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nn VALDOSTA times.
VALDOSTA, GA., TUESDAY,
APRIL 25, 1011,
5 VALDOSTANS
INVESTED IN IT
GREATEST OF
MUSICAL HITS
Will Dies from Mad Doga Dlte.
Mlcajah Swilley and Ben Moore,
of Lax, have just returned from At
lanta each with a email aon
and a email negro boy, where
they had been taken for treatment
«t the Pasteur Institute for the bite
of a made dog on last Wednesday,
la the lower part of Irwin county.
Tho dog was killed and the head
taken,, to Atlanta -for
and-Dr. Harris reported
'hog had hydrophobia. The Swllley
and Moore boys are 10 years old and
each Was' bitten on the leg, but the
negro boy was bitten In the face,
and there Is no hope for _Ms recov
ery. The white boys are likely to
recover. All of thorn will be treat
ed at home.
Several dogs were bitten In that
section by this dog, end all but one
have 'becn killed.
The Music Festival was
Splendid Social, as Well as
a Musical Event.
The Musle Festival last Saturday
afternoon and evening was decidedly
the most brilliant event of the' kind
this city has ever had It wise not
only a great musical event, but
was a social teauus of which any
city pf Valdosta's slxo might well be
proud.
. The audience which filled the
IflKh School auditorium both after
noon and evening was composed
the most prominent people of this and
adjourning towns In this section of
the state. They were people who
were educated in music matters and
who could thoroughly appreciate
the magnificent concert which was
given by the Damrosch orchestra
and 1 the vocal artists which appeared
with It
Tbe people who went to these en-
A New Insurance Company
at Athens Georgia has
Been Tied up in Gourts. _
(From Monday’s Daily.)
If reports are true a number' ot
South Georgia people, as well as
people from, other sections of tho
Btate, are anxious to get their money
out of a concern which has been
promoted nt- Athens, Ga., to do an
Insurance business. r
Several Valdosta citizens Including
such men as W. S. McRee, W. B.
-Conoley, J. N. Bray, S. M. Stanley
and B. A. Deal, are said to have
recently taken stock in a concern
known • as tho Georgia • Insurance
•Company and promoted by John A.
Darwin, who has the reputation ot
being one of the leading citizens and
•church workers of Athena It is
rsald that about 16,000 worth of his
stock was sold at Valdosta and that
n good bunch of It was disposed _of
.at Homcrvillc, Brunswick, Quitman
and other places, whose ctisens have had' the satisfaction
accumulated more money than they
knew what to do with.
It Is said that altogether about
$83,000 worth of stock In tho Com
pany was sold, and that eome of the
leading citizens of Athens Including
tho Phinizys, Whites, McWhorters
and others were uoed as directors in
the company, though It $e eald that
these men knew nothing about the
affairs of the company or that their
names were being used to get stock-
holders In tho organization.
|The affairs of tho Company are
now in the courts. Col. G.- A. Whit-
nker, of Valdosta andl several_of tho
local stockholders claim thntTthere
• were oil sorts of crooked claims to
get them Interested In the Company
and they say that the people of
Athens are-very much surprised in
■the disclosures _ln the case, aB the
leading promoter stands very high
In that city, being; a leading church
worker and contributor to tho cause
of foreign mission and other rellg-
1 lous causes.
The affairs, of the company are In
t)ie hands of the courts and the ease
will be continued nt a later day.
Just how It will, terminate remains
to bo seen, and what becamo of tho
money which tbeso stockholders have
paid In also remains to bo seen.
They are hopeful, however, of getting
back part of their money.'
knowing that they were listening
a mv steal organization second
none in. the world. There are one
or two others tbat are probably just
as good, bat none ot them are bet
ter.
