The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, January 27, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTwice-a-Week n£L TBM VALDOSTA «M»« f AUXWTA, n4TlJHl»AI. JANUARY 27, 1912. NEWS OF A DAY AMONG PEOPLE OF The Eastside Residents Want Better Schools A MEETING OP THE IMPROVE- DEMOCRATS CUT TARIFF ON STEEL Members of Ways and Means Committee Agree Upon Big Reduction. Washington, Jan. 25.—The Dem ocratic members of the ways and GOV. JOSEPH M. BROWN INAUGURATED TODAY HE TAKES BP THE REINS OP OFFICE QJICT MORE AFTER BEING OUT FOR A SHORT TIME—HE MAKES A SHORT ADDRESS, OUTLINING HIS VIEWS AND TJ1EN tVkes OAlil OF OFFICE. JIENT ASSOCIATION MADE El)-1 meana committee are today report- BCATIONAL FACILITIES THEIR' CHIEF TOPIC. flaraniiah, 6a., Jan, -Resl ed to have a steel bill cutting the existing duties on steel and iron 30 to 50 per cent.'-' The Republicans are expected to file a minority report. The debate t dents of the east side of Savannah . w j|j probably begin tomorrow, have now started an aggressive fight ‘ The Cox hill calling on the Pres!- for better school facilities for that ■ ' ,p n t *° furnlBh congress an Item ized statement of the coat of occu- aection of the city. The need of a large school building tor that sec tion of the city. The need of a large school building for that sec tion has been apparent for soma time, yet no provision baa been made for the erection of a school at any time In the near futnre. A meeting of the East Side Im provement Association, the organi zation which baa been Instrumental In securing many Improvements for that section, was held last night. The school problem was the princi pal topic of discussion. It was learnod that there are two hundred echool children In that section. Re solutions were adopted calling upon the board of Education to consider Hhe proposition'and purchase at h one stt* fof the, erection of a schi K' - *fii>te to Order 'of "Eagles./, Hon. 'Frank fa. Herlng, of Soi Bend, Ind., Grand Worthy Presi dent .of the Fraternal Ordepr of Eagles was the principal speaker at the annual ' " patlonof the- Philippines passed the house today..' It Is belleyed that the total will bo over one-half billion dollars. HOLD CONFERENCE ON CHILD LABOR Delegates From Nearly Thirty States are Attending the Louisville Meeting. LonlsVUle, Ky„ Jan. 25.—Dele gates from nearly thirty States, among them many men and women who have made the amelioration of „„ banquet of the local aerla hero last night . Mr. Herlng responded to the toast “The Frater nal Order of Eagles.” In an Inter view glvep out Mr. Herlng declared ! Aa)er 0 , that In his opinion Harmon would : man of he the next presidential nominee of p p the Democratic party. The lndlca- mlsslonei tlons In th|e West are that Harmon 0 will easily carry Oh‘o and believes t, n nal that he con carry New York state. 1 nm ong Mr. Herjng la being entertained In j The mi Savannah by Judge Henry McAlptn, by tbs. Worthy president of the local aerla. jlatlon o£ The St. Andrews Society Banquet | her refi The annual banquet of the St. jpulsory Andrew’s Society In honor of the flclency. birth of Robert Burns, will be held Idnatrll at the De Soto Hotel tonight. The ■ gnldani occasion Is ono that Is always await- tend uni ed by the "Scotchmen” and their on wo: friends, with Interest and each year , feet f they become more enjoyable. Sev eral prominent speakers will he pres ent, Including Hon. Frank E. Her lng! Grand Worthy President of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, who apoke at the annual banquet of the local aerie laat night, Hon. Samuel B. Adams, and A. J. O'Hara, princi pal of St. Patrick’s School. Two hundred guests were present. Injured Man is Improving. Despite the fact that First Mate H. Cronberg of th© steamship Frld- land, who was Injured a few days ago has a broken aplne, he !