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THE VALDOSTA TIMES*'SATURDAY. OCTOBER 3,1908
MeREE’S MAY SELL
«liFliUMS
Some of file Best Farm lands In
They May Divide up a Large Tract
Into 8mall Loti and Offer
Real Thrifty Settlers From Other
Sections—It Will Make a Model
Community Close to Valdosta—
Something About Their Lands.
A Times representative spent Tues
day at the palatial home of Mr. O.
Y. McRee at Kinder Lou station, six
miles west of Valdosta, on the Atlan-
tic Coast Line railroad, and during
the day enjoyed a buggy ride of sev-
eral hours over Mr. McRee’s magnifi
cent farm.
The 1 home, which Is situated In
lovely grove Just south of the depot,
Is one of the most beautiful and at
tractive in Lowndes county. Many
things combined to make the day
there a most enjoyable one, by
. means the least feature of which
was the sumptuous dinner prepared
by the good ladles of the home.
It Is an Inspiration for one to drive
over such a farm as that of Mr. Me-
Ree’s. The first thing to Impress
one is the land itself. It Is of a rich
sandy loam, with red pebble, and with
a clay foundation or subsoil.
Just this grade of lands which are
bringing South Georgia to the front
as the finest farming section In the
South. ‘ ' 3 ‘
Ijt Is said stijtlsffbs will show that
ninety tper cent ; of tfthe products of
thej wcffld cin' btf"grown tfi South
Georgia and one njed iSJjt look at
statistics, on paper so much whan
on* can go through a.farm.like "this
and see such a variety growing aitd
haring'fife rest explained to him to
-the man. who. ts seeing to the flrdifc.
while Mr. McRee has not turned bile
attention' to growing peaches on an
extensive scale, he has some of. the
-very finest Siberia peach lands. He
does not. plant ..tobacco now, but
There have been raised some crops
of tobacco on the farm that , would
equal the finest grades now being
grown ln-yast Jiorldi
Alt The fii fares are Interesting
when It oomes to what Mr. McRee 1s
actually doing. Fof Instance, this
yeay-be planted one field of fifteen
acres In Cantaloupes, from which he
gathered an average of 160 crates to
the acre. A fine crop of hay came up
and when mowed It turned out a ton
' per 'acre. The hay grew up again and
the Second mowing Is being done this
'* He will very likely get- ten-'
with this mowing,
had one forty-aqre jhsld In corn
whicB^he tat|
| Theisbame
1.176 bbsh-
4" covered
beggar weeds higher than
head, arid wtttr-grasier of va-
rloij
kinds, it Is one of the finest
pastures Imaginable.V A large bunch
of hogs and cattle were seed: helping
themselves In the pasture and they
are .already In fine condition.
In spite of a sorry stand, a short
drouth and some other drawbacks,
Mr. McRee has a field of thirty acres
In short staple cotton from which he
wtlf get over twenty bales. Some of
Ms lands, however, are making
bale of short cotton per acre this
year. His sea Island cotton will ah
so average well for the year. One
tenant on his farm will average
bale-to every acre and a half In sea
Island cotton. His oats this year
yielded from twenty-five to forty
bushels per acre. After the oats In
some of his fields he planted corn,
which Is yielding a fairly good crop.
When It comes to raising hay for
horses and cattle and ground peas
for bogs, South Georgia can come
near cleaning up the earth. Mr. Me-
Ree has these among his specialties
and bis crop of the two products this
year Is great. He will need a quan
tity of It. however, as he has two
hundred head of hogs and two hun
dred of cattle, besides Just having
sold f300 worth of cattle.
Mr. McRee has several lots plant
ed In cane this year and It Is all fine,
one lot especially so. It la doubtful
If this particular lot can be excelled
In the county. In 1906 he planted a
certain cane patch which made a
splendid yield. He has not planted
It since, but each year has gathered
a good crop of cane from the stub
ble. It will make a good crop this
year, although It Is the third year
stubbles.
