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Handling' the Convict
Call* fop Plenty of Time—The An
ti Lobbying Law* and the Reglstra-
Ion Lawa,AI«o
almost-neglected.. After
August
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Pv -'VAtlau$>.->fth.. August 6—-Through,
u*-^**Qovernijfc SmLtli^.,spl»<tlmcsaage
_ TVWrtOTsignitBta^
f signifying hlsyi^lllimtirs? ,
to call se.ssroii oFlJie general '
assemlfly to settle the convict .ques
tion, and the action of 1 jfoa,’fca)ste> In
side-tracking that" question to work
on other bills, It Is pretty well as
sured that an extra session will be
called. After calling attention to
, the fact that the session Is nearly
over, Governor Smith said In his
message: * * ,
“The necessity for wisely handling
the coqTlct question Is so great that
It Is entitled to the fullest time for
thorough consideration. I fear (bat
It .will be Impossible for you -,to give
this subject the tali' consideration
twWCh you may desire between now
\ end the close of the session without
displacing many other Important bills
■* whleh'are almost ready to be enacted
Into laws.
Into* the ballot box legally
or Illegally. The time for protecting
our elections and preserving \tp the
quaUfledxyoters the -right ..to.control
the aknirfftot the state Is before the
ballots go Into the ballot boxes, and
new registration laws to prevent -41*
legal, vbtlna are' ahjwJplfilptohdfooW
to th^ votesalbl Georgia are to have
A -falr opportunity to jwfpyjheir
vleMg^pd^ftllr.Nit pnmary else-
- j U<jns!V%trhheke thlee pieces of le|
Isely latlon I especially call yourtjttgit
Question and respectfully urge-Jfrat jtltoV'
you have already done upon them 1
brought to completion. To postpone
these subjects to another
would require much of Jft
*> donet^m sgJ3»!fV>' K
}“B;duftirr There are pending before
j-du Mils to appropriate money to
the', state college of agriculture and
lessagrjt-^e eleven district agricultural
schools. These Institutions aremf
vast Importance to th**peppltf of-the
state. They ai-e in a critical condi
tion. W£ mast give them support
now."
•^tJqdeAs these ...sftcumstances J 'de-
sire to assur^ you of my perfect read
iness to call an extra se“‘— r * ja —
) legislature Immediately
-close of toe present sessl
lness to call an. extra session of too
after the
sesslbn at which
you can act upon too convict ques
tion. Without Intending to question
the Importance of other bills to whloh
I do not refer, permit me especially
to call your attention to fourmatters
of legislation pending before yob upon
which I urge the necessity for ac'ion.
“First. Each of your bodies hag-
passed an anti-lobbylng bill. It re-
legislature Imagination,
After this had
Men read In
who could per
form a mitJo^gftQgt Jfci>wjStf- could
cause a etfarig© of God’s taws of gov-
ernment of toe universe. ifThe Old
Testament miracles aarnOpated by
chiefly
senate, Senator Henderson' offered
the following resolution, which was
adopted by a vote of 24 to 6:
“Resolved. That all bills now pci
ding nefore the senate dealing wit.
or undertaking to dispose bf the con
victs ho passed, pending the action
of the governor as to whether SC
call an extra session
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quetslon. ’JL
“Provided, however,, that senate
bill No. 199 (toe Felder convict lease
bill) Bhall be and remain a special
and continuing order each day
the session, immediately after Hhe
mains for them to reach an agree
ment upon which both may approve.
“Second. There Is pending before
each of your bodies a primary elec-
lton law, which, among other things,
will fix the time for holding our state
primaries at a date not earlier than
sixty days before the date of the elec
tion.
Third. There Is pending before
each of your bodies a registration
bill. The enactment of new laws with
reference to registration sems to be
a necessity. At present all over the
state tax collectors have been in the
habit of allowing men to sign the vot
ers' list without requiring the affida
vit prescribed by law to be sworn be
fore names are signed to the lists.
This custom naturally has led to il
legal registration.
