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m VALDOSTA KMBS ' TAUXMU, CULa SATURDAY. JOLT 18, 1M1,
TAX APPRAISERS
WILL BEGIN
THEIR WORK
Board ,Met Yesterday to
Take up the Returns
MUCH OF THE PROPERTY IN THE
CITY IS SAID TO BE GIVEN
IN AT VALUES FAR DELOW
WHAT IT SHOULD BE.
CALLED A NEW PASTOR.
Ret. Lawrence WlllUmi, of Merit! 1
Ian, Called to Valdosta.
(From Wednesday's Dally.)
The First Christian church of this
city has called Rst. Lawrence Wil
liams, of Meridian, Miss., to the
pastorate of the church here, and a
telegram was received by Mr. E. L.
McLeod last evening announcing
that he would accept the call and
will be bore on September 1.
The members of the Christian
church here are very much pleas
ed at this Information, as their
church has been without a pastor
for several weeks and they had call
ed one minister who could not ac
cept the pastorate.
Rev. Williams Is said to be one
of the strongest young ministers of
the Christian denomination. He la
a man of strong Intellect and Is a
good leader. He Is married and his
wife Is said to be an excellent
returns and It will be Beveral days
before the work Is completed.
After meeting with Vie finance
committee yesterday and talking
over the work with them, the mem
bers of the board took a recess until
today, but they did not meet this
morning, as Mr. Passmore was call
ed out of town today. The work will
be resumed when he returns.
The board consists of Messrs J. F.
Passmore, J. F. McCrackln and city
clerk Holcombe. The board will go
over every return made to the city
and the outlook Is that a great many
returns will be Increased, as it Is
claimed that there Is considerable
Inequality In the way taxes are given
In.
It Is said that some property In
Valdosta Is given In at not much
more than one fourth Its value.
Property which sold here a few
weeks ago for twenty-five thousand
dollars was given In for taxes at six
thousand dollars. Other property
that sold for forty thousand was
given In for twenty thousand dollars,
and st'll other property valued at
twenty and twenty-five thousand has
been given In at eight to ten thous
and.
It Is said that small cottages and
I small homes are given in at nearer
their value than any other property
in the city, the custom being'to' ^lve
In the property at from p^thlrflx to
three-fourths Its
It Is understood tfiat'the board
Of tax appraisers are going to look
very diligently Into all of the tax
returns and when, they finish their
work property owners will he given
an opportunity to come before them
and show cause why the hills should
pot be raised.
Cutting off the Wnler.
Superintendent Quarterman and
several of his helpers were busy all
day yesterday In cutting off the
water from residences and places of
business where the water rent has
not been paid. This morning and
last night city clerk Holcomh was
kept busy explaining matters over
the phone and many housewives over
the city have been doing without
water because somebody had neglect
ed to pay the rent.
In nearly all of these cases the
matter was adjusted aud the water
wa ( turned on again. Water rent Is
collected every three months and
notices are published In the paper
when It comes due. Many people
forget to pay and the cutting off
process Is adopted, as a gentle re
minder and because It is assumed
that the water is not needed.
Finishing up Special Taxes.
Quito a number of people are do
ing business In Valdosta who have
-not paid their special tax, though It
1a more than a month past. due. Of
ficer Walker Is out on his rounds to
day In looking after these dllinquento
and some of them may have to pay
a fine In court, besides the license
unless they are able to make a very
good showing as to why they have not
been paid.
(From Wednesday’s Dally.)
The city tax appraisers have be
gun their work of going over the tax church worker.
He was a school mate of Rev.
Richard Wallace, although that fact
was not known when negotiations
were opened with him. Mr. Wallace,
however, speaks In the highest
terms of Mr. Williams and says that
he Is confident that the members of
the church will like him and that
he. In turn, will like them.
Mr. Williams was called to the
church In Meridian about a year
ago and he Is loath to leave there,
and the people do not want to give
him up.
SLEW TWO MEN,
MADE ESCAPE,
STILLJRSJfED
Story of Lynching in Col
quitt County is Denied
WILL McGIlIFF KILLS WHITE
FARMER, NEGRO FARM HAND,
SHOOT'S OFFICER AND MAKES
HIS ESCAPE.
NEED MILLION PENSION MONEY
Lindsey Makes his Estimate—May go
Even Higher than That, He aays
Pension Commlsloner Lindsey, In
a report to the governor and legisla
ture, estimates that $1,180,000 will
be needod for paying Georgia pen
sioners in 1912 and 1913. If an
amepd^nent Is adopted placing gome
1,724’ pensioners, now receiving $5
to fr.o per annum, on $60 paaiiij:
Commissioner Lindsey says $1,200,-
000 will be needed.
