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VALDOSTA, GA.,
uABY 10, 1812,
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Democrats Ivlay Put Tar
iff on Phospherous
PROHIBITIVE DUTY 18 CONSID
ERED BY DEMOCRATS OX
MATCHES. OTHER THAN THE
SAFETY KIND.
Washington, Jan. 13.—The Dem
ocratic Ways and Means Committee
of the house of representatives, par
adoxical as K may seem, has found
one article on which the tariff Is not
high enough, and there l s every In
dication that the committee will re
port favorably on a bill to tax this
one article so high that It can neith
er be mnnufactiired In this country
or brought In from abroad
This article Is the common white
phosphorous, of which all matches,
except safety matches, are made,
Workers In those factories which
turn out the common, or so-called
"parlor matches,” are subject to one
of the most dreadful diseases medi
cal science ever had to contend with.
It is known as “phossy Jaw,” and ths
victim of this malady suffer* tor
tures worse than any death. “Phossy
Jaw” first attacks the Jaw bones,
eating Into them, so that in the final
^hfcagea of the disease the Jaw sloughs
off entirely. In some Instances the
disease spreads to ether bones cf
^he body, often leaving the victim a
hopeless cripple for life. There Is
no known cure for the dlsemee, and
there Is no known preventive of !t.
With the coming of the safetv
match, which In made without white
phosphorus, a great many of the
members of congress—and thw sen-
fc.t'ment is practically unanimous
nong the Democrats—see no rt
parlor match el
I'fPimufamuTBfl. its flu
'not alone confined to thoee wbo
work In the factories where ft Is
made, brii users of It also are men
aced by Its presence. Dragged Into
rat holes It becomes ignited, thus
causing fires. Children, pitying
wfth It. always are exposed to dan
ger, whereas the safety match ls not
dangerous for either of these rea
sons.
The ways and means committee Is
. considering a proposal to report
/ bill which will place an enttre)7
( prohibitive taT on this match. Of
course. Interested parties will are
sent arguments against It. The
manufacturers of phosphorus match
es. however, are ip the vast minority
among match makers, and the vol
ume of their business Is growing con
stantly less since the Introduction of
the safety match.
/ So frlchtful were the rnvsres of
“phossy taw” that a y»nr and n half
ago the match *rust voluntarily ded
icated Its patents for the making of
safety matches to the public use. so
that any man. If he so desires, niav
..make A hts match and sell ft In f be
United States without paying royal
ty on patents.
DID RICH
DECEIVE GIRL
AS TQMARRIAGE
It is Said That Mock
Ceremony Occurred.
AVIS LINXELL, THE DJAD GIRL,
WENT TO HEIl DEATH BELIEV
ING THAT SHE WAS RICHE-
SON’S WIFE.
" THE FRENCH PREMIER.
Paris. Jan. 13.—Raymond Poin
care today accepted the premier
ship of France, succeeding CalUaux,
who immediately began the con
struction of the cabinet.
Polieare Is former minister of
finance and public work.
r iv L.oa.
M coffee, fathers M
^dust and store^
sweepings. Paper I
ba£s leak, strength,!
frtjshness and aroma. I
Boston, Jan. 13.—“Avis Llnnell,
before her God, believed ebe wm the
lawful wife ef Rev. Clarence V. T.
Rlcheson.”
Thin ls the statement of an assist
ant district attorney attached to
District Attoney Pellitler’s office.
When the body of the little Hyan-
nlsport music student was exhumed
that the government might secure
further evidences against the clergy
man, there was found a wedding
ring on the third finger of Avle Lln-
nell's left hand.
“There ls no doubt In my mind
that Rlcheson performed eome weird
ceremony and made the child be
lieves she was wedded to hjm,” said
this official.
While their client, und«T sentence
of death dning the week beginning
May 10 for the murder of the girl,
lies on his cot in the Charles street
Jail on the Verge of a nervous
breakdown, attorneys for Rlcheson
are planning their fight to save him
from the electric chair.
Eats a Hearty Meal.
