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THIS VALDOSTA TIMES, VALDOSTA. OA. r TUESDAY. JANUARY 08, 1010.
Clothing Sale
STARTS FRIDAY, -JANUARY 26TH
AT
DAVIS BROS. & CO.
Don’t Fail to Read Our Ad in Saturday’s Times
WORK PLANNED
FORJWNDES
Judge Griffin Throws out
Some Suggestions
A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO
THE DISCUSSION OP GOOD
ROADS IN THIS PART OP THE
COUNTRY.
(Prom Monday’s Daily.)
Mr. Editor:
Is there anything you can say
•m
that great captain of Industry and
phllanthroplat, H. H. Tift, and of
tho Tlfton Gazette, and tbelr Intelli
gent associates' and co-workers,
good roads dub. are being formed,
and the people In town and country
alike are Joining these clubs,
the town every automobile owner
contributes a dollar a month, and
In the country many farmera agree,
when once the road la built, to keep
It up tbrtmgh their land., or by
their .places, or agree to patch some
particular part, or at lead to 811 np
one hole, while other farmer* agree
to pay their one dollar per month
like the automobile owner*. Th.
money raised by these monthly con
tributions Is used to brag farmers,
and other, who llr. along the road,
to scrape and keep up euch stretches
os are not otherwise provided for.
If this la not a good plan, can we
not devise a better? Even under
that plan, think of the results that
will be achieved. If It Is followed
in Tift, that county will have the
that tv111 tend to revive throughout beet roads In Booth Georgia, unless
our county a general end lively in-'other eonnttes follow the same plan,
terest In the good roads movement | 0 r a better one. The public authorl-
Tho present condition of our roads ties cannot attend to all the details.
Is appalling. Ours la sn agricultural j n other words, |t Is not possible for
community. We have but one small .the county authorities to have a Jy-
elty and but few towns In the conn- I„p squadron to patch each, or
•y. and the roads and streets In them .scrape each road Just at the right
ere nearly as had as they are In the hour. The intelligent gentleman In
country. I know that weatner con
ditions have been had, and no one
la to blame: hut that Is not the thing
to talk about How shall we proceed
Vo remedy existing conditions? That
1i the question. Without the aid of
farmers and land owners, Individ
ually, we will have bad roads for a
long, long time—certainly hs/ond
charge of the good roads train em
phasised, the other day, more then
any other thing, the Importance of
scraping the roads Just after rains,
and at a time when the wet aand
and clay were of a certain consist
ency. This can only be done by the
help of those living along the line
of roads. Let It be dona, and If
the time when the farmera will be | necessary pay those who do It, hut
hauling their fertilisers. By general i unless they will agree to do It with
tavatlon and the road tax, we are or without pay, tha authorities ere
doing much In'road building. Wo .helpless, and w. will never have
have tome large gangs busily en-1 such roads as we can or ongbt to
waved (and they are doing a good'have. It (a not-tjorth while to die-
work), but It Is Impossible for themjctiag th* Importance of having-good
1 to cover the territory. One piece of roads; that la a fact so self-evident
I good road gets pad before they can that argument would be lost on one
| get aronnd and get back to it. Be- j who does not see It for hlmeetf. I
sides, we have, pot learned Joat how, know of nothing that would tend
and In what apportion, to mix the more to th. general uplift of onr
i sand and clak-SJour only available [county than a thorough system of
material. We ire! however, learning good roads. So I repeat th. qnem-
hr experience and by continued en- [ tlon—can anything be done to deem
deavor, we will eventualjy have good )y Imprest upon each cltlsen the fact
FUNERALUN
SUNDAY TO BE
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tlmft done to give tie fraternal or
ganisations to which tha deceased
belonged, an opportunity to attend
t(he funeral, ax they uaually desire
16 do. ,
Sunday Day of Rest.
"Sunday la a day of rest The
undertakers, of course, are willing
at all times to care for the dead,
fend preparing the bodies for Inter
ment keeps them huay, without
having to attend funerals daring
the day. Th* cemetery men would
also like a day of rest and I be
lieve the plan to he a good on*.”
The undertaking arms of Hen
derson Bros and Fox A Weeks are
In favor of the plant. That* arms
state that while they are alwaya
ready and willing to he governed by
the -wishes of the famtllea of the
dead, they would like to have the
topf*. one of rest. They eay, how
ever, that' If the Sunday funeral
were abolished It would be a great
There la a likelihood of an ef-| fl >* , I> to them <» ’“▼>“* » ° f
beat, other than tha preparing of
the bodies for the funeral and In
terment. *
Many Cities Have Acted
The Sunday funeral has been
abolished In a good many cities In
Ux*_ qpnc»rr and In none of them
mm to have caused any
lence. Some cities have
lithe Sunday funerals, but no funer
als are held on holidays, the bodies
Vh. „.tt mottn. nt th-. .1. he, d a <1*7 longer. The em-
At the next meeting of thw min. tkI , cad w cnn tapt ^definite-
;ers association It la probable that , . _, 1 , .
Savannah Ministers Kick
on Sunday Burials
THE PREACHERS CLAIM THAT
THE FUNERALS TAKE UPTIME
THAT SHOULD BE PLACED
ELSEWHERE.
(From Monday’s Dally.-
fort being maao to abolish Sunday
(unerala In Savannah, say the Morn
ing News.