“The work of the registrars undcn+L
the present law Is postponed to ouch
a date that no benefit Is derived from
purging the voters’ books before our
primaries. Indeed, the work of the
day. 1
The sengtgj yesterday .pasted toe
Joe Hill Hall bill .whlcuTaofends >«“ ,
constitution so counties desiring may .. . _ . . at— ,
levy a social tax to thelntatninipun.
ty police. It le a measure simply giv
ing counties power to make euoh pro
vision It they so desire, and It Is not
obligatory. ' The senate was discus
sing the Felder convict bill when the
hour of adjournment! was reached.
An Old Valdosta Times.
.Mr. James Hunt haB a copy of The
Times that was printed twenty seven
■Jeers ago. Among the Interesting
ltoniB of news It contained was a
notice of the marlage of Col. and Mrs.
E. P. S. Denmark.
It also had an account of the for
mation of the Valdosta Brass band,
Messrs. Joe Ham, H. L. Boone and
other cltlsenB being members. The
Times was doing Us full share for IJu
enterprise for, besides contributing
$10 In money to help it along, It was
also furnlnshlng one member, accord
ing to the report. We presume that
member was the editor, Mr. C. R.
Pendleton.
Old copies of Thb Tlmee furnish a
good deal of In’.res ting reading, and
.they also give the only record of
its In the county during the forty
years. -— —
that
ed Into walls, leaving a dry path.
The psalmist also In this group tells
ab$ut mountains bowing down and
Utile bills skipping* like lambs. This
doesn’t mislead anyone Into believ
ing that this occurred; then ' why
should the other?
“The third group Is of miracle sto
res, with legendary basis,” declared
ofessor Willett, “such as that of
man raised to life after being
Slled In battle, his body being drop-
in Ellsha’r tomb and touching
prophet’s bjnes—more , legend,
Its Old Testament form to glo-
jrjfy Elisha.
“My fourth group of Old Testament
Natural, Laws, or are the. Results of \ miracles includes those, which violate
and. Exaggeration—Dl-
Into Four Groupes.
A Chicago dispatch to the Herald
55
says;
*<No man evei
not only prooaMlltj but piorals. an*
therefore cannot be taken us authori
tative demonstration from God of the
stoics of his religion, The. destruction
of jhe children by bears at Bethel nt
Elisha’s command Is one of these.
Tito death of Una at punishment for
bis efforts to sustain the tottering
arlc le another.®*
legend and jhould not he taught chil
dren as literal description offaota.
You cannot teach children Id school
of the unchangeablO-laws of nature
and : fopn, toarffi^lem In Sunday
schools that these laws are at times
broken by God or Hit propjut;.”
In this langukA^rOfusqc&srhert
U Willett;''Df HWVttllversIty of
Chicago Divinity School, outlined hit
MMMhat toe^OttKTmament ao-
ctrants of mlraculous-fe*t« an large
ly Imaginative. “I harp divided toa
miracles of Oh* Old Testament'into
four ^roupeA egt4--ProfesKif ‘willett
* “My first group Includes minpla nar
ratives apparently bated on fact, but
confirmation of the. journal on each „ wr ateP The- ten plagues of
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WHAT OF THE COLLEGES?
District and 8tate Agricultural Col-
. leges Depand Upon a Bill.
; ^luch interest In the legislature to
day centers around the appropriation
measure which will be oalled up dur-
lnff the day by Chairman Murphy
ler in the house, for on the life
andi'death of tola bill largely depends
or death of the State Agricul-
.liege at Athens and toe elev-
lonal District Agricultur
ist the state. ft
week toe committee reported
fav^fsbly on two bills, which will
allow these colleges to open their
doprs to the students of toe state on
September 1st The flret of theee
to approximate $26,000 Jg|utoe
year 1908 and »60,000 / fo^ tjfJyear
" 109 fnr the support and maintenance
agricultural, college at Athens,
aeries of unusual dlsssters which vis,
"" “■ ghlifiri~
niHh
toe -speaker,'“to point out HMtoQdfland pure food tag*
befriended them and to fre@g|pip- gjjpcultural Department to
selves of bondage. < the eupport and maintenanoe of toe
“There Is toe miracle of the restor-L lOTen aigtrlct , e hool«. This will
Ing to life of the Shunamlte’s son each , cll00l $7,600, Which will
I do not question that the greaf pro- G Bu fg c lent to operate for one year,
phets did heal sick, as we know of| A {j ae|!e ,51,001a j, ttVe been complet-
I and the corps of Instructors select-
That was a first class rain
fell in toe city this afternoon and It
ought to go far toward breaking the
hot spell In this section.
men today "who have a magnetic or
other power to heal, bnt the son prob
ably was not yet dead, except by
reason of the narrator’s exaggeration.
