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THE VALDOSTA
JAP QUESTION
NOT SETTLED
The Matter Still Discussed wi
More or Less War Talk.
thl* time but the aiicrial officer* of
Wall.
the Coaat Line are hot on hla
WARM ROW IN ATLANTA.
Waihlngton, Peb. 3—"Tbe J»pa'
aese question la not settled, no man
ter wbat action the California legla-
lature has taken, or may take. Dis
cussion of theniubject—accompanied
with the usual war talk—will
with ua again wltbln six months,
and will continue to come up every
now and then upon a moment's no
tice until It la settled definitely. At
Ike request of the president, who Is
anxious that this country does not
-get Into an altercation with Japan
at least while he Is In office, the so
lution of the Japanese problem has
been put off, or delayed. No good
ever comes from putting off until
tomorrow what should he done to
day."
The speaker was Congressman
Ersra A. Hayes of California, who Is
probably a closer student of the
Japanese question than any other
member of Congress.
He Is not only familiar with the
tamper of the Padflc coast residents
relative to the little brown men, but
also understands the President's
position on the subject. President
Roosevelt and Mr. Hayes have held
more than a score of conferences on
the Japanese situation within the
'last two years.
.That Is why the writer asked Ur.
Hayes to run the risk of being term
ed a “Jlngolst" by discussing the
Japanese question!as he understand*
It through having studied It more
thoroughly than any other member
of the House. '
“There Is one way, and only one."
says Representative Hayes, “to
solve the Japanese problem for
good. That Is, for the United States
to pass an exclusion law that will
exclude all Asiatic laborers. The
administration Is against a measure
-that excludes Japanese, because It
jfOars, the pride ot the Japanese may!
?bn' offended. Japanese pride would _____
be offended, there 1e no doubt about-
that. But we patted an exclusionj FREIGHT TRAINS O
law agalnat the Chine**, and it la WENT TOGETHER
-still being enforced. We were not!
afraid of hurting the pride of the
Chinese. Nobody ever thought of
inch a thing. -
" Do we hesitate to pass a
POLICE OFFICERS
AFTER 0. R. HULL
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RELIEF
AGENT 18 WANTED FOR FORG
ING MONEY ORDERS.
Savannah, Ga., Feb. 3—The police
of Savannah and the special officers
of the Atlantic Coast Line railway
have been* asked to keep a lookout
for O. R. Hull, relief agent of the
Coast Line, who Ja alleged to have
taken a blank book of money orders
from the Southern Express Com*
pony at Winokur, In Charlton coun
ty, and to have made out aeveral of
them for various amounts.
Several of the orders have appear*
ed at the Savannah office to be cash*
ed and the Company has Issued
warning against others being cash
ed. The stolen book of orders was
numbered from 83.400 to 83,499.
It la alleged that Hull went Into
the office of the company at Win-
okur and placed the book I;
pocket. He has Ailed out several
of the orders for $r»0 each and has
ancceeded in getting the cash for
them.
He has not been arreftted up to
ROLL
IES. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1909
♦
A
OF MINERS.
One Commlaaloner I* Mad Becauta
of Public Policy of Another.
Atlanta, Ga., Peb. 3—Theer la a
warm row on botwoen Commission
er of Public Worka If. I,. Collier and
City Engineer R. M. Clayton,
acute baa become tlxf situation that
Comtulaalonjr Collier aaya that K tb*
original conatructon of atreeta and
ridewnlks war* not taken from offl-
coa of the city engineer he would
hlmaelf become a candidate for En-
rirn-er Clayton's place next year.
lie aaya defective work In that de
partment coata the city mora than
• 1.000 a year. Captain Clayton de
nies the charge, and any* tome rath
er caloric things about officious pop
ple butting |n
■
Only a Filth of ( the Anthracite
Workers Bekng to Union.
New York, FI
plration ot the
the anthracite
orators only a li
condition or tha
the anthracite
feet of Intereat
their employers,
of the United
America, In hi*
Convention at I
plied figures shi
strength of his
In the Ai
In the three
With tb* ex
eat Between
workers and op-
off, th*
union in
la now a sub-
the men and
ildent Lewis
Workers of
before the
ills, has aup-
tbe numerical
laatlon.
District.
Its districts
NOTHING l/ORE HEARD
OF MISSING PLANTER.
FRIEND8 OF W. C-GRAVES CON-
TINUE THE SEARCH BUT
WITHOUT SUCCESS.
