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VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1908.
GREAT GR
TWO STATES.
Increasing Actfirity Ib Real Estate
In Georgia and Alabama.
A fereat Man/ Sales in City Realty
and Farm and Timber Lands Have
Been Reported During the Past
■**
Week—Southern Railway to Re
sume Construction on Road From
Stevenson, Ala..
Columbus, Ga., August 12.-The
Georgia and Alabama Industrial In
dex says today In Its regular weekly
Issue:
'‘Increasing activity In real estate
in the two states of Georgia and Ala
bama forms a gratifying Illustration
of the return of normal conditions to
this section of the ‘ Santa A great
many sales in the city realty and farm
and timber lands were reported dur
ing the week ending today and many
of the transactions were quite substan
tlal in their oharaoter, the consider
tion / going high Into the thousands.
the yellow pine market, and lumber
dealer! everywhere in the two states
are decidedly more optomlstlc. The
most conservative business men are
noting and commenting upon the
steady Improvement in business,
whlohhae been- marked for several
weeks, and when it la considered that
this revival Is ooourrlng In the mid
summer season it shows the force of
the reactionary movement now sweep,
lng the county—the rebound from
the panlo of last tall and the rather
discouraging months that followed.
With the-opening of the fall season,
conditions will Improve still more
rapidly, nd after the presidential elec-,
tlon prosperity will be In still greater
evidence. The opinion Is expressed
In many qnartdrs that 1909 will be one
of the beat business years In the his
tory'of the American people, and the
number of enterprises that are now
being projected and the extent of the
development that Is under way in
Georgia and Alabama Indicate that
these two states will contribute their
full part, and more, In bringing about
such condition."
PARSON IS FREE
ONCE MORE
New Jersey
Walks farlft From Prison Cell
The Man Who Figured In the Original
“Affinity" Case ha* Ended hla Con
finement In Jail and Now 8ays That
he Expects to be Happy—Deserts
Wife and Ohldren for Anothsr
Woman. *
While a Arm, healthy tone is evident
in realty all over the two states.
South and Bast Georgia made a par
ticularly. fine showing, lands selling
all the way from 9X2.50 to 960 per
acre. Numerous tracts of land are to
be sold for sub-division, and this in
dicates that the mind of the investing
public is centered upon real estate,
for as a rule these sales are not ar
ranged unless they have been stlmu
lated and encouraged- by industries.
"Announcement la made that the
Southern Railway la to resume
work of constructing its line j
Stevenson, Ala., to Chattanooga,
Tenn., suspended during the late pan
ic. Application for charter for the
Sparks Western railroad was made,
showing that railroad enterprises are
getting in full Swing in South Geer
gla again.
"Athens, Ga., which is making such
a creditable showing these days, hav
ing recently organised a compress
company and an oil company an
nounces plans to build an auditorium
seating 2,000 people, and also the for
mation of a 9300,000 accident in
surance company, thus adding still
more to the prestige of the northeast
Georgia city as an insurance center.
“A largo number of Important con
tracts were let during the week,
smong them contracts for paving in
several cities. Rome. Ga., Montgom
ery, Ala., Huntsville, Ala and other
dtles are carrying out quite credita
ble paving propaganda.
"The organization of four new
banks In Georgia Illustrates the fact
that former conditions of prosperity
are returning. Two other new banks
in Georgia have Just opened their
door*. Several new banking institu
tions have been chartered In Alabama
recently."
"Conditions continue to Improve in
MONEY LENDERS DRIVEN OUT.
Atlanta, Ga., August 12—Consider
able excitement was caused In the
house yesterday when 8eaborn Wright
of Floyd, charged that the senate
chamber floor waa crowded with
money-lenders who were there to fight
the bill of Representative Adams,
Chatham, to restrict Interest to 5 per
cent a month. It waa expected that
the bill would come Tuesday morning,
and as a consequence. the railing or
lobby on tho senate .floor was' pack
ed with ... people- Representative
Wright, who had eome over to
servo things, because ho was deeply
interested In the bill, then made the
charge. The aenate floor waa crowd
ed and the vleitora then went to the
gallery. The bill did not come up In
the forenoon aa expected.
t Mitchell Davenport Shot.
Mr. Mitchell Davenport, well kno’
itf-Moultrle ' ‘ ‘
-elite's tutseb;
ful accident yesterday that will pre
clude his ball playing for awhile at
least. The Tlmes-Bnterprlse gives
the following sccount of Mr. Daven
port’s mishap:
Mr. Mitchell Davenport had a
painful but not serious accident yes
terday afternoon while looking at, a
gun. He picked up a pistol, thinking
that It was unloaded and snapped It
one time. The thing did not go off
and without thinking he snapped It
again with* the Result that a bullet
went through tho fleshy part of his
hand near the wrist and through the,
end of his little finger.
The young man was alone at home
at the time and he came up town and
Jiad Dr. Palmer dress his wound.
Beyond a temporary soreness where
the bullet went through there will be
no serious result. The wound will
heal In a very few days.—-Moultrie
Observer.
Trenton, N. J„ Aug. 13.—At eight
'clock tomorrow morning the doors
of the state prison of New Jersey will
swing open and J. Frank Cordova, the
unfrocked South River pastor, will
step forth a tree man, after having
served three years, four months and
eleven days as a result of hla mls'ajk-
en views on the subject of nfiUnitles.
It was about four years ago that the
case' of Cordova filled columns of
newspaper space and waa discussed
from one end of the country to the
other. It was the original "affinity”
case, antedating by several years the-
squally, famous case of Artist Earle.
Both were^caaes of talented, and. re
spected men who found their alleged
afllnltlea out side their own bouse-
holds, but In their developments and
climaxes the two cases differed wide
ly. In the case of Earle the wife ac
quiesced In the new order of things
and submissively and even gladly
made way for the affinity. But with
Pastor Cordova things did not work
out so smoothly. His wife ,the moth-
of several little .chlldren-caulA
not comprehend the
the affinity ertied,
Farm For Sale.
Ten miles south of Nashville, six
miles east of Cedi, two hundred acres
fifty cleared, one hundred and fifty
acres of timber, two settlements on
It. Apply to J. 8. Stallings, Adel, Ga.,
R. F. D. -No. 3. a-w*ll-2L
“afljnity" creed had taken too strong
hold of him. One day he and Miss
Bougie disappeared from (he village,
the'pastor leaving his wife and chil
dren destitute. He waa found by a
few,' friends who sttll stood by him
au<T persuaded to return to bis for
giving wife. But it was not long un
til the couple again eloped and this
time' all trace of them was lost, for
weeky.' Neighbors eared for the do
serted family, while the oflloerB of
the law sought the guilty couple.
Finally they were found in an obscure
hotel in New York City. The girl
was in a delicate condition. Cor
dova was given the alternative of
leaving his affinity forever and re
turning to his family or to face Im
prisonment for his misdeeds. He
phofe the latter course. After a short
sensational trial he was found
guilty and sentenced to five years in
prison. This term, less the period
taken off for good conduct, will end
tomorrow morning.
According to reports Cordova
pects to make Newark his future
home-- -Miss Bownc, It is said, Is
awaiting for him in retirement with
her child at Ocean Grove. That she
immediately rejoin him seems
In . Cordova refuses to discuss
latter, but says he expectB now
"happy.”
SPECIAL MESSAGE
OF
Gives Ike Soloes His Reason
for Calling Extra Session
Convict Investigation has not Ended
Its Sessions, and It is Important
to the People That It Should do ao
—Senate Began Grinding Away on
Other Matter*—Lid Is Off In' At
lanta.
Cast Thy Bread Upon the Waters.
•!A Reading girl cast her bred# upon
the watere, but Instead of coming
back it killed the flab.—Allentown
Call.
A Georgia girl caBt her bread on
the waters and it came hack the fin-
ucker ever.—Atlanta Georgian.
Hartwell girl cast a biscuit in
Savannah at a fishing party and
there was so much soda In it the
river rose. Ah, ha, ha!—Hartwell
fiun.
That’s nothing. A Loganvllle girl
cast a biscuit of her own making upon
the water and it sank like lead.—Lo-
ganvllle Times.
Charles girl cast her bread
Atlanta, Ga., August 13—Tho spe
cial message sent yesterday by Gov
ernor Smith to the house aud senate,
and upon which the call for extra
session Is baaed, was as follows:
"Permit me once mere to suggest
the Importance of using the last hours
of tho regular session to close up
those matters of legislation now pend
ing before your bodies other than the
convict question.
"It must be apparent from the num
ber of new suggestions that are con
stantly being maae as to the manner
in which this subject Is to be han
dled that no satisfactory conclusion
has been reached upon 1L
“You have a committee
the work of investigation
tentiary system for several
Thie committee, */u not yet finished
Its work. It 1/ utterly Impossible for
this commit/^ to present to you •
full and complete report today. Yon
cannot, therefore, have before you to
day that Information which has been
prepared under your own instruction
that should aid in determining what
disposition should be made on this
case caBlrig for-the\ action ...
law when her own'tearful Dlxedtual
failed to convince the uast»,‘ ii
error of his way*. And. -nor*
fortunately still for the mill'?
band, the scene ot th*- 1-
drama was laid In New Jersey, where
the arm of the law Is long and lets
no guilty offender escape.
The affinity in the Cordova case
was Miss Julia Bbwne, who belonged
respected family in South Rlv-
She was a choir singer In the
church of which Cordova was the
pastor, and both were held In high
esteem by the little flock. But in the
course of time the fondness of the
pastor for the pretty young choir
Blnger became so apparent as to
cause comment. Some of the leaders
of the church dropped quiet'hints to
the paBtor reminding him of his In
discretion. But the hints remained
unheeded and the congregation was
forced to the conclusion that the pas
tor and singer were guilty, of more
than indiscretion. The result of it
waa that Cordova waa removed from
his pulpit and Miss Bowne no longer
sang in the choir.