After preserving a steadfast de
meanor In court where he received
the sentence of death, Rlcheson was
taken bark to his cell. There,
Hevea perhaps of the ending of the
long suspense, he ordered a hearty
meal for the first time tor weeks.
His meal precipitated an attack of
Indigestion. The nerves, so long
■trim* lent by suspense, were shat-
td his guarde found Riche-
•Ay.4lLJUl.eeH.
Rlcheson’s senior counsel, Attor
ney John L. Lee, will leave tonight
for his Virglna home for a three
week’s rest On his return the real
Jght to free the minister from
death will commence. It will be the
most bitter In the history of New
England.
All New England Interested ,
Scores already have stated their
attitude on the question of commut
ing the pastor's sentence to life
Imprisonment. Some take one aide,
some another.
All New England Is taking a per
sonal Interest in the fate of the
young minister.
Miss Violet Edmande, fiancee of
Rlcheson, confes°ed slayer of Avis
Llnnell, Joined the pastor’s lawyers
today In the fight to save him from
death In the electric chair. Moees
Grant Edmands, wealthy father of
Miss Edmands, had a lengthJy con
ference with Rlcheson's attorneys
at which plans were laid to secure
a commutation of sentence.
Was Adonis Among Women
Rlcheson was an Adonis before
the women and had finances galore,
Besides having been secretly or
mysteriously wedded, or supposed to
have been wedded, to his victim and
engaged to Miss Violet Edmands, be
was engaged to two other young
women at the same time—that la,
so far as the atate has been able to
find out; there might have been
more.
These car'da of the prosecution
were 'being saved for trumps when
MINERS WILL
WAGHEMAND
The United Mine Work
ers Meet Next Week
TJIE QUESTION OF RENEWING
CONTRACT WITH OPERATORS
AND MAKING WAGE DEM V\D
WILL COME UP.
dues and turn the
over to the ©fib
As this involves th<
United Mine
operators it has b<
tosed by the lattei
mar>d which the
of the union,
recognition of
'orkers by the
>n steadily op-
Another de-
Ine workers will
present is that wflhtcvar agreement
Is made It shall Mat one year only.
This has bPen demanded over and
over again, hut the operators have
always stood out Jor a longer term.
The miners believe that the pres
ent time is well! selected for press-
Ingthelr demand#" In the first place
It Is unusual for tne wage agree
ments In both the hard and soft
coal regions to ! expire simultaneous
ly—then, too, i It Is a presidential
election year. I This gives the mine
workers' onp nlzatlon a strong
weapon, because by simultaneous
action in several mining regions the
leaders couhj create a condition ap
proaching a fuel famine.
uL
Miners to Consider Wage Demand,
Indianapolis, ind., Jan. 13.—The
advance of delegates to attend the
annual convention of the United
Mine Workers of America to meet
here Tuesday has reached here.
The convention promises to be one
of the most Important as well as
the largest gathering In the history
of the organization. It will be at
tended by delegates representing
the tens of thousands of minors who
labor In the Immense bituminous
fields, which stretch from West Vir
gins and central Pennsylvania north
west to British Columbia and south
west to Texas and Oklahoma. The
anthracite miners of Pennsylvania
are expected to be more largely rep
resented than at previous conven
tions, owing to the fact that the
w>lge agreement of the anthaclte
miners will expire this year as well
as that of the bituminous workers.
It Is probable that the conven
tion will last two weeks or longer.
The matter of a new wage agree
ment will be thoroughly discussed,
though final action in the matter 1
will as usual ba left to the commit
tee which will meet In Joint con
ference with the operators next
month.
In addition to the ordinary rou
tine business the convention will
have (many matters of importance
to consider. It ls generally con
ceded that the report of the tellers
of the recent national electtOd' T01
officers will show the re-election of
John P. White, oMowa, over Tom
L. Lewis, his opponent. Bdwin
Perry, the secretary-treasurer, had
ao rival for the office.
One of the questions that is being
discussed among the delegates al
ready os the ground Is whether the
convention will rescind the resolu
tion that placed John Mitchell be
fore the alternative of giving up his
union card or resigning from the
National Clvlo Federation. Mr.