Mr, McRee has started a movement
which will mean much, not only for
his community, .hut for Lowndes
county. He Is advertising a l«rS«
portion of his lands for sale, and pro
poses to cut It up Into small tracts
In order that small farmers may have
an opportunity of owning good
homes. He J(.going to advertise It ex
tensively In Middle and North Geor
gia. bod W belleves that hit lands
being of the very best quality, and
lying so near to the station and only
six miles from the city of Valdosta,
with his prices and terms, he will
get a number of those thrifty farm
ers to locate there.
In speaking of the matter Mr. Me-
Ree-said: "I have been contemplat
ing this for some time, and have Je
elded that It Is the best thing for me
to do. If we can get a number of
thrifty farmers to locate In the com
munity our churches will be strong
er and the schools will be better.
The small farmer is what we need,
and when we get them to buy homes
and locate among us the question cl
labor will be settled In a large mess
ure.
"Then, besides, I am trying to cul
tivate too much land. I want to
largely reduce the number of acres
and farm more on the Intensive sys
tem. I am satisfied I will make as
much money as I am now making
and the laboc problem will then not
be near so veylng.
"I have a splendid proposition for
those seeking a small farm. Much
of my lands are well timbered. Some
of It will cut more than three thou
sand feet of lumber to the acre, and
I can so arrange It with straight lines
that each one can have a farm al
ready cleared and stumped, and also
some of this fine timber. As you
have already seen, It all lies well,
and is splendidly drained. If a man
really wants a good farm In a good
neighborhood, accessible both to the
railroad which la sA ; nearby, and to
Valdosta, the best market In South
Georgia, I have the proposition tor
him. Then if one wants to take a
day or so off to fish and hunt, there
Is plenty of quail and game, and the
wlthlacoochee, which bounds my
lands on the north, Is one of the best
rlvdrs for fish In this section of Geor
gia- 6
“7 |fcRp| Twill ?o ^8<it»t f If'
irijd .thereby be thrifUmehljtl
building "up "a fine farm" ConifimOl
atad lfiaotterof the other large land
owners would follow his example,. It
would settle a number : of difficult
problems In Lowndes county.
(A BIG CROWD ON
f
FOR COUt^’^cWMtoaiONER.
The placed* ’ Chairmaa of the
Board of County Commissioners hav
ing been filled by Mr. J. W. Hagan
for the .pae&wo.gMyj^cceptably,
both to th<»»*>arWm»»nilu! 0 ners
and to the people. ..we believe him to
be the best available for the position
and hope he will annonaee.as.a, can
didate for the ensuing terih.
T. MoKey, 0. W.-Varn, J. F. Pass-
more, Willis Lang, J. O Varenedoe,
R. B. Daniel,'iWt'TddMnMB. H. Rob
erts, T. M Ray, J. H. Powell, W. H.
Fletcher, J. H. Touchton, Robert Pet
erson, J. N. Griffin, O,,. JC..Jones, G.
„. Coppage, <f’F._Statcn, Jfip. Staten.
W. S. WilkeSKW jfe- -Voiles, J. T.
Hester, A. B. Smith, G. W. Knight,
J. W. Twitty, J.’ J'. Coppage, W. P.
Smith, C. L. Smith, K. E. Dekle W.
Hitchcock, R. A. Peeples, W.
SltpmS. -R. vB- Myddeltofc % J. JV
er, Pau*‘ Myddelton, A. Cwnvetse,
p.. Jones..... ... .. _ —
response to the solicitation
above, 1 have decided to make the
race for county commissioner and
will, appreciate the support of my
friends and the public at large.
J. W. HAGAN.
10-1-lt sw. It.
faUosirs ffelfllibors Celubraie
Opening o! New Railroad ^
Nearly 8lx Hundred People Cama'to
the City Today on Excursion Over
the Georgia and Florida Road From
Points North of Here—The Visit
ors are Given a Cordial Welcome.'
(From Thursday's Dally.)
The excursion oyer the Georgia
and Florida railroad today, marking
the opening of the new line, brought
big crowds to Valdosta. Our neigh-
bore pald us a visit, and Valdostana
extended-them • cordial greeting. ..