The audience also had tbe privi
lege of hearing vocalists who rank
with the beet upon any sta<
Mr. Arthur Middleton, the basso,
said to have the finest bass voice
any man living. Mr. Damroech has
been connected.with tbe Metropolitan
Opera Company for years and Is
judge of vocalists. He aays that
Mjiddlcton has no .superior any
where. Mr. Albert Quesnel, the
tenor, ranks among tbe highest and,
though he hasn’t a reputation as
great as Caruso because be hasn'
the personality, Mb voice is la
class with Caruso or any of tho other
leading tenors’ In the world.
The young ladles with the orches
tra have voices Just as good h
be heard anywhere. They : have not
given as much stldy to grand opera
work as some of the more famous
stars, but they have the voice - Sad
tbe training, and their work Satur
day afternoon and night was of tho
highest class.
The quartette which concluded the
program Saturday night, consisted
of Miss Florence Hinkle, Mlse Chris
tine Miller, Mr. Arthur Middleton
end Mr. Albert Quesnel, was decld-
edly the finest vocal number eve,
heard In this city, the song being
taken from “Rtgoletto.”
Every one of the numbers gave-the
greatest satisfaction, but the over
tures commemorative of" "Napol
eon's Retreat from Moscow" and the
symphonic peoms “Th- Spinning
Wheel of Otrphhle,” pleased the
Times reporter more than tbe others,
eiamlnj|tkm. if there was any difference at all In
k* uitpThel (he various numbers, v ’
Moultrie Won the Gamp.
- The pcoplo who went from here
to Moultrie on Saturday to witness
4 the baseball game between the High
School teams of the two towns wert
more than pleased with the exblbl-
tlon. ,j
It Is said to have been one of the
host games from beginning to end
and the only regrettable feature
about It was the fact that Moultrie
won It. The Moultrie team made
one run. but the Valdosta bases were
not able to get a man across the
home - -plate Tho Valdoetans had
good backere and there was no lack
of enthusiasm during the game.
Clinch superior court will be held
next week and It promises to he a
great occasion. It is said that one of
the loading issues to bo settled re
lates to a well known local law firm,
the Issue having been raised by*
Interrogatories to a Chicago concern
by a lawyer In a near-by town. Tho
question la which member of the firm
of Woodward and Smith wear* whis
kers, which Is the tallest and which
la the best looking man. An extra
panel of Jnrora may be needed to
tackle this proposition.
In Mountain View,
The funeral of Fred Burdette Ev
ans was held In (he M. E. church
Monday afternoon and was attended
by many ot the old time friends of
tho family. His mother, Mrs. Ev
ans and brother, Albert, and sisters,
were present, and are ntlll In tho
city, the guests of Mrs. Mary Bridge.
Fred Burdette Erans was horn In
Rapid city. July 18, 1889. His child
hood days were spent In Rapid City
and Newcastle, Wyo. Three years ago
he removed to Des Mdlnes, la., where
he attended college, graduating from
a course' In pen art. His health fail
ed and he went South to Valdosta,
Ga., to reside with an annt and
uncle. He was Obliged to undergo
an operation from which he never
fully recovered. He bad left the hos
pital but a - week, when word was re
ceived that *he had passed away sud
denly of heart failure. "Bert,” as
ho was called by everyohe who knew
him Joined tho Des Moines Methodist
church shortly after reaching that
city. From there ho was transferred
to tbe UethodUt church of the South.
Hit life, though brief, was that of an
earnest Christian. One ot his let
ters written home recently while he
was still at the hospital, spoke of
the beautiful Easter time, the Resur
rection, which meantt» much to him
and to which he looked forward with
such Joy end'hope. And happy he
most have been on that Easter morn
ing, numbered among God’s choaen
band "in that better home prepared
by Infinite Lore,.where there la so
sorrow, pain, - pr, grief r bht where.*11
la (bright and bfaatltnl.'Vt-ltaiUd
City (B. D.) Journal.
BERGER WINS
AVICTORY
Fraudulent Use of the Mails
was Not Proven Against
the Aviation Promoter.
(FronvMonday’s Dally.)
