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THE VALDOSTA TUBS. VALDOSTA. OA. SATURDAY. MARCH IS, 1010.
LONGLEY SAYS
GOV. DID RIGHT
The Senator who Wrote the
Amendment Talks About it
Atlanta, MsrcSi '10.—There Is
shadow of doubt that the legislative
Intent was'that the governor should
have discretionary power in purchas
ing all three of the tracts of land near
Chattanooga, proposed to be used by
the state for Western and^tlantlc
terminals. 0
In getting at the legislative Intent,
there could be no higher authority
than that of the author of the amend
ment, giving the governor discretion
ary powere; and that was the ground
emphatically taken by judge F. M.
Longley, senator from the Thirty-
eighth district, who wrote the amend
ment, and who was chairman of the
conference committee of the house
and senate which finally turned the
joined resolution out in the shape In
which It was enacted. .
"It was my purpose and I am sure
it was the undderstandlng of the sen
ate 1 ’ said Judge Longley, who was
here on law business today, "that die
governor should be allowed to exer
cise bis discretion In making all three
purchases. When the bill came to us
from the house, the governor was'di-
rected to make the purchase of the
land.
"I took the ground that many of
ns had not visited the property, did
not know what Its value was, and
that the governor, who is familiar
with Western and Atlantic affaire,
Have You Registered?
Bhouhl be allowed to exercise his
judgment Jn making the purchase if
he deemed it wise after investigation. |
“Mfy original amendment, wlhich j . „ ■
was adopted by the senate but eject- ' / . _
ed by the house, also provded that the ! How n,an >' votera are there in L °»f des <,lunt >' wh ° h » ve »»' "'B 18 '
lands should not be purchased unless tered?
there were available funds In the I The law thte year requires every man to register for himself. In per-
treasury not otherwise appropriated.'son to the tax collector, and this must be done six months before the gen-
A conference committee was appoint- 1 eral e i ect i on in October.
ed, consisting of Messrs. Alexander,I The reg | Btratlon books will clos»,for the October election on April
the pantf and « 5,0,1 are °ot. registered byjhat time you will be as thorough-
house, and of Senator Price and my- •>' disqualified as any negro who r»H< under the grandfather clause of
self on the part of other chamber, the disfranchisement act*.
That was the makeup of the commit- This law was made by the last legislature to cut out a whole lot ot
tee according to my heat recollection, lsborting men who do hot And it convenient to go to the polls at any and
nil times, and also to cut out a whole lot of country peple who cannot
come to town whenever they want, to for the purpose ot registering m
attending to other duties of that kind.
If the people do not wake np to the^r rights there Is no telling what
the next step will bo. Every v»t»r in Lowndes county should put his
name on the registration books and got in a position to have such
measures as this undone. fjfv
It now looks as If politics are gojn|E to be lively this year and vot
ers should be In position to take pari in the election. ,
Do not forfeit your right to vote, bj meglectl|g to register now.
You may regret It If you do. Register at once. Lay aside all other
business until yon have attended to thaf.
"Now It la true that in all of
discussion upon the abject,
the undentanvUng that the clai
lng the dlstfotionary powers
to all thre Jmum. I reasoned that
it would JMRtoh to give the gover
nor the rightto reject one tract, and
not allow him the power to refuse
to make the entire purchase, If he
deemed It advisable.
"This was the ground of the differ
ence between tbe two houses upon the
subject matter, but the house finally
esme to adopt tbe, view of the sen
ate; and my amendment was rassed
with some ebanges.'
Judge Longley was ot tbe opinion
that the effort to make political capi
tal out of the whole affair was mak
ing a tempest out of a teapot .and
II of out
,
i ap^Rd
j young woman tries suicide, i
| She Denies That She Dill so Because
i Her Hustmnil Was Convicted.
} Atlanta, Ua„ March 10.—Mra.
Grace MantiB, a pretty 19-yearold
j woman employed by the telephone
company attempted suicide by swal
lowing .'our strychnine tablets, and
only prompt worn on the part ot the
Hospital physicians saved her life. It
was at first thought that sbe made
tbe attempt because she was separat
ed from ber young Italian husband,
who is serving a ten year sentence
on the Fulton eounty gang tor com
plicity in killing a man here.
But sbe denied this and said she
wished her husbind bad received a
longer term, because ha. ■ was tbe
cause of all of her trouble. She said
that he had caused her trouble aver
ilnce she married him. She Is out of
dangor and says she will not make
another attempt on ber life.
Road Wants to be Reimbursed for
Controlling River’s Break.
