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THK VALDOSTA
.ATT'KIM' FEBRUARY 17, 1019.
—
WADLEY ROAD
•IS FINED FOR
VIOLATING LAW
The Road Failed to Com-
With an Order
ply
THK WADLEY SOUTHERN WAS
THE MUST ROAD TO ifeST THE
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
COMMISSION'S ORDER.
SOUTHERN WOMEN LIKE KU3 MAY HAVE
PRETTY STOCKINGS
Statistics Show that Southern
Women Skimp on Other
Parts of Their Dress
Atanta, Feb. 14.—The Ann of
$5,000 put on lb* Wadley Southern
railroad In Jcfforeon superior court
tor failure to complr with an order
ot tbe Georgia Railroad Commission
l» held to be Juit and must be paid,
uider a decision ot the supreme
court, handed down yesterday, In
uflcb the lower court la affirmed,
This Is tbe Bra*, time the conatltu
tlonallty of tbe statute conferring
power on 'be commlmlon or courtn
to aeseta a line of not exceeding
$5,000 In a railroad for failure to
comply with an order of the com-
m'eelon, baa been attacked, and tho
ntiack collapses under tbe higher
court's decision.
In August, 1909, the merchant
end shippers of Adrian brought
petition to tho railroad commission
rotting forth that "the Wsdley
Southern refuses to , handle freight
dnllrered at Rockledge by the Mn-
ron, Dublin and Sarannah, without
frfOght charges being fully prepaid
io Rockledge.”
After a full hearing of tho ease
the railroad eommlselon passoJ an
order for tho Wadley Southern to
deslat from the dleerlfntnatlon com
plained of and also that this rail
road afford patrons and shlpp*rs
over tho Hne of the Macon, Dublin
and Sarannah rln Rockledge 'Tbe
rnmo facilities for tbe Interchange
of freight afforded to patrone and
shippers owr tho Central of Geor
gia rla Wadley.
Thereupon the rood refused
comply -with tbe order, holding thst
It was not lefftl and therefore the
road was not legally bound to ob-
s'rre it. Tho tsano was brought *o
tho attohtlon ot Oorornor, Hoke
-Smith, who ordered action In the
ecurte to compel Obedience! on the
part of tho Wadley Southern rail
road to tUo roaeonablo order of tho
railroad eommlnslon. Action waa
brought In Jefferson nnpertor court
to reeoTOr $5,000 penalty from tho
Wadley Southern under tho net ot
Angus*. IS, 1907.
In answer the Wsdley Southern
attacked the oonetltntonallty ot tho
law providing for inch penalty, hut
on trial a verdict for tho amount wan
returned against the road. A bill
of exceptions was tnod out and com-
p’alnt entered of tbe denial of a now
trial. Tho supremo court upholds
the constitutionality ot tbe statute
complained ot, and affirms tbe lower
court In full.
. Under tho hoed notes it la stated
that tha commission In snob com-
philnta must gtve dne notice to all
nnrtles concerned and a full hearing.
It Is held that the nfatf statute con
ferring power to nssese n penalty of
$5,090 '‘does not offend tho conatltu-
t'orikl guarantee of dne process of
law and the ennal protection of the
lawn. In that the railroad to be af-
fected by tbe order Is prevented from
testifying as Jo tbe validity of '-he
statute orihe order of the railroad
rommlaalon because of excessive
penalty.” ”
It ■ ffi held that nnder 'he not tb*
rallmd commission bus full power
to require railroads to afford
through and connecting facilities tor
the Interchange ot freljtht to patrons
on each and all routes or lines alike
end to make reasonable rules to pre
vent discrimination.
Atlanta, , Ga„ Feb. 14.—That
southern women care more about
pretty shove and silk stockings than
any other portion of their ralmeut
the interesting statistical fact
brought out at the merchants' con
vention now In progress here. The
tact Is shown thst womon In the
southern states not only care about
haring their feet and ankles prettily
encased, but that they pay propor- |
tlonately more for shoes and stock
ings than for any other articles of
clothing or adornment.