The hearing of the case of the
United States government against
J. S. Berger, the would ibe aviation
meet promoter for alleged fraudu
lent use of tbe malls, which was tap- _ the UTlcloth6d decr<Me>
ducted In Savannah on Saturday, re. thls> wUh the tncreaaB of popula.
suited In a victory for Berger, so
CLOTHED AND UNCLOTHED -
Statistics Show that There arc 230,-
000,000 to Be Educated in Dress
"To clothe the whole of humanity
would require (8,000,000, bales ot
cotton each year,"
This statement wae " mnde by
President Hobbs, of the National
Association of Cotton Manufacturers,
at Its recent annual meeting in Bos
ton. Mr. Hobbs, said that, of the
1,600,0000,0000 Inhabitants of the
world, only 600,000,000 are com
pletely clothed, while 760,000,000
are onty partially clothed! and 2G0,-
000,000 are practically not clothed
at all. As civilization advances, the
proportion of the partially clothed
tloa,JoAClvUlzed countries, will call
far aei the Valdosta and Fitzgerald I for an Increased-supply ot cotton.
counts ate concerned. The hearing
In the Waycroza case was not con
eluded at midnight Saturday night,
and was continued by United States
Commissioner Hewlett until- Mon
day afternoon. A majority of those
who heard the evidence before the
Commissioner, and his ruling on the
Valdosta ana Fltagerald cases, are In
dined to believe that the Wayeross
case will also be lost by the govern
ment this afternoon, unless the fur
ther evidence is stronger than that
so far delivered.
• Berger was arrested In Savannah
about ton dayiNfglj^followIng an in
vestigation by Postofflce inspector
Brittain, of Valdosta. The govern-
ment held that the promoter had not
made good bis claims to having In
his employ and nndir his manage
ment, “the world's greatest avia
tors," and that he bad idetrauded
the people ot the three communities
by sending untrue and mteletdlng
advertisements and communications
through the malls.
Messrs. B. W. Bentley, J. J. New
man, E. E. Dcklc, E. L. Turner and
Geo. F. McGowan, of Valdosta, and
six or eight otttor - Witnesses from
WaycfSsa and Fitzgerald, were sum
moned to testify In the hearing,-most
of them having -been called by tho
.government. Their testimony,
the imal'nl was more favoralble to
Berger than to the prosecution, and
nt midnight on Saturday night,
United Stales Commlaslonor Hewlett
before whom the hearing was aon-
ducted, stated that he <wou|d dismiss
the Valdosta and Fitzgerald counts,
as hp did not think the case against
the defendant had been sufficiently
made out.
The contract made With tho Val
dosta board ot trade by Berger, was
introduced, end while, those who
were called to testify did not believe
the promoter had lived up to the
spirit of the contract, ho had com
piled With the letter of the Instru
ment- To oadh ot (he Valdosta
witnesses Berger pnt the question:
"Do you not believe tbat I did ev
erything In my power to make the
avlstfon meet a success and did ev
erything possible to make the avia
tors fly?" Messrs. Bentley and New
man replied that they believed he
had, Mr. Dekle did not believe the
contract had Ibeen complied with
and Mr. McGowan did not think he
bad gotten' his honey's worth when
he paid his way In to see the avia
tors who wouldn't aviate.
Mr. Bentley was tbe principal
witness from Valdosta. He testlded
that he had dictated 'the contract
made with Berger Cere, and did the
best he could at that time. Since
then, however, he bad learned some
thing about the wayw of aviators
and If he had to write another con
tract he would do it' differently. Mr.
Bentley pnt up the money to bring
Albert and Mattery, and their two
machines from Chicago to Valdoata,
after the aviator whom Berger
claimed to have under contract In
New Orleans, had failed to show up.