Washington, D. C. Marth 1#.—The
was bound to react upon those who .Southern Pacific Imperial Valley
were making It ( claim, which led to much correspond-
Another statement which has been ence between the late E. H. Harr!
made by an Atlanta paper to tbe
effect that Attorney General John C.
Hart advised the governor that the
purchase of the first two tracts was
directory and that that of the last
tract was discretionary with him. The
troth Is that judge Hart has never
rendered a written opinion on this
matter, hut in conversation with the
governor he seemed to concur in the
View thst the whole purchase was
discretionary.
man and President Roosevelt and de
bate In congress as to the obligations
of the United States, will be given a
bearing tomorrow before the'bouse
committee on claims.
Tbe claim le. to reimburse the
Southern Pacific Railroad for. 61.-
(00,000 It expended between Dec. 1.
1000 and Nov. 30, 1907, in closing
and controlling the break In the Col
orado River, thereby saving the Im
perial Valley in southern California
from' being flooded.
RIVALS TO PARRISH FAMILY.
North Georgia Giants Claim to be the
Mott Robnst In die State.
Atlanta, Ga., March 10.—Not long
aao the papers carried under big
headlines a story about tbe Parrish
family of seven brothers at Adel. Ga.
whose combined weight Is 1,568
pounds. That Is s pretty hefty fam
ily, all right, but tbe eight Born
brothers of Rockdale county have the
Parishes whipped to a standstill on
sheer belt. The eight weigh 3,043
poundn and with the parents and a
sister added the combined family
bear down the scales to 2,863
pounds, '• y '
Here are the.weights of the eight
Born biyM?J.’ A. L. Born 215
pounds; L K F Porn, 21.7 pounds;
210 ponnds; A. A. Born,
. P. F. i^jru. 280 pimnds;
BTin pounds; P.'M. \'orD.
^Rpoonda; i. J, Bora, 320 pounds, j
The father welghod 360 pounds, tho
mother 340, while the sister weighs
220. The family Is scattered all over
the country. It Is doubtful If therm
Is soother family In the state ■
heavy as this one.
GET READY FOR TEACHElUt.
Atlanta la l*reparlng to Give Them a
Characteristic Reception.
Atlanta, March 10.—This after
noon In tho office of Secretary Wal
ter G- Cooper, at the chamber of
commerce, the committee on ar
rangements tor the convention of the
Georgln Educational Aasoclatlon will
meet to make preliminary plans for
the meeting in Atlanta the latter
part of April, which nearly all the
public school teachers of Georgia
will probably attend. State School
Commissioner Jere M. Pound will act
ns chairman. .
Not only will preparations he made
for the entertainment of the dele
gates and the holding of the con
vention, but steps will be taken look
ing to some arrangement whereby
holiday may be granted to all tbe.
teachers of Georgia for the conven
tion.
SUPERVISOR
OF SCHOOLS
Professor Powell, of Mlllodge-
ville, Gels Appointment
Atlanta, Ga., March 10.—H. H. Pow
ell, former editor of The Farm end
School ends member of the faculty of
the State Normal school at Mllledge-
vllle, has been appointed supervisor
of the rural schools ot Georgia by
State School Commissioner Pound,
and he has commenced bis new du
ties In t&e schools of Putnam county.
it Is the Intention to send Surer-
visor Powell to any point In the state
to work In conjunction with the couu-
ty school commissioner and boards of
education in solving any problem
that may arise. When a community
or eounty Is confronted with a prob
lem, he will study the matter nnd
then advise aloug lines to remove In
imical conditions end better' the
school system. He will also he In the
nature ot a missionary to proacii a
doctrine of better schools throughout
the length nnd bredth of tho stats.
I Is planned by tie state bonnl of
education to Inangiri’e a kind ot
chstauqua system that It expected to
prove highly benoflcnl to 'no schools.
Experts on subje.ts taught in tuc
country schools sill ho cent to lec
ture and make practical talks.
State Geologist MC'sIllo w:II deliv
er lectures with stenopllcsn vleav
on tho state's resources, while officials
of the stato board of health Will talk
and give regarding health and
| hygiene. ^
Tlie sala^mnnd ensb, of Super-
(a^ePieono Always InEvidenoeAt ^
Clubs,Lodges
aro/Wberever GaxMlowsflipJfei
YOUNG MAN SHOT HIMSELF.
While Going Through the Park at
Savannah lie Tried Hiileiilc.
