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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, SATURDAY, JUNE 27. 1908.
Savannah Electric Line Gets $450
[ CASH GROVER CLEVELAND IS DEAD.
IS RECEIVED
Passed Away Suddenly at His Home at
Princeton, N. J., Wednesday
at 8:40 O’clock.
NEWS OF THE BAY
He Say* That It Only a Part of hi*
Stealings and That he Will Return
the Balance •• Soon aa he Can
Make it—A Fight ia Being Made
on Head of Negro College.
Savannah, Qa., June 23—Mr. Oorge
X Baldwin, president of the Savan
nah Electric Company, received the
greatest surprise of hlg life a few
tained a check for $130 and a letter
postmarked "Jacksonville.” It con
tained a heck for $150 and a letter j
from a former conductor of the Sa- j
■vannah street railway a/stcni which
U controlled by the Savannah Elec
tric Company. The letter stated that
the check represented a part of tho
money tho conductor had held out
on the company while In Its employ
and that it was only a partial resti
tution. Tho writer promised to send
that his debt to the company might
anoro money when he earned It so
The entirely obliterated.
The check find the letter came
from . who was em
ployed by the Savannah Electric
Company for some time. He left Sa*
iTannah for Jacksonville and after
arriving there joined tho Salvation
lArmy. He oecame converted and
his oonsetehee would not let 'him
keep the money he had secured dis
honestly fitorn the company. He
therefore sent It back. In Mr. Paid
win's long experience as a stroei
railway owner he has never seen n
*aso exnctjy like this before. He
had tho tfhock photographed to keep
It as a memento of a man who had
grown honest. The receipt of tho
Chock has excited tho keenest Inter*
»t among those who have heard of
a
IghT c
tfucataV. '
f WrigtfT colored, to
vemaln at tho fiend of the Georgia
State Industrial College? This Is tho
question those who are interested
In the college and In Prof. Wright
•re asking. It seem* to be a fact
that while nil the others connected
With the college have been reelected
that then* has oeen tnree meetings
of tho Hoard of Governors and Prof.
Wright has so far failed of re-elec
tion ns president. Some of Prof.
Wright’s own people have been mak
ing a fight on him and he has already
had a colored newspaper editor ar
rested for libel and may sue the pa-
4>cr which he edits before tho trouble
It ended. Gen. P. W. Meldrlm who
Is at the head of the hoard govern
ing tho affairs of the college, is out
of the city hut It is stated thnt the
president has nor yet been elected.
There was a meeting on Saturday at
which It was honed to conclude the
selection of a pres dent but this was
not done at thnt tium. There will
be another meeting soon. President
Wright is one of the best known ne
groes In Georgia. He has been nt
the head of the two state fairs given
by negroes at Macon.
8avannah to Have Concerts.
Savannah will probably have band
concerts in the Park Extension two
or three evenings each week during
the summer. Col. Patterson at Fort
Screven has about concluded arrange
ments for bringing the hand up to
the city for that purpose.
Military Going to Encampment.
The Savannah military companies
are getting ready for their trip to
the national enenmpment nt Chick-
•manga next month. The Georgia
Hussars began drilling Inst night for
this event The companies In the
1st regiment have been nt work for
the past two weeks. The Savannah
Volunteer Guards will not go as they
have already done thetr tour of duty
at Fort* Screven.
GROVER CLEVELAND
Princeton. N. J., June 24,—Ex-prcsident Grover Cleveland
is dead.
While Mr. Cleveland has been seriously ill from time to
time, the announcement of his death came like a thunder bolt to
those who have been watching his illness.
The former President died in his bed in the second-story
front room of his home, at his bedside being Mrs. Cleveland
and the three physicians. The only other persons in the house
at the time were a number of .servants.
Doctors Bryant and Lockwood’c une fn.ni Ni w York in re
sponse to a hasty summons yesterday, and as was the custom
when visiting Princeton, remained ali night.
While Mrs. Cleveland did not want to alarm their friends by
telling them that her husband was quite ill, and, in fact, lead
them to believe that he was no worn . it became known that be
took a slight turn for ihe worse yesterday afternoon. There was
nothing alarming in his condition howi vt^and thi former. Pres-
hai.j.y.
had
Belegales lo Slaie IMi n
turned Freni Atlanta.