Hi^ report shows that there were
T^g|2 pensioners of all classes on
the rolls in 1910, and that they were
paid $937,188. To date In 1911,
1$.1&0 pensioners have been paid the
sum.of $1,142,431.28.
. The new service pension act placed
onjttie rolls the first year, 2,077 men
^ I 3,310 widows, and several hun-
A telegram from Moultrlettft^ ‘dry mor© will probably be added
thf
Snake Stories Are Coming In.
Mr. Barney Newsome, of the Uly-
attevllle district, was In the city this
morning with the first make story
of the season, but Mr. J. R. Wlaen-
baker told one a few minutes later
that was Just as good.
Mr. Newsome’s snake was a rat
tler, which was found by a little
boy between the old and new Clay
attevllle road yesterday. The boy
tried to kill the snake with a pole,
but was unable to do so, and when
the snake threw Itself Into a coll
and sounded Its rattle the boy be
came frightened and .began to squall
for help and kept It up for nearly
an hour. Finally some negroes
went to the scene and shot the
snake to death. The reptile meas
ured- a-little over six feet and had
tv'elve rattles.
$Ir. Wlsenbaker has been taking
^ rat snake at his house for
b. past’three years. Once recent
ly tT)^- jWnpifq yot In his dwelling
such' .ittlunied.
Time* this afternoon say, that the
story sent out from there last night
in regard to the lynching of Will
McGrlff, the desperado who ran
muuck yesterday, was absolutely un
true. The pease la still In pursuit
of him. ,
Tho dispatches to The
yesterday afternoon told of the kill
ing of William Washington, a Col
quilt county farmer, an<^ a negro
farm band by Will McGrlff, a des
perate negro, and lator the wound
ing of Mr. O'Neal, who waa trying
to catch him. Our lateat Informa
tion was that McUrlff waa being
chased with track dogs. Later In-
formation today Indicates that nt
was caught and killed.
The following dispatch was sent
out from Moultrie regarding the
double tragedy laat night:
“Will McGrlff, a negro, this morn;
Ing Instantly killed a highly
spected citizen of the northwester i
l-art of the county. Will Washli
ton, and a negro named F
shot and seriously wounded a
white man named O'Neal and
gro, and later today was
shot to death by a posse.
"The sheriff Immediate!
thh morning to the scene
gro's , rampage, carrylr
hounds for thi
him. The
and the
dogs to
•3
year under thl 8 law. Conrmis-
er Lindsey estimates th© death
at 1,598 or about 7% per cent.
Ill Increase heavily each yea»
nW on.
iy placing both tho old pension
roprlation and the special ser-
vl<Tfl pension appropriation of $200,-
00$ together, the commlsloner has
bJen abl© to pay most of those on tn©
ink. 1 When the entire fund is practi
cally exhausted, he still has 660 un
paid claims In hand and asks
special appropriation of $39,600 to
liquidate this Indebtedness. *
Commissioner Lindsey calls at
tention to the heavily Increased
work of the department under the
,new act, and states that he had to
|pay out of his pocket for extra help.
He asks that bis clerk and his ste
nographer be granted an Increase
sufficient to make their compensation
$100 per month each.
flits about It that he had to get it
out and carry it back to the barn,
where It has been doing duty in
keeping ofT the rats.
Yesterday he went out to the
barn and before be thought about
it stepped on the snake. He was
frightened out of his wits when he
law the snake, s6 proceeded to kill
it, after having taken care of it for
about three years.
Bale of Griffin’s Property,
large number of people gath
ered yesterday at the place of the
late J. B. Griffin at Cat Creek to
attend the sale of pertshablo prop
erty. The sale was made by the
executor of the estate, Mr. Jim
Swindle and was conducted by Dep
uty Sheriff Parrish.
It Is said that all of the property
brought good prices with the excep
tion of a lot of cut glare, which was
Knocked off for almost nothing. He
hud a large number of bees, which
told at 75 cents per hive, though it
probable that the honey will
amount to that much. The other
things brought very good prices
and the sale was regarded as a very
successful one throughout
Culture Club Meeting.
The Tuesday Evening Culture Club
met with Miss Harriett Deal last
evening and the occasion was one of
both * pleasure and profit.
The first half hour was spent In
the study of Korea, after which tho
evening was given over to pleasure.
Two contests were enjoyed, and de
lightful refreshments were served.
Those present were Misses Louise
Algee, Leona Roberta, Marie Ashley,
Mattie Sue Ooodloe,
Organized a New Church.