• Im proving rapidly at a local hospital and does not seem dlapondent over his condition. “You are the gamest man I ever saw,*’ remarked on© of those who assisted In removing Cronberg to the hospital, adding that h© had not uttered a groan. '•Well, What’a the u«e?” replied Cronberg, with a amlle. He la ex pected to recover. life yfortF gat: Louigjrlll© fcoday lbr the p; the eighth annual’conference of the National Child Labor Committee. The conference will he In session several days. Mies Jane Adams, of Chicago, Mrs. Florence j Kelley, of the Na tional Consumers’ League, Dr. Felix y©rk, President Alder- TJnlverslty of Virginia, ,Unlted States Com- catlon, and a mim ic workers of na- are Included speakers, to bo conslder- rence are: The re- schools to child la- labor and com- ^"iflcreasing the ef- tary school, ln- and vocational aid to education, .1© Industrial burdens hlldren and the ef- Josoph H. Choate is 80. New York, Jan. 24.—Joseph H. Choate, the eminent New York law yer and former American Ambassa dor to England, was eighty years old today and the occasion was marked by the receipt of a numlber of con gratulatory message* from friends on both sides of the Atlantic. Mr. Choate is a native of Salem, Mass., hut has been a resident of New York since shortly after his gradua tion l**om Harvard in 1*52. Advertise In The Daily Times. (1 Weather. Jan. 25.—Ab If to the excessive cold of Atlanta Is now enjoy ing a degree| of warmth and. sun. ■bine that toiako people almost for get It Is winter. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 15.—Hon. Jos. , Brown Is again governor of Geor gia. He was Inaugurated at noon today. The whole ceremony barring the inaugural address, took less than 10 minutes. The brief but weighty oath was 1 administered by Chief Justice W.H. Fish of the supreme court. The great seal was brought In by Secret tar yof State Phlf Cook who hand ed R to Governor Slaton, who hand ed It to Governor Brown, who re ceived It and then turned It over again to the secretary of the etate foe safekeeping, "That people Is best governed,, whlcl^is least governed.” quoted Governor Brown In his augural ad dress, "However, we have theanomoly that those charged with the execu tion of the lawe In this state' as In others, have too ofter permitted techdleallties and misguided sym pathy to hamper or even defeat the laws which the people decree shall b enforced, hence, the vital need o’ the preeent day Is a spirit Inflexible Justice. "Therefore, I sound the note of warning to you of the general M- Bcmbly, that you so legislate that the laws of Georgia be not the shield of frannd; to yon of the Judi ciary, that the right to he so clearly defined that (Here la no excuse for wrong. 'For myself I, proml pardoning powcr'shall feat the 1| shams, discerning In the framing of their laws aifd* positive In their de- BLOOD FLOWS FREELY IN STREETS OF SPAIN Mob of Clericals and Republi cans in Fight and Many People are Killed. Lisbon, Jan. 25.—Street fighting wanda tfctt • tkCr; shall he enforced, between a mob of Clerical and Re- they, wtthaV 6xempllfy the axiom, publicans took place at Vlzieu today. ‘ That people V !s.^b£best governed Many were killed on both side* which is tn^Idjfe^governedi’V nnd scores were wounded. GentleniMi, ictfua not deceive our- Troop* are being massed for fear selves; we the grace of C f violent Clerical uprising Sunday. the people* but ul Wl the brBer-j of s the V pvppi^j|.Anw not ours *o those who would lead Is the sole vary' th,o^|*L Jew or to construo guarantee of lasting confidence them aft we choose. Each of us. among the masses. If the confidence WILL TRY TO RESTORE THE GOAL CONTRACT MANCHUS CALL ON JAPANESE l Suspension of Coal Mining is Threatened whether |n^Ahe legislative, the Ju- be lacking all else Is weak, diclal or* ‘the .executive department, Well known to all are the events finds flxed;:honnds within which his which have resulted In the scene power*^ at© limited and his duties now being enacted before vou. made obllgaAfojy. Neither can trench Hence, as you are hare today not to upon the others except at the ex- install him whom the sovereign peo- pense of tb-vgeneral safety, but all, pi© have chosen to execute, within when wor®w ! n harmonious accord, the bounds they have fixed, their prove th* *wj|dom of the wise man enacted will, I shall not detain you