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THE VALOgnA. TIKES VALDOSTA, CUL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1910
VALDOSTA AND
ALDANY VALUES
Value* in this City are Nearly
Twice as Much as They are
in that City.
thi
(Prom Tuesday's Daily.)
The city of Albany haa usually
been regard*d as Valdosta's leading
rival among the cities in
southern part of the state. /
matter of fact a great many people
will tell you that Albany has got
Valdosta skinned a city block
many ways.
The Albany Herald has Just pub
lished the tax values of that city
and the increase which was shown
for the past year. Several days ago
The Times printed the values of this
city. A comparison between the two
will show that Valdosta is still far
in the lead and the Increase here
during the past year was more than
double the increase in Albany prop-
TROUBLK8 OP THE TIMES
cr.
The total tax values of that city
for 1910 are put down at $2,510,-
640. Valdosta’s values for the same
year are $4,350,655. Albany's in
crease during the past year was
$136,850, while Valdosta’s increase
durlug the past year wus $325,000,
not counting the increase of several
thousaud dollars in railroad prop
erty to be reported later. Within the
last year or two Albany has added
Kurt Albany with about $300,000
in values to that city. Valdosta.’*
corporate limits on the west side oi
town goes within a few feet of in
dustries that would return several
thouBaiul dollars worth of taxes if
they were in tho incorporate limits.
With these additions, Valdosta’s tax
values would run to more than $5,-
000,000, or about double the valued
given in by the city of Albany.
Wo believe that tho banks of this
city will also show a condition alra-
ilar to that shown in the values of
property returns for taxation and
that the merchants of Valdosta are
doing a buslpes# in equal .propor-
Bo, Vhtle faldoaUNHI^ot show
up as large as some of our neigh
boring towns'In the matter of pop
ulation, we believe that Valdoata la
going to make a better show In*
than any of them In the business
and solid prosperity of the people.
The Times doesn't refer to this mat
ter for tho purpose of gathering up
an odious comparison with Albany
or any other town ,but merely
show our home people, as well as
othor people, how the wealth of this
city and Its business compares with'
that of tho city’s formidable rival*.
Had Luck Hccms to Have run in Bat
talions During the Past Month
(Prom Tuesday's Dally.)
Nearly every line of business has
its streaks of fortune and mis
fortune. but It looks as if The Times
has had more than its share of It
during the past two or three weeks,
If not for the past two months.
We thought we had managed to
overcome all the obstacles and had
gotten on the high road again and
were doing nicely when a bolt
of lightning hit the wires of the
power plant yerterdsy afternoon
and put them out of business for
three or four hours. As The Times
is dependent upon the power to run
its linotype machines and presses, as
well as furnish light for the office,
It can be easily seen that an acci
dent of that kind is an bad on us as
It Is on the power plant itself. Du
ring such a time our expenses go on
Just the same and not only that but
the expenses double by the extra
time which onr men have to work
to catch up with tho time they lost.
One of our best printers and
make-up men has been kept at his
home for several weeks by Illness.
We got two other printers from Ma
con and Atlanta to relieve tho situ
ation for awhile, but both of them
fell down" upon us and had to be
allowed to go back where they came
from. Thin left the force In onr
mechanical department very much
crippled. 1 n fact, the business man
ager and editor have had to spend
most of their time amqng the type
cases and galley racks trying to re
lieve the situation as much ns pos
sible and trying to get the paper out
on time.
We have done a number of things
that are guaranteed to bring good
luck and we hope that there will be
a turning of*the lane from now on.
They say Its a long lane that does
not turn. Wo aro sure that the one
we have been traveling In for the
past month or more Is long enough
to bo very near tho turning point.
DEATH’S TOLL
ON YESTERDAY
A Well-Known Citizen of
Berrien County Died Sudden'
ly at His Home.
There bare been more eudden
death. In thla section during the.
past three or four da/* than The
Tlmea haa bad to chronicle In a long
CRIPPEIT POUNDGUILTY
London, Sept. 27—A rerdlct or
wilful murder waa returned agalnat
Dr. Crippen by the coroner’a Jury at
the conclualon of tta lnqueat thla af
ternoon.
The Jury decided that the remalna
of the disinterred woman at the
Crippen home were those of Mrs.
Crippen and that her death waa due
to hyoscl poisoning.
The rerdlct did not mention the
name of Dr. Crlppen'a typlat. Miss
Leneve.
