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THE VALDOSTA TIMES. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1908. 7 Jl GREAT ADDRESS LASIJGHT Church Services of Knighls Temp lar The Election of Officers Occurred This Morning and Routine Matters Were aken up.—A Splendid Bar becue Dinner Served to Knights and Their Friends at Cranford Park Today. (From Thursday’s Daily.) The feature of the visit of the Knights Templar of Georgia to Val dosta was the sermon of Rev. Rich ard Wilkinson, Eminent Commander, of Georgia Commandery No. 1, of Augusta, at the First Methodist church last evening. After the very impressive cere mony conducted by Grand Prelate, Rev. Thomas Burry, of Gainesville, the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson opened his address in a clear strong voice that would have filled an auditorium much larger than the church, and which without offending the ear became stronger as his marvelous oration reached beyond the hour limit. In one particular, at least, it was the most remarkable sermon—it was a sermon oration—ever delivered In this city. His bold statements of the objects of Templarism and Its in fluence on the life of the true Knight was a revelation to the large audi ence that filled the church beyond its seating capacity, and an Inspira tion to the Sir Knights present. He did not go deeply into the his tory of the order but his conception of the great influence of Masonry on the civilized world was impressed on every mind and heart in his reach. Knight Templarism, he declared, was not Christianity, nor Is Christianity Masonry, but they stand for " very much the same thing In all the civi lized countries of the world. The swords of the Knights, he declared, were drawn in the defense of the helpless orphans, the widow and the Christian religion. The Sir Knights Who listened to the sermon, many of them in high station and long years of experience In Templarism, pronounced it the most notable address of the kind In the history of the order in Georgia. A profound impression was made on the non-Masonic contingent of the audience. The Sir Knights were drawn up in military formation on Hill Avenue in front of the Valdes, and marched in column of twos to the church, and after the services marched back. to the place of formation and dismissed at about ten o’clock. The Grand Lodge this morning authorized the publication in full of the sermon as part of the proceed ings of the Grand Commandery. The Election of Officers. The election of officers was one of the first things taken up this morn ing at the session of the Grand Com mandery of the Knights Templar. The new officers elected were as follows: Luther Stevens, Grand Comman der; A. S. Simmons, Deputy Grand Com mander; Joseph C. Greenfield, Grand Gen- erallssmo; George D. Case, Grand Captain General; F. T. Petri, Grand Senior Warden; A. G. Mller, Grand Junior Warden; Rev. Thomas Burry. Grand Pre late; iM. A. Weir, Grand Treasurer; W. S. Rockwell. Grand Recorder; W. F. Bowe, Grand Standard Bear er; P. H. Willis, Grand Sword Bearer; B. F. Hardeman, Grand Warder. The business of the Grand Com mandery is of a secret nature and is not given to the public. It was stat ed, however, by officers of the Grand Commandery that the committee re ports at this session show a marked increase for the year and the Grand Commandery is more prosperous than It has ever been before. They also stated that the present session has been one of the most pleasant the Grand Commandery has mandery had charge of the eatables and every effort was made to make things pleasant for the visitors. Spfended Barbecue Today. The barbecue and dinner at Cran ford park this afternoon at half past one o clock was one of the best ever seen here and fully seven hundred people were on hand to partake of it. The cooking of the meats was in charge of Messrs. J. M. Gates and B. G. Lastinger, while Mr. H. Y. Till man was in charge of a force of carvers, who prepared the meats for the long tables. The committee in charge of the cue consisted of the following: Table and Entertainment Commit tee: Messrs. B. G. Lastinger, Robert Black, N. T. Pindar, E. P. Rose, G. A. Whitaker, W. T. Elder, E. M. Ashley, John Lane, H. Y. Tillman, John F. Smith and Dr. J. Holmes. The dinner consisted of two hun dred and fifty pounds of river perch, fried in the best of style, two' hun dred and twenty-five spring chickens, splendidly barbecued, and beef, mut ton and other meats barbecued in an excellent manner. Added to this was hundreds of loaves of bread, hundreds of cakes, pickles, olives, pies, etc. When the great crowd had finished feasting there was enough left on the tables to feed many more people. The Empire State band furnished music for the occasion and before the dinner was served, many of the young people engaged In dancing in the pavilion. There were seven or eight huge tubs of lemonade, sixty dozen bot tles of various cold