible eipense
of another arbitration.
The fear is expressed that there
will be simillar falling off in valua
tion of other lines of property, or at
least that there will be no increase
over last year. The small taxpayer
may not as a rule make a reduction
in the valuation of his property, un
less there Is some pretty good reason
for it, but the conditions are such
this year that anything like an in
crease is not to be expected.
Carrying Four Bricks Half a Milo Is
Not an Easy Task.
“The hardest won bet I ever
made,” remarked the traveling man
as he shook the ashes off his cigar,
“was to carry four bricks half a
mile. That sounds like a simple
thing to do, doesn’t it? Well, you
try it and you will find out whether
it is or not. Of course the manner
of carrying the bricks is important.
A man bet me that I couldn’t carry
two bricks in each hand from where
we were back to the hotel and put
them up on the counter. The
bricks weye to be put side by side
and grasped, two in each hand, be
tween the thumb and fingers, the
fingers pointing down. I was not
allowed to stop and rest nor to put
the bricks down. 1
“Well, thought I, that’s $2 easily
earned, so I took the bet and start
ed. For a quarter of the distance
it was easy, and 1 already felt that
|2 in my pocket. But then my
fingers began to grow tired. The
muscles between my forefingers and
thumbs were soon aching terribly.
My arms began to pain me and to
throb like mad. I found mvself
setting my teeth together, and" the
cords in my neck were in a high
state of tension. When 1 came
within a hundred yards of the hotel
there was scarcely an inch in mv
whole body thyt was not aching as
if I had been stuck full of pins.
“I don’t know how I managed to
go that last little-distance. I could
no longer stand erect, and I was
trembling like a leaf, and yet the
other fellow was alongside, laugh
ing as if to split bis sides. And
when I got into the hotel it was all
I could do to raise first one barfd
and then the "other and put the
bricks on the counter. 1 know that
I couldn’t have gone fifty feet far
ther. I got the $2, but the next
day I could scarcely move, and I
didn’t get over the soreness for a
week. It looks easy, but just you
try it.”—Detroit Free Press.
Tony Gain Kills a Negro at Olym
pia lile Playing Five-up.
SCHOOL CEN8US IS COMPLETED.
Gratifying Reports Made This Year
Over the Report of <903.
The school census for Lowndes
county has just been completed and
the showing In some respects Is very
gratifying.
The number of white children of
school age In the county Is 3,080.
The number of colored, 3,791, making
a total for the county of 6,871.
The schools for whites In the coun
ty number 58. Those for colored 26
making a total of 84.
There are 24 school houses In the
county belonging to the boird cf
education, and ten not belonging to
the board. The difference In the
number of schools and school houses
In the county Is explained b/ the
fact that most of the colored schools
are taught In churches. A few of
the white schools are also taught In
churches.
Five years ago when the last con
8us was taken for the count/, the
Board of Education did not own a
single school house In the couuty,
and to be able to make the showing
now that the Board owns twenty-
four Is considered a fine work.
Another gratifying showing Is that
in the year 1903 842 children in the
county attended school more than
five months. This year the number
attending school for a longer period j
than five months was 2,761.
Wore Married Yesterday.
A quiet marriage occurred at the
home of Mr. T. M. Cook yesterday
afternoon, the contracting parties
being Mr. Joseph Miles, of Florida,
and Miss Connie Alderman, of this
city. The marriage waa expected by
the relatives of the couple, but none
of their friends were taken Into
their confidence. They decided upon
a quiet wedding, without the least
formality, and, In accordance with
that Idea, they went over to Mr.
Cook's house and had him to perform
the ceremony.
The groom Is quite, * handsome
young man and Is a prosperous young
business man of Florida. rils bride
Is a daughter of ,Mr. Joseph Aldei^
man and Is a very attractive young
woman. She h*s many friends here
who will wish the couple happiness
through .ife.
They left on the afternoon train
for Florida where they will reside In
future.
South Atlantic Inventors
The following patents were Issued
this week to South Atlantic inven
tors reported by D. Swift & Co.,
Patent Lawyers, Washington, D. C.:
Georgia: W. B. iMllton, Atlanta,
harness; C. B. Rozlar, Empire, plant
er; W. H. Sawyer, Americus, fence
post; C. C. Shivers, Savannah, coffee
roaster.
North Carolina: H. L. Pippen
Whitakers, peanut gleaner.
South Carilna: J. B. Hightower,
Aiken, cobined door holder and
bumper; H. K. Smith, Union, soda
fountain; W. F. Smith, Hartsville,
manufacture of paper cones for
yawn winding machines; A. C. Tay
lor, Charleston, extension step lad
der.
Goples of any of the above patents
will be furnished to our readers at
ten cents each, by D. Swift & Co.,
Washington, D. C., our special patent
corresondents.
When the Row 8tarted he Went off
and Got his Gun and Returned—
Cain was Locked in a Carbox Until
the Officers Couid go After Him.
