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run VAUioan ' mi; - VALDOATA, (A, gATURDAY JANUARY 0, 1913. A SINGLE BEER LICENSE SOLD , FOR $8,000 Griffin City Council Rais ed Price of License COUNGILMEN WANTED TO MAKE THE PRICE PROHIBITIVE, ItUT A FIRM WAS ON HAND READY TO BUT. Oriffln, Jin, 1.—On* ot thi big gest Una tier paid to Mil near- beer In tb« United State* waa paid today by J. M. Daaeett A Co., wbo turned $8,000 over to City Clerk Thomaa Hall for a Hcenae to conduct n near-beer aaloon In tbla city dur ing the year 1011. In addition to thla nincunt, the Arm pay* a etate licence Of $300 and a revenue tax ot HO on the Mm* bualnee*. The queetlon of the Ml* of near- lieer In Orlllln ha* been a moat In tonating queetlon. Many people ore oppoMd to the Bale and Juat be fore the cIom of the year 1(10 the city council at the requeat of the loading prohlbltlonlata placed a II cenae of $8,000 oo the aal* ot the beverage for tb* year 1011. Thla waa auppoaed to be a prohibitory tax and no one auepected that any body would attempt to take out a license at that high figure. But Messrs Baaaett A Co. decid ed that tbey would pay the price end MU near-beer. They went to the borne ot Clerk Thomaa Hall on the night of December 31 am) at on* minute after 13 o'clock, on the morning of January 1, 1013, Clerk Hall algned hi* name to a IlcenM which nuthorlaed them to cell near- beer during the year 1911. Sim I-Kaneouajy at tbo time the Ucqna* Wui beln$ taaued Judge T. B. P*t- uiraan waa at the home ot Judge Robert T. Daniel In another part of i.a>.u>- _ ' of the near- boor aaloon (tn tho ground that the annual IlcenM ordinance waa paae- "d at a epeclal meeting lnatead ot a regular aenlon of the city council. But Baaaett A Co., had auccMded In netting their IlcenM and pro ceeded to open a aaloon and aell nsnr-brar. in the maantlma the matter waa appealed to the auperlor court and nrter eome week* Judge Daniel de cided that the IlcenM wu valid rid that the beer dealer* had a right to operate under It. Thla they did during the year ltll and while they are reported to have loet aome money In the hualneM they were wilting to pay a $8,000 IlcenM dur ing the year 1013 and continue the operation of the Mloon. However, the city council at It* meeting on December 30. railed the llcora* for the Bale of beer from $8,000 to $$,000, five member* of ronncll voting for the lucre*** and four member* voting for a $8,000 t«x. Thla waa conaldered a prohi bitory tan. HAD TO TEAR DOWN WALL Nemo Fugutiv* Beaune Wedged Be tween Elevator and the Walk Atlanta, Jan. 3.—It became nec- e-aery to tear down the brick wall of a building yeeterday afternoon In order to liberate Robert Everett, a negro, who had been caught and rruahed by th* leg* between the el evator and tbe wall. The elevator waa atuck hy tb* croaking ot th* ■u-gro’a leg*. Entirely eonacloaa, he endured frightful angering for more tnan a half hoar without uttering on* word more than aa oecaelonal groan. Fruit and Produce Men. St. Louie, Mo., Jnn. 3.—Fifteen hundred trait and produce men -ere preeent today woan President John 1L Walker of Denver called to order the eighth annual conven tion of tho Weatorn Fruit and Jobber* 1 AMoeUUoa. The conven tion will remain la aeMlon three day*. $100 Per Plate we* paid at a banquet to Henry Clay In New Orleana In l$4t. Mighty tiy for tho*. with itomach iron- Me or Indigestion. Today people . -rywhere nee Dr. King'* New Ufo Till* for theae tranhle* aa well aa liver, kidney and bowel dleordert r-ty, Bate, rare. Only IS cent* at -••nmock'a Pharmacy. W. D. Dana- - Ingram Drag Co. THE FORTUNE TELLER LEFT THEM GUESSING Madam Drew Leaves for Some Other Section IT IS RUMORED THAT SOME OF THOSE WHO SOUGHT HER AD VICE WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN SHE LEFT. Madam. Drew, the clairvoyant, and and her huaband, after a sojourn of aororal week* In Valdoata, hare gone to aome other part