He. bad also paid the hotel hill ot
Berger and his wile' In Valdosta In or
der that they might get oat ot town
and pull bit the Waycroas meet The
gate receipts at Wayeross and Fitz
gerald had been consigned to him to
reimburse him for the outlay, but he
stated that he wae out about $676,
which be never expected to get He
said that Barger got no money here
except seven dollars which he took
In at tbe park gates, and - that which
Mr. Bentley advanced When tbe av
iator left here.
Mr. Newman and Mr. Dekle relat
ed their business dealings with Ber-
gsr at some length, and' euted tbat
Barger bad acted, “squarely with
It was • brought out that
Berger had offered Mattery and
Downey a bonus of $400 on the lint
day of the srvcsllsd meet here If
either one of them would make a
flight ot 100 feet above the earth.
They couldn't or wouldn't do this,
bft did manage to "get off the
ground,’! , as called for in So‘Mai
Probably nobody in this sectloo
The cotton bolt of the United States
now furnishes fullty two-thlrde-jol
the worlds supply of cotton, and, as
the demand Increases, will bo callod
upon greatly to Increase Its annual
production. • |
It Is a clear undemanding of this ** "skint” his elbow and kuocked
condition that has led the Southern a I* 0 ®* out *“° fonce..
Rallwny Company to ojrganlto a cot-
AN EXCITING OCCURENCE.
Uncle George Courtney Figured In «
Lively Adventure Last Night.
Last night about 7:80 o’clock just
as "Uncle George" Courtney bed
settled down to rerdlng he honrd
peeullnr sounds Issuing * from hie
chicken ho"ee. He proceeded at
once to Investigate.
After much hunting he foi nd a
little black ehoat which happoned to
got In some way. Fearing he might
destroy somo of his chickens he pro
ceeded to catch hi ni-
He got a sack and tho battle be
gan, Mrs. Courtney brining up tin-
rear with tho lantern and Mlzo
Courtney outside tho fence cheering
hint on to victory. Just as ho
thought be hat him, the pig ran un
der him, knocking him down and
throwing him agalnat tbe fence.
But “Uncle Georgo" wn 8 not de
feated, ho remembered tho days of
'62 and was not to be so etslly over
come. Ho rallied and at last caught
him. He boxod tho pig and sent It
to tho pound. "^- -
The only thing ho regrets lo that
ton culture department to work In co-
opartlon with the United States ag
riculture department end the agri
cultural authorities ..of tho South-
ern states, to keep the cotton produc
tion of the South abreast of the de
mand by bringing about the adoption
For Eloventli District Meet.
Athletic contests, in which the
strongest teams of the schools of the
Eleventh district will compote, will
be a distinctive feature ot this
year's meet of thq high school at
Blackshear May 6. The declama-
ot those cultural methods which will Uon > ® looutlon . spelling and musle
result In larger average yields per contcst » wU1 b ® h8111 at th « Pre " b )'-
acre, thus Increasing the profitable- terlan In,tl t ut0 ' Sch001 * of Qult-
nesa of cotton growers and leaving man > Valdosta, Douglas, Baxley,
surplus lands to 1-e devoted'to other J Brunswick, Jessup, Wayeross and
crops and the growing of Hvo
stock.
It is clearly more profitable to a
farmer, to produce fifty hales of cot
ton on fifty acres of land 1 than to
produce the same amount on 100
scree, for he will receive the same
from her wor cheerfully and loyally
acres for other uses. Under ordi
nary circumstances, every lncreaeo
In tho average yield of cotton per
acre reduces the eost of production
per pound and yields the farmer n
larger margin of profit b«w^en the
cost of growing hlg crop and the
■tilling! price: . . "
l!ml*W'n Runaway Scrape,
r. Will' SI
Hi
Mr. Wfli Studstill, one of tho
rural route mall carriers, woe badly
bruised up aifd hla foot badly sprain
ed this morning in a runaway scrape
eight or nine miles above Valdosta.
It la said tbat his horse became
frightened at a tram engine and ran
away. Mr, Studstill wag thrown
out of Ms buggy an done wheel ran
over his foot.
