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IKS, VALDOSTA, GA. TUESDAY,
THE NAME OF
VALDOSTA AND
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{ (From Friday 1 , Dally.)
Valdoata la not «o old;that knowl-
-edtt ot the man wko gave it it*
ntmt, or the origin of ito undupll
l catted appellation, should be lost In
| the mists of antiquity, but nevertho-
' less there are all Borts of answers to
the question who named the town
-and where the name came from.
The most generally accepted state-
^*aent ia^that it was called after Gov-
’a old home in Laurens
Another theory is that when
thei founders of the village that was
iment ls anai 1
* ^ ernor Tfoup’s
•cbuhty. Anotl
FARMERS ARE
PUSHING WORK
VERY RAPIDLY
luT | iritr- ll „ 1
(Prom Saturdare Daily.)
Reports from all Aectlons of South
Georgia indicate that the farmers are
doing more good work at the present
time than they have ever done he
fore at this season of the year. The
crops are further advanced than tney
have ever been at this season and the
preparations that have been mado for
the new year have been done almost
entirely by the farmers themselve3.
It is said that the acreage in oats
this year is larger thap ever before
and the farmers of thie section have
to become the capital of Lowndes nQvcr befoI0 „ e en such splendid oat
county and the future metropolis °( flelda as they have at the present
South Georgia were casting about j time
ne|s i
for a name for it, a poetically mind-, K |g ala0 BaId that the farm(
ed member happened to thluk of a! doing more stump-pulling an$/dyna-
beautiful Italian valley, the Vale m j tin than has ever t, een known be-
de’Osta. and forthwith Valdosta was man ^ mornlng that
christened. , „ .,
The Times, though it may not l,tl0 explosion of dynamite In Helds
know its origin, is able to- make a near his house often sounds like a
definite statement as to the identity bombardment, while some of the ex-
of the man who gave Valdosta its pi 08 i 0718 are so loud that they Jar tho
name. He was Lenorean DeLeon, earth
editor of the Wiregrass Watchman,, , ,
at old Troupvllle, in 1858-59, the Man ’’ «tump-pullers are also In
first newspaper printed in Lowndc3 U8e * In some fields stump-pullers
county. I are being used on one side of the
This statement Is made on author- j field, while dynamiting Is going on
ity. of Mr. I. L. Griffin, a pioneer cit- on the other sIde<
izen who was born at Trouprille, and | A „ tbes6 tw ln dicate lha ,
■who knows the history of Valdosta
from It. founding. Mr. Orlflln states the farracra "« ,00kta * after thelc
that after Valdosta wu? established loads and are using more sense and
and the county site moved from energy in preparing for Jhelr crops-
Troupvllle, Mr. DeLeon, who was a The homes In tho country are look-
vqry talented man, anspended' pub- )n(f more ord6rIy than eTer before
lieation of his paper and moved
along with the majority ot Troup-
vine’s population to the new town, ; mor ' attractive,
where he became head of the village! . Within the past few years there
school, which he taught for several has been a great revolution In the
terms. He was ■ an old-time, well- rural districts, embracing the homes,
and ti,n premises are cleaner and
read Southern gentleman, of French
extraction, and came to this section
from Savannah. About the close of
the'Civil War he removed to Texas,
^wtjpro he spent hlstremalnlng d.yt. work done b;
4h
His extensive .reading made him fa-
^ miliar^ith foreign history and cou
* tries, ^nd lends strength to thi
statement that he named thie new
town after tho Italian valley.
The new county proposition, or
rather the clamor for county seat*,
was as insistent in those days as they
are now, ard the establishment of
Valdosta was partly due to the de
mand of the people In the western
part of the Greater Lowndes, f,»r a
division and a conrtty seat for them
selves. Drooka county was thus cut
off and Quitman established as the
county seat, with Little river as the
boundary.
With Its western half gone, a com
mission was appointed to select a
now site for the county seat, wh f ch
would he a little nearer tho confer of
the abbreviated territory. After
looking around, the commissioners
decided that this was the ideal loca
tion for the county seat site, thougn
Jt would still be near the western
border. They did not think tho flat
lands to the east and south ro well
adapted for the laying out of a town,
while to have gone to tuc north
would have placed the county seat
too far away from the southern boT-
der. Pour hundred and ninety acres
of land were then purchased, *ho new
town laid out and the name supplied
by Mr. DeLeon. The latter fact, Mr.
f Griffin states, was well-known to
many of the older citizens, among
thorn Capt. W. H. Briggs and Mr.
A. Coawse. Sr., who lived at Troup-
■Hlle.
The father, of Col. W. 8. West was
the member of the legislature from
Lowndes when Brooks county was
formed and introduced the bill au
thorising the moving of the county
mat from Troupvllle to Valdosta.
the schools, churche
roads.