of the moral vineyard and all aorta of atorle* have been left behind them. They hoarded with Mr. Arnold, In the old Jenklna houM on th* corn er of Hill avenue and Steven* street, and they had a great many vlaltom while there. The Madam wan not an unattractive woman. Sht It tween thirty and forty year* of m and aha and her huaband are quit* Intelligent and made themaelrei very agreeable around the boarding houM. . One night during tha holiday* they elnrted out for n walk and told Mr. Arnold that aa they were going out In tha country early th* next morning he need not aave breakfaet for them, though th* hut- band naked that aome flah he aav- ed for hla dinner, ee he waa very fond of fith and he knew that they would be part of the breakfaat meal That waa tha laat that Mr. Arnold hssrd of them. They had paid up their board for Mveral day* In ad vance. They each had a ault caa*. but no trunk and both of th* ault caaea dlaappearad with them. Mr. Arnold taougnt tnat they had gone In the country and would re turn noon, no their abaence cauaed no nurprlwo.. In the meantime, peo ple began to flock around ther* to snkglrjoa nhoit the .o 'apt and *omi of thel* peoplt that they had employed her to re veal many eecreta to them. If what thcM people My la true, th* Madam cleaned up Mveral thoueand dollar* while In thin city, Oh* man declared that he had paid her $40$ to tell him where ■ome hidden treaaure could be lo cated on hla land. Another Mid that he had given her $800 and that ah* waa t o let him know In a few days Another man had given her $60 to reatort hi* health and It In Mid that many othern had put up from $16 to $60 to find out thing* that they wanted t» knew. Pwerai of her vlaltorn were eape- dally lntereated In hidden treaaure. It la Mid that ehe had given, them reading* and had told thorn *o many thing* about themMlve* that tbay knew were true that they were will ing to put up' almoat any amount of money to find out aom* other thing* that aha Mid eh* could toll them. Th* men who claim* to h*v* pnt up $408 aaya that ah* told lit m that $14,000 of treaaure waa hidden on hie land and that ah* eoold Bad It for him. It ta also said that the stated tnat she could locate the body of Mr. Ram Clyatt and that Mine of hla friend* her* had put Mm* mon ey on that Before ehe left Mr. Arnold'* boarding house ah* stated that ahe-had a job before her th* next day that the dreaded and whan Mr. Arnold asked her what It waa she stated that ah* had promised to reveal something for n man and that It wm n hard Job. He told bar that If the could do It It wan all right, hut If (he could not eh* ought not to have promised It A number ot thOM who went to eee Madam Drew an* who have em ployed her to help them ont tn their '‘fortune" nr* of th* opinion that tho will ho back In a few day* and that the hu only gone off * little while to "concentrate" and to get all of her pnyehlc facultle* in good working order. It I* arid that there |e no doubt la th* world that th* Madam had a lot of follower* her* and they ho llered Implicitly In her. DETECTIVE IN CLYATT CASE WILL REPORT He has Gone to Atlanta, Having Ended his Work HE WAS EMPLOYED BY MRS. , CLYATT AND IT IS SAID HE WILL REPORT TO HIS ATLAN TA OFFICE AT ONCE. Now Manager for PottnL -Mr. R. O. Joyner, of Atlanta, hu been appointed manager of th* Poet- •I Telegraph Company tn thla city, and toook Charge ot the offle* on th* let last He eneceodo Mtm Jeaale Delany, who go** hack to Atlanta to take th* place which Mr. Joyner held In th* Atlanta office. Mr. D. T. Clyatt returned from Atlanta thla morning having been to that city on bunlneu and primar ily to find out for hi* own satisfac tion If the detective who hu been working on the case of Mr. Sam Clyatt, who recently disappeared and has not been heard from since, la tn nuthorlaed detective and a man wbo know* hla business. Mr. Clyatt found out from the do ve agency In Atlanta that tbe man