The funerals seriously Interfere
with the ministers on that day, ow
ing to their many church duties,
and the Idea that the day la
Christian rest and that the -untUr-1. j..
takers and cemetery men deserve
the day to themselves Is a- further,
argument that la being mad*.
roods, provided the people will
amt, Individually, In keeping up a
piece until It can be reached again
by the gang. I notice that In Tift
county, nndSr tha Inspiration of
that more or less depends upon his
personal and Individual sBort and
help? Respectfully,
'• W. H. GRIFFIN.
Isters association It la probable
the matter will he brought np by
the Rev. W. A. Nlsbet, pastor of
Westminster Presbyterian Church
and president of the Ministerial As
sociation.
Hard on the Mlnino™.
Mr. Nlebet is heartily In favor of
th* Plm of abolishing the Sunday
funeral except In cases of necessity.
"The mlntsten are handicapped in
their church work by the funeral,”
he >sld. "There le usually Sun
day school In th* morning, two
church service, and oft times so
ciety meeting, and tha day Is a
busy one. It la a hard matter to
get time to attend th* funerals and
often there is a dllBenlty In Mttlng
th. time when It will not Interfere
with th. minister’, chnreh duties.
•There 1. nelly no reason why
persona should ha burled on Sun
day. Person, dying Friday eonld
either be buried Saturday afternoon
lor Monday morning. There Is a
slight tendency to hold persons dy-
Iny is early In the week as Thors*
day until Sunday. This la some.
Is no especial hurry
In k> Ring It In the ground, It Is
ar.cn* d.
1:'tctly what atapa will bo taken
by th. -<* Interested lo carry out the
plan 11 not known, but It Is being
ghe- serious consideration and ‘t
la pfiihahle that mine definite step
will I- taken In the near future.
Mr. Tionnott Comes to Town.
T dcilro to inform my friends and
customers that I have moved my
stock of horse* and males from my
home north of.tha dty to the old
chnrcb building, corner Hill avenue
and Lee street, next to Ham Broth
er’ (table. I have both arst-clnse
horses and mules, and would like to
have all of my old customers, ts
wall as th* public generally, call and
**. them and get price, before pur.
chasing. Thanking all of nly former
customers for their patronage, and
th* public In advance for aav busi
ness they may give me, I am.
Very respectfully,
0. B. BENNETT.
TEACHERS OF
LOWNDES GET
THEIR MONEY
FOUR RUN AWAY SCRAPES,
Frightened Horses Made Things
Lively on the Streets *
(From Monday’s Dally.)
It Is said that there were four
different run away scraps* on Pat-
tenon streets Saturday night, all of
them caused by a run away team
which collided with a team belong
ing to J. J. Joyner.
The first horses to run art saldf
to have belonged to Mr. Btseuor*
Cooper, It ran Into a team belong
ing to Mr, J, J, Joyner which be
came frightened and ran. A hone
COUNTY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER ^belonging to Mr. Henry Tueker alao
SMITH RECEIVED a CHECK ’’took fright and one other team
FROM THE STATE TREASURER Joined In the effort to make things
They are Paid Promptly
for Their Work
FOR LOWNDES’ PORTION.
(From Monday’! Dally.)
County School Commissioner Smith
lively on the streets.
The two horses belonging to Mr.
Joyner got away from the vehicle
and ran off north of the city. One
of thorn was found out behind the
.V. . , . , cemetery and the other Is said to
thla morning received a check for 17~ . . „ .
* [have gone on toward* Brooks eoun-
f 12,622 from the state treasurer c , rryln(f part of th , h , rnMi with
to be applied to Lowndes county’s’ lt
psrt of th 8 school fund*. I ' T hat horse hs. not been located
The teacher* of Lownde. county | y#t
and Mr. Joyner Is advertising
never suffer for their wage* after l for roturn , Mue of The
they earn them, as It has been the T | mC(
custom here for a number of yean
No aerlou* damage wai done bv
We aell farm mulct and hones on
easy terms.
MIZELL LIVE STOCK CO.
In old Orlfilth Stables
for the county eohool board to make , h# oth#r horiel .
all the arrangement* to pay th*
teacher* promptly as soon as their
report* are made out.
The county school board acts
upon the Idea that the bust cite, of
teachers can be secured If they ar*
paid promptly and that the beet
clast of teachers cannot he secured
If the county le lax In meeting
obligations to the teachers.
Bo, iwhll* th* apt* Is frequently
behind In paying ths teachers, Lown
des county slwtys provides to pajr
them promptly and uses th* state’s
money -when It Is received.
In nearly all of th. conntlw In
Georgia th. teacher, hav. to wait
until the state tyrni over the mon
ey to the county aehool commis
sioners and thla Is frequently some
tlm. aftar th. money has bran
earned.
Lowndes county Is on* of th*
very few counties In the state that
pays the teacher, promptly. Th*
IValdoit* School Board makes a . .Will racelv. two car loads of
similar provision for th* Valdosta U00 to 1.400 poond mules Wei
Uaehors and many of th* city nfsday, January 17. and w# bough'
eohool boards In the state mak* a them to toll.
similar provision, but very few, If
any of the county boards, hav* don*
that.
Drew Pistol on Another Negro.
A negro named oJe Brown was
arrested at the Oeorgla Southern
snd Florida road I**t night on a
charge of drawing a pistol on Henry
Washington. H* was arrested by
one of the local policemen snd he
gave bond of 760 to answer before
•Judge Vtrnedoe In the recorder’s
'court.
Later on Washington swore out
two other warrants against him,
one accusing him of carrying con
cealed weapons snd the other of
pointing a pistol at another. He
wee landed In prison but was re.
leased on a bond of flOO.
MIZELL LIVE STOCK CO.
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