Tbo fact Is Interesting and signi
ficant. In New. York, so statistics
say, women will skimp on footwear
in order to put more money on the
plumes In tbelr hats. In Paris, all
women, from the workldg girl to the
rich dame, pay proportionately more
for their corsets than for any oth
er article of apparel. The Parisian
working girl who cannot afford to
pay more than ten and fifteen cents
per yard for tho gingham cloth she
makes her simple dress out of, will
wear the dress over a corset that
. MUST BE REGISTERED
BY APRIL 2 TUIIBTE
FROM HIS FEET
Picturesque Atlanta Man
;s Causing concern .
Attorney General Has Con
strued the Law for the
State Election This Year
Atlanta, Oa., Feb. 14—If anybody
In Georgia wants to vote in this
year’s election be must be registered
iby midnight of April 2, says Attor*
YOUNG MAX WHO HAS MAI)K °ey General T .8. Felder, to whom
THE POLICE OFFICERS 8IT UP' many Inquiries hav e been recently
AND NOTICE THINGS HAS addroaaed with regard to the regla-
DHOPPED OUT OF SIGHT.
Atlanta, Feb. 13.—Hat Atlanta
lost Hub Talleyf Tbe police are
aadly searching for him—not to ar
rest him, but merely to relieve tbelr
minds by finding out where he Is.
The newspaper reporters are ran
sacking the neighborhoods which be
uted to haunt, and are already cir
culating reporta that he has been
murdered—which of tours* he has
not.
The public will soon begin to miss
his name from the local newspaper
columns, and unless he turns up
soon the morning sessions of the
recorder’s court will lose half their j
tration law.
Tbe new registration law, nassed
about, four yeara ago, requires that
tbs registration books shall be clos
ed six months In advance of tbe
state election, .which Is at midnight
on April 2, and anyone not regis
tered by that time will be deprived
of tile privilege of rotlng In all of
thla year’s elections.
Anyone registered In 1911, how
ever, will be entilted to vote this
year without additional registration,
provided they haye paid all taxes
due. The tax collectors are required
to ope n their registration books at
the same time they begin collection
of taxes, in October, and the regis
tration, in effect, begins then.
If a person is registered within
the time stated, he if entitled also
BEER DEALER;
ARE VIOLATING
THE STATE LAW
Many in the State Have
not Paid State Tax
OFFICIALS AX THE CAPITOL ARE
STRAINING EVERY NERVE TO
LET MONEY,' WHICH IS BADLY
NEEDED.
costs anywhere from ,$5 to $8. The zest.
average American working girl, In 1 Optimists sttll hope Hub has not
the south hero ns elsewhero, buys ’ gone away. To leave Atlnnta wouM
silk (lroe.es and wears them over a ntoonm In him almost to desertion,
corset that'costs 91, or gtjll more and Hub has'never been accused of
frequently 49 coats.
being a deserter. .
He has been faithful for many
ytars, and has come to be regarded
Baggy harnsee with Patent Swing
ing hamea and traces. Ingram Bug- jalroost as much of a fixture as the
gy and Harness Company. d w capital building or the Orady monu
ment. Now that Hah haa gone, no-
ROMANllC WEDDING YESTERDAY 'body would ho eurprised to se- tho
capital moved to Macon.
to vote In all state primarlee held
In advance of the state election. ,
The attorney general say* every
voter la Georgia has plenty of time
In which to quality himself for vot
ing l n all elections this year; and
If he does not do so, he will have
no one to blame bat htmaelf, .
Lam-- '.TVPJMH
BURGLARIZED IIIS STORE.
Notice Democratic Executive Com
mittee.
A meeting of tbe Countg D-mo
rn atlc Executive Committee Is here
by called to meet at the Court House
at 11 o’clock a. m, on tb. 4th day
ot March next, to eopaldtr the time
for holding the primary eiOotloh ot
county officers, of fixing rate, for
said primary and any other matters
that may properly come helot, the
committee. Tbit the IC'Ji day ot
February, 1113.