In connected with that agency and I* perfectly reliable. He wu employed by Mra. Sam Clyatt to work up the case and he ban been at work on It every nlnce then. Ho ban been upending moat ot hla time In the MCtlon where Mr. Clyatt wu lut Men and at Hablra, though he hu made frequent visits Jo Valdoa ta and to other aectlona In hie In vestigations. It fa also understood that the de tective made a trip to Cuba, but whether or not It-was In connection with th* Clyatt cnee le not known. The detective ha* not told any body of the result of hla Investiga tions, but It la understood that he was to leave for Atlanta last night nnd would report to the office there In regard to the case. Just what the report will be nobody knows, but It Is looked for with a great deal of Interest. A great iqtny pcoaJVhavtq belli ed .that ' the body If though other, ..believe that II' tl body was thrown In the river It wn* thrown In ode of the nlnka nnd wu carried through nn underground stream, eo the high water would carry It still further, rather than bring It to th* surface. There *r* many different view* In regard to th* Clyatt cue. hut none of them nr* positive enough to be worth mentioning, A grant many people are of the opinion that he U etlll living and that he will turn up *11 right eome time. Theae people believe that he In In Mexico or out Weet eome where, but there le nothing upon which theae view* are hated except mere guess work. Thera are still other people who believe that Mr, Clyatt was murder ed and that hla body wu thrown Into th* rlrer or buried In nnt ot the tlnkn up In that part of th* country. The member! of hie family have done everything In their power to locate him and they have never giv en up th* March, though every ef fort ace me to have been battled. MORGAN MAY GO ON THE WITNESS STAND SOON Investigation to be Mad of The Money Trust CHAIRMAN HENRY, OF THE RULES, COMMITTEE, TO PUSH the Matter of problvj THE TRIPLE TRUSTS. By C. H. Tavernier. (Special Washington Correspond ence.- Washington, Jan. 3—For tho first time in his career, Mr J. Pierpont Morgan stands in immediate danger a* being required to go upon the witness*^ stand and give direct answers to some uncomfortable questions^concerning trust opera tions. It Is as good aa assured that the house of representatives will au thorise a special committee to lu vesttgate the money, shipping and harvester trusts, and among the Democrats It Is agreed that Mr. Morgan Is very likely to he ono of the Important witnesses before that committee. 4 Chairman Henry, of the rules committee, has made the definite announcement that the triple In vestigation Is to be started, and Tie j. says It will be the most Important* oltterly that Morse had done what Inquiry conducted In this country since the Civil war. ‘What the house Democrats are particularly anxious to get at,'* said Mr. Henry, “la Just what degree of co-operrglpn exists between these trusts, ^ery few people doubt that these trusts, and in fact, all the big trusty, 'Work hand In hand, but ns yet" no. (overnmy|t authority has iger on apsclllc iperatlon, ,ar.d 8 oy $ notes of "fl«8" will cure anj caa* of ehlllt and fever. Price the. Negro Barber waa Arrested. A negro named Jim Meora, who rant a harbor thop on South Pat terson afreet, In on* of th* woodoa bulldlngt- noxt to Crane avenue, won arretted yeeterday by Sheriff Gorn- to on a charge of gambling, running galmbllng home and ot (tiling liquor In violation ot th* prohibi tion law. Moor* wu placed In Jail and will be tried at a later term ot th* court It la said that ha waa run ning th* hooM who,* a bunch ot gamblera wm arrested day before yesterday. Th* officer* claim that they have strong evidence against aim. A Card ot Thank*. W* wish to expraa* our sincere thinks, through the Taldoeta Time*, to the people tn and around Hahlre. for th* many kldacaae* nhewn ns daring the mnee* and death ot onr mother. May God'a richest blear!nge be showered oa each.and every one of them and may their lut days be their heat dnya. VUS. S. L JOLLY, MR*. O A. MURPHY. Just received a car load of fin homes and mule*. B. H. Robert*. 