THREE MEN KILLED IN
HEAD-ON COLLISION.
SEABOARC
NEAR AB
BEVILLE, s. c., to6ay.
Abbeville, 8. C./ Peb.' 3.—Thrso
- | men were Instantly killed In a head-
Jap- on collision of freight trains num-
anese exclusion law because we are
affald of .Lilian? It looks like
We have submitted to the Japanese
—not compromised at every oppo r -
tunltv. The people of San Fran
cisco. hacked up by the resident* of
California, declared they would not
permit Jnpnnese adults to attend
their public schools and mingle la
the classes with white children of
tender age. The Mikado gave the
nntlomrl government to understand
It would be offended If this condi
tion was not nllowed to continue
The United Stifes gave In and told
the people of Ran Francisco they
would have' to submit to the dealra
of the Mikado.
•“Chen thn California leslslatur
was abo rt to pass some hills regu
lating Japanese within Ike state,
when It became known the Mikado
would be offended It they were pass
ed. The people wanted those bills
passed. The Mikado didn't Tha-'
latter had his way.
“We are maintaining friendly
totlnns with Japan by spoiling her.
Had we passed a Japanese exclusion
Jaw three years ago there would
have been comparatively little oppo
sition on the part of Japan to what
l^cre would he It we passed on*
bers 20 and 29 on the Seaboard ear
ly this morning.
The dead are engineer Moore, fire
man Nlckles and a colared brake-
man.
The trains ntot on a trestle six
mile north of Abbeville.
Both 'ocomotlves and ten cars
■were demolished.
RECEIVERS FOR S. A. L.
It will be that much harder
three yean hence.
“The moat remarkable part of ell
this controversey la that the right*
the Japanese are ao loudly demand
tng In this country are not glvtn to
any foreigner In Japan. Americana
are not allowed to enter th* schools
of Japan: thay cannot own real
estate or engage In mining there.
“It has been asserted from the
highest authority that Japan
keeping faith Jo her promise
keep her labo^R people away from
the United States. Two yean ago
she promised this, and yet during
that year more than 30.000 Japanese
practically all laborers, landed
upon the Pacific coast of the XTaltsd
States. Ijst year more than 15.000
landed: besides this, thousands
hare been landing In Mexico and
Canada, and coming over the bor
der, into the United States
At an eating contest In New York,
a former alderman of that burg,
whose weight la between 300 nd 400
pound*, got outside of 38E oysters,
eight, pounds of steak and It cupa
of l^juuM
Thay Bsach Birmingham, but Know
Nothing of Harriman'a Wishes.
Atlanta, On., Feb. 3—s. Davies
Warlield, senior receiver of the Sea
board Air Line, and IV. A. Garret-,
former president but now chief ex
ecutive to the receiver*, arrived la
this city from Birmingham yesterday
afternoon, and spent several hours
here.
They are Inspecting the property.
Neither would talk about tb* story to
the effect that K. H. Harriman la af
ter the Seaboard.
of Pennsylvania,lady* Mr. Lewis,
the roll of the amtojtodoy 1908 con
tains the names of , 30,851 mine
workers. A* the total number of
mine worker* In thsa* districts Is
170.000 or .thereaboats. the union
fhemkershlp represent* only atbout
18 per cent of the V,Jolo. In one of
the three districts according to Mr.
Lewis's report, there'aro only i,-
517 union mombem 1
District Free frotj trouble.
The agreement between the opera
tors and miners following the strike
of 1902, and the ranetfnl dt the ag
reement In 1905 havifjkept the an
thracite region tfnuauMly free from
trouble for alx yearsP with th* re
sult that tb* men have fait no need
of an organization. Tha iConclliatlon
Hoard established by the Strike Com
mission of 1903. has ftedn on hand
to adjust afiy grievance presented
by a mine worker. When they set-
tied down to work gttFf, the “e*a-
pensiou" of 1903, tbo men began to
Ce dropped from the union roll* for
non-payment of dug*. Recently the
miners declared a cut-rate Initiation
fee. In order to bring this men back
Into the fold. / '.Jr
Demands Drafted by pommlttoe.
The new demands, drafted by a
union committee tor presentation to
the operator*, calf for the abolition
of the Conciliation noa*^*"* *" *“
collection of union diK;
Ms mi of-ilcdjis ,KJ
ftfbor lenders
whatever agre*A3#/l*
extend only on* War,
Savannah, Feb. 3—Nothing furth
er has been heard from William C.