Two Torpedo Boat, Sink
Kell. Sept 27—Two Oerman tor
pedo boats were sunk today In the
roads. They had crews of thirty-
time. There were four death notices two men whoBe fate unknown
How ilo Ants Escape Rain?
Up on Patterson afreet, on the
pared sidewalks, from North Pat
terson street to Gordon there are
thousands of anta, as busy as were
erer seen In he world. One cannot
walk along there without stepping
on them. The pavement la literally
corored with them. They hare been
there tereral weeks. Where they
came from and why they hare taken
poiseealon of that particular locali
ty Is not known. One might hare
thought that a rajn like that which
fell yesterday would hare washed
erery one of them off the face of the
earth. The rain came down In tor
rents and the water daahed orer the
parement there In a deep.stream,
carrying trash, learea, etc., with It
down the drains and on through
tho ditches to the rlror.
This morning however, the little
anta were out on guard ngaln In
numhera Just as great aa tncy havq
ever been. There were thouaanda of
them on the sidewalk today and
they were Just aa huay aa If they
had never paired through what to
them must hare been a deluge aa
great as the one which Noah man
aged to survive agalnat. What we
want to know Is. how do these anta
escape such terrlfle rain as we had
yesterday and how Is It that they
are on duty again In such large num
hera ao soon after the ahowert
China Tree Fell on the Hone
During a storm several days ago
at 8tatenrllle a large china tree In
Judge T. K. Prescott's lot was blown
down on a little shed, under which
hi* hone waa standing hitched to
the-buggy. The falling tree killed
the bone and tore up the bnggy.
It la said that the Tampa atrlke la
far from being aettled. It la settled
so far aa two of the leaden are con
cerned, however.
Soul Kiss Tomorrow Night
Tho Soul Kiss," one of tho most
entertaining musical shows ever
concolvod for tho edlflcntlon of the
theatre-going public, Is tho unter-
llncd attraction at tho City Opera
House for Wednesday night, Sep
tember 28th. Tho book, by Harry
n. Smith, la moat amusing. The
muate by Maurice Leri Is both pret
ty nniVptohlng.
numboj of
chai^P|HPlTi,'"o>All Kiss" since its
f rt gmai^Poductlon, which haa In
creased lie popularity aa being the
most succoasful musical comedy cn-
route. Tho "Musical Bell Girls"
specialty In the second act, a recont
addition, Is said to be extremely
novel, and Is credited with receiving
encore after encore for their clever
rendition of the number.
In yesterday's paper and In each
case, the death waa sudden and was
the result of heart trouble, though
In some of the cases the heart weak
ness was caused by other Illness.
A report reached the city yester
day afternoon of the sudden death
of Mr. John Thomas, a promlnont
farmer residing near Nashville, Ga.
He was a brother-in-law of Mr. Roe-
ert Walker, of this city, who was
called to Berrien by the news of his
death.
The report which came here stateo
that Mr. Thomas was In a conversa
tion with somo momberi of his fam
ily, when the attack seized him and i
he fell over dead. It Is said that ■■!
had been In hla usual health up to
that time.
Mr. Thomas waa a very well
known citizen and Is survived by a
wife and a number of chi!)
Death of Mrs. 8, P.
Tho announcement of the death of
Mr. Samuel F. Parrott, which occur
red In Atlanta yesterday, waa receiv
ed with genuine regret throughout
this scion where ho was well and fa
vorably known. Mr. Parrott succccd-
ed Mr. William Checkley Shaw as
vice-president and genera! manager
of tho Georgia Southern and Florida
road and that position brought him
In close contact with the business
men of this city and at other points
along the line.
Mr. Parrott waa. take
NOTICE
We beg to announce that we have completed our
shop for the
MANUFACTURE OF TUBPEHTILE STILLS AND FIXTURES
And ask you to give us a portion of your work.
We have had 27 years experience In this thts line of
work and will positively guarantee perfect satisfaction
In every respect. Call and see us or write.
Valdosta Copper Works.
Box 482 Valdosta, Ga.
He Makes Them Wear Their Costs
It la aald that Judge Hansoll Mer
rill requires all parties who go Into
tho court room whoro ho Is holding
court to wear their coats. The Naah-
vlllo Herald says that aomo of thoae
who attended court at Nashville last
week had to go out and borrow
roata from friends In town. Judge
Merrill will go to Moultrie next
week to hold court there and the
Moultrie Observer la already remind
ing tho people of that city and lec
tion of this new rule. Judge Mer
rill will come to Valdosta bpfore
long and It might be well for thoae
In this section who ham gone In the
court room without their coats In
the past lo como prepared to wear
them In future.
nahlrana Going to Florida
Reports Indicate that a number of
prominent Hahlran, are Axing to
move to Florida to live. 8everal of
them have already gone and several
others expect to go down on tho ex
cursion today and If things suit
them thero they will remain. It la
understood that they expect to en
gage In various tinea of bualnosa.
though truck growing seems to bo
tho chief charm. Among thoae who
oxpect to go down and remain thero
aro Judge Iaiwaon and hla family,
Mr. Remor Mlley and hla family.