Mitchell, It will 'be recalled, recent
ly made charges that the last mla-
ers’ convention was “packed” and
to that fact waa due the adoption of
the resolut'on.
The question of renewing the
agreement with the operators, how
ever, will overshadow all other mat
ters before the convention. The
present agreement will expire March
31 next. No attempt la made to _ _ „
eonoal tho fact that a generar An.-rtrnn. «»«"»'" ,,0 > r,ln -
strike la the anthracite held la the n - rM "’ J “- 1 ’ - Elab0r * t » nr-P-
moro alarming. .» , strike ot the |»™ t,on "completed fr,
hard coal miners Is always more;
serious In Its consequences than t
suspension of work by the blttiml- , .
nous miners. The district organ!- ;*
zatlons In the anthracite field have
held their
lng has made neceanty a
crease; the operator, hold
•‘eliding scale” ereatad by the
Commission haa (Iren the
advantage of every advance
price of coni, and that no
vance In wagee ls poadbla
present condition*.
The Conciliation B<
to bo n bone ot content
la composed of throe
of the mine worker,
resentatlves of the
was crested by th» Strike Commle-
eton to settle difference, as they
arise from time to time. The mln-
declare that the methods ot
work of the Counclllatlon/Board ara
cumbersome and lmi
number of the Bt/Bt conces
sions whtch the minor* demanded
unsuccessfully before X the Strike
Commission will he denrhnded again.
Notalble among thee* I, the so-call-
'check-off.” •vlie system under
which the .operator, : deduct from
the miner,' pay et\ee|a the union
not deducted
NOTICE.
Notice le hereby glren that
minting of tre stockholders of tre
Moultrie, Fort Gaines and Western
KaHrond Company will be held la
the city of Valdosta, Ga., in room
10 of the Strickland building, at 4
o’clock p. m. on the 17th day of
January, 1912, and at said meeting
an Issuance of bonds of this com
pany will be conelderel.
By older of a resolution adopted
n stockholders’ meeting held In
the rlty o' Valdosta on ths 21st day
of December, 1911.
FRANK ROBERTS, President.
W. L. ROBERTS, Secretary,
12-2Sfrld4l.
Advertise In The Dally Times.
Pneumonia Leaves The
System a Wreck
Unless thoroughly cured, Pneu
monia is likely to leave the system
a wreck mid a shining mark for
consumption.
VICKS &SJSALVE
is the new theory of ml ministering a
cure, a |x>silive permanent cure,
through inhalation ami absorption.
The healing antiseptic; vafKirs are
inlmlcd with each breath, acting di
rectly ujKiii the lungs.
At T««r fafibt’s or by MAiJ
23c. 50c. $1.00
Kconomy tnggttU tk* dollar lit*
Vick’s Family Remedies Co.
CrtmUw. M. C. . v
EXPIOUG LAMP SET
ft TO THE FAMLY
d, Two Fatally Burn
Six Others Burned
\ fly Exploding Oil.
Ptaqoff. Pa., Jan. 18.—By the
explosloii of a kerosene lamp last
night, M?ry and Annie Kovall, sis
and thre, year* old, wire burned
to desth. ib
Another <nlld eight yeara old and
Mre. Mery ^pvall were fatally burn
ed. sis cjiirs received eerlous
\Ji7 E have the most complete Feed House
" * in Georgia. Send us your orders for
horse, cow, mule and chicken feed, seed rust
proof oats, alfalfa hay. Everything that is good
for an animal or fowl. Phone 103.
H.F.Tillman Grain Co
If it is Machinery you want, we have It Write
us for catalogue, prices and terms.
MALSBY COMPANY
41 South Forsyth St., ATLANTA, GA.
We sell the following well-known goods: American,
Hench & Dromgold, Geteer “Peerless," and Smith. Myers & Schnier Saw
Mills in all sizes ana capacities; Erie City, Qeiser “Peerless," and Houston,
Stan wood & Gamble Engines and Boilers in all sizes; Challoner, and Perkins
Shingle Machinery; BandSaws, Edgers, Grist Mills* Peerless'* Threshers,
Planers, Steam Feeds, and various other Machinery, Repairs and Mill Supplies.
We can furnish you tho best Machinery on the market '*nd at the same
time save you money. • We have no branch house, ’ "
barns.
POSTMAjCfER 18 BUICIDH.
Atlanta, Joa. 13.—Postmaster Ed
ward Peek, off Locust Grove, sulci
ded today by drinking carbolic add
Letters left showed that he wm
short In bl» accounts. Tho Inspec
tor was examining bla books when
the deed was committed.
the case cams to trial, but since jofficial notice ot their Intentions,
Rloheson confession and sentence j but It la well known they have no
j tho annual anniversary banquet of
the American Association of Com
merce and Trade,which Is to be
at the Hotel
Adlon. Ambasnado Lelshman has
[accepted an InvItstJ i to attend,
separate conventions. I
These gatherings adopted resolu
tions demanding 20 per cent In
crease dn wages, * decrease of about
11 per cent In working hours with
out a corresponding decrease In pay,
payment by weight exclusively, and
other concession#.
The operators have not given any
("Georgia & Florida Ry.
The Direct Line to J,
Hazlehurst, Vidalia, Swairisboro, Millen, Augusta
and Points in the Carolinas, Virginia, Washing
ton, New York and all Eastern cities via Augusta
Close connections made at Ilazlohurst with Southern Railway for
Helena, Macon, Atlanta. Chattanooga and point# North and West.
Sleeg Caj Ser vice
bof <
#
iir f.
ocn Augusta. ValdoHta and Madison,
or Douglas, Hazlehurst, Vidalla, arriving
On Trnlns Nos. 6 and 7 boj
No. 4—7:60 a. m. daif
at Augusta 6:25 p. in.
No. 6—6:oo p. m. dalfi' for Douglas, Hazlehurst, Vidalla, arriving
AugiiHta 8:10 h. in.
No. 7—10:22 a. m. dally for Madison.
No. 6—5:15 a. m. daily for Madison.
Connection made at ilazlehurat with Southern Hallway for Macon,
Atlanta and points West. At Madison, Fla., with S. A. L. for Live Oak,
Quincy, Tallnhassee and points West.
T. E. HARRIS, Commercial Agt, J. M. JOHNSON, Ticket A**nt,
Valdosta Ga. Valdoeta, Ga.
C. H. GATTIS, Asst Traffic Mgr. II. C. McFADDKNT, Traffic manager.
Augusta, Qa„ Augusta, Ga.,
LUZIANNE
COFFEE
in Its air-tight can
is dust-free, strong,
fresh and of j>er-
flh feet quality, ft
(o be electrocuted, the evidence col
lected by the state has gradually
been coming to the surface and be
ing made public.
Probably Fake Ceremony,
Rlcheson bought a wedding ring
In December, 1909, at the little Jew
elry shop of Mrs. Josle Ouyer, at
Hyannis, and gave It to Avis Lln
nell on her eighteenth birthday In
that,month, It was learned today .
, Mist Llnnell wore the ring for
nearly two years, aupposlng, the
governmept officials aver, that aba
was the wife of the young clergy
man.
According to the prosecution, Mr.
Rlcheson either performed a fake
ceremony blmaelf or duped the little
Intention of granting these
mends. Whllt the mine workers’ar
gue that the increased coat of Uv-
a witness to the selling of a wedding
ring to tho former pastor to the little
white meeting houze at Hyannla waa
to have been one of the trump
cards played by ths government at
the trial.
No Record of Marriage.
“We have never been able to lo-
•ate any record# of a marriage be
tween Rlchceon and Mist Llnnell,”
•aid Assistant District Attorney La-
veils today.
While the government could show
motive In the Rlcheaon's> case, nat
urally the hypothesis that his vlc-
cholr singer Into the belief that she tfm wag hIa w j fe WouM make hI§
wa» his legal wife without the cup- reason for wanting to get rid of
ternary formalities demanded by her In order to make his way clear
church and civil law, to marry the Brooklyn -heiress much
The Introduction of Mrs. Gayer as stronger.