of th© Scriptures, "A threefold cord by reciting at length the govern- ls not oulcKty broken." Let us then, mental procedure which I believe Is wllhln the bounds prescribed by the demanded by the logic of the recent constitution, perform our functions election. Your Intelligence enables fully, firmly,'fearlessly, bbt consci- ycu as well as me to Interpret the entlously, j xrlli for a while the rest curd for Yet, with all that I have stated, th© fever of political agttatton. Yet ■ havei .the; anomaly that thos’e when yon, the general assembly, charged, with the execution of th* shall convene in regular session 1 laws In this state, as in. others, hare shall communicate as fully as needs too, often permitted technicalities f be regarding ’ the legislation ahlch, and misguided sympathy to hamper *f r my Judgment the ascertained will or even defeat the laws which the ; n f the people and of the well-being people decree shall he enfored 0 f the commonwealth demand. Till withdrew our attention from ^^^j*uct!vo business In ordor therefore sor^^ie note of some of us think Lpcd upon the sta*n^* TIIE ‘REPRESENTATIVES OF TIIE MINERS AND OPERATORS ARB MEETING TO TRY AND REACH AN AGREEMENT. J * *= . me v r hence, the vital need of tho present then it i / day is the spirit of inflexible justice. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 25.— Whether there will be a general sus pension of a coal mining on April 1, when the present wage agree ment expire, depends upon the suc cess of the Joint conference of oper ators and miners which went Into session behind closed doors at the Hotel Claypool this afternoon. Th* miners are represented in the con ference by the special committee appointed by the Pnlted Mine Work- Political Terror is Caused in Flowery Kingdom by the Battle for \ Supremacy. Shanghai, Jan, 26.—The struggle between PresVent Shi Yat Sen and Premier Yuan But Kal (or auprtm- Nearly all of the mine owners of Indiana, Illinois and Ohio are rep resented, together with some of the Independents of the western Penn sylvania and toest Virginia fields. The demands to be presented by the minors concerning wagon and work- tlons for the fu t /j by tho convent or or nizatlon w 1 n-h b.vi I perfofm, It s*K be With Jan single to tho Impartial and complete right- be delicti _ _ protection of persons and property there he no clause for wring.' And 0 go of swampy" lands,' which our constitution says la the for myself I promise that' tk— P«r- ment of wafer powers, the oncour- paramount duty of government,” Idonlng power' shall not bo feed to npement of manufacturing enter- defeat the laws, and that yatever prises and the Impartial and com- Governor tirown’a Inaugural ad- function of the executive ofllce I plot, protection of the law-abiding dress W ai follow*: I perform It shall he with ay eye sin- people of the state in the enjoyment Gentlemen of tho General Assembly, gle to the Impartial and /complete 0 , nf e and property -can the more acy Is causing polltloal tenor In China. The Imperial family at Pekin Is again In desperate straits and muy be.forced to abdicate because of their Inability to raise funds. Troops are being massed In Fokin for future acMons. It Is reported that the monarchy lenders secretly decided today to urge Japan to asalat in puttlng^down tbt republicans. EDWARD EN6LISH IS j DEAD OF PISTOL SHOE A Self Inflicted Wound Costs Young Atlanta Man Ilis a ' Life. Yesterday. •'Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25—'Edw English died tol wound the Gentlemen of tho Judiciary of protection of person aniJ property Georgia, Ladles and Gentle- which our Constitution rays- la the • men: i paramount duty of government. Called a second time by the sov--j It is a catise for congratulation erclgn people of Georgia to discharge that for a period of a|>out three the duties of.thrir executive office, X years our people have had a rest appear before you to take the oath from agltntlon; that tber, baa been which binds me to their service. (practically no attempt to irn; That service la an ennobling ono clays against class. We should