A new Baptist church was organ
ized at Mlneola last 8unday with
about twenty members. The or
ganization Is said to be the result
Major!© Mc-. 0 ^ preaching of Rev. Noah Ty-
Donald, Annie Mae 8he!ton and ] er( who has been conducting
A Marriage at Hahlra Tonight
A marriage of more than ordinary
Interest le announced for this even
ing at Hahlra. The contracting par
ties are Miss Madell McAuley and
Mr. Richard L. Lawson.
The bride la a daughter of the
widow McAuley and Is one of the
most popular young ladles In that
section of th© county.
Tho groom Is In business at
Hahlra and is a member of the firm
of Hodge & Lawson.
After the • ceremony tho couple
will be tendered a reception and they
will leave on the night train for an
extensive trip.
Ibo serious
"The dead man, V
addition to operating
proprietor* of a tie camp and th<
negro who did the shooting was a 1
tie cutter In his employ. |
How Killings Occurred. ♦
4, From the best information ol*
tainable there was a difference aris
ing out of the checking up of tne
ties, and the negro went to his shan
ty 1 and, taking Mb ritle, returned to
where Washington and the others
wore and immediately opened fire.
Washington fell from the first shot
and then O’Neal was wounded In
the arm.
"The desperado then turned fils
ijfle upon members of his own race
and Finney fell dead and the sec
ond negro fell with a bullet hole
through hie side.
"Apparently satisfied that his
work was well done, the negro
shouldered his rifle and started for
•he woods with the statement that
he would send more to their death
before submitting to arest.
"Thosceneof the quadruple crime
Stockholders Meet Today.
A large number of the stockhold
ers of the Alliance Warehouse Com
pany came to the city this. morn
ing and had a meeting of tho Alli
ance Warehouse Company, and the
meeting la being held In tbe office
of that company at tbe warenou&e
building.
it la understood that the stock-
will get a dividend today, it
ie flrji they have had during
two years. No dividend
last year, ae the company
red some losses from
made it impossible
tbe usual dividends,
that the business
<impost “year
excellent
Negro Carried to Asylum.
Sheriff Gornto has Just returned
from Mllledgevllle, where he went
to carry Alonzo Miller, who-was ad
judged insane some time ago, and
he wan sent to tbe asylum.
The sheriff had no trouble what-
•▼er with the negro, although sev
eral times on the trip Miller showed
a desire to talk and would rattle off
lot of gibberish. When he be
came tired of talking be would keep
quiet until the spirit would move
him.
is several miles from Doerun in the jg.
JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Which Is Better—-Try an Experi
ment or Profit by a Valdosta
Citizen's Experience.
Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved to be as repre
sented.
The statement of a manufacturer
is not convincing proof of merit,
but tUe endorsement of frlegds
Georgia & Florida Ry.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE) 25 1911
New Direct Line
Dougla*, Vidalia, Swainsboro, Millen and Augucta,
and the Carolina*, Virginia, Washington, New :
Yodc.and all Eastern cities ,through Augusta
CIOM connection made at Augusta bjr Trains Not. f and 7 with
CharlMton and Western Carolina Railway to and from the Sprint and
Mountain Raaorta of North and South Carolina.
BLEEPING CAR SERVICE
E.t«|.cn Valdosta and Aucuata on Tralna Not. ( and 7, axe.pt Sunday;
on Train. No.: 11, It, 14 and IS Sundaya
TRAINS LEAVING VALDOSTA.
No. 4.—7:50 a. m. Dally tor Douglaa, Haslahurat, Vldalla, arrirlng
at Augusta 5:25 p. m.
No 6—6:30 p. m„ oxe.pt Sunday, for Donglai, Haileburat, Vldalla, ar*
riving Augusta at 8:00 a. m.
No. 7—10:22 a. m.. except Sunday, for Madlaon.
No. 5—5:It p. m. dally for Madlaon.
No. 12—71 to p. m„ Sunday only, for Douglas, Hailehurst, Vldalla and
Augusta.
No. 13—9:00 a. m., Sunday only, for Madlaon. ,
Connection made at Hatlehurat with Southern Railway for Macon
Atlanta and points West. At Madison, Fla., with S. A. L. for Lira Oak,
Quincy, Tallahaaaeo and points West,
t7 E HARRIS. T. P. A. J. M. JOHNSON. Ticket A*
Valdosta, CJa. Valdosta, Ga
C. H. GATTIS, G. P. A.. Augusta, Georgia.
northwest portion of the county and
close to the Flint River and North
eastern Hallway.
Lynching of Mctirtff.