It Is a gq
and public
gqflti signup
b?tho fame
see so much
or* th^mtelvet! * urn,n *
In getting ready fo/ their crops. 4 It
1b alsoM^od slfn to see them plant
ing other things besides cotton, and
In trying to systematize their farm
ing along scientific and intensive
lines.
A Valdostan Who Is Making Good,
According to a statement recent
ly .published regarding the banks of
Tampa, Fla., The Times notices that
J. M. Harvey, formerly of this city
and president of the Bank of Com
merce of Tampa, is making good In
hi« new home. In 1907 this bank
had a capital and undivided profits
of $V|,000, but since then the capital
and undivided profits have increas
ed to $120,000, or just doubled.
His hank’s deposits in 1907 were
$150,000, hut they have grorwn since
then to $521,000 .making an In
crease of more than $00 per cent *
Valdosta has fuAdflked; bankers
for Savannah, JacHKpWfo, Pensa
cola .Tampa and othe^tbwhg,end all
of them are making
Geopg© McGhee Gets Twelve Months
George McGhee, the negro who
was arrested on a charge of selling
whisky at Lake Park, was convict
ed yesterday and was sentenced to
twelve months straight on the chain
gang.
McGhee Is an old offender, having
appeared before Judge Cranford on
the Rame charge a number of times.
Judtre Cranford recognized him im
mediately yesterday, so instead of
Imposing a fine he treated McGhee
like the sinner who Is often reprov
ed and <who stlffeneth his neck. Mc
Ghee was given twelve mont’as on
the chain gang.
OCEAN POND
FISHING CLUB
(From Saturday’s Daily.]
The Ocean Pond Pithing and Hunt
ing Club had Ai msetong yesterday
afternoon to eie& now directors and
officers for the present year. The
condition of the club was found to be
extra good, there being little, if any
stock for sale, and all of the nlem-
bers of the club bejng highly pleased
at the outlook for the future.
The stockholders elected thejfol*
lowing Board of Directors: W.. AC
Pardee, C. F. Clarke, J. C. W|lsou.
A. J. Strickland, George Feagie,' Qi
R. Ashley, B. G. Lastlnger, J. F. Md-
Crackin and B. I. Fraley.
After the stockholders finished
their meeting the directors had a
meeting and elected the following of
ficers: George Feagie, president;
J. F. McCrackln, vice-president; 13.
G. Lastlnger, secretary and treasurer.
W. A. Pardee, who has been serv
ing the club as treasurer, refused to
serve any longer and asked that a
successor be chosen.
The Board of Directors approved
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. SYOUf *)f.t I
(from Friday’s Daily*)
Mr. W. E. Donnlhaur, a youi
cbinist (Who was employed at' tl
Valdosta machine shops, Was ‘bat
scalded yesterday white fixing a leak
ml the boiler of a locomotive which “
had been fired up and which car
ried 100 pounds of steam.
While Mr. Donnlhaur was under
the engine fixing the leak, a valve
blew out and he was instantly ,eji-
vclopod In scalding steam. He .was
burned about the face and head; on
h(s arms and legs and his Injuries
were of a very serious nature.
' Just how he got out from •'under
\he engine ho does not know him
self. In fact, he says that be suffer
ed so much that he does not know
what happened until some time later
when he found himself In the hands
of sorpe of his friends and corapan
Ions at the machine shop.
Dr. Joe Thomas was summoned to
attend him and he was hurried to the
Bellevue Hospital where he still re
mains. Dr. Thomas thinks that <whil*^
his Injuries are very serious they ,
will not prove fatal.
Mr. Donnlhaur boarded with Pjg>f.
Park on Jackson street and he hafc
a great many friends In Valdosta who
ndklkap, Gilroy, Calif.,
other hM used one 50c. t , . , . _
Liniment, and although she la over 83 yean of age* she has
‘ from her rheumatism."
Rheumatism Entirely Cone
Myfr, of 1215 Wyoming St., Dayton, Ohio, writest—
ubled with rheumatism and her frienda advised her tog ‘
mvind her rheumatism is entirely gone. At the same |imetl
with ring-worma—there were five ring-worms between my
iVJJnityent cured every one of us in a week’s time."
the best remedy for neuralgia, sciatica, lumbago, chest
pains, asthma, hay fever, croup, sdre throat and sprains.
At all dealers. Price, SSSc^ roc., and $1.00.
r ’s Book on Horses, Cattle, tings and Poultry sent free. Address
Dr. EARL S. SLOAN, BOSTON, MASS.
the transfer of stock from the estate 1,01,6 t0 -« e0 hlm out again .before
!0U«. < ■■■■■>£
of the late Dr. N. A. Williams to
George W. Varn, and also the trans
fer of stock from A. J. Strickland to
S. D. Ravenol, and the stock of_Mrs.
W. F. Britton, of New York, to J. F.
McCrackln.
Under the rules of the club tho
transfer of stock has to bo approved
by tho Board of Directors.
Jnst Gathering His Corn.