Graves, the resident of Barrys Land
ing, 8. C.. who left Savannah
Friday afternoon of last week to go
home In a naptha launch and wjio la
believed to have been lost In the
cold and wind wblch baa passed
over this section.
The friends of Graves who came
to Savannah to search for him have
been given every assistance post-
ble bat nothing has been found as
to hla whereabouts.
Those who are acquainted with
the waters around Savannah say
that Graves' boat, which was report
ed beached In Port Royal Sound,
coaid not have gotten whtra it wag
without being carried there by oomo
one. It was entirely off tbe coufse
to the home of Graves.
The search for the missing man
will be kept *p as long as there Is
the faintest hope 'of hla rescue.
TO MOULTRIE
CHRISTMAS.
INCREASE IN DRUNKS
SHOWN IN ATLANTA.
OVER FOUR HUNDRED MORE
CASES THIS YEAR THAN SAME
MONTH LAST YEAR.
Atlanta, Ga.. Feb. 3—January Just
passed showed a very perceptlb'e
Increase In the number of arrests
for drunkenness over January. 1998,
the first month prohibition was ef
fective.
This January allowed 505 easel
more than tor January, 1908, the to
tal number of cases being 1,450.
Of this nunfber 1,226 were olty
eases—disorderly conduct, growing
out ot fights and misconduct lp and
about near beer places.
MAGOON IS VERY CONFIDENT.
H* Thinks the Cubans art Going to
Have Smooth Sailing.
Washington, Fob. 8.—Charles E.
a, former governor of Cuba,
three year*.
HEN POINTED WAY TO
WAY
BLIND TIGER’S LAIR.
126 NEGROES ARRESTED
AT PITTSBURG, PENN.
THEY WERE IMPLICATED IN AS
SAULTS UPON EIGHT YOUNG
WHITE GIRLS.
hun-
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 3—One
dred and twenty tlx negroes
arraigned In police-court this morn
ing.
They were given various, senten
ces as the sequence to a sensational
police raid, following sight attempt
ed assaults on white girls In tha ne
gro district doting the past week.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT ROME.
Italian Government Is Embarrassed
by Destruction of Document*.
Rome. Italy, Feb. .1—There waa a
disastrous fire in the government
railroad administration building this
morning.
It destroyed documents which It
is declared will greatly embarrass
tha government .to dupUcate.
ATLANTA POLICE OFF9CER9
OWE SUCCESS OF CAPTURE
TO INOFFENSIVE CHICK.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3—The peril*-
icney dt a hen In hunting a closet In
the home ot a colored woman
covered a blind tiger for the police.
The police hare regarded the place
as suspicious for some time, but
search Saturday failed to reveal any
liquor.
Sunday they returned. One room
and the closet In It was looked. Tbo
negro woman Insisted that It was
rented to a railroad hand, who kept
II locked all the tiro*. Tha closet
door was forced. A quantity of
liquor was found, also a hen neyt
with fresh eggs In It..
Whtl* the detectives gtood talk
ing to the woman, th* hen came la
and sat on th* nest Then th* po
lice arrested the woman, and
finally confessed that ah* owned
the whiskey.
B. It. OFFICERS ELECTED.
Gntaeavllle Midland Stockboldeva
Met In Savannah Yesterday.
Savannah, Feb. 2—Th* Gainesville
Midland Railroad stockholders
terday held their anaaal meeting
and re-elected all th« officers and El
ectors. The Gainesville and Ath
ens Construction Company whleh
w.-ts organised tor the purpose
building a terminal and some mile
age for th« GalneavlU* Midland, hay
Ing served Its purpose, plans wan
made at the ume time to wind up
Its affair*. •
The construction company will
soon go out ot baslnota.
DR. ARMSTRONG IS DEAD.
The supreme court hat decldsl
that the Wall paper trust cannot
collect debts by law. That la ettch-
ln* M «» pretty tight.
Th* Prominent Young Atlanta Physi
cian Died Thi* Morning.
Atlanta, O*.. Feb. 2—Dr. W. B.
Armstrong, aged 35, and oa* ot th*
Madias pbyaldaa* of Atlanta, dtod
thla morning of pnanmonla altar a
brief 111a eat
HI* wife waa Mlaa Ruby Dart, ot
He sniu IMIl SflWfSIlu'flt'sjfartrl
n Cuba wero'ln firit-claas -condition
and that the Oomax administration
would have smooth sailing.
