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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1908.
NEWS OF THE BAY SUNDAY SCHOOL’S Secretary Taft Nominated
on First Ballot This p. m.
Chicago, June 18th, 5:00—Taft wa* nominated on the
Watson ol Nomination..
Thousands 6f Populists are Expectjl
' to be Ifi Atlanta at That Time—
hittie Boy Died of Bablea—Govern
or Will Let Sonny Wllllamt Hang
For Murder—Boy Wanted to be ftb-
formed.
Atlanta, Ga., June le-VTKb local
committee In Charge of tttC state con
vention of the populists on July
and 9, at which timb Thomas Wat
son is to he notified of his nomination
for the presidency are busy getting
matters In shaipe. J. E. Bodenhamer
Is chairman of this committee and
announces that headquarters will be
opened at once In the Kimball house.
Mr. Bodenhamer Is alpo negotiating
for the skating rink building at Ponce
de Leon, yhlch Is the. largest audi
torium In the city. Hd says thou
sands jot populists not, ' only from
Georgia, but from all over the coun
try will be attracted here to~1iear
Watson speak.
Three weeks ago six-year-old Sam
uel Drlggars was bitten In the face
by a digg while playing In.the street
Nothing was thought of the matter
at first, but rabies developed
. theJlttb' follow f died
yesterday. .jfc, <
Harry E. Lyles, the Waycross man
who killed his wife, and baby, and
who has already bden declined com
mutation of sentence by the prison
commission. wll7. come forward with
a new plea He declares now that
he was crazed by prohibition drinks,
which drove him to the terrible act.
Nine-year-old Richard Wilkins was
sent to market hy his mother with a
dollar to make somd purchases. Rich
ard fell, and “blew" the money. Then
he was afraid to go home, and he
didn't know whefce' else to go. Then
It occurred to hhd- that he had been
told about a place where bad boys
were sent to be reformed. He Inquir
ed until he found out about the Hape-
vllle reformatory, so he trudged out
there and asked Superintendent
Means to take him and reform him.
He got the boy’s story and he was
sent home where a frightened mother
forgave hjm.
Governor Smith has declined to In
terfere In the sentence of Sonnle Wil
liams, of Miller county, who Is to die
on the gallows, although the prison
commission recommended life Impris
onment. Williams Is to be hanged
Friday. Wallace Johnson, of Floyd
county was pardoned, because h*
saved several lives by his heroic con
duct In putting out a dynamite fns/s
which another convict had fixed to
blow up the camp. Johnson was sett
up for 12 years and had served 92
months. r
CONVENTION
Louisville, fey., June 18/—Every
thing Is It readiness for the twelfth
International Sunday school conven
tion, Which will be In session here
duVing the next four or five days.
Nearly 1,000 delegates are In the city
today, and before tomorrow morning
It Is expected an additional 1,600
will have arrived. The delegates come
from all parts of the United States
and Canada and some from foreign
countries. During their stay in
Louisville they will be put to no ex
pense, with the exception of what
they desire to spend personally.
The session will' be held In the ar
mory, which Is one of the largest
buildings of Its kind In the country,
having ha seating capacity of 18,000.
The formal welcoming session takes
place tonldht, although tbe Bible Les
son committee and tbe field workers
are already ^holding meetings.
Tbe city Is filled with prominent
Sunday school workers from all over
the world, the better known of whom
will occupy the pulpits In Louisville
churches next Sunday.
At the present convention, as at
the last one, the question of graded
lessons will he conspicuously to the
front It Ik predicted that an expect
ed struggle between advocates of the
*“■ and the "graded"
will not occur,
rMDta
reoM
Boator /at/Which It was ui
to -recommend to the
tlod that It Instruct Its lesson
mlttee fo-prepare both kinds of les
son serif 3 - so that Individual Sunday
schools may adopt whichever kind
they prefer.
At theiopening session of the con
vention o memorial tribute Is k> be
paid the late Rev. Dr. John Potts of
Toronto, rfit^bad been for years chair
man of fee lesson committee. To
morrow //111 be Unvoted to a survey
of tha^ateraatlonalSunday schoolfleld
In thragorm of reports from the exe-
jtt':s committee and the several
fleld//eceretarles. The matter of the
lessen system will be considered on
the third day, when the report of the
lesion committee will be made by
Its secretary, Rev. Dr. A. F. Schauf-
fler, of New York. In the evening
of the third day the relations of Sun
day schools to mission will be con
sidered at a mass meeting, the same
topic to be considered also Sunday
.evening.
