The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, July 10, 1909, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTwice-A-Week. VALDOSTA, GA„ SA PROMINENT AMERICUS ENDONMAY MAKE A SHOWING TODAY. MAN IS MURDERED W. F. McREE WAYLAID AND SHOT BY HENRY "PATTERSON’'A Nfc. QRO F^RM HAND. AmeHCus, Ga.. July 8—W, F. Me- Ree, assistant superintendent e( me liagley Ray Orchard Company here, wae murdered at mldnlgh^ night before last. Henry Patteraon, a n'*• gro employee, la charged with Ujs crime, and I* being hunted' • by a I'C IS PROBABLE THAT HE WILL fifeg; 0CALLED BEFORE THE aa City, July 8—thirteen ave been lost nnd it i? feared any more will be drowned or to death as a resulj 1 o! the w hich are sweeping- 'through , Davies, Grundy, Mercer, in and Livingston counties, ihern 'Missouri, flood extendi through Kansas, kn and part ot Colorado; Vienna, Ga., July t<n of Byromvlllc’ is ran Turllng, hie con ously injured as a t tomohlle accident yei this place and bKi men In an automqbll ray homo when it it became unmaijg* CTerturned, throwing Into dditch. • ** .^ Cleveland, O., July 8.—John 'D. . . Rockefeller, the founder of the Stan dard 'oiKJhmpany and lfic many be- llevetf'to be the richest jnan in the world, reached the habitual "three fcnnrn and ten" years todamnd cele brated the event quietly anF wltb ac- 5 ciMtomed frugality by playing golf on the recently complied new golf Unite oqJjts' magnlUMbestatel .For est Hill.’ At sixty )■^ Rockefeller Was ad old man of nther feeble health; but oare&U diet and exer cise did wondefsTO 1 him and now. at seventy, he Is almost as fresh and rugged as other men at fifty and his MoRee was way-laid and shot at close range, two charges of- buck shot entering, his neck. Soule slight trouble with Patterson possibly in duced the negro- to eom^Mt the murder. MoRee formerly reetdod In Macon. He was well known In Southwest Georgia. He Is airvlyeq rain service Is demoralized, ndreds of travelers are ma- ■ and tell everything in connection - $Rtb 1L Just how long the commlt- ’ fee will be at work Is problematical tut ii Is generally believed that a| few* sessions will suffice. ' It Will then take several daya to g^gthe evidence In shape and,- a report ready for. the legtolstsM^ ’ ’*• Hart and Hines to be'Present. 'Atlanta, Ga., inly 8.—Attorney General John C. Hart, Special At torney J. K. Hines, of the railroad commission; Railroad Commlsslon- and Illinois are also - dam- v the heavy rains, hlzon a west bound passenger 0 Denver . was derailed by ng ral]« and several peoplt lightly Injured. Ten coaches fever an embankment Into 18 1 water, but the passengers earued. Relief-has been sent Ittawa. . 1 Kans.'S City lowiands are ncd. hllllcotho. Mo., six men wero from a bridge and drowned, alaltenburg the town to flood- i water reaching to second or the houses, and fifteen d people arc "roosting" on m of houses. Piteous appeals ng sent out for aid, (reds of thousands of acres at and corn have been de- and the situation Is growing Americas, Ga.,'-dul>- 8—Mr. VU- llam H. Locke, alpromlnent dttoess and capitalist uf.j^^,ann. ex pired harp yesterdaTAWlng ti his room at the Hotel Windsor.. UfUto a party of well known. Dawsonians he came over In his Car yesterday Uk Pttcml me pan game, returning to Dawson that night, a re# ir.ilas out of Amerlcua an accldeaWtcr'tlfoa. automobile necessitated nispMturiS of the party here for the night. .Mr. Locke’s snklo was a little epmlnoa in the auto (incident, and a phydclaa artmlnlate'red a sSiall portion of morphine to relieve tho i-a.rn H« occupied a room with le Mend; Mr. James Tweedy, a member , ot ke It a success. All sort* of automobiles will be in and auto enthusiasts ;er the country are ev en now suites of rooms ngaged In the leading by wealthy followers or age of a hundred yfe Fortunes, properly! Invested, have the p Increasing at a rate in proportion with j fortune. Mr. Rockdl Is not an exception, portion of It in-laves Oil stock, whloWaw neighborhood of 8700 a