There still remained a chance for
Cordova to redeem himself, but the
not the near variety—Is being sold'on
every aide. Mr. Richards asserts
that 27 carlloda of beer and liquor
have been shipped toto Atlanta within
a very sport time, and that both beer
and whiskey are being sold openly
and notoriously in all parts of the
city . The league la going to work
to break it up if possible. They will'
again work up prohibition sentiment,
and also apply the pore food law to
the drinks being sold here.
"It isn't near-beer wo are quarrel
ing with,” said Mr. Richards, “it to
the real beer that is coming into At-
lanta in a flood, and Ib being sold ev
erywhere. We realize the difficulty
of securing the proof, but no m.—
who has his eyes open doubts my
statement"
LENDER8 TO BE PR08ECUTED
IF CHARGE OVER 60 PER CENT.
Atlanta, Ga., August 13—If a money
lender In the future charges mono
than 60 per cent a year or five per
cent a month he will be liable to pros-
ecutlon in Georgia. After efforts on
the part of the money lenders, ac
customed to charge from 60 to 1,000
per cent per annum, to kill this leg
islation, the Georgia gtrfkral aaaembl/
hae finally passed It ,Thls Bill was
Introduced by Representative Adams,
of Chatham, and It paassd the house
without trouble. But whan It raaoh-
ed the senate there wa* evidence of
a strong lobby to prevent Its passage.
It was while this bill was under con-
aledratlon In the eenate that Repre
sentative Seaborn Wright mad* M*
sensational charge that th* senate .,
engaged la floor v— ' ev * rrun ehaBc*
of the" pent- ** rW * *> fef “ t A* a
■ral weeks. re,Ult #f h " eh * r 0 e «>• •“» vaaa
cleared and the money landers look-
id on from the gallery.
The bill wee opposed by only nine
senators as follows: Griffin, Hender-
sen, Johnson, Knight, Mattox, Slkea,
Taylor, Turner, and Weaver. Whan
the bill earns up tor passage In the
eenate Tueiday night the opponent!
gave'Signs of, flltlbusterlng. Notice
on them, however, that
would not serve, and the
that bobbed up to catch it was so
charmed with her beauty that he has
been following her about like a dog
ever since.—Albany Herald.
The Valdosta girl cast her breed
upon the waters and even the fish,
charmed by her appearance, are fol
lowing her around as the rats did the
pled piper of Hamlin.
The Orphans Home_.Exeurslon.
The Orphans Home Excursion to
Macon next Wednesday will consist
of two tralhs, leaving Valdosta at
six o’clock and reaching Macon at
11:30 o’clock. The train will leave
Macon- returning at 7:30 In the after
noon- The regular train will leave
on at 4:05 and, of course, will
reach home much earlier than the
special.
Tickets from Valdosta are 92 for
round trip for grown folks and 91 for
the round trip for children.
Guaranteed raw hide buggy whips
from end to end. 26c. Ingram-Hev-
lett Harness Co. , 8-U-dSt-wSt
ttato about spending a few thousand
dollars more to handle it in the most
intelligent and best manner possible.
I, therefore, again urge that you give
the balance of your time to the other
mattere pending before you, leaving
the convict question to be consider
ed at an extra session which
ready to call to meet within a week
or ton days."
Tho senate Immediately side-track
ed legislation along this line and
began grinding away on other legisla
tion. This session will be called elth-
or on August 19 or 24, the governor
not fully determining which date yet.
It Is belleven that the convict
question can be settled within a
couple of weeks at the outside. In the
meanwhile the investigating com
mittee will continue its work so as
to have Its report ready for the ex
tra session.
The Lid Is Off In Atlanta.
According to J. B. Rlohards, assist
ant state superintendent of the Anti-
Saloon League, the lid Is off in Atlan
ta proper, and beer—the real thing,
Atlanta, Ga., August 13—The
pasted the Hardoman-Marttn bill by
the deolelve majority of 118 to 33. This
l« the measure to safe-guard elec
tions. It provides that th* fax col
lector shall keep a voters' Hit when
taxea are paid, and that this list shell
be furnished the registrars. By this
method Illegal registration and the '
”80*1010" are entirely eliminated.
The bill had already patted the sen
ate and It become* a law when Gov
ernor Smith tlgno It
the houte tent the reeolutlon te
atk congress to pate an antl-Jug tow
to tho heel o ftho calendar, which
meant Its death, of course . The sen
ate gave tho state agricultural ool'ege
•75,000, of which 926,0C0' It available
this year and $60,000 next year, t It
waa aloo^jjfinin 930,000 additional tor
expenses Incurred up te Juno 1, 1908.
The eum of $5,000 was given for an
additional bulldln at the experiment
farm, and 95,000 yr carrying on su
gar cane eyrup experiment* at Way.
cross.
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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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