Mean. Henry I-aweon. Green Law-
son and Charlie Duggan and their
families, besides a number of oth
ers. Some of these families are
among tho largest In tho Hahlra dis
trict.
Vsldosta needs an opera house
about aa badly as It needs any
other one thing and an up-to-date
opera houae would pay woll In this
city. It would bring the best clan
of attractions here and It would al
so bring a great many people from
the adjoining towns to see tho good
attractions.
The/ are trying to eliminate
"From Greenland’s Icy Mountains"
from the hymn books. We hope
they will. That la one of the tunes
that helped ua break np n choir.
PaRtt.
last
/ —'X ji , ■ —
April with typhoid fovkr and haa
been sick since that lime. It waa
thought onco that hi
ft ' complifcanbns-,
and hla life was dlspalre,
survived by two brothei
George and M. Parrott. He waa pres
ident of a large eATerprlxe In At
lanta and waa one of the receivers
for the A. B. and A. road. He board-
la, though hla death occurred at one
ta, though hla dcah occurred at oie
of tho sanltarlume there.
' Died at Ocllla, Ga.
Mr. 8. A. Yeomans, of this city,
received a telegram yesterday an
nouncing tho death of Mrs. Yeo
mans' uncle Mr. Dan Henderson,
who died at Ocllls. Mr. Yeomans
left last night for that place to a-
tenri the funeral. Mrs. Ycomana la
on a visit to friends and relatives In
West Florida, ao she will not attepd
the funeral.
Tho business man who doesn't
bollovo In advertising.” ssya the
Reading Tlmea: "Belongs to t'ie
same category with the farmer who
does not believe In fertilising tho
sell. Th husbandman can gather
several successive, hut constantly
diminishing crops from the same
piece of ground without rcstrolng It
to the life-giving elements of which
ho robs It; hut there comes a time
when, completely exhausted, the
land refuses to respond to agricul
tural entreaty. The business depriv
ed of stimulating Influences of pub
licity furnishes an apt parnllel—
gradual failure ending In complete
paralysis of Its functions. Advertis
ing. Uko fertilizing. Is mighty cheap
In proportion to tho money value of
tho growth It promotes."
A Roadside Marriage.
Mr. CcrKwel! PetO’s and Miss
Carrie Blanton of this county, were
married Sunday afternoon in the
public road leading from Valdoata
to Mt'.ltown and about three miles
from this city, Mr. T. M. Cook per
forming the ceremony.
Miss Blanton Is a daughter of
Mrs. D. B. Illarton, and la popular
with a large circle of friends. Mr.
Peters la a son of Mr. J, E. Peters,
a well-to-do farmer who lives about
seven miles north of Valdosta.
The beat wishes of msny friends
go with this young couple.
Aviator Chavez Is Bead.
Demodaasola, September 27.—
Aviator Chavex, who wax Injured
after making the daring flight ovsr
the Alpa day before yeyxterday, died
thla afternoon.
Off with the old, on with the new,
The drink of now, for those who know.
Every reader of thi* paper has a cordial invitation to try this splendid
drink at our expense. Send your name and address on a Postal Card and we
will forwrad a ticket .hat will entitle you to a bottle or a glass FREE
THE ZERO-COLA CO. 5Mls p ^ St -
Atlanta,,Ga.
BOiTLED AND SOLD BY
The Crown Bottling Works
Valdosta, - Georgia
CASH SYSTEM
n
The merchant who gives a fair tryout to the
N't Cash system of buying is never willing to go
buck to the ng time basis.
He stands better commercially.
He buyf for less.
He has s nothing to talk about.
He has th -^independent feeling.
He can buy where he pleases.
He owns his lock and his soul.
We knr V v cssh works in our case and we
know what ! ' oing for hundreds of our satisfied
customers wuo hu/ for cash.
We want the business of all good merchants
and we can aive you values that will open your
eyes. Our terms are strictly Net Cash, but we
don’t allow an .body . undersell us.
\ Valdes ts Grocery
■ Wholesale Grocers
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