He Is suffering a number
bruises and-Wae brought to this city
In fn automobile and medical at
tention was given him. He la reA-
tng very well I ut It Is thought that
It will be several days before he Is
able to get put again.
Blackahear will be represented, with
several others coming In for some
of the contests.
(Prcsbyterial Institute of Black-
shear and Bunn Bell of Wayeross
will play off the third game of a
three-gamed baseball series, ,cach
having a win to Its credit.
Now what Valdosta needs la a
good auditorium, one tbat will hold
at least 1,600 people. It could bo
built hore easily and would ho worth
much to tho city. It would draw
conventions to Valdosta anil It would
eualblo ub to hnvo a groat Mifiic Fes
tival every year. Lets get busy on
an auditorium. ,
Quiet Marriage This Morning
There Was a quiet marriage at
806 E. Savannah Ave., this morning
at 10 o'clock when Miss Ruby May
Rnirby, of Mllltown, became the
bride of Mr. .William J. Collins of
this city, tha Rev, Dr. Chapman per
forming tho ceremony. /
The young couple will reclde nt
306 Savannah Ave. They have many
friends who will bo Interested In the
announcement pf their marriage.
Is Cleaner Than Carpet.
Paint your floor around tha border
of the room with L. and M. Floor
Paint Costa about 60 cents.
It gives a bright varnished finish.
Cover th* center of the room with
your homo madu carpet rug. Looks
splendid.
Get It from A. E. DImmock.
believes tbat Berger had tha man
agement of any of tho world’s great
est svlstonr, tat when the govern
ment started to prove that ho didn't
It wasn't as easy as It looks. In
spector Brittain testified that bo bad
seen the Wright Bros, at Fort Myers,
Vs.,, whom he considered the world’s
greatest flyers, but was forced to
admit tbit they were not able to
make a flight there at the first at
tempt He admitted tbat be bad
•seen a short flight at Fltzgarald by
the Berger aviator.
Barger was released on hi* own
recognisance by Commissioner Hew-
lett until this afternoon - , when the
Wayeross case will be concluded.
Mr. J. H. Dowling, of Starke, Flai,
cimo up and spent Saturday , in this
city.
WHISKIES
NOT
SUBSTITUTES
Following this principle we
have built up our business in
the past 16 years to its pres
ent Mammoth Proportions
Lew is’
Express Prepaid
ijjis. 12 Qta.
$51)0.. $12.00
Ilium’s Monogram.
Bottled in Bon>* or Blend
4 qts., $4.00 12 qts.’, $11.50
Sylven-GIen
4 qts., $3.20 3 12 qts., $9.00
Black and Blue
Corn Whiskey
4 qts., $3.00 lJ.qtsJ8.50
RELIABLE, RESPONSIBLE.
CHAS.BLUMCO.
Incorporated
Capital Stock $200,000.00
Fully Paid
Chas. Blum, Carl Minor,
Pres. Sec & Treas
Long Distance Phone 188
517-519 W. Bay St.
Jacksonville, Fla.
A RE a necessity to every well kept farm
or home. As with every other piece
of steel we sell, our scy.lies and sickles are
guaranteed both as to quality and satisfac
tion. •>;
TTEiE best place to buy hardware is where
* you can get the best. From a stand
point of value, merit and quality, it pays big
to buy from us.
If you are not already a customer
let us prove it.
Larsen-Forbes Hardware Co.
South Patterson St.
Phone 525
Valdosta, Ga
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THE FENDER LUMBER COMPANY
MAKES A SPECIALTY OF HOUSEBILLS COMPLETE . 11
Framing, Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Shingles, Lath, Interior FioLhlngs Window Frame*.
la-cB- ; Screeof. Variety shop, Work of all.kinds, Sash Doors, Moulding.
. PlioneNo,44 , T £■; ■ i gii-rtT' -uadsw aldottfi, Ga.
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