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VALDOSTA. GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1908.
GREAT GROWTH OF
TWO MATES
The Wonderful Variety of Develop
ment for lire Past Week.
This is Strikingly Shown in Many
Different Instances.—A stream of
Northern and Western Gold is Fin
ding its way Into This Section of
the Country.—Railroad Earnings In
crease.
Columbus, Ga., June 24—The Geor
gia and Alabama industrial Index
will say tomorrow in its regular week
ly issue:
“The native resources of the two
great Southern states of Georgia and
Alabama and the wonderful variety
of development which is characteriz
ing their material progress has been
rather strikingly illustrated by sev
eral incidents of the past week.
“Down in Savannah, Ga., a compa
ny has been formed for foreign ship
ping and will operate steamships to
European ports, recalling the inter
esting fact that the first steamer that
ever crossed he Atlantic ocean to
England sailed from Savannah.
“Ensley, Ala., is preparing for the
arrival next month of about 1,000
Italians, who are to work in the nu
merous industries in the* Steel City.
A few months ago foreign workors
were leaving the Alabama iron fields,
and that they are now returning Is
another convincing illustration of the
return of normal business conditions.
"A stream of northern and western
gold Is already beginning to flow in
to Georgia to swell the bank accounts
of the peach-growers, and this mi
i-amAojtlng several infilled
Is coittributing its part to improve
general business conditions over the
state. One pe^ch grower who has
80,000 trees estimates that when his
orchard is full grown it will bring
(him the handsome income of $100,-
000 yearly.
“Away up In the hills of North
Georgia a colony of silk worms are
Industriously weaving the dainty ma
terial that will be converted into a
lustrous silk dress for Mrs. William
Taft in case her husband Is elected
president of the United States. The
incident forcibly brings to the atten
tion of the public the fact that
silk culture Is among the varied In
dustries of Georgia.
“The earnings of the Central of
Georgia railway for the first week
In June show an advance over those
for the corresponding week last year.
This Is the first week in a long time
that a' gain has been shown, de
creases having been the order for
the past few months, and the figures
tell their own story of Improving con
ditions.
“At Griffin, Ga., ground has been
broken for the erection of a blanket
factory, making seven textile mills
for that city.
“The United States government is
advertising for proposals for sites
for public buildings in many Georgia
and Alabama cities, and Uncle Sam
Is to turn loose a good, round sum
of money In the two states building
suitable houses for his employes.
“Iron mines around Cartersville,
Ga., are resuming operation, as ar©
other industries in that section.
“Down In Mobile. Ala., plans hare
been finally accepted for an $80,000
church, and at Tusctimbla, Ala., not
very far from the Tennessee line, a
$50,000 courthouse is to be built for
Colbert county.
“Reports continue to come in of re
suming industries of every descrip
tion all over the two states. The re
vival in the lumber business t
more distinct with the passing of
each week.
The detailed record of construe;
tlon and projected Industries for the
week shows numerous structures of
all description, including business
buildings, churches, school buildings,
hotels and many private residences.
“There is nothing very romantic
or interesting from a historical stand
point in the fact that a fire brick
plant to cost a quarter million dollars
Is to he established in Birmingham,
Ala., and a $125,000 pressure pipe
plant is to he erected at Anniston,
Ala., but nevertheless these Inci
dents are calculated to give the live
liest satisfaction to the people of
those two cities.*
S010NS FELL OVER
EACH OTHER.
LITTLE BOY KILLS ^ROTHER
Fat§l Accident Which Occurred Near
Omega, Ga., on Sunday.
Lenox. Ga,. June 25—An eight-year-
old sun of /Mr. and„Mrs. J. A. Griner
of Colquitt county, shot and instantly
killed his younger brother, last Sun
day' afternoon.