drinks, coffee and ice water in abundance. The crowds began to gather an hour to an hour and a half before the hour for dinner. While waiting for the feast a band concert was given. At two o’clock many had left the tables and were on their way back to the city, while many others were just going out to the dinner. The oepasion was pronounced by all as one of the most satisfactory that has been seen In this section. This afternoon the Shriners are in charge of things and will have pos session of the town until some time after midnight They will have one of their unique parades at five o’clock and will have their regular ceremo nial session tonight. There are many candidates on hand for Initiation, and that means that they are going to have fun to spare. The Grand Commandery has brought a splendid body of men to Valdosta and the people here have been greatly impressed with the personnel of the body. They all speak in high terms of Valdosta and especially of Malta Commandery, which, under Eminent Commander H. F. Tillman, has left no stone un turned that would contribute to the pleasure of the visitors. Rev. Sir Knight Wilkinson, whose splendid address was heard by a vast audience at the Methodist Church last night, stated this morn ing that the session has been a de lightful one and that every Sir Knight would carry from Valdosta only the most pleasant recollections. BELIEVE8 HE IS A WINNER. Judge Roddenberry .Here .Today a Short Time—Full of Enthusiasm. (From Thursday’s Daily.) Judge S. A. Roddenberry stepped off of the east bound train on the A. B. & A. this morning long enough to shaks hands with a number of people who were at the depot to “see the train come In.” Judge Rodden berry is sticking to the alpacca coat, or rather it continues to stick to him. He looks about as thin as usual but seemed in a brighter or more hopeful mood than he has dis played since the beginning of the campaign. Judge Roddenberry told his friends he was leading a-winning fight “There has been no time In my campaign that there has been such Indications of gains as have come to me in the past few weeks. From every county In the district I have received good news. Even from Dougherty, and you know that when conditions get more favorable to me In Dougherty that there must something doing.” The Judge has all the time conceded that Dougflienty would go against him almost solidly but he has recently learned that he has some friends and Influences at work for him over there and he be lieves that he will get a very credit able vote in the county. “I expect the opposition to get more active now, and you will soon see the political machinery at work, but I tell you the Roddenberry men have a firm grip and they cannot be bulged. “My friends say I will carry Con gressman Griggs’ own county. I have not been over there but the one time —the occasion when we had the Joint debate in Dawson last fall—but I have letters from there every day and my friends say they will carry the county whether I go back or not. That they believe what they profess Is shown by the fact that even money is being bet on the outcome accord ing to information which has come to me.” T am going on a short trip over to Berrien and Tift and will go from there to Early.”—Moultrie Observer. PROGRESS OF TWO f STATES. The Work of Employment in Geor- railroads applied for charter, one of them In South Georgia, and another an Alabama railway enterprise. The later company proposes to build an electric railway through nine Coun ties In east Alabama. Announcement is made of the plan to build a. huge cement plant at Ragland, ^tL;‘ at a NEGROES AFTER WHITE MAN. Items from Alexandervtlle. Alexandervllle, May 13, 1908. Dear Editor: As you have not heard from us In quite a g'vjd while I will write a few Items from our hustling little town. The big cypres* mill of the Dexter- Hunter Lumber Company Is sawing dally about thirty-thousand feet of lumber. Together with the shingle and lath mill they are w irking over one hundred hands. The primary of Echols will be Tune the 4th this year. Already several good old candidates are shaking hands with their many friends. Crops through this section are very good considering the recent cold wave. The farmers’ outlook in the future Is plenty of “hog and homluy.” Dr. Cross, of Augusta, Ga., ha? lo cated here. We are glad to welcome him to our little city. Mr. A. P. Fowler Is our agent. We are also glad to have him in our midst. Mr. J. 0. Rodgers. who is attend ing the Normal School In Jasper. Fla., was visiting his parents Satur day and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Blount are com plimented for the fattest baby !u town—It Is only three months old and weighs twenty pounds. Messrs. B. H. Joyce and C. H. Cakh- more accepted the contract of build ing the brick Jail at Statenville. The ever had. The weather has been | structure will contain several thou- flne and the attention shown the vis- j