The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, August 26, 1911, Image 1
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VALDOSTA TIMES,
BILL NOT GOOD
TO
Fertilizer Dealer There
Talks of Bad Effects
HE SAYS IT WILL FORCE DEAL-
ER8 TO GIVE FORMULAS
AWAY—MARRIED COUPLE TO
BE WEDDED AGAIN.
Savannah, Ga.. Aug., 24.—While
the fertilizer manufacturers of Sa
vannah believe that the Turnipseed
hill which makes them tag every
sack of guano with the formula 6»
which it is made is a bad piece of
legislation they are hot yet ready
to fight it through the courts. Their
first protest will be filed through
the state department of Agriculture
and this will be none before the
next season comes on. They want
the Department and the Attorney
General to interpret the law for
VALDOSTA, GA., ^/ftTURDAY AUGUST
DICK BUSSELL
DID NOT HELP
HIMSELF BY IT
His Declaration for Local
Option not Surprising
IT IS NOT BELIEVED IN ATLAN
TA THAT HIS DECLARATION
WILL CHANGE CONDITIONS
VERY MUCH.
TRUSTS WILL
SHOW ’EM HOW
TOJEGULATE
Rockefeller and Morgan
Will be Asked for Views
Atlanta, Aug. 24.—It Is not be
lieved here that Judge Richard
Russell’s declaration for local op
tion as a part of his gubernatorial
platform will make liquor the main
issue in the campaign. It is not be
lieved that the fight will be a strug
gle between the prohibition and lo.
cal option forces, between the
"drys” and the "wets,”
The fact is pointed ont that while
Judge Rnssell has declared himself
to be in favor of local option, he is
in no sense a candidate put forward
SENATE COMMITTEE WILL AS
CERTAIN WHETHER TRUSTS
are GOOD OR BAD, AND LEG-
ISLATE ACCORDINLY.
adf An
! andidate
THE QUESTION IB RAISIiD IN AT.
LANTA WHETHER OR ftOT LA.
Dor LEADER SHOULD HAVE
THE POSJTIO.Y. . '
Washingfon, Aug. 24.—The .great
trust organizers of the country will
them so they oan see lust what the i y ‘ h ®i iq “ 0r intere8ts ,’ and il seems
state is going to make them do. "If 1 - qU ° u r , pe ° ple Woald have
little to gam this year by entering
the gubernatorial fight even if they
could elect their candidate Merely
to elect a local option governor
does not m<jjm that the state will
have local option. This year it
wouldn’t mean anything, for the
present legislature returns next
year, and however its members may
differ on detailslthat legislature is
hot in favor of voting whiskey back
inta'Georgia.
Thp argumentJ^^^Mliquor in
will try^^^Bect Ju.
we have to tag every hag of forth
User with; A tag showing what the
contents of the bag ts we might as
well go Into the printing business
at once." said a large manufacturer
today. "If we live up to the strict
letter of this law It la going to result
!n some of the secret formulas
- that w e prise very highly becoming
public property and manufacturers
in other state will be able to gel
them qnd nsejtheir,. I want to com-
Atlanta, August 24.—Shi
state commissioner of UbosE^ul
be invited by the senate committee I organized labombn, a union man
interstate commerce to assist .'^n | or shall he not? v^Phat is tha;!quea
framing a law to meet the business
conditions of the present day.
They are to meet with the labor
leaders and suggest to the commit,
tee ideas that may lead to framing a
law to supplant the Sherman law
and the interstate commerce laws.
The question to be determined is
whether it is be’ter for the commer
cial health of the country that combi
nations now in restraint of trade be
legalized or dissolved, making unre.
stricted competition.
Rockefeller, Morgan, Perkins and
Gary, representing the capitalists,
Gompers and other labor leaders
will be brought together in a friend
ly way to give views as to the need
ed change in existing law.
The sub-committee of which Sen
ator Cummins is chairman, is ar
ranging for hearings that will begin
about the fifteenth.
tffi
tion the people rjV
called on'to decii
they come to fi;
created by the
sion bill eigni
governor.
B. Lee Smith
er president of.
the Geargih Fj&jfration of Labor,
has announcedjdiis candidacy for
the office, and hopes to receive the
full support ot the labor unions
Mr. Smith,, though.a labor leader
has always been < emphatically a
conservative. 1
Comment is vidjspread outside
of labor circles. Mr. Smith is a man
of broad commm,|ajis . and splen
did record, It >> Jf’jn-ssded that if
any organizjWg|gg&^ ought to
have the
VETO BEING
Politicians Claim That
Measures Were his Own
THOUGHT THE BILLS WERE IN-
TRODUCED IN THE GENERAL
, ASSEMBLY BY HIS POLITICAL
j OPPONENTS.
Atlanta, August 24 —Governor
Smith did not veto the Western &
Atlantic lease commission bill and
the bill creating a state auditor be
cause he was’opposed to either idea.
The governor is -in favor of a
permanent Western & Atlantic lease
commission, and Is in favor of hav
ing a state auditor. He killed the
bills because he believed they failed
to provide properly for what he be
lieved the state needed.