They Were Greatly Elated and De
clared That They Got Everything
That They Wanted.—Authorities I
are Still Looking for Alleged Em- j
bezzler—Negro Teacher Sues Pa-1
per. |
Savannah, Ga., June 21—Chatham!
county's delegation the Democratic (
state convention returned to the city |
this morning from Atlanta tired but j
They Lad been to Atlanta j
I attracted more attention j
other county delegation and
i their presence felt. Mayor 1
Herman Myers, the leader of the
delegation, was particularly pleased j
with the consideration shown to j
Chut hum. "We got everything we j
asked for," said one member of the I
delegation this morning, “except ai
local option plank in the platform. J
That was much desired by the Chat
ham county delegation, although no
great fight was made for it when we
saw the tenor of the delegations from
other sections of the state. We
realized that the prohibition plank
would havo to stay.”
Still Searching for Alvarez.
The authorities are still searching
for Joseph Alvarez, a young man em
ployed as teller of the Savannah Gas
Company. He Is said to be short In
hla accounts something like $3,000 or
$5,000. Mr. John W. Golden, the vice
president nnd manager of the com
pany, was much distressed because
of the shortage as he liked young
Alvarez very much. He had taken
him into the office as an office boy
and had seen him steadily promoted
to an office and position of trust. It
Is expected the young man will be
Caught and prosecuted by the bond
ing company which will have to make
the shortage good.
» Wright Sues Negro Paper.
Wright, the president
Georgia' State Industrial Col
lege,^who Is about to lose that posi
tion, according to rumor, has just
entered suit against the three pro
prietors of the Savannah Tribune, the
colored newspaper In Savannah for
libel. He alleges that he wag libel
led when the newspaper accused him
of using a forged proxy at the .Ma
con Republican convention. One of
the owners of the paper who la sued
s J. H. Deveaux, the colored collector
of the port. The others aro C. C.
Deveaux, a mall carrier and brother
of J. H.. and Sol C. Johnson, the edi
tor of the paper.
Medical Societies Consolidate.
The local medical societies w
onsolldated nt a 'meeting held Inst
night under the head of the Chatham
County Medical Society. It was al-
o decided nt the meeting to hold the
semi-annual convention of the First
in*-
lego.^ivti
idW’nt passed a fairly eood niuht, notv. thstanding tho oppressiv
heat. When Doctors Bryant anil Lockwood visited him this
morning they found him indisposed, ns one of them termed it,
and Dr. Carnochan, of Princeton, was asked to step over to the
house.
This was before 8 o'clock. Shortly after Mr. Cleveland
seemed to fail. The physicians recognized the symptoms and
immediately arrangements were made to combat the attack.
With every resource at hand they worked over him, but he ‘in-
ally lapsed into unconsciousness and do d it 8:40.
Mrs. Cleveland is prostrated but her physicians have mat
ters well in hand.
There was consider.,ble discussion last night, occasioned by
ttye visit of Dr. Bryant, the Cleveland fa■■ ily physician, to the
Cleveland home, but Mrs. Cleveland, n discussing this with
friends later, said there was no occasion for alarm, and that
Mr. Cleveland was getting along niee'v This re assurance un
prepared his friends for the news of his death.
Mrs. Cleveland was at home when her distinguished husband
passed away. The Cleveland chililr. n are at Tamworth, the ronKrcsslona , Dlstr!ct So< ., ety ttt Tv .
Cleveland summer home. The Clev-I mils came here from hoe nnii Savannah on July 11th. The
Lakewood and intended going to 'Tamwi rth as soon as the tx-
president gained sufficient strength.
The following statement was issi: d bv doctor Joseph D.
Bryant, George R. Lockwood and J. M. Carnachan, regarding
M. Cleveland:
“Mr. Ceveland for many years has st: fTered from .attacks of
eastro intestinal origin. Also he has I ng standing organic di
sease of the heart and kidneys. Heart failure, complicated
with pulmonary thrombosis and oedema, were immediate causes
of his death ”
Mr Cleveland's serious condition dates back some weeks.
Recently he had been at Lakewood, N J., where constant re
ports of improvement in his condition were issued. He remain
ed at I.akewood several weeks anil about a month ago was suf
ficiently recovered to be taken to his lv me at Princeton in an
automobile.
