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THE VALDOSTA TIMES VAI ^ >.■ OA, UfUBDAT, DECEMBER 24, 1B10.
WASHINGTON
NEWS NOTES
Gossipy Matter About Geor
gians From the Constitution
Correspondent
(By jobs Corrigan, Waahlsgton
flferrospondent, Atlants Constitution*
Washington, Doe. SO.—President
Ms ft sent to the eenste os Monday
Mat tbe following nomlnaUone:
For chief Justice of tbe supreme
court of tbe United States—Edward
•euglas White of Louisiana, now
associate Justice.
For associate Justlco—WllUs Van
Bwvanfer of Wyoming and Joseph
Rocker Lamar of Georgia.
Two of tbe places Went to south
ern men and democrats. Justice
White was Immediately confirmed hy
the senate, and Judge Lamar was
confirmed on Thursday.
Senator Terrell of Georgia, <who
as governor in 1903, appointed
Judge Lamar to the supreme court
bench of the state, strongly recom
mended tbe Georgian to the I’resl
dent and will have the pleasure of
voting for his confirmation for
place on the highest Judicial tribu
nal In the United States.
Senator Bacon, Representatives
Reward, Brantley and Bartlett also
eserted themselves to the utmost In
. behalf of Judge Lamar. The latter's
salary as an associate Justice will be
111,600 a year. He has a life ten
ure of office, and his position In
some respects will be higher than
that ofi President of the United
States
The position of, chief Justice of the
supreme court Is one that President
Taft would gladly take In exchange
for the present trying office. He has
always wanted a place on the bench,
and did not wa'ht to be president,
i His la a case* In which fate played
fcavoc with a big men's plans and
purposes. ' Yet he, a republican,
names a democrat and a formet
Confederate soldier to this coveted
position.
Georgians who have practiced be
fore the supreme court, .say that Jus
tice White has undoubtedly the
strongest legal mind on the bench.
The whole Oeorgla delegation was
pleased beyond measure at tho honot
. accorded to two democrats by Presi
dent Taft; snd the confirmation of
the appointments by a republican
senate.
mite with (»«'
LONG LEGAL
FIGHT ENDED
Mark A. Wilkins, who Slew a
woman, it Again Sentenced
to be Hanged.
Oakland, Cal., Dee. 11.—One et
the longest legs! lights ever waged
In California bj a convicted murder
er to escape paying the penalty for
Ms crime has pnded here with- the
re-sentencing of Mark A. Wilkins to
be hanged In February next. Wilk
ins' crime was the murder of Vernlo
Carmln, s women who lived with
him as his wife, in November, 1P0T.
The woman died from puisne. The
crime was committed In a little cot
tage in Elmhurst, near here, where
the couple lived. After committing
the murder Wilkins burled his vic
tim In quick lime In the yard back
of tho house.
Wilkins wss tried In the early
part of 1908. He was quickly con
victed and sentenced to be executed
In November of that year .Then a
legal battle that has established
record for longevity in the criminal
records of this Slate. Though
reputed to be s burglar by profession
and having n long prison record,
Wilkins is well educated and
said to come of s well-to-do family.
Every step known to the law was
omployed In the light to save him
from the gallows. The case was
carried to tho highest courts, but
without avail. The highest tribunal
reaffirmed the' Judgement of the trial
court, and after a legal battle lasting
three years there nbw appears no
legal means for the comdemned mur
derer to escape the death penalty.
GOV. BROWN
AND PARDilS
COTTON CROP
IN LOWNDES
Mr. J. J. Coppage Tells the
People of Grady County
About Sea Iiland Crop.
Mr. J. J. Coppage, formerly
Valdosta, but now a citltsn or Cairo,
bad an ■ interesting article In tne
Grady Cpunty Progress of last Fri
day on tbs production of Sea Island
cotton In Routs Georgia, the article
having been written for the purpose
of stimulating interest In the staple
Blind Tigers at Nashville.