He vetoed the Western & Atlantic
bill because he believed thesppolnt-
ment on the commission of mem
bers of-the legislature was uncon.
stlt.ntional, .because he. believed the
Size, eight members, was too large,
and hecaase he believed in anv case
that it was wrorg to limit the mem
bership to members of the legists-
He vetoed the state auditor bill
because be dvd not believe its, pro
visions could be possibly carried
hpt wjth the inadequate machinery
* raftTM
GOOD RACING
AT PINE PARK
FOR NEXT WEEK
A String of Fast Horses
to Come to Valdosta
A. G. VICK, OF MOULTRIE, IS
GENERAL MANAGER AND
ROMISHS SOME GOOD ENTER
TAINMENT TREE DAYS.
Pine Park will put on her old
NEWS OF DAY
AMONG FOLKS
INJTLANTA
Atlanta Man Lays Plans
for Air Flight
HE THINKS AVIATION WILL BE
SIMPLIFIED A GREAT DEAL
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO OR
THREE YEARS,
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 28.—Col. Llnd-
proyided in the measure, and ..
thajji if it became a law it would
ake a tangle. He came to this
elusion after consulting
’" iffice.
time gayety for three dayg on Aug., sej Hopklna, a prominent Attention,
29th, 30th and Slat. The Valdoata say erpect to attend the Pan-
Trotting Association will ]hold k ama Exposition In 1915, and, tooro-
tbree days’ meet at this time, and over, I expect to go In an airship—
some of the .faatset horses In thla and go comfortably." He says that
section will be pitted against each
going to t*ke mors labor and more
cash to have the tags printed and
stuck upon the sacks. The consume
er will of course have to pay this
extra cost”
They Will be Married Again.
Mr. and Mre. David George have
Issued invitations to their wedding.
This is to he their second marriage.
Mr.. George la a Greek and his wife
a Syrian. ' Her maiden name was
Essie Rabat and she and Mr. George
eloped and were married, by a^u^,
tice of the peace. The flari-* - '"
locked her up awhile and her hi
hand had warrants Issued for the
whole family except his wife. While
they were off fixing up their bonds
he stole hla wife a aecond time and
took her home where she has re
mained alnee. But he has never
been aatisfled with the marriage be
cause it was ont of the church. Mrs.
George also has wanted a churcn
ceremony and so it has been ar
ranged for. It la to take place on
Sunday, Sept 3rd., in the Greek
church r.nd It la to he a big affair
in Greek Society.
Prize Waltzes at Thunderholt. .
Savannah ladles have found a
new vocation. They now act aa
Judges of prize waltzes. At Isle of
Hope last night there was a prlzo
waltz and the judges were Mrs.
Thee. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Wells.
They soon decided who the prl-e
winners were, too. Their deels'ons
' gave entire satisfaction and there
will likely-he more waltzes with
ladle® as the Judges.
Picture «f PcIcoicZu WW».
The Telfair Academy of Arts and
8eiencea has a very fine photograph
ic ■ copy of "Mono Liza." the price
less painting that haz disappeared
from the Love In France. It values
this eonv verv highly because of its
excellence. There are probably two
dozen copies of the picture owned
privately in Savannah. One of
them has been placed on exhibi
tion and has attracted considerable
attention.
She Went* a Divorce Now.
Mrs. Anna'E. Davis, who haled her
husband to the city conrt last week
end got him fined 825 for asssnlt-
ing her went at him with a petition
for divorce today.
WARNER HILL IS CHAIRMAN.
Atlanta. Aug, 2T.—Tho railroad
commission met this afternoon and
re-elected Warner Hill chairman
and Judge George Hillyer. vice-
chairman for a term of two years,
beginning August 26.
still ml
tioA that may.be lenacted'seems
lacious. The brejfpry Interests arei
fitting snch legislation as the
Tippins bill, but the liquor inter
ests, which ate not the same, have
nothing to fear from that bill, and
shrewdly might derive actual bene
fit from its passage, trusting that
after such drastic legislation in one
direction the pendulum might more
easily be swung back to the “wet”
side.
it the active support of the
Interests, no local option can-
idate’could hope to win in Georgia
today, No politician here suggests
that they are upfriendly to Judge
Russell, but simply doubt that they
will enter fUight which they seem
to have nothing whatever to gain
even in case of normal victory.
In a year when the new legisla
ture was to be elected too, a local
option victory would probably mean
local option.
Jt is doubtful now whether Judge
Russell will even be opposed by any
candidate whose main plank is pro
hibition It is not believed that the
issue will be a determining one.
Rather is it felt that the fight will
be along the old lines, between two
lovomor fii - _
dercr.Unotlicf'R'
Atlanta, GA., Aug. 23.—Go
Smith will grant a respite of sev
eral weeks to William Rouse, 'sen
tenced to be hanged at Sylvester,
Ga., Friday for murder, In order
that the record of the case may be
more fully investigated.
Rouse, it is said, has confessed to
thirteen murders and says that he
will kill another man before the ex
ecution. The respite, Is »ot conBid-
eied an indication of the final ac
tion of the governor, ns It Is under
stood that it is ((granted merely to
peimit a Jhorough' Investigation of
the,records ot the case.