A. T. WOODWARD,
Chairman
T. B. COPELAND, Becieta'ry.
Mr. Roan Kelley, Jr„ and Mis. Ora
. Lee Robert. Married.
(From WsdnMday'a Dally.) '
There waa a romantic wedding at
tho home of Mr. Tom Carroll on th'e
oorner of Toomha and Magnolia
■treat yesterday afternoon at 4:49
o'clock, the contracting partlea being
Mina Ora Lee Roberta and Mr. Roan
Kelley, Jr.
An automobile waa neat to Dr.
Barnard', house after the preacher
and be waa driven hurriedly to Mr.
Carroll's borne, but was sot told
what waa expected of him until he
entered the house and found tho
young couple atandlng aide by aide
and ready to uaume the vowa which
would tank, them man and wife.
The preacher went through with
tb. naual Investigation to find out If
there wan any reason why the cere
mony ahonld not he performed, af
ter which he put the questlone to the
couple and they quickly answered
them. While the ceremony waa go
ing on the telephone boll wae ring
ing, hut thouo In tho bouse did not
allow that fact to Interrupt tho pro
ceeding until after the last word!
were laid. The telephone call was
from Interested relatlvee sad friend*
who were trying to find out what
was going on.
It la said that the family ot the
bride objected to tho marriage, large
ly on acconnt of the fact that aha
had not completed her education
and It was this objection which
canted the couple to bo l n much
maate In having the ceremony per
formed.
The bride le a daughter of Mr*
Warren Roberta and a half sitter
of Mr. John E. Roberta and Mm
Ell Dowling, of thla city. She haa
recently returned from Mtlledgerlll*
where she has' been attending col
lege and It wot expected that sho
would go back there and finish up
her ttndlee. She Is a young woman
of ipleMId character and haa
great many friends In thla city and
section.
The groom Is a young man who
wad raised ln (hie county and Is a
successful farmer. He has many
friends In Lowndes county who will
he Interested In his marriage.
The couple drove through to Adel
In an automobile and took the train
laat night for Atlanta and points In
North Oeorgia where they will re
main a tew days. They wilt make
their home near this city upon their
return.
Hie Maine Remembered.
Havana, Fob. 19.—The American
colony ln thla city today paid It*
customary tribute to tho mqmorvof
the Ttctlme of tho Main, disaster by
decorating the graven ot ‘hoee who
are hurled ,tn the local cemetery.
This was the fourteenth anniversary
Saddles, collars, bridles, whips'
and lap robe*. Ingram Buggy and or th. blowing np of the ship ln
Harness Co. ini' Havana harbor.
Hnh haa only one public function
—that of getting arrested not less
than twice every month of the year,
winter and eummer, and getting er-
rcsted oftener than that If circum
stances would permit.
For five yeara paat ho has never
dropped behind hts record of being
arreeted ax least twenty-foup j'.lmes
every year. . ..
Talley hae the distinction of get
ting himself arrested tor some com'
paratlvely harmless, and In a sense
Joenlar Infraction of the law. Some
times It Is for getting a pistol end
shooting np the neighborhood, bn*,
when Hub does this, although he
uvea a 44 Colt, navy mode.l he
never puncture* holes In anything
but the tlr.
He la also occasionally arreeted
for fighting, hot when ha gets In
fights he always leaves the pistol s'
home, and hai never given an oppo
nent worse than a black eye.
Occasionally—rather more than oc
casionally In fact—Huh la arrested
for aelllng some thirsty soul a half
pint of whlaky, but ho It said to
Hub's credit. It la always whisky he
sells, and always the brand he vnyi
It la. Ho.haa never robbed anybody
by selling them sweetened water
colored with tobacco Juice, an some
cf Atlanta’s blind tigers do.
