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Twice*A*Week.
VALDOSTA, GA, SATURDAY,
PATTEN TO CORNER
THE COTTON CROP
COUNCIL AND COAST UNE
ABOUT TO REACH TERMS
HUMOR STATES THAT THE SPEC*
1 ULAXOR IS ENGCiEEIUNGBIG
COTTON CORNER.
New York, April 22—-James A.
! Patten, who cornered the wheat
crop, la taming hi* attention to cot
ton, and It 1* believed here that he
alma to corner that .market alao.
He haa already secured 120,1(00
tales, on which his profits are no#,
more than a million dollars. 1
•till buying today on declines.
New York Market Firmer.
New York, April 2#—The cotton
market opened firmer, at an
o( from 4 to 9 points, with active
positions selling at, about 6 to 9
points higher, in response to better
cables. Business was (airly active,
and orders were very well'divided.
Patten Grows Profane.
Trinidad, Colo., April 22—Jas A.
Patten arrived here today and left
shortly afterwards for Vemolo Park*
N. M„ where he will xest up on a
ranch. ’*
When interviewed he answered all
Inquiries by saying: "None of your
damn business.*'
fcL OF CHATTA-
r; AWFUL DEATH
ASLEEP IN HOME.
Chattana
Buol, of ti
in bis hon
The ninrcle
and placed
Buol’s bed,
Buol wa*
who was a
injury.
A posse',
to search h
Is assigned
fT April 22.—Rudolph
1 city, was assassinated
last light whflo asleep
| crept in at a window
| stick of dynamite on
Iplodlng It with a fuse.
Stantly killed. His wife,
Up at his side escaped
Washington, April 22.—Income tar,
Inheritance tax, tax on corporation
dividends? Which. '.if
8L Paul, Minn., April 22.—Several
hundred delegates, representing a
membership of more than 184,000
young women are attending the na-
tlbal biennial convention of-the
Young Women’s Christian Associa
tion In- session at the Central Pretty*
terlah Church In this city. The dele
gates come from nearly all parts of
the United States and Canada.
Rev. Andrew Gillies led the prayer
service at the opening session this
afternoon. Miss Grace Dodge, of New
York, national president presided,
and the chief speaker waa Miss Mary
B. Woolley, president of Mount Holy
oke College, who took as htr subjeot
the Y. W. C. A. movement In relation
to the problem of th* woman of to
day.
President Cyrus Northrop of th*
University of Minnesota presides at
the session tonight, with President
Francis .1. .McConnell of DoPauW Un
iversity as the chief speaker. Other
persons of note who are to he heard
at the succeeding sessions of the
convention li^Bde Bishop Charles
P. Anderson^fChlcago, Rev. Samuel
L. Swamer orthe Student Volunteer
.Movement, Prof, Walter Rauschen-
Jiuach of the Rochester Theological
Seminary and Walter M. Wood, »ec-
He JS
as Immediately formed
me assassin, No motive
I the deod. _y
That’s the big parliamentary ques
tion here In the National Capitol
dividends. Which?
advance What makeB the *8» u ® particularly
TIllNl tlfMlg la Mint If j,a«ivia4 Wa e**ol A
NAL break
HEAT PRICES.
vexatious is that it. cannot, be avoid
ed, or even delayed. The Republican
administration is spending more than
1100.000. 000 of the public funds In ad
vance of the revenue. Therefore It la
absolutely necessary to collect an ad
ditional 8100,000,000 from someone.
Who Will Pay tht Tax?
Who will pay the tax—the annual
8100.000. 000 more then it cost a few
years ago to run the government ?
Senator Bailey’s amendment to the
new tariff bill providing for a 8 per
cent tax on all Income* over 15,000
la one of the most popular measures
up tor discussion In connection with
the revenue question. If Mr. Aldrich
I of Rhode Isluid wasn’t In the Sen:
Bra It would go through . lnstanter.
Put Mr. Aldrich la In the. Senate,
w^lch makes the thing uncertain
Th# Democrats will vote*solidly.9|
this form of tax. Theft may bi
enough votes frqm Republicans ot
the West and Mfcjdle West to pass
the Bailoy amendment. ■
The Bailey Amendment.
The Wilson of ls:i4 provided
for a tax of 2 per cent on Incometf
CAUSED MAY
RES TO DE-
I 22—Bearish re-
b and a renewal ot
(atten had abandon-
aused a sensational
rices today.
Iheat went Off near-
performed. That surely should be
enough to “fetch them."
Arretted For Stealing Milk.
In this era ot political grafting and
official corruption It-Is quite refresh*
lug to read of some towns Where such
official crookedness Is at low tide.