“Of the crossing of the Bed Ben
by the Children of Israel during their
escape from Egypt we have two ac
counts. In toe prose account ws are
told In a matter of fact way that they
crossed at a time when the wind had
driven back the water*. The nat.a-
tlves ol the miracles of creation, to
my mind, are fancltcl accounts of
toe succeislve step* of evolution as
we understand It today.
“The aecond set of tale* of mlfaeu-
Iona happenings contains thoae based
on llgurea of speech, which hare no
basis of fact, Ineluding the command
of Joahua to the ann and moon to
stand still, as told In the poetical hook
of JoAua. |\‘
“In toe fifteenth chapter of &oini
we have the poetical account of to*
crossing of toe Red Sea. Here we
are told that toe water* piled them-
selves up on each side and congeal-
MEHBER8 IASI 10
IfSIlff.
General Evans Will Slinulder
Burden of Responsibility.
An Effort to Throwf the •lame Upon
Others Dose not 8ult him at All and
he Will be Heard—Two Dally See-
alone of the House Ha* Been Com-
menced—Graves Doming to Geor
gia- ,
Atlanta, Ga., Auguat 6—Members
of the prison commission will be the
hast In all probability to teltlfy be
fore toe Investigating committee, and
their testimony may take up the bal
ance of the week, as It Is understood
that they claim toe right to Introduce
the necessary witnesses In their de
fense. It hat been understood that
General Clement A. Evans will not
be called on to appear, but he will
insist on going on toe etand. General
Evans aaya he la a member of too
commission and that toe actions of
tbs enthw body has teen criticised.
Ha neither am or destree exemption
and declares that he Is ready and wil
ling for every action of hie official
career to be eloeely scrutinized. The
three members will be examined, al-
Secretary Goodloe Yancey. Tha
Investigation may conolude tola weak,
or it may go ahead Indefinitely. With
to* feeling that an extra session le
pretty, certain no attempt will be
made to rash matters, but the : com-
wll\ go to the bottom of (things
meeting of tha Independence Leag
uer*, will be held her*, for the purpose.
of nominating a candidate.fori
or, and that the new paper will ha.
started- In .tlma to euppoij fljat can
didate vigorously. It la said Colonel.
Grave* may b* editor in cpiet.pf the
new paper. Among tboae3ieatfoaed
a* possible candidates for. the gov-
ernorehip are Yancey Oarteyot Hartp^
Judge E. J. Regan, of iMcPonnougb;
J. Pop* Brawn, of Pulaski, and Judge
J-,K. Hines, of Atlanta. The leaibafo 1 '
wni wage a vigorous battle in Geor-
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HOT CAMPAIGN IN ILLINOIS
18 DRAWING TO A CtOSE.
Chisago, III., Aug. #—One of the
moet Interesting and exciting political
campaigns Illinois haa seen In years
aim tha flrit to be )T$IIllinita'n|ha nrl-
mary system l's rapidly nsarlng a fin- ’
Ish. Tha and will ePme next Satur
day, when the voter* of all p'aftle*
will express their preference for the
nominations for all state officer* from
governor down, for members bf con
gress, for county official* and for
members of the legislature which will
have the choosing of a United States
senator to succeed Albert J. Hopkins.
Tha fight la Interesting on both the
Republican and th* Democratic aids*.