Hub hue spent 300 days of the
year In Jail and th* other 09 furnish
ing Items of Interest for tho press
And nqw he has disappeared. He
recently finished serving a tvo
weeks' sentence at the ntockade, and
hasn't been seen nines. The thing
that makes people bellev* he's res 11?
left Atlanta In that 'hts morning n
ci'so was called against him In the
police coart and he failed to re
spond. with the rennlt that a bond
put
Atlanta, Feb. 19.—Several score
of near-beer dealers In Oeorgia are
openly and ; flagrantly violating the
law and have been doing so slqce
the first dsF of January.
Aside from, some celleetions of
mute licenses from Bibb county, the
state ha. received no revenue from
this source this year. Under the law
all dealera, retail and wholesale,
are required to take ont and pay for
licenses to' do buslnees on the first
of January Technically, every, day
they operate after January 1, they
are guilty of violating the law, and
amid he yanked up and fined.
Fulton county, with Its scores of
near-beer places, Chatham with al
most as. many, Richmond and other
ronntlea have made no returns for
1912, and It Is now mld-Fobrflary.
For the past few weeks, cnpltol
officials from the governor down to
the comptroller and treasurer, have
been straining etjery nerve to get In
money enough to pay. pensioners by
February 15. The comptroller wns
requested to ufge ordinaries In coun
ties where nenr-beer Is sold to hur
ry up collections. Bnt It has brought
forth nothing.
The comptroller today received a
letter from Fulton county, stating
that practically nothing had been
collected this yeur from near-beer
dealers. As the comptroller In help-
MOB LYNCHED NEGRO
IN MEMPHIS SUBURBS
The Usual Crime Caused a
Black Fiend to be Swung
to Limb and Riddled.
Memphis, Feb. 15.—A, mob lynch
ed William Johnson, a negro this
morning for attempting to assault
sixteen year old Katie Hodges.
The negro was strong up to n
tree at Raleigh Springs, a suburb,
within on e hundred yards of the
street car line, and hi* body was
riddled with bullets.
TIGER CAUSED SHOOTING.
Sam Dubecly Found His Store Open
tills Morning.
While Mr. Sam Duberly was en
joying the nleop which an honest
man ohould always enjoy after n
hard days work arranging hit new
stock and getting everything In.
shape fori''business, some thief was, tew In pencilling this class of dslln-
enterlngihla, stone, and currying off qents, he has written Governor
a* mi ijjkoi his tfjjodft at the thief. Prolwn, calling hta attention *o con-
1 V ■ 1 * r ditloite; and auggeetinfr that some-
The burglar firct rUfted the repair thing be done to enforce collections,
(hope of J. P. Ulmer and secured Ordinaries are designated under
there a pair ot bolt clippers, which the law to collect the tax. but un-
are used for cutting heavy iron rods j happily It glvee th*se officiate no
and bolts. Armed with this pair of compensation for so doing, so none
giant scissor* the thief went to the
rear of Mr. Duberly’s atore and pro
ceeded to -cliop, off n bolt which fas
tened the window an? kept It cloeed
Clinch County Sheriff Wa* Here This
Morning With a Prisoner.
Sheriff Lee, of Clinch county, was
in Valdosta th!s morning with a ne
gro named Josh Foster, who was ar
rested at Council, Ga., on a charge
of shooting a foreigner who was em
ployed In the mill there.
Foster denied that he did the
shooting, but admitted that he was
In the crowd when the shooting oc
curred. He says that It was done
by a negro* named George, but he
does not know his other„name.
According *o Josh’s story, all of
the nCgroes and the foreigners got
hold of some “tagger” liquor on
Monday and all of them became In
toxicated. " A fight followed and .one
of the foreigners was shot and mor
tally wounded.
Sheriff Lee went to the scene and
waa informed that Josh did the
shooting, though the negro declares
that he had nothing to do with It.
lie was carried to Homerville thla
morning and placed in Jail there.
NEWS OF A DAY
AMONG PEOPLE
OF
Council, to Meet and Regulate
- ' Insurance* Agents.