ahare; while the rest Is invested In railroad,-sl*| and bank stocks ot the most profl’’ able description. His holdings of Standard Oil- itock alono aro *stl- k'mated at J175,000,000, about 25 per l.ceat ofthe total amopnl of stock of Kith* company. How profitable thcsi Judiciously >r habit oi It increases i crease of or (fcorge iHlllyer and W. H. Pat- terson, vice president of/the, Cen tral Bank * Trust corporation; have been sttbponead to appear /. before the Joint committee at the trial ot S. G. McLendon Thursday afternoon. The subpoenas were issued Wednes day morning and the witness told to bring all of the evidence they COMMERCIAL SECRETA RIES MEET IN ATLANTA Sunday, was MAYOR RORT. F. MATROX’. AND OTHER ITtOMLVK.Vr CITIZENS under convened In Atlanta "‘W'-Uni-sdny morning. They were welcomed to tie elty la a ringing tddress by Mayor Robert F. Maddox. In 'jjhrt the mayor atated that the Commer cial Secretaries Association was the most Important IE'S IN ATLANTA lie spent some time. He Is a former resident ' of Eufanla, Aim, ana widely known Iq that section-, as tw South Georgia. He to survived* by hie wife end five children. Turn body, accompsuled by numero— friends, wts carried back to Dan*, son nt noon yesterday. A CITIZEN OF THE CAPITOL CITY ^DECLARES V HE 8AW ELSIE 8EIQEL’ft MURDERER, y Atlanta, Ga, July 8.-At Inst, the qxsecte&has happened. An Atlanta man hay seen Leon Ling, murderer of Elsie, Selgel on the streets of At- lanta and now all the slentba and organisation that had convened here since he became mayor. Over one hundred delegates were present at the flrot session and many more are expected Thusday. Following the speech of Mayor Maddox Ah O. Candler was Intro duced and made an Intereetlag talk. Mr. Candler wee followed by W. U. Royaler, of Chattanooga, Tenth, tba president of the aeaoetstlon. He made a short talk sftqr which Mr, Georgs & Weaver, of Montgomery, Ala., made a abort epeeoh. O. Groe- venor, of Weiblngtoo, D. C., man* aging director of the saeoctatloa. outlined tba plane ot the association In a abort and iutereatlag talk. CORPORATION TAX ADOPTED BY SENATE seen, he was noting suspiciously at the corner of Edgwood-ave. and But ler street, an the man who MW him happened to have a New Tork paper In his pocket. In this paper was a pTcture of Ling and the suspect waa compared with this picture by the keen eyed Atlanta man. He to posi tive he had the murderer to sight but before be could «atl t poliooman, the Chinaman vanished. Now ths entire department Is looking for a well dressed Chinaman who looks like Leon IJng. MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN DROWNED MAY TAKE VOTE IN THE SETATE TONIGHT. T1IK LEADERS HAYING TARIFF BILL IN CHARGE HOPE TO REACH FHfALTOTK TODAY. Washington, J'uly 8—If the plans and hopes of the leaders responsible for the management of tbs tarlfi do not go awry, tho final vote on that measure which bM been to the Senate since April lfi, will' be taken today, - SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IS FELT IN INDIA SENATOR JACKSON WOULD 8TOK» DISCRIMINATIONS MATTER OF PRICES. Atlanta, Ga., Jnly 8—Senator Jackson Wednesday morning Intro* ducad a bill In the state aanatts which Is aimed at the Standard Ota and other elmllar organizations.' It» purpose to to prevent unjust and afo (air discriminations In the matte* of prloro m between localities aofi communities in the same Matas. Ths bill, If It passes, will make It unlawful toy any person, fin* ot corporation engaged to bnatoene- 8m tho state to sell nag commodity a* article of valae at ebMper price* ta and that the lawmakers would get tired out.and quit l , Clamoring for Money. MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED AS HAVING BEEN DONE AT PUN JAB THIS MORNING. Calcutta, India, July 8—A Mvsre earthquake to reported M having done great damage today to Punjab. Many bouses were demolished and ths residents are panic stricken. While Governor Brown to trying to gat the leghteture to rollevo