It is said that the city court at
Nashville this week bad some In
teresting blind tiger esses up for
trial, one of them being an old ne
gro who declared that a white man
furnished him the liquor to sell,
but refused to tell who the white
man was. He was very profuse In
begging for the mercy of the court
end when hie line wes flxed at |150
he expressed the opinion J^^any-
thing but mercy wss shoi
A big line of leather
dies’ bend,bags, gents’
tie 'caves, handkerchief
Us. post I
ust tho
. seppll'-st
from Or
eowi try.
xrr end chemical In
'ear bought their l*ota$u
syit-n years In advance
min*--,"following wt'cb
the Imperial German gownment
imposed a penalty on thorn which
^practically doubled tho contract
price of their potash.
Tho contract wss 130. a ton, but
the ta\ imposed by Germany will
ralso the cost of potash to the
Americans who made these contracts
to $41 a ton. It lrektlthated that
the American farmers will lose sev
eral million dollart a year that might
othsrwlae have been saved fo them,
bad the low priced contracts made
by ear People with mlno owners
In Germany, been carried out.
Senator Terrell of Georgia has
taken this matter up actively with
the state department with a view to
securing relief from this tax for the
southern farmers. A few days ago
, be called at tbe Stato'Department In
' company with Representative Adam
son, I.ee, and Roddonbcry of Geor
gia, and went over the whole matter
With M. II. Davis Tho latter has
Just returned from Germany where
. he sought on behalf of American In
terest to reach some agreement..
The Germans have rejected all
overtures made from this tide, and
have declined absolutely to make
anV proposal on their side. The next
move la being awglted with Interest.
\ The dispute may'be made a subject
\*f diplomatic representation, though
Germany has all along Insisted It Is s
prely commercial problem, or It
J iay go to the Hague for arbitration.
^Senator Terrell said: "We pro
push the matter to a con
oid try In every way possible
• a settlement of tho con
that will be of advantage to
rlcan farmer. Any ecttlement
hies tho big agricultural and
corporations who mgde the
L pntrsets, to save money, but that
k loos not benefit the farmer who bun
Kammerdal fertilisers, will not have
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approval.
\‘Every cotton farmer In the south Drug Company!
90s commercial fertiliser find It'Is
estimated that this tax will taka out
of hla pockets $0,000,000 \ year
which he might otherwise save,
seems to mo that the tax Is Indefen
sible and Gormany In Imposing It has
aimed a direct blow at the American
farmer.”
Houth’a Champion Corn Growers.
. The champion corn growers of the
south—not ono of them oner 16 years
of age, nnd some not more than 11.
wore In Washington this wook,
and were presented with diplomas
of merit hy Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Agriculture,
nnd shook hands with I’resldent*rart.
Joseph Stone of Centre, Ga., Jack-
son county representing Georgia,
having made tho remarknble record
of raising 102 5-8 bushels on one
acre of land at an expense of 29c
n bushel. Stone Is only 11 years old
and the youngest boy In th, group.
His brother came second In the state
contost, the two boys raising 20«
bushels of corn In two adjoining
ncr<>8. Joe was accompanied io
Washington by hla father. While
here they were entertained by Sena
tor Terrell, snd shown tho espl’.ol
and senate ofllco building by him.
Tho trip la one which the youngsters
will long remember.
The largest yield per sere of any
of the 46,225 boy contestants was
made by Jerry Moore of South Caro
lina, who produced 228 bushels at
an expense of 42 coots a bushel. Ira
Smith of Arkansas, raised 119 bush
els at an expense of 8 cents a bushel
He was declared the champion corn
grower of the world.
Take Care!
Remember that wne*> your kid
neys are affected your life Ja In dan
ger. M. Mayer, Rochester, N. V.,
•ays: "My trouble started with
sharp shooting pain over my back
which grew worse dally. I felt slug
gish and tired, my kidney action
was Irregular snd Infrequent. I
started using Foley Kidney Pills.
Each dose seemed to put new life
snd strength Into me, and now I am
completely cured snd feel better and
stronger than for years.” Ingram
The Governor vru^flH
the Line* on the Usejjra
don Power in Futuflj
Atlanta, Os., Dscembgp
gluing with the 'new year V _/Jr-
aor Brown /will pear applications
far sxseatlTS clemency on tTmn-
dsy only of each weak, ‘
Ha haa arrived at this decision
after due deliberation, and wholly
In the lnteroat of the people of tho
auto at large. Within tho past few in that section. The following
months tho burden of hairing trim an extract from the article:
attorneys and others who plead for , "About 20 years ago we began to
pardon, commutation qr perol/i for pIant ,0D * cotton ,n Lowndes coun
ty. At that time it was a new
thing and the farmers did not un-
dersUnd the beet methods of cult!
ration for It, or the best methods o(
preparing It for the market. But
from tbe very first .they realized thai
there was more money'In growing
It than there was in short cotton.
