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BULLRUN BAT
TLE WITHOUT
ANY BULLETS
Berlin, • New Town, Ajplres to Be
come the Count/ Bite.
Berlin, the new town along the
Valdosta, Moultrie and Western
railway, fourteen mile* southeast of
this city, aspire* to be the county
seat of a new county, sought to be
created out of portions of Colquitt
and Brooks counties. A
meeting of the citizens of the affect'
ed portions called by leading citi
zens, to meet in Berlin Saturday to
organize and take definite steps with
this end in view, was well attended,
Should they succeed in their efforts
and also Doerun get Its new county,
It might be necessary to place th#
Moultrie district in one or Che oth
er counties, for the manner In which
| it Is proposed to carve old Colquitt,
Manassas, Va., July 21.—An army, there will be little left outside of
of peace took possession of Manaa-. this district.
bes today. Thousand, of men wear-| Anast the effort being made by
.. „ on A I residents of Doerun to create a new
tng the Blue and the Gray filled out „ f portlon ,
old town. On the battlefield of Bull.worth and Mitchell countiea, the
Run near by was to be seen the commissioners of Colquitt county
panoply of war, but the implements hnve V on « on record as being bit-
of death and destruction were »»t crCa ‘' on th *
. . . . ... „ I new county of Griggs. The bill aa
there for the purpose that took them now * pendlng bcfore the legislature
Grizzled Veterans Met,
Clasped Hands and Wept
THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE BATTLE OF MANAS
SAS IS BEING OBSERVED BY
OGLETHORPES.
NEW COUNTY COTS COLQUITT.
there fifty year. ago. Nevertheless,
they were reminders of those bitter
dnya when tbousande of the youths of
the North and South gave up their
lives In the first battle of the civil
war. 1
The Union and Confederate ar
mies, In battle array, marched to
ward each other, repeating too
movements of the battle fifty years
ago, and when they met, they halt
ed and advanced, clasped hands
and a mighty cheer arose. Many
grizzle federal, wept wit hemotlon
St an Incident which finally cements
the friendship of the North and tne
South.
Manassas was beautifully and pro
fusely decorated Ih honor of the
veterans and of President Taft and
other notables who came to partici
pate in the semi-centennial celebra
tion. Many of the visitors reached
town yesterday, while the morning
trains from Washington, Richmond
and the West added thousands to
the Invading boat.
At daybreak almost the crowd be
gan to move toward the historic
battlefield. Motor cara and all var
ieties of vehicles were preeeed Into
eervlce. The battle memorials were
lmapected and vary bit of rising
ground was climbed to get a. clear
view of the field where the eons of
the nation's best men went out tor
their country's cause, and where
the Confederate troops fought gal
lantly for what they thought right.
The great majority of the veterans
had not visited the fields since they
fought on It.
It was remarkable bow long and
Well the soldiers remembered every
spot, every move, every order, ever
Incident of the great conflict. They
gathered In groupa and pointed out
to the wive*, daughters and sons
who accompanied them the places
where this or that commander held
the cnoml eo long. They talked of
reserve corpe and attacks on their
rtRhts; of cavalry charges and de
fense by the left. Aa they wander
ed around they would see a monu
ment or a marker on which the in
scription would particularly attract
their attention. Then they would
figure out among themselves, throw
ing statistics to the winds, how
many men wero left of each brigade,
regiment or company when the bat
tle waa over.
This afternon the veteran* and
their friends returned to town for
the formal exercises of the day. The
exercises were of a simple but very
Impressive character. The speakers
stand waa located at the Junction
of Lee avenue and Grant avenue.
Here President Taft, Governor Mann
of Virgins, Congressman Carlin and
others speakers of the day add)
*d a large and attentive audience
The speakers' stand waa decorated
with the red, white and blue of the
Star Spangled Banner, entwined
with the Confederate battle Dag*,
showing the peace and harmony
existing between the two. Aseem-
bled about the stand were hundred!
of men wearing blue coate and bran
button* who bad fought for th*
Union; there were other hundreds
In gray suit, and gray cap* who had
fought for the Confederacy.
President Taft and the other
speakers were received with enthus
iastic applause. The applause reach
ed Us height when various well
known leaders of the Blue and the
Gray were recognize) In the assem
blage and given seats of honor on
the platform. In voice* tremulous
with emotions natural to tho oc
casion the several speakers deliver
ed oration* that were listened to
throughout with the deepest atten-
brlngs the line to within a few miles
of Moultrie on the west and would
Include Sale City, In Mitchell coun
ty, the proposed territory containing
about two hundred and fifty square
mile, and something over fifteen
thousand population.