tho state's financial stringency, several Mata! Institutions art demanding ot the (state treasurer the money that la 4b tham qn last gear’s appropri ations'and— Aiii not getting it. Paris, July 8—The Medltarran.sn coast of Franco waa tfiaksa by a se vere earthquake today, which ^as accompanied by a severe storm. Bid many ot tho residents have fled to tho Interior to a panic. breathes have a Mg sum coming had the same is true with tho Acad- emy for tho .dost and dumb. It Is belMved the near hear mosey will ha made available. - w, . ... '1803 d a total ot about 850,000.000, nearly one half of whleh was paid out In dividend* to the stockholders, ' while the rest wts added to the surplus, which Is now estimated al about 8276,000,000. > Accepting 8700,000,000 as a con servative estimate of Mr. Rockefel ler’s present 'fortune. Investigators with a mathematical turn of mind have mode some Interesting calcu lations concerning the probable wealth of Mr. RockeMler on hla ou* hundredth birthday, should be really live until July 8. 1939. They hove computed that In case, the present .ratio of Increase should be maintain ed, and there seema to be no reason - why it should not. Mr. Rockefeller'* fortune on bis one hundredth birth* day will bare reached the respect able sum of 826,732.000.000, or In round figure* about twenty six- - thousand millions, almost three timet as much gold and silver as there Is to clrcutailqp, to beaks and le all the treasure houses and mints on earth today. ^ It Is Impossible for the human Blind to grasp ths vastness of such s sum of money. If the whole sum were In gl-bllla and some on* should want to count them, he would find It • hopeless task. Were he to count steadily at the rata al three dollars a second, dsy and night, without stopping tor a single moment until the task wero ended. It would take twd hundred and ninety-five yean, five mon'hi, two weeks, six teen hours, rhlrty-flvo minutes and thirty-three seconds to complete the work. In 1904, when Mr. Rocketeller did not have much more than 8600.000,- 000 to hto name, bis Income was a little mors tbsn 82 every second of tbe day, for seven days a week. Should Mr. Rockefeller reach the century mark, hto tacomr then would amopnt to nearly 89.600 a second, whlcb to mors than a great many men succeed In accumulating In a lifetime. Even should Mr. Rockefel ler continue to give nwar a few mil lions every now and then. It Is sale to assume that he would not have to spend his 100th birthday at th" poor- house. John D. Rockefeller wae born near Oswego, N. Y., July 8, 1839. At the age of eight years he milked cows on bis father's farm. Went to Clevetood at thirteen and school at sixteen. to 1865 as cleik at 812-60 a month, he asked for $S00.a Railroad Com pany. Mr. McLendon refused W die- cuss the matter Wednesday morn ing but ft to believed that he will be present at Oh bearing Thursday and make a further statement. A Short Seselon Yesterday. Atlanta, Ga., Jnly 8—The House of Representatives held - another short session Wednesday. Immedi ately after convening tbe committee on halls tnd rooms for the differ ent committees was read and-the committees assigned to their rooms. The Longley resolution calling at tention to the few coneular appoint ments from the South wts tabled fo r further debate. This to regard ed as * highly Important resolution and promise* to arouse muct Inter est in both bouses. BRISTOL, VA., HOLDS PROHIBITION ELECTION WOMEN AND CHILDREN THRONG STREETS WORKING FOR SUC CESS OF PROHIBITION. Bristol, Va.. July 8—Hundred! ot men, women and children throng tbe streets here today os^sut of the local option election. 