The train from Haalehurat' reach
ed the City about 12:30 on Schedule
time. It was met at the turnout on.
the new road by a committee of twen
ty-five cltlaens, carrying badges with
which to tag the excursionists. May
or Roberts hoarded the engine at tbs
crossing and brought the train Into
the city, with the whistle blowing
and bell, ringing ewery toot of the
way. At the depot the exotirslohlsts,
numbering nearly six hundred people,
were formed In line and marched up
Patterson street and to the Odd, Fal
lows Hall on Central avenue, when
a splendid lunch had/been prepared.'
^he ‘ladles In the party, numbering.
J iout one hundred and. fifty,
et by a committee at 1 Pinkston’s
store and carried up stall?,. where re-
ffeshments had been- prepared for
them.
No pains were spared by t)ie. com
mittee la charge of the ., entertain
ment for the visitors, to mhke/tha
occasion a pleasant fine. The ‘touch
es at. both places wsrs ''ift6ply,
did,, and. enough hgd.;h^-:>r
to feed Sien a largercrowd.
After dinner; there were *
of speeches si the Odd Fellows’ Hell,
Judge W. H. Griffin welcoming th*
visitors'to the city In a ten. minuted
talk which wss applauded to t&e.
HATES WORD "GOVERNOR.”
Marriage Announcement.
Considerable interest is attached to
the anouncement which is made bjr
and Mrs. Thomas MacIntyre
Smith this week. It is of the approach
ing marriage of Miss Sallie Jones to
Mr. Phillip Allison Hui^, of Ken
tucky. The ceremony will be pep
formed at the Paine residence, on
Thursday evening, October 17th, at
eight o’clock.
The couple will be at home at
Beard, Ky., after the 19th Instant
The bride to be Is one of the most
popular young ladles In Valdosta and
she has a host of friends who will
be interested in her approaching mar
riage.
tittle Joe 8aye Executive Hse
Right to Control the Manhood.
The reception accorded Governor-
elect Joseph M. Brown on his visit
to Macon was cordial and enthusias
tic Jn the extreme. Thousands were
& the Grand theater to hear him
speak, and standing room even was
at a premium. In the course of his
remarks, discussing the governor’s
office and Its duties, he said that ne
almost hated the word ‘'governor.”
JI govern you—the citizens of Geor-
you who are my peers In all the
elements of manhood and citizenship.
You, who can make and unmake gov
ernors. The governor Is really the
servant of the people to do your
Will. It was the governor’s duty to
see that the legislative will of the
people .as expressed by their repre
sentatives, he put in fbree.” The
speaker referred to the several co
ordinate powers of government and
said. he did not construe it that the
governor had rights or powers out-
Iflde of the constitution to force leg
islation. "I do not believe theft If
your representatives differ from me
I have the right to come Into
Bibb county and tell you what they
ought to do. Your representative,
art ejected to represent you, not to
represent Governor Brown.
! "When I go into office I am going
to be a tool: I am going to be the
tool of the aoverelgn people of Geor
gia. You are going to be the band
qpd L hm going to he the hammer
5dt that hammer li not going to be
raised to amaah values or to brush
the hearts of the people. It is going
to he used to build up, not to de
stroy.-* ' - ' ■ /
Arrived on Time Today.
■/“ frhe Waycross Herald haa not
deigned td enter The Tlmea' sanctum
pjnee some time before the June pri
mary. What Is the matter with Edt-
-tbr ‘ Perham ? Or, le the - trouble at
thU bndT—Valdosta Time*.
YoiSr name Is on our exchange Hat,
Brother 1 Brantlby, and odr -quailing
clerk, who by the way, 1* a young la
dy; assures us that the sends you our
dally paper every day and" Sunday
too.'The trouble must be at your
you Suggest.—Waycross Her.
JUDGE 0. M. SMITH
ORGESJOriRS
Is Stand by tfm Nominees In Slate
AW'-ftghC Judge, we got that. You
iteei^np "with that end aat. *« will
■iSSFthlfc
VM* Byrd Belote caffe natron. Ms*
Uon uhiu morning:-to. see the .first
train.■)comp In from Haslehurgt pn
echo. Prot McDonald, of Doqgl^, Madlsonlgns came up
with him for the same purpose.
made a splendid speech expressing
the appreclatlori of.jh’i peiple klonif
the new line for the cordial welcome
given them by the citizens of Vjtrnoa-
ta. He was followed by Cok Smith,
of Nashville, .who added hit praise
to that of the hundreds who had giv
en the occasion their"unqualified en
dorsement.
Every town on,/the new line was
represented lq i the .excursionists
Haslehurst, Douglas,
Nashville, Ray’s'Mill and all of the
bfBa». towns Mat --rtprtsentatlve
crowds. One hnndred and seventy-
two came from-Nashville, and near
ly a hundred boiufttd the train
Ray’s Mill
Between seeenty-flve and one hun
dred came up on the eartyteaJn from
Madison ana towns between here
and there.
The visitors-have a half iay to
spend In the city, as the train on
the return trip does not leave until
six o'clock this afternoon,
To the Voters of Lowndes County:
While assuming no authority to
advise, much less to dictate, to any
man how he should vote. I do wish
to express my earnest desire that
every man who participated In the
last primary, vote tor Bryan and for
Brown. For the two B’a.. whether
thCjF'atand tor “Bryan and Butter”
or “Brown and Bread." If Governor
Smith, the defeated candidate can
afford to vote for Mr. Brown, I tall
to see why any supporter of Mr.
Smith should feel that he can’t do
the same thing. / i
Any person feeling that he could
not support Mr. Brown, If nominated,
should, aa It occurs to me, have
steered clear of the primary. Hair
ing taken part In the primary, to my
mind, It will demonstrate manllnesa
and loyalty, and will reflect credit
upon those who opposed Mr. Brown,
and entitle them to more considera
tion In the future, to follow the ex-
wages la. aa mucii^k,buxlM<AnuadasL
his employer; the attorney fa m coon
try town la aa mueh fiagwatnaw-a—aa.
aa the corporation rmintrl Tn a gi— Ml
metropolis; the merchant at a evojsa
roads store la as AuA' i^'liatiiiaiat'
man aa the merchant q*. Maw TBwfcS-
the farmer who goes: forth If (haa:
morning and tolla all day, who to-
glns In the spring and tolla. all ana-
mer and who by the .sPDllegtlan ,«ff :
I bruin and musele to the. natoswf n>
j sources of thd country createa'wvtaMa.
la as much a business -mao ao tn
man who goes upon the bffwfi , «C
trade and bets upon the, piicr: of
grain; and the miners who go Avww
a thousand feet Into the oc-
cltmb two thnusand, feet nppo Cm
cliffs and bring forth from^'to*
Ing places the precious metals to Iin
poured Into the channels of
are ha much business men as the **»
financial magnate* who. In « ~ ~
room, corner the money r o
world.” j'
It will be very much
me If any. Democrat, anfi esi
those who voted ,In the,
should vote for Carter or Taft. INo
de so, as I see lt, wlH b* to jAir'f*-'
to the hands of Democracy's
est foes who hereafter rill '
your calamity and mock w^ien
fear eometh.”
Vote tor the two B’s.
Yours for Democracy
country. O. M.
a - r
8MITHU
Were Married on Yestdrdaju
Mr. William O. Ruls and U1a» l
die L. Youmans were united in m
ample of fbelr defeated candidate r ' a * e > , f ,ter4 »y afternoon atfalfgMOc
and cast their vote for Mr. Brown. three ocloo, < 8t the home of tte -
On the other hand, I fall to see
why any Democrat, who might not
have participated In the primary,
much less thbld who did. should hdt 1 of the contracting pantos wmwfa.
support Mir' Cryu'i'. He la the tore-
most cltlaeif' in private Ilie—personal
ljr ahd p^iuldk|ly—ttti^re Is In thts'
country, If W in the world. Do you
say he la oxtromo? Roosevelt, thf
wildest buck In this oountry, not only
claims,to be, but la, more rabid than
Bryan. If Hoke Smith had anything
to do with bringing on a panic, how
much, more ao did Rooaerdltl .
Strange to say, i find some w,ho
preached that Roosevelt And Smith
and others like them brou|ht on ,th'e
panic in the fight on Smith, who nbjv
do hot seem disposed to, .vote fipr
but (be Roosevelt, ft you
ot a ncere fin June, hr aaaa
woffifi to snf^stt lftyq*..yera,
demonstrate-It by oaf ting your vets
tor Bryan, the map who says; "You
have made the definition of a bosh,
nets man too limited In tta applies,
tlon. The man who 1* employed for
bride's mother soven miles ;
city, on the John-
large number of friends and i
tendance, and the ceremony
formal by Judge T. "M. COOK
-the ceremony a sumptuous '!
'Was^erved. ’ ■ ■ *»
The- bride liua very, pretty
woman and has many
and adjoining cohntles.
Is a ton ot e Fell known, farmer
la a prominent yonng. raan-lo Ur
tlon. Many filendlC.of the
Ing parties wlah them long
health and happiness.
.—-L- ; m
Mr. T. U. Taylor, ftnaamfta
■homaavlrtfc la now Jalaf s»ts
gant or^mJernltm Sit u» .
ThomaavlD
,‘«»nt’ <
. Geprgla and
i *M. dhaokadtoq;
’Qoodlea todayt The freigM meM
passenger agendas of the, I
have -been separated and wffl,,fvl
ture, be kept apart Mr. J. J. Umi
'la the general agent.
Girl Killed at Barwlck.
News was received herb- today of
the death of the little daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Garbutt at Bar
wlck, which occurred In a very traglo
manner yesterday at eleven o'clock
The child was at echool when her
father's two mule wagon came by.
She got Into the wagon and the
mules soon began to run. The driv-
and the girl were both thrown out
and Injured. The little girl was In
aight of her father and as he came
to her she got up and walked to him.
She lived but a moment,, however
after reaching him. The driver was
not seriously Injured.—Moultrie Ob
server.
New Scale for Printer*.
Washington, D. C., SepL 30—The
new regulation goes Into effect today,
by which the pay of the linotype and
monotype operators In the employ of
the Government Printing Office la In
creased from fifty to sixty cents an
boor. f.z. \..J > /te
First Train.
The first passenger train of the
Georgia and Florida going north- left
out of Valdosta this morning
about 8:30 o’clock. It was the ac
commodation train No. 20, and car-
rled several freight cars and a pas
senger coach. i
No 20 met the excursion train com
ing from Haalehurat, at Nashville.
Several passengers got aboard.
Some for Mathis, some for Ray’s Mill
and others for Nashville. Among the
pasengers were J. R. Fitzgerald,
Garland Wilkinson and L. M. Bullard.
Those who watched this flrat train
going north from Valdosta over the
new route of the Georgia and Flor
ida, realized the dream of leading
Valdostana for years.
This might well ba called the birth
day of the new era for the city's pros
perity, as the Georgia and Florida
opens up a vast territory that was
hard for Valdosta to reach hereto
fore.
When completed the road from
Madison to Augusta will touch many
good towns but among them all It
will hare no better friend than Val
dosta.
Orders Sale of the Road.
Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 30.—The United
Statea Circuit court here baa ordered
the sale of the Elberton Air Line,
placing the upset price at $581,262,-
18. The greater part of the stock
la owned by the Southern railroad,
and ’ that road will probahlr buy It
In. It haa been operated by the South
ern for today yean.
Our Style Policy
f - (I *11 rn r :i
Tnti store desires to have it well understood dietka
chief desire is to be knowa for its fair policies. ’’
In keeping with this poHcjjr of fairness it' 1$ ItoUr'
to mark all clothes in which style enters as aa «4e-
ment, that are carried over from one teacao to —-
other in Red Ink, and reduce the price accordingly^
Our customers who arc willing to pay for style aus-
well aa for quality are entitled to the NEWEST mot
best, and we make no effort to sell them any
You see we are not afraid to tako you into our <
fidence and explain to you what many stores t»y Up
conceal.
m.riaa4ja
V Chicago
These marked down suits at the same time' are
genuine bargains for those who are not so particular
about getting the very latest styles.
Our price range in New 1908 Fall Suits is
$12.50 to $30.00
Our price range in goods carried over is
$6.00 to $18.00 \
M. A. Briggs,
One Fair Price to All,
Valdosta, - - Georgia.