The father being away from home,
the mother and her two little boys
ypfcc alone. Hearing a strange^poise
opposite’ side* Tirt Trdhfe
Mrs. Griner told the oldest hoy, aged
eight years, to go and see what it
was. He was frightened on account
of the escape recently of some con
victs in that section, and ran'for the
gun. TVie weapon is supposed to
have been discharged accidentally In
taking It from the rack, the load en
tering the smaller boy’s forehead.
His brains were shot out and death
was instantaneous.
The remains were carried to Oaky
Grove cemetery for burial, near the
former home of Mr. and Mrs. Griner,
In Berrien county. They now reside
in Colquitt county, near Omega.
The Georgia Legislature Met Yester
day and a Flood of Bills Came in
on the First Day of the Session.
—Clerks Barricaded Behind Bulk
of Bills—Respect Shown for Death
I
of Mr. Cleveland.
Atlanta, Ga., June 24—Promptly on
the rap of the gavel the Georgia
legislature raced away with a bundle
of bills poured into the hopper big
ger than a stack of fodder. Every
body tried to climb on first with a
measure of some kind.
The bills ran the whole gamut of
.heard and. unneard of legislation.
There were bills for everything
Imaginable, and some It wouldn't seem
possible the wildest Imagination could
have conjured. Some were general.
Most of them were purely local. The
journal clerk yelled murder, but the
deadly fire cf bills kept up, until the
clerical force was barricaded behind
a breastworks of bills—ranging from
one to forty pages in bulk.
There was no letup and at 11:30
o’clock some patriot moved adjourn
ment in order to give the clerks time
to get their breath. The bombard
ment is likely to cut loose again at
any time, for every man apparently
loaded the muzzle with legislation.
Very nearly a hundred bills were in
troduced In the hour and a half the
house was In session. The early ad
journment for the first day was out
of respect to the death of Grover
Cleveland.
Some of the measures are of Im
portance. No less than three measures
were introduced seeking to exempt
farm products from taxation for one
year, when same Is held In the bands
of the produces*.. The measure*, were
fintroduced by "Alexailrfer ana Cancfl&r,
years: $in additional to 75; $15 to
80; 20 until 85, and after that $40
more each year until death. It is cal
culated to cultivate the art of long
evity in Georgia. Mr. Edwards also
wants to pay any Confederate veteran
of three years service $C0 a year
without additional proof.
There were forty senators in their
seats when the session opened, and
it didn’t tnke but a few minutes for
J.-J. Flvnt to be unanimously elected
president of the body. He made a
few remarks and tore off the lid.
Levi P. Reeves, of Bartow wag elec
ted door keeper over .T. J. Stevens
of Coweta. After the governor's
message was presented and read,
and a resolution introduced deplor
ing the doaih of Cleveland, the senate
adjourned.
Waller Has Decided to Eat.
Wm. Waller, the Savannahlan who
was sent to the state sanatorium be
cause .he refused to eat and gave other
evidences of being insane, will not
perish to death. Deputy Sheriff Mel-
drim, who went to Mllledgevllle with
Waller, says the authorities there
soon convinced him it wouid be best
to take food. Waller Is getting along
SHRINERS TRAVELLED IN BOAT.
Savannah’s Contingent Went to
Brunswick by Water Route.
Savannah. Ga.. June 25.—-If the
good steamboat Pilot Boy made the
trip in safety there is a big bunch
of Savannah Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine in Brunswick today. As the
news of a marine disaster has not
reached Savannah it Is presumed
that the trip was made in good shape
and that all is well with the wearers
of the fez. The Pilot Boy left here
shortly after two o’clock yesterday
afternoon.
Ijt is expected the return trip will
be made some time tomorrow. There
Is -to be a days fun at Brunswick to
day. The Shriners will endeavor to
forget during the ceremonial that an
effort is being made to take a slice
off the territory of Alee Temple by
transferring 1 Macon to the Atlanta
district.
This thing is going to cause the
greatest interest at the National meet
ing in St. Paul than anything else
to *be presented from the South.
a* To Pension Police Officers.