"McGrlff waa arrested at Bacon-
on this afternoon, according to
message sent by Deputy Sheriff
Crow, of Mitchell county, who sta
ted that aftar he arrested the negro
crowd of 500 armed men
mended the prisoner, and, aeelng
that resistance would be useless, as
ihe crowd was determined and very
threatening, he compllod with their
demands and lert for Camilla.
"Before getting' far he beard
mber of gunshots and supposed
the prisoner made an effort to es
cape and was killed. Tnere Is no
doubt the slayer met his death at
the hands of the crowd, for lynch
talk waa freely Indulged In.
"The negro who waa wounded
this morning will die, as ha waa
shot through tho stomach."
Valdosta needs a crematory to get
rid of the traah hauled out In the
Ethel Burdette. Messrs John Parra- j rfeii of meetlnsg there for^ some
more, Louis Bondurant, Walter; time.
Lane, Richard McKey, Arthur Willis, a number of people went out
und John Burdette. j from Valdosta to attend the Instal
lation services. Rev. 8. 8. Mathis
war called to the church as pastor.
He Is a new citizen of that section
who serves the Lord by raising a
good crop all of the week and
preaching tbe gospel on Sunday.
Mr. J. A. Dasher has returned
from Borden Wheeler Springs,
where he has been spending a week
or so arranging to build a summer
home there.
cost very much and It would be the
proper way of disposing of the filth
and rubbish which is placed In the
trash barrels and boxes over tbe city.
Wagoni, Harnesu aud Saddles.
Harness repairing. Ingram Buggy
and Harnett Co.
6-22-d-trfr€W-4t
Now suposlng you had a bad back,
A Lame, Weak or Aching one.
Would you experiment on It?
You xVill read of many so-called
cures.
Endorsed by strangers from far
away places.
It’s different when tho endorse
ment comes from home.
Easy to prove local testimony.
Home endorsement is the proof
that backs every box of Doan’s Kid
ney Pills.
Read this case:
Charles Smith, 310 N. Ashley Bt.,
Valdosta, Ga., says: "I still think
hlhgly of Doan’s Kidney Pills, and
you may continue to urn my en
dorsement of them, given In April,
1 suffered from kidney and
bladder trouble and bat to get up
often at night to pass the kidney
secretions. My rest waa badly bro
ken and I also suffered constantly
from backache and pains through
my loins. Often I could not get up
otter sitting without taking hold of
something for support. Doan's Kid
nty Pills, which 1 obtained at Dim-
mock’s Pharmacy, relieved all tffcwo
difficulties and restored me to good
health,"
For sale by all dealers. Price 6u
cents. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for tho Uni-
^sutof.
Swn.mhor th. name—Doan
t ike no other.
NIGHT SERVICE. NEW TRAIN. TO
ASHEVILLE
"The Land of The Sky Country,” via
Southern Railway
“Land of the Sky Special”
I.r. Jackiunrlll. 8:05 p. m.
Lv Jcaup 10:50 p. m.
Ar. Columbia , 6:60 a. m.
Ar Tryon 11:50 A m.
Ar. Saluda 12:26 p. m.
Ar. Hendersonville 1:00 p. m.
Ar. Aahrtlle, 2:10 p. m.
Through Pullman, Drawing Room, Broller-Buffett Sleeping Car and Eto
trio lighted coach, Jaekfonrllle to Aaherlllo.
For full Information concerning rates, schedules, etc., call on or addreM
L. MEEKS, A. O. P. A. C. A. CARSON Jr,
Atlanta, Os Macon. Ga
STATENVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY.
TIME TABLE NO. 1
I EFFECTIVE '
Tuesday, August 10, 1010, 10:01 A. M., Central Standard Time.
NORTHBOUND.
No. i.
Dailv Ex
Daily E*.
Sunday.
Sunday
P. M.
P.IM.
4 30
8 30
0
4 45
8 42
4
4 49
8 45
5
4 58
8 51
7
5 05
8 58
9
5 20
9 10
14
S fATIONS.
(Central Time)
Lv,— x Statenville Ar.
l Bohanon
f Mercer
•- f Touchton
f Christian
Ar.x Haylow Lv.
HOUTHBOUND.
A. M.
10 '5
10 38
10 35
10 28
10 22
10 05
Sunday
P. M.
6 35
6 23
C 20
6 15
6 10
5 55
No. 1 and 2 will make close connectloni at Haylow with A. C. L. train
No. 43, and O. 8. and F. No. 2, trains Nos. 3 and 4 make clou connec
tion with Coast Line train No. 42 and O. 8. and F. No. 1.
J. W. Gartmtt, Vice-President 8. F. Holtsendorff, Gen. Mgr. j