Judging from a story tbil made Its
way into the papers the other day,
Stomfbrd, Conn., must be such a
model town. A member of the Com
mon Council who bad been elected on
the reform ticket, was arrested for
stealing mtOc left In front of stores.
How. refreshing t$at .sounds. Official
MURDERED AND ROBBED.
Chicago, April II—Jas. 0. Camp
bell, foreman for tha Chicago Rail
way Company, waa found murdered
today upon tha itopa of tha Warren
avmna Methodist church. Bit pock
et* had been rifled.
commended i
Inaugural ad
statute booh
It is still a<
raising dlscij
k England hi
lent Taft In his
^already on-tha
rty-three states.
In the revenue-
Coming of
retary of tha Philadelphia T. M. CL
Inheritance tax. It
big success over
frerltance takes,
nation of 44,000,-
?00 to 195,000,000 .
Inal revenue of
The convention will remain In ses
sion until next Tuesday and will be
followed by a two day’a confe.cnoe
of Y. WJ C. A. secretaries In Min-
' grafting mdst Indeed be an unknown
offence In that fortunate town, if
members of tho Common Council have
[ to resort to stealing bottles of milk.
tlensenof South Care
to Savannah to hold
with the lpcal commit
onlv advised the I prov ' , ' es fnr ■' s I >f ’ r cent ,al on ln "
Li,,.comes over 55,000. The Income tax
: ! * j fathered by Bailey would rain about
sw vUthft80,000,000. A person having an In-
^ on >* 01 WWOO. under his proposl-
1 oeanur3«9p 0 n would be taxed 8150, that aa-
___ sessment being on the Income In ad-
ed seven year. V ““ * «5’ 00# ’ . '
occupy the White S *”* t( ! r Iowa ’ a
be first man he ocrat when tt <!ome, to Url# ’ h "
there was Booker two or ld * a * ,or "TT
t that look a ” ne ’ “ d tha ? r r ctMo * c<mM -
of fate? ' ® I * W# discussion.
One of his amendments provides
■ — for the removal of duty on any or-
i, perhaps thon- tide or commodity that must com-
a and women in pete with trust products. Naturally
boring under the this Idea would not appeal to Mr,
aslolans, but, for- Aldrich, and ln the finish will prob-
of them ever be- ably be listed with tbs "also rsns."
he girl In WIV England Has Inheritance Tax.
Tha democrats Ilka "tha Iowa”
irrlble Sight Idea alright, and regret th* party In
tha negro quart- poW has rejected It In tha Honsa
iffered agonies the Minority Leader Champ Clark Intro*
fire on tha river duced a resolution for th* recom-
ir property wa* mltment ot th* Payne bin to th*
flams*, or thslr Ways and Means committee with fa
ir worse. They atrnettena to report, among other
m aye witnesses things, a section almost identical to
itructloh by lire that of Senator Cummins. The Demo-
chickens which crats almost solidly supported th*
osun In th* fire- resolution, bnt the Republicans de-
odd hot ba aav- tested 1L '
Although th* lnharltaac* tax, re-
manentiy out of business. They hold,
that men who allow themselves to be
caught while speeding* their automo
bile are incompetent and there seems
good Judgment ln that opinion. Good
chauffeurs would not allow themselv
es to be oaught. They , would rSther
run over a dosen persona than give
.the bicycle policemen a chance toar-
rest them.
Mualo Mad* Htr Insane.
A girl In Wlllamsburg became vio
lently insane th* other d^y and had
to be taken to tha Kings County Hos
pital, after ah* bad attacked several
members of her family. The girl had
studied music -Mr several years and
was extremely ambitions to baeoma
a great pianist Whether too dose at
tention to her musical studies mad*
her lnsana or whether her aboormd
ambition was the result of aa un
balanced mind. Is not definitely
known. Mualo baa Its charm q, no
doubt, hut It also seeds to bsv* a
disturbing effect -upon tha mental
equilibrium of too ardent devotes.
B^se ball Supplies, Base ball Gloves,
Baseball Mits, Base ball^ Masks,
Base ball Bats- A Complete Stock.
(gram & Ramsey
Valdosta, ... Georgia.
Book, Seed and Drug Store.
Hinges, Wire Cloth, 'Hooks, Catches, Etc.
.. " : ; V 4 V ' * • .
Keep out the flies and mosquitoes. Shun the danger, Med
ical science has declared they carry typhoid fever germs.
FANCY PINE
SCREEN DOOR
NO. 6
Harley Stand* for Hard
ware, see how the name*
link together?
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>n hardware i/ALD
1 A I vWhite Pine Sash, Door*,
nAH DWARE t
ill., Headquarters, V
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