He aald th* people ot Cuba teem
ed pleased wltb the results of Ameri
can occupation. 1
DOWAGER TO VISIT JAPAN.
Romo, Italy, Feb. 3—Dowager
Queen Hargerlta will visit Japan
soon.
Details ot tbe visit have not been
arranged, but It has boon derided
that the Journey will consume four
months and that she will carry an
entourage In every respect worthy
of her position.
COIVILL HOLDS HAT
FOR REPUBLICAN PAP.
Builders of the New Road
Tbe Indications are that there
will be no grass granting under the
feet of the builders of tbe new road
to Moultrie. ,
The company to to be organized
Id a few days and then the work of
flinging dirt vrtll be started In a
hurry. It Is underwood that one
hundred men can be put to work In
a week and that three hundred can
be put to doing things In two weeks
time.
It to generally understood that
contracts have already been let for
the bridge across the Withlacoochee
river. The work 1s to be done by the
meet famous bridge builder In
America. Contracts for the bridge
timber and piling have been practic
ally'made, and another contract for
ties have also been let, or practic
ally so.
Jt to understood that the slogan
of the company will be “to Moutrie
by Christman." That to to eoy that
trains wll Inin from Valdosta to
Moultrie, or from Moultrie to Val
dosta by that time. That means el
even months for the^completlon of
the road.
The promoters of tb© road have
been met enthuelstlcally all along
the route. Tbe people In the country
through which It' will pass seem to
appreciate the fact that It will give
them excrileat advantages for fet
ing to market with thety prodqctg,
besides increasing the vain* ot their
land. They realize the educational
caluo of a railroad, as well as Its
value from other points of view, and
they have very wisely contributed
their assistance toward the selection
of the route. \
The route Into the city has not
been determined upon yet, but ft
will come In from the west side.
Just where the road wiu cross the
river to also a question not yet de
termined. Messrs. Frank Roberta
and W. B. Connolly have busily en-
'n jfinprtof il|jbo rig Jit of way,
and they are now about re*dy*'it> 01
g-anJze their company and begin to
-throw dirt.
Mr. A. F. Langford, who is assoc
iated with them, and who to a practi
cal railroad builder, says that the
Ine can be completed In eleven
, mouth, which will put the two towns
In close touch with each other by
Christmas.
Then Moultrie can come over
here and Join tn celebrates the com-
pleton ot the line.
YOUNG ATLANTIAN GOT Of*
BAND WAGON IN TIME TO AP
PLY FOR A PLACE.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3—Fulton Col
ville, a well known young attorney
of Atlanta, whose allegiance to tha
Republcan par[y is of recent dsttk
will bo a candidate for the position
of United States district attorney
for the Northern district under f
new administration to succeed x Car-j
ter Tate, former congressman from.]
the Ninth district
Mr. Colville said be would not be
gin an active campaign tor the place
until after Tail was Inaugurated.
He was an active member of the At
lanta Taft club.
Washington Once Gave up,
to three doctor*; was kept In bed
for five weeke. Blood potion from a
spider bite caused large, dean sores
to cover hie leg. The dootors fail-*
ed, then “Bucklen'e Arnica Salve
completely cured me,” writes John
Washington, of Boequevtlle, Tex.
For eczema, bolls, hums and plies
its supreme.- 25o at A, E. IMm-
mock’e. W. D. Dunaway's and Ingram
& Ramsey's.
Catholics unserved Candlemas.
Savannah, Feb. 2—The
of Savannah observed Candle
today In each of their churches with
special services. The feast of the
purification of the Virgin Mary
also observed by the Episcopalians
with special communication at ten
o'clock.
For
.Female lib
Yen shield take, Mr fuel*
Otoe milcMe whkh aril ea the
Cerda! If sat a mil’s mdldee.
II Is hr womei. Us fin, huh*
ls|, curative, vcgetaHe Isgndk
•sis, ft dbtd Is th* womanly.
' trtus, rtltvs thdr fill tad M-
r lansfits, sad Md sp tt*
stnafth. , -
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Miss Kelt Smith, ef SwMtMf, lad*
WOMAN’S 8EUEF
The committee which are being
sent to Gomex so early In his admin
istration Indicates that things In Cu
ba ana thus early unsettled.
Syracuse Chilled Plows.
Syracuse Chilled Plows are
ing a new cutting edge all
Handled. All points have shins attached gnr-
way up every time a new point is put on.
John
Deere
Steel
Plows
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WANTS YOUR TRADE.
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA