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THE VALDOSTA TIMES
VALDOSTA. UA„
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HOKE’S PRESS
AGENT WRITER
He Says the Governor-Elect
is Preparing to Make a State*
ment for the Public.
Atlanta, Jan. 12.—It is~ understood
that Governor-elect Hoke Smltn,
who ha* been engaged during the
past two or three weeka In a minute
atudy of the finances of the state,
will issue a statement within the
next few days embodying some im-
PROGRESS OF
TWO STATES
Many New Enterprises are
Started in Georgia and Ala
bama the Past Week.
Columbus, Ga., January 12.—The
Georgia and Alabama Industrial In*
dex says in it* reguar weekly Is
sue:
"Many new enterprises, both in
dustrial and commercial, have
sprung Into existence all over the
portant recommendations which ne|‘wo states and are beginning their
will advocate now and when he
takes hie seat in the gubernatorra,
chair.
One of the recommendations, it
Is stated, will be for the creation
of a board of finance, to be com
posed of the governor of the state,
the state treasurer and the attor
ney general. These three would
under the rules governing the boar*,
have frequent conferences, and
would keep in close touch yrith each
other and with the financial affairs
of the state. Governor-elect Smith
will also advocate, it .is said, the in
creasing of the borrowing power of
the governor from $200,000 to
$500,000. He believes ,that the fi
nances of the state fiinply justify the
raising of the sum, and feels that
the power should be there, whether
ft is used or not, in caseB of emer
gency.
Another recommendation^ will be
I the advancement /ot the. tisne 'lor
payment of corporation taxes. Gov-
Smii'h will point out that the
Mtfcms. to'ail intents and pur
poses, can pay as easily at one time
f of the year as another, while, if the
time is advanced, the money will
come in just when the state treasury
need* it most. It will be suggested
that an incentive in the shape of a
.discount of 1 per cent, might. TO of
fered for the early payment of such
taxes, but that is not necessarily an
essential part of the plan.
It will be recalled that Governor-
elect Smith some time ago announc
ed himself in favor of having the
governors Inaugurated in (January
instead of June so that the govern
ors’ terms of office and the fiscal
years might, begin at the same time.
This would give each incoming gov
ernor a fairer opportunity to get di
rectly in touch with the financial
situation.
CRIME COMMITTED AS
PUNISHMENT METED
Two Atlanta Highwaymen
were Busy While Other*
were Being Sentenced.
Atlanta, Jan. 12.—A peculiar don-
le coincidence occurred In Atlanta
esterday, furnishing a double-bar-
eled example of the necessity for
taking the punishment of crime
Bifficiently severe not only to mete
Sit Justice to thC offender but to
eter other would-be criminasl.
At the very hour when Sutton and
nox, the now famous "drug store
andits" were being arraigned be-
>re Judge Roan preparatory to be-
ig sent to the penitentiary for a
»rm of years, two unknown white
ien were holding up and robbing
Idward Curran on Magnolia street,
t the point of a revolver Just as
utton and Knox had done.
At the very hour when John Gault,
, vicious negro, wijb being sentenced
o ten years of penal servitude for
natchlng a purse from Mrs. Rich-
rd Harwich, another negro was
t iring a silver-meshed purse from;
e hand of Mrs. A. N. Mackie.
BLIZZARD IX THK NORTHWEST.
[The Mercury Range* From 28 to 40
ileloiv in Montana.
Butte, Mon., Jan. 12.—Tho
E orthwest is in the grasp of tho
orst blizzard of the winter. The
ury is ranging from twenty-eight
. degrees below zero.
Journey along the highway of Time
side by side with the new year,
1911. Thirty new corporations are
reported, with minimum capital
stock of $627,500 and authorized
capital far in excess of that sum.
and they reriect activity in every
line of endeavor. Many new mer
cantile and other business enter
prises are reported, and incident to
the readjustment of affairs fo r the
new twelve-month period much new
oapital is being Invested.
"Various South Georgia cities are
in a glow of enthusiasm over the
official report of the United States
census bureau showing remarka
ble Increases in their population* in
in the last ten years
Waycross, Ga., with Its, present
population of 14,485, a n increase of
145 per cent in ten years, and Fitz
gerald with 215 per cent, increase,
lead the list, and AVbany Ami Cor-
dele also show particularly i^ie In
•WiilHC/, ' A
"The reports submitted 1 by banks
all over the two states show that
the past year was a very prosperous
one wih those institutions, the net
earnings in many case* being 15
and’ 20 per cent New banks are re
ported for -^nnfston, Ala., Atlanta.