Dr. W. H. Jordan, the well - knowji
veterinarian who ^grmerly^resided
In
terlnarian who formerly ^resided
Vald<&{a,J>i$psrh^ea8ed thf Flor*
had
and is ^ow farming Jhere, wns
t^fpldosu last 1 ', night, ro
i thlfr moiling. *
e jgtate^d this morning that he
jmK flmshed gathering his corn
crop^f- about l.fiO^^ushels, and
that To left about 100 bushels In
the field. He says that by leaving
It In the field so long all of the
weevils died, so he expects to have
no trouble from that source after
the corn Is put In the barns.
Dr. Jordan Is paying special atten
tion to sugar cane and now has on
hand about 700,000 stalks which he
raised last year. He recently sold
a car load of about 25,000 stalks to
New jYork parties.
Dr. Jordan also ’.ias a large bunch
of fine cattle. He says that he is
not malting much money, hut*he Is
raising good crops and is enjoying
good health.
It Helps!
Mrs. J. F. Daniels, of
Sip, Ky., writes: “I was
so sick for 3 or 4 years,
1 had to hire my work
done, most of the time.
1 had given up hope. When
I began to take Cardui, I
knew, right away, it was
helping me. Now, I am
better than ever before in
my life, and Cardui did it"
E - 64
Take
The Woman's Tonic
Cardui has helped thous
ands of weak, tired, worn-
out women, back to health.
It has a gentle, tonic ac-
| tion on the womanly sys
tem. It goes to the cause
of the trouble. It helps, it!
helps quickly, surely, safe
ly. tt has helped others.
Why not you? It wilL
Try It Get a bottle todsy!
iX.CARS-3
Vi® City Court Till* Morning*
SWerai cases arere disposed of in
thegclty court this morning. Annie
Daniels was tried for haying a pistol
without a license and the eras fined
$10.0 or twelve months qn the gang.
tUKh Aadorson waa accused of
|Wllng a goat from ■ Annie Banks
•nl, was convicted. HI* fine was
fixed at $25 or three months on tho
Pja ^
Cteorge Mcdfee was accused
running a blind tiger and or selling
fouHv five gallons of liquor at Lake
Par* last Saturday, but the wltnexeeal . •
in the emu were delayed,' ad the case In tne Uld Gnfhth Stable! on the Comer of Ashley and Valley Sta.
could not he tried this morning. ' *. I
Tennessee Farm Mules
Just Ar ri -v o cL
at the barns of
, ; o miol » ;< ' • 1 f■ ■ IJ ... . . . .,
MizelLLive Stock Co.
He Shot His Friend's Dog.
Judge W. E. Thomas and Mr.
George Feagie went out, hunting
yesterday. Judge Thomas’ fin© dog
being carried along to stir up tho
birds.
According to reports, Judge
Thomas and Mr. Feagie drltted apart
while the dog managed to drift off
in another direction. A bunch of'
birds flew up and Mr ; Feaglo blazed
away at them with hla gun, most of
the shot finding lodgement in the
Judge’s dog.
It Is Bald that the, animal was
badly injured and was hurried off to
a veterinary hospital for treatment.
There wore no ©ye witnesses to the
shooting, but Mr. Feagie declares
that he is very sorry it happened and
Judge Thomas Is satisfied that ho Is
Just as sorry as he nays ho Is.
One Solid
MONDA
Week Starting
r, F EB. 24th
Attractions
Furnished by ,
ft. G. Barkoot
Webb-Grlffln.
. quiet but pretty wedding oc
curred at tho home of Mr. and Mrs.
r. Webb, In the AUapaha district,
Sunday, February 9th, the contract
ing parties being Miss Rebecca Webb
and Mr. George Griffin.
The groom Is a prosperous young
man of Allapaha. The bride is a
young lady who Is highly esteemed
by all who know her. Their future
home will be in Allapaha.
Mothers Can Safely liny
King’s New Dlseorery nnd rive
It to the little ones when ailing nnd
sufferings with cold*, coughs, throat
or lung troubles, taftfcs ‘nice, hsrra-
once used always used. Mrs.
Prnee Crawford, Niagara, Mo.,
write*: "Dr. King’s New Discovery
changed our boy from a pale, weak.
f»ek boy to the picture of ’nealth."
Always helps. Buy it at Bergstrom
k Newberi7% Ingram Drug Co., W.
D. Dunaway*#, ad.
HE REAL-EVENT OF T
Under Auspices of “BOOSTERS’CLUB’’ Valdosta, Georgia
200
PEOPLE
200
18
18
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STARTLING
FREE ACTS
Free Concerts on the Streets, Twice Daily
AIl^New, Sensational Free Acts. No Hackneyed, Worn
Out Features.
The novel, refined character of the shows presented will be a revelation, r r-
surpassing anything heretofore attempted in the amusement field.
REMEMBER—New Shows, New Acts, New Equipment
and the Date, February 24 to March 1, Inclusive.
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