1 $ dlt witj tnca. P. O. Box 117$. New York. 1 he used ln/!m«- lolution authorizing probe,'and tho fullest power* will he given the committee to Sum mon witnesses. Tho Investigators will be given the right to epend all neesmary money In making the in vestigation." Senator La Toilette, In hie Ohio speeches, charged that fourteen men dominate Wall atreet nnd the finance*, credit* and operation! of all th*, railroads and shipping In terest* In the country. Thla user- tlon frequently hae been made hy the Democrats In the house, but there always has been lacking the exact In Information or evidence cn which the charge could be proved It la to get this Information that the special committee will be au thorized. The Democrats In congress Just now are particularly anxious tu know about the operation*, of the money and shipping trusts. It ta known that the Wall street finan cier* and extremely anxious to have the .Md$fch central bank plan cn- nctfdrantt> law, and thnt certain rnll- are showing much ont the Panama canal, thla activity on the part •ta that the Democrat! suspicions that soma- ng, nnd they propoee to int th* game the trusts BANKER MORSE MAKES MONEY WHILE JAILED BLAME YOUR HTOHACH. Get Rid of the Poisonous Gaaea and • Fermenting Food. If you suffer from headache, du llness, blllouaneas, constipation, In active liver, nervousness, aleeplem- neas, bad drum*, foul breath, sour stomach, or deapondancy, be cure and try MI-O-NA stomach tablets. If you want Immediate relief from tn upset or rebellloua stomach try I MI-O-NA Stomach TnbleU. Reports Show That he 1 Too might just as well get a 50c box today and start to put your has Been Speculating Hffl IRON HAND WAS ON WALL STREET INTERESTS WHILE HE stomach In tip-top shape and make your body feel fine and energetic. Ton take no risk not a patricle, for If MI-O-NA Stomach Tablet* do not do all that le claimed for them WAS CONFINED IN ATLANTA'a. E. Dim mock will return your PRISON. 'money. j Mrs. O. L. Lily nnd Miss Janlo Atlanta, Ga., Jnn. 3.—In the Lily, of Quitman, came over and mass of facta made public yenterday. j*P*nt yeeterday In Valdosta on a hy Warden Moyer at the federal pen- ™ Itentlary concerning the treatment of Charle* W. Morse at that lnstl- tutlon, one thing stann out clear. Morse has had hla hand on Wall street since he wn* put In prison, and he hu made money. Whether happened many tlmu and whether he made a great deal of money is not certain. But It happen- ' John White « Co: LOUISVILLE. KY.V DROPSY I cure It—apy kind carable, stop, shortness ot breath and atari the- water usually la eighteen hour*. If yon have dropsy Mad me 33.66' for one wMk’a treatment and It yon are not aatltlled I will Refund Your Mynev Address John T. Patterson, M.D- Dropsy Specialist. 445 1-2 Edgawood AVf* Atlanta. Ga. ed. One specific Incident Is cited In which Morse waa given permission by Warden Moyer to tend a code message to New York In connection with certain gaa company stock, The message Instructed the sale ot shorts, and Morse cleaned up some money on tbe deal. According, to Warden Moyer, Morse entered the prison office shortly after that and offered the warden $1,000 of it. The warden refused and resented he regarded was equlvalant to mak- • Ing the offer of a bribe. | This information is doubly Inter esting because It recalls persistent stories which were printed In New York newspaper in 1910, soon after Morse’s incarceration, and declar- i Ing that Moro’a iron band was I still felt in the direction of the j Iness interests with which he had previously been affiliated. DENTISTRY AT- ONE-HALF PRICE Come to the best equipped office in the South, where you will get the best work with the least pain. Dr. L. C. Holtzendorff, Formerly United States Army Dental Surgeon. VALDOSTA, GEORGIA. I [MAN SPSS,ATLANTA. ' " , }«# 8.