Capt. W. G. Austin, Chief of Police
of 4Bavannah, is making inquiries from
ottfer cities relative to their method
of pensioning aged members of the
ppllce force. It is evident that Capt.
Austin is going to evolve some plah
for giving Savannah policemen a pen
sion when they reach a certain age.
cannot be done now except by
lal set of council.
YVhbn Cleveland Visited 8avannah.
death of former President
of DeKalb. Moon,, of Cherokee, and
Whltely, of Douglas, This raovementl""^^ m 1 ''' h s „ s " r „ p l';;- „ Mr ’
is In response to the desires of the
Farmers’ Union, and will aid them
in their great project of holding cot
ton when prices are not right.
Representative Tuggle, introduced
a bill providing for a constitutional
amendment to make the terms of the
governor, commissioner of agriculture,
state school commissioner, members
of the general assembly and all coun
ty officers four instead of two years.
Each proposed change Is covered by
a separate bill, and It cuts the gov
ernor’s salary from $5,000 to $3,000
per annum
Representative Dean, of Floyd, In
troduced a bill providing the estab
lishment of a bureau of fisheries. It
icontemplates the appointment by
the governor of three commissioners
at $1,000 each per annum, and sets
aside $20,000 a year for the purchase
of waterways privileges. Alabama
and South Carolina are urged to co
operate with Georgia In this plan to
extend the fishing Interests.
Members fairly fell over each other
in an effort to be first with bills to
restore pension payments to one an
nual lump sum. Three such meas
ures were introduced. Mr. Edwards
of Habersham Introduced a measure
very well on the steady diet he is providing for payment of $5 a year
consuming at Mllledgevllle.' increases to veterans from 05 to 70
visited in Savannah on one or two
occasions, the most noted event in
which he participated being the un
veiling of the Jasper Monument.
Mrs. Cleveland was with him
t that time. Judge T. M. Nor
ood, Judge Walter G. Charlton, TTnn.
W. W. Mackall, Gen. W. W. Gordon,
■Capt. Henry Blun and others have
given interviews to the local press
expressing sorrow at the death of the
Ex-President and paying high tributes
to hla memory,
MESSAGE OE GOV.
HOKEJMITH
Fo the Georgia Legislature Told In
Long Train Load of Melom.
freight train of forty-two cars,
every one of which seemed to be
heavily loaded with melons, pulled
out from the station here this morn
ing. .. This was one of the longest
melon trains yet seen to leave this
city. If the prices were good the mel-
growers would be reaping a rich
harvest now.
Isaac Manhoff, a peddler, of Lake
City, Iowa, aged 40, having smoked
sixty cigarettes a day. or 1,000,0001 be greatly Improved,
altogether, at an animated coat “ a
$3,191, decided to stop*
The state prohibition law should
.now bo given a fair trial. I recom
mend that no effort be made by you
to change it except to perfect it as
a prohibition measure.
The operation of the new railroad
commission law has been most satis
factory.
The fact that the reduced passen
gor rates are still in force Is proof
to sustain both the action of the com
mission and the manner in which
the litigation was handled.
It should be a source of congratu
lation that no court has granted even
a temporary restraining order inter-
ferringt with the action of your rall-
froad commission either in this or
any other matter since the re-orga
nization of the commission.
The inesasge commends the pas
senger rate adjustments between the
state and the Southern and Coast
Line railroads.
It also commends the action of the
railroad commission in abolishing
free passes.
The commission has been wise and
conservative in the exercises of the
powers which were conferred upon
it.
The falso statements charging un
just treatment of corporations in
Georgia will be fully corrected in the
near future.
The public Is entitled to know long
In advance Just when primaries are
to take place. I urge that the legis
lature fix by statute the time for the
primary at which the governor, state
house officers, judge, railroad com
missioners and legislators shall be
named.
urge the -passage of legislation
which will make It a crime to pay
the taxeB or to furnish the money to
pay the taxes of men that they may
register.