1 Announced speakers for the several
sessions of the convention Include
Rev. Dr. E. I. Rexford of Montreal, S.
Earl Taylor of the Young People's
first ballot.
1 he vote hu not been r<
■ed yet
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t SOMETHING OF THE CANDIDATE OF REPUBLICANS. *
* WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.
* Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, 8eptembef 15, 1867,
* Graduated from Yale In 1878, and from the Cincinnati Oollegt
* of Law In 1880. pfr l A.
* Appointed aaslatant prosecuting attorney of Hamilton county,
* Ohio, in 1881. ' W -i
Appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati-In 1887,
* Appointed solicitor-general of the United 3tatea In 1890.
* Appointed United Statea Judge for the Sixth judicial dlroult In
+ 1892. t if
. Appointed flret civil governor of the Phllipplnee under American
v rule In 1901.
* Succeeded Elihu Root aa Secretary of War In 1004.
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Missionary Movement, Bishop Gallo
way of the Methodist Church South,
Robert E. Speer, of the Presbyterian
Foreign Mission Board, Bishop Bell
of tbe United Brethern Church, Gov
ernor Gleen of North Carolina, Gov
ernor Hanly of Indiana, John Wana-
maker, ot Philadelphia, Booker T.
Washington, of the Tuskegee Instl-
tue, Dr. George Truett, of Dallas,
former Governor W. J. Northen of
Georgia, Dr. John F. Goucher of Bal
timore, President E. H. Hughes; ot
Depauw University, former Governor
George Utter of Rhode Island, (Sot-
ernor A. E. Wilson of Kentucky, F.
U Brown of. Brooklyn, and Mrs, L.M.
N. Stevens,- president of the National
W. a T. tJ.
BRIDGE FALL8 IN WITH MULES.
VdOMf N W/JNT TO j
DROPPED DEAD IN CEMETERY.
3avannah, Ga., June 17—John Quin*
cy Adame, more than sixty years of
age, fell deal this morning while talk*
ing to a friend In Laurel Grove corn*
etery.
Ivlc Federation Wants to
Bond Question.
Atlanta, Ga., June 18—The Atlanta
Civic League, composed of well
known women of this city, have peti
tioned the city council to allow them
the right to vote in an election for
a $1,500,000 bond issue, it being con
tended that many women are heavy
property owgers here, and should
have some right in fixing the taxes
on the tame
This is said to be only the opening
move in a statewide propaganda for
woman suffrage. The Georgia Wo
man’s Suffrage Association, through
its president, Mrs. M. L. McLendon,
has issued a call for a convention
here July 9-10, at which time all ad
vocates of woman suffrage, whether
male or female, will be invited to
attend. The meetings will he held
in Carnegie library, and as this con
vention will be co-incident with the
populist meeting, It is proposed to
have Thomas E. Watson to address
the suffragettes.
Mrs. McLendon has sent a memori
al to Chicago asking for a woman>
suffrage plank In the Republican plat
form, and similar petitions will be
sent to the Georgia delegates to Den*
ver as soon as selected. It is said
to be the plan largely of the women
to gain the right to vote In munici
pal affairs, gradually widening their
scope to state and national affairs.
Wagon Loaded With Ptleh lafltched
. Into Ochlochonee. .-
Rev. A*. v/LBenler who has been
to the river Jn;; the put few. daft
MPflrti'a moat peculiar accident on
th* Chastain bridge over the Gch-
lochnee river. He Osya that a four-
mule team going across that bridge
laat r week fell Into the river. The
wagonfwas loaded with pitch and
wu driven: by one of the negroes
working for, Mr. ^Boswell of Meigs
who owned the outfit |
\ The-water at* that-place is very
deep and the bridge Is about- fifteen
feet from the water. The whole Con
cent was prMdpltnted unceremonlous-
befora It bad gotten
bridge. Tln-i
ai d the mule*
g'the wagon and/toy willing to
ili In the river. j
iy the bridge gave way at dve do!
that time Is not known, as It was
thought to be In fine condition. The
chairman ot the county commission
ers will In all probability order an
Investigation to see where the fault
lies. Under other circumstances It
might have proven a serious calamity
and It Is somewhat of a wonder that
this team escaped with no greater
loss.—Tfcomasville TlmeB-Enterprlse.