In the event that the lower house
should pass the measure,
organization and determine fight
would be made to have It defeated
In the senate.
NOTES FROM LABOR WORLD
Nearly twice as many women as
men ere engaged in the industries
of Japan.
The printers of Portsmouth, N.
H. f have formed a hundred per
cent organization.
The International Railroad Mas
ter Blacksmiths' Association will
hold Its annual convention next
month In Toledo.
The International Iron Molders 1
Union shows nn Increase In mem
bership for the first quarter of the
year of 2,015.
The annual convention of tho
Master Car and Locomotive Paint
ers' Association will be held In At
lantic City In September.
Tho San Jose, Cal., labor council
Is coonducting an aggressive cam
paign to raise money for the erec
tion of a labor temple.
Of Ihe total of 3,733 female wage
earners In all Industries In Dela
ware In 1900, 851, or 22.8 per cent,
wore employed In the canning In
dustry.
At the recent Potters' convention
In Atlnnllc City It was officially an
nounced that the potters would de
mend a general advance of wages In
the fall.
The union machinists of New
York are winning their fight for tho
eight-hour day. Up to the present
I'mc more than sixty New York
firms have signed agreements with
tho Unions on the eight-hour basts.
committee of seven has been
appointed to revise the constitution
tho International Bricklayers'
Union and present Its report at the
International convention, which
to meet next January.
The threatened strike of the
union teamsters In San Francisco
has been settled and this leaves the
teamsters' union without a strike
In the whole country, among Its to
tal membership of 47,000.
A strike of about 7,000 miners Is
th* lignite (brown coal) district of
central Germany la In progress
The chief demand la for a subatnn-
tln' Increase of the wage rate, which
la the lowest of all mining districts,
except In upper Silesia.
ALL PROSPEROUS.
Permanently the welfare of
one community will depend upon
th* welfare of other conmmul-
tiea. and ao It la among the
groupa of (tales. When you
make one community prosper
ous you benefit the communities
with which It docs business. It
Is exactly the same among com
munities as It Is among Individ
uals So It Is among nations It
Is n help to. the United States
to have every other country in
the western hemisphere a
prosperous country. — Theodora
Roosevelt
IS
AT WORK FOR
THE RAWLINGS
Their Lawyer Still Trying
to get Them Pardoned
PETITION WAS FILED WITH THE
PRISON COMMISSION YE8TEIL
DAY AND IT GOES TO GOVER
NOR SMITH SOON.
(From Tuesday** Defly.)
Reports from Atlanta Indicate
that Col. J. R. Cooper Is going to
make another effort to get a par.
don for the Rawlings boys.
On yesterday he filed the third
appeal for executive clemency for
Milton, Leonard and JeeBe Raw
lings, who are serving life sentences
for the murder of Carrie and Wil
lie Carter near this city six years
ago.
Tho last sppeal was turned down
by the prison commission and Gov
ernor Brown, but Mr. Cooper deci
ded to renew the fight as soon as
there was a change of administra
tion to whom he conld appeal the
cnee.
It is said that after a conference
with Governor Smith regarding the
case Mr. Cooper talks mofft hope
fully to his friends regarding the
announcement of It.
It Is said that Major Jowers, the
grandfather of these boys, and the
mother have never rested In their
work to get a pardon for them.
The Rawlings sa.e resulting In the
hanging of the old man and sen
tencing of the boys to the peniten
tiary for life, was one of the most
sensational In the history of Geor
gia. Every boy ln.the state who was
old enough to read a newspaper at
that time knowa tho story almost by
heart
It Is understood that all three of
these boys, or two of them, at least,
are serving their sentences near At
lanta. , ,
APPLICATION FOR CHARTER.
GEORGIA—Lownde. County.
To tho Superior Court of said County:
Tho petition of W. T. Staten, J. T.