We must have honest elections In
We must start by keeping the regis
tration list above suspicion.
urge the abolition of the present
crude plan of tax assessments and of
giving to the state an intelligent sys
tem of tax equalization applicable to
all the property In Georgia subject
to taxation.
If additional appropriations are to
bo made. 1t will be necessary to find
a means of raising additional reve
nue.
We should seek no injustice to rail
road companies, but they ought to
bear their part of the burdens of
government.
The state road should be built to
deep water before the termination of
the present lease.
Our banking laws are defective.
Thoy are a medley. Our savings hank
laws are far behind the demand of
the state upon tho subject.
The message suggests a law simi
lar to the federal employers’ liberal
ity act applicable to employes Injur
ed In Intra-state work In Georgia.
It will be necessary to provide ad
ditional revenue for the state before
you can change your mode for hand
ling convict*.
The rural schools for whites should
This must be
paring men and women for this work.
I do not dwell upon your other ed
ucational institutions been use their
work is well known and their worth
appreciated. ,•
But more money is necessary for
the state college of agriculture and
the district agricultural school*.
I trust you will not fail to provide
the funds for their support.
WHEN THE WORLD WILL END.
Holy Ghosters Say It Will Come
^bout in October.
Shiloh, Ale., June 25.—“Elijah”
Frank W. Sandford, founder of the
Holy Ghost and Us Society, is ill and
destitute at his headquarters in the
Holy Land, and a cablegram has been
received from him asking for aid.
Mrs. Sandford also Is reported to be
In feeble health. “Moses” Charles E.
Holland, who Is In charge at Shiloh
is -preparing to sail on the yaoht King
dom with money and supplies to re
lieve them.
It was announced In the chapel
this week that a message had been
received from Sandford saying that
the world will come to an end In Oc
tober, 'and warning the Shilohite* to
be prepared. Holland is now nego
tiating with a New York yacht club
for two discarded vessels to be used
to transport the colony to Jerusa
lem before October. On orders from
Sandford all the Shllohites, men, wo
men and children, are learning to
swim. The men. In charge of Elder
Tupper, take a plunge every day at
C a. m., while the women, in charge"
of Elder Hatch, tnke their bath In
the Androscoggin river each day at
10:30 a. m.
bettor teachers. Our educational ays-
^tfun^shoifljMnclutte
Man's Rocky Road Through Life.
A man’s life Is full of crosses and
temptations. Ho comes Into tho
world without his consent and goes
out against hi* will, and the trip be
tween the two is exceedingly rocky.
The rule of contraries
Important features of
him, but when he^i grow
girls kiss him. If he is Jfoor ho is
a bad manager; If he 1b rich he la
dishonest.
If he needs credit he cah’t get It?
If he Is prosperous everyone wants
to do him a favor. ‘!y-,
If he doesn’t give to charity he lg a
stingy cuss; If he does, It. is for
show. \ ') ( f
If he Is actively religious he t»Va
hypocrite; If he takes no Interest in
religion he Is a hardened sinner. “
If he dies young, there was & great
future ahead of him; If he lives to a
rlf>e old age, he missed his calling.
The road Is rocky but man loves
to travel It.—Exchange.
Good Crops in Brook*.
Sheriff Mashburn, of Brook? coun
ty. who was In the city for awhile
this morning, said that the crops In
his county are about the best he has
ever seen them at this season of the
yenr. He said If nothing serious hap
pens from now on the greatest crop
In jhe history of the county will be
harvested next fall.
Base Ball Goods.
Spalding’s Base Ball Line, League
Balls, Masks, Mits, Bats, Guide
Books, Etc.
HAMMOCKS, CROQUET SETS.
HARdwar! CO., Valdosta,
White Pine Sash, Doors, Paints and Mantels.