The-farmers there kept trying to
Improve each year on the growing
of this cotton until now there are
plenty of farmers In Lowndes coun
ty who make nearly a bale of long
cotton per acre every year. When
they first began to grow It they on
ly made about a bale to every 8 or
7 acres, snd now they are making a
bale from 1 to 2 acres.
It Is not an unusual sight to the
people of Lowndes county to see
from SO to 200 bales of long cotton
on the streets of Valdosta for mar
ket'each day during the'cotton sea
son. This amount comes In on
wagohs. There Is also a lot shipped
In there and s lot of cotton go to
other markets
"Now, brother farmer, I want to
call'your attention to one thing and
that Is this: When Grady county
farmers get to theTpoInt where they
market at one place In the county
each day during the cotton season
from $10,000 to $20,000 worth o,
cotton there Is something doing for
thp farmer. These are facu; not
fish stories.
-"jt hope to see tho day when Grady
county farmers will put forth their
efforts and go In to stay until
iCpppllih our purpose. It is bet
tor ue. better for ths merchants
lit Jktnty years 4B the
of Valdosta -could not have
shown assets of more than $600,00'),
and today they will show roor^than
$4,000,000. Ask tke banker 'whose
money has done this? He will tell
you ths farmer's One of the larg
est bankers In Valdosta told me just
a few days ago that he did not hav*
a past due paper on a farmer in hla
bank, and I am satisfied that his
bank alone has ono million dollars
loaned out.
Any farmer can borrow money
from the banks of Valdosta If It ts
known that he Is a good farmer,
Why? ' Because they know he can
pay them If be raises long cotton.
Is no unusual occurrence In
Lowndes county for a man to buy a
$6,000 to $10,000 farm, borrow tho
money to pay for It and then pay
this money back In two to three
years of? of hla farm.
I want to csll your attention to
one other fact, namely: The lanas
of Grady county are much better
farming lands than thote of Lown-
des county. I wish to say this for
the benefit of the farmer who is lan-
orlng under the Impression that long
cotton hurts the land: This le not
true. I have tn mind at this time
one field In Lowndes county which
has been planted In long cotton for
22 years In succession, and that
plece i of land Is now making nearly
a bale of cotton per ncre.”
somo person in the penitent
| the state, bas become so great that
Governor Brown finds that It ae
rlously Interferes with other, lmpor
tant matters.
He haa, therefore, detoriAlned. to
hear such appeals only on Thurs
days of / each week. Tn drJor that
this matter may become .generally
known all over the state,, (tovsrqor
Brown asks that all
print the fact, as he doeb < %t wMh
to do sny one Injustice in tbe ar
rangement.
| "I have been forced lnt^VtlJn
tion by the growing demantUtcn my
time bore in these hearings as 1 chief
executive of the state," sap the
Governor. "For soma months I have
heard almost daily seven or- sight
arguments here In my office snd
this takes up much time, two-thlids
of my day In many Instances. Per
sonally 1 would object to this stato
of affairs, 'but other Important mat
ters of state must suffer because I
cannot get to them.
' "I think the law-abiding* people
of this state have rights rising
above those who have not observed
the 'laws and are being punished.
This argument of a pardon as.,a.
Christmas present does not 'appeal'
to mo very strongly. You know hu
man nature as we hare It TfoV does
not always observo Chrl)
tho spirit It should bo ob.vi
237 GADGHT
IN MINE FIRE
Wont Disaster in the History
of Mining in England Occur
red Today.
Boltsn. Hng., Doe. $1.—The worst
disaster In the history of Bnglsnd
mining In the last decade occurred
is ths Houltoa colliers near here,
where • terriffle explosion trapped
miners seven hunderd feet below the
surface. There are two hundred snd
fifty to three hundred dead.
There were three hundred and
thirty-seven men In the mines at the
time of the explosion.
Eight houre, later but fifteen sur
vivors were taken out.' Three of the
dead hare been removed.
Fire followed the explosion
mediately which, with the accumule-
lation of fire damp, stopped all res
cue work.