The White Slave Traffic.
Atlanta,- Aug., 24.—Philip Meit
ner. chief officer of the county
Juvenile court. Is making Investiga
tions to se e If such a thing as the
white slave traffic extslts in Atlan-
champions not even vet nnnonneed,
one probably Ipseph M. Brown him
self. the other Murphy Candler, or
Tom Felder, of Macon, attorney
general, flying the Hoke Smith ban
ner.
of Atlai
is a serious qu
The function of Jl ftate labor com.
missioner, itj won)]/ seetji\ should
include that of jb^ng arbiter be
tween what? Bafwcen precisely the
labor anions at the employing
corporations, Tpilt being the case,
should the comtnikiloner be a labor
union man? !/*
Would it be liltjpntting an active
railroad man or 4(directly interested
shipper on the railroad commission?
These are questions that will be
asked in the election, and if Mr. B.
Lee Smith answers them success
fully, it is belie/ed here that he
stands to win.
BIG VOTE AT BIRMINGHAM.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug., 24—The
local option election today la bring
ing out a record breaking vote. -At
noon the indication^ were that the
county had eon* wet. but the vote
between the dispensary and saloon
was close, with I odds favoring the
former.
Ajjngt’VVlorql!
Walter G. Chailton, was dls-'
barred from practicing n year ago,
.has had hla case affirmed by the
supreme court of Georgia and can
not longer hold out his shingle in
thla state as a practicing attorney.
Mr. Propper haa Just finished serv
ing a term in Jail here for haring
t routed the superior court with con
tempt In filing a petition for a
client. He got out of Jail on Sun
day and was advised on Monday that
nls case had been affirmed and that
he could not practice law longer.
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RIOT RENEWED IN LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool, Aug. 24.—Strike riot
ing was renewed today. Eight
thousand strikers wrecked tram-
cars. driving the passengers Away In
a panic. The mobs rlnshed with the
peilce, and the soldiers, with drawn
sabers, drove the mobs into the
side streots. •
Rig Hotel Was Burned.
Clayton, N. Y., Aug. 24—The Ho
tel Frontenacl In Thousand Islands,
was burned last night. , The loss
l half million dollars. Ail the
guests escaped.
other. There will be running races,
trotting races and pacers. Horses
hav e already entered from Vienna,
Cordele; Moultrie, and negotiations
are now underway for some addi
tional runners from Jacksonville.
Mr. A. G. Vick, of Moultrie, Je the
general manager, and he Is a race
man of lon<A experience, and as
sures us of not alone a high class
meet, but that some very, high graejo
horses will he here for th 0 three
days. All lovers of good clean old
sport can git out and seo the
p.tnli'H run.
N.> gambling win he allowed,
l a the Inteniioi; of
biu-ni to hold V
'in thb
wifi ... ^gnltted
Hi't’ofally urges
each day and enjt
price of admlssto
at fifty cents for
five cents for children. No admis
sion will be charged for the grand
stand, and there will be no grafters
allowed within gun shot of the race
track. i;
The following are eome of the
horsef already entered for these
races: Flashlight, . Lord Guyton,
Gratitude, Jolter and Country Girl
and thero will he additions from day
to day. Reduced rates Dave been
requested from the various lines
entering the city, and they, wlll'he
granted beyond doubt, ns the rail
road people know that Valdosta can
always ho depended upon to have a
crowd when they undertake It.
while at the recent Chicago'aviation'
meet he waa thoroughly convinced
that a cross-continent flight is en
tirely practicable and that ho In
tends to' attempt it.
Col. Hopkins is so thoroughly Im
bued with his Idea that he has or
dered two Curtis bt-plnnos and has
signed a contract with Thornwcll
Androwsi nfi intrepid aviator, to
giro instructions. Ho slates that |
ho has already made hookings ami
V’lll appear at numerous county
fairs in flying exhibitions.
"There Is but little rorrl
in this flying game," ho
m
Judge Patterson Very III, ..'
Atlanta, Ga., Aug., 24&.Tudge T.
E. Patterson, of Griffin, recently ap
pointed prison commission by Gov
ernor Smith, lies critically ill at an
Atlanta sanitarium, and has shown
no improvement during the past few
days. Physicians say there Is no
immediate danger, but his condition
Is grave.
in bankrupt!
amount Is certain to
from tho assets of the con
Governor Signs tho
Tho bill providing for the aboll-
t'on of the fee system In Fulton
county and placing county officials
on a salary after January 1, 1913,
has heen signed by Governor Smith.
It is said that this will save tho
county many thousands of dollars
annually.
To Organize n Folk Club.
It Is 'said that an effort Is being
made by the Missouri Democratic:
Longue to orgdnize a Joseph Folk
dub In Goqrgla, with the object of.
securing for Folk thp Democratic
nomination for president. A num
ber of letters along this Hue have
been written to the Young Men's
Democratic League of Fulton coun
ty. According to a poll of the Geor
gia legislature Folk received only
one vote for president.
Turpentine Market Today. .
Savannah, Aug., 24.—Turpentine
ts 52 l-4c. Rosin 85.85 to 87.10.
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