PHIL COOLEY, IN SAVANNA^
WHEN INDICTED, GOES TO
NEW ORLEANS TO FACE THK
CHARGES AGAINST xmv
who
and secure from the thieves
move aroundqfn the dark.
As soon u the thief go$ on the In-
gldo ot the store he began to load up
on shoes, raxore, pocket knives, etc.,
taking off on* sack of flour besides.
Th* bnrglnry wa* not detected un
til Mr. Duberly reached th* store
Of them worry shout If. much. If the
dealer* come forward and pay, all
right. If they do not, nil rlg|t again.
The elate realises a pretty good-
e'sed revenue from fhle source and
If this mopey wan all* In hand today
there would be no question about
pensioner, being paid tomorrow. '
It la said that grand Juries ln each
county, (f no desired, eould Indict all
dealer, who have not paid their II
Farmer,’ Institute Today.
The bad weather 'ate morning
prevented many farm r
Ing to the qlty, and thr
have come here at cr"
pens© to the state V ‘
disappointed at. the re
was given them, not 4
difference which seem 1
tested'on the part r
should receive great be'
Instruction, given by
■^here was a.fair epr!-' "ng in tho
conrt house this moral''- .ad agOod
dral ot Interest was shown by those
present. Another meeting waa held
tble afternoon and the regular pro
gram |w« carried ont In every way.
The state Is doing a magnificent
work for the' farmers In sending
these lecturer, among them to dis
cus* question, and problem, that
coma pp on thq farm every few
day,, and the farmers ought to be
quick to taKe hold ot them and learn
>11 they cai) from them.
The lecture tonight will be Blue-
rated and will be of vast Interest to
everybody in Valdosta, and especial
ly the ladle, who are Interested ln
home improvement Everybody
ought to attend.
Savannah, Feb. 19.—Abstractor*
and auditors of life Insurance polf-
cles having- started operation, ln
Savannah, qlty council ha* taken
cognisance of the fact that no pro-
vlrlon I* made ln the city ordinance
tu require a llcenee to be paid for
■uch a business, and a special meet
ing $rlll be held today for. the pur
pose of considering this'matter. The
life insurance companies* .agents
here nave already been given ccn-
aiderable trouble by 'he representa
tive, of thee concern,. It Is likely
that an ordinance will be passed to
require these agent, to pay * large
tax. —
Goes to Face Indictments.
Phil A. Cooley, of New Orleans, a
member of 'be International execu
tive committee of the Bridge and
Structural Workers* Union, left Sa
vannah lam night for hla home at-,
ter receiving a telegram to return
to that city, a. Indictment, are ex
pected In connection with the de
struction’ of' considerable property,
alleged to have been destroyed by
member, of the nnlon. Before leav
ing' Cooley fibre ont a statement lit
which he mid that he did not ex
pect to be Indicted and feared no
trouble. He 'hought It-beat to re-
settled.
-ran cora-
"er, who
"able ex-
no doubt tUrn Un,n th ®
„ n wWcIl Cooley wns In Savannah several days
. (|w )n . attending to mnttirs In connection
msn1 . i with the organisation of the union.
.. ' He did not eeem surprised to ro-
'roin the ce,T * telegram am) talked hu-
weakers : n,oron 4 1 J r of 'the possibilities of his
_ cense fees promptly for doing buil-
thVmonitng and* found" the window »«" tn,hor,,T « '*"• *P-
ope n uud mm. of hi* good, mining. P^Mr. however, the grand /arte.
In ^he meantime Chief of Police *"",»■»,*> •«•»«<>'» «« thl, tnnt-
Dampler had .Ready found out .boat ,or Junr
the theft of th. cupper, from UI-, Jt ■; Berrien Convict, Escaped,
mer’s shop and had began to tnvea- Three white convict® escaped from
tlgate that \ h * ,t ^ 11 ° (1 , ‘ b f p0 ' 1 “ from punishment, fall toZr Just m'*” 8 Berr,en C<>UI,,5, cha,n gang ™ 8 -
are on the lookont today for ev«- t _$vi. « v . v
Into Duberly • store. grflier, thereby saving tbs 9300.