Blalock sad D. H. Breedlove, each
and all of said county and state, re
spectfully shows;
1. That they doslr* for them
selves, their associates, successors
and assigns to be Incorporated under
the name and ftylo of tho
Valdosta Pecan Plantation Company,
2. That the object of said corpo
ration la pecuniary gain and profit
to Its stockholders,
3. That the business to be en
gaged In by said corporation la the
planting, cultivating and growing pe
can trees In groves or orchards, or
any other fruit trees In groves
or orchards, and Improving and de
veloping pecan groves or orchards,
or other fruit groves or orchards;
also to plant and cultivate pecan nur
series, or other fruit nurseries,
and sell trees from same; and
also to engage In buying and Im
proving real estate, In planting out
and cultivating pecan groves or or
chards. or other fruit groves or or
chard*, and also In buying, selling,
renting, leasing, or otherwise dis
posing of pecan grovea or orchardi
or other fruit groves or orchards,
and the real estate on which such
pecan grovea or orchards or other
fruit groves or orchards may be sit
uated; also to engage In the buying,
selling, renting, leasing, owning, Im
proving and developing real estate,
and also town sites, suburban tracts
and properties; to make all kinds and
classes of Improvements In and upon
real estate toy planting the same In
pecan groves or orchards, or any
other fruit groves or orchards, or de
veloping the same In any other way,
and to sell, rent, lease or dispose
of auch real estate In auy way said
corporation may deem proper, and
with the power to do any and all
things necessary and proper In Im
proving or developing said real es
tate In any manner whatever; to Is
sue and sell bonds of said corpora
tion In any amonnt desired, and to
secure same by mortgage, deed or
otherwise: to loan or borrow money
either with or without security, and
also to loan or borrow money
upon any and all collaterals and
securities, whether real, personal or
mixed; to act in all matters or
classes of business herein enumera
ted. either as principal or agent,
with the right to receive, exact or
give reasonable and proper commis
sions and remunerations therefor; In
short to buy, sell, mortgage, encum
ber. hypothecate, or otherwise deat
and trade In all kinds and classes of
property whatsoever, whether real,
personal or mixed, as fully and freely
as a natural person conld do, with
the right to exercise all the usual
powers and to perform all the neces
sary and proper acte pertaining to, or
connected with the transaction of bus
iness herein specified, Including the
the right to make, Issue, deliver, or
receive all notes, bonds, deeds, mort
gages, or other Instruments neces
sary, proper or appropriate to the
hud second In fielding In the Na
tional League.
Pitcher McAdams, of the Dallas,
Texas League team, has joined the
St. Louis Cardinals.
Rucker and Bergen have been the
winning battery of the Brooklyn
Suporbas so ,far this season.
Scout Fred Lake, of the St. Louis
Browns, Is looking over the talent
in the New England League.
Tho Now Haven owners of the
Connecticut League team are after
franchise In tho Eastern League.
The New York Highlanders have
five and the Giants two men better
than the .300 mark' in hatting.
Poor conditions of the crops and
Ihe lid on Sunday baseball have put
the South Dakota League out of
business.
Joe Ward, of Rochester, and Tim
Jordan, of Toronto, aro having
merry battle for the batting honors
In the Eastern League.
(o)
The Cincinnati Reds have not
been going any too well, and will he
lucky to get anything near an even
break during the Eastern trip.
The Cubs' pitchers are doing
great work. McIntyre, Cole, Reul-
bacta and Richie are among th* first
tsn pitchers In the National League
standing.
CO
St. Paul haa placed a price ot
115.000 on O'Tolle and Kelly, their
star battery. Charles Comlekey.
owner of the White Sox, la dicker
ing for the pair.
First base seems to be the hoo
doo for the Boston Red Sox this
season. Williams, Myers, Carrlgan,
Engle and Janvrtn have all had a
try at the bag iwitb poor remits.
With a combined population ot
500.000 Inhabitants, Minneapolis
and St. Paul believe they can sup
port a major league team In the
Twin Cities, and would like a fran
chise In either th* American or the
National League.
The St. Louis Cardinals, the Den
ver and Omaha clnba are lucky base
ball teams. Th* three outfits have
been In railroad disasters this eea-
mupniT.T votes completion or execution of any or all
RAS^ALL rbt -poWen or privileges hereinbefore
Philadelphia la first In hatting named and specified; that the said
corporation shall have th* power to
ane and be med, and to have and nse
a common seal; make by-laws for Its
government, elect a hoard of direc
tors, and such officers as It may de
sire, end generally to have vested In
It all the rights, powers, privileges
and Immunities allowed corporations
under the laws "of Georgia.