Great billows of fire and smoke
are spreading from the pit hundreds
of feet In tho air.
Soldiers are guarding the mines
forcing back the maddened men who
rushed towards the mines In an ef
fort to rescue their comrades.
LORIMER IS
BESMIRCHED
isoV
Wall .That man visits
to csrx t his restoration to;lib-
® rt Y odder ths exstnpls
about him, often drink more than
ts good for him. Some times he wfll
commit reckless acts. I believe,
therefore, that Christmas Is not al
ways the wisest time to turn these
men loose on the community.*
"I sympathise with the unfortu
nate who must sorve for the com
mission of wrong-doing, but we
owe a higher duty to Iho law-abid
ing peaceful citizen who obeys the
laws and Is a good citizen. I believe
reason should apply to the exercise
of the pardoning power- just as It
should to any thing olse. We shoull
not let sympthy run sway with
Judgment, and that Is what ws sro
allowing ourselves to do. I am
afraid. I would he the last person In
the world to stand In the way of s
man gaining his liberty who Is Just--
ly entitled to It, but we should
guard against the pardoning power
ns something sacred and aa high
duly.
"I want the people of the stato
to understand my position tn this
matter, hence I explain at length.
In order therefore to see that all In*
terests are served to the best of
my ability I Shall adhere strictly to
the rule of hfearlng pardon pleas on
Thursday only of each week nfter
January l. 1
Markham Fleeted 1’resilient.
New York. December 21.—Chas.
Markham, the president of the Gulf
Pipe Line Companies of Pittsburg,
wss today elected president of the
Illinois Central railroad to succeed
James Harahan, resigned.
Foreign Ships In Collision.
Now York, December 21.—The
German liner Keenlgeu snd tho
French liner Florida collided off
quarantine this afternoon. Ths
Florida was badly damaged, but
no one was seriously Injured.
Nineteen Buildings Burned.
Jackaonburg, Vs., December. $0.
—Nineteen buildings, including tho
Elk and Barr hotels, were burned
todsy. Tho loss It ono hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. ,
Valdoata hasn't been blowing
■ery much -about her great white
way, but the lights here at night arc
pretty aa In nny other town In
the atate. A thousand Incandescent
lights, festooned across the business
streets, , make a scene much more
brilliant than any of the great white-
ways you read sfiout In the papers.
Every night this week the fairy
lights on the streets sro turned on,
so that Christmas shoppers can en
joy tho tight.
Rev. Burke Culpepper haa return
ed from Johnson City, Tenn., where
he and his father have been con
ducting a series of meetings for the
past two or three weeks He will
spend the holidays here snd will go
ont West after Christmas to resume
his evangelical work In that sec
tion.
Report of Committee a Sort
of Dutch Verdict: "Guilty,
but Not Proven.”
Washington, Doc. $1.—The report
of the committee on privileges and
•lections waa submitted to ths senate
todsy. The report declares that
Lorimer’s election as ssnstor. Is set
Invalidated, since no proof 4hat
Lorimer himself bribed any one.
The report acknowledges how
ever, that bribery was freely used
In the election. While Senator Lari
mer retains his seat, ll la the general
opinion that his political career Is
effectually smirched by tho resolu
tion concerning the Jack pot fund,
the hath tub Incident and other rep
rehensible occurences concerning his '
election. ’
The report was ordered printed
and will lie on the table until after
the holiday recess. A minority re
port Is likely.
If the ground should happen to
ffy up and bit yon In the face It
might break your glasses. Don’t
let this worry you. Just pick up ths
pieces and hurry to Mackey’s; they
will do your lenses while you wait
J. G. Mackey, Jeweler and Opto
metrist.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Powell sid
children arrived in the city Mon
day and are the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. Peeples.
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Messrs. H. H. Tift snd John W
Greer came donn from Ttfton yes
terday afternoon to meet the scout
care from Jacksonville, but they did
not arrive laat evening aa was ex-
oected.'
Mr. C. A. Fretwcll, of Fltigerald.
waa among the vialtore to this etty
yesterday.
7 hat s what we
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And what we give in return.
Buy your feed of of us and
be assured of a square
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your attention to our
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Phone Orders Receive Prompt Attention.
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Valdosta, Ga.