It is announced that the funeral of Mr. Cleveland will be
held on Friday and that it will he strict I v private.
SURVIVING MEMBERS OF CLEVELAND’S CABINET.
The surviving cabinet officers of President Cleveland’s ad
ministrations
TO SOLVE MUNICIPAL PROBLEM
Laporte, Ind., June 24.—Municipal
problem, of greet variety will be
wrestled with at the annual conven
tion of the Municipal League of In
diana, which began here today. The
Secretary ot State Olney, Secretaries of the gathering was called to order this af.
Treasuty, Carlisle and Charles S. Fairchild, Setretaries of the ternoon by President J. t. McNary,
Interior I). R. Francis, Hoke Smith anil W. F. Vilas, Attorney ®f Logansport. Mayor Darrow wei
General Judson li irmon, Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson. comed the vl,, * or *' f° r whom respon
ses was made by Mayor Duggan of
visiting doctors will bo Riven a splen
did time by their Savannah contem
poraries.
A Thousand Dollar’i Worth of Good.
“I have been afflicted with kidney
and bladder trouble for years, pars
ing gravel or stones with excrurtnt-
Ing pain." says A. H. Thornes, a well
known coal operator of Buffalo, O.
'1 got no relief from medicine until
I began taking Foley’s Kidney Cure,
then the result was surprising. A few
doses started the brlck-dust-llke sub
stance and now I hare no pain across
my kidneys and I feel tike a new msn.
It has done me fl.ono worth of good."
Foley’s Kldnney Cure will cure every
form of kidney or bladder disease
Ingram & Ramaey.
sum
And many other painful and seriona
ailments from which most mothers
suffer, can he avoided by the nse of
“MClf’l Fries*.” This great remedy
is a God-ser.d to women, carrying
them through their most critical
ordeal with safety and no pain.
No woman who use3 ‘‘Mother’s Friend’’ need fear the suffering
and danger incident to birth; for it robs the ordeal of its horror
and insures safety to life of mother and child, and leaves her in
a condition more favorable to speedy recovery. The child ia
SSS Hnnicn*
its weight in gold to every ■■
woman, and will be sent free in plain
envelope by addressing application to
Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlanta, Ga.
There is no dyspepsia cure.
A weak stomach is like a lame
snkle. Nature must do the curing.
All you can do is to reliev* the
stomach, as you would the lame
snkle.
Stop the Irritation of undigested
food, which is the source of pain.
Let Kodol, for a little time, do
the stomach’s work. Then see how
quickly the stomsch recovers.
You may say. “Tve tried di
gesters before, but they don't lead
to a cure.*
But wbat digesters were they?
They were digesters depending
mainly on pepsin, which digest al
bumen only.
They had no effect on starch, or
fata, or phosphates—on the main
part of your food.
They aided not at aft In bowel
digestion, which means half of di
gestion.
No wonder they failed.
Ail the food which they could
not digest was left to irritate th,
delicate stomach lining.
Kodol does not faiL Whatever
the food, or the mixture of foods,
Kodol will always digest iL
Its action is instant and ita re
sults complete.
Our Guarantee
On the first dollar bottle of Kodol
your druggist gives a ligned guar
antee. If it faila to do all we claim,
your druggist returns your money.
You take no risk whatever. This
$1.00 bottle contains 2yS times as
much as the 50c bottle. Made by
E. C. DeWitt & Co, Chicago.
I TEASPOONFUL
OFt.L.L. IS A DOSE
Taken night and morning it relieves INDIGESTION.
CONSTIPATION, BILLIOIJSNESS, HEADACHE
and all the ills coming from a neglected LIVER. •
CONSTIPATION is or«e of the curses of civilization and the
many injurious nostrums taken for relief only help the trouble.
Tho bowels arc freed at the time of the poisonous refuse, but they are left
enables i'
work ’
l L.!,. is a r
— ... com 'oujjJwyxl lagAre’s remedy put!
vordct.t form. Sold by all Fit st Class
LAMAR, TAYLOR <U RILEY* DRUG CO.
Macon* Georgia »
FOR TORPID LIVER
you as a business man. Get the right bank back of you,
and your business will grow more profitable,
The Citizens Bank
>' Valdosta, Georgia
is the largest bank in the .■>[ outside the large cities.