On tha Republican aide ex-Governor
Richard Yataa la fighting bitterly to
wrest tha gubernatorial nomination
from Governor Donees, who la a can
didate for renomlnetlon, and ex-San-.
ator William E. Maaon In the tym*.
manlier wants to capture the seat of
United 8tates Senator Hopklha, who'
neither'desires nor expects to ralln-
qulah the toga for six year* to com*. ,
A third aeplrant for the seat of Ben-
ator Hopklna la Congraaeman Georg*
E. Fosa, of this city. Ha did ndt enter
tha race until after tha othans had
I a good start, but hla cam-
hhTbean. of a whirlwind va-
rlety that haa forced both Senator
Hopklna and ex-senator Maton to put
on full speed# *'•
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Dally! Sessions of Houtei' / Newt Notes from
Beginning yesterday, the hoqoe be® Stockton, Gn., August
gan holding two dally sessions, and Timmerman, who has hem out
Jin addition to the scientific study
of agriculture, the practical side will
be gone Into. Cattle raising, dairy
ing and soli tests will constitute three
principal lines of outdoor study.
1 With the recent growing popularity
of cotton »eed meal mixed with hulls
as '* cattle^feed haa come the lncreas-
‘ed attention to live stock railing
dud dairying, for It haa been found
that this la not only the cheapest,
but the best cattle feed that can ho
secured end wonderful result* are
belpg obtained wherever experiment*
are.anade.
In the toll teats, that well .konwn
commercial fertiliser, cotton seed
meal mixed with kainlt and phospho
ric aaid, le being used to a great ad
vantage, for It le found to bo most
adaptable to tha ton them tolL
The .actlcp of the houae on these
meaaurea will he awaited with much
Interest |
will oontlnne until toe end of the ses-
■Ion. t The house yestordgy spent prac
tically tha entire forenoon dlscnaalng
the service pension bill of Mr. Fos
ter, of Cobb, and finally adopted It.
It provides a pension tor every Con
federate veteran In the state worth
less than one thousand dollars and
every widow of a veteran who has
not re-married since 1870.
After some discussion the house
fixed today for discussing the bill Of
Mr. Wise, of Fayette, relative to near
beer. Mr. Wise has withdrawn toe
section fixing the percentage of al
cohol at one and one-half per cent,
and the measure now carries only the
provision fixing a tax of $200 on all
dealers, and $600 on manufacturer*.
Graves to Fix Thing*.
Frpm reliable eources It le learned
thitl john Temple Graves, gaeodetg
editor, of The New York American,
and Momlnea tor vice president of
toe Hearst League, and David Carval
ho, general manager of Heerat’a pa
pers, will be in Atlanta next week for
toe purpose of perfecting plan* for
new morning paper—another one
in toe string of Hearet’a papers. In
tote connection It la aald that a moan
Mississippi for some time Is at "homo
again. L
Mieses Daisy Baltllff and Temple
Patterson, Messrs. J. I* Cretfo and
H. L. Tomllneon and Mrs. R. G. Rat
liff joined some of the Brooks county
folk* on a picnic at Bine Springs yes
terday. They reported a good time.
Miss Lota Pen land le visiting rela
tives at Lake Park. ,
Miss Temple 'Patterson, of Knox
ville, On., who haa been speeding
some time with her elster, Mrs. R. O.
Ratliff, loft yesterday to spend a tew
days with relative* a near Blue
Bpringa before returning, home.
Prof. Jonee, of Valdoeta, was shak
ing hands with friends here Wednes
day.
Mrs. 8. E. Ratliff and family, of
Blanton, were visitors bare last Ban-
day. , .
Mrs. F. Fender, of Naylor, epent
yesterday with Mr*. J. ft Foremen.
The , young peopje here are having
some lively entertainments toll week.
The Sunday school work here •• Im
proving.
The protracted meeting will begin
here at the Baptist church next third
Sunday. ■
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This Hardware Store Solicits and Appreciates Ladies’ Patronage.
Closing Out All Summer Necessities
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
Garden Hose, Lawn Mowers, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks, Water Coolers, Water
Filters, Screen Doors and Windows. -
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HARDWARE Harley stands for Hardware
WHITE PINE
H eadquarters.
Valdosta, * j Georgia.
AND DOORS.
See how the names link V t!
together.