1 At noon the dry* claim a alight lead, and both (idea are confident and are working bard. No trouble has occurred thue far. Revolutionists are Cowed. Teheran, Jnly 8—The landing or Russian troops at Ensell has thor oughly taken the wind out of the revolutionary ulls. \ The revolutionists appear realize that the game to up, and there has -been no farther fighting. Tear salary and was refused. Borrowed 82,000 without security and started to the commission busi ness. Borrowed more money and went Into tbe oil refining business. In 1872 be controlled ouc-fiftb ot tbe refining business of the United States. In 1876 he organised the Stand trd Oil Company with 111.000,000 capital. Organized tbe Standard Oil Trust to 1882 and dissolved It to 1892. At the age of seventy hit wealth to estimated at nearly 8800,000.000. If he should live to be a hundred yean old and hto wealth should in crease at the present ratio, his for tune then will amount to 818.722,- 0000,000. nnd members family were making a fran\ic searen tor her. She was revived' at tha hospital but she had been under the Irflueice of the drug too long and died Tuesday. Aldsrman to Act on Franchise. The board of aldermen will tomorrow on the franchise of tbe Central Georgia Power Co., and, as this has been granted by tbe coun cil, there to every reason to believe the finishing touches will he given. This gives the big company presid ed over by W. Jordan Masses the right to dispose of Tieat, light and power In Atlanta for a term of fifty years. President Masses announced here yenerday that his company would bo distributing electricity In Ah lnnta by February I, next year. At a meeting here yesterday the stockholders of the Georgia Se curitise Company, President W, Jordan Msssee, 'of Maoon mad* an Interesting report which showed the money for the lntarburban trolley line between Atlanta and Macoi would be available to thirty days This company la tha holding com piny for tha Atlanta, Griffin and Macon Blectrle Railway Co., the corporation whleh will fl the road. It to understood that a syndicate to being formed to under write tbs bond lien* for the aew road and aa soon aa this Id don* the mosey will be available. Presi dent Masses says work will start immediately and within twelve month! after the beginning of work care will be running. Atlanta, Ga., Jnly «■■■ Leaving, It It alleged, a string ot debta In their wake. P. Levi Gaddto and hta broth er Alfonso N. Oaddll have disap peared froth Atlanta and several efforts to locate them, tree* of them has been fonud. .Levi Gaddi, wet chief clerk In the office of Station Heater Blount aj tha Tor mina! while hto brother wia a clerk In tbe baggage department It to also charged that notea mi their favor bear forged endorse ments. Tillman Step* Over. Hon. Ben Tillman, tba pltehforx senator from Booth Carolina paid Atlanta a visit ysaterday and (tar ing the few honrt he waa hart, ha talked a little about what congraed I* doing. Senator Tillman was on hto way from St Looto to attend a meeting ot the Clemson trustee*. He gave It as hto * pinion tkit congress would only be in ses sion ten day* or two week* THEY ATTEMPTED TO FORD A CREEK ON THE GRANT FARM NEAR *T. LOUIE, fit Louie, July 8—Mr*. Bertha Caisanova and ’ her two were drowned last night General Grant farm to BL Louie county when they attempted ford Gravers creek, which was |W0ll*n by the recent heavy rain Three other children were cued dinging to a wagon as they were being swept down tbs stream. THE AMENDMENT TO TARIFF* LAW WAfi ADOPTED WITHOUF CHANGE TODAY. ’Washington, July 8—The eorpo> ration tax amendment to the tarlfit wae adopted by the senate tbito morning without change. Fh* ’ amendment relating to counter-vwa- Ing duties was adopted wiihoat a. change, against the protest ot tsam- ator Cummin*. , The tobacco amendment wa* ttoem taken up. • The Senate will be In session to night. Only a Weew for Confertaeai Waablngton, July 8—Rsprseenf tive Payne, chairman of tha ’Bona* conferees ot the tariff, to qnptsd am ■eying today that tha bill will oak be to conference for more than to week. Word cam* to tho Hons* that tha tariff bill would not roach there Na dar- BILL AIMED AT THE STANDARD OIL CO.

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The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, July 10, 1909, Image 1