It is the best bank for you to do business with. With an
aggregated capital, surplus and undivided profits of more
than $350,000.00 makes it impregnable—superior to any
conceivable financial disaster.
J. F. Lewis, President, W. H. Briggs, Vice Pres., W. Coley, Cash.
W. H. Griffin
A. Converse
DIRECTORS:
T. B. Converse
J. G. Stevens
IJ. W. West.
T. S. McKey
J. L. Staten
Will Cur. Consumption.
A. A. Horren. Finch, Ark., write.:
"Foley’, Honey snd Tar 1, the best
preparation for cough,, colds and
lung trouble. T know that It haa
cured conaumntton tn th. tint
stage**' Yon never heard ef any one
utng FoleV, Honey and Tor and not
being satisfied. Ingram A Ramsey.
Th, Beit Pll*. Ever Sold.
-After doctoring J1 year, for chron
ic Indigestion and spending over two
hundred dollars, nothing baa done me
aa much good** Dr. King** New Ufa
Pill*. I Conner then, th. beet pin,
v ever sold." writ., B. F. Ayecue, of
N. C. Sold trader guaran-
th. drug .tores, Me. A. E.
i and W. D. Dunaway.
. A SKETCH OF MR. CLEVELAND'S LIFE.
Grover Cleveland was born at Caldwell, N. J., In 1837, tho ton of *
Presbyterian minister..
Studied law at Buffalo, N. Y., and hl» advent Into public life w» aa
assistant district attorney. Was later sheriff of Erie county, N. Y.
Elected mayor of Buffalo, N. Y. f In 1881.
In 1882 was elected to the governorship of New York 8tate.
Nominated for President by tho Democratic conven*lon at Chicago, In
July, 1884, and defeated Jas. G. Blaine.
Was married to Mist Francis Folsom, of Buffalo, N. Y., at tho Whito
House on the evening of June 2, 1886. x
Wat re-nominated by the Democrats at St. Louis, in 1888, but was
defeated by BenJ. Harrison. ' ,
Nominated for Prosldsnt by tho Democrats for the third time at
Chicago, In 1892, and defeated BaJ. Harrison.
Retired to privato life, devoting much of hit time to literal^ pursuits
at the end of hie second term as President
Lafayette. Routine business occupl
ed the remainder of the Initial ses
sion. This evening Mayor Schllllnger
of Richmond, delivered an address
on the subject of municipal owner
ship of electric light plants.
Chills. fever and malaria sufferers
can aow obtain Wood** Liver Medi
cine in liquid fora. Regulate* the
Mver, kidneys and bladder, relieves
bilHotraeae. sick headache, consti
pation, fatigu® and weakness. It's
tonic effect on the entire system Is
felt wftfc the first dose. Pleasant to
take. Clears the complexion quick
ly. $1.00 bottle contains 1 1-8 times
the • quantity of tM 60c size. For
sale by Ingram * Ramsey.
Sun Eclipse Next Sunday. j
There will be an eclipse of the
sun next Sunday morning which will j
be visible in this section. The eclipse I
will start on at a quarter past eight •
In the morning ami will go on from ;
west. It will be at the center |
about half-past nine o’clock and will j
gc off at half pa>*t eleven.
The sun will have seventy-eight per j
cent of Its surface covered. This will J
not all he visible here, however, but j
there will probably appear more than j
half the surface covered here. Tampa!
Florida Is the line on which the larg
est percent of eclipse is visible.
WMTEPBga*
l*Farm or ■
A groat many people mistake kid
ney or bladder trouble for eometblng
else, because weak kidneys generally
affect nearly all hte rest of the bod7,
canting depression, tired feeling, ach
ing limbs and body. A sharp pain
In the Email ot the back la • sure
sign that It 1, the kldneye or bladded
and the rheumatic pains that you are
Ukely to have any place la uauaJl7
duo to the kidneys that have become
weakened. Take DeWltt'a Kidney and
Bladder Pills. We sell and recommend
them. Ingram A Ramsey.
NATURrS OWN IRON TONIC
A remarkable combination ot Sulphuric
a the Strongtat
and all Skin aiHictic .
Dose: Tea to ubleepoonful.
11 your drug gilt cannot supply you.
w« will make you a trial shipment.
’W&StSSSSS’
mjtch:ess minimi water co
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