Tt ta possible that the governor
will start some machinery to
Our buggy harnsaa ha® Swinging
Patent Hamem mnd Tracer Better tw> „„ righted. It
th,n ho old Uni. Ingram Buggy , p f ^ ^ ^
and Harnsss Company.
d w
Interstate Basketball Tourney.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 15.—Many of
thq principal high schools of Iowa
ni’d Nebraska nra entered In the In-
up by a friend wns forfeited.' tarstnte basketball tourney at the
Never before hts Hub fatted to be, University ot Omaha. The tonrna-
on hand. n"nt opens tontght and will con-
If the chief of polls, of Macon., tlnue over tomorrow and 8a‘.nrday.
Savannah; Augusta, or nay other ^
Oeorgta c|ty locates Hub, the Allan-1 Advertise In The'Dally Tltnee.
ta chief of police will appreciate a
Jv.atment. In the past the state lias
even had to employ a special officer
to hunt ont these delinquent dealers
and force them to pay.
Thl, course may not be necessary
this year, although thin b not re
s''red yet
8 peel,1 prices on lap rob**—over
stocked. Ingram Baggy and har
ness Co. d w
day night and went to Adel, whore
they tried to fire up an engine, hut
they put too much coal In It, so It
refused to go.
Falling to get the engine to carry
them away, they decided to take
“ldg ball.'* The convict, were John
V.. Mitchell, Charles Robert Hodges
and Robert James Register. They
were serving terms of four to eight
years. The heavy rain yesterday
aided them Ig, their escape.
Two suits of convict, clothing
were fonnd near thq railroad depot
*t Adel.
arrest.
A. O. L. Control, a Compress.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad
has secured a controlling Interest In
the United Hydraulic Cotton Preu
Company, of thla city, through 'be
tiansfer of 1,700 sharea of the
stock at par value. The prase has
been under leas, to the railroad for
some tliie. Mr. T. M. Emerson,'
president of the Atlantia Cone*. Line,
with headquarters In Wilmington,
N. C., Is expected In Savannah next
week to get the bnslnesn In proper
shape. The proposition has been nn
der consideration for pome time.
Capital Stock Is Increased.
The capital stock of the National
Bank of Savannah ban been ta
rn essed by 1190,000 and 1202.000
have been added to the undivided
profits and surplus account, giving
tbe Institution a capital of $400,000..
This Increase will be secured through
bond Issue of 1,500 eharee at $235
nsr share.
Second hand two hone wagon at
bargain prices. Ingram Baggy R\
Harness Co. d-w
Plow eollam, lines, backhands,
hams, and traces. Ingram Baggy
k Harness Co.
Signed Statehood Proclamation.
Washington, Feb. 14.—President
Taft signed a proclamation admtt-
t.'hg,.Arteops to ftatehood at ten
o'clqck thl* morning.
Onr buyer liven In St. Lonle tnd
therefore la ready to pick np every
bargain that preaan's Itself.
MIEELL LIVE 8TOCK CO..
In Old Griffith Stable*
pcntal card—not In order that Hub
maybe arreeted and brought baeb—
but simply to relieve local suspense
and let ue ell know what has lie-
come ot him. w
Three Suspect, Arreeted.
The police officers have three ne
groes In Jail, who were arrested
yesterday and laat night auspeeted
of being connected with the burg
laries here night berore last, though
th* offleera have not been able to
get any positive proof against thorn.
One of the negroes worked »t
Dnberley's (tore on Tuesday after
noon atm wa* anxious to work there
at night. When h. left he left t
lantern la the etor* and his rafnMI
to return Wednesday morning cano
ed suspicion to point to him, though
ther» was nothing els* upoq^ which
to has* th* simpleton.
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