Savannah, Ga., March 10.—Fred
Murphy, a young man from Igiuls-
vllle, Ga., the son of the clerk of the
Superior Court of Jefferson county,
who shot himself In the left lung
Lore Tueoday night with sucldal In
tent, may die as the result of his
wounds. The condition of the young!
'man was not so good today. His phy
sical condition was much run down
when he shot himself and his lack
ot strength to fight tho Inroads made
by III health and the Viiock caused by
tho wound Is apparent.
The young man was with Ills cousin
Mr. W. I- Landershine, crossing the
park extension when he shot hlmsoir
with s small pistol. Ill health Is be- speed struck the street car.
lleved to have been the cause for the
act. While It was at first thought tho
wound was not a dangerous one the
developments of today havo excited
much alarm.
He Will Meet' . Min. Roosevelt
Daughter There Monday.
Khartoum. March 10.—Ex,! 1
dent Roosevelt will reach Khartoum j vlsor PowxWwtl
and moot Mrs. Roosevelt and (laugh-1 appropriated by tho peal
ter next Monday according to advice ! tlonal fund. While the gift la only for
received today. They will remain l olle year, it It expected that the board
■here from Monday until Thursday w m make It permanent,
ai^tnd will be entertained At the pal-J supervisor Powell is well-known
n,;ft Sldar. I j n c d,| C fttlonal circles of the stAto and
Missionaries Entertain I*»rty. • ^ considered well equipped for r .ils
Ho hoa tho necessary enthusU
IflFfn, nnd lie love tho work. Mntorlal
Roosevelt party arrived today and
took tea with tho American mlsslona-i
rles and visited tho ofTIco of the i
Temflkla garrison. i
advance In the rural schools of the
state Is expected a« a result of hi*
work. *\ a*
POSTMASTER IS REMOVED.
Sensation Caused at Bristol, Tcnn.*
by Order from Washington.
Bristol, Tenn , March Id—Orders
received today fr.» u Wnsninf-
AUTO C RASHED INTO CAR.
Two Merrlumts of Jackson, flu., are
Radiy Injured In Atlanta.
Atlanta, Oa., March 10.—While out
with a demonstrator In an automo* wero re:
bile yesterday afternoon tho machine ton 'summarily removing Postmaster
crashed Into a suburban street car yjy Warren from effm and calling
nnd W. P. and W. E. Watkins, of on the sureties to dMtg’tai.i Ms sue-
Jackson, Go., were both hurled to C e MO r. John Fain has been namod.
tho ground and seriously Injured. Th e removal caused n sensation, as
Both wero hurried unconscious to warren had been recommended for
the hospltnl where their Injuries fourth terra by Congressman
were pronounced grave. The cbaiif* Brownlow.
feur did not see the car, and while The action followed the lnvestlf»-
going around a wagon at a high Uon of the office by the inspector.
Call and Let us Demonstrate
Them to You.
Mathis & Youmans Company,
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA,
GIHL ATE POISONED FRUIT,..
It ia Belleveil That It W*« Prepared
For Her bv Some Enemy.
Atlanta. March 10.—Miss Willie
May Itorsby, a pretty young lady
who lives at East Point nnd who Is
j employed bye teteWhsrshrdlufwyp
employed by tho Western Electric
Company 1b seriously though not fa
tally 111 at her horns, as the result of
eating poisoned fruit, which it Is be
lieved was prepared for her Intcn-
ttontlonally by some enemy. Four of
her young companions partook of
the same fruit more sparingly and
| were also very sick for a day or two.
Detectives are working on the esse,
and the remainder of the fruit has
been sent to the state chemist for
analysis. A watchman who has been
giving the young ladles fruit for
some time past Is suspected as tbe
guilty party. He has disappeared.
TWO HTEAMER8 IN C OLLISION.
WOUNDED NEGRO LYNCHED.
German Liner Collides With Rrlioon-
Greenwood, Miss., March 9.—Par- er sml Five are Drowned,
son Wallace, a negro who shot Po-, Hamburg, March 6.—The German
llceman RIsck last night, wss taken steamer. Pennsylvania, from New
from the house where he lay wound- York, collided with the schooner Gat
ed and lynched this morning. The trade today. The Gertrude was tunic
policeman's wounds are not fatal, and five were drowned.
nyone
No Knowledge Of MusicNecessa
TEACHER COMMITS SUICIDE.
Milledgeville, Ga., March 10.—
Miss Effie Simpson, aged twenty, and
a school teacher, committed suicide
today by shooting herself. Ill health
Is assigned as the cause of her Tash
act.