Ga.. and Macon, Ga.
"Commercial bodies were orga
nized at Cordele, Ga., and Ea?t
Point, Ga. Colquitt Oa. will pro
bably vote at an early date oi
bonds for public inmprovements
Dublin. Ga. is offering $80,000 of
improvement bonds for sale. New
court houses are to be built In Ful
ton and Spalding counties Georgia.
"A $10,000 fertilizer factory is
announced for Enterprise, Ala. Ac
tivity in mining operations is re
ported from the Alabama district
Six new real estate companies wore
chartered i n Birmingham, Ala, dur
ing the week Russell county, Ala
bama .voted *100,000 of road
bonds, and Toombs county, GeorJ
g’a, will vote on the Issuance of
the same kind of bonds. An elec
tion on the Issuance of $10,000 col
lege bond* has been ordered m
Florence, Ala. Proposals fo r erect
ing a new federal building at Mill-
edgeville Ga., are now invited."
ALL MEN ARE CRAZY.
SAYS A QUEER JUDGE
Judge Roan is Feeding his
Fellow Countrymen out of
his own Spoon.
Atlanta, Jan. 12.—You’re crazj.
Now, dffn’t get mad, you really are
insane, so you might, as well make
the beet of it, for if you try to deny
it you may get yourself tiffed for
contempt of court, for Judge L. 8.
Roan, of the Stone Mountain cir
cuit, one of the most distinguish**
criminal Jurists and students ot
criminology In the South, declared
from the bench yesterday the firm
belief, after years of consideration
of the subject, that everybody In the
world was more or less Insane.
It Is interesting to note that Judge
Roan’s view on this subject coincides
to some extent with the findings 5f
the great Italian criminologist, Lora-
broso, who died recently. The Mf-
lanese savant maintained that no hu
man being was mentally normal,
that all had certain peculiarities,
and that the man who was a raving
maniac simply had these peculiarities
further developed.
TALK CIVIC
BETTERMENT
National Civic Federation is
Holding a Meeting in New
York City, j
New York, Jan. 12.—The trust
problem is uppermost in the minds
of Americans now with suite pend
ing in the supreme court for the dis
solution of two of the greatest mono
polies. This thought was brought
forcibly to the attention of tho
National Civic Federation by Samuel
Untermeyer, the famous corporation
lawyer, at the opening' of the annual
convention of that body today.
Thirty-five stale councils and men
from every walk in life were present.
Mr. Untermeyer’8 address cultimated
in a plea for federal control.
"The trusts cannot be dissolved
and property thrown Into sea," bo
said, "because tho constitution pro
tects private property from the gov
ernment seizure In times of peace.
A rigid regulation under the federal
law is the only way to solve the
problem."
President Seth Low In his open
ing address outlined In general tho
many timely questions of national
import to he discussed by the
speakers during the three days'
session, the subjects of regulation
of railroads and municipal utilities,
compensation for industrial acci
dents, and arbitration and concilia
tion being well to thAfore. The
called New National^ d rtinj
celve attention at thfonferjjl
At one session there
©red the questions:
work, bonus or premium system of
{wage payments just, both t 0 the em
ployers and employes?" and "How
Successful is profit sharing in the
United States today?”
The scheduled speakers Include
men of such wide prominence ns
(former President Theodore Roose
velt, W. McKenzie King Minister
of Labor of Canada; Secretary of
the Treasury Franklin MacVcagh.
Senators Root, of New York, and
Cummins, o( Towa Judge Alton B.
Parker, President Samuel Gompers,
of the American Federation of La
bor Andrew Carnegie, George B.
Cortelyou, William Dudley Foulke
August Belmont Myron T. Herrick,
Georgo W. Perkins, John Mitchell,
Samuel TTntermeyer, Melvill E.
Tngalls, James R. Garfield and *W.
Brown.
EXPLOSION IN
10G STORE
gminded him Three Girl Clerks and More
Than a Dozen Customers art
Missing as Result.
jjonferjfcce,
11 con'll d-
Is tie piece
MR. HAVANAN OUT OF
THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL
After a Continous Service of
Twenty Years, he Steps
Down and Out.
Chicago, Jan. 12.—After a con
tinuous service of twenty years, in
the course of which ho rose from a
minor position to be the head of
the entire system, James T. Harahan
today retired from the presidency
tho Illinois Central Railroad
Company, in compliance with the
rule of tho company which makes
It necessary for officials to relin
quish their positions upon attaining
the age of seventy years.