(From Tuesday’s Dally. fcc
Tony Cain, of Olympia, a negro
about eighteen or nineteen years of
age/ was brought to the city by Dep
uty Ellis last evening and lodgetTln
Jail on a charge of murder.
Cain Is accused of killing a negro
at Olympia Sunday night, though the
negro did not die until yesterday af
ternoon. Both negroes, It Is said,
work there and live In the negro
quarters.
Acording to the information receiv
ed here, they engaged In a game of
“five-up” and quarreled. The other
negro called Cain names and threat
ened to whip him. Cain left the
scene to get his gun. He returned
soon and shot the other negro,
whose name could not be learned, In
flicting wounds from which the other
died.
The negroes in that settlement
felt that a great crime had been com
mitted in their midst, so they set
about—as good negroes should al
ways do—to- see that the law should
have a chance to pass upon the
killing. Cain was arested and
placed In an empty car box and kept
there until Deputy Ellis could reach
there and bring him to the city.
Deputy Ellis went down yesterday
A Spider’s Musical Ear.
During the entire summer until
, e . m the autumn a large black
nun ting spider (lycosa) dwelt in
lail o. \\ hen I played andante
movements softly, she would come
out on the musi^ack and seem to
•isten Iler pjflfff would vibrate
with almost inconceivable rapidity,
whue every now and then she would
hit her anterior pair of legs and
wave them to and fro and up and
down. Just as soon,-however, as 1
commenced a march or gallop she
would take to her heels and flee
away to her den somewhere in the
Interior of the piano, where she
would sulk until I enticed her forth
with “Traumerei” or Handers “Lar-
£ 0, ^r. Wier’s “Dawn of Reason.
Quaint Dr. Colies. ,
holies, an eminent surgeon
of Dublin, who died in 1843, was
remarkable for his plain dealing
with himself. In his fee book he |
'had many such candid entries asi
•the following:
‘Tor giving ineffectual advice for
deafness, 1 guinea.”
“l or attempting to draw out the
stump of a tooth, 1 guinea.”
For telling him that he was no
"lore ill than I was, 1 guinea.”
“for nothing that I know of, ex-1
copt that he probably thought he
did not pay me enough last time, 1
guinea.”
afternoon and returned to Valdosta
later In the day with Cain, piscina fhe man who was wanted,
him in the county JalL ‘
To Administrator., ExKutor/ro. j wtJle* nflL*'wit I
Ou.Mi.n. ™ n,Ie he Is bu8,1 7 explaining other
Guardian*. things, will Hoke Smith please say
to comply with the law, deeming it
of 'the utmost Importance to the In
terests of the various estates thus
represented. Many have complied,
while many others have not. Some
claim that they have nothing to re
port—that nothing has been received
and nothing disbursed. But this
will not be allowed any longer. The
Ordinary’s books should show what
has or what has not been done. A
verbal statement will not be accept
The Negro Not the Right one.
The negro who was arrested here
the other day suspected of being the
one who Attempted an/assault upon
a young lady at Thomasvlllo who fir
ed upon him with a pistol, thus
frightening him off and saving her
self, was carried to Thomasvllle try
Officer Hill yesterday, but It turned
out that he was not the right man. |
The young lady saw him and stat
ed that he filled the description al
most perfectly. bu» that he was hard
ly tall enough for the man who was I
vvanted. He had Bears exactly like
the guilty negro and was all right
Jn color, but was not tall enough for
The law, of Georgia requ)»d««3Lhy^he's,!. ,p,®”"“ f” 8 “ #y
administrators, executors sSSfSpTho , aT (ortlIllor which "woild
dlans shall, once each year, during h.ive In, ceased the taxes of Georgia
their Incumbency, (naming the first f arm ers $160,000 a year? Mr SmHh
Monday to July a. the proper time, on the 7th day of l^August sent a
, ‘.IT 1 r ° P0rt \ tO 1 the 0r<Unlu7 l (Poolal message to the general as-
of all their acts and doings of the iembly urging them to pass a bill
previous year. would Increase the tax on
I regret to aay that many who are fEtillzer 16 cents per ton. The farm-
sefvtog to the abore capacity bare er , would have had to pay every cent
utterly Ignored the taw on Ole polpt -of frifttox. It la true that the legls-
Durtasimy administration, Wnot paae the bill, but
tried every way possible to get thoto Hokey did his best to get them to do
so. That Is the kind of friend Hokey [
Is to the farmers.—Ocllla Star.
ed.
This Is therefore, to put all guar
dians, 'administrators and executors
(except such executors'as are reliev
ed from making annual reports by
the will of the testator) that on the
first Monday In July next, all such
officers or persons who have not
made a report to this office during
the past twelve months will be cited
to the August term in the Ordinary’s
Court to show cause why they should
not be relieved of their trust and
some other person appointed In
their stead.