sand brick. itors has been of a kind that has won their appreciation. In the large hall adjoining the hall where the Grand Commandery ses sions have been held Malta Com mandery has kept open house, furn ishing cold drinks, fruits, etc., the visitors all of the time. Mr. H. F. Rogers made a business trip to Valdosta Tuesday. Mrs. L. W. Green Is visiting rela tives in Macon this week. They Wanted to Kill E. 0. McDon ald, Who Killed Negro. A report received at Albany 7®«-„ terday from Milford, a remote settle ment in Baker county, states that a party of negroes of unknown number went to the residence of E. O. Mc Donald there at 11 o’clock last night, called him to the door and when he opened it a few inches opened fire on him with guns and pistols. The door knob was shattered on the qut- slde while he held It within. The whole front of the building was filled with bullets and small shot. Mc Donald was struck In the wrist by shot, but was not seriously injured. His wife and children" and an aged lady, who was visiting the family, were all greatly alarmed, but escap ed Injury. The attack followed the killing of a negro last Friday evening by Mc Donald. The latter, a cripple, was attacked by the negro In N. H. San ders' store and badly beaten. He was rescued, secured his shotgun and fol lowed the negro, who drew a knife and advanced on McDonald. Ignor ing the gun. McDonald flred, killing the negro almost instantly, The negro and his several companions were strangers In Milford. A number of citizens of the neigh borhood have organized to protect life and property, and It Is not be lieved there will be any further trouble. The Rebuilding of the Burned Sec tion one of the Big Thing* An nounced Thi* Week—The Develop ment of Huge Water Powers is Also Under Way. Columbus, Ga., May 13.—The Geor gia and Alabama Industrial Index says today In Its regular weekly Is sue: “The famed 'Atlanta spirit,’ which well typifies the virile energy of the New 8outh, is to furnish another concrete Illustration of its force and effectiveness In the rebuilding of the burned section in Georgia’s capital city. While the flames were still burning in the Terminal Station dis trict in that city manufactures whose plants were being destroyed were al ready telegraphing for new machin ery. The big area of chimneys and ashes, which in its desolation repre sented a property loss of one and one- quarter million dollars, was hardly cool before workmen began clearing away \he ruins. The entire district will be rebuilt In hotels, manufactur ing plants and wholesale establish ments, and announcement Is being made daily of the construction plans. The largest hotel destroyed, a build ing o£ sixty rooms, will be replaced with ft more ornate structure of one hundred rooms, and this illustrates the substantial character of the im provements now projected for the fire-swept district. The week ending today has wit nessed several Interesting develop ments in large enterprises, In addi tion to the formation of plans for much construction work and the es tablishment of industries represent ing substantial Investments, but not in the million dollar class. The Flint River Fpwer A Electric Company, wblob plans to develop water power on a huge scale on the Flint river near Albany, Ga., applied to the Geor gia Railroad Commission for permis sion to issue* $12,000,000 of common stock and $10,000,000 of bonds. Two cost of $1,500,000. . ."Prominent Items Is the announce) school buildings at th'< places: Greensboro, Ga?jf*' Ala.. Clayton, Ala., Vernon, GRIGGS AND RODDENBERY’. Finishing Touches to be Put on Canv pafgn In 8econd District. With the primary but a little more than three weeks off Congressman James M. Griggs Is returning to bfs district to give his fences a final lining up, says an Albany dispatch. He had, it is understood. Intended coming home a couple of weeks ago, .wan held in Washington by the Fayette, Ala., Moulton, Ala., Fort £&•] stiff,-fight which the minority has posit, Ala., Double Springs, Ala., been putting up for principles for Gurley, Ala., Columbia, Ala., Thomas- ton, Ala., Butler, Ala., and Hartford, Ala. “Fifteen new corporations were formed during the week, with mini mum capital stock of $447,000. Num bers of substantial contracts were awarded. “Among the industrial and con struction Items of Interest are: Can neries, Huntsville, Ala., and Monte zuma, Ga.; oil mills, Albertville, Ala., Covington, Ga., and Wrlghtsville, Ga. $300,000 pipe plant enlargement at Sheffield, Ala.; announcement of Im provements by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company In Ala bama; laundry machinery enterprise, Birmingham, Ala.; lumber plant, Au gusta, Ga.; churches, Foley, Ala., Sas ser, Ga., Opelika, Ala., and Savannah, Ga.; paving plans in Atlanta, Ga., Montgomery, Ala., and Dougherty county, Georgia; depot, LaFayette, Ala.; dry kilns, Poley, Ala.; bridges, Enslcy, Ala., and Perry, Ga.” Itch