Mr. Harahan is succeeded in the
presidency by Charles H. Markham,
who was elected to the position by
the board of directors at their an
nual meeting in New York last
month.
MIXING TOWN 18 WIPED OUT.
Bluefields. W. Va., Jan. 12.—The
mining town of Welch, McDowell
county, was wiped out by fire today.
The loss is one hundred thousand
dollars.
The Stock Market Today.
New York, Jan. 12—Opening a
shade lower, stocks general l v
strengthened moving to within a
fraction of the high point of yester
day. Steel and Amalgamated were
strong.
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Atlanta, u«
ta bailiffs and
liav 0 long
ruthlcssncss,
many 11 nits w
their high-handi
ceeding their aij
thing, hav 0
here. But ft case
which had laid
these doughty otiller.s In the shade.
Two officers, Irfm justice Blood-
Worth's court ari
ers’ lien entered
Baptist church,v
morning, nnd 1
that institution
consecrated altar’ i;
carting it thenco to
worth's court wher e It now . stands
awaiting th e adjustment of a dif
ference between the carpenter who
built the pulpit and alleges that it
has not been fully paid for, and the
preacher of the congregation £ whr
says thn' pulpit wad not 'built to
specifications, and that the carpen
ter’s action Is outrageous.
The bailiffs were met at the
church door by |( a deaco n who re
called to their minds the Bible,
story of the children of Isrsel who
were struck by lightning or some
thing like that be(r'-fe they laid
sacrilegious hand,
the covenant,
not
Connellsvtlle, Pa., January 12.—
court officers There wa, a terrific gas explosion
'lous lor their ■ and the fire which followed destroy-
been so ed McCreerey’s five and te n cent
ause of store today, and it is ibelleved
methods, of ex-j large number of persons, mostly
that such : girl clerks, were killed,
old story Several shoppers ar e missing, the
fire spreading and frenzied calls
have been sent to neighboring
towns for aid. At noo n the f 1 am si
wer 0 under control.
Three girl clerks and more than
a dozen customers nre anisslng. Six
teen Injured pcoplo ar 0 In the hos
pital.
The loss is 2100,000. Six 'build
ings In the vicinity of MoCrccrey’s
ton cent store were, destroyed.
DAMAGING TO
MRS. MHENCK
Trained Nurse Tells of Cir
cumstances Connected With
the Poisoning Case.
by four J. P. warrants as a 'Sem
blance of justification. The case is
still remembered of another bailiff,
not twelve months ago, who wen
to the house of a respectable At
lanta lady to levy on a sowing ma
chine, and when she refused to let
him take tho property, actually
handcuffed her until h'e assistants
moved It away.
And It li only three- days ago
that another tried to arrest a ne
gro butler for some trifling offense,
while the negro was actualy engag
ed In watlng on the table In the
Wheeling, W. Va., Jan. 12—
The most damaging testimony yet
brought out against Mrs Schenck who
le oiT 'trial charged with poisoning
her millionaire husband, was given
today by Mies Alma Evans, a trained
nurse, who swore that ono of the
Schonck children was made 111 from
drlnklng | lythla wator which was pro-
pared- for her husband by his wife.
Miss Evans testified that she
drank some of the wator herself an.l
became 111. She also swore that
Mrs. Bchenck took automobile rides
while her husband lay at the point
of death; that the accused woman
visited fortune tellers to learn If her
husband would recover and that the
wife dabbled with bottles containing
medicine for her husband and pre
dicted her husband’s death.
Mrs. Schenck glared at the wit
ness, showing fhe first sign of irri
tation during the trial.
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Memphis Lady Wins.
Memphis, Tenn.—Mrs. Emma D.
l-oonoy, of Memphis, writes: “I suf
fered misery for nearly eight years
Since taking Cardul, I am much
stronger,, and I haven't mlased a
single meal. I hardly know how
to oxpreas my gratitude." Don't won
ry about your symptoma—Cardui
goes deeper down , What A c- .nocd
Commencing
Jem. 12th
We are going to PUT on sale our entire
stock of Overcoats at One-Third Off the
regular price. This takes in Men’s, Boys’
and Children’s Overcoats. <
This is a chance of a lifetime to buy an
overcoat so early in the season at a 1-3 off.
Coldest weather of winter is yet to come.
One Price Briggs
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.