I sincerely hope that no one will
force me to such drastic measures,
but if nothing else will do, my duty
Is plain. Respectfully,
A. V. SIMMS, Ordinary.
5-12-d2t-w2t.
Absentee Taft Draws Hla Salary.
Senator Hale’s recent 'comment on
"the frequent, protracted, and
necessary absence of Secretary Taft
from his post of duty,” and Demo
cratic criticisms of the Secretary for
h1s absence from his post on cam
paign missions, have had their effect
at last; and It Is said that Taft will
resign. Why shouldn’t he? Why
should he draw a large salary while
canvassing in his private Interest?
Isn’t It dishonest, and unworthy of
a public servant? Isn’t It worse
than common grafting?
Smith Men “Refused” to Vote.
A primary was held In Bartow
county last Friday, for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for the
present legislature to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Hon. W. J.
Neel, and the race between Brown
and Smith for governor was made
the Issue. Mr. J. B. Crawford, the
Brown candidate, won by 300 majori
ty. Two years ago Bartow gave Gov
ernor Smith an overwhelming ma
jority. We suppose the Smith men
“refused to vote” Just like they did
when the straw ballot was taken In
Lawrencevllie.—Lawrencevllle Herald
Repairing Damage to. Sewers
City Engineer Gainey is busily
gaged In repairing the damage
the large sewer which was damaged
by a heavy rain several months ago.
The pipe collapsed for quite a dis
tance and new Iron pipe is to be
placed in its stead. Seventy two feet,
of the piping has already been laid
and more will be put down as soon
as possible.
The heavy rains Interrupted the
work for quite awhile, the ground
being so full of water that nothing
could be done. The Iron piping which
is now being put in will last for many
years and there will hardly be a
collapse at this place again.
At the place where the collapse
occurred the piping Is twenty five
A Californian's Luck.
'TOe luckiest day of my life was
when I bought a box of Buckl^p’s
Arnica Salve;" writes Charlea F.
Bud&han, of Tracy, California. “Two
25c. boxes cured me of an annoying
case of itching piles, which had
troubled me for years and that yield
ed to no other treatment.” Sold un
der guarantee at the Jnig stores of
A. E. Dim mock and W. D. Dunaway.
To Help the Asphalt Trust.
,.m„.......... o» i ss. sss; “zl'C7! ’LT’S”
Staff seems to nave forgotten Gen. while on the lowcr levels malarla !g whlch j ed tQ thQ lan of makI
Braddock’s experience in a similar j encountered to a greater or less ex-
undertaking among tho mountains of [tent, according to altitude. To over-
Western Pennsylvania, and the ex- ,a88l . lude ’
. # Ttnor I ma,ar,a * Jaundice, bllllousness, fever
perienco of the British to the Boer and aKHe nni genera , debmty> the
War. A war with Venezuela would most effective remedy Is Electric
he a costly and futile enterprise; 1 Bitters, the great alterative andblood
but It might help to elect a Republl- j purifier; the antidote for every form
can President; and help out the! » od »T weakness nervousness and
Tm„L ) l" 8 0 m ” l >- Sold under guarantee at
Much Pleased With Valdosta.
Mr. J. M. Brantley, of Frost Proof,
Fla., has been in this city for aev-
eral weeks under treatment of Dr.
J. M. Smith for some trouble with
his eyeA It was his first visit to
Valdosta and* he was greatly pleas
ed with the city.
Before leaving for his home yester
day, he said: “I have never been
among better people than I found In
Valdosta and I have never been In
a prettier city. It was a revelation
to me to find such a town In this sec
tion. I am delighted with the place
and will never forget it"
A sudden attack at night of some
form of bowel complaint may come
to anyone. Every family should be
vu x.umucut, —.. , _ , provided with a bottle of Dr. Seth
Eraspln* and corrupt A.pbah Trust j iT&JjPjftT 1 £!TSSSk5S“ W,rra “ ted * *"|
such repairs only with Iron piping.
The cost Is much greater, but the
work Is more permanent.
Don’t cough your head off when
you can get a guaranteed remedy
In Bee* Laxative Cough Syrup. It la
especially recommended for ohlldreu
aa It’s pleasant to taka, la a goad#
laxative thns expelling the phlegm
from the ays tom. For coughs, colds,
croup, whooping-cough hoarseness and
nil bronchial trouble. Guaranteed.
Sold by Ingram ft Ramsey.
Hardwick to Speak.
Congressman Thos. W. Hardwick I
will speak at different points In!
latwndes county on May 23th, and 1
In court house In Valdosta cm Sat-j
irday. May 30th, In the Interest of
Governor Hoke Smith. 6-16-dlt-wlt
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new spr&ig models in suits and overcoats;
smart, stylish, new goods and beautiful
patterns. ...
This store is the home of Hart Schaff
ner & Marx clothes.
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Valdosta, Georgia.
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This
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