Clock Buslneu Slowing Down.
Thomaston, Conn., June 18—The
Seth Thomas Clock Company, one of
tbe largest concerns of Its kind In
the world, shut down Its plant here
today and will not resume operations
until some tlmo next month. Busi
ness In the better grade of watches
and clock, among Connecticut manu
facturer* has fallen off since lut
fall and recently the demand for the
dollar watches and cheap alarm
clocks, which kept up well during the
earlier weeks ot the depression, hu
also fallen off noticeably.
Death Came From Lock-Jaw.
Atlanta, Ga., June 18—Whllo grind
ing sausage early last December
Mark O. Miller had the foro finger
on his right hand cut off. A few days
later he showed symptoms of lock
jaw, but It apparently disappeared.
Saturday the healed hand began
paining him, and he grew rapidly
worse. Yesterday he died of tetanus.
bin
him to take**
, Victim and
* be would order
arleston and pre
sent it at the address given and tie
would get work. The last victim not
only went to Charleston but when he
found there was no work for him
at the place to which Oleson had sent
him he came back to Savannah and
had Oleson arrested. On the person
of the prisoner were found several
cards just like those given to the
man who earned the arrent to be
made and on this strength he was
convicted and fined.
Broke Rib While Coughing.
,Mr. Gordon Groover, cashier of the
Cltlzens-Gouthern Bank and one of
the most popular business men in this
city, is at home suffering from a pe
culiar accident. He has had a severe
cold for several days and a few day^
ago after a violent fit of coughing, he
felt a severe pain in his side. His
physician was sent for and it was
found that ho had broken or dislocat
ed a rib during one of his parox/ms
of coughing. H|s physician now says
that he is on the road to recovery.
ras oniony Bins
fill
A Young Han Who wan Electrocut
ed on The Wire In Savannah.
Savannah, Ga., June 18—The body
of Frank Shavers, the young man
who waa electrocuted here yesterday
while working on wires of the Savan
nah Lighting Company, will be burled
bore unless some word la received
from hli (later who la supposed to be
In the west. Shavers’ body has been
In an undertaking eitabllsbment
since the accident /This was the
most spectacular accident of the kind
that has occurred In Savannah In a
long time. The lineman wag sus
pended by his life belt with which
he had strapped hlmsolf to the pole
and hla body, sixty feet In the air.
could not be reached until the aerial
truck from tbe lire department w*b
brought out for the purpoie of reach
ing him. Fully five hundred people
watched the firemen, as they took
him down. The company Issued a
statement that Shaver* was Instantly
killed ns he received fully 8,200 volt*
of electricity through his body.
Convicted of a Peculiar Crime.
A man.named Oleson has been
eonvloted here of a peculiar charge.
It was claimed that with the aid ot
a negro he .worked a slick game on
simple foreigners who wanteA to find j per ce:
work. HI* ichoinc wa* to get the | this
negro to bring blm men
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1-oulslana couple waded through
a mile of mud In order to get mar
ried, but In South Dakota, million
aires frequently wade through a
greater extent of mire than that In
order to get rid of marital contracts
_ commerce al-l$ji\^orfc;
for jha latest week eboW»d losses of
22,1^8,633 In export* and 25,338;C52
‘mports a* compared with the-
week In 1907. Bank exchange*-
iw -York were 13.8 per cent leu
a year ago, while at other .lead
ing titles the decrease was i7.6 per
cent.) \ -•
"Liabilities of commercial' failures
thus liar reported for June amounted
to $5,989,644, of which ’ O', 109,728
were In manufacturing, $2.12?,739 In
trndlng find 22,756,177 In other com
mercial lines. Failures this week
numbered 285 In the United States
against 187 laat year, and 24 In Can-
nda compared with SO a year ago.
Minnesota Elks In 8aaalon.
Bemldjt, IMlnn., June 18.—Members
ot tbe order of Elks throughout Min
nesota assembled here In force today
for the annual grand lodge meeting,
which will, be In session until the
end of tha week. The convention
will receive the annual reports, elect
officers for)tbe ensuing year and
choose delegates to tbe national con
vention to be held In Dallas next
month. ThU entertainment program
Is an elaborate one. A prominent
featuro will I be native dance* by *
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Finest Line Preserving Kettles Made.
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White Pine Sash,
faints and Mantels.