dls- that It embodies the execution of countenance agitation which expcrl- tbc laws, laws which are based on cnce chows, brings favors to but Justice, bntlded of honor and crown- few, nnd should hold Ih mind that ed with right, laws which hold prosperity comes not to us over the within themselves the inspiration of path of ndtatlon: that there can be God-fearing citizenry whoie ideals no abiding prosperity unless capltnl are high and whose movant force Is nnd labor under the restraint but truth. I protection of Just laws Jointly Happy are we that our abode Is thrive; that capital, like flowing In a republic, with no royalty save water, moves In the channel of leant the royalty of character, no rover- resistance, and that, as has been well elgn power save that which rej*s In said, If capital does not work, la the brains and hearts of Its lieonlt., bor cannot,. .. And such a people! Justly Jealous j In peace therefore la found pros- thelr liberties, devoted to the porlty, by co-operation comes con- prlnelples of Integrity, contemning structlon, and In sincerity among profitably claim our attention for the present than can those proposed new laws or changes In old ones. In the meantime, allow me to say to you Individually and collectively that as Georgians, honored by the confidence of the people and clothed with tho responsibility of the safe guarding their welfare we should confer freely with each other about all matters of public Interest. The executive office, while I am ers and ther- tle possibility of an agreement ■ ing reached unless the demands am' substantially modlfled.' 1 ' Some of the prominent Pennsyl vania and Ohio operators have de clined to, Join In the conference, and this makes It possible that tho Joint conference may adjourn with out doing anything, and that nego tiations mny (hen bo carried on for n later Mating of operators and miners fawtat purpose. There MLJirm belief on the part Arsons well acquainted ’nhtlnn that the opera- now holding aloof fln- brought Into tho Joint !*s occupant will have an open door conferent ind that If s wage scale for each of you who would counnel Is n*fW i It will cover the five with me, and no factional praludloo shall mar the cordiality of the greet ing to any one who loves'Georgia or would soy ought which can conduce to tho prosperity of her people. , And now, with the earnest prnyor Illinois, Indiana. Ohio, la nnd West Virginia. Make Big Galne. 'BerHtL Jan, 25.—With tho (Inal „„„ seronuMllotn scattered today It Is that Almighty God will bless our bellevjrthq Socialists have ova; 100 great state and crown all who dwell j memhlfi ’of th new Retchtag, which within her borders with one of the;rootfn* on February T. choices! blessings nf Tils favor, I nm J ready to take the oath of office. I Sniycrlhe for The Dally Times. fir., an,] other i ily, confirmed cldo was caused by dei to' ill health. Mr. English was about 30 yonrs old, and was prominent In tho T 1 “ ness and social world. Ho was mar ried several years’ago to Miss Pau line Lewis, of Montezuma, who sub sequently secured a divorce from him, . He Is kurvlved by his father, by bis brother, J. W, English, Jr.i and : Harry Engllah, and by numerous other relatives. The funeral will be held from the family residence this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Colqnltt Firms Fall. According to the Moultrie Obser- ve'r, Judge Thomas on Saturday ap pointed a receiver tor two Colqnltt county firms. The first case tsksn - up was that of J. C. Williams, of ■- Funkston, and. W. J. Matthews, of Moultrie, was. appointed receiver. The other failure was Hires ft fPauI, of Berlin. Thad Adams was appointed receiver In that esse. Subscribe for The Dally Times. Mte ffine Sash OAK MANTLES r £ WRITE FOR CATALOGUE d Doors TOCK HUE BU!LOER f S HARDWARE Harley Stand* for Hard- II AD ley’s n |l IJardwre ' ■ faldosta, Headquarters, ware, tee how the name* link together? li Rildware (j Ua- Headquarters 1 J Georgia Valdosta, Ga.

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The Valdosta times. (Valdosta, Ga.) 1874-194?, January 27, 1912, Image 1