—Becaus* a fence roke her collar-hone, Mrs. ■ leth'Jonea, of Moreland ave nue, has sued th* city of Atlanta for 36,000, nnd her husband, Jim Jones, haa aued for an ddltlonal 31,00.0, to compensate him, he says, for seeing hla wife auftor. Bay State Legislature Meets. Boston, Mua., Jan. 3.—The Mas- ■achusetts legislature met today and organised for its annual session. Tomorrow both houses will attend tho inauguration of Governor Fom, who will enter upon hie second term. R’S PILLS pSiisgS SOLD IY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Isjthe Time to Plant Seed Oats Wejhave the best acclima ted seed on the market Mail or Phone us your orders. Phone 103 H. F. Tillman Grain .Co* Light SAWMILLS LATH AND SHINGLE MACHINES 8AWS ^.S^VWi.VxV" AND Try LOMBARD, "IS"** wood, isohaho arm' an playing. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. Governor DIx to Urge the Amend ment ot the Primary Law. Albany, Jnn. S.—The state lsx!«- latura convened teday. The tenets complexion U unchanged atnee th* lut aeeaton. Th* lower nouae lv two to. one Republican. Governor Dig, la hi* tnnnnl tan nage, urged the amendment to the primary law providing that the pri mary election, of both gnat partita ahould b* held at the Mm* Una Three ta Thirty. T*t i* U t K. Fatal *a year hour* **lr t Unn la tl. p*'h*h* 4$ year*: all **eh tlm* at 1*m e*at Aa* aay *th#r paint: for yon ■*»* 1 $-4 gallon* *f print rrady-fer-nM. hy adding 3-4 gallon* of tinned *11 to each gallon of L A M. nnd than im urinal coot to abont $1.3$ All printers know and recommend Th* tale agent In A. E. Dtmmoek. Write* postal for "Money mver price ll*t No. *0“ Tjonxman A Mnrt- Gasand Wind in your Stomach After util la enaa*d by fop- mentis, undigested food. Sloat'n Yog* table Bitter* put* wh*t yo* eat whan It bo- longs. Digest* yoar food, re lieve. that heavy, uneomfort- hi* tMilag end strength! th* ^Vegetable Bitters Whnrrer yo* suffer from headache, Migration, bllloua- neM dyaptpala aid kindred trouble, tak* *** or two tohlo- apooaful* ot BLOAT'S VEGETABLE BITTERS Sold everywhere thla paper circalate*. Atlanta, Birmingham; & Atlantic, Th* Staadard of ExraUeM* la Paaaeagtr Berries. BchednlM ritectlra October 1$, 1911. Lv Thomaavlll.... _. „, „ ■ Ar Moultrie..— . — ...» »_ . —a. Ar Tlfton - .. — — , Ar Fitzgerald - Ar Cordalo .. — — , Ar Moatoauma.... — — — — mu. Ar ATLANTA...... — — w »~. Ar Blnnlagham.. .. — Pullman electric lighted Bleeping ear* oa night trains between Way- eras* nnd Atlanta, nnd b*tw*aa Thamaavtll* and Atlanta. Pullman Pay tor-Rreller ear on day train* between Waycroas and Atlanta, Ga. B, LEAHY, E. H. FELL Mamgtr Agent. Aa’t Gen’l Puatagar AgeiL A. *>. DANIEL, T.P. A. Atlanta. Ga. t:S0 am. .... 9:26 am. ....10:96 am. ....11:16 a.m. .... 1:40 p.m. .... 3:48 p.m. .... 8:16 p|m- 7:40 p.m, 6:47 p io. 9:60 p.m. 10:60 p m. 19:36 a.m. 1:38 mm. 1:49 an. 11:69 a.m. Valdosta* Moultrie & Western Railroad Anivils and Departure of Trains at Valdoata (Central Standard Time) ARRIVES No. 3.—7:10 a m. (Dally) from Morvan, B*rMn, leaving Mraltri* 6:30 A ta. eoanecta with A. 0. L to Savannah sad Montgomary; O. A F. to Madlaoa and Auguatal t>. B. A F. ta Macon and AtlaatA No. 4.—3:10 p. m. (Drily Except Sunday) Laavaa Moultrie 1:1* p. m. eoaaecta with all afternoon trains on A. O. L, (V. a. A F. sad O. A F. railroad* *4 VaidMta. DEPARTS N*. L—3:30 a m. (Drily Hxetpt Sunday) ArrivM Koaltri* 10:3* a m connect* with A. C. L. east and west; O. A F. to Aagtnta; 08. A F. from Karan nnd Atlanta. No. 3.—3:30 p. tn. (Drily) Arrives at Moultrie 1:30, connactn with South Georgia Railroad north and nouthhonad at Morvon and with A. B. A'A. and Georgia Northern railroadi north aad South at Moultrie. M. J. CHAUNCET, C. A. E. M. WEEKS, T. A. Valdoata, Oa Valdoata, Ga G O DOUGHERTY Trafflle Manager. HEPanffEcOffiOl Valdosta, Ga l