cured in 80 minutes by Wool ford’s Sanitary Lotion. Nsvsr falls, by A. E. Dimmock, urugglst. ly 23-dw-s-6m. Screen doors and windows. Harley’s 6-2-dsw-ws-lm. Adel Made Gofd Yesterday. The Adel baseball club came down yesterday and wiped up the ground with the locals, the score being 13 to 2. Just how it happened the locals are not able to say. They only know that the game was played and that they were hardly in it. They say it was an off day, as all ball players have at times, and they believe that they will redeem them selves If given a chance. This Is the second game the boys have lost this and dsfsat, does not set well with them even a little bit Ice cream freezers. Harley's. 5-2-dsw-ws-lm. which the party stands committed. He leaves Washington today or to morrow, and will probably be In most of the counties of the district daifoK the Interim before the primary. He will go first to Dawtron, his home. Since Judge Griggs went to Washington, bringing to an end Xha series of spectacular debates tas£' summer, his opponent, Hon. 8. A. Roddenbery of Thomasville, has been stumping the district continually. He has spoken in country school bouses, at picnics, barbecues and Sunday- school rallies—wjierever, hi fact, he could get a company of voters to gether. He has covered the district thoroughly, making a house-tofcouse canvass In many quarters. The friends of Judge Griggs claim that he Is stronger in the district than ho was before he went away to attend to his duties In the present Congress. They do not think his ab sence has cost him any votes, and predict his renomination on June 4 by an overwhelming majority. They do not think Roddenbery has any showing outside of tho counties of Thomas, Grady and, perhaps, , Col quitt. - -v - • '** , ■ », ; ..Mr. Roddenbery’s friends refuse; to see things that way, however, and say the primary of the 4th proximo V will put an entirely different aspect on the situation In the district. If there are to be Atiy more Joint 1 debates In the district ‘announcement *’ to that effect ha:; not been made. The Impression prevails that die ri val congressional candidates will abt meet again on the stnmp. NOTICE! Dr. Talbot has moved hli wfleo from the McKcy building to a room over Bonduranta drug store. Dr. Talbot will eonttona mald»f specialty of fitting glasses and treat ing diseases of eye, .ear. nose and throat. 5-ldw-t*. Lawn mowers and garden hose at Harley's. ' 5-2-dsw-ws-lm Judge Harmon's Platform. No better preliminary platform has been put forward than the views on public questions of Judge Judson Harmon, that have Just been publish ed by his friends who desire to see him receive the Democratic nomina tion for President. The two utter ances on the outer page of the pam phlet containing the' public speeches and opinions of Judge Harmon, are good texts for all Democrats to re member. They are: “Guilt Is always personal. When the Government searches out the guilty men and makes corporate wrong mean personal punishment and dishonor, the law will be obeyed.” “They say the tariff must be re vised by its friends. We say It must be revised by the friends of the peo ple.” The first quotation Is from the res ignation of Judge Hannon as special counsel for the government to prose cute the Atchinson rebate case. The government directed that the prose- j cutlon be directed against the indi- j viduals. The second text covers the need : of selecting Democrats who are real I friends of the people as Judge liar- j Depots Close Saturdays. The agents of the depots here give ; nion has shown himself to be. The I notice that a half holiday will he huge tubs were kept full of lemonade taken each Saturday In future, so and coca-cola and ginger ale In bot tles, while the tables were laden *lth apples, oranges, bananas, etc. A committee from the local Com- the depots will be closed In the af ternoons. Parties having business at the depots would do well to attend to It before twelve o’clock. A Hoke Smith man tried to pin a Hoke Smith buttori on a farmer this week, when the farmer replied: I don’t want your button—give me a shirt. I tried buttons two years ago.” Copyright 1908 riouse of Kuppenhetmef Chicago Dependability U the icey-note of our business policy. We try to handle only such goods as, in our own judgment, are worth what we ask for them. No matter whether the price is $10 or $25.00 or between each price. We are as careful in selecting the cheaper goods as we are in selecting the highest priced. Depen- ableness is made up of quality, style and fit Our Clothing is in every sense de pendable. Try our kind. SUITS $10 TO $25. Our line of Boyden, Stetson and Walk over Shoes cannot be excelled in quality and style. Our Hats are equal, if not superior, to any sold. Our Furnishing Goods are up-to-date in quality and style. Our prices on all lines of goods are as low as reliable and dependable goods can be sold for. One Price Briggs, Valdosta, Ga. 10 a