4. The capital stock of said cor
poration shall be Twenty-five Thou
sand (125,000) Dollars, divided Into
Twenty-five Hundred chares of the
liar veins of Ten ($10.00) Dollars
r.er share, and with the right, power
and privilege to Increase Its said
capital stock from time to time not
to exceed One Hundred Thousand
($100,000.00) Dollarn, upon n vote
of tho holder* of tho majority of th#
capital stock then outstanding, and
with the right similarly to decrease
any Increased capital stock to an
amount not less than said original
capital stock. ,
5. That said corporation shall
have the power, right and privilege
to receive at a fair valuation all
kinds of property, both real and per
sonal; for the payment of subscrip
tions to Its capital stock, and with
the right to exercise any of lta cor
porate power* and. privileges when
said capital stock shall have been
fully sulbacrlbed for and not leas
than ten per cent thereof paid In.
6. That the principal office ot
said corporation shall be In the city
of Valdosta, Lowndes county, Geor
gia, tout that It shall have tho right
and privilege of establishing branch
offices or agencies at such other
places In this state or other states as
mav be desired, and with th* right
and privilege to carry on any busi
ness and to do any of the things It
Is authorised to do under Its charter
in any county In this state, or any
other ntnte or ntnte* at may be ds-
aired.
Wherefore, petitioner* pray that
they, their associates, successors and
aaslgns toe Incorporated and made a
body corporate for and during th#
term ot twenty yearn, with the privi
lege of renewal at th* expiration of
that time, with nil th* rights, power*
and privilege* sat forth In thl* peti
tion. and aa may be allowed under
the laws ot the state of Georgl.a
DENMARK ft GRIFFIN.
Petitioners' Attorneys.
Filed In office this 13d day ot
June, 1911.
R. B. MTDDELTON,
Clerk Superior Court Lowndes Co.
GEORGIA—Lowndes County.
I, R. B. Myddolton. Clerk of the
Superior Court of aald county, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Is
n true copy of the petition for char
ter, of W. T. Staten, J. T. Blalock and
D. H. Breedlove.
Given under my band and official
seal this 28d day of June. 1911.
R. B. MYDDELTON.
Clerk Superior Court Lowndes Co.
S-2S-W4L
W* can show you an excellent se
lection of driving horses, saddle
horse* and combination horse* this
week. Mtiell Live 8tock Co., in the
old GrUBth stable*. 4-8-aw-tf.
DENTISTRY
-AT-
ONE-HALF PRICE
Come to the best equipped
office in the South, where
you will get the best work
with the least pain.
Dr. L. C. Holtzendorff,
Formerly United States Army Dental Surgeon.
VALDOSTA, GEORGIA.
The All-Steel John
Deere Cultivator
With gauge wheel, lever and horse hoe at
tachment, is one of the most useful tools you
ever put on your place, as its several attach
ments andjj great adjustability adapts it for
numberless£uses and conditions.
Unequaled for the cultivati ig of Corn,
Cotton, Potatoes, etc.
W. H. Briggs Hardware Co.
JIT 1,213 acres of land, 16 miles from Au-
aJ gust a, on the C. & W. C. Ry., side-track
on the land. Between 4,000 and 5,000. Pe
can trees, 8 to 20 years old, heavily fruited
now, half cleared and in cultivation; 1 Over
seers house, 3 Tenant houses, 2 large barns,
2 store-houses; 15,000 pounds Pecans gath
ered last year.
rhis is also a fine hay farm. Will trade this place for
a large body of South Georgia Land. Address,
W. H. CHITTY
Valdosta,
Georgia
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic
The Standard of Excellence In Passenger service. Schedule* effective
February 19, 1911. ,
Lv Thomasvllle * 8:20 a. m. 7:15 p. m.
Ar Moultrie....
Ar Tlfton
Ar Fitigerald..
Ar Cordele,...
Ar Montexuma.
Ar ATLANTA
Ar Birmingham
9:25 a.m. 8:22 p. m.
10:35 a. m. 9:30 p. m.
11:35 a. m. 10:30 p. m.
1:40 p. m. 12:15 a. m.
2:48 p. m. 1:23 a. m.
8:15 p. m. 6:40 a. m.
6:55 p. m. 11:45 a. m.
Pullman sleeping cars on night train* between Thomasvllle and
Atlanta. Pullman Parlor-Broiler car on day trains between
Cordele and Atlanta, Ga.
W. H. LEAHY, E. H. FELL
General Passenger Agent Aa*t Gen'l Pasaenger Agent.'
A. D. DANIELS, T.P. A. Atlanta, Ga.